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; Miscellaneous* ? v From I&blwuwfy >Wi{mi of ?hr 4th Cant&tf Child# Harold. ? 1'imA wluppiog# ?fe uiitf publicly pe^gnAed in addition to the discip line enjqipect among the pc nances of t h e> c q>n v eria^Tjie re ad er may .. not . object to a short aecouut of this extra- f ordinary ^exercise, such as is now. admimpteted ^^tfaR^pfatory of the Jif another tbm'h at Rome. . yj The ceremony takes place at the *" ihpe of vespers: It is preceded by a ? short exhornitioiiy during' which a bell rings, and whip*, thai is, string* of knotted whip coild, are distributed quietly among such of the audience as are on theia knees in the middle of the nay^These resting, on the bench es comc to edl|yby :examj>le only. Oft raecfrnd toliy *be qwdetey5 ex~-j tinguished, and the former tfermoA having ceased, a lou9> vpice issues^ ftonrihe ^atteij^w hidi ^tsferth rtri exortation to think of r dnconfessecl, or unrepented, or unforgiven crimes r - This (Jbntinues a sufficient time to al low the kneelers to strip off tjieirtip* for garment*: the tone-, of t\p> preacher "W raised more loudly a$ Woed^aml ha /ivahemently exhorts, his readers to recollect that Chitet and the martyrs suffered muth ' more than whipping ? < Show tfotn yonr . mHe^e^show^f/our seim of Chirm* sacrifice? show it with Ww whip * The flagellation (hen begins. , fhe darkness>,ltiimultuou^ sound of bkriirr Ui every direction^" Blessed Vi|?iu.Mary, pray 4 for ua^ burst ing out at intervals? -the persuasion i that yoa are surrounded by attrocious culprits and maniuaces, who know of ^^^hiHpnJftt evw^ crimei? the whole situation has the effipct.^f witchery, and so far from exqtidg a smile, fixe# you to the spot in a trance . of reastless horror, prolonged beyond exMslation # Thi$ ticcHirgiiig^continiws ten or fifteen minnteg^and when it sounds as if dying away, a bell rings, which ?eeros to invigorate the penitents, fori the lasbetbfMU more quickly than be ' fore. Another ball ringK, and they subside. At a third-signal the can dieg *rt lighted, and the minister who has distributed the discipline* coll^t^tbem the same discretion : for the performers, to do them justice, appear to be too much Jtfihamed-of theic transgressions to mate a show of their penance> so that it is very difficult to say wH&her even your next neighbor has given bimself the lash of not. ; 4 The incrcrintouslor the humorist' mufct not suppose that ^djwfkness ft. vovs evasion* There can to no plea* santry in doing that whkfts oo oMf; sees, and no merit can be assumed where it is n^l jmown tvho accepts the disciplines. The; flagellation dbemitahrtjr takepheQetrfrthe naked! ikip ; and^his feic^iou* supersition,? of which antiquity can fiirnish no ex- - * "fter o,M,! frequent tlift alwve ccremoi v, ll^e r.? jaw- ^ Flagellation hega n among the duties yjt piety about lie year 1260. tttfjfi^ted in Pcrojp% travellecttheuce to Rotae, aiul i ft a short the fagh roads of Italy were CTOVrtled \tlth processions of penitent*, twii by Jw o, sometimes nearly b?fc?4/ * mmiettmea in sack cloth, Bcoordrtg themselves frotn city to city, and preaching the correc tion of vtee, aotT jpfcee. Twenty thousand Botoguese, with their Gob* falonier * at their head, whipped themselves all the way to Mmlena. The Modenese made a similar voy* a;*e ; and the Chroniclcs telt us, that there was at the same time, " a great jw the* loot of'Xjbd," in Parma and. Reggio, and in other cU ties of I-orab*rtty Manfred, king of the two Socities the BtgntirH of Mil* an, of Creecia, of'tterrara, u the sons and masters of iniquity,? object Jl. . c J to reviving the discipline ^ilicy shut their ? v- ? ~ M - h?.ms,m?vm gMW" !??? Oiqi tlWrf UO^ClW(Kn| who, on their march toward* Milan w'cre 6OTt>d by the tdzHfc-'bf dredgUAefe, - erected bj ihe Tbpian, 1 ds of tha^couifctry, ai*l "whipped - Mves 'tack to - whetfcb th? came, ^ * v* Extract fvom a u Geogrdyhxcet'der Bcriptwn of Bachelor'* ^ u Bachelor's Island is a Btefetde??[ sert ; incapable Of producing any thing but nettles, thorns- audSfTOttuky: there are WjUrW^ting feate te^ please* the eya of innocence; ? irfr* dmeg t? cherishtlieir yonng, t*$^dojRs the useful fawn bound over tfiKr^barreni I plains ; bat wolves, t^jers. Atlcrocir ? titles aits here seen* r itn. ahujuUnce. Here are neither wfe nor.^ children to weep over the ashes uf>Uie decea- ' sed ; but owfs hoot^raxehtf croak, and the reptHes of the .earth crawl over their grifes.1^ >? * < : ? ? * j V S ire, V ^Witches. ? Professor Bakuier, at Gqttingen has published a very inter- ; es&ng and valuable Work, under the title of" Manuel of ihe Literature ef Criminal ^Law." In ^ktt* worfT we; find the following proof of the ^ber^it^on and cruelty whieh pre-. vaU^i) fa Hungary, with respect to Witches, ia the first half df the laat ceatury.; '? & In a report from the Segedtn, of the fcfith of Jiiljfi 17J?, <i? iaid^ 'fAa several* .person* of *botb9exes bare been lately thrown into prison here, they have not only been , very sjrictbr exam&ied, but also . . . ? sen tenced .to be burned* But before thU sentence was executed on them, they Were first, according to the eaa* | torn of this . place, put to the proof) Hht^is to^a^y, they ware let clowi^ 1 into the water, with their hands and a long .^yope fastened * bu^ awordmg ikes, they floats . a pi<$ce of. 4#* wood. After thu ijf.i'j-. -*? A.r*^P te^r namely, 'laid 1iKtba scafe' how l<WT it was Astonishing to* belied and robust jfona&tyetfttifad J?o; mote than thfVe drams*. and her husband, who w?9 auWt of<4he~ smallest, ;pnly, th* Spthofthis month the senterw^wa* executed on thirteen persons, namely, six sor cewn and revifcftitel*** who'waee all burned alive. Among them the last ysafa, justice of the t?vn, a man ottpffwise highly esteemed by every body,$*$?ra old* odqrned the funeral pile ! . ? ! It is not .to be ? described how dreidful thisspectacle was to behold ;dh^k Wood piles ^middle of each ; to '. this four 'malefactors were .found withsopfc ' upon each pits* aridtheo awoimio, who was Hot yet burned, .was he^ t once. *' . ,, There ?rer eight m in prWoitfoaaAave ItUl ? 808 tain 0?e ordeal for W)tcft|| h< *c' A * - r J* ire mnwhied. & Vtto'tiad good wnsp, " ? ^-^br a w?: iff,- |i? te 1 * J75!; [?flaw hh is '?rtiffewwW <tfcbt<S sAl4fe<f . Kolved to j iu motiou .1 ? Brone^^Ail mot.al aid to eff?* Immmqmx. VYfier Kittening t* of , the ease, the attorney demanded a fee of. only three dollar* which the dfrfemU^ promtttf papr dqwn, highly gratiflt.. with the prolines* of the sum requi red. The at toroegr went to the ma gistrate's office, and paid the debt i*jh1 co*ta with tbe three dollar* ?which he had jimt received ffom hi#' c lient. They met in a few days flP tor, when the man ^n<$uired of the at torney whether lie had attended to the case, and what had been the re -trull. the lawyer, Vand I Wtiv ctH?p| Welj noti- Suited the plantifS? hell never trouble voU' .any )*; Curi&n* CiVchw^iw. ,V; . i :>* J^ifceaB^p^ of 1817^ the Beaconsfiehl and I/ondon carrier had a 8?nkU- |KMx>?l delivered t? ^h? io convey toiown, wfftf h, Ijysotnte cause i Which he ncvei cnmltf surmise,- "helost on the road out pftiispocket. Noting ? Was afleiNranJ^ heard af vhe papcle; h until $ few. days 'ago, s^tien ;a car L^n fee *** Lofjihe Hey, Hfv Winter* near m | confie Id , accitterttly found the long lost '" 1 1L*; * ? T7; ,v -? ?, -v;^ I hd at Copcnlia^ttt^ J hav'wg laid himself down in the field . Ltp sleep, f Snake crept into his month I wliich was open Anu descended into pfei* slpmach ; alter remaining there I several days it caine out alive a^ain, . I hjy the same way it entered, i I v f ^ ,-' I '? ? > - fjrederiek the Great* -? *y%j\ J Fredrick the Great bcitlginformed , I of the death of one of his chaplains, I armao x>tr^hsidcrah!d learning and F piety, determining that Ills successor I should not be behind him in these I qualifications, -took the following I method of ascertaining the merit of I one of the numerous candidates for lri^^>pouitment. . He tohtthfe appli l eant that ho would himself furnish I bim with a text the following Sunday, I whe^ he was to preach at the Uoyal I Chape^ fromwhichhe was to make I an exfe rapore serniun. The clergy - I man ncoepted the proposition. Tie | whim of each a probi tionary discourse 1 was spread abroad wMely, anil at. I An early hour (he Royal Chaixil was I crouded to excess. '"' The king.arri I ved at the end of the4" prayers, and, I on Iho candidate's ascending the j>ul m ??B- ?f his majes^a -aideg-de I <pamp presented him 'With ,? sealed ] paji^v The '^readier opened, ft,. I ana foa?<l nothing written therein: l^eiiiditiot however,- iH- so critical* I raomentf lcSB his presence pf mind ; . I but, turning the paper on bflth sidles, I -he My brethren, tape 1? i?o J thio^ -and.there is notlaijgr' oqt of I upthipx tiod created alHlfrigs,* and I pcoceed'io deliver a moatMdmijwhW I discourse u|k?u the womW^fli* I IJruMin**tnmtier. * 4~? V-CT ' - ? I rfUmn ' / , ? Acusvfer Cohdeifltinz. , _ < Let six otnhc best Epa-av^rs in^ the United tttates lie einjplbyed^fet" (hem work separately : tiflfer a Jpl-e mium of H vc UiouhhihI dollars to that one who alkali produce in sixmonths, the b&t ease; hardened ;l)ie,H# an oval>?h*ite>two inches and juiwalf .long' rod ^Uvo inches Imiil; w en gr*t^d|jftp<when said IKe shall be impre^tiUin a copper pla^^i&ll tufc^SpEbd, peculiar and tciT *Xvr**s\v&Huwb Face,, feofh 'en V.^-l ,^xiT out view ^V??rjr littlU \ to) i?v which both 1 it pe^tetly b$?t miniature picture, and wtan (he banks shall university a- , itotfrt this jttan, then we snaj lookfrr I villi for codnterfriirTH, or pander* of (rtunterfeit Bank Notefu but net be fore. Because while the Banks are I contriving qjiills, so as ( (key. them ' sehfea may not be imposed upon, and While Kn^rnvrTs are constantly trying to see who shall produce the Ctest quantity of microscopic . dot i*nd figure* on a Bank Hill" so long, none but Cashiers and others daily bundling money," will be com patent*^ jidges of true moi>ey. On1 the contrary, supposing thH ' icsf .should be universally adopted* tti? cwmwou pooule in atf:**rt3 of the <ouuUy wouW mmd fcreome as per fect judge* of B*?k,Bi,U? as the as i* ^sioesi reouireri us* of th^ J^caW, : j> 1st- . ^rJL^ huuma^ c<wioteoLaiux is tb^only In tg^yeSybiey wo w fypn pur ii*faney tp* no Ike and reiuejahfer,, iq order to take (he full beuffii ofjj^e society in which ;We liyer w: . ,^ ? ^Because in tlii^ particular ail ^ men are nearly upon * level : encli sttppoacacapaUle of noticing, retaining in memoryj ajnHifsV^arins; - to the .. i iwleutity v% of ^Very other \vhom foe has seen. , 3d. localise .when every Bill ill Las the same ^tap suiuijW 2* W ? r true Bilj^p ownpaire \yjth those v\ hich may be toipiwaed Talse. And^jteilyj Because the success ful Eugravcr whoever Jie may be. of any other one, can never so exactly imitate the same toimteiiauce^sre^to deceive the 'most cursory observer. I ',* - -u" '" I . - London, Aug, p. I CreperwJQcl&oii. ? .W e ' Mfegfea I veriedlately boon an ane?*W?.in the I Morning CI noii kle, respecting the ? I conduct of (ien. Jackson wben Jio I was judge. A?.tl?e mutter was the* I related we thought it a most discredi I table aflair ; the following'^account I of it makes Uti6t only njoreT -proba I, big, but more praisfe- worthy iaObb, I Jackson was formerly, as a Jud~e, I sitting on the Bench, in Oue of Uh> I counties ' of Tennessee au att rocioun [ felon had cijciu^ .fairfii :tn*- custody I of the slu'iifT, seized on a' loaded inus I ket with b bayonpt, and llxed tmu I self in a corner formed by two walls, I whence he Ladn defiance to the offi I "*** Th* qWilftliaJ ?iiw- ' Mooned ten men.to take him, but they Lwere intimidated hy his Qtre&t. The I snerlfTreptirted ioth?Judge that h? [would not surrender $ but wouUt , [ shoot the first aind bayonet the next I man Uiatjwp^cilted Trim. y Sum mon 100 then," said the Jud"e; soon [ ? returaed^witb^ tl? , attending the' court were . unarmed' and iftaid^' to aripfoach hiin.% J? Summcta maihGn" said the Judgp. lie ,li.l to. 1 The Jodget descended ,' the crimffiali<wtl - stern counten ance, hfid held oobis musket with one,hand, and delivered "him to- the ; - 4u ?M Gejaernl Jaffoioft is the |Wj; 'who-. ever j|^d6l ^ithjieat to*x?% very' vifctqries \vhlcM1?e Bngb^i aud Americans tbrtrt&lV gained ovS the savages, they lost mwre men than ywHtgrr. ? On U'uei Wi; t*-j)MWUlK'(i front' a idnft |Mf6r au acQO*nt <>f au at MPtoaaMrttNitft-fhtt nan of 'Jjj&IBm'Mti Maria t/mua in ilie pawn if hi* grandfather tlio Kmpc rof of Austria Weiiave sir we learn ed (W>iti mi officer, iate in tho iervicq. ttokiae-ttf tiie HctbmrUnds and itScenfly arrived m the United 8t?tw, (hat the afti-nipl, above alluded to, h& <tta first whicli had bectx thit nlW nier attempt fire tZ _ .1*'.' -MI . i?i ? arfTfrm. ? for tod. asautli.n ^ 'J r? -H-JI?H|VH' tfc. -If- will ^ uncollected van in 1815/ M Mtnttrhttlltf wa? brought ia trial rttPAfR ifpon a charge^jjjf hiving stolen diamonds and otnwfr precious stogie to a very larga amount frofn flirt <|ti?eti of Westphalia, On hi? trial he- Rckuowledj^d to have rttol6?i Che jewel*,, Init avered that hft wk* 1n thr/> employ of the I>uke