Southern telegraph., 1838-04-17

saw him smile. They whispered ,ose,bsr
tor little while, arl the turnkey sto ,,..ur
over the pillow, drew hastily back. ala
has got his discharge said the man.
he had. Ba, he had grown S, ike death
in life, that they knew n !, when he de-,
THE SCOTCH KING AND HIS MIN
ISrER.
Generally speaking, the Scotch eni,v
persJEage, and the Irish are apt to take fire
ut 1t. After = meSs-dinner of the oist
Royal North British FuSileerS.) always
gallant and gen'.emanly carps, of very na-
lonal character, there had been 4 good
deal of proad reflection upon the stern faith
OF the North Bri,ains, in their treaties with
other powers. A lively boy, vino had re-
Gently ,ined, observed to some of the ell
ders that he had legend in confirmition Of
the claim, and narrated it accordingly.
Few of our histories refer tn a very san
culinary war that subsis,ed between an ea-.
ly Scottish king and kim of the Land',
End. Scottish valor prevailed, anc news
was brought of the complete success OF m
expedition against the Cornish siroa Ihold~.
The monarch was elated beyonu meas ire.
and sending tor his principal adviser, Lord
| Alexander --, addressed him:
"Weel, Sandy, is there any other king I
can bring to submission the nool''
"An't please your m1les'y, there is bait
ane king whom Won Gamma vanq1ish"
ZANE king that Gamma vanq Iish! An,
wha's he, mon?"
81 mean, your majesty, the King of Hea-
ven."
"!1aven! Haven! whar's that, S,ndyr
His l. ,rd>hip pointed t. the skv, aud
then bowed becomingly to his r-.yal ..assisF.
who did not quite compreheni wha. was
meant, and feared to betrsy geographical
ignorance by inquiring more particularly
than he had already done.
s'Nae matter, Sandy, gang and tell the
King O. iliven that gin he DIES m surren.
der his doninions at once, I'll came and
bang him cot of them. Aal miaj, nv
Lord, you dinna shew yer face hsiore US
till You have done our biding"
This was an embarrassing position t,r
the noble favorite, who knew ,ha; expoS,u-
lation, or even explanati N wac tn danger
ous to be attempted at such a IN 'lnen,. He
therefore retired sl5missively, and consult
ed priest. This pro,eniror of Loyola
consoled him bv the assurance that, on an
occ ,sion of the kind, it was q,i'e allowable
to tranquilise monarch of weak under
standing by plttin, an artificial cons,ruc-
ton on certain passages of scripture. Lord
Alexander appeared, accordingly, m the
royal presence, aud was instantly observed
by his gracious master.
SSV b,f fN,eaf Inn vxsI II
ven9"
"Pease your majesty, | have na seen
himself, but | have conferred with ane n
his accredited ministers, an he solemnli
engages that your majesty may haze lis
kingdom for asking for!"
"Was he sac ceevil?" inquired the mon-
arch, warmed to m1gnaniuity by the asSa-
rance; '.thcn cen gang yer gait there oncs
more, and tell the King - Haven that far
his ceeviliiy mo Scotchman shall ever
set foot in his kingdom. M.-Fraser's Nag.
Charleston and Ciaciaaani Railro1d--
The first ground in this great enterprise
was broken, with much cere;nany, on ths
l4th inst. at Columbia, South Carolina. A
large procession paraded through the streets
and attended at the place of beginniins.-
ROBERT Y HAyNE, President of the COM
pany, delivered an appropriate address. aud
with a shovel threw up the first ground--he
was followedby all near cnous sh 10 partake
Of the hOnar. nfsa IS ~ ssi. MD ge'is
.8a sesSia osli al ---a sl..ifr sYssas4
Sno,o and lie Mails.-The Cumberland
(Md.) Civilian of Saturday says-The
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