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86 2 "Capt. Parry’s great cabin contains a library of a considerable number of miscellaneous works; and besides the usual conveniences a large assortment of clothing furs and other equipments, calculated for the climate he pur poses to revisit. I' ur jackets, coats, or rather tunics, of Esquimaux manufacture, trousers and fur boots, in great variety, some lined with seal skins, others with wolf, racoon, or beaver skins, some for wear in the‘day time, others to sleep in on the ice, with caps attached to them ; some lined with skins of the black and red-footed diver, others with those of eider ducks, extremely soft, warm, and beautiful; some sewed with sinews by Esquimaux ladies, others by London furriers ; snowshoes (Cana dian) four feet long, with net-work of cat-gut; extremely light and appropriate for the object; eye preservers of gauze wire, shaped like spectacles, but convex and, some two inches broad, to go round the temples and cheek bones, but leaving the nostrils and mouth un covered, as the breath if confined, would be soon condensed to one mass of ice.’' “The small clothes and pantaloons are pro vided with straps and buckles in heu of but tons.” “ On the starboard side of the cabin hangs an engraving of Lord Radstock, and another of Captain Franklin. On the larboard side, that of his Majesty.' In Captain Parry’s bed-room hangs a picture of his lady, and a likeness of his mother is suspended immediat ]y under the portrait of Mrs. Parry.” “ The gun-room and officers cabins are fit ted up with every convenience the size of the ship admits of, which, owing to the prepara tion for departure, and consequent bustle, cannot be seen to advantage.” “The ice anchors differ materially from the common anchor, having but one flook, or ra ther only a hook, the other at the top being compressed somewhat like a Roman S.” “The iceboats themselves are provided with large wheels of the same circumference as coach-wheels at the stern, and a pole projecting four feet ahead, to be drawn by rain-deer, or in default thereof, by the crew, when on the ice, and when in tne water are rowed by ten or twelve oars ; the iron keels, ornamented below, are perforated with holes, to admit ropes, for their being hauled off eittier wav ; the bottom is painted black a white streak on each side, and the inner part green. They are of considerable length. “ The Hecla herself is abundantly found in every thing necessary, has two sets oi sails spars and yards, cordage, ropes, tackle, ap parel and furniture of every kind and descrip tion; instruments, both astronomical, optical anil nautical, time-pieces, but neither her construction nor additional strengthening* can make her sail well, for her greatest ve locity never exceeded eight knots, under the most favorable circumstances, during their last voyage. FOREIGN. [Hy the Ship Henri IV.] New-YoRK, May 16 ONE DAY LATER FROM ENGLAND. London papers oi the 16th tilt. and Liver pool ofthe 17th, were last evening received by the Florida, rapt. Tinkham. American Stocks, Saturday, April 14. Four ami hall per Cents, 87 1-2 ; fives, 96. Rank St- < k, not quoted. Nothing certain was known in regard to the formation of a new mini Ury, but the Time* o: the 16th, states that 1 lie following arrange ments are in contemplation : Sir John Coprly to he Lord Chancellor. Lor.l Gia:.vdlc Foreign Secretaiy. Mi Robinson, (with a Peerage,) Colonial Secretary Mr lluskisson, Home Secretary, (this is not certain.) Lords Dudley and Ward, Privy Seal Lor>i Carlisle, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Duke of Devonshire, Lord Chamberlain, (not certair.) Marquis of Anglesea, Master oi the Ord nance. Lord Bexley is allowed to come back to the Cabinet. The new title of Mi. Robinson is Lord Stat hearn. 'l'he Marquis of Londonderry resigned his embassy to Vienna oir hearing of Mr. Can ning’s appointin' nt. It is rumi ured that the Marquis has written a very insolent letter to the king. Other resignations have taker, place —among them, it is reported, is the Attorney General. One paper says it is believed the Duke/o' Cambride wih hr appointed Commander-in- Chiei- —Another states that the Marquis oi Angh sea has been offered the post. The Duke ol Clarence has been .appointed Lord ILgh Admiral, and will be assisted by the whole Boardot Admiralty, with the excep tion of Lor i Melville. We look at the ap pointment as a prompt and decisive ev donee "f the course which his majesty is de termined to pursue in the present crisis,& as an evidence that lie will not permit the interests of the country- to suffer from the attempt which has been made to thwart and embarrass his government.— Times. On Saturday, the Duke of Wellington re signed as commander in chief, and as master of t he ordnance. \ iscount Granville, Mr. lluskisson, Sir Charles Stewart, \ iscount Palmerton. X. Lord Seaford had interviews with Mr Canning on Saturday. Earl Bathurst withdrew a number of papers from the Colonial Office. 11 is said his majesty received the resigna tion of the seceders with a tone and manner SO decisive, that more than one repented he had not doubted betore tendering so fatal ai. off. r Lord Bexley is said to have recalled his, and Mr Peel it was rumored, would proba bly be open to explanation. The king, according to our be*t advices, apperstohave been justly indignant at the moral conspiracy among those he trusted, and to have resolutely resolved that no difficulty should make him again take to his confidence men who, from personal hale to a highly gifted individual, could take steps by winch the governm nt of the country, himself, and his really steadfast servant.* were embarrassed, and the affairs ofthe kingdom thrown into con fusion. 1 aitber, as regards the list oi Mr. Canning, nothing is yet known: but the pub lic mind is decidedly in favor of the measures adopted by the sovereign. We regret, says the Times, to hear that a negociation which had been commenced by Mr. Canning with Lord Lansdown, has broken oft’with the impossibility of ernaneywation be ing made a Cabinet question againsfa declar ed Royal wish ; and further Ireland is still to reap a few ofthe comforts of a divided gov ernvent. If, however, Mr. Plunkett be imme diately named Lord Chancellor of that coun try, one positive good will have been fixed be yond the reach of fortune. The same paper says, Lord Manners is re ported to have sent in his resignation some short time ago—more lately still has the Rt. Hon. Secretary made the same amende to Ire land. Now r , if Mr. Canning be anxious to satisfy the Irish nation that their good fortune is not a dream—that they have really shaken off the Orange nightmare, that law be tween rich& poor,Protestant & Catholic.is nev er gain to become a mercenary & remorseless ally of the strong against the weak, the minis ter will in the very first gazette announce the appointment of a new Lord Chancellor, and of a Secretary in whose disposition to govern fairly, a suspicious & irritable, because an ill used people, may confide. Although a change in the person of the Lord Lieuten ant cannot be required on similar grounds to those which have‘rendered Mr. Goulburn’s dismissal unavoi lable, it is, we are told, re ported, and we should not be sorry to find it true, that the Marquis Wellesley will be re called from Ireland, and that Lord Carlisle will succeed him. Corn Hill. — It appears that the warehous ing of corn is to be permitted under the new Act, and that the duty is to be levied accord ing to the price in the home market, not at the date of importation, but at the time when the corn is taken out for consumption. This arrangement was strongly objected to by the agriculturalists; but it was justly observed by th- Chancellor ofthe Exchequer, that if a dif ferent rule were adopted, the effect would be to transfer the freighting and warehousing to the Dutch in whose hands the corn would still Jae within 1 or 2 davs sail of our own market (Bfclause was proposed by Mr. Grant, and a greed to, giving the Privy Council the privi lege of prohibiting the importatir n of grain from foreign countries, which impose heavier duties on our shipping than the ships of the countries in question are subject to in British ports. This, we imagine; was meant as a boon iu the shipping interests. A letter from Paris states that Spain still persists in her folly with regard t» pro jects for invading South America, and it is as sorted that the Envoy Extraordinary has been commanded to make known to the British and French governments that it is the intention oi the cabinet of Madrid to send an expedition aginst Mexico, to establish the infant Francis co de Paula as sovereign. It was justly doubt ed whether the English and French cabinets would concur in the measure. It is now doubted whether the Portuguese Chefs have ever been sent o. he frontier, and ii is certain that they had nut passed it on the 3d inst It is even reported that Silvana and Chaves have re-ent. red Portugal, but by dif ferent routes, and it the accounts are to be be lieved a new attempt will be made on Alen t<ju. Extract of a letter to a in Philadelphia, dated Montevideo, March 21st, 1827. Here is no produce of any kind. The su percargo of the Moss, Mr. Milnor, has purchas ed all the hides and horns in the market—Ox ides al 22 11(>0; Horse hides, 87 1-2 per ps. Horns $75 per M The currency is 25 per ct below par. For Spanish dollars, and hills on the Secretary ofthe Navy, are at the same premiums. Ol couise my prospect is gloom) indeed. There is likewise no prospect that this war will soon be at an end. The Emp ror is re presented as <i very head strong man, and is not inclined to make peace without he is forc ed to it. A few days before my arrival, an important victory was gaiiied in the vicinity of Rio Grande by the iWenos Ayrean army, and to day there is a report in circulati >n that the province of Rio Grande has declared in favor of the patriots. Com Brown has gained a victory—he has taken and destroyed 23 small x essels belonging to the blockading squadrun. Perhaps those victories, and the intercession ofthe Br tish Minister may have some effect >n the brute—he is represented as such. In hopes that my next letter may be more favorable, I remain with esteem. From the .Vew-York American. COLOMBIA. We received yesterday, by the way of Phil adelphia. letters irom La Guavra of the 1 Ith ult. and it may, perhaps, he taken as no equiv ocal indication ot the alarm prevalent in that country, that our correspondents no longer Mgntlieir letters, irom an appi ehetision, that any tree expression of opinion concerning the fla.rs ot Colonlbia, it traced to them, might be attended with danger to the writers. The handwriting. however, we know, and as the information derived from the same source on previous occasions, has uniformly proved au thentic we confide as entirely in th.it now an onvmouslv common cated, as though it were vouched with a name —ami it is, we are serf) to say very discouraging. At Bogota there is said to have occurred —if not a revolution— some most decided manifestations of opposi tion to the measures ol Simon 1., as one of our correspondents calls Bolivar. Meantime very strict measures are taken by 80l var, to pre vent insubordination in Columbia. A procla mation was received on the 14th April in La Guavra. requiring all foreigners arriving in that country, to behave themselves and in case of any infraction of the laws, authorising the Governor of the Province where the) landed, to order them k rthwith out of th. I country Another order proclaims death ’. to I any one who may sp.ak ill of the existing go- I vernment. 1 he*e indications ot apprehensive and sus picious despotism, when connected it h pre vious accounts, and with that which we this J GEORGIA STATESMAN, MONDAY JUNE 4, 1827. day republish from the Philadelphia National Gazette, of the revolutions in Peru, and the overthrow of the Bolivian constitution, can not but awaken the liveliest solicitude ofthe lovers of freedom, for the fate ofthe new re publics of the South. La Plata—We have received from our correspondent at the Merchant’s Coffee House of Philadelphia, a brief account of the news brought by the ship Moss, which has arrived at that port, with a passage of 51 days from Montevideo. A passenger in that vessel states, that a bat tle had been fought at Iturzaingo, about 500 miles northeast of Montevideo, in which the patriots had gained a great victory; killing 1500 Brazillians, capturing about an equal number, put the remainder to route, and tak ing camp, equpage, tec. This we suspect to be another account of the battle of the Ta cuor mbo, at which the Brazillians pretended to the victory. Another advantage has been grained by Com Brown, as mentioned in the Buenos Ayres papers On the 9th and 10th Februa ry he attacked the Brazilian squadron, off the Island of Martin Garcia, near the mouth of the Uruguay and took and destroy d nineteen sail, one only escaped to Monteviedo. The blockading squadron, consisting in all of nine sail were anchored at Ensenada. A Buenos Ayrean privateer, called the Mancella, com manded bv capt. Beasely, had captured seven prizes off Rio, estimated to be worth three hundred & fifty thousand dols. Our previous news from Brown was the Bth Feb. when be had taken several gun-boats 'l’he squadron he attacked or. the 9th and 10th was doubtless the r maining gun-boats up the river [Daily Advertiser. LATEST FROM LA PLATA. Baltimore, May 17. The ship Moss, Fennell, has arrived in the Delaware, in a passage ot 54 days fr< m Monte Video, whence she sailed on the 23d March. Among the passengers is capt Odom, (lateol rhe schooner Beauty, sold at Buenos Ayres,) who landed at New Castlo and reached this city yesterday morning. To the politeness of capt. O. the < ditors of the American are in debted for the following intere*tinn informa tion —Admiral Brown had succeeded in cap taring the who e of the Brazilian squadron in the river Uruguay. He then descended with his vessels to Buenos Ayres and immediate ly made an attack upon the Brazilian blocka ding squadron in the Outer Roads, which he forced to retire and seek protection from one ofthe frigates, lying some distance below. A Brazilian brig of 12 guns, was blown up, and every soul on board perished. The latest dates from Buenos Ayres were to the 15th March, at winch time Brown was engaged in fitting out his vessels with the greatest activi ty with the intention, it was generally bel ev cd, of making an attack on the blockading squadron. The g neral battle which took place in the province ot Rio Grand , in Febru ary, between the Buenos Ayrean and Brazilian armies, resulted in the achievement of a complete victory ov r the latter. Nine Brazilian standards had been transmitted to Buenos Ayres by General Alvear. as the tro phies of his victory—a large number of prison ers were taken, and twelve hundred o the Bra zilian army were left on the field. In the course ofthe action, the Buenos Ayrean caval y made two ineffectual charges upon the Bra zilian infantry; but being harangued by their commander, an officer ot great gallantry, they succeeded at th third charge in penetrating the imperial line, and decided the fate of the day It was said that the Buenos Ayrean gen eral was pushing his success so vigorously, as to induce the belief that the entire province •f Rio Grande would soon be in his posses sion. It was further reported, among the most intelligent classes at Buenos Ayres, that ti.< government continued to offer to the emperor the same terms to effect a peace which Lad been presented betore the battle. The United States trigate Macedonian, commodore Biddle, was lying at Monte Video, rendering every possible aid and protec tion to American commerce, ('apt. (). speak* in the warmest terms of the able and efficient manner in which the commodore discharged his duties. The pett.auger privatet r, com manded by captain Beasley, and another -mall privateer, had each succeeded in capturing 4-sending into the river Solado, Bra zilian property to the amount of *IIOO.OOO. The La sin par (formerly the Beauty of Balti m re,) had got to sea from Buenos Ayres, (’apt. Lew is, (ot the ship Corsair of N York, sold some months ago at B A.) still remained there, not being able to remit his funds to ad vantage. London, Feb. 23 We have received th following intelligence Irom Oporto this morning, contained in pri vate letters, dated the 4th Feb. “The rebels have retired from Brag*, which is occupied by our troop*, now between them and us Little chance of the capture ot the fugitive. This is official, and we are quite *afe tor the moment, and for the moment only, if British troops do not move up. They alone can secure us permanent safety, and *urely the government ought to know this un doubted fact, and the importance, in a military and moral point of view of this city.” * The confusion at Oporto has been bevond all description. Men, women, and children, baggage, money, good* in one mass cros-ing the river to the Lisbon side, called Villa Nuo va de Guia The streets unpaved, and trench es dug in them ; the lines undefended; the English ships of war moored in the Duoro, re ceiving money fimiies and children, were to have been defended till the last moment, and if necessary, abandoned and blown up. The rebels, however, showed, a total want ofener £V, and hesitated to attack Oporto, even when without a garrison, though their force is said to have consisted of 1.500 ot the line, and 400 cavalry, with 2.000 militia guerillias.” “ 1 send vou a Proclamation ju-t issued You will be rejoiced to hear that I have good reason to believe that a British lorce is ap proaching us, bv the Coimbra Road, and must already be at or beyond Leyra. i cau assure you that we have had a most narrow escape. PROCLAMATION. “ Portonians !— lt is time to repose from your glorious fatigues. The rebels, trembling at the fate which awaited them, if they should dare attack us, have retired. Our United Army tracks their steps, and this is, perhaps, the moment for chastising their criminal auda city. “ The complete route of Colonel Zagallo is fully confirmed. He arrived alone Oporto, after fighting as long as he could, but was over wh* Imed by very superior numbers. Portonians! hitherto certain of your patri otism and loyalty afforded me particular satis faction to be yoirr Governor, my happiness is augmented by the following expressions of her Serene Highness, the Infanta Regent : “ Her Highness, orders that Lieut. General Stubbs be informed that no exertion shall be spared for the succour of Oporto ; and that she places the greatest confidence in his ener gy, and valour, and in the loyalty of that city.” “Such Portonians, are the flattering expres sions of her Highness towards you. —Continue then to merit such an honourable opinion, while I, for my part, will take such measures as shall enable you to give free effusions to your joy, joining with me in ’he cry of Long live our King, Don Pedro, IV! Long live our Queen, Donna Maria II ! Flourish the Constitutional Charters ; and Long live the Infanta Kegentl (Signed) “THOS. W STUBBS ‘ Lieut. Gen. & Governor “ Head Quarters. Oporto, Feb. 4 “ P S. I must add that the exertions and spirit of Sir T. Stubb* exceed all praise.—He saved the city —Courier. EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED, Tampico, April 25. ‘ Yesterday arrived off this port the Colom bian privateer sloop Bolivar, having in com pany as her prize, the American schr. Antoi nette, Capt. Bateman, from Mobile, bound to this port. The captain of the privateer ha sent in a note to the consign l e, Mr J Har mony, of New York, giving him 36 hours to ransom the vessel Capt Bateman states be has been cruelly treated, and was threatened several times to be hung Mr Robertson, the American Consul, has addressed a letter to him, of which I herewith send you a copy, and it is to be hoped that our government will again put a stop to such unlawful acts of the Colombian cruizers ” From a London Paper. Cligraphy of Dr. Chalmers, and Mr Jeffrey.— ‘ Pray, did you ever see J> ffrey’s scrawl, or the pothooks of Dr Chalmers, of Glasgow “ Never.” Then you are no judge of the beauties or varieties of human writing I’ve had a note of the latter lying bv me these three years, and I’ve never been able to decypher it yet, nor have I ever met with a being who could.—l showed it to Pro fessor Lee, as Arabic, written to me by the celebrated Mirza Seid Moorshedabad of Ispa han ! 11 said at once, “ I can make neither head nor tail of it. But pray madam pre serve it ; I’ts a very great curiosity.” As to little Jeffery's caligraphy, you shall hear what Mr. Wilson, of Edinburgh, said to me respect ing it. “Did you ever see his writing ? Os all the pothooks—Lord save us a cookmaid would have written better with a skewer He’s often sent me sheets which were actually ille gible—a mass of mere up and down strokes— I could have wept to look at them. Perhap I could make out the first letter; say it was a P—Well, then, all the rest was a matter of guess work ; and wh> tlier it was particular or praiseworthy, or professional, or party spirit, or periwinkle, 1 bad to conjecture from the context. Surely never man made such ag, I and p, as he does! and then the cantrips which his highness Would occasionally play up ! Often when I had got a whole number in type he would come down, cancel three or four ar ticles and leave me as many fresh ones in their place And times beyond number he has pre sented himself to me, seen thftjfroof of a l< ng and difficult aiticle, ami alterflmpd remoddcl ed every line of it ! —And we made a mistake or two more than ordinary, he would fume, and rage, and fret, and talk of bis time and our stupidity as if his writing was cop perplate ! I ve often said to Mr. Constable, J< ff ry will drive me demented at last ; and if ever I in put into a rradhouse, sec that he pays the charge o’lt INTERESTING A R RIVAL. Boston, May 1. Three men, Gregory, Nichols, and another w hose name we have not learned, former resi dents of this city, arrived in town last week ai ter a fifteen years captivity among the Indians Early in the late war, William Gregory, then at the age of only eleven years, enlisted in the U S service, under Capt. Watson of the city; and the others entering the army about th« same time, they were all ordered to the west ern or Canada lines together. They had not remained long on tha’ station before they were compelled to engage in several skirmishes with the Indians, in on of which these three with sixty one others were captured After changing masters several times, they at last found themselves in the power of the tribe called Flat Head*, by whom they were taken to the Rocky Mountains, and taught the red man* art of hunting and fishing. During the long lingering years of their ser vitude, Gr gory with the other two made four several attempts to escape, but w ere as many times rc-taken , and as a punishment for their bold endeavor, they were subjected to the most cruel and excruciating torture which the untutored mind could devise or sa vage barbarity execute. At one time they were made fast to a tree or post and their ,-calps taken off ; after which, the little re maining fle'h on the top of their heads was violently removed, and the bleeding scalps re placed, and permitted to remain, and adhere. The flesh thus cut from their heads was roast ed and forced down their throats to sustain exhausted nature. At another time a piece was dessected from the fleshy part of the thigh, which was also cooked and given them to eat. No resistance in this case would avail, and they submitted without opposition to the cruelties oi their barbarous oppressor*. Gre- gory however became so exasperated 'With pain that in a state oi wildness approaching insanity, he rose u P° n his tormentors and ac tually succeeded in bringing several of them to the ground- Upon this some ofthe Indians in their lan guage exclaimed, “ he is a good soldier but for his reward, his right arm which done the deed, was stript, and on the inside a gash cut from the wrist to the shoulder, into which was introduced a hot walnut rod* and the flesh again closed. As if this was not sufficient entirely to disable this member, they immediately shot several bullets through his arm m diffierent places, and then left him to groan and sigh that his hours of existence might be few and his lingering torments soon overpower the pulsations of life. At another time their tongues were cut out; Gregory’s about one third, and the others en tirely to th" roots. Consequently Gregory is the only one who can utter a word, and he in distinctly and from him the principal informa- r tion is'derived. They finally succeeded in ef fecting their escape by the assistance of tt squaw, who in kindness accompanied them through the forest, a distance of 45 miles, and placed them on a track by which they suc ceeded in reaching the white settlements. At the time they made the last attempt to freo themselves, they were three hundred miles from any white habitation. Many more of their sufferings and hardships could b*e told, but what we have already related is sufficient to shock teelings of humanity, and to ex cite the warmest sympathy for these miserable fellow beings; who at this late day, so long af ter the execution of the heartless deeds, bear about them but the too visible proofs of the trut iof their story Nichols and the third we understand left wive? and families in this city, and Gregory a -mother, who had long since numbered them with the dead. [Traveller. We should have inserted the above article in our last, were it not that we thought the statement, too horrid for belief. It is however confirmed in the last Traveller, the editor of that paper having had an interview with Mr- Gregory and we are no longer at liberty to doubt the truth of his tale Mr. Gregory’s narrativ is said to differ in no very essential point from the above statement. “He enter ed the service as a waiter or musician at elev en years of age—was in the army of Gen. Hull when he surrendered at Detroit—-and with 65 others was seized and carried off by the In dians. All of this number but 17, who were spared on account ot their youthfulness, after being taken in the dense wilderness, were tied to posts and trees, their clothes stripped off - , and their bodies thickly perforated with pi >e torches. In this condition the splinters were* lighted and they were litterally roasted alive : and then left to linger out their painful exist ence. Fourteen ofthe others were alive when Gregory and his comrades made their escape. It was some of his fellows, but not Gregory, who had been scalped as is stated. Ont was a. worthy Lieutenant, whose name if we rightly understand the broken accent of our inform ant, is McCrea. This officer made three at- I tempts with the others to liberate himself, but the savages were so severe and horrid in their punishments of scalping and mangling him that he durst not again take an unforbidden step. He is believed to be alive with the Flat 11 ads at the present time. Though Gregory was not actually scalped, a gash was rut from his forehead across his skull nearly to his neck and another across from ear to oar. The skin was torn back in the region of the neck so far that a piece of the muscle could be dissected, which wa* roasted and eaten by > the Indians or their captives The flesh has been cut from his thigh and other parts in larger quantities than is above mentioned. His arm hangs by his side a mas*, of senseless, as well as useless matter. Tho rod made use of to stiff n it. was not of wood, but a common ramrod : ard was forced thro* the flesh from the shoulder down The nerve <4 the arm call, d by anatomists the musculo cutaneous nerve was also severed, and hence the skin and muscles on the back of the arm and hand arc entirely without feeling, and in a state of violent contraction. Several scars of bullet wounds are visible on different parts of the arm, which ih size is much larger than that on the left side I he remaining particulars are as we before stated them—and they were indebted to the kindness of the chef squaw, for their final re lease ; who procured ponies for each of them, and mooted on one herself, guiding them t hro the pat bless forest to the distance of more than 40 miles; where she placed them in a track by which they arrived at last at the white settlements. They roomed by the way ot Green Bay, Detroit and Washington. At the latter place, they made known their case to the President, who in person or by his order furnished them with money sufficient to enablo them to r ach their friends in Boston ; and assured them that they were entitled to a pen sion, and on application to their captain still a resident in Boston, they would receive the ne cessary requisites to obtain it according to law. —A". //. Chronicle DEATH. The annexed paragraph is an elegant delin eation of what all can feel, but what few can so faithfully describe. It is from the novel en titled Marriage”—a work written with un common power and ability.—A'. Galaxy. 1 here is, perhaps, no feeling of our nature so vague, so complicated, so mysterious, as that which we look upon the cold remains of our fellow mortals. The dignity with which death invests even the meanest of its victims, i> spires us with an awe no living thing can ere- / ale. The monarch on his throne is less aw- * tul than ’he beggar in bin shroud.— Hie marble features—the powerless hand— the stiffened limbs—oh! who can contem plate these with feelings that can be de fined ? I hese are the mockery of all our hopes and fears our fondest love, our fellest hate. Can it be: that we now shrink with horror from the touch of that hand, which but yesterday was fondly clasped in our own ? Is that tongue whose accents even now dwell in our ear, forever chained in the silence of death ? These black and heavy eye lids, are ’hey forever to seal up in darkness the Volume IL