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POETRY.
OLD ARE AVDYIIITII,
BY T. HAYNES BAYLY.
Old Age sits bent on Lis iron-grey steed ;
Youth rides erect on his courser clack ;
And little he thinks in his reckless speed
Old Age comes on in the very sa.i.e track.
And on youth goes, with his cheek like the
ruse,
And his radiant eyes and his raven hair
And bis laugh betrays bow little he knows
' Os Age, aud his sure companion Care.
The courser black is put to his speed,
And Age plods on in a quieter way.
And little YoUth thinks that the iron-grey
steed
Approaches him nearer every day I
Though one seems strong as the forest tree,
Ttte other infirm, and wanting breath ;
If ever \outh baffles Odd Age, ’twd be
, By rushi.ig into the arms ot Death !
On his eourser black, away Youth goes,
Though - prosing Acs may rest at boms,
’ He'll laugh and quaff, for well he knows
That years must pass ere Age can come.
t And since too brief are the daylight hours
For those who would laugh their lives away ;
With beaming lamps, aud mimic flowers,
He’ll teach the night to mock the day !
Again he’ll laugh, again he’ll feast,
s His lagging foe he’ll still deride,
Until—wnen he expects him least—
Old Age and he stand side by side ! .
i He then looks into his toilet glass,
And sees Old Age reflected there !
He cries “Alas ! how quickly pass
Bright eyes, and bloom, and raven hair 1”
j The lord of the courser black must ride
, I On the iron-grey steed, s date and slew 1
i . Atid thus to him, who his power defied,
' I OU Age must come like a conquering foe.
H
i Had the prosing sage not preach’d hi vain,
Had Youth not written his words on sand,
Had he early paused, and given the rein
Os ius courser black to a steadier band ;
I Oh I just as gay might uis days have been.
Though mirth with graver thoughts might
, blend ;
And when at his side Old Age was seen,
' etU bail'd as * timely friend.
From the Knickerbocker of April.
The Clerk’s Yarn.
AN AUTHENTIC TALE OF THE SEA ! IN TWO PARTS.
PART 11,
I (concluded.)
“ I was born,’ saiu tho unhapppy ma
whom we had taken from the wreck, ‘ in a
small village, on the backs of the noble Hud
so i, and being a io -ly child, received from i
I I fancy n ore indulgence tha t would olherwis;
' have fallen to my lot. My p rents were i
middlingcircunistanc. so ly. but well educated,
and geeuteel, and enabled, in a , lace wh-n
none Were rich, a d all the necessaries of li,,
1 were cheap and abundant, to maintain aver
’ respectable establishment. I grew up unffi >
’ my mother’s eye, a wild, reckless, aud spoilei
f child. I was iond of books, notwithstanding,
aud b tug a youth ot some genius, advanced
rapidly in my studies, with but little exertion ;
I and it often astonished my teacher, that ore
1 w hose time appeared wholly devoted to mis
1 chief and play, should maintain the head ofhn
cluss, despite the exertions for superiority <>
the part of his more ploddi. g and studiou.-.
though less talented associates. As I <nev
up, u .checked by my parents, my passion foi
mischief increased, and lhe sober villagers,
who wt re frequent sufferers from my-prai.ks,
' remarked, with a prophetic shrug, that young
j De Vea ;x would certai Jy come to the gal
i lows at last, in caSo the state prison did not
I preve.t the sad catastrophe. Mv heart was
j not naturally a bad oue, and my faults arose
j rather from the too great license yielded them
, by over-indulgent parents, than from any innate
i disposition to crime. Constant intercourse
I with a couple of medical students, whom our
j villzge pniclitiober was educating, gave me a
I taste tor that calling ; and when uro'cd bv mv
i father to embrace the of oueofthe lear.:
j e.i professions, I s-lect. d that of medicine, be
' i g not a little i .dined then to by the idle life
j tny associates appeared to lead, and the pros-
I pect of passing a winter in the city pf New
i York. 1 had boon upward of two years a stn
dent, and had already drank deeply from the
cup of sensual pleasure, while atteudii.T a vvin
tn’s course of lectures in the city; and h.d
r. tur ed home deeply skilled in vice and dis
sip. tion, when a chai ge suddenly came over
tny spirit, and a total alteratiun was W ought
in my habits and morals.
“The father of the girl w hom you saw on
boaid the ship, a wealthy merchant in the city,
was unexpectedly much reduced in circuni.
stand s by the villany of a pretended friend,
for whom he had largely endorsed; and b
j cutm g disgust, fl M ith the and won d. d
: <ieep > by the p, rfi.ly ,i whom hi had
n,Ost a id who owed
ad h poss 'J ; M() a; , (1 C( ;(11
teuaiice. he Jt< g-.> ■< .‘rom business,
e.Hh the wreck M ..1 tn s ntle
ium>eh in oui q.«X ' neighbor,
hood <>f my fuher, been bi a school,
m ite in youth. His • writer, like tnyself an
O' ly child, Wusih.- agent in iff cting this re
form; and from the first mon’ei t wcni.t 1
feltmysi Isa d.fi’ rent being. To mild and ge’u
de manners,a sprightly and amiable disposition,
which had been highly improved by the tuition
of r judicious mother, she added the iashioifa
ifle accomplishments ofthe day ; and although i
surpassing all our village belies i.i loveliness,
she seem* (I wholly unconscious of her superi
ority. The affectionate regard she entertained
for her parents, and her heavenly smile, first
won my attention ; »nd day alter day the si -lit
of hi r added fue.’ to the flame she bud so un
co sciouslv kindled in my bosom. 1 perceiv
ed. soon aft-r our first acquaintance, that mv
cm.stunt visits Were any thing but agreeable to
her parents, w ho had received the most exag
gerated picture of my follies sitd vices from
the neighbors, by whom I was looked upon as
a perfect outlaw. From the intimacy existing
between the two families, however, fhev were
i forced to tolerate my presence ; and although
!my advances were met with timidity on the I
“WHERE POWERS ARE ASSUMED WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DELEGATED, A NULLIFICATION OF THE ACT 13 THE RIGHTFUL REMEDY. Jejj ersOH.
part of the young lady, it was not long before
1 flattered myself that 1 could disc ver stroi g
proofs of reciprocity of feeh.-g in her disturb
ed and anxiousglm.ces. Matters co tinued i:
this state for sotn time—u eertaii ly as to tin
lady’s attachment, and want of opportunity,
preventing me from declaring my passi>>
when riiy father suddenly died, irnn a strok
of apoplexy, and my m >ther, who had 10. g
been in delicate heal h, quickly follow ed him h.
the grave, having never recovered the shock
she icceived at his loss.
••The merchant no longer thought it Worth
his while to keep up ci.y show of terms ; but
plainly tola me. th.it he could nst admit a per
son of my character into his house; a d thiit
it was only from the respect he had borne my
I parents, that he had fetrai .ed from excludi. »
me,hitherto. Burning with shame and indig
Datio , I 1.-ft the bouse, dete. mined no long-r
to remain in a place so full ot gloomy associa
tio s, bui to sell tny property, at.d to depart fir
the citv as soon as possible. I was led, fur
thermore, to this conclusion, by the circum
stance that there W'as then a young merchant,
of some fortune, and a cousin of the dear girl
who was imw but a part of myself, passing a
few weeks at her father’s with the obvious in
tent, seconded by her parents, of demanding
her hand in marriage. I left thr village soo
after, with a heart torn W-ith a; guish, and with
many a sigh for a loss which nothing could re
pay. She is gone now*,’continued the unhap
py man, with a groan, ‘and i possess not lh<-
slightest memento to recall her image.’
“Oh, by the by,’ said 1, ‘ I cut off a lock of
her hair, and have it still wiih tne* I thought
that at some future day you might be glad to
receive such a treasure.’
‘ ‘ God bless you !’ he cried— ‘ give it to rhs!’
And as I drew it from my purse, and handed
it to hjm, he grasped it convulsively, and
pressed tt again a d again to Ins lips, while n
tear ghsteoeu in his eye, and his bosom heaved
as it u would have bsrst. A silence of a few
minutes ensued.
“To co ti .ue my narrative,*said he, again
addressing me. ‘ 1 soon arrived in New -York,
and Sought out my old haunts aud c<nnpa>.io s.
Here i pnmged no idlo ig mto .he wildcat scenes
of dissipation ; and in the midnight revel and
at the gaming.tab.e, endeavored to efface all
remembrance of the past, and to forget tin
gentle b. i. g who hud enchanted my hean.
lu th.s wild course of lite, my money soon
melted away, and b fore six months had pass
ed, 1 was pe. niless. lu vain I sought am
from those who had feasted ut my expeuse, am',
who had made me a thousand protestations oi
.rieudship. Every purse was closed, and i
myself was shunned as one whose touch was
contamination. Hungry and weary. 1 one dny
strolled down to the wharf, and w hile listless
iy gazi.ig at a brig then about to sail, 1 hean.
uer captain regretting the loss of one of hi.-
crew, who hud met with an accident, and
whom he would be forced to leave behind,
w hile he bad not time to procure another to
fill the vacancy.
•‘ i ’ll go w ith you,’ said I, starting forward.
‘•Jump aboard, th m my man,’ cried he.
mistaking me for a sailor, as I w ore a jxcktt.
in the place oi tny coat, which I had pawned,
two day’s before, for food,
. “We sailed immediately, and were sooi
clear of the Hook, on otir way to Havana,
whither the brig was b »tmd. The captain,
quickly discovering that 1 was a perfect novice
sea, would have sent me back in the pile.
:oat, hud he not been short-handed, and h >ught
uy presence necessary to work the ship. Ac
t was, he treated me most brut diy daring the
passage, and 1 was too i experienced in nauti
cal discipline nut to rese. t it as fur as 1 dared.
Finding tny obstinacy but little inferior to hi.-
• wo, and looki. g on me as a desperado, o:
mr arrival in port he permitted me tc leave
the vessel. Wi’.h feelings of utter loneliness,
i wandered about, until night had closed ar<>u d
ue, when* on turning the corner of a street
that led from the square, I saw a perso • rais
i.iga poiriard, and about lo plunge it into the
nek of a tall man who had stooped, iinmedi
atvly in front of him, to raise sum thing from
he earth. I darted forward as quick as light
■ling, and dashed the weapon from his ha. d.
while the other, hearing the noise, and tur. i g
in time to observe what hud passed, struck the
assassin a furious blow with a sheathed sword
which he carried in his hand, and laid him
breathless on the pavement, muttering ut the
same time some wordsihrough his teeth, which
I took for Spanish curses. He next adaress
ed me in tho same language, but findi gmy
•replies were made in English, drawled wut,
w ith a twang that savored strongly of Cape |
Cod:
“You’ve done me a friendly turn, yom g i
man. and I thank you for it. ‘D—l> that lub
berly scoundrel! —he promised me as much;
but I thought him too great v cow ard to at
tempt it. I’ve settled hi, hash though, and it
won’t cost much hereafter for 71-s messing.’
“While he was ruuni g on in this style, 1
had an opportunity of observing his person
more closely. He was full six ffi tin height,
with great breadth and d< pih of chi st, and long
sinewy arms, that look' d dispropoitinned to
his legs, w hich were rather small, than other
wise. His face was almost hid by a redun
dancy of whisker and moustache, and his su. k
eueyes glared out like meteors from beneath
a pair of dark ami heavy brows. ‘But vho
are you? and which way are you goig ?’said
he, lookii g »ne fill! in the face, w hen he had
finished his malediction. I frankly explained
my desperate circ-.instances ; and when my |
narrative, to which he had listened attentively, I
w. <t co' chid. d. he said :
“ 1 can serve you. You are just the man I
want. You say you have sluJii d meuici >u.
.Vly Ci uft L.cks a doctor. I comma dasclioom
er, which you may have Been lyi g off the
market-wharf, just under the Muro Castle.
Will you g<> with me?’
‘‘li what trade are yon ?’ i iquired I.
“Why,’ said he, hi sdatiug a timmoi t, ‘ may |
be I’m a smuggler; may be a slaver.’
“ Be it either,’ I added, ‘I w ill go with you. I
‘ Necessity has no law ; and if I remain here, |
I shall i tarve.’
I “Comealong then,’ said he; ‘if we stay I
along side this d—d carrion tnweh longer, th-;
guard w ill catch Us, and clap us i i limbo.’
•Staring off ata rapid puce, we quickly |
approached the waterside. Drawing a boat
swain’s call from his bosom, he blew a long,
low note, w hen a small boat, pulkd by one tnan,
iy obedience to the signal, shot from the
schooner, and ran alongside the w harf.
‘ ‘ Is all ready, Diego 7’ interrogated my com
panion ofthe boatman.
“ Ay, ay, Sir,’ was lhe reply.
“ Jump in, then, shipmate,’ said he to tne;
and stepping in together, we were quickly on
board the schooner. She was a large pilot
boat-built craft, and sat on the water lifie a
1 duck ; but otherwise, she possessed nothing
ATHENS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MAY 13, E ?*37.
remaikable in her appearance. A few men
; were lolling about, or lyn g listlessly or. deck.
, when we i rrived, whq spra: g up at an ordei
iruin tny companion, and commenced getting
.he Vess 1 Under Weigh. We Were soon under
, ..11 sail, a..d ran rapidly^,out past the castle,
. v hich, to tny great surprise, did not even off.:
lo fi;ui us, although I had heard it a. serteci .hat
it was a sta. dmg order, enforced there, nev„r
, to permit a ship to pass after sun-down.—
When we had gamed some distance from the
land, I observed n
i up from below, by ihe fWe-hatch, who swelled
our crew from ten to at least fifty men. Or
. dtrs were next the captain to get the
gun up from below; and nil hands busitci
themselves, lor some time, in hoisting a long
'igliteen-pouuder out of the hold, aud «>ou ti g
it on a pivot, which had been before concealed
by a tarpaulin. The suspicion that sha was
a pirate now for the fir... time flashed across
my mind, a. d must have displayed itself in my
countenance; as (he captain, who had been
closely wnichi g my motions while these oc
, curreoces were paesmg, said to me, with a
chuckli. g laugh:
‘ ‘ V' eTe a tree trader, you see. my boy, and
are forced to go well armed, to look down all
rcststu. ce. W»-pay for our goods in iron,
most times; aud generally seal the bargain
with blood. You look pale, though. Do my
words iiighteu you 7 Cutae, cheer up. You
saved tny lite just now, and 1 owe you some
ihi g tor that: so, if you tear the sight ot
blood, y.»u may stay b lew-, and dnss th
‘ wounded. '1 hut’s lhe doctoi’s place, too,
. board a mau-ui-wur.’
‘ We cruised for some days off Cape Antoni' >,
and made several rich captuies, putting, as i
afterward learned, the crews of all to death,
without an exception, Some of them made a
stout resistance, but ad were eve: tually over
come, and treated alike, without mercy. Nei
ther age Dorsel Was respected. Ma iy ofthe
pirates were Wounded in these rencontres, and
i h id soon g lined their good W-ill by rhs skill
and kin .boss 1 displayed in the treatment oi
she sick when under my charge. I saw no. e
ofthe murders that were peipetruted, fori
kept below ; but often have 1 felt my blood
ooii within me, when the shrieks for mercy or
the u..form, ale females, who fell into th- ir
hands, reached my ears. 1 dared Dot, howe
ver, interfere in their b> half, for 1 veil k. eW
hat by so doi g I should o ly risk my ow
• ife, while 1 cuu.d not be ofdi. slight st b.-.-tfi
to Ihi m. We would at tiim s ru . into s.m
cmek, where the piratis h..d htdi g-ph ecs, tor
he purpose of Seen it g ihe booty, where the
time was spent in the wildest feasting and ca
, rousing. Having received information, from
th .ir age ts at Havaiu, th .t lhe men-of war
had got wind of us, aid would soon be in pur
suit, we L ti neighborhood »fthe Cape, and
cast farih* r out to sea ; still, now ever, keeping
m the track of the VVest India traders.
‘One day a large bright sided ship hove in
si ht; and as we neared h -r, I,as usual, went
below and prepared myself for dressing the
wounds of such of my companions as might be
, hurt in the affray. I remained th. re u .til the
ioisj i. cide.it to the attack ai d slaughter had
cv sed. When all w ascitmparaiively quiet, I
went upon d* ck, wh re the pirates were em
gaged in throwing overboard the bodies ofthe
murdered crew, and lashi g ths schooner fast
, .o the captured ship. Turning my <yes aft.l
saw thesleud< r form of a girl, wi b her back
turned toward tne, sit i go.<tlietru k, crouch
ed down, and tr. tnbli, g wish fear. To divert
my attention, as I ibu. d tny feelings b. comi “
strongly enlisted in her behalf. I pluc-d tnvs' ls
against the main-mast, and stood gnzii g at the
different operations of the pirates, and watch
mg the captain, w ho was cirecting their move
meats by a continual volley of mingled orders
<nd curses. Vv hen he had finished his direc
, lions, he stiode hastily back to the schooner,
and. without notici: g miq walked dir clly up
to where the girl was seated, and n.isi .g her
by the slmttlder, *iu his powerful gfaso, said,
wiih a savage ieer s ‘Let’s look nt y.,ur brighi
eyes, fair o. e, ad taste the sweetness of those
ruby lips.’ The poor creature shrank from
his touch, w ith a piteous cry, and gazi g w ild
ly a: ou al, wjth a.i imploring look for assist- 1
ace, heri y s alighted on mine, which were
turned toward her, lull of pity and indignation.
With all the quick perception of a woman, she
recognised me i:.sta..tly, and darting away
from the captain, fell at my feet, and embiac
mg me dost ly by the knees, looked up ear
nestly in my face, w hile the big tears coursed
rapidly down her cheeks, and cried : • Oh save
me 1 save me! They have murdered mv faih i ,
| thev will minder me ! You aiff save me I’ ’
and she pressed her pule cheek fondly against
j my knees, while the wildest alright- was de- I
I picted in her countenai se, and her bosom
heated violently with deep and convulsive
subs.
“I WILL save yott, dearest,’l replied,‘and
wo be to biin who shall dare to lay a rude fin
ger upon you !
••You will. Sir?’ s. id the captain, who had 1
been eyei g the scent, with a smile of scorn 1
and derision. ‘Do you presume to threaten I
me V
•‘Ay, villain!’! retorted, fi< reel - .-, ' you, or
any one else, w ho shaft venture to suit a hair of
her head with your foul touch;'’ and I shook
my clenched hand in his face. Tra .sp aaed *
wi.h rage at my threat, ho izcd a boarding
pike which lay on thet’u k, and w ith its stall’
struck tne a violo t blow o the head. So
sudden w. s the att.uk, that I had not time to
| arrest or sha . the sti oke. My senses u auoer
! cd—;hie k dark ess entne over my sight—and |
I fell, insensible, on the deck.
‘ Wl.-en recollection relumed, I found my- I
sell swinging in a hammock, my head throb- j
bmg w ith pat.i, and my pulse bounding us if
reauy to burst. ‘Where am I?—what has
happened ?’—said 1, as a shadow v and r dis
tinct remembrance ofthe past flitted across my
mi. d.
“ Wh re should you bn, honey, but in my
i bunk?’ said a kiud-be.irted Irishman, from bc
[ ne;iib me, w|iere be was suiiug, mending a
I jacket ; ‘and little tli.mks to the skipper, th. t
i ye’ve a he.id upon ye, to .ix the quest,on. By
! Saint Bathrick ! I thought, when 1 seed the
I blow he give vc ye’d have lost lhe numb. , of
I your miss; a-d ’ud be making a straight wn.k
I for Abraham’s bosom. S»wi of me! but the
latoo the devil beat on the imply Whiskey-bur
rel was a thrifle to it, any how?
‘ ‘ But imw cr.me 1 here?’ I interrupted. I
“ How should you, but in my artnj? Faith.
I picked ye off the deck, when ye’d no more
siuse nor motion in ye tor a dead pig; for
ye See I’d a kindness toward ye, for the small
inather of setting me shouhher, w hich ve did
so ginily oi? the Cape, when I qashipped it in a
iirunkwi froric.’
“ Bwt w here ts my unfortHnate git-i?—what
have they do. e with her?’
‘ ‘ Where,’ he replied, ‘ but in the cabin with |
lhe captain, wh< re she’j been all night?’
“ Good God !’said 1, Shen anight has al
ready passed! Heaten li.ve mercy on lhe
poor child ! 11. ip me up !’
“Lay still, ho..ey where ye are,’said he,
, endeavoring to prevent rny risi. g, • and keep
out of sight ofthe skipper, or it may be worse
t tor ye.’
•But I would brook no restrai t; and ieap
. Irg out of the h mmock, drank a deep draught
ot water fiom a can wh ch he off .red me, a. d
r staggered on deck.
! ‘As I walked nfi. the c«pt ,i; came up from
the cabin, and tar i g round* r. ached down his
hand, and drew up from below the almost life-
; less term ot my u i.nyu at,e girl. ‘ Here.’ said
> h toth- tnatry tinuslmg her forward, ‘throw
• his h .it dead-a.-ffi.al. ve tool overboard. Let’s
l see if her whining will melt the souis ofthe
; sharks.’
, “Scop, monster !’ I cried, and.was about to
rush up >. him, when i was stoz- d, and pre-
. ventea by some of the men, who stood near,
amt w ho held me fast, aolwiihsiandmg ail my
i struggles to get fr.-e.
‘‘ Ah h..!’ said lhe captain : ‘so you’re there
1 again. 1 thought 1 hc.d fixed your ffi.it yes-
I terday; But ‘better hie than never;’ ami
r si. ce you love the tru I so dearly, you shall
nave her all to yourself. Lash them together,
men, and tumble them overboard. It would
i be a pity to separate such a tender couple.’
“No. i o!’ said a voice from amm g the
cr< w, u ho had assembled ut the noise, winch i
recognised as belo gmg to my Irish friend;
• lie has got enough, mtirety; and seei g that
the woman is h.s sister, or his grand-mother,
, or some of Ins km, it’s but nathurul that he
does not like to see her mtsl Sted.’
‘ Who ampules tny oruers?’ said the captain,
t'oami g witii rage,
“I—‘l’—l’—said a number of voices
it'omtha crowd; for, as I have mentioned be
fore, my attention to the wounded had made
me a general favorite with the mem ‘We
all dispute them,’ rejoined the first speaker;
tor, if he has done wrong, he received pu.ash.
me..t enough last night, m all conscieute.’
“Then you inutmy, aud wool bey my or
ders,’ said the captain.
•Here lhe mate i terposed, and for the pur
pose of queiiii g the difficulty, which set med
ukely to t ran..ate in open muti. y, auvtsed that
tne girl sliou.d be put ou board lite ship, and
left <o her fate.
•• Then 1 will accompany her,' said I,
“Tiiut you in y do a..d welcome,’ said th'
c.iptau.and d—d glad am Ito get rid ofyou :
out if’ we ever meet agai..-—’ and he shook
ms Warning fmger fiercely at me, white ins
eyes glared like a tiger’s.-
‘ ‘ God Send that we may meet ’’ I replied,
us 1 followed the mate, wUu nod curried her
ou'board the ship, mu swoon, into which she
had fallen dun ,g the dis russiou, and 1 id her
upon dt ck. The pirates immediately set them
selves ut work to cut the iauyarus ofthe ship’s
ngsfliig, aud having eff cted it, cast off the
tasis that bon d the two vessels t -gemer, made
s.iil, a. d were soon out of sight*
“With a bosom torn by a thousand c<m
tending enmtio. s, 1 raised the loved form tram
her prostrate position, and Carryi g h.,r i,*to
the cabi | placed her upon the cot you saw
swinging there. By the aid oi a little cold
water, she ut lerg h revived, and opening her
eyes timidly, and staring wildly around for a
moment, she hastily closed them agai ~us it’
to shut out l.iiu • ebj ct of fear, moaning out at
the same tim<, ‘Qb ! spare me!—have mercy
upejn rue !’ H r .-ips the.* b. came dytd wiih
b.ood, and I perceived, w ith it: guish, that sh.
had burst a blood vessel in the hi gs. ’They
have gone, deurcsl,-’ su'd I, seizi. g In r hand,
and covering her checks w iih k.sses, as 1
spoke. ‘They are all go«>e. There is no
utae wiih you but uiysi If. Open those deal
eyes o. Ce more. Look at Hie to tne
yet once again.’
“Soothed and encouraged by my wm'ds,
she opened her ey es, a d turni g them full up
on me, while her cuU.-temiuce beamed wiih
affection, she said :
“I knew you, would not d* sert ine : but they
have murdered my fin her—my poor d.-as la
ther-’—and streams of tears rolled dowu h r
cheeks as het mind dwelt upon the scene.
“Be calm, f said I. ‘ for mv sak —tor your I
own, pray be calm. See! thv'e is blood is
suit g fr< ni your mouth ; and you but iuci'eas
j its flaw by your emotion.’
j “1 feel that I shall ot lo- g survive,’ she re-
I plied, in a rnelunclmly voic . • I io «>t desire
to live. Ou! the h rrurs I h .ve p .ss<d
) thr. u»h!*
! • ‘You will live Io g; yet,’s..id I, endeavor,
ng to comfort hr: ‘1 wil love you, watch
( over you, be always near you. Sente v. ssel
; w ill fait io with us, and take us on board.
We shall once m..re b happy—you will yet
be the u iie of o e w ho
‘ • N ver!’ she cued earmstly, ‘never!
W.uid you mairy the p illuted b. i g you now
See b<lore you ? Would it baa proof of affec
■ tio.i m me to attach disgrace to you, by accep.
I i.n so ffetterous a sacrifice ? No—it cun ne
vi i- be!’
‘I i a voice gradually weakening, she fiitmd
«-<>rds to express her Ui.diftii ish daffectm . for
tne, and to i form me that, broke -, i i spirit bv
ih • opposition ot her pare ts to a u io , with
me. a d th. ir endeavors to effect, a -match of
i itensi’ with her const-i, her health had gra
dually d. elf .ed, imt.il a cha ige of air and see e
was deemed essential by h r physician. To
this heraflrighted fith.-r—havi jj lost his wife
I n short time before by consumption—readilv |
1 co seated, and w ith h:s daughter, took passage I
i for New O' leai s, a few days afterward, in the
vess I which met the disastrous fate I hive al-
I ready di scribed.
• While the dying girl was yet speaking, j
broken sentences, the masts, which were no
longer supported bv th.- riggi g, at a deeper
roll of th vessel sudde. ly we tbv the board,
with u tremendous crash. Startled bv the
noise, sh sprang violently up in the cot, white
streams of blood gushed from her mouth tit the
exertion. 1 used a I the remedies that were
at hand to stop it, but wi hout effect. She
gr. w weaker i v-ry moim-n’, and th -ugh at
j le. >ih the discharges became less fr q i nt,
herlast moment was evidently approaching.
• i am dy i g !’ said sh ' in a la gn»d voice : ‘mv
eyes ar.- b comi g darkened. I shall see you
no more ! Press my hand —th re, there—may
j heaven buss and preserve you, dear Chicles.
[ Oh. my Saviour! receive'mv spirit!’ A d
having uttered these words, she sunk buck—
a corpse.
•I ffanßot describe my feelings at this dread
ful bereavement. I tore my hair i i agony,
and, I believe, raved and blasphcm-' d like a
madman. I know little of whal passed, from
that time until you discoveied m ; for a set
tled feeling of despair was broodi g over my
soul; and I neither sought to preserve my life,
1 nor regarded any thing afooud me/
‘I w’as about to offer him some Words of
• sympathy,’ co timed the clcik, ‘ w hen our ut
; tei tio:i was arrested by lhe cry of ‘Sail ho!'
‘ Where aw. y?’ cried the captain. ‘ Broad off'
, lhe lee-beam,’ Was the reply ; and ail eyes
i were turned in that direction. 'File wind bi -
' ing light, she rapidly neared us; aid when
h r hull became distinctly visible, my fri;-. d.
/ who was gazing intently nt her through ths
spv-glass, suddenly exclaimed, as he dropped
i it from his eye :
• • It’s lhe villanous pirate ; I know’ her by
i the new cloths in her foresail.’
i ‘ ‘ She looks suspicious enough,* raid the
captai i; ‘and if she attacks us, we muston-
I ly defend ourselves to the last gasp ; for, by
every thing holy! I-shall nev.-r yield myself
up alive to the murderous wr '.ches. Mu*t r
- the crew aft, Mr. Tompkins,’ he continued, ad
dress! g the mute.
i ‘The crew were soon assembled oti the
quarter deck, w hen the captain; poi.Uiegto tin
, schooner, said :
‘ ‘ Do j ’oil s„e that craft to leeward, my bovs?
She’s a pirate. If we ife captured, we shall
assuredly be murdered, and if we fight, it’s
true, we may be killed ; buwhen there exists a
strong hope of our bei g successful in beating
her off. Which do you choose? To fight or
strike?’
‘' To fight!’ they cried out. with one accord.
‘ • I thought so, my boys,’ said he, rubbi g
his hands with pleasure; ‘and depend upon
it, I’ll stand by you to the last. Give them all
a glass of grog, steward; and then to your
gu s, my hearties. It’s my intention to iu
the Villain down, if possible; and-there’s a
squall rising to windward that may seco id the
attempt. So koi-p your ears open, and listen
attentively for my orders.’
•Our crew w ent briskly to the guns, and all
was ready for action in a short time. Not
many minutes had elapsed, when the sch ioti
er ranged up u ;dcr our lee, at some little dis
ta. ee oft. and brailed up her foresail, as sin
was forging ahead too rapidly. ‘L iy yom
main topsail to the mast, and send a boat with
your skipper aboard of usl’ hailed a tali fig.
ure from her quarter deck.
‘ ‘See you d—d first!’ was the polite re
tort. ‘ Blaze away, men !’ and at the word,
an iron shower burst forth from our l e gu s.
and swept, .hurtling and hissi ig, over the deck
of the pirate, deu.i ig de*lh and destruction io
every direction; for the men had loaded the
gu 8 nearlv to their muzzles wiih every mis
sile they could lay their hands upon, it was
manifest that the reception they had received
was wholly unexpected on the part of the pi
rates ; and that our voll -y had thrown them in
ti complete co (fusion, as the discharge from
their lo g gun did us no injury, and their fir.
of musketry was irregularly maintained, and
badly aimed. ‘Now is your time, my hoys!’
exclaimed the captain ; ‘our smoke has bii .li
ed their <yes; ai d hero comes the squall.
Jump over to wi. dward, s >me of you, a n
rou di < the weather braces. Hurry, me
hurry! Hard a-weather the h Im—f r lit’
hard a-weather/ Bi-lay the braces! For
w rd, men—all of you—and cut down even
s nil who attempts to board! Show the dog
no mercy!’
‘My friend had been leaning, cutlass i: hand,
against the mart ringing, while these secure;
ware trar,spiling, eyei . g the schooner with :
irowi.i g brow, and apparently husbanding hit
forces fur a more favorable opportunity. Th
'quail came rattling down upon us, and th
bug. falling off from the wind, ia obedietic*
to th- helm, a d impel* d by the increasin'
b ast, dart d forward with r doubled speed, lik
a courser from the spur. Th • tui-.ite, pen: i
ving our i tention, end -iivored to h ml his fore
sheet aft, but it was too late. O ward m
came, with the sp ed of light—the water:
flash! gaud l<: uning under our bows, and th
mists be di ig like reeds. With a stntli ;
shock, ih br*g struck the sch .oner just ab.if
the foreshroudg, a d cut her down instantly to
the Waters’edge, while she heeled so fur ovei
at the blow, th t lhe s a rush'-d in torrents
down her hatch s. Si ki g rapidly, and sti;
pressed forward by the brig, her foremast gav,
way, mid her stern sw ingi g round, she lav
fora mom-nt side a-d side with us. Ilt-r
horr r s' rick n crew row endeavored to b-iard.
rut were all cut doW-n in the attempt, in spite
>f their cr.-iveu cries for quarter.
‘At this moment, my eyes were turned in
seaich of tny friend. He bad mounted the
rail, and was in the act of springing on board
the schooner. I rushed forward to prevent
the deed, hut arrived, o ily in tim s to see him
alight full on the shoulders of the pirate cap
tain, whom he bore down before him to th
d -<.k. With looks of the mos’ de-.idly hne
and reverige, they grappled each other.’ Just
th n the schooner swung clear of ti«, and with
a h avy p'mige wet t down head for-most. car.
rying wiih h r b .th the avenger and his vic
tim, who, till th. l waters closed over th. m. con
tinned their fierce struggles, and su. k at
length, locked i i each other’s arms.
‘ Mr. Tackle !’ said the officer of the deck,
popping his head above the break of th : fore
castle, ‘ what!—sitting down in your watch?
1 am ashamed of you. Sir. I havehailed the
forecastle three several times, and yet could
get no answer. I really thought all hands
forward had tumbled overboard. Il' this
should occur agai i, I will send you below.’
‘ ‘ Smi h,’said Tackle to the look out, when
the officer had gone, •? thought I told you to
keep an eye aft ?’
• ‘ That’s true, Sir,’ replied he, respeetfullv;
| ‘but I got so taken up by the storv of the poor
j young lady, that I forgot all about it, Sir.’ ”
W. J. p.
Frvtn tits botilhern Rose.
STANZA!*.
I love tc gaze at eventide
Upon the glowing west;
When in a flood of crimson light
The day-god sinks to rest;
When btauty gilds the earth and sky
With bright and golden hue ;
And not one darksome cloud obscures
The calm, ethereal blue. e
And it is sweet at such a time
To rove amid the flowers ;
And talk With pensive memory
Os earlier, happier hours :
To dwell in fond remembrance wrapt
On scenes forever past;
And weep to think that youthfu’ joys
Should fide away so fast.
And oil! I love when day declines
To ramble in tho grove ;
And hold delightful intercourse
With one I fondly love : s
To gaze with her upon tho scene, t
fiki tail’, so bright, so wide;
And feel that it is doubly fair I <
When she is at my side, gvlielxvs. ! 1
Vol. V—Ao. 2.
iron the Ealiimore Mdnvn.cr.t.
ji he Village <«ravc-Yerd.
A FRAGMENT. V
The last rogg t; ,ts were gradually disnp
peaii g fiom the Western hoiizon when I kflt
die village {nn anti bent my footsteps toward#
die church-yard. The s'.illr.css of the i.tm< s.
phere the hush ot merriment anti business;
and the approach of twilight, disposed my
rnind to meditation aud threw their soft it.fit;,
ence over me. A short walk brought me to
the place wl.lch I sought. Plain as it was
m its Eppearm.ee. tvnh i d natural or artificial
charms, it had uttractioi s numerous and p<.W.
erful for my pensive mind; Its ve; et able yew
trees—its regularly disposed walks, and its
neatly arranged graves, gave it tiii air of sob
etm ity, ai d h.vested it with a peculiar beauty.
Such a spot has always been delightful t<> nie.
H .-ir often iu the li. corrupted hours of child
hood, did I steal fn m the play ground a d
.done wat d< r ihr Cgh the grave-yard ! How
many Sabbath af.ernoon moments have T pass,
ed among the tombs, surrounded by ths <m
blems of thy own mortality !
sn. I cannot tell. It may have been Because
my kindred Were there. It may have jjeen
because some of my first associates—niyAimi.
able sister—my tender broth-, r were theije re
posing in the cold icfis of their last rufeting
place. Companio: less and solitary in tho
word. I (here sou d c..tn" union and pleasure,
a d hence I loved to visit it and linger in its
b.rders. I would sometimes teniain there
till the eight shades closed arou.-d me, and
the dew drops fell f. st and thick upon my
head. More than once did I lay upon its
grassy moundsand weep myself ti sleep.
The burial place o: a village awakens feel
ings and produces thoughts < ifferer.t from
other grou ids of interment. 1 have stood
among the mausoleums of the great, and won.
lered at lhe pride that could so magnificently
decorate its las’ tenement; I have walked
amid lhe graves ofthe rich—l have bent over
the vaults of heroes—of philosophers—but
never have I had the emotions which arisa
withi ) me in a village grave.yard.
I tliera feel ns if I Were among the patriarch’s
*f other days—those who long ago acted their
part« and formed their characters on the thea
tre of life. J see around me the memorials
of many ge er tiong* I behold the common
iwelii g of ancestors and their posterity—.
th • dust of pure ;ts mi gli g with the dust of
children—-friends,one iu life and one in death,
their comma, ity preserved, th'-ir s >ci ty un
destroyed. The i .hubitai'ts of a village in
this respect line but a step from th cradle to
lhe grave. The tomb is ever before theireye/
—it is ever impressed upon their hearts a
i i all their employments its influence is
p-rienced. Content to live where their fi
lathers lived, they close their eyes on the see
hat first gladdened them, a;.d in peaceful <
they lie down among the hal owed ashe
their race.
We see there no exhibition of pride. a.>
;s simple. No expensive n o:>utne:us are secnf
fir their memory is left to the charge ofthoss
>ho survive them. It is embalmed in theft
if. ctio s, and watered by their tears. Every
-hi; gis becoming the place. Nothing dis.
lusting to the eye is witnessed. ,
Who can tell tho influence which a grava*
■- .rd. under such impress!vo circumstances,
has upon ihe clnracter ? Who can conceive
hepowerthat it may * Set over the thoughts
id actions? Tis an habitual mo itar of the
a ity of e rthly ’bi gs. lt-» voice 13 ever
icard calling upon : Il to regard thems Ives as
he trii’sie’.t i-'habita ts of a fl eli « world.
[ t resirni s I vi'v, a d like tfin pres - ce of
som - awful spirit, it co trols iHe afieciio i« and
over s the th- ugh s. Dissolution is a i event
hit is prepar d for i > tine, b -cuuse ofthe
terpetui 1 exh irtalio s i divi duals h ive hid to
itte dto it. They read, in th • f,te of oih -fs,
ffieir own ri -stiny. 'They fl el aid know that
hey must die, and he; ce th: y m k • i* th ir
business to obt in that purity, (hat im iff.-rOnce
o earth, that love for heaven that can enable
li 'ir poss- ssor to depart with no b’tt r re.
ti 'rnbrances of nusspe t tune a-.d «»f neglected
tpp'jrtuiiities ; with no regrets tor the past
and no evil apprehensions of tho fittnre.
floaudo.
From the Baltimore Monument.
SONR.
BY JAMES HUNGERFORD.
He knew not that he loved,
Though oft his heart bent wild,
W hen she some act of his rtprproved;
And on him sweetly sn il’J ;
And, though, when through the maty danef
Her fairy figure moved,
He watched her form with tireless glance;
Ho knew not that he loved.
He knew not that he loved,
Though, when the sun was gone;
Beneath the evening skies he roved,
And mused on her alone ;
And though each dream of bliss he fortnej
His deep aff-ction proved.
For by her smile, twas ever warmed;
He knew not that be loved.
lie knew not that he loved.
So never breathed his flame,
; Although his heart was even moved
At mention of her name;
But when another sought her hands
And she the suit approved,
He fled hiss home and native land—
Too late he knew he loved.
FEATS OF~s7rENGTH,
‘A number of fonts of real and extraordinary
dtreng'h were exhibited about a century ag-*r
t i L >.idon. by Thomas Tophatn, whe was fi
feet 10 inches high, and about 31 years of age.
He m as entirely ignorant of any ofthe methods
fur milking his strength appear more surpris
ing, a .d he often p< rform d by his own uatur.
al powers what tee learned had been done by
oth< rs by artificial means. A digressing er
ample of thia occurred in his attempt to imi
tate the feat of the German S imson. by pulling
•agai ist Jtorses. ig <>rant of the method
which we have already described, he seated
himself on th ■ ground with his feet agai st two
stirrups, and by the weight of his body he suc
ceeded tn pulli 'g against a single 'n>rse; but
ia attempting to pul agai st two horses, h*
was lift, d out of his place a id one of his te *«e#
was shattered against the s irrups, so as to de.
prtve him of most ofthe strength of one of hi*
j, o-s. The tb'lowing are the feats of re»J
str -I'gtli which Dr. Desaguiiera saw him pur>
form.
1. Having rubbed his fingers with coal ash
es to ke.-p them from slipping, he rolled up-ai
very strong and large pewter plate.