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t I V 1 ^ [From the New-York Mirror.] BIR T H -D A Y VER S E S —TO M Y BIOTHER BY N. r. Wlt-tlS. My birthday! Oh beloved mother! My heart is with thee o’er the seas I I did not think to count another Beforeefore I wentpt upon my knees—net Caale T R I A L t h e M D R - (Conclli'ded.) —Resides in N — ing tears. B I we upon my k Before this scroll of absent ye: W as blotted with thy slreamin Aly own I do not care to chock— I weep—albeit here tilonc— As if I hung upon thy neck, Were beating closely upon thine. Four weary years I how looks she now ! What light is in those tender eyes ? What trace of time has touched the brow Whose look is borrowed o f the skies That listen to her nightly prayer? How is she changed, since he was there Who sleeps upon her heart away— Whose name upon her lips is worn, For whom the night seems made to pray, For whom she wakes to pray at morn. Whoso sight is dim—whose hearl-s! rings stir— Who weeps these tears—to think of her ! ■ I know not if my mother’s eyes Would find me change in other things. I’ve wandered beneath many skies. And tasted many hitler springs, And many leaves, once fair ami gay, Prom joutli’s full flower have dropp’d away— But. as tliese looser leaves depart, The lessen’d flower gels near ihccorc, And when deserted cjiiite, the heart *Takos closer what was dear ofyore, And leans tolhose who loved it first, The sunshine ami tl;e dew by which ils bud WaS nurst. Dear mother! dost thou love me yel ? Am I remember’d in my home ? When those I love for joy are met Does some one wish that I would come 1 Thou dost ? I am beloved of thee— Bill as the schoolboy nunihers o’or JSTight after night the P leiades, Ami fimls the stars he founii before, A s turns the maiden o(t her token. As counts the miser oft his gold. So, till life’s “silver cord is broken’’ Would I of thy dear love be told— Aly heart is full—mine eyes are wet— Dear niotker! dost thou love thy long lost wanderer yet? Oh when the hour to meef again Creeps on—and, speeding o’er the sea, My heart takes up ils Icngtlicn’d chain, And, link by link, draws nearer thee— When land is hailed, ami, from the shore Comes ofi’lhe blessed breath of home, \ igrance from my mother’s door leit when I VOL. V III. POUGHKEEPSIE, W E D N ESDAY MORNING, A P R IL 29, 1835. NO. 366. I could, and trudged on without appearing to feel ci- • ther his compliments or his insults. | s it was j L A D Y IS A B E L —A L E G E N D . now ; but the marked respect with wl we were treated, both by soldi^s and civllii could ni the troops gave us, lute due to officers On entering functionaries, nlilitary, nong whom the sat prevailed. sd, both by soldiers i misunderstood. T h e he door o f lounted the steps, the s T h e lady Isabel was a Scottish Baron’s : tor. and far was she fomed. W ere others ! she was fairer : were others rich, she was rh lot be misunderstood. T h e very crowc pened a lane for us up to the door o f the Hall, and the troops gave us, as w daugh-^ liis wife, if he accepted o f her ‘ ' ilher told her in hi But now her fal was this ;rs o f our n ___ the H a ll we found it occupied by civil, and ecclesiastical; a- B sam e good humor and excitement prevailed, as among the people outof doors. They received us with great frankness and cordiality, and allotted to us such stations as enabled us to wit- e ceremony, .-:~ :an laste jments with a view struck, as we familiarity d allotted to ne.ss the whole pic as the most Exactly as the clock struck one, Bcupied the chair, rose, and silence being obtained, ?ad aloud the celebrated Declaration, which ari- 8 o f the ceremony which was as sim- it republican tast could have desired. )ck struck onCj Colonel Crofts,who iwn comfort. W e had been ! pursued our march, with the perfect fa which appeared to exist between him and his men; we were now to learn that a similar line o f conduct was expected from us. After having been absent a few minutes he returned, bringing with him the jeant aud corporal, botlt of whom, he in f loud the celebrated Declaration, which ari- :ed to the world that the tie o f allegiance and ;tion which had so long held Britain and her company at supp less and very iaii us,'^as well as hirnsolf, intended to favor us with their per. It would have been quite use- swori e this arrangement, unite( protection whii North Ameri( American colonies together, was forevf ed. T h is being finished, the gentleme separated. T h is being finished, the genth stood up, and each repeating the words as they were Spoken by an officer, swore to uphold, at the sacri fice o f life, the rights of his country. Meanwhile, the town clerk read from a balcony, the Declaration of Independence to the crowd; at the close of rvhicb, a shout, begun in the Hall, p.assed like an electric spark to the streets, which rang with loud huzzas, the slow and measured boom o f cannon,and the rattle of musketry. T h e batteries on Port Hill, Dorchester Neck, the Castle, Nantucket, and Long Island, each saluted with thirteen guns—the artil lery in the town fired thirteen rounds, and the in fantry scattered into thirteen divisions,poured forth thirteen volleys— all corresponding to the number of stales which formed the Union. W h a t follow ed may be described in a few words. There was a banquet in the Council Chamber, where all the richer citizens appeared—where much wine was drunk, and many appropriate toasts given. Large quantities o f liquor were distributed among the rnob, whose patriotism o f course grow more And more warm at every d raught; and when night clo sed in, the darkness was effectually dispelled by a general, and, what was termed then, a splendid il lumination. I need not say that we neither joii Comes ofi W ith fragra---------- ------ j Of flowers forgolleii when I coine- When port is gain’d, and, .slowly nov Tlie old familiar paths are past And entering, iinconsciotis how, I gaze upon illy face .it last, And run to thee, all faint and weak— And feel thy tears upon my cheek— Oh, if my heart break not with joy, The light of heaven will fairer seem, And I shall grow once more a boy, And, mother!—’twill be like a dream That we were parted thus for years. And, once that we have dried our tears, How will the days seem long and bright. To meet thee alway.s with the morn, A n d be n o m o re, as now, in a strange land fo less and very impolite to decline this arrangement, SO we mot the proposition with a ready acquiescence, and leaving it to the officer to order what viands he chose, we made up our minds to bearwith patience whatever trial of temper might be further inflicted on us. T h e consequence was that an ample sup ply o f COar.se food was speedily furnished, and li quor in proportion, with a due accompaniment o f pipes and tobacco, followed hard upon its heels, we saw with dismay that we were fairly set in for a night of carousing and debauchery. ’ A s yet no opportunity had offered o f holding e- ven a moment’s private con ver.sation together; and Menzles and I were in consequence without any be centred in quality for which \••ty‘ia«nt<-d Iiy irized, .seemed the 1 cd Od his suit nd this i despairing dt her car, that presently prepare to keep her word, as this be her bridal n igh t ; for that purpose alone his high wassail kejit. Her lover, too, no ’ \.cd by his knowledge ' • • forge. T h e Inn was immediately taken possession (sijeppgjjj tj, i,een most prized, .seemed the ot by the lieutenant; who, having assigned to us a one which made least noise in the world ; aud this chamber up stairs, and planted a centry before the was her devoted duly to her father. She was iiis door, proceeded to make arrangements with a view only child—the child of his old age. the i.lol to his own comfort. W e had been struck, as we his heart, and the lamp of his life. 'But still was a cruel father ; for, in return for her ilutec affection, he had determined to wed her to a nn i his knowledge o f herl io have it so. A n d m lamscl almost beside hcrscl a iiu u iis ; — 1 ......... 6 WV...V.V .iwov'lf, when was her devoted duly to her father. She was in s ' her father, announcing aloud his purpose to the only child—the child o f his old age, the iilol of astonished guests, called for the priest, and caused still he '**1 to unmask. But in what words shall we paint the surprise, the delight, the flood of joy that came up-mthc heart o f the Lady Lsabel, when the carl’s mask was rcinovcii, and she beheld in him her much-loved Roderick, who, his cousin being dead, was now the earl o f Ormisdalc! And now was each corner of the castle, from basement stone to turret heiglit, filled with joyous greetings, and the health and happiness of the noble Earl Rod erick, and o f his bride, the dutiful lady Isabel, deeply drank in many a wassail oowl. T h estately castle and its revels, the proud ba- beautcous bride and her chil- fection, he had determined to wed her to a i she had tiever seen, while ho knew that her h was another’s. T h e lord of Ormisdalc was the son o f his an cient friend, and the possessor of broad lands in a distant part o f Scotland. T h e two old men had sworn to each other that their children should be united, but ere this paction, tlie youth had been sent abroad to be. initiated in the art o f war, an art but too much practiced in his ncativc country at It tim e ; for be it known, that our peerless bcau- blootncd in the fifteenth century, when the roil & his pomp, the dren’s children hav« Cross examined— iss examined—did not look at the face of the corpse when the stomach was being taken out. T h e church yard is a gravelly dry soil. T h e wca- This interesting in the ler death, was in Din l^rom the Verm o n t P h a m ix. D e . vtii by PoisoN.-Died a t \ e m o n ,o i I he 3d inst.—M iss M ary Stebbins, daughter of Capt. Elijah S. ae:od 20 years. T h is interestin' young lady, the d ay previous to her death, was ii good health, and at dinner manifested her usual .sprightliness mid pleas.mfry. Soon after dinner .shenc walkedalked outut towardsowards thehe rivdr, andd visitedisited a min-in .s w o t t rivdr, an v a m iaturesawinill o f her little broihcr,on asrmill ijvule between Meadow Hill and the river, all within s [y was buried taken jka IS Condit, and Canftokl, about four of five weeks ago. There was a very offensive smell when tho body was first taken up, but no bad smell from it the second time it was disinterred. T h e last time the body was taken up,some parts o f the intestines were taken away by Doctor Condit. _ Samuel Jolmson—Resides in M orristown; as sists the last witness, who is sexton o f the church; knew Elijvih Pierson was not present at the first . . - burial of Pierson, but was present in the middle o f sant. botne time alicr—but bow long after eannol August when the body was taken up ; witness saw be determined, as no attention was paid to the clock it and would have known it as Pierson’s, even i f — her moihcr observed a paleness unusual on Ma- he was not told of i t ; the stomach was taken a- way by Doctor Condit; was also present whenthe body was taken uy the second time, four weeks ago; it was tho same body, and some pieces of it were taken away. Cross examined—-Hat betwjcen Meadow H ill and the river, all within a few rods o f the house, and playfully inquired of the lad whether he expecicd to sit up all night, like oth er sawyers, to tend bis mill, &c. On ber return to the hoilse she amused the children of the family by trcjiting tliem with the bark of birch twigs, which she had procured in hci Som e time aflci walk. Still cheerful’ —but how longafti iland plea- i paleness ui ikedked herr iff sihe ry’s countenance, and as he i s was uit Mary readily replied “ I do feel sick, and perlii have eaten too much birch bark.” She soon iiec person ana brave quaniies or young can, out . V IP physicians whoo- sned and examined liie siomach of Pierson upon the and second disintenneut of tho bddy, wh rk.” tvilh t She bull, however, but too often Been his cousin Roderick, and to him was her heart devoted. It he had neither til [From the Af. Y~. Mirror,} L e t t e r fro . w L . vwrie T odd . my usual colt grees ill thcci me that his thoughts ran in the same channel with thought of her father, she turned I. I accortlingly pretended to rela.x from jt ^^as but to treasure his image in her he: ■oldness ot manner, and took part by de- '■ ^nd to weep most hitter tears of tlie hapless fate c conver-satton, such as it wtts, which our; joomed her to wed another. Roderick, by iipanions brought forward. M enzies did the j py w o n t away to a foreign land, distraught by rie; and the Americans, gratified at what they'i,;^ passion for the lady Isabel; and the time was • • 3 a compliment to their powers of plea- ,on.r and he returned not, and none spoki ■d not say that w c i nor were expected to join, in any of the i Having sufficiently gratified our curiosity, wc re turned to our lodgings, and passed the remainder of the evening in a frame of mind, such as our hu miliating and irksome situation might be expected \0 produce. ;r joined, .■slivitics. regarded as a compliment to their powi sing, hecanie niort! and more loquacious every t utc. Their storie.s were without number; cacli be ing more marvellous than that wliicli preceded it. ■^hey had seen sights and performed exploits such i no other human being ever saw or could have 'rformed; end in exact proportion to ourastonisli- ont was the satisfaction which they derived from, describing them. Neither were they backward in their potations; tliey drank, they sang, they sino- ;ed, they hoasted; and finding that we. kept our ler even in the latter case, tiney returne or seemed to think o f him, save love. But it was not so ; for the old him for Jiis worth and manly bearing saw his daughter drooping hcrhe.-ul like alilly, too was unhappy, and repented him o f his rash vow, though he would rather have sacrificed his own life, and hers too, than have broken his And so timc*pas.sed on, and i m e spoke o f him, J his disc ron loved :tid when E etter frow . L. vwrie T odd . Sale o f F lo r a s R e treat .—You may remember, my good friend Morris, when conversing last w'cek about the sale of Flora’s Retreat, 1 remarked when looking hack, I could .see the first link ofthc chain o f events, by which a directing Providence vvasguidinginy steps to this fortunate event, (as you were pleased to term it,) or great speculation of tlie meeting hou.se. Your sinilo I thought was rather incredulous. I told you my time then would lot permit, but would pick out the reasons from my icrap-book. In the year ’94, walking up Goveneur-wharf, having just stepped onshore, and before I reached Front-street, (at that time South-street lay beneath 3 date o f this banquet, during many, :istcnceistence wasas likeke thehe Caspian—aaspian- any days, our ex w li t C a without a tide. It is true that theinhabita ere, after tlieir own fash; id that intelligence of f th the Royal arms elsewhere, excited, Irom time to 1 c.t„s might roll south- ants tospitablc; itained by ill I S C E L Ti A N E O U S . were, after tlieir own fas and that intelligence o arms elsewl that the war might roll sou s to freedom. But as week af lonth after month, stole by,vvithoul ;hc accomplishment o f our wishes t r a d i t i o n : IN S OF TH E AM E R IC A N W AR OF INDEPENDENCE. From the London United Service Journal, for February. [Concluded.) A ll this was as it was meant to he, and the Go vernor, seeing that he had made an Impression, which was certainly not diminished by an offer to find out, and to restore our private baggage, pro ceeded to Speak on the subject of our future treat ment. “ It can be a matter o f no moment to me, ” said he, “ whether you avail yourself o f the indul gence of parole or not; for we have many depots in which you can be safely kept; but for your own sakes 1 earnestly advise that the offer be not refused. Consider that you arc at least two hundred miles time, a faint hope warilj and restore u! Icr week, and monti bringing about the i _ we learned to feci how just is the observation o f the wise man, “hope deferved maketh tlie heart sick.\ For my own part I beer thoroughly reckless o f ( Others, that I cannot tell what mai have tried,had there not occurred at length a change which put US, without agant in their protestations o f pi I need not say that in submitting had only one object in view—and wc it. Carefully avoiding ourselvci tiicm with litinor, which, thougl •slow, began at last to take cflcci with intense interest; and aftci gradation in the st: end gratificd 1 the/loop. th became extra lersoiial affection, to all this wc complisbed ik.we plied operation was W e watched it cst; and after witnessing every lages o f drunkenness—from that laudiinaudlin sentimentalientimentality— quarrel to m s t in the end gratifie by seeing them drop, one by ante at last so dcsi esperate, so ices to myself and ,d .‘jcheme I might L length a cha put us, will inctal. It in our mode o f treatment, any co-operation o f our.s, T h e winter of 1776, a season particularly severe in the latitude of Connecticut, had passed away, and the spring of 1777 was considerably advanced, when an officer o f the garrison, witli whom I had Consider that you arc at least two hundred miles from the nearest British post,—that o f your recap ture by force of arms there is not the most distant robability,— and that ifyou you determine on kecf when an officer o f the garrison, wit! formed an acquaintance, made his appoa lorning at an unusually early hour, in my qi It was not difficult to make out, from the in his manner, that he was the bci success would thus early ly still forsevc-ral minutes,at theex^ wc rose softly and buckled on our Havrosacks. T h is done, Menzies passed on tiptoe towards the door, into the staple of which, so as to keep the laieli from licimg lifted, ho quietly thrust a knife. Meanwhile I stole to the window,and threw it open. dark as pitch; so dark, indeed, endeavor to ascertain he too was unliaj, , , ^ -ft 1 1 his oath. timc*pas.sed on, and many were the suitor that sought the hand of the Lady Isabel. Soiiu loved her for licrself, some forlier great posscs.sions and some for botli; but all were sent hopeles d now the time was at han'l when the. sun was to shine upon the nineteenth birthday o f the baron’s daughter, and miiltiluiles were invited to his castle to celebrate the festival with mirth and revelry. M any were the. reasons on which he had thrown wide his castle gates and welcomed numerous’gucsts, and ample tho linspitablc provis ion he had made for them; hut never, during his life, or that of his forefathers, had there been such doings as now. W h o le hec.atomhs o f sheep and oxen bled on the occasion, with wain-loads o f deer, wild and tame fowl, and other creatures. Every imed to have been taxed for fruit and richest, seemed. reel, (at that tim e bouth-street lay bciiealh the waves,) 1 was stopped by a man who inquired “Arc you from that passenger ship ?” I answer ed, “W e are,” (my brother was with mo.) “Hav you any nail-makers on 1 makers,” 1 replied. “I \ with me?” he asked. “ gentleman whose address wc received yesterday,” I answered holding out the card; on which address: “Geo. Ulcland, No. 15 Maidcn- Nassau-slrcot. T lie shingle roof, and wooden- Is, look just ns good as tliey did forty years . H e , Mr. W a tkins, however, insisted, and ost compelled us to go with him; his shop was situate in B a tavta-lane ; he had firc.s for twelve men, and only one at work; he made :i good offer, and many fair promises, and talked as .smooth luine Yankee, as he w a s; only now .anil Bt w as with me.) “Have board?” “W e are nail- w ant m e n ; will you go W e must first see this fceived yesterday wooden- ly stated, that during her walk she plucked pods of Apple p e r u * and h.-td eaten some of the seeds, which w'ere discovered io the contents o f the.91001601), .spoMtaneotisly ejected. During these scenes her uncle, George R. Stel bins, came in, and joined her mother in stating I her, her imminent danger. H er ftither iieing absiit on business, the uncle went in haste for a physician. T h e Doctor being at that time over the river, could not be obtained till almost five o’clock P. M. A t that time she was in agonizing distress,— un able to speak,—eyes red, and surcharged with blood — pupils much dilated—a petechial eruption over the surface, resembling a highly marked case o f spot ted fever—almost perfect loss of muscular motion and general stupor—the stom.acli and bowels not excitable by large and repeated doses o f emetics, ca thartics and enemas—oxtremities,surface,andbreath cold,—intense thirst, but on any attempt to swal low, the organs of deyhitition where thrown inti spasms resembling liydropholiia,—great difficulty of breathing—in fine, her apitcaranco was that Although apparently wbhin s no means o f knowing tho was taken up, except from could interest physicians onlj', and does not resuU irl any satisfactory conclusion tliat poison was adminislferi ed to the deceased, we omit. '1 he most material disco- very made by physicians was that in certain parts of ihc stomach, there wore several dark red spots, around wliich (ho vascularity wasninre increased than in oiher parts, :ind near one of wliidi was found a white pow der. 'I'his powder was taken out and preserved in a jar, but it does not appear to have been arsenic, nor docs it appear that the physicians ascertained, or were satisfied, what it was.] ath ; arrived there on a ri n ill on Tuesday. Thci lUhias. Air. Pici diffici 1 interval, (] ailty and in a bur 3r-soflocoirs urried manner talked some, the powe o f locomotion appeared returning:— She in quired ofthc Doctor, “ Do yon think meTdangeroi dai ly sick ?”—and being answered in the affirmative, weryT’ S' ' - ^ qiiired oftlic Doctor, “ D o yon tin ly sick ?”—and being answered shti rejoined, “ Do you think there, is any chance 1 my recovery ?” She' said she should be glad to driink and take remedies, hut that whei officr rfeficacies, a n d wines o f the richest, seemed, ship; hfi had seen Mr. Clelaiul, who saill 1)0 WOUld by the quantities provided, to be intended abso- perform all that the other had prom ised ; liis sliop lutely to flow in rivers. ,T h e birth day o f the L a - was empty, so we would have no bad company p a n y ; as a genuine Yankee, as he w a s; only now .and then he would swear. Wt* agreed to work for him, provided we did not alter our minds on see ing Mr. Cleland. I told my brother to wait on h .and 1 would go to the gliip and attend the exi ination o f our baggage. M y brother came to the he had seen M r. Cleland, who said he would ring to I lations with hei present. little before six ■ ■ ticsti lake remedies, but that when she tried low she felt as if choking to death. .She passed affectionatelatc salutationsalniat with lier parents and sister s sunk ngain into paralytic tourliiuirs inai)ife.slcd no; .shing for relief, it 'allow any thing ! night si i she will talked so the affirmath Iri er parents and sis in the morning sin tupor, and for more iisation or motion cxcept tv ' Qf living there Matthias, Air. Pierson, Folger, Catharine Galloway, Louis and a hired Dutchman by the n ' er speak nor ui is there and a mat Pressor, two sons of Alatthins, Jt P2andtheoih lay, and ;rc was then Isabella, Air. tho coachmatl of Anthoni Alcanwl T h e night was as render fnuitli sment it )leasant news; iarance one probability,— and that if determine on keeping yourselves in a condition to attempt an escape when: ever an opportunity shall oftcr,—you will lay me un der the disagreeable necessity o f treating you with a degree o f restraint which I should be very unwilling tolipply. N o doubt it is mortifying to find your professional career cut short, just as the prospect o f gathering laurels had opened; but the evil is with- •oul remedy, and a wise man always bends to events which he finds himself unable to control.” There was so much truth in these remarks, that, in spite of a half determination to the contrary, we agreed to be guided by them. W e gave our word o f honor that we would not attempt to jiass beyond a certain distance out of Boston, till the privilege of parole should be withdrawn, or an exchange of prisoners effected; and we became, in consequence, . ns much masters o f our own time as was consist ent with a moderate degree of surveillance. Be sides, the kindness of Colonel Crofts did nol suspected of a leaning in favor o f the royal cause; and he issued orders that our wants should be duly attended to, and the utmost respect paid to our per sons. Here then wc were, prisoners at large, in a town famous, above all the new world, for its hos tility to the English, yet well treated both by t 'th l a fairir'pros- pr< ility to the English, yet civil and military authorities; and wi a fa pcet of spending our days among them till a war, just begun, should be brought, one way or another, to its close. O f the manner in which my days were spent during many weeks o f compulsory inaction, I kept no record. A captive among entire strangers, to whose habits and notions 1 found it impossible to assimilate my own, time rolled over my head as un satisfactorily as possible; indeed, there were mo ments when 1 heartily repented that I had been ca joled into the acceptance o f my parole, and ponder ed upon the lest method of having the indulge) withdrawn. But my comrades, on all such occa n and, as a matter o f c( isity was sharpened. I begged him out; assured him that whatever his message migl; be, I should never think of attributing to him any feeling but that o f friendship, and declared my wil lingness to endure anyhardships,provitIcd only they would assure me o f deliverance from the life of hor- hiblc monotony which I was now leading. Aly acquaintance seemed to derive great consolation from this avowal. “Then, my dear fellow,” said he, “the orders o f which I consider myself unfor tunate in being the bearer, will suit your fancy to a little. J am commanded to inform you and your brother officers, that your parole is withdrawn, and that you must make ready for an immediate march - into the interior, where the accommodation afl'ord- nd ed you will not, I am afraid, cause you to think o f lightly of Boston. T h is is very hard both upon woul o f you and us; but we are not to blame. Your chiefs who. have behaved with the most unjustifiable harshness to such of our officers as have fallen into their hands. \Washington has remonstrated to no pc pose; and now he is determined, though sorely gainst hisprincipics, to try the effects o f rctaliatio In a word, I am sorry to tell you that one hour on will be afforded to pack your baggage, at the exj ation of which you must quit this place under tl ;arc o f an escort.” I assured the American officer t liatl not only did it: anti a st.ir in low moaning wind, the sure pre some respects all this was in ot sivc darkness would help to h.ai from the ground, lavcns; and over the village swej 'ind, the sure prelude to a stos ■e was not n ; or: the cxces- isccnd in total ignorance both o f the spot i was to receive us, and of the position o f the senti nels,whom wccould not doubt the officer had plan ted, Was what WC should have hesitated t ’ ' ’ ing, had a less urgent necessity driven us considerations of personal inconvenicn liovvevcr, swallowed up in the dread o f 1 opportunity; so, being nearest to the post of gcr, I determined first to take the leap, let th( .jtely to llovvin rivers. ,T h e birth day o f the dy Isabel had been celebrated, as it came round, ever since that on which she first drew her breath, but never hail there been even imagined such prep arations as this. The tongues of all the gossip- in<t old dowagers in the kingdom were set a-going on°the occasion : some assigned one reason for this extraordinary entertainment, and some anotb Now, there were several whose eager curios caused them so much uneasiness, that they wi so far as to ask an explanation o f the old bat himself. T h e y were all, however, foiled in the tempt to penetrate the mystery, and therefore set tled in their own minds that the old man had eith er lost his wits altogether, or was in his dotage. Nor, to speak the truth, did the young lady, on whose account was all the turmoil, feel less surpri sed than other people at lior father’s unbounded especially as there arrived from the w as empty, so w e would have no bad com ; that he fiked Mr. Cleland’s manner.s host, etc. “Does he swear any ?” 1 inquired. “N o .” “ W e will go to him,” said I ; “for they that will curse, will lie, too.” N e x t day I made my first nail in America, immediately opposite where our slon now stands, in Liberty-Street. At that time, tin Friends kept a school for their boys amt girls oi thespotnow occupied by our green-house. Brown, who turned general in the late war, was teacher; the boys used to frequent my shop. I kept a mor k e y ; he was a great favourite with the boys ; hi r mol ion e from deep am! laborious respiration, till death closed the scene at fen o’clock A . M. April 3d. A pplc-Perii, Tliorn Apple, soinctiines called James- ivet-il, or Imianic.-illy, “ Stramonium, is a powerful narcotic. When swalloweil it jirocluces nausea and dizziness, even in small doses ; but if the quantity be large it brings on great prostraiinii of strength, loss of miiscu’ar power, iii<-cnsll>Hity of the retina, dilated pu pil, tremors, heailaclie, delirium, and somelinies convul sions, and death. The pswiIereU leaves or ex tract, .-ire .coiiietimes given in doses of a grain. 7'he seeds of Thorn-Ap|ile are considered more powerful than the rest of tlie plant, and may bo given in half or two thirds the dose.”—Dr. Jacob Bigelow’s Materia Medica. t l y a ^ r d li^ iftT p L ^ m 'lS e v o u ^ imaginations o f'^’omen are alwayfm orc excitabh T h e shop stood in a yard, with a gate fronting than those o f men, and they are therefore, suscep tible o f every folly when they lead a life o f strict seclusion, and their thoughts arc constantly turned inwards upon themselves. H ence in orplu T h e shop stood in a’ yard, with a gate frontmg the street; whenever a large dog came into the yard, I ran out, shut the gate, secured the dog, and having fastened a tin pan to his leg or tail, kept lisscd, when wc inform my friend, Captain Alcnzivs, witli whom I -’-icipally lived, and consult with him as to what : best to be done. of personal inconvenience wer iwcd up in the dread o f losing a , being nearest to the po sto fd a i gcr, I determined first to take thi sequences be what they might. There was a sort of bench, or low table, in the window recess, upon which I prepared to mount; I laid my arm lucavily upon it, and immediately a broken leg, which 1 had not observed, gave way,and it fell with a heavy crash; it fell, too, as bad luck would have it, upon the ankle of the lieutenant, who. roused by the force of the blow, sat up with a volley of oaths, and stared wildly round him. Now then, thought 1, all is over; the miscreant cannot fail to observe that the window is open,even though he may not sec that wc are awake,— for wc had both sunk into chairs,andjiaid our heads against the wall when the crash occurred, and to close it would only confirm the suspicion which the circum stance must excite. W h a t was to be done ? Instinc tively my hand grasped my knife—though whether I sliouhi have used it or not, I cannot pretend to say; hut before the blade could hedrawn'the senti- ni’l outside challenged, as if just roused o u t o f a having fastei him shut up sent him a t full chase—Io tin pan ti up till school was'dismissed, ------- him a thundering up Broadway—the hoys in one female so easily and quickly becomes thedisor- ^ ■ sober- derofall. I have read in a good medical work that a nun, in a very large convent in France, began to undertng up B lase —t the great annoyance o f the s Dutchmen,utchmen, whoho satat dozingozing, /ards upon luins liosfiitals ind coi ats the nervous irphan asy- ! disorder o f day, and boxes filled with je'wellcry, w: to the family gems she already possessed, i have furnished the dowry of a princess. sided D w s d and smoking thoirpipes, around the Oswego-market, which then stood at the hcad For some weeks previous to this announcement, a similarity o f feeling—an uneasiness under re straint which amounted almost to desperation __ myself into clo- ept up by others [fortune. Alcnzies shifted to be near me; and many foiled away in concocting straint which amounted almost had brought Captain Menzies and i scr habits of intimacy than were kc| o f our companions in misi his quarters,quarters, indeed,di so as in , an hour of the night wc whiled away plans o f escape, which as yet wc hai practicable to realize. W'e had, however, gone so far as to provide ourselves with disguises; with lilors’ dresses, rough jackets and trousers, such as rcre worn by the fishermen along the coast, and , ,/ould, therefore, wc trusted, some day or another, to bring down harsh usages upon the whole body do us good service. Haversacks also had been pro o f prisoners. M eanwhile we found what amuse- cured, in which a change of linen and provisions ment we could in wandering over the town, and vis- might be stowed aw a y ; and, above all, we had pur chased, with a view of guarding against the worst, Heavens, what were then my feelings! T h e joyful prospect which n moment ago danced before inyeyes had vanished ; cscajic now was out question; and, vvlint was worst of all, such precau tions would henceforth betaken as to render the occurrence o f a second opportunity impossible. Yet the event proved that wo had laid upon D: Fortune more than she was entitled to complelcly were the officer’s si he ncillier sn' lave fun ________ . T h e day at length arrived for which.all this ex- i traordinary preparation had been made ; and the < baron, not content with charging his daughter to apparel herself in a suit, which, by its exceeding splendour, seemed to have been particularly inten ded for the occasion, and to wear the most costly jewels, also commanded her maidens to tax their wits in ornamenting and setting off, to the best ad vantage, the charms of their young mistress. And now, after having araingcdall tilings, and being promised implicit obedience by his daughter, the mystery o f all his magnificent proceedings was partly unravelled by his telling her that they were that n ight to expect the arrival of fthc earl of Ormisdale; he moreover presented her with a mask, and informed her that he had taken order thateach o f his guests should put on a visor before they entered the ball-room, after they left the banquetting-hall, and that lie had done this for her sake, that the eye of idle curiosity should nol read in her features what was passing in her mind when she first met her betrothed. Jt was in vain that the afflicted Lady Isabel plrd most mo vingly for a more private meeting, for her father was deaf to her entreaties, while he affirmed that his precaution o f the visor would tions, and w as so per isual, she the Oswego-market, which of Maiden-lane. Shortly after is, the school-house was removed, and the m^ j-housc, now the seed- stood at the hea this, the scliooI-h( nun, in a very large convent in France, began t lew like a c a t ; shortly afterwards other nuns als mewed. A t last all the nuns mewed together ev ery day, at a certain time, for several hours togeth er. T h e whole surrounding Christii about thirty years after, when the property came to he sold, seeing it was a house pleasant to the eye, and a spot to be desired, where the sun mig]^ sliine on the pots o f myrtle and the Hlics o f the valley, I went into Pearl-street, to inquire of the Friends: I found these boys had all grown up, high above my head ; many of them stood like pillars to the state, or like princes among the merchants'; some of them I knew not, but they all remembered me. T h e d a ys o’ k in g syne rc-.-ipjicarcd, 1 found a kind ly fedino among them, and got along with the business in hand most comfortably ; 1 remi 'med, that a co laced by the police befoi diers were placed by the poli of the convent, and that the rods,and would continue whij promised not to mew any moi pidemics o f females which I and astonishment, not cease until all companynpany of sol- ol 1 the enti lales which I m yself have seen in whichhich thehe historyistory issk knot Germany, or of w t h i thethe mostost remarkableemarkable iss thehe celebratedelebrated m r i t c convent demic o f the 15th century, which Cardan describes, and which peculiarly proves what I would here en force. A nun in a German nunnery fell to biting all her companions. In the course o f a short time all the nuns o f this convent began biti er. T h e news o f this infatuation ami soon spread, and it now passed from convent to It throughout a great part o f Germany,prin- xony and Brandenburg. It afterwards I nunneries o f Holland, and at last the had the biting mania even as far as Rot Babhingtor me, ?m, and got along business in hand most comfortably ; 1 remarked at the time, I never once went on any thi .-1 —ijfjj jjjp ijut I my mat ted with the affair, but I met m y man, ilid my bi siness, and never had, what we call, a needless c rkk in B a t avia- mold ever hi Now , observe, had 1 gone to wor in lane, it i.s not probable that I shi withdrawn. Bu t my comrades, on all such oc sions, withstood my wishes, while they argued with great justice, that the measure could tend only to ularm the suspicions of the enemy, and o f course ig dow n harsh usages upon the whole body cst regard t aside; alter answer to tl at full length Once more vvi 3or would do away all objec- ____ , . remptory in the matter, that, upon D ame jjg usual, she acquiesced ; and having thanked 0 carry. So kissed his dutiful daughter, he withdrew from infused, that renewed youth in his step, and joy in his i saw the open wimlow nor paid the slight- different, however, were the feelings of; to llhe broken lalde, except by ktekiiig It'i,ig daughter on this momentous subject! and irohahle [lave set my eyes on that ii ^-houi You may have noticed by the papers, that the which, in 182G, I gave^ 2G^hou3and dol- lot probable that I should ever of thcs8 boys, and, may be, : set my eyes on that m ccting ti\. cipally Saxon y i visited the nunni uting n ATmturn, Marquand and other gentlemen, for the round sum o f one hundred thousand dollars. Yours, faithfully, geant tiiordurn '. [D r . F iddle B e, Dec, with Yankee comments.- English paper thus remarks upon the K ing’s speech: \ ----- ’ - iing paragraph was spoken by his Ma- jculiar emphasis, [H o w you talk !j and which he uttered an oath or two in , sentry’s challenge, and stretching; she i the floor, again closed Ins eye.s. { she shed, ■ ; .and ;lh along the floor, again closci ncc more w e breathed, though it was fainti; in tly ; and i ^11 promises, and live Inaving paired ^what we ^ to^ be a suffiment then she bethought her o f the despair 1 tnetnorable as the scene of recent operations. Am o n g these, nothing struck us more forcibly than the site o f the encampment which the Americans first occupied after the skirmish o f Lexington.— M a n y huts were yet standing in regular lanes or streets which crossed one another at right angles; find it w as easy to perceive, that the oamc ingenui ty which they were in the habit o f exercising in the coHstruction o f their rude dwellings in the woods had been applied by the rebel heroes to the forma tion o f their bivouac. W e were forced to admit, when examining the lines, that in the use o f the spade and pickaxe—implements o f war not less formidable than the musket and the cannon—our men would be no match for an enemy so skilful. chased, with a view o f guarding against the v clasp-knives,with blades six inches in length, we had repeatedly worn our seaman’s garb already, WC calculated on being able to do so withoutt exci ting suspiciion; len would be no match for an enem y so si In this manner a whole month wore itself out, find listless indifference was beginning to mark the bearing o f some, when an event befel which so far (stood us l a stead, that it furnished us, for a while, with a subject o f conversation. On the 17th o f J u ly, the British officers on parole received each card from the Governor, requesting the honor < his attendance at a specified hour on the morrov., in the T o w n H all. A s rumors were already afloat touching the decided step that had been taken at Philadelphia, we were not without a suspicion as to the purport o f this meeting; and we hesitated for a while, as to the propriety o f giving the sanction o f our countenance to a proceeding which we could not but regard as traitorous. Curiosity, however, got the better o f scruples, which, to say the truth, wore not very well founded; and it was resolved, ing able to do so w ith o u ___ ting suspici and we accordingly, under the pre text o f a desire to save our uniforms, packed them up in our trunks. In like manner, under the plea >1\ disinclination to disturb our wardrobe on the narch, wc bestowed one or two Jight articles in »ur Haverssicks; and having some loose cash in our pockets, we trusted to the chapter o f accidi for the purchase o f provisions. Y etthere was a serious difficulty in our w a y af ter all; how should we manage to conceal from our comrades the resolution which we had formed ? and if wc did not conceal i^, how could we possibly ex pect to carry it ini however, we had isarily; for at ier| hed, though it ig paused what we judged t< time to permit, his slumbers to be turned, with a!ll possible caution, t cupation. ^ I felt this time that wc had not a moment to lose; and mounted the ledge o f the window, while Men- zics stood close by in readiness to follow. T o swing tclf at full length by the hands wiis Ihc fa resumed, wc re in, to our former oc- o f one inst on this momoi is she to meet th< love ; and led, and many the resolve imises, and then sh e bethought old father—of his Iender, of the few remaining y< by disappointm ent, and his death probably hurried on through ber means. A ll this was too much when laid on the balance with only her own hap- Bubjec le to meet the m an she w as sure could never love ; and many were the tears and many the resolves she made to retract and live and die in solitude. But of her t though mistaken, love- o f the few remaining years o f his life imbit full length by the hands wiis Ihc work ' dutiful d aughicr, hy heroically d e term ining i itant; and tho next— though not w ithout j all scliishness at the a ltar of filial dul ■ted pulsation of the heart— 1 let go my | aftection ICC w ith only her own tiap- Ishcstill sustained the char.acterof a ghtcr, tiy hcroicall}' determining to sac- ily and wore not very well founded; and it w as resolved, after a brief consultation, that the invitation ought to be accepted. Accordingly, at the hour appointed, w e set out, arrayed in the full dress unlfonn o f o u r , and became witnesses to a spectacle which necessarily; for a the expiration of an hour tl escort arrived; and we learned, little to our regrt that the men were gone, no one knew whitlu u- while the officers, separated into parlies, v I a ched off by separate routes into the interii o f Our progress out o f Boston partook s o f the passion for display which had charactcrii the mode o f our arrival ; that is to say, we pass through the principal streets surrounded by about and accompanied by not fewer than >f them a captain. Our baggage • into which eight or ' brown; and we re- ^ ^ along, greetings more or less ;ilh whom wc had associated, the Neck, ere s which ^ ‘ijejing.ljall o f her fuller, she looked and felt trifles ; jj- assisting at afunerni feast, and lhatsheeventh-.. ).ccn, would havebceii the bclterof the visor to prevent ma- I w as j^y conjectures on what her saddened looks might il set. ,„pan. But the time for assuming the m.ask arri- the rustling noise, that I , and the nobles of the land with tlicir haughty 3ttom, he threw himself after m e ;; jianics, and manv a knight, and many a damsel ! equally than I, he escaped unhurt. ■ f^ir, bedight in siik and cloth o f gold, and blazing >ur flight begun It real earnest. 1 he jewels, graced the tajiestricd ball-room, on whicE common was traversed, the church left behind, t h e , ^ flood of brill ant light was poured from lamp high road abandoned, and wc ourselves soon lost, a„d torch. And each in joyous mood, cheered by in the mazes ot f the forest. [ the merry minstrels, and by the sound o f harp luld sanction any one in paying he having ascertained thatthe limb was I stood still till Alenztes should arrive. H e not tardy in following the cx.amplc which I had set. „[ean .' Bu t the time for assuming tl Having ascertained, by the rustling noise, that I , ved, and the nobles o f the land with reached I falling n then w ! mazes o m e lorest. j merry minstrels, and by the sound o f harp amining this ingenious, production soon alter c,,--.... ..s.-,>,.ctcd and __ _ ' o f examining this ingenious, proi its return from a most fortunate ^ S h ' T d - ' ' R ' b f ^ r\ f ' i l d ™ ’'\ PoTiffisdalcTand f o X g o M Jo^raYlhe fo^^^^ at the India Rubber Factory on E ddy’s: P oint. It ^ ^ for three officers, one o; followed the column in a car, into which ten knapsacks were likewise thrown; and we : ceived as w e went along, greetings more or b kind from th( But istructed very steamboat, with two inflated ibbcr cloth. 'actory on ] ich upon th( cyli he t( Idy’s le p lanof Burden’s tylindcrs o f India from those wi we were scarcely beyond th ingement took place, the wl ept half a dozen privates, a deck of boar i lieutenant, quitting us, ■yVe were not sorry foi tcitk'even in us feelings it would not, perhaps, w e d g e d that it would 3 very easy to be dehned. A s we passed through gj^ty pair o f e y e s; partly because the captain being an old acquaintance, the idea of dealing unfairly by him went somewhat against the grain. Not that we should have scrupled, circumstanced were, to deceive him i f we -could; but it is ’ in such cases, to deal with utter strangers,*n pccially i f they chance to be, as our new con 3, brutes o f the first order; for a brute of the ' rclcr he was. Prying,inquisitive, full o f blus- ] ter and the lowest slang, he tormented us through- ' out the whole day’s march with his conversation ; which whether it took the tone of insolent superior! ] ty or o^pretended comniisscrtition and personal re gard, was alike distasteful to us. But there is no l such thing as rebuking into silence your thorough- < bred Yankee, so wc kept our temper as well as'ivc be very e asy to be defined. A s we passed through the town we found it thronged in all quarters with persons o f every age, and both sexes. A ll were in their holiday suits,every eye beamed with delight, and every tongue was in rapid motion. K ing street, Cluecn street, and the other streets, adjoining the Council Chamber, were lined with detachments p^, from two battalions o f infantry, tolerably well equip- gj p e d ; while in front o f the jail, a brigacle o f artille- gj. ry was drawn up, the gunners standing by their pieces with lighted matches—nor,to do them justice, was there any admixture of insolence in the joy tvhich seemed to animate all classes. \Whether our lengthened residence among them, and the anxietv which we displayed never wantonly fo ofl’end the prejudices, had secured their esteem, or whethi whole o f the escort, '^kpre theboatistobe used. j fovcly daughter, ‘3 S „ i „ “ r s ' o ........... angler may sit and hold h is dominion over the fin- j ° than liirhtnr baron, who led the carl to his nd having presented him to her, itly gratified by seeingjhc ire chosen by that irig h to f ■■'ler heart or full of joy as he was father, and that o f hi I only to h im self; for loved, and now observed ; for he had heard that she ved, and now ob her narrowly. And, intent with this, he asked her, t h'ld 'ly. An d , not ho sat beside [From the N . Y. American.] O R N A M E N T A L T R E E P L A N T I N G . The A/ianthus Glandidosa, or Tree o f Heaven. — It is o f no small interest ami satisfaction to the citizens o f New-York, that a very appropriate tree for the iilantingilanting andnd ornamentingrnamenting thehe streetstreets and j a o t s s, is found in that beautiful plant “ the A li ce o f Heaven,” v/hich is found, to corn- useful qualities sequisitc to the Inteiifl- T h e tree is a nalivcof China, and is avenues, IS found in anthiis or tree o f He: bine all the cd purpose, proved to be in every and climate. It endui jesty with pccuTiar emphasis, [H o w you falk !j and appeared to make a powerful impression, [Really.J •Twice or thrico during the reading o f the speech a cloud passed over the sun, and thus^obscured the p.igp. [D o tell !J H is Majesty, perceiving what bad caused the temporary .shade, raised the paper so as to catch the light better, and continued reading. [You don’t say so ?J After the speech had been ilclivered, his Majesty again rose, [It beats all nater,] (the peers, ambassadors, &c. having ri.«cn,) and de p a r te d from the house, accomp,anied in the same manner as on entering by the great officers of the •State and iiousoiiold. [Oh my !] His Majesty v the f hrono about ttventy minutes, the.specch hi and climate. It endures heat admirably well; and on the f hrono about ttventy minutes, thespecch hav- the present winter having no effect apparently on jng opr.iijtied nearly a quarter in reading.” [Is it such trees as were healthy and vigorous, i.s n proof possible !1 /••s I m l- _ ________ -I __________ i- • ../• * ■* such trees as of its harJincs. the free is sre healthy and vigorou.s, i.s a pi -T h e ornamental cliaracteri.stic of ;sod, i f equalled, bv any in the 'ally ju.slifies its emphatic nai In the winter, the tree is the i id appearance o f any wc have in the street ibit o f tho tree is particularly appropriate, le season wmr.n j ..poelncl -Tree o f H e a v e n . , nncotnim cleanly in nature n r o n S f ^ habit o f tho tree is particularly appropriate as it is of aspreading nature and moderate staturci seldom, it is presumed, reaching above the second story of houses; but growing in such a manner as perfect ly to shade the sidewalks and lower apartments, so requisite in sultry weather. T o this it may be added, that the tree is o f rapid growth for throe or four years after planting, and contains a property in its” juices that defies the attacks of worms and other insects, so detrimental and un.sightly in man 3 ' trees. H ence, all the requisite properties arc con tained in this beautiful tree a s a street ornament. For the correctness o f this article, let any citizen ho is desirous o f planting trees before his bouse, inspect those o f this kind planted before the splen did buildings in Lafayette Place, or other parts of the city at this tim e; and in the summer season no one o f taste can fail to pay a tribute o f delight to their superior elegance and magnificence. In fur therance o f the sure and rapid growth of this tree, it is recommeniled that it be planted by some prac tical person; and the result o f a general planting would be, a pleasing and useful assemblage o f beau tiful trees, rarely met with. ■lorse ca :ndayni^..., If by his fore leg to his hay rack, in in the rear o f this office. It is thought, in a moment o f sudden indignation at the recollection o f some ui fair treatment that he might have received the da Eviou.s, lie raised lu\ ------ previou.s, lie raised h is foot, and, mistaking the rat iicfore and aljovc him for his oppressor, be made i angry p.ass at it, and thus getting it entangled li 'cen the bars, ho could not extricate it. “Ycrd' W hereas,, inasmuch, e died in c( of the Jury of Inquest- it apjipars, that said hi gelling his foot in cause of hi.s death t South America.— In the Guiana, I saw the most be seen ; and allhough it m to ihc inhabitants, no traveller led it, W c were len men on hor >kk thehe lead,ead, inn orderrder fio Lwo o f whom too t l i o f sound passages; whilst I preferred to skirt the great forests. One of the blacks who formed the van- lard, returned full gallop, and called to me, “ here, come and see serpents in a pile.” H e pointed to me somi ‘ \ Sr^c heap then pe.st: I ha let us proc W h e n we hese, but never seen any Liously, and not go too near.”— ithin twenty paces o f it, the tc 38 prevented our near approach, ■ none o f us were inclined. ror of our li which, however, n On a sudden, the pyramid mass became agitated; horrible hissings issued from it, thousands o f ser pents, rolled spirally on each other, shot forth out o f the circle their hideous heads, presenting their envenomed darts and fiery eyes to us. I own 1 was one o f the first to draw back; but when I saw this formidable phalanx remained at its post, ■ to be more disposed to defend itsellf ous asseinblagi of serpents dre: light be the g 3 to defend* itsel than to in order to view its order enemy on every side. I then sought what could be the design of this numer- id 1 concluded that this species some colossean enemy, which the caynean, and Ig seen this in a mass. H umboldt . I, soothing, pitying voice o f a woman. W h e n this worn n ut hulk, strained fore and aft by expcc- irc and hard service, its upper works crank with ■xations and disappointment, shall he h and John, one 1’2 and the other from 7 to 8 years old. Cath arine had a child there, besides two children of witness’, one II and the other 7 years old. Heard of Alatthius, and received^his doctrines through Mr. Pierson before .she knew him. Air. Pierson was a confirmed believer in (he doctrines of Alat- thias. W itness also helioved in his doctrines g e n - ■ally. Air. Folger might be truly called a bclic- ?r in them, but was more disposed i o doubt them lau Mr. Pierson or Iwitness. A s far as I could judge, Catharine was also a believer in them.— Those in the house who believed in him consider ed him their father, as God the Father possessing the Holj' Ghost, and possessing the power to be stow it on whom he pleased; that he had thepnw- er to execute wrath. W c regarded him as the last Prophet, and the last spoken of in the Revelations, that is, the execuiing Angel; he claimed all theso powers, and we believed that he did cast evil spir its out o f US; he required us to obey his comniandi in all things that he had a right to command. JVlr. Matthias had the command o f every thing in the household, t would go to him sometimes for di rections and he use direct me, and I thi [ell me that the spirit would ’ ailed to bo directed, and I ■ would be subject tojiiscensure i f I did not do as he pleased, and he vvould then tell that I had not his spirit, but got a spirit somewhere else. W h e n displeased ho would be very violent in his manner; so violent that that was but a small specimen of it in court yesterday; lie would curse us, and his an ger would last along time, until at last we got un easy, and considered ourselves lost creatures: ho said he could save us, but we must get rid of the evil spirit which was in us, and he should give us a bettor s p irit; he would tell us that i f wc asked deliverance from it, from him, he would give i t ; he attended to all the temporalities of the house, and every one who did any thing without bis ad vice, was responsible to him. Last August when Pierson died, he claimed to own the place. There was a commencement o f ill will between Air. Pier son and Alatthias when M atthias went away to N . Y o rk; Matthias then told witness that he had re proved Pierson for several things; cant recollect all the particulars, but one time that Matthias went to New-York, he censured Pierson for ill mana ging the grounds. H e claimed the firstfruits o f the peas in the garden; when he was not at lionie we did not use them until he came back; so relative to other things about the p lace; the chickens and ev ery thing at the table. One coach and pair of horses were exclusively h is; Pierson and M atthias told witnesss that one daj' they were out riding, and stopped to water their horses, and Pierson’s liorse wanted to lie down in the brook, and he got o ff and walked, as the horse was w e t ; thus the farm w a s managed by Matthias, and Pierson would not put seed in the ground until directed to do so by M at thias. Pierson died between one and two on a W^ednesday morning (the 6th of August,) On the Monday afternoon, a week previous, Matthias went into the field with his youngest son to pick blackberries, and brought some home, w hichich wereere ,)ared for supper, as wil w Issabel-sabci prepared for supper, as w itness believes by Is la; they supped that n ight by candle light; Mai thias W!is there about an hour before supper; M at thias, Pierson, witness, and Catharine Galloway were at the supper table; they supped so latc be cause it was haying time, and they were waiting supper for Piersi’H to vomc; Matthias helped Pier- son’to a plate of blackberries, it was a small plate, such as is used for tea or butter; Alatthias alsa helped Catharine and witness to some, with a spoon ; Air. Pierson ate two plates of the berries, and Catharine ate a plateful; I only ate two black berries; Matthias ate none o f them ; he had bQOff preaching at the table, and when I got an opportu nity 1 said, father you have ate no blackberries : he sat on one side of the table by himself; and 1 at the other side ; there was a plate that was seV for him, and another at the end o f his knife, “j^hen I said he ate no blackberries, he rose up and said, “ the father was not honored in his house, but the sons were,” and the daughters dressed themselves, therefore he had lost his blessing in the enjoyment of eating blackberries; he then preached on that subject until 13 o’clock; he appeared to bo offen ded, and Pierson appeared to be the subject of his ! during that night becaus [considered agi me helped any an y ; no one lielped that night but Matthias, to set food apart for hii ed his ham •cd a Judi iubject ol Mr. Picrson ies, and Matthias ^reat favor that he pick- ly thing from the table T h e ordina displeasure during that night because Mr. Pie had two plates of blackberries, and Matthias had ic. Itw a s r ~ “ \ '— dipped hi set food apart for himself, and a n y lis hand in the same dish with him rdmary practice ind an y one who was coi> t into the heard o f these, but never seen an v . Alatthias cai Alattbii 4 o’clock he went into I nd I went ii fit icam e; nothing wai IS they would be liable to was sul'jectto fits, imanded him to get used to g et up and walk before the after he got up he sometimes lay hen Pierson got him up from a lit id manifested plot [ring his spirit, and sometimes Alatthit up, and Pierso fit was broken on a couch. he could hear: that the on that < up; when Pierson gottheftt, he was laying on the hay, and something came out o f his mouth which alarmed me. Matthias desired him to get up and he did not do so, and Matthias and A n thony took lotheei ............................. . ■eps iatthias t him to the entry, and he fell down the st of the kitchen where they let him gg; be soon recovered from the fit and sat at the table that evening] and was helped to coffee by Matthias, who also put bread into his mouth, but he did not eat it; aftc tea, Matthias walked him about the hall and piaa zas, and Matthias The last Request .— In an Old Sailor’s yarns, ing to him. W itn just published, we find the following touching par- that Pierson had m afrraphPierson had anoth , ^ . “w h e n I die, grant kind Heaven that the last ning, in tbe chair and 1 went out and called Issa- murmurs in my {“death deafened” ear may be the bella. Some time after he had another fit, in a kind, soothing, pitying voice o f a woman. \When room at the south side of the house, and I asked tea, Matthias walked him about the hall and piaz zas, and Matthias used to stop as i f he was speak- itness went up to them, but found ierson had not recovered so as to converse. Pierson had another very strong fit, the same c ning, in tbe chair and 1 went out and called It Pierson’s face'with so; when 1 spoke to him, be Id say Amen, Am en, Amen. That night, he put to bed, and about half an hour after began to vomit- Isabella was with him all the night. T h o ftts continued during a ll' the night. H e w a s
