Norwalk Gazette, Tuesday, May 24, 1836 · page 1

 

_,The student sits in his study dim,

‘To drink the smile oftliat love-lit eye,

‘ own.

‘ ably spntewliat worried, although he could not

, Mr. Slceper’s chimney began to ctirl tip grace

- known ’twas you-———.’

POETRY.

 

THE LOVER STUDENT.

With a burning brow and weary limb,
From the parting glance of day,

Till the east with dawn is gray ; _
Btit what are iliose mtisty tomes to him 3
His spirit is far away.

He seeks,in fancy, the halls of light
Where his lady leads the dance, _ . '

Vlfhere the fesial bowers are gleaming brignt,
Lit up by her sunny glance; ‘

And he thinks of her the livelong uight---
She thinketh of him ; perchance !

Yet many a gallautlinight is by,
To dwell on each gushing tone,

Which should beam on him alotie ; _
To woo with the vow, the glance and stgli,
The heart that he claims his own.

The student bends o’er the snowy page,
And he grasps his well worn pen,
That he may write him a lesson sage,

To read to the sons ofmen ;
But softer lessons his tliotiglits engage,
And he flings it down again.

The student’s orisons must arise
At the vesper’s solemn peal. .

So he gazes up to the tranquil skies
Which no angel forms reveal,

But on earthly seraph’s laughing eyes
Mid his whispering prayers will steal.

In vain his spirit would now recur
To his little study dim;

In vain the notes of the vesper stir
In the cloister cold and ditn ;

Through the live long night he thinks of her-
Doth his lady think of him ?

Then up he looks to the clear cold iiioon,
But no calm to him she brings ;

His troubled spirit is out ofttine
And loosened its coutitless ‘strings ;

Yet in the quiet of iiiglit’s still noon,
To his lady love he sings.

A WESTERN BEAR STORY.

 

FROM “LIFE IN THE \Voons.”

Amongthe earliest settlers in the wilds of
'Salmoii River, was a Vertnontese ofthe name
.of Dobson-—.a large, resolute. and atheltic young
‘man. Returning one evening from a fruitless
"hunt. afterhis vagrant cows, \V‘lilt;l'l had been
turned to the woods to procure their own sub-
-sistence from the rank herbage of the e;-trly
.summer ; just before emerging frotii the forest
itpoti the clearing of his neighbor, the late wor-
thy Joseph Sleepenhe saw a large bcardescend-
ing front a lofty sycamore, where he had been
in quest, probably, of honey. A bear ascends

VOL. 19.

deadly it would have been. had he struck. But,
to the surprise of Sleeper he did not strike, and,
to his further consternation. Dobson swung the
axe upon his shoulder, and tnarclied away,
whistling as he went, with as much iiidifference
as the other had shown when coming to his re-
lief.

It was now Sleeper’s tttrn to make the forest
vocal with his cries. In vain he raved, and
called and threatened. Dobson walked on and
disappeared, leaving his friend as sad 2: pros-
pect for his breakfast as hitnself had for his stip-
per.

To relieve the stispense of the reader, it is
right to add, that Dobson returned and killed the
beariti the course of the afternoon.

THE l\'.l0 RA LIST.

 

SNEERING AT RELIGION.

There is afashionable sneering at religion ex-
tant iii this social world, which, though undigni~
lied and contemptible in itself, is productive of
much injury to those young and unstable copy-
ists of manners, who too indolent to think for
themselves, or incapable of rightly judging in
matters of propriety, follow in the wake ofsuch
as have gained that kind of confidence which
makes them careless of others, and bold in ad-
vancing wrong opinions. And there are, also,
some gentlemen ofthe press who let no opportu-
nity pass which allows ofa sneer upon clergy-
iiieii, or a firing at religio.ri ; and who seize with
avidity every chance to draw conclusions un-
favorable to those who have been called and ap-
pointed by the Divine will to minister in holy
things. \Vith many, this has grown into a habit;
and is thoughtlessly indulged in, while the sober
reflections of the mind, and the conviction of
every days evidence, bring far different coiiclu-
sions. Matty are, therefore, innocent in design
of any attempt to pull dowti the beautiful fabric

.a tree much more e\'pertly than he descends it,
lieing obliged to come down hind forctnost.

frieii:l Dobson did not like to be joined in
evening walk by such a couipaiiion ; and with _
out reflectiiig what lie’shnulil do with the ‘var-j
riiiiit,‘ aftei'wttt'ds, he ran up to the tree on the;
opposite side of the animal's bod_\-*, and just be-‘t
fore he reached the grouiid seize-d liitri by tlie_
fore paws. Bruin growled and kiiuslictl his itisks

but he soon foiititl that his paws were in the

gt-3,,-P nf‘ iron paws equally iroti stroitz as his

Nor could he use his liindcr paws to dis-

vembowel his arittigoiiist, as the uiaiiucroftlie

bear is,inasinuch its the trunk of the tree was
ehetwecn them. But Dobson’s prcdictiiiietit, as
he was €lltl()\\'Ctl with ratliertlic most reiison,,
was worse yet. He could no more assail the

bear than the bear could assail hitti.
lie venture to let go of him, since the prcsuuip—
tion was, that Brtiiii would not make hiiti :1 ve-
gry gracious retiirti for thus tinccreiiiotiiously tu-
king him by the hand. The twilight was fast
descending into dzirktiess, and his positioti was
far less coinfortable than it otherwise would
have been at the satne hour, surroundctl by his
wife and (.‘lllltll'Ctt at the supper table, to say
nntfiingtfi the glooiiiy prospect for the night.-
Still. as Joe Slceper’s house was not far distant,
he hoped to be able tocall liitn to his assistance.
But his lungs, though tioiie of the weakest was
unequal tothe task: and althougli he llZlll.')C(l
and bawled the livelong niglit, making the wood
and welkin ting again, he sticcecded no better
than old Glcridowcr of old, in calling spirits
from the vasty deep. It was a wcarisonie night
to Dobson 2 such a game of holding fast he nev-
er had engaged in before. Bruin, too, was prob-

describe his sensations in English. albeit he took
the regular John Bull fashion of making known
his dissatisfactioti—tliat is to j say, he growled
incessantly. But there was no let go in the
case, and Dobson wastherefore under the neces-
ity 'of holding fast, until it scented to his clencli-
ed and aching fingers as ifthe bear’s paws and
his hands grew together.

As daylight returned, and the smoke from

fully, though rather dimly in the distance, Dob-
son again repeated his cries for succor: and his
heart was soon gladdened by the appearance of
his _worthy butinactive neighbor, who had at
last been attracted by the voice ofthe impatient
sufferer, bearing an axe upon his shoulder.—-
Dobs‘on had never been so rejoiced at seeing Mr
Sleeper before, albeit he was a very kind and es-
timable neighbor.

“Why don't you make haste, Mr. Sleeper.
-and not be lounging atthat rate when you see a
fellow Christian in such a kettle of fish as
this ?

“I run ! Is that you Mr. Dobson up a tree
there ? And was ityou that I heard hallooing
so last night ? I guess you ought to have your
lodging for nothing, if you’ve stood up agiti the
tree all night.”

“It’s no joke, though I can tell you Mr.
Sleeper, and you’d had hold of the paws ofa
black varniint all night, it strikes me you'd think
you paid dear enough forit. But ifyou heard rue
calling for help in the night, wliyditi’t you come
and see what was the trouble?’

“ Oh, I was going tired to bed after laying up
log fence all day, and I thought I'd wait till
morning, and come bright and airly. But if I'd

0

“Known 'twas me !” replied Dobson bitterly,
"you knew 'twas somebody who had flesh and
blood too good for these plaguy varmints though,
and you knew there’s been a smart sprinkle of
hears about the settlement all the spring.”

“Well dont be in a huff Tommy. It's never
too late to do good. So hold tight now, and
don’t let the tarnal critter get loose while I split
his head open.”

“No, no,” said Dobson. “After holdidg the
beast here all night, I think I ought to have the
pleasure of killing him. So you jnsttake hold
of his paws here, and I will take the axe and
let a streak ofdaylight into his skull about the

uickest.”

The proposition beinga fair one, Mr. Sleeper
was too reasonable at man to object. He was no
coward either, and he therefore stepped up to
the tree, and cautiously taking the bear with
both hands, relieved honest Dobson from his pre-
dicament. The hands ofthe latter though sad-
ly stiffened by the tenacity with which they
had been clenched for so many hours, were soon
brandishing the axe; and he apparetitly made

My ,
his , make the coiiseqttetices of such conduct any the
_ l less injurious.

' and impostors.
‘ed out to them whose life is unexceptionahle,

Nor coiiltl ;

of religion, or to throw contempt upon the pure
gospel of peace—yet, the ititentioti does not

But there are many others who,
at heart, desire that the ordinances and respon-
sibilities ofreligioii might be set aside as incon-
venieut, and tending too much toward rendering
it disreputable to indulge nature in her tenden-
cies to allow appetite and passion to rule. And
it is such as these mostly, who sneer at religion.
But there is still another class,who, from educa-
tion, or from some strongly rooted prejudice,
scent to believe that nearly all professors of re-
ligiou, and especially ministers, are hypocrites
And even ifsomc one is point-

they will tell you that he is an enthusiast, or a
monomaniac. It would be well for society ifthe
unfounded prejudices of such could be tnade to
give way to right considerations, and a. proper
idea ofilie true nature antfgroundwork of re
ligiou.

Every iudividtial should reflect that on the
responsibilites of religion, more than uponjudi-
cial atitliority, or executive terrors, depends the
stability or firmness ofall civil and social im-
itiunitics ;aiid that any and every attempt to sap
the fottndutions of its superstructure is mining
the nation's towcrof strength. It matters not if
there are ituposters in the wor1d—tliis is but a
natural consequence of man's tctidencies to
wrong, and is a strong argutnent for endeavor-
itig to build up a pure religion instead ofstriving
to tear down the bulwarks of inorality—there are
iiiiposiers in every thing ; men who will assume
a false character for ease or gain, and who will
think lightly of taking upon themselves the garb
of sanctity the better to shield their vileness and
sinister designs. But no sensible man, on pro-
per rcflection, will let this weaken his confidence
in religion, or cause him to sneer at a profession,
which of all others, is one of the most honorable
—tlie most responsible, and the H1081 Useful-

\Vithout the refuge which We are afforded by
rt-.-liglon, when in allliction, in want, in trotible or
distress, how would we be lost to every reflection
that could bring comfort or throw over the mind
a single ray of light, VVhen those we have
long loved and fondly cherished die, where do
we ttirn for consolation, or to whom do we go for
the words of hope '! When death, with his
strange and shrinking terrors, opproaches our
couch of pain where then is our strong arrn—our
place of refuge and our towers of strength ?
Shame I that man, with the lights ofa holy re-
ligion—a pure gospel--beaming all around him,
should shut his eyes and grape in wilful blind-
ness amongthe low pleasures ofsensuality ; and
sneer at the noon day sun, because, forsooth, its
light is occasionally obscured by a few passing
Clouds that are but the sickly exhalations of vice
or corruption.—Bal(imore Athzeneum.

AN AFFAIR 01-‘ HONOR-

At a moment when the miserable ‘mania for
duelling is so prevalent amongst us, the following
anecdote from the unpublished memoirs of a
Fench nobleman and to which several living
witnesses can attest as a fact, may not be with-
out its value. ,

The tioblemen the marquis de Valaze and the’
count de Merci, were educated under the same
masters, and regarded by all who knewthem, as
patterns offriendship, honor and sensibility.-
Years succeeded years, and no quarrel had
ever disgraced their attachment ; when, one no-
fortunate evening, the two friends having indul-
ged freely in some fine Burgundy, repaired to a
house, atid engaged in a game of backgammon.
Fortune declared herselfin favor of the mar-
quis ; he won every game, and in the thought-
less glee ofa moment, latighed with exnltation
at his unusual good luck. The count lost his
IGIDPGT. and once or twice upbraided the marquis
for enjoying the pain he had excited in the bo-
som of his friend. At last upon a. fortunate
throw of the marquis, which gammoned his
antagonist, the infuriated count threw the box
and dice in the face of his brother soldier. The
whole company in the room were in amazement,
and every gentleman present waited with im-
patience for the moment in which the marquis
would sheath his sword in the bosom of the now
repentant count “ Gentlemen” _cried the mar-
quis. “I am a Frenchman,a soldier and it friend;
I have received a blow from a Frenchman, a
soldier and a friend. I know and acknowledge
the laws ofhonor, and will obey them. Every
man who sees me, wonders why I am so tardy
in visiting with vengeance the author of my

gll preparations for giving the deadly blow-and

disgrace. Btit, gentlemen, the heart of that

PRINCIPLES AND MEN.

ivotsWALHe, cotsiv. TUESDAY, MAY 24;, 1836.

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man is entwined with my own; our education
was the same, our principles are alike, and our
friendship dates from our earliest years.—But,
Frenchmen, I will obey the laws ofhonor and of
France ; I willstab him to the heart.” So say-'
ing, lie threw his arms around his unhappy
friend. and said, “My dear de MerciI forgive
you, ifyou will design to forgive, me fo.r the
irritation I have given to a sensible mind, by
the levity of my own. And now gentlemen,"
added the marquis, “though I have interpreted
the laws of ho.nor my own way, iftliere remains
one Frenchman in this room who dares to doubt
my resoltition to resent even an improper smile
at me, let him accompany me ; my sword is by
my side, to resent an affront, but not to iiitirder
afriend for whomI would die, and who sits
there a monument of contrition atid_ lirttvt~.ry,
ready with me toclialleiige the rest ofilie room
to deadly combat, if any man dare tliirtk amiss
ofthis transaction,” '

 

Attention.—Well, Laura, give a short sketch
ofthe sermon. \Vhere was the text. ?

“ Oh, I don’t know. I’ve forgotten—but
would you believe it! Mrs. V. wore that lior-
rid bonnet of‘ hers ! I couldn't keep my eyes off
of it all meeting time ; and Miss T. wore that
new shawl that must have cost fifty dollars.-
Iwonder her folks don’t see the folly of such
extravagance——and there was Miss S. with her
pelisse—it's astonishing what a want of taste
some folks exhibited 3”

“Tell, ifyou’ve forgotten the sermon, you
have not the audience ; but which preacher do
you prefer, this one or Mr. A. ?

“ Oh, Mr. A. he's so handsome and so grace-
ful, what an eye and what a set of teeth he
has !”

 

Ifyour enemy is forced to have recourse to a
lie to blacken you, consider what a pleasure his
to think ofyour having supported such a charac-
ter as to renderitimpossible for malice to hurt
yoti without the aid of falsehood.

FOREIGN INT ELLIG ENCEq

A letter from Vienna announces that the
coronation ofthe Emperor at.Prague will proba-
bly take place in June, and not be deferred till
the autumn, as has been stated. Preparations
are already making forthe ceremony. A sum
of'30,000 ducats has been assigned for the corona-

Einprcss.

The Prussian State Gazette announces that
Charles X. will proceed in the beginning of
May to Topliiz, the waters of which have al-
ready done him the greatest good. He will then
leave Bohemia for Salzburg; his residence will
he in the fine chateau of Marabelle. The
Dutcliess de Berry, who for some time has not
left Gratz, is going shortly to Brondeiss.

A letter from Athens, of the 25th ult. given in
the Augsburg Gazette, statestliat King Otho has
renounced his eventual right ofsuccessioti to the
throne of Bavaria, atid has deposited the act of
retiunciation in his father's hands. The news of
this has given great satisfaction to the Greeks.

The qtiestion ofthe evacuation ofSalistria, the
the key ofthe Danube and the Balkan, has
been decided in favor ofthe entire independence
of the Porte. Conformably to a convention con-
cluded through the mediation, it is said, of the
English with the Russian Ambassador, Russia
will evacuate this important fortress, upon the
payment by the Porte of the remainder ofthe
contribution agreed to under the treaty of Ad-
rianople.—Suabian ]lIcrc‘m~_t/.

Extract ofa letter of the 23d ult. from Cra-
cow :— “ At the desire of the Government of
Republic, 530 Polish refugees have gone to
Podgoize : among them are two superior
officers, 120 ollicers, 160 disposable oflicers, 11
private individuals, and about 300 soldiers.-
Very recently a number of other refugees, who
did, not comply with the order ofthe Govern-
ment, were arrested by Russians, who, accord-
ing to their own expression, drove them out like
dogs. Those of the refugees who were born in
the kingdom of Poland have been forced to re-
turn hither, and the others have been transferred
under ascort to Podgoize. The number sent to
Russia, or into the kingdom of Poland, is not
known. Twenty three have been given tip to
Prussia, and conducted to the frontier of that
kingdom by the Austrians, under the command
of ati Irishman named Weston, nephew of Sir
James Graham.”

DUBLIN, April 8.—.Another Gunpowder _Plot
_.Blowi7tg up of the Statue of Kipg I/Villiani
the 3d, in College Grecn.—'I‘his morning, be-
tween 12 and 1 o'clock, the whole neighbor-
hood ofCollege Green was thrown into the ut-
most consternation atid alarm by an explosion,
loud as the report of the largest piece of ordance.
This was caused by the blowing up by gunpow-
der of that ornament to our city the equestrian
statue ofKing William III, the savior of his
country frotn Popery and slavery. The powder
was put into the body of the horse through a
small hole drilled in the back, near where the
figure rested ; from this was suspended a slow
match, by which means it was fired.

The members of the Corporation,liorror strick-
en at‘ the event ofthe morning, met at their As-
sembly House, Williani st., to day. They re-
solved upon otfering a reward of 20005 for the
apprehension and conviction of the ruflians who
blew up the statue, and 50l for any private in-
formation that may lead to a discovery. May
they notjustly have apprehensions for their own
security in stich a state ofatlairs ?

LONDON, April 12-—The wanton destruction
ofa very excellent work of art like the eques-
trian statue of King William III., in College
green. Dublin, which, as our Irish correspondent
shows, was the other night blown up with gun-
powder, would be an act of mere Vandalic bar-
barism ifit were notinspired by religious bigotry
and political malevolence.. That statue. the
symbol of the revolution of 1688, was a memori-
al of the deliverance .of the civil and religious
liberties ofthe British people from the grasp ofa
sullen and ruthless tyrant, who labored throtigh
his short and ignominious reign to prostrate the
Protestant Constitution, and the Throne ofa free
people, at the feet of Papal Rome. As such a
memorial that statue has always been an odious
thing in the eyes oftliat class of the Irish people
who hate the principles which the Restorer of
Protestant freedom successfully asserted, and

"second.

tion ofthe Emperor, and‘2-5,000 for that of the.

 

would rather be the slaves ofthe vassal despot of
the Romish Power than the free subjects of ti
Protestant British King.

We learn from the Parisipapers of Suntltiy
that the debate of Saturday last, on the petitions
tothe Chamber of Deputies for the recovery of
the remains ofNapoleon. and their transmit to
Paris, anti fo.r the repeal ofthe law which banishes
his family from the soil of France, terminated in
the reference of the first set of petitions to the
‘Minister ofthe Interior. and in the rejection of

The discussion did not.pro.ve so,interest-
ing as the early part of it had pi;om_ised, out it

_. lti iiy detnoiistrated the appreliensio.iis ofthe king,

in wl'tic.ha majority of'tlieDepiities sympathised,
tliatihe presence ofthe family of Napoleon in
France might occasion a new struggle for the
throne. Even the arrival, of his ashes was
deemed dangerous by the Ministry, as likely to
revive the affections ofthe nation for him who,
when living had been its idol; and although ap-
patently defeated on the point, Government will
have completely succeeded, for the petitions re-
§_'eri'ed to the Minister will share the fate o.ftheir
predecessors—that is. in homely language, they
will be “ cushioned.) In addition to the argu-
ments of M. Thiers against the petitions, on the
borad principle ofpolicy and expediency. a De-
puty (M. Dtibois) in an excellent speech resisted
the petitions on another ground—tiamely, that
Napoleon had perished in banishment for “wise
purposes,” in punishment of his ambition and
despotism, and that it would be flying in the face
ofProvidenee to remove his remains from the
rock in which they were iuurued,aud thus render
nugatory the salutary lesson to be deduced frotn
his fate, and obliterate the recollection of the
cowardice ofthe despots who had so inglorious-_
ly avenged themselves.

EXTRAORDINARY Suicrnn.-One John lVIc
Kerral, possessed of a fortune of 40.0001. (about
$200,000) per annum, lately committed suicide
in London. He wrote a .letter to one of his
neighbors on the day of his death expressing his
determination. Thejury, after a long protract-
ed deliberation, returned a verdict of lunacy.——
Had they found forfelo. tie se, which a majority
were atfirst in favor of, the priticely fortune of
the deceased, ($5,000,000) would have become
forfeited to the government.

At a meeting of the British Entomological
Society on the 4th of April a paper was read,
developing a plan for keeping flies out ofhouses.
The means adopted are simply a net of differ-
ent colored thread, the meshes three quarters of
an inch square, whicli is hung before the window.
The flies, it seems, from the magnifying power
of their vision, are stupid enough to suppose that
this net presents ati absolute bar to their entrance,
and therefore do not make the attempt.

There has been a great mortality umong the
Bishops in England and Ireland lately. Be-
(Vt/t"(:fl1lie 10th of Marchand the 5th of April,
"we hid recorded the deaths ofthree; the Bishop
ofldly, the Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry,
anti the Bishop ofKillaloe, in Ireland.

The Rev. Dr. Valpy, well known by his edi-
tions ofthe classics, died at Reading, on the 2d
of April.

It appears to be well established that Roman
Catholic establisbnientsareincreasing in number
and that vefy rapidly in England as well as Ire-
land. One cause ofthis is stated to he the break-
ing up of monastic establishments in Spain and
othercontinental countries. ‘

According to a letter frotn Constantinople,
dated March 16, contained in the German pa-
pers arrived to day, the French Ambassador had
despatclied a courier to Paris, with an account
ofa long interview he had with the Sultan.

“ Ad mrial Roussin, it is said, was admitted to
an audience for the purpose ofpreseuting to the
Sultana letter from the King ofthe French,
thanking him for the interest he had manifested
in the affair of Fieschi’s plot, but the real object
ofilie audience was to give to the Sultan the
most positive assurances with respect to the
sentiments of the English and French Cabinets.
He is said to have declared to the Sultan in the
most express terms, that the most sincere friend-
ship was entertained for the Porte, bothin Paris
and London, that all the reports that had been
circulated of the object of the armaments in the
French and English ports, deserved no credit,
and that nobody thought of troubling the Porte,
or of risking by any precipitate step the peace of
the East. The Sultan is said to have heard
this communication with great joy, and to have
requested him to inform his King, how happy
he was to continue in friendship with France,
and how necessary he thought it to be for all
states, that the existing peace should not be in-
terrupted in any quarter."

The States General of Holland have arrived
at the annual discussion of the budget, and
several of their High Mightiuesses as they
call themselves have taken the opportunity of
interrogatingthe government on the subject of
the state ofthe foreign relations of old “ Nees-
lands.” The Stadtholder, however, has con-
tinued with his usual dexterity to evade the
question, directing his ministers to assure the
states of his anxiety to relieve the Dutch people
from the heavy burdens they now suffer, and of
a disposition to engage in a friendly intercourse
with his former subjects of Belguim, as soon as
any reasonable proposal to that effect is made
to him.

‘ The Queen of the French with her two‘ on-
married daughters, the Princesses Maria and
Clementine and the young Prince de Joinville,
set out last night on a visit to the King and Queen
of the Belgians, _

Cleopatra's Needle, or as the French prefer to
call ‘it, the “ Obelisque ds Louxor" whit-li has
been lying for months on one of the qnays
ofthe Siene, is about to be erected on the Place
de la Revolution. Preparations were begun
there yesterday for the purpose, and when it be-
gins to move on terraflrma in the midst of this
great capital. it will undoubtedly become an ob-
ject of great interest. Workinen are now form-
ing an inclined plane from the bank of the river
to its place of destination, up which it is to be
dragged by an ingenious combination of the
mechanical powers.

There has been some rumors in town of a
new conspiracy to overturn the Government,
and it has even been publicly asserted that no
less than 140 individuals have again been arrest-

justbeen given to the statement by the Moni-

tetir.
A number o_fl7'rertcli officers have just- been

ed on suspicion. but an ofiicial contradiction has .

engaged here for the service ofthe Sultan. It is
t.‘-nderslood that they are to be employed in
tca,cl_i,'trig the Ttt_rkisli troops the European sys-
tent of tactics. 'l‘|i,ey are to receive rnnch high-
er pay than in Frztuce, btit are to be under the
orders ofsupcrior 'l‘ttrkish ollicers.

Captain Dupare. ofthe French Government
armed Steamer Salamander, which was lately
lost on the Coast of Africa, lia_s just been acquit-
ted of the charges brought against him by a cottn-.
cil of War at Toulon.

The Augsburg Gazette, which has so long
been the orgati ofthe despotic Governments of
E,urope, is about to be transferred from the do-
ininionsofthe King of Bavaria, to Stuttguard,
under pretence oftltat city being more conven-
ient than Augsburg for the maintainance ofcom-
m_unica_ti_on,s with France a_tid_ England. The
probability is however, that the Bavarian cen-
sorship has not been found sufficiently strict, and
that the Czar‘s infltieiice over his near relative
the King of Wirtemberg, is expected to be more
effectual at Sttittgard, in excluding certain arti-
cles ofa doubtful tendency, which have lately
found their way into the columns of the Ga-
zette.

The Standard asserts, for the evident purpose
ofbringing the Government into discredit, but
possibly with some little foundation in truth, that
Lord Palmerston is engaged in, n_ego,cia,ting a
treaty with the King o.f Sweden, to the great
prejudice ofthe Canadas, by which it is pretend-
ed that one half of the trade of these Colonies
will he transferred to Norway.

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Interesting 0CCu?T€7lC€.-—Wl'lllC passing the
Public School in Houston street yesterday aller-
noon, my attention was attracted by a crowd
rushing into the yard. On inquiry I found a
little boy, who had been taken out ofthe cistern,
apparently in a lifeless condition, who had been
in the water five or six minutes. Amidst the
multitude of voices of advice general on like oc-
casions,I observed a physician in attendance,
who had his wet clothes taken offand rolled
him in a tvolleri blanket, and removed him to an
adjacent store, where the li_urt_ian_e treatment
soon gave eiicnuragernent of success, On as:
certaining he was the son of Mr. R. Hawkins.
of the Eleventh \Vard House, he was removed,
and in the course ofthe evening so far recovered
that the doctor considered him out of danger.-
The novelty ofthe scetie—.tl_ie rare recovery of
persons so long in the water. induced tne to Call
on Doctor Pitts. whose name I had ascertained,
to inquire into his mode oftreating such cases.-
The Doctor itiforincd me that his first care was
to guard against handling the person roughly,
atid to remove the wet clothes assoon as possible.
ptitting him into flannel blatikets, elevating the
head and chesta little, inclining the body to the
right side : then the application offlannel dipped
in warm brandy to the stomach, using dry fric-
tion, changing the position to a greater elevaiioii,
 warm epispastics to the region ofthe stomach
and feet, animal heat of great importance zthen
inflating the lungs, carefully raising and depres-
sing the chest, continued moderate friction along
the spine. The Doctor informed me that he
had resuscitated one man who. it was said, had
been in the East River fifteen minutes. by the
use oftliese means carefully persevered in, The
Doctor gave it as his opinion that most cases of
recently drowned persons failed in consequence
ofthe rough treattneiit used-—'rolling them oti
barrels and the like, which is to be deprecated.
After this boy, who is about ten years old. so far
recovered as to be able to swallow, the Doctor
ordered him a little warm brandy toddy. Iani
so delighted with the success of this kind. hu-
mane and scietific treatment, thus using his
name for their advantage...—N. 1?. Evening

Past.

The Proscriptivc Pol‘z'cy.—In a debate on the
Fortification Bill in the House of Representa-
tives last \Vednesday, one of the Speakers, Mr.
Townes, undertook to charge the origin of the
proscriptive policy to Mr. Adams’ administation.
The charge, with the reply of Mr. Adams. is
contained in the following extract from the de-
bate.

He (Mr. Townes,) adverted to several of the
political topics heretofore discussed in the com-
mittee, compared the merits of the different can-
didates for the Presidency, and vindicated the
present Administration from some of the charges
brought against it. The prescriptive policy was,
he undertook -to show, established and acted
upon, in the Administration proceediogthat of
Gen. Jackson, and before that time, while Gen.
Jackson’ immediate predicessor Wasin the bili-
ce of Secretary of State. He adverted, particu-
ly, to some transfers of public printing matie by
that Secretary of State.

Mr. Adams rose to explain. He said he had
never, while he had acted as Secretary of State,
made a single change of a public printer from
-political causes. While he was before the
country as a candidate for the Presidency, there
were many ofthe print_ers of the laws, t,I.ih.o were
as much opposed to him as any editor could be
to any candidate; but he had never changed
one oftlieiri from any political motive. He did
make one change at General Jackson's personal
suggestion ; though, whether Geri. J. would re-
collect it or not, he could not tell. It was in the
caseofan editor at Nashville :.and when Gen.
Jackson and his colleague in the Senate came
and personally requested it as a favor, for it was
supposed the editor was favorable to Gen, Jack,-
son, he did make the transfer ; but it was with-
out knowing either of the editors. The motive
for this change was afterwards the subject of
much misconstruction. He did not mean to
charge the present or any Secretary ofState with
political nioiives in relation to Changes of this
kind ; but he did mean to say, that he did not re-
move one printer while he was Secretary of
State for political considerations ; and fuarther.
that while he held a more elevated situation. he
never removed one person from office for politi-
cal causes ;and, that he believed, was one a-
mong the principal reasons why he was not
more successful as a candidate for a second elec-
tion.

 

 

iVI.t'ri-:itNA1. I'IERO!SM..-—-On the 27th of Jan-

uary, 1706, a party of Indians killed George _

Mason, at Flat Creek. about twelve milesfrom
Kno:tville, Ten. During the night, he heard a

noise at his stable, and stepped out to ascertain
the cause; and the Indians, coming between
him and the door, intercepted his return. He
fled, but was fired» upon a.nd wotinded.
reached a cave about a qttarter of a mile fijorn,
his house, out of which, already welteritig in
blood, he was dragged and murdered. Having
done this, they returned to the house to dispatch
his wife and children. Mrs Mason, unconscious
ofthe fate of her husband-, heard them talking
to. each other as they approached the l)0US€.-17:
At first she was delighted with the hope that her
‘neighbors. aroused by the tiring. had come to,
her assistance. But perceiving that the conver-
sation was in neither Ejnglish nor German. the,
language of her. neighbors, she instantly inferred
‘that they were savages, coming to attack the.
hotise.._ _ ‘
The herione had that morning learned how.
-the doubletrigger of a rifle was set. ‘Fortunate-
ly, the children were not awakened-. by the fir.-.
ing, and she took care- not to awaken them. She.
shut the door and barred it with benches and ta-
bles, and to.0k down the well charged rifle of her
husband. She placed herself directly opposite.
the opening which would be made by forcing the
door. H-er husbandcame not, and she was but
too well aware that he was slain. She was a-,
lone in the dark. The yelling savages were.
without, pressing upon the hotise. She took
counsel from her own magnaniinity, heightened
by affection for her children that were sleeping
unconsciously around her. The Indians, push-
ed with great violence, and gradually opened the
door sufficiently wide to attempt an entrance.
The body of one was thrust into the opening, and
just filled it. He was struggling for admittance.
Two or three more directly behind him, were
propelling him forward. She set the trigger of
the rifle, put the inuzzle near the foremost, and
in such a direction that the ball, after passing
through his body, wotild penetrate those behind.
She fired ! The first Indian fell ! ! the next
one uttered the scream of mortal a_go.n_v I ! !-—
Tliis intrepid woinati saw the policy of profound
silence, She observed it. The Indians in con-
sequence, were led to believe that armed men
were in thehouse. They withdrew from the
house, took three horses from the stable, and set
it on fire. It was afterwards ascertained that
this high minded widow had saved herselfand
children from the attack of25 assailants.

Tnr: Mo'rrn~:P. OF NAPoLt:oN.—W'e are in-.
debted for the subjoined and very eloquent arti-
cle, to the United States Gazette, for which it
was translated from a Paris journal.

“No other woman's destiny has been such as
Madame Letitia Bonaparie's; no queen, had
nature even accorded her the satne fectiiidity,
could have dared to hope for such a fate. Of
her eight children seven have worn crowns, and
the only one who was not a King, refused to be
so. Lucien was only the friend of Napoleon in
misfortune. His soul was in some degree like
his mother's, who replied to the great emperor,
on one occasion, when he reproached her with
preferring Lucien to her other children :

“The one who suffers is always the child I
most love.”

”She too like Lucien, had a melancholy
foresight ofthe ‘misfortunes which awaited her;
the unexampled fortune ofher family had not
blinded her, and eveti in her palace, with the
title ofempress, surrounded by a court, and rich
with immense treasures, she wisely armed lier-
self against the future. She economised the
wealth which her son lavished upon her; and,
when the rrourtiers, to whom every virtue is a.
novelty, expressed their surprise at this. she da-
red-to reply to them, with the fortunes ofNapo-
leon before her- , I

'\Vho knows but that it may be one day ne-
cessary for me to give bread to all these kings '1’

That day has arrive.d—but more terrible,
more fatal, than she foresaw. There was one
of those children to whom she could give on
bread. He died far from her, guarded by Eng-
lishmen, who narrowly measured out to the pris-
oner the ineagre pittance of each repast, and e-
ven the allowance ofair he was suffered to
breathe,

Afierwards her son-in-law died, shot like a
robber on a desert shore; then the sons of these
sons, then her loveliest daughter ; then her sons
wives. her children and her grandchildren-—
and the rest ofthis family have been scattered
over the world begging an asylum from all the
earth, as ifthefragmeots ofthis great race would
crtisli the soil on wliich they should be assem-
bled. So she has died alone, with her brother-
in-law at her pillow, with the only member of
her family who escaped proscription, because he
called himselfa cardinal, and was protected by
the church.

A Nation ty" Fatalisfs.—Tlie Hindoos are
the most cold blooded fatalistsin the world. Ev:
ery occurrence in life is the resiiltof dire neces-
ity. Ifthey are prosperous, it is fate. Ifthey
are in distress, it is fa.te. To lie, cheat or steal,
is fate. To be idle dissipated, impoverished and
imprisoned is fate. The poor suflferer feels ap-
parently no remorse that his own sin has brought
misery upon him. He only curses his hard fate.
The tliiefor the robber is detected. convicted,
and condemned to the prison ofchains forlife.-—.
He apparently never regards himself as suffer-
ing the just penalty ofthe violated law. He
submits with the utmost coolness to his lot, as
being the irresistible decision offate, over which
he had no control, and in wbicli he had no re.-
sponsibility. The murderer is'arrainged, tried
and sentenced to the gallows. He confeses no
guilt and manifests the most perfect indiffer-
ence. The intention, the act of murder, the de-
tection, the sentence, and the execution, are a-
like the consequences of incorrigible fate, in
which he has no direction, agency or responsi-
bility. Declaring his innocency to the last, he
goes to his gallows as cooly as he would go to
his dinner; and launches into enteriiity as re-
gardless of futurity as the brutes, All with
him is fate. The application which natives fre-
quently make of this term is sometimes really
laughable. A child, who was usually very pe-
yisli and noisy, was one day crying incessantly,
tothe greatannoyance ofall in the house. A
hamal who took care of him, hearing the com-
plaints which were brought against his little
charge. felt called tipon to defend him from all
censure on that subject. ‘Tlie child is not to be
blamed for crying ; it is his fate to cry.’—C'hrist-
inn. Brahman.

 

English Absenteeism.—A late number of the
London Metropolitan states. thatthere are with-
in twelve miles of London, seven thousand res-
idences to let, consisting of mansions with parks
capital houses with pleasure grounds, beauti-
ful villas and cottages, their owners having re-
moved to the continent to repair damaged for-
tunes or to live more stylishly on limited in-
comes than they can at home, spending millions
abroad among foreigners.

Col. Crockett once more.-—A gentleman in
Louisiana, writing to a member of Congress, at
Washington, under date of April 12th, says-—?
“Crockett was found within the Alamo, in an
angle made by two houses, lying on his back,
a frown on his brow, a smile of scorn‘ _on his
lips—his knife in his hand, a dead Mexican ly-
ing across his body, and twenty two more lying
pell rnell before him in the angle,"

Moruutcnv is but a monopoly of political pow;
er.—- Washington Globe. - '

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