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THE CAPTIVE. tn? Tr.bune. gl aaas fit da fM coil of air! wh brilliant winga Expanding Um summer Scerr.ed kindred with all happy things But hast thou done' Caught in a Itter net of guile, Bound with bright fetters, winged ti n. Ssveet zephyrs and the noontide imile Bock and adorn thy destined pain. Dad the light traeery gemmed dew Seem an rial So lovely it must needs be Poor simple tieart' now ruuld et thou tell Struggle mioc more and thou art free, Thy burnished poised to Ot is thy sweet captivitv So bright It gilds the fetters er I Poor butterfly those tender wings Break wiih the chains thev ceau to And closer still around thee clings The subtle coriiage of the snare Flutter, tall deaiii seem1 flow Tet dream thy fate a Baity show, he worst pang -pates thy To know a in thy foe w.

NEW PUBLICATIONS. tJOHT-DICK, Or. THI WaUU I hfj nut IIbit tii. ii Brothers. Everybody has heard ol' the tradition which ia said to prevail among the old salts of Naatucket anil New-Bedford, of a ferocious aionater of a whale, who i- pro riinst th" arts of harpoonery, and who OCCaatOIUtlly amuses himself with swallowing down a boat's ere at without winkintr.

The present volume a Whahad," or the Epic that veritable old leviathan, who esteeweth iron as straw, and laughs at the spear, tlx dart, and the habergeon." no one Bsvaag able to fill his skin With a barbed iron, or his head Withmm Mr Melville gives us not only the romance of his history, hut a freat mass ot instruction on the character and habits til his whole race, with complete details of the wily stratagem of their pursuers. The enterest ol the work pivots on a certain Captain Ahah, whose enmity to Moby Dick, tin name ol the whale demon, has been aggravated to monomania In one rencounter With this ter? ror of the seas, lie sutlers a siiMial defeat loot I a leg in the contest fete a fare in Ins brain turns home a man with one idea feel I that he has a mission t' .0 he is predestined to defy his lo Mortal strife; tVsvotes himself to tin fulfillment of Iiis destiny. with the persist? ence Shad ceaaingof insanity gets possession ol another vessel, ships a supernatural arew oi which Isltmael, the narratoi of tht story, is a prominent membei an altera triad huntsman's 1 base through nnknown sees, is the only one who re re ail lo tell the destruction of the ship and the doomed Captain Ahab by the victorious, indomitable Moby-Dick. The ia conatrttctad in Herman kfel ville'ii best manner, il combines the various features winch lorin tin chief atttactionj of bis style, anil is cofnmendably free from the fanlts winch we have Ik lore bad occasion to specify 111 lam powerful writer. The intensity of the plot is happily relieved by minute descriptions oi the most homely processes ol the whale iisherv.

We have oseasional touches of the subtle mys. licism, winch ia carried to such an inconvenient excess 111 Mnrdi. but it is here nixed up with many tangible und odorous realities, that we always safely alight from the excursion through mid-air upon the solid deck ol the whaler We are recalled to this world by the Ulmes ol "oil and bluhbci," and are made to think more ot the contents oi barrels than ot allegories. The work ia also lull oi episodes, descriptive ot at range aad original phases of character, One ot them is coven 111 tin' com ncnceiuent of the volume, I bowing how miser) makes a man acquainted with strange bed-it liows We must pass over 111 wlmh the avritei i.dates his hint introduction to Queequeg, a Booth Boa cannibal, ho was Ins chum at a aailor tug house in New-Bedford and afMrsrard ins bosom tuend ami most devoted coafedarate. We will make room bu tin obaiacieiistic chap? ter, which describe-- the ripening of thrir ac? quaintance into the honeymoon oi friendship Returning to the BpoBbSt laa from tlie chapel, I found tjliecipirg there one.

he having lell liie chapel lore the brneuiclion some tune Hs wai anting on bstll lore the lire, srtth hisfl SI on tin atove hearth, aud in out- hand was holding el sts up to bis fare that little negro idol ol his pessiBi, hard into Ins luce, und with a gently whittling awav at Us nose, meanwhile humming to hiiusell 111 his heathenn.h way. Bat being uns interrupted, he put up tht image aud pretty soon, going to the table, lookup 1 la hook Mete, ami pTactni it on his lap began counting Me pajtes with iltlib, tali MgOABI Iv al page- I huaeted amprjsjsa a moment, hH'kius va aasasty around hHa, aad giving utterance to a long Orawaaaeglmgwhiaileofaatoniahrnenl Hews Id then begin agMin at the in vl set uuu; to com nience at BWahsi one 1 1 Ii me. IhOUgeBS could aot count knars than fifty and it was only by such a large imiuhti ol hitu being foun 1 together, thai hi aaSjaatMaatml at the 1.. 1 hit ads ol pages a as 1 1 With uuu I. halstsal I sat sratcaina him.

Bavs is though he was, and hldeoasly marred abo.it the ta 1 least to mv I ana hii oouatanatv 8 vet ha i boovs thiag ui it which is bv pdnaeansdiaagrei ibte You cannot hide the soul. Thtnagh a'l let tooiags I thought I aaw the ol a simple, honest heart and in his inrce, deep etas, aery, Nack and bold. Mare lasted lokeai ot a spirit th ti would dare a MattiaaJeeetla tad besides all this, there a certa it loir, bc.11 me about the which even hit i uneotitbni ss eeaM aot altogether maim IB like a man who h.i Beets cringed and never had had a Otodilor. Whether was, too, that his he id being shaved, tus fort be id was drawn out 10 in er and brighter relief, us til looked more expansive in tl otherwise would.this 1 will not venture to de but certain it was. his bead was phrenologicaili an excellent one It may seem n.bciilotts but it ate of head, as 1 in Me popular busts ot it had the aame long, regio.o ma brows, which were likewise very projecting like ao loug promontories thickly sroodea oa lop Quee uueg was t.eor^e Waahinglon oanuibwliatiealh de sea pea.

1 thus cVse.v a- him. iialf ore tenoiea meanwhile to be looking out al the storm now the came easel, ha aavca heeded mv presence troubled suansall with 1 a itch aa a tu its KUnce. appealed wholh occupied eoant tug Me pages of the marvelous innik. oneidcrri how sociably we had been aleeptng together the night and sspi tly eoasid nog the aJrec tioiute sun 1 bad lound over me upon waking the atoning, I tl.ouuht th mdiffersi ot his veiv strange But savages are strange be? ings at tunes tun do not kkow ev.i.tlv bow to laaelheui At aVSt Mey are oventrtag thtircut oi seams 4 Socniuo wissJoni. 1 ha.t also thai (j ret eamaorted at all.

or but very se men iu the inn. He made no advances whit ever. aaajai ao iseatte to aalsigs ths in eta of his til th saruek me unghiy su.sular ret, upee asocaad thoughts, Mete was MuueMuig aaasaa sahiaaa at 0 Hera a man some iwentv an laa frota ho ae ty the of 11.ui., ths; was the iwilv way tic lot.ld there thrown amona people as strange to bun as though lie were in the Jupiter anu vttt.cn 1 I the utmost sereuiiv OOBtenl with his own com IMniosiimip alwav? to ate Mil this eras a touch fare phtwpht doaht he hsd never hearu there was sucb a thm 1.1 Bm lobe true phibw.phers.wt DaortaJs aliould uot be1 of so iivn or so strit mg So sikui as 1 hear thai Mich or such a msee hhnsclf out lor a phUosopher, I conclude th like the dt wouum. he must hat broken lo.a uisesser ia lB lt now lMMrJ tne see vshea. aftet Its sVral tte lw 11 lhf? only glow a to 1 shacess aud phautoma Me case met, ts, and peermg i emuTwetla TO without SV.T.b? I toll a fee.ii.gs I fel a meltuxe me.

No more my aplui tered heart and hand were turned ag uast the wolfish world. This atsothint aav.se hid re desmsd it. There he sat. easeahing a nature in which there lurked aw oiviuxed hypocrisies ami Stand saneSM rerr of iiehi? to jti-1 bizai "tealmy ann him. ihn that would haee thev wer? the very 1 Cere aaair be 1 him uou'ht he looked pleased, a IkVJs com turnfd over the hook lOgetkOf.

sad I aa dean-red to explain to him th- raarpoee of the prn.t rnr.an? IkeraoBamgof Ike few u. it Tkus 1 so? engaged Bis uMereM and Sat we went jabbt nog the best we conld about thesarmus OOtOf fights to seOB la this town. Soon I propped a social nmoxe and, proda rins Ms pout and quietly offered me a puff And then Ufro-n old pipe of his, and it BflJ passBBJ tween us. If there vrt lurked anv l-e of tediffcrenee to war, me in the Pagan's breast, IBM aunt, genial smoke we had. soon thawed it out astd eft us er.

He seemed to take to me quite us Batnralry and aMMfl dtnlvas I to him and when OTAT Smoke WSJ over, he pressed hi? forehead cUsp? round the said that koncefortk we were married meaning in his untry's that we were boson. fnencs. he would gladly die for me. if need should be. Ia il uae of friendship would hare seemed tar too premature, athmgfo be much di-trusted.

but tais simple savase those old rules would not aj'plv. Afer siij per. and another so a cnal and smoke, we went to our room together, tie made me a pres? ent of his embalmed head toek on- hi- enormous tobaeco wallet, and groping under the toba -co, draw out some thirtv dollars in lilrer; then spreading them on the table, and snechunli ally divldiag Iheoa Into ual pushed one ofthe a towards me. and said it was mine. I was poit.g to remon? strate but he silenced me by them Into my troweers pockets.

1 let them stay. Be then went about bis evening pravtes, took out his idol, an re? move the piper firenoard. By certain sitrni and symptoms, 1 thought be seemed anxious for me to join him but well knowing wha! wa- to follow. 1 deliberated a moment whether, in case he invited me, I would comply or otherwise. I was a sood hri'tiao born and bred in the bo? som of tat infallJhle Preobiterian Church How tt en could I unite with tins wilt idolater in worship? ing his puce of wood But what is worship thought I.

Do yon suppose now, rshiuael. that the magaaniinnu- Cod of heaven and and all possibly be jealous of an insigaifl cant bitof black wood' Impossible! But what is do the will oi is worship. And what is the ill of Cod do to my follow muri wnat I would luve my fellow man do to me? lket hi the will of God. Now, Qneeqoog is my fel? low man. And what do wish that this ijueequeg would do to me Why, onlbs wibh me in my pat uiar Pre-t rian form of worship.

oBsequently, I must then unite with him in Ins ergo. 1 must turn idolntor. BO I kindled the (Barings helped UP the innocent iittle idol. offered linn burnt bks with ralainod before him twice or tbri i kissed his DOSS and thai done, we uadrooaed and went bo bed. at pence with our own em lienei all the world.

Dut we must go out to BOB with leb BBOs, we would witness ins most remarkable exploits. We are now, then, in tlie midst ot thlafa, and with good luck, may soon ret a sight of Moby Dick Meantime, we may beguile our impatience with the description of rope, on which Melville gives us a touch ol his quaint With reference to the whaling scene shortly to be described, as weil as tor the better understanding of all similar seem Im where prow Bted. 1 have here to speak of the magna), sometimes lion ihie wh ile-iuie. The line originally used in the li-hery was ot the best hemp, sliuhtiy vapored with tar. not ImpTOgO ted with it, In the case of ordinary ropes; I while tar, as ordinarily med.

in ikes the hemp nrire pliable the and also renders the rope Steel! more convenient to the sailor OOBUBOB ship use yet, not oBljf would the ordinary quantity too linn stillen the whale-line for the lose coiling to whK I ii iim-t bo sul looted but av BMMt senint-n are big ii.im to II am, inr in ner.eral bv no means adds to tin rope's dnrabllBy or itrength, kowerer much mav give it compact ncss and gloss. Ot iate years the Manilla rope has in the American fishery almost entirely superseded hemp as a mate rial lor whale-iuu-. for. UMMagh not so durable as lieinn, it is stronger, and far more tofl and elastic and I will add (sJnos there is an esthetic! in all tiiingr), is much more kandioBM and booooaina ba I hi boat than hemp. Hemp is a dusky, iiark follow, suit ol Indian but Manilla is a golden-haired ChT COSStBB to behold The wliale-lmc is only two-thirds ol an inch in tsBchneee.

At first sight, yoa would oot think it so stroiiK SS it really is by experiment its one Bfld liity ams will each suapaavd awainataf aavaBiaav died and twi iity youiiLS, so that the v. hob- ill bear a strain nearly equal to three tuns In length the eoMBsn spitm whaie-itiic measures something orer bundled fnthotna. Tow Bid the stern id the boat rt is spirally coiled away in the lab, not like the worm pipe 1.1 a Mall, though, bint no ae te form one round, ehoeeo-shaped mass of densot) bedded iheat c-," or layers ol concentric epiralisations, without any hol? low but the BS kiiioite vertical tube formed at the aviso! bhe oheeee as the least tangle or kmk in ti eoilu u. would, In running nut, BtfaiBbty take arm. kg, or entire Body oat, the utmost pgecantMB is Bead stowing tke ime in its tub.

BoBse karpooneri conenme almost au enure BBornlag hi Uus bus knees carry uik tbe line high alofl and then leering it downuard througb block toward the tub. so as in the a. -of coiling to free it liein all win kit andItrMtS In the English boats two tnbt are used instead ol one. the same line bring 0 Bitmnoasly coiled ia both ttdis There Ie tome advantage In ause these twin take befogrosnsall thoj fit more readily into il boat, and i not strain so much BBeena, the fimertnen tub, nearly three teal in rtltractor and of proportionate i epth, makes a BeigM for aeran whoee ataaka are hot one-half inch in iniek nrss for Hie bOtUMB of the whale-boat is like critical lee. which bear up a oonraderable distributed Weight, but not very much ol a concentrated one.

Whin tin painted canvas cover is i lajijied oi tue krnsrterai line-tub tic boat look- is il it were pull ii god Ith a prodigious great weddicg caki to pre to the whali? Both endl of the line an etrmsed, the lower end seresinaliag la an eyi egdaee or loop coming up from the bottom ifainM tae snie ei the tub, ana h.uignig over its idge OOmpBstety disengagtd from every Ihng This arrangea enl ofthe lower end neces? sary en two aooounbi his-, la order to facilitate tue (esttaing to it of an additional imc from a neighbor? ing oat. in ease tht stricken iho sound so as to threaten tocury oil the m.re origin alrj attached to the harpoon. In the whafo of coarse is shifted like mug iic, were, trom dM one te the other though the fits: beat always hovers hun to sei ill au el Beeoraf, khM arrangement is indispi Oi i dc for citu saea mfety's for were the lower end ofthe I i Hi any way attached to the boat, and were the ahalo thaa to ma the hae eel to the en dmostm a single, trookil unite as ke soun tunes does, lie would not stop mere, tor the doomed boa: would in I frdisarr be dragged dowa after him the pmuin I arty of the and ia that ease no tow cricr would ev Ind her Ht-ain Behre iowetmg tin boat for the chaif. the- upper et.il the line is takeu aft bom the tub and passing round the kwgerhead ii as itn carried Btorsrare hnrgthoftke boat, raetuig cressaiseup en the loora or handit- of evrrr in's ir, so tn.c it pffsai iinst his wrist ia row nj and also par-gmg between men. aether ternttely sir at theoppo n-e gaawales.to the leade.i eaocki oi groorcs in trie extreme pointed new of therx.ai.

where a woodeu inn or skewer, ibe stM nf a oommon prevents out. Prom tae enoeks, hangs in a sngbt mttoon the bows, and is then passed in i ot ihi boat agate aad some oi ideutv fath sailed tithe U.ws it OOt wees fti Wav to the g- iw ale ftlll a i'ttle rmueraftand thenatta kodtothi sh a -the rope which isitaniedlatelj oonnecied with the bar BW buttirevion-tothat cogjeoetloo the short warp i through laadry myMancaimns tedjus to de tau. Thaethe whatehhe folds the boatm its coinpiieated col tw and a rtthin iroui in almost eteiy cirec: on. All the oarsmen arc roued ta iupeguom nratertieai so that to the nm r' sr.ia Indian jugglers, with the.leadnest sportiveay festnonkg tu ''aitHtiv Moot mortal woman, for the Ol- SU S. ..1 hlU.s, lL, I at'the oar be thii Mm thai at mi? unknown instant, the mav be darted, and all there hcrr.tie be raw te pteg fak a rtenad bghajthrae; be cannotbethus c.rc u.stai.ctd without a shudder that ntakaathe twrr ma-low ot Bis bones to Qwiver in him like a shKken haNt-strarge thing! what ennnot habit ac amnnth -Carer sall-es.

more merry mirth bet ai.d brightvr rtts.rtees, you never heard you wild hear over the half-itch white ctdar of the whale-boat, when thus burg BJ hangman's inxveet and. like the six bar ghere of Calais before King ftd ward, the men I. Nil the crew. pull the jaw oi deata, with a halter around every neck, as ou nwv ij I'erhaps a very little thought will cow enable you te eeraaal for those vbalhnj disastefs? same few which are casuatlv this I or that man benii: takeu vmt of the bv the tine, and lost For. when the Ime is darting out.

to be seated in the boat, is like being seated the mau of the manifold whiziings of a steam-engine in lull play, when every flying beam, and shaft, and whie', is grazing you It worse for von cannot motteaJeeste the heart of these penis, because the is rocking like a cradle, and sou are pitched oi war and the othi r. witfcout tbe tightest warn? ing, and only by a certain self-adjusting buoraacy ai.S smioltaneousiiess and action. you escape btmg made a Mazeppa ef, and runawa. with I where ibe si a kiwil cot.ld never pierce Keuu. as the profound which crdy apparent i fvnreei rjet picpecstcs of the Is tverh ine awfad the far.

andesd. we ra i bat wrapper and eaeasop of the i and contexts it ia it-elf as the teeming ly harmless Ida fatal aa 1 lhe ball, aa i the ex sjaasoa to the graeefol repcae al the line, aa it entil 'erpetrtir es about the oarsmen ocfo-e being brcesitfate actual is a ti.mg which ne? BaraeoftTW terror than nnv other aspect of this daaactoai sfUir Btst wby saynaora 411 aasm tree in whale-in rs. All are horn roeadtheirni ks, butitiaanlj erben caught ta the I iwtft ea dea turn ef death, that aiortala raalixe the stfent. ixsbile svcr-piasant satrtss af Ufa tad if yen be a philosopher. thongs seated in the whalu beat, a won c.

not at heart feel oaa whit more ef terroTi i if an though teat your evening lire a not a Imrpooa, yo.rr.de. Wa are now ready to kill our firs: whale. Here fat tbe transa ct it La full: kiuim sraiaxa. If loSearboak the taparitttm of the Bcjaad wa? a thn of portents, to Qnceqnog it wai quite a didor er.t ob ect. Wj en you see him.

"quid." raid th" savage, honing Lis hainosa the now ot bis hoisted then I you qxuek see him vrfaahe." i The next tfay waa ei a ingty still and sultry, and ar.h aothii itjeeial ho engage them, me Paajrj i erase could ftardlj resist the spoil ot aieep tanased t.y each a vacant sea For tins part of the Indian 0 ran uroogh which wi were then voyaging is what ca.l a lively ground that is. it BaTbfds fewer giimp-e? of dolphins, flying fsb. arc other vivacious aeabmni of more attrnasj watt rs. than those 11 the Hio la Plata, or tae in 1 shore ground off Pan. It was my tern to stand at the roTtiassthead sad with my leaning agatM the sIick tried royal shromis.

to and tto 1 idly waved in what I named sn enchanted au No resolution could with it at that dreamy mood lostng all I ness. at last mv went out of tuy oody ttvoejgb 1 my tody contmw to ay a adttlam will, long alter the power that moved it ta withdrawn. Kre e.one nie. I had noticed that the at smea en the iht sad adaea mast heads were already crowsy. So that at last all thn of us lifelessly swung from ihe and for i every swing that we made there a ll a Bod f'om beiow from the slumbering befaiaman.

Tl'3 waves, I too. nodded thnr indob at create; aad across the i wine trance Of the sea, e.i?t ad to St, and the 1 taa over all. Suddenly bubbles seemed burst ng beneath my closed eyes, like roes mv bandl grasped the shrouds invisible, graeioua igeaey piasarved i me. with a I came bank to life Ami ta! c'o-e ondet our lee, not forty fathomi a gtgaatlc Bperm Whale lay rolling tbe ator like the cap s.7f?f bun of a fr.yate. hiM.ri.ad.

back. an Ethiopian hue. Ha tea hag in tfaessmto rays like a aurior. Bet lastly undniatiag ia the ttfottghol tue sea. and ever and Bnontranquillyapoutlnghisva porv jet.

the whale i like a portly burgher smoking pipe of a warn, aftiriioon. Bat tint pipe, poor wnaJe, was thy list. As u' strack bj gome mcbai.tei's wand, the sleepy ship and every sleeper in it all at once started into wsJmfniherss; am more than a BOOfO of voices from all par of the i vessel, simultaneously with the tbne notes trom i alt ft. shouted forth the accustomed cry. tbe great fish slow iv and regui.triv ipouti i tin ipa rklhig brios mto the air.

Clear away the boats! i.u ff''' cried AJhah. tad I obeying his own ordt r. he daabed the helm do era before the Itnwnan ould handle the ipokei The sodden exclamations ol the must hare alarmed the whale and ere the boats were down, cm esticailv warn away to the leeward, but with saeh a steady tranquility, and ma king sn few ripples he sw am, tint thinking after all he might not as yet be alarmed, khab gave orders tna? not an oar saxtakl hi Died, and no man must speak but in whispers. Bo seated like Ontario Indiana on 1 the gunwales of the boos, we BWiftlj tr ideally i paddled along, thcoalm not ad mil in of the not SO (en sails being SSt l'rest i.tlv. as we thus glided in chase, the BBOBSter perm nuicularly flitled his tail forty feat into Ue air.

and than sank onto; tight like a tow er IV allow ed up. There go flukes'." waitlie crv.an Baaoancemeat I lmmet'iairly followed by Btubb'l producing Ins 1 match and in- pipe, for now a respite was granted. Atter the full interral of bis i uniting had al speed, ths whaie rose again, and being now in ad? vance of the a.in ker's an I a DeSiertO it than to any of the dtubb counted uixm tue honor of the capture-, it nras obvious now that the vvliale had -'t Icmrth become aware of In- pursuers. silence of eaaiioosjM ss tbevsdbra, no loagar of use Paddlss ware dropped, and oars-ein a kmdty into play. Ami till pufBl al pipe, oficercd on crew to the assault.

Yes. a mighty cham had come over Ihe fish til alive to in? jeopardy, be was going be id out." tu tt part ohlkjuely projecting iro the road yeast which he brewed. Start her, start her, my men Don't hurry your seht t.tVe plt i.lv ol start her etart tier like thunder-claps, that's all," cried Bwbb, splatter not nut n.c smoke he spoha. bar, now give 'em tbe loog ami strong stroke, Tashteg i. stait ln-r, Taah, my boy -tart a hoi keep ool, keep is the easy only start bet like gum death a.id grinning devils, ar.d raise the buritd dead perp'-n ocular out of the graves, all.

start her' VVoo-aoo Wa lire'" rcreained the ty-Hoadse ta reply, raising tome old war-whoop to the skies, as ererv oarsman tan the itramad boat involuntarily bounced forward with the one tremendous leading ke which tht ea'nr Indian gave Hut Iiis wild scrciiiii were answered by others i quite as wild. "Kee-heel aTee kee'" pelted Dag goo, itraintrg forward and backward on his Beat, like a paems tiger in Ins cage Koo la!" bowled Qnssqesg, as if ing hiS lipa over a BlOUUftllof steak. I And thus with oars and yells the keels mit the sea. I Meanwhile, Stubh retaining t.is place the van, 1 buMaaoamaged aiamea to tin- onset, all tbe while puffhaa the imoki from ins mouth. I.ike daspssnv toistbev taped BOd they welcome try was heard uo, it to I'm'" The harpoon was hurled.

"Mara all!" The OarSBDOB ba-ket1 water, the same moment something went bot snd htsabsg aloag avery one of their wmvti it me magtcal line, ha mstam 1 i'ore. Stubb had Bwtltfj caught two additional turns with it ronad the loggeibead, whence, by reast of us Increased raj iu cinUnae, a heaspaa ue smoke row jetted up and mingled with the steady lames frcm his pipe. Aa the line p.iss.-d rottaa aad resaad the loggerhead so also, just fcee reaching that pouat, it blliaeiiBgli pissed IhlxWAeh and tlrmagh both ol -stubb hands, from which the hand Cloths, OT Squares Ol quilted WOta at these tin.es. liHCl a cr'entally dropped. It was like holding an enemv's sharn two-edged -word by tie olade, and that enemy ad the tune to wrest it oat of ve.ir clutch.

Wi the line wet the line crie Stnob to the tu'' osnmaa (him Mated by the tobj won, matehiag ofi lus hat, dashed the sea-water into it. ire wt re -e line ec oi n.d.l.itg ts alace. The boat now flew through Ike boilTOg water nke a ah lins. Btubb and Taaahage here Chsntad places- stem for staegermg busi nt st trulv in that nvking coaxnaotsosv 1' tt mibe til rating hasextendiag the entire length ol the oi per aftae boat, and from its now being ii i re lint than al. apstriog, reu would have thought CT all f.a I two the water, the other tha the beat okurned on through ban ling elements at once.

A continual evevde i it ed at the bows a raasclaas srhirintg eddy fat her wai.t air'. the lUghtaatSBOtlon from a litte finger, the vibrating, cracking craft canted our her spHsUux ic gunwale into sea. Thus they rttshiu each man with adghtand atata mg to his leat, to prersnt belag to the fnrr i I the UH form of at the steermn croachlas a'most double, uu-n'ei to bring down his inter of gravity Wbo.e Atlaatlcs and PasdsVca Keaaadnas id ihot tha whali somewhat slackened hh) flight in!" cried Stubb the bows-nan I and. facingrensdtoward the whale, all Bajatabe? lt an pulling the boat ap to lam, while yet the boat a being towed oa. Boon ranging up by his flank.

Bi bb, irmly planting his knee in the clumsy cleat, uro rt mto tbe flimg f.sh at the weed I comi ihe oat svJtertiately atarahag oat of the ij of ti wtsstteebotrMc wai'iow, anu'tne i ins op for another fling. I Ti red tice rjw oared from sides of the mon like brooks dovva a hilL His tormented body io Ice set in bru.e bui in blood, which bubbled and tthed for furlongs btkicd in their wake The slat tu playing upon this crimson pond in the sia. an, into curt face, so that ths all to each other like red men all the win let after jet of white smoke was aeon hsgty from the tpirade of the whale, and vehe Baeai peaTalter panttVom aas mouth of ihe excited beadsaaaa every earl, hauling bjj CTCOked lance by the line attached to it i straightened it urain and again, by a few mat 1 blows against the gunwale, then again'and again it in'o tl l'uil ur he now cr.edto thebowarnan as the waning whide re.axed in his wrath -Fall 'r eloSj0 and haal rangtd along the fish's k. reachn far over tbe hew. Smbo itowtj churned hi? loaa sharp lance into the hsh and kept it tt.eie.

axetuliv churning and churning as if raun aaly seeku ir to fee. after some gold watch thai ti.i wh ile have swallowed, and which be 'earful id breakm? ere he could hook it out But th a gold he sought was the innermost ash tmi now it is struck for. nartma tr. his tram uitothat thing Ca''kd I tre wallowed hxlS virwr.p, ci himself tmoenetrable mad fx mi spray, ao that tae impenied craft, WMM ctopimgasttrn. had much ado bundly tortrueale thafl twilight mto the Ano BOWBl his flurry.the whaleonr-e more Mud out i.

to view aawag mm s.ce IvS ina-nocually dilating and his hole, aithiharp. cracking, agonized At last, tvtt a-trr of red sot- bad in i I. purple reo wme shot rr falling hack dnppi" ccwn Li- ii ts into tue His ne-r, i bum dead, Mr Btubb raid fee r-oth pipes ennilod aa)'" aa wHhdiawtag kiaoars ii htaaawtn, stub i seuSterad tae deal his ow tike and. fur a asOBSOnk, s.oxl i atttfull) eyeini va-i rorpoa he bad made. At last, bj-Dick, the object of sock long ar.d infuriate search, is du juven it.

We can IMUJ piu' tiie report uf no pay. bti in tbe n.id-watch, when toe "Id ni.in? bis rraat at Intervall stepped fortfe Irani the ffuttie ir, which he IsanatT, a went; hi? pi rot hol? en 111 last mil bis (ace, fiercely snurf tag aa Ike aea air aa a rag ei ere sup's doe will, in crawltg nigh to seme baro.trou* isla He doe Band that aw.ia nra be rear Booe Ikjatpecnlinr odor, teeaethnee to a great dun em girea forth by tko Irr- whale. pnp.ir.le ie aU the watch nor aay nurti.tr inrpnssd whea, after inspecting thee pas- and then trie dog-vane, a then as'-er- ta Bg ti a preehw bearing of tbe odor noarty ai Boowala, Aaaarnptdly moored the ship's course to bb Sltgktly altrrrd. and tbe sa.l to be shortened. Tko acute policy dictating these nveineMts eras siifl'ciit at daybreak, by vgnt a long Sleek OB the directly and lengthwise ahead, rn.o?' BO Oil, and 1010 mini Bg in the BSOOtOd waterv wrinkles Bordering it, the iM-lishcd metal ic-uke of some swut tnle-np, at the BaOOth of adeep, rapid s'ream.

Man the mast hea Call ill hands!" Thundering aitk the baths of three Blabhod kand apfkesoa the lorecai-tlc dock, Deggoo roused the sie? per? ith such judgment claps that they seomi to xhale from the scuttle, so instantaneously did ti.ev SI peai ith theur clothes in their hands. hat d'ye see erieu Ainu, ila'teiinig his face to the sky. Nothing, nothing, the hnlaie down in teply. Tgallant seile! gtnnenile! alow aad aloft, and OB both s'des, Ml being he BOW Bl the life line, roasirod for swaying tum to the main royal-mast beau ai in a lew moiuerm they were hoisting rum thither! when, while bUl two-tnirds ot the way aloft, and while peering ahead through the horizontal va? cancy hi tweea the mam-top-saii and top-gallaiif IOlli be rawed I eu'llike cry'm the air. Th're she blow IberoelM biOWS! A hump like a msb as hill! It is i bad the which seemed simultaneously t.ik'ii up bj the tliree look-outs, tlie men OO dock ruahed to the rigging to Deludd Ike famous whale Ike) bad so long been had now gaini Ins final pi rch.ioiiicfert above the other look Tashtego steal Bg jost beneath bun on the cap ofthe lop-gallant-mast, SO trat tue Indian's he id was aimer! on a level with aJMttcS heel, bight tbe a hale waei si en torns sails or so ahead, i sei roll of ihe rerealmg ins Ugh.

sparkling bump, and leiiiltrly jetting kie atlOBt spu.tt into the air. To the martneri it seemed the gift id Spoat thev bad so long ago be hi Id liie moon? lit Allan re and Indian Oceans, And did none of ye BBS it br'ore cried bailing II perched ntea all around him. saw bunalsnost thai s.nnc instant, thai? ap tufn Ahab did, and oried out," said Tesbtogo. "Not the same instant not the mmc bo, the doub loon is Bune Pate reserred the doubloon 'or mi onlj tone of ye coord here raised the HThite Wkale tri t'rn re she blows! there she bi.ws' iBeie ehe lan re again' then- again he cried, ia long i rawn.lii ci ring, methodic tones, attaaod tothegrao ual loof ingsol ti whali 's tsible ji ts He a so ig to Bound. In uns Dowo top-gaUaavevIs! stand bj three bi ata Air Starbuck, remember, on board, and keep the ihip Helm there! Loa, rug a point! Bo steady, com.

steady' There go A no. only black water! All ready tue ktaBd by, aland by! Lower me. Mr. Starbuck lower, quiclu i aal he slid i hioogh air to Ihe cic "He kenotog to leeward, Btabb," right awaj Irma as cannot bars seen tha ship dumb man' statu' i' thobrnoos! Hard down Iho ap! Bo we ii? Boatf.boata!" Sei tue boats bot Starbuck'l were droppa I all ti boat sails Ihe paddles plying with rippling swiftness, shooting leeward and kbak f.i th" onseu A ji US death-glimmer lit up Pe? dal sh's sunken eyei a kideooa motson gaawed hat ike BOHOless BBUtitot shells, their light prows spin through Use tea; baton!) slowlytaeyaearad the foe. As thej Beared htm, tin ocean grew suit more imooth; seemed drawing a carpet over ha mm -f i med BBOOB serenely it read.

At lei gta the brenthli ss i.unter came so nigh his gromingl) nmaspi cting prey, that his enure dasattag bump a as distinetly ristole, slrdinR along the sea as it an isolated thing, and continually set in a rcvolv Ingring oi finest, noecy, greeBtsb foam. He saw tha rast, iarolred wrinKles ot the sUghtly bead beyond, lieioie it, far nut on tue son Turfchsn rugged waters, went the glistening walte snniow bis broad, milky forehead, a musical rippling playfully accompanying the shade and behind, the nine Interchangeably Sowed over into the movingvallej ot his steady wake, ami on either band brightbubblt laro a and danced by his side. Botthese were broken ogam by the light toes of bnndiedsOf ga) fowl tOttfy leathering the sea, al ite with their fitful fUgnt; and like some flag rising from the pauattd hull of an argosy, the tall but Shattered pole of a recent lance projected from the white whale's kj and at intervals one of the cloud of It-toed fowls borertng, snd to and faro skimaung like a canopy over the fish, nientiy perched aad km ki on tin- pole, the long tail leathers sire iming like pennons. gentle mighty miktneee of repose in swiftnese, invested the giiomg whale Not the white lull in bnmina away with ravished Europa clinging to bis graceful horns, his lovely, BeringeyeasMsvrays inlent upon the maid with smooth bewitelnng tleetncss, rippling straight for u.i i id bower ib Crete not Jove, not thai great majesty Supreme! did surpiaa ihe glorified VVtnte Wi ale a- be so dirinely swam. On euch loft sice Mil chlOBt Wltb the parted swill, that hut once leaving linn, then fknved so ante away oa each bright side, the whale sued of ei tii ii gs.

No wonder there had been some among the bunten who. namelessly tr.u.s;iorted and allured by all this serenity. had rentnred to BSSatl il but bed fat.oly round that qatetude but the vesture of et eaba, eatieiag calm, oh whale' thou glides' on, to ail who for the Irst time fa thee, no n. ittCT bow inai in that same way tbOB maj 'st ii re tt Bggled and stroyed before thus, through the sereae tranqailitieeof the iropical sen. among waves whose hand-clappings were by exceeding moveii on.

arithbosding irom sighl the lall of his inbmerged tr.nk, entirely hiding tne Urtencbsd hiueouscrss of his jaw. But soon the lore part ol I nn slowly ro from water lor an ins laal f.is whole marbleixed body termed a h.gh ar. like Virginia's and warnmgly btl bannered flukes in the air. the grand g.jd revealed kimeelf, aouaded. and want oat of s.ght Boveitaglj batting, and dipping on tha wmg.

tae white fowls longingly huge red ovtr the agitated pool that he left apeak, and paddteS down, the siieets of their I ails adrift, the inree Stilly BBOted, awaitmg Mob) Di It's reippooraaea. "An Abab, in Ins boat's stun and he eeasd 1 arBale'i nbsee, t' w.ird tne dim bfOS spaces and wide wiaung vacan cies to leeward, it as only an instant tor again bis eyes sensed whirling rourd in his head as he sv.ii ihe watery circle now Irestiened -ea beg-in to 1 he birds '-the birds' cried TashtOgO. In lor Indian file, as when fcerong wing, tbri white bntde srare bow all dying toward khao'e boat. aad when withm a tea saedsbegaa ttuttering over Ike water there, wheeltag roaad ind round, with joy? ous, ezpectnnt, cries Thatr rfcaloa was keener thin ftkab faaihl itlsrarm no sign in Ike ssa but snodanlv, as lie peered down and down Ibbb its dt pthe, he pro'oundlv a vvhde living.spot.no o.g gertbea a white weasel, with wonderful celerity riMi-g, and magnlfring as il rose, till it turned, aid tht there were plainly revealed two lone crooked raws ol whhe, glistening teetB, Soatiag ap from the bottcm it was Motvy-Dtek'i open mot th and sen died jaw h's vast, shadowed bulk rti.l ball blei dirg with the blue of the sea. The gbttcnag n.outh yawi cd beneatn the boat like an i pcn-di or.

marble tomb and giving one sidelong its nop with i is steerm? oar, Ahali whirted the craft iah meal il l- tremendous apparition Then, call ingupoi PedsHektochaagepsacoswitk him, went forward to tie lows, and seizin', Perth's harpoon, i di bis crew grasp their oars and stand by to Mem ahnt ttoseiy eprnitsBg round the boat upon nsaiu, by anticipation, was miuie 10 face the whale's head wmle vet under water. t. as it lerceivingthis ftrataee'm. Mobv-Dick. wr.h it BWltrrnns intelligence asenbed to bim.

sideling iv Baneplanted himself, as it were, an instant, 11 ling his pleated head lengthwise beneath the beat. Through and through througb ererv piaok and iSb, it thrilled for an instaut, the whale i mg on his Back, in the manner of a bitine shark, and teelii.glv ukme iu bows full with.n its mouth, so that the long, narrow, scrolled lower jaw utied high up into the open air, and one ofthe teeth caught in a row-lock. The bluish pearl-white of the innce of ttc was within six inches of AhaVs head, and reached higher than that In this aim ode il a ie be now shook the sbght cclar as a nu'dlv ciuelcat her mouse. With unastotushed eyes Pedailah gazed and crosse his arms but the tiger yeilow crew were tun.bang over each other's heauj ti. yaia tbe uttermost stern now.

bile both elastic eunwales were spring? ing in and out, as the whale dallied wita tbe doomed cralt in this deviTjah way and 'rom his body bemg subBierged oecealh tre boat, he eoind not rii'darteo ar frtm the bows, for the toas were rdsnoet meide of him. as it were and while the other boats invoein tanly paused, as before a quick crisis impossible to it was that monomaniac Aaab, fu ritus with this tantalizing vicinity of his foe. which placed him ail sihe and helpless in the van jaws he i.sttc frenzied with an this he seizedth? hi? h.u.< s. strove to renc 1 tu aw ifii ir.tn bim tr.e frail gunwales bent in. an I ipped both, w.

ossh? sfrdmg further a't. Ml the com? pletely in twain, and locked themselves u.U.' ra midw 1 11. i aaude, the broken ends unop.nc. tae rrTwatthe itern-wreekclinging to the gun striving to ho fejl to the oars to las.i I hl at tu? lading aaaWSni, ere the boat is Ml marjMd, Ahab, the first to perceive the whale in t.nt.tv the mfty upraising of h.ih?Um?v Doees li held let Ihe time a. that awment kit 1 aad I ao ni tdc ore final ssTort pttsh the heed a the bite.

Rut only si ppwg further nth. und tilting over aa it slipped, heat had shaken od his h-dd OB the him it, hi leaaid Bai aale sat. f.o id upon the sea. Ripnliatl) withdrawing from his prey. Moby-Ph BOW Ul at'alittle distance, vertically thmstiitj BIS ol long Mbite head up and down in tbe billows and time hi? whole spiad.cd BO that hi his I a-t rmkle forehead reco Bocae twenty at more feetovt of the water- the row rlatag swells, with all their confluent waves, dassliagl) bnke against it vindictively tossing their abiei still lughsr into the air a gale, the but hau ba.fled Channel only recoil from Um ol the i lystoae, Btamphsatly to overleap limine! enfetters Mad But soon res timing hts honzootal attitude, Dick swam roand and round the wreonoit crew tide ways ehornini the water in his vengeful wake, as lashing btnaaeli np to still another and more deadly assaatt The sight of the splintered beat seemed to madden 'urn.

as the blood of grapes ai mtdbeneM cast before Anttochue'e etoplmitta In Ihe booh Maccabees Meanwhile A nab. naif Mm Iberedhn tnc foamef the whale's insolent tail, and too much ol a cripple to sw lie could still afloat, even in the heart such wahrt pool that helpless A hub's head was seen, like a bubble which the east chance might burst Proas tbe boat's uagiuoalary stern. Fed.ui.th incuriotn-Iv and u.ndiv eyed him the clinging crew, at the other onft'Lg end. could not eorfiun more lhaa aooogh waa it for them to look to themselves. For SO revoirtngly appalling was the White Whale's pl.ihetarily swift theever contracting circles nemade, thai he seemed horizontally swoop? ing anon them.

And though other I. on ed, 1. vcre'1. bard by still thee dared not pull into the eddy lo strike, lest that should be the signal for theinstantdestruction of the.ieop castaways, tbab and all aar in that case could thai themselves hepe to escape. With straining eyee.

thea, they rtmsiaed on tue outer edge of the i leas, whose atet had now ix-, ome the old man's head. Meantime, from beginning allthtshad been eis rwdfiomthe ship's mast -heads sad squaring bei art's. rue down upon the scene am was now so nigh, that Ahab the water hailed her Bail on thit moment a breaku tad dashed oa him from Moby-Dick, and wbaflsaea him for the time. Hut straggling out of it aga.n. sad eh MC i to rise on a towering ort st, he shot.led?" Sail on the whaie bun Off'" The Peqooa's prows were pointed; and bleaking an the charmed circle, sic factually parted the white whale trom ins victim la he ssnlealy oi! the I ts flew to the rescue Dragged Into stubb's boat with lad eve-, tbe white brmc caking in his wrinsles the Im tension of Mi ill's bodily strength did and hi Iplessl) he iclded to his bodl doom for a tune, lying all tiusaed ia the bottom of boat, hke trodden under fool of herds of elephants Far aaaieleM ails1 aase from him, as desolate sounds from out ravines Here we will tire fiotn the cheee, whichlaots three not having a fancy to bain at the death.

Wo pun with the sdventaroui philo? sophical Ishasael, truly thankful that the whale did not tret Ins head, lor winch we an' indebted lor this wildly imaginative and truly thrillin; sforv. We thhtk it the best production which has yet come irom that seething brain, ami spite Ot its lawless flights, which put all regular criticisiii at defiance. It us a higher 0,1110011 ol the author's originality a.id power than even the lavonte and I'rn grant tirst-lruits ol lusgenius. in Typee, "'I'llK Hook ok Hohtl bj Mrs. KiBKLAttn.

Ws hate rarely leen a more ele? gant Specimen of the typographic art from the teem ing press ol Putnam than this sumptuous holiday voiume. The luxury of type, paper and bin 'mi" wlin it exhibits, form- an appropriate aocompam meet to the gailer) of American portraits, on winch it dept ads for iu chief attraction, of the fidelity of the likenta.fj we do not pretend to jutlge on this there was room for the indulgence of great ideality by the artlat; his mteinion, we presume, l.av been to present eharacteristii- types of native beautv rather than fao similes ol ttsS String originals it. L-aided merely BS fancy pieces, in which light the volumo has the most interest the public, they are spinird and agrteable productions of art, and will be leonird as a beautiful New-Year's ornament tiir drawing room. The letter-press consists of a graceful s'ory by Mrs. Kirkland, into which she adroitly weavei i oral brilliant aketchea of charac ter.

a olended tissue of gayeties and gravities together with a rieh boo.piot of poetical flowers forming one of the most tasteful productions of her r'atile pen. 1' I'utnani a act? "Woman in unit Vamoob Rila? i aas," by Mrs. L.O. This little volume is lerbctlv baaaeeat of any leanings toward tue BM data Woman Rights ichOOl. The daintiest st iv.iti-m will i.nd nothing but rose-water in its in? culcations, and need fear no revolution from ii- in Sueace.

The young housekeeper, who has never her right hand from the left, may consult its pages with assurance of receiving a flood of light. I (tailswhich were never put here unfolded with a refreshing copiousness No Ul omitted as unworthy the grave social didac hesof the patient authoress, and if am tmeitcea "i man thai! hereafter fail of cancni al propriety of IIIIHiaillO. It Will not be for the vv ant of minute ia itiuetioas (ISaso. pp. Mf.

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The volume exhibits a high BsOtal tone, a generous and hopeful spirit, a glewiag rellfious faith, and an enthusiastic devolion to hu? man progr? Many passages betray the iiifluence et haaatag, and other liberal thinkers, tr mb whose wntitg? we have numerons appOSBtS lotation huch works are wholesome and nutritious, besitbt pfi nitkaj a of the times. (l2mo. pp. I. BoShaa I'hillips, Samp-on Ai Co.

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The editor has completed his task ith con diLget.ce, and ere. a BSSJiaJ a universally mtrresting brain ft of literature. pp. Ml. 0.1', i'mnam IV We call tiie attention of anxious gift hunters, and the disciples of St Nicholas in general, to Francis Co 's Lirrnn for voting persona of various aires.

It con-. of a series of choice volumes by several favori.e wri? ters for children, Hoffiand, Mrs. Child" Baas Christian Anderten, and others who-? nan 1 t.rrent with al! ream rs. s. i ran i A to.) Nkw Map ok the J'mikd StATBI UU) CaNana Mr.

J. Disturnell of No. lTJBro.tia* caiices a new Map of Ihe United States aad Caaa da, of which we have seen someof the drawings, which promises to be as egant aa it te useful. It is to be on six sheets scale Ul miles to the in i tending from Nova Scotiaon the east, to the online of 51issoi.ri on the west, to be about i i (eat showing all the Carols and Railroads laadbld and in progress of construction, 1851, at weil as all tiie navigable streams luded in the above sec Uon of coontry 'ogether with Profiles of the most important works of Internal Improvement. The convenience of Map indicating, as this will do ihe i emmuan ition on the I on tment, must be very great, and we doubt not tin' the pntilishei ill have a large list of subscribers.

The ii pr.ee is $5 for tbe Map warranted on rollers ir S3 on riieetr. ukh hku CHILDRBM Aa Address rVaai tht Mntbett tht Huri? rsBnsrdejnjJ savsj (nag itseer iftew. to thk rvnuc. ClTtBSM It is with fa lings that wg appeal to you fet swceos. your long-professed interest in thO Welfare Oi our people, iaduret the hope ot hi thhl you often declared jour to assist us whea.

we presenti III Bfad practica', remedy I fortho evils wo coroploia of, and tttia led to the pre ect we now present VTe need not lata i into detailed arg i nentato convince yon ftho necessity ol this ass.vciation, or the feasibility ol its obxct. We base well considered ill the ttahswMoa inrulental to a sue rooatjaj prcsec it ion i or plan neither arc we basjavj by in ore for our people, or the co in, trv selected, I we Ihm long attend ott ths ai iii.ileus we In tin country, and longhoos convinced of the nerea, of action on ur practical, energetic common soaO action, that would sasaaaj tha spprobatton and COdpaTOthsn of every friend af freedom. The fact that our enterprise is but now forth, should not pre oi In in the evc? of tha comma as the difficulties we labor under must be familial to the most CStfBOl observer Thl part i co: ij sit this Association, although li tt rested others of our people, hast taken I nt little part in proceedings that have gej for their object the -bettering of our rr We have bksnooteaotabooncontenttoleekenaal I acquiesce in the si nies ttiat ptOUBtaad de.it?. ance we did bf pc. though faintly, thai MsesgOjaj might grow out ot their proceeding- rrhi i weeMsJ least make our poeSBOB sOlorBbla but ahm! ttit fond, faint hope hai Btoeod thl I disappeared, and our dream is tell to huvt leOng delusion.

We deem it proper, for the better those we address, to stale a few facts which caenes the lormation of this Association. 1 irst I ae limited means ot some, end extreme povcitvof others nt as, who desire to eougrate to the coeet of Africa. Secondly The necessity of developing the agrcul tural ol the country, as a means of attract i ing and giving security to the eotlgrantS going out there. Thirdly And Knowing, as we do, that ann culture forme but a small pert of Aftrican ineVssoy, (tor reasons which we shall presently shetej we ii el the call Li ipei it relj ma lo oa as to ivmedy tins glaring evil Wi wen in hopes that the American i i olonizatioo Sei tety, which h.e? charge of Liberia, I would have accomplished the end desired, but un fortunately our people will not confide in those whoee motivei they mistrust, ao ma'ter want the inducement. And while we, as individuals and ss aa organized body, cheerfully give credit fee! i thankful for all toe ssetitnnce rendered that bs righted country, whoee ven axislonce dales fron? the nevolen and disinterested exertions pot forth by that Society, get, na colored ho lice to oursclv es the hundred millloaa inhatw I ing Africa, admit that organisation Millu lent to work out the hnal destiny Of the Afnesa race We have thought, and still think, that such a mission belongs lo ue, colored hshshttanfa ol America, acting ipontanaonaly and together i he slow ptoci s- oi emigration to lufhorso, must precluce tne hope Ol a great and healthy i ij irein that ioi reo ind the deep tooled preju dteea the Lusciasof our people will ever make them tardy in i na i ii tnat a benefac? tor, kavtng their good and thatot Africa at heart, kecordii giy, ihe Boetaiji must depend, rnootoaaio.

1 on manumitted slaves for emigrants and rtaaeelks obvious to all lint tbej are not qualified to success tnllv civilize Africa It il that the Igno? rance ot lie- iv pk aded as an excuse I is it, then, reasonable to suppose them hotter Itaal to th, barbarian than to enjoy freedom among a civilized peopleI It takes a cultivated people to teach tin uncisltirated and to this we Hunk we hear the concurrent assent of every eloiiin 1 1 nisi Lot Colonirattoniets then assist no As we are thf 1 i 111 the prosperey of Liberia, we have no fear that emigrants will ha wanting. Weonlj learthataaeanamuj aotbefeeei to provide (or them suitable reception Ore of the great disadvantages attending the f'ol? onisatioa Society is. that the persooi eompoesag it are so eOBStitUtcd and situated 111 lite, that it is im? possible for them to affiliate in sentimeat ami ivn pathywaih the Imigran ts going out to Liberia. A second disadvantage thev labor under 1- the im? mense unpopularity of their doctrine with the in? telligent portion ol colored persons The third is, their mobility 1 approaching the colored poopli so as to lay their claims libderstaiidmgly before them. The fouith is.

that two-thirds ol those who hare gone were ineih by glowing picture! of wealth and 1 prosperity, ai lien tliey air. -i I in Li eiia, they found many there who. from eiperienc were more capable securing tins promise I wealth, power I and honor than thev, who hai just landed. Phey found the entire trade sn the hands of monopolies, and their only nbance wee to peddle tor those who i were already estabbsbod It is, am mg some good triei.ds of Africa, a subject of wondi whv the aoai? 1 grants on their arrival do not betake themselves larnnng instead ot pe Idling ae they do, fur others. Parties Inne said to us, Whv don't ttiey do as our western fanners often have done, who have gone out into the woods nh hv dollars tor a commence? ment, and in the course of 1 fen jeers kave mulali handsome propertil Now, there is rio analogy ai Iber country, pso ple, or situat on in those two easea 4 men c.anjo into one of the Western States Wllh live dollars UI readj caih, orwith only a respectable character ss his capital and can get board with some of his neigh? bors on eredil promising them a perttontef hM 1 ropi when barvi sled for ike nay men) of his board, he can give cays' labor for all the assistance he may miuire, end even ti al lakeeupiesothan ball his time.

he will stui possei amount ot produoe equnl te nsH Ins labor, which woiiM he SXitlicient 10 keep nun, say nine ol the twelve ceedsng montki Thon bt the Winter bocanbusj himiell with the cloartag of more hind, the wood cut from wluoti would be marketable either as fire wood, timber, or ashes, end his time of recreation could he ipent in shooting of which finds a read market. In a word, tne farm? er here is surrounded by wealth and conveniences, where is the Llborinn farmer is sorroonded ny Igno? rance, poverty, and lise, we ask.canauy practical man wondi 1 at tne non-euItivatton of the African soil' It Is very easy for gentlemen fault? finders to say that this or thl one lacks energy, and hence their lei are but we beg to remind taw Hist energy without mcsni would be like an engine without steam and this makes Ihe fifth greetdissfe rantege the Colonizatwe leciety labors or wli. nan the means and BOOBS' ot returning to the 1 1. ted States in eonseojuonos of not being at Ie to rfem the ie of monopoly IB faci or si.ee? ed tarn mg urder so many dinabll be OnmmflBf i OBMBBtienof a I i manner of lib? bt, as reasons 'or his returning, and the con? sequence is thai tbouseradi who otherwise wo.nd bavogono, are di-co'iraged and frighteaeil out of their uodtlintthey hareossnpsn aWBgir od? fiurror- that a distorted brain is capable of creating and they then very naturally look open the whole scheme as a rile deeepttoegj intended tal tlx Ii paiti ular it I-to over onethess dissdvantageeBhatwetmy poet the Society w.uat least lend us it- iiiiluence, tor we rar OBJkBBt doubt tha' its object is our elevation and tin civilisation of Aim it thai is its o- will re lily second any praiiteaj tree t. that baa that and in VWW.

Anil as we hare show from the mistaken views ot that body, sell tne ability ef then emigrants, has resulted all ihr 1 iy now attached to the Uborieni for eulBV rating tbe soil And as the general cultivation of he soil is mspoeeibia under trie present circuiiisun ces. we baroorgai I for the purpoee o' cement ing that hrokea link the grand chain success W1 therefore intend the general promulgation ef our riewBthioughout tbe lei gtn and breadth of thai country, and the establishing of auxiliary assocbv on fur that purpose, putposs iking ual appeals to yon tosoMaiarsi in Ibis our auder takuig We fournd this as anappeal lor helptocom irience ith We urnose instantly sending to Libe? ria an agentfor the trnnsaeti it of our businsss, whs be a practical (armor and otherwise coeipe i'i for the -ii cr setul execution ol the iiistrucuons he will reo? ive from our Board of Directors. the aogotialins 1 r.n.?.- ef land, tne clearing culiirating ofthe same the building o' BB the reception ot grants on their arrival ia the eoontry. sei Be ngodncts of Use eiitivsisd l.ind will be appri i for emigrants IB SBkSBl on until their f.rs harvert, so as to ena de them 10 devoti iLemn rrscwtture We intend to the surplus rr. uu 's the farms for the ttiiar.ee of the Wi Ie and orphans ofdoi -ased ca Vraiits'when the the education the sri- and for ol purposes gen? erally.

We inten, ui-patching. as soo.i as we oh laia sufleieat funds, some ifty emigrants, who ehaw possess all the requisite staiu na for the building up of our lepetetioB its to BgrkeuJtnral We katimd. as far as try. end IBtaMtlhing a fr.endl? intercourse tke nativee of the mtartor, with a now to bryhaj th. intorinatir.il thus kwfrod before tlx peilic and a a nil resssrk tirrn.

tkiil etitertamaolrarsfora laShrhsi torv ras alt Wo have been organ Bed fMU weaka, and are now a BBBBeroue ind ineioastag Assoc ation bpsmorhenlfs, praetacnlrepresentatives ot the var.ot.s BMChankcnl br hes for the mccBosfnl rslnpenem ef the resources of ce.ui.try And as we said in the ttneiicr inent. we have not maife up our ondertnkentheptoaecuxkmol this eaterprsse wita Cue refer, r. 1 11 be i kLed upon to surmount Wi kavn.

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