Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-05-05

"Thy Grandmother says my Uncle rooy..
addressing himself TO young Arabella, just IRON
London, who was playing the battle of Maren-
go, on the piano,-'Thy grandmother, child"
said he, fused to play on much better lnstru-
ment than thine"
'Indeed,' said Arabella, how could it have
been betterl you know il is a most fashionable
instrument, and is used by every body that is
any thing
"Your grandmother was something, yet she
never saw piano forte"
'But what was the name of the instrument!
had it strings, or was it played by keys"
You must give me time to recollect the
name, it was indeed a stringed instrument, but
it was played by the hand.'
'By the hand alonel How vulgar, but pro-
test should like to see one, and papa shall buy
me one when | return to London. DO you
think he can obtain one?'
mo, you will not probably find one in Lon
don, but doubtless they may be found in some
of the country towns.'
'How many strings had iti Must one play
with both handsI and could one play the double
bassS'
q know not whether it would play double
bass as you call it, it was played by both hands
and had two strings
Two strings onlyi surely you are testing,
how could good music be produced by such an
instrument, when the piano has one or two
hundred?'
ooh, the strings are very long, one about
fourteen feet, and the other might be lengthen-
ed at pleasure 10 even fifty or more.'
'What prodgious deal of room it must
take up, but no matter, will have mine in the
old hall, and papa may have an addition built
10 it, for he says shall never want any thing,
and so does mamma. Were the strings struck
with little malets like the piano, or were they
supported like harpschord.'
Like neither of these instruments as | re-
collect but it produced soft kind of humming
bands aid relations of the performer
ooh, as to pleasing ones husband or rela-
tons, that is all Dicky in the Haut-ton you
know, but am determined to have one at any
rate. Was it easy learnt, and was it taught
by French or Italian masters''
'lt was easily learnt, but Frenchmen and l.
Italians scarcely dared to show their heads in our
country in those tines
'Can you possibly recoIect the name ?-How
shall we know for what to enquirer
Eyes do now remember the name, and we
must inquire for spinning lCheeL"
The TEN TRIBES OF IsRAEL.-At recent
meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society, paper
was read, SON the Fate of the Ten Tribes of
Israel after the fall Of Samara," by the late t.
M. Dickinson, Esq. of the Bombay Civil Ser
vice. The writer, in this essay, accurately in
vestigates the several opinions which have OBJ
tanned currency among the learned as to thelo-
cation of the captive Israelites after the des-
tructon Of their kingdom. He is inclined to
afford more consideration than recent writers
have been induced TO give to the idea which
was advocated so warmly by the early settlers
in the New World, that the North American
Indians were of Hebrew origin. This opinion,
DIR. Dickinson states was first suggested to
John Elliot, 1.-THE Indian evangelist, as he is
sometimes called, )by Mr.. Winslow, COM
mercal agent in New England, about l549.-
1t was subsequently maintained by several 9TH
er writers, and supported by arguments drawn
from many striking peculiarites which charac-
terise the manners, customs, religious rites,
physiognomy, &C., of the American Indians
He then adverts to the Black Jews of Maabar,
who are invariably termed Beni-lsrael, or Isra-
elites, and not Jews, as the followers of the law
of Moses are elsewhere designated; and thinks
that their origin and history are we'll deserving
Investigation.
The CoUNTRYMAN AND HIS SADDLE OF VEN
IsON.-The Exeter News Letter relates the
following excellent anecdote;-"A countryman
fom the Northern part of the state, once call
ed upon Gov. Wentworth at Portsmouth, and
DtBBCu Ills dCCtptduCt Oh u nduul6 Vi NGIlbOu.-I
The Governor loved venison, and smiled most
gracefully upon Jonathan as he accepted the
present, and thanked him for so acceptable
mark of his respect. But the man hemm'd,
aud scratched his head, and was in no hurry to
depart, The errand was but half done. His
excellency inquired of him, if he could in any
way be Of service to him, when Jonathan in
formed him that there was no Ensign in the
militia company at--and he would be
dreadfALly obliged to his Governorship for
commission. The Governor would be very
happy to oblige him, If he had the proper re-
Communications; and asked if the company had
elected him for their Ensign, or sent any evil
dence of their wish for his appointment
"Why, no, may it please your Excelency's Ho-
nor ;" said Jonathan, ''there are only two other
men in the town but myself, and one of them is
the Captain, and the other the Lieutenant, and
they exercise me and maneuvTe me so much
that ] am really aieard ifI'm not made an en-
sign pretty soon, they'll drill me to death"
A Coon DISQUALIFICATION, says a western
paper,'is better safeguard Of liberty than a
standing army. five retrench the wages of
the school-masteT, we must increase those of
the recruiting sergeant
II is stated in the Natchez Courier, that the
large number Of $50, 900 slaves were carried in
~ Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Arkan-
sas, during the last year.