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Ti:ims or tiic ".imuhumx."
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iVlgtil Itlonmliifr Flnntm.
BT 'JCILET II. 1.HV1",
Fair buds ! Pe Vnn'deWHhfy 'by day
Tf thra xiifiilftVil rfpfil,
That I might catch your earliest itfft!les
An.l yet, ye open not.
The morning mints are scattered now,
No cloud in in the ky,
The aim, lika a bcnian.iut kins,
tMiiilca from hi throne on hic,h ;
While hiida, in gushing melody,
Ara oderinn homiiire up ;
And aistera flow era bem-nth hia gaze,
Ope' wide each fr-mile cup,
"Why ahrffyeihen your incense in,
Ami hidevoiir'lovr'!inc
As thoueh your may not shoe ihcu'joy
licne.ilh the aun't caress
.Yiw wake ye, 'tin the aun-et hour,
The day-king h:i gnim down i
Yrt otill, upon the in untaiii top,
Iaai'en Ilia briUiiiiit'OTowni;
Awake ye ! if its gleaming cenm,
lla baudw of glitlcriinr fold,
lis eloriotis, life-like radiance,
Departing ye'd liehold.
The rivcr'a touched with glowiui; light,
And r.dl-t a crimson'd (I.hmI ;
While heaven' lilu-li lias lent its huca
Unto the le.-tfy'ttnod.
V', lie you lolded in your ilrc ims "!
Tiriglit must tliose tis'oiiH In',
If th-y surpass Ilie CiirHCiiiMiess
Of heaven's p igi mltry !
tinnd-niijil ! the stars hre gemming heaven,
And seem like aimlc-' eyes,
ISusuniing now their silent watch
Within the far oll'i-kiin ;
They nightly on iheir burning thrones
Like n until nil spirits keep,
Familiar vigil o'er tlie world,
"Wrapt in iis solemn hleep ;
And tenderly they gaze on Us,
These children of the dir.
While every ray 'they send loyou
form! message seems tn'hcut,
Thnt stirs you to the inino-l cote ;
You I h t ill beneath their hcaim,
And start, ami tremble, wildly, like
Ambition in hi dr coirs,
.Now, lo ! ye burst your emerald bonds,
And 0ie'your lunpt'iil eyes.
And spread your lovelines btforo
'PhtHe dwellers of the skies ;
AVhilc incense, from your grateful heaits,
Ij'ike pnyer ascends to heaven ;
-And kindly dew, and stjrry light,
Are answering blessings given.
" Ak and ye shrill receive," you seem
To whisper to my heart.
And move me in your worshipping
To l-;koun active p.m.
Sweet teachers! 'tis mi hour for prayce.
When huslied aieg.innds of inirlh,
And slumlier rests his bnliny wing
I 'pou the weary earthy
When .ill he-ties Mi.il I'iiul the Siul
To woil 'lincs-i, itreTiven
Then licart-1'cll prr.vers, like loosened budti,
it! ivuig their wny to hen en.
;! the I'ulilir IMn,
WILLIAM WIK STITfTK.
I.i rtnrr orKwirrt Morris, Ks.
Sfinw-r rornTsiiit' and Muui;E.
'The l.i.vt tire an dolivcrcvl tu the ('linrdi in
Juliaiiim street; above Vine, on TuesiUy wrtt
inr. The house was filled to over fVw'm;r, '
tlw niidieneo, coniHs.il of about an ejuuJ v
"jairtion of Indies and ooiitlouv'ii, wa vne of the
most l'iliionab!e and inlellijent wLkk we Lac
noticed the preseat winter.
t'ourtt-hip, the hicturer n'nl, was a great
privilege tu tiiin free country ; hut lie feared a
prhilcge u mkjntx!y appreciitl. It jer-
inits not only man uud woman to Woine ac- J Marriage has hern justly regarded by oil
ijnainted with the mere liirms uud features hut true philosphers, ns the lest and purest of in
Midi tire -mental aitd usiral Malificatious ol j si it ul urns an institution having the approha
each other, before entering the most iuiixirtaul j turn of Divinity itself. The Ih lu-eus marri-d
contract of huiii.in sK-ieiy. It is a great privi- very early, Cr sul: lilc as ontsiiTod Its
lege, because il is e.ijuyeJ by any considerable j rra:oful ii Istael. TIhj egiig.iiets lasted
Inrrtion tif theliuman family.
In Turkey, tho girl, at the early age often, 1
i taught to shun the eye of man. Her mar- of her l.uslmml, and was nut called a wife until
r iage i a matter of arr .ngeuicm by ber frk-tnl, tu!Lt tiwe- 'j'his U as done M iUi much ceremo
uud with an individual wlunn !;e Lis r.ever nj.
r-ecn. Tne blissful period of courtship, ami the, Mrirr.ago was enjiued by the f;r.-t aover-
delighti of hope ami love, are lost hc-r. In
Tunis it is still worse, There, alter a young fe
male id engaged, elx) is immured iu a small
roo:; and should it j happen that she is to be
married to a widower, she is fed, frequently by
compulsion, until her sire reaches that of the
firmer wife of her intended husband. Thus, in
fact, women arc f KTTr.sv.u for marriage.
In sin no parts of Arabia, children arc con
tracted Li marriage when ly a few years, or
even a few months, old. The father of the
male child buys tho girl, and pays dow n a part
of the price immediately, os earnest money.
W Indians, have a juoro rational way. Tho
Pawnee lover visits the tent of the father of the
beloved without invitations, sits on the corner
of a null for some time, and ntirea without
s;eakiug. Me fKiys a second isit a few days
utter, w eat Ins hullalo gracefully about him,
Hiram ita Mietiiiy 111 lho crner oft lie ti-i.t. If
the fither has deieriuined to reject him. no ni.it
i.li'ered. If fiuorahly rei en e.!, and tin; con
e:il of relative. i-bl.iiue,l, tin-young man pre
,euts hiui4'll'oui'u mole at the iKmr ol his bride,
,;iul then tutiu-i and walks blowljr oil' lowarJa
I his home, fchc rises ftfid foiJown him, ami the
j nmtTiacje is then complete. Thirilio; al! tins n
Wce'k'hlts not fasseU hottvoen the brido ntifl her
littshnnd.
;Kvon in l'mrtce, pnllant ntul chivalric France
a most heartless tlyslcin is pifrsiu:!!. The
father of tho young lady is applied to ascertain
her roRTio, and- if this lie not satisliictory, and
I the applicant ohstinsfe Rttil hvaricifttis, the no
lrotiation is nt an end. The whole nffltir isre
'"jadcil tis a matter of business. Thus iMsnn
J are frerjiumtry disposed of tinaccoulf;tnied 'hy
j hearty
j How miserable ileficieifl 'is the Treitiih ?)&
tern Kheh 'eomriarcd with 'that of nor tr:t
CiJtirif fy. The French sell thelnsel ves to a Wo
man for her dower the American Chooses,
intelligence, or her omlnhle ipialities, and asks
no other portion. The -French make a traffic
of what is most siiifrtd'; the Xdiefican exhibits
a delicacy and loftiness of fueling which would
I do honor to the most perfect models of chivalry.
I Hero the period of courtship is recognised as
j!lhc most blissful of human existence; the
1rriglitesrconcfi, sr.nntcst sprit on 'ihe vay
I side of life. It generally extends over a unacc
of time when the mind and the heart arc alike
susceptible to all that is exquisite in sentiment
or beniitifitl in ntittiro. Then It is 'thnt wc live
i in a world of our own imagining, the ftlttire '
risesup us a rich lnndsLii)c wine lniry spirit j ilen fll 'IlllPn, AdnuiTe'll the s'pirit of loneliness
mingles in, gives additional zest to the scene I creeping upon his soul the Oeity niw and yiel
an idol in whom wesce all the i leinontsof .per- j iletl'to tlie-i!e.-irc-fit'his heart. lie sent a inin-
lection a 'being of the heart
j "Fair as the first thut fell el woman -'kind."
Juch ore the hours ofeourt-sbip. Then il is
that the heart is touched with the dream of
I love rriuutfiii.-trlt love. len ifdeecrved, the
delusion is delicious while it lusts if thcdclu
sinii lasts through lit'.i, so tuuch the better.
There is no lmnjiior man than he who has
UitimHess -confidence in his wife faultless as
i much in person as in mind
'"One made up of loveliness alwno."
What matters it to him that the world doee :
llOt Concur ill llliri Kliinni.i I 111 litaLin.r n I
i.i-i , u .i , i il m" .
Choice, he ilul not iviusua 1t..- u. itI.I .it ViiLi its ;
j opinion important
-V-hat'Carc I how fair she iw,
if she be not fair to me !"
'Hie true policy the duty of the married is to !
endeavor to preserve in utter life the same
bright picture that won our idolatry to huve
the flume kindled iu youth, consluiuiy led by
gentlonesswf ailbction, kindness, of' manner, and
dept h 'of regard.
To win man's affections is comparatively an
easy matter to retain them, tin; great art and
true secret of domestic felicity. I a mil then
', the wile neirlcct those thoiisjiml tittrnct ions that
sixNiksas it were from the deiilh of iho soul !
let her bhow that nle 4iiMVrsi4UKls the obliga
tions as.sunuvJ the altar appreciates the oem
lideuce, and is anxious to preserve the alloc
tiivtsofher husband.
Courtship irtay tic said to form the period of:
time at which two streams meet. The waters
are insensibly blended the clear and the tur- !
bd il roagh and the siunoth the rapid and
the smooth.. Hitch modifies tire tnamtcr aid
dirortsllK rmgies oftlni otlier. CVnulshi ws
ti tnarriage hal the bnd is U tfo flowvr the
very soul and centre from which all life, sweet
ness and beauty are dill'used. llut there is a
time for nil thing, ami courtship, however Jc-
light I'mI, shooW fca-ee; a iicorKT ter-uimatxnv.
I'kmii six ! twelve osmtliK. Sim days alter
marriage the wife was conducted to the home
eigns of Kgypt, China and 1 5 recce,
Too earli-
ct-t laws cncoiiroged mat rimony. Uy the Jew-
ish law, a married man wa-sfor the first year
exempted from going to war and excused from
the burden of any public ollice. Among the
Peruvians he was. free for a vear from the pay-
mcnt of all taxes.
A practice prevailed among the early Assy
rian, of collecting the marriageable young wo
men once a year iu every tillage., aud com
mencing wilh the ino.t bcntrtilul, putting them
up at a net inn to the highest bidder. The mo
ney realized from the sale of tho beautiful was.
assessed as a portion to the hvjs attractive, uud
no one was allowed to carry oil' his purchase
unless he gave security thut he wviu'd take her
to w ife. It was also stipulated that the women
slxMtld be well treated by their husbands an
excellent prov ision, that might be emulated
Willi advantage in iu.hIitii tunes.
In many ether ancient nation the husband
was obliged to purchase hi wife by presents
and by personal sen ices to her tutht'r. The
uicrseiigcr, cent by .Vbraliuiii to demand Kc
btCcj lui li.a eon Lyac, waj cii.ir-L-d with ina-
nificent -presents. iJ'icob served seven years
'i'Ore.-Kh '6ft!ie ilnltg'hters cf Lnban. This cus
tdtiialso existed in Urecco, among the in'h.'ibi
tants ttflmliii, Spain, (iertnany, Tliraee ami
j.ittl. Modern travellers say 'that R prevails at
this time in China, Turkey, Africa and among
sonic'of'thc savage tribes of America.
The practice of the Pawnee Chiefs of lTprrr
California, in marrying several sisters, was
adverted to. The women of iWkcy are also:
:n a wretched conrlKictn, (is 'it regards liberty,
morals fid nilttl. The 'tendency -of polygamy
isalike vicious every where among the civil
ised and the savage. Allection is weakened.
confidence destroyed, nndnvithottt two hntnrs
tin 're can he nothing like unity of porjxise or
feeling or spirit nothing like connubiul felici
ty. A distinguished member -of Congress from
Pennsylvania, who returned home 'to spehd the
recent Christmas liollidays, remarked to the
lecturer that "he had felt more like a human
being during the last HI hours thnu for -the pre
vious lortnigliL" During 'the period nfltided.
'to, hCTsaid,'"! mingled niglit bud fluy U it'lrtneii
with excited oliticians and I felt 'every
day a furious and sagagc disositoin creeping
over me a disposition common to those who
shun the softening, ennol'lfng utid 'refilling in
fluence of female society." Kvi'h hi "the (!ur-
I'istrriiig angel a sweet cniiipiiiiuiit,
I T!;c- !e( turer ollinhil to the ca.e .if Utreeri
t iria as an instance in which the beauty nf
marriage, act nil institution, has brvn f-uvihly
illustratfil. The iiiecn of (lniniiiioiis that
number millions of souls, and of such extent
t'tut it has been olotpiently observed thirt the
sun's rays -ever linger on some portion of them.
Slir ilesoended from her high position and eon-
i siilt-iRg wK-tlw Ixrtirt'cs of ihttr vouimi ImnkU
tKik fir her Ihisoui's lord, a comparatively ob
scure Lieutenant of (ieriuan Hussars! The
heart of the gentler sex is hcrt seen in all its
fincerlv, truth ml lieantv
-
1 'I'tiO in 111 i..iio . iT u-1 tin'i ii ni.r llin .li.wlniv 1.1'
" .
men aim uuiious, nas ueen uiiguiy in oil 4lie
I world. The tory of Vitnria a ltd the ha ml of
Ionian matrons, w ho induced Coriolanus to lay
down his anil!? the luMories of l.ucretia. ol
Virginia, and the daughters ol" .Ma ret is. Fubius
were related to proe this truth.
An anecdote was rel ited of Rnhrrl Ikirclav,
who.M4imauuV'd .the Jlritih FyuiHlrun in tin
Wlloof Like Krie. He lost his ri'-litann and
orv of his legs in that U-ittle. Feeling aecutelv
thatVe man mere w reck, on his return to
Lngland, he sent a friend In a lady to wlnnnlif
had liecn along time engaged offering to release
her from the engagement. "Tell 10111," mi id
the noble girl, 'that I will joyfully sinarry him
if he has inilyncHgh body VrttohoM his mm It"
Atiol'iier anecdote was given, oft wo rf;mtittl
aJ fashionable girls of this. city. Filteen yertrs
ago they were the most attractive object's td
every circle which thry istted. Ttiey were
lrK'ftds. Ilie irows siuldtnly came to one ol
them, that her friend had hoen seized with the
sim!l-pox, that disvase s li ightlnl in rM Vrcnn-
ties. Tlioitgli re 1 in hi tl rated w ith against wich
a course she determined to isit that sick lied
"Her heart tohl her that she ought to gi"
and !ioilid gi and hour hy hour, day by dav,
night by night, sat y the ulcf Ker wirtlTing
friend. ITuit friend recoeml, uihI the noble
hcartcd girl escajied contagion. Itoth have
since married ; one is the mother of a lowly
family, and the other is one of the riehest young
w iikwsf rnir 5Hy wetropulis. Such a iv
tile and heroic act would plead with the tongue
of an angel belure tho tribunal of a just and true
Tho iilnvs of the ill-faVvl William Urowti
were referred Ut. At one nusment, wlien the
body of a mtn was niiout t Is; iiurled by
Holmes from tho long boat, tlie rlirn-k of a
' woman was beard alwo the w inds and waves
i crying, pare tny husband in (im1s nanw
j i,arc MT husband ! The appeal toiviit'd even
""- rugged heart of the mute, and man and
j w ife were not separated!
Holmes placed his bauds up.ni the elu ultlers.
efa youth naiocd Askins, whose two siaicrs
w here U'.side him. They saw the faUil grasp
um their brother, 'sarc liim, rpure liiiu,
tiat HtJines.' they crieil.'lie is our only brother
the last of a family ol tittceu we would
rather die w ith than live without him.' Ihu
the monster was inexorable ; 'he must go w ith
the rent,' hu muttered, uud plunged the youth
headlong into Ins watery grave. A shriek is
heard I roi 11 one of the young sisters, 'I come, I
come, bhe cried, uud gathering her garments
modestly uroiind her, she sprung to the embrace
of her cherished brother and of death.
So in. ich for woman's aelf-det otion whether
iu tho young beauty, tho gentle sistvr.'or the
doting vt ill?. In how many dear relation doe
she stand to us. Mother sister- daughter
wile! The l-aiglish laiiguago does not con
tain Uui weltlj calculated tu eulltoith decpt l
fountains of eniofion, or kindle associations
dearer and fonder to 'I ho human heart. 1
Marriage is desirable and lecoinmendable in
cVCry point nf view. In n national 'pOFrit 'of
view it is indispensable. No turtion oun exis't
long nnd succe-ful I v that does not in 'fhel'tr'
place recognise the institution of-t'twrringo, find
in the swond, -endeavor to observe 'he princi
ple of that s.iere(!'(l)rig!ititl. "
Dr. Franklin was an eariies'i tulvocate not
onry for marriage, but fiir m.-irriage in early life.
MarringS't'haslens the fee!ligs, excites the 11 in
hition, and iinprotcN the he.tr'l. Thn'Ti'Spoti
sibililics -nfthe luisband and fither, ami the
totltle w hisperings nfthe sharer of hrs f"r-
tuncs, cannot fail to instil those losons of virtue
and propriety which constitute the dements
of an unsullied reputation. Tho ambition is
quickened, and the energies excited, as in the
future he we the figures, f his'chfldren, with
the des'irc 'to render thetn asSiJiance, or allonl
them trn honorable sorting place in the lame
of 'their sire.
Chi'litreti 'too, tno imitalivc beings-, and thus
"truth becomes speedily obvious to all parents.
Wellflfieeteil, this creative faculty wne of tho
moJl iuiNrtaut gil'lp, andcualre of iho rmhht
elliirts ol' liumaii intellect. 1'iirents are fhn.t
called tUMii to decide r.'riith.ir Their example
shall Ih lir evil or for good. 1 111 it at ion -is a
creative or ropr,h?('tive power; the ihigneTreo
type of the 'budding mind. 11,-rtv iniptfi'lriTi't
then that ip-rneiple, truth, and t rrtue shonld
(irirrnaTo rls iihhIoIs.
Marriage is calculated to improve in all the
relations of life, lint fiir the links between the
wot Id -of syntp'il I iv and virtue, and the wenId
of mil iiiM-r.inee and gmlt. how inanv of the
penitent and reformed w ould have plunged head
long into'tlie al'yss of d.iikncss and despair,
liven lit run, w hen sitoakingof the Corsair's
love fiir Medor.'i, makes eonstanev the redeeui-
ing virtue nf Kts faoriTe hero ;
'"te flieil mid h fi bis name to after rimes,
Linked wiih one time and a di. usjinl ci lines."
Uut miserable indeed is the condition of two
lieiugs unhappily uuiteil, w ho live together in
the constant practice ol hypocri.-;y,-OT tn pci'pel
ual discord. The heart -does not light up the
smile that play Uxn the lips tire soul does
not Ntrlic ipatc 111 the feelings that the tongue
is couiielled to counterfeit,
Ihrw biltor is the fate of the deceived and
U-trayi'd wife, when disnptoiu!cl 111 tho object
iimiii win 1111 she has Is'stowed IhM' hnnd and her
ulli'Ctions. Aggravated, as is ollen the case,
by an eagle-eyed jealousy sht counts the
hours of the long winter nghl, lonely and de
soUod lKr mind 'racked and tortured with a
lh.'ii.sand barbed snspieions, and haunted w ith a
thousand terrible 'fhoHght.s and suggestions!
For the liend who titmld 'thus sport with the
alJieii'us of a fond and confiding creature, if
there he u lower hi-p therein, the caguig ami
(niriiiiig abyss of his or. nvotis-cierree, stteh must
lie bis merited t icttiti. The Italian brao, who
creeps through the shades w ith n miii. ml be
neath his -limk, is a nolnVvpirrt compared with
such a wTotcn. One tkxuHK Iris victim ton
smgto Jdovv the other sna'ps tn Vordsriftho
he;rt-e by one, and cih h w ith aibk'd anglish.
Itiit there is a bright contrast to this picture,
though no human hcin shciuM look Kir unal
loyed felicity iu nuy iwerely iirehtal or earthly
jHisiliou. Tin: best of iuis'.wuds aud wives are
trisc tvM-.'h bear eii chs'ioii ilej- with each other.
The wifeshunld never Ii; Msliaiued to deeud
on her liu.4iaiid. lie titould lie her ilea re-1
triciii! her only coulidaut ; um are his alli
Imuis to be guimtf f-y complaints', reproach, or
smIIi-u behav ior.
ft IS relalof ol Ciilils ll, that thouli Vreipieut
ty called from hoinedy Ihiihiss, lit? never iu a
sttlitary iiislunce disaptointxl Ins wife us to
the hour of his return. Ifull yoiing- men know
how much value (Milan attach to this sHcios
of fidelity thero ".vould be letter unhappy cou
ples m tho world.
Well regulated marriages, tlnuigh they in-crea-e
the res-Kinsihilities of our condition, sel
dom result 'out in -ei increase of prosperity and
happiii'.-ss. It is the erudition intended for
ma;i by his Crvat,'r. A hapjy marriage an
union of feeling, of sentiment and of taste i
indeed the chief bliss that surv ived the fall.
'Ulessttl is the man that has a virtuous tt ife, for
the number of his days shall be doubled."
We cull conceive of 00 111.no Heaven like
circle than is embraced within the liioitsol'u
villiioti.s and happy family. Then i.i iiulhiug
beneath the skies lo.i'e ennobling to I mi 1 1 lit 1 1
nature than such a h-m-huli! wht're mildness
uud virtue, kindness ami love, industry ami
peace go hand in-hand together. Where a
eheei lui and eiiiiti-iit.sl spirit bases away tie'
glisini of thii W01 Id, n lid religion, with her svveel
les-olis of philosophy, sottens end pill ilies the
heart. I There the head of the family is recog
nised and respected a such and the greatest
happaies vi:h:u t!io circle is derived from li s
uppiut ing smile. Where the low sw eel voice
of woman is m Moui heard but i'l accents of
gentletiessaud love, and the name ol iiiollicr is
never 'tiftered tinHssoeiatod w ith some t'lidelfr-
ing epithet. Such n 't'atnily can only 'bexol
lected toge'ther under the influence of a happy
'rritrrriirgi! n iiiiion di'ho.-frts ns well ns hands
n tie consecrated Isy pure Hiid -chaste alfeelion
mi engagement formed upon 'cart b but sjinc
'tionetl in Heav en. On such nn union the angles
who dwell 111 -the bright .rlsMlesol the blest,
must dow nward run 'their spiritual and starry
('j-es, Wtul hib:".hi7 ga.ewilh looks of interest
and love, delight in and rejoiceover the some.
I We 'lircvo '(uileavored lo retain the'i(lens
of 'the litVtiirer, but to give lliem -chit bed
throughout iu thepix'lic language Tn wich they
weff-'uelivered, would be extremcl-y drHicult in
ti 'hasty newspaper retrt.
I'll-St ail4 ill ICHl4Hl'HiwC.
aiti.h -rim a4T4-i.'t: T ittmniM hhckitt tiK
tiik T mil vis, qtc iiiin.
Tito ilit'slfinttt'tca-l ciiterprisu tlwl sui.
cci'iicd tire hat lie of Lexington, was one
purely w( pfivntc adventure. Tlio in
tellivreiiee of this conllicl was brotight
to Mtidiais, 'in Maitus on Saltinlay,
the !lh Muy, XTtTt. An fincH schoo
wcr in the service of tin; crown, called
the Margatetin, w as lying'tn port, with
ttve jJli m j-s iii'tileTlicT rcmv enslhttt wore
loa-iiinc with lumber on behnfl' tT'hir
Kins ioverntrK-nt. The -bt:aiers of
the news were enjoiiiii'l to be silent, a
plan to capture the Margaret la having
lu't'ti imitfjiliateU' projected nmong
some of the iiun e spirited ol flic iiihalu-
lanfs. he next dav hemg Zinnia v, it
u as hoped 'flint the ollicers of the schoo
ner might be seized w hile in Chnrcl
luit the scheme lailoit m rotisciineitce
of the prcripifalion of some engaged,
("apt. Moore, who commanded the
AInrgaretta, saw the nssnihnts, and
with bis oIIWts "c:apod Xhrough flic
windows of the chinch to the shore,
where they were protected by the guns
of their vesM. The alarm was 'now '
taken, springs were now got on the
Margnrclta's rabies, and a few lini'in
less slioil wcto 'liretl over the town by
way of intimidation. Alter ii liltJe de
lay, however, the schooner dropped
down below the town to a distance ex
ceeding a league. Here she was fol
lowed, stinnnoiied lo surrender, artl Yiv
red 011 from a high haul which her own
shf t rciiid not reach. The Margaiet
ta again weighed, and running into the
bay at the cot dlnenec of the two rivet s,
anchoixtl.
The following rnonifng, Aiiirli was
Monday, the 11th of May, four young
men took possession of xme ol the hiin
ber sloops, aud bringing her alongside
of a wharf, they gate three cheers as a
signal for volunteers. On explaining
that thoiviiiUHUioiis were to make an at
tack on tlw Margaretta, a party cf a
hout fhitly-five athletic men was soon
folkx-ted. Arming themseltvs xxilh
liixMiins, pitchforks aud axes, and
throwing a small slock ol provisions
into the sloop, these spirited freemen got
under wav, w ith a bcht fcroevr at Not th
Wesl. When tin; Margaretta -oWrve.l
the approach tf the sloip, slw woiglrctl
and crowded sail to avoid a conllicl
that was -evet y tay undesiraK w
coimn.inder not ycT being apprised of
;i( 4-hc fcts thnt had m-curred near
Hoslon. In jiliing, tTro wtooner c.w
rietl away her main Ittioni.'bul contimt
ing lo stand on, she ran int Holmes's
liuv.aiid took a xpar out of a vessel that
was lying there. While I best; repairs
were' making, the sloop hove in sight
again, and the Margaretta stood out to
sea, in the hope of avoiding her. The
hrvjx' 1VoIk-i.i1, and with the wind on
iIki quarter, the sloop proved to be the
belter sailor. So anxious w as tin; Mar
garetta to avoid a collision, that ('apt.
Moore now cut away bis boats; but
finding ill's iuellectual, and that his as
sailants were fast closing with hint, Ik
ripened a lire, the svhooner having an
armament of four light gnus and four
teen swivels. A man was killed on
I XI, I I'd ill
turned tl
1! sloop, which immediatelv re-
f (ire with a wall piece. I his
discharge killed the man at the Marga
rella's ln-lm, and cleared her quarter
deck. The pehttoiier broached lo,
wlx'ii the doop gave a -renrral dis
charge. Almost at the saniO instant
the t wo vessels came foul of each other.
A short conflict' now took pine wild
musketry, I 'a pi. Moore fhiowing hand
'rena!es with tmisidei aide effect in
coiistoei utile cueet in
iersoii. Tlw
llicer was shot dow 11,
however, when the people of the sloop
boarded and look possession of their
ule.
Tin; I.iss tf life iu this affair was tint
vert- "ivaf. tlioiprh twentv men. on both
side's, are s:i;d to h.atc been killed and
woui.iii d. The fotve of the Margaret
uiui h the most
t.i. t.'veu in men. was
ciisidernble, though tire people of no
regular cruiser inn ever equal in spi
til and energy a'biidy of volttiiteers as
sembled on an occasion like this. There
wns originally no commander m the
sloop, Tuil previously lo 'engaging the
schooner, Jeremiah (J l.iien was selec
ted for that station. This ntVafr was
the Lexington of the seas, forliltc thnt
rclelrraled land conflicl.i't tvhs 6 "rising
of flic-people ngainsrt ft regular fotxrc,
was characterized by a long'ebasc, a.
b'loodv stTOgglo, trnd a triumph. It was
also tlie first Blow struck on the uatct
alter the war of the American revolu"
lion had actually cormnt?nccd.
The armament -of the Mfirgnrefta
wns transferred lo a sloop, and Mr. ()'
lirieu made ail attack on two small Ktc
glish ,ruiscrs that 6rc said 1o have
been sent out from Halifax 'Crprc!ty
lo capture him. "I'y seiirating these
vessels he took them both, w ith 'ittlc fe
sistnrie-c, flnd'thc prhortOTs tvere all car
ried to Watcrtown, where the provin
cial Legislature of Massachusetts "was
then assembled. The gallantry anrl
good eoTtdttet'of Mr. O'Brien were so
generally admired, that 'he'was 'iffftnc
diately appointed a Captain in the nia
rine tif the colony, and sent on the coast
w ith his two last prises, with (r.;ters to
intercept vessels bringing supplies to
the toy:'.! force. Cooper's Naval His
tory. floor i-,,n I Vst i.ks. l'nr.7rit have
ye daughters? Then throw fashion to
the winds, pureha.se or have made for
them, goort yubstantinl ealf skin boots,
and forbid them going out in snow,
slush or mud vviihetit tlrein on their feet.
Your thin sieics have been the means
of nine ca";s of consumption out often,
in the female sex. We know of no
reason why the led of girls an I wo
men need' 1 rot be -as well protected when
thev go out, as those of bovs and mens
Come now help us bring up one good
fashion. What shoestore w ill prot ide
a supply of veal boots for ladies'? We
w ill ifltlilish its advertisement gvatis.
Augusta Manner.
A M.iln dit't i found preutly to inprove tiff
ijiinl'rty 'of the blood. I leiree roasled or linked
potatoes tire successfully employed us a speci
fic Hffiiin.-t the te;i senrt y, when other remedies
huve filled. This discovery was made in
Fraiit e. It is bingnhrr l-hat boiled totiit(iesM
not seein to hate the same good e (feel.
Ilru.K tM The follow ing is an KpigrflmvM
one of the rno.-t d ist iogiiilietl lawyers at the
I'l'ii'V Birr in Frlant, duritiir tlie tune of iJm
latv lird Ouwrellor Hblen.
Mr. I eech
Made a ppctrh,
Iinprt-M-ive, clear ari.l utroiig ;
Mr. H.iil.1
I ii the other part.
Wan iidimis Jt:H and nn ;
Mr. I'ark.r
M.le ih.it ddikcr
Whii was Jjik enonyh w iilioul s
Mr. Ucll
Sj.okO SO Writ
That tho Chancellor njiJ,l duuht.
Afterwiiil- ViceCh.-tntvH.ir,
j Anviward Chmrc, llor cA liel.uiJ.
(omiii Rkvout. A ycHtng wife fe
miMtstraKil with I ten husband, a dissi
paled seniUlinli, tut bis conduct. "My
love," said he, I am only like the ivoJf
gal Son ; I shall reform by-awl -by.'
trd I will Ikj like tho Trxnligal Son,
loo," she replied, "for 1 wi! aviso thl
go to my fatlreiV rd accordingly otV
she went.
SwKf.T IVitatoks. An old bachelor
having been lauglrvd al by a Ircvy ol
pretty girls, told ihem that they wcro
s.mai. 1. potatoes. "Wo may iw small o
talttes," replied one of the maidens, "but
wc are sw kkv oties."
AV V.Xl t-I.I.K.NT lil'AUTV. A rea'
cher, iu a funeral aermoii on a lady, nl
(or summing up Iter gHJ (jualities, ads
1 detl, that "she always reached her hu
batid'j hat when he called for it, with
out mullet ing."
Ax 1'jXami'i.k ov Mopkstv. A clock
the Hoston Atlas says, is the most mo
dest thing in tho world it always co
vers its faeo with tts hands.
Ali.WSST T"K (JtlAtX. TIlO HtSlOU
t. K n r,V,c ,.f wafer. .ui'tuiiK-
! ti..i , ' ....Ur,) ;s like .1 !' -d--
ljik's ag.iinst the ;k tix !
Tnt Cn.tFs. pret'y girl was Into
Iv complaining lo a friend th.U she had
cold, and was sadly plagued in her hp
with chaos "Friend," said the Obudi-
ah, "thee fchouM never sutler ihvcuAii
t to conic near thy