4)oftvn. r,:-! the JS\h- Montlui/ Mogathic. TFfK INVOCATION. Ayswr.u me. biirnirg- Stars of niglit' \\ here is the Spirit {^onc, I Ivit, p;ist the rc.ich of human sight, Even ivs a breeze hath ilowii r ^Aiul the Stars answer’d me—“ roil In liyht and power on Iiifjh, Dut, of the ncver-clrmp sou!, Ask thin}js thut i :innol die O niaiiytonoil .'mil chuinless ind ' Thou lilt A wanderer free ; Tell me il' l/i>m its jjlucc canst find. Far over inoui\t and sea ? —And the AVind murmured in reply — “ The blue djcp I have cross’d. And met its barks and billows high, But not what thon hast lost.” Ye Clouds that gor{reously repose Around the setting sun, Answer ! have jjr a home for those M hose earthly nice iiasrun ^ —The brif^ht Clouds answer’d—“We depart, ■\Vc vanish from the sky ; Ask w’liat is deathless in th.y heart, For tliat .which cannot die Spcuk tl\en, thou Voice of God witlun, Thou of the deip low tone ! Answer me through life’s rcstkss dm, \Vi»crc is the Spirit flown ? And the Voice an.->wcr’d—“ l»o thou still! Eiio'iiiIt to know is given ; Clouds, Winds, and Stars, their task fulfil, Thiiit IS to truit in Heaven!” ZUlvitUh Mixing' together profit uml lelight. (Fruni the Ciiited St ites’ Literary C.azette.l ii i .'r.ii wc’.'c I'.poii .li...; I iinv of liis tribute abstracted, ho was as i a;iii;ry as an !'nji;lish rt'clor, U})On the eloinjj^ing of a tithe ]>i;:5, a;ul j;ro\vleil like the ‘Native of ^’irgi^ia' at the na tional tlefauiters. 'Fhe Itulians ot the virinit)', anil all liable to the assessment, little tlisposetl at any time to battle with the infernal spirits, paid their ))arochial (lues with their grim Apollyon of a nei}’;bbonr. 'I'o tell the truth, it was not for their interest to f[iiarrel wstb him. He was of main inij)oria!!ce to them in matiy of their pursuil-s and as sisted tliem witli much good ad\ioi’. lie fre(]uently directed them to a tine school o.f blackfish, read to liiein troni Low’s Almanac the proper time lor planlinjj; and "atherin:; tlie;r corn, and foretold to them the npproa^’h ot ;tovnis, witli an accuracy whicli proved tl;at he did not study the aspect of the heavens from any astronomical diary whatever, lie also assisted the yonnu; people in their courtships, up t(' the time ot join ing hands, but this, it was said, he did from a disposition very proper to a naughty being like himseli. \\as any c;lossy iittle rogue of u squaw solicited to become the wile of a youth whose par ents stood out to the tune of more us(jiie- baug.h, who but Siwanticct was called in to negociute for a less quantity. 1’aking all these circumstances into view, it will be realily concluled that he was a sort of favorite with the people of the island. Indeed, my grandfather was told by the old Indian woman that he was once their Governor, which I verily believe from a view of some ohl local laws, where the traces of him are very sensi ble. JJut gf)l)lins, as well as the children of this w orld, are subject to changes of opinions, to whims, and phantasies. fi ill the iiLlcn.ui'i \%lio lig- ures in oui't de. , "I'he cnav-e of true love, it is sanl, seldoui ruiis smoolh. The lather ob jected to tlio match, bcca.ise the lover IkhI slain bi:t tiirei: fo( nor was ol roy- ! to Jiconi. When tJainot, the only able and honest man in the Councils of the Directory, was proscribed, and when Geiieral llo- clte died, the friends ol a Ivevolution in t'^at Island, lost every chance of assis- from I’rancc. Those two great »me'.'. l,ai Jugher. : rc:>j>ectabiiii> iVoiu tli^ ir coura iU, soui-1. a, p.re„t.,c.; un.l pusluvcly .o, b»cUI,c j r^ain tla oat; „f .luc, t„cy vc ihof«n uiiion. AN hat lovers talked tlie matter over agam again, and linnlly di'termincd to apply to S’iwantii'ot tor his aid and advice. Thev ferthwiih repaired to the residence of the goblin. It was a most auspicious moment; he was in a delirium ’f joy. A school of whales, in-a recent dark nigiit, had “ got specks in their eye,” and foundereil upon a neighboring lodge of rocks, and thirty or forty calves had been deposited at the month of his cave, as his share. Withal, a brother goblin, who lived upon the main land, had presented him with some fme old Av/r- yho/, and these, witii the occurrence at the same hajipy moment ol other enliv- ing circumstances, had wrought him tiji to such unusual good temper, tiiat he forgot his late determination to annoy all lovers, and promised to helriend them. He rose from his seat, put a low hundred pounds of tobacco in his box, took a half roasted grampus Irom the coals to ]iick by the way, and set oil for Sanchequintackef, the young war rior perched upon his shoulder, and miss reposing upon-a litter formed by his arm, laid horizontally on his breast. THE C UKATION OF THE ISL.^NT OF NAN TUCKET. Among the many amusing traditions oftiie ]»eople who preceded us on this continent, thnt which describes the emergence of the island of Nantuket, is not the least singular and interesting. It was told to me in my boyhood by my grandfather, to whom it travelled from a worthy old Indian woman, who had it from tlie lips of the hereinafter named roblin himself. Depend upon it, Mr, Editor, I am an accurate and veracious reporter of the taie, as it has reached my day. I am inclined to treat it as a piece of downright history, from remarking, that the phenomena of the islands where the inririentsof the tale are supposed to have happened, do actually seem to im ply an uncommon origin. Oncc, in deed, I came near adopting the belief that they sprung from the sea during the deliije of Deucalion, and the worthy inhabitants were the very stones which Pyrrha and her consort threw behind them. But my grandfather observing me consulting llyginus and P.salmanzer upon Inexplicabilities, and learning the cause of my perplexity, related to me the story which I am going to recount, and which took away all i)OSbibility of their classic origin. I hope the inhab itant? of those islands will not bo of fended at me ; I am but the relator of the tale. To truth, if they are rullled with any body, it must be with niy graiulfa- llier and the old squaw. At the (h^tance of thirty miles to the west of Nantucket, there is an island known bv tlv^ name (jf Martha’s Vine- YjirJ—and a veiy fine place it is forone who loves oysters, and grouse-shooting, and plain cliristian habits. Before the revolution, it was a province of itself, a kind of St. Marino, with a royal gov ernor, liouse of commons, and, if I mis take not, a sub-council of Indian saga mores. Upo'. the r.orthern side of this latter island, and very near its western end, there dwell, a century or two he- lore Its occupation by the white people, a spirit or gonlin of. unusual properties, a nicrry, good-natured, convivial old feliow. very fond of laughter and a good joke. By way of referrence to the name ofthe little pi omontory, or elbow of land, where he had his ortlinary residence, lie was called tiie Devil of ('ape Higgin. He was bv no incai-.s so had a cilizen as hi> title implied.- Fanll«i he had, it is true, but e learn fmn; the best of all po'sible authorities, that no one is with- u’Jl ttiem. 11c was somethin'^ of a li- b'Mtine, and withal rather ero'-s to his wife; but then he did ample penance for the lalt'r foible, by liis extren.e at tentions to the wives ul his neighl-ors. lh;dra'd no ardent spirits, ate usually at a meal t’u: niod'iate quantity ol a causp, of which they perceived the full importance to the interests of their country, and to the extension of repub lican ])rinciples, had j)lanncd the expe ditions of Bantry Bay, and of the 1 cxel, on the largest and most ellectivo^ scale which the Naval resources of France and Holland could afford. 'I'he formc;r failed partly by misconduct ot the Navy, and'i):;rtly by the indecision oi Grouchy, of that honest but vyayering man who twice held the late ot lAirope in his hands—at Bantry Bay and at a- terloo—and twice let it slip through them, from want of resolution. 'I'he se cond failed only through the fault ofthe elements. On the death of General Iloche, the French Government recalled, to succeed him, the most illustrious of tlieir war riors ; he who afterwards wieldeil the destinies of Europe, and who then, un der the name of General Bonajjarte,' was already acknowledged the lirst com mander ot the age ; and yet it was an age fertile in great chiefs. iJut he who, before the age of thirty had alre.uiy a- ohieved the immortal campaigns of Ita- Siwanticot was none of your sprites ly ; subdued that beautitul counti \ wl’.o lly upon a clotid or a moonbeam, but he could use his feet to great advan tage upon terra firma. lie was soon at the o-oal of his |ournev, and almost as ptdled her, by Ids ])tivale authority, soon”at debating its object. With great to liberate Lalayette from the duugeom calmness, and in [lerfect silence, for he ol Olmutz, aiul acknowledge tiie I renci I * .. 1 ,7n»vir-.n T),..MlU1 I- lu> V nrPn nmo Fiirni:o, was by no means a loquacious demon, he heard the father give his reasons lor refusing his daughter to her lover, and Siwanticot grew harsh and ill-natured ^ ^ ,, i u i ♦ as he grew older, and began to harass then inquired it this was all he had o his subjects With new demands and olfer against the propoted uniou lie querulous exactions. He now fre([uent-1 v/as answered in the aflirmative. How ly demanded half a wdiale, instead of a tithe, or took vi ct urmis the entierty of a grampus. He bj'okc many^ well or dered matches, and soured much matri monial bliss. He set families by the ears, frightened the wild ducks by ter rific shouts, cut the springes set for grouse, and in fact, became a veiy troublesome and impertinent s]>rite. There was no use in fretting ; lie was seated as firndy on their necks as the Old Man ofthe Sea was U|)on the back of Sinbad. The islanders bore his freaks with great patience, calmly took up with the oilals ofthe whale, and only adopted the precautionary measure of removing from the immediate vicinity of the un civil fiend. Upon the southern shore of the same island of Martha’s vineyard, at some ten or twelve miles distance from the resi dence ofthe goblin, lived, at the same period of tim'^, n sachcm, the proud and arbitrary chieltain of a territory three miles square. He was very wealthy in ponds well stocked with perch, elams, oysters, and wild fowl, in swamps a-, bounding with terrapins, in grounds adopted to the growMng of maize, and in numerous other riches of the sea and of the land. He escapcd all contribu tions, taxes, imposts, and tithes, be cause, as the goblin said, clericns, cler- initn non dccimaf, the substance of an Indian phrase, which means, goblins do not take tVom goblins. This legitimate liad a daug'iter, young, brisk, and, for a copper-colored damsel, very beautiful, Witli brigiit black eyes, and long black looks, And voice like the music of rills. Wi(.hal she was the most accomplished lady.in tlio sachemry of Sanchequin- tai’ket. None drew the bow’ with ecjual strength, or tortured the j)iisoner with ecpial ingenuity, or danced the war dance with efpial agility, c;i' [)iped the war song with limgs as cflicient. I must remark that, according to tradi tion, the Indian females were much be holden to her for their taslf in orna- menting.their i)er>ons, niul that she was the first who evi-r introduced that beaii- lilul iewi'l, a cr.d)’s claw, into the nasal cartilage.- Itisnot to be sujiposed, 1 hat so much strength, and agility, and in- genuitv, and musical sivill, and taste in diess, failed of exciting love and ailnii- ration in the othi r sex. 'I'he paternal palace rescmibled Grenada in the time of the A bcncerrages. She was solicit- el in marriage by divers sacln’ms anil wai'.iors, whose names 1 uould lay be fore the rt'ader witii |)leasure, il I re membered them. But no, she was deal to their intreatic';—laughed at their ))rescnts or conch shells and terrapins, much land must he have ?” asked' he. “An island,” answered the sachcm. “Good! he shall have it,” said the gobhn, blowing a huge quantity of smoke 'through his nose. “ Follow me.” At the time whereof we write, the island of Martha’s Vineyard, as I am informed, extended to, and comprehen ded the present little islanch^of Tucka- nuck, which lies about ten miles from Nantucket. I'his little isle, as I said, was formerly a j)art of a large island, but was disjoined from it by some migh ty convulsion. I'o this same Tucka- nuck, and to a high elilT upon its eas tern side, the goblin c&aducted his friends. He then sat ddw’n upon the ground, and commenced his charm. He first filled his ))ipe with tobacco, and li*j;hted it with fire procured by the usu al Indian method, ^^"hcn this wasilone, he bowed once to the rising sun, twice to that part of the sky where the north star is seen, blew' thrice in a conch shell, and cotnmenced smoking upon a “great scale,” as the cotton speculators say. In few minutes it was as dark as the tlarkest night. The astonished Indians knew not what to think of the'])assing occurrences. Presently there was hissing sound, as of live embers drop ping into water. Siwanticot had emp tied his pipe. Tiie smoke now began gradually to disperse, and soo»i there u’as a low, dark something visible in the cast. It Avas the promised island— the ashes from the golilin’s j)ipe. Yes, gentle reader, an island, a beautiful, in teresting insulated, piece of land, with not a tree to mar its loveliness. In time it became as green as the turban of a 'I'urkish emir, and has continued so ever since. 'I’he haj)py couple, for whose use aiul behoof it \vas created, gave it the nanie of Siwanticot, which, in time, degeni-rated into Siasconsit, a woud which still survives, though, at this da}', it designates only a small, and dotachetl part of the island. 'i’iiiis, have I given you, with some labor to myself, reader, the Indian tra il itioii of the creation of the island of NanHicket. I'or my.stdt', I do not know wliether to believe it or not, but my granUalher believes it, and the old squa\^^ hail no doubt whatever of the truth of it. .1. of tons of whale, roasted c)n the i and carefully am! scrupuh iisly barred tiiiijers, but smoked like a Sjianiard in the iloor of the royal wigwam against llie latilLulci of Cuha. He claimed, as his due, one-tentli of all the whales, grantjiuse';, and finbacks whir’i might be taken by the peoj>!e ofthe island, toge ther v.itli half of the halibnt caught in the month of March. Ho l)ore tlie evil of srucity, so it was not occasioned by indo:?n-c', '.vith great composLirc. U jt. all tiio‘^0 suitors, w ho, according to In- diai rnoiU s of roui t.sliij), eamc to whis- j)cr soft tales at the side of her nocturnal couch. '!'he truth is, she had placed her alfections upon a young savage, stern to his enemies, but to her all gen tleness, who dwelt at a remote jiail ot 'riie foilowin:: extract from the Life of'rihtodore Wolt’e 'I'one, recently pub lished by his son W. 'P. W. 'I'one, g'.ves so just and imi)artial a ])ortrait of Xapol'jon Bonaparte, and of a part ot t!ie causes that pr(;vented the success of the United Iri.shmen, in etlecting the Revolution of Ireland, at that disastrous period, to w'hioh these T'lemoirs refer, that we doubt not its acc(;])tableness to our reaJer;:. .Xnt. Intcll. “ in order to give a ch a.rand full nar rative of the third ami last, ex|)edition t'ounded one Kepuhlic, (the ( isalpine) and extinguished another, (\'onice \) humbled tlie power ol .Vuslria, and com- by ids ])tivale authority,! igeons rench Republic by the treaty ofCampo Formio was more than a mere (ieneral. It is, however, with extreme reluctance that I feel my self called upon, by the nature of my subject, to point out any errors in the conduct of the sovereign chief, and benefactor, under w hom 1 bore my tirst arms and received my lirst wounds; of him who decorated me with the in- sijnia of the Legion of Honor, and whom 1 served with constant lidelity and devotion to the last moment ol his reign. But the imperious voice of truth comjiels me to attribute to the ia- liuence and prejudices of General Bona parte, at that period, the prime causc ofthe failure ofthe tliird expedition for the liberation of Ireland. “The loss of Hoche was irreparable to the Irish cause. Althoiigh he died in theprirneof his youth—and his deeds, eclipsed by those of his still greater ri val, are now nearly forgotten—at that period, they were competitors in glory, and formed two opposite jiarties in the army. 'I'he generals and olTicers of the tu’O Schools continued, fora long time, to view each other with dislike. But these great men wexe ambitious: both eager for their ['Crsonal fame, and for that of France, and bent on raising her to an unc(jualled rank amongst nations. But Hoehe was an ardent und sincere repub lican ; he could sacrifice his own hopes and piospects to the causc of liberty, as he nobly juoved, when he resigned to Daendels the command of the Texel ex pedition. lionajjarte always associated in his mind the power of Franco and his own aggrandizement—nor could he be satisfied with her being raised to the j)innacle of pow'er and prosperity, unless he was the guide of her march and tlie ruler ofher destinies. Admirably form ed by nature for a great administrator and organizer, he meditated ‘Iready in his mind those vast creations which he afterw’ards accomplished, and which re quired an unlimited authority for their execution ; he loved the prompt obedi ence and regulated order of absolute pow er, and felt a secret dislike to the tumul tuous and w’avering conflictj? of a Re publican Government, whose energy is so I'rofpiently counteracted by the disun ion of its parties, and the necessity of persuading instead of comnh'inding.* In short, he never was a repuldican. 'i'hiri fe'.'liug he could scarcely disguise, even then, when it was tno't necessary to conce^il it : fur no man, who ever rose to such iiower, perhaps, evir made so litih;use of dissimulation. Steri;, re- servi'd, and uncoimnunicative, he repell ed with haughty disdain thea lvances of support, and thought to iiiake thi;^ young and, poj)ular. chief tluur instru- mei’t. He was courted by e\ery parly. He felt, however, the public pukse, and judged that a !»remature attemjit would be hopeless. -It was then that, giving up, Ibi- the moment, his de.signs in Kyi rope, he began to meditate a brilliant project lor his personal glory and ag grandizement in the JCast; a plan to re generate those regions, and be the Ibim- * der of a new ‘Empire by means of the victorious arms of France. This plan was only defeated by the battle of the Nile, and the resistance of St. John d\\cr(\ To the enterprise against Ireland, tho favorite object of Hoche, tf^,prosecute, which he was ostensibly recalled, he ftdt a secret but strong repugnance. 'Phough the liberation of that country might prostrate, forever, the power of England, and raise the Kcpublic to tho pinnacle of fortune, (a circumstance for which lie did not yet wish, as it would render his services needless) it offered no prospects of aggrandisement to him; it strengthened that Republican cause Which he disliked, and, the principles ofthe Irish leaders, when he investi»Mt- ed the business, appeared to him too closely allied to those ofthe Jacobins. Neither did he ever suniciently appre- elate the means and iinjjortance of that country; his knowledge of it, as may be seen in my father’s memoirs, was slight and inaccurate. The Directors, who began to fear him, and w’ished to get rid of him, entered w illirglv into his views, when he projio^ed to use this ex])odition only as a cover, ami di rect their real efforts to the invasion of r.gypt. It is asserted that ho said on the occasion,. “What more do you dciuc from the Irish ? You see that their movements already operate a powirful diversion.” Like every sellisb view, I tiiink this was a narrow one. The t\v« most miserable and oppressed countries of f’.urope always looked uj) to >.,ipG- leon for their liberation. He never irat- ilied their hopes ; yet, by raising iic- laiid, he might have crushed forever the jiower of England, and, by assisting Po land, placed a curb on Russia. mi.sscd both objects, and iinally fell un der the elibrts ofKus’sia and England. And it may be observed, as a singular retribution, that an Irisliman conanand- ed the army whicli gave the last blov,- to his destinies.” • Tlie petty and iiV;potciit nvdicc of great man’s adversaries w is very unhu icy in tlie choice of the nick-iuiiiKs by wliieh ti.iy chose to call him. M hen the Kn,nlish wo'ili! only address tise IJoyal prisoner, whose tiiic they had fully acknowleiiged, in the Confer; h CCS of Chatillon, by the :i|)p.-liation ol (.(.i.vral Buonaparte, they gave himMic most ilhisuiuu;. name which appears on the pages of lii.it«r\, from the days of autii)ui*v, and onr « !»ii li siiines, perhaj)s, w it!) purer lustre tlian that of tiie I'm- peror Napoleon. hen the I'rench l\o_\;ii:>(s pri ternkd that .N'ieliolas, and noi Napoh on was iiis real name, tiny wire ]>rtil)abi\’ igiuuMiit that the meaning (.f the uoid, in Orcek, i.s ik- rived from Victory. f 'file Directory \vcre so far from approvini; of this noble act, tha*. tlu'V would not even al low Lafayette to return to I'ranco. it vus not till Napoleon became First Consul, and ’.vas therel)\ enabled to grant this permission, that, it was obtained. It was one of tlie iirst acl> i.l' this Administration. ? lie was the tirst man who dan d to drive fro’n his dnors the “ Dames de la Halle,” or lish wo men of Paris, w hen they came to cong’/.Uiiiat'. him on his victories.. One must be f.unilia'. with ttic History otthc Revolution tuappre- ciatc this fact. licynolda' Mtinoirs.—^.Amons^ the the atrical anccdotcs we find the followiiu; amusing one, the consequctic'J oPwliicii had nearly damned one of Keynoldb’ pie ces : “ But our misfortune did noistophorc. for duriiif^ Mrs. liiHing’s hravura in the last act, >lr. Hillin.ijton her iiushau'.!. Iiv was scaled in the orchestra, concpiviii that the trumpeter did tn)t acconnp.ni; iicr with sufiicient forcc, frcfpicntly culL'' to l.im in a subdued tone, ‘ Le,u'lcr, ioic dor !” The leader of the liaiid beiiif; a similar opinion to Mr. BiLlington’s, rf ptalcd tlie satne command so oflcri tlu.!. at lenf^ih, the (iei’uuin, in an .igony o: pas.sion and exhausiion, threw down In irutnpet, and turninjj towards t'.ie r.iKi- ence, violetiily exclaimed. It be vcr} easy to cry louder ! louder ! but,bygai vcre lb de vi/id the Jaeohins; and the EmjK'ror Napo leon, the tuture sovereign ;tnil conquer or, might already be di.scerned in tiie plain ami austere Guiieral of the Uenub- lie.j lUit cireumslances, at tins precise pe riod, rendered tliat conduct the best which he eouid pursue. 'I'ho enthusiasm of democracy was extinct in France; the People were weary of the successive revolutions which had placed so riiai.y weak and worthless characters at thi; head ofafiair-:, and longed for tlie lirm I'.and and the bit bridle id'a ruler. The mean and rapacious members of the Di- j_ r(‘ctory, who, in expelling Their co!-... Some have said, that marriap;e fills'1>': cartii, and virginity iicaven. lint otlici have uell answered, liovv should hc:\v'.‘:. he full, if lliC earth were empty ON Kll-I.INC TIM!'. I»ill TiMi: t')-il:iy, and to y our sorr'>>'. He’ll sUire you in the {.ice lo-morov'. , Kill him af;:iin, in :i:iy v>ay, til 'II [)la],nic youslill from d iv to d.i' . Till, in the i nd, a.s is :iu)>.t fine. ^VllOlu lift u ,:i kill—at Itin! yo'!. . ? Luilfj 7ri'iifr 1)1} a pane of !r, n n’hul “ 'I'lie ;v)wer of h.rr shall ne\> r w .irtn n;y i'ho’ he a;.-ail me with his ilerrcst d-*:t," tlie island and wasrej)Utcd a kind Qi'pi'O- j for tlie dehvcrar.cc cl Ireland.; it wUl be ! league C.u iH't; ha l '.d! i redit ' Ve .7 n'rf>!° nmu nv.'of'i— lal_\ has l.i-r resoiiitiii’', vpoke, . W!U 'u lionc ■ r.'vy ')C I Ivl'

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