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WRIiTTE% FORl THlE ADVERTISER.
MY PENT-UP MUSE.
"There's no Poetry in Matrimony."
And would you wish me wake again,
My long neglected-slumbering muse?
To cant in measured verse a strain
That may not e'en a child amuse ?
Aly friend must cease,
Nor dare intrude,
Upon my peace
My selitude;
For love's domestic pleasures sweet,
With potent wand (I know not why)
Have magnetized my muse complete,
And tied her wings-she can not fly.
Her harp is " on the willows hung"
No more she " strikes the enchanted shell,"
She sings no more a's once she sung,
No more her notes harmonious dwell,
Upon the ear;
For lo ! a change,
(As changes here
Are nothing strange)
Has shaddow'd o'er her spirits dream,
With clouds of life's reality
Has cheek'd wild fancy's bounding stream,
The fountain-head of Poetry.
Then ask me net, nay 1 let me rest
Unheard, unread and seldom seen;
No vain ambition fires my breast,
My honest heart-my humble mien,
Much better suit
An humbler sphere;
Where no dispute
Or words severe.
Can blast my name-my peace devour,
Or rudely wound my " moral sense."
Where hatred's tongue can never pour,
Its slanders vile, on innocence.
N EMO.
TIM TOUNG DRAGOON.
A STORY OF THE COWPENS.
BY CHARLES J. PETERSON.
CHAPTER 1.
There is a thing-there is a thing,
I fain would have from thee,
I fain would have that gay, gold ring.
TutE SrECTRE LADY.
The period of our revolutionary history
immediately succeeding the defeat at
Camden, is still remembered in the Caro
linas with horror. The British, elated
with their success, and regarding the
Suth as- now conquerepr,-roces ed in
the work of confiscation and massacre
with pitiless severity. In that terrible
crisis many a family was deprived of its
head, either by exile or by execution. Yet
larger numbers were shorn of their pro
perty and reduced to comparative indi
gence. In a word, terror reigned para
mount.
But the common events of life still
went on. The transactions of business,
the struggle for wealth; the toils of the
husbandman, births, deaths, marriages,
cares, hopes, fears-all followed each other
dowu the deep current of existence. il
most wholly unaffected by the st'-1. of
war which agitated the surface. It is an
error to suppose that great ;onvulsioins
disturb the whole order of .ciety. Men
wiHl still hate, though thfenltic nation be
turned into a camp .)vil still strive for
the dross of earth;.iAl still, if young and
generous, risk twir heart's happiness in
love.
It was tvards the close of a winter
vei aat a youth of noble meini and
hand ve face stood at the foot of one of
thod' ong avanues, of trees, which in
.couth Carolina, lead up from the road to
the mansions of the wealthy proprietors.
For nearly half an hour lie had been there
as if awaiting the approach of sorme one
from the house : now looking anxionsly up
the long av-enne,nowv restlessly walking to
and fro. During that interval but one
person had passed along the highway,
and the notice of this one the youth had
skdlfully avoided by concealing himself
behind some dwarf trees within the plan
tation-fence. This act, as well as his
whole demeanor, proved that he was
awaiting some secret interview.
At last, just when the dusk began to
deepen into night, the flutter of a white
dress was seen comning dowvn the avenue.
A minute more, and a beautiful girl of
eighteen summers appeared on the scene.
" Albert," said the newv comer, as the
youth, seizing her hand, passionately kiss.
ed it. " I have not a second to stay. It
was with difficulty I could leave the house
unseen, and my absence has dloubtless
been noticed before this; what we have
to say, therefore, must be said at onice;
why have you sought this interview 1'
" I have sought it, Ellen," he rneplied,
still holding her hand, " because, despair.
ing of gaining your consent, I have volb
tmnteered in Captain Washington's cavalry
corps, and to-morrow we set forth. Per
haps you will never see me more. I could
not leave the neighborhood without see
ing you onee more, and bidding you an
eternal farewell; and as your father's
orders had banished me fromi the house,
there was nio method of giving you my
adieu, except by soliciting an interview."
'The tears had started to the eyes of his
listener, but she turned aw'ay her head to
conceal them; and for some Ine neither
spoke.
" Ellen, dear Ellen," said the young
soldier, earnestly, " will you not now, in
this solemn moment, say you love me I-.
ther has forbidden me to enter his house,
you have been less kind, and I fear that I
have lost your heart-that you, too, have
ceased to care for me, now that I am beg
gared-"
His hearer suddenly her face fell upon
hin, with a look of tearful reproach that
cut short his words.
" Bless you, Ellen, for that look," he
s:id. " Though my ither's estate is con
fiscated, and he and I both indigent, it is
not on that account that you have seemced
so cold to me lately. Say then, dearest,
only say that I have been mistaken in
thinking you at all changed."
Another look, equally eloquent, answer
ed him: but still his hearer did not speak.
" Oh! Ellen," he continued, " when I
am far away fighting my country's battles,
what bliss it would be to know that you
sometimes think of me ; and that if I should
fall you would shed a tear for me."
His listener, at these words wept freely,
and when her agitation had somewhat
passed, spoke.
" Albert," she said, you have conquered.
Know (hen that I do love you." At these
words the impetuous young man clasped
her in his arms, but she disengaged her
self, saying, " but while my father opposes
your suit, I can never be yours. The
consciousness, of his disapproval has made
me affect a coldness to you which my
heart belied, in the hope that you would
think of some one more worthy of you
but-but," she hesitated, then quickly
added, in a word, if it will comfort you,
when away, to know that I think of you,
and pray for you, go forth happy-the
misery is for us who stray behind, and
who are hourly anxious for the fate of
the absent."
The tears fell fast as she spoke, and,
concluding, she suffered her head to be
drawn to her lover's shoulder, while a
deep and holy silence succeeded, as these
two young and already unhappy beings
held each other in a first embrace.
It was only for a moment, however,
that Ellen yielded to weakness. Raising
her head, and brushing the tears from her
eyes, she said, while crimson blushes over
spread her face.
" And now farewell-perhaps all this
is wrong-but I could not see you leave
me in anger."
"God bless 'f~-thnq ind ~ "
smnaiiner BU llen, before you go,
one more request. That miniature that
hangs around your neck-is it too much
to ask for it?"
She hesitated; then, as steps were heard
in the road, she suddenly gave it to him.
lie drew a heavy gold ring from his fin
ger, and said, tendering it in exchange.
" Take this, and let us be true to each
other-se help us God!
And with this parting adjuration, he
spraug over the fence to conceal himself
LAind the hushwood, while Ellen hasten
ed up the avenue, who was soon lost in
the obscurity of the hour.
The wind sighed mournfully through
the pine woods as this betrothal was con
sumnmated, and the dark, starless sky over
head looked down with his wearied and
melancholy face.
CIIAPTER if.
Heard ye the din (if battle bray,
Lance to lance, and horse to liorse.
GRAY.
It is well known that after the defeat of
Gates, Coiigress hastened to supercede
that general, andi appointed Greene to
succeed him. At the period of the inci
dents narrated in the last chapter, the
Cornmmder-inChief had arrived in the
South, and wyas organizing his forces.
His very first proceedinigs showved the
resources of an intellect, which, in mili
tary afiairs, was second only to that of
the " father of his country."~
Aware that the initiatory steps towards
redeeminig the South, was to areuse the
confidence of its people, he determiined to
divide his forces. While, therefore, lie
moved with one portion dowvn the Pedee,
he despatched Morgan, wvith the remain
der, wvest of the Catawba, in order to
encourage the inhab~itants in that quarter.
Morgan's corps w~as accompanied by Capt.
Washington's light dragoons, of which
our hero had already become a conspicu
ous member.
This division of his army, in the face
of an active foe, would have been a capi
tal error, but for the p)oliticaul advanmtages
it ofiered, and which overbalanced the
military ones. Cornwallis, then in coin
mand of the royal army, determined to
frustrate the success of Greene's plhm, by
cutting off Morgan's detachment, aiid ac
cordingly ordered Colonel Tarleton, with
his renowned dragoons, accompanied by
a competent force of infantry, to give
pursuit.
It was on the 14th of January, 1781, a
day ever to be remembered in the annals
of our country, that the heroic Morgan
learned the danger in which he stoo.
Hie determined immnediately to give battle
For this purpose he halted at a placo cal[
ed the Cowpens, and having drawn tip
his troops, awaited, though not without
anxiety, thme appearanice of the foe.
Thle attack of Tarleton, as usual, wvas
impetuous, and for a wvhile the American
maitia we're driven helplessly before it ;
but soon they rallied, under cover of a few
continentals'belonging to Morgan's com
mand, and in turn forced the British to
..i.. ground., Thes bave soldiers cf the
line, led by their Colonel, now charged
with the bayonet, when the route of the
inflantry became complete.
Washington, with his cavalry, had been
waiting impatiently for a chance to parti
cipate in the fight ; but having been sta
tioned as a partial reserve, the order for
him to engage (lid not for some time ar
rive. His troops shared his enthusiasm.
Composed chiefly of young men of faini
ly, and mounted on thorough-bred ani
mals, they presented a formidable appear
ance, as they stood awaiting the order to
engage, the horses champing at the bit,
and the riders nervously fingering their
swords ; they saw the onsetof the British,
the flight of the first line, and the partial
panic that extended through the foot sol
diers with horror ; but still their leader re
mained unmoved. Many had never been
in battle before, and such believed the day
lost; among these was Albert.
At last the confusion became so great
around them, that troops so undisciplined,
if less brave, would have taken to igno
minious flight; for the defeated militia
were pouring down upon them from all
sides, almost compelling them to break
their ranks, or see the fugitives perish
under the hoofs of their horses. But
now Washington seemed to rouse from
his inaction. Ordering his men first to
allow the flying militia to gain their rear,
lie then directed them, his sharp, quick
tones showing that the moment for ac
tion had come, to close up and prepare to
charge.
As lie spoke, he pointed with his sword
ahead, and our hero beheld the renowned
regiment of Tarleton coming down upon
them at full gallop, and amid a cloud of
dust driving before a mass of dismayed
fugitives. The keen eye of Washington
measured, for an instant, the distance be
tween them, and then said.
" I want no fire-arms used to-day, my
lads. Stick to the cold steel. And now
for God and your-charge !"
Away weit the troops; like a thunder
bolt suddenly loosed from a clovd, with
very scabbard jingling, e--- - -
ing with excitement, an'
shaking under them. Ir
burst upon the ranks of
disordered by his pursuit
a feeble resistance. -
.. .... m is awAre Tine I:
of the Americans, who
rode down their foes.
soon proved too weak
patriotism and courage
Davalry; and the troops, turning their
bridles, took to ignominious flight.
"On, on," cried Washington, waving
his sword for his men to follow, " remem
ber the cruelties of these myrmidons.
Revenge for your slaughtered country
mien !"
At the word, his men, thus reminded
of the butchery of the Waxhaws and of
the other atrocities perpetrated under the
ye of Tarleton, spured their horses
afresh, and dashed on in pursuit. A coin
plete panic had now taken possession of
the royal cavalry, who hurried on at full
g:llop, each man thinking only of himself.
Close on their heels followed the indig
nant Americans, cutting down mercilessly
every red-coat they overtook, until the
road was strewed with the dead. Fore
most in this pursuit rode Washington, a
precedence he owed not only to his su
perior steed, but to his eagerness to over
take an officer just ahead, whom he took
to he Tarleton himself from his eflorts to
rally the fugitives.
The tremendous pace at which Wash
ington rode, at last carried him so far
ahead of his men, that, at a bend in the
highway lie found himself totally alone.
A t this moment, the British, looking back
perceived his situation, and immediately
turned on him, his principal assailants be
ing Tarleton and twvo powerful dragoons.
Knowing, however, that assistance
must be close at hand, Washington reso
lutely advanced to meet the enemy, de
termineod to seize Tarleton for his prison.
er. But, before he could reach the Colo
nel, the twvo dragoons dashed at him, the
one on the right, the other on tihe left.
He saw only tihe first of them, however,
and accordingly turned on him, clove
him down with a single blow of his sa
bre, theni rushed at Tarleton himself.
But, meantime, the other dragoon was
advanc ing, to tally disregarded, upon him,
and with upraised blade'~w'ould have cut
him down, had not our hero, who had
pressed close after hais leader, at this in
stant wiheeled round the corner of the
wood.-At a single glance he took in the
whole scene. Albert saw that before be
could corme up Washington would be
slain unless the fire arms wvere employed.
In this emergency lie did not hesitate to
disobey the orders of his leader. Jerk
ing a pistol from his holster, ho aimed full
at the dragoon, just as the sabre of the
atter was sweeping down on Washing
on's head. The man tumbled headlong
from his saddle, his sword burying itself
in the dust.
" Ha! who is that ?" said Washinrton,
sternly, so astonished to find his orders
disobieyed, that lie turned ; a movement
which Tarleton took advantage of to
make good his escape. "You, Albert,
you!"
" There was no other wvay,'' answered
the young hero, and lie pointed to the
da dragoon. " to save your life. His
satire was wImn six inches of you when
I fired."
"It could Aot be helped, then, I sup
pose," answebed Washington, who now
comprehended the event, and saw that lie
owed his lire to the quickness of thought
of his young friend; " but stay you are
yourself hurtY
As he spok4 he saw blood issuing from
the sleeves of Pbert, and immediately af
terward the ygung soldier reeled and fell
senseless to tkb ground.
Two pistol ishots had been discharged
from the enenm', immediately after Albert
had fired. - Oniexamination, one-half was
found in the ann of Albert. The other
had perforated !he coat, immediately over
the heart. -
" He iE dead' cried the leader, " that
second shot touched a vital part."
He tore away the garments as he
spoke but uttered a cry of joy when he
exposed the chat, for there, right over
the heart, lay aU miniature which had
stopped the ball%
Washington lpoked at the picture, and
muttered, "Ha! I have heard of this
and now I will see if I cannot serve my
young friend a good turn."
C~APTER 111.
Marry never for houses, nor marry for lands,
Nor marry for nothing but only love.
When our hero, after a long interval of
unconsciousness, opened his eyes, he
round himself to his surprise, in a large
and elegantly furnished apartment, entire
ly strange to him. He pulled aside the
urtains of his bed with his uninjured
arm, and looked !out. An aged female
servant sat watching him.
"What massa want ?" she said.
"How did I get herei" he asked.
"Captain Washington left you here,
nassa, after de great battle. De surgeon
staid to dress your arm, and den follow
arter de troops, who had lick de red-coats,
ey say, all to pieges."
"Yes!-then tl army has pursued its
march to the Catakvba."
- - ' -- I --A '-nn he to stav
.uur, zuacceiy uenvnig ma senes, ant
crutinizing her features, " can it be I You
ire indeed she. And this is Mr. Thord.
ike's house."
He had started up in bed, and was
ow confronted by the figure of the ow
er of the mansion himself, who entered
it an opposite door; but who instead of
earing the angry air which Albert had
last seen upon him, smiled kindly upon
he noble youth.
"I was passing along the corridor," he
said, seating himself on the bed-side fa
niliarily, and taking the hand of his
ounded guest, " and hearing your voice,
earned for thb first time that you were
wIVke. Accordingly I made bold to
nter, in order to assure you or a we
ome. When we last parted, Mr. Scott,"
e said noticing our hero's look of as
onishiment, " it was with ill-feeling on
>oth sides. Let all that be forgotten.
Whatever I may have said then I now
~enll. Ini saving the life of Capt. Wash.
ngton, who is my dearest friend, you
tave laid me under infinite obligations,
md at his request, I have consented to
verlook the past, and to give yod my
laughter. I only make a single stipula
:ion, which is that you will not ask her
and until this war is over, which," ho
idded, lowering his voice, "cannot be
long, nlow that things have began to go
mn so auspiciously."
Onr hero well understood the charac
ter of' Mis Thordlike, who was noted for
his prudent adherence to which ever side
as uppermost, and he attributed this
udden change not only to Capt. Wash
ngton's intercession, but also in part to
ihe prospect there wvas of the triumph of
Lhe colonial cause, im which case the con
seted estates of the elder Mr. Scott
ould be restored. He kept this to him
self, however, and expressed his thanks
or- Mr. Thordlike's hospitality.
"But, I shall owe you eveni more,"hle
~dded, " for thme A pjpiness with which
your lpromi, nas filled me, and I cheer
rully e.pt your terms. Meantime, let
no rise, and pay my respects to the Ia
lies in person-I am sure I am weclh
~noug."
Our hero, however, was compelled to
eep his bed for two entire days, in con
sequence of the fever, a period which ap
~eared to him an age.
We shall not attempt to describe his
nleeting wvith Ellen. Let us pass over
the first fewv minutes of the interview.
" I have but on thing to regr-et," he
sid at last in a low whisper, for Mr. and
Mrs. TVhordlike, v'ere at the other end of
the apartment, 'and that is the loss of
your miniature. I had it ar-ound my
neck, when I weit into battle, but have
not seen it since.'
Ellen smiled achly and drew it from
her bosom.
" How did it aach your possession t"
he aid in surnris And, taking ;i :.. his
hand, he added, " what means this dent,
so like the mark of a ball?"
Tears gushed to Ellen's eyes, as she
said
" Captain Washington, who gave it to
me said that it lay your over heart, and that
but for it, Tarleton's pistol shot would
have killed you. Oh! Albert, I some
times thought after I gave it to you that I
had done wrong, knowing that my par
ents would not approve of the act; but
when I heard that it had saved your lib,
I saw in it the hand of Providence."
"Yes! for it not only preserved me
from death, but was the means of interest
ing Washington in our favor, and thus
bringing about this happy reunion," said
Albert after a pause.
We have no more to tell. On recover
ing from his wound, our hero, rejoined his
corps, with which he continued until the
expulsion of the British from the Caro
linas.
After that happy event he was married
to Ellen, and with her spent a long life
of felicity.
Their (escendants still preserve the
battered miniature as an heir-loom.
Zxtract from the $peech of Mr. Rhett,
DELIVERED IN THE SENATE, 24th Feb.
" When you show the people of the
North that this Constitution is nothing
but what a majority of Congress thinks
proper to make it, what is the natural in
ference from such teachings ? Why, that
whenever a majority of Congress think pro
per to abolish slavery it ought to be abol
ished, and that if they are responsible for
the institution they ought to abolish it.
Consolidation is abolitionism; and those
that have given abolitionism its success in
this country, are the statesmen who have
been driving the car of c6nsolidation over
the limitations of the Constitution and
the rights of the South. Sir, you cannot
consolidate this Union in one particular,
and in others leave it unconsolidated.
"If you break down the limitations of
the taxing power; if you declare that
that power shall exist not merely as the
lion a nothing ; its uinutatnons werre
breath. And now, when abolition rears
its head, and stares consolidation in the
face, you wish to from it down. It will
laugh you to scorn. It is only carrying
out the principles you taught it-the life
you gave it. It is oily ridding themselves
of that responsibility you imposed upon
them, and carrying out your principles to
their legitimate results. If, in past days,
all statesmen had stood upon .the liniita;
tions of the Constitution ; if they had
said the Constitution gave us no power
beyond its plain and simple grants, these
people would have respected these limita
tions; their minds would never have
turned to the great question of Southern
slavery, and they would have enforced
these obligations of the Constitution, be
cause it was their bond, their faith, their
duty. The greatest friends of abolition
in this country are the consolidationists.
They are the fathers of it-they have
nade it. From thicir corrupt construc
tion of the Constitution this hideous mon
ster has arisen, now sliaking this Union
to its centre, and, in my opinion, destined
to overthrow it.
Sir, what did this Congress do at its
last session i Consolidation carried its tri
imphiant career unchecked over the rights
nnd honor of the South, and the rights
~dso of the North. By the Compromise;
as it was called, you stripped the South,
having an eqlual right in thie whole of our
vast Territories, conquered by us ill com
non with you, of any participation in
them. You ignominiously ejected us, but
admitted freely not only all the people of
the North, but the people of every other
land and tongue, even to the convicts of
Botany Bay. They are fit to be your
comipoers in holding that magnificent
:ountry, but we-we, your equals in this
confederacy, are spu rned and thruust aside.
T'hat was one branch of your mighty meca
mures of consolidation. And what else
id von doi You passeCd the Fugitive
Slave bill, another measure of consolida
ion, as I humbly conceive, although not
injurious to the North. And after youi
ad done this, you then cried out, "All
lilt! here is peace; there is to be no
li're contention; the lamb and the wiolf
are to lie downi togcther. Satisfaction,
and peace, aLnd quietude prevail all over
the Union ; the South is satisfied, the
North is satisfied, we aire all satisfied."
Sir-, thme South has succunmbed far be
yond what she expected, or any body
else expected, after- the solemn comnit
tals she has made. She hiad resolv-ed that
she would resist at ever-y hazard, and to
the last extremity, if you perpetrated over
her thlis eniormlous spoliation of her ejec
ion from Califor-nia. She has, neverthe
ess, apparently succumbed-all at least
but two States. But the North, for whom
you plundered us-the North who had
triumphied by your consolidation, instead
of being satisfied with what she had
boon the South acquired for tho recap.
ture of fugitive slaves. If the Constitu.
tion was violated by this law, they should
not have complained, for they had more
than ;p equivalent in the unconstitutional
appropriation of California, and the sub.
jection of the South. Swollen with the
arrogance of predominating power, how
ever, they have risen up and said, you shall
not enforce this law. We see now this
singular state of things: While the South
-the wronged, the insulted party-is
sinking lower and lower, the spirit of the
North is rising every day, and saying,
with its accustomed potency, you shall
not enforce this law, until at length we
are now deliberately debating whether
we shall stretch the Union to the utmost
tension of its powers to put down that
dissatisfaction and resistance.
There is not a mathematical problem
in Euclid more clear than this: Just in
proportion as you limit the sphere of the
operations of the General Government
according to the simple purport of the
Constitution, in that proportion you will
strengthen the Union ; and just in pro
portion as you enlarge the sphere of the
operations of the General Government
hy construction, in that proportion you
endanger the stability of the Union.
Those who adopt the policy of enlarging
the powers of the General Government
by construction have only to go on, and
they will consummate that prediction
made by a distinguished statesman on
this floor, that we would soon become,
not one people, but a divided people, a
people frowning at and hating each other.
You have, by this course of consolidation,
destroyed the bond of peace and brotherly
love that has so long united us together,
I do not know what other gentlemen may
say, but I, for one, can speak for my con
stituency as to the etfect of your legisla.
tion upon them. They look upon this
Union, in the manner in which the North
carry out its operations, as a curse, rather
than a blessing. They deem the course
of policy which you have pursued, in your
measures of compromise and spoliation,
.. &U uiC way ot administering its pow
ers consistent with truth and honesty, and
that was to confine the action of this
Government to the plain, simple specified
limitation in tlc Constitution. Sir, Ihave
been an humble follower of that party for
more than twenty years. For thirteen
years I have been standing up here in
Congress, endeavoring to bringit back to
the orignal principles upon which it was
placed there by mighty men. The genius
of Jeffierson and Madison founded it. It
was based, not only on principles of poli
cy, but on the fixed and immutable princi
ples of truth and justice. But at the last
session of Congress they surrendered to
their enemies; they went over in the free
States to the consolidationists, in order
that together they might spoil the South.
They took the Honorable Senator from
Kentucky as their leader-lie who for
twenty years has been the leader of the
great Federal or Whig party, and an abler
leader they never had or ever will possess.
Every step they took under such a leader
towards conisumumating these measures of
conmpromnise, they strengthened the Fed
eral or consolidation party, and wveakened
themselves. Nowv, where are they ?
Where are the principles of the Demo
cratic partyi They are gone-they are
destroved.
The Whig or Federal party is the only
party that posseses power in this Union,
an1d those of our Democratic friends who
thought proper to co-operate with the~m
in the measures of consolidation of tbe
last Congress must sink into their embra
ces or sink beneath their feet. TAhere
mnay be yet recuperative power in the
:ountry if it could be brought forth; but
[ have waited here a wvatcher of the night,
md have looked long and long for streaks
af day. Shall that brirht day ever again,
:ome, when the Demoucratic party chasti
ad by its errors, ?.nd disciplined by de
reat, shall algain be clothed in its ancient
armor anud figh'.ing for their principles,
and the noble faith of the Constitution
once mount to victory ! I fear not. I
feamr they are gone, gone forever! and
that this Unmioni will soon come to an end
under the mighty sweep of the free States,
with thew comsolidation principles which
they have ever advocated and enforced.
The wheel is destined to roll on, crushing
beneath its weight, interest after interest,
all faith, brotherhood, and yeace until the
whole fabric falls a vast liile of ruin and
desolation.
AxoTHmER CUmNr ExrEDITO.-TheC Eco.
d'kaliu, the Italian paper published at New
York, sia It has received information from
New Odeans that a second expedition is be
ing prepared against the Island of Cuba, and
that it regrets to learn that some'soft-headed
Italians are among those who are enlisting
under the banner of Lopez, the hero of Car
denas, who gained the victory of fifty thou
sand dollars! In a future number the Eco
07 WHI JAXNFIV., (that captiva,
ting kind of Scotland, whose portrait Sir
WALTER SCoTT drew in such vivid col
ors,) entered Edinburgh with his affianced
bride, MARGARET of Tudor, she rode bc
hind her destined husband, upon the same
horse. Miss STRnCTLAYD thus describes
the royal progress and the grand onc
horse entree.-(ED.)
"Half way to Edinburgh, James IV.
was seen advancing with his company.
He was this time attired in grand co'*
tume. ' His steed was trapped with gold,
and round its neck was a deep gold
fringe; the saddle and harness were of
gold, but the bridle and hear-gear of k.,
nished silver. The King wore a ..
of cloth of gold, lined and bordered.
violet velvet and fine black bouge or h
fur; his waistcoat was of violet se'
hoses of scarlet, his shirt confineu,
bands of pearl and rich stones; h-.
were long and gilt. He rode towari
Queen in full course, at the pace a:
the hare is hunted. On seeing
made very humble obeisance, ant
ing down from his horse, he ca ;,
kissed her in her litter. Then t..
in his usual gallant fashion, withor
ing stirrup, a gentleman-usher un,!,
the sword of state, and bore it h
King in regal fashion. The
sword was enclosed in a scabbar
pie velvet, whereon was written.
ters of pearl, God my defende.
words are on the pommel, the c.
the chap also. The Earl of
bore this sword when the roy.,
reached Edinburgh town."
"'The King placed himself
Queen's litter, and passed all
conversing with her and enterta...
as he rode by her side.
"Before they entered Edinbu,
of the King's gentlemen broug -
fair courser trapped in cloth of C -
crimson velvet, interlaced with i
red: the King went to the horse,
him without touching the stirrr
.ble ur not.
?.,.. -- concluded
riments, lie dee. ed that it w
to trust the safety of his bri,
vourite charger; so King Jam,
ed from him, and condescend
the Queen's gentle palfrey. I
and the Queen was placed o
behind him."
MACON MANUFACTURED -
We examined on Monday last
chine shop of Mr. Chas. P. 1
city, a steam engine, which
completed for Messrs. Demmi
ers, who are erecting a set of
nills between Gordon and I
It is of twenty-five horse pow -
nil the modern improvement
-onstructed entire, with the
the boilers, in Mr. Levy's es
''or beauty of proportions an.
io far as the eye can judge,
tial utility, this engine is not a
-r to the best we have ever
~ed in the N~rrhern works.
>y to find that the Southerr
iot only using a great deal n
ry than formerly, but that t
~rally determined to give p
iome-mande artieler. Mr. L
s that he !as nowv in hand
~igh'. steam engines, and tha.
1ll told about forty hands.
ishments and their propriet
bcherishnd and sustained b~
acious, and prudent people.
tribute essentially to the prc -
nly of the city, but of the :
country.-Macon Mcssenger-.
SZEAvERY IN CALIFoRN~I.
ernia correspondent of a lea-~
lavery paper, writes as followm
" Our Legislaturre is oni the ev:
ing a United States Senator, ar
he re'nt as thonsinds of our
from the Southern States, mans
in the highest otices, and are <
rging the 'introduction of slai n
State. All. our journals, and
many, are either silent upon tiF
,r speak openly in favor of the
A. wr~ong impression obtained a:
n regard to the adaptation of
to slave labor. In point of fat.
n tihe Union is more favora
where slave labor could be i.n'
bly employed. No State in
has so fine and extensive mar:
"Tolures," the finest lands ii
for ric fields, while our valley -
the best tobacco, and our extem
afford an additionally strong m
:limate, too, is highly favora
colored race. We whlo are
north in free principles feel c r.
and will soon issue a paper o
to astonish the natives.'"
THERE is a mian in Bulistoi'1
so much snuff that every time hK
lie jerks himself out of his boot-.
Why is an attorney like a.
lccause lie studies the law aiicnetp