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Preamble ani Constitution of the Native American
Association of the United States.
Whereas it is an admitted fact that all Governments
are not only capable, but bound by all the principles of
national preservation, to govern their affairs by the agen
cy of their own citizens, and we believe the republican
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them back again.
Religiously entertaining these sentiments, we as so
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purity of their political institutions. We have reached
that critical period foreseen and prophesied by some ot
the clear-sighted apostles of freedom, when danger threat
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?when every wind that blows wafts the ragged paupers
to our cities, bearing in their own persons and characters
the elements of degradation and disorder. - To prevent
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To fight over this great moral revolution, the shadow of
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T. D. JONKS,
PO K TRY.
From the New World.
FIRST LOVE AND LAST LOYE.
Wlien I was in uiy fifteenth year,
And what the world calls fair,
1 loved a youth whose eyes were dark.
And raven black his hair.
My little heart Went pit a nit
Whene'er he passed me t>y,
And if he looked at other maids,
I'd set me down and sigh.
Music was in his silvery voice,
As he would soltly tell,
How dearer far than life and light,
He loved his own Estelle ;
And as he trembling told his love.
He blushed, and mine confessed.
And then?yes, then I thought and felt
That first love was the best.
Thus time sped on ; two summers more
Their splendors o'er me threw,
My fancy changed?I dearly loved
Two laughing eyes of blue ;
My first love's voice its sweetness lost,
Mis eyes, me thought grew dim,
And much I marvelled how I e'er
Could !ove or fancy him.
My second love could sweetly tell
That I was wond'rous fair?
That Cupid revelled in my eyes,
And wantoned in my hair;
And soft we vowed our little hearts
Should own no other guest;
And then?then I was ?ery sure
That second lovk was best!
But ah, alas! another change
Was o'er iny fancy thrown,
The light locks of second love
No more in splendor shone.
I worshipped at another shrine.
Blue eyes hud had their day;
I loved?oh ye3, I dearly loved
Two sparkling eyes cf gray.
And,?olter than from brown or blue,
The look they on me cast;
And we each vowed to never change,
Uut love while life should last.
H is love-tale, like a seraph's song,
Soft to mine ear did fall,
And then?oh then I had no doubt
Third lovk was best of all!
Then did my fancy, fickle jade!?
For years ber wandering keep,
And many a double vow was breathed,
Of Passion pure and deep;
Till Reason came to Fancy's aid,
And this truth did impart,
If thou a lasting love would know?
Seek, seek a kindred heart.
I sought and found a warm kind heart.
That can each change defy ;
Ifo more there's magic in a form,
Or lustre in an eye ;
They pass alike unheeded on,
And change has sunk to rest?
And peace and feeling prove the truth
That last love is the best.
POOR MARY THE MAID OF THE INN.
BY ROBERT SOCTHJET.
Who is she, the poor maniac, whose wildly fixed eyes
Seem a heart over-charged to express ?
She weeps not, >et often and deeply she sighs ;
She never complains, but her silence implies
Tbo composure of settiod distress.
No aid, no compassion the maniac will seek ;
Cold and hunger await not her care;
Thro' the rags do the winds ot the winter blow bleak
On her poor withered bosom, half hire ; and her cheek
Has the deadly pale hue of despair.
Yet cheerful and happy, nor distant the day,
Poor Mary the maniac has been;
The trav'ller remembers, who journey'd this way,
No damsel so lovely, no damsel so gay,
As Mar}r the Maid of the Inu.
?
Her cheerful address fill'd the guests with delight,
As she welcomM them in with a smile ;
Her heart was a stronger to childish affright,
And Mary would walk by the abbey at night,
When the wind whistled down the dark aisle.
She loved, and young Richard had settled the day,
And she hoped to be happy for life,
But Richard was idle and worthless, and they
Who knew him would pity poor Mary, and say
That she was too good for his wife.
'Twas autumn, and stormy, and dark was the night,
And fast were the windows and door;
Two guests sat enjoying the fire that burnt bright,
And smoking in silence, with tranquil delight
They listcn'd to hear the wind roar.
"Tis pleasant,' cried one, 'seated by the fire side,
To hear th? wind whistle and roar without ;*
?A fine night for the abbey,' his comrade replied,
?Methink*a man's courage would now be well tried,
Who would wander the ruins about.
'Myself like a schoolboy should tremble to hear
The hoarse ivy shake o'er my head ;
And could fancy I saw, half persuaded by fear,
Some ugly old abbot's white spirit appear,
For this wind might awaken the dead.'
' '1*11 wager a dinner' the other one cried,
?That Mary would venture there now.'
?Then wager and lose! with a sneer he replied,
?I'll warrant she'd fancr a ghost by her side,
And faint if she saw a white cow.'
?Will Mary this charge on tier courage allow?'
His companion exclai ed with a sm?le ;
'I shall win, for I know she will venture there now,
And earn a new bonnet by bringing a bough
From the alder that grows in the aisle.'
With fearless good humor did Mary comply,
And her way to the abbey she be t;
The night it was dark, and the wind it was high.
And as hollowly howling it swept through the sky ;
Sh shivered with cold as she went.
O'er the path, so well known, still proceeded the
maid,
Wheie the abbey rose dim on the sight;
Thro' the gateway she entered, she felt not afraid,
Yet the rifes are lonely, and wild, and their shade
Seem'd to deepen the gloom of the night.
All round her was silent, save when the rude blast
Howl'd dismally round the old pile ;
Over weed covered fragments still fearless she pass'd,
And arrived at the innermost ruin at last,
Where the alder tree grew in the aisle.
Well pleased did she leach it, and quickly drew near,
And hastily gathered the bough;
When the sound of a voice seemed to rise on her ear?
She paused, and she listcn'd, all eager to hear,
And her heart panted fearfully now.
The wind blew, the hoarse ivy shook over head,
She listened?n night else could she hear;
The wind ceased, her heart sunk in her bosom with
dread.
For she heard in the ruins distinctly the tread
Of footsteps approaching her near.
Behind a wide column, half breathless with f?ar,
She crept to conceal herself there ;
That instant the moon o'er a dark cloud shone cl?ar,
And fhe saw in the moonlight two ruffians appear*
Aai til*in a ?:rp*9 tdtt bear
Then Mary could feel her heart i*lood curdle eold !
Again the rough wind hurriea' b/?
It blew off the hat ol the one, aod behold !
Even close to the feet of poor M?iry it rolt'd,
She fell?and expected to die.
?Curse the hat !' he exclaims ; 'nay coote on, and firit
hide
The dead body,' his comrade replies
She beheld them, in safety, pasa on by her aide j
She seizes the hat, fear her courage supolied,
And fast through the abbey she dies.
She ran with wild speed, she rush'd in at the door.
She gazed horribly eager round ;
Theu her limbs could support their faint bu/then bo
more,
And exhausted and breath'ess, she sunk on the floor.
Unable to utter a sound.
Ere yet ht-r pale lips couM the stoiy impart,
For a moment the hat met her view ;
Her eyes from that object convulsively start,
For. O God! what cold horror thrill'd thro' uer heart,
When the name of her Richard she knew.
Where the old abbey stands, on the common hard by,
His gibbet is now to be seen ;
Not far from the inn it engagrs the eye ;
The trav'ller beholds it, and thinks with a sigh,
Of poor Mary the Maid of the Inn.
MISCELLANY.
THE PRIVATEER.
It was orie of those beautiful days which
all who navigate the ocean have often experi
enced within the'tropics. The sun had just
risen sparkling with freshness from his watery
bed, and was slowly wheeting through a host
of gorgeous clouds thai floated majestically
along the horizon ; an invigorating influence
pervaded the scene, and a fine breezetliat came
sweeping across the seu, promised the balmy
and delicious temperature that the cooling|
dews of the previous night had imparted to
the atmosphere.
That particular part of the Carribean Sea
tc which we would direct the readers atten
tion was on the day described, enlivened by
the apj>earance of a fleet of vessels of war, in
hot pursuit of a small clipper brig, which held
the advance about the distance of five miles.
This body of ships comprised a part of the
British West India Squadron and had been
despatched by the Admiral of that station to
Halifax, in order to render more efficient pro
tection to their possessions and commerce in
that quarter, as the depredations of the Amer
ican privateers were daily becoming more bold
and frequent. This squadron had been sai
ling in close order during the night, but at the
time our scene opens, it had broken, in conse
quence of the commodore throwing out sig- j
nal to make sail and endeavor to come up with j
the chase. Each ship of the fleet therefore, J
in accordance with the order made all sail?
the swifter vessels were ranging ahead, while
the duller sailers were observed dropping as
tern, and taking their station in the rear. The
ship of the commander of the squadron, a
frigate of the first class, held her place in
about the centre of the fleet, three heavy co
verts brought up the rear, while tlui udvunoo
was maintained by a body of larger vessels.
A beautiful eighteen gun brig, that had that
morning formed one of the rear line, now led
the extreme van. She had passed every ves
sel of the squadron successively, and was now
gradually dropping them with a speed that
held out every prospect of overhauling the
chase. The wind was right aft, and each had
her studding sails out on either side. Piles of
canvass rose above the dark hulls that loomed
dimly beneath them, and the surface of the
sea seemed one expanse of snowy pyramids.
Leaving the squadron to make the best of their
way, the reader must imagine himself upon
the quarter deck of the little brig, upon whose
capture they were all so eagerly bent.
A single glance at her arrangements and
those who conducted them, would bespeak
her a privateer; indeed, were that good look
ing fellow who had just laid down the trum? j
pet and taken up the spy glass, attired in uni-j
form, the brig might easily be taken for a ua-'
tional vessel. She differs from one in no
other particular. Six beautiful long guns pro
trude from either side, while a heavier one re
volves in a circle at midships. The decks
tell tales of holy stone and sand, and the neat
ness everywhere apparent, indicates the reign
of discipline. A row of bright boarding pikes
are confined to the boom by gaskets of white
line, while a quantity of cutlasses and battle
axes glittered on the beckets, that are fixed
purposely for their reception in intermediate
spaces of the battery. Racks of round shot
frown from beneath each gun carriage, and
boxes of grape and canister, with an attend
ant match tub are arranged at regular inter
vals along the deck. Every belaying pin is
bright, and the brass-work of the wheel and
binnacles show in elegant and high contrast
with the mahogany of which they are con
structed.?And mark the gay, healthy frontis
piece of the sturdy tars who line the decks?
a noble set of fellows who to echo their senti
ments would go to the very devil for their of
ficers. Observe that veteran how respectfully
he touchcd his hat, as the commander ascen
ded from the cabin, and what an elegant look
ing man is Captain Buntline?so tall, and yel
so graceful?so majestic, and yet so prepos
sessing. I like those black whiskers; they
set off his complexion to admiration. His
countenance, it is true, is somewhat stern, but
it is not a repulsive expression; it savors more
of dignity ; and that jet black eye !?mark
how it flashes as he sends its gaze aloft to as
certain if all there is right. See !?he is ad
dressing the young man with the glass, who
is his first lieutenant, and, at present officer
of the deck. He smiles; did you ever see a
man'scountenance undergo acoinpletechange?
All the sternness has vanished, and his lea-j
tures are beautifully animated.
" Do we leave them, Mr. Trennel ? Those
rearmost ships appear to the hull down."
" Yes, sir, they are poor sailers," auswered
th? lieutenant; "but there's a brig among
thein that has been overhauling us since sun
rise. The fellow bkMs a witch?
I've been watching for the last hour, and have
seen him pass every vessel in the sqnadron :
another hour, and the varmint will be pitch
ing his old iron into ns."
" Let him come on," rejoined the comman
der, eyeing the object of his colloquy through
the telcscope, " we could match with two of
them : but you are correct; the villain is com
ing down, wing and wing, and gaining each
moment upon us.?He must be hungry for a
fight."
" Yes," rejoined the other ; 4< I expect her
skipper lias been reading the life of Nelson,
and feels an inclination to immortalize him
self. lie will be less eager however, before
we get through with him."
" I did not think there was any in his Ma
jesty's service that could show the Rover her
stern before," remarked Capt. Buntline.
" Our copper wants clearing," rejoined the
lieu tenant, " and our sails are old, and hold
no more wind than so much bobinet; besides
sir, I think that fellow is Baltimore built?
some slaver they've caught on the coast of
Guinea?or perhaps some unfortunate devil
of a privateer; those ten gun channel
gropers don't run the line off'the reel at that
fate, in such a catspaw as this."
"Here Bobstay," said the commander to an
1 old quarter master, "take the glass, and see
what you can make of that fellow." The
veteran divested his mouth of a chew of
tobacco, and hitching up his trowsers, coin
nieaced scanning the Englishman with an eye
piioverbial for its acuteness and experience.
" That 'are is a mob towner as the levten
ant ;says. and coming down with a big bone
in h<?r mouth, too."
" Why are you so positive about her being
a Bal timore built, Bobstay V asked the com
mander.
" Because, sir," answered the tar, "there's
no end to the sticks them fellows put in their
craft's, and besides, if ye'll obsarve she han't
half the beam of them ten gun tubs : her yards
are s< juarer too, and she lias no roach in hei
?Yonr observations are conclusive, Bob
stay," said the commander " but can we serve
her out think you ?"
The old tar smiled at the question, and re
plenishin g his mouth with a foot ortwoof pig
tail, repli ed;
" Ay, sir, two such fellows, and two more
in thirty minutes afterwards."
1 "Goto your duty," said the commander,
good htumoredly; "you've turned boaster in
your old days."
At meridian, the English brig was some six
or seven miles in advance of' the headmost
ship of the squadron, and not more than two
in the remr of the; chase. Although Captain
Buntline had determined on fighting her, he
still continued under a press of sail, for the
purpose oi drawing his adversary at sucli a
distance trom tlw iiw'j oody its to preclude
the possibility of their interference in the en
' gagement. Another hour, however, brought
I the Englishman within gun-shot; and deter
mined to secure every advantage of the cir
cumstances, he put his helmdown and bring
ing his battery to bear, fired a broadside into
the still re treating Rover.
It was not until that moment, that Buntline
could ascertain the force of his antagonist:
but a single glance, previous to her filling
away, convinced him of her superiority.
"Take in the light sails, and haul up the
courses !" senid the commander of the privateer:
and another moment beheld the gallant brig
moving aloi\g under her two top-sails.
"Beat to quarters and open the magazine!"
" Ay, ay, air," was the reply ; ami the loud
roll of the drum was heard summoning every
man from the depths and from the heights of
the vessel to their respective stations. In a
few moments' the order to cast loose the guns
followed, and everv man commenced getting
the iron machines ready for the work of death,
with an alacrity and good humor peculiar to
a sailor, and with an expedition and regulari
ty that was t!he result of much previous expe
rience in like matters. The tompions were
takeu out?the train and side tackle cut adrift
the pumps rigged and the decks sanded,
'fore and aft to prevent them from becoming
slippery with blood, cutlasses, pistols, and
boarding pikes; were placed in convenient sit
uations about the decks ; the ports were triced
up the hatches closed, with the exception of
a small opening, left for the purpose of pass
in" powder from below; the loggerheads were
heated and matches beside every gun, and in
short every preparation was made that such
cases rendered expedient.
The Englishman had not yet taken in any
of his canvass, and was consequently rapidly
nearing the Rover. It was the mutual desire
of the commanders, that their vessels should
be brought into close action?the Englishman,
from a Jesire to decide the contest before the
squadron could be close enough to assist, and
thereby rob him of his anticipated glory, and
the American from a knowledge that his es
cape depended upon his success in disabling
the only vessel in the fleet that was his supe
rior in sailing. At length but a quarter of a
mile intervened between the ships; the Briton
commenced handling light sails; studding satis,
royals, and coursers wore successively taken
in, and the pursuer appeared under nearly the
same canvass as the chase.
" Starboard!" shouted Buntline to the man
at the wheel, as he beheld the bows of his ad
versary sweep gracefully to port.
" Starboard, sir," answered the quarter mas
ter and the Rover's broadside was brought
parallel with that of the Englishman, while
at the same time the stars and stripes ascend
ed with a graceful flutter to the mam peak.
A volume of smoke and flame burst from the
bulwarks of the Briton and his iron crashed
fearfully through the spars and rigging ot
|ta? privatoor. Although (Jujiaia Duntline d
manoeuvre prevented the vessel from being
raked by his adversary's heavy fire, it could
not avert is entire destruction; and to his sor
row he beheld his main mast, with attendant
f spars, go by the board. A deep shade settled
upon his brow at this unexpected calamity
and the blank of doubt and uncertainty rew
upon his features. The success of the Eng
lishman s broadside had completely destroyed
his plan of operation, and he stood upon 'the
r', I ?hl:srcril'P,ed ship in a painful
reflection to his future course. This sus
pense was but momentary; a thought dawned
upon his mind?and applying the trumpet
to his mouth, he gave the order to the impa
tient seamen not to fire, but be ready for more
skill. Leave your quarters men," said he.
put your helm up, Bobstay?man the 'fore
tack and sheets?lay aloft topmen, and clear
the wreck. Stir yourselves, my livelies!?
stand by to set both Tore top-mast studding
sails.". b
This sudden and unlocked for change in
the state of affairs surprised, but did not dis
concert the crew, so great was the confidence
they reposed in him, and they sprang for
ward to execute his orders with an alacrity
that was its elf under such circumstances a
proud eulogium upon the bravery mid judg
ment of their commander.-. The bri" was
a^ain put before the wind, more canyass was
spiead along (he booms, and the Rover oncf
nit re icsu ned the course she had steered du
ring the morning. A wild:'and exultinf
huzza came down from the Englishman, as
her antagonist filled away and made sail with
out firing a gun ; but the scornful smile that
cuiled the lips of Buntline indicated too well
the deception of appearances, and imparted a
stronger confidence in the breasts of his sea
men. His character for bravery was too well
established to be doubted by them, and-they
only stood impatient to hear the next ordor
that should issue from his trumpet.
I he dogs shall have less cause for merri
ment befoie night-fall," muttered Buntline as
another shout came down from the English
man, who hud also filled away, and was now
crowding all sails in chase. "Muster aft here,
my men, every one of you ; come down aloft,
and up fiom below; bo'son's mate, send the
people aft."
"My lads," said Bunt line, addressing his.
hundred bold fellows, "it is fit that you should
be acquainted with the fact of my being the
bearer of a message from the French Admi
ral of the West India station, to the Govern
meritof the United States, which, my men, is
of vital importance to the interest of our coun
try. I do not tell you this to stimulate you to
any greater exertion, but merely as a recipro
cation of that confidence which I am proud to ?
believe you repose in me.?I know you will
stand by me till the last?I have tested it. In
the present, disabled state of the Rover, it will
be impossible for you to escape yonder squad,
roil, now rapidly overhauling lis; 1 have a
plan to propose the successful execution of
which will crown us with glory and success.
?Listen to it.
The plan was then revealed, and when
Buntline had done speaking, three hearty
cheers evinced the readiness with which the >
crew entered into it.
" Men," resumed Buntline, the signal will
be Liberty ! and when I give forth,
let every one of you do as I have directed;
now, my lads, don't forget the word Liber
TY !"
Groups of men were seen spiking the car.
11011 fore and alt, so as to render them perfect
ly useless.?The muskets were all thrown
overboard and the powder, with the exeeptio
of what each man carried with him, total
destroyed ; this done the crew armed thei
selves, and mustering aft, awaited the furth*
orders of their commander.
In the mean time the Englishman was rat
idly advancing, with the intention ofcarryir
the American by boarding. He was not te
yards astern, and at every moment gainingo
the Rover. Buntline stood watching him n
a tiger does his prey, scarcely breathing
the intensity of his interest, and awahii
with painful suspense the moment when 1
might put his daring scheme in operatio
The whistle of the bo'son's mate was heard o
board the Englishman, and <the cry of "awt
f there, boarders, away!" told their opponen
how to expect them. Buntline cast a quit*
and anxious glaucc upon his own seatnei
wlio stood grasping their cutlasses with au
emotion as intense as bis own. It was a mo
ment of fearful excitement on either vessel,
during which nothing .was hoard but the rip
| pie of the waters as it sped along. At length
j the dark shadowof the Briton's canvass fell
! upon the deck of the Rover; another minute -
land they were yardarm and yardarm. "Sheer
to!" whispered Buntline to the man at the
wheel?"sheer to !" The bows of the priva
teer slightly deviated, and her antagonist wr
within three yards of her. Clank went tl
grapnels on the Englishman, and tolhjvessel
were broadside and broadside.
"Board !" shoiitffl the British Captain; an?
two thirds of his crew sprung over the bu!
warks and upon the decks of the Rovei with
out the slightest opposition. Buntline gave
one glance to the dark forms of the ibemen
that crowded his forecastle ; and applyingtha
trumpet to his mouth, thundered forth the
word, " LIBERT YIn an instant the Amer
icans who had gathered abaft the main-mast,
l?aped from hammocks and nettings and
sprung like so many cats upon the decks and
rigging of the Englishman. Like a torrent
they swept away the few that lemained on
board of her, and now ranging themselves
along the bulwarks, they prepared to repel
the enemy as they attempted to regain their
own ship.
" Cast off'-the grapnels!" shouted Buntline,
and tbui oixivr uwvke the Dritows iroru