The Greensborough patriot [February 25, 1843]

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VOL. V. GREENSBORO', N. C, FJSIIRUARY &>, 1843. NO. 3L
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- aXTIICI.
This »at the great Ai.mvh.Ibi ita'pital ol Syria,
anil I" carefully In bo distinguished Iron, iln- Ami
neb HI Pia.dis. I< ■»* liluated upon lb.-1, n lui.k
of the Dronies; the tallej of v»hich totma «t i».a
place a fertile plain, •botM ten nnlel long WOl fin
or fil broad. It Moral about three Imi.ilr. .1 mi'..
to the north of Jerusalem, and iwenly-Uiree liiili.
(IOIII ihe place •here Ilia Oronlni discharges ilM if
into the Mediterranean. The low n wat built hy
Sciences Nicmor, who creeled into an u,depend' nl
nioimiobv lira dmine » euoqucicd hj Alexander
in We.i.'rn A»i«. and who named it tfter hit father
Animchos. I' 'hen became iha ». •'• ol ihia ■■■ w
tiupire, and n« such,as well ■• limn iM eonnnodi.
00a and contral ■ituation, 11 gr> * t» ka '" • uf "'«
largest mil mom important eitiai in the world,
nor does 11 appear IIIHI it declined, hut r.ith-r ihsi
11 increased, when 11 heeaim ibe capital ol the Ro
■nan pmtineet in Ana. It ranked lliinl, «"• f
Koine awl Aleiandria, among the cms of the
empire. The early Jewish writers, when IIW)
wanted lo express the idcanf a greal city, .-;icn did
ao bv » relereiire 10 Anlioeh, in Iha term*, " (I
•Mat an Anlioeh."' final numbers of J.ws were
aeltled there; for at this lime Ihe Jewa wore wd. ly
dispersed in "nil beyond Ihe Koinan empire, large
boiliea of ih/m being feninl in ihe tuuai of the great
cilira; anil to Anliorh they bad been in an especial
tosiiner allured, not only by Ilia greatness of thi-nly,
11 being the seat of aa extensive commerce,
and lit p'oxMiiny I" that* owneouulry—hul h) ihe
civil privileges which had In en granted hv Iha
tin .li king" of Sy.ia, and coi.firin.il b) the HO
Oians, In such of ihe Jewa •• abnaa l» tattle Ihere.
Mr Buckingham baa given a very ample descrip-tion
of Aniiia h in hia '• Travail among ilia Arab
Tnbea," chap. x'xvn. from whirh Iha following
paiticnla'a are principally taken. Il m-w beat*
ih« mod.fiid name nl Autaki, and is thought (on
what amho'iiy ia mil aai.l) lo contain tihoul ten
Ihonaaud persons, (IMSlodlOg one hiindrid and fitly
Christian fannlie«, and twenty Jewish MM, Out
own information, obtained from a Jewi-h Uabhi
who bad been al Anlioeh, stales the pn-ai nl mini.
her of Ihe J. w« al iwo hundred. The langnafaol
Ihe |ieeplo ia Turkieh. The town ia eeaied al Ihe
lool of a (leap and bare bill, which lerininalea ibe
range ol Jabel Dkrah.iho Mount Uaaioa ol the an.
cienla; hiiving before it ihe wide Valley before
mentioned, wlneli ia thickly Wooded and kighl)
cultivated. The liver wlueh llowa Ihinngh II 1-
here from one hundred to one hundred anil Ml)
feel wide, and flnwa at the rate of about ihrer mile-an
hour. Il wa» formerly navigated up lo ihe fill,
and mighl again be made navigable for sailing
bonla, if clear, d out below. Il ia now eroeaed by a'
aobalaiiiial alnne budge. The t.mnilaell, although
inferior oi.lv In Aleppo, llaiiiareiia, and Maiiiah, in
aize, and coi.M'i|tiently larger than any ol ihoae on
Ihe cnnai, ia not »o well bmll aa Hieau g. n. rallv
aie, and hiia no large public huiidiiiga of anv b. an.
If. The houvea are mnally of alone, and on- al'
|ieiil-roofed, and cover, d wnh icd like; many ol
Ibein are three Morn • high, but more generally
Iwn, and the OMief pail lathen convtrurred of wood.
The alreela are narrow, und have a high laiaeri
cauaewaj of fill pavemanl 011 each aide for fool
pnaaengera, and a very narrow and deep path be-tween
for horaea, a. Idoni wide enough in admit of
Iwo paaaing each olliei. The hazaara are moally
open ; and are unuaually numcroua in proportion
In the aiie of th* town aa Ihia i* a marl of aupply
fer an ritenaive liact of country around il. All
the arliclea 111 d. mend are found here in abundance
and the maiiufactiirea of ihe lown iiaelf conaiit in
coaran pnlirry, coltoi. cloth, aorne ailk twill, acve*
ral tanneries, and saddlery.
The> Mahometans, have fourteen mnequci; the
Jewa osaemhle for worship in a loom in Ihe houae
of Iheir chief; and ihe Chnaliana, aa already men-tioued,
offer (heir prayera in a cave. There arc
Iwo khana, and arveral fountains, all of them of a
very ordinary kind. Much of the above., however,
applies io ih. city aa il atond before Ihe lernble
earthquake which devaatalcd ihia part of Syria in
1 ~J2. 1'iini Kivk, Ihe American miaaionary, who
Tiaited it iwo yeara after, aaya thai walla, mos.|uea,
and bonsea, were aeen lying pioairate in every ill-recnon,
tilling ihe ■iraell with ruina. He did not
t-alimat.* ihe population al more than four or five
thousand : and Una ia eialained by hia fcllow-irav.
el. r, Mr. Madox, who alatea thai four or five thou,
•and perished by the earthquake. The inhabitant!
were then living in hula onlaide the town. Since
thai tune, Ihe lown acunia to have been leatored to
neuily its former condition and population. The
existing town,however,though Inoiely hnill,acarce.
ly eovera one third of ihe apace enclosed by Ihe
aniii-nl vrallf, of which ao much iapreaerved entire
that their line may easily be traced. Auihonlie?
(tiffs! as In ihe circuileiicloa.il by theae walls; Mr.
Buckingham aaya four milea, winch ia however,
niiicli less than the amount aiaigned by ancient an-thorilies;
hut these walls appear to have been lor
the most pail of Roman work : and, very proh.-ihlv
were built by Justinian after ihe lown had been
ruined by Ihorefeianjj and which we m.y ima-gine
to have beiu of much inferior exii-ni in thai
been of ni'irh infenoi extent to that of the original
city. The iimlhw.-sl wall rur.s along by the river
Ihe tOUthweal one ■eoandl the sleep aide of Iha hill
that overlooks ihe cily, that on Ihe eniitlnail runs
along ita aummit, and Ihl northeast one deeeendi
again over ihe lido of Ihe hill at the nppoallo ev
iri inn of the City, lo meet tint «Inch ran a'onc Ihe
... •'- hank, Thoae walla are from thiili lo fifll
1 '1. lit- 1 -I fi el thick, ami Hanked with four
hundred iquira lowers. The northern porti/Mi
Witbltl ll»- ai ru-nl walli is now filled wuli one n-tensive
wood if gardcM, elm fly olive, uiulbi try.
anil tig tree. ; und along the winding bunks of the
liver 1.1II and slei.drr |H.plars were seen. The in*
habilanta allll eli.-ri«h the reinembrauce ofSt. faul'i
vi-n to lbt-11 city ; ai.d u is remarkable that
"lie of ihe gales—lli.it leading lo AHeppo—is al'll
■all) d, by all (.lasses, Bab liablous or Hie gale of Si.
I'.iul. There anl some remuina of anrienl aquc.
duels and budges; and ullcr heavy rams, an in- ic
warble p-»n menta are visible in many pans of ibe
own ; and gems, cornelians, Mid ring", arc very
In qni-iilly found.
'1 in-1 'hriatlan Inlaraal eonaeeted with ihia proud
'it-—one.- "ibe Quean 01 lira Kail," and then "ihe
eye ni the Baalern Church," and "TIIOO|K.!US"—
llie i-iti nf (i.-.d—May, in com.ex ion VII'II Ihe en-gravatd
i.iiisiiaiion, probi.l.ly raiidet iheao details
iMcic.-Png lo our read. IS.
THE BATTLi: (IF THE COWl'EXS.
Il 1n.1v with trolli be said, IIs.il in no bailie of the
American Retolution was ibe couteal more une-i-
ii:.l, or iln- victory mt>Mi signal uiidcompl. te, lhan
.hat ..f Ih. Cow-pcile. The llniisli army was supe
i'i.r in numbers, in discipline, 111 arms, and in eve.
ri thing that canconaliliiU an army, save ihe will
aid apiril of Ihe soldier, and Iln; noble daring ol
ihe officer. In Infantry limy wire aa live lo lour,
tad iii Cavalry aa three loom-! Toe American
.riiiy IIIHII r lien. Morgan, was a retreating detach.
icnl, iiiiboul artillery, wiihoiil proper arms, and
witlioul h.ige.ige or piosisiuiis. In ihe language ol
1 dmtinguiabed historian of ill it pin.nl—ihe earth
uas th. ir bed, the heavens iheir coloring, nod Ihe
rivulets win. b 'hey crossed, lln-ii oniy driok.
The haute ground of the Cowneill is in Spaitan-inirf;
Dislnel, hl.oirl a.-v.-nte. n nines north of lite
I'oiirlhouse, and lour or five 1111 is limn the North
Carolina line. The auriounoing country ia a l.tau-
• 1 fis I and altnosl perfeel plain, with a flue 0/OWIIl
of tail pines, oak anil ehesnut. On Ihe memorable
17th of January, I7H1, the entire country fi r miles
around ihe battle-ground, was one vast uuiouclii d
forest. The iiihahi.ai.la of the lower part ol th.
District, had beta in the hahil ol during their c 11-
la into tins pan ol ihe country for Ihe purpose ol
-.'razing, and had erected pcr-a 111 the neighborhood
lor ihe purpose of sailing und 11..irking them. Hence
the origin uf the name nl the bailie giuund. The
field of bailie, however, ia about Iwo milea diilanl
Iroiu the Cowpens; but inasmuch ai th. re waa no
iiher or nearer known place in the ricrghbnrffbod,
H was called "The Battle of ihe Cowpens." The
night previous lo Ihe bailie, Ihe American army
'.ad ei.can.ped on Ihe grnund. The pnailion waa a
lavotable one, and lay immedialely belwem the
head waters of "Suck Creek," a branch of "Buck
fVeck," winch are not more thin two or Ibrve bun-dled
yards span. Tho forcca under General Mor.
gan were drawn up, about daylighl, nn Ibo ridge
.-all riding from one of these spr'ng hranchea lo the
other. These hranchea, at that time, were well
iue.1 with cane and small reeda, which made lie*.
eeedingly dillicull lo cross over them. Cien. Mor
gun was retreating lulu North Carolina, and had
.li'leriiiii.ed 10 give bailie 011 ihe o her side of ihe
Broad driver, but Oeneral Pickeni informed him
thai it they crossed the river the militia cnuld uoi
I e kept l.^eiher. A large portion of them had
joiueil Ihe srniy ibe t\ay previous, and weie under
no regular discipline. Tina determined ihe Com.
iniimliug General lo wail for Tarlelon, whnle forces
had Leen marching all night In overlake Ihe Ame-rican
army, b-eloro Ihey could eel over Broad Riv
i r. The Not III and South Carolina Mililia, under
ihe command of General I'tckeus, wi 10 pneied one
huuered and filly or Iwo hundred yarda in advance
of the continental Iroops, under Colonel Howard.
Colonel llrondoii'a Regiment was placed oil Ihe
b-fl of ihe rnad leading from Union District into N.
Carolina; and the Regiments of Colouela Thomas
and Roebuck on the right. They were ordered lo
stand the fire of the enemy as long na possible, and
then retreat and form again nn Ihe right and led ol
ibe continental lioops.
About sunrise the British army appenred in light,
anil inarched within one or two hundred yaida of
the American lit.is, and then displayed lo the right
and left, u iih a corpi of csvaliy on each wing.—
(icneral I'ickena ordered the mililia not lo fire, on
III the enemy cjme within thirty pacea of ihem.—
They were alan permilcd 10 shelter Ihetptaltei be.
hind treea, which waa al least a prudent, if not a
very aeieniifie mode of fighting. At the celehra-lion
of ihe anivcraary uf Una bailie, in 1635, the
writer of thii sketche waa shown, by several of the
old eoldieri, ihe identical Ireeifroin behind which
ihey fired during the engagement. Tho ilruish,
when formed, rushed forward with a about and boa
■a, aa if in ai.licipaltnn of an easy victory. The
borjc of Colonel Brondon was ahot down under him,
and Ins icgimenl immediately fired on the enemy,
in violation of their orders to wail, until within 3d
pacea. The regimenla of Colonrla Thomas and
Roebuck aeon commenced ilsoa busk and dosiruc
live fire. Tho enemy now made a charge wnh
fixed bayoncla, and the mililia gave way. The
brunt of the batllo waa now bravely borne by ihe
regular troops, whilst the malitia ralied in tho rear
mid renewed the engagement. Three hundred of
the British were killed and wounded,and five hun-dred
of ihem taken prisoners. The remnant of
Tarleton'a cavalry waa pursued by Colonel Wash
ington fifteen or twenty miles, 10 Gondelock'i
where he was informed ihe British were out of his
reach. This, however, was a false statement, made
by Mrs. Goiidrloek, in older In save the life of her
huibnnd, a bom Colonel Tarlelon had just pressi d
into Ins aeivicc, lo pilot htm across the Packolet.
This good lady supposed that if Col. Washington
overtook Iha British, an engagement would necea-sinly
ensue, and her husband might be killed in
ihe ncnnii. She therefore sufT.-red the feelings nf
I wife lo prevail ovrr those of patriotism and mo
n.lily. For the f-ul was, lint Tarlelon had just goi
out *.f tighl aa Washington rode up. Had the A-moiican
cavalrv continued Iheir pursuit fifteen mi*
1.ute* longer, ihe remnant of iho British troops
would have been either captured or killed.
The ncxl day afler the bailie, a portion of tho
mililia w-ai despatched lo bury ihe dead. Three
place! of burying ore now lo be distinctly seen.—
The largest il near Iho chimney of a cabin lome
hundred yarda above iho bailie ground. The te-
[ cund 11 filly or a hundred yard! distant, and the
: third on the spot where the bailie look place. One
of Ihe anldicrs who aasiat. d in ihe burying, oh»crv-
I ed, al the celebration before alluded In, that Ibe
.lu.nl were found 111 straight Inns acroia the battle
j ground, and llnl 11 gave them a most singulai up-
1 pearance when aeen al a dialauce. The only Vcs.
Mgei of ihe battle, now lo be leen are Ihe treea
which luivM been cut for bullets. Smile of these
I chops are Iwenly or thirty fiel high—Ml cmlciifli
' of bad shooting by one or the Libel of ihe patties.
A great many of iho bullets aro yet to be found in
.' Hie Irecs. The writer ia* leveial which were
pewter, and had no doubt been moulded from a
. spoon or plate. Lead being Settee, tome good
j whig had made the best substitute in hi* pnw. r, at
I the expense of his table, and Iha convenience,of
' his family. Al Ihe mm: Ihe bailie was fought,
! there was no undergrowth on the ground, and ob-
' jecls rntghl he seen al a great distance through the
i woods; tint since that time bu-hea noil saplings
I have sprung up and dcstroyid, 111 a gleal measure,
1 the heailly of the forest.
BEMIMSCEJiCES (IF THE UHlGafl P.iRLUHEXT.
COLONEL AI.FOKU, or CKOROIV, AXO Gauaoa
1 GaixxKiL, or Mats.—Col. Alioui.ol Georgia,says
the N. Y. Union, made hia first apm-arance on Ihe
! floor of C01 giesi in ihe monih ol F. binary, 1830.
1 He came fr.-sh from bis " native land," wild and
uiibiidl, .1, and ready for any scene thai ch nice or
choice might present. He had not been much ac-customed
Uldhlihi ratios assemblies; and on getting
possession of ihe floor said, what waa evidcntlv
■■mat true, that he wai hul little acquainted wnh
order or the forma ol .leba'e.
Col. Alt.ud was elected to fill a vacancy llial had
be. n cr. atcd by death ; and, aa he was u( opinion
tbni hit Congressional careerwoold be a sort brief
one, it was ev del.I that he was determined thai il
should be bold and efleclive.
Custom, and courtesy, and Pailiamentarv pre-cedent
long since decided, thai every " new coin
■ 1" shall remain passive,quiet and inactive, in Con. I
grcss for the firsl three months it least; and afler
thai period of proliariovi has passed, it is expected
that llie candidate for Congressional f.inc ahall,
tftaf due possession acid preparation, make hia
speech, and be measured.
Col. Alford d«l not recognize the validity of any '
auch rule ; tnd Mr. Sfieaker I'olk had scarcely ad-ministered
lo him Ihe oath nf office before he wat
on hit feet and on the floor, addressing the House
in a tone and t strain uf eloquence that -arai aa no-vel
as it waa unexpected, unwonted and Hireling.
When he came into the 11-11, and presented bit
credentials, Ihe Hun. George Grinncll, of the Mas.
sichuselli delegation, wai on Ihe floor, addressing
the chair,, in hit quiet and mild manner, on the
injustice and inhumanity that it prtcticed on ihe
"poor Indiana." ilia tpcecb wn intended delu-sively
for home couiumption, and more especially
for those iiiui.K n aunti and rickety it iff rumpid
•punters, who shed gicil leiri of blood and hud
cider, over the sufferings of Iho '• logins," in Ihe
prairie nf the Chief Pnnli of ihe Tabernacle of the
I'untans, and who, al ihe same lime, permit Ihe
poor and needy of ihe Firiih to itarve on Iha coin-mon,
or drag oul a miserable existence in Ibe Alms
House.
Mr Grinncll hvd "done wall for enniiiiutlnni."
lie had denounced and reviled the administration
and il. 1 lii d ibe Indians, and ss a matter of course
look hia seal, glorying in tbcconsciouinces thsthe
had made a speech thai would secure his re-elec-tion,
snd doubly endear ruins. If 10 s People, who
whtlil ihey deeply sympathized with Ihe modern
Aborigines, forgot that their ancestors of ihe old
Colony, routed the'lainc race of beings, wnh 1 fero-city
and a vengeance, thai had no parallel in Ihe
history of barbarism and atrocity.
Colonel Alford waa lint moment fresh from Ihe
Creek tnd Seininoletn wsri, his wounds unhesled
and gaping for revenge.
To hear iho Honorable Mr. Grinnill eulogize
the Indian character, and sympalhtie wild the Kid
Mm, and recount the ilory nf hti alleged wrongs
WII what he could not exactly endure.
Leaping lu ihe floor, unprepared by a single mo-ment'!
preparation, or meditation, ho pounced
upon Mr. Grinnell wnh tho fury ol s tiger; snd
gave utteiance lo a volley of eloquent inveclivc,
lhat never was, and never will be turpaiied.
"And iloca ihe gentleman undertake to talk to
me, Mr Speaker, about Indian magnanimity, and
Indian heroism : Does he expect me lo unite wnh
him in shedding tears of sympathy over the preten-ded
wiongi of ihe Creek and Scminole?—Does he
with 1 practical illuttration of Indian justice and
humanity ! If be docs, sir, I'll take Imp lo the
morasses snd everglades of Florida, and the black
girt plaim of Georgia, and there, sir, he may grap-ple
in deadly strife, wnh those persecuted Indian
Iribei that elicit hti pily and Ini commiseration.
Sir, but s few weeks have elapsed lincc I wai
grappled, arm lo arm, tnd throat to throat with ihe
hardiest and Ihe moal aavage ol the rale. This
arm, sir, and ibis hand, which I now move, tnd in
the pretence of the eternal, swear shall bo wielded
whilst life it left, in destroying the last vestige of
the race, was palsied by iho tomahas-k and the
scalping knife. I wat al the mercy of ihe aavage
conqueror, and hy the eternal, I'll bo revenged.—
Sir, the war cry was loud and long; it waa ihe war
whoop nl death; and if the gentleman has any favor
for thai kind of music, I'll give him a specimen of ill
Then the gallant and deeply excited Colonel al.
tempted an Indian war vlioop to the inter amaze-ment
nf the whnlo House,and waa only induced to
withhold the effect, hy Ihe loud cue! of order lhat
proceeded from all sides, and hy ihe announcement
of Mr. Grinnell, lhal he had nol the leasl disposi-tion
lo bo entertained hy the war whoop illustrated.
Never was Ihere a more emphatic display of "ah
oquencc divine" undo in Ihe American House of
Representatives, than thai which distinguished Ihe
occasion in .ptesiion. It was thrilling boyond all
preci dent and example, and will long bo reniem-heied.
W hen Col, Allord aat down, such was Ibe
I fleet lhat he had produced, thai Mi. GriuiiL-ll CJIII-plimciticd
bun 011 his success, a--d Ihe whole house
until d 111 awarding bun an uuauiiin.ua bunt of ap-plause.
A FIRE II NEW illKk.
Dons.' rJbtsaV dimg.'—Thorn goes the great Citj
Hall bell. Dong—noug—ilong--Fire! tin! fir.!
fin! fire!—Dong—dong—dong—lire, file, — ding,
dong—ding, dong—ding, dong —ding,dong—dong
—dong—dong — fin-! fin! Where is 11? Where is
it? Filth District. Here come the engines—lake
Care—lake care—here Ihey come, thumb ring and
jarring along the atdu-walka. Stand up close—'hey
rush past. Hear the lull tones of Iho trumpet—
"tin ahead—go ahead—huny men, hurry!" J n
tfle, jinglo, jingli—there run the light horse Carts.
See ihe variegated lai.teiniaml lorchei dancing like
meteors through ihe- crowd abecd- We will ruii 11-
long and see it. VN here's ihe tiro, watchman?
" VVatcr *arccl, netr Maiden Lane." Co.no, bur
ry, hurry, run. Here we ire. Boo IlM lines of en-gines
are alieady formed, reaching 111 double rows
In Ihe river—numbers designated by ihe diffv'cul
colored lanterns gleaming amid Iho darkness.—
What wild confusion! Here come hand cull, full
nl o-nnd. pitched in top-y lurvy. See that fellow
lu:iihl. down the shawls and b/ankels 011 the itepo
111 ibe comer, while he's oil' again lor more—anil
there's another with books and pup. ri. The hy
draiils are unscrewed. The hose aie spirting whole
shoueri through leaks in Ihs lesther—look out,
you'll gel s ducking. There's ihe fire!—ihere it
II is—ihere—ihere—that great fivealory stoic with
iron shutters. The flames sre already bursting
from Ihe dormant windors. Il will he a bad bu
smess—10 high up. They aro tumbling Ihe goods
into Iho Street from the lower story. " Oel oul ol
Ibe way—gel out ot llie way"—alam, slain —llicte
goes ihe door—they've knocked 11 ofl ill lunger.—
The firemen rush up ilaira with llie huso. Tue
flames increase in volume. Hear Ihe glan! The
siorc il full of drugs, ipmis, tarnish and boxes of
glass. How the fliiuei roar and ciaekle : Halloa!
here come the hooka and ladders—"(ict out ol
ihe way!—gel out of the way!" There IOCS Ihe
grial ladder—Set! lifted hy hundreds ol bauds, it
slowly rises —it is planted against the side of llie
burning building—they've opened one of (he shut-ters
in the third alory; do you lee the fireman's
leaihci cap reaching uui? Hear his hoarse cry
through hia trumpet ; see ihe crowd, how Ihuy col
lect, and Ihe bright hlames g'arii.g upon Iheir up-lurntd
facei. "I'lay away No 6." The wind car
mi whule sheets of flimeovei llie roofs of ihe ad
joining buildings, ami ihs upper windows sweep
bulb in s deluge of fire. "Play iway No. U, play
away, 0, play away, 0," passes along the crowd.—
Liang,bang, bang—Ihere goes the sngines, Sims ss
if worked hy magic. There swell Ihe boss! iheie
il comes! The slresm pass. • hissing in Ihe flames.
Look ! look ! tee iii- fiieineu on the ltddei! sue
Ihe one on ihe upper round! he hanga on wilh one
hand o'er the giddy height, and cult wnh h-t ste
iniii Ihe iron ibullen with the other, while his coin-pan
ion siippoili Ihe pipe on the nest roui.-d below.
Clink, clank; he cms; clank; the shutter springs
imiii lit liiuget, and Ihe imprisoned flames leap uui
like wild heaili upon them! Tbeyare completely
enveloped in the furious element! They will he
destroyed! Have Ihey Isllen? No! no! they huld
Iheir heads, snd Ihe 11 aim - r. hound Irom their lea-thern
cxpt. They fearlessly retain Iheir hold.—
The pipe is dreclid mio the flames! Hear the
cry, indistinct Irom the height,'I'lay away, 4."—
lliaveus! why arc they so dilatory? The ladder il
already on fire above; ihe men will be dcaltoyed.
"Play sway 4, plsy swsy 4."
Ay, there il comes, bang—heng—hang—bang.
The bose fills like s huge serpent. There goes Ibe
slresm into the flames! Stream and smoke snd fire
now conceal Ihem from our sight. Bang—bang—
bang—bsng, from Iwenly different engines. Streams
earned from the resr and iho surrounding build-ings.
The opposite stores login to smoke! The
lunoiu element hss gsined the insslcry in Ihe high
wind. See how Ibe steeples sre illuminated by
■ he glsre! and the windows in iho distance, bow
tliey glitter, ri fleeting whole streams nf light!—
"Hurrah! hurrah!" "Clear the way! clear the win!''
Here cornel the great Suuthwaik machine. Iluw
iho cinwo rush against each othei! What an in-cessant
roar Ihe engines keep in Iheir rivalry! bang
—bsng—bang—hang. Hear the'foremru'! Irum-peis
in their mastiff tones'—"(iive wsy boys!"—
"Down wilh her!"—'(iive it 10 her, my hearliet!''
—"Thai's your torts!"—"Givo il lo her, bullies!''
—"Lei ycr hsvc it!"—"Huxaa!"—"No. — is over-flowed!"—"
Give il to her, lads!"—"Wake up the
old machm.!" Bang—bang— hang—bang. Htrrsl!
roar! there's art explosion! There goi a a p p- ol
varnish! The whole of iln- upper stories are s roar-ing
mill of file. The next ilorc it pouring oul
volume! nf smoke—ll'son fire inside. "Vint I'lay
ing.\o.\G." The fiiem.-n are forced down!—" lost
/'/iM.-iri.7 No. 0." See how Ihe windows and cornice!
of the opposite lide of the ilreet begin to smoke.
There—ihere they light inlna brighl Idize. " Ins/
p/uying, No. 8." Oh! here'i "No. 6" 11. thii dark
corner. They Hop. How cool and indiflerenl llie
men now appear, at if ihey had nothing lo do. See
how Ihey lean on the long arms nf the machine, tnd
joke at if Ihey were indifferent speclaiorajhul now
they art working wild all iheir energies. W'hew!
how the lufTociliiig smoke drives down upon us in
iho narrow slreet. See how madly the II.lining
cinders, and whole hales nf burning papers llv thro'
the Heavens. "Huirali! Ihere goes ihe roof. Ob|
oh! oh!" How intensely ev. ry thing is illuminat-ed.
Hah! Ihe firemen are hurrving down ihe lad-der—
il is burning all Mound Ihem. See the mas 1
and cordsgo of the shipping Iraced in lines of fi-e
on Ihe darkness in the distance,—and see Ihe prow
ling plunderers hurried off by Ihe police!
" Clear Ihe way—clear ihewav"—save 'he lad-der.
Hear iho cri'-s and cheers in every ihrcc.tiuii.
at the wharves, in llie alleys. What turmoil Hid
uproar? See Ibis engine close op ill this dark alley,
out of tight of ih.. fire, shut 111 hv ih.- high but d
ings. What is ill "No. 88"—bard ai work, and
yonder, scorched hv Ihe flames, isanollnr. Fisshl
—Ihere gi»es another explosion. "Ob! oh! oh!"—■
hear ihe crowd. See what's perfect cataract of
beautiful b'ue and yellow and crimson flame ia
pouring oier the gable end Irom Ihe burning drug!
—and hear Ihe continued crash of glasa as box. s
come ihiinilering down through Ihe burning Infls.
Hear Ihe roaring mil cracking of llie eager flamct
as ih.-y leap up 11.10 llie sky in great sheets. See
how lik< s.ilamsndcrt ihefireineu fesrleisly work a*
mid tho furious confl igialiou, and hear Ihe incta-ssul
cries and cheers and rattle from tho engines.
There is one standing perieeilv idle—why don't
ihey do their duly? Hark! do you hear thsl hoarse
o'der passi .1 through ihe uniiipei, '-Phty army 10,
/Joy uicuy HI." What do you think now? Aru
they stack? Do ihi y understand their duly? How
like lightning the arms fly up and dnwn, ai with
cheers ihey respond 10 ihe call. Hear their for....
man,—"Hearty, boys, heaity,"—"give it 10 her,"
—"down with her, I say." But see Ihe crowd
rush headlong—crath! plunge!—tho whole aide of
ihe gieal alore has como lopliiigdowu with lerri-h'e
uproar. Il has crushed the Wooden buildings
beneath as if they w-eruegg ah-1 Is. How the dsrk,
black riiiuku and .lust hide oven the flinie in mo-mentary
dirkiiesa. Now it ttac*. See the fireman
nishuig und. r tin! murky clouds to the conflict.—
|l-ar the hum of admiration Irom Ihe crowd. Ai.!
here comes nun of the brave lellowa borne in Iho
-inns ol his comrades. How deadly pule his CIHIII.
lonanca—he is perfectly senseless, his .-inn and leg
are broken; anil >.i:6 anoiher bruised but utseofBiatM
Crushed by Ihe ruins. Yel amid all the confusion,
roar and ruin, man is gelling ihe unslcry. Tho
lluuics in the mrroundiiig bsildntgs are cm iiueied,
mil Ihe c.ii.flagraiiuu ia gradually beaten buck lo
ils I'igiiial starling place. The walls tremble.—
A wilery deluge pours fiosi everv direction—in m
iho sides—llie Iront, the rear, and from hose car-rod
on llie roofs of Ihe surrounding buildings.—
The 11 lines diminish—smoke and ateaiu gradually
take their place,—and now the tirn is out,—and
lile ctowd diiperamg—seek then houiei, Such
is il r coufl ct which the New Yoik Fneiiian hia>0a
1111 d the MOWS and si.-el of Iho hitler wiulcijiuul-
'ligni.
TUB ARCTIC BECIim.
The following uccouul ofa thrilling sdvenlure in
Ihe Artie Seas is from a magazine publish*.! some
nine since. The circumstances a'recerlaiuiv with*
in the range of possibility, unee no putreiactto.i
could lake place whilst the bodies of Ibe unfortu-n.
ito sufferers wero in tho temperature of a vessel
"enccased in the thicked ribbed ice."
"In the spring of the year lStil, a whaiii g veiael
sailed in.in llie purl ol London upon s voyage 10
the Polar Seae. Nothing material . said to havo
recurred until ibe arrusl 10 those regions, when 11
becsme Ihe duly of the crew to keep a perpetutl
look oul upon tbe horizon in tench offish. While
Ihui occupied, It was fancied by one of the Seamen
lhat a aail wat disceruable It far to tbe northward
as the eye could roach, tnd at Ihe court* of the
whsler was towsrds the supposed vessel, s uisss
became gradually distinguishable amidst the moun-tains
of ice which appeared in thtl quailer to bound
the tea. It waa uow summer, ami the afternoon
unusually calm, whilst ihe whaler gradually 1,eared '
ihe object in view ; whilst the sopp-nnion being
that 11 was a vei«el engaged in operating on iho
blubher in Ihe bay, which wuulil open 10 viow upon
approaching nearer lo tbe ice. L'pnn arriving,
however, ana* ihe spot, it became clear lhat Ihe
seasi ! wai a wreck eoiheddid in the ice, anil could
only be apprvaclied by t boat. This having been
lowered, Ihe captain and several of Ihe seamen
landed upon the ice, and approached th- v.tsel,
which proved "to be a bug.
The sails weie furled, vory little appeared on
■leek, and all ibe arrangements were those ol a n ••
•el laid up for a long period uf nine. Descending
into ihe cabin, the first object which was seen waa
a large Newfoundland dog, coiled upon a mat, and
apparently asleep. Upon touching ihe animal it
waa found tu he dead, and the hndy frnsen lo tho
hardness of s alone. Filtering Ihe cabin wn next
•een 1 young lady, sealed al a table, her eyes open
gating wi h mild andileadlail expression upon iho
ma comers lo that solitary tool,
Siie wai a corpse, and in lhal apparently resign-ed
and religious attitude had been frozen to death.
Besides her wsa s young man, who, it appeared,
waa ihe brother of ihe young lady and cemaandrr
of the brig. He, too, wit dead, but tilling al the
1.1 hie ; and before him lay a aheet of paper, upon
which he had written the following wordt:—"Our
cook hat endeavored since yesterday to auike a
light, but in vain—all it over." At Ihe other tide
of the cabin Hood Iho cook, with a Hint and
steel in his hand frozen lo a statue in the vain en-deavor
to procure Are which alone enuld have lav-ed
housed md bis companions from the cold aim
of death.
Tin- superstitious fears ol the in men now hurried
Ihe captain away, and frum ihn 11 appeared that
Ihe ill-fated vesiel wat a brig which had belong! d
to ihe port of London, and had tailed lor the Arctic
region! more than fourleon veuri ago."
CEMI'S AM) ill! TRIM II \.V.
Thomas Moore in hn life of Lord llvr.n. Ins de.
voted four or five paget to reflections on ihe Unfit-nets
of men of genius 10 the inarricrl stale. That
they aro unfit, thai tbay ire disinclined, or lhal ihev
am unfortunate in their endeavort to enter into
thai stale, would seem, at I. aal 111 many instances,
10 require no other prcof than ia In hn found 11. tho
numerous east snf celibacy in the history of men of
genius. Thai many of them arc until, or unforln-oaie
in Ihi n choice, is also proved hv Ihe repeated
inttancea of unhappy wedlock lo he found among
lhal class ol men.
Among 'he distinguished poets who never mar-ried,
may h- 1,lion, d |'„pe, Th ..rp.uii, (;„ld-
Mioih, Cnwper, aid ol hers, tmong th,- moderns;
and we know not how many among Ihe annienta,
li- those a ho h ive inarm il nod hern iinhapm v
he nil nne.l llalile. M.lion Shak. spear,-, l.y i..l.»i
Byron, Ac II. .10 S.v.ll, 1 „ogl, ,.,„,, ,|, „, j
in ver acknowledge or lite with his wife.
If poet, he, as Hoy base been represented frnrn