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wlian not perverted bv a corrupt will, rise up ward cu naturally as the morning i!u\v on the dowers is exhaled to the skies. Ihe genius of Mrs. Sigourney, like the ‘ imperial Passion Flower,’ has always been * Consecrate to Salem's peaceful King— Though fair as any gracing beauty's bower, Yet. linked to sorrow like a holy thing. It is this sadness which shows her strains to be of earth —their purity and serene loveliness are angelic. Ifthere be a want felt in reading her effusions, it is that of fervency. The light is brilliant and pure, but it does not kindle into flame. Her ‘ truths’ need to be more ‘ impas sioned,’ to produce their greatest effect. Yet this deficiency arises from the delicacy of taste, which makes her fear to pour forth the full gush of tier feelings. And it is very seldom that a woman can or will do this. Hence much of the monotony and mediocrity of their poetry. We must not omit to record that Mrs. Si gourney is, in private life, an example to her sex, as well as their admiration of her literary career. She is a good wife and a devoted mother ; she has two children, a daughter and son, whom she has hitherto educated entirely herself. And in all domestic knowledge, and the scrupulous performance of her household duties, she shows as ready acquaintance and as much skill as though these formed her only pursuits. Her literary studies are her recrea tions—surely as rational a mode of occupying tho leisure of a lady, as the morning call «r the evoning party. From the Baltimore American, Till WASHINGTON MONUMENT. During a walk to tho heights of the northern portion of our city an evening or two since, we looked with honest pride as natives of Maryland upon the noble tribute paid to the worth of our country’s greatest sou, in tho erection of the magnificent column to the memory of Washington. After years of soli tude and toil, of conflict with difficulties and vexations, through the praiseworthy and un tiring zeal of a few public spirited individuals who have devoted themselves gratuitously to the patriotic task, Maryland can at length boost of a structure in some degree worthy of the great man to commemorate whose worth it is intended. Simp!* and grand, the majestic colum rears itself aloft, bearing on its summit the representation of one whose noble eleva tion enabled him to look down as from an eminence on the crowd of his fellow men. Washington when living attained a moral and intellectual cxhaltation that placed him beyond the more ignoble influences, by which human nature is actuated, and aloof from motives that could sully the purity of his spirit, or cast a •hade upon the brightness of his fame. Un ambitious of controlling others, he achieved the more mighty work of governing himself, and gave a practical illustration of tho passage in holy writ, which proclaims that he that humbleth himself shall be exhnlted. To have been tho first among the sister States to erect * monumont to the saviour of his country, ie a proud distinction in behalf of Maryland. It •hould he regarded by her sons as a source of patriotic self-gpatifieation, and so long as the lofty pillar which adorns their metropolis shall •tand, so long willj the names of their follow citizens who haveboeu instrumental in effecting the object, be’held in respectful and affectionate remembrance. It is not our intention to enter upon an eloborato history of this truly beautiful work, most of the particulars connected with which are already familiar to the great body of our readers, butjinasmuch as] it Ms now approach ing completion, we deem it no moro than proper to direct public attention to the struc ture, whilst we attempt a description of its proportions and appearance. The column is of white marble, quarried in the vicinity of our city. Its height independent of the colossal figure, is one hundred and sixty-five feet from the base. The diameter of the pillar is twenty feet at the base, its proportions being in strict accordance with the rules laid down for what was known among the Greeks as the Dorric order of architecture. From the capital which •unmounts the column springs a rounded cone, the effect of which is to givo sufficient eleva tion to the lower part of the statue, so as to re lieve and cause it to be seen by the beholder from below. The Statue represents General Washington fti the act of resigning his Com mission to Congress at Annapolis, tho capital of our State, wrappod in a military cloak the folds of which form an easy and appropriate drapery, whilst the right arm projecting sus tains the parchment containing the warrant of authority of the great Captain. The face of the figure presents to the South, or in tho di rection of the scene of transaction intended to be represented. The main column rises from a grand base the elevation of which is about twentv feet, and its diameter fifty feet, there being a door in the centre of each front. On either side of each of those openings is an inscription commemo rative of some signal occurrence connected with the eventful history of the life of the foun der of our Republic. These inscriptions have just bean completed and the order iu which they •tand is as follows : On a tablet in the frieze of each of the four fronts of the grand basement are the words, in letters of an appropriate size— TO GEORGE WASIIIN G TON. nv THE STATE OF MARYLAND. As the Statue on the Monument fronts the South and Annapolis, where he resigned his Commission, (which he holds out toward that city,) we begin with this front as the principal, and the one first approached from tho body of the town bv Charles-street. On the spaeos each side of the door, reading always to the right, are inscribed— BORN DIED 22<2 February 19 th December 1732. 1799. On the East side, reading still to the right, are these inscriptions— COMMANDER IN CHIEF RESIGNED HIS COMMAND of the at . AMRRICAN ARMY ANNAPOLIS 15 th June 23 d December 1775. 1783. fhn the North side— TRENTON YORK TOWN 25M December 19 th October 1776. ITS 1. On the West side — . - • - PRESIDENT RETIRED of the to I UNITED STATES MOUNT VSRNON 4 th March 4/A March 1789. 1797. These are the eight most remarkable events of his civil and military life, and it will be seen that they are put in opposition by a kind of antithesis, to render them more striking, and more readily impressed on the memory of the reader. The monument is encircled by a massive and beautiful iron balustrade of proper height, on the outside of which is a circular pavement of flags, composed of granite of uncommonly find quality. There still remain to be finished four statue or trophies, which are to occupyfthe tops of the angles of the base, and we sincerely hope that the ensuing session, the Legislature will pass a law authorizing the appropriation of a sum sufficient to complete them, instead of depend ing on the precarious resources at present allotted from the revenue from lotteries. In addition to these there only remain to render the Monument complete, the four doors and the eight blocks for the tripods on each side of them, which it is believed will be in place before the winter arrives. It would be doing great injustice to our own feelings and the deserts of those gentlemen, if we did not offer thanks on the part of the com munity to Robert Gilmore, Esq. as President, and Fielding Lucas, Jr. Esq. with the other directors, for the able and efficient manner in which they have discharged their arduous and responsible duties, the only reward for which is to be found iu the approbation of their coun trymen. Should tho brief notice here taken of this ornament to our coimtry serve to awaken in the minds of our young leaders a desire to intimate the virtues of him who was “ first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen,” our object will be fully attained. .From a late number of the Edinburgh Review. ASTONISHING FACTS RELATIVE TO A FORMER ORGANIC WORLD. Dr. Buckland now (proceeds to the most important and popular branch of his subject, to give a description of the most interesting fossil organic remains, and to show that the extinct species of plants and animals which formerly occupied our planet display, even in their fragments and relics, the same marks of wisdom and design which have been univer sally recognized in the existing species of or ganized beings. After giving some account of the supposed cases of fossil human bones, and establishing the remarkable fact of the “ total absence of any vestiges of tho human species throughout the entire series of geological formations,” our author passes to the general history’ of fossil organic remains. “ It is marvellous that mankind should have gone on for so many centuries in ignorance of the fact, which is uow so fully demonstrated that no small pavt oft Vie present surface of the earth is derived from the remains of ani mals that constituted the population of ancient seas. Many extensive plains and massive mountains form, as it were, the great charnel houses of preceding generations, in which the petrified exuviaa of extinct races of animals and vegetables are piled into stupendous mo numents of the operations of life and death, during almost immeasurable periods of past time. ‘At the sight of a spectacle,’ says Cu vier, * so imposing, so terrible, as that of the wreck of animal life, forming almost the en tire soil on which we tread, it is difficult to restrain the imagination from hazarding some conjectures as to the cause by which such great effects have been produced.’ The deep er we descend into the strata of the earth, the higher do ascent into the archselogical history of past ages of creation. We find successive stages marked by varying forms ofanimal and vegetable life, and these generally differ more and more widely from existing species as we go further downwards into the receptacles of the wreck of more ancient creations. * * * “ Besides the more obvious remains of tes tacca, and of larger animals, minute examina tion discloses occasionally prodigious accumu lations of microscopic shells that surprise us no less by their abundance than their extreme minuteness; the mode in which they arc some times crowded together may be estimated from tho fact that Soldani collected from less than an ounce and a half of stone, found on the hills of Casciana, in Tuscany, 10,454 miscros copic chambered shells. * * * Os several species of those shells, four or five hundred weighed but a single grain ; of’one specimen be calculates that a thousand individuals would scarcely weigh one grain.” Extraordinary as these phenomena may’ appear, the recent discoveries of Ehrcnberg, made since the publication of Dr. Buckland’s work, are still more marvellous and instruc tive. This eminent naturalist, whose discov eries respecting the existing infusorial animals j we have already noticed, has discovered fossil animalcules, or infusorial organic remains; and not only’ has he discovered their existence by tho microscope, but he has found that they form extensive strata of tripoli, or poleschiefer, (polishing slate,) at Frazenband, in Bohemia; a substance supposed to have been formed from sediments of fine volcanic in quiet waters. These animals belong to the genus BaciUaria, and inhabit siliceous shells, the accumulation j of which form the strata of polishing slate. , ’Tho size of n single individual of these animal cules is about 1,288 th of a line, the 2400th of part of an inch. In the polishing slate from 1 Bilin, in which there seems no extraneous mat ter, and no vacuities, a cubic line contains, in round numbers, 23,000.000 of these animals, and a cubic in«h 41,000.000,000 of them. Tho. weight of the cubic inch of tho tripoli which contains them is 270 grains. Hence there are 187,600,000 of these animalcules iu a single grain, or the siliceous coat of one of thqse ani mals is tho 18,000,000 th part of a grain! Since this strange discovery was made, Mr. Ehrcnberg has detected the same fossil ani : mals in the semiopal, which is found along with the polishing slate in the tertiary strata of Be!m, in the chalk flints, and even in the semi opal or noble opal of porphyritic rocks. What a singular application does this fact exhibit of the remains of the ancient world ! While our habitations are sometigpes built of the solid ag gregate u#'millions of microscopic slielis; w hile as we have seen, our apartments are heated and lighted with the wreck of mighty forests tiiat covered the primeval valleys, the chaplet of beauty shines with the very sepulchres in which millions of animals are entombed ! Thus has death become the handmaid and the orna ment of life. Would that it were also its in structor and guide. From the Southern Literary Messenger. THE MAGNOLIA. Amidst the great variety of trees indigenous to the United States, there is, perhaps none which more forcibly claims attention or com mands admiration than the Magnolia. This beautiful genus or family of trees, consists of about fifteen species, and is almost equally di vided betwixt the United States and China. The generic term Magnolia is derived from Magnol, a distinguished French botanist of the eighteenth century. The genus is arranged under the class, Polyandria, and order Poly gynia, of the sexual system of Linnaeus. The two most interesting and ornamental species arc the Magnolia Grandjlora, and Magnolia Macrophyl/a. In Florida where the former flourishes in extreme luxuriance and grandeur, the forest during the flovvry season, is repre sented as being sublimely picturesque, and pre senting one of the most enchanting views in nature. It not unfrequently presents a living column of eighty or ninety feet in elevation, almost unobstructed by branches, and termina ting in a spreading top of the deepest perenial verdure. It has a pyramidal,or semi-eiliptical head, when not injured by accident. From May to August, in favorable situations, it is generally covered with brilliant white flowers on the extremities of the young branches. Another species of Magnolia frequently met with in our forests, and which has been cultiva ted to some extent, is the cucumber tree (Mag nolia Acuminata.) It derives its familiar name from a resemblance betwixt its cono, or seed vessel, and the common garden cucumfcer- But it is the Magnolia Macrophylla which at tracts tlie greater share of attention, and on which it is chiefly intended to mako a few desultory observations. The extent of this species in the United States extremely limited and its diffusions but partial wherever found. Nuttall observed it on the banks of the Cumber land river, Tennessee, but of very’ small size. He also points out its most noted locality in a “ narrow tract of about two miles in length, twelve miles south-east of Lincolton, Lincoln county, North Carolina.” The limits, how ever, of this species are more extensive than those assigned by the above distinguished naturalist. In Lincoln county I have been enabled to discover several other localities in the section of country bordering on the Catawba river. It has also been found ia Florida and Kentucky. In all of its different situations it seems to prefer a light, virgin soil. It may be frequently seen growing very luxuriantly on some rugged and abrupt hill side, where it is protected from the sun by the surrounding growth. Indeed, a cool situation seems to be greatly conducive to its prosperity’. Yet it is not exclusively restricted to this its native and and favorite situation. It bears transplanting very well provided some attention is paid in having it ocaasionally irrigated during dry seasons. To ensure its future growth, with some degree of certainty, after removal, I would recommend, as a precautionary measure, the plantingof rose bushes, lilacs (syringa-vulgaris) or other small undergrowlh about its roots. These will keep up a coolness and moisture during the heat of summer. The Magnolia may also be raised from the seed; and this method is, perhaps, the most advisable when young plants cannot be easily procured. It is admitted by the most assiduous collectors in Botany, that this species of Magnolia has the largest leaves and flowers of any other tree in North America. It is in the vegetable king dom that we behold the finest delineations of nature amply and richly portrayed.. Her choicest penceiling, her most delicate tints, and brilliant hues, we find attractively displayed on the variagated flour. And with what pleasura ble emotions do wc recognize her beautiful finger-work as exhibited in the large and snow like blossoms of the Magnolia. The magni tude of the leaves is not a little remarkable, and naturally suggests to the inquisitive mind the idea of coolness, shade and protection. They are frequently found measuring from eight to twelve inches in breadth, and from twenty five to thirty inches in length. These dimen sions, it is true, arc vastly inferior in size to the leaves of the Palm trees of Ceylon, winch are said, by a distinguished writer, to be capable of sheltering whole families from the inclemency of the weather. But it may be observed, that in tropical climates all plants assume a more luxuriant growth, and the magnitude of the leaves seems to be the result of benevolent de sign by the author of the universe in consulting the health, the comforts, and the pleasures of the inhabitants destined to live beneath the scorching rays of a torrid sun. liven in a medical point of view, the Magnolia is worthy of attention. The bark of all the species are known to possess camphorated,* aromatic, and tonic qualities. In intermittent fevers, chronic rheumatism, &c., several species have been advantageously used. But it would be foreign to this sketch to enter into detail. The pro ceding remarks are made with a view of point ing out the most desirable species of Magnolia, nud presenting to the general reader a brief outline of its natural history. In Philadelphia and other notbern cities, where the Magnolia has been successfully cultivated, a great value is attached to it as an ornamental tree ; but in our own more favored clime, in this respect, it is too frequently doomed to realize the line of the poet, “Bom to blush unseen," and deck its secluded retreat, in solitary gran deur. To the lovers of Flora, and particularly to the Indies, who delight to see dame nature attired in her inimitable drapery, from the purest white to the most exquisite and varign ted tints, is the appeal made to cultivate the Magnolia. Wherever known in the United States it has acquired the merited appellation of “ beauty of the forest,” and is justly deemed the most splendid mid magnificent tree in North America. A HACK WOODSMAN BOTANIST. They have in the Philadelphia Library a 1 clock which once belonged to Oliver Cromwell. I TREASURE TItOVE,- OR A LIFT TO THE DIGGERS. In tlie course of grading Hawk-street in the fields, a few days since, just where it passed through an old burying ground, u coflin was discovered, and near it a trunk much decayed, which was hauled up and examined. It was found to contain a substance resembling tin der, which was once upon a time bank notes, or perhaps continental money, and a jmreel of coin, all of which was greedily taken up by the black men engaged in digging. As no white person was near, the discovery of the treasure was not known until it was too late to examine the decayed trunk, and the only’ piece of gold, that has yet been exhibited of the lot, is a ducat, bearing the date of 1758, and having on one side the likeness of a stalwart Knight, with a sword in one hand, and a sheaf of wheat in the other, and round about him the words abbreviated as follows : Concordia Res. Per. Cres. lioll. probably “Concordia, lloi publicte perpetuo crescat Hollands.—•“ Let the tranquillity of the Republic of Holland in crease for ever.” On the other side there is a regular square drawn and inscribed with the following words: Mo. Ord. Provin. Feeder. Belg. Ad. Leg. Imp. which may be translated, “ Issued (misso) by order of tlie Confederated Belgic Provinces according to the law of the land of the empire; or supposing the word Mo. to be an abbreviation for Anno, the reading would be, In the year of the organization of the Belgic confederacy’, &c. The coin is of fine gold, and was hid in its secret place with its colleagues by some cau tious person during the revolutionary troubles, by some staunch tory, who lived long enough to cuckle over the worthlessness of continental money, and to console himself with his trea sure put away’, but who never reached the Borough after the war. The diggers were lucky dogs ; if the suspicion be just that the deposite was large. Other pieces will soon creep out. Norfolk Deacon. “ I AM AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.” We derive the following gratifying facts from an account of a late visit to the Museum of the College of Surgeons, in Dublin, by a correspondent of the Worcester (Mass.) Spy ; “ To obtain admission to this Museum, an introductory note from one of the members of the Society is generally required. I was una ware of the fact previously to going, and con sequently was unprovided. But, upon stating that I was an American, I was immediately’ admitted. Tnis is not the first instance in which my being a foreigner, and American, has obtained for me privileges which otherwise would have been refused. In former days, the declaration, Mama Roman citizen ’ was an a?gis of protection to those- who could say it with truth. Now, the similar one, ‘lam an American citizen,’ not only ensures protec tion in this country, but opens to our country men, places which in some instances are closed even to Englishmen. It gained admittance for me into the House of Commons, on a day when the crowd was so great and the demands for seats so numerous, that the Speaker had refused to grant the privilege to many who had requested it—the day upon which the considera tion of the Queen’s message was before the House. In several other instances have I been more than usually thankful that 1 could say “ I am an American citizen. ’” VALUE Os NEWSPAPERS. Rev. Mr. Winslow's opinion of the value rs newspapers. —“As ready vehicles of public intelligence and instruction, newspapers are of indispensable service ; they are eminently re publican. They are the most constant com panions and teachei-3 of the people. In their daily visits they are at the doors of their patrons to give them the news, first in the morning and first in the evening ; frequently they breakfast, and dine, and sup with them ; they entertain them in the parlor and advise them in the coun ting room; they travel with them in all the coaches, cars and steamboats, upon the public ways ; there is not an athenaeum, nor reading room, nor house of entertainment, nor any place of public daily resort, where their forms are not seen and their voices heard. They are in truth the omnipresent geniuses and tutelary goddeses of the if there be any truth in trie proverb, that they who perpetually have our ears, have at last our faith, their influence must be great and decisive upon the destinies of this republic. Consider ingtlieir immense power over the public mind, every good citizen must seethe importance of endeavoring to save them from perversion, of elevating their character, and desseminating them as widely as possible. Every family that can afford it should take at least one paper, and should exercise the most wise discrimina tion in the selection. Few men confer more benefit upon the community than gaod editors, and few do more harm than bad ones.”—(Ora tion, July 4, 1728.) “ I WISH I WAS RICH.” How frequently do we hear this wish ex pressed, yet how seldom is it that we find a man who has in this respect, attained tho object of his wishes. Look upon that thin, haggard, care-worn man, with a countenance depicting anxiety in every furrow channelled in his shriv elled face. You would suppose, from his ap pearance, that lie is in the extremity of want— a houseless beggar—but go upon ’change, ex amine the financial operations of the port, and you will find that be is the controller of millions, the arbiter of the happiness and fortunes of one ! bait' of the community. But he is not rich. 1 He commenced hi* career a pauper; money iie desired, money he obtained, money lie now posseses ; but money lie still desires, and there fore, lie is still a poor man. Now look upon j tout old gentlemen with a benevolent, satisfied countenance ; there is a smile on his lip, and his clear blue eye twinkles with delight at every ; remark made by the beautiful, bloomin gdaugii- I ter hanging on his arm. Me cannot command | the wealth of the nation, lie lias not the means of hording up thousands of dollars, yet lie is richer than the person first remarked, who lias at Ins command the wealth of a nation. Why is lie richer I Because he is contented with *is lot, The first man looks upon the posses sion of wealtli as the principle of happiness, and would obtain that wealth by any means ; the second believes bis duty to God and man requires that lie should act well the part in j wlujJli hr lias been cast, and having accomplish- ! ed that duty, he w contented. \ man p , ted with his station,and jiossessed oftheiimM consciousness of having done his duty W 1 family and society, is richer than the .nilfionaim who, tho he has acquired tlie riches of tl ’ Indies, would not be satisfied if he possessed f whole world. r, - loe Baltimore Sun. THE NEW GREAT SEAL OF ENGLAND. The following is a description of the i . Griccit &cnl« which has been finished by Mr Wyon, principal engraver of* her Majesty’* seals. It is said to be a beautiful specif of art:—Obverse—An equestrian C c of her Majesty, attended by a page. The Queen is supposed to be riding m state ; overa ridiim habit she is attired in a long robe, or doalT and a collar of the order of tlie Garter; in ] CI ! right hand she carries a sceptre, and ’on head is placed a royal diadem. Tlie attendar page, with hat iu hand, looks up to tlie Q llu 'f whilst gently restraining the impatient horse’ which is richly decorated with plumes and trappings. The inscription, “ Victoria, Dei Gracia Britanniarum Regina, Fide Defensor” is engraved in Gothic letters, and tlie spaces between the words are filled with heraldic roses. Reverse—l’in? Queen, royally robed and crowned, holding in her right hand, the sceptre, and in her left the orb, is seated upon the throne beneath a Gothic canopy; on either side is a figure of Justice and Religion; the whole encircled by a wreath or border of oak and roses. From Cooper’s “ Homeward-Bound." SHIPS MEETING IN A GALE. C iptain Truck was in the mizzen-rigging, bare headed, every lock of hair he had blowing out like a pendant. Occasionnally he signed to the man at the wheel which way to put the lielni—for instead of sleep ing, as may be supposed, ho had boon conning the slm for hours in the same situation. As day appeared, he was directing the atten'ion of several of the gentlemen to some object astern, but a very few moments put ,:| on deck in possession of the facts. About a cable’3 length, on one of the quarters of the flfontauk, was a ship careering before tlie gale like our reives though carrying more canvass, and consequent ly driving fnsier through tho waves. The sudden ap pearance of this vessel in tho sombre light of the morn ing, when objects were seen distinctly, without the glare of day—the dark hull relieved by a single narrow line of white paint, dotted with ports—the glossy hammock cloths, and all these other coverings of dark glistening canvass which give to a cruizer an air of finish and comfort, like that of a travelling carriage—thesymme. try of the spars, and the gracefulness of all the lines, whether the hull or hamper, told all who knew anything of sucli subjects, that the stranger was a vessel of war. To this information, Captain Truck added, that It was their old pursuer, the Foam. “ She is corvette built,” said the master of the JL:i tank, “ and is obliged to carry more canvass than wo, in order to keep her out of the sea*; for if one of these big fellows should overtake her, and throw its crest into her waist, she would become like a njan who lias taken too much Saturday night, and with whom a second dose might settle the purser’s becks forever.” Such, in fact was the history of tho sudden appear ance of this ship. She had lain too as long as possible and on being driven to scud, carried a close reefed main topsail, a show of canvass that urged her through the water about two knots to the hour faster than the rate of the packet. Necessarily following the same course, hud overtook the latter just as the day began to dawn. The cry had arisen on her sudden discovery, and tho moment bad now arrived when she was about to conic tip quilt abreast of her late chase. The passage of the Foam un dersuch circumstances was a grand but thrilling Me r captain, too, was seen in the mizzen rigging of die ship, rocked by tlie gigantic billows over which his fabric was careering, lie held a speaking trumpet .a liia hand, as if still bent on bis duty in the midst of all that awful warring of the elements. Cap!. Truck call’. ii tor a trumpet in his turn, and fearful of consequen t ho waved it to the other to keep more aloof. The in junction was either misunderstood, the man-of-war's man wns either too much bent on his object, ortheffs was too uncontrollable for such a purpose, the comite driving up on a sea tpiitc abeam of the packet, and in fearful proximity. The Englishman applied the truai* pet, and words were heard amid the roaring ot the winds. At that time the white field of old Albion with the St. George's cross, rose over the bulwarks, and by the time it had reached the gnfi’end, the banting waa whipping to ribbons. “Show ’em the gridiron !’* growled Captain Trick through his trumpet with his mouth turned on board. Aa every thing was ready this older was instantly obeyed, an 1 the stripes of America were soon sees Ifhttering nearly in separate pieces. The two ships now ran some distance in parallel lines, rolling trom each other so heavily that the bright copper ol the corvette was seen nc-.r'y to her keel. The Euclid man who seemed a portion of his ship, again tried he* trumpet: the detached words of “lie by”—“orders -i “communicate"—were caught by one or two,' us howling of the gale rendered all connection in 136 meaning impossible. The Englishman cearfd l« s cilbrts to make himself heard, for the two ships were now rolling to, and it appeared as if they would inter lock their spars. There wv.s an instant when Mr Leach had h:3 hand on the main-brace to Id it? 3 ; but the fi, iin started away on a sea like a horse di l ) foi ls the spur, and disobeying her helm, shot torwarc as if about to cross the Montuuk’s forefoot. A breathless instant followed, fur nil on board ::i 1 ships thought they must now inevitably conic foui 3l each other, and this the more so, because the M 1 ■ ■ 4 took the impulse of the sea just ns it was lost t o hoam, and seemed on the point of plunging dircctl} ‘ the stern of the latter. Even the seamen clenched t e ropes around them convulsively, and the boldest f“. their breaths fora time. The “ l’-o-r-t, hard a port- °j Captain Truck; and the “S-t-a-r-b-o-n-r-d, starb o hard !” ol the Englishman, were both distinctly au y to nil in the twuships; for tlus was a moment in wh* seamen can speak louder than the tempest ' affrighted vessels seemed to recede together, and t e they shot asunder in diverging lines, the foam lca«i<oc All further attempts at a communication were ins.an-. use It--s, the corvette being half a mile ahead in a d ll * r ter of an hour, rolling her yard anus nearly 10 " 6 water. MR. MAURY AND MISS MARI'. Mr. Maury and Miss Marv, Os graver talk grow n weary, Essay’d to task their cunning. In the pleasant sport of punning. Said die former to the latter, “ Far lie ’t from me to flatter, But certainly 'tis true, That if 'twerc not for U Most gladly I'd be Mary.” The ready witted fairy, Prompt not to be undone In compliment or pun, Replied, “ If I hnd U I would be Maury too." W ashington City. The increase of the Army* authorised by a late A A amounts 4, r >oo men rank and file.