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• ’ VOL. XXV. CHARLESTOWN, JEFFERSON COUNTY, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER S3, 1833. _pro. so. __JRmctUmi. _ The following line* ore front tlw new edition ** ■/iw't noit*. They ocrupi tho H-of the Mqwtile line* nWrrtwi) to Inri, and Wrm to ***** been written at a time when tho author «*i yet IB loro with tho world. [.V T. p*xprr. Oh never talk agoin to roe Of N'ovtheni clime* and Ilritiab lailiea. It ha« not been your lot to tee, Like ate, the lovely girt of Cadif: Ah ho’ her eye ho not of blue, Nor fair her look* like Engltdi la met. How far its own eapretsive hue I ho languid enure eye aurpaaact! Prometheus like, from Htasen die atole Tho fire that thro* tlioae silken lathe* In darkest glances teem to roll. Prom err* that cannot huh- their flashes: And at along Iter bosom Weal r lengthesi’d flow her raven tresses, YouM swear each clustering lock could feel, And curl'd to gitn her neck carcaaea. Our Frogliah maids arr long to woo, And frigid even in possession. Ami if their charms lie fair to view. Their lip* are tloa at love'* confession; But horn beneath a brighter hiii, Pot lore ordainM the H|uni«li maid is, And who—whet fondly, fairly won— Enchants you like the gu| j l adi2 » Tlie Spanish maul is no coquette; Noriort to t-c a lover tremble. And if dir lore, or if she bale. Alike she knows not to di**rrubl<*. Her heart can neVr be bought or sold— Howe’er It beats, it beats sir><-< relr; And tho’ it will not bend to gold, ’1 will lore you long, and lore too dearly. Tlie Spanish girl that meet* rour lore, ^ Ne’er taunt* you w ith a ne*k denial, tor every thought it bent to nrove Her pwaasosi in htr hour of trial. y\ lien thronging foetnen mnuac Sjiain, bhc ihrtv the deed and shares the danger; And should her lover pass tlse plain. She hurls the spear, her love’a avenger. And whets, beneath the evening star, She mingle* in the gay bolero, •«* her attuiseil guitar. Or Christian kniglit or Moorish hero, Or counts her beads with fairy hand Ileneath the twinkhug raw of lletpcr, <*-joins devotion’s choral hand, lo chaunt the sweet and hallow’d vesper— lo each her charm* the heart must nsova Of all who venture to behold Iw r; * hen let no Maids less fair reprove ^Itecause her bosom is not colder; Thro* many a dime ’ll* mine to roam Where many a soft and melting maid is, But none abroad, and few at borne. May match the dark-cv ed girl of Cadiz. _Msilcrmry. _ The poem by Jons Qcinct Adas**, ju*t is »uod from tlie pn *» at Boston, is spoken of in the following manner by the editor of the Boston Advocate. “ Dcrmot Mac Morroch, or the Conquest of Ireland, an historical tale of the twelfth century, in four cantos, by John Quincy A dams.” This is the title of a neat pamphlet, of 106 pages, which came from the press of Carter; llendee A Co. on Saturday. Nothing has occurred for a long time, in tba history of literature, more remarkable than tbia. A poem—a playful, satirical, fi nished, poiiatied poem, (ram the pen of the profound and aoatere statesman, ihe learned civilian, the deep scholar, the acute politi*! cieo, the unconquered and unconquerable controversiali*t! And yet we really have in thi* poem another of those specimens so rare : and so agreeable in the history of genius and **fr***Bt o4 great versatility of talenti the °®*°* *ke opposites of playful bumori and profotmd research The Es-President has occasionally been kcown to have wooed the muses, in a few \ stanzas, but lists is bis first attempt st any 1 thing like a continuous poem His friends might well have trembled fur bis fame, if they had known he wasventuring on so hazardous sn experiment, at an age when those who i were practised poets in their y onth, lose all . the fire and force of fancy, and when those ; *k° never were poets, cannot acquire the : smoothness sod refinement r»f the art. Nevertheless, Mr. Adams has been emi- ! newtly suceeAful in ibis fanciful, but elegant trifling of his leisure hours, lie has chosen i for his theme the events which led to tliepos*1 session of Ireland by Knglsnd in the twelfth ; century, and as has always been Ihe fact, flinr# ikm rlava *vf Va. ...I ii.l_n md downfalls of ntn and empirfi, a ! women is tbe csuse of all. Dermot. King of (.mister, seizes and car ries off Dovorgilda, wife of Ororic, who in re- J •uni attacks Dermot and drive* him out of the kingdom. He applies to Henry of England for succor, and ravages hit kingdom, which he consents to bold 10 vassalage, under the i cr#*n of England Henry availed himself' this claim, and through it achieved tbe en •ire conquest of Ireland This outline Hr. Adam* haa wrought tip to • beautiful moral, illustrating the trite, hut a* be conserves, false maxim, that History ia Philosophy, teaching by examplei an aphor wfcuoh It* aaya baa made a greater fortune in the world than it deeervea. •• History, aa it should be writtee and read, is the school of morals, teaching aemetuues by example, hut . much more frequently by a<tm*wi/Mn.” To test tbu truth, says Mr A •• I would aek tlie young men and women of my native country, I who may charge an idle evening with the pr rueal of tbe Miury uhirh I now dedicate to j them, What son d[»kifs*s/iAy would lie taught hy tbe rxmmpU t4 Henry the 3d of England, or of Dermot Mac Morrogh, which resulted in lb# eenqueet of Ireland**' He adds, with a well deserved sneer, •• David Hume passes for a yhafasapiirW htfonin." That correction of a false notion of the ns ••*• hielevy, so it haa heretofore been writ •eu, ie worthy the attention of a man even aa diMtngwisbed and as grave as is Mr. Adams, •"d he haa, perhaps, chosen the beet possible vehicle for illustrating it. Tbi* ie no other * ben the studiedly negligent meeeure, eele bested in the Itslits schools of poety, but flrat awoeeaa/ui/y engrsfed mto the English lan gusgw by Lord Byron, in bis inimitable Uep P° »«d Den Je*n« the Inst s poem of more geewsa, In eue own concept ion, than Milton's vp.c, and of unsurpassed nebneee in dehesev •• ssdisnt foney sad truth te nature We m> nothing of its immoralities, but of ds fewer* Mr Adams has tneoeaofufly followed ibis mo del sue which seems meet easy of imitation, and yet w most difficult I* hae been redeem ed in the peeseat instance from every thing offensives wb*eb five# so much point to hi. roe's mttest for it in much oeoier te be swarf, ▼ben you disregard decency, than it w to be ; witty and ssvere, without being, ia the slight < **’ degree, indecent or rude- In bo nruuit ' •pplicable to poetry, is there so slight * shade, las in tbia. between the sublime and the rs i diculous There is scarcely a mu Idle ground ' of mediocrity, and it will either excite adnn-! | ration or disgust as it ia euccessfuily or tin ' j successfully attempted. It iaa form uf poe ,r> "hich we have always preferred to all , others, for embodying at onoe the grave and gay, the lively and severe, the trifling and .pathetic. Mr. Adams lias certainly been sue I cessful in it. Tliere w not much effort at the I imaginative or pathetic, but the satire is deli-1 : cate, polished, and severe, and the friends of the distinguished author hava no cs.ise to re-} gret that be has condescended to trifle with i a few of hia leisure hours, and baa given tbe results to tbe world. In his preface, Mr. Adams says:—•• The subject waa well adapted to the composition of an historical tale, and as such I deliver it to the judgment of my country. It ia intend ed also as a moral tale, teaching the citizens of these States, of both sexes, tbe virtues of conjugal fidelity, of genuine piety, and of de votion to their country, by pointing the Anger of scorn at the example six hundred years since exhibitrd,of a country sold to a f .reign invader by the joint agency of vi.>Ui«-,| mar. riage vows, unprincipled ambition, and reli gioua imposture." Foreign. FUN LRU, OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. from the /Mi nhu i» Coumnt. Yesterday, Sept. the honored remains ofSirW’alter Scott were consigned to the tnmh,amid the unfeigned regret uf thousands Never perhaps was tlie esteem in which this trulv great man was held more conspicuous-' ly displayed than on this melancholy occasion.I We understand that cards lisd tw.'n ,i ,, nearly ."500 person*, who almost all attended, it being deemed an honor to he present at the funeral obsequies of so distinguished a character, tine o'clock was the hour fixed on for the time of meeting, and f<*r about an hour afterwards carriages of different sorts, and gentlemen on horseback, continued to arrive from Edinburgh, Peebles, Selkirk, iia | lashtels, Melrose, Jedburgh, and other parts of the surrounding country. The company baring partaken of refreshments, adjourned to the library, where they heard an eloquent and affecting prayer from Principal Baird; and a little after two o'clock tbe melancholy procession, consisting of carriages, numerous other vehicle*, and horsemen, began to move , from Abbotsford, and proceeded through the | towns of Daniick and Mrlrose, and by the Ely Bridge to Dryburgh Abbey. A* the long funeral tram passed through the rdlsgcs and , ItiTTileu, one universal feeling of deep sorrow ( prntdrd all classes (.roups of people were assembled at different parts of the road, and | on elevated points from which s view could , be obtained Moat of them were in mourn- , >ng» and many standing uncovered. The de cency, propriety, and reverential silence', which was observed, gave a very impressive . character to the scene In passing through ] the towns, those respectful observances were ( still more striking The streets of Melrose | were lined on both sides with the inhabitants in mourning and uncovered The shops of this and other towns were shut; the sign!, boards were covered with black; the aged*, and the lame came forth to pay their last tri-; bute to departed worth; and along the many | miles of picturesque country which the pro- | cession had to traverse, the ensigns of sorrow were every where displayed; these were the | unbought and voluntary testimonies to the private virtues of the deceased, from those , among whom he had1 lived, and by whom he 1\ was best known. At Dryburg Abbey, the1, body, on being taken from the hearse, was | borns by hit own domestics to the grave,,, they having specially requested that no fo-, reign hand should he allowed to touch the re-( mains of a master so honored and beloved.— < The pell bearer* were— Heat! \ M»jor Sir \\ alter Scott. Right Isft. CharlesS^tt, Esq. J. C.. l.oekhart, F.tq. ! Second Sou of drrosxd. Soit-m-laa of deceas'd Charles Scott, Esq. James Scott, Kao. |« Nesbitt, Cousin. Nesbitt, Cousin, 1 1 \\ m Scott, P.*| Rot it. Rutherford, Esu. 1 of Haetiiirn, Cousin. VV. H., Cousin. ; i Col. Russell, Hugh Scott, Esq. | f>i Asbicstrcl, Cousin. of Hank'd. Foot f» Krith, K**|. of Ef1tab«ir&li. A jyrsrulw.n of Sir \\ alter Scott, a xin of Air. l^cktiMi, waa also present. Before the bwljr waa committed to the! earth, the English Burial Service waa read by ! the Bev J, William*, Rector of the Kdmhurg Academy A little psai fire in the afternoon the laat office* were performed The effect 1 of the scene was at t hie time impreaeive, far,1 beyond what any word* can convey, and in I consideration of the genius and intellectual 1 powers of the deceased, hie wit, hta elo quence, hie fancy, we could not help think ing of hi* own beautiful worris: “ 1 bey v|..-p with him who deep* below.’* The spot in winch Sir Walter Scott is laid i* in the north wing of the splendid min of Dry burgh Abbey, now, alasf containing a mors splendid nun than itself. Here is laid the body of |.*dy Scott, and also that of his uncle. The situation is secluded ami roman tic, and nails congenial to ail the ideas sf the i deceased. Among those present around the grave at the time of the interment, were l.ords Mel ville and Nap.er, Sir W M»e. Mr Thoa Dick, Lauder, Sir John Pringle, s,r John Hay, M. P . Hit David Krskme, Colonel O'Hedly, Cel. Aeoit, Major Riddel, Mi Pringle of W bit bank, Mr Pringle of Clifton, Mr Richard son, solicitor, London, Mr Ogdry of Cites-1 ter, M. Monypenny, W, s , Mr Thomas Thomson, advocate, Mr, W Clerk, advo cate, Mr Urquhart, a«ivocate. Mr. Htnith,' banker, P.dmt>urgh, Mr Bruce of I.angler. Mr. Sprutt of Riddell, Mr Douglas* of A.I- j deratonr, Mr Hadhe. younger of Jsrtiawood, Mr Scott of Sinton, Mr fait holm of < ha pel, j Dr .Clarkson, Mr. II Cadsll, Edinburgh, Rev. Dr Dicksno, Edinburgh, Mr Raid, hi* Majesty's arrhitaet, lie. Wt understand that Sir Walter's head waa opened on Sunday, ami that the left able ef the brain waa found m a a»-ft state, and that there ware globules of water under the left lobe, appearances which fully accounted for all the fatal symptom* by which he hae been sflLcted. The present Sir Walter Scott, who sue rents to the baronetcy, ie now in h»s thirty, second year, and major of the !5tb, *r King’s| Hussars, commanded hy l ieutenant < of--net Urudeosll, quartared at M awe basic f la IS-.’ j h« married Jane, daughter and sole heiress of John Johann, P.«q an opulent Scottish mrKMiit, with which lady, report affirmed at the time, the gallant officer received a for tune of 460,000. On Monday a preliminary meeting ef some of the friend a and admirers of sir Waiter Scott waa held in the Koysl Society Rooms, for the purpose of arranging a public thee ling to consider what national tribute of respect' wuuld be the moat approprieta to tha memo-1 ry of our illustrious country man A commit-1 tee *»t appointed to draw up resolutions for i the consideration of the public meeting, and to hx the day so as to enable persons from I different parts of Scotland to attend. This' preliminary meeting,though hurriedly called: and nreessanly limned in number, indicated tlie universality’ ol the feeling of admiration' of the grains and respect for tha memory of; Sir W ^Iter Scott—being cmn|>nsed of persons of very various walks in life, and of tha most opposite political views Among those pre •enl, we observed,besides the i.ord Provost, who was called to the cliair, llaron Hume, Sir James tiihson Craig, Sir Thomas Lauder Dick, Mr. Mackenzie, Deputy Keeper of the Signet, Mr Thomas Thompson, Clerk of, Session, Mr. Skene of Kobislaw, Mr. Robin son. Secretary of the Royal Society, Prona tors llcll, W allace, Pilhtus, ke. ke. I Scotsman. NAPOLEON’S MOTHER. Ilcr Will i» tha aubjert of conversation in ill societies at Rome. The following are the most remarkable bequests which have traus |un d: » A legacy of 50,000 piastres to the mother' jf the Duke of Reichatsdt. lbO.Oou piastres to each of her tons and: daughters, A very considerable legacy for a pious and. migmtii e%TAr>ii*iivnent %\ Home, under the lirection of the trnum ntary executors. I he Mont de Piete, of Home, to be the eceptacle at the time of Madame I.etitia** Jrath, of hrr diamond* and other valuable ef fect*, which are valued at least at ten millions :>f Itoman piastres. A legacy in money or jewel*, to the a mount of 1 o€5 seipiins, at the choice of each jf the teatamentary executor*. _ All the remainder «»f her property, in fur sjture, income, plate, diamonds, jewellery, picture*, and precious effect* of all kinds, is willed to the eldest, or JiJci eotnmit, of the ’xnsessor or tenant, w ho must be the direct male descendant from Napolrwn If there ihuuld be two aon* of the same age in stain me. coming from father to son, both will be :<>me tenants or possessors of tbe majority, abich is to remain in the family of Napoleon intil the extinction of the descendants of tbe hflerent brothers In ca*e of tbe entire extinction of the male ine of Napoleon (the children of the daugh era being excluded), tbe property—valued, ill expenses and legacies being deducted at 15,000,000 of Homan piastre* (about three nillionssterling)—will become the exclusite iroperty of tha capital of Corsica, with the starvation of the legacy of 50 00O piastre* or the boya born of tbe female line of Napo eon. The Cardinal Fetch, brother of Madame ^.etit:a, the Cardinal of Home, and Torlonis, he banker, have been appointed teatamenta ■y executora. Tha body of Madame I.etitia is directed to ie transported irom Home to Ajaccio, where ler anna are to erect a monument, bearing hit inscription—•• To the Mother of Napo eon.” A legacy of 30 000 piastres ia given to the Mtion*I church of St. I.ouis of the French, or tbe perpetual celebration, by the dignita tea of the Church, «>f a Mass to be sung tlai y, and a solemn service for the anniversary >f the deaths of the Kmperor Napoleon and dadame I.etitia. The day her mortal remains will be taken roni Home to be conducted to Ajaccio, do nations are to be given to the poor* the 26 Curates of this town are each to have 100 pi istre* for thia purpose. Madame l^tiiia has ; lesired, in her will, her sons, and Cardinal Ketch, who possesses an immense fortune, I md the most rare collection of pictures, to ( sake their testamentary dispositions in fa ror of tbe direct line mentioned in her will, n order that the name of Napoleon may abino it the bead of their family, and retain tho re «■«. mivi aiiva vi tucir lunnrr .UiMcellaMeoHH. from be JJvre tit Cctit-rl t’n. TIIF. EXECUTIONER OF PARIS. "An executioner can never be fairly ipprcciated, because he i* covered with i veil of external prejudice. At hie same people shudder and draw closer ogether, as if listening to a ghost eto 7 in the great hall of a Gothic Castle. I he name is associated with blood and nurder. • * * * • " 1 had long anxiously desired to be icquainte'd with this terrible function* try. I was anxious to see him in his >wn house, and surrounded by his farm v—to hear him apeak of his dreadful futies, and utter sounds of human lan guage. knowing no one who could in* ifo<lnee me to him, I determined to in* troduce myself, and ane morning bent my step*, not indeed without emotion, towards the I/ueJet .Marias.tu Temple, “Arrived at Nu. 31 bit, I saw that it was a small house protec let) by iron railings, whose interstices closed by wood prevented the eye from penetra ting into the interior. There is no opening to the railings; the entrance to the sanctuary is through a small { door contiguous to them, on the right, aide ot which there its bell. In the1 middle of tho door an iron slit, like t thor.c at the poet offices, receives (be 1 letters sent by tint 1’iocureur Gencial to tha executioner. “I gently rung tha bell; the door was opened, ami a tall athletic young mao. about thirty yeara of age, polite* ly in«|«ired what I wanted. *.\lr. Ilenry Sanson,* said f, in a trembling! voice. 1 bis individual was one ot the executioner*# assistants. "Among other accredited errors regarding the executioner in France, is sn idea that tha office it perpetual in the same family, and the son obliged to succeed the father. No such thing. No man who has not undergone the sentence of a court of justice can, at a period when the fewest citizen enjoy* hi* civil and political rights, be forced to embrace any profession against his will. Another cause must be found to account fur the son always reaping the bloody inheritance of his father. •4'rhe executioner lives in a state of exclusion from societv. He can asso ciate, out of bis own family, with none but executioners. Is it his fault if you have made him a man apart from other men? Would you give him your daugh ter in marriage, or seek to become hie son-in-law ? Would you admit him in to your house ? Would not his arrival at any place where you might be, raise throughout your frame the same kind of shudder as if you were in tha Jar din drt Planlet,tnu\ the lion had broken loose ? and yet be is a man, as well as you—and equally in want of friend- < ship and love, which he can demand i only from those circumstanced as he is. i He and his are like a family of Chau dalas in the aiidat of a cummunty of Bramins. |, 44 Do not believe, however, that the*' oflice oi executioner can ever want an occupant. W hen Monsieur de Versailles died some years ago, without issue,'i lk,ra H*ra a kiinilr.il •».! —M _ application* for hia office. 'BS. of the ( candidates were old soldiers, several of them butchers. This fact leads to a horrible doubt. Can it be possible that all men are qualified fur such an office, and that familiarity with blood is alone wanting ? “I return to my visit. “1 was usheied into a small room, where I saw a man about sixty, with a countenance beaming with mildness ind candour, amusing himself at the! fiiano. This was the executioner ? 14 In the same room was his son, a roung man of three or four aod thirty,* with light hair, and a mild timid look. l>o his knee sat a girl ten or twelve t ears old, lovely as an angel, remark* iile for the beauty and nobleness of her leatures, and their expression of artless vivacity. She was his daughter. **This family picture struck me for- J cibly ; and Sanson must have perceiv ed it. The lactis, that without sharing in the prejudice ut the multitude, I had nevertheless, formed an idea very dif i lerent from what was now before me. ' That little girl, above all—she stranga- i ly bewildered me. I could have wish-j ed that nothing so beautiful might have been found there ; it was like sun light on a thunder cloud, or a rose rising in its beauty between the stones of sepul>! ihrt. { 44 For several years past, M. Sanson the younger has performed duties of his father's office. Destined, for rea-, ions which I have already explained,! to succeed to that office, he is serving ' his apprenticeship of blood under the j eye ot the latter, who is obliged to be present at every execution—-for the law knows no other thao him, and he is personally responsible for all that passes. 44 M. Sanson received me like a man • of the world, without embarrassment or affectation, and politely inquired the obiect of mv visit. Mv llnrt r»>. I I dy prepared. I was writings work on j judicial punishments, and relying upon i his obliging disposition, had taken the | liberty of applying to him for informs tion. The amiable manner in which lie teplied, that all the information he Ksseesed waa at my service, made me tl quite et home. I did not there fore confine my questions to the avow ed object,& in a conversation of nearly two hours, 1 had an opportunity of ob- i< serving the sound judgment and pun- jl tv of mind of Afomieur de f’arit. *• M. Sanson did not attempt to die guise how acutely he felt the stigma attached to the situation, liut he sup ports it, not like a acorncr, but a phi losopher. One thing struck m* particularly.— !< He had often resorted to hit snuff-box. 1 without once altering it to me. This i departure from the established custom i of snuff-takers surprised me. On s sudden, mechanically, indeed, and'i without thought, end while absorbed i in conversation, I offered him a pinch i from my but. He raised hie baud inti taken of refusal, with anexpreesion et , countenance impossible to describe, , but which sent a chill through me.— i Unhappy maa! a recollection ef the , * 1 he umiutMM t4 this mm'i sur r'*S® '* •*>*•»*• h»t romantic A v (hm.| m<I ***er braMlt(ulfii|,ih« rfaugl.im fa1 Khlw«rt uf Ptrii, »**<tun* p»w ),,, feWr't br#<*n,f«ll .In *» b In tow » <tli Mm, aitbo*i< knowing a Ho «a« Oi. Ai«eo*eriaf lb* Arrwtfnl «rrrrt, bar paa-t.t, I l« rnn.W tin* Mutnntn VlitlimrM, 1 »H't an U*1T. rtuall*. Itix 4h> Wramr .tangrriaiat) ill, and uotiM, m A.»iM. bn** ib**t, bad Ml tba prnn.l,«* brr* oimoM, tb<- »awmm ..an amt (or, I ***T ewStb IVii am m*> AH* Of rotfjn^nl a*na«»*t Tu ndW .4 rm*. j V"Tr * jy*.! ** krU,r r44 '**«• •**•» «f iw Art* ot tlw H tyal Cm* M th* rWrr bat Inoonmarn^ .Uu*btn*-,,„,„«,k.M* for tbair *|***«f IMi OM«t their] ritanot***. an.I nf.fa *.»«* _ ** tlwU >11 fain, t md l«fr|t {it I* mafia «a , brW rniml. *. —m o, pb* .w.T j tbcw li*u in Mngta UcuHans f P«*» brought the bleod tingling to hi* finger*’ cud*! M. Sanson delight* in conversation, probably because he has read much and with profit. He haa an extensive and well choaen library, which, in hit house, is not merely ornamental. His book*, indeed, are his only society ; with their lid he can escape irom embarrassment ind humiliation, cooverae with matter minds, obtain recreation from hit hor rible duties, consolation for the scorn t»f hit fellow men, repose for his days, ind slaep for his nights. 44 Excluded from living society, hit intercourse is with the great of past igrs:—he can look on them without a ihudder—they died not bv his hand! “Among the works were two which [ littlo expected to find there,—the works of M. de Maistre,and Lt dernier Pun Condamme. u The library furnished me with a lopic of conversation which I was glad to avail myself of. Until then the con versation had flagged; I had felt a deli :acv in pressing him with questions, ind he, with the tset which character zea him, avoided speaking on any sub let not immediately connected with nis office. But the moment we touch til upon literature, he yielded ms an sntire confidence; the constraint h# lad imposed upon himself disappeared. He laid down principles and discussed >pinions like a man well acquainted 1 aL. iL. ... t . •-* V 1. ■uwjtv.i, nun iiuiwuniiinuini; :ertain literary heresies, arising from he want of an elementary education, ie gave decisions that would have lone honor to a member of the Acade nv of inscriptions. " One would have supposed that the 1 lature ot hit office, and the descrip- : jon of persona with whom it brings' lim in connexion, must have extin- I fished in him all human feelings;, |uite the reverse—they have develo >«d the most acute sensibility. The nan, who coldly inspects the prepara-1 ions for an execution, raises piece by i >iece the dreadful instrument of death, • nls the ropes, and tries the edge of he knife with his finger, cannot re train his tears when you remind him >f any past execution. He raises his roieft with energy against the punish ment of death, developcs with anima ion the means which might efficacious ly be substituted for it—and on the day >f execution he may be seen as pale as Icath,refusing food, and overcoma with eelings of disgust and horror. “ He relateuto ms some curious an-, redotes concerning the last moments ' »f certain celebrated criminals. I; ihall not record them here. Amid1 acts sometimes affecting, sometimes' >urte»f|Ue, such tales are painful—they ire like the smiles ef a corpse on a gibbet. I shall only mention why tbe icaflbld and guillotine are now taken lown immediately after an execution. Formerly they remained standing, tbe spring which put the knife into action >eing fastened by a padlock. ** In 1797, after an execution, the executioner and hia assistants had re ired to the first floor of a cabaret, situ itrd at the angle formed bv the I'lace le Oreve and the Quai Pelletier.— rhey were talking and drinking, per taps laughing. Some one knocked at he door. It was a work mao,who came, *• said, to beg that M. Sanson would end him the key ot the guillotine. A ourneyman barber had just been taken n the act of stealing a watch, and tbe >eople, in their love of summary jus ice, na*i Hoisted him upon the scaffold, lird him to the fatal plank, slid him under the knife, and but for the pre caution taken, hit head would have >een already off. The executioner, who had opened the doer himself, re- J [died, that M. Sanson was just gone ' »u(, and had taken the key with nnn, ' >ut would return in n couple ef hoora. rhere waa, therefore, ne reinedy but to wait. Hr degrees the crowd began to disperse, hut the mau derated to leatli was left lying under the axe.— At last, and after a lapse of time, eve ry minute of which must have appear 'd an hour, he was released. Nothing :an give an adequate idea of hit feel*' ngs, nor of the agony he suffered du-J ’ing this novel species of alow torture. *‘l.eas from a motive ef eurioaitv han to remind M. Sanson of the pro*, eased ebjeet of my visit, I begged him • show me the room which contained he instruments formerly used in the nfliction of judicial torture. The eight »f this outturn filled me with horror.' [>ne thing in this conservatory of aur-t Jer, is worths of mention: it waa the •word with which the hlarquia de I.atle was decapitated. The weapon was manufactured on pvirunee, end eeeeral tilMri were made before one could be •©nod fit for the purpose. ** At that period whenever any re* [ markable execution took place, the’ roung l<erds of the ceurl were in the liabtt ef atandiag upon Ike platferm ef the scaffold, jest as they were arena tomed, la the evening, to seat them •elves upon the benches, which, in those days sterol upon the stage, at theatres. On the day ef M. da (.ally's execution, thooo spectators were more numerous than usual; and one of the w—t eager to eajoy the speetacte, ac cidentally struck the arm of theeie cutiooer at the moment the latter waa balancing tha murderous steel, previ ously to striking tha fatal blow. Th* ■hock caused the weapon to deviate I from a right line, and, instead nt striking tha nape of tha neek, it fell upon tha head of tha victim, which it penetrated, and stopped at the jaw.— ;The sword waa notched by coining in contact with the tooth, ard an assist* ant ot the executioner waa obliged to ! terminate the tragedy w ith a cutlass!— l held tha fatal sword in my hand, anil i ®*wr that a tooth might easily have caused the notch. Another anecdote may not here be out of plare, “About the year 1750, in the middle of the night, three yeuog men belong ing to that high class of ths nobility which had then a monopoly for break ing windows, insulting street passen gers, and boating ths guard, and which would fain have revived, altar too long an interval, the gar, extravagant and insolently aristocraiical manners of the regency—were strolling down the fau bourg St. Martin, after supper, laugh ing and talking under the influence ol' sparkling champaigne. “On thsir arrival at the Rue St. Nicholas, they heard tha aouad of in struments, and the inuaie was of so lively a character that it cauld not but indicate a hearty bourgeoise dance.—• now fortunate! it would enable them to pass pleasantly the remainder of the night. “One of them knocked at the door; it waa opened by a polite, well dress ed man. “The young lord hastened to ex plain the motive of this unseasonable visit. “The gentleman, with frigid po liteness,declined their company. 'This is a family party,* said he, 'and no stranger can be admitted.9 “ ‘You are wrong,9 said the yoong nobleman, • we belong to the court, and we are doing you great honor in condescending to join tout partr. “ ‘Once more, gentlemen, I’ must refuse your offer, neither of yen know the person you are addressing, or you would be at anxious to withdraw as you are new importunate to be admit ted.9 '*' Excellent, upon my honor!9 said the most eager and the wildest of the party, 'and who the devil are your* “ ‘ I am the executioner of Paris.* *' ' Ha! ha! ha! What, is it you who cut ofT heads, break limbs npon the wheal, make nerves crack upon the wooden horse, and tortura poor devils so agreeably?* “ Softly, gentlemen. Such, indeed, are the duties of my office; butllcavo these mattera to my deputioa. It ia only when a man of quality—a young lord, like either of you, gentlemen— ia subjected to the penalties of the law, that I do execution with my own hand.9 “The individual who addressed tho executioner was the Marquis de Lally. who, twenty years afterwards, died in the hands of the same man upon whose office lie was then exercising hia powers of raillery. “When I quitted Sanson, after n long visit,during which ! had lost sight of his situation in hit *ociaty—-prompt ed by that natural warmth of feeling which urges os to make advances to those who please us—I instantly held out my hand to him. Ho drew beck with a look of surprise and confusion. “ The snuff box occurred to mv re collection, and I fully understood his thoughts. 'I he hand which come* in daily contact with crime, dart not press that of an honest man.'* -«cer ere Th»* German T rines Muskau observes in bis travel*—** Me are greatly indebted to the distmgtmhed A men* an, VVuhmttun Irvine, t«*r hi* life of Colombo* It w * beautiful tribute t<. the great navigator, brought from the land nhjrh he gave to the civilised world, Kiel whieh appear* tu be the U»t station traversed by the cycle of human per feet wa lulity DumnvjJin, the famous phy«iri*«i, being at the point of death, surrounded by a number of phyiteiy.*, who were deploring the lo*a of him, said to throe “ Continue® | leave be hind me three great phyurian* " Rrint; pr>-«*e<l l<i name them by Mvsrsl, each of » bom bettered hmiMlf to be one of the three, he rrplird, "Mater, «ssrcis*t aad simple food ’*— \Ia Cerrle. The Vtsentnle de Nugent (not of the Ix*r1 of I.diet,) a young French author, who has distinguished himself by the royalism <4 hi* work*, wwa ad lodged the other day ;n Far* to a considerable for and sight month** uepri ion ms nt. Tbn t a<«unt being on ths point of marriage with Mxli *<<>iwlh ds KinM, a young lady of r«*»>d family, their lints w»* triumphantly Solesauuud ths very 4sy after •rulriM-e «n passed, and »H« loyal young couple will r ussrsfyuently pot the hnwesmooti •ml ta<»-third* of ths first year of thstr mar* riaga, to prison. I »dy r>-he tag a»h«u) wh»t tU thought of h>mg l.eopuld's marriage by the three nitt. Ciw, ( atholw. and I other an, replug •• Hh.r did not know, uoIsm it was to *bsw ha had evtry right to bs married " ^•*1 fVWIdr, last.—(roekstf, at on# of the Fresidevd'a f eve#* at M *«hu<g1os. w»« n*ered an Ire, After tasting it, hs nhwper ed to n gentleman near him. " Ths eresan ■ very sweat. but Ww mortified ths Gsasrti wauld hs J hs kfos w at wm frfmr