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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.
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