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J30fIl]P. < _! . ? J? ? ? ? ... ? ? .1 ? The following beautiful li i tie Poem is the production of Captain an officer in the army of the United States, not more distinguished for poetical genius, and fine feeling, than intrepidity and oourage. Thi? pojrn will excite addi tional interest, when- the rcaek-r ?p. prised, that the author was himself in ihe battle. A NIGHT VIEW "OF THE F!E1JD OF kAlSlM. AFTER Tlit SAT TLB. The battfc's o'er, the din is pist, Night's shadow on the field is cast ; The moon, with paK* and sicklv beam, I?ooks pensive On the bloody stream ; 'fill- Indian yell is heard no moie And silence reigns on Eric's shore. Nov "^tTie time, my friends to 'read I he fictd on \s Inch our warriors bled ; To rnir*c the- *Vouw<leU chieftain's crest. And warm with tears hiselay-coM bicus't, To treasnre up his last command And bear it to li is native land ? Tt may one ray of joy impart "t\xa fond parent's bleeding heuit, Or, for a moment, it may dry, ? The tear-drops in t lie widow's eye ; Vain hope, away ! ? The widow ne'er Her hero's dying wish shall hear! The zephyr bears no passing sigh, No struggling chieftain meets the eye ; Sound is his sleep4>y Raisin's wave, Or Erie's waters arc his grave O ! send, sweet moon, one ray of light, Across the dusky brow of night, Tnat I nrij^fiow each wanio^'s form "NVho sunk beneath the ba'tle-storm. Gradual, the heavy clouds i<ive w.^y? ? The moonbeams on the waurs pl?f) ; See, on the brink a soldier lie?, 1 Pale is his visage, dim his eves, And like a standard vessel's sad His red locks wanton on the gale. It is the gav and g.dlunt Mead ? In peace, mild ;is the setting beam That gilds the tranquil summer stream ? In war, th^ fiery battle steed. The foe, no more shall dread his arm, \ His miith no more the'tfar ?inall charm .* But on his low and silent grave. The laurel fiesh and green shall wave. But Who is heT fo> pale and low Stretchcd (?n hit. bloody bier of. snow ? Beside the water's sflcnt flow ? The fierce fire of his eye is dead* The ruddy glow his check hat fled ; Yet fair in death his'corpse appears; Smooth it hit brow, at*d fe^r his years. Fprthee?- sweet youth ! the si^h shall start; In thy fond mother's angm^h'd heart ; For thee, some virgin's cheek siaall feel At midnight hour, the teaf-drops steal ; And play-mates of thy childhood's hour, Pour o'er thy grave griefs warmest alio iver. Could modest merit ever save, Its dear possessor from the grave ; Thy corpse, Montgomc y, ne'er liad Uio, Upon this wild unhallow'd plain ! But wli*fc were modest merit here ? Or what were virtue's pleading tear ? The hand that laid that hero low, The ey$ that saw ftis life-blood flow, Could gaze, unmov'cJ? on scenes of wo/ Then sleep sweet youth, Uio* for aw^y From hope aM friends, thy lifeless clay. - ,Yet oft on fancy's pinions bonne, Fy endsfoip shall sebk thy Jowly urn ; There shall the zephyr-soft ly blow, There shall the billows gently flow ; There shall iiie wild-flfcw'r love to bloom) .And shed its fragrance on thy tomb. Close by his siJe, young M'ljvain Lies stretched upon the bloody plain ! Upon hij visage. smooth and mild .. Death calmly sat and sweetlj smil'd ; Yet seem'd hi* eye offender blur, Moist wn'd with pity's pearly dew ; I * Tis thus the infant sinks to rest Serenely on its mothers' breast ; Yes, pitj* was his better part, Pfty and friendship fbrm'd Im heart, Nor oft was heart so pood and UiM, . Unlled * ith tiuch noble mind* Here vehturous muse thy flight restrauft 1 No further tffl? -the ta?fc is vain ? I Here Graves arid Allen meet the eye, | Ami Simpson's giant form is wigh 1 And Fdmonatoo, I* ^wkrrioj; old, ? And Ilavt, the boldest of the hold^ Yhese and. their brave compatriot band. Ask the sedate Historian's hand Mine only strews the fading flow'n ? AVhich mem'ry culjs from friendship's > boVrs, His shall entwirte inrnrortal bays s Which brighter glow <hro*tfch future days. ? EPIGRAM. '< This rain/* says John, (r will raise thr v^rn ?nd ex>/Yv thivg to fife "No, C.nd forbid 1" cries Hodge ; Li you know I lately lo*t my uoife*" ' Here lies my -wife ; and beaverr knows,- i Not less for mine than her repose ? fJK Tli? CA'X^EN GAZETTE. V -> ? ' ST*Th BURttf Iftir. To ihc r tdoi*btcihle 7 rtumxnrair. t.f L^?<r* heuds, limal descencianis of Jilcnus. y Jn approaching your sties I proba" bly .shall receive and merit imputation of vanity. L fetl, liow vtr, a boldness si milar to the arrogance ('f a valet who hoy?es and sue* tor the hand of b?s younyj uui* tress. I trust t h a your h*ghpessVs v*dl find in my situation an apology ft>r my pie somption. Your love of country, and teal in the cause ot morals and leligion, have it neems inthjeed vt>u to form a cottW* Pira cy f? r the extinction of vice, and the culti \ I'ion of politeness and manners. A con federarv more laudable in its object -and more efficacious in its means than the ce lebrated 44 hoi^ alliance. " L he noithern powers of linrope seem to think that the inaj>ic of an irresistible military force is Mlfh r.ienr to obstri^rt the progress of inteT Actual fr^rchrm and disaim republicanism ot its licetuiotrr energies. But, [jemk mtn, your plan promises more .strcces*?. Armed as you. are with the formidable wea pons ot" ivit and ridicule * and poVsessin^ (fr)tius and knowledge of 'which Aristotlr and Bacon would be proud ; y cni look do*vn upon the woiftf with charitable sensibility, ami throw light and pleasure into its darkest ccvtrns. Like the Peak of Chi'borazo you sit unmoved at the collection off clouds beneath yon. The conflict of the elements never ap^ita'e the bieast of Jupiter nor blast the loliage of his Olvmpus. This dignified rlevation and unbounded knowle'd^e which you so manifestly pos sess, h*ve encouraged me to hope for a share of your benign patronage* Cnnde-. scend, Vc lights oi the tiine.ceir.h Centuty 1 to j?hed arriMnd afi huniK \ individual a por tion of ? ?u ? c fTi ijrenct s 1' wi . ye have ?,cai reiy transpired since I voluntarily assumed the 6 port, Sc stature, ar.d character" oT a married man. Ani mattV by the ardour of love and secluced by the delusions of hope* Umade a bold ifcnd socceMiul efFo'i- * he dreams of bust so ui c.fi and so variously indulged in favour ot matrimony have dnven many a promis- ' mp; youth from joy to misery, fromthfe richness of anticipation to the barrenness of reality, ~ 1 detest, vanity, yet a faithful delineation ' of my person and accomplishments, is ne cessary to u corrcct understanding of my cause. ' In matters of history ancl biogta* ! phy there should always be a strict ainbiK ranee to truth. If the influence, of false modesty shouid prompt a writer of hit own hfe to throw a stride over rhe brrghmesj^df, his qualitie^. he is guilty of gross tm'(l6ii- i tiOn on posterity. ~ t?-j At the blissful period of my courtship ! had the reputation of > being elegant in mf person, courteous in my address, inte^ j resting in my maimers, convivial and wit ty in my conversation, full of animation, fond of anecdote, distinguished for mental accomplishments in fine, the dejighj au^ ornament of Jhe gay society of Stateburg. My wife was not insensible tomj^iueiit fior regardless of my protestations. For in truth, she struck at the - very first ap- ' proach, and left t-he freedom and gaiety of 1 a aingtcTltle with aa much pleasure as Hklun did life Kingdom of MenMap* She at that time" was young. beautiful and captivating. The Wootirof spiking seemed 10 have nestled on her cheek. Her eyto, the usual index of the heJtt, scintillated wifh intelligence ttnd languished in Her person formal in the prodigally of na-? ture, and polished with the cefrrcctpesa of. ^rt, seemed to move witli Junonian grace. All the refinements of il*e age were scaJtteK eil in profusion uppn her, and Kel^ mind ap- 1 peared to be ^ maga&ute of {x>lite litera ture. ; Relieve me, wn/ fiolished, Logger head*! that whenlirit I si^w her, fairer than the Queen of Lilies, and more- blooitoing" than a rose ol Paradise ; my heart soon felt the supremacy of love. \ triumphed over a corps of rival suiters more firmnei rous th>\n those of PEKkLOf*. We spent the uoney-naoon delightfully. Nine .and twelve nontbs passed away without pro?> ducing the ord'wy result. A sensible r^ldnesss bepran to shet?>l- j w If in . her c^nonct. Another yetir has n lied around without the prospect ntf a descendant, and lur indiflFerence has been converted into a settled hatred. He* Chee?. hss despoiled cf its bloom ? her per-., son has lo^t its elegance ? her limbs their roundness and plutnpness, and her move ments their original rrace. The mildness of her disposition haugiven way to a fright ful nrwoseness. an<j/the fire of malignity have deranged the tvfnnefcs of h*r coun tenance. When I rise in the mornifig her brow is full of storms. When \ return to dinner I meet the scowl of indignation. These are some of the miseries ye Log gerhead literati, which matrimony has im posed on me ! Is it not astonishing thst a rage for marrying should exist in a civiliz ed land ? We frequently find a peTson who has tasted the sweets of cpiihaey, and ex pel iet.ced Cfte crosses and chteiKss indif tci f if <?! a arv ?tatr, to re amer the ot wcWl6ck. " I he m -uroph" Dr. Johnson ^ould say u ?jf hope ovci expertence" k A bachelor n;w? no person but himself tu plea >e? no conflicting passions to retonciH ? no fashionable go^ips to molest h:s pea^e, pnd he can steal without fear a kiss whtn ha pleases ttoin the chert y hp of a -youthful fs.Lt one. He uses in the n.oining sertne as the ascending ^?>n and I tranquil as the waters of the panfir.. If he is desirous of company* he tnvius his I friends to a plentiful jahic After fcas> 1 ing them .with the luxuries. of'evtry di-_ I mate, lie spends the evening in social con I verse, heightened by the animating glass, 1 and softened and ha momied by the fumes I of tobacco, and the cuiinig volume* of [ ascending, smoke. On Mich occasion*;. 1 wine is remurkuhly adapted to \ he estahlish | mei t of equality in bony anu mind. The I d l tic re n c c s in coi'p~,? cUl ' TTfehg'h, t e 1 equalized bv the insinua inqj r'* moc rat. y of 1 strong drink. Wine may be considered I as the principal cau*c of ti e ovei throw of I royalty in America, and its temporary I banishment ?from F?anre. The encou . i agemtnT afforded by monarchical govern* j ment to the cultivation of the vme, i^ the 1 s' rankest evidence of th* infatuation o1 J crowned heads. Whenever that article | is suffered to have its proper influence ; I the spirit of liberty becomes universal. Whatever is wanting irt intellect, is made 1 up in confidence. Every man become* an I orator and a hero, and toasts and song* full 1 of wit, and love and patriotism variegate I and embellish rhe delightful scene. I > ? No wonder then, that good nature should I be the universal characteristic of an old | bachelor. All mankind with tfoc exoep* I tioii of old maids, have pronofiuctd him I the milk of human kindness. It is this I immoveable placidness, this oily affability I that keep off those wrinkles with which I age marks the votaries of matrimony; and I ^vtn death himself seems timid in his as I saults upon the bachelor's tabernacle, j Thus you see, Messrs. Loggerheads, I how happy ts the life of a bachelor, and j how misetable the connubiable s'ate ; y> u J see I am wretchedly enthralled. To T emancipate myself, I w<*\ild cheerfully I submit tb the labours of Sysiphus, and the I punishment of Tantalus. Lend a willing |~enr ye meteors of teaming ! ye arbiters of I moral destiny ! to my comnlaints. Let me 1 hot waste my lamentable ditties on the IlsU flefcs ^inds, and let not the voifce of woe | hke thF?-*wotin^a*of the bird bf ni^Ut, ex I Cite horror instead ol* cpmm!s,.rat':o*: 1 ,You.r obtdient serva.n, * P J At lv JU LIP. w r *? # ' ? I* | Every part of the European world- is now in a profound pcace. Her healing arts having come to repair the monstrous ravages of War ? to .withdraw, for. a mo ment, the objects that fed thw ambition of Princess and Potentates, and to compose the bit let contentions of nations ; it w<,>uld, therefore, appear as if ftalional j*&)0u$es and the lost of^ower, were-"to.fall Cor a considerable- tinpe, at least, before their, fcetjerous dominion. ? Great projects oPim provenient are san^uinely pursued in every part of Europe. Her governments are active in repairing their wanted finances? in nursing gneir languishing manufactures | ? in prompting the arcs that minister lo , the refinement of social lite, and . the sci ence which extend the dominion of man over nature. But let nope deceive them selves by *hlS deceitful pause. The spleit- | did objects '?f state ambition arc never lost stjjjhi'of? nor. do incurable national jea lotisi^s long sleep in the calm of peace, which succeeds the mosi furious tempest of war- Nations afc fond now as ever of Hris grefct game ? <*t its haKar<{s iu?d its excitement of the passions* They per petually renew their stakes tnfl always wjth^be same keenness and interest in tfte They rnn a certain career of hostility, ontil their meai?s are was*ed. Vhe only suspension of the qpuflict, there fore that occurs, is after the spring or re^ souvdir of their resources is nearly dried ti|K and ??ey require the aid of time to col lect anew the materials of wtfHarcrv Southern Patriot* * jlnodd Fish /?We have seen d "curi ous account in one of the London papers of a fellqw who was hanged at Calcutta fr>r s crime which we b?*li^v? was never 1 l>ef*re committed. He had been in Uie habtt, of going to a part of the sea shore near .which ladies were accustomed to bathe, snd bemfr a m excellent diver and swimmer, would plunge voder, unseen by them, swim to the place where they were bathitSg, and seizing them by the legs, drag them under water and drown them, lie would then rob them of their jewels' and ornaments, it being their custom to bsth* with them on, and swim back with Ms booty to 4lie place from whence he started. Having one day seized upon a girl who was' fortunate enough to disengage herself, the alarm was giv^n and the strange (\^ li caugfit. i FKoM t"HF. Sr-W.Sfl MAIWE. A letter fc>m t Ht- .ml nf Tcii d*?? I rrd May to <4 < *spe v. 1 .??>.?? \,?>v;sc in 1 New-York. desc ibes the VATtn t?f IhQ I Pat Met S <*?> T'lU ws. 'I he which had rtcrn'lv svrived 4 -with MonHo frorn Grenada ,(() d ^prvn> j pissed the Oronoko and t > 1 1 ,r-<t * i'?u.tio?i rwith the royal troops it) tOat ipn??l?r, J amounting in all to 20 >0, whror.v thgy 1 in-.ii cited to attack the patriotic fceuer<d*? ?ar# >n com'np up wi'h him% lV?r lushed a 1 retreat, and induced ins uuvcrsurtc* u> pu?* 1 *?ue hm* tea po^rtnMt 4ht hail fitted npOAj ] when he hailed, and * cic^p;-' ate ^Ico I sued. Ri'^ht hnno ?rd of the roval troop* J w^-ie lett dead on the ti- id, turn rflany taken 1 prisoners. * ardlo trbc.tpt.il, anu at the I Vast account* Avas at C aaccas. Only 2i0 I of Lis I roops had reached CiuaVarvu Uo? , I livar, the supreme rhitorf nf the republican | a 1 a vt It-ad recently 'Hren v (A; ay an*, I where lie had an interview with Fiar, after I which Ik- passed the OronoLo, taking with J him 2^-Qf) hoi-rs. 'VI the country from 1 Apt ire ro Barcelona and Cuitiana, (the two I last mentioned cities expected) is in fuvt A* 1 of the patriot cause. Pa?z tu at VarinhS. ?1 It is er.pec'ed he will soon attack and take 1 possesion of Calafso7o, there bcinj; no I force at that place to oppose him. A tie I tachment of Marino's army is besie^in^ I Cumana ; the lesidue ate before Barcelona* 1 Every thin^; p;oes on well, and it will not be I lon? before the independence of the conn | try is completely established.? Mrr. Adv. I WIS^T.lNDlES. We have receiveu intelligence fioro Pe? I ;ion. One of our countrymen who ha* j ^one on boartJx?f a privateer under the I of Buenos Ayres, writes to his correspon I dent in this city, tbatafer a cruize of five I months they had been very successful in I the 1/ captures, which were -sent into JV*rt~ 1 au-Prince tor conden* stion. He further I states; that the privateer afterwards put I into the same port, with all the hands on I board in high spirits, in anticipation of I the priz* money that would fall 10 their, I share ; this, according to their cal I culat;r.?n, would a;nount tO the sum of' J i.r .if; hundred oolk.rs per manl They en# J tcrcd the por* full of thet>e joyous a:i;xt? I pai ions, changed their a'tpaiH to m ike a? I respectable an appevaru e a* (>oh?iblef futled up then sails, jiic *vt-?t preparing ? pedceabH to hi 10 slime. ? lit statei ? tur> tlur, ?? .ia* ^v*iiie i inscil and hi"* comrades were ' njoyin,; these golden breams, the vessei was b >ar/Jeif ahd . taken ]x>ssc?sion> ol by t!n blacks,, who plupdfciea iheui of all their wearing apparel, took Otfir watch* es from then fobs, |he money from lh6ir pockets* and finally committed fhern to ptison on a charge of piracy. Thtjr ifcere finally suffered to regain their liberty, buC wtrc sent on shore without any meant oj obtaining subsistence. In their distress . they applied to the Americatrconsul, who administeted relit f from hi*, own private funds, lie further adds, that tlie consul took down his' Hag, declaring ithat he Would no longer act an an American agent under *9 tyrannical a government, and that, he shortly afterwards embarked for the Uiuicd States, to represent the wronga thej had suffered to the Americin govern mcht. He states that all the prizes, which they have sent in, to the amount of at lt;ast tuenty five thousand ? dollars, have been contiscatcd, ttnd that the privateer itself i* condemned and sold as t vessel i bat has been employed In committing acts of pi? racy, instead of making captures, fie fur* ti er states that admiral Taylor tvas off ti.e mouth of the harbor with his squadron, and had given notice to president. I'etion, that he would capmre ev?ry vessel under his colors, until he Had obtained two ? mil? > lion of dollars? that l>eit?^ the amount of the property captured and sent in by ihfr admiral, and which has beeri confiscated and condemned on the charge of, piracy. He further states, that the navy of the el>ony president consist or ontr frigate, twa bt i^s, and a sloop of t*ar,wHtc!i it isdeenv ed imprudent ?o send suf. They look mantofirient while riding in pqjt, / Sf)d a, possess a character tryly grand and imps* $ sing?v This property is too valuable to-^j trust to the ?e^ fbr there it would stand * *ff dance of being raptured. \V# shouliy^f recommend to his sable excellency to hat* his navy insured, and he could th#n, Hi, ; case of a total or a partial loss, com# upon the underwriters for damages, [ B*U. B ? - - - | '/ N?w York, June 0. We have seen a letter ft on> St, Tltotf)*s of ihe 22d ult* statii^, that 1 1|? H?f?t bpanish I leet, fh>m Cadiz, with 4(j00 troops, had arrived at Mar^sm tta, and compelled the fleet. tinder the COfftttttnd of Admiral flrion lo qoit that pUct, |#*H of the Royal fleet passed St. Thomas for the leeward, on the 2 1st of M?y. +? , ? j-wT W m Twelve prrsons gathering c< I ,owni Sands, were drowned by thg riftf <>( tlie tide., a very thtcV fog preventing t/tilr encape. ' ** J'*'