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posts ar. THE ARCTIC DOVE. BT REV. W. L. BOWLES. RMti on:—the ark, majestic and alone On th- wide waste of the careering deep, Its hull scarce peening through the Light or Is seen.' 0U But lot the mighty deep has shrunk' Th" ark, from its terrific voyage, rests : On Ararat. The raven is sent forth,— Send out the dove, and as her wings Tar oft Sh'ne in the light, that streaks the sev ring clouds, ... Bid her speed on, and greet her with a song:— | Go beautiful and gentle dov<», < Bit whither wilt thou go? For though the clouds ride high above, ■» How sad and waste is all below! The wife of Shem, a moment to her breast Held the jioor bird and kiss'd it. Many a When she was listening to the hollow wind, She pressed it to her bosom, With a tear; O:- when it murmured in her hand, forgot The long loud tumult of che storm without; She kisses it, and at her father’s word, Bids it go forth. ‘ The dove flies on! In lonely flight She flies from flawn till dark; And now amid the gloom of night, Comes weary to the ark. Oh! let me in, she seems to say, For long arid lone hath been my way; Oh! once more, gentle mistress, let me rest, , *L And dry iny dripjjing plumage on thy breast. So the bird,flew to Her who cherished it. She sent it forth again out of the ark;— Again it came atev’nirig fall, and lo. An olive leaf plucked off and in its bill, And Shem’s wife took the green leaflrom its bill. . ... , And kiss’d its wings again, and smilingly Dropp’d on its neck’ one silent tear for joy. She sent it forth once more} and watched its flight, Till it was lost amid the clouds of heaven; Then gazing on the clouds where it "as lost, Its mournful mistress sung the last fare well :— Go beautiful and gentle dove, And greet the morning ray; Ftor lo! the sun shines bright above And night and storm are pass’d away. No longer drooping, here confined, In this ci^d prison dwell; Go, free to sunshine and to wind, Sweet bird go forth, and fare thee well. Oh! beautiful and gentle dove, Thy welcome sad will be, When thou shalt hear no voice of love In murmur* from the leafy tree; Yet freedom, freedom shalt thou find, - From this cold prison’s cell; Go then, to sunshine and the wind, Sweet bird, gd forth, and fare thee well MISOfSLIiiLNEOCrS. ISLAND NEGROES IN THE OF CUBA. There is no part of Abbot’s Letters from Cuba, which we have read with more gratification than that which de scribes the condition of the Negroes >Ve apprehend that slavery in that i$ land is less severe* in its impositions than in the United States, and this impression is not weakened by the fact which Mr. Abbot states that, Carolina all, the work of slaves lands is laid oat in tasks, which tasks are usally performed by three or four o’clock, and sometimes by two; while, in Cuba, there are no tasks, arid the whole time of the slave, except part of Saturday and part of Sunday is his master’s. Mr. A. says They rise at day-break, and com mence their toil; and with short in tervals to take their food, they labor till the light is gone, and renew it on some plantations, by the light of the paoon or stars, or a blazing fire. As they move to the field in Indian file, the driver brings up the rear with a word and harmless snap of the whip, to quicken their pace; and in the field they work near together, and oc casionally the driver rouses the gang to a quicker movement, by an inspir iting call, like a carter speaking to his oxen. But I belive the lash is sel dom applied; I have never seen it Nor have I seen occasion for it. The step of the slaves is quick as they walk, their persons erect,*the bark commonly hollowing in, and the arms hanging a little hack; and a cheerful, vigorous movement, and often a lofty nnd graceful air, strike the stranger’s eye. It is certain that they work more hours than the farmers in the north of our own country, and I verily believe in each hour accomplish as much or giore. There is no conversation a- htf W w & mong them, no laughing or leaning on the hoe, no slouch in their gait, and every stroke seems to tell. I should not think the opinion extravagant, that the slaves in Cuba’ accomplish one third more labor than the tasked slaves of Carolina. So far as I have been able to ob serve, they have wholesome and even delicious food, as much as they de sire. It is not generally measured to them, as in Carolina. They come to the cook-room with their gourd and take as much as they choose of the de licious plantain; they have rations of fish, indeed, of jerkdJeef, and of hearts and skirts, to make a variety. pretty good sized cod-fish is cut into three parts, and one of them giv en to a laborer for the day. A pound of jerk beef, also, is a ration. In ad dition to the common fare, they have their favorite dishes, cooked in their private kettles, in which they put melanga, ochra, and any thing they )lease, raised in their own gardens. They cook their own suppers; and on Saturday evening, they make enter tainments, and invite guests with as much form and ceremony as their hospitable masters. The simplicity and wholesomeness of their food, and c Mistancy of their exercise, commonly secure to them the blessings of health. It is generally agreed that the labor on sugar estates is most exhausting to the negroes, and it is confidently said that on many estates there is a loss of from 10 to 15 per cent, of their la borers each year. This however, does not take place on well conduct ed estates. The severity of the toil on sugar plantations seems acknowl edged by the circumstance, that some estates purchase males only, and where both sexes are employed, there is ofteif little or no increase of population. As difficulties are thrown more and more in the way of importa tion of slaves from Africa, a greater attention is paid to pregnant females, to preserve the stock of the planta tion. I trust there is with many, I know there is with some, a commis eration of female slaves in that deli cate situation. They are exempt from labor for a month before and af ter the bifth, to nurse themselves and the child, and have hours of the day for months after for the same purpose, during which others are at work. In a subsequent letter, relating chiefly to the population of the island, Mr. Abbot says— The free blacks are considerably numerous; the number has been stat ed to exceed 100,000. It is a re deeming circumstance in regard t.i the Spanish character, that their laws favor emancipation, and the govern ment faithfully executes them. Ifthe slave can present his value, nay, only his cost, to his master, however re luctant he may be to part with per haps the best body servant he has, or an invaluable mechanic, or skilful driver, he cannot retain him. If he attempt to evadd the demand, the captain of the Partido must enforce it, and evasion in either case is pun ished with high pecuniary penal ties. Nor is it so difficult a thing for smart and saving negro to ' accomplish the means. Food is furnished to them so abundantly by their masters, that the fruits of their own garden may be converted into money. A certain method is to raise a cog, which they can do, to a large siz*, by corn of their own growing. I have seen swine be longing to slaves, worth two nr three ounces, (forty or fifty dollars,) and there are purchasers enough without their carrying tlieia to market. .Liv hogs are at this moment sold .here at eight dollars per lundred on the hoof, Ai any rate, negroes make money, and some save ant bury it, and at an early period in life may buy their freedom. This tery week, a splen did funeral was nude for a black wo man who paid for her freedom, and has left behind her $100,000, collect ed by her industry,«and also an amia ble and respectable character. From my chamber-window I look down upon a family of freed blacks, who are iny laundresses. They; sell admirable spruce beer, and I know not what else; and the daughter amuses her self, and the family, and the neighbor hood, by singing with a sweet and powerful voice of great compass, and accompanies her singing by the gui tar. All this I rejoice to see and hear, aud delight to record in honor of the Spanish government. And I would hide my face for shame, that in some of our republican states, a statute for* bids trianumission, even when the ow ner is disposed lo grant, or the slave i9 prepared to purchase the bless ing. Mr. Abbot supposes, from the best accounts lie could procure, that the whole population of the island is 638,- 448—that one tenth of this number are free blacks and colored,—and that more than one quarter of the blacks and colored are free. This is an im portant tact, and, in Mr. Abbot’s opinion, indicates a mode by which slavery may he abolished. ‘‘Make the earning of freedom easy and sure to-the active and prudent. Men, then, in obtaining their liberty, Will form those habits, which will render them good subjects, and capable of taking care of themselves.” No difficulties or barriers are thrown in the way of a slave resolved honestly to woik his way to freedoom—and so far, the policy of the Spanish government is more liberal than that of some states in the Union, where the attainment of freedom by a slave is made imprac ticable by law. Every patriot and philanthropist will unite with the ami able Abbot, and exclaim—“Let not the despotism of Spain, more relent ing and merciful than men rejoicing in freedom, and in the sacred creed that all men are born free and equal, spread blushes over any part’ of our country.”—Boston Courier. eral opinion that the crocodiles are ferocious; they never attack the in habitants even when bathing in the Nile. The flowers of Egypt are numer ous and aromatic. A man may actu ally travel for thirty miles upon beds of roses. These flowers are appro priated for the extraction of the otto of roses. Egypt is now four times moro wealthy than it was twenty years ago. This has arisen from the policy of the present Pacha. He encourages Eu ropean artists, and strains every nerve to promote the interests of com merce. From the New York Courier. THE EASTERN WORLD. Mr. Buckingham, the celebrated Editor of the London Oriental Herald, and formerly Editor of the Calcutta Journal, is at present delivering lec tures in Liverpool on the slate of the Eastern world. Mr. Buckingham has long been known as an accomplished traveller, a man of fine genius, and of high and independent character. From the Liverpool papers we gather the outline of Mr. B: s present lectures. He 'commenced with Egypt, which, he said, comprised one entire valley, about 600 miles in length; and owed its great fertility (three crops of corn annually) to the deposits made by the overflowing of the Nile. That river had excited great interest among the ancients, and whole armies have been sent to solve the grand problem of its source This river, supposed by some to be the coeval in its source with the Ni ger—the two rivers forming the grand bounderies of Africa on the west, and the north,—flows for 800 miles, without receiving any tributary stream and imparting fertility wherever it runs. Mr. B. next al luded to the navigable' canals of Egypt its lakes and works of art. fn ad verting to the towns, he stated that ancient Alexandria was half as long again as London, yet was only a third or fourth rate town in Egypt. It was fifteen miles in length, arid nine in breadth. ^onrpey’s pillar was a column supposed to be erected 1 by the people to' commemorate the boun ty of Severus. The obelisks of Egypt he next noticed—one of Which, though brought 600 miles by the Egyptians a modern army of 10,000 men were unable to remove. Memphis was in ruins before Alexandria was destroy ed—anti, what is curious, the ancient Egyptians permitted no body to be in terred in lands producing animal sus tenance. In alluding to the architecture of Egypt, Mr. Buckingham mentioned that the portico of Hermopolis was so beautiful that a peasant on first seeing it was heard to exclaim.- “This is a place worthy of gods and not of men.” At another city, Koum Om-'i bos, was a light-house for the guid anee of vessels on the Nile, the only one on record in ancient times. The great gate'at Edfou was so immense ijiat there'was actually a village on the top of it. Puring his travels through Egypt, Mr. Sukinghara visited the famous Statue of JYIemnon, which is of such a size that w hen he stood on tiptoe (the foot of the statue resting horizontally on the ground) he could not see over the instep of that stupendous monu ment of art. This statue stands upon alluvial soil; and is cut from one solid block V>f granite. The Acropolis extends a mile un der ground, and a' fine monument of alabaster was procured from it by the late M. Belzoni, and is new in the British Museum. There are chambers in this immense sepulchre, in which the visiter may walk upon a’ pavement of human heads. Mr. Buckingham confutes the gen- THE POWER OF REVENGE. Oiie of the most striking instances of the influence of this passion is re corded of a young Spanish officer, who, being sent upon a military service to South America, was stationed at Poto- si.The government made a decree that no Indian should be employed in car rying the baggage of European’s. This officer, whose name was Acquirra, broke the Order, and employed an In dian to carry his baggage. Of this he was instantly accused, and condemned to suffer the punishment enacted for the offence, which was to be publicly whipped-on an ass. Great intercession was made for him, but without effect. After many solicitations, however, a respite for a fortnight was obtained from the Governor, but just as this reached the prison, the criminal was stript, and mounted, and exhibited for punishment. On hearing of the res pite he said, “Nay, the shacte is suf fered; worse cannot be done; there fore, executioner, discharge your duty, and return the tyrant his reprieve.” The sentence accordingly took its course, and the young man endured it with the greatest calmness; but he never afterwards could be brought*to associate with gentlemen. He was constantly wandering about by himself in a state of gloomy melancholy, and shunning the society and converse of his fellow-creatures. Soon after the Governor was re moved, and another person was sent in his stead. Acquirra was still seen to hover about the place. The Govern or’s friends, apprehensive of a design upon his life, advised him to withdraw to some other place. He did so, and went to Los Reyes, three hundred and twenty leagues fi*om thence; but in a week’s time Acquirra was there, having followed him -on foot. The Governor then removed as secretly as he could to Quito, which is four hun dred leagues from Los Reyes; there also came Acquirra in a short space of time, though he travelled as before, without shoes or stockings. Finding himself so closely pursued, the Gov ernor took another flight, as far as Cusco, which is five hundred leagues from Quito, but there he was always followed by Acquirra. Being wearied out by so many journeys, the Govern or said, “I will fly the villain no long er, but keep a guard about me, and defy him;” which*'' he did; but the gates being one day open, and all the servants engaged in play, Acquirra en tered, fount! his enemy alore, stabbed him to the heart, and then despatched himself with the same dagger. being Accused of ahriduing the rights of conscience of others? Finally, should the transportation , of mails on the Sabbath he stepped by law, whose conscience would be violated? In Other words, are there any, whose consciences would rtquiri it of them, as a duty, even if the laws of the country did not require it, to be employed about the mail on the Sabbath?—Fermont Chronicle. FEMALES IN INDIA. A letter from Calcutta, dated Au gust 15, 1828, published in the Epis copal Watchman, thus remarks— “Native female education'is going onr wonderfully well. The Central Sohool House is built, fu/nrshed, and estab-' lished, and the excellent Mrs. Wilson has daily 125 scholars in atten dance. She itinerates in the after noon to four schools, established by, her in the neighborhood, into each of, which she has thrown three of four of her former little schools, and in these she collects near 250 girls daily.* This is as much as she can do. She gives up twp afternoons of each week* to attend the Ranee of our munificent’ patrons, Rajah Budinauth Roy, and teaches her English reading. The Ranee already reads and writes her own language, which is no small ac complishment in a Hindoo lady.—Chr. Watch. RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE. There is a strange way of talking, as if the rights of conscience pertained only to Sabbath-breakers, profane persons and drunkards. So far is this carried, that persons unpolluted with these vices cannot express their dis like of them, nor even their intention to abstain from them, without excit ing the cry, that the'rightsof conscience are invaded. But, as we humbly ? con- ceive, ff moral and religious man may have a conscience - ; and his rights in this respect may be as well worth regarding, as another man’s. As mat ters now stand, some persons at least connected with the Post-Office de partment, are compelled by law to violate their consciences by breaking the Sabbath, or retire from their post Some, we know, have chosen the latter alternative. Are laws expe dient, which exclude all such men from an employment” where integrity and faithfulness are peculiarly requis ite? ' All persons employed about the mail are hired and paid by the nation. Every freeman is holden by law to pay his part of the expense. The consciences of many forbid them to hire men to labor on Sabbath. May thM not even ask that their m ma^ cease tff be expendedin their consciences condemo” without Curran.—Curran, the celebrated Irish Orator, formerly visited the cat acombs of Paris.—The following reflections, conveyed in a letter to a friend, are not unworthy of the man who could delight as well the festive board, as the bar and the senate. They are the simple effusions of the heart, described by the pen of genius.- “I do not remember (says he,) ever*! to have had my mind compressed into so small a space. So many human beings, so -many sufferers, so various in rank, So equalized in the grave! As I gazed upon the strange congregation, I could not distinguish, what head had raved or reasoned, hoped or burned. 1 looked for thought: I looked for dim* E les:—I asked, whither is all gone? lid ivisdom ever flow from these lips, or soft persuasion dwell upon them? and if both or either, which was the most captivating, which was the most interesting?—All silent—they left me to answer for them. So shall the fair est face appear. I was full of the subject.” How to Prepare for a Flogging.— : Geo. S late, a Lientenant in the U. States army, and a native of this county, was one of the most excentri© fellows in the world. When a boy, having incurred thd displeassurte of his father, the latter called him to an ac count; and after examining him as to the why and wherefore of his miscon duct resolved on applying the rod, now more fashionably called “hickonj.* But that the punishment might have the more salutary effect, instead of inflicting it immediately, he gave the culprit time to reflect, aud chew the bitter cup of repentance, made ten r times more bitter by the anticipationof what was to follow. “George,” 6aid lie, “you may go for the present, but prepare yourself early to-morrow morning, for the most severe flogging- you ever had.’’-George retired, ana the next morning, bright and early? appeared before his father to ubdergo the execution of his sentence.—“Take off your cost, George,” was the stern ; command.*- Off went the old coat, and the father standing with the well prepared hickory in his hand, observed that his son’s back, from one extremi*' ty to the other, appeared unusally protuberant. “What have you got oir your back?” said he. My jacket,” replied the boy.—“Well what have you got under it!” demanded the fath er! “A leather apron four double, replied the lad.—“A leather apron, have you indeed! and what’s that for?' ‘Why, pa,” said the youngster with a grave countenance, “you told me to prepare for a flogging, and I got as well prepared as I could.” The an* gry father now tnrned away to hide a laugh, and the bojr escaped a flog ging by being so well prepared for it. Berk. *9mer. LAWS Of THE CHEROKEE NATION, for the years 1826, 1827 182b fit salt at thist 0$ci.