!'in.
lliK l.t»M)ON MdNT.ILT M.VUAZJNli.
(
I !o\'^ to lu'av :it r'.onruriil ove
'I iio ]il(iii.^lini;iii's ]vii.,i,c- tf)np,
Aiu] still be V. I rn!iii_^- cn niv \vr;y
AVIu m t ;i- l.'iNt inflL- imlum:
I lovi’ «r> hi'C lilt*. Ilil^ty iiii Miij
And rross tln' fC'*’'''
\ml yiir! tlic (!;iil;sunlT Iwuiicwaril bnr
M'hen all io bi'il. 'd .itid still
Trom v;iy fhn.; Iomc And laV.*,
Ilow sw (•'•*. it IS to Como,
Ai'ii! Icavi'ic;' nil l)‘li;iid so uri'ar,
Api)vnach our pleasant lionic ;
W!i:!c‘ ovi ry lowly l.tttice shines
AlJiic;’ tlic, villa^-c sirr'.t,
Vlic-re roinvl ilie hla/.inp;' cvi'iiiiig fire
'riifi r.l-,.-oi-fuI hoii.s.-lioUl meet!
A:iil iMssi' j:;;' Ly earli fneii'lly door,
At I ii.jlt V.I reach our n ii,—
\)iil f'l)'! Ilu! siir.K' of kiirlri d iovr
Miro kind by a!) >( i;i.\
'I'o sU hosid‘ tlio fi-e, ■Slid honr
'J hr thrvatcniiii;’ storm comr; on,—
\iid t!i,iilv u[)OM till- (ircary v ay
Ami lrav( l!- r nl'.i-,c.
i'> '.ec ti.i- '.oci .l lea [ircpared,
-\ml hear t!u- krttli's liiim,
And ^ti!l rc]H':,le l troui cuch tmir^nic—•
jlov.' jrlad u'-e are vou're come'”
'I'j s;p our tea. to lau^h and c!iat
W i»lt 111 art!I ii soc al :.i:-?h,
Ai.il tliihk no s,,ot 111 all flu woild
L'kc‘ oiirod ii o!'. :i^aii' Ir.
had liopfi {;is 1 ..;Vr'.v: toi:nd; to
.'.ui pri'i'c t!iC Ciu I;i}' ;.l 'I'l'■iiloi!, v. iiilr
Vfi ovcrpowcrtji! 1;\- ihr; Ic^tivitic'i ot
t'u; piffl'diijo; —a!il itijke lii.^
un)ruiil2; liu; of d( jlii—hilt
now l!iat liojjc was ;t!>::i!(lyiic(l, iur C:ip-
taiii \\’:i.'-hi!'2;k'n liml f iit’oiir.te': .•(! ln'
picket, (“\f.h;iii;'C('l a l'i-\v ^liot ainl, I'dt
iiitn pn'parcii lor—v. liat it is rcJii.irka-
!)h‘tha1 Ilf. had li(’.'u- ia i mimoi'c)!'—
j our iiitcndcil attack. N :t vt rv af-
taii’, wliici!, atiii-sl, IjjrrvitfiK'd to h'l so
(lis '.strows, l!i'! frolic ot’(';;j)l.uii Wasli-
v,-as jiro!)al)!y th-j f iii'd' ica^oi,
\vl)y v^'' in .'••irpii'ii.:; lli"
iMiimy at 'ris.1 ; for, as t!i>> vvas tiol Ivii-
l(i\V('d uj), Ik- jctii\il to (ju.irii’rs, atU j-
It WaS irr.pn«sil;k* to stand it—r,o I'.u-
innii hcins; cuuld li ivf. ciiiluix'd the hur-
riiTuif ofj’ir: hullctb lu;n^'r. 1 hey ll.ruw
(louii their aMU';—.'ihuut oi:e Iho i^and
tiiiTi in al!—and tht ii it v>as—h'f !t —
wii'.Mi it w;ts iiect’Sxjiy tt) ahout
ihe (|uictcr optratioii.s ul strilr, that \vc
hoif:ni to feel the intense cohines?> ul the
iiiii;!'.!—the keen air cuttint;; into our urw
'Auund'', like roui^h ln'okeu
ruo'i Tru; h.vuvstaui.i; cAzrTar.
1UF, ^()VA(.r,.
l’h(‘ f(dlo\viM2: narrative j)Osscsscs tin;
interestiii!:; fpiality ol truth; and the
(•-'ajjtain of wliom we .s|jeak, is a persuii-
lowed up, fi(- jctii'eil to (iu.iriers, atiej- ‘ i;,
. . II ‘ • ;il acfiuaint:!nc(“ ol oi:is now liMn":, :if»
w;iitin»-a rt'asona.dc t.me, as altei- ,, • i- ,i „n ,,i-
, . ^1 . , ■ , , \v(‘ll ;.s a DK'iontv ot (he crew, all o!
wards loinia, lh;iik;ti:i; ti.e v.jjou, a: , • .• i ■/ , ,-,i- c , . „,,,i
! u honi are M..ia!ntan1s ol this ( ape. and
V’irp:irua roir.
Our troop‘; w‘re now thrown into
two divi'ifM-:. ^Ve wf re'-' jiarr.ted lioin
onr father—Vv'io wi •; ('(>i:icju'd under
Si;]livnn an 1 St. riair to i.ikc the river
ro'id—wliile v.e, undir N\’ashIhL';i,on
hiinsrlf. drci'iu', '‘•Iorri«, ju:d Stf\’i-ns,
p isl'.ed onw: rd throuu;h v. iial 1.^ caiN-il
the I-*ennii,'j;i.o'i k^kK
can vouch lor the anihi.-nticily ol tjie
hi-'loi’V. wiiii-h we hliall atl'nipt to re
late u itiiout i-xajru'ei’aLion :
It was durinp; the last war, in tli'* year
I'''!'), vvheii our enleiprisini;’ seamen
'.vere in the practice of purclia^int; JJril-
i-h licenses to carry \ anivee notion's to
roi-ei;n polls, urdiarmed hy their crui
sers, that (,’aj)tain II—availed himself
, . . s! Ts, inai I,aniani ii—avaiieu luuiseii
“ A lew i.ionieiils rilT.-r'.vard‘>—inst ,■ ■ ■ i • i • i i i j •
, I , -• "I a l)ary;ani (d this kind, fo keep hini-
wnile 1 tho I Iin- heail had in-t lU n;o- -r' i
I ,■ I I ,• sell n-oin thc-rust id idleness. Iih; vessi.d
VA_uii;iv.
All i)lca-''.irc (oi’Msts in I'arii'i;
nio') Til!. I'.oKTov ' r.'.c r iTdB
1 IIK II \ I I Id: or tM.N'ION
Tlie toihiwii:;:; descrij.'iion will proha-
!/iy hi- new tn rnosl id oii: iL'aders. Its
viviil flflails. altliout;ii vMiacted IVotp
.( work (d |i(dion, are, we Indii ve. a-
'j;ri. (;ahle to the niosl n'uinen'ons c\ci t
lU onr ('ounti\'s hi'toi \ ; an event
tliat raised the (h-oopin;^' coi.fidenci.' ard
t oniM^e ol those who fought and jirayed
fer our cause, which had. Ind'orr' as.suni-
ed an appea/'.nice alii)o>t dospci-jiti* ;
'The niirht w.as inteiisi ly cold, and
•.vf wei:(^ dedayed many hours jon'.;T
than had heeii anticipated, hv .m accii-
inrdation of ic(; in the river. And here,
il you wuulil 'jet a u;o()d notion of the
countenance of Washiniiloii at this time
the must eventful and ti-yinu; inouKuit
of his life—I would recommend to \ oii
to study a jiicture just p;'.inted hy Air.
Sully, (ji’Philadel|)hia, upon this suhjf ct.
He hns been sinc^ularly hap]iy—and
^vhen I recollect tho face of AS'ashinp;-
lon, as he reineil up for half an hoiii-,
v/ithin i)isfol shot of me, it apj)ear.‘, to
3no that some man must liavt* ])ain*ed it,
Avho was with us nt lliat time.. l!>id'ore
v/f' came down 1o the ferry—there ^^■as
. ;i!i awful soleniiiity, (Larkness and re-
])ose on it. iiut /Ac/v, when in sijriit
of tlu* troops, as thev wi i-e severalIv
einharI;iiiic, every m;m of wf.om, so
lono; ;«s the facr ol ^heir commrind(M’
conljl he seen, e\r-n iifter tlie hoat.s haii
j)Ut off, kept his t v’‘s nj,oii it ; it was
^ull ul a lollicr, more ainniatrd, vouth-
i’ul and heroic eNpression, ol'ttncouiag •-
ment and confidern'e.
\ ou have lu'iU'd of*('ieneraI Knox,
thcti ('oloip !—and ol his slentorian
voice. 1 a--.!ire you ih;it i.o jii:.lii*e can
he dfUK't ' him or it : my eiW' riiii'j; lor
a fortnii^ht I'ft,..,-, ;,j tj,,; same liour ol
the iii'^ht—ar.d d.j yet, u hen. i reinein-
,^er !iow he iralloped ahon*, cur.'in^and
swearinc:, dismountii:'r e\(M v iivi* mi
nute'', anil lii'tin::- -'it^ his nv.i. irin!"r\''
like a'li tut. lie was a oall;.,u feilwvv
full ol l)iood — with all (lie iihi;i\ >ti,)ii«j:
New-l',Mj;land h.U'(iiiioiid. An 1 (Iret'iu*,
MO. Iiewa' th('re,lhe only man (d‘ .•dl oui'
rMinies cajiaitle, { hrlir\e, in caseol an\'
'ii,saster. to tak( the phice of \\ ashinii-
ton — there /n' sat, Inilol ih t'|\ reh^imi'
'i)iii])o>ure, — his hroa.d liirrhe;ul Ji'ont-
tn^- the liris that were kindled iicar ihr
pla^’!. id'drharkaiioii.
'"At last, thouiili not until three
o'clock in rho nutniin^^, we uere laiiK
landed upon the ,ler'e\- shori', and, h\-
5, had taken up onr hue (U’inarch.
“I)ur whole arm\ jiassed sidtiv, and
Siilcidly, hy two or thier ofiicers, port
ed u|)On the road side, continually wav-
ins; their sw(jrds. with a motion as if lo
enjoin the most deal)i!de stillness -md
♦Jerdhlike it was, for noiiun':; could be
heard, hut tlu; !)lo\\ iii£, ol iim ses. a iidt-
inti: soiuhI nt)V,- and tlien in ‘he W( t
.slu.^v where tlicarfiliery e. at;ons and car-
ria^'es cut thi'oi.'L';!) into the i>round—and
a u;enei-d rusii. asiurji. i.ea\y wdtr.
‘■A If w iiKun'Mits a fn,op nf
\’iru:iiii:i.'!‘', undei '\ip; iin .•tsiiinut'Hv.
Cifter\vai (Is so d iiiL'..i,'ls"d at tiie
-oiith.^ paraded in hfa'ifilnl sf\-h'.
throueh the h- ' vy -nov,-, und hn;i!;;‘ht
us inteljiu,' ii’e Vv liicii tended to aci'c k i -
.'t- >'’ir u;ar h Ij'.fur',' lii.*; an i\ j, w »'
lion entirely—!or I h it, m lookin'.'; a-
i)out me. and seeing t!ie laik arr.i', of
■suh. taiitial, hut nois(dess creatures, hor
ses anti \vatrons—as if ih' v. hole ai iiM'
wrn.' an npparitimi:—a ca\ alcaih-(d dead
j men—maichie'.’:iVom *»ne place ofhuri-
al to another ;—1 heard a shot, so hear
me that my horse leajie'd out of th'^
rank. 'Tins was tollow(‘d hv a loud
cry — two or three v.ords—;i ’,-olIcy—
and then, shot aftei’shot, as if a line of
sentinels, sle ijini;- upon their j',o-«t, had
suddenly started up, oneai'ti'r the other,
tired (di'their piecc;^', and run in.
“ ()ui- advance were wcdl iurnished
with hayonets—and they itnnu'dialt ly
clru ;ed up(ui the jjick'd, and we dashed
alter them, trampling; them to (h ath,
with our horses, riding; over them like
a whirlwind, w ithout speakin;;^ a word
or linn::; n sind. "I'his wa.s sc.arcelv doni',
when we heard the liriiii^ of the other
u hicii h(‘ had oruvided for his purpt)se,
.wa‘; o:,i‘ ol', those (jueer ri2:'.;‘''d miiide-
scri|d tldiij;s called a yachi, formerly
owneil hy the British, ar.d which had
seen much and severe service. Aj;e
hlid weakened Ikm* joiut.s, and the har-
i::,cks found an niKi.isturhcd restiiiii;
jilace ujioii lier hivttoni, .where the} (pi«-
etly i-ejioseil side hy side, untruuhieu
hy the nule \ isits of tht' sciapei'. 'I’uK-
iiii;' advantage of a fair w iiui,—for ,she
wt.'ulil sail with no other,—he, amid the-
jokes ()f his fellow captains, comnien-
'•ed his voyan’e for Herinuda. It was a
deadening sia;htto ohsei ve liei’ cr('o]jin>;'
ai.d (picakin;.^ over the waves, complai!!-
iiir .with her timbers h^ke a man ai'.hid-
ed with tlu' ^ou(. A fair wind, In w e-
ver, carried tiiein to t!ie latitude of i)er-
iTiuda, thout;h the captain found ih.d Ive
wa.s to the lee-ward of his iioit of .Usli:.-
ation, and he was under the nece"-;t\
j t tlionpta'.n ''•f ttic? paclcrt, wassiinjny
I i|ii«—he h.-’d no conimissioii to capture,
hu! only liKirque : yet the
K.piationof the Yankee ear-o was so
:;ivat. tli;it it could not I'-e resisted, and
Tl.e yai hi w;is left. heU'W tin; luw'ii, for
tht' purpO'C' oi ha'.inijj no inlerioi)iu2.
lVij:ate to share profits while the jjacket
wu-t up to uhtain the jiroper documents
for cajdtsrt—haviiii]; procured w-hich,
ihi-y |)roceetletl to lake pos.session under
tlieir new commission. The Secretary
of the (n)vernor accompanit'd the Cap-
ir.in (d’the ])acket.and stepped on board
tiie ‘vacht “ as one having ;iuthority.^
'riie'Yankeo marched up to him, “ sav-
a;.’,’e as ;nnealaxe,’’ and asketl his name
anti capacity—the reply was, 1 am
Secretary to the Uovernor of iierinuiia. ’
“A ou arc
‘•1 am, and I dcclarc your vessel to
be a 2Cood prize.‘‘ oil, ’ replied tiio
American ('aptaiii, ‘“ you are the very
man I wished , io see—have you a
knife?’’ .At this the dandy t;entleir.an
j made a retrosiade. motion, to p;( t out ol tne
wav uf one whom he thouj;'ht insane :
hut, on as'^uram.’e that he shouhl not be
harmed, he, .'it arms length, jiresented
hini a penktufe, with which the \ankee
■ ipped open the lop ot his boot, and
drev/ from tlience a Jiriti.-.!i licence.
Never were tlnu'e seen cu'mtenances
more clioji lallen tlian thos(‘ of the l*ri>'.e-
mast('r cc Cii. 'I’he paper wa*- strictly
t 'lamined, and foimd to !j“ antlwiitie ;
the a])jjearanoe of alhiirs was wttnderlul-
Iv chaiiii'ed. ‘‘ .‘Vnd now,” said the
Vai.kee, wilh a sneer, “Mr. Secretary
to the ii;overnor ol liermuda, w ith youi'
I'lTinission, I will ilress aeil \va;t on
\jnr master !” ’I'h ’ 1*: ii'c'niasti-r
ered hinisrli’ np and departed, sensible
d t!u' “ s!ij)s h(d\v»'en t.he cup ami th('
I p," in life's juurm 'I’hi- Secretary
p iili h ncvompanied tho (’ajdain in ihe
{iov,. ri'or's r!'''idence. 'The car;:;o\\ av;
.-ol.l ;.t an ei.ormeus pruf’t, a> nrovls-
vcry niul spacious churcr, v
Uojiers was at the lijne disciissi,„ ‘
subject of the Scriptures; and
sermon ho cxj>ostulated with th'r.*'*, ,
al'out their neqiect of the iJib'J
j)ersonated C.od to the con-r,.p„‘,
thus addressijip; them. “Ihavy^t?"
ed you so lonir with my Libip •
have sli^rhtfd it.; It iles’in your
ses covtd'cil with dust and'cob've?''
you care not to look intuit. I)r,
use my Riblo so?>-well, vou shall
my ]iib!e no lon-er.’’ He
up the Biblti Iroin tlie cushion
secmecl as if he were goinp; a',vav\-'!i'
it, and carryiuij it iVoiii them ; but if‘
mediately turnei! aj-aln, aiui personato.i
the |)c0])lc to .Cod, fell downon'j,;'*
knees, cried, and pleaded most earned'
ly, ‘*0 Lord, whatever thou docst t-,
us. take-not thy IMblo from us
our children—bum our houses—dost,,)!'
our Dcoods—only spare iis thy Bil,)f>i
only take not away thy liiblo!”
he addressed tiie people as an answer
Ironi C.od. “Say you So ?—well l
will try you a little longer ; hero is mv
Hi!)le tor you. I will yet see how you
will use it; whether you will lov'y j*
niorc—whet Iter you will praotisc i*
niore, and live more accoruin"- to it •
]}y thcsG actions he put the congrcftri.
lion Into so strange a posture, that tie
jH'ople n-enerally were (lcliie,cd with
their own tears. Dr. Good win hiniielf
w hen he retired lo take his horseo2::iin
was fain to han; a fjuarter of an U.ii!
upon the neck of his horse weeping, bt..
fore he had power to mount; so great
was the iiiipre.ssion uj)on him, on bi'.'
ino: been thus e\]M)slulated with for tJie
l; Ijible.’^
been thu
ncirlect of the
'riie late Dr. Du»ld, w ho was Gxcciit-
(m1 for fortcery, as he was stepping ii,to
tlio moiiiiiiiig c'lacli which convevtd
him to tlie scaHbhl, was asked bya’wo-
n'an who liad-imblheil tho notions of the
ions w i'K' in :':re:it ilemand. 'I'ii:' C'aj--' I'ree 'I'liii,ker-'—Now ! wdurc, where
t un of ti.e llritisii parked seiit him an i'' tbe Lord //(// Cud."'’ Ilf, in reply
rhdermined to ride the enemy down, or ' , . , r \
I.Uthev ha.l time to i f"'"’'
I'..'...: AV„si,i„»l„„ was .iroa.lfitlly ex-!
|...M .1. Tho li,:.t |„rkcl, minkini tl,is ' 1^^"','."* ''"'■f''’
n ,.roi,,l oft!,,. s„„o liitl,;skir-''
I-.- ■ , .1 ^ , I ation, and he was undLr tiie nece"-;tv
di\isioir «t the opposite quarter—so ad- n i • i i .
,,•...11, , 1 I I I .1 ol i)eatin2: ills vessel there airaiii't a n ao
mir.ihh- iimnl liad bei'ii the, arrana:e-i • i i - ■
V.-,. i,nn,«lu,t,.|v gallnned V'" ’ “ .'i V’
.l.-t.-nnin. .! lo the ,lou-„, o i ""-e '' ■.;ck.s he
1.. .1 I ...I I that h(; was still farther Irom that island
arrived in its lalitude;
a ni.'ui in a ..fit of int(j\-
looked most siren-
■' ' wi L.iv oiuM.: iiiTji; * 1 . .... It 1 I
nM-lHn.,M«rty, thal l.ad Imd iM,Ohel,
hcl.uv, lo -ivc th.- aliinn «->r,y,ced hm't,h Iwm ll„-
■■MHlti.f i|,ou,-h they l'ou-hl‘''“‘",'.'”".'‘'".'' "'ilioh 51,■ u-.„ at.
most salianll^, iciroal.hs flcn l.v .^1^,,. ,
l»'l,io;i II,c- I„,NS,.S. ,li,,,„li„.reWTV i„rl,, 1 >v„ul, ami h,.i,,,;
ami |)r,.sonli„u tho,.- I.r,2;hl l.av-.m-l-,, 1 "'‘'I' •''"'I 'a-
with(„a a H.,sl, of powdor, xvlu-ri-voi-1
w.i ro.lo ill iimm thcm_so ui:,t i «' ■•>"=.'■ l"r tliu W i-.-t Imlic.s,
rnuld not, uilh all oiJi niittini; ami sTiui-1di.scovciid,
riiiff. I'oriM- om-hors«li|,ol, thcm-ai,.l "I"*'' ''■'"'I''' '> " iml, a v.-sscl, at
Ins stern, which looked rather raki di,
ii'In common parlance, like an armed
vessel—to attempt escapina;, if he wish
ed it, was in vain, ll was inoitifvins;
to obs(‘rve tlu; cumpaiative spt'od ot the
strnnc;er, as in naval pride she boomed
Ii2;htly over the wav(:s, tossino; olf the
spray from her dark sides, as the war-
horse flings the foam from the bit—a
lew moments exhibited the ports ol' a
shlj) of s.onn; force, and soun the biujle
id' the mail ines was heard above the roar
of the warters ; the j:lancln-; of sabres
and muskets llashetl from the de^d, and
without hesitatitin the strani!;er ranp;ed
alonp-side, and the boanlinp; oHicer as
certained I be character of the vessel and
her disabilities for the voyaire which she
i;ad undertaken. 'I’hc 7}ofit>tS' ami
commodities of tiie vessel, con.si,din!!; of
j)ro\ i‘«iori.'-. i:c. altrai ti;tl the 030 of the
ollicer, and a.s the countries wer; tiien
at war, be procf'eded to help himself to
stjiiash, knockin':;- open tin; liutter ke^'s.
and beef barreis, as tho’ Ik* felt hi/n.s('lf
perfectly at lamie. 'I'lu' Capdain ol'tiie
\acht, wb(', with the assistance of a
heard ol ‘ three weeks irro'.vth, had
.M)ni(diiin«: ;dmo.'t ferocious in his ap-
iif araiice—yt t this ti rocity was wholly
'■xterior. anl was in tact a lover of fui:.
—-V s lie jirest nted himself on deck,'and
dis.'overed the ])roceedina:s of the ollicer,
lu; adiires.v. (i hiiii in a harsh tone, in-
ipiii III'-’; w hat he was about—the ollicer
inioi). .;d him that his vessel wasa law-
lul pi iX(‘to hi:, Majt'sty'.s j)a( k(d,—then
hound to Di'rinutla, and he was now
reapin:i; the benelit ol his eajjture. 'J’he
Vaiikee, however, forbade him from
nicddlin^- wilh hi:, proprrty, and delih-
evately dre\v lortb his jjcncil, enumera-
t'.n;; the aidii-’cs fdven out, with .'-criijiu-
loi;s nic( ty. Still the oiiicer proceedtd
in hi' iM.ily, .;!il l;avin; obtained a jjro-
])er amount td’ llie delicacies, left a crew-
on hoard his p;ize, and a haw.v^r was
niatle fa‘.t to the Yacdit, and she taken
in tow hy the captors, In ll.ivt- .lays
tlu*_\ tiiiim.;d he!'into the p(>r{ d I’erniii-
d;;, where a flet t 01 l5riti>h men of wai'
were then lyino-. and ■she w;is anchored
at some distaiu'e hi hnv tliem, and .tlie
paclu.d jiroceedt'd to town.
! !;(• ' ’Iiv wlii'h
then the moment that we hatl faccd about,
bhzin,i>: away uj)on us,'and nmninji; to
the next Iiouse—were dri\-en in.
At last wc had an ojiportunitv lor fair
play ; tiie Hessians were formed, and
forming, with the whole ;i:Iitf!-rin«-with
bayfimds. A Iremendons strim'c^le a.s
L>-ouu:; on at nur rlii;ht, under the very
eye of Washiniiton, with the enemy's
artillery, w hicli was taken ; when, with
a trooj) ol horse, Archibahl rode down,
Ids cap olf, his sword llashiiif^, like a
lirtd)rahd, in the lii;ht and smoke of the
musktdry — ‘ (d!arj;e ! (diarj^t^ ! h‘ erieil
—char:;'e ! n:y b:av(; iellows ! and pro-
\ nke them !(/ lii(‘.' An.yther troop!
Elliot h(‘r ! and another ! thundered ilown,
!rom ll'.e ri^^lit ami lei’t, but witii no ef-
lect at all upon ihf invisible (iei’mans ;
the Iront rank khctded all round—w.hile
the n st were lorminr, and presented
their tiayonets, without I'irini; a shot.
‘ li\ !u a\en I' s.'dd Arcliihald. shout
in'.!:, if his* l,e;irl would hri.-ak, to Caj)-
iain \\ as]iin;;-ton, • I will try them a-
,'A-"i '' and, as he said ^o, he rode, al
lull spet d, so ni'iu', that it ar>peared to
me that he eoidd liavi^ siruck the ene
my with his .iword—and liied his pi^iid
inlo their face-. (hir iVon! rani; lolltjw
rd the example —and the i;i'\t nii.'mei'.t.
al! the lles'jiaiis bioucrlu tia ir jiiecesiijj
to their eh (d-;s, and ponrc'i a tremeno-
u'ls \(illey in upon u- — 1 ia-.v my father
l.dl—.Vrthur r.-jl in lii-. slii-rn^is—but
.\rfdiih:dd, as il pti paied li,r this \ei\
ihinir, shouted, ‘ wh' i I and char?j-e' !'
‘ heel ami(diarue I' rejieati d a hili.d-
red \oi»‘(.'s ill our I'ear—‘whttl and
charrre !'
W e (d'.eyed—ruid Mie sr.ow llew—and
the s-.vonis flasliei! — and the next mo
ment, a huiidri'1 of the enemv — ihe
whole (d his Iront rank, were tram|ded
to dt at’i iiefoie u^'. and Iw-'ntv human
iieatis rolletl uj'on Ihe ;:;ri.und', .imonj;'
t(:e ! t I Cl'our lujrees.
'I !i(' iiil'ar.ti'y. nndt r C-ret iie, poured
in vidk\ alter volley, at liie same iime :
■Old !%nox. ha\inj; hrt.'i:-ht round his
l::.'ht held pit c's t(j hear, a.-, il' they ha«l
been hiundei busses, piavctl in 'n[)on
thi'm.'i!! m.iiit-'i'nijited rci] el'rh.vii.x’r
au'l tmuki.
ei|iii\ ilent tor the goiids taken out, al
llenniida (jrices ; and troni bein«;a cap
tured vessel, and the cr(w prisoiuis,
she was (diaii»:ed lo a w-elcome visitor,
with a iViemlly freiijhit: but the nioney
p;iid for the jturloiiiin^s of the I’rize-
master was rcdurned, with an assurance
told her to ”;u home, and turn lo the!-;;
venth eha])tt‘r ofiMicah, Mh, !){h, and
If.'tli \ ( rs('s.—She ilid so, and after
wait's went and bun" herself. Tiic
followinj^ aic the verses refcncd to
“ Rejoice - not aijainst me, 0 mine ene
my ; when 1. fall I shall arise; when I
ihal tlie beef and butter were paid for j sit in darkness the Lord shall be alidi
in lowinu;. as without the 1 nnto me, 1 will bear the indi|>;natica
as-sistanci'of Ills Majesty’s j.acket, the . oftliO Lonl, because I have sinned 3
yacht would have tound tiie bottom oftlie j 2;>''Iiist him, until he j)lead my cause. aiK
ocean much sooner than the Lland of I -'^t‘f'ide jutl2;ment for me : he will brins;
' me forth to the ligJit, and I shall lithold
his righteousness. Then s/te lhat
mine enemy shall sec it, and shaiin
shall eovt'r her wliich said unto nu',
where Is the J^ortl thy God } jVIincevis
shall behold her : now shall shchc trod
den down as the mire oftlie streets..'’
Li (era)'}/ ,iu('cdnlc.—A curious lit
erary anecdote has readied us, ot' tiie
times of Henry \’1II. 'I’onstall, ]}i>*h'
op of J.ondon, whose extreme modera
tion, of which he was accuscd at tlie
tiUiC. jireferred buinino; books to burn-
ina; authors, which was then netting in
to practiccj lo.te.'.tify his abhorrence of
'1 imlall's pi-incijdes, who had printed a
translation ot the ^New Testament, a
sealetl book fitr the multitude, thought
of i)urchasin» all tho copies of Tindall's
translation, aiirl anni!iilalint:i^ them in one
common llanie. This occiUTcd to him
when passin" through Antwerp, in
1 then a place of residence for the
Tinilnlists. lie employed an Kneclish
mt'rchan; there for this business, \vho
happimed to be a secret follower of Tin-
dai, and acquainted him with the ]>ish-
op s intention, 'iinual was extrenielv
”lad to hear of Ihe project, for he w;^
de.sii'ous tif prinlini; a more ('orrect eiii-
tion d' his version, but Il;' fijst it^ipies-
sioii still hun;- on his hanh, aiul he
w IS toi) poo;- to make a now op.f-. }[c
luriiislied the l‘!i;^lish meridiant wilh ali
liis unsold copies, whit h the Hislmp a^.
f;a'.:-er!y bou'.i'ld, aiitldiad them all pub
licly burned in CIk apside ; which tht
peo])h> not only di chuvd was ‘*a biirn-
Mu;- of the WoVd of Con,*’^ but i-t inllu-
enced the di;sire (d‘ reading;'that volume,
that the second edilion wasstiu^-ht after
at any j»ric(>, and when ono of tho 'i'in-
dahsts, who was ])romised by th(^ J.ord
(‘hancidlor, in a jirivate. r-xamination,
that he should not sull'er if he would r»;-
veal who encouraired and supported his
piiity at .\ntweip, the I imhdist imme-
dialt ly acccpicd the oflr;-, ;,|.,1 assured
the l.ord {’hiincellor that lh'> ;-reatest
enconra!>-ement tin y had was from ']’on-
stall, 15;hop of London, who hatl
boiiiiht ill-, half the llrst impression, and
enabled them to jjroduce a .second !
OHK.IXAL SIN.
I overheard a discoursesoinctiiii\:;lilift
altercation between a deacon, his so.n
and servants. Suinc one hatl iiifornicd
him that the cattle had broken into the
cornfield, and were making great rava
ges. Uis servants were ordered to make
liaste and turn them out, and repair the
breach. How came they there says
one :—Inch wav did they get in.'”
cries another. “It is impossible : the
lences an; good,*’ says a third. ‘‘Don't
ctnnd there talking to no purpose,” fi':os
the deacon, with increasing ean'.est:'''.'s’-
‘‘They are In the field destroying the
corn. I see tiiem with my own cyis
Out with them s])eetlil\ , anti ]iut up'hf
fence. "’ As I apjirt)ached him. he
to be more calm. “ \ our panloiu sii',—
these folhiws have, vexi'tl 1110.
make me liiinl; 1 I our jiarsoii's soriron^
'>11 the ori'.:'iii of .sin. .sjiemling iii^>
in needlessly intpiii iiiLT it canic/^;/'’
tii(' world, whil" ho o'ight to he CNlH^r:
ing Us to nr.Tvr. T i oi ;-.’’ Voi:rol)‘^ti'
vati(;ii i.'jus'.said I, ‘• and Vvdinhr'''’
tioi.s to youi’ servanls cf'iitain'•on''''
ihotlox ; a gootl praelical i:up!''>vcn'.i'i'
of ihe tliscourse \\r ha\ tMie:u‘d To-d.iy.
“ So the thought .'■tnki s me, I'-i'^
ed the deacon ; “1 w ill hint 1^ 1'^
clei-gy in general : ‘.(io ye inhi all' i'
wt)i Id and j)i’i‘ach the Cospel," ^c.
AM;'!)OiT.
Tlie great .tohn Ilowe, in his sermon
on “ the tiivine autl.tirifv (d' the Holy
Scriptures,'’ relates the‘followini-; cir
cumstance commuiiicaled to him by Dr.
Coti(lwii).
“ lie told me Jie, (loodwin, bcdng in
his youth a .'student at Cambritlg(‘, and
l':ivi:ig heard much of Mr. Kog,,rs, of
Dedham, puipt,s.'|y too], joumev to
hear him jireach on his lecture dav" ;
lecture so thronged and iVeqiienfed.^ha'
to tliov-e w!,o attended i.ot eariv, tix're
w;.. no po-Mhn:tx' of -eMji.p.
I'A'frnum}! in Can dies.—In sufli
j dlesticks as ai’o not niatle to sliilc, tl‘f
candh'sare lVe(piently j)erniitted tolui^
in tlu' socket to gr(;at waste, and to t.ic
iiij'ury of the cantllestick ; this nia} ”■
pieviMited by taklni;- out e.uly IhC dH"*!
])ieee d ciuitlle, placing il btdwccn ll>"^
common jiin.s .stiudi in an tild cork ui
c.andiestick. A pound of camlles
the jiounti, will give a greater tp!;!!’’*'.
of light by one-fourth, tl'.an a poiin*- '•
tj in th(! pouml ; becaust' the t:dlo"
more jierfectlv consumed in
([iience of a greater surface of wii’k
ing exposed to the air. Li kii'!;'‘
the lallov,' is not burnt, but dislil '^'‘
wa\ .
Dwtit—,\ fool \viio ain of
ii.q-ure of'M;nH* fashionahh'taiior,
V' .ilOi (d'hi.s wardrohe \vili con, f.d
01 hi-- ideas ; ihnti;.',!,, like li ■ I ’’'r