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Once aaare rt lam with hereeaBaaieae,aow i caaueaeiroea tier uua eecape, 0 Ska keep ia deeper water and tkiaka bow toobsbabe waatogetlasocliascrape; , As taeaatiac Aalker an tka etreaaa, ake .vies With other flah ia catchlaf fast and tllea. And aa ake ea kamray did tkaa eager Ltfe'a Hearts? aaaaaaatB. there areas a aaaid Ria aaaajawa, wria ia aaaw aawy bekalderTeadiii.cwickae wmA, Waa aba aaaaaatiaaaof tka aaaatarreat, Waa ky a kaagry aWeraagted eat; i.waatke chase, aa tfcs aurkadTietkmaket rweier.wailaiacleeepBaaat raaawaa aar aaajaweae Me, woo seaiee aaa ae Near aaaagk to gaaaa kar, wkea witk tana acate, Aadtoaiaaadamlatieaa.akeeB triad tka attar, Hagara ap tka kaat wkk aMrely karteg eat kar. Scarce kad ake raearared from ber waakaeaa, wkea Aa aaeieat eagle, of tke beld bead hiad, Wiagiag kia dreary way te'ideaoma leae gfaa, Where waa her neat with war pkaopaaflata lined, Eapled tke fish, wkiek be judged quite a treat, Aadjaet tke morsel far kia Utile onaa to eat: And aaia ia spiral circles o'er the apot, Wkara by kkpray, tkeakereriaf for a time, Ta take kia wary aaa, be eteeped aad caught Hkaaary, which be carried to a lefty piae; Uaaa wheat tejaaeat brtackea, ke fiat adjaated iUa awkward lead, are witk hie clawe be craabed it "II iatke wiad tkatblowaae peaoa good" 8a aaid tka adage, aad aa tack would bare it, A Rage gar? eagle eat hteearch of feed, Whale kad what kb kaager with a rakhft, Attaakad tka atkar, aad tke pair together, la deedry eaawat toU lata the rirer. Oar friaad of eoane aude off, wbea abe'd done failing Hnaae alary yarda, aad well indeed the might, Faraa'arperkaaa aaefa got each a mauling Hiaee Adaai'a tone', or went ap euch a height lute the air, and came down belter akelter, Ac did thk poor production of a melter. All theae with many other danger Iie tu.-virtd, Too manifold in thk short epace to mention, Sa well oppoee ber to have now arrived Hafe at the Fall, without much more detention Than one could look for, where so many liked ber Company, und many Indie naapiked her. Aad here a mighty barrier atopa her way: Tke tranquil water, finding iu iu course ItaakT aeeet with riaing rocke, Which lay Aa tkougk they aaid, " retire yf to your source," Hunts wkk Indignant fury frosi it bondage, now Rushes ia foaming torrents to the chasm below. Tha aaawvering fish then at the foot arrives, Laboring witk redoubled vigor mid the surging tide, Aad frr'-r by ber strength she vainly strives To OTssoome tha flood, though o'er aad o'er she tried; Her tail takes ia kar mouth, and beudine like a bow Thafe to faM aaawaas drawn, aloft herself doth throw; And spinning in tha air, aa would a silver wand That's Uaded end to end and upward cast, ileaoaaagake falls amid tha ahowerrag waters, and (.'aMsng Tec breath against the rocks is daiiied : -1 gala; agi In she vaults, again she trie, And ia aaa last and feeble effort dies. I PISCATOR. A lady who was suflbring under a slight jndipoattM,,9?id 'e' husband that it was with th utnoat difficulty sho oould breathe. 2 tuid'ti,my """ soothingly respond, cd the kind iuabfnd; Tka Ruaaian Empire is situated between U kad 70 north latitude, and 18 and 65 vast loBfitieaa. IU greatest breadth from tho most soutaniriy tothoinoat northerly point is 1720 mile, and ito greatest length from the most weatarly bordor of Poland, eastward, is 1701 miles. t Its superficial area exceeds 2,000, 000 English sauaro miles. Estimating the soil at 1,085,071,400 acres, 421,900,000 are occupied by forests, 480, 600,000 by uncultivated land, wator, houses and roads, 106,030,000 bv arable, and a lit tle more than 16,700,000 by meadow land. The population of that vast empiro is a. bout 60,000,000. It U composed of the Sla. vooio, Finnish, Tartar, German and Gothic races. Christianity was introduced by Vladimir into Russia' A. D. 083, according to tho Greek Ritual. In the above estimate of population, is in cluded the population of tho Russian posses sions iu America, which in 1830 was com puted at 01,053. The ratio of annual deaths to the popula tion is one in 44, and of births, one in 25. The general proportion of births to duaths, in the whole Empire, is 10 to ton ; and of males to females, 44 to 40. In 1821, of 945,088 deaths, 221 were alwvo 105 years old; 120, abovo 110; 78, nbovc 115; 40, above 120; 10, abovo 125; 5, above 130; 1, 145; 1, 150, and ono 155. The united population is divided into six great classes, viz: Nobles, Clergy, Citizens Peasants,' Serfs and slaves. Of tho nobility, there arc no less than fourteen classes. All power emanates from tho Czar, wIiomj authority is delegated to the Great Boards or Colleges of the-Empirc, to tho Governors General and other local functionaries. The three Great Boards of Administration n Ti the Council of the Empire, the Directing Senate and the Holy Synod. The present Emperor, Nicalai or Nicolas I., was born on the 6th of July, 1700, and succeeded his brother Alexander, on the 1st December, 182b. Ho is the grandson of Charles Peter U brick, Duke ol Hoistcm uot torp, who was the son of Anne, ono of the daughters of Peter tho Great, and who, hav. iugoeen adopted as her heir by his runt, the Empress Elizabeth, succeeded her by the name of Peter III., m 1703. The revenue in 173d was estimated at 14,462,000. In 1634 the wholo Imperial debt amounted only to 40,350,885, since which it is much diminished. The Govern ment is remarkable for itsjrooil faith in nay- ing the interest' on its debt and supporti tho-oatiooal credit. Tfta Grand total of the army is about 730,. 000; of the navy it is not easy to give an exact account, but it has always been incrcas ing since the days of Peter tho Great. In 1687, 30,000 men were required to mEn the Baltio fleet alone, and 10,800 men to man the fleet in the Black Sea. The Russian possessions in America, Irom Behrimz Straits southwards to lat. 54 40, comprises about 300,000 square miles.- These possessions are in the hands of the Rus sian American Company, whoso chief port is Now Archangel, on the Wcsi coast of Sitka Island, in north latitude 57 03, and west Ion- gitudo 135 13. Within the Russian limits are Queen Charlott's Island, Princo of Wales Island, Sitka, Admiralty, Kayc, Montague, Kodiac, and tho long chain af tho Alcntian Islands from Alashka to Kamschatka, ex tending for about 000 miles. Thk Press. Douglas Jorrold says tho power of tho press is as boundless as that of society. It reaches the throne it is inclos- ed in tho cottage. It can pull down injus tice, however lofty, and raise up lowliness, howevor deep. It castigates crimes which tho law can only punish, without repressing them. Wherever an cyo can see or a hand can write, thcro is tho press. Persons in tribulation rely on it for redress, and they feel sure that wront,' will not go unpunished if it bo known to the journals. Like light, it penetrates into every nook and cranny of society, and carries health nnd healing on its beams. It nips rifting abuses iu tho hud. It stops tho lido of tyranny when setting in full flood. It derives its vust power from tho principles of its being. Seeking out truth end ronrcsenjing reason, it concentrate h on ono point tho wholo moral power of hociety, and porxuudes and governs without violence, by tho mere knowledge that the physical power of society is always ready to vindicate the right. As it conies into oporation, thr course of society Incomes uniform and ciuul and it is obtained without tuoso convulsions and rebellions by whiiih a rude, unlettered people mako their will known. Canal Acuoss thk Isthmus ok Panama. The Journal of the Franklin Institute con denses a report on tho M'hjcvl of a ship ca nal ucross the Isthmus of Panama, uiadu by Mr. Garella, an Engineer Mut out to survey the ground by M. (Suizot, tho French Min ister. The report is said to evince great professional ability in the Engineer. We gather the following facts from n nummary of the results made bv the Journal . "The whole length of the proposed Canal, from Its Northern outlet on the Atlantic near Chagres, to its Southern outlet on the Pacif ic near Puuania, is 47) miles; and the din t"ucein a straight line between tho two towns is 40 fl11 miles. The mean level of the Pa cific, ut the terminus of the line, is 11$ feet above that of the Atlantic, the highest tides iu the former rising 20 feet, and iu the lattor only 10 inches. "On account of the height of tho interve ning ground, it is sa.d the popular idea of a thorough cut is out of the qucttion. The natural summit is ten unlet, from the Pacific ocean, and 400 fuel ubove it. It is projioscil to reduce the summit to a height of 13.ri feet above the sea, by a tunnel 3J miles in length and to overcome tho remaining elevation by means of 3U lift locks, 18 upon the Southern and 18 upon tho Northern side of the sum mit. The tunnel is to be through rock, iu tho form of a Gothic arch, its height being 121 feet, and its extreme width, with a tow. ing path, 00 J feet. By stub a reduction of tho summit i: is .shown that an ample .supply of water can be commanded, and a thorough cut may be substituted for the tunnel, but at an increased expense. "The estimates are made for a Canal of dimensions suitable for hips of 1200 tons burthen. The lock chambers arc to be 210 feet long and 40 J feet wide. Tle width of the canal on the bottom 00 feet, at the water surface 184 feet, and depth 23 feet. The total cost of the work, including its terminal harbors, is estimated at about twenty-fiv e mil lions of dollars, and the time required to com plete it ten years. Indian Eloquenck, "Brother Wo have heard your talk as from the lips of our fa ther, tho great white chief at Washington, and my peopio have callid ujion me to speak to you. The red man has no looks, and when lie wishes to mako known his views, like his father before him, he speaks from his mouth. lie is ufraid of writing. When he speaks he knows what ho says; the Great Spirit hears him. Writing is the invention of tho palefaces; it gives birth to error and to feuds. Tho Great'Spirit talks we hrur him in tho thunder iu tin; rushing winds and tho mighty waters but he never writes. "Brother When you were young w o were strong, we fought by your side; but our arms oro now broken. Vou have grown luig : my people have become small. "Brother My voice is weak; you can scarcely heur mo; it is not tin shout i a warrior, but the wail of an infant. I h.ive lost it iu wailing over tlioniisfortuurs of my people. These uro their graves, and in those aged pines you hoar tho ghosts of tho de parted. Their ashes are here, and wo h:te been left to protect them. Our warriors are nearly all gone to the far country west; but hero are our dead. Shall we go, too, and givo their bones to tho wolves ? "Brother Two sleeps have passed since wo heard you talk. Wo havo thought upon it. Vou ask us to leave our country, and tell us it is our father a wish. Wo would not desire todisplcoso our I'uthcr. Wo res pect him and you Ids child. But tho Choc taw always thinks. Wo want time to an swer. "Brother Our hearts nrc full. Twelve winters ago our chiefs sold our country. Every warrior that you seo hero was oppo scd to tho treaty. If thu dead could havo been counted, it could never havo been made; but ulas! though thuy stood around, tlioy could not bo seen or heard. Their tears camo in the rain-drops, and thoir voices in thu wailing wind, but tho pain-faces know it not, and our laud was taken away. "Brother Wc do not now complain. Tho Choctaw Hiiliers, but never weeps. You havo the strong arm, and wo cannot resist: but the palo-facn worships tho Great Spirit. So does tho red man. The Great Spirit loves truth. When you took our country you promised us land. Thnro is your promise in tho Itook. Twelve times havo tho trees dropiM'tl their leaves, yet we havo received no land. Our houses have been taken from us. Tho whito man's plow turns up tho hones of our fathors. Wo dare not kindle our fir's; and yet you said we might remain and vou would give us land. "Brother Is this truth? But we believe now our great father knows our condition, ho will listen to us. We are as mourning orphans in tho country; but our father will take us by tho hand. When he fulfils his J promise, wo will answer his talk. He means well. Wo know it. But we cannot think now. Grief has made children of us. When our business is settle, we shall bo men again, and talk to our great father a. bout what ho has proposed. "Brother, you stand in the moccasins of a great chief, you speak tho words of a migh ty nation, and your talk was long. My peo ple are small, their nhadow scarcely reaches to your knee; they are scattered and gone; when 1 shout, I hear my voice in the depth of the woods but no answering shout comes hack. My words, therefore, are few. I have nothing more to say, but to request you to tell what 1 have said lo the tall chief of the pale-faces. Si.ANur.li. How frequently is the honesty ami integrity of a man disposed of by a smilo or shrug ! How many good and generous ac tions have Is-cn sunk' into oblivion by a mys terious und seasonable whisper. Look into companies of those whose gentle nature should disarm them, and we shall find no bet ter account. How large a portion of chas tity is sent oul'flf the world by distant hinti noded away, and cruelly winked into sus picion, by the' envy of those who are past all temptation of it themselves. Hot often docs the reputation of a helpless creature bleed hy a report which the party who is at tho pains to propagate it beholds with much pity and fellow feeling that she is heartily sorry for it hopes in God it is not true: howevor, as Archbishop Tillotson wittily observes up. on it, is resolved in the meantime to give tho reort her pass, that at least it may have fair play to make its fortuno in tho world to bo believed or not, according to the charity of those into whose hands it shall happen to fall. Poiiksts anu Streams. That remark able man, Humboldt, has reduced it almost to a demonstration, that the streams of a country fail in proportion to tho destruction of its timber. Anu of course, if the streams fail our seasons will bo worse; it must get drier and drier in proportion. Everybody knows, w ho can number twenty years back, that the watercourses havo failed considers bly, and that the seasons have been getting drier every year. Humboldt, speaking of the Valley of Aragua in Venezuela, says that the lake receeded as agriculture advan fed. until beautiful plantations of sugar-cane, banana and cottnn-trces were established on its buuk.i, which (banks) year after year w re farther from them. After tho scpara. tiou nf that Proineo from Spain, and.thode i line of agriculture amid the desolating wars which swept over this beautiful region, thu process of clearing was arrested, tho old lands grew up in trees with that rapidity common to tho tropics, and iu a' few years the inhabitants wore alarmed by a rise of tho waters and an foundation of their choicest plantations. Beauty. Thcro is something in beauty, whethor it dwells in tho human face, in the pencilled leaves of flowers, tho sparkling Hurfucuof a fountain, or that aKpect which genius breaths ovor its statuo, that makes us mourn its ruin. I should not envy that man liis feelings who could see a leaf wither or a flower fall without wmu sentiment of regret. This tender interest in tho beauty and frailty of things around us, is only a slight tribute of becoming grief and nlliction; for nature iu our adversities never deserts us. She even comes more nearly to us in our sorrows, and, leading us awuy trout the paths of din appointment and pain into hor soothing ro cesses, ullays tho anguish of our blooding hearts, binds up the wounds that have been indicted, whispers tho meek pledges of a bet tor hope, and, in harmony with a spirit of still holier birth, points to that homo whero decay and death can never come. i