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i Jk fyjt ivxiL.*. ;^NJpW?H| :f- ; "TvilO STOLE T1IE BIRD'S NESTt /4K^k/%/ ff^ I iF T^f fl^ W5 llS2 -rCBt poUic.l kn?wlcc)2c, unliring i?du?ry and Br MRS* L< ? CHILD* gfj 1^ /ifo H 1lr TBIHiW. H/ .lHr W IM ISi IT .T '"^ " "*V< '?. _ ,. rr, , ? ^ IS S&4 ( J life/ M/ J_?jJr?, Sry SflfegH / vS3k ?0 v;' ^ oW , JtT-V U&V Jib^y ll,c !al,er qunl'ty. we do not know 8 pcraon in To.whit! To-wlut To.whce? _ I ^5^11^3 ^ ^ ^ r?W life PLJin,; l,i. .,?nily of UmpT^ J Will you listen to me 7 | vi^ frcctlotn from political finifttoeitic*. Altliongh ] \\ ho stole four csrsrs lai , -.- - ?_. - ?-?:? .- j-.--???? ?:? ?: ?? ???-?_? _ . _ ._, ? there arc, no (JouM many who do not approve of | i his political principles, (anJ wo ourselves arc " - 1 .i And the little nest I made? = Not I, said the cow, Moo-oo 1 Such a thing I'd never do. =; I gave you a wisp of hay, But did'nt take your nest away. Not I, said the cjw, Moo.uo ! Such a thing I'd never do. j To-whit. To-whit, To-whce ! v Will you listen to me ? Who stole four eggs I laid, ? And the nice nest I made ? ] Bob a.link ! Bob-a-link ! I Now what do you think ? Who stole a nest away 1 From the plumb tree to day ? Not I, said the dog, Bow wow, I wouldn't be so mean, I vow. I gave hairs the nest to make, But the nest I did not take. Not I, said the dog, Bow wow ! I wouldn't be so mean, I vow. To-whit! To-whit! To.whce! Will you listen to me ? And tiic nice ncsl 1 ftl&tTe": Bob-a-link! Bob-a.link! Now what do you think ? Who stole a nest away i From the piumb-trcc to day ? Coo.coo! Coo-coo! Coo-coo! Let m? speak a word, too, Who stole that pretty nest, Trom little yellow breast ? Not I, said the sheep ; oh no, I wouldn't treat a poor bird so. I gave wool the nest to line, But the nest was none of mine. Baa baa ! said the sheep, oh no, T trnnldn I treat a noor bird so. To-whit! To-whit! To?whee! Will you listen to inc ? Who stole four eggs I laid, And the nice nefl I made ? B >b-a-R$k ! Bob-a-link ! Now what do you think ? Who stole a nest away T?-. - From the plumb-tree to-day ? i **t'f *%\ ft Coo coo! Coo-con! Coo-coo! Let me ppcak a word, too. Who stole that pretty ne?t From little yellow breast ? Caw ! Caw! cried the crow, I should like to know, What thief took away , A bird's nest to?day ? Cluck, cluck, said the hen, Don't ask m<t again. % Why I haven't a chick _L Would do juch a trick, We all gave her a feather, And she wove them together. I?d scorn to intrude "r **- Un her and her brood. Cluck, cluck, sr.id the hen, Don't ask me again. Chirr a.whirr! Chirr-a-whirr! We will make a great stir I Let us find out his name, And all cry for shame ! I would not rob a bird, Said little Mary Green ; I think I never heard Of any thing so mean. y 'Tis very cruel, too, Said little Alice Ncal; I wonder if he knew How 6ad the bird would feci ? A little boy hung down his head, And went and hid behind the bed ; For he stole that pretty nest. From poor little yellow breast; And he felt so full of shame, lie did'nt like to tell his name. From the Dublin University Magazine. THE BATTLE OF THE NILE. 'Tis an old story now, that battle of the Nile ; but as the traveller passes by these silent and deserted shores, that have twice seen England's, flag "triumphant over wave and war," he lives again in the stirring days, when the 6ccncry be- i fore him was the arena where Franco and Eng- j land contended for the Empire of the West, Let us rest from blazing sun and weary travel, in Ike cool shadow of this palm tree. Our camels arc ( kneeling round us, and our Arabs light their little ; fires in silence. They remember well the scenes we are recalling, though many a Briton has forgotten them ; and the names of Nelson and of Abercrombie are already sounding fuint through the long vista of departed times. Wc overlook J the soeno of both their battles, and envy not the Spartan his Thermopylae, or the Athenian his [ Salamis. What Greece was to the Persian despot, England was to Napoleon ; nation after ( nation shrank from staking its existence at issue 1 for a mere principle, and England alone was at war with the congregated world, in defence of that world's freedom. Vet not quite alone : she j had one faithful ally in the cause of liberty and a Christianity, and that ally was?the Turk 1 ***** | r The bay is wide, hut dangerous from shoals ; i c the line of deep blue water, and the old eastle of ( Aboukir, map out the position of the French fleet on the 1st of August, 98. Having landed Bona- j, parte and his army, Brueya lay moored in tbe }, form of a crescent, close along the shore. He had u 1 j thirteen sail of the line, besides frigates and gun* >, boats, carrying twelve hundred guns, and about eleven thousand men, while the British fleet that q was in search of hirn only mustered eight thou- j c sand men, and one thousand guns. The French s] were protected towards the northward by danger- () ous shoals, and towards the west by the castle, and _ r * i numerous batteries. Their position was consider- ' n ed impregnable by themselves; yet when Ifood, | in the Zealous, made signal that the enomy was a in fight, a cheer of anticipated triumph hurst j -D ft > ' Our objntis, Co admonish, ; IVHOLE XL'JIBER?lit. rom every ship in the British fleet?that fl^et j i ehieh had swept the seas with bursting sails for 1 i.x long weeks in search of its formidable foe? j ! ind now pressed to the battle as eagerly as if j lothing but a ricii and easy prirc awaited them. : Nelson had long been sailing in battle-order, and j fie now on'y lay to in the offing till the rearward ships should coino up. The soundings of j that dangerous bay were unknown to him, but he knew that where there was room for a Frenchman to lie at anchor, there must be rootn for an Eng. iish ship to lie along-eido- of him, and the closer the better. As his proud and fearless fleet came on, he hailed Mood, to ask his opinion as to whether he thought it would be ad visible to commence thn attack that night; and receiving the answer that lie longed for, the signal for " close battle j flew from his masthead. The delay thus caused ; to the Zealous, gave the Foloy the lead, who , "rfrflf,11 ft?)^ancTibreti1 by'*tlie sfc'rfe? along"siSe*the second sliip, thus leaving to Flood the first. The latter exclaimed to n;y informant?"Thank God, ' he lias generously left to his old friend, still to i lead the van." Slowly and majestically, as the evening fell, the remainder of the fleet came on, beneath a cloud of sail, receiving the fire of the castle and the batteries in portentous silence, only broken by the crash of spars, and the boatswain's whistle as each ship foiled her sails, calmly as a ; scauird might fold i swings, and glided tranquilly ' onward till she found her destined foe. Then her anchor dropped astern, and her fire opened with | a vehemence that showed with what difficulty it had been repressed The leading ships passed between the enemy and the shore; but when tlit? v .ii >. up. he led along the seaward sidi --titw. dov .-gun the Frenchman's line, and p!a.:..?g m a fictile of fire. The sun went .''own just as NHson anchored ; and his rearward ships were only guided through the darkness and the dangers of that formidable bay, by the enemy's fire flashing fierce welcome as each arrived, anil hovered along the lino, coolly scruti' izing win re he could draw most of that fire on himself. The Belicrophon. with gallant recklessness, fastened on the gigantic Orient, and was soon crushed and scorched into a wreck by the terrible artillery of batteries more than double the number of her own. But before she drifted helplessly to leeward, she had done ) her work?the French admiral's ship was on fire, ' and through the roar of battle, a whisper went that for a moment paralyzed every eager heart and hand. During thedreaa pause that followed the fight was suspended?the very wounded ceased to gman?yet the burning ship continued to fire broadsides from her flaming decks?her gallant crew alone unawed by their approaching /ate, and and shouting their own brave requiem. At lengtli, Jtitli -t?e_?QUC?Otraled rgar of a thousand battles, the expfoslon came; ami the column ol^fiamc j that shot upward into the very sky, for a moment rendered visible the whole surrounding scene, from the red flags aloft, to the reddened decks below?the wide shore, with all its swarthy crowds, and the far off glittering sea, with the torn and dismantled fleets. Then darkness and silence catne again, only broken by the shower of blazing fragments, in which that brave ship fell upon the waters. Till that moment Nelson was ignorant how the battle went. He knew that every man was doing his duly, but he knew not how successfully he had been wounded in the fort head, and found his way unnoticed to the deck in the suspense of the coining explosion Its light was a fitting lamp for an eye like his to read by. He saw bis own proud flag still floating everywhere; and at the same moment his crew recognized their wounded chief. The wild cheer with which they welcomed : him was drowned in the renewed roar of the J artillery, and the fight continued until near the dawn. Morning rose upon an altered scene. The sun had set npon as protid a fleet a9 ever sailed from the gay shores of France: torn and blackened bulls now only marked the position they had then occupied; and where their admiral's ship had been, the blank sea sparkled in the sunshine, and | the nautilus spread his tiny sail as if in mockery. * * Two ships of the line and two frigates escaped, to be captured soon afterwards; but within the bay, the tricolor was flying on board the Tonnant alone. As the Tiiescus approached ' to attack her, attempting to capitulate, she hoisted a flag of truce. " Your battlc-flag or none," was the stern reply, as her enemy rounded to, and the matches glimmered over her line of guns. Slowly and reluctantly, like an expiring hope, that pale flag fluttered down from her lofty spars, and the ' next that floated there was the banner of Old , England. I And now the battle was over?India was saved jpon the shores of Egypt?the career of Bona, j , jarte was checked, and the navy cf France was ! . innihilatcd, though restored, seven years later, to jerieli utterly at Trafalgar?a fitting hecatomb | or obsequies like those of Nelson, whose life seem. , :d to terminate as his mission was then and thus ? accomplished. ABOUT CASHMERE SHAWLS. 1 We find in the Boston Transcript, a very lady | ike article from the editress unon this imnortant * I - , ind interesting topic. She says that, " these 1 nagnificent and graceful articles of oriential ... . . f nanufaeture, in the exquisite pTfctiin of th"ir ostly fabric, arc not much worn .1 our r >unirv. iwing to tneir heavy prir?, 1 : .vo 00c. 1!y see the figure of a w? ..Irin v < eiiveiup?'.j na so't and delicate shawl t * r.iav newsiMv lavebeen a whole \ear in a loom in Cashmere, nd bought with a price that might pay the total nnual expenses of a small family. The work of Mr ?.phinstone, upon Cabui and 'ashmere, .Miss Walter gors on to say, "gives a urious account of the manufacture of the Indian ^ bawls, in which he aU.tcs that a shop may be '' ecupicd with one shawl, provided it be a remarkb!y fine one, above a year ; while oilier shops u lake six or eight during that period. Of the best and most worked kinds not so much s a quarter of an inch is completed in one day ? y three people, which is the number employed in t f not to srin r; to improve, not Co tround r n r.vi v.y, sot'tei-carol.! most of the shops. Shawls containing much j ' work arc made in separate pieces, in different ^ ' jhope, and it may be observed that it rarely hap- j ' pens that the pieces when completed correspond 1 ' in size. Main shawls are woven with a heavy j < wooden shuttle ; the figured ones arc worked with < wooden needles, there being a separate nccnlc for the thread of each color, and no shuttle is required. The wages of the head woikmen are from j about nine pence to a shilling per fay; that of | the common workmen from two pence to sixpence. TliCJiumber of shawls made annually, in Cashmere, is estimated at eighty thousand. The tr^de, however, was formerly much more extensive. The exquisite wool from which these ehawls are woven is procured from a sheep or goat which abounds in the interior of the Iliminalcyau mountains, and which another writer of India f ** 3?; * **' "" k-~ ? vnrycold region in Thibet, where he skated, and where the ice formed on his whiskers, notwith standing targe fires were kept up in the tent all night. "They were feeding (he says) in large flocks on the dry herbage that covers these naked, looking hills. This is the most beautiful species among the whole tribe of goats ; more so than the Angola kinds. Their colors arc various ; black, white, of a faint bluish tinge, and of a shade something lighter than fawn. They have straight horns, and are of a lower stature than the lowest sheep in England." Morsb*s Telegraph ?Prof. Morse has tran3mittcd to Congress a very interesting report on I ex'ension of his Telegraph throughout the JJnion j ;s tc etnbrr;cc B. s'on, Now York, Washing. j ton, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Or j leans. Motile. Savannah, Charleston and Rich- j moml. The expense would be -S'161 a mile, I that :s about for the whole system.? j Me calculates that the income would be at least ! Sfi-'O.'lOi) per annnuin, to trie government, and that the system will support itself. In transmitting intelligence, the groat advantage of the rn ign<;ti<- telegraph over steamboats or locomotives, or in fact of any kind of telegraph ever before used, is that "it is at all times availa ble. at c/orv hour of the day or night, irrespective of weather.'' Of lale there have been some improvements iTU the telegraph itscK, which commend it to still higher favor. Now its power is so far increased as to transmit thirty signs; and even thirty-five have been transmitted. Instead of the wires, the wa* tcr is now made the conductor in crossing rivers or bays, with one condition that the wires which dip into the river or bay, must be as far apart as three times the width of the river. The rates of Postage that Prfessor Morse pro. per for every additional 100 miles?so as to transmit an order from New York to New Orleans, for cotton, &c.?acknowledging the receipt of a previous letter?the postage to be paiiito the tel rgraph would be ,$'3 80. The information can be transmitted in three minutes, whi h by the (naif takes three weeks to accomplish. Prof. Morse | thinks that the merchants would find it cheapest j to pay liberally fcr 6uch lightning-like rapidity. The saving of time in extended mercantile trans- , actions has become a special desideratum. From Hunt's Merchants' Magazine. There is but little doubt that the United States are destined ultimately to command all the trade in the Indian and China seas. The supply of cotton in the United States, including Texas, is far beyond what the wants of Europe require.? The wants of China are, however, such as will absorb almost a limitless quantity. The cotton goods manufactured in the United States already Kuncrcede those of all other countries in thnuo I I? - - markets, and American lead has entirely supplanted the English. The Englieh government hope, by commanding the exclusive route to China over Egypt, by way of the Nile and the Isthmus of Suez, (to ctlect which, a negotiation is now pend. ing between that power and the Pacha,) to obtain news several weeks earlier that it can be had in in the United States; an advantage which will give her merchants control of the markets. The diplomacy may succeed temporarily in this*, but the march of events will ultimately give the United States the mastery. Ilcr population is pushing, j with a vigorous, rapid, and unceasing march, along a l'ne 1,200 miles in extent, westward, towards the shores of the Pacific. Tiic occnpation of the vast tcrriiory known as the Oregon, U-al- | ready going forward; and twenty years will not | have elapsed, before a powerful state will have . Bprung vjj on the shcresof the Pacific. The great tract of the Oregon is drained by the Columbia . river and the San Francisco, which debouch upon the ocean at a point six days, by steam, distant ( from the Sandwich Islands?a group the indc pendencc of which is guarantied ; whose populalion is 100,000, mostly American; the surface, ). 3,000 square miles; of a soil the most fruitful, , and a climate unsurpassed in salubrity. These j slands arc situated in the middle of the Pacific, j m the great highway from Oregon to China. The ;rcnt whale fishery of these regions is conducted nostly by Americans, numbering 200 vessels, c vhose annual product is about .33,000,030. This s loet, m the summer month?, cruise between the ti sUn^s and the cast of Japan, for sperm whale, .:!<! '-arrv on a trade ii: furs, &c., which arc v . w f Id ir; ('!. . t, an llm proceeds, in tea, sent t; tome to ti:e United .States. The wholeofthisj v 'ast trade, an ! that of China, via ti:c Shndwich s? slands, will be commanded by the State of Oregon, si Chose persona arc now living who will sec a rail u oad connecting New York with the Pacific, and ir steam communication from Oregon to China, ti 'or the last 4hree centuries, the civilized world a as been rolling westward ; and Americans of the b resent age will"complete the circle, and open a v testern steam route with the east. Sf A Practical Joke.?Tiicrc is in existence 'i{ jmcwhero in France, a certain Chateau de ' , which ;3 us full of traps, secret doors, I 01 : to correct the errors of mr?, not tc o !%\1, kAAXAECl 28, I ??5. J nctannrphoscs, &c., as the machinery of a ChristTins paitomine. The chief and most excellent .hings ff a!!, however, arc two chambers situate apparently at the extremity ot two different | t orrodes, but really contiguous Into these two ' separate chambers arc shown a lady and a gentle- ; man, vbn forthwith comfortably ensconce tiicmselves h bed, and go to sleep. Then commences the fut The beds in each chamber arc attached to i wall, which wall, on the movement of a spring,turns itself gradually round, so that at 1/mnrfMUrt hort / nnfainincr tllC ladv is placed in O ? the gatleman's chamber, ond the gentleman s bed injhe lady's chamber. On waking up in die mornig, the extreme horror of the lady on seeing ! near lerbcd a pair of boots?real Wellington's ?a oat, a waiscoat; in fact all the articles of a man's toilette ! A man in her chamber?oh, heavesj she is ruined, undone, lost forever! .And trlHffimgl? thinpr that site can put ou?noli one ; al that she sees is the costume of a man.? Einb^rakiing and horrible situation ! As to the gentlenan, he rubs his eyes. "Ah! a lady's dress! icap! Mon Dicu ! A corse! Oh! what a happy dog am I to be visited thus by some fas cinatinf angel in the guise of a woman ! Cut who is 'he fair one?who is the clianner?w!io is the aorable creature ?" And bo ruminating, Monsiar turns out of bed ; but alack! he has nothing with which he can dress himself?everything Us vanished. What is to be done ? lie can Vqiitj lis chamber in the scanty costume in which ic passed the night?he can't ring for the domcstrs for fear he should compromise the lovely creature who has forgotten her robe, tie slippers, her cortf, her entire toileite. And so Monsieur in one iharnber, and Madame in the other, are i left to t>rmcnt themselves in the utmost perplexity - ? ? .:?j -/*! 1,:?? un'sl Uilsc m IDC sccrui arc uicu UI lau^iiingi then the poor devils arc rcleasedi and all it set rightf'| . 1)eam Swift.?Mr. G rattan s abode is celcbrated as leriltg been the residence of the political writer, Swift, author of Gulliver, the Boilrau of Great Rcitain. I was lodged jn ||1C "ghost's chamber." On my appearing surprised at the name, tnc Pillowing story was related to me: " A younc and pretty Irishwoman, called Vanessa, became passionately enamored of Swift: the Abbey of Celbridge was her property. Swift frequently tisitcd her there, and every time that he entered her beautiful gardens, which were watered by a delightful stream, Vanessa planted a laurel there; the laurels have now grown into an immenso wood. Vanessa thought herself beloved. One.day, Swift arrived at Celbridge; he was as joyous, amiable and tender as usual; nevertheless, on quilling his mistress at the close of the day,,he bade her adieu in an accustomed tone. Love is oasily alarmed; the gentle Irishwoman IShe perccivWfa letter addressed to herlying on a tabic; Swift had left it there as he departed. She seized it eagerly, and read these words : I have forsaken you?I have hidden you a last farewell; we shall see each other no more " Vanessa sank in a swoon, and a few days afterwards her mortal remains were laid beneath the cold turf of the grave. Swift purchased the Abbey of Celbridge. It is not said whether he did this with the intention of there lamenting his victim; nor is his cruelty to. wards her explained ; all we know is that a new love took possession of him, and that Stella was its object. Swift held marriage in abhorrence; hut os Stella, far from sharing his ideas on this point, resisted his guilt)' passion, he found himself obliged, in order to attain the happiness he coveted, to conduct her to the altar; the only condition he imposed was that their union should remain a secret. Stella took up her abode at Celbridge: but, as ihe passed only for Swift's mistress, and was consequently stigmatized by public opinion, her life was far from happy. One night, it is sa'd, Vinrssa appeared to her in the very chamber where she had received Swift's fatal adieu. hat the object of her visit was, is not known. From tiat time, a change came over Stella's lovely featurei; a gloomy despair took possession of her, her brov grew pale, her checks hollow ; her grace, her spitits, her youth, all vanished by degrees. 41 \V/iat is the matter with you ?" Swift asked her anxiously. 44 I ihall die soon," she answcrcJ, in a trernb. ling vnce, 44 if you do not openly declare our mar. V riagc. Swift left her without a reply. The disease made rapid progress. Stella felt cvitli j?y that the close of her sufferings was at land. Returning after a short absence, Swift ound'ber on her knees in her chamber; 6hc resembled a spectre. 44 Oh 1" cried he, seized with alarm, 411 will ivow the marriage!" 44 It is too late," answered Stella, with a melancholy smile. Sh* expired on the following day. Ileavcn avenged the two victims. Swift had milti hospital for lunatics in Dublin ; he himself vent mad, and was confined there. IIis name s not the less immortal: the man has disappeared n the writer.? Viscointc d1 Arlincourt. Interview with O'Connelx.?O'Conr.ell welomcd mc with gracious courtesy, and made rne it on the sofa beside him. I had t!i us an epporunit7of regarding him at my leisure. O'C'innell is tall* and strongly built; one zo'ili suppose him to bo a wrestler of the olden in:e. ilis eye is animated and intelligent, his nice is keen and sonorous. He expresses him. ilf elegantly and quietly, and with convincing c^ritv ami earnestness. His measures are often ig.nd'ed, an ! though there is a certain vulgarity ) ilis physiognomy, yet h:3 deportment is majese. lie possesses, moreover, al! the good qualities nd all the defects necessary for a popular crator, eing by turns rough and smooth, cnerget.c and ielriing, courteous and abrupt. Our conversation was extremely animated ; he j )okc of the Queen with profound respect, and of cr government with bitter scorn. " Wellington," said he to me, " was born six liUi' from Taru, and this Irishman thinks only r | ran be procured. None should be shorter than 20 feet, and from that length to 50 feet. If the | timber is ranging, that is, if it be hewed to square I as tiie tree lessens in size from the 6tump, it will ! be measured in the centre of the stick, and be calculated at what it will square. The best timber and that which commands the highest price, is of the same size the entire length of the stick. This is used generally for shipping, or for sawing. There is but one saw mill going up in this place, and the demand here is nothing to compare with the supply which the Country can supply by the various tributary streams. The company arc making engagements freely at 5 cents per cubic foot of 141 inches?$5 per 100?but we arc of opinion that this price cannot continue except for the best logs. The Wacramaw mills purchase freely at these rates?and the demand here will always be good for shipping of the belter descrip. lion. Turpentine barrels should weigh 323 lbs. and a stave 29 inches long and a head 19 to 20 inches will give this weight. Tar barrel staves should be 27 inches long and a head 19 to 20 inches. Red Oak H.'Sd. States should be 42 inches long?3 quarters of en inch thick and 4 inches wide?such arc now worth $3 to S9 per M. and ( ichite oak a fourth mo.e?and if dressed from ! $14 to $29 per M. Tar barrelsshoulJ hold 02 gallons and turpentine 33 gallons. F. II. Elmore?The probabilities that our distinguished fellow-citizen, F. II Elmore, will be called to preside over the Treasury Department, gain fresh strength from rnmor. The President elect i3 certainly indebted tn Mr. Elmore for an onwavcring attachment and consistent support.? When Mr. Polk was speaker of the House of Re- j prcscnlalivcs of the United States, Mr. E. sus. ; taincd him under the most trying circumstances, j ?risking his own nooularitv in his behalf. It I r? K i j - -w I was lie who moved a vote of thanks, at the close ' of the session, for Mr. Polk ; and although it fail, i cd in receiving the unanimous support of the: members, as had been customary, yet the tempo. | rary unpopularity of the Speaker did not diminish I the devotion and zeal of his friend, as is evidenced in the fact that Mr. Polk was afterwards principally indebted to Mr. E. for his nomination to the Presidency. Mr. Elmore, we think, would fill the situation spoken <?f, with honor to himself, < and advantage to the Government. He has had i several year's experience in the management of, < the finances of South Carolina, as President of the < Dank of the State, and we arc confident that the c appointment of Treasurer of the U. States, while it would enlarge the sphere of his usefulness, would not exceed his capacity. lie is a gentleman of unblemished integrity, excellent acquirements. In (Iitii career.77 \EW SSSJaKS?-VOL. 1}. IZO. iT. ho'.v ho can most injure Ireland; In; will not puc- I cced, I hope. Besides, he bass lived a problem for me; he has proved that without actions and real merit, without superior talent, one may be.! come a great man entirely by accident and chance. It was at the very moment when he was about to fly from Waterloo, that he found himself suddenly victorious; and he wa3 the Itst who expected it." ' I was anxious to spetk to G'Cohncll of the dangers of rebellion, and of the risks they themselves ran who opened toothers the career of revolt. " I, like you, h ite sedition, ' he answered ; j " but oppression is also odious to me. I do not labor to overthrow, but to be free. I shall tri umph by the force of principle, b} the irresistible progress of human thought; by the breath of civi. hzation whi?' h confers a new existence on man* > ? ? l .L??. _t _ _r ?? uina, ar.u ny ins supper; m a ufuu u: jujuw. "You may lis attacked?persecuted." u PerseqArtions ! let ll.em come. They wiiyp-j crease my power." "But if the sword quit the sheath ? If the axe menace your heads?" " Oil, then, I have but to P3y one word, and on the following day I shall have under my banner an army of five hundred thousand men, nay, a . million if necessary." " IIow would you arm your troops ?" " Nothing easier! They would take the cnc? my's muskets and cannon from him. The enemy himself would pass over to their colours with their arms and baggage. I should still conquer without fighting." i O'Connell spoke with persuasive eloquence. This old man, who is said to be near his 75th year, retains in his features and thoughts all the energy of a inure vigorous age. "You are a poet?" he resumed. Here are some lines I composed yesterday, before the meeting of Tara." He read me the following stanzas : Oh Erin 1 shull it e'er be rnfne To wreak thy wrongs in battle line, To raise my victor head, and see Thy hills, thy dales, thy people free ? That gleam of bliss is all I crave Between my labours and my grave. Daniel O'Connell, M. P. for the County of Cork. Tara Hall, County Meath, 14lh of August, 1843: the Repeal Year. " I should much like to have those lines," said I to the orator poet. " I will give you them in my own handwriting," he replied, with a smile. And he copied them for me immediately, heading them with these words : " Written for the Viscomte d'Arlincourl." i Jf * It lias been affirmed in writing, that O'Cq^ ncll's head, next to that of NapoWin Jsthcbr^* From the Winyah Observer. Naval Stores?Timber, &c. &c.?Forseve. cral weeks past we have been receiving letters making inquiry as to the quantity and quality of timber that can be disposed of in this market with certainty. The same inquiry has been made as to tar and turpentine, the quantity that can be sold, the size-of barrels?also as to Staves, suitable for shipping. In reply to the first inquiry as to timber. The logs should be square and a9 large and Jung as they among the number,) yet wc have never iiearo uic first expression exhibiting any asperity of feeling connected with that disapprobation ; and he en. joys in a high decree the confidence and esteem of all parties and classc3 in hia native State.? Columbia Chronicle. Flip. TROUBLE AT Tlte EtISCOTAI. SEMINARY.? We announced, some days ago, that an investi. cation ivas proceeding at the Protestant Episcopll Theological Seminary, in this city, into certain < alleged heretical opinions existing to some cxtmt, not among the faculty, hut among thj?^np;ls .h that institution. It was at first proposed enquiry should he conducted by the B ur t Bishops, lately in Knion here. But, inaamu~ H flia /.t.n-rr^a did not effect tllf PfofeSSOrS h t!lO , H Ica3t, (they having been cleared of a similar we-* pinion by a ? investigation which took place in j^R October last,) the enquiry was committed to tho fie:i!ty, asth^ir peculiar province. "|^R Accordingly, on the 7lh instant, there was an examination of this kind commenced,-in tiro eh&? >1 I pel of the College, Professor Ogiiby presenting tho; charges, and offering witnesses to sustain them. -^^^Rh These were, in brief, that the views of a decidedly Romish character^|^:y^J^|^^^H Henry McVickar, (>>n of the clistingu'shcd H ftssor of Columbia College,) and a Mr. were arraigned on this accusation. Hut otTJ H being named, in the same way, it was resolved to dispense with a formal trial of either, but to sub* ^R^^H ject every 6tudont to a rigid personal examination fl I on these points. This was done. w m Four persons bcl rnging to the SerrinarjMU^ I students, were found guilty of holding Of these, Mr. McVickar I Mr. Mr. Donally, tho the the f?>urth { And thero, for the present, man he Robert Morrif, Esq.t| he took in the American happened that the company Tor who on hia app*^|^HH|^^^^BH^fl for sermon' goneTC, England Mr. 4|HttMHHH|^HBHB you the it's too a sermon do like, u iiehj?BBBH^B^H^9HHBH^^^H Tt h e 'capitdnH9^H^8^B[HH^^^H| close a n d increased, placed in _^nH^^^BnB|B| street I^M feet, by 7 be generanyoT^^^^^^B^B^^^^^^^BHB four ten Rons- P,e1)4MH^^^HH^H ?gj^LtLnnf n..?? T m. ivniugili Aiui uaiIUi| A neon Jones?none of then?4gi^|^^|H^H^H|^^H v~^ B The London Time3 says has neither 44 been useful * ?r*^ H The Columbian Register Times will admit it is"illusti3ue<^wi^^|^^HHH^H Orleans. ^ ! {T.Tnr. Tariff in Prnnsflvant^i^^B^^^^^^^^Hh resolutions instructing the Senatorfltt^^^^^^H^^^H tills St^l^nJES N oppose any reduction of the prcserftf^M^^^^^H^m passed the House of Rcorrs^.: jjca mous vote?yeas O'J, nays nonJ^-C^C ~? Extraordinary Cask.? McClain, term the tlie driver the prism van aecideo^Kr^^^^H^^^H| dollar gold piece tho Cottr^B H charged a man with picking it up, individual denying any knowledge of him arrcsicd and bound over before tht for larceny. Yesterday the accused man of property, in Southwark?stood hii tri^^^^^^H and was acquitted. Immediately after thorcn I tion of the verdict, an officer of the City P?<^BH^^B came into Court, and stated, that on the da^ money was lost, he went into the Coort rof j give a prisoner in the dock an apple, saw HB B lying on the floor, and picked ii up. Thf^^B I of the van was not near him at the time, i on nothing to him. Yet the owner of the the trial, swore positively that he-cavr the CUCC(^ ^B^^^B pick it up.?Phila. American, B fete ; The population of the State of Mtf& 'n 1^44, was 510,455, being an increase ofn'-^ ^P^^B^^BH cent on the census of 1840, which 1 The population of the city and cou' Lou-B fl is ha3 increased 11,680, since 18 inhabit^B^B^^BHfl ants numbering 47,CSS in 1844. Since the of Janaary, n? 'C8S 159 married women in na n a co^BHflfeJHB9^H^^Hfl^BH| jf France. If this slateiBH^^v i.Ticial document, we sho<!& j9*^^jgLn .A very valuable gold 'hie has rce*. *\ B libcovciuj iu Frauklin &n^T? ^ r^:uia. -