less: he had not the power to remount his horse, or to attempt his escape on foot: this man he took aside into a wood, and, after he had drawn from him all the information he could procure concerning the number and disposition of the troops that were in search of him, he sacrificed him also to the resentment he harboured against all the Ottoman race. His four comrades found him employed in this dreadful manner, and with them he returned to the village where he was to wait for his emissary from Trawnick. The pretended pedlar went about that city vending his silks for some days, till at last he met the wife of Socivizca, and imparted to her his secret design: overjoyed to find her husband was so near, she determined to join him if possible; and she would have brought off her daughter, but she enjoyed so much pleasure in the arms of her husband, that she would only facilitate the escape of her mother and brother. In the dusk of the evening they followed the pedlar, as if they were bargaining for some of his goods; and walking gently out of the gates, as if intending to return, they stole out without notice, and got clear off. The joy of Socivizca at their meeting, could only be restrained by the sense of their immediate danger; and therefore, as soon as their first embraces were over, he and his companions escorted his wife and son to Dracovick, the usual place of refuge for them; and he desired the Caloyer, his confidential friend, to teach the boy to read and write.

When it was known in Trawnick, that the wife and son of Socivizca were not to be found after the strictest search, the inhabitants were in as much consternation as if their city had been besieged. Fear was on every countenance; for the name of Socivizca was become so formidable to the Turks, that, instead of terrifying their children with the appearance of ghosts, they had but to name Socivizca, to make them shudder, and as the sum of all punishment. Not doubting that he himself had conducted this bold enterprise, they entreated the new bashaw to make the strongest remonstrances to the governor of Dalmatia, declaring that they could not sleep in tranquillity, unless his excellency would cause him to be seized and put to death. The Turkish envoys positively maintained that he resided in Dalmatia, and the Venetian governor as obstinately insisted that he durst not remain a single day in any part of his jurisdiction, which was the fact; and therefore the disputes about him occasioned jealousies between the two powers, without producing any effect.

About the latter end of the year 1764, Socivizca found himself deprived of most of his companions, some being carried off by the plague, which raged with great violence in the territory of Signi, and others, amongst whom were the most desperate, being taken and executed for robberies in the Venetian dominions. Thus circumstanced, he could not undertake any remarkable enterprise; for which reason he retired to the Austrian frontiers, near the river Zermagna, and his name was not heard of again for some years; insomuch that the Turks had entirely forgot him, imagining he was either dead, or had taken refuge in some very remote part of the world. However, he was not quite idle all this time; for, under the name and disguise of a chief of another banditti, who was dead, he assisted in some attacks on small caravans, and collected a little booty, just sufficient for the support of his family. But in the year 1769, he appeared publicly again. Having picked up eight associates of determined valour, they attacked and plundered larger caravans with success, and once more spread an alarm throughout the Turkish territories. Innumerable and almost incredible stories are related of his intrepidity and dexterity about this time, in his encounters with large bodies

of the Turkish horse sent out to scour the country in search of him. At one time, perceiving a party of twenty-five approaching, he ordered his comrades to conceal themselves behind some trees, and to place their caps upon them in such a manner, that they should appear to be upon the heads of men; by this stratagem he doubled the number of his little corps, and confounded the enemy; for having fired at the caps, which all fell down, yet still received a warm discharge of shot from another quarter, they thought there was some magic in it, and were struck with such a panic, that they fled with the utmost precipitation. Another party, consisting of forty, coming upon him by surprise in a wood, near the banks of a river, his companions had just time to escape by flight; and while the Turks were pointing their musketry at them, he darted into the river, and lay concealed under the water, in the hollow of a bank. The astonished Turks thought it impossible he could escape them; and at last, fatigued with a fruitless search, they gave him to the devil, with whom they were certain he was in league, otherwise he could not have rendered himself almost instantaneously invisible.

. At length he began to grow tired of the dangerous kind of life he led, and resolved to employ the money he had saved, in purchasing some little post for the remainder of his days; but his design was frustrated by a cruel misfortune. The Caloyer, his confessor, with whom he had deposited five hundred sequins, and some valuable jewels, the principal fruits of his robberies, ran away with them, and was never heard of more, and, to complete his misery, while he was gone as far as the Danube in pursuit of him on false intelligence, one of his cousins from Imoschi, came to pay him a visit, and availing himself of his absence, stripped the house of his clothes and linen. These events happened in the year 1775; and the bitter complaints he made against these two thieves, shewed that he was abandoning himself to despair, when, by one of those unaccountable vicissitudes, for which the lives of some men are remarkable, chance brought the Emperor of Germany, Joseph the Second, to the village where he resided: it lay in the route of his memorable travels under the title of Count Falkenstein; and the fame, such as it was, of this bold man, having reached Vienna many years before, his Majesty sent for him, that he might be entertained with his adventures from his own mouth. The Emperor perceived the man was born with talents for military enterprises, and the command of armies; that in all probability, if he had been civilized by education, he would have made a great figure in the world; and, after a strict scrutiny, finding that he had limited his robberies and assassinations to the Turks alone, from whom he had experienced almost every injury from his birth, he generously provided him a secure protection from the fury of his enemies, and a comfortable subsistence for life, by appointing him to be Arambassa, or chief, of a company of Pandours. His residence was at the little village of Grazact, in Austria, about forty miles from Kuin. He was then in the sixty-third year of his age (in 1778), hale of constitution, and without any visible infirmity; having the countenance and demeanour of a fierce commander.

When Joseph the Second ascended the throne, his ministers constantly flattered him with the prospects of great acquisition of territory and renown; insomuch that he was at last induced to listen to the proposals of Russia, and join his forces against the Turks. The bloody conflicts that followed, had nearly proved fatal to the Turks. It shook the north of Europe, and was even felt in the interior of the Grand Seignor's seraglio. This opportunity brought Socivizca once more to embrace a military life. On this occasion he

seemed to live again. The thoughts of retaliating once more on his ancient enemies revived his spirit. Accordingly, having obtained leave of the Emperor of Germany, he repaired to his native country, and the Montenegrin mountains, where he enlisted a numerous and fierce band for the German service. Croats, Cossacks, and Pandours, always made a conspicuous figure in the northern armies ever since they were employed by the great Frederick. Socivizca sent several hundreds before him, and followed with a choice band to the Russian army, commanded by General Suvarroff; but, on his return, he had like to have been assasinated in Wallachia, by a party of Turkish hussars, who were scouring the country, and coming on in the very direction he was travelling. On their appearance, he prepared for defence, resolving to sell his life as dearly as possible. Resistance would have been thought useless by any other than such a desperado as Socivizca; but he was not to be taken; his death was not destined on this spot. They saw him; but he afterwards hid himself, and they passed him at the turning of a hedge. Two of them, detached from the party, made a closer search, and coming on him, demanded his arms instantly. To fight or to surrender was the only alternative. He did not long hesitate, but began the attack first, by stepping up to the nearest, and before he could defend himself, blew out his brains. After this, the second started up, and ran to snatch his pistols from his holsters; but Socivizca prevented him, and lodged the contents of a carbine in his body. He then left them to die by themselves; and taking their horses, he and his companion set off at full speed. They had, indeed, no time to lose; the report of the fire-arms having been heard by the detachment, which was just gone on, they returned to discover the cause. Not having spurs, the military party gained on our hero and his companion considerably; but fortunately, they were nearly a mile in advance, and got into a wood before the others could overtake them. Night afterwards completely concealed them; and they got clear off at last, without any further danger.

The next day they were met by another party, and pursued by a second; but they forced their way into a thicket, where they thought it impossible any one should think of seeking armed persons; who, it might be supposed, were resolved to defend themselves. They got into this place with the greatest difficulty, only proceeding by putting aside, or cutting away with their sabres, the briars and branches that opposed their passage. After much labour and toil in this way, they arrived at an open space, about forty or fifty yards in circumference, where they flattered themselves they might rest awhile in safety. Upon an actual survey of the place they pronounced it inaccessible. Undoubtedly the enemy might enter the same way they had got in themselves; but it was not to be presumed that a numerous party would succeed all at once; and they must otherwise fall by their hands, one after the other. At night they arranged their arms, and those of the two hussars, to the best advantage. They then found they had fifteen shot to fire in case of an attack, which was not very probable in that place, as has been before observed.

It is impossible, and perhaps unnecessary, to follow him in every skirmish he was engaged in, at the head of his Pandours, Croats, and Cossacks, as it would be to relate the aerial combats of rooks and jackdaws. Suffice it to say, that his activity, nor antipathy, did not seem to forsake him even at the advanced age of seventy-seven, when he was killed by a musket shot at the dreadful storming of Ismail, which was taken by assault, under the command of General Suvarroff. This happened on the 22d of December, 1790, at the elose of a cruel and protracted campaign.

MAGNANIMITY OF A BRITISH SOLDIER,

The following anecdote, says a correspondent in the American Village Record,' comes from a source entitled to perfect credit. During the revolutionary war, two British soldiers, of the army of Lord Cornwallis, went into a house, and abused the inmates in a most cruel and shameful manner. A third soldier in going into the house, met them coming out, and knew them. The people acquitted him of all blame, but he was imprisoned because he refused to disclose the names of the offenders. Every art was tried, but in vain; and at length he was condemned by a court martial to die. When on the gallows, Lord Cornwallis, surprised at his pertinacity, rode near him.

Campbell,' said he, what a fool you are to die thus. Disclose the names of the guilty men, and you shall be immediately released; otherwise, you have not fifteen minutes to live.'

You are in an enemy's country, my lord,' replied Campbell, you can better spare one man than two.'

Firmly adhering to his purpose, he died.

Does history furnish a similar instance of such strange devotion for a mistaken point of honour?

HORRIBLE AFFAIR IN THE RUE DE LA HARPE AT PARIS.

In the Rue de la Harpe, which is a long dismal ancient street in the fauxbourg of St. Marcell, is a space or gap in the line of building upon which formerly stood two dwelling houses, instead of which stands now a melancholy memorial, signifying, that upon this spot no human habitation shall ever be erected, no human being ever must reside!

Curiosity will of course be greatly excited to ascertain what it was that rendered this devoted spot so obnoxious to humanity, and yet so interesting to history.

Two attached and opulent neighbours, residing in some province, not very remote from the French capital, having occasion to go to town on certain money transactions, agreed to travel thence and to return together, which was to be done with as much expedition as possible. They were on foot, a very common way even at present, for persons of much respectability to travel in France, and were attended, as most pedestrians are, by a faithful dog.

Upon their arrival at the Rue de la Harpe, they stepped into the shop of a peruquier to be shaved, before they would proceed to business, or enter into the more fashionable streets. So limited was their time, and peremptory was their return, that the first man who was shaved, proposed to his companion, that while he was undergoing the operation of the razor, he who was already shaven would run and execute a small commission in the neighbourhood, promising that he would be back before the other was ready to move. For this purpose he left the shop of the barber.

On returning, to his great surprise and vexation, he was informed that his friend was gone; but as the dog, which was the dog of the absentee, was sitting outside of the door, the other presumed he was only gone out for the moment, perhaps in pursuit of him; so expecting him back every moment, he chatted to the barber whilst he waited his return.

Such a considerable time elapsed that the stranger now became quite impatient, he went in and out, up and down the street, still the dog remained

stationed at the door. Did he leave no message barber knew was, that when he was shaved he went away. very odd.'

No;' all the

It was certainly

The dog remaining stationed at the door was to the traveller conclusive evidence that his master was not far off; he went in and out, up and down the street again. Still no signs of him whatever.

Impatience now became alarm; alarm became sympathetic. The poor animal exhibited marks of restlessness in yelps and in howlings, which so affected the sensibility of the stranger, that he threw out some insinuations not much to the credit of the barber, who indignantly ordered him to quit his boutique.

Upon quitting the shop he found it impossible to remove the dog from the door. No whistling, no calling, no patting would do, stir he would not.

In his agony, the afflicted man raised a crowd about the door, to whom he told his lamentable story. The dog became an object of universal interest, and of close attention. He shivered and he howled, but no seduction, no caressing, no experiment, could make him desert his post.

By some of the populace it was proposed to send for the police, by others it was proposed a remedy more summary, namely to force in and search the house, which was immediately done. The crowd burst in, every apartment was searched, but in vain. There was no trace whatsoever of the countryman.

During this investigation, the dog still remained sentinel at the shop door, which was bolted within to keep out the crowd, which was immense outside.

After a fruitless search and much altercation, the barber, who had prevailed upon those who had forced in to quit his house, came to the door, and was haranguing the populace, declaring most solemnly his innocence, when the dog suddenly sprang upon him, flew at his throat in such a state of terrific exasperation, that his victim fainted, and was with the utmost difficulty rescued from being torn to pieces. The dog seemed to be in a state of intellectual agony and fury.

It was now proposed to give the animal his way, to see what course he would pursue. The moment he was let loose, he flew through the shop, darted down stairs into a dark cellar, where he set up the most dismal howlings and lamentations.

Lights being procured, an aperture was discovered in the wall communicating to the next house, which was immediately surrounded, in the cellar whereof was found the body of the unfortunate man who had been missing. The person who kept this shop was a patissier.

It is unnecessary to say that those miscreants were brought to trial and executed. The facts that appeared upon their trial, and afterwards upon confession, were these:

Those incautious travellers, whilst in the shop of this fiend, unhappily talked of the money they had about them, and the wretch, who was a robber and murderer by profession, as soon as the one turned his back, drew his razor across the throat of the other and plundered him.

The remainder of the story is almost too horrible for human ears, but is not upon that account the less credible.

The pastry-cook, whose shop was so remarkable for savory patties that they were sent for to the Rue de la Harpe, from the most distant parts of Paris, was the partner of this peruquier, and those who were murdered by the razor of the one were concealed by the knife of the other in those very