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JLlght and From thftBahinioK Patriot. BENIGN ST.UL Long, long, 'neath the willow I've nude my lone pillow, Enervated and pillid with sorrow Ami the Wiubcc! damps on in view and threw of to-morrow. But, in th' vista afar, behold a bright star, My life's bleak horizon adorning And hope seems to say, That earnest ray tVtu the dawn of a glorious morning. Like the sailor-boy, cast To anil fro by the blast, In the midst of a merciless ocean, Oft, oft, in my dreams, I've beheld the bright gleams, Of a Light-kouee witU emotion. And, I stint, eve'rt now, With cold damp on my brow, "With the thoughubat the star's a delusion, Though its life-giving rays, And its soul-cheering blaze, Are too warm for a meteor's illusion.

Uise, brilliant star, rise, An'd disperse from the skies, The dark low'ring heralds at' sorrow And with influence benign, On my -soul brightly shine, And fulfil all niv hopes of to-morrow. PYTHIAS. DT MBS. Young boy about 13 years old, I son to the AdmSrtilWtlic Orient, remained at his post (in the battle of the Nile) after the ship had taken and all the guns had been abandoned, and perished in the explosion of the vessel, tiie flumes had reached the "powder. The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round liim o'er the dead.

j.Yet Beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames rolled on he would not go, Without his father's word; The father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. He culled aloud-- 'Say, Father, say, If yet my task is Ue not that the chieftain lay fa Unconscious of his son. 'Speak, once again he cried, Jf 1 may yet be but the booming shots replied, fast the flames rolled oii. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from Uuit lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair.

And shouted but once more aloud, My Father! must I While oe'rhim fast, through sail and shroud, Tae wreathing fires made way. They wrapt tile ship in splendor wild, They caught the flag on high, streamed above the gallant child, Like banners in the sky. There came a burst of thunder-sound -The boy-- oh! where was Ask of the winds, that far around With fragments strewed the sea! With masi; und helm, and pennon fair, That well had their part the noblest thing which perished there Was that young- faithful heart! Front an Eaatern Paper. AND WAli. At a Lite mlffng at Andover, between A Mr.

Fleet "Mr. Mann, both respectable Solicitors of that town, some disagreement urose, which eudcdin the former sending the latter a challenge, to which the following poetic answer was Kingston Fleet, Esq. 1 am rmnnrKl Sir, wuh challeugn Tl- fiiuu fri. ml Unplul, tin- MtMid from you Ai tljf viir is ilit ulhi-r to ilitie, 1 accept mid yuur't must decline. NIIW in Jivine tlw I ymTII admit 1 IIHVI- iicird with jumlcmv, awl douc wnt.ni, bii.wt-iiriMiiHi ring Aim, mid my knife, ThrfriiMine litifc vtMftce pmeming my life, hulli-t from Sir.

it Aid tlw maxim, uu klow, it 10 live wbile you nwy. If. Imwewr, you uill AouU I ilkmM yd, hy HIT illy ivjtctiiiR ihr challenge to HKKI with me rou.wrm, mid 1 will adduce (wwi-rful IWIUKW, by i eunced to draw the black ball should inevU runairi; they are neither llowaH jtab'ly suffer death within 34 I it we I knew that auch a lottery were to be drawn to morrow morning fc we must take our chance, would doubtless produce in us, tome serious apprehensions, and might probably intur- rupt our sleep to night Antpt person asking how it happened that many beautiful ladies took up with but indifferent husbands, after many Hue often, was thus aptly answered by a mountain maiden. A young friend of hers requested her to go into a delightful canebrake, and there get him the handsomest reed. She must get it in once going through with.

lout turning. She went, and coming out, I brought hiili quite a mean reed. When he asked her if that was the handsomest she saw no," abe replied, "I saw many finer as 1 went along, but I kept on, in hopes of a much better, until 1 had got on nearly through, and then I obliged to take up with any one 1 could find." Front the Trenton Emporium. BE SHOUT. Some people have a round about way of getting at things which is as wasteful of time as it is trying to the patience.

1 wish the Printers would notice it in the paper, and advise every body, on all manner of subjects to "be be so. What can be more vexatious, when you are just going about your ordinary business, and perhaps in a hurry too, than for some idle fellow to take you by the button to say "only a word," and detain you half an hour, in du. ranee vile, listening "to a story without begin- I ning, middle, point or end. In which every little particular is intermingled nor his officers. They are friends, oosmex ions--in tlte habit of addrenting etch other their Christian names.

The) 1 are earnestly debating between themselves, the awful question agitating the country. They have takt different aides of the controversy pending. Oneis the principal law-ofBcer of the crown. The other has just been chosen a delegate to the continental Congress at Philadelphia. An earntt and animated dialogue ensues in relation to the approaching crisis.

Tur. King's attorney general argues, exportulates, and remonstrates. He summonses and arrays all the dark and shadowy terrors that the superstition of the crowded in the fearful warning of Lochicl, before I the fatal battle of CulLoden. I "Beware," said Jonathan Sewalt, 4l beware of the power of Great Britain! She is determined on her system. She is invincible.

She, is irresistible. It will certainly be destructive to yourself, and all shall persevere in opposition to her designs!" Listen to the answer of John JUumt, "I know," said he, "that Great Britain determined on her that very determination dttcrnuiux me on mine! You know," he went on to say, "that I have been constant, uniform--in opposition to all her measures. particular able digressions, silly comment, and tiresome fal-de-nd. Take such an one by the ears and tell him to "be short," under paiudty of tti flfsl i I mi iiieoiMiiww ihr iwity i And il.i-rrh»v, foot Sir, if (JialkuBe "i-ut I'my till ilwt clmlitfMgt be Bj Sir. I dunk it fur the man To twin) iinl be shot, ilun Jo rit for ikiiilull; FISWII wKiwc you'll I'd you in thai IfertiiiuK compote! no pert of my crfMl-- Aud ta) whick though it mswc diipuu-d, It wri I Wo I'uuiul.

Would frrefrr ttat iu Fruit. Sip, may Should lupMr Ikv TM? ud uw And bully, my lift, br it never furftut, PirtKnutitiiliic wfcWi Sir. list, SMI 1 (o pmtrvc ii nt 1 CMS, Mrinxjut'ly Kmuily Man;" With llww fair ehttln-i, I know tttm yuu, Sir, hive MM, or wigui uut tu tint tLe owtnt would be too I ihniln uol will clearly Fw mutt it would MI be meet IMC cMigci wkufc kM a te i AN IMPORTANT It has been computed, that, amtijt 10,000 people, the average deaths will be one a day. If this computation be accurate, a person in common healthi half'daily risk of dying, which compared with the chances of the same proportion as an unit bears to the number 9,999. Thii risk is seemingly tmall, that it cpmmonly gives no alarm, and scarcely tlioiigut of wbereai, if the same risk were placed upon a dbTetviit ground so as to be in another fight, it would be generally alarming.

Suppose, for instance, that to mar- rjw morning a lottery were to be drawn of Uiis kind, white balls, and one black should be thrvwn promiscuously into a kot, and that mnng the number shoul Ml Mamdoik tod whoever you and I each put in a hand, BS losing My neighbor Lewis Longyarn, has cost me more time than two cows are worth, within six months, by this very species of ill manners-and yet he thinks himself one of the cleverest cliaps in the lane, und laughs through all his stories as if there was a spice of wit in them. He accosted me to day as I was going to dinner--and this is an important business with me, for I am an old man, and my working days are nearly over. "Good morning, uncle Oliver, I've a'wordto say to be short, I'm called to yes, I'll be short," but egad before the fellow had explained to me how his pig had gotten into his cellar and overturned his milk pans, the pudding was cold as stone, and worthy dame Dorothy almost uttered a complaint. Short speeches, short stories, short courtships--a wise man will always be short in these things. I never knew a short sermon that was not more liked for it--a short story that had not the more pith in it--or a short courtship that was not more fortunate than a long one.

1 showed a lad, who had been running after his sweetheart two-years, old cousin Jeremiah's long purse, whieh measured lalf a yard, and had but a single sixpence at the bottom--he borrowed it to take down to Charlotte's, and they botli took the hint from and got married at once. But the fashion of the times is contagious- Pell all the story tellers and speccli makers tell all manner of good people how pleasant a thing it is short." o. UAKWUOD. A LESSON FOR MONTAUCHSi. During his march to conquer the world, Alexander, the Macedonian, came to the people of Africa, who dwelt in a remote and sc- corner, in peaceful huts, and knew neither war nor conqueror.

They led him to the hut of their Chief, who received him hos- jitablv, and placed before him golden dates, jolden figs, and bread of gold. "Do you cat i-old in this country'" said Alexander. "1 it for granted, (replied the Chief) that thou well able to find eatables in thine, own cou ntry. For what reason then art thou come amongst us?" "Your gold has not tempted hilhcr," said Alexander, ''but I would become acquainted with your manners and customs." "So be it," rejoined the other, "sojourn amongus as longas itpleascth thce!" At the close of this conversation two citizens entered, as into their court of justice. The plaintiff said, "I bought of this man a piece of land, and as I was making a deep drain through it, I found a treasure.

This is not mine, for I only bargained for the land, and not for any treasure that might be concealed beneath it yet the former owner of the land will not receive it." The defendant answered, "I hope I have a conscience, as well as my fellow citizen. I sold him the land, with all its contingent as well as existing advantages, and consequently the treasure inclusively." The Chief, who was also their supreme Judge, recapitulated tlwir words, in order that the parties might see whether or not he understood them aright. Then after some reflection, he said, "thou hast a son, friend, I "And thou (addressing the other) a daughter?" "Yes." "Well, then, let thy son marry thy daughter, and bestow the treasure on the young couple, for a marriage Ale under seemed surprised perplexed. "Think you my sentence tic Chief asked him. no!" replied Alexander; "but it astonishes me." "And how then," rejoined the Chief, "would tho case have been decided in your coun- "To confess the truth," said Alexander, "we should liave taken both parties into custody, and have seized the treasure for the KingVuse." "Forthc King'susc!" exclaimed the Chief, "Does the sun shine on that country?" yes." "Does it ruin there' "Assuredly." "Wonderful! But arc there tame animals in the country, that live on the grass and green herb?" "Very many, and of many kinds." "Ay, that must then be the cause," said the Chief; "for the sake of those innocent aniihals, the gracious Being continues to let the sun shine and the rain drop down on your own country, since its in- habiunUarc unworthy of such blessings." fffurwilt't Extract from Mr.

Daveis' address delivered at Portland on the 9th of August, on the decease of John Adams and T. Jdfcnon. What I hare to relate not fact: verified by record, and confirmed by the mouth of one of the mwt distinguished individuals in question. Let me point to you two persons, of nearly the same age. Behold them walking together on that mount, early ane morning in the year 1774.

The old Superior Court then linldcn in ptace, for the time thai in thit province The die is now cast! 1 liave passed the llu- ofcitiK, sixicoaswiM, SURVIVE OR remit with my country, is my unalterable determination!" Here it ended. There ihcy parted'; hut not without aching thoughts. "We must part-," said Adams, "and with a bleeding heart, 1 fear to say forever! But depend upon it, that this farewell is the sharpest tliorn, on which I ever sat my foot!" Let me transfer the scene to England, whither Sewall fled as a refugee, and resided some time after the war, in exile. Permit me to carry you from this conseciatcd ground to the capital of that kingdom, and forward so far us to say, that they never met again, till 1788. The storm of the revolution was then over.

The sky had cleared away 5 and the sun shone outln splendor upon the new formation of the federal was then in London: and renewed their old acquaintance, a friend, laying down the style in which he represented atSt James's the sovereignty of the United States of America 1 von of vision of the Pac port from before a thousand of the captured on the are mostly women Fnim the Jtmeriain CASK OF A HOUNE!) WOMAN. Mnrlboroiigfi, Montgomery Couiity, Pa. 10th'July, 18-6. Dear Sir--I take the liberty to forward for your perusal the following case of a horned woman, hoping that from its very rare occurrence, it may not prove unacceptable. The account may be relied on, as many others bc- srde myself have seen her, and as she resides but five miles distant from this place.

Mrs. aged about seventy years, the wife of a farmer of Bucks County, of a i-obust constitution, was nffoctecl four years ago, with a very troublesome itching over the centre of the parietal bone of the left side. In a short time she perceived a hard tumour of a horny structure occupying the place thus affected which continued to increase so that by the end of twelve months, it had attained the length of an inch. Without any considerable pain, it has progressed in growth, an inch even' year, and it is at present four inches in length and as thick as one's little finger. It is not attached to the bone, but is evidently an affftction of the cuticle commencing with a granular hour glass shaped tumour of three-eighths of an inch in length, from which the horn abruptly rises.

AftergrowingHtraight for one inch and three quarters it takes a spiral direction, and has completed nearly, a circular turn and a half horizontally of about the diameter of a quarter dollar piece. In appearance it so closely resembles the horn of a buck sheep, that was it placed near a real ihcep's horn, it would be difficult to distinguish between them. It is of the co- lour, a dingy yellow is as perfectly hard lias all the rings natural to a horn of that animal, tapering also, at it docs, to the it occasion's no pain, except when a blow compresses its fleshy base between the horn and the bone it is perfectly concealed hy her head dress, and on account of what is of far more moment with her a superstitious belief that it is a judgment from above for some of her manifold sins, she resists all persuasion to have it removed. With sentiments of gratitude, I am yours, c. CEO.

K. MORTON. DR. B. RUSH RIIEKS.

Li-rcs have this morning examined a young terrapin, caught yesterday at Statcn Island, by Louis Skorkc, andjjy him presented to Mr. 1'cale for the 1'aithenon Museum, which is a very great curiosity. Us circumference is about the of a dollar, it has two distinct heads, and but rbitr legs as usual. The heads and eyes arc perfectly formed. But what appears more singular is the fact, that they are endowed with different instincts, or intelligences that is, there is no concert of action between them, one head often pulls one way and the other another; it is often a matter of some struggle in which- direction the animal shall move.

Sometimes one is the master, and sometimes the other during which times the progress is St then, however, when they "put. their heads together" have apparently the same object in view, they walk off with the ordinary speed of common-terrapins. It is really a curiosity which will afford much gratification to Y. Com. was administered nuuc.

They FRANCE--A case of murder is to be tried at the Assizes of Montpclier, which presents some singular circumstances. A Piedmon- tese, named Bonino, after having served in the French army went to live at Supargucs, near Montpclier, where he had purchased a small farm. By a marriage contract he seltJed(this on a girl named Carrat, who lived with him as his marriage having been retarded by some irregularity in his papers (certificate of baptism, he.) In the begin- of May, 1823, Bonino suddenly disappear- cd from the country. As he had some time before expressed an intention to go to Spain, it was supposed he had gone to that try. The girl Carrat even mentioned the names of some persons who had accompanied lifrn.

Two years passed away without Bonino's reappearing. The persons who, according to the gin Carrat, had accompanied him, returned, but stated that he had not trav- elled with them, nor had they seen him in Snain. This circumstance, added to the fact of the girl Carrat having married a man named Dimon seven months after the departure of Bonino, created suspicion. A rumour, founded upon a story toU by one of Union's circulated, that Bonino had It was said that on the day he had dined with Ui- dinner, they both went into i) fell asleep, tt while Uiiaond struck him on the head and kilted him, and that, after 1 aided by the girl Carrat, buried him in the garden. In consequence of this rumour search was made in Oimon's gmrdeh, where there was discovered the body, or nther the akajpaon of a nun.

It. now remained to be ascertained if th was the skeleton of Bonino. all doubts on this point were cleared up, by an cxatninatUMt of the skeleton by physicians, who found six fingers upon the left hand, and six toes upon the left foot, and it was well krwwn to all the country that the ill-fated Bonino was so over furnished by nature with fingers and JThts circumstance being made known to the 'Magistrate, led to the immediate arrest of Di- moQ and hiftjrifc (the girl Currat.) A letter ran Berut, in Syria, dated June 17th, tella the fate unfortunate survi- di- is returned to this bringing about beings that were of that place i they children. The proprietors sell them at from 20 to 80 dollars a head, and many have been released by the humanity of Frank inhabitants; the rest are dispersed through the different Bazaars in the interior. The importation of Greek slaves has prevailed ever since the Paclia undertook the reduction of Candia; but none have ever excited such general sympathy as the unhappy persons at present on sale, from the consideration due to their departed relatives.

It is disgusting and degrading to the'feelings of Franks ami Christians to see these poor captives in the most friqucnted places to attract buyers, hawkvd about the streets in the way or bartered against commodi- tiewfthe shops; and, in tijt hands of Mahom- edatts, a world of ill-treatment awaits them, as, in general, the first idea of- a Turk, on getting possession of a slave, is to make convert, and the Greeks are mostly very tenacious of their religious creed." Bohemian Law in the seventeenth A Tit UK STOUT. A litigation arose between two noblemen, who had married two sisters, the daughters of a wealthy Baron, deceased. Each claimed, in right of his wife, her splendid inheritance. --The origin of this feud was of a romantic cast. Twelve years before, the baron, a man of irascible vindictive passions, suspecting- that his elder daughter had formed an unsuitable confined her in a solitary tower on the summit of a cliff, to which the only access was by a perpendicular ascent, sufficiently difficult tp impede the most cntcpri.ting- adventurer.

In this gloomy turret, the un happy girl was condemned to waste her blooming youth. At length the baron died, withot pardoning or even seeing his ill-fated child, but not before he had given in marriage his second daughter a noblemkii of calvin- istic principles who took possession of the whole property, and without scruple determined that the captivity of his sister-in-law should terminate only with her For some time, the baron Slabata enjoyed, unmolested, the magnificent csstle of his wife's ancestors; (such wax the moral degradation attendant on feudal ignorance) his ini- quitious actions were chartered with impunity. In the mean while, it was notorious that the baron had left two of whom, the elder, St consequently the heiress, though immured, was supposed to be still in existence. Otto of Wartenbcrg, a spirited nobleman, with more courage than wealth, recalled the image of the captive in her happier days, and resolved to attempt her deliverance. For this purpose he repaired, with a chosen band of brave men to the foot of the declivity on which her tower stood.

With infinite difficulty he ascended a ladder of ropes to the summit, and employed the same moans to assist his companions. Having far succeeded, tficy stormed the fortress, killed the guards, and released the lady. In what manner the victim of paternal cruelty and fraternal avarice had endured her tedious imprisonment, it not necessary to detail; but, Iwwever, it might have impaired her beauty, it had not deprived her of attractions in the eyes of Otto, who believed that, by making- her his wife, he should by the laws of Bohemia acquire an exclusive right to her father's possessions. Readily did the outcast lady accept his gladly did she acquiesce in the bold step which he proposed to reinstate her in the castle of her ancestors. In this emergency, the regular course would have been to institute a legal process in the chancellor's court, and patiently to await his decision.

But delays were as ill suited to the baron's necessities as the lady's impatience. Revolutionary movements in Bohemia scented to have conferred personal privileges on individual men. Instead, therefore, of submitting his claims to a chancellor, wiio might be swayed by interest or prejudice, Otto, like true knight, took his cause into his owti hands; and, havingcollccted a sufficient force, proceeded to the castle, compelled admission and dislodged its former occupants. The discomfited Shibata lost no time in stating his grievances to the dictator, who summoned Wartenbcrg to answer tor the outrage. Instead of obeying the citation, that r.olilrman employed himself in arming his wife's vassals, who, either touched by her sufferings, or captivated with her husband's gallantry, promised to stand or fall by their new lord.

HI fated to contend with his intrepid foe, the base Slabata had no tvscourcc but to re-slate his case to the chancellor, and tamely to endure until the election of a IIRXV monarch should liave re-established in Bohemia a more regular government. On the arrival of Frederic in Bohemia, cycn'Otto altered his deportment, acquiesced in legal process, and implored the royal Unfortunately, SlabaU, who WHS notoriously a Calvinist, hail already secured the good-will of the government; and IMS forcible eject- ment from the castle was declared to be a violation of the laws, for which offence was amerced in a he.xvy fiue and imprisoned in the tower of In the mean while, the coufttess ed to remain in the ctisth of until the cause in the chancellor's court should be determined! when, on what colorable pretence appears not, the representative of the vWe.it sister was non-suited, and SUbatt, the unjust rapacious brother, confirmed in the in- i MM was lost by the faroured litigant to enforce restitution but, United but at emigrants from Scotland well knowing that the wife of Wartenbcrg I liave transported their tenets their form of participated her husband's courage, be urg-1 worship alone with them it is uuneeeswy to cd the rath to persuade her not to arm her vassals against tlw king's authority. The lady listened with calmness, and even pwitsed to admit Slabata quietly, provided that he should be only attended by legal officers. For this the rath pledged himself; and Skbata arrived, with only ten legal commissaries, at the gates of the castle. Mistrusting, however, the placability of his sister-in-law, he liad taken to provide soldiers, who were privately within the court.

In the mean wither vassals (including the inhabitants of Gutcbio) beginning, unasked, to assemble before the gates of the castle, the rath read to them aloud the royal commission, denouncing the penalties of imprisonment comforts rei contijc, on all who resisted the royal man. I inclemency KutetfcM ViJkAHlsa I fittl dwell on a subject with which mtuiv of my readers are more familiarthan myseff. The audience as well several clergymen isaeiay bled from the neighboring towtu'on occiu sion, manifested much zcalt and nothing WM to lead to the belief that it was not a zeal according to knowledge. if dUTuaed among all classes of the inhabitants, and as in New-Erigfautd, controversial points in divinity are favourite themes of popular cuation. Afteran intermisaion of half an lunch, and another sermon of about twice the ordinary length of discourses from our desks, residue of the day was devoted to fireside comforts rendered doubly welcome by the date.

On hearing this preamble, the people dispersed, leaving to the lady Wartcnbeif no other alternative but submission or imprisonment. Her native pride and courage were still unsubdued and, preferring even death with vengeance to beggary and disgrace, she commanded her soldiers to fall upon Slabata's party. The latter proving victorious, she of the weather without. At 5 o'clock dinner was served up in handsome style. Two kinds of fish from the Irvine and Ayr were among the dishes; the rest was very similar to what had been observed at other genteel tables in Scotland, and has already been described.

The mountain dew of Arran, a poetical name for whiskey made in that Island, is of a peculiar quality, coroid- A lie urvTiiig sac withdrew with precipitation to an inner a-1 ered to be the best in the world. At any rate partment, where she had hoarded a few bar- it was good enough. A few glasses of rcls of powder and here having plied will nuke the stongcst head forget all care with wine, she presented them with men with wine, pipes for smoking, and encouraged them, by fair promises, to renew the attack, though, from an effort so desperate, she could expect only destruction. Slabata exulting in success, was proudly conducting his men to the hall, happy to be relieved from the presence of his injured kinswoman. But vain were his speculations.

A fatal spark accidentally communicating from a torch to a small powder magazine which the lady had hoarded as her last resource, at once awarded justice to the raprvcious Slabata and the vindictive wife of Otto. In a few moments an explosion was heard, beyond description terrible the walls of the castle were lifted from their foundations --in a single instant one wing was levelled with the earth, and with the exception of five or six favored individuals, who almost miraculously escaped, nobles, peasants, vassals, children, horses, were involved in one fate, and, above all, the lady and the baron, who had been the primary cause of the catastrophe. No sooner was the intelligence received at Prague, than the wretched Otto was released from the tower, apparently at liberty to hike possession of the melancholy ruins; but, tho' audacious, he was not obdurate and so overwhelming were the impressions of horror grief which this catastrophe produced on his frame, that he did not long survive his miserable consort. Such was die state of society in Bohemia, that this outrage was perpetrated in a castle only ten miles distant from the gates of Prague. TRAVELS.

From the New-Turk Sun imin, LETTERS FKOM EUROPE--No. LVU. Irvine, (klober 23,1825. .1, On the morning after our arrival at Irvine, I the principal lawyer in the town, to whom a letter from New-York had been delivered the preceding evening, called and invited us to walk with him. He was the school-fellow, play mate, and early friend of my companion's father; and this circumstance, as well as his native frankness of manner and warm hearted hospitality, at once removed all formalities, and made us fee! lit old acquaintances.

He first conducted us to a one-story, low-roofed building, which was once an academy, where he and his American friend passed many years together in acquiring the rudiments of education. The little bell which was wont to quicken their unwilling pace summon them to the daily task, still tinkles in the tiny balcony: but it is now used for calling together a company of weavers, who occupy the building, and are employed in manufacturing more substantial fabrics, than the gossamer webs of logic and metaphysics. Fora moment they suspended the music of the shuttle, and seemed not a little surprised that the antique fire places, and the former theme of the village master, could present any attractions to strange re. From the school-house, our fricncl took us to his mansion, in the immediate vicinity, which is pleasantly situated, and is among tha most substantial and' handsomest in the towT). Here we were presented to the fami- ily of the proprietor, consisting of an agreeable lady, and a son, who is an only child and of the same profession with his farther.

Both of them entered at once into our feelings, warmly seconded that unreserved hospitality, which no bounds to acts of kindness towards strangers. The little circle seemed to think of nothing else, hut how they could make us forget that we wen: on a foreign shore, and what they could do render our visit pleasant. This first call resulted in an invitation to breakfast and iJwwcrthe next day, which was accepted, though net without some at drawing so heavily upon tlicir civilities at the onset. Bui a Scottish car refuses to listen to apologies; and our second vist commenced a 9 on Sunday morning. After partaking of a bountiful breakfast, upon which people of this country lay almost much sirjss a.s upon dinner, and which usually presents s-s jyreat a variety as is seen on an American table, we all went to kirk together, -and heard a good sermon from the village paivwu.

Nothwithstdnding the severity of the wind and rain, which beat incessantly in one of those violent storms not uncommon upon the western coast of Scotland at this season, the population of Irvine appeared to turn out en witse, to attend church, htaded by the government of the parish bearing the' LochVjer the staff, and other insignia of ofticc. The attendance was probably more general, in consequence of the approving observance of one of the sacred ritus of the church, recurring only once in six months, and from which no person can be absent without a sufficient apology, of what termed a token, consisting of a metallic pkte with the name of the parish engraven upon it. Not Icfethana dozen sermons and addreasea of dilicrcnt were delivered durfcg the week of our visit, which is peculiarly of piety. Besides the edification which so many at Mfkt in luvc afforded u-s they furuithxd aturHirabte opportunity of M- ccrUinmg the government, doctrinr, and cipHiic of the ktrfc of Scotland, which, is the established rcilgion of ihe country. not only a similar kind of government ptimillMgfiy the Prebytcriaui of the But let me not confer too much dignity and importance upon the most trifling part of our enjoyments.

Several of the ctizens of Irvine were guests at the social board; and in the midst of an agreeable conversation, the evening- glided away with uncounted hours to eleven o'clock. In the mean time tea was brought in, and before leaving, the table was spread for a cold supper, making the fifth we had been invited to in the course of the day. Such is a specimen of Scottish hospitality, which is perhaps the most prominent trst in the national character. Irvine has a population of 10,000, chiefly engaged in manufactures. The inhabitants arc remarkable for their industrious habibs.

Not an idler of either SCT is u) be seen in the the churches, mid a large, handsome academy, the town has few public buildings. A convenient reading and news room has recently beeii opened, where mos; of the periodicals and best journals are taken. Through this channel and several good libraries, useful information is very generally diffused among all classes of the community. The to has some claims to a literary repu ta- tion, having given birth to the poet Montgomery, and to Gait, the novelist, as well as a temporary residence to Robert Burns. The shell of the house in which the latter lived was passed daily in visiting ovir friends.

Mis adventures here were exactly in charac- Hc took it into his head to learn the tor. trade of flax-dresser, chiefly with view to make it subservient to the profits of his fevr paternal acres. He and another person accordingly entered into partnership, and commenced business in style In the meantime a new-yeai came round, and while Burns was drinking whiskey punch with his friends, his shop took fire and burnt up, flax, tow, niul all, to the bare walls. Thus ended that concern, and the poet took himadf off. On Friday, the 21st inst.

we took breakfast with the physician to his lordship, and what was still more interesting to us, the personal (Vifiid of Robert Burns, He is an eklerly gentleman, but possesses much vivacity, pleasantry, and cleverness. Hi has an agreeable liiinily, consisting of a wife, whom beauty when young drew forth a compliment, under a fictitious name, in one of the poet's songsj a huixlsomc and accomplished daughter, ubo'tit' to marry with an officer who was wounded in the battle of Waterloo; and a SOB who is a member of the Caledonian Hunt, nnda.grtat sportsman. The latter and my companion devoted one morning to the chase during out: visit, and succeeded in killing two or llirtie hares. At table the conversation turned principally upon Burns, with whom both the tor and his lady terms of intimacy. They possess many original copies of his verses, one of which was kindly presented to my friend.

The former repeated an song of the poet, which he was so polite as to write oft'for us; he also permitted me to transcribe an poetical addressed to him by way of masonic invitation to attend a meeting of the lodge to which they 'both belonged. It was conceived in the happiest vein of Burns's humor: and I regret to find, after diligent search among my puperc, that it has been mislaid. To these numerous furors the doctor's (laughter added Uiu loan of a volume of poems by David Siller, another personal friend of Bums, to whom the latter addressed one of the finest odes, entitled an "Epistle to Davie a brother poet." A cordiality and frankness of manners had si) initiated us into the social circles of Irvine, and had woven such strong ties round- ilie huaKs of strangers, that the only painful part of our visit, was to bid adieu to our friends. With some this duty was performed by rising: round the table, shaking hands, and chaining Auld Lang Syne in full In other scs the parting scene ussuiued a grave char.ii*, tcr, and was hallowed by some of the of our nature. But in no instance was separation without a hope on our part, that another viiit would be paid to Irvine before our mum to the United States.

The hospL-. talily of cur legal friends held out with nna- bau-d ardor to the very last; and from thtrr breakfast table, after bidding the family a ni lucUmt farewell, we stepped into the carriage, which to convey us from town. One of the gentlemen, not satisfied with these attentions, concluded to bear us to Ayr, and thence to Glasgow. A COMMUNITY OP GOOD NAMES. A correspondent informs that a lady of Brimtield, has in little more than six conic the mother of sons, the har.

ing been Sept. 16, 1819, and the young- cst Veb. and that tlicy bear the following intpming r'u: Jaines Monroe, Thomas Ucorge Wasbingtwi, Adams, Anron De F.afsyettc, ami Simon Bay livar. Success sttetid them, may thcttvettk be named iroraottr Spy. Common man and wife and four other men were arraigned last week at Springfield, on -jompUumn of the Overseen of tho I'oor of that town then dnitikinb.

They all pKrsded not guilty but upon evidence, five of them weM convicted and sentenced NOUM of ruction..