And ending with the strain:

While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest

Floats through the azure air-an island of the blest.

How aptly and beautifully does this last touch finish the picture! It seems to me that nothing in the whole compass of language could have done it so well. It is the classic fancy-so natural to a Greek— of "an island of the blest," (manifestly a reflection of Paradise,) only subtilized and refined, placed not at the far-off end of the earth, but raised and sublimed above it; and not anchored in the water, but set floating through the air-the "azure air;"―so etherealizing the thought into a delightful abstraction, for imagination to enjoy. It suggests, too, the very association, that, somehow or other, I have always had in looking upon that pure and placid orb, the sight of which naturally melts my heart into a tenderness of emotion

"Soft as the memory of buried love."

For indeed I can never see the full-orbed Moon, when I am alone, without immediately thinking of some absent friend whom I have loved and lost, and whom I hope to see again in another and better world. I do not mean, however, to assert that the moon is actually the very "place of departed spirits;" for the Bible, I know, does not authorize me to say so; and I must take care not to be "wise," or romantic, "above what is written;" but I only mean to say that, somehow or other, there is some sort of connection, or association, in my own mind at least, between the lovely orb and that happy region, wherever its ubi, or particular locality may be. I do not, of course, dogmatize on this point, or even care to descant about it. I only desire to dream.

MAXIMS, BY HOWARD.

Our superfluities should be given up for the convenience of others; Our conveniences should give place to the necessities of others; And even our necessities should give way to the extremities of the poor.

THE SEASON.

Spring, the year's youth, fair mother of new flowers,
New leaves, new loves, drawn by the winged hours,
Thou art return'd, but nought returns with thee,
Save my lost joys' regretful memory;
Thou art the self-same thing thou wert before,
As fair, as jocund; but I am no more
The thing I was.-R. Fanshawe-1653.

VERNAL WALKS.

In those vernal seasons of the year when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against Nature, not to go out and see her riches, and participate in her rejoicings with heaven and earth.-Milton.

AN APOLOGY FOR THE TELEGRAPH,

In answer to " A Quidnunc," in the last number.

Would you know, my dear Quid, how these "heavenly wires,”
As all the world owns them, are sometimes such "liars?”

Whatever you write down they certainly send,
And if they tell twangs,-'tis the man at the end.

QUIVIS.

TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

We propose to prepare a brief Memoir, or Biographical Notice, of the late Mr. Leigh, for preservation in our Register; and will be much obliged to any one who will furnish us with any proper materials— speeches, writings, sayings, anecdotes, &c., which may aid us in the service.

We have several valuable communications in hand which we shall publish as soon as possible.

COL. NORWOOD'S VOYAGE TO VIRGINIA, IN 1649.

We have before us here, at this time, an old tract entitled "A Voyage to Virginia, by Colonel Norwood," which we find republished in Churchill's Collections of Voyages and Travels, (one of a small parcel of rare and valuable works lately imported by our Virginia Historical Society from London,) which we have read with much interest; and which we should be glad to lay before our readers entire. It is, however, quite too long for our pages; and much the greater part of it might, perhaps, be regarded as rather irrelevant to the subject of our work. We shall therefore, content ourselves for the present with giving our readers a running abridgment of the Colonel's narrative until we get him fairly landed on the coast of our country, somewhere South of New Netherlands, (since called New York,) and ready to set out for "Achomat," (as he spells it) on our own Eastern Shore; from which point we shall allow him to give the rest of his story, which comes very clearly within the scope of our publication, in his own words. But before we proceed to discharge our duty in this way, we shall present our author's introduction to his Voyage, which glances at the state of things at the time of his undertaking it, and seems necessary to the full understanding of the whole,-as follows:

"The month of August, Anno 1649, being the time I engag'd to meet my two comrades, Major Francis Morrison, and Major Richard Fox, at London, in order to a full accomplishment of our

purpose to seek our fortunes in Virginia, (pursuant to our agree ment the year before in Holland) all parties very punctually appear'd at the time and place assign'd, and were all still in the same mind, fully bent to put in practice what we had so solemnly agreed upon, our inclinations that way being nothing abated, but were rather quicken'd, by the new changes that we saw in the state of things, and that very much for the worse: For if our spirits were somewhat depress'd in contemplation of a barbarous restraint upon the person of our king in the Isle of Wight; to what horrors and despairs must our minds be reduc'd at the bloody and bitter stroke of his assassination, at his palace of Whitehall?

This unparallel'd butchery made the rebels cast away the scabbards of their swords with both their hands, in full resolution never to let them meet again, either by submission or capitulation; so that the sad prospect of affairs in this juncture, gave such a damp to all the royal party who had resolved to persevere in the principle which engaged them in the war, that a very considerable number of nobility, clergy, and gentry, so circumstanc'd, did fly from their native country, as from a place infected with the plague, and did betake themselves to travel any where to shun so hot a contagion, there being no point on the compass that would not suit with some of our tempers and circumstances, for transportation into foreign lands.

Of the number who chose to steer their course for America, such of them as inclin'd to try their fortunes at Surinam, Barbados, Antigua, and the Leeward Islands, were to be men of the first rate, who wanted not money or credit to balance the expence necessary to the carrying on the sugar works: And this consideration alone was enough to determine our choice for Virginia, had we wanted other arguments to engage us in the voyage. The honour I had of being nearly related to Sir William Barkeley the governor, was no small incitation to encourage me with a little stock to this adventure: Major Morrison had the king's commission to be captain of the fort; and Mr. Fox was to share in our good or bad success: But my best cargaroon was

his majesty's gracious letter in my favour, which took effect beyond my expectation, because it recommended me (above whatever I had or could deserve) to the governor's particular care.

To proceed then, without any further exordium, to the subject of this narrative: It fell out to be about the first day of September, Anno 1649, that we grew acquainted on the Royal Exchange with Capt. John Locker, whose bills upon the posts made us know he was master of a good ship, (untruly so call'd) The Vir-, ginia Merchant, burden three hundred tons, of force thirty guns, or more: We were not long in treaty with the captain, but agreed with him for ourselves and servants at six pounds a head, to be transported into James River; our goods to be paid for at the current price.

About the fifteenth day, we were ordered to meet the ship at Gravesend, where the captain was to clear with his merchants, and we to make our several payments; which when we had performed, we staid not for the ship, but took post for the Downs, where, with some impatience, we expected her coming there. About the sixteenth ditto, we could see the whole fleet under sail, with a south-west wind; which having brought them to that road, kept them there at anchor, until our money was almost spent at Deal.

September 23. the wind veered to the east, and we were summoned by signs and guns to repair on board. We had a fresh large gale three days, which cleared us of the channel, and put us out of soundings. With this propitious beginning we pursu ed our course for about twenty days, desiring to make the western islands; at which time the cooper began to complain, that our water-cask was almost empty, alledging, that there was not enough in hold, for our great family (about three hundred and thirty souls) to serve a month."

On receiving this alarming information, the Captain resolved to make for the first port, which was Fyal, where he arrived on the 14th of October. Here our voyagers were very agreeably entertained for some days, and the ship having obtained her supplies of water and other necessaries, set sail again, and proceed