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      LET TJS LOTS OXE ANOTHER . Xet us love one another!—not long may we Bi&j ja this feleak world of mourning : some droop ere ^ is day , Others fade in their noon , and few linger till eTe : Oh ! there fcreaia not a heart , but leaves some one to grieve , And the fondest , the purest , the truest that met Have sffll found the need to forgrre and forg « t : Ihen , 01 though the hopes that we nouriEhed aeesy , liet us lore one another as long as -we stay . ~! There are hearts , Eke the ivy , though all he decayed , That seemed to twine fondly in sunlight and shade ; 2 » o leaves droop in sadness , still greenly they spread , TJndimiH'd midst the blighted , the lonely , and dead : Sot the mistletoe cJings to the oak , not in part , Sot with leaves closely round it , the root in its

      Exists bat to tirine it—imbibes the same dew , Or to fall with its loved osi , a . d perish there toe . IiO ^ e we thus one another , midst sorrows the worst , Unaltered and fond , as we loTed at the first : Though the falsa wing of pleasure may change and forsake , And the bright vin of wealth into fragments ahenld break , There are some sweet affections which wealth cannot bay , That ding bat still closer when sorrow draws nigh , And remain with ns yet , tho' all else pass awBy : Let ns love an * another as long as we stay C Stoaint .

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      xow srKxs is © axe . TC 5 Z— " Adieu , a heart warm fond adieu . " Sow Bums is gsne , the bard wha sting Sa » sweeSy on the banks o' Ayr ; He ' s left a warld that was tae hia » A warld o * grief , a warid o * care . He ' s gsns—he ' s gans—but Scotia still In sorrow o ' er her poet mourns ; Tor 0 the lyre ishnsh'd that sang Her praise , when tonch'd by Kobie Barns . 2 fae mair the banks o' bonnie Itoon " WHl echo taa his Tolce again ; Jf&e mair the winding bants o' Kith Wiil list her heavenly micstxaft strain . And Caledonia , lanr andsair .

      ilay wash wr sorrow's tears her nrns ; Tor still ' s the heart that lov'd her dear , And dosed ' a the e ' en o' Hobie Burns . 0 saftly , aafUy , lie the turf , And lightly o ' er Ms ashes tread i And hallowed be the spot o * earth Whanr Bbbie peacefu * rests his head : But you will nt ' er forgotten be , WhU « Scottish blnid her sons' hearts warms , They'll cherish long in memory , Their sireetest poet—BoiieBuro * . John Fergvssm

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      SONNET—EYENIXG AT SEA . How calm and beautiful I The broad sua now Behind its Tosy curtain lingering stays ; Tet downward xnd afeove the glorious rays Pterce the blue flood , and id tee warm air glow ; While clonds from either side , lite pillars , throw Their long gigantic shadows o ' er the main , Between their dusky bsunds , lifee -golden rsia : Though still the son-beams on the ware below A shower of radiance shed ; the misiy Tsil Of tmE ^ ht spreads aronnd—the orient sky Is TsingUng with the sea—the distant siH Bangs like a dim-discoTered cloud on high , And fainUy bears the cold unearthly ray Of yon pale moon , that seems the ghost of day 2 Dxcii Lister Riehardscm

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      SOyXBT—TO A CHI 1 D . Thou lovely child ! When I behold the EisEe Over thy rosy feitures brightly play , As darts on rippling "waves the morning ray , Thy fair and opan brow npraised tha while , TT-touched by withering fears of worldly guile , ? f or taught the trusting bosom to betray , Thy sinless graces win my sonl away Frem dreams and thoughts tha % darken and defile ! Sdon of Bcmty ! If a stranger ' s eye Thus linger on thee—if his bosom ' s pain , Charmed by thy cherub looks , forget to smart—OI how nnntterahly aweet Tier joy J 01 how Indis 3 olubly firm the chain , That binds , with links of Iotc , tSy Mother s heart David LisUr Richardson

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      OPPRESSION , j Hsrdls the lot of fhat poor son of toil , ' Who , foi a scanty pittance , fills the soil ; j Who stts the golden harrest ripening theze , j And thinks , it ea i now little is his share . -j He -fic-ira his helpless babes , his ioTing wife , j Candema'd to liTe in wretchedness and strife ; ! He mourns thar hapless fate , buVmonms in Tain : 1 He dares not to the tyrant wretch complain . \ If from hl 3 lips a murmnr should escape— \ Whit ample Tengeanee does the tyrant take I j Thrown on the world ' s wide sphere without a guide , \ With nccght to cheer him but Mb honest pride . But there are seme whose lot is harder still— '

      These doem'd to toll in some unwholesome mill , Where nixions -vapours , breath'd the live-long day , ^ Prodnclng dtith and premature decay ; i There Ev& ' s fair daughters , occe so pure , so bright , , Present a scene that ' s loathsome to the Eight— j Coop'd in a room where tropic heats prevail , ; Say , is it strarge that yonth arid strength should fail ? , And does the miscreant breathe who dares proclaim , ; That such feue tyranny is not a shame ? j Shall man be to his fellow man a slave , And sink unwept , uopitied , to his grave ? Toil for another ' s pleasure , and f oref o The meanest wants that man can ever know ? i

      Torbid it heaven!—then " hear this truth Eublime , i He who allowB oppression shares the crime . " j W , Ct * S 3 . j

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      A DAY'S ADVENTURE IN MEXICO . S We had not eaten a ckzsn mouthsful when we saws man running down the hill with a branch in each hand , j As soon as he appeared , a number of Mexicans left their ] « ccnpstion 3 and iariied to meet him . ] "Side heros ]* snouted the man . "Seren hours . aid no more V' ; " No more than seven hours ! " echoed the Tzapote- 1 cans , in tone 3 of the wildest terror and alarm . " La xaiissimanosffuarxteJ It will take more than ten to ; reach the village . " ' " Wtat ' s ail that abont ? " said I with my mouth foil , 4 toEowley . - 1 " Don ' t know—Eome of their Indian tricks , I sup- i

      " Qae es esto ? " asked I carelessly . " What ' a the matter ? "' ! " Qjk es ts !» /" repeated an old Tsipotecan , with long ' ^ rey hair curling froai under his som brero , and a ; "withered but finely marked countenance . " las aquas J j JHosraean ! In seres hours the deluge and the hurri- i ¦ cane . ' * ' j " . Tamos por laSasiiseiina 1 For the blessed Torgin's ! * sie let ns be gone 1 " cried a dozen of the Mexicans , j poshing two green boughs into eur Tery faces . "What zxethosehrsnchesr' < **; Froin the tempest-tres—the prophet of the storm , " ] T » the reply ^ ^

      And T 23 potecans and women , arriena and Berrants , j raa about in the utmost terror and confusion , with cries ; cf " ITamot , paso reddHadoS Off with us , or we are all j lost , man and beast , " and saddling , packing , and * cnun .-: « ing on their males . And before Bowley and I inew [ * be » e we wera , they tore u -away from our iguasa and ' Ci ^ ee , sad hoisted and pushed-aa into our saddles . £ uch ! aeotne-af bustle and d » q » erat « hurry I never beheld . The place where the encempmtnt iad been was aUvaj witfi msa . and women , boises and mules , shoo tic g i thrip |^ g ,. BPd feOki-og , nei ^ iag . sad iicking ; bat with all the conlasion there was Ifeae ^ ame lost , and in less I than three -minutes from the first alarm being giren , -we \ wereieajaparingaway over stoctssd etone , in a long ,-» 3 d , irre ^ ikr sort of train . 1

      In Hie hassj and confusion we had been mounted on horns 'instead of on our ova msles ; and splendid srmnsls thej srere . I ^ enht if our TIrginians con ld bat them , ssd that is sayin ; a ^ reat deal There * 33 no eflbrt or straining in their movement ; it * £ SQ £ d mere play to them to ssixoosat the suzaer- < « a difficulties wa encountered on -oar road . / Over suttsUln and TBlley , swamp and buxrnnea , always « s Bame Eteady jure-footedness—ea ^ Iiag like cats cr the soft ^ dsces , gUding like saaiea up ' the fetp n » cky ascents , and stretching oat wiih prodigi-**¦ ciagy -when tha ground was fsvouabTe , yet with * J easy action thBt we Bcaroely felt the BuMon . "We i 5 ^ d have sat in the zoom ; Spanish sa ddles as com- ! f ftaay as in arm-ehairs , had it not heen la the rj ^ pnu obstacles In out p « th , which w& » aiarewed ^ feilen trees or maHes of rock . We wer « -obliged r ^ JserpetuaHy stooping and bowing out bait to vJ * T ^ creeping plants that rsrang and twinad * nd

      ^ t vsem m trac k , fnfrminjgiftd often with lagi J ^ t >» kBi as a man 1 arni- Than latter atmekoot jJT ^ e tcMg on which thtygww like so many brown a" *« i ; aadfl raa * who bad ran Jip agaiaxt aa * ol | i ^ l ^ haMheentranfix ^ tyitMBTOly a » though IStfan * 01 rf ** Bri' We poshed on , howevw , in Indian 5 S ? * " *? ° & ***> * b > ** 0 ^ t o * *«* •' l ^ fei' " ^ ^ fc ^ S om " ** J through ^ laceiwhtrt a ^" aiA 00 ^ isTe difficulty in i « a £ if ; throng ) ^^ Sr ** " ** imopotm , mimxaM , and tall fern , !<*«?*«« yJtt tfedr aorny JeaTts tuO . twenli feet | Sa &S !*™ tainlngina winding aU the while , 2 fp > r l ^^^ momentltty improTement in the mters ' of ^^ enabled as to catch a glimpse of U » J » H ^^ ** ¦ ^ " ^ ' R « * ew -atmck bj TfeJ ^^ oe ippMrance , the snidea in front C ^ wsas , aai iwiing m \ oa &U aides u a *

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      tiensly and anxka 3 ly as though they had been soldiers expecting an ambtucade ; the grateful forms of the women bowing and bendicg over their horses' manes , and often leaving fra ' gmtnts of their mantillas and rebozis on the branches and tboms of the labyrinth through whithwe were struggling . But it was no time to indulge in contemplition of the picturesque , and of this we were constantly made aw * re by the anxious vociferations of the Mexicans . ' Vamas ! Par Bios , tamos . ' " cried they , if the slightest symptom of flagging became ¦ vis ibte in the movements of any one of the party ; and at the words , i ur horses , as though gifted with understanding , pushed forward with renewed vigour and alacrity . of

      On we went—up hill and down , in tht depths the valley and over the soft fetid swamp . That valley of Oaxaca has just as much right to be called a valley as our Alleghanies would have to be called bottons In tbs States we should call it a ckain of mountain * . Oat ef it rise at every step hills a good two thousand feet above the ltvel of the talley , and four or five thousand above that of the sea ; but these are lost sight of , and become flat ground by the force of comparison ; that is , when compared with the gigantic mountains that surround tha valley on all Bides like a frame . And what a splendid frame they do oompose , those colossal mountains , in their rich variety of form and colouring ! here shining out like molten gold , there changing to a dark brorz ? ,- covered lower down with

      various shades of green , and with the crimson and purple , and violet and bright yellow , and azure and dsaxling -white , of the millions of paulinias and convolvoluses , and othtr flowering plants , frosi amongst which rise the stately palm trees , full a hundred feet high , their majestic green turbans towering like euIUbb ' heads above the luxuriance of the surrounding flower and vegetable world . Th * n the mahogany trees , the chicozipotes , and again in the barrancas , the candelabra-lite cactuses , and higher up , the knotted and majestic live oak . An incessant change of planta , trees , and climate . We hod been five hoars in the saddle and hid already changed our climate three times ; passed . from the temperate zone , the tierra temp ' ada , into tha

      torrid heat of the iierra mvy tedtenie . It was in the latter temperature that we fonnd ourselves at the expiration of the above-named time , dripping with perspiration , roasting and stewing in the heat- We wars surrounded by a new world of plants and animals . The borax and mangroves and fern vrere here as lofty as forest-trees , whilst the trees themselves sbct up like church stteples . In the thickets around ns were numbers of black tigers—we saw dczsas cf those cowardly sneaking beasts—iguanas full three feet long , squirrels double the & ~ z » of any we had ever seen , and panthers , and wild pigs , and jackals , and apes ., and monkeys of every tribe and description , who threatened and grinned and chattered at us frem the branches of tha trees But

      what is that yonder to the right , that stands out so white against the daik blue sky and the broczj-coloured jocks ? A towu—Qaidrieovi , d ' yeesll it ? We had bow ridden a good five or six leagues , and begun to think we had escaped the aquas or deluge , of which the prospect had so terr&ed our friends the Tzapotecans . Rowley calculated , as he went puffing and grumbling along , that it wouldnt do any harm to let our beasts draw breath for a minute or two . Tho scrambling and constant change of pace rendered

      necessary by the nature of lhe road , or rather track , that we followed , was certainly dreadfully fatiguing both to man and beast . As for conversation it was out of tke question . We had plenty to do to avoid getting our necks broktn , or our teeth knocked out , as we struggled along , np and down barrancas , through marshes and thickets , over rocks and fallen trees , and through mimosas and bushes laced and twined together with thorns and creepiog plants—all of which would have been beautiful in a picture , but was most infernally ncpoetical is reality .

      • i Famos ! Pot la Sanlissima Madre , vamos . ' " yelled our gnidea , and the cry w ^ s taken up by the ilexicans , in a shrill wild tone that jirred strangely upon our ears , and made the horses start and strain forward . Hurrah . ' on we go , through thorns and busfets , which scratch and flog us , and tear our doihss to rags . We shall be naked if this lasts long . It is a regular race . In front the two guides , stooping , noddicg , bowing , crouching down , first to one side , then to the other , like a coupls of mandarins or Indian idola —behind them a Tz ^ potecan in his picturesque capa ; then the -women , then more Taspoteeans . There is little thought about precedence or ceremony ; and Rowley and I , having been in the least burry to start , find ourstlres bringing up the rear of the whole column . " Famos . ' Porla SantissimnJ Las aquas , las aquas !" is again yelled by twenty voices . Hang the foels ! Can't

      they be quiet with their eternal vamoi 1 We can have bartly iwo leagues more te go to reach the rancho , or village , they were talking of , and appearances are not yet very alarmiag . It is getting rathtr thick to be sure ; " but that ' s nothing , only the exhalations from the swamp , for we are again approaching one of those cursea swamps , and can bear the music of the alligators and bullfrogs . There they are , the beauties ; a couple of them are taking a peep at us , sticking their elegant heads and long delicate snouts out of the slime and mud . The neighbourhood is none of the best ; but luckily the path is firm and good , carefully made , evidently by Indian h » nds . None but Indians could lJVP icd ] ahnnr , and fc » vcJ fcabitn » llj , 111 EUCD a p © s tilential atmosphere . Thank God ! we are out of it at last . Ajain on firm forest ground , amidst the magnificent « acnoloay of ihe eternal palm and mahogany trees . But—s » e there !

      A new asd surpassingly beautiful landscape bnrst suddenly upon eur view , seeming to -dance in the transparent atmesphtre . On either side mountains , those en tha Mt is otep shadow , those oa the right standing forth like colossal figures of ii ? ht , in a beauty and splendour that setaed retLy supernatural ; every tree , eveiy branch shining in its own vivid aad glorious colouring . There lay the valley in its tropical luxuriance and beauty , ' oue shett of bloom and blossom up to the tupmost crown of the palm trees , that shot up , seme of them , a hundred and fifty and a hundred and eighty feet-high . Thousands and millions of convolvoluses , paulinias , bignonias , dendrobiums , clinging from the fern to the tree trunks , from the trunks to tae branches and summits of the trees , and thence again falling gracefully . dews , and catching and clinging to the mangroves and blocks of granite . It burst upon us like a scene of enchantment , as we emerged from the darkness of the forest into the drzzling light and colouring of that glorious valley .

      " Hisericordia , mhericoTdia ! Jvdi nos peecadercs ! Misericordia , las aquas . '" suddenly screamed » nd exdaisied : the Mexicans in various intonations of terror and despair . We looked around us . "What can be the matter ? We s » e nothing . Nothing , except that from just behind those two mountains , which project like mighty promontories into the valley , a cloud is beginning to rise . " What is it ? What is wrong ? " A dczen voices answered us" Par la Santa Virgin , for the holy Virgin ' s sake , on ,. on ! 2 * o hay iiempo para hiilar . We have still two leagues to go , and in one hour comes the flood . ' * " Are the fellows mad ? " shftuUd Rowley , " What if the water does come f It wont swallow you . A dncking more or less is no such gTeat matter . You are not made of sugar or salt Hany ' s the drenching I ' ve had in the States , and none the worse for it . Yet our rains are so child ' s play neither .

      On looking round us , however , we were involuntarily struck with the sudden change in the appearance of the heavens . The usual gelden black blue colour of the sky waB gone , and had been replaced by a dull gloomy grey . The quality of the air appeared also to have changed ; it was neither very warm nor very cold , but it had lost its lightness and elasticity , and seemed to oppress and weigh us down . Presently we aaw the durk cloud rise gradually from behind the hills , completely clearing their summits , and then sweepiig along until it hung over the valley ,. in form and appearance like some monstrous night-moth , resting the tips of its enormous wings on the mountains on either sida . To our right we still saw the roofs and walk of Quidricovi , apparently at a very abor t distance . " Why not go to Quidricovi ? " shouted I to the guides , " We cannnot be far oS . "

      * ' More than five leagues , " answered the men , shaking their heads and looking up anxiously at the huge moth , which was still creeping and crawling on , each Moment darker and more threatening . It was like some frightful monster , or the fabled Kraken , working itself along by its claws , waich were struck deep into the mountain wall on either side of its line of progress , and casting its hideona shadow over hill aud dale , forest and valley , clothing them in gloom and darkness . Te our right hand and behind ns , the mountains were still of a glowing golden red , lighted up by the sun , bnt to the left and in our front all was black and dark . With the same glance we beheld the deepest gloom and the brightest day , meeting each other , but not mingling . It was a strange and omiaoaa sight . Ominous

      enough ; and the brute creation seem to feel it so as well as oaiselves . The chattering parrots , the hoppuyr , gibbering , -snarrelsome apea , aU the birds and Se&ats . acresm aad ay and flatter and spring abou \ , as tboagh seeking a refuse from some impending danger Zvea our horses begLc to trsmble and groan—refuse to go oa , start and snort . The whele animal world la in commotion , aa if seize * srith an overwhelming panic . The fesest is teeming with mhabitanta . Whence come they , ail these living things ? On every aide is heard the howling and marling ol ieasts , the frightened cries and chirpings of birds . The vultures and tockey-bnz sards ; that a few minutes before were circling high in the air , an sow screaming amidst the branches of the mahoganytrees ,- every creators Slat has life is zsoning , scampering , lying—apes and iigos , birds and cz&ping

      * ' " Vcamt for la Smiissimt . Oa i ta we are aQ lost . " And we ride , w » raah along—wither taaases of rock , sox fallen km * , mor tbataa and bramble * , chad ; our « Hd cumt . Over every tsUog we go , leap ing , scrambling , jlnjfbf , riding Hke desperate men , flying from a danjBr « f which the nafanals not dearly defined , but which wa UA to be great and immfnpnt . It in a frightful taerorjtrikicg foe , that bege night moth , which comes ever Bauer , growing each moment bigger and blacker . Looking behind us , we catch one glimpse of the red and fctoodshot son , which the next instant diwppeara behind . ib » £ dge . of fte mighty

      dttia . : - Still we push on . Hotts of tigers and monkeys , both large and small , and squirrels and jackals come dose up to us as if teeming shelter , $ nd then finding none , retreat howling into the forest . Tbe » ia w > t a

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      breath of air stirring , yet all nature—plants and trees , men and beasts—aeem to quiver and treable with apprehension . Our horses pant and groan as they bound along with dilated nostrils and glaring eyes , trembling in every limb , sweating at every pore , half wild with terror ; giving springs and leaps that more resemble those of a hunted tiger than of a horse . The prayer and exclamations of the terrified Mexicans , continued without intermission , whispered and shrieked an ! groaned in every variety of intonation . The tarthy hue of intense terror was upon every countenance . Por some moments a death-like stillness , an natural calm , reigned around us : it was as though the elements were holding In their breath , and collecting tfeeir energies for some mighty outbreak . -Then came a low indistinct meaaing sound , that seemed to issue from the bowels of the earth . The warning was significant

      " Alerto ! Alerto . '" shrieked the Mexicans . " Hadre de DiosJ Bios ! Bios' " And well might they call to God for help in that awful moment . The gigantic night-moth gaped , shot forth tongues of fire—a ghostly white flame , that contrasted Btrangely and horribly with the dense black cloud from which it issued . There was a peal ef thunder that seemed to shake the earth , then a pause , during which nothing was heard but tke panting of our horses as they dashed across the barranca , and began straining up the steep side of a knoll or hilleek . The cloud again opened ; for a second everything was lighted up-Another thunder clap , and then , as though the gates of

      its prison had been suddenly burst open , the tempest came forth in its might and fury , breaking , crashing , and sweeping away all that opposed it . The trees of the forest staggered and tottered for a moment , as if making an effort to bear up against tho storm ; bat it was in vain ; the next Instant , with a report like that of ten thousand eannon , whole acres of mighty trses were snapped off , their branahea shivered , their roots torn up ; it was no logger a fonst but a cbaes , an ocean of boughs and tree trunks , that were tossed about like the waves of the sea , or thrown into the air like straws . The atmosphere was darkened with dost , and leaves and branches .

      " God be merciful to ub ! Rowley , where are ye ? No answer . What is become cf them all ?" A second blast more furious than the first Can the mountains resist it ? will they stand ! By tho Almighty ! they do not Tfae earth trembles , the hillock , on the leesido of which we are , rocks and shakes ; and the air grows thick and suffocating—full of dust and saltpetre and sulphur . We are like to choke . Ail nroand is dark as night . We can see nothing , hear nothing , but the howling of the hurricane , and the thunder and rattle of falling trees and shivered branches .

      Suddenly the hnrricance ceases , asd all is bushed ; but bo suddenly that the change is starling and unnatural . No sound is audible save the creaking and moaning of the trees with which the ground is cumbered . It is like a sudden pause is a battle , when the roar of the cannon and the clang of charging squadrons cease , and nought is heard but the groaning of the wounded , the agonised sobs and gasps of the dying . The report of a pistol is heard ; then another , a third , hundreds , thousands of them . It is the flood , las aquas ; the shots are drops of rain , ; but such drops I each as big s 8 a hen ' s e | g- They strike with the force of enormous hailstones—stunning and blinding us . The next moment there is no distinction of drops , the windows of

      heaven are opened ; it is no longer rain or flood , but a £ ea , a cataract , & Niagara . The hillock on which I am standing , undermined by , the waters , gives way and crumbles under me ; in ten seconds time 1 Sod myself in the barranca , which is converted into a river , off my horso , which is gone I know not whither . The only person I see near me is Rowley , also dismounted and struggling against the stream , which is already up to our waists , and sweeps along with it huge branches and entire trees , that threaten each moment to carry us away with them , or to crush us against the rocks . We avoid these dangers , God knows how , make violent efforts to stem the torrent and gain the side of the barranca ; although .

      even should we succeed , it is so steep that wo can scarcely hope to climb it without assistance . And whence is that assistance to come ? 01 the Mexicans we see or hear nothing . They are doubtless ail dtownad or dashed to pieces . They were higher up on the hillock than we were , must consequently have been swept down with more force , and were probably carriwi away by the torrent Nor can we hope for a better fate . Wearied by our ride , weakened by the fever and sufferings of the preceding night , we are in no condition to strive much longer with the furieus elements . For one step that we gain , we lose two . The waters rise ; already they are nearly up to our armpits . It is in vain to resist any linger . Our fate is sealed .

      *• Rowley , all is over—let ub die like men . God have mercy on our souls i " Rowley was a few pacts higher up the barranca . He made me no answer , but looked at me with a calm , cold , and yet somewhat regretful smile upon his countenance . Then all at once he eeased tho efforts be was making to resist the streaat and gain the bank , folded his arras on his breast , and gave a look up and around him , as though to bid farewell to the world he was about to leave . Tke current was sweeping him rapidly U < JWn to-naruo me , When sudotoly a wild hurra burol from bis lips , and he commenced his struggles against tbe waters , striving violently to retain a footing on the slippery , unvven bed of the stream . " Tenoa ! Tenga ! " screamed a dezan voices , that

      seemed to proceed from spirits of the air ; and at the Eanse moment something wkistled about my ears and stvuck me a smart blow across the face . With-the in . stinct of a drowning man , I clutched the lasso that bad been thrown to me . Rowley was at ray elbow , and stTze « J it also . It wag immediately drawn tight , and by its aid we gained the bank , and began ascending the side of the barranca , composed of rugged , declivitous recks , affording but scanty foot-hold . God grant the lasso may prove tough ! The strain on it is fearful . Rowley is a good fifteen stone , and I am no feather ; and in some parts of our perilous ascent the rocks ate almost aa perpendicular and smooth aa a wall of mason ry , and we are obliged to cling with our whole weight

      to the lasso , which seems te stretch and crack , and grow visibly thinner . Nothing but a strip of twisted cow hido between us and a frightful agonfzing death on the sharp rocks and in the foaming waters below . Bnt the lasso holds good , and now the chief peril is past ; we get some sort of footing—a point of rock , or a treeroot to dutch at Another strain up this ragged slope of granite , another pull at the lasso ; a leap , a last violent ififort , and— Viva , ' ^ we are seized under the arms , dragged up , held upon our feet for a moment , and then—we sink , exhausted , to the ground , in the midst of the Tzapotecans , mules , arrieros , guides , aud women , who ore sheltered from the storm in a sort of natural cavern .

      At the moment at which the hillock had given way under Rowley and myself , whe were a short distance in rear of the party , the Mexicans had succeeded In attaining firm foating on a broad rocky ledge , a shelf of the precipice that flanked the barranca . Upon this ledge , which gradually widened into a platform , tkey found themselves in safety under some projecting crags that sheltered them completely from the tempest Thence they looked down upon the barranca , where they descried Rowley and myself straggling for our lives in the roaring torrent ; and thence , by knotting several lassos together , they were able to give us the opportune

      aid which had rescued-us from our desperate situation . But whether this aid had come soon enough to save our lives was still a question , or at least for some time appeared to be so . The life seemed driven out of our boditss by all we had gone through ; we were unable to move a finger , aud lay helpless and motionless , with only a glimmering indistinct perception , not amounting to consciousness , of what wss going on arouud us . Fatigue , the fever , the immersion in cold water reeking with perspiration , the sufferings of all kinds we had endured in the course of the . last twenty hours , had completely exhausted and broken us dawn . —Blackwood ' s Maffazmefor April .

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      FRANCE . The Chamber of Deputies by a great majority approved and adopted on Thursday the amendment introdnced by the Chamber of Peers into the bill for amending the Game Laws , which empowers persons authorised by the Crown to hunt , shoot , caiiy , and sell game , at all seasons of the year . This exception appears to have produced considerable sensation in Paris on Friday . The National for example , Btates , that" The result of the amendment introduced into the gamelaws , in the Chaniber of Peers , and adopted by the Chamber of Deputies on Thursday , will be , that hereafter the agent of the Crown may shoot ,

      hunt , collect , and carry game , and fiell it at all seasons of the year . The law , by this amendment , maybe completely annulled , as it will be always easy for a vendor of game to pretend that his merchandise was the prodnce of the royal forests . The Chamber considered that this clause should be adopted , in order that the French Princes and their foreign visitors might enjoy the royal exercise o the chase . Who would have believed , however , that after two revolations , we should have heard a representative assembly pass two hoars in listening to -discourses on the pleasures of the King , the pleasures of the Princes , the pleasures of the visitors—the King of the Belgians and the husband of the Qaeea of England , for example . "

      SPAIN . The GaxeUe of the 11 th publishes an ordnance relative to tie press . Personal acd pecoBiary penalties perr » d » every portion of this decree , ana apiJj to all feasible wnis-Bions and coapiBsjons , formal or autferiaL of printers , hawkenr , editors , publishers , < fcc Above nine oolnmnB of the GaMttto are filled with thin wmFrehenaive document . Ho one Is to edit * . paper , unless he pay a certain high amount of taxes , and give secHrity for his good behaviour ; and no one is to be a juryman to try effenees of the J > reBg , 'who lioes not pay 2 , 000 reala direct taxes . Seditious writings are to entail upon their author or publisher a fine of 80 , 000 reals .

      Subversive libels are denned to be : — M 1 . Publications contrary to the Apostolic Roman Catholic religion , and alw thow which mock at

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      its dogmas or teaching . " ( The inquisition revived . ) " 2 . Those which are directed to destroy the fundamental law of tho state . " " 3 Those which attack the sacred parson of the lung , his dignitj , or his constitutional privileges . " *| 4 . Those that attack tho legitimacy of the legislative bodies , insult thair decorum , or tend ( properular ) to restriot the liberty of their deliberations . " Then the jury who tries these offences is to be formed in an exclusive manner so as to leave as little room for popular sympathy as possible . Poor men and young men are excluded , only those over thirty years , and householders , who pav £ 20 sterling

      m direct taxes per annum , are qualified . In short , every precaution appears tobe takea that the liberty of the press shall be a dead letter . The Times Correspondent says : —Notwithstanding , I have in conolusioh a singular fact to state : A new . civilian Opposition journal El Tiempo ( Time ) is about to appear , and dare all hazards for the glorious privilege of speaking out at this crisis . The act appears rash almost to madness j but the very facts of the attempt being determined on , and the knowledge that immense pecuniary support must be at baud to carry it through , bode no good for the situation actual mililar . Attempts have been made to conciliate this intended opposition on the part of the authorities , but unsuccessfully .

      ITAL 1 T . Leghorn , April U . —The accounts from the legations give a molauoholy description of the state of the country . The following circular has been sent to the ^ authorities in their respective districts : — H Wishing to put down tho factions which seek to revolutionize tho ^ tato and disturb public order , you are commanded by tha superior authorities to exercise a special surveillance over the perverse / HiaWiJ , to prevent the good and faithful subjects of the Holy See from being troubled ; and for this purpose you will also make domiciliory visits , and take any measures , however severe , against suspected persons , and arrest them on the slightest attempt at disturbance . "

      Some Officers aud soldiers of the line have been arrested at Marchis . and Otnbrie . Phince SpHw . tRTzeNBCRG , the Austrian Minister , arrived at Naples on the 5 tb . and was said to be the bearer of instructions to tho Neapolitan Court , not only with respeot to ths affairs of Italy , but also those of Spain .

      GERMANY . The GaxeUe des Tribunaux announces that the Emperor of Austria has published an Imperial ordinance , interdicting , under the severest penalties of fine and imprisonment , any Catholic subject of Hi 9 Majesty to embrace Protestantism without having previously obtained an express permission from the Government , which permission will not be granted except in serious circumstances , and until the competent authorities shall hard ; admitted the necessity for such a change .

      A Captain Mollor has been condemned to a year s imprisonment by the Supreme Court of Baden , for having in 1840 corresponded with General Cubieres , the French Minister of War under the Thiers Administration . In the correspondence which came out in evidenoe , Captain Moller offurs the French Minister auy information that may be useful to him in case of war , aad assures him that a portion of the German troops are ready to make common cause with the French .

      TURKEY . CoNSTiSTiMppLE , April 3 rd . —On the 28 ' , h ult ., tho Porte put in execution one of those sudden and arbitral y measures not uufrequent in tho East , but which in European countries would probably endanger the very existence of the Government . When the post left on tho aftcrnooa of the 27 th , nothing was known of the steps which were to be taken en the foJlpwing day . Towards the evening , public criers went through the streets of Constantinople and its suburbs , ordering all Mussulmans to repair early next morning to the mosques , where aa imperial htUti sheriff was was to be road , tho purport of which affected materially the inhabitants of the capital , and

      at the same time advising the Christians to keep within their doors till the afternoon . These forewarning 3 caused a general alarm , both ; amongst the Rayahs aud the Frank population . They were suoposed to bo connected with the important question which had lately agitated the Porte , aud tho solution of which had created general ill-feeling against Christians . A profound stcreay was maintained as to the intentions of the Government . On the morning of the 28 th the Mussulmans collected each in the mosque of his quarter . Cavasses and soldiers paraded the streets , and compelled all those who lingered iu thorn to accompany the crowd into the places of worship .

      When they had all been collected , the doors of the mosques were closed . At the same time extraordinary measures were taken to prevent any resistance or disturbance . All the troops in the capital wtro under arms , and several vessels ef war ready for Dorvioo woro pfcationcd iu iko Golden Hom . AQ extraordinary number of cavasses and' guards now entered the mosques and seized upon all the young , well-made , and unmarried men who are only resident in Constantinople . They bound them two and two , and ; conducted them on board eteamers ready to receive them , ia which they were conveyed to Halki , one of the Prince ' s Islands , which is uninhabited , and there landed . In this manner , according to the lowest account 15 , 000 , and according to general report 30 , 000 wero arrested . On the following day a number of officers visited the island for the

      purpose of examining the men . Three thousand who had particular claims to respectability were 6 ent back to Constantinople , whilst others , who from physical defects or ether causes were unfit for service , were ordered to return to their native places iu the provinces , and the remainder were enrolled in the army . Of course the government has "the tyrant ' s plea "—neceB : ity—for this wholesale outrage . The Porte is at last taking measures to march troops upon the Albanians . The atrocities described in a former letter are still continued , aud each messenger from the interior confirms the melancholy accounts from that province . A thousand men have marched from Salonica to Urania , and tworegimems have also been sent from Constantinople . At Use up , the Turkish governor has succeeded in capturing fourteen of the rebels , whom he had decapitated in the streets .

      AUSTRALIA . Tha Sydney papers , which reach to the 23 rd of December , do not speak of a favourable change in the aspect of commercial affairs . Business was still dull , and the number of failures had increased . Tho Sydny Herald gives a paragraph , stating that tho Brigand , a vessel which left New Zealand for the South Sea Islands , had returned to Newcastle after a short absence , th « crew having had an affray with the natives . The Brigand , it seems , left New Zealand with emigrants , who were about proceeding to establish a colony at one of the New Hebrides , but while od her passage to that place put in at

      Marree , one of the Britannia group . Here the natives came on board , and the captain having paid no regard to numbers , they attempted by violence to seize the ship and make the crow and passengers prisoners . They were routed after some hard fightinp , but not before several of the seamen were killed . Some of tho emigrants , described as woodcutter ? , who went on shore had never returned , and on the authority of a friendly chief who had seen the captain subsequently , they arc said to have been murdered and eaten . Including those massacred on board , it is supposed that seventeen persons in all hare met their death in this affray .

      UNITED STATES . Liverpool , FridAy Mobnihg . A very remarkably quick passage from New York has just been completed by the packet ship Europe , Captain Furber . She left that city on the 3 rd inst ., aud has performed the entire voyage in somewhat less than sixteen days . The New York Journals are full of surmises regarding the fate of the pending negotiations on tho Oregon Territory question and the annexation of Texas . It is stated that Mr . Pakenham has assured the Government of the United States that England under no' circumstances , would receive Texas as a province or dependence of her own ; the New York . ' Herald , however , 6 ays , "We learn from good authority that Genoral Henderson has

      engaged a passage m the Acadia , which was to leave Boston on the 1 st of May for England . This indicates the course he is to pursue in the event of the failure of the mission to Washington .. That he would go to England if he failed here wo stated before . This merely confirms that statement . The proceedings of Congress present nothing of interest to the English reader . Numerous petitions had been presented against any further alteration in the tariff laws . The Oregon Question . —Mr . Calhoun , in a letter declining to accept a public compliment which some citizens of Charleston were desirous of offering to him , makes use of the following remarks :-r" It is well known that lam the advocate of peace—peaoe

      with all , and especially with that great country from which we draw our origin , and of whose renown we well may be proud . There are no other two countries which can do more harm to « ach other , or confer greater benefits , the one on the other . But as highly as ; I value peace , I hold it subordinate to the honour and just rights of the country ; whilst on the other hand , no consideration shall induce me to sacrifice the peace of the country , by claiming more in the discharge of my duties than I shall honestly believe that the honour and rights of the country demand . Her true honour and interest consists , according to my conception , in claiming aothing but what is just and right , and in accepting nothing that is not . "

      The Texan : Question . —Among the documents in their original tongue , belonging to the Mexican protest of last November against the annexation of Texas to the United States , ( published ia the original tongue in the Mexican papers , ) we find the following paragraph in the instructions from Mr . Booanegra to Gen Almonte , which at this moment cannot be without interest to any of our readers . fl settlers in Texas , admitted there by the liberal

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      confidence only of the Mexican nation , were generously received and kindly treated . Nevertheless , under one pretenoe or another , they speedily revolted ; but with the motive and purpose only ( as is known to all ) of filching that territory from its rightful pof sessors . Towards Mexico , ' they never have lost the character of subjects , norj they ( citizens all of the United States ) who gathered in to the aid of the rebellion , that of mere adventurers . If at present there be a party iu Texas iwhich strives to bring about its incorporation with the United States , it is not from any change iu their situation , nor any now

      titles they have acquired to a separation from the country on which they of right depend , but plainly from the experience of their own notorious incapacity to form and constitute aa independent Government . Setting out with theso deep convictions , his Excellency the Provisional President f « els himself bound to hinder an agression , such as this will be , unexampled in the annals of the world , from being consummated ; aud were it indispensable that the Mexican nation should seek even through the disasters of war the safety of its rights , it must make that last appeal to the Most High , to Justice , and to its own courage . " {

      Miscellaneous News . —The accounts from the South contain numberless details of duels , murders , and other aggravated crimes , ' the scenes of which were Mobile , New Orleans , and elsewhere . Steamboat accidents were prolific Two vessels run against each other on tho Mississippi , near the Grand Forest , when one of them was cut through in the middle , and sunk in three minutes , carrying down great numbers of those on board . Some few of the cabin passengers were saved , but all the deck passengers were drowned . Another steamer on the same river took fire , when the passengers lost all their property , but escaped with their lives . < A vessel called the Jane was burnt to the water ' s edge , about forty miles from Riohmond , and every soul on board was consumed in the flames ! i

      A Dreadful Explosion of a locomotive boiler occurred at Petersburg , Va ., on the 22 nd inst ., causing the immediate death of the engine man aud oue fireman . Another individual , a fireman , was seriously injured . The cars had got off the track ; during the interval of replacing them the engine was unemployed , the steam accumulating all the while , so that an explosion followed the letting on of sttam the instant the engine man , Mr . Smith resumed his station . His body ; was torn into small fragments ; his head was blown from the body , and portions of the skull were found sixty yards off ; the part of tho body from the head to the waist , was thrown on the opposite side of the rail road , and the legs and lower part of the body were thrown in the direction of the head and brains . The Petersburg Intelligencer says the explosion was heard all over the city , and produced a shock like an earthquake .

      Mukberods Attempt at BAtoN Rouge . —The last Democrat gives the particulars of an attempt upon the life ef William Fe » rson by Diego Rondon . A few mantns since , Fearson killed Candido Rondon , a brother of Diego ' s , as wa 3 proved in self-defeace . On the afternoon of the 9 th inBt ., Diego started with a double-barrelled gun , loadedjwith buckshot , with the full intent of killing Fearson . Coming upon him , in the vicinity of the Catholic Cemetery , Diego deliborately said that he was " going to kill him , " and after a few words of supplication from Fearson , discharged the contents of both ! barrels of his gun at him and Hid . Foarson rau for a short distance to Mr . Gurholdt ' s , where ho was ; taken in , completely exhausted from his wound , the shot having penetrated in tho neck , shoulder , ris ; ht side , and back . Ho was lying extremely low on Friday last , and little chance remains of his recovery ; while Rondon has fled . \

      Horrors of Slavery—The jHanosville ( Missiissippi ) Free Press , of the 1 st instaut , records the attempted capture of a company of runaway slaves , near that place , by a company of Planters and Overseers who intercepted their flight , Tlaree of the runaways made good their escape , one was shot dead , aud two others ware captured after being seriously wounded . . An Infamous Judoe . —We find the following in the Times : —' ' We have already ' stated that the slave John L . Brown , sentenced te be hanged for having assisted a negro woman to escape , has been reprieved hie sentence being commuted to a public flogging . A subsequent arrival informs us thtit a public meeting was held on his case at Pittsburgh , the resolutions

      ofwhioh were forwarded to Judge ( J Neall , a deputation also being intended . Stung by the severity of the remarks made , the Judge ! sent for publication a letter , of which the following | is the principal : — " John L . Brown is a native of Fairh ' eld district . He was tried and convicted on ; very cloar proof of aiding a negro woman to run away aad depart from her employer ' s service . The proof created a strong belief that the woman had been his kept mistress for some time . The act under which he was convicted was passed on the 11 th May , 1754 , and is as follows : — ' Whereas , by the laws of this province , negroes and other slaves are doe me d to be chattels personal , and aro , in ovory respect , as much the property of their owner as any other goods and chattels are ;

      and whereas no punishment can be inflicted by the laws now in force upon persona inveigling , stealing , or carrying away any suoh slaves from their lawful owners or employers that is adequate to so great and growing an evil , and whereas the inhabitants of thia province are liable to and receive great prejudice and damage by such unwarrantable pernicious praotices and wicked proceedings , —therefore , to prevent and punish as much as may be such evil , bo it enacted , that from and immediately after the 24 th day of June next , all and every person and persons who shali inveiRle , steal , or carry away a ^ y negro , or other slave or slaves , or shall hide , aid , or counsel any person or persons to inveigle , steal , or carry away as aforesaid any suoh slave ! so as the owner or

      employer of such sla ? e or slaves shall be deprived of the use and benefit of such slave or slaves ; or that shall aid any Buch slave in running away or departing from his master ' s or employer's service , Bhall be , and heand they is and are hereby declared to be guilty of felony , and being thereof eouVioted or attainted by verdict or confession , or being indicted thereof shall stand mute , or will not directly answer to the indictment ; or will peremptorily challenge above the number of twenty of the jury , 6 hall suffer death as felons , and be excluded and debarred of the benefit of clergy . ' Thus act , it will bo seen , is nearly 100 years old , and could therefore have had no direction against the abolition folly of the present day ; although I hava wo doubt , it may check such

      philanthropy as that oi' tho editor of the enclosed , if he should ever venture to try hia ; hand ia stealing a negro or aiding one to run away . l How a judge can be justly atyled a murderer for enforcing the law of the state whose officer he may be ; is rather strange . Perhaps the editor can find something in the new code of morals , of which he seems jto be aa exponent , which may justify it . Our revolutionary sires thought precious little of the rascals who stole or aided negroes in runnisg awayi Little of their blood would have been poured out to keep suoh from the gallows ; they would sooner , muoh sooner , have tied tho noose , than : cut it with their

      swords . I ' Say to the worthy editor of the enclosed , that John L . Brown will not be hanged . By tho recommendation of myself and ray brethren of the Court of Appeal , he was pardoned by the jGovtrnor , on the condition of receiving on Friday , the 26 th of April next , at Winnsborough , thirty-nine lashes on his bare back . If the editor will then and there attend , I have no doubt John L . Brown will gladly accompany him to the West , where he can soothe aud cherish him as one of * the young ; and ardent men ' who loved negro women , and advised them to escape from Blavery . * \ ' John Bolton O'Neall . "

      CUBA . ; Advices from Mantanzas to the 28 th March , state thet the disaffection among the j slaves is moie general than it was at first supposed . It is said that there are about 3 , 000 slaves in irons on the different forts in the vicinity of Mantanzats . Numbers are daily tried aad immediately shot . A regiment tf troops had just arrived from Havanna for the purpose of scouring the country . Business on Borne of the plantations is at a complete stand . Cbiwcal State of Cuba . —The intelligence from Cuba , brought by the last mail , is one of the deepest interest ; aud while it is calculated on the one hand , to awaken sympathy for the suffering negroes , is not Ies 3 calculated , on the other , to inspire animating

      hopes of some salutary change . i It appears that the alarm excited by the two insurrections of the slaves in the neighbourhood of Matauzas , in November last , has induced a course of great severity , not only towards the parties known to have been implicated , bat towards the negroes in general . The Government and planters have made extensive and rigorous inquiries , with a view to ascertain whether any concert existed among the slaves , and , if so , to what objects it was directed ; and it is said that & negtess on one of the five sugar estates which followed the movement of the Trium-Tirato ( the sugar estate on which ! the revolt commenced ) , has revealed to her master what in the letters is called " a dreadful plot . " I In consequence of thia thera have been arrested a large number of negroes , together with three white men , the latter o f whom were put in prison at Matanzas .

      More than fifteen hundred slaves w « re summoned , in order to witness the execution of sixteen of their companions , with a view of inspiring terror j bat it is stated that these men went to their death with snoh an air of intrepidity and triumph , that the effect pro * duced on the spectators was the opposite of thai which was intended . From this it has resulted that the Government has refrained from farther public executions , and has rather given the negroeB over in a maea to be punished by their masters at pleasure , and with as little noise as possible . The consequence Of siich a measure may well be imagined , and yet imagination must fail to realise it . The resentment of the planters ,- aggravated by their fears , is without bounds , and murderous cruelties are practised without scruple on eve ? Y hand . Maay slaves hare already died under the lash , and the whole island is said to be deluged with bloOd , !

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      The investigationr or tha Government have elicited the fact that four or five large estates between Guinea and Melena had been implicated in the plot said to have been discovered . From the uniform declarations of the negroes , it appears that the opinion ha 3 spread among them that they either ate free or ought , to-be so . Some are persuaded that the Queen ofSpaiu has sent out two cartas to the Governor , giving them their freedom ? some have been told that they are free , as having been imported sinoa 1820 , and therefore contrary to the treaty with Eugland ; and some have arrived at tho noble sentimeai that they ought to be free , because they are men as

      well as their masters . No doubt can be entertained that tho emancipation of the slaves in the British islands has become tho primary source from which these- ideas have emanated ; and tho prevalence of them among the slaves in Cuba demonstrates at onoe the impossibility of preventing their diffusion , and the impossibility likewise of preventing their infltienoe wherever they are diffused . They are now permanent elements in the condition of Cuba , of a far more serious kind than have ever yet impregnated the community . Several free negroes are reported to have been implicated in the plot , and its object ia said to have been known by all the negroes in tho country . ? - . & * $

      The destruction of so many slaver , while it must inflict on the planters a heavy Iofs of property , must at the same time greatly reduce the amouat of labouc available for the cultivation of the estates , and oa this account it might be supposed that the demand for fresh one 3 would be increased . The alarm feli by the planters may , consequently , be measured by the fact that they will not add to tho number of theic slaves . In the midst of this excitement the brig Palmyra has arrived from Africa with a cargo o £ slaves , belonging to the notorious Pedro Blanco , ta the number of eleven hundred and four , and not ona of them can find a purchaser . Five hundred of them are in a baracoon near H&vannah , where they

      cannot be sold ; aud five hundred are distributed among some of his . friends , who are to have their labour for their keep . In one word , consternation reigns in Cuba . Already a reduced crop of sugar is anticipated , and the value of real property is reduced almost to aero . The Captain-General —[ an Irish military adventurer named O'DonneU , a professed " liberal" in Spain , rewarded for his services to Mrs . Munoz with the governorship of Cuba , ]—does nofc dare either to disseminate his troops or ; o allow the organization of local militias . He has contented himEelf with purchasing several hundred iron ohaina for the feet , and distributing them among the plantations !—Anti-Slavery Reporter .

      FOREIGN MISCELLANY . Russian Slavery . — The Universal German Ga * zette states from Kalisch , iu Poland , April 5 , thai six Russian deserters were lately sentenced to re * ceive 1 , 400 lashes each . Three of them are stated to have died under the effects of the punishment , and the three others to have been transported to Siberia * Abd-blKader . —A letter from Algiers of the 10 th inst ., in the Gazette de France , represents Abd-el-Kadcr as having once more risen from his ashes , and made an inroad in the environs of Oran with 1 , 000 horsemen , instead of the 150 which the bulletins o £ the last campaign left him , and as having killed 900 men belonging to the tribes who had made their submission to 'France . A Patriot Gone . —Mr . Steven Turrill , a soldier and patriot of the revolution , died recently in Charlotte , Yermont , at the advanced age of " one hundred and one years and four months . "—New York . Sun ,

      Rivera . —The President of the Republic of Banda Oriental Gen . Frutos Rivera , is the son of a poor day labourer a native of Cordora , in the Argentina Republic . The mother of the President was an Indian . A sketch of his biography is given in . tha " Arohivo Americano" of Buenos Ayres , under data of Nov . 30 : h . It represents him as a human monster . But statements from a hostile source are to be re « ceived with many grains of allowance . Another Prophet . — Arrival to Father Miller , has appeared in this city . Thenew prophet is named Leonard Jones , and formerly established a sect in Kentucky , called ' Live Forevers "—a term

      significant with the creed of his people , who were to enjoy bodily existence and perennial youth upon this time wasting world , through the renovating Ljfluence of faith . One of their preachers having died , the sect was broken up . He has since imbibed a new philanthropy , in the shape of a direct revelation , which was made te him in tho neighbourhood of Danville , Ky ., on or about the 14 th of March last . He now preaches Millerism with a difference . He contends that the world is coming to an end only so far aa Satan is concerned—that the Devil is to be put down and his works disappear—a most consoling belief . —New Orleans Bee .

      Imperial Feet Washing . —A letter m the AUge * meine Zeitung dated Vienna , April 5 th , states , that on the preceding day ( Maunday Thursday , or , as tha Germans call it , Grun Donnerslag ) , their Majesties the Emperor and Empress washed the feet of twelve aged men aud twelve aged women , who after the ceremony were regaled with a dinner , and each removed a present of new clothing . Of the men tha oldest was 110 years of age , and the youngest 83 ; of the women , the oldest was 106 , and the younge » t , 84 . The ceremony was , as asual , attended by a vaafc concourse of spectators .

      Fire at ' Amsterdam . —April 18 Sh . —Yesterday between twelve and one o ' clock , a terrible fire suddenly broke out in the English magazine of Kerckhuff and Co . ^ near the palace . There seemed reason ta tear that the fire would extend to the neighbouring buildings ; however , it was most fortunately confined to the magazine , which is wholly destroyed . Execution . —Ducros , the assassin of Mme . Se-Bepart , was executed on Saturday morning at tha Barn ere Saint-Jacques , in presence of an immense multitude . He died very penitent . His last words to the Abb e Monies , who was with him , were— "Console my poor father , "

      Recapic / he of a Victim . —The police , having received information that a house-painter , who was condemned to five years' imprisonment in January , 1840 , as an accomplice in the attempts of the 13 tn and 14 th May , 1830 , bat who had escaped from tha central prison at Doullens , and got over to England } had returned to France , instantly endeavoured to discover his hiding-place , and recaptured him in tha morning of the 14 th inst . at Sevres .

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      London Smithfield Gattxe Market , Apriii 14—We have to report a very sluggish and small demand for all kinds of Beef . The primesfe sorts , homebreds , runts , &c , were mostly disposed of afc prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last ; bub the value of moat other descriptions had a downward tendency , though not to the extent of more than 3 d per 8 lbs . The supply of Sheep was by no means large , bnt fully equal to meet the wants of the trade Prime old Downs sold at last weeks prices , viz ., from 3 a lOd to 48 4 d per 81 bs in tha wool ; bnt the value of all other kinds of Sheep was barely supported . Tae Lamb trade was somewhat inactive , yet previous rates were supported in every instance . In Veal no alterations was noticed . Pigs at late rates .

      Corn Exchange , Monday . —Fresh np , wereceived but a scanty supply of English , Wheat . The finest qualities of both red aud white found buyers at prices quite equal to those obtained on Monday last , but those of most other kinds declined about Is per quarter . The currencies , both as respects fine and bonded sorts , were almost nominal . The Barley trade was very dull at a further depression of Is per quarter , yet no progress was made in sales . Malt at unvaried quotations . The Oat trade was slow , bat &t fall prices . Bsans and Peaa quite as dear . In Flour no variation . Borough and SpiTALFiELDS . —A full average time-of-year supply of Potatoes has been received at the water-side during the week from most quarters , in excellent condition ; yet the demand has ruled tolerably steady , at mostly fall prices .

      Borough Hop Masked— -The supplies of all kinds ef Hops are unusually small for the time of year ; nevertheless , the general demand is in a very sluggisTj state , at prices barely equal to those quoted last week . Wool Market . —At the public Bales the bidding were by no means spirited , and previous rates were with , difficulty supported . Privately * scarcely any business is doing . The imports , sinca our last , hara amounted to 1 , 000 bales from New South Wales , and 2 , 200 ditto from various other quarters . Tallow . —This market continues in the same state as for several weeks past . The demand for the country is a little better , but it has not caused any alteration la price .

      Manchester Corn Market , Saturdat , Apris 20 . —The trade throughout the week has remained in the same state of inactivity as noted in our last report , the dealers and bakers having confined their purchases of Flour as closely as possible to the absolute demand for present ; consumption ; and to effect salw it was necessary to submit to a reduction In price on all descriptions , except superfine Whites ; to which quality the inquiry was almost exclusively restricted . In eithel Oats or Oatmeal there was very little passing , and both articles were offering at lower rates . On Thursday tha Wheat

      duty on Foreign ; advanced to lfrr . per quarter , prior to which about 30 , 000 quarters were liberated Ia London and Liverpool for home consumption . But little Wheat changed handa at our market thia mom * ing , and prices were rather in favour of the buyer . For extra superfine qualities of fresh English and IriaH Flour a steady inquiry was made / and the previous currency readily obtained ; bat middling descriptions and chambered parcels wero diJBcait of sal 9 , although offered at a reduction of 6 d . to la . per « acfc . Oats an 4 Oatnualwex * In a ! o * request , but there was no changt In prices . _ ..-.

      Richmond COf tw Mabkbt , Akul 20 >~ We nad a thin supply of Wheat In our market to-day , bat a fait supply of all other kinds of Grain . Wheat sold from 7 a to 8 a 3 d ; Oats 2 s ? d to 3 s 6 d j BarliB / 4 » to 4 s . 3 df Beans * s 6 d te ts per bushel . :: ¦ . "¦ : : ¦ ¦ : ¦ .-. . Liverpool Cattle Marks : * , Apart : ; . 2 Z—we have had a smaller supply of Cattle at market to-day than of late ; prices in advance from last weefc Beef 5 id to 6 i i Mattoii 6 } i to 7 d . Cattle Imported Jnfa Liverpool from the 15 th to the 22 d Aptll : —Cowa 1384 J Sheep 2835 ; Lambs 367 ; Pigs 3775 ; Horaw 29 . ¦ ¦ ,

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      Asiit 27 , 1844 . THE NORTHERN STAR . ; 3 _

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 27, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1261/page/3/