The North-Carolina standard., 1843-11-08

islands were seen beds of flowers of every shape
and hue, and birds of kyery variety of plumage
Finally, we reached the banks, and after climbing
to the height of some twenty or thirty feet over
the sand hills, on the SUBMITS of which we could
occasionally see an old fisherman summing his
ague of, we found the broad and mighty Atlantic
stretched out before our admiring eyes, while its
bowling waves lashed the shores, as if impatient
of their restraint; now and then fresh instance
of the power and ingenuity of man would pre-
sent itself in the form Of some huge ship, riding
|triumphantly over the boisterous deep, and bear
ing the produce of other climes to our sun
ny South. After the subsidng of the first feel
ings of awe, which the grandeur of the scene had
awakened, we amused ourselves in gathering
variety of plants, flowers, Shells bones and insects
which were no less wonderful in their structure and
coloring than anything else we had that day seen.
And now, my dear reader, do you suppose, for
single moment that. the admiration of all these
beauties was confined to the masculine gender
If you do, permit me to tell you that you are
very ungalant reader Who was it that pointed
out that beautiful SHE'LL and that pretty boquet OF
flowers, if not the beWltching and beautiful-but
never mind that, now-suffice it to say that our
happiness would have been misery, had we not
been blessed with the presence of the fair.
$50 where you may-to regions drear,
/ Where icy mountains rise;
Ortread Sahara's burning waste,
O'er which the Siroc flies;
Still woman's love and lOveliness,
Will temper every cline,
And leave for mans ungratetul heart,
No reason to repine.
! As the novelty of shell-6nding began to wear
off, we arrived at the conclusion that our sport
was of rather too dry nature, and accordingly
| betook ourselves to the more pleasing employment
of watering the fair roses and lilies that stood a
round u.s. Now, as they were endowed with the
| IF QlttlcultV
treating them TO a most exquisite ducking: not
withstanding the quantity Of silk, satin, muslin
&C. with which they were enveloped. AS the de-
lighful sensation of ducking in salt water Is mol
| to be described by my pen, will leave your I'M
agination to fill up the picture
| But the most remarkable circumstance that oc'
Cured and the one that excited the deepest inter
est, during our soiourn the banks. is yet to be
recorded 1t was the finding by a young gentle
man of our party in the presence OF several, OF q
sinoularlv white and beautiful SHE'LL on which
were inscribed, in plain and legiblc characters
these lines
| 'sStop, Oh! traveller, and think on me
| Just as l am you soon shall be
| I've braVed the Oceans briny wave,
! Now, on its shores. find my grave
| To-day may end your 1ceting breath
| Prepare, o man! prepare for death =!
How this shell came here, OF by what hanC
those lines were written is matter of speculation
1t has been suggested that some illstarred passcn
ger of the doomed Pulaski, n part of which we
saw on the coast,) in the last agonies of expiring
nature, and far away from all tha! he held sacrec
and dear TO him. traced with trembling hand ano
aching heart, these last sad lines, and then gave
up his spirit TO its Creator.
| But | will dwell no longer on this melancholy
part of my story; rather let me turn to the bright
er side Of my picture, and say to our friends II
Onslow that we will never forget the kindness
hospitality and attention which they extended tt
us, but will cherish the remembrance of it with
our latest breath
" you may break-you may ruin the vase If you Will
| But the scent of the will hang round 1t STILL
| JOHANNES.