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n m , . u ^ 0 + LOCT6,PWLfTPPB AT tUlpK.. i King Louis Philippe rises every morning st eight Vclock. fits firatals to resAlhe letters which sre handed him, end to despatch the most urgent affairs. This done, he proceeds at nine o*clock to his dressing room, where his familf erp admitted. While the Queun, the Princesses, and their brothers, are carrying on a conversation, in general gay, animated, and unreserved, the King shaves himself, and liotowfi ihn mnal m!nm. ? 1? i? lion upon his teeth, which sre very white and regular. Having finished his toilette, during which he never ceases to join in conversation with his fso?ily? the King. sits down among them, embraces his children, and amuses himself greatly with the sallies in which they indulge, and to which he takes a pleasure in exciting them by. his own example. At ten o'clock the King makes a frugal breakfast. This meal is of short duration, and generally composed of potatoes, with great simplicity. On raising his table he generally visits the masons and builders employed about the chateau, where works and alterations are incessant* ly going on. From these excursions his majesty frequently 'returns with his habiliments covered over with mortar and dust, for he takes great pleasure in creeping under the scaffolding and climbing to the roof, to assure himself that the works are executed in strict compliance with his orders* He chats with the workmen,. who are seldom aware that the man with whom they converse so familiarly is no other than thu King of the French. These excursions terminate at once, when the council of ministers assembles. The Kieg never fails to be present at their meetings; he sits down at the common table, takes immediate possession of a kVi <>/>( n f nnnop and whila attanliunlir WIVVVV |fH|rv?I 9 UltV4 t? IIIIU UkkVlllIT < I listening to the deliberations, he tkeiciies with his pep a variety of figures, either grotesque or fanciful. In those drawings is observed a great deal of what our artists call chique. On the day when Alihaud attempted to assassinate him, the King . had drawn a group of aquatic birds which it is said Fielding would not have disavowed. The King closes the sitting by recapitulating the arguments that have been used, and almost always points Out the course to be pursued. Tho council having broken up, ho takes leave of his ministers and retires. The latter then dispute with one another the possession of the sketches that have escaped from the royal pen. These specimens afterwards serve to enrich the albums of the ladies about the Court, while the artist himself, probably little dreams of the value attached to his performances. The King next wanders through the. Tuilleries and Louvre. He is at present much occupied with the galleries prepa-' ring for the Spanish Museum, which is toi be placed in the wing, where the clock is, \ and in that opposite to the Pont des Arts. As an antechamber to the galleries there ' will be a room fitted up with a variety of articles belonging to' the time of Henry IV. which have been found in the Tuilleries, for Louis Philippe professes a most enthusiastic veneration for the Bcarnais. The King often enters the ateliers of the numerous artists employed about the Louvre. The painters to whom he appears most partial are Messrs. Alau and Court. The King sits down with them, examines iheir designs with the eye of a connoisseur, pronounces his opinions, which are almost always dictated by sound criticism, and takes evident delight in seeing his pictures terminated. When he leaves these ateliers he has been noticed to sigh, _ _ J . I L I ? ituu cuai a meiancnoiy iook. on me fiace flu Louvre and 'the quays, recollecting with regret the time when, with his umbrella under bis arm, he wandered unaccompanied through the streets of Paris, visiting the buildings in a state of progress, and almost invariably stopping before the shops of the dealers in prints and lithographs. About two years ago an officer of his household attempted to reprimand a captain of the national guard, who came all bespattered with mud to lake his place nt the royal table. 44 Blame him not," said the King, 44 he's a happy fellow to have it in bis power to make himself dirty." At-dinner the Queen sits down with her children, her sister-in-law, and the guests who have been invited, without waiting for the King, who seldom arrives till towards the end of the repast. He helps himnnlt' tn a nlnta of asi.m ...k? f?/v ? V W ?W ? |/?U?V VI ovup TT IIIVII IIV 11 C" quently sends away after tasting it, on j finding thai it has got cold. A fowl boiled with rice is then placed before him: this he euts up with his own hand, and generally eats nearly the whole of it. He then takes a bunch of grapes or a handful of dry fruit, rises from the table, and with his dessert in his hand, withdraws to an adjoining apartment, whero all the newspapers published in France are laid out for his perusal. The King attentively peruses this mass of political dissertations, and seems to find much amusement in tho irreverent jests at his expense, in which the vctis journeaux so unsparingly abound' At the time when the Charivari and the Caricature published nearly every day a grotesque representation of the royal person, he was often seen to laugh heartily at their sketches, and in the evening talk-! ed of them in his family circle, at times even showing them about with his own I hand. After he has read the papers, the King jofna. the Queen in her salon, and receives the persons admitted to the evening reception. If nothing has happened daring the day to disturb his good humor, majeny's conversation is unreserved ^ ' *- v > . ' J - i. . - * > * * * ' i I tad highly instructive. He {mi rtw<1 I much, la extremely well informed l?,Ia a i atory remarkably w0M^ ?BdrMMf^iiNt pleasure in doing 90. Jf any fogwigner I of distinction happens to be admtued to I the circle, the King, who speaks several j languages with great facility, usually ad' (Tresses hfm In Ms'native tongue, ana the [ rnuimerewitb which he does this js caleulated to gain the hearts even of those least disposed to be fkvorable to him. .Louis Philippe, it must not be forgotten, is a man of ?the moat strict morality. Never has he afforded an opportunity to the most .audacious .calumny to breathe even an indirect' insinuation against his private life. He is. kind and full of amenity to all who are emnloved in his service. but he is strict in exacting from them the most punctual performance of their several duties. The most perfect order and cleanliness must prevail every where around him, and any infringment of these i rules is sure to draw down upon the offender, a reproof not the less painful for being pronounced with temperance. At ten the King retires to his own apartment, undresses, puts on his dressinggown, and often works till two or three in the morning. He never, by any chance, affixes his signature to any document without having first ascertained the nature of its contents. He takes notes of every thing, and classifies these notes ac-, cording to a method of his own, intended to facilitate future reference. To every i sentence of death the King devotes the ! most religious attention; every document connected with the trial must be subinited . to him, he studies them in a most conscientious manner, and never signs them ; until he has acquired a perfect conviclio .i of the guilt of the accused. If his work is finished at an cnrlv hour. / f the King repairs to the Queen's apartment; if not a lit dc camp is prepared for him, the hardness of which must remind the royal sleeper of the couch of the Professor of Richenau.?Journal de Franckfort. From the Cincinnatti Evening Poet* Reminiscences and Facts connected with the Life of the late John Randolph.?On a bright sunny morning, early in Feb. 1796, might have been seen entering our bookstore, in Charleston South Carolina, a fine looking, florid complexioned old gentleman with hair as white as snow which contrasted with his complexion, showed him to have been a j free liver, or bon aivunt, of the first order; along with ilim was a tall, gauky ' looking, flaxencd haired stripling, appa- 1 renlly of the age of from sixteen to eigh- < teen, with a complexion of a good parch- < ment color, beardless chin, and as much i assumed sell-consequence as any two footed animal we ever saw; this was John Randolph. We handed him from the shelves volume after volume, which he tumbled carelessly over and handed back i again; at length he hit upon something that struck his fancy?our eye happened to be fixed upon his face at the moment, and never did we witness so sudden, so perfect a change of human countenance; that which before was dull and heavy in ? ... i ?.- i ?i 1-1-j u iijiMiirui uccuinu aniinaien, ami uasueu with the brightest beams of intellect, he stepped up to the grey haired old man and giving him a thundering slap on the shoulder, said, 44 Jack, look at this!" We were young then, but we never can forgot the thought that rushed upon our mind at the moment, which was, thatlic was the most impudent youth we ever saw. He had come to Charleston tc attend the races. There was then living in Charleston, a Scotch baronet, by the name of Sir John Nesbit, with his younger brother Alexander of the ancient House of Nesbits of Dean Hall, some fifteen miles from Endinburg. Sir John was a very handsome man, and as gallant, gay Lothario as could be found in the city. lie and Han-; dolph became intimate, which led to a banter between them for a race, in which each was to ride his own horse. The race came out during the race week, and Randolph won?some ladies exclaimed at the time 44 though Mr. Randolph had won the raxce. Hir John won their hearts." I This was not so much to be wondered ai, when they contrasted the elegant form and graceful style of riding of the Baronet, with the uncouth and awkward manner of his competitor. Home two or three years after this visit to Charleston, he was elected n member of Congress, and such was still his youthful appearance, that when he appeared at the clerk's table to qualify, that gentle-1 man could not retrain from asking him1 his age; the answer was prompt if not; satisfactory?"ask my constituents, sir," l was the reply. John Adams was then > President, and Mr. Randolph took a de-i cided part against his administration.? j Congress was then silting in Philadelphia J and Mr. Adams' "hot water was withj Frauce," being then on the tapis, the | latitude Mr. Randolph gave his tongue in! debate, occasioned bis being assaulted in the lobby of the theatre, by an officer of; the armv or navy, we do not recollactj which or who he was, but Mr. Randolph; made a formal complaint, which, to the! best of our memory, met with but a cold' i.:-i- i IVVV|'MV.Il I UIIJ I HUB UIIOII^ II MOW, j and much too high for the good of the; country?but he, who supposed it never' rose higher, knows nothing of the period | to which we allude. Arnold ihe members of Congress, Mr. j Randolph had but few personal friends, j but those few lie *'riveted to his soul with I hooks of steel." Among tl.o.n wus the] Hon. Mr. Bryan from Georgia; the late i Governor David H. Williams, of South' Carolina, and the vcnerubJe Aa hanicl' ftfacon, Af Hwith j0BroHu9. I of the unioip, soon after ike rem9ra| ^ pCotigreaa to Wgahgagfton, the those gentlemen, (Mr. Bryan) mamedi daughter ef Gen. Foreman, of Maryiund, and with her, and her sister, spent some days in Charleston, when on their way to his estate in Georgia. . On this ooeaei**, Mr. Bryan showed us a letter which he. had just received from Mr. Randolph, i congratulating him upon his marring**. JL (ptier of more beautiful simplicity and feeling we never read. We recollect that, while the wri'^r dwelt upon the happiness and advantages to be expected from wedded life, he sooke feelinirlv of never ex < peeling io enjoy them himself* The Yazgo fraull, a greater than which . ever disgraced the annals of a state or nation.came before Congress about this time, t We arc acquainted with some of the nefari! ous transactions which .gave risee to this stupendous villainy. In 1794, a number of men in Georgia, joined by some in S. Carolina, calling .themselves the Yazoo : company, applied io the Legislature of Ga. in 1795 for a grant of an immense tract of territory, to which she had no right, and over which she had no jurisdiction; but the men who formed this company were not to be easily put off, and a tittle from some Legislature was indispensible to the success of their scheme. They effected by bribery the accomplishment of their object; it became a matter of notoriety that the whole Legislature, were bribed to grant the title asked for, but which they had no right to grant. The manner in which it had been obtained, fam LmiiiiaiI it% # lin < t f i L a dnit i uuo uiuuiu til uin iiuiro|iapvio "i iiiu iiujrf < and none could plead ignorance. The J grant being thus obtained, agents were j sent through the States, to dispose of stolen goods." They visited Boston, where a company was immediately formed, called ''The N. England Mississippi Land company," who purchased to the extent of some millions of dollars of these lands, knowing them to have been fraudulently obtained. VVe Were in Georgia the next year, 1796, when the new Legislature, who had been elected with the direct view to this subject, having assembled at the seat of government and taking the necessary preliminary steps, went in grand procession, with their respective officers at their head, and burnt, by the hands of the common hangman, the record of the infamous proceedings of their immediate predecessors; and with them, the infamous grant itself.-The Yazoo claim was by the New Eng-1 land Mississippi Land Company, to re:over from Congress, the value the lands so obtained; and it was in opposition to Lhis application, that Mr. Randolph im morlalized himself in speeches that will stand ' the tost of time, of scrutiny, and of talent." It was regularly brought forward at every session, and as regularly defeated by him. The late Gen. Wade! Hampton and O'Brien Smith, were both elected to Congress, with a sole view of carrying through this unrightous measure; and it was during its discussion one day, when they were in the house, that Mr. Randolph made the withering remark, which rung through the Union at the time. Slinking his long, lank finger at Mr. Hampton, he exclaimed at the top of his voice, " Mr. Speaker, I hope, sir, to see the day, when a Yazoo claimant and a villani, will be synonymous terms. On the evening following, Mr. Hampton bundled up his papers and waited on Mr, Randolph, whose first salutation on the occasion was, '4 have you come for peacfe or for war." For peace, was the reply, or I should not bring these papers. In an evil hour, Mr. Randolph was left out. and before bis reelection, the bill was past, and the robbery consummated, to the amount of 85,000,000. An event which could not have taken place whilst he had a seat in that house. Mr. R nnrl/ilr?l* ..... ir no ui ii ujf o ci.t.riiti ii>( and in the latter part of his life at limes, insane. Wc witnessed an instance of it, in Baltimore, in the spring of 1820, when he rode in an open chair, with a double barrel gun beside him. to make a morning call, and made his faithful Juba take the giin into the house after him. A few days after, he took passage on a steam boat, at Bultimoje, for Norfolk; here his insanity showed itself in a manner none eould doubt. There was a French gentleman, passenger on board, to whom he took a great dislike, and calling for his gun, he took possession ot the cabin door, and would not allow the passenger, who was on deck, to re-enter the cabin.?His insanitv at this timrv was Lnnmn ? ' J * WM ??MW IT II fcUj (lllll j spoken of by many. No man of a great and a sane mind, such as Mr. Randolph's had been, could, while in a sane state, be guilty of such conduct, as occasionally marked his course, during his short embassy to Russia. It was generally nnderstoo , that he was disappointed many years ayo^ in not receiving t.h< appointine t of Minister to Kngland and (hat from thisdisappoinlment, ( and thcchagrin consequent upon it, sprung i ..11 .u - mi iiubc civciinciiirH whirl) marked his erratic course in after life. This was his' misfostune, not his fault, fie was a republican in theory, but an aristocrat in practice, as his whole life abundantly proved. He possessed a mind fertilized by every stream of Literature, but the m>e he made of his acquirements, were rather calculated to make enemies than friends; <n . \ et, as he once said, "no man was ever blessed with such constiI then 1s." A fact, which of itself, speaks volumes in his praise. If ho originated no great national good, be prevented many evils; and in doing so, became the v % - " ; 1 *--" '- i- i^-Ai. THE BROKE!* UK ART. .About forty year? since, a young roan in the neighboiltood of Vrogheda, Ira* land, paid his addressaa to a ?tavo| ??* man, a farmerV daughter; and although s his attentions were hot approved ol by J *her Xrteoda, yet she encouraged him to hope, and eventually promised to marry him. HIb Circumstances not being the) best, and believing he might trust to her fidelity, he was inclined to defer the ceremony until he could realize a competence, ' or sufficient to make her comfortable; but I Mary, being sought after by many, prcs* \ ' sed by her parents to decide, and believing his delay arose from indifference, at leugth became dissatisfied, and told him j she should wait no longer, but would . marry the first man who would ask her. Hs. thinking her declaration arose from a sudden caprice, carelessly told her to do 'so, and they parted in anger. The miller , of Mellifont was a douse, warm, middle' aged bachelor, boorish in his appearance, and sottish in his manners; but wiihal ! having the name of money, and a comfortable situation in the mill, he was far from being an object of indifference to the parents of unmarried femalos. Having regarded Mary with a wishful eye, and j been often proposed for acceptance by her friends, she now, while warm with indignation against James for what she con* sidercd his falsehood, consented to mahry 1 him; and, requesting that it might be done j as soon as possible, no time was lost?I every thing was prepared for the wedding,' and before the expiration of iiventy-fours hours she was his wife. Among the guests invited James was not forgotten: perhaps she wished to enjoy a sjrt of triumph over him, and prove she eould marry without liirn. He attended, but was downcast and sorrowful, taking no pari in tho boisterous merriment so general at country weddings, and appearing to pay no attention to what was ; passing around him. After the bride had ; retired for the night, her husband, the miller, having indulged rather freely, was carried up in a state of insensibility and laid beside her, anil the lights beii.g re-' moved she had full leisure to reflect on her hasty conduct and rash treatment of James, who she now found possessed her heart although her hand was another's, i Ere long she perceived a figure seated ; iitu/ the bed's foot, and eagerly asking 44 Who is that?" was answered by James,! "It is me, Mary, don't be alarmed!" | " Why, James," said she, 41 this is very ! improper conduct; I am now the wife of another, and if my husband wakens, or { any person should see you here, it will destroy me; you must leave that, or I will call the people in!" "I can't Mary, for my heart is breaking." She still insisted he should leave her, but still received no I ~ * 1 *1 t* ? uiucr answer man "* wary, l can't, my heart is breaking!'* At length he sunk exhausted on the bed. Mary greatly alarmed, railed aloud, and the company coming in, found him dead on the bed's foot, his heart having really broken. All was aow confusion. His bod} was conveyed to his residence a few miles distant, and his friends having in vain tried every method to restore him, he was laid out to be waked. The practice then was to put the body '* under board," that is on planks, laid on the under frame of a large table, over which a sheet was placed, which, falling down over the ends and sides, entirely concealed the corpse: on the table they placed candles, tobacco, pipes, &c. He was waked for two days, and all the neighborhood made poor Mary the object of thfir r<>nrn?p.li. npv*>r l*f? Knr nnnri. ment, but sat seemingly unconscious of every thing, and bewildered with anguish. However, on the second night she was missed: she had left her house unperreived, and had gone no one knew whither. and as she could not be found after the stiictest search, it was supposed that she had drowned herself in the river. In the morning preparations were made for burying James, but in proceeding to put his body into the coffin they found the unfortunate Mary dead beside him. She had stolen unperceivcd under the table, and having insinuated her arm under his1 head, and placed his arm around her neck, had in that position bid adieu to all her sorrows. Little now remains to be told. They were buried in one grave in Mcllifont Abbey, and although in life they were separated, in death they were not divided. The Grateful Sailor.?A few weeks since the following scene was witnessed at a Sunday school taught in a small buil ding in Schuylkill Front, near Arch street, Philadelphia, which has been long occupied as a place for gratuitous religious instruction. After the conclusion of the exercise, a sailor belonging to the navy, who had npnpnrml In ol.nll In ?!?1 ? ?.1 ? 1? ' I" U. VU n< Otiuil ill UbUIUVIIllJi'i HSKCU per* mission to say a few words, which being hgranted, he stated that twenty-one years ago ho had been taught to read in that room, I and as he remembered to have heard at that time that it required some money to supply the school with books and for other nccesi sary expenses, he wished to present threy ' dollars, which he at once paid. He further stated that as he was about to leave the country with the exploring expedition w th the prospect of being absent at least three years, he would leave an order by ! which the school should receive fifty cents every month a* long as he was away. This is a noble contribution, and a bet0 Ur reward to the fetches* of waOfor than if they had receired iafew salaries schools remember ihcm ?U?h such aiucare ~ gratitude.?Sunday School Journal. Aox or Easuy Riskrs.?The followiug fe e cataloge of above twenty early riser*. Their age has been mentioned, 'when it was known. The average age, so far as ascertained, Is about 70. " 4 FranKlin was an early riser. died af the ace of 84 years. President Chancey, of ITarvard College, made it his practice to rise at four o'clock, lie died at 81. Fuseli, the painter, rose with or before the sun. Ho died at 81. Wesley rose at four o'clock, end slept but six hours. Died at 88. Bufloii, the celebrated naturalist, says ho was indebted^ to the habit of early rising for all his knowledge and the composition of all his works. He studied fourteen hours a day.?Died at 81. I Samuel Bard, M. D. ol Hyde Purk, rose at day-light in summer, and an hour before in winter (say about five) through life. Died at 70. Dr. Priestly was an early riser. He died at 71. Parkhurst rose at five in the summer and six in the winter. Died at 74. | Bishop Jewel rose at four o'clock. Bishop Burnet commenced rising at four while at College and continued the practice through a long life. Died at 72. I Sir Matthew Ilalc rose at four or five. Died at 67. I Dr. Adams rose at five, and for a part of tho time at four, lie died at 68. Palcy, though naturally indolent, began early to rise at five, and continued the practice through life. Died at 63.?J.f; brary of Health. FROM THITFIIONTIER. We copy the following from the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser of Friday last: General Scott took his departure for the northern frontier yesterday afternoon. Of his future movements we are not advised. but this we arc bound to say, that his judicious and manly course, while on this frontier, demands the public gratitude. n? ? i - ? " " csnouiu any lartlicr dillicullics arise, he has left Col. Worth in command, who is every way qualified to meet the emergen* ey. It may not be amiss ?to add, that ihc name of Scott and Worth alone, have contributed more to arrest the border difficulties than the camhined civil authorities of the country* Here near tho field of their biilliant achievements in the last war, is an abiding recollection of their services; and no sooner w?|H>lhcir arrival announced on the front fl^hun public tranquility was in a mcnsarc restored. We will add, also, that the prompt and 'energetic conduct of Col. Worth, in bis late expedition lip the lake, is worthy of I all praise. Through his vigilance and alacrity. the arms of the State have been mainly recovered, and the contemplated invasion of Canada entirely frustfuted.? The difficulties encountered by him in ascending to Detroit, were overcome by that perseverance and enterprise, for U'hirh lie.inert rtnrMiliitr.lt* ... ... ww J.V.UIIUUI J Uiatlll^UiSllCUl ' We learn from the Albany Argus, that General Scott had arrrived in that city oil Saturday evening, probabty with the intention of proceeding to the northern frontier, where it had been rumored, that a new expedition against Canada was forming, in the neighborhood of the Chateaguay river. It is also strtcd, that Gen. Seott had made a further requisition upon his Excellency Governor Mnrcv, for two battalions for this district; ami that the Governor had promptly caused orders to he issued to supply the troops from the nearest brigades, if Brigadier General Wool, who is in this qcarter, shall under the instructions of General Scott, deem their services important. The following extra from the office nf the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, dated 9th February, nine o'clock, P. M. has just been received. We have Detroit papers of the* 3d inst. which make no men tion of the annexed report: 44 Since our paper went press we have been informed that an express has arrived from Detroit, bringing the information that the patriots, to the number of about 800, are assembled in the neighborhood of Black Swamp, Toledo, anu Monroe. They are undci the command of the scllstyled Adjutant General M'Leod, Sutherland, and othsrs, and are well supplied with arms, munition?, <Scc. The soldiers here arc to leave this evening for Detroit, where it is expected they will arrive in 90 hours. Gen. Brady, who is in command at this point, an active, efficient officer, will undoubtedly disarm the patriots as soon as they come within his reach. A rumor has been current here this Aiianini. ll.?l .1-- ? v.vmiig, inui irc i>rni?u i?oar |/cirun have fired our side, and killed several men. This, we arc authorized to say by Col. Worth, is wholly without foundation. INSURRECTION AT TRINIDAD. Extract of letter dated Trinidad do Cuba, Jan. 17, received by Messrs. Toplift', of the Boston Exchange Reading Room, per brig Adelaide, at that port: It is some days since we were in great consternation by the revolting of some negroes, who net fire to two plantations? one, Mr. J. W. Baker's?and killed se vcrnl men. They set fire to all his houses, which, being fire proof, were but slightly injured; destroyed his steam mill, carts, and sll the utensils. They arc now con coaled in the high mountains, about 100