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SLEIAG CHILDREN AT PLAY . EY WILMS. I love to look on a scene like tl.i-, Of wild and careless play, And persuade myself that I n:n not old And my lock" are not vet irr.iv, t or it stirs the blood in nn old man's heart, Anu n manes 1.11 pulses lly, To catch the thrill of a happy voice, And the light of a pleasant eve. I have walked the world for fourscore years; And they say that 1 nm old, And my heart is ripe for the reaper, death, And my years are well i;i;h tuld. It is very true ; it is very true ; I'm old, ami 'I 'bide my time:' But my heart w ill leap at a scene like thi?, And I half renew my prime. Play on, play cn ; I am with yon thcie, In the midst of your merry'rin? ; I can feel the thrill of the li'tri:! jump, And the rush of the broathh ;?s swings 1 hide with you in the fragrant hay, And I whoop the smoti.ircd call, And my feet flip up 0:1 the seedy lloor, And 1 caro m,l for the full. I am willing to die when my time shall conic, And I shall be glad to gi, Tor the world, at best, is a weary lace, And my pulse is getting low: But the grave is dark, and the heart will fail In treading its gloomy w ay ; And it M iles my heart from its dreariness, To sec the youni; so gay. BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY. rise or the i:oTiirsc;iiLi)i:s. On the approach of the republican army to the territories of the Prince of Hesse Cusscl, in the early part of the French Revolutionary war.-, his Serene Highness, like many other petty Prin ces of Germany, was commpelled to flee. lu his passage through (he Imperial City of Frankfort on the Maine, he paid a hasty visit to one Moses Rothcschilde, a Jewish Danker of limited mean?, but of good repute both for :r tcgnty and ability in the manage -merit f his business. The Prince's purpose visiting Moses was to request hiin to ( i-v? charge of a large sum of money arJ Jewels; amounting in value to several millions of thalers; a coin equal t our late three shilling pieces. The Jew, at first, point blank refused so dangerous a charge; but upon being earnestly requested to take it, at the Prince's own risk, nay, (hat even a Tpint should not be required, he at , iength consented. The. maey and Jewels were speediIv, but privately conveyed from the Prince's treasury to the Jew's residence, and just as the advance of the French army had entered through the rates of Frankfort, Moses had succeeded in burying it in a corner of his garden. ILe, of course received a visit from the Republican?, but, true to (his trust, he hit upon the following mans of saving the treasure of (ho fugitive prii.ee who had placed such implicit confidence in his honor. He did not attempt to conceal any of his can property; (the whole of his cash and stockconsistir.gof only forty-two thousand lhalcrs, or six thousand pounds sterling.) but after the necessary remonstrances and grumblings with his unwelcome visitors, and a threat or two that he should report them to the General in chief, from whom he had no doubt cf obtaining redress, he suffered them to carry it all off. As soon as the Republicans evacuated the City, 3Ioses Rothcschilde resumed his business as a banker and money changer; at first, indeed, in an humble way, but daily increasing and extending it by the aid of the Prince of Hesse Cassel's money. In (he space of a comparatively short space cf time, he was considered the most stable and opulent banker in all Germany. In the year ICO 2, the Prince, returning to his dominions, isitcd Frankfort in his route. He was almost afraid to callon his Jewish bankcr-.apprchending that if the French had left any thing, the honesty of Moses had not been proof against s strong a temptation as he had been compelled from dire necessity to put in his way. On being introduced into Rothcschilde's sanctum, he in a (one cf despairing carelessness, said, 'I have called on you Moses as a matter of course; but I fear the result. Did the rascals take all.' 'Not a thaler,' replied the Jew, gravely. 'What say you?' relumed his highnCS5 'not a thaler! Why 1 was informed that the Sans culloltes had cmpt ied all your coffers and made you a begmr I even read so in the Gazettes.' 'Whv. so they did; may it please your Serene Highness,' replied Moses; --'hut I was too cunning for them. By lolling Ihem take my own little stock, saved your great one 1 knew (hat as I wa repute 1 we althy, although by

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IHSIXtt SOT, no means so, if I should remove any of my own gold and silver from their ap propriatc bags and coffers, the robbers would be sure to search for it; and, in doingso, would not forget to dig in the garden; it is wonderful what a keen scent these fellows have got! lhe ac tually pouied buckets of water over some of my neighbor's kitchen and eel lar floors, in order to discover by the rapid sinking ol (lie fluid, whether the dies and tne hearth had been recently dug up! Well, as 1 was saving, I bu ried your treasure in (he garden; and it remained untouched until (lie robbers left Frankfort, to go in search of plun der elsewhere. Now-, (hen, to the point ; as the Sans-co!o(tes left me not i kreufzer to carry on my business; as several good opportunities offered of making a very handsome profit; and as I lliougnt it a pity that so much good money should be idle, whilst (lie mer chants were both ready and willing fo give large interests; (lie temptation cf j ivcrting your Highness' ilorins to irosent use haunted my the ghts by Net to day and my dreams bv nighf. letain your highness with a long story, dug up t lie treasure and deposited your jewels in this strong bo:;; from which they have never since been moved ; I employed your gold and silver in my business mv speculations were i Mofitabie ; uiid I am now able to restore your ucposif, with five per cent, interest since thf dav cn which vou left it under my care.' '1 thank ycu heartily, my good friend,' said his Highness, 'for the great care you have taken, and the sacrifices you have made. As to the interest of live per cent, let that reph.ee (he sum which (lie French took from you; 1 beg you v. ill add to it whatever other profits you may have made. As a reward for your singular honesty, I shall still leave my cash in your hands for twenty years longer, at (he low rate of two per cent, interest per annum, the same being more as an acknowledge ment of the deposit, in case of the death of either of us, (ban with a view of making profit by you. I (rust that (his will enable you to use my licrii.s with advan tage in any way which may appear most beneficial to your own interest.' The Prince and his banker parted, well satisfied with each other. Nor did the gratitude and good will cf his serene Highness stop there; on every occasion in which he could serve his interests, he did so, by procuring for him from the Princes cf Germany, many facilities belli for international and foreign negotiation. At the Congress of Sovereigns, which met at Vienna in 1 CI 3, he did net fail to represent the fidelity of Moses Rolhcschiluc, and procure for him, thereby from the Empe rors cf Russia, Austria and other Luropcan potentates, as well as from the French, English, and oilier ministers, promises that in case of loans being required by their respective governments, the 'Honest Jew of I-rankfort, should have the preference in their negotiation. Nor were these promises 'more hon ored in the breach than in (he obser vance,' as those of Princes and Courtiers are proverbially said to be. A loan of two hundred millions of I runes being required by the French Govern ment to pay the Allied Powers for (he expenses they had been put to, in the restoration of the Bourbons, one ol Rolheschilde's sons, then residing at Paris, was intrusted with its manage ment. I lie same was accordingly taken at G7 per cent, and sold to the pub lic in a very few days at 95! thereby yielding an immense profit to the contractor. Other loans followed villi various powers, all of which turned out equal to the most sanguine expectatfons of this lucky family. Our English r ortunatus, whose reputation for wealth and sagacity is such, that, by a discreet use of his Wishing Cap, he at w ill can change the destinies of the nations of Europe, or play at battledore and shuttlecock with their crowns and sceptres, was during ihe war with France, a small cotton manufacturer in Manchester. Leaving that (own for the capital, and assisted by his father and brothers, Solomon Moses Rothcschilde commenced business as an English and foreign bill and slock broker. By his immense resources and connections he was soon enabled to carry all before him; but the bargains which he was cnab'ed to make by his early information of the escape of Napoleon from the Island of Elba that is, twenty four hour.; before tho British

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ministry had received intelligence of the event placed hirn at once at the lop of the (ice as a negotiant and loan contractor. Mr. Rotheschilde's manners and character have often been described. He is immensely rich, an J is well entitled to the appellation of mi'Honoin, being reputed to be in the absolute, personal, and undivided possession of feven or eight millions sterling! His brothers, likewise viz: Baron Andreas Rothcs childe, the present great banker of Frankfort, and Baron RotheschiiJe, of Paris, are in Ihe possession oi immense wealth; so that it is no wouder that Kings and their ministers ar? proud ol their acquaintance, seeing iijat, inde pendent of the occasional loans, and ac commodations, they are well a-are that no throne or government can stand long, which has the misfortune to have the wealth and influence of the Three lotheschildes arrayed against them Our Rothcschilde is reputed to be ; very charitable man: arc! tl esc who know him intimately, afiirm, that he well deserves that character, both in regard to Jews and Gentiles:. Nor Mrs. Rothcschilde less so; many, tho' unostentatious acts of kindness to the poor, being well known respecting her. 11 !, r " iiir. ivotnesciiiidc s manner o: evincing kind feelings towards Solomon jlerchel, the Grand Rabbin cf Duke's pl.ice, has something in it which is both singular and whimsical: when any gocu spec uiation is afloat, Mr. Rothcschilde de posits, on his account a certain sum, proportionate to his own nsif, and what ever per rentage or pro 'it accrues there from, is carried by him to the Rabbin, to whom he gives a mil, true, r.nd par tieular account, even to the utnv-.it frac tion! The Millionaire, on such occa sions, invariably dines with the Lcvite and the day is usually passed by the two Inends m innocent hilarity and pleasing conversation. London Jletroi clitan. TALEKT AND PERSEVERANCE. Our Washington correspondent stated yesterday, of the Hon. Senator Kane, that he went when quite uy ui, 'o the west having left the friends and associations of his early days with the determination never to relurn, until he had distinguished himself in the highest walks of life. He kept his resolution. He returned crowned with the honors of an eminent position in the political world to the residence of his father in Washington, where he lodged a Senalor of the United States. But he returned to die! The very situation held by ills parent had been procured through his influence; and the aged heart was cheered by the recompense cf his struggles, and the beams cf his fame. There is an example and a good one, in this. Let the young remember, that they have but one mortal life to live. Let (hem improve, to the uttermost, the faculties they have received from the Almighty. There can be no limit to their distinction, if Iheir energies are properly directed. No young man need to be to-morrow what he is to-day. Added knowledge added power, and added reputation are within his grasp. He has but to say of a desired end, " will reach it,''' and he can. In any pursuit, love, literature, and politics if he have the consciousness of superior faculties, honesty of purpose , and a well disciplined mind, his success is certain. Higher and higher can his aspirations lead him, until the things he once looked up to, are beneath his feet. Let him not turn aside to delight himself in the petty dalliance of common persons or temporary pleasures, or indulge in the paltry ambitions of society. Let him perceive the integrity and independence of his spiiit, and all the factious distinctions of really inferior contemporaries melt before him in his triumphant career. Should he fall he falls nobly, for "it is appointed unto him once to die," and if his part on the stage of life has been acted rightly, he goes the sooner to his reward. Philadelphia Inquirer. NArOI.tON IJONAFAliTE. Whatever sentiments, upon any important subject, dropped from the lips of this extraordinary man, will be read with interest by the present generation. We therefore quote the following letter written by him in 1777, when about to depart upon his Egyptian expedition, to a young American, with whom he had previously formed an acquaintance, and who was also about leaving l'r ince

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for the United States. It was published in the newspapers at that period, and exhibits some curious and striking views of ihe United States. Saturday Evening I'isitor. 'You soon depart for the Western and I for (he Eastern hemisphere. A new career of action is now open before me, and I hope to unite my name with new and with great events and with the unrivalled greatness of the republic. You go to unite yourself once more with the people among whom I behold at once (he simple manners ol (he rust ages of liome, and the luxa ry of her decline; where I see the taste, the sensibility and science of A (her with her faction, and ihe valor cf Spar ta without her discipline. 'As a citizen cf the world, I would address your country in the following language: Every man and every na lion is ambitious, and it grows with the power, as the blaze of a vertical sun is the most fierce. Cherish therefore, a national strength, strengthen vour po htical institutions remember that ar mies and navies are of the same use in the world as the police in London, or I aris, and soldiers are not made like potter's vessels in a minute cultivate union, vr your empire zcill Lc like a colossus of geld fidkn on tho earth, broken in pieces, and the prey of foreign or domestic caracens. It you are wise your republic will be permanent and, perhaps Washington will be hailed as the founder of a glorious and happy empire, when the name cf Bonaparte shall be obscured by succeeding revolutions.' , the ship rrxxsvLVASiA. The line of battle ship Pennsylvania, now on (he stocks at cur Navy Yard, under the shelter of a building that cost $'15,0G0, is.one cf the most stupen dous fabrics that was ever destined to float on the ocean. Her length on deck is 225 feet, which is twenty-seven feet more than half way from Fifth to Sixth treet, in Chesnut, and her breadth 53 feet, which is eight feet wider than Chesnut street opposite the theatre, including the footways. She is large enough to carry two thousand men, w Inch is a larger number than the whole American army that fought and rained the battle of Chippewa, and greater than the population of .a considerable sized country town. She is of the bur den Gf 3000 tons, and could, if loaded with flour, carry the moderate cargo of thirty thousand barrels, enough to sup ply bread for littecn thousand people for a whole year. She is to carry 210 guns, thirty-two pounders, so that every time she discharges a full broadside, she will dispose of precisely a ten of bullets (o help to make iron peb bles for the bottom cf the ocean, unless she happens to hit the ene my', one win draw leet cl water, and thus find it difficult to navigate in shoal rivers. One of her an chors, w hich is to be seen in the yard, and which is said to be the largest one in the world, weighs ll,0G0 pounds, w hich is something mere than five tons, md will require some merry piping at the capstan to get it apeak. Her water tanks arc of iron, mostly in the shape of large chests, capable of holding 1 to 200 gallons, but having a portion of them of other shapes adapted to fit around the sides of the ship, so as to cave no space, as happens with casus. The number is probably 150, as far ns we could judge from looking at them, as we did a day or two since under the guidance of some of the polite and attentive ofiicers stationed at the yard. friend has just informed us that the irgcst anchor in the British Dock Yard, at Portsmouth, in 1G32, weighed omething less than ten thousand lbs, it which Time there were on the slocks, three ships nearly as large as the Pennsylvania. fit da!. Gazette. AX EXTRACT. There is a close, connexion between unorance and vice; and in such a coun try as our own, the connexion is fatal to freedom. Know ledge opens sources of pleasure which the ignorant can never know the pursuit of it fills up every idle hour, opens to the mind a constant source of occupation, wakes up Ihe slumbering powers, gives the secret contest victory, and unveils to our astonishment, ideal worlds; secures us from temptation and sensuality, and exalts us in the scale of human beings. When I pass by the grog shop and hear the idle dispute and the obscene song when 1 see the cart rolled along filled with intoxicated youth, singing

131.r i. 1 I G. and shouting as they go when 1 discover the boat sailing down ihe river, where ycu can discover the influence of rum by the r.oise which it makes I can not help but ask, were these people taught to read? Was there no social library to which they could have access? Did they ever know the calm satisfaction of taking an improving volume by a peaceful fireside? O, did (hey ever taste the luxury of improving the mind? You hardlv ever knew the young man that loved his home and his book, that was vicious. Knowledge is often the poor man'6 wealth. It is a treasure that no thief can steal, no moth ncr rust can corrupt. By this, you turn his cottage to a palace, and you give a treasure which is always improving and can never be lost. "The poor man," says Robert Hall, "w ho has gained a taste for good books, will, in all likelihood, become thoughtful; and when you have given the poor a habit of thinking, you have conferred on them a much greater favor than by the gift of a large sum of money, since you have put in their possession the principle of all legitimate prosperity." Nor is it to the poor alone, that this remark applies. The rich need occupation, their hearts are often like seas, which, stagnant under a breathless at mosphere, putrify fcr the want cf a wave. Employment, roused by some noble object, is the secret of happiness. HEROIC. During Ihe late awful conflagration at New York, Mr. Louis Wilkins, a midshipman, returned a few months since from the Pacific, passing along one of the streets, then a prey to the dovourng clement, his ears were assailed with the agonizing cries of a female, to whom he immediately rushed, and on hearing from her that her ouly child, an infant, was then in the upper part of a house already in flames, and would inevitably be burnt up it some one did not instantly fly to its rescue, he forced his way up stairs, notwithstanding the repeat ed warnings cf the firemen and specta tors, tnat he would inevitably perish in the attempt, and there found the innocent in bed, who, unconscious of its danger, was playing with its little hands', pleased, no doubt, at the brilliancy of the scene, (for the room itself was on fire!) He seized it, and happily suc ceeded in effecting his escape, restored it to the embraces of its almost distracted mother, who, with frantic ioy, threw her arms around his neck, exclaiming, with a heart overflowing with gratitude, "My God ! my God ! thou hast not fo rs a k e n me . En ouirer.' ' CCCBETT'S HABITS. The late Mr. Cobbelt in his diet was extremely frugal and simple; and fastidiously regular in his hours, rising with the sun or before, and reliring to bed by nine, lie used (o say, "no honest man ought to be up later than ten." Two young gentlemen who attended him as secretaries, alternately rose at about three or four o'clock in the morning to write while he dictated, which he usually did while pacing the room backwards and forwards, paying regard to the punctuation, parenthesis, &c. all in the same breath, so that the matter needed no further correction for the press. He woulJ not permit any alteration in the domestic arrangements during his stay at Landguard, but seemed studious to conform (o all existing regulations, good humoredly overruling any proposal to consult his ease or comfort. The room in which he slept looking info the farm yard, his host expressed a fear that he might be disturbed (oo early in the morning by the noise of the cattle and poultry. Mr. Cobbett quashed the objection by saying, "he were but a poor farmer who would allow his live stock to be up before him." In consequence of the scarcity of lead in Texas, one gentleman took up the pipes cf his acquedutt, and run them into bullets. Many had converted (he weights of their clocks to the same patrio(ic use, and even the ladies were engaged in moulding bullcfs, and other operations calculated to facilitate the great object the colonists have in view. Judge Marshall left pai tieular directions for an inscription upon his tomb. The inscription mentions simply his name the day of his birth--the day of his marriage the name of his wife, and (he period of their separation by death and the da te cf his ow n dissolution.

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