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it/ to gNttity thi* veogunco. Ite re in interview with hU.wtfe. They met irk iuhI turret recew. He imparted to project* of vengeance* and awore tlukt lent fnve he fait for Iter would Mtke him ^ regret her low. Q*r hipplneae, MM ht|* rejr Mt an end t Innocent ai von mar be of i wife that lm? be^ri dishonored, nor attflcr ?, exist in llij? anns of another. lie then rty embmcedher, an^'vHed, firat object ?most avclontlovci fnfrwe)!,' farawell*?-?nd jnff a poUrr/afllnto her^rt, held her In .... Jrms tiil nhcf tittcvwh^ Itft groan. He immediately fled ttndI joined the Knglish. lie In this battle he w\v hl? (Vrmor niaster and ty rantt \\hose finpearanceinfftimed hi# vengeance und redVniblcfi his fuiy. Ho plunged into the irtidnt of the enemy,, and purauM Ida victim? -who foil beneath lift sword, a melancholy exam ple of retributive justice. IK* p\?t-s? v 11ti? von }.'eanci', and''dealt doHtVuctloii amongtho Hpanish ranks. His conduct waa so mncfriammnus and dlMliigidshcH, that Col. Do y ley, w ithout eni|uir inf Into his motives, gave him Ida freedom, and ?v%' poi-tinn of land, on which he passed tho 5 remnant of his life in *aduesa mid mclan cholv. * AS soon ns (lie Knelish found themselves mas Icrs offliu Island, they began to cultivate the V|lrlh,und to devote themselves to commercial tinil agricultural pursuits. They were supplied hsf tli? mother country with nil those necessa ries retjuiMte to the establishment ?f a new co lor.v. Hut the government of the iMlaiid, being In its nature military, many,. indignant at the Wo# of tilling the earth* or wanting that indus trV^ii-ccKsaiy for such an occupation* abandon ed themselves to piracy, and became what were afterwards denominated ? tho Hticcaneera.?? These men brought immense wealth into the island ; which by inducing emigi aWfrn, increas ed the resource and population of .Jamaica. It is not my intention, ir 1 had room, to give you a -detailed history of these pirates; it in suffici ent that they originated in the Caraibean is land*, were called by the French Ftlbuatievx, from the Dutch fly-boats, \n which, says Murk,* they made their first expeditions?and Tlucra tieer*. from BUccotier, a Caraibean term, which aigmfies to roast aiul s.noke, according to the milliner in which those Indians were accustom ed to serve their prisoners of war, tile line ca ncers thns sacrificing the wild animals they hunted for their hides and tallow.t These meii, by th?ir desperate courage and excessivo cru jetty, became terrible to the Spanish settlements li41 "America, which they plundered to a vast a jortnt; and by making Jamaica their rendc/. i, and there giving reins to their licentious ia!)d.e*travu?aucci thev threw an immense , of wealth into tli.it island. Among thc*e ?ost distinguished was Morgan, an obscure FlIttwiTTtc Widchman, who took Portobello, rieactiy. -Maracaibo, Gibraltar, aud Panama, c,n he plundered and burnt. romwt'll,| solicitous t<? have a governor de 4!J? Irts^snse, tent over Col. Hrayne, to ?edo Ueyley j but the former dying short after bin arrival, the latter was continued by Hum)) Parliament, after the death of the ti er and the abdication of his son Uit-hanl.? unnecessary to give you a list of the suc iiyc governors who, from tinjd to time were minted to preside over Jamaica ; it is enough Mate, that the island, under, its respective heritors, and the encouragement nftbrdod by |lrtdther country, continued to increase in sttb Mid population, till li become as rich a j| sparkles in tho tfrovfh of. tho' Hritish For a more detailed account of this {{table Inland. I would refer you to Long and 1 ward*, who have both given'it* history, aha >in wllom you can derive such further' infor mation as roil may be desirCUs to obtain. Ifofore i conclude this letter* I will briefly iCOtion the principal earthiinake* which have ifttted the island since It lias belonged to the Irltiih government* I5arth?|uakea are expected in Jamaica every Mr* with more or lest Violence. In th* tear |(lB7-8 fcir Hans Hloane speaks of one that nap Mied there during the administrator} of ('In is [>her, Duke of Albemarle t but it was of short ition, and did no great injury* 'the next* eh happened while tho Earl of Iueltiquean governor, in 1692* was accompanied with jliar twrrofs) Port Roy.il wns shaken to its nidation ; three fourths of its houses and In |bitants, and all its wharveii were overwholm r lhe ocean?the mountains of the islanil ed and closed, reeled and trembled like an 5n ( houses, plantations, and men were llowcd upinan infant?ships overset?plan itforta Removed from their positions?moun tains sinking into plains, ami plains rising Into ' mountains* formed a scene terrible to tho Ima elnntioo. Two thousand inhabitants lost their Jives dnring this tliort, but dreadful visitation > and the whole island m said to have sunk two feet. This earthquake was the origin of Kings* ton, now the principal city in Jamaica. In consc ience of the deletion of Port Hoyst, the surviving inhabitants repaired to the site on which Kingston nowstands, aftdjrniceeded to e rert habitations | but a general4Rekness* origi nating, according to Oldmixon* from the noxi m?vapours that arose from the various open ings -or the earth, took nlaee* and fli,OO0 per tons ate said to itave perished. These are the neital earthquakes thst have occurred In Ja lira since its conquest by the llriti?h. As to tricanei* they are so frequent that I do not em it necessary to enumerate them. Port at* whish seems to hava been, from the first rted to destruction* was finally reduced to j*s by a lire, which-took place in IftMl > sine* ich no attempt has Wen made to resuscitate unfortunate city.?Ahftomif Hrgider. ork'i tntfam fkttt?tn??ti. lj(*ioirc des Adventurlers ou FliUittoers. ?*?M r. no*ci'? ntrvonr or tnr rncxca i I, r x f "ma J?.fflf. HOT? Of kUtrooMtijj * T" v I., W? co,on?' that lie fthpnUl do pumJeiKStss: 9sSMP3^*s&i mmjiva? iridium IIV9I 'fettftt&g Ai.'^ A ^ 'lAufc? * llM.tf Iris staff approached to review them* Mho passed along (lie .ranks he missed the mvtss, An aid-de-camp itas di?|>ntcli?tl to re quire tlie instant attendance 'of the colonel and his troops. , y . > . uI acknowledge only tlie orders of tlie King," Mid the colonol, with much rang froid, end the nid>de>c?inp returned with the message. Napo Icon bit his tips, but was silent, and the roview was concluded. > ' / * The colonel waa then invited to appear at the Enlace. Ho immediately complied, expecting, ut dreaded not the coining stoftn. As lie en* tered the hall of the marshals, two officers |?re sented themselves and demanded Ids sword, lie drew it, retreated n few steps, and placing himself in a posture of defence, exclaimed **>let the bravest of you take it." - - ?? This unexpected resistance disconcerted them. He ajjain sheathed his sword, passed the officers without opposition, and was intro duced to the presence of Napoleon.* " Wherefore," fiercely asked lie, " have von not obeyed mv orders ?" u Because 1 acknowledge only the authority of the King ami of the Cantons." 44 Know you to whom you speak ?" " Yes, I am addressing General Honaparto." " You are addressing the Emperor of the French, and in that title I oitlcr vou to rcpuir to the square of the Carousel, with your regi ment, that 1 may reviow you." ? 44 General! I havo already had the honor to inform you that I will receive the orders of the Kintc alone, to whom I have sworn allegiance." 44 You took the samo oatli to me five roars ago." 44 You releasod ine from that oath l>y your abdication." ^ 441 would have y.ou rcr.ollfct yourself." 44 You will naiOXttlin goodness to recollect that I belong totlflrCantonH." 44 ! will reduce th?fa to submission." 44 You w)ll not easily reduce three hundred thousand men resolved to lose their lives rather tlian their liberty." 44 Yet yon wore reduced by the Austrian*." 44 And we were relieved by William Tell." 44 Enough," said Napoleon, and turned to one of his ministers. -v ?*?..-??- -? It is pleasing to And such honor amidst so ge neral a scene of treachery; but, then, the Swiss were not demoralized as the French were; and this is the secret Of their most honorable distinc tion. ? ? ? His confidential valet thus describes his visit to the fie|d ol UiUlo after the victory of Prus biati Eylnu. ? ft was piercingly cofd. Some of the dvuitt yet breathed. The imuvmse heaps of dead bodies, and the black cavities which the blood had made in snow formed a horrible con The officers of tho staff were profoundly affected. I he Emperor olono contemplated U"? scene of horror and blood without emotion. I pushed my horsea few (tates before his. 1 was curious to observe him in a situation so in* foresting. You would have thought that ho wns devoid of all human affections. Not even one transient glance of pity beamed from his cold a??u impenetrable countenance, fie spnko with the utmost indifference of the events of the pre fflMfmU** As he passed before e<group of Russian grenadiers, who had fallen together In defending the position assigned to thein, the horso of one of the aids-de-cainp started. The Emperor perceiving it, ? that horse," said he coldly,44 Is a coward." j. , Escaped to Paris, we again see this mighty man recoiling before one difficulty aftqr ano Ui^r. iiinl Iiih power gradually grasped by other hands. Tho picture is impressive aud instruc tive i tho moral of it may he gathered from a single Hinilent. After a confidential conversa tion with his brother I.ucicn, Napoleon hastily retired to his cabinet, and scoured the door, tlfl there remained an hour, and no one dared to interrupt liini. lie was incessantly and ra pidly nacnitf the room, and uttering the most violent exclamations. At length lie rung for some coffee. It was served up to him by a child wjOtn Napoleon had particularly distinguished, w? 0 commissioned to wait on liiin whon his servants dared not expose themselves to his temporary Insanity, and whoso innocent countenance and interesting prattle had some times stcceedcd in lulling the troubled spirit of tlie Emperor to rest. ?!yV0'iC<Mt *w.<w n,0Wr *'tting in a fixed posture, with his head loaning on hi* hands. Ho notic ed not the entrance of the child, who stood some minutes beforo him, afraid to disturb him. SBH1 If sppf?nrhed nearer, and with more sensibility than nlsyears indicated thus addi oss ed the Emperor i good!" g0m0! !t Wtt do you (? JJ?po|oon gated steadfastly upon him, but spoke not, llio child again presented the refreshment. A tekt stsriio- on Jho cheek of the Knioeror, and he took the coflfee, r 9 ;; A/o you not from (Jonesse >" said lie. ! No, sire 1 I am of Pierro Fete." few ptran<i ,mvc * cotu2* aVes.il^l? " Ah I f*iir a nr. ha err." *110 DOOWd IBUCUWOT in??naipnoungio Aws&am Kyric. To point out one of thp disadvantages attending that celebrated invention is the pur pose of.the present essay. When books- could only be multiplied by means of manuscript copies, it wa* indispensa* bio to tlicir reputation that tliey should be writ ten with the greatest care. The fabor of read* ingsuch volumes was,to be overcome by tho in to rest of the select, or tho charm of tne stylo t and tye* expense of; transcribing them wae so S?rft, that ngiio but excellent works could ob it art efctenmcrcirculation. On this account the writers of antiquity we're frequently obliged to reclto' their own compositions In public. Ti)ofte who wore Opulent could collect admiring audiences ) while tho others* especially the un fortunate bards, were sometimes unable to ob taiu cither purchasers or auditors for their pro* (tactions* But the publicity which many works acquired In this mariner would enable their au thors to improve them before flier wero publish ed in volumes. Tho young authors, too, who have seldom been rich in any age or country, were probably obliged for some time to copy their own works) and they would naturally en deavor. in ohlor to diminish tho labor of so din agreeable a task, to cultivate terseness and bre vity of style, Btti ?'fether a writer copied his manuscript, or employed an amanuensis for that purpose, each new copy became, as it; wero, a new edition of tho work, susceptible of whatev er amendments the author's own judgment, or the criticism of others,might suggest. To these circumstances we may in a great de greo attribute tho remarkable correctness of the classical writers. Tttoir periods are finished to fauitnessncss. Their phrases are pregnant with meaning. They seem to have been Ktudious of crowding tho greatest possible quantity of thought into the smallest nossiblo number of words: and hence their writings have acquirod a monumental solidity that promises a duration beyond all the other works of man. jyonn It is chiefly in this precision, terseness anil energy of style, that our modern authors are excel fed by those of antiqui'y. Jfow many his torians have we who, in vigor and subtilty "of in tellect, in moral and political philosophy, in ge neral knowledge, and perhaps in genius, arc equal or superior to Herodotus. Halt nst, I.ivv, or even to Tacitus himself * bu. how few of the former can we compare with them in tho imma culate style of their language ? 'lite ancient authors could employ their whole lives in perfecting their writings; whereas those whose works are circulated by the press can on ly correct them after the first publication, wjion new editions arc demanded. Out tho improve ments o'c now find in a book which has gone through four or five edition?, are not more than what might be expected?wero printing un known?after a hundred manuscript copies of it had been made. " ' t , Our writers rtmy indee^ correct their works while in the press though this cannot be done without much annoyance. The bookseller com plains of the increased expense i tho printer is vexed at .what he considers an unnecessary de lay ; the compositor grumbles at hie additionid labor, (although he is paid for it) and even tho Erinters devil growls at being obliged to run ack and forwards with the proof sheets. To avoid this nersccution the author is often induc ed to let his pages go to press in an imperfect state. ? '' At a remedy for the evil in question, we-beg leave to propose a rnlo, much lest severe than the well known precept of Horace. Instead of urging an author to the hard forbonranco of keep* ing his piece from thi public, and withholding his own ttnnio from celebrity for the long term of nine utarn, wo recommend him to copy his piece three time* at least j and if Ids taste be not vicious* or Ids vanity Incorrigible, we venture to predict that the last copy- would not contain many unnecessary expression*. 'Hie labor of copying is wonderfully efficacious ill diminish ing the length of onoV periods. The modern writers most distinguished for tlair style hove all been laborious corcetor* of their works, flume apent years in improving and polishing his essays, which nevertheless would seem, from the perspicuous simplicity of their style, to have been written with very lit tle effort. 'Robertson Is said to hayo composed his historic* on small slips of papor, and to have perfected each sentence before he proceeded to a new one. Rousseau tells us In his Confessions that he alwajfc transcribed Aoveral times what ever he intended for the preus | and that, the Nouvclle flifttotse, the most e1<M|neiit and Iwau tiful of al( his works, was frequently copied by him for the perusal of his friends and patrons before it was published. Burke, too, the t'fee ro of onr age, was careful almost to fastidious ness in the correction of his writings. llislet* fcr to the duke of Bedford, consisting of only a few sheets, was three months in tho press, und was so often altered by him during that time, that the expense of printing it amounted to ten times more 'than it would imve cost, if it had been printed without alteration. I?et ita suppose that printing were forever ? abolished i how small a portion of onr litera ture would survive that noble art t how few. I Comparatively, would be the books we should be at the expense of purchasing, and the pains of perusing in manuscript volumes. After the lapse of a Tew centuries from Hie. destruction of the press, there probably woul<l not remain In general circuttftiofi nWre than one out of a hundred of those works which are now* found tn'every extensive library t but this remnant of our literature would, like the productions of OreeV and' Roman genius now extant, be the admiration of all after ages. It ia not easy to account fur tho great differ hand, 6t the pqeti ivithburuny [oflhaC ilifll'icncci by the ntiftHcarforifc we daily HuKi and oven in our yymlisr conversation* 'wlthca?;h other. Styltvlndeed, teems n? im poitant to a writer, as elocution and notion l?? ?a orator. ^A. liadly written hook, arid a coldly delivered discourse, %vall equally (W oC success, however valuable tho Matter which the onp or calM m otlicr beauty thau'that' of language' to recoiii mend them j and now many abeecbA are listen ed to with pleasure when delivered with a fine elocution, and animated gestures j but Which, wlien tiloy appear in print, arc insipid, or; even nauseous. Theso consideration*, we trust, will induce tlio powerful arid aspiring writer* of our own countty to pfiy more attention tlifin they havn hitherto given to tho attainment of a fin? style, and not to disdain the humble, hut verV Impor tant task of correcting arid copying their manu scripts. They may thus ovcrcott# the incon venience, which it I* the meet of fld? css*y to describe arid provide against) and entertain tho cheering ho|to that their names will be asso ciated with thosoof the illustrious classic an thors, and their works handed down to the re motest posterity, to instrirt.t and delight thf? innumerable nations of pur race, t6 whom our language is destined to convey tho first leotbri* of religi ton, virtue and freedom.?Anulcc t. ?W</g. rmoM tiir! ?*?* ?wtrrvron. - TtlBUOSSIt*Ljv... H- ? Madame Choquct* my housekeeper (whom I mentioned in describing my cell) in not yet fif ty'four i slio wears very well for her aw, mul with the exception of Her sight, which tail* her in a slight degree, she enjoys nil her moral ami physical faculties* That wltich she esteems m the most important, anil m 'kea the greatest u?o of, is Iter speech. A happy formation, second ed by long exercise, has enabled her to And out the way to speak a great deal, very Taut, ami very long, without fatiguing herself* and what in more, without much fatiguing her hearer*. Madame Choquet come* to me every morn ing at nine, and begius her business, by prepa ring my breakfast | during thin meal and while my room is put in order, she favours me with these monologues with such a most inconceiva ble volubility of tongue, as entirely to set all short hand writers at defiance. ?>. As 1 I' .?. -d to her last Monday I took a few notes to ? .?y memory?-Madame Choquet began :?" Perhaps, Sir, you don't find jrour creain so good as usual; upon my word, His no fault of mine: Clara did not come today, and fur a very good reason, she has just lain-in j? imor woman, litis is her seventh ) Mis hot hus band's present every nine months whether lie is, at homo or abroad. But good often comes out of evil. ."Madame Dumont, the notary's wife, hoe given her her child to nurse. You'll ask why so rich a woman does not nurse her child at home t this was her intention, hut it is net; on account of any suspicions in the head uf her husband, because colonel Porfeud, Madame Dumont's cousin, who had his arm broken in. Germany Inrt year, has come tip resido with them ti)l it is healed j so far is.ffot from being the case, that M. Dumont has c&u*$d tho child* whom he j* not very fond of, to be sent out to nurse. Perhaps ho in not; wrong, butyou'llsay tho world is so wicked!/??.';, "That's what I said the other dav'to the nortrcsi who told me tho story?>> My <)ear Madame Bsrbotin," said I, " if you'll attend to tne,fook After vour gate, and never mtud what passes among the lodgers; but this good woman cntr t resist it, she must gossip. Heaven knows < there is no wafit of subjects in the- house slio I lives in j ?t is so large?diftoen families J D0<> francs, at a penny in the pound, withoutrccon-* ing Christmas boxes ? ? *. .TMre are wry few such doors in Paris. Heaven' grant Ma dame Barbotin may profit more by my advice, than Madame Haduiesu, pot tress tt M. lie an l>ois! , ? " That woman was really the Gaietto of tho parish. Not a single thing wt? done in. tho house, with which she did -Hot acquaint her neighbors. I)ut for her who would ever have known that M. Ileauboi* owe* his place solely to the interest of.Ids wife 1 She was thought to hsve como of a good family, and behold ye, I find she was a dancer in Uermany* where alio had been the ruin of, I don't know he^maoy Huron*. She must have ruined a great number to matte a fortune, tihe hap made her'a. and M. Dcauhoi*, who was in want qf a security to get him the place he soUritdo* manied her with out examining any further tbati'her strong box. Pino news! Such a thing was never Kemd of. The portress learned I ho history through a bro ther of the lady's a fine, ?0y wnd fejl i*i her path one morning, and WIio was sent away pre j ty quickly, as yon may Very well guess. 'jThuy procured a cusfom-house ofllcCiN td&CO for him at the other end of the world, ami paid all ids travelling cxnonses. Somo peonte say ho {Ciilly wax her brother, and some say ho was no more her brother than von or I. tt is nothing to me, and as tho proverb says, 'Every one for them M-lve*, and God fur iu oil.* , , " There has beon so much talk about thjs foolish portion* who was turned away for spreading scandalous reports, that the. has no ? .?XLmiir- ?Mt??*tLm! prcKv* mr: to n chliicoal factor at Port St. Nicolas. An ex celle^it business, whero one l$n<w* nothing, , ... ... f . gflf. 'FhtXSior'to