Vincennes Gazette, Volume 11, Number 17, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 October 1841 — Page 1

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''truth without fear. Vtt'CKXNKS, INDIANA. SATURDAY MOUNLVC, OCTOBER, 2, 1811. NO. 17. VOLI H'

n -x :

nL -- iirJ V

-azed t.noti as a second momento of an ig

norant, cruel

i - t n i

v ere you hv Mr.

enee last u

7 , -

From

.ted

v.tur

Chr.

12C UOiiS.

.!t:"i C'l i

the 'Mlli'ulJ

a.ltT.', it is j 1 1

uimer

heais hi this

Chroruek

poetical piT.ir-i.ins, s, cous'k'erab'e merit.

Uii 1

ininv jioi'i.i u i-i tins counoo.

io!e amnj t.io nu:r.. er, mm

'.a ve

il who

rhten for very 1

, the !'.i!urihiy his essavs ruid

i n,it,5 vrrv

iJe.

ome i

!.) hi. own to too pu

rra.l far and

tioii of ! ' per-ona! hi-tory is

dace that he. was a voluntary inmate of a prison, that j-rotccti Ti btitur, soi: ht in order to avoid the temptntii n of the- into ie.ithig bow 1. 'Pas Hard, we UUc vc, lias stRveiHU-d in c )iv.;uerii. his un-

.! liner, pper, nte fr..in his

rh tieet) i!,ti'ic-st. )u-

Liiini.irv o.i

I. ari'l oxidoiled doctrine.

i ic'.iuiaa rj garJcn

it?" said I.!crare.

Ves." ansv.-rrcd the boy. "I was." 'Well, sir, I'm glad toiind you so ready v. itli your confession. And so you thought yo:i could do a little rohbing, and enjoy yourself in a manner you ought to be ashamed to own, without being punished, did y.iii. 4,i have i:.t hven rol)l'nvV replied t!ie

lis f.-i'-e was sud'ustai. wheth

er with resentment or fright, it was difficult to tei!. -And I didn't do any thing

last nicm'. that 1

'm ashamed to ow n.

er.

Xo iiiiji'.iiienee!' i t

'lonatvl v.

e.xctamiei in Lr!'at;ed

tae teaen-

i long and

ot your snaro

r.eav v r;U;-.n: iwe me nor,

eeches.oi- l'il th.rasii lid you tu g lute

sue

a iieir.

'i'lie

ui.e: u.s

for!'.;;, ate y

iii!v, :ch! :u is ov.i to rt en

ir. Z thoi-ijoietv ' f his men.:-. i lie an nhich we take from the Baltii.iore I t!ie hitesi i.ro iaoti.Ti we h'ivo n'.'tioe.

ren. an.i thev v.i'i he r-vvl

ti iiiueh as the;- -i

lip muverc

oi wrath uifappeareu

.I it

his l 'l!1 !' .-'

m.iif to

e !!!

is un ::ieJ.

;cit;,,n.i

oi n.i

J. linn to he

LINKS. ti-kt l me if I wire nit of a hai

titiKti, a ft a left if I hart' never marri

Ah' La iv in mv y "nthfol yesrs lire sorrow's clou.l came o-r mv sou!; Ihe vet hue IcarnM to lh riy tears, Tl'r ha.! I kiss! the ce.rsed how!; i'ai;h v. :M a paradise to mo, A!i hh-4 aiul heaaty were my hours; Y. v. ! 1 .oc.;ht love's luxury,

on mister s lace pa sea I t i-i

tut he ui'l not k pf;

.;:d r.rav, sir. coutmut'o

the outward smns

irorn hi:.; f-ntures; "what were ou anoitt the garden fur? Perhaps you only receivrh" ,-! and had an aeromnhce to

v - i jdotlio more tlanerous itart of the job'?"

"I went that way because it is on my road home. I was there again afterward to meet an acquaintance, and and Hut ! did not go into the. ganh.n. nor take any tiihig awav from it. i would not -tea!, hardlv to save myself from starving." V'.'U better have stuck to that last evening. ?Vou were seen. Tim Harker.

vs fiir 'o'ot ia.'oriJ thr.Vt.-:

X v-o-.-.l .nu ".-oa-.O!,! she v.i fni,! The loveliest ereaOnf 'hul had nvme; To siuh an a: jel. teli me whore H::th i - ..1.1:1 homage e or hcon puif;' II,. r hps of l-.ve h iJ iio-or been pre-s'.t. N,.r h til hi r heart oi e promise nivc n; V.a i ne-er hil 'i'i-.I i:p "i her hieast, Tiil I h.il ..i:.tJ that happy Leaven.

to c

f :!:. ban fu

me from under .Mr. Xich(lass garueu

little after nme 0 eloc.c, wit!i a

of something or otner, over your

K!', h rs. The bag hail every appear-

t being liiled witu truit. ami cms n" the mehn-beds are found to have

the rest a young farmer named Jones, who w ith his older brother, worked a largo farm in the neighborhood on shares. Jones yery frequently made Tim a present of a bag Af potatoes or corn, or some garden vegetables, w hich he took from his own stock, but as his partner was a parsimonious, high-tempered man, and had often said that Tim was an idle fellow, and ought not to be helped because lie did not work. Jones generally made his gifts in such a manner that no one knew any thing about theim except himself and the grateful ob

ject of his kindness. It might be, loo, mat

the widow was loath to have it understood by the neighbors that she received food from any one: lor there is often an excusable pride in people of her condition which makes them shrink from being considered as objects of '-charity" as they would from the, severest pains. On the night in question, Tim had been told that Jones would send them a bag of potatoes, and the place at which they were to be waiting for him was fixed at .Mr. Nicholas' garden-fence. It was this bag that Tim had been seen staggering under, and whi on caused the unlucky boy to be accused and convicted by his teacher a? a thief. That teacher was one little fitted for his important and responsible ol'ice. Hasty Vj decide, and inflexibly severe, lie was the terror of the little world he ruled so despotically, runishment he seemed to delight

weariness. But still Tim showed no signs j'vsome on 'em say that because they can't of motion; and as Lugarc, provoked at his'stay with honor no body else can if this torpidity, jerked away one of the child's ' is true then no n an of honor can take arms, on which ho had been leaning over j their places and the Government i-j with-

011 thedesK, his head dropped uown on the ; out a cabinet according to l.:at notion

board with a dull sound, and his face lay

turned up and exposed to view. When

'Well," says 1, "Cupting Tyler, one man's notion of honor is one tiling and

Lugare saw it, he stood like one transfixed another man's notion is another thing, by a basilisk. Ilis countenance turned to ; for my part, says 1, there is Itonor enuf J-r a leaden whiteness the ratan dropped from i tnc to lend a hand in keeping the good old grasp; and his eyes, stretched wide open, j ship off the breakers, and if the o wners odared as at some spectacle of horror and, 'and underwriters don't fee it, ;t ain't mv death. The sweat started in great globules fault, and as to that extra allow ance ot seemingly from every pore in his face; his 'grog they complain about not getting, lh.y skinny lips contracted, and showed his' may tell their own story, and let fo'.kr teeth: and when he at length stretched j n a'e up their minds a! on. it and as to forth his arm, and with the end of one of; the grog," says 1 '-we must try mid fix a his fingers touched the child's cheek, each ! plan that will allow its being used in a

limb quivered like the tongue of a snake; way that folks won't get drunk on it f

1 o and his strength seemed as though it would fail him. The boy was dead. lie had

prouamy neon so ior some nme. ior 111.1

eves were turned up, and his body was quite cold. The widow was now childless

too. Death w;s in the school-room, and Lugare had been flogging a corps;:.

W. XV.

in. iv n owing

little of those

sweet fouii-

1-11 , 1 .

tarns which m ctuiuren s oreasis eci open quickly at the call of gentleness and kind words," he, w as feared by all for his sternness, and loved by none. 1 would that he

1 instance in his protes-

at her toot.

Ami wept. .-.!.-! I ki.e.v not why; r.-r t hi 'tw txt-"v mr.st swett. To '"k in Win from heautys eye! .h, hup he or.:me leaned to hear, Aii 1 norr o nt my M,L lull long; For '.J!.! !;iv.-. s muiht io woman ear,

- ! ot a-

,er

oust

i s 80ii 1.

I 'S

f future vears.

V ,;.' ! !!v -r. urn! my reek she clung; I a mj f iro-.c'i: . r.ii.1 tears, Whi'o wee, i':.: o-er my harp she hu. l)i.t ah! now !,.;!. ,h 1 I know, V!.i!t i "' :h. 1. the woros were ppoken A . r.i 't 'v...d -1 1. hi n 1 e tot- :!o w. 'I'h'i .hu-.rn-ii a f.'U.l heart to he broken.

.r ;1 r of Jur.o w i :h 'lews were wet,

The f'i!' moon r we ih,:ve the sea; ,'heu. for the last time, we met

In ii,:rth to r irt in miserv.

Upon my brea-t

A; u s Th'-i! -.

a net mor

be-.fi completely cieare wos there m that ba.g?"

.No w, sir, w

h.at

ltke tire glowed the face of the detect,.l lad. I le spoke not a word. All the -ehoed had their eyes directed at bun. The perspiration ran down his w hite tore-

-am-tlrops. sir!" exclaimed Lugare, with a

Lead Hie vrvea!

Ion i strike ot his ratan ou tue uesK.

The bov looked as though he w ould faint, the unmerciful teacher, confident oi

h.'u in'' hrorcht to hgiit a criminal

rdtiiiT in the" idea of the seere ci

and ex

ise-

s.ieuu

1 now be justified in inluct-

irg.kcq t w orking up to a still greater ami greater degree of passion. In the meantime the child seemed hardly to know w hat to do with him---eif. His tongue cteaved to

,!.. V , f Mo ,,vif h. ! .Irher v

- lelt

e was

laving his

much frightened, or he was actually unwell. -t.eak. I say!" again thundered Lugare;' and his hand, grasping his ratan. lowered above his head in a very significant mantr-r.

,e lean ! her h?:l. "I ha ruiy can. r said t.il p. -or I . u"W

Vit u -a ! t keep h"r vow; iV.intiV. i i 13 voice wa.s .;ikv t an '. '-i.h,.-.i that sh.- wt-redead ..1 wiji tedvou some .some ol'.e-r time.

I-,ch.rao u-h-! f !. c.v. m,,.., ',.0 "me go to nr. 5- at I a.'t ''e'i "

1"vi:hp;1:.:;;ih:V:;:i;;;,;,;:-:.h: f y;- ;- r. r . : ico r ... , ,!f Lugare bulged

; . r , .0, . ... : , ,r v.-ith coiUe-ip

Si.orh aro!:. ' m- v.ith 0 wihh me bedevc our lies! I've U

!:-r:e!c I air il' f r. o '. sir. plain'y enuUgh: and 1 a..i satel iti ,, !.,r tv , , .... .," ,, ic:';- l' ,..i i

i!;!:L:a.'e.I v.r. m a::,l v.O: v..: ! o.t! : , ;;J ;;e . i t!'m w ii'h vou I

Fro-:i her sm ,U rvuU -o fr.nl a.uHair, .).,, K..u W'!,i!e j alou-v V.d" in ,,:V s.,Lh . ,, ;' J . " . I fu i.J w ...

I o- ,;. ir t.,v il.tOi i1-ii-: I r. . . .., ,

I . : !-. h v,:, h e hi.Jma- bow!! sorr'tmng !:; :s I !.,ly. -a!, ."x. .uh! n-w e'er crave N l.do.MO:, in

Ahh-a; 0i Ih U l;0 1 .!.T f'lo-r,;; c ..o . I go to A ! .e :h ,t he w thin the rave i ( Had enough ot Ah . : :.h r o..- ! :.i:i;;i i'lii'i! I sfon, and atisw en . . T ) I ...

.01 o. P o ii. I .... , , C 1 e ! -i.

1 , .1: i.,,- 1). 1:1 1 t; lCevu-w. -.. .. i .. ... ,!...,, ,-, rr..,l Hie! and

il , ; .,, r .. 1 : , J ni..,i . . . ... .... - c.rrn- on his desk.

1., ll.OlM ' U' OalllrSt

A f : . I II L -, 1 ,1 . - - 1 ' 1 1

. t ! , ' ro-iistomed studie

! ". 1 !., ; .,-:,erh de-.;; f vflog Lugar- . . , .,, 1;.. ,,r so tired

c ariv part of t!ie da v were a.'o.err. hod

,,;,;;,-,(, 1 c , .1 -f . , . , 1 .,11,,,. ....... n-t w as a coinman.i for s:ou ;e and ait 01-

:,.iv mil wh-n tiie-e had be-: :i ol-t.-'med, No

ic nr.i'lt-r spoke. 1 :e was a low t!nci:--:et j ? .(i. ;: iii i hi iiam.' was ! j-j.v.'ir. 1 1

' co i he. - have had a com-1 -nr!

that !a: i night some of you

boo (Vsii? i'ro o Mr. Nicholas s !

i ratio;- tliink i know the th; f.

M.pherr-ir."

o ) h.; :.. cni:." f ;- iated n

fair ie .ki,: r lov m:inv month"

; ha.i a laughing, w hie:; even ti e

1 against him. and th" ta'ch" d;

teacher j

co;;r,t- u ho hai

to.1 un- hood, ilirtand- w i-hr

1. Ifl.-...-

. .... I .I.. a I i,i Qlnn.

. '. , I , . 'I . 1 l . 1 i . J . . ... V. .... .

..r tood belore tre price oi paig-unem.

phtce so oi;-'-n mauo t;if cene oi

fartie-ss , , i .'u..'e c

it 1. and

e are I ool-rrd i i

m.l." I

at tin end of the hour ids face completely 1

arms, precise!

t :s very .uc.y; out his nose ant

t !),.. ou tmiik to matte

mud you out.

ed mat s there

lh;t 1 will postpone- st. tr an hoar yet. 1 sua!.

up again; and if you don l

ir.r.o. I ne II. i u oi . "'

i .. ri

ot li m;tKr ou I CM, ceii,.. . .hi . clous ior many a nemth to ,

r seat. the ungracious pernus;vr not a soui. J, the child

tremhhUg IO ms i'"nee. l

.:' I

r.O V . t I . I IV i '. O 1 '

real life: an

i- imn-rf: i own us lace

irned to tneir

for during the reign ot

7 ----- - ,i t

in th.e village school, they had oeen

to scene :i of violence

ctm-risement. that such things made

, e . i.

i,. ;.,.r,mtinn f? m renor oi ineir

..... .....

w ay.

while ;ho intervening nour is pas

i I I .1. , .ol r-r- i,C 1 hr

hi: r.':r ill I,.. , i , w..

o- rn ot young JhiJ-Ker oemg unot. i

were an isoiarec

sion.

The hour of grace had driwn to its close, and the time aproacbod at which it was usual for Lugare to give his school a

joyfully rece ved d smission. -Now and

then one ot the ser.olars would direct a

furtive glance at Tim, sometimes in pity,

sometimes in indifference or

Thev knew that ha would have no mercy

shown him, and though most of them lovec

him. w limoir. r w as too common tir-re to

exact much sympathy. Lvery inquiring

dance, howcer, remained un;mlished, tor

i no remained wnti

den. and hi-' hea. i i. i

howed m Ins arms, precisely as no urn

leaned himself w hen he first w ent to Jus seat. Lugare looked at the boy occasion-oi:,--i hitikI. which seemed to bode

vengeance for his siillenness. At lengt: the last class had been heard, and the la

less. .ii recilcd, and Lugarc seated'lmnser. behind Ids desk on the platform, with his longest and stoutest ratan before him. -Now, Uarker," he said, "wed! settle that little business of yours. Just step up here." 'i im did net move. The school-room ;as as still as the grave. No', a sound was to be heard, except occasionally a longdrawn breath. '.Mind me. :,ir, or it w iii he the worse tor

Step up here, a.rl take on ou:

more man it

From the Mew York Express. As the .Major's patriotism can't well be

doubted and as late events hae passed

inder his eye, we are bound to believe he rm i 1 I

o-ives a true version ot the thing ami comes

to correct conclusions. He seems a little severe, if not savage, on this occasion; per

haps bin vivid recollection of events "off

Nantucket" may account tor it.

To the Editors of the New York Express

the same paper my old friend, Mr. Dwight, printed a spell ago. WAsiiiNuTots-, Sept. 11, A. D. 1S11. Mr. Ed Ho r.s : We have had pretty busy times here I tell von. and I thought for a spell that 1 and '"Captinp Tykr" w ould be lft alone. I was sitting along with him. telling him a

storv about a quarrel I once had on board the Tiro Follies, when the crew and officers got in a snarl with Capting Jumper. on account of bis not allowing them an extra allowance of grog. The Capting had jined the temperance society and he te'd'd his crew and officers that he had willingly give "em the extra coffee, and sugar, 'and tea, but as for grog he bad some Constitutional scruples about it, and they knew it. lint ketching the Capting "off AnttIvckct .S'Wr.v" one day. they, put in their

v. .aim tor extra gr g, aim an . mm n did not give it they would quit. He tell'd them if they would only give him time, he u'v,',1 Hv rhc 'too- for them: but thev would

not wad. "Well, then,

get none at all t ;s. tnp.

a little grog in rutf weather is a good thing prov id'mg the use on'l is not abused" that is exactly my notion says he and as to this banking bn-drieos if it is so pianhl that it can be useful and no: aluire I go fur it; but unless it is so pian'd I urn for fctota'isittg;" and just then in cam.; .Mr. Webster, and we had a kind of Cabinet meeting, and as cabinet convu-. aiion is. according to my notion. ( utuely confidential, and intenued to be like a man thinking to himself, and no more to he talked about than to ask a man outside what he. is dunking about Inside so you mustwa t and see what is done, and then judge on t. All I can say is, that if things are not done right it is not for want of rale patriotism and good intention; and when 1 see any

goou

rei

:n to doubt that, I'll shoulder m-v

d. Lugare shock

md severe

but

' i o S r a i nt en v -re s;.. - u-.i -n.

l.r..o. r. The one to

If v, a i g ,'t.

a 'tout 1 1. and his fa. ho im .p 1 o "r.-si,:un

rii ' now nreferre.

r.i and threatening look ot Trie

a 1 not entirely di-.sip.a; 1. Th

auce of the boy. however, was ailkiv fair for heahh: it hf'd n-iw

.1.,- ,.!,,-,.,; , I.,, .L- cuvu hii Cast

iser.se, and tiiat a fear-

i. As the sirlp-

e :..l.,

-.'lore til' pro-. oi poiiy-mem . so of;-.'-:i maole the scene ot

oi Co.- - r - . no n . oi i . . ,u i n-

.ifn-ed. he'oh-ss ci I'hohood out

i 1 T

' . V , l

on ' ,i w :tu a trow n w men

!.; :;e te't ui no very pleasant

lappily, a worthier and more phi-

',.i .!iical sv-trm is proving to men thai o)o's can be better governed tliatr by V-trnes anl tears and sighs. e are wax ..or t,,uod that con3iunjition when one ot

13 Oil

' ''.v aide, lilS

,-oi r.o.-e on the nreceeing to

the

t. I lie

,- -i i , i

1.,.,-V. m.illuo. 1T-nQ M Wli MVV. ail I JCV IM'IM)

! to live m the very narrowest limits.

Hi? ''-oh-r bad died when he w as -six years

.Id, a: id little Tim was left a sickly eniac-

nt whom no one e.

ed to live

, 1 1

To the surprise n an.

u .ho onor child kept alive, and

denied to recover his health, as he cer

.1 Ihs fr, ,od looks. J his was ow ing

to the kin.l offices of an eminent physician

1 a country seat m the neighbor-

and who had been interested m the linic- mmily. Tim. t!ie Physician

u,i,-

,.,t o orv thin-r was uncertain, it was a

mysterious and baffling malady; and it

wonhl not be wonderful it he shomd in

nme moment of apparent health be snd-

ti ou-nv. i HO l ,M -o i.aow w.i

"i tl rr in a continual state of uneasiness:

hut several vears had now passed, am

none of the" impending evils had fallen

t!i his

fashioned school-masters, w ith

U..OW eroh rod. and htsmanv

..f c.'.-'l s-'-c'or. w ill he

up n the boy's head.

lis mother seeme

lacKet:

The boy did not stir sir.

he. had hcen oi v. oo

passion, lie sat still a minute, as it considering the be: way to wreak ms engeanceT T hat nfmrte, passed m death-like silence, w ;is a fearful one to some of the children, for their faces whitened with fri.dit. It seemed, as it slowly dropped

awav, like the minute which precedes th.e

uuax of an ex i'ii atively performed trag- , 1 . . . ,.c1..r ti fill'

euy. w ilea some nog.ey iiiu.-t-1 -

.istriorrc art is treading the stage, and

yOU ftll'.l o.U IIIUHiimiu uiouii' i v -

stretched nerves a.nd sus-

ax and w all-; out. a nd that w id be tune enuti for good folks all about creation tochang'ihe old song, and in-tead of -'Tyler too," sing Tyhr won't do and saving thus much. 1 hope thev will remember that 1 don't seek promotion, and ask no hotter office than the one 1 have got by hard knocks, and no pay, eveept what 1 get by r-Tod laws and g od go eminent, and we

have more of these than any other people in creation, and the only trouble we have

is from office seekers and disappointed

' r t. i , I r. I.TAI1

; " j 11,. ' And so thf v aii

unro'd 'va rlr . , r r

t Mr. a v.

was true cm: co-dd net sto ; s'ep I)'1 : ' !- 1 lie ha i ,.:

voyag e:n'C

st.; m

i . i

f w

the J'i

w an

mi a.-,. .ore, ever. He sai 1 it d his grog, but

l"r qu.

tic.

aria-

atii'l the u io rs and un

s.'eing as to go the ierwriters

,.u l

(

duty.

so lie

1. tl

;o uo i

. Jumper, an 1 them two am: . i .. . . i., : ... !..oi

ore ea vi e i , u.. 1 " ""

to Keep t..e

'M-.g, Willi

d ,reath, in expectation ot tne ier-

nhiC catas

i-op

Tim is a.deep,

;ir,

it length said one

of the boys who sat near mm.

Lugare, at this intelligence, adowed his features to relax from their expression of savage anger into a smile, but that smdc looked more niaghgnant, if possible than his former scowls. It might be that he felt amused at the horror depicted on the faces of those about him; or Ji-Jnighr d; that he was gloating in pleasure on the way in whica ho intended to wake the

,o s hmiberer.

"entle-

)oor litt.e slumherer.

... i . t r

n vvt. r.v 1 1 K e .. "i i

. ii

-sin deep water; and we succeeded. 1 g.-t b.er safe into port. We found, on

of the folks who lelt us had

arrival, some

been telling all kinds of stories: hut the shi'iO'TS and underwriters looked more to the safety t f the Tw i '. t'cy. and they voted Capting Jumper a new chronometer and a s et of Plant's Charts, anil to .Mr. Xye.the first mate, they gave him a new iien iacket and a pair of mittens; and as 1

r J

w;is only a passenger

they voted that

I i-

folks. w ho are everlastingly pushing matters into trouble, in hopes of getting a cut at the bacon without the labor of falling or unokm'r it and aT.'itnst all sich folks I de7T c" da red war in the beginning cf Cuieral Jackson's time, and wii! never make peace till the lacl -minole is driv out. no matter w .hat party he In longs to; all sich foiksare as bad as the eminoles and a leetle worse,

and 1 hone all good citizens will keep an

eyr on 'em and head them off, or thfy will get ahead and do mischief. Your friend and fellow Citizen. J. DOWNING. Major. eVc, occ, cVc.

Margeerite lfjudt t. a sitig'e woman. f years of a "re, lit ing in the uue Coun'.rescarps, tvi.f taken id about a fortnight ac"h and w ar-sedu!ou.-ly attcmh'. by twuof iier nieces, d'he morning V f .re her last, she

From the Xutitinal Intt lit genctr. The "Shcwcr of Flesli and Dlcoi." Our readers are greatly indebted to the principal of that excellent insiiuilio.i the Alexandria Pmnrdinrr School, for ihc following scientific elucidation of the phenomenon in Tennessee, designated by the above heading. Alexandria Hoarding School, t) mo. 21, 1811. Frilnds Calls Sc Seaton: I notice in the Intelligencer of lo-duv, under tho head of "Atmosphrnc.il Phenomenon." an article from the Nashville Panncr, describing wluil i9 stated to have been a "shower of flesh and blood," in tho vicinity of Lebanon, Tennessee. The same account, of a simihir one, hr.a also been published in several olhtr papers. There are many persons of ihat peculiar teinp..rrme:it that is unfavorably sfl'ti'K .1 by intelligence of so unuoiml and awful a character; to such it may be a relief to learn that the phenomenon alluded to finds its ready explanation in a well ascertained fa'it in the economy of insects. In the interesting ntid instructive work of Kipbv ec Sri:Ncn, on the "Natural History of Insects" are the following remarks, which explain tho whole nilject; ".Mirny species of Ltpidotcriet, Hut-

terffies when they emerge from the pupa or chrysalis state discharge a reddish fluid, which, in some instances, whero iheir numbers have been considerable,

has produced the appearance of a shower

of blood, and by thin natural fart all

tiiose bloody shower.-, recorded by historian5 as preternatural, and n garded, where thev happened, as fearful piognostir? of

impending evil', aie f tripped of their

terror', and reduced t the class of events

which hj pen in th common couruw of Nature. That insc'iu- are the cause of

those sup-post d I showers, is no recent

liscovcty; tor Sieidtn rtlates that, in the

year 1553 a vast multitude of butterflies

warmed through a ereat part oi bermv

ti y, and sprinkled plants, leaves, build

ing-, clothes, and men, with t handy drops, as if it had rained blood. Put the most interesting account of any event of ibis kind is given by Reaumur, from whom we learn tin.t, in the beginning of July, lbf.8. lha etibutbs of Aix, and h considerable extent of country round it, were covered with what appeared to be a shower of blood. We h-ay conceive the i-mazeiticnt and stupor d the popi.la.-o upon such adis'cuvtry, the alarm of the citizens-, the grave reasoning of the learned. Aii agreed, how ver, in attributing the appearance to the power c f darkness, and in regrding it as th prognest c sunl presursor of sonic flirt fid misfortune about to befall them. Ftiri;d prejudice would

have taken deep root mi thfs occasion,

pcrcr-ivec rhat a no her will.

oMiroachuig. a

d d.'-iinV.

tary f-i.ou.u ue sent ior io u.a i-.e As she had always lived as if

i,ia st; 'e of poverty,!

1 . I' .. -. 1 r-.

1 if i ie 1 1 I J. 1 , i: 1

,R W

ier two ati delirious

and remimieu her that tins wonn

ha 1

and might iiiioti seine

isve piodt"

wcaii iniin

had

fatal ilfecis

not M.

Pciresc, a rdr!. rated p!ii;..soph r t.f that

place, paid atiention tf insects. A chrysalis, which he preserved In his, cabinet, let him into the i-cruet of this mysterious shower. Hearing a fluttering, which informed him his mecl was arrived at i s

perfect sh-de, lit: opened the box in which lie kept it; the animal flew out and left behind it a red spot. He compared this with the spots of the bloody shower, and fuimd they were alike. At the faun? time he observed there was a pro !:gious

,11- i i

to feel confident that lie, womJ nve.ami ne

a help and honor to her old age; and the two struggling on together, mutually happy in each other", and enduring much of poverty and discomfort without repining, each

for tho other s ?n.e.

Tim's pleasant disposition had made him :mv frCn.! in tho village, and amon-

sih-eo' are you. my young

man!" said he; "let us see if we can't find something to tickle your eyes open. There's nothing like making the best ot a bail case, boys. Tun, here, is determined not to be worried in his mind about a little flogging, for the thought of it can't eve t keep the" little scoundrel awake." iigaro smiled again as he made his Irst ob-jen alien. He grasped his ratan iirmlv, and descended from his seat. -With light and stealthy steps he crossed the mom. ,nd stood by the unlucky sleep

er. The hoy was still as unconscious oi his impending punishment as ever. Hemight be dreaming some golden dream of youth and pleasure; perhaps he was tar awav in the world of fancy, seeing scenes, and feeling delights, which cold reality can never bestow. Lugare lifted his ratan high over his head, and with the true and expert aim which he had acquired from lon'T practice, brought it down on '1 im .-

back with a force and whacking sound which seemed sufficient to wake a freezing man in his last lethargy. Quick and fast, blow followed blow. Without waiting to see the effect of the first cut, the brutal wretch nlied his instrument of tor

ture first on one side of the boy's, back.

and then on the oilier, and only stopped at

the cn

I of two or three minutes from verv

should always have a free passage on hoard any vessel they had an interest in providing I would, "if occasion required, lend a hand at pumping, and g'u e good adice. Just as 1 was about finishing this story to Capting Tvler. and he was saying that he thought Capting Jumper and .Mr. Nye deserved all they got and he was about saying I deserved more, when in come a hull .. . c. c u-. oi ;v,,ci of hi3 Cr-hinct: he

oi ivsiHu.v. ... --

looked for a spell putty streaked, and l kept my eye on him to see if he had any thing of the Capt. Jumper grit in him. Savs he "Major, here is trouble, but we will ?ee the eend ont." On looking over the resignations we did not see Mr. Webster's. "Well," savs 1, "Capting Tyler, if you and I and Mr. Web-He r can't carry on "the Government till we get nnother Cabinet it will be a hard matter;" "tor." says I, "1 have seen ruffe r times then this when I and (lineral Jackson made smooth water of it and with that he took a quid of the rale "honey tZw,"and says he, "Major, if you and .Mr. Webster stick by me, ail the'restof creation may go to Ohio, and

Kentucky, and North Carolina, and .ev

York if they so desire it and Missachnsetts, and old Virginr.y, and down cast will hang together as in old times and teach the world that the country is safe," and with hat he and I shook hands, and I tell'd him that there was nothing to fear though much to be sorry for but that I would stick by him till every office seeker had w orked out his reckoning, and by letting them tell their own story, the people would understand er actlyhow the cat jurep'd. "Why," says he "Major, there was no more necessity for those folks to quit the Government "because 1 could not agree with them about the Rank bill, than it was for the crew to swim on shore from the Two Po'dies, according to that story you wr- telling jo-' now. and th-n, 'ays he,

she were tend an is hesitated.

ere .ire an exoense which tm-v ha 1 n

means of naviri". The dying woman re

plied that she knew what she whs about

.-nd insisted on t;;e man oi tue law being

Urr.-wrht. notary and a number (T wit

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I " .ll. 1 I .-, . . . . .-. . ,.- r r- . i .t- . n n o n 1 T V n I IlllOiriOt.S 1 i 1 !! ' rt LM ' Ii . .1-1

nesses neingt onecieu. sue hiu-ucii. .-u .o - --

dictating legacies of lOO.CK-Ofs. to each that the drops ot the maracu ous ram were

not io be found upon the tuer, nor even upon the upper surface of the. .-bu,rs, 1 tit chielly in cavities and places whrrc rr.Mi could not easily come. Thus did ibis judiciotis observer dispel the ignorant fears and tenor which a natural phenomenon had caused. "Vol. I, page 35. Those wishing further infortnaMon on the subject will Jind it in Co m stock' s Plujsiclozy, and in No- LXX1V of Harper's F.nniiy Library. The intance mentioned i i the Nashville r i 1 . -. : .. ;,!-. .i n

account, OI uesu appfarmj; -von o. blood no doubt wat tho tcstiit of the

insect having perished in the process I transformation. PEN JAM IN HA PLOW LLP. Interesting to the EnUes. h n fai.l Mr. Clay is 'about to introduce a compromise bill' into the Senate, which will provide that if any bachelor chaff publi-h hi intention to get married, the silence of any lady of his accquaintanre, for six months thereafter, shall be taken as an assent on her part to the proposal, and he may publish the bans without asking her leave. Put if within the said six month?, any lady he may fancy, shall declare her determination not to have him, he may then proceed to force her into a marimge gainst her cor.-ent. This law is designed by Mr. Clay expressly to guard the rights of the ladies, about which it i said, ihat Pit sident Tyler is sup. osed b. have snme constitutional scruples. It is understood that ail parties, cperi;d!y tho Mies are relighted with the compromise. Ila't. Past. !a, exclaimed h'q.eroiin, -be kind enough to band me the bohintt'.' -The what, child,' sdd the mother. The bobinelt, rn-t.' For heaven's sake, Sophroim, r.mfr n- that oderou-s bobuwll ?g,-on -call i-

XI 'yLc i 1 1 .ii- ... Jeam's c-usini, how w r: -nf Cn'v.

of her nieces then present, who, cn heurin thee bequest-, were only the more confirmed in their notion of the weakness of their aunt's intellect; nor were their convictions lessoned when she went on making further dispositions of property to an amount in the whole of 500, (;0is. Their scepticism, 'now ever, was somewhat removed w hen she added the follow ing recount of herself and property. "At the early age of KJ I beg.-n to earn money. I never have had any u -'elc-s expenses, and during the (" years that have

since elapsed, -4.ve never pas-e.i v.v.y without laying- by something. Here ?re my titles and e'ocuments," taking from under her bolster an old port-folio filled with papers, which abo placed in the hands of the notary. "You will find that 1 have '".'. hCOfs. a xear in the public funds, two houses in the" Rue St. Jacques, one in the Boulevard du Temple, and one in the Quad St. Paul. I recommend rny tenants to vaur care, for they are all honest people, and pay their rents regularly." These were her last words for she expired almost immediately after. Her body was placed in a coffin covered with a rich i all, and surrounded by lf0 lighted tapers, in the narrow alley leading to tho house in which she lodgetkand thence was borne away for ,lnt Ur n cnlpiniirl hearse, followed

lll'.CIllllll- "J. t by ten mourning coaches. Something teorth KnouiiiZ. Twenty of the Members of thf Convention whi. fi framed tho Constitution of the United State, were members of con-ress when the act establishing tl- first Pank of the United States was pastd and only hi of them voted aCatnt it. In the debate on its passage, Elbridpe Gerry, who hao been a member of the convention, declared that "he thought Congress were as competent to estab'.'sh ? National Pank, as either House was to adjourn from day to day." A prominent Democrat; vice Treiident under Msdion.

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