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POETHV.
SCENES IN A PRIVATE 1BA O-IIUUSE.
The following 1 ines deicriptive of a ccnc in n
private inad-houK, are from the pen of M. ;
I.Ewin, Ksq. If any one can read them.w itliuut
shuddering in sympathy with the lupposed chp
tive,he must have a heart deud to every human
feeling :
Stay, jailor, stay, and hear mj woe!
She is not mad who kneels to thee;
For what I'm now, too well I know,
And what I was, and what should be.
I'll rave no more in proud despair:
My language shall he mild though sad;
And yet I firmly, truly swear,
1 am not mad, i nui'uot iuad !
My tyrant hu.b!ind forged the tale
Which, chains me to this dismal cell,
My fate unknown, my friends bewail
Oh! jailor, hate that fate to tell;
Oh haste nly father's heart to cheer 1
His heart at once wil grieve and glad,
To know, though kept a captive here,
I am not mad, 1 um not mad !
He tmWfi in scorn, nmllurns the key,
ne tpms me grate : i kneel in vain :
His Kliinmcring lamp, still, still I see
'Tis gone UIM all is gloom again.
Cold, bitter cold ! no warmth ! no light !
lafe, all thy comforts once I had ;
Yet here I'm chained this freezing night,
Although not uudfiio, no, not mad!
'Tis sure some dream, some vision vain ;
What ! J tlio child of rank and wealth
Am I a wretch who clanks this chain,
Bereft of freedom, friends nnd health?
. Ah ! while I dwell on blessings fled,
Which never more my heart intut glad,
How aches my heart, how hums my head;
But 'tis not mad, no, His not mad !
Have yon, my child, forgot ere this,
A mother's face, a mother' tongue!
She'll ne'er forget your parting ki.-s,
Nor round her neck how fast you clung;
Npr how with me you sued to stay;
Nor how that suit your sire forbade;
, Nor how I'll drive such thoughts away ;
They'll make me mad,tliey'il makeme mad !
His rosy lips, how sweet they smiled !
His mild blue eyes, how bright they shone!
None ever bore a lovelier child !
And art thon forever gone !
And must I never see thee more,
My pretty, pretty, pretty lad!
1 will he free ! unbar the door !
- I am not mad ! I am not mad !
Oh hark! what mean those dreadful cries!
His chain some furious madman breaks,
He comes I see his glaring eye :
Now, now, my dungeon grates he shakes.
Help ! help ! He's ge ! O fearful wo :
Such screams to hear such sights to see !
My brain, my brain I know, I know,
I am not mad, but soon shall be.
Yes, soon; for lo, yon while I speak,
Mark how yon demon's rye balls glare!
He sees mo now, with dreadful shriek,
He whirls a serpent high in air.
Horror! the reptile strikes h s tooth
Deep in my heart, so crushed and sad;
Ay, laugh, ye Aends- I feel the truth ;
Your task is dune I'm mad ! I'm mad !
Tlir HEART'S CHAN ( 13.
There i a change, an utter change,
That comes upon the heart,
Ere time one feature can derange,
Or bid one smile depart;
The outward form is nil the same;
Nor are, by words, expressed
The dark and boding thoughts that tame
The fire within the breast.
Undimm'd unalter'd still the eyo
Beams forth on all around ;
And if the booin heaves a sigh,
That sigh hasearce a sound.
Yfct though the world may never dream
Our spirits touched by care,
So buoyant and so free they seem
We are not what we were!
OV us we scarce know whence or when
That change begins to steal
Which teaches that we ne'er again,
As onoe we felt, shall feel.
A curtain, slowly drawu aside,
Reveals a shndow'd scene,
"Wherein the future diners wide
Prom what the past has been.
-THtiot the earth withholds its joy,
A manhood crowns the brow j
The same pursuit, we lov'd as boys,
Life offers to us now :
And still we seek the giddy round,
And join the laughter there,
But feel that in the festive sound
Oar heart have now no share !
Yet mourn we not this early change
'Tis Milt our souls to show
How narrow is the utmost range
Allow'd them here below ;
'Tis sent to bid our youth aspire
From scenes so soon o'ercast,
"To those whose pleasure ne'er cae tire,
And shall forever last.
A very Joseph in Congress. Mr. Han
negan, in the House of Representatives,
lew days since, having, onsomc occasion,
made a motion to clear the snllerics. smd.
Ka did not wish to emltface the ladicx."
IICELLAH MR,
AW AXBCDOT1 rKOX " LIFE I THK WOODS."
Among the earliest settlers m rie wilds
of Salmon River, was a Vormontese, by
the name of I) bsoii a Ian, rnsolilta nH
athletic man. Returning one evenin" from
fruitless hunt after his vagrant "cows,
which, according to custom in the new coun
tries, had been turned into the woods to pro
cure their own subsidence from the rank
herbage of the early summer; just before
emerging from the forest upon the clearing
of his neighbor, the late worthy Joseph
-P., ne w a large bear descending
...i a iony sycamore, where he had been
m quest, probably, of hooey. A bear as
cends a tree much more expertly than he
descends it, being obliged to come down
stern-foremost. My friend Djbson did not
very well like to be joined in his evening
walk by such a companion; and, without
reflecting what he should do with the var
ment" afterwards, he ran up lo the tree on
(ho opposite side from the animal's body,
ind just before he reached ih
seized him firmly by both his fore-piws.
uruin growled and gnashed his tusks; but
he soon ascertained that his nan u,rA in
the grasp of naws Rnunll
Lie ,.,, M... I J i
..... cuuiu lie use ins nil. er-nnw
to disembowel his antagonist. as the manner
of the bear is, inasmuch as the trunk of the
tree was between them. But Dobson's ure-
dicameni, as he was endowed with rather
the most reason, was worst: vet. Ifo could
no more assail t10 bear than iho beai could
assail him. Nor could hn vaatttm in li uo
f him, since the orcsumntion was ihi
Bruin would not make him a very gracious
return fir thus iincerein nioualv takiiia him
by the hand. The tw-ilight was fast deep
eniag ioto darkness, Hiid his position was
l ir less comfortable than it otherwise would
have been at the samo hour, surrounded bv
oi woe una ctiiidren at the supper-table.
WO SUV notllill! of thn olnnmv ..r, .,.. f..r
the nitflit. Still, as Jie S'eeiiM- In.nw.i
was not fur ditan, he hoped In he hle to
coll him to his assistance. Rn his lonim
though none of the weakest, were unequal
to the task; and, although he hallooed and
bawled the livelon.r niirht. nuking the woods
and the welkin ring agaio,hc succeeded Do
oetter than Olendower of old, in tailing
spirits from the vasty deep. It was a wea
risome night lor Dbson. such a same of
uuM-jtM ne Imd never been enatred in be
fore. BrUin. t(M). Was tirnhnKlv cninnurlint
1 r--f.y wwmmw waravm
womed, ulthough ho could not describe hi-
sensation in English; albeit he took the
regular John Bull method of making known
Ins dissatisfaction that is lo say, ho growl-
CO lIK'eSSUIH.V. It it I inro ,.i.,. ...
lie case, and D.ihson was thcrefirn under
the noressity of holdinir fast, until it seem
ed. to his clenched and llrhinir Hnirorc mm
though the bear's paws and his hutTgro'wu
io''emer,
As daylight returned, and the smoke from
iur. Bteepa.' chimney bjegan to curl up
graconiuy, though rather dimly in the dis
tance, uoiwon again repeated his cries lor
succor, and his heart was soon gladdened
by the appearance of his worihv but inac-
tiv neighbor, who had at last been attract
ed by the voice of the impatieut suft'eier,
he innir nn axo Itoon us ihotildnr. li hson
had never been so much rejoiced at seeing
mr. oiuoper ueiorc,aitnoiign he was a very
ivimi ami estimable neighbor
" Why don't you make haste. Mr. Sleeper.
unci noi no lounging along at that rate,
i . i . . ,
when von see a c uw Christian m sneh n
iettle of fish as ibis?"'
" I run ! Is tliat vou, Mr. Dohson, up n
tree there t And was it you I heard halloo
ing so lust. niglilT 1 L'tiess vou out lit to
lave your lodging fw nothing, if you have
stood up agin the tree all night."
It s no joke, though, I can tell vou, Mr.
Job Sleeper; an:l if you'd had hold of the
paws ol the black varmint all night.it strikes
me yoj'd think you paid dear enough fur it
But il you heard me calling for help m the
night, why didn't vou come and see what
was the trouble f"
"Oh, I was going tired to bed, nftcr lay
ing up log-lenceall dav. and I tluuglht I'd
wait till morning, and come out bright and
airly. Hut, it 1 d known 'twas you
"Knnvn t was me!" replied Djbson bit
tarty) " you know 'twas somebody , who had
nosh and blood too good tor these pl iguy
black varments, though, and you know
there's been a smart sprinkle of bears about
the settlement all the spring!"
" Well, don't be in a hufl, Tommy. It's
never too late to do good. So, hold tight
now, and a. m l let the 'tarual critter get
looso, while I split his head open. '
"No, no," said Dibson. " Alter holding
the beast here all night, I think 1 ought to
have the satisfaction at killing him. So,
you just take hold of his paws here, nnd 1
will take the axe, and let a streak ot day
light into his skull about the nuikost."
lhe nroiwsition beui2 a fair one, fur.
Sleeper was too reasonable a man to object
He was no coward, neither; nnd he there
fore stepped up to the treo, and cautiously
itnkmg the bear wiih both his hands, re
heved honest Djbson from his predicament
The hands of the latter, though sadly stiffen
ed by the tenacity with which they had
been clenched for so many hours, were
swn brandishimt the axe; and he apparently
made all preparations tor giving tne deadly
blow and deadly it would have been had
he struck, since, like the sons of Zeiumh,
Dobson needed to strike but once. But, to
the surprise of sleeper, he did not strike;
aud, to his further consternation, Dobson
swumr the axe upon-his shoulder, and
- marched awav. whistling ns ho went, with
a as much apparent indifference as the other
had shown, when coming to ms renei.
1 It was now Sleepers turn w iimko me
fnrnat vocal with his cries, lu vain he
nsvoo, im called, - threatened. Dekeoa
mm . .
wwsos on and dappeared, leaving hM
Ineod as sad a prospect for his breakfast, as
iiiicu iriu itaa lor nu sjpper
p . u .L r" ' .
my relieve UM suspense Of IBS render, it
add that Dobson returned nai
killed toe bear is the course of the after-
uouu.
From the New York Mirror.
GONE, UK A It FANNY ; GONE AT LAST."
xes: tne beautiful Juliet, the proud Lady
Constance, Bianca, Julia, and thn eUv.V
authoress of the "Journal" .11 mmiUA
Europe by a recent nackot. ill flip ItAnmn nf
I Vf . D...l 1.1. ..'
ouuer. aim lias certain v
tolerable noise over here. What wuh hnr
playing, scribbling, riding and marrying,
she has been as much talked about' as a
comet! She carpe, heralded with puffs and
trumpets, with all the pomp nnd circum
stance of a tragedy queen. From the silent
manner of her departure, we fear there is a
settled coolness between her and this re
publican public. She will now see " dey
England" agnin! She will have horses
that gallop with the proper foot foremost;
shopkeepers that measure her linen and
ribands in respectful silence; audiences
that know when to applaud, and a govern
ment that will still be a government, when
she herself shall have disappeared from its
smooth and equal operations. We trust the
Loudon editors will give her a wide berth,
and that no gentleman paragraphia! will
dare to " dawdle" into her injured presence!
Well, peace go with her! if she is ndt so
good as we at first believed her, she is bet
ter, unquestionably, than she has the credit
of being now . We first spoiled Jier, and
then wondered that she was sj-oilod. For,
let us frankly confess, we were fascinated
with her acting, and that our opinion yet
remains unaltered. It is brilliant, well
taught, full of the blended charms of art and
nature, startling, lofty and grand. Should
she return to the slave, for whmh
tesses such an unbounded abhorrence, she
will yet delight millions. As to her liouk
a first perusal threw us into n proper passion.
We read it in a land faraway where, per
ad venture, with the wisest of her own coun
trymen, we beheld as much to regret in her
country as she could find in ours. It threw
us, we rejieat, into a downright passion. Al
though an editor, we are not perfect! Since
that period, we have re-crossed the ocean,
and had time to reflect, and the result is,
that we regard Mrs. Bjtler with much more
philosophical indulgence. Her book is full
of gro.-s errors, both of fact and decency.
But who is free from errors! We flattered
her out of her young judgment, and should
uot ue too severe upon the consequences.
For our part, we say, in confidence, to the
public let us fo.-iiivc. Hur work was more
critieiaed in England than here. Two
who.e nations, at once, at war up m a single
person, and that person a woman! Some
of our ladies, pcrhans. will bear malice, as
they naturally may, for they are not, (and
we proclaim it to " boih the worlds") such
hoydens as thev have been reoresunied!
Editors may take a parting shot at her, but
they are used to abuse, and will torgive in
her what they so plentifully deal in them
selves. But there is one class who will
never forgive. Yo ir fanatic patriots! Your
fellows who take the country under their
personal keeping ! Who make it their favor
ite mastiff, with a " love-me-love-mvg"
sort of feeling. These are men who" would
mount bales of cotton, or molasses barrels
in the street, to declaim to a crowd about
ur hnpniness and glory ! who were goim?
to beat the French with two companies of
militia ! who swear the New York climate
is ns mild as Naples, nnd that the Cily Hall
is ns large as St. Peter's! We, Mrs. Butler
the sensible portion of the community
the reasoners the the what Mrs. Trol
l ope so uply termed " Aee" tee forgive
you. lou have most shamefully abused
our sisters and sweethearts: vou have
spoken unkindly of our horses; you have,
in o urcditoriul capacity, been most uncom
monly free, and you have talked "out-and-
out" against "our eoecrnment." which wo
like to hear no one condemn in such a tho
rough-going manner except the writers of
"our party." Yet, maugro nil tins long
catalogue of offeuces, Mrs. Butler, wo for
give thee. Nay, more, we wish theo fair
and well. We acknowledge thy genius.
We even like the fire and off-handedness of
thy " Journal!" We will read all thy future
books; and, if thou wert engaged to play
this very night at the Park Theatre, we, in
our own person, would go nnd see thee, and
uphold thee with our den and tongue and,
marry come up ! if needs must be, with our
arm! In our mind, thy wild vagaries are
but injuries against thyself, for which we
are heartily sorry. We would well blot out
some of those rampant pages of thy exhube
rant fancy; and much we wish we had been
by thy side at the moment of thy surrender
ing those rash tollies to thy publisher. How
much could we have saved thee with a pen
full ol ink: How many paragraphs, cari
catures, Blunders, insults and witticisms,
would we have crushed in the egg with a
few easy marks I How much we should
have bettered theo and thy young fame,
with a whisper, to pause that is, if thou
hadst listened to our whispers end we re
ligiously believe that thou wouid'st. Yes,
we forgive theo. We cannot hold anger
long. But our friends, the patriots, will
they forgivq theef Wilt thou evor stand
before the world at large, as brightly as
tnou migntest, with thy double halo of fame
hadst thou but consented to deduct some
thunder from thy journal. Thou, who couldst
not describe Niagara, how much less couldst
thou a mighty nation, of which thy girlish
eyes could but see the casual surface!
Well, peace again bo with thee! Thv
queenly ancestor, for whom alone was half
our love ol thee, would have rebuked thy
d. .
Tnrw" jr we love
T" ; Tou genius, gunifaess,
"' iomh a uou art, we know thou
m pwiornwd, Sir ike soothing of thy own
memories, more than ooe heroic action. We
m our own quarrel with tl
get the good thou hast done, nor th
Jf"0 oj yet yet attain, (fo
thou hast learned a lemon.) Thy
o not, u our own quarrel with thee, for
me excel-
"or verily
) Thv vouth i
now elidnur awav. Thou h.t ti,v
wild oats with a vwureaoce! We will watch
thy future course. Wo look for some re-
oeeming, measure hereafter, and we will
speak of thee generously yet, if thou wilt
uui morn our praise !
From the Mobile Register.
IMPORTANT FROM FLORIDA
We are indebted to the politeness of an
teer of the IL 8. Armv from Pmsarol
fo late end important information direct
trom the seat of war in Florida. The war
in all probability, has been brought to a ter
mination. Our last intelligence from Gen. Gaines on
lite north bank of the Withlacoochee, with
the Indian force on the opposite shore. On
the night of the 5th, an interpreter was
sent into his camp from the Indians, request
ing a friendly talk with the commanding
general. On the moraine of the 6th. five
chiefs and three interpreters approached
Gen. Gaines' camo within two h 1 1 n rod
yojds. They declared to the officer ap
pointed to meet them, that they desired
peace and an immediate cessation of hostil
ities; that they had as many of their people
killed, die. &c.
Gen. Gaines caused them to be informed
that he had' no authority to treat with them;
mai an otneer would soon arrive having the
necessary power; that he would, however,
consent to suspend hostilities against them
on condition of their confining themselves
to tne south side of the Withlacoochee riv
er, ceasing hostilities, and coming intoeoun
cil whenever thev should be sent for. These
propositions were accepted bv the chiefs.
and they stated that they would consult with
their head ciuel,Micanopi, who it is asserted
is and has always been opposed to hostilities
with the whites.
There appears to be no doubt of the sin
cerity of the Indians. They are convinced
they must be ultimately subdued by the su
perior forces operating against them. The
appearance of the efficient command under
uen. uaines and the promptness and skill
which have distinguished his movements
have, undoubtedly, produced the most fa
vorable impressions on the minds ot the la
dians, as regards the efficiency and superi
oritv of the. foscas brousht azainst I hem.
Jerr.T"Jt-jch arrived nn the honks of the
Withlacoochee on the 0th of March, after
the above arrangements were made, with a
detachment of 500 men and a small supply
of provisions for Gen. Gaines1 armv. The
whole force remained 4 days after the sus
pension of hostilities, during which time the
soldiers of the army were often engaged in
fishing on the banks of the river, without
molestation from the Indians, who remained
on the south bank of the river.
The whole army under Gen. Clinch, to
whom Gen. Gaines resigned the command,
took up the line of march for Fort Draue,
where it arrived on the 14th.
Gen. Scott arrived at Fort Drane on the
13th, from Picolata, and expected to move
towards the Withlacoochee on the 25th of
March. f
Gen. Gaines arrived at Pensacola on the
22nd inst. accompanied by Capt. Hitchcock,
of his staff, in excellent health.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
By and with the advice and consent of
the Senate.
Roger B. Taney, to be Chief Justice of
the United States.
Philip P. Barbour, to be an Associate
Judge of the United States .
Amos Kendall, to be Postmaster General
of the United States.
Andrew Stevenson, of Virginia, to be
Minister to Great Britain.
John H. Eaton, to be Ministei to Spain.
Arthur Middleton, to be Secretary of Le
gation to Spain.
Kichard K. Call, to be Governor of Flor
ida, rice i. H. Eaton.
European Armiks. In France there is
one armed man to every seventeen of the
whole population.
In Belgium one to
42
43
67
95
115
11U
200
272
5000
In Holland ....
In Russia -
In Bavaria ...
In Prussia - -
h
H
M
M
M
M
u
In Austria - -
In Great Britain
In Spain - - -In
United States only
The naval force or European natio-vs.
Vessels Of which arc
of the lin
165
- - 110
- - 10
- 32
. IS
- - 12
Great Britain - 006
France 32S
K'm Sweden & Norway 361
Russian Empire - - 164
Ottamnn Empire - 132
Holland 101
Austrian Empire - - 72
Spain, - - - - 56
Portugaj --- - 47
Greece ----- 26
Denmark 25
Naples or Two Sicilies 17
Sardinia - . - . - 12
Papal States - - - - 8
- 10
- 4
- - 1
v - 4
- 2
- 2
- - 0
- 0
Prussia . - - 1
Tuscany - . . - 1
Total 1655
- 0
373
By forgetf lness of injuries, we show our
selves superior to them,
sva.w
1339.
Awitl Dbath .About 12 o'clock on
Monday night, the watchmen discovered an
unusual light and Midi smoke in a room in
the third story of the dwelling houie at the
wimwuinrawi -uourtaad Front street,
auove tuce street, and upon forcing Ike
uc ooor ana ascenotng to the room; a fe
male named , with one child, wee found
wrapped in flames, lyinir upon the floor, in
aw ot intoxication.
While sitting bv the fire, nmhablv. hnr
clothing caught; and her insensible situa
tion prevented her from asiiaiimr hr,lf
The child was taken care ot, and the
wretched mother drawn by hand in a sleigh
to the Hospital, without the least hopes of
uer surviving many minutes.
Philadelphia Gazette
hrraovED Fibs-A am. We saw yester
day in the bands of the inventor, Mr. Sam
uel ioit, of Hartford, Conn., a new descrip
tion of fire-arms, superior to any other which
we have ever seen, the ne plus ultra, we
should think, of those implements of des
truction. They were a rifle and a pistol,
constructed on the repeating principle, by
means of a revolving chambered cylinder
filled with a number of charges, and capa
ble of being removed and replaced with a
fresh supply, with the greatest ease and
quickness. We cannot undertake a mi
unte description of the invention, nor do the
purposes of a passing notice require it.
We will, therefore, only say that, for simpli
city, celerity and efficiency, we doubt if the
contrivance has an equal in its whole mag
azine of arms. Nat. Int.
The Toxians have adopted a National
Fl ig. It consists of a single star and
stripes (number not stateJ) with the word
" Independence.'" It was run up on board
the armed schooner Invincible.
Blistering. A novel, and perhaps an
excellent mode of blistering, has been dis
covered by M. Piegaux. After having
shaved the shin, if necessary, the place is
to be wetted with a sponxh or rag, dipped
in spirits of wine, of from 26 to 30 degrees,
eau de Cologne, or good brandy. The skin
having been thus impregnated, a lighted
paper or match is applied, and blisters im
mediately arise, as they do from the contiu
ued and disagreeable action of cantharides
A wet cloth should be placed around the
part to prevent unnecessary pain by the
spreading of the flame. Newborn Gazette.
Slkioiiino Extraordinary. A party of
seventy ladies and gentlemen visited our
city from Hartford on a sleigh ride, last
Wednesday, f my-tour of the party came
in one vehicle and a queer looking affair
it was too. mere were ten hue horses
attached to a box as long a short man's
memory, mounted on two pairs of runners,
were filled with ladies and gentlemen pack
ed as snug as Uutch herrings We thought
at nrst it might be the sea-serpent from
Cape Cod bound to New-York, taking an
overland journey to avoid the ice. After
partaking of a sumptuous entertainment at
the Central Hotel, they left the city in high
spirits.
lhe Vineyard Sound is frozen over snug,
as the Star lately stated to be the case with
Long Island Sound 'opposite Newport. An
individual crossed over from the continent
to Nanshud Island on the ice a few days
since au exploit, says a New-Bedford pa
per, that has not been performed before
for half a century.
Middletoten Conn.) paper.
Carrier Pioeon. A pigeon was re
cently observed sitting upon a fence at Flat-
"usii, lioiig-isiuuu. l ne observer ap
proached it, and through seeming fatigue,
tne uiru permitted itself to be taken ud
On examination it was found to be a carrier
pigion, and bore, fastened under one of its
wings, a scrap of English paper containing
me ionuon sale ol stacks, etc. It is sur
mised that the bird was sent with that des
patch intended for Antwerp, but that it was
either pursued by a bird of prey,or driven out
ot its course by heavy winds, and alhghted
on Long-Island, after the prodigiously long
and fatiguing night ol 3(100 miles.
ANECDOTE OF AN INDIAN. ,
Lkiuh Ritchie, the novelist, has con
tributed 'Some account of the Barbarians of
the North' to the London New Monthly.
comprising the result of his observations
during a recent journey to and residence
in Moscow. We find among his notes the
following Aboriginal anecdote, related to
the writer by our Ambassador at St. Peters
burg, Hon. William Wilkins, which posses-
es an interest quite dramantic.
" I ho son of a Delaware chief waa brought
up from in'nnfy as the playmate and friend
ot Mr. Wilkins. No difference whatever
was made between the two bovs:
their dress, their meals, their beds, their
education--all were alike; and the lads
thcmvel ts reg irded one another as broth
ers. When young Wilkins arrived at the
years when it was necessary for him to go
to college, his companion waa in every res
pest in appearance, in language, in feeling
an Anglo-American boy; and the two
Iricuds parted in hope of meeting again, un
changed except in the addition of four years
to their age and a corresponding number of
inches tor their stature.
"In four years young Wilkins returned to
the parental home; and while crossing the
threshold of the house, his tumultuous
thoughts perhaps fully as much occupied
by the friend into whose arms he was about
tp rush, as by any member of his father's
familv. He caught the eye, however of a
naked Indian sitting on the bench before
the door and paused as he was about to en
ter. The object, though picturesque, Was
tea
N: 1,-Wbli M. If
i and he timiad Im kmmA k,-.f
jwowfog why, to look again at the face ef
"I. The red youth thee souied,
and his question 'Do you nut know meP ex
plained all.
"After his friend want to college, and
when he was thrown back, as it were upon
his own namd, the 11,1. war boy aa ho kI
himself wa. beset by atraoge wild thoughts,
which be could neither nnrtanii I- t
cribe. He felt an unconquerable kmgiw
for the liberty of the woods i thira.'iu mf.
terthe air of the desert; and after rtrunriing
long and fiercely against a Droi,niiTh,J:
his habits of civilization DerauarUrl hi. , i
evil, and for the existence of which hecouU
not in an v manner account be at length tore
off bis European dress and fled into ,l.
wilderness.
I . n . . . raw
ofthia Inlinn. 1.... L. k. ..
i t-'iiiil'H can mnwui th.
ed chief in the wars with the faguffTI
was celebrated not only for brav erybwiSr
cunning. He was at length suspect-j "2
playing false on both sides; and mTwT
kins in rideing through a wood, saw
deutlythe body of hi early tnn
, mi ne uecame a i
dead, and horribly mangled at the fiw r
i Mn Tk. ni k-j i ootota
w. iho jLrcianaiu uau DOC 11
murdered
by his own countrymen."
Will wonders wvr CRUrf We
have now at our office, says the Georgia
Sentinel, of the 12th inst the ?
. . i! .. ne toodol of a
machine for picking cotton out,ifih iviii ... j
to say the least of it, it is C6rtainy , ;
ingenious piece of work. It js silnpe in j
construcuon A numberof wheels abreast,
have attached to their rira9 a umber
pendulous ovif shaped pieces of wood, set
caro. i"" uent upwards. These
wheels are fixed in front of a oart and mov
ed uy the cart wheels. The
cards dip
among the branches of the
Cotton t:l1l
seize the cotton, draw it out, and as they
ugmn in meir rotation, pass through
- ...... u, npaue nrmea also with straight
teeth, which relieve the caids, and deposite
the cotton on the bottom or plain of the carl
whence it is drawn back by hand with a'
rake until the cart ia full. To us it seems
impossible that the machine can pick a field
clean; but suppose il leaves half the bolls
untouched, it is still a most valuable dtacov- .
ery, if it pick the other half as fast as a
horse con walk from rows end to m.A
Whether it fail or succeed, it ia a machine
highly creditable to the ingenuity of Mr.
Emmons, the inventor.
Wiu Rbvexoe. On the shores of ktuU
a crag is pointed out, overhanging the sea,
concerning which there is the following
tradition:- Some centuries since, the chief
of the district, Maclean of Lochbuy, had a
grand hunting excursion. To grace the
festivity, the lady attended with her only
child, an infant in the nurse's arms. The
deer, driven by the bounds, and hemmed id
by surrounding rocks, flew to a narrow
pass, the only outlet thev could find. H.M
the chief had placed one of his men, to pre
vent the deer from passing, but the animal.
rushed with such impetuosity, that thn mr
forester could not withstand them. In the
rage of the moment, Maclean thi-paronoft
the man wiih instant dh, but this punish
ment was commuted to a whiDDina or
uig in the face of his clan, which, in those
feudal times, was considered a degrading
punishment, fit only for the lowestof me-
ntuis, and the worst of crimes. The clans
man burned with anger and revenge. He
rushed forward, plucked the tender infant,
the heir of Lochbuy, from the hands ef the
nurse, and bounding to the rocka, in a mo
ment siooa on an almost inaccessible
projecting over the water. The
ot the agonized mother and chief at the aw-
lul jeopardy in which their only child waa
placed may be easily conceived. Maclean
implored the man to give him back his son,
and expressed his deep contrition for the
degradation he had, in a moment of excite
ment, inflicted on his clansman. The other
replied, that the only condition on which be
would consent to the restitution was, that
Maclean himself should ba re him hmr.k to
the cord, and be publicly scourged, as he
had been ! In despair, the chief consented.
saying he would submit to nnv thing, if his
child were but restored. To "the if and
astonishment of the clan, Maclean bore this
insult, and when il was completed, begged
that the clansman might return from his
perilous situation with the vouna chief
The man regarded him with a smile of de
moniac revenge, and lifting high the child
in the air, plunged with him into the abyss
below. The sea closed over them, and nei
ther, it is said, ever emerged from the tem
pestuous whirlpools and basaltic caverns
that yawned around them, and still threaten
the inexperienced navigator on the thorns ef
Mull. Inverness Cornier.
Lord Bropgham. The John Bull (news
paper) perpetrates the following horrible
pun, in auusion to tne recent elevation of
counsellor Pepys to lhe chaneoilort
"We understand that ford Brougham is
suffering undera painful complaint to which
he has long been subject. It is generally
reported that his lordship's disorder is dir-Pepys-M.'
French Vajhtv. With all their supera
bundance of vanity ascribed to the French,
they certainly show infinitely lets ef it in
their intercourse, with their follow creatures
than we do. 1 have seen a countess, wboaa
title was a dozon fair descents, open ike
external aoor ot her apartment) and wel
come the guests who appeared at is eisk
ns much grace and elegance as if a triple
relay of tall fellows who won her osfours
had handed tdeir names from hall to draw
ing-room. Yet in this case them was no
want of wealth. Coachman, footman, "ti
gail, and doubtless all fitting etceteras,