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L.M.JONES, Publisher.. "at tub foblic good we aim." M. M.LEVY.fcom*. TOL. I. CAUDEK, SOCTB CAROLINA, SATURDAY FEBKtARV 17, 1838. **. 4*C j*] ^ " j J ' TJSKJftS v OF TltR O0MMHB.3IA.L OOTTRISR,. Publisbod weeklyly every. Saturday .morning at $3 per annum if paid in advanco, or $4 if not paid until the expiration of tho year. - Persons subscribing out of tho State, aro required to 1 pay in advance. No subscription rccoivod for a less torm than ono ; year. AcvEn.tiaeme.vts will be inserted at One Dollar por square for tho first insertion, and Fifty Cents for i every continuance. Those Advertisements that do i not have tho numbor of insertions marked on the margin will bo published until forbid, and chargod i accordingly. lO All Letters addressed to this Office, must bo post' paid. A CARD. WILLIAM SEVERN'S, TAILOR.?Grateful for the patronage ho has hitherto received, respectfully informs the citizens of Camden and its vicinity, that he has commenced the above , bnsiuess ut the stand formerly occupied by J. j Croodlad, immediately opposite Shannon, MoGoc : & Co., where he will cut and make garments in 1 the neatest manner and most fashionable style. Fashions received quarterly frow New York and j Philadelphia. Jan. 27, 3D tf I A UAKU. " I BC. SMITH, TAILOR, tenders bis thanks I # to those of the friends of tho late firm of Scverns Smith, who since their location here, have so liberally patronized them in business; and trust, by a faithful performance ot the work entrusted to his care, and a disposition to please, to merit u due share of the same patronage; which will be lhaukfully received at the stand formerly occupied ltv iKp filtnt'O firm nnn rlnne ennlli n * He ofiicc. Jan. 27, 39 tf rifFIE Copartnership heretofore existing under the i A firm of Holleyman &. Gass is this day dissolved by mutual consent. II. Holleyman having established himself at iiishopville, Benj. Guss will uttend j directly to the settling up of the concern. All persons indebted to the late firm will make payment or 1 satisiuctory anangemcnts for the amount due, at as caily a day as practicable. B. Gass is authorized to sign the name of the firm of Holleyman & Gasa to all notes or other papers when the samo is required for the settlement of the affairs of tho concern. II. ElOLLE YMAN, Jr. Nov. 11 28 tt B. GASS. "j^TOTICE.?The notes and accounts of W. B. JL si Daniels are placed in my hands for collection?all those indebted will please come forward and settle the same immediately. May 20 3 tf *YV. R. YOUNG. NOXMCK.?All persons indebted to Dr Ezekiel Mayliew, dee'd. are requested to make immediate payment, and those having any demands eiTfor" pfyriKMfflfr to rcndci tlie,u in lcSa,1y attestJan 6 30 tf ' JANE MAYllb w FOR SALE?Tlic former residence of Col. James S Dens, situated in the town of Cainden, comprising six acres of ground, situated on the Eastern side, and in one of the most pleasant neighborhood?for a private family it has many ailvantages. Persons wishing to purchase, can be acoonfmodated on easy terms for the whole, or part of the said property. M. M. JLEVY . Jan. 20 JOHN SMART, Esq. is my authorized agent, during my absence from the State. M. M L. C^O-PARTNIIRMIIIP.-A copartnership J was formed on the 1st inst. under the firm of C, & F. Alatheson. C. MATHE80N, Jan. 20 38 4t F. MATHESU^.. j The subscriber begs leave respectfully, to return his thanks to his numerous friends and the public "in^general, for the liberal patronage which he has heretofore received in business, and hopes that a continuation of the same will be bestowed on the above firm. C. MATHESON. [CP The Charleston Courier will iuscrt the above 0 times and forward account to this office for payment. arjm, PERSONS indebted to J. ifyrBishop 4* Co., ore request'ifji r ed to make immediate pay J ill nient. otherwise COST will 4i^// be added, without respect to Jan. G. 33 tf HWE'ICJE.?All persons indebted to the lnte firm of Carpenter 4* Bonney, and to the subscri> ber, either by note or account of two or more years standing, arc requested to call and settle before return day. After that time all such demands will be placed in other hands fur collection. The recent change in my business, renders it necessary for mc to pursue this course. Jan. 00 38 tt E. W. BONNEY. A good opportunity for Investment. TF1E advertiser, who is engaged in one of the safest and most profitable business establishments in Camden, and who has an exlcnsive run of customers, embracing the best names in this and the adjoining districts, is desirous of uniting with him, either as active or special partner, one who can bring into the concern an equal sum with himself, which sum will only he required monthly, by enual payment! of $1,000. The i books of the establishment for the last eight years, i will be exhibited, and all information given, by addressing a letter to C. D. with real signature, to the care of the publisher of the Camden Courier. The Columbia Telescope and Charleston Courier will give the above two insertions and forward their bills to this office for payment immediately thereafter. Jan. 20 38 tf ATcUClier TVnnted.?A gentleman well versed in the higher, as well as the Ipwer elements of the English language, who can pro ducc satisfactory credentials as a tencher, combined wito a moral deportment, will meet immediate employment in the Blackmon settlement, five r?l . ?l:n T?- . luuia iium l icuiiuiiv ijiiii x'osi ijhiro, JLancnster District, So. Cn. The neighborhood is remarkably healthy, and liberal wages will be given Letters (post paid) addressed to the subscriber, will be duly attended to. lty order of the employers, jan 27 30 It . Wm. J. CONNEKS. Notice,?The subscriber has for sale, a fine ?avouch with extension Lasting top, silver moun- j ted, for one or two horses, which ho will dispose of low for cash J L JON ES Jan 27 39 tf * lvt ?? , - > -1 - - - ? - Sale?A neat, light Bnrouch, for one or JT two horses. Apply at this offim. Jan. 27 39 tf s " t p???????mmmm 1P? EQUITY, SUMTER DISTRICT. ; John Jennings, \ f e* S BILL. 1 Thos Williams, et al , J " ' The judgment creditors of John Jennings, are ' hereby notified and required to be and appear before tne Commissioner of this Court, and establish on oath, their claims to the funds in the hands of the defendants, administrators of Joseph Durant, dec'd. arising from sales of property and money paid to him, within ninety days from this dale. They will be required to shew what they j | may be indebted to said Jennings By decree of , the Court. JNO. B. MILLER, Com'r. i Sutntcrville, Jan. 5 J 20 38 lOt Pr e fee $550 in EQUITY, Kershaw District, William M Brett "1 /i?/7 .1 I !i rs y Dill for Division & sale of Land Wiley Jenkins, j et al J It appearing to n)y satisfaction, that John Jen- ( kins, Wiley Jenkins, Exutn Jenkins Thomas Jenkins, and Joseph Jenkins, defendants in this case,. are absent from this State, It is ordered that they do answer, plead or demur to the said Bill of'. Complaint, within three months from this date, or an order proconfesso will be entered ngoint them therein; also, that this order be published for said time in the Camden Courier. J. W. LANG, Com'r. Jan. 20 38 13t. THE COTO1VXON PLGA^, ? Kershaw IK strict, i Joseph M. Marshall,) vs. > Dccla. in Foreign At'chmt llenry II. Schrock. 3 WHEREAS, the plaintiiT h. s this day filed his declaration in this olhce, against the defendant, who is absent from and without the limits of this State, as it is said, and having neith er wife nor attorney known within the same: It is ordered that the defendant appear and plead thereto, within a year and day, or Unal judgment will be entered of record against him. Nov. 25 3<? J. VV. LANG, Clerk. JMJllTIi t'AKULlJNA, SUMTER DISTRICT. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Knox &. Spann for J. M. Niolon & Co vs John D.! howen. John D. Bowen, who is in ihc custody of the Sheriff of said District, by virtue of a Writ of Capias ad Satisfaciendum, at the suit ol Knox and Spann, having, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of the General Assembly ol said State, entitled '-An Act for the more effectual relief of Insolvent Debtors," rendered in a schedule of his whole estate and effects on oath, NOTICE is herebj given to the said plaintiffs and all other creditors of the said John D. Bowen to be and appear, cither personally or by their attorney, in open Court, before the Associate Judges ! moots from the'dafe cause, if any they can, why the sa.d estate and effects should not be assigned, and the said John D. Bowen liberated agreeable to the Act afore'said. JOIIN M. DARGAN, c. c. c. p. Office of Common IMeas, Sumter Dist, > 6th January 1838. { Jan. 20 38 lit Pr's fee $12 For Sale, A GOOD PIANO. Apply to SHANNON, McGEE & Co. | Nov. 4, 27 tf I TMlOWlV TAXES?Being due, the subscri., JL ber will attend to receive the same, as also the Commutation for Road duty. J. W. LANG, ' Jan. 20 38 tf Ilec'r nnd Treasurer* : Notice*?The notes and accounts of J. M. Niolon and Co, aic in my hands for collection? those indebted will please to call and make rettleinentsas soon as possible. JOHN ROSSER. Jan 27 3'J tf fllHE Co-partnership heietofore existing under JL the firm of Sever us 4' Smith, was, on Mon. uay me inst. dissolved by mutual consent. WM. SEVERNS. Jan, 20 38 tf B.C. SMITH. mTOTICJE. ?The undersigned having formed XT! a copartnership for a term of years, under j the firm of Murray fy- Bouncy, for the transaction of Mercantile business, respectfully solicit from their friends and customers a continuance of their patronage. They have on hand a very extensive Assortment of Dry Goods, Haidware and Groceries, which they will dispose of at reduced prices I for cash, or on ciedis to punctual customers. .? < They may be found at the store lately occupied , by Murray & Bryant. J. D MURRAY, Jan. 20 38 tf E. W. BONNEY PROSPECTUS 1 OF T1IK Cnniclcit Commercial Courier. THE Establishment of the COMMERCIAL , COURIER was rendered necessary by the inconvenience to which.our citizens have been subjected * for the want of a public channel of communication ' which in a commercial community like Camden, is i essentially necessary, and consequently the COU-1 RIER S claim on the public is such as should en-1 .. uu?1 1 suit, tt kiiviui uuiruiiiige. j undersigned have spared no trouble or ex- j penso in obtaining the best workmen in order to 1 render the Paper nil the advantages that it will' admit of, and affording satisfaction to its patrons. 11 In political matters the Courier will take no | part; the design being to publish a Paper adapted 1 to the interest of all, which could not be effected j I by its entering into the arena of Politics?it will ; be confined principally to such matter as appertains to Commorce, Agriculture and Amusement. The COUllIhli is published every Saturday 1 morning at Three Dollars in advance, or Four < Dollars if not paid until the expiration ot the year. , Persons wishing, to become subscribers must address a letter (rosT paid) to L. M. JONES. Camden, S. C. May, 1837. ATirw m ? - - ' _ ,wit.? i in- i icvi mn Anniversary ot ine Cnm.len Debating Club, will be celebrated by an or at in to be delivered by member Dr. J amis i II. HociiEtXK, on Thursday, evening, 22d mat. nt , the Haptiat Church, at 7 o'clock. Our citizana and the public generally, are reapectfnllv invited to attend By order. A. O. WfLLlS 8ec'y. IN- B. Members of the CRub will be punctual < in their attendance at the Club Hall, on tne even- , ing of the 15th. (Thursday night,) aa business of importance will he brought belorothem. Feb. 10*41 U BACON. Thesubscriber hasWonod 455 lu-aA of fine Tennessee hogs, dftlch he offers fifl rale at tho Morrison Smoke H^Pe, on reasonable terms. The planters oi Mecklenburg county, aud ho adjoining country wishing tobu. Bacon, will lo well to call and examine lur themselves, Any >ne wishing to purchase will find the Subscriber ut Col. Alexander s tavern. -j H- L. HALE. Charlotte, N. C. February 10. 41 3t TTENTION CAMDEN BEAT t OMPANY NO. 2.?You are hereby order <1 to parade at the usual place of rendezvous, on Saturday Ihc 17th itist., armed and equipped as the law requires By order of Cnpt. Unlit ym-n, Feb. .10 41 2t E. U. KOBIN ON. O S. ARi).? i* he subscriber returns his sincere! thanks to his friends and customers for the liberal encouragement the late firm of M'LEIPH <Sc SMITH has received, and bogs leave to intini.te that he is now rcruly to receive all orders for Iron and Brass Castings, Locnnutive and Cur Wheels, Locomotive and Stationary Engine Tenders, Boilers, Blacksmith Work, &c. N. B.?Orders from the country loft nt Lewis & rcoocrison, .\o.?linsi JtJny, or nt the estr blishmenf, Gadseen's wharf, will be attended to with punctuality and despatch. james m'leish. Feb. 10 41 The Columbia Telescope, Aug' sta Constitutionalist, Savannah Georgian and Mobile (onnncrcial Register will give the almve two insert ions weekly for thioc weeks and forwald their accounts to the advertiser. MEDICINES. Botanic store and infirmary.? Th su sc iber g atcful for ihe. liber 1 atrona^e ox'eudid bim in the i.bove business, durii g the the last year, v ou d : ow info m his custom r*, bat he is this ;!ay re<-eivi g by tin- Ste nn< r Thomas Salmosu. a large supply of Med-cines. which will l-e sold on i.cconim. d tii g ten, s for cash, m on time mom lis credit to app oved purchase's, eitlur by whole sale or ictail. 1 tiave now supplied the Infirmary with perm r.cnt nurses, so that in luture, I I,ope to l e able to receive a;l applicants, who may desin to take medicine at this establishment. Seven \ears experience in this pvnetice, an<' an extensive acquaintance in this cominnnity, renders any other promise or pledge of attention on my p.?rt unnecessary. Feb. 3 40 tf YVM C ARLISLE. The Columbia Times and C'her.iw Caz ite. will each give tlio above three insertions and f. 'ward the papers containing the same, and their aecoptrs to the subscriber immediately thereafter lor payment. W. C. I^TOTICE. The subscriber re-pe-'tfull inloims .L w those indebted to liiin, that he \\ib r tain th ir papers in his p ssis-ion a whi'e longer t??r ?e tiement, say Sumter p ipers to lirsi ?;!' .V arc . a d Kershaw to middle of Feuruar*. Owi.,? to the Court of the latter place coming on week aili< r than ot the former, alter which period. tho*e who reside in (Sumter will please to make npp ication to Col F. I Moses lor settlement, and ili.se ii.dibted who reside In Kershaw, will please in ke applicn. tion to Mai. John M. DeSauasure for sett'nmc t. *?" ? % q f*. 1 no I;nun u. From the Democratic Review for January. Foot-Prints on tlio Mca-Shorc. DY THE AUTHOR OF "TWICE-TOLD TALES." It must be a spirit much unlike my own, which can keep itself in health and vigor without sometimes stealing from the sultry sunshine of the world, to plunge into the cool bath ol solitude. At intervals, and not infrequent ones, the forest and the ocean summon me?one with the roar of its waves, the other with the murmur of its boughs?forth from the haunts of men. But I must wander many a mile ere I could st&nd beneath the shadow of even one primeval tree, much less be lost among the multitude of hoary trunks, and hidden from earth and sky by the mystery of darksome foilnge. Nothing is within my daily reach more like a forest, than the acre or two of woodland near some suburban furm-lionse. When, therefore, the yearning for seclusion becomes a necessity within roe, I am drawn to the sea-shore, which extends its line of rude rocks and seldom trodden sands for leagues around our bay. Setting forth, at my last ramble, on a September morning, I bound myself with a hermit's vow, to interchange no thoughts with man or woman, to share no social pleasure, but to derive all the day's enjoyment Irom shore, and sea, and sky?from my soul's communion with these, and from fantasies, and recollections, and anticipated realities. Surely here is enough to leed a human spirit for a day. Farewell, then, busy world! Till your evening lights shall shine along the street?till they gleam upon my sea-flushed face as 1 tread homeward?free nte from your ties, and let me be a peaceful outlaw. Highways and cross-paths are hastily traversed; and, clambering down a creg, I find myself tt the extremity of a long beach. How gladly does the spirit leap forth, and suddenly enlarge its sense of being to the full extent of the broad, blue, sunny deep! A greeting and a homage to the sea! I descend over its margin, and dip my hand into the wave that meets mo, and bathe my brow. That far re sounding roar is Ocean'* voice of wel ' rome. His salt breath brings a blessing; along with it. Now let.us pace together i ?the reader's fancy arm in arm with J mine?this noble beach, which extends a I mile or more from that craggy promontory ; to yonder ramparts of broken rocks. In : front, the sea: in the rear, a precipitous bank; the grassy verge of which is break- i away, year after year, and flings down its turfts of verdure upon the -barrenness be , low. The beach itself, is a broad apace of sand, brown and sparkling, with hardly any pebbles intermixed. Near the waiter's edge there is a wet margin, which glistens brightlj' in the ennshinc, and re Meets objects like a mirror; and as wc bad along the glistening border, a dry pot flashes arond each footstep, but grows moist again as we lift our feet. In some spots, the sand receives a complete impression of the sole, square toe and all; elsewhere, it is of such marble firmness, that we must stamp heavil) to leave print even of the iron-shod heel.. Along the whole of this extensive beach gambols the surf-wave; now it makes a feint of dashing onward in a fury, yet dies away with a meek murmur, and does but kiss the strand: now, after many such abortive efTorts, it rears itself up in on inbro* ken line, heightening as it advances, with jout a speck of foam on its green crest.? lw;?K I...... C. n: i ...... < <> iciic ? ruir it mugs iiKKii torward, and rushes far up the beach! As I throw my eyes along the edge of the "urf, 1 remember that I was startled, as Robinson Crusoe might have" been, by | solicitude. Afar ofl* in the remote distance of the beach, appearing like scaI nymphs, or some airier things, such as might tread upon the leathery spray, was a group of girls, llnrdly had I beheld them, when they passed into the shadow of the rocks and vsnislud. To comfort myself?for truly I would fain have gazed a while longer?I made acquaintance with a flock of beach-birds. These little citizens of the sea and air preceded me by about e stone's throw along the strand seeking, I suppose, for food upon its margin. Yet, with a philosophy which mankind would do w?d| to intitule, they drew a continual pleasure from thcii toil for a subsistence. The sea was each little bird's great playmate. They chased it downward as it swept back, and again ran .... r.l-- L-f .1-- o 1 uji ^vinny oriiiii- niu impending wave, which sometimes overtook them an 1 bore thein nil' their (eet. But they floated as lightly as one of their own feathers on the breaking crest. In their airy flutterii gs, they st enied to rest on the evanescent cpr;?v. Their images,?long-legged little figures. with giay hacks and snowy hosnms,? were seen as dislii.cty as the realities in the mirror of the glistening strand* As I advanced, they flew a score or two of yards, ami, again alighting, recommenced their dalliance with the surfwave; and thus they bore me company alo <g the beach, the types of pleasant fantasies, till, at its extremity, they took wing over the ocean, and were gone.? After forming a friendship with these lit' ciirf.cpii'ilj, it tc ronllv U'urllk u to find no memorial of them save theii multitudious little tracks in the sand. j When we have paced the length of the beach, it is pleasant, and not unprofitable to retrace our steps and recall the whole mood and occupations of the mind during the former passage. Our tracks, being all discernible, will guide us with an observing consciousness through every un conscious wandering of thought and fancy. llerc we found a sea weed, and trailed it behind 'lis by its long snake-like stalk. Here we seized a live horse-shoe by the tail, and counted the claws of that queer monster. Here we dug into the sand for pebbles, and skipped them upon the surface of the water. Here we wet our feet while examining n jelly-fish, which the waves, having just tossed it up, now sought to snatch away again. Here we trod along the brink of a fresh water brooklet, which flows across the beach, becoming shallower and more shallow, till at lust it sinks into the sand, and perishes in the effort to bear its little tribiit* to the main* Here some vagary appeurs toha^e bewildered lis; for our tracks go rannd and round, and are confusedly intermingled, as if we bad found a labyrinth upon the level bead . And here, amid our idle pastime, we sat down upon almost the only stone that breaks the surface of the sand, and were lost in an unlooked-for nn/l ntr?rnA?r/??i'r.? '' ? u>iu ui vi I'viTcitu^ tunui'jiiiuu ui me ma-j jcsty and awfulncss of the great deep.? Thus, by tracking our foot-prints in the sand, we track our own nature in its way- ; ward course, and steal a glansc upon it, when it never dreams of beine so obser-l vetl; Such glances olways makes us wiser. This extensive beach affords room lor anotlu-r pleasant pastime. With your stall* you may write verses--love-verses, if they please you best?ami consecrate them with a woman's name, llere, too, may be inscribed thoughts, feelings, dcsirts, warm outgushings, from the heart's secret places, which you would not poor upon the sand, without certainty that, almost ere the sky has looked upon them, the sea will wash them out. Stir not hence till the record be effaced. Now? for there is room enough on your canvass ?draw huge faces?hugo as the Sphynx ou Egyptian sands?and fit them with u.i:... if- ; wv/uiro ?n toi rrsjHjuding immensity, am! legs thai might stride half way to yondci island. Child's .plav becomes magnificent on so grand a scale. But, after al'?, the most fascinating employment is *iin ply to write your name in the sand. Draw the letters gigantic, so thai tu strides may barely measure thein, an three for the long strokes! Cut deei that the record may be permnneut!-*Statcsmen, and warriors, and poets, ha\[spent their strength in no better cause <v.y r*rr M 1 1 than this. Is it accomplished? lUiwC . 1 then, in an hour or two, and Seek foe*lifts ,j mighty record of a name. Tnk fee Ml [ --..3 have swept over it, even as line rolUttf ^ effacing waves over the ftumdfc* M -MBpHjf* 'l| men, and warriors, and poet*/ Hnkfthe - a surf-wave laughs at yon! .?; ^ Passing from the beach, F* begin to rlamber over the crags, making my diffi- J cult way among the ruins of a rampart, i ' shattered and broken by the assaults of a 1 I fierce eucmy. The rocks rise in every i variety of attitude; some of them have ! their feet in the foam, and are shagged | half-way upward with sea weed; some ; have been hollowed almost into ca*arns 1 by the unwearied toil of the sea, which i can afford to spend centuries in- wearing 4 ( away a rock, or even polishing a peblc.? One huge rock ascends in monumental i shape, with a face like a giant's tombstone, on which the veins resemble inscriptions, but in an unknown tongue.? . We will fancy them the forgotten charac! ters of an antediluvian race; o?* else that ; Nature's own hand has here recorded a | mystery, which, conh'JLread her language j {would make mankind the w;ser and the V* happier. How many a thing has troubled j ' me with tliat same idea! Pass on, and ] leave it unexplained. Mere is a narrow M avenue, w hiclv might seem to have been JI hewn through the very heart of an enormous crag, affording passage for the ri- 1 sing sea to thunder hack and forth, filling J| it with tumultuous foam, and then leaving 1 I i s floor of black pebhles bare and glisten- j ing. H ere was once an intersecting vein J i of softer stone, which the waves have \ 1 gnawed away by piecemeal, while the 1 granite walls remain entire on cither side. ' - J How sharply, and with what harsh clamor 1 dors tnc sea rake back the pebbles, as it >. momentarily withdraws into its own j depths! At intervals, the floor of the i ;chasm is left i.early dry: but anon, at the J ; outlet, two or three great waves are seen ^ jstruggling to get in at once; two hit the | | walls aihwart. while one rushes straight through, and all three thunder, as if with , rage and triumph. They heap the chasm with a snow-drift of foam and spray.? i While watching this scene, I can never '% rid myself of the idea, that a monster* j endowed with life and fierce energy, is striving to buisl his way through the narrow pa?s. And what a contrast, to I look through the stormy chasm and catch , a glimpse of the calm.bright sea beyond! Many interesting discoveries may be ' malic among these broken cliffs. Once, .$ j for example, I found a dead seal, which | a recent tempest had tossed into the nook of the rocks, where his shaggy carcass j lay rolled in a heap of eel-grass, as if the i sea-monster sought to hide himself from I my eye. Another time, a shark secqged ) on the point of leuning from the surf to ( j swaltow* me; nor did I, whollv without: i dread, approach near enough to ascertain that the man-eater hat! already met his own death from some fisherman in the buy. It. the same rnrrble, 1 encountered a bird?a large gre\ bird?but whether a , loon, or a wild go.*s<\ ? r the identical albatross of the Ancient Mariner, was be- ^ jyond my ornithology to decide. It re posca so naturally on a bed of dry sea- 'JS weed, w ih his head beside its wing, thai I almost fancied tl alive, and trod softly .lest it should suddenly spread its wing skyward. But the bird would soar ~ | among ihe clouds no more, nor ride upon 'its native wavns; so I drew near, and j pulled out one ol its mottled tail-feathers I for a remembrance. Another day, i discovert d an ioo> ense hone, wedged into a j chasm ?f the rocks; it was at least ten | feet long, curved like a scir,.etar. bejewelled with barnacles ami shcll-fisb, and partly covered with a growth of sea-weed.? Seme Itavithan of former ag# s had used this ponderous mass as a jaw-hone.. Curiostics of a minuter order may be observed in a deep reservoir, which is replenished with water *t every title, but become* a lake among the crags, save when the sea _ 4 ; A- i'- - - I is iii us neignu At the bottom of this | rocky basin ?row marine plants, some of j which tower high beneath the water, and (cast a shadow in the sunshine. Hmall fishes dait to and fro, and hide themselves I among the sea- voed; there is also a solii ry crab, who appears to lead the life of hermit, communing with none of the other denizens of tl e place; and likewise several five-fingers?tor 1 know no other name | than that w hich children give them. If your amagination be at all accustomed to ? such freaks, you may look down into the Month* nt' iii'.o iwinl ?* .#! *' - f ....o ,. w - ? . , ?1?*J inntjr u me mysterious depth ot the nrean. But where are the hulks and scattered timbers of v sunken ships?--where the treasures that old ocean hoards??where the corroded can.ton??where the corpses and skeleton* of seamen, who went down Vn storm and battle? On the day of my last ramble, (it wo* ? September da> t>el as warm as summer) > hat should 1 beheld as I approached the above described basin, but three girls sitinn on its margin, and?yes, it was variably so?laving their snowy feel in tha^ fcf <"nny water! These, are the irarip ".)lilies those three visionary shapes that lilted from me on the beach. Hark! their .it-rry voices, as they toss up the water * with their feet! They have not segp OHT? 4k- ?:ii