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With sweetest flowers enrich'd
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THE WIFE.
TIT ELLANOR LOUISA. MONTAGUE.
Oh. come, beloved: to yon grey wood,
Where oft in childhood's hour we strayed,
Ere yet with plighted hands we stood
Beneath yon bending willow's shade;
And I my early dream will tell,
And blush not though thine rye behold me;
I feel thy voice's soothing spell,
Thy loved and loving arms enfold me.
Ali! little Elitist thou dream how long
I loved thee with a hidden heart,
When even amid some touching song
My sighs would breathe, my tears would start;
Thou could'st'not deem that this weak breast,
Which in thy joy stood mute before thee,
Longed but to'share thy soul's unrest
When sorrow's night was deepening o'er thee.
Oh! then the sullen years drew on
When thou must part, yet leave no token,
And I must bear, unaltered, alone,
A grief which yet might not be spoken,
Oh. Love! it was a feairfut time,
But all is past, forgotten now;
Yet someihiog of its youthful prime
Math fled from this devoted brow.
This grieves me not, for well I know
Thy spirit will not love me less,
Though time upon thy hend should snow,
Or on thy cheek too rudely press,
I feel that thou wilt dearer be—
If ought to me can make thee dearer—
When the spring leaves of life's young tree
Around thy brow era growing sealer.
Years waned; end thou rememberest yet
The hour which led thee back to me,
'When, sicken'd with the world, we met,
And each was changed—yet both were free:
riot changed in soul, but sadder grown,
And touched as by the wand of sorrow;
And doomed, like buds too early blown,
To greet with wasted bloom their morrow.
Then once again I dared to dream,
But now no more a drCam of sadness,
Tby preigence smoothed my life's rough stream
And led ins jack to youth and gladness!
And something did our hearts subdue.
A yearning thought—• thought of home—
As though our soul's more closely drew
Ere yet the darker days should come.
Now let tl cm come! I fear them not:
For ert not thou, beloved, mine!
And is not this time•hallowed spot
The altar of a love divine!
Oh, may the lamp which lights us now
For ever on that altar .butn,
And ne'or through life our spirits know
One covered hour o'er which to mourn
_
* ala.3o2llaaliTarOMo
From the Philadelphia Saturday Courier.
THE BRIDESMAID:
AN AMERICAN TALE.
In a small parlor of a neat little cottage,
in the beautiful village of Ashton, were seat
ed en nged lady and a young girl. The
former was engaged in needlewoi k, and the
latter was listlessly turning over the leaves
of a book.
“Why have you not taken your usual
walk this morning. Alice V . Bald the old
lady.
"Because," answered her companion,
"I am weary of walking where there is
nothin;,• to be seen. lam tired of living i n
this dull place, and of associating with the
vulgarp:•ople who inhabit it."
The complaints of the young lady were
interrupted by the 'entrance ()fa servant,who
presented a letter,
r;Who_broghl itt" said Mrs• Lee,
"it wa4 brought by n gentleman, ma'am,
who refused to came in, but said he would
call in the eveMoz
Alice examined the direction nithe let
ter, and exclaimed joo.llly, i s f rom
I sa b e l!" she gipPtitql it and rend ns
Dearest Alice,—D, you remember that
when at scl.ool toi2eilE.r, we made a pro-
Witte to art Ha hriitemiaiil to each other,.
tiCOUILICither of 1,19 ever require such a
azawunrazavaztE, a)ztos ftW32ozDaxs, catzt;butzearza.Lß/11 t, aaatio
service? I now claim the fulfilment of
your nrornise This letter will be delivered
by him who is the betrothed of your friend.
He has some business in your neighborhood,
and I have gladly availed myself of the
opportunity of Writing to you, and of intro•
diming him to your friendships I had al
most forgoten to tell you his name: it is
Edward Herbert, and his home is in New
Orleans; of course it will in future be mine
Herbert thinks his business in Ashton will
be concluded in a week. He will then re
turn to Franklin. and 1 hope you will ac
company him. Your society, my beloved
friend, is all that is wanting to complete the
happiness of your affectionate
"IsABEL GREY."
The pleasure with which Alice perused
this letter, was not umnixed ~with other
sensations. "And so Isabel is to be mar
ried so soonl It is scarcely a year since she
left school, and she is not nt all pretty, (cast
ing, as she spoke, a glance et the mirror,
which reflected her own beautiful face,)
but she is rich, and she has an opportunity
of mingling in fashionable society!" And
Alice retired to her chamber, to muse over
the happy prospects of her friend, and to
lament the poverty which compelled her to
"waste her sweetness on the desert air."
Alice Leo had 'been deprived by death
of both her parents, while she was still n
child. Since that time she had been under
the protection of a maiden sister of her
father's whose narrow circumstances corn
pelted her to reside in the obscure village
of Ashton. The old lady was exceedingly
proud of her beautiful neice, and by her
injudicious indulgence and undisguised ad
miration, she increased that vanity which
was the predominant feature in the charac
ter of the latter.
Herbert came in the evening, and with
an almost unconcious coquetry Alice ar
rayed herself most tastefully to receive the
lover of her friend, and she was gratified
to perceive that Herbert was struck with
admiration of her really beautiful person.
He was a fine looking young man, and his
manners and conversation were so superi
or to those of the rustic swains with whom
she had been accustomed to•associate,'that
Alice was completely fascinated.
The ensuing morning brought Herbert
again to the cottage, und, after a day
passed in his society, Alice sighed as she
remembered her engagements with her
friend; and she could not help thinking,
that had she met him while he was yet
free, she might herself have been the object
of his affection. His admiration of her evi•
dently increased with every interview and
the week appointed for his stay in the neigh
harhoad had passed away. and yet no men
tion had been made of his intention to
return to Franklin.
Meantime the affianced bride at Herbert
passed the time of his absence in dreams of
future happiness, somewhat chastened by
regrets at her approaching separation from
the friends of her youth and the scenes in
which her happy childhood had passed.
Isabel Grey was not beautiful,. but she
had an open, intelligent c , lmtenance, a
cheerful 'disposition, a most afiectionate
heart, and a large fund of good sense, and
correct principle. She was only seventeen,
and Herbert had been her first lover. She
loved w ith all the warmth of a young, un
practised heart, nor did her inexperienced
eye detect in her lover's character the ab
sence of those strict principles by which
her (iv conduct was governed Nor did
it ever occur to her that her wealth had any
influence in attracting his regard. She was
impatiently expecting his return on the
appointed day, and was much disappointed
mien she received a letter from him,
which informed her that circumstances had
occurred which would detain him at Ashton
till the very day appointed for their mar
riage.
'he approach of that day caused
the most cruel conflicts in the breast of
Herbert. He had never really loved Isa
bel, but he admired her character, and
felt that he could rely Implicitly upon her
principles; her cheerful good sense render
ed het an agreeable companion, and her
fortune Was a circumstance by no means
to be disregarded by a man of his expen
sive tastes and hubits. All these cor,sidera
tions, however,vanished before the influence
of the:passion which the beauty of Alice
had awakened in.his bosom. He struggled
against itfor awliile, but with no fixed prin.
ciplee; and, without resolution to tear him
self away. his ineffectual efforts seemed
only to civil the chains which bound him.
Alice loved him as well as she was capable
of loving any one, end her regard for her
friend opposed but a feeble barrier- to the
gratification of ber wishes. She was inca
pable of deep feeling, but her vanity was
gratified by the evident devotion of Herbert,
and her mind was dazzled by the prospect
of emergiag from the obscurity in which
her chorine had hitherto been buried.
The morning appointed for the marriage
of Isabel Grey had arrived, and she sat a•
lone in herapartment, in' momentary ex
pectation fal the arrival of her lover and her
friend. They came not, however, and Isa
bel was beginning to apprehend the occur
rence olsoine necident, when her mother
entered the room. She held a letter in
her hand, and vas evidently in a state of
exeit,menromusual to her gentle character
..lanbel," she said, "this letter is from
M iss Lee."
'is Alice MP inquired Isobel, enviously
' No, she is not 111, I•ut she is unworthy
ofyour hiendship. She has eloped with
Herbert!"
Isabl•I hetird no more, and with an ex
clamation of horror and serprbe, she foil
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senseless at the feet of her mother. . When
animation returned, she insisted on seeing
Miss Lee's letter, and her mother, know
ing the strength of her character, thought
it best to indulge her. The letter contain•
ed only a brief account of the elopement,
with a disclaimer on the part of the writer
of any knowledge of or participation in the
Isabel Grey did not sink under this se
vere stroke. • She felt all the anguish, all
the desolation ofspirit, natural to one whose
dearest hopes had been prostrated by treach
ery and ingratitude on the part of him to
whom she had eiven her young heart with
all its glowing feelings, and of her who
had been the dear companion of her child•
hood. Hut in her own bereavement, Isa•
•bel did not forget that she was the sole
stay and comfort of hor widowed motffer,
and that her energies of heart and mind
were given for nobler purposes than to be
wasted in fruitless repinings for one, who
had proved himself all unworthy of her
pure and devoted love. She felt too,when
the first shock was over, that she had rea
son to be thankful that any circumstance,
no matter how painful, had unveiled the
real character of tier lover, before it be•
come her duly to close her eyes to his
faults, to conceal, even from himself, if
possible, his want of honorable principle.
Years rolled by. Isabel Grey had be•
come the wife of one who had loved her
from childhood, and who, if inferior to the
one of her early choice in . external graces,
was infinitely his superior in all those men
tal and moral qualities which give dignity
to man, nod which render a woman's mar
ried life balmy. And Isabel loved him; if
not with the impassioned fervor of other
days, at least with a deep and sincere afli!e.
lion, and with that reliance on his faithful
ness and truth, - which grew out of her per
fect conviction of the integrity of his char
acter• She continued to reside with her
mother, whose increasing age rendered her
more then ever dependent open tho affec
tionate attentions of her daughu r.
One very stormy evening, the whole
family were collected round their cheerful
fireside Dr. Dillingham, the husband ofd
Isabel, hod just returned from a long nni! ,
fatiguing ride, and was seated in a large
arm chair, holding on his knee a beautiful
infant of a year old. Isabel was seated
near him,also caressing the chtld, and Mrs.
Grey reclined on n soft, nod surveyed the
happy group with affectionate delight.
Suddenly there was a knocking at the
hall dour, which was immediately. followed
by the entrance of a female, completely
enveloped in a clock, the hood of winch
concealed her face entirely. She carried
a child in her arms, and, pushing aside the
chair which the Doctor offered her, she
sunk at the feet of Isabel, and throwing off
her cloak, revealed the "'features of Alice
Herbert.
In utter amazement, Isabel stooped to
!rase the prostrate farm of her former
friend. She took the child from her arms,
and with her husband's assistance she laid
her on a sofa, and waited with breathless
anxiety au explanation of her sad appear
ance. In a few minutes Alice raised her
head.
"Po you not wonder at me, Isabel,. that
I hove dated to approach you—that I pre
sume to raise my eyes to the face of her
whom I have su basely injuredr
“You have not injured me, Alice. All
that is passed is long since forgiven, for it
is to you I owe toy present happiness."
And Isabel smiled through the tears which
had gathered in he: eyi sas she looked at
her husband and tier lovely child. "But
where, Alice, is your husband, and why
are you here alone at this hour?"
"He is gone," said Al ce solemnly, "to
render his account at the bar of Eternal
Justice, and I have begged my way hither
to claim your protection fur my innocent
babe, and then to close my weary eyes in
peace."
Convulsive sobs here choked the utter•
anco ofthe wretched woman, and she was
conveyed in a elate of insensibility to the
bed from which she never rose again.
Alice's story was soon told. Immedi
ately oiler their marriage, she and Hebert
had proceeded to New Orleans, and enter•
ed at once upon a course of the most reck
less extravagance. A short time sufficed
to dissipate the small fortune which Herbert
possessed, and he soon began to tire of a
wife whose personallharms had been her
sole altracticn, and 'Aids° vanity and love
of display completely unfitted her far do
mestic life. After some months' strug
gling with pecuniary difficulties, aggrava
ted by the complainings of his wife and by
hie own impatient disposition. Herbert in a
moment of despair terminated his own ex
istence, • leaving his wife and child in a
state of utter destitution- Thus helpless
and forlorn, Alice could think of no resource
in her misery, (her, Aunt being dead,)but
the friend whom she had betrayed, and
some charitable persons, pitying her con
dition, supplied her with means to reach
the•town in which Isabel resided. She
lived but a few weeks after her arrival at
the hospitable mansion of Dr. Dillingham,
but her death-bed woe soothed by the kind
ness of her friend, rind by her assurances of
continued pfotection to her orphan daugh
ter.
This promise Isabel most Willfully per
formed, and when, in after days', a group
of smiling children gatherod round he knee,
no one could have told thitt one of those
children was the daughter of those who
had outraged and insulted the gentle being
whose maternal tenderness was extended
equally to all.
THE DRUNKARD'S WIFE
By Elllns Harrill—The Learned Blacksmith
. .
There are . new developernents of human
character, which, like the light of distant
stars, are yet to visit the eye of man and
operate upon human society. Ever since
the image of the God•head was first sketch
ed in Eden, its great Author and -angel
have been painting upon it; men have tried
their hands upon it; influences like the in
cessant breath of heaven, have left each
its line upon the canvass; still the finisl.ins
stroke of the pencil will not be accomplish•
ed until the last, lingering survivor of ''the
wreck of matter and the crush of worlds"
"is changed in the twinkling of an eye."
The hemisphere of the present age is
studded all over with such pearls "and pa
tines of blight gold," as never shrine before
in the heavens of the human soul. In these
latter dayit, the waves of time have washed
.up from &pills that angels never fathomed,
"gems of purer light serene" than were
ever worn before in the crown of man. =
We are now hut half way advanced in a
new cycle of human history. The race is
but just emerging from the long-reaching
shadows of an iron age, and coming out in
to the starlight and•suidight of new influen•
ces. lf, a's we are assured, scores of new
stars have taken rank with the heavenly
hosts, Eluting the last two centuries, stars
brighter than they, have, in the same peri
od, toadied up new lights in the moral fir
mament. Among these new stars, ono a
little lower than that of Bethlehem, had
just appeared above the horizon It litho
Star of WOMAN'S INFLUENCE. influential
Woman is- a being of scarcely two centu
ries; op to that period, and :.lmost hitherto,
her inauences have fallen upon human
character and society, like the feeble rays
of a sising winter's sun upon polar fields of
ice. But her sun is reaching upward.—
There is a glorious meridian to which she
shall as surely come ns to-morrow's rising
sun shall reach his in our natural heaven.
What estri will be, whence she shall shine
upon lurn then and thence, we are nimble
to divine; but we can found an anticipation
froth the influences of her dawning rave
Her morning light has gilded the visions of
-human hope, amid silvered over the night
shadows of human sorrow. There has
been no depth of human misery beyond the
roach of her ameliorating influesce,nor any
height of human happiness which she has
tini raised still higher. Whoever has
touched at either of these extremities, or
at any of their intesvening points, could
attest that "neither freight nor depth, nor
principaliti , s nor power, nor things pros
ent or to come," could divert or vitiate the
accents and anodynes of her love. W limb,
er we trace the lineaments of her charac•
ter in the mildlwilight of her miming- son,
nr in the living beams of her risen silty, we
find that she has touched human society
like an angel. It would be• irreverent to
her worth to say, in what walks of life she
has walked most like on angel of light and
love; in what vicissitudes, in what joys or
sorrows, in what situations or circumstan
ces, she has most signally discharged the
heavenly ministrations of her mission;'What
ordeals have best brought out the radiance
of her hidden jewels; what fruit ions of earth
ly bliss, or furnaces of affliction, have best
declared the fineness of her gold. Still
there is a scene, which has escaped "the
vulture's eye," and almost every other eye,
where she has cast forth her costliest pearls,
and shown such qualities of her . native
character as almost merit our adoration
This scene has been allotted to the drun
kard'a wife. How she has hlled this most
desperate out post of humanity, will be re
vealed when the secrets of human life shall
be disclosed "to more worlds than thin."--
tit lien the history of hovels and (timer's%
garrets shall be given in; when the career
of the enslaved inebriate'shall be told,from
the first to the lowest degree of his degra
dation—there will be a memorial made of
woman worthy of being told and heard
. in
heaven. From the first moment she gave
up her young and hoping heart, and all its
treasures, into the hands of him she loved,
to the luckless hour when the .charrner,
wine, fastened around that loved ose all
the serpent spells of its sorcery—lown
through all the crushing of her young born
hopes,—sthrough years of estrangetneet and
strange insanity —when harsh unkindness
bit at her heartstrings with an adder's tooth
--thence down through each successive
depth of disgrace and misery; until she
bent over the drunkard's grave; through
all these deeds a Imbue(' divinity has gath
ered around her, and stirred her to angel
deeds of love. When the maddened - vic
tim tried to cut himself adrift from the
sympathy and society of God and man, she
has clung to him and held him to her
heart "with hooks of steel." And when he
was cast out all defiled with his leprous
pollution, when he was reduced to such a
thing as the beasts of the field would bellow
at, there was one who still kept him thron•
ed in her heart of hearts; who could say
over the fallen; drivelling creature: "Al
though you are nothing to the world, you
are all the world to me:" When that aw
ful insanity of the drunkard set in upon
him, with all its fiendish shapes of torture;
while he lay writhing beneath the scorpion
stings °rifle fiery phantasies and furies of
de/intim tremens,—there was woman by
his side, enslaved with all the attributes of
her loveliness. There was her tearful,
love•heaming eye, that never dimmed but
with tears when the black spirits were at
him. There sho stood alone and in lone
hours of night. to . watch his breathings,
with her heart 'braced up with the omnipo.
tence of her love. No! brute as he was,
not n tie whit h her young hitart had ihriiwit [moon; we nave• atso seeit too veciuto.te
around him in his bright days, had ever : sent to him for examination. Tit ua•.thei;
,tiven away but had grown stronger as he appear to he animal matter, and the odor is
approached the nadir of his degradation.— that of putrid flash. We do not pretend
Ind if he sank into that dark, hopeless •to offar any theory to acount for , the phi
irraver, she eniwathed him in her broken nomenon, we leave that to abler and more
heart, and laid tt iu his coffin; or. some scientific heads. When the• specimens
mi.:toy angel's arm or voice brought him have passed through' the crucibles of Dr.
lip f ro m the grave of drunkenness the des ; Tronst, we shall furnish our readers with .
pest ever dug for man he came forth La , the result:
zarus-like, bound (list and forever within -• • , LEBANON,' August 8, 18411.
the cetements of her deathless a ff ection. i Dr. G. Troost:—.l have sent you some
Such is her sceptre; such are the cords' mutter, which appears from nn authentic
which she throws around the way ward and source to have fallen from the clouthi.=
wandering, and leads him back to virtue With me there can be no doubt of its being
and to heaven, saying, as s he gives him in: animal matter, blood, • muscular fibre, adj. ,
.. Hem umland he whom thou gayest me." pose matter: Please account to us, if you
I •
can, (In philosophical principles,for the reuse
of this phenomenon. • The particles • 1•
. send you, 1 gathered with my own hand.'
from the axtent ,of surface over which, it
, has spread, and the regular mariner which
it exhibited on some green tobacco leavers;
leaves vary little 'or no doubt of its having.
1 fallen like a shower of rain; and it is stated
'on the authority of some negroes only,'lto •
I have lallelifrom a small red cloud, no other
clouds visible in the heavens at the time,
It took place on Friday last, between 11
and 12 o'clock, about five miles N. E.'nf,
Lebanon. I have sent what I think to be ,
a drop of blood, the other , particles, (mire
posed of muscle and fat, although the tiro.
portions. of the shower appeared to be a
much larger quantity of blood. than of other`
properties. ; • ' ' •' • • 1 '
.'
1 am, in haste, your most obedient,
W. P. SAYLE.
THE WAY THIZY ADMINIATER JUSTICE:
tx TEXAS.—The following is the report of
certain proceeding recently had before
Jno. F. Jeffers, Esq a high Judicial OffirOP
of the repnblia of Texas, who is thus de
scribed:
'The above named indiviitial is from
[slew Jersey, and might, if he had lived in
the daYs of Hooarth, have been immortal.
ized in oil colors. He is about four feet
six inches high, and six feet in thickness,
with nn abdomen worthy of- Paktum --
whanr dresAed out in his mud pumps, hunt
ing shirt, and Mexican chapeau, he looks
the lac simile of Jack of Clubs. llis nose
resembles a virmillion pear halfway buried
in a basket of strawberries. The follow
ing is a report of the proceedings before
him at the last court:
Republic of Texas vs Jim Donegan for
stealing a mule—The testimony was con.
elusive against the accused, and the prose
cuting attorney declined summing up.
illagistrate— , You must speak on this
case, or d—n me, l'll discharge the cri
minal. You can't tome it over-old Jeffers,
by laying low and playing dummy. My
Judgment is that the prisoner stole the
mu) , . , ; but as ho is a poor man, this entirely
does away with the criminal intention,
which constitutes a theft, as brother Bill
used to say in the .larsies, in similar cases,
and brother Bill was a first chop lawyer.
Then, as there was no criminal intention,
the mule will belong to the prisoner, the
prisoner will be discharged by paving cost
of prosecution, and the pro , ccuting attor
ney will be sent offto the brig two days for
contempt of court, in nut arguing the case
and producing the law.' (By the bye, the
brig is used for a jail, as there is no house
or building erected for that purpose, and at
present the old hulk which was driven a•
;hors in 1637, is used fora jail.)The
court will now adjourn all cases on the dock
et till more ice arrives from New 'Orleans,
for the court prefers ice .in liquor this hot
weather; and the parties must bring it in
lideral when It arrives, or they will be e•
raced from the.docket. Them's old Jeffeds
sentiments; now elope!'
YOUN(j MEN PERtiEVERE.-11 recolleCt,
says Sir .1. Barrington, to have seen in
Queen's - county, a Mr. Clark, who had been
worLin7 carpenter; and when making a
bench for the session justices at the Court
House, was-laughed Al for taking such par
ticular pains in smoothing the plank -lin
the judges seat. The carpenter, nothing
disconcerted, continued his work with spe
cial attention; and as
. a reason fbr being so
very- nice in finishing the seat, jocosely ex
pres,•ed his intention of one day occupyini
that very seat himself. Tune passed on,
and the Carpenter ever assiduous and atten
live both to business and mental culture,
was afterwards seen as presiding twig() on
the very bench which he had a few years
before been so nice in plaining-
MARCH or REFINEMENT IN CANADA
—Captain Sout herlionl, of the British awn
mar Niagara, has been fined R. 5 at Kings
ton, for en assault upon one Gallego, a'ne
gro, whom he forced from the dinner table
of the •Niegara.' The Toronto Patriot is
horrified that such au occurience should
take place under the British flag. in onti
tier Majesty's Mail Packets, and culls it 'a
miserable prejudice about color,' because
ft party of ladies and gentlemen declined
sitting at a dinner table with a negro. We
also saw it stated in ono ofthe Montreal pa
pers a fitw days ainee, - that the authorities
had refused to license a Circus, unless the
singing of 'nigger songs' was strie.tly pro
hibited! This, as they say in Texas, is
.cutting it a leetle too fat.'
SHOWER of FLEAH AND BLOOD. -4t is
only a few weeks since we had an . account
from the East, of a fall of manna of the
richest quality. . And now we give below
an extract from the Nasnville Banner of the
20th ult. which mentions a fall of flesh and
blood, not of quails we presume, but still
animal flesh, Iht and lean, end a goodly
quantity of blood.' This is really marvel
lous, if true: • ,
On' Tuesday we heard from several per
sons, that a shower, apparently of fiesb and
blood, had fallen•in Wilson county, near
Lebanon, in this State, and that the fields
wert covered to a considerable extent.—
The',..account staggered our belief; bnt
strange , atit . may appear, it has. been con
firmed by theitooment of several gentle
men of high character;ibb haye personal
ly examined the scene of this Phenomenon-
They state that the space covered by this
extraordinary .shower, is half a mile • in
length, and about seventy-five yards in
width. In addil ion to the information thus
received, we have been favored by Dr.
Troost, professor of Chemistry in the Uni
vermity, N ashy tile, with the following lettec
from a highly respectable physician of
U,ALF:ttaiW 4)2(1,:, 0,1
Ten'STEAMSHIP PRRBIDENT.—Our cor-,
respondent at Barbadoes, furnishes the f01..'
lowing extract from the St: Thomas Times
newspaper, giving an account of the kiss'
of this vessel. 'We annex it, remarking
that we place no faith in the statement
which _limn the face of it is wholly impro.
hable. The letter is said to have been
fount') in a bottle, picked up in lat 53 20, '-
long 47 33.
' , On Iceberg March 17th, 1841—'-To
whomsoever these presents sfiall come,
these are addressed, not in hope of obtain- ,
ing aid, but to apprise our friends of, our .
awful and inevitable fate. We ,unhappy
passengers and company _ of the President . .
Steamer had rough weather from the heur
of our departure from New York. .On the
night of the 14th inst., it blew a hurricane,'. :
with hail and " snow, and the lookout Wile ,
unable, to see a cable's length from. the.
ship. At
. abnut half past seven—P.. 111..ber;
ing tken,under clese reefed topsails, the. •
ship encountered an island of ice, so rapid-,
Iv did she fill, that
,we _had barely, time to •
e-cape to the ice before she. went
Many of the passengers barely saved their ,
garments, among whom .Was the unfortu.
nate Morris. who being in ,delicate health, •
died on the second day, of cold and henger..
Thi.. is the only case of mortality as yet,
hut as the ice is breaking up fast, we none
if us expect to missive more than two or
three days longeromless it should please.
the Lord, evraurdinary to have mercy.
We have no fault to hod wiik any one.,
The ship was strong and well found, the
captain and crew skilful, prudent, and cow:
regeous. 1 should . have mentioned before,
that ou'r boats, were ell washed away the'.
diiv preceding the disaster, and the long
boat was stove by the concussion. .Even
had this not been the case, no boat could
have lived in such a sea. Our hearts are
dead within us. Capt. Roberts, 'and :ho
Rev. Mr Conkmin am the only ones that
en d e avor to keep up the 'couraee of the rest.
I leer that the tone in which we join this
gentleman in prayer, indicates more the
courage of despair than any other feeling.
Nevertheless, God's will, not eur'a be done.
Yesterday wewere so fortunate as to pick
up the carcase of a small shark, which was
dashed against our floating prison, by the
violence of the waves. This, find a few
bottles of wine, have been our only outlier:-
ance. My hand freezes; and . 1 can write
no more."
Did you ever see a lady take her soar,
who didn't nee again to fix her dress?
"Maint I see you home from •meetin,
Peggy."
"No, you shan't do no such thing, I'M
otherwise engage l."
"I swann,', I guess you've miss'd tt this
time, tor I've got my truweers pocket chuck
full of gingerbread."
"You may take my arm, Jonathan, 1
only said so."
• '•••'"''''
An alderman in .Philadelphia, recently
married a young couple, and received fir
his trouble a five dollar bill, giving three
dollars in exchange.. Out of the two dol.
tars thus received, he paid half a, dollar, for
publishing the marriage, and, on , attempt.
log to pass the five, found it was a.counter.
felt. .This villain made quite a speculation
by getting married•
AN TRIM DIA AT A SHINPLASTER. - TllO
following which came to us bu the hack of
a one dollar Canton Bank bill,, we consider
too good to be lost;
"A certain It ishman received for
• labor, tt tine doltar.hill on one *litho
,Ohio.
Banks,' on which he was obliged to lose ten
cents discount. , nem day us hr, , was
passing down main street, be saw a dePtiiF
bill lying on tlie side :walk, an the -same
bank, and gazing en it, he etelsiiveid,4lo4
i luck to the likes of vf.----tberP may -be:
I ,
aavil a fiVar . ..will II put on ye, tor ,1 holt-tea
i.cents art a bratherof youKs.,„yoloniolm
Ohio Statestitani