she made a hasty sign to the stranger, which seemed to say "there is yet hope." It was near day-break-that is to say, about four o'clock, for it was in the month of May-ere the construction was completed; and the mason having been delivered to the care of Louis, the comte and cointesse retired to rest. The next morning on rising, the comte seized his hat, and making a step towards the door, said with the utmost appearance of indifference, be must go to the mayoralty for a passport. Then suddenly turning back, as his eye chanced to rest upon the crucifix, he took it from the chimney place, and as he did so a thrill of satisfaction passed through the bosom of the comtesse. "He is going to Duvivier's," she thought, "and will be the longer absent." Scarcely had he left the apartment when she rang the bell violently to summon Rosalie, and in a voice that was rendered tearful by excess of agitation, cried, "To work! to work!" Then frantically seizing an iron bar which Rosalie by her direction brought for the purpose, commenced demolishing the yet undried work of Philippe. Desperate were her efforts, in the hopes of being able to repair the destruction of the walled up doorway, before the dreaded return ot the comte. Despair lent her energy, and a voice within, which penetrated to her sharpened and nervous ear, alone encouraged her to proceed. Already a part of the brick work had yielded, and she was in the act of applying a yet more vigorous blow for the removal of the remaining impediments, when the comte, pale and menacing, stood before her. She shrieked not, spoke not, but fell insensible on the floor. "Place your lady on the bed," M. de. Merset coldly said. The truth was, he had foreseen the probable result of his absence; and had accordingly laid a snare into which his wretched wife had but too surely fallen. He had written to the mayor, and sent to Duvivier, who had arrived just as the countess's apartment was again restored to order, and herself recovered from her swoon. "Duvivier," said the comte, addressing the unconscious jeweller, "did you receive this crucifix from any of the Spanish officers who passed through the town as prisoners of war, on their way to the frontier, a short time since ?" "I did not, monsieur, nor have I ever seen it before," was the reply. "Enough-I thank you," rejoined the comte, calmly restoring the relic to its former place; then as the jeweller left the room, he desired Louis to see that his repasts were served regularly in the apartment of the comtesse, "who is too ill," continued he, "for me to think of leaving her until her health is in some degree re-established." And for fifteen days did the comte de Merset continue to keep watch over her. During the first six a noise was from time to time heard in that closed-up cabinet, which struck terror to the soul of the guilty woman, and horror and despair crept through her veins; but when she would have thrown herselt at his feet, to implore for mercy on herself and the stranger that was dying there, without allowing her to give utterance to the agonized prayer which rose to her parched lips, with a fierce and cruel emphasis he checked her, saying "You have sworn, on THAT Crucifix, there is NO ONE there!" THE BELL In youth it jingles us on to school, From the Knickerbocker for September. Through the wood, in evening's shadow, straying Fades the skiey rose, that over mountain, Darkness veils me round, and voices gliding To yon purer day's eternal shine. There await thee all thy heart has cherished- 11, O! that I lay on yonder mountain, In shade of rock, by gushing fountain, The cloud and storm might swell below me, Still waves of light should overflow me, And peace, unbroken peace, for ever And thought serene and calm, be never And blush of dawn and rose of even, My heart should fill Oft with the loveliness of heaven, So bright and still. O! had I but the eagle's pinion, Thither I'd soar, And there possess my sole dominion, Till lite be o'er. And they say to me kindlys 'O! hasten awayNo longer in dreamy oblivion stay Young life with its bliss is before thee, And heaven is o'er thee. O'er valley and mountain, in beauty and light, The world stretches onward, so dewy and bright The roses are budding beside thee What joy shall betide thee! The day has awakened so fresh and so fair; I hear ye-I hear ye-I will not delay, THOMAS'S VIADUCT-INCLINED PLANE OF MORRIS CANAL-A SKETCH. THOMAS'S VIADUCT. This beautiful piece of architecture was built by the Baltimore and Washington Washi Rail-road Company, to convey across the Putapsco river, a branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road to Washington. Its location is immediately at the head of tide water, about seven miles from Baltimore, and in fuil view of the flourishing village of Elk Ridge. It affords a very fine prospect for the traveller, as the adjacent scenery is highly picturesque and romantic. This work is said to be one of the most permanent structures in the United States. Its foundation is upon a solid rock, und it is composed of very large blocks of granite, laid regular courses, from bottom to top, the material Leing obtained from the very extensive and valuable granite quarries in the neighbourhood. The Viaduct was designed by Benjamin H. Latrobe, Esq. civil engineer; and the work upon it was commenced by John McCartney, Esq. contractor, on the 17th of September, 1833, and finished May 1st, 1835. The whole length of the bridge and wing walls, is 704 feet-arches 58 feet 4 inches span, chord line 35 feel, key-stone 60 feet, and broadway 66 from the surface of the water. The plan of the bridge is a curve of 1273 feet radius, of which the arches are chords. The piers, at chord line, are 10 feet thick, and at the water line, 15 feer. The whole contains about twenSousand perches of masonry, and the cost was one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. It is named after the president of the company. INCLINED PLANE OF MORRIS CANAL. This engraving gives a very graphic picture of the termination of the Morris Canal, at Philipsburg, on the Delaware river, opposite the town of Easton. The level of the Canal is considerably higher than that of the river, and boats are passed in and out by means of an inclined plane, leading from the first out let lock of the Canal to the river. On the engraving there is a representation of a boat passing up, and another passing down, an operation which, by means of machinery, managed with great facility. 37 From the London Literary Souvenir, for 1830. BY ALARIC A. WATTS. I. I saw her in her morn of hope, in life's delicious spring, Elate and joyous as the lark when first it soars on The glassy calmness of the eye, that whispered of des- pair, and thin,- The clench of the attenuate hands,--proclaimed the strife within. VI. The Morris Canal commences at Jersey City, opposue New York, pursues a circuitous route through the Bergen marshes, and crossing the Hackensack and Passaic rivers, a short distance above their discharge into Newark Bay, enters the flourishing town of Newark. Here the canal assumes a course nearly north, which it maintains to Paterson, passing the village of Bloomfield. After leaving Paterson, its course is nearly south-west, to the Little Falls of Passaic, where it crosses that river, and thence pursues a more western And as she bent, resigned and meek, beneath the direction, through the little town of Powerville, into power had given Yet, for each ravaged charm of earth some pitying ed of heaven;- chastening blow, Rockway valley; still continuing its western course With alta martyr's fervid faith her features seemed to along the valley of the Rockway, until it enters the township of Roxbury, it ascends the summit level, two ailes north-west from Drakesville. From the summit, at Hopatcong pond, the canal is carried along the left bank of Musconetcong river, which it crosses one and half miles south-west from Andover Forge; thence suming a south-west direction, it passes near the villages of Hacketstown, Beatystown, Anderson, Mansfield, Broadway, and New Village, and terminates on Philipsburg, opposite Easton. Ge. but did not chide, And her last orisons arose for him for whom she died. VIII. the Delaware, at neral course, from New York to Easton, west; length, 101 miles; ascent, 915, descent, 754 leet; total rise and Thus thus---too oft the traitor man repays fond wo 4 feet deep. Rise and fall, 1657 feet, of which 233 feet And sad it is, in griefs like these, o'er visions loved and man's truth; ghting, in his wild caprice, the blossoms of her youth: are overcome by 24 lost, 4 ducts; 200 bridges. Cost $1,200,000. suffer most. planes: 4 guard lockocks, and 1334 feet by 23 inclined That the truest and the tenderest heart must always Note-The black blocks are those destroyed by the fire. The X shows the point where the fire commenced. THE LATE AWFUL CONFLAGRATION IN NEW YORK. could interpose no barrier to the progress of the flames. The rally of the Fire Department was not made with its accustomed alacrity, owing to the unparalleled severity of the weather, and to the fact that there had been so many alarms within the week, and so large an amount of harrassing service required of the firemen. The fire commenced about 9 o'clock in the evening | bustibles, and intersected only by narrow streets which of Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1835, in the store of Comstock and Andrews, 25 Merchant street, near the Exchange, and in twenty minutes, says the New Yorker, the whole block of wholesale stores, in the very centre of the mercantile business of the city, was in a blaze, and the destroying element was rapidly extending its ravages in every direction. It would be vain to attempt giving the distant reader an idea ot the spectacle presented. The weather had been unusually severe for several days; but on the night in question the cold had increased to an intensity which has seldom been exceeded. The thermometer stood below zero; with a breeze from the N. N.W. amounting nearly to a gale; and the fire had obtained a tremendous advantage in the most compactly and loftily built portion of the The effort to check the ravages of the conflagration in the quarter to which the wind was vehemently urging it, proved utterly unavailing. The water so plenteously thrown upon it by hydrants and engines was blown back in the faces and fell congealed at the feet of the firemen, or seemed only to add to the fury of the elements. William-street was passed-Pearlstreet overleaped-next Water-street...then Front-.. city, filled with silks, cloths, liquors, and other com.and the very shipping in the docks of the East River |