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Mu. ,L?. |fi|kV)l kMT lhk OMM of *11 her ^ gyiMM him lo take her to Zmphee gJUt moohe, ud proaired seta to JFSFKdno iiMDiider?le)/um>#ii HMilai for tb? txeeailvt terror she ^gUn,tli<^ she found, inalMd of being mum* ift , '" *s rout, she uw proceeding r r?fd the rempcrts, outside of the city ? jpBBt, Which the could not wholly orer Od3h ehe epent the happiest erenine of v with her husband; and from that m^WKKUim abandoned het former career of dMptte4 folly, and became all (hat her M|ld dtiirto?a gjod wife and aflbc^Sre have been Instances of persona listing been confined for many years in tt^sh houses, mostly by coercion, but M voluntarily! An elderly man who had acquired a competency, alter he had retired from IwiheasT took to drinking, and that to an ticssiire degree; during which fits Of intemperance he made away with his property, ana showed every symptom of spending or wasting all he had, and refacing himself and Ikmily to beggary. His wife was advised to nlace her hua land in Verbetering Huis; an act for which he thanked her, and acknowledged if was the only means by which he could 1>e restrained from ruining himself . At the end of fire months* discipline, in a house where all his wants were supplied, nnd nothing debarred him but intoxic at in a; liquors, he was deemed to be - sufficiently reclaimed; and went back to hia-ftioase, cured, as he hoped, of a rice He*had not acquired in his youthful days. He did not feel the least anger or resentment; but, on the contrary, told his wife and sons, if he should relapse into that ndSnni ?{M. Kw -1- * *' w ? ..v hwuu mm uabH| auu mere keep him. For a time he maintained his resolution; but by degrees he fell off, and in less than a year he was become as bad as ever. His family were grieved, but such was their fondness for him, they would not again put'him in a place of restraint, lest tneir friends should reflect upon them, and impute their conduct to sordid motives alone. One day the old gentleman was missed, and the night passed witnout tidings. The next morning the messenger from the Verbetering Huis arrived with a note, informing his wife and family ' that, feeling his own inability to conquer a propensity that was alike ruinous and unworthy of his age and former character, he had Retaken himself to his old quarters, where <~he was determined to live and die, as he - Saw no other means of avoiding the ignominy of wasting his property and making .Wga rs of bis family.' I in Holland, the majority of males is rtwenty five years; and if a vounar aentle ?r o O man is very incorrigible, his parents or guardians can place him in one of these institutions; and the same respecting young women. A tradesman's daughter in the War* xnoe's street, in 1803, formed an attachment to a married man. Her parents, with a view to save her from ruin, placed her in one of these houses for six months. Solitude and reflection, and the religious lectures read to her by the minister who Was appointed to attend, wrought a change of sentiment; but the shock was so great "that she died soon after her release?a victim to her unfortunate passion. An English tradesman, who lived in the same street, had a wife who was rather too much addicted to drinking, and he placed her in one of these houses; but whether it was the confinement or some extrapeous causes, the unfortunate woman went raving mad, in which state she died. It was a curious fact that, of the English who have been placed in these sort of bonilM. ~~ ? 1 r ? nioMiiitc iiti? occurred of any radical good being effected, further than the restraint imposed by the rules of the place; whilst, of the native Dutch, in at least one half the cases that occurred in 1803, a radical cure had been offected. All these institutions are placed under the superintendence of the police; most of them are provided with dark chambers for the confinement of the refractory, and also a gctsstal vaal, or whipping post; but no one can be confined in the one, or whipped at the other, without an order from the magistrate; and the latter punishment m?1?t k? anrvliorl in il>. ~c ww III MiV pi COl/IICC VI the visitors, and not by any servant of the house, bat by the common executiDner? which inflictions are not held as infamous, or even dishonorable; and many instances have occurred in which the great and opulent have had their children punished in this manner. During the prosperity of the Reltic republic, these institutions were very beneficial to the community; but after its de. dine and fall, and the universal poverty and depravity which ensued, they became lees en object of terror, as only the rich ?and they were few indeed?-could afford to pay for their relatives, to whom ntieb coercion might have been useful. % ARISTOTLE IN LOVE, (A writer on Preneb Novels in the Southern Review quotes the following otovy from Mill's History of the Crusades.) The delights of lore have made Alexjptyfcr pause In the career of abbition.? U (4 f> V e- . v* !HUUu of Knights end itfOM lw*1 dUeoateuted ?i ik# change,end Aristotle ?i the tutor iM geavdiair i?f bis youthful ; course, MdMfoNd to iro?M amy the i spirit of ths hero. The prince attempted ! no lengthened reply to this appeal lie hie ! chivalry. "Sighing, alone he cried, at iuly mev*d, Alas' ifceee men nwseems,have never lov'd. The grave at are of the sage took root, however. In Alexander's heart, end he i abacenied himself from hie mistress. She 1 veiled her late for tone time in eolitude, bnt at length aaenred that it waa not the mere caprtcioosaeae of paaaion which ; kept him flrom her, she-forced herself in-1 | to the presence of her lord* Her beauty ; smiled away all b?s dreams of glory from Jhis mind, and in the fondpess of his love. ' he teeuaed Aristotle of breaking in upon : his joy; But the dominion of his passion was only momentary, and recovering the martial tone of his s<u>l, he declared the sad necessity of their parting.. She : then requested a brief dela}^ promising !to convince the King that his Tutor's counsel derived no additional recoromen* dation from his practice, for that he stood in need of as much instruction as Alexj ander himself. According, with the first ! appearance of the next morning, the ] damsel repaired to the lawn before the chamber where Aristotle lay. On ?p? proaching the casement, she broke the stillness of the air, by chaunting a love ditty, and the sweetness of her wild notes charmed the philosopher from his studious page. He softly stole to the win* dow, and beheld a form far fairer than any image of truth which his fancy had just previously been conceiving. Her face was not shrouded by veil or wimple, her long flaxen tresses strayed negligently down her neck, and her dress, like drapery on an ancient statue, accurately expressed the beauty of a well turned limb. She loitered about the place on pretence of gathering a branch of a myrtle-tree, and winding it round her forehead.? When her confidence in her beauty assured her that Aristotle was mad for her love she stole underneath the casement and in a voice checked by sighs, she sang that lore detained her there. Aristotle drank the delicious sounds, and gazing again, her charms appeared more resplendent than before* Reason faintly whispered that he was not born to be loved, and that his hair was now white with age, his forehead wrinkled with study; but passion and vanity drove away these faint remonstrances, and Aristotle was a sage no more. The damsel carelessly passed his window; and in the delirium of his love he caught the floating folds of her robe. She listened to his confession with a surprise of manner that fanned his riame, and she answered him by complaining of the late coldness of Alexander. The grey-beard, not carina for a return of love, so that she accepted his suit, promsed to bring her pupil to her feet, if she wonld but confer some sign of favor upou himself* She feigned an intention of compliance, but declared, that before she yielded, she must be indulged a foolish whim which had long distracted her fancy. Aristotle then re i u:_ t 1 -e J '- J ? ' ucwcu mo pruicstiuiiB ui ucvuieu love, and she, in sentences broken by acclimations of apparent shame at her folly, vowed that she was dying to mount and ride on the back of a wise man. Ho was now so passionately in love, that the fancies of his mistress appeared divinest wisdom to his mind, and he immediately threw himself along the grown in a crawling attitude. She seated herself on a gorgeous saddle which sbe placed upon his bach, and throwing a rein around his neck, she urged hiin to proceed. In a few moments they reached the terrace under the royal apartments, and the King beheld the singular spectacle. \ peal of laughter from the windows awoke the philosopher to a sense of his state, and when he saw his pupil, he owned that youth might well yield to love, as it had power to break even the frost of age.*' The Disappointed. Anglers. "AN INDIAN TALE. In a winding of the river Armidar, just before it fails into the Caspian Sea, lies an island unfrequented by the inhabitants of the Continent. In this seclusion, blessed with all that wild, uncultivated nature eould bestow, lived a princess and her two daughters. She had been wreckdd upon the coast while her children as fei were infants, who, conseqnently, though grown up, were entirely unacquainted with roan. Yet, unexperienced as the young ladies were in *the opposite sex,* both early discovered symptoms, the one of prudery, the other of being a coquette. The elder was ever learning maxims of wisdom and discretion from her mother, while the younger employed all her lionrs in gazing at her own face in a neighb ring fountain. Their usual amusement in this solitude was fishing, their mother hud taught them all the secrets of the artv she showed them which was the most : likely place to throw out the line what j baits were most proper for the various i seasons, and the best manner to draw up 1 the finny prey, when they had hooked it. ; In this manner they spent their time, ea1 sy and innocent; till one day the Princess being indisposed, desired them to go > and catch her a sturgeon or a porpoise ; for supper, which she fancied might sit < easy on her stomach. The daughters obeyed; and clapping on a gold-fish, the usual bait on these occasions, went and set upon one of the rocks, letting the gilded ht>ok glide down the stream. On 1 the opposite shore, farther down, at the j month oftbe jriver, lived a diver lor pearls, " w ' 4 k1" ^ A." '4 youth. who, by )M| behit in hU trtde,1 was almost frown amphibious; so ihsi he coold remainlong tithe bottom of the water witaooi ever fetching breotb. He bn|msnfd to be tl the very instant diving when the Indies were fishing with the gilded book. Seeing* therefore, the belt* wfihili to him bed the appearance of reel gold, he wee resolved to seise the prise; hot both bis hands being already filled with Oysters, he found himself obliged to snahet it with his month. The consequence is easily imagined; the hook being onpfiteived was instantly fastened to hie jaw; nor could he, frith all his efforts at floundering, get free. "Sister/' cries the youngest princfess, "1 have certainly caught a monstrous fish: I never perceived any thing struggle so at the end of my line, before; come and help tre draw it in." They both now, therefore, assissted in pulling up the diver on shore; but nothing could equal their surprise upon seeing him! "Bless my eyes!" cried the prude 'what have vne got here? This 'is . a very odd fish to be snre! f nerersaw any thing in my life look so queer. What eyes, what terrible claws; what a monstrous snout; it certainly mast be a Fanlang that eats women; let us throw it back again into the sea, where we found it." The diver in the mean time stood upon the bank, at the end oi the line, with the hook in his mouth, using every Srt that he thought could excite pity, and particularly looking extremely lender, which is usual in such circumstances. The coauette, therefore, in some measure in IB .1 - + s a a iitienceu uy me innocence 01 lilt} iooks, ventered to contradict her companion.? "Upon my word, sister," says she, "1 see nothing in the animal so very terrible as yon are pleased to apprehend; 1 think it may serve very Well for a change. Always porpoises, arid sturgeons* and lobsters, and crawfish, make me quite sick. 1 fancy a slice of this, nicely grilled, and dressed up with shrimp sauce, would be very pretty eating* I fancy mamma would like a bit with pickle above all things in the world; and if it should not sit easy on her stomach, it will be time enough to discontinue it when found disagreeable you know," "Horrid!" cries the prude, "would the girl be poisoned? I tell you it is a Fanlang; I heve read of it in twenty places, it is evory where described as the most pernicious animal that ever infected the ocean. I am certain it is the most insidious, ravenous creature in the world, and is sure destruction if taken internally.* The youngest sister was now therefore obliged to submit; both now assisted in ,1 _ .l- i i- ? - uiawiug me hook wun some violence from the diver's jaw; and he, finding himself at liberty , bent his breast against the broad wave and disappeared in an instant. Just at this juncture the mother came mown to the beach, to know the cause of her daughters delay. They told her every circumstance describing the monster they had caught. The old lady was one of the most discreet women in the world. She was called 'The Black-eyed Princess," from two black eyes she had received in her youth?being a little addicted to boxing in her liquor. "Alas, my children,M cried she, "what hav; you done? The fish caught was a man-fish?one of the most tame, domestic animals in the world. We could have let him run and play about the garden, and he would have been twenty times more interesting than ?ur squirrel or monkey." "II that is all," said the young coquette, "we will fish for him again. If that be all, PI] hold three tooth-picks to one pound of snuff, I cath him whenever I please." Accordingly they thruw in their line once more; but with all their gilding, and paddling, and assiduity, they could never catch the diver. In this slate of sollicitude and disappointment they continued for some years, still fishincr but without shitphr? till * - O " " ~~ t t" * at last, the genius of the place, in pity to their distress, changed the prude into a shrimp^^^ Foreign. The Packet ship Philadelphia, Capt. Morgan, . (says the Philadelphia Herald of the 27ih ult.) arrived this morning from London. She left Portsmouth on the 27th of December, and brings London dates to the 26lh. 8he could bring nothing later, as no papers were issued on Saturday the 26th, being the day j following Christmas day. Liverpool, December 22 | Cotton Market* During the past week ; we have enjoyed a steady demand for Cotton of most descriptions; the sales , have bhen chiefly to the trade, and an advance of l-8d to l-4d per lb. has been slowly obtained upon the prices of this day week. In the state of the marltet the small import cannot fail to strike the observer, and well grounded apprehen..J-. ,L.. ? .* - ? 9ivii ?nav uusirucuons 01 a more Chan ordinary nature will prevent more than a very moderate supply coming forward for some time, is the chief cause for the continued firmness and tendency to advance. We shall hand you next Saturday the actual ascertained stock in the year,; and if it does not exceed our estimates, it will be smallest taken here in several years. The sales of the week are 16.260 bags, of which 4000 American, 100 Surat,| and 160 Pernams have been taken by j speculators. Dec. 23. There ha* been a steadv deJ mind at the same rules as before. The sales amount to 2,000 bags. Havre, Dec. 20. In cotton we continue to have an extensive business doing, with gradually US 'advancing pried. The sales to-day amount to about 1,600 baki, at ao advance of lflr to ?fr per M|ilogr oa the prices at' the opening of Waek. Porasmbuco, and other xinds of Braatl* are alpo inquired for, and they are selling at tally the same i advauc*. FOREIGN EXTRACTS.. The Coronation.?We understand that the Coronation of Queen Victoria, ; which is expected to take place in the monin of January next, is to be solemn!; sed with surprising magnificence. The , late Banquet in the City Itas been accom. panied by the revival of several ancient 'customs, which shows that the accession iof a female to the throne has already awoke the chivalrous and ancestral recollections of the nation. The splendor of the late civic occasion^ is, however, but a faint foreshow of the pomp and circumatanoe" that will be displayed when the nobility and commonality of three ancient and illustrious kingdoms shall, for the first time in their common history, assemble to place ' The high imperial type of British gtoty j on the youthful brow of a beautious and beloved maiden Sovereign. A coronation, as fffcvell known, is an epitome of the genius of the mtonartby, in which every 5radt> and rank of sociey Is entitled to o suit and service in the' place and state 1 which appropriately belongs to it; and , upon this occasion we believe there will :be no lack ol loyalty on the part , of any class of her Mqiesty's faithful subjects.? It is reported that there is to be a revival or modification of various t>ld decorations and privileges which for some ! reigns have fallen into disuse. That her | Majesty's sympathies and elegant taste .accords with the wish that has beCn long felt for ah improved Court dress may be inferred from her having fixed upon the stately trained robe of a former age Tor Drawing-room occasions; We hope that the vile menial livery steiel buttons, frilled shirts, knee-hreflr.lifis. mimna. nnrl hnrra , 1?i ?"6"| in which our Aristocracy have hitherto had to present themselves to the Sovereign, will forthwith bo banished $rom levees, and that each degree will have allotted to it an appropriate uniform. The Queen has issued orders for Drawing-room dress. Her Majesty will introduce embroidered trains, a fashion which was exploded more than thirty years ago. This judicious arrangement will give employment to a branch of the arts, which has been too long neglected. Description of the Queen'6 State Carriage.?The most superbe ever built--the paintings were executed by Cypriani. Tiie Front Panel.?Britannia seated on a throne, holding in her hand a staff of liberty, attended by religion, justice, wisdom, valor, fortitude, commeree, plenty and victory, presenting her a garland of laurels; in the back ground a view of St. Paul's and the river Thames, i TfoE Right Doors.?Industry, and in genuity giving a cornucopia; to the genilie rk? l?n<> Int>/1 U9 wi aju^iuilUi The panels of each side of doors.;? History recording the reports of Fame, and Peace burning the impliments of war. The Back Panel.? Neptune and Amphitrite issuing from their palace in a triumphal car* drawn by sea horses, attended by the winds, rivers tritons, naiads, &.C., bringing the tribute of the world to the British shore. Upper part of the right Panel.?fere the royal arms, beautifully ornamented with the order of St. George, the golden fleece, the ruse, the shamrock, and thistle entwined. The left door.?Mars, MinerVa, and Mercury, supporting the imperial crown of Great Brithin. The Panels of each side of left door.? The liberal arts and sciences protected. The front and four quarter panels* over the paintings, are plate glass. The whole of the c&niage and body tire richly ornamented with laurels and carved work, beautifully gilt. The carriage and body of the coach is composed as follows?of four large tritons, who support the body by four braces covered with blue morocco leather, and ornamented with gilt buckles: the two figures placed in front of the carriage bear the driver, and are represented in the action of drawing, by cables extending round their shoulders and the cranes, and sounding shells to announce the approach of the monarch of the ocean; and those at the back carry the imperial faces, topt with j tridents; the driver's foot board is a large scollop shell, ornamented by branches of reeds, and other marine plants; the pole represents a bun 'le of lances; the splinter barjs composed of a rich moulding, issuing from beneath a vaulted shell, and each end terminating in the head of a dalphin; and the wheels are imitated from those of the ancient triumphal chariot. The body of the coach Is composed of eight palm trees, which branching out at the top. sustain the roof, and four angular trees are loaded with trophies, allusive to the victories obtained by Great Britain during the late glorious war, supported by four Ions' head; on the centre of the roof stands three boys representing the genii of England, Scotland, and Irelaud, support* ing the imperial crown of Great Britain, and holding in their hands the sceptre, sword of state, and ensigns of knighthood; their bodies are adorned with festoons of laurel which fall from thence towards the four corners. The inside of the body is lined^ith rich scarlet embossed velvet, superbly laced and embroidered with gold, as follows:?in the centre of* the . roof is the< [star, encircled by the collar of the Order\ of the Garter, awTsurmouufed by the imStrial crown of Great Britain, pendent the eorge'and jpragoon;*in the corner*, the rose, shamrock, anV thistle entwined} the bind longe is ornamented with the 4ba3ge of the order of 8t.g'Mlchael and 8ft. . George; on the front, 'the badge of' the j order of the Guelph and Beth, oramented with the rose, shamrock, andgthistle.? The hind seat fall has the badge of 8ft* Patrick, adorned with the rose,^shamrock, land oak leaf; and%the*hammockkclotlA>f I the same costly metals. The harness for eight hor^s is made of light-blue morocco leather, und decorated with blue rib: boas, the royal arm's, and other ornaments ; richly gi)t;,and it is. used5whenl her Majesty goes in slate, drawn by eight creamcolored horses, and is kept in the Royal Mews,'Pimi^ico. Mexico.?Our' latest'dalcs'fromlMexico | are of the 22d December?the journals of Matamorus are entirely silent on the subject of the invasion of Texas. The pages of the Mercuric, are^filledjwith articles on the necessity of a change in the present government of the Republic. Public opinion in Mexico appears to be more united on the question of ajreturn to the federal administration of '24, than^on^any other of the numerous causes of commotion, among the impotent^und capHcious people. The army above is opposed to any change?hence in case of a revolution, the military force ? will be marshalled against the inhabitants of the the different states. It is impossible, however, to anticipate with confidence any alteration of affairs in that destractcd country.? Rational liberty can only bfe attained when unanimity of sentiment, determination to be free, and above all, an enlightened stale of intrllprf. ItMvn nrpnn mil lli^m t n fi nnro. I ? ? > f -*jr" ? ? ciatc its blessings. Bigots in religion* and miscreants iii principles arc totally unfitted for the possession and enjoyment of freedom. Nature appears in Mexico to be as convulsed and agitated as the- public mind* Successive shocks of an earthquake have almrst totally destroyed tlie town of Arapulro, while the: gorgeous city of M cxico was subjected to - a violent and prolonged shock; happily* however, in the latter instance, no injury resulted.? The details of the earthquake at Acapulco are frightful. Repeated^shock sol* ex treme violence and devastation have nearly reduced the city to a mass of ruins.? The houses were overturned and dashed to frugments, the churches irreparably injured, the walls of the Compo Santo dectroyed, the whole city thrown into a slate of deplorable consternation* and tho inhabitants compelled to pass the night in the fields and roads adjacent to the town. When the morning dawned hundreds beheld themselves houseless aud reduced to utter indigence. Fortunately for the citizens, the destruction occasioned by the shocks whs so gradual, as to afford them time to save themselves, hence the loss of life was inconsiderable. There is a certain coincidence to bo observed between earthquakes at Acapulco and those at Mexico. The shocks at the latter city are invariably felt within a day or two afte ther first has suffered, although usually with less violence. The volcanic chain uppcars to extend from the ? one city to the other in nearly a direct line, and the efTect is thus gradually, but certainly propagated. The spot where Mexico now stands, was formerly-a great "volcanic centre, and in the immediate neighborhood is a large number of extinguished craters. The famous Papocapetl is nevertheless open, and smoking, and there is little doubt that this mountain * is the embouchure of the products of those subterraneous commotions, which may one 4 day or another utterly prostrate the. magnificent capital of the Mexican republic.? N. O. Bce? * TEXAS. A slip Irom the ollice of the Houston Telegraph, contains the following intelligence of the invasion of that Teritory by Mexico. HOUSTON, (Texas) Dec. 25. \Ve this day present to our subscribers _ /Ml . ? a ijnrtstmas gilt, in the form of a Telegraph Extra, which, although to most of our patrons unexpected, we are confident will not be unacceptable; and however different it may be from ordinary gifts of the kind, we feel proud in reflecting on the tumult of joy which it will awaken in the bosoms of the brave. TO ARMS! TO ARMS!! Capt. Rodrigiici has just arrived in this city: he stales that on the morning of the 20th, about 9 o'clock, a heavy firing of musketry was heaid in the direction of Conception, and instantly afterwards n large body of Mexican cavalry charged upon the part of Bexar near the public square. Cols. Karnes and Wells immediately collected their soldiers into a body, amounting to about one hundred and twenty men, and received them with the most determined courage. Just as the combat commenced, he was despatched by Karnes, to procure a horse, in order to convey despatches to Houston. While he was thus engaged, the enemy entirely surrounded the city, and a heavy firing appeared to be kept up in all parts of the place: he could distinctly near the two field pieces of the Mexicans near the public square: he attempted to get in to receive the despatches from Karnes, but being unable to do this, he waited nntil 3 o'clock in the afternoon, to learn tho event of the contest, but the firing still continued even at that time,: he concluded to set out and convoy the intelligence to % I I