but by and by, lost sight of him, and the boat itself, was fast dwindling to a speck. He then called to the captain, They haven't found him, sir; but I am afraid it's no use to try any longer: I've lost sight of him for some time they are far astern, and it is growing dark.' The captain at last slowly and reluctantly gave the signal to return. A general sorrow filled the ship.-But, as the boat came alongside, what was their surprise and joy to behold poor Venis, drenched and exhausted, but alive and safe in the bottom. Just as the boat was turning, in obedience to the captain's orders, the sudden drop of a wave had discovered him to them, and he was thus, at the last moment, and beyond all hope, rescued from a watery grave."

Reader do you know any poor souls who have fallen overboard, and are struggling in the waves of temptation and sin? Hasten to their rescue.

Reader! are you yourself still floating on the waves of sin and misery, tossed by the billows of temptation? Let your eye be towards the bark which glides past you on the waves, ready to pick you up and convey you to the Ark of Safety.

Christian Intelligencer.

MINERALS-No. 2.

Feldspar.

Feldspar is a hard stone, of different colors, often very much like quartz; but there is almost always one way to know it: it breaks with flat and smooth sides, highly polished, like a piece of window-glass. The Germans, therefore, call it spar, because that word means a shining stone, and they put feld to it, which means field.

Composition. It contains alumine, or clayearth, with silex, and some potash.

Uses. When it turns to dust, it makes potters' clay of different kinds-some coarse and some fine. The best is as soft as soap when wet, and as white as snow after being heated. Our plates, cups, saucers, pitchers, &c. are made of feldspar dust. The finest pottery comes from France and China. Very little is yet made in our country. Perhaps some of the boys now living will hereafter find some of the best clay, and some way to make it good, and beautiful, and cheap. If they do, they will have business enough. It has been said that the French supply the palaces of most countries in the world with beautiful porcelain, while the English furnish cottages and houses with useful pottery.

Feldspar commonly scratches glass and

FOSSIL REMAINS.-It is not perhaps generally known that the largest collection of gigantic animal remains ever discovered in the United States, is now in the Patent Of fice, at Washington. These remains are the property of T. U. Bryan, of Missouri, who in the summer of 1843, at great expense and labor, had them disinterred from an alluvial deposite in Boston Co., Mo. They must have remained, in all probability, thus inhumed centuries upon centuries, if not thousands of years.

Mr. Bryan has petitioned Congress to purchase them for the Government, as aboriginal memorials worthy of national preservation. They consist of bones and teeth of the great American elephant, the mastodon, megalonix, and fossil horse. Some of the animals to which these bones belonged, judging by analogy, must have been from twenty to thirty feet high, and large and long in proportion. These fossil remains, all in perfect preservation, have been pronounced by scientific members of the Asylum of Natural History, New York, who have carefully examined them, not only the largest collection, but the most perfect specimens of the kind ever discovered in this country.-Selected.

The Farmer of Mount Vernon.

Washington was passionately fond of agriculture. Its improvement was ever with him an object of paramount regard. Virginia can boast of few sons to whom her agriculture has been more indebted; few who assisted in promoting her interests to a greater extent, or with the manifestation of a more ardent and patronizing zeal. The following account of his farming operations will serve to exhibit the father of his country (the man first

in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen) in the true light:

"The farm of Gen. Washington, at Mount Vernon, contained ten thousand acres of land in one body, equal to fifteen square miles. It was divided into farms of convenient size, at the distance of one, two, three, four, and five miles from his mansion house. These farms he visited every day, in pleasant weather, and was constantly engaged in making experiments for the improvement of agriculture. Some idea of the extent of his farming operations may be formed from the following facts: In 1787, he had five hundred acres of grass, sowed six hundred bushels of oats, seven hundred acres of wheat, and prepared as much more for corn, barley, potatoes, beans, peas, &c. and one hundred and fifty acres in turnips. His stock consisted of one hundred and forty horses, one hundred and twelve cows, three hundred and thirty-five working oxen, heifers and steers, and five hundred sheep. He constantly employed two hundred and fifty hands, and kept twenty-four ploughs going during the whole year, when the earth and state of the weather would permit. In 1786, he slaughtered one hundred and fifty hogs, weighing eight thousand and five hundred and ninety pounds, for the use of his family, besides a large amount of other provisions.-Selected.

VENERABLE INDIAN CHIEF.-The Cattaraugus (N. Y.) Whig, of late date, mentions that Gov. Blacksnake, a Grand Sachem of the In. dian nation, was in that place. He resides on the Alleghany Reservation, about twenty miles from the village; is the successor of Corn Planter, as chief of the Six Nations-a nephew of Joseph Brant, and uncle of the celebrated Red Jacket. He was born near Cayuga Lake, in 1749, being now 96 years of age. He was in the battles of Fort Stanwix, Wyoming, &c. and was a warm friend of Gen. Washington during the Revolution. He was in Washington's camp forty days at the close of the Revolution-was appointed chief by him, and now wears suspended from his neck a beautiful silver medal presented to him by Gen. Washington, bearing date 1796.

A VALUABLE MEMENTO OF WASHINGTON.A handsome gold snuff-box, from the Earl of Ellenborough, was presented to Gen. Washington, through the hands of William T. Law; and it is said that Gen. W. bequeathed it to a near relation; that relative left it to a lady, another near relative, who gave it to the Colonization Society. They sold it, and it was lately at a jeweller's, in the Howard House, in New York.

The history of the box is this: When Mr. Thomas Law went to Virginia to be married to Miss Eliza P. Curtis, he carried with him a very handsome gold box, purchased by himself, as a present to Dr. Stuart. Dr. Stuart left it to his daughter, Mrs. Robinson, and she gave it to the Colonization Society. It

was, therefore, never presented to Gen. W. by any one, or ever in his possession. Such is the version of the story by one of the family, who was a bridesmaid on the occasion, and witnessed the present of the box to Dr. Stuart.

[We return our thanks to our friend, who sent us the preceding information.]

Se-Quo-Ya: or George Guess.

The editor of the Cherokee Advocate gives the following interesting account of SeQuo-Ya, the distinguished man of that nation, who invented the alphabet of the Cherokee language:

"After spending much time and labor in attempts to mature his system of Arithmetic, in which he made some progress, Se-QuoYa eventually gave it up as impracticable, but adhered to his habits of industry, observation and reflection. In the public affairs of his nation generally, he never performed an active part, although constantly alive to the happiness and prosperity of his people. Of this fact, and of his strong attachment to his country, he gave the strongest evidence, in 1839, in his efforts to re-unite into one body the Eastern and Western Cherokees, and to secure for their Government the adoption of their existing Constitution. He was president on the part of the Western Cherokees met in Convention to effect the first of these highly important measures, and was one of the framers and signers of the other.

"The Council of the nation, out of respect for his character, and in consideration of his great invention, have allowed him, for many years, an annual pension. At the last session of the Council this pension was increased to three hundred dollars, to be paid yearly to him during his natural life, and afterwards to his wife in case she shall survive him.

"But what has become of this remarkable man, whose native genius has struck light from darkness-conferred inconceivable blessings upon his people, and achieved for his own name an enviable distinction among those few truly great names, with which are connected imperishable honor? Is he still alive, or does his venerable head repose beneath some unknown clod of the Grand Prairie? These are questions that we cannot now satisfactorily answer.

"In the summer of 1842, influenced perhaps by a desire to explore the Western Prairies, and become acquainted with his red brethren, who roam there free and untrammelled, Se-Quo-Ya, having loaded several pack horses with goods, visited, in company with a number of Cherokees, the Comanche

Indians. After remaining with them some time, he made his way with a son and two or three Cherokees, into Northern Mexico, towards Chi-hua-hua, and engaged a while in teaching the Mexicans his native language.

Since then several reports concerning him have reached his friends in this country. That which seems to be the most probable, when the hardships to which, in his wanderings, he has been necessarily exposed, are remembered, in addition to his decrepid form and the weight of many years, is, that this truly great man, full of years and of honors, sleeps the sleep of death, in some wild and unknown spot, far from his wife, his country and his people.-Selected.

EDUCATION IN RUSSIA.- An English paper states that religious education is now completely organized in the Russian empire. There are four districts of teaching, having each their academy-at St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kiew, and Kasan. Under the academics, there are 45 seminaries, 173 circle and 190 parish schools. In 1842, the total number of pupils was 60,368. There are in the empire 34,415 churches of the Greek creed, besides 9,059 chapels. The number of clergymen is 117,445. There are 7 metropolitans, 28 archbishops, 28 bishops, 2,542 ecclesiastical tribunals. The total income of the church consisted, in 1842, of 3,042,754 silver roubles. The number of the members of the Russo-Greek church is 44,102,195 individuals.-Foreign paper.

PROSPECTUS. It is proposed to publish, by subscription, "THE CITY OF THE DEAD, AND OTHER POEMS" of a miscellaneous character, hymns, odes, and descriptive pieces. Many of them were written under physical and mental suffering, while seeking relief in the contemplation of religious truth, or the works of nature.

The book will contain at least 100 pages, 18mo, in the best style of typography, with a handsome engraving. Price 50 cents-by ANDREW DICKINSON, of Williamsburgh, L. I.

NAUTICAL TIME.-The Committee of the New York Chamber of Commerce have recommended that the method of keeping logbooks at sea be changed, by using civil in stead of nautical time. At present, the time used is twelve hours ahead of the civil time, Sunday beginning at noon on Saturday, and so of other days. This introduces great confusion whenever a comparison of the two modes of reckoning becomes necessary; and as there is no possible reason for continuing

this absurd practice, the committee urge its abolition, and the adoption of the usual method of reckoning time. It has been long abolished in the British Navy.

Receipts.

From "Every Lady's Book," a little volume just published by a Lady of New York.

Indian Milk-Breakfast-Cakes. - Pour boiling water into a quart of yellow corn-meal; stir it until it is wet; then add two wellbeaten eggs, and milk enough to make it a thick batter; measure a small teaspoonful of dry salæratus, and dissolve it in warm water, and put it to the batter with the same quantity of salt; butter square tin pans, fill them two-thirds full, and bake in a quick oven; when done, cut it in small squares, and serve hot.

Muffins.-Mix two pounds of flour with a pint of warm milk, two eggs well beaten, half a spoonful of melted butter, and half a gill of yeast; stir it well together, and set it in a warm place for two hours, then bake on a griddle in rings two-thirds full; then, when one side is done, turn the other.

Rice Paste-Cakes.-Rub three ounces of butter into half a pound of rice flour, moisten it with water, work it well, and roll it out thin; then cut it in small cakes, and bake in a quick oven.

Crumpets.-Put half a gill of yeast into a quart of warm milk, with a teaspoonful of salt; stir in flour to make a good batter; set it in a warm place to rise; when light, add a cup of melted butter, and bake as muffins.

Civilization.-A savage once said to a white man, who reproached him with wanting the conveniences of society, "Your whole life is spent in laboring for things we have learned to do very well without." Selected.

A wicked man shall be considered as dead while he is alive, but a good man lives in the tomb.

He who has not shame, may bury his heart.

Chinese Dinner Party.

A correspondent of the New World describes as follows a dinner party, given by a Chinese merchant, which he attended:

The invitation was written on thin red paper, in Chinese, and enclosed in a red envelope. When we arrived, the host received us with much ceremony, placing our right hands between his hands and pressing them closely. The host and other guests were dressed in a robe of rich purple silk, ornamented with cord, and a cap surmounted by a gilt ball. Tea was brought to us on the verandah, and soon after we were summoned to dinner, where we sat at small tables, at

three sides, leaving the other side clear for the convenience of the waiters. The first course consisted of a kind of soup in cups, to taste which, a flat silver ladle was used. This was followed by various other dishessuch as quail minced, bird nests, sharks' fins, &c. &c. interspersed with various kinds of wine. Most of the dishes were quite liquid, and as they were eaten with the chopsticks, it placed us in much the same condition as the stork who was invited to dine with the fox.

The wine was drunk from small silver cups with two handles, and in drinking healths it was customary to show the bottom of the cup. Three hours passed, and then beautiful flowers and fruit, with another kind of tea, were set before us. After this an excellent cup of pecco was handed us, after drinking which we immediately took our leave, being attended home by a number of lantern bearers, and amid the noise of crackers and squibs.

POETRY.

From a Lordon Paper.

To my Departed Wife.

By a Workingman-James Boyle, of Manchester. O Harriet, dear departed wife!

Though ever prized by me,

I never duly felt till now

How much I owed to thee!
The busy town, the quiet fields,
Through which we used to stray,
Seem but a dreary wilderness

Since thou wert called away.

But most, when evening's stilly hour
To weary toils brings rest,
I miss the smile and pleasant words
That oft have made me blest;
And Isabel, our darling child,
While nestling on my knee,
Wakes many a thought of faded joy
With prattling tales of thee.

It seems, methinks, but yesterday,
Though twelve long years have gone,
When we before the altar knelt,

And joined our hearts in one!
When, caring not for griefs to come,
While all around us smiled,
We reveled midst the joys of spring,
Gay as the youngest child.

The laughing spring, with flow'ry wreaths,
Will come again ere long,

And many a grove and bloomy copse
Be rife with joyous song;

But spring may spread her treasures rare,
On coppice, hill, and tree,

Since thou canst feel her charms no more,
They'll bloom in vain for me.

Oh, I am very lonely now!

For though our friends are kind,
And use such gentle art to soothe
My dark and troubled mind,

Yet still, at best, they are but friends,
And kind although they be,
I can't unlock my heart to them,
As once I could to thee.

Oh, when 1 gaze, as oft I do,
Upon our children dear,
My lonely heart is swelling then,
With mingled grief and fear:

I think, as through life's scenes they go,
Beset with many a snare,

How much they'll need such love as thine,
Such kind and watchful care.

But, Harriet, for those dear ones' sake,
So much beloved by thee,
I'll try to stifle vain regrets,

Though hard the task may be.
I'll teach them, love, in virtue's light
To tread life's varied scene-
To take the path that thou hast trod,
To be what thou hast been.

The Welcome Home. Sweet is the hour that brings us home, Where all will spring to meet us; Where hands are striving, as we come, To be the first to greet us.

When the world hath spent its frowns and wrath,

And care been sorely pressing,

'Tis sweet to turn from our roving path,
And find a fireside blessing;

Oh, joyfully dear is the homeward track,
If we are but sure of a welcome back.

What do we reck on a dreary way,

Though lonely and benighted,

If we know there are lips to chide our stay, And eyes that will beam love-lighted? What is the worth of your diamond ray,

To the glance that flashes pleasure, When the words that welcome back betray We form the heart's chief treasure? Oh, joyfully dear is our homeward track, If we are but sure of welcome back.

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