| 1134 were prevented by the proximity of a British cruiser, from which they narrowly escaped.-The Pons was put under the charge of Lieut. Cogdell, and was 14 days in getting up to Monrovia, during which time about 150 of the poor wretches died-some of them jumping overboard in a fit of desperation-and on her arrival at Monrovia, several of the slaves were in a dying state, and many were so emaciated that their skin literally cleaved to their bones, and the stench of the crowded hold was almost suffocating. The recaptured slaves were landed at Monrovia, and measures were adopted for taking care of them, by the United States Agent for liberated Africans-300 of them by the Methodist Mission establishment there, who have issued a Circular, appealing to the Christian public for aid, The Pons had sailed for the United States, (supposed for Philadelphia,) under charge of Lieutenant Cogdell. A letter from one of the Methodist Missionaries gives a horrid account of the sufferings of the slaves, and says it is utterly impossible for language to convey an appropriate idea of the horrors of their situation-the living and the dying were huddled together with less care than is bestowed upon the brute creation-the thermometer at 100 to 120 in the hold. Most of the slaves were in a state of nudity, and many had worn their skin through, producing putrid ulcers, which fed swarms of flies."
JEWISH COLONIZATION.-The present extraordinary agitation among the Jews, with the reference to a return to the land of their fathers, cannot but be regarded with interest by the Christian community-especially by those who believe in their literal restoration to the Holy Land:
"At a meeting of gentlemen feeling deeply interested in the welfare of the Jewish people, recently held in London," says the London Watchman, "it was resolved, that a society be formed, under the title of the 'British and Foreign Society for promoting Colonization of the Holy Land.' The Society is to be rastricted [restricted] to the making of all necessary preparations to facilitate the realization of the gradual colonization of Palestine, and the present protection and promotion of the civil and religious rights and liberties of the Jewish people in every part of the world; the committee to consist alike of Jews and Christians, Englishmen and Foreigners. The co-operation of politicians and good men, of every sect, country and rank, is invited, it being a fundamental rule of the Society, that it shall be entirely silent and neutral as to every point of religious controversy."
DREADFUL EFFECTS OF THE STORM.-The Norfolk Courier, of the afternoon of the 7th ult. says:-
"We learn that a very respectable resident of the vicinity of Nott's Island, (Currituck county,) N. C., arrived in our city this morning, who state that the effects of the late storm were most awfully experienced on that part of the coast. He says, that fifty families were drowned on Nott's Island, and one thousand head of cattle destroyed. The wild fowl suffered most severely-wild geese might be taken in almost any quantity-some killed, others so much crippled as to be easily seized, being unable to escape."
THE CHURCHES AND POLITICS.-The N. York Evangelist has come out in favor of leaving the Oregon controversy to arbitration, and abuses the administration with more than Whig rancor and bitterness for declining the offer of the British Government. It thinks the time has come when the Christian Churches should act in the matter, and unite their influence to put down the administration of Mr. Polk. All we have to say, is, that if the "Churches" show no more moderation, good sense, and Christian spirit than the reverend editor of the Evangelist, they will put themselves down instead of the administration, and make themselves the laughing stock of all reasonable men.-Barre (Mass.) Gaz.)
POETRY.
SONG OF LIFE.
What say the woods when soft winds sigh The thrush and linnet in the thorn,
Their gentle evening lullaby, Raising their voice to meet the morn;
When every leaf on every spray The skylark, as he shakes the dew
Catches the zephyrs as they stray; From off his wings, and flies from view,
What is their language, poet, say? To sing his lays in ether blue-
They sing of life; All sing of life;
They sing of life. All sing of life,
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