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FROM" THE’ N. ‘Y. EVENING POST;
HOPE.
Like the foam on atbillow
, Vlfhen it swells o’er the deep,
Like atear on e pillow
When we sigh while we sleep,
Like the syren that sings
We ne’er can tell where,
Is the fond Hope that brings
The night of Despair.
Like the star light of gladness
When it gleams in death’s eye,
Like the meteor ofiiiadiiess
In the spirit’s dark sky,
Like the zephyrs that perish
VVith the breath oftlieir birth,
Are the hopes that we cherish ’
While prisoned on earth.
All the pleasures and pains
That pass o’er us below,
Are like the colors and stains
liiipriiited in snow;
All the loves ofthe bosom
That glows with delight,
Are niildewed in blossom
And withered with blight.
' The sunbeam of feeling
Lights the ruin of love,
And woe is e’er stealing
Oe’r the visions above.
Like a spirit unblest,
Hope fades from the view,
'While the heart's lips are prcst
To a pliantom’s untrue.
AGONIZING ‘ OCCURRENCE.
Few persons sufficiently realize how en-
tirely all their feelings may be under the con-
trol of cireumstances,and these circumstances
under the immediate efficient agency ofa ho-
ly Providence. The following extract will
fully substantiate this remark.
“(About forty years ago, two young gentle-
men, students at the University of Glasgow,
after a winter ofliard study, proposed to them-
selves, and set out on, a journey ofsix weeks
among the mountains and isles of the Higli-
lands. They had been intimately acquainted
for years before they came together to the
college, and a predilection for the same stud-
ies, a strong bias for general literature, and
more especially for those courses of inquiry
which are the amusement, rather than the
task of minds given to the pursuit of know]-
edge, had, in the course of four swift years,
bound them together in one of those friend-
ships which young men are apt to persuade
‘themselves can never possibly be dissolved ;—
while no sooner are they separated for a nine,
than every event they meet with in the course
ofcoinnion life, tends itiseiisibly to obliterate
this youthful utiioii, as the summer showers
imperceptibly melt the wreath ofsnow upon
the mountain. lVe shall speak oftheni by the
names of Campbell and Graham ; it can in-
terest btit few to say, that these are not their
real names.
One morning, in the course of their tour,
they descended towards what is called the
Sound ofJura, through many a dell and bosky
wood ; sometimes loitering as they stopped,
to examine the botanical treasures which
Came in their Way ; sometimes gaily walking
over the barren muir.
“As the ebbing title,” says Mr. Graham,
whom we shall now leave to tell in his own
words the melancholy sequel ofhis adveiit-
ures, “began to discover to us the black side
ofthe rocky islets, we procured a boat at a
small hamlet thatovcrhung a little bay, and
went on a mimic voyage of discovery. VVliile
we returned again to the main land, the heat
ofthe day, and the beautiful transparency of
the water, which, as the whole extent of the
west coast is rocky shore, is highly remarka-
ble, tempted Campbell to propose that we
should amuse ourselves with swimming___
Owing to a horror I had acquired when a boy,
from an exaggerated description of the danger
of the conv.ulsive grasp ofa person drowning,
or dead grip, as it is called, I always felt an
involuntary repogoance to practise this exer-
cise in company with others. However, we
now indulged in it so long, thatI began to feel
tired, and was swimming towards the rocky
shore, which was at no great distance. Camp-
bell, who liad now forgot his philosophical my-
pries in the pleasures ofa varied and refresh-
mg 3”‘U5°‘"3Ul:_ Was sporting in all the gaiety
of exuberant spirits, when I heard a sudden
cry of fear. I turned, and saw him struggling
violently as ifiii the act of sinking. I imme-
diately swam towards him. He had been
seized with the cramp, which suspends all
power of regular exertion, while at the same
time it coinmonly deprives its victim ofthe
presence of mind ; and as poor Campbell al-
ternately stink and rose, his wild looks asI
approached liitii, and convulsive cries for as-
sistance,struck me with a sudden and invol-
untary panic, and I hesitated to grasp the ex-
tended hand oftiiy drowning fi-lend, Ape.» a
moment’s struggle he sunk, exclaiining, ‘ My
God I’ with a look at me ofsucli an express-
jiou, that it has ten thousand times driven me
to wish my memory was a blank. A dreadful
alarm now struck my heart, like the slab of a
433331‘, and with almost a similar sensation of
Pal“ 5 I |‘Uslted_ to the place where he disap-
Peiiled i_ U18 boiling ofthe water caused by his
descendmgbody, prevented a distinct view,
but °“ l°"l““S d°“'H, I thought I saw three or
four corpses struggling with each other, while,
at the same moment, Ilieard a loud and mel-
anclioly cry from the bushes on the steep batik
that overhung the shore. As the boiling of
the “’3““' Sellleda I was partly relieved from
exllellle ll‘-‘”°l' i but I had the misery to see
Campbell again, for the water was as clear as
the air. lie stood upright at the bottom a.
mong the large sea-weeds; he even reached
up his ariiis, and exerted himselfas if endeav-
ourmg..truitlessly to climb to the surface, I
looked in despair towards the shore, and all
around. The feeling of hopeless loneliness
was dreadful. I again distinctly heard the
same inelaticholy cry. A superstitious dread
came over me as before, for a few seconds,bur
I observed an old grey goat, which had ad van-
Ctid to the jutting point ofa rock ;he had per-
haps been alarmed from the unusual appear-
ance in the see below, and was bleatiug for his
companions. I now recollected the boat, and
swam exhausted to the shore, while every mo.
~'nent I imagined I saw before me the hand of
my friend, which Isliould tiever more grasp,
. rowed back, more than half distracted. The
‘Vale’: Where Campbell had st-nk. was: he-
- :-
ipeople are capable ofististainlng life. under
water farlonger than others, and poor Camp-
bell was of an extremely vigorous constitution.
Isaw him again more distinctly, and his ap-
pearance was in the utmost degree affecting.
He seemed to be yet alive, for he sat upright,
and grasped with one hand the stem ofalarge
tangle; the bread from of which waved some-
times over him as it was moved by the tide,
while he moved convulsively his other arm and
one of his legs. I remember well I cried out
in agony, ‘ Oh, ifI had a rope !’ With great
exertion, and by leaning over the boat with
my arm and face under water, I tried to a-
rouse his attention, by touching his hands
with the oar. I was convinced that,hadtliere
been length of rope in the boat, I could have
saved him. He evidently was not quite iii-
seiisible ; for upon repeatedly touching his
hand, he let go his hold ofthe tangle, and af-
ter feebly and ineffectually grasping at the
oar, I saw liitn once more stretch tip his hand,
as ifconscious that some person was endeav-
oring to assist him. He then fell slowly on
his back, and lay calm and still among the
sea-weed.
“ Unconnected ravings and frantic cries,
could alone express the insufferable anguish
I endured. His stretched-out hand! I often.
often, see it still ! But the heart that would
not save liis_friend, that saw him about to per-
ish, yet kept aloofin his last extremity, per-
haps deserves that suf’fei-ing which time seems
rather to increase than alleviate. '
tliatl say. ‘ all this is too true : I hesitated to
save him, I kept aloof from him,I answered
not his last cry for help, I refused his out-
stretched liand, and saw him engulphed in
the cruel waters; but yet surely this did not
spring from selfish or considerate care for ni_v
own safety. Before and since Ihazarded my
life, with alertness and enthusiasm, to rescue
others; no cold calculating prudence kept me
back; it was an instinctive and iuvoluiitary
impulse, originating from a strong early im-
pression, and in finding myself suddenly pla-
ced in circumstances which had been long
dreaded in itnhgiiiatioii !’
“ But all tliisreasoning avails nothing. I
still recollect the inestiniable endowments
and amiable possession oftny early and only
friend; memory still dwells upon our taking
leave of the city, our passage ofthe Clyrle,our
researches and walks in the woodlands and
sequestered glens of Cowal ; the first cr_v of
alarm, outstretched hand, and l]pllr'dltllll}_",
look ; the appearance of the sinking body,'.he
bleating ofthe goat, my frieiid’s drying efforts
among the sea-weed!
ROAD oven THE ALPS.
The Simplori Road, wliich surmounts one
ofthe snowy summits of the Alps, and opens
a communication between France and Italy
was projected by Buonaparte and constructed
by his order. It is a stupendous work and
excites the admiration ofevery traveller. The
highest part ofthe road is 6000 feet (upwards
ofa mile) above the level ofthe sea. It is 40
miles in extent, and passes on the extrenic
declivity of ridges, over awful chasnis and
foaming torrents, and thro’ prodigious masses
of rock. The road is so constructed that the
slope no where exceeds two and a lialfinches
in six feet, and carriages can descend without
locking the wheels at any place. There are
six galleries cut through the solid rock, the
most prodigious of which is 40 rods long, "27
feet wide, and 30 feet high, with three wide
openings cut through its sides to admit light.
Thirty men employed night and day (being
relieved every 8 hours by as maiiv otherslwere
I3 months in effecting this gallery. On the
lower side of the road,there is a wall laid with
stone and mortar posts ten feet high, erected
at intervals, to tlistiIig‘iish the road frorri the.
‘precipice, when the whole is covered with
snow. The quantity of masonry on this wall
and the abutments ofthe bridges is immense.
The road passes over 2264 bridges. Fourteen
stone houses are built at suitable intervals a-
cross the mountain, the occupants of which
are bound to keep their stoves heated night
and day in cold weather, and a room ready
for travellers. The catliolicks have several
small oratories on the route, containing each
a small crucifix, where they stop and perform
their devotions ; near the top is a convent for
Monks. On the Italian side of the mountain,
is the village of Siniplon, with twenty houses
and cottages, where the poor remain in the
summer to feed their goats, which are found
in every part ofthe Alps, some oftheui an a-
mazing height. Nothing which Napoleon
has executed, says professor Griscoin, will be
regarded with more uniningled satisfaction.or
furnish a more striking and durable monu-
merit of his public spirit, than the Siinplon
roatl. It most ever command the plaudits of
Europe. . ‘
ciiUitcn’s PRINTING MACHINE.
The printing apparatus invented by Mr.
Church, of the Britannia Work, Birniingliam,
Eng. forms, perhaps, the most extraordinary
eonibiiiation of machinery that has for a long
time been submitted to the public. It con-
sists of three pieces of mechanism. The first
has for its object the casting of the nietallic
types with extraordinary expedition, and the
arrangement oftheni for the compositor. By
turning a small handle, a plunger is made to
displace a certain portion offluid metal,which
rushes, with considerable force, through small
apertures, into the moulds and niatrixes by
which the types are cast. The farther pro-
gress of the machine discharges the types fr.
the moulds, and causes them to descend into
square tubes, dowti which they slide. It then
brings the body ofeach type into the position
required for placing them in the composing
machine ; and when the types have descend-
ed_into the guides, they are pushed by the nia-
chine into ranges, each type preserving its e-
rect position. The machine then returns into
its former state, and the same operation is re-
newed. The construction of the nionld bar
:5 the most striking portion ofthe niacliiiie.—
I‘he second. machine selects and combines
words and sentences. The several sorts of
typesarranged in narrow boxes or slips, each
individual slip containing a great number of
types ofthe same letter, which are called a
file ofletters. The cases containing the files
are placed in the upper part of the machine,
and, by means of keys, like those ofa piaiio-
forte, the compositor cati release from any file
the type which he wants. The type thus lib-
erated is led by collecting arms into a covered
channel, which answers the purpose of a coin-
vnosing stick. From this channel they may
“It is in vain tliatI reason with myself;—-'
the side ofthe machine. The third machine,
for taking impressions from the types, evinces
much ingenuity; but cannot be understood
without several drawings. After the types
have been used, and the requisite number of
impressions obtained, they are melted and re-
cast as before, so that every sheet is printed
with new type.—JV‘i'les’ Register.
Extract from “ Scenes in Egypt and Italy.”
Sketch of a Greek Schooncr.—The schoon-
er inade sail, and stood towards us in pretty
style; when nearly up with us, down came‘
the topsail and up ran the Greek independent.
flag, and she fired a gun and brought us to.—-
Our captain, whose great fault in my eye, had
been a constant and indiscriminate abuse of
the Greek, of whom he could know but little,
and praise of the Turk, of whom he knew
nothing beyond what two voyages to the Le-
vant had enabled him to pick up in the port
of Smyrna, was alarmed lest they should 0-
verhaul, seize hirii, or do worse, and immedi-
ately said, “ Now you will see what these.ras-
cals will do.” Nothing could be more order-
ly or respectful than their hearing. Their
captain, a grave, dark, erect man, of about
forty, stood at his gang-way and hailed us
through his speaking-trumpet ;.his costume,
that ofthe Asiatic Greek, which is very simi-
lar to the Turk, but he wore a large_broad
straw hat over-shadowing his face. ‘As he
-.tood, his person exposed at his gang-way, he
had a manly commanding look, and still
more so as he stepped down into his boat,and
again, when he stood up as it pulled under
our stern. He asked a few questions about
the sailing ofthe Egyptian squadron,our land-
ing,tiine otit, and whither bound ; coiiimuni—
cared to us intelligence ofthe capture ofsonie
castle on the nortliézrn coast of Candia, and
the lilockzidiu,-:_ of a port on that side; and
warned our capt'-tin not to attempt carrying his
cargo of grain in to the Turks, as, if he did, he
.-'ll()lll(l seize uporrmid detain his vessel. He
saluted as he came alongside, and as he pull-
ed off; antl his boat shot handsomely athwart
our bows and away. The boat’s crew were
handsome, bold-looking young men, turban-
.=d ; among them was a youth who pulled at
.he bow oar, ofa very fair complexion, with a
n-emarltably fine and fq;-ii'less expression of
countenance. On boaril the vessel, which
was a fine sea-boat, and well armed, every
thing was done stiiartly, well, and in seanian-
like st_vle—-you heard but the whistle, and
she made sail and away.
Character of the '[‘urk.—Rustan Aga liiiii-
self was a fine looking, haughty, martial man,
with mustaches, btit no heard ;he wore a robe
of scarlet cloth. Hussein Aga, who sat on
his left, bad a good profile, a long beard, and
wore a robe of pale blue. The attendants
for the most part were large brown dresses ;
their sashes were crinison_. and the heavy or-
namented buts oftheir pistols protruded from
theni ; their crooked scimetars hung in silken
cords before them. Their complexions were,
in general,very pale, as ofmen who pass their
lives in confinement. They stood with their
arms folded, and their eyes fixed oti us. I
shall never forget them; there were a dozen
or more. I saw nothing like this after. for
Djirldais an excellent government, both on
account ofits port and its vicinity to Mecca,
and Rustan Aga had a large establisliment,
and was something ofa niagnifico. He has
the power of life and death. A word, a sign
frotii him, and these men who stand before
you in attitude so respectful, with an aspect so
calm, so pale, would smile and slay you. \Ve
know the name of Englishman is a tower of
strength—ihat he may sit among these des-
potic lords, fearless, proud and cheerful. So
indeed may all Europeans whose countries
are strong enough to protect their subjects.—
But we have to do with the manners ofthis
people; and we know that not 14 years have
passed since Ali Pasha,as the assembled Beys
ofthe Mamelukes passed from the hall ofan-
dience, whither he had invited them, gave the
signal for a general inasacre oftheni and their
brave followers. Such is the Turk.
What most gratified me was the sight ofthe
Turkish soldiery. There was a large body in
garrison here—a division ofthat army which
had been sent from Egypt against the Hedjaz
two or three years before. Scattered in groups
through the Bazar, and reclining or squatted
on the benches ofthe coffee-liouses,these men
were every where to be seen ; some in tur-
bans and vests covered with tarnished em-
broidery ; others only in waistcoats, with the
snialfred cap,the red stocking, the bare knee,
the white kilt, the loose shirt sleeve, which
with many, was tucked up to the very slioiil-
der. and shewed a nervous hairy arm. All
had pistols in their red girdles. Their coni-
plexions and features various ; but very many
among them had eyes ofthe lightest colours,
and the hair on ‘their upper lips of a stin-
scorcbed brown, or of a dirtyiyellow. They
have a look at once indolent and ferocious,
such as the tiger would have basking in the
sun ; and they are not less savage. But the
Turk has a capability of great efforts, and
an undaiiiited spirit. He will rise from his
long rest to give the wild lialloo, and rush
fearless to the battle. Such are the men who
shed the blood ofthe peaceful Greek families
in the gardens of Scio.
Tm: FROLICKSOME DUKE.
The late Duke of Montague was remarka-
ble for achievincnts ofwit and humour,whicli
he conducted with a dexterity and address
peculiar to himself. In one of his rambles he
observed that a middle aged man in some-
thing like a military dress, of which the lace
was tiiucli tarnished and tlieclotli worn thread
bare, appeared at a certain hour in t_he Park,
walking to and fro in the mall with a kind of
niournful solemnity, or ruminating by liiin-
selfon one ofthe benches,witlioiittaking any
more notice ofthe gay crowd that was moving
about him, than ofso many eiiiinets on an ant
hill, or atoms dancing in the sun.
This manthe Duke singled out as a fit ob-
ject for a frolic. He began,therefore, by ma-
king soine inquiry concerning him, and soon
learned that he was an unfortunate poor crea-
ture, who, having laid out his whole stock of
money in the purchase ofa commission, had
behaved with great bravery in the war, in
hopes of prefernient, but upon the conclusion
of peace liad been reduced to starve upon half
pay. This the Duke thought a favorable cir-
cumstance for his purpose; but he leartied up-
on further inquiry, that the captain, having a
wife and several children, had been to the
necessity of sending them to Yorksl1ire,whith-
or he constantly remitted them one moiety of
" the his half pay, which would not subsist them
cl by -nearer the metropolis, and reserved» the other
'5»
‘moiety to keep liiarself upon tlievspol where
alone he could look for ap .oppoé1\pni
taining a more advaiitageot{',,,_’f_' "i A‘ '
particulars afforded netv‘sc't§p‘e[- ;_j “M
genius,&r.he iiiimediately began" “ _ j la_tions.
After sometinie,when every tliifig"had been
ty of 0b?
These
"prepared, he watched an opportunity as the
captain was sitting alone, buried in his spec-
ulations, on a bench, to send his gentleman to
him with his compliments and" an invitation
to ditinerthe next day. The Duke having
placed hiniselfat a considerable distaiice,saw
his messenger approach without being per-
ceived, aiid begin to speak without being
heard; he saw his intended guest start at length
from his reverie like a tnau frighted otit of a
dream, and gaze with a foolish look of won-
der and perplexity at the person who accosted
hitn,wi'thout seeming to comprehend what he
said, or believe his senses, when it was re
peated to him till he did. In short, he saw
with infinite satisfaction all that could be ex-
pected in the looks, behaviour, and attitude
ofa tiian, addressed in so abrupt and unac-
countable a manner ;aiid as the sport depen-
ded upoii the man’s sensibility, he discovered
so iiitich of that quality in striking the first
stroke, that he promised liiniself success be-
yond his foriner hopes. He was told, howev-
er, that the captain returned thanks for the
honour intended him, and would wait on his
Grace at the time appointed.
VV|ien he came,tlie Duke received him with
particular marks of civility, and taking him
aside with air air ofgreat secrecy and import-
ance, told him that he had desired the favor
ofliis coinpauy to ditie, chiefly on account of
a lady, who had long had a particular regard
for him, and had expressed a great desire to
be in his company, wliicb her situation tnade
it impossible for her to accouiplisli without
the assistance ofa friend; that having learned
these particulars by accident, he had taken
the liberty ofbringing them together ;arid ad-
ded that he thought such an act of civility,
whatever might be the opinion of the world,
could be no imputation upon his honor. Dur-
ing this discourse, the Duke enjoyed the pro-
found astonishment and various changes of
confusion that appeared in the captain’s’ face,
who, after he had a little recovered himself,
began a speech with great solemiiity,iii which
the Duke perceived he was laboringto insin-
uate, in the best manner, that be doubted
whether he was not imposed upon,and wheth-
er he ought not to resent it; and tlierefore put
an end to his difficulties at once. The Duke
laid his band on his breast and devoutly swore
that lietold him nothing which he did not be-
lieve, upon good evidence. to be true.
When the word was brought that dinner
was served, the captain entered the (lining
room with great curiosity and wonder, but his
wonders was unspeakably increased, when he
saw at the table his own wife and cliildren.-—
The Duke had begun his frolic by sending for
them out of Yorkshire, and had as much if
not more astonished the lady than he had her
husband,to whom he took care that he should
have no opportunity to send a letter. .
It is much more easy to conceive than des-
cribe a meeting so sudden and extraordinary;
it is sufficient to s:iy,that it afforded the high-
est entertainment to the duke, who, at length
with much difficulty, got his guests quietly
seated at the table, and persuaded them to fall
_to, without thinking ofycsterday or to-mor-
row. It happened that soon after dinner was
over, word was brought to the duke, that his
lawyer attended about some business of his
grace’s order. The Duke willing to have
a short truce with the various enquiries of the
captain about his family, ordered the lawyer
to be introduced, who, on pulling out a deed
that the Duke was to sign, was directed to
read it, with an apology to the company for
the interruption. The lawyer began to read,
wlien,to complete the adventure, and the cori-
fusioii and astonishment ofthe captain and his
wife, the deed appeared to be a settlement,
which the Duke had made upon them of a
genteel sufficiency for life. Having gravely
heard the instrument read,he signed and seal-
ed it, and delivered it into the captain’s hand,
desiring liim to accept it without coniplinicnts,
“for,” said.-he, “I assure you it is the last
tliirig I would have done, if Iliad thouglitl
could have employed my money or my time
more to my satisfaction in any other way.”
New mode of Hoaxi1zg.—Tlie other day a
report was put in circulation, by the liicetious
captain ofthe Surprise, that the far-famed
Sea Serpent had actually made its appearance
in our waters. Many citizens fond of the
marvellous, immediately repaired to the boat
to ascertain the truth, when it was corrobora-
ted by every hand on board. They first de-
scried him a little below ‘Alexandria, follow-
~ed him tip, and actually saw him pass through
the draw,—the captain said he could distinct-
ly discern his head and tail, and supposed him
to be about 70 feet lonv. This was too glori-
ous an opportunity of beliolding this new
wonder of the world for fresh water folks I0
miss, and away they went scouting the wa-
ter-side from the steam-boat up to the Three
Sisters, taking especilal care lest the monster
should pop up and gulp them down at one
swallow, when lo and behold a long black
Yankee schooner was discovered,-with “Sea
Serpent” painted on her stem. The hoaxcd
were no longer at a’ loss; but it is said they
threatened to throw the captain overboard,
for indulging his nierriment at their expense.
[file axoidria paper.
.-flnccdole Q/' Gen.Jrrckson.—W'hen sitting as
a Judge ofthe Supreme Court of Tennessee,
an atrocious culprit escaped from the custody
ofthe Sheriff, seized a loaded musket with a
bayonet, placed himself in the angle of two
stone walls, and swore he would shoot the first
and bayonet the second man that attempted
to take him. The sheriff ordered ten uieii as
assistants, but they dared not approach him.
The sheriff‘ then reported the fact to the
Judge. “ Suinnion a hundred men then,”
said Judge Jackson. It was done, but they
also feared to arrest him. Upon a second re-
port-—“ Summon me then,” said the Judge.
It was done. He descended froui the bench ;
approached the culprit with a stern counte-
nance and dignified firiniiess—seized the nuis-
ket with one hand and the culprit with the
other, and handed him to the sheriff.
Iniportant Di'scot.'er_i/.—-VVe learn from a
New-Brunswick (N. J.) paper, that Levi Dis-
brow, an ingenious and enterprising tneclian-
ic ofthat place, has discovered a method of
bringing up a supply of excellent water from
the bowels ofthe earth. He commenced bor-
ing into the ground, and after peivforatingltler. Witness at last got on shore. ‘ V.
“various strata of fed shell, slate, sileft, and
granite, to the depth of about 160 feet, llad
brought up a stream ofpure water,whicli now _
discharges 1,600 gallons in 24 hours, and
keeps increasing as his augerxlescends deep-
er. He commenced in the bottom of a well
about 13 feetin depth, the water of which
was quite hard ; but the water he had brouglit
up from this great depth, is said to be as duff: .
as rain water, and several degrees coldertlian
any ofour ordinary springs or wells. This is ,.
a discovery of iuimense value, as it will ena-
ble anyone who can aflbrtl the expense, to
have'a stream of water issuing at his door, in
his barn yard, or in his fields,oftlie finest and
most delicious flavour, and will, it is believed,-
in a great ineasure, supersede the sinking of
wells and the use of pumps ;' nor is it lnl|)l't)l')Il-'-
ble, that, in some situations, a suflicient sup-I
ply may be obtained for liyilraulic power.”
F atluize qf the corn crop.—-The Easton ( M a-‘
ryland) Gazette says :——* We ltave iiitciitioami-'
ly waited for some weeks before we would-un‘:
tlertake to announce the calamity that is int-
pending over the agricultural interest ofthe’
E ' Sl Tl ‘ ' ' ' '
ilslelfl I0re._ ic destruction occzisinned
by the drought is iiiiivei's:il, and we lninem 1,;
say that accounts from all quarters assure us,
that the crop is now too far gone to he bent-fiat
ted by rain, and that the quantity ofc )l‘n,lllil',le
on tlioEtistet'ii Shore, \Vlll not be more tl;aul
two fifths of what it was the lust yea.-_ '1‘-he .
destruction unexauipled and almost beyond
calrulzitioti.’
Green. and Black. Ter1s.—-A writer iii this
Baltimore Morning Chronicle, has published
a refutation ofthe “ rsulg-gar error”'tliat tea is .
deleterious to health, and gives the result of it
course ofinterestin_<__r expeiiimmts, made bv it
member ofthe Royal Institution, by which it
appears, that not the slightest portion ol'cop-
per can be found in green teas. Tire tea is
dried in Clnna, on porcelain slabs, and not on "
Copper plates, as supposed by some.
Free Masons in Spain.——-A letter froui Ma-
drid ofthe 16th July, states that a decree will
shortly be issued, setting forth that all persons
who have belonged to Masonic lodges will be
required to give tip to the police, with a de-
lay of 30 days, their diplomas and other pa-
pers and documents relating to the lodges ;
and that upon having fulfilled this condition,
they will be comprehended in the act of ain-
riesty. Those who refuse to comply, will have
a month allowed theiti to quit the kingdom.
Upon the expiratioii oftliis delay, all persons
proved to be masons will be hung in 214 hours.
Trial of Pirates-.—-Aniong the persons re-
CBnll_l' convicted at Jamaica, ofpiracy, were
those who robbed the Martlia and June, of
Boston. One ofthe most inf-anions acts de-
tailed iii the trials related to the murder of
the crew ofthe Br. schr.George Angus, as nar-
rated by Scates,onc of the crew. On leaving
the (look, after conviction, one ofthe persons
found guilty, said to Jaques Le Bord, “ you
brought us to this ; you led us oii-—-we should
have killed that fellow.
Jxuus SCATES, sworn.—['I‘he appearance
of this witness excited much syinpathy—he
was suffering under the effects ofthe bull fired
at him by the pirates, and which had passed
tliro’ his niouih,and carried awziyliis jaw bone.
VViiness was a seauian on board the Gc.orgo,, --g -
Angus, Jekvills and Stephenson were the
owners; she sailed from Belize to Truxillo
and Oiiioa; John Underwood was the runs-
ter; there were aboard four sailors, the capt.,
and supercargo, making six in all; Stevenson
was supercargo, and one Mitchell was cook ; ..
Cliatillan was also on board ; they discharg-
ed part ofthe cargo at Truxillo; were going
from Truxillo to_Ouioa ; when they fell in
with the pirates at the Bishops, his Captain
hoisted the English ensign, and they hoisted
it also; took them for the Spring Bird, Capt
Emmery ; Capt. Underwood then ran down
to to the Coast, and fired a musket for the
Spaniards to bring some sarsaparilla aboard;
on this coast, ifyou fire a gun, the Spaniards
come and sell whatever articles they want to
dispose of; the vessel they took for Eniery’s
came up within 300 yards, luffed up. and fired.
a volley oftnuskets: then Capt. Underwood
said, they were pirates, and must have cap-
tured the Spring Bird; he fired 2 cannonades
which were aboard, at the pirates, who luffed, .
and then dropped astern, 200 yards, and then
fired for halfan hour after the George Angus;
they were going to come aboard in the boat,
but were afraid; Capt. Underwood, tried to
escape; they put out their sweeps close under
the stern ofthe George Angus, and called out
toliaul down the square sail and heave too,
they would do us no harm, they were only
searching for Spanish property; six oftheni
then were allowed to jump alioard ; witness
points out Hernandez, Sorbier, Bertilean, Ca.-
liural,Jaques le Bord,and Noorriego, as those
six who came aboard, this was on Saturday,
the 5d ofApril. Antonio Hernandez, just as
he came aboard, gave. Stephenson a severe
chop on the head; as he put his hand to hold
the wound together, Hernandez took a pistol
and shot him. The black man, Marcellino
Noorriego, gave Underwood six blows with a
Spanish knife, and then snapped a pistol at:
him several times ; they then threw him over-
board. and as he hung on the chains, Hernan-
dez shot him dead. Jaques le Bord tried to
prevctit the innrders. When Hernandez was
killing Stepliensou, Le Bord threw liinisclf iii
the way, and took Stephenson in his :irms ;.
he did this a secotid time, till Hernandez said
he would serve him as he did Stephenson, if’
he did not stand out ofthe way. Jaqucs lo
Bord also tried in the same way to prevent
Underwood being killed. Hernandez made
a blow at witness with a cntlass, but it strucl;
the main stay, and witness jumped overboard‘.
Fit'/.gibbon did so also. Hernandez jumped
in a boat after them, and Marcellino cried out
“kill these English.” Hernandez fired at
witness,and missed him several times; at last
hit him: this was the fifth shot, which strucl:
him in the mouth, and carried away part of
his jaw. VVitness has the broken bones in his
possession. VVben he was wounded he got
under the stern ofthe vessel. and ‘clung to it.
Before this he saw Marcelliuo and Sorbier
throw Underwood overboard. Underwood
hung by the chains wlion Hernandez snapped
a pistol at him several times, and at last shot:
him dead. Jaques le Bord knew witness was
clinging to the vessel,and advised him to keep
to the rudder,holding on till the pirates should '-fl‘ i
go back on board the Spring Bird, and then
he tniist try to get ashore: and that he (Lo
;Bord,) would go and take the helm, to pre-
vent Hernandez knowing he was on the l"J(l- ,
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