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lEJThe following Ode was written for the
Bi-centenary celebration of the -Westminster As
sembly.
Two Hundred Years Ago.
Two hundred years, two hundred years, our bark
o'er billowy seas,
Has onward kept her steady course, through hur
ricane and breeze ;
Her Captain was the mighty One, she braved the
stormy foe,
And still He guides, who guided her, two hundred
years ago !
Her Chart was God's unerring word, by which
her course to steer;
Her Helmsman, was the risen Lord, a helper
ever near ;
Though many a beauteous boat has sunk, the
treacherous waves below,
Yet ours is sound as she was built, two hundred
years ago !
The wind that filled her swelling sheet, from
many a point has blown,
Still urging her unchanging course, through shoals
and breakers on ;
Her fluttering pennant still the same, whatever
breeze might blow,
It pointed, as it does, to heaven, -two hundred
3'eais ago 1
When first our gallant ship was launched, altho'
her hands were few,
Yet dauntless was each bosom found, and every
heart was true !
And still, though in her mighty hull, unnumbered
bosoms glow
Her crew is faithful as it was, two hundred years
ago!
True, some have left this noble craft, to sail the
seas alone;
And made them, in their hour of pride', a vessel of
their own;
Ah me! when clouds portentous rise ; when
threatening tempests blow,. .
They'll wish for that old vesseljibuilt two hundred
years ago! ,
For onward rides our gallant bark, with all her
canvass set,
In many a nation still unknown, to plant her stan
dard yet,
Her flag shall float, where'er the breeze of free
dom's breath shall blow.
And millions bless the boat that sailed, two hun
dred years ago !
.On Scotia's coast, in days of yore, she lay almost
a' wreck,
Her mainmast gone, her rigging torn, the boarders
on jjer deck ;
"Ulhere iCaxneron, Cargill, Cochran, fell; there
Reruvick's blood did flow, . .
Defending our good vessel built, two hundred
years ago ,
Ah! many a martyr's blood was shed, we may
not name them all ;
They tore the peasant from his hut; the noble
from Iiis hall ;
Then brave Argyle, thy father'3 blood, for faith
did freely flow ;
And pure the stream, as was the fount, two hun
dred years ago ! ()
Yet onward still our vessel pressed, and weathered
every gale ;
S&e cleared the wreckrand spliced the mast, and
righted every sail,
And swifter, stauncher, mightier far, upon her
cruise did go -r
Strong hands and gallant hearts hod she, two
hundred years ago !
And see her now; on beam-ends cast, beneath a
north-west storm
lleare overboard their very bread, to save the ship
from harm ;
.She rights ! she rides ! har.k'how they cheer, all's
well, above, below I
() The noble and illustrious- house' of Argyle
till stands pa .the side of trutLanU righteousness,
as appears fromTthe part jvhich thepreSent Duke-
takes on the subject of the ;Scot6hchurch' in the
and a quarter, half yearly, and if not paid before the end of
llic year, Two dollars and k half. Those n- ho receive their
iir :i carrier or siace urivuio wunuitu u uwuiuuuc-
She's tight as when she left the stocks, two hun
dred years ago ! (f)
True to that polar star which led, to Israel's
cradled hope,
Her steady needle pointeth yet, to Calvary's
bloody top !
Yes there she floats, that good old ship, from mast
to keel below, ' '
Sea-worthy still as erst she was, two hundred
years ago :
Not unto us, not unto us, be praise or glory given
But unto Him, who watch and ward, hath kept for
her in Heaven,
Who quelled the whirlwind in its wrath, bade
tempests cease to blow,
That God, who launched our vessel forth, two
hundred years ago !
Then onward speed thee, brave old bark, speed
onwaid in thy pride,
O'er sunny seas and billows dark, Jehovah still
thy guide;
And sacred be each plank and spar, unchanged
by friend or foe,
Just as she left .old Westminster, two hundred
years ago !
Easton, Pa. J. L. G.
(f) The intelligence has just arrived, shewing
that by the recuperative energy of the truth, as
embodied in our system, the church of Scotland
has righted, and is free, though at the expense of
eyery thing but her divine Head.
MOZART'S KEQU2EH2:.
BY RUFUS DA.WES.
The tongue of the vigilant clock tolled one,
In a deep and hollow tone;
The shrouded moon looked out upon
A cold, dank region, more cheerless and dun,
By her lurid light that shone.
Mozart now rose from a restless bed,
And his heart was sick with care ;
Though long he had wooingly sought to wed
Sweet Sleep, 'twas in vain, for the coy maid fled
Though he followed her every where.
He knelt "to the God of his worship then,
And breathed a fervent prayer ;
'Twas balm to his soul, and he rose again
With a strengthened spirit, but started when
He marked a stranger there.
He was tall, the stranger who gazed on him
Wrapped high in a sable shroud ; ,
His cheek was "pale, and his eye was dim,
And the melodist trembled in every limb,
The while his heart beat loud.
" Mozart, there is one whose errand I bear,
Who cannot be known to thee ;
He grieves for a friend, and would have thee
prepare
A requiem, blending a mournful air
With the sweetest melody."
"Pll furnish the requiem then," he cried,
"When this moon has waned away !"
The stranger bowed, yet no word replied
But fled like the shade on a mountain's sidej
Wrhen the sunlight hides its ray.
Mozart grew pale when the vision fled,
And his heart beat high with fear;
He knew 'twas a messenger sent from thedead
To warn' him, that soon he must make his bed
In the dark, chill sepulchre.
He knew that the days of his life were told,
And his breastgrew faint within;
The blood through his bosom crept slowly and
cold,
And his lamp of life could barely hold
The flame that was flickering.
Yet he went to his task with a cheerful zeal,
While his days and nights were one ;
He spoke not, he moved not, but only to kneel
With the holy prayer" 0 God, I feel
'Tis best thy will be done !"
He gazed on his loved one, who cherished him
well,
And weepingly hung o'er him ;
"This music will chime with my funeral knell,
And my spirit shall float, at the passing bell,
On the notes of this requiem !"
The cold moon waned; on that cheerless day,
The strangfir appeared once more ; . .
Mozart had finished his requiem lay,
But ere the last notes had died away,
His spirit had gone before.
Saluliug tlse Bride.
A late-number of the Fall River Argus says,
a loving couple in that place who were bent on
committing matrimony agaiirsttthe will of their
parents,- managed to dodge the old folks last
week, and get spliced in a neighboring town
in Rhode Island. On their return to Fall Riv
er, the mother of the new made wife repaired
10 the house where thoy had taken refugo, and
seizing her truant daughter in- tho presence of
the bridegroom, gave her such a- shaking "as
you never1 did see,"" , - -
Rkjiarkable. The U. S. Gazette in
speaking of the present position of our
Government remarks, that never since
the organization of the Government, has
the administration presented such a re
markable aspect as it does at present.
General Harrison died, aud Mr. Tyler
left the duties of Vice President to be
come the Acting President.
Mr. Southard, who succeeded Mr. Ty
ler in his ex-olficio duties in the Senate,
died, and Mr. Mangrum was elected to
act in his place.
Mr. Webster resigned, and Mr. Legare
was appointed in his place acting Secre
tary of Slate.
Mr. Legare died, and Mr. Upsher has
been appointed to till his place, acting
Secretary of State
The death of Mr. Lesare leaves en
tirely vacant the olfice of Attorney Gen
eral. ,
The Presidency, the Vice Presidency,
(qr) and the Department of State have
acting incumbents, and the Attorney Gen
eralship is entirely vacant.
The Pennsylvania!), of July 3d, gives
the following paragraph.
The Heat. The sun is so hot at Bos
ton that it seems to be actually burning
up the houses ; for the Atlis says that a
store on Central Street, was sec on fire on
Thursday by the focus formed by the rays
of the sun, concentrated through a bull's
eye in a window in the roof. A gentle
man sitting in another store in the neigh
borhood, discovered smoke issuing from
the roof; and, upon giving the alarm, the
upper loft was examined, and the pine
frame work was found in a blaze of tire,
at just the place where the focus produ
ced by the glass fell upon it.
A Philadelphia correspondent of the
New York Tribune, in a letter dated
June 27, writes
For the last two or three days, I have
heard of rumors of the most painful char
acter relative to the health and condition
ot mind ot Mr. lNicholas iSiudle. It is
said that he is actually laboring under a
species of mental aberration, brought up
on htm by sudden reverses of fortune and
deep distress of mind. The source from
whence the above information is derived
may be relied upou. Mr. Biddle remains
at his residence at Andalusia, on the Del
aware, a few miles above the city.
The Hon. George Plummer died on 8th
inst., at his residence in Westmoreland
County, Pa., in the 81st year of his age.
He was one of the pioneers of the settle
merit of Western Pennsylvania. The
Presbyterian Advocate has the following
in reference to him : " Mr. Plummer was
reputed to have been the first white male
child born west of the mountains, under
the British Government: and was atone
lime shut up at Fort Duquense for 4 days
and nights, by that bold Indian Warrior
Kilbuclc; and witnessed from the walls
of the Fort a successful stratagem prac
tised by two of the savages on what is
now the Allegheny side of the river, m
decoying a couple of their white enemies
and which resulted in the death of one
of the latter one of the Indians also was
killed by a rifle shot from the fort.
In the various public olHces, which he
held, he maintained an unimpeachable
character for sterling integrity and hones
ty of purpose. As a member1 of the Sen
ate and National Legislatures and as an
oflicc bearer in the House of God, his
conduct was eminently exemplary for
steady attention to business, and an un
wavering desire to discover and pursue
the right.
We learn from the Charleston Mercu
ry, that the Repeal Society of that city,
has formally disbanded itself in conse
quence of filr. O'Connel's recent speeeh
in Dublin, referring to the subject, of sla
very. This association had made one
remittance to Ireland and was about send
mg another, hut at its linal meeting, it
was resolved that the money on hand
should be divided among charitable socie
ties in the city of Charleston.
A green horn, whose head contained
more san than brains, entered a store in
one of our cities, and - inquired of a by
stander if there was an openingfbra man
i i. . .i i? i- .i .i?. ji
oi iaieni'tnerc?ves repu.uu uie piucr
mere is uie uuor, -
TSie United Slates sarad IBfaccdoniasi.
The following spirited account of the cele
brated battle between the U. S. frigate United
States and the British frigate Macedonian, in
which the latter was taken is from a new
work eniiiled " Thirty years from Home, or a
voice from the main deck, by Samuel Leech.
" The auihor at the time was a lad on board
the captured frigate, and his impressions of so
terrible a contest are much moro vivid than one
gleaned from official despatches.
The Sabbath dame, and it brought vilh it a
tiff breeze. We usually made a sort of holiday
of this Sacred day. After breakfast it was
common to muster the entire crew on tho spar
deckj sometimes in blue jackets and white
trowsers, or blue jackets and blue irowsers ;
at other times in blue jackets, scarlet vests, and
blue or white trowsers ; with our bright anchor
buttons glancing in the sun, and our black,
glossy hats, ornamented villi black ribbons,
and with the name of our ship painted upon
them. After muster, we frequently had church
service read by ihe capiain; the rest of ihe
.day was devoted to idleness. But we were
destined to spend the Sabbath just introduced
to the leader in a very different manner.
We had scarcely finished breakfast before
tho man at the mast head shouted, ' Sail ho !'
The captain rushed upon deck, exclaiming
1 mast head there !'
'Sir!'
' Where away is the sail?' .
The precise answer to the question I do hot
recollect, but the capiain proceeded to ask,
' What does she look like V
' A square, rigged vessel, sir,' was the reply
of the look-out.
After a few minutes, the captaia shouted
again, ' Mast-head there !'
Sir!'
What does she look Ii ke V
' A large ship, sir, standing towards us V
By this time the most of the crew were on
deck, eagerly straining their eyes to obtain a
glimpse of the approaching ship, and murmuring
their opinions to each other on her probable
character. Then came ihe voice of the captain,
shouting, 1 Keep silence, lore and aft !' Silence
being secured, he hailed the look-out, who, to
his question of What does she look like V
replied, ' A large frigate bearing down upon
us, sir I1'
A whisper ran along the crew thai ihe siran
ger ship-was a Yankee frigate. . The thought
was confirmed by the command of All hands
clear the ship for acti6n, aboy !'
The- drum and fife beat to quarters ; bulk
heads were knocked away ; the
guns
were
released from their confinement ;' the whole
dread paraphernalia of battle was produced ;
and after the lapse of a few minutes of hurry
and confusion, every man and boy was at his
post, ready to do his best service for his coun
try, except the band, who, claiming exemption
from the affray, safely stowed themselves away
in the cable tier. We had only one sick man
on the list, aud he, at the cry of battle, hurried
from his cot, feeble as he was, to take his post
of danger. A few of the junior midshipmen,
were stationed below, on the berth deck, with
orders, given in our hearing, to shoot any man
who attempted 10 run from his quarters.
Our men were all in good spirits ; though
they did not scruple to express ihe wish lhat
the comins foe was a .Frenchman rather than a
Yankee. We had been told, by the Americans
on board, that frigates in the American, service
carried more and heavier unetal than ours
This, together with our consciousness of su
periority over the French at sea, led us to a
preference for a r-rench antagonist.
The Americans, among our numbers felt
ouite disconcerted, at tho necessity which
compelled them to fight against their own
countrymen. One of them, named John Card,
as bravo a seaman as ever trod a plank, ven
tured to present himself to the captain, as
pTisonor, frankly declaring his objections to
fight. That officer, very ungenerously ordered
him to his quarters, threatening to shoot him if
he made the request again. Poor fellow he
obeyed tho unjust command, and was killed by
a shot uom his own countrymen. I Ins fact is
more disgraceful to the captain of the Mace
donian, than even the loss of hhj ship. It was
a gross and palpable violation of tho rights of
man.
As the approaching ship showed American
colors, all doubt of her characior was at an
end. ' We must fight her,' was the conviction
of every breast. Every possible arrangnment
that could insure success, was accordingly
made. Tho guns were shotted ; the matches
lighted ; for although our guns were furnished
with first rate locks, they were also provided
with matches attached by linyards, in case the
lock should miss fire. A lieutenant then pass
ed through the ship, directing the marines and
boarders, who were furnished with pikes, cut
lasses and pistols, how to proceed if it should
be necessary to hoard the enemy. Ha was
followed by ihe captain, who exhorted them to
fidelity aud courage, urging upon their consid
eration the well-known motto of tho brave
Nelson. ' England' expects every man to'do
his duty.'- -In addiuon io all these preparations
on deckj some men were stationed in the'tops
with small arms, whose duty it was to irifgnu
to trimming the sails, and to use their imi3kt;,:
provided wo came to close action. Therufw'erft
others also below, called sail trinr.tiiers, tVa
sist in working the ship, should it beiibce3!Jhv
to change her position during battle.
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My station was at the 'fifth gun on the nialir
deck. It was mv duty to stonily the gun'.iV
powder, a boy being appointed to each gUn iir"
the ship on the side we engaged for th?s fii-f
pose. A woolen scrcah was placed1 bofsirtrrffij
entrance to the magazine, with a holt;
through which the cartridges werj na;;seil?wlt
the boys ; we received them there: artd'CoV,
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ing mem wiiii nut jaiwcia, iiuiuuu iu men i
nective 2ius. l nese precautious are oostsrv
to prevent the powder from taking the buTdWtf?
reaches tho gun. ' 5f-
Thus we all stood wailing orders fn motion
less suspense. At last We lired three gtitrs f5
the .larboard side of the main deck'; thft waf
followed by the command, 'Cease firmer 'VMl
arehrowing away your shot!' -w
Tien came the orders to wear slnp.''amf
prepare to attack the enemy wiih mir aiu rbtiaftf
giuis. Soon after this I heard a firilnf fro'ni
some other quarter, which I supposed to tfos'U
discharge from our quarter deck guns; tfife"if
itf proved to be the ruar of ihe encniyV catf-
nj)n.
A istrange noise such as I never heard;.. .hS
forg, next arrested my attention ; it suurfdW
like the tearing of sails just over our
Thjs I soon ascertained to bo thu windf Ifftj
eneny's shot. The firing after a fow nnuuielT
cessation recoommenced. The roaring of carl-
non could be heard from all parts of our tremb-
ling ship, and niinglisng as it did with thai of '
oufrfoes, it made a most hideous noise. By
and by I heard the shots strike the 5ide ufJ oifr
ship ; the whole scene became indiscribabjy'
confused and horrible : it was like snnie axvftd;
tremgndous thunder storm whose deafening
roar ;s attended by the incessant streams' of
lightning, carrying death in every flash, and?
strewiag the ground with the victims of its1
wrath- only in our case the scene was render-
ed more horrible than that, by the presence' of
torrents of blood which dyed our decks. l
ThojUgh the recital may be pdinful yet as.4itf
will repeal the horrors of war, and show aL
what a fearful price a victory is won or Iostx t
will present the reader with things ts they hidt
my eyp during the progress of that dreadful?
fight." I was busily supplying my gun wiiiy
powder, when I saw blood suddenly fly . fromi
the arm oS a man stationed at our gun. 1 saw
nothing strike him; the effect alone was. visible;
in an instant the third lieutenant tied his hand
kerchief aiound fho wounded arm, and seut, the,
groaning wretch below to the surgeon. The
cries of the wounded now rang through all
parts of the ship. These were carried to the
cockpit asfast as ihey fell, while those more
fortunate nyn who were killed outright, were
immediately thrown overboard, as I was sta
tioned but a, short distance from the main hatch
way, I couW catch a glance at all who were":
carried below, a glance was all I could indulge
in, for the bors belonging to the guns next to .
mine were wounded in the early part of tho ac
tion, and 1 hadVo spring with all my might to.
keep three or four guns supplied with cartridg-:
es. 1 saw two pf these lads fall nearly to
gether. One of ikem was struck in the leg by'
a large shot; he hd to suffer amputation above;
tho wound The oilier had grape or canister shot
sent through his ancle. A siout Yorkshireman
lifted him into his awns, and. hurried him to'the
cockpit. Ho had hi foot cut off and was thus
made lame for life. Tvo of the boys station
ed on the quarterdeck vfere killed. They vUfe
both Portuguese. A nuui, who saw one oT
them killed, afterward toldfme that his . powder"
caught fire and burnt the flesh almost off his
face. In this pitiable situation the agonizing
boy lifted up both hands as if imploring relief,"
when a passing shot.intantly cutiim in two
I was an eye-witness to a sigh equally re
volting. A man named Aid rich hal one of his
hands cut off by a shot, and almost at the same;
moment he received another shot which tore
open his bowels in a terrible manner. As hof.
fell two Or threo men caught him in their armst
and as he could not live, threw him overboard;-
One of ihe officers in my division also fell'
in my sight. He was a noble hearted fellow,,
named Nan Ki veil. A grape or canister shritf
struck him near the heart, exclainiing, " Olu
my God?" he fell and was carried below, wjiera
he shortly after died. -
Mr. Hope, our nrslicuienant, was also slight
ly wounded by a grummet or small iron ring
probably torn from a hammock clew by a shot J
He went below shouting lo the men to fighs
on. Having had his wound dressed, he came:
up again, shouting vous at tho ton of hU voice,
and bidding us fight with all our might. There
was not a man in the ship but would have re
joiced had he beeiuin the place of our mas
let s mate, the unfortunate Nan Iuvell.
The battle went on. Our men kept cheering
with nil their might. 1 cheered with ihqnH--though
I confess I scarcely knew for whaife
Certainly thero was nothing vrv-juspiritiugjim J,.
the aspect of tilings where 41? was..staiiofie; "