PO ETRY. From the Srattleborou^h (Vt.) Reporter, PARAPHASE OF THE 137th PSALM. WHERE the cold flood of Bal*el rolls, And sweeps along its heathen shores? There mighty sorrows fill'd our Souls, That Zion's spires were seen no more. Remembrance wak*d the silent tear, While far away she sped her flight* And hoverM o'ei^lhat land so ?leav, Now veil'd in dark oblivion's night. Our harps, oft tun'd to heavenly lays, On dreary willows silent hung; Once they coul^^ant Jehovah's praise, And strike tlM? strains which angels sung. - The heathen cry, Come, raise that song, So often heard on Judah's plain! O, can we, in this land ot wrong, i Wake sorrows harp to Zion's strain ? 0 lovely ruins, beauteous piles! While years their courses wheel away, V- hile heaven's high arch in beauty smiles, Our souls shall m4pfn your falling dajd When fainting on this captive shore, And sinking in the shades of death, Still Zion's downfall we'll deplore, ? And speak her name with dying breath. * Forever shall her image rise, ? And dwell in fancy's mid-dav beam, ?Or when night's mantle veils the skies* ^ thiuugh the sullen darkness gttiam. p God ! who rolls the wrathful cloud, ? And wakes the angry lightning's flame > J^Jast with thy ttorm the impious proud, Who dare defy the Eternal name ! Let war's dr^ar tempest waste their land, -And raise* the wall above the dead |M w1'Cy fthal1 know ,hc av*nS?r,? hand, When desolations round them spread ! BA*D OF THE MOUNTAINS* miscellaneous. Extract from Dr. Caldwell's Me moien of the life of Gen. Greene. [This work, on the eve of issuing from the press will doubtless possess a high de gree of interest. We owe to the polite ? ness of the author, the permiauon to make the following extract.]?.rfnafcerte Magazine Battle of Ram*aour>s Mill. Equally, perhaps, unknown, to more of the inhabitants, and singu larly neglected in the history of our country, is another very gallant par tizan adventure achieved on the ?3d of June, 1780. Neither American regulars, nor llritish soldier;) having any concern in this spirited aflhir. it was fought entirely by raw militia Iben, of the whig and tory parties. About twelve hundred of tiie latter, saving assembled under Ihe com mand of Col. Moore, encamped in n ?trong position at Itamsaour's Mills, k few miles westward from the Ca tawba river, and in Hie vicinit> of the line which separates North from South Carolina. In which of th? two States the encampment wae situ* ?ted, is not at present distinctly re collected, although the writer of this narrative has been frequently on tbe ?pot. , In addition to rapine, and the pro duction of general distress, a favorite object of the party was to overawe an 1 weaken tbo adjacent country, by capturing and carrying within the British lines, a number of its most in fill1 ntial inhabitants. Besides being thus prevented from taking a lead in active measures of resislauce, these were to he held as hostages for die good couduct and neutrality of their friends. 1 : i \ \U habits unbroken, t?i concert of action wotig them, ju?d nil V eir domestic ?..Tm^s clinging around their hearts. They were in tlie true sense of the expression, a baud of friends and neighbors, heiii? all from the same settlement, ntu! perfectly known to f*:?ch other in private life. In the * hote party there w as not an indi v'dual who had not repeatedly united .vith the others, in rural sport aud social eiyoyment. As citizens, they were all of the same rank, and all respectable* They were masters of the soil they had assembled to defend. Of this corps of patriots, the mili tary prowess was* entirely untried ; not one of them, with the exception of Capt Falls, having ever confront ed an enemy in the field. Their on ly warlike acquirement, was great experience and skill in the use of ilic i rifle. In that qualification they hadj few superiors. Being all dressed in their common apparel, they exhibited no uniformi ty of appearance. To remedy this, and to distinguish them from thfe to ries, who were known to be dressed in the same nfray, they fastened over the crowns of their hats, from back to front, descending to the rims on each side, strips of white pa|>er, about two inches broad. Bach one brought to the place of rendezvous his own rifle, fifty rouuds of powder and ball, a week's provision, and a li^ht blanket, -?That they might lie perfectly unen cumbered, neither Itaggage waggon nor pack horse was attached to the party* Thus accoutred, eaget fot- battle and panting for glory, without wait ing for a considerable force that wa? assembling in Rowan, a neighboring country, under General Rntheford, to join them, they moved in haste and silence towards the scene of action. The second day's march brought them to the immediate vicinity of their object* They encamped for the nighty determined to strike, am) hop ing to surprize the enemy hi the morning. But in this they were dis appointed* On advancing to the attack, about break of day* they found the foe on the alert, and ready to receive them. 1?They therefore resolved to wall until it should be completely light, that the aim of their rifles ought be the more deadly. The morning opening, disclosed to them a preparation for defence ami resistance, much more formidable, than they expected to ftnd. The) enemy were [Misted on the top of a hill, covered w ith timber* which af forded them a shelter. Their flanks were protected on one side by a mill ilaiis and on the other by a swamp, a small stream of water flowing in the rear, in front of their encampment, was erected, of stake and bru .liwood,| a breastwork so compact, as to be proof against small arms, and to im pede, in a great measure, the opera tion of cavalry. A strong detach ment of the foe was stationed in ad vance of the breast work, armed with rifles and concealed behind trees. At first sight the array of men and means was somewhat appalling. But the Kubicorn was passed, retreat would be rein, accompanied with dis grace. Battle might also be tuinous, 'but could not be dishonorable.? Without flotation, therefore, the lat ter wa? r??olved on. At his own request, Captain Falls with his mounted infantry led the at tack. When at the distance of about, eighty pnees, lie received the fire of] tkie enemy's advance. Returning this with considerable effect, be rush-, ed Sword in hand into the midst of] them, threw them into confusion, and forced them to fall back, pressing his fortune with too much ardor, he re ceived a hall through his breast, and it It d -ad from his liorse. , H? i party, however, undismayed by the loss their leader, continued the action with great ^aiiantry, un'il ti*;* foot tadvaneed to their support, jiv. e,? the enemy was drireu bemiiil jhu breastwork. H6T6 ensued a most murderous couflict. rhe whigs having .0 tar jevelled the obstruction as to vernier it passable, rushe*. over it, mingled with the enemy, and in uiany instan ces, grappled with them man to man. livery instrument and mean ofdeatb was now resorted to. The bullet, the sword, the rifle butt, and even the -hatchet, with which some were pro vided, were abundantly employed. Uarely m any case has blood been more inexorably, or by the tame numberofcombatants, more prodi gally shed. 1 For a time the brae was doubtful. L^ssnU by superior numbers, the whigs were once compelled to give ground: some of them retreating across the breastwork. But resolute ly (>a *>ctoty or death, they re. turned to the charge with such fierce impetuosity, and decisive effect, as bore down, all resistance. The tories broke, and in confusion, the whigs for some distance banging f00"** with terrible slaughter | Thus terminated an affair, in which so many gallant spirits made their ?r?t, and too many of them, alas! their last essay in arms. In the course of the whigs performed prodigies; and the royalists mani fested a degree of valor and courage, worthy of a better cause. . J'" letter lost in killed wounded and prisoners, upwards of six hun dred men. rhe prisoners and wounded were paroled, and liberated on the field of battle. The numerical loss of the former was exceedingly heavy, nearly half of them being killed or wounded. out the actual loss, which consisted in the character, rather than in the number of those that fell, was incal culable. On that fetal day, some of the choicest blood of the south was heroically offered on the altar of free dom. ?; The death_oLCapL Falls, in par ticular, was deeply lamented. In the ranks of his country he did not leave behind him ? purer patriot, or a mote gallant soldier. "** a?) a youth of fourteen, had atxompanied him to the battle, When the Captain fell, this high minded stripling, moved by an m ?tjnctive impulse of affection, sprang from his horse to embrace the .bodv. and protect it from insult. One of the enemy, believed to be the that shot Capt. Palls, advancing with ? view to plunder the corpse, the son, suddenly snatching the sword of the Plunged it into the bosom of the mirauder, and thus at once pumsbedaudacity.and nobly reveng ed his father7* death. 6 80 deadly was the aim of the to? nnemen, at the commencement of the action, before the somke of their own ?re bad obstructed their view, that b?ny of (beta placed their balls in the lower end of the strips of paper 1 rck the whigs wore over the [crowns of their bats, every shot of this ascription, passing through the ? wm instantly fatal. raffMt THE SAVANNAS ??01?1AN. WjfflEdUor,. \' If the following correspondence between an Irishman and wife in Ireland, can in your opinion, afford to vour readers any amusement, 1 shall from time to time continue it. X. Y. 2. MRS. JUDY O'DRISCOLL. My Demt Judy% Before 1 begin this letter at all 1 will be after telling you that 1 am a* live, which 1 hope youti be when you jieceivethis; and if it is a thing that you are not let me know, that 1 may write no move and so save postage. 1 landed in this city two days be fore 1 arrived, and to be sure 1 was, bothered to find myself at home in n \ strange country wherfe every body! knew me ; even people 1 never saw, swore so to my face. Now I'll be; after giving you a little bit of a histo ry of this aueer place, called Savan nah ; this land of liberty as they call it?where children are free before they are bom.?Well then, myhoney, this isalarge town with not very ninny houses in it, but what is the same thing a great many chimnies; for you see, tbe bouses were frightened some time ago at ti fire that was her?, an*1 run away, but they left the chimnic star,dins; to I e responsible for tl.r.i 'coming back again. The houses heie are much the same as in Cork, but that the brick part of the m is made of wood, ami (hat they are slated with shingles. They are also pretty uni form, being built both sides ot the middle of the street. This tow n and [the country around it is full of majors, colonels and captains; in fact, every private man is a captain, or colonel at least. . I expect they will be after making me one soon. If so I'll let yen ^ow you have yourself called business now I have no time finish this letter; but must conclude your very loving husband, ? PatrickJ^Dkiscou,. P. S. I send two letters by this ship least one shoutd~miscarry if the ship should be lost. Clenderdufty, Near Cork. JUu Dear Pat, I received your letter four davs be fore it came to hand, and long before I opened it the contents were neer throwing me into hushterrick .fits, to think of hearing you were well even before I had any account from you. Pb,*Padd^, you ffould laugh till you could cry the guts out of you, to see the lemoncholy state of imhw Ireland ; nor can it be mendeu, unless the people become united as they are in America, as the )>arson tells me, for you see all Ireland is of one way of thinking?except those who differ from us, and them they call ihe Or ange boys, and faith, very bitter or au-es they are,imtl am sure all the world know s they are not sevil ones. Most of the women in Ireland are united Irishmen : yes, aud children too before they are able to s|>eak a word, say damn the king in Irish. All our neighbors living now and has not left the place, are either shot, hanged or transited; in fact there is nothing but bloodshed and battery all around us, and this all owing to the bloody hacks, or red coats, as you call them, who commit depredations on man, woman and child, burning and destroying all that comes after them ; and though we have not Tarleton as you had in America, we have Lutrell the traitor-?bad luck to him; they call him Karl Crampton ?devil cramp him; be is a sore sight to them who never taw him. .He burned poor Uadd's distillery at the Glyn, last ni^ht, and the devils get, as he is nothing else, took out the children, ordered the pipe to play up God save the king, and maile them dance to the tune while their father's house was burning and the property! destroying.?Paddy,^fiaT rto^yon think of this? Well* they did worse, the night before?they went to Owen Dtmieen's house at Pool nam utk, took out three of his sons, Larry, Bryan and Roger, and, you know what aonsy boys they were, shot them before their own door without judge or jury, went in and used Catty, their sister, in a worse manner, and a finer girl never ste^d in a brouge. Well, they even done w orse than that a few nights before?they burned and de stroyed your own cabin.?111 tell you how it hap|>ened, although I am pale in the face with blushing, nor would I venture to tell yon, but that you of ten told me I was a chaste ap Helen of Greece, Queen Bess, or even the Empress of Russia. But as parson O;0ogberty says, de mortuis nil nisi bonum, that is, when women are bad stone them. VY ell, this is the way it happened One evening in comes a big soger; he called himself a gren adier or a grand deer 1 don't knou which; but faith, be was neer making a buck of you, or as the parson says, antlerizing or cornuting yog?Just in the minute of danger 1 called on 8t. Patrick to help roe, and my prayers were heard, for 4>efore the first word was out of my mouth, in comes parson O'Dogherty, and you know he can box other things as well as the pulpit ?so without saying by your leave or any thing else, he let fly a fist full1 of fingers at him, and in ihree strokes left him sprawling on - he ground lik*1 Dennis Gajlahar's old sow ; we h i him for dead. But he took ad van tftje of the parser* cr.J T, wl.cn wis, v rr* w .mi v.* i ] ulitig on n lt-u^iou* ^ot uj> uiid tun to 1 !;e camp of ; R.iUkurah, brought thousands with I him ?nri I vate; and faith the parson seems to like me on yocnr account even as well as his own wife. He advises you to stay where you are and not return; lor if you do says he (nemo mortalium I omnibus horis sapit) this is, no wise man w ould work in a sand pit. 1 woukl I w rite longer, but tbe. parson and I a ret I going to dispute on a religious pAfa I Adieu?Be as virtuous to me as 1 avI I to you. Head Joseph Andrews*? there is an example of chastity in a man for yoo. 1 remain your tender^* chaste, and loving wife. JUDY O'DRISCOIX. Infidelity counteracted by its ovtn toenfixenK At the time when infidelity way making enormous strides in Europe, one mode was adopted for its pro* mutation; short extracts from tfie writings of Voltaire and the rest of the literary banditti of his day we ret printed and disseminated amongst tbo lower order of the people. Religion was thus with incredible industiy* exposed to popular scorn and con tempt. Infidelity became fashionabkl in that mass of population, in wlticli ibe physical strength of a kingdom resides.? This hint furnished by an abandoned set of philosophical atbe^ 4s|8t was the occasion of all thos<3 tract societies now extending in evety part of the Christian world. Re ligion fights infidelity with its own weapons?little indeed did those atheistical philosophers imagine, thai they were by the very efforts thqp were making iqr the' abolition' of Christianity, contributing to the still further extension of the word of dt# vine truth. All this has been brought about id a few revolving years. There id scarce any occurrence that ?hews more forcibly thaa this, the stipliin* tending and controling ban* of a (iod. How many Christians t*em? bled, when they beheld the proitail* gation of infidelity, little dreaming at the same time, that all thia waa preliminary to the triomphanjt ad* vances of the standard of out Re deemer, in places where before waa never heard the sound of the silver trumpet of salvation; another re* mark arising from the subject, U this^ that the real Christian, when he be* holds the advance of infidelity, baa* no occasion with such an example bcK fore bis eyes to feel despoudt:iice?. The darkness by which he is sur rounded, ma) be only preparattiay to* the lull blaze of gospel day; it may be the season when the morning star will beginN to sparkle ufKiu the. Si.adows. The times and neason^ fur the display o! divine ven^jeence,. are under the control of th t saino* Almighty hand, that cotn|>f li *d . the disciples ol V oiiuire to beconv ?? mM?l untni v agmts .01 the promt tiguiiou of the Gospel.? AjttU. Jiorri.