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ORIGINAL POETRY.
For the Telegraph.
Tin: SAIL-DO AT AT SEA.
That gallant boat with snow-white sail,
Full rigged and trimmed to breast the gale,
Hath left our own green pleasant shore
To sail the southern billows o’er.
In fancy now I see her lido
O’er the blue wave, where swiftly glide
Many a craft more proudly free,
Yet none moro loved, or dear to mo.
F*»r the broaii sea she gaily makes,
Though stormy winds her light sail shakes,
Yet safe she’ll skim the topmost wave
IJ#r prow, and sides the waters lave.
1 he helms-tnnn sits with steady eye
Viewing each crested sea go by;
All fearless he, for well he sers
His boat can stem t!io tide and breeze.
“All, all alone,” he steers the hark,
Now fleetly on she goes - hut hark!
M he w'ind's shrill tones, he hears them near,
The coming storm, list! list! ’tis here.
i!e sits prepared the boat to guide
O’er foamy surge, and adverse tide;
Nor heeds 11*9 wild storm’s raging power,
Hi* heart grows hold in that lone hour.
*****
7 he g-.’e i* weathered—now is found
A haven safe.—If is friends nrourd
All anxious wait the tnleto hear,
\\ hut dangers passed, and what his cheer.
'! hen nil unmoved, thnfr helms-mnn brave
Kcrnunts his perils on the wave—
'fells Ik w that buoyant sail-bont lay
In the sea’s trough, like child at play;
How fleet the sea-bird o’er him soared,
When loud nnd wild the storm-wind roared—
Then, that the boat might ride more free
lift east the anchor in the sea.
Then nil nlono upon the main,
For dnys and nights he watched in vain:
And sighed for his far, northern home,
Though well lie loved the sen* to roum.
Katrina.
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MI S C E L L A N E 0 US.
From tlw* Diilcimoio American.
(i E O V, G E w A S II f X a T O X.
Il i« good on every possible occasion, for
its Americans to ponder the character of
this man. We have never seen a finer
picture of Washington's greatness than the
following. Jt appeared in the London
“Courier,” then a leading British Govern
ment paper, on the 2llh .January, 1800. It
was at that time cut from the paper, and
Ins been preserved in a family scrap-book
ever since. If it lias been re-published in
more recent days, we have not seen it; but
we are persuaded our readers will own,
even if it has appeared since, it cannot he
revived too frequently. We have no idea
to whom its authorship is to he ascribed.—
"The melancholy account of the death of
Gen. Washington was brought by a vessel
from Baltimore, which arrived off Dover.
(Jen. Washington was we believe, in bis
(>Sth year. The height of his person was
about five feet eleven; his chest full, and
his limbs, though rather slender, well sha
ped and muscular. His head was small,
in which respect he resembled the make of
a great number of his countrymen. His
eye was of a light grey color; and in pro
portion to the length of his face, his nose
was long. Mr Stuart, the eminent portrait i
painter, used to sav, they were features in
his face totally different from what he had
observed in that of any other human being; ;
the sockets for the eyes for instance, vvero
larger than vvliat he ever met with before, '
and the upper part of his nose broader. All
his features he observed, were indicative of,
the strengest passions; yet like Soctntes, |
his judgment and great self command have
always made him appear a man of a differ
ent cast in the eyes of the world. He al
ways spoke with great diffidence,and some
times hesitated for a word ; but always to
find one particularly well adapted to his
meaning. His language was manly and
expressive. At levee, his discourse with!
strangers turned principally upon the sub-!
jectof America; and if they had been!
through remarkable places, his conversa-1
tion was free and peculiarly interesting, for !
lie was intimately acquainted with every I
part of the country. He was much more
open and free in his behavior at levee than
iri private, and in thd company of ladies
still more so than solely with men.
Few persons ever f uikJ themselves
f>r ihv first time in the presence of
Gen Washington, without being impress
ed with a certain degree of veneration and
awe, nor did these emotions subside on a
closer acquaintance ; on the contrary his
person and deportment were such as tend
ed to augment them. The hard service he
had seen and the important and laborious
offices he had filled , gave a kind of auster
ity to his countenance, and teserve to his
manners; yet he was the kindest husband,
the most humane master, and steadiest
friend. Thetwhole range of history does
not present to our view a character upon
which we can dwell with such entire and
unmixed admiration.
The long life of Gen. Washington is
unstained by a single blot He was a man
of rare endowments and such fortunate
temperament, that every action he perfor
med was equally exempted from the charge
of vice or weakness. \' h i'ever he said ot
did or wrote, was stamped with a striking
and peculiar propriety. IIis qualities were |
so happily blended, and so nicely hartno- i
fuzed, that the result was a great and per
fect whole. The power of his mind, and
the dispositions of his heart were admirably
suited to each other. It was the union of I
the must consummate prudence with the
most perfect moderation. His views
though large and liberal, were never ex- j
trnvngant. His virtues, though compre
hensive and beneficent, were discrimina
ting, judicious, and practical. Yet his
character though regular and uniform, pos- I
sessed none of the littleness which some- j
times belong to those descriptions of men. ■
It formed a majestic pile, the effect of which
was not impaired, hut improved by order
and symmetry. There was nothing in it to
dazzle by wildness, and surprise by eccen
tricity. It was of a higher species of mor
al beauty. It contained every tiling great
and elevated, but it bad no false and tinsel
ornament. It was not the model cried up
by fashion and circumstance; its excel
lence was adapted to the true and just mor
al taste, incapuh'c of change from the vary
'• ‘g acccident of manners, opinions and
limes.
Gen Washington is not the idol of a day, 1
hut the hero of ages ! Placed in circum
s ances of the most trying difficulty at the
commencement of the American contest,
he accepted that situation which was pro
eminent in danger and responsibility. IJis
perseverance overcame every obstacle; bis
moderation conciliated every opposition;
bis genius supplied every resource ; his
enlarged view could plan, devise, and im
prove every branch of civil and military
operation. He had^ic superior courage I
which can actor fornUr to act, as the true
policy dictates, careless of the approaches
oi ignoiimctf t’linri in power or om oi pcnv
er. He knew how to conquer hy waiting,in
spile of obloquy, for tho moment of victo- !
ry; and be merited true praise by despi
sing undeserved censure. In the most ar
duous moments of the contest, bis prudent
firmness proved the salvation of the cause
which be supported. His conduct,was on
all occasions, guided by the most pure dis
interestedness Far superior to low and
groveling motives, he seemed even to be
influenced by that ambiton which lias justly
been called the instinct of great souls. He
acted ever ns if his country’s welfare, and
that alone, was the moving spirit. II is ex
cellent mind-needed not ever the 6lirnulas of
ambition or the prospect of fame. Glory
was a secondary consideration. He per
formed great actions ; he persevered in a
course of lahoriousutility.with an equanim
ity that neither sought distinction, nor was
Haltered by it. His reward was in the
consciousness of his own rectitude, and the
success of his patriotic efforts.
As the elevation to the chief power was
the unbiased choice of his countrymen,
his exercise of it was agreeable to the puri
ty of its origin. As he had neither solicit
ed nor usurped dominion, he had neither to
contend with the opposition of rivals, nor
the revenge of enemies. As his authority
was undisputed, so it required no jealous
precautions, no rigorous severity. His
government was mild and gentle ; it was
beneficent and liberal ; it was wise and ,
just. His prudent administration consoli-1
dated and enlarged the dominion of an in- ■
fant republic. In voluntarily resigning the j
magistracy which ho had filled with such
distinguished honor, lie enjoyed the une
qualled satisfaction of leaving to the State
he had contributed to establish, the fruits ]
of bis wisdom and the example of his vir
tues. It is some consolation, amidst the :
violence of ambition and the criminal thirst
of power, which so many instances occur
around tig, to find a character whom it is
honorable to admire, and virtuous to imi
tate, A conqueror, for tho freedom of his
country' a legislator for its security! a
magistrate for its happiness! His glories
were never sullied by those excesses into
which the highest qualities are apt to de
generate. With the greatest virtues, he
was exempt from the corresponding vices.
He was a man in whom her elements were
mixed that "Nature might have stood up to
all the world and owned him ns her work.”
His fame hounded bv no country, will be
confined to no age. The character of Gen
Washington, which his content pories r«\
gret and ndntiro, will he transmitted to pos
terity; and the memory of his virtues, while
patriotism andjvirtue are lipid sacred among
mm, will remain u idirnin g' e I.”
MUTINY AND MURDER.
The brig Hebden, CaptW. B. Fowler,
arrived at Greenock, on Saturday, brought
with her two ladies, and a gentleman,pas
sengers by the American brig Bragnnzn
and two of the ciew of that vessel, who had
been picked up. in an open boat at sea, on
Sunday, the 12th inst about 350 miles off
tbe coast of Portugal. The persons thus
providentially saved are Capt N. Deilil,
F.sq of Philadelphia, rtvvner of the Bragan
z; and liislady; the lady of G. A. F. Tur
ley, late master of the brig; Mr Moir, the
second mate; an I the cook of the Bragnit
zi. It appears that the Briiganza, which
sailed from St John’s Porto Itico, with a
cargo of sugar consigned to Mesrs Grunt,
Balfour, &. Co. of Gepoa, put into Phila
delphia in distress, and having got repair
ed, sailed front that pl^ce on the Silt of Ju
ly last, with the following crew on board,
viz. Capt G, A. F. furley; Mr Vattder
slice, first mate; Mr Moir, sreond mate,
and six men before llio mast, including the
cook. She had also ns passengers, Mr and
Mrs Dicdil, and Mrs Turley, above men
tioned.
i ne nrig procrerierion ner voyage with
out any remarkable cilrcumstance, until the
3th of August, when in lat. between 37 and
38 N. ni:d Ion between 13 aud 14, \V, at
2 o’clock A. M. an alarm was given by
the first mate, (whose watch it was ori deck)
of a mutiny by the crew. The Captain
and second mate immediately iashed on
deck to his assistance; the captain had it
the time a cutlass, and the second mate
had nothing at the lime whatever to defend
himself with. They (bund the first mate
lying at the cabin companion weltering in
his blood; he afterwards succeeded in gain
ing the cabin. On the captain and second
mute reaching the deck, they were imme
diately attacked by all the crew,who, being
five in number, soon overpowered them,
they threw the second mate over the side,
but lie fortunately caught u rope and re
gained the deck again, and retreated to
the cabin completely disabled. In the
meantime the crew succeeded in overpow
ering the enptuin, and threw him overboard.
The crew then closed the cabin companion
way and sky-light, by nailing and placing
canvass and heavy chains on them, thus
confining in the cabin Mr and Mis Diehl,
Mrs Turley, and first and second mates.—
The first mate had his face dreadfully cut
and Ins skull fractured by two strokes on
the head, and two on the shoulder, all ap
parently done with a hatchet, and the sec
ond mate was completely disabled in the
right arm by blows inflicted with a hand
spike, Duringthe night the ruffians threat
ened to close the cabin dead lights, unless
the chronometer, sextent, and charts, to
gether with all the money and jewelry they
had, were handed up to them. Their de
mands wete complied with. On being as
ked where they intended to go, and what
they intended to do with their prisoners,
they said they intended to go to Genoa,
and would soon show what they intended
to do. They at the same time stated that
they had no wish to injure Air or Mrs Diehl,
Diehl, but declared their determination to
sacrifice both Mrs Turley and the first mate.
On Monday, the Gth, they stated that it
was their intention to run for the English
Channel. For several days afterwards
nothing particular occurred, though the
parties were in tnomenary expectation ol
being murdered; but on the 11th, Mr and
Mrs Diehl, Mrs Turley, MrMotr, (second
mate) and the cook of the brig, who had
been confined in the forecastle, were put
on board the longboat, and left to sh ift for
themselves. ,
They positively refused to let the mate,
who was in a wretched condition from his
wounds, leave the vessel, saying that they
would take care of him themselves. The
Hepden fell in with the boat on the follow
ing afternoon, and the passengers were ta
ken on board. Tire Braganza is a full-rig
ged brig, about 220 tons, painted black,
with a narrow streak and painted ports,
billethead. Her white streaks do not show
very plainly, in consequence of being re
cently caulked, and the pitch not scraped
off.
They said that they intended to run for
he English Channel, which, should t|iey
lave done, there is every probability that
hey will bo brought to justice.
The size of the boat in which the pas
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sengers were embarked was as follows:—
15 fe<t 2 inches long. 6 II et !0 inches ex
treme breadth, 6 feet 2 inches across the
stern, 4 ft et stern posts. She was in a very
leaky condition, and one person had to
keep constantly bailing her. It would ap
pear that the mutineers had themselves iu
tei tied to embark in this boat, as she was
well supplied uith provisions nr.d water;
and the only other boat on board the Bra
ganzn is the jolly-boat, which is very small,
anu in a most wretched condition, so that
the brig will be brought well to shore ere a
landing is attempted.
“Parties in Maine. In 1828, the ad
ministration (Adams) parly succeeded in
the Stale election in every branch of the
government; and at the Presidential elec
tion in the sa ne year, the Jack soil electo
ral ticket received 13,927 votes, and the
Adams ticket 20,773 In 182G, Smith the
Jackson candidate for Governor, received
22,991 votes, and Iltintoon, the whig can
didate, 23,310, scattering 240; Huntoon’s
majority 79. In 1830, the Jackson patty j
carried the State by about 1500 majority,
bv electing Gov Smith. Since then the j
elections have resulted as follows:
1831 Smith 21,123 Goodenuw 16,223
1832 “ 3 ,<181 •• 27,651 scat. SCO 1
1833 Dunlap 25.371 '• 18.112 others 2135
183-1 “ 87,481 Sprague 82,376 scut. 1154
1835 “ 27,732 Iviug 16.860 “ 615
1836 “ 31,601 Kent 23.539 “ J43
1837 Parks 33,870 “ 34,358 “ 286 j
electing a Whig Governor last year by
193 votes, and a whig majority in one
branch ol the Legislature, lor the first time
since 1820.
l\ow imv, went Mas near 13,UUu votes, ■
and Mr Fairfield near 4G,000. It will be
seen that the wings have thrown about
TEN THOUSAND more votes this year
for Kent than they did for Sprague in 1B
34, when they made a hard struggle for the
ascendancy with a very popular candidate,
and near nine thousand more than they
gave for Kent last year. The natural in
crease of the voters does not amount to one
half of this gain. The balance is made up
of persons who have left the Jackson party
land become Whigs. We shall continue to
I make acquisitions from the best men of the
j Van Buren party, while most of the young
men of the country who have stamina, in
telligence, enterprise and patriotic princi
ples, will grow up to be whigs. The reign
of loco-focoism ahd humbug must have uri
end. It is rapidly going down every where
else, and must soon go down in Maine.
The 43,000 Whigs of Maine have only to
stand their ground firmly, and each one of
them use his personal influence in dissem
inating truth and exposing error, and they
will soon find themselves an invincible ma
jority.
“BANK OR NO BANK.”
Ths Argus, before thuelection urged up
on the voters.of Maine that a question to
he decided, was whether wo should have
the ascendancy of federalism or a National
Bank.
VVe may on the other hand contend
: that the great question immediately deci
] ded were on the right of the petition
| and the sub-treasury, and that the majority
I of the people of Maine have decided that all
petitions to Congress relating 10 slavery
ought to he laid ou the table without being
read or referred: that the sub-treasury
scheme shall bo the true policy of the
country; that the boundary line shall not
I be run by Maine, nor any roads made to
, our public lands. So far ns the re
sult of the election establishes any tiling,
it establishes these principles. We have
: no idea that one out of ten of the act
ual majority meant to decide either one or
the other; and a large portion of this major
ity had no distinct ideas about the matter,
one way or the other, having given them
selves up to the direction of partizan lead
ers, in the vain belief that they were
supporting tiie “Democratic party” and
pulling down the “federalists.” 'i'he fuct
is, they have been cheated and humbugged,
| and have honestly supported error delusion
and profligacy. Instead of being discour
aged at such a result, we must take cour
age from the fact that this delusion is rap
, idly passing away in most of the States of
! the Union, and must do so here in the end ;
and whether it does or not, all good men
must strive continually to diffuse good prin
ciples and correct information as widely as
lies in their power.
“Su.v Struck.-The Philadelphia
Times mention that as a lady of that city
was watching the oppronch of the Eclipse,
she thoughtlessly removed the smoked
glass from her eyes, and without any shield
gazed upon the blazing sun. The effect
was that to prostrate her almost instantly to
the earth, and deprived her entirely of the
[ power of sight; from which she had not
tecovered. I
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| Revolutionary Whigs.— Four of the j
' five surviving Soldiers of the Revolution in
the (own of Manchester, Vermont,came to
il'e Polls on Tuesday Inst, and deposited
Wit: g EAtt-oTs. These old veterans, uki
der the gallant Stark, perilled their lives*
at Bennington, in defence of Whigs prin
ciples. They were Whigs in 1776. and,
true to themselves and their country, they
are Whigs in 1U38.
And when we see the Patriots of the
Revolution—the Fathers of tho Republic
—the men tv I o achieved our Indepen
dence, thus vindicating our principles, will
their decendants, their children, the heird
to an inheritance of Liberty, be lead
patriotic? If our Revolutionary sires main
tain Whig principles, will their sons show
themselves unworthy of their birth-right?
Jilbany Journal.
SPECIE GOVERNMENTS.
France has 3400,000,000 of specie.
Great Britain has $ 150,000,000.
The United States has 3.80,000,000.
Yet France with more than double the
amount of specie owned by Great Biitain,
has no commerce, no such manufactories,
no such j o' it ical freedom os belongs td
Great Britain.
France has just five times ns much specie
as the United States—yet France is not so
prosperous in any respect ns this country—
she has no such great works of improvement
as we have—and her people are less liberal*
and less free than this peoplp. ,
In Franco tho hard money system of
despotism and bnrbarsm prevails, while ill
ihe United Stetesthe people are springing
onward in the scale of national greatness,
under an admirable credit system. Thld
system tlie Whigs seek to preserve, tho
Loco-Focos to destroy.—[Ohio Journal.
Honesty Rewarded.—A farmer called,
on Filzwilliarn to represent that his crop of
wheat had been seriously injured in a field
adjoining a certain wood,where his houndtf
Imd during the winter, frequently met to
hunt. H« stated that the young wheat had
been so cut up and destroyed, that in some
parts he could not hope for any produce.
“Well my friend,’* said his Lordship, “I
am aware that we have frequently met in
that field, nnd we have done considerable
| injury, nnd if you can procure an estimate
on the loss you have sustained, I will repay
you.”
The farmer replrd that, anticipating hie
lordship’s considerationand kindness, he
had requested a friend ti? assist him in es
timating the damage, and thought that as,
the crop had been entirely destroyed, 50/
would not more than repay him. The JBarl
immediately gave him the money; As the
harvest, however, approached, tlie wheat
grew, and in those places of the field that
were trampled, the corn Was the strongest
and mos! luxuriant. The farmer went agaiii
to his lordship, and being introduced, said:
“I am com*, my lord, respecting the
field of wheat adjoining such a wood.”
His lordship instantly recollected the
circumstances.
"Well, my triena, aia i not anew yo«
sufficient to remumerate you for your loss.”
“Yes, my lord, I have sustained no loss
at all, for where the horses had most cut up
the land, the crop is the most promising;
I have therefore brought the 50/. back
again.”
“Ah” exclaimed the venerable Earl,“this
is what 1 like; this is what it ought to be
[ between man and man.”
I He then entered into conversation with
| the farmer, asking some quastions about
his family—how many children hdfcad,&c.
His lordship then went into another room,
and returning, presented the farmer a
check for 100/
“Take care of this, and when your eldest
son is of age, present it to him, and tell
him the occasion that produced it.”
We know not which most to admire, the
benevolence or the wisdom displayed by
this illustrations man; for, while doing e
noble act of generosity, he was handing
down a lesson cf integrity to another genera
tion.—English paper.
Monticello, the beautiful seat formerly
owned by President Jefferson, is fast going
to decay. An old Irishwoman lives in
it and gets her livelihood by showing its
empty and cheerless apartments to those
who visit the place out of curiosity. The
President was buried in the garden, and
his grave is known from the others, only by
brick.
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The way it was done. We learn that the
Selectmen of New Sharon refused to re
ceive the vole of an individual in that town,
because he had the misfortune to be born
deaf. Ho offered a Whig ticket. The
Selectmen are I oco Focos.
Destructive Fire in Taunton. Thirty pr
forty of the most valuable buildings in tho
business part of Taunton, were destroyed
by fire, en Sunday morning, the 2Jd mst.
Tho fire was dijeorore d about four o’clock
in tho morning The loss on'the buildings
is estimated at ono hundred thousand dolls.