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;*§ta.*’a.t;....;.g.;;ta.g..,;....
01! 7YiSIr1Nai,.A ‘
._,,,cun.nnuon‘. '
. rgm if :o.'ti'lzjei,,'vz.l‘i,i'c‘e of mg; lbl'7ff[‘l”,.iT‘'i'¢‘l71‘ddt‘lZ'(1v,.€v7'}Ie
' ,2;’,,}f‘9.-3-95 mp" ggujtlz, .620/tere_ are tlrey. ?’,:au'd Echo
.a@d-
neutrals.
' Q
K, .‘.:.i'i§t't"c'1;e__,¢z“1‘e’l'f1eg'-.g?" » g 4 _ ,
.» Tong years Elapsed since I gazcd'on_the scene
"2- W.hich:.m.y i'ancy:£still_.robed~ in its’ freshness of
' V’ i ' ‘ "gi',e§1.‘..i ‘ ’_ ‘ ,___[strayed,
-'1?1;'g_ spjot'_wjlie_re Va school-boy all thoughtless I
By‘the"side'of'thc stream inthe cool of the shade.-
‘.‘~i_,I'tlioit‘gli_"t;ofpthehfriends who had roamed with me,
'tl‘l§.‘.lf(§.‘ ‘, L ; V. so fair;
lien,_ 'he_~sky was sovblue, and the flowers were
.§AEll_fs_c'attered,all surtderedyby mountain and iv'a'§"e,
' A(}i'd_'sqme _th_e-cold _sile.'nt_,wo9tb of,_t'he gravel
, .I‘ thought-of the trees under which we had‘ stray‘d,
Of»._tl1eir-‘b.I_'oa,d leafy boughs with their coolness of
2 ,“. .. :"?§'ShadC; ' ' i ' i- i i- i ‘ _
. And I hoped, tho’ disfigured, some tokenjto find
_ ’|;,‘,,,Of thegnames andthe carvings, impressed ontlie
H T " rind. . ' ' . ' ‘
xi
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V ‘ ..Allca’ger.I hastened the sceneitoi behold, ‘
_ .-Rten'de_“red sacred and dear‘. by the feelings of .old ;
'.~,.«izid,.1 -deemed that, unaltered}. my mind should
. ,. » _ explore. T
.4, ‘_ This refuge, this haunt, this
‘Elysium ofyore 3
— ;. -91‘-was a-dream--not a tokerior trace Could I view
" 0.,f.the_j names that I lovCd,pf the trees that I knew;
~ Ll_l{$‘..,.lllC ‘shadows of niglitat the -‘dawning of day,
- _Like a tale that told—tbey had’vani_shed away I
‘AI_l,d_,mt:‘tlio’t thelone river that murmured along,
.3.5_'I3.19,.l,'§ (lull in its music,»more sad in its song,
§It1Acej.tli_e‘b,irds that had nestled and warbletl above,
, .__3'l§td _a_ll,fle_cVl.. from its bauks,at the fall of the grove!
:55-%ll@}USB§l~and*'the moral “came home to my heart,
Belloidliotv of earth all the glories depart !
(2,_ur_-visions are baseless’--our hopes but a gleapmf
, r0_ur-.stafi'bt’tt a're‘etl, and our ;-life but a dream .3
‘Til’-'_“f. 9-ll! lt=t,U_S l,0_o,k_-'.§-l_et-otir~prospects allure
"T0 5?-€1'1}=5 Wat" can fade not, to realms thatendure,
_‘Tf_.-$‘.]<_1_"1_<?3: to bless-ings, thattriurnph sublime
'9-er‘-:ttte‘_blight,ings ofchang-e,8c the -ruins oftime.
('7.
g . ._ - x, ' "'“"‘~9"'“
j._ — ._"-.;W__I’I.A'.1‘. u‘o.wa. urn ran?-
“ ‘Vhat do -..we live for 3- Isit to be . .
‘ : .'l‘.he_.sp’ort’of. fortune’s power-— s t
, j.To.laun_ch our bark on pleasure’s sea, ' s . , g
_ . A_nd_fl_oat_, perhaps, an [your-... " ' "
. ‘T0 W38,fe.01t1'.time in idle dreams e
. _i ,Qf1.¥Yh&£<vmay be to-niot-row...
To glean, with care, from present scenes,’
_ - The.‘~s<J_‘urce-offuture sorrow? “' ‘ .
‘ ."_VVl),a_lfdo,we live for? Is it to find
' ' T_he.ties of friendship bro_ken‘—-
‘ Tltat‘ love's asound to cheat mankind,
' _ 'A'fld,di_eS.as soon as spoken-—
‘ To mark the wee on-others hurl’.d,
. . ' ’ “Nor” weep tlieiuhapless 1o_t-— 3‘
xf , . To hate our fellf0vvs,;; curse the world ; .
To the ‘amt. be forgot? ' '
— No! \Ve were foft_'m’d to search the truth,
Through paths made plain’ by ‘reason;
A hail‘ the light inearliest youth,
-‘-‘~16-: Which shines in‘ every season :
Yes‘! We were madeto learn below,
, '_’I:he_b'oon hereafter given," ’ .
” '2? To’_'calrnly smile at earthly w'oe,‘4
. .— ” ‘ ‘And find a home’ in heaven; "
" .l%‘ro27r'(/tr Burton Daily ./1cI'ae:j_tiser._
» 1.NU.st.DA'r.1oN lN -’7l‘H'E Acre-J‘
« - vM|,?.- Hale.——1 have been much’ struck with the
;. folloning. account o_f‘a very remarkableidisaster‘
. which took place in the higher Alps in the suin-
’ ~ mer-of_1_.8.1_8. '
i 'Blackwo'od’_s Magazine, taken -from the Journal
of M. Pir;tet;;ol' Geneva. 1 have made atransla-
tion”ol'_the following account ofthe Alpnen Rosen,
for 1820. ,. Iris an extract fyomthe Journal clan
cxctitgsjionfto Ghamouni, by"M.r. Miners. .
- arrived at Martinach early enough to take
3',»s_tlr_jj;e;y‘tlils";*:"Jenit1g-of. the unfortunate’ theatre
'of_7t.hrs disaster.» Thefevent which, but a few weeks
ago, C_(invcL‘t‘:(l in a few moments into a frightful
vtfa5$.8a' ‘a most lovely country, rich in all the beau-
ties'of”a fruitful soil, isone of those which not
onlyderide, the Sililhllialltl post er of man at thciroc-
' curreng:e,_ but disdain-. all the _meast_ires' by which
he -would j_seet:"‘b’efot-'¢h_and to 'guard against them.
According, to- all iaccounts, 'Ma7rtinach' le bourg
an.d_..t_he_pla.tn around it, sufi'ered'a similar disaster
in 1595; by an iiiutidation of the Dransc, inthe
-' vale of’ Bagnes {and although the particulars of
tl_ie‘cat"astt‘oplte'are not known, it is probable they
rejsfejribled .those of this summer. ' , .
[The .Dran'se'has its origin ten leagues-above
lviartinach, in the glacier of Charmona_naz, from
which it springs as a considerable stream. ,From
the spot, ..it.,w_inds tliro’. the Alpine valley of. To-
renibecyi 3 Yfilley of three, leagues in length, shut
in,on -‘either side, with high precipitous rocky
walls’,-‘ ’constituting'the' binder and almost unex-
plored patjtlof the vale of ‘Bagnes, and so narrow
at the lowerypart,’ between: -ll/lanvoittin and Mont-
pleurer, thata chasm of 85fegt depth between the
opposite. rocky walls ’throu'gh which" the Dranse
burstgyis passed bymeanps of a hanging bridge.
On the «side of ..Moutpleurer, which from this
i‘ cltasmstretches upwards four leagues into there,-
glans’ of jeverlasting ice, lies spread out the Get.
rozvgl-aci.cI'-, _’.: Wl1ct'e. this’: glacier ‘overhangs the
abov_c_mFll§i,9“‘:d Cl1asrn,,,_eii‘ormousmasses of ice
‘ ' >are".con's'faint'ly brcktkiligi-:»‘<ofi' arid.-‘falling, with a
"hoist l_il§e'§h.l1“(l¢l's _l“£O_,.'tlie bed of the .Dran_se,
, whicbffoI'ce§ its; way beneath. In the lasttwo
years, the" Getroz glaci_er,‘.'like all the other gla-
ciérs (lIl'i_l(lJ“lwt‘f_._'(l‘|(iy)‘l't‘l] side of the_Alps, had so much
_ H h‘at_ the masses .w,hich,.l-ia'd ithus fallen
from '1_l'ia.’ f_o‘rn‘_ied,,a wall below, across the bed
‘ oftlie I),’i'ati’sei,f_«_i0O feet liigh, frozen to the oppo-
site “sides of the defile, ind SO00"feet broad at the
~:‘bottom._’ 'l‘plris;,'.vall of ice of course formed a,-per-
’ 4fect dan__L_’act'oss'tite stream of the.‘Dranse, which
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I
im’rne§li_a§el,y_lbegan, to rise behindit, and,whicl=l.
, , svhen it was.li§$t_.discoyered in the spring of: this
V , yogi’, _..fi.>.rimt‘-.',d,at_la_l<e 7290 feet lottgttand 180 feet
‘ ,, deep, alflti, was d8i,lyjsWel'li’ng.-,—7l‘liis,discovery was
" 'atl!¢5?§5sl§¢.“9ft *'!§I!it"=_ .b°I'I‘9r.avd solicituids-5 for it
‘ t "t?!ss.easr.t9 ,s.es..tl.w.t some tifrneor cileetf; .th[.i.s 1:-kc
would 0V§P,fl.l5Wi7'°P breali.thr_o.ush. .91‘ forse. Iv.”-
\v.ai§d‘.th,c'da_nt ofjthejice, ' ‘
. r
de,va,8t?ll9nS-. _ .
Q,
'rsT9.'~P 3Y¢"ls,
‘ ed, when the‘ water reach;-cl its level.
it on the inner side, and that finally, on the side of
‘ .to undermine the dam.--These were all alarming
A-description.ofit~lia_s appeared in y
and PlT9.d“‘?° ¥1F'l‘?illi?l.°.f
,_ , . ii.h<5lliv.or,
tilde-L‘t!i.c; extent at lhc °alar9.i.ty. -‘zit. was l’l'°P95.‘=$l./:,l
br“ifil¢1lisiénil‘?l5"erédfifié: pierérirttsfs
" ' feet‘sboveJhe’vrfi3éttt‘§l". ..
*%al,lei')?sZ.§ '!iT’fthi:’'‘liigii§-i’t}li¢t;
, . lied ‘tile’ ,
through‘ the ’«“galle‘ry,”"atidi away .t: page
deeper and deeper,’ tillthe lakeishould be
‘ed. ‘ This'ente’r_prize'jvva's'uiiilertalréii7.a‘ndffc§i‘i'i'é€l
on,’ under. thedirection of the engineer. vezit':z,§
with-the" greatest skill, courage‘, persev__e‘_rance
patience, andunder the most imminent perils and
extreme hardships.’ . _ . .
Venez and his workmen took up their quarters
at Bonatschissa,' the nearest village, about’-three
miles and a half below the darn. ‘ Here they took‘
refuge in the night and in very bad weather, and
had their provisions brought up on_'mule's,from
-the vale below. ”I‘hey could not, however, for
several" weeks,"while every thing was covered with
ice and snow, getto the ice-dam or return from
it,.without' danger of their lives.‘ Experienced
guides, used to -dangerous paths, have assured
me that there is scarce one more _da_ngel(bll5 than
that over the foot of Mauvoisin, when it’is cover-
ed with ice and snow, and yet Venez was obliged
for six weeks_twice_' aday at least, and ‘sometimes
fourtimesto traveltliis path, and thatgnot unfre-
-q'uently,in,stormy’ wea'ther,*in rain, bail, and by
twilight. -After having reached the hanging bridge,
abo\'etnell_tioned, they were obliged to hold strait
on, upon the utmost perpendicular..side' of the
Mauvoisiu, rendered smooth as glass by the ice
and snow, when they were every m'om"e'rit in.dan-
ger of slipping down the precipice frombelow,
and being overwhelmed with avalanches, from a-
bove. On the dam itself they were not safe for
a moment. Theblocks of ice, such as originally
fcrmed it, were constantly falling in ‘portentous
masses from the glacier ; and though a crash like
thunder "rolling in dreadful echoes round the
chasrns in the rock announced the fall, yetit was
not till it was in motion and near them, that they
could think of escaping from the fnass, for it was
impossible-till then, to tell in ‘what direction it
would roll or bound. From the opposite sitle
there was a similar though less constant exposure
to masses of rock, ‘detached bythc frost, and fre-
quently falling upon the dam, and finally a ‘single
false step-in creeping up to the galletytvould
have precipitated them into the-lake below.
in spite of these perils and the severity of the
work, it was pursued day and night by a regular
relief of the labourers,’ with unrelaxing persever-
ance. -The lake rose from day today, "and thus
gave lhe'most alarming exhortation to speed and
diligencein the excavation. ScAat‘cegwas_,it“finisli-V
Thus‘ far all was well, and most. gave them‘-
selves up to the pleasing hope that all cause for
anxiety wgs passed‘. Venez,’however, who from
themoment that the water began to flow through
the Gallery,‘ had watched with the greatest care
the effects of this process on the darn, ‘soon found
cause for anxious doubts. He observed, with
terror, that the water forcedlitsi way into the-inter-
slices between the blocks of ice, of which_ the dam
was composed, and began tojdissolve them-; that
the cataract l'orr_ned on the outer side of the dam,
by the water drawn off, began to cut away the
dam with great rapidity on the outside, whilethe
rush toward the-,_gallery pt'oduccd.,the same effect
lMauvoisin, the water. by leaking’ tliroughbegan
indifiations, that the dam was in dangerof falling,
'g‘t':l‘, not only to hiswgovernment, but to the credu-
‘lous inhabitants of the vale below, who under the
guidance of their priest had just been making a
‘procession, _with crosses and banners to the dam,
and flattered themselves that they were perfectly
"safe. _ i «- __ ‘A . .
V It was the 16th of June, l8l8, that Venez for
ithc lasttim.-:, with greater danger than'ere'r, made
‘a visit to the dam. Af reiterated crashing and
fearful rnaripgin the interior of the dam, seemed
to annotmceito him the inevitable approach ofa
dreadfulcaiastrophe. ln‘haste he quilted, with
.the labourers who were with him, the treacherous
region, where they did not feel l.llL'__n)St:lVt:S safe a
moment longer. They hurried to the valley, and
warned every one whom they met, not to remain
any longer below, but to flee as high up the moun-
tain as possible. Scarcely had they reached the
‘meadows of Fionnain. which are two leagues dis-
tant from the lake, when they are overtaken from
behind by a furious squall of wind accompanied
bya sullen roaring, such as they had never before
heard, with a crashing and s_torm’y‘t,umult from
the remotest parts of the vale. They look back
in affright. Nothing to be seen ; butthe roaring
and crashing becomes eveiytnoment more formi-
dable atid nearer. They now seek their own safe-
ty involuntarily,‘ by fleeing up the mountain._ 0-
‘lver rock and precipice, and up the steep -acclivi-
ty they climb and run,’ looking anxiously back .to
‘behold the desolation that comes roaring on. At
.1a_s_t they behold it ; .l'r»o‘m‘ithe:~jaws of the narrow
vale, it comes heaving on‘“a black mountain of
mingled ruins; rocks fall in, Jorests disappear,
and the- "mountains themselves shake before it-
Horror drives the fugitives further up the moun-
T Latins ;i butfthe destruction pursues them, and
scarce can they reach a point on the mountains,
.before that which they have just quittediis swept
away“ At length however theyattain an.eleva'-
tion beyond the reach of the tide. Here they stop
exhausted and breatliless, and look down on the
destruction below. ‘.It wasa sight,’ said Venez
to me, Epositively too horrible, too frightful -to
be described in words. I couldfitell you indeed.
that I saw.not-one»or two cottages, but twenty or
ihirty at once swept away and torn to fragments ;‘
vanish‘e_d1'at'once from my sight; that monstrous
masses 0f,.'I‘o‘t‘,k~",VI_el'c rolled onward or undermin-
ed. by the stream, precipitated . themselves down-
ward -_.,with1Va;.crash like thunder; but I cannot
convey to you.the awful, the terrible of the scene.
To conceivebf these you must have witnessed~it.’
- and tlttgers, ;who with -mm were eye witnesses of
tliis.tlisa”stfrous scene, were unable for mohths af~
re,-,wa_r_‘d,s_.to,.shut out from their imaginations the
‘dreadful pictu_'i'e.of it, whic_h.w_aking and sleeping
’pui'sued,.t-,h,ern 'wherevet;tliey..,went., ., - " '
-.. . .,., a -
ruins t>or.n*.é|o‘v.s twilh..isf_and.=h¢ared vb. toahcisltt;
ct_)hceivéd‘.‘hq\v’-Vain“must b‘ea_ll1“hfutiifi
—.tvard',' rocl_t_s,;:springs, Fahd tire pa:th.sl_o_n‘_ tlie't‘r'totip7
-employed in ClC'dl’l.t"f-?
and Venez lost no Atimein announcing the dan- .
that whole;forest_s of the highest pines-and,larches
~.." ron1“_tliis‘it...-.i,s easily~conceivab_le_ that Vejnez.
1 ,.T_li_qugh.you take into ¢_:_;on,_ tderatton the extra-
ordinary. rapidity of _a-,s_tre_a_t'n am'o,viu_g.:.fo_r_vvar<_l‘
Vwitli} af "fall. of 5Q(_),O_. fee_t,1 whyen, you ,t‘efi_ect ,how_ its.
forco ‘mustjlnestrengtltenjed and<tncreased,'by the
-ts9ist.’.it=t'"Iir!5'st¢sg5- .fLi€éi~ir$’.s|l‘avh !'.l.‘.l. "
~st1t“v‘é‘cl.' M_fh’ere_t7er"l"li§f§stream tve';§°rj.3glirp‘ugl-tot}
the Tvalley} geverygthip‘g"ivas swept beforejttip ‘Lab
» -. u. . ,.., ...,..~_,-.
‘and ct'iished,? forestsovet whelmed,‘ an‘d,b‘o_rne'iin:
"tainls obliterated.‘ ' ’ _ ’ , A . -
- - -Martigny was the spot, where _the.grea_test_;_tlc_-‘
avastat-ion took place. Here burst forthhfrom the
for this moment,j“thc enormous floodof ruins and
i-rus'lied into the extendetl plain of the valley. .. The
innumerable trunks oftrees, beams, and masses
of rock,~ which;_ drove down upon . the village of
Martigny,.pr.ostrated every thing in their "course,
crushed the walislof houses and gai:dens,'and pres-
sed up this ruins into high toweringheaps. The
waters,.however, found room to diffuse them-
selves ; the heaviest of the ruins which they had
:
rubbishonly borne. on, which ‘nevertheless was
power_l'ul enough, for a halfa mill: farther down,
to overturn some houses and seriously damage
others. But in general-it was the water alone,
which now did the chief damage, andleft its black
shiny mark at Life height of eight feeton all the
houses.—It- every where forced its way, thickened
by sand and earth to a dark mud, into the cellars’
and vaults, filling them completely with this de-
posit. VVe found the inhabitants every where
from thcll‘ houses, and
great heaps of it 3 c -..i;-early bcfotemostoftheir
doors. ' ‘ v ' “ . A
The noble fields and pastures between _Mar\tig-_
ny and the neighboring villages are now covered
with a fine grey sand severalpalms deep. VVhere
the principal street passed between rows of fine”
long houses is n_‘ow atwaste open place covered
with sand. . The noble ‘ nut trees, once ihe chief
ornament ofthis charm'ing»spot, are nowshut up
as high as their main bran'ches'with rafters, planks,
stones and ruins of every sort, their bark beaten
oil‘, their trunks wrenched and crushed,’ so that
scarce one will probably live. 4 Thus in a few mo-
ments is-one of the most beautiful and charming
countries reduced‘ for years to a dreary barren
waste.‘ The number of lives lost was between
thirty and forty.~ \. _ . -
- ---—-no-tzsfl---— ‘
A LUDICROUS ANECDOTE.
A certain lvlajor H. a rich planter in tlie-state
of Virginia. was famous for his liospitality,” and
no less noted for the drollery which he practised
on strangers, who'often lodged at hisgliouse. One
evening agentleman "passing throug‘h'that part
of the country was informed of the Major’s‘char-
actor, and determined _to halt there until the next
morning.‘ He accordingly stopped, and the hu-
morist rccieved him with usual'politenes"s. After
the tea-table was removed and they had conversed
some time on different subjects, the Major asked
the traveller if he could dance. The other an-‘
swered in the negative ; but Mr. H. pretending to
impure this answer to the stranger’s modesty, in-
sisted in the politest manner possible that he must
certainly be an adept in that accomplishment, and
the Major assured him he should be highly grat-
ified in seeing a specimen of his skill. T-he gen-
tleman, much surprised at his host's importunity, .
obstinately persisted in denying the‘ least kl-iowli
edge of dancing, while’Mr. H as streinuously,,.in'-
sisted on the cont-rary. He then ordered’ his ne-
gro boy to bring in his fiddle, and req_u'este‘rl‘ his
guestto gratify him in dancing a reel; but the
stranger begged to be excused. The Majotjhav-
ing repeated his desires to see the gentleman
dance, and finding he could not pres-ail upon him
_ by entreaty, suddenly drcw__a pistol from his pock-
et, and pt-esetititig it at the breast of the astonish-
ed traveller, swearing the must instantly obey
‘him, _ur._ he would discharge its contents into his
body. g The stranger seeing the Major-’s resolu-
tion, was terrified into a compliance, and the nut-
sic striking up, -he fell to dancing with the great-'
est gravity imaginable, cursing the humor of his
host from the bottom of his heart. Having ‘exer-
cised hirnsclf in this ridi-;ulous._man'ner to the no
small diversion of his host, till he was véiiyimucli
fatigued, he was about to sit down ;' but his tor-
mentor, not yet satisfied with the FUN, presented.
his pistol a second time, assuring the dancer his
periorniance had hitherto afforded so much enter-_
tainment that he must continue it till further or.
ders. '1’ he poor intimidated -stranger, seeing
the earnestness with which his mischievous host
repeated his demand, began again, till extr'em’e
fatigue compelled him to beg a momentary rgg.
pite. The Major was inexorable, and compelled
his panting. guest to a further exercise of his
limbs, till he was so far exhausted by fatigue
that he could scarcely move.‘ The Major being
at length fully satisfied with the FUN, liberated
his prisoner about twelve o’cloc.k at night, and
retired from the room, leaving his pistol on the
table". The instant the Major was out of sight,’
the traveller took possession of the pistol. exam-
_ined it, and found it was not ch-at-ged. He was
doubly il't'ita_ted when he found he had been so
completely duped, ‘and instantly resolved to retal-
iate on his entertainer in n ntanner be little ex-
p__ectv;d ; he‘lhercfor_e charged his pistol with pow.‘-1
der and ball which he-. happened to have about
him, and on the Majot-’s return the guest reques-
ted to be gratified in his turn ; but the‘Major with
_.great good hpmor observed that it was ratlier late
tor further diversion, and desired his guest to re‘.
tire, to bed. . ‘ Sir,’ said the other with great sang
iroid, [1 insist on your dancing; the Major still
excused himself; but his guest presenting the
pistol at him, commandedhim to begin instantly,
or abide bythe consequence. H. imaginingthe
pistol was unl_oad,ed, smiled at this threat and was
going off: * btt,-p, sir,’ said the stranger, 3 do you
think to escape with impunity; you must know
that 1 have charged the pistol and indeed you
must either instantly obey or expect the conse-
quences.’ He accordingly cockedmthe pistol, e-
vinced a determined t'es'olution to execute, his
threats if not instantly obeyed. The Major, sec-
ing by the resentment that sparkled in the eyes of
his guest, he was in earnest, proceeded to action
as Scion as’. possible. - i -
= jl‘he poor negro, who had not } enjoyed a min-
’ utc’s rest from seven till twelve o'clock, thought
the sport had fh1_)(lCd,\Vi_lh3'thc first dance ;...1?lt't.tlie
gelttlcnxan after bestowing a few _cu_rses-_~otr:liim"
f0!’ _lll5tl‘~?ZlIle5$a .0|‘deI'ed him to play a briskvtune’
l0I‘.hl_5, 1.‘liFl$l§“a who was desirous of "trying his
skill’ next.”, _ ']_‘.he.mu5§c',-M, f,,jj¢dged.i,,‘ pain. ;_,-,-,g...f,,.
-ins,,>?houses,*‘-brid “es, ‘cjauseways-‘wet'e to n_ awéy
1Major-clriseftofhisv-vrtjrlt
1.b.¢5s_ltn<sstfbr¢af,l2l¢s’5‘
‘gorge behind, wit__h=fu_ry.as it were treasured" up .
‘washed down were deposited, and the lighter F"
young lady your daughter ?' The
‘: Yes.’ ‘Pray sir,’,continued the _7counsel, ‘ how-
do you know she is yourdaugliter ?_ f‘ ' " i’
' h‘ *i’*1l}'7-“*l'.i.il.éi.Tli?l.i’s“’I”’i‘f.~
‘the’ fiieaiif tii'ii‘e'.'l‘,' ,
/ . . _ ‘l ’V"i’é‘I."5{«‘i"1_‘Ii.i',S"?l'1't’5“rse‘«'t‘;‘,,s;“."T
in Vr‘e“ad :"ihe t‘rave"lé‘ 1-” ii" “' ‘:"‘”' '
S . Y1. .. ‘. P.._°l?fi_..¢ l9,mo_un__
. .. _ 4' . -.-.Z‘.‘.l‘.’.".~1“5i§‘¢¢.3?¥?i-‘his’
rngto breakfastfassuririg‘ 'bir_n‘_he had ,nevé’*i
with an equal match b’
*""'s'~"‘ burr rt é...€9f=lv=r aéqusirlsficé ‘Wh the
gtllflf‘-I¥_li\l1 ; Abpt’ the trav_t_:l_ler (l_Q‘\l‘_bl'lng‘ th,e.’s'~incetw_. .‘
tty ol hlS‘lI0sl's prOf_éssi01‘r,__fl)_2inked lii,ni-»veryTp’d-. 1-
l_il¢lY2 a5$“,'¢d"lllm ‘ll11t._l}l§. l¢i'T_ldn,ess .liad‘al'rTcady
laid him’ under obligalionsihe should not ve_ry‘is§i§h.i
forget‘; then discl'iat'gin_g the pigm| 5, ‘the. d,,€;,.,
he pursued'his journeyriwifh aching‘
not a‘ little pleascdwith ohaiving pa',,r},”i5‘ ‘hos,"3,_, ‘
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well -for his night’s ent_ertaitint'ent. “
T:
' Iiztcrestihg ./!naca'o:e._.-Ag a g,~i,,,1”,,(‘,‘,‘,’,e lyeairs :i_
go in Ireland a Mr. ‘Norton’ p_t-osecuted one John
Farrel for an assault, with an attempt torcommif
a‘ra’pe, upon his da_u‘gh.'er. ‘ When Mr:§iN'om',,,'
had given his testimony lor '_ the ,crown,(a§; me
term .is,) he was cross exaniined>.by itlie;-t_cbniis‘,‘-;‘l
for.the prisoner. 'I'he.fit'st’iir’ji“‘ " ' ‘i
by one of ¢'th'ese "counsel was, i""i- ._ “
it *
The witness thus 'ex'prc-sse", liiinse.l_f:,_i..t_("‘i,'eni.
tlemen of the jlury, I am_'call€tl in_(h‘i5~.'.icourt
to give» my test:mony—-I Ila-vfe given it‘_,;,,and‘giv-
en i_t honestlyfito my mind, and tl'Lle'fi3 tQ:;|je__faét_
A counsel (at, least I..;_suppose him -‘his im. -
”p7ertinenc_e) ‘has asked’ the .whether ;I.’ca:’r,;’up_,mj
‘oath, swear that tliis..yo‘ung lady is my }lau’g-m,e,~'_,?
...many of you are fathers, and will feelupon this
occasion as lfdo. One observation I beg permisa .
sion ofthe con_rt.to make,:'it isthat in support of
the laivs oftlie country, ,1 come forward to punish
a transgre_sso'r at my own expense, and that
who has asked the the questionpas to my (laugh.
tel"-8 lfigilimacfg '¢1fI(l"who, no doubt,»means -to ask
‘many mote of the s'ame'sort,.,is_a person bribed to
prevent the course ofjttstice. '. .. ' j — _ .
‘. Ge_ntlemen‘,l will provefithis,assertion.-—-Looki '—'
to his brief-—-he there acknowledges to haveure-
ceived rm guz'i:e'as‘to‘(lel'end a villain. . ‘ " ’
‘ ‘Will you believe the testimony, on ofith, ofa
man who is not /lurcftdsed, in preference to the
argttmeunt of a man it he is publicly, bribed, or. will
younot?’ ' .1‘ __ _
' ‘The self-suit‘-icient counsel wasidtirnb_f_-__,-‘lie, an-
svveretl not a word ; and the . prisotier'_was . ooh.
victed and sentenced to two years ir_npri_s'onmer;i,t,
and to ‘give security for his good behaviour" during: —
life, himself ‘and ’tw,o.sur‘etie‘s’, in 2000!. each. 2 if
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AVVFUL VVARNING.
Some few months ago,'dur.ing the performance
of Divine service on board the Receiving ship at
this place, one of the _men__cc-ntrived to slip outof
the co;ii;I‘¢gall0n§ beckoned toone of his isliip»
mates and went below.‘ He did not howererfes-
cape unobserved ; ‘an officer, followedr_hit"n. ioniytip
toe, and the main presuming that'it.wagr.;.“g,i§‘f¢9,n.
lid
rade, said, in an under.v‘oice,*.S come-letus have
a snug‘ game‘ at carc‘ls.f ‘When the "set-vicewas
over the culprit was sjummoned by the cotntnaii:<l-
ingflflicer, who sev_er‘e‘ly reprimanded him-before
the “assembled crew, :and dismissed him -with
these words, ‘how do you know but this_may' be;
the lastopportunity you will have of‘ hearing a
sermon.’ . T /19 m=.z‘t_ 1nornz'7ig_ /:'e_/P211 from lite zna'sL_‘ ' i
head, and ms /zz‘c/red ujz a cor/ave". ' i '
"l‘ht-ee Sabbath ago. during Divine 'se‘rvice.in
the same place, a man behaved with-so little deco-_
rumf, that an ofiicet- was sent to check him. After.
st-rvict.-, the oll‘ent3er was publicly reb2tl=.-eti-was
re-rttintlcd of the mecediugpanecdote, and dismis-
set} with this remark,“ who can tell but this may
be your fate to-morrmv ?’ ‘T/ze nc'.z‘t msrrzing, he
was ordet_etl_ to perforzri isomeidouty 'dlt_)l,‘l.,i_fcl_l_‘}“7‘0:n.
the ma.-.,-t head, and was /tickctlufz la-’cor{zsc'. ~ This
narmtive requires no comment.—-L. 1.. Patriot. ‘
[Selectedjbr t/;e‘Gazetl:.] ‘ ’ ,
./J/fectionsis saidto descend. The love ‘ofchil-'_
dren to their parents, it _is contended, bearsnu
proportion to the love of parents-to their: childretn.»
The former is a sentiment 3 ‘the’l'.tt_'t_er, a passion.-
" Children conform to the: will oftlteitj_p_at'ents fl‘Ol'l;._
duty, while the devotion ol'_parcnfs to their chil-
dren springs from, love. Hence, in every state of
‘society, cjvilizedor savage, parents protect and _
cherish their offspring tvith the tenderest care-: -
but the attention and affection of children to their
parcntsis, in general, proportionate to the degree
ofrefinement existing in society. By refinegpent;
"it shouldnot be understood that state where eve-_
ry_man can speak with many tongues, l)ut_\VllC!'je i
the moral sense is refined, whet'e‘\-.'ir_tt'te is cher-
islted,an(l!l1e‘willl0f t_h-e_ _l_iigh and holy one is.
esteemed supreme and s'a.cijed.‘ Whatever opin-
ion’ may exist on this point, one tiring will be»:-
greed toyby every good m:tn—th_at tltere is no due
with greater clteerfulness anddelicacy, titan that
of rendering the declining years of our j parent-s_
happy. Many little delicate attentions’ to thcir._
‘wishes and‘opinions are due, \ a .ljl10'uSa_|Kl times:
"due, for their care of us" in . our infanoyfaand .-as
‘we hope for respect from c.hildt'cn,_. andfforithe‘
blessing of heaven, let us consult thé‘desires of
parents, attdfpromote their happiness. Remem-
bar that “ Honor thy father and thy. 'm‘other’- is a-
mong the solemn behests ofthe decaloguc. ‘ Dis-
graceful as is the fact, yet we must ‘admirtliat :-
ven in this enlightened-age and country, itistances .
have occurred of cbiltlffill .l>¢i"E~ dl3l'3P¢¢‘f“l “5
their-parents--sometitnes rude, and occasionally
cruel. If I see a son treat his father or his moth-
.er with disrepect‘, I set .him down as ‘lackiIrg_'.uD-
derstanding: if he is cruel, in my book he is‘ no-
ted as a savage.. 5 .- ..
_ r-——--n__®-:2:--2:69;".-®t " — t . -
Hindoo »Miesio7zs to convert At/tc English Bish-
o/is.’-—_We have been told,-tliatZse'v‘en Brahmins
are on‘ their voyage toglingland in the ship" Good
Intent,’ with a plan for com't_erting_'tlte ’
Bisltops "tr; Brabmiitiismfi . I I - '
i A‘~short_ time since 'a coroner's jptfy assprjnblfid-.
near Waldron on an inquest ;vwhen (they came to_
the~twelve wh’o_could write‘his:nanit:fé.":_ _ p ,
1n_th,6.Population list of.Ed1nburgh,' is an_I.rtsli--
vyotnan, aged J01“, whossill earns her-subsistence
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off-_.tw:o.and‘ ‘ three -hundred feet, I-:‘;L’t‘.,.i£‘i easy.toj-be _
tigué, ‘and3bgitig repeatedly "terrified iviti-«threats,
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by spinning.—l_[.ondon f:a{m_'- ‘
efore, and he should.thinl¢ . '
ty mnreimpcrativc, or that should be performed ’ f
(«K
tlxe*cerctnony.of signing, theft; w'2\‘-ijlT5ill?;.Si>:“1‘= ?ln°'}_3:' * ‘
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