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" ' (From Hie Baltimore Weekly Sun.)
THJ2 BURIVL OF THE BELOVED.
Come to her bfer, o!i I come
Soallei flowers fair and bright
On hergaibof purest while,
bre e bear ber homo ;
Liy ihem genily on her breaa',
There irow sweet shall be Ihy rest.
Co lo the (ores! wild,
Cull the viole s pure and sweet,
Place ihem on the clay-cold feet
Of the anaHl child
Emblems of thyself, pale one :
Soon the've blojsom'il, faded, gone.'
Ah! oUise the waxen lid, 1
Let iho fringe of eolJen hue
Shadow o'er the orb of blur,
Let I ho world be hid
From the soul that dwell above,
'Midst the holy angels' lore.
Call to the sorrowing one,
That slie may bid Ihe dead fatewel!,
Eru wo benr her away lo dwell
In the daiksome lomb nlone,
Draw near, fond molhei kiss thy adieu,
Fur soon Ihe beloved will be absent fiom you.
Gaze on her ancel fare,j
Wipo the doaih dew from her brow ;
Come, pale tnoiher, and clasp her now
In Ihy warm embrace,
Bend on hut, le! thy lips be press'd
To hei's 'twill not disturb jier rest.
Weep, mourner, shed the tear!
Stiive not lo hide it, 'twill be shed ;
Thou know'st Ihy iniiuli-iov'd one is dead,
So shed it on the bier -Of
ihe fair nml lovely form departed
Weep, stranger, lor the-broken-hearted.
Hark! 'lis the solemn call,
'Ti the toll of dealh that bids us haste
Tim lov'd one on lo her resting place;
rarewell lo Ihe world and all !
We come, wo heed not tha mother's wail,
That is borne along by the evening gale.
The crave awaits thee now,
And coiiily we lay lhee down to rest :
Press tha turf linhlly on her young breast,
And smooth il o er her brow : .
.el the willow weep and llio lilies wave;
O'er the peaceful sleepers lonely grave.
Vn QV(fcctiug Sketcl).
"FORGIVE HIM.'
BY 8YLVANV3 COIID, JR.
'Furgive liim," Baid Mrs. Stearns,
"O,
Lowell, forgive him !"
The speaker was an aged woman and a
widow. Her head was white with the
frost of years, and her mild features were
deeply marked by Ihe hand of time. There
was a tear in her eye. and her lace was
louded with sorrow. She ipoke to her
son, a middle-aged, strong-loatured persotv,
whose countenance betrayed a firm-willed,
unbending heart, but yet appeared an up
right, honorable man. .
'Forgive him !" repeated the white-
haired widow, as she raised her trembling
hands towards her son. "He is your bro
ther your only brother. O, if you know
your own heart, you will forgive him."
".Never:" spoke Lowell btearns, in a
firm, deep tone. "John has wronged me
and I should lie to my own soul, were I
lo forgive him now."
"And have not you wronged flint?" ask
ed the widow, imprefsively.
"I wronged html How 1
"By withholding Irotn him your love,
by treating him harshly and causing him
to sin," answered his mother, kindly.
"Cease, mother, tvhen you say that I
have caused him lo sin. yon are mistaken.
He has chosen his own path, and now he
must travel in it." . ,
'Lowell, you are the oldest, ntl Irom
you should come the love that can alone
heat the wound between vou and John."
"Listen to me, mother," said the stubborn
man, with a spice of bitterness in his tone t
"John has been unjust to me ; he has been
unmanly and unkind. He has injured ine
beyond reparation."
"No, no, Lowell," quickly interrupted
his mother; "not beyond reparation."
"Yes he has injured my feelings by
th most fatal darts of malice and ill-will.
He has lied about me lo my friends, and
even. assailed my private character."
"And can you not forgive bun all this i
she asked, tenderly. .
'1'ernaps i might, returned ioweii
Stearns, "but," he added in a hoarse lone,
while his frame quivered with deep feeling,
"he has done more than thai. He has
spoken of my wife, and . But 1 will
out tell it a'i. I cannot forgive nun this."
The strong nan sank into a chair as he
spoke and fur some moments his mother
was silent. At length she approached hi in
in1 laid ber hand uon Ins head.
"rorgive htm!" she whispered.
"Never!" uttered Lowell.
"Kurjive him, and be happy. AU', my
son you are nut happy now, nor can you
be, so long a you are at enmity with your
brother. O, why will you e tin breach
(row widr 1 You know that all Ibis com-
meliced Irom a mere UiiautiJrraUitdiiig; be-
Iwevu you, and now ou are luipiuf lo
nuke it wtMe. 1 know you will ll me
that you have done nothing lo harm John.
but if you will look lulu ymir owe) bosom,
you will Bud trut it Is enured towards turn.
IU kitowt this, and he acts atcudiiijily.
II ia more iinimlaive lhau yuu are, but hi
brail u aa kind 4 jour, and be i all gn.
riMtty and love Iu but Invnd. JoTni'i
haaly. and during all llml lime be never
pvke on. on.iiiJ word lo hi Mr mother I
Aud did I evr iik uuknidly Iu yuu,
iny iwulu.il" akJ Lowell, iu bell
hsVt suit.
-.Ho, no. Y"U and Job) bad bolb ktud
heart, a4 il xtto ie uily Iu you
at you tie now, Il gn tne Iu you
Vutl) eu unpy. Ah, Uwell, I lr tbl
you do not re elite bow suable liuuf it u
Iu fu(ie lnoe b ibjui4 jfou. '
Lowell Steams made no reply to liis
mother. He say (hat she was unhappy,
and he knew that he himself was unhappy
also. In former years he had loved his
brolher; and he knew that he bad been
faithfully loved in return. The Irouble
which had so unfortunately separated them
ha I been trivial in jts b ginning, but Low
ell's sternness of M ill and John's hattiness
ol temper had kept the fire on Ihe increase.
The first lault had belonged lo the younger
brother, but a word of explanation at the
time might have healed it without trouble;
now, however, the affair had become deep
and dangerous, and there was but one way
for remedy. The way the aged mother
would point out. :
"Lowell, continued Mrs. Stenrns, speak
ing in a trembling tone, "I can spend but
a few short days longer on farth. I feel
that the sands in my glass have almost run
out, but before I depart, I hope I may meet
my two boys together in love I hope I
may see them once more bound together
in the sweet bonds of friendship. When
you were babe, 1 nursed you and cored
for you, and I tried to do a mother's duty.
I tried to make you both fit lor the great
world. As you grew older, I promised
myself a lull share ol happiness in your
companionship, and naught has come to
dun the joy ol my widowed heart till this
sad cloud lowered upon me.'- I love my
children I love them both alike- and yet
they love not each. other. , Lowell, my
son one thing weighs heavy upon me.
Should ttiis thing last till I am dead, then
how will you and John meet by the side of
iny corpse? How will you leel when you
come to "
"Hush, my mother," uttered the stout
man, trembling like a reed. "Say no more
now. This evening I will speak to you
my mind."
John Stearns sat in his easy chair in his
own cozy parlor, and about him were his
wile and children. Everything that money
could procure towards real comlort was
hi., but yet he was not happy. Amid all
his comforts there was one dark cloud to
trouble him. The spot where for long
years he had nurtured a brother's lore was
now vacant. JNo, not vacant, for it was
filled with bitterness. He knew that he
was in the lault, but he tried lo excuse
himself by thinking; that his brother hated
him. This, however, did not ease his con
science, lor he knew that he was lying to
himself.
Vhile,he sat thus, he heard a rap at the
front door, and in a lew moments one ol
the children told him that Uncle Lowell
wanted to see him. . ..
"Tell him to come in," said John ; and
after this he made a motion lor his wife
and children to leave the room. "I shant
budge an inch," he muttered to himself.
II he thinks to filgliten me, he'll find his
mistake." ,
Before he could ay more, his brother
entered the room.
"Good evening, John," said Lowell, at
the same time laying his hat upon the table.
John steams was taken aback bv this
address and he could hardly believe his
ears; but he responded hesitatingly to his
salutation. , For an instant he looked up
into his brothers (ace, and during that in
stant there flashed across his mind a wish
that he had never oflended.
."John," continued Lowell, still standing,
"vou well know whet has passed between
us to make us both unhappy ."
"Yes I know," answered John, hardly
knowing what tone to assume.
"Well, my brother," continued Lowell,
while a tear glistened in his eye, and at
the same time extending his hand, "I have
come to bury the evil that has risen up
between us. If you have wronged me, I
freely forgive you and if I have been harsh
and unbrolherly towards you, 1 ask that
you will forget it. Come let us be friends
once more."
Like an electric shock came this speech
upon the ears of John Stearns. A moment j
i,.. . i l. r i i ai il.. t
nr noon nail uewnuereu, anu men uie
. !.. I- L 11 L
tear. Drone .or.n irom nis eyes, ue reacn-
ed lorth his hand, but his words were bro-
, . .- .- . . , . . .
ken and indistinct. He had not expected
this from hi stern brother, but it came like I
a heaven-sent beam of lisht to his soul, and ,
in a moment more the brothers were folded ,
iua warm embrace. When they were i
aroused it was by feeling a Iremblinj hand
laid upon their heard, and when they
looked up they found their aged mother
standing by them.
"Blest you, my children, blest you,"
murmured the white haired parent, as she
raised her band towards Heaven, "and O,
I pray (od, that you may never be unhap
py more."
John Mearnt knew tnai nit mot tier nail
been the angel who bad touched Ihe heait
ol bja brother, and it did not alter bit for
giveness. "Oh," he murmured, "I nave been very
wrong, I have abused you my brolher but
if you can forgive me, 1 will try lo make
il all up.
"Your love will repay it all, John. Lei
mo have your love, and I will try never lo
loae it inure."
"Now 1 trw Iruly happy," tid tbe agrd
nuilher, a .he gated with pnde upou ber
on. "Now 1 can die iu peace, (I, ny
boys if you would have your children sure
of happmesa in attr die, Utib I linn lh!
I u,it : will hral tucial Wouuds which
Cta) be healed iu HU Olhrr Wij, iUny
art bt been fcrvk'O liotu tbe simple
Went u thai UlisMisiiiC power.
M tin three broibvr triad Iu bUta Ihrii
Ntuibrr M lb braliMul Uttoa the bd
ItugM lb. in, and tbry rild not la Iam
It lu tb.ir ib.ldi.) g une of lbe beet boom
thai could be to lb. us kf lite.
Kt a.aaiw Jttkit lUiiad'ed, el bit last
iu Wvieaaiei, U.at.ee lbe afiareutta
ef Ike leibautj, ol auUu ulit, afiei 4
fe be'' iliues.
tFrora Uw National InteKijarw.
1 Vl GOV. WM. I. DUVAL.
Tho late Wm. P, Duval, whoso death look
place at Washington the 19 instant, was a 1
type of ihe genuine 'American character
apt, aelf-relyinjr, and fertile in natural resour
ce. He was born in Virginia, of one of its
old families. Some early pranks, of a whim
sical but innocent kind, gained him Iho char
acter of an "unlucky boy," prone lo nil kinds
of mischief. The harsh . treatment be expe
rienced In consequence stong him to the
quick. Hu considered himself mi.umle Stood
and undervalued. "I'll go from home," said
he, "and shift for myself." There was al
that time in Virginia a rage for emigration lo
Kentucky. He had heard wonders of that
country, and of ihe glorious, independent life
of Ihe hunler who range.l its forests, and
lived by Ihe rifle. He determined lo go there
and ndopt thai mode of life. Hit fit I her con
sidered il Ihe passing caprice of a boy, being
litlle aware of his wounded spiiit nml of the
dogised resolution of his character. Finding,
however, thnt he was not to be moved filher
by persuasion or remonstiance, he gave way
lo his humor, trusting lhat a little rough ex
perience would soon bring dim home again.
He even gave him a well-filled purse to as
sist him on his wayfaring. The liuntor in
embryo asked for a horse and servant.
'A horse ! why you would not go a mile
without racing him and breaking your neck,
rtnd as to a servant, you cannot lake care of
yourself, mnch luss of him."
How nm I to travel ihere?"
"Why, 1 suppose you ore man enough to
travel on foot.'
He spoke jestingly, litlle thinking the lad
would lake him al his word j but the latter
was thoroughly pioued in respect to (he en
terprise, so he pocketed tho purse, made tip
nis pack, and girded up his loins for the jour
ney. , t
"When will you come back ?' said his sis
ter, as she hung round his neck weeping.
"Never, by heavens ! till I come back a
member of Congress from Kentucky. I am
determined to show lhat 1 am not the tail
end of the far- .iy." ,
Such was the launch forth in life of a youth
but a little way in his teens. His pedestrian
journey had its hardships. He was al one
lime in danger of being stopped as a runaway
apprentice ; after which he avoided houses as
much as possible, lighting a fire at night in
some wood or ravine, and sleeping befoie it
in hunters' style. . ,
Al length he arrived at Brownsville, lPg.
weary, way-worn, and in shabby plight, hav.
ing "camped out" for several nights. The
landlord of the inn was unwilling lo receive
a vagrant boy beneath his roof; , he was
aboul to turn him off, when his wife inter
fered. "Where can you te goi."g my lad ?" said
she.
"To Kentucky."
"What are you going (hero for.!"
"To hum."
She looked earnestly at him for a moment
omwo. "Have you a mother living " said
she, at length. '
"No, madam ; she has been dead lor some
lime."
"I thought so," said she, warmly;" "I
knew if you had a mother living you would
not be here." From lhat moment the good
woman treated him during his sojourn with a
woman's kindness.
Embarking at Wheeling on a flat-bottomed
boat, called a broad horn, he floated down
the Ohio past Cincinnati, then a mere groap
of log cabins, and Ihe site of Louisville,
where then stood a solitary house, until, after
a voyage of several days, he landed near Ihe
mouih of Green river, and struck for Ihe in
tenor of Kentucky. He had relations
Lexington and other settled place., but ha
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r
iouteIv ben, k- .. own . .
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world without assistance or control. So he
, , .. .. , . , .
nud,fl" ,h" !IJ" P"" of ,he cou""'
ejmP"'3 01" l "' "TP" n a wild
t ... a. L'llaa. a
,u,"c"; UIKa no nua mUii or
11,0 wilderness he was accosted by a man in
hunting dress,
Where are you from I'J taid the laller.
"From Richmond." '' ,
What ! in old Yirgiuia 1"
"The same."
. "How on earth did ou get her 1"
l landed at Green liver from a broad
horn."
"And where are your companions !"
J have none."
"Where are you going f"
"Any here."
"What have you come here for?"
"Te hum."
"Well," eried Ihe other, laughing, "you'll
make a leal buuter, loeia'a uo mistaking
lliat. But coiiik, gu bonie wiih mj my
iiatue it Bill Siiiiititfit; ir u fr oil
stay uiih me a linU while and I'll leacb
)o bow iu bunt."
Yhi wat hit fust inliuJuriiuit into buniing
life. He wu became epM hi "uod
eraO," and a g(e fsvunla amuug the
baidy buiileia of keulut.y. IU iinmd
eeiuug ibm emit, limn in iurlui of popul
Hue, gsnie beoeme atuie ; and until, i.t
lily M ltJ aaiiaiiud Ike buniii fcumui. (la
ne begsti la ihn.k be . lis Wt w.ibl.,g
bailer then lu eauy a gun mi k huuld(
dy ali.i day, dudgiiij abul fur b.t.s, di,
aaa ' bieie l4t. U mIUJ i ,i(
ttiaj bit bu,iU U4 i,a)si io uim home
Mill no Uluiuad o Mewaas (
hi'gi.M
liuut KeuiiHky. Wtt lai U
ki4ii( fur miik tiaiiuu f
r le Hi
He dieijM4 e bMow . Uaiei
M lie, he hue a!4 ociliw htie tell
jhool before he had learnt beyond the rule
of three. "Never mind," taid he to himself,
'1 am a terrible fellow for hanging on to
any thing when I've once made up my mind ;
and if a man hat but ordinary capaoiiy, and
will get to work with heart and soul, and Stick
to it, he can do almost anything. -:. ''
We forbear to go Into the detail of his pre
parations for the bar, and hit first launch in
the profession. The tame spirit thai
had brought him on foot to Kentucky and
made a huntsman ol him cariied. him on
in his new career. He waa admitted to tbe
bar just as ho was crossing Ihe threshold of
matihoi d. The county town where the court
was sitting was thronged by country people
He was a stranger there ; an incident made
him at homo as he entered Ihe public room
of I lie inn, where ihere was tome noise and
drinking; he saw a rough bully of a fellow,
who wag partly intoxicated, strike an old
man. Duval knocked him down and kicked
him into the street. In a moment he had a
dozen rough shakes of the hand and invita
tions to drink; and found himself quite a per
sonage in the rough assembly. .
The next moming the court opened. He
took his seat among ihe lawyers as a mere
spectator. A man was to be tried for passing
counterfeit money. He had no lawyer, and
was told to chose one. He looked all around
Ihe court and selected Duval. The latter
was astonished at being chosen; be a beard
less youngster; unpractised at the bar, per
fectly unknown. His tlefenco of liis client
was a perfect lilt ; that and the kicking of
the bully out of doors set him up in business.
Suits crowded in upon him. and he soon be
came eminent iu his professionespecially in
the branch of criminal law.
Iu 1812 he signalized himself 'in another
capacity, commanding a company of Ken
lucky mounted volunteers, and protecting the
frontier settlements in the valley of the Wa
bash from the murderous inroads of Ihe sav
ages. Whilst abroad from home on this ser
vice he was elected by his neighbors lo re
present them in Congress. Here was I lie re
alization of his boyish boast ; he might non
return with honest pride to his paternal home.
He had proved that he was not the "tail end"
of his family.
As a member of Congress he acquitted
himself with ability and credit; but, after a
time, retired voluntarily fiom political lile,
and resumed hi profession. He was now
appointed jud;ro in Ihe court of Floiida, and
subsequently Governor of that Territory.
Here he was an ex officio Superintendent of
Indian A fTaiis, which he administered with
ureat judgment and humanity. He appre
ciated the daring and heroie characteristics
some of tha Florida chieftains, gained
their confidence, and exercised a surprising
influence over their tribes. He resigned this
office of his own accuid, after filling il for
twelve year.
Most of his children having settled in
Texas, he was persuaded, five or six years
since, to remove to that Slate. Business re
cenily brought him to Washington, where
he was attacked by paralysis, which .ulti
mately was the cause of bit death, when
about seventy year of age.
Few men who have lead such a varied
life haver lefl behind to pure and spotless a
name His public services, and Ihe integrity
and ability with which he acquitted himselt
in hi public trusts, ar widely known; His
dauntless courage, too, has been proved on
various "trying occasions. But it is among
his intimates thai hit loss will be more es
penally lamented; among those who de
lighted in his simple, unaffected goodness,
hit genial hnmor, hit devoted and unwaver
ing friendship, in lbe kind and generous
qualities of hit heart, aud the manly inde
pendence of hit spiiit. To such it will be a
satisfaction lo leant thai throughout his illness
he was exempt fiom suffering, and although
neurlv hopeless he was cheerful lo the last ;
and at he closed hi eye in death a tniile
played upon hit venerable and beloved coun
tenance, seemiug to reflect good will lo the
woild he wat leaving and hope of a happier
tale iu lhat lo which he wa going.
In concluding ihi hasty sketch we cannot
but repeat lbe word with which il commen
ced he wit a type of the genuine American
charcler.
Nor.-l.uM of in faeta ia lb. slnr. artiri. war.
puiduhci! several yaaia witr. lu a akrlraj etiltltrU "rLi
rie.ar.4 Italplt Hitigwuial," but whir. gav. UM-ttleiile iu
tha early Ul. ul livvvraur liuvol, lass, iruuk fci. owa
Uia.
SutMGuai a Fact Pubt Tbe United
Siale Vive Consul al Shanghai, China, bat
issued a iioiiee lo Amaiicao eiiitent resident
iheia that he will deliver up Ihe paper of
United Stale vessel on Iheir leaving purl
without requiting ihe pioJuulion of Chines
Custom llous rWaitnc, aa lung a vestal
uuder other flag aie allowed by Ihe Chinese
lu enter and leave pnrl wilhoul repot I ins; and
paying duiie al lb Custom House, at it al
presaiit lbe ease. This tlep it fuuuded upou
the right lo claim every advantage enjoyed
by Ike in oat favured naliona, aavured lo lbe
United btaiet' riuieua by AilioJ II of the
Amaihian Tiy uh China. Tkie notice
vfi-ouisa make shanghai a free part Mnlil
lbe Cetiera lluuss) regulationa aie enfuieed
auua all lui.igu auU, what) return to
lU.iu oil) be lequned upon ike pail ( Ihusa
iiuJaf Ike A mm man flag.
Tne Vrttuta (ill er lUttoow Tbe
iiul Asia h'ii'l Itdiiigt el lliit lei.g
iuia4 , tshieb hat beau eel aver
Any dayt lieut Lliarpuul, bound le PuiltJ.f
puis, bfce it new ttippuMd i te ht, nk
all a buaiJ, auiBUiK'4 near fuur hutidied
Mia iutludiag her tit. Ik had alt
iy vtUtkie Mige.
terrible shipwrecks. .
On Hundred and Thirty Livm Lost.
The severity of ihe lale gale on Saturday and
Sunday ihe 15th and IGth Inst., proved the
most destructive one experienced along tbe
New Jersey coast for a number of years.
We lenrn from long Bench that tbe ship
Powhattan, of Baltimore, from Havre, bound
to New York, went ashore, in the height of
the gale, about 3 o'clock on Sunday morning
The point where she struck wat about seven
milea north of Eg Haiboi Light. She went
entirely to pieces, and out of tho whole num
ber of the passengers and crew on board,
not one is known lo have been saved. She
is supposed to have dad about 200 emigrants
on board. Aboul forty bodies were picked
up on Monday al Long Beach, drifted ashore
frovi the wreck. The Powhattan tailed from
Havre in the beginning of March for New
York. She was an old ship, and worth about
$l.,000. Il is thought the had not much
oargo.
The schooner Manhattan went ashore on
Sunday evening about two miles south of the
Powhattan, and all on board were lost ex
cept one man, who wa picked up insensible
and, up lo (he last accounts, could give no par
ticulars of the disaster. She was a collier
and bound to Bangor.
LOSS Or THE SHIP STAFFORD.
Accounts from Absecom Beach state that
on Tuesday a number of dead bodies were
washed ashore on Absecnm Beach, as well as
on Brigantine Beach, which lies between it
and Long Beoch. Up to Wednesday even-
ing Ihe whole number was fifty-eight, con
sisting of men, women and children. There
were no portions of a wreck seen in the vi
cinity, but yesterday a piece of bedding,
marked 'packctship Stafford,' drifted ashore.
and is thought to furnish the name of the lost
ship from which Hie bodies wore washed.
By telegraph, we have the following par
ticulars of the disasters at Absecom:
Absecom, N. J., April 20 We reached
this place at half-past one o'clock this morn
ing, and leave at five o'clock for Absecom
Beach, which is seven miles distant.
We have examined the clolhing of one of
Ihe drowned persons washed ashore at the
Beach. The stockings, apparenfly of Holland
manufacture, seem to have belonged to a boy
of 1 1 or 12 years old. His linen was marked
in bold, red letters, "G. J." Judging from the
clothing of the victims, they . were either
Scotch or German, and they appear to have
belonged lo Ihe more ie.pectable class of emi
grants. -Between fifty and sixty bodies have
been washed ashore. Tbe impression is that
they are from the ship "Stafford," from Liv-
erpool, bound to New York.
Mr. Collins, of Leeds Point, which is on
Little Egg Harbor Bay, west of Tucket's
Beach and long Beach, savs that a German
floated ashore at that place lust evening, alive
but insensible. Hopes were entertained,
however, of his recovery. He is supposed to
have been from the Powhattan.
From the best information that wo can
gather from persons on the beach, about thir
ty dead bodies have been washed ashore on
Absecom, fifty or sixty on Brigantine, and
forty on Long Beach in all about one nun
dred and thirty. Four were washed ashore
(hit morning on Brigantine Beach. .
All the bodiet appear to be thota of the
better class of German emigrants. The
younger persons were in iheir night clothes.
Benjamin Turner, a resident of Brigantine
Beach, generously attended to the require
ments of the dead bodiet. One man was
found, who, from hit diets, it it supposed
wat a captain.
About fifty bodies have been taken to
Suiithville for interment. Misa Bass, of Ab
secom, prepared a number of bodies for but
iel. Tbe people generally wore afraid to
touch them.
A matlrass washed ashore bears the fol
lowing inscription :
"Amerikanische Line fuer Packet Schiffahrt
Fuiirnriiif, Torrtiire, Jlcyer, Hamburg 2
Steinhoft ; Liverpool Regent Hood, facing
Bramleytnoor Dock; New York, 90 Wtst
street "
It is reported that teverel bodiet have been
robbed by some villains on the beach.
The Government have no provision here
to prevent such depredation. There are no
other important items worth telegraphing.
TUB Sllir HUMBOLDT.
By a telegraphic despatch received from
New Yoik, we learn that ihe report of Ihe
loss of Ihe Bremen thip Humboldt, with sa.
oral bundled eniigranl, a published iutoiii
of tha papers, ia entirely utifouudud, as she it
now ancboied at Ihe quaianiiiiu iu safety.
tub wbuck er tub vaottwatTca.
By he last aceouult fiom litis) vessel, w
learn that all ber passeu'ei ware lauded in
aafoly and tenl on toNew Yoik, The I n.
del wilier w a lii at vlas vessel of I .'GO tuns,
and bad upwtidtof five bundled pastengei
eu board. Allhe lime the went ashore, be
wat under leafed tail, moving at eight kuet
aa hour and it being vny dais, ihe lii.l
warning uf danger wat I ha shinkul Ihe ve.
taj sinking opou the br TUe vuualeiiiaiiuu
aiueng ihe Maai.gi tg beyond deauni.
lion, aud Ihe ftuil of lbe ulluar urra una.
Vailing loqtiial Iheir appiebeusiuu lhat Ilia
s.l would immediately ge lu pievet.
Tbe hand ol the tt.su. boat lMotd( from
ihit eily, wkuui wo iitiuunvej lu y.giaiJa)',
A'.ut, by llrgih, t hl.ig baeiidwuaed
while attempting lu gel a ll uu boar! iu
l'diwiiii, wai time t Bsm.y .lau.l, and
etidet iu biuum sne.t, Sm Vk II. t bu
Jy hat been lecwtaied Wy ri.
ftteut.ggg, luihe b..., tie swlli, ( iu
Ike liuamuen mtikti, .a .i4y. al Kki it
J-.ete.
tVKSTOPOT.ASli,THK RtSMA!. FLEET
ANECDOTE OF THE KMI tllOtl.
Mr. Oliphant. hi his arrreal,t ....!. .i
tied ihe "Ruissian Shores of the Black Sea,"
" "ome account or Sevestnpol, it hnr
bor and fortifications. The population, inclu
ding military and marine, I, estimated at
u. ,,,, mousnna. The lown is, in fact,
an immense Harrison nn, I nnk. ..:- i
,Vwn iunc impo.
snip, inasmuch as many of the buildings are
barracks or government office. Not a few
of the private houses, however, present a
nantisome appearance, and the main street
is strikingly beautiful At the lime Mr. O.
made his visit, he counted thirteen sail of the
line anchored in Ihe principal harbor. The
newest of these, a noble three-decker, was
lying within pislol shot of the quay. Thfl
average breadth of Ihe inlet is one ihousand
yards. Two creeks branch off from it, aod
intersect the town in a soulheily direction. "
They are generally occupied by steamers and
smaller craft, also by the hulks r prison
ships. The hard service w hich has reduced
so many of Iho finest ships of the Russian
Navy to this condition, consists in lying for
eighl or ten years upon the sleeping bosom
of ihe Ocean. After Ihe expiration of that
period, lhat timbers, composed of fir and
pine wood, never ptoperly season, become
perfectly rotten. The wages of Ihe seamen
are very low, about sixteen roubles a year.
Four of the forts consist of three tiers of bat
teries, but it is said that the rooms in which
lbe guns are worked nra so narrow and ill
vet.tilated, lhat the nrtilery-men would bo
invitobly stifled in the attempt to dischurtre
their duly. However well fortified the ap
proaches to Sevestopol bv tea. there is. it i
said, nothing whatever to prevent any num
ber of troops landing a few miles lo Iho south
of the town, in one of the six convenient
oays, wnn winch the coast as far as Capo
Knerson is indented, and marching down the
main street, (provided thev fwera airnnn
.... a a
enough to defeat any military force that
- t . . - .
miyui oe opposed lo ihem in the open Geld,)
sacking the town and burning the fleet. An
anecdote is mentioned in this connexion,
which is admirably calculated to show tha
despotic character of the Russian Govern-
mem. i no Emperor some time since paid
the place a flying visit, and the smoke of !h
steamer by which he retnrned lo Odessa had
scarcely melted away before it was known
mat ine coventor had been toppled from hit
place of power, and reduced in ;,:
. - - -. ..... u., I iuii
of a street cleaner all too, without lbe slight
est formality of a trial. It was singular more,
ovrr, lhat no person could assign the cause.
The general opinion was, that the unlortu-
uaie man nau Deen lulled into security in a
remote province, and fancying himself unno
ticed, had neglected lo practice that custom
ary caution in Iho appropriation of his, bribes
aud other puposes.which is said to be a lead
ing qualification of a man in an efevaled po
'ilion iu Russia, and without which he can
never look lor promotion in the army, or
make a successful Governor.
EXPECTED RECOVERY OF THE wparv.
OF THE STHAMSHIP HIIMRmnai A.n
SHIP STAFFORDSHIRE.
We learn that Messrs. Well h R......
submarine contractors of ibis city, have just
concluded a contract with the New York un.
derwriters and Havre Steam Navigation Com
pany, interested in ihe steamshin Itni.i.
of three thousand tons, (sunk near Halifax tha
past winter,) lo recover the remains of her
valuable cargo, engines, boilers, aivl nth
material, which they intend to accomplish
ituiing i.ie present season. Tba weight of
the machinery alone is about sixteen hundred
ions. The same firm ha.a .1... . . i
- v..... ..uii.iauiiru
with the underwriters on the ill-fated shipSlaf
I'ordsbire, lost near Cape Sable, to recover her
iinmento and valuable cargo. The pioperty
will undoubtedly be all recovered i,. n,
course of three or four mouth, and i valued
at several hundred ihousand dollar. Thesu
gentlemen have other heavy contracts for
submarine operations during the ensuing sea
toil, giving employment to a lama iin,nhr
of vessel and men, and are the same panic
wuo renioveu tne wreck ol th United States
steam frigate Missouri from Ihe bay of Gib
raltar, under contract with the Untied Slatea
government, after Ihe woik bad been pro.
iiounced impracticable by Iho engiiireni.g
talent in Kuropo. They have ihe most e0m.
p!ele and powerful machinery, arrnois, bal
leriet, kc, in ihe woild, and five yearsexpe-
ieiice iu all kinds of submerge opciaiiou.
Boston Coui ur, Jpiil ,
DftTt or Ecanra The funded debt ,f
all the European Slates i, in ihe agjiegjte,
aboul fS.aoO.OWi.OOO, or 1-10 fu each iurut
ituiil. HwiUerlaiiJ j( (ho only Kuiope.i,
eountiy out of ilebl. A a war is i .iuent,
all these vuiinirie aid in ihe maikei a t...r
roer, some wiih and soma wiim-nt ie.M,
so thai I ha people hate tho piop. i tl a
ooiisidaiable addition to iheir aliraJy bui.
Ihviisoin Lars,
MtutUB Goi M.nior i now Slil.Mli;
Berlin, and shoitly yoea tu Vienna, win ie.hu
wili remain Iwe moulds, and di l.i. thai dm
give Mieisl ronveil. Mi w id Iheu, it-.
bly, if not hindvreJ by Ike war, gu lu
dun, aud g pail of the tu i.tmi in -'
laud
The PupuUlioa I'levelju l, a lin k a in
haled lu Its, T tiui, m ou hi dxwu el
SU UOU.
A m.avwa'h lwuei, e-iopJ f W U,,J
liuleit aad ia Ida luw ul a .le, sui.
reeuied hy ou cu.ls. '
sealed la ihe hiajuas ul fis". hy ik II' I
.js.liwi.t v'y f lo.'-'V'