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litantl clear: the air was cold aud bracing, although J
u was m jury, me stranger walked forth a Tew pa- j
ces into the road. He had" been in the habit of trav-
ellmgoverit ones every year, but he remembered on- j
ly its moro prominent features; yet ho thought that t
the little river or brook which ran through the valley J
was noisier then thau he had ever before known it to J
be; and as he had met with some more obstructions in I
the road while on foot than he had seemed to do when
mounted, a short time before, he thought, too, that
there was some chunge in the level of the highway
since he was last there. But these changes, if, indeed,
they were not merely imaginary, proved quite insuffi-
cient to afford him the least cluo to the mystery that
was every moment becoming more and more intolera-
ble to him. He threw himself again upon his saddle,
and rodo rapidly back to the younger Crawford's in the
"Notch." Having told the latter the story of his int-x-plicable
adventure, he remounted while the sou of the
forest called up his men, aud all taking horses went
down to the valle without loss of time.
"Did yon hear any noise, stranger, like the fall of
slides from tho hills, as you rode along tonight? ask-
ed Tom Crawford of the traveller.
"Yes, one," was the reply: "one-since that which
you recollect we both heard just as I was leaving your
house, at dusk."
"Wheu did you hear the 6ecoud report?" asked
Crawford.
"Afipufatjyenty minutes before I rea hed Wiley's."
repliedjthett faveller. "It was far louder than the oth-
er, an'd'c'o'minued much longer, like thunder echoing
among the mountains."
The hardy mountain forester was p-izzled. "Sup-
pose it were a slide! What then? The people gone,
flllfl lint tllTlfT flctrnt0r! I " 'PI-.. .a mnflmw ti. paonli.i4
, lh.,Sfe e valley t the head of the excited
ii arimi fieit evidence of intentn.nai fraud : ' S party. It immediately became evidentto thepTScOi
eye ol the motiutuipppr that an avalanche of an unit
Emigrants for Texas. A Dublin letter in the
London Chronicle announces tho approaching d.-p.ir-ture
of an emigrating body of a superior class for Tex-
as, including "some peraonsin the rank of gentry,"
one gmitlemau who has been a member of Parliament,
three justice of the peace, persons heretofore connec-
ted with mercantile and banking citablishmcnts, and
a number of well-to-do farmers. A clergyman of the
established church will accompany the party, with the
design to become their pastor in the new home to
which they are going, where the lands intended to bo
orcupiea nave aireauy oocn purcuaseu. iriis move-
ment seems to attract tome attention, as the begin-
ning of a "breaking up" among the gentry and the
middle class.
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JudgsThompsia, of InJia-ia, decided recently, "That where
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tinue the jitjicr, al the end ofihe tiu,e for which he subscribed,
or iivupthsarr2iras;,.l'ovral hound fjraa'.thir year."
A year ortwj since, the circuit court of Pe El ivnnia decided,
"Tait iv'iero a pjstrnaster failed ta notify t 3 publishers of
n.vi larrtrs, that their papers were net lifted r t lea out the of-
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THE WILEY HOUbE.
A TALE OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.
The melancholy fate of a well known family, whose
p.cturcsque residence w as in the very midt of the
White Mountain range in New Hampshire, has form-
ed the subject of more than one attempt of the poet
and romancer. But the simple narative, with 110 oth-
er adornment than the truth itself, may not prove les
interesting to the reader than either poetry or romance
font ss one cfthoss instances m which "truth is stran-
ger th-Jit fiction."
It was m the year 1844, that I was journeying with
a large party of travellers through that extraordinary
pass in the mountains of New Hampshire, which is
known as "The Notch." As we entered it, the rain,
vh'ch had just beforo been falling in lorrents, abated,
and enabled us to observe minutely the fi-atures of the
!cn"us scene3 around Wc were Avmding our way
a xanx the bases of high mountains, .springing up from
the le. el on ivb.ih we stood, and burying their lofty
p aLs 111 the cloud, that t.'l hung iu dark and heavy
masses abavc them. The mist, thinner than the dense
clouds that tilled the upper air, was curling upward
and downwards, along the lower levels- of tho many
hill-sides in wreathes of fantastic shapes, displaying,
in succession, a series of the most picturesque land-
scapes, like the shifting of scenery upon the stage. In
the midst of the general admiration excited by this
scene of varied beauty, wc became aware of our near
approach to a poiut which, wc had been told at our
last stoppage place, we should find one of the most in-
teresting in our whole journey. We had come to a
sudden turn among the hills we had all the morning
been traversing, and found ourselves enterimr a broad.
circular valley, at the base of the wide mountain range,
THE PRISONER OF SAN ANTONIO DE
BEXAR.
There came down to this city in tho mouth of No-
vember lat, an old man in the capacity of waggon-
driver in the service of the United States. He was
from the interior of Kentucky, where he had entered
on his new vocation, ajrreeinn- to fill it for the term of
six months no longer. His hairs were gray and few :
which roe arnphitheatrically all around its a far as his lace was furrowed, uiore even from sorrow than
the eye, looking on cither bide, could reach. Green j from ago, though time had left its traces upon him.
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iii'-auuns, wiLii iiuiu duu ujcic a ifu irers, aim sumo
sual extent h-id fallen from the lofty peak which tow
ered towards the clear midnight sky, dirccily in tho
rear of the cottdge. It was dark, and he could not
discern minute objerts, but it was easy to-pereeive that
a huge heap of gravel lay across the road in front of
the house, and it soon appi-ared that th" barn, which
had stood dirpclly opposite to the cottage, had been
carried away by the slide. Passing on a few steps be-
low the house they could perceive that a portion of
the mass of had fallen on the lower as well as the tip-
per side of the house, aud that the two had re-united
their tremendous forces nearly in front of t fie unfiann-
cd hibitation .'
The parly entered the house. Everything, even to
tho quiet slumlierin? of the unconscious animal that
lay upon the hearth, was as calm and still, and dcath-
I'ke, as when left by the stranger somo hours b.-fore ;
nd no human life was there !
' 1 hey have fled from tho avalanche, to seek shel-
ter m the vallev," sun-nested the traveller.
"Yes, they have gone down to tho tent," exclaimed
his companion. "Why didn't I think of that b-forv?
The lent! the tent! I know where it is. They set it
up on purpose, for these slides are happsuing at ties
time ofthn year, almost every daj-; and this bummer
they have been mors frequent than over. So Wiley
had atenlputup down by the brook."
But no tent could ba fo.uid! The brook was now a
swift and tnrb.iienl flood, and was flowing a broad, ro-
fclstless stream, over thesile of the camp of refuge; all
who had fled hither were lying cold beneath its waves;
while the collate, whence the lost ctres had fled for
safety, was standing there in tho still clear night, safe
and unharmed !
It stands there tothis day ; but its door remains ev-
er open, and still no human life 13 thcro!
Ltdru Rtllin. A Paris correspondent of tho Now
York Herald thus describes tho illustrious French rad-
ical: I have been more particular as to Ledru Rollin, be
cause his position and political character have not
been so correctly understood as those of some other
distinguished men ; and they have been the subject of-
a great deal of unintelligent acrimony. While Lae
marline ascends and descends as the boy's kite in the
air, iu his pop ilanty in Frmice, Ladru Rail 11 moves on
n his peculiar ideas, theories, aud measures, with the
grasp of a strong man, capable of defying obloquy and 1
prejud.ee, and at all times consistent with himself
comparatively so. This is due to a. man wlio.c policy
does not appear to me to be most for the intere-t of
France, or of Europe, at this time, and is certa'iily
now avowed to be in open oppo-it on to the cxwl ng
governtneut. One thing is certain, that Ldru Kol-
r lin is an originator of ideas of great idaas tro ; thosi
that will agitate Franc3, and ate not characterized by
rejudtco against certaiu men, or agaui-t the progress
attempts at cultivation, were visible in the valley, as
the eye took iu the landscape that lay stretched" out
beiore us ; and in the midst of tho whole there rau a
noisy and-wfntHw-tr.a4ii. which struck us all, howev-
er, us beiug unusually broad aud rapid In its flow.
We had listened, the even'ng before, to the tale of
that swift torrent, and we now gazed upon it with si-
lent awe.
The dark hill-sides, boundiug our view on either
hand, were deeply indented with the paths that many
mighty avalanches had traversed. At the foot of ouo
of the highest and most corrugated of these, aud stand-
ing closely upon the road side, our guide pointed out to
tis the former dwelling place of the "Wiley Family j"
and the scene of that wonderful and appalling catas-
trophe, the memory of which throws such a deep mel-
ancholly over the devoted valley, was full before us.
"An everlasting liill was torn
From its eternal baso, and borne,
I gold and crimson vapors drest,
To where a household are at rest !
The mountain-sepulchre of hearts beloved!
The cottage stood; while tho monarch trees
Leaned back from the encountering breeze.
As the tremendous pageaut moved!
The mountain forsook his perpetual throne,
Came down from his rock, and his path was
shown,
In barrenness and ruin, where
The secret of his power lies bare.
His rocks in nakedness arise !
His desolation mocks tho skies !" .-
The "Wiley House" stands, as I have said, at the
fool of one of the Isftiest of the White Mountains with
a small natural knoll thrown up directly in its rear.
In tho summer of I82i), a younj woman aud her four
children, were silting in that cottije, awatm tho re-
turn of her husband aud their father, from the plain
above the "Notch," where his duiirs had detained him
until a later hoar than usual. The night had fallen,
and the supper table was spread iu readiuess for the
arrival of the master of that simple family. It wn,
though in midsummer, a chilly evening, and a bright
wood fire horned merrily upon the hearth, and mded
the beams of the candle, which stood on the tablf, in
giviug the little cabin a chering and comfortable as-
pect. Suddenly a loud rumbling ro'e, like the mut-
tering of distant thunder, but shorter and more abrupt,
was heard. Ab the cottdge trembled with the concus-
sion of air, occasioned by the -hock, the jjood woman,
(who was singularly fair aud beautiful, it is said,)
do jbtices remcmber.ng thai sjch notsc had not ben
uuusual that season, and, moreover, that th-y always
uccompauied the numerous slides which wer con-
stantly occurring amoug those mountains, she put her
Bleeping nine into me Ded in the adjoining room, and
resuming hrr knUting, sat down again to await tier
husband's return.
It was about an hour after this that a single horse-
man was pursuing his solitary way down the mountain-pass
I have described. Feeling somruimt chilled
as he camo in sight of the ruddy glow that was thrown
from tho Windows of the Wiley cotrage, he abandoned
his intention of pushiug on to tho lower Crawford's
that night, and dismounted at the door of the house,
which was standing tvide open. No one answering'
his call, as he held his bridle in his hand, before the
cottage, he determined to stable his bores himself; aud
for this purpose he crossed the narrow road in the di-
rection, as he had reason to remember well, of the Barn
belonging to the Wileys. But no such building was
there! Perplexed with doubts, the traveller tied his
horse to a stake at the fence beside the cabin, and
went in.
There stood tho table in tho middle of the floor, the
candle bnmiug brightly, and ihe fire blaziug cheerily
upon the hearth But nothing living met the eye, or
greeled the car of the stranger) except a cat,-
which wasplayjug with a ball of worsted, attached to
some knitting work, that seemed to hav been thrown
or droped carelessly upon the floor. A feeling of hor-
ror, he could not tell why, crept over the wavfarer as
he gazed upon the scene. Where were the members
of that family for wKom all this comfort had been pre-
pared nay, some ofyhom had, as he could plainly
perceire, within a frw moments been enjoying it?
There was no human hahitatiou.as he woll knew, with-
in many miles, and the nearest, ry moro than 011c half,
was that one which he had left more than an hour be-
fore in the "Notch." He went inlo the sleeping room
adjoining ths apartment he had first entered ; there
was the bed, the covering thrown down to the foot,
and the traveller observed that the bedding had been
pressed hut slightly, and, as he thought tho could sure-
ly perceive, by no other form than that of an infant.
There were two other rooms in tho cottage, into both
of which he went, but no sigus of human habitant was
visible.
He returned into the open air. The night was star
He vtas intelligent, evidently educated and 1111
suiled by previous habits for the station which iu this
instance he had assumed. Having to report himself
to Capt. B , in this city, before embarking for
Mexico, that gentleman was struck with his intelli-
gence and still recpcctable though careworn appear-
ance. He
"Questioned him the story of his life,"
which he briefly told, and which we shall still more
briefly repeat. He was bred a physician, tnarrisd
young, and settled in tf county. An only sou
was the fruij of that marriage. Follolving tho bent
of-a wayward inclinatiou, he emigrated to Texas while
that country was yet a province of Mexico, just be-
fore its people proclaimed theirMndependence. Tho'
ynung he played a daring if not a "conspicuous part iu
the early struggles of the colonists to sustain their free
dom, aud was made prisoner by the enpmy iu one of
the earliest battles that of ban Antonio de Bexar, we
believe. He was carried off a captive to the city of
Mexico, there immured in a dungeon, aud dually sen-
tenced to work as a prisoner for hie in one of the Mex-
ican mines. The knowledge of his intdancholy fate
was too much for his mother it preyed upon her mind,
and through her mind upon a constitution not natu-
rally robust. Sho pitied in grief for her child she
sickened died. Tne father, rinding himself thus be-
reft of his household gods, neglected his pro e-sion ; at
times he resorted to the bowl as u temporary assuager
of his griefs.nmd fiually became a burden 011 his hos-
pitable neighbors, who knew him in his better days.
When our army had entered Mexico before even
it reached tho capital his captive son was enabled to
write him a letter telling him that for a ransom of six
hundred dollars he could cecure his 1 berty.
How or where the old man was t- get the six hun-
dred JtllareunJiT Hjoven h-kao A' n it, but i te Ma
jor Miller, when askid if he couIdcapture a certain
battery of the enemy, he Would iry. As u first step,
then, 111 the acco n,)hs!im2nt of an entcrpr.z.-so dear
to him, he enlisted or r-gistered himself us u United
States teamster for six months.
C.ipt. B having heard his story, at once f It
the force of thai ationj p 1 rental attachment wh eti at
his age prompted him to undertake such a task, and
under, loo, such 11 n prop tious ausp ces. He wis not
the man, however, to damp his aspirations for tho lib-
eration of hi only &011. Ho rather If It inclined to in
spire his hopes ot success; and with this view pro-
moted lum to thp rank of wagon master. Th s gave
hi ji an increase 01 pay. and d pos'tion a little, at least,
more sttit'-d to Ii.- years and his former condition oi
hie. Iu good tim-, h lvmg expressed his gratitude to
Captain B for his sympathy aud kindness, he
iet out forMex.co. invested with ii.s new command.
He lauded at Vera Cruz, proceeded up with one of tho
trams, and reached uexico without meeting an acci-
dent or subjecting himself to a repnm md.
Br this turn his story became known to General
S , of tho American army, who interested him-
self in his behalf He alio enlisted in the old man's
favir the sympathies of an influential Mexican Gen-
eral and through the mutual exertions and effcrts of
both, ou the piyment of three hundred dollars one
half of the sum originally stipulated for the pr.son
doon of the prisoner of San Antonio do Bexar, after
twelve years captivity, were thrown open, and the first
use he made of his liberty was to rush into the arms
of his devoted father. About three
mouths ago the father and son passed through this
city. They called on Capt. B . The old man
with tears in his eyes, thanked him for his kindness :
the son expressed his obligations, and both left for their
home iu the West on the next boat. No laurelled
zeneral left Mexico u happier man than the father
did. Ncno felt he had achieved a greater triumph
than tho son. They are now living in the village
where that son was born the father has routined his
profe-sioti, utid lives happy in the respect of his neigh-
bors and tho lovo of his rescued son. The latter has
raised a marble slab at the head of his mother's grave
in the villago churchyard, on which, in a single sen-
tence, is carved a son's affection.
Distance from the United States to England.
The frequent contradictious as to the distances sailed
by the Atlantic steamers, has led us (says the Phila-
delphia Courier,) to the compilation of the following
table for reference now aud hereafter.
Bu Mercalor's Sailintr.
Boston dock to Liverpool dock,
Battery, N. Y., to Liverpool dock,
Bojstottdock to Southampton dock,
Battery, N.Y. to Southamoton dock
uy aiercator and Great Circle.
Boston dock to Liverpool dock, 984D do
Uattery, ti. Y. to Ltterpool dock,
Iuostou dock to Southampton dock,
Uattery, N. Y, to Southampton dock,
2S83 miles-
SG34 do
2S82 do
3156 do
3023 do
2849 do
3037 do
wants to measure the republic by the dimensions of tne
monarchy, and make them both fit the same dimen-
sioih. To follow o it h sidias, Frauce would have a
republic in name ; but it would be very little different
in pruciple or practice fro n the monarchy. It wn-ild
be the monarchy u little liberalized, prohictig abiut
the reform for which he contended under th- G i.z'it
administrit.on. L-dru Rollin would break up ail the
old monorchia! traces, mark o it a n -w puth, aud dah
for.v.ird 1111 ler the impulse of the popular w.ll ; p.ittin r
the ship of state into deep water, and try n.f her &p -cd
and strength at home and abroad. This wo.ild make
the blood run abroad ; but it might save c vd war.
fcctd his escape, and, without u peqjy in his pocke!
by chanty and his wits, he arrivcdHJLondon. Afte
some six months ho was rctaken?Whcii taken be
fore tho Bow-street magistrate, ha (the magistrate"
would not credit the policeman, until he brought the
very sergeant who had enlisted Elstob. au.1 who hap- 1
penod to be in London at the time. On his arrival at
Balliucollig, while in the lock-up, he again attempted
his escape, by picking the lock, but this design was
frustrated., IIo then feigned rmdness, refused his
food, aud wrote various epistles to Sir Robert Peel, !
ijuiu .luiiu nusseu, mm iiir. mime, iicaumg eacii wim (
tho well-known line from Othello, I
"Who steals my purse, steals trash."
ButHlthough the prisoner, Private Elstob, upon al
general court-martial, assembled at Cork barracks, '
endeavored to prove, in a clear and studied defence, I
the plea of insan.ly, he failed to convince the court,'
mm was iouiiu jjiiiiiy, ana semeucea to two years im-
prisonment with hard labor, aud farther, to be marked
with the letter 'D, which was carried into effect.
When tie had undergone a years imprisonment in
Cork, the authorities directed that he should be sent
to Greenlaw, North Britain, as his corps was then
stationed at Piers-hill barracks, Edinb irgh. He man-
aged, however, to effect his escape while under e-co;t
bjtwen Cork and Ediuburg, and it was generally
supposed he had sailed for America ; however this il-
lusidn was dispersed one day by the nobce reports iu
London, by which it appeared he was brought up be-
fore the magistrates at Lambeth, by the detective
p dice, under three charges first, for personating a
commercial traveller, and stealling a gig and horse;
seeoud'y, lor personating a clergyman's butler, and
te tl ng -i plum cake ; and thirdly, for being a deserter
from the 3rd Dragoon Guards. He was committed
lor trial upon the two first chages ;upon the first, how
ever, he was acquitted, from want of sufficient evi
wnn iiai
great tactic.au, analyzes remarkably well ;butTieT,, a I lTT.ZZtr. f J rT:rc"
treads round and round In the same old track, and
ced to fix months ilnprisiJhment with hard labor ftand
upon Ihe third (that of a deserter) he was handed over
to the military auihorities, and was thus tried at the
head--iiiarteM of his own regiment, last Friday week,
by J general court-martial, the issue of which, of course
is not known, until it has been confirmed by his grace
the cmnm uider-in-chief. British Army Despatch.
TEXAS LI l'ERARY INSTITUTE.
Houston, Nov. lath, 1848.
This being the day nppo.nted for the meeting of the
IVx s L terary Institute, it look place accord ngly, in
the Al. E. Church. The President, Rev. C. Richard-
it I bou, took the chair, and C. Gdletl ws appointed Sec-
wotild trv the treasury, but it would s lit the renins of retury, pro tern
the people, who care more for their amount of national I In consequence of the lato sickness w.th which our
glory than they do forthc amount of their 11 tlional de- I tou'u nas been visited, it was deemed expedient, some
posits. Ledru Rollin wants to break up all the hab.ts tuno since, by tho friends of the Institute, 'hat the
of monarchy at home, and its existence abroad. The meet.ng should be postponed; and the speakers ap-
pohcyof Napoleon would suit him better thin that of pouittd for tho occasion were notified accordingly:
General Cavaignac. He would cros the Alps and at- i wherefore, on motiou, adjourned to meet at the call of
tack tho Au it nam at M '.in, tud rally ail Italv in the
tri-colored flag. He would have arrested Ferdinand
in his attack upon Sicily, anJ held out tho right hand
of fellowship to the republicans of Germany, who are
now beginning to give Frankfort, Vienna, and Berlin
the President.
C. GILLETT, Sec'y pro tem.
Our Relations with E.vglamd. A mizhtvschemo
has long ben in progress for transferring tho criminals
great trouble. ?uch are some of the aspiration of a whoin &e English s)stem creates so plentifully, to the
man who is coming up at the head of a powerful party ' shufM of thl8 indred cou B1 thePchiel-dirVctor3 of
:?r;1 FommenZmembers of tho English
-.-r ..v.. ...o y ,uv.i u, uiiiigt. unstocracv. Somo Of the Encr ish neivannnen. nlnrmpl
about pounds sterling through some unloreseeu inter-
ruption of trade, profess to be indignant at these efforts
to impose English crimiuals upon the Uu.ted Statej;
the public against an imitation ol the bovereimis now ' uud muttering this elaborate, carefully devised mdigna-
in circulation, exceedingly well calculated to impose ,10."' v ,ve us the inost important particulars of the
on parties who do not exercise due care in examining ,nldinoU3 scheme. T.ie President of the English socte-
tho money they receive. The spurious coin appears l '0l ,ransPorting English rogues to tho Uuited States,-
to be -composed of silver, gilt, and in color bears a ,sij0"l sliIiy,acaiitiugpretcndertoextrapiety,anar-
very close resemblance to tho genuine sovereign, but i ,st0l-'r'lllc iawworm, whose cloak of fraud is religion.
it is so extremely light, as to be immediately detected e.iiapsi r nee Aiutet is an Honorary member; though
Counterfeit Sjvereigns. The Manchester (Eng.)
vruaraian says: -ve nave ueen reqttes'ed to caution
gatian ; such as Col. Reid, Mr. Milne, Mr.s
r'iddington and JLr. lhom, and their inquiries "
in various parts of the world have led losinTi-'.
lar results. Tn .consequence of these labors- "j
many valuable vessels have been saveoVirom v
hazard and misfortune, and it has been-cori? Z " j&
conclusively shown that many othershaNiS-
received serious injury, or have been wliollvT"jLSfc.
lost, for want of suitable atiention to the estab". aa.
lished laws which govern the great tempesfs. t "
A usufiil work on t h is subject-by MrKEiD'-. "
niNGro.v of Calcutta, eiitied"ik&SaUoiit
Horn Book for the. Law of$!orms in aWP.
of the World, " is iuw published by Jqhx &
Wiley, New York, which I doubt notvHL X
prove of great benefit to navigation. CoIK. ,
Reid's work, entitled "An Attemvt ta'n'Gmrs
lops the Law of Storms:" and Dr. Thom&- JF
' "On the Nature and Courses of Storms, in the' ' z .V
Ocean. South of the Equator,'' both published- .7
in London, have been highly and justly com- ."
, mended, but are not as well known to our na-
Yigators as a due regard to their interest arid ;
x the credit of their profession would seem' to -
require. f
I xi ia uua iu me iiuurusi oi navigauonio" - -sfc
3iim, mat 11 me winas in our great storms-
were directed to the contre ot the- gale, in the
manner which has been represented by some,
I then when the Marion's gale began blowing
. from S S E. its calm centre or axis would al.
storm-staysail was split by the first burst of ' ready have been passing to the Northward "
thisxecondanjdrgnjrgjdedition of our gale, , of the ship, while the latter in pursuing hei.
but fortunelye'ibresainfferdandHhnjupJiifeJJejJerlycourse would soon, instead of ran-
its influence the ship paid offbefbrc tho-wiud, riing into the.hearrdftHer53le?hive'b:een found
in which position she was kept from 1 30 till departing'most rapidly from it, and cculd have
4 p. m., scudding before it with an almost in- been in ho danger watbever. If, "to'avoid ihfi'j
cuuceivauie veiocuy. -At nrsi inesnip nao. 10 ' oovious conclusion, it shall be said that the;...
meet the sea running from S. El, caused by storm was moved to'ward the South East, such
the former direction of the wind, and right , an allegation will prove wholly unfoundedibr'-
noiuy aid she perlorm her task, once or twice trom the .Bahamas and the coast of Florida,, . '
indeed, burying her bowsprit and flooding her where this storm raged, between tho v27tk- ,
forecastle, but as often rising to her work with i and the 29th of August, it has been tracedVdt-
a buoyancy which fully sustained her charac- ' rectly to the parallel in which it was encoun-,
ter as an excellent sea vessel. The force of tered by the Marion and other vessels, wifefe.- -
tho N. W. sale, however, soon brought a swell ' its direction of progress was about EasU?J,f(JrtIf--fc -v
East. Like conditions will also hold trueiasl '
J, . . ..C ...L-L T I v-
icgams cvcij leuipusi ui wnicn 1 nave OD- ,;
' tained knowledge. . -r
I Wnillfl Intro ttlle npoocinn in Ant.ftAM ... r
, - -.... ..... ...i. vvuuivii iu uauuuii,our .Jfc.
j shipmasters against the hazards of heaving-to -
, on the larboard lack, or of pushjng to? the,.
I Westward, when in the Southerly side "ofi
these gales. When the fall of the barometer
monced raining, while the gale appeared on
the increase, and during the loienoon, as there
was eveiy indication of its continuance, the
ship was made as "snug' as possihle by send-
ing down light yards, housing tup gallant masts
and furling the top.tnasts.
At noon, (Saiuiday,Sept.2 J. hit. 42 n3!rg.,
long 43 40) the barometer stood at 29, 2-3,
while the gale appeared to be gaining addi-
tional force from occasional squalls of wind
and rain. At 12 o'clock and 3') minutes, how.
ever, much to our surprise, the wind died com-
pletely away ; the weather assumed a more
favorable appearance, and the ship was left
entirely without steerage way, ut ths mejcy
of a most tremendous sea. This condition of
things lasted about thirty minutes, during
which time the barometer fell from 29, 25 to
29, Oo. and then reptdly to its alarming mini-
mum of"23, 65.
At this timea light air from the Northward
enabled the ship to get her head around to
Southwaid and Eeastwaid, and a bank now
rising in the N. W. gave evidence of awind
from that quarter; the main spencer was
scarcely brailed up and the storm spanker
lowered, when the most terrific squall from
the last mentioned direction struck us abaft
the larboard beam, forcing the ship over until
her lee quarter boat filled ; the helm was of
course immediately put to weather. The fore-
on being weighed in the hand, and its ring is very de
tective. 11 Dears tne aato ot ie4.
t.ie amiable little German- gentleman is probably too
much amioyed oy the big rogues ol England, to trou-
bln himself about tho little ones. Wo say nothing about
tllft (TrrVot nun wfVtvir);alnri.i trt-tTol ..riitini.ni.i..l I...
A Few Words for Children- You were made ta n intim!itirnir.tnm,ft- nr .nA ruu u.i..,i . .u:i
pe kiud, generous, and magnanimous. If there is a infamous scheme, for it is too thoro jijhiy characteristic
-, .....w.., loot oonl let nim 01 ciignsii un-tocracy to excite any surprise, however
know that you ever saw it. If there is a boy w th provocative ol contemptuous indignation. A few years
ragged clothes don t talk about rags when he s n u4o public op.ii.on was in arms against a similar attempt
hearing. It there is a lame boy, assigu him some part by tin- a -thurities of Hamburg.This loo might have been
ofihe game which does not require running- If there expected of a comnunity thoroughly debauched by
is a hungry one, giynm d part of your dinner. If trade, and vented bv cliq.ies of purse" proud swindlers.
ic1 v ..... iv. : ,, . ,-
. 11 uo jmj mi ueiiiiau, to wiueiy variant irom me
there is a dull one, help him to get his lessons. If
mere is a Dright ono, be not envious of htm ; for il one usual course of that honest and siimle-heaited neoule.
roy is proud ot his taleuts, and is envious of them, the Germans, as to be doubted &. denied, till the proofs
there are two grett wrongs, and no more talents than , camo from German sources. Wheu it became ren-
before. If a larger boy has injured you, and is sorry I "rally known, all Germany was honestly aud s.ncerely
tor it, forgive him, and ask the teacher not to punish indignant at the transaction.
him. All school will show by their countenance how We trust that some inquiry on this subject will be
much better it is to have a great soul thau a gieat made m Congress; and when the subject gets there,
fist. Horace Mann. , we irus that the President will nut "some oueries"
about it 10 the British Minister at Washington. Per-
hapstmj EirlbhgjjJ are cumg uJ to th-j British
consul here, orto"Euglish houses of the first respect-
abil ty." Our government is bound to entire how
far the laws of not 011s have been violated by their trans-
action PniL Ledger.
The Ohio Legislature. A. dispatch in the Balti
more Patriot, dated Cincinnati, October 22, sajs:
"The Clerk of the Court has issued certificates of elec-
tion to two Whig representatives from the city of
Cincinnati. There are uow iu the district, composed
of the city and Hamilton comity, seven delegates hol-
ding certificates of election, while five is the number
entitled to seats. The seats of four Whigs in the
House will ba coutaoted, aud the probability now is
that this branch of the Legislature will not organize,
and if they even do organize, much trouble will ensue."
British and American Postal Arrangement. The
Quebec Chronicle of the 17th ultimo say: -'v
were told yesterday, by u gentleman likely to bj well
informed on this subject, that the British ami Amen
can governments had agam 1 ome to 1111 i.ndt rlatid n:,
by which the English mu s will, us herdulore, be
bio.ight through the Uu.ted fcia!e.; and thai m all
probability the mail alter the one now expected, will
come by that rojte."
The Jews, unchanged, have survived th ch m res
ofceiituries. A stnk ng instance of t.ie f ilri iiii.-m.ol"
the prophesy, that they shall passj.i tlie.it.- o.' the r
enemies, is seen in the present erection of a new syn-
agogue, in Canterbury, England, mi the s te of "the
ancient ho.-te ol the redoubled "ivuight Templar","
ouce the uincls ltiug fo ol ihe persecuted Israeht-s. '
but now themselves swi pt from itie face ofihe c.uili. j
Insurrection at t'te Cape of Good Hqie..dv eea '
received at Londoi fro n the iI.ipjoi'Gojd il p Mind , i
the date ofihe ;!dlh J .ly, -tat? t.iat an iiKiirn ctuu .1 .
uiuiteiiuaiiu ouu .ierii vinca, neauea ny a Uulcliiii m
named Andreas Pretu.-o is He hasuhout l'jOarnn d
men uiuer hw comui md.aud is endeavoring tofurui 1
comb.iution am nig tiie CalF, e duels aga uune Ur.liMi
authority. The insurrectionary movemeiu appears in
be chiefly directed au.int thobttlements ui the Natal
district on the southurstem coast. The n sub ut m ig
istmU at Weaburgouly saved himself by -a. ha-iy ll. ':it.
ieavingsome of his family and his clerk'.n lit- hau I- of
the tin.irj-ents; and the British resident at Bloein Km
tein, Major Warden, narrowly e-capeih.c u ; taken pris-
oner and carried to the rebel' cam by a paitj ol armed
boers, who waylaid him wlen engaged 111 the d.me of'
his omcetTha Briti-di Governor, Sir Henry smith, ,
leu v,api own on the yjth ol July, at the. head of all
the military force he could collect. wBurit was"kated
that the insurgents were strong enough to resist .ill
troops that co jld be sent against them. Mauy British
soldiers had deserted to the enemy.
Vicissitudes. The revolutionary movements in Eu-
rope within the last year have produced some extraor-
dinary mutations, the remarkable character of which
is occas.oually forced upon the notice. At the recent
prorogation of the Britih,ParIiament there were indi-
viduals present, as spectators, whose appearance al
such a place, one yearj5?would have caused extreme
surprise. w"
In ihe same gallery with Gu.2ot and two of the sons
of Li i:s Philippe sal Louis Blanc, who had fol'owed
into e le the illustrious companions whose xile he had
b en himself instrumental in compelling. It is possible
th il Mi tternich was at the same time contemplating
the (.pectaele of British sovereignly arrayed in its cou-
spt it onal emblems within the walls of the Parliament
Hiium?. And for that matter, Louis Philippe might
have been aNo a spectator. The diplomatic represen-
tative of RepabliOHii France was there.
The next twelve mou lis may produce changes in
Europe quile as rxtraord.nary as those which the last
year has witnessed. Nay, Ihe year (hat dales from the
revo'ut on of February, iu France, is not yet comple-
ted, h irny have some startling mutations stiH in
More.
th
For the Commercial Adcertiser.
STORMS Or THE OCEAN.
TluMitiiin an I i iip.iitaiiui' of uiid.'.s'auding
laws whi. Ii a nerii our te.np'-ts aie wed
MILITARY JACK SHEPPARD.
On Friday the 14th mst., and adjourned until the
followiug day, a general court mar ial assembled at
Ihe Nottingham barracks, president, Major Davis, of
lt, .0,1 rr,.. .,., v ,u .....1 -r . ia 1 ir
tob.ofthe 3d Drauoon Guards, f who has 0hta.i..ri the. ilI,(l l""Ker had been furled ami th ee reeN
rather uuenviable soubriquet of the Cavalry Jack i "" ''Stu.!y taken ill the tupuiN. At this
Sheppard," contracted by some to "Cavalry j.iek.') 11 ..e r,n- liaiMinelei 3t,HI 29. do 100, Will thu
-.,,! n,l,- t . t.. lei .L?.. ... . . ... '
uuuuu. i'"u;i. 111 low, mis couin:in Had ii ,U .n 1,.,. lrili ,,,, i.l
exeiiiplilied 111 the In I ung leiter, received
bv Messrs-. Blum, from an intelligent ilicei
111 the navy. Ii relates to one of the violent
gaie.-. .if the pie.-etil seaj.in. now understood
in be the Mitne hurricane which visited A.iti-
tfiia 'Hi ihe 22d uf August.
T M'isrs. E. G W. Blunt.
The U. S. ship Marion, oound from Gibrnl
tar to Boston, at 8 o'clock. Friday evening
Sept. lt, was in lat. 22 40 N., and Ion 42 W.,
titidei loyals, with a fine steady bieeze from
the South; the sky perfectly rlear, and the
nar.iuieter standing at 29 95-lUO. It was.
however, observed that the swell, which was
considerable, was setting from the S.W. Al
10 oVIock, p. 31. the wind increasing, it be-
came necessary to shorten sail, until, at mid
night, the top gallant sails, the mainsail, jib
recruiting party in London, and onlisted Elstob Af
ter his attestation, he appointed to meet the sergeant ,
A 1
am .le;c liitt- 11.
Sept. 2d. ihe w 11. 1 hid uieiea-ed,
in the evening, and after the meeting, took 111111(1110 ' u'"01 ""' '''I' t':i1 " w.-io cIum icele.i ; die h'p.
sergeant) to a respectable mansion iu one of Ihe most
fashionable pans of London. This house, he assured
the sergeant, was his father's (which assertion proved
true,) that his father was a gentleman iu one uf the
leading professions, and was that night entertaining 11
select party of rank and fashion. Soon after In was
sent to Newbridge, the dopot to the cavalry barrack-.
Dublin, where his regiment was quartered. Private
Elstob had not been lo g ut Newbndgo before he bo-
came tired of soldiering, aud deserted; he was retak-
en and tried for that crime at Newbridge. The regi-
ment soon after marched for the South 111 Ire and,
when, at Ballmcollig burracks, he ws tried for ma-
liguering and absence without leave
After lis releii-o from prison, he again absenlrd
himull,anu wasreiaKen ; ami while awaiting his in
however, cnuliuued ui liei c ur-c; the c nit-
now commenced n-ing 111 the S.W. and .-. -til
ding rapul.y in a N. E. diiection; at 4 a at
bnuneter 29 80-100.
Al daylight tlieie was every appeaiance ot
.1 -tiling gate, clouds in dilil'ieut stiata weie
flung in ditlbieut directioiia, tho sea -running
lugliei and higher, and the baiomuter giaJit-
a. fa. .nig. The hip was hove to on the
In 1 11 ..1 .1 1.1 -k iimiei close reefed fore-ail ; to(.
at.-. 111 uii-ii)s.ii in zzou storin -patikei an I
line-ato in staysail; head up to .S.W.. anil
oil' tn West; the wind, coiiscquoiitl, tit (his
al, he managed to place u stone inlo the catch, so that ' Pl'iitl ol lhotgaIc, was about b. b. E. b. L.,
tho boit shut against the stoue, by which meuus he cf- j as collected lor variation. At 8 A.M. it com
from that direction, which overpowered the old
one ; and thereafter we had the gale and the
sea directly aft, while both the one and the
other seemed to rage with irresistible violence.
Nothing was discernible fifty yards from the
ship; the force of the wind rendered it impos-
sible to stand upright in any exposed situation,
and its terrific howlings drqwued any efforts
of the human voice, and thus it was providen-
tial that the skip was in the best possible con.
diliou to receive it.
As 1 have before mentioned, at -12 30 the
barometer stood at 28 65, and from this mo.
ment it commenced ascending steadily until
at 3 30 p. m. it stood again at 29 25, at" which
time we had evidently received the force of
the storm. At 4 30, barometer 29 70, when
the wind had sufficiently abated to bring to on
the starboard tack under storm sails. Through
the following night the weather gradually im-
proved, until about 7 o'clock Sunday morning
we had comparatively a smooth sea, a light
Northerly breeze, and the barometer 30 20,
when all sail was made, and we again pointed
her ahead as near homewards as possible ;
and felt that we had survived a gale whose
violence the oldest seamen in the "Marion"
declared they had never seen equalled.
I would not trouble you, gqutiemen, with
this imperfect accouut of a September gale,
had I not been led in some degiee to antici-
pate its approach' and subsequent direction
from a previous and recent persual of Red-
field's theory f stouns in your Coast Pilot. I
will refer you to the 9th section on the 603th
page of this work. You will have observed
that we had the wind at SSE., accompanied
latterly by rain, with a constant decline in the
mercuiy of the barometer; this and the luil
which then so suddenly ensued, ied us to infer
that we were in the "central portions" of the
track of a storm, and consequently to antici-
pate the most probable direction of the wind
and its force ; for which reason no more sail
was made during the calm ; and most fortu-
nately indeed, for such seeuitd to me the vio-
lence of the gale, that had there been any
more canvass, the masts must have gone by
the boaid, or still more lamentable consequen-
ces have followed.
As Mr. Rediield had foretold, the wind came
from the N. W. quarter, and for three hours
blew rather with the peculiar fury of a hurri-
cane than the mdinary force of a gale ; du
ring which, in perfect accordance with tho
theory, the barometer continued rising until
it reached the former starting point 29 95.
While yet blowing from the South-Esterward,
a "shore-going" bird of the snipe species put
on board of us in distress; at this tim:; the
nearest land was 500 miles distant in a Nor-
therly direction.
So strong and complete an illustration of a
theory which evinces the deepest reseat ch
proves how beneficial are the studies of the
philosi pher in his closet to the practical na-
vigator ot the ocean ; and while we can but
express our gratitude lo Mr. Rediield, for
having learned from his theory that which we
weie ignorant offrom experience, we also most
sincerely hope that all '"homeward bound,"
like the "Mai ion," have been enabled, from
either one cause or the other, to escape with
the same impunity. The limits of my srheet
forbid any apology tor the. infliction "of this
leiter, but incidents as individually unimpor-
tant have gone to make up the sum of prac-
tical iufirmalion contained iu your vaiuabie
work, and thus I hope that this also will be
suffered to increase the stock of knowledge,
as a single drop adds to the waters of. the
ocean.
Your obedient servant,
R. W. SHUFELDT,
Acting Master U. S. ship Mrion."
Uostox, Sept. lo. 1848.
Remarks on the above by Mr. Redjicld.
The case exhibited in the foregoing letter
is one of the tntny iu which our homewaid
bound ship have run diiectly into the heart of
a gale, 01 hu.ucnue. Il is alun- grat lying,
Imwewir, to find thai my attempted elucida-
tions of tln-.se storms, and of the laws which
govern them, as found in the Ameiican Coast
Pilot, and elsewhere, have contiii-iited in any
degiee to the safety of naigalion. I masay.
also, that these favorable results have been
owing not so much to "studies in the closet '
as to a direct investigation of the observation
and expeiience of mariners and ot.ietw, by
caieliilly collecting and comparing sin h ob-
seivaMons in their trie geographical and eon
st-cuiive relations.
Since I fii-t b. ought this practi i! tiew of
storms to pub ie notice. seeral ati'o inquirers
have entered upon a similar ctwrs'o cfinvesti-
V-;
XT
il,.. ..:.. ...a: . . . .?;
uas gneii suiucieni warning 01 me strenatnt
I ..riu u: . . . - VTOSt-
. ui iuc douiuituuiuu leiiiiiu-i, inp snin snomar
I u 1 "l. . .T . 1 , . i . - r
be brought to oij the staiboard tack, (unless-ftP
is deemed necessary to run out of theffaleito
the Southeast,) for on this tack the ship will... "2 "V -
come up to the sea as the wind veers to tfcul -as-
Westward, and the heart of the galjs will bet , ?
avoided. In the Northerly side of the gale,, ' r.
if the ship is brought .to, it should be on thj -, 7
starboard tack; lpr'the changes of win J will ' '
be in the opposile-dircction. Scorc3 of in; x ' '
stances can be given of the value and necesr
sity of these rules, which are founded on 'Ihe '
actual progression and rotation of the storfnsi i
w. c. redfield: -L a -
?-
The Iu5.no.is asd Michigan Canal. Tho St
Louis Republican of thel7th, has the following para-
graph, ?hovp&iat this" new channel of travel andj . "
transportatio3Sready patronized lo an extent not,.
atnicipatedrSsioJSginators and promoters, at so'ear-
ly a period :
" No one,-we presume, ever doubted tho ultimata ,. "
success and prosperity of the trade destiued to Dass
through tho Illinois and Michigan Canal ; but wo .
must ourselves confess that we never anticipated snch
an amount of business as it appears to be doing this,- '
the first season. The travel from all the North,- and!
along the eutirejjne of the great Jrake and; thaEasT, $
has commenced pouring in. Scatcx;yTnedmii&iin--
tho IIIiuois.but reaches this city, crowded with pas-
sengers. Dry good merehand ze, salt, and every.con-
coivable commod.ty usually broaghTt from the eastern
cities, may now be seen landing ou ut wharfi not
from Ohio and New Orleans steamers, as formerly,
but from the Illinois river pickets. On Sunday, o'verv
oue hundrecLtgns merchandize was received bytho
steamer Milwaukee and canal-boat Harriet. Ycster- .
day, the steamers Financier and Prairie Bird, arrived
nearly laden with salt, merchandize, &c, al! of which
came through the canal, ati'd was re-shipped- Yrorn
boats at La Salle. Besides freight, they Brought
down over two hundred cabin passengers, most of
whom are residents of tha South, on their return from
a summer excursion to the North. On the Financier,
we noticed 239 barrels 262 sacks of salt, 123 packa
ges merchandize, and 120 cabin passengers; on tho
Prairie Bird, 225 packages merchandize and 96 cabin
passengers. The business of re-shipping is not confin-
ed alone to steamers, for there are now four or five ca-
nal boats in port waiting cargoes'for Chicago. They
go directly through.
Origin of " True Blue." Every body has heard
and made use of the phrase "true blue;" but every
body does not know thai its first assumption was by
the Covenanters, in opposition to the scarlet badge of
Charles I; andhencoit was taken by the troopsof
Lesley and TNIontrose, in 1639. rThe adoption of the
color was one of those religious pedantries ia which
the Covenanters affected a pharisaica! observance of
the Scriptural leiter, and the usages of the Hebrews;
and thus, as thoy named their children Habaktuk and
Zerubbabel, and their chapels Zion aud EbenczerJ"
they decorated their persons with blue ribbons, be-
cause the following sumptuary precept was given in .
the law of Moses: "Speak to the children of Israel,
and tell them to make to themselves fringes oa'"the
borders of their garments, putiiug in them-ri65on of
blue." Numbers xv., 38. .
Scotch Reformers' Gazette.
YANKEE STRATAGEM.
The " Genera Monk, " about tho beginning of-tbo
year 1782, was a terror to all merchant vessels which
navigated the Delaware Bay. Having a regular com-
mission, she was justified in making captures, and play-
ed havoc with the commerce of ttio bay and river.
The vessel carried eighteen nino pounders, and was
manned by oue hundred and fifty men. The news of
her coutiuued captures wasanything'but pleaungto
the Philadolph.ans, aud much conversation took placo
upon the subject among the citizens. .,
At a casual meeting of merchants and othere,,at.
Crawford &. Donaldson's IrtsuranceyCffice, in-Maiket
street, (Insurance companies weroTnor commouHenlr
the conversation turned upon tho damage whiclitthls
vessel was committing with eutire impunity. It-was
thought necessary to do something to remove the pest,
aud the ceutlemeu present agreed to raise a loan for
the purpose of fitting out a vtol to attack the-Englishman.
The bank of North America loaned' the
moui y 011 the re spouib.lily of the subscribers, and
with it tho " Hyder Ah " was purchased of John W,
Stanley, aud placed in command of Commodoret Bar.
ney. A conim ss oa a ' a letter of marjue " was
procured, aud the crew was compos d of volunteers.
The vessel was titled out with four time pounders and
twelve sixo.. The crew numbered one hundred and
twenty, mostly landsmen. Nevertheless, Barney
sailed in a week, having disguised his vessel as a mer-
chantman. Ho commanded the crew, that when he
should ordor them to board they should not board but
lire ; anil when he direoted them to fire, theyjjshoold
bourd. They soon espied the " GeueraT5lonk, "
which proved not to be so fast u sailer as tho " Hyder
Ali. " Barney, therefore, hung over a drag anchor to
impede his way; and dece.ved by the slowness, and
oxpeclingan easy prey, the English vessel ranged up
to them. Wheu they irot near ciioiiit!, to tho Ameri
cans, Barney cried out to his men" Prepare to
board I" Tho Englishman interpreting his command
literally, lined the sides of his vess . to resist ths boar-
ding. The Americans took their sinfons at tha guns
once thereBarucv cried out " board. " Instantnn.
j couely a flash broke out from th brjadsida cf trie Hy
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