obtained, we let go our anchor, and six of us in all, with the baggage of myself and friend, was put into the long-boat, and I bade the schooner adieu, for a steamboat was in sight up the river of the South East pass. The mate, who accompanied us, said that our voyage in the boat was three miles by sea, and about as far over the surges of the river to the steamer Southerner. The toil of the sailors was incessant; they were much exhausted when they reached their destination, prostrating themselves on the deck of the steamer. My friend and self did not follow the example of our captain towards the pilots, but rewarded the poor men for their trouble and sufferings.

So perilous was the voyage we had made from the schooner to the steamer, that it was imagined by all who saw us that we had deserted the vessel, on account of her being in distress, probably foundering-first, because the sea was rolling-and next, in consequence of the great danger of a small boat attempting to stem the Mississippi river. But we were thus hastened off by the captain of the schooner, he refusing our request to wait until boarded by a pilot. He, no doubt, would have been rejoiced to have seen us go to the bottom, but happily we were safely delivered.

The steamers that are met with at the passes, are towboats, employed by the shipping to carry them to and from New Orleans. The Southerner having parted with the ship she had towed to the mouth, on the next day went to sea in search of other vessels. The wind was light, it was slightly raining; and as the land was hardly visible, I was engaged in conversation with a very interesting young lady, when the captain's wife, in much consternation, ran into the cabin, and exclaimed that we were lost! The crew were all in confusion, for the boat was unmanageable, rapidly sheering round in a circle.

It was soon discovered that the rudder was lost, and a temporary fixture having been made by the carpenter, we made for the mouth of the North East pass, and anchored at

a wood-yard. The captain of the Southerner informed us that it would require one week's time to repair the damage, and said that if we were in haste, it would be advisable for us to make for a ship about three miles up the river, which would be taken in tow that evening.

Thus again we had to take a small boat, which delivered us on board the ship in time for the steamer. No other unhappy occurrences or misfortune happened to me during the remainder of my journey-and upon the 2d day of August I landed at New Orleans, on, if my memory serves me right, the tow-boat Phoenix.

APPENDIX.

OREGON.

View of Oregon. Description of Upper and Lower California, with a map of those countries. Biographies of the Emperor Don Augustin Iturbide, and the Ex-Dictator Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna, comprising rapid outlines of the political history of Mexico and the Texan Revolution.

THERE have been epochs in the history of the world when the eyes of all nations were directed to the advance of power and ambition on the one part, and the overthrow and subjugation of empires on the other. Such were the conquests of Sesostris,-a world won by an Alexander,-the chivalry of the Crusaders,-the freak of fortune of Charles the V.-the triumphs of Napoleon,-and the wide-spread military dominion of the Isles of Britain.

Such revolutions in the Christian, social, and political amelioration of the condition of mankind, can, without the possibility of a doubt, be divined to have been the finger of God, conducting the fallen race of man through his own ignoble gore, from a groveling and benighted condition to the more glorious image of his Maker.

It cannot be denied that the discovery of America by Columbus was an epoch, and it is equally true that the crisis of the revolution of British America was the commencement of an "age of reason," in the history of nations, that must enlarge and spread its benign influence until it mantles the whole earth, proclaiming freedom and liberty of conscience to the oppressed and enthralled of mankind; and he is wanting in discernment, who does not perceive that England has been made the great pioneer to prepare the way in new and barbarous regions, for the introduction of that last