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THE UNKNOWN GRAVE.

THE UNKNOWN GRAVE,
Who sleeps below who sleeps below
1t is question idle all
Ask OF the breezes as they blow,
Say, do they heed, or hear thy call
They murmur in the trees around,
And mock thy voice, an empty sound
A hundred summers suns have shower'd
Their fostering warmth, and radiance bright;
A hundred winter storms have lower'd
With the piercing floods of night,
Since first this remnant of race
Did tenant his lone dwelling place
Say, did he come from east, from west
From southern climes, or where the pole,
With frosty sceptre, doth arrest
The bowling pillows as they roll
Within what realm OF peace strife
Did he first draw the breath OF life
Was he of high or low degree
Did grandeur smile upon his lot
Or, born to dark nbscurity,
Dwell he within some lonely cot,
And from his youth to labor wed,
From tol-strung limbs wrung daily bread
Say, died he ripe, and full of years,
Bowed down and bent by hoary cid,
When sound silent to his ears,
And the dim eye-ball sight withheld
Like ripe apple falling down,
mistaken, mid the orchard brown;
When all the friends that blessed his prime,
Were VANISHED like morning dream;
Pluck'd one by one by spareless Time,
And scattered i'll Oblivion's stream;
Passing away all silently,
Like snow flakes melting in the sea:
Or, mid the summer of his years,
When round him thronged his children young,
When bright eyes gush'd with burning tears,
And anguish dwelt on every tongue,
Was he cut off, and left behind
A widow'd wife, scarce half resgn'd
Or, mid the sunshine of his spring
Came the swift bolt that dashd him down,
When she, his chosen, poisoning
In beauty, deem'd him all her own,
And forward look'd to happier years
Than ever blessed their vale Of tears
Perhaps he perish'd for the faith
One of that prosecuted band,
Who sufferd tortures, bonds, and death.
To free from mental thrall the land,
And, toiling for the martyrs fame,
Espousd his fate, nor found name
Say, was he one to silence blind,
groper in earth's dungeon dark
Or one, whose bold aspiring mind
Did IN the fair creation mark
The makers hand, and kept his soul
Free from this grovelling worlds controll
Hush wild surmise its vain-'tis vain
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The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-12-10
There was a train


OF young, fair females, with their brows of bloom
And shining tresses arm in arm they came
And stood upon the brink of that dark pit.
In pensive beauty, waiting the approach
Of their companion. She wont to fly
And meet them, as the gay bird meets the spring
Brushing the dew-drop from the morning low'rs
And breathing mirth and gatlness. Now she came
With movements fashon'd to the deep-ton'd bell
She came with mourning sire, and sorrowng friend
And tears of those who at her side were nurs'd
BY the same mother.-Ah and one there
Who, Ger the fading of the rose,
Had hop'd TO greet her as his brde.-Eut Death
Arose between them The pale lover watclr'd
So close her journey thro' the shadowy vale,
That almost to his heart the ice of death
Ener'd from hers. There was brilliant flush
OF youth about her. and her kneelng eye
Poui'd such uneanbly light, that hope would hang
Even on the archer's arrow, while it dropp'd
Deep poison. Many restless night she TOLD
For that slight breath that held her from the tomb,
Still wasting like a snow-wreath, which the sun
Marks for bis own, some cool mountains brow
Yet spares and tinges long with rosy light.
OFT DER the musings OF her silent couch
Came visions of that matron form that bent
With nursing tenderness, to soothe and bless
Her cradle dream and her emacate band
In trembling pray'r raised--that 6 He who savd
The sainted mother would redeem the child''
Was the orson lost Whence then that peace
So dove-hke, settling DER soul that lov'd
Earth ana It's pleasures Whence that angel-smile
With which the alluremens OF world so dear
Were counted and resign'd That eloquence
SO fondly urging those whose hearts were full
OF sublunary happiness to seek
better portion Whence that voice of Joy
Which from the marble lip in LIES last strife
Burst forth, to hail her everlasting home
Cold reasonerb be convinced, and when you stand
Where that fair brow and those unfrosted locks
Return to dust, where the young sleeper waits
The resurrection mOrn-Oh lift the heart
In praise to Him, who gave the victory
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as far rs we understand The morals Of
The leading men III Hayti, no black or
COLOUR man would accept an appoint
meni Of the kind, unless he could be as
sured not only of legal protection, hut
OF courteous lrea'ms Mt and Hayti has
amongst her citizens many whne men.
who would very readily accept TO rep
resent her sovereignty and commerce
The Haytiens well know the prelude
rs which exist against black and colour
ed men, and that only time and phloso-
ply can eradicate them. Ii ought to
be borne in mind that the American ex-
ports TO Hayti have amounted TO a lar
ger sum than those to Russia. Prussia.
Sweden, Norway. Denmark, Spain. Por-
tugal, Italy and Malta; and il may also
be added, tlat such has been the econ
omy and frngaIiry of The Haytien gov
eminent, with very moderate duties and
taxes, il has been able to accumulate
funds amply sufficient to discharge the
largest il has stipulated TO pay to
France, wondercus as il appears to be.
Rost Cent
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the cannons of the fortress. On this
squadron. our intrepid firemen threw
themselves with six ere ships. and, with
little difficulty, they sncceeded in set
ting them on fire. whilst we. with the
test of our vessels. pursued other ships
OF the enemy which were in full sail
The vessels burned in the port Of Mo-
don, consisted Of two frigates. three cor
vettes, FIVE briggs of war, ard the rest
transports. We are informed that one
trigaie was a cut-down 81 gun vessel of
the Pacha OF Egypt, and tina; the other
was Sc gun frigate; 2 of the corvet-
les carried 26 guns each. The Divine
Providence aided rs still further, and
brought about the entire destruction of
the enemy. The fire produc. d BY this
conhagration communicated IFS. Ii to the
fortress, and the town of Modon, for FIVE
hours, appeared one volume of flames,
and then We heard one of the most TEL
rihle explosions which ever took place.
This leads us to imagine that the pow
der magazines took fire, and. 10 that
case, every one, and every thing there,
must have persisted"
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LONDON. JUNE 25.


We baye been informed, from un-
doubted authority, that tidings have just
arrived, announcing an unexsmpIed rise
ia the Ganges, which has been attended
with the most destructive consequences.
The account has been received from one
of the missionaries at Serampore, who
states that the Ganges swept away in
that place and IFS vicinity several hun
dred houses, and drowned some thou
sands of the inhabitants. The large
Baptist mission house, in which were all
the printing presses, has been nearly
destroyed. although some part Of the
paper and types was saved, as were all
the manuscripts. The. large new col
lege. also is safe, having been built on
higher ground. The venerable mis-
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KEw.YoRK. AUG. Is.
NV AOANn' ASOs AN'
MLereStirg from .nerico.


Mexican papers have been received
in Baltimore TO the Trst Of July. The
most interesting article which they con-
tain relates to the voluntary surrender
of the Spanish "A gun ship Asia and the
brig Of war Constante to the Mexican
government. The history Of this affair
Is Simply this after the defeat of the
Spanish royalists in Peru, by Bolivar, IN
December last, several vessels belong
ing to the Spanish navy, (and among
others the Asia, the Constante, ard the
corvette Gar'nton,) which were not In
Guided in the cap,tulation at AMcucho,
left Callao with some of the Office RS and
soldiers of the defeated army for Manil-
Ia. On their way they stopped al the
island of Guajan to take in water and re-
fresh their crews. Here the crew OF
the ASA mutinied, put their officers on
shore, burnt he corvette Garinton, and,
taking the Constante in company, steer
ed for Monterey in California, where
they arrived on the 29th of April, and,
entering into capiiulation with the
governor OF that place, voluntarily sur
rendered themselves to the control of
the Mexican government. The cover
nor OF Monterey Immediately sent both
vessels under the charge of one of hi.
officers TO Acapulco. There were on
board the Asia and Constante, at the
time of their surrender, besides the nom
commissioned officers Of the two ships,
lo8 mariners. 36 gunuers, and 2Tl sea-
men. The Asia will make quite val
liable addition to the navy of the Next
CANS, and, with the aid of few Colon
bian frigates, may enable them to cap
tnre the celebrated fortress of ST. Juan
d'Ulua, which is now the only strong
hold Of The Spaniards in North America.
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corsrANrrNopLE. NAY e6.


A panic terror has spread in this cap
ital since the arrival of courier sent
70 the Porte by the Pacha Of Smyrna,
with the latest news from Modon. lbra-
him Pacha had on the 10Th of May
taken New Navarin, and the fortress
had consented TO cap:ilulale, but on con-
ditions which was rejected by the Egyp-
tians. Meantime the negotiations were
10 be renewed on the 18Th, when the
Greek Admiral Riaoulis immorlaized
himself by an action worthy of the
Spartans. With tweniy-eight vessels
be attacked the feet of Ibrahim Pacha,
and an eyewitness affirms that he sat
FIRE with his own hand TO the f,lgate
Asia of Al guns. The frigate blew up
with 400 men, with whom she was
manned, and twenfy-six other vessels OF
every size became prey TO the flames.
A Dutch brig saw the whole on fire al
The distance Of twelve miles at sea, and
10 the evening he heard violent ex-
plosion, which, as later intelligence an
nounces, destroyed half the town of Mo-
don, the powder magazines having taxi
en- fire.
During this catastrophe, an Algerine
fleet Of six Drigs and several schooners,
commanded by Mustapha Refs, was in
sight Of Modon, bui immediately divert
edits course towards he wsiers Of Malta.
II is also asceF uoed from this news, that
New Navarin ls NJ longer in the hands
of ibrahim, that the Egyptian troops,
very mach eafsrbled by disease and the
events Of ihi- var, are in despair, and
that for three months no wages have
been paid TO The troops.
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RocnEsrEn, IN W August 2.

Hanging an a neuv 1rdy,- Yesterday a
black boy 10 this village, about years
Of age, accidentally hung himself 10 a
singular and dangerous manner. Having
mounted horse, he tied the halter a.
round his neck with slip moose, TO pre-
vent IFS dragging under the horses feet.
Contrary 10 the fellows expectations, on
returning from the watering place, the
horse set out on gallon, and turning
suddenly, threw the boy the balter's
length, at which he took fright, and ran
nriouslythrough the stable, beating most
numerically Toney's bead against the
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C.AMaL SURREY.

The State Canal Commissioners, having 6n-
shed the examination Of the several routes on
which it has been proposed to make Canal
from Boston to the Connecticut river, the En-
giner, Loammi Baldwin, Esq. is now, under
their direction, making survey Of the SOUTH
ern route. By the surveys already made, ie
is ascertained that the summit level will ex-
tend from near the centre to the easter'y part
Of Spencer, and that il may be supplied With
water from Bumcoat Pond in that town, from
Shaw Pond in Leicester, and from Turkey
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tale relates, formed the principal topic
OF their conversation. Sir Walter made
particular inquiry respecting an old man,
reported 10 have been in the habit Of
perambulaiiug the West of Scotland, for
{ the purpose of repairing the Martyrs
tomb stones. Mr.. T. had not then heard
OF this worthy parsonage. but. anxious
10 serve his patron, promised 10 exert
himself 10 procuring every Information
respecting him on his return 10 Ayrshire
la this pursuit he was tolerable success
ful, and was fortunate enough TO be ena-
bled TO furnish Sir Walter with several
anecdotes and interesting particulars.
He also stated fact of WI ich Sir Walter
was, till then, ignorant; namely, that
from the nature Of the old mans en-
ploymeut, he was generally designated
g Old Mortality
A few weeks after this information
had been forwarded to ASbot>foid, Mr..
Train was not a lille astonished to re-
ceive, as present. from Sir Waller, a
copy Of the work to which his research
es had furnished the title Of Old MortaIi-
~, and embodied in which, he discover
ed several of The anecdotes so recently
sent by himself to the repu ed author.
A note TO the following effect accom-
panied the gift. You will doubtless be
surprised TO observe your anecdotes form
part of a work of which the public say
am fhp aufhor-I wish | was -
PAISLEY Advertiser.
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10, under the shed of Mr.. Bates, and
Suffered himself 10 be taken possession
Ut by a person who saw him come down.
Fearful indeed must be the storm, when
so wild = bird as this, will yield itself ali
unrteslstihg prisoner 10 man, rather ibau
encounter its fury. lis height, VIII u
standing erect, was FIVE feel, and lis
wings, extended, measured feet and
4 inches. [CdzenoUsn Rep. Mon.
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BOSTON, JULY so.

DoolONi IOLI W.
The Di.ke Bernard of Sars Weimer.
We perceive from the Almanac of Co
tha for 1924, that this distinguish d
stranger is the second son of his Royal
Highness CHARLES AUGUSTUS, Grand
Duke of SAKE Weimer The Duke
Bernard, now in this city, is about thiF-
,y-ihree years of age, and was married
in 1916 to the Princess Ina, sister of the
present reigniog Duke of SAKE Meinin-
gen. We understand that 10 early life
he entered the Saxony Army, was pre-
sent at the battle of Wagram, and had
he honor, for his galIantry on that oc.
casion, TO receive the Grand Cross of
the French Legion of Honor, at the age
Of II. In the eventful battle of Water
loo, as in the affairs that preceded it, on
the l5th, 18th, and 18th of June he
bore part, as commander of portion
of the troops of the Duke of Nassau.
10 the year eighteen hundred nineteen
he entered into the service of the king
of the Netherlands, with the rank of
Major-GeneraI, and as Military Cover
nor of Eastern Flanders, in which post
he still remains. We understand that
he has made his present visit to this
country with permission of the King of
the Netherlands. and with the honorable
purpose Of informing himself, BY person.
al observation. of the institutions, re-
sources, and character of our country.
This prince has been represented TO us
as person of highly liberal principles.
and unaffected manners. The noble
example set by his father, in being the
first German Prince TO give a Free Con-
stitution to his subjects, will proposes
the people of America in favor of the
son. We feel confident that during his
residence in this country, he will re-
ceive every proper mark of the respect
due TO his connection with an enlighten.
ed sovereign, and to his own character
and merits.
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LEaHoRH. JUNE IS.

LEoHoRT. JUNE Is.
Several letters have reached us from
Western Greece. Two corps of the
Seraskier's army, each consisting of
5000 or 900 men, being continually
harassed by the Greeks, have marched
one upon the way of LePanto. before
Missolonghi, the other upon that of An
ge'acastron. few leagues from Anaioii-
con. Reschid Pacha is entirely without
siege artillery, and a part Of his field ar
tilleTy, as well as great number Of
Wagons which followed his army, have
been captured by the partisaus of
Greeks.
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sionary, Dr.. Carey, was ID the mission
house al The tine, lin convalescen,
s,a'e, after fever and, as the waters
advanced, he WAS with difficulty remoy-
ed; soon after which the walls tell, and
all was desoIation. Nothing was sad OF
Calcutta, which lies on "a different side
of the Gauges TO that of Serampore, and
on somewhat higher ground but the
lower parts of Calcutta have probably
suffered from this dreadful visitation.
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DOVER. AUGUST 9.

DOVER, AUGUST 9.
VIII was so fai that he LOOKED like tun.
"Or three single gentlemen rool'd into one :"
The little town of Madbury, can, W.
believe, boast of as great man as any
now living 10 New-England. Mr.. Israel
Tebhets, the person alluded 10, wa
weighed in this town a few days since.
and bis weight found to be four hundred
and th'1yJfOe pounds. He is about the
middle age, and nearly six feet in height,
When ne was young man, he was not
unusually feshy; but within a shor,
time he has increased very much in
bulk. A look at Mr. Tebbets' rotund
person would he likely TO remind anv
one of the facelious Colman's - single
gentleman"
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stalls, thence into the street, and crossed
u twice before he was stopped When
the boy was taken up, the halter had GU
deeply around his neck, but The oihe
wounds having been principally on rh'
head Of The boy, his speedy recovery is
not doubted.
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MEXICO. JUNE. IL,

On the 4ih IF June, the Constitution of
the State Vera of Cruz was sworn to by
the public iunclionaries, at Jalapa, the
capital of the State. The ceremonies
OF the day are represented 10 have been
in accordance with the importance of
the occasion, which has placed The
people of the State under the proiec-
lion and enjoyment Of constitution
guaranlying their liberty and rights.
The Governor Of the State, before
he took the oath, delivered the follow
ing Address TO the Legislature -
Gentlemen The law which has
provided for this solemn act has defned
the prerogatives Of the three powers,
as approved by history and the voice
IF experience This law will be trans
mite d 30 all time.
We will not obscure This day by the
recollection of the slavery in which we
were bora, or of the times when il was
said, The =" King IS the image of Cod
the people belong to the King" But,
contrasting our present condition with
that of the nation to which we formerly
belonged, we should feel noble pride
in that natural liberty Of man which we
enjoy.
"The free State of Vera Cruz is wor-
thy the constitution she has adopted !;
she has purchased her independence
with large sacrifices. In this august
seat, the depository of the laws, am
about TO take an oath for their faithful
execution. What ID picture here pre-
sents itself! A free country-the d.
vision ofthe three supreme powers
their harmonious operation-a code Of
general and of state laws-all conspire
to make my oath great aud important"
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WASHINGTON AUG. s

THE President of the United States.
and Gen. LAFAYETTE, left the City on
Saturday afternoon, on a visit to the late
President MoNRoE, in London County.
After spending few days there, and in
the neighborhood. The General will re.
turn hither, and soon after. we under
stand, proceed, by the way of Fredpr-
icksburg, TO visit and take leave of The
Ex Presidents JEFFERSON and MADISON.
The General, il is expected, will en-
bark for France about the first Of Sep
TENDER.
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WASHINGTON, AUGUST 70.

The Court Martial came to decision
yesterday, on the case of Commodore
Porter. The sentence will not, OF
course, be made known until approved
by the President.
This morning the Court will meet at
the building east ofrbe Capitol, formerly
occupied by Congress, for the purpose
of proceeding with the trial Of Lieut..
Whitelock.
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Greek NavaI Vsctoru.

The following is an official Bulletin
OF the Greek Admiral Mlaulis.
8 First Dtvision Of the Greek feet, May
10, 1925.
Ht Yesterday evening, with a favora-
bic wud, we entered, passed Sapienza,
into DO Gulf Of Modon, where 90 Of the
enemy's vessels were anchored under
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From the Boston RepsrtOru .aug. 12.l

Mr.. HALE-Noticing ia your paper
of yesterday, that the little town OF
Madbury could boast of as great men as
any now living in New England, Mr..
Tehbets. weighing four hundred and
thirty-6ye POUNDS. would inform YOU.
that Captain William Dsmrell. of Ports,
mouth, master of the schooner Lydia.
now lying al Central wharf, weighed, a
short time since, four hundred and fifty
seven pounds, being about % pounds
more than Mr.. Tebbets. He is IS years
Of age.
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Gp tne sa1alia.
BOSTON, AUGUST l2.
LATEST. FROM EUROPE.

We have received papers to June
29lh, which furnish US with the follow
ing intelligence -
A French ournaI has furnished ta-
bic presenting comparison Of the num-
Der of children in the several countries
of Europe. who are educated al pub
lie schools, with the whole population.
According TO this table, the pupils of
the public schools in the circle of Graiz.
is one in nine of the whole populaiion-
in Bohemia, one In eleventh Morayi,
and Silasis, one in twelve--in Austria,
one in thirteenth Prussia, che 10 eigh-
teen--in Scotland, one in ten in En-
gland, one in sixteenth Ireland, one in
eighteenth France, one in thIrty-in
Poland, one in seventy eigh.-and 10
Russia, che in nine hundred and fifty
four.
There are several circumstaniial ac-
counts Of The destruction of the Egyp-
fian squadron in the port of Modon on
the 18th of May, by the Greek feet of
twen'y-eight vessels and four fire ships.
under Admiral MiauIis. The Dutch
brig Courier, bound 10 Smyrna, was in
eight, when the frigate Asia, two cor
vettes, three large briggs and twenty
transport vessels, blew up. When the
Courier was fifteen miles from Modon.
at half past ten in the evening, he head
great explosion, and at thirty miles
distance he heard another. News from
Napoli stated tina, these were the ex-
plosions Of two magazines in Modon
All the stores and munitions of war for
The Egyptian army where in Modon.
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LONDON. .yUNr 81.

LONDON. JUNE Ct.
The taking of the traitor Odysseus
with 500 Turks, is confirmed. He had.
i is stated, been conducted to Napoli di
Romania.
A letter from Trieste, dated June I,
confirms the accounts of the late victo-
ries obtained by the Greeks over the
Turks, on the 18th and 18th May: the
Greeks burned the remainder of the
Egyptian fleet in the port of Navarino.
Al the same time the troops under Presi-
den' Conduriotta and Movromich@lis fell
on the Egyptian army, beat it complete
ly, and made themselves masters of their
camp.
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PARIS. JUNE &c.

The Brussels Oracle mentions a ru-
NOR of the supreme direction of the
War Department being given 10 Prince
Frederick of the Netherlands.