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.Irindon.rf ;vear, Two DoiLlarsU payable in V,e Hut if .no P!'J irt advance, Two Dollars - I fifty cents wtjl be charged. ' ristMEsw inserted si $1 for the finst.ond 2." cts. K?nixt(t eactisubsequelit insertion! Courtorders .,Ji C5 per (. higher than these ates. A lib iLlucttoa to oe who odvertiw by the year. I to tnr litJiiw muni ur irm . ;.i . pol ffl r rotn ll&lev Lady's Book, The Broken Merchant. - r i rf I' ll V MIM. KAKAII J. II ALE. (Concluded.) fVnr .Mrs. Catlfon to her hushaijid : CJk.rmantown; July, 1833. t - low dI pas my lime thijs summer ?' "our rtiflion. ? Hell, as you seem lo rely ) f0nfolfntiyn my romession. ii nau re iranK ii . (hmifrh iiim.uhat nhridid f..r i,a. ' fnceffr a ,nS ""ner, ,s "oli a'n told, the ; r(IJ, of man. . . 1 ' '' ! r;jrt mV f doing. I rank my ma- j i !.! nliiaditroa I r o 1 1 ; lri.in r A If . run " - - 1 '4 . rniiM tiffin Henry heiia mA little now i a i i r- M".""ni i a. aiii iijt:mi a iu ii . Ljmj hear him talk his voice as sweei a a ! ffd'n you would ihink I wasiagood mother. not that something in my iravor.junarlesf Thn I assist my in i aunt injlier house.. nniT. anc f, and in oer cuarm-s, iou :j lor, inoogn n gre;it store oi woriUjiy q)o(j-, she is rh in cood works. Do youiwijih to know ki I' contribute I My lyMipajlhiWs, tny alien ,n. kind words, - : 1 td encoiiragjti smiles ; .1 ruallv. Chtilfl I never received so ex ;jive, a'l" as I;-think, so siheee raiilude ! t ' -r. ...:. 1. 1. . i . i i rail my bounteous yuis vu k iow we aid j ve Ufjely iii ThHatleljihiH.) las now have ) nivered unon m foAnv L'of) will merely. ! iiirtyjof spirit loiV:i(N the poo.r ife more popu- '.A - .1 . ... .1 . .. f A Iil. Iiiiflnj .'. I . . .1. r Willi iu'm. ami inuio mucin. i iuu, man i ifities in hineyjf I (tut amn-eofni- ! ah, I have lliem in plen- I j walk, ride, r.ipad. and botanize. If yoi i!il iee Henry and me out nail lie riri" flowers, i I-1 hear hi gUd U'lgh when be finds one, and t wh as loud as h", you w.Mjild think it was Lviini!.fo botanize. .'I'hen rriy riiusic isla de VVful leasijr. bncause then! Charles, I feel ir I .. ..... II !Tiy.N rn 3 (.miiiiiuihiij; wiuj yours. fink you a thousand lime for your last col. (in, Uie pieces are all char;minc, and I can rrform that divine kir,' as you stylo it, charm- l'Ii. at least, so says Monsieur ) : and ii infd q think hurl the standard, of taste in jic. Seriously.; T do think! Inave made a L.fcf tivr.fl.iAnnt in fTinain lk la' I n i ...... . . e the longs. you prefer, and jwhfjn yoif return u will hear me sing like a I'nnia fmia." : From Mrs. CarltotI to her h lusband : ( v. u m a; town, Jjuly 4ih. 134. T Vou hardly imagine, my dfar Charles', how ppy yfur lal lettermade mej ! And you think t, in one yar'mvre, you will nble to re n with suiricienl t ft' pay your creditors. And n we will celebrate our indenctice, Charles. thai a happy day it will be j and how (iitl'-r I, loo. Inn source ml your ha)ipuies from ie I once ff)olihly thought wejre the basis injoyment ! 'j 'I will tell you why J wtitn wiih such warmth: ti wil, I know, be glad thai! onejjjehr is paid. iour mree monrns ago, a oor jvornan came m lMiiladelphi.i to our neii'hliiorhik)d. in search !fiii)l)ymenl. JShff icallcd a our house ; and tf being out, I wf rjj down icjf sc( if,, woman, (looked wecht;ij ; and. jvhen she saw I 'iei her, h Went b'n fo 'tell! me a long story imiihles, how she had lived in fhe city, kept oiilfdioner s shop, been ntdotl mate in her tamers, lill finally , she had to give up her if; and her husband, forihed debts.; had -nVnt to jail. .' j : ' i asked her whv she wa nnf.rtinnnio in Lr -'"men?. ' Oh,' sK) said, Mhey d id not pay and she went op to name a number of ie, who were lorernosl among the fashion A When 1 was in town a a if. n, Charles, she 4 darned toy nam' amon . fSi . . " i if i i 1 1 iii. .'iiii rei. 'iftere w hfi nreiH Mrs. Carl. '(I giye her nyri words she owed me t.undfed dollars when her husband failed.' My face was criinson, I believe; the wo. itirted to see' rriy.' airitatioin. and then she to! 'Hefted me. I dif think before she had any wno I was. Dijn't think Charles, that I wohilly alrered. 'She hid! nevr - UV I'll nr. in -plainly; tfnnd shall I f ell you the P imi-nt f Mie said she had never seen me K h handsome V ver hiandsome : 'for' r never saw vou hare url. I.pqIiIh- ' ch,eks ,enre.' ! ; ! T 3 j remembered piijchasing jconjfectionary -of '09 last winter We were in lown but- I ( -( ...... . . . . a - , - . wi.v IKHMIIl.ll Utl and the articles were nearH- nlf fn;ck t said, for our jasl grand paHv. Of the " nve hundred friends I then invited only ha? ever showri a wish to rnntin.ii iV., 1'iship since our lliilure. One hundred dollars! The poor woman it would releasejher husband from jail. I my pearls,, Chnirles and naid b,.r. And pride and pteaiufe.t felt thatfirst nvenmir fre Ihem. vhenvo whisnered lhv l.a jne m, was nothing to my exultation when u eni me poor creature toirelease her bus- . Vom Mrs. Car!tofi in her husband Ckuma.ntoW.v, Jan. 1835. My dear Charl e s I .have and nivev l.'i. f m rolsoni i4 ileail ' shnl Lim.oll'ln.i I.' m &i lie left a note, tatini that his nroner. fvaguue; and lU he trusted Cd wnuln' r'nmre mercy fof his sin than the world tor his pfooerlv. Mists U e n f no n f n l n . i T iviai orld s (fontumwy more ithan the law of Tl! - j: ! Uhi how I, do pitly.his mother and sister! ' : l once irtyed her ike a iier .u entirely neglecici me since my retirement, 'nought but jlitila of j her; but now I ty afTecliun all Vvire. Tnnr rii k.,.., r I could comfort her ! If th P'onerlv. it wmitd hnv. I 00 It nAlkinn I , n i irnuiii", i aveli.ld lU.ri iUf i V, -. . .i i , - -"in ti 1, iiuw uiriu mtz ii inousanu 1 Cf of happineia independent of wealth! -'Qion ; pleasures which! may be enjoyed Qu' money: but what can I sav nnw i i l bould I haved one?. How. been, if vnn . i - . -j ' " y, Gloved husland how thankml I feel Md hat Sustained li in imr ravmrtae V - 1 : r.Mr. Carltort in hi. u fn - - ir . t - w t Pu. . v 1AK. April, 1845. I? i 1 1 ,aJ ,ov''' respecting the bad , .'rtiioin I ti -i.n. ,..U V... 'onot know hLs temptations to the rash I I-, ' ' oijr acmie.intance wan nis H 'r. and with ..the mania of his mfrthe'r juter to be ,n,ong ihe fashionables, has 10 the mo.t painful reflection on his un. nfi irn J. J, BBUNER, Editor Jf Proprietor. happy fate. He was ambitious, bnt naturally generous and enthusiastic ; and, had his pride been rightly directed towards useful and noble objocts, he-would have made a noble-minded and useful man. 'Bui his mother and sister thought only of show and eclat ; and they bound down his spir. it lo the circle ol the world of fashion. In iheir esteem, he was the greatest man who could keep the most expensive establishment, and afford the ladies of his family the most cost, ly array. Ii was their reproaches and com plaints which poor John dared not meet.' He could have braved the world ; but there was for him no rest at home. 'Do not think I am placing all the sins of my sex to the ajccount of yours. We have a long and dark .catalogue of our own ; Injt I do think that in our country, it is in- woman's power, if she would rightly exert he-moral influence, to call forth our virtues and eren lo make our im petuous passion subservient lo great and glori ous purposes. But if the American women worship wealth, the men will sacrifice their souls to gaijit. 'A thousand, thousand blessings on you, my love ! You have sustained my spirit by your cheeiful affection, and yo ir example and coun--sel are every day strengthening in me the de. termination to be worthy of suha wife. Pray for me. that my heart may be purified from all sinful and worldly affections, and kept from those fierce temptations which only heavenly grace can enablCus to overcome- Your hus band. 'Charles Carlton.' CHAPTER VI. Nems. - 'Ill-favored is the bearer of itl-news.' , There is a gentlnan below who has a let ten for Mrs. Carlton, said the domestic. 'Why did he not send it up?, 'He said it was not to you' madame ; but he had brought it for you lo read, and he wished to make some explanations.' "Did he give his name V 'Yes, madam, Mr. Cole." "Cole Cole I do not recollect any person of that name. Is is not a very elegant name' Cole,' and Mrs. Carlton as she hurried to finish her toilet endeavored by dwelling on the name lo keep from her heart the, agitating dread of some impending evil. What evil pould she fear, except as connected with the fate of her husband ? She had not heard from him for sev eral months. 'Mrs. Cailton, sir.' Mr. Cole started at ihe announcement. He had not anticipated seeing a solitary wife look ing so like an angel. She was arrayed in a pure white robe, no ornaments ; angels never wear them. "I have received a letter from my French "or respondent, making kind inquiries respecting Mr. Carlton, supposing him in Philadelphia, madam.' Well, sir V 'Mr. Haliord wished me to ascertain if you had heard from your husband of late.' Il is somiime since ; about about' and a burnihg blush rushed over her heek. and then as suddenly ebbing, left her face while as the new-fallen snow. ' 'How long did "you sjy, madam ? 'Nearly six months and her voice sank with the suffocating sensation at her heatt' as she thought, 'how long !' . 'Mr Carlton, it seems, left Paris about four months since. '- Just the lime he named in hislait letter that he should embark for home. Oh, what has hap pened ! Where is he ? Can you tell me ? The letter !' 'De calm, madam ; pray lie calm,' said Mr. Cole, in a most soothing tone. Nothing hap pened that we can ascertain. Mr. Carlton was highly respected at Paris, and this letter you. may see only speaks in general terms of his depaiture. Beealm. Mrs. Carlton ; pray do not aflliet yourself. What ! ho ! help! the lady has fainted !' Sfraage she should faint. I never thought a w-ife cared so much for her husband. I won der who would grieve if I should be lost ? I'll marry. lhalssetled ; I'll marry.' So thought Mr. Cole as he rode homewards. CHAPTER VII. - The Denouement. 'Hope is brightest when it dawns' from fears.' 'Doctor, howdo you find my poor little niece, Mrs. (jurltnnthis morning ?' said Mrs. Eaton. 'Ni? better, no better ; heart sick, M rs. Eaton. Medicities do little good in such cases.' ' You still recommend travelling?' 'Yes madam.' 4A sea vovage ?' ' :I should say it promised to be beneficial.' 'To France ?' 'Yes, take her to Paris ; let her see the friends of her late husband, and hear Iheir praises of his character.'. Such awaken the current of life and its thoughts ; if you can arouse these, the mother will triumph in her heart, and she will strive lo become reconciled to the dispensation of Providence, and lo live for her child's sake.' 'A christian should always be reconciled,' re. marked Mrs. Eaton. 'True ; but Christians need motives to obedi ence ; and' in cases of severe affliction, these motives should be placed in the most touching light. Pardon me. madam ; I know I am only repeating yoor sentiments,; those, indeed, which I have learned from your own lips and life.' 'Oh, doctor, yon have probed me lo the quick. I am the selfish one, the unreconciled. I did not repine that the affections of my niece were given to Mr. Carlton. I felt that she ought to love hef husband better than any other earthly friend. But I cannot bear that ihe whole heart of my precious child sould be buried in the grave of her husband ; I want her to turn to me. And so she will, rp(am, as soon as ihis tor por of grief is, in sorre measure, removed.' 'Dear Emily,' said-Mrs. Eaton, greasy mov. ed. She shall go to Paris. I will. Conquer myself. I will talk to her of her husband ; he w as an excellent man, and worthy of tier love. There hhere ! Is not tsTt he 7 Merciful Heav- en, my prayers are heaid ! It is Charles !. ? , - CAROLINA WfflCHMAN. A CHECK UPOJf ALL TOUR RCLEKS. SALISBURY, N. C 'I sent you a long letter the day before I left I arts, detailing all the reasons which induced me to goto Constantinople ; and siating also the probability thai you might nol receive an other letter, or hear from me, till I had the bless, ed privillege of thus assuring you ofj my health and happiness; and Charles Carlton'alternale ly kissed the pale lip ofi his wile and the rosy cheeks of his boy. as they were both encircled in his arms. ' j 'The letter never reached me ; anjd, Charles you cannot know how this silence i distressed me.' ! . 'I see it, I feel it too well, my oy?n love. If I had anticipated your affliction, not all the bright prospects held out by Mr. Dijipin would have weighed a feather. I would have come to you.' ; ; M. ! -11 I i ir. never ininK oi ii vnaries. it is over, you are here, and I shall soon he then how happy we will be. You leave me again.' y ' well ; and must not Never ! never ! I have money enough, be. sides paying all mv creditors, excepj Mr. Hal. ford, who. has voluntarily relinquished his claim to begin business again for myself. j We shall know how to estimate our blessinjgjs. how lo enjoy them. We will live for domestic happi- ness, tor social improvement ties. for rejligious du- But never again, my husband, foj- fashiona ble display. Never, Emily- ! San Francisco, May 27, 1851. . i Dear Watchman: After a ling, tedi ous, and tiresome voyage to all bn board not Accustomed to " go down to he sea in ships," we have all arrived at bbr destin ed port in health and safety ; ariu4 as I pro mised to let you hear from me before a great while, I now propose to give you a brief summary of the prominent events of our four months " life on the ocen wave." The day we left New rork, Jan. 31st, was fair, but cold and windy. Having in the morning dropped down to Staten Island, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon we weighed anchor, set sail, andj in a few minutes our noble, ship (the Staj? Hound of 1600 tons burthen, and j 220 feet in length.) was gliding along over the blue waves with dignity and grace. 1 It was truly a magnificent sig ht as we headed off that evening so beautifully from the shore, and made our way out farther and farther upon the bosom of the " migh ty deep;" and the passengers spent the greater part of it pacing up and down the quarter deck contemplating the enchant ing scene. But our enjoymeni; did not continue to flow on altogether ulnterrupt ed and undisturbed. j The remembrance of beloved! ! relatives and friends from whom we had separated, forced itself upon us: as each lojok in oth ers face there c$uld be seen a depth of in tense feeling, over which our ejnjoyment pf the moment played as the little ripples played upon the surface of the deep blue sea around us. The next morning I began to feel symp toms of sea-sickness. Of this disease I was under the impression I had, some ex perience in going: from Philadelphia to New .York, via Cape May; but I soon found that I knew nothing of its horrors. For three weeks and more I could scarce ly eat a mouthful of anything at all. It really seemed .to me at times tbat eating was the most disgusting thing I had ever seen men engaged in. Dishes, which on shore had ever been most inviting, sud denly lost all their attractions. The very ight of them was loathsome ; and I not bnly hated them, but almost every thing else, even myself. j I In fact, if there is anything in the world that is calculated to raise the "Old Har ry" in a man quicker than another, I be lieve it is to put him on board a ship for the first time, let him get fairly sea sick, and then have a storm to come on, and set the vessel to rolling, tumbling and jvitchingjibout like a crazy beast; Such Was precisely my case when five days out, during which time I had eaten nothing but had been vomiting almost incessantly, f Now I would like to give a little short Sketch of the storm I have alluded to ; but it has been so long since, and so many other interesting matters have since pre sented themselves during the voyage that the immense excitement it created at the time cannot be so accurately described. However, as the principal features of it are so indelibly stamped upon my mem ory that they can never be erased, I have concluded not to pass it by altogether un noticed. As I said befor, we were then just five days out from New York, arid about three degrees of the Bermudas. It was now Wednesday evening! and we had had a pretty heavy gale accompanied with irregular squalls, all the time from the Monday morning previous. Early in the afternoon the "wind began to increase, and directly after, there was seeri a black. Ominous looking cloud making it$ way up from the'horizon towards us, in tneidirec tion from which the wind blew. iSoon its threatenings lirnPO laoli7l(l . PXm iin t3 - i o iinutru , IVl III CI 1 1 hour or two the rain commenced falling j in torrents ; the wind howled and whis- tied as I had never heard it do! before : ! the sea, alrearjy raised to a high pitch by ordr,nk' !t s not reasonable to suppose that the continued: gale, began to aksurne a ! theJ cou'd have lived more than twdays long much more fearful aspect than eteri Our er a! lh f"lh". if we had not picked them up, ship, quite despaired of some timt before I ZL T kT'", Hvidenlial!y i ' , r . r 4t i relieved. We received ihe Cap aihin our own the SVrf nnrt nf (ha tomnaut carina r. . . . w-..m nj wn, v u k "ui:: a'Z ST p'f- uci uiiiiu posscugcrs, was now uBaicn with double violence by the enlarged and rhaddened billows ; and although most of Do this, AJJci Liberty is safe.' Geti'l Harrison. THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1851. the sails usually furled in cases of this kind had been taken in, still, Mazrppalike, she seemed to dash over the hilly surface with increased vigor at every bound. Eve ry thing that was not fastened down about the vessel was rolling here and there, and every where, in the most confused disor der ; the heavy seas she had Shipped and the still heavier ones she was then ship ping, added new and redoubled conster nation to the bitter scene. Iri fact, things began to wear such a dubious aspect, that a speedy change, of some sort was looked forward to with the greatest certainty, not only by the passengers, j but by the Captain and crew also; when to com plete the horrors of the hour, the fore top gallant, fore royal, main topmast, main topgallant, main royal, mizzeh topgallant and mizzen royal masts gave way, and with their appendages came falling crash, crash, all over and about the -ship, in the most appalling manner. By this time it was dark, and we " turned in that night, doubting whether we should ever be per mitted to see the light of another day. And as for me, I suppose I was quite as indifferent about it as any onejelse there : for when a person gets to be as much un der the influence of nausea as 1 was then, lam somewhat inclined to believe that h would regard a grave in ths sea as more to be courted than dreaded. But as the night passed off, we found that the storm was abating ; and in jforty-eight hours after we had fine weather, which continued till we passed to the jother side of the Equator. Crippled as we were by the storm our hopes of a quick passage were greatly damped ; but fortunately for us we had masts and fixtures on board ; and through the indefatigable exertions and persever ance of our vigilant Captain, we succeed ed in getting all the wreck cleared away and new masts put up in the course of eighteen or twenty days. But! the shat tered timbers and torn sails of this event, opened an unusually large field of labor for our Carpenter and Sail-maker, who, like the other part of the creyv, always have as much and more than they can do when there is nothing of the kind takes place. From here, we kept on our course, which had been pretty much Southeast, until we passed the Cape Verde Islands about four degrees to the West, when we turned South and crossed the Eqjator in longitude between 29 deg. and 3(J min. The next interesting incident that occurred with us was when off the coast of Brazil in lat. 22 25', Ion. 33 29', Sunday. March 2nd. It was about 6 o'clock, A. M., and 1 had just left my state room and gone on deck to take a bath, when a man by my side pointing over the star, board bow, cried out "A boat! A boat! with men in it." In an instant the news! was con "veyed to every ear on board, and in jabout the same length of time the starboard rail was lin. ed lore and all with anxious sailors; and half, uresseu passengers, an wonuering and conjec turing what accident had befallen these discom fited, unhappy looking people. As; we drew nearer abreast of them (they making towards us all the while as hard they could) they com menced waving their hands and handkerchiefs, beckoning lo us, and calling out in an unintelli gible language, as if imploring us to receive them on board. At the lime, the sea was run- n I ii ir mnttiralalv tiirrVi and iti t ! .. I .....j, ,nU..wu. "'b'M "c cic uiiiy dion at the rate ot some five or six knots per hour ; so thai in a few minutes we had them consid erably on the stern. But we were not so des- litute of humanity as to pass on and leave them there surrounded by death on every Hand. Our sympathies were quickly and enthusiastically aroused for them; and as soon as th Captain could, he hove the ship to, and waitedj for them to row up. Pretty soon they came close up by our side, and their nautical garb at once gave sufficient evidence that they were not strangers lo, nor unacquainted with, ihe life of seafaring men. A rope was then thrown over to them, and they were all able to pull themselves on board by it except one, who we afterwards learned was their Captain. He, poor fellow, was so exhausted that he could not help himself, and we had to draw him up. Their tale' was now the next thing to be learnt; for as fyel not a word had been understood from them. This difficulty was removed, however, as soon as we got them and all of our men collected; together ; for among our polyglot crew of forty men, (which represented nearly as many different nations,) we quickly found our interpreter in the person of an old Swede, whose story concern ing them, as communicated by him to us from them, was in substance about as follows : They were Swedes, and belonged to the Russian bri Sylphide, which had been lo Rio and taken in a cargo of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five bags of Coffee, with which she had set sail for Helsingfors, Finland. ! When five days out from Rio, a severe storm, or rather squall, came upon ihem, and so com pletely and suddenly wrecked their vessel, that ihey had barely time to secure one of the little boats and escape in it with their lives not even having an opportunity to procure so much as a bottle of water, nor a mouthful of food ; and their carpenter, who was in bis berth, sick at the t ime, they had to abandon to a watery grave. They had then beep out three j days iu this condition, with nothing) to eat or; drink, save the legs ol their Captain's boots, I which tbey said they had been chewing to sus- ,a'n Exposed as they were to the burning ra.V8 f a tropical Sun, without anything to eat cabin, and at our table, and entertained b.m as hospitably, & made him as comfortable in every way, as we well could. His men went before the mast, and proved a very acceptable addition NEW SERIES. VOLUME VIII-NUMBER 13. to our crew, especially in doubling Cape Horn; for they could endure the cold much better than our seamen. Thai day in commendation of ihe act we had performed in the morning, we read during dirine service, the parable of the Good Samaritan. About three o'clock in the aftemnnn f iK. same day, a little circumstance came under my observation which, though iljnay seem quite a trivial affair in the eyes of many, may never- theless serve lo illustrate in some degree bow inconsiderate and disresnectf.il we m.w.fi oi in- lives of inferior animals. The subject of it was a little land bird, very much resem- Illin(T nnr hast,.. .-.L- L i. i j 'I'anuw, wnica was discover- j ed resting upon one of the larboard main bra j ces. It had wandered out on the water and looked as if it was nearly perished, and so weak a couiu scarcely ny. Un seeing it, I ran be- low and got a few crumbs of bread, and itrew. ea tnem along over the life boat nearest to it. But just at this moment the Swedish captain, who had now begun to revive came up on deck, and spyingthediitressed little wanderer.he walk ed as deliberately to the rope upon which it was setting, as if it had been some noxious intruder, and shook it violently. At this the bird flew off some distance from the ship, and then came back again, and lit in the very same place ; again the captain shook the rope with as much or more force than he had done at first, and again the bird did just as it had done before. This same thing was repeated for the third time ; when the wearied little creature, appa rently despairing of life, and welcoming death as a renei to its sufferings darted down upon (h water, and was seen no more. One would have thought that that man of all others on board, himself so recently and so similarly lit uated. would have been the last to display such7 want of feeling. Keeping along down the South Ameri can coast, we passed on between Patago. nia and the Falkland Islands; and on the morning of the 21st of March, we found our selves within about 20 miles of Staten Land, 1 his was the first land we had seen since we lett home, and we did nothing but feast our eyes upon it all that forenoon ; until we got so'far offi'rom it it had the resemblance of a mere cloud. When we were nearest lo it, I took up I U . lL II I 1 . r . ' me iricsL-upe ana looKeo at it lor some time. but could distinguish nothing but its rufed and sterile looking mountain, the highest peaks of which were covered with snow, and presented quite a picturesque and lofty appearance. No vegitation nor living thing of any sort could be lit. discerned. But a young Bostonian whom afterwards saw in Valparaiso, told us he nass we ed so near the shores of some of the land there (he did not know the name of it) lying al the Southern eitremily of Patagonia, that he could see the natives, who, he said, were a great. . n . . . " tan, gigantic people about eight feet high (?) and who ran along on the shore abreast of them, and whooped and yelled at them like wild, ferocious indians. On Sunday following we saw Cape Horn. Up to this lime we had been priding our selves upon the auspicious lime we had happen ed lo come upon Cape Horn, (the most notori ous of all places upon the " high seas" for rough weather and contrarv wind. and iK- quick run we were going to have around it ; f( or we had then had delightful weather and favora- I bio winds ever since we had been South of the La Plata river; and we were in hopes we had ; just hit upon the right lime, and that we should sail round and be out of danger of the lion s jaws" in one or Iwo days, instead ol being kept there live," six, and seven weeks, as has some times been the case with other veessels. But towards ni:ht Mr. Cane Horn, the terror nf all I J : i t r i nil idiui s, uiscoverea us, ana lor seven days i kept us almost completely at bay. ' whole of 'his time the wind blew During the riuht in our teeth at a terrible rate, and brought either rain, hail, or snow, with il every day. Owintr lo ; this hard and continued blowing, the sizeand power of the waves became perfectly appalling, In fact they ran so large and so high that eveTy , one looked like a little ocean of itself; and not ; unfrequently would they slrike the ship with such tremendous force that I thoij"ht she would be broken into atom'. Finally, however, by tacking, turning and twisting about, we suc ceeded in getting fairly around, much lo the gratification of all, and especially to the relief ot our worn out seamen, w ho had been up work ins: wiih all their miyht. dav and niorht. fir a whole week. While in the neighborhood of ihe Cape we. saw thousands of albatrosses, gulls, petrels and ichthyophagous birds ; and by means of a fish hook tied to the end of a long line, and baited with a piece of fat bacon which we let out some distance from the stern of the vessel, we caught several of a species t sailors called the Cape Hen ; one of which I measured from the tip nf its right wing lo its left : it was seven feet across. The albatross is about twice as large as this. Here loo, while in this latitude we ha ve our fairest views of the great Southern Cross, the Magellon clouds, &c, constella tions of as much notoriety in th Southern hem isphere, as ihe Pleiodes or Belt of Orion is in the northern. Finding our water was now bejnninr lo give out, and that we should have to procure a fresh supply belore we could reach Calfornta, we began to bend our course towards Valparaiso. On the second day before we reached thii place, which was on 1 uesday afternoon, the 8th of April, we found ourselves close in upon the coast of Chili, South of the city and harbor to which we were then bound : and as we pass- , ed along up the shore we had a magnificent view not only of its own high, barren hills, but also of the lofty and lowering heights ol the Andes at the distauce of one hundred and forty. five I miles in the interior. To add to the grandeur of this spectacle on land, another now present- ed itself on the ocean around us, in the form of " great whales" the first we had seen. Wre saw a greal rrQffly of these huge creatures lhat and the next day, ai.d one of them came within two or three rods of the stern of the ship and spouted the water with a noise something like lhat of a Mississippi steamboat. Wre had scarcely drawn in port and cast an. chor, before we were surrounded with little boats filled wiih Americans, natires, and for- eigoeri who had come out, aa thej laid, to hear from ui and to see our ship. From theie men we learned that four dara orevioui to that lim ine bad had a aerere earthquake, and that al most every houie in th city had been more or leif injured by it a part completely deatrojtd, and aome persona killed. It was alio reported by some of them, that it had laid a great por. lion of Santiago, ihe Capitol, in ruins ; hut as yet nodifiniie news had been received from any of the inland cities or towns, and it was not positively ascertained what its destroying ef. fecta bad been in any other!ace, save only in that. Late that evening, about half an hour before sun down, wa made our debut in the city ; but it waa then too late to see or learn anything that day, so we returned directly to our own quarter, and waited in suspense for the coming morn. Immediately after an early breakfast. Wed. neiday morning, we put off in a small boat for be shore, and were not a little amazed on r. : rJTiftS ,here lo find everything to new and dif. ! 111 from whal we hd suppoied it was. A ' grfat Crud of ,he nl,ites. dresied in their pe. U fa,hior, collected upon the wharfi, a.nd Were makinrT gret hubbub with their clamorous tongues (the Spanish) and noiiv ae. rt . . nous. ! oey appeared to re a simple bt arted, kind, but ignorant and abominably filthy sort of people. Scarcely had we been in the cit- half an hour that morning, when I ilepped inA a bather's shop to have my beard and hair tJHen off: and while sitting' down in a chair, just in (be act of beng shaved, the barber very suddenly sprang aghast from me towards ihe dior, and the first thing I knew the whole earth, houses and eve. rything around me, were quivering, shaking and Quaking in the moil terrific manner; tho' fortunately or timid mortals il did not last more than seven or eight second. Juit at the mo. ment it commenced, I could-not for my life think what it was, but the man wiih he razor seem, ed lo realize in an instant what the matter waf, for he bad experienced a much more awful earthquake only five days before, and knew the ropes" well enough. On coming out of the shop, just as I entered the street, we tad the same thing over again, and instantaneously the whole streets were filled with men, women and children, apparently in the greatest confu. sion, and frightened half out of their wits. I noticed several of the women particularly who upon running out placed themselves at once in an altitude of prayer, and looked as though they feared it was the " last of earth" with them. (They are all Catholics) Both of these quakes were much lighter than the firit one they bad. and l do not believe either of Ihem did any dam age ol consequence in that place But the first i came verJ near la)'inS lhe whole cj in ruins. 1 n euslom-house, churches, stores and near. ly all the principal buildings were cracked so badly that many of them were considered dan gerous ; some of which they were pulling down entirely, and repairing other as best iheycould. We were there from that time tillthaufi . of Saturday following ; but did not feel any .1 II- . . - other shock of an earthquake ; and as for me I nope I never shall feel another. As lo the city itself, we saw uolhing that was really beautiful about it. Most of the re. idences were built of mud and straw, and cor. ered with tiles ; and upon lbs whole, if any. thing, were inferior to the negro huts on a planter's farm. The immense sterile bills all about, around, and through tho city, presented quite a dreary and desolate appearance, and . i prevented us from seeing more than bail the number of its buildings at once. The popula. Hon ol.it at present is 65.000. Th-v hare nn , - -j Umber nor any green thing close by, and all iheir supplies, firewood, A:c, are brought some nine or ten miles from the interior on the backs of mules. There the ground is said to be more level, the soil very productive, and to use the language of ihe country's historian ' all ihe fruits of ihe earth grow there in the greatest abundance." Towards noon lhal dav. we chartered some donkies and rode out about two ! miles to a garden called the Vale of Paradise ! in the upper part of the city. Thri ws as charming a spot as I ever beheld, and with the exception of three or four other little places like it, the only level and fertile spot of earth we aw during ihe whole lime we were-there. Here (the 9th of April) we got applei, pears, peaches, quinces prickly pears, oranges, lera ons figs, bananas, pomegranates, water and musk-tnellons, 6lc. &c, lo our hearli' content. On Thursday having by some means or otb. ergol leparated from my comrades, I began rambling about through the city alone, dter mined to see and learn as much of it while lher as I could conveniently. At last I found I had wondered very nearly to its northern outskirts, when coming across a neat little winding path, I followed it up till it led me to ;he opened gate of a beautiful palisoded enclosure ; here, upon looking inr I saw before me a long, clear, and level walk in the midsl of one of the most de. lectable gardens I had ever seen. All the wav overhead, from one end of it to the other, there were large, lucious clusters of grapes hanging down, nearly the size of a common pitcher; while on either side there seemed to be an ac tual rivalry in growth and luxuriance between the different vegetables and fruits. About half way up the walk, in a well shaded place, two middle aged men, dreised in long robes, and with books in iheir hands, were lining on a bench, reading. S:ill I stood at the gate a minute or two longer, wondering what all this could moan, no body seeing me and seeing no dody but the two men before me, who appeared lobe absorbed with their books. To go in I feared would not only be interrupting the ex treme quietude which seemed loprevail around; but also trespassing upon ihe private groundi of those whom I had no business toditurb. How. ever, hoping lo frame some sort of an excuse by offering to purchase some fruits, I stepped in, and slowly approaching the literary gentlemen, I enquired ' Can you speak English I At this the farthest one from me aroe, and bavin? replied in the affirmative, harrangued me at some length in Latin, not a word of which I understood except the termination, which was " St. Patrick ?" Manilesiing by my looks as well as I could my ignorance I his ecclesias tical salutation, inquiry, or whatever it was, he immediately "changed his tune ;" and after apologizing to him somewhat for my raw intru sion, we entered into a long conversation ; pro minading in the mean time up and down ihe lovely walk.' From him I learned lhal Ihe ad joining buildings were occupied as a Roman Catholic College, and lhat he was one of the professors and prie.t, and lhat this garden was exclusively for the use and benefit ol the priests. He said it was one of the largest Col leges in Chili, and lhat ihey had pupils from nearly all the Republics and Provinces of the continent. He was him-elf a native of Belgi um, bul bad ome out to Chili as a Missionary some fifteen years ago. 1 answered a great j many questions of his concerning the United ii Ml