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P O E T R Y . T i l l OKt-T g A f n W ^ ' O u r life at best is but * dre.am^ A transient meteoe flying; • Whateverwe enjoy theriin, , Loses its zest by dying. The bliss it gifles tho* e’er so bright W ith pain tndgriet i i blended And whilst it glitters in thesight, O u r shortlived j o / is ended: The mind pursoes theeanh around, In search of lasting treasure ; But does she find hof UtJourcrown’d W ith one substantial pleasure } Still anxious aod unsatisfied - W ith what she now possesses i She’s pleas'd, amused, and oft de rides The object she caresscs. The only happiness on e»rth To us poor mortals given* Is to be born of heav’nly birth, . Ant! taste the joys of heaveo. ^ e From the Matonic Reghter. ACROSTIC. L o ! alt tilings are changing as lime rolls along, E ’en ;iie names of great heroes scarce live but in song. V iciv the tribe of old L,?vi of which he was head, I t flourished awhile, and then sur.k with the dead. V ieiv the fate of th« vile as in So dom of old, I\ n Lot's wife ihe justicc of Heaven behold ! I. et their overthrow warn us each error to shun ; E ver “ keep to the right\ d c. life’s journey we run. V ice tinder a veil itself would con ceal, E ach deed though thu* hidden,' one day must reveal; I n the garden of liilen, so Adam and live, L oat their virtue; but found 'twas in Vain In deceive K vil sure never came from the author of good , j V ice, too, it is certain was known ere the Hood I f your riddle’s no) solv'd I ’m surely to blame, L o nothing but evil from Satan e’er came, L et the storms of affiidioj^ still gather around ; I n vain may they roll, while Inpe shall abound, V nin man would still cling to his mansion below, E ver here would he live, tho’ sur rounded with wo. AN OTHER A.patriarch (|^’d in days of yore, jFourlctters form’d bis name-, A<d Levi, (jvfilch containsthe four) Spells vtle when we're to blame. vhen < „ mac, seek to A veil those letters makes ; Aad should we into rvll slide, « 1 lie blame the devil takes. OiVfancy’s wing we often range, Jn iearch of,pleasure's prise, But jitiil would live, nor e'er ex change, , The earth to gain the skies. BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA. The following particulars of- the horrible imprisonment of the English in the Black Hole, after tbs capture of Calcutta by storm, mJune, 17S6, are from Orne’s excellent ** History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Jndostan.” * 41 At five the Nabob entered the fort acepmpanied by his General, Meer Juffier,. tntl rriost of¥the prinqigal officers of his army; lie immediately ordered Oonifhtind' iand Hissendas,*£b be brought before him*- and re- *^etiritd'-tl^m^with Civility; -and r having tiRtaoftie ^officers to ■go anA ^ e p3s*e*sion drtffepom* pjwy’s treasury, he proceeded ^ the* jk^cunjjal aparfm^?- of H s Jfactojry, where he a&rin |reite, and received the Compli-' ments of Jiis court UnA'ittfid- ants;,in magnificentexprejsiops. of His - prowess and' gaod (of- tune. Soon after, he sept for Mr. HoUvell,' to whom He ex pressed Qiuch resentment at the * A * presumption op 'tte$$£IJsh in daring, to defend .ute'tfgrfi'jf”*? Auch d isM ^ c t iM 4> t l. oeew.ii.fty- tboOMnd rujiievr Mr.Htfwell^jsJil twooth^cqnj; fejrences witK^Kitn 'oti thirsub1. .ject before «yife/^d^clr;'!when the Nabob duiw&c!»hi«fy with repeated ataVrancesA oirl „the wotd pf a s6\dier>that be sh.ouJiL suffer no harm. ‘ ,' •' Mr. Holwell* returning toj his unfortunate cotnpinions* found them assembled, and sur-, rounded.by a Wong,guard.— Several buildings off, tHe rtorth and sfrjft silles of th6 fott were alread^m fiames, which ap proached with so thiclc a smoke on either hand.'thatsrfhe prison ers imagined their energies had caused this conflagration, in or der to suffocate them between the two fires. Oh each side of the eastern gate of the fort ex tended a fow of chatnbers ad joining to the curtain ; and be fore the .chambers a vai*anda, or open gallery ; it was of arched masonry, and intended to shel ter the soldiers from the sun and rain, but being low, almost to tally obstructed the chambers behind from the light and air, and whilst some of the guard were looking in other parts of the factory for proper plicea to confine the prisoners during the night, the rest ordered them to assemble in ranks under the vn-> rand', on the right h&nd of the gateway , wl*erR.-they remained lor some time with so little sus picion of their impending fate, that they laughed among them selves at the seeming oddity of this disposition, and amused themselves with conjecturing wli3t they should next be or dered to do. About eight o’ clock, those who had been sent to examine the rooms, reported that they had foun^ none fit for that purpose. * Oii Which the principals officers commanded the prisoners to go into one of the rooms which stood behind them along the - varanda. It was the common dungeon of the garrison, who usqd to call it the Black Hole. Many of the prisoners, knowingthe place, began to expostulate; upon which the officer ordered hitf ^nien to cut down those wjio hesitated; which the prisoners obeyed. But before all were within, the room was so throng ed, that the last entered ^vith 'difficulty. - Ther guard imme diately closed arid locked the door, confining?* one hundred and forty-sis persons in a room not twenty feet square,- with only two small windows, and these obstructed by the varanda. It was the hottest season of the year, and the night uncommon- ly sultry, even atthissea»6n.— The excessive pressure^of,'their ’bodies against one another, and ithe intolerable heat which pre- vailed as'sobn as thedfcor’was shut, .convinced'the prisoners that it was, impossible to live through the night in this hoiri- ble confinement, an<J Violent at tempts Wtere immediately made to^ force the door, but, Without effect? for it opfened inw*rd;-on, whith iqany began.to give loose to rage. “ Mr. HblWfcll.^ho had^tla- 3 Limselt ,iit one .of the-wirf. sand rupees in the> morning, if bt,would separate the pti'sQneftf ^Tbt; oj*di jfr<3 ihim ^ ir \tvHich;,Ke retired once more; *nd returQCd with the fatal sen’epce, .that no1 relief couW be expected because' the Nabob Was asleep, and no one dared .to awake hinr. “ Ijn tlie meantime every mi nute had increased their suffer ings! The first effect of their confinement was a prdfuse and •CQfftipuaV ajveat, which soon pfoduced intolerable thirst, suc ceeded by excruciating pains in tlie breast, wi'h difficulty of breathing little^hort of suffoca tion. •• Vanous means wefe tried to obtain more room and air. Every one stripped off his clothes ; every hat was put in motion; and tlwse methods af fording no relief, it wa« propos' edthat they should all'sit dovVn on their hams at the same time ; and after remaining a little while in this posture, * rise all together. This fatal expedient, was thricc repeated before they hud been confined an hour ; and every tipie, several, unable to raise themselves again, fell, and were trampled to death bv their companions. Attempts were again made to force the door, which, failing as before, redoub led their rage • but the thirst ^increasing, nothing blit “ water! water!” became soon after the general cry. The good Je- maudtar immediately ordered some skins of water tobe bro’t to the windows—but inste. d of relief, his benevolence became a mere dreadful cause of de struction for the sight' of the water threw every one into such excessive agitations and rav ings, that, unable to resist this violent impulse of nature, notie- could'wait to be regularly serv ed, but feach, with the utmost ferocity, battled against those Who were likely to get it befofe hint.- and, in these Conflicts, many wgre either pressed to ticatb by the efforts of o Iters, of suffocated by their own — This seen?, instead'of produc ing compassion in the guard fleral, Meet Jai , of tbp^iwiich' ' strength enab ijotta'the;f6rt, fpwardsihe 'vessels, wfiiiei .......... ______________________ _ . . . . . . i!g!K$M . ,£fcw o o p 9 j& , djngfii ployed tiro flours; either ^iinl i^/hern'par^'OftteC^injjit^ maintaining hif own ground, w, agonizing friends. Those who, i^till survived i&the,inward part of, the duhgeop, ^rtding,;jthj|i •tBe y a t e r ' J i i l ^ r d ^ r t ^ < - - r - V 'J k f ? .tlie heads ef thoBt^nij stood between^ tlietn' ai^Jthc windtlivs—where the lutmost strength of every one was- ern-;. i '.in in endeavoring tp^^get tliat Which other* wefcin possession. AJ1 regard| of compassion or' affection \tere lost, atid^rio ohe wot\ld recf^e or give.-^r3y ,tor 'the relief o'Faoother. Paintnes^ -sometimes gave short pauses of fquict. butthe;'first motion 6f a- ny one renewed the struggle through all, under' which' Some one sunk to rise no more. At two o’clock, fro more than fifty remained alive,* but even this number Were tc^o many to p ir- take of ths saving air, the con- . test for whSch, and life, contin ued^ until tlie morn, long im. plored, iiegan t6 break—and, with the hope of relief, gave 1he t few surviyers a view ot the de^d. Thfc survivers (hen at the window, findiog that their entreaties could udt prevail ot) the guard to open'.ihe door, it occurred to Mr. Cook, i|>e sec retary of the county, that Mr. Holwell, if alive, ijiight have more influence to obtain, their relief—and ttvo of tHe company undertaking the search, discov ered him, having stillseme signs of life ; but when Ihty brought him towards tlie window, every one refused to quit his place, except captain Mills, wko, with rare generosity, offeree 4to re. sign his—^on which the rest like- wise agreed to make room. He had scarcely begun to recover his senses, before an officer sent by the NaJbobj came and iqquir- ed if the'^ferigVish chicf survi\ - ed^—and soon after the sflme man returned, with an»prt^er to open the prison. Tlie dead '.were so thronged, and the sur- viveft'had so little strength re maining,? that they ’ wer£ >;m. ployed near half an hour in* re-, moving the bodies which lay a- gainst the door, before they __ could dear a passage to go out without, only excited' their one a time—when, of one mirth; and they held up light's >fndred and fortv-six who went to (he bars, in'order to have the' in, no rh'ore thun twenty-three ‘pfeven* pseons. Jc, \lo the v M ^ s ~ o n ’;wniQhL..c, of-them /ooit'sBeUer j'n deser^ of huiiihityin his cbuntjftiafi prom^ing hiin a^th'd diabolical satisfaction of view ing the deplorable' contentions of the sufferers-wi'h:::--tvho finding. it»i'mpossible 'o get any wafer’while it was thus furiously disputed, at length suffered those who were .nearest to'' the windows' to cbnvey it in their hats to those behind tliem. It proved no relief, ’either to their thirst or other sufferings, for the fever increased every mo ment wth the increasing de pravity of the air in the dun geon, which had been ,SO;qften respired, and was sattirptegl’iyith the hot and deleterious efQuvia. of ptitrifyjng bodies, of which the stench was little ilcss than mortal* % Before #midnigtjf, all who were alive, and had not^jatta, kenjof'tht air'at the windows, wens either in a lethargic stupe faction,, or raving whk;d,e!irium. Every- kihd of invective and a? buie ,w«f uttered, in* hopes * oft pr'oVbkirtg nje guard to put jni b) mto.Vthc^dUngfoo; .and- whilst sdmc'|WW'Vbla*phett|ing *their CfiitOTf. wfihlhfc ihintib execft- t i ^ f e ^ t d f t i i f t ^ n d d e s p a i r , ild^and incoherentfpuy- /■timtfcthe weaker, exniu&t- ^.|«r4hfje agitationst^at length f f i a ^ W ' q u l e ^ n d e i ^ d oh tW* bodies of^tBeir dc«d;or different employ»nents,,.'rcflnw.1j;; and ministered to, /horJiisniSi diate wants.' Twoi^^three^ however, ventu/^^awl^go^ijo^ tlie vessels bef oSw^uns&t. ?r- Their a p p e a n i r i ^ ^ p a n d ^ dreadful tafe they werefihe severesiv<if;^e to those on only on their o\yn j _ .......... had tna'de no the escape of tlfe garji^on- t N e y e | ; j e / h j p ^ i £ j nioiisly ncglec/^fr0or sloop, with* mtj.’en5’brave men* on board, might, in shj/f oi all /he efforts of the eiijmy.'i have cotne up, and, . noho^ing un der the fort, have ^rried away all who suffered in fiie ditng<on,^ N O T IC E : subscribers, are requested to. cill and settle (he um e iinmeduto- ly. Thuie who neglect this cqll, .'will be under tiie necessity tng cost. » • \ ,3t „ Frisbee 8? Pierportf. v X.yon>, 3d Ju g u t t , lSSl l i f V t --- - -- — ---- — List, o f Le came out alive, the most ghast ly forms that were cv;r seen a- hve. The Nabob’s troops be held them, and the havoc of death from which they had es caped, with indifference—but did not prevent them from re. movin^at a distance, and were immediately obliged, by the in tolerable stench, to clear the dungeon, whilst others dug ia ditch, on the outside of the fort, into which 111 the dead bodies were promiscuously thrown. Mr. Holwell, unable to stqnd, was soo'n after carried to the Nabob, who tva|^so far from showing any companion for his condition, or remote for tl* death of the other prisoners1, that';he-only talked of the trea- sutys which the English had bu ried /^Snd threatened -him with Tarlher injuries, if he persisted in.+ concealing them,, ordered him to-befiep^a prisoner, l^he -officers, tip*whose charge he was deliveredi-pUt him into fettertf, towtherwitH,MessriC«irtS'nd: wilco't, whd,wen:1ikeiype siS-‘ w v i v e ^ . T k m o t ^ t ' w ^ ’i ^ Messrs; Cook ahd Mills,. w«e M i t e Remaining in the Poet-OJficc at Lyon*\?Jti{y Ut% 182J/€ j j U Sjnuiel it ^ f c B c n - . ton, Eliza Qro.«^M pscs^nHKker> \ Simeon I Ba;rrett',. D a ^ ic l^ B y it, William msn. . i* '* C. John I. Cooler, Robert T- Craig, Samuel.Ciirser/JUajamin T . Crippfn, Cornelius CM>if John Clark, Levi Gole^Tftjieth^Card, Job Colcord, Jofi* Crothcfs, ,Johi» McCormick, Chsfce,. D. John Doiie{i«ny, Levi Jt)ag- gett, Ebenezer l5*vjs, Ojnrid Deck- er, Isaac Delong, Reuben DrakV, John Drake, jr. /• Pcier FSiinf.->, • - O. David GiUon, Rrthert Goriloii» /( Doct. W illiam A . G iberi, SaraiS Ql0Cf *«.- ' H. Conrad Hartman, T^lioi. flaw* ley, Doct. Henry ilJf^ei'Sir ile n r y i Hatington. ., • J. Richard Jones, Dlvid jfetrfcll, Ezra Jewell, 2 ; Giles Jickson, 2. K Clark Kingsbury, ElishalCci- on L. John jH . I.ecount, jJessejvJ^r- man, FruJm i Lod^aru./Ebciitz;r I.llibey. f r | »V Charles iVIorriss, Ailsline \Vta- |snn, Eleazer Rligftes.' ) P't Jonas P.irker, Elery Potter, 2 . K. Petep R ifft^, John j . Rosse- >er, Er)w*rd Richmond, CrandtfT Reynolds, Pourtou* R, RoouSolo- mon Rig.,s. ^ 8. Samuel Htul k W m . 7>avis> Mlclisel'Sybrant,,Stephen Snyder, E lUha S iiio ii. Sawutl Stsnton, * i orren Stiles, Thomas Spence, Ga briel Smille, Willism'StyitSi Jjh n Shepbird 1, , - TVHenry-Towsr, ,n|(h«.TKorn- tin ^ n g e v in e T t m . j . / l r. Hsnrr V\•Bdercoott.-^fa Vandereook, LwWwicI^. ‘Michael F.- VitnderWlL'Evirt S J*eo() VindisrtjUil’ v’fia3 W & m s m For sals at tb:
