to convince herself of the truth by occular demonstration; till at last the Commission of Inquiry conceived some suspicion and insisted on opening the grave: when the poor unfortunate lady was discov

lacerated, and the impression of her nails in the coffin lid. The brother and the priest were immediately taken into custody, and confessed their crime. The punishment they underwent I have not heard of.

friends happening to pass the place, was informed of her sudden death. She hurried to the church where the priest was already pronouncing the blessing over the corpse; and, in order to impress the last farewell kiss on the lips ofered to be suffocated, with her face her late dearly beloved friend, she hastened to the coffin. She seized her hands and found it rather flaceid, but not stiff; she touched her cheek and imagined she still felt some natural warmth in it. She insisted on stopping the ceremony and trying whether her friend might not be recalled to life. But all was in vain; neither the brother nor the priest would listen to her solicitations: On the contrary, they ridiculed her as a person out of her mind, Unfortunately, she no where found assistance. She immediately, in her anxiety, threw herself into her carriage, and hastened to the neighbouring seat of government. Here she found a

WARA DREAM.

:

I lived on the frontiers of a prevince, through which a hundred thousand men were passing the regular order of their march, the animating voice of martial music, their obedience to the commands of their officers, and the fire of courage which kindled in their eyes, and glowed in their countenances. presented the most awful and interesting spectacle. I began to reflect on the motive whigh could have gathered so many thousand men together around the same standards. If they are led by virtue, if they strike the brow of the proud tyrants of the earth, I mentally exclaimed, of the lawperson was actually dead. Among less oppressors of nations, they de

hearing proper persons accompanied her to investigate the affair; and she drove back with speed, but found her friend already covered with sacred earth. The interment had taken place the day before ; and the inhuman brother had al

ready obtained possession of her property, while priests and witnesses attested that the unfortunate

the Russians it is reckoned to be a heinous sin to dig up a corpse; and thus the desire of the generous friend for a long time experielect the most violent opposition,

serve our respect and our l love : they are the brave defenders of the sacred rights of humanity.

On a sudden this crowd of sol

diers halted and dispersed itself.-
Still warm with the ideas which
their appearance had awakened in
my mind, I followed them, and
tried from their expressive gestures
to guess the sentiments with
which they were inspired. What
was my astonishment, when I saw
those men, children of the same
country, and subject to the same
power, drawing their swords a
gainst each other with relentless
animosity. I ran towards one of
them, but it was too late, he was
tearing his blood-stained weapon
from the corpse of his friend.—
"Wretch!" I exclaimed, "do you
not spare your companion, your
brother" "He really deserved
that name," he answered with a
careless accent; he has fallen
like a brave man." "But what
harm had he done you, that you
punished him so cruelly?" "None
at all; he was newly enlisted, we
quarrelled; it is our custom that
every new comer should give a
pledge of valor. He behaved very
well, and has got no small honor
by his conduct, and we are sorry
he suffered himself to be slain. Had
he better kept on his guard, he
would have avoided the blow, and
we should have lived good friends
together." "Is it possible," I re-
plied, with grief and wonder;
"what remorseless barbarity! But
you are lost unless you hasten to
escape; fly, his companions, his
superiors will and must avenge his
death." "Avenge his death-employment is yours! way de

never. I have only followed their
example, and whoever should re-
fuse to fight would be looked upon
as a coward. Glory teaches us not
to fear death, and you must plain-
ly perceive, that a man who would
shrink from a single combat, can-
not be expected to do his duty in a
day of action. We call this a pat-
tern of courage." "Yes; but is
this courage useful to your coun-
try?" "Oh! one death is noth-
ing; look at those two companies
that fight together, and cleverly
too!" "What senseless ferocity!
do they wear the same uniform
only that they might murder each
other?" "Not at all; their en-
mity proceeds from the colour of
their facings, and the difference
between their buttons."
"But
they serve beneath the same stand-
ard; they march against the same ·
enemy." "Very true, but mean.
while they decide private quarrels.
They abhor each other still more
than they hate that enemy whom
they are to rout; every officer is
jealous of his superior; but soon

and

we shall attack the
then we shall have warm business."
"What, you are going to seek o-
ther victims? But if you conti-
nue your present conduct, you will
be all destroyed before the day of
battle comes." What is that to
us? we live upon death; one can-
not make his way but on the
corpse of his companion. That is

all I know."

"What an horrid

of May to No. 117 Water-street, two doors south of Rosevelt street.

DIED, in Kingsbridge, (Ireland) 27th Feb. last, four young children, by shocking catastrophes; the following account of which should serve as a caution to parents not to permit their children to witness scenes of cruelty of any kind. A miller having employed a butcher to kill some pigs for him, and having left his knife behind, the four children, who had witnessed the operation, agreed to play at kill pig; the youngest was to be pig, when one of the others, who acted the part of the butcher, stuck him in the throat, and killed him on the spot; the other three, alarmed at what they had done, ran into an adjoining mill and hid themselves under the wheel, which was not working at the time, but was set going almost immediately afterwards, and crushed them to death.

Winchester, Virg. March 16. Extract of a letter from Dr. Barton of Philadelphia, to a gentleman in Fre derick county, dated March 13, 1910. The remains of four vast cities have been discovered in the Spanish province of Campeachy, and the vicinity. They are of stone, beautifully constructed and adorned with admirable sculptures, of which I have just seen manuscript engravings. The figures plainly shew

that these cities were not const ucted

Casualty-The body of Mr. James Main, formerly a schoolmaster in this city, and lately of the house of Donaldson & Main, was found on Thursday morning in the White-Hall slip. The ju-nomy bespeaks plainly a civilized race ry of inquest brought in their verdict casualty.

Messrs. Editors.

Perhaps the following, which is

by any nation of Europe; the phising

of American Indians, certainly more improved than the Mexicans or Peruvians. This discovery strongly confirms ay idea of the great antiquity of America: of the ancient state of improvement, of its inhabitants, &c. But perhaps I shall be able, at no very dis

ant period, to give you much more satisfactory information on the subject.

The province of Campeachy lies up. on the southern coast of the Gulph of Mexico, or more properly upon the Bay of Campeachy, in las. about 20, N. and 300 miles E. of La Vera Cruz.

MARRIED,

On Saturday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Kuypers, Mr. Wm. Rahelye, to the amiable and accomplished Miss Maria Vanderburgh, both of Newtown, Long Island.

On the same evening, by the Rev. John M'Niece, Mr. William Knox, to Miss Eleanor Grange, all of this city.

On Tuesday evening, by the Rev. Dr. Hobart, Mr. Charles Smith, to Mrs. Ann Wilkins, daughter of the late Garret Rapelje, esq. all of this city.

On Wednesday evening, by the rev. Mr. Phoebus, Mr. Frederick D. Bleecker, to Miss Ann Russel, daughter of Mr. Abraham Russel, all of this city.

On Wednesday evening, by the Rev. Mr. Cooper, Mr. Thomas Lefoy Brower, to Miss Magdalene Vanalst, all of this city

At Newark, on Saturday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Richards, Mr. Walter Mitchel, merchant, of this city, to Miss Susan Plum, of that place.

At New-Brunswick, on the 29th of March last. by the Rev. Doctor Clark, Mr. Alexander Ogilvie, merchant, of this city, to Miss Ann Chapman, of that place.

On the 2d inst. Bathurst Jones, Esq. for some years a representative from the county of Hanover, in the House of Delegates of Virginia.

DIED,

At Philadelphia, on the 23d inst. in the 51st year of his age, Mr. Thomas Erving

On Wednesday morning last, Captain George H. Whitney, late master of the ship Atlantic, of this

On Thursday evening, by the rev. Mr. Jones, Mr. John Gilbert, of Utica, to Miss Ann Sketchley,port, in the 26th year of his age. of New-York, second daughter of Mr. Thomas Sketchley, auctioneer.

On the 20th ult. Lieut. Winlock Clerk, of the U. S. Navy

At St. Anns, Jam. Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher, aged 120.

a

On Thurday, James Main, a native of Scotland, formerly teacher, and since of the house of Donaldson and Main, grocers.

At Porto Rico, Mr. Silvester Van Buskirk, jun. of this city.