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From thread's (London ). Monthly Magazine, for
. 1 May.
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A MAY...MORNING CAROL.
111 foul is glad. I would essay
.' A , soul.born, sweet, snrintaneous lay—, _
A song or joy to thee, thou ever charming May . !
From grove and glade; through bower and bush,
0 heaven! what melody dbth gush;
To hear herself r*praised, the Morning well may
The lark yon.crimson'd clouds among,
Pours an exuberance of song :
An ago that song to.list would not seem•lost or long.
The blackbird by the woodland stream,
The spirit of some Bard ye'd deem—b,
One who had lived 4. died in love's delicious dream.
Thrice, welcome Minstrel !—hark ! at hand
The cuckoo joins the vocal band,
With notes that might be sung in bowers of Fairy
land.
O May! thou art a wizard crown'd,
That with enchanted wand the ground
Mast touch :—arid 'lo! the bright, the beautiful
'abound. •
The wonted torrent fro& the bill,
Thou changest to a gentle rill—
A thread of liquid pearl that gently murmer still
Thou comest,and the clouds are not ;
The North•wir.d has his wrath forgot ;
The gossamer alone is on the air afloat.
Thine is the blossom bursting tree,
The leafy bower to deck for me—
Thine first to show the heaven ineachb:ue lake to
be. .
Cheer'd by thy smile, the hcrd.boy gay
Oft sings the pipit-repeated lay,
And wonders who can be the mocker in his way.
The lambkins sport, or lie at ease
Like little snow-wreaths on the leas :
The butterfly doth glide, like blossom on the breeze.
flowers of Elysian form and hue
Around me drink the freshening dew :
Some gaze on the young Sun-•hi3 worshippers I
trow.
, Some-here and There with bashful grace
shrink from the wild bee's rude einbraze :
Some, as with filial love, do earthward turn their
face;
Abov, below, all, duth seem ,
So witching that I almost deem
Myself asleep, and these, creations of a dream
TUE OCEAN - HERMIT;
' on,
808 GOLDSMITH'S LOOKOUT YARN
• \
It will be eleven yeirrs to-morrow night, I recol
lect the tithe well, for it was the night following In
dependence day, that the good ship Heaver was spin
nag-through the water on a taut bowline in the
Southeast trades, outward bound for a three years'
cruise round the Horn. Nothing worthy of note has
transpired since the commencementof our voyage;
and we were now streaching for the South Aineri
can coast with good winds, in a fine ship, manned
by as noble a set of men, from the cabin to the fore
castle, as ever crossed the sea. Just a week had
Passed since we crossed the line, and there was noth
ing. in the world to mar the prospect before -us, of
being up with the Cape in due season, in snug trim-
It was the second mate's middlewatch, and my first
trick at the helm. The Captain appeared on deck a
few minutes before four bells; and after casting his
eye al'oft and twigging the coMpass, ordered the log,
to be hove : The Heaver was a beautiful sailor, and
was walking away at the rate of eight knots and a
half, and that to, without making noise eno u gh to
wake a_skip-jack. Though the night was as dark
as pitch, which, as some of you know, is particular
ly the case in these trades, when neither moon nor
stars are to be seen, the Captain appeared to place
implicit cort.ldence in the steadiness of the.breeze
for.the remainder of the night, and, after takitig one
or two turns on the
. quarter deck, 'descended to the.
cabin, apparently highly satisfied with the course and
Fogless he was making through the water.
It was, as I have said,*the night following the an
niversary of our American Independence ; and when
I left the wheel, and went forward at four bells, I
could not but notice the effects of the potations which
had been, drunk during the day to the remembrance
of the founders of our liberty—for there was not a
man on deck, except Mr. Walker, the second mate,
who was in the round-house smoking a cigirr, arta
the man who had just relieved me at the wheel, but
what had his dead lights in, and was cruizing away in
any other sea but_that which was bearing the Heaver
on. Two or three were coiled snugly away under
the Ito of the tryworks, and from the noise proceed
ing from their cut-waters one would think they wore
carrying on at the rate of eighteen knots, at the least
calculation—,while others lay scattered about, around
the heel of the bowsprit, on the forecastle and unjer
the tvindlass.,
• I immediately saw the necessity of keeping a bet
ter lookout than was apparent from the condition of
those around me, and was proceeding p) jog him,
when Mr. Walker gave oi 4 ders for loosing the flying
jib ; but so deep were the slumbers of those forward,
that the command was unheard by any one, save
myself—and, concluding they would immediately be
aroused by the officer, for the purpose of hoisting the
sail, I jumped upon the bowsprit and laid out on the
boom. 1. had , barely commenced throwing off the
gasket, wheit my ears were assailed by a strange
noise seemingly directly atioad ; and casting my cyea
in that direction, I saw indistinctly through the gloom
a little on the-weather bow,m small mac!, whose of
ficer was bawling, without a trumpet, for us to Put
our helm up. Hard 4. up ! hard , up . the helm !"
shouted 1, as loud as I could scream—but 'twas of
no use. The smack, for such she proved to be, was
ft: ing before it, and had undertaken to avoid us by
putting her helm a-port, and so passin g across our
wake—and, as we were showing no light, she had
doubtless been deceived in the distance between us,
and in regard to' her own velocity, until She Ciund
herself close aboard of us. Before the wheel could
be hove up, or ,the sleepers had time to awake
to a consciousness of their danger, she came head on
autratruck us full on our larboard bow. The force
of the concussion bore her bows for a moment under
'the water, and threw her stern immediately under
the flying jib-boom, from whence - 1
was shaken by
the shock, and fell upon•the stranger's deck.
As soon as I had,recovered my senses sufficiently
to know-where t was, I juinped up and ran forward,
but the comparatively smell vessel was fast drifting
from the giant ship.• I looked wildly around—and
\,
was deserted. The occupants of the tiny craft, anti:7
cipating her immediate destruction; had either leaped'
overboard, or .had caught' hold of the lead gear of
the ship ; and I saw myself borne swiftly aw \ ay, from
life, from hope. Seized mitt' the , frantic ago:inks:of
despair, I called-4 madly shrieked for help-andthe.
AND
Weekly by Benjamin Saurian, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
pitiless waves mocked me in their dashing. Again
I harkened ! There was a loud 'splash, as of the!
launching of the boat—l strained my eye, and bent
my ear in, a torture of suspense ! I caught a human,
scream :—yes—l was heard ; 0. God! they were
coming to my rescue. My. heartbeat wildly—and!
I listened again: all was silent awful—asthe grave.,
Nay—there was a pouring, a heavy gush of waters, I
—fearful heart-rending yells, as of strong men eon- 1 11
tending with death—a crash—and amidst the gloom,
of the night, and the uproar of the' surging sea, they
black form of the Heaver disappeared ; and the con;
cession of the returning waves, as they mingled in
their grasp the pride and the foibles of hum, struck!
me to the heart with the desolating chilfiress of the!
grim monster's smite, I strained my eyeballs to the
night till they beheld nothing but fiery lightnings.,
Then I raved, and foamed like a
,madman—and ea-,
ger in anticipating my own fate, would have plun-,
ged into the ocean, but sn invisible power arreited,
me, and I fell senseless and cold upon the deck. ,
When reason again assumed the helm which she!
had lost," light, the merry light of a glorious morning !
burst *upon my vision , and metl.ought I had passed ;
the °Heal pf death—the chaos of the grave—the porH
tals of the spirit-norld, itild was floating, triumphant,
on the Ocean of Eternity." I lifted my eyes, and,
for a moment, longingly gazed upon the burnished
scene around me. The glistening barks of life, leap
ing on the gentle billows—the mellow sunbeams
dancing near and afar upon the breast of the summer
sea—and the angel-breathes of the zephyrs that fell i.
so pure and refreshing upon, my burning brow,
seemed redolent with all for which the longings of
mortality had played, but which the powers of ima-
Onation had failed to portray. A prey to the strange
intensity of a feeling ! had never ktiown before, I pros-
sed my hands long and heavily to my eyes, and fell
back in a paroxysm of giddy delight:
" Anon a dreadful recollection of the scenes of the
past night came over me, and then I shuddered. A
sense of danger and loneliness stirred up my ener
gies; I jumped to my feet, and call'd—my voice i
was borne away by the breeze, and no sound return•
ed, not even tan echo. I ran beloW, but all was de-
Betted there were the tenlintless heaths of the sea
men, who had rushed from their slumbers to a sleep,
which danger might never arouse; and there was
displayed the recent finger of map ; but forms had
fled, and souls had passed ; and I, a stranger weep-,
ing their doom—wag alone!
I immediately recollected that no lime was to be
lost, and forthwith proceeded to ascertain the extent
of the danger to which I we! , subjected. Strange as
it may seem, the smack had sustained but little ap
parent injury; she was.nearly new, very strongly
built, and, as far 11E41 could ascertain from any pa
pers, was returning from a fishing expedition to
South America. I sounded her, and ascertained she
had made some water, but succeeded in freeing her
in a couple of hours. There was , no sail standing,
but from the foul appearance of portions of her rig.
ging, I concluded that at the tithe she was struck
she had been standing under tr square sale, but the
sheets and halliards having paried, it was doubtless
blown away. The bowsprit wS!broken short offend
was floating alongside , but the mast yet stood firm,
and the main-ail was snugly furled on the boom,
with all its appendages shipshape. As soon as I
had finished pumping out the water, I unlashed the
yawl boat, and launetting it with little difficulty, bu
sied myself in clearing the rigging outboard : I cut
the foresail from the splintered bowsprit, 'and liftiog
it to the deck, and clearing and securing tho stays,
cast the spars adrift. I then pulled once or twice
around the craft to ascertain her build and the ex
tent of all injuries, and being in a measure satisfied,
returned on board; and mooring the yawl astern by
means of the painter, bethought me of making sail
alas ! 'I
knew not within a hundred leagues
the precise point in the ocean which I occupied, and
was entirely ignorant of the art of navigation. How
ever, being averse to remaining motionless on the
water in a tight craft, I concluthd to maks, sail and
cruise about, if for nothing elsethan merelliart ; and
while looking out in search of something in the shape
of a spare spar, I was so,..fortunate as to discover,
floating on the water, enfold jib-boom, which I recol
lected having seen lying loose on the ship's deck
the day previous, and which had escaped the gener
al wreck.
I lost no time in securing it; and with the aid of
tools which I found in my vessel, shaped it into a
very good looking bowsprit ; and it required but a
small effort on the part of my inventive fahilties, to
enable me to rig it out in tolerable good shape, and
secure: it with strong and permanent lashings.—
With much labor and perseverence I succeeded in
turning in the stays . and shrouds ; and after bending
on the sail, found to•my satisfaction that every thing
worked, admirably, and I was not a little proud at the
result of my efforts. I could not, however, rest from
my labors until' I saw myself sailing in sumo direc.
tion, and so immediately made sail, laying bee close
on the strarboard tack, and heading in a Northeas
terly direction. Although the winds were light, she
danced merrily over the waters, with a swiftness and
grace that well might have astonished ono like 'my-
Self, who had been used only to the comparatively
slow and measured heave of the bulky ship. And
sad and solitary, as I was—severed from that inter
course and sympathy so essential to the enjoyment
of Wing, and exposed to dangers with which I .was
ill enabled; to combat—let with no ordinary degree of
pleasure did I guide my 'bounding bark on its un
known destination ; and I gazed on the agile craft
that supported me, and upon the restless plain around
with a monarch's pride, foi I was atom in my little
world, and there was no one to "dispute my right."
The day was far advanced ; and the not to be mis
taken manifestations of my stomach's impatience in
being, neglected, reminded me that I had taken no
sustenance ranee the preceding: day—l, therefore,
lashed the helm, and commenced ransacking the cab
in search of something in the form of prog. I limed
some beef end pork which had evidently been boil
ed 'the day before, some biscuit, Cold coffee, flour, su
gar, and many et ccteras and luxuries which are nev
er found in a ship's foiecastle—and deemed myself
at the time surpassing fortunate in likewise discos.
erhig l two or three bulls and some cases of strong
liquoi; and several bottles of old Madeira wine. Al
though, I bailed my good luck with rapture, I was
disposed on a second thought to view those hitter de
siructives with horror, in view of the fatal scenes I
had so recently witnessed, and which resulted.froM
their interference—but nevertheless indulged myself
moderately in taking a draught from one of the bot
tles, containing wine, which invigorated my body,
and Seemed to render ray stomach the better fitted
for the reception of food.
- I spread out the eatables,
and sat down to my meal, as independent and is
gracious as a king to his feast.
SATaDAY MORNI6IG; JUNE 26. 1841.
10TrUNII
I had barely commenced walking into , the merits
of sundry huge pieces of beef and pork,'when 'My at
tention was attracted by a loWmetv/ coming from be
neath my table, and looking down, espied a large
blade and white cat,, wearing an expression of sup
plication, as asking, in as polite n manner as she
k new bow, fur, a share of my Victuals. I had ever
conceived an inveterate hatred for animals of‘the fe
line race, but loneliness had awakened.new syMpa
dries in my breast ; and, instead of kicking her a say,
as, under any other circumstances I should undoubt
edly have done, I placed her on the verge of 'the ta
ble, and presented her with a plate, on which was a
little of every kind that was before me.. 'She appear
ed very dainty, however, and partook sparingly—af
ter which, without so much as thanking me, , she
jumped off' the table, and passed up the companion
way for an evening promenade. After finishing my
own meal, I examined more minutely every part of
the smack, to see what I could find; and as my craft
appeared to steer herself very well, I spent the eve
ning in walking the deck and playing with my new
ly-fouhicompanion. At dark I lowered the foresail
and mainsail, arid heaving ha to under a storm tri
sail, turned in and slept soundly tilt sunrise
-In this way, da: s, weeks passed away and
who for a time had revelled and feasted in' my kingly
enjoyments—wearied of 'protratted loneliness, and
sighed for the companionship of man.
Soon after the day of the sad catastrophe, I had .
seen one or two sail, but [bete had passed me at a
great distance and probably discerned me not ;.and
indeed I was hardly sorry to escape their notice, for
Mc provisions on board my craft were sullicient to.
last mo many weeks, and I concluded that when I
grew weary of acting in the capacity of captain, cook,
and all hands, it would not be difficult for me, to
change my isolated home for a'more' populous one
on board of some one of the ships that were naviga
ting the ocean. But at length sucl a change was
earnestly *billed, and looked for, the seas seem
ed deserted, for though I sailed far in every direc
tion, I could E 7 ee nothing which sustained the foot
of a human being. And at last my longings ri
pened into impatience ; and my excited imagination
Pictured a thousand dangers, which I had dreamed
not of era MY oeedia solitude became irksomemy
'slumbers brought but little repose, for they were
fraught with hideohe'dreams, and my wakeful hours
were passed in a state of inconceivable wretchedness.
Bien my cat had ceased to become a favorite—and
when I spurned her nimble playfulness, I envied her
the enjoyment of a contentment and a happiness for
which I vainly pined'.
At length I utterly desPiiiiell of ever meeting with
any vessel, and resolved to steel continually in one
direction, ebo 'sing the uncertain fate of being dash
ed upon some unkno*u slictie, rather than remain
ing a hermit on the sea--eien when the necessaries
and many of the comforta_ot file were at my dispo
sal. And then, in accordance with my wild deter
urination, I commenced a voyage whose destination
was any portion of the firth earth, and upon whose
speedy end I was fully resoltel .
I had pointed the smack to lye North's 4 and
West'ard, with the hope of falling in with some A
merican coaster; and on the second day after the
commencement of my ultimate eipedition, - just as the
sun was descending b thind the sea, I discovered a
speck on the far horizon which reSemlited a distant
sail. My heart leaped within me. Hot on rating a
second mill clearer view, the black and diiiitict ap
pearance of the object formed a strange contrast to
the dim outline of a far off vessel ; and I had my
dark misgivings in the reflection that it miglit go a
useless spar, or a part of some sea-washed wreck,
bearing only the worm and barnacle, end drifting -
about with the ocean currents.:' ,, Determined, never
theless, to ascertain the value of , my prize, if prize it
Was, I altered my course, and bore directly fur if: but
upon viewing it from masthead as I neared it, I clear
ly made it out to be a small long-boat, probably be
longing to some brig, from which I= fancied it might
have worked adrift tbrough carelessness, or been
swept away in some gale. I was about pursuing my
own course again, os I could not distinguish any
thing like a human being in the boat; hilt as she
rose upon a sea, I thought she set deeper in the wa
ter than she would have done if perfectly light, and
so continued sailing for it.
You may imagine the surprise I felt, shipmates—
for some of,yeu, who have followed the seas long,
may have witnessed a similar occurrence—in discov
$
enng, as drew alongside of the boat, the bodies of
'three unfortunate beings stretched apparently lifeless
[on the bottom. I immediately secured the misers-
I ble craft, and jumped . aboard. They were two mon
dressed in seamen's clothes, and a female. I was
: horror struck ! and for a moment regretted having
seen them—but upon a minute examination I thought
I distinguished signs of life in the female. I laid my
hand upon her naked breast,—there was a slight
warmth; I perceived a faint and barely perceptible
movement-and then I knew that she lived ! In the
ardor of the aliment I thanked my God for thus ren
dering me an instrument of his mercy. took thO
frail and emaciated being in my arms, and conveyed
'herbs my own cabin, and laid her in my berth. Up
,on examining the others,. I found they were cold and
sat& and having vainly searched their persons in an
I l endeavor to ascertain who they were, or front whence
'they came, I confined their limbs'in a careful man
ner, and attached to [ their, feet some heavy weights,
(consigned them to an ocean grave.
I. had previously moistened the throat of my fair
!charge with a little wine .and water, and after was.
ling her to srallow a small quantity of the pulp from
'biscuit soaked in warm tea, animation,waa partially
restored, and She opened her eyes. Never shall I
forget the expression of that countenance t She was
young—being, as I judged, about twenty-three yens
of age,. and her features, though now "gbasity.and
thin were formed in the most perfect. beauty—and
i her dim and watery eyes, as they slowly became Sx
ed upon her dclivtrer, inspired my ; soul with. holier
( views of the great end and purpose of being ;. and
Alen with her wasted band clasped between mine
lown, I knelt beside her, and fervently prayed for her
.mplete restoration.
For hours (*II untiringly watch over the life
Lich fate had thus cast , upon my gift; and my ..vi
:lance was not: unrewarded. Strength end con
cionsuess assumed the control of her faculties, the
ow of returning health mantled on her cheek. end
beattiful lustre Atone on her dark eyes. Ina few
ayF she was able to walk the duck with mo. - --arul if
had previously sorrowe4 over my loneliness and
the wreck of human miseryel was now blest and
denbly 'happy in the society of such a ccimpau
, on. • •
But theri Nut'a canker at her heart. And a alight
act of melancholy would at times shade her lovely
mores, even in her sociable hoots, and then she
Mill
DYER* ISElle
Would be sikut and sad..butshe neve wept. She
gave me het history : and an eventhi one it is : I
t es
cannot tell yin' her wry now, shipma ,but should
you desireott
ite relation may, at , sore future time.
serve to hasten the hours of a tedious watch.' 11,0
though she reciprocated my kindness a d affection, I
had rescued *her from a death whic mould have
bought peace to her troubled sprit.--: ndhad Rare
dueed herto a life which was sweeter thiiit site had
ever known, inasmuch as she Ter sepe sled from the
callous wor'd. She was broken-hea ed ; and she
slid that life thus away from the heti tless denizen,
and the cold mockery of civilization . would, in a
measure, lighten the load of existence. ml dispel the
gloomy tenors of a curse that bad scourged her
•
heart.
Silently brooding over the past, and looking to the
future with no hope, her spirit spurned the return
ing animation of her frame--end Ibis, though it
seemed to struggle with earnest playfulness, atiength
yielded to the withering influence of the former, till
she sickened and sunk, like the , wearied mountain
bird, which lilies while the resistless gale is bearing
it over the seas, and dies as soon as its foot finds
rest. • -
Shipmates-rsome of you have fared the approach
of danger, and witnessed the dreadful havoc of death
in a sudden and terrific moment—and others
. may
have wept over the. progress of the blow pestilence,
stealing the pride of and•beauty_of cities, and gath
ear% in its feverish embrace the choicest flowers for
which your bosoms yearned--but feebly may you
imagine the poignant solicitude with which-I gazed
,upon the form of the Stricken beauty, isolated, and
wrested from every congenial tie, as her griefs beto
kened her—and breathing out her last, within the
,deep, deep solitude, of the voiceless sea.
Day after day she lingered and faded ; and at last,
she seemed bidding adieu to the troublous waters of
life's seas, and ''entertng a heaven recirfe from its
blasts. ‘• Robert," said she, lam going now— and
.
the final and only regret attending my departure, is
in the severance of the newly-formed, and last tie
through which my - spirit.would cleave yet longer to
earth, and which wateonceived and nurtured by -the
kindness of my deliverer :—God will reward you—l
cannot." She reached forth her pallid hand; times
sed it to my heart. And ther&—ivhen the last beams
of the setting sun kissed the gentle sea—far away,
and alone upon the great main—l knelt over her--
and my calm, yet agonized prayer mingled With the
odor of an angel blossom—and then passed !
Night tame over me, shipmates, and- when I a
woke it 'twas in bitterness. The obseiplies of the
loved and lost I may , not relate ; but neither mound
nor winSw is over her rest—and the'place where she
sleeps May not be found.
The course which I hod attempted. previous to
the occ!nrences just related was now pursued; end
careless as to fate, I pursued my headlong .career,
heeding not the current or the blast. And finally,
when it ivas nigh, rind while I was stretched upon
the deck in a deep aleep,.as my vessel was dashing on
wardthrough the water:), I was awakened by a terrible
shock !--I awolie—was borne away fry the waters,
and knew no more.
Seasons seemed to have passed ere the light of
reason broke upon my soul. And when my eyes
were opened, and I ger-il round, I thought my brain
Was bewildered—for I beard kindly voices, and
scenes and faces were familiar ; but when I !wets it
Was no dream, I bursted into tears. The hermit was
restored, though his heart was yet desolate,
ANTHRACI l'E IRON
The following letter contains much valuable in
formation. It shows the manner -in . which some of
the great staples of Pennsylvania, may be used, to
Produce that indispensable article Iron, the Maim
taignin Of Whielt with Anthracite Coal us Fuel is
still in its infancy. The STANHOPE Furnace is about
29 miles troth !'Easton, on the Imo of the Morrie;
Canal:
Correspondence of the Commercial List.
STANII ,rx, N. J., June 9th, 1841
Having learned that you were anxious to possess
some information atipt this Fuinacc and our prim
itive ores,' I antes it fititliful account of the oper
ations of the Stanhope Furbace for one week, com
mencing on the 20111 of May last, viz— •
May 200;11m production ems Meld lbs. iron, No 1
21st 46 1 6,935 " "
• 22d o 18.059 .6 "
23e ~ ~ 17 , 189 ii o
24th 14 18,055 " "
25th . 18,520 " "
26th $6
• 18,062 " ..
Total
Equal in tuns of 2,f240 pounds, to 55 4)1)0,8 cwt
1 qu. and 5 lbs.:.
We have made as !lien's 22,000 lbs. of Iron in
twenty-four hours, but it %stip oxigenatcd and brittle.
It was made with a charge of 1,006 lbs. of ore, but
on finding the Iron was nut sufficiently carbonized:
we reduced the mine, and brought the furnace back
to making soft Iron. The average for the lost fif
teen days has been about seven and a half tons per
day, gross weight. We cast three times a day eve
ry, day, viz—at eight o'clock A. M.; four P.M. and
twelve midnight. This Won' has been. cast into
Hollow-ware, StOve-plates, and into Milt mathincry;
and has been approved Ey all who have used it.
We have not madenltogether more than about twen.
4-five tuns of white Iron, which was made either
after the bursting of a Tugcre pipe, or by overchar
ging=which last was done fur experiment's
Nine hundred lbs. of ore appears to b: the maximum
fur seven hundred lbs. of coat to produce No. 1 Pig
Iron.
,
• Our Hoi-blast ;yeas Well, keeping the, heat very
uniformly hot enough' to melt. Lead. We use the
hotblast, to blow our heating ovens, Which I consid
er a great improvement, and a great saving of fuel.
We have had ne,trouble of any kind with the Fur..
nace except the bursting of one Of our Tuyere irons
—these occasioned us some difficulty, which, how.
ever,a7day's working after the accident, has always
relieored,
' Our eiperimenta are entirely successfill..CPO do
not require an ounce of ores of the secondary for
mation to make good iron; and as to the quantity
of our production, we cati safely calculate on seven
to eight toes
s pay day, in a furnace of ten feet Bosh.
We use about three thousand feet ot air in a minute,
under a pressurnof two and threeluarter He, Our
other two furnaces wilt bo 'completed by the time
the Morris Canal kr navigable.
. The total aniount'of the different articles used
during the seek,-were as follows, viz—
, - i ton& \,cwt.' qurs. lbs
• Coal ; .73 ; - 8 3 .
Limestone`; 3i .9 \ 1 - 24
' Ore ; 94 '• 8 \,, s l - 16
Iron made: 55 8 ), • • a
• Conitionent pirts to make one ton of Iron.
Coal ; 1 6 - 2 s ' '. -
Limeitone! - 11 1 \l2
Ore : 1 • 14 ' . 'Ail.
3,000 feet air per minute.
~
Pressure, 24 lbs.
. I
A mama . — Mrs. Strader, wife of Dr. Strader, of
Cinc niiati, committed suicide in that city on the
24 i st., by hanging herself: No cause for the act
is at fed—they had only been married a little - evrir
two moeths. - ' 0 -;
, I
0. 2G.
The commander of the steamer wee ordered, tat
wait at the Rouge for a reply until the lethiatid-in
the event of his not receiving one by that day:to re-
turn •immediately to Macao. This ho accordingly
did on )he 19th, Kuban not having made his op:
pearance. A circular was then published, stating
that the squadron were then moving towards the
Bocce Signs. On the following day Captain Elliott'
received a message from lieshen, in 'which the hitter
stated hid to sigh the treaty, and eicuried
his delay in not coming to the Bogue when the stew.
mer was there, by alleging that he had-been detained
by 130171 e piratical boats,
1 his appears to have been a mere ru s e to g aid
time. On the 4th of February a notification of the
renewal of hostilities was issued to her4lritunic
jesty'a subjects.
Towards the close of the inoniing of the 25th of
February, three howitzers and a:party of t3epoyi
were landed at Chuenvere, from the Nemesis and
the boats of the squadron. The , Chinese kept Op d
desultory fire while the darkness lasted. Before the:
dawn of day a battery ha'd been erected With sand
bags and the guns got into posittoit. Froth these el
soon as it was sufficiently light the British returned
the fire 'of the Chinese.
MEE
At 11 a. m. the tide served end the signal ilia *ea
for the squadron to weigh. H. M. S. Calliope bear
ing the broad pendant of the Copimodere led the at ,
tack against North Wantong, followed by the Bite.;
tinge, Druid, Wellesley, &Aphorised Modelte. the
Blenheim, and' with' the Queen titeamer,
opened their Ere on the fort at Chaen-pee. tisoit
the action bad become general, and the fire constant
and heavy on all sides: fn the meantime the Nem
esis and Madagascai steamers, with pumerona boats
in tow, an in..close to - Ty Cock Tour, end . &pled
the &imps untie!' tfio conimand of Major Pratt.
Shortly afterwards the wholiref the forte were in
possession of the British forces. Official notifications
were issued in the course of the day ; ode by the
Plenipotentiary intimating the;captdre of the forts:
the other by the COmiziodere authorizing merchant
vessels' to proceed tn'the Breige.
the rremtier of prisoners taken .4 eine:l4mB ii
estimated at 1000, end the killed end wounded uts
the side of the Chinese are said to be very numerous.
The Island of Chusan has been evacuated and de ,
livered ep to the c'binese, orders to that effect hat
ing been transmitted by Captain Elliott, when he
was laboilog under the unhappy delusion that. tlid
Cbioese were inclined to fulsl their promisee of in
demnity.—The British who were donineltplisonera
at Ningpoo were released as soon as• the rfactiatiort
of Cbuseti was completed. - •
We here extracted various itemsbf airless Wet
ligencs from the "Calcutta Papers of the aeth of
April. On the morning of that day the Queen stea
mer. from Macao the 31st of March, arrived at Cal•
cutta with Commodore Bit James Gordon Blamer.
His Exceltenmis said to have cotes to India, fot
the purpose of et:insulting the Governor General. sad
obtaining reinforcements.
The , British troops bave:posseision tiftherfactio•
ry at Canton, but it would appeal thereby a prowls ,
ional Chinese:government in the cii r tc ds• Calcutta
Courier stateo that the forcing the tea*. :between)
the Bongo and Canton - vies most gallinit jt
- .
• Pieta eta or e
flab Raid'
of the Columalte
8 DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.,
lten'ewatof the war between Chinaandlet Aing le'ah--full of t
,CctriforittavAl eV* :Break
Foree•--rne Tests - . - perittaakdkleastkoa of 411-
Goningeria....mnriyaftirtfie Assailant a7texidte....422‘
sullen 'of De.rniarkets;
The Ccituinbie it holden - on
'Wednesday crating at half pail 10 o'clock, - AVe
received our fbreign papers, by, eurowtkelnial pa
press from Boston.at 6 . % clock look evening ! . She
brings . us ourSullleiefLrnlon papers icautin tth
elus —Perm to Jane 2d—and Liverpool to Julie 4th in.:
ive.
She also brings us dates from Bombay of the 3d
of May—just six weeks back. And Canton to the
Ist of April, only'll dive Sumo. 1 ,• •
The overland mail of Bombay, May 9, swishe d London on the evening of the 2nd id June.
The principle feature in the Dew' is that theivai
has again broken out in China, became' thar Etnpe.
ror would not ratify" the treaty., The, British have
captured Canton. and all the forte- on the Hitt;
without the loss ofa single man The trade it taped
to Canton, the owners of vessels running ill rialto.
Canton was taken on the 25th of February : on the
same day Chusan was given op to the _Chinese,
Itigh Commissioner_ Keshen _has been disgraced
end sent to Pekin In irons; The Chinesei ibit 400
men.
An American gentlenan ROM Canton says -the
city is doomed to the flames. Tliere ate 200.000
Chinese starving in the neighborhood for want of
employment, who arc ready to sack the place as thee
sailors are. " ' •
We give in its pioper place all the rumors abilut
the President. She had not arrived.
There is a prospect of peace with Persia..
Trade of all kinds is still Mill. Money - *lf
scarce. The funds were flat : Teas rose 9d a pound.
The Cotton market was dull, and without any
change of importance of prices.
ENGLAND.
Parliamentarg.—Nothing important has been
done in either house. The debate ha Pea,. w 146
Confidence Motion " commenced on the 27th of.
Moy, and was continued next night.' 'The'adjaurned
debate was opened by Sergeant Telford tin the 2nd
Juno.
The President Steamship.—Thesettlement oldie
risks upon the President entered at Lloyd's wee td
base taken place to-day. but was postponed to the
llth instant, to allow further time for news respect
ing her.—London limes June 3:
Dlisolution of Parliament'—We team from aid
hest authority that the dissolution of Parliament will
take piece about the 12th of this Montb,—Tbe pros• _ .
lemation is ready, and only waits the Queen's Signe-,
lure. Tho new Parliament is tc, meet on the 4tb of
A ogust.—Hereford Ammo/.
The house of Grant, & Co., of Glasgow, has fait=
ed for £ 180,000,"
ANOTriEII 87&LANA trEllq--PIIOIIIABLZ SAPETT Oi
iIDESI'.
LIVERPOOL, Julie 4th.
We have had a great many arrivals of vessels Irani
foreign ports to day; and among them the Fortitude.
from Buenos Ayers ; the captain t Arbufbrati Y'Of
which states, that on the 20th May, at 5 rA.
46 N. long. 24 30 W., abolt
, 10 miles distant, he
saw a very largo steamer steering to the N E. witb
out a funnel, a crippled foremast, and large 'paddle
boxes, painted a dark color, with large squire topsail
set on thii maintopmest, a topgallarit-lail on thii
toretopmast, and with fore and aft sails. Th 6 steak.:
er was making very slow progress.
Liverpool, 6, 15 b. m.—The impression gains
ground every hour, that the steam ship seen by thp
Fortitude is the President.
AURIVAL OP TUE OVEULAPID MAIL DT EXPRESS , .
MALTA. May 26, 1841. 7 Tbe Oriental arrived in' .
port early this morning, from Alexandria, and brings'
a mail despatched horn Bombay on the Ist instant,
by
_the Berenice, which arrived at Suez blithe 18tbi
CHINA. -
MOST IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE, PHONE •Catirl
--CAPTURE OP TUE Boons -FOUTe AND THE CITT
OF CANTON UT Tan EnvTtau.—The intelligence
received from China during the past month is of a
highly interesting and important nature. Our flit*
news from Macao is to the 31st liesimiesi
cmtintied procraitination hasing,pt length exhausted
Captain Elliott's patience. the Nemesis steamer ass
dispatched from Maeasi on the flth P0163'1114, with
the draft of a treaty for the approval and ratification
of the imperial high commissioner.
0
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