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POE TRY.
THE LAST JOURNEY.
Micliaud, in his description of an Egyptian
funeral procession, which he met on its way to
( the cemetery of Rosetta, says,—"I_‘bc procession
we saw pass, stopped before certain houses, and
sometimes receded a few steps. I was told that
i the dead stopped tlnis before tiie door of their
friends, to bid them a last farewell, and before
those of their enemies, to effect a reconciliation
. before\they parted forever.'—-Correspondaiicc
d’Orient, par M. M. Michaud et Poujoulat.
3
Slowly, with measured tread,
, Onward we bear the dead
- To his long home.
- Short gI‘O\VS‘llle_ll()l]]G\Val‘(I road,
On with your mortalload,
O 1, Grave! we come.
Yet, yet—ali! hasten not
vPast each remembered spot
VVhere he had been ;
\Vhere late he.,walked in glee, r.
There from liencefortli to be
Never more seen.
Yet, yet—ah slowly move—-
Bear not the form we love
_ Fast from our siglit—
r , Let the air breathe on him,
And the sun beam on him
Last looks oflight.
( Rest ye—sct down the bier,
\L \ One he loved dwelleth here.
. 4 I Let the dead lie _
,'~*- I A moment. that door beside,
' _ \Vont to fly open wide
Ere he drew nigh.
Ax
, ' Hearkcn 3--lie speakcth yet.-
..’ “Oh, friend ! wilt thou forget
(Friend more than brother!
How hand in hand we’ve gone,
Heartwitli heart linked in oiie—
All to each other?
“Ob friend! I go from thee,
. IV here the worm fcasteth free,
Darkly to dwell.
Giv’st thou no parting kiss '1
Friend! is it come to this?
Oh, friend, farewell!”
Uplift your load again,
Take up the mourniiig strain!
Pour the deep wail!
' he expected one
)lacc passetb oii——
ave! bid him hail.
...—ah !—slowly move,
ot the form we love
ar from our siglit---
-e air breathe on him,
.l ie sun beam on him
Last looks of light.
.*{ere dwells his mortal foe ;
Lay the departed low,
Even at his gate.
Will the (lead speak again,
Utteriug proud boasts and vain.
Last words of hate .7
Lo! the cold lips unclose.—-
List! list.’ what sounds are those,
Plaintive and low?
“Oh thou, mine enemy!
*“C()HtC forth and look on me,
Ere hence I go.
“Curse not thy foeman now,---
l\Iark ! on his pallid brow
\Vliose seal is set!
Pardoning I passed a\vay---
Then---wage not war with clay—-- ’
Pardon---fiirgct.”
Now his last labor’s done 3
Now, now the goal is won .'
Oh, Grave! we come.
Seal up this precious dust---
Land of the good and 'ust.
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Take the soul home!
RE-MoNs'rit.~iNci3 fro WIN"ER..
BY JAMES M0.\"I‘G0i\IERY.
A}?! why,unfeeling'\Vinter! why
Still flags thy torpid wing?
' Fly, melancholy season, fly,
And yield the year to Spring.
Spring, the young clicrubim of love,
An exile in disgrace,
Flits O’cr the scene, like Noah’s dove,
Nor finds a resting place.
When on the mountain’s azure peak
Alights her fairy form.
Cold blow the winds, and dark and bleak
Around her rolls the storm.
If to the valley she repair
For shelter and defence,
Thy wrat.li pursues the inouriier there,
‘ And drives her weeping, thence.
She seeks the brook,—the faithlcss brook,
Ofhcr iiiimiiidful grown,
Feels the chill magic of thy look,
And lingers into stone.
She woos her embryo flowers in vain.
To rear their infant heads;
‘ Deaf to her voice, her flowers remain
Enchanted in their beds.
In vain she bids the trees expand
Their green lu.\'uri:.int charms;
Bare in the wilderness they stand,
And stretch their withering arms.
vr
"-eble notes,
fl‘ ~ it
mmcriiig throats
t.:., ‘_ . Tay.
= :, ..u.1tll ttiy cruel rage,
Release the struggling year;
Thy power is past, decrepit Sage!
Arise and disappear.
.
:1‘ fl’ -'_'-
The stars that graced t.liy splendid night.
Are lost in warmer rays;
The Sun, rejoicing in his Iniglit,
'IUnrols CCI(’.Sll2lli—Ll2l)’S.
‘Then why, usurping \Vinter, why
Still flaws the fl'()/.Cl1 win" l
H _ y -'3
Fly, unrelenting tyrant, fly,‘
And yield the year to Spring!
’Jow.:-C --B:
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ROIVIAKCE OF HITTORET.
TIIE ASSAULT OF l.VI{El§.
During the campaign of I800, the Fl‘Cll(:ll ar-
y, destined to meet the power of Austria on
plains of Italy before it could render itself
nastcr of Turin and of Milan, penetrate even
0 the walls of Genoa, and declare the terms of
eace on the battlefield of iVI.areiigo, had yet to
urmonnt that vast. Alpine barrier which extends
mm the St. Bernard to Nice and Mouteriotte,
ind to overcome a series of m,mCmj(,ug obsta-
les, presenting tlicnisclves one after another in
geemingly endless stir:cc.ssioii, and tasking to the
finest, if not tlcl:yltl_'»_g, the (xitirage oftlm trnt)p:;
71 I the military genius and pr:rscvcrancc ofthe
dilders. ’I‘lu,-sc ob.~:t:iclcs were not merely the
/,-fult of natural position ; there were instuiicc.-5
1 ;'which the i‘csi.staiicc of the invaded was inm-L»
ff-itinat.e and more terrible than that of niouii-
gfns, precipices, or rivers. I’rotect.(-.t| by f‘m~;j-
f tionsoflittlc strengtli or ditliculty, and but
4} inefficiently aided by :1 locality wliicli yiel-
'but few means or opportunities of vigorous
. fence, but sustaiiietl by an indomitable cour-
vU;CV,)~ great resource of iuveiition, arid an cuthu.-.-i-
it: of country, infinitely more fortnidablc
‘tan their courage and their skill, the iii-
ts ofthe sinzill town and citadel of Ivree,
arrison of f'oi.ir lll0!_l.‘S£llltl Aii.<.:triau sol-
twcnty-live pieces of cannon, main-
'i‘ post. for three tl.‘-lyS against an army
' sand Frcnclimen, cotrintandcd by
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BY WEI. G. HYER.
VOL. 18.
the three youngest, but already most illustri-
ous generals in Europe, Massena, Latinos, and
licrnadotte.
Furious at seeing his march thus arrested be-
fore this iiisignificaiit lit.tIe place, he who had ta-
ken Alexandria in a day, and Cairo in an hour,
and impatient moreover to assume his positions
for the investment. of Milan, the coininander-in-
chief, on the twenty-fiftli of May, '.l.b'f)(), ordered
the division of General Lanncs to march upon
the village in all its force, and take it by as-
sault. After three hours of sanguinary combat,
of fierce attack, and the most heroic defence, a
handful of tlefciiders, driven from the citadel, rc-
treating step by step, and hotly pursued by tlic'
victorious Frencbinen, threw themselves as a
last resort, into the quarters Adjutant General
II., with the resolution there to maintain them-
selves to the last, and sell their lives as dearly
as they might. In a moment the house occu-
pied by this brave vet.eran was converted into a
fortress---barricades were thrown up, loop holes
for muskctry cut in the walls, and every dispo-
sition made that time and means afforded, for a
last desperate resistance.
Lanncs, who was the first to enter the assaul-
ted village, detached an officer in command of
two battalions, to drive the insurgents from their
position, The officer equally distinguished
among his fellow soldiers, for his impetuous
courage and his ferocity, soon forced his way,
at l.llC'l1C(1tl ofone of his battalions, into the dis-
puted inaiisioii, trampling as he went upon the
bodies of the forty brave fellows by whom it had
been defended. General II. the only survivor,
afier bcholding the slaughter ofhis garrison, had
armed liiinsclfwitli a hatchet, and with almost
superhunian strength and desperation, opposed
the entrance of the republicans, and when their
leader presented himself, sword in hand, at the
door of the room to which he had retreated, as
his last stand ofdefence, the old general aimed
at his head a furious blow, which would have
closed his career at once, and forever, had it not
been skilfully partied by the sabre of the Freeh-
inzui. It was the last cflbrt ofthe wounded and
wcarcd veteran; he fell; and in another ino-
inent., the apartment was filled with republi-
cans.
The Frenchman, who was never known to
yield quarter to a VZ111(]I]l.-%llCLI enemy in the fif-
teen years of his military life, stepped forward
to dcspatcli the fallen general, when a young
and lovely woman rushed from an atlioiniiig
room, threw herself at his feet, and kneeling
there, pale, distracted, the tears streaming from
her eyes, sliricking forth in a voice of terror and
despair——“Sp:ire him—oli spare liiin——do not
take his life—lie is my liusband—the father of
my child.”
The l+‘rencliinan glanced for a moment at the
suppliaiit, with an eye in which there was no
trace either of anger or of pity—and then delib-
erately pushing her aside, he made a step in
advance, took a cool and steady aim with his
pistol at the wounded oflicer,and shot him through
the heart.
The wife of the murdered man uttered a fear-
ful scream, and starting. to her feet and flying to
the room whence she had come, returned in a
moment with her boy, who, at the sight of his
fathcr’s tnassacre, had hidden himself, pale and
trcmblitig, under the bed; she held him up to
the ferocious republican and exclaimed, “Mon-
ster! you have slain the fatlier——coinpletc your
work, and destroy the son.”
At this moment loud shouts were heard, and
a French general, surrounded by a crowd of of-
ficers, appeared, at the door ofthe apartmcnt.--
Thescene was dramatic—a perfect coup do thea-
lrc. The heart of the ferocious soldier failed
him; paleness oversprcad his features, and his
limbs shook; while Madame H., as if by a sud-
den inipulsc, flung herself at the feet of the geri-
eral, with a single cry for ‘‘veiigcatice !”
The general raised her kindly and respcctfiil-
ly, dcinariding at the same moment an explana-
tion of the scene before him. There was little
need for words, the objects upon which he gazed,
bore to his mind the accusation ofhis subordin-
ate; that disfigured corpse--tliat female upon
whose linainents were stamped horror and des-
pair-—that feeble child, with his pallid cheeks,
and his eyes streaming tears, calling upon his
father who answered not. The general perceiv-
ed at once that there was no fact to be ascertain-
ed, no excuse to be admitted. His eye flashed
fire. and striking his glove forcibly upon the
palm ofliis left hand, he turned abruptly, and
with a lowering brow, to the assassin who stood
before him speechless and trembling, and ex-
clairiied.
“Sir, you are a coward and a savage! what!
murder in cold blood, an nnarined man——de-
fencclcss—--a veteran——-before the eyes of his
wife. imploring mercy ! It is the act of a
fiend!”-
“But, general,” muttered the criminal, with
a hesitating voice——-the voice of one who feels
that he is lost-
“Bc silent, sir,” interrupted the general, “I
hea r no excuse ; I admit no defence. You are
unworthy to serve the republic." Give me up
your sword, your epaulets. From this moment
you are disniisscd from the brigade you have
disgraced, from the aririy upon which you are
a stain !”
The in ajor raised his head with a proud, fierce
look.
“Genci".il,” he said. but with a voice that be-
trayed liis. emotion, “I surrender iny sword;
but I demand a trial by my coinrzulcs.”
:“Y0ll shall have it., sir, ‘and within an hotir.”
I hen turning to the otlicers who had accom-
pancd him to the spot, and rcvercntiallv bending
his body to the victiui, he said to tlicni. I
“Unite with me, gcntlcrnen, in rendering the
tribute of respect to unfortunate couragc—-I-to a
brave and [iillcn enemy.” I
The retnainder of that dreadful day was pas-
scd by Madame II. in the bittcriicss of gricf.—-
After tvitiicssirig the interment. of her liusbaiid
with military liouors, this nnliappy woinan, who
had lostin a single niomciitr, and under circuitr-
st.:nicc.s of .~'=ucli peculiar horror, all that niadc
life dear to her, except. her boy, sunk into a lct.li-
argy of sorrow——aii abandonnicut to \vretchcd-
ucss. \Vhile she had a ]lll.lt'tlCl‘Ctl lnisbzuid to
avenge, at helpless child to protcctaiid save, she
had preserved hcr energies ofiniud aitd body ;
but., now, when the El£3‘.‘:‘it."-:_~'lll had undrgone the
shauic of a public dcgradiuion, and the prompt
and tci'i'iblejiisticc of a niilitary coniinission ini-
pended over his llt:1.it.l, the liaplcss widow could
think of nothing but her los.-_;. For her there
st,-eiiu_-d to be no longer cause ofhopc or fcar.—-
Sbe was therefore more ast.oriislicd than ill'il.I'l'l'l-
cd, when early the next morning, a Freiit:li aid-
dc-caiiip waiu,-r,l upon her with a i‘cqtiest. fi'om
the coinin:iirz.lcr-in chief, that. she would repair
iinn‘ir.-rliiitcly to his qiiartcrs at. the Hotel de Vil-
lc. '\Vithout a word ofiiiqiiiry or rciuonstrarice
she ai'ose, took her child into her arrris, and fol-
lt,)'.‘.'t:(.l the rrie-ssoiigei* of the general.
Led to the (:o_iinr~'-El chaniher at the moment. of
her ’”‘l'lV'?lb}\Iadan'ie H. found herselfsurroun-
(lt‘.'tl by albtlic ‘glories of the republican army;
- her doubts.
ir=iJ.,,
:i'=«..r:7,¢ 1»,-at-.4
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PruNci1=ili«:
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N()RWALK, TUESDAY, NEAY 12,
by those celebrated men for whom such won-
drous destinies were reserved ; by whom crowns
were to be won and lost, and of wlioiri, in after
years, so iriany were to lose on battle-fields,
amid the intrigues of cabinets, or the corruptions
of a court, the lioner for which they now were
panting, or the lives they were now so ready to
peril in its winning. There were Murat, Du-
roc, Laiiiies, Desaix, Massena, Iloclic, and »
Bernadotteg and in the midst of them the gen-
eral, who, with liis arms folded on his breast
and his eyes fixed upon the floor, walked.
slowly to and fro, as if in deep and painful ined-
itat.ioii.
On the entrance of Madame II. he stopped
abruptly—motioned her to be seated, and then,
after gazing for a nioinent upon the face of heri
child, within gentle smile of interest and all'i:c—
tion, resumed his walk. I\Iadamc H. began t.o
feel alarm. This iinexpectcd suininons, tliis
strange reception, the silence that prevailed
around her, all combined, first to surprise and
then to terrify her. A vagi.ic sensation of anxi-’
ety and fear oppressed her heart, and she could
not command her nerves for the utteraiice of a
single word that might call forth a solution of
All at once the roll ofa drum, at a
distance, startled her from her painful revcries.
It was quickly followed by a valley ofmuskct-
ry, and the general, pausingin his walk, pla-
ced his hand upon her, and led her to a win-
dow, from which she beheld in the square be-
low, the fearful spectacle ofa military execution
just accomplished.
“Look, madam,” he said in a calm, yet. im-
pressive tone, “the man whom you see lying
dead upon the ground, is aFrcncli ofliccr, wliotn
his comrades in arms have condenincd to death,
for the assassination of an Austrain, in a city ta-
ken by assault.”
He paused for anioinent ; then glancing round
upon the ofiicers who stood near tbcni, be contin-
ued :
“You are at liberty to quit Ivree this mor-
ning. Gen. Dcsaix, whom I have requested to
be your escort, will answer to the republic for
your safety. Farewell, madame: report to
the Prince Charles what you have seen of
the justice maintained in the armies of the
French.”
This general, at that time First Consul,’
afterwards the Emperor Napoleon.
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XVII
TI-IE r~..;;vi;i;r.sc...‘it
SCENES AT CON.'TANT.lNOPLE.
As every Thursday the Sultan takes the
amusement and recreation of shooting the how
the opportunity seemed propitious, ta cast for
obtaining a sight of his n‘iajesty at a distance, if"
we should not be permitted to approach him, of
which however we did not altoget.lier despair,
Accordingly we repaired in good time, near
the place where he was expected and patiently
waited his arrival. His horses, two sleek ani-
mals, rathervoverfed, were hitched ready capar-
isoned, in the navy yard, under a deep shade of
venerable elins and sycainorcs, near a small
kiosk belonging to the Sultan, which he ocea-
sionally visits during the warm season and which
is enveloped in roses and flower shrubbcry. He
had to come from Constantinople over to the
Galata and Peru side, in his kaik of twenty-four
oars. It is much like crossing from New York
to Brooklyn, nearly the same distance.
\Ve waited a good while and examined min-
utely the horses, which were very gentle; the
saddles and bridles were superb, all in the E ii-
ropean style; the stirrups ofinassive gold, and
as we were told, were the present of some ofthe
European potciitates. At length a bustle took
place among the attendants which announced
his arrival at a distant point, and they liurricd
off to the place where he was about to land.
These horses must have been fierce and cle-
gant Arabians? The romantic traveller might
have so described them and delighted his read-
ers, with his eloqcnt and truly graphic style.-
But no, like it or not—one was a little dark bay,
with a belly out of all proportions, and so fat
that he could hardly waddle along. Ile ap-
peared to have an easy small trot and was the
Sultan’s favorite at least for to-day. The other
was a handsome cream colour, and showed
something of Arabian origin. But while Stir-
rey, though more richly dressed, had not the
honour to carry his master. He was led after
him.
On arriving at a palace, on an eminence in
the edge ofthe great field where the excercise of
shooting is practised, the Sultan rested and par-
took of refreshments. The day was very warm,
but a fresh breeze down the Bosphorus prevent-
ed the heat frotn becoming oppressive. \Vc took
our stand in the field at a respectful distance
frotn the palace, to watch his Ma_icsty’s move-
ments, when just as he left the palace where he
had refreshments, and was about to take the
field, to our great surprise, servants came with
coffee and excellent iced lemonade, which they
placed for us on a carpet spread upon the grass.
The field was undulatcd wit.|i little hills over
which were planted -hundreds of marble col-
umns, to mark the different spots where Sultans
in times past. have made such wonderful flights
with the arrow. He did not stay at the palace
over half an hour, and took an elevated position
where the wind favored and where all prepara-
tions were made for the sport‘. He was followed
by probably thirty attendants.
\Vc enjoyed our ices greatly, as ’I‘urkisli po-
liteness is purely unsophisticated in all the civil-
it.ics of liospitality There is nothing imp/-cssc,
to Lise a Fi'encli phrase, which means what it
would rcqiiiie much English to express.
Vvllfill the Turk eiitertaiiisastranger, be per-
forms it as a sacred duty, because it is particu-
larly enjoined by his religion, and the idea iiev-
er entcrs his mind that he is doing a liiivour or
that. be is to have any compcusatioti except that
promised by the I’rophet. Not so, ifhe makes
you a present; thercis a proverb in the easttliat.
if a I‘urk gives you an olive he brings a jar to
hold the oil, and that a Turk never says thank
you, and a Greek was never known to say
cnough.
\Vc were soon overjoyed by a message from
him, that :lllt.'.l' he was dotie shooting he would
honour us with an interview. IIc had his chair
placed and nic.s.scngers oftcti went between the
palace and t.lic place where he was, at fullspecd
on liorscbaek. 'I‘eii ortwelvc scrv-.'iiit.s were sent
for in the direction where the arrows were ex-
pected to light, with wliit.e turbans in tlicirliands,
\vliicli, when the arro\v cnuie iti sight, they
floui‘islicd with loud wlioopiiigs. Every arrow
was found, but there have been frequent iii-
stanccs ofthe per.-;oiis being wounded and soiric-
timcs killed by them.
',l.‘he bow is something like the Scythian; has
It powerful spring, and the arrow is about fifteen
iriclics long, fixed with a feather and pointed
with bone or ivory.
l\Iahmoud did not himself begin, but some of
his officc.-rs. The. arrows only \vctil. about a
l.l’lOLt.‘.‘u'.tI1t.l feet,-—ano;lter more sf-.ilf'ul sent them
5 AND MEN.
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5.
twleve hundred; others still more expert ex-
cecdctl these, and at last the monarch commenc-
ed. Iilcrc we were astonished to see him go so
far beyond all the rest! The wind and every
thing proving favorable, he excelled all his for-
iiierelliiifls, and sped his arrows fartlicr than had
PVC)’ done any ofhis predecessors. Pcrluips my
readers will think I have borrowed the Suhaii’s
how when I. say the distance be shot was about
have a mile, butit was nicasnred and noted
down by several gentlcincn present.
Ifaving finished his aiiiusciiicnt, he came in a
walk and sonictiuies a slow trot, to the spot
where the f21l‘lll(‘Sl. arrow was fast in the ground.
Ilc then ordered that we sliould be invited to the
place. \Vo liastencd, eager to get ti good sight.
ofso powerful a .‘-'ovcrcign, whose religioii, inan-
ncrs, and habits we liad known so i’iiipcifr-ct.ly
from works. He sat gravely on his liorsc, but
without any clli:ct..'it.ioii ofdignity, and gave a
graccftil inclinzition ofhis head and breast to our
saltitritions. I.Ie seemed eluted with his siiccc.-rs,
‘arid -.-tid he had shot fartlicr tlian any of liispre-
tlec'rs.st)i's, and that. iftlie wind had l)(.‘t.‘ll strong-
er, tlie arrow would have gone still furtlier.——-
This being app:.irent.ly undeniable, Coininotlorc
Porter replied with a little grave arch huuiour,
that there was not the least. doubt ofit.
‘ There was an Auierican lady present who is
as much tlistitigtiislictl for her accoiiiplishmeuts
and good taste as for her gciieroiis cliarzu:tci' and
ainiability. Malinioud appeared to admire her
inuch, and was probably as much gratified with
the interview as we were. I'I:; reniaiiicd ten or
fifteen minutes, occasionly inaking remarks, and
giving us a polite bow. left. us for Constantino-
ple. followed by all his ul.l(:lltl&.llllS.
Malnnoud II. is now fifty-one years of age ;
he appears to be about. five feet ten inches, stout
made, but not fat. He has rutlier a It‘i‘cnch
face, particularly the chin, which islong enough,
btit falls back. His mother was a French woman,
. flfilaxie presented to his father by the Dey ofAl-
giers. His eyes are large and dark, his li'atut‘es
all in good proportion, and he would be called a
fine looking man in any country.
He had on a red cloth cap with a long blue
silk tassel hanging do\vii behind, which almost
all the Turks wear by his order, instead ofthe
turban; asky blue cloth rouiidaboutjacket, dark
blue pantaloous in the Europcaii fasliioii with a
strip ofred down each side, boots and spurs, a
ring of no great apparent value on his fbre-fin
ger, and an cliicicnt sword by his side. He had
no stock or any thing round his neck, this no
Turk can abide. Irlis heard was about two iii-
cbcs long, very black, and kept: in the best style.
The.ofl‘iecrs about his person were very fut.
arid c_ould not endure fatigtic; they breatlicd
with dilliciilty after a fast walk ofonly a quar-
tor of a mile. \Vlicn one oftbcse were wanted
by his master‘ he run as if for life. One large
fat-n’ian pulled ofl'his shoes as be run along and
went at the top ofhis speed up hill and down
hill until lie.caiiic to the Sult.aii’s preseiicc,
when he stooped down and went through the
inoti_ons of taking .iip the dust and putting it on
tliv to'p ofliis head, and then in his mouth, but
llf; had none in his haiid. This great alacrity
ofobcdiciice is also observed by the inilit-.iry.—
.l have seen an officer wboin I took at least to
have the rank of Colonel, with a horsenian’s
hanger at his side, run when sent for as iftlie
palace of the Scraglio were on fire, and never
stop till he arrived in presence ofthe Sultan.—
Even Natnite Pasha, an intelligent young ofli-
ccr educated in Paris, and who would be taken
for a Frenclinian, both from his person and his
speech in French, when addressed by Mah-
moud, crossed his ariiis on his breast. and said
Namite is your slave, faultering in his voice,
hesitating and staininering in such a way, that
the lialfofit appeared to me to be alfectatioii.—-
But who knows how men feel where there is
such a despotic rule. and where there must be so
many victims to more capriee.
\Ve returiied across the beautiful Bosphorus to
Kadi Kieny, the ancient Chalcedon, to the ever
liospitable mansion of our Charge, Conimodore
Port.er, not a little gratified at seeing the Chief
of this once warlike people, and the intrepid des-
troyer of the Jaiiissaries.
The next day being Friday, the holiday ofthe
Turks, there was Keft on the Asiatic side at an
ancient mosque, in consequence ofthe Sultan
being prc.-reiit at divine service. The best defi-
nition of lieft I believe is a festive assembly, a
jollificruioii. The Turkish women are then per-
mitted to go out. aiul remain under the fine shade
which surrounds the mosque, to eat fruits, sweet-
meats and sugar prepared in various modes. but
are never allowed to enter the sacred walls.—
\Vliat would become ofthe Christian world iftlic
ladies were excluded from the churches L! The
thought seems t.oo barbarous to be entertained
for a inoincnt. But as “Le pour et le contrc se
trouvent dans cliaquc nation” there seems a
coinpciisation in some other customs. In nia-
trinioiiy, for example, the mother of the young
Turkish bride has to make the first advances !—
How inncli better than with us, where the
wariness, great prudence and iiiflexibility of dip-
loniatie inaniinas, over anxious to obtaiti great
establishments for their dauglitcrs, cheat tlieiu
out ofli'iisb:u'ids altogether and coiidemii many
good lieartcd bachelors to the fate of the inoui.i-
tain rose.
But to return to the Mosque. Here was the
sister of Mahmoud, rather an antiquated Stil-
tana, but still with the remains of beauty in her
face, with t.|irec young ladies all in white, their
faces not concealed except a narrow wliite liand-
kercliicfover the forehead. Their skin was ve-
ry fair—-rzither pale; their eyes brilliant., fitie,
beyond description, the eye-brows in pencilcd
arches, atid they cared not to be atiniired, for we
scaiuied their beauty freely witliout; giving the
least. offeiice.
They were seated in an elegant I1‘i'dI).'l, a Tur-
kish coach, in our vulgar dialect called on ox
cart. -
' It. is a light cart with an awning, drawn by
two lively little mouse coloured oxen which were
fziiitastically dressed with iiettings and ribbons.
I have never seen a horse put to any Turkisli
vehicle.
There were perliapstwo liundred or more we-
men iii the shade, including slaves. An old
woiruni had a beautiful little (.7irc-assiuii girl whoin
she had dressed out very gaily and \vlioin she
treated wit.li great affection. She said szlic had
given a tlioiisaiid dollars for her; this was
very iniprobable. She was in due time to be
sold for a wife to some wealthy Turk.
There was plciuy ofall kinds ofconfcctionary,
and sherbet, but Turkish civiliycation did not re-
quire any stimulating or intoxicritiiig article;
nothing was there stronger than coffee.
The Sultan came in his Kaik in great pomp,
acconipaiiied by a large niilitary guard and a
band of music. He entered the mosque to a
grand uiarcli. Soon the voice of t.lie Priest was
heard, long and loud. The sevice being over
in about an hour, he returned again to his Kaik
while the music played another n'iarch and he
went. back to the Palzice on Scraglio point at
Constantinople.
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The ancient. palaceoftlic Sultan is highly
picturr»squc. The extent ofthe grounds and the
house. itself, the grcat variety of niagiiificent
trees and sliruhl,icry, the iiuincrous cvcrgI‘ecns,
the splendid walks, the ivliitcncss of the walls
an-l houses contrasted with the great proportioii
of green, give it a inost. agreeable and imposing
aspect; to the eye ofa sti'ai:gci'.
The new palace. is on the Asiatic side about
three or four miles from Coiisttaiitinople, Per-
haps tlic diploniatist niay sec in this, the pre-
scntinicnt in fhc wind ofi\l::lin:ond that he will
one day li:tve to retire to the Asiatic side ofthe
liospliorus, an-.l cvcu to the ancit-nt capital ofthe
Sultans, to l:iI‘l,l>:s‘2l beyoitiid the f\l:iruior:i. Let
the ziutocrat spezik the word and in six niouths
this eoi.ild he dour: depite of the boasted llllt,'l’ft:"—
cure of ltliiglaiid and l“i':iiir-t-.
The Ttirki.-.li sci-ptrc is broken; their po\v('t'
lias fallen ll£‘\’L‘l‘ again to arise, but with the cul-
tivation ofthe st,-iciitilic arts of \vai'; and a short
caiiipaign with fifty tliousand Iitl:-‘.~'l'.lll troops
would rciidcr extinct a govcrnnit-nt, which for
nearly four centuries lias, with an iron hand,
ruled the Greek, the Arnicnian arid the Jlcw,
and tlesoliitr.-t.l the fairest. porlioii of Iiuropc.-—
.lourn:il ofau Ainericaii ofliccr.
. I“ito.u 'riii~: Cni.'riv.-\'i-oit
THE flAitiii-;N.——-Tlicre arc f'.:\V Sl2l.J_lt.‘.t,'lS more
apt. to excite the surprise of intelligent. forcigiicrs,
than the alnio.-t total neglect of our farmers to
cultivate a garden; and the inference they draw
froiu this oniission, is iieither compliiiu-iitary
to our good sense, or our good taste. In most
Eiirtqicaii countries, a well cultivated garden is
not only counnon among fzu'iners, but even the
liuniblc cottager, who lives upon his daily earri-
ings, prides himself in the neat. cultivated patch
that surrounds his cottage, which aduiiiiisters
largely to the sitsteiiaiice of his family and af-
lords a variety of grateful delicacies, whicli cheer
his toils and multiply his ciijoyincrits. But we
need not cross the Atlantic for evidence of the
economy and comforts of a garden. \-Ve are
not wholly destitute of gardens nor of taste ; and
pcrhapstliere is no branch of rural ciiiprovenieiit
that is making greater progress among us than
this. '\Vc have probably advanced further in
iniproveinciit in horticulture during the‘ last
twenty yc:ir.s than in the preceding century.—
The \\ ork will progress. \Vlio among us that
has known the pleasure of daily partaking of
fruit and vegetables, in all the \'ai'iet_v of our
c1itiiate,frcslily plucked or gathered frotn his
garden. does not cstcciii lliciu among t_lic choic-
est. blessiiigs oflifc. Our old nu.-n yct reiiietii-
her the time, when potatoes were liardly deem-
ed worth cultivating, or when they were consid-
cred as iiinovatiiig upon the settled rules of the
farm, and when half 2l.(l()'1St.‘.ll buslicls were the
extent ofa fai'iiicr’s crop. Yet this root is now
dcciucd iiidispeiisziblc, and its cultivatioii, on a
large scale, considered as a matter of economy.
It forms the principal food, in countries where
it was once unknown. \Vliat the potatoc was
a century ago, many fine fruits and garderi veg-
etables are now--treasures unknown or iuispris-
ed by the mass of farmers. The products of a
kitcht-.n gartleri materially lesseii the consump-
tion of more cxpt-.i'isive food, aflord a grateful va-
riety for the table, and are highly proxnotive of"
bcaltli. They are besides inatterof siilistantisil
profit to the cultivator, for ther is scarcely a dis-
trict of our cot.nitry which does not furnisli a
market for any surplus that. is produced. VVli:-it
lllfln would consent to have destroyed a fine vine,
or peach, plumb, or pear tree, which produced
liiui choice fruit, for ten times what it cost him?
\Ve have in otir mind a friend, who cultivates
two acres in fruits and vegetables ; and we know
he has repeatedly sold in a year, of the former,
more tliad a thousand dollars worth, and had a
constant supply of both for his table. The out-
lay ofall this was but trifling. for he soon be-
came a self-taught, and propogated his own fruit
A greater income this, from two acres
than iiiaiiy fnrnis ofa hundred yield.
To descend somewhat to detail. Say a choice
grape vine will cost two or three shillings--a
plumb four, a pear three, and a pczicli two, and
current and goosebc rrics enough to make tip, in
the whole, two dollars. \Ve give nursery pri-
ccs for the choicest fruit. In a few years the
vine will yield him a bushel or two of grapes.
and the trees a bnslicl or more fruit each, which
will be wortli in inarket, or in his faniily at least.
ten dollars, with a fair prospect of rapid increase
in the product. I-laving formed the nucleus.
the boys, with a little practice, will soon acquire
this art, which every fzirnier ought. to pti.s::cs.s, of
increasing the qiiaiu.ity and varict.y, by budding,
grafting, layering, &c. And the labor, that will
be required in doing this, need abstract nothing
from the profits ofthe farni—t.lie lionrs that are
inisspcnt or wasted in idleness, will sullice for
the task. Every plant thus produced, will be-
come an object of interest. In 1823.2, the fruit
f'roiii two pear trees sold for $15, at the fair inar-
kct price.
It is not alone from mercenary views, and the
mere gi'at.ificatioii of the animal appetite, that
we reconinieiid the cultivation ofa gardeii. The
garden adinini;-:ters to the wants of the mind as
well as of the body. \Ve are endowed with
senses other than the sense of taste, which may
be niadc to contribute much to the higher enjoy-
l‘l1CI]lS of life, and which receive gratification in
the beauties and fragrarice of the vegetable king-
dom. He who realizes in the trees and flowers
of the garden the wonderful liatidv works ofliis
creator, provided for the wants ahd comforts of
inaiuposscsses a source of happiness unknown
to the mercenary worldling. ' ‘he pleasures
which arise frotii the beauties of the natural
world are pure and unalloyed, and are fraught
with liiimility and l)Cll()\0lCflCC.
uu.r..n:.-
itriseri i.r.Aiv'i-J.
S\\'l-IDl:2i.\'A.\“i) .\'oi'.w.~\v.-—Tlie circinnstanees
which caused the rise ofinarshal licriizidotte are
now almost forgotten. Four vcars after he was
elected Crown Prince of Sweden, the l)t)'d(?t)’
concluded with Dcninark at Kiel was cstablisl'i-
ed by cession of Norway; and upon the death
ofCbarles XIV, February 5, I818, Beriizitlotte
l)(‘t";llll:) the sovereign oftwo proud and fi'ce-spir-
in-d nations. In Sweden, the aristocracy has
always l)0on ])l't:‘tl0ll'llni-llll; but in Norway there
is no liercditary nobility, and the democracy has
its full share ofiriflueiice. In both kingdomstlie
peasantry and citizens fiirrn distinct estates. The
tliffereut; const.it.iit.ioris of the two countries, with
their dili'erent manner ofrepresentation and gov-
eriiinerit, [resented many serious difficulties to
the new king. But. liernadotte overcame them
all, and he now is the only sovereign in Europe
who has kept possession ofathrone, acquired
during the wars of Napoleon. He has assumed
for his motto, “the people’s love is my reward.”
And upon the discovery of a conspiracy against
him a few years ago, he is said to have address-
ed the following language to a deputation of his
subjects. “I came among you with no other
credentials than my sword and my actions.-
These claims have been agnmented by the adop-
tion of the King, and the unanimouslchoice of
:1 free people. Onthis I found my rights, and
as longas honor and justice are not banished
from the earth, these rights will be more legiti-
mate and sacred than if I were descended from
Odin. I have not opened a war by arms to the
throne ofSweden; I have been called by the
the free choice of the nation, and on this right I
rely.” The frequent expression ofsucli popu-
lar sentiments, without any flagrant violation of
of the constitutional rights of either kingdom.
and his great ability and deep policy, have fixed
this soldier of fortune firmly upon the throne, to
which he thus boasts that be has been called by
the free choice of the nation.
The policy OfCh?tt‘lCS XIV is well l-;nown.--
Although separated in agrcat iiicasure by na-
tural situation, and commercial interests from the
rest ofEurope, Sweden, in a time of profound
peace, is burdened with a standing army of 50,-
000 men, a permanently fortified camp, and a
large and well appointed navy. The king is
therefore at the head of an armed force, which
derives its existence froni him. The aristocra-
cy, whose. allegiance is natural, are profusely
decorated with tizlcs and orders; and patents of
nobility are frequently granted to eminent mer-
chants and bankers, whose wealth and influence
tlit:ucefortli uphold the crown. The liberty
of the press is cstziblislietl by law; but it is at
the same Iiine subjected to so many restrictions,
that its existence is merely noiiiinal. Political
and co:i'ii:ion debating societies cannot be forni-
cd \i ithout tlieperiiiissioii oftlic govt.-riiiiiciit, and
cveii the library aiul scientific institutions, for
which .*'-tor-kliolni is deservedly L't.‘lt:l)l'1ullL‘tl, are
principally directed by men of rank attd oflicial
dignity.
The dcinoci':icy of Norway. and the republi-
can party in Sweden ; have been long united in
dcterniiiicd Clli)l'iS to counteract the tendency of
this polititral systeui. They caiuiot hope, and
perhaps do not wish to cliange the form of gov-
ernment, but they without doubt, interpose a
strong check upon the royal influence. These
Hlt)1'l.l|L‘l‘l] patriots seem to be more disinterested
tli an patriots usually are. They can gain noth.
ing by their oppositioii to the measures of a mon-
arch who is too well cstalilislietl to be overthrown,
and who moreover has always carefully abstain-
ed from any arbitrary stretch ofpowcr, that might
alliird a pretext for exciting turbulence among
the people; while like all who are openly dis-
affected to the government under which they
live, they inust often be tliwarted in their en-
deavors to advance their own private views and
interests. It is true, they can persuade them-
selves that they preserve their country from the
evils of despotism; but such a persuasion would
badly coinpciisate the generality ofinen for con-.
tinued efforts without the chance ofultimate sue-
cess—foi' vain aintiition and disappointed hopcs.
—-American Quarterly Review.
BA'l"l‘L]-1 01-‘ Ll-JXI-NGTON.~—An interesting cer-
emony took place at Lexington, Mass., on Mon-
day, April 2Utli, in coiniricinoration ofthe events
in I775. “The concourse of people from that
and the neighboring towns, and from Boston,"
says the Boston Gazette, “was very great. At
clcven o'clock, a proccs; I.)ll, escorted by two
military L'Ol1]1.‘zl:tlCS in nriiforin, under the direc-
tion of General Chan ler as chief n'iars_hal, aided
by several Zlb’SlSIaI)t inarshals, was formed in
front of the “Monument House,” and proceeded
to tho burying-ground. Here the remains of
Munroe, Pzirker, Hadley, the two Harringtons,
Muzzy, Brown and Porter, the men who fell a
s'at:rifice to the cause oflibcrty and the country,
on the morning of the tneinorable nineteenth,
(which liad previously been taken from the grave
and placed in a sarcophagus) were received into
the procession, drawn on a hearse by a white
house. The sarcophagus was placed in the
aisle froiitiiig ihe pulpit, the two military com-
panies standing in the isle.” The services of
the occasion were as follows: Dirge by the
choir; prayer by Rev. Mr. \Va1ker, ofCharlcs.
town; 0de,—written by Mr. Pierpoiit of Bos-
toii; Oration by the Hon. Edward Everett;
Ode,—writtcri by Miss H. F. Gould. At the
close of these services, the procession was again
formed, and the remains were taken to the Men-
ument, where a new tomb had been prepared
for their reception. Having completed this in-
terestirig ceremony, the procession returned to
the “Monument House,” in the rear of which,
and under a spacious pavilion, a collation had
been provided. The following is a copy of the
Ode by Pierpont :— ‘
Long, in tlic nameless grave,
Bones of the trite and brave !
Have ye reposcd.
This day, our hands have dressed,
This day, our prayers have blessed
A chamber, for your rest ;
And now ’tis closed.
Sleep on, ye slaughtered ones;
Your spirit, in your sons,
Shall guard your dust,
\Vhile winter comes in gloom.
\Vhile spring returns with bloom,
Nay--till this honored tomb
Gives up its trust.
\Vhen war’s first blast was heard.
These men stood forth to guard
' Thy house, O God!
And now, thy house shall keep
Its vigils where they sleep,
And shall its shadows sweep
O’cr their green sod.
In morning's prime they bled ;
And morning finds their bed
\Vith tears all wet.
Tears that thy host oflignt,
Itising in order bright, '
To watch their tombs all night,
Shed for them yet.
Naught shall their slumbers break :
For they shall not awake,
Nor yet be raised
Out of their sleep, before
Thy heavens, now arching o’er
Their couch, shall be no more,
Thy name be praised !
Plato was asked when he thought all the peo-
ple ofthe world would behappy. He replied—
“Either when wise men are kings, or kings
are wise men."
Plutarch’s advice to the unfortunate is very in-
genious, and ought to be consolatory.
“Consider,’ says the philosopher, “you equal
the happiest men in one half your life, at least-
tliat half, I mean, which you spend in sleep},
Some letters were shown to Cardinal Pole that
had been written to console a great man on the
death ofsorne of his friends. These letters were
compose in the most pompous manner, and were
adorned with all the flowers of a gaudy and af-
fected style.
“I never read any letters,” “more calculated
to answer the purpose of assuaging grief, for I
defy any man to read them without laughing
licartily.” .
As Prior was surveying the apartments at
Versailles, being shown 'the victories of Louis
XIV. painted by Le Brun, and asked whether
the King of England's had any such decora,-.
nons-—
“Tlie mouments of my master's actions,’ said
Prior, “are to be seen every where but in his
own house.”
The Duchess of Gordon ex pressed great pleas-O
ure at meeting \Villiam Pitt after along ab-
sence, and asked many questions. Among the
rest--
“Pitt,” said she. “have you talked as much
nonsense as you used to do, since we last met."
“Madam,” he replied. “I have not heard so
much.”
The library of the capitol at Washington con.
tains 25,000 of the choicest volumes.
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