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1 On the sparkling bosom of the sea lucre be said, n' she was ti,ought of, it was casually : I amidst the mo9t horrid yetis on the approach] ty-thrce years seven month.*, from iSl.:;.
now rci"ned nn unbroken silence ; the Doge if he devilled attach wa* rcmemocrcd, n j of tire, of wlii-h tiny stand in the greatest 1826, the average was thirty years,
pronounced the well known sentence, and 111 was only as a pM*ant dream, a deligliili.1 ti- |drend. When enclosed they become oulra- j '
I "litterin'* rin" fell; then the loud clarion*, sinn, from which the sleeper awoke to dread j geous, nnd charge on all sides with great fury' Indian Summer.—Since the frost about ten
rrwinleifwith shouts' nf roomless voices, rent realities. l»ut without any efficton the strong barricade, days since, we have had a continued series ot
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A DKI.AM OF IIKAt bV
L*\ the seal of Death of is hr< akm/f,
Ttio?c who slrjtt ith sleep arc waking,—
I den opes her portal*lair!
II irk, the harp* of GotJ are mitfin?,
Hark, the seraph’s hymn is singing,
A id the hi'imr rills are Hinging
Music on immortal air!
There, no inoro at eve declining,
Suns without a cloud are allium/;
O’er the land ol’life and love;
Heaven’s own harvests woo tin* re ifif-r,
Heaven’s own dreams entrant*: iliea!c**j> /, f #
Not a tear is left the wee,,# r
To profane one flower above.
No trail lilies there are breathing,
There no thorny ro.se is w rrati.o.f;
in the bowers of |»aradi*e ,—
Hhere the founts of life me Howi-ip,
Flowers iiiikiiown to lime me I !
Mnl aupurher verdure (£low;ny
Than is sunned by mortal skies.
There the groves of God, that in V' r
Fadeor fall, are green lorevor,
Mirrored in the radiant inle ;
There, along the sacred waters,
V.'uprofnned by tears or si.n-ghlfis,
aiuler earth’s immortal daughters,
Kadi a pure Immortal's bmle.
Theie no sigh of meinm v fu e!le*h,
’J lu re no tear of miavn dw< li. th,
Hearto will bleed or hicak no more •
Past is all the cold world’s .‘■rmnii.g,
Gone the night, nnd broke i!ie morning,
With seraphic day adorning
Kifo’s glad waves nntl gold, n shore.
Oh, o/i that bright shore to aatnl r,
Trace those radiant wavis* tiien.uk'■«*,
All we loved uml lost t«> ee,—
Is this hope, so pure, so splendid,.
Vainly with our being bleiuh «i ;
No! with Time ye are not ended,
Visions of Eternity!
NATURE’S FAREWELL.—By Mis. Homans.
' " The beautiful is. vanish’d, and relurna not."
((.'uh-M./gtG If alUinliin.
A youth rode forth from his childhood’s home,
Tli.oughthe crowded paths f tin* world i<» roam,
And the green leaves whisper’d us he pass’d,
“ Wherefore, thou dreamer! away no fast ?
11 Knew’*! tlion witli what tlion art parting here,
Long would’st llion linger in doubt and b ar
The heart’s free laughter, thv sunny It >urs,
Thou hast left in our shades with the Spring's wild
flowers.
“ lender the arch by our mi’igling n-stle,
Thou and thy brother have gaily plac'd*
Vo may meet uguin winre ye rovtd i.l yore,
Rut as ye have iiilJ there -i»!i ! uiver wore!*
On rode the youth—anti tlio the houghs atuong,
Thu*! the wild birds o’er hi* oathway song:—
" \\ l.erefore so fast unto life* away ?
Thou art !■ aving tor cvei thy joy in cur lay!
“Thou mnyVt eoine to tin- Summer woods again,
And thy lit art have no echo to greet this strain :
Alar fro. • the foliage its love will dwell,
A change .n m ..a-s iVr th»*c—Farewell! Farewell
On rode tin- *."ith: tic* founts an I stream*
ThiH mmu'ci a vojee with Ins joyous tlr.ums
" \\c have been tin playinates through many a day,
Wle refine thus leave us!—Oh ! vet delai !
“ Listen hut once to the sound of our mirth ;
F • dice is a m. lady passing from euith!
.Never again will thou find in its flow
J hi* peace il could once on thy heart bestow.
“Thou will visit the scene* of thy childhood’s glee,
With the breufh ol llu? world on fhv “pint free ;
I tH-t.m and sorrow its depths will have stirr’d,
And ihe singing of waters »e vainly heard.
Thou wilt hoar in our gladsome laugh no part
\' hat should it do for a burning heart»
flioii wilt bring to the hanks of our fr» *»hest till,
Thirst which no fountain on earth may still !
“ Farewell! —when thou comes! again to thine own,
Thou wilt inis* from our music its love heat tone!
Mournfully true is the tale wo toll—
Yet on, fiery dreamer!—Farewell,Farewell!”
And a something of gloom on his spirit weigh’d,
A* he caught the Inst sounds of his native shade;
Rut he knew not, till many a bright spell broke,
How* deep weru the oracles nature spoke!
THK FAIR VENETIAN.
The morning of that cosily pngrnnt. the bri-
<lnl of the Adriatic, had arrived: the dark ca
nids ofVcnico were deserted, and the whole
population of the city were gliding over the
sea. The neean breezes were soft and re
freshing. Tho banners fluttered gaily in the
air; and all was blithe nnd beautiful. Scar the
state vessel of the Dope floated the barge of
the Poke de Fnnrini, one of Italy's proudest,
ami most respected nobles; lint the eve oftlie
multitude was not turned to him ; bis daugh
ter—tho last remaining prop of his house—the
beautiful Rt.slme, the bright flower of the
Republican Slates—occupied the individual at
tention of those nround her.
Rosline de Fnurim was, at this prriod, en
tering her eighteenth year ; the time when fe
males of the south possess that peculiar beau
ty. which unites the vivid lovelin. ss of youth
with the maturer grace of womanhood : hers
were the true ltalian.cinhelhshments : the Ver
million lips, the clear brown cheek over which
the damask tinge rested, the dark flashing
eyes—bespeaking a heart formed for devoted
love, mingled with an enchanting maiden deli
cacy, to which often Ihe Venetian females are
strangers—these were the few gems of worth
an observer could nt first discover: the re
mainder were in Ihe soul’s casket. Rut Ros-
line's love, her first love—and what love is so
fervent as that of youth ? was given ; and the
heart’s affection of one, whose vows were to
her the world alone, she could breathe, she
received. Who then wondered that the beau
tiful de Faurini gazed not on the scene before
her. that the music's strain was uuheard, and
the showy spectacle was to her insipid I sure
ly. no one ; the man who possessed her love
washv her side.and in his presence the world’s
pleasure and the city’s gaiety were tasteless.
The youngest son nf a noble British family,
possessed nf high personal and mental beauty,
the inheritor ot n relative’s princely fortune,
as, :red to the hand of llo-lne, and became her
-accepted lover—her betrothed husband.
the air; the assembled goto
! the living tide at once crifi
’ | vows of attachtr" o', ami ’
of the Fm.di-h-.i
• prolong'.: ■■■> ■'
marble s'rm •!' :
i «>t tnrtnimin :.t 1
f e.vcccd.'d, in spi,'
,*t ofllin 0<
■in the l*ca
“persril, and Rot what Inn
ICC entered 'lie city.—Tin- !t»d turned .«!<•
ami ti •* l orried accents . whom he had
V.I-, • a. an listened to and one in whose hi
gilded hark arrived at the! forgotten ? Th
can ed this change? What
r !‘s uflcctinn from one to
iv. run ever lasting allegiance,
i t tin v.ould never, never he
world had caused it. The
: bam;
I Rot ■
( | ( . Faurini palace. The voice of flatter; had been ponied in the ear of
lluit evening hv the Duke, the rich and handsome Steinfnrd : the eye ol
rami magnificence, the' an English maiden lord beamed on him—uml
nn Ihe preceding morning.! do 1 atirini ans jorgatten.
d and nol le females w ho I It iR not that the lieui t of man is unformed
mansion. Rosline shone ronspieu- to centre its affections on one object, and tlint
during with her l.m r through the one alone ; hut it is the desire, the propensity,
long cr.hoircir.es. io.w inch a dim tw Might reign- if! may terra it. of fettering the affections ol
or! : or, encircled l.y ftis arm, and mingling in j lending erov ds in hts ehains ; de ilirg life or
the festive dance, she seemed in an earthly Idcath, l.y smiles or frow ns,
paradise. i Durr" this time the conscienc
of Henry
The clock nf St. Mark tolled the third hour] did not s| im ,bcr. and when it reproached him
of morning ere Ihe guests departed ; Stcinford ! he would mingle in the dis-ipafions of f.nndon,
pressed the Zip of his IJesline once more, arid j nnd speed to the hntmN of the profligate,
repealed the. lengthened aditoi. ever and anon voting Italian lad e
casting a lingering glance as sl.n crested the'whether it was to the
■ostantlv
corridor to her own aparlmet.ts.
It was at that moment a messenger arrived
at the palace, hearing a letter for the F.nglixh-
man, winch he said required his immediate pe
rusal ; it was from his native isle, from his
brother: in it he said their father lay oil his
dculh-bed, and desired to see his last born bc-
life was ended ; the letter coneluded w ith
tiled him.
ortlv feast, or the no,-
sy revel ; though it was evident he was ill at
ease in liritain. Those who regarded the evi
dent iiielaneholy of the hoy. would fain have
persuaded Stcinford to send him again to his
native land : no feeling of pity instigated them:
fliev hired nut tin. presence of “ the familiar,”
as lie was termed ; at their nigh'lv orgies his
.scornful smile told of his contempt, and again
They nt last gain the narrow path of the clear and beautiful weather. This season j j
enclosure, the extreme end of which is just denominated the Indian Summer, and is thus,
large enough to admit one elephant, winch is finelv described l.y Ur. Freeman, in one ot hit
immediately prevented breaking out by strong occasional Sermons :
bars ln ; d across. To express their passion, I The sontluvestis the pleasantest wind which
their desperation, when thus confined, is im- blows in New F.nglatid. In lire month of Oc-
possible; and still more so, to imagine the tuber, in particular, after the frosts which com-
facility nn ! admirable contrivance by which . rnonly take place at the end of September, it
they are removed and lamed. Thus it is:—i frequently produces two or three weeks of fair
\ lame elephant is placed oil each side, to j weather, in which Ihe nir is perfectly transpa-
w finin' the. wild one is fastened by ropes : he is j rent, and tho clouds, which float in a sky of the
then allowed to pass out, and immediately on I purest azure, are adorned witli brilliant cul-
his making the least resistance, the tame ones j ours. If at this season a man of an efleclionale
luma most tremendous squeezeJtttween heart ar.il ardent imagination should visit the
cir trunks until J ton
arnest wish for Steinfnrd's instant return bis tearful eye spoke of sorrow tor his in
ngland. With the speed of lightning, h
placed tho pneket in his bosom, and strode
across the gallery, leaving the courier alone,
and surprised at his vehemence. His frantic
enunciation of their parting, excited deep ter
ror in the breast of Rosline. ns he entered her
apartment. No lamp homed in her room', and
the faint rosy tinge which gleamed in the east
threw a pleasing light on the snowy pillars
and silken draperies. 11 Dearest Rosline, we
must part,” he repealed in a trembling tone ;
“ but I will-return again.”
“ Artier, never,” sniil Rosline. in a low whis
per ; “ Steinfnrd, I well know the character of
you northern men ; here I hold you in the sil
ken chain—there its links will sever ; absence
annuls the strongest tie of lov
“ Rosline, dourest Rosline,” he returned,
“ if you value my future peace of mind, talk
not in such a strain: Can you distrust my at
tachment V’ and lie pressed her to his heart as
he spoke may you he averigodlf I forsake
you. Sweet one, doubt not my truth.”
“ Henry,” exclaimed Rosline, disengaging
herself from his embrace, “ the original of
this (and she drew from her bosom his picture,)
“ shall never cease to occupy my heart,”
“ I swear by Ihe bright beams of that rising
sun that life itself shall cense to animate
my frame, before my love for tlieo shall be
quenched.”
“ I [oly Mary I” sire continued, bending be
fore the imago of the virgin ; register mv
vow. And now Stcinford,” she added, “ look
on this scene once again ; morning him crim
soned lire ocean, and the fresh nir waves tho
orange boughs in the balcony. When in Fng-
Innd, if perchance yon glorious luminary rise
above your hiils, say, will you remember Rus
Im !—will one thought he nt Faurini I”
“ One thought !” said Stcinford, reproach
fully ; “ will not (his spiff engross all ! My
daily fancies—my nightly dream, all will he of
thee. You wrong me : bv my life, you wrong
me, Rosline.”
“ Saint Agnes, grant I may,” she returned ;
“ but my nurse, in days of old, hid me
beware of English luvesito used to say the
climate oftlie south fostered the passion oftlie
Italians; and that when the sky was ever cloud
less, the heart would ever lie tickle. You
must think tnc silly; Imt when a child, these
words sank deep in my breast. Now to rest
Ilcnry ; 1 will prepare your repast before you
Inavo me ;” uml she bent her head to hide the
warm tears which fell rapidly.
“ There will be no rest this day for me,”
said Stcinford ; " in an hour 1 shall be nn my
road ; therefore my farewell must he brief.”
“ Rosline, you will see me again at Venire
thyn” h* added in a whisper, “ wo part to
meet no more.”
But the separation did not appear to affect
tho maiden sensibly; she repeated in eager
lone, “ An hour didst thou snv !—Wilt thou
promiso mu to remain one hour longer at
Faurini ?”
Surely, surely, dearest,” was. tho reply ;
Your father, Rosline—I must see him ere I
depmt. Once more,farewell,” nnd ho. clas
ped Iter to his heart again nnd again : then lull
her; no sigh no cry of agony hurst from the
lips of Rosline : tire door closed, and he was
gone.
The travels of one in haste to gain his na
tive land, are generally void of interest : so it
was with Stcinford'*: his journey exhibited
little variety, and lie arrived at the castle of his
father in safety, hut too lute. The last sigh of
Ins parent had been breathed—the last prayer
for his welfare had been murmured, and the
senseless form was in its narrow bed, there to
meet corruption.
The dreadful uncertainty, tho feverish im
patience of him who endeavours to hope the
best, yet dreads to hear the confirmation of his
fears, generally produces intense grief, when
the fatal tiuth is known.—Henry’s sorrow
was therefore deep, though unavailing, and lie
asked it happiness would ever mere belong to
him ; his heart at that moment answered, No.
Rut what does net time c.rromplish I
The keen edge of affliction is destroyed :
the moistened eye is dried, and tho wounded
heart i.. healed.—Thus then il is tjimugb life.
R hen rho bosom is surcharged with misery, it
is obdurate to tho voice of romfort ; let a few
months pass, and *hc who had before turned
nuay, will listen with avidity. Soil was with
Steinlord ; the young.recluse again mingled
One night, one eventful night, when, after a
crowded hall. Henry conducted a lady, to
whom it was said he was to he united, to her
equipage, he motioned the Italian to approach.
“ Thy lady’s carriage.” he exclaimed ; 11 seek
for it, Julio; thou must have him for thy page,”
he continued, addressing ids companions; hut
llir* hoy darted forward.
Nay, nay. it cannot he,” he remarked trn-
mulously, “ | am no hireling to he transferred
at willand tho deep flush on Ins hitherto pul-
lid cheek bespoke his determination.
•• Rack, hack, hoy,” said Stcinford ir. a tone
of auger, thrusting him aside ; “ you are un
mindful of your station.” *
As lie spoke, the countenance of Julio al
tered, the crimson blood waxed faint; the
flashing eye beamed not; the curled lip became
still, llo would have spoken, but with n half
suppressed sigh ho turned away to his er
rand.
" ’Tis a ftrangc boy,” again spoke Stein-
ford :—“ 1 met him at a post-house near A r e-
nice, where lie told mo a lamentable story of
his love, and mingling hi* tale with well-limed
flattery, induced nie lo engage him.” The
carriage of Indy Caroline M- , was at this
moment announced; presently it was gone,
and Henry departed. Ton gambling house
he proceeded ; he was now heroine
an adeut in fashionable vice, and “ Steiuford,
the gamester," was his usual appellation.
Those who have witnessed the haggard
look,the convulsive laugh, the eager impatience
at the fall of Ihe dice, can alone paint the scene
which presented itself to the gaze of-Steinford;
hot he heeded it not. and soon engaged in the
game; the stake was large—many thousands ;
lie throw nnd won Infuriated nt Ins loss,
Henry’s antagonist threw again and again lost.
Then it was that tho frenzied beggar utter ed a
maniac yell, os he exclaimed wildly, ’• ftly wife
my children—all. all are ruined!—I v ill not
he uurevenged;” and with frightful vehe
mence he hurled n lump, which stood near, at
his more fortunaU adversary :—the blow was
not doomed lo descend on him. The hoy
Julio, had entered unobserved : on hint the
vengeful missile fell ; the dark haired page re
ceived tho blow.
“Noble hoy! my life has been preserved
by thee,” exclaimed Stcinford, and he receiv
ed the senseless firm of the pago in his arms.
“ He does butfiunt,” ho continued in a tone
of alarm : “ Air! air I let him have air: It is
only n swoon.”
With speed the still lifeless body of Julio
was borne to an open window. Stcinford torn
from Ills head a black fillet, which tho boy said
concealed a wound; scar there was none ; hut
on his snowy temple there appeared a deep
gash, from which no blood issued.
The handkerchief was now untied, and his
vest opened ; and, to tho astonishment of all
present, the miniature of Henry, which he had
himself tied upon the neck of Rosline, met
their view.
The fatal truth now rushed with agonizing
force upon his heart!—It was indeed the faith
ful Rosline. who breathed her last sigh upon
Ins bosom ’ Struck with remorse nt being in
strumental to this scene of horror, Henry
prayed fervently for death :—this was denied
him, for Heaver, in merry gave him a long sea
son for repentance; for several years he lived
secluded from the world ; nnd when he died,
his hopes of forgiveness and a future re-union
with his "first lure,” brightened his closing
iiour.
tliir sides, nnd heat hint with tin
lie submits; they then lead him to a place rea
lly prepared, to which lie is strongly fastened,
and r.-tom to perform the same civility to the
next one.
“ In this way seventy wild elephants wen
coptuted for the purpose of Government la-
liuur. The tame elephants daily taki each
wild one stnglv to water, and to Iced until they
become quite tame and docile. The remain
ing elephants were shot by the people.—I took
possession of a young one, and have got him
now tied up near my door ; he is quite, recon
ciled, and eats with the greatest confident 1
out of my hand; he is. how ever, too expensiv
to keep long, and I fear I must eventually shoot
him. Some idea of the expense may he snp-
posod, when ! tell you that in one article alone
—milk, his allowance is two gallons per day.—
.Morning Chronicle.
Romantic devotion of a IVife,—The lovers
of science and admirers of Huron Humbohb
and Monsieur Ronpland, will be interested in
the noble enterprise of Madame Ronpland, in
search of her husband. It is known that lie
has long been detained in Paraguay by the ab
solute Director of the country. Dr. Frnneia.
although the Doctor has taken some pains to
convince the world, by means of the Rrazil
press, that Monsieur Bonpland remained in
Paraguay by choice, and not by necessity.
Devoted to general science, and to botany in
particular: knowing that Ihe greatest field in
the world was open to him in that department
in Paraguay, he ventured upon entering that
singular republic, from which no stranger has
been known to return during Dr. Francia’s
reign, in the Itope that the character which he
bore, uml the pursuits in which he was enga
ged, would he Ins safeguard from the jealous
tyrant’s suspicions. Tho Paraguay jesuit,
however, wiiose great care is to keep his sub
jects Irom Kuropean contamination, nnd con
tact with republican Americu, hermetically, as
it appears sealed the country to him on his
entrance. Much interest has been made for
| tombs of his friends, the southwestern breezes
as they breathe through the glowing treesj
would seem to him almost to articulate. Tho’
he might not he so wrapt in enthusiasm, as to
fancy that Ihe spirits of his ancestors were
whispering in his ear; yet lie would at least imn.
cine that lie heard the still sniall voice of God.
This charming season is called (lie Indian
Summer, a name which is derived from the
natives, who believe that it is caused by u
wind, which comes mitnediatcly from the court
of their great and benevolent god Cantantow •
wit, or the southwestern god. tue god, who is
supeiior to all other beings, who sends them
every Messing which they enjoy, and lo whom
the seals of their fathers go after their decease
—A'cic-Ilamjisliire Smlinel.
•Qu .Ifftcfinz Story. — One of Major Ilatni!*
ton’s acquaintances, who vvas tnarching* w ith ::
body of troops between Gulliakote niul Ih:-
ueevvarra, called on a Bheol villager lo he Id >
guide through the wood very early one morn
ing. The Rhte! remonstrated, id,serving th:.‘
it was not Ihe custom of the e amiiv to man '
before daylight, anil that it uus d.ingeroe-j t-,
do so. The officer, sopposiiia this So be tin.
mere pretext of laziness, was positive, am 1 ,
threatened him if he did not go on. Tim i.at:
said nothing more, hot took his shield aa.f
sword and walked on along l!,n narrow path
overhung widi long grass amt bamboos. l*he
officer followed nt Ihe head id' his men. and
bail moved slowly half asleep on his saddle for
about live miles, when he heard a hidt-oa*
roar, and saw a very targe tmer spring past
him so close that he alino-t brushed his horse.
'Pile poor Blieel lifted up llis sword and shield,
but was down in an instant under the ati'iti il f
paws, who turned round with him in his mouth,
growling like a cat over a mouse, and be fed
the officer in tho face. He dal w hat could lie
done, and with his men'attacked fl e tiger,
whom they w ounded so severely that be drop
ped his prey.—Rut the first blow bad do e- ,:e
work effectually, and the poor mail's skull was
mashed in such a manner as literally to be all
in pieces. The officer told Major Hamilton
that from that dav forward this scene was sel-
dreains, and with the least
Elephant Hunting.—Fixtrnct of a lcttcrfrom
a medical Ofl'tcer, dated Hambautotti, island
of Ceylon, Feb. 26th.—“ I have just returned
from beholding a sight, which, even in this
country, is of a rare occurrence, viz : an ele
phant hunt, conducted under the orders of
Government. A minute description, (though
well worth perusal) would be far too long for a
letter. I shall therefore only give you what
is usually called a faint idea. Imagine 2000
or 3000 men surrounding a tract of country
six or eight miles in circumference, each one
armed with different combustibles and moving
fires ; in the midst suppose 300 elephants, be
ing driven towards the centre by the gradual
and regular approach of these fires, till at last
they are confined within a circle of about two
miles, they ere then driven by the same means
into a space made by the erection of immense
logs of ebony, and other strong wood, hound
Ins release, not only by F.uropean monarchs,
hut by Buenos Ayres, and Don, Pedro, the
Emperor of Bruzil, but without effect. Ma- dom absent front h
tlamo Bonpland directed her voyage, in tho i illness or fewer he had always a remm of tho
first instance, to Rio Janeiro; but on her arri- vision o''the the tiger w ith the iiufnrttmate man
val there found tho young Emperor bad it not' irjlii- jn.vs, whom his imprudence had sacri-
tn his power lo assist her romantic enterprtze, ficed—Bishop llebcr’s .Vomitive.
having already tailed in his repeated efforts ia j
favor of Iter husband. She accordingly left. Tortoise Stull.—Few of the tender sex. il is
Rio in a French store ship, and after a most' lo be presumed, are aware of the barbarous
tempestuous voyage arrived in Chile, where method by which this highly priced artiei.- is
she remained several weeks, during which obtained. When the tortoise i* caught by the
time she received every attention from the; Pastern Islanders, it is suspended over a lire
British merchants and residents, and in parti- ■ kindled immediately alter its capture,until mu-Ii
eulur from captain Juby, of his Majesty’s slop time as the efiect of tile heal loosens the slid!
Yolage. Upon her embarkation for Peru, she’ to such a degree that il can be removed with
encountered n repetition of misfortune in the | euse. The animal now stripped nnd defence
less of her trinket box, containing j novels to a j less, is set at liberty to re-enter its natix'e rle-
eonstderahle amount—a loss, in her eircum- mint. Ifeautiht the ensuing season oral any
stances, she was little able to sustain. No
thing however, could dump the nrdor of this
extraordinary woman. She arrived ut lain#,
and took up her abode in the house of an F.n-
ghsli merchant to whom she was recommend
ed. From thence, notwithstanding the strong
remonstrances of her friends, she set off for
Upper Peru, determined to prosecute her un
deriuking. Marshal Sucre, President of that
republic, accorded her his protection, and
manifested the greatest interest in her welfare.
Subsequently site set ofT for Arica and Tucua,
to traverse those immense wilds hitherto unex
plored by civilized man, and but little known
even to the nutive Indians which separate the
two countries. She was accompanied by a
little black slave only of 14 years of age. The
next acenunt of the chivalrous undertaking of
this heroic woman will he looked for with the
greatest interest by all lovers of science and
the arts, to whom this brief account oilier pro
gress hitherto cannot fail to prove highly inter
esting.
in society, and the laugh of gaiety again played , together by tune, and of the shape (in nnnia-
upon his lips. j tore) of the longitudinal section of a funnel.
And whsre now was Rosline I truly it must | towards wliitdi they rush with the greatest fury
Duration of life longer now than formerly.—
Every year proves us lo be wiser than our an
cestors. nnd that what we call antiquity, and
venerate as such, ought to he called the child
hood of the world. In fact philosophers have
enough tc do in exploding the prejudices and
mistakes of this venerable antiquity, many of
w hich a school-boy would he ashamed of ttow-
n-dnvs, and which we have never done won
dering could be entertained un hour by a ra
tional generation. There is one point, indeed,
on w hich the people of the old school were al
ways bold, nnd, as they thought, strong; it was
the longer duration ot human lite, caused as
we have always been assured, by their coarse
diet, early hours, &c. our departure from which
primeval habits was bringing in new diseases
not included in Pandora’s box, and gradually
abridged the already brief term of our life.
But even this citadel of “ custom grown blind
with age.” is likely to bn stormed. A Mr.
Odier, of Switzerland, has been lately engaged
in investigation on this subject, the result of
which is, as the world grows older, the aver
age l.fe of man is extended. He has gone
back as far as the year 1560, and found, that
between 1560 nnd 1600, the average duration
of life was eighteen years five months. From
1600 to 1700 men lived, ert tut average twen-
stihsequent period, the imhappx animal
jeeted to n second ordeal of fire, but rewards
its captors this time with a very thin shell.
A little travelling Frenchman chanced to
breakfast at a tavern in Kentucky, in company
with a tall honey Jonathan, whose appetite
wus in proportion to the magnitude of his
frame, and who ate more at a meal than little
Monsieur would have done in a week.—The
Frenchman was astonished at his gastronomic
performances and nfter restraining his curiosi
ty for some time, asked with a flourishing bow
—‘ Sare will you he so polite as tell me is dot
you hrrnlfass or you dinnair veit you male !”
The Yankee at first mnde no reply, but Mon
sieur nnt satisfied, again asked—‘ Do, Sure,
ave de politeness lo tell me is tint you breakfast
or you dinnair val you mnkeV’ ‘Go to the
d—I,” says Jonathan, feeling himself insulted.
A challenge ensued, and tlie Kentucky rifle
proved to much for the little Frenchman’s vi
tality. \\ bile he was writhing his last agonies,
Jonathan’s compassion was awakened, and lie
entreated Ihe little Frcnehmun if there was
any thing that he could do for him, though it
should cost him years to perform it, to let him
know, nnd it should be done. “ O .Monsieur,”
replied the little dying man, 1 tell me ras dat
you dinnair ox. your breakfast vat you did
make an I will die happie.”—.V. Y. Statesman.
AVie Music.—A young lady of high accom
plishments, and no pride, in the absence of
the servant, stepped to the door on the ring
ing of the bell, which announced a visit front
one of her admirers. _ On entering, the beau,
glancing on the lmrp and piano, which stood
ill the apartment, exclaimed, “I thought l
heard music—on which instrument were you
performing. Miss?” “ On the grid-iron. Sir,
with an accompaniment oftlie frving-pan!”
rep|,ed she, “ my mother is without help and
she says 1 must learn to finger these instru
ments, sooner or later, and I have this day
commenced taking a course of lessons.”
A transit of Stars.—An Ohio paper contains
nn advertisement of Christopher Starr, stating
that Mrs. Starr has eloped and carried away
with her Alinira Atari - nnd Edward Starr. The
transit not being expected, we presume no on*t
witnessed it.