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THE LAST*PLAGUE OF EGYPT. Exodus, xii. v. 20. 30. Yes ! brightly does the sunlight fall ! On temple, tower, and princely hall; Wild gleams afar the mighty Nile, As if each wave had learn and to smile ; And every light and stealing breeze That loves to grace the morning hours Hath dallied with the spicy trees, And kiss’d the young and rising flowers. Yet there is in Memphis now-* A cold despair on every brow ; From him who toils his life away, The victim of a tyrant's sway, To him w r ho from his gorgeous throne Looks down on Egypt as his own. All shudder as the morning sun, Reveals a woe they may not shun ; That sun in mockery resteth now On pallid lip and rigid brow— On manhood’s features, har&h and grim—* The beamless eye and pulseless limb— The cold paie lips of childhood wear The last faint smile that quiver’d there— And beauty’s raven locks are thrown O'er features fix'd as sculptur'd stone. Wild—deep and long the wail is made Above the unregarding dead— The loud lament for glory gone— The wail for Egypt's elder born! The monarch from his eye of pride Hath dash'd m scorn the tear aside, And check'd within himself the groan, When fell the heir of Egypt's throne l The princely hall—the mailed shed Have each their own devoted dead, Each hath the mourner’s thrilling cry, The mother s tear, and father s sigh. Groans Israel ’neath t e spoiler’s tread ? Rises her wail above the dead ? Not so—from bondage, chains and toil— The tyrant's jest—the heathen’#-spoil— Unharm'd by all the plagues that bow'd The spirits of the stern and proud, With cymbal tone, and minstrel lay, Her joyous thousands pass away, And brightly in their pathway rise, The grateful fires of sacrifice. ADVICE TO THE YOUNG LADIES. BV JAMES HOGG. She that giveth heart away, For the homage of a day. To a downy dimpling chin, Smile that tells the void within— Swaggering gait, and stays of steel; Saucy head and sounding heel— Gives the gill of wo and weeping ; Gives a thing not worth the keeping, Gives a trifle—gives a toy ; Sweetest viands soonest cloy. Gains ! Good lord! what doth she gain ? Years of sorrow and of pain ; Cold neglect and words unkind ; Qualms of body and of mind ; Gains the curse that leaves her never ; Gains the pang that lasts for ever. And why ? Ah ! hath not reason shown it ? Though the heart dares hardly own it; Well it traces love to be The fruit of the forbidden tree. Os woman's wo the origin ; The apple of the primal sin; The test of that angelic creature, The touchstone of her human nature; Which proved her, though of heavenly birth, Au erring meteor of the earth. And what, by Heaven’s sovereign will; Was trial once is trial still; It is the fruit that virgin’s eye Can ne er approach too cautiously ; It is the fruit that virgin’s hand Must never touch but on command Os parent, guardian, friends in common— Approved both by man and woman! Else wo to her a maid or wife, For all her days of mortal life ; The curse falls heavy on her crime, And heavier wears by length of time; And, as of future joys to rest her, Upon her race that follows after. But oh 1 if prudence and discretion Balk the forward inclination, Cpol the bosom, check the eye, And guide the hand that binds the tie— Then, then alone is love a treasure, A blessing of unbounded measure, Which every pledge of love endears : It buds with age and grows with years— As from the earth it points on high, Till its fair tendrils in the sky Blossom in joy, and ever will, And woman is an angel still. • The letter which we re-published below, is from the si me highly intelligent young gentleman to whose kindness we have been frequently indebted for those letters which we have, from time to time, laid before our readers, giving descriptions of the climate and soil of South America, and furnishing useful information with regard to the politi cal state and relations of the different na tions of that portion of the Now World, among whom he has resided for some time. The manner in which these letters are writ ten evinces, on the part of our correspon dent a spirit of observation and enquiry, which is at once honorable, and worthy of imitation: [Balt Gazette . <I U. S. Ship Vincennes, ) u Uarbour of Valparaiso , February 12,1828. $ “There is no news of moment in this quarter; nor is there any of importance a ong the coast. The late conspiracy against the Government of Lima you will, in all probability, have been informed of, before this reaches you. By letters re ceived from Peru dated 19th January, it appears the parties arrested, charged with the crime of an attempted subversion of the government, are now undergoing trial,, whether it is before a military commission, or civil judiciary, I have not understood. The temporizing measures of the govern* mem, growing perhaps out of a want of euergy, have a tendency to fostdr, rather j than to repress those iuternal commotions; a few examples of punishment, I have no doubt, would have a salutary tendency in suppressing the military spirit that is con tiLuaily disturbing the public deliberations. ‘‘The Politics of Chili appears to be more settled than any other of the repub lics on this side of the Andes, and it is to be hoped in a few years the fruits of Good Governmeut will be visible in the happiness and growing prosperity of the country In the ordinary course of human affairs there is tioifirrg tn defeat. this anticipated result. A general view of the public con* dition is highly encouraging. A modera'e public debt within the capability of the country speedily to discharge—-an econom ical administration—a military and naval apparatus organized upon a peace estab lishment—an unexplored mineral wealth iu the bowels ofner mountains—a luxuriant I il—a rapidly multiplying population, and the industry of the natives invigorating from the prospects of individual prosperity open to them by a free trade, are healthful features in the body politic and, from which is sanguinely expected a beneficial reaction upon the country at large. “The brig Geo Gardner came into har bour yesterday and has brought as passen ger Mr. Tudor, our late Consul, who, I understand, is succeeded in his consular functions by a Mr. Radclifte ofNew-York. Mr. Tudor is on his way to Rio de Jane iro and was promoted from Consul at Li ma, to Charge des Affairs near the Court of Brazil. Mr. Tudor is spoken of with much respect both by natives and resident foreigners, and as his sentiments are known to be favorable to the existing order of things in Peru, and he has taken an inter est in the welifare of the Peruvian Repub lics, his translation is reported as a matter of regret. The sphere of his duties will be greatly enlarged by his recent appoint ment, and it is to be expected at this crisis, eminently calculated to elicit a display of intellectual resource, and diplomatic man agement, his talents will sustain him in the more arduous and responsible functions he is about assuming at the Imperial Court. “A Short time a pirate was reported to be cruising on this coast, she however proves to be a Spanish privateer, armed with 16 guns and a complement of 160 men. She has made several caplines of Chilian /essels, which have been ransomed. It has created some excitment in those who have property afloat under the Chili an flag, but no depredations of any kind have been committed on neutrals. The Chilian armed brig Achilles, Commodore Woodster, we learn, is in pursuit of her. “We sail from this to-morrow for Cal lao, having arrived at this anchorage on the 7 f h inst. from Juan Fernandez and Conception—we remained at the Island three da}’, giving a free indulgence to our imagination and taste . To the one in calling to n ind the memorable history of Robinson Crusoe, the other in regaling our appetites upon a most delicate assort ment of crustaceous fish, with which the waters in the neighbourhood of the island abound, and for which they are deservedly celebrated—a spot upon the globe encir cled by so bright a halo of intellect, would perhaps justify description, but time and inclination are both unfavourable. We found two Yankees and six Otahetians on the Island ; the former have made a settle ment for the purpose of supplying whale ships with dried fish and vegetables, and poultry—fish are taken in great plenty and the astonishing fertility of the soil will doubtless reward the toils of tillage—l have no doubt but in the course of a short time, thesettlemet will attract the attention of whalers coming into this sea—as provis ions will be obtained cheap, without the danger of losing the crews of vt-sse s, by desertions, which is usually the case on their touching on the Continent. “To day is the anuiversay of the battle of Chacabtico, which immediately prece ded the independence of the country—it is kept as a festival day, in which we joined by following the salute of the batteries: The Brandywine is at present at Callao, about sailing for Panama The squadron is in good heabh and spirits. The brig Melville of Baltimore has arrived safe, and is now in the harbour. BUENOS AYRES. The editor of the Delaw tie Advertiser acknowledges the receipt of advices from his intelligent correspondent at Buenos Ayres, to the sth of April. The state of the markets aud public opinion decidedly expressed that peace between that govern ment and Brazil was not very far distant The propositions received by the Heron, British sloop of war and sent back by the same vessel to Rio, with the modification by the Buenos Ayrean government, was not exactly known, but it was expected they would be accepted. The return of the Heron was daily looked for. In the mean while, says the correspondent, “ this event has had its full effect on all mercantile ope rations. The mere rumor of a pr< bable speedy peace has caused a sudden depres sion of 50 percent, in the prices of evei y article of foreign produce in our markets. The great embarrassments into which opr merchants find themselves suddenly plugg ed. are productive of the most melancholy results. Failure follows upon failure, and the commercial distresses at presenr pre vailing, are said to be without example in this country.” It was positively stated that neither of the belligerents could retract, even if they wished to do so. That having accepted the mediation of a neutral nation, and agreed upon the basis of a treaty, they have compromised themselves: and that a peiue honorable to both parties will ensue. This idea received confirmation from a letter received by the chairman of the Liverpool Portugal and Brazil Association, to a me morial forwarded to the British Ministry. The same paper contains a long and in teresting letter from the same source,which furnishes a melancholy account of the pol itical dissentions which have distracted the Argentine Republic. The writer says “ The former province of Buenos Ay res, suppressed by a strong at and impolitic measure on the part of Mr Rivadavia, is resuscitated, and its government temporari ly charged with the foreign affairs of the nation, and the prosecution of the war with Brazil; but all the elements ol national as- sociaticn appear to be dissolved, and the epoch when anew and durable union will take place of all the provinces—when a firm snd perfect structure shall be formed of what we have been using ourselves to call the Republic of La Plata , I appre hend is removed far fioni the present mo ment. It is useless to disguise the truth, tetter as it may be to the friends of real liberty. Still it is not necessar} to enter hire into an investigation*of all the causes wliich have operated to bring about the crania which is now acting—we see, we ,e * r effects ; and a very slender ex position of facts would suffice to arrest the lf°S iess miscouceptiou abroad. Per haps there is not one among all the seve ral provinces that does not conceive the very aspiring idea of constituting itself a separate and independent State. The bel ligerent Brazilian laughs and exults at our dissensions and our disorganization. The constitution, to frame which a Congress was expressly’ convoked, and which was pro duced only after years of labor, is spurned and rejected ; and a most unaccountable spirit of diseetd prevails in all the interior provinces. This is fanned by the machin ations of a few restless and ambitious mili tary leaders, who, from time to time, break ing” up the sanctuary of internal peace, the blast of civil war is blown throughout the whole territory of the Republic. The ri val chiefs leading on the knights errant of the Federal system on the one side—on the other, the champion advocates of Uni terianism, or the consolidated form—march forth to oppose each other in the field, and stain the soil of their country with the blood of their fellow citizens.” “ A six years peace under the late pro visionary ministerial government, the oper ation of wise laws, the influence of liberal institutions, and of that spirit and emulation which must ever be productive ot social prosperity—proved not to be sufficient for the regeneration of people whose principles in theory, and habits in practice unhappi ly stand in the most direct and positive perversity. It is now only the lenient hand of time and restorative repose in a long and undisturbed peace, that can heal the body politic, and weave for them the bonds of a National Compact that shall be indissolu ble.” The Seat of War . —As it is now cer tain that war has been undertaken by Rus sia against the Turks, it may not be unin teresting to give some little detail concern ing the countries in which it will be carried on, and of the forces likely to be engaged in it. The Russian army, commanded by Count Witgenslein, is said to amount to about 150,000 men of all arms—well disci plined, well provided, and burning for the onset We find no account in our London papers of the precise situation occupied by this army; nor does the proclamation of the commander in chief, which we publish this evening, relieve our difficulty—for it is merely dated from head quarters, without stating where those are. We presume, however, that they are quartered in Port land the vicinity of the Pruth, which con stitutes the north western boundary of Moldavia. The distance from this position to Constantinople is about 500 miles. The Pruth after separating for a considerable space Moldavia from Poland, makes a turn to the south and continues a southerly course till it falls imothe Danube between Galatz and Ismael—and divides the prin cipality of Moldavia, in its length into two almost equal parts. B th Wallachia and Moldavia are without Turkish garrisons, being governed by their own Hospodars, j who are tributaries of the Porte. Walla-‘ chia is separated by the Danube from Bul garia, where properly the Turkish empire , begins and where the first Turkish forces will probably be met The Russian army will traverse the two principalities without opposition in some 15 days, which will bring them to the Danube. This river will be crossed, it isVmpposed between Hirsko va and Ruscliuck (both fortified places) which will, if the object be to proceed with all haste to Constantinople be masked—for the Russians have learned by experience not to lose time in laying seige to Turkish fortresses—and the march be pushed for ward to Shimula, the position that com mands the passer* of Mount Haemus, and where the Turkish force, amounting by computation to eighty thousand men, inde pendently of thirty thousand scattered along the fortresses on the banks of the Danube, are concentrated. Here then must be the battle The invaders, with their left rest ing on the Gulf of Varna, accessible to their fleet from Sebastopol, in the. Crimea, distant about three hundred miles—and therefore assured of supplies and succour of all sort, w ill fiybt with every advantage The Turks, with the conviction that their position is 1 lie key to the passes in the mountains, which, once carried, opens the way to ihe Capital and with the advantage | of mdmate knowledge of these passes, will, if animated by any thing like the pristine , zeal of the Mahometans, and directed by even a moderate degree of skill in the art of war be enabled to make a de fence. Ve do not believe, however, that it can avail against the superior number and discipline of the Russians. This one bat tle will probably decide the whole cam i paign. Either the Grand Seignior, on learn i ing bis defeat, will agree to terms of un ; conditional submission, or, animated by (despair, defend ins capital to the last, and either fall with his throne, or pass over in |to Asia, and thence renew the war. Our own belief is, that at the moment we are writing these remarks,the Russian standard is floating from the Seven Towers, and that : die Northern Autocrat, like another Colos sus, bestrides Europe fiom the Gulf of Fin land to the Sea of Marmora. A x . Y. American . From the Philadelphia National Gazette. BRITISH STATISTICS. According to the official accounts for the year ending sth January, 1828, of the Bri tish manufactures, those which exhibit the most decisive signs of improvement are the I: or. and Brass and Copper manufactures. Though the Cotton exhibits a considerable increase in 1828 over 1326, at the offieia rates, the declared value for 1828 is con siderably below 1826. But the branches above alluded to exhib : t an increase both at the official rate and declared value —- Thus : Brass and Copper Manufacture , Hard ware Cutlery , Iron Steely wrought and unwrought. Ye sthJan mg } 1826 1827 1828 £ 485,118 £ 571,149 £ 726,800 1,391,112 1,179,105 1,390,428 1,048,063 1,105,618 1,214,948 In the remotest districts af the Conti nent, where every other article used is ot domestic manufacture, the Hardware and Cutlery of England will be found Every carpenter is indebted to England for his tools. For the Iron Manufacture she pos sesses, indeed, particular advantages. 1 lie Shipping exhibits an apparent decrease on the 31st December 1827, as compared with the two preceding yeais ; but this re attri buted in a Note to “ the operation of the Registry Acts, 4 and 6 Geo. IV. which requited all vessels to be recognised de novo within a limited period, the consequence has been that many vessels which were supposed to be in existence were found to be no longer so. ’ The decrease, however, is oniv in England. Scotland and the Plantations exhibit a regular increase.— Thus, for instance, the tonnage of Scot land on the 31st December. 1825, was 259,537 ; on the 31st December, 1826, 290,006 ; and on the 31st December,lß27, 300,836. The Plantations for these years had, of tonnage, 214,875 214,183, and 279, 362. The tonnage of England is 1,958, 716, 2,001 295, acd 1,752,400. Scotland has now for its population more shipping than England —and from its hav ing more coast in proportion to its extent, it may be expected to grow upon England every vear. The number of seamen for England on the 31st December, 1827, was 101,039; for Scotland, 21,846 ; that is more than one-sfth,. while the proportion, according to the population, is about one sixth. The Report, by the Commissioners for the Herring Fishery, us their proceedings, for the year ending sth April, 1827, shews the extent to which the Herring aud Cod Fishery of Scotland has been carried.— The total number of persons employed in the fishery is 79,794. The isumber of fish ermen and boys is 47,371 Os this number of fishermen no fewer than 37.607 belong to Scotland. When we include the wives and children of the men, w J shall find that a verv large portion of (he inhabitants ofScot land derive their subsistence from the water. \ The navigation of Ireland exhibits a re gular increase. On the 31st December, 1325, the tonnage was 80,583,-the men 7090; on the 31st December, 1826, ton nage 90,768, men 7327; on the 3lst De cember 1827, the touuage was 96,369,aud the men 7609. We have before us a very interesting Report of “ the Liverpool East India As sneiation on the subject of the Trade with India.” It treats of the American com merce with China, thus— “On the average of the first years of the American commerce, down to the year 1800, their annual exportations of tea did not exceed 2,785,0901 b. On the average of the three first years of their renewed in tercourse with Cnina, after their last war with Great Britain, they exported 8,607, 173 lb. yearly. On {he average of the years 1824 and 1825, their exports had in creased to 13,314,4401 b. “ The exp rts of the Amtuicans from Chi..a, it will be seen by this, have increas ed in 25 years 387 per cent. Those of the East India Company, in the same time, have increased only 28 per cent —indeed, for the great part of the time, they have been stationary or retrograding. ‘ Excepting that to Great Britain and Canada, the East India Company have no trade from China to any other country whatsoever. The Americans carry on a trade from thence to the continent of Eu rope, to South America, to the Philippine, and Sandwich Islands, which to the three last countries is increasing year after year, so that the exteut of its Chinese valu ation, amounted in 1825, to £229,505. — In the year 1805, the whole imports of the Americans into China, amounted to £740, 795. In 1825 they rose to £1,620,062 and their exports being £1 823,542, made their whole Chinese trade £3,443 504. “ The export trade of the East India Company, from Europe to China, has long been stationary On the average of the six years, ending with 1820, it amounted annually, at its Chinese valuation, to £l, 491,173; their average yearly exports, fiom their Indian territories to China, amounted in the same period, also at the Chinese prices, to £368,521, making their total exports into China £‘,859,694. Ex cluding, of course, remittance of territorial revenue in merchandize,which is not trade, their exports from China may be taken at the same amount as the imports, which will make their whole Chinese commerce £3, 719,388. “ With a population of 22,700,000, and after an intercourse of 150 years’ standing, our trade is but 8 per cent, greater than that of the Americans—with less than half of our population—with not one half of our taste for the great staple of Chinese export —and with so comparatively recent a knowledge of the Chinese trade. V\ hen we go a little further into the matter however, we shall find that the profitable and effectu al trade, of the Americans is much greater than that of the East India Company. 44 The East India Company laid before the Trade Committee of the Lords, in 1820 and 1821, a statement of their Ex ports from Great Britain to China, for a period of twenty-six years, commencing with their last charter. In the first year of their statement, their exports, consisting of woolens and metals, amounted to £731 559 ; in the last year of the last charter, there was an increase upon this of 50 per cent. 44 Os the eight years of the present char ter, of which an account is exhibited, there is, with one inconsiderable exceptiou, a decrease of exports year after year ; and in the last year of the statement they are less by 15 3-4 per cent, than they were 25 years before. Upon 15 successive years, there is a heavy loss sustained ; and out of 26 years, three only exhibit a pr fit, and this a very trifling one. In the whole pe riod the loss sustained is £1,668,103.which is of course so much of the national capital wasted and destroyed.” THE LOCK OF HAIR. The course of true love never rihlrun smooth iSkakspcart. ‘ Well, take it, Henry!” SHl( j lovely girl, as she cat a tress ot hair f ro ‘* her amber locks, and which, as she tvvu/" 1 it round her ivory fingers, appeared gold contending for beauty nub alabasie r —“ But how long will thy love for her wi, once owned it continue 1 and she faj lu i snnled, as Friend* b • does when smooth ing the pillow >1 tiering, while lie,- heart whispers, it is in vain. “ Nay, nav, El len, has not that love been the orb"wh;oh has cheered my morning of life ; and you that I will forget its beams among u le difficulties winch may impede my noon day path X Ah no ! on the bright current of pleasure, and on the storm- tossed wa\ u of adversity, thou shall be the polar star u> guide me from destruction * “Be it St , Henry, and remember that death must a ( 1 rest the pulsations of faithful woman’s heart, ere it will cease to love! ’ Months rolled on, and saw Henry e s . tablished in a subordinate mercantile situa tion, exposed to the temptations of a disv,. lute metropolis, and far from the scenes consecrated by the pure feelings of a fust affection. Still Ellen was gladdened Mi llie continuance of his love, still she , uisf. ed with delight the repeated, ardent dec],, rations of his affections. Bui, alas! i 0 soon did those declarations become l ess and less frequent ; ruo soon was their tou e chilled hy estrangement ; too soon did thei total discontinuance dash into a thousaij atoms the defences erected hy hope for th e preservation of the heart’s peace of Ellen happily for her,-she knew not the cause.-! The infatuated votary of dissipation fur this phantom, Henry bad sacrificed all his virtuous principle ; at the gaming table honour, fame, fortune, all were squander! cd ; and fi iding his resources unequal to his wants, he had determined to forge a draft in his father’s name, hoping to replace the money before the act was discovered. To imitate the signature with exactness, he had recourse to one of his father’s letters • it w s the first which Henry had received on his arrival in the capital, and contained all the admonitions to virtue, all the disua sives from vice, which a parent’s heart could dictate. Though buried in the si lence of night, arid in the soliiude of his chamber, stiil the consciousness of his pur pose paralysed his hand, he falteringly opened it, but started on discovering that it hehEjhis still loved Ellen’s tress of amber hair. Tfie sight of it revived all (he recol lections oT joy and innocence connected with her image : he paused even upon the threshold of crime ; perused the admoni tions of iiis father, and vir.ue conquered But too transient, alas ! was her empire: Henry impelled by vanity, and lured by the fascinations ol a beauty, who, bound to no authority but that of passion, prepar ed o fly from a husband only too indulgent, from ch Idren whose only fault was, that their helplessness and innocence rej reach ed their mother Tiie day previous to that had arrived on w Inch Henry had resolved to separate from muocence for ever; the arrangements for his departure were com pleted, except packing the few valuables he possessed, which were contained in an antique cabinet; aud he proceeded with hurried abstraction to remove them into a small casket. One ring only, and that the most valuable, was missing ; there still re mained a small box unexamined: with a mind absorbed in the contemplation of one idea, he mechanically opened it; the ring was indeed there, but with it was the hair of that once loved one, whose image bad gradually faded from his soul, as the bright rainbow of heaven retires from the ap proach of the whirlwind and the storm.— He remained for a few moments rivetted to the spot; but in those minutes the electric spark had flown through memory, and the picture of early happiness and love appear ed glowing as the sea when it blushes a wel come to the morning. Distracted by re morse, he instantly resolved to abandon his present design, and wrote an eternal fare well to her whose love had seduced him from the path of honour. He then remem beied with agony the time which had elaps ed since he had written to Ellen ; and re solving to tell his tale of penitence in per son,he trusted the persuasions of love would obtain his pardon. On arriving at her cot tage, he tound the roses blooming as when he it, and the brightness of a summer s day diffusing loveliness and animation over na ture. Vv ith a heart vibrating between hope and fear he entered the cottage, and ‘here found all that remained of Ellen Exhausted by disease, she was reclining on a sofa pale as the snow drop, -which reared its gentle head to meet the sunbeam which it loves, is withered by the winter’s Mast, then droops and dies. After recovering the shocks which Henry s presence gave her, slttf calmly listened to ihe recital of his errors and repentance; then fixing her mild eye upon him, “Henry,” she said, “ I feel that my very hours are numbered. Believing that you had trampled on a heart which only beat for you, death has long appeared as the best gift of Heaven. How much, how dearly I have loved, my grave will tell you ! May God bless you for soothing with your presence my dying moments ! and oh! may he doubly bless you, for cheering me with the hope that we shall meet in abet ter world ; that has extracted the last thorn from my death pillow; that has’ —she clasped her hands as if in prayer—she look ed up to heaven, and expired. European Magazine, Alabama Steam boats. —According to a state* ment in the Montgomery paper, the value of steam Boats and Barges lost on the Alabama river, since the year 1621, amounts to $378,000, and other los* ses are supposed to have been sustained, sufficient to swell the amount to $400,000. Frequently f°r six months in the year, that river is not naviga ble. The New-Haven Journal ofthe 17th inst. sat 8 —“Geo. Hoadley, Esq. late President ol Eagle Bank, was committed to jaii in this city ° n Wednesday, at the instance ofthe acting A” cm* of said Bank, upon the claim, we understand, 0 $1,500,000.” *