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VOL. XXVI.
_ CHABLE8TOWX, JEFFERSON COIKTY, THIR8DAY, JLXE SO, 1833.
- - NO. 17.
ri auian, «uui, mr
jrojy>v w. aMM^anmwt.
CONDITIONS.
TWO DOLLABB A PUT If OTS.
PER -LAAT7.1/,
Tar able half yearly; bul Two Dot.lsb.
will be received as payment iu full, tf paid
entirely in advance. Whenever payment is
deferred beyond the expiration of the year,1
interest will be charged.
ADVERTISING.
The terms of advertising, are : For a square
or less, $1, for threo insertions—larger ones
iTi^the same proportion. Each continuance,
Hi reols per «quare.
€3^ All advertisements not ordered for a
specific time, will be continued until forbid,
•mi charged accordingly.
•f. .If. MMTXtfMME/EtMSJRy
ATTOHNBY AT LAW,
WILL pmrUre m the Superior and In
ferior Courts of Loudoun and Jctler-'
son. The transaction of all business commit- !
ted to bi* management a ill be characterised 1
by the strictest attention and punctuality.
Ilia r»*Ti 'IS ia nt> \l a rb..l I-d
April It*, 1803_tf.
DISSOLUTION.
fpilE co-partnership heretofore (listing
1. under the firm of Rupert k liowiuhr,'
was dissolved by tn itual cuneot oo the 1st
hist. All persons indebted, are requested to
rone forwarl and entile their re«p«».inedues
with (J. 11 Kupi rt, up m whom it has de
volved to close the concern.
Id. II. RUPERT, *
U KOW.NSLAU.
May 30, 1S33—Ct.
O. H. BVPBIT
RF.SPF.CTFI’LI.Y informs his friends i'll
the public, that he has just rcceiva.*,,
at the old stand, a supply of
UoodK*
*Wch makes his assortment good. He is
determined to sell cheep, and bogies by strict \
attention to merit a share of public patronage.
Southfield, May 30, 1833.
SUk Uat». 'j
FOUR cases very elegant black am! white !
Katin Beaver lists, just received and for
by J. F. IIAMTltAMCK.
Shepherdstown, May 30, 1833.
FES Mi.
A K Barrels No. 1, Bounty
Herrings, (firstrun,)
10 bbls. Susquehannih Shad,
trimmed and untrimmed.
0 bbl«. North Carolina Shad, trimmed and
untrimmed. IO bbls. No. 1 and 3 Mackerel,
just received and for sale by
J. F. IIAMTRAMCK.
Shepherdstown, May 30, 1?33.
Fancy .Erticlen, E*criUntc
rv, 4V.
Finger rings,
Ear do.
Breast Pins
Music Boxes
Pan-knives
Prisms
Spy Glasses
Lotauical Glasses
Silver Pencils
Steal Chains
Bead Purses
44 Reticules
Reads, a great variety
Flutes arid Fife*
Flageolets <
Scissors
Laeifer Matches - ]
Percussion Cap*
Raxors and Monas ;
Tweexers
Pocket Books
Stiver Thimbles
[ Tooth bnt«hcs —
' Cards and Violins
> liomiautt
; Dice
; Pencil Cases
! Ivory Combs
! Court Planter
• Snuff-boacs
[ Naples,
lloie,
| I.afayctte, rSOAP
Castile and
f Windsor
! Hou^e
Aromatic Salta
Indiau Ink
Water Colours
Flesh Brushes
Cloth *•
llair **
Fiuk Saucers, fce.
ixtuuii, auu ior ui« DJ
ADAM VOUNO, Jr.
II»rprr»*Frrry, April Uo, 1933.
rmzsm MEDxonrxs. &a ~
f\ ALOMEI.
v/ Camphor
Opium
Cantor Oil
Cantharide*
Quinine
On® Mjrrlt
Lima Bark
Cream Tartar
Spirit Nitre
Garlegant** Balsoua
8*aim’» Panarea
Syrup Sarsaparilla
Balsam Fir
Colrhirum*
Chloride l.ime
Warn Syrup
Balsam Copavia
Piperine
Keener'* Powder* \
| Max ton'»J
. Henry** v M&gneaia
* Me Kim’*3
; hull'a T
: l*f.ry Pad VTnuiu
I Common )
! Sweet Oil
Kpxom Salta
Thermometer*
White well Opodeldoc 1
Cayenne Pepper
Turkey Itbulmb
Seidliia Powder*
Cunt Renoin
White Precipitate
Sugar l.c :•«!
rhamotmle
Tapio« a
Pearl Burly
Jalap
Tn-cttcr with a general and large assort
ment of all article* connected with the Drug
business, on hand and for tale by
ADAM YOU NO, Pr ltr*ggut.
llarpers-Fcrry, April 23, i“S3.
run ratrrrs, *o. *o. ~
OKANDES,Lemons. IUuim,Fi|*,(iraprt,
Dates, Prunes, Currants, Suit anna, Co- ■
rot Nuts, Almonds, Filberts, tJrmwl Peas,'
fata Plata, Dinger Nuts, Englolt Walnuts,
l.tqqeeioi) Paste, Jujube Paste, Capers, An
* ho riot, Scotch Herring-, Crackers, CHeron, l
Chocolate Drops, Boa Ions, Tamarinds, Cor
dials, Cigars, Tobacco, Mocgjpoy, Scotch and
lUppee Ktiuff—Spices, ConfertioiMiry. a large ,
assortment—Wince, liquors, hr. gr. on hand
and for sole, by ADAM YOUNG, Jr.
tfmjgiit.
Harpers Ferry, April 23, 1833.
Cart* Jt JPlanghn.
JHAVP. one good two-horse Wagon, two
Carta, ten of Davis' celebrated Ploughs,
assorted sizes. Also, one strong and neat
barouche for sole.
H. T. TOWNER.
Bhepherdstown, April |M, 1833.
IiHMWi bn4 Orange* «!
JUST received by
H KEYES I
ChM?WteTf, June 13, 1833.
MARTINSBUftG. VIRGINIA,
iron «n4 Bmm Foundry.
HAVING completed and in ope rut ion, *
Ci rOLM FLR.V.1CF., with water pow
er, I would iuform all who may be wanting
Castings, by the too or smaller quantity, that
they can be supplied, on the shortest ootiee,
wah castings of ahnost any diniensiona or
pattern., at my works, where will be kept
Hollow ware, Stoves with Hipe,fi„nslb
etl complete, Mould- Hoardsfor plougfis,
tf'a^on Harrs, well finished, (insultJ
of all sizes ; all at as low prices as can be
had at the common large furnaces.
All patterns sent to this Establishment shall
be csrefullv preserved for the owner's use i
entirely, if desired.
C/*i>ld broken Iron, Brass and Copper,'
lakou in payment. i
EDWARD A GIBBS, i
Martinsburg, May 1:0, 1^33.
WATCH MAKING, j
THE subscriber respectfully informs his
friends aud the public generally, that he :
has engaged a competent and stead* hand to :
repair all kinds of CLOCKS and WATCHES, I
and hope*, by strict attention to that hrancli
— w lurm a uiaic ui l»u0lie pa- I
trouagc. 1
surer WVrrf, •WetreUery^S'e. \
AM Lind, of silver work made to order a*
formerly, on the shortest notice. ||« has’re
reived a hand-one addition to hi* former stock
of Wilfhe* and Jeweller; , all of the mo»t
modern style, which ho offer, on ncromtno.
daliu' t. run. lie re-peetftdly invites his
fnend* and patron, to call and see hi* assort
ment. CHARLES Cl. STEWART.
Charlestnwn, June 6, 1-J3_3t.
o iv»; o iv*; o iv*;
9IAIIF. subscriber respectfully informs hi*
Jl friend* and the public generally, that
he will male
GRAIN CRAOL5S,
Mowing Snead*. fc.c. at Mr. Samuel Strider's
hlai 1-•faith shop, on Elk Rranch, near the
Old Furnace, lie hat on hand the best of
timber from last scar.
BENJAMIN KNOTTS.
June ti, 1p33_3t.*
*V.f.SO.VlC.
CrpiIE annivoesary of Ft. John the Baptist,
4* will be celebrated by Amicable Lodge
No. 155, at HniekersvHte, l.uudouu conniv/va.
on Monday the‘>4<|| 0f j,,,*., «*, wt,ic|, occasion
an oration will be ilrlisercd by llr. James ti.
ItaooKH, in compliance with a request «f the
committee, after winch, in compliance with a
simitar request, a sermon willbe (Mitered b% ihe
Rct. |tr. J. F. Jari-sox.
The member* of the SmithfMJ, Winchester,
Harperw-Ferry an.I Warrmi.'w laatge*, with all
other brethren iu tegular Mandit.j;, err invited to
attend. WM. M’KNIGHT.
W51. M’UlLLOt’GII.
JOHN M’KMGIIT,
H. T. CONRAD,
If. ELLIOTT,
• M-*v 9, IC.I (\mmjtict.
•W.tSO.VMC.
THE ensuing anniversary of Kt. John the
Baptist, will be celebrated by Equality
LxKlge, No! 13G, in Martin-burg, Vs. on Mon
day the :14th day of June next. All the neigh
boring Lodges and all brethren in rc sulfur
standing, are respectfully invited to attend.
t;NAHLEA JAM. FAULKNER. .
GRIFFIN TAYLOR,
PETER GARDNER,
EDMUND Y. HUNTER,
IfAMKIHoN WAITE,
Commit Itr sf. Irranynmmt.
May 23, 1*33.
TIIE
GLOBE TAVERN,
•it iu nr f.rs- ferry, f.i.
( fM .'Jftuiutl xih-St.)
19 prepared to accommodate, in the most
agreeable manner, company travelling to
and from this piece. The Hou»e is spacious,
and has recently undergone various repairs,
a>H]ing to it* convenience and agrerahlcne**.
The public generally *hall receive the mo*t
»ati<*fartory uriw-nuxistioni, and a grnrroo*
»»>pj»ort l* confidently etprrtrd hr thnr hum
ble *crvant, J«»lIN FITZSIMMONS.
May 16. lttH_tf.
N. It.—Private fjimltr*. travelling, ran be
accommodated. J. F.
SFKINO GOODS.
Hl'MPHItF.Y KF.YF.S m oow receiving
and opening, hi*
Spring fJootfii,
Purchased ainre tbe deprcMiun to the price*
of many article*.
tharlcvtown, May 9, t^33.
P. aubacribeni have hot received from
ha Ro a bury Forge, P#nn«y|vania, Fif
ty ion* of IKON, well anorln! and of a *upe.
nor quality, which they are olfering on ac
cOmiGodai.i.H Vcrm«.
TItO** C. T.ANr, k CO.
Shepherd*town, March JH, 1 "33.
i'OK SUiLBi,
AT PRIVATF. CONTRACT, on a credit
of nine month*, taro young
Hidui tiorueui
ono by Oroectioa. 5 yaar* old thi* «pring; the
other by Rattler, 3 year* old lhi**pnng—both
thorough-bred AI*o, Mvcral vaiuaole work
ffor»t», Mart* if Co/h, Cattle 4* Sherp.
Apply to WM. Z. SINCLAIR.
• Near Mepheraon * Mill
.leflV r*on county. May 23, 1933 —41.
_ FoetUmi.
Fr»« rV.\ew Turk . tnrn'cxtM,
The fain wing t lurhing line* arc ln»m tl»c pra j
of / nrtJ.i /f /jf<, and were atklrraaed to J
her Uilar, tJm. Adair, of krutuekv, Ltle iio- 1
reruor of that State, and .t pie trot a member of 1
^00Kri‘**- !**•»• K«Aed lair M«om|>aiiie« l*rr hut. •
Und, the lion. Jot M. White of Florida, on a
voyage u, Europe, for the benefit of lur Utah.
lTt«- bett tiilu-t «tul riruo't pnjt ri vf a aide
«irele of fricndi ««oai|any tUiu.
Fan well to lltee, land of inv birth!
Though I leatr tlire to wander afar.
Th-ei art »Wari r to iik- titan tl»c reit ut the earth_
Ate; ilc»r ti mi own luitul kt.ir.
Am! tW | thould are thru not—even f<H- yrwm—
I th«l. taluk of thee nlwatt; ami often in tcurv
Farewell to thee!—land of my tin !
Altotle of the brave and tin-free.
If «<T man rheridi'da (Mlrint’t fire
And werNln^Hil hit rountrv—tnai hr:
Ohn* could I |mit front hit lot’d—native thore, :
II I t inci.il hit ar:n» would enfold me no more!
Sw«i-t *IW .J" tTlT ttlflla.tr_fwai.aa. .11 f
ffn I ivcalli il tlwc withpriik—
^***»•*• thoughts on m\ memory swell
Tint •ittetwncm ehnnka with their tide.
If tin- Ih f'xht of her only thus thrill* thumb mv
li.-art, ” 3 '
Ikmld I wc her once ww—should I over depart.
Bright scene* of ms rhildtmodadirn'
Sw«ft I oh mts , r ray liilf i’d mind,
.AVJ*Ti! ‘nTi *,m1 by you,
how shell 1 leave y,h. behind1 \
1 ° ntX. frt>” brot^or*—fr"®* sisters—from
l,1V^°?^UC P*1*lh” Cmn mak‘- "•* -nw-od.»
.V.-VP 1 v» k, 7th June, tUSd.
The fate John Ilandolph.
JOHN RANDOLPH or ROANOKE.
Thr following sketch of this distinguished Ora
tor. wnmil thirty yearaagu, but never uutdidMil, I
•s lunodi.il by ■ p ut!, mm who hid been in hr,- j
hits of intimacy will, Mr. lUuilulldi ever sines-. I
i w si writlen off-hand, nfu-r n-sidinr w iili him
in the trim ■ h itil at fk-.u-ptown f..r s .-m- weeks !
in a constant familiar int.tvonrw. which has ciu,l
iimiiil ut int.Tsal* not it the p rind of his tlcccwsr ’
Hic s-nut h-un l.is t.-iiin nv, that nothing in I
ihe lit., and conduct ,,f Mr. Hiuuln||ih, during oil *
their ••it»«i,,uml an|iiaintanre, gave him ocea*ion '
t • »n I,eve f..r a moment Uni his .-«Hv imnrrmiona
nl In* inarm ter w.• in •!».• slight--* degree cr- ■
ryneous.—[.Yew lurk- Courier.
Mn. R tviiot.rn i, beyond eoinpari-mn the |
most singu’ar and striking person I ever met i
witfi. As an orator, he is unquestionably
the first in this country, and jet tliere are few
men who labor under so many physical divtd- I
«antajes. lie seems made up of contradic
tions. Though his person is exceedingly tall,
thin, and disproportion^, he is the most ,
graceful man in the world; and, with an al- '
most feminine voi-c, be is more distinctly 1
heard in the Ilouae than either Mr. D_or i
Bottcr N——, though the former is more
noisy than a field preacher, and the latter
more vociferous than a crier of oysters. When
seated on the opposite side of the Hall of
Congress, Mr. Randolph looks like a youth
of sixteen; but when he rises to speak, tliere ,
is an almost sublimity in the effect, proceed- '
ing from the singular contrast in h»s height
when seated or standing. In the former his
shoulders i*e raised, his Load depressed, his 1
body bent; in the latter he is seen with his
figure dilated in the attitude of inspiration, j
his bead raised, his long thin finger pointing, '
and his dark, clear chestnut eye Hashing ligiit
ning, at the object of hi* overwhelming sar
casm. °
Mr. Randolph looks, acts, and speaks like
do other man I have ever seen, lie is origi
nal, unique in every thing. Ilis style of ora
tory is emphatically his own. Often diffu
sive and ducurcirc in hi* subjects, his lan
guage is simple, brief, and direct, and how
ever he may wenu to wander Irom liie puiut
occasionally, bo never fails to return to it
wuba bound, illuminating it with flashes of
wit, or the happiest illustrations drawn from
the source* of a retentive memory, and a rich
imagination. Though eccentric in hit con
Jucl-ia thc ord'n»nr affairs of life, and bis
intercourse with the world, there will be
found more of what is called common sense
in his speeches than in those of any other
roan in Congress. Ilis illustrations are al
mo t always drawn from the most familiar
sources, and no man it so happy in allusions
t«» tables, proverbs, and the ordinary incidents
of human life, of which he lias been a keen
olctcrver. II,s i* not that fungus species of
eloquence which expends itself into empty
declamation, sacrificing strength, clearness,;
| ami perspicuity to the more popular charm of
! redundant metaphors, and periods rounded
- .... ixivn vii uir I»ir.
Randolph is a itan of wit, and wit deal* in '
comparisons; yet hi* languagn is perfectly
I simple ami less figurative than that of any of |
jour distinguished speakers. This I attribute
i to the ch erne** and vigor of t:rs concept ions.
When a man distinctly cnmprrhrr.ds his sub- I
j«et, he will eaplnin himself in a few words
and without metaphor; hut when he is inra- j
pahla of giving it a precise ar.d definite form, i
his language becomes figurative, and hi* ideas, |
like objects seen through a mist, have neither '
outline nor dimensions. Nothing is of more
may comprehension than the ideas and lan
guage of the great orator of t ir^inia.
Though continually worried by the little
terriers of the house, who seem to be sent |
ihere f?.f no other purpose than to bark at
him, *1r. Randolph never becomes loud or
boisterous, but utters the most biting »itrs,m
with a manner the most Irritatingly courte
ous, and a voice that resembles the movie of*
the spheres. Such, indeed, is the wonderful j
clearness of his voire and the perfection oi 1
his enunciation. that hi* lowest tones eieru- J
late like echoes through the hall of Congress,
and are more distinctly i iderstorid than the
roarings of M- I,——, the bellowing* of
K — • N-, or the bleating* of the rosy and
Ktentonan Robert Ross. In a’l the requisites J
of a great orator he has no superior, and in
(t<« greatest of ail, that of aura* ting, charm
mg. rtvetting Lit* attention of his bearers, no
•qua! in this country or perhaps m the world
Mr. ftamlotph has fared e* most diatin- (
gniahed political leaders have done, in having :
ht« conduct misrepresented, his lotbUe m»<
gerated, and his peculiarities caricatured — j
The fault m in some measure hie own. lie
•pares no adversary, and he hv* no lijrht to 1
evpnet tbes will spare him. In this respect
hie c vmtuple may well he a warning, to inryl
eatc among rival leaders the necessity nf to
legation in polities a* well as religion. That
he ur irritable, cjpriciou*, and fareksi of the
6
feeling* of those for whom he hu no particu* I
!*r respect or regard, no one will deoy. That i
lie is impatient in argument and intolerant of
opposition, u equally certain; and the whole
world knows that ho is littla solicitous to die- '
guise the contempt or dislike. But much of
this peevish imfhbility may find its origin and
excuse in his physical sufferings. Almost]
from his boyhood, he has usrer known the
blessings of health, nor ever enjoyed its anti.!
cipation. His constitution is irretrievably
broken ; and though he may live many years,:
they wdl, in all probability, be years of anx-i
iety and s'lflering, embittered by the ridicule, j
instead of being soothed by the sympathy of i
world, which is ever apt to suppose that a
•nan cannot be sick without dying. Men lin-!
goring under the slow consuming tyranny of
a constitutional infirmity, and dying, not bv '
inches, but the hundredth part of inches,seem
to mo among the most pitiable of the human !
race. Tho world, and even their friends,|
come at last to believe their malady imagina- I
ry, their complaints without causo. They1
grow tired of bearing a man alway * proclaim
ing himself a victim to disease, yet at the1
>ainc time taking his share in the business. 1
•»m* apparently in the enjoyments of life, and'
living on like the rt>l of his fellow creatures. •
• They jest at sears that never felt a wound,’I
and the very circumstance that should excite •
additional commiseration too often gives oc
casion to cold neglect, or flippant ridicule.
In this painful situation is Mr. Randolph at:
proscut; and it seems to me, that an apology,
at least, for his selfish disregard of the feel*'
ings ol others, may be found iu his own hope-'
less sufferings, and the want of sympathy. I
know of uo situation more calculated to make j
a man a misanthrope; and those who arc'
foremost and loudest in their condemnation
of Mr. Randolph, would do well to look into
their own hearts, place themselves in his si
tuation, and then ask whether it does not na
turally lead to, though it may not justify, oc
casional irritation, or even habitual ill temper.,
I here speak of this distinguished man as the
world speaks of him. But to far as I saw
him, and this was at all hours, he is full of
benignity and kindness. His treatment of
servants, and especially bis own slaves, was'
that of the kindest master, Ind he always
called his personal attendant 4 Johnny,’ a cir-1
cuinstaucc, to my mind, strongly indicative of
habitual good will towards him. To me,
from whose admiration or applause he could,
at that time, at least, anticipate neither honor
nor advantage, his behaviour was uniformly |
kind, almost affectionate ; and it will be very
long before I lose the recollection of his con
ciliating smile, the music of his mellow voice,
or the magic of his gcntlo manners. We
passed our evenings together, or I may per-'
haps rather say, a good portion of the night,1
for he loved to sit up late, because, as be
was wont to say, the grave, not the bed, was I
ihe plaee of rest for him. On these occasion*
there was a charm in his conversation I never
found in that of any other person. Virginia
was the goddess of hia idolatry, and of ber
he delighted to talk. He loved her so much,
and so dearly, that he sometimes almost for
got he was also a citizen of the Uuited States.
1 he glories and triumphs of the eloquence of
Patrick lleary, and the ancient hospitality of
the aristocracy of the OH Dominion, were
also among his favorite subjects, of whirh he 1
never tired, and with which lie never tired
me. In short, the impression on my mind is
never to be eradicated, that hia heart was li
beral, open, and kind, and that his occasional
ebullitions of spleen and impatience were the
spontaneous, perhaps irrepressible efforts of a
suffering and debilitated frame, to re'ieve it
self a moment from the eternal imprexsiou of
its own unceasing worrying*.
But, whatever may be the defects of Mr.
Randolph's temper, no one can question his
high and loAy independence of mind, or his.
unsullied integrity ea a public agent or • pri-'
vete gentleman. In the former character,
he has never abandoned his principles to suit
any political crisis, and in the latter he may '
be emphatically called an honest man. Ilis
word and his bond aro equally to be relied
°n—and as his country can never accuse
him of sacrificing her interests to bis own
ambition, so no man can justly charge him
with the breach of any private obligation.—
In both these respects, he stands an illustri
ous example to a country in which political
talents are much more common than political
integrity, and where it is loo much the cus
tom to forget the actions of a man in our ad
miration of his speeches.
It is with regret I add, that this brilliant
naan, who has already attracted the attention.
uot only of his countrymen, but of the world,
will, in all probability, survive but a few
years. Ilia health appear* irretrievably lost,
and his constitution irreparably injured. A
premature decay seems gradually creeping
upon all hta vital powers, and an inevitable
unseeu influence appears to be dragging him
to the grave. At the a;e of thirty, with all
the world in hi* grasp, wealth in his posases
»ion, and glory and pow er iu perspective, he
is, in constitution, an inflnn oM man, with
glossy hair, parted mer his forehead
and tied loosely behind with a black riband;
teeth white as Ivory ; an eye sparkling with
intellect, and a countenance seamed with s
thousand small wrinkles. At the distance of
a hundred yards, he w ill ho mistaken for an
overgrown boy of premature growth; ap
proach him, sml at every step his appearance
changes, ami he becomes gradually metamor
phosed into an old man. Vmj will then see
a faee sueh as you never saw before, never
will see again; if he likes you, a smile, such
a* you never beheld on the face of any other
man; and when that smile passes away, a1
countenance Icsnog an expression of long
'•ortinned anxiety and eapering, (fiat will*
make you* }.»ert ache.
Swell is Mr. Randolph, as he appeared to
me st the age of thirty years, lie may tie
wayward, eccentric, seif-'wiiled, and erratic.
His opponents sometime* insinuate that he »•
mad ; but this is nothing mure then the whis
perings of party caaligaity. Mould tn Hea
ven there were more aurb madmen among
our rulers and legislators, to make folly silent
and wickedness ashamed ; to assert and de
fend the nnrtent principles of our revolution .
to detect q ix k politicians. qnssli lawyer*,,
•nd quack divines, and to afford to his r dun
try men an example, of inflexible lategrity
both in public and private life. Hut be is
original arid unique in this as ia every thing
else, end winds be departs this scesse. m which !
»*e has suffered the martyrdom of skkness
ami detraction combined if living, | will hear
this testimony, that he will not leave behind
any m »n that can claim superiority over him,
•* * glorious ora*»>e a sasmeiuo*, high-minded (
independent patr.ut, and index tidy h-tH-.t
_*111sreiiameomB.
t'rom the Pali,immee Chr+nfrle.
We are indebted to Messrs. Geo. Mr Dowell
k Co., Book so Urn of this viljr, for copies of
two works, recently published by Messrs.
Reyk Biddle, Philadelphia.
.Memoiri of llorUn*t Henukmnuto, Duchess
of 8L Leu, and Ez-4Jueen of Holland. The i
father of the accomplished subject of these
memoirs was the Viscount Beauharnais, who I
distinguished himself in the Freoch Revolu
tion under the command of Roehaiubeau. lie
married in Martinique, Josephine, subse
quently wife to Bonaparte, and Empress of
France. On his return to France, he espous
ed the doctrines of the revolutionary party,'
and became a zealous advocate for the re-1
form of abuses, and the establishment of libe
ral principles. 11s portshed on the aradold
in 1793, and left two children, Eugene and
llortensc, who were adopted by Bonaparte
on bis marriage v Hh the widow, and the sub
ject of the memoirs was subsequently mar
ried to Louis Bonaparte, Kit£mf Holland.
The memoirs of ao inJividuQ iof lugh rtn%
vuuucvwu hiiu uiv Mrrnn Ok
(he French revolution ran not bo otherwise
than attractive. We accordingly find in this
vmall volume a variety of iocidrnU, rendered
the more interesting from the eventful period
in which they occurred.
H'mcowta, or th* Hntyhfrxi, i« a work partly
founded on fact, and Will be read with thrill
ing interest. The following notice of thu
work from the Detroit Journal and Advertiser,
w ill supersede the necessity of any comment
from ourselves.
“ The scene of the work atul the sto
ry upon which it was founded are of
themselves calculated to bespeak e
high degree of interest and curmsity*
particularly when we recollect that the
spot oa which we stand is that upon
which, seventy year* agn, the spirit
stirring incidents commemorated in this
work had their bring and action.
The author hat evinced a thorough
acquaintance with our acenrry and lo
calit ie»: and even the ravines and hills
of which he speaks may have been
found, without a violent stretch of the
imagination, when the ground was
clothed in its wild forest dress—since,
even now, their miniature likeness ex
ists.
The story, as our readers have alrea
dy been informed, is founded upon the
circumstance ol the siege of the British
Fortress by Pontiac: and the principal
action of the plot turns upon the at
tempt of that chief to get possession
of tl»e works by surprise. The author
hat availed himself uf the most of the
historical facts connected with the siege;
he has also blended with these the ball
playing mtt by which the capture of
Mackinac was effected. With these
he has woven a variety of incidents as
episodes,which, together with the whole
dramatis personae—with the exception
of Pontiac li»ote!f and the Indian
woman who informed Major Gladwio
of Pontiac's design,—appear to be en
tirely the work of the author's imagi
nation. Pontiac, by the by, is made
to perform too tame and insignificant
a part; and, if hit bold spirit could be
supposed to review the work the author
would fare badly.
The story opens with the sudden ap
pearance in the garrison ol a mysteri
ous intruder, who had made his en
trance into the quarters of Col. De
Haldiinar, the commanding officer, anil
menaced him in the vary centre of his
force; sod what gives a high degree of
interest to the work iu its commence
ment is—that, although the strictest
discipline had been preserved—as wall
as the most vigilant guard—this mys
terious being should have made both
ingress and egress 44 past watch and
ward,’* without having been seen by
any of the garrison except the Colonel.
This same individual is made to ner
form a principal part throughout the
work; and for deeds of daring courage,
incredible atrength and agility, and all
the other qualities which distinguish a
savage hero, exceed# the famous llawk
hye of oer own Cooper. Wacousta,
for that is his Indisn name—it appears
in the denourment—had been, with
Col. De llaldimar, aubaltcron in the
same regiment in their younger daya;
and had been dishonorably supplanted
by his friend in the aUVrtiotis of a young
lady to whom he hail been ardently
attached ; and, through the iustntmen
talify of the same falae friend—-who
was no other than the Colonel himself
—he was disgraced and disimeeed from
the army. He swore vengeance against
hia countrymen, and joiued the Hcotch
in the rebellion of f4J. He afterwards
joined the French in Canada, and was
•n the battle with Montcalm under Use
walls of Quebec; and afterwards joined
the Indians. During ell this time he
was meditating schemes of revenge a
gsinst De llaldimar and hie family.—
The Pontiac war was eagerly seized
upon by him as likely to utibrd nppor
tunny to gratify his long cherished
hatred.
The family of Col. De llaldimar con
eisted of two anus and a daughter.—
I he eldest son, next to Wacousta him
eelf, if a principal actor, lie hail
thrice been a prisoner in thv hands nf
the vindictive enemy of his family ;
and it was on the occasion of hie leav
ing the garrieon at night to hold a con
ferente with an Indian woman, who
rerainunirated the treacherous design*
of the Indians to get into the fort un
der pretence of holding a council, that
Wacousta fjuod means tocff*. ct hia eo
Vr* De h««l saved
the lire ol (his wuminj and gratitude
bad grown into a «»rm and detoted
attachment, so di»interea'ed and am
cera that—though aha knew that the
affections of Du Haldimar were placed
upon a lady af hia awn colour and
country—it did not cool the ardor of
her devotion. She proved hit guardian
angel and protector in tba moat hazaul
®ua triala, and finally his preserver
from the prophetic doom which in the
ond overtook every other member of
his family.
J ho cruel fate of Hallowav and hio
wife, and that of the beautiful Clara
Da Haldimar and her brother, as well
=S the generous Valletort, strikes us as
a defect in the work. That the inno
cant should suffer with the guilty seems
to ua a violation of poetical justice—
the more so, as such a catastrophe ap
pears altogether gratuitous and unne
iuiui an augury, '
which, itself, was uncalled fur.
I he vindictive and cruel Wacousfa,
after a variety of narrow escapes final •
ly received his death from one of his
savage compeers, the brother of Ouca
n*sta—tha Indian woman before re*
ferred to—but not sstil he had con*
sominated hit fatal revenge. The style
and language of the work are excel
lent, the characters introduced well
sustained, and ahigh and often thrilling
interest ia preserved throughout.”
The “Wandering Piper,” of whom
so much has beeo published, ia at pre
sent in Portland, and excites great
attention. It is stated that in passing
frum one place to another hs travels
respectably attired, but resumes hie
, minstrel garb nf tartan, green apecta
| cles, wig, and bagpipe, on his arrival in
| each town. W heo playing through tho
I streets, he endeavovra to observe tho
I strictest disguise—he never stands, nor
solicits money, but receives anv sum
that is freely offered, with a bow and
touch of the cap. It appears that the
houses where he puts up, are gene
rally crowded with people of all rank*,
to see and converse with this woodrr
of the world.
1 lie following Card is from the Port
land Advertiser of Friday last :
The "Wandering Piper” has de
posited in my hands for the benefit of
the Portland Wood Society, being the
amount of his collections on Thursday,
Fourteen Dollars and Forty Cents. *
CHARLES HCMiERS, Jr. Trtmt'trtr.
PRESENCE OF MIND.
A writer in the Hartford foursnt rtli'fj
the following circumstance. iltuMratm* tho
firmness and prudence of t youog fcmaln
during a recent insurrection among the con
victs ia the State Prieon at Wethcr«faM
Mias Lucy Bascom, the per-, n io
whom I allude, ia about eighteen vests «.
of age. the daughter of an indigent res
pectable widow, who officiate* as Ma
tron in the female apartmeota. Orcu
pyinga part ofthe building remote from
the guard, indeed from any protector
whatever, they were roused from their
slumbers at midnight, by the appalling
cry of one of the female convicts that
the prisoners were out of their cblls.
and were fast working their way-into
their unprotected dvreltiog; instead of
shrieking and fainting, in view of their
defenceless, exposed situation, or of
secreting themselves,which they might
hivai lion* .Imm.I..!._ ,1. __;_
With its inmates to their fate, the daugh
ter with the consent of her mother cour
ageously ascended the walL sixteen
feet in height, and with a rapid, reso
lute step, proceeded from the western
to the eastern extremity of the build
ing, roused the goard from their sleep,
and apprized them of their danger.
Hatering Horttt.— A writer in a
Cincinnati paper, justly censures the
practice of watering horses. Manr ate
killed every year by the absurd custom
of stage drivers and others, giving hor
ses water every 5 or C milea whei tra
velling. Farmers who work horses at
the plough or cart all dayftoever break
off to water their liorsee/except at din
ner time. The same had practice pre
vails in Knglaml. But, the writer in
form* os, they manage these things
better in France. They nover water
their horses only whe.i they are fed.
’•Vg recollect on a vgry warm and du*» v
day. travelling in a aiage over the hills
td Normandy, the horses foaming with
iswoat and revered with dust. The
driver stopped ot an ion. and when
wo expected to see him with his burl *
ef, giving water to each, he brought
from the house a bottle and pouring in.
' to his handsome of the content*, l,«
washed recli horse's nose, and threw *
I little up into them. Os tn<|«nriog. wo
found it was VINKO AR ; and although
they hod already travelled a long *fa-e „
they went off as fresh as at the fir»i start
ing.
A Scotch paper notices a* old wemsa
h«iug at Glasgow,wboie ISO years of age.
Who never tie.k m doctor s diuo m all Iw
life, nor was a lancet ever applied to L *
trams Wbe j. ,^rfec||y frs* of affrclmt i
»f the chest, sad doting tbo last century <-i
>et Idc »he hat boon a perfect steoager I •
psio, and her pulse does not eaeced ?«•
H-r grandfather dwd at the ago of It",
•nd Mr father died in tbo !**m. vesr of *
bio ago.