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From the Pennsylvania Inquirer.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF KINDN3SS.
A CASE IN POINT.
. "Which seeks again those cords to bind.
Which human woe hath rent apart i
To heal again the wo-mded mind,
Aud b'nd again the broken heart."
The greatesLtribulo of heaven is mercy,
Aud 'tis the crown of justice and the glory.
Where it may kill with right, to- save with pity."
We recently conversed with an esteemed friend a
gentlemui of this city who, for the last t.venly years
of his life, his been connected with several of our
leadiug charitable institutions, and has also for a long
.period been an inspector of one of our principal pen-
itentiaries. In alluding to the causes of crime iu the
great majority of cases, he expressed his conviction
that they might be traced to a weakness or malady of
the mind, amounting to mental imperfection, though
not to positive insanity to misfortune, poverty, ignor-
ance, or to intemperance, evil associations aud pareu-
' tal neglect.
The cases of cool, calm, thoughtful and determijed
crime, of a di-positicn to do wrong without regard to
the laws of God or man, are few and far between
Occasionally such instances will be found, but they
are extremely rare. Al iol all, eren among the con-
victed, possets some meritorious traits of character.
Many are generous, warm-hearted, and would rath-
er suffer for years than betraj' a benefactor. Harsh-
ness, when met by harshness, produces snllenness, ab-
gtinacy and hate ; while kindness is the key which, in
a great majoriljjjoicascs, unlocks the hearts of even
the most hardened. The poor wrdch who, after ar-
rest, trial and conviction, is consigned to the cells of
the penitentiary, is apt to suppose himself loathed,
contemned and hated by all mankind. He views hiin-
gelf as an outcast and an alien to society, and looks
upon the officers of justice as a species of beings who
cannot feel for his condition aud who arb utterly dead
to his misfortunes, and who would not believe him, iro
matter how truthful the narrative he might de-
tail. When, therefore, Jhis error is dispelled when he
discovers fiat even within the gloomy walls of a prison
are to be found kind and forgiving hearts officers and
inspectors who are disposed to forget the past, and to
inauifest generosity, humanity and mercy, the better
ieelings fiud "vent and way,"' the stubborn nature is
subdued, llio confidence cf the convict is won, and,
while he deplores and regrets the errors and vices that
have hunied him into a disgraceful position, hope re-
vives, forgiveness of God and man is sought, aud a re-
solution is taken to live more correctly for tho future.
This, we say, is often the effect of kindness. And
t.this is the testimony ofthp gentleman whose opportu-
nities of observation have been so ample.
But what is the prospect for the felon, who, having
served out his first term, is sent forth into the world to'
cemmence anew? Let us suppose that his fall in the
first case was through the force of circumstances, by
adversity, Tjv intemperance, pressing and fearful temp-
tation, rather thau by any settled and determined
principlo of crime. Suppose also, 'hat in leaving the
, walls of the prison, his penitenco is sincere, his heart
is changed, and his dehiro and determination aro to
walk correctly and to act uprightly. Will he bo en-
couraged and assisted in the work of reform 1 or, will
the world point to him as a convict, whisper words of
suspicion and distrust avoid, shun, and anathema-
tize him 1 Alas ! the latter policy is too often pursued.
The victims of miftfortune or ef guilt are toogonerally
the. objects of reproach aud of scoru, rather than of
ymptlhy and generous pity.
The Christian doctrino in this respect is forgotten and
neglected. The t-pmt of forgiveness is outraged.
Man turns away from his fellow-man, and mocks at
his appeal for assistance. 'The fulleu" aro huuted
and banned aud their penitence, however sincere,
is distrusted aud ridiculed. Thus their hearts become
soared, their feelings embittered, their necessities urg-
ing and pressing, and they agaiu fall into the ways of
temptation, and the meshes of crime. Alas! misera-
ble beings, when detected and convicted of a second
ofFeucfi. They are then regarded as among the doom-
ed and the hardened, ami they are branded as infa-
mous forever. Aud yt, even these second offenders
might in many cases oe saved.
Wekmw that itis difficult, in our present stale of
society, and with tho cyoof fuppjeion and the tongue
of scandal, so watchful aud vigilant, to assist a fallen
sler or an erring brother, without a liability to censo
rious remarks. The motive is seldom considered as
pure or disinterested. And yet it is the duty 6f some
one to step forward on these occasions the solemn
and sacred duty. What nobler iucentivo than the
hope of siving asoul ? What higher inducement lhan
thb glorious reward of winning an erring child of hu-
manity from the wrong to the right path ! How happy
tnust bo the consolation of tho philanthropist, who,
turning the eye of memory back upon the pist, see a
Tescned and now respectable member of society, who
Would have been lest but for his timely assistance and
friendly aid. '1 he occaxous too are so numerous.
The poor and the frail aro tempted on every side.
J7ot a week, not a day goes by, that hundreds of hu-
man beings do not hesitate at the two paths, tempted
fay poverty aud necessity to choose the wrong, and yet
urged by the still, small voice within, to adhere to the
riht. It is at such moments that kinduess, sympathy
and assistance are all-powerful.
Only a few days since, an aged citizen of Philadel-
phia was waited upon by a stranger, who asked to
Tiave a few moments of conversation with him in
cheerfulness. Tho Western mcrchaul for such, iu
fact, ho was was ushured into the parlor of the
Philadelphia!!, when something like the following con-
"Versalion took place:
"You seem to have forgotten me, Mr. H.?"
I have an indistinct recollection of having seen you
before, and the tone of yonr voice is not ucfamilia ; but
toyond this my memory fails." .
"My name is Charles B , aud twenty years
agol was an inmate ofaPpiladelphia prison, of which
you were a frequent, a benevolent, a kiud-hearted vis-
itor." I remember, I remember," saidjlhe other, brighteu-
ing, smiling and grasping the hand of the btranger ;
you look so well, have improved so greatly, that I
hope, nay I fell satisfied that all has gone right with
yon."
A tear trembled in the eye of the other at so cor-
dial and kindly a recognition ; his voice failed for a
moment but then rallying again, he proceeded to tell
his story. At the age of fifteen he was a neglected
orphan, and with fine natural talents, a cheerful dis-
" position, and a good heart, he was thrown into the 30-
ciety of the vile and dissolute, in one of the. most
wretched sections of Philadelphia couuty. There, in
connection with several other lads,1 equally deserted
or misled, he committed, was arrested for, tried and
convicted of petty tl.cft.
While in prison he was visited again and again by
the Philadelphia philanthropist, who succeeded, not
only in eradicating the vicious views he had imbibed,
but in showing him the folly of vice, aud the certtin-
ty of i's punishment, "Hnd inspiring him with a deter-
mination to act correctly, the moment ho should be
released. The visitor was satisfied with his sincerity,
and gradually took a deep interest in his case. At
the expiration of his sentence, he provided him with
means, and having stated all the fuels in a confiden-
tial manner to a friend iu the West, obtained him a
situation in a flourishing city of that section of the
Uuiou. 'J he youth wa&overwhelmcd with gratitude.
He had found a friend for the first time in his brief
career. His course from that moment was onward.
He speedily won the confidence of his employer, on
whose death, ten years thereafter, he succeeded to a
large share in his business.
"I am now,"' he said, "an equal partner in the re-
putable and prosperous house of & Co., of ,
and I have visited Philadelphia, not only on business,
but with the object of seeking out and returning ray
heartwaro, acknowledgments to my early, my ever
cherished, my often remembered benefactor."
Thtold merchant wept with joy at such a reform,
and acknowledged that llrssingle incident had repaid
him for the hours and duys and weeks he had devoted
always prayerfully, to the blessed cause of kihdues3
and.prison reform.
He who betrays another's secret, because he
has quarreled with him, was never worthy of
the sacred name of friend. A breach of kind-
ness on one side, -will - not justify a breach of
trust on the other.
Why is a blush like a little girl ? Because it
becomes a woman.
BusinessMan, put your sign in the newspa-
pers. The spirit of the times requires it.
THE WIDOW'S MITE.
It is the fruit of waking hours
When others are asleep,
When moaning round the low thatched roof
The winds of winter creep.
It is the fruit ofsnmmer days
Passed in a gloomy room,
When others are abroad to taste
The pleasant morning bloom.
'Tis given from a scanty s'ore
Aud miss'd while it is given ;
'Tis given, for tho claims of earth
Are less than those of Heaven.
Few, save the poor, fpel for the poor,
Tho rich kuow not how hard
It is to be of needful food
And needful rest debarred.
Their paths are paths of plenteonsness,
They sleep on silk anddowu,
And never think how heavily
The weary head lies down.
t
They know not of tho scanty meal
With small pale faces round;
No fire upon the cold damp hearth,
When snow is on the grouud.
They ever by their windows 6it,
And see the gay world pass by,
Yet take their weary work agaiu,
Though with a mournful eye.
The rich, they give they miss it not
A blessing cauuot be
Like that which rests, thou widowed ono
Upon thy gift and thee !
Wright's Casket.
HAYS COUNTY.
San Marcos, the Count' Seat, is a thriving
village situated on tho San Marcos River, in
a beautiful valley, immediately at the foot of
the mountains. The land?, water and scene-
ry, can mil be surpassed. A field of twenty
acres, imperfectly broken up, and negligently
attended, produced this year, (its first season
of cultivation,) over one thousand bushels of
corn. There is an excellent saw and grist
mill adjacent to the village, and a sufficiency
of surplus water power t. supply a dozen fac-
tories. We prophesy, that the day is not far
distant, when the San Marcos and Blanco
country will be whitened by innumerable
flocks of sheep : and the manufacture of their
wool will build up, where the village of San
Marcos is located, one of the. first manufactur-
ing towns in the Sou h.
There is one thing which denotes the pros-
perity of the village of San Marcos : The
vast number of little urchins to be met with,
iu every house. We doubt, indeed, if the
fur fumed Isle ofSky, (so celebreted in his-
tory, for its immense juvenile population,)
could make a greater display, in proportion to
the number of families. The inhabitants
however, are alive to the advantages of Edit,
cation. Small as that little village is, they
have secured the valuable services of two ex-
cellent teachers Mr. and Mrs. Chariot
whose school now numbers near sixty pupils.
However, this is not to be wondered at, when
we call to mind, that, amongst the settlers
there are several Yankee families. It is
proverbial, that wherever two or three Yan-
kee families settle in a neighborhood, there,
also . will soon be found a "Knight of the
Burclien Rod."
In a new countrj7, where labor is so valua-
ble, it is not to be expected that the citizens
can bestow much attention to the improve-
ment of roads: yet we were astonished to
see the wretched condition of the Ford of the
San Marcos, at the village." We would ask
Has the Crunty a Chief Justice, Road Com-
missioner or Overseers of Public Roads?
If so, what have they done" with the money
collected in the way of County Taxes-1 We
are certain that they could not be appropriated
to a better purpose, than the repairing of
Roads and Public Fords. We conversed with
an intelligent old bachelor, (the only one we
believe, in the village.) on this subject. He
promised to see that ''those bad ways" should
be imptoved. Let the County Officers look
to it.
It is the purpose of the conductors of the
South Western American," to chronicle ev-
ery dereliction of duly, on the part of those in
authority. We ask What are taxes paid
for, if they are not to benefit the people ?
Hays county contains a large quantity of
the most fertile and desirable lands, and needs
only to be known to attract the attention of
immigrants. Therefore, County Officers, do
your duty, and your county must and will pros-
per. Do this, and your county will be an
honor to the hero whose name, it bears.
S. W. American.
SCOTCH EMIGRANTS ON THE MIS-
SISSIPPI. A few weeks since, intending to make a
short trip up the Mississippi, I was acciden-
tally thrown on board of a boat, crowded with
emigrants from the Old World. As the boat
was built expressly for deck pasengrs, the
cabin was very small all the rest of the boat
was filled with deck passengers.
As I was going only a short distance, I had
but little to say to any one ; though I was
struck with the neat appearance of many of
these emigrats on deck, something unusual to
me at least. Especially was this the case
with a number of Scotch who occupied the
front part of the boat, on the second deck;
and so intelligent was their convers tion,
and so different their demeanor from the oth-
er passengers generally, that I became quite
interested in them. I found, too, as the sequel
will disclose, that they had brought their re
ligion along with them, and had nut, like too
many, in similar circumstances, left it behind.
As tho sun went down and twilight came
on, after the apparent frugal meal of the
Scotch for it was spread on a simple table
in the front of the boat, where all could see
they assembled on the guard, and a ven-
erable old man, the patriarch of this band,
who were about to make our eountiy their
future home, said: "It is time to worship God."
At that word, all, young and old, sat in si-
lence, whilst the elder look the Bible, aud in
a clear, distinct voice, read one of David's
sweetest l 'saims.
Al that time, a similar scene in Burn's
"Cotter'sSaturday night," very forcibly pre-
sented itself to my mind. As the old man
closed the word of God and wiped for a sec-
ond time, his glasses, he took up the hymn
book, and after reading a hymn, with raiher
a tremor in his voice, he struck up "Dun-
dee's wild warbling measure," and all joined
in earnestly with him. The plea3uro 1 expe-
rienced was very great at this farther and
more striking coincidence, and I was indeed,
carried away with the music, so sweetly was
it sung. Seldom has it been my fortune to
hear from any well trained choir, music sweet
like that certainly, not so from the heart.
As the last strain died away, the old man said,
"let us pray," and as all fell before their God,
it was soon apparent that this was not the first
time in his life that he had offered up his eve-
ning sacrifice, for truly he might be said to be
mighty in prayer. Fervent were his thanks
to God, that their little band had been spared
thus far on their journey, amid perils by sea
and land, and were now drawing near their
journey's end. But when he came to speak
of his native land, and friends left behind, he
could scarcely proceed for his emotions, and
the half suppressed .-obs heard all around him,
told that there were few tearless eyes in that,
little assembly. "God bless our native land
our dear old, old Scotland !" he said, with
much feeling, and "Amen" arose from many
hearts.
As a natural association of ideas, from his
former home, his thoughts took their way to
the land of his adoption, and earnestly and
fervently did he pour out his soul in prayer
for our country. In the midst of this inter-
esting scene, the clerk of the boat came up
and touched me on the shoulder and said,
"We have arrived at your getting off place."
I rose from my knees, loth to leave the spot,
until the old man had concluded and I said
within my heart, as I left the b oat, ''God
grant that many such emigrants may crowd
our shores." Would that the thousands who
are daily flocking to our land from Ireland
and Germany were such as these! I would
then have no fears for our country. St. Lou-
is Herald.
INTERESTING FACTS CONCERNING
MULES.
We take the following interesting facts, re-
lative to mules, from an article in a recent
number of the "Wool Grower," which appears,
principally, to-have been taken from an article
originally published in the 'Pittsburg Visitor."
These facts are worthy of tho earnest considera-
tion and-attention of our Farmers; and we pre-
sent them for their presual, believing that they
will bo found both interesting and useful. 6'.
W. American.
1. Mules on a general average, live twice as
long as horses. They are lit for service from
three years old to thirty. At twelve, a horse
has seen his best days, and is going down hill,
but a mule at that age has scarcely risen out of
his colthood. and goes on improving until he js
twenty. Instances are recorded of mules living
fifty and sixty years, but these are exceptions.
The general rule is that they average thir-
ty. 2. Mules are never exposed to disease as
horses are. I have spent considerable time in
studying the disease of horses, from ringbone
up to pool evil.
But who ever heard of a ringbone, spavined,
wind-broken mule? Immense sums of money
are annually lost in the premature death of
high prised horses by accident and disease.
The omnibus lines in the city of New York have
not been able to sustain their losses, and they
are beginning to use mulesj as less liable by far
even to accident as well as disease. This re-
sults from the next consideration which is
that
3. Mules have organs of vision and hearing
far superior to those of the horse. Hence they
seldom shear, and frighten, and run off. A
horse frightens because he immagines In sees
something frightful: but a mule having superi-
or discernment, both by the eye and ear. un-
derstands everything he meets, and therefore is
safe. For the same reason he is sure-fooial, and
hence more valuable in mountainous regions
and on dangerous roads. Ikdoubt whether on
the Alpine paths a mule ever fell from a mis-
step. He may have been deceived in the firm-
ness of the spot where he set his foot, but not
in the propriety of the choice, all appearances
considered.
4. The mule is much more hardy than the
horse. A pair of these animals, owned by a
neighbor of mine, although small in size, will
plough more land in one week than four horses.
In light harness, or under the saddle, in hauling
iron ore, or on the turnpike before a Coucstoga
wagon, ono mule in a life timo will kill seven
horses, Their faculty of endurance is almost
incredible.
5. Another very important fact is, that in
tho matter ofooJ, a mule will live and thrive
on less than one-half it takes to keep a horse.
The horses of England at this present time, are
consuming grain which would wive the lives of
thousands of British subjects. A particular
friend of mine who has just returned from a
visit to Ireland informed me a few days ago.
that in tho county of Antrim alone, there were
eight poor-houses, containing from eight to nine
hundred paupers each, Were the nobility dis-
posed to sbustitute mules for horses, the grave
m'ght be cheated out of thousands of victims
who starve to death for want of the grain that
horses consume. In our country, however, the
saving of grain is no object. In a national point
of view, the agricultural interest is so groat
that tho greater the demand for grain of all
kinds, tho better for the farmer. But yet indi-
vidual farmers, who are in debt: and whoso land
is not improved, would find it profitable in the
course often years, to havo the labor of a full
team, and save onehalf and more of the food
necessary to keep it up, as might bo the casein
substituting mules for horses.
"I think, now. I have made out my point that
mules are for all practical purpose, superior to
horses, and that farmers stand in their own
light by not banishing horses from common use,
and substituting mules,'
THE TRUE LIFE.
The mere lapse of years is not life. To eat,
and drink and sleep; to bo exposed to darkness
and the light; to pace around the mill of habit
and turn the wheel of Avealth; to make reason
our book keeper, and turn thought into an im-
plement of trade this is not life. In all this,
but a poor fraction of the consiousness of hu
manity is awakened, and the sanctities still
slumber which make it most worth while to be.
Knowledge, truth. love, beauty, goodness, faith
alone can give vitality to the-uicehanism of ex-
istence: the laugh of mirth which vibrates
through tho heart, the tears that freshen the
dry wasto within, tho music which brings child-
hood back, tho prayer that calls the future near,
the doubts which make us meditate, the death
which startles us with mystery, the hardship
that forces us to struggle, the anxiety that ends
in trust arc the nourishment of our natural
being.
Sufferings utSca. We published on Tuesday
short narrative of the sufferings of Captain Hos-
mer and a boat's crew of the bark Janet, who
were separated from their vessel while in per-
suit of whales on the coast of Peru. The fol
lowing more detailed narrative- we copy from
the New Bedford Mercury of yesterday:
Wc have received a letter from Capt. Hos-
mer, late master of the whaling bark Janet, of
Wcstport, furnishing an account of the priva-
tions and sufferings of a boat's crew, belonging
to theJanet, comprising the captain and five
others, which is almost without parallel in the
the annals of the wJiale fishery. It is substan-
tially as follows:
On the coast of Peru. 23d June, 1849, in the
latitude of 3 degrees N., I0n2itu.de 104 W., while
cruising for whales, a shoal of sperm whales ap-
peared in sight from the Janet, and three boats
lowered in pursuit. Capt. Hosmer's boat's crew
consisted of himself, Francis Hawkins, third
mate, Edward H. Charlez, Joseph Cortez, Daniel
Thompson, and Jame3 Fairman, seamen. It
blowing fresh at the time, the boats soon separ-
ated, each having made fast to a whale. After
Cart. Hosmer had succeeded in "turning up"
his whale, and was towing him to the ship, from
some inadvertence on the part of the third mate
in putting about, the boat capsized, with loss of
boat keg, lantern keg, boat bucket, compasd,
paddles, &c. The crew succeeded in righting
the boat. to"prevent her from overturning she
being filled with water, and the sea continually
breaking over her.
Two waifs, or flags, were immediately set as
a signal of distress, the other two boats being
insight at a distance of about ono and a half
miles. Capt. II. saw tho other two boats take
their whales alongside of the barque, which was
then kept off in the direction for his boat, but
to his surpprise and horror, when within about
one mile of him they keni off on another course
until sundown. The crew of the captain's boat
then got on to the whale alongside and tried to
bail the boat, but could not succeed. They
then cut the line attached to the whale, and
succeeded in setting some pieces of the boat sail
and steered towards the barque, then about
three miles distant.
During the night they saw a light at inter-
vals, but in the morning the barque was at
about the same distance off. Every expedient
was resorted to by making signals to attract the
attention of those on board the barque, but in
vain. Saw them cutting in the whales, and
apparently indifferent to the fate of their com-
rades. In this perilous condition the unfortun-
ate boat's crew 'made another attempt to bail
the water from the boat, but owing to their
bonsternation they did not suceeed. They then
continued on their course as before, hoping to
regain the barque, but soon found that fahe ro-
ccded from them, and it was then determined to
put about to the wind and remain, whatever the
the consequences might be.
On the second morning, the weather being
more favorable, all the whale craft was thrown
overboard, and another attempt was made to
bail the boat, which resulted in the loss of one
man without accomplishing the purpose. The
effort was again renewed in the afternoon, the
weather being yet more favorable, and they
finally succeeded in freeing the boat from water
but with the loss of another of her crew, all on
board having been up to their arms in the water
during the last 48 hours. Two of the survivors
were seized with delirium: all of them having
been without a morsel of food or drink, and suf-
fering painfully from thirst.
Thus disabled, no one on board being able to
ply at the oars, and with only a small fragment
of the boat's sailremaining, it was determined to
make for Cocus Island, on the Perurian coast,
a distance of about one thousand miles, as the
nearest land. Accordingly, the piece of the sail
was used to the best advantage, and the ceiling
of the boat was torn up and also employed as
a wind propeller, and steering in a north-easterly
direction.
Capt. H. writes nothing occurred worthy of
remark until the seventh day, the crew having
in the meantime been without a particle of food
or drink, and not a drop of rain having fallen.
In this dreadful state of suffering it was mutual-
ly agreed to cast lots as to which of the number
should be sacrificed to prolong the lives of his
companions, and the unfortunate victim upon
whom the lot fell met his fate with perfect resig-
nation and willingness. At the close of the
day a shower of rain proved a very great addi-
tional relief.
Being without-compass or instrument of any
kind Capt. II. was compelled to rely cntirely
upon his judgement respecting the course, aided
only by an occasional glimpse of the North star
and the rolling swell of tho sea from the South-.
On the eight day. another of the number died
from exhaustion. It was found necetsary to
pursue a more norfhly course in hope of rain,
none having fallen during the last four days.
On the next day we were favored with an-
other shower, and this benefaction was follow-
ed up by the remarkable circumstance of a
dolphin leaping from among its finny compan-
ions directly into the boat. Several birds also
approached so near to the boat as to fall a prey
to the necessities of tho crew, administering
greatly to their relief. On the 13th of July,
land was discovered in an easterly direction,
which proved to be Cocus island (uninhabited.)
lying in Lit. 5 degrees 27 min. N Ion, 87
15.
Capt. II. and the other survivors succeeded
in reaching it, but in an almost helpless condi-
tion. They however secured a pig, and drank
its blood, which revived their exhausted strength,
and also obtained a plentiful supply of birds
and fresh water. After remaining two days
upon the island they were overjoyed by wit-
nessing the approach of a boat which proved to
belong to the ship I.eonidas, (Whaler,) Capt.
Swift, of this port, then lying in Chatham Hay,
for the purpose of procuring wood and water,
and were relieved from their dreadful sufferings
by being taken on board the ship and treated
with every possible attention an! kindness.
The names of those who perished on board
the boat, are Francis Hawkins, 3d mate, of
Augusta, Mc.: James Fairman. seaman, of Ohio:
Hei.ry Thompson, seaman of Philadelphia, Pa:
Edward Henry Charlez , place of lwiawiite u.i-
kuown. I
Capt. Hosmer renders bis gratiful acknow-
ledgments to Captain Swift, of the Leonidas,
and also to Captain Cleavcland, of barque Val-
paraiso, of this port, for their prompt and gen-
erous effort in administering to the relief of him-
self and his companions, Capt. II. arrived at
Payta, August 21st, from which place his letter
to us is dated.
We have also been favored with an extract
of a letter from James A. Crowell, late first
mate of the Janet, to Henry Wilcox, owner's at
agent at Wcstport dated at Payta, Aug. 1 Mr.
Crowell, after mentioning the "fact of the three
boats patting off for whales as above stated,
adds:
At 3 P. M., I had "my whale alongside, and
soon the ship came to me. and when 1 got on
board there was but one boat in sight, and that
was five miles to tiie leeward of the ship. I
went down to it with the ship, and found that
it was the 2d mate's boat, lie had secn Capt.
H. two hours previously fast to a whale, and
went to the leeward of him when last seen from
his boat.
"Wc proceeded in the direction in which the
captain's boat had been last seen, and lay to all
night Avith all sails set and with all our lights
fixed. In the morning saw nothing of the boat.
We cruised three days, bat unfortunately with-
out meeting any trace of her. In the meantime
four of our hands were sick from fatigue, and
we were under the necessity of ma ing the best
of our way to this port (Payta.)
"We had taken 100 barrels of oil for the last
ten days previously and lo3t 200 barrels during
the same time by losing lines." I except the
captain's boat was taken down by a foul line, as
he had a new line in his boat coiled two days
previous to the accident; we saved one whale
the day the accident happened, and lost another
that night"
A HEROIC WOMAN.
Fioma sketch in the Christian Register, by Wend-
dcll Phillips.
Mrs. Garnaut was the second daughter of William
and Ann Jones, and born at Lwansea, Wales, on tho
8th day of April, 1810. While she was at school near
Bath her parents died leaving to her caro an elder sis-
ter then sinking in consumption, aud a brother and
three sisters younger than herself. To these she was
father, mother, brother and sister, watching over their,,
inture.-ts and devoted to their welfare till years sepera-
ted them to various fortunes. Subsequently she mar-
ried Richard Garuaut, the son of a Frnnch emigrant,
a mechanic of gfeat tasto and ability. They came
immediately to America, and finally settled in Boston,
where, not three years after her marriage, she losther
husband and eldest child. Left alone, with her infant
in a strange laud, without means aud with few friends
she manifested the same energy and trustfulness, the
same putting aside of all regard for her own comfort
and profit, which made her last years so efficient and
beautiful.
After an interval sho connected herself with the
Moral Reform Society cf Boston, and labored in its
cause many years ; and when worn out by the varied
eflurts which her restless bonevolenco added to tho
care and confinement of the office she held, became
the matrou of the Home, established in Albany street
for the shelter of orphan and destitute children. Ex-
hausted by watching over tho two infants of a woman
who had died of cholera, with no hnpo of saving them,
but with all tho tenderness of a mother's love, she fell
hersolf a victim to the disease on Monday, the 3d of
September, aged 3D years.
This is the outline of a long life, crowded into few
years, whose every day was rilled with more acts of
love aud service to others than most of even the de-
votedly benevolent aro able or privileged to do in
years.
The societies with which sho was connected wero
devoted to special objeets ; not so her heart. Her
coaseless activity made light of cares which were
enough for the whole strength aud tho whole twelve
hours of others : and found leisure to seek out and re-
lisve all kinds of distress. Hers was practical doing
of good, and no service wai too humble for her to per-
form. Children left in cellars by drunken parents and
brought to her, so loathsomo aud diseased that other
benevolent institutions, thougii rich in municipal boun-
ty, refused to take them in, sho received, not to give
to domestics, (she had none,) but to wash, tend, caro
and serve herself. Women and young persons for whom
John Augustus could find no shelter elsewhere, he car-
ried, without a doubt, to her ; and iu those many ca-
ses where a woman's iiifiuen e and a'd are indispensa-
ble, Mrs. Gamin t was his adviser and companion.
To tho forsaken victim of seduction or temptation
sho has aain and again given up her own room and
bed, hoping that, if under her eye, she could strength-
en their faltering resolution, and give them bick to re-
conciled families. Again and again deceived sho has
gone on with loving patience aud been rewarded at
last with abundant success. Women mined by love
of drink, aud passing almost all their time in the
Houso of Correction, tied to her for refuge from them-
selves; and lived usefully and virtuously after strug-
gles and fall3 which would havo tired out any heart
and any faith but hers. In hundreds of towns aro lit-
tle ones whom her exertions have, saved from utter
neglect, or tho worse influence of abandoned parents,
and provided with homes and instruction. Insane
girls, for whom sho has found one shelter after another
from which morbid suspicions would drive them, al-
ways camo back to her and rested content while un-
der her roof, The morning after her death it was pit-
iful to behold the bitter grief of homeless and friendless
persons, gathored by the news, who felt they had lost
both parent aud friend. She died watching over what
all saw were the death beds ofchildreu, from which
so many fled, whose pareuts she had never seen ; and
in this her death was the exact type of a life given, so
much of it, to those who from vice or extreme youth
could not repay her even with gratitude.
A young woman, she put aside all thoughts of her-
self or danger to herself in reaching any she sought
to save. Strong iu a good purpose, she entered fear-
lessly, alone, tho most abandoned hauuts of vice, ven-
tured on shipboard at night, to snatch a victim from
certain ruiu, and, plain in speech, feared neither sta-
tion uor wealth in her rebuke.
Wherever Mrs. Garnaut was might be said to be
the vanguard of benevolent effort. Was her society
devoted to children, still she could not shut her door
to want iu adults. The emigrant who had neither
acquaintances nor work, the criminal who needed
aid the sick vomn, were all sheltered, or visited, or
provided for. Many years of devoted labor had
mado her known to a Iarjre circle of friendless beings,
and iu every new trouble they fled to her.
While ongnged iu moral reform she did as much for
the intemperate, and gave her nights to sick cham-
bers, where save her unwearied love, none but tho
physiciau ever entered. Before the most loathsomo
disease, iu tho presence of the most resolute vice, nei-
ther hor faith nor her love ever faltered. When oth-
ers thought they had douo enough and gave up she
still persevered, forgiving seventy times seven ; and
the poor wanderer seemed to feel there was one heart
that would never be closed against her, and in every
passin"- hour of virtuous resolution sought her, with
full assurance of sympathy and aid, like a child who
knows that amothor'd heart will never cease to hopo ;
and in manv cases was her faith sustained. Much
doubtless was owing to the fascination of a manner
rucoTiiized by every who came within its influence.
It was tlu fitting expression of a heart overflowing
withlovo for every humun being.
Her own means, the little preseutsto her own child,
the compensations paid her, were used to enable tho
iitetil'ition sho controlled to go on ; and they were giv-
en away as freely as the funds specially committed
to her for distribution. She never looked upon any
thing as her owu. Dr. Follon has made a beautiful
use of the sculpture of St. Martin shaiiug his cloak
with a begar. The emigrant, the intemperate wo-
man just 'reformed, both too poorly ciad to get pla-
ces, tho s'.ck girl without friends or means, for whom
this loving stranger Ins taken the shawl from her own
f-houlders, the shoes from her own feet could havo
pointed to a daily practice of the same love.
Her life was cheered with some testomonies of grat-
itude, and a thousau'd histories of touching interest lie
buried in her grave. She was a child to the last in
her undoubtiug faith, in her entire unconsciousness
of her own peculiar trails, and in tho joyousness of
i"T spirits. But though a child in her lovt and
luT unselfishness she was profoundly alive all the
preat questions of reform and social improvement.
i,JO,, ;,'" -.', ',..,!. ife had bee-i h" orfv "du-c-itmii.
and wn.'i no leisim- lor hooks, s'l.o 'uui learned
tiiryifh li r adic-tlous ai.J Lt-r..-, as our wise A states-
man.has said, "the heart was the Lest logician."
She saw the right with tho unerring intuition of a
good heart. Neither srect, class, color, nor country
affected her feelings. In education, social re-organ-izatiotijthej
melioration of punishments, tho aii-
vancement of women, she took a degp and in-
lelligentintcrcst, and felt how slight was the effect of
all her toil on evils which grew from false principles.
She had good intellectual ability, sound practical
sense, rare judgment, sagacity that few could deceive,
that proved every case, and did what sho did hiteJU-
genuy. Bereaved in so many of her relations, separated
from her kindred, consiantiy in the presence of so
much sickness and want, she was yet always young,
the sunshine of any circle, enjoying life intensely, hap-pay-under
all circumstances, full of health, her day
perpetual gladness, as if her pathway had been aa
full of heaven as tho heart that trod it.
We say of some, and very truly that theirs is a
Christian life ; but it is very rarothat, as iu this case,
the traits of any one are so unalloyed as actually to ,
remind us 01, to recal, the traits of tho Groat Master.
I never knew one sn nmniKinnclv n,,i.ij ,:i.
me uiougni maistie "came not to be ministered un-
to, but to minister." She literally -'cared for noth-
ing ; ' but, like Luther's bird, restcdall her interests
on tho Infinite Love, after wh?M, !,- .., i:r- onj
spirit wero so closely copied.
Tho marked peculiarity ofher character was this
entire giving up of herself to others, and the beauty of
her perfect unconsciousness of it. We se o many un-
selfish, many disinterested, many devoted persons.
But neither word, nor all combined, at all describe
Mrs. Garnaut. What others do without effort, or at
most, from a sense of duty, in her seemed nature.
Yet not the heedless generosity of childhood or senti-
ment, but the harmonious working of a nature which
existed only to serve others, as naturally as a tree-
prows. SO UtterlV UllCOnseimrq tni cha nFthia nolmn
and unceasing devotedness, that she neither seemed-
1 l.:t. l..r.nII J'A I. -
-u miun. uciocu uiuerom irom otiiers, nor to deem they
ought to leave the usual way of the world to bo liko
her.
She had that rare union of great tenderness and.
great firmness of character. Though her heart Wed
at the sight of woe, she yet faced aud alleviated suffer-
ings of the most horrid description with a spirit fall of
courage and hope.
She died, worn out, doing all her kind heart dicta-
ted, and all the wretched heeded, but more than one
person's strength, or the means placed in hor hands,
were sufficient for. She felt she had herself still to
give, and died in the sacrifice. AH this, so feebly de-
scribed, was the work of one young woman, eft in a
strange land, without means and without friends. .
Those who know her have tho joy of remembering
that they did not entertain this angel unawares. Her
death practically breaks up tho society she served. .
Tho institution, unspeakably useful, will be continued
but tho motherly love, tho tenderness, tho readiness
for everv toil, the svmnathv with all wnn nrp.amL
neut ability, working wonders with nothing, the heart
nuiuiuuuti me name so ocanuiui 10 visit, as welt
as so variously useful, am annt. Wh.-if ah roroA
what nothing but her unique character sustained, dies.
FOREIGN NEWS.
M'.ssage of the French President. AH the Miu's.-
ters have resigneJ. The following is t!w defia.te lis-
of the new French Ministry, as published in the Mon
iteurof War; M. Achille Fould, Finance"; M. Roa-
ber, Jnstice; il. Ferdinmd Barrot, Homj Depart-
ment; M. A. de Rasneval, the Minister at Naplest
Foreign Affairs ; M. Dumas Commerce aud Agri-
cilture; M. do Parrieu, Public Instruction and Wor-
ship; Admiral Romain Desfosses, Marine and CoL
ouies ; M. Binesu, Public Works. General d'Hanfc-
pool is charged, vd interim, in the abseuco of M. de
Raynoval, with tho Portfolio of Foreign Affairs. All
the above belong to the majority of the Legislative
Assembly.
From subsequent information it appears that the
Ministry did not resign, but were dismissed. At half-
past five o'clock on Wednesday, M. Dupin com
municatcd to tho Assembly the following rnessage
from the President of the Republic:
"Monsieur le President Under the grave circum-
stances in which wo aro placed, the accord which,
ought to reigu amoug the different bodies of the
State cannot be maintained, unless by the existence
of a mutual confidence, and unless they explain them-
selves sincerely to each other. In order to give an.
example of thai sincerity, I come forward now to.
stato tho reason's which havo determined me to change
the Ministry, and to separate myself from men whose
eminent services I am well pleased to proclaim, and
to whom I owe friendship aud gratitude. In order-
to strengthen the Republic, menaced by anarchy
iromso many sines; 10 ensure oruer more emciemiy
than has been done up to th- present time ; to main-
tain abroad the name of France at the elevation oC
her reuowu, men are needed, who, animated by a
patriotic devotedness, comprehend the uecssity of the
single direction of a firm character and of a clearly
defined policy, which does not comproiuis-c power by
any irresolution ; of men, in short, whose minds are
as much filled with the conviction of my peculiar
responsibility as of their own, and of the necessity of
action as well as of words. (Great agitation.) For
nearly a year I have given many proofs of self-denial -iu
order that thero might be uo misunderstanding with
regard to my real sentiments.
'"Without rancor agaiust any individnal or against
any party, I havo allowed men of the most contrary
opinions to arrive at power, but without obtaining the
happy result which I expected from that arrangement.
In place of effecting a fusion of different shades of
opinion, I only arrived at a neutralization of force.
The uuity of views and intentions was iuterforred with
aud tho spirit of conciliation taken for weakness.
Scarcely had the dangers of the street been got over,
when the ancient parties were seen again to elevate
their colors, revive their chivalries, and alarm tho
couutry by arousing disquietude. In the midst of this
confusion, France uneasy because she cannot 3ee any
guiding hand, seeks the hand aud will of tho elected
of December 10. But that will cannot be felt unless
thoro bo entire unanimity of ideas, of views, and of
convictions between the President and his Ministry,
and unless the Assembly itself joins in the thought
of the nation as expressed in the election of tho Exe-
cutive Power. A whole system triumphed on tho lUlh.
of December, for the name of Napoleon is a complete
programme itself. It means at home, order, author-
ity, religion, aud the welfare of the people ; abroad,
national dignity. It is this system that I wish lo-
calise to triumph by the aid of the Assembly and the
people. I wish to be worthy of tho confidence of the
people by maintaining the constitution which I havo
sworn to observe. I wish to inspire the country by
my fair, straight-forward dealing, perseverance and
firmness, with a confidence that business will revive.
The letter of the constitution has certainly a great
influence on the destiny of tho country, but the man-
ner iu which it is exercised has perhaps even more.
The longer or shorter duration of power contributes
powerfully to tho stability of things ; but it is ouly by-
displaying ideas and principles that a goverumet can
succeed in persuading society to reassure itself. Let
us, therefore, again arise up authority without iter-
fering with real liberty. Let us calm the apprehen-
sions that aro felt by vanquishing bad passions, and by
giving to all noble instincts a proper direction. Let
us strengthen religious feelings without abandoning
theconqests of the revolution ; and we shall save the
country in spite of the parties, the ambitious, and
even tho iufatutious which our institutions may con-
tain." (Signed) Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
On the 29th ult-, a Io:g debate took place on the
suiiject of raising the state of siege al Lyons. In the
course of the debate General Rapated denied that the
troops had forcibly entered a ladies seminary in Ly-
ons, on tho 15th June, and required the names of the
officer aud company charged with doing sc. These
were not given.
In the debate in the Assembly on the proposition of
M. Napoleon Bonaparte for aa amnesty to the June
insurgents, ono of the Right members, M. Dahirel,
exclaimed that M. Bonaparte hadhimself voted for
their prosecution. The latter citizen at once got an
official copy of the proceedings, when it appeared that
no vote had been taken on the subject. M. Dahirel
and other members of the Right then said that M. Bo-
naparto stood up with the majority of tho Assembly
(the prosecution being ratified in that manner,) and
thus gave his consent to tho trial. This of course
roused the ire of M-Bonaparte, and a challenge en-
sued, which was amicably settled, however theiUbn-
ileur subsequently announcing that M. Napoleon
Bonaparte havim-, in the presence of M. M.dePlan-
. .." .. -rv- c?. 1-? 1 - T
CV, Liiliailliei iVraJo, uo c;i. acur;ro uuu ucu. jiO
Imo, th
In-tour seconds chosen on both sides, formally-
cd that he did not vote fur the decree banis'liur'
dei-!are
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