Passing through a village, he en- rical hypocrite, found the ducat Joe Martin. JOE MARTIN, an Indian chief, residing in New-Brunswick, was asked by a gentleman who holds an important office under government, whether he would accept the commission of captain among the Indians, which he told him it was in his power to procure for him. Martin who had recently become a Christian, made the following remarkable reply:-"Now, Joe Martin love God,-pray to God. Now Joe Martin humble; -certain not good to make In dian proud. When Indian proud, him forget God; for this reason Joe Martin never must be captain."-And he accordingly declined the offer. Comforts of Old Age. OLD age can be comfortable only as it is made the season and means of religious improvement, With whatever bodily complaints a man may be afflicted, or however he may be bowed down with infirmities, whatever may be his conflicts, either of body or mind; lated affections, of maturity in knowledge, and of calm preparation for immortality.' In this serene and dignified state, placed, as it were, on the confines of two worlds, the mind of a good man reviews what is past with the complacency of an approving conscience, and looks forward with humble confidence, in the mercy of God, and with devout aspirations towards his eternal and ever enduring fa vour. INVENTION FOR SAVING LIVES IN SHIPWRECK. In the Philanthropist (No. 3) some account is given of an invention by Capt. Manby for saving lives in shipwreck. The writer observes: "To a vessel wrecked on a lee shore, great as are the advantages of life boats, their means are defective from want of power to force them over the bursting surge. This is supplied by Capt. Manby's invention, if previously two anchors have been sunk near the place, from which the boat can be best launched. A rope is then to be suspended between the anchors: a buoy or buoys, are left floating to direct where the grapnel is to be fired. The rope will furnish the purchase necessary for hauling the boat over the surge. But it may be proper to explain the whole of the apparatus. "A cohorn or mortar is necessary, whose bore should vary according to the position from which it is fired. If the beach be flat, one of a smaller calibre will suffice, than if the cliff be steep, or the place remote from the sea, from which the shot is to be thrown, A barbed shot or grapnel is placed in the mortar, to which a rope is affixed, the strength of which should vary according to the weight of the shot. The shot is to be fastened to the rope by a piece of twisted wet hide: this will not take fire, nor snap like a rope. The rope should be what is called an inch and a half rope. The quantity of powder to be used must be regulated partly by the distance of the vessel, and partly by the weight of the shot. From four to fourteen ounces of powder have been applied. With four ounces a deep sea line was taken out one hundred forty yards; with fourteen ounces the same line was sent three hundred ten yards; a line of an inch and a half with four ounces was carried one hundred ten yards; with fourteen ounces two hundred ten yards. The elevation of the mortar will depend upon the nature of the ground on which it stands; on level fifteen degrees will be sufficient. The method of laying out the rope is of essential consequence. One fold should not touch another. basket were kept for its preser If a vation it would also facilitate the laying it when the wind is high. -A pistol is a safe mode of discharging the mortar; and something may be wanted in a violent gale to secure the priming." In the same article we are told that the attention of the legislature had been called to this invention; that the House of Commons determined that well attested evidence should be furnished of the practicability and utility of the scheme; that this had been done by reports of a Committee of field officers; that the Suffolk Humane Society had shown anxiety for the success of the invention, and at numerous meetings had witnessed experiments, and become satisfied; that the prospect of success had been established by the saving of above eighty persons since its adoption; that the plan had been communicated to Sweden, and a crew saved by it in the Baltick. At the close of the article, as it appears in the Philanthropist, there is a drawing of the apparatus and the manner of laying the rope. It must be gratifying to the benevolent to observe the exertions of Humane Societies to save their fellow men from untimely death by drowning; and peculiarly so to see the engines and means of death converted to saving purposes. Perhaps it is the design of God that all the apparatus of war and destruction shall yet be employed as means of saving the lives of men. POETRY. INSTRUCTION: A POEM. THE following lines are extracted from a Poem by Isaac Brandon, Esq. "Written for the first anniversary dinner of the subscribers and friends to the royal British system of Education." To mark the human from the brutal kind, O say, ye candid, liberal and wise, In youth impress'd with what fair lessons yield, Base groups of filth, the pupils of the street, While wrinkled wretches mould the vice that's green; O bless'd Instruction! now thy temples rise, Honour'd the MAN* and deathless be his name, Let sullen souls, who only praise the past, Diffused a sacred feeling through the land: Track'd the dread scenes that stain'd the Lybian shore O generous BRITAIN! be thy proud delight, To shield the oppress'd, and spread instruction's light; Joseph Lancaster. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION OF HEATHEN YOUTH. THE interesting particulars which are to be exhibited under this head, will be collected from a pamphlet, recently presented, entitled, "A narrative of Five Youth, from the Sandwich Islands, Obookiah, Hopoo, Tennooe, Honooree, and Prince Tamoree, now receiving an education in this country. Published by order of the Agents appointed to establish a school for Heathen Youth." After a concise account of these young men, of the time and manner of their coming to this country, of the treatment they have received, the proficiency they have made, their promising talents, amiable dispositions, and hopeful conversion to the Christian religion, the plan of a school for the Heathen is brought to view in the following extracts. Extract from the Minutes of the Ame rican Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, at their seventh annual meeting in Hartford, (Con.) September, 1816. 166 The committee, to whom was referred the petition respecting the establishment of a school for the education of heathen youth, presented a report which, after amendment, was accepted, and is as follows: "That the establishment of such a school, as described by these respectable petitioners, is expedient. "That this school be located in such place, as the agents hereafter named shall designate. "That the Hon. John Treadwell, the Rev. Dr. Dwight, James Morris, Esq. the Rev. Dr. Chapin, and Rev. Messrs. Lyman Beecher, Charles Prentice, and Joseph Harvey, be Agents of this Board;-that any three of them shall be a quorum for the transaction of business, when all shall have been notified; and that the Hon. John Treadwell, be authorized and requested to call the first meeting of the Agents, at such time and place as he shall deem expedient. That the said Agents be empowered and requested to form such a plan for establishing and conducting a school for the education of heathen youth in our country, for the purposes expressed in the petition, as to them shall appear most conducive to the attainment of the object of such school, subject, however, to the revision of the Board. "That all monies contributed, or hereafter to be contributed for the support of said school, shall be remitted to the Treasurer of the Board, or deposited according to his direction. And, that the said Agents make an annual report of their doings to this Board, and receive from them from time to time such instructions as they shall deem it expedient to give.” Extract from the Minutes of the Agency, appointed as above, to establish and conduct a school for the education of heathen youth. 66 'At a meeting of the Agency, October 29th, 1816, at the house of the Rev. Dr. Dwight, in New-Haven, (Con.) 66 The following CONSTITUTION of a school for the education of heathen youth was adopted, viz. "Article 1st. This school shall be styled the FOREIGN MISSION SCHOOL. "Article 2nd. The object of this school shall be the education of heathen youth in such a manner, as that with future professional studies, they may be qualified to become missionaries, schoolmasters, interpreters, physicians, or surgeons, among heathen nations, and to communicate such information in agriculture and the arts, as shall tend to promote Christianity and civilization. "Article 3d. Other youth of acknowledged piety may be admitted to this school at their own expense, and |