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POETRY. Prom th? Lon ’.on Evangelical Magazine — fo • \jji ii, 1329. THE V.VLLEY 3F DRY BONES. In vision wapt, !>' H' l " nra ’ 1 Th" mV'tic prophet stood; Ao l «til\ \vh“ r «*»r h 1 1o? ’ b 'tale W>K Mf-'l»s8 hoo»s tva' ; No l>aih of a'-, m voice, nor sound, D > n * 1 .*! fh- awf-O <r’oo n; B it siN b^rt *a*h, aroutii* Was silent as th? torn’*. A 1 ’ n°*th a.'*' > nt’? vo’ceTrom h?a'-’fc- ‘ TT tnn that stifin'*ss Vok?; . •‘C-o V<e to th«se Ivy bon^ b? s> v ’? ’ IVas thus ih Q v<h?»1 *ook?: O i '.onhtfo’ nj’ao? 0 Of? ••>r'V'ih?t t|i''°w *)’ »r »v» r pnnl-lV’nc hone; . Then n w v-‘ oa 1 •>, w' h rav j ence due, “That, Le v’, to the? is known l” C'PV'i nroohesv,” Jehovah sai l, “Th it e a -h to life shall wake.;” Th? won ’’ring seer at once obey’d, \ vl all b-.gan to shake: ^ Now limb to meet its kindred limb, With strange precision flew; An*’ "a?h, of late so gaunt an I grim,. With flesh wascloth’d anew. • Again the Lout’s command was giv’n, Upon the wind to call, To breathe from ev’ry end of heav’n, \nd animate them all: The prophet call’d, the breezes blew, ‘Xnd soon, beneath their breath, A hvtng a'anv sprung to view Through all that vale of death. *T;s ahjeet thus, O Lord, and lone, The sin-hound spirit lies; An 1 sa less as a moul i’ring bone All human aid defies: Or, if b?n°a'h the Gospel-sound, A shape it seem to wear: Th? form of hf» alone is bund, . . The pow’r is wanting there. But if thy Spirit deign to blow, A worn! 5 ous change it brings: At once the soul from death and woe To life and vigour springs; W.th :a ture strange the inward eye Imbibes celestial rays; The heart With hone and love beats high, The mouth is fill’d with praise. O then, if wrapt in slumber deep Our poor dead soul remain; L°t thy dear Spirit break our sleep; And burst each earthly chain; That fir’d with hope, and fill’d with love, And freed from fleshly dross, w e now may spring to life, and prove Good Soldiers of the Cross! H. E. nxisaiu.x.ANZiQcrs. THE TIGER’S CAVE. An adventure among the JMountains of Quito. (Translated from (he Danish of fllmquisl, and the German of Doling, by one of the Authors of the “Did Volume,” “Tales and Legends,” & c.) * On leaving the Indian village, tve continued to wind round Chimboras- soi’s wide base; but its snow-crowned head no longer shone above us in clear brilliancy, for dense fog was gather ing gradually around it. Our guides looked anxiously towards it, and an- nouivvd their apprehensions of a vio lent storm. We soon found that, their fears were well-founded, The fog rapidly covered and obscui 1 * d the whole of the mountain; the atinos- E here was suffocating, and yet so um.d that the steel work of our watches was covered with rust, and the watches stopt. The river beside which we were travelling rushed down with still greater impetuosity; and from the clefts of the rocks which lay on the left of our path, were sud denly precipitated small rivulets, that bore the roots of trees, and in numerable serpents, along with them. These rivulets often came down so suddenly & violently that we had great difficulty in preserving our footing. The thunder at length began to roll, and resounded through the mountain ous places with the most terrific grandeur. Then came the vivid lightning,-flash following flash—above around, beneath,—every where a sea oi fire. We sought a momentary shelter in a cleft of the rocks, whilst* one of our guides hastened forward to Seek a more secure asylum. In a short time he returned, & informed us that he had discovered a spacious cavern, which would afford us sufficient pro tection from the elements. We pro ceeded thither immediately, and.with great diffi -ulty, and not a little dan ger, at last got into it. The noise and raging of the storm continued with so much violence, that we could not hear the sound of our voi *es. I had placed myself near the entrance of the rave.and could ob- seive, through Ihe opening, which was Straight and narrow, the singular seene without. The highest cedar trees were struck down, or bent like roods: monkeys and parrots lay show ed upon the ground, killed by the falling branches; the water had col lected in the path we had just passed, and hurried along it like a mountain stream. From every thing I saw, I thought it extremely probable that we should be obliged to pass some days in this cavern. When the storm, however, had somewhat abated, our guides ventured out in order to ascer tain if it were possible to continue our journey. The cave in which we bad taken refuge Was so extremely daik, that if we moved a few paces from tbe intrance, we could not see an inch beferfc us; and we were de bating as to the propriety of leaving it even before the Indians came back, when we suddenly heard a singular groaning or growling at the further end of the cavern, which instantly fixed all our attention. Wharton and myself listened anxiously, but our dar ing and inconsiderate young friend Lincoln, together with my huntsman, crept about upon their hands and knees, and endeavored to discover, by groping, from whence the sound proceeded. They had not advanced far-into the cavern, before we heard them utter an exclamation of sur prize; and they returned to us, each carrying in his arms an animal singu larly marked, and about the size of a cat. seemingly of great strength and power and furnished with immense fangs. The eyes were of a green color; strong claws were upon their feet; and a blood-red tongue hung out of their mouths. Wharton had scarce ly glanced at them, when he ex claimed, in consternation, “Good God! we have come into (lie den of a” He was interrupted by a fear ful cry of dismay from our guides, who came rushing precipitately lowards us, calling out, “A tiger! a tiger!” and at the same time, with extraor dinary rapidity, they climbed up a cedar tree which stood at 1he en trance of the cave, and hid them selves among the branches. After the first sensation of horror and surprize, which rendered me mo tionless for a moment, had subsided, l grasped my fire arms. Wharton had already regained his composure and self-possession; and he called to ■is to assist him instantly in blocking up the mouth of the cave with an im mense stone Which fortunately lay near it. The sense of approaching danger augmented our strength; for we now distinctly heard the growl of the ferocious animal, and \re were lost beyond redemption if it reached the entrance before we could get it closed. Ere this was done, we could distinctly see the tiger bounding towards the spot, and stooping in or der to creep into his deli by the nar row opening. At this fearful moment our exertions were successful, and the great stone kept the wild beast at bay. There was a small open space, however, left between the top of the entrance and the stone, through which we could see the head of ihe animal, illuminated by its glowing eyes, which it rolled, glaring with fury upon us. Its frightful roaring, too, penetrated to the depths of the cavern, and was answered by the hoarse growling of the cubs, which Lincoln and Frank had now tossed from them, ’bur fe rocious enemy* attempted first tq re move the s*one with his powerful claws, and then push it with his head from its place; and these efforts prov ing abortive, served only to increase his wrath, lie uttered a tremendous heart-piercing howl, and his flaming eyes darted light into the darkness of our retreat. “Now is the time to fire at him,” said Wharton, with his usual calm ness; “aim at his eyes: the ball will go through his brain, and we shall then have a chance to get rid of him.” Frank seized his double-barrelled gun, and Lincoln his pistols, the for mer placed the muzzle within a few inches of the tiger, and Lincoln did the same. At Wharton’s command they both drew the triggers at the same moment, but no shot followed. The tiger, wno seemed aware that the flash indicated an attack upon him, sprang growling from the en trance; but, feeling himself unhurt, immediately turned hack again, and stationed himself in his former place. The powder in both pieces was wet; they therefore proceeded to draw the useless loading, whilst Whartort and myself hastened to seek our powder- flask. It war so extremely dark, that wo tvere obliged to grope about the cave; and, at last, coming in con tact with the cubs, we heard a rus tling noise, as if they were playing with some metal substance, which We soon discovered was the canister We were looking for. Most unfor tunately, however, the animals had pushed off the lid with their claws iiiid the powder had been strewed over the damp earth, and rendered entirely useless. This horrible dis covery excited the greatest conster nation. “All is now over,” said Wharton, “we have only now to choose whe ther we shall die of hunger, together with these animals who are shut up along with us, or open the entrance to the blood thirsty monster without, and so make a quicker end of the matter.” So saying, he placed himself close beside the stone, which for the mo ment defended us, and looked un dauntedly upon the lightning eyes of the tiger. Lincoln raved and swore; and 1* rank took a piece of strong cord from his pocket, and hasted to the further end of the cave—I knew not with what design. We soon,_Jiow- ever, heard a low, stifled groanin'*; and the tiger, who had heard it also, became more restless and disturbed than ever! He went backwards & for wards before the entrance of the cave in the most wild and impetuous man ner, then stood still, and stretching out his neck in the direction of the lorest, broke forth into a deafening hoivl. Our two Indian guides took advantage of this opportunity to dis charge several arrows from the tree.' He was struck.more than once, but the light weapons hounded back harm less from his thick skin. At length, however, one of them struck him* near the eye, and the arrow remained sticking in the wound. He now broke anew into the wildest fury, spran** at the tree, and fore it with his claws, as it he would have dragged it to the ground. But having at length suc ceeded in getting rid of the arrow, lie became more calm, and laid himself down as before in front of the c-ive. , Frank now returned from the low er end of the den, and a glance show ed us what die had been doing. In each hand, and dangling from the end of a string were the two cubs. He had strangled them; and before vve were aware what he intended, he tliiew them through the opening to the tiger. No sooner did the animal per ceive them, than lie gazed earnestly upon them, and began to examine them elqseiy, turning them cautiously (rom side to side. As soon as lie'be came aware that they were dead, he uttered so piercing a howl of sorrow, that we were obliged to put our hands to our ears. When I upbraided mv huntsman for the cruel action he had so rashly committed, I perceived by his blunt and abrupt answers that he also had lost all hope of rescue from our impending fate, and that under these circumstances, the ties be tween master and servant were dis solved. Fur my own part, without knowing why, I could not help believ ing that some unexpected assistance would yet rescue us from so liorilile a fate. ^ Alas! I little anticipated the sacrifice that my rescue was to cost. i’he thunder had nOw ceased, and the storm had sunk to a gentle gale; the songs of birds were again heard in the neighbouring forest,and the sun, beams sparkled in the drops that hung from Ihe leaves. We saw through the aperture how all nature was re viving after the war of elements which had so recently taken place; but the constrast only made our situa tion the more horrible. We were in a grave from which there was no de liverance; and a monster, worse than the fabled Cerberus, kept watch over us. The tiger had laid himself down beside his whelps, He was a beau tiful animal, of great size and strength, and his limbs being stretched out’ at their full length, displayed his im mense power of muscle. A double row of great teeth stood far enough apart to show his, large red tongue, from which the white foam fell iu large drops. All at once another roar was heard at a distance, and the ti ger immediately rose and answered it with a mournful howl. At the same instant, our Indians uttered a shriek, which announced that some new dangers threatened us. A few moments confirmed our worst fears for another tiger, not quite sp large as the formef, came rapidly towards the spot where we were. “This enemy will prove more cruel than the other,” said Wharton; “for this is the female, and she knows no pity for those who deprive her of her young.” I lie howls which the tigress gave, when she had examined the bodies of her cubs, surpassed every thing of horrible that we had yet heard; and the tiger mingled his mournful cries with her’s. Suddenly her roaring was lowered to a hoarse growling, and we saw her anxiously stretch out her head, extend her wide and smoking nostrils, and look as if, she were deter mined te discover immediately the murderers of her young. Her eyes quickly fell upon us, and she made a spring forward with the intention of penetrating to our place of refuse. Perhaps she might have been ena bled, by her immense strength, to push away the stone, had we not, with all our united power, held it against her. Dhen she found that all her efforts were fruitless, she approached the tiger, who lay stretched beside his cubs, and he rose and joined in her hoi ow roarings. They stood to gether for a few moments, as if in consultation, and then suddenly went off at a rapid pace, and disappeared from our sight. Their howling died away in the distance, and then entire ly ceased. We now began to enter tain better hopes of our condition; but Wharton shook his head. “Do not flatter yourselves,” said he, “with the belief that these animals will let us escape out of their sight till they have had their revenge. The hours we have to live are numbered.” Nevertheless, there still appeared a chance of our rescue, for, to our surprise, we saw both our Indians standing before the entrance, and heard them call to us to seize the only possibility of our yet savin'* our selves by instant flight, for that the tigers had only gone round the height to seek another inlet to the cave, with which they were no doubt acquaint ed. In the greatest haste the stone was pushed aside, and we stept forth from what we had considered a liv ing grave. Wharton was the last who left it; he was unwilling to lose the double-barrelled gun, & slopped to take it up: the rest of us thought only of making our escape. We now heard once more the roariug of tigers, though at a distance; arid following the* example of our guides, we precipi tately struck into a side path. From the number of roots and branches of trees with which the storm Lad strewed our way, and the slipperi ness of the road, our flight was slow and difficult. Wharton, though an active seaman, had a heavy step and had great difficulty in keeping pace with us, and we were often obliged to slacken our own on his account. We had proceeded thus for about a quarter of an hour when we found that °W Vay . l ed a,on S the edge of a rocky clifl, with innumerable fissures. We had just entered upon it, when sud denly the Indians, who were before us, uttered one of their piercing shrieks, and we immediately became aware that the tigers were in pursuit of us Urged by despair, we rushed towards one of the breaks, or gulfs, in our way, over which was thrown a bridge of reeds, -that sprang up and down at every step, and could be trode with safely by the light foot of the Indians -alone. Deep in the hollow below rushed an impetuous stream, and a thousand pointed and jagged rocks threatened destruction on every side. Lincoln, my huntsman, and myself, psssed over the chasm in safe ty’ bl i l ) V|, arton was still in the mid dle of (he waving bridge, aiuf endea vouring to steady himself, when both the tigers were seen to issue from the adjoining forest; and the moment thev descried us they bounded towards us vn h dreadful roarings. Meanwhile, ..hartun had nearly gained the safe side of the gulf, and we were all clam bering up the rocky c , iff exf> Lincoln, who remained at the reedy bridge to assist*his friend to step up on . firm ground. Wharton, though the ferocious animals were e|o se upon Inin, never lost his coi’raee •>- presence of mind. As anr, n , , f ined th, edge of.he diff „ k, el down, and w.th his sword divided,!, fa temnss by which the bridgewall attached to the rock. Ho expected ,1 T ' h-rrior would thus he put to the farther progress of our pursuers; but he was mistaken; for he had scarcely accomplished his task, when the tigress, without a moment’s pause, rushed towards the chasm, attempted to bound over it. It \yfj s fearful sight to see the mighty amor’ suspended for a moment, in the a above the abyss; but the scene passeu like a flash of lightning. Her strength was not equal to the distance: she fell into the gulf, and before she reached the bottom, she was torn into a thou* sand pieces by the jagged points of the rocks. Her fate did not in the least dismay her companion; he followed her with an immense spring, and reached the opposite side, but only wi Ill'll is fore claws; and thus he dun® to the edge of the precipice, endeavor* ing to gain a footing. The Indians again uttered a wild shriek, as if all who hope had been lost. But Wharton, was nearest the edge of the precipice, advanced courageously towards the ti* ger, and struck his sword into the animal’s bleast, collected all his strength, and with a violent effort, fix. ing one of his hind legs upoir the edge of the cliff, he seized’Wharton by the thigh. That heroic man still pre* served his fortitude; he grasped the trunk of a tree with his left hand, to steady and support himself,- while' with his right he reached, and vio* v lently turned the sword that was still in the breast of the tiger. All thif was the work of an instant . The lit* dians, Frank, and myself, hastened to his assistance, but Lincoln, who was already at his side, had seized Wharton’s gun, which lay near upon the ground, and struck so poweiful a blow with the but end upon the head of the tiger, that the animal, stunned and overpowered, let go his hold, and fell back into the abyss. All would have been well had‘it ended thus- but the unfortunate Lincoln had not calculated upon the force of his blow- lie staggered forward, reeled upon the edge of the precipice, extended his hand to seize upon any thing to save himself—but in vain. His foot slipp ed: for an snstant he hovered over the gulf, and then was plunged into it to i ise no more!—Edinburgh ' Liter writ Journal A y From the morning Courier ANECDOTE OF AN EAGLE. A boatman, while engaged in con.1 veying salt on the Onondaga Lake, a few years since, saw a large grey ea**ie cutting his gyrations in the air, appar ently noticing some 'prey in the lake beneath. In a moment he poised, and darted from his altitude into the water, from which lie was unable to rise. A continued flapping with his broad and extended pinions kept him from being drawn under, and proved that his diamond eyes had not mistak en their object. He approached the' land slowly, the unknown creature be* low acting as propellant and helms man. The boatman giew interested in the affair and landed. The eagle, on touching terra firma, showed him self fastened to a fine salmon. Our hero, thinking it time to take his share of the plunder, cut himself a stout cudgel, and approached the imperial bird of Jove; which, having his talons last, was unable to rise, advance or recede. Three times was the club raised to strike, but the noble bear ing of the regal bird, and his undaunt ed front, made even the boatman quail He could not assault imprisonei majesty. The eagle exhibited m signs of fear, but occasionally nibblei the gills of his prize, and indignantly glanced at the intrusive boatman At length the talon; of one leg becami released, and by a dexterous turn those of (he other, when ' (1P r”i‘\. his »-hi the l, S J he mi ' C l coveted Mlmon t« i boatman, who, on weighing it found it to balance 2G pounds!* S CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE An Irish soldier once waited on hi< commanding officer, with what he |f' med a ver y serious complaint “Another man,” he said, “had 1 S , £t^r U “ t -«-»S Jcifr >han Bhe SdV. sides Ip u u r Wany bad nanhe8 b <* mention v '' ouid b e ashamed tc mention to his honor.”—Colonel.- CM, my good fellow, have you anv Sr.llL tha <!r y? i nre married^ Soldier .-“Faith, your honour, I have the best pro.-f m the world.” Here he took off his hat, or rather cap, and exhibited a cut skull, saving, “Does your honour think I’d beafteV taking wife?”" 6 abUSe f, ‘° rn any body but a CHEROKEE CONSTITUTE hinted in both languages in par columns, for sale at this Office