The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-08-11

@'''''h Il" VT meet in this wo,k-aay
"ori1 with more heaui.ul instance ~
heneHcenrc ans! humanity than the m. 70,
corded III the following paragraph from !.
Scottish journal:
he island OF IONA is small and very
rocky SPOT oi land living between ,l, lsls "a
H''v ami the MAN land of Anrerross anil !.
well known To mariners G.r The rp,,.a .,..,
dangerous nature of lis coa..s Tb..r
nous riaf" OF refuge at its north we-,,.rn %,
"rihi'v' called ih'. Alurh!e lIarbor.' Of x.rv
"ii'i' .uff a'.rrS>. h""rH"r, which. s,rance :,
say Is easier entered ct Light than dur;ur
the 'iay. s
~ the extremity "i this hvrcrborean sol.
fnh" Is the residence @. a noor w;,,o,.
whose lonely cottage is called The LIB,
if''Sc. from the .art that She p,,or,,,,,.
hcrG's lamp burning in her little window =,
night hE keeping This light. and the On.
'i''i'' ol thr !lar'"r oi'cn, 4 strange vessel
may enter with h greatest safety.
'Dniiny the silent watches of tbe n;cb.
me wliow my tee seen. like Norma Of tho
fn!nl il'a l. trimming her little lam, w;,h
OIL f'arin. that >niiie trail lalk NAV p.r;sh
'h:"nch her ncclc-t; and iri this sII. r,.re;..
= ~ "'''''"r "t remuneration. Ii is pure
ana "n'nin"led iilanthrophv The poor
woman I'm Ines. does not rest even b,.ne
i"r >ii'' i unhappy until the tenumted ami
sht'rih1 mariner r"nics a,hcre 10 share her
l't'r board. and recruit hi,.st,i at her olor-
IN" tire and She can seldom be PREVAILED
upon 10 accept ahy reward. She h.. s,x-,l
more lives than any light hor,Se On the roa.,.
ana thousands of pounds to the under.~r;'
frrS IhiS poor creature. in her yop,,.r
1avS witnessed her husband struggling vi,h
Ia" wa'">. ana swallowed up by the rcmor,e-
less ii.Iow:
sav-.' ''' '"sed 10
'7t.'i'''i have we read a more yivi,I ,c-
'"'''' III 'hr a"rr>>orirs of niphf-b.t,,c
'nan may hr found IN THIS passage from op,.
"' me letters OF correspondent Of on. NJ
me i."nacn daily lorrnals. in the camp be-
'ore >rhaStorcl For the last hour' Gt !.
now Quarter to eleven O'Clock a, n;.bt
furious fl"ht has been raging all alonc o,r
front. To person ,tandip,, :, f-,n, IS ~.
r"urfh DIVISION. The whole Of the Huss;.u
,'"'s are revealed IN successive cIim,ses hv
'"r>t> OF red II 'nle. and bright star-i,ke a,st.
Is Oh n'i,krirv. twinAiing all over the hlark
eNfin>e h'fwcen r> and tn. town. fur tbr.a
U: I"ar miles IN length. show that a f;,r,c
contest l. gong on before the trenches of m.
Aiihs Shells. each marked with a ,l;s,;n,t-
I'VE point OF fire whore the fuse is burn;p,
describe their terrible curves IN the air ,rJ
seem TO mincle with the stars: and 6.rv
with long tails Of dropping sparks.
ruSh IKE comets through the air, Abore
al the pale crescent; moon is shining from a
deep blue sky. covered with the constellation
Oh heaVen lh: roar of the cannon. the
Kissing OF the Shells and intermittent prowt
of the muskeiry. the wild scream of the ro.k-
et, and the whizzing Of The round shot, form
a horrid concert \ trr.yle thinu i> W.,i
= CrE"nT Mr>--We love upright man.
Pull them this way and the other, and tbev
only bend, but never break. Trip them down.
and IN a tree they are on their feet asain.-
Bury them in the mud. and in an hour tbev
would be on' and lr-i.ht. You cannot kerr
hem down-you cannot destroy them. They
ire the salt oi the earth. Who but they s,ars
my noble project: They build our ri,i.s.
'hit'n the n':can with their sails. and L.ck-
n the heaven, with the smoke of Their carx
.""k II them youn. O. AID Sas, h IN. sn,rk
I ;hc.. snSrcv.