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Cingatn L hae il (g apne . ate L. ll. itv mmcast anamen, , N. Y, OCTOBER 3, 1835. * YOL L NO: 35: BY R. M. LYON & Co. £OCKPORT, die Be tir 60g onan oon mmm | roBTRry. . L * The Portrait, «Tha dial of hor heart has lost the sun. That told the happy hours.\ «Man's love ds of Man's tife a thing apart- \Tle woman's whole existence.\ voil of grief is flung Over her faded form; Oh thnta heart so true and young Should food the canker worm! figufiaiwllwr: intuit): and hopo wort o light that Joylass oy; it hinhfil’ow alas! {m carth a bont 'The page of hor sweet chook is white ('1‘5’;‘oglivor of card; As If 'twore blanched for doath to write His wan commundments there; And yot at timas, the road will blow (As Howers beyond the tomb? Upon that 1m? chack, as though Sho blushed-to dis so suon. Ol Godt itis a plteous thing To noo the damask hue On woman's chook lie withoring And blighted to the view; And look but on that brow so falr- 'That brow so- coldly bright- And yo might Image that sho wore Born in the pate moonlight. And whore is pillow-mate~- The Idol of her dream . © The wildly-chorlshed: one, who lito Drank at enjoymont's stream?. Where, whore is ha to watch beside, The Lonniy-wmok of youth, , While Doath botrothed his: plighted bride, The trustor in his teutht Yos! whore Is fo, tho tompter ona- 'The spoiler ofher raate . The lovor-boo thint's fonsted on The honey of hor broastt O even now, In lifo's sun-aot, IC still the truant love- If still ho goma--tha vulture. yet May save the wounded dove. # L # # # Mo comes, ho comos, the penitent He comes in: timg to savat He comes, ha comes, by Mercy sont To win hor from tfxogrwcl Sha shall not ba the bride of Death, Though he hor wroath had twined, For, Heaven's approving oyo beneath, Phot hearta and hands Aro Joined. MISCELLANY. Krom the Petersburgh Constellation, MRS. JOHN SMITH, on Tik PANTY my lord, of Shak. \Hampton said my friend John Smith to mode Cis really a dolightful little place; on a fino morning when the offing is covered with fishing craft, their snow whitq sails form a protty contrast to the bright blue of the sky, and to the waves groon and spurkling as om- craids which laugh around their tiny prows. I assure you tis one of the pleasantest things it the world, to stand on the shore and watch the mancouverings of the miniature fleets, and still pleasanter, to: take a little boat, with your fishing tackle on board, and yow into the midst of thom-tis true, if your hands blister, or Joni cannot trim thasails, the more oxpert and hardy will Inugh at your atvkwardness; but then you know as long as a laugh is rai« sed, it matters not at whose axpanse.\\ I was porfectly charmed and astonished at iy friend John Smith's eloquence, (by the way, ho hadappondod Junior to the ond of his patronymic, by way of distinction from one or tico other cousins of the samo name) for he was naturally taciturn, butthe poor follow was hall out of his wits at the thoughts of being enrolled among the Banedicts of matrimony, into which blissful state ho had been entered about threo waoks, and ho was truly attach- red to his wife--as strongly, porhaps, as to the uso of Baw du Cologne and Otto of Roses, I was thoreforo inclined to bolfeve that Hamp- «lom \aforesaid possessed some paralicl ower to that which the angel exercised over alaam's monture. I told him so, and added- «We must cortainly take my cousin Mrs. Smith to this place, and. afford anothor sub- b ject for the mirth of its amphibious inhabit-| antal\ The noxt day you might havo seen us on sour winding way*\-avory thing propared for the Jnunt-wind, weather, tide and steam, wars all favorable, (axcept the roads to City Point-ol; bones and aches £ us Bob Acres mightsay) and we aerived in due time, thanks to those winged -or rathor paddled messen- gors, the # Thomas Joferson' and \Old Do- minion,\ at our place of destination. «Doueo take all Steamboats,\ grumbled my friond John Smith, Jr. as wo wore bustling off the boat, tho.chattoring of the whoels and 'the whizzing of stoum, is worse than being shut up with a dozon French milliners!\ We landed from tho object of this direful tirado, and ordored our trunks and Mrs. Smith's nineteen bundboxes to Whiting's, so well known in tho annals of watering excur- sions, | It was crowded as usual with visitors, dut only one face was recognised as an ac- quaintance oithor by my particular friend or mysolf, and that was tho pleasant, good hu- tored and really handsome phiz of Jorry ition, who, us the world goos, was as clover a follow as need bo met with, and like my rind Smith; was suscoptible of the éendre goneliontt, so much \so that he could nevor sot- to which of his numorous favorites should bo the futitre Mrs. Eaton. _ Ho greoted us cor- dially, and was introduced in form to the blooming bride, whose cheal ho gracefully 'Kigsod as llc‘flfilmcd hor with wishes for health and connubial happiness, - Poor Smith! nove «ar shalf I forget the \rouge st noir\ oxpres- sion of his countonnnco at this familiarity ; ho advanced a stop, but recollecting himself, draw back, and taking from his pocket an Accordion, turnad on his hool toward a win- daw, and commonded an niv on his little pot of an instrument, \ I will pags ovor tho festivitios wo entored into duting our stay--novor did [ seo naturo's randoux and man's insignificance so fully levelopad as in the scenery cirsumjacent to 'this placo-=but description will not be attempt- «ad; as I have to rolato more facts. We had bean at Harapton four days in a continued so- tics of amusoments; woe caught spots\ and and my professed friend laughs at me.\ thog-fish\ in abundance, bobbed for crabs, surfeited on oysters, not to mention the de- lectable salt water bathing, when one warm Friday afternoon, as I was passing from my own chamber by the door of that belonging to my friend, I was nearly knocked down by the sudden bolting of that personage from his room. He had an unopened letter in his hand -this eyef wore fury, and ho look- when héexclaims, «\blodd! blood! Tago!\ : «* What in the namo-of wonder is the mat- ter?\ I exclaimed, \has Faulconbridge's fiery davil lurking in the air maddened you, or are you\\-he cut short my speecfi, turned round on ind, threw both his hands upon my should- ers, and looked me full in the face. At Inst he broke out- *The Jezebel!\ © Who!\ cried I. «* Would you-could you believe it Jim, she is false!\ * Who?\ iterated I, in surprise. . «# Whol-why Mrs. Smith, the specious hussy-the\- * Explain yoursolf,\ said I, «surely there is some mistake.\ 4 Mistake!-no, no-it is for such easy, nosc-led dupes as you, that unfaithful wives aro made-the fiends rack me for getting | married!\ 'This was too much for my risibles, and I accordingly gave my mirth vent in uncon- trolled laughter. \Well upon my soul, this is pretty work, truly-my wife deceives and dishonors me, «\Deccives and dishonors you,\ said I, as soon as I recovered breath, \how in the name of wonder?\ « Horo! hore! look here-proof enough for any but a tume-oh cursed marriage!\ I took the note which he handed to me.- * What is this-'tis sealed.\ 4 Yes,\\ he answored hesitatingly, and col- oring still more decply than passion had al- ready caused him to, it is scaled, but it is addressed to my wife.\ And how am I-how are the contents?\ * «©Some fatality tempted me to peep into it -I saw-but here look for yourself,\ -and snatching the note from me, he broke the seal. you to know | erting dog calls three weeks of my honey- | still refuse to join the gay circle which you | too! -some of | the ladies! pray madam how I started with astonishment at him, and then with a determination to unravel the mys- tory, cast my eye over the note. It was in- deed of a tenor to awaken suspicion; part of it ran thus: \can you still deny my request? why aftor having been buried three-ages shall I call them, from the world-\ . «* Hear that\ interrupted Smith, \the lib- moon, ages! Roney moon indeed! Marriage may be so, but only a fool. would thrust his head into a bechive to suck its sweets-\ I proceeded with the letter- Why do you adorned before cruel fate united you to a monster-unworthy of you.\ \'The Dovil take his impudence,\ roared Smith. . « Who is hel--the signature, aye the sig- nature, the signature!\ and- breathless he bore the: note from me. « What-hel your devoted admirer, Jerry Eaton! ahI see it all--and is it possible! but four days acquaintance, and gain more of her heart than I have done in as many years! Oh the plausible, smooth-tongued villain. By the heavens, it was magic, witchcraft, Kc kissed hor at her first intro- duction, Oh, I seo it all, Jim,\ and he turn- ed suddenly around to me \never marry as you would preserve an honest name, and what is better a cheerful conscience, never marry-Pd rather--' j Pooh! Pooh!\ I interrupted; you are foolish Smith. Jerry never could have writ- ten this, it is some joke.\ I said this to calm poor Smith, but at that moment, Itacitly resolved to follow his advice and never marry. it Joke! yes inded it is, laughed at by my friends; quizzed by my acquaintance, and despised by all-a joke to every one but me «-If Esther ever speaks to me again, I shall bo tompted-\ At that moment her voice was heard from the foot of the stairs-* In one moment, Mr. Eaton, allow me only to get my shawl and bonnet\-and sho came tripping up to the se- cond story, \Oh John, dear, how is your head? better Ihoyo. \ Never worse,\ growled Smith. «Indeed! then I shall remain at home.- I will just step down and tell Mr. Eaton.\ «* Where-where are you going?\ choak- ingly asked Smith. \'To our good host's farm, to see his crop of castor beans, I have never seen any grow- ing, Mr. Eaton, and some of the ladies are goinf, but I will remain-\ « fs this hypoorsiy?\ thought I. «The devil fly away with Mr. Eaton,\ said Smith, \and the crops of castor beans many ladies has he in his retinue? He seems to boe grand Bashaw in these regions.\ * My doar John-\ «* Dont dear me, Jezebel, this comes of your morning, afternoon, and evening strolls to- cthor, and I was told it was unfashionable for a gontleman to walk with his wife-Es- ther you have deceived me!\ « Deccived!\ exclaimed Mrs. Smith, droop ing at the accusation, and a hectic mounting to hor check, which resembled a single rose- leaf on a snow curl-** deceived you!\ \Yos madam, deceived me, dont think I would accuse without deep and damning proof; I am no Othello to prejudge from mere cir- cumstance-Fere madam; look at this, and then pray to sink through the earth, pray that the floor may open and snatch such a wretch from the eyes of an offended husband!\ , ! Six,\ she answered proudly, and never did Atragon's Katharine at the court of Hen- ry look more noble than my cousin at that moments-*\You and I have both been deceiv- | welll Cousin James, I demand your protec- ed, and such language well befits you-fare- ed the yofy picturefof® despair, like Booth: .on my Cousin's lip indicated more than words | from the green eyed monster, joined in with- tion, I will return to Petersburg to-morrow morning.\ . wss * Me-me? yes, cousin Esther, certainly,\ stammered I, not knowing but my life be in jeopardy from the husband's rage. \Certainly bitterly exclainied Smith, \he |. would have defended you.\ . **I thank him,\-was Esther Smith's only reply as she entered her room. - We both followed, all were seated, and not a word was spoken for the next quarter of an hour, At length a slight tap was heard at the door, and a low cautious voice whispered through the key-hole. ** Mrs. Smith, my dear madam, don't delay a moment, I am so happy!\ ** Who's there?\\ roared Smith. «Oh, you are well are you?\\ why I spoke as low as I could for fear you should over hear me.\ Smith'seyes flashed meteors like the heavens in the fall of '33-\your wife said you were sick-glad, very glad you are better,\ gaily answered Jerry Eixton, as he opened the door, and walked in with an easy unceremonious manner. \I want you to come down stairs with me, all of you-what, in the dumps? now what in the name of Hy- men is the matter? deaf, are you? Oh, how loving for a honey-moon. Smith what's the matter? dumb too!l-my dear Mrs. Smith.\ ** Puppy,\ rose from the heart of the hus- band to his lips, but pride kept it within his tecth as firm as the lockjaw could have done. \Come come,\ said Jerry, there is discord in the trio, let us see if a quantete cannot pro- duce harmony; will you allow me to intro- duce a friend? and then I wish to state my business.\ « Certainly, six\ coldly replied Smith. \That assent is like an iceberg fresh from the Arctic Circle; its frigidity sends an agree- able chill through my veins this warm after- noon, and so I fly to introduce my friend.\ Off went the mercurial Jerry, and his clo- sing the door was again the signal for silence. But a few m'n ites elapsed before he returned leading into the room a lady, whose appear- ance had before pleased my fancy, at the pub- lic d'ning table. - He handed her gracefully in, and after sur- veying the circle, said, , \Mr. and Mrs. Smith, allow me to intro- duce to your favorable regard, a lady who has just consented to become Mrs. Eaton to-mor- row, but who may now claim Cousinship with you. Mrs. Smith, take to your lovely name- sakes my likely widow, Mrs. John Smith!\ Lightning shot through my heart-Ljump- ed up, and clasped Jerry's hand and the wid- ow's at the same time. \ God bless you both,\ said L.. _ ... , _ My friend John said not a word, but went up to his wife; and led her to hernew acquaint- ance. I marked a sly pressure'of the hand, a lightning up his eye and a returning smile a heartfelt reconciliation. , « Well,\ cried Jerry, \I thought the quin- tette would produce harmony.\ 'We all Iaughed-even the widow, who h'ad unwittingly given my poor friend his first bite out knowing why. \Smith whispered I, by way of consola- tion, \before you left Petersburg, you remark- ed that so long as a hearty laugh is raised, it matters not at whose expense.\ A Cheap Drill. the last war with Great Britain, an English frigate was cruis- ing off the West Indies, when she overtook one of the \down east\ craft, richly laden for the port of Boston. A gun was fired for Jonathan to come to, but he very unceremo- niously kept quictly on his course, to the utter indignation of John Bull. Presently a shot came flying across the skipper's neck, tear- ing up the splinters in great style. This had not the least effect on the Yankee,. Present- ly the frigate hove up along side of Jonathan. «* Ship ahoy!-where are you bound?\ sung oct John Bull ina voice of thunder. \*For Bost'n, I reckon,\ replied Jonathan. \Who is your captain?\ «\Well I gess as how I'se capting now, 's Zeekel's down below.\- *W hat are you laden with?\ vociferated Bull. «\With hens and hen's husbands, hob-goblins long-faced gentry, and shingle bales,\ (all Greek to the Englishman.) \Heave out your boat, and come aboard,\ bellowed Jon- ny. \Han't got any boat,\ echoed Jona- than; got a canoe with no bottom, so I shant danger my life in her.\ Bull, finding that it was useless to parley with the diminutive, insolent Yankee, hove out his boat and boarded Jonathan like lightning. \Where is this cargo of yours?\ demanded the officer of the barge, advancing toward Jonathan, who, during this colloquy, very disinterest- edly seton a half caskat the helm. \There's the hens and hens' husbands,\ pointing to the chicken-coop; there's the hob-goblins,\ throwing a chip at some two or three turkeys about the deck; \and here's the long-faced gentry,\ showing the pigsty; and, pulling off the hatches, \heve's the shingle-bales,\ beneath which laid the rich cargo of the skipper. \ Blow him up!\ cried some of the boarders; \tar and feather him!\ vocifera- ted the less savage part of them. - Silence!\ exclaimed the officer. \Now said he, ad- dressing Jonathan, \if we ever catch you here with such a worthless cargo, we'll blow you up to the moon!\ - \Thank'e replied Jonathan. \Now men, give his crew thit- ty lashes a piece-begin with the captain.\ Jonathan received his sentence very good humoredly, \ Where's the rest of your gang?\ inquired the officer, (looking around and secing nobody buta black and a white boy on deck of Jonathan. \Han't but two more besides myself-uncle Obadiah and cousin Zeekel; they're down in the cabin sick,\ answored Jonathan. \ Sick,-sick?\ asked several, very eagerly. \Yes says Jonathan, \ both got the yellow fever.\- \ Yellow fever!\ echoed the boarders, some jumping in the boat, some making a more hasty exit overboard, clearing Jonathan's deck like hot shot, leaving him to himself to of a rifle corps, with which he was detached Jonathan is now a wealthy merchant of the good city of Boston, where, surrounded by his family and friends, he very good humor- edly tells his trick on John Bull. f From the American Magazine, GENERAL DANIEL MORGAN. Gen,. Morgan, of Virginia, was a distin- gnished officer of the American army, in the war of thé revolution. He was a native of New Jersey, but must have moved to Virgin- ia when quite young; for he had been resi- ding there about twenty years when the war began, Little has been recorded of his fam- ily or his educatien. But it is said he was destitute of property, and drove a waggon sometime for a living. In the expedition of Gen. Braddock against the French and Indi- ans, on the Ohio, which was undertaken soon after, he served as a private at the age of twenty-two or three, and was wounded. On a charge of contumacy to a British officer in this campaign, he is said to have received five hundred lashes. One can hardly con- ceive of his surviving such a severe punish- ment; and perhaps there was some favor shown by the man who gave them. It is mentioned to his honor, that in the war of the revolution, *he was humane and generous in his treatment of the British officers who fell into his hands. After Braddock's unfor- tunate expedition, he resumed his former oc- cupation; and soon acquired property to pur- chase a small farm. For many years after he was much addicted to boxing and gam- bling; but soon became frugal and industrious, and lamented the excesses of his early years; yet his boldness and courage were retained. When the war began, he was early ap- pointed to command a troop of horse in Vir- ginia. And with this company he marched to the American army at Cambridge in the summer of 1775. Gen. Washington, who knew him well; had great confidence in his bravery and patriotism; and he detached him to join the expedition against Canada, the en- suing autumn. No officer was more distin- guished than Morgan, on that memorable occasion; and when Arnold was wounded in the first assault, the command fell on him.- Soon afterwards, when Gen. Montgomery was slain, Morgan, with others, was taken prisoner. _ While in the hands of the British, he was offered the rank and pay of a Colo- nel in that service, which he indignantly re- jected. | The following year Morgan was ex- changed, and immediately joined the Ameri- can army. - Washington gave him command to the assistance of Gates, then opposing the British army in its advance from Canada.- He bore a distinguished part in the battles, which preceded the surrender of Burgoyne, near Saratoga, in October, 1777.. When he joined the main army, after. that glorious event, he was employed by the commander- in-chief in several perilous enterprises, which he conducted with equal courage and judg- ment. | In 1780, he found his health decli- ning, and retired from the army; but was a- gain induced to join' the army in the south, where the British were making depredations on the inhabitants. He now received a com- mission as a Brigadier General, and followed Gates into South Carolina. But Gates was obliged to.yetitre without accomplishing any thing; for the British were far the most nu- merous. Yet this did not discourage Mor- gan. He commauded the attack on Colonel Tarlton, at the Cowpens, who was defeated; and Morgan, Col. Howard, Col. Washing- on, and Gen. Pickens, were honorably no- ticed by Congress, for their brave conduct on that occasion. When Gen. Greene was afterwards appointed to the command of the southern army, Morgan continued sometime with him. The army was obliged to retreat for want of men and provisions; and it was said Greene and Morgan did not agree as to the route best to be taken: and soon after he retired from the army; some said in disgust, but others, with' more probability of truth, gor on a former occasion he had yielded to en. Greene's opinion, and the latter had nothing arbitrary in his deportment) that the state of his health made it necessary for him to return to his family. Gen. Morgan sery- ad one term in Congress from Frederick co.; and he appeared in the field once more, ha- ving command of the Virginia militia against the whiskey insurrection in Pennsylvania in 1794. He died in 1799, the same year in which the death of Washington occurred. AN AMERICAN FOREST. But the most interesting sight to me was the forest. It now appeared in all its pristine state and grandeur, tall, magnificent, bound- less. I had been somewhat disappointed in not finding vegetation develope itself in- lar- ger forms in New England than with us; but there was no place for disappointment here. I shall fail, however; to give you the impres- sion it makes on one. Did it arise from height, or figure, or grouping, it might readi- ly be conveyed to you; but it arises chiefly from combination. You must see it in all its stages of growth, decay, dissolution, and regeneration; you must see it pressing on you and overshadowing you by its silent forms, and at other times spreading itself be- fore you, like a natural park; you must see that all the clearances made by the human hand bear no higher relation to it than does a mountain to a globe; you must travel in it in solitariness, hour after hour and day after day, frequently gazing on it with solemn de- light, and occasionally casting the eye round in search of some pause, some end, without finding any; before you can fully under- stand the impression. Men say there is no- thing in America to give you the sense of an- tiquity; and they mean that as there are no works of art to produce this effect, there can be nothing else. You cannot. think that I would depreciate what they mean to extol; butI hops you will sympathise with me, when I say that I have met with nothing a- mong the most venerable forms of art, which impresses you so thoroughly with the idea of thank his stars for so cheap a drill. Brother antiquity shrouded in all its mystery; of soli- tude, iflimitable and eternal. The Ingenious Troubadour.-Arnaud Dan- ie when visiting the Court of Richard Cour de Lion, in England, encountered there a jougleur, who defied to a trial of skill, and boasted being able to make more different rhymes than Arnaud, a proficiency on which he chiefly prided himself. He accepted the challenge, and the two poets separated and retired to their respective chambers, to pre- [pare for the contest. The muse of Arnaud was not propitious, and he vainly endeavor- ed to string two rhymes together. His rival on the other hand, quickly caught the inspi- ration. The king had allowed them ten days as the term of preparation, five for compofi- tion, and the remainder for learning it by heart to sing before the court. _ On the third day the jougleur declared that he had finish- ed his poem, and was ready to recite it, but It was the jougleur's custom to repeat his ver- ses out loud every day, in order to learn them better, and Arnaud, who was in vain endeay- oring to devise some means to save himself from the mockery of the court at being out- done in this contest, happened to hear the jougleur singing. . He went to the door and listened, and succeeded in retaining the words of the air. On the day appointed they both appeared before the king. - Arnaud desired to be allowed to sing first, and immediately gave the song which the jougleur had compo- sed. The latter stupified by astonishment, could only exclaim, \It is my song-it is my song.\ \Impossible!\ cried the king, but the jougleur persisting, requested Richard to interrogate Arnaud, who would not dare to deny it. - Daniel confessed the fact, and rela- ted the manner in which the affair had been conducted, which amused Richard far more than the song itself. | The stakes of the wa- ger were restored to each, and the king load- ed them with presents.\ wes How to bother a Sheriff.-Dr. J---s,.ha- ving just finished digging his potatoes, tho't fit a few days since, to make an attempt to raise himself a little in the world, and for this purpose with the aid of a ladder, he ascended to the roof a barn, where he was exerting himself in the very laudable business of nail- ing shingles. | In this situation he received a visit from an officer of the law, for the pur- pose of arresting his body by virtue of anex- ecution remaining unsatisfied. | 'The officer made known the object of his visit, and not perhaps duly considering the difference be- tween the situation of a man. on a barn and a man .on the ground, stepped down fromthe ladder. _ Whereupon the doctor forthwith drew the ladder up t6 the roof of the barn, and being seized with a fit of industry, fell to shingling incontinently, observing that he had. no time to come down, and that if the officer had any business with him he had better come up.and attend to it-at the sime time utterly disclaiming any obligation to furnish said of- ficer with a ladder for that purpose. The of- ficer remonstrated-the doctor shingled. The one would not come down -theother could not get tip; and as there is something rather peculiar in the position of these two parties in relation to each other. it may afford mat- ter of curious speculation to leave them in that position-so they are accordingly left.- Yes- man Gazetle. Excerpts from Lady Dacre's new novel.- Of all qualities a sweet temper -is, . perhaps, the one Teast cultivated in the lower ranks of life. - The peculiar disposition is not watch- ed; care is not taken to distinguish between the passionate child, the sulky, the obstinate and the timid. | 'The children of the poor are allowed a latitude of speech unknown a- mongst the higher orders, and they are free from the restraint imposed by what is termed \company.\ I The chime of church bells, is, of all sounds, that which conveys the most melancholy or the most joyous impressions to the heart, ac- cording to the circumstances under which it is heard, and the associations with which it is connected. - If the feelings are not in ac- cordance with their peal, there is no sound so unutterably, 'so unaccountably sad as that of a merry chime When I hear a woman speak with con- tempt of the opinion of the world, it argues neither good feeling, cleverness, nor true courage. - True courage (in woman) consists in at once giving up what may be agreeable and innocent in itself, rather than risk hav- ing one's good name called in question: How difficult it is, with the very best in- tentions, for a woman who lives in the world to steer entirely clear of suspicion or misin- terpretation, unless there exists between her and her husband a frank and cordial under- standing. Love mocks all sorrows but its own, and damps each joy he does not yield. Mysterious Vault in Barbadoes.\-Thare is a vault in Barbadoes in which no one has courage enough to deposit the dead. In 1607 the first coffin was placed in it, and since that period iu 1808, 1812, 1816, and 1819 several others have been placed there. At each time, however, notwithstanding every precaution to prevent its recurrence, the coffins have been found thrown out of the pale in the utmost confusion. The door of the vault requires the efforts of six men to open it, and yet this in- variable result has been witnessed. There is no secret passage to the vault, nor is there any possible way of explaining the mystery. __in 211 8 0°\ \ There is much force in the moral of this old fable:-**A man had the choice of commit- ting the least of three offences-murder, rob- bery, or drunkénness. He chose the lattor, got drunk, and commited the other two.\ ~ A few evenigs since a lad in Baltimore fell fror a four story window in which he had got] asleep, and landed on a brick pavement with- out any more serious injury to his person definite distance and endless continuity; of Arnaud replied that he had notthoughtof his. |- Lost money recorgred \-The money from the car of the Boston and ProvidSfite rail road on Friday last, amounting to $¥24;« 000, chiefly in notes of various New Efig- land banks, was discovered on Sunday, in a drain near the hotel in Farmingham, and three ersons of the four supposed to be concerned in the robbery, are taken into dustody. 'The four men took passage on Friday night, in the southern mail stage, which leaves town at 10 c'cleck for Worcester. (One of them one.in the street, and the two others at Brigli- ton. Their conduct and appearance excited suspicion, and two of them weré arrested at Worcester, and a third at Sturbridge. 'One of the men had previously got 'out of the stage two miles from Farmingham, under pretence of heving'lost his pocket book, and 'being desirous of going back to look for it.- 'Boston Daily Adv. ~- Major Barry, we regret to learn, lny sick 'at Liverpool at the last dates, and it is to be feared from the account below, in a critcal state. | The following extract of a letter, da- ted Liverpool, Aug 22%, is published in the NY. Gazette of Tuesday: | - > «The American Minister, (Mr Barry,) to the Court of Spain, is stopping at the sume house with myself. | His- sleeping apartment is directly opposite mine, und 'if I can form an opinion of what I hear and see, he is © much more likely to go very shortly a far longer journey than from hence to Madrid: : a -He appears to be rapidly sinking under a con- sumption, scarce ever quits his bed, and coughs continually. | Tlearn he was in wretch ed-health previous to his leaving the United States, and was hardly ever out of his berth during the passage.\ creased so much in and brightness as to be visible with ordinary hand: telescopes or spy glasses.. This morning at one o'clock. its position was about two degrees to the left 'of Kappa .Aurigo. ~ To-morrow morning if the sky is clear, it may be looked for in the northeast, nearly in a line joining the planet centre' of the line. faintly visible to the naked eye, and may per- haps-even now be discerned by -a practised observer. Yale College, Sept. 21.-New- Haven Herald. woo 1 An awkiward disclaimer.-Garrick was once on a visit at Mr. Righy's seat, Misty Hall, Sussex, when Dr. Gough formed one of the party, .. Observing the potent appetite - some coarse jests on the occasibn to 'the great amusement of the company; the Dr. except- ed; who, when the Jaugh had subsided, thus addressed. the party. *Gentlemen, you must suppose from the extreme familiarity with which Mr. Garrick has thought fit to treat - | me, that I am an acquaintance 'of his, but I can assure you, that, like most men here, I never saw him but once before, ani then I paid five shillings for the sight.\ - The great Roscius was silent. - . - => © Fornesr writes to the gditors of the New» York Evening Post, as follows: . ¢! James Sheridan Knowles has come back, and I was at 'Old Drury\ when he re-appear- ed. His reception was very warm and fearty, - and after the play (the Wife) he was called - out, when he addressed‘tlie [audience in a few words, expressive of his thanks for their cor- dial greeting, and took occasion to advert in very glowing terms, evidently prompted by sincere feeling, to the kindngss he had expe- rienced in- America.. - He termed our coun- try \ the bright land beyond the seas,\ 'and our country people \his brothers find sisters.\ His acknowledgments of gratitude were re- ceived by a full house with acclamations.\ Farly in the Indicative Mood-W hen any thing occurs to prevent the French Theatres from opening it is called a Relacke, and that word is posted up every where at the head of the bills giving the succeeding night's per- formance, Some years ago, Farley and Charles Kemble were at Paris, in search of novelties for Covent Garden, and of course kept a sharp eye on the bills. One of these holidays happeried to occur, and the word was displayed in capitals, as usual, ~\Gad 'Charles,\ said Farley, \we must have that devilish popular piete-that Relache; you see itis announced every where. I wonder who wrote it?\\ > The history of most lives may be briefly comprehended under three heads-ofr fol- lies, our faults, and our misfortifies. There is nothing so easy, as to be wise for others: a species of prodigality, by the by- _ for such wisdom is wholly wasted. Alas, for the vanity of human enjoyments- we grow weary of even our own perfections. Health and Money.-There is this differ- ence between health arid money; money is the most envied but least enjoydd-health is the most enjoyed butthe leas envied; and this superiority is still more obvious when we re- flect that the poorest man would nor part with health for money; but the-rich wodld glady part with money for health, a Presentiments.-** Docs not that bell toll- ing,\ observed his companion to Col. on hearing a fuheral knell, \put you in mind of your latter end?\. \No but the rope puts me' in mind of yours.\\-Anglesea Recollections. Physic by instaliment.-As an illustration of the fever of speculation among the profes- slonal men, as well as others, a physician the other day when asked by his patient how he , should take his pills, replied, one fourth . three years. Courier. A bridge across the Ohio at Wheeling 18\ than that it awoke him. talked of, Theres. an island in the. river, which will materially aid the work, - was taken up by the stage at the post office; - Hanuey's Comer.-The Comet has in-K- © Jupiter and the star Capella a little below the - It will probably soon be of the learned Doctor,; Garrick indulged in, | down, and the remainder in one, two and. ~ P Ty: dep ee aura - sis Eas Ors. mew, 2 Sst cc mac
