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The growing importance of Ath ens, the state of parties in Georgia, and agitation cf certain questions having a direv® influence on southern interests; rendcl' It neces- I sarv that tlrn north western part of Georgia I should have some vigilant, faithful sentinel ■ alwavs on the watch tower, devoted to a strict , construction c«fthe true spirit ofthe constitution, the maintaiuance ofihe rights and sovereignty ; •»f the States, the retrenchment of executive ! patronage, reform, and a strict accountability i of nil public officers; moderate, yci firm and j decided in his censures, “nothing extenuate or ' setdown ought in malice,” —-to expose pronipt, iv abuses and corruption when itnil whereevr j discovered—such an one the undersigned pro- : doses to make the Whig; while it will contain I the most au.;.entic and important information . connected with our foreign and domestic rela- \ I pons, the latest commercial intelligence; ori- j tiinal articles, and selections from the mos- i gopular works of the day in the various di parti ; mrnts of Agriculture. Literature and the Arts. To Georgians the undersigned is conscious ! i l.e appeals not in vain for an increase ofputpon- | age—arid he respectfully asks the friends of; i constitutional liberty to make au effort, to ob tain subscribers. I The Southern Wing is published weekly in ! I Athens Georgia, at Three Dollars per annum ; payable in advance, Three Dollars and fifty ’; vents if not paid within six months, or Four ' , if not paid until the end of the war. ( J. W. JONES. PROSPECTUS. A T the late meeting of tlic Alumni of Frank- j A lin College, it was unanimously resolved to ] be expedient to make arrangements to issue a i Monthly Literary Magazine; to be called THE ATHEXEiN. The undersigneo were appointed by the.So- ! f iety a committee of publication and joint Edi tors of the work, until the next meeting of tue i Society. We have no interest in the work, ex- ! cept that which we take in the welfare of the-! country and honor of the State. We, of the I South, have too long depended upon foreign > parts forour Literature, and neglected our own ' talents. We sha’l be weak so long as we think ' we are weak: and dependent until wc make es- ■ forts to be independent. We hope all the friends ; of Literature m the State, and especially the • Alumni of Franklin College, will patronize the. j enterprise both by word and deed. S’ate pride ! the love of Literal ire, onr interest in the cansp of general Education, all call upon us to sustain an enterprise so necessary ‘3 our improvement; I ttsjd the honor ofthe State. A. S. CLAYTON, JAMES JACKSON, R. D. MOORE, WM. 1.. MITCHELL, C. F. McCAYt SAMUEL P. PRUSStEY, 11. HULL. ! i Tme Vimexnan shall issue monthly, on fine, i paper, stitched and covered in pamphlet form, ! 4md shall contain sixty-four pages royal octavo. I Nothing derogatory to religion, offeqgivf. fp ant .' denomination of Christians, or of ftny political ' |>artv, shall appear in the Athenian. ’ Its pages ! ♦half be honestly devoted to general Literatnjc, 'tile cause of Education-, the ReVieW of t’tw ’Works, and notices of improvements in Science, Arts and Agriculture. Price Five Dollars per tmium, payable on the delivery of the first num ber. 3..0T r rVIE undersigned has settled in Macon with A the view of practicing LAW—He will at tend the courts of the adjoining counties, ami j may be found by application at the office of ( Afesars. Poe & Nisbet for the present —His I I >Clce, not quite complete, is on the second floor i of the New Commercial Bank. In winding up my business in the nmnulgee ■ 'circuit, I have associated with me, Aligtv-itis , Kcese, Esq. of Madison. Our joint attention will be applied to that object. E. A. NISBET. Macon, January 28—39—15 t. Ihe Southern Recorder; Cljfonielc and Sentinel, and Whig, will publish the above weekly until the first, of May. months alter date; application will he 1 made to the Honorable Inferior Court of Madison county, when sitting for Ordinary pur hoses, for leave to sell the real Estate ofßobett WijJiiuns, Scn’r. late of’s'aid Cbtjxily dererised. DAWSQN WILLIAMS; Adiffr. Feb. 25,—43—1m vJlSlfex X?L Z Xbf £ ! :h "li®/ I•« Ija" •fT \na HS jx |l| liH | ill z i 'fl J Jf I<9 J j* !H !H i*h i'■ '■ 1 ' x vtl iKi *K i£3 <» isß *kl s ’Ei m I I *S 19 *H 1S <■ ina .xigfSffffiSjßFEafr, \ 1 w >G '§& in '» *stl In *!ra iH I I iwfl ‘Bi »® jH z ijgS ’S [Hl !@L . H \ \ x x 'Jlk IM ( 8 iS *B *H POETRT. From the Ciricitiati Republican. ABDJtESS TO SPUING. I BY E. A. m’IaCGHLIN. Queen of the verdent hill and flowery vale, ■ The leaf-clap forest, and the balmy gale, Where dost thou stay so long 7 Queen of the sylvan power, where jasmine j twines, When rosy morn in soft-eyed splendor shines, 1 Where is thy Pan—and hark ! where is his | song’ . Oh, ’twas not heard within this forest glade; He tunes his rural pipe beneath the shade, Where woodbine wreathes along Where branching boughs with graceful foliage bend, And plumed choirs in varied chorus blend Strains ot Wild melody, to mock his song. j Hope whispers wistfully—“no far away”— j Yet trembles, fearful of a long delay, Or e’er thy train is seen; For frowning winter shows him loth to go, And ever and anon, with sleety snow, Obscures thy favorite carpet’s teeming green. Zfaste, gentle Queen, in Eden’s pristine bloom, | Sweet harbinger of love and beauty, come, On the mild west winds borne : ’Tis time the early lark essays his wings, And from his yellow plumes the dew-drop flings, To mount the azure sky and wake the morn. ’Tis time the embryo blossom deck’d the trees With honeyed cups that tempt the humble bees Forth to the fragrant vale. Languish the humming-bird®, at early hour | To sip the dewy sweet from flower to flower, And sport thier tuneful pinions on the gale. O’er hill and dale, from morn till noon I stay. From noon till eve still wend the mazy way, The leafless trees between: No purple violet meets my searching eye, And where the moss-croivn’d rivulet murmurs by, The cowslip, fairy flower, is not seen. Nature, for shame ; is naked charming Queen; She blushes for her robe of velvet green, And tints of heavenly hue ; Then cast thy mantis round the fair forlorn, : Let vernal blossoms the trembling nymph-adorn, i And wreathe her bosom with the pearly dew. Lgk.-ltiacjul Pah the sylvan boys advance, Graces and the Hours in danse;” Queen’s bright way— | Again the halcyon days ol’joy shall be, /•oved rural walks, and rural minstrelsy, And blooming Spring reward her poet’s lay. l : Yom the Knickerbocker of March. The Clerk’s I'nrn. iN authentic talk of the SEA : IN two farts, part I. Eight bells riing iherrily out along the docks of a noble corvette, as she d ashed gracefully on her way through the long seas and sparkling waves of the Trudes, in her course towards the Virgin Islands, whither she was bound on a cruise. A bright sky and a glcriotts moon were above her; while h r white canvass, as it pose pile upon pile, and bellied to the soft, but constant breeze, looked like wreaths of un trodden snow on a mountain’s side, in the pale and mellow light. ‘ My watch On deck I’ exclaimed the mas ter’s mate of the forecastle—a tall, raw-boned Virginian; of the old school of midshipmen— as he arose, when the first warning stroke of of the bell fell on his car, from three camp stools, alutfg wliiph ho had l e.-n stretching himself: ‘it’s my watch on deck. Hand me my pea-coat, Collins, and pass a chaw o’ to. hacco; none ufyour purser’s allowance, ’idler. I must relieve the ‘old sold er’ who Ins b en on post all the dog-watch and, suiting the ! action to the word, he ejected a quid from his 1 mouth; that would havq shamed in size the largest paper of Lorillafd’s fine-cut chewing tobacco, and supplied its place with another of i < qua! dimensions. The master’s mate adjusted I carefully his peacoat, and his quid, cast a v ist ' fill eye on the pile cf hammocks which lay at the foot of the steerage-]adder, waiting to be I slung for Ute night, and, raising a foot, was ; j about to mount to the deck, when the form of j i the captajas's clerk, v. bo sa‘ quietly in a corner, ! i perusing the last page of a Fieuch novel, i I I his eye. 7 JBlkl ‘Come, Mr. Quills,’said he, ‘corrie bn I and spend an hour or two with me. You, who >' i get half as much sleep again as one of our j ground-tier berths, can easily afford the loss, ! tin's glorious night, without any very great, sa- I crificc, ’ither, By-the-by, you premised to re- Hate to me some strange a ;venture you met | ' with in a merchant-man, and I am now ready I ito listen to it. I should it 4be surprised, how- I i ever, if it contains no more serious incident j I than the capsizii g of theeoffee-pot, some m r- | j nirg, and the loss of a breakfast thereby ; for 1 i I never knew a person who had crossed the At- j | lantic in a packet.ship, but Ind seen in a watch j I a'l the f wonders oft he deep,’ the Psalmist tells I j us about—such us mountain waves;lfnd the like, i i with an agreeable mermaids,’ : watr r-spouts, at id wc poor devils, who spend ‘ ~xat sea are perfectly content iWw y. ' ' 'Ws high as ; mv old t - . a won der in its wny. Comßi-- ■ , .uv ho1v; t you’ll find me ’ Nfa, . ‘ At vour old post, under the long, j bow-ch.-.ser,’ squeaked out a sucking mid., of; some three month’s standing, from the inner | edge of the mess-table, where he was engaged j j in scrawling what he termed ‘letter’ to his mo- 1 i ther, yvhich, although but half completed, was ' | already graced with sundry and divers charts t I ofihe Black Sen, done in ink. I ‘Clap a stopper on your red rope, yoting | ster,’ retorted the first speaker, ‘pr I’ll flatten ;ia your head-sheets tor you. Uncle Sam must ! be d—lv troubled with his surplus revenue, to | waste it upon such hard bargains as you arc— ' who, though yotf nave a finger hi every one’s ; mess, muster in mtHody’s walclf. Ah! I see i you are wri ing to V.Gnr mamma : mind and tell ! her, while you think of it, that the cook of the I larboatd mess has Used for pudding-bags all j the night-caps the stowed aWav So barefidly ; in her dear boy’s trunk, to keep its head from i die cold ' am! that the nasty reefers have ’ docked the' tail cf the flannel night-gown she ' madu to keep it waim in tH : AVc.’t II udic.q to “WHERE POWERS ARE ASSUMED WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DELEGATED, A NULLIFICATION OF THE ACT IS THE RIGHTFUL REMEDY.” Jefferson. make a new suit of rigging for the captain’s monkey.’ ‘lorn inn watch,’pouted the youngster; ‘ I’m in Mr. Brace’s watch ; and mother thought it would be could here, in winter ; and ’t was | sister who put in the night-gown.’ ■ ‘ One ofher own, perhaps,’ rejoined the mate, I laughing . ‘ if so ’ I ‘I won’t allow you to talk so of my mother j and sister,’ said the middy, bristling up: ‘l’ll I demand gentlemanly satisfaction of you, Sir— I I will ’ I ‘Oh ! pray do n’tj pet : but since the wind sets so, I’m off- —only blessings on the dear old i lady’s geographical acquirements, any how. i Come, Quills.’ | ‘l’ll follow in a morrient,’ said the clerk : ■ ‘ where shall I find you 1’ ‘On the top-gallant forecastle, by the fore mast. ’ So saying, he mounted the ladder, and disappeared an deck. The clerk soon stowed away the book in his locker, and followed-the I midshipman. I The night was indeed a lovoly one. The seas were sparkling gloriously in the beams of , I a tropical moon, whose bright rays, streaming ; through the rigging and spars, chequered the deck in a thousand fantastic forms of light and shade, and glancing upward from the black and polished guns, made her iron battery appear as if cast in molten silver. The constant and I fresh breeze of the I'niaes had lulled every sail to sleep, and towered aloft against the deep blue sky, till they looked scarcely the size of a pocket-hankerehief, and heaved and struggled, like the bosom of some fair girl, as though they would burst the envious bonds that restrained their freer play. A few soft and fleecy clouds, such as are only seen in these bright regions, were chasing each other along the fields of ether, and while they had nothing threatening in their aspect, assumed a thou sand ever-varying shapes, which delighted the eye L and rendered the scene less monotonous. Ever and anon, clouds of flying fish, startled by the passing ship, would rise from the bo som of the deep, and flutter away far over the j waves, with all the gayety of land-birds. And at intervals, a dolphin might be marked, trac ing his way through the liquid element, with the speed of an arrow, by the lang rocket-like train of phosphorescent light which followed in his wake. ‘You arc sentimental to-night, Mr Tackle,’ said the clerk to the master’s mate, who had not perceived his approach, and was ’eaning against the forward-swifter ofthe fore-rigging, 1 gazing ahead, apparently wrapped in deep thought. ‘ Devilish little sentiment in me, Mr. Quills; though my subject was tasty enough, for that matter: I was thinking if that d—d monkey, j sitting out there on the spirit-sail yard, which | plaved such a cursed trick with my best jacket t’ other day, was only a roast goose, well •tufled with potatoes he and I would soon be on better terms than we are at pres nt. We had pea-soup, you know, for dinner to day, and it’s only slops at best; and though I swallowed the standing part of a gallon of it; I feel as empty now as a sailor’s purse after a week’s cruise ashore.’ ‘ Why, Tackle, in case such a metamorphose should befall the poor monkey, I mysolf-yould not object to join your mess, as I do n’t relish pea-soup, and made but a slight dinner on it. But I think f heard you give the girls at C a touch of sentiment when we lay there, fitting for sea.’ ‘ Ay. ay, one’s force 1 to that now and then. Why, they expect it, as a matter of course ; and after a cruise in the Tropics, if one could not. tell them of spicy breezes, and orange groves, they’d set him down for a green-horn. Xow, for mv part, though I spun them a yarn, as long as a rmin-top bowline, about orange groves, full oflovely nymphs, and such bolther dash, I never saw but one grove of the kind, during all my cruising in the West Indies; '] and the fair damsel it contained was none | other than a nigger wench, baking cassaba) i bread on an old rusty griddle. She, too, was j such a blasted fright, that the first luff s dog; i which I had along with me, barked himself j into a fit ofthe croup, at the mere sight ofher. 1 have always thought, however, that the little blue-eyed girl we both admired so much, was ; quizzing me; for when I found myself hove ; short, mid so tailed on a quotation, she setup I a giggle at it.’ ‘ What was it, pray 1’ ‘ Why,’ said I, ‘as the poet says of the ar lived of Columbus in the West Indies, ‘ when woods of palm. And orange groves, and fields of balm, Blew o’er the Hnytien seas.’ 1 ‘ The devil you did ! How the dunce could ; i grows and trees blow over the satts l’ j ‘So thought I, unless it might be in a bur- | j ricane. ; so I corrected myself, and said. ‘I ! mean the leaves from the trees, of course,M issj J but she smiled at that, too; and as there was j nothing else to give her but the roots, I stop. , ] pored at that, and hauhd in forth? supper la- ' ! b ’ e -’- . . I i ‘ W hen the land wind from woods of palm, ‘ And orange groves, and fields of balm, Blew o’er the Haytien seas,’ ‘ Well, well, ‘land wind,’ or ‘sea brooz" , ,’it ! you ev-.-r catch me prating sentirnennt or poe- i try to a worn >n again, slacken up all my lan- I yards in a gale of wind, and clap a rocky lee ■ shore close aboard of me. I’ve no notion of ! being laughed at every time I foul u;y b twse, ’or shiver a little in the wind. But now for the ’ ' yarn. Who has the look-out ?—ah ! I see it !:s you. Smith. Run down, my gqed fellow. i into the stce’fqge', and bring tip a couple cl'; ! camp-stools. We cun sit here, Quills, in the | I wake-ofthe fore-mast, out of sight of the <>fil ‘ ! cer of ti.e deck. Keep a bright, look-out. Smith,’ ' | said the nia'c, when the stools were brought, I > and the companions seated, • and ifyou sec the ’ | officer coming forward, let me know it.’ i 1 Ay, ay, Sir,’ was the rejoindei ; ‘l’ll keep i an eye on him, at?! a bright look-out ahead : too.’ I I ‘Now, Quills, commence your yarn.’ i ‘1 had been,’ began the clerk, Hor some ' three or four years id a counting-house, in i ; New-Aork, when, one morning, 1 was ca'le'd I ■ into my employer’s private ollice, by the senior partner of the house, and informed that they ' wetc about loading a vessel with arms and mil- j nitions of war for tin; patriots of South Aineri -1 ca ; and as the seiwice required a trustworthy ' anfl eVpci'ienceci riianager, they had concluded ; .to appoint me supercargo, in ct.se I was wil- | ling to accept the berth. I Siad ofteti listened, with the greatest attention and delight, to ro ; mantic stories of the sea, which the masters 1 and m ites in my employer’s service were in the. habit of rccoffiitmg, and bad long anxiously 1 i looked forward to the period when my lucky ! : I stars would present stieh an opportunity for ( ; ' griitifyi. g my ardent desire to see the world. ' . ! \s y.m may i nagme, I embraced the ofi'er with- ■ ATHH2VS, GEOR&SA, SATURDAY, MAY 183 T. out hesitation, and set about preparing myself for the voyage. ‘The vessel destined for the business, was a whacking brig, that had been built during the war, for a privateer, and pierced originally for eighteen guns. With great length and breadth of b am, she was remarkably sharp ; had long raking masts, and it low hull; and sailed so fast, that, to use an expression of her captain, ‘it was necessary to heave her to, now and then, to cool the rudder irons.’ In those dav’s the West Indies swarmed with pirates ; and as our cargo was valuable, we were armed with six guns, and carried a crow of eighteen men, tq meet any attack those desnerate ma rauders might nuke upon ug. Oiir destina tion was the island ot Cnracoa, where the pat riot privateers were in the habit of rendez vousing, to replenish their stores and sell their prizes. In tho course of a week, we were loaded, and had sailed. Although miserably sea-sick, for the first two or three days, I shall never forget the emotions of awe and delight wi'.h which I was filled by the tumbling, bound ] less, and lonely sea. ‘ Here,’ thought 1, ‘man is indeed free. Here are no bounds, no Avails, no enclosures, to restrain him. No lords of the soil are here, to claim territory and to exclude his neighbors—no roads, no paths, to-mark the route. No one is in the way ofanother; there is ample room an J spacs for all.’ ‘ We were running rapidly on our course, and had entered far into the latitude of the West India islands, when early One morning, the cry of ‘ Wreck, ho ! : from a man who hid been sent aloft, on the top-gallant yard, to over haul some of the steering sail gear, attracted the attention of every one, fore and aft, even to the old black cook, who issued from the gal ley, with a pan of ham and eggs in his hand, and became so absorbed in the interest of ths scene, that some of the tars, possessed of more appetite than curiosity, lightened the dish of its savory contents, and afforded us a hearty laugh at poor Cuflee’s expense, who had not per ceived the act, and expressed the most unfeign ed astonishment at the unaccountable disup- j pear nice ofthe skipper’s breakfast. ‘My interest became painfully wrought up, / as we drew nearer (he shorn hulk, which lay j helpless, and apparently tenantless,in the trough I of the sea ; for ofyll objects of desolation and. I distress, none can present a more forlorn spec- I taele to my eye, or induce so sad a train of I reflection, as a wreck at sea—unguided, and alone. She was a large ship, her masts gone j by the board, and remnants of rigging hanging ] over the side, here and there in such a care- j less manner, as seemed to indicate that no at- . tempt had been made to repair the damages j I done her. The bulwark planking was torn off. in several places from the staunchions ; and ' ! her stern-boat, staved, hung from the davitts I by but one fall. “ The pirates have been here at tfrork, and be d—d to ’em,’ said the captain, who had ! been for some minutes intently reconnoitering ' her. ‘Man the boat,’ he added,turning to the i chief male ; ‘perhaps soma poor fellow still survives on board. I have known men to cs- | cape, by concealing themselves until the incar- ■ nate devils had left their prey.’ ‘’Fhe jolly boat was instantly lowered, and ? I, with the chief mate, jumped into her, while the brig was hove io, a little to windward. In a few moments we were alongside the ship, and by the aid ofthe remnants of rigging, clam bered easily u ’on deck, which was hardly reached, when a dog rushed out of the hurri cane-house, with a fierce bark at first, and then with a piteous whine, came cringing and wag ging his tail, up to me. But oh, Tackle! ] what a dreadful spectacle that deck presented ! ; Gouts and dried puddles of blood almost cov- [ erad it, and lay 1’ s'ering and putrefying in the | sun and wind, sending forth a most intolerable ! odor. A death-like chill came over me. as I ; gazed around with horror; and I thought, the I j very fountains of life would have curdled within | me, as my mind glanced hastily at the rctros- ; I pcct. Pieces of human flesh, and hair matted ! i i gore, were sticking to many places; and . j fragments of torn garments; some of them fe- i [ male, fluttered here and there. The hatches ' ' were all off, while broken boxes, torn and | | opened letters, and pieces of rich goods, thick- ! I Iv scattered around, certified, that the vessel ; j had been thoroughly ransacked, and plundered ! i of every thing valuable. ‘ As tht dog, by his motions,seemed to beck- ! on us toward the hurricane-house, we entered together, while some of the boat’s crew les- i cended into the hold, to see if’ any. one was j concealed there. As I steppedin,! perceived j j a man seated in a chair, with his face partial- j | ly turned from me, k aumg over a cot which | j swung from the beatns over head, and which | 1 appeared to contain a human form. Before ; j .idvaneiug farther in, I called to him, but re- ■ i ceived i;o answer: I called again, yet louder; j I still no reply, nor was any motion of any kind I ! elicited. I'liinking that he might bn dead, al- i I though his position did not warrant the con- | ! elusion, I advanced to the opposite side of the j I cot, and faced him. As I approached, he rnis- ) | ed his head, and gr.zmg wildly in my face, I 1 cried: ‘‘Ay! ay 1 murder me now,-and I willthaak i you for (he blow >’ ‘ ‘ I come not to n;nribr, but to save you. my 1 I friend,’ said I ; ‘but who have you here?’ I ‘ I glanced my eye toward the figure on the j cot. It was the form of a fair and exceeding- I ly delicate girl, apparently scarce out of her I tears; but the eyes were scaled in death, and ! , gleamed from the unclosed lids with a glazed ! , and waxy glare, The face was not strikingly I . handsome, for tli& lukfer lip pouted, am! would ( j haVe given a cross expression to the comite- ; ( nance, had net the d feet been redeemed by a ; milder turn rn the test ofthe features, which , wore that earnest, undent ing look, which alone ■ j renders some women attractive. Her chesnut j i tresses were tangled about her face, and fell in j 'i loose ringlets over her snowy shoulders and ! j bosom, and stains of blood were on the pillow, j . She .seemed wasted, like one far gone in the : | consumption ; and when 1 became cooler, ami < I my senses more acute, I perceived that ‘de-! j cay’s effacing tinge’s’ were already nt work ! ■ upon her. j ! “My friend,’ sniff I, nffffressing her corn-| panion, who haff assumed his former besotted ■ j expression, ‘ who are you ?—-wfiat ship is this ? ! 1 -—ana how catrc you in thissad plight?’ ‘To these qiiestio is he made no reply, but I buried his face in his hands, and groaned ! deeply. “Gome, come/ said trie mate—who, though a rough, was a kind-hearted man—laying a hand on his shoulder, ‘troubles that can’t be cured must ba endured ; rind \yo who go to sea, God knows, have oi:r share of’em. Ourskip i pef has got seme prime, old New-Euglaiid I aboard; ’twill raise yotir spirits. You shall i have some cf it.’ i ‘The mate’s rough attempt at consolation! j failed in i‘s effect. lijnevir; and I thereupon ‘ jroposed calling some of the crew into the ca bin, to sew up the deceased in her cot, and bu ry her, before removing the survivor to our brig. The mate called two of the sailors, and set them at work to lash her up. So soon as they commenced, the stranger threw himself upon the body, and with tears streaming down his wan cheeks, cried out, in a voice of agony: “Oh don’t, take her away from me !—do n’t hurt her ! —she can he of no use to you now— she’s dead ! —her patents are dead I—she1 —she said she’d be mine!’ And then suddenly raising himself, he added, with' a furious look : “Hands off’, villain !’and aimed a blow at the mate, which weak as lie was, would inevitably have felled him to the deck, had not one of the sai lors observed the intention, and arrested his arm in time to avert the strake. “ Take him out,’said the mate; ‘there is no use in keeping him here any longer. The man’s mad.’ “No, no !do n’t take me out 1 I will not go hence ! Dearest Ann stop ’’ he said, pass- ing his hand across his forehead, and seeming to collect his faculties; ‘let me give her but one kiss, and then take me where you will.’ ‘ He approached the corpse, bent down, and impressed one long impassioned kiss on the shrivelled lips, and turning wildly around, left the cabin, •The preparations were soon completed; and having taken the precaution to cut off a lock* ofher hair, wb were about passing her out of the cabin, to launch heroverboard, when one of the sailors suggested that it might be as well to leave her where she was, and to set the hull on fire ; for some vessel might be injured, or sunk, by running into her in the night, and she could not be got into port without the great est trouble; while, it the corpse were threwn into the sea, the sharks would get it before ten minutes had elapsed. •The advice appeared judicious; and after hailing the brig, to obtain the captain’s per mission, we hastily collected a few articles, and having fired the hulk in two or three places, I returned on board with the dog, and the unfor j tunate survivor, who allowed himself to be / placed in the boat without -saying a word, or | making the slightest resistance, Heavy co | lumns of smoke rising, for the greater part of [ i he day, far astern of us, indicated the position ofthe burning ship; and painfully sad and I acute were my feelings, when my mind revert ! ed to the deserted girl, and her gleaming,ocean- I rocked funeral pile; ) ‘ The remainder of our voyage was prospe- I rous, and marked by the occurrence of no new . adventure. The captain, mate, and myself j endeavored, by all the means in our power, ! and by every show of kindness, to restore the ! spirits of our new passenger : and we were at I fast successful enough to remove in a great de i gree the abstraction of mind in which he was at first wrapped ; though a deep melancholy ! still hung over him, which all our efforts were fin vai.i exerted to dispel. He spoke but sei ! dem, and then only in reply to questions put j to him by one or other of us ; and as he never | adverted to his former history, delicacy for j bade our hinting at the subject, although our ' curiosity was wound up to the highest pitch. ' ‘We were delayed for some weeks in Cu- racon, in disposing of our cargo, and obtaining a new one, during which time, by unremitted attention and constant association, I had in a great measure won the stranger’s confidence. As he became more communicative, he dis played in mind and manners all the polish of the gentleman. We were again at sea, and nearly in the same place where a few weeks ; before we haff fallen in with the plundered ship, i when the sti anger suddenly broke the thread ; of some desultory discourse which he had been ! maintaining with me, as we sat together on ! the sky-light, by remarking: f “It was hereabout, my kind friend, that we ‘ first met. Here you found me in an awful situation indeedand his brow darkened as i he spoko ; ‘ you saved my life, too ; but I now ■ set so little value upon it, that I know not ; whether to thank you er not for the deed.’ j “I deserve not your thanks,’ said I, ‘for I : risked nothing in your behalf.’ i “That may be true,’ he interposed, ‘that may be true; but few however, Mould have ; borne with my wayward humors, and exerted ! themselves to restore me to myself, as you hiivo ) done, and 1 only regret that it does not lie in !my power to make you a suitable return.’ ‘I have observed,’ he continued, ‘ your curiosity I to li’urn my siflventures, and would have grati j tied it long since, but my mind shrank from ( I the mere contemplation ; and I felt how hard j a task it would prove to relate them.’ ( | “In case you had done it,’ said I, ‘ you should j j at any rate, have had my sympathies in your ; misfortunes, and such consolation as I was ! ! able Io offer.’ , “Some minds,’ lie replied, ‘ derive more : plerstlre from the play oftheirowu sympathies, ’ th tn (rem those of their friends, which are apt i to be mingled with too great a spice of idle curi i osit; ; and perhaps such is the case with my ' own. You shall hear my misfortunes, how | ever, and then you will be better qfile to judge, ! whether, as they arose in part from ffiy own 1 indiscretions, they do or do not merit vour ' I •jvmpathy.’ i’ ’ , from the INew York Herald. j TC A BACMIJEtOB-.-B'l’ MISS A. V. Qb, why will yon say, In the eye there's a ray That is charming, bewitching, divine 1 Ami yet will disown That your heart is but stone, Ami you seek not for bliss but m wine ’ You’ll say there’s a smile That the heart can beguile, I And that Cupids are sweetly there playing; And still you will swear, That ’tis harder topair, Than be left on the friendless earth straying. You say that eve heat A voice from a tear, j Speaking softly ami sweet from the heart:} That there is in a kiss ( Such an exquisite bliss, That it’s wrong the lipi ever should part. ■ Yet older arid older, I And never the bolder, | You’ll live on—poor es! Despised by the pretty, The young, gay, and witty, A torment to all but yourself. Go on, old creature, Since it ne’er will be better, Yet beware lest, yoilr mind never alter; For I fear I would prove You so despera'e in love, That you’d die in a pond or a halter. VISIT OF BARON GEORGE VON MAL- I ITZ TO MEH EMET ALL At six o’clock on the morning appointed for i my presentation to the Pacha, I mounted my horse, and rode to the Seraglio, accompanied by the Prussian Consul. After we had ascen ded the marble staircase of the palace, (upon which 1 may mention, by the way, fruits and other refreshments are offered for sale,) we en tered a spacious saloon, lighted by several windows, and containing a number of divans. In this apartment there were several officers of the palace, some sitting cross-legged, some on the floor, others on the cushions, some smo king, others sleeping; they Wore different kinds of dresses, and were almost all (proba bly on account of the great heat) without stock ings. We passed through this saloon, nd one of the persons in it taking the slightest notice of us, and we entered a second chamber. Here a similar scene presented itself, with the exception that there were posted here and there a few sentinels, who ushered us to the entrance of the grand audience chamber. The apartment was of imposing size, and well proportioned. The decorations, painting and guilding, were unique, and quite in the Oriental ftiste. The windows, which were numerous, commanded a view of the fleet in the harbor; they admitted the cool sea breeze, and afforded an almost dazzling light. In the middle of the audience chamber was suspended a splendid chandelier, a present to the Pacha from the King of the French. Along one side cf the chamber was placed a green silk divan, on which was seated a little stout and elderly man, attired in a black Turk ish dress. This was the Pacha. Mehemet Ali. His white beard hung down to his girdle, and his countenance was of a cheerful, good-hu mored bon vivant: yet his keen expressive eye denoted the energetic mind which animated his vulgar, I may almost say, mean looking, ex terior. He was surrounded by officers and slaves, who, standing, awaited his commands. They all had stockings, for Oriental etiquette forbids the wearing of shoes in the presence of princes. Within this circle we, a-'compa nied by oiir interpreter, unceremoniously ad vanced. We were desired by the Pacha to sit down, and, as a foreigner, I had the place of honor next to his Highness assigned to me. The attendants retired, leaving only the inter preter and some black slaves, wh° were inces santly engaged in fanning off the Sys. The Pacha opened the conversation by a welcome, accompanied by a motion of his hand. The interpreter stood with his arms across, and translated the Turkish spoken bv the Pacha into French, and vice versa. The ! constant practice and readiness of the inter- ! prefer completely removed the difficulties of I this mode of conversation, and the dialogue j was scarcely at all interrupted. As tq set ' phrases of etiquette, titles, &c . they were of course dispensed with ; but being aware that Mehemet Ali loved the incense of flattery, I gave him a plentiful sprinkling of it. The Pa cha is very partial to ths French, and he feels the greatest pleasure in conversing with them. But in his conversation with foreigners he does not confine himself to inquiries; he readily enters into explanations, which at once indi cate the correctness of his judgment and the soundness of his views, and prove him to be a man of extraordinary intelligence and infor mation. His favorite topics of conversation are his own army and navy ; the satisfaction he derives from answering questions on these subjects is evinced by the expression which lights up his countenance. Trusting to a tolerably good memory, I will endeavor to repeat, as far at least as regaids the principal features, the conversation I had with Mehemet Ali. As soon as we were seat ed, the Pacha began the discourse, as 1 have already stated, with a greeting, or welcome, which was followed by the question "How do you do?” r answered, “Quite well;” adding, that Ij found the Egiptian climate agreed very well I with my health. “But it is very cc-ld In your country,” ob served the Pacha, “In summer,” I replied, “we have sometimes Egyptian heat; in winter, on the contrary, we have so much show, that whole kouees are im bedded >’n it.” “You wish to go to Uppnr Egypt. I ad- ( vise you not to do so; the heat and the Cham zin are so oppressive. You hud better stay in . Cv.iros There you will become better ac ! quainted with Egypt than here.” I “I have already, during my short stay in | Alexandria, seen many wonders; and since I i enjoy the honor of seeing and personally ad- I miring the creator of all those wonders, 1 think I should prefer staying here.” “No! forthat very reason you must go to Cairo. You must judge me by my works, and I chiefly by rny works, ai;d chiefly by my works ! of peace. All that you see here has cost ine ; a large outlay of money. What you will see j at Cairo, on the contrary,yields me a large re- j venue. I enjoy but little rest, A Pacha must : not devote much tune to sleep.” Here he , smi'ed With an air of self-satisfaction. “A Pacha, like your Highness, who has > such guards as those, may rest securely.” As i I said this I pointed to the fleet which lav be- i neath the window at which we were aeuted. ■ The Pacha smiled again. A beautiful pipe, set with diamonds, was now brought and pre sented to the Pacha ; coffee merely was hand ed to me and the others present. “Your Highness,” resumed I, “has the largest mcn-of-war in the world.” “ Yes. but the worst sailors. France and England possess an extensive mercantile navy, which serves as a school for their fleets. Egypt has not one merchant ship, because the Arabs only cruise along the coast, and do not venture on the high seas. The Arabs are pol- | troons. (The Pacha, in token of contempt. ! shut his eyes and breathed forcibly, in a man ner somewhat approximating to a whistle.) I I owe every thing to (he Franks.” ; When the dragoman had finished his transla tion of these last words, Mehemet Ali, as if he wished to speak directly with me, repeated ve. ry emphatically “Out, oui, les Francs! les! Francs!” “ Tile arsenal,” observed I, “ ;>nd the fleet, which I have inspected in detail, interested me in the highest degree.” , “Bravo! bravo! But I have been unable, !as yet, to < ast naval guns ; though I have in I Cairo three manufactories of arms, which supply me 200 muskets daily. They are not bad; but certainly not so good as yours. You! are in the military service of the King of Trus- i sia. I n wkat corps ?” “The Uhlans.” | “ Masbalhih I (a favorite exclamation ofthe Pacha,) I also have a corps of Uhlans.” i The Pacha here entered into some particn-“ iars concerning his army; and it appeared to, < me that there wae some degree of boasting in ! ■ Vol. V—So. I. • j what he had said on the as well as hid manufactories of muskets. He had the high est opinion ot the Prussian army, about which ■ he made very mi nite inquiries ; fio; iUs &uuw ’ ledge of it was very imperfect. He inform, ed nee; with much self-satisfaction, that he had raised a regiment nt Balbac, near Damascus. “As you wish to go to Syria,” continued he, “ I will give you a firman. Some distur bances have broken out there ; but I have sent 2,00(5 men thither, and Ibrahim Pabha soon quell them,” He smiled complacently, and tiirned to a Bey, who at that moment entered. The Bey returned his smile. A letter was brought in— the Pacha ordered P to be read to him, and he listened to its contents with intense interest; His eyes sparkled, and he moVed his lips like one speaking to himself. The movement of his head seemed to indicate that he did not hear distinctly, though his sense of hearing is peculiarly acute.) He afterwards turned to me, and said “I am writing the history of my life, but it will not contain much about milita ry. I intend to describe, minutely, all the plans I have put into practice for the phttho. tion of trade and manufactures. I shall finish it in about two months.” “Your Highness’s life certainly affords the most interesting materials for writing about.” “My materials are here,” (pointing to his forehead.) ( “Your Highness is a living book.” “Yes,” said the Pacha, smiling, “hut I wish it were less bulky.” Here there was a short pause; and tha H a consul, who sat upon the divan With us, took the opportunity to mention that he had recently been appointed Consul General. Mehemet. Ali made no reply to this observation, and continuing to address me, said— “l was lately nominated a member of a learned society in Europe.” The H 1 Consul, “of Frankfott-oH-the- Maine.—Your Highness, I, too, have the hon or to be a member of that society. His Ma jesty the Kiug appointed me.” The Pacha, (again addressing me.) “Has the King of Prussia any cannon foundries in his dominions?” I replied, (as a cotinterpoise th the story of the two hundred muskets,) “There are about two hundred cannon cast annually in the coun try itself, but Prussia has one million besides.” The Pacha “Masallahi Gu is afe the most important objects in a state, if they be employ, ed only for the purpose of maintaining peace, and shooting rebels. A country without can. non is worse than a Country without ploughs. The trade of Egypt is at present very flourish- I 1 3 8-’’ i “That-makes the people happy,” replied I. I (I was, nevertheless, fully convinced ofthe un | truth of these two last remarks of his highness.) ] Ihe K n Consul. “The trade of his flourished, particularly since the glorious conquest of Syria. His Majesty has Lou pleased to” The Pacha, (turning to me.) “When you travel in Syria yoi must wear a sword, forth® peop’e are very disorderly; but Ibrah.un pacha will soon put all things to rights.” The H n Consul, (smilieg, by w:>y of complaisance.) ‘ Your Highness has shown that you knew how to act with energy. Hia Majesty the King has been pleased” - r. The Puctia, (tome.) “I am glad to hava miid your acquaintance, and, if you retnaiti longer in Alexari Iria, I hopo I shall «a e yod again.” Having s.iid this, ha took tip a latter which was lying near him, and b g m to read, and wd withdrew, making a profound obeisance. In the ante-chamber the H n Consul at length divested himself of his weighty diplomatic burden, and, after wa had strode over a num. ber of slippers, many of them none ofthe clean, est, with which the floor was covereid, wa reached, not without difficulty, the great mar ble staircase, at the foot of which we found ( our horses. 1 say, not wuhbut difficulty, for an army ot idle attendants and palace officers performed the part ol mendicant® with such a furious earnestness for the usual Oriental bakshish, or drink-money, that we bad no slight labor in forcing our way through the compact multitude. We had scarcely satisfied their rapacity by a considerable present, when the external palace guard surrounded us, and ! made a similar demand. We now lost all pa tience, and, amidst cries of “hetnshi kelb!” (come back, you dog,) we sot off at full gallop, and escaped these inendicant warriors. The impression which Mehemit Ali produ ces on foreigners had bv no means any thing in common wt‘,h that feeing which the pres once of a European monarch excites., We expect a proud and imperious Oriental, and find, at least in appearance, a kind, friendly, old gentleman, of mild and cardial aspect. But j the expression of his eve betrays what Me. f hemet Ali. perhaps, would very willingly con. [ ceal—an impenetrable character, and e igma i lie depth of soul, in which time, M-hicfi cou.'fi ! not destroy the passions, has petrified them. ! JlTen in the Moon.— lt appears from the. oh ( snrvatious of Professor Gi uithniisen, of Miu | nich, that there are nniny plain indications < f I inhabitants in the moon. That the latitude in. i dicati g vegetation on the surface of that planet, ! extends to fifty-five deg. south, and sixty-five deg. north; many hundred observations show, in the different colors and monthly changes, three kinds of phenomena M-hich Cannot possi bly be explained, except by the process of veg. etation. It should seem, also, from lhetSO ob servations, that indications of living lieinga il inferred, from fifty degrees of north latitude, to thirty-seVen and perhaps forty-seven, south latitude. The places on the moon’s surfacd are also pointed out in M'hich are appearances ot artificial causes altering the surface. The author examines the appearances that induce him to infer that there are artificial roads in va rious directions ; ami he describes a colossal edifice, resembling our cities, on the moMfef. tile part near ,he moon’s equator, standing «c. curately according to (he four cardinal points. The main cities are in angles of forty-five de grees aud ninety degrees. A building resem bling what is called a tar-redoubt, the professor presumes to be dedicated to religious purposes, aud as they can see no stars in the day time, (their atmosphere being so pure) he thinks that they worship the stars.and consider the eartli as a. natural clock. His essay is accompanied by plates.— jPoufson’l Afficr. Daily Advertiser* LrgAfntng—iVas looked upon as sacred both by the Greeks and Romans, and was,Supposed to be sent to execute vengeance on the earth, hence persons killed with lightning,, being thought hateful to the gods, Were Wried apart by th<j|Dselves, lest the ashes of other men should receive pol.’ption fr>m them. All pin eqs struck with lightning were carcfullv ed and fenced round, from an opinion that Jupiter had cither t .ken offeuco at them; (iud