Carolina Watchman

              do this avd liberty is safe gen'i harrison salisbury n c thursday september 2 1817 f^v^ij 1?t 1r 1 a^4 a et dt w h t a e t a s~^d-isr frum the smnter county ala whig paris june j-3 1547 friend trott : thinking it may not be uninteresting to you to bear from one of your countrymen on ibis | side of the atlantic i take up the pen to drop you a few lines 1 arrived in this ancient city about the 1st of juno by far the pleasantesl season of the year for a si ranger to visit ii for although many of the nobility have e\cha»ged the din and m^!e of ihe capital forlhe coiner alive tranquility of their country establishments yet at this particular time every tiling is beau tiful—trees flowers plants as well as the de lightful atmosphere that surrounds them seem to lend an enchanlmonl to the prospect and to ' matoy the french capital appear more like a ' paijfidize than it really is when a stranger fir^l visits paris he is completely lost in aduii ia*jn and astonishment he finds himself in | igardens palaces obelisks and statues and '• jo grand and so imposing so riiserent from \^.' ibingthal he has hitherto conceived thai he sv lu il"lsllliv u completely overwhelmed will the ii r ,, r i i i i , ,., ,' ll'*pcct he tore him i had read much ofthe splendor of p^ri had always looked i 1'1011 lhe descriplinn whh that decree ol al lowance winch it i 3 u ., litt , ,,, ,,-. vt , ,„£„„," tourists 1 gud however that they have notes s?htbe-tvf p killg0''th s-cl^'andlhal !"" the pen or the pencil to gi"v e an ad equate'con ception ol il f realitv the foot of the traveller lias , 1<)t left its print upon the soil of any country which is not here re presented in the various museums menageries and public gardens the curiosities of"fier culaneum and i peii have bepn disentombed the temples ol greece and rome have been pillaged even the rude monuments of ancient egypt have been taken ruin their resliti place u ages and centered here to gratify the ambi tion nl kings and tu administer to the public laste the antiquities of the place itself are exceedingly numerous and interesting here i shown von a building the foundation of which was coeval with the christian era.—there you will find a monument erected by some il man emperor which is all that is ieli lo led j'ou that he once road in triumph aloii the street:—somewhere e'se may be found a tem ple whose mossy tower has seen a thousand rations pass away and has been the silenl ss ol many nf those scenes of turbulance isurrection which darken the pages of eu n history : paris although an ancient is also a mo dern city along side of the antique pile of i ages arises the magnificent dome of the nt century the same view that looks th lime worn monument dedicated to its r wm looks also on th • triumphal arch i'd to gratify lhe ambition of napoleon iii intermingling of the old and the new connected with its own historical c\>-n ilo'.-s not fail to have t iull tence over the mind of the stranger it is this contrast that over whelms him a contrast not only in the things that 1 have mentioned but in every thing else t4ie prince and the peasant the begger and the millionaire ignorance amounting to ilie greatest superstition and science with all its light and learning a:e here collected within ihe walls of the city you will not wonder then that one is stiuck with astonishment du ring the first days of his sojourn in i'aiis at present 1 am located inlhe oldesl portion of lhe city ciose by the palace of the lux embourg this palace was formerly one of the residences of louis 1 i'll and lias been in the hands of successive branches of the i iy until a late period when il was purchase i e government the piers ol the realm hold their sessions in the building find it i d the palace of the chamber of peers structure is large and magnificent—the re galleries are very extensive and con numerous specimens of painting and sta • executed by lhe best masters of the past present age attached to this establish ment is a splendid garden covering about ie bundled acres of ground and oiled with statues fountains trees ami flowers the principal walks run through deep groves and are bur deied with long lines ol lilac and i range ti •-. the various colleges being located in this quar ter of the town the garden alluded to becomes the favorite retreat for th students and among the eight thousand students in paris at least half of them may be found here every line af lernoon their occupations are as various as the costumes which they wear and the cmin tries whence they come some are reading their books some -:::■ i i their pipes e pouring love into the ears i,l iheir sweethearts and some making a great noise generally in lhe sever sports ai.d gnates wi;!i which they amuse themselves you will doubtless think that so public a place is a very strange one for a youth to be p iving court to his lady love but three-ii .. hs of the courting that i done in paris is done in the public gardens — nor is il to be wondered at for what place is 80 appropriate as that the deep?hade of ihe jjnnr the soli murmur of the fountain and the varied tints of the parterre lend the magic ot their in fluonce towaids the develope ment oi the tender passion you will excuse this digression but i could not help mentioning ii cnpassanl the ilers of the several fountains fall into large ,!,! • basins in which fish nfntw ur are sporting about while bere wan with his arching iieck and suou mage is gracefully boating upon the - every wednesday evening the ring's composed of about seventy musician in this garden nv.d then it is literallj with visiiors this delightiul place < sf.it is but one of a dozen » ■; : wht-ai are scattered about io differeut parts ol " they made her i grave too mm and j;im for a soul s warm and true ; and she's gone o the lake of the dismal swamp where all ui^ht long by a fire-fly lamp he paddles her white canoe and her fire-fly lamp i so«n slmll see and her paddle i soon shall hear ; long and i*.vi:i our life shall be and l hide the maid in a cypress tree vi hen the footstep of death is near ! away in the dismal swamp ho speeds his path v;:s rusged and sore through tangled juniper beds of reeds through many a fen where the serpent feeds and man never trud before and when on the parth he sank to sleep h slumber his eyelids knew he lay where the deadly vine doth weep i 1 venomous tear and nightly steep the flesh with blistering dew and near him the she-wolf stirred the imke and the copper snake breathed in in ir till he starting cried from his dream awake - (>!.' when shall i see the dusky lake and the white canoe of my dear !" he saw the like and a meteor bright jiiii !; over its surface played " welcome he said " my dear one's light !" and !':'• dim shore echoed for many a night the name of the death cold maid ! till he hollowed a boat of the birchen bark which cairied him off from slide ; for he followed the meteor spark the wind was hiirh and the clouds were dark and the boat returned no inure ll'ii oft from the indian hunter's camp this lover and maid so true are seen at the hour of midnight damp to en s the lake with a fire-fly lamp and paddle their white canoe ! ca :" : - : ■ " old d ninion trace iipthe an ' ,' t iof the gene ral character of,h ot the following e.xt nquiriesfrom the committee of the colonies " we have 4s parishes and our ministers are w , . |, and bj m consent should bebetter.if they would pray oftener and preach lef . * * * * v ei 1 thank god there are no free ao,,sa,hl no printing and ! hope we shall not have these hundred years ,.., earning has brought disobedi ence,heresy and sects into the world,and printing hasdi gged them and libels againsi the best government thecity tbe»eearden3 r<>iimn ''""»» <"• vaniu o f he exuiin i ," ilularlhefreoch differ from any of hi rs i here ls no oalion in ktirope which so nmrh requires rtte gratification sense and it is for this reason thai the frenc """ s borne is in the puhlic square where , '■)'•'>■ side he is soirouuded with ail that ca !»»««« hi eye and captivate bi 9 fcocy jud • ;"> ihe gay and volatile disposition of u should call them happy at i he sa.r me that '] ■« dilncull foi me to understand ho there can be real happiness where the pleasur domestic lite are so entirely disregarded h««ad 1 an ameri an family will seek an d lm i'^ppiness in the bosom of bis doruest around bis own hearth he gathers h lamiiy together and the household affairs th gossip of the neighborhood and the curren eve»l « e day are freely discussed idea arc interchanged and conversation is swcetei ed by he tender ties which mutually bind thei together more especially does meeting arotm the t stive board exert its ,\\,. n \, a , owerru inlluence over us and materially contribute t the sum «,! our enjoymeut l u t „, , d j 8 ro spec tlic french have little of the feeling which lead them to appreciate what we so highly value instead of gathering around him bis wife am children in hi own boose the frenchman wi take them to the museum iik menagerie th public garden never seeming to be satisfies unless he is under continued eschement whe her these peculiar trails of character are na lural to the i'rench or whether they are the re suit of education 1 cannot tell ; al any rate they exist—and the government finds it to its inter esl to gratify and oven jo foster tin's natura pecu.iarity louis philippe has wisely turoe it to bis advantage it is to this act in the opin ion of some of tl e wise ones of the present day that he owes his continued seat on the throne the beauty of paria has been greatly enhance during his reign no expense has been spa red to gratify the public taste and to inspire ihe populace with the glory of france lint although the king is so lavish of his means for ilie cation of the people there exists no sympath between him and his rabjects louis pbilippi is a peace king and his subjects are a wa loving people the brilliant career of napo icon is still fresh in the memory of the presen generation and in the absence of actual mill lary operations they must have something con linually to remind them of the national glory their king is full aware of this and has founc himself obliged even at he risk of a revolution t disentomb the remains of the mighty gener i nl with all the pagentry thai ingenuity cook ■'■, and wealth could contribute to to depo hem in the capital there they now lie in eutre of a building which contains three sand of his old soldiers who worship the spot where tlieir leader is entombed in view i the same thing is every column monument the triumphal arch made to bear upon its sur lace inscriptions and bass-reliefs reminding the passer by of the military conquests of france thus blinding the people by affecting to study their interests and having on his side the peace party which in ovcry nation is always largo and respectable does this intelligent and tar sighted monarch compensate his subjects lor the liberty they were promised when they placed him on the throne i wanted to say something about an inter emiui discussion that is at present going on to in the chamber of deputies but my sheet draws me to a close uud i must bid von adieu yours c v 11 a from the beleigh register early history of north caro lina c mr gales:—i have just arisen from a has ty yel gratified perusal of the july number ol ihe literary messenger containg chapters 26 7 ol charles campbell's history of the an cient colony of virginia and am pleased t see that they comprise a more definite and pir ticular description of the general occurrences under the old fundamental constitutions than 1 remember to have seen elsewhere recorded and in the first place i may remark that it is not only a source of regret but it is indeed an exceeding reproach to our state reputation that comparatively so little is known of the ear ly history of north carolina martin william son bancroft and a few others it is true hare written voluminous works and aided in an em ineni degree to dispel tiu.se mists of uncertain ty which yet obscure " i he ancient dome of our present greatness a brief article prepared by the hon i l swain lor the american al inanac for 16:3s will be found to contain more minute and accurate information on the subject than i.s elsewhere given yet nearly every writer on our early condition seems to have alien into the error of misnomering our fi rs t executive in act all historians bancroft and campbell excepled have labored under the im pression that his name was georgedrummond whereas these two gentlemen have correct ly ascertained it to have been william no stronger evidence is required of the great inac curacy of our information in regard to our his tory than the fact that so very little is known concerning a man whose career is intimately identified with the slate's annals as then the circumstances under which he assumed his authority and the general character of the man are matters so imperfectly communicated to us perhaps ii may not prove an object entirely de void oi interest to give you a desultory sketch of north carolina's first governor william dijcmmond was appointed by sir wm berkely governor of the county of al bemarle in the province of carolina in ihe september following the settlement at duraiu's neck the oldest in the stale which eveuhook place in april 160:3 ho was an emigrant to \ irginia from scotland ai.d judging from the scattering and vague descriptions we have of him seems even in that dark age when tin usurping disposition of the sluarl family infect ed even the genial clime of she new world with iis fatal sacred germ of an independent spirit bancroft remarks of him that he was proba bly a presbyterian a man of prudence and sa gacity and deeply imbued with the passion : i popular liberty"—and campbell terms him a sedate scotch gentleman of estimable charac ter the circumstances under which he en tered upon his administration are peculiarly worthy of note the constitutions of shaftes bury and locke had just been devised ; the peo ple that is the mass were immersed completely lost sight of amid the prerogatives of landed proprietaries and titled nobility ; trial by jurv was but a nominal concession and " pnpului enfranchisement was made an impossibility how gloomy then the era—how utterly unpro pitimis the age to the development of princi ples such as drummond entertained ! and here we may consider that it cannot fail of proving a source of curious wonder of philo sophical study and of leasing recreation to trace a retrospect of the first days of any coun try reflection gratefully springs from the contemplation man eels his ideas regarding his capacity lor self-government enlarged after the analysis and contrast history you know has been defined to be philosophy teaching by example ; and the definition is a most correct one for a proper study of the past is the in'ali lile precursor of future melioration but ive are digressing from the thread of our narra tive nothing explicit is handed down to u < the acts of gov drummond's authority and we are consequently compelled to leave a blank ol the interval thut transpired between his installation as gov and the period when we again recog nize him no longer as governor but as an ae tive ardent and enthusiastic participator in ij.i con s celebrated rebellion secret causes had been long co-operating to produce an explosion which was to burst with terrific and unexpect ed violence upon the heads ol berkely ami his oilicial compeers the constitutions had been vehemently rejected by he populace the oner ous taxation imposed upon tin 1 people resisted the arrogance ol nobility contemned—matters were approaching a crisis drummond was one til the main springs which directed every movement ol the insurgent party naturally imbued with a loftiness ><! purpose he knew his rights ami knowing daied maintain them dee,?ly prejudiced by contact with the arro gance of royally he was ever ready and anx ious to impede the progress of its ri-ing inno vations his actions were not prompted by a cold sordid calculating spirit of ultimate per sonal advantage—rather liv that pure disinter ested active philanthn y which would sacri fice i~}i con upon the insult tar ol the common good he kindled with his own hands the devouring element that was to consume to ashes the home of his joys that it i not ;.:':' id shelter and protection to those who were wickedly warring against the fabric of the commonwealth's weal indeed liis whole career forms-one of those anomalies i:i human exigence when evei v day is fraught with teeming wonders and strange designs ii is an ower true tale full of the startling ro mance of reality the daring of heroism and the vicissitude of fortune and as there can be no story at the present day calculated to al lure the popular sense unless some fair hero ine^ol fondness wide as the limitless wave is a conspicuous character — so in this instance can the prevailing appetite be appeased the annals of chivalry may be ransacked and there can be found no display of female pride and independence superior to thai which irauifes ted itself in sarah drummond the wile of our iirst governor warmly espousing ihe cause something new a project i on foot to construct an elevated railway and promenade above the omnibuses in broadway new york john randall jr iho engineer who in l803 and 18vio laid out the city it ni'w york into streets and avenues by direction of the corporation of that city has completed a plan and constructed a model for tlii purpose the model is made entirely o rnetul is more than thirty-one feel l"'i r am is over !>•• i !•■ s nearly two years of mr r.'s time in superintending and plan ning the work.—on this jl'juct the uailrom journal remarks : the ear are to be propelled by stationary pi u r with an endless rope and ass above the level of the omnibuses and hi^ln'.-t loads and will not obstruct th present ordinary trav el of the street r sidewalks the car do no to take in or let wit passenger—this n done l means of a tender running upon ano ther track alongside of the main track l\is i :■■!■- may walk or he elevated from the pave t nji the promenade and railway we intend in our next number to give a ned description of this very elegant and im portant improvement fur broadvvaj—ind now call public attention to the bubj ct because a heavy expense is being incui r i by the citizens t'n awning posts in broa iway ; a:id any one of iliese plans of mr randall if adopted which we think it will be will ■ ij>|rlv that street with elegant iron columns with capital and tinted and placed at regular distances apart along th i-urb stones and whicii may be used tur pas awning posts hydrants ect as well as losup port his elevated raila-av and promenade the whole len"th of broadway making together two rows of columns each about three miles in length m"j downing and tin editor of the lit ion.—maj downing recently m-i out to ixico as he himself says by mr i'olk i sort of peacemaker has written a it to the editors ot the national intel ncer in uiiicli li details t conversa i he had wiihthe pn sideni t few hours re he started for the seat of war in [ conversation tlie l're^i lent expressed himself in rather equivocal terms in re gard to mr ritchie and ii the major is to be relied upon evidently thinks him no better than lii = tool mr ritchie ban ta ken iho publication of this letter in high dudgeon and en leavers to reply to it l>ut he does it with a bad grace h isafraid to say loo mti h aboiil it lesl icco ': abusing the president ; and if he uences n result i i it the i ime that the zsi-ijor jvitchi n i itj i u mpest in a teapot ci ' ' •" would kick up in washington when he gets back we trust 1 l"»t the lri nds of both pat . - • vor in pinveni any set '• een itiom — / nil i '' ■•' j ■ . . goes a regular compression and expansion in turn according as his weight is thrown m it anil withdrawn indeed nature never in:ended that a horse iiou!ti be lon still and when he lias the power to move he rarely will remain so every thin draws his attention every sound every footstep caus him to move and conse quently exercises the mechanism of the hoof the sound of the corn at feeding limp causes fifty such healthy movements bui howdiflereni is the case of most hors es v hile kept standing in the stables are treati d worse than a wild beast in a menagerie cooped in a stall and ned to a post he has no power to move he hears the same sounds they attract him as much : lie pricks up his cars and bends his neck but he cannot move ' he knows that he cannot turn and therefore does not try to do so and his hool is nor exercised and so horses are allowed to remain for days unless their legs begin fo swell ow to keep a horse in healih he must have at least two hours exercise every day men who spare no expense in pam pei ing their horses and procuring for them every luxury arc most niggard in their allowance of this lirst of necessaries regular exercise they think that half an hour's trotting will suiiice to keep their feet in health and that a horse may be l j!i chained up in a stall for several days without any injury bui the truth is regular and long con tinued walking is absolutely essential to the health and sound condition of his feet those who deprive him of it to save them selves a little trouble are unworthy to own a horse or to be entrusted with the care oi that generous beast it is impos sible to preserve the < lastic and nice ma chiner of ihe hool from wasting and de cay without it ; and the want of it is the cause of far more groggy lameness than overworking ' ■"■ lii'e of a horse as well as his nse i u i ness while alive is shortened by this absurd and improper confinement in stalls the natural lile of a horse is from 35 to 10 years ; while we all know that most hoi s it twelve or fourteen are absolute ly worth ss completely used up with scarcely a foot to stand upon as it is said to call attention to the inestimable be to '•■■' horse of freedom of motion in the stable and to ihe baneful effects o ills is o .: pi ■■ ■< nl object we m^v the adoption in their stead of the loose box l will be found one of the greatest pre servatives of ihe life aiid usefulness of the horse which can he pitched upon—worth all the farriery in the universe mr las turner remjirks : — 1 firmly believe that if every valuable horse in this country were forthwith turn ed into a larg • box nigh and day besides the continuance at his ordinary work it would prove ihe worst event for veterina ry surgeons thai has ever happened in the horse world because it would tend more lo cut ol our supply of groggy lameness l'.i its attendants than any circumstance or single cause that has ever yet been pul lished or even named r give each horse in a stable a loose box to himself will undoubtedly require more stable room and consequent expense i building than the present method of stalls but that expense will more than be repaid by the better healih and length ened life of every horse who is blessed with one those who have so little true knowledge of their own interests and so little regard for the comfort of this noble animal as to be deterred by this obstacle are unfit to own him as to those who cannot afford the small expense of the re quired addition to their stables they should never take upon themselves the care of a horse unless necessity obliges them by taking down the partition between two stalls walling up the open ends ol them and constructing a door sufficiently wide for the passage of the horse into the enclosure you may have in the place of every two stalls in your stable a very good box into which you may turn your horse loose the best partitions between these boxes is a brick wall cased with boards and surmounted by a railing this par tition should no be s o high as to prevent observation for horses are sociable ani mals and are fond of company it should be high e"hon<ih however about the trough to prevent their watching one another at meals for this is both unmannerly and injurious to healih each hopes to get some of his neighbor's prog and fears that he may get some of his : and so they bolt it down in a way that will produce dys pepsia both in man and beast s tithern planter a mexican lady a returned volun teer from gen taylor's army says " 1 know a lady in monterey who is 15 > years old ; she can walk lour miles per hour she has i foot 12 inches broad her gn at toe is six inches longer than the balance of her toes ; her height is four feet six inches anil she is four feet six inches round the waist she has a beard as strong as any man and wears moustaefees she has been married seven limes serious considerations an unmarried lady on the wintry side of fifty hearing of the marriage of a young lady her friend observed with a deep and sentimental sigh h 1 suppose it's wttat we all must come to immnrtalizcd as is this cloar lake by this heart-affecting association it is doubly so in retaining the honored name of north carolina's lir-t governor a polished mirror it will ever reflect his fame in rays as bright as the dew drops that weep on its own crystal bosom ; and idii after quarto and folio shall have been can kered by the consuming worm will that stiil water murmur gentle cadence in echo to tin associations of the past i cannot close this rambling communication without again commenting upon our great de ficiency ami backwardness with regard to our stale history 1 have lately seen quite a large work i l the " antiquities die ol \ irginia v henry hawe esq which abounds in mat lei mi a most interesting nature such a trea tise hi our history would liii a great desidera tum in cu libraries and why can we not have it .' is there a scarcity of material .' by no means for i doubt whether the early condi tion of any state affords a more abundant fund either of instructive results or entertaining in cident 1 should think too that no books could be edited now a-days better adapted for an ex tensive circulation than those of the description under consideration if each state in the con federacy had its own history ably and carefully compiled we venture to assert that a mote sys tematic order of things would exist than at pre sent for from such studies the statist and political economist alike derive efficient advan tages the antiquary too who delights to revel amid dusty tomes and mouldy records feasts i:i silent satiety at such a banquet : and last of all lie who delights to i:!^t in he voluptuous re verie ofanexcited imagination upon the shores of old romance can realize amidst the f,,lds of traditionary lore a gratilieation more intense and thrilling because it is real truth is much stranger than fiction she needs no ornament —" what she boirows of the pencil is deformi ty s knowledge of ihe writer of this sketch extends not — * by a paper in the office of the secretary of 9\n'.e it is ascertained that sarah qnuiiuiond resided in james city county virginia in 1679 farther than this the / keep a check uvcm u tour i rulers brmer & james editors sf proprietors $ new series ( number is of volume iv i . . iai r.antl 33 eta b r we )• marked upon — in the !,:, 1 shoi ing v e w ish ■ - \ more it c ; roper hoof ltul b fore we go ;. re disi ss in the k thai : must be n j,i r a horse may have a nol : mp at all he i not palpably so a one fool alom 11 ' i are equally . - •'- j '.' upon pavor to pass as quickly r as j -...•■. . ■ file the reput ation of a ■ h is thai no hoi se i a late of infl immation to r to throw ■ of ins weight e.ui be . , | when both feet are ',-.. what is termed '. -. we will transcribe some of topic : — various degrees ol pointing . : ■.. oee tsional pai tial .-. y it l\om ihe heel t perci ptiblv ios practici d < \ e and the f th leg to the u lo eve beholder—are so of pain in t he foot ; the h-iiil r marked by the :. and in spite of the de ■ ider hem as mere va they are unequivocal unsound feet the horse is • n animal < ver to inconve i me merely to gratify ick ami 1 take it his rea ill be found upon in lvc much moi e !<> do with a • i himself from pain than an indulge a capi ice the act alls upon him to withdraw ■ ii t from hall ol the base on stands and that too at a p in d where - ■■ i hang it and tend ncrease ol weight vei v > remaining support thus ualize the pressure as v een the a;id he ley of the op liind has t tught him that this is by adjusting the balance be irom i . observe by with hind leg and ce lo his i d to be ijj il loi ward deposites ironi tiic base as shall flion from sus weight we can rea thal an animal formed to ' i i gs won i lind it an irk s lo supporl himsi ,: for any ■ two ; and . in prac ' n to be : for the i w ary i i thru incn e»s i lie i driven to se k reliel ' tin bj a change of posi 3 iin ail lorih the old one b asi i doomed to a ■ ;' of painful sensations - him to bear a greal iching particular ises upon him in the i that usually marks the in ln ss in the feet there m beyon i which bis en !. and the pro ■ f unsouudness is sure in i il out : and all hough he " , by shortening hisstep and ibly with his ■ ars still he is at last corn sinking his head and at remove iheir weight from iiioment it meets the ground ■ ns no longer to be mis dl lame ; and this tit v ;- the first intimation isti r receives that anything l his horse's foot he lstonishment begins • - mind ihe events of ihe last • vainlj hoping to find in them unlooked-for calamity ■•' ihe hoof in a healthy state ' only necessary that the shoe be fitted and put on but that the v s itliciently and regularly exer 1 '■>' few horses get proper exer v n ' ' al work they are placed r<>w stall where they could have ■ omol motion even if loose and ■ .•:..' chained in one position for the health ol every organ of e 1 '^'' that its funcuonsbe regularly i letanyman,ei«herfroman ■ rothor cause be forced to carry ■ !' m » sliug fi wt-ek mid he will ■ ' a most manifest di&rence be ■ w and its fellow the muscles m every sense be a very bad match ■ '';■''<■ the natural-process of ab ■ ■ !'; = :» accelerated while that ■ ; ' las almost ceased from the m nt of the muscles vs it n's limb so it i s w ith the elaa ■ " the horse's foot if i low him the power of ex ■ racting his foot this cush | grow hard but if at i doing,it will^tainits 1 nktg:ii 1 her husband she exhibited and unwavering constancy of purpose and an affectionate re gard for i'-r liege lord as admirable in her self as it was creditable to her sex she was emphatically one of those ■■ w ith devoti m as humble ns that which brings i'd his i lols the indian's olli-rin ; y.i prou i :•* thru which the priestess feels vl • - the flame at the slirine where she kneels id every scene then to return to our hero of lhat violent commotion lie was a zealous actor in every phase of its agitation he was ihe genius who " rode on the whirlwind and direct ed the storm all are acquainted with the is sue of that rebellion but gov drummond's life was destined to meet with an inglorious ter mination after the close of the rebellion he was apprehended and brought before berkely who in the irritated language of lacerated pride insultingly bade him welcome to death the patriot proudly avowed the part he had acted ■ tried at i o'clock on the 20th may lg"rt hung at i o'clock on the same day thus brave and extraordinary man breathed his in mid-air suspended shameful and un merited lute of a wonderful man ! the tyrant berkely was so far like odious caligula of old inasmuch as by the virulence of a single sen dee 1 g cut offlhe hopes of a lanje majority of the ancient d<,,niui on .| such is an epitome of ww is known ofgov drummonu as will be observed ,| e i u is necessarily very imperfect—so com it j • hie knowledge of the early history of the con monwealth those who are better versed in our fasti can supply deficiencies—while to those unacquainted altogether with this subject this incomplete outline may convey somewhat of interest yet though his name is so indis tinctly impressed upon the historic page there remains one memento of him stamped by a lure's hand which even the slow lapse of time cannot obliterate there is a beautiful like in the dismal swamp—beautiful even in con trast with the drear dark scenery that environs it—which yet boasts his name it is the same romantic lakelet which forms the theme of one of tom moore's most chaste and affecting po ems which we subjoin the subject of the po em is as follows :—" they tell of a young man who lost his mind on the death of a girl he love and uiki suddenly disappearing from his friends was never heard of afterwards as he had fie quently said in his ravings that she was not dead but gone to the dismal swamp it is sup posed he had wandered into that dreary wilder ness and hail died of hunger or been lost ii some if its dreadful morasses