kingston published weekly by james macfarlane at his office in front street kingston uc v nicle nec rege nec populo sed utkoque vol 13 seventeen shillings and sixpence per annmn if sent by mail twenty shillings let us depart mrs ifemanh u louder and louder gathering round there wanderd over the oracular woods and divine sea ropheeyinga which grew articulate shelley jftghthung on salems tower and a brooding hush profound lay where the roman eagle shone high oer the tents around the tents that rose by thousands 1b the moonlight glimmering pale like white wives of a frozen sea filling an alpine vale and the temples massy shadow pell broad and dark and still in peace as if the holy one yet watchd his chosen hill- bat a fearful sound was heard in that old fanes deepest heart as if mighty wings niahd by and a dread voice raised the cry let us depart within the fated city evn then fierce discord raved though through nights heaven the cometsword lis vengeful token wavd there were shouts of kindred warfare through the dark streets ringing high though every sign was full which told of the bloody vintage nigh thonghthe wild red spear and arrows of many a meteor host went flashing oer the holy stars in the sky now seen now lost and that fearful sound was heard in the temples deepest heart as if mighty wings rushd by let us depart but within the fated city thero was revelry that night the winetup and the timbrel note and he blaie of banquet light the footsteps of the dander went bounding through the hall and the nrastc of the dulcimer baflnnjtftflhtm while the clash of brotherweapons made lightning m the air and the dying at the palacegates lay down in their despair and tint fearful sound m beard at the temples thritftng heart aa if mighty wings rushd by and a dread voice raised the cry saturday may 26 1832a ho 48 they paused and sat down on a mde bench of stone with a table of the same kind before them upon which elias turned to his wife took the child into his bosom end said see how preen the trees arc how pure that falling water is how rich the wild bowera blossom and how bright rhe sunshine is seeking to find its out amid the thick boughs which encircle our den of refuge look ye down the vale of nltlt and look ye up lo heaven he who rules above spread out this beauteous land beneath our feet and hung yon marvelous canopy over our heads and gave unto us the fowls of the air the fish of the stream and the beasts of the field for our in heritance but the wickedness of man mars ibo bounty of god we are deprived of our patri mony forbidden to sing the praises of him who dwehson high under penalty of limb and life but he not therefore cast down my love nor ditqnieted when the doors of the earth are clos ed those of heaven will be opened let us retiro farther into this wild and seldomtrodden glen and then let us lift up our voices freely and without fear to god for assuredly he is wroth with us because of our fears last night i heard h voice soying my saints are fearful and my people deny me and i shall givo them for a time to the power of the strong and the cruel that men may know that i am wroth with the faint of heart and the feeble of spirit and marion answered and said so be it elias wii sil some danger ir isv g fust 5st lhe j j 8aid a ihal 0ur cor p mo lik- j tailor than a warrior god i dinna like feed the ravens theres a pair of them looking at me now with his cameraman carcass may the fiend make my ribs into a gridiron for my soul whisht captain godsokc whisht said n ve teran trooper no that yc frighten mo with such wild words but deil hove mc ifl like the pre sence of these hoodedcrows they look at us as they look at a sheep thats doomed to die on the mountains an i were you i would een take their counsel and keep out of that dark glen it lies nac in our line of march and the cap tain silenced him with a motion of his hand and said corporal borthwick take ten men and station them privily in the ruins of the old hunt ing tower of dalveen there they stand grey and lonely they command from ho upper win dows the entrance of the friars cell where this fighting cameronian has no doubt taken refuge it is a long shot but you are skilful the rest of them it will enter the ravine at both ends the moment you have a full view of him at the en trance take a deliberate aim and if he falls here is my puise and you are a serjean borthwick stationed himself and his men nccor- ding toorders whilst his captain went into the ravine w the desperato service of dislodging a practised warrior whose place of refuge no one could approach without peril of his life i think my lads said the corporal our captain ha shaped out a ganncnt for himself he pendirular side of the ravine fought shrlier in aider what answer to make and hostilities would a distant glen and foiling all their enemiep liv- rccomnicnce at the expiration of thai period if ed till times of peace came when they returned he did not surrender all this lieutenant fitz to their cottage and lived and died in pond old gibbon stated to captain mdweli and in im age yet once a year as the day of iluir de- i minutes lieutenantcolonel boeistler sent to liverance returned they went with their children and servants to the friars cell and ing a long the rude path which the accidental foot of man and beast had fashioned in that wild ravine sometimes the way scaled a steep and fearful crag sometimes if crept among the fantastic roots of the oak and the beech and sometimes it went to tbe margin of the linn where the rock cleft aa it were in two disclosed the foaming stream at the perpendicular depth of fifty and sometimes an hundred fathoms elias often had to use all hi to bo packed up in this auld tower when theres game in hand but nac doubt the captain thought we wet all tailors and lhafc our courage was but small- 1 will show my face moran where youra de not be seen exclaimed the corporal standing bill the window and holding the musket with which all troopers in those days were armed right towards the friars coll the i skin and strength in whtertgw hria anb overcome in mind with the miseries of that sad morning had fallen into a slumber but even in slumber there she dreamed that her house was psalm and prayed a prayer and the same was tilllately done by theirdescendants mhtnaum a fokbst hymn hore is continued worship- nature her in the tranquility that thou dost love enjoys thy presence noiselessly around from perch to perch the solitary bird passes and yon clear spring that midst its herbs wells softly forth ancl visits the strong roots of half the mighty forest tells no tale of all the pood it doe- thou hast not left thyself without a witness in these shades of thy perfections grandeur strength and grace are hear to speak of thee this mighty oak by whose immoveable stem i stand and seem almost annihilated not a prince in all that proud old world beyond the deep eer wore his crown a5 loftily as he wears the preen coronal of leaves with which thy hand has graced him nestled at hi root is beauty such as blooms not in the glare of the broad sun that delicate forest flower with scented breath and look so like a scale seems as it issues from the shapeless motrld an emanation of the indwelling life a visible token of the upholding love that arc the soul of this great universe a say mie would surrender upon conditions 1st that the officers should retain their arms hor ses and baggage 2a the mm lo by down heir arms and become prisoners of war and 3d that the militia and volunteers ss in num ber then with the american army should be permitted lo return tu tlio united spates on pa- role after some apparent objection on the part of fitz gibbon the terms were granted shortly after lieutenantcolonel dc heron came up and 20 oflicers and 520 noncommis sioned officers and private including about 50 cavalry and artillery were marched off prison crs btackdqod3 magazine the cameronian a sketch hi allan culuritigsum on summer morning in the year of grace 1gy6 a man was setn making his way toward a lonely cottage in the vale eff dalveen at the bead of nlthsdale a glimpse indeed of the traveler could only now and then be obfamed for he seemed desirous of concealment and his presence was chiefly indicated by the rustling of the bushes of hqpel and of holly among which lie forced hi way or by the startled bwdafor the sun had not yet wholly risen and the lark had butnewly ascended with his song hepass- ed a small stream and coming to the door of the cottage by the side of which a cheesepress was standing dripping with new whey cried marion marion the door was quick jy opened and a young woman threw herself into hia bosom saying elias bless theebless thee u and bless thee too said he return ing hia wifes embrace but this my love is o time for vain and wroridly affections put on thy mantle take thy little one in thy arms and follow mc i have escaped almost alone from a woody 6eld and here we may no mora abide she went into the cottage and returned with a child of six months old or so in her arm milk in a flask with some bread and honey and said elias i am ready but let us unloose the cow and turn her to the pasture and open the door of the fold so that tbe sheep may gotothehiu or they are gods creatures and must not per ish and he said surely for s it is writ ten and he did as she spake and then left the cottage accompanied by his wife and child now elias and his wife were both young and xhis was the second year of their marriage they turned their faces towards that wild and wooded linn which unitea itself with the deep lea of dalveen and at they wentmarion looked back on her home and said it is a sweet place and loth am i to leave the hearth where wo first kindled our bridal fire and seek a refuge in the glens and caverns of the earth elias it is bil ker but oh eternal life is sweet and ahe clasped her child closer to her breast and lulled it with a little song of her own making all the while ehas spoke not he woond his grey plaid closer round his body leaving both arms free- examined the edge and point of a sword which hung at his side and which seemed to havo been lately usedthrew a long spanish musket over his left arm trimmed the flint and looked into the lock loaded it and then having felt the handle of a small dagger which he carried beside his sword resumed his former rapidity of pace they soon entered the ravine bought their way along a path fit only for a wild cat and having reached a sort of cavern or recess in the rocks at length however they reached w m as to be their abiding place this was a ru but not ungraceful sort of temple formed by ihe earlier labours of the brook out of the mnry freestone rock in the rode pillars of which and ruder ca pitals an ingenious artist might almost perceive the dawn of the tuscan order tho entrance was wide and overhung with honeysuckle j and the interior was recessed and preaented what to anchorites might appear both seats and couch es now my love said elias this k the plate where our scottish warriors of old found re fuge when they warred for the independence of their nsuntr and in this place shall i one of their descendants fight tbe good fight without tainting might and cruelty must prevail in this und for a time the nobles and great ones of the earth have united against us and we are driven fbr a season to the httatha and tbe desert places to be wbuntfed with the shafts of the hunter 11 alas my elias said his wife looking ear neatly in bis face u and is our dream of wedded happiness come to this our hearth is clean our cottage fire burns bright the fruits of the season are m otfr fields our flocks are not few on the hills this tittle one hath come smiting in to roy bosom and we have much much in this little world of ours to cling to and to love peace woman said elias sternly think ye that i have shut my eyes on that domestic pic ture with which ye seek to lure rae am i blind as the slow- worm and the mote no those blessings which ye rise io arrayagainst my faith i prim not lightly it is not for the shape of the garment i wear not the fashion of tho dish whenes i drink that i thus peril thee and thy babe it is for veedom to these limbs it is for the freedom of my soul it is for freedom to worship god according to conscience that i am thus hunted from rock to rock and from cleugh to cavern woe to him on the great day who bath preferred a wsrm homo and a sweet wife to the cause of liberty and the word of god and woe to him who seeks us lor harm in this place of refuge this hollow tube won in a sore seafight with the spanish aimade has never in my hand missed hs aim and thissword was never by my strength thrust in vain so be not alarmed my love but lull thy babe whilst i keep watch for the sonsof belial are ever busy against the broken remnant of gods church so say ing elias stood within the porch of the place and lent an ear to every sound and an eye to every bird that flitted from bough to bough now it happened on that very morning that capt greer with some fifty mounted troopers was on bis way from edinburgh to dumfries to avenge the defeat and capture of general turner called the tippling apostle of prelacy inas much as he was a hard drinker and had reach ed the entrance of the upper gorge of the dep defile where elias and ins wife sought refuge when he wss met by a messenger in the disguise of a shepherd who said that a sore battle had been fought in which victory had blessed the arms of king charles but that elias wilson one of the chief leaders had escaped from the field and was believed lo be concealed in one of iho wild glens in the neighbourhood of his cot tage his house said the messenger is but newly forsaken the fire is scarcely extinguish ed on the hearth 1 have traced his footsteps through the dew into the lower gorge of this wild ravine whore i dared not to seek him single handed for ho is eminently skilful with tho awordp and when he has his musket in his hand an caglo cannot escape him what man exclaimed greer and is elias wilson ho who can preach ss well as fight and fight better than the fighting laird of bonshaw lurking in entcr- ken glen then if we meet and i fail lo was no repose beset with enemies and that carabines were lev elled to destroy her husband and shrieked out 0 ellas on looking up she saw him peer ing warily through the screen of honeysuckle winch covered the entrance of the cavern and cocking his musket as he looked he motioned her back presented his piece and fired the ra vine echoed loudly to the report and corporal borthwick dropped forward from the window and his helmet was seen glittering for a moment as he dropped dead into the fearful chasm below wo are beset all around ray love said elias t reloading iris musket i have slain one son of belial in the act of presenting his en gine of death at thee and me bulfearnot god will work out our deliverance so compose thy self and keep out of the way of harm they know not the friars cell it commands both the upper and lower approaches but peace peace he presented his musket as he spoke the serjeant that conducted the party who were to penetrate from the lower gorge received the ball in bre brain as he gained the summit of the rock and fell over the cliff it fared no better with a second adventurer and the rest daunted and believing that the fugitives were in itow de sisted and stood undecided now my lads exclaimed captain greer the game has begun the old tower is sending shot after shot and there will be nought left for us to do but to march to the friars cell and re port on tho dead body so saying he deosended into the ravine and wound his difficult and ad venturous way warily with foot and hand captain said the veteran who formerly addres scd hitfy laying his hand on his arm and point ing upwards theres our black forerunners that man never had luck that they took a fancy to yet but ill follow ye to the red hot doors of perdition afore ill flinch only i have nae faith in things if these bloodcrows dont believe that they aru feast atween your breastbanes aod mine it is said that the captain changed co lour aa he looked on those dark companions of hismargh athlhe went forward one of them uttered a croak and looked into the chasm be low where the stream was invisible for mist and spray g seemed as if it saw something at that mqmentgreertook offbisbelmetwavedthe spirited exploit lieutenant fitz gibbon 49th regimckt after the capture of fort george on the ni ago frontier by the amig aud tbe british bad reared to my tenawe pctffa al the head of lake ontario lieutenant fit gib bon requested general v toporroil him lo go in advance with 50 c men of the 49th regiment and to range iq fnnl of ewmy a discretion the request wa and he marched the same evening 12th of june having lieutenant wind ltuc to his parly on the morning of tbe 8 q j bing in formed that a strong detafc 0 j united- states army were moving towards the spot he occupied and shortly aftp hearing the firing of cannon and mdsketry he m that major de heron who command a detachment of the i04th regiment about fiv miles distant was at count orloff the giant a ludicrous story is going about the town res- peeling the long looked for count orlolt which we merely give without vouching for its correct ness the count is of gigantic dimension both in bulk and height mr b one of those very kind gentlemen who import all manner of living curiosities for exhibition at the theatres or as they term it cater for the public amuse ment was about the time of the counts arri val expecting by the slcamhont an enormous giant whom he had engaged for drurylane the exhibitor was as anxious for the arrival of his fine animal as were the diplomatists and stockjobbers for that of the count so he tnok a boat and met the steamer in the river arrived on deck he soon espied what he though must he i his long expected lion in tho person of the count willi eager eye did the theatrical diplomatist sur vey his ponderous bulk with some little disap pointment at finding him under seven feet but wvirve od reason for knowing that rtalinvsdn not keep pace with descriptions he did not much care already had he settled in his mind what he should be called the great ogre of the north born on mount caucasus the last nf his race determined to travel in search of a wife bercs a hit for the ladies it must pay the exhibitor soon introduced himself to tbe count who received him with much politeness but a due degree of diplomatic reserve which the other perceiving soon let him know his consequence and that every thing was pretty well rmderslood between them and that he came from the very fountainhead of aflairsin fact that he was their accredited negotiator and that they had held a conference yesterday what without l he therefore rods forward to reconnoitre and was much surprised t g t x enemy was moving in the opposite direction and where indians only could be ei w him he then sent back n comet f dragoons to oderup his party consisting of 1 lifeutenant 3 serjeants and 43 rank and file pusu on himself to re connoitre he found the indians firing from the woods in front on the eifftny who occupied an eminence which was clear jf timber on the flanks and whose force was diatjflrfij foen l0 consist of about 600 fifty of which cav and two field pieces by the time winder aod the party came up tho hutaw vcife beginning to retire and lieutenant fin gityj 8uppos fa ene my would then be permi mq off uqmo tested conceived the i summooing american commandant coloncl boereuer to surrender and after fthg hia detachment in the rear of the enemy y w iwim and advanced his bug sounding the cease firing in a little time w fiag wag h over one of the enemj gans fln a captain mdowell of the ame art came out to meet lieutenant fil qibbon who said i come sir in the name tyf colonel do heron to demand the surrender amer force now before me and to ftfl- j protection againsl the indians a number joined us recently from the north west overworn we have little con- troul and if we cry y positioii by assault we cannot answer for ijfe consequences cap tain mcdowell replied u n wou return and report to the proposal jg ttn answer as soon aa possible in fifa minutes he came back and said lieutenanjjboerstler sends for an answer that he ft nftt con himself plume 1 1 scare them away and at the same time i defeated and cannot trender after a mo- red lh head to and fro and continued lo ad- ments consideration i filz gibbon said will you request colonel bocrstler to send an officer to see coloncj dc herons force when he may then find it prdent to surrender at the time he had only lieutenant 3 scrjeanls and 43 rank and file to ahow him captain mdowell again went commandant and returned saying c bocrstler requests that he himself may bfc permitted to see your force and if he fino it as to justify his sur render and save his hqn he will do so i do not feci myself uthnrized said fitz gibbon to permit colonel bocrstler to see our force but if you will wait i fyy u n commanding officer if he will permit n i wcnl aw aa if lo state the matter ih a superior officer and while endeavouring to lm in his mind a refusal to what he had before fiffcrcd viz shewing him the force captain hal joined hirn with 14 dra goons and to whom he related what had passed and requested captain i i receive tho appel lation of colonel and lt would represent him as the senior officer on hfc spotthat he could not allow colonel bocrstlc of his officers to see his force ami ihril he would in coloncl halls name assure him that he bad amplo means to force him to surrenil humanity alone induced him lomakc tho oltcr be did and that five minutes more woila only be granted to con- moved h head to and fro and continued to ad vance at that moment a ball from the friars cell grazed his temple and struck the veteran who followed him on the forehead the latter in the ticathpang clutched hard the arm on which liis palm was laid and dropping heavily back tle living and the dead were precipitated some thirty fathoms the rest of the troopers were struck with dismay their leaders were slain no one volunteered to advance and as they stood itrcsolute they heard a shot ring again from tht same fatal place and saw the body of one of their comrades sink down on the window- sill of the tower while his musketdroppingfrom his relaxed hands went rattling down the rocky ravine all the whigs are come from hell said one to defend this cursed glen let us march m place sentinels at the passes des patch ivn of our fleetest horses to dumfries for an officer to command us and for foot soldiers accustmn to such warfare for my part 1 can only fight on horseback this sentiment as it promul security was embraced by all they retired to the extremities of the ravine placed mltui is sent two troopers to dumfries for as sistance j and when the next day dawned pen tratcd unmolested to the friars cell but elias wilson and his wife and child were gone they escape at night fall by scaling the almost pcr- me said the count oh yes dnd i have brought tho mrticlee for your signature and we mut bind you to them at once i shall do nothing said the count till i seethe prus sian ambassador pooh said b wo can ty yoij belter than he can so sign the articles what the whole twentyfour i have not counted them says b but you must signi wish you had more beardwc must shut up wilson he walks about so for nothing how is sir robert said the count he is getting stale now i suppose why yes wilson has made himself loo cheap even the littlo boys dont look at him now we could have done something with him though if he could have been prevailed on to engage he was too in dependent i suppose exactly so said b holds his head high a gentleman and that will never do in our line at no price will it rffltm fa hwh tta- count by the bv said b what name do you travel under oh my own to be sure oiloff h pooh that will never do the people can pronounce it we musi havelwenty consonants and no vowel however we can settle that at the first conference i think you speak english too well you had better a- void it altogether youll lose half your conse quence theres the tower so goodbye we had better not be seen loo much together you sign the articles tomorrow mind mums the word no tsmpering with the other house you have but two houses by your constitu tion i believe no only two majors but lots of minors i thought the proclamation put down those minors no they arc too strong for us this reform is playing the deuce with us our funds arc getting low but your arrival will put us all right again adieu esid the count shall i bring the protocols what are those why our weapons to be sure oh aye bring them by all means the more humbug tho belter adieu judge of bs surprise when be saw the count handed with much state into the russian ambassadors car riage orloff orloff why thats the man the papers have been boring us about instead of a giant i have found only a ficnipo it is at off indeed the count laughed heartily when the mistake was explained and related it with great good humour al prince talleyrands dinner last week true sun miliar al one time they conducted him through the whole progress of a quarrel which ended in a duel and when the parlies were supposed tu he met a pistol was put into his hand which he fired and was awakened hy the rcpor on a nother occasion they found him asleep on the top of a locker or bunker in the cabin when they made him believe ho had fallen overboard ami exhorted him to save himseirby swimming they then told him that a shark was pursuing him and entreated him to dive for his life he instantly did so with so much force as to throw himself entirely from tbe locker upon the cabin floor by which he was muoh bruised and awa kened nf course afionlic landing of the army at louishitrg his friends fnund him asleep in his tent much annoyrd by the cannonading they then made him believe that he was enga ged when ho expressed great fear and showed an evident disposition to run awar against this thrytfcmonst rated but at tle same time in creased his fears by imitating the groans of tho wounded anil dying and when asked as he oft en did who was down they named his particu lor friend at last they told him that the man next himseiriiod fallen when he instantly sprung from bis bed rushed out of his tent and was roused from his danger and his dream together by falling over the tent ropes a remarkable circumstance in this case was that after these experiments he had no distinct recollection of his dreame but only a confused feeling of oppres sion or fatigue and used to tell his friend that he was sure he was playing some trick upon him a case entirely similar in its bearing is related in smcllic natural history the subject of which was a medical student in the universi ty of edinburgh a singular fact has often been observed in dreams which are excited by a noise namely that the same tound awakens the person and vs iftfc totblfewlhg ex ample of this has been rckieci to me a gentle man dreamt- that he had enlisted as a eatdier joined his regiment deserted was apprehended carried back tried condemned to be shotaqd at last carried out for execution after abthe usual preparation a gun was fired he awoke with lhcrcpoitand found that a noise in an ad joining room had produced both the dream and awaked him the same want of the notion of lime is observed in dreanra from other causes dr gregory mentions a penriemen who after sleeping in a damp place was for a long time li able lo a feeling of suffocation whenever he slept in a lying posture and this was always accom panied by a dream of a skeleton which grasped him violently by the ihroat he could sleep in a sitting posture without any uneasy feeling and after trying various experiments he at last bad a sentinel placed beside him withorderato awake him whenever he sunk down on one occasion he was attacked by the skeleton and a severe and long struggle ensued before he awoke on finding fault with his attendant for allowing him to lie so long in such a ttate of suffering he was assured that he had not iain an instant but had been awakened the moment ho began to sink tbe gentleman after a considerable time recovered from the affection dreadis dreams con be produced by whispering into the cars when a person isaslecp one oflhc most curious as well as authentic examples of this kind has been referred to by several writers i find tho particulars in a paper by dr gregory and they were related lo him by a gentleman who witnessed them the subject of it was an officer in the expedition to louisburg in 1758 mho had this peculiarity in so remarkable a de cree that his companions in the transport were in the habit of amusing themselves al his expense they could produce in him any kind of a dream by whispering into his car especially if thia was done by a friend with whoso voice ho wasfa- czrcassian women history travellers and romance have sffid nothing of the beauty of circassian women which is not below the truth beauty has been wwmrreflrm lymffirvftrv tteirt ft rttn of men tion and to justify this idea it is slledged that what is beautiful to the eyes of one people is not to those of another thai a chinese beau ty wpuld have no charms in franco or england and in like manner that ihe french or english beauty would have no attractions in the eyes of a chinese but the beauty of the circassian wo men is a sufficient answer to this reasoning since they are acknowledged lo be beautiful by all nations they are every where sought after and arc the ornament of all the seraglios of asia africa and europe because they possess that pleasing union of features that proportion of all the parta of the body that splendor those brilliant tints that whole that cannot be defined but which exists and necessarily constitutes beauty since all men render it homage it is only in this point of view that the inhabi tants of circassia a country between the cas pian and black sea deserve the attention of the observing traveller it will easily be conceived that the nation which considers women as mer chandize can never moke her a compani nor consider marriage a sacred and indissoluble union we find accordingly that the circas sians have many wives whom they change at pleasure hut the fust wife always has a supe riority over the others which nothing can take away and which she retains till death tho first wife who is usually married when extremely young is purchased like the rest in the public markets where an innumerable mul titude of women arc exposed to sale habited in the manner which is judged most likely to excite the desire of the buyer no inquiry is mode with respect to whence the woman was brought and if the names of her parents are aeked it is only to ascertain whether she derives her birth from a slock of pure and acknowledged beauty tho usual price of a beautiful circassian fe male is from eight to ten thousand piastres women being the principal commerce in cir- casia has for itsubject to preserve theirbeauty and facilitate its dcvelopement all domestic occupations arc abandoned to the slaveswomen are solely employed with the arts of the toilette and the means of pleasing they make it a par