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The Mrst! wh ite'er the Muse inspires, M v soul the tuneful strain admircs....scoTT. rno.n the chauli.ston cucjiieii There are moments in life, which arc never forgot, Which brighten, and brighten, as Time steals away ; They give a new charm to the happiest lot, Andlthev shir.e on the gloom of the lov'liestday These moments are hallow'd by smiles and by tears, Thefirstioo;ccf love, and the last parting gic ii, As the sun, in the dawn of his glory, appears, And the cloud weeps and glows wiui uiu iau.- n There are hours there arc minutes, which memory brings, Like blossoms of Eden, to twine round the heart; And as time rushes by on the might ot his wings, I 7 hey may darken awhile, but they never depart : O! these hallow'd remembrances cannot decay, But they come on the soul witn a magicai uirin ; . . 1 1 Ml I And in days that arc darkest, they Kinaiy wu stav And Uie heart, in its last tnroD, win oca. mem sxui. They come, like the down in its loveliness, novr 'i he same look ot beauty, tnat snot to im sum ; . .1 . A A. 1 i rfi. i- x i . . a. ... n HA kiflAr.'.i i lue snows oi uic niuuiiuuu ;ic uiwuiuu.. Her brow, And her eyes, in the blue of the firmament roll: rTl .1 " 1 I 1 lit'm r I -HVl I i i i- - i t -i . r I flow'rs ; . . r r ni n rloud ot nenume. She moves thro' the air; Like the wind from the blossoms of jessamine 1 I , ., I " " w I Prom her eye's melting azure there sparges a "ame That kindled my young blood to extacy's glow; She speaks and the tones of her voice are the same, As would once, like the wind-harp, in melody flow : That touch, as her liand meets and mingles with mine, Shoots along to my heart, with electrical thrill; 'Twas a moment, for earth too supremely di- vine, And while life lasts, its sweetness shall cling to me still. We met and we drank from the crystalline well, That flows from the fountain of science above ; On the beauties of thought we would silently dwell, 3Till we look'd tho' we never were talking of love : We parted the tear glisten'd bright in her eye, And her melting hand shook, as I drop'd it forever ; O ! that moment will always be hovering by, Life may frown but its light shall abandon me never. J. Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor. IMPORTANCE OF SCIENCE. The close of an Address to the Literary and Philosophical Society of South-Carolina, by Stephen- Eleiott, President of the Society. 4i Science would give new skill and value to the labours of the mechanic, new resources to the enterprise of the man of business, new dignity to the leisure of the man of wealth, new en jo ments to the man of pleasure, new powers to the mnn of exertion. " Knowledge is power. How won derful the difference between the poor naked wandering savage, trembling be fore the elements, whom in terror he adores, depending on his solitary unai ded exertions for food, for arms, for raiment, for shelter; and the civilizfd man, who strong in the science and re sources of society, rides over the o cean, even on the wings of the tem pest ; disarms the lightning of its pow er ; ascends the airy canopy of heaven ; penetrates into the profound caverns of the earth; arms himself with the pow er of the elements ; makes fire and air and earth and water, his ministering servants ; and standing, as it were, on the confines of nature, seems, as by a magic talisman, to give energy and life to the brute elements of matter. "It is not from the simple products of the earth, or from the crude mate rials, with which acountry may abound, that her power and resources must a rise. The most productive regions, have frequently been the most weak and dependant. The blessings of nature may be blighted by the ignorance and folly of man. A nation must seek for Ana. ner corai lips pan, iik. uiu o jciuk uii.. . f , . . r 1 " ' 1 b hmitv of their views, Irom the certain- wealth and power, by encouraging that active .and profound knowledge, which ascertaining the principles, the proporr tiocs, the combinations, the affinities of the mineral ; the habits, the produc tions, the qualities, the uses of the veg etable : and the manners, the instincu, the properties, whetner noxious or use ful, of the animal kingdom, can give to everv substance which it possesses, or can obtain, every appropriate use ; can procure for them their ultimate value : can convert them at will into j instruments of pleasure, of riches, o grandeur or of power. 4t It is not easy to determine how far each science contributes to the genera mass, or to estimate its relative value Forming one radiant circle they natu I rally support, they mutually enlighten each other. The proud fabric of mou- ern science 1S composed of materials cxtractcJ from everv quarter, and has been constructecl ky lne labours of hun- areas ana ot thousands, co-operating in one common design. Every ascer- I tained fact, every new discovery, in any department, adds to the general mass of knowledge, and enlarges the circle of human observation and im- provement. No inquiry should be a- bandoned as abstruse and uninteresting, - -IT none rejected as obscure or insignih- t tq tril3Ute should be Withheld ns too humble or unimnortant. The m;ghty streams that gladden the earth and diffuse wealth and enjoyment a long their extended borders, are form- ed bv the union of small and unnotic- J ed sprjngs. It ,s not the magnitude - . . . . r ,t fto n Hnrl Fmii- th tnrrFifr r trihntarv streams that determine lheir and importance. Some - " o ty of their results, or from their exten- ... ... citrA onnlifitinn tr nil thn npriinntinnQ ri-r i u i v. i oi uie, may iiiivc tiic inucr ciiiiuib iu m m m m our notice : but tnose winch only serve tQ p-h or to decorate, merit also at tntion. We should no more wish to Lipf:irp the Corinthian c:mital of sci ence, than to sap its deep foundations." NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. There arc traits in the character, and incidents in the history ot the red men of the forest, which at a future day may be tne theme ot the poet and the novelist. When thev shall have disappeared from there native forests, before the rapidly advancing stride of civilization ; and. shall be heard no more exulting in their bravery or shout ing their wild songs of war when they shall be driven from their hunting grounds, and the voices which roused the game, or sung the song of triumph over their fallen enemies, shall resound no more over the prairies of the Mis souri and Mississippi, and that will be at no distant day when their bones bleach upon the summits of the Koc ky Mountains or on the shores of the Pacific leaving " This sole memorial of their lot, They were and they arc not," Every fugitive sketch of their his tory will become valuable, and everv trait of their character ill be cherish ed as the food for literary research and industry. The Indians of North A m erica, (we mean such as are not de praved and degraded by intimacy with abandoned white men,) like most un civilized nations are possessed of great vices, but these are relieved by great virtues they are inveterate in their hostilities but they are in their friend ships, firm and inviolable they are cunning and deceitful foes but hospi table entertainers they are cruel to their enemies in war but they are possessed of undaunted bravery, and frequently give examples of self-devotion, which in Greece or Home, would have made each man a hero. There are, too, instances of honor among them which would add splendor to the laurels of the most exalted, and more civilized warriors. Mr. Nuttall, in his volume of travels in the Arkansas territory, (noticed in the Philadelphia National Gazette,) relates a circum stance of this description, which must command the admiration of all who va lue fearless, daring, or high-minded honor, though in the person of those we have styled savages. The Qua paws or Arkansas, the aborigines ol the territory of that name, do not num ber more than two hundred men. They have had the reputation, both a mong the French and Americans, of great mildness of disposition, and are at the same time brave and generous. The Quapaws and Chickasaws were opposed to each other, but the former had always succeeded in repelling the latter. The Quapaws on one occasion discovered their adversaries rctreat- ing, in consequence of th&r having descried them at a distance, and being in want of ammunition. The Quapaws having heard the cause, desired the Chickasaws to land on the adjoining sand beach of the Mississippi, giving them the generous and unexpected promise of a supply of powder for their defence. The chief of the? Qua paws then ordered all his warriors to empty their powder horns into a blan ket, after which he divided the whole with a spoon, and gave the half to the Cmckasaws. I he struggle commen ced and ended with the defeat of the latter, with the loss of ten killed and five prisoners, whilst the loss of the force of the noble chief of the Qua paws, was but one man. There is a chivalry, a lofty generosi ty in this incident, which makes its way to the heart, and enlists our feelings on the side of those who have display ed it. These instances of the native character of the Indians of our coun try, become rare as they degenerate by the advances of civilization. They may hereafter furnish materials for works of imagination and fancy, whol ly American, and should be preserved. Savannah Georgian. THE PIRATE. Extracts from that part of this last work of the great novelist which has reached this coun try, have been published in the Philadelphia prints. The I'irate, we are informed, says the Hoston Intelligencer, takes us to the wild scene ry of the Shetland Islands, and makes us ac quainted with their uncultivated and supersti tious inhabitants, at the close of the 17th centu ry. The inexhaustible author has gone to new and original sources for variety of character, and renders the uncouth names of Magnus Troil ; JarlofF, Noma of the fitful-head, and Triptole- mus Ycllowly, as familiar as Meg Merrilics and Dandic Dinmont. We extract the description oi a character who s intended to occupy a great space in the work. She is a mystical being. " What must be amended, sordid slave ?' said the stranger Noma, tuni ng at once upon him with an empha sis that made him start What must be amended 1 Bring hither, if thou wilt, thy new-fangled coulters, spades and harrows, alter the implements of our fathers from the ploughshare to the mouse-trap ; but know thou art in the and that was won of old by the flaxen- haired Kempions of the North, and eave us their hospitality at least, to show we come of what was once noble and generous. I say to you beware ; while Noma looks forth at the meas ureless waters , from the crest of Fitful- head, something is yet left that resem bles power of defence. If the men of Thule have ceased to be champions. and to spread the banquet for the ra ven, the women have not forgotten the arts that lifted them of yore into queens and prophetesses.' "The woman who pronounced this singular tirade, was as striking in ap pearance as extravagantly lofty in her pretensions and in her language. She might well have represented on the stage, so far as features, voice, and stature were concerned, the Bonduco or Boadicea, of the Britons, or the sage Velleda, Aurinia, or any other fated Phythoness, who ever led to bat tle a tribe of the ancient Goths. Her features were high and well formed, and would have been handsome but for the ravages of time, and the efFects of exposure to the severe weather of her country. Age, and perhaps sorrow, had quenched in some degree, the fire of a dark blue eye, whose hue almost approached to black, and had sprink led snow on such part of her tresses as had escaped from under her cap, and were dishevelled by the rigor of the storm. Her upper garment, which dropped with water, was of coarse dark-coloured stuff, called Wadmaral, then much used in the Zetland Islands, as also in Iceland and Norway. But as she threw this cloak back from her shoulders, a short jacket of dark blue velvet, stamped with figures, became visible, and the vest, which correspon ded to it, was of crimson color, and embroidered with tarnished silver. Her girdle wras plaited with silver or naments, cut into the shape of planeta ry signs ; her blue apron was embroi dered with similar devices, and cover ed a peticoat of crimson cloth. Strong thick enduring shoes, of the half-dressed leather of the country, were tied with straps like those of the Roman buskins, over her scarlet stockings. She wore in her belt, an ambiguous looking weapon, which might pass for a sacrificing knife or dagger, as the imagination of the spectator chose to assign to the wearer the character of a priestess or a sorceress. In her hand she held a staff, squared on all sides, j and engraved with Runic characters and figures, forming one of those port able and perpetual calenders which were used among the ancient natives of Scandinavia, and which, to a super stitious eye, might have passed for a divining rod. " Such were the appearance, features and attire of Noma of the Fitful-head, upon whom many of the inhabitants of the island looked with -observance, many with fear, and almost ail with a sort of veneration. Less pregnant circumstances of suspicion would, in any other part of Scotland, have ex posed her to the investigation of those cruel inquisitors, who were then often invested with the delegated authority of the privy council, for the purpose of persecuting, torturing, and finally consigning to the flames, those who were accused of witchcraft or sorcery. But superstitions of this nature pass through two stages ere they become entirely obsolete. Those supposed to be possessed of supernatural powers, are venerated in the earlier stages of society. As religion and knowledge increase, they are first held in hatred and horror, and are finally regarded as impostors." The following letter from a clergyman in this county, to his friend, lias been handed to us, with permission to make, what use of it we pleased : considering it appropriate for this department, we have given it a place, to the exclusion of se lected matter. We will here just state, that it would be esteemed as a favor to receive fre quently original communications for our Reli gious Department, such as short moral and reli gious cssaj s, Sec. : and perhaps some of our friends, should they employ a small portion of their leisure time in preparing an article to go under our religious head, might extend their sphere of usefulness, and subserve the interests of morality. Dear Sir : I have been sometime past anxious to gratify you with a more min ute account of the Lord's gracious deal ings towards the people of my own charge. T have now snent a little more than thirty years of my life among the people for whom I still labour, in my poor imperfect way, to promote their salvation ; and have been so highly blessed, as to witness three revivals of religion amonq the people of my own charge. On the sacramental oc casion which succeeded my ordination in this place, about thirty were added to the church. Again, in the years 1802, 1803, and when there was so general a religious excitement over this part of the country. The present revival made its first appear ance at the ordination of our brother Er win among the people of Dr. Hall's for mer charge. Its special appearance a mong us was in May last, when we as- the supper ot our dear Lord and baviour. Permit me to inform you, that though the nameof camp meetings has become odious with many, through their abuse and want of regular government ; yet this is the shape in which we have attended all our communion occasions through the last year ; the way in which God has been pleased to own and bless our meetings, to the everlasting salvation of many of the careless and prayerless among us. At these, as well as those meetings appointed for special prayer, I have seen many, who, in deep distress as on the borders of des pair, have spent from four to six hours in the most importunate prayer and wres tling with God, that I have ever witness ed. This was done sometimes with, a gain without the voice. In very few ca ses has relief been obtained under the first impressions of guilt ; for they are often only the impressions of the guilt, with out any views of the pollution or defile ment of sin. Some have continued long, even months, under a sense of their un pardoned iniquities, and exposure to the wrath of God. This religious excite ment has been principally among the youth ; yet it has reached, in a few cases, from eight to eighty years of age. There has usually been a larger number of male than female subjects of this work among us. Those young men are also the most decent, well informed and respectable youth of our churches ; the character of many of whom no vice had ever stained, and who had no lost reputation to retrieve by future amendments. Thej promise much for the interest of the Redeemer's kingdom in the world. I hope He who has called them from darkness to light, intends some of them as heralds of his grace to the world around them. There have been very few bodily im pressions or agitations as in the former revivals in this place, and comparatively very little noise, either under a sense of uilt and despair, or when relief has been obtained from a hope of pardon through the blood of the Lamb. Sometimes the loud cry has been extorted in a case of extreme distress, as from one in his own imagination almost irretrievably lost : What must I do to be saved ? Jesus, thcu Son of David? have mercv on me I Again, when the unburdened soul has felt a sense of the pardoning love of God thrill through his heart, his bursting grat itude has been expressed in the angelic style : Glory to God in the highest ; eter nal praises to Him who hath redeemed us by his own blood. Should you next inquire, what has been the effect of all this excitement ? I answer, the addition of 75 members to my own charge, from the age of twelve years, to that of eighty in one case, and among those a few of the people of colour. Our assemblies are crowded, and the attention of our hearers seems to hang on the lips of the speaker, as if for the life of their souls indeed. Their very looks seem to bespeak their thirst for the word of eternal life. When the attention of the professing part of the assembly is directed to the prospect of triumph over sin, death, and hell, and to the joys of the celestial world, the pros pect of dwelling forever where Jesus is, you would say something almost angelic beams on the countenance of many. But when the sinner's sad case is spoken of, the impossibility of his escaping the wrath to come, his awful doom in going down to perdition from the sound of the gospel k and the gates of Zion, the congregation seem as if convulsed, and weep in silent sadness. Indeed, my friend, so deep and realizing have been the views my own mind has had of the awful condition of multitudes of thoughtless sinners, rushing into the dread presence of Omnipotence to receive their final doom, that my trem bling hand has almost refused to hold the book which contains their dread sentence, and my heart has said, fain my pity would reclaim, And snatch the firebrands from the flame. We have had little or no opposition to contend with as yet. The adversary has not yet marshaled his sad troops against us, so as to show them in the light. Nay I hope they are about to be better employ ed, in the service of the great captain ot salvation. We have not yet had the pain ful feelings of weeping over one who has turned buck. We have not thought that all who have felt convictions for sin, or sad awakenings, or even all those who have engaged in singing and praying a monp: the friends of religion, have had their feet set upon the rock : nay, we are sorry that we are forced to judge other wise. Yet of all those of whom we had I formed a favorable opinion, we have not as yet been disappointed in any one indi- i vitlual. The Lord is yet pleased to carry on thi ttracious work among us. Christians still appear lively and zealous in the cause of the Redeemer. A few careless sinners arc now and then aroused to inquire what they must do to be saved. We are looking forward with sweet anticipation, to the opening of the spring season, when the weather will permit us all to crowd together again in to the holy temple of our Lord, or in the solemn grove, where we shall render our ten thousand thanks and pay our vows to the Lord our Redeemer ; at which season we look for still greater displays of the power and efficacy of sovereign grace in the salvation of sinners. The Lord's arm is not shortened, that it cannot save those among us who are yet in their sins ; nor his ear heavy, that it cannot hear prayer offered in their behalf by the friends of Zion. Let christians everywhere he en couraged and excited to pray. The hap py days long promised the church on earth, are at hand. Turn your eyes to the east and the west, to the north and the south, what, O what glad sight eheers your eyes ? The missionaries, the her alds of the cross of Christ, going on with majestic strides, not with gold or silver, to enrich the darkened world of dying mortals, but with the bible, the ever bless ed gospel of the Son of God, to enlight en their minds and gladden the heart that has never yet been cheered by one ray cu divine light. Look abroad and see in how many places the standard of the cross is already planted, and see the banner of the Lord waving over the sea and the land, in almost every direction. How ma ny thousands are now sitting, clothed and in their right minds, at the feet of Jesus, who but a few years since were worship ping the workmanship of men's hands, or scouring the forests, bearing the bloody instruments of death in their cruel hands. O christians, do you not really imagine that you sec the reddenincr streaks of the millennial morniner, the dawn of the church's jHorv on earth, when she shall indeed arise and shine as clear as the sun, fair as the moon, and terrible as an army with banners ? Is it then a tune for chris tians to sit nedfiinjr over their privileges, on the threshold of millennial glory ? O, can the heralds of the cross entertain their hearers any longer with dry morsels, while there is bread enough and to spare ? O brethren, let us all give this best of ob jects cur warmest prayers, and part of our property too, with our whole heart. Let the miser be rich in gold and silver, and goods laid up in store for many years ; but let us strive to be rich in good works, which may forward this best of causes which man ever yet espoused. 'I hat cause which will prosper when every oth er shall fail : That cause which will final ly triumph over the expiring pangs ot dissolving nature. AMICUS-