In the height of the action the two rivals, now grown enemies, Menas and Menacrates, happened to descry one another at the same instant. Immediately they left every other pursuit, and with all their art, and strength of oars, threatening and shouting, rushed upon one another. The shock was terrible: Menas’s ship had her brazen beak beat off with a part of her bow; and Menecrates’s galley had a tier of her oars stripped clear off, by the board. But when the grappling irons were thrown, and the ships made fast along side, there ensued the most desperate engagement that had ever been seen between two captains. It began with showers of darts, stones, arrows, spears. Then the bridges were thrown for boarding, where a cruel battle joined, foot to foot, and shield to shield: there was not a blow given in vain. They fought for some time, with equal fury and success, and the crews of both were generally either killed or wounded, when an accidental circumstance seemed to give Menas the advantage: his ship was higher than the enemy’s; his men fought as from a rising ground, and the blows and shot from above gave the superiority. Yet he was run through the arm with a dart, which was got out; but his adversary, Menecrates, was pierced through the thigh by a Spanish barbed javelin, which they durst not try to move. But, though disabled from fighting, he kept the deck, encouraging his men, till seeing them all cut down, and the enemy ready to clear the deck, he sprang overboard and perished in the sea. * * * * * _NEW-YORK._ * * * MARRIED, On Thursday evening last, by the Rev. Dr. Foster, Mr. ELIPHALET BARNUM, to Miss PŒBE COCK, both of Oyster-Bay (L.I.) The same evening, at Huntington (L.I.) by the Rev. Dr. Schench, Capt. ISAAC HAND, of this city, to Miss AMY WEEKS, of Oyster-Bay (L.I.) On Monday se’nnight, by the Rev. Dr. M‘Knight, Mr. PATRICIUS M‘MANNARS, of this city, to Mrs. SEETHE ARNOLD, formerly of Boston. * * * * * _METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS._ _From the 7th to the 13th inst._ _Days of the Month._ _Thermometer observed at 8, A.M. 1, P.M. 6, P.M._ _Prevailing winds._ _OBSERVATIONS on the WEATHER._ deg. deg. deg. 8. 1. 6. 8. 1. 6. 100 100 100 Aug. 7 67 50 73 71 E. NE. do. cloudy, lt. wd. do. 8 70 77 50 71 S. do. do. clear, lt. wd. calm. 9 71 79 25 80 W. SW. do. clear, do. do. 10 73 84 77 N. S. do. clear, do. do. 11 74 82 76 SW. do. do. cloudy, do. do. 12 74 81 76 SW. do. do. cloudy, do. clear, 13 73 80 76 50 SW. do. W. cloudy, do. do. * * * * * WHAT IS HAPPINESS?