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Voi'tVN. TO MV'iJ f'--fy t'htirlA'e Sm,:S. I love the, n.nuinH,!, soher-stii.ri! Ni;ht ! When the f.n'H if"""', yet liiijj' r'mi; " r w ane Ami t ilt. 1 in ef.m.a. wi'h pule unci rtuin Ti,;lit, l.ins o'er the stent of tf.e rcilcvi train. ti deep depression sunk, ih' enfeebled mind . ill to the ilei , cul l i knu nt compLiii, And tell the embosomed trrief, however vain, To ulln surges and the view K wind. ThoUli no repose mi thy .lark breaU I find, I still enjoy thee cheerless rnt thou art : Eor in thy ipriet gloom the exhausted heart hrnhn, though wretct'td hopelessyet resig'tir d, W , ! to the winds and waves it oriiws giv'n May each, though lost on earth, the ear Heaven! Fin t)e ItiUmnof M tatlaM. Jf every one' internal care Were written m his brow, How many would our pity share, Who raise our envy now ! The Citid secret when reveal'd, . Of every aching breast, Would prove that only while conceal'd Their lot appears the bet. WiU-thtn Virtcs, &r. Variety's the very spice of life, That fives it all its flavor. -aw -u . j : r u . r tc A VOICE FROM ST, HELENA. Ilir 'Auk is the title of a work on Ihionapartc w liich waa printing in London hint June. En trs' were gotten from it while the printing &"inK "i nJ we have obtained them for piMication. I hey are not extensive, hut our readers will find them ery interrtting. ('Aurri .Mercury. n a fot.eon's HABITS OF LlVl.vr.. N apolcon'i hours of rest were un certain, much depending upon the qu .ntum of rest he had enjoyed during the l ight. He was in general a bad sleeper, and frequently get up at three or lour o'clock, in which case he read or vrote until six or seven, at which time, when the weather was fine, he omelimrs went out to ride, attended by some of his grnrrals, or laid down to rest again for a couple of hours. When he retired to bed, he could rot tl- p unless the most perfect state o! dirkness was obtained, by the closure of every cranny through which a ray ol light rnignt pass, although I have sometimes seen him fall asleep on the sola, and remain so for a few minutes in broad davhght. When ill, March- n I nrratinn illv read In tiirv until 1.1 - lr tl asleep. At times ne rose at set en, ' and wrote or dictated till breakfast time, or, ir me m- rnm was very line, hr went out to ride. When he break fasted in his own room, it was genei allv served on little round .able, at b' tween rinr ad ten ; when along with the rest ol his suite, at eleven ; in ei ther rase a lafounhrttr. After break fast, he grtirrally dictated to some of h's suite fgr a few hours, and it two or three o'clock received uch visitors In previous appoit tment had bctn di rected to present themselves. Uetwecn four and five, when thr weather per mitceJ, he rede out en horseback or in the carriage, accompanied by all his suite, for an h uror two; thin return ed and dictated or read until eight, or ociasionally p!ard a jamc at chess, at which time dinner was announced, V hich rarely exceeded twenty minutes or half an hour in duration. He ate heartily and fast, and did not appear to be partial to high seasoned, or rich food. One of his most favorite dishes Was a roasted leg of mutton, of which I have sometimes seen him pare the o tside brown part tiff; he was also ford of mutton chops. He rarely dro,k as much ns n pint of claret at hiv cbnner, w hich was generally much di! ited with water. A Iterdinner, when tie servants had withdrawn, ai d when there were no visitors, he sometimes pl'Mf'J hesa or at whist, but more fnqnttitly sent for a volume of Cor fu iile, or of some other esteemed au tin r, and read aloud for an hour, or chvted with the lad es or the rest of tl e suite. He usually retired to his brd-rnom at ten or eleven, and to rest, immidiately afterwards. When he breakfasted or dir.ed in his own apart V f nt ( dans P interievrJ he sometimes si nt for one of hi a suite to enverse wth him during the repast. He nev ei te more than two meals a d y, r.or, aWe I knew him, had he ever taken rr re thsn a very small cup of c ffee alter e ai h rrpast, and at no other time. I ave alo been informed by those who have been in his service for fifircn yrars, that he had never exceeded that quantity since tbrx first knew him. napoiton's hfd ciiambfr. It w as about fourteen feet bv twelve, an ! 'rn or eleven feet in height. The wain tre Jincd with brown nankeen, Wnl'-tti! am! nlgcil tvith common green bordering paper, and deMuuU ulfuttbase. Twjnn,ill windows, with out pullics, looked towards the camp ol the 53d regiment, one of which was thrown up and fastened by a pieced notched wood. Window iurt.iim of white long doth, a small fire place, a shabby grate, and fire irons to match, Willi a paltry mantel piece ol wood, naiiitrU white, upon which stood small marble bust of his son. Above the m.mtcl piece hung the portrait ol Marie Louise, and four or five of young Napoleon, one of which was embroi dered bv the hands of the mother. A 0t ! little more to the right hung also a min iature picture of the tmprcss Jose phine, and to the left was suspended the alarm chamber watch of Frederick the Great, obtained by Napoleon at Potsdam ; while on the right, the con sular watch, engnved with the cypher li, hung by ach.iin of the plaited hair of Marie Louise, from a pin stuck in the nankeen lining. The floor was co vered w ith a second hand carpet, which had oner- decorated the dining-mom of a lieutenant of the St. Helena artil lery. In the right lund corner was placed the little plain iron camp bed strad, with green silk curtail., upon u'hirh it muster hail rttlo&ttl Oi' the i fi. Ids of Marengo and Austerlitz. He tween the windows thtre was a paltry second-hand (best of drawers ; and a., old book case with green blinds stood on the left of the door leading to the next apartment, Four or five cin bot tomed chairs, painted green, were standing here and there about the room, before the hack door, there was a screen covered with natikctn, and be tween tlut and tic fire place, an Id fashione d sola cove red with long cloth, upon which reclined Napoleon, cloth- din his white morning gow n! white i loose l row st rs and stoi kings all in m e. A che cjucred red madras upoo his head, ar.d his shirt collar open without a cra vat. His air was melancholy and troubled. Hefore him stood a hide round table, with some books, t the foot of which lay, in confusion upon the carpet, a hr; p of those which he had alrtadv perused, and at the foot of the sofa fating him was suspended a portrait of the Kmpress Marie Lou ise, with her son in her arms. In front of the fire-place stood Las Casas, w ith his arms loldcd over his breast, and t . ( k.. W. I n.'.tll fTV army t C ' OVCr tO the Isle ol immiic ,'tiJrij ill tnc ! ilia iui.uj, ji i a; ;he former m,,ofenrr nf o.e onre i Imit - htv emperor of Frame, nothing ; r..,f a tun-rl, wash hfin.l . stand, containing a silver basin and wa-j m" ,,rtw"? cessation ter-ioc of t'e same metal, in the left;0' firmS- h,fh "'d".c! ..had P'od"ftd hand comer. NrtroLr.OS S Ut'CNDS. N.'poleon showed me the marks of son was molested of either side. ' ne two xvc uncls, one a very deep cicatrice day, hov ever, ndb g al ng with Oucli above the left knte, which he said he riot, I stepped for a moment upon the had received in his first campaign in edge of the island, which was about Italy, rd it was ,f su srrious a n.'ture, tig'Mv toisrs dita t f'o.n the opposite that the surgeors were in dt.uhtwhe- bank, whrre thc tnemy was. They ther it might not be ultimately nrces- pnceivid us, ai d knowing me bx the sary to amputate. He observed, that little Ktl and grey coat, they pointed a when he was wounded, it was always thrrc potindir t us. The ball passed kept a secret, in order not to disconr- between Oudinot and nu, ami was vr age the soldiers. Thc other was n rv .lose to both of us. We put !purs .he tnc. and had been received at Lek t() vt horses, a d spceddy got out of muhl. " At the seige of Acte," eon-; sight. U tier the actual cm umstan i'uiucel he, "a she 11 throw, by Sulnry ! Sn ith fell at mx feet. Two soldiers, who were close by, seized ;md clo. ly embraced me, one in front and the oU - er on one side, and made a rampart ol their bodies lor me ngainst the tflect of the shell, which exploded, and over whelmed ns in sand. W c sut k into c sui a into the hole formed by its burst., g; one of moths b;forc the roM Ml n St((rfs them was wourded. 1 made them of ai ki. da were plenty The houses both , flirt rs. One hasa.net : los, a I, g o( (ht. ,)lt4nt5vtrc Mr prAi(rdi at Moscow, and commandet a. in-.j mjnv hid ,cft ,htir' BfrvanM ee.nes when I left I ans. W hcj0 Jtlt,ti on us jn most f ti em was summoned by the ItusMans. he . . ' f, . ,. .... replied, that as soon s they sent him b,-ck the teg he bad lost r.t JJc,Ct:'.v, he would surrerdrrthe fortress. 'Many times in my life,' continued he, " have I been saved by soldiers and of. ficers throwing themselves before me when I was in the most imminent dan ger. At Areola, when I was advan cing, Colonel Meuron my aid de-o mp. threw himself before me, c vered rm with his body, and rueived the we uri! which was destined for me. He fell at my feet, and his blood spouted ir. mv fact. He gave his lift to preserve mine. Never yet, I belie ve, has the re been surh c'tvotion she wn by soldiers as mine have manifested for me. In all my misloitunes, nexer has thc sol dier, even when expiring, been want ing to me never has man bten serti tl mere faithfully by hs troops. Wiih the last chop of bl od geif birg on. e! their rins, they exclaimed I'ivef Lm- pereur ! UCATII Ol' MOKE AIT, " In the bat k- before Dresden, I or dered an attack to be made upon the allies by both flanks of my army. White the m.tiuo ivres for this purpose were executing, the centre remained motionless. At the distance of ab"ut from this to the outer gate, I observed a group of persons collected together on horseback. Concluding that they were endeavoring to observe my ma noeuvres, I resolved to disturb them, and called a captain of artillery, who commanded a field battery of eighteen or twenty pieces: "Jettez uiie dou aine de boulejs a la fois dans ce groupe 1 1, peutetre il y en qutlrpacs petits gen er.uix." ( Throw a dozen of bullets at once into that group; perhaps there are some little generals in it.) It was done instantly. One of the b.ills struck Morcau, carried off both his legs, and went thro-igh his horse. Many more, I believe, who were near him, were killed and wounded. A moment be fore, Alexander had been speaking to him. Moreau's legs were amputated not far from the spot. One of the feet, with the boot upon it, which the sur geon h id thrown upon the ground, was brougnt bv a peasant to the King of S xony, with infoim..tion that some olliccr of great distinction had been si i ink by a cannon shot. The king, conceiving that the name of the per son might peril ps be discovered by tbr boot, s-nt it to me. It was exam-iiu-d ai my head quarters, but all that ouid be .scertaincd was, that the boot was neither of Knglish nor of French m itiufji ture. The next day we were informal that it was the leg of Moreau. It is not a little extraordinary," contin ued Napoleon, " that in an action a sb rt time afterwards, I ordered the same aitillcrv officer, with the same and under nearly similar circum stances, to throw eighteen or twenty built ts at oner into a concourse ol of ficers lollccted together, by which gen tral St. Priest, .mother Frenchman, n traitor, and a man of talents, who had a corr mand in th Russian army, was k lb d. along with many the rs. N .th ing," continued lr emperor, n"s more tie sin.ctitc than a discharge ol a d zen or more guns at once amongst a group of persons From o.e or two ihey may escape; but from a number dis charged at a time, it is almost impos sible. Alter Esliic. win n 1 had caus- L.ooau. mere was tor some WtekS, OX ' " I I C II ct-oim. n and tacit consent on uotn hide s 't . -L IJ- - I .. " n tnc soin.ers, m I an) agrt e no benefit, and only killed a few un fortunate srr.tinels. I rode ou ex t ry day in different directions. No per- Ces, the a-t-ck was littlf better tbar 'murder; but if thev biul fired a doztn of guns at once tr-cv must lave killed Us." BURMSC. Or MO-COW, I was in ihe m dst .1 .1 fine city, pro- 'visiot.ed for a year, for in Russia they , - ,,. i- .,.,.r.i nit iv n ai a iMut t i kj (lie ii t'j'i iv 't 1 begging the French rfliccrs who took possession to lake care of their 'oii.i ture ar.d otrer this gs ; that they had It It every so tide necessary for our wants, and hoped to return in a few days, when the tmperor Alexander had accommodated matters, at which time they would be happy to see us. Many ladies remained behind. I hey kmew that I had been in Ikrlin !'! Vienna with my armies, and that n t jury h..d been done to the inhabi lai ts; and moreover, they expected a -peedy peace. We were in hopes ol e.iji yii g niicelxes in w inte r quarters, with evert prospect of success in thc spring. 1 w o tlax s after our ai rival, a fire was discovered, v. hich at first was nit supposed to be alatming, but to have been caused by the s Idiers kit tiling their fues too near the houses, which were ebiiflyof wood. 1 wa rL.iv ;t th is. aid issued very stue orders on the subject to the comnian- d.itiU of the regiments and others. ! o close au adhesion of it that i; llie next day it advnnced, bit still not. was impossible to remove it without, so an to give serious alarm. II wev- torturing approaching to that of mar er, afraid that it might gain upon us, I tyrdom. But in nine days it sponta went out on horseback, and Rave eve- j neaously dropped off the sores healed rydirectionto extinguish it. The next i up; and since then he experienced not morning a violent wind arose, and the ' the slightest symptom of return, lie fire spread with the greatest rapidity. is now a robust healthy man, and may Some hundred miscreants, hired for , be seen every day driving a catt in the that purpose, dispersed themselves in ; street's of this city, different parts of the town, and with Montreal Ihtald. matches which they concealed tinder their cloaks, set fire to as many bouses w'e. need be U't reminded of the things wo to windward as they could, which was know." easily done, in consequence of the com-) Among the timplc remedies pre bustible materials of which they were scribed for obstinate complaints, per built. This, together wi h the vio- haps no one has stood the test of ex lence of the wind, rendered every ef-1 perience better than burnt iork. Its fort to extinguish the fire iuefFxtu.il. ' usefulness in the bilious cholic and I myself narrowly escaped w ith life. cholera morbus hasbeen amply pr ved ; In order to shew an example, I ventu- ! and its good effects renders expedi.nt red into the midst of the flames, and a renewed publication of the method had tnv hair and eye-brows s'u ged, and of its use. Take a common velvet mv clothes burnt off my back; but it cork, burn it thoroughly, maeerute it was in vain, as they had destroyed fine, pour upon it a tea spoon lull ot most of the pumps, of wh'uhthere wcie brandy, and add a little nutmeg and above, h thousand; out of all these, I sugar to make it palatable. The quan- believe .hat we could onU fit d one that was serviceable, besides, the wretch- es that had been hired by Uostopchin ran .bout in every quarter. eli"snnina- ting fire with their nutches; in which thev were but too much asisteu hv trie i wind. This terrible conflagration ru ined every thing. I was prepared for every thing but this. It was unfore seen ; who would ha e thought that a nation would have set its capital on fire The inhabitants themselves, how- ever, el.d all they co,ld to extinguish it, and several of tl.rm ju-nshed ... their endeavors. I hey ;.,su brought before us numbers of the .n. e t. dut ie s with their matches, as amidst such a yopouizzo we never co id li.r. e Oi uov ered them ourselves. 1 caused i.bout two hundred of these wretches t be shot. Had it not been fur the fatal f:re, 1 had every tiling my armv wan ted; excellent wit ter quarters; stores ol ail kinds were in plenty ; iiul the rcXt year would have decided it. Al- exaiide r wou u nave n.aoc peace , or woold h,ve been in I etersburgh I askeu if lie though, that he could en- t.rtlv subdue Russia. "No, replied i. iii . . . ; Napoleon ; " but I would have caused , IlusMa to make such a peace as suited . the interests or r ranee. I was live days too late in quitting Moscow. St v , . . . eral of the generals," continued he, " w ere bun t out of their beds. I my self re mained in thr Kremlin until sur rounded w ith flames. The fire advan ced, seizedthc Chinese a d India ware houses, and several store s of oil and spirits, wh'n h burst forth in flames and overw.bt Imrd exrry thing. I then re tired to a lountry bouse of the Fmpe ror Alexander's, distant about a league from Moscow, and you m.iy figure to yourself thr intensity ol the fire, w hen I tell vou, that you could scarcely bear your hands upon ihe walls or the xvin dows on the side next to Moscow, in consequence cf their heated state. It was the spectacle ol a sea and billows of lire, a sky and clouds 1 1 flames ; mountains ol rtd rolling flames, like immense waves of the sra, alternately bursting forth and tlevatir g t-temselvcs to bkiis of fire, and then sinking into the ocean of flame bcl w. Oh, it xvas fe most grantl, the most t-uhlime, and thr most terrific sight thc world ever b.b.KI!'" MvtWcnX. Kl.Nti S KML. Wc have lately heard liom a person who stated herself to be personally ac quainted with the fact, of a cure for this afflicting disease, thc particulars of which we conceive it our duty to communicate to the public, without vt muring an opinion w hether the com plaint was genuine or pscudal, or if the former, its cure attributable to the sup poacd remedy rr !"me ther cause. About ten years ngo, a young man, aged about 28 years, and ahlitted with this disease to a gteat degree, arrived from Scotland. He had in vain em ployed the best physicians in Great Uritain and on the eontinent, none of whom could cure him ; and on his ur lival in this city, had actually nine run ning sres in his neck, so that his exis tence had becomeburthensome to him. It so happened that the person with whom he logded had one evening brought from town some pitch for do mestic purpose, and, either reasoning from its medical properties in other . ascs, rr (as our informant thinks, but as appears to us very improbable,) thro' merriment, told the man a pitch plaster would certainly cure him. The atter consented ; the plaster was appli- d ; and thc consequence was excruci ating pain for twenty-four hours, and titv to be taken at a time need not ex- cced the half of a common corkv and it may be diluted with water, and in- creased in quantity until a cure is cf- fectcd. A'. T. Amer. YWVvi!s. .leHUS answered, Uid Said unto liilll, elil;, verily, I hhv mil thee, except a man bo Low ujuin, Lc cannot .c the kintf.loui of Ood. Jiimi iii. Tli mrininrf nf ivKirb i'i tl.is TnM mankiml alc burn or f0mc int:, thc wor(i w-uh dispositions so (lepra Q u t ; wA aiMu that hU U ; siUe f()r thrm m.r tQ tntcr thr Lingdom of heaven, exce;;t they ;.r' si totally thanked as to become- t;rv. creatures. No partial alteration v. ill do; it most be an entire change ol temper, t.tutiiiients, habits, manner-., inclinations, arid pursuits. All the it; turbulent and high-spirited passi ns must be eradicated, and meekness, , ,,n anJ pot,rncss uf spiril, ,. froJaci.d in thc'ir room J n,ust i iy Ue f Ym lQ UntV. . ' t'm,ninrn; . nni, ( vM ; Q a onsUnt hallt of , jt anJ dtVl)tion. Thi5t in lht. hn i :,'. .t ., nr i,. i I eUk!t til SLIIIMUIt, 19 ll'l llll) MIIU emphatically styled being born ngin ; because it is a kind of entrance upon a new life, and a commencement of a state entirely different from the for mer. The necessity for this change is sufficiently evident, because, if men could be permitted to carry these evil dispositions with them into the king dom of God, they w ould not be happy themselves, nT suffer others to be Wc see that even upon earth, if a wicke d, md gnant, and turbulent man was confined for life, in a virtuous, peaceable, and pious society, it w t !d be no inconsiderable punishment; and much more se vere would it be in heav en, where the contrast is greater and thc duration longer. Wickedntss nd misery are by nature so closely unite d, that they tanm t br separated, and there fore neither of them Can have a place in thc kingdom cf God. If anv one's dispositions are cruel, malignant, envious, tuibtiknt, factious, and :im hitious, though, in contradiction to , their impulse, he should perform all 1 the duties cf piety, benevolence, hu mility, and submission, he could not become a number of this holy una happy society, because his admission would be rather a punishment than a reward: before he tould attain this state of felicity, he must be qualified to enjoy it, and this can only be effect ed by being born again. How a man is to be born again, .1 esus further informj us in the succeeding verse; he there says, u Kxcept a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Lint-Join of God ;" that is, except a man be born again, by embracing the doctrines and obeying thc precepts ol his re ligion, for w hich purpose the ex ternal sign of baptism, and thc internal assistance of the holy spirit, are abso lutely necessary. Hy these, togrther with sincere repentance and reforma tion, he may become a new person, and perfectly qualified to be, and to make others happy in that blessed com munity 5 and when qualified, however great may have been his former offen ces, he will be readily admitted, and there w ill be joy in heaven at his re ception. It is the infirmity of poor spirits to be taken with every appearance, and dazzled with every thing that sparkles; but great geniuses have but li'.tle admiration, be cause few things appear tt them new.
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