From the NeD- Fork Constellation. DREAM OF GENERAL H.
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| "I dreami that died and wen, tO that plaee Where the wicked are doomed lO repair;

 Aud there the devil was sltiing with gIace

 l |" his red.hoI elbow chair.

 "A little way of were sinners, like hay

 | On field that Is newly mown, And the 'mps wlh their pichforks tossing them A"" '""S""S 10 see 1hem cOme uOwH." up, Siygian Ballads. In the land of" steady habits, is poor miserable township, called Roxbury, or IcOckSbury. It is believed to have been originally so denominated from the stony, or rocky nature of the soil and we are told that this is un1nesti"nably the place where the sheep are obliged to sharpcn their mn- ses in order to get them between the stones, so as to pick GU, the scaniy spears of grass. 1t is, by all accounts, a sterile place; and the people, though they work hard, are for the most part as puur us Coles cats. The consequence is, they cannot pay their debts; and, as it is still the fashion to pun ish the misfortune of poverty by imprison- menf, these poor people arc not unfre- quently thrown into jail, there to expia,e their sins until such time as they are cna- bled by tho leiiity of the law to swear they are not worth a farthing.

 

 sons, was General H., Revolutionary soldier. He was man of singular and original humor; and was believed not to be altogether orthodox tn matters of faith-for which it is no part of our business to excuse him. Many persons would laugh at his wit, who could not join in his peculiar mode of belief.

 General H., like many another of the Revolutionary band, who had spent their best years in the service oftheir coun- try, found himself, in the decline of life, not worth penny. But he did uot, like many others, live to see the pension act passed; and was obliged to depend upon the labor his hands for tho necessaries of life. He rented small patch of land, in the town of Roxbnry, which scarcely rendered better return than his ungrateful country. He got in debt; and as he had not the means to pay, his generous creditors very kindly posted him of to jail.

 He had thus repeatedly enjoyed the hos pitaity of that cold stone house, where a poor man has liberty to go when he can no longer stay athome. He had come out by the act /; and been returned and come out again and again sent to his place of con- tncment, once moro to swear that he was not worth d penny. These things he bore with the most philosophical resignation not 5' backward, on all proper occasions, to let fly joke. F

 It was on one of these occasions, of swearing to his poverty, that the General related remarkable dream, for the edifica- ton of the Court-but more particularly for the benefit of his creditor, and some of the principal persons of -Roxbary, who were present on the interesting occasion.

 "Yo Your Honor may think it strange said he. addressing the Judge, "that should be so often indebted to tho hosp'la'hy o' wonder stone house; but"

 "I must say" interrupted the 3"dge' " though the law is ever ready to allow an asylum in those stone walls to the unfortu- nate and though l am ever pleased with your company, General H.; ] cannot help being grieved that it is to occasions Ike this | am so often indebted for the pleas ure of your very agreeable conversation.

 "Was your Honor ever in the town o' Roxbury !" asked the General.

 "I have never had that pleasure." said tho Judge. ....... :,

 "Then you cannot so well understand said the General, "tho reason of my being so often hero; and to place the matter in more vivid light before your Honor, beg leave to relate very curious dream which 1 I lately had while lying on the straw in John Doe's tavern yonder."

 "Very well, General" said the Judge with a smile, "I am sure yoar illustration cannot but be interesting, as well to the court as to your creditor and your respected fellow townsmen, xho perceive are wait ing with open ears io hear your story"

 :" We'll ,hen," said the General. :" dreamt that died and went to the realm of Pluto. As 1 was travelling ,hither, be ing rather old aud decrcpid, and therefore not making extraordinary headway, wa overtaken by several persons who wer' travelling the same road; and whom ha. been well acquainted with in better times.

 :" How are you, General H." sai' one" what no further on your way yet You travel slow"

 "Why yes," said I, "you know Tn rather decrepid, and cannot travel yer. fast besides. ! am in no particular hast to finish my journey. seeing it is likely Il end in a country which will be nowise a ereeable to my iaste." !" And yet" sai, nv fellow traveller, looking surprised Ill .. r,veolf eama fr0na in