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An iSnigma.
It is formed like the globe, and ’tis.placcd in its
‘ ’centre;
It’commemls every tongue—every mouth it wi-Il
enter;
It is always in fashion —the first to be odd?
It departs hot from home? yet it wanders abroad
It grows in each kingdom, and in every soil;
It is fond, too, of labor—rthe partner of, toil ;•
It appears in all seasons—belongs to all nations;
It has many .connections and Worthy relations}
It presides o'er the ocean—reigns likewise on
... shore;
It leads every object—it enriches our store;
It attends all our actions—directs every omen,
It turns one Into ten—hates men and loves
woman;
■'lt is seen in the morning—gets brighter in noon;
It is hid in the sun, though it shines in the moon;
It is shown in the rainbow, likewise in the showf
It will follow our foot-steps wherever we go?
It is shunned in the palace—beloved in the cot;
It is found in our bosoms, wbat’er be our lot;
It rules in accounts, when wc balance our
coffers;
It begets every order, ■whatever be our offers;
It is sure to be foremost on every occasion;
It Joins any court—proud to malic an oration;
It is part of'our reason and also our hope;
It does honor to God—’tis a prop to the Pope;
It will pass through each and half every door;
Jt despises the rich, but is kind to the poor;
It aids all our knowledge, our' mofhlity, too;
It lends double service for lovers, to- woo.
It is taught with our lessons in all we receive; -
It is mixed with our doctrines injdl we believe;
It us to make joy—it abides in the foe;
It dwells in the regions above and below;
If is present in Wo, and is absent in mirth;
It was ne’er owned in heaven, hell, nnr in earth.;}
It leagues with the coward as well as the bold;
It combines with the hero, the.young and the
old;
It embraces all points, yet it stands in the wrong.
It is courteous to those who are robust and strong;
It clings to the doctor, the parson, the patron;
It favors the bachelor, wjdow and matron;
It is kept from the father—bestowed on the
mother;
It disowns every sister, and courts every brother;
It forms a companion in forming a quorum;
It is heard in each council, in college and forum;
It prevails in the flood; and it roams thru’ the
wood; . .
It was ne’er caught in evjj, blit always in good;
It spars with ambition, joins pupils in school;
It boasteth of wisdom—though the heart pf a
fool;
It was partial to Solomon—monarch of song;
It is melody sweet to the musical throng;
It is marked as the soul,.or the essence of glory;
It will.mingle its voice and be lieard in each
story;— ------ ------
It is known through the land as the third of our
sorrow; j ;
It may. sleep in the night, but it wakes in the
morrow;
It-was ne’er found in silver, but always in gold;
It has merits go various they ne’er can be told;
It will sjand'oy the pilot that weathers the
storm; •
It is useful in commerce in many a form; '
It is shut from our notice ten.months in a year!
It is only in two it presumes togappear;
It delights nrtuch in books, though it will not read
It disowns the lawyer lor it will not plead;
It belongs not to the wise, ’tis half of a fool;
It is not a carpenter, but half of a tool;
It clothes us with raiment-supplies us with food;
It is hoped this Enigma'is well understood;
It.is in the congregation—not the pulpit;
It’s no backslider,—but part of a hypocrite;
It is in the sermon—also the exhortation;
It is not in happiness—but admonition;
It will assist to go out,-but not to come in;
It is partial to goodness, but not'to sin;
It is hot in the heat but nlways in the cold;
Its name islittle; though it is hard to be toldi
It is shut from bur notice six .days out of seven;
It is always with one, but nev’r with eleven;
It was never known to smile, but often to frown;
■ It-desires not to be up, • but always to be down;
It disowns; hatred and malicc,but cleaves, to
love; •" '• ‘ ''■ -
It is in.the mountain’s top—also the flat grove;
It is in the town and in cvery neighborhood;
It glories in.a room—also th’ surrounding wood;
imirh v\ mi vni n.
It is serviceable in the forming of books;
It is never with the wise, though always in their
, looks;
It is always in the rose, but not the lilly;
It wanders about borne, but not with the silly;
Its name will be told, tbo’ by little billy.
A. J. K.
Carlisle, May the If'th 1839.
FIGURES WON’T LIE
We haVc already called the attention of
our numerous readers to the fact that the
affairs of the present Administration were
more economically administered, than that of
John Quincy Adams.. The Federal Whigs
persisting in their unfounded charges of ex
travagant expenditure, we are induced to
copy the following.from the Norwich Aurora.
Old Dominion,
Public Expenditures. —We are told by
the federal press, that the expenditures of the
Administration of Gen. Jackson and Mr. Van
Buren were much greater than those of the
administration ofMr. Adams. Thirteen mil
lions a year is said to be the extent of the
public expenditures during Mr. Adams’ ad
ministration, and thirty nine millions during
that of Mr. Van Buren. • In order to present
the fairest aspect for both parlies, we oiler
the following comparisons and arguments:
Ist. In the first place the appropriations
for 1839 amount, in round numbers, to the
sum of $38,000,000. Of thi», the item of
$10,000,000 must ho deducted, which was
appropriated for the contingency of employ
ing 50,000 volunteers for .the Maine service.
That will not be needed; so wc may reduce
the siim from 38 to 28 millions.
2il. The Post Oflipc, during Mr, Adams’
administration, was'a separate
It collected and paid out its own money;
but the law has since been altered, nm) /m
appropriation is now annually made for its
support, though not one dollar of the appro
priation is ever paid by the Treasury. The
Sum appropriated this year, for this branclj
of the public service, is $5,000,000, . This
sum deducted from $28,000,000, reduces
the ordinary expenditures to, $23,000,000.
3d.- But we nave another deduction to
make—the sum of $1,850,000 for the Flori
da war, over and, above the expenses of tile
regular army;—a measure for which the ad
ministration is not responsible. This de
duction-reduces the ordinary expenses to
=521,150,000.—8ut there'is more yet.
4th. The policy of removing the Indians.
West of the Mississippi was specially ap
proved of by Mr. Adams, but its execution
was not attempted until after the close of his.
term ‘of service. As the, expense of the
measure is not chargeable to the profligacy
or extravagance of flic "Administration, and
is no part of the ordinary expenditures of (he
Government, the appropriations may with
great propriety be deducted. The. amount
is $1,065,000, which lessens the=BB millions
down to -
sth, Then comes an appropriation of $2,-
.500,000 for pensions, which is probably five
times as much as was paid during the ad
ministration of Mr. Adams; and ns (his is
not,for the support of the Government, and
the Administration is not responsible-fdr it,
it must be deducted, as a matter of course,
from the 38 millions. The amount of the
expenditures for the support of the Govern
ment is thus’reduced to 816,885,000.
6th. Then comes three extraordinary ap
propriations for the protection of the North
ern and Western frontiers and' for a military
road, incident to our presept relations with
the British and Indians, which reduces the
38 millions down to $16,255,000
7th. The survey of the coast, which is no
part of the expense of supporting the Gov
ernment,, requires an appropriation of $90.-
000, which, deducted from the gross sum,
reduces the 38 millions down to $16,165,-
000.
, Bth. The public buildings make necessary
the follbwing appropriations:—for the Treas
ury building, 100,000; for the post office
bpilding,, $150,000; the new patent office,
$50,000; for a jail in Washington,! $30,000;
for the Custom House in New York, $l5O,
000; for the Custom' House in Boston, $75,-
000. These are all proper items for deduc
tion and reduce the the 38 millions down to.
$15,610,000. This sum we doubt hot,
might be reduced still lower; but we are
wiiUng.to please the Federal press by-allow
ing-that it takes $15,610,000 a.year to sup
port the Government under Mr. Van Buren’s
administration. Now if thirteen millions’
was nothing but an economical expenditure
12 or 14'years ago, it is most manifest, con
sidering the altered condition'of the country,
that 15,610,000 is less in proportion to the
wants of the people than 13 millions then
was, and consequently that Mr.VanJiuren’s
administration is more economical than was
that of Mr. Adams. _
Garlic.—ln one of our exchange papers
we find described the following simple pro
cess for separating garlic from wheat: ’
To Farmers. —Possibly it may not be
generally known, that many.of the farmers,
in the Eastern States separate their grain
from the garlic by a simple process. It is
nothing more than constructing a boxin the
form of a hopper, at an elevation of about 4
or 5 feet from the barn floor, into which the
grain .is emptied, when it again passes out
through an aperture at the bottom of not
more than ah inch or two in.diameter; and
falling upon the floor,~the greater gravity of
the grain precipitates it, leaving the garlic,
floating upon the^surface,,,which is removed
by a boy with a coarse brush without any
difficulty. If the grain is not rendered per
fectly clean by this process it is nearly bo.
“not bound to swear in the words of any master.”— Horace.
CARLISLE, Pa. THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1839.
THE SABBATH WRECKS.
. A LEGEND OF DUNBAR,
. It was a beautiful Sabbath . morning in
the autumn of 1577 ;'a few'small clouds,
tinged with red, sailed slowly through the
blue heavens; the sun shone brightly, as if
conscious of the glory and goodness of its
Maker, diffusing around a holy stillness and
tranquility, characteristic of the day .of
rest; the majestic Frith flashed back the
sun-beams, while, on its bosom slowly gli
ded the winged granaries of.commerce;
there, too, lay its islands, glorying in their
strength—the May, shrouded in light, ap
peared as a leviathan sunning in its rays—
ami the giant Bass, covered with sea fowl,
rose as a proud mountain of alabaster in the
midst of the waters. ------
A thousand boats lay along, (lie shores of
the Dunbar. It was the herring season; and
icre were many boats from the south, and
from the north, and also from the coast of
Holland.
Now, tidings were brought to the fisher
men, that an immense shoal was upon the
coast; and, regardless of its being Sabbath
morning, they began to prepare (heir thous-.
and boats, and to go out to set their nets.
The Rev. Andrew Simpson, a man possess
ed,, of. the piety and boldness, of an apostle,
was then minister of Dunbar; and, as he
went forth to the kirk to preach to his peo
ple, he beheld the unhallowed preparations
of the fishermen on the beach; and he turn
ed and went amongst them, and reproved
them sternly for their great wickedness.—
But the men were obdurate, the prospect of
great,gain was before them, and'they mock:
ed the Words of the preacher. Yea, some o(
them said unto him in the words of the chil
'dren to the prophet—“ Go up, thou bajd
-I)esdSHr-'-He went froni boat to boat, coup
selling, entreating, expostulating with them,
and praying for them.
“Surely,’ 1 said he, “ the Lord of the Sab
bath will not hold ye guiltless for this pro
fanation of hiS holy day.” But, at that pe
riod, vital-religion ivas but littlcfelt or un
derstood upon the holders, and they regar
ded not his words.
He went to one boat, which was the pro
perty of members of his own congregation,
and there he found Agnes Crawford-, the
daughter of one of his elders, hanging upon
the neck of her husband,' and their three
children also clung around him, and they en
treated him not to be guilty of breaking the
Sabbath for the sake ot perishing gain. But
he regarded not their voice; and he kissed
Ids Wife and his children, while ho -laughed
at their idle fears. ...Mr. Simpson beheld the.
scene with emotion, and approaching the
group—“ John' Crawford,” he exclaimed,
addressing tlie husband, “you may profess
to mock, to laugh to scorn the words of a
feeble woman, but see that (hey return not
like a consuming fire into your own bosom
when hope has departed. Is not the Lord
of the Sabbath the Creator of the sea as
well as of (he diy land? Know ye not that'
ye are now braving the wrath of Him before
whom thc-mighty ocean is a drop, and all
space but a span? Will ye, then, glory in
insulting His ordinances, and delight in pro
faning the day of holiness? Will ye draw
down everlasting darkness on the Sabbath of
your soul? When ye were but a youth ye
have listened to the words of John Knox—
the great apostle of our country; ye have
trembled beneath their power, and the con
viction that they carried with them; and
when ye think of those fconvictions, and
contrast them with your conduct this day,
does not the word apostate burn in your
heart? John, Crawford, some of your blood,
have embraced the stake for. the sake of
truth, and will ye profane the Sabbath which
they sanctified? The Scotsman who openly
glories in such a sin, forfeits his claim to
the name of one, and publishes to the world
that he has no part or communion with the
land that gave him birth. John Crawford,
hearken unto my voice, to the .voice of your
-wife, and that of your bairns, (whose bring
ing up is a credit to their mother,) and be
not guilty of this gross sin.” ‘But the fish
erman, while he-regarded mot the supplica
tions of his wife, became sullen at the words
of the preacher, and springing into thejmat,
seized an oar, and, with his comrades began
to-pull from the shore.
-The thousand boats put to sea,, and Mr.
Simpson returned sorrowful from the beach
to the kirk, while Agnes Crawford and-her
children followed him. . That day he took
for his text, “Remember the Sabbath day tb
keep it holyand, as ho fearlessly and fer
vidly denounced the crime of Sabbath break
ing, and alluded to the impious proceedings
of the day, his hearers .trembled, but poor
Agnesjiyept aloud, and her children clung
aroundjier, and they wept also, because she
wept. But, ere the service had concluded,
the heavens began to louver. Darkness fell
over the congregation—and first came the
murmur of the storm, which suddenly burst
into the wild howl of the tempest. They
gazed upon each othcr in silent terror, like
guilty spirits stricken ifl their first rebellion
by the;, searching glance of Omniscience.
The loud voice of the~psalm wasabruptly
hushed, and its echo mingled with the dreads
iful music of the elements, bleating
of a tender lamb,.in the wind that sweepetn
howling ton the mountains. For. a- moment,- ■
their. features; convulsed and immovable, i
were still distended with the song of praise; 1
but every tongue was silent, every eye fixed, ■
There -was no voice, save heaven’s. The 1
church seemed to rock to -its foundations,
but none fled—none moved. Pale, poxver- I
less, as marble statues, horror transfixed- i
them in the house of prayer. The -steeple J
rockedriu the blast, and, as it bent, a knell.
untold by human hands, pealed on the cars
of the breathless multitude. A crash fol
lowed. The spire that glittered in the morn
ing sun lay-scattered in fragments, and the
full voice of the whirlwind roared through?
the aisles. The 'trees crouched and were
stripped leafless; and the sturdy oak, whose
roots had embraced the earth for centuries,
torn from the deep darkness of its founda
tions, was lifted on the wings of the tempest.
Darkness was spread over the earth. Light
nings gathered together their terrors, and
clothed in the fury of their fearlul majesty,
flashed through the air. The fierce hail was
poured down as clouds of ice. At the aw
ful voice of the deep thunder the whirlwind
quailed, and the rage of the tempest seemed
spent. ,
Nothing was now heard save the rage of
the troubled sea, which, lashed into foam by
the angry storm, still hello,Wed forth its
white billows to the clouds, and shouted its
defiance loud as the war-cry of embattled
worlds.—The congregation still sat mute,
hprrified, death-like, as if waiting for the
'preacher to break the spell of the elements.
He rose to return,thanks for their preserve 1
tion, and he had given out the lines—
" When ill thy wrath rebuke me not,
. Nor in thy hot .rage chasten me,’/V
when the screams and howling of wfimen
and children rushing wildly alongthe streets
rendered his voice inaudible. The congre
gation rose, and hurrying one upon another,
they rushed from the church. The exhorta-
tions of the preacher to depart calmly were
uidieafd and unheeded. Kvefy scat was de
serted, all rushed to the shore, , and' Agnes
Crawford and her children)-also, in terror,
with the multitude.
The wrecks of nearly l two hundred boats
were drifted among the'rocks. The dead
were strewed along the bench, and amongst
them, wailing widows sought theif husbands,
children their fathers, mothers their sons,
and all their kindred ; and ever and anon,
an additional stream of grief arose, as the
lifeless-body of one-or-other- such- relations
was’found, A few of the lifeless bodies of
the hardy crews were seen tossing to. and
fro, but the cry for help was hushed, and the
yell of death was heard no more. 11
It was, in truth, a fearful day—a day of
lamentation, of warning, and of judgment.
In one hour,-'and within sight of the beach,
a hum]red and ninety boats and-their crews,
were whelmetTln. the mighty deep; and,
dwelling on the shore between ,Spittal and
North Berwick, two hundred widows wept
their husbands lost.
-Tbo - upoc-tatous wor.v l.unlcl carrying Hie
dead, ns they were driven on shore, beyond
the-reach of tide-mark. They had continu-
cd their melancholy task for near an hour,
when a voice exclaimed—“ See! see!—one
still lives, and struggles to make the shore.”
All rushed to the spot from whence the
voice proceeded, and a young man was per
ceived, with more than'; mortal strength, yet
laboring in the whirling waves. His coun
tenance was black with despair. His heart
panted with suffocating pangs. His limbs
buffetted the billows in the strong agony-of
death, and he strained with desperate eager
ness, towards the projecting point of a black
rock. ■ It was now within his grasp, but in
its 'stead, he clutched the deceitful wave
diat laughed 'at fits deliverance. He was
whirled around it, dashed on it with violence,
and again swept back by the relentless surge.
He threw- out his arms at random, and his
deep groans and panting breath were heard
through the sea’s -hoarse voice. He again
readied the rock—he grasped, he clung to
its tangled sides. A murmur moaned thro’
the multitude. They gazed upon one an
other. His,glazed eyes frowned darkly up
on them. Supplication and'seorn were min
gled in his look. His lips moved, but his
tongue uttered no sourid. Ho only gasp
ed to speak—-to implore assistance. His
strength gave way, the waters rushed aroupd
the rock as' a whirlpool. He was again up
lifted upon the white bosom of the foam and
tossed within a few yards of the wailing but
unavailing crowd.
■“ It is John Crawford !” exclaimed those
who were enabled to recognise his features.
A loud shriek followed the mention of his
name—a female rushed through the crowd,
and the next moment the delicate form of
Agnes Crawford, was seen floating on the
wild sea. In an instant a hundred plunged
to her-rescue, but, before the scream of hor
ror and surprise; raised By"'the-spectators
when they beheld her devoted but desperate
purpose, Bad subsided, she was beyond the |
reach qf all who feared death. -Although no
feminine amusement, Agnes had delighted
in buffeting the waters from a child, as tho’
she felt a home upon theirlbosbm; and now
the' strength of inspiration -seemed to thrill
through her frame. She. again appeared,
and her fair jiand grasped the 1 shoulder of
the drowning manl ' A shout-of wild joy
rang back to the deserted town. Her fath
er, who was amongst the multitude,' up
on his knees. He clasped his hands togeth
er —" Merciful heaven !” he exclaimed,
“ Thou who slilleth the tempest, and liold
est the-waters in the. hollow.'of. Thy. hand,,
protect—protect my child!”
The .waters rioted with re-doubled fury.
Her strength seemed/failing,. but_a smiJejif.
hope still lighted up her features, and her
hand yet grasped her apparently lifeless bur-'
den. Despair again brooded on the counte-'
nance of her friends.- For a moment she
disappeared among the waves;.,but the next,
Agnes Crawford lay senseless,on the beach, I
her arm resting on the Bosom of'him she had
snatched from a watery grave—on-the bo
som of her husband,. .
They were borne - ip , their own house,
where in a few moments she recovered ; but
her husband manifested no signs of vitality.
All the means within their power, fahd that
.they knew, were resorted to effect his re
suscitation. Long and anxiously she wept
over him, rubbing his temples and his bpsom,
and, at length, beneath her hand his breast
first began to heave with the returning pul
sation of his heart.
“He lives!—he breathes!” she exclaimed,
and she sank back in a stale of unconsci
ousness, and was tarried from the room.
Tlie preacher attended by the bedside, where
the unconscious fisherman lay, directing and
assisting in the operations necessary for re
storing animation. V
As John Crawford began to recover, the
film of death that had gathered over his eyes
began to melt away, and he gazed around in
bewilderment, but unconscious of where he
was, and he sunk in a troubled sleep; and,
as he slept, and his strength returned, he
cast forth his arms, in imagination y*et grap
pling with death. , He dreamed, and in his
dream, lie shouted for help. He prayed, and
in the same breath lie blasphemed and revil
ed the trembling, spectators that his troubled
fancy still pictured on the beach. >
- In a few hours the fisherman awoke from
his troubled sleep, which many expected
would have been the sleep of death. Hh
raised himself in the bed, he locked around
wistfully. Agnes, who had recovered, and
returned to the room fell upon his bosom.—
“My Agnes !—my poor Agnes !’’ he cried,
gazing wistfully in her face—"but where—
where am I ?—and my" bairnies,'where are
they ?”
“Hen;,.father, here!’’ cried the'children!
stretching out their little arms to embrace
him.
Again-he looked anxiously around. A re
collection of the past, and a consciousness
of the present, fell upon his mind. “Thank
God!” he exclaimed, and'burst into fears f
and when his troubled soul and his agitated
bosom had found in them" relief, he inquired |
.eagerly—“ But O; tell me, how was Isaved?
—was I cast .upon the beach? There is a
confused remembrance in my brain, as
though an angel grasped me \vhcri I was’
sinking, and held me. But tny head is con
fused, it is fearfully confused, and I remem
ber nacthing but,as a dream; save the burst
ing awa’ o’ thc.drcad.ful storm, \vi ’ the per
ishing o’ hundreds'in an instant, and the aw
ful cry that rung frae boat to boat—“a judg
ment has come owre us.!’ And it was a
judgment indeed ! O Agnes ! had I listen
ed to yer words, to the prayers o’ my bits o’
bairns, or tho mlvico o’ the minister. I wad
hae escaped the sin that I hae this day coni-’
mitted, and the horrors wi’ which it has been
visited. But tell me how, or in what man
ner, I was saved.”
“John,” said the aged elder, the father of
Agnes, “ye was saved by the merciful and
sustaining power o’that Providence which
ye this morning set at nought. But I re
joice to find that your heart is not hardened,
and that the awful visitation—the judgment,
as ye hae wcel described it, which has this
day filled our coast With widows and with
orphans, has not fallen upon you in vain; for
ye: acknowledge your guilt, and are grateful
for your deliverance. Your being saved is
nacthing short o’a miracle. We a’ beheld
hoiv.lang and how desperately ye struggled
wi’-the raging waves; we knew not who ye
were, and when it was na in the power o’
any being upon the shore to render ye the
slightest assistance. We saw ho\v ye strug
gled, to reach the black rock, and how ye
was swept round it; and, when ye at lust
reached it, we observed how ye clung to it
wi’ the grasp o’ death, until your strength
gave way, and the waves dashed you from
it. Then ye was driven towards the beach,
and'some of the spectators recognised your
face, and they cried out your , name. A
scream burst upon my ear, a woman rushed
through the crowd- I —and then John !—O,
then !”—but here the feelings, of the old
man overpowered him. He sobbed aloud,
and- pausing for a few moments, added—
“ Tell him, some o’ye.” “O fcll 'me,”
said the fisherman; “a’ that my father-in
law has said, I kenned before. But-how
was I saved? or by whom?” " _
The preacher took up the talc. "Heark
en unto me, John Crawford,” said he. “Ye
have reason this day to sorrow, and to re
joice, and,to be grateful beyond measure. In
the morning ye mocked my counsel and set
at nought Iny reproof. True,.it was not the
speaker, but’the words of trutll that were
spoken, that ye ought to have regarded; for
they were not my words, and I was but the
humble instrument to convey them to! ye,
But yc.despised them; and'as ye sowed, so'
have ye reaped!,' But as your father-in-law
lias told ye, when your face was recognised
from the shore, and your -name mentioned,
a woman screamed —she rushed through, the
multitude, she plunged into the boiling sea,
and in an instant she was beyond the reach
of help!” ,
“Speak! —speak on!” cried the fisherman
eagerly { and he placed his hands on-his
heaving bosom, and gazed anxiously, now
towards the preacher,' and again towards
Agnes, who wept upon his slranldehr —;
“ The Providence that hadytilf then sus-
Aained yoUj while your fellow-cfeatures per
ished. around you,” added the clergyman,
supported her. She reached yon„she gras
pedlyour arm. ’ After long struggling, she
brought you within a fewyardkof tlie shore, ■
a wave-overwhelmed you both . and cast .you
upon-the beach, with her arm, the arm of
your wife, that saved you,nponyour bosopi!”
- “Gracious heaven!” exclaimed the fish
erman, pressing his wife to his bosom- —“My ;
ain Agnes! was it you !■—was it you!—my
[AT TWO DOLLARS. PER ANNUM.
NEW SERIES—VOX.. 3, KO 60.
wife!—mjr Saviour!” And he wept aloud,
and his children weptalso. .‘‘There is-nac
merit in what I have doin',” replied she.
"lor wha should have attempted to save
ye, had I hot! Ye were every thing to me
John-, and to your bairns.”
But the feelings of the wife and the mo
ther were too strong for words. I will not
dwell upon the joy and gratitude of the fa
mily, to whom the husband and the father
had been restored as from the dead. - It
found a sorrowful Contrast in the voice of
lamentation and of mourning, which echoed
along the const like the. peal of ah alarm
bell. The dead were laid in heaps upon
the beach, and, on the' following day, wid
ows, orphans, parents, and brothers, came
from all the fishing towns along the coast,
to seek their dead amongst the drotvned that
had been gathered together; cm, if they found
them not, they wandered along thp shore to
seek for them where the sea might haVe cast
them forth.—Such is the tale of the Sab
bath \\ recks-—of the lost brave of Duubar>
' From the Baltimore American*
PERU AND CHILI.
By (he arrival of the ship Natchez, Cap
tain Hayes, at New York from Valparaiso,
the NeW York Commercial lias receiver!
official confirmation of the great battle be-,
tween (he Chilians and the army of the Pro
tector, Santa Cruz, in which the latter Was
completely routed. The.spoils of the' vic
tors were 3,400 prisoners, all the Protector’s
artillery, horses, &c. and 8900,000 in mon
ey. Generals Moran and Urdininca were
killed, and five othcr_ generals were made
prisoners. ( Santa Cruz escaped with only
twenty men.
■The Chilian-General, Lafucntc*-cxpectcd'
to reach Lima on the 28th of January.
The castle of Callao, still remained in poS
session of thc forccs of Santa Cruz, who had
there a garrispn 0L1,500 men."
Naval Fngagcmcnt.- —The Journal di
Commerce slates .that about the time of the
above battle, a'sea fight took place at,CJosmh ;
which likewise resulted auspiciously for the
Chilian arms. The vessels arrted by Gen
eral Santa Cruz, four in mmihtr, attacked
the squadrqn oPCommandant Simpson, com
posed of the corvettes Confederation ami
Valparaiso, and bark Santa Cniz, and were'
completely routed, with mu cl!i damage, ami
the loss of the brig Arcquipcno, having, a
crew of" 0 men. The enemy’s vessels worn
the Edmond of 20 guns, a bark of 18, the
Areqtiipeno of 9, and the schooner Peru,
with two swivels. [The engagement is said
to have lasted two hours, at pistol shot dis
tance.] ' . , ’
Correspondence of the. E r , York Journal of
• Commerce.
VAi,PAiiAiso, March's, 1839.
Wc have just'received advices from Lima
of the total defeat of the army of Sanfh. Cm?,
at Yungay on the 20tli > of January. Santa.
Cruz escaped only with a few men, and ar
rived at Lima on tire 24th. He has garri
soned the Castle of Callao,with 1,300 men.
under the command.of General Moran, ami
supplied them with three months’ provision.
He again left Lima on the 28th for the south,
with the purpose of reorganizing a new ar
my, We think, however, in this he will
fail, as his resources are completely exhaust
ed. We consider the Confederation at an
end. The probability is, there will be are
volution in Bolivia.
•ORIGINAL -EXTRACT.
* * was night; the wind was
mourn!nTTy around an isolated dwelling, within
which ’were seated two lone beings. ' A solitary
lamp was flickering upon the table, and the dy
ing embers barely reflected their brightness upon
the hearth. Silence reigned supreme and un
disturbed, except by a clacking nf some Icseticd
plank, as it listlessly swung in the breeze, when
tile old man suddenly rose, and witli a solemn
and stately pace moved across the room, when
turning to his companion, with a scrio'us air
said:— “SallV let’s go to bed !”
To the heirs and legal representatives of
CHRISTMIf COOVER, late of Dick
inson-totvnshi]), Cumberland county, de
ceased. . - •
* Take. IVo<ice 3
ThotTwill hold an Inquisition on a writpl for
litionand Valuation, on the prcnih.es of Chris
tian Coover* dec*d., on Thursday ihe 6th day of
June 1839, at 10o’clock. A, M. where all inter*’
esled may attend.
' ' ' - JOHN; MYERS, Sheriff,
Sheriff’s Office Carlisle, >
May 2], 1839. S ' 3t; .
To the heirs and legal representatives of
JOSEPH SHATP, late of the township
of Dickinson, C'umberlanct covpty, dee’d,-
Take Notice^
That I Aviil-hold an lnqtiisition on h writ of Par
tition anti Valuation, on the premises.lute of Jo
seph Shaw, dcc’d. on Wednesday.the 12th day
of Jane 1839, at 10 o’clock, A. M. where till in
terested may attend. ■
JOHN MYERS, SUcrinr.
Sheriff's Office Carlisle,?
May 21,1839. ; 5
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WmSuni/i ofPrunus V'irginiatia'orU'tld Cher
>y.—This fa decidedly one of the best retriedies
for coughs and colds now.in use—it allays irri
tatiorimf the lungs, lr-osens4hc cough, causing i_
the phlegm to raise free hhd casyi in asthma-, •
pulmonary consumption, resent ani chronic ■
coughs,wheeaing and choking of'phicgm, hoarse 4 '
ness, difficulty of breathing, croup, spitting, of
blood, See. The syrup is warranted intellect a
permanent cute, if taken according to directions
'which accompany the bottles. For side at the
drugstore of- - ‘1.3. Mvkns & Co.‘ •-*
■ POWDER ■ . .
By the Keg, See.; received and for sale at the
store of .--fcl.’.
,j ■ JOHN GUAY; Agent,
Carlisle, April 4, 1839, : «!•« ■
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