kingston r chronicte v t nec re6e nec pojtuto sed utroaue m rr voii x 8aturmy october 18 1828 no xvi poetry the maniac yes once i saw him every happiness was his this changing world can give blessd with a wife in form as angels fair and kind and good as ever mortalwas and children springing up bis hope his joy an independence too and talents rare and yirjuqje4sttchs approves rfothing was wanting to complete his bliss again i saw him ob the sight i bow changed i saw him in a maniacs dreary cell reason had left her throne his mind was now a sad sad blank he knew me not but with a wild and frantic cry he said my children ab my children the great deep containd them aod their mother lay buried beneath the valleys verdant clods her children lost ofhappincss on earth she neer knew more but pined and sunk sunk in an early grave and there he was the wreck of man of reason reft doorod never more perhaps to know his friends or feel his loss 1 turnd aside aud wept and said oh god of all the ills of life may i neer know the loss of reasons powers jectof much greater solicitude to him than the advancement of his fortune but on the night previous to the battle he seems to have had the fate of bis children strongly impressed on his mind and he awoke to draw up a petition to the emperor in their behalf which he placed in his sabre tache when the emperor passed in the morning in front of his division general lasalledid not address him but be stopped m maret who was a few paces behind and tofd brai that never hating asked any favor of the emperor he begged he would take charge of the petition which he now handed to him in case any misfortune should hefal him a few hours afterwards he was no more deatu ok marshax lape3 41 at essling marshal lances having returned to the posiiion he had quitted in the morning for the purpose of attacking the enemy used his utmost endeavours to preserve it and dismounted owing to the proximity of the fire of the enemys artil lery which made it hazardous to remain on horseback the cavalry had crossed o- ver long before 4rwa stationed in the island of lobau the emperor himself had quitted the field ofbattle after issuing his final orders in respect to recrossing the bridge and he was engaged in pointing some artillery in the island of lobau for the purpose of protecting the retreat of our columns when intelligence was brought to him that marshal lnunes had just had his ers of dissipation are surrounded by th imfseen prosecution lift bis scourge and deafening vortex of a whirlpool which light his touch i am prepared to give evi- renders them insensible to those still voiced dence when guilt sbdl be arraigned that proceed from the silent creatures oc thaye been eonsiiked by astrologers i god the earliest curse on sin hoxvevev have inspired the strains of the poet i have softened by mercy has also power of rotpf received the incense of idolaters aud i dering obtuse in those on whom it fallal bate elothed the language of almighty in- the finer organs of humanity among suebsj sptmjon as eat their bread in the sweat of theirs sew tbuwsnothingmore some intelli- brow i have consequently a voice bwsc preeeive it is not half so rarely or imlisti tch bei- f ftftl acfesfcp cijafab neratafera o the vwb the whole world shallendure i am aware madame that all this may appear to you like enchantment though it is for you to exercise it npon others and ask me no more questions for i dare not answer a word in the course of your life you shall see mo once again and that ere fourscore years be run tremble then for three short days shall close your existence remember my name is night- walker join the spirits of thejust and those he loved i despair moments on moments still and still succeed and with new points to make the wretched bleed tedious they creep yet hear my life away loss ofblobd marshal lannessaidto him in in sighs the night in fruitless hopes the day broken accents farewell sire spare a moment he was listening to the particulars of that sad event lie porcived a litter com ing from the field of battle with marshal laiincsstretchedonit he ordered him to be brought to a retired spot where they might be alone and uninterrupted with his face bathed in tears he approached and embrac ed his dying friend exhausted by great n sigi so the poor wanderer on a desert coast forlornly travels every helpmate lost the sun awhile bis trembling footsteps guides and bears him further from the swelling tides till sudden darkness hides the face of day and livid fires amidst the horrors play aghast he stands nor knows what path to take tr none alas came there a patb to make the thunders roar he flies some cell to find nor dares to think on all hes left behind descending rains a mighty deluge pour and raging winds a forests pride deflowr the cedars fall the humbler tenants bend while wellknown rocks the savage race defend in viin be tries to keep his tottering feet vainly he presses on or makes retreat before behind on either side he turns here torrents fall and there dire lightning burns one moment more for all ho loves be sighs the bolt descends and h despairing dies- literature life dear to all and bestow a passing thought on the memory of one of your best friends who in two hours will he no more this deeply affect ins scence created in the em peror a powerful emotion humanity of bonaparte the duke gives many traits of feeling on the part of his master such as we were hardly prepared for at wagram he tells bonaparte discovered a young quarter master of the regiment of carbineers still alive although ashot bad gone through his head but the heat and dust had almostim- mediately congealed the blood so that the brains could receive no impression from the outward air the emperor dismounted felt his pulse and with his handkerchief endeavored 10 clear the nostrils which were filled with earth he then placed a little brandy on his lips whereon the wounded man opened his eyes appeared at first to be quite insensible to the act of humanity exercised towards him but having again bringing glad tidings to the wise men when led by me they came from rife east ttfje- rusalem i had a voice predictive of the destruction of ths holy city i have a voice proclaiming my creator and a voice preaching humility to man it is not pre cisely in any of these voices that i shall now address you yet it will be i fear but a weak voice though issuing from a sphere so lofty and reaching to your hum ble earth it js probable that some of my listeners may expect a narration of things that i wit ness w my piercing eye beyond the roach of their imperfect organs some the history 0 mv birthday perhaps anterior to that of this green world these are they w would be wise above their sphere though of these mysteries i may sing to a d audience of angels and unfallen s and though they who shall reign for ey when the stars expire may confi dently p m know what lirs beyond thft orbit of stu or moon or stars ihosouodoi these things shall never reach their ear while they continue children of mortality of such therefore to them i have no voice however whether or not it wore the day of myown nativity as well as that ofthc earth which i joined in chorus to celebrate at the season i have alluded to my beams silvered the bowers of paradise from my voice primeval man listened to the hymn of udoration and joined his own in coucerl with mine and with the sons of god how clear how sweet how solemn were then the notes still issued hut not heard by you ceaseless as those which rise day and night before the throne of god which fell full on the ear of unfallen man and drew from his heart accordant echoes no jarring note disturbed the harmony of our united strains which alike were perfect praise together we moved on in our ap pointed course to each a path of glory and each to the glory of god but shall i ex ult over the dearly beloved offspring of the most high i mantained my course and man swerved from his my sphere was high enough for me since it was that which being found good by the infinite wisdon of my creator was the highest i could re ceive man would rise by other means than those which god appointed and he fell there was the concert broken the voice of man raised in opposition to mine drowned its distant harmony it is since then i have spoken with as many voices as man had inclination or leisure or pow- er to hear that uigjty issues torn my scinjllations as often as in the absence of the mure glo- nobs- luminary even fwalk in brightness but ia considcratiou to tl e dullness of sense which is incidtnt to the falleu chil dren of mortallity i iave given it a more mundane form and request that wheu next the night shall have ler coudy veil with drawn they will endeavour to hear it as it issues from my silcnturb strange account of ninon de l en- clos mr eoitor sir the foilowin story translated from the french orighal was seriously be lieved by many hundiqds of people at pa ris ifyou think it cm any how attribute to the entertainment of your readers it is most heartily at your service n possession of eternal beauty but shiver ing with fear this lady of amorous memory adds the story bad a second visit from tho gentle man in black in the year 1700 as she ling ered on her deathbed in spite of the ef forts of her servants he found his way in to her apartment be stood by the bed o- pened the curtains and gaed the pa tient turned pale and shrieked aloud the unwelcome guest after reminding her that the third day would be that of her dissolu tion shewed her own signature and disap peared as he exclaimed with a horrid voice tremble for it is past aud you must fall into the hands of lucifer on the third day the celebrated beauty was no more r t great distinction and that he had been sent by request of a writer to obtain the ho nor of allowing him to take the portraits of the family of his serene highness to send a present to the emperor of austria who had in his friendship for the country during the present war merited this high distincti on aud expression ofgratitudo suffice it to say his request was granted and after delivering bis rich presents which with these words he vanished andleft bev jtccaid he had been intrusted and dispen- in the year jcb u the famqusmae- mobile de i imicios one day snx atom in her chamber her servant announced the arrival of a stranger who desired to speak with her but refused to tell bis name tho young lady sent back answer that she was engaged with company and could not see him no no replied the stranger to the lacquey i know very well that the young lady is now alone and it is for that reason i call upon ber at present go tell her i have secrets of tbe greatest moment to impart and rannot take a refusal by anv means this extraordinary message by exciting her female curiosity procured the stranger instant admittance he was of low sta ture of ungracious aspect and his grey hairs betrayed his age he was dressed in black without a sword wore a calotte a small leather cape which covers the tonsure and a large patch upon his fore head in his left hand he held a very slen der cane his features were very -exptea- swe aodhis y sparkled with vivacity madame said he on entering n- 4fci opened tbem and fixed them on the era- neror vbom he now recognised they im- now man seeks his own glory man mediately filled with tears and he would raises the eye of envy to those who are a- havc sobbed had not his strength forsaken hove him man fluctuates hither and ibi- bim the wretched man conld not escape death according to the opinion of the gur us who were called to his assistance geo notions of an eastern nister- despot s ml- i memoirs of the duke lie rovigo m- swea ty written by himself vol ii toi- burn tnesecond volume of this interesting work which we lately noticed aud from winch we gave an extract is now published and we hasten to lay before our readers further specimens we think the circumstances connected with the fall of some of bona partes generals and his deportment in connection with those events cannot be other than acceptable to our readers aud several of these we accordingly select death of marshal bessieres the emperor had ordered at wagram that as soon as the opening which he in tended to make in the enemys centre should have been effected the whole caval ry should charge and wheel round on all the troops that had penetrated to the extre mity of our left be had just given directi ons in consequence to marsha bassieres and the latter had barely started to execute ihcm when he was knocked down by tne most extraordinary cannonshot ever secu a shot in full sweep tore his breeches open from the top of the thigh to tbe knee mo oing alone the thigh in a zigzag form a it it had been a thunderbolt he was so sud denly thrown off his horse that we fancied he bad been killed on tbe spot the same shot forced tbe barrel from bis pistol rl carried both off the emperor had the pirate of the archipe lago these arc our realms uo limits to their t ft j i our flag the sceptre all who meet obey mcrmalecha a greek is one of those who survived the dreadful massacre at lp- sara in the year 1824 when taken by the turks at which time be commanded one bundered daring aud desperate pirates col- lected together from the various isles but principally ipsariots they were divided into four parties and had four boats two misticos and two trattas each carrying twenty five men and armed with one small gun in the bow and one or two blunder busses each roan carrying a musket aud a brace of pistols and an ataghau all dress ed in the greek costume of their respec tive isles save the chief who wore a splendid and most costly turkish dress which he exhibited with much pride and os tentation having stripped it from the body of a turkishpachahe had slain defending his own native isle ipsara this rich dress added to the gigantic and fine form of tbe wearer contributed in sonic degree to secure that deference necessary for the i r n r please to let your attendant maintenance of authority in the mauage- retirc my words are not to be heard by ment of such a band of rencgadoes fto a third person tbe young lady was a one would have swayed these men and good dealstartled at this stoguiarprcamble been so generally feared and respected hut reflecting that he was only a decrepit without being possessed of his physical old man she mustered resolution enough strength and courage his will was a law to dismiss her chambermaid which never was questioned and the keen come he continued let not my vi- edge of his sabre was ever ready to ex- sit alarm you madame it is true i do not pound any doubtful point should such arise honour all indiscriminately with my pre- that sabre taken with the dresseithcrirom sence yetbe assared you have nothing vauity or a natural disposition to seethe to fear ah i would intreat is that you flowing of blood he would frequently un- would listen to me with confidence and at- sheath and after some playful -r- tenion yo see before you a man whom the subjoined account of a persian am- ins the shah of persia had sent an am bassador to the emperor he came from constantinople to join our headquarters atfiukenstiin the emperor took him to dantzic to show him an european army and the grave persian could not understand why as we were enemies we did not cut off the heads of all the inhabitants of the town he was very curious about every thing he saw he inquired how the sol diers could bo made to march together with so much precision aud he was particularly food of the military bands he requested the emperor to give him some of the mu sicians slaves as though they had been so many also was nis usuai prej sire was tbe reply he instantly turned his borse round saying let us go for 1 have no time to weep let us avoid anotn cence be alluded to the regret he felt at the loss of marshal iaones tent- me to seeif bessieres was still ah be bad just been carried off the ground a nd had recovered- his senses having merely been struch in the thigh which was com- pletely paralysed er had he ive the voice of a star children of mortality start not at the above annunciation expect not now to hear that triumphan voice w hicn i brake from my orb on the day in which the hea vens aud the earth were finished and all the hosts of them when the morning star sangtogether manifold are the voices through the medium of which i hold com munion with the mhabitauts of earth i have oue voice to the pale student wasting life by the miduight lamp anotier to tl wakeful mother flitting round the cobtfa ofinfancy and another to the warrior keeping watch in the moonlight camp with how gentle a voice have i spoken when first in the train of evening or last m die train of night i formed a bond of w on to two kindred spirits divided by imcr- veniugoccans hadlnovoce g of immortality to the grecian or roman sages when those fine spirits from whom your contemporaries receive many a lesson imperishable as the truth which it contains under their own apparently unassisted gui- lcr as trie varying impulse of appetite or assion impels him- i continue to offer all my glory at the shrine of him who invest ed me with it while hundreds of genera tions of the race of man have risen fall en in succession like the waves upon the eftlliftye nevojtfedjnte circjc traced ot for me by the finger of omnipotence in the depth of space unswerving to the right hand or to the left when the curtains of darkness are drawn round the canopy of heaven i move at the respectful distance attendant on the queen of night illustrate the tear of penitence and slitter in the dew- drop but when the lordofday has harness ed his triumphal chariot and he pours the allrejoicing beams of his countenance from the eastern height in humility i retire from his presence yet longing to catch a glimpse of him as i disappear to see him clothed more abundantly than myself in the gar ments of his makers strength and to hear him proclaiming in louder strains tne goodness of the being that created him- 1 have glided with equal beams over the palace aud the cottage the temple and the omb i have smiled on tbe nativity of lasalle peath of general the emperor was gong w of battle the evenng g geoce w39 brought to keoeral 1ss who bad jus been h f the last musketshots fired bet re in by one or tne last mu9k tbe final retreat of the enemy that gene ral had had in the morning a strange p re beotiment of the fate that awated him tbe acquisition of glory had been an ob- voice dance have well nigh stumbled on things that might else have been supposed utter- iv unapproachable by any light but that ol a revelation which they had not recevel 1 i had no voice to answer the presunip nous inquiries into futurity wot up to iic former ages but that wbh was famy imputed to me was the lying voice ofm i have a gay voice for the ear of infancy a to monarchs and i have mingled my dim med rays with the glare of the funeral torches i have sat behind the domes of imperial cities and i am now howled to by the wild beasts that couch in their desolate site i have silvered the statutes of athe nian and roman demigods and i shone on the walls of troy i who pass over the earths innumerable multitudes passed over it also wheu of human kind it con tained none but the first pair who hand m hand wandered forth from eden the pa rents of sin and sorrow i shone on it al so when the breath of god had dispersed the clouds aud man and beast had perish ed and it was ft waste of waters except where within the compass of one ark were contained the righteous and ihosc preserv ed alone with him to replenish the earth i saw the angels of god that ascended from and descended to the stony pillow ot the patriarch jacob i laughed upon the impious builders of the tower ot battel as neyoilclonrcceniigabovar- very point newniti n- 2jj o the nightly communions which the son of god while on earh held with bis fa ther in heaven i shone over mm when he hid not where to lay his head and i kiss ed n my beams the sepulchre where the zx hav t 6 hav horror on the desolations of war and hav- ion the secrets of the earth obey aod whom nature has invested with a power of dis pensing her gifts i presided at your birth the lot of some mortals depends up on mv nod aud i have coudescended to ask what lot you would wish for yourself the present is but the dawn of yourbrilliant days soou you shall arrive at that peri- o when the gates o the world shall ily open to receive you for it depends whol ly upon yourself to become the most illus trious a ad the most prosperous lady ol your age i submit to your choice whether supreme honours immense riches or eter nal beauty take which you choose and depend upon it there exists not a mortal who can make you the same ample offers that i verily believe replied the fair one in a fit of laughter besides your gifts are so very splendid 41 1 hope madame you have too much good sense to make sport of a stranger once more i seriously make you the same offer but decide instantly then truly sir since you are so good as to leave me my choice i hesitate not to fix upon eter nal beautv but how pray am i to obtain such an inestimable jewel madame all i beg is that you would put down your name in my tablet and swear inviolable secrecy that is all mademoiselle de 1enclos instantly complied and wrote her name upon a black memorandum book the ihev toiled on circle lewnuug cleaud thought vainly that it v reach my abode while i beheld its k notnt beneath me i was wii upon with red edging- the old man at same time touched her gently upon the left shoulder with his wand this now resumed he is the whole ceremony henceforth rely upon eternal beauty and the subjugation of every heart i have here bestosved you unlimited powers of charming the most precious privige a tenant of this nether orb can enjoy du ring the six thousand years that i have pe rambulated tbis globe i have found only four who were worthy of such rare felicity they were semiramis helm cleopatra and diana of poitiers you are the fifth and i am resolved you shall be the last you shall he ever fresh and ever blooming charms and adorations shall track your sicps whoever beholds you e that in stant feel captivated with j and they whom you love shall reciprocally love you to distraction moreover yen shall enjoy unintempted health and longevity without appearing old some happy females seem born to hewich the eye ayd some the heart but yon alone are fyied to unite these different qualities it you shall taste of all the pleasures of life at an age when others of your sex are- suffering un der decripitude your name judl live while p r above the heads of some of his gang be would as if by accideut take off a piece of ilesh from some less dangerous part then smiling through bis dark visage flou rish his weapon over his head aod sheath it this act of brutality was always how ever followed by a handsome present in unlike the ipsariots he had married 3 stranger to his isle a captive he made on an excursion with his baud a short lime siuce into a distant part of turkey whi ther he bad been led by tbe allurements of both wealth and beauty by information derived from letters intercepted on board a turkish vessel he fell in with offmytelenc they alluded to the daughter of one of the most influential aud wealthy pachas of asia minor an incomparahie beauty her fame determined him immediately to se cure her for his wife and repair to some o- ther island to live knowing the jealonsy that would arise in his own from this uni on with a stranger and a turkish girl by a man like mermalecha obstacles are easily removed and there in order to carry bis plan which was to disguise as turks into effect he put every soul to death ou board tbe vessel amounting to 50 and taking half the number from his own gang on board whom he set to stripping the clothes of the dead turks substituting them fr their own and reserving his fleet est boat he sent the others with the rest of the cang to the island of micoui to occu py the summit of its highest mountain and wait his return after disposing the turks m a way to prevent discovery by getting up a quanti ty of ballast stones which were fas tened to their feet on heaving them over board and then destroying every paper or article which would iu any way detect hm carefully preserving all those which related to the object of his journey he set sail for the dardanelles- having safely arrived at the nearest port to the residence of bis in tended victim he lost no time in preparing for the jaunt over land accordingly dressed a part of his men as peasants some as traders and under pretence chart ering away his cargo in the country set out for tbe residence ofthc pacha taking with him some very rich prcseuts and as much old as he deemed necessary to brine at tendants fortunately among the eiters he bad preserved was one which bad been tken from an artist who shared the late of the turks which gave him at once an introduction withiu tho pachas castle it heing only necessary for him to personate the italian painter f this letter presented him as an artist sing some gold among the attendants he set about making preparations for taking the drawings first of the daughter for the better effect he recommended her por trait should be taken sitting in tbe open air under the arbour where the advautage might be had of giving better light and shade to the piece the following day was appointed when she was to be attended thither the day and hour arriving this bloody artist with some show of preparation en tered the gates of the castle intending ou this occasion merely to get a view of the object he wished to draw off having ac complished which framing tbe excuse of being indisposed after the long journey he had taken he put off the task begging to know when it would be most convenient to herself she replied that after she should return from her morning ride at 6 or 7 ocloek she would be taken iu her riding this proved licrally true for at six next morning mermalecha took her in her rid ing dress and by forced marches that day aud night had her embarked on board his pirate boat gliding swiftly over the glad waters taking all his faithful gang with him but leaving tbe ship behind to take care of herself while this artful artist was managing matters to get the daughter his gang had found their way to the old raaos coffers aud in geld jewels valuable stones find diamonds they added solid charms to the beauteous prize and were duly rewarded by their chief it is strange but no ies3 true that this fair captive was not heard to lament her change of condition she fit first was sad hut not sorrowful in her lover all the fero city of the pirate was melted down by the geuial rays of beauty she shed upon him his hand yet red with blood fast clench ed his sabre ready to guard hivleveiy eap- live and the thoughtless greek oarsmen chanting their war song kept time to the springingoars ofthetratta which seem ingly aware of its rich burden glided smoothly along rendering pnrsrrit as use less as attack would prove dangerous when mermalecha reached miconi lis little pirate squad lay in a small bay at the north end of the island at the foot of the mountain at the summit of which amid the rolling clouds which lowered above the lofty peak his place ofconcealmcnt and se curity was duly fixed agreeably to previous arrangement the enthusiastic cheers ol his baud as they descended the mountain reverberated down the deep ravine at tho bottom of which his swift cacique gliding through the narrow pass of the calenque met their view gladdening their hearts this intricate hidden pas only known io him and his gang once entered pursuit would be useless- thus in a place of safe ty surrounded by his crew ho clasped ia bjs armstije busjing beaugfn pajgnnj and sprang upon that shore new tho thea tre of his depradatious- atthe sight of the fair captive lightly dropping from the arms of ber lover every ataghau leaped from its sheath and heing crossed over her head with hands on their hearts all swore to demote themselves their lives and fortunes to her bowing in a cir cle around her their foreheads thrice to tbe ground invoked blessings upon them both from the patron saipts of their res pective ies then rolling a large rocktl e key to the entrance of the little harbour and securing the boats in the dark cavern into which they floated with ease tho whole party richly ladened moved an the side of the mountaiu following its deep est ravines to prevent observation after some hours of fatigue aud difficul ty they reached a precipice extending en tirely round the peak of the mountain ren dering it on all sides inaccessable hero at its foot stood a church and a small hut io its rear at the mouth of a cave by the entrance of which sat an old greybearded priest trimming a lamp to trim the midnight lamp at tho watch tower aud to match and pray by day and night was the only occupation of this holy villain with his rossnry and cross in one hand and lanthern in the n- ther he led the way into his cell mutter ing over as he went his benediction mermalecha led the trembling diamon- da to a couch and seatiug her requested the holy father to prepare some refresh ments and after which io unite them in the bands ofmatrimony the taper which be fore had given but a dim light now lighting up and throwing its rays full upon the ace of diamonds discovered to the priest his long lost daughter the pirates without sat dividing their plunder and telling over the events of their adventure till urged by fatigue and hunger they entered the mouth of a cave through which winding their way iu endless laby rinths arrived by a secret passage to tie summit of the mountaiu which was round to be well supplied and well guarded suffice it to say next morning the father gave away bis daughter the hanslitcr u p- hcr captivity gave her hand ukx py in