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it tm tfo*)phit ».» ValpajfauM 60,2 PM« br,Ä Julia Helen, Ii«es,H. -'-v.4 v» ..,. v........ Janvier 3-14*1 f.o

Mited* Pbia'f» TaJi.aliu«aa6»,Si>»»ai Albert K U.U.;», lIe.npsU.vrf,137 d. fn. M.. »'. ..'.» Valparajiu670-t«b»r»-i»...pi»ottiba , M« ri'l, 326 da fm W irk via R«-I*

Mrf(.l<:i. t-aik I. uui.n» M.Ks dr->. fm Oregon, Kpu-i br.gJu.Orr, Süthen. «,43d-'n. Gna, ma\ il pa.»^flet7.Mail Cvmpaey'¦ .Uttn« Carolina. Whiting. Pact

.«ow »ia ae-yulc ami San I),-,.., 17.«. |.>-»; Be rh.j. Many,Mhsdmarah Jilid» Im Liverpool via Rio

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a»id v6di in l.ahsi-s.CS ,,,.Strai.oi'M»g-l!«n. b*i* T0Bfo«0,0win'oo, Portland.ht£iÄ*Ä* 6w,tt»«e fr« »Vora.Tpaaaibarka

.JJ5ai.'sJ«¥ ,llr) MiKav, 7? i. Im Auckland, .Ww Zealand. 13 p*««,JZbbK r. >rW,.16«d.fmBo.to^lp»«;J ATb.;.p..V. st,.«« W d« fm V-lp-ra:«., pae»; »kip Japan Bigel iw, MdaL, tlha .« M berteTeu ufeum.Stover, IS6 da fm Bockaport, Ha, 1

Saiaawwl Walch. 18»da from »York vi ralcahuaaa,6*; brtgeKl, Farnuai Tick nor, .'.I h...v» fm Humboldt Bay, .vi paaa; GeorgeEery. Balch, 6 d« fm Pu,«t'. Sound. 4 pus: Aana.Majar »da figValpar...... ,.,4..C»r..l.»... .H.«..v;,..-.J J»i.-.-n». 7.. NnV, ,,...... I Mv-a... I..8 J. fm Astoria, S paaa; .er VV t Coltta,BVaivy.hhniir.tm Boder« BayOctio.Sbö Alabama, Crowell, 190daje Irom New lork ».a V al

»ara..o?ö,3.M.-n»-..; Kr bait Amity Hall, JohnatOB, 84. « from

Eäbait«.wa V Ii C i ps»»; barka EHea Noyea, le-w.« ie.cht CromBo.t>,nv aTalcahawiaoH lbpaaai Bebe, Tab«., 33 d* fromMaixuaaa» Wards: Cumber'-ana, Kmsry, I7u ds (Vom Boatoni brua Juno.

Byron, Uhaiaa, s l.fttde.« nasa; Lyra, Daiw»mb, 164 da from N

loekVBkSl Caibeniiaa 27th J.i..-; J..s-pu But er. Kvy. Oregon, 1

,. ... A W Havner.StapI.». 170dayaIrom Proepeei, »1«, via V«,p«Iaiev48; v. Linau bark Amelia L-uiu. Geissen. Va'parauwflJJdaj ur.g8n.au VV ardwell, Woacott, Bodega Bay; br.g 3u Brother-, Ben«on,Marolerey.llpassengersOct 11.Sblp Deuoai.on Green. 7- da fm Hobartown,«. paaa; nare

M Donald. (Bi) Al.bo.t, nüdefm L.vrpool v,a Valparaiso 67, 18

T«»« ach Laut» U«v an. Pierce, 19 da fiu Lahaina, SLOtt 1«.Siaaii.ibiii Colombua, (iraham, i'l .1« nil Panamavm Aca-

po.ti. w, 77 pai-, -l'.p« CbarkitW, vndrr»-. 68 da fm Takahuana, 6

paaaiAmako, H..v.s,. ;«r, da Im Sew-Havea paaai Joan Banag,Hu.-«), Ml dafm ^T.ll. ria Valpaiaiso.r^i; Arth« E AUuuca, Fi

Caaalala, 161 dl fm Havit via VaJparaiao «,77 paMj bans W lUiamatjair«.», Utlr, *39 d- Im Kew-Badford < ,a VaJparaiao 76; John6enrt« (Brarn) tVeiaela,IJ04 da Im Hambarg via I aVahaana W, -.".i

*v», s. ra-i Cioit. (Ilr dpedding. 63 oi im A.n iland, NZ, ll paaa;rlr Oaward,Hubbora d- fm IJ-!u«.or» ria B.o de Jaaoiro J..ue

17; tcb Robert llruct, Kii*jo!j, t: da Im San Harbor v;a St Calb«

Oct 13.Backs Aim WWidi. Ryder. 66 da fm Hoog king, 7 passjSf.nÜK-rncr, ( aiks, H4 d« Im Valparaiso; CoosO, llyins :t6 da f.o SanB'a«, 10 paus; J/anvs,Battl*aMef,lMd^faWlfork ... f. Janeiro137, aod Valpaialso74.1 p».ini Oft Ii Hi bark Kan e, KsshVy. ds fin I. virpool Tia Vn!parai»oJulv 3 ,6 p»««; bf.j Main Odell, Matono», »7 rJafmSan I>.»r;a»iaSan Pedro Ii'and Mo tn^y 4, Mpa<s '«ii Count, M.'Donald, 3:) .!sffou* Äaiatiau via Santa lia.bara a. 21 pass.

Clenrcd.Fron. Oct Ml. to 14th.bark Moaaam, Rogers, It-alejO and Paoa-

aaa, 103 pan, t-ark Connecticut, Pentiallo», Sandwi.jb Islands; shipA!ei CoIBd,' i.llin, Callao an.i l.'uited dialea; seb B 1 Allen, Kaa.ejoand Panama, »yi paaa; ahip Citiaea, Holland,^Ne* P.e-Jl'jrd; bark Idaoonn.,Curi.a, Chilao; »b pMacedooia,Saow,?Cacut a vtH.ii.er New.Orleans Haus, Panama, Ivo pase. Arpent.ne ur^; Vottka, de Obji(;ard. Kai.lsuu, V'u paealao; Dutch ta.k H-.nr.cb von Gan^r-rn, Murt:t £, Vatparaiec ; br'r; Wiathrop, Lernick, l^eaJejo,60 pa-a; .h.p Pow.katian, Bo-in, Pa arna, lb" pv»"! ba'k Mary and Martha, Stadley,Takahuana ihip StLiwreDCa, Br .wu. itenl-i,, 114 pa«-; Br üOniata, Hilm,Qua)mas,35 paaai brig John Davu, Leinoot, Orag4U pass Br ihip Acgustua, SIcKar'ai.d, H. nolu u; Br baik Blakoly,Martin, Valparaiso; na k K.n«ell. Myrick, Valparaiso; Br orit- l'atajoaia.S.a.a, Sjsne). J:< pass; riai'ibur^ br » Hora, Cioddart, C'.iMao;barkCathei.ii«. Hiu-bcook, Realejo and Panama, btt paaa::ship Stl^wran. a. Haakell Manilla; Br Imrlt J. nn Caleio, Lac], Sydney, 60;»h.p Maicellu-, »po. ner, Calcutta; Swddish bark Indianeran Holen,Hi B(tkori{. 6 pass; Br ship Anem .n». Wa k»r, VVIparaiso; Hawananih.p Will eiinioa MoHeno, Sandwich 1,lande; shin Waason, AQ.Iers a. Aat.. \uif tuitf*. Johaaon, Sandwich Islands; aliip Harr et

Jtwkwell, Tbomaa, Launcaatoo, Vau Diemau'. Laad,30 paie; sehKaule, Eddy.San l)..-£o, i!7pa-a; sh.p Wau«a, Thraoe, Hongkong:tork Alpha, Porter. Callao; Mexican vnr. Dos Amigos, Danjoa,Haaatlao. 110 pass; bark John Scia.na. Russell, Valparaiso; Br nr.g 3»a

Gull Cheyas 8aoJöse, l'. paaai barkAmaricai Sweeney, Ouayntas,ISO pass; brig Eagle, Davis Sandwal. Islands, 1 paaa; Br brig Pa. bet,Tb mptoa,Sydney; Fr ship Maxegrse, Dandy, Calcutta; Brbark Ro-aetta Joiepb, Patrick, Sydney,30 pase sti'p WlndsorFay Brewer,Cakufia; ship Splendid, Haj l«a < allao, 6 pa--; «h.p Row«na, Hughes,Realen, Iraj paaa; ship Henry. Ki nard. Callao; Br bark C rcaaaiaa,Hope, Realejo; Br baik Favorite, Steel-,Tahiti, 1 paaa; Kr liark Hersales, Bsrdm, Uäsathm; 60 paasj K'bark Ocean, Poiason, StaaaUao,70 paaa; bnas Rodolpb, Perry, Sandwich I lands; Swiftaura, Mooney,Realejo,fN)paaai Hebert lln.ee, Koowlea.Bandwicb l.lau.la; J K«ndail, Boyes, Panama, 76 paa»; »ehr» Fame, Sherman, and Hary andEn.ma, Haie«, Sandwich M.,,,la; Br ichr Adveniurci Webster, uo;bark Keoka. Hall, Portland, 18 pass; sehr Fhght, Ma-sdan. Uuayn.af, 40 p.i'a; >,ark Orion, Jonaa; Panama, l"l paaa; ahip Ad.rondack,tsilieapie, Honolulu.

Spoken.rer Hindoo-Sept Sfi.Iai XI t7 6T, Ion HH 40JW, alnp Lady Arai..ilia,

fm Nl ork for this port. Sept 17, hu Mtib S, Ion); li'4 W, bark Cumberlai d, tin PoiHattd f.-r this port

P,r Julia Helen-June 20, l«t 67 4.1 S, lorjK 7; 43 W, alnp Saanue-hannah, Im NYork KHfa 31m. h. lor this poet Sept I, lat 12 20 N, long1JI 4tl W, haik Enipriss.from llon^koiuj for Callao, with 3U0pasaeu-»ers.

I Per Loo Cboo- Oct., lat 33 66 N, long ISS W,,Br bark Meysey,CoBin, fm Babia and VaJparieo loi this purt.

Per ED Wolf.Sept iS, lat ii Si N, long 140 \V, ahip JehVrr, jnhence, for Panama.

Per Walter-Sept 26, lat 34 f It, long 13» 9 W, sh.p Howard, fmlOilfioa for thia pmt.

Per Virginia, July n.lut 4i.3SS, Br bark D.iko of Wellington, fromRio de Janeiro for Una port.PerTempleton, May 83, lat 38 H N. Ion 110 W, Hr ship Admittance,

from HiaaUan lor Liverpool.crew auk with rcarv-y, and rsnel

naking 16 ncbeaofwaler per hour. June 16. lat 61IS,achr W.l

.ningioii, from Baltimore for this pert. Oct 4. lat 34 60 K, Ion ins VV,ab p Amulet. 17H daya from Boston (or Una port.

Per J AThompe- n, Aug .4, latSfl S, long 76 10 W, bark Laura,from Plymouth via Valparaiso for this portPer Anna, Sept 1«, lat iü 47 N, Ion I9SW, bark Wilhn... and

Janise.from New Wedford via Valparaiso lor thia port.Per Alsbania,Sept'J4. in lat 74UN, Ion 116 W, ship Diana, from

Boalun for tins port, 147 days out.Per Lyin, Senl il in lat 41 f*> N,lon 131» 64 \V,br.g Sarah Abtvg.ul,

bence lor Bandwicri Islnnda.Par A W Keener. April :0, in lat 34 Wl N, lou36W,lcht Sherrili,

Iron, Nee« York lor tins port.Per Onwntd.Aug SB, in lat 1<> S, I'm 7H 40 W, alnp Oov Ilavu,

Gaiter; horn Baltimore for thia port. Aug so, in l«.t SS66S,lon tr)40 VV, eil r VV ilmiugton, Irom H.iltm.ore for thia port.

Per Roheit Bruce, July 99th, oll Cape Horn, Ihip George Hallettfm Boston, foi Saidvvi.h 1.1». July .M, mlatSiS.luu « VV, brigAndroacoi.g'ng im Boston, for rh." port.Per VV illiam and Jamea, Sent a, in lat 16 17 S. Ion 114 VV, ship

Virginia IIdaya fm Valparaiso, lor Una port. Oct in, in lat HS» Ui IM,lou 138 VV. sh.p St I.a»i«mr> hence for Panama.Per Charlotte, Sept 16, In tat II SO If, lou 113 VV, hark Laura,

Leecb, An WiiBraieo for this port.Per Jnbi ilar.nj:. .Inns 16, in l«t I' N*. Ion S3 VV, sehr Exact 30

da (In Naatucket, lor Ulis port, June 4, ship ST Howard fm Baltimora (or this port. lUeinornnda.Per Albeit It Harris.Left at Valparaiso, 18th Augast, propeller

General Warren, for Panama and ihn po t. si..pa ofassacbuaeits,John Barry, and ihakapeaie. fm a York; bark Hedora, fm Charleston,kS I.- sail lor this poit day lollovving.Per Carob'na- Steamer Columbus to sail from Panama day foltosr

tng; ste.in.sr Kucora sailed .mm Acapulco for this p. -t 86th Sept.Per lb Wolf.Brig Fame im NYork, sa.lad im Valparaiso in

eou.pany.Par Virain n. Left at St Catbarinaa 87th Juae,ship Pranklin, from

Nantuckel, brig I.ears. fm NYork. and brig Robert Bruce, Im Charles-tea, to sail for tine port in a lew daya.Per Indiana-Ship Architect, hence, arrived at Canton July 8, and.

brits Tepieand bugle about the vtJd ; ship Prince da Joinville, hence,I..,! .:-. ...

Per Loo Choo.Pasted Cap; P.liar Aug 7, In company with achtBalliinr.-e, Huegina, fm Baltuuorefur Sacramento Civ.passed in theSt a.ts bark Cumberland Emery, fin Portland for Ibis port, and i.ngLkiu, (Bii Hooper, tm St Johns, Ml. for this poit Brig George FWilhat a, Simpson, from Boston, sailed fm Babia for this port 16lhMay baik W o.ke.ig, o! Thomaston. Me. and br.g Ann Kltxa ol Mys¬tic. Conn, both lor thia port, had uern cm demned ani aol.i at Bahia.

Per lA.ro Staolej Left baik Sarah Scott ksadiog at Auckland lorthia poit

Per ttmily Pamham. I^ift at Humboldt Hay, br.g Fawn, ready forsailing (or this p. rt; she nad made several attempts to gel out, anda»n o.ie occasion (Ocl 4), during a dense fog, being lowed by the slop'sboat, she struct nn the bar; tliebaiat waa capaiaed, and four of thecree met w ith a watery grave] VIS: Measrt Wing and Sttnaou ofMe, Wocdworrh of Chicago, 111, and Colter of NYork. A mannamed Morrilo. was saved niter l.e-iig Ivl hours in the water.

I:- ,iv Magnolia, while atSan Bias on the Nth ot Julv, wasatruck by light ding, which shivered the mainmast, injured mam top-aa,l yard.sphl buUi pumps ami did oUier dam me. Ine Peruvianl»»rk Callao was alsostiuck by lightning, which destroyed her maiotopgallant and royal iimata, nn.i both pumps,die electric Hu d pastingthrough her side under watsr. While at anchor oil Maaatlan.UieMagnolia e boat, containing the lapta u and sis others, in Croaaingth« bar, was caps,ted. and two men drow: ed; the rest narrowlyevsca; ed, being picked up bv boats from other reese a in harbor.UoaoioLS, Aug !t.Arr ship Sen, 14 .1» Im ^all Krancisco; Stth, Br

bark Swallow, SO .1» Im do; Kr hark ülencoe, 16 da im do; Sdlh, seaSpar.acu.,14 ds fm do; sch P.edmonte, SUlea 14 du; whnia ship Ho-bomOcJt, Calott, fm Strv,nt"» Island, IVS) bhls sperm oil; US'h, Bi barkHelens Paige, 13 da Irom San Francisco; 30th, sh.p VVash.ngtou,Cole. 14 da Irom do; Sept i'd, bk Auckland, Jennings, .14 ns Irom PeIropai kiosk.; 4th ich Bettv Unas, it. dslrom San Francisc .; 6th Bracb Athen, 16.1. Im do. Cid. Aug83.Whale slop Prndcvs Henristta,Cloagk,NBedlord] bark Oailik.Haunaa, China: ;nth. ship Saitd.l«,Calcutta, ship Natvhet, Shanghai; i7th. Br bark Glencie, Auckland,rr ship Albatrnaa, S> due} vlvth, Dan tir.g He'eno. Valparaiso; Aug.W, ach Pledlt onle,Stile«, Mau.lai 3', baik Helen6 Paic«, Auckland;Bents, whale ahip Romulua, My.t.c. s-l, ship VVashln ten. Cole, Caleutit Arr at Lahama ikugn, brigjuno.fm Honolulu, loadioi iciiaanhrancAco; Aug i.Mb.schCuih-w.t.. load lord,.; Stet ach GeidenKnie 13 da Im Sau Francisco loading it Owrhee lor do; Sept I, sellr.m«hi,«, for Sat. Francisco, do do) 3d, ach'Laura Ue..n, IS da fmdoM.th,«.h Anouvina. Sailed, S«pt lOU.i .h,p Japan for San Fran

Xhafb>J>wnir u a list of whale ahipa aa have arrived at Lahm».Sandwich lalai.da, this ss'isnn, with the reports ol those nav-in- hssn¦pokeaor beard oil Sept 7th. alnp ciemau««. lull Irom Akotcli sea.rewiiUshipOen VVilllama, July Sth, 3lXi hols «psru, 4.J.1 ; vs. wnoif; Cabinet, July Sth.luO »ie.ru, B.ODOwbj J N DoBluul. Juli 6th1,614.1 whale; At.ram Howland, l.avaido; heard from ship Hellespont'June loth 111 whik-s this ses.on. Armed Sept 7lh, thin BoUth B ,s'too, (ult from Behring1* Dtratta, leporte, July £öth, ship CanJaca,want.t ,- two whales to fi.l. Dartmouth, 1 Jo. Hnoteautua, i do. v.n-rokce, 1,400 bol* thia .-.ea.....; Can hue,-l,i'..P do; h»rk A.not.. .. 3whales, ship Mount Verden, Hki hhls in a1!; shut Mile, SCO do. ArmvedSrptSth, ha k Caeaher; f.ora Akotch sea , July s h, with 160speriri j,no »h; report-, ileral.l, N B Macombar.wanting4 whales,Pieatjraroundal the tune. Arrived i«pt iiih. slop li.ss. Retire,hum Bthnng'.Sirait» AugSth.fUll; tepoits Jul.. lat, »hipKuphra.ee. 400 bblsth.s »ea.on; Juli 16th, Li.erpool, 4.V. do. .'.S'.h, Cortes.l.a.0, ii«nSi,ut, fm Now LÖodoa, wanu'ng 3 whaasi toÄII; 16th, i.n

jny.Kwhnteaihia »cilon; Brunswick, M do; Tuaaaenra, Sdo; 13th,"over, wanting 1 wh:vV; 86th Brva.kii.ie. < whs this eeaaon; AmencatS.do;i(7üi,Saiatog», 1.700 hhls, Cambria, 1 IUI sp l.tiOO Wh; Ja.aUetV tl wha ihm -ea.on: Olltiata, New London. S do; Luminary';do Ce.p.a,;t do. Ka.nh, o do; 1 ^.ivr 9 do; Rohm Hood, l.oCObbVa thisaeaso- J c ha ka, New London, II do; aieiauder, 13 .1 .: J.h.. 6do;Sabenor, N»» Lou.l...-v, 1,400, Washington, i «n tli . se.<«..n; Uocas,full Airurd, Sept Uth, ships New KnebtvJ.Ma(Ml a;:J Mouleiuma,fail.mbrig Render, w)t»-h left thu port a few day, since for tVe

wrei k ol the br.g rrehc, returned festerday baviog oeen iinvucceasrul in aiKii.ia it.Ship inaiaprr« from New York; sailed from Valparaiso hi Company

With she A VV HavaaW brig.Vrbool Balluuoie, »ad ach Rapid wüteto follow bent day. all for this port.Sob Jupiter, Saow.heoce, m aa loading at ihe Maraueaas lalea for

this port w lien Ihe HeLe nuled,Bark >i.......ist Brock, hence, and the Petrel from Honolulu, arrived

at HobarUven about the Sth July, buk hoi.ecca sailed lor ihn porttwo nays pre*k>ua to Amity Halt; »hip Deucahoa wa. toaail 11vfol'owieg. The Margar.-i Hrf4'k anci Petrsl ws,.. l,,d on or: in ri

Br.g Col. Freuiont b«iK-«, had arrived at Monterey oiliog for San Diego w hen the Six UnUhcr» left, ach J une.-. 1- Walt-Bey h< ace, arr on the sth n.St.Per L.ura Bevard.?k hr.a Kmily aad Gneiss, hence, had arrived at

Laban« and won d sail again lur c . port in 10 dav s. Slop Severeea.l-d for ( ak'iitt» Isah SepLPer lieu ahou- Lett harts Margaret Biv-ck. Petrel, and Uireee

masted echr i^rey, loading at Hooarttown for this port, itth JulvPer «teamer Columhu».Lett Panama Sth Sept and Acapul.-o 29th

Mltb Sept, r-d Point Mak>, paased ateauier OregOB, hence; lilnli, Sn il«e fiv>m Acapua-o, passed steamer /quador heovv, :i ship and a

echr, all «teering lor the bay of Acapulco] .'Mih, p<v>»eJ a strainer,(.uppcatevt to be the Gt Id Hunter, wiüi two masts, steering south'ward and and eastward. Ocl I Ith, a brig a.i d her"- brigsteer-nag 'or Monterey Hay. I>ll at Panama, «leamer tieu Warren. I ISdays from New Yoia.aud about 8t sail of seesels. but few or ao pas-aa-cgera at Panama. The Gen VVarreu reports having passeJ'lhe»tesmer Antslope from Few York, in the Straits of Magellan. Leftat Acapulco, steamer Isthmus, and about 10 sail of «eiset».8| ip Joha Baring reports havisg seen on the 10th tost, a ship or

bark ashore about 4s ui.l«» eolith of lbs* port, ou her beam coda,eaida, with mam topgallant mast flying. A lent wai observed abouthalf a mile from the wreck.Per Ann Wetah.Arrived at Hongkong 17th nf July, »hip Arctic

ISCt, hence 4th June, and had been sold for 621,000, Aug 14th. shipAkbar, hence, Itftb June, via Saudwadi Ljlanda. July Joth, Fr alnpClule.Uetce,aid Daaiah »h.p Creole, hence, M di.vs July 21st, Hrbaik 1,.. Bty th, hence, 60 days, loading aga.o for this port. June1Mb. Rr bii£ Maneuheor, beure. July 2flh, Br b If Pera. 7* d», do,Augioth, Br n-iik P.'gnan. do; ship Scieice, do. Aug 1st, hark Ja-aet, do. Krhaik laabella Blyth and brig Pera were loading for thispoit, 17th A g. u s ebipa ol wor Pit mouth and Maroon were sta-tinned at In ..... ,

NEW PUBLICATIONS.CHANTICLEER ^'^"i^HoV-rZkl J.'s Red-

This little volamc, which, by tho way is very

prettily hound with a plentiful sprinkling ol goldleaf, forms an appropriate accompaniment to the

annual Thanksgiving feast. It abounds with seri-ous nnd edifying moral reflections, patiently cm-

broidercd into tbe texture of a rather heavy nar-

rative, and doea credit to the good intentions ofthe anonymous author. The pictures of rural lifehave generally a faded look, appearing more likesketches from hearsay than copies of actual expo"rience. There are occasional refreshing touchesof nature in the story, and the style is often chasteand beautiful. We copy as an average specimenofthe work a description of

THE THANKSGIVING DINNER.As the Peabodys approached the homestead, the

smoke ofthe kitchen chimney whs visible, circlingupward find winding about in the sunshine as

though it had been a delicate corkscrew uncork¬ing a great b< ttlc or square old flask of a deliciousvintage. The Captain averred a quarter of a mileaway, the moment they had come upon the browofthe hill, that he had a distant savor of the fra¬grance of the turkey, and that it was quite as re¬

freshing as the lirst odor of the land breeze com

ing in from sea, and he snuffed it up with a zealand relish which gave the gig an eager appetitelor dinner. The Captain's conjecture was strong¬ly confirmed in the appearance of Mopsey, dart¬ing, with a dark face of dewey radiance at thewood pile und shuffling hack with bustling speedto the kitchen with a handful of delicate Bplin-ters. "She's giving him the last turn," said theCaptain.The shadow of the little meeting-house wns still

over the Captain, even so far away, for he con¬

ducted the procession homeward at a pace muchless furious than that with which he had advancedin-the morning; and Mrs. Carrick, too, observednow, with a strange pleasure, what she had givenno heed to before, when the line coach was rollingin triumph along the road.birds t wittering in thesunny nir by the wayside, and cattle roving likefigures in a beautiful picture <>n the slopes of thedistant hills. Oliver the politician, more thanonce had out the great cotton pocket-handker¬chief, and holding it spread before him, contem¬plating the fatherly singers was evidently acquir¬ing some new lights on the subject of indepen¬dence.A change, in line, of some sort or oilier bud

passed over every memberof the Peabody family,save old Sylvester, returning as going, calm,plain-spoken, straightforward and patriarchal.When tbey readied the gate ofthe homestead,William Peabody gave his hand to his wile andhelped her,with some show of attention, to alight;and then there could he no donbt that it was invery truth Thanksgiving Day, for the glory of thedoor-yard itself had paled and disappeared in thegorgeous festal light. There was no majesticgobbler in (he door-yard now, with his great outspread tail, which in the proud moments of hislife he would have expanded, as if to shut thevery light ofthe sun from all meaner creatures ofthe mansion.Within doors there was that bustling prepara¬

tion, with brief lulls id' ominous silence whichprecede and usher a great event. The widowMargaret, with noiseless step, glided to and fro,Miriam daintly hovering in the suburbs of thesitting-room, which is evidently the grand centerof interest, and Mopsey toils like n swart goblin inher laboratory of the kitchen in a high glow,scowling fearfully if addressed with a word whichcalls her attention for a moment away from hercritical labors.As tbe family entered the homestead on their

return, the combined lori es wore just at the pointof pitching their rent on the ground of the forth¬coming engagement, in the shape of the ancient

of snowy whiteness, ornamented with shields andweapons of quaint device, in the old plates ol

pewter and the horn-handled knives and forksburnished to such it polish as to make the littleroom fairly glittler. Dishes siivanied in one

niter the other in a long and rapid proces¬sion, piles of home-made bread, basins of apple¬sauce, pickles, potatoes of vast proportionmid mealy beauty. When the ancient and lordlypitcher of blue and white (whether freighted withnew cider or old water need not be told) crownedthe board, the first stage of the preparation was

complete, and another portentious pause ensued.The whole Peabody connection arranged in state¬ly silence in the front parlor, looked on throughthe open dour in wonder and expectation ol whatwas to follow. The children loitered about thedoor-ways .with watering eyes and open mouths,like so many innocent little dragons lying in waitto rush in al it11 opportune moment mid bear oil'their prey.And now, all at once there comes a deeper

hush.a still more portentous paust.all eyes arein the direction of the kitchen: the children are

hanging forward with their bodies and outstretch¬ed necks ball way in at the door: Miriam and thewidow stand breathless and statue-like at eitherside of the room : when, as if rising out of some

mysterious cave in the very ground, a dark figureis discerned the distance, about the center of thekitchen, (into which Mopsey has made, to securean impressive eilt et, a grand circuit,) bead erect,and bearing before it a huge platter; all theirejes tell them, every sense vividly reports whatit is the plntter supports she advances with slowtitul solemn step she lias crossed tbe sill: she hasentered the sitting room and, with a lull senseof her awful responsibility, Mopsey delivers ontbe table, in a cleared place left for its careful de¬posit, tho Thanksgiving turkey.There is no need now to sound a gong, or to ring

an alarm-bell to make known to that householdthat dinner is ready the brown turkey speaks asummons as with the voice of a thousand livinggobblers, and Sylvester rising, the whole Pea¬body family flock in. To every one his place isconsiderately assigned, the Captain in the centerdirectly opposite the turkey, Mrs. ('arrack on theother side, the widow at one end, old Sylvesteratthe head. The children,J ton. a special exceptionbeing made in their favor to day, are allowedseats with the grown folks, little Sam disposinghimself in great comfort in his old grandsire'sarms.Another hush.for everything to-day moves on

through these constantly shut and opened iratesof silence, in which they all sit tranquil andspeechless, when the old patriarch lilts up hisaged hands over the board and repeats his custernary grace"May we all be Christian people the day we

die.God bless us."The Captain, the great knife and fork in hand,

was ready to advance... Stop a moment, Charley," old Sylvester spoke

up, " give us a moment to contemplate the turkey.".'I wish there were just such a dish, grand¬father," the Captain rejoined, "on every table inthe land this day, and if 1 had my way therewould be."

" No, no, Charley," the grandfather answered," if there should be, there would be. There isOne who is wiser than you or I."

.' It would malte the" man who would do it,''Oliver suggested, "immensely popular; hemight get to be eiected President of the UnitedStates.''

" It would cost a large sum," remarked WilliamPeabody, the merchant-"Let us leave oil' considering imaginary tur¬

keys, and discuss the one before ue^" said oldSylvester, "hut 1 must lirst put a question, and ifit's answered with satisfaction we'll proceed.Now tell me," he daid, addressing himself to Mr.(.'arrack, who sat in a sort of dream, as if he hadlost his identity, as be had ever since the adven¬ture in the fez-cap and red silk cloak " .Vow teilme, Tifiany, although you have doubtless seen aj great many grand things, such as tbe Alps, andSt. Peter s church at Home, has your eve fallenin with anything, wherever you traveled "over theworld, grander than that Thanksgiving turke.v 1"

Mr. Comtek, either faun excessive modesty ortotal abstraction, hesitated, looked about himhastily, ami not till the Captain called across thetable, "Why don't you speak, nay bov ?" andthen, ns if suddenly comiug to, and realizingwhere he was, answered at 'last, with -rent de¬liberation, " It ts a iine bird." Enough said," spoke up old Svlvester cheer¬

fully "you were the last Peabody ] expected toacknowledge the merits of the turkey;" andlooking toward the Captain with encouragement,added, " now, knife and fork, do your duty."

It was short work the jovial Captain made withthe prize turkey in rapid succession plates wereforwarded, heaped, sent around and with a keenrelish of theThanksgiving dinner, every head was

busy. Straight on, as people who have an allottedtask before them, the Peabodys moved throughthe dinri«r.a powerful, steady goiim caravau ofcheerful travelers, over hill, over dale, up the val-

cropping their wavrazing sheep, keenly

were at the hi'gbtm. at that chanceful

the N(little (

sit to;bonni,on thit

inswdast

far on to the bright and ruddy West. If othersstill seek to join in."

'¦ Ay, father," said Oliver, " there is a great dan¬ger.""Even as by making a iittle way," answered

the patriarch, "we could lind room at tins tablefor one or two or throe more, so may another stateand still another join us. if it will, and even as our

natural .progeny increa.seth to the third, fourth,tenth generation, let us trust for centuries to comethis happy Union shall still live to lead her sons to

peace, prosperity, and rightful glory."" But." interposed Oliver, the politician, again,

with a double reference in his thoughts, it wouldalmost seem, to an erring State or an absent child,"one may break away in wilfullness or crime.what then ?"

" Let us lure it hack," was old S3 lvester's reply," with gentle appeals. Remember we are breth¬ren, and our alliance is not merely of worldly in¬terest, hut also of family affection. Let us, on

this hallowed day," he added, "cherish none butkiuoly thoughts toward all our kindred, and if himwe have least esteemed oiler the hand, let us takeit in brotherly regard."There was a pause of silence once again, which

was broken by a knock at the door. Old Sylves¬ter, having spoken Iiis mind, had fallen into a rev¬

erie, and the Peabodys glancing one to the other,the question arose, shall the strangers (Mopseyreported them to be two) whoever they may be, beadmitted?

" This is strictly a family festival," it was sug¬gested, " where no strangers can be rightly ah

" May be thieves !" the merchant added.'. Vagabonds,perhaps!" Mrs. 'arracksuggested."Strangers, anyhow!" said Mrs. Jane Peahody.The widow Margaret and Miriam were silent

and trave utterance to no opinion.In the midst oi the discussion old Sylvester sud¬

denly awakening, anil rearing Iiis white locksaloft, in the voice of a trumpet of silver sound,cried out:." If they be human, let 'em in !"As he delivered this emphatic order there was

a deep rnoan at the door, as of one in great pain,or suffering keenly from anguish of spirit, amiwhen it was opened to admit the newcomers, thevoice of Chanticleer, raised for the second time,broke in, clear and shrilly, from the outer dark-ness.

f^Zr" We have the Eleventh Xumberof "TheIllustrious Americans," edited by C. E. Les-ter, from Brady. D'Avignon a Co. containing a

portrait and biographical sketch of Dr. Chanmng.The portrait,which is a lithograph from Grambardel-la's painting, irives a good idea of the features ofDr. dimming before they were wasted by disease,though the general expression has a certain briskexecutive air, and a less intellectual character thanthe profoundly contemplative face of the original-The biographical notice is written in the terse andpregnant style which usually marks the sketchesin this work. Mr. Lester's .'Ply Leaf of Art andCriticism'' is always worth looking at and oftengives an agreeable article.

Littki.i.'s Living Ace," No. 341, has an

unusually interesting selection of readable arti-cles, mostly of a high literary character, such as" Horace and Tasso" from the Edinburgh, "TheAmours of Dean Swift," and "Ticknor's Historyof Spanish Literature" from The Times, "TheGrave of John Locke," from the Atheneum, andamong the shorter articles a letter from HarrietMartini an telling how her sick cow was cured byMesmerism. (Dewitt A Davenport.)

"Blackwood's Magazine," Nov. has an

interesting article on "Alton Locke," which, inspite of conservative predelictions, remarks ofthat work, "We honor and respect the feelingwhich has dictated it, and our warmest sympathyis enlisted in the cause which it intends to advo¬cate.'' The number, as usual, has one or two ablepolitical discussions. (L. Scott A Co.)

[ V " The Edinburgh Review," (Nov.) hasfor its principal articles, " The History of theEnglish Language," " The United States,'" Mure s Ancient Greek Language and Litera¬ture," " The Euphrates Expedition," " Difficult¬ies of Republican France," and "Horace andTasso," which, it will be seen, present a rich va¬

riety of subjects. (L. Scott A Co.)£j/;~"Thk New-Englander," (Nov.) has an

elaborate, argumentative article in reply to Prof.Agassiz, on the "Original Unity of the HumanItnce," a discriminating Review of Tennyson's'. In Memorian," with Heveral able theologicaldiscussions. The number closes with a discussicn of the Positive Slave Law, by Rev. Mr.Thompson ol this City. (New-Haven J. B. Car-rinston.)

" Tin; London Aur Journal," for Nov.is embellished with engravings of "The Peep o'I lay Boy's Cabin," and " Hadrian's Villa," frompictures in the Vernon Gallery, "L'Allegro andthe Swiss Horn," on wood, and a superb steelengraving of Durham's Bust of Jenny Lind.Kleorge Virtue C. S. Francis & Co.)

I W "An Exposition or Games and Trickswith Cards," by J. II. Green, the ReformedGambler, describes the various slight of hand andswindles employed by professional gamblers forfleecing their victims. No man is better qualifiedto speak on the subject in all its details than theauthor of this little work. jti. i S. Bunce. 12mo.pp. %.)

.4.

tW We have received from Stringer A Town-send, and Dewit A Davenport, the adventures ofthe world renowned " David Copperfield," whohas now finished his autobiography to the satis¬faction of all virtuous parties. All who have readthe first volume-.and who has not? can now pur¬sue the thread of the story to its happy denoue¬ment.

B»t Joke of the Season..AUmt the timeot the excitement 111 the village of Kalauir.zoo,

,

" i»« excitement ran high; tue au¬thorities of the town mustered together a thou¬sand leet ol lumber and erected a pest-house in aBeduded spot m tkeforest into which they hustlednotwithstanding the protestations of one of themwho appeared to he the leader, who asserted thatthey bad not monev to siav in nnv .ine- Th«v

ue negan upon ex-üoveraor llamson,him out at §12,000. He then boughtHenry Edwards was subsequentlyand ai last accounts, his lordship of theyas alter Gen. Humphrey, Hou.Charlesren. Moflat, Col. Van De Walker, andrs ofthe prominent dignitaries of that

OUT OF A TRAVELER'S DIARY.The Pome of "itranburu;.

The moif t, rich roundness of the Black Forestitood silent in the exquisite mnrninz as we rolledtway from Baden, once more toward the Rhine,t was a rare, brilliant sky, ami every tree and

Cry visible. Our course wns an arrow

n:Pthe

deeThe scui

Framed in one of the prettiest porches, archedwi:h graceful arabesques of colored wood wav¬

ing, glistening vine leaves twining the slightcolumns at the side, stood an old, withered wo¬

man holding a beautiful, black-eyed child in herarms. The locomotive shrieked as we darted bv"Thou fairest child, come go with me." Was itthen the Erl King from the haunted woods?The child did not pale nor pine. The pair re¬

mained quietly regarding the train.A boy-soldier sat in the car with us plavinc

with his father, who (minted out a monnnienrrn

me Armier}, c pon wnicn tue ooy s eyes glist¬ened, as it it were better, cn a tine August morn¬

ing, to be young and in the Artillery, than old,dead and famous like Marshal Turenne. And thehills roiled and rounded along the horizon, as ifthey could have said something about it. Theylooked so like hills which I remembered in Berk¬shire, that with the inexplicable sadness of fresh,beautiful mornings, the lines of Bryant, inspiredperhaps by those very Berkshire hills, went wan-d( ring through my memory.

¦. Whose part in all the pomp that tiiis

n strong masculine pathos that not even the re¬

joicing Summer plain of Baden could shame.

Among the hills were line valley-openings, and

Fancy went up them straightway into the veryheart of the forest, refreshing enthusiasm at everyeld castle, like a 'Larger foaled too late tor chival¬

ry, quenching his turnpike thirst at ruined foun.tains, wont to wet the lips of Bayard's steed, per¬haps.why not ofAmadis? Belated Fancy litupon bold high points and listened for chivalricechoes. The echoes came.but they were thebells of Strasburg.

Suddenly, upon our right the lofty spire ofStras-borg Cathedral stood dark in the sky. It rose

from the level of the woods, for no city was visible,only a range of dim hills beyond, that we hailed

We altered our direction. A moment at Kehland we exchanged the cars for the omnibus. We

passed the heavy-eyed German sentinels, went

slowly over the Bridge of Boats, under whichdashes and sweeps the Rhine, here broad andbeautiful and swift among low meadow lands.and at the other extremity of the bridge touchedthe ground of the French Republic. A mousta¬

chioed soldier, clearly forscrvice, not forshow, wasupon one side the road, and opposite his grim faceand musket and sword, which said " war and

death" as loud as silence can speak, was the anti-

strophe printed upon the Custom House, " Lib¬ert^-, Egalite, Fraternite"."Over all hung the bright tri color. The con.

doctor spoke French. A lady near me addressedher keen-eyed boy in the same language. Thecard of the stage was printed in French. TheCustom House conversation was conducted in thesame polite speech, varied with balancing Eng.lish oaths. A French Peasant singing along overthe border was seized and his pockets picked of a

handful] of cigars, by French underling boors, whowould not return them, and sent him, sulky and

silent, a bad Republican and good Free Trader,doubtless, into Germany.

It was France suddenly and everywhere..Pleasant was the swift, smooth language to hearand I lie bright-eyed people to see. But whatwould become of the first impressions of Paradiseif there were delay at the gates to beware lestsin were smuggled in .' The Peri, at iirst discon.solate, would he n fiery-hearted devil at last. Dimvisions and grim, of an inkstand opened in my

carpet bag by Austrian Custom House attentionslast year, went blackly through my mind. But

Strasburg is a city of God. The Migster pointedme from a traveler's vexations to his great de¬

lights.Certainly none are finer than the delight of a

noble building. Such a building is an exquisitesuccess, which Time loves and makes lovelier in

decay. When the elaborate sculptures break and

fall a living sculpture smooths the sorrow with

graceful consolation. In its perfection fine archi¬

tecture suggests the Nature from whose inspira¬tion it sprang. Nature it was and to Nature itmust return. Many a ruin in Italy lies now a

confused mass of earth over which the trees sighand the flowers shine.the trees and (lowers, of

whose grace and inspiration the perfect buildingwns the monument. So a tender mother edu"

cates her child to a noble career, of which femi¬

nine character and graces are the adornment and

the soul.A fine building stands singly and firmly with

the hills and sky blending its lines with the lines

of nature. The temples of Paestum, lonely and

beautiful upon that highly luxuriant plain, are the

perfect praise of nature Seeing them, one be¬

holds the beauty in which they stand, the beautyof the world. Are they not a perpetual worship,too, not of any form of faith, but of faith it¬

self7 The Cathedral of Milan, and now that of

Strasburg, lift up their towers in airy graceful¬ness to the heavens. The humanity that wallows

and welters in all sin around the base and whose

life is typed in the graceless houses and narrow

daik streets of the city beholds in the sky-soaringspire the type and flower of it's finest geuius.Statues and pictures adorn chambers and halls,

Music, in choice moments, sings to senses and

soul. But a grand building rises and stands

forever in the sight of all, forever suggestingand supplying men's faith in their own pow-

eis, aims and success. So the image of the

crucified Christ and the Madonna, hang along the

reads and breathe the sad soul of their religionover the sowing and harvest of Catholic lands,

maintaining the constant presence and conscious-

i.ess of that faith.The interior of the Strasburg Cathedral is not j

vet completed, but the rich simplicity and grand-tire are visible enough. The broad, heavilystained windows, and the grey, uniform spacious¬ness ol the aisles are solemn and imposing. Tlieywere tuning the organ, and a single long monoto¬

nous tone filled the silence during all the time we

remained, becoming at length from its unyieldingpertinacity, a bitterly sad wail. A few stagingswere standing under the ceilings, and the ring of

the carpenter's hammer occasionally echoedaround the walls. But nothing readily disturbs

the rc( ose of such massive dimness as the interi¬or of a great Cathedral. Common sounds and

eights are lost in the impression of its vast solem¬

nity and silence, us winds and vapor-wreaths dis¬

appear around mountains.That silence End solemnity are unyield¬

ing, until in the triumph of high mass, they

to run 'ike set-thintr «urf high ap inaes and arches, where faces of pnint-

aspiration ofcomes ex peril

uy, awaiting itsition in which he

made it visible, in the Temple music is thatsoul and that ray. Then, at least, lie is ;i Poet, inthe reality and depth of such impressions'.as hofeels his sou! swayed by that sea ol" sound whichbellows that vast solemnity out of the eternalreck of silence. The host is raised.the peoplekr.ee!.the Priests disappear.the candles are

extinguished. But, the emotion lingers in thesweet sounding stillness like a memory and a

hope.We climbed wearily to the summit of the un¬

finished tower, upon which a comfortable littlehouse was built, and men were busy. Then: Iremained loaning upon the battlement, lookingdown upon the city and valley, and the hilis and

the|Rhine, while the others went nearerto heaven,up among the stone lace-work of the completedspire. In the afternoon stillness as I leaned and

throngh my memory. In his youth Goethe usedto climb this tower very often to conquer his diz¬ziness, and carved his name in the stor.e which isyet visible. "Then the tower trembled to itsbase" sings I'hland, " then echoed the bells.thenit seemed us if the uutinished tower would com¬

plete itself.and why not ! What wunder thatthe beautiful building bent to him, to whom for a

half century the whole world of beauty inclined !"The town of Strasburg is bustling and French.

Yet, altogether, it is a mongrel place of Frenchand Gerninns. At the dinner table a homelyhousemaid said so Qucntly and elegantly " out

monsieur,'' that my pleased ear congratulated it¬self upon its winter prospects. What a triumphof civilization, that in its Capital, you may criti¬cally follow the pronunciation of your boot-blackand|r:hambcrmaid. "Lebe wohl!'' "adieuMo tsietir!"and we turned from Strasburg and rolled againupon the smooth hard road under the avenue of

poplars.over the Rhine to Kohl and the ears.

The Cathedral spire wns monumental in the calmafternoon. We lost the city presently, and couldsee nothing but the spire. It was constantlydimmer and further away, and we sped on to

Freiburg. 0. \v. c.

Tito Corn-Trn«lcr oi* the Desert.Krotn t'hamhers's Edinburgh Journal.

When we speak of the Desert, an idea is natu¬rally awakened of a vast expanse, over which uo

track leads, and with no visible boundary.a re¬

gion of sand and light, of heat and thirst, madeonly for the especial habitation of the sunbeamsami the simoon. This, indeed, is the aspect un¬

der which the Desert appears in the works of thepoets; and it is true that in some few portions ofAfrica and Asia their wildest conceptions are real¬ized. Caravans have been swallowed up, andeven armies, we are told,overwhelmed, in endeav¬oring to Pross these frightful tracts.just as shipsare wrecked in the ocean anil the ingenuity ofthinkers has been battled in seeking for what maybo called the physical excuse for their existence.But the Desert, in its larger signification, is simplya region of comparative barrenness, where scat¬tered tribes of men tirid, it is true, a scanty subsis¬tence, yet still a subsistence sullieient to enablethem not only to form nations, but to be the par¬ents of nations.The most celebrated inhabitants of the Desert

are without doubt the Arabs, commonly calledBedawins. Their manners form an interestingobject of study; and although much has been saidabont them, much more remains to say. I havehad opportunities of seeing them under some oftheir aspects, and was especially led to notice theway in which they provided lor the support of life.When I first started from Egypt into the wilds

of Libya, and left behind me the last outpost ofwhat perhaps may with some courage be called'civilization,' represented by a cluster of mudhut3, sheltered by a huge old ruined wall, I couldnot suppress a slight feeling of age. My mindseemed to lose its tirm footimg or reality, and tomove with faltering steps towards the vague andthe infinite. But familiarity, if it did not breedcontempt, soon consolidated, as it were, my ideas,allowed them lo assume a definite form, and fearand mystery vanished together. There is nothingreally dreadful but the uncertain and the un¬

known. I soon found that the Desert, so far frombeing a disagreeable place, has many fascinatingcharacteristics. The pureness of the air is unri-vailed; the sky is nowhere else so glorious, thesun go magnificent, twilight so lovely, though so

lading', night so tranquil, or the moon so lull oflight. The forms of the earth's surface are by no

means unvaried vast level tracts do sometimes

present themselves, with their trembling horizonof mirage; but there are likewise lofty rocky ran¬ges, deities of Alpine ruggedness, steep passes,

imperceptible depresssions in the plains, one

meets with little splashes of green, sparklingthickets of brushwood, tufts of v. ild sage, or some

other plant agreeable to the eye.Nor is it uncommon lor the caravan, in pursuing

it? undeviating course over hill and valley, to fallin, in the Autumn, with fields.unhedged, it istrue.where the sturdy stubble, left some sixinches in bight, speaks of c rops of maize or ofbarley planted and reaped by some wanderingtribe, who have left no other traces of their so¬

journ, but have passed away like the wind. Manyol tin se spots ofcomparative fertility we found tobe far removed from any well, and its little or no

rain lails either in Spring or .Summer in the De¬sert, must hav e depended lor moisture almost en-tin I) on the dews of night, which are exceedinglycopious.-SO copious, indeed, that I have been lire-quently drenched to the skin alter having passeda night in my cloak on the ground.

1 knew already thnt the Bedawins depend in a

ureat measure lor support upon the produce oftheir tlocks, and that their hardy sheep and goats,as weil us their camels, lind suiKcient nourishmentin the extremities of the ligneous plants whicheverywhere abound,even in the tracts most deso¬late to the eye; for this peculiar vegetation blends

ulateon the possibility of their being able to raisegrain enough lor their own consumption, and toremember that of old their forefathers used to godown for corn into the land of Egypt. My uncer¬

tainty was not oi long duration. The very lirstrencontrewe mode was thatofa Kahla ofunladencamels, escorted by a certain number of youngBedawins, on the way to Alexandria to procure a

supply lor the next s-ason; and the some circum¬stance afterward recurred repeatedly. We soonbecame well acquainted with the habits and man¬ners ol tlitse extern] ore traders. They are gene-rail) the Fons of the chief men of the tribes,who stnd to Egypt on their own account so

many camels, a. corning to their wealth andtheir wonts, and do not consider it prudentto tiust hired drivers with so important a care.The camels are the most vahtuble portions oft"eir pro; ertv. ami none are likely to defend themw.th so much vigor us those who are to inheritthem. Generally'speaking, a certain proportionof the purchases are made in Egypt With dollars.whence procured it is difficult to say.the re¬mainder with the price of a few blankets, wovenbeneath the tents or of a camel-colt reluctantly.-old. The Bedawins are not good bargainers,when pitted against those who drink the watersof the Kile, anil they are often cheated and laughedat over and above. They console themselves,however, by staring with barbarian curiosity atthe wonders of the city, walled in formerlya:.-a;iist them, and by reflecting, no doubt, thata wl ole bazzarfnll of supercilious Iski-nderanehswould fly like a flock of geese at sight of one oftheir white burnouses in the Desert. Whenthey have filled their sacks, and seen enough ofcivilization,theyhasten to escape from a placewhere they are exposed to derision and insult;and casting aaide, as they issue from the nates,their s> mewhat astonished and clownish 1 iok. re¬

sume at oute ali their pride and arrogance. Newtarbecsshes anil slippers generally adorn them on

these occasions ami most r>robablv tliev wmtien-

ante themselves f»r a'l the humiliations tboTwT"ccdurer!. bv parading abuut in their u. i ^T<Jchases beforetheir uurn. ,:J b^^l^.iog marvellous tales of the wonders fcey£8;seen. /waveAn immense number ol tl se ''orn-seekia» v

las reach Alexandria iti the season: arni .'n .i

markt ts in Eg) pt, on both stilevisited in the same manner by erai»jlrje|*or

lbe n»«»vsitien»issariei 0>"

s. At first sightaccordingly, it would appear that a vetj lw'proportion of Egyptian produce is draiued uff "ij^this way- But when wo reflect that a moderate.vessel will carry as much 'is » thousand camel,and that sixty or seventy feogilib ships sJon,»nave been m the harbor of Alexandria?^ Cnetime, it is evident that this exportation Upon,paratively unimportant. However, the two Des.ert tuas's, if w< may use the expression, are ..->extensive, that some hundreds of motuandtofardebs must be taken off b\ the Bedawias eve6eas"on.

*" r/TheW tribe, are not, moreover,wbÄpendent for their supply on what they fctcofoethemselves in this wasteful and «peweiis*,

ner. A few traders of /ef/aAorigin, hut who hareacquired by experience all the energy and aiivea.turous cnaracter ol Bcdawüu, annually make %tour through avast space of country, calling a*the principal wells, end fol!owing.tb.e traces of themovable encampments. By their ministry thol9who have been unable to send to Ejtypt are nt>-plied at d s u e of the productions of the Uesen;distributed. They seem to be protected.uyrespected.as if they were fulfilling a sacred task!I never heard ot a corn-kafila being robbed.One evening we were crossing an immense

level trsck. As usual in .such eases, the botaonappeared now to expand infinitely, now ro cou-tract into nothing. We were only made awareof a few undulations, resembling the louit swellof the ocean, by sometimes seeing, sometime*losing sight of a distant cluster of hilis, often mis¬take it, from their shape, tor iriant tents. Fre¬quently, it is true, we beheld hazy lakes, dottedwith tree-fringed lslnntis, ahead; but as we ad¬vanced, the lakes dried into s*nd, the islandsdwindled into tufts ol hungry looking grass, ftiasun, which had blazed su fiercely ail day, seooedto sink into the earth close at hand to *ur right.There wns not a cloud to reflect its glories; batone vr.st saffron vapor, slightly tinged with i> m/ie,like a hectic flush on the cheek of fever, tilled thewest. There was but one visible line in the land-scape.where the Desert ended and the sky he-gait. Below all soon became dim and shadowy,although a thousand Rembrandt hues played overthe surface but it was sometime before tinjcanopy of light and cold above sobered into grw.We had been watcliing with accustomed adrni»

ration this wonderful scene so intently, that oldSaieh, one of our guides, called out twice ore wenoticed him, that there some suspicious objects)ahead. True enough, when we did look in tl.edirection pointed our, we saw a numberof (antat«tic ill denned shapes, that at lirst slowly »p.preached, but suddenly coming to a full stop, aidhuddling together, assumed very much the aspect,in that uncertain light, of a huge monster, enweh«ingdownto await our coining. The word rapidlypassed round to get the lirearms in order; lorSuleh, who was dreadfully commonplace and po>itive in his notions, plumply declared tli.it wawere very probably about to have an interviewwith a blind of robbers. It is needless to say,that the idea wns more startling than agreeable;but it bud often beeusuggested before, sometfrnesjwith, sometimes w ithout, reason so, not at«taching much importance to it, and yet not ne«

electing the necessary precautions, wo continuedjogging on until the word to hält wits given bytin sheik who had the chief command of our

We were now sufficiently near to distinguish,strongly relieved against the southern sky, stilldivided from the Desert by a sharp rim of light,the forma of'anumberof camels and men awaitingour approach. Though not a novelty to us, thescene was sufficiently exciting, and might havebeen made much of by a good romance writer.W ith the setting of the sun a strong breeze, everyblast of which was chiller and chiller, had begunto blow, rustling with a low continuous hum alongthe Desort, and shaking our capotes with a nieluu-choly flapping sound. A few clouds had come outlike night birds, and flew rapidly overhead. Themoon hud not yet risen, but the stars seemed todrop quivering into their places one by one beforethe due time of their empire had arrived. Ourcamels, checked m their persevering march, form*ed with their huge burdens n magnificent groupas they mingled then- long necks or looked lazilyround, as it indolently inquisito about this suddenhalt We remained upon our donkeys, presentinganything but a martini appearance, as, in a halt Jsceptical manner, we lingered the locks of our Idouble barrels. Two Egyptian lads who aecom« Jponied us pressed close together in dismay, and jdebated in whispers the possibility of escaping by Ea headlong flight while we were at work with the «

banditti. The Bedawins, silent and thoughtful '

examined the priming of their weapons, mid look, jjjed anxiously through the gloom for some skin by jjwhich to ascertain the character ol the strangers.

Aller a few moments' pause, a tall slight figurewas observed advancing towards us. The sheikimmediately cocked his gun, and crept towardlike a wild cat. It was the old maneuver, butthis time, as in most others, superfluous. A well- jknown signal announced to Saleh that be mightdriv e on the camels, and presently we met thesheik comingfback with an unarmed youth. Welearned now that we had encountered a C0tB«kalili). the drivers of which were a little more

timid than usual, on account oi the border war thenraging between the Harabi ant the Waled AILOur road lay exactly through the principal scenaof their conflicts; and although, us I have said,a corn-trader is generally allow ed to pass unharm¬ed, there is no knowing what the exigenciesefwarfare might not bring about.There were ten camels, some laden, others not,

and only three men, or rnther ono man and two

striplings, his sons. W hen we had spread normat and made everything ready for a halt untilthe moon lose, we invited AH Mustala, the mer¬

chant, to smoke a pipe with us. By the glow ofthe lire, lighted in order to prepare somo tea, haseemed u remarkable looking man, with a swarthycountenance and a beard ol a pepper and salthue. His large preen turban and long blue s'lirtbetokened him a tine fellah ; but he had likewisea brown barnoose, and a capital gun, which he toldus with some pride he knew well how to use. Atfirst he appeared a little shy in answering onr in*quiries, not knowing whether we might not beri-vats endeavoring to surprise Ins commercial i£-

crets but all hesitation vanished betöre a hand- Ifull of tobacco and acupof tea, into which, at the Irecommendation oi oU Saieh, he requested mi to ipournlittle of what Recalled 'medicine, and *s

'brandy. The Bedawins, and those who consortwith them, although sticklers for the title of goodMuslims, are not remarkable for strict compliancewith the Koran. They pray when it is convenient,perform their ablutions w ith sand or w a t.-r indif¬ferently, drink forbidden liquors when they can getthem, Binl do not seem to believe it at all necessaryto hate, abuse or ill treat infidel* unless at tl"*promotion of some special motive,

it was a simple, though curious story, that AhMustala told us, or rather began to tell us, in hi*oriental and circumstantial way, as we set there"by the starlight, while the camels who could neverget sufficient nourishment if they failed in de-votingev ery moment to eating that is not -'ivento |sleep, browsed away in an ever-wideningckcU). *

He told ua that he came from the Said, pt L'ppef IEgypt, and belonged to a family which from tut*mmemorial hail carried on a trade in corn withthe Desert, taking dollars by preference, but,indefault ot these, blankets, or wool, or caruei*,0?dates, from the oases in exchange. Some of histallusions were obscure.perhaps he romanced s

little; but from what we could gather, aided after¬wards by the recollections of our old gossipS**leb, it seems that in very ancient times one ofMustafa's ancestors, named Hagg Omar, fell u*

love with a Bedawin girl, w hose tribe had acci¬

dentally w andered once to the borders of the i***of Egypt. HaL-gOtnarsoiiie'.vhatiuapproprist«'/"offered a cow. his whole wealth, in exchange mhis beloved, but was repulsed with contempt,***as he continued to hang about the encampment,carne in for a good heating. But love give*courage even to tt humble fellah ; and when tfcatribe departed, Hagg Omar sold his cow;, boughta camel, and began to trade in com, Brst f»»places near at hand, and then with more distantones. His object was to reach the accustomedstation of the tribe to which his ZalzaliI believe, was the name.belonged; an" L

i in glad to say that he seems to have gceededno the extent of his wishes, the .

condition attached to the compliance at .e-igvouchsafed being, that he and all his ^tce*****should a t.tinue ;o supply t'je Descit withto the utmost of their power. Good faitb COBbined with interest to ins-ire the keeping oi«"

bargoin,.as AJi Mustafa himself wm there to tes

tifVT A lerfoj thing* «*f»£havehapnei a all the descendant* of the *1