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POUGHKEEPSIE EAGEE, VRINTED AND PUBU5IIEDBT P l a t t &f R a im c y ^ Eocry Wednesday morning, Main-st., PougkkeepsU At two dollars per annum. e’s Crasfuge quercre, (seek not to iV may produce.)— [New-York At CRAS FUGE aU E R E R E . Wouldsi thou say to the captive who pines in his chains. That the thought of lo-niorrow is useless and vain ? To the wanderer whom E'ale has condemned to depart, That his tho’ts should not turn to the home of his heart, Nor some joyous to-morrow in brightness restore All that fired his bosom with rapture before? O ! to-morrow’s the chart where bright hope loves to trace The visions that morrow, perliapsmay efface __________ ir forever in sadness and night? When the storm rocks the mariner’s bark on the main, Will his heart not return to his cottage again? Tho’ the midnight’s rude blast round his vessel may rave. Yet hone paints to-morrow’s bright sun on the wave. And tells him though now o’er the wide sea he roam, Poitjbketp; yet light ill and afterward T h is glazing o be made, as VOL. VIII. POUGHKEEPSIE, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY S7, 1835. NO. 370. The case staled .— T h e following -view of the diflTercnces between the Protestants and Roman Catholics, is from the letters of Rev, Drs. Power and Sevius, o f the latter denomination. It appea entirely to meet the views of Protestants, if may judge from tho frequency o f its republicat in Protestant papers .— [^Episcopal Recorder. Roman Catholic and Protestant religion differences o f opinion; they are ( mutually counteract ci could read in the deep would she shudder and adder,” T h e silence around him sat on the Alsatian’s heart. A s if forced 1 rior power to look within, the horn ises o f my heart, how il from mo as from an him sank like a weight ls i f fo by a supe- not merely di positc, and must always n other. IftheC a lholtes a • right, your Refori LIS, but must be sfigi nd the glorious to-morrou From the land of his birth. Slavery’s To all that Hope breathes o’er the E ’en the martyr who shims Views the crown of his gloiry, When to-morrow disclo.ses; i To the sufferer whose spirit But oh! for the wo-slricken wret* ...... ’ ’ ------ ^arth c lains shall re-echo to Heaven, Freedom efface, ’s blighting disgrace? ihe hearl 3pe breathes o’er the soul or iw p rized, how- c h eerful thou a r t ! who shuns not thehe rackck orr the fiiire, ra o the f > nor fears to e.vpire, a world of pure bliss, \ parting from this. •etch, to w h o se heart T h e visions o f earth can no rapture im p a rt, On whose, brow the pale garlands of Hope iiave all faded, W h ile his soul by the midnight o f sorrow is shaded, What balm could you bring in Ibis bosom’s deep sorrotv, I f e ternity p rom ised no glorious to-morrow ? O N P O P E R Y , c Rev.ev. Robertobert Hall,all, o f Leicet eicester. B y the R R H o f L Innumerable synqitonis appear o f a prevailing disposition to contcnqilalc tho doctrines of Popery with less disgust, and to witness their progress with less alarm, tlmn has ever been known since the reformation. A ll the zeal and activity are on one side; and while absurdity is restrained, and every pretension defended, which formerly drew upon Popery the indignation and abhorrem all enlightened Christians, we shi iild be rest conclude, from the altered .state of public feeling, that a system once so obnoxious had undergone some momentous revolution. W e seem on this ve interpreted in its most literals! e a boast o f the lu, uuu luu unalterable nature of their religion, persist in the belief o f its having experienced melioi in maintaining that naterially changed, in istvc disavow a l; and ■* - ‘•-\='-:iity of their leir religion ; melioration and improvement, when men are deceived, it.is tho adherents to Popery are mi contradiction to their ex while they make creed, and the we pci we know not what In most instances, the cficct o f art ami contrivance on the part df those who delude them : in tbi.s the deception orig inates with ourselves; and instead of bearing fa lse witness against our neighbor, such is our candor, that wc refuse to credit the unfavorable testimony which he bears o f himself. T h e - - - .......... --‘= --------- ‘' =\- this sli but they’ will not dance. of soflcning and mollifying, s effect upon them, than to el< augment their arrogance. A n equal change in the state of feeling toward! an object which has itself undergone no alteratior . whatever, and where, the party by which it is play ed profess to adhere to their ancient tenets, it fth is n to Iiave no other their pride and c party ed profess to adhere to their am would be difficult to specify. T h e causes of I singular phenomenon, may partly be ascribet the length o f time which has elapsed since we have had actual experience o f the enormous cruel ties of the papal system, and to the fancied securi ty we possess against their recurrence; partly to the agitation of a great political question, which seems to have had tho effect of identifying the cause of Popery with that of the Protestant dis senters. T h e impression of the heart has, in Spent itself: and in many its place is o( many us ph isp at prcscint advan- manner, spe cupied by an eagerness to _ _ tages, and to lay hold o f every expedient, for s king off the restraints which a nrfirow and timjd policy has imposed. T h e influence of these cir- cumstanceg has been much aided by that indil ence to religious truth which ti 8oIf under tho mask o f candoir; that indiffer- often shelters it- inder tho mask o f cand o and to such an extent has this humor been carried, that distin- ihed leaders In Parliament have not 0 represent the controversy between the Papist ind the Protestants,Protestants, ass turningurning Oil obscurc am a t ( ntelligible points o f doctrine, scarce worth m tionof enlightened m inds; while a bent lome dislinction, ■ce it whole subject as o f no mor importance idle disputes agitated by the school men hut a few years since, that a celebrated nobici in the House of Peers, vehemently condemnet icrufiled leficcd than the It I oath of abjuration, for applying the term si tious to the doctrine o f transubstantiation. icily the same spirit, the appellation of Papist ;cd for Catholic,—a concession which t ; d S upersli- icchangcd for Catholic,— a concession whii adherents o f the Church o f Rome well knoi to improve, as amounting to little short of a for mal surrender of the point at issue. For if the Papistsare really entitled to the name o f Catholics, Protestants of every denomination are involved in the guilt of schism. This revolution in tho feelings of a great por tion of the public, has probably been not a little promoted by another cau.se. 'The present timi arc eminently distinguished by the efforts employ cd for the extension of vital religion ; each denom ination of Christians has taken its station, and contributod its part towards the diffusion o f evan gelical sentiments. Tho consequence h.a.s been, th.it the professors of serious piety arc multiplied, and form at present a very conspicuous branch o f the community. T h e space which they occupy in the minds o f the public, is not merely proportioned to their numerical importance, still less to their rank in society. It is, in a great measure, derived from the publicity o f their proceedings, andithc numer ous associations for the promotion o f pious and be nevolent objects, which they have originated and supported. By these means their discriminating doctrines essential to vital piety, have become better known, and more fully discussed, than heretofore. However beneficial, as to its general effects, such a state of things may have been, one consequence which might be expected, has been the result. TT hh ee oppositionpposition o f thehe enemiesnemies o f ree- ligion has o o f t e o f r becomc more virulent, their hatred leated and inflamed, and they have turned no small complacency to the contemjilation o f /hich fortT\ ■ ’ .................... a system whit object o f their detesta’ Popery, in the ordii IS a striking contrast to the 'jPopery, in the ordinary state o f its profession, combines the form o f godliness with a total denial o f its power. A hca{) of unmeaning ceremonies fascinate the imagination and engage -implicit faith in human authority,corn- adapted the senses—impii I with an utt ith in human authority neglect o f Divine teaching,- irofound, joined to dogmatism presumptuous,—a vigilant exclusion of biblical knowledge, together with a total extinction o f free inquiry—present the spectacle o f religion, surrounded with the silent pomp of ignorance the most pi the most presumptui inquiry- lying in state s death. T h e ■ery . jnt pomp ( v absurdities o f such a religion are table to men whose decided hostili- Linacceptable to men whost ty to truth inclines them to view with coi cy whatever obscures its beauty, or impedes its op eration. O f all the corruptions of Christianity which have prevailed to any considerable extent, Popery presents the most numerous points o f con trast to the simple doctrines o f the Gospel; and Justin proportion as it gains ground, the religion of Christ must decline. On these accounts, though we arc far from sup posing that popery, were it triumphant, would al low toleration to any denomination o f Protestants, we have the .utmost confidence, that the professors o f evangelical piety would be its first victims.— T h e party least opposed to them, look to Papists as their naturall ally, on whose assistance in the sup pression of what they arc pleased to denominate fanaticism and enthusiasm, they may therefore, without presumption, promise themselves the dis tinction conferred on tJlysscs, that of being last de voured. W h ether Popery will ever be permitted, in the inscrutable counsels o f heaven, again to darken and overspread the lan<l, is an inquiry in which it is foreign to our province to engage. It is certain that the members o f the Romish community are at 1 the tip-toe of expectation” indui- mper oi me times, of soon recovering all that they have lost, and of seeing the pretended rights o f their church restored in their full splendor. I f any thing can realize such an expectation, it is un doubtedly the torpor and indifference o f Protes tants, combined with the incredible zeal and activ ity o f Papists; and universal observation shows what these are capable of effecting— how often they compensate the disadvantages arising from paucity o f number, as well as almost every kind of inequality. miy superfluous, but must be sfigma- ’ .IHon against the powers establi-shcd by God himsflfi If you hold the truth, the c h ief part o f the Catholic worship isnot only erroneous, but idolatrous—an offence against heaven, instead lable service. Taking the subjcc\ ''ys think it a duty ii ’ o f a r e a s o n a ______ point o f view , w e thin k it a duty incumbent on every sincere Christian prelate, or p e a s a n t, to have recourse to every possible m e a n s by w h ich truth m a y be discovered, and to t e s t every point, b y in- vesiigatin g the p r inciples upon w h ich each o f these churches c laim s her authority.” by a su p t f w e ! rior power to look within, the horror o f the review iication overwhelmed him. Days o f riot and excess passed before his mental! vision—crimes committed—time wasted—the broken hearts o f those who loved him — his dying mother’s curse, all arose so vividly be fore him, as he sat in that temple of silence and pu rity, that his agitation became beyonil his conlrol, and attracted the attention o f those around him. T h e dark eyed bridesmaid bent on him a look of pity, as i f she doomed him ill. Unable to sit long er, from the excess of his feeling.?, Von Swartz was on the point o f leaving the house, when a voice broke the stillness aroum* •» j H o . turned and beheld the bridal party all standing. T h e bridegroom, in a low but calm voice, declared that “in the pi God,and this assemhlj ‘ ‘ook ’ M I S C E I . U A N E O U S . [From the Ladies’ Companion.] ' Mr. Editor—I saw a notice, some weck.s since, in one of our papers, that a gentleman of this city was about writing a book, the foundation of which was the well known mysterious death of MissGuilielrna S --------- , of this city, which happened in liie year 1798, who at that lime resided inGreenwich-sircet with her aunt. I iv.is - ry much surprised to see this, as I was then engaged •iting a tale for your magazine which turned on the me event. I was a ItUle chagrined that nearly fort; over, and no one thought of this as i of God,and this assembly, ho t Reboc for his wedded wife,” etc. T h e bride rcpi and the simple ceremony was concliuled. that “in the presence L Rebecca G — — j. no uiidc repeated this, imple ceremony was concluded. TIic el ders thensliook iliands and tho mooting broke up. M a n y now pressed forward to sign tlio certificate, which was placed on a .small tabic in front of ll newly married pair, and among them was Vi: Swartz, f r an iimlefinablo fascination (irovv lliin the virinrty ofUiie peerless bridesmaid. W in —t ‘— ‘ired,Joseph, as he pa.ssed hisfi bridal p friend, | very much surprised to w riting a tale for same event. I wa years should pass over, and no one thought o f tl fine subject for a story until I had commenced c threw my half finished w o rk aside, intending to aban-! droVC tO the hoUSI (Ion i l ; since then iresum ed it, thinking my humble ial«ica lled among hi;s would be s e e n by few, a n d could not inierlere in the le.asl H e r e , in two root party reti , pressed his hanu, am lion to his father’s house on The Alsatian Iwd avoided respe erto, yet his blood danced in his of meeting the lovely creature who h.ad so strongly interested him that morning, and he readily promi- thc ensuing cvcnii pectabic society, hi need in his veins at tho thought who h.ad so stronidy 1 to th e lortdgn ‘\ S set! to at tent). j On the evening specified, Herman V o n Swi the house of Mr. Denham, or, as ho t would b with ih death. T H E L O S T B R I D E . FOUNDED ON F.VBNTS WHICH OCCURRF.D IN THE CITY X DURING THE PRESENT CENTUYY. lam was the son of as good, quiet, there was to be found ■\ OF NEW-YORK Joseph Dcnha and honest aquaker, the city o f New-York; ty of Friends, and taught from^ his earliest chiH- , to subdue his fet ,vior, he rom his earliest child- and eschew all light behavior, he was as gay, as wild, and passionate, as i f ho had never sat for hours in the stillness Friends’ Meeting. Amiable he was, and attai [la restless a Friends’ i\ ed to his pa iS o f ing. Ami siness, he might be constantly seen around the lio- tel door.s, lounging with the Idlers he fuwnd there. Among the acquaintances thus formed was a native of Alsace, a nondescript, who belonged to France, yet whoso native tongue was German. H is history no ono knew, nor his means of livelihood, but all that could be seen of his face, through his hushy whiskers and mustaches, bespoke one whose life had been sullied by the exhibition o f the most \io- lont passions. ‘‘Dark vice,” would not “Uirn^a- bashed away” from him, but would greet him as a fellow demon. Yet to this wretch the comparative ly pure Joseph had, as h esaid, “taken a fancy,” and by his exam[)Ic, was fast plunging deeper and deep er in vice, and was only arrested in his career hy the gentle voice of love. “ W ell, Denham,” said Von Swartz, one bright day, as they w’cre both standing before a window nt the City Hotel, “ it is time to make our arrange ments for the: races nextThursday.” “I cannot go riage o f another day morning. Tho bridegroom is a friend line, and I am to be groomsman; and moreover, of the bridesmaids is the loveliest creature in “A quakercss ?” “Yes, and a r races next Thursday. ‘ I cannot go this week,” said Joseph. “And why “ Hymen calls me away. Von Swartz.” “H y m c n i m ein G o tt! will you marry?” “Not myself, but I shall assist at the marriage o f another on Thursday morning. ’ of the city.” “A quakercss ?” “Yes, and a milder, purer being, never graced the earth.” “You arc warm—I suspect, freund Joseph, your own heart is not perfectly free, and I shall see you a marrio omc day. Young Denham sighed, folded hi arms, and was soon in a deep reverie. T h e Alsr tian smoked h is cigar, and gazed nt him In sllcnc< A t last he said, “Joseph, you have ever acted tt wards me «s a friend, why not trust mo now 1 you are sad—indeed, I have observed your merry brow, often overcast lately. Talking of our troubles lightens them. Come—unbosom yourself to me, and, believe me, you will meet with true sympatlij’.” “Herman, it is the old story, true love crossed. Yes, I was once beloved by, and even engaged to that sweet girl, but her father heard o f some of my wihl conduct, and forbade me the house. Since then, now some months, I have never seen her, except last evening, when I met her at the house o f the bride elect. A h , liovv like an angel she looked, and how like an angel she acted—she held out her hand kindly to me, but because I imagined she had con sented too readily to our separation, I behaved cold ly, aye rudely to her. W retch that I w a s ! A tear stood in her c\’e—I would have given world.s to have ki.ssed it away, and sought many opportunities to repair mj’ fault, but could not. Von Swartz, I love her more deeply than ever, and would she but !l/as i ’ havc merely used The fact of her l^^Sicrtyr’w e r rU ic e S \ o f tliSricnds^ Sw fciy. T h e furniture w a s of the mostcostly material, hut plain and uRornamented. T h e carpets were of the richest description, although o f subdued tints, and the walls were altogether devoid of picture, mirror, or hanging. N o musij, nod.mctng, or cards were introduced to amuse the company, but in conversing with each pi her, they found a truer and purer en joyment than i f they had resorted to the above mentioned pastiimes. Jn such an assembly enlight ened minds feel themselves at home. A s Herman listened, di.ssertations on science, literature and his tory were heard around, even from the lips of the ham, or, as ho was “Friend Denham.” r noble forms and glossy hair were seen to dou- advantage when not obscured by orna Joseph, to t h e ; him to the lament. •oduced great joy of Von Swartz, ,e lovely bridesmaid. W a s there no fc angel near to intercede for that gentle being, induce Joseph to hesitate before he placed that so of Ellis in the path o f the fair young quakercss It is a simple ceremony, the introduction of two ir dtviduals to each other—“M iss A . permit me to in troduce Mr. B .” is easily said, yet to what conse quences docs it not often lead. In this case it was still simpler, “Esther Hanway, here is my friend Hermon Von Swartz,” but the sorrows that sprang from it were such, that could Esther have foreseen them, she would have shrunk in horror from him. A s it was, she entered into conversation with Von Swariz in rather a more sprightly manner than was her usual custom to strangers, for she believed him Joseph’s friend, and him she loved, with i:£“ 3 inalterable affection. Sii have any communicatii id although they had h J loved, with a lie had been for- parents’ commands, the gentle Esther had avoided liim more than in her heart she wished. N e x t to himself, his friend claimed her attention, and her artless confidence and sweet vivacity completely chained Von Swartz to her side. W h a t a delicious sensation thrilled through his heart, when she ad dressed him aa plain “ H e r m a n ,” ofter the fasliiun o f her people. He felt like one who had emerged from utter darkness to the brilliancy o f day. Daz zled and delighted while Herman gazed into her innocent cyes,and her intellectual countenance ex pressive of interest in all he said, he asked himself if it were not jpofisiblG to gain this gentle creature, with whom he seemed already to have found such favor. But tlicre was another, who was also look ing into the speaking face o f the young quakercss, and to whom its expression gave no pleasure. Jo seph could not endure to see her whom he loved passionately, and who a lways gave him the coldc reception, thus evidently pleased with the discourse o f another. H e was ignorant that she bestowed her attention on him merely as the friend of or whom she sought to please without infringing c her parents’ request. Esther continued uncoi sciously to torture her poor lover until he began to think the evening interminable. T h e venerable hoo hadd beeneen appointedppointed too keepeep thehe yoioung ovcnsccrs,,wh rs ha b a t k t y folks in order, bad retired some time, and now the bride arose to depart. Von Swartz kept near the party, and when they had returned from the dres- itingroom, in their cloaks and hoods, he advanced to Esther, to offer his arm to the cariiage ; Joseph as o n c e sh e w a s to m e , I w o u ld forsake all m y old haunts and dissipated friends, and live for her alone. N o sobersides o f tlicm all should g o ahead o f m e in the career o f virtue. It sh a ll b e s o ! ” he e.xclalm cd, s t a r ling up —“N o tilHO Hkc tllO prOSOnt, I will now pay o ff all my old scores here, and return to my store as a preliminary stc[) to her favor.” Von Swartz was aghast—Joseph posse-ssed a generous heart, and had aUv.ays shared his purse with the Alsatian, who did not contcnqdalc with com)iosure bitterly repenting lie had ever brought the Alsatian the prospect o f losing one means of subsistence, there to supplant hinr. H o followed, and jll: H e well foresaw, that when Joseph forsook this rived in lime lo hear, “Good night, friend Her course o f life, he would be “whistled down the j don’t thee forget Io wind,” and left to shift for himself H e therefore | “Good night, frci determined, in the dark recesses o f his heart, to to shine when Icc fasten himself on his unsuspecting friend, and drag | pleasure.” him down so low in the haunts of vice, that there. | gra: me, but intrived lunts o f vice, tu.u. lut.v longer be hope for him—to make him sin opei so deeply that his fair lady would be lost to him for- f f e t penetrate into the vici ates. And his recklessness and generosity ii him to overlook or forget all he did observe. H e was thus a complete prey to the dark, plotting A l satian. The f her—Esther hesitated a moment, ami then accepted the arm of Von Swartz, who, not unilcrstanding she did violence to her inclina tion in obedience to her parents, imaginet! she pre ferred him, and he gave a triumphnnigiancc back to Joseph. Young Denham looked after them, bitterly repenting he had ever brought the A ls to-morrow niglit.” And Isthcr, the stars will forget I cease to remember such a promised T h e carriage drove off, and a powerful orrow niglit.” rcuntZm Esther, the stars w ill ft t t come to-morro could ply that his fair lady would h Joseph was an easy victim. H is own open {cried Josejih, picious disposition rendered him unable to 1 you to address yon pure rate into the vicious characters of his associ-1 strain?” “Softly, H e rr Josej nd generosity induce ■ ' r walk. W h e n hero of poor Joseph. mow drop])ed oft the pulls, and widow S to k e s “N o one knows,” he said, “ the pains I have taken claimed it as a w a if and stray. ‘N o w ,’ said the with that reckless young man, to induce him to rc--; •• squire, ‘1 conceit th e chief p i n t m th e c a s e is th is 1 . I have been, I may s.ay, his guardian angel, here— has widow Stokes at hand, to lead him aright. Argument.s and this ’ill depend yc :aties have been o f no avail. Dear lad V—lliavo dclk' oven venturei young man, to induce nun to r c squire, ‘1 conceit the c iiief pi ■ 'ow Stokes a right to the hay ? Now „ J , yc see,’ p o n ’other pint, to wit, vi car lady—1 liavo ] delieit,—does the hay belong to ’Bijah 1 N o w the your nam e; but, hear it, hcav- j widow says, says she, every man in this country’s A name, I free,and therefore ever_v man in this country’s a king ens!— even that had no effect on him. A name, j free,and therefore every which, to me would liavc been a talisman to follow j jist as fur as his farm g< to death, i f needed, excited no emotion in his obdu- j low, has a rijrht to waift rate heart.” “N a y , friend Herman,” pressing her hand on her throbbing. “Thou need’st errors o f that unfortunate youth. Thoi my friendship for him, and my only hope of peace now, 13, to banish him entirely from my ihougiils.” “ You are right, dear madam ; but believe mo, I ir feelings. A ll I say 1 physician, if 1 would )und. Pardon me, hi said theI r heart to low , has a right to waifs and strays,— and so sayi widow Stokes, that arc hay’s mine. But, says Bijah—anil hy jinks, its a cute argument : but says ho, though every man in ttn.'s land o f liberty’s a free man, yet that doeseut prove that every vvo- i s ; and per contra, we know that woman nd o f course u’lit free; so, said he, the this count, J iw the king, all al- agitated girl, keep down its ng. “Thou nccd’s not e.ypatiaic on llic if that unfortunate youth. Th o u ki i o u are right, dear madam ; b do not heedlessly wound your feclii is for the best. Like a skilful f cure you, I must probe the wound. Pardon me, hat I think the better manner to eradicate him from your friendship would be to force yourself to hear ail his enormities.” Esther turned from him to conceal the tc.ars,which, in spue o f her celf-command, were streaming down her face. “Could you but have seen him,” continued the false Alsatian, “ when the ciders came to Mreatwith him,’ as y o u saj’,— to remonstrate with him on his ruinous habit.s, ere they turned him from the meet ing, (as you know they have since done.) I am sure no spark of pity or friendship would remain even in your tender heart. I loved Joseph as a broth er— I called him ever mein freu n d , but from that time I left him, I have done with him. F ‘s duct is such that no man, who respects his putation, ought to hold communion with hin W c were silling on th e front step s , when these an cient and solemn old men advaneetl. They remind ed me of the conscript fathers o f old, and I could have knelt, ami asked their blessing,when.Toseph— herr g o ll! how hardened must have been his heart.” “Friend Swartz, in mercy slop!” cried Esther— —willwill notot listenisten to thee—thou knowest “ I cannot— n l to not how my heart is pierced.” “A few words, dearest madam, and ed. T h e scoffing wretch spoke to jre dogs, told them it ked them in to tt H i con- own Te rn more. a I have finish- 0 Ihoin as i f they d ------ d hot day, and asked them in to take a glass of mint julap! what horriil insolence. Tw o o f them turned away in indignant silence, but the other—it wa.s your own father, fair Esther, gazed on Joseph, while the tears rolled down his checks—‘Oh, Joseph, son of my old friend !’ he said. ‘Art thou so young and al ready so hardened! trulydolrejoice thatlhy father Hezekiah is no more, for this sight would havesnapt his heart in twain. But turn thee, Joseph, ere it tie too late—and i f there is Joy in heaven over one repentant sinner, surely there ought to be on earth, and my arms will he tho lirstto receive Ihcc.’ Shame on the graceless wretch! how could he turn from that good old man with ribald oaths, knowing it wa.s shutting the door o f access to the loveliest o f earth’s daughters. A h ! fair Esther !” added Von Swariz, taking her hand ; “had it been my happy fate to he loved by one so peerless as thou art, how diflerent would have been my conduct. Nay, take not this dear hand from me, sweet girl; let it be mine for- r;; giveive mee butut onene portionortion o ff thathat lovtve ever g m b o p o t lo you have lavished on the ungrateful Joseph, and I shall not envy earth’s potentates!” Esther turned slowly round and gazed bei in tho face of the Alsatian, “L o v e !” she “did I hear thee aright ?” “Yes, dearest M iss H a n w i,, it be possible ___ ” she gasped. seem to create surprise- untiring devotion o f my heart has Then hear it now. T h e most intiense int passion that ever burned in the breast o f man I feel for you, and all I ask is a small return from that gentle bos all I ask is a small return from that gei to make me the happiest of mankind.’’ “A h , Herman,” said Esther, rising from the lipneh on whii-h they' had been sitting. “Sorry I am that I have not read thy heart before, and saved thee and m y self the pain of this avowal.” “W h a t mean you, lady— sit down, 1 cannot un derstand you.” ^“Yes,’cs, Ht setcemeth i s thou hast sorely misunderstood lithorto, ifth o i’ t „ i„..„ „— ludrcam cstlc Swartz; thou art acqu.ail passages of my life, and ight to thee but a friend. love again. No, J with some sad acqu.ainted knowest I can never be J-” “Dcr F e v f c l!’’ thought tho vexed Alsatian, “what does the girl mean; she loves me, I know she does, but they will all have their airs. I know, lady,” he added aloud, “all you have recently felt for another; but as bis conduct must have eradicated all partial ity for him from your pure breast, and as the lies between you are broken, you will surely deign to look on one who loves as fervently as 1 do, f will \ot hurry you, but only give me hope that some ' iret; day I may find favor in those heavenly ey tisfiod.” ------- ( Concluded next week.) ture and I A U N T N A B B Y ’S S T E W E D G O O S E . It w as my aunt Nabby’s birthday and she was bent upon having a slewed goose stewed in oriioi and with cabbage and salt pork to match, lijah.’said she to mo, ‘ben’t we got a goo the farm ?’ ‘N o ,’ said I, wo eat the old gander a Christmas, and i.e was the last of the patriarchs.’ A u n t Nabby went down to Sue, who was getting breakfast. Susannah, said she, ‘the boys tells how said had worn offher teeth to the Nabby was bci said h! itifl’anttil such a s thing, you may cons I .saw that a goose of somt some rate or other. ‘Here, you criltur,’cri( cried aunt Nabby to the little black specimen of the human family, which was digging potatoes in the gar den ; ‘hero, I want you to go along to the neigh bors, and borrar a goose.^ Cato l.’iid down his hoe, got over the fence, and shovelled ofl' on his broatl pedestals to get a goose. T h e first bouse that Cato came to was that of Sam Soap, the tai- guins. But , ami when was bent upon a goose, a id strait person gets bent upon any ijder the matter settled ; and ic kind would bo had at criltur,’ len o f the human n ho com determ ined to r epair to the mci •redred wba h a t seem e d to him ente w A ll thchumi into stone. in beings there were appi Q.uietly they sat, their 1 the ground, communing with t itempiation. iming damsel, l with Joseph, he leting house. Herman the abode of silence, •ently turned eyes fixed on with their; ■mn coni T a k e your hand from throw youi [ tho miliar friends—my life o f freedom, and gayct5',*an<I I ing it a nasal twang Ihatjc-unc direct\ from Jededi- plcdgc myself never to stir from her side, w'hom I ' ah Soap, who wa.s \a iiicmher of tlic Long Parlia- now feel to be dearer to me than ever—and you! merit—‘Soap,’says C a t o ,‘you ha’rit got no goose treacherously seek to blast all my hopes, by w in -' for nothing, ha'rit y e, for Aunt Naliby T ning her from m e!” j Soap was a ritcr.i!(not literary) man, and .so he *e.illed to hi.s daughter Propriety, who having hut ling her from m e!” It was not the Alsatian’s cme my hopes, by , to offend his wcal- ‘ded in soothing hi.s don\ ^ a n ’^ i t V don't vote, and o f course hay aii’t hern. But’s a puzzling case, •W eil now,’ answered the minister, ‘it strikes me th.-it hay nn’t a stray.’ ‘W u ll,’ said the .squiro, ‘that’s a pint I never Ihinked of.’ Just then in came Deacon, and after him the Sexton, and so on, till pretty much all tlie aristocratic democracy o f tho village had assembled. And then in hus tled a n n tNahhy ; awfully f i n d tcl! you ; and then Susanna and Cato began brb:ig. in while they were doing that, tho company all took a stiff glass o f grog by way of appetite, and then stroked down their faces and looked at the table; and there was a pig roast etufted, and a line of veal, and two old hens, and ‘an everlastin sight of all kinds o f sarcc,’ and pies and puddins, and dougl nuts, and cider, and currant wine—and above all: the head o f the table, the dish in which lay the hero o f the day, ‘that are goose,’ smothered in onion The cask,* when it fell into the water, twirled round ami round with fearful rapidity, hut, owine- to the ballast, it a!vv.aj-s kept end up, leavii C the da y , ‘ nd utterly hid beneat ffC.S. T h e : goose,' sm o tl , ^ atli the load cabbagc.s. T h e se.-it next the goose was assigned to the minister; and all sat down. T h e squire flourished his fork and pounced upon the jug ; the Deacon, he tackled to at tho veals, while the Sex ton went seriously toto workork too exhumexhume a pieceicc of bakedcd pork/orkfroin from amidmid ann avalanchevalanche w t e a p j a a a o f beatjs. Thi minisler with .-i spoon gently stirred away a few carrots and onions in hopes o f thus coming at the goose. ‘It smells remarkably fine,’ said he lo aunt Nalihy. ‘It’.s [tarticular fat and tender,’ she re plied,‘I jiiekcd itm 3 'self from a whole Iie.ap.’ And still the minister poked, till at last his spoon grated ujmn .a hard surface. ‘A skewer, I guess,’ he said, and plunged hisfork into the on’on mass ; he strug gled to raise the iron handle with which he had joined issue’. ‘Bless me,’ cried aunt Nabby, ‘what’s that arc ?’ ‘I should judge,’said the .squire,’ it (hat aro was an oh! goose.’ ‘Gracious me !’ icd the Deacon. Still the minister slrug- ,—aunt Nahbv lister struggled le. I saw my moved ugly, and lister I bought he nit’s cl.iw drove ■ough the onions and dragging forth llie tailor's 3-se held it at arms length before the exclaimed the Deacon. Still the mi gled—and still the goose resisted,— grew nervous, and the more the mini the more tho goo.se wouldn’t coi aunt’s eye dilating, and her hand n then—jiouncc, just when the mini had conquered the enemy, my aunt’s cl.iw through the onions and dragging forth llie i goo.se held it at arms length before the company : the Squire had just raised the pig upon hi.s fo’rk when seeing my aunt’s discovery, he dropjied il, and tho dish was knocked all to smash— I lie Sex ton had drawn his beans to tho edge o f the lable— another pull as he saw the goose and over it went. M y aunt tiropped the cause of this evil, and there went another plate. T h e company dined elsewhere, and next Sunday the minister declined jireaching, on account of a domestic misfortune.’ *My aunt Nabby died soon after, and tlie Sexton liuricd her, observing as he did so, that site departed, the poor crittur, in consequence of an iron goose and bro ken crockery.’ C R U E L M ANC E U V IIE. T h e following description o f a manceuvro jirac- tised o n board o f a slave vessel, to divert the chasr o f a frigate, will bo read with interest. It Is ex tracted from Captain Chamier’s late work. “ ‘ It is a chance and the only chance,’ captain, ‘ and no one will care a pin about n e s s i f w c g e t a w a y .’ “ ‘ Oh y es,’ said the mate, ‘ i f we could only get a w a y . W h j’, to be sure, I should not be slack in stays myself, hut that confounded vessel sails well, and we are evidently losing ground fast. “ ‘W e ll,’ saidSm ltli, ‘ lot the wor? I be the worst, that ig our capture and the fore-yard arm. I will’ be responsible since you fear, and seei that the taking of tho Rapid is at once fall of m yself and family, I am resolved to no chance ono chance more of escape. If we can go i night, the frequent squalls may allow us to tl said the the busi- •equent s q u a lls m ay allow us to try a- .ncEUvrc, w h ich may prove m ore fortunate and i f the bait does not tem p t suffi- wo aro o n ly s a v in g one or tw o hum a n parents in prclerence to him, and - home. She afterwards stated j^r notlicr mai than our last; cicntly, why, wo aro only saving one or twi bcing.-i from a life of misery.’ “ ‘ W e ll,’ .said the mate, ‘ I’m agreed. Forward there,’ said h one or two empty casks, with his tools.’ “ ‘ A y , ay, sir,’ responded a man with all the in difference of a sailor. “ T h e cooper soon made his appearance; in five minutes the empty cask.s were on deck; the heads of both were taken out, and the cooper set to work to cut out a circle largo enough for a man’s neck.— T h e mate, who was a handy fellow of all works, began at one cask, and the captain stood hy ur ging the workmen to use e v e r y dcsp.atch. The hr « '2 0 hail frcshcncil, ami wc held our own pretty w e ll w ith th e s t r a n g e r ; a t a n y rate , I w a s fearfu l tliat he did not gain upon us very rapidly. In the mean lime, both eooper.and asstistaut worked away with the greatest indifference, and no human ej’c uid have detected the slightest variation ofeoun- i.'ince in th e m a te, a lth o u g h h e w a s f u lly a w a r e of the desperate act about to be commillcd. W h en the casks were ready, the upper hoops were taken off, so as to allow tlia coojier to place tlie heads in when required. A jiig o f iron ballast was fastened to each cask, and then it was that the mate said in a firm voice: “ ‘ Now,ow, sir,, wcc arere ready.eady. Iff youou are still dc- . tl ;,';? sir w a r I y termined, d—mn me if j-ou shall cv John Collin was afraid when death tain’s so side placidly reposed many a blooming d 1 with sincere simplicity, engaged “inmaid- litation.” W h ile around them were their mothers. T h e other side s lookinj yed him as well as ever. ’This, however, was not 'i broad flnt-i on Swartz’s belief. Deceived liy her apjmrent; ‘as careful ,. preference for him, ho returned home that night,! jicd it in a ng young men, ami ab-j with his heart filled with visions of wealth anti i irious faces were almost! pleasures, enjoyed with the lovely Ei oad brimmed hats. A ll! I It Was, however, absolutely necesisary soberly appareled mi occupied by demure stracted old ones, whose serious races were almost', pleasures, enjoyed with the lovely E sther Hanw.ay. concealed beneath their broad brimmed hats. A ll It Was, however, absolutely neces lo put Jo- —\ ------- * entranced,— their (houghis apparently seph hors de combat, and to do this he exerted when “inwardly moved,” and beneath it were ar- ‘ fully resign him. Alas, poor Joseph ! Surrounded ranged the bridal party. T h e bride wore a robe of by false and vicious friends, whom he had so raslily less white bombazine, while around her shoul-1 attracted about him, he plunged headlong down the ; hung a shawl o f plain white merino, • ' ’ ind with satin ribbon. A simple id her attire. Jost •rc, and the three ises of reformation ivere all they could obtain. Jo- so supereminently seph each time resolved and re-rcsoIved to lead a that V o n Swartz confessed, in Europe o r . better life; but he was weak, and ca.sily led by any he had never seen her equal. H e r dark [ one who would c.xert himself to influence him.— hair■ was classically parted over her innocent fore -1 T h is one he found in the wily Alsatian, who fol- head, while the extreme whiteness of her skin, and | lowed in his career untiringly, like a vulture h( e satin, compli two other groomsmen wc bridesmaids. One of thei beautiful that V o n Swi America he had nevei w as classically parted ovei J, while the extreme whiteness o f her skin, and ; lowed in his career untiringly, like a vulture hovci delicate regularity of her lovely features, the s till-1 ing over his jirey. A t last, when he supposed Ef ness and the fixedness o f her look, gave her the ap- ther’s indignation must have conquered her love, learance o f sculptured marble. r dark softcyes Von Swartz imagined he might venture to declare lad been cast on theground, but as she accidental-^ bis passioni, and had no doubt he should be favora- lem they encountered the admiring gaze 1 bljf received. Von Swartz possessed the talent of satian, and immediately a vivid blush I making himself agreeable In conversation, as he flashed over her face, like the tints of rose, which had seen much o f life; and he bad a fund of amu- the setting sun throwsover the snow tipt mountain.»sing anecdotes ever ready to amuse hi.s listeners. “Angel o f innocence,” sighed Von Swartz. “That* Esther, like Desdemona, would “seriously incline” lush belongs to me ; ’tis I who should shrink from to hear his tales of lands beyond the sea, and his ing the purity of those eyes—wretch!— vanity induced him to place her attention to a deep- here— I, w hose hand is stained with blood, | er feeling. One bland summer evening there was revelled in inquity, why do I brave the aparty arranged to visit theVauxhaIlGarden,which heavens by sullying the threshold of this house of) was then quite a fashionable place of resort, .and holiness and simpiicltj% by my unhallowed pre-1 Von Swartz was invited to join them. Esther A h ! if she knew how like a serpent 1 am | walked with him, and he succeeded, asI if by acci- ?al into her Eden ; i f that lovely being dent, to draw her away from th encountering what d o l here icr Eden ; i f tl away from the part 3 ^, if by acc •eful as everlastin not t o g ict paper, and awny \'ei nioffal to deliver his cliarf] d lol!ln;x Cat( ; it wet,’siicwrap- she the 3 to Stew urge to Susi if that nige ut n< w e b -footed lanna. ‘M y graeioos I’siiid Susanna, ‘if tliat nigger ha’nlgt me an ir.on goo.se to stew !’ But nevertheless o her business quest ioi and carrots, and cabbages, and lurnijps all as nice as need to he. After brea Nabby had gone abro.ad to ask in the and when she came home she went of coi rcclK' to the kitchen to see how the goose came on. ‘Is it tender,’ Susanna V said she ; Susanna smiled etlv, that the old hou.se clock in the corner •ppod and lield uji its hands; business was ion.s, at it she went, and pretty soon the ir’s treasure was simmering among the onii and cabbages, and turni and spit spices, >t aunt next the cupboard, stopped and held up its hands; “ ‘ Here, you Ganjum, jump in the cask, I guess Vwont he more tender after being bilcd.’ but the devil can talk the negro language.’ \-MyM back.’— y auni’.s mouth ivntcretl id to look broad across the 1 so thut she was at Susanna, lo correct the agreeable came and the neighbors began to irst cainc'tiic parson, who, being a man ;nctualit_v, took out his w.atch .as si impression, W e ll, nooi drop in. Fit of vast punctualit v, took out his w.atch .as soon he came in, and for the purpose of seeing how i ‘chimed,’ as he said, with the old clock, walkci into the kitchen, baile .'vliss S u sanna‘good day,’ ho ped she continued well in body, and snuffed up (ho sweet savors o f the preparing sacrifice with ex panded nostrils. N e x t came the squire ; he. opened the front door and seeing no one but me, ‘PolUjah,’ he said, ‘when ’ill that are goose be done ? ’cause I’m everlastin bus 3 ' settHn that hay mojc case, and i’d like to know.’ ‘Ready now, squire,’ answered the parson, opening the kitchen door, ‘and I guess its an uncommon fine goose, too, so walk in, and let’s have a little chat.’ T h e Squire entered, and ^ he and tho minister had a considerable spell of : convers.\tion aI>out that liay mow case ; the case is aent was ughing ami smiling, and vainly lake us understand herdelij ’ ', make us ur 1 a volume and called endeavoring to make us understand she poured forth a volume o f words. lelight as T h e captain the strar had waiked aft and called the mate; had evidently gained so much that in two 1 would have had us under her guns; and, after re marking this aloud, the former said, 'W e ll, it is our only alternative; but, used as I am to seen ol horror, I cannot bear to see a person smile, whi such a chance awaits him.’ “ ‘ The stranger,’ said tho master, ‘is right a- stern, and it is impossible for them not to see the cask ; now let us see i f their Christian charity can overcome their love o f prize-money. If you intend to do it, we have no time to lose.’ ‘^‘D o l t ! ’ said the captain. T h e inatc walked to the gangway isk close to tho side. It was r imprisoned wretch imagined hei a shriek so loud and picrciiig ay, and put tlic •vv that the pooi‘ ‘s t i n y ; sh e g a v e that every slave be- a shriek so loud and piercin low startled at the sound, aiid tinue the cry for mercy, the mate and one of the seamen had lifted the cask clear of the side, and, vibrating it once or twice, tho third time they re- tlioir grasp^ and the poor creature, who the victim for their spcurUy. girl’s head plainly visible. H er 03 ’^ vvheneverthe twirl o f the cask allowed it to rest on the shij), had o o f imploring mercy than tho words of the t frightened convict; she screamed for pity— alas ! pity was not known to those who had pur chased her life-flight, safety was the only thouglit :d her half murderer’s mind. Th( le breeze, tho noise occasioned by thi ■el’s w a y , soon prcdomin'ni ihntod, was .soon lost in eye, vvh !st on tin had pm . ....fety was the only thougli whicli occupied her half murderer’s mind. T h e fi'csliness o f tlie breeze, tho noise occasioned bv rap id i ty o f th e vessel’s w a y , soo n prcdom and the shriek of the negro irirl •'■•stance. e e\;os of the crew now rested on tho ca.sk, iptaiii kept his glass steadfastly fixed on what latc called the wat the distance. T h e the capuun Kept ms glass steadfastly li.xed on what the mate called the water-nymph, and a quarter of hour would decide the f.'te of the girl, the Ra- ptain. Then was the conicctureat our wouli ind theC: pid its utmost, greater distance ths slightest variation in laptain. Then was the conjecture at Tho cask, being small, appeared at a hau the stranger, am! as the id the send of the Ycwiuiiuii HI nn-ering, and sea, tlie ca.sk was to leeward o f tho imagined lhateitherthe negress had ‘dominating over the spirit of charity. But it 'yould find their interest, therefore, in the opjiortu- was only harbored such an predom I idea; for sailors are general! the most humane beings alive, and when a woma is concerned, they would risk more than almc of the bij.'cd race.” woman lost anv- „ lerost, therefore, in the opjiortu- nity of embracing the whole. W ill not under- lly takers, as a matter o f interest, be disposed to adojjt the stone coffins at once, in preference to those o f * r i i e whole of tho f.tregoing .story is foiinjeil on fact, ft wiia H is M a jesty’s ship, (lie Kden, I believe, (hat picked up tlie negress turned adrift a s is related. [From die JV. V . Transcriqji.] PO L IC E O F F IC E . The Victim o f Jealousy .—A scene took place, .and a story was developed, yesterday in the police office that completely deiicd description. Early in the morning, a genteel looking young man, named James Drummoiiti, living in Mott-street, near lo Broom, came into the office and stated to Justice W yman that he wanted a warrant to recover his wife, who had been forcibly taken from him—in fact, ho said that she had been stolen and abduc ted. T h e magistrate toKI him hecould grant no such warrant, but advised him to procure a writ of ha beas corpus from the Recorder to procure his wife back again. Drummond said that his wife’s pa- rent.s had taken her f om him by force, although he know that she wished to return and live with him. H e then announccil his determination to go to the house o f his wife’s father, and to obtain, o at least sec her, hy force. Mr. W yman dissuadcc him from so doing, and ho left the office. In less than an hour he returned out of breath, with his face bloody, his coat slit all the way up the back. coat slit all the way up the back, lollies Otherwise torn. H e then asked for a warrant against his wife’s father, who he said Irad beaten him cruelly, fully ill-treated him, me because wish , torn his clothes, and ly Ill-treated him, merely, as he stated, I he went to the bouse to request an intervie’ his Wife, whom he said he loved to distraction, and whom he would never c o n s e n t to live without. H e had hardly done telling his story, before his wife, her sister and brother, and her father and mother, entered the office; and then commenced a scene which we shall not soon forget. T h e wife—a iovc- ly, elegant and lady-like young creature, apparent ly not more than sixteen, (and yet the mother o f igistrate’s questions, that she did not v e with her husband; that a long contini itranged In to live with her 1(1 die in pi rwards stated jMvately, first met Drummond at the house o f a fric eighteen months since; and the eighteen moi he saw, he pi •aw, h e p rofes ;ed an evening away from her until the house o f her since; and sed a n affec ing^l h sea-faring mate. A s i o f it,they jjersuadc-d her (0 have no him ; but, said she, “ he was the fii that ever professed tc married. H e went to the house o f her for some time, before the father of it, they being botl tain and the othe lued se ller affcc- with her n peace at ', that she friend, aboi from the first da iction for her and ne her until they w r father to brothcir ay ! knew men—one a cap- they’ knew he w as m e lirst human beinf»- love mo, and I believed his •d to love mo, a sincere; I had never ly, up to the houir ing to do with kept any i that I saw disposition that Idn’t h e lp II professions young man's company, lip to t him, and being o f an ago and pred isp o s e d m e t o love, a n d I co u ld n ’t h e lp lo v ing one who so earnestly, and with so mucli apparenl sincerity, professed to love me—and I did love him most devotedly. After ho had kept me company for more than six months, ho pressed me to marry himim ; I knewnew thathat myy parentsrents* wouldould notot consent;onsent; nd) h ; I k t m pa w n c but my father and brother being much from home, nd Jamc.s (her husband) having been like a kind rot her, a father and brother, a father and a hmsband tom e already,! sS S s S f S - is p s f p p s a - indeed, he asked wliat was the hole cut in the head' i ha.s vowed that i f ev- of the cask for; but he was told to he silent in a ‘‘‘‘ 1 which set me slvaking like a monkey in fro.sty fjjpj. •' - Vlien me, and then himself. H e basso repeatedly “ T h e slave was brought unshackled upon deck faATeclion for him, and stroi Kind him with suriiri.se, yet with ^ *'*'*\> ' ^ captain, *ami a slim onc.’^ eye wa.s sunken from care and id his poor emaciated form had oine forw a rd in th e c a p a c ity allu- find,’ said one of one who was — he looki indifferenc from sickness, q u a lified h i.n t “ ‘ H e is the liveliest we can find,' the seamen ; for he was the only one who talking, and I fancy he is as slim as any of the re.sl —but for that matter we shall have no trouble to find another.” * * * * “ ‘ Oh, then,’ said his son, ‘ try my black wife.’ “ ‘ A h !’ ejaculated the captain. “ ‘ T h a t would do just as well,’ said tho mate; so bring her aft here; you are not tho first in the world who would like to get so sure a divorce.’ “ A w a y went the incarnate devil, and in two minutes he was seen lugging along his miserable victim by the hair o f her head, one or two more of that sex came on deck, but were instantly sent be low again. “ ‘ Here, you Ganjum, jum p in the cask, and “ Idffi^’a! Tho can talk the negro language.’ ; was desired, and then got out ag.ain. iS then told lo do as 1 had done; hut she ficsitated as i f warned by some unseen power of the danger which awaited her. A s she could not succeed the first time, I was desired to place her properly, which i did. T iie cooper was told to fix the head in, fitting the part about her neck. “ ‘ Come, down with you,’ said the mate, ‘now, cooper fix on her necklace, and take care that it does not fit loo tight, for she is going into strange 1 once loved him, I now do not, n er again.” It appears that when they were married, they went off on pretence o f going to the theatre, and got married, and the parents did n o t k n o w it for a wpfik afterwards. 'They ultimately were reconci led fo him, and received him kindly ; but hiscause- Icss jeaIous 3 'destroyed all hope of happine.ss, and caused him to behave like a brute. H e would out o f bed of a night and door, being afraid that his nd left him ash rose from her bed having to the ol e. stop, from tliat instant fly itlier extrerm'. Thu.s we not unfreqnontly •vhose virtues h.ave been .5^crjficed, su.i- e the 0 ] tenance of vice, and, fved, become shan said it was not hi threatened to kill ved his wife to Manhattanville and other placi where her friends could not find her; almost star ved her, and when she was found hy her friend.?, she waii nearly destitute o f clothes, and completely hrokt-n-hearted; and yet the man who tore her from a happy home to entail on her misery and wretchedness, bad the audacity to go to the house 3 ‘cstcrday and assault her father with a long sharp- pointed chissei, and threatened to kill him if the daughter was not instantly given up. T h e whole scene was trui 3 ’^ distressing. Drummond cried like a child—his wife cried—he besought her Hot to send him to jirison—entreated her once more to come and repose in his bosom, and so worked up on her feelings that she was led out of the office more dead than alive. W e must here also take occasion to express our high .sense o f the delicate and discriminating tact o f JusticeM^yman through out this difficult and unpleasant investigation.— Drummond was required to find bailin the sum of $300 to answer. [From the JVew-Vork American.^ Artificial Marble or Stone Coffins .—W e some time since alluded to the fact o f Parker’s cement having been proposed to be applied to the making of coffins. W e h.ave since had an interview with Mr. W h ite, one o f the gentlemen who haveobtain- ed a patent for this novel specie; 1 thickness, solid and hard, xture, and on the outside polished, i’arnishcd, o f a dark walnut color, •arnisb, Mr. W . infornrf us, may mahogany, maple, 1 ■Tho cqffiife', it is presumed, are to be made with the ids'soparatc.— After the body is placed in it, a th ick n e s s , o f c e m e n t is to be la id o n th e cdiro o f th e coffin, to connect the lid, leaving a small openin- iporarily until Tfe^afAl by a receiver. T h is o| opening, ixhausted he air is exhai opening also being filled in, air and water-tight. T h e cannot, of course, go on, and must be suspended. W e know how deeply interesting this subject is the feelings of the world, and how few there aro callous as not to wish to preserve unaltered, after death,“ this sensible warm being, ” and still gaze on its cold tenement as the silent but elo- _ lent image of the spirit that once animated it, and which wc know may be efl’ected, by exclusion from air and moisture, from tho opening o f the leaden coffin o f tho unfortunate Charles 1. during len coffin o f tho unfortunate Charles 1. during the time, and in the presence of George the 4th. Though two centuries had elapsed from his death, the very colour of the complexion, and the pleas ant smile of the features, were tho same as in the best portrait o f him taken at the time, from life by the celebrated Vandyke. T h e Egyptians, depriv- ed o f convenient burial places by the inundation o f the Nile, and admonished by their belief in trans migration, resorted to embalmment. Catacombs and pyramids wi?re built in honor o f the dead, whom they respccled more than the living. T h e aiion whicli wo speak of, far excels this corn- led pi-occss, and wo doubt not it will be en- lirel\' substituted for destructible wood, and come into general use, not only for coffin.?, but' for all kinds of vessels and receptacles in which it is de sirable to preserve the contents from dampness and rnal air—thus, for records, public dccu- jooks transported to great distances over the sea, &c. ^ It is also jiroper to add that, in these air tight coffins, Mr. 'White proposes to insert in 10 lid, over the face of tho corpse, a thick plate o f ansparent glass, while the cement is soft, and hic'n thus, on hardening, becomes a part o f tho lid — T hus, the friend.? and relatives of tho deceas ed may hero view, after death, at their discretion, tlic rfever'ed face ilself on which they doted, in life, with a parent’s devotion, a brother’s aftection, or a sister's love. In fact, not only might the body be thus visited in its vault, hut, so far as its free dom from taint is concerned, might be kept in’ tho residence of the living. If buried, the grave need not he deeper than the surface. Mr. W h ite, and Doctors Hoyt and Dayton, o f Syracuse, are owners o f this improvement. Mr W h ite is joint owner with Mr. Parker in the cisterns of this material, and' some other im- ■\Ve take the ehovo extract from tho ‘‘Star”— embodying many' of the considerations in favor o f these coffins. W e , however, shall speak further on this subject, and in relation to the immenso value ofthis cement generally, as soon as ourtimo will permit. One of the proprietors, Mr. W h ite, (who can be fmtid at Howard’s Exchange, or at the Office of the American Cement Company,- Broad street, New-York,) has exhibited to us m specimen of the cofiiri spoken of, which embr; all qualities of safety, duration and imperviousi to air and watei hcavii Lty, duration and imperviousness and is not, withal, much heavier than tho heavier woods. T h e nialcrial is one, which must, as it strlk-cs- us, come into very general use for cisterns, &c. D elirium T r amens iinbcr of a 'field Gazette ni di.scases. Spn a tremens is on T h e vision.? crous, a t o n e n horror, and tin m o m e n t c h illin g t: indants with Ig them with pickin'; convuis ____ ___ laUghlerY 1 ha-vetYcen a tiann b u s ily j>iokin'g up- half pennies, suddenly gather black horror in his' c o u n ten a n c e at si^ht o f a devil that was fust ready to pounce upon him ; in a moment more the scene wa.? changed ; millions of rats pranced over tho bed clothes, a n d he am u s e d h im s e lf w ith t h e ir tu m bling over each other. T h e visions arc commonly very e v a n e s c e n t, the sc e n e changing constantly, but sometimes the .same visions will continue for a great length o f time. I recollect a patient who sat at his window all day, watching the movements of a devil, who, ho' said, had a bar in his hand, and was flying about, raising up this and that building with it. T h e de lirium in this case, had a singular termination- His wife w»s absent, and when she came hoinO,- he said to her, “W e ll wife, I’m glad you have come home, for there’s a devil herp that says I must go with him, and 1 want you to drive him ofl',” and from that moment he saw nothing more of the devil. It would be well if wives could al ways cast the devils out of their husbands as easi ly as this. In ffiia connexion I will mention tho termination o f another case, related tom e by my friend, D r . ------- . T h e patient for several nights h a d been c h a s in g dogs, c a ts, r a t s , devils, & e . from garret to cellar. A t length he went into the room where the family were, took down the family biblc, read a long chapter, then asked the doctor to pray. A t the conclusion o f the prayer, he rose from his :b!e fact that devils ! vi.?ions of this dh e almos among all the patlcntpL_ with it, that did not in knees a.sano man. I t is a ren iark a b li always among the \ remember but very fev , ^ tliat I have seen suffering with“it, that th e co u rse of th e a tta c k see a devil— c o m m o n ly (hey see a great many. A man once ran in great 5tc to a clergyman of m y acquaintance, and said, how me quick, quick, that pa-ssagc, Resist tho fll and he will fly frorivyou—for there arc more in forty- devils a f te r m e , there’s a legion of them.” ocollect one man who went one step bey-ond most patients—he saw devils shod with skulls clat teringring aboutbout thehe house.—ouse.— Thi.shi.s manan wasas possessedosse a t h T m w p ■ fine talents, had a lovely family, and was lunded by a great number of relations, among whom he would hav e been almost an idol, i f he had destruction. t given hii m sclf up to Alexandria, (Lou.') April 8. nant o f several broken tribes of Indiand found wandering about in most parts ot^ Their condit irovedved it to bee s pro it to b impracti them to the customs of civilization, ing occurrence is an evidence of the is truly miserable, as icable lo-TCCOTfJHe^ \ lie to-TL’C m j, T h e folloi are to be our stall time ha! Ig occurrence is an I which they still adhere to a laW that prei with their respective tribe, and we believe, now prevails with most o f the tribes in North Ameri ca. W h en an Indian is slain, the murderer is, iri turn, killed hy the nearest relation of the deceaseds In accordance with this custom, several years ago# an Indian was brought to this place to be offered up as a sacrifice to the manes o f another I n d i a n who.se life he had previously taken. T h e nearest relation o f the departed appeared to perform the partof ihe executioner; hut the sympathies o f the whites becoming enlisted, they interfered and de prived him of the gun. T h e intended victim safe >y the .side of his grave with perfect composure, and insisted on his execution. A s the hour ap- .—Extract from the second’ Ties of essa5-s published in the' in the sulijtect o f intemperance : one o f tlie most singular o f 1.S of one that is attacked with it, are at one time perfectly terrific, and at an other ludicrous beyondconcejnion, ami sometimes, especially if the patient is a man of talent, they arc the wildest mixture o f the sublime and ludi- disappointment from having been dcjirived o f his gun, seized a spade, with which be e.xccuted his deadly purpose before any timely interference could be effected, A brother o f this victim, at that time a lad about fifteen or sixteen years old, ;eedtngiy enraged at the manner of execd- d threatened to be revenged. T h is threat tr the same spot, a few f was offered up a sacrifice the very “I thought 3 'oa were goin g to come late to- night, said Thaddy to Ned at the club-room. “No,” re plied Ned, \I have got here first at last.'' “1 am glad o f that,” says he, “for y'ou were always behind F ire .—The totall} fire was discovered \about half past ele-een and hart progressed too far to be arrested. T h e buildings were insured at the Hartford office for §2500. The factory was run on shares b y M'essrs. French & CiC hose loss in stock and machinery ie estimaU ,§3500. T h e loss of Messrs. ! J. iU&b Ul LVXCCCIO. IVJcU^UUt OL the furnishers o f the raw material, is estimated at $2500, neither of whom was insured. The fire is supposed to bespentaneouscombustion .—H a rtford RevieiP.
