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HENRY HAYS. '
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e iriams—si,ao In advance, or If paid within six
ntoriths. /11,00 bo allitrgod on all subsorip
`"' lona inehirlng to the end 4.1" 41.0 year.
lILDVIIRMISEMIIINTB sad Mileage No!loos Insert
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.4 .as u.• 1001 rater', and every rleeoridtion of
, r.,
, • x x GA-.
QUICX , D in the , neat.* manner et the lowest
his, sled with the utmost. despatch. Haring
Rued a large collection of typo, we are p ro
wed to eoUsfy the orders of our friend.
- 4 " ; i gh DEMO CRATIC CRIEED.
ivr 1. Elmo/ and exact justini of,
1 1 41414* ilsio :or persuastem, relsgrious or. polit
°i'ltisea; sesomeree and homese friend
;44 with all mitiatu i.mitartgling alleances with
• No. 8. The right of . States and 2" ries to
• 'imfoinithr tAtir own domestic affair,.
No. 4. Prudent and oytuslity, the 4ovoroignity
of the people, and the rept: of the majority to
listimir will iseonotitnlionolly expressed.
a. b. Economy io the n iablio copondituros,
A; 'moored innormotion o ptablio faith.
• ! No —t o Froodoot of freedom of the
gosoo Mid pommel dijosimeof infornmtiou.,
No. T. Opposition to'nE alarm yolittcal organ
-4.P.0 • vtttwredief
o. A aserearpou~son of the rederai
• apeetiteption,osed esirrefitis'!us rata ft., 01 f
ej ts' fro or di.-
tin to of ill Mt areongAmerieleft, Pitifna.
No. 10. /Cavort otod_proodios 1i the_miklite
- efAli.
Nol 11. TAW preservation o f tAe naturalisation
domain
timi. to 01l **ono ononoooli ft.
cdmo_mare brotkorhood and good will
iWfvorsialty to Most of rho, Aoumhold of
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SINGULAR PNIINOIINNON. —The Irish jour
sushi (says an exchange) give an account of
, a singular phenomenon M connexion with
the extracting of a tooth in the town of Ill•
Vaunt., The tooth was a grinder of large
apporattly sounti, and so firmly seated
that it broke in the effort for its removal.—
that portion of the tooth which
.aim Or with the instrument, a very extra.
laitioary worm-shaped living animal was
fonna atiperieg to the centre of it. On be.
,;
04 Tire removed, wikho . ut injury, it
proved to be Ave-eighths - of an tneb long,
17. lively as an eei, - of, , a biood-red - colorritnir
about the thickness of .woolen thread. On
vlawing it through a midteksiope of limited
perirer it appeared ri
, to be ringed or joinTedl
- its toraiation4- no legs ,wers.viiitile, and it
:moved by erecting its body, arch like, in the
,gist}, 4 itstd projecting either end at pleasure
--appostring to have a head at each extremity.
(*et tlse,tteada was largo, flat, and Goad
in proportion to the creature's size, with a
. - ,:r1911111airall osOuth, and two blank error set
~ vstrwldtity apart, and
_projeistiggfrom the
aPPlir. Part_Of_ the head. The other head
was smaller, with a lengthened stunit, and a
.inputli opening from underneath.
.AA/tit-LOAD or CLTILDRZ.N. --The Cleveland
Daily Herald of the ith)init., in noticing an
arri'vtl of children in that vitt from the
'pork City " Rome for the Friendietts,"
li
u;;;a
ktre. Penfield arrived in our city on
Termday night • with thirty-five children—
*even babies. some as young as four months.
LIM left New Yogk with forty. • I C. Pencils
kiadlyin wafting at the depot, and
dit *cold, driving rain they were all corn.
ifeetably housed at the Bennett House.
...They left the next evening for the West,
where places have already been provided for
emit of them."
!foster parents and guardians, of an ex
`443lhint'character, had been secured for these
.e.hilaren previous to their dnittrkure....fnanx
.the Ennio-
Miiiive'f'srorr.—Thla Territory is said to
liti - oiss Of the (lime fruit-growing regions in
'sossld. It is estimated (says an exchange)
'dot less than $75,000 worth of apples
warble shipped to Cslilornia this season, and
thirt $30,000 'worth were sold last year.
size of the apples is almost incredible—
..ikteashel having been• exhibited Whose aver
lap semi eighteen ounces each. It is no
*common thing to geo specimen apples
lWeighing from ono sad a half to two pounds.
orkiIITOZATTI TO Cosa. —lt Is stated that
-yordar have been for some time in corm
'pa:aeries with the Cuban and Spanish au-
Aer the -privilege of !eying - a -tale
,greipla. line between .Cuba andlhe Milted
'thetas. It is proposed to lay a cable from
..ItiliglPkltAili4sSigalorAtO4Atsoiossktitrtsits
.ern pilot of Florida,
.to Ilayana 2 the distance
brig little - trier seventy !MINI- - 1;1;0ot - the
usiisse stretch as that across the Gulf of St.
, . ,
1/Irasstrwa s# Gas.-;-214 appears that inge
-41114 and aolentifla men are ocatilied in try
•,iBB-Iklrdiseerrei. She means of warming how
101 b, iris. that 'this will eveutuully
f x
suillim4 there can be little doubt ; and
•It • will , be an-immense relief from dust and
Ineor—Tionience.
:Sok? Yprk Mirror
W:104/4 4 . I dote says
.•:01111re Ostninotlateop to notice in type the
agprllllty of an Abolitionist. We have never
IA babes. an Ont. and cid Abolitionist who
pea a, genthissn.". ,
Tni Nswarsysus op lirinointA. —At
rTOt
"edt; says the South Side, (Vi.) Deriugrat,
'th•ilir aro one hundred and flfiinewepopetn
pphijshed in Lho State of Virginia, tiro work
ing expenant of which amount to $400,006
Vetannnn. .
Ciraiu after 3 ye'aia alanthiki
the abort apace, Of„3 worths, S. flay 37i
hh'n Se., New :York, by Duvall'a dalvanic
Cotl i,iN Citinonsborg, in
thfd State, irsts';destroyell t)y gra con rritisy
night.
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The train deo on the Central" Railroad at
2.10 on Thursday, was detained en hour
end a half, by the breaking of an axle of a
freight train at Slackwater. The traineitieh
left Allegheny at 3 o'clock on Thursday af
ternoon, broke a the Summit cut,
eight miles west of New Brighton, and three
passenger ears.stud-the baggage oar went off
the track and rin against the embankment.
No one was hart,. and not seriously 'dam
aged. The mail train . coming .east was de-
Ottined an hour end , p half by-the sociiiet4.4
The train which left Allegheny et.s o'clock
On Thursday' morning, broke the l arletif "i'
oar west of Mullion. 'Nedaniage except tb
the axle. A freight trainlen off the tnock
at Smithfield, on the same day, end dama
'god two ears--:-omitlfeielpress car. °
"tin Anaemic l'artnow.—When en Arah
woman intends to marry again after the
death of her first husband, she comes be the
night before her second marriage, to the
ease et httrianiihatal.! , liege die thiliffiq
prays to him, and =a It hit nob to be
offended—not to be 's. Al; hothver,
she-fears. be will-bejetidolui and mtamthe
widow brings with hers donkey, laden with
ewe Vat shins* water.' lierielyeSs and
ectriiitiiilieltig — iiiii, - .thaFfnaiiiiiffite
on the grave the _water keep the
husband cool wider the irritating dream.
stances about to take place, and having Well
saturated him, she departs.
Tux Vora Ix TUN Urns',—The following
list shows _the np,mber of rotas cast_ at _ the'
late Presidential election in twenty-one of
the principal chin in the United States.
They are not all official, but are eubatsdatiallf
correct:
Now - York — IVO) New %ism. - - fla
Ptißaul*" 20,198 Cl. load '7
Brostlye '_ __ 161,910 LW ,
Baltimore 2 5 .008 I' l le o 4,043 1 io,ale
Clnehinatl 20,628 Allis 3,638
Boa= , 16,444 tar 6,403
Oblate t 1,634 Lonimill• 6,866
MAIM, 11,812 Detiiidt 8,766
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,•• throat- 0.05 1
Allow 9.115 Providosoo , 5,481
Newark, N. J. 1,065 Troy ` 8,162
THZ Wimmeenor.—The Memphis (Ten
nessee)'6idietinlAitne from a pntlercutti"Who
Ims been travelling pretty extensively
through that section ,of coUntry, that the
inspects for the coming wheat crop era
iihnaurilly promising; in fact. were never
better at this season of the year. It also
'elan, hem it* informant OIIV hee i♦anytck
Law amore of land in eultivationin wheat s
and.xhoidit lbs. iald oL
anything like what it Promises to beat pros-
eat., the receipts sad exports from that port
wilt be - much greater ricit year than any
E 1304 heretofore. .
PitIPIDINT Pancr..—the New lkedford
eis son, in sfoialiniaT CF,iii:Prorifes
administration:
"Siace the days of JoCluion, Ma adminis
tration has had so violent an' opposition to
contend 'spinet and as we have oftea said,
like the Idotirditration'othcksorr, postrrity
will do;it jiilitice—history will set it right
upon the record, and the young American of
coming time will proudly point to the name
of Franklin Pierce as one of the patriotic
Presidents of olden time, who was alike
proof against the whirlwinds of fanaticism,
the storms of sectionalism, the earthquakes
of disunion, and the thunders from the 'three
thousand New England clergy !'"
Tue ATLANTIC Taccattera.—The London
papers announce that the subscription of
£350,000 required by this company Ims.been
closed, the application' considerablyezneed
ing the specified "Mount. The shares ire
valued at £l,OOO each, and a call for 20 per
cent. has already beep made upon them.—
Eighty-eight shares were taken on Ameri
can account. It is understood that appli
cation will be' ma& to the guvernmerit of the
United States for an annual grant "Nut to
four per cent. on the capital, as has been
accorded by the British treasury.
MUIPLACKD entrarwr.—A correspondent,
(says the Neu,. York Journal of Commerce.)
at Stamford; Connecticut, sends 111 an ac
count atipoor mechanic who recently broke
his leg while attempting to raise a Fremont
flag in that town, and who remains at the
" Union House " dependent on the charity
otlVAldAt ' ina tide "tofaAintaio - ilie:
poophettse, altheogkr-abontS4oo -have been
raised in the same place for " bleeding Kan
sas."
A New TRIISITORY.—PIans arc in progress
to organize the new Territory of Arizona,
from that portion of New Mexico comprised
within - 111i GaZideii - riufalfisii: , The Preieht
number of residents -is said to be about ten
thousand, who halm already elected a dele
tits to congress,'who Uri presented a me
morial for tteir recognition and the estab
lishment of a Territorial Government.
Asourioxism, says the New Mien Rt.
grater, may as well go to sleep, and take a
good bug dream of what may be done in
the year 1860, while the " shriekers" 'hint°
in singing—
" Rauh, my dear, Ile still and plueuber,
neeeher's ride. guard thy net;
Katmai humbug., withoutnumber,
otieetly tree upon - thy breitt."
Paritytra an 'THAI labor.or,on
tho Union Canal, was found dead in tlib bed
of the Canal, abont,two 'mqe4tbovefteading ,
tr few lisp since. ' - ftppWd - txrr'here been'
murderoil for money kneekto be in his Roe-
iusWorcester lienteld, published at Snow
Md\ , raises the narnts . of / Stephen A:
P 94 148 .4 1 114 James Alfred Peirce ter Prisi
dent and Vico President in 1860.
BELLEFONTE, PA., WEDN I ESBAY, DECEMBER 24, 1856.
p 4 Wa(chnsfi 4 l
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NEB
=1
The soldier, fired with martial dreams,
Beek, the insanguined
And to the elation's pealing Wee.
Monte gladly beet again.
Ills eye, beneath Itt-isarel•baya,
Itiotee.not the loud adolalm,
110 sleeps upon Ids gory bed—
And able, they say, la tame.
The sailor dares the wean 'VIM, ' -
If tempts the raging sea;
tie booming cannon, o'er the deep,
`:` Seats Its loud thunders free.
Thrbtlgtit, a itttturro'vrilhe
lbss
-In gleams ofileabing hale, '
The groanturremel ehdell below —
And the, they say, le fins.. •
Tb• mil:atria strikes tho Ift liplarobaade
Of bia.aoft, thrilling lyre,
..a.ad whisper* to nobegdbNi
lila Milos of sottl.bruathod Arc
they break—tfio Itrioi aborda give May,
• Masa groblurradlarla bole,
ow% begirt atrlopliai.• be-obis than
- And lb% t say, la time.
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realises Ai?
Tps bard# warrkor, bold sad brim'',
no damrot rare yea T
Or the pal!, witliaalag child of song,
Who, for a dradbleas wpm,
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Who Aglaia 'limy
Mitat6r,t, Pa. • ,
Wild Sports n Africa,
now 00X00, THS CAITIK erase ♦ L!ONl5$.
Congo . 11:1A1 but a abort while In getting
ready. 'The limits' will not hare long to
wait for her assailant.
'the-equipment et the Kaffir must.peede
he desefilied.
- It Wu "simple aweigh, though . odd to a
stranger's eya. It was neither more nor leas
•
than the' equipment of a Zooloo warrior.
'ln hie right hand ho held e bunch of ass
giter—..6 all, sii of them.
• -What it an."assogitll".. _ .
It ul a straight lance or 'mar, though not
to be:nsed as one. It L smaller than slither
of these Weapons; shorter and more slender
in the shift, bUt like them armed with
,an
iron head of arrow shape. In battle it is not
retained in the band, but flung at the enemy,
often form a considerab'e &Stance. It is, in
short, lc" Javelin," or " dart "—lush as was
used in Eur Ope belbro fire-tywut became
known ? susil suctopt atiereNtgelbe war
weapon ofall the saVage trlbes'nr Southern
crop
tions. And well know they bow to project
this dangerous missile. At the distance of
a hundred yards they will send it with et
force as great, and 'an aim as unerring as
either bullet or arrow ! The assegai is thing
by a siu Wu.
Of these Javelins 6mgo
wing their slender shafts with his Wog, mug
ilrlticifm3lt were not the oddest part of
his otpl,ipmen4.- -Matt_ was _a _remarkable
thing wh cb a bore on his left arm. It was
of oval form, iblkaii feet in length by about
three in width, concave on thrside towards
his body, and equally,fonvek en the oppo.
site. More than anything, else did it resem
ble a {mall boat or canoe inads , of skins
stretched aver a framework of Wood, and of
such. materials was it eon/trucked. , It was,
in fact, a shield—a Zootoo shield-' ihough
of somewhat larger dimensions than 'those•
used in war. Notwithstanding Its great else
it was far from. clumsy, but light, tight and
firm—so much so that arrow, assegai or bul
let, striking it upon the convex- aide, would
have glanced off as from a plate of steel. '
A pair of strong bands, fastened inside
along the bottom, enabled the wearer to
movie it about at will ; and 'placed upright, I
wi ‘ l b its lower end resting upon the'ground,
it uld have sheltered the body of the tal
lest man. It sheltered that of Congo, and
Con g was no dwarf.
'W
hout another word he walked out, tho
huge. carapace on his left aim, five of the 43-
elutchred in hilt left hand. whi,le ono
thst ha lied chosen for the thrdly „ he,
held in his right. This one was gr:itepkiknivr .
the middle, and carried upon the balance. I
No chartgo had takeu place in tho
tilt',
thereof aflame out upon t • ,
there litid not been Inch time- for any.
Soiree five minutes had elapseJ from thil
time the Kaffir stated his purpose, until' he
went forth to execute it. Tho lioness was
still roaming about, uttering her frightful
screams. Tho hyenas wore still there. The
Ka4llo.wisk•seen approaching, the cowardly
hyenas fled with a howl, andsoon disappear
.
ed under the bona.
:Far different with the lioness. She Veined
to Pay no regardlo the approridh - of taliart;
ter. She neither turned her hytd, nor rook
in the diroctiqn he was cofining. Iter whole
attiintion wan absorbed by the * Mame of bo
dies upon 'the plain. She yelled her savage
noter as mho regarded them. She was ho
doubt lamenting the fate of her grim and
'swarthy - partner that lay dead before her
eyes. At ell events, - she .did not seem to
notice the hunter until ho had got within
twenty paces of the spot.
At that distance the Kaffir halted, fested
hls hUgo shield upon the ground—still hold
ing it erect—'poised the assegai a moment in
-right 1044 &Ad Alum, gout_ sing
through the sir.,
It piereetithe sides of the-tawny toote;and
and bung qnivering between her ribs- Only .
for 16.,ipenieot. The
_tierce animal doubled
round upon herself; caught the shaft In her
teeth, end broke it off ILK if 'it hiol hasp 4
straw
: . • remstoottiu,
tlepo i ch:qql 4 t 1 6
She nad now petteived her enemy, ;nd otter:
ing a vongeful scream; sho sprung ,towards
him. With one tremendous hound she
cleared three-fourths of the . she that lay
between them, and a secen . ;;vottitl hate car
ried her nrkstpthe should° of the Kaffir :
but the latter was prepay to receive her,
and, as she' rose to her s nd leap, he di,-
1- • •
appeared suddenly fedni t scene! As if
by make he had vanished: nd had not, ono
, , •
of the boys been watehkng very movement,
they qiould bave been ati loss* know
irliii - EicTlKZimi orfilui. llut — thiTY 'knolir
that under that mid cont:6 Airsick, whose
edges rested upon .the earth, Itjt:Cingo the
Ther"TOY_ De It totioiso in its
smell, clutching the strips tkltall his might,
and pressinglds ciianice Minty agaitiit the
ground ! •t
• ,
The lioness was tam astaitybed than the
spectators, At the second leap she pitched
right down - upon the shield, but the drum
ilk...prise envie by het: weight, awl the hard,
llrm substettee enei4lteffil lry her claws,
quite disconcerted her, and. tipringi rig aside ;
she stood gasitig at the odd object with looks
of alarm - -
t3he stood'hut for a tiosient, and then,
414)14°.
side.
**'4l4lll"l'— ` 4 :llls , On id o d was
tur!fed taL
R'hie grow
raised_from
and but a very little way at ffrst—just enough
to enable the hunter to see the stern of the
retreating lioness• '
Thew the Kaffir rose quickly to his feet,
and, holding the shield erect, prepared for
the casting of a second assegai.
-This was quickly thrown and pierced the
animal in the flank, where shaft wad all re
'twined sticking in the ,ilesh• The lioness
turned with itaiiithl t id once more
charged upon her leemilant, end, Le before,
Was inet by the bilir - d'iouTex surface of the
shield. This time she did not immediately
retreat., but stood menacing the strange ob.
jeeld; striking it with - fair ,ell rd ham; and
endeavoring to turn bt over.
NOw was the moment of peril for Congo.
Red the lionueas Succeeded in making a
capaise, it would have been all up with him,
poor fellow ! But he knew the r dingos, and
with ono hand clutching the kitte' straps,
anti thoptluor bearing Ukill the edge of the
frame; ho was able to bold firm and close—
oloaer even " than a barnacle to a ship's
v— * • • - •
After venting her rage is several impotent
atteMpts to break oroverturn the carapace,
the lionesa at length went growling
. aw . ,kry
towards her former position.
11cr growls, as before, gnided the actions
a Congo. Ile. Ima_loon upon his feet, an
other assegai whistled through tits air, and
.• - throasti-therseek the •
Bat, as before, the wound was not fatal,
laid the animal, now enraged to a frenzy,
charged once more upon her assailant. So
rapid was her advance, that it was with great
eongeo got under over. - A:moment'
later, and his ruse would ham failed. forthe
claws of the lioness rattled !volt the 'shield
as it descended.
lie succeeded, however, in planting him
self firmly, sad Wiwi once aims istfo nnrinr
the thiek buffalo, hide. Lioness_ now
howled with disappointed ; •aild, after
spending some Iltiind teit i n fildithis epdeavors
to upset the shield, she ones:fibre desisted.
This this, however, initelsMieing away,
ale angry brute' kept pylipg round and
round, sod at length laysfouns itathin three
fest of Mrs spot Oongo.was besieged! -
The boys saw at a glance thiit bongo was
a captiie. The look of the lioness told them
this. Though she -was 'several' hundred
yards oil they could see that she wore an
air of determination, and was not likely to
depart from the spot without having her re
venge.
There could Deno question about it
-the Kaffir was in 4 ' a scrape."
Should the lioness remain, how was hello
get out of it 1 Ile could not escape by auji
means. To r0i56,01.--,shida wallet* to
term! thu tierce biota upon him.' Nothing
'cbula'be plainer thsnlhat, •
'the boys shouted amid to warn blur of
his danger. they feared that he might_
(.4""Ambirse 4 4.4 lo4l . o " , e l g
enery.
Nelwithstanding the danger, there was
something ludicrous in the situation in which
the Kaffir was placed; and the young hun
ters though anziouri about the result, 'could
antes keep hem laughter, as they looked
fuflh upon the plain.
There lay the lioness ea ret r ee t of'
the shield, zegiurdiug it with fixed and gla
ring eyes, and atintereias uttering her sav
age revile,- There-hty-thetwalform, with_
Cougo beneath, Motionless gild silent.
strange pair of adversaries. indeed.,
tong Hefei thelfonesa kept - 1m dose vigil,
°arca moving her body from its crouching
attititde. Her tail only vibrated trona. side,
to side, and the muscles of her jaws quiv
ered with subdued rage. The boys shouted
repeatedly to warn Congo ; though no reply
mime from the hollow interior of the cara
pace. They might have spared their breath.
The culibing Kaffir knew as well as they the
position of his enemy. Her growls, as well
is her loud breathing, kept him admonished
of her whereabouts; and he well understood
how to act under the circumstances ,
' For a full half our this singular scene
continued, and as thir-liontes.' showed) no
signs of deserting her post; the ybung. gl
ows at length determined ones idt attack,
or, at all • events, a feint, thili would , drier
her oR. — - , ,
It. was dose upon sunhet, and should night
- eontc don't), what would become' of Congo
Id the darkness he might be destroyed. lie
might relax his watchfulness—he might go
teesieep, and then his relentless enemy would
hove-the advantage.
6inuething must be done to release, him
from his narrow prison—and at once.
They had 'saddled and mounted their hor
ses, and were about to ride forth, wheO the
sharp-eyed Hans,noticed that the lioness was
much fiither off from the shield than when
ho last lOoked that Tray. And'yet itheltad
not moved—at aßevents no one had seen
itti;':::itbdsha - wiiiititsti OW -cry i~ntpe
attitude itory then.?
" Ha! kook yonder the shield is moving!"
— As Halls uttered' these wards. the eyes of
all turned suddenly upon the carapace.
,
Sure enoilgh, It was moving. Slowly and
gradually it seerned to glide along the ground
like a huge tortoise, though its. ekes re
mained create to the surface. Although ha
pellA by no visible poiver,lall understood .
whit,thia motion plaant--Oane was the
moving power !
The yagers held their bridles than, and
sat watching with breathless interest.
Ina Am , minnies more the shield - had
moved rug ten paces from the c rouching li-
Tt.te'n 3r, 9
her euetifeig advotWery. — lf she did, she be
held-it tither with feelings of eiirloeity - or
wonder than otherwise. At all events, she
kept her post until the ciiriOus object had
gone a wide distance from her.
She tnight not have suffered it to go much
further ; but it was now fir enough for her
adversary's purpose, for the4shielalsudideuly
became erect, And the Kaffir oric - e'itore sent
his assegai whirring from his hand.
It ,was the fatal shalt The lioness
chanced to be Le Crouching tiro4ulaide to
wardithe hunter. Ells aim was true, and
the hirbed iron pierced through her heart.—
A Sharp growl, that was soon stifled—a
short, despairing struggle. that r oon ended,
indiNe`nuigtriy brofe Tay inolionless in the
dust.
ORSIIVPB E CAPE
The story of Orsini'is escape from the cas
tle of San Giorgio, in Mantua, Italy, is al
most too wonderful to be believed.
Anse
count of _Witt contained.% in t - recently pub
lished narrative of, the prisoners adventurer
Orsini, as iN well known, was attested and
itnprlsouettlibouteighteen montha*WO tit?*
for She fourth time Since 1844—0 n account
of his known revolutibaary tendencies. hot.
Withstanding the castle of San Giorgio wok
believed to be the safest prison in Austria,
be resolved to attempt an escape, and har
ing, by studied Conduct, gained the well
, dance of his jailors, he succeeded in precut.-
, ittg- from-the-friends: who -Lvistted- him, a
small aaw. Ho stye :
'gloving thus far paved the way, I com
menced sawing through one of the bars near
! est to the -wall. The-position in whioli 1
was obliged to stand—on tip-toe, on the top
of the chair—istereased the dialoultyof the
operatjoa. as I was obliged -to make the
same motion with my feet as witty my heads
in order to keep my balance. My saw was
- excellent hut•efteylurving used it a couple
of,hourtorisajt &row blunt— z Liirtiy_licestusel
I was not usea to handling tools, and also,
from t h e whieh,l Adopted to
prevent noise. However in four daye t l had
but through, the ((rat bo.l3...,..o9Pitettaving
usellhe saw without_ the luuntfe, holding it
at eithir-pit, is toy hand, it broke,in two,
and I then 101 . mi wits to work to make a
handle for the other,
" I sawed away some wood from under
neath the table, and diriding it into two por
tiolisefastated -Oui with woos either aide Of
the saw, only sufficient of- thn'llater to cut
through the iron bar—in order to reuow it
with a fresh piece when the first should be
worn out. Waring it well I bound it tightly
round the two pieces of wood_ at the end of
the BIM and backwards and forwards' from
one to another. By these means, I num].
facturetran. Ixeitllent handle, and the saw
no longer bee!. n moved about. Tin order to
rocloso the pot idly they were cut through,
I made tv cement 01.-1/411X and burnt bread 1 1
'moils the week:ma wvn. t— •
".Iklevertheless ,my work., nuide_but slow
progress. At every moment I had to stop
and clean my saw and as often listen to any
noise without. Some days I could not work
at all for fear of interruption, and often I was
Obliged to desist on account of the terrible
fatigue,, and tin) pain arising from the dis
tension of the muscles. Often my feet and
right arm were benumbed—l could scarcely
write my own name. According to the po
',n of-klia b ar . t pn.,IINI th e lli Mood ty..of
cutting through them—While working at the
highest I sp wounded my eltAw by pressing
it`sgttins'l &t side,-thati mud+. - herdly - lieu •
ou it alone. ,
" At times despite the figments and cour
age with which' nerved myself, my pettience
was nearly exhausted ; SO protracted watt
my physical strength Shat I sunk on tug bed - 1
utterly hopeless of my design. Then it was
the thought of my countrz, my children re
turned to any aid. I must behold my little
ones again—must once more contbet. fOt any
fatherland!—and fired with the thought
• Aux clmitAnd
lad zeal, sowing , to mySelf " Onward L on-. 1
wardl, courage! (osisnts! dean's! carriage!)
eaah,tiine I felt my eiserg,y,thig.
~, In spite of the energy hfhitelteepere, OS=
alai finished hilt stoking elf the Suter as wait
the inner grating cifthe window, ited able,
resneivedoome bricks to enlarge the aperture.'
The window was about - 100• feet from the
ground. 41 cord was made, by, stripping thb
sheetit and towels which ho lately possessed
and alter several abortive attempts, he mad!
the perilous descent on the night of the nth
of March. ,
When I had deseendod eighty-four fee},
felt my strength giving way ; the tension
of the muscles of the arms was too painful
for endurance. I again felt about with,rny
feet, and soon discovered a white marlde
I 'cornice, which surrounded therastie ; but
while I strove to rest my feet upon it, and
the chord slip_pt4fram beta sen my legs,and„
a ter malting stvoral, attempts lo recover it,
I looked below, and Lancing myself not more
thin . ea feat from the ground, I stretehOd
out my arms and - lot utyself drop in 'ancira
Way. that utty 'feet should fist toueli,Ae
ground, but that / should fall on all fours.
This ealeatb4i*.traa the work of a second—
hut what a thita,elapsed /ewe I reached the
ground I altudol to reef& . I had fallen 20
feet !. There . was a quantity of mud and
picoeatif broken brick an4cement, at tha
bottom of the /case, and agaiust this !struck
first my knees and then my feat. The blow
was trldtlendOWL I turned'almost mechani
cally, sod fora few roomette lost all con ;
aCiouanota.
IrGrTither iflllittinht , • ' 4151g16.4 ~,-
I WO, then rolled up over Ulairigge
the Leto of New pricing and the Lh.ttapaeau
' ticket `' V 4l .
From 1824 to Me pri sent hour. Gob: Big
ler has been a consistent supporter of Dem- •
ocrotic;men awl measures. Of harapt. can
Wi 11 troth be said that he never faltifted to
the- good cause-never for a moment was )
faithless to the principles of the Densocrstie
party and its nominees.
In '1846, Gov. Bigler n movod to the Mote
of Illinois, and resided an Brown county,
until April, 1449, when ho emigrated to the
new State of California.
Op the 111 day of aril, 11149, CA. Bigler
ricopmpaieted by Lis wifu and daughter, ;Vie
ghiis-,'Bicii Int seven Soars old, and a mall
party of friends and neighbor., started fur
California. Tlity all hail us kataß. Gov.
llgler till% Mg his own the gre 'Keegan, of
1 4 1 e,Nat and • walking, • ith the eseeption
of abou one hundred miles, the entice die
tauce from the Assouri river to Cellecemai i s,
The wagons passed over the States(' -Mis
souri and arrived at St. Joseph's Ilek the •
, Is o uti ,rivex about the 211th e( 04404
,n 4 mastic qth z of ./Jay nornasintstidAbwirle
dines anirperilows,iminsey aorneeillhe Masi
to Calskrnis., - ;
.. _ .s.
Oov. Bigler .bas
load, oTeourre, greater corm tter*lbmselirbo
had only their own safety and esonedirt" to
l oo k s ab e r ; but, uotwithstafitling all thisohe
Pm er failed to perform his full glare at
44 . 0 „,,,1,1, 1 1 .1 -, =^d. wintry ista-stiregkr inelitiesee
ur for a /single moment, shrank from danger
or responsibility.
The ditlhmltivs encountered ware truly
i gma t, a ., a a s al s o the rApOSUPO imiCelhaawr: -
- At many places the wogoas of the) ;sky
laid to be I. t duo II into steep ravines and the
hanks of slieams, by means of ropes at-
Owned to the Mad axles. In missing pia- .
ees of this Lind the party would ogee bade- -
Mined several hours. Every night e' guard
eas detained to took after the nacre and
mules, so as to prevent: the Indisetrivene obi
ring dam 41 or idling thus. An inner
gourd ea* also detained to.watelir.the wig.
mai, and those maim in theta and-tiesdentir.
MI s., Dial( r and hi r daughter, st night, apt
in 'the Welgilli_ &ring the- entire jOarßty,
which occupied hearty Bre eminthe, after
On many meanieas when her himband.-we*
very weary, Mrs. Bigler who proved'hmerif
a woman of great ewer, took 4p gun and
herself•guanled the wagon while hafestrd.
During the journey nil the Platte giver
they were Roquently unwind ...th terrific
storms of rain and hail. AtTurt temensey
they ware exposed to a terrible stern of
...,
rain, which Want nirmiy the estiewilight,
Cows and goats will not cat hemlock, but sod raw, red the lit " valley ecuti haulm(
sheep melt - llllharmed. It kills man, when venter. ant renderer) the travail , g eteeed.
taken in a fater,dose, by its strong acti non Jingly 4i him' 11, f ee . severa l d ale , -,.._ - r .
the nerves, producing insensibility and palsy At. SisAtnit Bluffs •the little party inceem
of the arms and legs. - As a drug, it it most I tend a terrible hap storm. whikb word
dangerous ? except in skillftil hands.. , Then .4.n..5.4 . 21 , 105 .. , dmiticarloaktirlor
lirodM ll 4" l i re- Y ,--Arertitarir4 P - " i " 4 their oxen were killed by liglitniegi ,Bmwese
old hes been poisoned by mating the some- diately tif.,cr the oxen All, the - menlintiln
what the bulhous root-I or this plant, by
front or,tbe cattle in orderto prevent *retain
'She died with- prole, and were driven frau' diefir cslmPing
mistake for young turnips.
in an lour. Somebody put the lei VCR into ground ,more than 'two miles bitter they'
soup instead of parsley. Vomiting fellow- tweeemdtd let plow the eattle,4o. how 30 _
col, with it last lockjaw ; death Within wards camp. The hail which' fell was ,of
twenty-four hours. The roots of water sufficient z i, u to „ It their heodersind fears
hemlock or cowbane have been eaten by covered with wood. ,
children for parsnips, with death as the con- Immediately elk r trot Governs/. left in par
splums. ' But the most virulent of all the I." or . t h e mu t e, l i s , , loot swept amomotis
iiors . onS of this sort is the water dropwort, tent, eißyie;et , i4Nedabtestitea .
. wird.
sot _
common on the banks of the Thames.- •
, puy.sd to seek ididtet in Altar% etieleh
NS' hen not in &WV' it resembles the celery, I ji „ era li m „ camomi . ba_ ciw a w di ty , _
and `rho :11,e - Minsk - eh - talky:tor : rho wired. ----". ." eti. :^ -' '
parsnip-roots. Some years ago, a number i , .
of convicts were 'at work upol 'the river
_The mkt morning wiig , 'low otttein'Etti
/
- &DU'S Bluth- thin is tort viestelgrunen
bank hear Woolwich, and found a quantity ; fur.._
- tame of the .esibehirta of a
Of AIM plant. Seventeen of' them ate It. 100 the !Owl ,
afterwards wo o, hob aaao d. , great t Ity,covetvxl.with Winkle* brit to
Nine shortly
which was displayed iseasy .
+Met* of arehi
lions ; one died in five minutes : another in 1
feature. The whole appearance predated
a quarter of an hour; a third in alt hour:
and , s, &lei i f - fed' minutes liter. • l'Wo t bY•the , iwtionot thevigilk Mid =tit eipiNti the
othere died In the mum° of a !ex diya. 'Mu I s° a -- " 64 c) fm i nong, ~ tio l ti.Wivei 1 :10 1 4 1 . 1 !'
Pine leaded water-dreptfiqt, stuittle cocain.* -ai wtbht In l ib t*W - * l4 g!Or 04041 / 11140
Hr* both or *hit* thy' podiefiumhaeakiii ro
.' . ... oitliiP,A4 0 1 ,0*.9 0 4 . 4* . TO .t. (1 2. 6 .4. r —. . ... .........,,,, ...-, . ... —_
eatedveithout evinaidefibliedanger. , -,lhriiintt• la. 1343, " airrbeN , X . T - 0 , ..,,, rr ,
Ihnlithild Irents.'. .• • `. ~ ,: - , !:..-:'f ,, 'f , .. 4d erMaingillaree triiiiii giiiitirdit4,Tilie '1
, , i' 1. r „ • • - - ' -a5p. , .. , ' . 4 it ,'4'' ' t' ti*Aill ribl* - WheitiglAilgt eh* Aida;
,A , Bi*& ^ was rifileit.alf stqt 44foi clams kW', OW . WideshOldliftlidAiitiast ll l4l ,
.lolehisvllle 's tier dilileigp:' , ltiwilapilrap, i 4.611 'it*' il y: 4 46l4lle:AklW 1%
vfir ert
iii , $1.0(/ an& Situ hart, hf r a SanilaweSsa.: , ' I utast* won t Uk i tabr , NftniOnallhigi
___
tuckian, who throw' 14.. ~I 1- or a rumor that', the etaalliptat.tras its-Gail -
--- ,
lam , i npnc,. • .1 4 k , - .ng ever, • 'A..
stack with the exception of the ditch heron ,
the outer-wall. While lying there wounded
aad exhausted, two
r peasants passed, and,
recognizing his situation at a glance, helped
him out by means of a cord, nod assisted
him to a place of cone . ealtni nt. It aas a
quarter before six when he was tidily with
out the fortress, and at six the turtike)s en
tered his cell and discovered his_ flight. It
was too late, however for recapture, and
notwithstandingthe rewards offered fur his
capture, he escaped from the city.
DAIIIiI9 POISON.
There are the buttercups, to begin with,
si_catultiethet_the 4•tide tif_eldliircu_vith,
tiring theta are sornatimasinflamed, or mei
blistered, • The deep smite abetter-was as
cribed to Chi eating of (heel, flowers by the
oows,wherpfbre they Wait:ailed buttarflaw
era arid buttercups ; but the cove know . heti
4tHlusu to eat them. The poisonous princi
plein buttercupa is volatile, and disappears
out of the herb in drying. Buttercups, there ;
fore, are not only hartulesa when liaised with
theiritran eatables hay; bat even -help to
ulaktethrlbdtlar aetrilfertr byelaw large quan
tity of mucilage their steels contain.
It may be thought that we are safe amang
legumes, but we are not. We may eat
beaus and peas, but we had bettor art i I
eating laburnum. The poisonous principle
of laburnum t cyheine) is centaihed io Immo
other leguminous plants. hr the laburriunt
it kills easily. - Three little - Trig in - Hern ,
fordshirs, finding that a high sued had she.
ken down a great many.laburntun pods, col
lected them in play, and ate the weeds as
peas. They were children of front five to
coven years old.' Two died the same night
in convulsions ; the third meet crud only ar
ter a lingering o f solo , mouths.
There is math poison else in labunnim bark.
The seeds of the yellow and of the rough.
podded vetchling may produce headache and
aicknese.___The wild flower of the cuPumher
tribe, common in Engialid, the byrcuy, is a
powerful and highly irritant purgative. it
is o quack herb medicine ; its red berries
produce very ill effects on children wile may
chance to eat them
In the parsley tribe there are some famil
iar' wild flowers, very apt to be eaten, awl
very far from eatable. Carrots and pars
nips, celery and fennel, belong to this fain
fly, and they are good to eat, of course 1 but
there are other plants of the kind which
careless people may mistake for parsley, cel.
cry, or parsnips, and die -of the blunder.
Hemlock leaves have been eaten for pars
ley leaves, although much darker and more
glossy.
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• .I.c-twat...Jowl': t
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The; reMof the
'ItICIAENTs IN THE LIFE oF"AN
CIOIEI(Non.
fey. days nine. s personal . fries& of
COV. Jolin•Biglor related in our.bear is aim/
interesting facts and incidents retail sr to
hini t a portion of *lnch we rryiesetiad
to repeat while s.o mAds notes kr
lion.
Our informant was his travLling contian
ion- over the Plains in 1649 to California,
and as early as 132,:i was intimatr with bet
as the printer l.dy of Pittsburg: Thalamic!'
given of kin 11t is uotconneeted, IP* the
reason
. that our informant, fermi 1831 to.
1846, was Aspirated fruit his pined
_ Gov. Bigler was born near Carlisle, ("um
berlang,County, Permsylvinia, and iu I$V
his Whir removal to Wrote comity ; whet*
he resided until his death, in' 111117. - ' •
Ant r tlw ettpiriiiinalf.*lttipmoticeship
in 1827, John Bigler removal to illehistak , .
Contra.9onsity, and tools.4onriktlttli DM*•
critic paper: Ilers he re:animal dining
1828, W 29, 1881 and 1832, and atheingtl
but a youth in 1828, he support/41LN *Lac
tion of Gen. Jaulpon with swot Seel Ind
afacirney ; and Cents' ispiandy, Avid* in
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