THE SPANISH I-M'1'1e101"s SONG.
Hark l hear ye those sounds tliat-the winds on
their pinions-,. .V V .
Extiltingly roll from the sho're,toVt'lVie sea ; .
.1?/’itli a voice that resoiinds through the boundless
dominions, V ._ V
”I‘is Columbia calls on her sons to be free. ‘
Behold on you summits where heaven has thron’d
her, V ~
How she starts from her proud inaccessible
seat ; ' ' ‘ ‘ '
VVith nature’s impregnable ramparts around hair,
And the caturact’s thunder and foam at her
feet. I ‘
In the breeze of the mountain’, her loose, locks
are shaken, "
VVhile the soul-stirring notes of the i‘va'rVrior’s- V
' have sunk to the earth, if .a flood of tears had not
song ; A ’
From the rock to the valley re’-echoes “ Awaken l
Awaken ye hearts, who ' have slumbeicd * too
long.” _—
Yes, despots ! too long did your tyranny hold us,
In a vassalage vile,ere its ivealgness was known;
Till we learn’d that the links of the chain“tha't
cotiti"oul’d us, -
I-Vere forg’d by the fears of its captives alone.
That spell is destroyed, and no longer availing, '
Despisedas dctested—pause well e’er ye dare
To cope with a people‘ whose spirit and feeling,
Is roused by remc-7r:ln'anc”e and steel’tl by des-
f.az'r. '
Go tame the wild torrent-'—-or stem‘ with a straw
The proud surges that swefep o’er the strand
that coiifincs them ; _
But presume‘ not again to give Frcemen a law,
Nor think, with the chains they have broken,
to bind them. I '
'l‘oVhea‘~rts' that th'eV spirit of Liberty ‘flashes,
Resistance is idle, and numhersa dream ;
'l‘h'ey burst from control as the mountain stream
' rushes, ' ‘
From its fetters of ice i_n the ‘warmth of the
J, beam‘. . 4'
S ‘Miscellany.
THE HISTOVRY 0F_ PEROURO U,
. on THE BEILOVVS-MENDER.
Written by hivnsclf.
5 ~V : [coiv'riNui«:n.]
“After havifig deceived the daughter with‘ re-
spect to the person, it’ was necessary to blind the
father with‘ respect to the'fortun::. This was not
diflicult. Possessed of little penetration, he gave
full credit to the story ‘I "related of myself. My
father I told him, lived retired at his seat in the
fui'tliest'part ofDauphin_v. Old age and the gout
depr1'vedV’him of the hope of accompanying his
50'" E0 the a1li_1I‘:‘bl1t he gave his consent to the
marriage, and so much the more willingly, as the
fortune of his house had been considerably in-
creased from the interest which his son had ear-
ly taken in the mines of his province. I dwelt
also with secret complacency on the_iVvord with-
out portion, alledging that my fortune was too
considerable to think of augmenting it by that of
a ivcfea Before the end of this conversation‘ we‘
were pei-1';-ctly agreed, for I left him absolute mas-
ter of the condi{§3!JS_. ' All I required was the a-
voiding any expensive mm‘ unnecessary eclat, as
both the family of Aurora and o,'.'n_, were at a
distance from Lyons. The niarriage, it was fix-
ed, should take place on the day fortnight; andl
undertook to arrange all the preliminary arti-
cles. V V
V Having with some d_ifi‘iculty obtained permis-
sion to leave Aurora, I flew to Lyons, informed
my friends that the drama was hastening to-a con-
clusion, and related all that had passed. They
o‘verwh‘el'med me with so many compliments,
that had I~8n1y possessed a slight tincture of van-
ity, I might have believed they tallied on. me.——
The event, however, proved that they were seri-
ous; and their revenge on the lfaughty Aurora
was as expensive, asit was singular. That very
morning they sent in my name to my mistress
the most magnificent bouquet; a watch, brace-
lets, jewels, laces" of exquisite fineness formi‘ngV a
present sufiiciently splendid to complete the de-
ception both of father. and daughter.
- '_I‘o.wards the end of the week the contract of
marriage was -framed, in which I took care to sign
my real‘ name, a precaution which you will per-
ceive hereafter was not useless to me. In.this
contract I consented to certain stipulations in my
_bi'ide’s favor, which I was very far from thinking
would oneday prove so much to her advantage.
I deceived her-'4-but heaven is my witness it
was not without remorse 1-'--"In presence of the
beautiful Aurora, intoxicating love made me for-
get every thing but herself-'-and when I was with
myV joyous friends, their pIeasant'ries, their bon-
ton, the, kind of dependence in which they held
' me, their services, their instructions, rendered
me thoughtless with respect to the present, as
well as careless with respect to the future. But
in the stillness of solitude, sophistry and passion
disappeared ; leaving a dreadful perspective be-
fore me. VVhen I associated the idea ofAurora
with the miserable flock bed which was__ soon to
be her portion, when l figured to"r'rViysel{ her del-
icate hands employed in prepiwiiig the coarsest
, nourishment, when I beheld l’rei'5i‘i’z'l-to deserved a
palace, lodging under the tliatchiitl roof of my
aged father, I shrunk back with horror, or started
up covered with a cold sweat. More than once
I resolved to throw myself at the feet of the inju-
red Aurora, make a full confession of my crime,
and cover myself with the infamy wliicli belong-
ed to him who could so degrade himself as to
act; the part of a villian. But self-love and pas-
sion came alike to my aid. Enchained by the
fascinating ciijoyments of the present, my im-
Jnagination gilded with some rays of hope the
gloom of the future. ft The unliappiness of Au-
. ' rare," said to inyself, ‘‘ will be but traiisiciit
love will soften. into bitterness. Her mortal en-
emies are blinded by their desire of revenge.----
She will, she shall'be_ happy in despite ‘of them!
——they will leave me some money, and the means
of procuring more by industry-—--wI should be a
wretch indeed if I did not devote my life to the
task-of strewing flowers along her path-—\Vhen
'_ she learnswho lam, her "resentment will, no
doubt, at first bVe vehement, but when her good
sense shall perceive that the evil is irrepariible,=
resignation --will come-to her aid--slove will supply
the place of riches,’ and we shall yet be happy.”
Such were my reflections during eight days
previ’ous’to-th_at_ on which I conductedmy mis-
tress to the altar. At the moment shelpronoun-
ced the. vow to live and die with me, a sudden
shivering ran through all my veins--a general
trepidation seized my whole frame--I had never
had so neara view of villainy. I should infallibly
come to my relief, while the silly crowd who sur-
rounded us, mistook this last cry of expiring vir.
tue for an excess of sensibility.. Aurora herself
was deceived ; I felt from the warmth of her
"caresses, that the vain personage was ambitious
of . appearing as much my mistress as my bride.
The engi-avers, .in order to reward me, as they
-said, for the ability with which I had acted my
part, permitted me to prolong theLcncliantmen:
‘for a fortnight. , Exccssof love.aiwhile:.bani51-,¢d
from my mind the fatal -catastrophe which was
fast" approaching. At, length, after various con-
ferences with the implacablcenemies of -Aurora,
it was decreed that we should set out on our jour.
ney to my native soil. ' V
In proposing. to my wife an excursion of which
I foresaw all the cruel consequences, I could 'not
prevent a deep sigh from escaping me, to which
the credulous. Aurora paid no attention. Her
‘lively imagination was elated with the idea of
travelling by my side in a magnificent equipage,
attended by her women, escorted by servants on
horseback, and finding means of indulging at once
her pride and her love ; ideas excusable enough
at eighteen, which was the age of my wife. She
was delighted in making preparations for a jour-
ney, the approach of which was to me distract-
ion. More than once I implored my patronsfor
mercy ; the obligations .I had entered into were
laid before me—We began otir.jout'ney. -
_ Two of my ten friends served me as couriers,
while he who paid. his addresses to Aurora, push’.
ed his imprudence so far-' as to ‘offer himself to
me as coachmen. It.-is true, that a wig dexter.
ously stuck on his‘ hail‘, and a plaister fixed on his
right eye, so disguised-him that even his friends
did not recognize him ; three others of the young
engravers gaily rode behind the carriage as lac.
queys. The other four, detained at Lyons by
their affairs, consoled themselves in not being of
the party, by making the travellers promise to
write to them from every place where we should
stop to rest ourselves, and this we did frequently,
travelling only by short stages. Scarcely could
these wicked domestics contain their mirth when
they heard my vain bride, who always ' spolge to
them with haughty distance, addressing herself
to me in terms the most respectful, enquiring
the names of my chateaux, the extent or my es.
tates, and of my seignorial rights of hunting and
fishing; dwelling with complacency on my mines,
which to her lively imagination were equal at
least to those of Peru. On subjects such as these
turned our conversation,‘when three leagiies be.
yond Montelimart, we perceived the narrow lane
which led to a village, the steeple of which ap-
peared distant from the high road. This poor
village, alas l was mine. The critical moment
was approaching !
We passed ovcrlands that certainly were not
mine, and after three hours long and difiigult
travelling, our Coachman, too well instructed,
stopt-the carriage at the door of a miserable hut.
An old man in the homely garb of poverty, was
on the threshold taking the air : in‘ this old man
I recognized my venerable father.‘ N o, my friend,
I have_no colors withgwhich I can trace this orig-
inal scene 1' Figure to yourself the trembling Pe-
ro‘t'trou on one side, the haughty Aurora on the
other, and six insolent young men ceremoniouslv
placing her tin an old broken chair, with most iii-
sulting bursts of laug';‘.tcr, and with pleasantries
the most aggravating, refining upon their ven.
geance, and her mortilication. Figure to your.
selfthe pretended coachman' taking off suddenly
his plaistcr and his wig, and tu-toying Au:-oi-Va will,
an air of superiority—“ No Madam‘,f’ Vsaidhe, in
a tone of inconceivable disdain, “ no, you have
not been born or brought up for an eri‘géi'aver, ,SllC11
a lot would have douetoo much honor to your
birth, to’ your fortune, and to your choice. A
bellows-mc'nd_e_r, is worthy of you, and such is he,
Madam, whom you have taken for your husband."V
I was about to answer, but the pretenr.ledVcoach-‘
man was already on his seat, the five otliel-51]"-ew,
themselves into the coach, choaked almost with
laughter, and we soon lost sight of the whole
equipage. V V,
I expected that the catastrophe would be sin-
gular enough, but less terrible than it proved.-,-
had kept their own secret. They carried off. ev-
ery thing with them, like the sc'cne-shifters of a
theatre, who look up the decorations after the
"piece is finished. As for the unfortunate’ Auro-
ra, she saw nothing of this. Her former lover
‘continued speaking when she no longer heard or‘
felt. The ruflians left her, when they departed,
in adeep swoon. ' Judge of my situation !—-Re-
collect that I now acquired a consi(lct'abl‘e_V share
of sensibility and delicacy from the instruction I
had received, and the manner of life ‘to which I’
had lately been accustomed. ,A-las I in those cru-
el moments, I trembled alike at the thought of
losing the woman I a‘do'red, or of seeing her re-
stored to‘ life. I lavished on her the most tender
cares, and almost breathed wishes that my cares:
might be uiiavailingf Ah, my friend, I. thought
for a long time that my dreadful vows were heard.-
Nevertheless, after bathing copiously the pallid
face of the‘ lovely and delicate Aurora with water,
she re'sumed'fo'r a moment the use of her senses.
My engravers, while they taught me my part, _
took advantage from this second swoon to remove.
her from the. sight of the spectators, composed
chiefly of women with withered countenances,
who might have paiised for witches, andlaid my
plaintive b"Vride onVa little fresh straw, with which
a compassionate neighbor strcwed the flock-bed
of my old father. V
ed the use of her senses, I commanded every one
to leave us, in order to have no ivitncsses of the
explanation, and of the dreadful story which I
was fated to relate to _my wife. . ~ .
VV hen I had disembarrassed myself of the
crowd, I took Aurora to my arms ; I pressed her
to my heart; my scalding gears bathed her cheeks.
At length she opened her eyes and fixed the:-n
on me-—mine shrunk from the glance. The first
use which she made of speech was to request me,
under pretence of taking repose, which we both
wanted, to defer till the next. day the hateful de-
tail of the plot of which she had‘been the victim.
I yielded toher request and withdrew ;‘ leaving
with her the ncice~of the cure of the parish,
whose kind ofiices she seemed to receive with
‘thankfulness. . - ‘
2_H‘0‘W. shall I describe to you the horrible night
which I passed ? Fallen at once from a situation
the most. splendid, in‘ a miserable village which
afforded no kind of resource, and in possession
only of a fewlouis, while my adored wife in the
morning of life, accustomed to constitute, as well
as share the pleasures of society, had been led by
an infernal plot to the cabin of an old man, re-
spectablc indeed, but in a state of wretched indi-
gence; and I had been the chief instrument of
her misfortunes, the accomplice of her atrocity
with which she has been treated I VVhat would
become of her? in what manner could I act that
might least wound her feelings? VVould she
think her-self sufficiently rich in my- attachment
and tenderness? Oh no !--—I felt all the horrors
of her destiny, and my own! I had indeed no
reverse of fortune to undergo; I, whoV was born
to wretchedness and nurtured in want—-yet my
agonized heart, an heart but too susceptible, told
me that I had a sorrow to sustain, perhaps the
most cruel in the sad catalogue of human evils—-
I had not merely to bear indifference from that
object in whom I had placed every hopeof happi-
ness—-to see that heart alienated whose tender-
ness was necessary to my existence—to read
coldness in that eye on whose look my peace de-
pended--I recollected with distraction that it
must be my doom not merely to support indiffer-
ence, but aversion—I was not merely to become
an object of contempt, but of horror—I was not.
merely to feel the bitterness of being hateful to
her I loved, but to know that I deserved her ha-
tred—to find that the sharpest of all my sorrows
was the poignancy of remorse—-Had I not been
the fatal cause of all she suffered ?—-Had not I
darkened all the fairprospects of her life, and o-
verwhelmed her with intolerable anguish ?--—Had
not I, wretch that I was ! planted a dagger in her
heart ?—-Perhaps she would find a refuge from
me in the grave—-perhaps her last breath would
curse me-—or if ' she pitied, and forgave rne"—
could I endure her cruel mercy ?—would not: her
pity and forgiveness be more barbarous than re-
proacli——moi'e terrible than her curse?
’ ( To be Continued.)
P ackets, .
To Sail from Bun-all <3‘ Hubbell’s Lamlingut
1 H11‘. new and very fast sailing‘Sloop ORION,
.l.DASKAM, master, having 16 superior and
elegant births, will leave Norwalk every Tues-
day, and return from New-York on Saturday.
Sloop COMET, B. KEELER, master, will
leave Norwalk every Saturday, and return on
Thursday following. Each vessel will‘ perform
their weekly trips through the season. For
freight or passage, apply to the subscribers, or
to the Captains on board their vessels.
commodation of Passengers. --
BURRALL 8: HUBBELL.
Norwalk, May 12. ‘ ’ 2
Tailoring.‘
I-IE subscriber would respectfully inform his
- friends and the public generally, that he has
commenced the - - ~ ‘ . ~
Tailoring‘ Business,
In Ridgefield, main-street, in the Masonic Hall,
about twenty rods north of the Episcopal church,
~ where he solicits the patronage of the public, and
pledges himself that all work entrusted to his
‘care shall be done at short notice, and in the most‘
approved and fashionable style. As he has con-
stant communication with some of the first shops
in New-York, he.is confident his work will n'ot
be exceeded by any in the county,eithe1- in point
of style, excellence; or reasonableness.
_'WILLIAM ‘SEYMOUR.
Ridgefield, May 20, 1818. 5‘
Rock Salt and Plaster.
e - quality, just received and for sale by
EBEN. D. HOYT.
Norwalk, May 13.
Blue Dying, Maiiufacttig‘-.
mg, &c. ,
‘HE subscribers will dye Blue, at sliort". no‘-
tice, on Cotton, Linen, or \Voolleri Yarn,
They also manufacture Wool, -dye and‘ dress
iVVoollen Cloths, in the best manner, at all sea-
sons of the year, together with every other kind
of work in their line of business. ’ ' '
I/V./1./VTED IAIMEDI./{TEL Y—-A number of
Journeymcn ‘Weavers; and several Apprentices,
in the different branches of manufacturing, to
whom good encouragemet will be given, by V
' ‘ D. 8: D. BANKS.
Ridgefield,VMay 14, 1818. ‘ .3
‘Her frenzied eye that mine. “Monster 1;"; she‘:
exclaimed, and her senses againforsook her. I V
VVhen she had again recover- -:
EC?‘ Everyattention will be paid" to the ac-
¢'.. .- SAMUEL B. VVARRF.\l.
OCK SALT and PLASTER, of the first -
reiésis
‘.7-
la
. ._ V V TO SAIL,
From Ebenezer
walk, for Peel: Slip, .N'ew-York. _
SLOOP ELIZA, PE'NNO'YER, Master,‘
landing, on‘ Tuesday, the i2th'= day of
May next, and return on Saturday. -
,_.V ‘Vglflofl jEL1R'Yi Eryant, llfaster,
d Will sail on I‘hursd'a'y, and return on Tues-""
aye .‘ .',—_V " "' . V V
V Sloafz U./VIO.7\",' Brown, Villas-‘tar, _
VVill sail on Saturday, and retii'rti the Tfii"i'!"s’-"-
dal’ f0“0}‘lin3'; each vessel performing theié‘
vgeeVkly,_tr_ips through the season. ‘ F ~
1' or freight or passage apply-to the subscrif>'er';
Vor tO~';‘.-8lIlI€l' the Captainsofr board of ‘their i"e'-‘ft
spectivevessels. .. “ D; HOYT;
Norwalk, March 5th, l8l§.3 ' ~ ' ‘
»Norwalk Packet.
ilfi‘T'\ Tlwitew, superior, ast sailing.
*""‘?_: . Sloop PACK‘-IET,
. ' -- - «Samuel Daskam, 7izaster,, V
IS intended solely for the accommodation of
Passengers, having.threeV elegant and spa-'
cious cabins, with 42 births. The proprietors:
aVssure their friends andthe public, that noeexera
tions will be spared for the accommodation of
passengers. The bar will b‘e.we'll furnishedjwith
the best of Liquors, ‘VVine.-Porter,-.&c. She
will leave Norwalk every Tuesday and Satura-
day, and New-York on
dag. » . .
.VV\ VV\\;.\_\\. v\\\\ V.
INFORMS the public that he still’ continues
the business of . . V V ' 7
Stone Ctitting, V ‘ ‘
At his stand, a-few rods north of the bridge, V,
where may be had Stone of every description, at
short notice. He has just received a good. as-
sortment of VVhite Marble, of an excellent qual-
ity, suitable for Head Stones, and keeps’ constant‘-’
ly on handa general assortment of Scotch Grey,
and Jersey Free Stone,_ suitable for Hearths,
Chimney-pieces, Grave Stones, 8:9.» Als‘o,...Soap ~
Stone, of every description ; all of _tvhi_cl_i will be
well finished, ‘on terms as reasonable as can be
afforded by any, one in the county, "those who are‘ -
in the habit of peddling their stone, not excepted-3
Norwalk, June 3‘. 5
W ante-dfl
_On Tuesdays and Saturdays througll the Season,‘
Calves and Lambs
- THOMAS I-IAVVXHURST.
Norwalk. June 9,
For Sale at the Mill, adjoivrivtg the Bridge,
ROUND" Plaster, by the Ton,-atfil 1-, '
Likewisein the lump or stone,_atVS8 50,
Superfine Wheat Flour, by the barrel or cwt.
Ship—Stuff, and VVheat and Rye Bran.
Apply to . - LEGRAN-D CANNON.
Norwalk, June 3. 1818; « 5
V Bark, Hides, &c.-' _
ASH and the highest price paid for all kinds
of OAK BARK, HIDES and CALI’-
sigms, by V - ~ ' JOHN‘ EVE-RSLEY.
Norwalk, ‘May 6. P
of Probate‘ for the District of Norwalk,
appointed Commissioners to receive, examine
and adjust the claims. of the creditors to the es-
tate of Jlloses W. Reed, 1-ateof Norwalk, deceas-
tice, that six months from this (late is limited by
said court for all accounts to be exhibited against
said estate; and that we shall attend to the ..b“3lT
ness of our appointment, at the tlivelling-liotiso‘
of Rufus Bell’-, in'Middlesex, on the first l\'IonVclny.
of July next’, and at the store of John Reed 8:?
Son, on the last Monthly of November next, at
‘2 o’clock in the afternoon on each of said days.
All,accounts'rr'rust be properly attested. V
" " Commis-
sioners.
JOSHUA MOREHOUSE, I
Norwalk, June 2d, 1818. 6 V
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‘ ‘ 7 E the subscribers, being by the Hon‘._Court' . V
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ILL commence sailing from the asbovel,
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