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Til! he sinks in despsiir t d.-sith’s door, Oh ! if woman her vietim thus lowers, .Sty, what can the bottle do more 1 No spirit so ardent as woman's— sure to intoxicate man ; Her touch is “delirium tremens,” That madden him more than it can. The glance of her eye is “ blue ruin,” Her blush is the blood of the vine. Her pout is a punch in whose brewing Tart, sugar and spirit combine. So sparkling, so beating, so heady* No hope for her victim appears ; Should her smiles only render him giddy, He’ll surely be made drunk with her tears Not the grape juice of Eden made Adam So stupidly forfeit his all; But the lure of his volatile madam Led him tipsily ou to his tall. Not the wines of fair Cyprus the rover, So sure as women beguile ; Better rest where he is, “half seas over,” Than steer for so fatal an isle. Oh! then shun such a tempter as this is, Nor commence so hazaidous court; * Who embarks on the waves of her tresses Will grieve that he ventured fj om Port We are are permitted to copy the following chapter from a furthcoming work in two volumes, by the Rev. Mr. Ingraham of our city. The work will appear ero long from the press of a New York publisher It Lakes entirely anew ground for the pen of a modern writer. The •cents of the work are laid in Jerusalem and vi cinity 1800 years ago, during the Proeuratorship of Pontius Pilate; a period which embraced the four years of our Saviour’s life ; all the incidents °f which are interwoven in the narrative. The chapter we eopv will give our readers some idea of tile work itself. —Mobile Herald LETTERS FROM JERUSALEM. . -t ----{Third Senes.) BY RIV. J. 11. INGRAHAM. —NO. V. Once more, my dear father, I address a letter you from the holy city. This morning when 1 *woke at the sound of the silver trumpets of the PjtCßts, ringing melodiously from the top of Mount Moriah, I experienced anew that profound devotion which the children of Abraham must ® w y feel in the city <>f God, and in the presence his very Temple. As I ascended the roof of teahouse to prayer the gorgeous pile of tlie Tem ple towered heavenward from the'summit of Mor ’**> ‘ n the magnificence of its celestial Ikjhu j- * lure weHt b of incense were a ready enrl,n g upward into the still skies, while the ■ttrky oloud sent np by the burnt sacrifice rolled ®he AmMtan Bnitm. datklv tibiae tlie |iiiiti< le. enstinw an atvlul -litule overall the temple. A- it sail.-.l >!nw !v onward, and litl.it; al-nw the ta'll. v “I K'-dt.-n. the ‘tin r.iM-utid t(i!i|.,i| its e.lqe- ax if th v had heen tui—eil oil! with t-old. Ihe three hundred and foinseore tniliiitetx. whteh lex.- fi,.tn tin- roi.f* of as many synagojttles. were i,Vi t laid with and elilteted like pnlixh.-I-jieat points I.oniler and dear raiijir the Irnmpetx. an.l ev.qy hotlxe top soon had ils erottp of wmxhipeis. w hile alon-j llte streets rolled the tide id people, some lead ini’ lainhs, olliets dtinn-; {joals lafnte lln-m. others eat rvinjr doves in (Itett Lieom, t.. he i-.fli•red to the Lord by the priest, ll was a joVotis inernini’ to me, dear father, for Danilin:-, th- nohle liotnan Prefect, was this day volnnlatilv topi.seiil him self at the Temple lo lie ma-lea proselyte to the hilly faith of Israel. I will not now detain you by recording; the arguments hv which In- was led to renounce idolatry and heentm- a .lew ! Pilate, the Procurator, favored, instead of •ppo'ini'it.hav ing that it would coticiliatetheJews in favor oftlie Homans ; he resolved, therefore, lo giaee llte till with his presence. I could see him pri.udly roll ing onward towards the Temple in his gilded “chariot, escorted by a score of guards, Idazing in their Grecian cuirasses. I sought in vain the form of xEmilius; hut he reiiehed iln- Temple hv another street. The inoining wax tin ief re additionally lovely to me. I ihonghi Iliad never seen the olive groves, on tin- 101 l xi<|<- hev-Uid the king's gaulelis, so green, nor the harvest so yel low,as they undulatetl in the soft l.n-eze id th, opening morn. I lie lofty palms even wlu te ap peared to hem! and wave-their ‘• rdant lans with joyous motion. The hints in tlo- palate ”ardetis sang sweeter and lolldert ami .Jei iixalem it.xelt seemed more heailtitul than ever. Wilde I was gazing upon the seene, and adoting God. and i hanking him fa tin* eotivetsion ot .■Jfiuilnix, Hah- Iti Attlos came and said that he would lake usto the Temple, for lie was at leisure oil that morn ing. W e Wele soon oil our wav climbing the paved pathway io Moriah. Uh, how Mihiimely towered the divine Temple ahoveotit heads,Seem inglv lost iu the blue of the fir In aiet.i! 1 lie great gales opening not t h and south to the ca't and est were thronged with theinuliiinde press ing through; while tom the gall, ties above each scat j>-.-<!•-< 1 forth the ideal voiced trumpets of God in ci-axclisx revetberation. My uncle pointed out to in,? the iiitixsivc doors, till overlaid with sheets ot beaten g,>l*l, amt the flour id gieeti nmrtilc mi ivliieli we tioib. lb- bide me notice the costly entablature of colon *1 >!om.s.e\i|tii.'itc -ty worked with the • in emu's close!-; end especi ally the loofof Letted siKVi, set with iiticious • tones the OIIVX. brl\l, sapl'hltf, cel billiel,. - :iml jaxper. I Was dazzled by l i:e jft igiiiti.-cnee. an.i awed hv the \ ext extent ot I lie space ot splendor • mi,,milling tin ; \\ 1 1 ill- ten thousands ot | pie mil lo h, X, , I, idol 11 g t, -H a I ,i’ jbe .'ll I 111 111 S. I•’ - ■ i fin-. )• . .Irtfi hat xii'.ii b i oil, I 1 wax h-d into a i..i!i i iqetT ~ bundled ctib.is in length; t;s euilitig G-pi g , i.-U'V a lit • ii-;111 tad ~ii , --iiii.ni,x nl i„,! p!i vi \ and white licit Me, i ati“- a!:, 11,! v. Sin h I tiqine-x 1 had never coii , . u, and ot. o* thought l s possible to be on earth.— [tin e, li*., Ha,*. Amos i'Xjeaiiied that they all Ill;; ! *. I pattellis ot he.lieu V tilings, 1 ■ - m.iiiel. and otilv wixhed 1 might one h. !11 i-l lin th'ixe eelestial abodes, where, the i. oil Jestts teaches ns. are pian'Mii’ i.ot made •a ah hands, id endless duration, ri xet ved for all : iie good and virt nous. 1 was not permitted to npproaeli tin* saered ehauibet’, ii her** si tin* tour thousand vessels • and gold of Opliirll-i din tic saer li*-es on great ,ta\s, and this being a Irgh !a\. 1 saiv no li-ss ti.;.i six htltebi and pit* x'~ xtainhiig about tile altar. , at'?, 11 til g, I.lell ~,.||xel til ‘llls li l’ and. wax tile holy alk of the eo\i.|iaut. over which the eiierubim lioveivd, their w ings meeting, from be tween which is the metev seat ! As this was the 11olv <d Holies I was not permitted to see it ; but its position wax pointed out to me within the veil, which conceals from all eyes bat that ot tlm 11 1 gill ’ties! S olice a Vear, the seat ot God's throne oil the earth, ala*, now hit vacant since the glory of the Shcehiuah departed Itom the Holy of Holies! The stir of tin- vast temple was !.;li.-ions with the fragance of burning frank invti*i*. As the victims hied, and tin; smoke ascended. tlie people fell oil their faces and worshipped God. It was and impressive scene, and made my heart stand still. 1 seem.id to expect to hear the voice of .Jehovah breaking the stillne-s that toll. .wed. — lfut after a few moments’ silence, a sudden trump et note thrilled every sou! in the eauntle-s multi tude. It was followed by a peal of music that shook the air from a choir of two thousand sing ers, male and female, of the sons and daughters of Levi, who served in the temple. Elite’ ing h orn tlie Southern Court, they advanced in long pro cession, singing sacred chants, and playing on sacliut and harp, psalter and uclihel. ehiiina and tvmpana. As they ascended to the cimii, their voices, mingling with tlie instruments, filled all the Temple. I never heard before such sublime harmony ; especially when, on reaching tlie ele vated chair, a thousand Levites, with manly voi ces, joined them, and the whole, company chant ed one of theiuiblimest of the Psalms of I >avid. I was overcome—inv senses dissolved in a sea ol seraphic sounds; inv heart swelled as il it would break, and I found relief only in a llood ofte rs. When the chant vvtis concluded, the whole multitude responded, “Amen, and Amen,” like the deep voice of an Earthquake suddenly shak ing the foundations of tlie Temple. At length I beheld a train of piiests following the High Priest ns he matched thrice around f healter. In that processiondiscoveredacoinpanyof selytes, escorted by twelve priests, with long snowy beards, and in vestments of tlie purest white. Among the proselytes, which .-.nit inhered full a score of men, from almost every nation, I detected tlie tall and noble figure of the Roman iJJinilius. He was robed in a black garment from head to foot. But upon approaching'the baptismal basin, two young priests removed this sable dress, and robed him in white. I then saw him baptized into the family of Abraham, and a new name given to him, that of Eleazer. I heard the silver trumpets proclaim the conversion, and the multitudes shouting their jov ‘• Os the rest of the ceremony I have norccollec- TiotiJ as, after tlie liapTisiii of AZ nifftK, i was too happy to see or think of any one else. I here stands now, dear father, no further bar to our union, itenilius is become a Jew, and hence forth will worship the God of our fathers ! I know you said in your last letter to me that you (JUIEFIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTODER 6, 1855. feared the nolde voting Homan was led by his attaehtm tit to tin* to reiioimee his religion, and not fi.qii honexl eoiivietioji of its truth, and of ils j falsehood Poll lam asxured. dear father, that j lie aets fioin eonvietion. The conversations he has pad with me. and with Hal.l.i Autos, and othei of the learned doctors if our nation, whom he lias net at our house, with the fateful lead it g oftlie Set ipt tires of the-l’iophets, have not only 1 .convinced him that the Lord God ot Ixiae! is tie only God oftlie whole earth, hut that the Wor shipers of idols are the worshipets of Satan who hath set tip that teltgintt Iti rtp|ae.tllon to tli.it oft t he t me Goth While I was lifting itp my heart in gratitude | for the happy eonversion of .Pettilitis, and while Hie Jeivs were fellowship, rejoicing that so noted a person should etuhrace our laith. unde Amos dre-yv my attention, l.y exclaiming with gladness: “Pm hold ! t here is Jesus ! ’ ••When- ?” I cried, living to discover the divine Prophet among the multitude. ••Standing by yonder pilhir of jto/phyry. John is on one side of him and Peter oil the other.— 11, is pointing to the alter, and explaining or teaching them something. Let us try and ap proach him !” We at once made our rvny, hut with difficulty, towards the spot where wo had discovered him. The rumor that the Christ was iu the Temple ra pidly spr ad. and the whole multitude pressed towaul’ the same point. At length, we attained out i,bj< cl so ;ts to get within ;i tew feet of him. lli-re a tall, richly altited Greek addressed HahUi Amos, saying : ■Sh, tell me yvho that youthful Jow is, yyhose countenancu is stamped vritli firmness and ben- J <*vn!enee, so tinelv. eoinliim-d in its expression; i whose air possesses stteh dignity and wisdom 1 j whose nol,l eye seems tilled vv it it a holy sadness, i and yyhose glance is lull <>! innocence and sweet ness. He seems hot ii lo love men and to eorn ! undid tin tit. All seek to approach him. Pray, ! ‘ir, u lio is he “That. <>. stranger, is Jesus of Nazerelli, the .Jewish Prophet,” answered uncle Autos,deliglit led l<> point him out to a foieigm r. J “Then lam well rewarded tor my journey in i turning aside to Jerusalem,'” answered ‘lie Gro j I'ian. ’I have even heard of his. fame in Mace- I doiiia, and inn rejoiced to behold him. Think (you he will do some great miracle.!’’ “lie performs miriieles not to gratify curio*ity, hut to hear testimony to the truths he leaches, I that tln-v are delivered lo him of God. ii.trk ! He speaks,” m icd my uncle; lively voice was hushed, as that of Jesus rose .■h-ar and xweet, at.d thrilling, like a celestial j clarion speaking. “Ho, every one that thil'steth ! come Ve to ;me and drink of the waters ot life,” he eiied, j pointing lo a fountain, and around rvhii ii many | crowded 1,1 alhrv- llieir thirxt, “N e !,.il>!ise w ;!i, jw a t.q ! I win ha I disc Vo, I with tin- lUdv Ghost, j l aud wall llie. Nesariitlee lainhs and kith, and i \ ..lie prh-xlx yvade till,digit liViM's of blood ] 1 I oil ‘he true I stub of (iod. He that is Sprinkled with my h! I hath his sins indeed l.lolted out. !Ve think. < priests, that only here ought melt to 1 Worship < tod ! The day c,quoth w hell un it sliali |no lunger yvotship iu this Ti tuple, nor saetifieel ; hulls and goats for trausgressions ; then.shah he j one sact isl.-e ■ dieted up once for alj. and after I I wlii. Ii ti i'rex,tali ho no more sactilicc tor stu< ; | and men xhall wotshij, t.od iu eyet v vaiiey and hill over the yy hole cart It; tor tile rising of the ! Sun of righteousness has shitted upon the Gen- I tiles, and tile ixh sos the sea slntil lift up holy hands to tlo- Lord of the whole earth !” At this t'ine there \y;ts a loud clamor atu qig j the priests, and they’ efied out tlereely that “m* j spake blasphemy, and sought to bring the Inn-, p|n in e.nitencd with the nation!” Some said lie should not he stitl’ered to say more; and nth-.! j CIS would have tlliveli Him from .the Temple";; j Inti the people yvete all in tlie Prophet’s favor] and the mole the Lcvites and Scribes cried, j “A.wav with this deceiver!” “Let him he east t ‘forth!” the mote llte multitude - rovvned tle-ir voices I v shouting “Hosanna to the Soil of I Li vid ! Messed he the Prohet ot (ml ! Let tls hear him, for r\e know tli.qf he isMessiah and cometli from God to save our nation !” Silence then being iu some degree restored. Je sus resumed speaking, and preached, dear fath er. a sermon so lull ot wisdom, of love to Gird, of knowledge of out: hearts, of divine and con vim-tug power, that thousands wept ; thousands were chained to the spot with awe and de ight. and all were moved as if an angel had addtessetl | them. They cried “Never man spake like this I man!” and certainly never human lips dispensed j such wisdom. I When he had ended, the priests, seeing that i he had carried the hearts ot till the people, were { greatly enraged, and not being able to vent their ! hatred and fear in any other way, they hired a | vile person bv the name of Gazeel. a robber, to take one of the bloodstained sacrificing knives ’ from the altar, and creep towards him behind the column, and assassinate h in. The robber drew near, and taking a favorable position to execute the deed, raised his hand to strike the Prophet from behind, when Jextis, turning his head, ar rested the hand's the assassin in mid air, by a ‘look 1 t.'iiable"trrntove a muscle. Gazed stood ’ betrayed to all eves iii this murderous attitude, like a statue of stone. “ When Jesus had gxhibtted him to all the vast, concourse in this manner for a lew minutes, he said to him J t “Return to those who .hired thee. My hour is not yet come; imr can they have any power j over me until my Father’s will ho fulfilled con j eerning me.” | The assassin bowed bis head with deephuiuil j ity ; the knife dropped from his hand and rang i upon the marble floor ; and he sank at Jesus’s !feet, imploring forgiveness. The people would j have torn Gazeel in pieces, hut Jesus said : “Let him depart in peace. The day will cotpe j when he will be willing to laydown his life to save mine. Ye priests go about to kill me,” he added fixing his clear gaze upon thegroup which had sent Gazeel. “For what do you seek my life? Because l hear testimony to the wickedness lof your own. Ye lay heavy burdens upon-the ! people and will not lift them with one of your fingers. I have-come to my own, and to my Temple, and ye receive mu not. The day will eoine when this temple shall be thrown down, and not one stone left upon another ; and some who hear me shall behold and mourn in that day. I Oh, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, ‘‘trove all things; hold fast that which is good.” and stnnest tlietn that are sent unto thechowoft I would I have gathered thv children together, its a lien gathen-tli her chickens under her wings, ; anti ye would n. t. Ye shall he left desolate and cast out from among cities, because ye know not the day of votir visitation. But ye, who would escape these troubles, seek to enter my kingdom which shall have no end; fiv to the Jerusalem w hich is above, and which .is above all, whose tuundation is eternal, and whose temple is the Lord God Almighty, who is also the light and “lory thereof.” j-—1 pon hearing these words there avose-a-greal cry from ten thousand voices : “Hail to Jesus, the King of Israel and Judah ! Hosannah to the Prince of Bavid ! Wo will have no King but Jesus.” At this shout, which was caught, and repeated beyond the four gates of the temple, the priests cried aloud that the people were ill insunee t ion. Pilate, who was, with his guard, just leaving the Court of the Gentile, hearing it, turned to ask w hat it meant. One of the priests, desirous of having Jesus slain, quickly answered, “That the people had proclaimed Jesiix, the Nazarino, King,” and that he was already placing himself at the head of the people. Hearing this, Pilate sent off messengers to the Castle of Bavid for soldiers, an.l with his body guard turned to the Temple gate, charging the people sword in hand. The tumult was now fearful, and the bloodshed would have been great, but Jextis suddenly ap peared before hit,: none saw he had reached the place—and said t “There is no insurrection, o Homan! I am Jesus. I seek no kingdom but stieii as my Fath er hath given me. Thy power, nor thy master’s, is in peril. My kingdom is not of this world.” Pilate was seen to bend his proud head with low obesanee before the Prophet and said g::- i ioltsly ; “I have no wish to arrest thee. Thy > id, < > Prophet, is sufficient for me. <*f thee I have hitherto heard much. Wilt thou come with me. to my palace, and let tm; hear thee, and see some miracle ?” ‘•Thou.shalt see me in thv palace, O l’ilate, but not to-day ; and thou shall behold a miracle, but not i>o\^.” When Jesus had thus said, he withdrew him self ftotu Pilate’s presence; and those who would have sought him to make him a Kim’ could no where discover him. Tlie result of this attempt of the people to make the Prophet their King, and under his di rect ion to over throw* the Homan power, has been that the liotnan authorities, instigated by Annus and the priests, begin to look upon Jesus with eyes of it..lousy ; and Pilate this morning told a deputation of priests who waited on him to pe tition him to arrest and imprison the Prophet, that on the first proof they could bring him cl hi.-, hostility to Ca.sar, he would scud soldiers lo take him. To-day, Jesus was refreshing himself in our Imuse, when several Scribes anil Pharisees came in. I saw by their.dark looks they meditated evil; and secretly sent Klin with a message to Altnelius ti,iw ],leaser.) asking him to be at band to pro tect Jesus ; for .Emilios is ns devoted to him as we are. and Jesus thinks much of him. and takes delight iu teaching him the things of the kingdom of *iod. Jesus, knowing tlie hearts of these had men. oniJ to them, after they hail seated themselves, and re mained some minutes in silence : “Why do ye not make know • your errand ? Ye have, come to find some fault with nte. — Speak !” “Master,” said Jehoram. oneol the chief Scribes •• ic know that thou art a teacher come from God, and searest no man, nor regardest tho person of any man.” “Yes. added Zadoc, a Levite of great fame a moiig the people, “we have heard how boldly thou shrinkest from no man's power—not even Pilate, or Ilcrod. nay. nor Caesar, cou and make thee refrain from what thou wiliest to utter Is it lawful for us. Jews, the peculiar nation of God. to pay tribute to Caesar, who is an idolator Is it lawful for us to obey the laws es Pilate, rather than of Moses 1 We ask this as Jews, to a lew. Yell us frankly; for thou learest not the face of tiny man.” -Let the question rest simply upon the tribute to the Romans,” answered Jefioram. “Master cuglit we, the holy nation, to give tribute to the Emperor Caesar.” “Jesus looked fixedly upon them, as if ho read their wicked designs, and said : “Show mo the tribute money ” Zadoc handed him a,penny, the Roman coin i sent into Judea by Caesar, as our currency, and ; which we return to Rome again in tribute. When ! Jesus had taken the money, he looked on the head of Augustus stamped upon one side, and then turning to them, as they waited breathlessly for I his answer, said sternly : “Whose image and whose name is here impress ed ?” a-Caosar's,’’ eagerly answered the whulo par ty. ••Then tender unto Caesar what belongs to C®- sor,’ was his calm and wonderful answer. I breathed again; for I feared lie would answer openly that tribute ought not to be paid, which they hoped he would do, when they would imme diately have accused him to Pilate as teaching that we ought not to pay tribute to Rome, and so a fo menter of rebellion. But the divine wisdom of his answer relieved all our minds ; while tho Scribe* and Lcvites, bis enemies, looked upon him with amazement, inter changed glances of conscious defeat, and left the house ; >uch dear fattier, is his wisdom, that his enemies cannot triumph over him. Oh. that you cotild see liiin and hear him. I; is worth a visit from Egypt to Jerusalem to sec and listen to him, and beiiold his miracles, of which he every day performs one or more ; till disease, deformity, leprosy and sick ness, seems to have disappeared from Jerusalem and a 1 Judea. When -Emilius arrived, and found Jesus alone with our family, unharmed. b*e spoke freely his satisfaction. i “Alrailius,” said Jesus to him, * thoß art ew become a Jew. One step more, and thou shalt en ter the kingdom of heaven.” . ‘’What step, dear master V’ he asked earnestly “Thou must he baptised with the Holy Ghost, and thou shall be partaker of eternal life.” “Rabonni,” said Ainiilius. “I verily thought that to be baptized a proselyte of tt.y pe.-iptu was to b* Moses's disciple, and to have the seal of life eter nal Have I still more to do ?” “To be my disciple, .Kmilius. lam the eml of the Law of Moses. He that botieveth in ine. though he were I mil live.—l—give—eternal- - life to as many as believe in me Hut thou know est not now what 1 say; hut thou shalt know here after.” 1 am rejoiced, dear father, that you permit un to accompany my uncle Aims to t’csaretv. IVc leave after the new moon. Believin'.', my dearest father, that nil i tiavs written you touching Jesus has not been in vain, and thnt you are, with me and thousands in Israel, ready to believe him that h is llte Christ, tlie Deliverer of Jacob, I remain your affectionate daughter Aiiina. ... ■ ■— w - - From !lo£gx4 lu-iruotor The “Communist” Bparrow~Aa Anecdote of Cuvier. Wo have been stru k with the following anec dote of the great Cuvier which i*; recorded in the ‘* Courrier de 1 Kitrone. “ for February 1 *SO. a-<1 trust tlie follow ng tr nslation w i!l prove as inter eating to our readers is it has been to us. It fornix an amusing chapter in n tural history, and forci bly illustrates that close , hsi-rvation which so fre quently characterize-; i iniii.er.t men. Poverty in youth ti.is a purifying tendency, like the “ live coil ‘ofoi l which the ang.-l parsed over the lips of tsai ,ti It inures the sold to strug gling and lit” min i to persevering and self-cnfi d'-nco : it keeps tlie tin agination away from the tempt turns ot luxury, and tl.e still inure fatal one of idleness, that nuent of vice. It moreover, be comes one of rim m, t fnritfid sources of liappitu s to the man whom God permits to come out of the crowd and take hn place ut the head of science and art. It is with ineffable delight that he lo k behind and say-, in thinking of his cold and com fortless garret. •• I came out of that place single and unknown “ George Cuvier, that pupil of pov ei ty. loved to rcl ite one of his fir-t observations of natural history, which he had made while tutor to the children of t omit and Henry. Cuvier and ids seholars inhabited an ohl man sion in the county of (,'aux a’ Fiqu-inville ; th teacher's room overlooked tlie garden, and everj) morning, at break of day. he opened the window to inhale the refreshing air. before commencing liis arduous duties to his ind (T rentiv-tr.iined pu pils. One morning he observed, nut without pleas ure, that two swailows had begun to build their nest in the very corner of his little chamber w in dow. The birds labored with the ardor of two young lovers who aro in lmstc to start in house keeping. The male bird brought the moistened clay in his beak, which the female kneaded, and with the addition of some chips of straw and hay she built her little lodging with wonderful skill. As soon as the outside was finished, the be trothed gathered feathers, hair, and soft dry leaves fur the inside, and then departed to hide themselves in a neighboring wood, there to enjoy the sweets of repose after their labors, and amid the thick foliago of the trees the mysterious joys of the honeymoon. However that may be, they did not think es returning to take possession of their nest till the end of twelve or fifteen days. Alas! changes had taken place during their absence. While the swallows were laboring with such assiduity in building their house, Cuvier Imd observed two sptrrows that perched at a ahoit distance, watching the industry of tlie two birds, not without interchanging between themselves some cries that appeared to Cuvier rather ironical When the swallows departed for their country ex cursion, the sparrows took no pains to conceal their odious schemes: they impudently took possession of the nest which was empty and without an own er to defend it, and established themselves there as though they had been its veritable builders. Cuvier observed that the cunning sparrows were never both out of the nest at tlie same time. One of the usurpers always remained as sentinel, with his head placed at the opening, which served for a door, and with his large beak interdicted the entrance of any other bird, except his companion, or rather, to c til things by tlo-ir right names, his brother robber. The swallows returned in due time to tbeir nest, tlie male full of joy. which showed itself in the brightness of his eye. and in the nervous kind of motion in his flight; tlie fe male rather languid, and heavy with the approach of laying. You can imagine their surprise at find ing the nest, on which ti.ey had bestowed so much care occupied. The male, moved with indigna tion and anger, rushed upon the not to chase away the usurpers, hut he found himself face to face with the formidable beak of lire sparrow who, at that moment guarded the stolen property. — What could the slim bc.ik of the swallow do against the redoubtable pincers of the sparrow armed with a double aud sharpened point ? Very soon the poor propiietor and sposscssed and beaten back, retreated with his head covered with Mood. 1 and bis neck npaily stripped of its feathers, lie ’ returned with flashing eye anjl_ trembling with j rage, to the side of liis wife, to whom ho appeared for some minutes to hold counsel, after which they ! flew away into the air and quickly disappeared i'hc female sparrow came hack soon after ; the male recounted all that had passed the arrival, the attack, and the 11 ght of the swallows—not without accomp in . ing tlie recital with what seemed to Cuvier to lie rotrs of laughter. Be this as it may the housekeeper did not rest Satis fied with making only a hullah-ba 100. for the fe male went forth again, and collected m haste a much larger quantity of provisions than usuaV As soon os'she rcturnedjtftor having completed the supplies for a siege, two pointed beaks, instead of one, defended the entrance to the nest. Cries, however, began to fill the air, and .in assemblage of swallows gathered together on a neighboring roof. Covit-r recognized distinctly the Uiej-ossevwd ®u Editor and ProprietOf- pie. who related to each new comer th impodeni roblieiy of the sparrow The mde with bis blood stained head, and bared neck, distinguished hiss <elf by the earnestness of his protestations end ippc.d* of vengoan -e In a little wbila two ha dred swallows had arrived at the scene of conffiei. ,V Idle the little army was forming and delibera ing all at once a cry ofdistrese came from an ad jacent window. A young swallow, doubtless in ex)>eripnvod, instead of taking part in the counsels of his brethren, was chasing some flies which way t! ,wers before the window. Tbs pupils of Cuvier Imd stretched s net there to catch spar rows . one of the claws of tho swallow was caught by the perfidious net. ,At the cry which Ibid hair brained swallow made, a score of hie brethren flow to tlo: rescue : but all their efforts wee# in vain : the desperate struggles which the prissMl*. made to free hints' lf from the fatal trap ooly dkt# the en Is tighter, and confined hU foot more flrmly. Suddenly a detachment took wing, and retiring about a hunjrvd paces, returned rapidly, and and Gy one gave a peck at tho snare, which each time, owing to the determined manner of the attack, received a sharp twitch. Notone of the Swallows missed its aim, so that, after half an hoar of this perutvertng and ingenious labor, the chafed string hr k< , and the captive rescued from the snare, went joyously to mingle with hiS companions.— riironglmut this scene, which took place twenty feet from Cuvier, and at almost as many from the usurped nest, the observer kept pcrfeotly still, and the sparrows made not the slightest movement with tii--ir two large beaks, which formidable and threatening k pt its narrow entrance. Theeoun eil if .-wallows, while a certain number of them we.e succoring their companion, had continued to and dibiTate gravely. As oon as all were united, tin- liberated piisoner included, they took flight, and Cuvier lilt convinced they hod given up the field, or rather the nest to the robbers, who bed s , fraudulently possessed themselves of it. Judge of Ids surprise when in the course of a few aeo .,n,|s. he In held u eloud of two or three hundred -w allows arrive, with the rspidity of thought throw th- tnseliTN before the nest, discharge at it some in in! which they had Ir ought in their bills, ami tetif* to give place to another battallion, wliii h rep uted the same tn inmuvre. They fired at two ~r tin <*o inches from the nest, thus prevent ing the ‘sparrows from giving them any” blows with their la-.iks. Besides, the mud shot with such peril lius precision, had so blinded the spar lows, after tlie first discharge, that they very soon knew ii t in what manner to defend themselves. Mill the mud continued to thicken more and more on tin- to st, whose original shape was soon oblit erat'd: tlie opening would havo almost entirely disappeared had not the sparrows, by their des perale off,) ts nt defence, broken away some por tion of it. But. the implacable swallows, by a strategic movement, as rapidly as it was eleverly executed, rushed upon the nest, heat down with their beaks and claws the clay over the opening iii read', half stopped up, and finished the attack l,y hermetically closing it. 1 hen there arose • thousand cries of vengeance and victory. Nsvsri thelcss. the sw i Hows ceased not the work of da- Htriiction They continued to curry Up moistened day till they had built a second nest over the very opening ot the besieged one. It was raised by a hundred beaks at once, and an hour after the ex ecution of the sparrows, the nest was occupied by the dispossessed swallows. The drama WSC oom pleteund tor ride; the vengeance inexorable and fatal 1 lo* unfortunate sparrows not only eXs piuted their theft in the nest they had taken poa* i session of. whence they could not escape, and ’ where suffocation and hunger were gradually kill i ing them hut tin y heard the songs of love froth ’ the two swallows, who thus so cruelly made then! | wipe cut the crime of their theft. During ths 1 fight the female remained alone languishing and j motionless, on an angle of the roof. It waa with | difficulty and with a heavy flight, that sba lsfl ! this spot to take up her abode in her new bouse; and doubtless while tlie agODy of tbs sparroWX was being tilled up, she luid her eggs, for she did not stir out for two days; the male, during that time, taking upon himself to search for insects and hunt lor flies He brought them alive in his beak, and gave them to his companion. Entirely devo ted to the duties <>f incubation and maternity, aba was only seen now and then to put out her bead ,to breathe pure air Fifteen days after, the malt flew away at day daybreak. He appeared mOVfl gay and joyful than usual; during the whole day he ceased not to bring to the neat aoomtleaf nnm her of insects aud Cuvier, by atunding on tiptoe at his window could distinctly see six little yeBoW ami hungry beaks, crying out, and swa!lo#ing with avidity nil the fool brought by their father, j The. female did not leave her family till the ttof r,*w ; confinement und fatigue had made bet very -thin— licr plumage had lost its lustre: but in ; seeing lo r contemplate her little ones, joti might conceive the maternal joy which filled bar, asi by what ineffable compensation 1 indemnified for all her privation# aad suffering*, ! After a short t me the little creatures bad ad* ! vunced in figure; tlieir large yellow bills wers transformed into hub: black und ohsrmihg ones; tbeir naked bodies covered here and there with ugly tufts, weren >wol< ,tliel with elegant feathers, on which ti.c light played in briHJanr flashes. — , ‘I In y began to fly about tbc nest and even to ac company tlieir mother when she hunted for flies in the neighbor:,ood. Cuvier could not refrain from feelings of admi* ration, and was somewhat affected when be saw the mother with indefatigable patience and grace, show her ’ children Imw they should set about catching flics, which darted about in the air—to suck in an incautious one, or carry away a spider wl, ich hid imprudently made his nets between the branches of two trees. Often she would hold out to them at a <Ji-ianee in her beak a booty wbieh excited their appodte.; then she would go away hv degree*und gradually draw them unoonacioualy off to a sh'irfr or a longer distance from the neat. Thv twnllow raogbt Her vh'iMwn ts fly when the NUMBER 44