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Thev.rodf k'hI tolk'd of \h'? and 1 r'? ?>Vitl? qui?c xc?Utc familiar clu'i SfordtU think a 1'acc *0 fill?,, ' OouM WWt any ba?o ibsigh. ?\j At length Ihoy came to \*h?w a woo J, ; aid* cnchu'd tliexoad;' V" He now'threw oirthajjcii'Mnaii, ? And.qnlck'resumU the i-ufllun. 'X T>chmii'lc 1 nt.Trtthe p?llisli bill? v W. fcii?;iiiwUft?rd ti?r i? wliilci . > >m HUM with woh's lallUli aft, 11<: ..nn'd a fibtol al licr lio:u-t* V . k ' ( n?e wicked, dastard, savage, bruto, The fcut of l>?ve to thus mlutc! A man tuiKtUlt u virgin's bnvst! * All1?nude, by Itijin to be cutricnyM. My bl.if.il tccf>lls in slut* the fact, Or p on. lor o'vi' the v*rn?d ucti Arc men, whencivil.*'*}by art, Store rii'hic*v than tin* ?avngc heart/) - ' Vorc'd to Mibinit toliis demand, Hiit* with her pdpitaung hand l>r:tv out the note; but I'Mvidcnec A rcphvr ?ent, winch btc<" it thencc. ){c?|u:ck diiimountM?sprang atruin, This tli'itrg pupcr to reumi*!? Mti.Mi.jvv cnthr.n'M tlic lucky chnno**, Clnp't wl.jji to nag, u <*ny they prance. The horso did u'xo hint, Aii'l bo'li exert tlt'cir heels bD Miiart, Hint t!i..'fw .'..ii?his pi?tc*l lii'd, Their tnvtl" l>in ilu! more mvpir'd. iiwiii .mi' ?f *i^ht tlu'V fU'ctl.t go, llu let ? kicii m r il??:d?hi wn! fits Jinrr iiiid h ? iMirsrd ?u;n Arc clKitijt'd at oiicv to truut c j.nin. And ?n?v tlio wroteli?hilt idi! loo btr, l^tmu'its hit; nmerntdc tntcj A'..I in diktr.cii'iri, vilnini ywore, ft. llt'-l n?-ver inli it woman more. f* ' 8hr.?afoly ?joii at*r.,?''d ut honici Htcy j?io',(I svria/'d I?> we her comc !*v'ln sui'li u hurry, and to ??*c Another huricSn rOtopuny. j{ HtiU'iVd w 'ii *l.v \y?p'd hefface, And >(V>;il iii il ?? painful Ci?*i\ it.'pc i* H'fC ?mII while pijiig (,,li AIj>? Aljfc! the/nouey's gone. IIcp .????? r Raid, don't r*y my hooey, L< fik hrro, thi^UVso m worth.?bi* tnontyj ficsiih m, tin iMddlr-bi'K* muy hoM The vjIuh ol" llii'ir wc;|(|?t id |jold. Ab<' trisctfrton/fh, f->r nhtn rxplor'd, J|i' i dc? fd.sc notci, a bulky hoard, J'nll fttUu'i Imndrc'l dollim liy, *|.i b.'lfi thi* d:iiiisu|'it marr.a^r djj*.?I). L \s utiait cauin. The following picture of.a ra'.nn in nn nb?cnrc village in the v.'uil of Ireland i*fir Vm intcrvv iiiK to lie ?iih!i*-l<l from our reader*. It ripris (?eiiw tout what in v?aliiy hat olUn tu-cii; hut wtiat has achfntu hern with so much |)jpurtra)'cJ.~tht iuteivat *xciic?t h> tliU scene is fjreatly ^ci|;!i<in<<l by llie indication* which ?it uti'ofti* of the ewtfoe o| the hntninc and liiinlly affections in tlii houri of our author. ?*, On quitting the rnrrfage, I follow ed a little hoy, wliof.n rtirjo?)fy ||iu) led him to hike a view of uh. Dirt and rag* eould not nWuro the heitKh ninl intelligence which Ilia countenance dis played. Ilu v\ us hastening lo announce parents, llio arri* ill of Grangers* mill reach the cabin n litflo before mi*. As (apprmtclic*2 ihcdnot'llie. ht-iglit of wl?i?'?i<li#t noloXreed lone feet mid n half, 1 ? ns l*y the father bending double . tn % 'i out. of hty wretched abode. In rVeeting himself, he pr*?Vrtteil tin' i>a?i ?.!'it man, ihtr.i m rH pro pnftioned, iitid albl^'le. I wjls no much struck with his nppenraiKc, that 1 irvnluot.Hvy stepped hark. "I'litfgiganticilgupr, Imre. lle&drd IkCoI'I! oi hart ? beai'<l that would not have iiis",Ti" eil an anliout laraeUtej lin ! was with it shoes Of stockings, ami utnihftt a ...*n?*.ci?!oftc( with a t out, oi* rather a jacket, fh.it appeared us if tin* th at blast of n? iii'1 would tear ittj? taU ti'Ts. Tiio* Iris #urti wn? thus tattered lie had a manly n.mmauijlug Coun tenance. I asked permission to hoc the. Inside of his eabitij to whieh I re. j - i.elvrd liift most rooMeaufc assent. On stooping to filter ul tin: door, I waa flopped, and found (hat permission another wits necessary hefore I could he? admitted. A jjiifr, which was fastened to a slake drh r n into t lio floor, with length of ropesnflificiitto permit Mm flic enjoyment of sum. nuU ulr, de. manded tmme courtesy, which 1 allowed Mm/ aiitf was Stilfcreil to enter. the wife, was engaged in boiling thread; And by her side, n*?r the Hro, ft lovely infant was sleeping without any rover lng, on ? km board. uncoil with tny own ... _,.?<>>\thrv6otherchildftii \vucil;roiiii(l tho mother; ontheii MH wujjjjuivly sufHcieol to eat^y denary, Uer ^countenHncobnic lltjb impression til n NettlcllihHanchnly, tinctured with ttjoi appeurnntd of ill health.' The hovel, which did nht eXt:co?l 12 gir,!3 lectin lungth, tvnU to In Jjrcadth, wufl foil* objured by.Mtokiu-chimney ot wlndhw I saw nom ; tho d??or h? i vcU the varhnm f?Utyos<\rt of an in fist tolikyt the uutfet to smoke. The furniture K?t; laid on planks, nerved as u bed for tile ivpor.o of tho whole, family. Need 1 attempt to ik-Rci'ltib my, scnsitfiohsJ Thostutemcntnlouecunnot fail of coii veying to a mind liko youi-M an ttde,. quote idea of tlioim I could not long remain a w itnesa to thin scone of human misery, Aa I left jthc deplorable ha bitation, tlirt mi stives followed ino,to repent In r thanks tor tho trlllo I had bestowed; this gave moan^pportunity of observing her person nmrr particu larly. Hlic was n toll figure, her coun tenance composed ofint6resting fea tures. ami With every appearance of having once been handsome." The pulpit of St; Gudule's Church, at Brussels, is the curious production of Henry Verbruggen, and is placed in the middle of the. iinve. At, the base are Adam and Kve, large as life, tlil? expelling angel, and death in tho rear. Our flrst parents, though closely pur surd, bear upon their shouldcrstho ter restrial globe,, the cavity of which is filled by the preacher. From the globe rises a tree, whoso top extends into a runup), sustaining an angel, and Truth, exhibited us a female genius. Above, an* the Virgin and tho infant Jcmus, ( rushing the serpent's head with a cross.?The steps on either side appear as if cut from trunk* of trees, and are accompanied with carvings of tho ostrich, eagle, peacock, parrot, ^c. , KI.RPIIANT HUNTING. The art of catching elephants is iiiiirli tin* tunic. in priuciidc every where, but there; i* some variety ju tjj? mode of apply lug it/ \ he natives* who* follow it us a profession, must srpifcrc tiuif dcvicen to the local resources af liy the, country, The following narrative is given in- a letter, dated Coimbatnre, April 2. I8t0? hy an eye witness. This specimen affords one fact relating to the habits of the animal which, in tin; opinion of the Writer. In a rontrihutioii to the page of nUturnl history. Early in Febunry last, about 3000 people assembled At the place of ren dezvous on flio skirts of thu jungle; ami the haunts of the elephant being as certained, a semi-circular line of'peo ple, provided with tire arms, (omn iums, &c. ami extruding for several miles, was then farmed roumV them, eAcli end of,the line reaching a chain Of hiltH, the passes through which' hail be? u previously stopped ami guarded by parties of matchlock men. The ob ject of this lino was to drive tho ele phant* towards a narrow gorge, sur rounded with steep , hills,, in which tjiej'e was abundance of fOml nipl wa ter for them foif1 several days; this, however* was no e^sy tuskjjM the ele phants frequently attempted to forcc the llries, niulgetolTtothe eas(<vard( but the Hue gradually closed on them, anil halting (it night, lu-pi up large fires to piwvut th'.iir breaking through, and, filter ten or twelve day** Ibbor, at Inst succeeded in driving them into the intruded place, wherb they were close ly Hurrojtffdeil and kept in lor several days. Meantime, at the d"bouehc ol thlw pans, several hundred people were busily engaged in digging a deep dllch, endowing about a quarter of a mile ol (froundf leaving only the space of a ?w yald.s as an entrance untouched, ' Tavo dit' ln-s were cut from the en trance to a1 hill on one side* and to n rock on the other* to prevent the ctu< phants passing the cnclusurej on the outside of the ditch a matting ol lirr.nrhcft about sly feet high wu* ill ami to give it a formidable ami lrwna<ombh? appearance of jungle, When all thifi wu* completed, the pro |dewerc removed from that place, ami those at the other end commenced tiring, shouting, ami making ns mucli noise as possible with drums and chol era horns, which fto intimidated tin eleohanls that they uiftdo the host 01 thejr way to the oirtMtfto end; and tli< ! people, following close, with the assist fM)$0 t)f*H few rockets, di'iir* tffelt $88 ||0l_, W?W T.K matchlocks, to vepc) any attempt tin elephants might make to ci'osi it. \< Noxtifyiy eight tameelephants won introduce*) into, tlio pifclosuiV.thp Ma SoUtt*' couched qIoso ontyielr?<*to and coveM *wHji dark cloths. Tlh object of tlio tniiio ouch wisrtOnbparuV <>no;0f tliH WlIrt from* tlio licrd.atHUhol W% When thin \vfts accomplished fouf itifcllftUtH, wilfMft pi^ftsuion is t< catch elephunts, cicpt betwecM the leg* of the tOme ones, ami lmviugs Ms tenn strong, ropes' to the hi ml legs'ftf.thi wild fbllMtv* secured l)ini to the ncumc trccrlHit tUc maWoots then tytltcd ftf wards the ditch} and the tftiue pliants/caving the enptive to hisStrug glosywnt ?(tcr the others: - , j* 111 Hi* Way twenty-three elephant' where pptUrediusix days, without the panics engaged meeting, wltU;thc aHglM arelMnt, to thcgrai tnmnse. incut ol'\!io spectators, who, porehcil AH trees overhanging the Mclofnire; Wit uVssed tlln Miort with nit sharing in the danger. Tim Sagacity of Mm tamo elephants} the address and courage oi the Mahouts iron) the cast of the flrst rope, until tlio last hind was tied? the iugM?f tin animals u>on fludii|g them selves entrapped, nndtheir astonishing "XeVlion to get freo, ptford altogether a krone ut' no orditjiry rto,velty and interest. One of the olephnjts calved in the enclosure; the young inn was sufficient ? ty fttmng to run aboit with its motlin; the first Ami''to naturalists it may 60 satisfactory t<| know, that th? voting elephant surlfkvith the month, ami not with the prdascis as is gene rally supposed. ? K'?t<r| * i INDIANS 0> MISSOURI ?WIIITK DEAR HUM] Extract from a aeries ofWes on the Misson. ri Kivcr, anil some of tliepntivn tribe*, ky <? jfcntlcinan jittacluxl to Uua'cHow Stone lixpi ?iilioti, in 1810: puUI.J)C<l;it the I'ctcrabun; Intelligencer: . The Pawnees tiro the Osages, Kunne.s, ionv at waf with ioux, and Span iards; their war oxt rsiomi arc very frequently tarried int tin* settlement* of thelatter, from whjirc they procure a great number of Ilia horses; they likewise obtain bursa from the nations south of them, for tlillr b ankets, guns, flee. Tboir horses fc* mil again to the nftlfon* on -r*? ?#.r?%**?? or treble tho quantity't,icy tppear fc> prefer obtaining Koijujy'nu goods, by lids species of trmflh.jo limiting for beaver, anil other va'uihle fur'.; ami tboir trade in of very Ittle importance to the whiten. *Tijetr war jnu'tie, last summor brought Uiem hi nfl'ly 400 horses, principally stolon ftin tl?o Spanish settlements. I'orinfiy tboy bold the Spaniards in great r+poct, as they pat largo detachments o troops into Ihcir country. Since It /}, however, tho Spaniards have not ana so, restrained probably by the com leration that the territory belong to i? United states, and being debarred J oin the only ef-1 fectual moans of choking Indian do-! nrcdation; tboir settlijioiits are plucod ; in tho borders of I'mida. The agriculture oflhft Pawnees, is ilbftujL the siinv as (in Kansos, and OHoch; like thy Only reside in tboir villages ituriiq the inl?i vats of planting nad gatherir* their corn; liv ing noarof (he habitus haunts of tho llutfnlo* than those utioiW, they sub slat uioio oxelnnivi'ly oVltj they never bunt on tin* MisKonrit'ind have but lit* ?whites, laughty people, is of their own lie intercourse with t Tboy sire a proud and !mve givat idc tftlk'nglh wild impo iance, One of their principal men to! I (ho interpreter,. ? What ifo Wo care fo the whites; did not our 'others Jive very well, with out I;iiovin;; thai (Itiiji people had an Cxixfew6 ? M?ve w^ not plenty of buffalo inoat, And corn, liot only for oorselvis, but to give out' friends, when ttoy come to 9ft us; and what Pawner is sf> poor, that lie cannot, if ho cIooho, give Ills '.guest ft horse to ride lunto? Who Isthire In the world, that not know <>!' the bravery, und hUKbcr of thtvgreat Pawnee na tion?' Notwithstanding, however, tho good opinion they liaVo or themselves, they are believed to less warlike tlmu their .neighbors, owing to the Compar'utiv easo with which the) live, subsiting entirely on buffalo, which tliojl Hud so Hour them. Tlu i ham of le buffalo* besides heirijj less labori n? than that of the elk oi door, does not require the use of Art arms# wit which the Pawnee* an Hot expel- Their languago is mor< guttural tlau that of the fCitn*e4 ant Utffces, Mid approaches nearer to tin Hiouxj tMlr (Inures are toll ?ml slim SB37 ''M Hint ifpeoullarfo Jhem, Tliteir #o<oriii went, llko tljftt if OtUM&> i\ tin ill ftvihtoerkcy; tlio ; ppwdi mor^'teyln thojr persons, lodge* and cooking, than thy other. -tribes. tu ir rnuiniii aiMhiiv ftu\ ttu?t frequently lead them to dcspvrate deeds,. About two yearssmce, a ti a bren^uvork oflhwr nacksof leaver, and Hiially succ^cd^il Ip boding oil tlw'i.iuUjiiifl, killing; Ave pr six fif th ?Mh .uqUi lYlendH,mudo a furious themse|u:s: IIIey , wore both ciit to lUcces; th'o,n\ctnoryof these men in universally cherished; ,they aro tclu .bra^cd' In ulllholrwar tongs. Tlitf 1'ivwrMT^ mid tliat formidable animal the white ort grizly bear, in jilicii* hunting excursions to wan In the licail of La Platte river. * Oil the Mis souri, it is seldom seen Ijelow tlio grcitt hend, and is found most IVoijucutly on the Yellow Stone, and its brandies; and at tlio three forks of the Missouri. This hear will usually attack a man, if approached very near, Indians consider it a groat exploit to kill one of them. When tlmy are alarmed, they rise completely erect on their hind legs, and dart forward by jumps; (hey move much swifter than a man -.'an run, rushing forward with the utmost ferocity, their -mouths wide open, and snapping their teeth, winch makes n noise like the shiHtiog o!' a steel tram a man attacked by one of them, oniho open plains of the Missou ri, has but little chance of escape, if there be neither trie to climb, nor water to take to. The tenacity of life in tlioau unimcls has been exag gerated,but is very remarkable; as mu ny Us thirteen balls have been put into them, without killing thom. but there are also instances of their betfig killed by two, or even one ball; they attack and kill a buffalo,. dragging him to their haunts, where they bury if they do not wish to eat hloi. These animals aro si* florae,' Ardent and furious, that ificy soon* exhaust ? i t ,i*ifryftn tu inu^uit} they arc hunted by tin. ^.liuny on horseback: a party of tlireo or torn* mounted, approach tlio bear, and of them provokes liitt to pursue hi in; tills lid does with Ids utmost force; the lioiwmao, to avoid tho hear, litis to liut his horse, 1<i Iti'j nu'tal; lit) leads liiin round a circle, towards his com panions, oiie of whom iw?vnkcs Itim; lie in easily made, to quit the old pur suit, und join in tho new; lie is again led round, and again induced to pur sue a fresh horse; the hear pursues until lie, becomes completely exhausted, lays down apparently lifeless; is per fectly horn <iu comlmtt, and may bo approached and shot by putting the tnuzfclc of the gun to liis car. Nothing can ho more animating, it it* said, than thin hunt; there in no danger of the hear overtaking the horse, uulrs'j lie lulls; if, however, tli^ rider Htiould he. thrown, anil the bear get a blow at him, death appears inevitable} sue It in the immense. foiro with which they iihc their claws. It takes a hcur four or live yearn to altaiu its growth; they are supposed to arrive at a very old age, as they arc frequently found with their claws worn nut. . Tho Pawnee. Loups occasionally hum their prisoners alivo, as a sacri fice to the Great filar (hoy worship. Whcita war parly goes out* I hey Rutnn times make, a Vow that if they lake any prisoners, they will itacrificu tlicuj to the Great Star, expecting It will tend to produce success in war. The unfortunate victim, thus taken and destined to suffer, is delivered aver tii the priest and jugglers, who con fiuo him to what they cftll tlift mr.dl cine lodge, where all the iucantatioiis ami ituiglc performances are executed; the victim Is aware of the fate, that awaits him, and during the time of couliuement is feasted on llio Ihost do* Urate vlandsi to make him a fat, ac. ceptahle offering. He remains in this situation, until either the time of plant ing crtrn, or the going out of a war party, lfo Is then brought opt, amidst the shouts ami screaming of the, wllole village, and tied to a f rov?, with his aims extended; the old men, \vom?n anil children, rush upon him. each tarmed with a firebrand, which I hey apply to the body of tho sufiVrer; afl"? enduring tlieso torments for some time, the w&frlora draw their bows, ,anil O.A nhihutHiia *tik uMl'iil<tiinftl< *- icritiinated, by lit, tho formeri latter their. t<uU thu 0110 bvlUnlilf, -L groW much. betWiVl/pVOiWqacr foWflf?"*- - ?ww in war, ot> ,jkHt1 t?ulral(?i tho body S>v tho praollco of Indtaivi oii'tln-. Misfit ,y'ith' rnoftt natl<iifa u lYrltyiuer in t.hoii' village, excepfjVom j)ie oct atonal elfi,'rv(wcei?cc of tho rage pi^ dividual*!, from which no person ia i pvifct AjUojit two year* since, uBpan Mi boy via* taken pri4onci>and ?or dunned 10 , go ; sacrificed. ? He vd saved, however, l?y tho greatcut exe tiop of wn?o traders, who chanced bo at the village; it was, howcvij etfV'led wjtU groat dllUcuUy^ jlmt considerable espouse in present*. , ? Among lho 1 l'awiices, null pom'# other nations, their I* kept wUh great $ reverence ami care, n certain bag; containing many things deemed by ,-y tlieso superstitious petiplo sacred; tho linger* of their enemies, tho rattle of the ratfle*nuke,e1aw8 of tho white bear, and certain birds stuftedf tliov seldom l opott tilts bag* but when they <fo. so it Is 4 on going to war, with tho dcteriuiiin^] {Ion of not returning without sheddlp?4 human blond-?no warrior Venturas W return without doing tliiN. Oti on*: occasion, a warrior, who had opened bin bap;, was out fur six mouths with out meeting with any opportunity of spilling the blood of his enemies. lio determined to return, and Mil the first person ho mct^ he returned accord ingly, nod the first person he mot, happened (o he his own mother, whom III- iminedintviy tomahawked and adalo^d. No Indians, that, we liavo met, sur render I lie persons of their wives or daughters to the embraces of stran gers. Chastity is regarded as a vir tue, or rather tho inconveniences at tending its violation, amounts, uuumg the unmarried, to u prohibition of the crime. infidelity, among married women, is an od'e.nce for which tlv husband inflicts puuisliment. Genera] ly corporeal casiigati6iij-> wittr a elf or whip; or it produces u scpcrntinn i the parties. Tho temper of, tho 1 hand Is' the tribunal, by whloll extent or manner of punishment^ regulated. A great warrior, who hi hh'o ?liw.'itvfi'Nil ilmi liir? wife ami m faithful, had his best horse saddlt;*] put a tine buffalo skin over him, at the tf)JP^Lthc camo out, he told him finttWwllUijjj his hortic* and his buffalo/ akin, ., gave them all to him. Huoh instand of generosity arc believed by tho In dians, (when they su^poso fear has no J influence) to make the great man. If a wifo supposes herself badly treated, she can leave her husband, go to her relation,,or marry another. Tho hus band can ulso turn off his wife when ho '? chooses : notwithstanding thin, many instance* of long continued association are liy uo means uncom mon. There appear* to bo no par ticular matrimonial ceremony rtiado use of; there are few unm$t;ried men, and fewer unmarried wotaen among Indians. In communities, wIicit commercial M transactions extern! merely to sc.i <?i: (iiwioiial barter. for (lie conveniences of life, where wealth given no privi lege#, add ronlVra no importance* and where the HubMstance of evfcpy man l? obtained. dot by a'applying tlio wanta of other*, but immediately from ? be forest, there can be but littlo hu ei'Hjriiy for municipal regulations, to settle ronrrrnlnR pwnrrty* No tribunal* exint for the trial fit' crimcAf ihelr dillVreuce.s arfl aenerally nettled by yielding to the interference of friends, or the voice of public opiii* ?<m. ;<s to what in proper to be done. ?Li. , i ,i1 ?ti.ilj JWnmrl.?'Th? extent of tlw pro|M>ied Mute or Mi?*otirl i* frequently bsked. According to the lull rtport<'d M tlicr l.isl ressioti, it was al lowed n fVoM of on the Ali.?<ii?*ippL Willi llit Miiio'irl rivee iatlio cam re, and mi uvcrtifte depth ol'nhnut 2>'/J fntlc^.Tltft ftt. l/m. in f'.nqiiiftr, nay*. "after you g?t back fociy or flftymile* from die MiWMippi, the naked nnd urid plit'iM net in, und the country U uninliahl* (utile, erfcopt upon the borders ot crteki And yir-'/t) "-Hid lllif l'?IVf it#*}' (ripf?f?tieotly ) "Hid hor It'jfeor*^//" yo.,'(v(ol?!e<iy.) "if'.d Imr it ffa&Ji drrlu r KiiU" ' V.- ,- '?**<? vqU wtiir I A't?, I h mna no h" ? IAW ULAttffim A'liatlu livintml at ihla Ofllr