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POETICAL*
M \ H V MAGDALENE.
To tin’ hill i»f 'll"' (eimt i-finte the sinful and fair,
s||,. Iioii r.I in tlwcilv tint Jeeue tut there ;
I'nli.-o.litiil the enlemlor flint hlii/.ml on the hoard,
*i,io silently knelt nt llio Iret ol the l.onl.
ml nml ■
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linir on her fnrehea l. 1 • •
lir ,hrk mi the tint burned on her etu ok ,
so s.i.l mi.I so low Iv sin* kn. li ill her shiinie,
•e.iieil that her sjriiit hud tied from lier Irnmc.
Tne frown and the murmur went round thro’ them nib
Tint one m. unlmllovved elnmhl treu.l mlh.it hull ;
\ ln | -nine miid tin 1 pour would he iihjeel* more meet. (
I’or the wealth of the perfume »ho showered on in* loci.
She heard hut her Savior, she spoke lint with simile,
She dared not look up to the in men of It i* eyes,
v„.l the II it te IM citsliM forth, at e.ioli heave nl her brcuJt,
A' her lip* to Ilia gainful* weio.llirohhingly pres* il.
In the skv after tempest, a* sliineth tin* how,
l itiie tfhince of the suuheam.nK nielteth the mow,
II,. I . iki d on the lost one, her eim are forsiveu,
And Alary went forth in the henuty of Heaven.
WOMAN’S CONSTANCY.
Auk mo not how l love tliee. I eel this heart
|{,-iii to thine nwii \s itii pulseK n lid and hifth ;
| .-t its mute thruhhings tell how dear thou art-
lake hum these gazing eyes u passionate replv.
| .-«nuot speak my luvo. nut I can he
Thine otvn through lite and death—ami only thine.
Thy l"v e mil. fail or cool, hut mine fortheo
b life-long worship nt a chungelcss shrine.
That raven hnirtnav hlnuch—that lofty hrow
l.o.e it*calm henuty—lint pure heart it* truth :
Hut mine shall keep these period—mine shall throw
Hound thy sad failing ago the hope and power ol youth.
Thy path is now amid the bright mid guy,
Til Vue If -*<> guv and bright; butjchaiign mti**t conic j
Anilthuse who *linr.* tli.v uoun-tiilo’s sunny wav
\\ ill enter not with then thy quiet evening home.
Then slrnlt thou know how deeply I have loved—
Thai wilt thou turn to me; and, heart to heart,
NY horn onrcnlm retreat, will wateh, tinmovnl,
Til ■ !ii-kii’ sii'iiinei II I- 11 1- "I ihv P mill Id-' depurt.
AII8CELLANE0US.
THE LAIHD’S LEAP;
A Legcud of llio Ncotti?»li Persecutions.
WTUB AUTHOR OP ‘THE BROTHERS,* ‘CROMWELL,* ETC.
For three or four miles to llio westward of the
ii'.'.ie cimpcl, which 1 havo before described, llic
c-.mlry rose in a long regular slope of moorbuul
j'lalurcs, here and there fenced by dry stone walls,
tut lor the most part open and devoid of any sign
of liimmn cultivation, unless il wore llio scattered
IwrcU of small black cattle, and flocks of ragged
inking, long-horned sheep, which cropped their
»:iiitctl herbage. lJcvoitd this bleak and barren
range there rose a wilder, grander hill, still sloping
Mjjhy upward in llio same direction, but covered
U with grass, but with deep purple heather, and
i.iairhiiersod with tall crags of grey, sifted sand.
Pune, mid bore and there a deep morass, us might
Icclearly recognized by the tunk verdure of its
wrfuce,und, ut rare intervals a sleep, precipitous
;d rough ravine, through which some noisy stream-
found its way to the broader strath, and mightier
river. It was into this desolate and gloomy tract
taat llio young Laird of Livingstone had dashed,
iwii the la»l of this soldier’s band fell in the short
fitlui conflict over the grave of bis murdered vie-
l.n. As his strong, liigli-biooded charger swept
over the mountain brook which separated the lone
churchward from the broad pastures, with scarce
a.i effort, and stretched gallantly away over the
genbe slope, confident in the speed and vigor of the
Lue animal that boro him, maddened by rage and
indignation ut the idea that his stout troopers, pick-
id veterans of the Scottish lile-guurd, should have
met an end so inglorious, lie turned his body ball
roumi iii his saddle, and shaking his hand with a
fearing and angry gesture against the six or eight
Watvho had started to pursue him, he gave vent
loliis excited feelings in a loud shout of scorn and
I'.eru, contemptuous defiance. It was well for him
Lieu, that not a muaket remained loaded iu llio
:*am!s of those who followed him, for there were
'.woor three among them, keen and unerring
marksmen,and he was stiff within fair carbine dis
tance, and there was not one man of that fierce,
; rvccuted party, who would not have esteemed it
•tgood (iced, and acceptable unto the Lord of Hosts,
to shoot hint like a dog, whose bauds, as they said,
'‘ore purpled with the blood of the saints, and bis
niuuMit ri d with the same. lie drove llio spurs
• -in the flanks of the proud charger, who answer-
td with a snort and gleam of his vicious eye, that
b'lufiho untamed and gallant spirit, lie bad do-
’•‘cii from a long train of desert sins. On, be
**cpl—on! unchecked, and free,and fearless, skim-
"glue long ascent with ail the ease, and almost
1 thy lleetuoss of the swallow chasing its insect
•oy, sweeping across llte brooks and water-courses
• : »i crossed his course at intervals, as if limy were
re fm rows in tiio soil, and charging the rough,
Y.* stone walls with vigorous and exulting j«v.
f.ic rider turned when lie iiad won the first mile o!
u* hill, and as lie looked back on the men who fol.
red him, scattered, and foiled, and breathless, yet
lasting still i|,o slope with stubborn resolution,
1 -<i giving vent to their thirst of vengeance in a
solemn shout, a curl of scorn drew up hi* chi*
•'••oi lip.as lie muttered to himself-—*'I , 'o.)ls—blind,
paanjinpiuous fools!—as if their clumsy feet made
| l to trample their deep, clayey furrows, could vie
-itt thv Heel hoofs—my matchless llarbary; for
I'Uiit is in thy clear, slow breathing, not a
'*01..spot uponthy curb, not even a shade of muis.
-. u» tiiy sleek, velvet coat.** He paused, h-»\v.
r . fur a moment as ho sj.oko, and gazed hall
Uu.ly around hint, before iiitu lay the sleep and
,r i"° moors, and to bis right, the ridges, steep and
pilo'H, and patidess, of tile wild Uuiluuds—b»
his i t;ia up shortly, and wheeling to his left
* ,u h struck into a gallop,, once again crossing tin
I "hlupudy towaid the lower country, and the
"i by wii'utli hn had uurcbed upward, but after
|; k r suine ten minutes, be crossed llio top ol a
’^‘f hiMock,and gaining a full view of tbo <
•"try.saw what he had <j me forgotten, u broad,
”••••. brawling nvnr in the vaili-v, ut two or litre
‘ < distance, •• Ha !** Ito said, striking his liutui
,lM,| *'at* Iv on his thigii, “ ha ! curses on it!—ii
'cn'iiji.r.l my notice, and long ere this, lie sun
htho only Lni.ige isgu trdod bv a m »h of llte
’’ poritatis !—*.vl»y, tim whole i:est of them wi i
n 'hr when the news goes abroad, that they have
l!li ‘ ighi tr i .perj of CIraham’s Guard !—and no
1 * r J >»» ih .t infernal stream, *tiii 1 can reach tin
■ :, kia holl nv, \V( ,l t hero goes, fur llte moun
thank Ikaven, no foot of man can gain upon
J. 11. STli
mxmL
blnek Uarbury, out Uu su ojm.ii liclda, nml ore 1 . borne lo lire ours of Huckslouu.
reucli iliu henilier, will lie inilea bo hi ml ino !” And, llio fierce Furilun sliouied his note of w
with the word, lie wheeled his horse again, mid But it was ull in vuin—oneo miiro the heavy
I o(.e haeIt U|1 the lull iu the direcliuu which he had tramp sumided—and then, nno lon>. n’l
lirst taken. In doing this, tiio line of his course
vi as turned back somewhat, not actually toward the
iurious foes who were pursuing, but in u direction
transverse to tiial which tin y had taken, so that he
saw them cleariv, so clearly that he could murk
iho sullen, dogged nirol each grim visage, ami note
the bitter rage which paled their embrowned coun
tenances. Hut it was not o..ly that bo noted, for,
hait way now between tile chase und the footmen,
"no Were slid in restitute chase, lie might perceive
tour peasants mounted upon the horses which they
had caught alter (lie la.I of iiis dragoons, spurring
them fiercely up the iii 11, and shouting iu untieipu
Again nml again
warning,
heavy horse-
tramp sounded—und then, one long appalling
shriek, and all was silent. The breeze came up
again ami whistled away tlie mist.wreath, and the
last gleam of the setting sun broke out of the dim
storm-clouds. The Covenanters who Imd halted nt
the piercing notes of that long shriek, advanced as
the log melted—advanced two paces only—for
right beneath their feet the rock broke ofT u sheer
and perpendicular wall, six hundred feet in depth,
of silted limestone, with a wild torrent at its base
—nml in the torrent, crushed,maimed, and motion
less ns tl»c black mcksuround them, lay Livingstone
nml his bold llarbary- That precipice is called to
this day, " The Laird’s Leap,** where the Lord
w O .11 A N A N I> M \ K n I v G E .
IiV WASHINGTON HIVING.
lull iriun>|)li. Tbo »iylit nwuko him instantly to a I look into his oivn right hand llio vengeance of his
mule III appreciation of his danger, and wasting no persecuted people.—Ladies Coininmioii.
more time, lie set bis Iioi*kc*s bend straight for the !
moor8, and without looking back at all, rode as di- |
rcctly as the crow llios over ali obstacles that ca me j
iu his way, w\.ii the calm nurvo and splendid horse- I
innuship that marked the porfcel|cuvulier. A near- |
cr, wilder yell, than any that had yet fallen on his I have speculated a great deni upon matrimony,
cur, pealed wildly down the void ; he momentarily I havo seen young and beautiful women, tbo pridn
turned hi* bead, und saw that tbo two parties bad of guy circles, married—us the world says—well !
muted, and that, whereas the men who had first 1 Some have moved into costly houses, and their
taken the chargers ol the slum soldiers, were mere friends have all come and looked ut their furniture
cl an ish rustics, JJackslmm, of Haihillol, and three 1 and ihcir splendid arrangement for happiness, and
ol his companions,all, evidently from their bear- they have gone away and committed them to their
mg in the saddle, old troopers and experienced sunny liopes cheerfully and without lear. It i* nut-
horn omen, had mounted in their place, and bad al- ural for the young to be sanguine, and at such
ready fearfully diminished the space that inlerven, times I am carried away by similar feelings. I love
cd between-them and liiinseli, their destined vie- to get unobserved into a corner,and watch the bride
tim. Another mile had been already traversed, ! in iter white attire and with her smiling lacc ami
and only one remained ere he should rcueh the her soft eyes moving before mein the pride of life,
lough and hiukcu heather—on he spurred—on ! weave a waking dream of her future happiness, and
and with redoubled speed, and the black charger 1 persuade myself that it will be true. I think how
gloriously repaid his master’s confidence, by its they will sit upon the luxurious sofa, as the twilight
redoubled speed* Du ! lie went; on !—and now fails, and build gav hopes and murmur in low tones
be reached the wall, the last that intervened be- the now utiforbidden tenderness, und how thrilling-
tween tlie pasture and the moors. It was a strong, j Iv the allowed kiss, and the bountiful endearments
tail barrier, ot sharp, dry iime-stone, at least six ; ot wedded lile, will make even that parting joyous,
feet in height, with a broad, rugged ditch, on the and Imw gladiy they will come back from the crowd
nearside. “ I la !** he exclaimed, with a gay smile,! ami the empty mil til ol the gay to each other’s
•• h i ! 1 am safe, then—not a horse, save mine,) quiet company. 1 picture to myself that young
can clear it!’ und, as he spoke, be pulled his horse creature, who blushes even now, at his hesitating
deliberately up, that he might catch his wind before caress, listening eagerly for bis foul steps as tbo
attempting the great leap, ami looked quite coolly night steals on, and wishing tiiat ho would come,
down the liiil toward the men who followed, now, and when he enters at last, ami with an atfection ns
having lost u little ground iu the last gallop, about ! undying as his pulse, folds her to his arms, I can
hail a mile behind It.til, 1 hoy saw him pull up I feel the very lido /lowing through his heart, and
suddenly, and knowing the ground tiiomselvts ac- j gaze with him on her graceful foim ns she moves
euratoly, and formidable height of the boundary .about him for the kind otlices of atliclioi), soothing
wail, perceived at once that he declined the leap— all his unquiet cares, and making him forget even
again, a wild, triumphant yell pealed from their himscli, iu her young and uushudowing beauty,
lips, and aguiu he shook iiis guuul-lctted hand tit ; I go forward lor years, and see her luxuriant hair
their thieateuings, ami answered with a shout clear | put soberly awuy from her brow, and Iter girlish
or, higher, and more triumphant, titan their own,, graces ripen into dignity, and her bright loveliness
Then, setting himself tirmiy in the saddle, be guilt- ; chastened with the gentle meekness of maternal
ctvd his reins up lightly, pricked the good war- | nfleciion.—Her husband looks on her with a proud
horse with the spur, and charged the wall with | eye, and shows her tiio same fervent love and deli-
cool determination. \l ith Hustling, and distorted j cate attention which lirst won her, ami children arc
nostril, tlto good horse charged it—with a long, growing up about them, und go on full of honor and
easy stroke lie rose into the air, swung over it, and untroubled years, and are remembered when they
was lost in a moment to tbo sight of the pursuers. 1 *
Hut net ton bounds had the horse made beyond it,
before the Laird perceived that*to gallop in that
<ougli und broken soil, was useless. May, more,
was impossible. His was a mind prompt in expe
dient, fearless, und during iu a degree no less inso-
lent,and cruel, and oppressive. “I will turn back,*’
lie said, 1 * aiid*lrom behind tile wall will shoot the
two lirst with my pistols—and then the devil’s in
die !
I say I love to dream thus when 1 go to give tbo
young bride joy. It is the natural tendency of feel,
lug touched by loveliness, llial fears nothing for it-
sell, and if ever I yield to dui ker feelings, it is be
cause tbe light of the picture is changed. I am not
loud ol dwelling upon such changes, and I will not,
minutely, now. 1 allude to it only because I trust
that my simple page will bo reud by some of llio
it it I cannot cut down the others, if they dare young anti beautiful beings who move duily across
cross on loot!” Another moment, und lie had iny path, and 1 would whisper to them, ns they
taken post under the shelter ol the wall—had drawn ' glide by, joyously and cotilideiitiv, the secret of an
both pistols from his holsters, and was examining unclouded tuturo.
their pruning, w hen the near tramp of the horses The picture I have drawn above is not peculiar,
apprized him that tiie lime was come. Dolling Iiis It is colored like the fancies of the bride; and inn.
nut, lie raised Iiis eyes ubove the level of the crus- j ny, oh ! many an hour will she sit. with her jewels
sing stone, so carefully that uu one of the pursuers ■ lying loose iu Iter finders,und dream such dreams us
witnessed il. He saw Hacksloou within ten paces, these. JSlic believes them too—and she goes oti
and iu the very act of putting his horse at the leap, for a while, undeceived. The evening is not loo
and behind him, al perhaps ten paces further, a sc- j long while they talk of plans for happiness, and tiio
com! 11uoper, JieaviJy spurring a cumOrojsomc bay 1 quiet meal is still pleasant with the delightful iiov.
stallion. In limes of peril, thoughts Hash, as it; elty of mutual reliance and attention. The re comes
were, like lightning on llio mind—lie knew iliut j soon, however, a timo when personal topics
Hackstouu’s horse, iiovv boldly lie might ride so- j become bare and wearisome, and slight attentions
ever, could not by uny possibility carry him over! will not alone keep up the social excitement. There
tiiat huge fence, and calculating on his certain full, j are long intervals of silence mid detected aymp.
resolved that him he could slay with the sword j loins ol* weariness arid the husband, first, in Iiis
merely. So, raising himself iu iiis stirrups, ho manhood, breaks in upon the hours thev were to
showed himself above the wall, ami stretching forth | spend together. I cannot follow it circumstantial,
his hand, took a quick uim, and lired. Ihrough iy. Then comes loug hours of unhappy restliucss,
the dense smoke lie saw the second trooper roll— and terrible misgiving of each other's worth an I al.
man and horse—upon the ground ; but the next in- lection, till, by and by, they can conceal their un.
slant, the man leaped to Ins feet with a loud cr\, easiness no longer, and go out separately to seek re.
apparently unhurt, und instantly began to loud Ins | lief, and lean upon a hollow world for the support
long-barrelled lowiing piece. Meantime, Hack- which one w ho was their lover and friend could not
stout) hud dashed his heavy charger at the wall, with give thim !
a good will to clear il, il is true, und a roveugrlul ; Heed this, ye who are winning by your innocent
heart tiiat would have braved ten times the danger, • henuty, tbe allbctions of high minded’ and thinking
had ho been sure of making good his purpose. Hut, beings ! Remember that lie wili give up the bro.
well although lie rode, and daringly,tho animal lie | thur ol his heart with whom he has had, ever,a
baeked could not accomplish it, but forced uuwil- fellowship of mind—the society of ids cotempura,
liuglv, by the resolution of Iiis rider, drove at it, | ry runners in the race of fame, who have held him
cleared llio ditch,but striking liie top of the wall with ; with a stern companionship—and often, in iiis pas.
its chest, was hurried backward into tho clia»m by >iouate love, will break away from the arena of ids
the shuck, w hile llacksloun thrown completely | burning ambition, to come lo listen to llio *• voice of
over, as if lie had b ten launched from some gigun. ! the charmer.” It will bewilder him at first, but it
tic engine, and.pitching on his head among the will not bo long, und then think \oti that an idle
heather, lay for the moment stunned and sense.ess. ’ blandishment w iii chain the minu mat has been us-
•*I thought so !” shouted Livingstone, “hell to your od, for years, to equal communication ! Think
souls ! Huso dogs, how dare )o thus pursue u geu- you lie will give up,for a weakdaloanco the animated
llcman und soldier/” ami, with these words, level, themes of men, and the seurcli int** the mysteries
ling the second of his pistols at the head of the »d* knowledge ! Oh! no, lady!—b lievc me—no!
third horseman, be pulled the trigger with an aim Trust not your influence lo such light letters !—
»i» steady, llial the bullet took ctlecl full in the mid. Credit not old fashioned absurdity, iliut woman's is
die of Iiis forehead, and hurled him from the saddle, ] u secondary lot —ministering to the necessities of
a dead mail, ere lie louelied the greensward. Tiio her lord and master ! It is a higher destiny I would
fourth man pulled his iiorso up instantly,uud leap- award you. It vour immortad \ is as complete
ing to the ground, began, like his companion, to ‘ and your gift of mind us cupubie us ours, I would
make ready bis long musket. With a contemp- put no wisdom of mine ugaiust Guti’sallotment.—I
lujus laugh, thinking himself now quite safe, Liv- would charge you to water the undving bud, and
iugstonc rodo away, picking his way at a bri»k trot give it a healthy culture and ope i its beauty to tiio
among the tangled heather, uud now and then, sun, and then ymi may hope that w lien your life is
where tho ground was harder uud the heath lower bound with another, you will goon equally, and in
than usual, breaking into a gentle gallop, that spee
dily set a largo space between the fugitive uud his
pursurcs. It was, perhaps, a quarter of an hour
before the men w ho had paused lo aid their com
panion, were enabled to continue their pursuit,
llaek.sloiin, who hud recovered allege.her Horn Ins
TUESDAY, MAY ‘M, 1843,
AN IN I EMSIT1NG INCIDENT.
A few days sii.ee wo mentioned the arrival of the
packs* ship Montezuma, at Liverpool, uftcr a short
pussage (loin this port. At the same time we pub
lished a complimentary card to Captain Lowlier,
for his exertions in saving the crew of the French
brig which was fallen iu with in a sinking enndi-
tion. We have u letter before us from A. Will
iams, ISsq. our next door neighbor, who was a pus-
songer in the Montezuma,giving un interesting ac
count of the manner in which tbo unfortunate mar
iners were taken from the wreck. It will be ob
served that the wreck was first seen by Mrs. Cip-
riant, the daughter of the late Jolm Wilson, Lsq.,
of lids city, w ho was the only lady pussenger on
board.
After describing the voyage, tho writer says :—
“ Hut the most thrilling scene of tho pnssago oc
curred on Sunday, the 2d of April, at 2 p. m., while
the passengers were promenading the deck, and
com cmplaiiug the majestic and terrible heaving of
the ocean, such as usually succeeds heavy winds.
Mrs. Cipriani, the only lady passenger, descried
and announced ‘a sail,* apparently four or five
mile s distant from us, to which all eyes were im-
mediately directed. Dr. Paliison jocosely obser
ved ‘Suppose that it should be a wreck, nml that wc
slio'jld take olffivc or six persons in distress V to
wlii ci» some one answered, ‘Very little probability
of llial.’ When our second mate, taking the glass
suit I, in his honest but blunt and grail* voice, *dis-
,no sted.* On bearing that woid tho captain, us
qui ck as thought, took the glass, and after a long
and earnest gaze, with a quick movement to the
lir? «t mate, gave orders to bear down towurd her
wit h sill sail, and saying‘Signal of distress,’ words
that to a voice on tho sea produces a fearful thrill
of i ceding lie will never forget. •• Whatever she
wa nts she shall have il if I’ve got it.
‘•Then commenced a scene of activity among the
ere w, of watchfulness by thu officers, and anxiety
| un ,ong the passengers that could scarcely bo sur-
j pa iswd. As tiie vessel was neared, and her situation
| be«Mine visible to the naked eye was seen a dis-
, nu.sted,and waterlogged French (Newfoundland
lis'iing) brig, tumbling and rolling from side to
sid e, with every swell of the sen sweeping her
(looks entirely across. A small sail tied to a tern-
po -ary ( jury) mast was all that kept the vessel ina-
uu geabie, and on her deck, clinging to her torn and
spi intered side, were some tenor fifteen persons
go iticulnting violently for help, and ringing in our
cars through the gusts of the ringing wind, * so-
co'irs,* (help.) Uu nearing her, as the hulk rose
from the trough of the sea lo tbo crest of the swells
tho name‘St. Bernard dc Fechainp’was read on
llio stern, und it was evident she was iu a sinking
stu'.e.
•‘With a promptness, skill, and humanity, above
all praise, our ship was hove to, our quarter boats
lov'ered to those rolling billows, and iu them leap,
cd the ga'lant mate (Moore) and some of our crew
to pull for the brig, now nearly alongside of us;
but ut u moment when one wave threw this little
bout some 60 or 100 feet in one direction, a tie-
me ndous heave of the ocean brought the brig along-
side, und within twenty feet of the Montezuma on
her starboard quarter. Tbo violence of the sea
hoH.ving both vessels a terrific distance up and down
inn dc us ft nr uu awful crush, perhaps fatal to both.
Tim- next swell came, and crash came the two to.
get! icr. Our starboard stern being raised up in the
air, came with tremendous force down upon tne
lar load quarter of the brig, crushing In r bulwark
and part of her deck, and shoving her ofl’som03O
or ‘*«U feet, when, by dexterous use of our holm ntid
sail s, wo kept clear of Iter. Moore, our mate, in
this frenzied moment of peril had bnnrded her, and
was seen ut her holm. Tiicnccfoiih she was kept
clea.r of us, and our two boats wont dancing und
roll .tig between us some 4 or & times each, till
tho so poor sailors, 10 iu number and most of their
valuables, were brought on board our ship. The
cuj Main, the last one to quit Iiis sinking vessel, half
stu s ved, oppressed with grief and care, looked the
sto lid image of mute depair :
• ‘None of them could understand or spank n word
of KuglLh ; but luckily Moore and Mr. Cipirunt
spo ketite French, through whom we learnt that the
bri g had heeu dismasted and shuttered, ns we
the u saw her seven days previous, and all by one
sir glc sea, which they had been tumbling as we
sa w them, having been passed by five vessels, to
one only of w liieii could they raise the signal of dis.
tie &s, but the violence of the storm prevented them
having any succor. A must remarkable providen
tial circumstance occurred to heighten o.i our
mi. ids this scene,and not only had our ship for the
24 hours previously run exactly in tho direction of
this brig, the unusuul distance of 260 knot*, but at
tiie moment of our nearing her the intense violence
of t.lie wiud cea-ed, causing a comparative calm,
an i during the taking otfilio wreck, un entire calm,
the lir^l and only one during the passage, after
wh icli tho breeze sprung up uud away wc llcvv a-
gai n at tho rate ol 11 or 12 knots ; next day, after
tho rescue, up rose the storm ub.»ul the same hour,
tiie wind covering the sen with a white foam, iu
which the French commander ami Ids hulls would
not have survived 10 minutes, and attributing the
saletyol their lives to Captain Low bur, who treat,
ed them throughout with the most liberal and gen
cr ous hospitality.
“Not tiie least happy of the rescued seemed a
noble dog, who seized and saved a boy us lie was
being swept exhausted from the deck, which he of.
fe.-cd to Captain Low bur, who declined taking from
non Ids favorite animal. The providential saving
ol this crew was more forcibly impressed upon us
bv our having just risen from a bcrmuu by the Rev.
Mr. May, a pussei.ger, on tho subject of the care
ot providence of those ‘who go down to tbe sea in
ships.* Our admiration of the magnanimous and
truly admirable conduct of Captain Low be r
produced an immediate meeting of tho passengers,
who voted unanimously to present him with u piece
ol plate, not lor its value, but as a testimony of es
teem.”—y. V. Cmn. Adv.
a fellowship that shad pervade every earthly inter
est.
Onnion of tiie World.—Dr. Johnson iiad a
veneration for the voice of mankind beyond what,
most people w ill own; ami as lie liberally con
temporary hurt, leading tiio way, uud cheering his teased tiiat ad his own disappointments proceed-
inuii onward—hut in that apace, had again gaine 1 cd from him.se.f. he hated lo hear others
u full mile of udvuutugu, and though the nature of complain of general injustice. 1 remember when
the ground favored tiie loottneu, three miles were lamentation w ns made of tiie negk ct snowed to Jer-
truversed and the night was fast gathering uronn.l umiah Markland, u great philologist, us soiiio one
before tlioy bad got so near t » him us lo try the of- ventured to cal 1 him : “lie is a scholar, undoubt-
l« el ol ineir tiro-arms. Tiie liiM r> port loll on I is edly, sir,” replied Dr. Johnson; ‘‘hut remember
ear.-s stai tlingly, nut the shrill w histle of tho bullet, that lie would run from tiie world, and that il is not
n»»t fmmwing it. be ju ged.unJ rightly, that they tiie uorid*» business to run after him. 1 halo a
were yet too distant to suil r them to aim correctly, fidow whom pride, or cowardice, or laziness drives
Anoluer quarter of un hour elapsed, an I u ha.i , into a corner and dous nothing wlien lie is there
whistled oy Iiis ear, and was succeeded instantly hut sit and growl; let Kim come out us l do, end
h\ me full round report of the nearer gun-shot- . hark.”
Just as this happened, lie cleared the heather, uud i
gained wnat seem ed a rich, fiat table rock of slaty A si.w kind of Onion has recently been intro-
imu-bione. Taking advantage of the tinner ground, duced into this country. It posse.-ses tho singular
lie dashed his lur.se into a gailop, but scurceiv had property ot producing from one onion, six or seven
he made three bounds, before a shout of warning, | in a dump, under the ground, similar to potatoes,
as it m eintd, so wild and piercing that it made It partakes of the mildness of the onion of Portugal
even Livingston’s high blood recoil mid curdle, grows very large, uud is easily cultivated,
rang from the lips of Uackstoun* At tiie same) ■■ — ■ ■ —*
moment a fierce gust of wind .swept over the hare Good Advice.—DontgoiniltU, reader. Goto
summit, driving before it a thick mass of driving Tex is, goto bads in thin slippers on a wet night,
mist, so dense us to be almost palpable—un uimo*- goto the deuce if you please, hut don’t no in debt,
plierio change, by iio means ex'.raor.i iiaiy on the . it you do,strawberries will taste liko pi:kles, loose
b uk moors of Scotland. Auai.i, unit again the 1 siloes wnl pinch, and the kiss of your wife or sweet
ening of the steed’s hoofs on lie solid rock was bvait will b^ like mi electric shock.
Decision or Character.—It is a noble theme, it
is a godlike achievement, to which wo call tho
young men of our country, when wo urge them to
array themselves on the side of virtue, und lo gird
on the panoply by which every u&suuit of evil may
he warded oil*. With nioro than the Roman devo
tion ofCurtius they must throw themselves into tiio
breach and make sacrifice, if not of life, yet in ma-
ny cases of reputation with their associates, and be
ready for disuslceiu and ridicule on account of the
rebuke their example may givo to folly and vice.
Il is however by such a hrmncssof principle, by a
rigid adherence t'»a manly purpose of acting right
without or with tho approbation of (he many, tiiat
our country is t<» be saved. It is better to be singe*
lar, if one must bo so, while obeying the mandates
of rectitude and \ irtue, than to win uud wear the
palm of uppluusc of thousands, by Gelding to their
flatteries, and solicitations to wrong,
“And more true joy Morcellii* rsited
Ttiuii thusar with a *eiiuic ai Iliu IhtIr.”
To our Young Men let us say—Begin early, with,
out a moment’s delay, to form the habit of self,
government, and to gain that true courage au J
practical w isduin w bicli can bid temptation stand
aloof, nml tit you to lace the boldest ussnuits, and
to tear otf the disguises of the most cunningly siia.
dud sophistry. Plant your feet on tho rock ul Truth
uud as if grown to it by the love you bear its excel*
loncy, suffer not yourselves to bo moved by any or
al) the elfins that may be employed to draw you
from ibis iinprcguublo fortress of your strength.
Obey God, revernuco the laws, live to do good to
your country uud the world, and great indeed will
VOL. XXXIV-NO 34.
bo your rmvard boili on earth find in liettven.
National Debts ok Europe.—Tho May tiurn.
her of the Merchants’-Magazine contain, un article
tvith this title,invaluable to the politician and the
statesman. It embraces not only a comprehensive
view of the indebtedness of the several European
Slates, hot also thoir means of probable payment.
It is seldom that an article meets our eye'which
can ho mote frequently used as a text.boolt, in il.
luslrnting the actual hardships and oppression of tho
several Governments of Europe.
We learn, both with surprise and regret,
that Holland, thu noted land of frugality and untrl.
ing perseverance, is more heavily burdened with
debt than any other country in Europe, and proba
bly ill the world. The population is only !i,000,-
Dlio—500,000 greater than that of the Stale
of New York, and the debt lias reached tho
enormous sum of 8050,000,000—tlmt is 8010 of
indebtedness fur each man, woman,and child in that
kingdom. Tho writer is of opinion tlmt Holland
has no alternative but repudiation or bankruptcy.
It is out of the question to pay. New debts nro an.
nually incurred to pay arrearages of intoiost. This
state ol tilings defies even hope. lie adds,“The
Dutch have struggled manfully against tiie increas
ing difficulties. They have cut dow n tho perquis.
ilcs of royalty so lotv that their King is not much
more ihuu ahead burgomaster; und they havo
pared away their protective duties till the maximum
amount of revenue has been procured. Go further
they cannot. Their Government they cannot further
change without revolution, and if their tariff should
he reduced much muro it will cease to exist alto,
gother.” Such is the melancholy picture of the
present financial condition of Holland.
The debt of Great Britain is 83,700,000,000.
Population 35,000,000. About 830(1 of indebtedness
to each man, womnn, and child in that kingtlon;
but her resources, particularly iu her wide-spread
colonial possessions are vast, some havo even call,
ed them inexhaustible. England yet pays her in
terest promptly by annual taxation. And she lias
not yet tried the great treasury—retrenchment—
which her Dutch neighbors have. This is a resort
which would bring millionsof dollars iutu hcrTrens.
ury. Therefore it is not too much to say that Eng.
land is un safer ground than Holland. The latter
lias reached her maximum of debt eudurunee. The
former has not.
Norway and Prussia are less in debt than is usu-
al in Europe. The pipulation of the firmer is I,-
000,000, and her debt is but >33.300,01)0, which is
being gradually and steadily paid, as her finances
are so well managed that she has a certain excess
of income of 8100,000 applicable to ’.lie payment
of the principal of the public debt.
The debt of Prussia is considerably larger, but
her resources nro proportionality greater. I ler pup.
illation is 13,500,000, and her debt 8150,000,000.
•• It was contracted principally during tliu necessi
ties of the French invasion and at a high rate of in.
tcrcst.” Il is now being gradually reduced, and Is
within such compass tltut it will probubly ail be
paid.
Saxony, Bat urin, Wurtoinbnrg, and Hunovor are
represented to bo iu good condition and above tvit.
ler, and less burdened with debt than most of llio
oilier European nations. Yet it .should he remem.
bored that debts which in Europe would lie deem,
ed light, would hero cause our people to stand a.
ghast Y e are not used to being ground in the
mill of heavy taxation. But the people of Europe
have been so long debt.ridden nml down.trodden
that the slightest burecit taken from their shoulders
seems to them us great no alleviation ss the pay
ment of the entire debts of many of our most heav
ily indebted Stales would scent to their population*
It cannot be remarked too often, -lien wo lire
disposed to undervalue the pro eminent blessings of
our Government,or disposed lo announce us roblio-
ry even our comparatively moderate taxation, that
it would tie wise lo recur to the condition of even
the must favored nations of the Old Wurld. Cross
tho ocean to Europe—traverse ilia laud iu every
direction—witness her hulf.clnd peasantry—her
mud hovels fur her people, and Iwr palaces for her
rulers—go to her manufaetorioa, tlia famed seats of
her greatness and her power, and there witness her
lmlf slai vi.il am! deformed laborers ; not overlook
ing the moral blindness uud ignorance of even her
medium classes, and then, on tiie contrary, mark
the officers und menials of Government pampi red
amid this vast luzar.house of human wo. After
those things have been seen, let him return here,
uud even the worst of our misgnverumcnt will
seem like good Government; and we would not
even silt’ll a one would say.
“ Whntwo Imvn, wn priso not to lbs worth.'*
American Inukniutv.—We learn from the New
lurk Courier that important improvements have
been made in the saw mill, by Coi. James I lamiltuii,
uflhnl city, which are destined, til tin distant day,
to uli'oet a great revolution in ship building. Thu
British Governmentcxpotidu ' several thousands of’
pounds sterling many years since in attempts to
invent ctlectivo fncchunicul means to convert tim.
her into the forms required for ship building, with,
out arriving til any successful results, •• It has
been reserved for u sun of New England,*’ savs
the Courier, ‘’after several years severe study and
' xporimcni. t,i provide any tolerable workman the
means ut directing a powerful mill.saw in the most
tortuous curves which can over he needed, while al
the same lime, the mill itself, adjusted by u benutj.
ful, because simple arrangement, will roll the limber
while tlir .•into ir lulling, so that uny given amount
or angleut bevel can be cut in uny length, with
the same mathematical and mechanical certainly
tiiat is attend,nit on any other well grounded me.
clnmc.il combination.”
Ii i» further stated that any well-built existing
saw.mill can have all these new powers attached lo
it at a moderate expense, and yet he made ready to
use for common straight sawing, while a log is ho.
ing roiled tutu its place for work, in short, while
the capacities of llte saw iniil are thus extended Ly
a new means lo an almost indefinite extent, it dues
not lose any previously existing facilities.
Foster Rhodes, Esq., onu of the most cxpericil.
ced ami scientific ship bniidets living, speaking of
the saw iniil with Mr. H's. improvement; rays
••this machine possesses tlmt disiderutum so lung,
sought, viz : of being able to follow the natural
form of tiie tree by which the mate rial is not grain,
cut.”
Several other practical men concur in this opin
ion. The work which this machine can do lias
heretofore required ibe best of bund, labor, perfected
by years of practice, und iu consequence costly’ iu
wages; besides w inch, the wood hewed out by
hand, being in chips, is comparatively valueless.
By tiie new ..rooess it may be taken off in u form
fit lu be made useful.
The All lany Advertiser contains a description
of an ingenious coiitrivuncti recently invented for
the special convenience of retail grocers and all
other small parcel dealers. It is culled ” Twine.
Cu ter.” and is a knife blade set with a spring on
a bracket, and so adjusted that the instant a parcel
is tied, the twine, with the thumb and finger ofench
bond stiil holding it exactly ut the right distance
from the knot, may be presented to the edge of the
twine cutler’s blude and severed in tbo twinkling of
an eye. Tiie bracket may bo screwed to the coun.
ter, or a post, or tiie edge of the shelf, or to what,
ever may be most convenient, und the spring koeps
the blade in its proper place and position su perfect
ly that, while it is ulways ready to ship lite string,
il can never harm the Augers. Tho machine costs
only fifty cents.
Cruelties of Juggernaut.—The following ex
tract from a letter of the Bishop of Calcutta con.
lain# a forcible picture of tho Juggernnut idolatries'
"1 have visited the valley of death. 1 havo soon
tho den of durkness. Juggernnut has boon trod,
den by these feet, and seen with these eyes, after
thirty or forty years hearing about it. The dread
pagoda is situated in the vicinity of this village, call,
ed I’ooree,of which the narrow streets and wretch,
cd abodes arc only emblems of the moral ruin and
misery it diffuses. A town of fifty thousand soule
is held together by the direct supers notion ; no
trude but sin, no art but delusion ami lies, no bond
of union but communion in idolatry. Nothing lias
yet been dono to abolish these idolutrics. The hor
rors ure unutterable. One hundred and fifty thou,
sand pilgrims attend yearly, of whom about one
tbiid perish by hunger, fatigue or cholera, yearly
They come from all parts of India. Tho larger
number ure women ; who concert their plans for
the journey unknown to their Imsban ts and families,
and start off ut a moment. The abominations con.
sequent maybe judged of by this trait. It is a
scene of plunder, cruelty und lust. When the car-
avans nrrive, a perpetual fight lakes place among
the Pooree inhabitants who shall receive tho help
less wretches, who are plundered, not only of all
they possess,or con procure, but of all they can
borrow at immense interest. About five days fin.
ish the process ; the stripped multitude (hen pro
ceed on their return. The sick are uniformly left
behind, to whiten with their bones llte accursed
plains. Those plains nro barren sands, thrown up
Iront tho beach by the south-east monsoon. The
seasons ol pestilence are chosen, as it were, to
heighten the misery, for instance, June, wlteu tho
extreme heal is suddenly succeeded by the ruins,
and the cholera among tiie undefended crowds.
The sick still throw themselves tinder the wheels
of the ear; hands of music, troops of dancers, or
prostitutes of the vilest order, noisy, intemperate
debauchery, with the most fililiy and unultti'r-
able pollutions in figures, exhibitions, and songs
make up the religious rites, of Juggernaut. The
pagoda, or circuit ol the enclosed temple, is a mass
of heavy building, ol which no one is allow ed to
penetrate the inteiior, because the cooking is per.
ptlijally going on in the inner circuits, and the pas
sing (il n Christian would defile the whole culinary
establishment. If wo had chosen to pay two thou
sand ,'upues for reelcansing the sanctuary after,
wards, wo might have been admitted. Such is Jug*
gernaut! Dr. Buchanan’s description is most true.
Cruelty, ust, oppression, disease, famine, death,
follow in the train. We only ask, w hat are we to
think of I.n d Auckland’s allow ing the continuance
of such abominations under the patronage of his
government, and in so doing acting iu opposition to
his own council T
Extracts prom a Modern Dictionart—Bello
—A beautiful but useless insect without wings,
whose colors fade on being removed from the suit*
shine.
Heart—A rare article, sometimes found in Ini.
man beings. It is soon however destroyed bv com.
mc.xo with tho world, or else becomes lutul to its
possessor.
Housewifery.—An aucient art, said to havo
been fashionable among young girls and wives;
i emijely out of use, or practised only by tho
low orders.
Wealth.—Tho most respectable quality of a
man.
Virtues.—An awkward huhil of acting different
ly from others.
A vulgar word—It creates great mirth iu fush.
tunable circles.
Managers of lotteries—Men who pay the legis.
lature handsomely for tiio privilege of cheating tho
people.
Law proceedings.—Unbru&licd col> wtl>s of tho
dark ages.
Satirical poems.—Harmless impertinence in
verse.
Marriage.-—The gale throng!) which tho happy
lover leaves iiis enchanted visions and ri turns to
earth.
Dentil.—An ill.bred fellow who visits people at
all seasons, and insists upon tie ir immediately re
turning his cull.
Author.—Dealer in words who gets p »id in his
own coin.
Domestic bliss—A term used by Milton,
Rurguin.—A ludicrous transaction in which
each party thinks ho has cheated the other.
Lunatic Asylum.—A kind of hospital where de
tected lunatics nro sent by lho>e who have had tho
udroitucsH to conceal their own infirmity.
Juil.-Tho penalty of mischief, und ulten the re
ward of virtue.
The Ruling Passion strong in Death.—When
Laicnncc wus lying stretched on tiie deck of tho
Chesapeake, mortally wounded, and the immortal
spi!it wusubout quitting its frail tonenn ul, his l ist
dying injunction was—"Von'l give vp the ship.”
When liainbritlgc lay struggling in death, on llio
bed of sickness, his memory reverted to the semis
in which ho had many years before borne an ac
tive part* He imagined himself in command of a
gallant vessel, surrounded by his officers, on thu
eve of an engagement—and, summoning all his
energies for a final cllort, lie exclaimed, “Ca// all
hands to hoard the cncv*y!”
When Porter, in a foreign iund, was sinking into
She grave—Iiis body worn cut with the exposures
and hardships to which he Imd been suhj cted for u
period of many yems, in the service of hi > country
—in his lus* moments ho directed Hint Iiis body
should be buried nt the foot of tin fug ship. Ihutevtn
uftcr death the glorious slurs and stripes if A me ricu
might wave over him /— Mercantile Ju mini.
Planting Large Potatoes.—We have been of
the opinion, tlmt if large potatoes were planted iu.
stead of slips, u much liner crop woifh he made
uud we lequested a friend, who ruised umiMially
large potatoes to try the expciimenl last year of
planting both kinds—thu very largo and the slips.
The following is a lettsr received from him on tho
subject.
Dear Sir :—l promised you the result of an ex
periment iu planting the full grown and )urge»t
sized bWtst potato; instead of the smallest size,
such as ure usually. Asvou are uwuie, 1 alter
nately pluntsd one row of largo und one of veiy
small potutocs, in harvesting 1 could not pureeivo
any udvuntuge w hatuver, from the largo over tho
small seed. This result was contrary to my ex
pectation, particularly as there was a marked dif.
I'eroiice in the vine, during the early part of sum-
mcr, those from the large seed appearing much
more vigorous.— The Plantar.
Good Advice.—! > thus given iu the Louisvillo
Pennant; “Cease \ our grumbling about dull times
bring in your advertisements, and if you then Imvo
U chance to complain of your business being dull,
grumble us much us you please ; bill until the pro
per means of notify ing your customers of vvhui you
huve to dispose of, have been resulted to, never ex
pect any improvement iu your business.
Horticulture, the attendant and embellisher of
agriculture, which provides so ninny puluiable and
healthful addition* to tiie substantial produce of tho
field, uud correctors of the undue stimulus and acri.
moey of much unimul food, met its all tho fostering
cure which un uucorrupled and yet educated and
refined tu»te has ever extended to it. A well cui-
tivated garden, in due alternation of vegetable, fruit
and/lower, gives us poetry without i:> illusions—
nature divested of her ruggedness, and art of its con*
stmint.—Vr. Veil.
Affecting Suicides.—Two young Choctaws ro.
ceuily returned from school in Kentucky, to their
homes on Red River, and committed suicide ; one
because lie found his relatives in extreme povi ry;
und the other becuusu liu found thu affections ot ids
father c-sftuugcd from him, his mother having d-ed
during his absence.—jV. O. B*c.
“He who assumes uirs of importance, exhibits
credentials of ignorance*”