LIBERTY.. ..THE CONSTITUTION....UNION.
Vol.. xvii.
NEWBERN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1833.
NO. 857.
PUBLISHED
BY THOMAS WATSON.
TI2RMS,
Three dollars per annum, payable in advance.
PATRIOTIC SPEECH OF MR. EMMET,
,3 DELIVERED AT THE 'SESSION HOUSE, DUBLIN, BEFORfi
LORD NORBURT.
iIv Lords -What have I to say why sentence of
(4th slioul 1 not he pronounced on me, according to
hjv? I have nothing to say, that can alter your pre
prniirffition, nor that it would become me to say
jth any view to the. mitigation of that sentence
,vfjjrfi you are here to pronounce, and I must abide
B it I have that to say, which interests me more
thirtl!fVn which you have laboured, (as was ne-ces.-r:ly
yur office in the present circumstances of
ifii.-.oppr3 country,) to destroy. 1 have much to
iv why my reputation sliould be rescued from the
jonJ rf false accusation and calumny which has
Kivn heaped upon it. I do not imagine that,
r it"d where you are, your minds can leso f ee from
-impurity, a to receive the least impression from what
I inn going to. utter 1 have no hopes that 1 can an
chor my character in the breast ot a court constituted
Jin,; trammelled as this is I only wish, and it is the
utmost I expect, that your lordships may suffer it to
ilo.it down your memories untainted by the foul breath
of prejudice, until it fin is some moie hospitable har
bor to shelter itj from th.1 storm by which it is at pre
wni buffeted.- i Was I only to suffer death, alter being
:v!ju!pd guilty by your tribunal I sliould bow in
ulefcee, and meet the fate that awaits me without a
murmur: but the sentence of law which delivers my
toily to the executioner, will, through the ministry of
til it. luvubour in its own vindication, to consign
ny" character to obloquy for there must be guilt
mewlicr.-: whether in the sentence .of the court or
;nthe V.;it;jsfiophe, posterity mustdetermine. A man
in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter
th "difficulties ofJortuae, an ' the force of power over
nfn.-s which it has corrupted or subjugated, but the)
(iilTiculties 01 established prejudice: the man dies,
(nit hie memory lives : that mine may not perish, that
i: nnv live in the respect of my countrymen, I seize
upon this opportunity to vindicate iT.yseif from some
of the charges al!egel against me. When my spirit
thai! Ie wafted to a more friendly port ; when my
shade shall have joined the bands of those martyred
hws who have shed their blood on th- scaffold and
in the field, in defence of their country and of virtue,
tliis is mv hope ; I wish that my memory an I najne
:niny animate those "who survive me, while I look
down with 'complacency on the destruction of that
perfillm iivernirrMit, which upholds its domination
by blasphemy ot thf Most. High which displays its
:;ower over man as over the beasts of the forest which
tets man upon his brother, and lifts his hand in the
Tvuiic of God. against the throat of his fellow who be
!!ieves or doubts a little more or a little less than the
id to barbarity by the cries of the orphans and the
tears of the widows which it has made".
Here !; Sorlmry interrupted Mr. Emmet,
eying, that the mean and wicked enthusiasts who
fflt a.i iw t'i'L were not equal to the accomplishment
of Ih fir wild designs,
I iprvnl to the. smmaculate; God I swear by
ht t'aniiv of Heaven, he (ore which must shortly
apji'Mr v the blood of the murdered patriots who
hav.-umie' before, m; that mv con ! net h is been
'hrMiM all this peril and all my purpose, governed
.only !v the convictions which I have uttered, an i by
no other view, than that of their cure, and the eman
ciatti"n of my country from the suporinhumnn op
jirossion under which she has so long and too patient
ly traviiled and that I confidently and assuredly
'opc,-tlmr, wild and chimerical as it may appear,
jiicic i stiH union and strength in Ireland to accom
plish this noblo enterprise. Of this I speak with the
confidence of intimate knowledge, and with the con
trition that appertains to that confidence. Think
nor, my lord, I say this for the petty gratification of
;viu(t you a transitory uneasiness; a man who ne
ver ytt raised his voice to assert a' lie, will not hazard
his character with posterity by assorting a falsehood
on a subject so important to his country, and on an
occasion like this. Yes, my lords, a man who. does
not wish to have his epitaph written until his country
is liberated, will not 'eave a weapon in the power of
envy; no.- a pretence to. impeach the probity which
lie mpans to preserve even in the grave which tyran
ny consigns him.
Here he wis again interrupted by the court St
Again I say. that what I have spoken, was not in
tended for your lordship, whose situation I commiserate
rather Than envy my expressions were for rny coun
trymen ; if there is a true Irishman present, let my
last .words cherish' hffn in the hour of his affliction
Here he was again interrupted. Lord Norbu
rf surd he did not sit there to hear treason.
I have always understood it to be the duty of a
'judge when a prisoner has been convicted, to pro-nounce-the
sentence of the law ; I have also under
stood that judges sometimes think it their duty to hear
with patience, and to spe.ik.with humanity; to exhort
.ni. viviwii ui uie laws, ana to oner witn tenner uei-.ig-tiity
his opinions of the motives by which he was ac
tuated in the crime, of which he "had xbeen adju gtd
guilty : that a judje has thought it is duty so to have
done, I have no doubt but where is the boasted free
dom of your institutions, where is the vaunted impar
tiality, clemency, and mildness of your courts of jus--ice,
if an unfortunate prisoner, whom your policy,
2nd not pure justice, is about to dclivt into the hands
of the executioner, is not suffered to explain his mo.
, tives sincerely and truly, and to vindicate the princi
ples by which he was actuated ?
M lords, it may be a part of the system of angry
justice, to bow a man's mind by humiliation to the
purposed iirnominv of the scaffold: but worse to me
han the purposed shame, or the scaffold's terrors,
would be the shame of such foul and unfounded im
putations as have been laid against me in thi6 court:
vu, my lord, are a judge, I am the supposed culprit ;
I ara a man, you are a man also, by a revolution ot'pow-
h we might change plaees, though we never could
hanjre characters ; if I stand at the bar of this court,&
are not vindicate my character, what a farce is your
justice? If I gtand at this bar and dare not vindicate
tty character, how dare you to calumniate it? Doe6
the Pentence of death which your unhallowed policy
inflicts on my hodv. also condemn ray tongue to si-
ence and my reoutation to reproach 1 Your execo-
T oner may abridge the period of my existence ; but
vhile I exist, I shall not forbear to vindicate my eha-
racter and motives from your aspersions; and as a
nwntowhora fame icdearer than life, I will make
last use of that life ingoing justice to that reputa-
; v.on wnich i& to live after me, and which is the only
- legacy I can leave to thosetl honour and love, and
'3r whom I am proud tb perish. As men, my lord,
must aDnear at the creat dav at one commw m
' Junal, and it will then remain for the searcher of all
Jeartsto show a mllortivo nrnvpreri who was enoat?ed
to the most virtiiouactions, or actuated by the pu-
'to' --raouves mv countrv's ODBressors or
iere he v,qs interrupitdend told to listen ia the
My lonl, will a dying man be denied the privilege
of exculpating himself, in the eyes of the community,
of an undeserved reproach thrown upon him during
his trial, by charging him with ambition, and attempt
ing to cast away, for a paltry consideration, the liber
ties of his country 1 Why did your lordship insult
me? or rather insult justice, in demanding of me
why sentence of death should not be pronounced ? I
know, my lord, that form prescribes that you should
ask the question ; the form also presumes a right of
answering-. This no doubt may be dispensed with
and so might the whole ceremony of trial, since sen
tence was already pronounced at the castle, before
your jury was empannelled ; your lordships are but
the priests of the oracle, and I submit; but I insist on
the whole ol the forms.
f Here the Court desired him to proceed.
I am charged with hnng an emissary of France !
An emissary of France ! And for what end ? It is
alleged thatl wished to sell the independence of my
country! And for what end ? Was this the object
of my ambition ? And is this the mode by which a
tribunal of justice reconciles contradictions ? No I am'
no emissary ; and my ambition was to hold a place
among the deliverers of my country; not in power,
nor in profit, but in theglorjroftheachievinent! Sell
my country's independence to France! And for what?
Was it for a change ol masters? No ! But for ambition!
O, my country, wes it personal ambition that could'
influence mc ; had it been the soul of my actions, could
I not by my education and fortune, by the rank and
consideration of my family, have placed myselfamong
the proudest of my oppressors? My country was my
idol ; to it I sacrificed every selfish, every endearing
sentiment ; and for it, I now offer up my life. O God !
No, myT lord; I acted as an Irishman, determined on
delivering my country from the yoke of a foreign and
unrelenting tyranny, and from the more galilng yoke
of a domestic faction, which is its joint partner and
perpetrator in the parricide, for the ignominy of ex
isting with an exterior of splendor and of conscious
depravity. It was the wish of my heart to extricate
my country from this doubly riveted despotism.
I wished to place her independence beyond the reach
of any power on earth ; 1 wished to exalt you to that
proud station. Connexion with France was indeed
intended, but only as fir as mutual interest would
sanction or require. Were they to assume any au
thority inconsistent with the purest independence, it
would ho. the sign d for their destruction ; we sought
aid, and we sought it, as we had assurances we should
obtain it ; as auxiliaries in war and allies in peace.
Were the French to come as invaders or enemies,
uninvited by the wishes of the people, I should oppose
them to the utmost of my strength. Yes. my coun
try men, I should advise yon to meet them on the beach,
with a sword in one hand, and a torch in the other;
I would meet them with all the destructive fury of
war ; and I would animate my countrymen to immo
late them in their boats, before they had contaminated
the soil of my country. II' they succeeded in landing,
and if forced to retire before superior discipline, 1
would dispute eVery inch of ground, burn every blade
of grass, and the last entrenchment ol liberty should
be my grave. What 1 could not do myself, if I should
fall, I should leave as a last charge to my countrymen
to accomplish ; because I should feel conscious that life,
any more than death, is unprofitable, when a foreign
nation holds my country in subjection.
But it was not as an enemy that the succours of
France were to land; I looked indeed for the assistance
of France ; but I wished to prove to France and to the
world, that lush-men -deserved. to be assisted ! That
thev were indignant at slavery, and ready to assert
the independence of their country.
I wished to procure for my country the guarantee
which Washington procured for America. To pro
cure an aid, which, by its example, would be as im
portant as its valour, disciplined, gallant, pregnant
with science and experience, who would perceive the
good, and polish the rough points of our character;
they would come to us strangers, and leave us as
-friends, after sharing in our perils and elevating our
destiny. These were my objects; not to receive new
task-masters, but to expel old tyrants ; these were my
views, and these only became Irishmen. It was (or
these ends I sought aid from France', because France,
even as an enemy, could not be more implacable than
the enemy already in the bosom of my country.
Here he was interruptedby the Court.'
I have been charged with that importance in the
efforts to emancipate my country, as to be considered
the fcey-stane of the combination of Irishmen; or, as
your lordship expressed it, "the life and blood of con
spiracy." You do me honour over-much. You have
giventothe subaltern all the credit of a-superior.
There are men engaged in this cunspirac u. 'who are
not only superior to me, but even to your own con
ceptions ot yourself my lord ; men, belbre the splen
dor of whose genuis and virtues, I should bow with
respectful deference, and who would think themselves
dishonoured to be ealled your friend who would not
disgrace themselves by shaking your blood stained
hand
Here he was interrupted.
What, my lord, shall you tell me, on the passage to
that scahold, which that tyranny, of which you are
only the intermediary executioner, has erected for
my murder, that I am accountable for all the blood
that has, ano will be shed in this struggle ol the op
pressed against tne oppressor i snail yon tell me
this and must I be so very a slave as not to repel it?
I do not fear to approach the omnipotent Judge, to
answer tor the conduct ot my whole lue ; and am I to
be appalled and falsified by a mere remnant of mor
tality here? By you too, who, if it were possible to
collect all the innocent blood that you have shed in
your unhallowed ministry, in one great reservoir,
your lordship might swim in it.
Here the Judge interfered.
Let no man dare, when I am dead to charge me
with dishonour; let no man attaint my memory by
oeiieving that 1 could have engaged in any cause but
umi ui my country's i iDerty aim independence; or
mat i could have become the pliant minion ot power
in ine oppression or the miseries o my countrymen.
The proclamation of the provisional government
speaks for our views; no inference can be tortured
irom it to countenance barbarity or debasement at
u j bUDJecilon humiliation or treachery irom
abroad ; I would not have submitted to a foreign op
pressor, ior ine same reason that I would resist the
foreign and domestic oppressor ; in the dignity of free
dom 1 would have tbught upon the threshold of my
country, and its enemy should enter only by passing
over my lifeless corpse. Am I, who lived but for my
country, and who have subjected myself to the dan
gers ol the jealous and watchful oppressor, and the
bondage of the grave, only to give rhy countrymen
then; rights, and my country her independence, and
am I to be loaded with calumny, and not suffered to
resent or repel it No, God forbid !
If the spirits of the illustrious dead participate in
the concerns and cares of those who are dear to them
mthis transitory life O ever dear and venerated
shade ot my departed father, look down with scrutiny
ujxin the conduct of yoor suffering son ; and see if I
have even for a moment deviated from those principles
of morality and patriotism which it was your care to
instil into my youthful mind ; and for which I am now
'.a cSfer up my life.
My lords, you are impatient for the sacrifice the
nlood which you seek, is not conowilprt hu tho
cial terrors which surround your victim; it circulates
warmly and unruffled, through the rha
God created for noble purposes, but which you are
bent to destroy, for purposes so grievous, that they cry
to heaven. Be yet patient ! I have but a few more
words to say. I am going to my cold and silent
grave: my lamp of life is nearly extinguished: my
race is run: the grave opens to receive me, and I
sink into its bosom! I have but one request to ask at
my departure from this world, it is the charity of ita
silence! Let no man write my epitaph: for as no
man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them,
let not. prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let
them and me repose in obscurity and peace, and my
tomb remain uninscribed, until other times,' and other
men, can do justice to my character; when my coun
try takes her place among the nations of the earth,
then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written.
I have done.
A BROKEN HEART.
BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
I never heard
Ofany true affection, but t'was nipt
With care, that like the catterpiller eats
The leaves of the spring's sweet bud and rose.
It is a common thing to laugh at love stories, and
to treat the tales of romantic passion as mere fictions
of poets and novelists, that never existed in real life.
My observations on human nature have convinced
me of the contrary, and have satisfied me that how
ever the surface of the character may be chilled and
frozen by the cares of the world, and the pleasures of
society, there is still a warm current of affection run
ning through the depths of the coldest heart, that
prevents its being uttterly concealed. Indeed I am a
true believer in the blind deity, and go to the full ex
tent of his doctrines. Shall! confess it? I believe
in broken hearts, and the possibility of dying of dis
appointed love ! I do not hawever, consider it a ma
lady often fatal to my own sex : but I firmly believe
that it withers down many a iovely woman into an
early grave.
Man is the creature of interest and ambition. His
nature leads forth into the struggle and hustle of the
world. Love is but the embellishment of the early
life or a song piped in the intervals of the acts. He
seeks for fame, tor fortune, for space in the world's
thoaght, and dominion over his fellow men. But the
woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The
heart is her world ; it is there her ambition strives for
empire, it is there her avarice seeks for hidden trea-
sure, fehe sends lorth her sympathies on adventure ;
she embarks her whole soui in the traffic of affection;
and if shipwrecked, her Case is hopeless lor it is a
bankruptcy of the heart.
To a .man, the disappointment of love may occa
sion some bitter papgs ; it wounds some feelings of
tenderness it blasts some prospects of felicity; but
he is an active being: he can dissipate his thoughts
in the whirl of varied occupation, or plunge into theS
tide ol pleasure; or, it the scene ol disappointment
be too lull ol painlul associations, he can shut his
abode at will, and taking as it were the wings of the
morning, can hy to the uttermost parts of the earth,
and be at rest. ,
But woman's is comparatively a fixed and medita
tive file, fehe is more the companion ot her own
thoughts and lee lings, and if they are turned to mi
nisters of sorrow, where shall she look (or consolation !
Her lot is to be wooed and won; and if unhappy in
her love, her heart is like some Ibrtress that has been
captured and sacked, and abandoned and left deso
late.
How many bright eves grow dim how many soft
cheeks grow pale how many lovely forms fade
away into the tomb, an . none can tell the cau.-e that
blighted their loveliness. As the dove ill clasp its
wings to its side, and cover and conceal the arrow
that is preying on its vitals, so it is the nature of wo
man to hide from the world the pangs ol wounded
affection. The love of a delicate female is always
shy and silent. -Even when untortunate,she scarcely
breathes it to herself, but when otherwise, she ounes
it in the recess of her bosom, and there lets it cower
and brood among the ruins of her peace. With her,
the desire of the heart has failed. The great charm
of her existence is at an end She neglects all the
cheerful exercises that gladden the spirits, quicken
the pulses, and send the tide of life in healthful cur
rents through her veins. Her rest is broken the
sweet refreshment of sleep is poisoned by melancholy
dreams 'dry sorrow drinks her blood' until her en
feebled frame sinks under the List external assailant.
Look for her after a little while, and you will find
friendship' weeping over her untimely grave, and
wondering that one, who but lately glowed with all
the radiance of health and beauty, should nowbe
brought down to 'darkness and the worm.' You
will be told of some wintry chill, some slight indispo
sition, that laid her low but no one knows the men
tal malady that previously sapped her strength, and
made her so easy a prey to the spoiler.
She is like some tender tree, the pride and beauty
of the grove; gracelul in its form, bright in its (bil-
age, but with the worm preying at us core, w e
find it suddenly withering, when it should be most
fresh and luxuriant. We see it dropping its branches
to the earth, ana shedding leaf by leaf, until wasted
and perished away, it falls even in the stillness of
the forest, and as we muse over ths beautiful ruin,
we strive in vain to recollect the blast or thunderbolt
that could have smitten it with decay.
I have seen many instances of women running to
waste and self-neglect and disappearing gradually
from the earth almost as if they had been exhaled to
heaven, and have reneatedfv fancied I could trace
their deaths through the various declensions of con-
umntion. cold, debility, langour, melancholy, until i
reached the first symptom of disappointed love. But
nch an instance of the kind was lately toiu me; ire
circnmstanc.es are well known in the country where
they happened, and I shall gi7e them in the manner
they were related.
Every one must recollect the tragic story ol turn
met, the Irish Patriot, for it was too touching to be
soon forgotten. During the trounies in ireianu m
was tried, condemned an! executea on a uwipi yi
treason. His fate made a deep impression on public
sympathy. He was so young, so intelligent, so brave ;
so every thing that we are apt to like in a young
man. His conduct under trial was so lofty and in
trepid. The noble indignation with which he repel
led the charge of treason against his country the
olnnnont vinHiratinn nf his name and his pathetic
appeal to posterity, in the hour of condemnation all ,
these entered deeply into every generous no u., a..u
iomntpH th Rtpm nohev that die-
even mo v i J v i li i suujw.i-v. i
tated his execution.
te lsexecuion. n cu IVAni'i
But there was one heart, whoe anguish it would
be in vain to describe In happ er days and tairer tor-
pe in vain lO uecriue. ..r,.-
vtuneshehad won the afiectionsoi n oeautnui and in
teresting girl, the daughter ot a late celebrated and
Irish barrister. She loved mm wun ine aismieresteo
fervourofa woman'sfirst and only love. When eve
ry worldly maxim arrayed itseU against him when
blasted in fortune, and disgrace and danger darkened
around his name, she loved mm more ardently for his
sufferings. If then his fate could awaken even the
.u.. -c cr. ,u4 , i v .k..
! gm'sh of her whose soul was occupied by his imaerpt
1 T ot th, tfl
' suddenly closed between them and the beinrr moor
. .. ... r- -
jiv7ii uii cillll, vviivj iirtvc sai hjis lUresilOlQ. 3S
one shut out in a cold and lonely world from whence
ail that was most lovely and loving had parted.
But the horrors of such a grave, so frightful, so dis
honored ! Thern was nothing for memory to dwell
upon that could soothe the pangs of parting none of
tnose tenoer, though melancholy circumstances, that
endear the parting scene nothing to melt the sorrow
into blessed tears sent like the dews of heaven, to re
vive the heart in the hour of anguish. 4
To render her widowed situation more desolate,
she had incurred her father's displeasure by her un
fortunate attachment, and was an exile from the pa
rental roof. But could the sympatbv and kind offices
of friends have reached a spirit so riven in by horror,
they would have experienced no want of consolation,
..J. . lnsh a,e a people of quick and generous sen
sibilities. The most delicate and cherishing atten
tions were paid her by the families of wealth "nd dis
tinction. She was led into society, and they tried
by all kinds of occupations to dissipate her grief, and
wean her from the tragical story of her lover. But it
was all in vain. There are some strokes of calamity
that scathe and scorch the soul that penetrate the
vital seat of happiness, and blast it, never again to
put foith bud o - blossom. She never objected to visit
the haunts of pleasure, but she was as much alone
there, as in the depths-of solitude. She walked about
in a sad reverie, apparently unconscious of the world
around her. She carried with her an inward wo,
that Blocked at the blandishments of friendship, and
heedeil not the song of the charmer, charm he ever
so wisely.
The person who told me her story had seen her at
a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of so far
gone wretchedness more striking and painful than to
meet it in such a scene. . To find it wandering like a
spectre, ionely and joyless, where all around is gay
to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and
looking so wan and wo-begone, as if it had tried in
vain to chtat the poor heart into a momentary forget
fulness of isorrow. After strolling through the splen
did and giddy crowd, with an air of utter abstraction,
she sat herself down on the step of the orchestra, and
looking about sometime with a vacant air, that show
ed her insensibility to the garnish scene, she began
with the oa;)ciciousness of a sickly heart, to warble a
little plaintive air. She had an exquisite voice, but
on this occasion it was so simple, so touching, it
breathed forth such a soul of wretchedness, that it
drew a crowd mute and silent around her, and melt
ed every one in tears.
The story of one so true and tender, could not but
excite grea t sympathy in a country so remarkable
for enthusiasm. It completely won the heart of a
brave officer, who paid his addresses to her, and
thought that one so true to the dead, could not but
prove affectionate to trie living. She declined his at
tentions, for her thoughts were irrevocably engrossed
for the memory of a former lover. He however, per
sisted in his suit. He solicited not her tenderness hut
her esteem. He was assisted by her conviction of
his worth, and a sense of her own destitute and de
pendent situation, for she was existing on the kindness
of her friends. In a word-, he at length succeeded in
i
gaining her hand, though with a solemn assurance
that her heart was utterly another's.
He took Iier with him to Sicily, hoping that a
change of scene might wear out the remembrance of
early woes. She was an amiable and exemplary
wife, and made an effort to be a happy one ; but no
thing could cure'the silent and devouring melancholy
that had entered into her very soul. She wasted
away in a slow but hopeless decline, and at length
sunk into the grave, the victim of a broken heart.
i THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD.
The following letter from James Hogg, the
Ettrick Shepherd, was lately addressed to an
American clergyman, in reply to one reques
ting from the Poet a literary favour.
V. Altrive Lake,, by Selkirk, June 20, 1833.
" Rev. Sir: Although I have no great regard
for such things as those you reqyest of me, I
am almost daily obliged to contribute to the
whims of other people in these matters. A la
dy I have not the heart to refuse; and I have
always had such a veneration for the Ministers
of the Gospel of Jesus, that I never once thought
of fefusing them any thin'g in all my life, lhave
never been able to find lout what class of socie
ty I belong to. 1 sing songs and argue about
religion with the shepherds, and as I have the
scripture mostly by heart, I am rather a heavy
neighbor for them. I drink toddy and talk a
bout the breeds of sheep and cattle, with the
qualities of soils and wool with my brother far
mers, and with the nobility and gentry I am
most at my ease and at home, of all. In fact,
a poet does not belong to any class of society.
But as I am sure I do nut belong to the clergy,
so they are the only class whom I have regard
ed as above me, as holding their charter from a
higher throne than that of an earthlv sover
eign. This brings to my mind a pleasant little
anecdote which. I 'must relate. The Rev. Dr.
Yorkston was once examining iir a farmhouse
where I was a shepherd. He had been explain
ing to us who were our superiors, and whom)
we were to regard as our eials. Then turn
ing to a lad, Win. Haintng, he asked him who
were his inferiors? "The tinkers," quoth Will.
The minister was obliged to raise both his hands
to cover his face and laugh. So if WilPssagaci
ty could find out no class lower than himself,
save tinkers, mine has never been able to discov
er any above me, save the divines of the church.
'I remain, dear sir, vours most respectfully.
JAMES HOGG."
La lablette De Chocolat : or NUpolcon's
Manner of Making a Duke. After the taking
of Dantzic, Napoleon, wishing to reward Mar
shal Lefebre for his distinguished services du
ring the siege, sent for him one morning, atan
wins 'tally early hour. The Marshal'obeyed
the summons immediately, and his arrival was
announced to the Emperor, who was then
transacting business with Prince Berthier:
"Ah nht" Dv,.lomt Jonnleon. "I SCC,
; nfeasure thar Monsieur, le Due has not
wn" pleasure, mat monsieur,
hist timf nt hie tnilot." Then, turning tO an
! officer in attendance he added ' Go and tell
. "cf ;d"enua"cc . fttw.t in distur-
me uuc ae iianizic, v j .
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have the pleasure oi ftis corap-u v, r 1 '
i Rut Sire, ooserveu u. r&
- i W vespecfufly, to remind yourmajesty mat
u.aitaY mat.
; tne person attending
i f . Lefebre." 4
. visit n
Monsieur," retorted his
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eave to lemma VQu inai t.ianc?
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Disconcerted by this jeu de mot, the officer
stood still.
14 Go, Sir; go and tell the Due de Dantzic,"'
said Napoleon, laying much emphasis on the
last words, that he may come in, as breakfast
is ready." The Marshal was introduced ; antt
they sat down to breakfast. The repast was
soon over, and the)' rose from the table. Napo
leon then took from his bureau a small sealed,
square packet, in the shape of a cake of choc
olate and presented it to the Marshal, ay in g
" Duke of Dantzic, I know that you arc fond
of chocolate; here is some of an excellent sort ;
such small courtesies cherish friendship."
Lefebre bowed, put the packet in his pocket,
and Considering what the Emperor had meant
by calling him Duke during the whole time,
soon after returned to his quarters. Once
alone, he proceeded to open the parcel, and
found not the smallest particle of the promised,
chocolate, but letters patent, creating him Duke
of Dantzic, and moreover, bank bills to the
amount of a hundred thousand francs. "
The largest tree in the world. The boabab
or monkey-bijed (Adantonia digitata) is the
most giganticj tree hitherto discovered. The
trunk, thoughjfrequently eighty feet in circum
ference, rarelv exceeds twelve or fifteen feet
in height; but on the summit of this huge pil
lar is placed a majestic head of innumerable
branches fifty or sixty feet long, each resem
bling an enormous tree, densely clothed with
beautiful green leaves. While t'Jie central
branches are erect the lower series extend in a.'
horizontal direction, often touching the ground
at their extremity, so that the whole forms a
splendid arch of foliage, more like the fragment
ofafore-t linn a single tree. The grateful
shade of this superb canopy is a favorite retreat
for birds and monkeys; the natives resort to it
for repose,and the weary traveller in a burning
climate gladly flies to it for shelter. The:
leaves are quinate, smooth, resembling in gen
eral form those of the horse chesnut. The
flowers are white, and very beautjful, eighteen
inches in circumference. The fruit, which
hangs in a pendant manner, is a woody ground
capsule with a downey surface, about nine in
ches iu length and four in thickness, cdntain-
Lihg numerous cells, in which brown kidney-
shaped seeds are embeded in a pulpy acid sub
stance. The timber is soft and spongy, and
we are not aware that it is used for an economi
cal purpose. It is easily perfoiated, so that,
according to Bruce, the bees in Abyssinia con-
struct their nests within it and the honey thus
obtained, being supposed to have acquired a
superior flavor, is esteemed in preference to
any other. A more remarkable excavetion is
is however made by the natives; diseased por
tions of the trunk are hollowed out and conver
ted into tombs for the reception of the bod
ies of such individuals as, by the laws or cus
toms of the country, are denied the usual rites
of interment. The bodies thus suspended
within the cavity, and without any preparation
or embalmment, dry into well preserved mum
mies. The juicy acid pulp is eaten by the na
tives and is considered beneficial in fevers and
other diseases on account of it cooling proper
ties. The duration of the boabab is not the
least extraordinary part of its history, and has
given rise to much speculation. In it we un
questionably see the most ancient living speci
men of vegetation. It is, says the illustrious
Humboldt, the oldest organic monument of ouv
planet; and Adanson calculates that trees now
alive have weathered the storms of five thou
sand years. Edinbugh Cabinet Library. No.
XII. Nubia and Abyssinia.
Manufacture of Cotton in the United Statea.-'
Wre Droceed, according
to our promise, t
give further statements oi trie state oi ine vxi
ton manufacture in the United States, m 1831, as
collected by the Committee of the New York Conven
tion. In our paper of Saturday last we showed than
there were in 12 States of the Union, 795 cotton
miiis, with a capital of 40,714,984, manufacturing
annually 77,751,316 lbs. of Cotton, or 214,882 bale
of 301 86-100 lbs. eaeh.
Number of Spindles.
Do of Looms
Pounds of Yarn old
Yards of cloth made
Pounds of Cloth
Males employed
" Females employed
Hands employed ! -Pounds
of Starch used
Barrels of Flour for sizing
Cords ot Wood burnt
Tons of Coal do -
1,246,90:
33,506
10,642,0C
230,461,900
59,604,925
18,539
38,927
57,466
1,641,253
17,24
46,519
24,420
9,20a
Bushels of Charcoal do
Value of other articles consumed not enu
merated -
Spindles then building
Gallons ol Oil consumed
Hand Wreavers
Total dependants - - -
a i .,innrrntmn Manufactures
$599,223
172,924
300,338
4,760
117,620
26,000,000
iiuuuai vaiutivi vw--.. wion nn
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The peach fever has commenced m New ork.
H-mdreds of baskets of that fruit are : daily imported
from Jersey, and devoured with avidity. A basket
X tSna bushel sells from SI 25 to 4. A man
in Wall street gave $16 for four baskets, which he
sold in a few hours at from 2 to 12 cents per peachy
and five hundred baskets met a ready sale at $1500,
This demolition of peaches is unparalleled in the his
tory of the peach tree, and places this fruitfulVanch
of our neighbors' taste in a very enviable point of
view.
At Salem, Mass. the dry goods dealers have oi veil
notice that they will not give patterns of goods in
future. This i ntormation will doubtless not be agreea
ble to the ladies; but if generally adopted, would
save them much time, and the fatigue they suffer in
rroin cf f rom store to store with a bunch of nat terns, so
n mns aR tninvnlvn thp.irfanr.v in a Uihvrinth of
indecision. The notice is certainly, art innovation on
th .a wc ftpiia, J2nmutlnn but
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