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| CHRONICLE AN!) SENTINEL.
lA.TL'&SIn-$ r BM.
WesDie-.dllV Morning* September 26.
The following remarks wore made by the Con
stitutionalist on the sth ol October last, in tela,
tion to the election in Richmond County, which
j l la d taken (dace two or three days previously, the
result of which was so disastrous to the A r an Bu
ren party:
-“Men of all descriptions wore allowed lo vole,
whether qualified or no'; the sick, the lame, tne
I blind, were brought to the polls, and others were
brought in carriages, the inside of such vehicles
| many of them no doubt entered lor the first lime
I in their lives.” .
Judging from the extrema anxiety of some of
I the leaders, managers and head-men of that patty
S in relation to the approaching election, we should
I Suppose that they would ho very willing now to
I got the voles of those whom the Constitutionalist
| t i lC n ridiculed and sneered at as having never
I “seen the inside of a carriage before.” This gra
i luitous and wanlen outrage up' n the feelings o<
I many worthy and honest men, merely because
I they voted for Miller, Jenkins, Crawford and
I W. J. Rhodes, we trust will he remembered
■ by those upon whom it was cast. Wo trust too,
I that they will 'indicac their independence
I and resent the insult with a proper spirit.
H 'by voting for the tame men they did last
I year, most especially as those wen have done
I nothing lo forfeit the confidence reposed in them.
If The Van Daren leaders are very attentive and of-
II fectionatc lo the people just before an election,
B while their votes arc wanted, hut afterwards, when
B they are defeated, they lurn up their noses and
I cast reflections upon many of them became they
B are poor. Such a parly but little deserves the sup-
B port of bumble hut honest mechanics and work*
I mg men, whether they walk to the polls or ride
B in carriages.
Western SJank of Georgia.
B We have it from the best authority, says the
B -standard ol Union of the 25th inst., that the
f I Western Bank of Georgia will resume specie
B payments on the Ist day of next month, and
we have no doubt it will sustain itself as wc-U as
any other institution.
I We arc further authorized to state, that the
B hills of that institution are now receivable at the
r B Slate Treasury.
lEk .p llo Governor of Tennessee has appointed
| Ephraim 11. Foster, Esq. of Davidson county,
I I p, c a Senator pro tem in the Congress of the
I I United States, to fill the vacancy occasioned by
11 B the resignation of the Hon. Felix Grundy.
———
I The Wilmington and Raleigh Kail Road Gom-
have recently opened another section of
their road, which makes the entire distance now
in operation sixty-three miles. The Wiiming
ton Advertiser stales, that during the first week
in October, another section will he ready for uso (
and by the middle of December, the road will he
[open a distance of one hundred and three miles.
IThe length of the entire toad, when complete,
From the N. V. Courier ■$ T.U'.jU
Montevideo, .Inly 4, IS3S.
The blockade of Buenos Ayres continues \v;ih
increased vigilance, and nothing gets in or out
since the 15th June—however, Ihe weather has
hoen wet and stormy continually, and hut little
business doing any whore. Add to this, there
has been a severe action between the rival chief
tains, about 80 leagues up the river, in which the
teports vary from 400 to 750 actually killed.
This may he considered a hoax when wo find
the respective forces were only 1300 and 1000
lighting'men—it is beyond a doubt (hat Ibis in
side nr government party have been well used up
and have applied to liosas yesterday by express,
for men and arms. Whether they will obtain
them or not remains to be scon.
In the interior, little or no produce arrives
here, and many of the joked beef traders will
he detained for their cargoes.
There is no probability of your having many
hides from hero for a long lime to come, anil not
one from Rio Grande, ns no produce can go there
from the interior—of wool, hair or skins none ;
and should the blockade of llnorms Ayres con
tinue a few months longer, of which there is
every probability, the presumption is that Rio
dc la Plata produce will become extremely scarce
with you,
My last letters from Buenos Ayres state that
what little produce arrives there from the interior,
is taken with avidl y at a much higher rale than
was paid for the last cargo. This is owing, in a
great measure, to serious apprehensions entertain
ed in regard to the currency.
Lettkiis roii Eunoi’i;.—The regular packets
which sail from Now York, have always been in
die habit of carrying our letters and running the
risk of receiving the postage on tbo other side of
the wales. All the writer had to do was to pay
the postage 1 1 New York, and it was duly irans.
nutted to Europe by the first packet. This ar
rangement has been changed, so far at regards
the transmission of letters by the steam ships.—
The postage must not only bo paid to Now York
in advance, but to Europe in advance, at the rate
of twenty-live cents for each envelope, before
they will bo taken. This was a serious incon
venience to many persons, who vvish.d to corres
pond with their friends in Eurapc. inasmuch as
many have no acquaintances in New York in
whom they could confide, tc attend to the trims,,
mission of a communication This inconveni
ence early claimed the attention of a number of
the postmasters, ami application was made by the
postmaster of Philadelphia to the Postmaster
General, for instructions in the premises, as to
whether postmasters might receive both posta
ges, &c. &c. The answer of that officer dis
closes that there is nothing in the laws of the
department to require that service from the de
puties, but they may act voluntarily, and the de«
partment will use their endeavors to facilitate
their operations.— Baltimore. Sim.
Bank Noth < 'iucui.ati ox ix.Engt.and.—
According to returns made in July, the average
amount of notes of the private banks in circula
tion in England and Wales, for tbo quarter end
ing the 30lh of Juno, was £7.383,247, being an
increase over the amount on the first of April, of
£377,875.
Tbo average circulation of the joint stock
banks in the same period, amounted to £4,362,-
255, being an increase of £431,217.
The average.circulation of the Bank of Engs
land,from May Ist to July 24, wa5£19,380,000 ;
bullion, £9,749,000. The aggregate circula
lion of all the banks was £31,031,000.
Moiie Stock coming ovnn. to Gauolina. —
We learn with great pleasure that Tattersall has
bought for (so|. Hampton, a liiiy by tbo great
Pienipo,out of Brazil by Ivanhoe, out of Velvet
by Oisean, out of Wire, sister to Whalebone.—
T. hoped to have purchased for the same gentle
man the Sistci to Phosphorus, to accompany
Delphine, hut Lord Litchfield got her for 500
guineas !
At Mr. Thornhill’s sale, Tattersall was more
fortunate; he theie purchased for Uol. H. a
yearling bay Tilly by Merchant out of Surprise
(the dam of Agreeable, Pounce, etc.) at 22 gui
neas. Ho, of all others, is the best agent; ho
cannot ho “thrown”—in his fall ho always lights
on his feet. If he cannot Ho the best tiling for
you, bo is certain to do the next best.— Spirit of
tho Timas.
Ghatitudk.—What Ameiiean can read, with
out deep emotion, the following anecdote from
Stephens’ “Incidents of Travel in Greece, &c.”
“At Kalainaki, while walking along the shore,
a Greek vvho.spoko the lingua Pianca came from
on board one of tho little caiques, and, when he
learned that I was tin American, described to me
the scene that had taken place on that beach
upon the arrival of provisions from America;
when thousands of miserable beings who had
lied from the blaze of their dwellings, and lived
for months upon plants and roots; gray headed
men, mothers with infants at their breasts, ema
cia cd with hunger and almost frantic with des
pair. came down from their mountain retreats lo
receive the welcome relief. He might tvcll re
member the scene, far lie had been one of tho
starving people; and be took me to his house,
and showed me his wife and lour children, now
neatly ail grown, telling me that they had all
hecn rescued from death hy the generosity of
my countrymen. Ido not know why, hut in
those countries it did not seem unmanly for a
bearded and whiskered man to weep; 1 fell any
thing but contempt for him when, with his heart
overflowing and his eyes filled with tears, lie told
me, when I returned home, to say to my country
men that I had seen and talked with a recipient
of their bounty; and though tho Greeks might
never repay us, they could never forget what wo
had done lor them. I remembered the excite
ment in our country in their behalf, in colleges
and schools, from the grey bearded Senator to
the prat ling school boy, and reflected that, per
haps, my mite, cast can lessly upon the waters,
had saved from the extremity of misery this
grateful family. I wished that the cold-blooded
prudence which would have checked our honest
enthusiasm in favor of a people, under calamities
and horrors, worse than ever fell to the lot of
man struggling to lie free, could have listened to
the gratitude nf tins Greek family. With deep
interest I bade them farewell, and telling my
guide to follow with my horse, walked over to tho
foot of the mountain,”
Neglecting the Antkctant.vr.—Some very
whimsical instances of this occur continually, es
pccially in the answers of witnesses, when given
literally as they speak. In a late assault case, the
prosecutor swore, “The prisoner struck him with
a broom on his head till he broke the lap of it.”
fu narrating an incident some lime since, it was
slated that a poor old woman was run ever by a
cart, aged sixty. —bio in a case of supposed poi
soning, "He had something in oblnepapci in hi*
hand, and I saw him put his head over tho pot
and put it in.” Another swallowing a base coin.
—“He snatched the half crown from the hoy
■which he swallowcd” —which seems to mean the
bov, not the money, but still tho sentence is cor
rect. An old fellow who many years sold com
bustible matches in ULhopsgaie, had tho follow
ing cry: “Buy a pennyworth of mulches, of a
poor old mu made of foreign wood.”
From Ih r Richmond Enquirer, ts thclfh.
Tlio public sensilehty Ims been so much
excited, and the public curiosity so imicli awa
kened, about the murders of the two innocent
children which wen; perpetrated In Oath co.
oil the 10!li olt. that wo have determiner],
though not without some doubts or misgivings,
to lay the following synopsis of tlio trial l;>*.
lore oiir renders. It is extracted bom the otfi.
cial record, which is directed to bo transmitted
it) the Executive by tlio Courts of Oyer and
Terminer.—lt is a wise and humane provis
ion of our criminal law. Tim slaves, not hav
ing the benelif of atria. l y J my, nor beforo
the judges of Ihe General Conn; but as they
are tried before the Magistrates of tlio County
Couits, who.-e sentence for good or for ill is
conclusive, it was thought proper and humane
to transmit the record of the trial to the Ex
ecutive of tlio Commonwealth —who might,
if they saw Id, interpose their province of
mercy to reprieve, to pardon, or to commute
tlio sentence of demit into transportation, (as,
is frequently the case.) ilut, in the present
instance, the record is so dark, and bloody,
that no effort has been made to soften the sen
tence —and there is no prospect of the Execu
tive interfering to change the decision of the
Court.
The Court of Oyer ami Terminer was hold
in the county of Ca'h, on the 22ml August,
for the trial of Andrew, Lucindaund Caroline,
slaves belonging to George Mayse, E q., who
were charged with the murder of Margaret
and Mary Mayse, the daughters of Mr. Mayse,
Nino Magistrates on the Bench.
The to lowing evidence was introduced in
behalf of the Prosecution:—Caroline, the
slave of Mr. Mayso. testified, that on (lie
10th of August, iho two prisoners (Andrew
and Lucinda) told her they would show her a
good blackberry patch that evening, and La--
cinda told Lor she must bring Mary and Mar
garet Mayse with her, and she would slio.v
them the blackberries. Whilst on her way to
meet the children returning from school/ she
(Caroline) met with Andrew, who told her to
make haste and bring the children up to the
Big Gate, and he would'show them the black
berries. She went on and met the children,
and took them on with her, up a short distance
from the gate; a route different from that on
which they had usually relumed from school.
They met with Andrew and Lucinda—An
drew leaning against the fence on the nide
next the road, and Lucinda standing near him.
The witness then asked Andrew, where the
lackberry pa'cii was. Me made no reply,
but seized Mary, and Lucinda, coming up, and
tools hold of Mary by the head, and stood be
hind her, whilst Andrew stood on one side
and cut her throat with a newlooking shoe*
knife. The poor little girl staggered around
and fell down—whereupon the other little
girl Margaret started to run, but Andrew soon
caught her and brought her hack—and Lu
cinda hold her, whilst Andrew cut her throat
in like manner. After the murders, the pri
soners got over.tho fence into the bushes—
while the witness ran towards the house; hut
becoming exhausted, she vvaa comp?!!?'.! 1n
slop, and Andrew passed her, with Ifs shirt j
sleeves rolled up, ami went on to the well on
the opposite side of the yard, and washed his
hands and arms. The witness declared that
she was prevented, by' her fears of being mur
dered herself, from disclosing tlio event to her
mistress immediately upon getting to the
house. Lucinda is her mother, and told hor
she would be hung ifslic told anything about it.
Miss Mary Jane Piornoy, another witness
in behalf of the Commonwealth, stated that
the little girls were let out of school nt her
father's house about 5 o’clock on the evening
of the 10. h of August—that, upon taking a
long walk soon after, and returning to her fa
ther’:-yard, she saw Lucinda and a black boy
together approaching leisurely in the direction
of her father’s house; Lucinda inquired it the
little girls were there, and stated that they had
no! got home; ami her mistress had be
come uneasy about them. The Witness then
with olhcrs went in search of the children—
and Lucinda suggested that they might have
been drowned in crossing the run. The wit
ness replied that it was not deep enough. Lu
cinda insis’td that it. was, and that Miss P.’s
brother could go down to see. On geng along
the road, they discovered tlio Hacks of the
children towards the gate, and Caroline led
the way, saying that they might he at the
Blackberry patch. Caroline went on, until
si e got to the gale, and began to look aboe*.
and soon pointed out the children lying on the
road side, a little beyond the gate—and ex
claimed, ‘ There they ho, dead”
Warwick Plotney confirmed his sister’s
statements.
Miss Hurah M’Elvco, who took the usual
road t he children went, in search of them, also
gave in her testimony, which wus not very
relevant.
Mrs. Eleanor Ptomey joined tiia hu rt for
the ciiiiJretl, and made similar statements.
Mrs. Sarah Mayge, liic mother of the c’j’’-
drnn, also gave in her testimony. She stated,
that Mary was in her eighth year, and Marga
ret in her seventh. Early in the day, Lucin
da asked leave of her to go for blackberries.—
Some lime it: the afternoon she asked Lucin
da if she intended to go ; but L. ra d she would
wait until the children returned from school,
and she would take them along with her, and
| the witness refused to let them go for fear of
accidents. In the course of the evening she
was struck with the singular countenance of
the woman, ns she held her pan of blackber
ries. and inquired what was the matter with
her] The woman gave no immediate answer,
but turned towards the door, where she stop
ped, and remarked that site was waiting for
the pan. Mrs. M. gave other statements of
facts, which it is not necessary to recapitulate.
(It appears, that during the perpetration of th ■
murder, the girl Cnro ine had an infant child
of Mr. Mayse in her arms, fjiic (Mrs M)
stated, in the course of her examination, that
the prisoners were both incensed against tLo,r
master, and both ol thorn had made threats.—
Lucinda declared that neither her master nor
any other man should ever whip her—if they
did, there would ho murder committed, for
she would as soon die one death as another.
A few days before the murder, Lucinda’s mas
ter had attempted to wh j) her, hut she got
away from him. Andrew also made threats,
and said he would do something lo make Ids
mae’ersill him, for ho would not live with
him. Mr. M. had, a lew days before (he mur
der, bought him a now cowhide, and placed it
so they might see it, in order lo alarm thru:-;,
and nuke them heller, but ho had not used it.
Robert Plurnny, another Wit ness, sta’.i;-;
that he 100 went in search of tbd children.
On meeting Lucinda and others, she inform
ed him ol the death of the children, mid ad
ded, ihctc wan n|man standing by them in Ini
shirt sleeves, his mat, oft; on! a club in his
i ; hand. Tim children wore lying in such a
• | way as entirely to conceal their wounds about
400 yards from tl.elr (athot’a house Whilst
. die company were standing mound the bo.
, dice. Lucinda declared that, she thanked (loii
, her hands were clean—upon which Andrew
also declared that his hands were dean.
t'.ephen L. Purler, another wiiness, stated
I liiiit lie saw Andrew; who asked where Ins
1 muster was—atjii on homo asked what was
. the matter, replied that some person had kill.
• ml his litl'o children—and said he did not
r know how they were killed whether they had
boon struck with lightning, or in what other
way. ihe clothes of the prisoners wore
i brought into ( ours, and upon inspection wore
■ lound loh • spattered with blood, and in in:i
■| ny parts of 1, s truck, it was app irout that the
blood was covered with flour, with the view of
i concealing it—ami many specks ofblood wore
i distinctly visible,
'1 kero wore oilier witnesses produced, and
: among the-., some oft ho slaves of Mr. Mivse,
, (who, it s, limns, was not at home on ihe eve.
ningof the murder)—hut the preceding sta’u
■ merits exhibit lha principal features o of*litis
most atrocious transaction,
The two prisoners, (Andrew ana Lucinda)
were unanimously fumd guilty by the Court,
and wore enmlnmncd to bo executed on Mon.
day, the 2*Uh of September. The girl Caro
line, who had been admitted as Slate’s Evi
dence, was recommended to the mercy of the
Executive. Wo understand that her former'
mauler lias h mini himseli m a\cry heavy pen,
ally tollio Court to sAi her ami tend her from
tlio country.
It appears from all accounts, that the fnini
ly liad been very indulgent towards the slaves
—that the want ot authority operated upon
suck two malignant ami reckless spirits, so as
to produce the perpetration of two of the most
cold-blooded and atrocious murders which the
present day has produced It thrills the blood
of every humane person, to see two such ten
der am! helpless imi-ccnts fall victims to the
demon-like passions of two such fiends.
From Historical Xh'tchcs of Old Paint,‘is.
Lumai .lo d:i Vinci.—The East Supper.
One day, when the Passion Week had just
begun, was walking in llio beauti
ful gardens near Milan. ilia mind was port,
dering on the subject of his painting. The
spring had already awaked tiie young blos
soms from their winter’s sleep, and the trees
and hedges were crowned with the fresh fol
iage of the season. “I will paint the scene
sacred to onr Lc-d !” lie exclaimed--''his last
supper witi) Ins disciples. Would that my
pencil were equal to the subject !”
The sun wu ; just setting as ho returned
home, bin mind filled with the vastness of the
project. Unconsciously, ho arrived at ilic
cloister ofthe Dominicans: the pealing tones
of the organ si ruck upon Ids ear, while the lof
ty roof of tho church resounded with the chain
of the monks. The solemn sound had stilled i
the tumult of h:n breast,and h s heart was till- i
cf! v -•!> irp pile ami deeply roll gone emotions.)
I »()li, tluni,” he cried, ‘who so? 'ho r* nH )
of the human nature, which is so sinful and j
passionate in me, how shall my feeble hand j
portray Iby glory ! Plow shall 1 pa nt Uni!
sorrowful night when the apostles gathered
around I hoe !”
As ho dw ht on the subject, it gradually ex
panded to his mind; lie behold Ihe long table,
and Ihe Saviour m ihe midst of).is disciples—
the last rays of evening shiningon his head—
a mild radiance beaming from his eyes, when
he exclaimed,‘’Verily 1 say unto you, one of
yon shall betray me.”
And with what beauty did the group spr ng
to light under the petted inspired by su h emu
lion ! How fresh, and yet how soft the col
oring ! But it was indeed an arduous task. —
Spring hud conic round, and two of tho heads
yet remained unfinished—the Saviour’s and
that of Judas—the one because his soul trem
bled to approach it—the oilier because the
beautiful purity of Ids own spirit shrank in
horror from the task of per! ray mg lily such a
visage.
in vain Lionanlo sat. before Ids easel, with
his pencil in his hand, and prayed for divine
inspiration to paint the .Saviour of the world.
His touch was cold and formal. Where was
the heavenly benevolence (hat irradiated his
sac pitying forgiveness toward the apos
tle who ho knew would deny him —the glance
of divine sorrow, unmixed with auger, winch
he cast upon Ins betrayer l And tho contrast
of the traitor, how was he ever to portray it
worthily I
The last week arrived, and the heads were
yet unfinished.
‘‘.Dust thou know llio conditions ?** exclaim
ed the exuding monk —‘ success or death ;so
said the duke, and his word is never recalled,”
“I know them well,” replied Leonardo, in a
despairing tone.
“Then hasten on Ihy work ” said the dotn
inican. “Is life so worthiest* that thou const
not afford a daub of thy brush to sae ill—
As well might the mighty discovery of paint
ing have slumbered if it will not do theu this
sludil service. Home, lend mo thy brush—to
morrow is the day—l will furnish I hue with a
head, and perhaps it may save thine own,”
fistoning upon him a searching glance, with a
flashing expression ol conscious power and
■ triumph.
‘•Ha.'” exclaimed Lionardo, “! lliank tlicc,
' good sir prior, for this last offer —thou hast
indeed inspired me.”
Ho hastened to the refectory, closed and
secure d the door, and through the rest of that
day, and the whole .solitude of that last night,
■ sat almost without intermission at, the glori
' ons work which Ims immortalized him. Tho
head of Judas was completed buloro the shades
of night came on ; but that, of the Saviour still
remained. There was the beautiful rnai—
tho locks parted on the forehead—but all else
of llio face was a blank. He felt ihe task be.
yoml his power! vet Ins generous spirit would
not profane his own idem, nor degrade h:s art,
• by an unworthy |:orfoniianc".
The last rays ot Ino sun wire setting; ho
■ turned towards the west. “Andrea,” tie <rn d,
“now, in lliis hour ot my last extremity «f de
spair, let my voice reach t ee among the
, shades of the palm-trees of paradise !”
A:* by n sudden inspiration, eonti icnen took
; possession of his mind—celestial images i! >at
ed before his imagination—>hn p'Ulmg root
! scorned to ring wall Imrmn —and. in the va
! cant space, the imagination ot the painter be-
I held the cunnleiianeu, tne divine cuun'enunce.
' : which he had been in vain attempting to per
’ Day.
Once more he s’ iz■■■• h: ’ ro-I:—h * has on-
I !v to follow the trails imp;-, s 1 >d tor ever ny
t'linimi :;le vi-ion-gleam on Ins memory. Now
; indeed, the work was noon d mpletul.
The next morning Lionardo did not make
Ins appearance, nor was any reply returned
to llie applications (,l the prior at the door. It
was the day on which the picture was to bo
cxiiiblled, and his remorseless enemy exulted
in the belief that, in bis despair, he had sought
the (ate of the dud ;s he had lound himself in
competent to depict.
At length the hour arrived, and the Duke
Sfor/a, accompanied by the principal nobility
<d Millan, proceeded in state to the Domini
can monastery, and gave orders that the rebec
lory should bo thrown open. The picture,
which was upon the wall at one end, was con
cc:»k (l by a curtain; and the artist stood with
Ins eyes cast down, and an expression of deep
dejection. There was a confused murmur of
voices. Curiosity and eager expectation were
expressed in every countenance hut that of
the prior’,-; on his sat triumphant revenge;
(lie picture, he was confident, was unfinished
in the most important figures, as he had him
sell seen it so on the preceding day.
“l.ct the curtain he withdrawn,”’ said the
duke.
Lionardo moved not—the deep emotion of
the artist rendered him poweiJess.
The dominican, unable to comprehend such
feelings, was confirmed in the belief that the
" ilhdravving of’lhe < in-lain would be the death
warrant of I Jonardo; he hastily seized the
titling, and by a sudden pull Ihc’ciirtnin open
ed, and the List Supper of Lionardo da Vinci
stood revealed to llie world.
>,’ola sound iaru few moments broke (he
' 1 11 ' ,?s 'bat prevailed; at length murmurs ot
applause were heard, increasing, as the infill
cnce of the glorious work Idl fuller upon (he
enlhiisiastick minds of the Ilalians, to raptures,
she duke arose and stood before l.ioimrdo.
‘‘Well, noble Florentine, bast limit atoned for
thy fault; 1 am proud to forgive I lice all. On—
on, to glory, to immortality—high regards
shall be thine. Hut why, holy father,” said be
to (he prior, who still stood motionless and
pale, before the picture—“why stand you
speechless there—see you not how nobly be
has redeemed bis pledge?”
All eyes were turned upon the dominican—
then to the figure of .Indus. Suddenly they
exclaimed with one voice, “It is be! it is he!”
The brothers and monks of the cloister,
who detested the prior, repeated—‘‘Yes, it is
he—the Judas Iscariot who betrayed bis mas
ter!”
A her the first surprise was over, suppressed
laughter was heard. Bale with rage, the do
ininicaii retreated behind the crowd, and made
bis escape to bis cell, with the emotions of a
demon (pulled before the radiant power of
an angel’s divinity, ami the reflection Unit
henceforth he must go down to posterity as a
second Judas! r l he resemblance was perfect.
And where now was Lionardo da Vinci—he
who stood conspicuous among the nobles of
die land—he whose might of genius had cast
high birth and worldly honours into obscurity?
Wow, surely, was the hour of his triumph!
Alas, no! he stood humbled and depressed;
bitter tears bedewed bis cheeks; and when the
cry was repealed again and again, “It is die
prior!” lie hastily (putted the presence of the
duke, and in die soliiiot- ..*• i.i. ■.».*
1 mem, m> itUkucuM, in an agony of repentance,
1 “O Andrea, my mastei !” lie exclaimed, “how
I have I sinned against thy memory, our art,
land my own soul! It was a sacrilege—in the
1 same hour in which thou didst answer my
praver with the blessed inspiration of the vis -
ion of die Uedecmer! lam unworthy of thy
love, of thy divine a.I, and of my own respect.
‘Jtevengc can have no part in a great mind,’
was thy last precept —how much belter didst
thou know me than I knew myself! Strength
en and guide, henceforth, my weak and sinful
nature.”
Kuch were the emotions of the artist, while
all Millan and Italy rang with the fame of the
work which he himself so bitterly repented.
All (locked to sec it, and his renown was at
its zenith, lie shunned the applause, and in
a humble spirit devoted himself to the pursuit
of a nobler triumph than lie hadalready achiev
ed—the triumph over himself.
This is the history of that celebrated paint
ing, the l.ast Supper of Lionardo da Vinci,
which is familiar to all, from the innumerable
copies distributed through every civilized
country, by the pencil ami the burin. It is
commonly understood to he a fresco; but it is
not. ft was painted on the dry plastering,
with the use of distilled oils, in a manner in.
vented by Lionardo. This circumstance has
caused its decay. It is still in the refectory of
the Dominican convent at Milan; though, hav
ing sustained much injury from ill usage, cs
pecially when the convent van occupied by
french troops at the close of the last century,
it gives the traveller now but an indistinct idea
of its original glory.
Quelling an Insurrection.
I now speak of llie Dorman military. As
far as regards the expediency and good taste
of insulting and continuing to insult a whole
nation with their presence, I will say nothing ;
1 merely wish to illustrate by the following
example, their utility, as well to preserve the
peace of the kingdom as to guard die precious
per-on of the petty-faced Sovereign. Hem !
once upon ft time and that .not twelvemonths
'ago, there broke out an insurrection of no
: | great extent, in a part of the Morea ; a regi
, Incut, consisting of some eight hundred Hava
nans, .was sent to suppress the same, but, alas!
, within a few days they were to a man taken
prisoners by the rebels, and literally sold like
| snipes at the “low charge” of two drachma:
a couple, and delivered back to the Govern
ment on payment of the above moderate sums;
the v bole transaction forming, perhaps, one
■ of’ I lie most divine instances on record ofinef.
ficlcnoy and weakness on one side, and con
tempt and conscious superiority on the other.
Sometime after this ever memorable expedi
i lion, the above mentioned King having heard
sad complaints against one Grivas, a famous
■ Greek chieftain, sent for the said hero to give
i an account of Ids misdeeds; he obeyed, to be
sure, as all good subjects ought, and c -me in
■ kl,iil<; to boot, namely, with three thousand
i horsemen at bis heels, whom lie encamped at
a short distance from the metropolis, and, hav
ing seen them comfortably settled, repaired
to the palace, add inquired, with all imagina
ble politeness, as to Hie commands of his (loy
al master, (!) who having, no doubt, remark
ed Ihe picture •■■que encampinem outside, beg
ged to thank Mr. Grivas for his many and
great services, anil presented him with the
Second Glass Gross of the Order of the Saviour
nor, “K.c uno” but “ lie duohns diace omuea."
—Three Months Leave.
Jcrietocs —General Macomb, in an Army
order ila'ed at Detroit, September Bth, directs re.
eroding officers not lo enlist deserters from any
foreign service, but especially from the Urilisli
army in Canada; who are also not lo be ollJWed
lo come into any of the forts, barracks or camps
of the United feS-atf.-;.
A skull of the revolution with u bullet in it,
li,;.- been dug up at Bunker Hill.
•' J " " * ■ I M # •
The feptembcr Gala,
JIV' O. W. HOLMES.
I in not a chicken ; I have Been
i ' " 11 a chill September;
Ami l hough I was a youngster then,.
I hot (by 1 well remember;
I saw the storm coiled up in clouds—
Ji sin inhered like a viper ■
tul when the lightnings woke it up,
"v c y° • tl was a wiper.
ft cameos quarrels sometimes do,
~,,'V hen married folks get clashing;
i here was o heavy sigh or two,
lieforo the tiro was (lashing
A linlo stir among the clouds,
Before they rent asunder—
A little rocking of the trees,
Anil then came on the thunder.
Cord ! how the ponds and rivers boiled ;t
I hey root 1 like bursting craters ;
And oaks lay scattered on the ground.
Am il they were p-.uiocH ;
Aihl nil above was in a howl,
And nil below a clafler *
f ho earth was like a fiying-pan.
Or some such hissing mailer.
It chanced lo he our washing day,
Ami all our things were rlrying ;
J lie storm came routing through tho Uses,
And set them all a flying;
I saw the shirts and petticoats
00 riding off like witches ;
1 lost—ah! bitterly 1 wept—’
1 lost my Sunday breeches f
1 saw them si raddling through die air,,
, Alas! 100 late lo win them;
1 saw them chase the clouds, ns if
I he devil had been in them ;
i hey were my darlings and my pride.
My boyhood’s only riches;
“Farewell, farewell !” I faintly cried,
“My breeches! O, my breeches!”
That night I saw them in my dreams - t
Mow changed from what I knew them {
The dews had stooped their faded threads;.
J he winds had whistled through them,
I saw the wide and ghastly rents
Where demon claws hud torn them;,
A hole was in their hinder parts,
As if an imp had worn them.
I have had otany happy years,
And tailors kind and clever;
Hut those young pantaloons have gone,
Forever and forever!
And not till fate has cut the last
Os all my earthly stitches,
i bin aching heart shall cease to mourn l
My loved, my long-lost breeches !
A new set of fanatics, {railing themselves lb.’
“Candlesticks of the Church,” and claiming thtf
power of working miracles, has sprung up lately
m London, England.
J lie mills in the neighborhood of Alexandria.
wa*ifr Ct °* *-'olua:!)ia. are tyiUtS idle for want Jt
The (Jnu HUH ... ...... j IM.li* .... „v ....
election, to ho chosen lor the first time by the pent
pie.— IL' will ho clothed with lit. emir* e»ec»--
live power for tlueu years.
The Louisville (Ky.) Medical College prrrfni-'
ses lo he worthy of that city. The building is
one of great beauty, and the number of students
’ entered are already 100.
t
A water spout about 300 feet high, and rcsen»'
'-fling a column o( while smoke, was lately seen
upon Canandaigua Lake, New Vork.
Mr. Lewis, o( SeotlsuTle, Va., makes a wine of
delicious flavor from the Catawba grape; It re'
sembles still champaigns.
The Montreal Herald insists that Canada h
(ar from quiet, and that rebellion is stilt alive and
kicking.
Ki:m > t'-s or Napo t.i:ov —The Maritime Pre
lect ot Cherbourg has received orders to hasten
the armament of the frigate the Heine Blanche;
which it is believed at Cherbourg is destined to
proceed to Hit Helena lo receive on board the
remains of Napoloan.
Atlantic Steam Ships. — The St. Louitf
folks are gelling “steam-mad.” They are deter
min'd to have a line at all hazards. The Ga
■ Zell says their forwarding business is diminish
ing daily, and nothing hut steam ships will make
u prosper. Co ahead, say we.
An Am k rue ait Duchess.— The Marchioncf*
of Carmarthen, daughter of Diehard Caton, of
Haiti more, by the death of the Duke of Leeds,had
become Duchess of Leeds.
Deaths in Philadelphia.—There wore odd
hundred and fifteen deaths in the city of Philadel
phia during the last week, of which fifty-three
were children under two years of age.
Mr. Norris, of Philadelphia, has shipped a fids
cond income.ivo for the use of the mil-ruad Id
Wagruni in Awsirin % Ho is expected to makd
two more for that country.
Two caste of the colossal marbles of Day and
Night, ILo original by .Michael Angelo, and now
in tlte Church of St. Nicholas, at Florence, have
been received at lioslnn (nun Leghorn. They
were sent as a present to Col. Perkins by Greens
ottgh, the sculptor.
The fires in the Pines of New Jersey arc (tofl
tiiiumg with unahn ed fury, ft is feared that the
whole of these valuable woods will be swept
away. There appears to he no hopes of stopping
tho progress of the flames.
A lady was asked at the Springs during thd
present season, “how site liked Coibbe’s Tales.”
“I never knew that crabs had tails,” she replied;
wi ha look of grave and innocent wonder.
Tho Haltimore Sun informs us that grasshop
pers are so ravenous in Maryland that they de
vour hoe handles, ploughshares, and harrows !
This is almost incredible,
Ivteii esti no. A gentleman in (he street;
hurrying lo a steamboat with a bundle in one
hand and a baby in the other!
1)1 Cl),
lu tliis eity on Sunday morning last, alter art
illi less of n tew days, John Williams, in the 83d
year of his age.
, ——— |
1 )OA It DlNG.—Families and single persons
' Cft u i-liing board and lodging, ean be accent
rriudaled wii Ii spacious and comfortable rooms, at .
.Mrs. Carter’s, Green-street.
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