VOL. II.] New-York...Saturday, November 17....1810. THE POLISH CHIEFTAIN. (Continued.) MALCAR ALCAR was then placed in the chair of the accused, and his trial commenced. The charge of an intention to kill the king was easily substantiated by the testimony of those who had been wounded in defending the royal apartments. The motives which led to this act, were in vain stated by Malcar, in his defence, to have arisen from the unjustifiable detention of his daughter, while he was confined in his room, from which he could only make his escape by the perilous descent of a tree. "Alas!" continued he, "who of you, my lords, would not have done the same? But at this important moment I am deprived of her testimony; for she is withheld by the arm of lawless power! O, my daughter; thy father has nothing to fear for thy honoronly for thy safety!" [NO. 2. He said; and Barbaro replied, priests and nobles! I am myself a witness of the anxiety of the great Berodsko for the appearance of the Princess Seraphia, who has escaped from the confinement in which she was to have been kept till this night was past. She is no where to be found; but if the were, would that lessen the treason of collecting armed men privately to force the apartments of the king, when the company had nearly all retired? I doubt not that you will coincide with me, that the absence of Malcar's daughter was a part of the treason which was to have sacrificed our sovereign, and placed Lianskoi in his stead!" Sentence was now awarded against Malcar, who was ied away till the fate of Liankoi was determined. With a firm and dignified step the youth advanced to the, barand fixed his piercing eyes on those of Berodsko.-The clarions were sounded-the accused witness was called a third time he was cal led, when a monk, almost bent double, his head folded in a thick cowl, and embracing a large rosary, which he pressed against his long silver beard, advanced and bowed reverently to the assembly returned to the spot, seemed to dig with eagerness, and then with difficulty bore a bleeding corpse, in armoar, to the mouth of the cave where Roulotz was. The latter, now on equal terms, seized the assassin, who was disguised in a friar's long cloak, and so ably "Great priests, nobles, and jud-defended himself, that he made ges, I come by virtue of my sacred office, to bear to you the dying confession of the deserter Roulotz, who was present at the awful moment when he caught the youngest son of Woronof in the act of bearing away the murdered body. He had himself deserted that night, from a fear of the horrors of the next day, and taking his way through the dreadful dell, he stopped at the contiguous caves, to take shelter from the impending storm. During this, he heard a footstep descend; and fearful of pursuit, he retired farther within the cave. Listening, however, attentively, and hearing nothing farther, he again advanced to the mouth of the cave, when he saw a taper, heard voices, and the clash of weapons, and presently after, by the glare his escape, first giving the unfortunate Roulotz that fatal wound of which he expired this morning. Before the flight, however, of the assassin, Roulotz certified him to bé Lianskoi, and took the cloak in which he had disguised himself. The body he left in the cave, and made immediately for the first place where he could obtain relief for his wound. I found him under the walls of our convent; and eager that such an important discovery should not be defeated, I procured an interview between him and Barbaro, to whom he produced this gorget, marked with the young prince's name, and torn from him in the scuffle, as a proof of the identity of his person! Roulotz is now no more-but I now stand in his stead, and deliver to this noble as of a horrid flash of lightning,sembly, this personal proof of Lisaw a person fall. Roulotz, anskoi's concern in the assassinastill afraid of attacking such unetion.' qual force, and being himself discovered, hesitated, though he was armed, to sieze the bravoes. In the mean time all was hushed for a few minutes, when one of them Barbaro and Berodsko nodded in token of assent, and ordered that the pious tottering Monk should be indulged with a chair. His important evidence was confirmed by some of the soldiers who had been in Woronof's army, as far as respected the absence of the young Prince at the fatal hour; and the old king having been seen to pass the confines of the outposts with a hooded friar, in the direction of the dell, near the castle of Horsa. All the members of the court shook their heads in omnious prognostication of the guilt of Lianskoi, who stood erect, and with his eye, darted volumes of reproach and accusation into the bosoms of his two high accusers. Barbaro suggested to the court, that upon such evidence, there could not be a doubt, and called for their decision; but the abbot of Rodno, rising, insisted that the prisoner be heard before he be condemned. This was some difficulty assented to by the creatures of Berodsko; and Lianskoi, with a collected and digni fied air, thus addressed the assembly: with "Most noble and holy BulgaHans, I stand here with a heart of innocence and purity. To have loved my father with a duty and ffection foreboding an adoration, must be in the recollection even of my enemies. In the earlier part of my life, he placed me under Malcar's instruction and example, to which he wished me to assimilate my practice; but, my lords, if I had lacked a spring to that imitation, I should have found it in a tender motive, in a growing affection for his accomplished and incomparable daughter. We played together, we emulated each other in improvement, and every hill and valley abounded with new beauties as we sauntered through them. My father approved of our affection; but Malcar, thinking our judg ments should be more ripe before making such an important choice, sent his daughter to a foreign court, while I entered into a foreign service. Fate destined me to serve in that quarter where Seraphia resided, and here our fond hearts became more attached than ever. ed, and lived secluded, while I was fighting in the service of the Emperor of Germany, till the war broke out between Malcar and Berodsko, when I returned to assist my beloved father-to defend his sacred person, not to be his assassin. Now I draw towards that dreadful night in which he disappeared. At length she return "Hear me, Heaven!-If I am criminal, let thy thunderbolt strike me! let thy forked light. nings consume the parricide !On that night previous to the expected battle, I deserted the camp to meet my beloved Seraphia. She came by appointment, with a servant on horseback. We alighted, and sauntered till the lower. ing horizon threatened an approaching storm.-As the darkness increased, we felt our hearts dejected. It became at length indispensable to part-we hung upon each other like children, and with prayers and tears, tore ourselves asunder. I bent my way round that part of the wood which skirts the dell of Horsa, where I observed the glimmer of a light: I drew nearer the light was extinguished, and I heard the sound of contention. A long and horrid flash of lightning, as if all its vivid brilliancy had collected into one glare, how plainly discovered two men, one of whom gave a third a stab in the side, and, as he fell, the sword was snapped with a report that reverberated through the desolate wilds! Merciful heaven! I exclaimed, that is not manly war; it is dark assassination. I hastened to descend, but by the time I had cleared the brakes and underwood in that pathless de scent, they had taken an easier rout, and were gone. I then trod on some soft earth, and kicked the broken blade of a sword; with this I penetrated the ground, and finding it enter readily, I unearthed a body, clad in armour, the head of which was covered with a friar's gown, and the neck infolded by white linen of a fine texture. Finding the body warm, I essayed to carry it to the nearest abode, and had proceeded some part ofthe way, when my strength was inadequate to the task, and I turned aside to deposit it at the entrance of a rocky cavern: I was bending over the body, clad in the friar's habit, which I had pat on to save me from the blood and dirt my dress would otherwise have been covered with, when I was assailed by a soldier in uniform, who grappled with me, accused me with the assassination, and would have poignarded me, if I had not pierced him with the broken blade which I had found and immediately fled, leaving bebind me the friar's garb, and part of my own military dress. I returned to the camp, fearful that my absence might have been observed; nor was it till the dawn that the terrific idea suggested itself, that the dead corpse I had been so anxious to save, was that of a beloved father!-I treasured up the secret in my own bosom, trusting to providence to solve the mysterious affair. "You, nobles, and dignified prelates, know what followed My brother succeeded to a throne, and I to a dungeon in the fortress of Horsa. The world supposed I was sent on a private negociation to the court of Denmark, while I languished, concealed from every eye, under the barbarous and indirect charge of being (almighty powers!) the murderer of such a father as mine! Here, inspired one day by the guardian angel of my Seraphia, I ventured my life for liberty and love! I leaped from the prison window into the stream which waters that angle of the east tower; I escaped un hurt, and immediately on foot THE excessive use of spiritu commenced my journey, pregnant with my injuries, and trusting that redress would almost precede my accusation. I arrived on that evening of festivity, and found not that welcome which I expected. I suspected not till that moment that the governor had acted, as he declared, from high authority: alas! it is not for me to calumniate, who have nothing to prove--but Heaven will in its own time produce the lurking assassin, and avenge the blood of Woronof and Lianskoi on their murderer!" Barbaro now spoke. (To be continued.) It has been observed, that if we adopt a solitary habit of life or action, during one month, it may be preserved for the whole ofone's existence. Therefore, to conquer a vicious habit, or acquire a good one, there is only occasion for firmness and resistance during one month. ous liquors, is confessedly no ordipary evil. While used as à cordial merely, and with a due degree of caution for the restoration of health, its effects is generally beneficial. It revives the drooping spirits; animates the mind, and gives life and vigour to the whole system. Exceed these bounds, prescribed by reason, and it has the pernicious quality of destroying those very powers of the body and mind, which it seems so peculiarly calculated to cherish and strengthen. There is no possible justification for the crime of drunkenness. It is a crime of deep die, if not always in a ci vil, at least in a moral, point of view. There are many facts to the existence of which, generally speaking, we are willing to give our unqualified assent; such as-→ viz-that God created man ; that he endowed him with all the powers and faculties, which are requisite and necessary for the |