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NEW‘ AND CHEAP SPRING GOODS.
ILLIA-.‘iI GALE liasjiist returned from New
, l'°l'l<: and is now opening a large and
spler:d.id assortment of Fancy end Staple Dry
“—i°0il9»“'llit:li will be sold wliolc-.si=lc or retail, at
-;.'ci'y reduced prices viz- fine and Superfine Blm],-,
1-ll‘"3- CW9“. OIWC, l3l'0“'II, Clare‘, llIllll)Cl'l'y. Mixt
gind Invisible Green Broadcloths, 60 pieces Faircy
Colored Cassirrieics and Satinnetts, :1 large assort-
rpu-nr of Wzrteictl, Chztiigixiliie, and Plain Gro de
=l.'.-ciliiis. Gro dc Nap anJ' Flaunccs for Latlies dres-
I-"es, \Vide Black India Satin, 10 pieces of Black
dc Swiss and Itnliari Srlk=, froiu fifiv cents in
‘('iglrIY‘Se\'('I1 and a half cents, 6 pieces of Black Gro
‘ale Naps. from 37 to G2'cenis_ Black Sinchcn; and
Sarciiivt, Biack Node, Black Twillcd Serum, Gwen
Siiicinct, Mixed Silk Caniblets. Pongiie, Black
Nttlll’-0611 HI‘-d CITIDPS. 44 and 6-4 superior Black
.I‘:l'Cllt‘ll Cl‘(‘.pt‘.S fol‘ Veils, Pink, Blur, (}]‘(‘(n_} and
bt=i1\‘-’ Color French Crapcs (irvcn, \'Vhite fx‘. Black
Iilouil Gauze Vt ils, -I-4 and 5-4 fine Green Bci'r.rge,
-‘Ill Boxes (flC,'_‘8lll Crapc, Silk, Gauze, Illamlcg-hm,
and Sewing Silk Shawls and I-Iarull~'.erc'iiofs. 4-4,
5 4, and (3-4 (inc Plain and I-‘igtiretl Boliliiiiirct Lace,
lilmhl Qulllings and Eil.r1in:s,Bolihinet Qtlillings of
all \'v'H_ltlis, Thread and i3=ibhinct Laces do Etlginas,
Illstwtlng 'I'rimming.<, Silk, Pongce, and Spitalfiefds
I‘l2\iitlkcrcliiefs. 50 pieces Irish Linens, from 25
cell“ i9 $1 25cc.-nts, \Vhitc and Brown Satin Jean.
Cold"-d Sl‘lTlS. I0 pieces Black Silk Volvct, from $2
in $4 SO cents; 36 and 40-ii.ch real Italian Crtivats,
Bead Bags and Purses 4’) Boxes Ladies and Gen-
=t_lcuicii‘s Hoskin and Silk Gloves. from 6 cents to
-Tb! 50 cents. a large assortment of Ladies and Gen-
ileinens Silk, Worstetl, and Cotton Ilosiery, Green
and Moi-iiic, Silk and Cotton Umbrellas, 100 piece.-
Durk and Light Striped and Plaid Gingliains, an
entire new sty le, 400 pieces Light and Dark Cali-
-coes, from 6 cents to 50 cents, 1f‘0 pieces Bleached
Sltirtings and Sheelings, :1 large assortinent of
Brown Slicetings, by the bale piece, or yard, Cotton
"Yarn, Btlltlttgi and Candle Wick,by the halo. Russiti
Di?-D01‘: =1 large assortmclit of Gauze and Thick
Iiibbons, Ladies I.egho1‘n and Str:t*.v Ilats, Geritle-
»nien's I-‘ur Hats of the latest style, a large assort-
ment of superfine wide Jet Black French Bornl;a-
:7.ines'..It‘igureil, Plaid. and Plain Swiss, Jaconot.
l\Iull,Bouk, and Medium Muslins, 100 Long and
-Square Black. Scarlet, and White Merino Shawls
‘very cheap, Plain and Striped Moleskin Cantoons,
iliussia Sheeting, Canvas Padding, Burlaps, Osmi-
linrghs, Wide and Narrow, Plain and Fig-.ii'eil Silk
Velvet Ribbons, Suspenders, Cologne Water, Soap
and Oils. Penkriivcs, Scissors, Dorchester and Odcan
"l‘icl<ings, Dtzrk Indigo Biuc Checks, Linen Cain
bricks from $1 to $3 50. Lawn, Long and Linen
Cambricl-: Handkcrcliiefs, &;c.
Nortvalk, March 18, I833.
WV E’?-E3ii'7§Ef\‘§$i‘€3}§§9.%B§.
NO. 3 BURlIALL’S BUILDINGS. A
:[:;,i,;’E'-l"i)LEBi{OOI{ &.L‘i'lOR.RlS have just re-
.IJ
ceived a large and Splendid assorlrnczit 05
all kinds of Fancy an-.l .-trple Dry Goods suita-
iilo for the present and approaching 508.501‘, for
sale very cheap.
Blue, black, Brown, Olive, Green, Invisible and
lilulliury colored B-road-cloths; Striped and Fancy
Col’d C8S‘:illH‘1'S; Fine fasliionable and Common
Satii.cts; Black Silk Velvet: Black Italian lus
niirg ; imitation do; Gros dc Berlin; Gros de Na-
ples; Black Sinchew; Green do; Yink Satin;
Col‘d Florence; 3-4 4-4 5-4 and 64 Plain Black
and VVhite llobhinet Lace; Gi'eci*.n Netting; Fine
figltl't:d Bobbinet Lace arrdedgeirig ; _Tliread Lace ;
Bolibiuet Il\ge[li'n,‘.,"§ I’(-'.'ll‘ltng; bobbiiictt Footings;
blond quiltings and edgirigs ; xx hi'e and green gauze
vcil.-i; lilk Italian veil crnpc; Bishop Lawn ,‘ linen
r-.'imhric Hzimlkfs ; C-ainl;rii: iuuslins; Plain and lig’d
Bock do: Plain and Fig’d Swiss do.; Mediuin do.;
Plain and Fig"d Jriconct do.; Plain Mull; Long
Lawn; Green tklorccn; 3-4 6-4 7-4 and 8-4 Linen
and Cotton Di;-per; Russia. do.; lrish Linens, some
vety tine; Calicoes, a large assortment of all colors,
qualities, and prices; Gingliams; Silk Elziig, l‘ongee,
and B‘:ll1(lizlllld IIaudkIs_.; Cotton Flags; Black and
Blue Silk Velvet Stocks; Black and Col‘d Bomba
zine do.; Gloves and l\'Iitts.; Silk, \Vorsted and Cot-
ton Hose and half Hose; Silk Braids; Muslin Van-
rllkes: Liur.-n Floss \Vhi’.c Linen and Cotton Tapes;
Bobbins; Black Cotton Ferrits; Cl:irk’s Spool Cot-
ton; VVliite and C-.il’:l Cotton Balls; Fine Wire Cot-
ton; l’ati'r.t Linen Tliread; Bile, Blue and Col‘d
Italian Sewing Silks; 6--I lied Padding; Canvas
do.; Buckram; Brown Holland; Cf.-l’tl l\lnslin.-2;
Blcaclied Shcetings and Shiitings; Unbleached do.;
Brown Jean; Foundation Muslin. Apr'n Cliecks;
Bed Ticl-ing: Russia Slicetirig: 'I'icklr-rihut'gs; Bur-
lap-*:; Osnaliurgs; Wall Paper‘: Cotton Yarn, from
No. 4 to 26; Carpet Yarn; Candle Wickiug; Cotton
Padding and Wailding.
Nor\vnlk.25tli March, 1833.
H ARE VWAR st}
AT IVIIQLESAE OR II ETAIL.
’ Y the subscriber. The following are a few of
the principal articles, viz. :—-
Cross Cut Saws and Fiddlcs.'.Iapaned Lamps and
Griddles, Snufl'er Trays and Latches, Knob Locks
and ,Matchcs, Gridirons and Snuff Boxes, Coffee
Mills and Wrenches, Oil Stones and Tea Vlfaitcrs,
I’o'v:lerHorns and Augc-rs,Warmiug Pans and Meas-
ures, Crow Bars and Horse Whips, Percussion Caps
and Wafers, Cut Nails and Razors. Mortice Locks
and Gimblets, Cotton Cards and Mouse Traps, Brass
Knobs &- Clothes Brushes, Horse Combs and Lather
Boxes. Bridle Bitts and Sad Irons, Glass Knobs and
‘Toasting Irons. Butcher Knives and Iron Shovels.
-Brass Butts and Thimbles, Iron Squares and Jews
Harps, Grind-stones and Beeswax, Looking Glasses
and Sleigh Bells, Cork-screws and Jamb Hooks,
.Buck Saws and Pewter'Faucets, Pocket Knives
-and Nail-Rods, Pad Locks and Hair Brushes, Stair
Rods and Straw Knives, Slates and Razor Straps,
’-fangs and Frying Pans, Shovels and Tea Bolts,
Door Springs and Spectacles, Hand Saws and
Tooth Brushes, VVindow Springs and Furnaces
Trace Chains and Shoe Knives, Steel Squares and
Sash Pullies, Brass Nails and Ink Powder, Candle-
sticks and Paint Brushes, Mill Saws and Jack
Knives, Coffee Pots Sr. Pokers, PenKnivcs and Chalk
Lines,Tea Spoons and Scissors, Brass Back Saws
-and Chisscls, Copper Tacks and Gou-gee, Wood
-Screws and Holland Skates, Window Glass and Gun
Flints. Table Spoons and Andirons, Riding Whips
and Fish Lines, Shutter Screws and Cutting Plyers.
Scale Beams and Lanthorns, Curry Combs arid Saw
itiles. Cast Steel and Bed Cords, Bed Screws and
Horse-Brushes, Sheep Shears and Bellows, Bed Key
. and Plane Irons, Curtain Pitts and Sledges. Hub
Bands and Dish Kettles, Pa‘ent Butts and Snuffers,
Flat Bolts and Lather Brushes. Compass Saws and
Wedges, Sauce Paris and Screw Drivers, Bli1ckLcad
and Steel-Yards.Iror: Pots and Compasses, Lehigh
Coal and Axes, 1-2 Round Files and Table Casters,‘
Sad Iron Stands and Wagon Boxes, Rat Tail Files
and Iron Castors, Bench Planes and Hinges, Trying
Squares and Spiders, Flush Bolts and Adzes. Hat.
ters Grates and Lashes, Ditching Spades and Gages,
Spring Steel and Door Knockers, Segar Tubes and
Trowels, Sash Cords and Spambles. Steel Traps and
Gate Balls. Shaving Soap and Paper, _'1‘runk Locks
and Oil Cloth, Chest Locks and What Stones,
Wrought Nails and 'l‘runk Locks, Red Chalk and
Indigo, Bread Trays and Carvers. Pocket Rules and
Sun Glasses. Bottle Corks and Marking. Brushes,
Cotton Yarn and Dog Collars, Knitting, Pins and
‘Draw Locks, Trip Hammers and Anvils, &c 81.0.
The above goods with many more, may bctound
J-40.011 .5-.ll1!1'He
IVIELANCI-IOLY HOURS.
Oh, is there a soul doomed to languish
In loneliness. sorrow, and gloom?
Come liitherjand mingle thine anguish
VVith one that can pity thy doom.
Oh. say —is_disease sent to wither
Each prospect of happiness here '2
Then child of affliction come hither,
I’il warp with thcc—'ri:Arr non TEAR.
Has sorrow thy youthful days shaded?
Almost is their memory dead?
The visions of youth, have they faded ‘I
IVith them has thy health also find?
Oh, say—i3'diseuse sent to wither
Each feeling that once was so dear?
'I.‘licii child of ZXIIIICIIOIIECOIJII! hither,
I'll1c¢-cp with Il‘.L‘e—TEAP. 1-‘on 'rr~: \P..
Did the rcscatc blush of the nrrirniug,
. O'er thy features its beauty dis.plai_v ’l
Thy check now no longer adorning,
That flush, has it failed away '!
Oh, say—dues disease seem to wither
Latch hope, that at times will appear 3
Then child of affliction, come hither,
I'll icccp with tliee—'rrAa For: Time.
,_-
IVEESCELLAPJY.
Fixtract ofa letter from General I.-afziycttc
to a gcntlcirian of Pliiladelphia, dated 538th
I~‘cl.iruary, 1833: ' b
“I thankfyou for‘your;lettcrs: tliey are
more and more necessary to me. The anx-
iety that I experience on account of our
uiii'ortuii:_itc Aiiierican disensioiis, is beyond
airy thing I can express. The last news
seems to point to an amicable settlement.
It must not be believed that the glory of
each party consistsin tlieti'iumpli of itsopin-
ions. It is quite the contrary. The friends
of America will rejoice when they see both
parties animated by a spirit of conciliation.
It is in this point of view that the patriots of
Europe consider this business. They
would wish to contrast the eternal policy of
the United States with violent nieasurcs, for
instance, that the British Ministry have
lately proposed in Parliment with regard
to Irclurid. They would wish to be ablcto
say—“Scc the di ference between the polit-
ical system of the United States and that of
the Fniropcoii G-overninents, even of. those
who pretend to act on principles of liberal-
ism !” This view of the subject is of great
importance, and ought to strike our (?ltl'l:el'lS
ofall parties and of all opinions. It IS. right
that there should be a diversity ofsentiment
respecting State R-iglits on the one hand,
and the powers ofthc National Government
on the otbc.r—— this is riecessary for the main-
tainancc and preservation of tho Constitu-
tion. But the thing must not be carried
too far on either side. My anxiety: I ma)’
say my aiiguish, will not be at an end until
Ishall know that all is amicably settled.
The spirit of mutual concession that will
produce such a result, will be more honor-
-able in the eyes of all the friends of Liber-
ty iii Furopc.”-—Nat. Gazette.
Ki=..\*TUcxv IIUMon.——Aiid pray good Mi‘.
Printer, who is this Nelly Fic7's that's kick-
in up‘_:such a tliundering lrelloo in ‘South
Carolina—shc must be a rip-roarer—-it real
swinge cat, I sorry recon. My honey and
thuiideratioiis !_;_'if she‘and my wife_were on-
ly to be toge.tl'ier one week, I guess as how
thcy’d storm a fort or two -—for my wife has
ii tang that can runirftom the first day of,
Jiniwary to the lastday of December with-
out bcing grcasct.l—--ancl I am told as how
this Nclly Fiers aint slow at short game-«
but ifslic can hold out with my, wife she
must have the wind of a grey hound and the
streiigtli of a li)ll. My wife says as how
that Sal Tattlel:tolil her that Granny Hob-
ble said, this Nelly Fiers was going over to
the city of W'ashington to ring old I-Iick’ry’s
nose for him—just as she would a licifcr’s
to make her stand gistillgwhilc they ‘milked
her, but if my wife was there, if there,
would’t be a real dog fight I wonder—for
Jack is a tcrrapani and my wife's a real
Jackson-man up to the hub.
Now I’ll‘tcll you W'll£l.t,—-‘Ii always was
Clay—my wife, she kept such *1 ding-dong-
ing at me all the time, that she made me
promise to vote for Jackson at the last
election, aiidl tlio’t as how Pd fool her
most tarnally, so I slip’t off and voted for
Clay, and come home and told Nancy I’d
went for Jackson—but what do you think’!
-—Next day onciof the ‘Squires come to my
house,wliile I was out &. told her I voted for
Clay—and so by hokec the house has been
‘too hot for me ever since. But I’m told- as
how this Nelly Fiers has turned all Carolina
inside out, just as a boy would turn a meal
bag to shake it—--well—-by jingo she must
be a screamcr, raised in a nigger quarter I
know—-fed onsweet taters and gets her liv-
ing by cleaning hogs’ noses for old Keri-
tuckians. ‘vVell if ever I get my eyes on
Miss Nell", ifI dont squintinize her mighty
prodigious close, for_I’ve a sort a liking ar-
ter all great wimmcn, and would like ’em
still better if my wife’s tung was not con-
tinually ringing in.my cars like an "old sheep
bell-—only ten thousand times more quick
and keen.
"Well aft/er hog- killing time is over I’d
advise Nel/ly to come into old Kentuck and
get soap enough to wash her clothes and
a new id id of cotton seed, eighty of ’em will
weigh L pound —and Icon throwone of
’em into a squirre1’s eye, a hundred yards
every crack, out of my old Kentucky bar of
Iron. Hoop for old Kerituck. I’m Ken-
tuck U p to the huband two inches deeper.
BILL SCRATCKTALE.
At the working manls house hunger
loo ks in but dares not enter; nor will the
ba.liff or constableenter ; for industry pays
ti cbts, but despair incrcaseth them.”
it
F2-anlclin.
E.m'i*rro,U.iix_ras AT GARAGCAS-
_Trtt: valley of Cai‘act':’t‘.s, a few years after
Humboldt’s visit, becnnic the theatre of one
of those physical revolutions which from
time to time produce violent alterations up-
on the surface nf our planet; involving the
ovcrtlirow of cities, the destruction of hit-
nian life, and a teinporary a;,'itation of those
clemerits ofnatiire on which the system of
the universe is founded. In the narrative
of his Journey to the cquinoctial Regions
ofthc New Coiitinent, he has recorded all
that he could collect with certainty respect-
ing the e-irthquakc ofthe Qfith March, 1812,
which destroyed the city of Curaccas, to-
gctlicr with 20,090 inhabitants of the prov-
ince of Vane’/.ue.la.
'Whcn our travellers visited thosc coun-
tries, they found it to be :1 general opinion
that the eastern parts of the coast were
most exposed to the destructive effects of
such concussions, and that the elevated dis-
tricts, remote from the shores, were in a
,t__|‘l‘C3'£ incasurc secure; but in 1811 all those
ideas were proved groundless.
At lIumboldt’s arrival in Terra Firma,
he was struck with the connexion which
appeared between the destructioii of Cum-
min in 1797’ and the eruption of volcanoes
in the smaller Vtfest India islands. A sim-
ilar principle was manifested in I812, in
the case of Curacczis. From the begin-
ning of 1811 till ISI3, a vast extent of the
earth’s surface, limited by the meridian of
the Azores, the valley of the Ohio, the cor-
dillcras of the Ne\v-Greiiuda, the coasts of
Venezuela and the volcanoes oftlic‘«Vcst In-
dies, was shakcn by subterraiiean comino-
tions, indicative ofa common agency exert-
ed at a great depth in the interior of the
globe. At the period when these eart.b-
qakes commenced in the valley of the Mis-
sissippi, the city of Caraccas felt the first
shock in December, 1811; and on the 26th
of March I812 it was totally destroyed.
“ The inhabitants of Terra-Firma were
ignorant of the agitation, which on the one
hand the volcano of the island of St. Vin-
cent had experienced, and on the other the
baisin of the Mississippi, where, on the 7th
and 8th of February, 1812, the groiind was
day and night in a state of continual oscil-
lation. At this period the province of Vene-
zuela labored under great drought; not a
drop ofrain had fallen at Caraccas, or to
the distance of 3H miles around, during
the five months which preceded the destruc-
tion of the capital. The 16th March was
excessively hot; the air was calm and the
sky cloudlcss. It was I'IolyThursday, and
a great part of the population was in the
cliurchcs. The calamities of the day were
preceded by no indications of danger. At
seven minutes after four in tlie evening the
first commotion was felt. It was so strong
as to make the tlrccliurch bells ring. It last-
ed from five to six seconds, and was imme-
diately followed by another shock of from
ten to twelve seconds, during which the
ground was in a continual staie of undula-
tion, and heavy like a fluid nude- ebullition.
The danger was thought to be over, when a
prodigious subterranean noise was heard,
resembling the rolling of thunder, but loud-
er and more prolonged than that heard
within the tropics during thunder-storms.
This noise precedcda perpendicular motion
of about three or four seconds, followed by
an undulatory motion of somewhat longer
duration. The shocks were in opposite di-
rections, from north to south and from east
to west. It was imposible that any thing
could resist the motion from beneath up-
wards, and the undulations crossing each
other. The city of Caraccas was complete-
ly overthrown. Thousands of the inhabi-
tants (from nine to ten thousand) were bu-
ried under the ruins of the churches and
houses. The procession had not yet set
out; but the crowd in the churches was so
great that nearly three or "four thousand in-
dividuals were cruslied to death by the fail-
ling in of the vaulted roofs. The explosion
was stronger on the north side of the -town,
in the part nearest the rnountain of__Avila
and the Silla. The churches of the Trini-
ty and Alta Gracia, which were more than
a hundred and fifty feet in lreight, and of
which the nave. was supported by pillars
from twelve to fifteen feet in diameter, left
a mass of ruins nowhere higher then five or
six feet. The sinking of the ruins has
been so great that at present hardly airy
vestigereniaiiis of the pillars and colums.
The barracks called El Quartcl de San
Carltis, situated further to the north of the
church of the Trinity-, on the road to the’
custom-house de la Pastora, almost entirely
(lisappenrcd. A regiment of troops of the
line, which was assemblediin it ‘under arms
tojoin in the procession, ‘was, ‘with the ex-
ception of a few individuals, buried under
this large building. Nine-tentlis of the fine
town of Caraccas were entirely reduced to
ruins. The houses which did not fall, as
those of the street of San Juan, near the
Capuchin Hospital, were so cracked that
no one could venture to live in them. The
effects of the earthquake were not quite so
disastrous intlie southern and western parts
of the town, between the great square and
the ravine of Caraguta ;---tliere thc cathe-
dral, supported by enormous buttresses, rc-
mairis stading. .
“In estimating the number of persons
killed in the city of Caraccas at nine or ten
thousand, we do not include those unhappy
individuals who - were severely wounded,
and perished several months after from
want of food and proper attention. The
night of Holy Thursday presented themost
distressing scenes of desolation and sorrow.‘
‘The thick cloud, of dust, _which rose above
i the ruins 'and darkried the air like_,a mist,
had fallen again to the ground; the shocks
had ceased; never was there a finer or
quieter night,—tbe moon-, nearly at the full,
illuminated the rounded summits of the Sil-
la, and the serenity of the heavens contrast-
rcd strongly with the state of the earth,
tl-ieir arms children whom they hoped to re-
call to life; desolate females ran througli
the city in quest of a brotlicr,'a lisubuntl, or
a friend, of whose fate they were ignorant,
and whom they supposed to have been sep-
arated froin them in t.lic crow-;l. The pen
plc pressed along the streets, which now
could only he distinguislied by heaps of ru-
ins ari'uugcd in lines.
“All the calamities experienced in the
great earthquakes of Lisbon, Messiuri, Li-
nia, and Puiobama were rt-peatetl on the fa-
tal day of the 26th; BIt.tl'Cll, I812. The
wounded, l)lll'it’(l under the ruins, iiiiplorrrrl
the assistance of the passer.-t-liy with loud
cries, and more than two tlrousiind of them
were dug oiit.'f§,Ncvei' was pity displayed
in a more affecting‘ ninnricr; l'lC\-‘Bl’, we may
say, was it seen more iiigciiiously active
than in the efforts made to succour the tiri-
happy persons whose groans reached the
car. Tliere was an entire want of in.-:tru~
mcnts adapted for diggiiig up the ground
and clearing away the rniiis, and the prio-
ple were obliged to rise their hands for the
purpose of disinterring the livin_y;. Those
who were wounded, as well as the patients
who had escaped from the liospitals, were
placed on the bank of the little river of
Guayra, where they had no other shelter
than the foliage of the tress. Bctls, linen
for dressing their wounds, surgical instru-
ments, medicines, in Sll0I‘i~, every thing ne-
cessary for thcir treatment, had been buri-
ed in the ruins. During the first days noth-
ing could be procured, not even food. ‘-Vitlr-'
inthe city water becaine equally scarce.
The commotion had broken the pipes
ofthe fountains, and the falling in ofthc
earth had obstructed the springs which
supplied them. To obtain water it was
necessary to descend as far as the Rio
G-uavra,‘ which was coniderbly swelled,
and there were no vessels for drawing it.
“There remained to be pcrforined to-
wards the dead a duty imposed alike by pi-
ety and the dread of infection. As it was
impossible to inter so many thousand of
bodies half buried in the ruins, cominision-
crs were appointed to burn them. Funer-
al-pilcs were erected among the heaps of
rub'oisb. This ceremony lasted several
days. Amid so many public calamities,
the people ardeiitly angaged in the religious
exercises which they lllOll,9_‘llt best adapted
to appease the anger of I-Icaven. Sonic
walked in bodies chanting fiinci'al-liymris,
while others, in a state of distraction, con-
fessed themselves aloud iii the streets. In
this city was now repeated what had taken
place in the province of Quito after the
dreadful earthquake of the 4th Fcbi'uary,
1797. Maniages were contracted between
persons who for years had neglected to
sanction their union by sacerdotal blessing.
Children found parents in p0l'SZOllS who had
till then disadvowed them ; restitution was
promised by individuals who had never
been accused oftheft; and fainilies who had
long been at enmity drew together, t‘rom
feeling of a common evil. ‘ant while in
some this feeling seemed to soften the heart
and open it to couipassion, it had a contra-
ry effcct on others, rendering them more oli-
durato and inhuman. In great calami-
ties vulgar minds retain still less goodness
than strength; for misfortune acts like the
pursuit of literature and the iiivcstigntiori
of nature, which exercise their happy influ-
ence only upon a few, giving more warii.th
to the feelings, more elevation to the mind,
and benevolence to the character.
“ Shocks so violent as these, which in the
space of one minute overthrew the city of
Caraccas, could not -be c.onf1ned to a siriall
portion of the continent. Their l'a_’t.al effe_cts
extended to the provinces of Venezuela Va-
rinas, 1\‘Iaracaybo, along the coast, and
were irioreespccially felt in the mountains
of the interior. La Guayra, Mayguctia,
Antimana, Baruta, La Vega, San Felipe,
and Merida were almost entirely destroyed.
The earthquake would appear to have been
most violent along a line rutining from E.
N. E. to \V. S. \V., from Guayra and
Caraccas towards the high mountain of
Niquitas Mcriila. It was felt in the king-
dom of New—Grenada, from the ramifica-
tions oftbe lofty Sierra of Santa Martini to
Santa Fe dc Bogota, and Honda on the
banks of the Magde'leiia,‘620 miles disiant
from Caraccas. In all parts it was more
violcnt in the cordilleras of gneiss and mice-
slate, or immediately at their base, than in
the plains. The difference was parti‘cular-
ly remarkable in_ the suvannas of Varinas
and Cassanare. , In ‘the valleys of Ai'agua,
situated between Caraccus and the town of
San Felipe, ‘the shocks were velfy weak.
La Victoria, Maracay, Valencia scarcely
suffered, notwithstanding the proximity of
the capital. At Valccillo, not many leagues
distant from Valencia, the ground opened
and emitted so great a mass of water that a
new torrent was formed. The same plie-
nomcnon took place near Porto Cabello.
On the other hand, the Lake of Maracay-
bo underwent considerable diminution. At
Coro no commotion was felt, although the
town was situated on the coast between oth-
er towns which suffercd. The fishermen
who had passed the day of the ‘26th March
in the island-of Orcliila, 130 miles N. It}.
of La Guayra, were not sensible of any
shock.” I '
Towards the east of Caraccas the com-
motions were violent,‘ especially beyoiirl
Caurimarc, in the valley of‘Capaya, and as
far as the meridian of Cape Codera, while
they were very feebleon the coasts of New-'_
Barcelona, Currie, and Paria, though these‘
shores are unknown to have been formerly
shaken by volcanic vapours. . - '
_ Fifteen or eighteen hours after. the great
catastrophe the ground ceased _to'be agita-
ed ; but subsequently to the 27th the tremb-
liiigs recomjmenced, and were accompanied
with very loud subterranean noises. Fre-
quently not less than fifteen oscillations
whicli was sti'ew_n with runins and dead
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that of the 12th Murcli. The surface was
lil continous riiiiiulatioii i.lui’i:igsev'cr:il hours,
lzirge masses of cartli fell in the inouiitains,
uiitl cuoriuons rocks were dctiicned from
the Silla.
‘\"v'liilc violent agitatioizs wcrc 7:.'pci'icn-
coil in the valley tiftiic Mississippi, in the
islziiid ofSt. Viiicciit, and in tlic prnviiicc
of Veiic"/.uela,a su'nterr:iiioan noise, resemb-
ling‘ an explosion of artilli-try, was lienrd at
Caracciis, at Calnbozo, and on the banks
oftlie Rio Apurc, over the space of four
thousand square leagues. This sound he-
gun in two in the rnoriiing ofthc 30th April,
and was as mud on the coast as at the dis-
taucc ofcighty leagues. It \‘.’.'l:! cverwliere
taken for the firing at guns. On the same
(lay :1 great crupt;ioii of the volcano of th"c
i.-:land of St. Vincent took place. '_I'hc
iiiounlain had not ejected lava since 1718,
and hardly any sinol-'.o was issuing from it,
when in May, ISII, frequent shocks oc-
currt-d, and a (llSCllEll',£[C of a;-iii-s, attcnderl
with 21 trcrneiidous liellowi'ii,«__=', followed on
the '?.7th April ricxtycar. On the 30th the
lavn flowed, and zif'.i_'.i' rt coiir.-'0 of four
hours reached the sea. The explosions rc-
scmblcd alternate volleys of very l-.ir,g'c cun-
nun and muskctry. As the space between
the volcano of St. Vincent and the Rio Ap-
urc is 755 miles, these were lieard at a dis-
tance cqual to that between Vesuvius and
Paris, and must have been propagated by
the earth, and not by the air.
After adtlucing numerous instances ofthe
coincidence ofvolcanic eruptions and earth-
quakes, Ilurriboldt endeavors to prove that
subterriinean communications extend to
vast distances, that the phenoinciia of vol-
canoes and eartliquakcs, are intimately con-
nected, and that the latter have cert-uiii
lines ofdirection.
THE I<‘IS5§EI§MA¥.
A TALE i-‘oiixnrsn ox I-‘.\C'1'.'
“Is there no tavern in the neiglibour-
hood?” inquired I of air elderly, but appa-
rently very rcspcctablc woman, who stood
in the door of her linmble dwelling, situat-
ed upon the side of one of those beautiful
hills that line, for :1 distance, the coast of
New Jersey. “ Tliere is no tavern foi‘,iinany
miles distant,” replied she, “but the gentle-
man and lady that live in the white house,
upon the hill yonder, are tliekindcst people
in the country to sti‘-.1ngei‘s.”
After thanking the old woman for the iii-
formation, I rode slowly iOWtll‘l_lS the beat.iti-
ful mansion she had pointed out,and upon
which the rays of the setting sun lil’lgUl't3(I
for awhile, as if to show me that-tliere was
welcome beneath its roof—-Itcader, I will
not now detain you with a detailed account
of my reception at the liiiildiiig, or it
more miiinte description of its inmates.
Siifline it. that the latter consisted of a gen-
tleman about thirty years of a_:_"t:~, and his
wife, an amiable, intelligcnt,,and I may say,
lovely woman, apparently :1 year or two
younger, and two beniitiful children-. As
to their kindness and lios.pitalit._v, i had no
reason to differ‘ from the very flatteriiigopin-
ion which the old woman had ;:'ivet'i me of
them. "‘ You must i'erriaiii,” said my host,
as I was preparing to leave them the next
inorning——“ You must remain and take a
sociable dinner with us to—day.——I wish to
show you,” contiriuccl hc, “ some of our
Ncw Jersey scenery, which, either as it re-
spects variety, beauty or sublimity, can vie,
I think, with almost any in the United
States. Come, come, unless the reasons for
your departure are necessary or urgent, I
shall insist upon your staying.”-_— Tliis sin-
cere and llfiispltttble invitation, you must ex
cuse me, kind reader, if I had not courage,
or spirit, or firmness enough to resist.
My host and myself walked to the top
of one of the loftiest inountaiiis in the
neig;hbourlio0d; and which, rising in that
place almost perpendicularly from the coast,
seemed watching the freaks of the ocean
waves, as they wantoncd playfully beneath
it, tumbling gradually and heedlessly on to
destruction. I stood wrapt in astonishment,
gazing with all the interest of a child, as
the imposing sublimity of natu'rc’s handi-
work first: presented itself to my View-. Ne-
ver hatl Iseen before so extensive, so illimi-
table a view. Towards the west, “ hills
pcepiiigf ovcr hills,” met the eye of the ad-
miring spectutor. To the east, the majes-
tic occan lay 0.\'p8l‘.(llllt_1‘ before us. Ah!
who can fathom its depth orcxplorc its so-
crets, as it wraps itself in the dark blue
mantle of its own deep waters? My licst
led inc to the foot of the mountain; and as
I10‘ pointed out to me acavc forirred of rock,
and.projecting several feet from its base, a
slight tremor, for an instant, shook his
frame; but suddenly mastering his emotion
---"‘ that cave,” said he, “ was once a hu-
man habitation, and with itiis connected :1
sad and eventful tale.” “‘ VVould it: be tax-
ing your kindness too much,” I replied,
“should I request you to relate to me its
particul:irs'l" “I would---I W()lll(I,”.St1l(l
he, “ but and yo": I will : it may be
interesting to you-. Sit down by me. on this
little mound, and you shall hear the story of
the, ‘ Fis7tc~rman’s Cave!” I give it asncar
as possible in his own word.-:. C
“In the year -17'—,IIobert Trcman
and Charles Laurens, were inlmbitilnts Of
the city of New-York,‘ and were what,
might be called, intimate friends.—-Tlie for-
incr had been married six or eight months;
the latter not quiteiso long. At this time‘ it
was intimated to Lau‘rens,._by air eneniyof
Tremain, that the latter had circulated a
‘report derogatory to his (Laurens) charac-‘,
ter and reputation. Laurens ‘was a manbot
violent temper. His unbridled passions,
when on“-i_1eg1aoe,\vere.as wild and furious
as the winds; The evening ofthe same day
in which thereport l1ad‘~"reached Laurens,
he met Tremain inthe street, and, endeav-
oring t;o'chcek"his passion, inquired of the
pr. -3 yI'Jou do not. deny it then, ehpv re-
arirfilis, lns passions overcoming
I’; r casori. sporit to dcqqy that of which
“ “"1 lé-«"l‘3,:'“l'ls raplietl _1r(-main boldly.
D" 3'0"? fircely exclaimed Laurens-—
at the some time drawing a daggnr from
his bosom and leaping towards 'Trernairi,
u;ith the intent of stabbing him to the heart,
1:?‘ :‘3l.9’;a] ll0“’eJer, springing aside
.'l(CL icnow an -‘ 0' - .
witu his cutie striuck Itrlziiiliiirtlfg rfftuliilsi
feet. ‘ ‘
“ As soon as he fouiid he was murdered
——murderecl! No! no! no!” exclaimed my
host with emotion--I‘Ie was not a murderer!
He killed hirri indeed, but, oh God! he did
not murder him ! I t‘ was not black preme-
ditated inurclcr.- It was done at the ino-
incnt and in selfdefcnce. -Then recover-
ing himself--“ excuse me,” he ssid, “ I can
never tliirikof niurd'ci' without emotion.
“ Vfhen iic found that his friend was no
more, he hastened from the spot. The
sound of the feet: of pursuers met his car---
lic bent his steps towards the river, almost
resolved, in the despair of the moment, to
ofl"i:r up his own life as an atonement for the
crime he had committed. He was already
on the wliarf'~--a few steps more, and the
cold, cold sea might have closed over him.
At that moment. looking around and disco- I
vering he had left his pursuers far behind, a.
tlionght thiit told him he was innocent of
the dainiiing crime ofpollutcd murder, like
a gleani of liglrtnirig passed through his
mind. Cutting the rope of a skiff, which.‘
was attached to tliewliarfa few feet from
where he stood, he leaped in, and rowing
for some distance in the shadow of the dark
masses of vessels that lined the docks, he
was enabled to evade his p'nrsucrs.”
“It was near midnight. Nota breath‘ of
air ruflled the glassy surface ‘of the water.
' ‘he dim, hollow’ roar of the ocean at.a dis-
taiicc, seemed to imirmitr its displeasure at
the deed he had committed ; and as be cast I
his eyes lletl'\'CIl\\'al'(l, the stars seemed to
shine brighter than ever, as if to ndmonisli
him that they were watchful sentincls, and
that the dark deed had been seen and re
gisterecl in heaven. But his conscienc.
wliispercd ccusoliition. It told him that h-.
was innocent of liaviiig circulated any re
port injurious to the reputation ofhis friend-
that he was innocent of having answcrc-*
Laurens, in such a way as to merit the as.
sault---tliat ivlicn he inflicted the blow upoi
him, he had it not in his heart to slay him
and that unless he had defended himself in
the way he did, his own life might have_
been the forfeit.
“ Tiicsc reilectioiis took -.1 weight of sor-
row from his soul; but he felt that the world
‘.‘.’()t,lltl not look upon the deed in the light
that he had, and that, were he to return to
the city, the stigma of a tried and condemn-
ed murderer, might be attached to his name.
He resolved to remain concealed, till the
events of that dread night should be parti-
ally forgotten. “ But, good God I” he in-
voluntarily c:~:cl:iimed, “ what is to become
of my dear wife? the Wife of a reputed
murderer l” He had almost resolved to re-
turn iinrncdiatcly to the city and acquaint
her with his innocence, though the loss of
his own life should be the consequence.
“ But no l” he said, “ she will not believe
thcm—shc knows I could never be guilty of
murdering a friend in cold blood I” and
then, looking up to heaven; “In my ab-
sence, Oh God lg thou wilt be her support;
their wilt pour into her wounded spirit the
balm of consolation.” But I perceive,"
said my host, “ I must be more brief.
“ The title setting out, had already (lrift-
ed his‘ little bark a considerable distance
from the dily.---Orr the afternoon of the
suceecdiiig day he entered in safety this‘lit-
tic. cove, and at the house of an old Woman,
who still lives but a short distance‘ from us,
he rciiiaiiicd, the first six weeks after his
liiiicliiig. At the end of this period, while.
tlioiiglits of returning to the city were agita-
ting his bo.-tom, and to a home that con-'
tained all that was “near ‘and dear” to
him on earth, he learned at the village of
that the beloved partner of his =bosom
was no more. “Is it then so?” be e'.i:claiin-
ed, in the anguish of his heart. “ Father
or mother had I none! None had I’ that
loved or cared for me but she, she is gout
too -l-- But; God’s will be done. I will nev
or return to a city that knows me not; am
to a homc---homc !” he continued, ‘‘I run.
no Ironic none but heaven. No.l here it
obscurity, will I live, and here will Idic!"
“ After returning to the house of the ol-
woman and (from a sum which he chance
to have about him upon leavingtlie city) ra
warding her liberally for the kindness sl'.
had shown him, he purchased of her a scie-
that belonged to her deceased husband
“ with this,” said he, “ will I hereafter, cart
my bread. Good woman-, may you new
regret having done a deed ‘of charity to El-
unliappy man.” In the course of his'rair.
bles he had previously discovered this car
To it he ‘now directed his steps. D0 1:
suppose, however dark and dismal as 111:‘
be its appetwaiice-, that naught but ti
blighting storms of misery were wdlcorr:
here, or that the rays of the -sun oftllapy
tress were never capable of peiietrtitiithg .
recessscs. A , rim’!
“'I‘reinain was now an litiiiiliilteifitishe
man. The litle money he ‘liadtlefl, at.
the sale of fish, pi-c7cured_ bread ai"=i’tIitJI!B of
or necessaries. of life. He llVe(lq_Qfl_llIel]lZ6
ualrarmssed,_.at:t:l.— Iliad a_lniosts1iiilt;l.tapp‘_
T h_e death of; Lair rens \vouhl_ soinqtilucs ste-
across bis.- mind, and, perb. psbrtibie pu‘
heaven of his tliotiglit might til:£'lll3}I>I'_,e,,
.be.~-clouded. It was, lioivevedobllbflovnpi
which the sun of aiclear cdnsgigmgg 50,-,
dissipated. The ‘memory ‘ragga,-,g."[,‘;,,:
ceased wife would,‘at times] fl;js}._;;,g3;.’0ss hr-,_
soul: but he concealed-hltiistepitvlih of
rope of meeting l‘l6l"_','ne?g_100 ;pg."”mOm
niiaiiilmsfiiiitl him
latter if hoicould he’-base enough to circu-
were felt in one day. On the, 5th April
....a-z~.»':':r.;."."L‘v. -.; .. ‘
late ‘such a report.’ Tremain mildly repli-
-.....,- _.
noon and night, h-3.fai,'g'ed
self before the lites ttigii -mitt oiiiitriitiylm .
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