' \ht.-~ Ht/ ffi inan.t.
, V,, rt ' i 'i, V, niinJ it not !
y.-. r I ‘ IS iN lot ;
ill till' I re I . sliu'ioft ot'th) Iree,
T!u‘ • r..tut r tinds no rest vitli tht*e.
Th u -.t inkst the vine’s low U'nv« »
0,ir n.iisic roiiiul thy lim;!-eli(.ld f avts ;
'lii l;ini tlint soiji'J li'illi sc'.TU'^'s tons:—
Tiu' i'.rHngor’s lu nr\ is v>itli his i>wii.
Tlioii I'litjkst. thy cliildrc n’s lit'ig'hiiig' phiT,
A 1' vi:ly ;»t full «.f ':i> ;
Tiu M an tlu stranw'tii.mg-h’s opprcst—
His niotlifv’b voii'f cornea t)’tr liis hrousT.
Tbouii inkit It i .vti t w Ikmi frit'iul to frieii'l,
Beneatli one roof In pr;i\tr ni iV bleinl ;
TIic'ii (lotii till' ■jtr j^ruv. lUm—
Par, I’ar arc those who j):;i)cd willi him.
Thv licart til' lionu', thy vintarc land—
Tiu- voiots of tl)v kinch'fiil and ;
Oil, ^lul^t II.cm ;dl ! whVii blest tho'.i nrt,
UchI jjciiil} with tlif struwyyr’i !ic;irt!
ill MAN OUANDKI U.
fV’f I'll ii hillow w .th w oikIcv ;ind awf,
Svch!'.'; us it tl’vcatciis ttic shore ;
T. 1 uiid lu^t %ve for.^a’l wliitlwe saw.
And tliiiik of Vhut i'ih'ov no more.
t..f [Hijjin of tlie jjicut, i'j the fume of th
$(> tlie trc'isurc' of tjlorv utuI pride,
Thoi.;;’.! tlicj niouiit on the (lood, like thu hl^^li
sw t-’-hnp ’A avc,
X.;' e til u loo r.ujst eljh with Ihf: tide.
\ii\iiig- togetlK r profit :uid delight.
oT hope, lie «nokf* but little.
'l‘o 'ht* rcsjx-c.’fiil and utieciiotiatc itnpj'
n s »)f an old lanii!) servant, us hh»
mooihefl clown tlie pillow, how he fVi
niii.sclf, hi* ansvM r»-(l, “ I am very ill.”—-
'I'o Dr. Cr.uk, Ills eariu'st companion !'■
arms, lo'i^i '>» M u d, and liosont frirud, hi
)i:ser\t‘d : “I aiti dyinjj, sir, but an» no'
diVaifJ to die.’* To Mrs. Wasl)iiu;ton, h
.aid : •• (io to my esr.ritor, and in th>
;fivau; ill a'-vor you will I’lHfl two ’/apeis—
them to me.*’ 'I'lu-y sveit- lironnJii.
Ill' continued : “Tiu-ic art my Wills—
jjrrs«‘rv!* I'lis one, and burn the other.
tnaonrr ^Wch shouW be Icat offensive soldier* »ho I?"'
for u surprise upon a momtni s> i
to the mother of his children, for whom
0 still retained much rej^ard, he intro*
luced the subject in these words : “ You
know,” said he, “ tbat 1 can love no wo-
niati so fondly as 1 clout upon you ; with
egret, have I of late seen you suhjetltd
u toils, which must l)c oppressive to yon
!tid from which I would gladly reliexe
you, yet 1 know' no other way of doini;
ihun by associatini? with you in the
(household duties, one who shall relieve
vou from the trouble of entertaininj;
1 the nurnernns guests, whom my {jrowinK
Which was immed^iiteiy don«. ('alliuj' importance in th‘.‘ nation collects arouiid
to Col. Li-ar, he tlirccted : I.et tny I ire ; I have therefore resolved upon ta.;-
(•otpse be kej>l for ihe I'.sual period of j iii]: a'lothrr wde, but she shall ai way s be
LJ'T liOVRH UF fr.l'imAG'IVX
Fioiu Cu .tis’ Kecoliections and Private
Alemoii’J of the Lite and Character of
ash in;.; on.
Twenty-eight years have passed avray,
«ince an interesting ^^rouj) were assemb-
jfd in tlie De:i h-rooin, and witnessed ihe
3ast h( uiuf VVashin;;ton.
Mispuiiiig Uuth been the f.cyihe ofTinif,
tluit, of all those w!.o watched over the
JPutnarch’s cuuch, on the 13th and 14ih of
December, but a siugle persona^^e
|iui vives.
On the mc.-'nir-^ tjf tl'e 13th, the Gen
eral w\.s engaged in makinj' some iin-
vt nu ti’s in front of Mount Vernon.—
wAs W.JS usual w i:!> him, he carried his
own c'>rn;iahs, noted his oh^crvationn and
marked • m the *'“*
came rainy with sleet, :ii,d the im;jrovcr
iremained so lonj^ exr oced lu the ini.lcm-
cncy ot the v»ealher, ay to be consideru
thiee days.
Here we v.ould bet Ifave to remind our
rc.iders, that, in a former part c.f this
woi h, \v(* have said that \V ashitifjton was
old fushioDed in many of his ii.diili and
manners, and m ^ ;me ol his ojiini.'^ns ;
nor was he the loss to be admired on those
accounts. The custom of keepin.:^ the
dead for the scriptui;d period of three
days, is derived iroin reniolo aiitif^uity,
and uroue, iMt f;om fcjrof preiiiitu!.; in
terment, as in more modern times, but
from Hiotives of veneration townrd the
deceased ; fo;- the b»;tt';r fiublin" the re
latives and IViends to assemble from u
(li^tatice. to perfornt the ftir.orid iltes j
fur the pious uatchinj>/> of the corpse ,*
and for the many sad, yt t endeiiriug c»;rf-
inoniali with whicli we deli{:^hi to pay
our last duties to the remains of those we
have loved.
I’he patient bore his acutc sulTerinf^s
with manly fortitude, and perfect re!ii;;na-
tion to tlie Dsvme will 5 while, as the
iiii'ht advanced, it became evident tint
he wa3 bi: kitr^', and he seemed I'ully a-
wure that his “ hour was nitjh. ” He in
quired the lime, and was aiiswereii, a
few minutes to ivrelve. He spake no
more—the hand of death was U|)on him,
and he was conscious tha; his “ hour wa >
come.” With surprisini^ self-possession
he prepared to die. Cornposinj^ his forn*
at lenf^th, and folding' his hands upon his
f)Ohonj—without u si^li—v. itlioul a groan
—the r'ather of his Country expired,
gently as though an infant died. Xur
I pjiij^i; or Strug,';1j tohl, when the riobh-
Su keen and j . loyj^ its eioiseless flight ; whih*, so
tr^iiKjiiil appeared the manly features in
subject to your control, as she will rank
in my atlection second to you.”-T-W iib
the utmost anxiety, and the deepest con-
tet II, did his companion listen to this un
expected proposal. She expostulated in
tiie kindest terms, entreated him with all
the ar^umenl.s which undisguised love
and '.he purest conju^^al affection could
suK.-,'est. She replied lo all the objec-
tiotis whioh his duplicity led him to raise.
Desirous cf winnin:; her from her cp-
positicn, t!ie Indiai) still concealed the
secret of his union with another, while
she redoubled all her care to convince
him that she was eijual to the task im
posed ujion her.
W’hcn he aicain spoke on the subject,
she pleaded all tlie endearments of past
life ; she spoke of his former fondness for
her, of his regard for her happiness, and
that cf their mutual on'sipringj she bade
him beware of the conseciuences ot the
futal purpose of iiis. —I'iuding her bent
upon withiiolditi;!^ her consent to his
plans, he informed her that all opposi
tion on her part was unnecessary, as he
had already selected atiother partner; and
tl'.at if she* could not see his new wife as
a friend, she must receive her as a neces
sary incumbrance, for he had resolvtd
that she should be an inmate in his house.
Distressed at this infotmation, she
watched her opportunity, stole away
from the cabin with her infants, and lied
10 u distance where her father was.
\Vith him she remained until a party of
Indians with whom he lived, went up
the Mississippi, on a winter hunt. In
the spring, as they were returning, with
their canoes loaded with peltries, they
the repost* of death, that some moments } encamped near the falls. In the morn-
had p.i3sed ere those around could be- j ing as they left it sho lingered near the
lieve i^at the I’atri:ueh was no more.
It t*y be asked, and wliy was the min
istry of religion wanting to shed its
peaceful and benign lustre upon ihe lust
hours of Washington ? Why was he, to
whom the observances of sacred things
were c.er primary duties, through life,
without tiieir consolations in his last mo-
n’.ents?—We answer, circutiistances did
not permit. It was but fora little while
that the disease assunied so threatening a
Lly wetted before his returi) to the hou.e. l the encouragement
About one o cloc*; he was s» izi li wuh , jq j,my ii^at summons
lullness ind r.ausca, but having chanj'ed tutne m.iy reiuse, to give still far-
iis cl.')thes, he sat down to his in duur
vork—then bcitig no moinetii of his time
forwi.icii he had not providrd an ap-
prr.pr \i*e emplovmetjt.
At m^lit on joining his fatnily circle,
the (i' tieral cojnplaincd of slight indis
po^iiioii, and ;^itcr a sii'gle cup of tea,
reparid to I'ls Libt .iry, were he remain
ed "-riling until betMten eleven and 12
o’cl'>ek. .Mrs. ^Vas!lln|;■ton retired atioiii
the usu.d f.»mil> hour, but being alarmed
*l not hearing the acc^istomed sound of
the Liliraiy door, as It closed for the
liigi'', and );avr iigtiid for rest in the well
regulated mansion, she arose again, and
contitiued sitting up, in much anxiety ntid
tjU^pensc. At !engtl» tlu* well known step
>vas heard on the stair, and upon the
(leneral’s entering his chamber, the lady
kindly rinded him for remaining up so
iate, know iii^ liimself to be unwell; lo
■which Washingion made • his memnrable
repiv : “ 1 came so soon as my business
ivas accomplished. \ ou v/ell know, that,
through (I lon^ lifi', it has bit!} my u/irrtriid
ruk, nerrr to pui i>() till th>: morro)" tfic dit
ties u'hich ihottld bt prrjunntil tn du'j.''
Having first coveivd up ihe tiro with
care, the man of mighty hdiors at Iasi
iought re[u>se ; l)Ut it came not as it long
had I'-een wont to do, lo comfort atid :e-
gtore, after the many and earnc-1 occupa
tions of the well spetit day. The nigiit
ivas fiast in feverish restlessness .iitd pain,
“'lired natures swret restorer, b.dmy
sleep.” «t's destined no tviore lo visit tiis
couch ; \et the manly -ufi'erer uttered no
coniplaint, would permit no one to be
Jisiur[)ed in theii resi on his accuunt,
and it was only at day break he would
cons'^nt that tin ()\eiseei u',i^>,!',t be c.il-
led in, and ble (l:n” leswrfed to. A vein
was i.pM.id, b' . withoui jil'ording relief.
Couriers w»-re (le^pa: lied lo summon
J)r I aik, t lie Tiiiiii\ ai.d Drs. Dii k and
i5iowi', .*s c'jii‘-uliii.g j-'i ysicutis, all of
■whom came with ‘'peit!. 'ihe pro;,i i
remedies were admiiiistei t !, !;ut w 1 li-
out prodiii.ing tin 11 heali!,;^  tV Ci, w luh
the patietit \irldii.g to the .ii ;.ious louks
cl all uruutnl bin., \\iiivid his usujI ob
jection, to iTieil It ii.e'i, and lonk those
vhii h u.MO pie'.f i iljed, witho’j! hesii.i-
tiot. (w iinudk. 'I'lif iriedical i'entlciiM ii
ip’ired not thiir '-kill, and all the lesuur-
cis I'l then art wi i,* «xi,:.u:)itd m un-
Vi aril’ll« ndr. \ ijTj 10 pi ei>» rie this iioble.’t
k 1)1 na'ui e.
N'>(bt appiija'ifed—the l.>st n!;,’-hr il
"W jsoifij Win : uie v\ rui her l.»e(. a me sr ven -
]\ cud. V lilie lliegi'iup lie 1 ( d ti( ar I’1
ti/t'* /Uih of 'he siirfe.’ej, walchinj.;.
ther length of days to him whose “time-
honored life” was so dear lo mankind,
pra\er was not wanting to the Throne of
(iraee. Close lo the couc h of ihe sufferer,
reslini; her head upon that anciejil book,
with which she had liei n wont to hold
pious communion, a poit:o?i every day,for
more than half a century, was the venera
ble consort, absorbeci in silent prayer, and
from which shi only arose when the mor
ning group prepared to bear her from
the chambcr of the dead. Such were
the last hours of \Vashitigtou.
Death oj Jiniuita Sniid. and htr two Chil
dren, ‘ V'/io jjcri.'iiitd in thv. aiiarni I ij the
J'aHsoJ'St. ,'lntl(0iiy tm the Mi.snin.'ifiJj/i.
From Major Loii,^''^ acco/io' (‘.rp»dHi(m.
'I’his beautd'ul spot in the Mississip-ii
IS noi without a tale to hallow its scenery,
and heighten the interest which, of itself,
it is r.iiculated to produce. 'I'o Wax-
ekota, the old Indi.in whom we saw at
Shakea?, «e are indebted for the narra-
lion towhicti his mother was an eye wit
ness. An Indian of the Decotu nation
had uniud himsi IT early in life lo a you
thful female, whose name was Ampala
Supa, which signifies the dar!: dn\j ; wiilt
her he lived ha[)pily for several years,
ap[)arently enjoying every comfort w hich
the sava^;e life could afl'nd, i’heir un
ion had been blessed with two childrei',
cn whom both parenis doated with that
deiilh of feeling uhiih is unktiovvn to
such as have other treasures besides
ihoKC that spring from nature. 'I’he
man had acipjired a reputation as a hun
ter, wlii-h drew rouiul lum mari> fam
ilies, who were happ> to place tnein-
sel\es in.del" his jirotec'.ion and av^il
lhemsel\es ofsui'li (Mit of his chace as
he needed not for ihe maintenance of ttis
famih. Desirous of strengthening tiu ij
iiitercsi w ith hitn, some ot il'.em inviied
h.iii to a coMierjon v. it.h their tamil),
o!>ser\ing, at t!ie same liriie, that u man
■ f his lulent and importance rnjuireii
more ban one \\i'n»unio w.iit upon 'he
i.umiious gnesii* whoin hi.s reputation
woijld iiuluie U) vibit his lodj.;e. TiU')
asJiiiid him tl.ai he would soon i)e ac-
ki'o'.vleijf^ed as a chief, and ttiat, 10 this
f . Sta siei ond wife was intll^pt■nsuble.
1 ired wiili the am'mn.n of obtaining high
tonouis, ht ! esolved to ii.c rease Ins nii-
portaiiii b) till union will) the duUj^,hier
ol an influrniiai man of his trdie. fjr
h J aci 0/ dinn;ly taken a sei ond « ifi with
out bavin, I vei- mentioiieii i!u- t-bjct u,
his forni**i I f inpiiiiiDi ;inj^ csn-ous to
spot, then launched her light canoe
entered into it with her children, and
paddled down the stream singing her
death song ; too late did her friends per
ceive it; their attempts to prevent her
from proceeding were of no avail : she
was heard ’o sing in u doleful voice, the
past pleasures which she had enjoyed,
while she was the undivided object of
her husband’s afteclions; tiiiall) her voice
was drcwned in the sound of the cataract;
the current carricd down lier frail bark
with an incojicci vublc rapidity ; it came
to the edge of the precipice, was seen
for a motiient enveloped with spray, but
never after was the canoe or its passen
gers seen. Yet it is siated liy the Indiaiis
that often in the morning a voice has
lieen heard to sing a doleful diiiy along
the edge of the falls, and that it dw ells
ever upon the inconstancy of her bus-
li..nd. Kay, some assert that the spirit
has been seen wandering near the sj)ot
whh )ier children wrapptd to her bosom.
Such are tlie talcs of tradition w hich the
Indians treasure up, and which they
1 elate lo tlie voyager, forcing a tear from
the eyes cf the most relentless.
But a few days convinced us of the neei
lessness of our precautions. 1 he kni(
ness and affability we every whrre me
with—the dwsire In serve and oblige u
which every one evinced—the enteriain
ments that were given to welcome us a-
mongthem, soon convinced us
justice of our prepossessions, anddisain
ed us of the unjust jealousy we had pre
viously entertained. I can now feel my
self as secure in Arica as in Edinburg 1,
and am conscious that every day I nieet
with more genuine kindness than any fo
reigner with no higher pretensions, would
receive in Scotland.
The republics of South America are
now, and will for along time continue to
be disturbed by commouons,fomented by
general ignorance, or the ambition ol
some particular influential individiiul.—
There is no protection for person or pro
perly beyond what n^ight and mam
strength affords. hen a person gets
indebted to you, and does not choose to
pay, there is but one resource—seize
what you can belonging to him.
Should a murder indeed take place, or
any serious personal injury be done, re
course may be had to the alcadc or ma-
gihtrHte, a decent old mar, \\ ho has the
power of life pr death vested in him, and
who does not trouble himself with any
judicial forms in the enquiry he itisti-
luies ; if he thinks Hie criminal guilty,
he orders him down lo the bench, and he
is immediately shot.
Sometimes he puts a person in the ,71;-
nrad, prison, upon a simple complaint ;
upon the grouncis, I su|>pose, that if he
is not guilty now, he may soon be. One
of the seamen of the Fotosi, who useo
some mutinous language to one
officers, waa sent on shore and put in jail,
where he remained as lorga? that place
was the residence of the Colombian sol
diers who were here j but a despatch
came from Arequipafor them one morn
ing, and ihey sei ofl’, leaving Smith, the
seaman, in possession of tlie keys ; he
came out, of course, and walked about the
streets for several days, wiih the keys in
his hand, apparently considering himself
accountable for them, as he repeatedly
offered them to Spaniards whom he met,
but they neither understood his language,
nor were willing to take his charge ; and
Smiih continued for a fortnight to make
the prison his lodgings at night, till he ai
last got a ship and went ofl, keys and all.
having first locked the door.
When Bolivar wants soldiers, he send •
down and .surrounds the church during
service ; and when the congregation
dismissed, a most lamentabk* •■cene takes
place : all the voung men whom the ofli
cer fixes upon are picked out, and hu'-
rieil away to Taena, to be examined and
clotlicd, amid the most woful lamenta
tions of wives, and mothers, and sisier-.
This has taken place once since our arri
val. W'e have lud several eartl.quaki s
lately ; indeed, a week rarely passes with
out one, but they never do much injury.
If a house or two fall, the people are all
generally in the o|)en air before it takes
place, and their continual fears make
them nmch more acute in discovering
the first symptoms of a shock than a
stranger can be. In the interior of the
desert, shocks are felt, and hills dis
placed, almost every day.”
London paper.
iuttuij lur Uio 1 iiiiroducc fiift br;U; iBio in ihc
JiniCJi, LOWER PERU.
The folhnvin.i; iiiteresliiig letter has
Iiecn received from Anca, Lower Peru,
Sept. 4!f!, IhCfi :—“The climate of this
(dace is of the most beautiful kind.—
I’roin its proximity to ttie equator, tluire
is little or no diflerence in ihe length of
the day or tiis^h' ihront;lioul the year, tht
sun always ri-.es alioui six and sets with
in half an hour of ihe same time ’n tl e
■ifternoon. In the evening a little before
sunset, a little dew- begins to fall, and
this continues till about sunrkse, but is
nardly sufl'n ieni to {^ive a tinge of damp
ness lo the hand. 'I'he climate in the
(»;orning ijears a strong resemblance to
the fine morniiijjs of June at hoirie. iiy e-
levpn o’clock it gets pretty warm ; bu'
rei^uhirly at this hour a fine fresh bietzt
sets in I'rom the south, and comes ovi 1
the migh'y Pacific, tempered with tlie
coolness of ils waters. 'I’his continues al
ways until the heat of the day is jjast,
and by four in the afternoon all is calni
and lemperaie ; you may fancy aconiinu-
al repetition of the finest days in the end
of English June. In the midsuiomei
months of December, January-and }’i b-
rtiary, it tiiust of course, be a good deal
’*arr»ier; but tlu* peculiarities of liu
face of the country —the everlasting
snow whi':h covets tlu- C'oidilleras of the
Andes—and the ])roximity of the great
S'.uthern Ocean, will always secure low
er Peru from the burning heats of ihi
parallel latitude in Asia and .\frica.
W i'h a clima'e liki* thi^, Britain wowl
!>e a I’aiadise ; hut «anting wau'r, Pen*
IS a bleak and mehinrhoiy desert. u
heard iiiuch before I sailed, and on the
passage, about the revengi ful cliaracter
nt the natives >f this connli y ; ami I con
fess \v Immi I fit St came on shoi., I did no:
altogethei h t 1 at ease amor-g them.
I'or itie fii s: foriniy ht, 1 .dw ay s carrief'
n y iMsto!, and before we wef.t to f)« ,i
i' 'i,ui.ii st.i ne of Woi liki pn j.a.rat ii4i_i 1
v^iiubl) I'j'jkplacy; bo th^i wc wcit hl;g
AX IKISHMAN IN CHINA.
[From (Juiminghani’i* recent work on New
South \\'alcs.]
“The colony ofNiw South Wales,”
says Mr. Cunningham, “had not been
long settled, before it was discovered
that China was but a tolerable walk from
It—and many pedestrian attempts have
been actually made to reach the domin
ions of the ‘brother to the sun and the
iiioon’s cousin.’ Numbers of these pe
destrians, who were supposed to hav.
suiceeded in the attemp',—never having
been sincc heard of ! Many of the ex-
|)loring parties, have set oul—but only
one individual has been hitherto known
to hixw positively reached Chinu through
means of a loot |)ath, and this “ liap|n
he,” was an adventurous ilihernian. Pad
dy started ofl bddly on his holiday ex-
lursion alone, wiih a bag of Iioiletl Ijeef
slung over iiis shoulder, a bag of biscnii
dangling at his belt, and a paper ol sugar
stored up in the crovin of his iuii, to
sweeten the tea he loealil lo pull i ff the
bushes as he jogged along over the China
borders : arid alter three weeks of toil
some trudging over rugged hills, aIon»'
more rui^getl valleys and through bushes
vv hich Would have put a |)ig to a ii(i7iplufis
"Padtiy was at lengih stanled from a pni-
losophiea-1 reverie by ihe clieer'iig rrovv
of aco( k in the distance ;—with shou s
' I ‘‘China forever 1” he hoblded on
ward-, eager lo feast his longing eves
with the beauties ol a Chinese landscape,
.11(1 tuingry eiiougl* lo feast even on a
1 >vv C hinese hini8( If, Lent time tliou;;li
It vv as. At length a patch of the long-
sighed-for (oiiniry burst upiMi his view,
ri nsisiing of a few cultivated enclo^-uies,
a snui' garden and a tiim built cottage
spouiiiig up its column i,f curling' sniok'’
iti the centri ofilif scene. 'I’oobseive.
however, the very cottage and ever y sur^
rounding objpt 1 bear a close resemtdonci-
t.i similar ones in the ci.unti y he had h T,
i/av(; a new fillip to his joy, wl icb was
'■crewed up 10 a still iugher key on p.-r-
cciviiig a irentlcmaniu U»c ijarUcH Urcs-
«:rd \r\ Emopcan costume ! but he wa^
' ady to sk in over the five fooi fein e be«
le hjiii like a swallow, on recognisiM^^
i.nder the broad rim of the beaver, the
Tiendly face ol Colonel Johnstone, coni«
o.anding the Nf w South \Vules  orps^
•Vhom 1H' had left in the colony at his de.
,,ariure, but who had thus arriv.d hy
some near cut in China before him.
.ly, eager for the fust congratula ion,
.raned out his neck overt h«‘ gurden fence,
jnd squeaked as loud as his hoarse hoi-
low voice would admit, “Arragh ! lon^
life to you colonel ! and what iias brougiit
your honor to China all the way r” Ttm
colonel, startled at this novel salutation,
came to a speedy eclaircissemcnt with ti^.
peripatetic, who, to his sorrow,now found,
that in.stead of keeping straight on upon
the right road to China, hr j.ad mado
some unfortunate ‘ right about face' on the
route, whereby he had bien brought back
within a few milts of the place whence
lie started.”
Scotch OJficer and Player.—Mr. Bens*
ley before he went ‘on tiie stage, was a
captain in the army. One day he n.et a
Scotch ofTiccr, who had been in thesamo
regiment; the latter was happy lo meet
an old niessmute, but his Scotch blood
made him ashamed\o be seen with a pUy,
er. He therefore hurried Mr. Bensley
into an unfrecjuented cofTee-house, where
he asked him very seriously, “How could
you disgrace thecor{)s, by turning play.,
acter ?” Bensley replied, that he by no
means considered it in that light; that,
on the contrary, a respectable player,
who behaved with propriety, was looked
upon in ihe best manner, and kept the
company of the best people.” “And
what, maun,” said Sawney, “do you get
by this business of yours f” “I now,”
answered Bensley, “get about a tliou-
band a year.” “A thousand a year I”
exclaimed the astonished Scotchman,
“Aac you any vacancies in your corps?"
An anecdote has been related to us,
which we consider too good to be lust,
—While party spirit was at its height in
this Stale, a gentleman rode up to ihc
door of a tavern in a neighbouring town,
and accosted the landlord thus :
“ 1h this the tavern of Mr. L. the de
mocrat r” Yes, Sir, said the cbseiiuious
Boniface—“please alight and walk in,”
Presently another guest arrived.
*• Is this the house kept by Mr. L. the
' eiebrated federalist f” said ihe new
I omer. • Yes, certainly,’ was the reply.
•'JiiC, take care of the gentleman’s horso.”
‘‘ How is this,” said a bystander : teil-
ral to one and democrat toanotmi r”
“ Why,” said the publican, “in ti y
outiger days I attended a dancing
school, and then I learned to change su p
vv I’.en the tune changi d. ”
Middlesex Gazette.
Singular .Laic Case.—From the Uiica
Sentinel of ihe 22d ul'. we copy the fd-
Hjwingaccount of a singular case w hich
lias recently been brought under the con
sideration of the Circuit Court, and we
most heariily concur in iheetjulty of the
decision which it pronounced :
A novel and interesting case has lately
been argued and decided in the equny
court of ihe fifih circuit. About fifteen
years since, a person residing in Madi-
'on county left his family and absi ondt'd
under circumstances that induced a be
lief of his having commuted suiciiie, by
drowning himseffin a millpond near liir>
residence. His hat, coat and pocket
book containing money, were found in a
lioat on the pond, with a letter addressid
to his broilier, plainly indicating an in-
tention to destroy himself. Diligent
search was made in the pond for his
l)ody, but no traces of it could be fousitK
His friends however were convinced ihit
lie was dead, and his wife and famdv'
went into n'.ourning. Satisfaciorv ])riit/i
was made before the surrogate' ol Ins
death, and letters of administration wfie
granted to his wife, and an order obiain*
ed Iron' the surrogate court to sell iiiS
real estate lor the payment of his debts.
He remained absent for about fourheii
years,never inl’ormuig his friends, dur
ing that period of nine, of his exist« nee.
A letter, written in lllionis, was then ad
dressed by him to a frund residing iti
tlie place from which he had absi oned-
ed. In a short period after this, he yave
the most satisfactory evidence of his be
ing alive, by ruturning and commencin>j
cjectiijeiit suits for the I'ecovery of the
laiid which Iku! been sold under the de-
creeofthe surrogiu-. A bill was fiictl
against him in the equity court of the
lilih circuit, by the persons against whom
tlie ej«*ctmeni suits were instigated, pray
ing that a perpetual injunction
f.;ranied, restraining his [)rocep(iiii):s
lie
j' law. 'I'he court after a thorough and
patient examination of the case atid liie
laH, pjoiiounced an opinion, that a per*
pe'Ual injuuction oujr^,i jq granted.
B'liu. — It is thou^dit that within the
last three motilhs.y/rf feel of water, it^
rain have fallen in the middle stai‘'’
Hroo' 46 lo 48 inrhts, have hithi r'o t)-eii
(itisids-rf (1 the average annual
l-illini^in rain and snow, in tins coa.HO'
— Men spend their l.‘4>e« in
‘■ei nce of their passions, iii8ti,id-«4 »■"'*
ployiug iiie passiuasla the