The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-03

strsrge tina. bis career saonli have been suie].
Much at passes for vir'ue Il but the abseoce Of
Of funsn guilt. At his tribunal all these warriors
Who 6eluPed Euro 70 In blood have appeared From
bis lips they have received that iehteous judgment
from which there can be no appeal.
Whatever may be thought of Abbott's view Of
Napoleon's character and conduct, il is impos-
sible to doubt that his narration will obtain
wide popularity. 1t is one of the most attrac-
tive features of the magazine.
We can hardly appre ciate the motive which
induced the insertion Of few advance sheets
Of the English translation of Lamartine's Dis
tiDguished Characters. Descriptions Of the bat
ties of the Nile and Trafalgar are to be foand
in every library and NJ. de Lamartine has not
carried into this new work the spirit and origi-
Daliiy which constitutes the charm Of the His
tory Of The Grondists. The article would suit
Fraser or Blackwood better than Harper.
Several pieces Of fiction, as usual, fill large
share OF lhe nnmber. Among these the longest
is q sketch OF an imaginary discovery of the
Northwest passage by lunatic; who while he
faDcies himself the rightful owner of Captain
McCure's laurels, and calls himself the Khan
of Tartary displays knowledge Of longtudes
and latitudes highly creditaole to the inmate
Of an asy lum We extract the following from
his adventures, after the loss Of his ship, and
when he and his companions had built them
selves snow cabin on the ice =
On 1be Goth of June, IS Lave said, W were sea.
e9 IL cur but, arranging cur d1ties for the next cay
TIE weather bad h-en very mi of late, ana t0e
snow was melting rapidly. THIS evening tie ther'
nomefer rsDged at various periods fsom plus 80
0egs. tc So degs. About piae o'clock il commenced
blowing Taher freshly, but the sky was clear.
mt out qyself shortly aite-, and found thu WIND
rising AT mdDighd IL increased 70 bur 1cane
The ky wona have been still perfectly clear, w-re
II not Tor few scattered clouis driven madly atn
wart IT. How the wind sbrieked that night as it
caee,ed WILDLY over the vast area of frozen ~aters
: how it burst ever aud alcn into our recess, and
sept round the bay, bowling for escape T1en
away 3gail-heaviDg up large masses Of ice in its
fury ZEE king some object Tor destruction! The very
hills al ound were Ire milling to their base. Hars
Louder than the roar Of thunder was that crash
the sea is loosened from its thraldomts waves rise
up-huee ic.bergs are bui led one against the other.
Our ship! Our chip. Now perched ueon tie sum-
NIT OF rocking berg, she is to reel and stagger
TO and fr.-tbe disappearslost to Us for ever. Our
ship Our ship! Where are our hopes now?
cannot describe the scene-a midnight scene be
meath the glare Of meridian sun-a sight seldom
witnessed before by man--which the most vivid ina
giDailon conli not paint Like feathers blown hther
al tbither by tie wind those mountains of ice were
tossed upon The augiy waves. Ocean bursting open
its rison. doors, esuming its power-ocean trium
plant. Our small & mpany standiog aghast--awe-
ssruck-bumb ed-crusaec.
No, not cIusl Cd; for We were nervsd by despair.
Hope had lot altogether left us. We had our boats
tt ere wal yet .hance Of reaching the American
coast. We worked day and right theoretically, ar
ged the la ger one--a whaling-boat-and waited
impatieDty for the ice to clear away. It drfed in
large fields for three weeks after the storm To put
to sea during this time would have insured our de-
stIuctn.
At last, on the I'd of August, Sucrn by
was comparatively clear, and we resoysi 10
launch our whaiI 6 boat. Having stoved on
board as large quantity Of provisions IS it could
conveniently bold, we embarked at one P, NJ, with
the wind N f. BY E., and hosting our solitary SAL,
bade acieu forever to the spot which had sheltered
US during ten long dIeary months.
We ccasted along the shore, now free from ice,
and by eight p. NJ. reached its southern extremity
The pIeciptous peak of which l have already
spoken. The wind there siackeDcd, and we made
but little way during the night, plying at times the
oar. Expecting TO reach the opposite shore by the
third cay at fur hest We steered as poss BILE
for that point Of lard which the skipper aud 7 had
ipcistncti. seer from the summit OF the Cape-our
course being s. W. ).
twas tie evening of cur second Day out. The
Thermometer ma ksd five degrees belo the fire. zing
poll 1.-THE mercury having fallen several deg rees
during the Previous hour. These Sudden c lauges
OF e7ipt ture, as IL well hno 1D, quite common
L
sere in tie vicinity of ice, but the atelos hare
was iLi:B and fegey, we were unable to ascertain
~psiDeI this vas or was not the case. The sea
keaever, va, calm, and imagining ourselves near
u lard, we DID rot anticipate any danger
Neaiie1 as vas, street he'd myself on some seal
skns in the Bow OF the boat and tbe1s soon for
feccllec'icns OF The past and fears for the future.
slept; snd in my sleep taere rose up before me vi
sloD 80 sterling in its sembaDce of reality, that
though yeas OF excitement and ceres, and troubles
have passed nway since then, il lives in my memory
sill, and must tive there forever. dreamet that I
baa escaped from thu 90 ice bound -ego and after
much peril and difficulty bas arrive. near she
spot whsrc cnce had stood my home. How changed
II was! | thought THAT rhc mountains were all
swe! srsJ, IN the vail ys tillcJ up and stretched
ont before me was wide extended plain, covered
Wild SNOW. Fsr away in the GistUu CO rose gigal
tic rock Of g ante. It seemed Of Marvellous SIZE,
Tor II tOwei I'd up 20 the very heavens. Ard while
locked ana " o. deIed, II begcp 10 tremDle, anu
then 70 rock TO and fro, as though shaken by some
supc'bSfursi Tower. Presently IL heaved cpnvll.
siveiy AID saw that II moving toward me II
c0ms slowly en-crusnipg all in It's oath. Nan ana
teasf, cD,mste aid inaBima,e nature were alike
l.v H.a before il. Its epeod increased IL rolled
along. | stood there koJIiiie -awe-struck-wi.
ntseipe ibis am inatinc aud my st ,rious power
0f---oi-op IL cane-fas7er and fasyer-attcvery n
voln'iel shaking the earth. IL seemed 70 FL: all
space.-fo q at there was Dot chance of escape.
VAS roStd 70 7 spot, n,ssbe 20 stir. See! Crush
"a pssNeath its weight nouses-vill.gss cities
io,he 3 arouud wildly--Do aid wac nigh. crouch
I'd Gown, az Lid my face bc.we-n m hands 10 au
agoN % terror. Again liooke- up Onward, still
on@ard rolled that huge rasss-the Eun p,ss now on
lie ridgc-po@ hidden behicd it-nearer and aaarer
II can e--enyelo' I'd in its shadow, it was almcst
touching me-. Oh, rsr y ! shrieEes3--and Yok >!
Cos2s,ing Gown IN TIE bottom of the boaC w.rs
my ca.nrarpobs; some on taeir k1ees, oilers heJ.
le-srs'h fear. looked r1rod instue,iyeiy To- the
cause, GIs 81 God save usssow Loadlipg through
The eersr mrt--oD eit1er e,fs !, and -1ot a dozen
ysrss apsIt--~eYe1so s,gso dous icAoeras irG wn
together ty IN irresistible attrnctiop | rad o,ils
tine 20 thu an in.t.ntsrSsls prayer when The
c"shse n. almost felt tns grrre ing eogetner o!
th">ct 80 mountain ., ice-tse iea'iz ..on of rry
"leao. hoard 9th painful ds-in 'ness tn slrisks
Ct u. eoup,riois arc then IN the wa,ss.
shlvttiJg gasp'eP In its old d-tos. st,nggl d ior
bit-rte ~ tnp--clu,ched s,Ji iesps Fatey %
= aTg4 G,e, 81 ,mbee3 up ia rugged eu .acc and
thee foEnd myself Jet sivn, cDly {, reg e. that
~ rot,Gitd WITH my frien
Hog :" accent 'or 10y mi: scnleus escape know
no, u, lees IL h. tbs, tie beats tov, Ia which |
was slee isg projected snt ~ ste ssern alone " 20