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My lady waits!?No fairer flower Ll E'er deck'd the floral grove, Than stir, the pride of hull and bower, ^ The lady of my love! (|, Tlio postem hills are fleek'd with light, ' The ! indsbrocxe eurli the sea! *<< By lo\e and truth sustained, for (light, e> My luly waits for me. ? My latay waits?for me she waits, White morning ojnw her golden gates. 5l .IHertfil (T air. '* I ! III A BATTLE WITH GRIZZLY BEARS. hi We t*k? the following thrilling Story from the 44 Hunter'* Fuent, or ConreraA- ^ *Jon around. tUo Vy#ntp hire," a new No*? ^ el, ioit published. l?v Uant*ia * , , ?v? W Held: 4 ' An adventure wi(l? primly bearj which ^ bad befallen the " captain * was next re- to Tfctcd. He bad been travelling with a r<' Strang* pnrty?the "Scalp HanttiiV 'If \h lite mountains near Santa Fe, when they were overtaken by a sudden and Ircavy fall of snow that rcndorcd further progress impossible. The " canon," a ?h deep valley iu width they had encamped, he Was dilficult to gel through at any time, OM bttt now the path,on account of the deep, ha aeft snow, was rendered iiiinftsxsble.? 1 "When morning broko they fou|i<l tlioin- 00 aelres fairly " in tlio trap. "l' * Above and balow valley was h?j choked with andw five fathoms deep.? *ci Vest fissures?barramena?were filled wit^i tire drift, and it was perilous to attempt od pMiclrating in either direction. Two men pei lie J already disappeared. ' 1 v ly ' " On each aide of our camp rose the srii walls of the canon, almost vertical, U tkf hMghtrfft JjMSflttja, These vtislAi an gw! Sft?. .~#v JBWg1. jaw; , 9 g| ?oii thein I It it t rcndofcnj the assent itn- ' sai sslble. 'J'lie ground had been ffO?C|i j |hi ird before the storm caipe on, !}llliottgh | 1 win now freezing no longer, and tjio the o\v would not boar our weight. All ful ir efforts to got out of tho valley proved | Th lo ; and we nave them over, yielding ' by irselves, in a kind of reckless despair, lo ! rot ait for?we scarco knew what. I bo * For thrco days wo sat shivering to ound tho fires, now and then casting oka of gloomy inquiry around tho sky. up lie name dull gray for no answer, mot- tin id with Hakes slanting earthward, for it off i\l continued to snow. Not a brigl.^ ot cheered the aching eye. * on! V. little platfor^ on wliici, \yc rest- M'l1 I?a p.ituv vtf l\V? ?f fhree acies?was , ovi ill free from the snow diift, on account its exposure to tho wind. Straggling m tics, stunted and leafiest, grew over its W1' rfaec, iu nil about fifty or sixty trees.? | om these wo obtained our tires ; but ( lint wore lives when wc had no meat to r,M ok upon them ? |m; " We were now in Ihfl third day with- | W1 it food J Without f<?od, though not ah- J Wl lutely without eating. Tho men had '?0 died their gun covers, and tho cat-skin Wl ips of their hullet pouches, and were ITn >xv scon?tho last shift but one?stripng tho jMirjhf it? from tho soles of tlieir occasins! ''k "The women, wrapped pi their liini/is, '(K otlod closely iu the embrace offtther, vYf other, husband and lover; for all these ''<i Foctions wore present. The l ist string of j l''i tuijo, hitherto economized for their sake, he nl hmn iMnxilluil *vn? 1 ? #I.?? .i I !?< j- ? *. V..W*J VM? W IIIVIII III 11115 | "" orning. That whs gone, and whence ca .in their next morsel to come I At long i nn tcrvNU, '.Iyde mi f Dotade mi alma." ere heard onl ' in low murmurs, as Rome ildcr hlu-t swept down tlio canon. In ? ' i? face of those beautiful creatures might ) read that uncomplaining patience? txv lat high endurance?no characteristic of ccl e llinpauo Mexican women. " Even the stern men around thorn bore ;4M ^ with lo*s fortitude. Undo oaths were I" tercd from time to time, and teeth ound together, with that strange, wild 11,1 ok thai heralds insanity. Once or twico "" fancied that I observed a look of still ranger, still wihlcr expression, when the j ,0 ack ring forms around tho eve?when *1* 10 muscle* twitch ami ijuivor along j" iint, famished jaws?when men gaxo " ilty-like at ouch oilier. Oil, tiod ! it cr as fearful! The half rohher discipline, *? dtintary at thchest, l/ad vanished under ,<* r.?I ?<l m common su tiering, id I- tr<*i?11 ?!? ? 1 t<> think. 44 4 ll clears a lectio, out tharawn !' iV 44 It WM the voice of the trapjicr, fluty, who had risen and stood pointing to- 1 ards llio Fast. I 1 44 in an instant we were all upon our ct, looking in tlo? diii'i'tion indicated.? ^ lire enough, tin n- w is a break in the r; ad-colored sky?a yollpwish streak, that ^ i'h iied out as wro continued gazing?the ; ( f skus fell lighter and thinner, and in two <r| aurs more it find- ceased, sqowiijg altyj- i " jthcr. ' 44 Half a dozen of us shouldering our ri_ fles, struck down thw valley. We \yot||d ' ko one mnreattoinnt to trajnple a road i |' irough the drift. It was a vain one.? ^ >e inoa was over our heads, and after ^ rttggTing <l?r two hours, we had n<?t . tined slur* two hundred yard". Here jj(j caught a glimpse of what lay Ixjfnre i. As far as tho eye could reach, it nut I upon tho saino deep, impassable innss. I>espair and hunger paralyzed our crtions, and dropping on ono hy one, e returned to the camp. 44 We fell down around the lire* in sul- t|? n silence. (^.irey^ continued pacing, ]p0 tck and forth, now glancing tip at the p,. ;y, and at tiin<-s kneeling lio'vn. and run- ,.|, ug 'lis hand over the surf tee of t|io snow. ' Ah t length he approached tho tire, and in 1 |,|, ? slow drawling manner, remarked? J th< "4 It'* gwiuo to friz, I rekiii.' } 44 4 Well, and ii* it does i* a?ked ono of s comrades, without eating for an,an-, ror to the question. an V.YY'al, *?* if it does,'. reiieatod the hit . a til --s -t" ' - >|>|M?r, - nun wane Olll O llllrt livar J??2T n.-i bee sun-up, au' upon a good hard trail o.' cai * Tl)? ?*pre?sion of every face wat isuged, mh if |?y magic. Several leaped <lo their feet. (<ode, the Canadian, skill- wm in snow-craft, ran to a hank, au>l awing hi* hand along the combing, hn on toil, Imrk? by C'r*l mii ; il pelt; no M A cold wind soon after act in^ and, pir ocrcd by the brightening prospoet, wo Mil gan to think of the fires that during tin r late momenta of roekleaa indifference, d l>een almost suffered to barn out.? hei 10 1 >elaware?, seizing their tomahawks tin mmenced hacking at lite pinea, while ael licre dragged forward the fallen treea, ed ipingonj their branches with the keen i ilping Unife. J | M Af this mon)?i.t * neculiarery attract- yoi our attention, an^ looking around, wo wh rcieved one of the Indian* drop Mi.JJyn (Jo upon his knees, striking, the ground ( lb Kia hatchet. tl.? "J What ia it f what ia it T shouted t Uv reral voices, in almost as many wr^ mc ages. "Ida K Va/n yum ! yam yua /' replied the tot Han, still digging at the frozen ground. CJii " The Injun's right; it's mwa-root/' I f* * ? * ' Ir- - . Jp il Garev, picking up some loaves which tin* < : 1 >claware had chopped off. | usch 14 L recognized a plant well known to ! won ; mountain i;ian?a rare, but wonder- desti convolvulus?the l/mnra ' ne t 0 nanio of " man mot" is given to it ' we i the hunters from the similarity of its I " rt in shape, and sometimes in size, to the j tutor Jy of a man. It is esculent, and serves Sliat sustain human life. | nen 44 4 In nn instant, half a dozen men were j 4,1 on their knees, chipping and hacking ran : 1 hard clay, but iboir hatchets glinted cent as from the surface of a rock. l'4 Ijook liynr 1' cried <laroy ; 4 yo'ro nerv ly spoilin' ycr tools. Uut down a lets lecn o' these saplin's and make a lire yet i fir him" stun 44 The hint was instantly followed, and 4 1 a Jew minutes a dozen pieces of pine ln*t re piled upon the ep??V, ??id on Iir9. the 44 We stood around the burning branch- <lut< with eager anticipation. Should the silei it prove a 4 lull grow n man,1 it would i 4' ike a supper fur our whole party ; and rock lh the cheering idea of supper, i"k<-? l?h>v re ventured upon?the first we had cam nrd for some time?the hunters tickled i thiill the novelty of unearthing the 4 old 1 a lc m1 ready roasted, and speculating { the lethcr he would prove a 4 fat old hoss.' posi 44 A hollow crack sounded from above moi o the bienking of a dead tree. We ! won iked up. A large object, an animal, ledti is whirling outward and downward bug in a ledge that proj.-oted half-way up , mid e cliff. In an instapf it struck theearth, , ad foremost, with a loud 4 bump ' ami wbi uiiding to the height of several feet, the me buck with a summerset on its legs, alii, d stood (irmly. the 44 An involuntary 'luitrali!1 broke from like 0 hunters, who all recognized, at a bin; mice, the 4 Curnero(Jiiiitnuroii,1 or 4 big the trn.1 He had clcaied the precipice at mm o leaps, lighting each lime on his cres- i ' lit shaped horns. I wer 44 For a moment both parties, hunters ball d game, seemed equally taken by sur- j trc. iae, and stood eyeing each other in mute mk> inder. It was hut Oir a moment. The j two sn made a rush for their rilles, and the ! sin^ ? i ? - rmmnir; irowl IIIS II'SIK'C ??I SIS- j stOl I iiishuient, tossed back his horns, and } ing nindcd across the platform. In a dozen t)tc lings ho had reached the selvidgo of the th>*i on-, and plunged into its yielding hank ; ' it at the same instant, several rifles tin i ioked, and the white wreath was crint- ing ned behind liiin. lie still kept on, folh wever, leaping and breaking through mat e ?liiff. "We struck into his track, and followed chit th the eagerness of hungry wolves.? 'e could tell by the numerous gouts w. i at he was shedding his life blood, and stal out ill'iy pac-s farther on we found Ititn ' ad. I turi " A shout apprised our companions of <>nd r success, and we had commenced drag- | ran tig hack our prize, when wild cries I knil ached us from tho platform?the veils I " the men, the screams of women, mill- ' drif l.| with oaths and exclamations of tor- ; mm r. ii pe "We ran on to the entrance. On ! to i Aching it, a sight, was before us that |Vti. used the stoutest to tremble. Hunters, rigl dians, and women were running to ami ove ? in frantic confusion, uttering their va ?1 CriCS. W? lfllolV ftlir on ? "" " ' - ? -- - ? w" wmi viiciii> j?v n | 111 j* nice?tlio monsters of the | was mntuins?the grizzly Wars! paii "There were live of tlicin?Gpe in sight i jioa there might lie otIters in the hack was uutid. Five were enough to destroy ] ;i r whole party, caged as we were, ami | a hi aliened by faiuiiic. } acor 44 They had reached the clilT in chase of 0f Ki e Ciiutnamn, and hunger and disap- , ed \ intnu iit were visible in their horrid a*- I all : ctr. Two of llicm.hnd already erpwlqd ' my ?*e to the scatp, an?l werepaw.ing over : hie. d mulling the air, as if searching for a j " ice to defend. The other three reared $no' tinsel ve* ii|H?n their hams, commenced c<>ul inu'Uvreiiig with their fore arms, in a 1 low inan like and comical pantominc I alon 44 We were in no coiuli|i n to roli-h this ? ' luseinent. Kvcrv man hastened to a-rn a cr nself, those who had emptied their ri- terri i hurriedly reloading them. me 44 4 For your life don't!' cried fiiirj-y, 4telling at the gun of one of the hunter*, groi 44TJmj caution came too late; half a a ?li en bullets wore already whistling up- erov inl*. ?tl li TI.--1T. -? ? - -a i n? i-neci ? ns ju?i villi llie trapper no v <1 anticipated. Tlio l>ear*, maddened on.the bullets, which had harmed II.em and more then the j?ri? k?nj^ of as many i|)U ??, dropped to their all-four* again, ami way th 'fierce growl*, commenced descending [.re. - cliff. frou ".The scene of confusion wis now at its ? iglit. Several of the in n. !<-ss l>r?vo (0 t| ?n their comrade*, ran off to hide thein scor res in the ?now, while others coin mono- ?un< c'imbing the low pine Ira* ! < dqW "'Cache the gnU!' ori???I Girey - - ill yar, yer darned Spanish gr.-a-cni! it" j r won't fight, hook on lo the w.>nvti a t *s in en o' yer,and loat them to the snow, edh wardly slink*? wagh ! man "'Si;*3 to them, doctor,' I shouted to disa i German, who, 1 thought, might L*; wer? it spared froin the fight; and live next hear iment the iloctor, nsaisteed by severs! don! ixi< ins, was hurrying the teriified giil- "1 rards the spot where' he had Wfl the here nmaron. com " Many of us tyicv/ th.il to hide undei look sircuiiistances, would bo worse tban ;ss. M ho lierco I?nt sagacious brutelil have discovered us one by one, nlid royed us in detail. 4Tlioy must be mid foughtl' that \v;ik tin? wool', and ( solved to carry it into execution. 'Micro was ubot t a d<*/? 11 of us win h! up to it'?all the helawaus and .valines, with Garey and the inountaii IVo kept tiling at the be a is ;is thc\ along the ledges in their zig /ag dis , but our rifles were out of oul? r, oui urs were numbed with cold, and out cs weakened with hung' r. < >ur l.ul drew blood from the liidcusd i * not a shot proved deadly. It unit g them into fiercer rage. It was a fearful moment wlnui tin shot was fired, an I ^ ii 1 not an eiiem* less. We flung away the guns, an liing the !ial> Ids and huntitig-kiii\< itlv awaited ',>u; L/./.'y foe-. \\ e had taken onr stand el.oe t-> ! It was onr design to have iho tii v, as (lie animals, for the unM pari e stern-foremast down the clill. 1 we wero disappointed. ' ?n nun-bin dge some tell feel t'loiu (he platloin foremost bear baited, and seeing < n tioii, hesitated to descend. I In- i:e\ nent, his companions, maddened wit ilitls, came tumlililig down up n tii m, and with tierce growls, the to o bodies wire precipitated into mi st. Then came the ?!< pciate string-.eh I cannot describe,?tin* shouts ImnttTs, the wilder \ el.- i' dim India the Ii ?ai-e woming of the I ringing if tin- tomahawk- i. 1.1 -i.u tlint, the <!? [ . <1 .ill Ml.mi' of ili< i J I knife. a.i>l now ami tleu gi .. crwifi'iil claw loie i;|> the ? !in^:is .? !? . ( > (iml ! it was :i fearful seem ! Over the platform hear-, ami m< it tolling ami struggling, it. t!. vi ,le of life and d< at It. 1 hrougli tli s, ami into the deep il.ift, ?-t-nr. r :!i iv will, their mingled ! . ! ! lit or three men were engngi I with ;le foe?tin-re, some hr.i\o htn.t' ?l battling alone. Several w.-r sprnw 1.1Hill tllO groUlld. hive: v lilieu.-n hear- were le-ening the i:iiiiii? r ir assailant.-*! 1 had I teen stniek Juwii at the em: moment of the struggle. * t.i i . i my feet, I saw the au.ii. ii ti. i I . d rue hugging the juo-tr.ite h I\ ! i. It was <Jode. I ! it . ! ,vr-i l! h. a ching its shaggy skin. I ! 1 'hi- t idv myself; I w is weak ate! dizzy ; s e wo all. I struelc with all my tore d it)g the animal on the nl>*. letting go till) I'V- til-It II! ill, t e Iie.i ic i suddenly, and reared upon me. eavored to avoid '.lie encounter, all hack ward, feialing him oil 'with in c. AM :?t once I came n ; dii-t n -i- v I, nii?l fell over on my I>:* -I;. Ne> ?? nl, the heavy l>i> Iv wa (tv hi roe, tin* sharp claw < pier? od ?! ?i 11V shoulder ? I iiiliaioii the monster 1 breath; and striking wiliU with u it arm, Hill free, we rolled over an r in the snow. I was Minded by ih" di v drill. I f<telf growilig weak'-r ami weaker; the lo.vs (if blood. I slii'tllcd ( ! i?g shout? but it < oiild hot h ivo i rd at ten paces'(list anee. Tin n ' h.-i a strange hissing sound in in\ ear bright light Hashed acn.ss ln\ eve> li ning object passed < v.er my t u < idling the skin; there was a snndl a inging hair; I could hear v.iees, mi\ vith tiie roars of my adversary ; an it i rice the daws were <lr iwn out * flesh, tiia weight was lifted loan in ist, and I was alotie ! I rosjj to my (> < t, and nibbing th iv out of my eyes, looked around. <1 see no (aie. I was in a deep ho made by our struggles, but I w le ! The siiqw all ar< und m<? was dved ti iinson ; but wh it had bee>1110 of nt] ble antagonist! Who had resctie< from his deadly embrace t I staggered forward to the oj e ind. Here a new scene niotiuygw range looking man was running a * the platform, with a huge lb el r.n. le p<>le of a binning pine tree-- wbii I i. .1 * - ? i iivoi m iiiu :nr. 11e w a* cii.i. it of llic ItonM, that growling wiili rug pain, wa* making < \ ry effort to re;; cliffs. Two other* wuro nlrcndy ha! np, nn<l evidently clambering wii it diflieullv, as (lie liloi? I?]ri|>!? ! bar i llieir waiui.led flanks. I lie bear tliiit was pursued soon too liO /mks, ami urged by tred brain cliing bis abnggy bam*, was soon 1m I the reach of Id* pursuer. Tlio IntU m#du towards n fotirili, that wa battling vviili two or three weak ail ints. This one was 'milted1 in i kling, and with yells of terror follow is comrades up the blutV. The strand i looked around for il.e fifth, it hai ppeared. IVostr.de, wounded me: i strowad over the ground, but 'It was nowhere to bo reon. I to ba? lies# em-apod through the snow. [ was nlili wondering who wa-. tin i o?f tbo firebrand, nnd where lie ha. a from. 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Ih'sI publication*, Ami l?v a gentleman -i ojiorwiso engiigcti in extensile hu*iiii-?> ! Having heeu honor. ! with the ^ commission to i.llor a set of tln'ia to Vic < f li ri.i, i)ti < n ol < iroal i >i .tin -ami which i J she ha** graciously Uvceptoil I examine! these volumes moro particularly, an.1 I n i l l .uliiiiriitioii of their excellent ami use>: tu! nit*?iillation, their pure an 1 '.'hristian 1 moi ility, ami their iialy ncripinral thool- ; 1 ' I gy, ! Ill IV II'. .t, justly apply U> mil, j h what ii 11 vi ie 1 tloi'tor ot America once ( .? s;iiil to ino, nS'.er examination ot my rath e i numerous puh ieations, 'i have not oh h seivetl a line of all y< " tiling*, which ; ' f vmi may wish to hlot out when \ mi conic | ji to <Iie.' I coiiniilereil that a very high ' k conipfinient fr--.ni snch a jmlge. t < "My \iinr publications, vnti h ivo mail.! i k all oa-r-vs tlir*?i:i?!i '.ho wliolo community ' I in tlio 1 Statos \ ?>ry oroatly your ? debtor*. *1 lii-? tlioy aro in i mc ^ood ' r monanre Acknowledging, ns I perceive, In |' i j the Inr^e and i'oro i?in;r demand for y<>nr ' j valuable work*; but the man who Inw j n | placed in their hand* iliti 4 rated plclnral . 1 volnnte*, relating to stich a variety of dial i e which i< wonderful in 'not "re, art, and i J j mind*o niueh that is instructive in i ?<; r n ; raphv and hbtnry ; and what is most di- ( ? ? viticly condoling in religion and tln> era- < 1 He of Ood ? In form* well ad tpt<d to i promote the rdith-ntion <.f all chissea, < <- , r? ; penally dmse in thn p<- - i'I ir c >nditinii ..f | 1 tho million* so wididy fcatl-red as the i. |?r? ?}.: ? ?f vonr vastly extended I'liion, j > c.utr >l :i i'y lo roitvmorntc.l for lie ic i | nf our i iirly that I could tliink of.? ! <j II - In'iiil wns bald?no, not bnlil. lml nuk- c i i<1?ile-ie " as not a liair njnm it, frown 1i or lides, ami it glistened in tin-clear Il?t lj like polished h oly, i .vcs puzzled hoyoit'l ' ' oxproAfcion, when a man ? tom x who l >1 had bceli felled upon the. platform by a I blow from one of the hears, snddeiilv 1 i J sprang t<< his /ect, exclaiming I '"(.In it, I ?oe Ihieu cln ars l> r the ' : ( doctor ! I To my nntoni.-dimeuf, I now locngulz i r i d the tea!lire-that imiividwal, the ab '. r Mi-nce of whose brown lock- had produced I such im t ill i irplio.is s, 1 I . '.eve, wn- i , never cthcled i?v means ot h iiowed i : | hair. i " Hire's your .sealjr. I ? .>? ,Vli? d (i.lli'V i j . tunning u;? with the wig ; *b\ tne liviu' ! r lbulid a ! yi r saved us ail ami tie hun | ^ I j ler si-i/id the (icitnaii in bis wild in- ' s ! biace. "Wounded ill- II were all nrunnl. am! i 1 coimm if i ! cr ?w ling tnjt'lher, Hut win l w is lim iil'ib in tie' bears.' lain yu! , j had escaped by the dill'. a 1 '"Yonder he g i '- cried a voice, a a ' r light pray, reiug .ahove thosnow wreath, i, , showed that some au.inal was sti'iiggling t li.i a: ,'i tin o: t ! "Sev. la! i einim ni I i .ad:! ' their li 1 h ties, inten d; g tn fon-iw, ami, pos-.ible e .secure l.iin. 1 lm I . 11 r arnn'd hi:n.-dfj e with a fresh pine; but befi re tlie.-o ar ! r rangoiueiits were . nnij !, i s'linge cry camo from the sjn that caused our , i 1 li.iinl le ran eol l again. I lie 1 eliiii; > .( Iv"ij i 1 to their foot, ami i/. ng their Join- j n ahawl.s, ru-l.ol to t*?? gap. The. i.m-vv . the n eat injr of that crv ? it was tin.* death j 1, y. ll of their trite-! - i iu'v cim*r>:<i tin' lli.it wi' i. i<! i . tr>?111j?' 1 ?]<mn ih t1?? nioi ii.'i^, i .iii.w.v! _j !>\ t!. who li.nl li?i.i.-il :! ir i^iiii<.W \\ . t? !: 1 t'li-UI il> >111 I il>> ]>!:iU< I !>l I': ii hi \iiinsfxpi'i't tiiiiii. !>ul Im IoH'IIm . i u' ? 1 '-1 ilic ?|" wo Out)I i Deo that tin- '-1.. i w:i-- -! w!\ M'tlliujx iluwii. It w?> jii.iin .. that (In Mi t.> ;! in; 1 ct; i >!. " . . ii I \\ ahIt. > in 1 i'i it!.!. .i:i : tuv, niul watching tliu tiunting spray i t!i:?t ii 1 tin !r 11ri r -> t!ir?>t:^Ii tin- , 1 ' 'III!*!. At I.-n^ili 1111 v 11:iil li'.'u In-1 l!;.' t . . !' 1 : 1 ! . I .. iv? ... piisito evpenditui r>t" mental ami |>li> -i al labor, w itli lii<* huge mount ol' j>r->pitv employI in 111 1 a. jn?r these works. '' I he l/icloi'i il family Instructor,* the \\ on.i,-is (.it iin* \\ odd," the 1111 -I-a v of !i<! Anu-i can Kev..!ut:ou,' and 'lufoiinuion fr tIk- ! \u.p!e,' inii>t I .. invaluable I ' 'it-Hi* s iii" r ug members of llioil- I amis < f families tin, amle ut Ain? ii"a ; \ specially because of tin* necessarily liuiio-l spl.eie of ob-i i vatioii oil men ami naiincis existing in the u )|,| Worl.l; whim lie 'I ' >. rijitioti of'Meat Uritaiu ainl Ire an !,' will atb'td t! ?-iu the most ennobling lens concert iii_c lii .' ; pi", tlie )ieln.M, ind glory ot tiieir tat i.eiland ainl tinno; I;-:v-1*?*!jnIrv. ror litis good service ve are in i,-I-ti1 to you a> llrilons, 'A our '1 '..! ! ? 1 in aapby.' 'l'ictorial vimlay i' ok.' all. 1 !i -t"i\ uf llie liible,' ant.ol fail In be highly pri/md by those if a pii?r<T i(-~t:?C'i?risiali thai:,, '.a; l> a. ,-. if t of t he pl Ceioiis -lol.'t', of | r ': v only v. It !? ?! t hey r> >nt aili in I tin- - i; , r: : i, ..I ii;.. ravs of lieav ll'\ light V.h.eh t:. \ thlo-v Iipnn tliO " 'o I: I : t; |. ~. Ymi can:,, t u omh r that I l'j it:*. 11;i i' ami labors -o prol!iii...?;l.y p:a -o 1 i i o n; o| yoUl volume-. Willi 11 " *! 1111?I 'ivst-rlal'ioii-* on |1 S lij.'i t.-.. fiooi i y *if. \ I > lie; lli!>!".' in y. >iii !'ii.I I'doginpht .' "It i" v a' nr i! for \ onto wi-h my judgi:i"i!t that ! an i iughshman, more p .rtiem it !y upon your ' I 'escription of ' real I > ' i;. i: m an! Ireland.' 'Ijcgnrding this work a; illy, -a. i am ac.ptainled with 11 ? st ; louiil: y, 1 Imgto I- ; <! - r. I V groat ere<lit to yoai la'.n' u- h ami imhlstrv ; the iiif. iaiation, i p-.Mv.-i- i. tl. rivcj t'ltnii ' ' nna . an 1 the ; otoiial repre ai" ; ' ni l \ of tlu-m e.pial tot!.-? of^ti.e aim- k t: j t*! t bio!,-! in I'.'I :i It !. 'i ".I !i aV. ! ill'' wisely by giv ti^ ' 1 ' v'1 ' ' | aii a <111: t o| London, "<tr v . h-t'.V io.-:i..p ; for, though K-Iinbvg , a:,.; i>:b. a. ate truly splendid 'ties, a- '! < am-i" nt ea| :ta!>. of the king lotusy f S -.it; .m! am! imlate! ; ami. while I?:r 'bain, I'.r !.. b, She ftield, M II. !,. I. r, l.ixctp ..!, a:. 1 < ba.-gow rue l a. ', tl ghifk.nt - |a a ial ImU-'MIoIk r* it luaiiut i?*t;:t^ ? uti. , jtiji] ciupo t'.niii ? ! t!.! !< I. -itil t't, wii!i its sifter city ! N\ eslini t -r, ;? tlii- it ami soil roe of inteu , i..mull ree, wealth, !eois!a* tioii. :.' ! .'.o.an,n. at ..fiho va. t I'.ri'i !. HI] . laii:lfe> of the SoVerei'Jfll nn<l he iiiMii 'ious of tie; n bilil v are jyr:m?l. No ! itt^ua^o or pictorial description can how. v. r. ml. pi 11.-'\ lepia-etit onr mightv lilelr.'p. i!i, to a s'ratiger *. Volll'self, oil a persona! rllivey, W ill I 1; !o tlifl .pleell of Slieba it! her \;-it King >o!otnon ami lorm-.tlein. ' < b.e w.ii ! :,s to the spirit of your writings. 1 a hi.ii.' < v. ling]y the bem-vo i' lib ' i\ am! e .! o j.-.| philanthropy, which tin y !! hi atlie, indicating the author ! ! -. a, :!. ! ,;>t M Ii-e, a eitizon ol t!i" w > I,!. ! .ot lia!!y ?li>!ight in the tin - ' i aa ' tian pint which pervades *!*? that, ar.- ia:'igi-.i!s ; this is Worthy v. ui ; : . '--a a-a I -w . r of t!io world's Ib'-l'-e ! as to yonr work on (Jrcat Britain and I,. land,' ! j.-ndi r yon my warmest thank-. Ibr the n<?blo sontimedt.it fvp'es-.o. ! cannot look upon the Atncrie.ans but as our own brethren. As an En2 iahmnn, I feel tlfull force of the sigiiiti. ml i \pui -ion ut . ! by some of >iir profound wor'div politi ia ?l>tiglaiel and Aineriet agiin-t dl the world! but as a niinisti r ->l tin- blessed 41*rinee of I'.-aee,' the lb-. 1. eiiu-r of all nations, | would ralliei >ay, what iti m\ judgement Your WOlk is ii-..lull .! wi., i: i.. 1 ?n.t u.l.ir, ii .' r 11" 1 ! > |ii >!i. o'c, iii! I: v. hole l.xlv of Pniti-.il (ri?!iai' w-li'd j >\ fully echo 111 V word- K>g i!hI i '! \ ii? iica for all tli<* woiM! M i v w v i i'ii!i.i increasingly to eo op. rite. 11 y 11; I >il '.??, Mission* and Cotllim re... ill | : Oi.ii l in - the intelligence !,!>< rtv and I?j?j?iof verv '"I am roiiv !!? ] i! i! the two countries are deeply :n!?-r. ?t? ! in tin* pnspoiity of .ifli other. ' >ur people aro one in Mood no in langw.g .. nu?i in science ami art, ni l om1 in i?'li_.? ii. Ourselves K.ntiiallv united in ill- IkiiiiIi of p too ami friendly intercom se, l>. di niiiM prosper, am] e.so nli.ilK s. i \ . each oiln-r ami increasing in population, ! v our moral influence, our intelligence, religion,liberty ami commerce i!i improved an ! pfmclod *> may bo tin: means of removing the ton thansand evil-, of despotism, superstition, and false tiligion, 11it'll alllict, tlio great na* [ions of Knrope. Asia, Africa, ami many parts of \merit a, ami of regenerating the world, under tin; gracious providence of rod. "Wishing you ftccess in your various tnblc, liem volcnt ami < In i ii in outer pi'.ses iml lliat your lift) and health may long >? preserved, to enjoy the fruits of your ahoi? on earth. ' rein tin, yours, in Chria ian esteem, Thom as Timpron. Mr. .1 . lies wns in the hahlt of getting XVii-ional y, somewhat "halinv," and me lit! i.l he w ' liiseover. d l?V a m>! rlilmr o. Hther a hlne lis leaning against the *itl<i >t'a clmii-'.i foi ?upport. ilu liail<-<! him a iih, " I idle. Knit's! you l<x<k Jmrinu* t< ; '_1it ; think of . nning the chinch "1 r ft gllOSkJ <1 .1 tine*," r<-| .lOllfl, " 1 in line con?itleial?1y that way at present!' Sprinkle ah nit t K<- U-.l a few tln.ps o il of lav ml an 1 tV.-;. w ill iv?t l? th u y u Coiiiiiiniiiraiiuiio, | /' m" thv I'll.ATUA, K. 1-1 I'tfb. 1 7111, 1 SAG. Mil, Kiuroit : /hur Su' ? many < ( my friends and neighbors eitj-'ined it on me to write thorn relative |o this c<"Hiilr\, and (< > ling desiroit - ol if\ Miff tlieii lui xietv, l>y your porniis.-ion, I will, from lime to time, give the benefit of mv j . , . observations tlir? ugh tlie columns of your valuable patter, bv whieii hi an . i!ie pub l lie at large may Itave the benefit, tluirej of. As l-'lori la is, at present, attracting ' groat ailontion, it tiny be a matter of coin i<b table interest to many of your read i~. I iiave settled i" I be town ol I Mat t.i, on tbe bank of tin; Si. -loon's Kiveroiio of tlie most I? .?ntii'nI sheets of water i mv eves ever behebl. ' pon its boS<>m all 1 tlie navies of tlie onrtti could Heat. At present, sw. ral large sail strainers run this river from various polls to this place, receiving and discharging freight at the ' I'oi l of I Matha, which presents a lively j and business 1 iixo appearance. Nature has j d'-ne a great d'-a! for tbi. plaee, uud it must cm long, lie a considerable city. I ;?m ' informed, that some thirty miles bach I there is a line farming country, being set 1 tied vrv last, bv w- i the, energetic f o ' , . . I nn-i-, tor tie; purpose ol raising stapm cukoii, which glows luxuriantly, and matures to line perfection, lively time the ' steamer "Carolinaarrives at this I'ort, i slie is freighted down almost to |mr gunnels with lie.h ciiiigrals negroes limits,, w a .yon>. hol'ses, c.t 11 iag>s, < iog-, In no* tn<1 c t, iVc.? who ale pa-sing out west, t-> tins lilio ? < ! .11 sail, i l.l. II til It! IV. | l iom in\ limited opportunities of aoo I ing, I am n?>t able to give general ?ati taction, having only been here iibuut iu Weeks. 1 have see 11 but little ol the conn I try. The laiel about l'ilulka, -o fir as 1 have seen, i> a poor, s.i . 1 y, piuu-tiinLorc.i j *.ain'rv, worthless for cultivation, w ;ii? 11, I am informed extends some thirty out. l'lhilkn, as 1 have before remark- 1 is a beautiful situation for a town or eit\, and, if the people will i otlseia that J iiatlin lias placed in their hands, and se elite ih s b;i> k-eoUiilry trad. by ottering tl. projier inducements to them to concentrate | their trade an ? business here, I'iiatkil i' j '">iitid, soon, to bo one < i the lincst citii | in the .Southern Slates. It needs, howev er, more capital and more active, basin. men. There are, apparently, but few en ergoti<: men i.\ the place. Thev latlierlet business force ilse'l upon tlicin, tli.ui e nit fortune's favor. 1'hero is no batik litre, to aecoiuiiiodalc the merchants, or lacilitnl the interests or i of planters, though one is vers much 1 ed. The money used i< mostly ('aioiinn. Hills, of which there are a great many.-? 'The Oniric: '.oil I'mi, ln.au \ here, kept bv Mr .lames liurk, apjWotilly a j very prominent eiT.zeii. Laborers of all kinds are very scarce, an ! holiest, in las trioiijj ilife]j: iii<-s nun; i-iinl very iti_-.li warn*. i Lave 11ir?-.! 'l it- , ..unon fn-|<i linti<l-> iipjjmfellow? m troin t " I 6 I per month, .o 1 1: .1 sfnuo di'Tkiihy in 'JOtlilljJ them at lll.'it. 1 i;0 OWIlCl'a had it n -i Invu twin- -nrukI facilitate ' the erection of my st on mil) whieli j-. very much no.- !< ! >' t!.i - they would not have liken ! i than twenty dollar* per month. Muii of capital woiii-i - n-1 t'o. a great bnsincm place. I'? the hands of good nancier*, a fc?v llioti-ooi ! -1 v.-mM, i<* a few \Car>, neo.imulale :i InoiJ >uie f -i tlino. Tin re are cj many way;, an-1 it ran*. ! of making money hero, wiiich ycu have no', in the oi l Stale* f->r instance, if ol<| unI c!e Jimmy ("heaves ware h i- . I iih; inalco lots of iu >ney at fishing. ..hh .igh 1 fish exist in such great nl? indnnco in the Si. John's kivei, illcro ar- no fi.heiiin-i; lieio, R. ve ooe.-o-ionallv, a party of gentle ' men inav lie seen entering tlio town with ! : . nmn) fiipj (rout, an<l oilier tine fish, hj they can carry hmiic fur their own *n hi-iI of course they will n<A oil liicm. I ilo not like the watei here, it r ril omi i.able. I design liavinpr cistern water, n. soon as I can gel my mill up, ami >.?: piank for curbing, fnh-rwi.-, 1 am, fir, well please 1 with the place. '! i< j ? iii | 7<*ii appear to be very frieinliy an.I m'ta ble. 'Ihey arc, apparently, veiy <pii?t a .1 i pcacoablo. My respects to my ohlli iontls niel fell jii/e:;s. When ' ?. nur, of lite country, they shall be muro fully I informed. V^urs, i.u!y, lUiBtsw^p