‘ Caresses ivltich lti-s bab,e*aD
' .rit_tiiii 'r'iii-: cnAn'i.iss"rotv cotinfi5R.'
trnn DB'SEi{'1‘i§D vt"11?i~z-.
He comes not-_-I have waicli’d the moon__ go down,’
But yet he comes not.--—oncc _it was not so.
He thinks not how these bitter tears do flow,
The wh'ilc_ he ltoltlshis riot intltat to_wn. »’ _
Yet he will come; and chid‘e,_an(l _I shall weep;
And‘ he will wake my infant from its slceji, ~
1'3 blend its feeble watlinig‘ with my tears.
Q 1 howl 1 lrivc 3., mot.lter’s watch to keep,
Over those blt.'t'pl.ll'g‘eyes, that smile.which cheers
l\"ly"lieart, thuttglt sunk in_sorron, lix’d and deep.
_I had a llllsbttlld once )'.'l1o_ltiV’.(l i_ne——IIOW
He we,» “cars a frown upon his brow, .
And fc_:e.<l:-. his passion upon a w-.tnton’s_ltpi
As bees, from luttrcl flmvei-sa poison sips ,
But yet,l cztnttot ltate‘—-O l tlteri: t'l'£V‘-l'C_ l10l"'3i
When I could hattg forever on "his-eye» ,,
And 'l'im.c, who stole with silent swiftness by,
Stricvttezl, as he hurried Una‘ his l"‘“h iwilh fl°w°"3'
’ I l,o_.v’v!, him than-~l-te lo§"tl‘ me too--my beat‘!
btill ii ttds its ftJIl(l!'iC5s'.l'xlll[lle, if he smile ;-
Tile imetttory of o‘nrloves'will tte’er depall 3
And though he often sting meuitlt a dart. _
Vettom’d and bzit-b"d ; aitil 'w-aste upop the vile,
' d mine should shale;
'1‘,-,,,1;,,h he 5h._)lli,(i spurn me, I willcalmly bear
Hislmatlliess-—-and should sickncsis’ come; and lay
' its paralyzing hand upon him‘, then
'1 would, with kittdnc‘ss,'8ll"f1l)l W"°"l!’§5 "9'???’
Until the peniteot should weep. _'and'.§'§1Fs“
_Elt,~w'ihjured, and how faithful lhad been: _.
,1 , FROM mv1'c.ii'r’s TRAVELS. ,
STGH.-Y OF GEN. 'WADS\VORTH'.
i (coivcLunt«:n.)
fmgais mm. about‘ two o’clock in tlte‘_riior_iting.
(;'g‘ne,;zi "‘W3.tdsvvcrtlt‘ltad ‘left l.l‘iC'1'fOl"l‘aEl'n‘llt?§ill(l
u' litilf .l5éltln(l him ;A and had’ p'_crce_ivt;il no noise,
tivltlcylii indicated thai’ tlie ené'my_ l1'ti'(lJ_'_t_ll§C!JA"€'l‘fctl
his escape. His own p‘t‘op'e’i‘_' cou:i's'e;n.uw lay_,_».lor
about a mile, up at ' vfeiy gc'tttly'slopittg accltvizy;
on't"tie‘ summit of pwhiciltbwas a i'oa'd, for tnerlyjcut,
under his tlirection,‘ for the ptir'pos'c of niiivittg
,lie‘-.t'tv'y'ca,ttnon. The whole ascent was ov_crspt'cad
with trées, blm'vn“down the wind rand to gain
15,,‘ gjjfrimit, cost’ hirii the labour of at least an
hour. ‘At lcttg.th'lie_‘ ‘reacnetl the road ; but, after
keeping it abut» t‘ liétl i‘ a’ mile,‘ §itflt\l‘[ll’llli:(l to betitkc
’hiti'tse‘lf'to tlieiwooéls,’-tittrl in-.tke'his" way through
.;;,',_,,*,,' to the river‘. "lit.-re‘ th‘e'day dawned, and
we‘ ,-gin abated. l‘l'~:rt.‘, alsb,"li‘e‘ licalfrl the revell-
he beat at the fort". He rewacned the lSa‘ste_t"ii sltorc
C; the I)‘cn(',bgc0l;‘ jttst bt.:'lo"w_ the lutver..Nai"rotrs,'
at sun rise, anrl l'..ilnd a_ sxin-.:ll‘ c:_ittoe‘_at the overly
‘Sport-, ;,vhere he tirst Callie‘ to the river. ‘But he
was afraid to cross'it7i‘ti tlifs place, lest the inliabt-
talus‘ on‘ the‘ op'posit_e- sltore, through leak‘ of '.ll_c
‘enemy, orliostility to /u‘m‘slioultl carry liiin. back
‘id the fort, in tcs't_theit- k'in'(1iies's, time, should
-1,‘; dgg',,o'5¢-d to"'be‘l'riletltl’liim',' should prove their
,-mitt. He," tliel'éf0l‘e, titzidé the best or iiis’ way up
‘the river, at; tlit:'_f'0i)l ‘bl’ the}; litilikg and kept as
':.,,ea,.‘ as he éou~‘id"tri the" w'2lter’s' edge ;'_that't_he
flood tide,’ wt'ttc‘ti*jt'~’-.t_‘s ttbw’ running. might cover
‘his’ steps‘, ziiirl p‘ré\‘c‘rtt liis'cour'se lrotn being put‘-
sced by blood-lioiinds,‘ kept til. the lor"t”.’_1.n tlits
manner, -.'i—l-.0, he cscapetl tltetiotice oi tlt__einltab-
ii.'.tI]'ls","ll'\'l~1]'g omits lj3a:i'tt_:rn‘ _b'auk‘ol‘tlte‘rivct'. _
About s'even'o’_clo'ck ‘in the u‘tornir'tg _tlie' sttn bf.
.ga'n to'shi‘ne ;‘ziiiil‘ the‘ sky‘ became clear‘. ..At tltis
time he had reached a plac'e, just below" the Up-
p“,_na“,m,,5 ; seven miles from the fort. Here it
"vi’a’s ttecessut-y for‘ him’ to cross the rifvcr,‘ At it
‘small di'st'attc‘e he pet-‘ceive‘d a salnion‘-net‘ stretch
ad from a point, thiclrgly cmrered witli bushes," and
a canoe lying on the shore. lie the.r'e‘lore deter-
mined, alter l‘it!vln'g cut a stout club, to lie by in
the thicket, iit order to' test himself, dry his
clothes, and discorpt‘ the persons who should
come to take fish from the net; that he might
decide on the safety or danger of niakirtg himself
.kr'to‘wit. , In this sizttation he had spent near an
hour, and made consider-able pt'ogt'ess in drying
his clothes; not, however, without frequently
]o,,‘,;',,,g dotyg, the iii-e_r to see 'Wl.lclltet' his t:nc- .
mics were purs‘umg‘ him ;i when to his tmsp:aka-
we joy, he saw_ his ft‘t.:n'd Burton advaiicing_ to.
\V'dl'(lS‘ him, in the track which he had himscll ta-
ken. A The. meeting was mutur.-.lly rapturous;
anti the more’ so, as each believed the other to
lnuje been lost.
Major I-Burton, after having passed through the
hole in the ceiling, made his way directly into the
second; entry without interruption. As he had
bccn able tocscape front the ceiling, oitly by the
assistance of Gen. ‘vV'adstvot'tlt, he Ct)l‘l(':_ltl(lA;“ " _,_ ear.
fy, that his friend would be unable to make lirs‘ way
tin"-_o,u,;h the same passage, and, rationally deter-
mining it to better, that one should regain his lib-
ert’y,' than that botli should confined, in a Brit-
ish jail, ntaile no stop", to learn What had become
.:, of ltis_ companion. Passing put—_ol‘ the eastern
door, (the some which Gen. \lVadstvorth bad se-
lected.) he ctitercd the area of the fort, taking the
inost vsatrliful caie to avoid. the sentry-boxes.
The ‘night was so intettsely dark that this was a
fnaitet-oi ito small diilictilty. Fortunately, bow-
’ eye,-, be avoided tltt:m_all ; and steered his course
‘provid'etitially to the north-eastern cttrtain. At
‘ the iitoinent cl" his arrival, the,tloor of the guard-
house was tltt-own open, arid the relief ordered to
turli out. Button heard the orders indistinctly,
"aiirl supposed tlittt himself, or.Gcneral Wads-
worth, (if he had been able to make his way out
i of the ba‘rrttclr,) was discovered. He leaped
tltei-el'or‘e from the wall, and fell into the arms of
as Chcvaux de-ftisc, cotitaining only four sets of
pickets. had there been six as is sometimes the
case, he must have lallcn upott the points of some
of thesis, and been killed o,u.tt’ight._ Petceltlllg
that he was not injured by tlielall, he fluiig limi-
stlfinto the ditch ; and, passing through the a-
battis escaped into the opt-itgrountl. As he had
no doubt that either ltitnscll’ o‘i"G,enet'u.l \Vadii-
, tioititwas discotered, and knew_t'ltat in "either
case, he bl)()l.vl(l be closely pursued, he used the
"utmost expeditiuii. _ ; t
It had been agreed by _tlic pt-isopet-5, that. if
they should get out of the lpit,'aii(l in this enter.
1, prize alt-Iuld be aeparated_,l'i;oin each other, they
should (lirect lllcl-l'.C0lll'S‘,t‘.lifiglsile wind. Unfor-
tunately, the gale, w_lticli in lli’é ‘afternoonaucl ear-
ly part of the evening, lied blown from the south,-
sltilted, without bt‘ilig'0bs'cl’,\'td by Bu,'t't’on, to the
.¢asi, -Olthe t-egionrotind abouthitn, except’ so
.; far [as General Wadsworth bail '<lI:sCl'llJCCl it to
‘him, ltc_w:is abtsplutcly ignorant. In these unfor-
tunate Clrctltilrilttticcs, ittsteadof talrittg. the_,di’t~cc.
l
.'
tiohlle had lntettdctl, he pointed hi,
'i- ':lie‘-ittllabitantfi -Bock"ed about tlt‘et'n"’t't=it-h~ a joy:
wards picjuet guattd, ke_pt,neay the istltrntts; and" SCH!‘-Cely‘ll'if¢l"l¢J'I_" to lll¢ll'S",A. and not -only hailed‘
. came almost upon a sentittel. lgeforelte rliscoyet--' tlietn as 'l_‘t-_iend_§- lotjg ‘lost, bu_t__as men dropped‘
"ed iris danger. I-Iappily,“hotvev‘_er, he perceived fromthe clouds. Their surprise, and their affec-
atnitti'at a's‘rnall<listani:c,in motion; and drop-‘ tion, w'ei-gé i-Srjually int'ense‘;‘:ind their minds la-1
pc(l softly upon the groutid.”_", 'l'he,mov'ements: boured for modes in which they might exhibit
ofthe inau soon convinced Bttrton that lie_w_gs a" .sufi'tcie,nt kindness to-their guests;
sentinel, belott‘gin'g'to the .|)ique.t. By v,ariotts’:l' A At this friendly place they took horses, and ac-'
means the twp friends had made themselves ac-I
‘quainted with tliefwhole routine of the duty per-
formeld by the garrison. Burt-in, lltercfore, from’
these circtimstances,discertted inla moment wliere
lie was, and deterinincd to avail himselfofthe dis-'
~ covery. Ac'cordingly, wlteni.-ver thesetttittelmo-j
vtcd lrotn him, he softly withdrew, nndat lgngth
got clear of his disagreeable neiglibour. He then‘-
etttered'the water on the side of the Isthmus next
tothe river, with the hopeof, being able to ad-
vance in it‘ so for above the picket as to land a-
gain undiscovered. The undertaking proved ve-
iy hazardous, as well as very~ditlicult. It was
ttie'ttn_te of low water. The rocks were numer-
cur in his course: and the riser between them‘
was‘de‘ép. A"grcat qtiantity of se.i-weed also en-j
cttmbeted his progress. A He swam, and climbed,
andwarlerl, alternately, for the space ofan 'll0ul';1
and ltaving made in this manner a circuit, which?
though" small, he tltotigltt would be suliicicnt to’
avoid the gutircl, be-took himself to. the sh-.tre.=
Herc, cbilled'witltjbis'long citittinued cold bath-
ing," and excessively weziricd by exertion, ltcbc-7
gan”lti.-tcourse through the forest ; directing him-'
self,‘ -as well‘ he‘ could towards the path, ‘which
liadbeenitaken b‘y’Gen'eral \Var_lsworth. After"
' tvalking several miles tbtgouglt the same obstruc-
tioi’t".-.t,' wltich had so much embarrassed his friend,
he’ reachcdit, and without any further trouble re-'
joinctl the General.
After their mutual congratulations, the two:
liirnds" as they saw no persons appear, went down
to the c‘anoe‘,"‘and finding in it a suit of cars, push-
ed it into the tvater.- Burton informed General’
V_Va(lSl‘l'0l'lli, that at partyofthe enemy was in par-
suit of them, ‘and’ that their barge would soon‘
conic round the pointbelou ; an.d'ther'cfote pro-
posed, that itisteatl ofcros.~.ing the river tlirectly,
they should take an oblique course, by wlticli they
might avoid being discovered. Not long after the
barge came in sight, moving tttorlerately up the
ri'v‘er, amt distant from them about a’-mile. At
this" titnethe canoe was near half a mile from the
Eastern shore, but be'ing_liiddcn by some bushes‘
on another poiitt escaped the eyes oftheir pursu-
c’rs. Jiiiitf at the moment the crew offtlte barge,
having‘ rested fora minutelon their oars, tacked,
arid rolveid totltc Ettstern shore ;' when one ofthe
nién went‘ up to a house", standing on the bank.’
'l‘li‘e t‘wo‘ft-lends, secitjg tltis, plied their cars to
the utmost; and when the barge put off again,
liar] it itt their power to reach the Western shore
vvitltout any possible obstruction.
As they approached a’ landing place they saw a
nttmber of people. To avoid at‘. interview
with these strangers they changed their course,
and landed on the north side of a creek, wliere
they were entirely out of their reach, and safe
from their suspicion. After they had made fast
the canoe, they steered their course directly into
the river, but appearing to have made no discov-
ery, The prospect of a final escape was now ve-
ry hopeful; but as there could be no safety in
keeping t_he'rout along the shore, since they uti-
dotibtcdly would be way-laid in many places,-tltey
determined to take a direct course through the
fot‘cs,ts_, to avoid iu_liabi_tants, and ‘prevent a pur-
suit Accordingly, they steered towards‘ the
head of St. George's river. This they were en-
abled to _do by the aizl cf it pocket compass.
which Burton had fortunately retained in his pos-
session. Their pocket-3 supplied them with pro-
visions ; homely enough indeed. but such as sat-
isfied hunger, and such as success rendered de-
lightful. Two showers fell upon them in the
course of the day ;_‘ and the lit.-at of the sun was at
times intense. 'l‘lteir passage, also, was often
incommoded by the usual obstt-uctions of an A-
merican forest; lallett trees, ntarshy grounds, and
other inconveniences of the like nature. But,
with all these diflicultics, they travelled twenty-
ftve miles by sunset.
At the approach of night, they made a fire with
the aid o'l a flint, but, as they had no axe, and as
they did not commence this busittess sufficiently
early, the wood, being ofa l')d(l\tjLlallly, burnt ill.
and theirfire was extingttished long before morn-
ing. The night was cold, nO1.\'.'llllSl'dll(llng the
lieat of the preceding day. Both extremes were
equally injtttious to the travcllvcrs ; and increas-
ed not at little the la_meness and soreness of their
limbs. General Wadsworth suffered severely.
He had been a long time in confinement; and
had of course‘ been p‘reveiite<'l from taking any vi-
gorous exercise. He‘ wits also possessed of a»
constitution, much‘ less firm than that of lllS_G0fl!.-
prnion; and was miiclt less accustomed to the
hardships of travelling in a fores:. For these
reasons they made a slow ‘progress during the"
morning ofthe second day. Bytlegrees, howev-
er, the General began to recover his strength,'and
before evening they advanced; tltouglt not with‘-
out much difficulty, twclie or fifteen tttiles. The
stiiieriitgs of the preceding night eifectttally warn-
ed them to begin the entployment of collecting
luel in better season. They had, iltercfoi'e, a
comfortable. fire. Still the latter part of the night
was very cold and distressing.‘
On the thiid day General VVzldswoi‘tlt was so
lame, and had so li'ct'ed so much from this uncom-
fortable pilgrimage, that he was able" to make very
little progress. After many efforts, he proposed
to stopin the wilderness. ard wait lor such relief,
as his friend. llrocecding 0l'l‘A>’al'(l to the nearest
s-.-it1emc‘nt. might be-able to bring him. Major
Burton cut the matter short by an absoltite leftis-
al to leave him beltinrl, itt circumstances so haz-
ardous. At» length they deterlitittcd to refresh
thctnselves with a little sleep. and then to recom-
_mence their progress. This deterittination was
a happy one ; for they found their sleep, ill‘-lite
genial warmtli oi the day, me high (lug-bee res-
torative, and ittvigoratittg. ’l'ltcy 'we're able to
tmvel with more and more case, and were not a
little animafed with the consciousness, that their
pll'§_;‘l'llTla4ge was drawing to a close. About six,
cent of a sinoke and other signsdf lturiian habita-
ztt t!te~*lplacc,. towltich they ltad.oi-iginally direct-
ed their ‘course ; the Upper Sc-ttlenttstits on the
river St. George. ' '
‘without money, and withoutvany known-ftieitds.
After meditating some time on various expedi-
the wilderness ; leaving the barge advancing up V
P. M. they discovered from an, emincnceithe as- _,
tions ; and soon to-tlteir unspea'k-.tble joy, arrived__
companied by all the inltttbitants, who were able
to bear arms, proceeded down‘ the river, within
three miles of the house, in nhich General Wads-
wotth had been taken prisoner. Here they cros:-
_sed the river: and took uptlteir lodgings on the
other side in a verycomfortable inn. Their com-
pany had by this time increased to thirty men.—
Half of _tl:_ts force-Generttl \cVads\vortlt gave to his
faithful friend ; who was then distant only three
miles from -his own house; a stone fort, anciently
erected as a defenceagaittst the savages. _lt was
naturally suspected by both gentlemen, that con-
cealed parties of the ene_my would lie in wait for
them ; and if possible carry them back again to
their prison. Nor was the suspicion atttfoun-“ed.
Such a party actually. way-laid Major l3t.rt.on upon
ltisrcturn to his family ; and lt“ad- he not; been ac-’
colmptmicd by this body ol'armed men, he would
agétin have betn taken. Finding themselves frus-
trated, the lurking. party scizcd atrading vessel,‘
lying on.St. George’s river; and returned to Bag-
‘aduce, ‘ca_rt'ying the fiI'stiitfot‘malion tothe fort
concerning the prisoners. '
As to General 'vVttds_worth, he was now in a-set-
tlement, where he could not be attacked with any‘
hope of success unless by a-strong.detachtnent of
the enemy. He tlterefore continued atthis hos-
pitable inn until the next day. but one. Then’
having recovered one of-his horses, and renewed
his strenglt and spirits, he set out for Falmouth,
{Portland ;) where he hoped to_fiud Mrs. VVads-
worth. ‘During the first day's journey he-wasac-'
-tompaiiicd by at small guard. From tltistime he‘
was safe front the lttt-kiitgpatties of the enemy ;
and pt‘0t:cc(lc(l to Falmoutlt as his own conven-
ience permitted. ’
M rs. _\‘i-"adswortli and Miss Fenno ltail. howe-
ver, sailed for Boston before his arrival. -On their
passage they were overtaken by a violent storm ;-
and b_at'ely escaped shipwreck. The vessel put‘
into Portsmouth in distress; and neithercl the
ladies was acquainted with a single inhabitant.—-
They took lodgings, therefore, at an inn. .\\-’hen'
they had in-some measure recovered tltemselvcs
from the anxiety and distress, produced by the-
perilous situation from which they. had just-esca-
ped they fotindtltemselves in a newscerte of trou-
blc. Mrs. Wadsworth had left all_the~specieti‘n"
lterpossession with the General, when she visitcdl
him at Pcnobscot ; and, during her residence in-‘ .
the District of Maine, the Continental bills ofcred-
it had lost their currency. She was, therefore
ems to extricate herself and ,'..er friend from this
embarrassment. not a little perplexing. toa female
mind, she recollccted that she» had seen at New-
Haven, in the year 1770, Mr. Buckminster, then"
a tutor in Yale College. and now one of- the min-
isters of Portsmotitlt.
From this gentleman, the ladies. after havingé
made him acquainted with their circumstances,
received every assistance, which they could wish.
\-Vhcn they were ready to proceed on their jour-
ney, be furnished a carriage, to convey tltem to
Newburypoit. "Here they met with the same.
friendly ofiiccs, and were supplied with the means"
of ‘ptwcectllllg pleasantly to Boston ; where the
distresses ofboth Mrs. W'adswortlt and the Gen-
crsl were speedily terminated by his arrival.-
I shall only add, that I received an accounthf
all these facts from the -persons principally con.
corned.
*1l'1'ajor Burton drc/z,":czl a glove in this .v]zot‘,-<10/éicii,
being fomzd in the mormrig, discoverer! I/':u.'.'jbr,: the
course wxiic/1 fie /zudjhursued in making Iii: cscajze.
--€¢§- .
FROM THE 1v.t'1*iosAL INTELLIGENCER.
A’ucca.'9:c Q/‘a Pawnee’ C/Iirjl-—'l‘lie follmving.-t
'tITlt'C(l0IC of a l’2}\vnee' half-clii-cf, (a son of Old
1t'ng'/'c) now on a visit to this city, highly credita-
ble to his courage, his generosity, and I~.is-humttn-
ity, is copied, with leave, front Rev. Dr. Morse’s
report, just presented to Congress by the Presi-
dent-. The facts in this anecdote, were taken by
Dr. M. (by pcrtnissioit) from a very interesting
journal ol'Captaitt Bell, of his expedition with,‘
.-.VIa_ior Long to the foot of the Rocky Ivlotttitaiitsfi '
in l820. '
This chief, offine size, figure, andcottntenance,
is now about twenty-five years old. At the age
of twenty-onc, his l!€l'ClC deeds had acquired for
him in his nation, the tank ofthe ‘ bravest ofthc
braves.” The horrid practice of torturing and
buruirrgto death their prisoners existed in this
ttatior_t.1‘ An unfortunate female, taken in the
war ofthe Pailnea nation, was destined to this
horrid deatlt. '1‘lte,_f.'itul hour had arrived; the
trembling. victim, far from her home and her
friends, was fastened to the stake ,"~j’tlte whole
tribe was assembled on -the surroundin-,-: plain. to _
witness the awlnlscene. Just when the funeral
pile was to he kindled, and the whole tiiultitttdc
of spectators were on the tiptoe of expectation,
tltisiyoung warrior, having prepared two fleet hor-
ses, with the necessary provisions, sprang from
his seat, rushed llll'Ou§.;l1 the crowd, liberated tlte
Victim, seized her in his arms, placed her on one
ofthe ltcrses, mountetltlte other ltimself,-and
lrnade the" utmost speed toward the nation and
friends ofthe captive. The multitude, dumbttnd
nerveless with amazement at the daring deed,
‘made no effort to rescue their victim from her de-
liverer. They viewed it as the immediate act of
the Great Spirit, submitted to it, it-ithout a mur-
mur, z'ttt_t'l quic'.l_r retired to their village. The
released captive was accompanied by het=Adeliver-
er through the wilderness towards .l_iotn,e._ He
then gm her the horse on wlticli she ‘rode, with
the necessary provisions for the remainder of her
jotirney, and they parted. On his return to the
village. such was his popularity, no inquiry was
-in-aide into his conduct, no censure was passed on ’
it. And since this transaction, no human sacri-
‘fice has been offered in this or any other of the
Pawnee tribes.
fl‘ The Bravcs are warriors who have dz'.:_trt'ngzu's!z-
"ed (Ii.-m.’ri:l'ves if‘: butile, aivttl stand /1:":-/zest z'n_ llze'e.~i-
tirliatibn qft/ze tribe. ,
1* T/zc caszom does not ¢-,1-is: in the sz:rrounrI¢'ng
‘tribes. '7‘
-...i
‘ I
‘trust: was iixniiifsubnv, (via) s-‘u&vi:i.tit‘ii.:
Extract of ‘a letterfrom the Rev. Mr. Fisk, one
- of the American Missionariesto Jerusalem, to
a gentlcnianiin this village, dated-V ,_
, $Mnnr.t,«SEr'r, 16, 182i.
‘ l_so_mctime's find it uselessto ilislihllc itt._my
mind a comparison bbtvveen the institutions. and
people of th-is country and of America. I can
scarcely fancy myself in the same vrorldor among
the same race of beings. Think of a govern‘men’t
where. everytoliice is ‘sold to the higltest~hidder,
and in which acriminal may tmiforuily obtain his
freedom by the. payment of money. Think of
schools, in"most of which the only. thing tauightris
titer‘ pupils-nor teacher understand.‘ Think of
places ofptiblic worship, in which nearly all the
exercises are performed in an unknown tongue.
Think ofone-ltalftlte-females in ihe‘countt'y pro-
hibited from going out ttithmtt concealing their
faces,-wltile both the law and the religions’: of tire
c ’ jtry allow polygamy and concubinagc."'~.I‘ltiok
o%ountry, in which scarce one -w‘oman'in,a hun-
dre can read, and where. .perltaps-not ltitlf the
men are=morc. fortunate. __'l‘hink of-a ciiuti:t'y,
in which a governor has liberty to bchcud seven
men a day without ,8$.‘.lglllng- any reason wliatever
for so doing, where a crimittttlis condemnefd with-
OUI‘ jut‘!-s and l hztclbalmosL~sa_id-withoutjtrial or
tt itnesses, and after being-condemned, ~ islitzfme-'
tliatcly belteadctl, stt‘attglo'(}l or lttt‘-rig at tzhe‘ first
convenient place in. the street, and left Hanging."
two or three days. ’l'hlnk~ofa-country iii’ which,
in case of public disturbance, one halftlic com-
munity can murder..*.wltomsoever they please of
the other halfiyvith impunity. "l'liink. of afoouu-‘
try, in which an" armed man»\_vill-meets respe-c-.
table 'ittofl'ensive citizen in the street of -aipopu-
lous city at mid-day, and shoot him dead-on the.
spot, and then‘ sit down quietly and. smoke. his
pipe in sight -of the corpse, while cventhc guard:
of the city are passing by. Think ofa country,
in which the name of-christianity exists but only
as a name for that superstition and idolatry, which
belong to Pagattisiit; and in which thedelusions
of the false Prophet exist with all their impuri-
tiesjartd all their abominations. Such acountry,
or ratltei fll\]Ci'ijWOl'.8C th"-ancvcn tltis-description
is Turkey. l-low. rliffcrcnti from that country in
whichit“ is your happiness to live, and. in whic'h
it was my happiness to-commence ni'y-existence!
Americans are generally proud of those privi-
legcs, whiclt distinguizhtltem from other nations.
.Woulcl to God they were all-equally zealous to
improve as they ought, those privileges. I‘-think
a short residence in this country would" prepare
an American to appreciate more justly the privi-
leges enjoyed in his native land.
..lust—bcfure closing.tlti's letter, I he:'trd‘-a pistol
fired at the door of the house in which Ilive.‘ On
inquiry, llearned that a 'l‘urk—hadtsltot a'GrTeek.
I went’ to the window, and saw’ the blood‘ oittlte
stones about 5 feet from the door, at whioh'I:'hati
entered not 10 lnll'lUl.t‘.6-l)cf0!‘t§.' ' The Greek ex-
pired soon alter. Such events tiappeuialmost dai-
ly since the revolt of the G-t'ecks,l in other parts
of the Empire, and scarcely any notice is taken of
them‘ by the aotltorities oftlte toxin.’
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I VVO M AN.-— AN E-)i"I’RlAC’!’.
pleasures, our most honorable-iiicit-cmems. and
our most lasting com.forts,fl'ow from the other sex.
Ask the youthful pupil,-wli‘e-n, after the c-xliibi'-
tion of his acqttiremeuts and pt-lit oratory, ap-
plauded by the purtial audience, he receives the
maternal embrace, the sweetgaz-c of his sisters,
what his pleasures wére, and l-‘l"li(IlcXCil‘8-El him?
Ask the young warrior, his t;A}‘{fIi0ll3_'!8il‘C5l.-E:'(i
and recorded by the councils of tlte‘- nation, at
it-hose lect does he hasten to lay his honours, and
under whose banners did he acltiefve«tlte’iit? ,
Go to the unfortunate bankrupt, fet-t-cred by
existing laws,-look-ittg uith uitcertaitity for relief,
which shall put into operation his bones: an‘din-
dusttlous cxeitiotts-‘-liis summer friends flown,
‘;-t-id the shadows 0 f pt-iiury surrounding bin.-—ask
ltim w hat is his consolation, and whose-exertions.
are redoubled to soothe and aid him; and he will
answer, or I will ansvret- for liini--the-\v'ife of his
youth and of his prosperity.
find in the last scene, whose‘-uurcmitted a"tten-
p-
'tions console us? Whose piety aiidsexample teach
us to look for immogtality, and to trust in llim__
who shall conduct us. through the valley and sltad-'
ow ofdeatlt ?—\Voman 3 And shall we then W"!-tlt-e
hold our little .ol’iices of attention to the sex to
wlturn we are tinder so great obligations?
l\iARIti}.GE.--The Romans not only rewarded
those who married, but decreed penalties against
men who lived in a state of celibacy. Fines‘ were.
first levied on unmarried men about the year “of
Rome 358; and when pecuniary forfeiture: tltiled
to ensure their obedience to tilese connubial e-
dicts, their contumacious neglect of the fair sex
was punished by degradation from their tribe.
Celibacy continued, however, to gain ground in
Rome ; and to counteract its effects, we find that,
in the year 518 from the foundation of the City,
tlte censure had recourse to the extract-dittary
nteasure ofobligittg all the young unmarried men
to pledge themselves on oath to m-art-y within a
certain time. In Babylon, an auction of unmar-
ried latlics used to take place anntially. The vir-
gins of marriage_able age in every district were
assembled on a certain day of every year. The
most beatttifttl were first put up, and the uteri who
bade the largest sum of money gained possession
of her. The second in personal appearance fol-
lowed, and the ptircltttsers grutilic.-d tbetnselvet:
with hatiilsontc Wit-‘ts, according to tlte- depth of
their purses. \Nlic:_n all the beautiful virgins
were sold, the crier ordered the most dufornted
to stand up ; and after he had openly demanded.
who would marry her with a small sum, she \vaB
at length arljuclgetl to the manwho would he sat- .
isfietl witlytlte least ; and in this manner-tlte mon-
ey at-t'is:: A"_ from the sale ofthe ltandsome women
served ‘rt: ti portiott to the deformed. ~
./Insqzlctc-.-—:'is a number of persons were one
averting relating to each other the ‘various extra-
ordinary incidents which had fallen within lllCll_'
olasetwptioit, a traveller l'LiClll£d the following :—
‘ As Iiwas once p:issin_i; tltrougli at forest, I lteurtl
a.tti.-ttllng noise in the bushes near the road, and
being‘; impelled by curiosity, I was determined to
V kuoitgwliat it was; when I arrived at the spoI,'l
liiuntl that it was made by a._latrgc STICK, w/zfcfi
was sngcromlred rim! it could not lie .vlz't't‘,’
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