ADVOCATE on INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS- . ._ s ~ , 763 her being submitted to Cl1orles‘s touch, the ulcers fortunately closed and healed; and nothing remained to show that she had ever been afliictcd, except the scars or marks left upon the skin 1 We have derived this strange tale from a non-juring gentleman, who heard the woman herself relate it, and who. had touched with his_ own fingers the spots upon her body which had previously been honored by contact with those of Charles. , V \Ve conclude with a stunmsry view of some of the atrocities perpetrated after the battle of Culloden, and for which the memory of the Duke of Cumber- land will be justly execratcd to the latest time : The barbarities which followed the victory of Culloden, when the fervour of battle must have been cooled, and the victors completely assured of re. ceiving no farther annoyance from the enemy, were such as to be scarcelycredible by the present age; and the writer who now undertakes to display them in their real colors, may perhaps incur the charge of exaggeration or prejudice. Neither this imputation, however, nor any sentiment of delicacy shall be al- lowed here to stifle the statements which so many former historians have, for these, or for worse rea. sons, withheld. ,, , A V , The. most obvious charge of barbarity which can he brought against the Duke of Cumberland, in refs. ratios to this period of the campaign, is that he did not take the pains which are usuallytaken by victors in civilized warfare, of attending to the wounded of the enemy in common with those of his own army. Charles, -who, notwithstanding all the attempts which have been made to show him up its a monster, can- ‘not be denied to have used his victories with mode- ration uud humanity, had all along treated tliewound- cd of his prisoners with the most anxious and con- siderate kindness ; even incumbering himself, at va- rious periods of his campaign, in order to provide for their comfort. But with the Duke of Cumber- land, whose opportunities for displaying humanity were so much better, the case was very different. Notonly did he permit the bloody scene already de- scribed, where the wounded insurgents were indis. criiuinutely massacred, but he actually took. aper- sonul interest in the completion of the dreadful work. Soon after the battlc,‘he was riding over the field, accompanied by Colonel Wolfe, the future hero of Quebec, when he observed a wounded Highlander sit up on his elbow, and look at him’ with what ap- peared to his eyes defiance. V “Wolfe,” he cried, “shoot me that Highlander scouudrcl, who thus dares to look on us with so insolent a stare.”-—"My commission,” said the zgeutle and excellent Wolfe,‘ “is at your royal highness’s disposal; but I never can consent to become anexecu:ioher.” The High. lander, in all probability, Wins soon despatched by someeless scrupulous hand; but it’ was remarked that from that day, the recusaut oliicer declined visi. lily in the favour and confidence“ of his commander. It is a fact equally authentic with the preceding, that, on the day after the action, when it was disco- vercd that some of the wounded-had survived both the weapons of the enemy and the dreadful rains which fell in the interval, he sent out detachments from Inverness, to put these unfortunates out of pain. The savage executioners of his barbarous commands performed their duty with awful accuracy and delibe- ration ; carrying all they ‘could find to cliiferetttipicces of rising ground throughout the field, where, having lirst ranged them in due order, they dispatched them by shot'of’1nusketry.. On the following day-. (Friday) other parties were sent out to search the houses of the neighboring peasantry, in which, it was under- stood, many of the mutilated Highlanders had taken refuge. , They found so great a number as almost toronder the otfice revolting to its bearers ; but, with the exception of a few who received mercy at the e hands ofthe ofiicers, all were conscientiously mur- dered. An unconcerned eye witness afterwards re- ported to the writer just quoted, that on this day he saw nogfesver than seventy-two iudividual’s"‘ killed in cold blood !” Dreadful, however, as this scene must have been, it was‘ surpassed in fiendish wick- cdness by a sortiof supe-rerogalory cruelty which was acted by the soldiers in the course of their other ope- rations.’ ._At a little distance from the . ‘field of battle, there was a wretched hut, used for sheltering fllieep in stormy weather, into which aconsidera-» ble number of the wounded had crawled. The soldiery, on discovering them, actually proceed. ed to secure the doorand. setrthe. house in flames; so that all within perished, including many persons ‘Vim were merely an aged in attending the wound. ed. ln_tlze rubbish o thishabitstion, betfw-sen thirty and forty. scorcbedtand srfi‘othéred bodics_were' fofuriti 1 1. , But by far the most horrible instance of cruelty which occurred in the course ofthese unhappy times, was one which took.place in the immediate vicinity of Culloden House. Nineteen wounded officers of the Highland army had been carried, immediately after the battle, from a. wood in which they had found their first shelter, to the court-yard ofthat residence, where they remained two days in the open air, with with their wounds undressed, and only receiving such acts of kindness from the steward oftbc house, as that oliicial choseto render at the risk of his own life. Upon tl third day, when the search was made throughout the neighboring cottages, these misera- ble men were seized by the ruthless soldiers, ‘tied with ropes, and tossed into a cart, and taken out to the side of a park wall, where, being ranged up in order, they were commanded to prepare for immedi- ate death. Such as retained the use of their limbs, or whose spirits, formerly so daring, could not sus- tain them through this trying scene, fell upon their knees, and, with piteous cries and many invocation: to heaven, implored mercy. But they petitioned in vain.‘ Before they had been ranged up for the space of ,1: single minute-—beforc—thcy could utter one brief prayer to heaven, the platoon, which stood at the distance of only two orthree yards, received orders to fire. Almost every individual in the unhappy company fell prostrate upon the ground,’ and expired instantly. But, to make surevwork, the men were ordered to club their muskets, and dash out the brains of all who-seemed to show any symptoms of life. This order was obeyed literull-_r/. One indivi- dual survived-—a gentleman of the clan Fraser. He had received a ball, but yet showed the appearance of life. ’The butt of a soldier’s musket was accord- ingly applied to his head to despatch him; never- theless, though his nose. and cheek were dashed in, and one of his eyes dashed out, he did not expire. He lay for some time in a state of agony not to be described, when Lord ~ Boyd, son of the Earl of Kilmarnock, happening to pass, perceived his body move, and ordered him to be conveyed to a secure place, when he recovered-in the course of three months. The unfortuatemau lived. many years afterwards to tell the dreadful tale ; and the writer already alluded to appears to have derived his information from this excellent source. The Duke of Cumberland has been characterized by his friend Earl Waldegrave, as one whose judg. ment would have been equal to his parts, had it not been too much guided by his passions, which were olten violent and ungovernable. The cruelties, however, which distinguished his Scottish campaign, rather argue the cool malignant fiend than the violent than of anger. His courage was that of the bull- dog; but he had not the generosity of that animal, to turn away from his victim when it could no longer oppose him. After fairly overthrowing his nntago. nist, his savage disposition demanded that he should throttle, and gore, and excruciate it, as arevenge for the trouble to which it had put him in the combat. days, and which have not, in their kind, been sur- passed by any thing of later date. Innnrutv on SELECT Novzsus, Vol. xxiii. and iv.— Richelieu, : N. Y., H.\RPER do Bno'rirsns.-This no- vel, heretofore noticed in this paper with soiuinenda- tion, is well entitled, in ourjudgmont, to take its place as :1 standard rvork——as delineating both character and events with great power and fidelity. COMPANION To run CHRIBTIAN Limit; by Rev. Jo.» suns Ls.w1'rr. New York: Joxnrrrm LIiAVI’I"1‘.—-- This is a republication, without the music, and with the addition of many new hymns, of the Christian Lyre, a book of devotional poetry, which appeared in 1831. Lovnr.x.’s FoL1.v, a novel, by CAROLINE LEE Hams,‘ author of De Lara, Lemirah, &.c.« Cincinnati, Hm. imtn & EnMuNos.——An American novel, printedin the city ofthe Wfsst, and very well printed tooin good bold type———a lady, too, the author-—-what further shall ‘we say’? We had better, we believe, commit the work to the judgment of theeountry, without saying to be gaining ground, that what is American must not lie, what is called, harshly dealt by-—Lovell’s Folly may gain favor, and we wouldnot willingly intercept a ray thereof. New Mars.--»S'tate of New Yark—-State of Ohio. J. H. Corxros «Sc Co. N. Y. publishers.-——These are two very well executed and well colored maps, drawn by D. H. Burr, and reduced to a size thatrenders them convenient for consulting, without excluding any material objects. T i ‘ D A i No. V. Wrrnnnrno, Virginia, Oct. 539th. I used to think our sea-board climate as capricious as it could well be: but the changing skied under which we have travelled for the last three days convince me that no where is the office of weather-cock less 61 u, giuccu;-e than in the region through which I have 7 just travelled. Yet ‘I do not complain of the weather. Far from it-—-I cousitler myself peculiarly fortunate in having, during it tliruedays ride over the Allcghanies, seen that line moun- tain district under every vicisxitudc of climate; and though the cold has at times been s’evorc——the harsh rains any- thing buta-grecablcfor the tiine—-the Inrlian summer heat almost sultry——and lastly the snow most unseasonablc, I could not, if I had made my own private 'arr_augemcnts with the clerk of the’ we-at..'cr, have fixed it upon the whole more to my satisfaction. The still cold frosty morn- ings gave a vigour and boldness of outline to the misun- gain scenery, that ezttcndetl its limits and heightened its effect. Tho rains which an hour afterward washed the Scsxns IN oun Pnusn, nv A Couivrnv PA1tsoN's DAUGHTER, 1 vol. New Yonxz Hanrsn Sc Bno'rxt1~ins. They who will read these simple annals with a right spirit, will findin them both amusement and improve. ment. They are, we cannot doubt, real scenes, such as any parish in England may afforcl———portrayed with feeling, and beauty of sentiment as well as of exipressiomand all tending to inculcate as the sole ro- liance for liappiness, or consolation, a belief in, and dependance on the truths and promises of the Bible. Tm: Book on MY LADY, a Melange, by ii Bachelor- Knight; l vol.; P}n'I.a.d., KEY &. Binnns.-—Mcs.t of the rhapsodies of this prettily printed volume. have appeared separately before, we believe, in annuals andgother similar publications; and upon the whole, wefthink they might as well have been left in their scattered state, for together they are too overpower. ing. We may, however, very possibly beof theuum. ber of those of “ Spitzbergen-like teinperameut,[” for whom the author expresslyideclares he doesnot write, and therefore ‘unworthy to criiticismizis we are certainly incapable of admiring, suchsonring flights. CANT:-innuitv TALES, first series, by HAiutr1:'r and SOPHIA Ln»u;‘2 vols. Philatlclpliia, CAREY, Lun 8.2’ Br..i.\'cn.m1>.—-—‘It iswoll to go lisxclk,_ti_li1lil,[l1€ivmnlti. plicity of new works daily pourftdi l'ui-tlt,;now and then to those voluInee,t«h'n't-time and,the_igdgnieut"’of by the co_untry,Apeople¢; after the .mousters'had' depart: 8d from the scene-of their ravageat men have tested.’ we are therefore well plieriaed to scethis edition of titles well rcrncmbered in other changing leaves, brightened their tints for the -noon-day sun which followed, and the warm mist, of evening imbu- .:Al the landscape with aClaude-like mellowncss that suited the rich repose of evening among the bills. As for the snow, nothing could be more beautiful than zhc effect of it at this-season in the wonder. vvé had two flurries, on successive days ,*cu.ch of which after covering the ground about an inch in depth, was Luxccwded byabright glowing sky. The appearance the woods then presented, it would be —almo':y rttvir:os,.through'r\'l13ch a clozen [conflicting lights climb their j:liaggy_,si-fies.-—or, not less striking, let it be-a. tnaj‘estic‘.rivzir, whose .ft'rtilc islands, rich alluvial bottoms,‘ and W')0llI‘d~ blulfs beyond, are zlius dressed at once in autumn’: pioriip and u"intcr’s robe of pride; andyou can ’hardly conceive-. a inure beautiful K combination. Such was tl1e_:t,..-‘poet Ullflfl‘ wliicli I crossed the last summit of the All¢:gliallll€:1~ y0st:-r.lit_v——- and such '. antler \Vl}l(‘l1.l via-wed»lln:'QJr:zo this umrning. The fine itndeilatiiig _conn r_y.-belweciii the L~mi:iittii.t_i-i and tliis_pla._g~e, especially sf’...-,r’pa=:.~:iu,g' the 9'11-.1-t town z;t’_ Wasliinii__'Iiti, Sat .er:ot. 7 And ‘ct nlJLl1lilT’C3,nl)f3:n]Or(: crlailarafinn than , _ -. I ,7 . ‘'3 lie center over those ll(.‘.lgi'll.$ on at bracing October day. The any thing. Under cover ofthe principle, which seem: ' '-II] the bordters nt‘ P»2rir;-iyltiania, left inc nntiiiu.-,7 to rbgrt-t in ; the way of s'r.~e‘n‘-.ry atior cr:‘xssi:ir_g tliirias-.11 lgt‘. skits __oC _‘