The Massachusetts Spy, 1831-11-09

From the Liverpool Courier of August 24. WRECK OF THE ROTHSAY CASTLE STEAMER. The dreadful event which occurred on the night of Wednesday last, within a few miles from our shores, has overspread the town and neighborhood with a deep and chilling gloom, which all the dis distressing - tressing distressing circumstances of many years gone by. with the accumulated awfulness of their most af afflicting - flicting afflicting features, would hardly have been adequate to exceed. Following with such fearful proximity, i but far exceeding horror, the tremendous storm of the preceding night, it would present to many se serious - rious serious and contemplative minds so close a resem resemblance - blance resemblance to the visitation of retributive displeasure, as without much aid from superstition, to impress the feelings with profound unaffected awe. To have known that more than an hundred of our fel fellow - low fellow beings had by one terrible catastrophe, beed violently hurried over the limits of earthly exist existence, - ence, existence, and plunged into eternity at a mon.ent when pleasure, perhaps, had banished every thought but of the present, would have been sufficient to have awakened sentiments of heartfelt regret; but now there are claims for sympathy. The ill fated indi individuals - viduals individuals whose untimely end too many have the j misfortune to deplore, belonged, for the most part, to Liverpool and places at no great distance from ; it, and the weight of grief has thus been increased proportion as its sphere is contracted. In addi- I tion to this, the destruction of a steam packet at ; sea is a thing of such a rare occurrence, that while its improbability added, no doubt, to the number ; of victims, it would also tend to heighten the con consternation - sternation consternation which the melancholy intelligence cre created. - ated. created. Most of the unfortunate passengers had parted but in the morning, full of life and hope, from affectionate friends relations, in mutual anticipation of a delightful excursion, and without entertaining an idea, much less an apprehension, of danger; and, under these circumstances, to those who \.ere left behind, the sudden and appal appalling - ling appalling nature of the shipwreck in which the object of their affection or friendship had perished, almost within sight of their very shores, must have, added j a tenfold poignancy to their anguish and dismay. - This disastrous event is now the universal subject of conversation as well as of eoinpassion. through- | out all ranks of the community as tar as the loss had been felt; and though the softening hue of years may soon cause the general eys to look back upon the frightful scene in the calm light of a sad but not singular mischance, there will long remain here and there some comfortless breast where death alone can close the remembrance of that fa fatal - tal fatal day. It is now our duty to lay before our read readers - ers readers a relation of the whole affair, as complete and accurate as we have been able to gather it. This narrative exhibits a loss of life more distressing ; than we had to record as the wreck of a single ves vessel - sel vessel for a long time past, and the few, the very small share, who were preserved from the ocean grave of their hapless companions, were saved by an almost miraculous interposition. Had they been immersed in the water for the same space of time during the cold of winter, or had the tide been upon the ebb instead of bearing them towards the land, their sufferings would not long have sur survived - vived survived the destruction of their vessel, and the in intrepid - trepid intrepid exertions of those humane individuals to whom the survivors are mainly indebted for their lives would have been spent in vain. The Rothsay Castle was a steam pacekt which formerly traded on the Clyde, and since the occa occasion - sion occasion upon which she finished her career in the tempest that scattered, to the waves, various opin opinions - ions opinions have gone gone abroad with respect to her soundness and efficiency, and a suspicion on this point has also been rumored in connection with the fact of her being discharged from her original station. It has been stated as a reason for sup supposing - posing supposing her to be unsafe that she was at least 12 old ; but it is very certain that a vessel must be of an inferior description indeed that would not continue seaworthy considerably longer than that time. That there was some material defect, however, in the condition of the packet during the whole of her last voyage is now placed beyond dis dispute. - pute. dispute. The Rothsay Castle belonged to a line of steamers which sailed from the port of Beaumaris and Bangor, and was furnished with one engine only. She was commanded by Lieut. Atkinson, who has not escaped without a share of the blame which has been circulated on account of the loss of the steamer. At ten o'clock on Wednesday last the vessel was appointed to sail from the usu usual - al usual place, George's Pier-head, but a casual delay took place in starting, aud it was eleven o'vluck before she had got every thing in readiness. - Whilst taking passengers on board, a carriage ar arrived - rived arrived at the Pier-head for embarkation. It be belonged - longed belonged to M. W. Foster, Esq., of Regent's park. London, who, with his wife and servant, were con conveyed - veyed conveyed in it to the packet, and took their at the same time. They were all subsequently I drowned, a little dog which accompanied them I being the only survivor of this unfortunate group. The detention of the packet beyond the custom customary - ary customary hour of sailing had also been alluded to as having materially tended, by its influence upon the time of her arrival, outwards, to bring on the heart-rending catastrophe which sacrificed so im imfiortant - fiortant imfiortant a portion of human life. It is impossible, ' lowever, to ascertain the weight which may be allowed to the various causes w hich have been al alleged - leged alleged as conducing to the necessity for the present mournful details ; perhaps they may all have con con, - , con, tributed their share, and perhaps on the other j ; hand, in the absence of them all, the disaster ! might no less certainly have happened. By start starting - ing starting an hour too late they would, of course, have the tide turned against them so much the earlier. and thus their progress would be somewhat retard retard! - ! retard! ed ; and independently of the loss of time by this means, the tide would be lower by just one hour's ebb at the period when the fatal crisis arrived. It is accordingly stated that whan the vessel struck, | the water was extremely low. This may be very true ; but then it is not to be supposed that the difference of an hour in the time of a vessel's sail* ' ing is of such consequence as to decide whether 1 she is to go safely to her destination or to be inev inevitably - itably inevitably wrecked. Upon the whole, therefore, this reason may be looked upon as by far the weakest of the three. When the steamer left the Pier-head her deck \'as thronged with passengers, but the precise number it would be impracticable to en endeavor - deavor endeavor to obtain, because, besides those whose names were entered in the books, many individu individuals - als individuals were taken immediately from the pier-head, without any ptevious application. The captain, crew, musicians, dec., amounted to 15, in addition to whom, it lias been supposed by persons who saw the vessel sail that 110 or 120 souls were on board. The majority of the passengers consisted of holyday and family parties, chiefly from coun country - try country places ; and in one of these companies who came on a journey of pleasure from Bury, the hand of death committed a merciless devastation. It consisted of 26 persons; in the morning, joyous with health and hilarity, they sat out upon the waves, and when the shades of that evening ap approached, - proached, approached, it is with unutterable grief we relate, that every soul but two saw his last of suns go down. i The weather was not particularly boisterous al 1 the time she sailed. When, however, it is recol- I lected, that the severe storm which had raged in i the morning must have agitated the water on the j Banks more than usual,(an American vessel, which attempted, by means of a steam boat, to put to sea, at five in the morning, having been compelled to return to port,) this circumstance will account for the alarm which seems, early in the afternoon, to hive prompted them to urge the captain to return to Liverpool. The wind, toe, blew strongly from the northwest, and the vessel had to contend with the tide, which began to flow soon after she pass passed - ed passed the Rock. These considerations will account for the slow progress which a vessel with only one engine made against an adverse wind and tide, without any mismanagement, up to a certain peri period, - od, period, on the part of her commander. When the steamer arrived off the floating light, which is sta stationed - tioned stationed absut fifteen miles from Liverpool, it ap appears - pears appears that the roughness of the sea alarmed many of the passengers. One of the survivors stated that Mr. Tarry of Bury, who, with his family, consisting of himself, his wife, their five children, nnd servant, was on board, being in common with others, greatly alarmed for his own safety and the safety of those dear to him, went down to the cabin, where the 1 captain was al dinner, and requested him to put I back. His reply was, " 1 think there is a great deal of four on bond, and very little danger. If| we were to turn back with passengers, it would never do - we should have no profit." To another gentleman who uraed him to put back, he is re reported - ported reported to have said very angrily, " I'm not one of those that turn back." He remained in the cabin two whole hours, and peremptorily refused to com comply - ply comply with the repeated requests made to him by the more timid of his passengers to return to Liver Liverpool - pool Liverpool ; observing that if they knew him, they would not make the request. It is a painful thing to have to censure a man who has lost his life ; but truth compels us to state, that very serious complaints are made, by some nf the surviving passengers, of ' the conduct of Lieut. Atkinson. Before dinner,

From the Philadelphia Bulletin. ' CASE OF THE SPANIARD MINA, j Tlie death of Mr. William Chapman of I Andalusia, Bucks, has excited an extraordi- ( nary degree of interest in the public, mind, and among tlie crowd of contradictory state statements - ments statements which have been so extensively cir circulated, - culated, circulated, it is difficult to arrive at the real facts of the case. Andalusia is abou: four fourteen - teen fourteen miles from Philadelphia, and lies direct directly - ly directly on the turnpike between this city and Bris Bris' - ' Bris' to]. To this spot Mr. Chapman bad retired, after having been employed in this city as a curer of stammering, in which occupation it is understood he rfccumulated a considera considerable - ble considerable sum of money, which, added to his pre previous - vious previous gains, was enough to make him com comfortable - fortable comfortable for life. In the month of May last, the Spaniard Mina was discharged from the I prison of the city and county of Philadelphia, I having served out his sentence for larceny, i He immediately got on board one of tlie' steam-boats bound up the river, intending to go to New York, but when about half way to Bristol, it was discovered that he had no money to pay his passage, having gone on [ board, no doubt, without the intention of paying. The fellow was forthwith put on shore near Andalusia, (which is about one or i two miles from the river) and Ite soon found i his way to the hospitable mansion of Mr. Chapman. With insinuating address, and a . plausible story of his misfortunes - misfor-1 tunes rendered tenfold more acute in having toppled him, as he alleged, from the high es-; tate to which Ins birtli and parentage had connected him - he obtained, unfortunately,; a place in that gentleman's confidence, which j it is feared has resulted in his destruction. I In June last, Mr, Chapman was suddenly taken ill and died, and was buried without any particular suspicions being excited as to the cause of his dissolution. Amongst the ; first may be mentioned the following: a [led-1 lar, travelling in the neighborhood with his pack, stopped late in the afternoon at Mr. 1 Chapman's house, and displayed his goods j for the inspection of the family, who express expressed - ed expressed a desire to purchase. He staid so long,' that when the examination of the goods was concluded, he was invited to remain and j take a bed, which he did without any hesi- ; tation. In the morning lie started off on his 1 journey before breakfast, not knowing that I Mr. Chapman bad died during the night, as he was off without disturbing the family. He halted at a neighboring tavern for breakfast, deeply affected with the extraordinary do doings - ings doings he had liven ear witness to the preced preceding - ing preceding night. So firmly did he seem impressed with the belief that al! was not right, that before he left the tavern, lie told the landlord " he believed there had been foul play at the house in which be had lodged," desiring him, in case any investigation should be had, to send for him as a witness, as he thought he should be able to make oath to extraordinary circumstances, such as he would decline do doing - ing doing unless in the capacity of a witness. He accordingly left his name and address, and j continued bis journey. As he did not enter into any particulars, no great attention was paid to his narrative at the time. Mr. Cha Chapman - pman Chapman was buried, Mina following him to the i grave, telling bis eldest daughter, a girl o ; thirteen, that he would be a father to her. Some time after this, Mina proceeded to [New York with Mrs. Chapman, where, ns I has since been ascertained, they were mar married - ried married by Bishop Onderdonk, on the ninth day j after the death of Mr. Chapman. This mar-; I riage was kept secret, nor was it known at all, until the persevering efforts of Mr. Blar Blarney, - ney, Blarney, one of our high constables, ferretted out the extraordinary mystery which for a while enveloped the whole of this foul transaction. At New York they separated, Mrs. C. pro proceeding - ceeding proceeding to Albany with her eldest daughter, whence they returned to Andalusia, while Mina went to Baltimore aud Washington. In the former place lie disposed of a large amount of jewelry, Mr. C's horses and car carriage, - riage, carriage, and by a course of extravagance in perfect keeping with his general character, he soon dissipated the proceeds. In a state of complete destitution he went to Washing Washington, - ton, Washington, he succeeded in deluding several gentlemen into the belief that he was the son of General Mina, and that he had lost his ]>ocket book containing $650, a loss which left him totally destitute, lie even went so far as to advertise it in the National Intelligencer, offering a reward for its recov recovery, - ery, recovery, to which he signed his name in full. Much sympathy' was excited by the story' of i his distresses, and several gentlemen advanc advanced - ed advanced him sums of twenty and thirty dollars : each, on the faith of representations made by him, that he would refund the amount [ immediately on returning to Baltimore,! | where, he alleged, he had left a large amount lin cash. He accordingly set oft' for Balti Baltimore, - more, Baltimore, and the persons in Washington wait waited - ed waited patiently several days, but no remittance came from Mina. One of them, whose I name we forliear mentioning, became jeal jealous - ous jealous of Mina's honesty, went to the Washing Washington - ton Washington post office, and took out a letter address addressed - ed addressed to him. On opening it bis suspicions were confirmed. It was a letter from Mrs. Chapman, written from Andalusia; in it she reproached Mina in mysterious language, as to tlie death of her husband, at the same time lavishing on the former expressiocs of tlie most passionate attachment, conjured him to return to her, though, she added, she 1 feared he was not the honest man he had represented himself to be. Not a word was | said about their marriage. The letter was | immediately forwarded to Mr. Blaney, our efficient high constable, and here was first; afforded a glimmering of as dark a deed as [ human depravity lias ever perpetrated. The j letter was immediately submitted to the Re-} corder of the city, who recommended that Mina should be arrested without delay. Mr. Blaney and the Recorder proceeded to An Andalusia, - dalusia, Andalusia, ami had an interview with Mrs. Chapman. She denied having been swin- I died by Mina but on being told by the Re Recorder - corder Recorder that he knew to the contrary, she I seemed dreadfully' agitated, and acknowl- | edged that she had given to him the valua- ; Ide articles which the Recorder had said he i knew she had been swindled of. They left [ Mrs. Chapman without unnecessarily alarm alarming - ing alarming her, and in a day or two after, a letter was intercepted by the police, addressed to her by Mina, containing a forged draft. As- [ | ter being carefully' sealed up, the letter was again put in the post office, and reached Mrs. C. nt Andalusia, in regular course of mail. She instantly discovered that it had been opened; and, alarmed at the danger which impended over her, for it was evident that all her most secret movements were watched and known by some mysterious and hostile [lower, she came to Philadel|>hia, bringing the deeds of her late husband s property at Andulusia, amounting to about SBOOO, and asked advice from the Recorder. ; She acknowledged her marriage with Mimi, produced the marriage certificate, and ex - pressed extreme anxiety that her property should be secured to her live children, the children of her late hushand. The intelli intelligence - gence intelligence of her marriage with Mina convinced

I we believe, his behavior was perfectly unexcep unexceptionable - tionable unexceptionable ; but. after he had dined, a very sinking | difference was observed in his conduct. He be became - came became violent in his manner, and abusive in his lan language - guage language to the men. When anxiously questioned by the passengers as to the progress' the vessel was making, and the time at which she was likely to reach her destination, he returned trifling, and frequently very contradictory, answers. During the early part of the voyage, he had spoken confi confidently - dently confidently of being able to reach Beaumaris by seven o'clock ; but the evening wore away, night came on, and the vessel was still a considerable distance from the termination of her voyage. Ji was near 12 o'clock when th*»y arrived at the mouth of the Menai Strait, which is about o miles from Beau Beaurnaris. - rnaris. Beaurnaris. 'l'he tide, which had been running out of the strait, and which had, consequently, for some time previously retarded the steamer's p. ogress towards her destination, was just on the turn. Tbo vessel, according to the statement of two of the seamen and one of the firemen saved, had got round 1 the buoy on the north end of the Dutch Dutchman's - man's Dutchman's Bank, and had proceeded up the river as far as the tower on Puffin Island ; when suddenly the steam got so lew that the engine would not keep her on her proper course. When asked, why there was not steam on, the fireman said, that a deal of water had been finding its way,into the vessel all d.iy, and that some time before she got into the strait, the were choked up. The water in the hold then overflowed the coals ; so that, in renewing the fires, a deal of water went in with the coals, slackened the .fires, and made it impos impossible - sible impossible to keep the steam up. It was clearly the du duty - ty duty of the fireman te give notice of this occurrence; but he seems not to have mentioned it to the cap tain. The vessel, which had come evidently into channel, though there was no light on the coast to guide her, now drifted, with the ebb tide and north northwest - west northwest wind, towards the Dutchman's Bank, on the north point of which she struck, her bows sticking fast in the sand. It is stated by the seamen and the firemen abovementioned, that Lieut. Atkinson immediately ordered the man at the helm to put the helm a starboard. The man refused to do so ; but put it to port. The mate, perceiving this, ran aft, ] took the helm from the man, and put it to star- ! board again. In the mean-time, tbs captain and some of the passengers got the jib up. No doubt he did this intending to wear her round and bring her head to the northward ; but in the opinion of nautical men, it could not make the least differ- ' ence which way her head was turned, as she was i on a lee shore, and there was not steam to work her off. The captain alsc ordered the passengers first to run aft,in the hope,by removing the pressure from the vessel's stem, to make her float : this failing to produce the desired effect, he then or ordered - dered ordered them to run forward. All the exertions of the captain, the crew and the passengers united were unavailing. The ill-fated vessel stuck still faster in the sands, and all gave themselves ' up for lost. The terror of the passengers be became - came became excessive. Several of them urged the captain to hoist lights, and make other signals of distress; but it is stated that he positively refused to do so, assuring the passengers that there was no danger, and telling them several times, that the packet was afloat, and doing well, and on her way : when the passengers knew perfectly well that she was sticking fast in the sand, and her cabins rapid rapidly - ly rapidly filling with water. Doubtless the unfortunate man was perfectly aware of the imminence of the danger; but we may charitably suppose, that he held such language for the purpose of preventing alarm which might be fatal. The alarm bell was, now rung with so much violence that the clapper broke, and some of the passengers continued to strike it for some with a stone. The bell was heard, it is said, at Beaumaris, but, as there was no light hoisted on the Mast of the steamer, (a fa fatal - tal fatal neglect!) those who had heard the signal were, of course, ignorant whence it proceeded. 'l'he weather, at this awful moment, was boisterous, but perfectly clear. I'he moon, though slightly overcast, threw considerable light on the sur surrounding - rounding surrounding objects. But a strong breeze blew from the northwest, the tide began to set in with great strength, and a heavy sea beat over the bank 1 on which the steam packet was now firmly and . immoveably fixed. We cannot describe the scene which followed 1 Certain death seemed now to present itself to all I on board, and the most affecting scenes were ex exhibited. - hibited. exhibited. The females, in particular, uttered the most piercing shrieks ; some locked themselves in each other's arms, while others, losing all self- j command, tore off their caps and bonnets, in the ' wildness of despair. A Liverpool pilot, who hap happened - pened happened to be in the packet, now raised his voice and exclaimed, '' It is all over - we are all lost !" At these words there was a universal despairing shriek. 'l'he women and children collected in a knot together, and kept embracing each other, keeping up. all the time, the most dismal lamen lamentations. - tations. lamentations. When tired with crying they lay against each other, with their heads reclined, like inani inanimate - mate inanimate bodies. The steward of the vessel and his wife, who was on board, lashed themselves to the mast,determined to spend their last momenta in each other's arms. Several husbands and wives seem also to have met their fate locked in each other's arms; whilst parents cling to their be bebelovedchildren, - several - belovedchildren, - several bebelovedchildren, - several mothers it is said hav having - ing having perished with their dear little ones firmly clasped in their arms. A party of the passengers, about fifteen or twenty, lowered the boat and crowded into it. It was impossib.e for any open boat to live in such a sea, even though not over overloaded, - loaded, overloaded, and she immediately swamped and went to the bottom, with all who had made this last hope hopeless - less hopeless effort for self-preservation. For some time the vessel, though now irrecov irrecoverably - erably irrecoverably lost, continued to resist the action of the waves, and the despairing souls on board still struggled with their doom. But hope had forever fled ; the packet was beaten and tossed about by the tumultuous waters with a violence which threatened to dash her into fragments at every shock, and the sea made a continual breach over her. The decks were repeatedly swept by the boiling ocean, and each billow snatched its vic victims - tims victims to a watery grave. The unfortunate captain and his mate were among the first that perished. About thirty or forty passengers were standing up upon - on upon the poop clinging to each other in hopeless agony, and occasionally uttering the most piteous ejaculations. Whilst trembling thus upon the brink of destruction, and expecting every moment to share the fate which had already overtaken so many of their companions in misery, the poop was discovered to give way; another wave rolled on with impetuous fury and the hinder part of the luckless vessel, with all who sought safety in its frail support, was burst away from its shattered counterpart, and about forty wretched beings hur hurried - ried hurried through the foaming flood into the eternal world.

From the New York Courier. TO A MOSQUITO. His voice was very soft, gentle, and low." - Lear. *- Thou of the soft low voice." - Mrs. Hernans. Thou sweet musician that around my bed, Dost nightly come and wind thy little horn. By what unseen and secret influence led, Feed's! thou my ear with music till 'tis morn 1 The wind-harp's tones are not more soft than thine, 1 The hum <>f falling waters not more sweet, 1 own, indeed I own thy song divine. And when next year's warm summer nights we meet, (Till then farewell !) 1 promise thee to be A patient listener to thy minstrelsy. Thou tiny minstrel, who bid thee discourse Such eloquent music ? was't thy tuneful sire 7 Some old musician 1 or did'st take a course Of lessons from some master oi the lyre ! Who bid thee twang so sweetly thy small trump? Did Norton form thy notes so clear and full 7 Art a phrenologist, and is the bump Of song developed on thy little skull 7 At Niblo's hast thou been when crowds stood mute, Drinking the bird-like tones of Cuddy's flute ? j Tell me the burden of thy ceaseless song, Is it thy evening hymn of gratefill prayer? Or lav of love, thou pipest through the long Still night? With song dost thou drive away; dull care ? Art thou a vieux g ircon, a gay deceiver, A wandering blade, roaming in search of sweets j Pledging thy faith to every fond believer Who thy advance with half way shyness meets ? I Or art o' the softer sex, and sings't in glee " In maiden meditation, fancy free.'' Thou little Siren, when the nymphs of yore Charmed with their songs till folks forgot to dine And starved, though music-fed, upon their shore, Their voices breathed no softer lays than thine ; They sang but to entice, and thou dost sing As if to lull our senses to repose, That thou may'st use unharmed thy little sting The very moment we begin to doze : Thou worse than Siren, thirsty, fierce blood sipper, Thou living Vampire and thou Gallinipper. Nature is full of music, sweetly sings The bard, (and thou sing'st sweetly too,) Through the wide circuit as created things. Thou art the living proof the bards sing true. Nature is full of thee : On every shore, 'Neath the hot sky of Congo's dusky child, From warm Peru to icy Labrador, The world's free citizen thou roamest wild, Wherever " mountains rise or oceans roll," Thy voice is heard, from " Indus to the pole." The incarnation of Queen Mab art thou. And " Fancy's midwife," - thou dost nightly sip With amorous proboscis bending low The honc-y dew from many a lady's lip - lip(Though (Though lip(Though that they " straight on kisses dreams" I I doubt,) On smiling faces and on eyes that weep, Thou lightest, and oft with " sympathetic snout" " Ticklest men's noses as they lie asleep ;" And sometimes dwellest, if 1 rightly scan, " On the fore-finger of an aiderman." Yet thou canst glory in a noble birth. As rose the sea born Venus from the wave, So didst thou rise to Fife ; the teeming earth, The living water, and the fresh air gave A portion of their elements to create Thy little form, though beauty dwells not there. So lean and gaunt that economic fate Meant thee to feed on music or on air. Our vein's pure juices were not made for thee, Thou living, singing, stinging atomy. The hues of dying sunset are most fair, And twilight's tints just fading into night, Most dusky soft; and so thy soft tones are By far the sweetest when thou tak'st thy flight. The swan's last note is sweetest, so is thine ; Sweet are the wind-harp's tones at distance heard; i 'Tis sweet in distance at the day's decline, To hear the opening song of evening bird. But notes of harp or bird at distance float Less sweetly on the ear than thy last note. The autumn winds are wailing ; 'tis thy dirge; Its leaves are sear, prophetic of thy doom. Soon the cold rain will whelm thee, as the surge Whelms the tost mariner in his weary tomb. i Then soar, and sing thy little life away ; Albeit thy voice is somewhat husky now. 'Tis well to end in music life's last day, Of one so gleeful and so blithe as thou. For thou wilt soon live through its joyous hours, And pass away with autumn's dying flowers. - From the New England Weekly Review. THE INFANT'S GRAVE. Saw ye the grave where the infant sleeps ? Bright flowers are strown around him; Know ye the watch that his mother keeps, In her nightly vigils round him ? The shrine where oft she kneels in prayer, The tomb of her lovely boy - And her funeral song swells on the air - The dirge of her earthly joy. Loved sightless spirits dwell around us, Borne on the shadowy air; And the viewless chain that whilom bound us, Protracts the world's despair. Sce'st thou that tear in her clouded eye, That reveals her nightly sorrow ? Oh, the love of that mother cannot die, Though she sleeps in her shroud to-morrow. T'will ripen and glow where flowers are culled, Without fading or loosing its brightness - A heaven of light where sorrow is lulled, And the spirit goes off in its brightness. A RECEIPT FOR DRESSING SALAD. BY THE REV. SIDNEY SMITH. Two large potatoes, passed through kitchen sieve, | Smoothness and softness to the salad give. Of modern mustard add a single spoon, Distrust the condiment that bites too soon ; But deem it not, thou man of herbs, a fault, To add a double quantity of salt; Four times the spoon with oil of Lucca crown, And twice with vinegar procured from town. True flavor needs it, and your poet begs The pounded yellow of two well-boiled eggs. Let onions' atoms lurk within the bowl, And, scarce suspected, animate the whole : And lastly in the flavored compound toss A magic spoonful of anchovy sauce. <) I great and glorious, O'. herbaceous treat, r Twould tempt the dying anchorite to eat; Back to the world he'd turn his weary soul, And plunge his fingers in the salad bowl. From the Boston Advertiser. Mr Hale, - As it is much more fashionable for ladies to make poetry than puddings, I have feared that unless the following were something beside plain prose, it would receive no notice from your readers, although it possesses so much excellence of its own. EVE'S PUDDING. If you want a good pudding mind what you are taught - Take of eggs six in number when bought for a groat; The fruit with which Eve her husband did cozen, Well pared and well chopped,at least half a dozen ; Six ounces of bread, let Moll cat the crust, And crumble the rest as fine as the dust; Six ounces of currants from the stem you must sort, Lest you break out your teeth and spoil all the sport; Six ounces of sugar wont make it too sweet. Some salt and some nutmeg will make it complete ; Three hours let it boil without any flutter, But Adam wont like it without wine and butter. - - - THE LIAR. See yonder goes old Mendax, telling lies To thatgoud old easy man with whom he's walk walking. - ing. walking. How know I that 1 you ask, with some surprise, Why, don't you see, dear sir, the fellow's talking.

Mr. Blarney' that he was a scoundrel of no ordinary dye, for Mr. B. then stated that to his certain knowledge, Mina had at that mo momoment - moment momoment another wife living in Washington. Mrs. C. was unfortunately permitted to go home to Andalusia, whither Mr. Blaney pro proceeded - ceeded proceeded in three or four days, and found that Mina had returned, and set off again for Bos Boston - ton Boston only the day liefore; chase was instant instantly' - ly' instantly' given, and this accomplished swindler was arrested in Boston. When taken, he was preparing to attend a ball given by a mer merchant - chant merchant in high standing there, ts which near nearly - ly nearly a hundred ladies of the first families had been invited. His ball dress was lying near him, consisting of a liat in which six ostrich feathers were fastened by a braid of bril brilliants, - liants, brilliants, a splendid dress after tlie Spanish fashion, gold ejiauletts, &c. Instead of fa favoring - voring favoring the beauties of Boston with his pres presence, - ence, presence, he was incarcerated in a prison. His arrest in Boston, at that precise time, was singularly fortunate; as by means of forged letters of credit, he had made arrangements to receive S9OOO in cash from a mercantile house there*, the next morning, the whole of which, it may' be readily' presumed, would have been a total loss. With his subsequent transfer to the authorities of Doyleston, the county-town for Bucks; his impudent de denials - nials denials of his identity, &c., the public are al already - ready already sufficiently acquainted. Mina is now about twenty-five years of, age, though some persons state that he is on- j ly twenty-one. One thing, however, is cer- ' tain, that lie is too young in years to be so i old in crime. The deceased Chapman wa? a native of Buckinghamshire, England, and was fifty- | three years old at the time of his death. He . xvas married in August, 1818, and five chil-1 dren are the offspring. His wife's maiden ' name was Lucretia Winslow, a native of! Brewster, Massachusetts, or its neighbor-1 hood. She says her age is forty-three years. [ She resided in this city a considerable time ! previous to her marriage, aid kept a suspi suspicious - cious suspicious boarding house in ?ine-street near I rout, which, from the hetragenous eharac- ' ter of its inmates, frequently attracted the | watchful regards of the polict. On one oc occasion - casion occasion they surrounded the louse, and sue- [ ceeded in arresting a gang of counterfeitere, I who xvere at the time conceded in it, most of whom were convicted and sent to the pen- [ itentiary. Airs. Chapman htsa brother now , in the Massachusetts state p-ison for forge-1 ry and counterfeiting. She h represented as being a woman of violent passions, ami as [ having caused her husband t< lead a most unhappy life, from the fierce xnd cruel dis- i position she evinced not only to him, but to numerous other inmates of ths house. She absconded with her eldest daughter immedi immediately - ately immediately after Mr. Blaney's second visit to An Andalusia, - dalusia, Andalusia, and has not since hem taken. While the officers were in pursuit of Mi Mina, - na, Mina, the body of the deceased was disintered [ by direction of the authorities of Bucks, for the purpose of examining the contents of the stomach. His exhumaton took place nearly three months after bis decease, and to ' the surprise of all who were present, the body exhibited not the slightest appearance I of having undergone any change whatever. The features were cahn and -natural, and were instantly' recognized by all who had known them during life. 'The stomach was taken out, and its contents brought Philadel Philadelphia, - phia, Philadelphia, for the purpose of ascertaining whether poison had been administered to the deceas deceased. - ed. deceased. The examination has not yet been bro't vo a close, and the physicians to whom that responsible duty has been assigned, are yet unprepared to say, positively, whether arae araeaiie - aiie araeaiie formed a portion of the contents of the stomach. Experiments are in progress, con consisting - sisting consisting of small quantities being introduced into the stomachs of various subjects, to as assist, - sist, assist, by analogy, the final opinion of the ex examining - amining examining physicians. As the appearance produced in the stomach of an individual who has died from arsenic, are similar to those which other diseases leave behind them an examination of this kind cannot be con conducted - ducted conducted with too much accuracy. A full re report - port report of the whole will be given on the trial in December next, of which the readers of this paper will be fully apprised at an early day. In the meantime, xve forbear referring to the positive assertions concernieg the pur purchase - chase purchase of arsenic at Bristol by Mina, bis ad administering - ministering administering it to the deceased in a bowl of soup, &c., as die whole will soon be develop developed - ed developed in court. For the present it will be suf sufficient - ficient sufficient to say that the evidence already ob obtained, - tained, obtained, is by' no means favorable to the pris prisoner. - oner. prisoner. From the Boston Daily Ma. Hale - The case of the Spaniard, Mina, : as reported in«a Philadelphia [taper, brings to my recollection facts relative to Mrs. Chapman, j and her brother, Mark Winslow, now in the ! State Prison of Massachusetts, which hereto- ' fore came to tny knowledge in the course of I official duty - and which may not he uninter uninteresting - esting uninteresting to those who are connected with the * .i. _ o _ - -

i From the Exeter News Tetter. j BLACK SNAKE OF NEW ENGLAND. In New England, we believe the black snake usually attains to a larger uze than any ( other reptile. They have not unfrequenlly been known to measure between six and seven feet in length ; and may be found in abund abundance - ance abundance in the pastures oflhia State in the months of April and May, when they emerge from their dens, and court the rays of the noon day sun. They may then be killed with but little I trouble, being somewhat torpid, and sluggish in their motions. They afterwards become more active and shy ; and if seen in the sum summer - mer summer months become instantly alarmed, and glide away with the velocity of a race horse. They are generally considered harmless ; and it is ascertained that their bite is not venom venomous: - ous: venomous: Instances have been known however of their having " attacked the human form di divine," - vine," divine," without provocation, and they have then proved themselves a fearful enemy. Several years since Mr. N., a gentleman of Massachutetts, was proceeding on foot from Lynn to Lynnfield. Pursuing the shirtest route, his path for several miles lay through lbs sterile pastures, hills and woods, which abound in that vicinity. He was walking lei leisurely - surely leisurely along, when his attention was attracted by a rustling among the hushes near him, and two monstro is black snakes, which he stated to have been seven or eight feet in length, made their appearance, rushing Inwards him, . thrusting out their forked tongues, while their eye-balls seemed glowing with defiance and ire. Having no means of defence, and being aware that " the bettor part of valor Is discre discretion," - tion," discretion," Mr. N. turned and fled from his enemies as fast a*his legs would carry him. His pur pursuers, - suers, pursuers, however, soon came up with him, and one of them clinging lo his bool, arrested his farther progress. The snake twined itself around his leg, with its head reaching above his knee - and seemed evidently attempting to gain bis body, for the purpose of compressing him to death. In this critical situation, Mr. N. fortunately retained his self-possession, and drew a penknife from his pocket, with which lie severed the body of his loathsome antago antagonist. - nist. antagonist. Its companion escaped. A woodcutter in a neighboring town, waa once cutting down a tree which stood near a ledge of rocks, which rose precipitately lo tlie height of fifteed or twenty feet. Suddenly a large black snake sprung from the ledge above him, and alighted on his shoulder, to the great horror of the poor fellow. The snake began to entwine itself around his body, which he at attempted - tempted attempted tn prevent by seizing the neck of the snake, and striving with all his strength lo compel it to relinquish its hold. In this way, this modern Laocnon struggled with the arch enemy, and at last succeeded in releasing him himself - self himself from his grasp. The snake fled among the bushes, and was soon out of sight. But such an effect did this severe contest produce upon the mind of the woodsman, that for weeks nnd months afterwards he was constantly haunted by visions of terror. During his sleep he would again realize all the agonies which he experienced during his conflict with the serpent.

present prosecution against the Spaniard. The family of Winslow to which this woman 1 belonged, emigrated, many years ago, from the I town of Brewster, in the County of Barnstable, j to the town of Barre, in the County of Worces- i ter. In the year 1814 there existed a band of counterfeiters, in the County of Worcester,] with whom Edward Winslow, and (as it was be- i lieved) Mark Winslow, the two brothers of Mrs. Chapman, were not only connected, but 1 considered ns the principals of the band, in the forgeries of Bank Bills, with which that part of the country was then overwhelmed. It was stated that they kepi in their house at Barre, all the tools and implements, used in the fabri cation of these counterfeit bills, and that the bills were issued by wholesale from that eslab eslablishment. - lishment. eslablishment. It was also stated and believed that they had a sister living with them at the time, who was remarkably accomplished in penmanship, and that the part assigned her in the fabrication of these bills, was the filling up the blanks in them. In '.his state of things, prosecution was com commenced - menced commenced against Mark Winslow', and several ol his accomplices, in the Supreme Judicial Court in the County of Worcester, in the year 1814. It was substantiated by evidence before the Grand Jury, that largo bundles of those false bills were found concealed in the house of the Winslows, and in the stone wall adjoining to it. But such was the adroitness with which their operations were conducted, that no sufficient positive evidence of their guilt could bo obtain obtained - ed obtained Finally, however, one of thoir accomplices turned Stales evidence. His disclosures, on his examination before the Grand Jury, and in pri private, - vate, private, were perfectly satisfactory anil well cor corroborated. - roborated. corroborated. The cases were ready fur trial, when it was found that ibo accomplice who of offered - fered offered himself as a witness, had been bribed by the defendants nnd had absconded, 'i'he con consequence - sequence consequence was, that Winslow and the other par parties - ties parties accused were discharged. About two yoars ago, a man was arrested in Worcester for passing counterfeit Bank Bills. After his arrest nnd the evidence of his guilt found upon him. ho said to the officer who ar arrested - rested arrested him, "Mirk Winslow is as guilty as I am; why do you notarrest him?" The an answer - swer answer was " tell me whore lie is and it shall be done. " Thu person arrested then said "ho is in the employ of the Stale, and is at work in llic

From the Albany Argus. One hundred and fifty lives destroyed by intemperance.! When will the whole community be aroused, and unite in banishing this monster from the face of the earth ? - Reader, have yon perused the heart-rending account of the recent loss of the steam boat Rothsay Castle, on the coast of England ? Did you notice the cause ? It is distinctly stated in all the accounts that the captain was intoxicat intoxicated, - ed, intoxicated, and in one, that both the captain and mate were in that situation ; but it was unnecessary to stale this, the maddening influence of alcho* hoi was visible at every step. About one hundred and fifty persons, the flower the laud, were in an instant swept into eternity. Youth, beauty and rank, parents and children, husbands and wives, all were to be found there, and in a moment the most tender relations were severed, under circumstances the most aggravating - all were sacrificed to the relentless destroyer* Is this a new or a solitary case ? No; it is j not. Is a murder or a crime of almost any des- I criplion committed? Intemperance is the in instigator - stigator instigator Are our dwellings wrapped in flames? The wilful or the careless hand of the intem intemperate - perate intemperate is most generally there. Look into our | jails, our poor houses, our hospitals ; look into the abodes of poverty ; look upon many of the beds of sickness ; look at three-fourths of our maniacs; look into the abodes of discord, whether rich or poor; look at that being who, with a sou! that is destined to oat live the stars, and a capacity ofinfinite enjoyment, is yet con content - tent content to wallow with the swine. Inquire into the causes of most of the steam boat explosions, shipwrecks, stage accidents, riots contentions, tVc &c.; what do you find ? What but, ale ha* hot. intemperance, intoxication, at nearly every step ? And yet we have patrie's and Christians amongst us, who manufacture, and sell, and by their example encourage the use of this scourge of the human race. " Oh, that men were wise, that they understood this.*' P. S. Since the above was written, the still more distressing particulars of the loss of the ship Lady Sherbrooke, a short limo since in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, have been related to me About three hundred Ures were lost ; and to what may the loss fairly be attributed ? The captain was carried below, drunk about three hours before the vessel struck 1