Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-08-23

here VIII hight AMI easy no'loi',
The fan coral sweeps through the clear deep sea;
And the yellow and scarlet TUFTS OF ocean,
Are bending ike on the upland les
Aud lilies, III rare and beautiful forms,
Is sporting amid these bowers OF stone,
And is safe, when the wrAthfu spirit OF storms
Has made the top of thcwavcs his own:
And when the ship from his fury flies,
Where the myriads voices Of ocean roar,
When the wind god frownsin the murky skies,
Aud demons waiting the wreck on shore;
Then lar beIowin the peaceful sea,
The purple mullet, and goldfish rove,
Where the waters nlrnnr trnlWiy,
Through the bending twigs OF the coral grove.
We have the pleasure Of communicating the
following fact, extracted from letter which we
have had the opportunity Of perusing written
by lady who was so intre pid as 10 descend 10
The roots OF the ocean, where
"The purple muet and goldfish rove,
'Where the waters murnur tranqnllv,
Through the bending twiSs of the coral grove"
'WelI--we have r, ally been to the dominions
Of old Neptune, AMI sought cheelful!y, but
yainly, for Triton, anh called on the spirits Of
,he deep, but they did not come when It'd call
for them. penciiled, in the depths of the sea,
a short episte 70 Yourself, as promised, which
IS enclosed for your Inspection The sensa'
ton in our descent was not unpleasant, except
Ing he extreme heat. II was like breathing
from faYaacc; bat when we found ourselves
fairly al the depths Of the ocean, the sensations
were, assure you, worth feeling. We tairied
out short time, as nobody seemed prepared TO
see US, and the fishes elided timidlv away; leav-
ing ony a greet shining flcund,r lying iazily on
sine deep, unlrampicd floor 10 receive our
compliments. The waters were still as II they
bad nsI cr waked from their first sleep. ~ the
surface there was good deal Of agitation OF
the voters; bat below, they seemed 10 lie IN
eternal tranQu ity, "a ii IN rrbuke the Uny, Gu
rious, earlb born ones who had venlured down
10 disturb their Silent ;cpose. As We rose To
the surface, The sound of the chorus above,
came like tar off music on our ears; and the
deep. harsh tones Of 'n-'0dy IN he BeH geo,
| ciee,iig,' CAVE more and more distinctly upon
our ears, until we were If eA from out The wa
tiers; when The rarihrd ur gushed gu, like I
thick vaponr, and we reached upper md purer
ar, in perfect safety,
= rhe much treasure moroccan is, an afft ctionate
greeting kiDsman, pcnc He'd and dated forty feet
under the surface OF the sea-
TIE EI3ccy Forget me no! Mills, in his work
upon hlyalrv, mentions that the beautiful Iitlr
flower called Forge t-me-uot was known in Eng
land as early as the time Of Edward ". and in
Il
in exploitation Of the came:
"Two lovers we've lettering along the margin Of
lake, on fine summer evening, when he maid
en- discovered some flowers Of the Miosoris
growing on The water close to the bank Of an isl
ana, at some distance from he shore. She ex-
pressed desire 10 poss SIS them, when her
knight in the true spirit o! chivalrv, plunged in
TO the wstpr and swimming 10 the spot, crop
ped the wished for plant; hn' bis strength was
W able TO iulhl the object oi his achievement;
and feeling that he could not regain ;he shore,
al,ho' very near H. he threw the flowers upon the
Bank, and, casting a last afrc tionate look upon
his lady love, he said, forget me not," and was
buried in the water"
No Singing no Preaeh'ns.-A singular occur
re nee took place in the parish Church OF Trng,
in Hertfordshre, on Sunday moring last. The
Clergyman having given some offence to the
musical persons who usually form the choir,
that important part of country church, called
the staging gallery, was Iel, wholly cnoccnpied,
AID the ct rk in vain announced the psalm with
I" Let us sing to the praise, &c" IN his most
in hing way--Do one answered the imitation;
and the silence renamed unbroken by single
voice for the space Of al least ten minutes, the
congregation in the meanwhile s:srlng at each
o,htr in stupid engagement. At length the clerk
rose, and read from written paper, a" that he
was desired 10 give notCo II was not the inte"-
ZION of The minister to preach sermon until
The congregation sung a psalm" Again uni
>ersal silence rtigned, except only where good
naturcd Old gentleman was seen skipping from
pew 10 pew, using his utmost powers OF per-
,uasion TO induce some one Of his nfighbors to
commence she save but all being inefiectu.
al, the clerk, ahcr aHo'her space Of i've or six
minutes. again rose and said, he was desired
~ give notice that there would be no sermon.
The Congregation thus uncetemonousiy dis
Kissed, left ihe church, without The usual bless
ing, or any other formal close to Divine Wor-
ship.
Cn,riqges-A new carriage has been invent
I'd at Paris, which is exceedingly difficult 10
over,urn, When any one of the wheels meets
with an obstacle, it is raised up by itself, and
ne body of the carriage remains firmly on The
three remaining wheels. The inventor, whose