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aland and audible voic£t *TfI was a priotcr, mH please your honor, I ’d plw*e mfself—VA never give up the ground to any one, o^rypounce one sentiment —Lwould not be swayed by the whim, caprice and folly of eve ry one; but would mark out a straight line, and pursue it.— (Here Trim traced with the point of his stick a right line Irom my stool.) If I could not succeed in a plain, independent tourse, Pd freely kick the beam/ Q IN THE CORNER. d S t h . wr ifDtioH \When I look upotf the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me; when I read the epitaphs of the beauti ful, every inordinate desire goes out ;jvhen I meet with the grief of parents on a tomb stone, my heart melts with compassion ;— when I see the tomb of parcnls themselves, I consider the \ani- ty of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I oee kings lying by those who deposited them; when I consid er rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests & dis- He does wickedly, that dtes not shew the way to one t int is wrong. Beware lest thou trust thyself too much: We are wont not to believe a lying .perton even when he speaks the truth. It is a fault both to believe every body and no body. It is the propensity <Jf fools to val ue pleasure at a ip-eat rate. It is the part of a wise man to forget injuries. Gqd himself commands thee to re member Death. Do not truHt to a man by whom thoU hist been once deceived. Learning and virtue arc sought by few— pleasure by many. The wicked endeavour to tempt all others to wickedm-Hp. The love of honor cxcites men to noble actions. W p copy the follow ing ex tract from “ Memoirs of tie tenr fRevolution- •ry] in the snid^ern department of the United States, by Henry l*ve, Lieutenant Colonel commandant of the Partixan fajrion, during the tear,” as published in the American Review of October l b l l 2 . As our readers w ill generally f -el an interest in the transactions of thaw times “ which tried men’s souls ” and in which our common father, the im mortal ff auhingtoii, acted a conxpir- Uous part, we m ull lay it before oar readers without comment. \ Cautions as Washington undoubt edly was, his caution was exceeded Pute9, I n t e l wUh .orrow istomshment on the little compe notw ithstanding Ins rigid adherence titions, factions, and debates of to the Fabian policy during our war. mankind. When I read the (Ardent, and impetuous by nature, several dates upon the tombs o f , es8’ubjertfd s h.'\ . > V . i . passions to his reason; and could eome that died yesterday, nnd;WIth faciIlfv> by his ,iabtfua, wM>on. *ome SIX hundred years ago, I^trol, repress his inclinations whenever consider that great day When I hisjudgment forbade tlieirindulgence: we shall all of US be contempo- ! t,ie toporof ills military life e- vmres uniform and complete self- command.” \ • Among the anecdote*, in which this great man is made to bear a part, that of the hussion of Champp related in the secphd volume deserves to lie selec ted tof nuotation. It is quite new to us, anuin itseli’Vemarkable.— Our author has de\oted to it an en tire, and pretty long rhapter' when it might have been comprised if* a much narrower compass. Notwithstanding, so curious is tlie whole afTair, that we shall not hesitate to transcribe the greater part of his narrative, not facing able to abridge to our satisfaction, any more than a few of the first pa ges.^ ‘ General Washington, as appears not only from the particular transat t ion we are about to lay before ourread- erp, but from several other facts sta nw instructions are two letters, to be delivered is ordered, and here are fom t guineas.foj expenses” * Lee, in reply, designated, as emi nently fit for tlie projected enterprise, the sergeant major of the cavalry, cal led Chantpe, a young Virginian of twenty-three, or twenty-four years of age, “ rather above the common size — full of bone and muscle ; with a saturnine fou'ntenanre, grave, thougt- ful, and taciturn ; of tried courage and inflexible perseverance.\ The gener al exclaimed that he was the very man for the business, and the matter was, accordingly, opened by Lee, to the sergeant. The latter manifested at first, great reluctance to embark in the scheme, on account of the igno^uny which would attach, to the appearance of desertion. Hi* scruples were; however, at length overcome, and our author proceed* thus in narrating the subsequent proceedings. “ This part of the business being finished, the major and sergeant’s de- liberatiou were turned to the manner of the latter'* desertion ; for it was well known to both that to pass the numerous patroles of horse and foot trowing from the stationary guards, was itself diffiiult, which was now rendered more so by parties thrown occasional!v beyond the place tailed Libert v pofe, as well as by swarm* of irregulars, induced sometimes to ven ture down to th<* verv point at Paulus Hook with the horn? of picking up bootv. Kudenth msccrnableas were the difficulties n, the wav, no relief example, *aTd Lee,-&$ bythe oncers themselves, %e&t™^jve *» it was ofdisqipljtjie, opposed 5fcitW^s.to order*, and disastrous a • it Wight prove to the corps in the course of ser vice.” ( To be continued.) NEW-YORK, Nor. 26. Private correspondence fo r the Com,• mercial Advertiser. Paris, September 14th, 18tT. My firet attention on my arrival here, was to deliver theTjoxes of min erals, letters, &c. with which I had the honor of being entrusted. Professor Hairy lives in the “ Jardin du Roi,°or as we call it, “ The Garden of Plants,** where I found him in his cabinetv-r He received me with great kindness, seemed highly delighted with the pre sents, for which he expressed his deep est acknowledgments, and broke forth in an eulogium on American Litera ture ; after which I left him, to exam ine some of the curiosities, to which he honored me with a tic. ket of ad mittance. His person is small, but his appearance uncommonly venerable — far advanced in years, he begins to experience the decripitude of old age. But he still continues indefatigable in his philosophical researches, and un remitted in his invaluable instructions to his pupils. As you venerate the grandeur of superior intellect—as you admire tlie splendor of extensive and useful acquirements— venerate & ad mire them the Abbe Godfrey was the third tinbe frd ed for the murder of Thom^i Hewlet, and the third time tb|:| jury brought in a vcrdict—guitf ] ty. The sentence of death htf? accordingly been again passed upon him ; and, we understand his execution is to take place og | the second Friday in February! next foreign jgttoa. From & London paper, received at the 1 Office o f the Commercial Advertiser. | L ondox , Ocf. 3 . A Hamburgh Mail has arrived, vvitfc papers to the S^th of Reptpmber^r riiey state the sum due by France, on account of claims for compensation and indemnity to foreigners, at 824 millions of francs. We some time since mentioned that the people of France listened with reluctance to these demands. Tlie allied powers,, which have guaranteed their payment, will, it is presumed, see justice done to their respective subjet ts. The he reditary prince of Sweden will be de clared vuernybf Norway. The repoit of tlie trial of several persons for the murder of Fualdes, n succeeded in the Pans papers bv a» could be administered bv major Lee,i c' lest it roitiht induce a belief that he!' * . }°n r ., , \ j ^ wax pm v to tlie desert,on, whu h \fthe heart he .sat onceamod* nimon wttms to the ene.nv would .n- I el °f tlle «id «f the rquirementH— venerate ot au- un- i mm uv * n all in rourilluxtrious friend, > n°ther ot greater importance, as aifee- J Knrfowed with every qual-11,n- *'ie It is tlie case of the i of the head, and every good I ron-piracy of tha Rlack Pin, so called ^ r * L _ I __ i _ a _____ a . i . frfim tho em Klftm « 1*1 ■*»I# ■«••• £ pinion getting to the enemy would in -1 _ \ T ........ 7 volve the life of Chamije. The ser-.r106* «n«m iptcd worth and excel- geant was left to his own resourres enc’*’- ® H shortly to publiuh a and to hi* own management, with the .'n°rk ° n a great dissertaUon. - • - • I Ins reminds me of a recent anecdote, raries and make our appearance together. From the Boston Recorder. •t ~ Tire C\tJ6E OF THE JEWS. A letter received in thb town, from Mrs. Hahnah More, the celebrated English authoress, dated Sept. 3, states, that the ^Hebrew New Testament is finished ; and so great is the dmuad for it, that a second e» dition U printing.—-Mr. W ay, a gentleman of immense fortune, high character, and who has de voted himself to the Jewish cause, is now gone to Peters- declared deterni.nation, that in ewe 1 \J* nie of a recent anecdote his departure should be discovered ! “ •* * h\l 1 *I,eab tht~ nian : A RuB his departure before morning, Lee would take rare to delay pursuit a-i long as was r;rac* ticable.” u Giung to tire f.'>r 2 rant tln-ee guin eas, and presenting his lw-.t wiJies, he recommended hun to start without de lay, and enjoined him tooitnmunn ate his arrival in Nt w-York a* noon Uiere- after as might be practicable. ( hampe pulling oot his waMi, compared it with tlie major’s reminding the latter man Nobleman, posse*isejl <,f (wo ele gant And singular chrystals, almost unique hi their kind, was desirous of transmitting them to the Abbe. He executed his wmhej through the me dium of the Ru<-*ian Envoy at Paris, and accompanied them with $ polite note, m which lie begged I m to ac cept the two diamond)., 8 u . I'pon tlie receipt thereof, the Abbe observed that it >»as a mistake, that they were not diamonds. “ A mistake— not di burg with two German Jews, *«1 in these Memoirs, was paesionate- his own converts ; one of whom *.v desirous, after the desertion of Ar- wa, ordained prie.1 the d«y be- t T i Z lea\ b of live tnthe American quarters, thereto US. The sultan of Tartary [a suffer tile ignominious fate he so well Christian convert} is also OI the merited. In this de«ire, l,e was ren- party. T h e y preach to the “cre<* tt,e morc eager, by the sn«pi- y •») >t . i» cion,that an actoi t/*cac)icrv Htmilar tii Jew s Iri the cities they pass tiiat of ArnoId> waR by I of the importance of holding back pur- amonds ?” reiterated the envov, with suit, which he was convinced w ould 1 astonishment—\ But, sir, (added he Uke place in the course uf t 1 e night,, i),e mistake »l all be rectified, jou shal and which mi'rht be fatal, as he knew j not be a loser.” “ \h 1 paidon me,’’ m- that he should be obliged to 7ig7^j»in terru^ied-J>v.« Alilie, w itli all the das- order tn avoid the patroles, which sic simplicity ot a Roman wortliv, would coimme time. It was now » these sunplepms are to me of more nearlyelevpn. The sergeant returned inestimable value than the most cost to camn,and taking Ins cloak, valice ly diamonds.” 'Hus served to calm and orderly book, l>e drew his horse the sc rupulons concern of the scientif- . from the pirket, ar.l mounting him put ic ambassador, himself upon fortune. Lee, charmed Religion here is at a low ebb, al»ho’ uit> his expeditious consummation of .the revulsion from Atheism, even to the fir.t part «if »'.e enterprise, retired lanatacism, has been proved bv the to rest. 1 s e l e s , attempt ! the past history of the world not to beur'.com- scen, could not be obliterated : and,' mon. The dergv, too, are also much inch e<l, had that been prat tic able, the favored by tlie monarch, and we should interruption width ensued Would therefore oppose that the evertion, have K«.pped repose.” of the former would soon rfcnder the major general in thp American servic Upon his arrival at the camp of Greene, in tlie vicinity of Tappan, he sent for through.” A travfellgf on his return from .... ........ the State of Ohid where he had the author of these Memoirs, then pos- S t S’ n l r V r in ^ « land of milk and honey,”— l<ad put into his hands, a bundle of pa- gave this acconnt of the state of — ’ “ • promise : « Sif—As I was dri ving my team; I observed a hat in the path, i reached with my whit) stick to take it up from the x|ud. < What are you doing with my hat ?* cried a voice un der iL I soon discovered un der the chapeati a brother emi grant np to liis ears in the mire. * Pray lei me help you out/ said i * Thank yoii/ said the be- ttirred travsller, * I have a good long-legged hone under ine, who has carried me through worse slough* than tiis ; I am only stoppingtb breathe my nag, a# this is the firmest ffotiiig I have found in fifty miles.” Jim . JTio. E x t r a c t s . Menace taught with Pleasars ts fiihes are wWi'ahook. The maimers of men are ehangsd by adversity as well as prosperity. All things ans overcome oy perse- N-erence. Despise pleatare—pleMttr* being ivuais hurtful, I-l IV •- m- * \ft;•••*?#* • . . '.i * 4 m is dear ;MMwW6sir#uich M r pers relating to the supposed exten sion of tlie conspiracy of Arnold, and was, after he had read them, addres sed in the following terms by Wash ington, whose tone and countenanre he dwwribes, as indicating, « a mttfd deeply agitated.” “ I have sent for you, in tlie expec tation that you have in your corps in dividuals capable and willing to un dertake an indispensable delicate and hazardous project. Whoever comes forward upon this occasion* will lay me under great obligations personally, and in behalf of the United Slates I will reward him amply. No tuiw ig to be lost: he roust proceed, if possi ble, this night. Mv object is to probe to the bottom the afflicting intelligence contained in the papers you have just read ; to sieze Arnold, and by getting him to save Andre. They are all con- nected. Wbile my emissary is enga ged in preparing means for the seiz ure of Arnold, Che guilt of others can be tnced j and the fimelrdtliveryof Arnold to me, will possihly put it in- tor tn j power to restart the amiable and unfortanite Andre tolus friends. My instructions are ready, in which you will find my express ordefs that Arnold is not to be hurt; W that he be permitted to estate if to be preven- tcdwilyl by killing Wttiyljs h k public punishment is the onhr object ia view. T h u .ya* can not too forciMyprmup- NN ithin half an hour captain Camfes, officer of the day, waited upon tlie ma- ‘jor, and with considerable emotion told him that one of tlie patrtde had fallen in with a dragoon, who being challenged, put spur to his horse and escaped, though instantly pursued. __ Lee complaining of the interruption, and pretending to be extremelyfa- j tigued by hi» ndp to and from hcad- 1 quarters', answered as if he did not ’ understand what had been said, which punctual attendance on dmne wor ship familiar to the people, 'run., however, has not been effected here,\ even in spite of one of the strongest propensities of our nature. For as religion is as yet new to the Prem h, what is more natural than that the>’ should be universally attracted by tliL, novelty r It is true, indeed, that every day one may see m almost all the chur- ches a number of beggars, old women and children: and upon particular compelled the• rapta.n to repeat i t - ; festival days, bodies oPuelf dr^Jed W ho can tJie fellow Uatvvas nursurd; people may be seen in (he act of ? « £ £ be? inquired tlie major j adding, a'tion, though actually assembled t<t countrvTnan, probably. No replied gether froTcunosit/and the l«-e i the rajitain, the pat role sufficiently show. But eeneralfv • vvasa dragoon ; probably one from of d.ssipation to the gay.wd 0f «/- the army, if not certainly one of our usual profits to the si.ri™! 1 own. fins idea was ndlculed from k e e iiri i l n t n f a ! rf T 0p* ; its improlialnlity, as dunng the whole beeJTmuch defaced by t £ war but a single dragoon had deserted but have eeni»rallv u WU? ’ Tfc-dHj-t L C S A V i t o stress was which they were consecrated. In vince Carnes, so much ' or H„ n e Pc .Pu i„ f t S f • * »n whomsoever mar engage in the em* - jMefptp* f and this faU not to do. With <p» . ■' drew to examine tlie squadron of horse I tht^ magnificent heads above tllA a I* L l * * f • « . O pursuance of established usage on sim ilar occasions. Very quickly he re turned, stating that the scoundrel was known,and was no less a person than the sergeant-major, who hiui gone off with liis horse, baggage, arms and or- derly book,— so presumed, as neither the one nor the other could be fonnd. 8 ensibly affected at the supposed base ness of a soldier extremely respected, the captain added that he had ordered a party to make ready for pursuit, and begged the major's written orders.\ . * Occasionally this discourse Was interrupted, and every idea suggested which the excellent character of the ^ergeint warfazited, to induce the svs* Ptcion (hathe had not deserted, but With the traces of blood t a i b ^ r o Z ferocity. There is English preaching here ev ery sabbath, which ntakes me feel as if in America; and there U also a Lu» S l E S e ? • here—I/Englwse des j p i e English here tat hated and de- tMted » and the American! hate to employ evenr artifice to distinguish tbemselve, from them in brder to a- , • the wnsUnt wsalu and mortifi- catwn* which the former have to en- W ik d s o r i V t N o v . 24. ..th.w - to u t m ’fa t, C T l from the emblem, a black pm, worn * by the members, and by whidh they |) were to be made known to each other. Fhe overthrow of the existing govern* ment was the ultimate Object of the conspirators to effcct which they pro. poaea to begin with an attempt tosur* | pnse the castle of \ncennes. i In | our Hpafields conspirary, Doctor Wat* | son was charged with proposing to | suffocate the soldiers in tne barracks ■“ bv means of a chemical process. Ths tllacL P u l conspirators proposed to destroy the garrison of Vincennes by j poisoning the water. The idea be- ' trays such diabolical depravity, wt hope, for the credit of human nature* I it will prove to be '.tie mere invention' J of some infamous informpr, seeking Jp to inflame the public indignation by tlie horror which so heinous a charge f necessarily excites. The leader tn « this alledged conspiracy was an un* Jp employed officer o! engineers named fj C harles Monnier. Tlie police having & got information in the month of May; I 1816, that the conspirary had been on, % foot since the July preceding, arrcRtei. ^ Monnier, who was tried, and condemi’ ned to die on the 20 th of September, but, to save his life, he offered to dis cover his wholeplan, and betray his accomplices. Their trial commenced at Paris on the 29th ult. and is likely to last during the whole of the present w eek. From the London tllobe of ()rt. fl. This morning we recrned German papers to the 27th ult. They are filled with speculations respecting the con duct of the European powers in refer ence to the H. American Patriots, and state, that Russia appears particularly an\iousto form a general convention to check their growing independence, rhis influence of the great northern lower over the other cabinets of the continent i« said to be vetv evident} trnd that Austria, France, and the ^Netherlands, have already acceded to ier scheme for preventing the equip ment of ships in their ports to aid the \mericans. ^ The speculations of cof*< ! ee house politicians on the continent, respecting the conduct of England, , would, of course,bp unworthy of notice* | did they not, in some degree', intimate | the opinions of the people as to whit. ought to be her line ot action ; and’j we therefore feel some pleasure in re-' marking, that our continental neigh^ bors entertain a better opinion of thif country* than to believe we could be # induced by Russia to Torm a p a r tial uiis crusade against liberty, or sacri* p It our Rational character to gratify ; the passions of any continental sore- , r reloctance is, indeed, at* tnbated to commercial considerations^ ■ we feel no hesitation in asserting; b ^ the struggling . Patriot* is founded on far other t t c 4 tnuch nobler principles, and thatour*| feelings and conduct would be tbir'* same a . they are at present, werew# . *ntlcipafe a certain commercial U*t « “ “ « •ehievement of American f r ^ ' % P*5**” ^ J .th a t E ' r iL ** S’, n^ U pirates si of the south American cruisers si' are manned; by North Americas saiW ors,or European adventurers. Thitf; is atmurd. It would be altogether in| possible for this country to Swerve i nor can we justl v take cognizsace W.-«. the birth place ot the several u ilo r ^ t V** &
