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CANINE Ai='FEc'r'rox.—-One of the most
touching pieces ofSirWalterScott,is his ‘ Hel-
Jvellyn.’ A young gentleman, of prtrmrsriig
talents, perished iii the spring of i805, in the
mountain ‘off-lelvellyn. His remains were found
about 8 iiroritlis afterwards, guarded stillf by
a faithful terrier dog, wliich.lr:id lpng been the
companion of his solitary rambles. The po-
ct thus pathetically depicts the scene :
Dark green was the spot, ’i'nid the brown
iiiountaiii heather-, (decay,
VVhere the pilgrim ofnarure lay stretch’d in
Like the corpse of an outcast, abairdoued to
lveather, {clay 3
Till the niorintain-wind.-r wasted the tenantless
Nor yet quite deserted, tho’ lmrcly extendetl—-
For,faitlrfiil in deatlr,his mute fav’riteatt‘eiided,
Tlreiriucli lov’d remains ofhisrnasterdefendcd,
And chas’d the lrill-fox and the raven away.
How long didst thou think that his silence was
slumber ? [tlidst thou start ?
W'hen the wind wav’d his garment, irow_oft
How marry long days and long ‘weeks didst
thou number, (heart?
Ere he faded before tiiee'--the friend of thy
And oh ! was it meet, that, no requiem read
o’er him, llllllli
No mother to weep and no friend to deplore
And thou, little guardian, alone stretcli’d be-
fore him, art?
Uuhonored the pilgrirn from life should de-
FROM THE '1‘R1~?1‘€'1‘O-N E‘.:yIPOP.lUM.
THE VVREA’I‘H OF ROSES.
Julia, said Matilda, see here I have woven
this beautiful wreath ofRoses for you,atrd yoir
shall be our queen to-day. It was -.1 lovely
May day morning, and the young ladresoftlre
village had a holiday, wiircli they rveregorirg
to improve in a striall romantic bower, formed
of two branching willows, and several rare
and elegant grape vines. And it was thus
that Matilda M ‘ proposed the honors of
the day to a sweet, modest looking girl, who
was rather more meanly drest than the rest
of the children, and who blushed and hung
. Matilda thought this looked like worldly
friendship, whichflies so often the scene of
grief, and forgets, whenretneiirbrauce should
be most busy. She took off the wreath with
an ‘emotion somethinglike disdain,.,atrd in do-
ing it ‘discovered a little paper carefully woven
in it. Her curiosity was aw_akened——she 0-
pened it, and read, ‘Matilda'I know it‘ all ;
remember this day twelve years. I have lost
my brother, and am heir of all his-fortune“;
accept the trifling present enclosed, and tie-
ver, never mention it to me, until'I can repay
you all the debt of gratitude I owe you.’ She
examined the inclosure ; it was airote for two
thousand pounds sterling! ‘
Thus was one act of generous kindness re-
p;rid—-thirs were the parents rewarded who
irad made Matilda what she was. Her fami-
was happy ; and Liulia still lives~her higlrest
temporal bliss, the enjoyment ofthe love of a
virtuotls friend at the lovely cottage by the
waters’ side.
AFFECTING T.ir.r'..—-The following state-
meirt is extracted from the Nashville Gazette,
not as a tale originzitirrg in :1 poetical fancy
and embellished by the touches ofa wild anti
wanton intellect, but as a relation ofincideuts
which have actually occurred, aiitl which,
tlrerefore, possess a more powerful claim on
our attention and our sympathy. The Gaz.
states,~tlrat the names are known, but from a
wish to prevent any painful reflections to
some that perhaps knew the parties, they are
concealed.
JANE was the only daughter ofa man,
who, in the early part of his life, emigrated to
the United States from the North of Ireland.
Accustoured to a life ofindustry, by applica-
tion to his btisiucss, atrd suffering from pover-
ty in his youth, he regariled money as the on-
ly object worth a reasonable man’s attention.
By his diligence, he had amassed a coirsidcr-
able forttine, which it was known in the corm-
try his daughter would inherit. It is now more
than forty years since I have seen her. She
was then in the bloom of youth—hope and
expectation gave her a more interesting ap-
ly was restored to wealth-she married and,
Jane declined fast. A slow consuining grief
siezed fast hold on_lier-her liirsband became
a gambler, andlost his only support in socie-
ty-—and Jane ..died in” giving ‘birth I0 a 50“,
wiroin its grandfather took home’. Too late
have made his'daugl'rt'er liappy, antlsoon af-
ter he followed her to the grave. The unfor-
tunate child, neglected by his father and de-
prived by death of his protector, was an oift-
cast upon the world, until Mr. H. took him
home as his adopted child. Years have trow
rolled away_ since then, and he enjoys a com-
parative degree of peace ; yet he looks for-
ward with anxiety to that state of existence
when the troubles ofthis life are lost in undis-
turbed felicity, where men can be happy with-
out having gold, and where the envenomed
tongue ofdetraction can never be heard.
Erlract from the (Elk No. qfllic .7\/‘cw Hamp-
s.’:t're Collection:-*.
At the settlement of , zr town in the
county of Hillsborough, and originally in the
old Drrirstable grant, and while there was as
yet but one family in town, they were in the
custom of reu ring a large number ofswine,aiid
permitting them to runat large in the woods,
and to subsist upon roots, nuts an.l acorns,
which grew in great abundance in the place.
In the fall ofthe year, or at the time ofthe
first deep snow that fell, the old members of
the herd, that were ori.j,jiiially tame, would
lead their nutnerous offspring into winterqirar-
ters at a shed erected for that prrrpose at some
distance from the house, where the owircrdis-
posed of them at his pleasure, although many
ofthern were-as untaine, and not less fero-
cious than the beasts ofthe mountains. At
that period, bears, and other beasts of prey
were plenty, and somehow e.\'('.ee(lll‘lgl_‘,' hostile
to swine. It-became necessary tlrcrefore, to
provide for the defence ofthe herd by letting
one ofthe males live beyond the period oflife
ordinarily assigned to that species by man ; at
which time he becaine literally the master of
llwfloc/.5. His tirslis protruded on either side
ofhis ruouth in nearly seuricirt-l-res to the dis-
tattoo of seven inches. lle secured conscious
her head at the P'‘°P°5‘‘la “9 if ‘“lXl"U5 ll?-it pearance than I have everyet witnessed. Site of his superiority and responsibility. lie was
sofue should whisper a word Oftlisappr'ob.iti0rr.
was about eighteen ; possessing natural good
fierce in the extreme, and when the lierd was
The .l‘l"°“ll3 °°"‘i"““Y‘l'e“9 an "““"~“"’M“‘ll' sense, and accomplislirneuts that rendered assailed by danger, he presented himsel,-"in-
da, while ‘she held the wreath in her hand,
her the pride and admiration of her .frientls.
zrtantly to the foe with eyes darting fire, with
“"<‘lil"g for 3 lel-‘l.Y- He’ lime Sisters clamor‘ fvlany were the suitors for her hand, but she tusks heated to blueness, and with his mouth
ously seconded her, brit a young lady called
her aside and made some olryeciions, I stip-
refused them with such a grace and respect
for their feelings that they loved her the more.
foaniiiig tofu frightful degree. life roamed the
lor'cst;i.iircoirscioirsofdanger; he led the herd,
pose, for I on y heard this answer‘, ‘ Oil-M?l|‘l?‘s Among her admirers there. was a young man, and but few ofthe uutairre tribes had the te-
can we be too kind to her I’ When tlrey turn-
ed again to the company, tears were in both
acclamation to Julia, the pretty orplrau.
Surrourrded by her young companions, in
the freshness of youth, and the lrouors of the
budding spring blooming in beautiful variety
that the child thus universally beloved was the
inenrbrauce that those around her were child-
'.[‘he spirit ofkindness and condesccnsion to
our inferiors in rank and fortune ; the trrriir of
feelings which leads us to esteem and love
goodness and airrialiility wherever we find it,
talents and genius. He was a member ofthe
hat‘, and though young, maiirtuiued it respect-
loved by ail classes, for his gentleinairlike and
manly deportineut, and nature had given him
a striking and interesting appearance. But
as yet he was poor, and he owed to fortune
quently visited her father’s house, where he
in society, but also experienced that open
oflrislrnren.
There is a secret attachment formed be-
tween congenial minds of which even the per-
sons themselves are not aware, anti often they
felllelllbef 5l'9'l5 i3“’°fo 3‘-ml 3” °'‘Pll-"‘“ ! hf)“ it native of Mzissaclrrrsetts, respectable by his merity to dispute right "or title to supremacv
with him. It had lrzrppened, lrowevcr, on an
;iutumn’s day, when Anna, the young partner
WC“ 93952 “ml “J9 ‘V"9“‘l‘ ‘W5 7“"1"‘<l'3(l by able stantlirrg among his brethren. He was of Alfred, our solitary adventurer, and the
mother of one firrclitile boy, the first birth of
English extraction in the town, approached
the door of her cell, to listen to the sound of
her absent husband, whose prescncé the gath-
amtrrrd hcrsuowy forehead, I gazed on her‘ ill nothing. Chance threw him in the company eriug shades ofeveuirrg, the deep solitude of
delight, “'lllUll llmferisfld “’“l' ll"? feC0lleCll0" _of'J:rue—-arr iutiirracy was formed, and he fre- the place, and a llll‘l\’lll‘_{, savage foe, remleretl
peculiarly gratefiil to the sharer ofhis toils
'1J00l‘€-Si in “"3. i'llli1{I,C» allfl Wllllmll l>"l'9|ll5 if’ received not only that attention and marked and the s\vegmm- of his mlvemmus life; while
instruct, or relatives to pity her, and the re- politeness which he deserveil by his standing she yet listened to the repeated sound ofthe
descending axe, or the crash of falling trees,
ten 0flllgll€’|' bill“: ‘mil l“'0“(leT eXP€0i?‘1l0"5- hearted cordiality which rirarks the character slrelreard faintly, although distinctlv, the tly-
tug cries of one oftlieir herd at a great distance.
She reurauied in this state of suspense. but a
few mourents before the herd came ruslring
through the forest with the greatest trepida-
1"-""“5 ‘he bflgmesl gem l” “"3 5P‘“'l"ll“§§ dlil‘ are surprised at the hold they have got ofeach tion. The oldest daursofthc herd, apparently
dem Oflllflllea ‘doll is one ofthe loveliest Ft" others affection. This wastlrc case with these e.\lruusted and without their common leader
(leenilng!l"-ills lllille lllllllilil Cll?1|'?lCl8l‘- Wile“ two young persons. It was not nritil these and protector, seenretl inclined to take refiicre
it is folllld “'TlW3“ 0" 7* Y0"lllflll lie-"HT 3"‘-l circumstaiices took place, that either ofthcm in the apartinent, which had been their retreiht
shedding HS llllklellce ‘W91’ Y0UlllfUl Cllilm‘3' ever suspected that they loved each other.— in former wimer-5 ; but the younoef branches
tel‘l15P0flk5 Vclllllles ll‘ P”‘l59s “Oi 0"l.V Olithf‘ Among the suitors for the hand ofJane, was ofthe herd would not '.rcconiPt1li)’”til°‘“' The
diSp0Sili0n Of the P"5~‘9550"a but Of 151053 klml a man ofabout forty years ofage, a widower; dams seeing this, passed directly on and dis-
and good parents whose exertions have had a
who was devoid of every principle that makes
appeared in the forcston the opposite side.—-
Pflmlpill ‘lléellcy l” Plilmlllg it ill the l’05°'"~‘ man rroblo, and whose riches Were his only The cries ofthe wounded were still heard, birt
of their ofisprirrgs. I was interested so iirirch
in the conduct of that youthful group, and
more especially in that of Matilda, that I re-
solved,-if perrnirtctl,to mark their future course
in general, and hers in particrilar, with it view
to trotice how heaven rewards the good, anti
what are the oirtliues of cliai'acter' which ori-
ginate the wide tlistinctioirs made among us
by the hand of Provitierrce.
It was twelve years before my purpose was
accomplished in the dcvehrpenretrt offortuue.
At the expiration of that period, the little
company had grown up to womarrliood, and
all but two were scattered beyond the limit of
my observation; these two were Matilda and
Julia. Matilda. was now the tenant ofa cot-
tage by the riverside. I iiiarked the gradual
transition of h.:r family from wealth to medi-
ocrity ; it was slow, not the effect of srrdden
ii'iisfortune, or lrabitual niisrnanzigenrcrit, but
the consequence ofa steady decline in her fa-
ther’s business, which left him at last barely
able, irflris latter years, to meet the demands
ofhis creditors, and biry that lrumble dwelling.
They went cheerfully down into the vale of
life; not a regret seemed to accompany them,
not a tear was ever sired over vanislred splen-
dor and faded atrticipations. I could not dis-
cover tlnit in all the changes they experien-
ced, one substantial comfort was torn from
this lovely family. Matiltla was now wrap-
j)ed up in the cares attendant on her situation
as the principal rleperidence of herparents.
She was engaged to be married to a youth of
noble family and promise, who had loved her
and been loved by her from infancy, but who
was yet too poor to repay her parents for the
sacrifice they would have to make in parting
‘with licr,arrd he waited for success in business.
Jirliu was nrore prosperous than her amia-
ble friend, with whom slie lived on terms of
sisterly affection, she had a brother whom she,
had never seen,arrd who, having becoinewea‘-
thy in England had made her lrandsorire re-
inittairces for some years past. She lived in
the village, btit Matiida’s cottage was as much
her home. She too had a lover but he died,
and she had vowed to live a single life for his
memory.
Thus were things situated, when one beari-
tiful May—tla_v rnoruing while Matilda was en-
gaged in her little flower garden, Julia came
down to see her, with an, unusual degree of
animation in her countenance, which showed
that her heart was full of sortie pleasant tlro’t.
She carried in her hand a wreath of flowers,
but as she held tlrcrri oirt to her friend, Matil-
da burst into tears; ‘ ab Julia, my sister, I
have sad news to-day—-my father went secu-
rity a few months ago, for it friend, ‘who was
in distress, and who had done him many kind-
rresses in his life ; they have sued him for the
money; the Sheriff has been here; we are
ruined ;’and she clasped her friend to her bo-
som as she concluded, while both wept. But
Julia recovered, anti placing the wreath gent-
ly on her brow she said, ‘ Forget it, dear Ma-
tilda-—you must, you shall be happy,’ anti
stole away.
support in society. It is butjristice to remark
that his private clraracti=.r was unknown to the
latlrer of'.Iane. He solicited a perniission to
wait on June, and received it, with hearty
wishes from the father for his success. He
there met Mr. H. and his sagacity soon dis-
(.'0Vel‘P.(l th:it,whit:lr,thougli iinkirown to them-
selves, would prevent him from obtaining the
object of his wishes. Fearful of nreetiug his
rival openly, he took every occasion of injur-
ing the growing reputation of Mr. H. both as
a man and ii lawyer, and he too well succeed-
ed. His influence in society was great, and
people could not disbelieve his iusinuatiohs——
it was not possible, said they, that ever the
dark hints of the rich Mr. T. could be without
f'ountlation——no, there must be soinetlring in
them. As it was to he expected, his little
practice declined every day, and the cold
looks oftlrc people, wr=.re to his noble spirit
worse than the loss of life. He tletertniired
on leaving the country, and waited on Jane
for the purpose of taking leave ofher ; but
urrfortuuately for both, notwithstanding all
his prudence and dcterrninutiorrs, he revealed
his attacirment, and they parted with assuran-
ces of mutual love and fidelity.
After the departure of Mr. H. the rich Mr.
I‘. pressed his suit, and from some expres-
sions ofhis, together with hints of his conduct
to her lover, she was induced to believe that
the misfortune and disappointinent of both,
migiit be attributed to his conduct. She re-
fused him with contempt. He waited on her
father, exposed to him the state of his proper-
ty, and ofleretl to settle a large estate irpnn
her could the latter prevail upon Jane to be-
come the wife of the ‘former. The father,
dazzled with the offer, promised to use his in-
fluence, anti if that would not be sufficient,
his authority. He did botli——brit they were
as yet useless. Mr. T. finding all his schemes
proving abortive, anti knowing well the cause
ofhis failure, raised a report that Wt‘. H. died‘
of a fever at , to which place he had
removed. This report was carefully convey-
ed to the ears ofJane, and which was further
confirmed by the silence of her lover. She
believed it—aiid to pacify, or rather to grati-
fy her father, she became miserable by being
the wife ofllfr. T. From that hour she never
knew peace. in following improperly the o-
pinions oflier father, and forgetting what was
due to herself, her future life became wretch-
ed ; and in performing what she conceived to
be a duty she owed her father, she neglected
that prior one, iierown happiness.
Some short time after her marriage, H. re-
turned from where he had settled himself, and
where ire had gained a degree of eminence
worthy of him. He came to claim her as his
bride; but she was now an0ther’s—not her
lrearr, but her person. She saw liirri once,
and but for a few minutes, when all was ex-
plained. He loved Jane too well to demand
an explanation with her despicable husband,
well aware‘ what would be the consequences
of such a proceeding—-he returned to his
place of abode unhappy. From that time
crew fainter and fainter until lost in dcath.——
But the trenrbling Anna had not yet removed
from the spot, before the iiiaslcr ofthe flock
cante rusliing tirrough the birshes in eagerpur-
suit ofhis charge, which had left him in the
rear by many a rod. He was bathed in his
blood, foaming at the nrouth, griaslrinq his
tusks, anti f;‘Xlill)llf‘(l a most frightful aspect.-
Regardlcss of lrome,lre approaclred a field of
coI‘u growing near the cabin, and leaped the
leuce witlroirt toricliiug the topmost knot, al-
though_it was proof zrgriitist horses which simi-
led througlr tlrewoods from other neighboring
settlements on the litre of _‘=.I:1.‘€<:\(_‘l|l1setl§, He
p:rs.scd directly through the field and leaped
out, without touching one kernel ofcoru and
disappeared in the forest. In aliout one hour
al'ter,Alfrcd, the wishedfor husband, returned
willi his axe upon his shoulder. cnliveriing the
forest, to say nothing of Anna's heart, as he
approached with his evening whistle, whilst
his old bell cow, in clumsy rnarch in front,
with udder tlislerrtletl, heat a tat-too, wlrich,al-
tlrouglr harsh and dissonant, amused the wea-
ry driver, aud sumrnoned Anna, with her rriilk
pail to her evening task. Scarcely had Al-
fred secured the topmost rail to his yard en-
closure, when Anna from the window of her
cabin, saw her llfl'tl)a|i(l held in the most aux-
ioris suspense. For a moment he pirused and
listened; the next he exclaiined——‘Anua, An-
na, bring in one minute my gun and ammun-
ition, for the old mustlrr liimselfis worsted.’-
lrr a trice they were at band——‘ Look to your-
selfand boy,’ said Alfred, and in :1 rnoineut
disappeared in the forest anti shades ofnight.
Pursuing with great precipitaucy the course
whence the sound proceeded, which alone
broke the silence of eveuing,Alfred soon found
himself at the (list:-ruce ofa mile from his cab-
in, surrouirdcd with black alders so thickly set
as-alnrost to bc iinpreuetrable to man or beast;
before him was a point about I mile in length,
anti from 40 to 80 rods itr breadtli. He was
near midway ofthe pond, and the sound from
the laboring boar and his atrtagouist, (a mixed
frightful yell,) proceeded directly from the op-
posite shore.—Notliiug now renraincd but for
Alfred to plunge into the pond and make the
opposite shore by beating the waves, or to di-
vide hirnselfa passage among the alders a-
round one ofthe extremities ofthe pond which
could not be done short of travelling the dis-
tance of another irrile. But no time wasto
be lost. The cries ofthe swine bespoke the
greatest danger. The latter task was chosen,
and in a space, anti with a courage and energy
scarcely conceived by our puiry generation,
Alfred arrived at the scene ofactioii. Ye sons
of Hillsborough, whose heart does not at this
moment misgive him, while approaching the
battle ground, alone, in darkness, and uncer-
tain as to the nature ofthe foe !—-But Alfred
proceeded with an untlaunted firmues. He
was under the necessity of approaching near
to them, before he corrld make any discovery
by reason ofthe darkness ofthe night, render-
ed more dark by the towering trees that ming-
led their branches at some sixty or severity feet
he found that /it was not tnoirey. that could
from the ‘gt-on and a dense underwood,
wlrich-stood li iedge continually before
bru_i. The instan he entered the space way
which had been beaten down during» the ac-*
tion, Alfred saw the boar, seated upon the
ground, andstill defending himself against
the most furious assairltsgof the hugest hear
his‘ eyes ever b-eheld. ‘He was like his old brill
cow for magnitude. Alfred drew, his gun to
his shoulder-, and was in the attitude of taking
aim, when be perceived obscurely-, that the
ire could not discharge his piece without en-
in a circulardirection toobtain a safe discharge
he was discovered by the bear, at which the
latter bounded into the buslres and disappear-
ed. Alfred now came up liothe keeper ofhis
herd and witnessed such'Utokeu‘s ofgladness
on his approach as both surprised and affect-
ed him. It was, ifowever, too solemn air hour
with the swine tolavish upon his deliverer tin-
meaning ceretnoiriesl As soon as ire found
himself safe from bistoo powerful antagonist,
he prostraied lriinselfflat on the ground, and
lay sometime in pautings and groans which
were indescribable. Alfred now disclizrr-get]
his gun with a view to terrify the beasts of
prey and to keep them offduring the night.-
He struck and kindled a fire,and upon a slight
examination found that his hog was lacerated
and mangled in a most shocking; manner.-
He was utterly disabled from walking or ris-
ing except upon his fore feet. But what is to
be noticed especially in this narration,is this-
The boar after some little time recovered from
his extreme exhaustion, and soon gained the.
same position in which his owner found him ;
and no sooner was this obtained, than he be-
gan to beat a challenge for the renewal ofthe
contest. His eyes flashed with rage, hesriap-
ped with his tusks and foamed at the mouth,
and looked around with the greatest apparent
firmness for his antagonist. Hence arose the
proverb, which was afterwards often repeated
by Alfred, that The old Boar clmfi:3 again.-
Alfred now burned some powder around him,
and left him for the night,aud returned to his
cabin, where perhaps, he was never more joy-
fully received by his young wife, who, during
all this while reliiaitied listening at her wiirdow
with a solicitude more readily conceived than
exp'ressed. The next day some help was ob-
taitred, and the field ofaction revisited. The
hour had not riroved out of his place, btrt was
still wcltcring in his blood. With iirircli la-
bor he was conveyed home, fatteried aoil kill-
ed, and by his death helped to prolong that
existence to the family, which he could no
longer prouiote by his life. With a view to
account for the melancholy fate ofthe boar.
Alfred and his associates went and searclred
for the swine that was destroyed in the after-
noon of the preceding day. They found one
ofthe largest hogs slain evidently by a bear,
and near to, a huge hear, was as evidently slain
by the boar. This caused them to conclude
that the first hog was mortally wounded in the
absence of the boar ; but the cries of the
tvoundedsoori brought the master, when an
engagement ensued, in which the hear was
slain ; not however, wiilroirt loss ofblood to
the boar. Tlratduring the first action the rest
ofthe lierd fled, and that the boar wzis in pur-
suit oftbem when he passed the cabin through
the field. That after running several miles,
be either swam the pond or fetched a compass
rorrrid it, and attire point ofexlraustion he fell
in with a still more powerful antagonist ;—
that by consequence of his lo "of blood and
fatigue, his defence was feeblefi comparison
with what it woirld otherwise have been, and
that he was overpowered rather than subdued ;
and like many a Roman and Gteciair hero, he
fell because the fates decreed it. ;
SKF.'I‘CII or sin WALTER sco'r'r.
This distirrguislretl literary character was
born at Edinburg mi the 15th of Angust,l7’i"l,
and is the son of the late Walter Scott, Esq.
an advocate, or writer to the Signet. His
rriotlrer was a very accomplished woman, and
after her death some of her poetical produc-
tions were publislrell.
Young Walter being lame, anti of a very
tender constitution, rec’d the first rudiriieuts
ofhis education from lrisrnotlrcr. In his ear-
ly youth be displayed considerable taste in
drawing landscapes from nature, brrt was nei-
ther rerirarkable for liveliness of disposition,
nor aptitude for learning. From his iiiotlier’s
tuition he was sent to the grammar school of
Musselburg, from thence to the high school of
Edi:ii)ur;;,wlrere he completed his classical
studies, and then removed to the University
ofEdinburg. Having finished his education
he was articled to a writer ofthe Signet, and
before he irad attained bis Ellst year, was ad-
mitted an advocate of the Scotch bar. Here
he most assiduously attended his professional
duties, and in the year 1798 he married a Miss
Carpenter, by whom he has several children.
At the end ofthe next year he‘was appointed
Sheriff depute ofthe county of Selkirk,and in
March, 1806, one of the principal Clerks of
Sessions for Scotland.
Being now relieved from professiorral labor,
by the enjoyment of two lucrative situations,
which produced from 800 to 100t)l per anuuui,
and having about the same period corue into
possession ofa valuable estate, through the
death of his father and air uncle, he was ena-
hled to follow his literary pursuits at pleasure.
His first productions were two Geriuan ‘bal-
lads, adapted to the English taste, entitled
The Chase, and VVilliani and Henry. After
:1 lapse off} years Mr. Scott produced a trans.
lation of Goetlre’s Tragetly of Goetz of Ber-
linchingeu. His next pieces were the Eve of
St. John and Glenfinlas. In 1802 appeared
his first work of any importance, The Min-
sh-elsy of me Scottish Border, and the follow-
lowing year he pirblislred Sir Trrstram, a met-
rical romance of the thirteenth century. In
1805 the Lay ofthe Last Minstrel was produ-
ced, and at once established his ‘fame upon
the tirmest basis. In 1806 a collection of Bari-
lads and Lyrical pieces, and in 1803, a 'I‘ale
of Floddenfiel(l,added considerably to his rep-
utation The rapidity of Mr. Scott’s pen
shone conspicuously this year, for, in addition
to Marrni0n,he pirblishetl Descriptions and Il-
lustrations ofthe Lay of the Last Minstrel,
and a complete edition of Dryden’s Works,
with notes, and a new life of the author. In
the same year in which the last of these ap-
pea;-ed, he produced The Lady ofthe Lake,
a poem aboundiug in interest and poetical
beauty. In 1811, The Vision of Don Rode-
rick published in aid of the subscription for
the Portuguese. This was followed in 1613,
by Rokeby, and in 1814, by the Lord of the
Isles, the Border Antiquities of England. a
new edition of the Works of Swift, with a life
hear was in aline from him to the boar, and
dangering the latter ; and as he was moving,
"and annotations anti the Ifield of Waterlod,
a poem._ About thesame time appeared a
prose woi=k,cliiefl_y‘oii the siibject of Waterloo,’
entitled Paul’s7L,etters to his Kiosfolkg, Two" -‘
other poems, the Bridal of Trierniain and
Harold thc,— Daugritiless, ~w_i_rich_- first appearetl ,‘
anonymnrrsly-havveisincebeeu claimed’ by Sir’
Walter,Scotti _.Itt1822, he,publislie'd a dra-.
tnatic poem called Hallidon Hill.
But report, adds another very lone’ additiori
to the list, by ascribing‘ to Sir. A
series ofNovels and Tales. '
(Waverly) appeared in 181
series has extended to 46
coirfidenily stated that they
their autlior-upwards of.-£10
Eniigralion i£Inecdole.—'I‘wo vessels sailed,
not long srrice, from Drrrnfrres for America,
“’”h 75 "T 90 emlzranis. One ship was pur-
sued by some slrerrft"s officers fr_oin Cumber.
land, with a writ against one of the passens
gers for debt. He was seized, birt being a.
handsome young fellow, thewomen pasgen.
gets imtnediately_re'sctied him, anti compel; .
led the officers to quit the ship withoiit- himr ‘
The executors ofthe law, in their search for
lhe debtor, found another man who had abu
’sconded, and left his wife and six children
clrztrrgeahle to the parish. Urifortiiriatelvflheyi’
had no warrant to arrest liitir, but tlietladir-3,
in this case assisting justice, compelled the
villain, vi el armis, to quit the ship, blddinc
him ‘ gang harm: to his wife and bairns.’ . U
-'b‘o
Id Rowland for an 0li°ver.—A first-wafef
Yankee, on a peddling voyage through ‘ York
state,’ arrived in our village last week, [nae-.
pendent of the usual supplies, Jonathan, it.
seems, had added to his stock of‘ nick-tracks’,
a number of watches, to be disposed of either
in the ‘ bizrterin line,’ or to be ‘sivap’d qfl? as
opportunities for driving a trade ofl‘ered._l.
Meeting a Dutch vagrant, well known in our
streets, with a long brass chain dangling at his
fob, J uatlian ‘hit’ him for a trade, ‘uhnsfo-/it
unse ..’ Tommy was his maxi. The ugual
preliminaries being settled, his watches were
deposited in the hat ofa third person. The
umpire then drew otrt the first wtiicl‘l—-‘That
(said Jonathan) is the Dutchinau’s watch};
The other watch (which proved to be a wood-
en one .’)was drawn—‘Dat’ (cries honest Toni-
my) isli de Yankee’s vatcli.’ ‘ .41!-_firelac:’c .”
exclaimed the chop fallen Jonathan, holding
up the apology for a watch by its chain, ‘ a lay.
nal Dutchman got the 7-2}; miter a Yankee L...
W/m’d tho’! it 1?’ \Vhile the Yankee stootl
viewing his watch, with emotions that partoolt
less of anger than chagrin, Tommy,—not satis-
ficd with his triumph, observetl,that ‘ ale wood.
an volt:/z would make goat mthncgs !’ ‘ Yes,’
exclairired Jonatlian with exultatiori, ‘ and
that there witch of _i/ourn would malre a good
nutmeg ‘grate:-', for the case is real block tin !’
[Rochester Telegraph.
An old lady,proverbial forherpride ofChris-
tianity, titre afternoon discovered, while in the
midst of her work the reverend shepherd ofthe
flock, of which she was a nrcrnber,wit.hin a few
paces ofthe house, and making straight to the
door. Il/islring to be thought well employed,
she threw her spinning aside, and seizing her
spectacles and bible, thoughgshe could not read
a word, sat down aiitl was engaged so deeply
at the time the good man entered, as not to
observe him until he gently tapped her on tlie
siroulder—witlr ‘ la! madam, do you read with
your bible upside down.’ ‘ Oh dear is it Mr,
B.’ said she, ‘ yes, I always read so-1’mlc_/Z
handed.’
A melting sermon being preached in :1
country church, all the congregation fell to
weeping, exccept one man, wlrohbeggetl to be
excused, as he belonged to another cliizrch.
.flslronom_1/.-—Tivo African philosophers
conversing on the subject ofAstronorny, Cuf-
fee asked Sanrbo, iflreknew what become o
——
old mooirs when the new ones were made ?—-«
‘D0u’t know, Criff.’ ‘ Vlfhy, you fool you,’
says the other, ‘they are all cut up to riiake
’eirr stars on.’
T5.
PUBLIC ACTS—-MAY Srzssrozv, 1823.-
An act in firrtlier addition to an act for consti-
tuting and regulating Courts, and appoint-
irrgtlre times and placesoflroldingthesame.
Be it enacted by the Senale and House of
Representatives in General ./issemlrly C07t’U€7l-
ed, That whenever firialjudgineut is rendered
in the Superior Court in any case in which a
party may be entitled to a writ of error there-
on, to the Superior Court of errors, such par-
ty may iri the same term, and within twenty-
foiir hours after finaljudgnient,file his motion
that the record in such case may be transmit-
ted to the next Supretne Court of Errors,
which would have recognizance ofa motion
for a new trial in said case, and ifori such ino-
tion, the Superior Court shall be of opinion
that the same is not intended for delay, but
that the questions arising on the record are
such as entitles the party to a revision there-
of,;such Court may allow the motion, ifthe
party moving shall give suflicient security by
recognizance to the adverse party, to pay all
damages ifire fail to prosecute the same to ef-
fect ; and ‘thereupon a copy ofthe record shall.
be entered on file in the next Supreme court
of Errors, who shall proceed thereon in the
same iuauner as on a writ of Error.
OLIVER WOLCOTT.-
Approved, May 31, 182"‘. ‘
An act in addition to an act, entitled ‘ an act
for forming and conducting the military force.-
ty 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
qfReprcsenlative.v, in General ./Isstimbly con-
vened, That the Captain General be, anti ire
hereby is empowered to make such alterations
in the uniform dress ofthe flank companies
of infantry, gs from time totiine he may deem
expedient. ’ .
§ 9. That the regitiicnts ofLiglrt and Horse
artillery shall be officered as follows, viz ; To
each regiment ofsaid corps, one Colonel, one
Lierrtenant Coioirel, and one Major.
K} 8. That the two regiments of Light artil-
lery be by the Captain General organized in-
to tiiree regiments, which regiinerits shall be
called out for exercise, inspection and review,
by r*egimerit or battalion, in such manner as
the officer commanding the brigade ma‘ydirect.
{)4-. That the regiments of Infantry and
Cavalry, shall be called our for exercise, in-
spection and review, iiuutrally, by regimentor
battalion, and the companies composing saidt
regiments shall be excused from the perform-
ance of one day’s company duty to which they
are now by law subjected.
OLIVER VVOLCOTT.
Approved, Juire Rd, 1823.
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