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_ FARMERS’ REPOSITORY.
VOI~ XXV. CHARLESTOWN, JEFFERSON COCNTY, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 183i. ~
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PriJLIC SALE.
WILL he »cM, to the highest bidder, on
Friday Ike 16<t if Marrk, (inil.) it
the subscriber's residence, neer Halit own,
the fellewing property, to wit:
Some good work Homes, first rets Cows,
Two Wagons, Ploughs, Harrows,
A Isrgs quantity of Bacon sod Lard,
Household and Kitchen Furniture, such as
Beds, Bedsteads, Bureaus, Tables. Chain,
1 Settee, a first rate eight-day Clock.
1 Wheat Pan,
About 150 acre* of Wheat is the ground.
6ome Gnin in the ground at Mrs Ander.
son's, near H. D. Gamhart't, and many ether
article* too numerous to mention.
A credit of six months will he given on sll
sum* over ten dollars, the purchaser giving
bund and approved security. No property
tu b* removed until the terms ->t sal* i»e com
plied with. Sals to commence - early in the
d*y WM. L. HALL
March 1. 1S3«.
VALIABLE LAND
rOR SALE
I WISH TO SELL MY FARM, si
tuate nrar Ilalliown. on the "Gra
ded’1 road, sod nearly equi distant from
Harpers Ferry and Charlestown, coo taio
iog about
343 ACRES,
First rate IiturMone land, mixed with or*;
certainly inferior to none in the country,
and about one font th io'timber, and thirty
acres of prime bottom
This properly, besides being desirable
as a farm,on account of its fertility sf soil,
proaimtty to market, fee holds out other
strong inducements It is thought to b«
among the beat situations for a Public
House, from its being situate at an eligi
ble point on tbe main road or great tho
roughfare through the Valley It has also,
besides several spiings. a stream of water,
affording an excellent site and sufficient
waterpower for a merrhant mill or a fac
tory, with other advantage
Tb# above land, if not sold at private
sale before the 3d of Jlpril next, will on
that day be offered at public auction,
oo the promises, to tbe highest bidder.
Terms of sale—two thirds of the pur
chase money in hand, the balance in two
years.
Tha premises will be shewn by tbe sub
scriber. or Willism L Hall, living on the
form WILLIAM HALL.
Jefferson county, Vs >
Jan. 36, 1833. f
PUBLIC SALE.
WILL be sold, to the highest bid
der, on the first dty of March
Court next, before tbe Ceurt house door,
in Charlestown, that
tract or LAVS,
Sing on the Shenandoah river, adjoinin|
® lands of tbe late Thomas Keyes, Ste
phen Dalgaro and others, upon wind
Thomas Wilt now resides, and which be
longs to tbe heii s of Martin Sbeeler. dee'd
There is upon it a never failing spring ol
excellent water, and the improvements art
in good repair.
Terms of tale—one third of the purchas.
money in hand, one third payable in
twelve, and one third in eighteen months
after tha day of sale, tbe purchaser giviof
bond with goad personal security and i
ha* upon the property for the payment
thereof. Tbe title is believed indisputable
P. C. MctABR, Comr,
appointed by the Court
Feb. 9, 1833.
TRUSTKK’S 8A1.E.
By vir;oe of a deed of t ust executed
to me on the 23d of Feb 1831, by Jo
eepb Ds-Uplane, (which deed hes hero «1u
ly recorded in 'he clerk's office of Tbs
county tourf of Jefferson.Mo secure she
payment of a sure of money in said dees
manlioaa<4 ... U‘_ll' __ I a
Terson county, on Monday the Ifltb day o
March neat, bring court day. nil the right
title. Interest, and claim of raid Dels plane
in and to a certain tract nf land situate m
Jefferson ceunty. no Elk Branch Run
containing ll-IO acres, more or less, hems
liislife estate in an undivided fourth abort
of the land of which Samuel iliakia diet!
mired and possessed
Also, at the same time and place,I will
sell, to the highest bidder, a quantity ul
Personal Properly, consisting of twe
Horses and a wagon—also, bis internet in
the slates belonging to the estate of Sam I
Hinkle, dec'd —property conveyed to m«
by deed of trust from Joseph Dr I* plane
J* *crore a sum of money doe to W ilhatt
Uaymaa.
JOHN L HINKI.K, Trutfrt.
Ian. 26, It 12.—fa
I’UDMC HAl,K.
I " ||,h offer at public sal#, oo Ha
■ tordav the 10th of March neat, at
'be shop formerly occupied by Che sub
writer in HHepherdstewn, two valuable
af Blacksmiths Tools, such as Bel
•wi.Asfik, Viess—sadt great variety
of first rate Screw Platet, from an eight
**rb *• one and a half mebea. Also,
• '®ck. sod a Patent Hoop and Tyre
”*~*,~**,rrra! first rate carriage and
f'f springs—and many other article# too
teifmus to enumerate.
.»* °f 6 months will be giv«a oo
•urns above 1 dollars, the purchaser
•T'** V**1 w'<h *#«^ eecovily; all some
3 'f**Hars nod under, the cash will be
d S*** *• eommooeo at 11 o’clock,
•fnt <1ua attendance given by
„ . ^ ttKNJAIHN WII.TSHfRE.
*•*> «» IMS
I I
frww. fAe Smuthrrn VUvion
the land ok our iiirtii.
There b do* ■ spot in this wide peopled earth
.So dear *o the heart mm the land of our birth:
"Tiuhe harae of our clulditood ! the beautiful spot
j Which Diftn’ry retains when ail elae ia furzot
May the blruiags of (Tod
Ever hallow the *od,
! And ua valley* and hilla by our children be trod.
'Can the language «f stranger* in aceroti unknown,
;Seud a thrill to ou* bosom like that of our own *
The face may be fair, and *hc smile iuav be bland,
Bui it breathe* uot the tones of our dear native
land*
I There'* no spot on earth
L.ke the land of i.tir birth,
Wher^haein a keep guard a'et the nltar and health
How sweet lathe language which tsi’^ht us to
I Ik id.
The dear nantes of parent, of busWtd, anil friend;
.Which taught ua to lisp on our mutin'!'• soft
breast.
The ballads *he sung a* slir imckW us to rev*,
j May tire blesstugs of God
Ever hallow the sod.
And it* valley s and lull* by our children be trod1
f'’mm the Phihuh StUurthitf (,'murier.
THE BURIAL OP HELEN GRAY,
Itivt'r Mum
ITvey buned her at eren, in her bridal robes ar
rayed.
Close by the rushing fountain, and beneath the
hemlock shade;
! And beantifiil site looked, though all life'* glow
ing tint* had flown—
The martyr to a love which dwell* in woman’*
lieu t alone!
The rose* yet were wreathing in her curia of sun
ny hair,
And the smile, the vanished apirit left upon her
lip, was there;
The sunset's parting ray gleamed like a glow on
her brow,
And crimsoned o’er her pallid cheek with an un- ^
earthly glow.
And he was there—and aileutly he gazed on his
pale bride,
Who, for hi* sake, had flung from her the love of
all bt side—
He km a that she hml loved him tlien—and some
thing like a smile
Played on lus lip, though kis proud heart wa*
bunding all tire while.
He -wept not Tor his lost ooe—but the shadows of
despair
Were gathering round hi* spirit then—and mad
ne«* settled there—
The flower that bloomed upon hi* path had faded !
from his sight,
And earth, to him, was all devoid of loveliness
and light!
They buried her at evening.—Ti* s tale of other
days;
j • cl liter tar her gentle spirit by tbc sbSited fOUn
Itsiu strut Si
But n«>— her loved one* long have fled, s hr should
she hither roam *
She hath a rainier resting-place in Heucrn, a
brighter home!
I _lmgjPXAwboue~
' The following opinion of Washington we re
cord at this moment with peculiar pleasure. It
i* aa extract of u letter addressed br die fattier of
jhia coutitrr, to Judge Uoudiuot.
“The free cultivation of letters—
the unbounded extension of commerce
!—the progressive refinement of man
oers—^he growing liberality of eenti
:®<nt—and, altove all. the pure and be
nign light of revtlulion, hat made a
meliorating influence on all mankind,
aod increased the blessings of society.
“I now make it my earnest prayer
thst God would have you, and «he
slate over which you preside, in his
holy protection, and that he would in
jCline the hearts of the citizens t# cul
tivtte a spirit of subordination and obu
luiencc in government; to enierlam a
brotherly aflVction and love for one
another, for their fellow-citizens of the
United State* at large, and particular
' ly for their brethren who have aerved
1 in the 6tid; and finally that he would
: moat graciously be pleased to dispose
us all to do justice, to love mercy,snd
to demean ourselves with that charity,
humility and pacific temper of mind
w hich were the charar tenstirs.of the
Pi vine Aulhoi of our bletted religion,
without an humble imitation of whose
example m those thing* we can never
hop* to be a happy nation.
I have the honor to be. &(.
GEO WASHINGTON."
If iirr to Lovr ns—Hy Mm. C. Hull,
— If a youth ia wooingly disposed to
ward* any damsel, ■■ he value* hi*
;happme*s let him follow my advice:
jCall on the lady when eh* least ex
pects him. and take note of the ap
pesranea of all that i* under her con
trol, observe if the ahoe fits neatly—if
the gloves are clean, and the hair neat
—and I would forgivea man for break
ing sff an engagement if he discovered
• grf**J novel hid away under the
cushion of a *ofa, or a hole in the gar
niture of the prettieet foot in the world.
'Slovenltoeta will ever be avoided by a
jwrl! regulated mind, a* would a pesti
lence. A woman cannot always be
iwhat is called " dressed,” particularly
one in middling or humble life, where
her duty, and it t* hoped her pleasure,
;liaa ia superintending and assisting in
all domestic matters; bit she may al
wsy* be seat, welt appointed—and as
certainly as a virtuous woman is a
crown uf glory to her husband, so
sorely is a slovenly one a crown of
thorns.
The silewoo often of pure nooeeace
I’rrsnsdrs, wfcca •peaking fsile
CHRISTIANITY.
The real Christian can never be un
happy, bating the pressure of immedi
ate bodily anguish, and even through
the tortures of the rack a stead▼ belief
in God must be a powerful and an en
during support. No earthly prospect,
however desolate—-no danger, howevgr ,
formidable, can overcome him with!
terror or despair; for his thoughts are
ever dwelling oo the something beyond, J
in the full peace and bliss of which a'
few brief struggles will place him.—
He may tread cheerfully the most re
puitive and perilous passage, when the
the pledge oi a heavenly Father,
that he will conduct h«m to bliss. Iff
embarks on the deep, and Ins ship may ^
be tempest-tost, yet what caret he
when he knows that tha howling winds ■
only waft him homewards to everlast-j
•nK j°J* "hat is there to mike him
hbriok—or ween—or tremble ? " hat
nyandeur of character springs from
this sacred religion! How majestic
does its pure disciple appear descend
ing into the shadowy abyss of death!
He only is celin and happy when all
around are writhing in anguish! What
has the recoiling, the shuddering, be
wildered, borror-etricken atheist to
offer as a substitute for e spell so po
tent end sublime? What consolation
has he,6ung carelessly into the world,
continually stung with so many kinds
of anguish; and so lashed sad lashed
on to bis tomb ? With what awful
and exquisite grief must he stand,
“Where iheersve-snnund grerulv swells
O’er buried fsith,
and feel that the liemir he Inveil ha*
passed away, and i» aa if he had never
been ? l'o him the disease* of his life
w ear the aspect of fiends. They are
not the necessary evils which seem to
purify him and prepare him for heaven.
They are but the torturea of ao acci
dental and monstrous state of aban
donment and confusion—a dark dream,
fur the joys of which he has no founda
tion; for ita wretchedness no reward;
whose images are a delusion, whoso
hereafter it a blank.
From the A>w Tork .Comlrlhition.
CHANGING HUSBANDS.
Aa two ladies were coming out of
one of our fashionable churches the
other Sunday, they somehow or other
had the misfortune, in the crowd, to
change husband»—>a mistake which, as
both parties were going the same way,
was not immediately discovered. Esch
of the ladies, as soon as they had got
I her gentleman by the arm, naturally
began to talk with all her might in or
,der to make up for the long edema she
had been obliged to maintain while in
; church.
Mrs. A. addressing Mr. B. began—
* My dear, what made you get asleep
i in the middle of the sermon? I a in
_a II _ _ ^1._i r a . .
•vmaiiy ■■iiBUiru Ul jour CHIMIUCU
* My conduct, my dear?* aaid Mr. B.
* I’m sura 1 did'nt get ta sleep.'
' Not get to bleep! How can you
tell such a fib—and on Sunday too?—
Did’nt I have to jog you half a dozen
times before I could wake you up?*
* By no means—I hav'nt beeu asleep
to-day, my dear. Surely your thoughts
•oust have been strangely wandering
from the purpoaea of worship, to have
taken such a fancy into your head.—
What m ade you imagine I was asleep?*
‘ Imag.ne, sir! there's no imagination
in the case— »»*» ail matter of fact.—
Why, man alive, you snored so loud
as to wake up half the congregation;
then you began to talk in your sleep,
and if I had’nt waked you up just as 1
did, 1 don’t know what would have
been the conaeqoeore. Kie! fie! my
dear. I'm really ahiHkedal you.*
‘At me. Mrs. B! shocked at me! I’d
have you to know, Mrs. B-.*
•Mra. B.f Who's Mrs. B.? Why
the mao is crar.y. Let me tell you,
Mr. A. this conduct is unbecoming—
lyes, Mr, A. 1*11 jast inform you, Mr.
A-.»
* Who the d—I is Mt. A.? W hy,
Mrs. B. yon must ba crazy iostead of
me.*
By this time the gentleman and lady
began to ba mutually anapicioas of the
aoundoeas of sns another's intellect*!
and looking in each othar'a faces to
confirm their suspicions, thay at the
asme time discovered that each had
got the wrong partner.
In the mean time Mrs. B. before the
had got fairly over the threshold of the
church, affectionately preseed the arm
of Mr. A. began—*My dear, what a
beautiful Ironnet Mrs- Twitched has
got! Did you notice it?*
•No, I did not,' replied Mr. A. 'but
1 dare say it mutt he handsome, since
you commend it! I always rely upon
your taste, y«ts know. By the by, my :
dear, what aro you going to have for '
dinner;'
* W by, a piece nfvoaat motion.'
•Uoast mutton!* esrlauned Mr. A
turning up hte noee—I'd as licvelat'
I
a piece of a torn cat. I never could
endure roast mutton—the only decent
way of cooking mutton it to boil it
and aet it on the table with plenty of
drawn butter and parsley.*
‘Indeed!* said Mrs. B. somewhat
contemptuously, 'where did you learn
all this knowledge of cookery, my,
dear?*
* Where did I learn it! Why, hav*nt j
I always told you, my dear, never to]
roast muttohr I'm surprised you should
be so obstinate.'
* And I'in surprised you should men
tion this subject now—really it is the
first time I ever heard you speak of it.*
‘ 'I he first time!*
‘It is, indeed—but we won't dispute
about a piece of mutton in the streets.!
Oh! what a charming bonnet that was:
of Mrs. Twitcbell**: I do wish, mv,
dear, you'd get me such a one.'
‘Certainly, if you insist upon it—but
where are you going? This is not our
house.*
‘Not ours! surely the man is beside
himself..' With that Mrs. B. gave the
bell a violent ring, and while she was
waiting lor the servant, she chanced
to look round, and just then discovered
that she had got the wrong man, and lie
perceived also that he had got the
wrong wife. They, of course, gave a
mutual exclamation of surprise, and
began to look about them for their le
gitimate partners, when presently up
came the ether odd couple. A hearty
laugn now ensued ; mutual apologies
took place ; a re-exchange waa effected;
aud Mrs. A. departed with her hus
band to her own home. But the dif
ferent parties, it is said, were not a
little chagrined at the exposure of their
particular foibles, which took place in
the conversation above related.
THE CASE OF MRS CHAPMAN,
Who vii inilirtrt] for tli« murder of her liuibud,
la*t Fall, in Pennsylvania.
In opening thr ease on the part of the prosecu
tion against Mrs. Chapman, Mr. Hoss, the Prose
eating Attorney, made the following vtatttm-nt:
"The indictment contained three
counts, in all of which Mra. Chapman
was charged with being the principal,
in the murder of William Chapman.—
The following is the substance of the
testimony, to sustain which Mr. H
said the prosecution were able, and
should proceed to adduce evidence.
“About the middle of last May, a
stranger appeared, in a lone and dis
tressed condition, at the residence of j
Mr. William Chapman, at Anduluaia, i
in this county. He asked protection
tor the night, which sit readily grant
ed. Ilia receptjon being cordial, as
he waa considered an object of pity,
he prolonged hi* stay. In a short time
he contracted an intimacy with Mrs.
Chapman, which continued to increase
daily, until Mrs Chapman’s affections
became entirely divorced from her
nuaoano, ana given to the stranger.
The evidence on this point will dis
close a scene of the basest and black
est crime. An illicit connexion was
known to exist between the stranger
and Mrs. C. Her friends and family
saw it, and it aroused their warmest
indignation. Mo open and barefaced
was the woman’* infamy,that no abomi
nations from her friend* had the small*'
upon her. She waa repeat-1
ea# a wish that her
| ”oq me iinnor’ June, this stranger
lift Andulusia, and went to Philadel
phia. W hile in the city he purchased
* quantity of arsenic, fur the purpose,
t* he sta'ed, of preparing a collection
ol bird* for the Mouth American mar- i
ket. He returned to Andulusia in;
a day or two, and shortly after Mr.I
Chapman was taken ill. On the I9*h!
of June, a physieiaii was sent lor;
he came, but thought it unnecessary to
prescribe medicine. On the Monday
follow log, Mrs. Chapman made some
chicken soup fur her husband; she
seasoned it while in the kitchen, and
conveyed it to the psrlour, where no
person was present but this stranger.
In his pretence she mixed pmsun with
it, end took it up to Mr. Chapman.—
Mr. C. partook of a small quantity,
after which it »u thrown away, as al-(
*o was the ehirken of which it was
made. Ducks belonging to a neigh
boring farm, which were observed over
the chicken and soup, died in a short
time after. Mr. Chef man grew worse
rapidly} ha romplamed of burning
heat in his stomach ; he complained of
suffering the mo*t excruciating pain,
and vomited at interval# of ten or fif
teen minutes. Mrs. Chapman was re
quested to tend for a physician, but
she refused. On Tuesday a similar!
request was made, bet without effect.!
A gentlemen who visited Mr. C. was'
dnven from hit room, notwithstanding
Mr. C.’a earnest requestIbet he might,
remain. I.ate in the evening, how •:
ever, a physician was sent f«r; he I
came immediately and prescribed rate-1
mrl. but hv Mrs, f '# orders, not a I
particle was administered. In the'
morning the physician called again, and
isked if the medicine had been given.
Mrs. C. replied no, and that it should
net be. Mr. C. lingered until the 23d
June, when he expired in great pain,
from the effects of poison in his sto
mach.,
44 Three months after, suspicions as
te the cause ef Mr. Chapmen’s'death
were excited by subsequent transac
tions, and his body was disinterred,
ind his stotnuch examined, by several
physicians. They came to lheconclu
lion that his death had been occasioned
by poison, and not by cholera morbus, I
is had been given out. In the course
uf the examination, said Mr. R., we
ihall lay before you a letter from Mrs.
Chapman to Mins, in which are several
cutious expressions, winch can only,
be explained by reference to this hein
ous transaction.
Mrs. Chapman ascribed her husband’s
death to a variety of causes. To some
she averred that he had died from eat
ing a large quantity of chicken ; to
others she called the meat beef; to'
others pork; to others veal. In nine
Jays after the death of Mr. Chapman,
she was married to Mina, and as >omi
as she became informed that suspicions
were excited against her, without offer
mg a word of explanation,she prompt
ly attempted an escape. These are the
points which the counsel for the prose
cut ion informprl inr* ih*v
now proceed lo prove.
THE COMET.
If the prediction of Astronomer*;
should be verified, «e shall be visited i
the present summer with a Cornet of
unusual dimensions, which will ap
proach theearth'a orbit more nearly,it,
is said, than any former one of these
sublime and incomprehensible stran-j
pcr9. Some of the accounts state, that i
it will approach within 20,000 miles of |
us. and that it will appear to the naked1
eye as large as the full moon, with a
broad coma or tail, streaming through
half the heavens! We regret to sec
some disposed to humor the fancies and
superstitions of the weak-minded and
ignoiant, by speaking of these burning
bodies as celestial omens, premonitory ]
of some signal calamity on earth.~
Some have already announced the ex
pected visitant as the herald of war,
betokening the hostile shock of uations,
the revolution of states, or the dismeni
berment of empires; while othei* inti
mate, that it may “be intended by the
Deity, as an agant to brush away the
heavens and destroy the earth.”
Though Science is yet as much in 1
the dark, respecting the purposes of,
Comets in creation, as ignorance was
cemuries ago, yei we naa hopeu
that the human intellect was in far ad
vanced towards troth in its researches
after the arcane of their order, an to
hare rid of superstitious terror.—
Kapecially alter the events in Virginia,
connected with the singular appearance
of the Sun Iasi Summer, we hoped, at
least, that prudence would have sug
gested a lesaoo of eaution, and that
those whose bu»ine»s it is to enlighten
public sentimeot, would hare spoken
of the Comet aa connected with phy
ticali rather than with moral or politi
cal causes. Withojt hazarding a con
jecture as to the uses or ends for which
they are designed, it is sufficient lor
presumptuous man to know, that wild
and eccentric aa they seem to the eye
of reason, they constitute an indispe'n-1
sable and orderly part of a wise, har
monious and magnificent whole.
C. J Hr fitter.
R tripe to rlttm black /.are i'eils.—
These are cleansed by passing them t
through a warm liquor of bullock’s gall
and water: alter which they must be
rinsed in cold water; then cleaned for
stiffening, and finished as follows:
'l ake a small piece of glue, about
the size of a bran, pour boiling water
upen it, which will dissolve it, and
when dissolved, pats the veil through
it; then clap it betwaen your hands'
and frame or pm it out, taking car# to
keep the edges straight and aven.
Poor Michael Pullam, about sixty!
years since, fell dead at the door ot
the Dublin green room, a moment af
ter leaving the stage from having been
coeorisl in the song of M Jt ne sc si'
t|uoi, ** in Dimond's operatic farce of
Brother and Mister. At his funeral,
•n aid Irishwoman, aa she saw the body
deposited in the grave, said, “Ah.’
poor Mir, you’re get your pit ticket at
last.**
A necessitous man who gives large
dinners, pays large sums to be laughed
at.
Moat men abuse courtiers, and af
fect to despive courts; yet u«oet men
ate proud ef the aronaiatoncw «f the
ego, and would be glad t<» tire in the
aab-r. I
DBTSRUD ARTICLES.
chaslestom, rrtt. 21.
'/’he Pares.—Th* annual Race* over
tha Washington course commenced thia
day, and never have we known oar
city to be eo thronged with visitor# on
any similar occasion. Tha hotels and
taverns of every description are crowd
ed with strangers from all parts of the
Union, attracted principally bv the
great match between Clara fisher,
owned bv Col. Singleton of this state,
and lionntts of Wur, owned by Col.
Johnson of Virginia. The match wav
lor 810.000. The Course has under
gone several improvements, and is in
beautiful order. The weather is de
lightful for the S|x>rts of the turf, and
the company to-day was the most bril
liant and numerous over witnessed in
tha most flourishing period of tha
Charleston Race*.
The first heat exhibited the finest
racing ever witnessed over this course.
It was run in 7 minutes 45 seconds,
Ulan Fisher coming nearly her length
ahead. The second heat waa run in 9
minutes 5 i second-; Bonnets of Bluo
beating har antagonist ; but Clara Fish •
er having become lamed, aho was ot
course withdrawn on the third hflat.
/’dward Livingston.—The Senate
of l.ouisana have passed a resolution
authorising a gold medal to be pre
f en'eH f n thia di at So
man. The Baltimore Republican
justly remarks, “High as has ever
been the political standing of Mr.
Livingston, he has a fame indepen
dent of, and above ell party. Hie
name it known in I'urope as well as
in America, and will go down to pos
terity as the great jurist of tho
age/’
Washington Irving.—A late num
ber at the London Athenaeum has tho
following in relation to our country
man:—•* Washington Irving, an author
whom wo love greatly, is on the point
of tailing tu America, and we think
he is right; extinction of literature,
and depression of arts, riots, and blood
shed, and finally, the cholera in Sun
derland, shut up from escape by tea,
with liberty to march wherever it pica
sea by land, are, tv the whole, no
cheering prospect. We hope, if any
of our men ol genius are compelled to
se* k for peace in America, that they
will be aa well received there as Wash
ington Irving has been here.”
Tho follow iu* i. in cxtrac* IV m tho poVdij.t
to Sir Walter Scott’* la.* p. “Count
Kobcrt of I‘art a. ” It will b*- ica<] with feeliv,;*
ofrvtpccC and t> tnpath; of the worth; audio* .
the gentle reader te acquainted,
that these are, in all probability, tho
last talea it will be the lot of the an
tbwr to submit to tha public.
He is now on the eve of visiting ft>
rrign parts; a ship of war is commis
sioned by its Royal Master to carry
the author of Waverly to clunatrs. in
which he inav possibly obtain aucb a
rotor at iou of health ;»* n»ay serve him
to spin hie thread to an end in hi* ow n
country.
Had he continued to prosecute his
usual literary labor*, it seem* indeed
probable, tost at the term of years he
already attained, the bowl, to u »o
the pathetic language of Scripture,
would have been broken at the foun
tain; end Ii11!e can one who has en
joyed in the whole an uncommon
share ot the most me»tim.»ble oi world
ir blessing*, be entitled to complain
that life,advancing to its period,should
be attended with ite usual proportion*
of shadows and etorms. i'liey have
affected him at least in no more pain
ful manner than is inseparable trom
the discharge of hi* part of the debt ot
humanity.
Afrtanrholy Jictidtni. —We learn
that a abooner capsized near Fort
W ashiogton, during the severe blow
on i butedsy night, and all hand* on
board perished. The Steam Hast
Sidney then on its way up with the
msil fr. m Potomac Creek, wsi una
ble to render any assistance. Tha
name of the vessel it not known.
.t*'M r*iM.
The Philadelphia National *•asette
stairs, that the Procession is that
rity on the 22d, '• embraced Marly
twenty thousand persons; it was be
tween three and four miles ia length;
it fonisniril two hours ia moving
steadily past any particular spot.
law OULKAMSfeJAN. M.
.Inethrr meeting look
plsre on Matorday between two gentle
men «f this city, at which, after the
first tire was esrhanged, one nf the
parfies stepped forward and offered his
hand to hi* antagonist, who refund it.
The ground was then retaken, sad the
party refusing, shot iottetit’y 'feta/