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POETRY.
From the Jllobile Register.
I said to. S'oiutow’s- awful storm,
That beat against my breast,-
Rago on—thou ma_y'st destroy this form
And lay it now at rest ;
But still the spirit that now brooks
Thy tempest raging high,
Undaunted on its fury looks—
Looks with steadfast eye !_
I said- to Pazxuax-‘s meagre train,
Come on-your threats I brave-—
My last poor life-drop you may drain,
And crush me to the grave;
Yetstill the spirit that endures,
‘ Shall mock your force the while,
And meet each cold, cold grasp ofyours
With bitter smile!
I said to cold Ns:cLzc'r and SCORE,
Pass on-I-I heed you not-—
You may pursue me, till my form
And being are forgot;
Yet still the spirit which you'see,
Undaunted by your wiles,
Draws from its own nobility
Its high-born smiles!
I said to FaiIsnsnir‘s menaced blow,
Strike deep—my heart shall bear!
Though canst but add one bitter woe
'l.‘o those already there ;'
Yet still the spirit that sustains
vThis last severe distress,
Shall smile upon its kecncst pains,
And scorn redress.
I said to Di:.i'ra’s uplifted dart,
Aim sure—O,why delay ?
Thou wilt not find a fearful heart,
A weak reluctant prey!
For still the spirit, firm sud free,
Triumphant in the last disniay, .
IVrapp’d in its own eternity,
Shall smiling pass away !
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MISCELLANY.
HORRORS OF BATTLE.
The battle took place on the margin of
the Niagara river, an extensive plain, which
ihad once been covered with fine farms ; but
now, forsaken by the inhabitants, and des-
-olated by war, it exhibited only a barren
waste. The river at that place begins to
acquire some of that terific velocity, with
which it rushes over the awful precipice
‘three miles below, creating one of the grand-
est natural curiosities in existence ; the
noise of the cataract is heard, and the col-
umn of foam distinctly seen, from the battle
ground. On the other side, the field is
bounded by a thick forest,but the plain itself
presents a level, smooth surface, unbroken
by ravines, and without a tree or bush to
-intercept the view, or an obstacle to impede
the movements of the hostile bodies, or to
afford to either party an advantage. From
this plain the American camp was separated
by a small creek. In the full glare of the
gsummer sun on the morning of the 5th of
July, the British troops were seen advaii-
cing to our camp, across the destined field
ofstrife ; their waving plumes, their scarlet
uniforms, and guilded ornaments, exhibited
a gay and georgeous appearance. Their
martial music, their firm and rapid stop,
indicating elastic hopes and high courage.
The Americans, inferior in number, were
_easily put in motion to meet the advancing
-‘foe : they crossed a small bridge, the only
,outlet from the camp, under a heavy fire of
the encmy’s artillery, and moved steadily to
the spots selected for the engagement. The
scene at this moment was beautiful and im-:
posing. The British line glowing with
crimson hues, were stretched across the
plain, flanked by pieces of brass ordinance,
rwhose rapid discharge—. spread death over
the field, and filled the air with thunder ;
while the clouds of smoke enveloped each
extremity of the line, left the centre only
exposed to the eye, and extending on to
the river on the one hand, and the forest on
the landscape. The Americans were ad-
yancing in columns. There were new re-
cruits, now led for the first time into action ;
and except a few ofliccrs, none of that he-
ygic band, had ever before seen the banner
of a foe. But they moved steadily to their
‘ round, unbroken by the galling fire: and
platoon after platoon wheeled into line with
the same graceful accuracy ‘of movement
which marks the evolution of the holiday
parade, until the whole column was deploy-
‘pd into one extended front ; the officers
carefully dressed the line with technical
,skill,‘and the whole brigade evinciiig, by
its deep silence,‘ and the faithful precision
of its movements, the subordination of strict
discipline, and the steady firmness of deter-
mined courage. Now the musketryof the
enemy began to rattle, pouring bullets as
thick as hail upon our ranks. Still not a
trigger was drawn, not a mice was heard
on our side, save the quick peremptory tones
of command. Gen. Scott rode along the
line, cheering and restraining his troops;
then passed from flank to flank to see if all
was as he wished ; he wheeled his steed in-
to the rear of the troops, and gave the com-
mand to “fire.” A voice was immediately
The British rushed forward with_ bayonets
charged, but they were struck with amaze-
ment when they beheld those whom their
commandei‘ tauntingly called rnilitia,star.d-
ing motionless as statues; their muskcts e-
rect, their arms folded across their breasts,
gazing calmly at their hostile ranks advan-
cing furiously with leveled bayoiiets. It
was a i'cfincment of discipline rarely exhibi-‘
ted, and here altogether unexpected. The
Americans stood until the enemy approach-
ed within a few paces; until the foemen
could see the fire flashing from each other’s
eyes ; and each could read the expression
of his adversary’s face ; then deliberately as
was the word given, the Americans levelled
their pieces and fired--and the whole of
the enemies. line seemed annihilated ! Many
were killed,_ many wounded, and some rush-
ing~ forward with powerful momentum, fell
over their prostrate companioiiszor were
thrown down by the weight of succeeding
combattants. In one instant the ground
occupied by that gallant line was cov-
/ ered by flying Britons ; in another, a second
line had advanced to sustain the contest;
while the broken fragments of the first,
were rallied behind it. The “Buffalo mil-
itia” were now the assailants, advancing
with charged bayonets. Then it_was that
the young American ‘chiefs, who led that
gallant host displayed the skill of veterans,
and the namcof Scott, Jesup, Leavenworth,
McNeil, and Hinman, were given to their
country to_addorti the proudest page of its
history. Five and tliirty minutes decided
the contest, and the retiring fee was pur-
sued and driven to its fortress. None who
saw, will forget the the terifi_c beauty of this
scene ; the noble appear-aiice of the. troops
—tlie dreadful precision of every movement
—the awful fury of the battle—its fatal
severity-—its brief continuance-—its trium-
phant close.
As the victors returned from the pursuit
of the retireing enemy, a scene of intense iii-
terest was presented. They traversed the
field which a few minutes before had
sparkled with the proud equipage of war.
There had been gallant men and gay uni-
forms, and waving banners, and there had
been drums and trumpets, and the wild
notes of the bugle stirring the soul to action.
There had been nodding plumes and beating
liearts,and eyes that gleained with ambition.
There too had been teiripestuous chiefs,
emulous of fame, dashing their fiery steeds
along the hostile ranks ; and there had
been all the spirit stirring sights and sounds
that fill the eye and the ear, and the heart
of the young warrior, giving more than
the poets fire to the entranced IlllaglIl&,lIlOFl.
VVhat a change had 2-. fow‘b1'lcf minutes
produced ! Now the field was strewed with
ghastly and disfigured foruis, witli the
wouded, with the mutilated and dying. The
ear was filled with strange and melancholy
and terrific sounds; the shouts of victory
had given place to groans of anguish, the
complaints of the vanquished, the prayers
or the iinprecations of the dying. Here
was one who called upon heaven to protect
his children; another raved of u bereaved
wife; a third tenderly aspired a beloved
name, consecrated only by that tie-while
others deprecated their own siilferiiig, or
pleaded piteously for the pardon of their
sins. 4 I-Iere were those who prayed ardent-
ly for death, and some who implored a few
minutes more of life. Complaints of bodi-
ly pain; and confession of iinrepented
crimes, burst forth from the souls of many
in heart broken accents; while some, as
they gazed upon the fast flowing crinison
torrent, wasted the brief remains of breath
in moralizing upon the shortness of life,
and man’s careless prodigality of existence.
Many gallant spirits there were on that
ensanguiiied plain, who prayed silently;
and some who dared not pray, and yet
scorned to murmur. Their compressed lips
bespoke their firmness; their eyes wander-
ed wistfully over the bright scene that was
fading before them, and they grasped fer-
vently the hands of those who bade them
farewell.
A COLLECTOR OF PROVERBS.
“An intimate friend of ours, a_ gentle-
man of some eccentricity of character, was
at one period of his life a very assiduoiis
collector of proverbs. Ilc piqued himself
not a little upon his store of ‘proverbial col-
loquialisms, and, in all argumentative mat-
tors, was sure to silence his opponents, by
proverbs, great and small, light and heavy,
pat or unpat, no matter which, if he only
kept up a'raking fire of this sort of verbal
shot. At the time we speak of, it was his
custom to. note down every proverb which
he might overhear in the course of conver-
sation, on slips of paper, from which he
transferred them to his magnum opus when
leisure occurred. In this way, there seldom
was card, letter, or scrap of paper on his
person, but what was literally groanin
with “rusty sayed sawes” and proverbia
rhymes. No bee could be busier in sucking
from every flower its pith and flavor, than
our. collector was in registering upon his
sybilline leaves the fruits of ever.y'day’s
quest after these insulated morsels’ of wit
and wisdom.
“ On one occasion he had been invited
to a large party at a friend’s house, where
there happened to be not a few strangers
present. . Our friend, fortunately we think,‘
as the sequel will show, had forgotten to
dlsgorge hi! pockets of their multifarious
°°m9nt3- Well. the good things disappear-
ed._ and the wine followed, and, with every
bottles the 00nV0l‘8ati_on assume a more
lively character. How some misunderstand-
ing with our collector and another gentle-
man at the table arose, we cannot well ex-
plain, but certainly their words waxed high,
and to such a degree was their dispute car-
ried, that; abrupt termination was put to
the f°§t1Vlll<’§ of the evening by the inert of
fairly pouring out to them a broadside of
ger. Nothing, of course, was spoken oftlie
grave part of the company but the disagree-
able quarrel, and the still more disagreeable
results to which next moi'ning’s dawn must ;.
unavoidably give rise. "
“ Next inoriiiiig came, and the gezitleinaii
began to bestir liir.v.is.el_f, 11S,ttOC0l‘(lll')g to, the
rules of lionour, he must do, wlien there is ;
a personal injury to he avenged_., \Vitli the
man of proverbs he was deeply enraged, and
to refresh his memory as to. name and ad-
dress, he had i;ecourse to. the card put into
5his hands over night. He looked first at one
.side, then at the other, but name or place on
fncither could be found ; but, in place of that,
there. was traced, in good legible characters
3--.‘ NAETHING snoom) an noun IN A HURRY,
BUT CATCIIING m.i«:.is.’ The effect of this
was irresistible. Mr. . fell into an
uncontrollable fit of laughter, and, with
very altered feelings from those with which
he left his couch, immediately called upon
a mutual friend, where such explanations
were given as to the quarrel of the evening
before, that a hostile meeting was in a mo-
ment quashed. Had it not been, however,
for this fortunate incident of proverb gath-
ering, there is no saying how matters would
have ended. 'We, knowing all the circum-
stances, are entitled to say, that but for this
excellent nphorism, one or two valuable
lives might have been sacrificed to notions
of false honor.”--]lIus. of For. Lit. 4' Sci.
REPORTING ANEQDOTES. _
[The following are told. Sir C. VVethcr-
ell and Adm. Cofiin, as public men, are
known to our readers.
“ On one occasion, the Attorney General,
Sir Charles Wetherell, made one of the
most furious and eccentric, of all his very
furious and very eccentric tirades. It was
directed like an unmasked battery of rock-
cts or slirapnells against, Mr. Littleton, the
member for Staffnrdshire. Every body knew
that Sir Charles coiitemns the study of cos-
tume, and that Mr. Littleton is one of the
best drest and the best looking men in the
House of Commons. Sir Charles, through-
out his curious pliilippic, attacked Ml‘.L
as a country gentleman—a term of distinc-
tion in the time of Sir Robert VValpolc#-
but instead of the term, country gentleman,
he invariably called him ‘ the rustic gentle-
man.” Mr. Littleton evinced great annoy-
ancc at the incessantrcpetition, or reproach
as it was meant, of the rustic gentleman.
His annoyance was by no means decreased
next morning, at finding that an ignorant
reporter of a moriiing paper of great circu-
lation, had throughout all the endless reite-
rations, set him down, not as the rustic, but
as the rusty gentleman - ‘ Rusty entlemnn.’
quoth the Examiner; and this trom the at-
torney-general !—Reader, have you ever
seen the attorney-general?
We recollect Sir Isaac Coflin repairing to
a newspaper oflice, in a great fury, with a
newspaper crumpled up in the grasp of one
hand, whilst a terrific oakcn cudgel was
braiidislied in the other.’ ‘ W'here is the
editor? I want to see the editor-.-—..I insist
upon seeing the editor immediately!’ said
the gallant man of war and wave. It hap-
pened that a reporter was present who very
well knew the gallant admiral, and under-
stood how to appease his angry moods.
After several parries of his rage, and some
soothing compliments dexterously applied,
the reporter, with an air of ban-lzomie, asked,
‘ But, my dear Sir Isaac, what is really the
matter’! ‘Matter, sir, matter!’ answered
the incensed admiral, ‘ sir, directly I enter-
ed the United Service Club this morning,
one friend cried out, ‘ Sir Isaac, what have
you done with your voice i’ Then another
cried, ‘How is your voice, Sir Isaac’! A
third exclaimed, ‘ Have you got a cold, Sir
Isaac? I flew to the Naval Club, where
again one friend saluted m_e with, ‘ How
are your lungs, Sir Isaac ?’ Another called
across the table, ‘ Why, Sir Isaac, you used
to have a good pair of lungs of your own,
how is it, Sir Isaac’! ‘ I can stand a joke,
sir,’ (continued the admiral,) ‘ as well as
any man in England, but hang me if I
stand this any longer. Sir, I tell you that I
was never more wind and weather tight in
my hull than at this moment, and me
if I coiildn’t hail the niain-top in any hurri-
cane that ever blew-—and look here,sir, look
at this,’ saying which, be spread open the
morning’s copy of the paper, in which we
read, in the Parliamentary Debates, that
‘ Sir Isaac Cofiin addressed a few observa-
tions to the House, which were totally in-
audiblein the gallery/.’ It was not diflicult
to pacify the gallant admiral, by assuring
him that the mistake could never occur
again to a member whose voice equalled
that of Braliani’s in melody, and a speaking
trumpet in power. 'A few more very ludic-
rou_s_ scenes took place with the gallant ad-
miral and the press, and whoever remem-
bers the immensc figure and resolute bearing
of this sori of Mars, must feel that it was
almost as pleasant to face a lion as to en-
pcquiiter him in his wra.th.’_’— Constel.
Hoaaons or lnrsmpananon.---A fireman
narrates, in Poulson’s Philadelphia Amer-
ican Daily Advertiser, the subjoned: The
dwelling of a drunken Irishman and his
wife, had caught fire. He got upon a back
shed, and looked into their. window and
to his horror found the bed enveloped in
flames, and rapidly spreading through the
room ; the miserable objects lay in bed with
their young and only child between them,
so completely intoxicated, that even whilst
the most excrutiating torments racked them,
they were incapable of rising. The win-
dow was burst open and with much risk the
poor wretches were removed. It appears,
on retiring to rest, a lighted candle had
been placed under or near the bed and is
supposed to have caused the fire. On be-
ing rescued, the family were taken to the
hospital; the man survived but two days,
‘ In a small town in one of the, New-.E,iig_-
land States, there resided some years ago,
two young: iéi;ion,wli¢se sji_ibscqu_c_iit f<ii°tiiiics,
serve forcibly to show the ftd\’tllll.t3cgb‘ of per-
's.o_nal_application to study and business on
the one lia._n(l, and the folly of i°clyiii;_v; on
ancestral honors and extensive patrimonics
on the other. Samuel Lcdyard was the
only favorite son of a_ gentleman, who, in
the point of riches and honors, stood con-
fessedly at the head of the aristocracy of
that section of the country. Nature had
done much for Samuel’s person, though she
had not been remarkably generous towards
him in the bestowineiit of her mental gifts.
The fact, however, that he was the darling
son of the rich and Hon. Judge Ledyard,
was enough in his estimation, not only to,
make up for what nature had refused to
grant him, but to give him a great superior-
ity over his less favored rieigl'ibp_rs._‘ The
best that the fashion of this world can give,
was abundantly provided to gratify the van-
ityLof Samuel. That he was superior. to,
every one else, none dared openly to deny,
as all feared to incur the haughty frowns of
the patriciau father; and it is not astonish-
ing that Samuel should presume himself to
be all which the flatterers of his family in.-
sisted that he should be.
W'ithin ii few rods of the stately mansion
of Judge Ledyard, stood the humble dwel-
ling of Peter Le Forest, the liousc-joiner.
' Peter had a son ofthc same age of Samuel.
Stephen Le Forest, however, was but a poor
boy; and what added, if possible, still more
to his shame, in the estimation of the Led-
yards, lie was a joiner——a "laboring man.
Though Samuel and Stephen were near
neighbors from their birth, little acquaint-
ance and less intimacy was allowed to siib-
's_ist between them. If Samuel in his great
condcscension ever did speak to Stephen, it
was to remind him of his father’s greatness
and the obscurity of Steplien’s, and toinsult
him by any other means at hand.
Stephen bore this ‘beconiingly; for the
thought never had entered into his head that
he could be equal to the Ledyards.
These boys for the most of the time, from
six to sixteen, went to school, but not to-
gether. A select establishment must be pre-
pared for the children of the Judge, while
Stephen, with his scanty supply of" books,
under the tuition of different masters, at the
common schools, had to make the best pro-
gress he could. He applied himself,’ how-
ever, and made good proficiency. VVhcn
these youths were at the age of sixteen, and
as Samuel was about to enter college, the
Ledyards learned with surrprise and indig-
nation that it was the design of Peter Le
Forest to send Stephen also to college, at the
same university where Samuel was to ac-
quire his literary honors? Stephen Le Fo-
rest, hon ever, had as good a right to go to
college as Samuel Ledyard, and the faculty
being independent of both, would receive
the former as readily as the latter. The
thought that Stephen was to be class-mate
with Lcdyard was revolting to the pride of
the Judge and his aristocratic son, but de-.
terminiiig that Samuel should have no inter-
course with Steplien, and trusting that the
great wealth of Ledyard would exalt the
the former in the good esteem of the faculty
and students overtlic latter, he was sent to
Cambridge, and entered the class with
Stephen.
During their four years residence at Col-
loge, Samuel adhered strictly to his deter-
mination to have no ll'l'[Gl‘COl.ll'SC with poor
Stephen Le Forest, the laborei"s son. To
his fellow students he professed to know the-
thing, and knew him only to despise his pc-
vcrty and obscurity. The prodigality of
Samuel was proverbial in the college, and
in more than one instance, his violation of
principle _and neglect of study, subjected
him to the reprimand of the I’residcnt.—-
Stcplien pursued the even tenor of his way,
attended to his studies, recited his lessons
well, and by his amiable and unpreteiitliiig
deportment, acquired the good will of the
better part of the students, and the appro-
batipn of others.
He was prudent in his expenditures, and
by keeping school during the vacations,
earned nearly enough to pay his college
bills. Wlieii the four years were- out, aim
the class was to he graduated, Stephen had
the first part of the exercises assigned him,
while Samuel was hardly noticed. These
arrangements were dissatisfactory to the
Ledyards, but they could not be altered.-—
Stephen left the stage applauded by the vast
crowd of spectator-s,\_vhile Samiicl’s perform-
ance engaged no cxpressions from the audi-'_
ence but those of disgust. '
After leaving college, both Samuel and
Stephen were placed in situations to prepare
for the bar. In due time steplien was ,ad-
mitted to practice, and opened an office in-
the village of his nativity, Samucl’s father
dying about this time, be abandoned his
legal studies, presuming that business would
be unnecessary fcr him---so great was the
inhcritanc‘e left him by his father---- For
some years he made it his only business to _
dash about in stately pride, expending what
he regarded as the inexhaustable riches left
hiin by his futlier. Time however proved
his mistake. Before prodigality and dissi-
pation, ‘riches took to themselves wings and
flew away.’, The gambling table made fa-
tal inroads upon his property, He saw
Stephen flourishing ‘in his profession and
far though in" the course of a few "pears Ste-
phen had accumulated more property than
Samuel had remaining still it was a circum-
stance sufliciently damning in his view of
the former and sufiiciently honorable in his
view of himself, that Stephen was the son
of Le Forest the Carpenter, and he was the
son of Lcdyard the Judge,
In ten years Samuel had not a cent re-
maining.—_Hqrrassed by creditors, and hav-
and, at the present time, neither wife nor
'9l1lld.9.W°3ll.°9l°d to!i..v9». '
ingtop pinch pride to stand in his humilia-
tion l2<z_f9rv _Sts.=ph<.=n. risiv a. use 91.’ W9l‘.lll.l
ship in the navy. llere his habits \\’£'l't) site}.
as caused him to be ‘ca.-‘liici'ed, and lie w.s
disinissetl from, the service in LliEgl'ztL'.t.‘.
In the mean time by industry and per-
severance, the joincr’s son rose to cniiiiciicc
in his professioii. Before I.e(ly:ii'd eiitcred
the navy Le Forest stood at the" head of the
bar in the country, and about the time of
Sainiicl’s leavin_<_i_ the service in disgrace,
Stephen was appointed to the sonic lionoi=-
able oilicc which the senior Lcdyaijtl hail
formerly held. Since that time’ Samuel
Ledyard has been sentenced to the State
Penitentiary for his crimes, where he re-
mained a iniseriiblc olijcct pity when I
last heard of him, Tlie's_c are facts substati-
tially from real life. The iiaincs are only
fictitious. They seem to show hoiv the
wheel of fortune in a free coniitry will carry
tl_lQIl'.lj_l‘e!'ll0l‘l0llS upwards, while ’it precipi-
tatesthe prof_li_g:itc into ruins below. IVe
have not thought to adorn the tale by any
fancifulembellishments. The desire not to
tell a long story has compelled us to, leave
out studied descriptioris.
We were present at the trial of Ledyard.
Le Forest was the presiding judge on the
bencli—and when his duty called him to
pronounce upon the nnliappy criminal, we
saw the tear steal down the manly check of
the judge, and his voice faltered as he gave
utterance to the dread language of the law.
For ourselves, we could not so well coni-
niaiid our passions. We tlioggght of the
past, we looked on the present, and we ,t.
How could we help it’! Oh that yontli in
every circumstanse would learn, “pride goeth
before a fall, while he that huinbletli liiin-
self shall be exalted.”
ANECDOTI-IS or Sui-:i.Lv.v THE I’oi:'r.--
Mankind, and there interests were scarce-
ly ever out ofthoughts. It was a moot point
when he entered your room, wlietlier he
would begin with some lialf-pleasant, half-
pensive joke, or quote sonietliing' Greek,
or ask some question about public afiiiii-s.
I reinemher his coming upon me when I had
not seen him for a longtime;,aiid after grap-
pling my liaiids with both his, in his usual
fervent manner, sitting. down, and looking
at me very earnestly, ufitli a deep_,_ though
melancholy, interest in his face. We were
sitting in a cottage study, with our knees to
the fire, to, which we had "been getting
‘nearer and nearer in the co_n_ifort of finding
ourselves together ;_ the pleasure of seeing
him was my only feeling at the l_I.).0l‘.XCllt;
and the air of domesticity about us was so
oonaploto, that I tliouglit he was going to
speak of some family iiiatter, either his or
my own; when he asked me, at the close
an intensity of pause, what was “the a-
mount of the national debt? I used to rally
him upon the apparent inconseqiieiitiality
ofhis manner upon these occasions; and
he was always ready to carry on the joke.
because he said, that my laughter did‘ not
hinder my being in earnest. Vi/itli deepest
love and admiration was my laughter rnix
cd or i should not have vcriturcd np_o.n pay-
ing him the compliment of it. I have now
before me his corrected proofof an anony-
mous pliarnphlet, which he wrote in the
year 1817, entitled, A Proposal for Putt-Eng
Reform to the Vote tlzrougli t/zc Cau72t2'g/.——
[will make an extract or two from it to
show how zealous he was on this subject;
liow generous of the example which he of-
fered to set in behalf of reform ; and how
judicious as well as fervent this most calam-
iiiaterl and noble spirit could be in recom-
ineuding tlic n_iost avowed‘ of his opinions.
The title page oftlie proof is scrawled over
with sketches of trees and foilage, which
was a habit of his in the intervals of think-
ing, whenever he had a pen or pencil in
hand. He would indulge in it while wait-
ing for you at an inn, or in a door way,
scratching his elms and cak trees on the
walls. He did them very spiritcdly, and
with what the painters call gusto, particu-
larly in the point nfgitace, If he had room,
he would add a cottagc,and a piece of water,
with a sailing-boat among the trees. This
was his beau ideal of life, the repose of
which was to he earned by the zeal for his
species and warranted for the_ common good.
\Vliat else the image of a boat; brings to the
memory of thc_s_e who have lost liiin,"I will
not say, cspeciaily as he is still with us in
his writings. But, it is wortli observing,
how agreeably this habit of sketching trees
and iipwers evinced the gentleness of my
friend’s nature, the lpiigiiig he had for rest,
and the sinallnessof his personal desires.
Leigh amt.
noonrsimfs l\'O'I‘l3 noon.
Pills and Potations. —— Miss Sally 1 {agein-
nis, apale, bilio_us, and interestiiig yoiiiig
lady, appeared at the Dublin Court of Con-
science, to sl'i_ow cause why she had not
discharged her apotliecattyis bill, ainount
9s. 4d. '
Magistrate-—‘§Johnson, call Mr. Catli-
bcrtson.” -
J ohnson,i(a rare-looking, rugged V muzzled
oflicer, possessing a voice to‘ which the
ncighing of the horse of I-lyrlaspes is but a
wliisper,) bellowed, 9‘ Mr. Cuthbertsona
come into court.” . .
Mr. Cuthbertson, a pensive. sombre, woe-
hegone, G'alcnic-looking Persoriage. 00m-
pared with wh_o_m Sliakspearels apotliecary
was a Daniel Lambert, now entered. I
Magistrate-—\Vliat is the nature of the
debt, Mr, Cutlibertsgn? ,5 7
medicinal cast, ‘This young li_1.(lYs_)’0U|‘
worship, ‘necame indispbsed soul? lime SW0‘;
dispeptic symptoms, a gentle tendency to
and,indecd_, a singular, ivliiinsical, and or-
ganised amalgamation of disorders. I took
the young lady in hands, and operated upon
her in the best possible manner; adminis-
tswsl 9§!ll‘¥‘.lli°S: in€z'9di¢¢¢si sletnulcentsi
Mr. C,—i-I’lca_se your \Vorship, ‘tis of a '
hydrocephalus, some plethqric tlireateniiigs, ~
I I in 5. . . , , . _ ( .. . , - '
iiaoc. the (.llt.llI1lbli.lllt.,t.S, and charged toi-
thc entire 95. 4d. A " "
til«1gIstIutc- -‘llaie you any thing to say
agaiiist this, Miss Magciii'iis'!
_ Miss baby lssptd loith tl p-.itlict__ic appeal",
in which she stated that Mr. Cutlibcrtson
had proiniscd to take back any portion of
his nicdicine that reniained unconsumed.
' " . I 1
and also to make. allowance for various’
.pliial.-', gall:pots, pill boxes, which he ric-
' ‘ " ' r I I . ' u .
gl_cct'eil to co. Ilic iii.igisti.ite, liowever,
wisliiiig to avert a phtliisis of the pocket
. . v_ ‘1 _ . . -
lioni Mi. .. ordciedtlicaniouiit of his bill,
-with costs. “ "’
S.-XTURDAY Nicii'i'.---IVlit.-ii the curtains,
of Saturday evening are drawn around us,
and the body and mind are reciprocally.‘
scgltiiig lliat rest nature requires, then 1.6“?
pleasant, how cavqiu'sit_cfl__2/pleasa1it,to gather,-.
around our fire side, with the kindred we
love, nnd'togct_hci;itcvicw the mercies of the.
past week; togetlier look forward to thy,‘
blessed rnornirig of the Sabbath, and iuiiiéi-,
pate that calm, that uiidistnrbcd re-
pose reserved for those. who love that hal-
lowed day as the best of-all the seven! It is.
a prelude“ of tl.;i_e closing up forever, of mo’
tiresome ivo_Lfk_ of life; for adjnstiiig the
soul for entering upon the long sabbath be-
yond tlic grave, where the inhabitants shall
have no need of the light of the sun and
moon and where the congregation shall iie-‘V
vcr break up. It is a kind of holiday‘-{-3
where the anxious mind may tlirow aside
tlievcxations of the past, and enjoy a sweet
pause in the prospect that a resurrection‘-
moriiiiig of the sun of man will give him an-
other feast of lieaven, and where he may-.
mingle again in the coiigi_'egati.o,n of the
saints, and drink of the streams‘ which he
hopes soon to trace to the fountain in the,
temple above. . "
A.\I«:cDo'rr-: or-‘ Mn. IVi:i:s'i'r:u.—Oii Mr.
Webster’s recent journey to VVasliingto’ri;
while passing tliroiigli N. Jersey, the. stage
stopped at an Iiin_ where several Jersey:
Blues were expressing themselves in their.
own way about nullification andithe,conrse_
of S. Carolina. Mr. WY,-bster and two or
three other gentleineii stopped from the
stage to worth while the horses were drink-_
ing, and as M r.‘v‘i’ . was psssinig into the bar--_
room, one of the speakers, who seemed to,
have been holding forth with great Vehe-,
mcnce, said. ‘And there’s tliat General
Hayiieat the head of tllC‘t1lllllf‘1't3_l'AS,, who
went on to. VVasliigton and was lick’d by.
VVebster.
his nainc,_ looked round full at the speaker,
who noticirig the action, stepped up to him,'
and slapping him on the slioulder-', added,
‘Well traveller, what do you think about it?
wasn’t Irlayiie. lick’-d by Vfcbstcr? lVIr. W.
rubbi_ng l‘.is liunds, and making his way
througii the crowd to ll»lc.lll‘C, replied,‘I’ve,
heardthat iiisiiinatcd before sir. '
Tun INDEPENDENCE or THE Pnass, in
this country, is all inooiisliine, because
borrows its light from subscription. The
poor publisher is l-'l‘lQi)llSil'l.lCl{, the moment
licofi'cnds a £lll)S(‘l‘ll)Gl‘, for he instantly
withdraws the light of his countcnance.—”-
InEngland the press 2's‘indcpciidant,bccause
it has no subciiptioii. It is ‘published for
sale, and sold to regular custurners, like
bread and ale, for them to sell again. ‘The
publisher gets his money on delivery. He
who publishes the best paper, makes the
most—-gets the most cxtciisive patipnage.
Until news papers are publislietl in the same:
ii_iannoi' in this couiitry, it is utterly impos-
sible thc press SllOlll(.l be indcpcridant.
Loni) Bnoucn.-i1ir.—'I‘lic early days of‘
Lord Brougliain were reinarkable for tlie,
,s_alli'cs of his wit. Before the dignity of
oflice had put a restraint on inclination, his
social habits often led him into parties of
conviviality. At one of these, ‘ when the
bottle had been ciiculatcd with"niorg:_ than
ordinary rapidi_ty,_one of the party_, not dis-_.
tinguislied for his shi-ewdiicss, was request-
ed to sing, but excused himself by declar-
ing music was not in his coinposifioii.
“Nonsense,” said Jeffrey, who was one of
the party, “ every one can see you have a
singing f:-ice.” “ Ay,” responded Brough-
am, 9‘ the notes of music are even develop-_
ed there, for I can see /lflag in it} '
BEAUTY or v1n'rUi:.'—-Thc‘folloiviiig fine
reflection is to be found in the Life _of‘L'o_1:d
I-Ierbert, _o_f Cherbnrg. “ Every body loves
the virtuous, whereas the vicious do scarce
love one another.” Upon the same subject
an Arabian happily ohserved,that he learn-,
ed virtuc froinilie bad, for their ii'icliedne_ss
inspired liim with‘ air distaste to yicc, ’ i i
REVERSE or Fonruxn. --The Sunderlapd
England, I-lerald says : W'ould any of-the
lronored andabovc their fellows had they;
‘tripped the light fantastic toe’ with royal-
ty? There lS,ZllCAtlllS'V8l'y moment-,' while I
write, a female c:—is_ting coal into cellar,_
(the wife of a naval oliicer deceased) who
once danced with King George the Fourth,
Faaivcrs r-rms'r_.—Hav~ing asked Castclan,
Bishop of Orleans, ivhetlier he was oi‘-noble
extraction, “ Sire,” replied he, “ Noah had
three sons in the ark—-I cannot say from
which of them I descended.-’l
T ory Tact'ics.—\Vellington‘s late disgrace-, .
ful c_o_nduct is not surprising, Having spent .
niostof his time in military tacticszlie has at_
last defiled himself. — ' ‘ A
~ Bishop; , of ' 'Ezcter’s I’re¢ching.,
Oh, surely the rectoris worthy of love,»
And much to his sermons we~owe,: ,. .
For they promise repose in the regions abovg ,
And _pro:natc__ it in regions below !,
Mr. W’. catching the sound of”
gay gentry of these parts deem tlie_msc_lvles, ’
Norwalk Chronicler