LOVEWELL'S FIGHT. 237 thinned, and their cries became fainter, till, just before night, they quitted their advantageous ground, carrying off their killed and wounded, and leaving the dead bodies of Lovewell and his men unscalped. The shattered remnant of this brave company, collecting themselves together, found three of their number unable to move from the spot, eleven wounded, but able to march, and nine who had received no hurt. It was melancholy to leave their dying companions behind, but there was no possibility of removing them. After the rising of the moon, they quitted the fatal spot, and directed their march toward the fort. Eleazer Davis, of Concord, was the last that got in; who first came to Berwick, and then to Portsmouth, where he was carefully provided for, and had a skilful surgeon to attend him. Ensign Wyman, who took upon himself the command of the shattered company after Captain Lovewell was killed, and the other officers wounded, behaved with great prudence and courage, animating the men, and telling them "that the day would yet be their own, if their spirits did not flag;" which enlivened them anew, and caused them to fire so briskly, that several of them discharged between twenty and thirty times apiece. Mr. Jacob Fullam, who was an officer, and an only son, distinguished himself with much bravery. One of the first that was killed, was by his right hand, and when ready to encounter a second shot, it is said that he and his adversary fell at the very instant, by each other's shot. Lieut. Farwell, and the chaplain who had the journal of the expedition in his pocket, and one more, perished in the woods, for want of dressing for their wounds. The chaplain died three days after the fight. Lieut. Farwell held out on his return till the eleventh day, during which time he had nothing to eat but water, and a few roots which he chewed; and by this time the wounds through his body were so mortified that the worms made a thorough passage. On the same day, Davis, who was with him, caught a fish, which he broiled, and was greatly refreshed by it; but the lieutenant was so much spent that he could not taste a bit. Davis, being now alone, in a melancholy, desolate state, still made toward the fort, and the next day came to it; there he found some pork and bread, by which he was enabled to return, as above mentioned, Fourteen, only, survived this fatal encounter, THE OPIUM SHIPS. BY WILLIAM B. TAPPAN. ALMOST incredible quantities of opium have been smuggled into China, under the sanction of the gov ernment of British India. At this very time, says a traveller, though efforts so extraordinary and persevering have been put forth by the Chinese authorities to stop this infernal traffic, there are twenty-four opium ships on the coast. Since these verses were written, information has been received that the Chinese authorities have succeeded in their efforts to destroy this trade. Ay, flap your wings, ill-omened birds, Infest in swarms the Chinese seas, What though your fearful errand's fraught And by the traffic Mercy bleeds, The end shall justify the means, Your trade is nursed by kings and queens. Through all her unoffending realm The ripened plague spot bear, Of misery and despair. Let avarice urge your flowing sails, The Upas flings its poison forth, And wo to bird or beast or man, The Upas to one spot 's confined; And laugh, ye men, as their vile chain And mock, as they suck endless pain What's law to him who wins the goal? Ye may, ye may, for christians choose Yet pause, beware, and fear the rod, Though conscience sleeps, there wakes a God! THE BURDOCK. BY MISS SARAH W. LIVERMORE. SPONTANEOUS product of the yard, The keenest smart thou canst assuage; "T is true thou art of homely mien, The hand that decks the garden bower, But soon as pain invades the head, Thus often in some humble cell Then seeks its native shade. Mine be the humble burdock's part, THE PULPIT STAIRS OF RURUTU. BY WILLIAM LADD. [Born at Exeter, May 10, 1778. Died at Portsmouth, 1841.] THAT man must be dead to every feeling of religion and philanthropy, who can read, without emotion, the wonderful triumphs of the christian religion in the late savage islands of the Pacific ocean, now exhibiting the charming prospect of brethren dwelling together in unity; where so lately, brother was armed against brother, and WAR was the occupation and delight of the whole male population. If it be asked, what has effected this wonderful change? the answer is obvious the christian religion. But another question may be asked, which is not so easily answered: What is the reason, that the christian religion has not effected a similar change, in the character of the inhabitants of Europe and America who have so long enjoyed it? What is the reason, that the gospel of peace, which has been preached in Europe for almost eighteen centuries, has not had so great or so good an effect, as it has had, in eighteen months, in some of these islands? From the Missionary Herald of October, I make the following extract, from the speech of Mr. Ellis, missionary to the Society Islands, delivered at a meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Society. "The alterations that have taken place, in their political economy and civil institutions, have been but the legitimate effects of the truth of the Bible on their minds, in which, through all the various relations they sustain in civil society, they are taught to do unto others as they would that others should do to them. War, the delight of savages, has |