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P O U G H K E E P S I E E A G U E , J-RINTED AtfD FOBtlSHEDBY P la t t R a n n e y , E v e ry Wednesday morning, Main-st., Poughkeepsie At two dollars per annum. [Prom the Commercial Herald.] TH E SW E E T SPRING IS COMING. The sweet Spring is coming, with fragrance around her, !f young glorie; The wild birds ar The sweet flower springing ’he sweet flowers are springing; All Nature b bringing eacli beauty so rare— • O ld W in te r to latitudes north is w inging— May his flight bear away every dark cloud of cs O say, can you hear the far waterfall humming, A s it comes on the south wind, so mellow and sweet? And say, can you see the fair wild pigeon coming, So swiftfrom the warm clime,with light wing and fleet? Each living thing’s dancing— The glad waters glancing— Their beauty enhancing as they dash into foam ; Each bud’s gemmed with dew drops, the sight h< entrancing. On floweret and tree, now, around my dear home. :l c om ing, a y e , smiling as w h en w e first knew And said in our glad hearts, there’s no month like T h o u bringest u s flow ers. And wild woodland bowers, With sunshine and flowers, like beauty in tears; T h e n be the M a y coming, to us and to ours. T h e m onth of all m o nths, this the y e a r o f all y e a r s ! [From the London N ew Nonthly Magazine.] I C A N ’T DECIDE. I can’t decide, I can’t decide! And know not what to do; j perplex’d, and teazed, and tried, ween my suitors two. ich I fairly VOL. VII. . POUGHKEEPSIE, W E D N E S D A Y MORNING, A P R IL 33, 1835. NO. 365. 1 • ........ ----- _______ ____ . ........... .... ..... - ..... - .........- - _______ ______ - ....... 1 I’m. Between my si The charms of each I fairly s( I weigh their merits well ; But which must be the happy man. Is more than I can tell. I ponder on’t but cannot see Which way the odds incline; Sir William, he is twenty-three, Sir Paul is sixty-nine. ’Tis three to one in point of age. And that’s a difference wide; But hear mo out, and I ’ll engage You’ll say I can’t decide. I’ve thought it o’er from week to week ; The odds may thus be told— Sir William has a blooming cheek, He has my heart ’tis clear; But there’s pin-money with Sir Paul, Three thousand pounds a year. My choice unfix’d between them floats, With equal claims they Stand ; This has a hand at tender notes, 7'hai tender notes at hand. On either side they rise to view, ’Tis quite perplexing still; Jlere I see many a billet-doux. There dues on many a bill. And says such t t ----- ^ Sir Paul’s a dull old stupid bore— The truth can’t be denied— But who’d refuse a coach and four? Indeed 1 can’t decide, I can’t decide—but hark I I hear Sir Paul, as I’m alive! 1 said three thousand pounds a year, But nowJ'llmake it Jive. Five thousand pounds! my stars, I Is cast, and I’m your bride! Fate has ordain’d i t ; so I’ll cry REUIGIOUS. “ S I X M O N T H S IN A C O N V E N T .” EXTRACTS. .nd water, the chalice, host, holy water, and ints, &c. One day, however, I had forgotten nd to this duty at the appointed hour, butre- fcaring lest I shbuld offend the to atteni collecting it, and Superior by to leave th e : r had giver d, “ O reason s . 6uld offend tl tgence, I asked pcrmiasii a Novice that pernaifision that our Moth- ;sion to attend to it; she an- tlnngs for m a ss, wmen was lo laite piace me next day. W h ile busily employed, I heardjthe adjoining door open, and the Bishop’s voice distinctly. B e ing conscious that 1 was there at the wrong hour, I kept as still as possible, lest I should cd. W h ile in this room I overheard conversation between the Bishop & Superior. Bishop, after taking snuffin his usua can by saying, “ W e ll, well-what do( w as there at the wrong hour, 3 t as still as possible, lest I shoul be discover- W h ile in this room I overheard the following lation between the Bishop & S T h e snuffin his usual manner, be- les A g n es say? ly from the all appear ances, she is either possessed of insensibility or great command.'\ T h e Bishop walked about the room, seeming much displeased with the Superior, and cast many severe and improper reflections up on Mary Francis, who, it was known, had influen ced m e ; all which his Lordship will wellremember. H e then told the Superior that the establishment was in its infancy; and that it would not do to have 0 abroad as these persons would c lat they J rriage cc cross the line in two or three days. H e added, 1y >f renetition. that it would not do for the Pro i ! anoth- •uctions :hey soon both left the room and I heard ntTmore. T h e reader may well judge of my feelings at this moment; a young and inexperienced female,shut -out from the world, and entirely beyond the reach -of friends; threatened with a speedy transportation to another country, and involuntary confinement for life, with no power to r e s ist\V immediate ful filment o f the startling conspiracy I had overheard, s with much difficulty that I controlled my ross the lin e in tw o or three days. H e added, b 'ay o f repetition, that it would not do for the P testants to get hold o f those things and make anoth er “ fuss.” H e then gave the Superior instru( how to entice me into the carriage, and thej left the room and I heard no m( It w as with much difficulty feelings, but aware o f the importance o f not betray ing any knowledge of what had taken place, I s u c ceeded in returning to the refectory unsuspected. I now became firmly impressed that unless I could contrive to break away from the Convent soon, it would be forever too late; and that every day I re mained rendered my escape more difficult. 'he next day I went to auricular confession, not remblinj Mmit yet ah old man—but for many years he has been considered, and has condemned himself, at death’s oor. It was to his hearers as if every sermon fiust be his last. H is mind, however, is in full vigour, and his Writings, and even hia eloquence, in this feeble and d ying state, breathe an undimin- ished enthusiasm. In person, he is singularly small, and o f the slightest possible frame seen in ■the street, wrapped m a cloak, and covered with a as cheerful a countenance as I could assume, “O Mamere, lam sorry to give you so much trouble; I had rather see them here first.” W h ile we we conversing 1 heard a little bell ring several time T h e Superior said, “ W ell, my dear, make up your m ind; the bell calls me to the parlor.” She soon returned, and asked i f I had made up my mind to go. I answered, “No, Mamere.” She then said 1 had failed in obedience to her, and as 1 had so of ten talked of going to another order with such a, person as Mary Francis, I had better go immedi ately ; and again she said, raising her voice, “You have failed in respect to your Superior; you must jollect that I am a lady o f quality, brought ulence, and accustomed to^ all the luxuri 3.” I told her that 1 was very sorry to ^ v e list- igainst her^dignity. dignity. SI o any thing wrong against her > sr tears were a relief to me they were then. e stamped upon the floor violently, and asked, if I was innocent, w h y I did not go to communion. I told her I felt unworthy to go to communion at that time.t T h e bell again rang, and she left the room, and in a few moments returning, desired me to tell her immediately what I thought o f doing, for as she had promised to protect me forever, she must know my mind. She then mentioned that the carriage was still in waiting. I still declined go ing,for I was convinced their object was not to car ry me to Mrs. G. and Priest B., to consult about another order, but directly to Canada. 1 told her I had concluded to ask my confessor’s advice, and meditate on it some longer. She rather emphati- cally said, “You can meditate c and do as you like about going to She said that my sister had fee not wish to sec me. interrupted by the illy said, “You can meditate on it if you please, id do as you like about going t see your friends.” rather emphi it i f you plea ar had been there, and did Our conversation was here upted by the entrance of a Novice. The Superior then gave me my choice, cither to remain on Mount Benedict, or go to some other order, and by the next week to make up niy mind, as it re mained with me lo decide. She then gave me a penance to perform, which was, instead o f going to the choir as usual at the ringing of the bell, to room, ana turning said, she had orders to release me from my penance, and to direct me to finish my med itations on the picture of a Saint, which she gave me. But instead of saying the prayers that I was bidden, I fervently prayed to be delivered from their wicked hands. T h e y appeared much pleased witli my supposed reformation, and I think they believed me sincere. T h e Superior, as a test o f my humility, kept me reading; that is, made no signal for me to stop, until the diet was over, when a plate of apple pa- ings, the remnant of her desert,was brought from ie Superior’s table, and the signal given for le to lay down my hook and eat them .t I ate a /cto o f them onfy, hoping they might thmk my abstaining from the remainder self-denial in me, and not suspect mo of discontent or disobedience. I performed all my penances with apparent cheer fulness. T h e Bishop visited the Convent on the n ext ho ly day, and on their remarking that he had been absent some time, he made many e x c u ses; one of which was, he had been engaged in collecting mo ney to establish the order o f the “Sisters of Char ity” where the “Community” once lived ; and he spoke of the happiness o f the life o f a “Religieusc” of this order. After he played on the piano, “A w a y with Melancholly,” the Superior asked me to play, and the Bishop said, “B y all means.” I complied, but my voice faltered through fear, when M iss M ary Benedict apologized for me, by saying ~ had not practiced much lately, on account of the lother Assistant’s engagements, and the young idies occupying all the instruments. She show- i the Bishop a robe which I had been busy in work- ig for him. H e said -I must not on any account neglect my music. After telling one o f his stories about a monk who had disobeyed the rules o f his order until Satan took possession o f him, he left us, saying he hoped “old Scratch” would not take jossession o f our hearts as he did that monk’s, and loped that we should never have another Judas in the Community. Some days after the conversation w hich 1 heard between the Bishop and Superior while behind the altar, I was in the refectory at my work, and heard le noise of the porters, who were employed saw- ig wood, and 1 conjectured the gate might be len for them, I thought it a good opportunity to icape, which I contemplated doing in this manner, viz : to ask permission to leave the room, and as I passed the entry, to secrete about my habit a hood which hung there, that would help to ( icape from the door o f infirmar^ T h is plan formed, and just as I was going, I heard a band of music, playing, as it seemed, in front of the Convent. 1 heard the young ladies assembling in the parlor, and the porters left their work, as I supposed, for the noise o f the saws ceased. iUppOi I felt quite revived, and was more confident I should be able to escape without detection, even should it be necessary to g et ov( the fence. I feigned an errand, and asked permii e saw s ceasec confident I s sneo. I feigned an errand, and asked permis- of M iss M ary Austin to leave,§ which she granted. I succeeded in secreting the hood, and the book in which Miss Maiy Francis had left her address, and then knocked at the door three times which led to the lay apartments. A person came to the door, who appeared in great distress.il I asked her -where Sister Bennet and Sister Bernard were; she left me to find them, I gave the infirmarian to understand that the Superior wished to see her, and 1 desired her to go immedi- ■tely to her room. T h e se gone, lassed out the back door, and as tl lut the back door, and as the gate appear- ihut, I climbed upon the slats which confined the grape vines to the fence ; but they gave way to the ground, I sprained my wrist. ar confession, without trembling and fear, lest I should betray myself. But having committed my case to God, I ' w e n t somewhat relieved in my feelings. A t a pre vious confession I had refused logo to Canada, but this time, in reply to the Bishop’s inquiry, I an swered that»I would consider the subject ; for J thought it wrong to evince any want o f fortitude, especially when I had so much need of it. I did not alter my course o f conduct, fearing that i f 1 ap peared perfectly contented I should be suspected of •an intention to escape. I t w a s m y turn during that week to officiate in ,e offices. W h ile reading, I felt something rise throat, which, two or tl th e ingwhia ation I was ' could not t vas told IW!as T h e ’ awaflow but it still: \“g w h t t hadnevc tw o or three times I tried to smained. I felt alarmed, it be- before experienced.’*'Atrecre- hat ailed me, and replied that I described m y feelings, and r vaporish. ly were very desirous that week to know i f slingslings wereere changed.hanged. I saidaid thihey m y fee w c I s t were, and endeavored to make it appear to them that Satan had left me. But in reality I feared I should nev er escape from them, though I had determined to do so the first opportunity. I was in the habit o f talking in my sleep, and had often)ften awokewoke andnd foundound thehe Religieuseeligieuse kneelingneeling a- a a f t R k round m y couch, and was told that they were pray ing for me. Fearing lest I should let fall some word or words which would betray me, I tied a \handkerchief around m y face, determining i f ob- ■served to give the appearance o f having i £ b teeth ache, andso avoid detection. For some days I ’tvas not well, and my mind, as may naturally be sup posed, sympathized with my body, and many things occurred that were unpleasant, which I shall pass unnoticed. B u t what I have now to relate is o f importance. A few days after, while at my needle in the refec tory, I heard a carriage drive to the door o f the ■ent, and heard a person step into the Supe- Immediately the Superior passed ! w hich led to the back en- ligbtly along the passage try, where the menen servaiervants m s or porters were em- iprimanded them in a loud tone for y wereere doing.oing. Shehe thenhen opened the , ployed, and , I something they w d S t open — J door o f the refectory, and seemed indifferent about 3fectory, am at length seated herself beside me, I began conversation, by saying, “W e ll, my r girl, what do you think o f going to see your mds T 1 said, “W h a t friendi ' ' uld ll / tillering, hut / - and begi mg to see your lamere ?” said ihe, “You would like to see your friends Mrs. G., md Father, and talk with tnemim respectingespecting yourour r y Before I had time to an- menced taking off my garb, felling m eisho w a s m haste, and that a carriage was wait- - iO't' to convey m e to my friends. I answered, with - call to another order.” 4 »wer, she commenced taking o m eish o w a s in haste, and that e grape vines to the lence ; but they gave id falling to the ground, I sprained m y wrii en thought I would try the gate, which I found unfastened, and as there was no one near it, I ran through, and hurried to the nearest house. In getting over the fences between the Convent and this house, I fell and hurt m y self badly. On reaching the house, I fell exhausted upon the door step ; but rising as soon as possible, I opened the door, and was allowed to enter. I inquired if Catholics lived there : one answered, “N o .” For some time I could answer none o f their questions, being so much exhausted. th( Fheh i soon £ ction, fhey k e y understood that I requested r afforded me every assistance in n onlynly a fewew minutesinutes thehere, on, t Lr power, I had been o a f m t when I heard the alarm bell ringing at the Con vent. On looking out at the window, w e s '0 of the porters searching in the canal v loles. After searching some time they turned to the Convent, and I saw their dogs scent ing —y long poles. After searc •ned to the Convent, ig m c( W h ile surprised, nay, f was sopafe and emaciated.' Notwitstanding my wrist being sprained, I wrote a few lines to Mrs. G., whom I still supposed my friend, begging her to come to my relief, for-1 did not wish my father and sister to see me ii ------------ - ent condition. I thanked God that he ha his ear unto me, and delivered me out of the h ands of the wicked. But here was not an end to my afflictions. M rs. G. came in the evening to con^ house. She ’ 1 the evening to muld not allow n to go. A fter whispering a long ti to m e about the, importance o f secrecy, she left Mr, K .’s, as we supMsed, for home ; but she soon re turned, saying sne at first intended to leave me at Mr. K .’s, but nad concluded to take me home with her, as she desired some further conversation. H e r manners appeared very strange, yet I did not distrust her friendship. Before reachig Mr. K .’s, she requested me to obtain from them a promise not to say any thing about my escape, which I did. After I arrived at Mrs. G .’s, I showed her my wounds, and m y feet, which had been frozen, and told her I did not find the convent what I had peeled. She seemed to sympathize with me, i to do all in her power for my recovery. She did not then urge me to say iljuch, as I w as quite weak. T h e next morning the Convent hoy on horse back came gallo] ’ ■ ' ' ■< ed to Mrs. ( very partic give it to any one except to her. $he refused to tell me its contents, and sent directly for a chaise, to go to the Convent. She took with her the re ligious garb I had worn on my head, and the b o o t containing M iss Mary Francis’ namo.+t M ean/ while I endcavoyed to compose myself, and wrota to M iss M a iy Francis, agreeably to my promii e, wid deliver- , and was informing her o f my afflictions, and o f my reli tance to return to the bustle ot the world. I pro posed to her some questions and asked her advice. I wrote to her I could not think otherwise than that the Superior and Bishop were very wicked. I did notot writerite much,uch, thinkinghinking herer confessor M I S C E Ii U A N E O U S . n w m t h might advise her not to answer it, as it was proba ble that the Superior would write to him ; and I was anxious to convince Mrs. G. that Mary Fran cis thought as I did, for Mrs. G. would not permit me to say one word against the Superior or Bish- OT; and I was resolved to ascertain if Mary Francis was living and happy. W h e n Mrs. G. returned from the Convent, she said the Superior had too exalted! an opinion o f me to think I would say any thing against the institution, and she had sent me a present, as she still considered me one of her flock ; and i f I had gone astray, she should do every thing she could for mo in a temporal as well as in a spiritual sense, if 1 would repent. M y words were just these: “I cannot receive any present from the Superior; she is a wicked wo man, and I do not believe her friendship pure.” t this moment Priest B. drove to the door, : jsired to see me. 1 did not ''ink ’ ger, and conversed with that he had seen the H e said that as he rove to the door, and id n th myself in dan- th him ; but I soon found Superior and the Bishop, as he was my sponsor he considered advjsedvjse me,e, andnd hopedoped I wasas notot goingoini vems to God and expose m yself to it his duty to a m a h I w n g break ir e world;because, and laughed at. H e said he had before convi a Novice toI the world ; i f I did, I should be ridiculed the “Sisters o f Chai :oo them,hem, or lo some c convey me t t i which 1 might choose, and that he vvas deeplycoi cerned for my welfare. 1 told him I could not think o f going anywhere then, as my health would not allow any exposure to the cold, and that Mrs. G. thought it best I should remain with her until I was better, when I should visit my father. H e then exclaimed, “W h a t letter is this 1” taking up and reading the one I had written to Mary Fran cis. After reading it, he appeared surprised, and desired to know how I came in possession of her name. H e said he should have seen me at the Convent had he known I was discontented; and that i f the superior had done wrong, it was no !ason I should do so, by speaking against the lonvent or those connected with it. H e then rook hands with me, and said he would converse ith me again when I was more composed, and ift the house. I soon beg! that she w a s , opportunity, she would deliver me of the Catholics; for I learned from her litth daughter that her mother had given her to the Catholic Church, because the Superior had offer ed to educate her, free of expense, and that her nother was acquainted with the Superior before I vent to the Convent. N o w this I did not know lefore, and I began to be more guarded, and t( fear that all belonging to the Romish Church wen alike. W h en I gave Mrs. G. the letter to send to the post-office, she asked i f I was afraid she would break it open; and at another tiftie afterwards, she told me 1 was afraid she would poison me, be cause I refused to take medicine, which I thought I did not need. Such thoughts did not occur not ne« [n a day or two Priest B . again came, and after ichch persuatiioners from Mrs. G. I >t he mu p him. 'A t firsi; had come to rci xme, anu msented:d S \ b (egged, to sec said he he appeared very pli mder me assistance, and b as I valued my religion and reputation, to take his advice. I told him I wished none o f his assistance or advice ; that I should go to my brother’s at East Cambridge, as soon as possible; that as it respec ted my religion, I did not believe in one which justified its followers in doing w r o n g ; and that I was not at all concerned that my reputation would be injured on that account by returning to the world. H e affected considerabm contempt for my aged parent, and ridiculed many things which he said he had heard o f my father. A n d he said,tt “ Is it possible that a young lady wishes to have her name made public ?” I answered, “You very well know I should shrink from such a thing, but I should rather return to the world and expose my self to its scorn, than to remain subject to the commandsof atyrant.” “T h e n ,” said he, “ifyou are determined to return to the world, you may go to ruin there for all I can do; and rely upon it, you will shed tears o f blood in consequence o f the step you have taken, if you do not repent and confess all, at the secret tribunal o f God.” I told him I should confess to none but God, and that my conscience prompted mo to do as J had done. H e asked me i f I would go with him J g o V do as J had done. H e h him to the Superior, 1 replied, “No, I will ly other Catholic would which hung there, that would help to conceal part as she wanted to o f my garb from particular observation; then to not, for 1 believe you or any other Catholic would feign an errand to the infirmarian from the Supe- (if directed) take my life, were it in your power, rior, as I imagined I could escape from the door o f as truly as 1 believe I am living, and 1 will not ruly as 1 belii trust myself in your words he turned pal( am living, and 1 wi dutches again.” A t these le turned pale, and asked me what I had or heard at the Convent that so. I refused to say more, and reti clamation that it would be death to me. Mrs,.'4; ideavored to console me with the invent that made me talk ,ired at his tom e. Mrs. endeavored to console me with the assurance that he meant right, and that it would, they feared, be the death of my soul. , my situation, the Superior been too eminisiastic in my \ lit life. I was discontented with using some deception towards and the Reli^'ieuse, in order lo effect an escap! fore I did not feel worthy to attend communion. I This wasi the second time I had been presented with apple parings by the Superior, § Sister Martha (the sick Religieuse) was scouring the floor at this time, which I saw was quite too hard for her. Not long after I left, I inquired after her, and learned she was no more. II This was Sarah S. (a domestic,) who appeared very unhappy while I was in the Convent. I often saw her in tears, and learned from the Superior that she was sighing for the veil. When I saw my brother and lie she was sighing for the v< I informed him of this circumstance, and lie soon found who she was, and ascerlahied that some ladies in Cambridge had been to see tlie Superior, whp used to them pretty much the same language as she did to my sister. I have since seen her. She is still under the influence of the Roman Cliurcb, buf assures mo she did not refuse to see the ladies, as the Superior had represented to them, and she wept because of ill health, &c. ** It will be perceived that this does not corres pond with whal the Superior told my sister. This book I brougt away because Mary Francis had pricked hers and her Father’s real name out in it, and I wished to refer to it, in. order to writo to her. 1 took it from my writing desk, and slipped it into iny pocket. II H e informed me I should be anathematized pub licly if I did not repent. he*had s’ tniiph to^^the watch. Mis her escape dinring the squabble. Beii the magistrate on theheinoiisness of his crime and the villainy ofleadi f leading estray a young and thought less female, M r. Jackson grinned a ghastly smile, an.l said he neber seduce any body:—M iss Mum- ford hab seduced me, and ax for to let her come in my house, her hom 1 Mary ma g lectured by I is crime and ly o •le, M r. Jj neber s fluced me, and a x for to let her come in M y wife she be out, and I no expect le—so I tought it would bo shameful to let lady wander unprotected through de streets—and says 1, enter and rest thyself. On a promise *- where the girl could be found, he was alloi go.—iV. Y. Stai leto tell wed to rrciG iiui* lu sv;uuui lo, sir, here’s ’scause mother sent yeat the time holding-out a slip o f paper on which written the following seemingly Egyptian hi- sroglyphics-: )ug taters !’■ “ Oh yes !”— “ Kept at home logo a potatoeing.’ — 'Worcester Palladuim. icted by the legislature of jermission given to Posteritas Pope use The name of Posteritas Benton 'hey should have made his first name last. TRA D ITIO N S OF THE AM E R IC A N W AR OP IN D E P E N D E N C E . F r o m the London I/’niled Service Journal,for F e b r u a r y . W e have this month the satisfaction of present ing to our readers the first portion of a narrative, which comprehends not onlv some strikino- histori- lils, I have taken no other liberty than here and there to alter an expression, and to omit the customary head and tail pieces o f epistolary communications. W c do not know whether there be any members o f the , but i f there be, the now alive, which we a ilTvist R ^ ii lame o f the writer, which we are requested to ( ___ ceal, will bo no secret to them. For ourselves we lament that any restrictions in this respect should be imposed on us, where none, we are quite sure, can be necessary. But all men have their preju- On the 31st of April, 1776, the Frazer Highland- [iment of the H ill having b hope o f an mother «.ountry and deemed advisable Iby lend over without n by this ti licable arr tl day as large a force as possible; lere were but few old corps disposable for ■iments whicli, like kirs, 3ssibl( ible f ir own, had e directed send over and as the service, even regiments ot yet completed theii old themselves in readiness. 1 had then the hon- r to rank as a lieutenant in the 71st, liaving, like lost of ray brother officers, raised men for my com- lission; and am, therefore, enabled to speak with infidence both as to the condition of the regiment od the temper and feelings of the men composing it. The latter were excellent, nothing indeed could be superior; for the recruitsj having been collected chiefly from the lands o f their chief, were, with few excejitions, young, able-bodied, and full of attach ment to theur superiors, whom, for the most part, they followed from motives o f hereditary aflection. But the former was, according to the criterion of the Horse Guards, bad enough. A s a battalion, indeed, we knew nothing. , Not only were we ig norant of the most common field-movements, but the very manual and platoon exercise was strange to us; yet we obeyed the ortTcf o f embarkation v/ith the highest satisfaction, and looked forward to what might rise out o f it without a shadotv of distrust. For some time after clearing the Frith of Clvde 0 occurrence bcfel worthy of being recorded. A large convoy alwaj's moves slow ly ; and as our fleet consisted of upwards of a hundred sail, including store ships, transports, and a due allotment o f men- of-war, we-made no exception to the general rule. Nevertheless both officers and soldiers turned even delay to good account, and bore it with philosophic equanimity. T h e greater portion o f every fine day vvas devoted to giving the men some knowledge of such portions o f their duty as could be explain ed to them on board of ship. In the first placq trained to obey the word of command red in English— a language of f which. the island, followed by an instantanei report, caused us to look up. W e had scarce done so, when a ball, after touching the water once or twice in its course, buried itself in a swell o f the sea; just under our stern. W e started with aston ishment, one upon another, for the signal—if such it was—had been very awkwardly managed; but ere a word had been exchanged, another and anoth er g u n was fired, the shots from which passed some ahead, some far over, and one right through the shrouds, so as to cut away several of the ratlins. “T h is is a very rough reception,” said our command ing officer; “ and devil take me i f I don’t see into it ” T h issenter sentence,'however,was as yet incomplete, when uttered in English— a language o when they first joined, they knew nothing, next place they were taught to face, and wh /en to march, to handle their arms with graceful- css, and to fire; while occasionally an attempt was lade to deploy from such a column as the narrow quarter-deck o f a transport would admit of, into such a lino as was compatible with a rolling sea. I must confess that the result o f the latter manoeuvre was generally to set both men and officers laughing, and that, after repeated trials, it was laid aside. W e had accomplished, according to the skipper’s reckoning, the better h a lf o f our voyage, when the heavens became black with clouds, and a furious storm set in. H o w it faired with other vessels we could not tell, for we were driven before the wind with a rapidity which caused us from hour to hour to calculate o n founderii it.” T h is , , ^ __ ^ when the whole mystery received its^ solution.^ “B y ------- exclaimed the skipper, “that is no union jack,”—and no union jack was it, sure enough. T h e thirteen stripes, with the thirteen stars, orna mented the flag-slafi—a piece o f coarse buntin ha*v- ing been slowly run up while the cannon were fi ring; and vve w eie taught to our sorrow that we had laid ourselves in a position which admirably ui suited us to act as a mark for the inexperienced o f lb the enemy’s gunners to practice upoif. Thick and fast came now the rebel shot, against which wc had nothing in the world to oppose; for our miserable four-pounders were too light toinal an impression even on a fieldwork, and our distan from the shore was too great to permit o f musketry being made available. Neither were our chances of escape at all satisfactory. T h e breeze had died wholly away, so that our sails, had we hoisted them, would have hung useless as gossamer-wobs from the masts; while the run of the tide gave us the ifortablc assurance that, in the event of our le being cut, we should be carried directly ashore, under the very muzzles o f the guns which now played upon us. T o he, on the other hand, whore we were, was to become conseliting parlies to our own destruction; for, having got the range, t Yankees struck us either in the hull or rigging, almost every discharge. Undcrsuchcircumstances, aandant gave orders th.at the cable should :rate in- )und the no such > true,as soon as the cable parted, but it was not to a place of safety; for there were numerous sand-banks in Inch caused us from hour to hour ________ indering.tilicverytraco o f convoy and partners was lost. T he misery which'we en dured during the continuance of that gale I shall never forget. Indifferently provided at the best, and crowded even in fine weather, our condition throughout three days and nights, o f closed hatches and cold stoves, may be imagined but cannot be de scribed. Att became exhaus toves, may be imagined but cannot be L last, however, the fury o f the elements isted;sted; andnd thehe heavyeavy rollingolling swellwell whichhich became exhau a t h r s w always succeeds a tempest wore itself out; so that the men began again lo emerge, like ghosts out o f their graves, from between decks. But such a change in their appearance! Pale, filthy, and sick with long confinement and the motion of the vessel, their mothers would scarcely have recognised the less, and the bag pipe, though blowi itarvedtarved piper,iper, soonoon putut metaletal againgain ininto by a half- 3 the heels s p s p m a i o f many a half-starved dancer. W o were now alone in the middle o f the Atlan tic, O f the fleet not a vestige could be descried, and as far as the eye could reach over the wide o- cean, there appeared nothing like a sail between us and the horizon N o apprehensions were, however, :d by that circumstance, for, except with the ies, England was not yet at war; and even A - ;a could bo said to be rather in a state of com- , on the uiju urtj?, U.U.U1 lUB l u i u i i i ui ia ir vvcutiier, a v e s - hove in sight, our commanding officer consider ed it prudent to load the four pieces which encum bered our deck, and to fill the men’s pouches with musket ammunition. T h is done, we held our course, and as they still edged towards us, the lapse of two hours or something more brought us within eye shot o f each other. She proved to be one of our late consorts, filled like our own ship, with a de- 3 soon as alenough. Something like a consultation likewise was held between the senior officers in each vessel, as to the course which it would be judicious to follow; and they agreed that they could not do better than to bear up for Boston—that being the port to which, when we quitted Greenock, the expedition was un derstood to be directed. Tiftie passed,and on the 16th o f June, almosttwo months from the date of our embarkation on the Clyde, the look-out stamen, from the mast head, greeted our ears with the joyful tidings o f land on the larboard bow. Every soldier, who has been long pent up on board of ship, knows with what delight such an announcement is received. W e strain our eyes in the direction pointed out, and i f there be nothing else to reward the exertion, we fancy in every cloud, or even in the line o f the ho- rison itself, that wc behold the forms of a coast. And as the ship moves on, and the land breeze meets us, we perceive, or persuade ourselves that we per ceive, perfumes, in comparison with which all the .rabia would he, under o nted tame. Nor, in minoi , j ■ circumstanced a full prospect their wishes pant. On the present occasion, ever, we had not to conqihiin on that breeze, though light, was favorable; a long, i f not as rapidly as our im] yet, as the event proved,too much sc satisfaction. T h e shores of North America directions, singularly low and u the point towards which we were steering little in thisrespect from other portions ofthi for the land hung for some time cloud-like c water, and when it did assume a definite form, it was that o f low sand-hills loosely covered with pines. This, however, gradually changed its character, till Cape Cod, with Its sharp promontory, had been left behind; after which the rocks and islets, which lie scattered in beautiful disorder through Boston Bay, rose one by one into view. B y and by Long Island pushed itself forward, like an advanced guard to the town, which cover- d, in asoinewhat straggling manner, the tongue of a peninsula; and finally, we found ourselves under s. dying breeze, and wiih a tide running against us, in the centreofNantucket R o ids, There, at the distance o f three quarters o f t o ho’ t score, for the ;he coast; a mile from a n island, we cast anchor; happy in the assurance that ere four and twenty hours should have run their course, we should be snugly settled beside our com rades on terra firma. It had be vessell VC bad had been remarked by s< l held her course, irs were not alt( id expected to v 1 ton Bay. N o light ;hed the ^ not v/ithout surprise, that her in the condition which less in such a place a sBos- lisers had met ifar us as we ap- :ould discern, W h e n we looked r as wo could discern, toms o f a fleet cither in, the. kept it, or denoting that a strange sail was in sigi T h e might o f the battery also slumbered, and o ensign received no salute. T h is w.as curious for the customs o f the service required tha of war, no vessel should cast anchor in roadstead till her name should have been nmde known,iwn, andnd thehe objectbject o f her coming notified. Still a t o ( could not doubt tin 3 plausible answers wanting, as often urious than the rest, ventured to ask >0 could not doubt that w( lead, nor were plausible ar as any, more curio why so unsatisfaci a British road lilting, as oftei I rest, ventured to as rse should have bee hy so unsatisfactory a course shoul pursued. But our anxiety, i f such it may be called, was not destined to be o f very long continuance. Our sails were clewed up; our anchor plui heavily into the water; the cable was veered and the vessel swung ito the water; tl essel s heai lution to such missgivings ; minds of the ably aflbrdcd. T h e men were clustering : the officers leaning over the sable w as veered out, the tide,— when a so- night yet linge incredulous was not ver the forecastle, and, firail, with glass uGGu bUGjr w u ic j t u a t i/uu ouipimHUL uiiU /ruu. point, and so escape info the open s e a ; but m good fortune attended us. W e drifted, it is ii soon as the cable parted, but it w as not to a o f safety; for there were numerous sand-ba the channel, and on one o f these wc struck. If tit h£;ad ■ ■ ‘ore, ■t been■n evil bef i was now a Ihou- les worse. W e lay exposed to the enemy’s and merciless vvas the accuracy with which ir plight ind times battery; ai the people who niai untoward situation. it, took advanti wounded in two places, thrci shot take effect, to go by the lien, of whom ;age of our teboard; yet only three one was a sailor. T h o ’ (fore, vve did not thi numerous flotilla, hes, and row-boats off from the men had fall galled and annoyed,.therefore, ’ surrendering; when, suddenly, a r consisting of schooners, launches of the most formidable size, put off from the town Onwards they came, and our glasses soon made u aware that they were all crowded with m e n ; nc did many minutes elapse ere ample proof was give that most o f the craft had cannon. T h ey took up a position in line exactly abaft our b eam; and while the shore battery raked us from stem to stern, they poured whole volleys of round and grape across our quarter. Our commandant, so far from giving way under this accumulation of evils, seemed to take courage from it. H e caused the ship’s guns to be traversed aft, and answered the enemy’s salute with admirable spirit, though, as the event proved, to but little purpose. But such a combat could not long be maintained. Seeing that our fire produced no visible effect, and perceiving that his men began to fall fast around him; warned also by the skipper, that tile transport was so riddled as to render it im possible for her to float after the tide should have turned. Colonel (Campbell reluctantly gave the word to strike; and our flag, which had hitherto floated both at the peak and from the mainmast bead, was, with inexpressible mortification, hauled down. W e shrugged up our shoulders as we gazed on one an other, and felt that vve were prisoners. i cannot pretend to describe what were my own sensations, far le.ss the sensations of others, after this humiliating ceremony was gone through. Hat we suffered our present fate,under almost any othe circumstances; had we been taken in the field, or fallen with some town or fort, there would have been this at least lo console us, that to such a des tiny all soldiers arc liable and that all ought to be prepared for it. But to run, as it were, with eyes open, into the lion’s mouth; to be taken through our own negligence, or rather through the negli gence of those whose duty it was to have provided against the possible occurrence of such a misfor tune ; and, above all, to become captives at the verj outset o f our career, ere an opportunity had been afforded o f striking one blow for freedom; these were rt flections which brought with them no com fort. W e hung down our heads like men who had disgraceiT themselves; for though we were all con scious that nothing hadhappeiied which either cour age or skill could have averted, even that considera tion went for nothing under the painful excilenie o f the moment. Our flag was lowered, yet even the poor recoi pense o f an immediate exemption from personal dan ger was not afforded. W h ether the smoke which, in a. dead calm, rolled off heavily from the ship, ob- im, rolled off heavily ffoi scored us, or whether, as in the bitte chagrin we were inclined to believe, the enemy saw, without regarding our condition, I cannot tell; but for several minutes after all opposition on our part tad ceased, they continued their fire. Shot after , till there arose at last a wild cry, in >se who ‘Out with regarding our com :al minutes after all ceased, they continued shot struck us, till th which all rankspaxtii to perish like men, with arms thus stand idly to he mowed down by tl seemed determined to give no quarter. “< the boats!” was now heard from various quartei “T h e island is not far off; let us make a dash thebatterv'; and i f w e cannot carry it, let us at all events sell our lives as dearly as we can. But the utter hopelessness of such an attempt did not es cape Colonel Campbell’s consideration. H e there fore exerted him self to soothe his irritated followers, and sending most of them below, continued him self to walk the deck with the utmost composure. Wh« cordance with the laws stores, and military implements coni be handed oyer, exactly as they are, to theconquei ors. O f this w e were all aware; nor, w h enw hauled down our flag, was there the slightest inten- m board to hen a fortress or a ship surrenders, it is in ac- with the law s o f war, that all vantor loldiens ley ran to the arm-r: ’as not a musket the broken across. T h e belts, cartoucll-boxes, bayonets likewise were caught up, and all, togethei cast inte isregard ot tbe dictates of humanity, oi ■ no sooner found themselves below, ths :s. In five minutes of which the stock v belts, cartoucll-b( bayonets likewise were caught up, with the fragments o f the firelocks, were cast into the sea. Had Colonel Campbeii been aware o f what was going on, he would have doubtless put a stop to i t ; for he was a strict discipliharian, as well as a ihan of rigid honor; but the work o f dest forward so rapidly, that long ere a wh him, there remained no'Jbing furtht W h e n , however, the enraged soldiers made a move ment to throw tile cannon likewise overboard, he withstood them—nor would he permit a particle T h e enemy had continued their cannonade about a quarter of an hour, and several of our comrades had fallen under it, when they seemed to have dis covered, all at once, that our colors were not flying. The firing accordingly ceased; and a boat pushing ahead of their line, approached within hail to de mand whether we had surrendered. W e replied of course in the affirmative; upon which a signal was held out for the flotilla to advance. T h e whole moved forward till theysurrounded us on all hands, and sending their boarders over the chains, our decks were crowded with people whose dress and language equally gave proof that thej belonged to no regular service, naval or military. Such alook- ing crew never indeed came together, except under the bloody flag of some fierce rover. There were landsmm in round frocks, with carving knives stuck by their sides in place o f d aggers; there were militia men in all manner o f dresses, armed with long duck guns; and there were seaman—hardy and brave 1 do not doubt—but as ferocious in their learing as i f piracy were their profession, and life md death matters o f no importance where interest came in the way. T h e latter were chiefly equipped with pistols and cutlasses, which they brandished with an air o f insolent triumph, as uncalled for as it vyas unbecoming. disgust. Irritated by the destruction o f our am and indignant at what they were pleased to terni ourpresumption in resisting a force so superior, they forgot what was due, not so much to us as to them selves. T h e y loaded us with scorn and insults,— stripped us of every valuable,—threatened to tic up the officers to the gratings,—and beat tho men with the flats o f their swords I indeed, in more than one instance it occurred that the edge o f the cutlass was used, and that severe, i f not dangerous wounds were inflicted, Finally, they drove us, like a herd of oxen, on board of their small craft, and sent us, without a single article of baggage, to be towed in the schooners into Boston. T h is done, they plun dered the transjjort of every thing contained in it, whether o f public properly or belonging to individ uals; and finding on exa^unationthatit would not loat, they summed up all by setting it on fire. A s there vvas a strong tide against us, and the schooner,overloaded with heavy cannon,went much by the head, our progress towards the' landing place proved slow ; indeed the sun had set some time ere we gained the extreme edge o f the Long \Wharf. T o say the truth, we experienced little mortification at the circumstance. Thoughjiiot without curiosity as to the appearance o f a town in which wc had anticipated a very different rece] tion,ion, wee wereere contentontent too postponeostpone itsts gratificatioi w w c t p i ■ather than become in open day, objects of f im- o pertinent remark to the rabble, who, we could^not doubt, were assembled to greet iis. Nor were* we deceived in this expectation. T h e whole extent of the wharf was crowded with men, women and foot to witness the arrival oi id yells,how cordial they held us. Throi ourur guards, e lious to exhibit were marched, o guards being moreanxi 'll valor than by their lorrcnce iwd we appeared to us, trophies o f their ongh^ that cro’ irably capacious, sy building which ' was the common jail thrust; while the men W£ ing house hard by, whci veilance of a military gus circumstanced ng at the mas- wo were given to understand jail. Into it the officers were ived off to a by, where, under the clos litary guard,, they passed tho night. People circumstanced as we then were, are not generally inclined to indulge much in conversation —though there wore four o f us together, the ten ants o f one small apartment, little of the spirit o f companionship reigned among us. I f our feelings were not precisely the same, there was nothing in the manner o f one which contrasted irj a remarka ble degree with that of another. \When we spoke at all it was in brief sentences—from which all that could be gathered was, that we were equally miserable— and even the important question,though occasionally broached—namely, how it behooved us to act relative to our parole, received that night slender consideration. It is worthy o f remark that our captors took no pains to lighten our sorrows, or to reconcile us to our fate. W e saw no one from the momcnt_Qfj)ur incarceration except the jailer, and neither supper nor beds were offei In this comfortless manner the night wore a- wayj what little sleep any o f us obtained being snatched upon the bare boards; but the morrow brought with it a change o f circumstances consid erably for the better. A s i f ashamed of the com duct o f his subalterns, Colonel Thomas Crofts,the Governor o f the place, sent his Aid-de-Camp tc assure us, that nothing but the lateness of the hour at which we arrived would have induced him to permit our being lodged in prison even for a sin gle night; and that he was now ready either to re lease us oh the customary terms, or to transfer us to a more commodious as well as respectable place of safe keeping. W e were at the same time invi ted to become his guests at breakfast; and offered every accommodation in tbe way of money and apparel o f which we might stand in need. Now, as ours was not a situation in which it would have been prudent to indulge any thing like bad humor, we agreed to gulp, as well as we could, the treat ment of the past n igh t; and followed without hes itation his well bred messenger to the Governor’s quarters. But the subject of parole required fur ther consideration, and both the Aid de-Camp and his chief were too considerate to insist on a hi determination. T h e kind of reception which met us on our first arrival in Boston, had been such as to impress us with an unfavorable opinion of the American char acter; the behaviour of Colonel Crofts and of It gentlemen attached to his household went far I remove it. T h e former was not only hospitabl and kind, but thoroughly well-bred. H e apolog sed for the rudeness to which we had been subjc( ted, and accounted for it by explaining, that we had falleninto the hands o f privateersmen and oth- r desperadoes, over whom his control was mi lore nominal than real. H e hinted, indeed, t more nominal than real. id( the breaking of the armsby o •ougli )ugh ■ ir men was not qi fair, th he at once gave credit to our assertion that the officers had no hand in i t ; and he wound up all by alluding to the benefit which the repub-, lican cause had obtained, by the removal, from a- ^keich q c£ ah old m the London Ameneutn.] •. Charming. —^Dr. Channi 3ut for many ye lat, he ll (W e V snts o f Jinburgh, with his resemblance to Jeffrey, though much smaller man even than- the critic of the dinburgh Review.) in private conversation he eras dependent, suffering, affectionate; his voice querulous and low; his step arJ manner mark- with debility; and i f you did not study closely his mind and eye, you would never imagine your self in the presence o f a man in whom there Jived H e creeps up the pulpit stairs painful—while the con- ixious and breathless sym- ^ ly—sinks exhausted into tbe corner, and rises at last to give out the psalm, pale, apparently une qual to the service. A dead silence follows the first sound of his v o i c e a n d they may well listen — for never were poet’s words read with such ca-\ wholly common in extempore addresses tc nother psalm follows—read, perhaps, more distinct ly and with less tremulous debility than the first— and, as the echo of tho organ dies in the arches of the roof, he rises for liis sermon. His cloak has been thrown aside, and he stands before hiff audience the slightest drapery o f a human frame that would serve to keep his soul upon the earth. Across his forehead streams a single lock o f soft brown hair, contrasted strongly with its transpa-- rent whiteness ; his thin and hollow features am calmly and merely intellectual in their pain-worn lines; and his eye glowing with the unnatural briglijnes^of sickness, large, lambent and clear,, beams with inexpressible benignity. H is voice, the most musical to which it has e v e f been our lot to listen, first heard calm and delibe rate, and is not much varied till be has laid down the premises of his discourse. T e n minutes have elapsed—and you have forgotten tho man Jn the in terest he has awakened by his truth-like and lucid statement of his theme. H e is less a preacher to the hundreds about you, than an intelligent friend making a communication of personal interest to yourself. Your mind isjvholly his own. A t this point, the strange and peculiar cadences of his voice begin to strengthen and change, his senten- tences arc more varied—from the b rief and impres sive antithesis to the eloquent appeal, rolling on- ard with progressive pathos and energy; and hi# mes, which you had thought so silvery sweet, fill lid gather power, and seem illimitable in compass and expression. Passive and almost motionless till now, his slight frame seems to dilate—his countenance kindles— his lips seem burning with earnestness and fire; and when his thin arm is stretched forth, with its wasted hand, at the thrilling crisis o f his appeal, he seems transformed to a prophet—instinct with supernatural revelation. H e goes on, and his dis- ipl course is full o f surprise to the mind and to the C!ir. Conclusions spring suddenly, and yet with [ q ! irresistible logic, from the commonest premises; and his enunciation, to which wc ag.ain recur, and which is as varied in its spots, and curious in its capabilities as an organ, changes from pathos to compound—from calmness to impassioned fervor— from the most measured and lingering music,to tho most rapid and accumulating enthusiasm—with a wonderous facilitj^, which seems the immediate and burning overflow o f inspiration. H e ceases— and disappears—and there is no stir in the congrega tion. H e is the first to break his own s p e ll;— ho has given out the concluding hymn of the service before a sound is heard from the entranced and breathless multitude l^efore him ! A German Wife .— “ T h e most extraordinary suicide in the world’s record,” it is said, has lately occurred at Jena. It seems that a Doctor H ------- S ------- , who.se name is suppressed was taken ill with a singular species driasm which plunged him into incural spirits, and baffled all the efforts o f the Iloctors* H is wife, a lovely and accomplished young lady, of high connexions at Leipsic, being informed that nothing but a real and lasting g rief would cure his malady, by turning his thoughts into another chan nel, resolved to offer herself a sacrifice for her hus- ‘ band’^ health; she accordingly, one evening when was absent, stabbed herself with a the profes dagger to found her dead. atthls moment. T h e following letter, wriltoi firm hand upon a sheet o f common paper, lay upon the table: “ More unhappy than thou hast been,thou canst not be, my most beloved; happier thou mayst be come with real misfortune, there is often a wonder ful blessing in misfortune; you will surely find it so. W e suffered together one sorrow: thou knowest how I suflered in silence i^no reproach froi reproach ever came loved me. It will be it have not words 0 express what 1 feel. W e shall meet hereafter free and unfettered. But thou wilt live out thy time up on earth. Fulfil, then, thy destiny, and act with energy. Salute all whom I loved,and who loved mo in return, till in all eternity we meet. T h y “ Charlotte.’’ Do not betray weakness—be firm, strong and resolute.” Marvellous to say,the doctor has recov ered entirely since the tragic and awful sacrifice ha# been made for his happiness. T h e physicians da- ]« Clare with truly German nonchalance, that “ no medicine could have worked with half so much po- * tency either on mind or body.” There is something painfully interesting in this magnanimous error o f a noble nature; yet notwithstanding the abundant love and heroic s e lf devotion which it exhibits, there is in such conduct something so unnatural,—such i s in such conduct something so unnatural,- an utter want of all religious feeling—that we can- spe! a sensation of horror at the n which could cause such a do siasm e mystic enthu- y melted away ; a elusion of the meal, as completely at our ease as our acquaintance had been of a year’s standing. Am ong other topics o f conversation it was natu ral that allusion should he made to the circumstan ces which led to onr capture. W e learned that General Howe, unable to maintain h imself in Bos ton, had withdrawn so.long ago as the preceding April. H e had however stationed a cruiser in Nantucket Sound in order that stragglers from England and elsewhere might not run into danger. But the cruiser, overpowered by the fire of the same battery which had done us so much damage, had been forced off the coast only three days pre vious to our arrival; and as we unfortunately came up ere another had come to relieve her, w e ran head foremost into the toils. T h is was but poor consolation to u s ; neither were w e made happy by the narative which the Governor gave, o f the views, both political and military which iflarked the o- pening of the contest. Neverthek from the tone assumed by our host, it out o f no unworthy disposition W hatever our sentiments might be in reference to others, towards himself our respect was undimin ished. (Concluded next week. The Woonsocket Patriot being troubled to fill out a colunni, the printer’s devil filled up the vacant space with the following romantic couplet—filched from Zip Coon; Possum up a gum tree. Nigger in de hollar l---jSte-6qy, The Perry Forrester is equally happy ii.'‘ ')n|ying e want of a line, as thus ;• '' N . B. Never eat raw potalocs.- the Times. Awful Catastrophe .— On Saturday night last a number o f individuals who participated in the tri umph at the result o f the borough election, deter mined to speak tlieir joy in the voice o f artillery. In loading for the last shot, which was very incau tiously attempted without securing the vent, the charge exploded, and the groans o f death were sub-* stituted for shouts o f triumph. It was now the houf of midnight, and when the writer repaired to tho scene o f death, about ten minutes after the catastro phe, hefound the ground strewed with the bodieil ofd men. Mr. John W right was horribly man gled, gave one convulsive struggle, and was dead. A man named Hood was awUilly disfigured, and so wounded in the right arm, as to render immedi ate amputation near the shoulder necessary.— T h e other two were only stunned, and after a few min utes reg<ained their feet not being materialy injured. T h e tumultuous crowd, who had a few minutes be- ■e the accident vexed the welkin with their shouts, ■nd s olitar)r. The Sea Serpent! —Capt. Shibles, o f the brig Monhegan, of Thomaston, from this port for Orleans, which arrived at Gloucester on Sat- ates, that when a) 'd 9 or 10 miles from in Light, he and li. ' vvhole crew saw tho . Sea Serpent. Fie had a distinct view of him with urday, state ice Point eless we ! host that 1 •[AT. F. SpirU of withstood them—nor would he permit a particle o f the spare ammunition ia store to be injured. But his fair dealing in this instance was w a sted; he '\ivcd the ship’# guns, it i s true, but h e did not sue- - t - - lUisKCtS. ^ ■ conlaii *by ropes attached to it. He carried it across* a yard o considerable extent. The exertion rendered'him faint, and afterwards senseless, in which slate tic continued six hours and died. A select committee of tho assembly ofTTpper Canada, o f which Peter Perry appears to be chairman, recOin- something that Ic lane on it. Several times he put his head seven r eight feet above the water, and for thirty or ickwardsd and forwards S. judged him to be y minutes he swam ba escaping from the boiler o f a steam boat. One o the crew saw in the bay last summer what wa! said to be the Sea Serpent, which he s a y s exactly isembled this one in appearance and ftjotion.— iosfon Gazette. Shocking was almost 3d inst. T b e circumstanci learn to have been as follow s:—Mr. Hard, with sev eral other men, had been engaged on the afternoon of that day, at ball-playing, during which, or a fier the play w a s ended, he engaged in wrestling with a mtin named Armstrong. H e threw hi.s antago nist, when the latter, in anger, turned him under, seized him by tbe throat, and struck him once or twice on the left temple, when H ard teleased liis hold o f Armstrong, and his arms fell powerle.ss by his side. H e w a s immediately taken up, b ut beforo he coqld be got to the house, w a s a corpse. T h o verdict o f tbe coroner’s inquest held upon the body, was, that be came to h is death by the ‘rupture oj the important blood vessel o f the brain.’ T h e head penedei and examined by several ifirmed the a’cot w'fis op who confii cause o f ti •ain.’ •! y s physician?- led the a’cove verdict. But as lo th» ! rupture, the public are left to draw ionclusibhs,'while they are infoiiv 1
