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the western carolinian phi po er9 not du.e0ated to thk i'mtkil status hy till hv it to the states are ituskrvei to the si tris respectively or to the people amendment to tht constitution artitlt ,\. j austin & c f fisher *> editors and proprietor ) no viii of vol xx whole o 9«.n salisbury jv c august 9 1839 terms op carolinian _ rv t on i csrolinian ,-* pul i sled every f'm !'%|. , an 1 paid in toll ;,, ,| p,fij ,'. iiii il not paid before the ex mull , lv ii he i ■iiii nued until all arrearages ■uio i , i ou of the jt litora and n it bdilnrs of n wish to dial ontlnne considered ai a nea en 1 marathon when l.reuce wus free und lighted the conquering chiefs lo their joyful homes so sang the llreek maiden and us bright a one glowed over the e ale of auric and showed the spoiler's i nud nul the tyrant's leas no said she a slur dropped her lule 1 will never he hassan's bride i can forgive luui but i enn never he his from thc new novel " sidney cl{$0n just published and christina tickled at the recollection give j almost perpendicular bank bul he wheeled where screams uf luuirhler i hu was dashed down the bank his face as evhilei bbbw <".'•«*■tin past the past the paai ihe insatiate past \\ ill in ltd brood domain crushed hope and bletidinff joys lie ca*t like were unburied slam . we saw tiiuir plumes iu triumph wave \ bfighl and fair array ; the morning rjiista are curling o'er hie lull : but wherti are they ? i i rented l,illlw!ll«^w!*arut,'si ll ilom^^^^h tlie coiiut wondering and nngry nt the rnis time i levity of his daughter insisted upon nn ex-l plu mn the applanation was given and cnuutl llotlesladt was satisfied that however contrary loj court etiquette ills daughter's conduct hud been 1 evas buch us might he easily forgiven the hall that evening event oil ns a ball should lo — iho ladies duncod ull night with thnt untiring l , severn ice which is the glory of the daniah lair the king opened the assembly with the beautiful christina every one wee satisfied uud nut the least so count hollestadt for the king intimated lie him thai lie would speedily be appointed to a i high office in the german slates princes of thn blood or even the king himself may form an union with a ludy of inferior rank without compromising politi cal interests — for the children of such unions al though legitimate huvo no right to be considered princes ot lhe blood — ihey laleo the mule of the mother without the stain of illegitimacy these marriages nre very common and usually happy iul tlieir consequences such a union did the evidl owed kiqg christian the fourth now form withl the fair heiress ol count h.illirslu.ll-^^.^sbj^^^b ih the bleached marble nml called id us gallup for ee-.ird with such a tremendous impulse that wo inarched four mile in forty minutes we held un nur way ill n cloud of dust und met sullivan all in disorder nearly u milt f'roni ihu ground re treating step by step ; at the head of his men and shoutiog himself hours covered wilh i.i i and sweat and striving in vain to bring lli.'iu to u stand evhile cornevullis was pouring upon them on incesaaot volley pulaski dashed out to the right over ihe fences end there stood awhile upright in his stirrups re cunii.iiteriiig while thu enemy who appeared by hy lhe smoke nnd the dust that rolled hofore them in lho eviud to be much nearer lhan ihey ro ally were redoubled their efforts bat at lust iv laski saev a favorable opportunity tho column wheeled the eviud swept acrtiss their van reveal ing tliem like a hatallion of spirits breathing lire and smoke he gave the signal archibald re peated it then arthur then myself in three ' minutes wo were ready for the word when i'ulaski shouting iu a votco that thril l led through and through us struck spurs into his j charger it was a half minute so fierce and ler i rible wus his chayge belbre wo evere able to come lupin hnn what can he menu gracious lifia iven i my hand convulsively like that ofa drown sic ais i r eyes nud saw u young turk who attraoted by tim melody waa standing hear the window sho arose in terror but u was riu turkish voire lhal met her ear and no turkish hand lhal clasp i hare as constantino sprang lo her sule ii had wandered fur bul and be toiled a thousand leagues such u meeting would have overpaid his labor fly evitl mo ali-rnon s.u.l he and eie uiny still tin i some spot in greece as yet unknown in iho destroyer " hassan i us been kind tn n,e nnd has protected ! nur replied alcnienu ; " shall i ily w uh mi bidding luu farewell 1 n picuously and i . ,. n continuance courl snd judicial nil bo charged 25 per cenl o than a deduction ol ■'■'■■', per cenl from ■w 11 bo made to yeu.lv advetiisors is senl u for publication must havo the marked nil ihem or ihey evil i inscr i,„l charge lor iiccordingly ih editors ou busui i muls be smt ••■■'. ot ''"')' *"' "" l '" ; lll i ( l u e t0 - the past the past the embalming past — behold its march bublimi ; garnering lhe harvest prostrate cast by b bald reaper time ! wit'a diamond shaft ami learning's tome devotions lure divine — fame's glittering wreath and poesy's crown - in added lustre shine the past thn past tbe joyous past how brighl its visions seem when age nml youth the hours contrast i ike some enchanted dream ; love's honey'd ki^n nnd manhood's pride and pltiufcurtj'ti syren strain ; — tlie civic wreath tlie sparkling cup — all — all aro ount again tho past the past tho shadowy past low dim tbo scene appears when eyes that on us itmik'd their last relume in afler years the dazzling cheat in mockery throws lla liu'ht o'er hopeless gloom like a taint taper's flickering ray above the silent tomb th6 past thc post the mighty pnst how boundless is its sway : — i lm k ! ti its trumpet's summoning blas-l while listening worlds obey ! the conquering duet his helmet dotls — the brandisti'd sceptre tails and silence reigns where wassail shouts rang through the festal halls the past the pnst the storied past — r lero genius sits enshrined — on am bright lane your offerings cant the mecca of the mind ! henealh these arches vaulted roofs immortal spirits throng ; here bhakspeare's radiant fancy beams here homer weaves his sony ! thn past the past the new-fledged past even now with raven wing its lengthening shadows grown more vast around my foot tops cling my finders vainly sweep the lyre no answering tones arise rale memory flees to happier breasi -. aud hope to brighter bines ! misccwanoous " he will detain you and sluy me said con stun tine " wu must speed oi he evill purl us for ever fl ram fulls alike on lhe just and on the j-m | the glorious summer's sun pours us rn harice mi lho fesllve hull and on the battle field — , l ,.,. was lhe b'lll valley ee.th its sparkling . .',,,'„„ ii,,l lu shady groves nnd hie gray hills ogiclosed ll "'" '""" liie r ' sl "' ''"' fld - 1 '. 1 ' il "' irfiimr were noev dyed eeith blood — the groves „.„■d rorled and higher than llie highest palms „,.<. ih black heavy smoke of burning cottages for llnssan had been there — lla-sau had found il,ai i„,i peaceful spot and with lhe b-luughtei of qfsece before hnn bail ravaged lhat lovely valley ilia hightailed creeks lied from their blazing y lo resist was shut to die but to be taken | into he sent in triumph and in acorn lo the turkish s.iltuie ami to pine us u slave instead of ijijii as a freeman one young creek had with determined lory , lus father's bul alas ! he could nol hut feuv iis fate ; and as the old demetrius fell into ia irma of his on pleroed with a hundred bul leu iho eoung constantino would have blessed the bud which had directed une to him when lhe mush soldier rode gaily off from that acena ol tine lie envied the eery slaves tbey were bear i in y no proudly * * tub ureek lovers hassan had been walking on the terrace and listening (., the last sounds of alcuiona's lute as ihey died away he approached the window and as the lovers stepped upon the terrace he stood be li.lt li 111 " will alcinena leave inc ?" said he ; " nud will hassan detain lu-r '. no . all-menu loin inn of their cuily love und of all their misfortunes fm had been m the saddle about an hour under '"« " la " reigned up lor a inoinent when i aw tho intrepid i'uluski who with his own hands ex thi,t ' was g a l»ug slruight 1 rward into a licla umi.ied our swords pistols and other equipments "' hayonoti ; yet he wm llie lirst man and who us if assured that the struggle would be deadly and ; wou ' d ", 0 ' l,av , e followed u long continued one tho day was one of the i . " e lld , lollow l ," n and w,tl ' suc1 ' a hurricane most beautiful lhal ever broke over the earth :'' 1 nr ,° am , 1 teel that when eve wheeled our pall we were about half a mile from the main body i '">, broad bolore us with a wall ol ire ou the ranged ulong a green slope facing lho west ourl s bend a,ld °" the lclt i lml "" l » bayonet or a horses about four hundred in number standing as l,lad '' ln front except evhat were under the boots oi so ,„ my marble statues ; until just as tbo euietorn ' ': ur h " sos ' w > b'ood rushes now like a flush ol sliv began to redden uud undulate and cloud after " re reugh •">' lorehoael when i recal the devas cloud to roll up and licavo like a great cur , nil | talion that eve then made almost to the very heart up the wind and the whole heaven seemed j s . ot the enomys column , . , charging all its beauty and brightness upon one j hut pulaski he who afterwards rode into llieir spot 1 happened lo turn about and saw tho tall entrenchments on horseback sword in hand was pole pulaski beur-headed tilting his horse like accustomed to rtj and broken over thorn once some warlike presence com up out of the solid awar0 °' i,1s p erl1 '' he should g ve hem i e "> earth to worship upon the very summit of the hill awakc j thc "' consternation he wheeled in a behind us it might be for the noble carriage of blaz0 of with the intention ol returning through the man the martial beuring of the soldier who a wa " ot death more perilous than that which cold permit cither interpretation it might be in shu ,| '" "> e children of israel upon the ued sea tho awful employment of devotion or in tho moro 1!ut , "° ! the w "" ad t " n "' { "' u l u8 - <•"'■wt earthly one of martial observation but suddenly j were lclt n0 alternative but o continue as evo had reigned up bis charger shook the heavv deev from begun . ,„,.,., lhe horseman's cup replaced il and leaped bead * lie undaunted pole noted in the excess oc bis long down the hill just as the bright hash passed ' j°y ' remember well how lie passed me cover away on the hornzon followed by a loud report ed wlll > 8weat ni,d o 1 ' ridin fs r absolutely upon the and the next instant a part of our ranks wero cov vel 7 l ts of , f'eir bayonets but ut last they ered will dust and turf thrown up bv a cannon ball l rcssed p '■"» nnd horseman after horseman that struck near the spot he hud jus't left m \ r '? m th,mr , s ' llwles ■w,,en w0 were a » f«rw our horses plucked up their ears at the sound > lild whe " archibald was fighting on foot over his and all ut once us if a hundred trumpets were l......1..11 .,-<>, 1 e„,i iwiilmc over his hcud plrlyiug on uio .,,,..,, *, - e *, ... 1.1 ml eve beard the cry ol " buccor ! fauccor ! iiiunodi vartoe i'uluski unsheathed his sword called oui " ltm >' '"= jei ilm nam gi r k~w s 4ms a select body and set oil at full gallop lo a more wa y ar,d "'»' and dually concentrating beyond us disiaul elevation where we saw ihe enemy advanc "°" ce nnrl ! oncc more ! ed pulaski and im 111 lev columns one under kuvphuusen winch | way he event breaking 111 upon them as they moved iu steadiness iu a dark solid mass towards were f»nning nnd trampling down whole platoons the spot occupied by oeiieral maxwell ; the other '" l p e charge before a man could plant a bayonet under cornwullia which seemed to threaten lhe or bung his gun lo an aim ; our aspect as we came right flank of our mum bodv intelligence was thundering round them was sullicient ; thn enemy immediately sent to washington and reinforce h 1 - mui w <> brought oil our companions unhurt inents railed in from the spot we had left ' have been 111 many a battle inanv an ono that we kepi our position awaiting fir a whole hour '» ade iy hair ulierwurds stand when i dreamed the aouud of conflict at last a heavy volley rattled •>' ' l - mt " cv '" r '" " ne w,iere c tim s e was so alon tho skv u lew momenta passed and then an dreadlul and tiring so incessunt as that which foi other followed like a storm of drum heads tne lowed the arrival of creene but tho enemy had whole sir rung wilh it another and another foi so effectually secured his exposed points by ranks lowed ; thon gradually increased in loudness came of men kneeling with planted bayonets that eve peal after peal till it resembled a continual clap of ould make no impression upon them although thunder roiling about under an illuminuted vunor we du upon them again and again discharging lint pulaski with all his impetuosity was a ion " ur l sluls '" l "'' r faces loo lo should lie able to see will ■'■"■, gasfj^^^^m^^hi^^^^^^^^^^^^^b the battle of b&andvwine ' " hassan caused thcni all said lie ; " leave him then and fear not thut he evill disturb greece more unbuckling his acimitar he threev il into the lake b.'fore luui 11 i am a christian said lie ; " i fear not noev to own it when you need a friend and protector seek out hassan and hassan evopt us he joined their hands and prayed in it thev might be happy the ancient history of dreams the f.gyp'iuns and chaldeans behoved in the i immortality ut the soul and its sepurate existence from the body lhat tiur vital powers resided in the former though in our eurthly state they were only available by llie organs of the body : lhe eye evas the organ of seeing but the soul evas all per ception ; and thus evhen the bodily organs were destroy til by death the vital powers enjoyed an unlimited range these notions extended to sleep and it evas im agined that the soul then enjoyed a temporary freedom during which if not gifted with the power of seeing nno futurity it evas enabled lo make more aceurute deductions and to form clearer an ticipations than when clogged with the weight of the body then too il was enabled to hold con vans il those numerous spiritual beings of which all the universe evas held to be full these doctrines were taught by the penpalelic philoso sopbors and ihere is evory reason to believe thai they eei.re known iu egypt it evas upon a belief iu tins theory thai no founded his opinion thai u man might from ihe nature of his dreams judge of his improvements in virtue — for if he found ' beneath n rugged pile e.f rocks stained with bkbb nml festooned with ivy lay a group ol turk i-h - l.li.is their crooked scimitars placed by iheir long guns aa they rested after their day of rirj una sal apart and grasping the hill of his s',1,,1 . l,«.ke,l out eeitli watchful glance on every swe iiliieli showed thiet ho was neithnr can-less i r li.-.ir : his dark bye sparkled as he thought . , i ... rl**e.w f tli day and ibe si nihil in i bl i lip betokened that pit evas a etranger io ths i.:"i-i of hassan one more figure completed tbe group and she wa»aa shaded l.y lho projecting rack in scarcely to be perceived lint ur ihere as ahe stood shrinking from her rierrt associates eeitli hands clasped in terror her ludv rould not be hid the soil durk eye shaded lv the long eyelash the long brown tresses which had fallen around ber slender waii-l the glowing rnipfexion and lhe gra ■lul form ; the nuld only belong to alcuiei'u the pride ol ihhl oikm bsripv bul now devastated vulley '• ah wo is inn i am helpless said she in her attire tongue : " i am al 1 ". shine not mi bright lj proud sun rnmrk me nol wilh thy dancing bums the heart of alcmentt evill soon break — -',■„ it nut hassan turned and gnzed upon her his proud eye had never softened before but now lie lilt ailv the first thought of pity to n hard heart is likir the first pearl to a persian diver il gives hope i more " she shall not lie a slave siid he " tn stand i eed in the turkish niurki ts but she shall reign in my h.irem : wealth and pleasure shall lie ut her feel and she will nol refuse the love ol the jieurli'il hassan 4 ' ' t 11 it p o 11 t u n a t e m i s t a k e . a tale op t1ik loijlir ol denmark high ran the note . f preparation iu ihe winter rraia nl iiiii hi.liestadt at copenhagen — christina the daughtei ol the uount aaa niai jay attained her eighteenth year and for ibe first timo the youthful heiress wus to bo introduced into the gullies of lhc copenhagen world of fashion — christina had been educated with extreme cute — she had been duly taught to mould her every fe.i ture her every motion hor every word to the pre cision required by lhc inns rigorous court eti quelle cn this auapicious day however nature got the belter of art — in all the exuberance of high spirits she ran from room to room from hall to hall to director to admire the magnificent prepar ations which evere miking for a ball to be given ; lo half the nob lily of denmark now her atten tion was directed to arranging a festoon of flowers — now bounding forward wuh the speed of lhe an telope she evould rush into ber father's apartment in inform him ofherauccess in her various arrango iinrnls for adding grace and beauty to lho already splendid and magnificent ; and gratified by his smiling approval of all she did or proposed to do she would show her gratitude and love to the tender em of parents by throwing her snowy arms around his neck and kiss the old man's cheek whilst roaming through thc mansion a servnnt approached her und presented her with n parcel evhich on being opened evas found to contain a dia mond necklace where is the female hcurt hoev ever philosophic — however intellectual which does not glow vv i i li rapture at the idea ol possessing the mo9t splendid jewels among her acquaintance ? — christum evas neither a philosopher or a stoic — her rapture was unbounded ngain she rushed for i ward lo thank her dear father fur his splendid in rill day present she flew to the old man's chair and instantly afterwards uttered u shriek of sur prise she had thrown herself into the arms ofa s|ran»or and imprinted upon his lips the kiss in tended for one niore legitimately entitled to it — christina looked round wilh mingled fear and shame — ber lather was nol there the stranger observed her confusion uud lulling her hand as sured hor thai though he could not but rejoice al thn mistake he hud evidently made the eircum stmicc should go no farther — be had called me lo *. : i count llollcstiidt upon business of importance und that being finishedj the count hud gone to see his daughter lor the purpose of etleciing tho in ! traduction evhich had lieen so uiieapecledly accom plished by accident christina a littles assured by the kindness l the stranger's manner ventured to lilt her eyes from ibe ground and found that tbero was nothing in the appearance of the gentle man she behold at all calculated lo increase her alarm or confusion lie was dressed in a military uniform and appeared to be about forty years of s g e — without being positively handsome he pos sessed good looks and his manners wero so ele gant easy and polite that christina losing her embarrassment gradually entered into an interes ling conversation willi the evell inf rmed stranger count hollostndl here cut red the apartment and was nol a littlo surprised at finding bis daughter i engaged io an animatod conversation with his i liicnd a rnpid telegraphic communication by i the oyes in silence and the conversation between i the gentlemen and the young heiress was resumed i iu a short tune however iho stranger left the i apartment count 1 1 l i slinlt attending willi every i m rk ol deference and respect i lather who is lhal gentleman . — said christina las ho reentered the apartment i only ins majesty chnstiuu the fourth — said lil.e count drily i the king ■' — almost screamed christina i coihi cod ! i hope you did not treat his majes ity with too greal freedom in my ubseiicc — said iii count ljvs i did ' i del himself delighted with that which is vicious li musl haee much cause for vigilance when awake ; n hccus if i icious engagements lid not afford hnn gratification bul if his poweraol mind,enlighten ed by reason shone out like a calm aud wavelesa sea lor the reflection of pure linages be might l.ave ground for self-approbation when wo are aevake observes plutarch " it vice appears it ia as it were under a veil and accommodates it sell to the opinions of men it do s not entirely give itself up to iis own impulses but restrains and con tends with them ; whereas iu bleep flying beyond opinions and law and transgressing all modesty and shame it excites every tint and stirs its evil propensities aiming even ut the most dreadful crimes and enjoying illegal things and images evhich terminate in no pleasure but promote disor der acting upon this principle when dyonisi us henrd that marsyos had dreamed of rotting l.is hyoinsuis's tbroiit he said had he not been iu the habit of thinking upon it hu would never have dreamed it ; " he shall therefore lie put lo death — which was accordingly dono plato too entertained uu idea that so complete might be tbe government of reason over tbe mind as lo iullu ence it even during sleep and prevent dreams nol of u virtuous character if then the soul of a vir tuous man free from vicious impressions be libe rated from the influence of thu body allowed to range through the wonders of creation and enabled to perceive somewhat ui'.r 1 of its own nature and thai of other spiritual beings that when imprison ed in the flesh it liecame they thought advisable to treasure up tho reminiscences of those glimpses 111 anottier stale and if possible lo tun liieni to ace i,,,r in^ns^^^^^j^pjbbbbbm luiiity the opcru'.ious ofthe enemy in ihe vapor bo low el iiiii iiiii i nee ii nl lillh pei 1 1 i win b hiiii i came one lhc i broken u p-h uu — been beaten backm he filially ilut'.h across linul vapor com-m pletely from l no lo follow thc tread which we could feel in the sol 1 wwwwww irom lhe huston cultivator id e.irlb jarring ourselves and our horses ; anil now . uniieji and then a quick glimmering in lho midst as some tiil horsb standard raised above it some weapon nourished though wo havo now machinery lhat surpasses or some musket shot through it like a rocket | this annual iu speed eve are not yet ready to aban aboul aq hour after a horseman dashed through ; don bun and set him adrift other people may the smoke on the very verge of the horizon and ' prefer tho camel or tho mule hut new england lifter scouring the fields for a whole mile in view 1 innner.i know of no servant to be compared wilh communicated wuh two or three others who set the horse oil in different directions ono to us wilh orders to for tho heavy draught or for the race for a hurry down to the ford evbere the commander in ride of pleasure or for a tour into tbo rough iute cbief eeas determined lo fall on knyphuuauii wilh rior uf our counlry the horse is our best compan all hia power before cornwalli could como to bis ion and helper we could hardly estimate his md it was a noble but hazardous game — and w irth but by his loss pulaski whose war horse literally thundered and this animal is ollen abused through wantonness lightened along lho broken and stoney precipice lor carelessness but still more often injured for by which eve descended kept his eye warily to iho want of duo consideration of tho proper mode of n^lit as it nul quite certain that lho order would ; using him nol ir countermanded within a few years il has been customary for we soon tell in with jeiinral tirecn who evas ! drivers of sluges in our neighborhood to givo their postui ull ou lire lo give knyphausen battle and i horses meal in their water when they only stopped the next moment saw sullivan in full march over ' for a short timo iu the middle of lho day il was a distant hill towards tho enemies hank this ar not uncommon for horses when driven no castor rangement would doubtless have proved fatal to than at present to fall suddenly dead in tho bar knyphausen had not our operations been untbrtu ncss ou opening thu animal the meal would bu palely arrested at lhe very moment we woro pre j found undigested and formed into a hard cake ill pared to full upon hi iri man and hor9c by the in the stomach lelligence lhat comwallis had moved oil lo anoth wc believe this practice is now wholly abandon er quurtcr it was a moment of irresolution — c j there is a vtry prevalent idea lhat.il is in doiibl it was lho deaih blow lo our hopes ol vie jurious to give gciii to tho animal when he is twry crecn wm recalled and sullivan command warm now we have never known any injury to ed to halt arise from this practice there is no more dan harllv had this happened our horses being cov j g c r of injury lo the horse than to ourselves by ered witii sweat and froth fretting iu thc bu like ; eating a hearty meal when warm — and who ever chained tigers and covered wuh dust it being an beard of a man killing himself with a hoarty din excessively hot and sultry day when a heavy can „ er because he eat it when ho was fatigued or ponade was heard on our right flank and green to heated ! whose d us n eve had been attached was put iu j it is jiard driving — violonl eicrcino after cat motion lo support sullivan who had left home miinnling hearty food lhat causes pain and often death inurs before the truth now broke upon ui liko let a man bul reflect on what lias proved inju a thllnder-clap thc enemy had passed cuueen 1 rious to himself and he will ration illy conclude tratcd wu supposed and fallen on our right evhal treatment is most likely to injure his bout 1 shall nevci forget green's countenance rien i let him cat a harty meal then run uruse any very the in e - came he was on the road side upon an violent exercise immediately after end ho will w horning rose on the vale of ar,'le,ju_d_co phmireeas seeking among the si.i'ten'd mi bwbsirsce of his hi-lowd alemena : i be cu bitntnmulliiiik that she was lhe sluve or the la i ri i some wealthy turk tbero wus no our ii be found her silver woven veil alone clinging i lha bough or a lofty palm and the print ol i banes foal near il same place told thc lover thai i alcmena was gone he took bis resolution in a i in ul and looking round ou the mountains still i ind calm aud wreathed in mist he bom over bis [ sutler's gruve to shed tears for lus fate and to vow vengeance on in foes l„r glanced t fheai arkling ■lhat now bore no tokens of the fray nnd he it-it lh place of his birth und sorrows to seek through treece ins lost alcmena m agvicuuuray |. ,.| hassan was stalely llirough his l.,f '•• liall lis bttendnnls bowed ix-i'oro bim acd his iu rejoiced at his presence bul alcmena re itd lu profihred loaeti you are noble and rich aaid she i scek.an 1.1 hjfou alone rule n.y heart replied hassan 1 i.iiir before sought ihe love of woman ll i were !•> wed a turk mud alcmena " lhe leariol greece would rise up before me ; and be fore i wed a musselmae > azia i enfold me sir ll illinm scott " to illustrate by example bis singularly refined aiepungent wit in conversa tion oi thehappy or unexpected quotations with v inch be embellished it or the tersely told anecdotes with which be enlivened it without for uu instant fall nog hia a iiii nice would is . ll llk-nll because it is ot tu nature ofthe refined essence in evhich the spirit of the best sn.i ly i insists not lo keep \\ hen soma sudden a id somewhat violent charuj es ol opinion were imputed lu ', learned judgo who was always jocosely termed mrs , " varium ti mutabile temper ftemina evas sir william scull's rem ule a celebrated physician having said somewhat more ibppauily than beseemed the gravity ol ins chub on yon know b,r william ifier forty a iriari is cither a i'.ol or a physician i mayn't he i both doctor i " was the rejoinder wilh a most arch leer mid insinuating voice halt drawled out " a vicar was once said his lord ship presiding at the dinner of the admiralty sea sums so wearied out wiili his parish clerk con fi nsclf entirely to the luilih psalm that be rem uslraied and insisted upon a variety which the man promised ; bul old habit proving loo strong lor him ibe old words were as usual given out next sunday " all people that on earth do dwell llpou i ns iue vicar's temper could hold out uo long.rr and jutting bis inad over the desk he cried .. it n all people lhat on earth do dwell — e verv couipi'iidious form of anathema added un learned chief f the spiritual court — lord brough ham ilh liis gloomy eriiiga 1 hassan looked n lus glittering palace and fell lhat wiihoat alcmena ii was nothing tjio proud conqueror waa subdued before the timid creek — ii gave her magnificent apartments and bade hei dome her wishes lhal he might grant them hi iword hung idle in hia sheathyaod his pages wondered ihal he iv never threw the juvuhoi — ' ilowouliloli.ru eisil aleinenii that sho might leach i mi wlial had made ber so virtuous and he i listened with wonder as slur painted lo him lhe -;, i.-'d beauties of her religion und called on hnn lo believe ; and hassan did lieli.-ve and he became u ithrisbbji but not openly — for allhough he could brae danger be could i„.t endure scum < m • alcmena was sitting uu golden cushions before her open window iliiiiku.g of lhe e ilu of arele tbe sim wai s..t,..,g ma blazo of glory and lhe closing n.wi-rs sent forth ibe r las perfumes pbe k i : lute aud sang of ber native land lo her n mid i,i:-iic nh a s.in*«*l as llus glowed upon llie field ol
Object Description
Title | Western Carolinian |
Masthead | Western Carolinian |
Date | 1839-08-09 |
Month | 08 |
Day | 09 |
Year | 1839 |
Volume | 20 |
Issue | No.8-Whole No.998 |
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Date | 1839-08-09 |
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Day | 09 |
Year | 1839 |
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FullText | the western carolinian phi po er9 not du.e0ated to thk i'mtkil status hy till hv it to the states are ituskrvei to the si tris respectively or to the people amendment to tht constitution artitlt ,\. j austin & c f fisher *> editors and proprietor ) no viii of vol xx whole o 9«.n salisbury jv c august 9 1839 terms op carolinian _ rv t on i csrolinian ,-* pul i sled every f'm !'%|. , an 1 paid in toll ;,, ,| p,fij ,'. iiii il not paid before the ex mull , lv ii he i ■iiii nued until all arrearages ■uio i , i ou of the jt litora and n it bdilnrs of n wish to dial ontlnne considered ai a nea en 1 marathon when l.reuce wus free und lighted the conquering chiefs lo their joyful homes so sang the llreek maiden and us bright a one glowed over the e ale of auric and showed the spoiler's i nud nul the tyrant's leas no said she a slur dropped her lule 1 will never he hassan's bride i can forgive luui but i enn never he his from thc new novel " sidney cl{$0n just published and christina tickled at the recollection give j almost perpendicular bank bul he wheeled where screams uf luuirhler i hu was dashed down the bank his face as evhilei bbbw <".'•«*■tin past the past the paai ihe insatiate past \\ ill in ltd brood domain crushed hope and bletidinff joys lie ca*t like were unburied slam . we saw tiiuir plumes iu triumph wave \ bfighl and fair array ; the morning rjiista are curling o'er hie lull : but wherti are they ? i i rented l,illlw!ll«^w!*arut,'si ll ilom^^^^h tlie coiiut wondering and nngry nt the rnis time i levity of his daughter insisted upon nn ex-l plu mn the applanation was given and cnuutl llotlesladt was satisfied that however contrary loj court etiquette ills daughter's conduct hud been 1 evas buch us might he easily forgiven the hall that evening event oil ns a ball should lo — iho ladies duncod ull night with thnt untiring l , severn ice which is the glory of the daniah lair the king opened the assembly with the beautiful christina every one wee satisfied uud nut the least so count hollestadt for the king intimated lie him thai lie would speedily be appointed to a i high office in the german slates princes of thn blood or even the king himself may form an union with a ludy of inferior rank without compromising politi cal interests — for the children of such unions al though legitimate huvo no right to be considered princes ot lhe blood — ihey laleo the mule of the mother without the stain of illegitimacy these marriages nre very common and usually happy iul tlieir consequences such a union did the evidl owed kiqg christian the fourth now form withl the fair heiress ol count h.illirslu.ll-^^.^sbj^^^b ih the bleached marble nml called id us gallup for ee-.ird with such a tremendous impulse that wo inarched four mile in forty minutes we held un nur way ill n cloud of dust und met sullivan all in disorder nearly u milt f'roni ihu ground re treating step by step ; at the head of his men and shoutiog himself hours covered wilh i.i i and sweat and striving in vain to bring lli.'iu to u stand evhile cornevullis was pouring upon them on incesaaot volley pulaski dashed out to the right over ihe fences end there stood awhile upright in his stirrups re cunii.iiteriiig while thu enemy who appeared by hy lhe smoke nnd the dust that rolled hofore them in lho eviud to be much nearer lhan ihey ro ally were redoubled their efforts bat at lust iv laski saev a favorable opportunity tho column wheeled the eviud swept acrtiss their van reveal ing tliem like a hatallion of spirits breathing lire and smoke he gave the signal archibald re peated it then arthur then myself in three ' minutes wo were ready for the word when i'ulaski shouting iu a votco that thril l led through and through us struck spurs into his j charger it was a half minute so fierce and ler i rible wus his chayge belbre wo evere able to come lupin hnn what can he menu gracious lifia iven i my hand convulsively like that ofa drown sic ais i r eyes nud saw u young turk who attraoted by tim melody waa standing hear the window sho arose in terror but u was riu turkish voire lhal met her ear and no turkish hand lhal clasp i hare as constantino sprang lo her sule ii had wandered fur bul and be toiled a thousand leagues such u meeting would have overpaid his labor fly evitl mo ali-rnon s.u.l he and eie uiny still tin i some spot in greece as yet unknown in iho destroyer " hassan i us been kind tn n,e nnd has protected ! nur replied alcnienu ; " shall i ily w uh mi bidding luu farewell 1 n picuously and i . ,. n continuance courl snd judicial nil bo charged 25 per cenl o than a deduction ol ■'■'■■', per cenl from ■w 11 bo made to yeu.lv advetiisors is senl u for publication must havo the marked nil ihem or ihey evil i inscr i,„l charge lor iiccordingly ih editors ou busui i muls be smt ••■■'. ot ''"')' *"' "" l '" ; lll i ( l u e t0 - the past the past the embalming past — behold its march bublimi ; garnering lhe harvest prostrate cast by b bald reaper time ! wit'a diamond shaft ami learning's tome devotions lure divine — fame's glittering wreath and poesy's crown - in added lustre shine the past thn past tbe joyous past how brighl its visions seem when age nml youth the hours contrast i ike some enchanted dream ; love's honey'd ki^n nnd manhood's pride and pltiufcurtj'ti syren strain ; — tlie civic wreath tlie sparkling cup — all — all aro ount again tho past the past tho shadowy past low dim tbo scene appears when eyes that on us itmik'd their last relume in afler years the dazzling cheat in mockery throws lla liu'ht o'er hopeless gloom like a taint taper's flickering ray above the silent tomb th6 past thc post the mighty pnst how boundless is its sway : — i lm k ! ti its trumpet's summoning blas-l while listening worlds obey ! the conquering duet his helmet dotls — the brandisti'd sceptre tails and silence reigns where wassail shouts rang through the festal halls the past the pnst the storied past — r lero genius sits enshrined — on am bright lane your offerings cant the mecca of the mind ! henealh these arches vaulted roofs immortal spirits throng ; here bhakspeare's radiant fancy beams here homer weaves his sony ! thn past the past the new-fledged past even now with raven wing its lengthening shadows grown more vast around my foot tops cling my finders vainly sweep the lyre no answering tones arise rale memory flees to happier breasi -. aud hope to brighter bines ! misccwanoous " he will detain you and sluy me said con stun tine " wu must speed oi he evill purl us for ever fl ram fulls alike on lhe just and on the j-m | the glorious summer's sun pours us rn harice mi lho fesllve hull and on the battle field — , l ,.,. was lhe b'lll valley ee.th its sparkling . .',,,'„„ ii,,l lu shady groves nnd hie gray hills ogiclosed ll "'" '""" liie r ' sl "' ''"' fld - 1 '. 1 ' il "' irfiimr were noev dyed eeith blood — the groves „.„■d rorled and higher than llie highest palms „,.<. ih black heavy smoke of burning cottages for llnssan had been there — lla-sau had found il,ai i„,i peaceful spot and with lhe b-luughtei of qfsece before hnn bail ravaged lhat lovely valley ilia hightailed creeks lied from their blazing y lo resist was shut to die but to be taken | into he sent in triumph and in acorn lo the turkish s.iltuie ami to pine us u slave instead of ijijii as a freeman one young creek had with determined lory , lus father's bul alas ! he could nol hut feuv iis fate ; and as the old demetrius fell into ia irma of his on pleroed with a hundred bul leu iho eoung constantino would have blessed the bud which had directed une to him when lhe mush soldier rode gaily off from that acena ol tine lie envied the eery slaves tbey were bear i in y no proudly * * tub ureek lovers hassan had been walking on the terrace and listening (., the last sounds of alcuiona's lute as ihey died away he approached the window and as the lovers stepped upon the terrace he stood be li.lt li 111 " will alcinena leave inc ?" said he ; " nud will hassan detain lu-r '. no . all-menu loin inn of their cuily love und of all their misfortunes fm had been m the saddle about an hour under '"« " la " reigned up lor a inoinent when i aw tho intrepid i'uluski who with his own hands ex thi,t ' was g a l»ug slruight 1 rward into a licla umi.ied our swords pistols and other equipments "' hayonoti ; yet he wm llie lirst man and who us if assured that the struggle would be deadly and ; wou ' d ", 0 ' l,av , e followed u long continued one tho day was one of the i . " e lld , lollow l ," n and w,tl ' suc1 ' a hurricane most beautiful lhal ever broke over the earth :'' 1 nr ,° am , 1 teel that when eve wheeled our pall we were about half a mile from the main body i '">, broad bolore us with a wall ol ire ou the ranged ulong a green slope facing lho west ourl s bend a,ld °" the lclt i lml "" l » bayonet or a horses about four hundred in number standing as l,lad '' ln front except evhat were under the boots oi so ,„ my marble statues ; until just as tbo euietorn ' ': ur h " sos ' w > b'ood rushes now like a flush ol sliv began to redden uud undulate and cloud after " re reugh •">' lorehoael when i recal the devas cloud to roll up and licavo like a great cur , nil | talion that eve then made almost to the very heart up the wind and the whole heaven seemed j s . ot the enomys column , . , charging all its beauty and brightness upon one j hut pulaski he who afterwards rode into llieir spot 1 happened lo turn about and saw tho tall entrenchments on horseback sword in hand was pole pulaski beur-headed tilting his horse like accustomed to rtj and broken over thorn once some warlike presence com up out of the solid awar0 °' i,1s p erl1 '' he should g ve hem i e "> earth to worship upon the very summit of the hill awakc j thc "' consternation he wheeled in a behind us it might be for the noble carriage of blaz0 of with the intention ol returning through the man the martial beuring of the soldier who a wa " ot death more perilous than that which cold permit cither interpretation it might be in shu ,| '" "> e children of israel upon the ued sea tho awful employment of devotion or in tho moro 1!ut , "° ! the w "" ad t " n "' { "' u l u8 - <•"'■wt earthly one of martial observation but suddenly j were lclt n0 alternative but o continue as evo had reigned up bis charger shook the heavv deev from begun . ,„,.,., lhe horseman's cup replaced il and leaped bead * lie undaunted pole noted in the excess oc bis long down the hill just as the bright hash passed ' j°y ' remember well how lie passed me cover away on the hornzon followed by a loud report ed wlll > 8weat ni,d o 1 ' ridin fs r absolutely upon the and the next instant a part of our ranks wero cov vel 7 l ts of , f'eir bayonets but ut last they ered will dust and turf thrown up bv a cannon ball l rcssed p '■"» nnd horseman after horseman that struck near the spot he hud jus't left m \ r '? m th,mr , s ' llwles ■w,,en w0 were a » f«rw our horses plucked up their ears at the sound > lild whe " archibald was fighting on foot over his and all ut once us if a hundred trumpets were l......1..11 .,-<>, 1 e„,i iwiilmc over his hcud plrlyiug on uio .,,,..,, *, - e *, ... 1.1 ml eve beard the cry ol " buccor ! fauccor ! iiiunodi vartoe i'uluski unsheathed his sword called oui " ltm >' '"= jei ilm nam gi r k~w s 4ms a select body and set oil at full gallop lo a more wa y ar,d "'»' and dually concentrating beyond us disiaul elevation where we saw ihe enemy advanc "°" ce nnrl ! oncc more ! ed pulaski and im 111 lev columns one under kuvphuusen winch | way he event breaking 111 upon them as they moved iu steadiness iu a dark solid mass towards were f»nning nnd trampling down whole platoons the spot occupied by oeiieral maxwell ; the other '" l p e charge before a man could plant a bayonet under cornwullia which seemed to threaten lhe or bung his gun lo an aim ; our aspect as we came right flank of our mum bodv intelligence was thundering round them was sullicient ; thn enemy immediately sent to washington and reinforce h 1 - mui w <> brought oil our companions unhurt inents railed in from the spot we had left ' have been 111 many a battle inanv an ono that we kepi our position awaiting fir a whole hour '» ade iy hair ulierwurds stand when i dreamed the aouud of conflict at last a heavy volley rattled •>' ' l - mt " cv '" r '" " ne w,iere c tim s e was so alon tho skv u lew momenta passed and then an dreadlul and tiring so incessunt as that which foi other followed like a storm of drum heads tne lowed the arrival of creene but tho enemy had whole sir rung wilh it another and another foi so effectually secured his exposed points by ranks lowed ; thon gradually increased in loudness came of men kneeling with planted bayonets that eve peal after peal till it resembled a continual clap of ould make no impression upon them although thunder roiling about under an illuminuted vunor we du upon them again and again discharging lint pulaski with all his impetuosity was a ion " ur l sluls '" l "'' r faces loo lo should lie able to see will ■'■"■, gasfj^^^^m^^hi^^^^^^^^^^^^^b the battle of b&andvwine ' " hassan caused thcni all said lie ; " leave him then and fear not thut he evill disturb greece more unbuckling his acimitar he threev il into the lake b.'fore luui 11 i am a christian said lie ; " i fear not noev to own it when you need a friend and protector seek out hassan and hassan evopt us he joined their hands and prayed in it thev might be happy the ancient history of dreams the f.gyp'iuns and chaldeans behoved in the i immortality ut the soul and its sepurate existence from the body lhat tiur vital powers resided in the former though in our eurthly state they were only available by llie organs of the body : lhe eye evas the organ of seeing but the soul evas all per ception ; and thus evhen the bodily organs were destroy til by death the vital powers enjoyed an unlimited range these notions extended to sleep and it evas im agined that the soul then enjoyed a temporary freedom during which if not gifted with the power of seeing nno futurity it evas enabled lo make more aceurute deductions and to form clearer an ticipations than when clogged with the weight of the body then too il was enabled to hold con vans il those numerous spiritual beings of which all the universe evas held to be full these doctrines were taught by the penpalelic philoso sopbors and ihere is evory reason to believe thai they eei.re known iu egypt it evas upon a belief iu tins theory thai no founded his opinion thai u man might from ihe nature of his dreams judge of his improvements in virtue — for if he found ' beneath n rugged pile e.f rocks stained with bkbb nml festooned with ivy lay a group ol turk i-h - l.li.is their crooked scimitars placed by iheir long guns aa they rested after their day of rirj una sal apart and grasping the hill of his s',1,,1 . l,«.ke,l out eeitli watchful glance on every swe iiliieli showed thiet ho was neithnr can-less i r li.-.ir : his dark bye sparkled as he thought . , i ... rl**e.w f tli day and ibe si nihil in i bl i lip betokened that pit evas a etranger io ths i.:"i-i of hassan one more figure completed tbe group and she wa»aa shaded l.y lho projecting rack in scarcely to be perceived lint ur ihere as ahe stood shrinking from her rierrt associates eeitli hands clasped in terror her ludv rould not be hid the soil durk eye shaded lv the long eyelash the long brown tresses which had fallen around ber slender waii-l the glowing rnipfexion and lhe gra ■lul form ; the nuld only belong to alcuiei'u the pride ol ihhl oikm bsripv bul now devastated vulley '• ah wo is inn i am helpless said she in her attire tongue : " i am al 1 ". shine not mi bright lj proud sun rnmrk me nol wilh thy dancing bums the heart of alcmentt evill soon break — -',■„ it nut hassan turned and gnzed upon her his proud eye had never softened before but now lie lilt ailv the first thought of pity to n hard heart is likir the first pearl to a persian diver il gives hope i more " she shall not lie a slave siid he " tn stand i eed in the turkish niurki ts but she shall reign in my h.irem : wealth and pleasure shall lie ut her feel and she will nol refuse the love ol the jieurli'il hassan 4 ' ' t 11 it p o 11 t u n a t e m i s t a k e . a tale op t1ik loijlir ol denmark high ran the note . f preparation iu ihe winter rraia nl iiiii hi.liestadt at copenhagen — christina the daughtei ol the uount aaa niai jay attained her eighteenth year and for ibe first timo the youthful heiress wus to bo introduced into the gullies of lhc copenhagen world of fashion — christina had been educated with extreme cute — she had been duly taught to mould her every fe.i ture her every motion hor every word to the pre cision required by lhc inns rigorous court eti quelle cn this auapicious day however nature got the belter of art — in all the exuberance of high spirits she ran from room to room from hall to hall to director to admire the magnificent prepar ations which evere miking for a ball to be given ; lo half the nob lily of denmark now her atten tion was directed to arranging a festoon of flowers — now bounding forward wuh the speed of lhe an telope she evould rush into ber father's apartment in inform him ofherauccess in her various arrango iinrnls for adding grace and beauty to lho already splendid and magnificent ; and gratified by his smiling approval of all she did or proposed to do she would show her gratitude and love to the tender em of parents by throwing her snowy arms around his neck and kiss the old man's cheek whilst roaming through thc mansion a servnnt approached her und presented her with n parcel evhich on being opened evas found to contain a dia mond necklace where is the female hcurt hoev ever philosophic — however intellectual which does not glow vv i i li rapture at the idea ol possessing the mo9t splendid jewels among her acquaintance ? — christum evas neither a philosopher or a stoic — her rapture was unbounded ngain she rushed for i ward lo thank her dear father fur his splendid in rill day present she flew to the old man's chair and instantly afterwards uttered u shriek of sur prise she had thrown herself into the arms ofa s|ran»or and imprinted upon his lips the kiss in tended for one niore legitimately entitled to it — christina looked round wilh mingled fear and shame — ber lather was nol there the stranger observed her confusion uud lulling her hand as sured hor thai though he could not but rejoice al thn mistake he hud evidently made the eircum stmicc should go no farther — be had called me lo *. : i count llollcstiidt upon business of importance und that being finishedj the count hud gone to see his daughter lor the purpose of etleciing tho in ! traduction evhich had lieen so uiieapecledly accom plished by accident christina a littles assured by the kindness l the stranger's manner ventured to lilt her eyes from ibe ground and found that tbero was nothing in the appearance of the gentle man she behold at all calculated lo increase her alarm or confusion lie was dressed in a military uniform and appeared to be about forty years of s g e — without being positively handsome he pos sessed good looks and his manners wero so ele gant easy and polite that christina losing her embarrassment gradually entered into an interes ling conversation willi the evell inf rmed stranger count hollostndl here cut red the apartment and was nol a littlo surprised at finding bis daughter i engaged io an animatod conversation with his i liicnd a rnpid telegraphic communication by i the oyes in silence and the conversation between i the gentlemen and the young heiress was resumed i iu a short tune however iho stranger left the i apartment count 1 1 l i slinlt attending willi every i m rk ol deference and respect i lather who is lhal gentleman . — said christina las ho reentered the apartment i only ins majesty chnstiuu the fourth — said lil.e count drily i the king ■' — almost screamed christina i coihi cod ! i hope you did not treat his majes ity with too greal freedom in my ubseiicc — said iii count ljvs i did ' i del himself delighted with that which is vicious li musl haee much cause for vigilance when awake ; n hccus if i icious engagements lid not afford hnn gratification bul if his poweraol mind,enlighten ed by reason shone out like a calm aud wavelesa sea lor the reflection of pure linages be might l.ave ground for self-approbation when wo are aevake observes plutarch " it vice appears it ia as it were under a veil and accommodates it sell to the opinions of men it do s not entirely give itself up to iis own impulses but restrains and con tends with them ; whereas iu bleep flying beyond opinions and law and transgressing all modesty and shame it excites every tint and stirs its evil propensities aiming even ut the most dreadful crimes and enjoying illegal things and images evhich terminate in no pleasure but promote disor der acting upon this principle when dyonisi us henrd that marsyos had dreamed of rotting l.is hyoinsuis's tbroiit he said had he not been iu the habit of thinking upon it hu would never have dreamed it ; " he shall therefore lie put lo death — which was accordingly dono plato too entertained uu idea that so complete might be tbe government of reason over tbe mind as lo iullu ence it even during sleep and prevent dreams nol of u virtuous character if then the soul of a vir tuous man free from vicious impressions be libe rated from the influence of thu body allowed to range through the wonders of creation and enabled to perceive somewhat ui'.r 1 of its own nature and thai of other spiritual beings that when imprison ed in the flesh it liecame they thought advisable to treasure up tho reminiscences of those glimpses 111 anottier stale and if possible lo tun liieni to ace i,,,r in^ns^^^^^j^pjbbbbbm luiiity the opcru'.ious ofthe enemy in ihe vapor bo low el iiiii iiiii i nee ii nl lillh pei 1 1 i win b hiiii i came one lhc i broken u p-h uu — been beaten backm he filially ilut'.h across linul vapor com-m pletely from l no lo follow thc tread which we could feel in the sol 1 wwwwww irom lhe huston cultivator id e.irlb jarring ourselves and our horses ; anil now . uniieji and then a quick glimmering in lho midst as some tiil horsb standard raised above it some weapon nourished though wo havo now machinery lhat surpasses or some musket shot through it like a rocket | this annual iu speed eve are not yet ready to aban aboul aq hour after a horseman dashed through ; don bun and set him adrift other people may the smoke on the very verge of the horizon and ' prefer tho camel or tho mule hut new england lifter scouring the fields for a whole mile in view 1 innner.i know of no servant to be compared wilh communicated wuh two or three others who set the horse oil in different directions ono to us wilh orders to for tho heavy draught or for the race for a hurry down to the ford evbere the commander in ride of pleasure or for a tour into tbo rough iute cbief eeas determined lo fall on knyphuuauii wilh rior uf our counlry the horse is our best compan all hia power before cornwalli could como to bis ion and helper we could hardly estimate his md it was a noble but hazardous game — and w irth but by his loss pulaski whose war horse literally thundered and this animal is ollen abused through wantonness lightened along lho broken and stoney precipice lor carelessness but still more often injured for by which eve descended kept his eye warily to iho want of duo consideration of tho proper mode of n^lit as it nul quite certain that lho order would ; using him nol ir countermanded within a few years il has been customary for we soon tell in with jeiinral tirecn who evas ! drivers of sluges in our neighborhood to givo their postui ull ou lire lo give knyphausen battle and i horses meal in their water when they only stopped the next moment saw sullivan in full march over ' for a short timo iu the middle of lho day il was a distant hill towards tho enemies hank this ar not uncommon for horses when driven no castor rangement would doubtless have proved fatal to than at present to fall suddenly dead in tho bar knyphausen had not our operations been untbrtu ncss ou opening thu animal the meal would bu palely arrested at lhe very moment we woro pre j found undigested and formed into a hard cake ill pared to full upon hi iri man and hor9c by the in the stomach lelligence lhat comwallis had moved oil lo anoth wc believe this practice is now wholly abandon er quurtcr it was a moment of irresolution — c j there is a vtry prevalent idea lhat.il is in doiibl it was lho deaih blow lo our hopes ol vie jurious to give gciii to tho animal when he is twry crecn wm recalled and sullivan command warm now we have never known any injury to ed to halt arise from this practice there is no more dan harllv had this happened our horses being cov j g c r of injury lo the horse than to ourselves by ered witii sweat and froth fretting iu thc bu like ; eating a hearty meal when warm — and who ever chained tigers and covered wuh dust it being an beard of a man killing himself with a hoarty din excessively hot and sultry day when a heavy can „ er because he eat it when ho was fatigued or ponade was heard on our right flank and green to heated ! whose d us n eve had been attached was put iu j it is jiard driving — violonl eicrcino after cat motion lo support sullivan who had left home miinnling hearty food lhat causes pain and often death inurs before the truth now broke upon ui liko let a man bul reflect on what lias proved inju a thllnder-clap thc enemy had passed cuueen 1 rious to himself and he will ration illy conclude tratcd wu supposed and fallen on our right evhal treatment is most likely to injure his bout 1 shall nevci forget green's countenance rien i let him cat a harty meal then run uruse any very the in e - came he was on the road side upon an violent exercise immediately after end ho will w horning rose on the vale of ar,'le,ju_d_co phmireeas seeking among the si.i'ten'd mi bwbsirsce of his hi-lowd alemena : i be cu bitntnmulliiiik that she was lhe sluve or the la i ri i some wealthy turk tbero wus no our ii be found her silver woven veil alone clinging i lha bough or a lofty palm and the print ol i banes foal near il same place told thc lover thai i alcmena was gone he took bis resolution in a i in ul and looking round ou the mountains still i ind calm aud wreathed in mist he bom over bis [ sutler's gruve to shed tears for lus fate and to vow vengeance on in foes l„r glanced t fheai arkling ■lhat now bore no tokens of the fray nnd he it-it lh place of his birth und sorrows to seek through treece ins lost alcmena m agvicuuuray |. ,.| hassan was stalely llirough his l.,f '•• liall lis bttendnnls bowed ix-i'oro bim acd his iu rejoiced at his presence bul alcmena re itd lu profihred loaeti you are noble and rich aaid she i scek.an 1.1 hjfou alone rule n.y heart replied hassan 1 i.iiir before sought ihe love of woman ll i were !•> wed a turk mud alcmena " lhe leariol greece would rise up before me ; and be fore i wed a musselmae > azia i enfold me sir ll illinm scott " to illustrate by example bis singularly refined aiepungent wit in conversa tion oi thehappy or unexpected quotations with v inch be embellished it or the tersely told anecdotes with which be enlivened it without for uu instant fall nog hia a iiii nice would is . ll llk-nll because it is ot tu nature ofthe refined essence in evhich the spirit of the best sn.i ly i insists not lo keep \\ hen soma sudden a id somewhat violent charuj es ol opinion were imputed lu ', learned judgo who was always jocosely termed mrs , " varium ti mutabile temper ftemina evas sir william scull's rem ule a celebrated physician having said somewhat more ibppauily than beseemed the gravity ol ins chub on yon know b,r william ifier forty a iriari is cither a i'.ol or a physician i mayn't he i both doctor i " was the rejoinder wilh a most arch leer mid insinuating voice halt drawled out " a vicar was once said his lord ship presiding at the dinner of the admiralty sea sums so wearied out wiili his parish clerk con fi nsclf entirely to the luilih psalm that be rem uslraied and insisted upon a variety which the man promised ; bul old habit proving loo strong lor him ibe old words were as usual given out next sunday " all people that on earth do dwell llpou i ns iue vicar's temper could hold out uo long.rr and jutting bis inad over the desk he cried .. it n all people lhat on earth do dwell — e verv couipi'iidious form of anathema added un learned chief f the spiritual court — lord brough ham ilh liis gloomy eriiiga 1 hassan looked n lus glittering palace and fell lhat wiihoat alcmena ii was nothing tjio proud conqueror waa subdued before the timid creek — ii gave her magnificent apartments and bade hei dome her wishes lhal he might grant them hi iword hung idle in hia sheathyaod his pages wondered ihal he iv never threw the juvuhoi — ' ilowouliloli.ru eisil aleinenii that sho might leach i mi wlial had made ber so virtuous and he i listened with wonder as slur painted lo him lhe -;, i.-'d beauties of her religion und called on hnn lo believe ; and hassan did lieli.-ve and he became u ithrisbbji but not openly — for allhough he could brae danger be could i„.t endure scum < m • alcmena was sitting uu golden cushions before her open window iliiiiku.g of lhe e ilu of arele tbe sim wai s..t,..,g ma blazo of glory and lhe closing n.wi-rs sent forth ibe r las perfumes pbe k i : lute aud sang of ber native land lo her n mid i,i:-iic nh a s.in*«*l as llus glowed upon llie field ol |