FAITHFUL NEGRESS.

IN the dreadful earthquake which made such ravages in the Island of St. Domingo in the year 1770, a negress of Port-au-Prince, found herself alone in the house of her master and mistress, with their youngest child, whom she nursed. The house shook to its foundation. Every one had taken flight; she alone could not escape, without leaving her infant charge in danger; she flew to the chamber, where it lay in the most profound sleep; at that moment the walls of the house fell in; anxious only for the safety of her foster child, she threw herself over it, and serving as a sort of arch, saved it from destruc

tion.

The child was indeed saved; but the unfortunate negress died soon after, the victim of her fidelity.

AFFECTIONATE RECOGNITION.

A FEW years ago, in working to establish a new com munication between two shafts of a mine at Fahkin the capital of Dalecarlia, the body of a miner was discovered in a perfect state of preservation, and impregnated with vitriolic water. It was quite soft, but hardened on being exposed to the air. No one could identify the body; it was merely remembered that the accident by which he had thus been buried in the bosom of the earth, had taken place above fifty years ago. All inquiries about the name of the sufferer had already ceased, when a decrepid old woman, supported on crutches, slowly advanced towards the corpse, and knew it to be that of a young man to whom she had been promised in marriage more than

half a century before. which had all the appearance of a bronze statue, bathed it with her tears, and fainted with joy at once more beholding the object of her affections. It is easier to conceive than trace the singular contrast afforded by that couple; the one buried above fifty years ago, still retaining the appearance of youth; while the other weighed down by age, evinced all the fervency of youthful love.

She threw herself on the corpse,

CONCEALED TREASURE.'

DURING the reign of terror in France, a lady of Marseilles, about to emigrate, wished, before her departure, to place a considerable property, in plate, linen, and other articles, in a place of safety. To bury property in cellars had become now so common, that they were now among the first places that were searched on any suspicion of concealed treasures; and to convey the things out of the house, even by small portions at a time, without being discovered, was not to be hoped for. The lady conmited with an old and faithful servant, who, during a great number of years that he had been in the family, had given such repeated proofs of his fidelity and attachment to it, that she placed unbounded confidence in him. He advised her to pack the things in trunks, and deposit them in a garret at one end of the house; then to wall up the door into it, and new plaster the room adjoining, so as to leave no traces by which it could be discovered that it had any com munication with another apartment. The advice was followed, and the plan executed without the privacy of any other person than the servant who

walled up the door-way and plastered over the outer room; and when all was finished, the lady departed, leaving the care of the house entirely to him.

Soon after her departure, the servant received a visit from the municipal officer, who came with a party of his myrmidons to search the house, as belonging to an emigrant, and suspected of containing considerable property. They examined every room, every closet, every place in the house, but nothing of any value was to be discovered : some large articles of furniture, which could not conveniently be disposed of, and which it was judged best to leave, in order to save appearances, were the only things found. The officer said it was impossible the other things could be conveyed away, and threatened the servant with the utmost severity of justice if he did not confess where they were concealed. He, however, constantly refused to give any information, and was carried before the commune. Here he was again interrogated, and menaced even with the guillotine if he did not confess where his mistress's property was concealed; but he still remained unshaken in his resolution, and faithto his trust; till at length the officers believing it impossible, that if he really were in possession of the secret, he could retain it with the fear of death before his eyes, were persuaded that he was not in his mistress's confidence, and dismissed him. They obliged him, however, to quit the house, and a creature of their own was placed in it. Again and again it was searched, but to no purpose; nor was the real truth ever suspected. But when the reign of the terrorists was closed by the fall of the leaders, the faithful servant, who beheld their downfall with exultation as his own triumph, on a representation ·

of his case to the new magistracy, was replaced in the house of his mistress.

BROTHERS IN BATTLE.

IMMEDIATELY after the taking of Fort Napoleon, in Portugal, during the Peninsular war, a soldier of the 50th regiment was observed frequently bending over the lifeless trunk of one his comrades, and now and then wiping away the tears that trickled down his furrowed cheek. An officer stepped up, and ventured to divert his attention, by inquiring the name of the deceased. Till then he had imagined that he was pouring out his grief in secret; for when spoken to, he looked abashed, and began to wipe away the tears from his eyes. On the question being repeated, he said the name of the deceased was Paddy Carey, and his own brother; that he was the third of that family that had given up their lives for their country; and that he was now left alone, to mourn the loss of those who had gone before him. He regretted much that circumstances prevented him from bestowing decent burial on the deceased; and when he was left alone, the noble fellow began to dig a hole with his bayonet, to receive the mangled remains of his beloved relative.

GENTOO PALANQUIN BOYS.

SIR JOHN MALCOLM, in his evidence given to the House of Commons, on the affairs of India, states, that

he has known innumerable instances of honour among the natives, particularly the military tribes, which would in England be considered more fit for the page of romance than of history. "There is," he observes, "a large class of menials, such as Gentoo Palanquin boys, at Madras, who amount to twenty or thirty thousand, a great proportion of whom are employed by the English government, or the individuals serving it, who, as a body, are remarkable for their industry and fidelity. During a period of nearly thirty years, I cannot call to mind one instance being proved of theft, in any one of this class of men, whose average wages are from three to eight rupees a month, or from seven shillings and sixpence to one pound. I remember hearing of one instance of extraordinary fidelity, where an officer died at the distance of nearly three hundred miles from the settlement of Fort St. George, with a sum of between two and three thousand pounds in his palanquin. These honest men, alarmed at even suspicion attaching to them, salted him, brought him three hundred miles to Madras, and lodged him in the town major's office, with all the money sealed in bags."

OLD SCRANNY.

SOME years ago, the Shawano Indians being obliged to remove from their habitations, in their way took a Maskohge warrior, known by the name of old Scranny, prisoner; they bastinadoed him severely, and condemned him to the fiery torture. He underwent a great deal without shewing any concern; his countenance and behaviour gave no indication of the pain he suffered. He