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The Slave' Urtim.
bt it. w. Lokafkllow.
Di-sihk ill' uncathereil rice he lay,
Hi sir Me in hia hand :
21 in breast was bjro, his matted hair
Was buried in the a im!.
Again, in the mist nnd shadow of sleep,
lie .iw hia Native Land.
Wide through the l,indcnpe of hi dreams
The lurilly Niifer flowed;
Uenestli die paliii-lrcc on the pliiiu
Onre inure a kini he strode.
Ami hiard the tinkling cirnvins
Dt'scencl the mountain-load.
lie fw onre more h'n dark-eyed queen
Aiivma her ehildren stand;
Thev rlaied his nwk, ihev khsed hia clici k,
They lield dim by ilie hand!
And 'ears burnt frnm the a'eeiier'i lid.-),
An I f II into the sand.
And then nt fnrioua speed he rode
Alone the Nicei's bunk;
Hi' bridle-reins were gnMen chains,
And, with a mnitinl clank,
At each leap he could feel hia scabbard of ateel
tSiniitic hia stallion' flank.
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Before him, like a blood-rod flag, p
The bright flamingoes flow ; ,-.
From morn till night he followed their flight.
O'er plains where the tamarind grew,
Till he saw tho roofs of CafTre hula,
And the ocean loae to view.
At night he heard the lion roar,
And tho hyena scream,
And the river hore. a he crushed the reeds
lieaide some hidden stream;
Ami it passed, like a rIooous roll of drums,
Through the iriuniph of hia dream.
The foresia. with their myriad tongues,
Shouted of lib rty ;
And the Mast of the Desert cried aloud,
With a voice ao wild and free,
Thill he atarted in hia sleep, and smiled
At their ti mpe.-luoua glee.
He did not feel the driver's whip,
Nor tho burning heat of d iy ;
For D'Uth had illumed the Lord of Sleep,
And his lifeles body Isy
A worn-out feitr. that the soul
liuj hruken and thrown away !
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Ird CluterfioiJ bi-ing
proluhility tint ho would die by inch, rephtd
with n fctnile, "If thai id the cuse.l am happy
l.'.at I a:a not to u!l ua H.t Ja:tt Kobiasou."
SUNBTOY AMERICAN.
AND SIIAMOKIN JOURNAL.
Absolute aegoaceftce in the decisions of the
Ily Nasser K fclacly.
Plltl-lP PKNCEK.
We copy Hie following partictiJars of the lifo
and carour of this unhappy man, from the Now-
Haven Palladium, for which paper it was pre
pared by one who nays he w as once hia "friend
and messmate, and who continued and cher
ished the former term, until ingratitude mark
ed by ferociottaaesA vl feeling and heartless de
pravity of character, burst asunder the chorda
of amity, which in the beginning of his naval
career, had every seeming of being lasting."
Philip Spencer was born in Canandaigua,
New-York, and at the time of his awful death,
was about 19 years of age but in strength of
mind, intelligence, literary aUain.iienls, and
bold daring, was fur, far beyond his years. No
thing in his history of much interest is tho wri
ter aware of, until his College career. I In
was font to Union College, Schenectady, but
did not graduate, as his conduct there became
so notorious that he was expelled or had leave
to absent hiin.-elf. He returned to his friends
where ho remained some time. Being of a
wandering turn of mind, and fond of any thing
bordering on the dangerous and marvelous, he
eloped from his home and went to New. York ;
cencealing his parentage, shipped for a whaler
fitting out at Nantucket, and (alone with many
others of kindred feeling, but not of that daring,
reckless spirit, fearless alike of life or death,)
was sent to the latter place in a email schoon
er. Tho ship that he was to embark in not being
ready, he remained some time on the island.
During this time, and previous to the gnlc of
October, IS 11, he volunteered to go out on the
banks in a small vessel for what the whalemen
denominate Black Fish, and in that gale came
near being lost, as many were at that time : as
it was, they got back to Nantucket quite a
wreck. Here I told him that I was surprised
that lie should ever think of adopting that haz
ardous life, sought only by those whom friends
and fortune had disregarded, and whose lust
lingering star of hope had sank beneath the
I horizon, perhaps never to re-appear. He smi
led at my astonishment at his deserting his
happy luxurious and delightful home ; and now
as I look back, as I often have since, 1 think of
that smile of Spencer yes, as I now write, I
can see him as distinct as the words I um pen
ning Hint Ktuile was not human ! Tho wild
rolling of his eyes told plainly enough, to any
one at all discerning, that something was work
ing in Hint heart that could not submit to the
dull monotony ot this peaceful, every day life.
His reply was that ho "should like to har
poon a whule aud sec tho blood spilt," that he
"was not afraid of danger and liked an aventu
rous life." The ship being ready to receive
her casks, he was compelled, with many others,
to work from morning till late at night in get
tiiiL' them and her stores on board, being allow
ed only thirty minutes for their meals, which
were of the coarsest kind, and only five hours
rest at night in a miserable forecastle inclose
communion with the dregs of New-York
streets. I told him I thought that this servile
labor and hard living, would have satisfied his
curiosity to seethe world ; but no the excite
ment was to come. In confirmation of his as
eertions, he showed ma, Jiis hands, and they,
from their horny, hardened appearance, corroli
orated his statement of what he hud undergone
at Nantucket. Having disposed of his ward
robe and replaced them by the course and home
ly carb of whaler, he was ready, ns was also the
ship, in two days, to sail for their cruising
grounds in the South Seas.
In the interval of time from his disappearance
from home to tho time of our narrative, his
friends hail by diligent inquiries found his
whereabouts, and knowing his uiicontrolable
disjHisition, and his determination ut all huzards
to go to sea, their influence and his father's po
sitions as one of the Cabinet ut Washington,
procured torhiin u midshipman appointment,
which wa sent with all despatch to Nantucket,
with a description of his pertnn, Arc. to the care
of thi owner of tho ship. This and a letter
from his father, was placed in his hands. This
prospect of change from drugery to a compara
tively easy life, had not much effect oil him as
it would have had on most young men ; but by
the earnest persuasions of the owner and cap
tain, after learning who he was, he was induced
by them to give a volunteer $30 to take his
place in the ship.
He came on to New-York and was there fit
ted out by his uncle, Captain Spencer, of the
Navy, and by him introduced on board of the
guard-ship North Carolina. His sojourn on
board of that ship (about four mouths) was pas
sed, as is much of the time of some other young
turn in like circumstances, in occasional, and
I am sorry to say, frequent dissipation, princi
pally at night, but not unfrcqutntly in the far
of day. Here ho committed an aggravate and
tinimpruvud assault upon his superior officer,
which was investigated by tbQ 0)iiiinulorc in
the cabin of that bhip.;,, ibe presence of the
uncle, CapU Opener, , and a commander of the
W". The wr i'!cil report itude ry the jiij!
majority, the vital principle f Republic., from which
Sunbtiry, Northumberland Co.
ted officer to the .Secretary of the Navy, though
from the commandant of the station, was un
heeded, supposed from family influence, and
Speneer was ordered to the brig Sorncrs. The
officer thus treated resigned from the service.
The writer does not charge tho excellent
commander of the North Carolina with a knowl
edge of the facts of the dissipation among some
of tho young men of that ship ; he believes it
was entirely beyond his knowledge.
Tho horrid death of young Spencer must be
most fearfully distressing to the feelings of his
family, and the writer would not add another
pang to their already broken bents; but he
trusts it may be a warning to many youths who
wish to leave the happy fireside of their homes
and the kind influence of a mother's love, and a
father's dearest hopes, to seek abroad on the
tempestuous seas a home surrounded by dangers
and temptations. I have digressed something
from my first undertaking, namely, a concise
statement of young Spencer's career, which
has ended ignominiously at the yard-nrni of a
man-of-war within one year from the commence
ment of his naval career ; and not wishing at
this time to occupy too much space in your val
uable columns, I will, if agreeable, finish my
sketch at a future time.
lee House.
Wc copy the following from the Maine Far
mer, and cammend it to the attention of all our
readers :
"It has often been a matter of astonishment
to us that more of our farm houses are not pro
vided with this valuable appendage. The cost
of constructing them is very trilling, as the
builder can doall 'within himself,' and at sea
sons w hen there is necessarily little else of con
sequence to occupy his time. When conveni
ent, the location of tlie ice house should be in
the cellar, where it is doubly convenient from
he ready facilities it affords for preserving milk,
butter, &c, during the summer, all of which
are greatly improved, and often times prescr-
ed by ice, when, without it, they would be li
able rapidly to deterioate, or perhaps ppoil.
Nothing can be more simple than the modus
opotandi of constructing them. A hole of the
capacity desired, is first elevated in the bottom
of the cellar, from live to six feet deep, and at
the bottom covered w ith stones of small size,
after the fushion of paving, and over which,
when completed, and the interstices filled with
clean fine sand, is superinduced a stratum of
boughs, either of spruce or fir. The sides are
then lined with the same material, as is also
the top, which is f rnied of cross work, with an
opening two feet square in the side or centre.
to subserve the purpose of a door. Into this
depot ice should be introduced into square cakes,
ofa uniform size, in order that they may occu
py less room. The whole process, it will be
6 en, is very simple, and the expense ot con
structing and filling up, when the materials are
near at hand, necessarily light. A farmer in-
funned us recently, that he had in one season
saved more than three times the cost of his ice
house, in the articles of niiik and meat."
Mlllcrlam.
The Rev. A. C. Thomas lectured adverse to
the absurd doctrines of Millerism, at the Brook
lyn Lyceum a nightor two ago The N. Y.
Express notices his discourse thus :
"Tlie foundation of Miller's theory was upon
tho prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse.
The precise year of 1843 whs obtained in se
veral ways, by the different h'neths of time al
lowed for the accomplishment of the prophecies,
and by the manner in which he computed the
time meant bv the 23' 10 days in Daniel and the
70 years. That Miller's theory was erroneous
he proved by quoting some other prophecies.
and the manner in which the term of days and
years were used, nnd the length of time taken,
proves completely that days and years were 11-
sed in prophecy as in common language with
us now.
As instances, he quoted first the destruction
of Nineveh predicted by Jonah, and that it was
destroyed at the time specified no one. could
doubt, he said. So in the case of Joshua in hi'
promise to the Israelites that he would take
them across the Red Sea in three days, no one
could doubt but that it was completed in three
days instead of years. lie also quoted the pn.
sage in flenesis, where God piomi-ed No, ih
that at the end of seven days it should r'-.ir .;,r.
ty days and forty nights, which was t,.;y .,.
pleted ; and to show in a mor s',rikin r jj.i!,t
the absurdity of calling a 'lay a yclxft tt jom.
by Mdler, he would ao'y lho ru0 t0 Mme ot
the passages o.'.ote,;, by" Mller ,-or insliincP,
Nebuch.iner r WM t0 pagg pevf n times seven
yc.ru amor.g the beasts of tho field. Miller's
rulo ofa year for a day would leave Nebuchad
ntzzar ut grass at the present time and 130
years to remain. And apply to the 70 years
captivity of the Jews ut Babylon, they huve ut
present inure tune to fulfill than bus yet elaps
ed. The oilier errors in M:!lcrV calculations
ttrv of ;hu ta.nt trl.
mere no rp, .1 bot to force, the vital principle
iu. Saturday, Ic 01, ISJPJ.
TtIK Mtl.t,KMlM,
A sermon on tho Millcnitnu was recently
preached by Dr. Tomlinson, of Augusta Col
lege. It has since been published. Dr. T. in
dicates the opinion that the commencement of
the Millenium will take place 155 hence. He
drfines the .Milli niiim nn a period in which
the Christian religion shall be universally tri
umphant; not only pervading, but actually ex
tending its retormiteg and purifying influence
throughout every portion of the habitable
plobe. 1'rest. Jenkin, however according to
the Cincinnati! Chronicle, says thatthu Mil
lenium will commence in 100, 21 years from
this time, end the editor of the paper just nam
ed says that if the world were to go on for 155
years just ns it has done Kir 155 past, some
thing very like the Millenium would be pro
duced. Ho arpuos thus :
1. The United States has for 150 years doub
led its inhabitants each 25 years. In 150
years more then, we must have, on the conti
nent of North America more inhabitants than
tlie earth now has, provided the soil can main
tain them. But, the Arts, of Acricu'turo as
well as all others, have so increased that it i
perfectly reasonable to suppose they can lie
maintained. If schools, coHeg-s, Churches,
the Press, nnd the dissemination of the Bifile
go on as they have done they will be the mo-t
enlightened and Christain people, by far, that
have ever lived
2. Within 150 years 100,000,000 of Hindoos
have been conquerel by British Arms, and the
Press nod the College been planted in the
midst. It is, therefore almost, nay quite inevi
table, that in 150 years every foot of Asia will
be under dominion of the Anglo-Saxon ruce.
In tlx; meantime, the Press, the College ami
the Bible will there produce their natural and
benign 1 fleets upon the Asiat c mind. I,ong
before that period then, we may expect, upon
common historical grounds, by process of mere
Arithmetical calculation to see Idolatry lose ils
hold on the human mind and the nations of Asia
as those of Rome did, forsake their heathen
gods, and inarch under the banner of Christi
anity. 3. Mahomedanism is already expiring, and
soon Constantinople will be a Christian city.
Jerusalem will be re-inhabited by its ancient
people, and the Zion of the Jew and Christain
re-illuined with holy light.
4. The last fact, to which we shall advert is
the vast discoveries made within recent years
in the islands of the sea, and the effect of those
discoverit a on tlie civilization and advance
ment ot mankind. Tiic Island of New Hoi
land, is of il.-elf equivalent 111 magnitde to a
continent. New Zealand is another vast ac
quisition. The course of the Niger has been
turned, and the interior of Africa lies exposed
to the approaches of civilized man. In con
nection with this we see colonies in New Hol
land and New Zealand, began as places of
exile for convicts, now become extensive marts
of commerce, with a rapidly increasing popu
lation. The Sandwish Islands are filled with
professional Christains.
These are a part of the extraordinary trans
actions, of the last 150 years. They are cn
'irely independent too, of the great progress in
Science, of the vast improvements in steam
power, anil of the still greater power of the
Press. If, then, w ithout any miraculous inter
position, so much has been accompli.-hcd in
one hundred and fifty years, we say that shou'.d
this progress be continued one hundred and fifty
years longer something very like tho Vtileni
utii must be produced.
By the way if we mistake r.t Mr. Locke,
whose astronomical lecture in New Yi rk have
excited considerable at'.cutuin has also e.pre-s-ed
the op nion, that the commencement of the
Millenium is ut bund. Dr. Totiiiis.m, thinks
that the Mil'rr.ial inhabitants of tho earth will
live t
o lis er-:tt an a?e as the Patriarchs of old.
liu' there is every reason to helieve tint
constitution und luurtinns of the tni.oin li
nnd that the nature, cause.-, p, (,ve!i'no,
cures of discii-os, wi'l he inroinn ti'.'v b.
understoiid than they ar" at pre-, n'. A 1
consequence will he.,tIHt dt.-ea-t- u 1
far less frequency than tl.ev 11. : km !
the
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t'o'leil
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whent'y ir '(' i,.-' ,, t ,. f,.,,,,,-.
sta'.ice, which, we muv readily suppose will
contribute not li'tle In the longevity of the
Milteir.al inhabitant- , and thul io, they wi!
be entire free from all the corr-xling solicitude
11b nit the means nf subsikteurc anj com'ort ;
almost all uud will constantly enjoy a most re
freshing beiiMi of the presence and approbation
of tlie Mukcr; producing tint calmness and
serenity ot soul, which connote greatly to the
health of the body, as wt!l as the huppineMof
the mind.
A notion somewhat similar, is inculcated by
Bulwer, 111 his Zanoui. His Doctrine is, that
sufficient attention bus not been pud to the
melius ot prolonging lite ; that by a proper
study of the bee rets of nature tho process of
chemistry unj the jttliUe 01 t!i elements,
r M. M II .lH 111 i 4j
and immediate parent , .leapoi.aor.-Jtrraaaov.
Tot. 8-Xo 1 1 -V hrtc Xo. US,
tho means wf prolracting existence to con
siderable exten at iaat, might be discovered.
Dr Tondinsoti qtrntes Isaiah when he says :
"there ahull be no more thence, or an nld man
that has trot filled his days." Ho also expieas
eth opinion, that during the delightful peri
od fllhiilod to there shall be an entire cessation
of all nt. t loon 1 ucd individual hosti'ity between
man and man ; that tho people shall beat their
swords into ploughshares, and their spears into
pi uning-hooks, tliHt nation shall not lift np
sword against nation, neither learn war any
more, That the great and paramount law of
love tofJod, and leva to man, shall he so gen
erally acted tixm, that tho pnetical influence,
of every contrary Bentiincnt, shall be utterly
banished from the earth.
Without expressing any opinion as to the
varimiB views one thing is clear, to far as
Christains are concerned, namely, that it is the
duty of every individual to act In the immedi
ate circle of which he forms a member, so as
to in prove the mental and moral condition of
those around him, and thtis to assist in how
ever humble a depict; the arrival of the period
to which all having faith in the scriptures and
re- I'.eeii-s, look forward with hope and con
fideriCe. The Temperance Reform, of the pre
sent tune, ly which nitHionshave been reeeoed
from error and crime, may justly be regarded
as one of the lights of the age, which points to
more general moral generation of the family
of man. When we remember, moreover, that
in the course ofa single century, the whole
face ofthe earth is changed, as relates to its
inhabitants, and tint the mil. cms ofthe pre
sent become the millions of tlei tMt ; what
moral revolutions may n t j" :r. ,;.(t :n the
course of one or tvo ce.i-K.r ,v '
A merle nn I'irnUUi --t nlif o ixla.
The following common. c ition is from a gen
tleman who speni last winter in Upper Cali
fornia, anl affords some valuable information in
relation to that country : Ut. Inuis Rrp.
Foi rciie A' R fn alt, (Mo.,) Mov. 12,142.
Gentlemen : In answer to the many in
quiries for information respecting the route to,
and country of Upper California, I take the
privilege of sending you this imperfect sketch,
which, it you think it will interest any of your
numerous readers you will please insert in your
valuable paper.
Upper California lies between tho 31st and
3'Jd degrees of N. L., embracing an extent of
coast of about 700 miles, and extending back
to the fiot of the great mountain (which run
p-iral'el with the coast) a distance of from 50 to
150 miles. This great valley is crossed by low
hills, from three to ten miles wide, with val
leys of from 10 to KUI miles wide. Through
these valleys flow larger streams, having ther
rise in the main mountains; with many srp.nl.'ier
streams emptying into them from thoso ridges,
affording many beautiful sites for mills, and o
ther machinery. The principal rivers are the
Joacim and Sicrument : the latt'-r is navigable
a considerable distance for vessels of a large
size. They both enter into t!ie bay of La Fran
cisco. The land of th...SH valleys is equal to
any in Missouri or IViinois, the productions are
the same as are iound in the la'itudes of the
United States. Corn yields well here : wheat
seems to be. perfectly at home, producing from
5 to 10i) (and even more) bushels to the acre.
Grain, of every description succceJs well.
Apples, peaches, pears, oranges, figs, cher
ies, &.c, &.C. coino to fine perfection. Oats
and clover grow spontaneously, and of superior
qualities toany grown in the Western country.
With the exception of narrow skirts of oak
along the streams, tho valleys are entirely des
titute of timber ; they are covered with oats,
clover, and grass, the mrvt luxuriant the eye
ever neheld. The ridges, or hills, are covered
with timber, of the finest quality forship build
ing and other pnriose., and growing to the en-
urinous height of o(HI feet, and twenty feet in
j i: n;v!i r. The st renins abound in fish, and
; the plains nr covered w ith thousands of wild
., e:
deer, ant. -lope, bear, wild ducks,
illl
br-iio-i. T" h cUmr.te Is mild and
.,, ;.', !y h.'i'thv, thre b-iii no disease,
.- tiier cirV 'in' or 1 pi VmiV. We sw green
1 numpkiiw, lei'nce, "nurd's C. growing fine-
I Ty ditringall tllP inon'h ot Vi-t winter.
Pi'ver and lead are the on'y minerals yet
discovered.
The number of in! ah'tvat-- 'lies not exceed
.,(00. They are, an nr .nr-n'. iediiVnt peon'r.
I soemlinrr the most n r . r ',eu on hor-eha?k.
in pursuit ' wi'd !' r an' 1-ittlp, in wbi-h
amusements t'iiev ' r ..' , Tin y
own mrneiiS' qe utile- of e-itt , , ' e hides
and tallow of wh'cli iliey barter to vessels for
clothing and other necessaries. It is not Un
common for one man to own tiom noie to ten,
and even forty thous md hii I, wltioh nt them
nothing but the clot'nilg and feeding of two or
three Indians to herd them the range being
so rich that they keep perfectly fat during all
seasons.
S. lulled, as that Country is, eti tli coast of
the Pacific, pcnetiKu of many of the IhM har
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ingly. CrjfHrteen tines maka a ioe.
bors in tho known world, -a soil Inferior to
none,-i-a climato far superior to any, such a
cduntry, in tho hands of an industrious and en
terprising people, would, at no'diataM day,
compare with tho most flourishing countries of
the globe ! Tho government will give liberal
grants of lands to persons that will take the oath
nf allegiance to conform to the doctrines of'thft
Catholic faith.
Titles can bo bought of citizens of the coun
try for a mere trifle, upon which a foreigner
can live in the enjoyment of his own religious
views and have tho right to disposo of his land
in any manner he may deem proper.
PorATOK Gi.ve or pAtxr. Take a pound fcf
potatoes, peel and boil them, pound them Whi!j
they are hot in three or four pounds of boiling
water: pass them through a hair seive ; after
wards add to them two pounds of good chalk,
very fine powdored, precisely mixed with four
poinds of watpr, and stir them both together.
The result will be a species of glue or starch,
capable of receiving eve,y sort of coloring mat
ter, even of powdering charcoal, of brick or
limb black, which may be employed 83 an eco
nomical means of painting door posts; walls,
pailings, and other parts of buildings exposed la
the action ofthe air.
Thk Ice Ki!o. Mr. Tudor, the firt expor
ter to the West Indies of that most delightful
of all luxuries -if luxury it can be called ico,
has cut from his artificial pond at Cambridge,
tlock of a loot In thickness and clear as crys
tal. He has already shipped this season about
600 tons, principally to the West Indies. His
pond is about V2 feet above the ground, and h-s
now IS inches Water anil ice in it.
Thk English Ahiioau -The following feat
of gmirmandism is rrcr by the Moniteur Par
isien, as a fact ; we are very far, however,
from attaching credit to the statement :
On Sunday moTTting, was earned horn?, ut
an almost dying state, an Englishman, who hnA
been breakfasting at a rnjr in the Palais T5oya
his bill of fare comprising 150 dozen of oy
sters, a boiled fowl, a bottle ot rum, three liot
tletof Chablii and two of S interne. This
meal, not unworthy of Milo of Gro'.orn, was ift
performance of a wauer. Svval other Eng
lishmen were present, but not one of them
touched an oys'er, nor "ipr;,, d a drop of wine,
content ngthemseivM "V'th b.'-in;: sDectitor of
the performance.
MxRniACti's. '..ms.vmty. Fi'w people ere
aware how muc'.i rnore insanity prevails among
bachelors am', remarried ladies than among the
married e,f'joth sexes. We learn from the ex
amiii8V.,,n 0f very many reports, that Of every
A of all the lunatics sen Uo American HospN
'.als, three are unmarried, and only two are
married, nnd that almost all of them arc 6vet
21 years old. Dn the other hand, it is pretty
certain that 111 all the community over 21 years
ot age, there arc more than three times aa many
in as out of wedlock. If this be the ease, theft
the unmarried ere more than four times as U
ble to become insane as married people.
Jonathan, the brother ofthe inimitable SaoH
Slick, gives the following description of a
Waltz, he had the honor of witnessing. In rns
own unsophisticated way he talres the taai'tetV
very seriously. Ho r, something of a philosrv
phcr, and never epnaks withovt saying ome
tiling to the point.
'Jtst then tho music begun agin, and one ot
them tall hai-y-liyped fellows got up with a
purty little gal t'aat did'nt look more than eigh
teen years old, and he put las white gloves ori
a little tighter, and then if ho dtd'nt begin ti
hug her right afore all on us he put one arrrt
round her little waist jist above the bump on
her back, and then ho took one of her hands in
hisen, and then blie looked up into his ryes and
ho looked down into hern as loving as two pils
sy cats, ami then they begun to make cheeses
on the floor till you could'nt have told whreli
was which. I never felt my blood bile so in
all my li .'e ; it raly i.d'nt seem decent, and if
she had been a relative of mine, I would have
knocked that indecent varmint, into a cocked
hat in less than no lime. l' J l.iako him glad
to eat himself up hair and all, nasty as they
looked to have got out of my way. Oh but
Was wrathy with the coon fora minit ; and theft
aays I to myself, t don't know as the chap's s0
much to blame, arter all, its the gals own faullj
if she likes to be hugged and whirled round s)
afore the folks the feller must be an allfirtJ
f o' n- I ke it as much as she docs; bul
t I ik I, if h - .j-i means to git married,
her bie.ui A'ni b all Jouh BL'in, arter this j
for no decent hiniot man woul ! Want to mar
ry a gal arter he'd sern her tousered about a
fore fifty people, by ueh ashotcathat chap is.
New DsDroRo'a I.t There is a terrible
battle raging just now between the Whaleaand
the Pigs. Tee N. w Beufr1 nstrel h is
pour-d forth a aong, of Which the following 1
one verse :
We mi i! il he Cast lce penk an ' ml ii
I'll i! iih, alien md into pi b. itir 4
"ut be I 'nun e 01 I imp with hrimb-t and fit,
Uo l (In tra a 0 Ohm, Vf C'lnuo e nr i!i it !
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