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N E W E N G L -A N D F A R M E R , 



JUNE 5, 1839. 



MISCbLLANEOUS 



MRS. JUDSON. 



A British officer, Major Calder Campbell, de- 

 flcribiiig an "adventure in Ava," in tao year 1820, 

 gives a beautiful and affecting description of Mrs 

 Judson, the wife of the celebrated missionary in 

 the East Indies. Major Campbell, then a lieuten- 

 ant, when descending tlie Irawaddi river, in a ca- 

 noe manned by Btirmans, was attacked in the night 

 while asleep, by his faithless boatmen, and severe- 

 ly wounded and robbed. When waiting op the 

 beach with much an.viety and distress for the pas- 

 sage of some friendly bark, a row-boat was seen 

 approaching. Signals of distress were made, and 

 a skiff sent to his assistance. The following is the 

 language of the writer: — 



" We were taken on board. My eyes first rest- 

 ed on the thin attenuated form of a lady — a whitf. 

 lady 1 the first white woman I had seen for more 

 than a year ! she was standing on the little deck of 

 the ro'v boat, leaning on the arm of a sickly hook- 

 ing gentleman, with an intellectual cast of counte- 

 nance — in whom I at once recognised the husband 

 or tij^ brother. 



His dress and bearing pointed him out as a niis- 

 aionary. I have said that I had nut beheld a white 

 female for many days ; and now the soothing ac- 

 cents of female words fell upon my ears, like a 

 household hymn of my youth. My wound was 

 tenderly dressed, my head bound up, and I was 

 laid upon a sofa bed. With what a thankful heart 

 did I breathe forth a blessing on these kind Samar- 

 itans ! with what delight did I drink in the mild, 

 gentle sounds of that ?»veet woman's voice, as she 

 pressed me to recruit niy strength with some of 

 that 'beverage which' cheers but not inebriates !' 

 She was seated in a large sort of swinging chair, 

 of American construction, in which her slight, 

 emaciated, but graceful form, appeared almost 

 ethereal. Yet with much of heaven, there wore 

 still the breathings of earthly feelings about her, 

 for at her feet rested a babe, a little, wan baby, on 

 which her eyca often turned with all a mother's 

 love; and gazing frequently upon her delicate fea- 

 tures, with a fond yet fearful glance, was that 

 meek, missionary, her husband ! Her face was pale, 

 very pale ; with that expression of deep and seri- 

 ous thought which speaks of the strong and vigor- 

 ous mind wi-thin the frail and perishing body ; her 

 brown hair was braided over a placid and holy 

 brow, — but her hands — those small, lily hands, 

 were quite beautiful ; beautiful they were, and very 

 wan; for ah ! they told of disease — of death — 

 death in all its transparent grace — when the sickly 

 blood shines through the clear skin, even as the 

 bright poison lights up the Venetian glass which 

 is about to shatter 1 That lady was Mrs Judson. 

 whose long captivity and severe hardships amongst 

 the Burmese, have since been detailed in her pub- 

 lished journals. 



I remained two dtiys with them ; two delightful 

 days they were to me. IMrs Judsnn's powers of 

 conversati<Jn were of the first order, and the many 

 affecting anecdotes that she gave us of their lontr 

 and cruel bondage — their struggles in the cause of 

 religion — and their adventures durintr a lono- resi- 

 dence at the court of Ava, gained a heightened in- 

 terest from the benntiful energetic simplicity of her 

 language, as well as from the certainty I felt that 

 so fragile a flower, as she in very truth was, had 

 but a brief season to linger on earth ! Why is it 



that we grieve to tliink of the approaching death of , 

 the young, the virtuous, the rei/rfi/? Alas! it is 

 selfishness of human nature that would keep to it- 

 self the purest and sweetest gifts of heaven, to en- 

 counter the blasts and the blights of a world where 

 we see them, rather than that they should be trans- 

 planted to a happier region, where we sek them 

 NCI ! 



When I left the kind Judson's 1 did so with re- 

 gret. — When I looked rny last on her mild worn 

 countenance, as she issued some instructions to my 

 new set of boatmen, I felt my eyes till with pro- 

 phetic tears. 'I hey were not perceived ; we part- 

 ed, and we never met again; nor is it likely that 

 the wounded subaltern was ever again thought of 

 by those who had succoured him. Mrs Judson, 

 and her child, died soon after the cessation of hos- 

 tilities." 



Sem!>ole anecdote. — The intrepid bravery 

 and tender affections of one of these Indians are 

 strikingly verified in the following anecdote. Hav- 

 ing taken refuge for some time in the city of San 

 Augustine, and got the name of Peter, he moved 

 his residence to St. Anastasia's Island, which makes 

 the harbor of the city, employed as a hunter by Mr 

 Fish, an English gentleman, who owned that Island, 

 and who gave it celebrity by the culture of the 

 sweet orange. Peter being absent, a party of his 

 eneniirs crossed the river, surprised his habitation, 

 and murdered his wife and two children. On his 

 return he did not hesitate a moment on the course 

 to pursue ; he fastened up his house containing the 

 dead, repaired to Mr Fish's dwelling, near by, to 

 borrow a gun that Mr Fish had made with a large 

 bore, expressly for shooting ducks in large flocks. 

 In this Peter put an uncommon load of buck shot, 

 and getting into his canoe, proceeded up the river 

 all alone, about six miles, to a creek on the main, 

 as though instinct had pointed to him the way they 

 went. He ascended the creek, when a distant 

 smoke, curling above the forest, apprised him of 

 an Indian camp. 



He landed, and, taking his course through the 

 woods of a hostile country,, discovered four Indians 

 sitting on a log, side by side, and a fifth near by 

 employed in cooking; he circled round so as to 

 bring the four in range, crept up close, fired, threw 

 down his gun and rushed up with his tomahawk. 

 The report, the fall of four Indians, and Peter's 

 presence, armed with such a weapon, were so sud- 

 den and impressive, that the one who was cooking 

 neither attempted defence nor fight, but became an 

 easy prey to vengence. By this time he found 

 that one of the fallen was but wounded,' and was 

 endeavoring to reach his arms ; but Peter had the 

 advantage in being already armed. On searching, 

 ho found the scalps of his wife and children 

 stretched out to dry, which he brought of!', with 

 several articles of property they had stolen, some 

 of their arms, and the scalps of the five Indians he 

 had killed, tne greatest of all trophies, in his con- 

 ce| tion ; returned home and buried his wit'e and 

 children the same evening, and literally pined to 

 death over their grave. This anecdote I had from 

 Mr Pish, who pointed out to me poor Petsr's grave. 

 — Si. Jlii<;ii3tine Herald. 



NATURE. 



FROM TINTERN ABBEY. 



For I have learned 

 To look on nature, not as in the hour 

 Of iboughtless youth, hut hearing oftentimes 

 The still, sad music of humanity, 

 Nor barsh nor gratins;, though of ample power 

 To chasten and sul.due. And 1 have felt 

 A presence that dislurlis me with the joy 

 Of elevated thoughts; a sense suhlimc 

 Of something far more deeply interfused, 

 Whose dwelling is the liglit of setting suns, 

 And the round ocean and the living air, 

 And the hlue sky, and in the mind of man : 

 A motion and a spirit, that impels 

 All thinking things, all objects of all thought, 

 And rolls through all things. Therefore, am I still 

 A lover of the meadows and the woods, 

 And mountains; and of all that we behold 

 From this green earth; of all the mighty world 

 Of eye and ear, both what they half create, 

 And what perceive; well pleased to recognise 

 In nature and the language of the sense, 

 The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse, 

 The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul 

 Of all my mortal being. 



Wordstnortlu 



BONE niAKURE. 



The subscriber informs his friends and the public, that, 

 alter ten years experience, he is fully convinced thai ground 

 hones lorm the most powerful slimulaol.lhal can be applied 

 to the earth as a manure. 



He keeps constantly on hand a supply of Ground Bone, 

 and solicits the patronage of the agricultural community. 

 Pr-ce at the Mill 35 cents per bushel ; pul up in casks and de- 

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 charge for casks or carting. 



Also, ground Oyster Shells. 



Orders left at the Bone Mill, near Tremont road, in Rox- 

 bury, at the New England Agricultural Warehouse and 

 Seed Store, No 52 North Alarkel Street, or through the Post 

 Ofiice will receive prompt attention. 



JIarch 27. NAIIUM WARD. 



FOR NEAV YORK. 



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 THURSDAYS, at 44 o'clock, P M, 



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June 5. 



BRUSSA l>IULIiERRT\ 



A fresh lot of ffenuhie Brussa Mulberry Seed just received 

 at the New Ensland Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store, 

 Nos. SI and 52 North M^irket Street This species of Mul- 

 berry flourishes best in high and even poor lands, and is 

 more likely to endure the rigors of our severe winetrs and 

 not so subject 10 the effect ol the frost, as trees brought from 

 more southern latiiiides, or warmer climes. 



The leaves ol the Morus alba of Brussa, are said to ci.. 

 tain a much greater quantity of saccharine matter, ihan anv 

 other of the white species, and moreover, the lca(^ is much 

 larger than those of Italy and Spain ; it is also a hardy tree, 

 susceptible of being raised in climates, where the frosts are 

 severe. 



At the annual fair of the American Institute, at New 

 York, in October last, specimens of the leaves of the Brussa 

 tree, of different yeais' giowth, were e.-shibiled, and ctciled 

 universal approbation, and the Institute awarded a silver 

 medai for ihe introduction of this invaluable tree, observing 

 in the report of the committee, " that these with every new 

 and useful plant, calculated to withstand the rigors of our 

 climate, are worthy of atlention, and those introducing them 

 into our country, deserve to be placed on the catalogue of 

 our countrv's benefactors." 

 Way 22. 



Co.Nsor.ATio>'. — " Father," said a sporting youth 

 to his revered parent, "they say trout will bite now," 

 " Well, well," was the consoling reply, "mind your 

 work, then, and you'll be sure they won't bite you." 



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