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HUNTINGDOIV, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 18:?n.
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TIIF. public arc hereby informed, that ACOB MlLl.Fliihas been appointed agent ir Huntingdon county, for the side ot Dr, '.vans' Camomile and family aperienl pills, diere all those that need medicine, can be ipphed as he intends i.livays tohave a sup- ly on hand.
1>> IFF. AND HF.ALTH,—Persons ivhosi- &3l nerves have been iiijiired bv Calomile, r excessive grief, great loss of blood, the sup .ression of accustomed discharges or cuta eous, inteniperatc habits, or other causes /hich tend lo relax and enervate the ner- ous systeni, will find a friend to soothe and nnitort them, in EVANS' CAMOMILE 'ILLS. Those afflicted wilh Epilepsy or ^dlingSickness, Palsy, Serious Apoplexy, nd organic affections of thc heart, Nausea, /omiling, pains in the side, breast, limbs, lead, stomachor back, willfind themselvc: mmediately relieved, by using •IVANS'CAMOMILE AND APERIENT PILLS. Dr. EVANS docs not pretend to say that lis medicine will cnre all diseases that flesh ind blood are licir to, but he does says that H all Debilitated .ind Iinpaircd Conslitulions -iu Nervous dise.ises of all kinds, particular y oftlie DRIES I'iVE ORGANS, and   in
tncipieiit Consumption, whether of thii lungs ir liver, they will cure. That dreadful dis- :aso, CONSU.MFTION, might have been -.becked in its comnieucfmenl, and disap- jointed its prey all oves the land, if the nrst -.ymiiloms of Nervous Debility had bci?n -.¦mnteracted by the CAMOMILE FLO VV¬ ill chemically prepared; together with many jther diseases, where other remedies have iroved latal.
How m-.iny personsdo wc d.iily find lortii- •ed with Itiat dreadful disease, SICK HEADACHE, Ifthey would only make rial nf this invaluable medicine, they would lerccive that life is a pleasure anil not a source of misery nnd alihorrencc. In conclu lion I would warn nervnus persons against he alislraction of lU.OOD, either by leech¬ es, ouppmg.jor the employment ofthelancet. IJr.iilic purgatives in delicate hubits are al- nost equally improper. Those jare prac- lices too often resorted to in snch cases, but ;hey seldom fail lo prove Ihighly injurious. Certificates ofcnrcs are daily received which idd sufficient testiniony of the ^-rcal efficacy ifthis invaluable medicine, in relieving »f- 5icted mankind. The abnve medicine is for »nle at Jacob Miller'sstore, Huntingdon-
DR. Swayne's Compound Syrup of pru nus of Virginianii or wild Cherry, This syrup is highly beneficial in all pecto k-.il aU'ections; also, in disease.- ofthe chest jrt whicii the lunj^s do not perform their proper oflice from want of due nervous energy: suchas asthmas, pulmon.iry con¬ sumption, recent or chronic couciis, hoarse tiass, whooping cough, wheezing andjdif- ficulty ofbreathing, cro".p and spitting ot ulood, <^c. IIow many suil'ercrs do we daily behold approaching to an untimely' l^rave, wrested in the bloom of youth from theirdear relatives and friends, afllicted with that common and destructive rava- '.;er, called consuniption, which soon wasis jthe iniserable sulferer until they beconie beyond ,the powerof human skill; it such ^uU'erers would cnly make a trial of Dr. Swayne'sinvaluable mcdicine.thcy would soon find themselves benefitted; than by gulphing the 'varinns inell'ective certain 1-pmedies of which our newspapers daily abound. Thissyrup immediately begins tohealtheulceratedlungs, stopping pro¬ fuse night sweats, mititigating the distrcs- sin" cough at thc same time inducing a !icilthy and natural expectoration, also re lieving thc shortness of breath and pain in thc cliost, which harrass the sufl'«rcr on ,the sliglitest exercise, and finally the hec¬ tic flash in thc pallid and emaciated check |will soon begin to vanish, and the suil'ercr ;will here peceive himself snatched from a premature grave, inlo theenjoyment again of comfortable health. '   For   sale at Jacob Miller's store //unt.
THE GARIiAKD.
 "With swi-etcsl flowers enrich'd
From various gardens cull'd wilh care."
COURTSHIP.
nv   THOBIAS  MOORE.
Oh! Laura!!—will nothing 1 bring thcc
E'er soften those looks of disdain.' Arc the songs of affection 1 sing thee   •
All duoni'd to be sung thee iu vain? 1 oll'er thee fairest and dearest,
A treasure, the richest I'm worth; 1 offer the, love, the sincerest.
The warmest e'er glowed upnn earth.'
But the maiden, a haughty look flinging. Said, 'cease my conip<assion to move:
For I'm not very partial to singing. And they're poor whose sole   treasure is luve.'
My name will bc sounded in story—
I offer thee, dearest, my name, I have fought in the proud held of glory!
Oh Laura come share in my fame! 1 bring thcc a soul that adorclh thcc.
And loves theo wherever thou art, VVhich thrills as its tributes it brings thee
Of tenderness fresh from the heart."
But the maid said, 'cease to importune;
Oivc Cupid thc use ol his wings; Ah, fame's but a piliiul fortune—
And hearts are such valuless things!'
'Oh Laura, forgive, if Iv'c spoken
Too boldly—nay turn not away— For my heart with affection is broken—
My nncle died only lo-day! My uncle; thc nabob—who tended
My youth and afiection and care. My manhood who kindly befriended—
Has died—and—has left me his heir!'
And the maiden said, 'weep not sinccrC.-t, My heart has been your's all along;
Oh t hearts are of tr;;asurc3 thc dearest: Do—Edwaiid—goon with your song'. •
liad language fo paint you  the scene Lady—1 then learned the "art ot love
pattern, wl.cn 1 go to make my declara- the defc.it of Bradd tion. The dedaraticn, thc coufcision, the acceptation, all pnssed beneath me, most cdifyinjly 'Fhen came thc lab'ud seal that made his bliss secure. By his animated gestures, I could see he was ur¬ ging her lo some sudden step. She, at last, appeared reluctant, but gradually becoming more placable, yielded. In ten minutes the landau was at the door.
They came out arm in arm, and enter¬ ed ,t. I could hear the order to thc coich- man, "drive to St. John's Church." "An elopement," thought I. "Ilavinii; been in at breaking cover, T will bc m at thu tleath,".-md taking my hat and gloves, I descended, as if I carried a policy of in¬ surance vpon my life in my pocket, the long flight of stairs to the street, bolted outof the frontdoor, and followed tho landau, which I discerned just turning the corner of Canal street. I followed full fast on foot. I eschew omnibuses. 1 hey are vulgar. When I arrived at the churcii, tne carriage w.-is before it, and thc " happy pair," already joined together, were just crossing the Irottoir to re-enter 't.    1 he grinning footman, who had Icgal-
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ROMANCE OF   BROADWAY
'I have earned Ihrce sk illings, York, this blessed nftcrncon.'' I exclaimed with ill-suppressed exultation, as I threw down my pen, which 1 had been diligently usihg for four hnurs—(I was penning an atticle (or a certain 'monthly,' dear reader)-- pusheii my closely written iranuscripts irom me, and cuniplacontly took a yellovv cigar from my hat, which I have made my chief pocket since my fifth year, the time I believe, whe» my discriminating parents cxcliimged my infant,cap for tho manly castor. Three Vork shillings I h.ivc made this blessed d.iy, heaven (le thanked and now I can coni-ientously take a little 'ease in mine inn.' Whereupon, I igni¬ ted my cijar vvith a self-eiikinilling appa¬ ratus, a gift from my considerate landla¬ dy—pray heaven she charge it not in her bill—to save her candles, and ascending the  three  steps to my window, I seated
mydoiinant nouk, and was struck with her surprising loveliness. Every evening] I paid distant homage to hcr beauty.— Dare a poor scribbler, a mere penny-a-li¬ ner, aspire to a nearer approach to such a divinity, cnshrincii in dollars and cents? No: I worship like the publican, afar oil'. " 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view." llut she was not destined to bc ao worshipped byall. One afternoon she was at her window, witliagilt le.ived vol¬ ume in hcr hand, when a gentleman of thc most grncpful hearing rode past my win¬ dow, lie was well niounted, and sat on hi« horse like an Arabian I lie was what the boar-ling school misses would call an elegant felluw! a well bred woman of th'i world, a rem.irkably handsome man I Tall, with a fine oval liicc, a black penetrating eye, and a moustache upon his lip, togetli¬ er with a fine figure, and the most pertect address, he was what I should term, a captivating and dangerous man. His air, and a certain indescribable comme il faut, bespoke him a gentleman. As he came opposite her window, his eye, ns ho turn¬ ed it thither, became fascinated with her beauty!—IIow much lovelier a real love¬ ly creature appears, seen thiough "plate g'lassi" Involuntarily he drew in his spi¬ rited  hor.ie and  raised lus hat!  The ac-  5,	
tion, the mannar, and the grace, were in- ly witnessed the ceremony, lollowed iinitablo. At this ungua.idcd mo.ncnt, them, lhe hind wheel ofa rumbling omnibus struck his horse in the chest. The animal reared liiijli. and would lia-fe fallen back upun his rider, had he not, with remarka¬ ble presence ol mind, pfeppcd quietly and gracefully from the .»!tirMip to the pave¬ ment, as the horso losing his balance, fell violently upon his side. The lady, who had witnessed with surprise the involunta¬ ry homage of thc stranger, for such, from her manner of receiving it, ho evidently I was to her, started from licr chair and screamed convulsively. The next mo¬ ment he had secured and remounted his horse, who was only slightly stunned with the fall, acknowledged the interest taken in his mischance by the fair being who had been its innocent cause (unless beau¬ ty were a crime), by another bow , and rode slowly and composedly onward, ns il nothing unusual had occurred. The next evening the carriage w.i» at the door ol the liiansion. The liveried footm:in was standing with the steps down, nnd the handle of thc door in his hand. The coachman was seated upon his box. I was, as usual, at my window.
'Fhe street door opened, and, with a light step, tho graceful lorm ot my hero¬ ine came forth and descended to the car¬ nage. Atthat moment—(some men sure¬ ly are born under thc auspices of moi-e indulgent stars th;in others)—t!ie stianger rode up, bowed with inclfablc grace, and —(blessed encounter that, with the omni¬ bus wheel!) his bow was acknowledged hy an inclination of hor superb head, nnda smile fhat would make a man of any soul seek accidents even in the "caiinon'.s mouth." He rnde slowly fonvard, and, in a lew seconds, the carriaq;c took the same direction. 'Fhorc arc no inferences to he drawn from this, reader! All the other carriajjes passed thesamc roule. It was the customary one! Atlho melting of twilight into n:;ht, the thronp; ol riders and drivers repassed. I'iie lady'."! car¬ riage (it was a landau, and tho top was thrown back)—came last of all! Thc cavalier was riding hesido it! Ilo dis¬ mounted aa it drew, up belore Mie door, assisted hcr to the pai'e, .ind took his le.ive. For several afternoons, succcs- siv.ily, the gentleman's appearance, moun
[VtiL. IV, No. 41.
BRA IJ DUC R'S DEFF. AT. So many, and so conllicling, have bcc
I sh.'ill have coniidenee, I havo so good  a |'the .accounts and conjectures respecting --"—  —1   -   ... •        fcatofBraddock, and the army  he
commanded, in   1735, that real   causes
Thk rnncF, or HAnrr frnoTfc, m ukath. —Thc friends of a dissipated yeung man hit upon the following novel expedient in
have been lost in mist.   As I am not con- i
• hope ol cin-cting hTs reforiii.ntion. Hav- ; a couple of coffins prepared for the pur¬
pose, .-iiid placed in thi family vault oi'iTiis
^ -    -    '"''• ""-' "t"^""! hmi  snui^ly Iway in  one of
ih-^m, a member of the family taking nos- scssmn of the other to watch his move¬ ments. After remaining for some time inc.i:»ed in his "prison house," he aroused from his stupor and gazing round in aston¬ ishment at his new residence, cxclaimcs, "Certainly, "rejoined his ¦HowlonKhavelbeen
myself in my accustomed chair, and forth jtcd on his noble animal, was simultaneous ......1.   1 ..1... .....1 .-      ^^,jj|^   jl^.^^ ^j.  ^1^^ l_^j^ ^^ j^^^ carriage.
One evening they were uiiusiially late on their return. Finally the laiidau drew up before the dour. It w.is too iKirk to see faces, but I could have sworn the cqucstriau was not thc stranger! No! he dismounted, opened the door of the carria'^e and the gentleman and lady de¬ scended ! 'Fhe footman had rode his horse, while happy man! occupied a seat hy the side of the fair one! I watched thc progress of this amour Ibr several days, and still thc stranger had never entered the house. One d.iy, however, about three o'clock, P. M., I saw him lounging past, with that ease and sclf-pos - session which characteri'ied him. Ho passed and repassed the house two or three timos, and then rather h.i.-itily as¬ cending thu steps ofthe portico—pulled atthe bell. Tho nc.it moment he was admitted, and disappeared out of my sight. Rut only for a moment, reader! An attic has its advantages! The blinds of the drawing-room were drawn, and impervious to any glance from the street; but the leaves were turned so as to let in the light of heaven and my ov/n ga-/,e! I could see through the spaces, directly down into the room, as distincly as il there w.is no obstruction' This I give as a hint to all concerned, who have revol¬ ving leaves to their Venetian blinds. Attic gentlemen arc much edified llioteby! The nsxt moment he was in thc room, his hand upon his heart—another, und I saw llim at hcr feot!   Sir—would tliat  I
with bej!,an to spccul-ote on things exte nal. It was that calm, lovely tin o, which is wont to usher in thc twili"ht ot a sum¬ mer evening. 'Flic roll of wheels beneath me in Hrnadway was ceaseless. Iiright forms flashed by in gay carrin5;es! 'I'he happy, the gallant, ant'the beautiful, were all forth to tako the nir on the lash¬ ionable evening drive! Why was I not with the cavalcade? Where was my llosi nante? /A here was my'cfetablibhincnt?' Echo answered,'whero?' 1 pulfed away silently and vigorously for a lew seconds, as these mcntalqiieries assailed mc; and blessed soother ol the troubled, oh! incom¬ parable cigar! my philoscphy returned.
Diagonally opposite lomy winduw, stands one of Uie proudest structures on llroadway. It is costly with stone and marble, lofty porticoes and coionnades. ( This edifice first attracted my attention by its architectural beauty, ai d eventual¬ ly fixed it by a mystery, "that seenied, to my curious eye, surrounded one of its in¬ mates! Uut I will throw into the story- vein what I have to relate, for it is a nou vellette in itselt. I can unveil you the mystery, lady!
'a lady of da7.7.1ing beauty was an in¬ mate of that mansion! and, for aught I know to thc contrary, its only inmate. Every afternnon, arrayed in liinplc white, with a flower or two in her hair, she was seated at the drawing room window, ga¬ zing nut at the g,iy spectacle Ri-o.idway exhibits of a iilcasant afternoon. I saw hcr the first moment I took possession of
The next day, about noon, a c.ipacious family carriage rolled up to the door of the in.in.xion, followed by a barouche wilh servants and baggage. First descended an elderly gentleman, who cast his eyes over the building, to see if it stood where it did when he left for thc Springs. Theu came, one after another, two beautiful girls; then a handsome young man.— " How glad I om that I have got home ajain," exclaimed one of the young la¬ dies, running up to the steps of the door. " I wonder whore Jane is, that she does nut meet us?"
The gi'utleman was for going to thc door, and the lady, his bride, was striving to prevent him. "You shan't!"—"I willt"—"I say you shan't!"—"I say I will!"—were interchanged as certainly between the parties, as if I had heard thu words. The gentleman, or rather hus¬ band, p-.-'vailcd. I saw him le.ive 'he room , and thc next moment open the stroet door. The youn;;; ladies started back at the presence of the new lootman. 'i'he old gentlman. who was now at thc door, inquired a.s he saw him, loud enough far mc to hear, "Who in the devil's name aro you sir!"
" I have tho honor to bo yoiir son-in- law.-'
"Tho devil you h.ive; and who may you have thchoncr to bc?"
" The Count L y," with a bow of
inofT.ible co:;dcscension. "You are an impostor, sir." "Hero is your eldest daughter, my wife," replied the newly made husband, takiiip; by tho hand hi^lovcly bride, who had come imploringly forward as the disturbance reached her cars. "Here is my wile, your daughter."
" Ynu 'arc mistaken, sir, she is my bouso-kceper."
A scone followed that connot be dcscri- liod. 'i'he nobleman had married the gentleman's house-keeper. She had S|ire<id the snare, and, like many a wiser fool, he had fallen into it.
Half an liniir afterward, a hack drove to the Ecrvant's hall door, and my licioiiie camo forth closely veiled, with bag and baggage, and drove away. The Count, for such ho was, I saw no more. I saw his name ga-/.etteil as a passenger in a packet ship that sailed a d.iy or two after for Havre. How he escaped from the mansion , leniaineth yet a mystery.— lloncelorth, dear reaiior, I most consci- cntously eschew matrimony.
New Steamboat Paddles.—Mr. Itn- gors md Udnkiii, lock manufacturers, in North Seventh stroet, have invented a set of .Machinery for propelling steamboats, whiih seems todo away nith all thc difli¬ culties hitherto experienced with the com¬ mon wheels. On each side of the boat there arc three sets of p.iikllos which fall alternately into thc water, and rise nearly perpendicularly, so that there is no strik. ing lhe water when the paddle descends, nor holding water when it ascends. As three sets, each of six paddles, aro phiy ing on each side, it lollows that, with pro[K:r powcr, thore must he rapid niolion giveii to the boat. The machinery, .md thc sets of paddles may bo raised or depressed to suit the draft of the vessel in which they are used, or they maybe unshipped with ease, and the whole works placed below decks.—Phil. Gaz.
Foil THE VV BST—The Buffalo Journal olthc2'Jthult. has this:
A Patriarch—.\ gentleman aged 77, Iiaving ill company his sixth wifeaiid being the father of'-r> children, passed through thia city yesterday lor the west. Verily; his ideas uf emigration come lutein tho day.
In January, 1824, I mot James Ross, Esq., of Western Pennsylvania, whom I had known from my infancy. While re¬ calling scenes long past, which, from his much more advanced ai;e and experience, .Mr. Ross knew so much better, thc defeat of Kraddock was mentioned, and on that su'ujoct he observed—"! can relate 11*^31 was related in my hearing by thc father of his country," and then proceeded.
"In that part of war which consists in watching an enemy," observed Gen. VVashington, "the Indians are perfect," and the army commanded by liraddock was watched carefully by some Indian spies and some French soldiers triinod to Indian manners. Independent of Indi¬ ans, there was in Fort du Quosne no force at thc time, which could, witli any pro¬ bability of success, oppose the advancin"; British and Provincials, and thc French commandant in the fort had expressed the necessity of cither retreat or surrender. By accident, ralher than from any design or concert, there were, at the nioment, about the fort four or five hundred Indi¬ an warriors. Of the French garrison one oiticcr, of Inferior rank, strenuously urg¬ ed that, for the honor of the French arms, some resistance ought to bc made. This young man consulted the Indians, who volunteered to the number of about four hundred. VVith difficulty, the young he¬ ro obtained from his commander permis- sion to load out, to a certain limit, such French soldiers as chose to join in the desperate cnterpijisc. Of the French, about tliirly volunteered, and with those four hundrod and thirty men the gallant Frenchman inarched our to meet more than threefold tlieir nuinber.
"In the meantime, every remonstance by other colonial oflicers and by VVash- inj;ton himself, was rejected with insult, and Braddock advanced, as if determined on doslruciion, and was suffered to pro¬ ceed just as far aa file cnciiiy desired. Once in the snare, defeat and death to near one half of the whole army, with their infatuated general, was the result.
When the victory was reported tithe commaiidant at Fort du Quesne, his tran¬ sport knew uo bounds; the young hero was received with upon arms, londed with the most extravagant honors, and in a few days sent to report the victory to the Governor General of Canada. Bat be¬ hold ! when the despatches were opened, they cons-.;tcd of criminil charges ol spe¬ culation in his oificc of paymaster, and of other charges equally criminal. Under Ihoso char'^os this injured man was tried, broke, and ruined. So matters rested un¬ til, in thc llovolutionary war, the subject of Biaddock's defeat li.ippened to conic into conversation between Ucn. Wash¬ ington and the Marquis do Lafayette. In this cnnversation the real facts were sta¬ tcd to Lafayette, who heard them with unqualified"astonishment; but, with his powerful sense of justice, detormineil to do all in his power to repair what he con¬ sidered a national act of injustice, he took and preserved ca:-el"iil notes, and on his :-et!ir-:i to l-'iiropo had inquiries ni.ide, and the victim found in a stato of poverty and wreichediioss, broken down by advancing years and unn-erilcd oblopuy. Tho af¬ fair was brou;ilit belore tho tiovcriiment of France and, as thc real events were made manifest, the officer was restored to his rank and honors."
I do not protend to have reported the exact words ot Mr. Ross, nor did he pre tend to givo verbatim thc exprosaioiis ol Oen. VVashington, but as to thc geneial f;ict.«, there is no doubt of fheir truth; and who is to decide tho meed ol baseness between thc two com-iaiiders on the in¬ side and outside of Fort du Quosne? Another fact 1 believe founded in truth. IFIien I was removed Ly my parents tothe neighborhood, thc popular report was, that Br.iddock received the mortal wound from a niaiiof the name of Fausott. IFIien my fallior was removing with his family to the IFost, one of the Fausotts kept a pub¬ lic hou-c to the eastward from and near where Uniontown now stands as the coun¬ ty scat of Fayette county, Pa. This man's house wc luilgod ill, about the IOth of Oc¬ tober, 1781, twenty six years iiiid a few months after iiradiloilili's defeat, nnd there it was ni:ida any thiiijr but a secret that ono of the family deiilt thc death blow to the British General.
Thirteen years afterward I met Thom¬ as Fausctt in Fayette county, thon, as he told me in his TOth year. To him I put thc plain question, and received the plain i-ei)\y,-"Idid shoot himl" He went nn to insist that, by duing su, ho contributed to save what was kit ot thc army. In brief, in my youth, I iiovor hoard the fact either doubted or blamed, fhat Fausett shut i/radduik.
Am I  dead !'¦ sepulchral friend
here?" he asked.    "About  three years." was the answer. "And how long liavo vou
been here ?
lie again enquired.    ".Seven
years," responded the companion. "Well, as you havo been dead a longer time than I have, I suppose you know the best how to get somelhing lo drink.'"—Sunday Morning Visiter^
"Do you want a r.i'll prune lot ot but¬ ter?'' said a Yankee notion dealer, who had picked np a load at fifty difil-rent places, to a n iston merchant.
'What kind of butter is it?' askrd the buyer.
'The clear quill; all made by my wife fromadairy of forty cows—only two chur- nings,'
'But what makes it so many different colors ?' said the mc-rhant.
'Darnation I hear that noiv,' I guess you would'nt ax that question il you'd seen my cows, for they're a darned sight speccldcr than the butter is.'
From the Boston Atlas. 77ie Chttvaclcr of Washington.—Tlui beautiful efliision which the reader will find below, is the production of the chaste and classic mind of the l.ite venerable and distin2;ui.slied Senator from Rhode Island, Mr. Robbins, and was occasioned by the following circiimstaBccs :—During the session of 1837-8, Mr. ffcbstor entcr- t.iincd a large party of friends at dinner; among thcni, the venerable Senator we have named. The evening passed otf with much hilarity, enlivened with wit and sentiment; but, during the greater part ofthe time, Mr. Robbins maintained that gr.ive but placid silence which was his habit. IFhilc thus apparently abstracted, someone suddenly called on him fora toast, which call was seconded by Hio com¬ pany. He rose, and in hia surprise, ask¬ ed if they were serious in niaking s'jch a demand ol so old a man ; and being as¬ sured that they were, he gaid if they ivould suspend thoir hilarity fora few moments, ho would givo them a toast, and preface it with a few obpcrvations. Having thus se¬ cured a breathless stillness, he went on to remark that they were then on thc verge of thc 22d ol Feb. the anniversary of the birth of thc great jiatriot and statesman of onr country, whom all delighted to remember and to honor; and he hoped thai he might bo allowed the privilogn ofan aged man fo recur for a lew moments to past events rnnnoeted with hia character and history. Ilc thon proceeded, and delivered, in the most happy and impressive manner, thc boautilul speech which now graces our culumns. The whide company were elec¬ trified by his patriotic enthusiasm ; and one of tho ;.';uosts, before thoy seperated, boifged that ho would put on paper what he luul BO happily expressed, and furnish a copy for publication. Mr. R, obligingly coin|riicd with the request on tho follow¬ ing day, but by some accident, the manu¬ script got mislaid, and eluded nil searrli for it until a few days ago, when it was uu- expcctodly recoi-crcd, and is now presen¬ ted toour readers:
"On the near approach of that calendar day which ^ivc birth to Washington, I feel rekinding within nie aome of those emotions always connected with the re¬ collection of that hallowed name. Per¬ mit mc to indulge them, on this occasion, for a moment, in a few remarks, ns pre¬ liminary toa scnliment which I shall beg leave to propose.
I consider it .is one of thc consolations of my ago, that I am old enough and for¬ tunate enough to have seen that wonder¬ ful man. 'I'his happiness is still coinmon to so many yot amoiiK thc living, that less is thought ofit now than will ho in after timos ; but it ig no less a happiness to mc on that account.
While a boy at school, I saw him for thc first time; itwas when he was passing through New England to take thc com¬ mand in chiel of the Amoi-icnn armies at Cambridge. Never shall I forget the im¬ pression his imposing presence then made upon my young imagination ; so superior did ho seem tn mc to all that 1 had seen ur imagined of the human form for striking effect. I remember, with what delight, in my after studies, I came to the line in Virgil that expressed all the entliusiaem «l my own feelings, at inspired by that presence, and which I could not often enough repeat¦