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PODTRY.
Mns. Muzzy.—We a few days since receivcd
the Franklin Herald, a weekly literary paper,
pobhod in Philudelphia, by Messrs. Thomnas
H. Stockton & Co. The first number promis
es well, and we cannot but hope, the proprie
| s - will meet with suceess. [n louking the
: over, we discovered that Mrs. Muzzy
o boeglgo a eontributor to it, and furn'shed
. the editors the effusion which will be found
" below. It needs no commendation fiom us te
sceure it the attention of the reader, and we
have only to remark, that it is, as might huve
been expected, a beautiful effusion.
THE MAIDEN'S CHOIWCE,
“ Make now tiy choice,” the fathier cried,
* My doubting, tearful [eabel:
Say, wilt thou go, young HerbLeit's bride,
Aud bid thy sire fareweli?
Y Or wilt thou still übide with me,
Who tlest thee, fndly, al thy bLirthe
Whese duily prayers zre breathed fur thee?
My last, sole prop on errth!
“ The proud barque waits—thy lover's cyes
Plead for one foud assintinz s
*T'is but to check those filiai sighs,
And leave thy uative isie!
# Thea may’t in courtly s lsnlour dwell,
A bailiant, smiling, envicd bride—
*Tis but to utter one farewel,
Aud lenve thy futher’s s.de.
¢ But Herbert,in his costly halls
Alone, unblest by love nad tiiee,
Wil Di;‘,h. and from his gorgeons walls
Look sadly o'er the sea.
v Love. splendour waits thee--and for we,
Lafe's sliding sands are almost rou;
Pl mark their course with prayers for thee,
My loved und luvely one.”
The lover kneels,the maiden’s Liair
I+ fluttering o'er his uprawed brow,
* One moment, love has heard hius prayer,
The futher clasps her now.
% Go, Herbert, go!” she wildly cried,
« My futher’s age-~his silver hoir—-
His farrow’d brow —thou"!st scorn a bride,
\Who left him sorrowing here!
v Go, gt —while vet the choive is I:iue,
My futher cluime Las Labell”
The vaptured love:'s urus entwine,
I'ne form ke loves o well,
“ Swect love! the trial’s o'er,” he crizd,
% Lhe proud bargue cleaves the sea!
She inay not ver thee hond) o biide,
Bui Herbert stays wita theel!
Mus. Sicour~Nrv.—This ludy, we believe, |
is a native of Hartford, Connecticot, and for
come time has been favourably known to the |
American public, a# a poetess, of no sma'l tul-i
ents and qualifications. The press has been
largely enriched by her productions, and nlll
who have read thein, have spoken of them, in
terms of almost unqualified commendation.—
No female writer of the continent equals her,
if we except, the talented, and distinguished
Mrs. Muzzy, formerly of this town, and more
recently of Philadelphia. The annexed lines,
written on a passage in the book of Deu's ron
omy, are from the pen of Mrs. Sigourney, and
possess unusual merit.
DETERONOMY —xxxiil. 23,
When adverse winds and waves nrise,
Aud in my Leirt despondence sighs,
When life her throng of care reveais,
And wenkness o'er my spivit steals,
{irateful | hiear the kind decree
That *as my day—my strength shall be.”
When with sad footateps memory roves
'Mid smilten joys, and turied loves,
When sleep my tearful prilow flies
And dewy morning Jdrinks my sighs,
£lill o thy promise, Lord, Hee,
Toat *as wy day, iy strength shall be.”
Oae trinl more must yet te past,
One pung—the keeneet and the last
And when with brew convulsed and pale,
My feok"e-—quivering heart strings al},
Redeemer;—grant my soul to see .
I'bat » as her day, her strength shall Le.”
Gsonoé D. Prextice, Esq.—This gen,
tleman is a native of Connecticut, and at pre
eent resides at Jewett City, in that State. His
productions have often graced the colunins of
the Cadet. He possesses extraordinary pocti
cal powers; and as a metrical writer, may be
ranked among the Bryants, Percivals, Brooks,
Hills, and Bryans of the day. The lines whicl
we copy below, are frem his pen, and original
ly appeared in the Republican Advocate, pub
jished at New-London.
TO =g
he gignal frem the ‘ weipag trand’
Stresuts o'er the waters blue-
It bids me press thy partiog haul,
And breathe my last adicn:
But oft on menoiy's glowing wing
My heart witl fondly stray,
And still to thee with rapture spring,
Though 1 am far away.
Though passion’s sweet and melling note,
la lite's moet witching bour,
Upon the wind's golt wing may float
From Beauty's loveliest bower,
My soul w}ll oft w faucy tura
T'o li-t thy sweeter lay,
And on thy breast with fon‘lness burn,
Though | am iar away.
Oft when the rising dawn shall blush
‘Through vight's empurted shrould,
And all her changing giories rush
Al.‘ the eastern clowd;
lßemembrance brighter churnm will Ling
Upon the youthfal Jay,
And touch aliection’s dulcet string,
Though | ata far away.
"‘;ul when pale Evening's raven hair
Streams o’er the tading west,
And her blue wings are hoveriog there
Upon the Orean’s breast,
M in that sacred hour,
‘ yield to passion’s sway,
.l’ dear, resistless power,
Though | am far away.
AWith thee I've wandered oft to hear,
" Op summgr’s beauteous eves
“The wild bird's music soft and clear
. Borue through t! e whispering leaves,
!0: see the moun’s brightshadow luid
Upon the waveless bay;
| Those eves—their memory canuot fude,
Though'l e Inr uwuy,
r
} {low beautiful this scene appenrs!
' "I'was here our love was tl,
' And long "twill bless the coming years,
When all but love is cold;
My spirit reund the hallowed scene
Qfcarly love will stay,
Aud ou the joys ol memory lean,
\ Though lam far nway.
' S 0 oft we've roved yon flowery lea,
| Where beauty holds her throne,
CEaceh lowely seene will speuk of thee,
Ll nfe’s dall vearsure luwo;
} Of thee the Bowers will tell—ihe birds,
L That cavol from Lthe spray,
Will be more eloquent than words,
i Though lam far avay,
' My life many feel hope's witkering blizht,
But fancy’s tearful eye
CWill tuen to thee, the dearest light
’ Iu retrospection’s <ky;
' And the hnight memory of onr love,
i While life was young and cay,
l Still aweetly o' r my heurt will move,
.‘ Though lam farnway,
i Yon shewery how, with silent power,
f Is"henling to the sra, ~ .
S Aud thus, in sorrow’ dni kest hour,
, Ny soul 12 Yhient to thee;
| Thy youthful spiritsheds on mine
I Tts bright, undying ray,
D And. a- it shines, it il will shine,
" Though lam far away,
[ *Tis herd, when apring’s first lower expands,
! To pass I (‘ul-'.ly l')’c
‘ Or view, upon the desert sands,
I The ges unheeded lies
} The thoughts, that hover round the hours
Of love can scarce decay— "
And thou wilt live in memory’s bowers,
Though l am far away,
i The sun bus sunk with fading Leam
Down evening's shadowy vale:
i But see!—his chastened slories stieam
1 From yondercrescert pale;
t And thus, affection’« softencd light,
| Will commng vears display,
o 21 the shiade of sorrow’s night,
i Though [wu faraway, I Puxseroso
; N. P. Wirwnis, Esq.~ Mr. Willis is a young
, aspirant for public fame, and has been but a
l . .
;shnrt time before the public. But during the
i little period he has delighted the public with
| hia strains, he has acquired no mean distine
i)fion, and promises to attain an enviable rank
} among the sons of song. The lines below,
"on the hurial of Arnold, a member of the sen
| lor class of Yaule,College, are from his pen.—
i, .
{ They partahe largely of genuine poesy, and
Lare highly creditable to the muse of the gifted
! bard.
i BURIAL OF ARNOLD.
Ye've gathered to your place of prayer,
o With slow wod measured tread;
Your ranks are full, your mates are there,
. But the soul of one has fled!
| |
| He was the proudest in his strength, |
| The manlhicet of ye all: |
Why lies he «t thut fearful length, |
Aud ye around his pall 2
Ye reckon up t!« days since he
Strode up thut foot-worn aisle,
With his dark eye flushing gloriously,
And his lips mark’d with a smile.
1 Oh! had it beeu but told you then
1 To mark whose lamp was dim;
| From out you rank of fresh lipp'l nien
: { Would ye have singled him?
| Whose was the sinewy erm which fluog
| Defiauce to the ring?
| Whose luugh of victory loudest rung,
- Yet not for glorying?
? Whose heart in zenerous deed and thonght,
. Norivalry couid brook,
~And yet distinction claiming not?
. Tlerelies he: go nad look.
E On, now: the requiem is doue,
[ 'l'he Jast deep prayer is said;
¥ Oun to his burial, comrades, o, s
© Wiilithe nublest of the dead!
" Slow—for it presses woavily—
» It is nman ye bear:
| Slow—"for our thoughts dwell heavily
f QOun the noble sleeper there,
. Trenad lightly,comrades! we have laid
© Hisdark locks on his biow,
y Lake life; save doajer light aud shade—
i We'll not Jisturh them now,
; Tread lightly! for 'tis benutiful
. Those Llie.vein') eyeluls sleep,
. Hiliog theeye death left so dull—
] lis slumber we wili lkeep,
"; Reet,uow, © His jorurneyiog is done,
i Your feet ure on his soi;
v t Death’s chain is on your ciiampion,
> He winted here his Got.
' Nar, urn and weep ; “tis manliness
J 1 "t'u be heart-brokean here
. For the grave of carth’s best nobleness
. . Is watered by the teur.
T T
MISCTLRLILANY.
A VISIT TO THE ASSIZES
Those who fre goent the courts ol'jua-l
tice, and are often present at the trial of‘
cases, soon became familiar with the va- |
rious scenes which ure presented upon |
such occasions—hut to me who ncmr'~l
attended the assizes, except when sum- |
'moned upon a jury, which does not oc- |
‘cur oftener than once io three years,
the appearance of a crowded court, and
the many, very many sights of joy und
misery, which a common observer cannot
but notice in an assize town, are all inat
‘ters of high interest. Within the Jast
-week I have been present at many such
'scenes. Having a small freehold in our
_county, I was sclected as a special jury
‘man, and attended to try an important
cause, but the tyal having been postpon
ed until the last, [ was obliged to remain
at ——- two duys longer than I expect
ed. Not having any other business
‘there, I used to stroll from one court to
the other, sometimes listening to the civ
{il cases, and sometimes to the criminal,
Innd not unfrequently I took m‘y stand up
on the steps leading tothe hall door, and
‘thoro watched the various groups around
me. Upon the morning of the second
day, T was standing at my usual place
rupon the steps, when iy attention was
particularly uttracted towa%mmc
country people who were colle upon
the pavement below. There were five
'of them; three men and two women, (1
I the latter, one dressed decently in a loug
red clouk, was crying very bitterly, her
Il'ucc bid i her handkerchief, and leant
‘upon the arm of an elderly man, who
“stood firuly upright, his ruddy sun burnt
countenance fixed inan expression made
‘up of sorrow, anger and contempt. His
"hat seemed slouched over his fuce as if
"to prevent any one from recognizing
, iy, but it was not sufficiently large to
"conccal cither his dark tiery eye, or the
Hong white hairs that fell down the side
ot his face. Tmmediately opposite them
fstoud a man and woman, seemingly of
i'”w” rank in life, and of a very differ
"ent character; the woman, who was dir
[ty inthe extreme, although with some
| lew patenes of finery about her dress,
Hglled carelessly, throwing her eyces
laronud her in a manner which seemed to
| prove how far she was removed from any
[thing like the sorrows which the other
'woman so strongly manifested. The
"man stood with his arms crossed, his hat
placed just wpon the top of his head, and
Chis il looking ruthan-like countenance
“indicating something very like defiance.
I'he remaining member of the group
{ stood beiween the wen, and from his ap
| pearance I concluded Lim to be an at
'torney’s clerk. When 1 had observed
them a few minutes, the latter member
'ot' the party left them, and made his way
' towards the hall, the others remaining as
betore. * Zounds!” exclaimed the
rongh looking man, *“this is nothing of
a scrape! 1 have beenin many a worse
i :l»,m-l. -::-“d always got clear off. laven'tl
| Xoli?
toll nodded her assent. “ 1 don’t
know what you call a scrape then,” said
the old mang “ Is’tno serupe to be made
the guze of all the town; to be printed
in the callender as a thicf; to be brougit
from prison to hall, and =ent from hall
to ———2" He panscd, the word seem
ed to choke him “Great God! that ev
er a son of mine shonld stand in the
dock, and hold up his head as a felor!”’
Nay, nay, woman,” turning to his wile,
who seemed bursting with griet, ¢ don’t
ye cry, now don’t ye ery.”” Tears roll
¢l down the poor man's checks as he
spake, and his wife, for such I judzed
the woman leaning on his arin, sobb d
bitterly. ¢« Oh! there's no oceasion for
ye to take on 20 about "un—Poll and I’l]
swear as he was at home all night.”
“ What though you will?” exelaimed
the other man, raising himself; and
speaking indignantly, ¢ what though yon
will? Think ye your ouths will be taken,
ye who have been at the very tread-mill
10 England, and whose neck has twenty
times been within a yard of the gnllows
ropei What good will your oaths do?”
“ 1 don’t seé¢ why my oath’ant as good
as any other man’s” he answered bius
‘tenngly, as if seemingly inclined to quar
rel.
“I do,” answered the old man; “ were
I upon the juiy, I would’nt believe one
word you said. You swore to me the
last time I saw you, that you knew
nanght of my lad, and at that very time
Kate Cicely and him were in your house,
and you knew it.”
“Pooh,” answered he, “I wan’t go
ing to give up my [riend.” |
¢ Your frend!” echoed the old man,
“ how came he to be your friend? You
decoyed him from me you and that har
lot Kate, and now you have placed him
where you should be, to stand the brunt
for you. Your friend!”
Eire the other had time to reply, their
{ormer companion jomed them, and
‘whispering to them, they all walked to
‘wards the court house. Jack Hasper, |
! for that turned out to be the nume of the
ruflian-looking fellow, and the woman
'who was with him walked on first; the
;ol(l man and his wife followed slowly; 1
felt too great interest in what I had
heard not to walk after them, The wo
!m:m dried her eyes, and they proceeded
(towards the top of the steps. T perceiv- l
(ed the old man became more and more |
feeble—step by step he moved slowly
' on—he reached the tep—he approuched
'the outer door of the court—*ll can go
' no further,” he remarked, ¢ I should die
it I were to see him, ©Ch, God! be
}merciful!” Poor man! he ciasped his
‘hands before his face, and fell forwards
upon the door in the most dreadful ago
ln_v. T'ears poured down his cheeks, and
| his whole frame seemed convulsed. His |
' wife, for a moment, forgot Ler own sor
‘row, in her anxiety for her husband;=- i
{ she led him gently towards the comer
farthest from the door, through which
|the busy crowd were passing to and fro.
i He still held his hands before his face,
and crept close to the wall, as il afraid
{tlmt any one should recognize him. |
'had remained at some distance from
| them, but T felt that my observance was
Fintrusive, and therefore walked on inte
{ the court, whispering to the woman as [
| passed, that it she needed any assist
ance she would find me near the door.
, At the bar was a young man ol rather
Jsimple, ingenions appearance, and a
'womnn considerably older, pretty look
| ing, but evidently artful and designing.
"l'hoy were arraigned upon a charge of
| theft, committed in a dwellihg house,
;!und having pleaded “ Not Guilty,” the
trial commenced. They were indicted
| as a man and wife, and it appeared from
| the evidence that they had lived togeth
‘l er as such. The theft had been com
| mitted in the mght,about twelve o’clock;
| 'the things stolen were some silver
|lspoon's, some linen, and several culinary
utensils; an apron belonging to Kate
Cicely was found in the house which
was robbed, and by its means a!l the
stolen articles were traced several days
alterwinds 0 the residones of Jack
Hasper, with whom Chales Mangrove
and Kate Cicel, were diving Hasper
was immediatc ly taken into enstody but
Kate'Cicely, in order to release him,'
laid an accusation against Cnaries Man.
grove, and made a conlession purporting
that she and Charles had comniited the
robbery, and brought the articles to
Hasper’s house. Charles vehemently
denied this to be true, ard protested his
ignorance of the whole matter; but he
and his wife, for such Kate Cicly was
considered to be, were, notwithstanding
his protestations, committed to prison tg
await their trial, When placed at the
bar, Char'es Mangrove presented a
most pitiable appearance, pale and ema
ciated, the consequence of rregular
living, long coutinement, and regret for
follies. He held down his hoad as f
fearing to look around, lest he shouid re
cognize some one to whom he was
known. His compauion, on the con
trary, stood up, bold and unbashed, and
paid great attention to the evidence de
tatled agminst her,
As the trial proceeded, the evidence
beeame rather in Charles Maongrove's
(avour, and every now and then he gave
a hiwried look upwards, but quickly re
lapsed iuto his former situation, At a
time when he gave one of these gianSes
I Lappencd to be looking at him, and
perceived a woman’s face just appearin s
Lehind the doek; she seemed eagerly to
cateh every woid that was uttered, and
at the same time kept her eyes dived
upon b, It was bis mother As he
loctiod aronnd ther eyes met, she withe
dres ber face, be started, gazed a mo
meat, and then with a heavy sigh, and
a wildness of look I shal never forget,
supk down sepseles: in the dock., Ilis
mothor heard bim fall, a-d pushing (o=
ward, passéd on hetore the jailor, who
wss ahout to assist lim, and herself
raised and supported himin her arms
She utterea a shriek at first,.but all
griet secmed to sahside in her cure of
him. Ste pressod ito her bosom;—
some water was brought, she bathed his
temples and in a icw moments he be
gan to recover, The proecedings had
ol course been suspeaded at this mo
ment; and no, sooner did he begin to
show signs of returaing life, than the
judee wter'erred, remaurking, that even
i there were any evidence to ednvict
Charles Maogrove, the indictment was
inforimal, and must fail, bat that he was
of opinton no evidence had been given
at all 'molicating b, but rather tend
ing to show that Kate and the master of
the honse. Jack Hasper, had been gulty
of the theft That being the easc, the
jury musi acquit both the prisoners,
“ Not Guilty,” was immediately pro
nounced The mother seemed bewil
dered. She kept a tirm hold of her son
who had scarcely revived the dock was
unlocled: she looked hirst at Charles,
then at the jailor, the latter of whom
told her she might go: but she seemed
scarcely to uonderstand what he said
At length Kate Cicely approached them
familinrly, and was about 10 take the
arm of her paramonr This ronsed the
mother, “liold off; womwan!’ she ex
ciaimed, pushing her forcib'y back
“Haold o youhave had your will of
hion ™ Fhen rasiing forward, stiil hold
ing er sonstrongly by the arm, they
passed to the door, the erowd making
wav tor them. Uhe father had approach
ed close to the doory, and listenced anx
iously to the tumult within. he heard
the noize of footsteps— quick and hur
ried, they came nearer—they pas<ed out
at the door—thev met ——,
We can go no further; 1t is impossi
ble to deseribe the mecting The old
man wept like a child - he hung upon
upon his son’s neck for a moment, and
then they hurried to a ne ghbouring inn
in a back room of which they remained
until sunset, when all three retirned
howe.
From the ‘'ilitary Sketeh Book.
Till, FATE O YOUNOG GORE
Laght bullet: prerecd this young man’s !
body! In the full light of glory and in.
the warm lap of love he died, esteemed.
honoured, weptin the biossom ot his
youth, and iny the pride o mauly beau
ty! ‘
Young Gore was a Captoinin the Hlst
regiment, and, ! have heard; a son of'the
Earl of Aunan. He tought at the battle
of Viitoria, and it was in that town, a
few days after Phe tiht, that I first saw
him, as well as the fair and <oft blnck-‘
eyed girl who was the innocent cause of
his death
When the sanguninary and memorable
fight was at an end, a few officers, of
necessity, remained in the town, In
conscquence of this battie, the Constitu
tion was published on the Sunday sue
ceeding it, in the main sqnare or market
plaece, with great pomp and rejorcing
In addition to botl fights and public dan
cing upon the platform ereeted in the
square for proclainrng the Constitution,
a ball was given in the evening expreassly
to the British officers toen in the town,
at whirh ail the inhabitants of ebnse
quence attended. At this bal! T first caw
Captain Gore; he was then appareutly
twenty two or three years of age, and as
handsome a voung man as ever [ heheld:
his hair was a light brown, and hung in
a profusion of graceful ringlets: he was
ofpn florid complexion, about the middle
size, compact, yet light, and in the beau
tiful uniform of the 51st, a light in‘antry
regiment, faced with green and gold: he
was decidedly the most striking figure in
the ball room; and, in addition to this,
was the best dancer among the English
oflicera—uu‘]y, as good as “.ol' the
~panish and French who exhbibited on
that evening their aeiive powers,—
Whether it was that our English style of 1
dancing at that time wanted something
to be added 10 Its grace by a communi
cation with the Continent or not, 1 will ‘
not pretend to say; but certain it is, that
iy countrymen were not so happy i
plucking the laurels [rom the French that
night in the dance, as they had been a
few days before in the fight. ;
With qualifications such as I have de
scribed, it is not to be wondered at if
the eyes and hearts of many fair ladies
followed the young Captain; it would
rather have excited wonder if they had
not, The warm hearts ot the Spainsh
Sigaorios are but too susceptible to the
charms of Love when s godship dres
ses 1 British regimentals.
My triend D. of the thirteenth light
dragoons and 1, were admiring the walt
zers of the evemng, when he vbserved to
me thut the young officer of the 51st
was not only the best dancer, but had
the prettiest and best partner; ¢ and,”
said he, 1 think the lady seems quite
smitten with hun: they have beean part
ners the whole of the evening ” Frem
ithitz observation I was led to remark the
young lady more closely than I had done
before, and the result in Iwy mind was,
that Captain Gore was blest with a part
ner the most bewitching in all Spain,
and that he was of the same opinion
Ske w s about seventeen, rather en bon
pound, and middle=sized, large, dark, and
languishing eyes; black, glossy ringlets
with a beautfully fair skin; she was
dressed mn the graceful black costume of
ot her country, and appeared a personit
qcation o the Beauty of a Castihan ro
inance, her manners were gentle, and
‘;wuh Cuptuin Gore as her partner, she
attracted the admiration of every one
present,
Where is the moralist who has looked
into the book of nature, and will say
that they were culpable in loving each
other, aithough circumstaices wholly
forbade their union? Let us draw aveil
!u\'or the weakness of human nature,
when opposed by such powerful influca
ces as those which surrounded these
young persons. Let us nor, with the
austerity of mature and experienced wis
dom, censure, but pity them, cireled as
they were with a glowing halo of youth
and love. ‘They loved-—marrniage was
impossible —she left her father's house
’nnd fied to him, while he vowed to pro
tect her with his life, even unto the end
of it. This happened aboat three weeks
alter the ball,
The lady’s father at first knew not of
the rasn step which his daughter-had ta
ken, but soon learnt the disiressing
truth; he became almost frantie, and ap
plied to the authorities for their interler
ence, represcnting yeung Gore as a se
ducer and a herette "U'ne authorities (a
very inferior deseription of men at thai
tuoe) immediately ordered a sergeani’s
guard (Spanish) to accompany the fath
er to the quarters of the captan; they
arrived--his apartments were on the tirst
floor—and the soldiers were already in
the court-yard below. Gore was inform
ed of the intended purpos: . through a
S anish domestie of the house he lived
in. His own scrvaunt, a brave and de
termimned soldier, hurried to the apart.
ment in which s muster was, with his
bayonet drawn, an' observed that there
would be no great ditliculty 1 driving
away the “ =pamish fellows beiow.” il
necessary. The young lady clung to
Captain Gore tor protection, and be
sought himnot to give her up; declaring
that she would never survive, if’ he sui
fered her to be taken away The sol
diers were mounting the stairs-—Captain
Gore was decided There was very lit
tle ceremony in the affair; he and his
servant in a few minutes deove theta out
of the house, and secured the door with
boltsand locks. Fow blows were struck
by either the Cajtain or hiis scrvant “the
success which frequently attends sudden
‘mul resolite assanlts against superior
'iurco, was in tius mstance mamiested;
and considering the opimion which the
| Spamsh soidiery entertained of the Brit-
Jish prowess, at was not surprising that
the guard was ousted
~ The deteated soldiers returned to the
'nllthuri!ivd and related the failwve of
thelr caterprise: they were answered by
~abuse, and their officer having been sent
Mor, was peremptorily ordered to take
his men to Captain Gore’s quarters and
loree the lady away. At the same time
‘lm was tauntingly asked whgther two
Euglishmen were equal to a dozen
Spaniards
The guard, under the command of the
oflicer, immediately repaived to the
place for the purpose of executing their
orders, and demanded admission in the
most ferocious manner but not waiting
for replv, the men began to butter the
door with their muskets, and apply their
shoulders to the pannels, The door was
too strong forthem; they grew still more
outrageous, and the officer still more
clamorous to those within, again they
demanded admittance, but this was per
emptorily refused by Captain Gore.—
With the old English maxim in his mind,
“my house is my castle,” no doubt he
believed that he was acting in a justifia
ble manner; and perhaps he was right in
the line of conduct he pursued, becavse
there was a British commandant in the
town —and a British officer sitnated as
he was, in the theatre ol war, would
act with perfect correctness in question
ing any authority but that of his own
‘nation:~however, nobody ever suspect
ed the modern Spaniards of good milita~-
ry discipline, or prudence iu their ac—
tons, As ‘fi!ies, and under'a command
er-in-chiei’ who always lisiened to the
cum*mts ol the Spuni rds agaiust his
oflicd®s or men, the {&rltish. in the case
of Laptain Gere, were treated in a most
unwurrantable manuer.
The nsolent and inprudent officer of
the guard, was now determined to do all
the injury he could, ‘and hearing the
voice of Captain Gore inside the door,
drew up his men 1 front of, and close to,
it; then motionng his orders, which
were but too well understoad, the whole:
of the guard fired; the door was not
thick enough to resist the Lullets, and
the unfortunate young man within, feld
lileless in an instant. Would that he
had fallen a few weeks before in thas
battle which defended the rights of
Spain, and not thus by the murderouss
hands of those he defended in that ac
tion! He was not a seducer. this his:
mistress declared over his dead body;
and he did not mean to abandon her, as
the melaocholy catastrophe but too clear
ly proved.
The young lady was borne almost
heari-broken away, and placed within
the cheerless walls of a convent many
leagues from the scene that was the
source of all her love and of all her sor
rows.
WHITNEY'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS.
WH EN we reflect on the importance of the
Liver aud the functions itg.eriorms in the
economy ofli'e, we cannot be surprised to find
it on 80 many occasious, the scat of exteusive
and danzerous disenses,
T hereis no viseus in the human frame, that
is more imnortantly and more critically con
nected wito e und health, thun the Liyer.
Chronic comp'aints ure slow in their progress,
and gradually undermine the coustitution, giv
ing a check to the enjoyment of health, without
alarming the patient until the evil ins proceeded
s 0 flar, as to putit out of the power of means for
recovery.
Bilicus disorders in this country, are variable
n their appearance, producing complaiots of the
stowanch, head ache, lowness of spirits, debility,
flirtulency, dyspepsia, nervous atfections, costive
ness, jaundice, dropsy, &c. &e, and in macy
cnses, producing conshs nsthmas, und a suppres
sion or morbid seeretion of urine,
These Pills are culeuluted to excite thg Liver
to a heaithy action, und assist in di-gorging the
morbil sceretions whieh are zencrally accuimuin
ed 1w such cases, and to encourngze u healthy ae
tion of the Liver. which i« the meentive to every
other secretion in the system, shey have been
found very useful in ecases of gl¢k heard ache,
when taken at the commencement of the com
plaint, and also s all the compluints, mentioned
above, us well as tn Chirouie intlamativus of the
Laver,
SEA-FARING persons will find them particu
larly useiut, w visitng warm elimiates, where
Litious disenses edvanee soddenly, and with most
cerions ellects and when some poweriul medi
cine s the only rezource to urrest therr rapid
{ rogrese,
They ure verv mildin ‘heir apecation, and per
feetly innocent,ns weil as high!y beneticial ia
tneir cffects——rnd mnuy be used in all weathers
and seasons, without danger, '
Fach box coniains 40 Pills. price 50 Cents,
N. B. Tourevent impositions, each Yox will
be enclosed with a label, bearing an impreszion
of the Good Samaritan, with the tollowing lu
serintion fl’hlhle_u'l Anti-Briows Pills) and
enco Lill ol divections wiil {psigned by the in
veuor, Urepgred and sold” whoiesnle nod re
tt vy B. & C. Drog, Jrs, & Co, Joun if.
dasav & Co,and Gronere H, TiLIaveHAST.
Aprii 18 Wil
EMERYS SPEC/FIC OINTMENT,
e the St Anthoni’s Fue.
'_l"."l* OINTYMENT s a safe and ecertain
remedy tor the St Antheny's Fire, Sult
Rheom, and other hamors, and is free from
staig or smell—=lt i also an excellent Sulve
(or Buene, Bruises, Fresh Wonnds, &o.—Made
and sold, wholesu'e and retail, by Moses Em
rry, Bost-Bridgwater, (Vies«s.) and for sile by
Johm H. Mason. #¥'m. . Taylor, and Jozeph
isatchy Jr. Providence,
T Price—37 1.2 cents single- §3 per dozen
300 pregroce, Iy Dre 10.
DR, PLENCK ? INFALLIBLE VERMI
FUGE, OR WORM TOWDER.
rl‘lll.\ Powder possesses the power of destroy
‘ ing and «xpelling all kinds of worms esth
or (rom the stomach or bowels, wheo all otler
kieds of Medicnies have been given without ef
foet, lis not on v safe to zive at all times, and
antor all circumstances, but it actaally mvigor
nles the stomach and tnproves the appetite, aml{
caties off thoe spurmi: worm <yorptoms which
oreccnn s mues anxety for eliddien,
This ow oo s equaily effectunim destroymg
the 1w Worm asitis the more comunen Kind,
DiJAS s BLEGANT I'TCH LOTION.
{1 Lotvonis an elegaot application for lhe
behana other eroption: oo the s, It i 3 ine
cidornngy elfectnal nod site, aud can be apphed
without the knowleldye or asecond person both
as a piooventative qud curviive apoiication.
E (CLISHT JAUNDICE PILLS,
Thoewie the old aui tried friends to the
prsscsors of Janndice, bluated bowels, dizzy
hends, Jouy spirits aud the low truin of com
plutnte ansing from Juandice, &e,
They nead only a trie! to convinee any one
of theiv great utibty in ad obsuructed bowels
and Dilleary orgavs, o prevesting fevers, dys
cotery, &ey
The ahove Mrdiciucs are <o'd by Joun
Mason & Co. J. bana, Jan, and Wa, H,
Tavror, Providence, R, 1.3 S, W, \'illlflll\
Newporty, R. L 3 D. Brewer, Taunton: Bargs
lott & Hrewer,and ), K der, Boston, Mass.
~ July 28. ly '
REMEDY FOR TII). PILES.
'I‘HE Medicine now offered to the publie,
. isone which has been tully subjected 10,
the mia'lible tes of experience; and in every
{instance where it has been fairly tned, it hay
| been atiended with the most complete succoss,
i In some of e cases, the patients had been
I labouring vnder the diseuse for years, and durs
I ing that period had receved the bes lnodurn‘
l advice, and had even undergone a painfu
' surgical operation, without perinanent advan=
[ tage. Ttis not (like those usnally advertised)
| oflere as « certamn cure for a long cataloguo
i of direasca, but those atilieted with ihis com«
! plaint, for which alone it 18 ro¢ mnmz-n“‘.nmy
rely with confidence upon obtaming relief,even
i in{u worst forinsg in a short time; and they
| themselves are the best judges of the impor
“tance of such a remedy. Price 50 cents per
. box, with directions signed by the proprietor,
Prepared and sold at Henny Connml'l
- Drug and Chemical store, Philadelphia. Also,
for cale by
Dr. G. H. TILLINGHAST,
No. 7, South Main-strect, sign of the Golden
'I Mortar, Providence, R. L.
July 21, GmEew ;