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THE MA KIN UK'S LAMP. A TALE OF SCIO. In one of ihose little bay-", or rather inlets which indent the coast of Scio ami the othei Grctk slands, lay, during a breathless calm a graceful and ekgant" achnonei. Tliis ves sel, of the character usually used in the traile of the Archipelago, was sufficiently superior in her sppoinlments to notice. Her long, low hull, of an uniform black, rose not more than three feet from the wa ter's edge, including the diminutive bul warks, while her raking masts were dispio poiiionalcly high. Her huge main-boom showed what a vast amount of canvass was packed on her, while a square sail, flying topsails, and jib, proved her fully appoint ed for fair and foul weather. Her rigging was taut and neat, while the ends of her fly ing gear lay coiled on deck, with uu atten tion to orderi which spoke volumes for tin discipline on board. Her jib alone, of oil tier oails, was loose, and thai hung hzil over lie lung protruding boom, shaken only by the motion of the vesoel as it lose and fell on the r.ever-restiiig billows. The an chor chain had bten hauled in, so as to bt right up and down proclaiming that wind alone was wanted to seud the schooner to sea. Before a coUago door, a few hundred yards from the booh, and in a position If command a full view of the entrance of tlx tight, was a young man, who, from hi costume, might have been readily supposed one of her ere w. It was in reality her commander- Zcz s Zsu'.onghi owned iln schooner that floated upon the water like :i dark, and fixed his eye in all that admhing gaze which he sailor ever bestows upon the vessel that he rules. Z'izos was call in the attention of a young gill, the ownei of the cottage, to the beauty of the Clio so 10 called his schooner after the maiden who stood by his side. Clio whs an or phan and an heiress. That is to say, she owned the college slit lived in ei.ough land to yield her an income, and to enablo hei to support an aged feimlo domestic. 1; may be naturally supposed, therefore, tha1 Clio had numberless suitors, and the sup position was but a put of the truth, for the) cime in shoals, whL'li veiy often is tin case when a girl is pretty, rich, and amia ble. Z-iz s was of the number; and there was something in the frank, manly, lining I somewhat wild character of the sailoi, which won upon her heart, despite her dn like to Ins calling, which was that, to 6peal in soft language, of an unlawful trader. I is wonderful how the many sympaihiz' with the bold smuggler. This is a mistak en sympathy . The laws which they evade, may or may not want relaxing, but a lifi of constant violation of the la w,is one whirl is sure In engender more of evil than o! good. So thought CI o; and Clio had vow ed to wed Zetzos only when he ceased hi. violation of the law s, and added to his slon as a legal merchantman, iloved by thn determination, the Clio was now to sail for ht last time with a rich cargo, and in fu ture to be a schooner trading between island and island, with the consent and approba tion of all constituted authorities. Is she not lovely, like her misiress,' said the enthusiastic sailor,gazing affection sw'y on h:s vesaei, 'and ma; not a nui be proud of uwnin; tw o such uoal crea Hires?' 'You talk boldly of both, Z 'tzns,' repli . i - .. ii i i i u no sauiyT wer you as ionu 01 um Clio as Ihe other, you would not make ihn voyre.' Tho las', the vory last,' ssit the younj man gaily, 'ami tliet my Ciio will give nn a right to say that both are mine.' 'I have so promised, and my w ord wa cvti true.' continued the beautiful tiieek ijirl, more iad!y still; 'but 1 hate my fears Zeizus, 1 would wed vou in an hour,' ad- led she impetuously, mo spare this voyage ( speak as I thought I never could li.wi poken,- but 1 sec death in this f iiicrpn,-.' Tlie vouna man's brow Has oveitaMf.n i moment, and then lie cued ' I'm Lard m tally with such an ofl'urj but see, the wind jently stirs, I feel it fanning my died. warmly from ihe hills. Adieu, mv Clio. lor a fewi days, and then farewell my trade and all ,'or ther. The sailor embraced his weeping mis- ress, and then hastened down to the beach, caped into a light skiff, and ihortstoo(! upon his deck, w here lit waved his cap. in mother adieu, to his promised briJo '1 hen ihe merry sound of the sailor's song waf heard the anchor was tripped, the main am! I'oiesail were hoisted up, and bellied to tin wind, when the lighi schooner, undei hrr captiiin's steeragp, headed for the open sip, and gently glided out of the haibour. Clio was a charmed spectator ol all tl.it ery manmuvre ws watched with in anxious eye, am! one, loo, that understood the handling of every sail, and iho object ol every rope, for Z' tzos has with duliyli' taught his mistiess all thai gave him si much pleasure, A I length the schoonei rounded a point, and was lost to viuw, jusi is evening bt g,ni lo I ill upon the scene The day Imd been serene snd Invelv, thi -ky was blue and cluin.'less, with all tin mellow sweetness common to ;hn .Mediter ranean, but the night promised oilier wise The sun setting inan angry'bank of v apor i: he west, the wind scattered mares' tails ii profusion over Ihe heavens and in about ri hour after sun-down began lo howl fi.fiilh round the lonely cottage. Clin's sensitit heirt Inok lari, s!ie flood at the three hold, and watch' d with intense anxiety tin progress of the storm. It increased: tin lark columns of vapor which at firt ton only in the east, spread with awful lapidiu over the whole f.ien of ilio heavens, am canopied ll.cm in bhick; a lumWing soiuu if thunder was heard in the distance, whih he faint gliinnier of lightning came fiifulU upon the staiilcd senses ,4lar ofl'on iln water, at a dliMin e vai-t and immeasurable, i gentle lightning up of some dark fringt o cloud, hai gir.g on the skirts nf the hoi rizon showed dial the elrrtiic fluid was si wot k upon the bosom deep Clio shud ileied She was Zoo well veised in Ihe .igiis of warning which naiuic gives of hei convulsions not to know thai a feaiful tem pi'Hs w.,s blew ing and w oi,ld s w cep grin, y o'er that night. So sudilt n is the advent of a gale in the Mediterranean that i ru she ihoughl it, ii was upon her and Clio retired trembling to her cottago. Her first thought was that ZetZ"S would igain try to enter the Iny be had left and w i h this fancy in her head t e sprai g to a shell and taking thciefrom iwo antique an valuable lamps pluct d them m ihe window centci 1 1. on one il.-i,r oljcct, Walked a, md liBbling l h e in left them in charge n( hei Jlo.'g the beBcb, licf-dless ol the wild fo iged domestic. Then wrapping herself io ry of the wind, nod of the f tarn ng bil t cloak and hood she hurried down to thi ' nng al In r led, when a sound met hei oeach lo see if ihey gave sufficient hghl t-vear, lo wh cli. on such nighs it had ie remarked. Her heart beat wiih jnv nnR t)()en flmjjR,;t Was the swing when she saw thai they burned in such ,,, of lha vjri), of , I,. , . vay is to leave no doxbi of their bciiu'i een by any vestel irideavunng to niakt; he harbor. Ueturnirif to dor cottiige Cln-! iow felt some what relieved. She had lb ntisf ictioii of let-ling that t'le liMle in hei tower had been done. Still hours passed lie storm abated not, and no sign w.is neard or seen of the schooner. .tfgain the irl became alarmed, and presently, dining 4 feai ful gusi of w ind thai threatened to -.hake the tenement she dwell in about her ears, fell on her knees, and vowed dial il heaven would save her lover, every iiigln luring her lifewould she, for the manner's rake, place two lamps al her window and ferd them during the hours of darkness, Olio rose from htr knees relievtd ami hough still ra. keil with caru and anxiety, ,ie tennis nuurs pas.eu, ami morning at .iigth came. Al daw n of day, the Creek irl whs iinnn llie Iie;ii'li.i';i7.imr wuh strain- .. . . n .. .i,n .. ...Hi ' in sight, save afar oil", a square-rigged ves--iel engaged in unfurling the sails, which had been handed during tlmsionn. The lapcr- nig spar of ihe Clio were now here visible in the horrizon. Thudiy passed ami many oilier days i ml U'l no i ui i ii ii ii tlie sciiooiH r or liei in-mr. f)er was Ihe afl cliou of the nvrly, your.p Greek, the more that if it r lover had perished, il wa whilt suing an unlawful liade. 13 u I Clii vas mie in her vow. Every night at v c ri t i ile the lamps were lit and well i'iedj while Cho, ever anxious, would, in the still wjiches of ihe night, rise and replenish .hem, lest llieir briglilnras liould fide. S'ip, loo, could cry will iyrou's IV! edora V.ill won I J 1 use lo rouse the beacon fire: est spiej less true should let the blaze ex pirc,' 'Aid great was her reward. Many b fishing bark belonging lo the villa"- har I by was, by ihe timely sppantiui, ol Cliu's I imp at nifthi, piloted sa'el) i i!o poii, when otlierwisf, perhaps, ihe boil lud foondt rd, and all I, a I polish ed. V r and wide spread the f.uue ol this pious and delicate act of the lies aiiing Geck gill. Many a vessel made that litl'e bay their port, thai itheiwise would never have entered it. The village increased in importance the inhabitants blest Clio but Z,jIzo Mnie r.oi; It for whom the task wa irsl bejjun, sod the hint hopo of rjo oeing whom made it lighl and pleasu rable. Three, six months, a ear pas el iwo years and yet no tiding', f'ln it length give heself up to hopeless des pair, and yet patiently ill I she perse vere in her self-a lotted task, and loi nany a i eslless hour out-watched ead -nr. O.ie evening, jhout two yeais aftn he departuip of 7. tz)-, snuthttr sloi'T. j'mosl e n.'i:il i ) fierceness lo thai wh.cn lad loilowed the departure of the chooner, buisl .ipon the waiis of tin .Uediterancao; and Clin, who was evei aithful lo the memory of ihe hurrois ol th.il night, Mlempled nol to retire lo est, Inn si'iing up beside her lamps. Mir fully trimmed them, and looked with anxiety for the morning, thinking ol long ago. Jt length, wearied with siMing beside her tiny beacons, she wrap ped herself war mly in her cloak and caring not that or ild blast blew upon her head, walked down io tho beach. 'I he lieavenns vvereoi.ee more closed in pitchy darknes.,and the hollow moan ing ol waves soumltd ghashl ly in her ers. Turninc back, the cheerful glim mer of her beacons alone looked hope fill io all the whulet scene around, ami liny twinkled star like in s ilmlf hr.'iv en oi ddikness. l'noi C:i-, her though ri v r ireat diflan-.c, in the bay She listen ed Ihe slot m seemed lo drown everv ounil, and then agn'n Ihe flipping ol ails, the creaking of yards, and then'teranesn well. Over taken by sloin. 'he swift hurrying of chain cable through jibe young captain had i uu for shell er ! the bowse hole, showed thai a vessel Scio. trusting lo his knoweldge of ihe was about to anchor. The faint outlines coal to enabl" him lo tun into his favni of a laige ship now caught her rye, ami ite bay. VYhatnhe could do with hie again vllio thanked heaven that she had quick schooner was not so easily done thought of the maiinei's lump, for with :wi;h a Mjuure rigged vessel, and Zetzos mil it futely no vessel could have enter-! ed that bay at night during iho gale, much moie have dared lo nnrhor. The lovely Gutk giil listened wiih rimmed senses lo til ilul passed, and presently had the satisfaciion of weeing tne brig- for so H proved, riding at an chor under bar! poles- A loud ordei vy now Kiv,pg ,0 (jWrr tmy h(j boa ... . . . , . . iwiiicn tinner tne lee oi ins land was no ivorv fllflli'lill llllllfll iu U I n a unit rtroartl .v.j u..... v.. u..v.v...m...,all. i,bdl.ll ly a iarlj having entered il, began lo pull for land. The task no easy one Th spb was tolerably smooth, but ihe wind blew wuh leirdic violence, and did i he Mij eriots urge the mm lopirsevere Si on ly did ihe rowers lay lo their task mil at leng'h the exclamatieu, 4 1 ft oars' unclaimed that her keel had touched he bottom. In a few minutes more, six iturdy sailots were in the water, sod running the boat iijion ihe beacn. Two men now lefi the culter and landtd. They spoke) their lanuaga was modern Greek, though one used il but badly. That lamp proved a mighty lucky thing, I must say. I do believe but tor il we should have never got into these snug q'larlers, for how a ship Is lo find is way in the dark is a mystery lo me.' Heaven be thanked for lhaj light, which, if I mistake not, comes from cottage that 1 know full well; thuugh vhat the g rl can want up ol this time ol . I ii iif.nl is more man i can siv. Never mind' heaven hies lipr, foi dio has saved our lives,' said the other Sha was rewarded now, and, oh, bow ticli! She had been proud of saving lives btfoit; but now she had saved lid lovpr. Zelzis' she criek, 'Zetzos Have 1 then In ought him back to life?' 'Clio.' the astonished mariner replied, on the beach s 'his hour.' 'Yes, Zs."zis' the girl shrieked rath er Ihan said, as she hung upon his neck '.md it was no accident saved your life. That lamp has burned for you iluiint wo long years for two long years lia Clio watched, and you have come a1 sl saved by me.' My Clio,' said ihe young sailor, leeply afl-cteil, 'lei us io thy collage, od there we can mutually explain. Mv e lend and supeicargo will accompany is. ' Clio, with a proud, grateful, g'ad anel tufting heail, led the way, and when the fiitt huisl of joy and dilighl was over, wbitt an exquisite Clio she was, a ml how flie areniJiil lo the comloitsol lie wearied sailoi e, how she would pro vide Ihcui wuh warm food and drink -re a word was said, were all in ihnirable keeping of her rlurjcter.Z I. zos followed her movements with proud md moistened eyes; and no sight could n oie pleasing than thai rough cun oui nt sailor, softened as a woman uridci her influence of happiness end love. They supped, the nun having raiurned o the ship, and thru their stories wire lold. That of Clio is slieady known. Ze'zos, on Ihe night of Ihe old sioiin. had been wrecked, the schooner stri king on a i oik. On this the new saved In nisi Ives; ami wcie in ihe mominc nckeil up by an C? nrricn vessel, bound from L g hoin to New York. Having when a lad, s' rved in Koglish soil Uni ep S ales' ships, Z.' Z-js, who hi I lost 'lis all, took service. Ilts talents as i -eamen weie at once appreciated, and in NewYork he found ample emyloyment. His conduct giving universal sitisfac 'ion, he was at leiig'h entrusted with a In ig bound for Leghorn, accompanied by a sofie.rc9i go, who knew the Medi- was about lo turn hei head sesws. d.when II, e iuannn t ivmp caugtil ts eye.sml - i i .... guiueo ny me wucom lighl, lie reached ineucBiicu iieavcu, 1 A happy women was Clio, and a hap- pym.n was Ze zos, who having ,aken ves-'fi io Jeenorn. resumed hi command, re!urned lo Scio, and wed 'led bis faithful misstifss, becoming a plougher of the land, inslcaij a ploughei of Ihe deep. They prospered, and pros per still; nor did Clio neglsct htr vows as he r husband each day blesses, so do many others Ihe Marinee's Aamp. VALuE OF CfTuAlEAL. l'lom tho AlbunyC ulliwlor. Mrt Editok;-!! hog brrn the ( p;nion of most fanners, that corn cobs were ol iiille or no value, and they have gene rally thrown Ihem aside as of no usa ex cept for manure. The expe rience ol some who have formerly fed corn meal and Ihe anticipated scarcity ofhiy has led nearly all of our cirn growers lo turn iheir cobs into food for their slock. To show something of ihe extent which it has been used here, the following wil ive you some data to judge from. One mill in this town has, within ihe last three months ground more Ihan 5000 bushels of cois, besides a larg piantiiy of corn in ihe ear. This fad think proves q'iile conclusively that ;ub meal is valuable as an aiiidu of ood for stock. Indent the opinion which is expressed by those who have used it, is altogether in its favor. When hey get out their corn, it is not thresh ed entirely clean; some 3 lo 15 bushels of corn is lefl on the cobs. They are kept clean bs possible till ground in tt meal. Cattle, hursts, sheep, and hogs eat it readily, without adding other grain. When fed to caltle in addilio to hav, a rnaiked d fltrence in their 'ondition and appearance is seen, from hose fed on hay without the meal ome feeders mix il wiih othpr grain, oois, &c , with rnaiked profit and sue ess. When fed with oil cake, ii i ojod to n,wer an exce'lent tnpose, ', takes up all oil without wasie. G. W. 13. 77re Fortress of St. Juan de Ulloa and Vera Cruz. Gen, Thompson says that the little in land of Si. Juan de lllloi, which is cntireli covered with the fortress, is sonie five oi ix tundrtiil yard from thti mole; al Wia Cruz, btiv.tcn which points All ihe cnu: nercial shipping nncluus lican srarredv be callbd a harbor, but an 0ih;i road, like most of iho uilnrs on the Ci'till tif .. -xicn Ii frequently occuis ilial violent north winds called 'los nortes,' or nonlinri) drive the vesfiils on shore, and seriously injure ihe mole itself. Vessels nf war of other nations anchor about three rniira below, near the Island of Sacrificing. A vrn narrow chmi nel tifluri s rha on!y pange for vessels ol wiir, wi:ch must of nects.iity pss immedi ately under the gMiis of the fori. The for tress of St. Jtiiu iln Uiloa has always been looked upon as one of ihe sirortgesl in the world, full a proper annannmt and com petent engineers, he should ifgnd it as a! nost impregnable, il indee 1 liiat lenn can now be wiili truth applied to any place al ter tlm recent ioieiiiions and iinptoveniens in this d.'p;iriiri'tii nf military suit nue t ''hen it was blown up in 1819, by the French, the armnmeiu was in a most w retch ed rondiiion, and as lo scientific engineer and artillerists, there were none Dven then it would not have been so much of a holiday alTair as it wn.hid ii not been for iln an ideutal explosion o iho i agazioe Am Iniure nsnailanl must not e-xppci to easy s victory ll il is i.nerauiv oeieinietl. lie wa erv iuulI, surprised, however, to learn tha in the beijiiiiiig of lbs year 1812, when ai, atlm k was aliln ipated Iron) ihe Cnlisli, (en, iSauta Anna ordered tl.e fortress to bt disiiiani'ied, and the guns removed io Vein Cmz. But Vera Cruz is much more effectually protected than by all her foriiliuaiions, by ihe northers and vomito (t yelbw lever ) n,e oril, ,BVe b()(.n lhe ,Prn of , ,, men since ihe discovery 0 country . 1 lie iar,er prevails ou all the Atlantic luasijiliese two yeur. , Mieo Ju - ,he greatest malignancy f0, 'two-third. of the year, and ii so happens, that ihe few months of compaiative exemption frorr. lha ravages of the yellow fever are precisely those wheo ihe northers prevail wiih the most destructive violence. 'Annexation and 'ar'ihal'e true, ev ery word of it,' said a pert old maid; no soonei do you get married than you begin m fihtl Cdrnux of L'lunders.-hi s debate on the leather lax, in 1791, in lbs Irsh House of Commons, the chancellor of the Exche quer, Sir John Parnell, observed, wih ureal emphasis, 'that in prosecution of the present wai, every man ought to give Ins last guinea for ihe remainder.' Mr. Vandeclure said that however hat night be, the lax on leather would be e- veelyfdt by the barefooted peasantry of Ireland, To whicn Sir Roach Boyle replied that this could be easily remedied, y fluking the undcrlcalher of wood. Profession of the Law. h is singular infatuation while there are so many fields to cvltivate, so much land lo clear up, aud so great a demand for honesi and industrw ous labor all over the country thai llious anils and tens of thousands run blindfolded and ignorant into the profession of ihe law. Scores who have been brought up farmers and mechanics who might have had a grtod living, and exert a happy influence lorsake the plough and ihe plane the shov- el and the stick, and half starve themselves to death in a lawyer's office. Is it not strange? Who thinks so? Surely not men of the most sense and best judgment. Lawyers the most distinguished, advise die young aspirants lo stick to iheir entile, iheir hoda, Bnd iheir types. They know ihat unless a man has peculiar talents, skill, and brass wo may add, be can never war higher than a miserable pettifogger. Poi'.lund Herald. ff'hat we could do if we were to t y,- From an nflkial repui t submitted to Con gress in 1 845, the number of meu in the United Ststes, from 18 to 45 years of nge, ;ii to do military duty, nd fully armed and quipped, was 1 ,779 333. exclusive of uni inn companies, fire companies, and citi zens not enrolled, "about 1.500,000,)tnaking n available force of 3.250,000, which ixi'.d tie cdlcd into service, in caie of e iiiergenr.yi in 110 days. Hear to Reason. A blusitring fellow in t 'oni'.eticui, some years ago, committed nu- uiemus irespasses and abuses upon one of Ins quiet neighbors, and because forneai .1'ice w as long exercised towards him, be at length proceeded to personal vinli'iice. 'i'his vvhs too much for the abi,sed nun, who sprang upnn ihe olfcuder, beat him severely threw him upon ihe ground, and continued io chastise him, when he beloweil out step neighbor, stop do hear to reason; now do stop-snd he.nr to reason? The late news from Texas brought this occur -'me lo mind. It teems, however ihat lien. Ta lor has done just as ihe abused Yanke farmer did taken his own time lo reason the case wiih the Mexicans. An instrument to prevent ihe escape of ipuiks h is been invented by S-imael yweet r. of Kasi Di'simi' This will be in great lemauj among young ladies who can often attract but can't retain sparks. The Sunday Mercury says that since last fall upwards of ten thousand have turned Shakers in the western stairs in cons.e piem tt of the 'fever snd ague-' When you find a man doing more lui ness iiin you ure and you ai j pnzz'-i! la know the reason jusl look at the advertise men's he had in ihe newspaper and look out. John I feai yuu aie forgetting me' said a liriiht eyml girl to her 6weel heart Ihe oih- er Jayi Yea l.i' I hate been for gettin" yeu
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