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- ~41.Totittoltwritei.to gas' It that dt.grett, or ay:
which tie importiateemerits.
---.-r•-*'VE - it is reitembered that at least two
-irAkitils of all the - persons named in Akrieul
„ tdrA sad Mortikultare; as well as many of
thole who inirade nrehanieal atocationo,
,togshtlsalLtbeiti operations by the '•eigni” or
isiStionsisf Alai union in the iodise eoristel
;i latinsa..arlits plaas-iSressodin its earn anti
itlievartletatbil, it will:if oneritro aipart.
,bn
that is • wither of greatimportsnee whether
, Are ie,way Tiblibitophror !tektite Tli
system et blooitology or whether it is bat
. superaiidon and folly. '
Wham tou Mk the !relievers in intrar
:berm. upon viiketittion, in' the sense sbov_a
;1 Ap e4trld !'or ieisotrforthe faith that is
in them, they refer you to the almanac ; and
Are yotketsaff contemplate the figure of a
into srithodtatretehed limbs, surrounded by
tty ram, the, bull, the twine, the crab and•
other animals of various , duress of threleity,
--Mip dm - ratiOSilflit — thei cannot, ve, for the
einimea gives it nbt ; but,thilir 'aitetettora
• from time immemorial Willed tollbe 'ages"
Attd'rogulated their iperations by them, and
therefore, they, their sons and daughters go
on in the mime beatitti track, in blissful ig•
'norinte" Whither it leads or why they go
therein.
Your Committee believe that 'sick from
.fbeOtebt produced by the solar light which-
is retleelad up?' the earth by go moon she
j) his tiiiinfluenee whattever upon regetition.
/That' light, as well as heat and moisture, are
oh/dispensable tafiedthful vegetable growth,
Is Viet too plain to be denied or suocess
"fully' tientilevoliod. And that the increased
lan, *haps the goaliey of the tight refleo-
ted froth the saloon when her whelp disk_ota
_
• considerable part of it which is turned to
-woods the earth is enlighted by the nun. has
the Apr of socelerating vegetable growth
lied the riPenhig of crops, are well attested
byeaparlince train perfect accordance with
*shwa philosophy. f kat this has nothinito
do with the signs.
, The Auxin being neater to the earth than any
'other celestial body, and surpassed in splen
-440 may by the -gnat orb of dirt; she by
excited themttentioa of astronomers In all
apes. ..ffldle Iter magnitude. motions and
distance 'liver the earth have been nilely
calculated mid made known to us by astron
omer and mathematicians, they have told
to nothing consenting her indueneeppen ve•
getatiaa; and Dice calculations, have never
like other satellites arid the planets, is an
opaque body. and shines entirely by the
light received from the dun. She revolves
roteralUT axis from the sun to the Sun again
in 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes and 3
seconds, and Idte tikes exactly the same
time, to. go round her orbit front new moon
to, Iteo.,nuien. and therefore constantly has
the same sidaturned towards the easth, with
a instill variation called the liberation of the
moon. '
.. The moon's phases. The sun illpminites
one half of the moon st all times • and the
antouSt of. light which is refluctud - d'ene,mis
uponS l relative *ninon of_then'reerver und
tha en htened port of Abe insort.- , Thula at
thi 0 'Of donjunotlon for new "noon. the
mesa la between the earth and the sun, and
th 64.• Elift of:her free Which ii never seen
fropithessrt4 to fully eni*littand ,by the
• man, 44 that part which is 'nano! towards
the'eafth is in darkness. Nair, its the mu
tioatif tho moon in her orbit. ezleerVi the ap
parent ;notion of the Nun by a little' over
twelve delimit in twenty-four twos, it, fol..
lone that aboutfour day. after 'hollow rnotni
the Will be seed a little east oftWinm after
he hers' atint balmy - 00r horizon,' The eon
. reApact,of the moon Will he towards the
pleekte fun. and.the horns towards the
left' .Au she cinittpuee her ,courste cast
wart* fee poreion cif, her fitthmtowardi
the- earth will • bathing enlightened': and
- wheriihe has rernoved rtihety degrees east.
wt°llpro 4illt isithigilil ptellsni•tbe appear.
snit .
, I st ifi ntu m ;nirole or half, capon, , • And
peel Irdilliblast;ab the end o_e:
idielitysribsleitthrdiatthtlielfif tbf ei =
to Out: slid a nd. I will Ass, althea thk
unkfrel i att&h, gem rtiekehellindelie western,
. a domplate circle or full gm,. 1 lap tarok,
.
'is now between the ion and the Iron, incl .
M m ytiar •i .- ' s ' •• • • • •
' • earth' i • • eta
said ettid; 'the direct rszra of theta in; and thht
weir set& front the earth is in
ea. Then progfessing still to the
eastward the'' ti becopee deficient orpieN
nesteniAriani 'titer Whin • again nitia& • flat
ranaries& . 1 • • *radii •• 1 a , tv4f,
-with i lid '' ' ' 13111 •LPi l l.
. • ney on her W4l •rit ed g e' ; . 4'6.60
' vo
of x
iiih nisffraidell tire. elnd she appetwers oreioent
.rintV• - with the con
east I ......:...'
- .rT 'Agr se . in .e acorn ete. lett—
' nation awl-again_ overtaking the sun. This
showS Igo phatScs of the moon, and the
kinanneldisi witich.lbecy-sreedi-attd-46 -
`our mod Stoat very. apparent that theie
4.ZPOPOnefes w hiult ' are oonstsntly and
vans P 6 Can 13 2V4c NO gator
_ 6630 tgauppd by, inomulc,4 or
diminitheldPikhe. ' "
Noderrif fiarrwOoPlN chi . . a* "itel'an i tt
"dowsk:' 4 igis!. Tlsoi nodes Lisa Usti op. ,
poi* .1104 whets the ophitlec; pron
seems to uterhect the .eclipUo or Me appa
relit path Of the earth. But, this intercOuros.
is mdirele iithiginitry, the carth"motipti,
artiundithe tuniit a distance of 95,000,000
of mileedand the moon around the earth at
7 - is dlitittipe.of-440.000 mllesior tees
inarter;,,Of ,a ;pillion of miles. The orbit of
thentelh4chned to that of the earth at
" , the Medlin of which is 5
degrtftril ittasi. • The nodes make a hem-'
plats AirPilrik , notrollttion from , any point
of ids
the
414 Pfita 4 Af . 411 ) YeOnt ,
This Aycht „ 1, Iwo. site;
no . sed„
upod the same days of the Monthlthat they
7 . -
mar
=I
dill at the beginning of. the rieridd. le the
*tether depiadsd ; upon the elangelrof the
a 2 o o a. Wm/ Year ar,elli.d'harlitha,Same
'sort of iretthef 5t,411 &Ores .
6 / 6 40. 4 0 1 4khth 4 1 M7, 1 ',
Allitureerglatdr!
ahthnintre 114 theteuestiquesit Idtasiges
lit' the weather. But this ht r ilightftgros
' The pride Ihere the &ion Seoms to as
cend from the south to the 'north hide of the
eoJiptio is'cathaiNte ascending node; and the
posife point where ,the no sppeant to
escend from the vOrtil to 'the, aolithie
the descending rtode—thi dorm sign. In
astronomy thestritodes are sotnetirnes called
'the north node ani+thelouth maid, and sonic/
times the / dragon's bead and the dragon's
. .
...If we take two large rings of nearlrenpel
gni. and place the one within the otherso
that the one pal( of thumb Sethi 106 above
rnd the other half below the other ring, at
sis Single of about five degrees, the one ring
will; reOvichit the Orbit of the earth and the
otheriMtpf the morn: • •The two pOihts of
interseetiO6 are .the_ncides. ohs earth re
volve. eround one of these rings or orbits
innually and the noee around the other
mopthly. When theroon, passing Feud
her orbit,- 4 re point Of biterssetiour
(or an iniiiary thin eirewn hem the ode
point 4f , intersection tq the other) from the
sou the wink side of the ecliptic, she is
in the Seconding node=in the "up sign,"—
and wine she reaches the opposite point she
is in the descending nods—the "down sign."
The moon is therefore oontanull/y alterna-
Ow-4mq neer-to - the oft- Whig
about one'half the Ilme'above th e other
half below the orbft-of-the'earth ; but 1p re.
alley ell the time bd lines ef
one aide or the other of tie earth's twilit.
Now, Willy one Can suppose diet the at.
traction of the moon can draw up or pteee
down objects upon the earth, such as roofs
9f buildings, fences, flax or mestere spread,
six., that effect must be apparent in 'about
TWO weeks, for that Is the length of time that
the moon eontinten in each of theseiligns--r*
After that time, the attraction still existing.
Ofif• .would bean alternative ,drawing up
an - d preatog'down as long as the riioon slosh
we. and *sue. The believers in the sir*
have noise' yet discovered how soot) the ef
fect. of the moon lipOn the ;Attests affected
become visible; but they do rid generally
look for those eiects as soon as the moon
has passed from the one sign into the other.
The zodiacal urns. The zodiac is a broad
circle fa the _heasens, extendiag in breadth
from the tropic of eaprioorn to the tropic of
cancer. It is about sixteen degrees in width.
The ecliptic is situated in the middle of the
zodiac. The zodiac, contains the twelve con
stellations or signs through which the sun
passes is his apparent annual course. This
circle is supposed to be divided into 360
equal parts, called degrees, and these again
into minutes and seconds.
The prevalent opinion amens learned Men
is, that the figures um the signs or constella
tions of Vie zodiac, areibeettriptive of the sea
sons of the year, nod that they are. hiero
glyphics hs represent some remarkable event
or occurrence in each month. Thus, no pro
ductions berng.more useful to the Ukeideses
than lambs, calves and kids, and they gen
eraly being brought forth in the spring of
the year, these distinguished thatseason.—
Their flocks were inereased, and the ram
was considered a fltPrepresentation of the
were increased and the bull became emble
matical of this. And the goats being the
moat prolific, they were represented by the
figure of the twins.. Thus we have Aries,
the rain; Taurus, the, bull, and Gemini, the
twins, as the representivesof the spring of
the year—the figures of the spring Bkpg.--
When the sun enters the constellation of
Cancer, he discontinues his progress towards
the north pole, and begins to move back to
wards the south pole, and this retrograde
motion is represented 'aerie crab, Which
travels backwards.,,The heat which usu
ally follows in the - extmonih,.(July,) is
ropremnited by the Lion, in animal rintisiks
hle'for its lieroeness, and Widch at this sea
son of trio year, was frequently impelled by
thiret, to *re the sandy deserkend make
ate eppeahltibe on the banks of tb Nile. I.
the'_ftestiawnth, harvest commences in that
courttyc•aild'es darning" us gearralY tette,
the fields, likei* %Whin !the field of
iliac this season is reproseuted by a Virgin'
bolding,' sheaf of wheat ip her hand. Thd
sun hexi enters Libra, at which time the dips
l end nighoi 'are equal, and obinlive an !qui.-
librium, Nice a Balance. fici we have the
Lion, the Irkgie, end- the ilslenre for the
summer signs, ancient times,:
produced in 111Nindanco of fruit, W
(ftrimpt of,
i n ferior..quali ty , ) and .Iwought t a vi.
riety of diseases. This season is therefore
repreneatixl by tile kloorpion, whibh wounds
with it sting in his tail as he modes.
The inn enters the next ponstellatiOn at
.the fall 'of the leaf, 'when the tleitlal are
4*/ * - the-met*, Weer- the -aseilon Ibt
ibhuiav -t Of- osa., ..lh&Maraartdah
riarkoaA .P°14111.,0
agiolid Oe Inannn or Arokalurlib
his .
bb r &hd itr6wii and Wok Vranponaor
infk'the nag
oca!atollatian, reaches Usti wino! aolatioai
, .
11 , ,,r, !woe ili aetrefere ti repeveentesd 1 by. the,'
vrlld tiedt, whilh delis to Anelhuldnt Anal
a/deadline thelncitintifd it 'Mutt Of his feed,
which. wee ooneidelnid.:ettOeitattfidel of ' the
Ascent Pf , **W. E Mho krii i 104 Anti=
ries. tlite wetpbesner..pottopeoratqr oukof
In urn i ld enitilematicALLgf
.theftdp wo , t .,
'lnd "thibehillirlidde -- “ - . ii - er . . .. 71. t,
.refaLlirrdlinlklit iliti tie • le o f
roishoe.;repreeenting:the lied* sereeb.
In *Slat WOW Mai asiradtimirs; the .
eqqlbeecto pent! roe ••• .011 nd Lierr
`qt the
f
bac the signe"NeWoh were o t Oro,
hen in conjunation
iinth the eutt,'When Wall in the 'eq uinoz
arinostlOrdegeens,nr..a.ntbacle..siot
ward Of ;. so that Aries is now is Tautiii,
Taurus in Gemini, #o. '
The signs's", the ineention of thiabeienta,
1
4 , ! g iice, that system of fables styled Ou
t y, theyliadlhitir origin in ermined.
de and idolatrdue nOtir444 -Ths ctuil4 B '
anti prottirblidre entitled to,theenidit, such
salt is, of itiagining that certain gig* Of
stars resembled deriain animals, Ouch as thti
bear, the dog, the serpent, lko. and 4 113
NOTptillha worshipped the, heat of !resin
JnOor the most of these ImaginaVguies ;
particularly the signs of the sod' . They
itiieForshappedthe sun under the' name 'of
ite-proper representative
fccitifiDeity, shedding light and . heat over
t universe, And as ttaiirmo9n received her
lig t front tho sun, she was esteemed a fe
male divinity, and honors were mid her as
snob, under the name of /sir. The over
*wing °tithe Nile, whieh , :ooonired periodi ,
*4!
was 1441CP4 1 4 **elitist te the land.
br:• .amt, and as that river sways began to
BE'LDMI
NW lI ♦t the :bt-ittu34
tient of e 8; • , stare, th
Fron ibf:'the dog stir, as 'if Itt
' *nightANS* -oreft!.itr
r 'lig ) • *lll l .4 l llA o MAitla* 'PIMA - 7 0F6,
• $ 0., rusl.• , •• 4 '
.e„Prisks disph Li
und stem of the dears&
t. o phaldeanponidellations, and placed
'FA co.
their a troll, Bu t ch mageS, as hid reforefide
tS their own history. The soma thing was
-done by the Romans and hence, some of
this aceotiets *teen' the signi soai
,ac and of the constolittliOns , aro contradict-
Mora and intoiredjil .
Such' it the historytif tholtigna of the zo
diac in:a condensed forth'. I - These -constella
tions end signs were dusters of /Mrs which
rastrice&the palition of the sun lit the heav
ens;stal were ceded th,e " station /ousts" of
the sun. They are twelve in. humber,7con.
'tang_ each .80 degrees, and the' sun wail
aboutt nOnth in missing tbrousii: each of
'them. Whorl we consider, that, the days
of their oiigiu, chronometers an almanacs
had no existence, and astronomy was in its
infamy, wo malbot but admire the testily
of ,the system as wall as eppredate its uni
ty. it made a magnificent time ,pleml of
the , spangled exnopy, and the hosts of
heaven. 'pointed out the length 'of days,
• , anipaszeir--Witat s'pertsteralbt it is,
then,. to make these signs or constellations
the "station houses" of the moon as she
palace around the earth. It converts them
into &Aloe superstition and ignorance, and
Joy entry with them a train of incantation.
ces. The moon's transit thiongh the signs
is rapid, oc4p7WajAjitall our tanadays
itirliXeke almanacs makers, place her
in one edit end days or three days as beat
twits thelitt - Oolthimet"regardin
fraetions of,deys. • '
For example : the Agit Is in the' Grab for
two or three days, wording to the almanac,
and although the weather may be Inc. /nd
the field In excellent order, the farmer who
consults the nunot will noGeow or plant in
that inauspicious sign. Or the sign is In
Virgo, sometimes called the " Posey Girl,"
and everything then sown or planted, wilt
expend all its energy In blastoms, on account
of that girl's• propensity for finivers. And
equally good logic is employed in - Nellef 6f
all the other signs. %That folly !
The believer in moonology will no doubt
be vended In learn that when the moon's
poattion is between the earth and any of the
zodiacal signs, the stars composing that sign
are so immensely far from both the earth
and thiialeon, that-they-cannot possibly - have
any influence whatever upon the earth or
any of the operations of the inhabitants of ,
the earth 1 The fixed stars nearest the
earth are at an inconceivable &Hance. It
may-be stated telbe more thin twenty bil
-1 lions of miles; .but the common mind can
form no adequate conception of such dis
tance. We may acquire Some faint idea of
the immense distance of the nearest of the
flied stars from the earth, by considering
that the sue is 95,000,000. of miles from the
a A tiolpterl or ustima4
is 21amber
state. A cannon
ball Hying frith a uniform velocity. of 500
miles every hour, woulh require four mil- i
liens and tleerinandred and ninet ..t , freer
sand years before it could move from one of. l
those stare to the earth ; and the different
stairirii or the same corritellations may be at
still greater distances from each other. Such
immensity of space is bewildering to the or.,
plain y that the moon's position in regard to
any of the constellations, can have no MU"
coca upon the earth, which is bat as an atom
he the universe. - - -
In - conclusion, your committee would state
that the facts embodied in this report, are
such as are agreed upon by astronomers and
mathematicians—such as are. found in , the
lemons intended for the schools ; but your
cominitteevid not expect this report to meet
with much favor from a large portion of the
conupunit,y. Indeed, truth in never More
unpalatable, than when she brushes sway
from the mind, a long nherikhed fallacy, and
exposes error in an its • naked deformity.
Many will not believe that they have ail
their lives beer - n error. They osesmt make
.up theft mindr to surrender theft Whale'
stock of '" knowledge." They will hold on
.to their Nisei faith, and continue to regulate
• Os* inivor.s and their :Mos by the sive.
Ilist we trust there are other, in whom the
presentation of well estsiblishail 'truth—nut-
ters-of-fact and df calculation and observe.
tion,' will shards,' reflection—that they will
sea the folly and su p erstition df the -signs,
and be ready to follow the teachings of rm.
son. The scriptures speak of husbandry
a plowing. diggb% manuring—of planting
and sowing-4nd of the early &W ale latter
rain—but not &mord of any sign to reg
;date the ioueMindman • in any of his
./s•
jzspi t LAsit: &lotion,'
who *as esteemed a
wise min in hie day, alitiTtitirely ignorant
of thiraigas whiebeinhe — Of dcv modern &l-
Onimait-J4fiePtiLau YMltio: -MP Pit
' foundry' MOM' on tbirstibjeck gii be
- atte, -- it Itt Mg morning *Wilt sci
the rivaling- "withhoWneir, n -,.
then koowest,stot which enlimrospeo+ s ei er
this or that, 04." •Is it notitinaii albs
..oiiiiuriat should erne • from . an .
_ .
fpllowtheriitotoebt So ...on; %Nana nettle'
4eviat4Wl . l.o l oSClPtioltil And Cksideons 1 .
'. *oats ankiatimentellieht be iddueid to
Abir 0444:10 thilefeeta rtnibuted to the in.'
lballar.2B/444.14PA*1nt seeceinketLim
voirui P flotcPhiVa end ici..441 1 * 44.407
Wen, but the would ewe ' it s I. h_
Ts - 0 -gr -ini ie . e . ...
..r bri; , wet d ore r
1411 whibhis retro:l+olV subial ' . . • -
.1 „ ' lllBOalt. alt:. ,i..i: -I'
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lituttiligdm ,
oy. 13V1851 •
Wm) Chris vim LIND .
rlf .
—ld that Britain shunt ainty, tbotuiand
Own lull tit'o l 7itckiii!h. 1 ? 1 4
.pitif by' over itienti-Seimf nsilliOns,'oc,lohab•
itnnta.. • 1'41.in:141,1,s • of
treadelbeise, 'the ' 'Argyle, Athol,
Sunderland compnses about seventy thou.
sand acres" more than onter thousand
situitie j nolJoe. The domains of the Marquis
or Tiyealalbane,antend one hundred English
Miles and reach nearly from amitotic*. By far
the wealthiest proprietor in the lowlands of
Fieoilaud is the Duko of BucelPouhr, whoa ,
estate covers several counties, and whoa,
miscast& Dallas* is. an ostablishrhent of
reflal _magnificence:
• The great object, 6f the
Englisb liesotat. , VoccOnsitifili4
tesss in the bands of a few, and support'
hereditary territerisl aristocracy, , •
", It aid dark—blebk, p .11Yrittriti. 4 1k i • as
him*, siihe knresadepttnrof sts4 el& griro
feudal ,Atingoon, into' which not one , . le
my 0f,4145d's 'gtoriousi tiv , NIA it Viver ,
pineirsied.- ;it- Wes;Ctoiakimest- esl 1 , -if
Mould lave belestter la
It bieti•eh rely'
ta r
sot for the.fnint amitead breeia di ' in:.
fithat India from all Poin tk , the 'idipirt sr
renderi IR 1% .11most. imp*ingli to .' t
, altip4otm Ming eauldit Sam : aback..
thalight Sails had been SeArely f ' i.
the /wavy:coursed were battled. up en ; t
that thwasble *raft fay itulre tinder fi
topsaiii like a giantgladlidot ctrl ' for
In battle. We were -midway betwe the
poitfhorn' edge of the great -.Englisir Bank,
and the shore of the vest sandy bay f Ben
Borombom ; eion , the banns of tb Mighty
ocean-like Rio de la Platt. ever we
had left Bosnia Apes, live days revious,
this strange, gloomy, biding er had
continued, and we had not made o' him•
dreg miles of progress towards t Oda n.
The mate rut an esteelyet tint expe
sued mukwl bitt-thAs-ertis dint Tomo,
to theßiver Plata : and dhen 1 went do
deck at bar &dock, 11Z y b2til a hte
riedly to and fro ; '"
the unusual eipearassm' the
The night, as I have mad, was intensely
dark ; and there were lethal:fa mernmrings
all around us In the doom, that sounded
iihe the wings of rnoestretut birds fanning
the sir in rapid flight. Tar away in - thel
southern board could be beard the low and
almost constant bellowireeof muttered think
der, while-along the whole line of 'horizon
tow_Srds the shore of Sin Borombom, small
wiry threads of chain lightning seemed to
dart up troth' the emirates of the water, and
etch the thundered wernbige of the Storm
king upon the black wentkof night in him*
.glypitios of living Arc.' •
Iwas bat's peatimgwela the stiip;blit
had been an old cruiser the River pltti;-
and I knew that all•theek appettrencis Wek
but the beraldisof-enrobadtig lompatt. %By
my advice, the tnisenloyMillwas darted, the'
third reef taken- in Gil tike, and the main
topsail yard was settled:tatty upon the nap, 1
She reef tables hardechout, and two or three
men were alretidy in theril i ngen their way
,olisktiirtisf, the ails is t r. e captain came
einiviltes4 gbilei-4444:44"
the gloom, came tholpitctintiristi orders—
" Clew up t4at nudtktopeall ! ' Down oat
"iir 'the ...
flCT — Vereqbady,andielap on
to the clewlbres, pad buntlines.•• Let'go She
'sheets: and up with - him 'on both sides—up
with him re, lads--:aup with hlar my lads—
with him with a arni—soi I Belay sr
liTag sad pow Uy aloft there for your lives
and roll hlm up. tip you go, areouls—said
be handya—it 'II be down hereon top of us in
Ilse - minutes :" shd dna wicburagedlust
urged on to their duty, the reedy , sailers
fleet up the alibi _rigging, and out on the
topsail yard lilts oats,
" Who's skulkiog here ?" emilaimed the
mite, se his eye encountered • dishy figure
crouching smog the ropes about the main
trailed ; " who's this, I say r and he
dragged the delinquent sway hum the mast
towards the weather main rigging.
" Me. sir l boy Dhow," relied kdeep °W
aited voice, which I reoognised in e,7%ogient
as belonging to a beautiful Brazilian, par
haparaisteea yaarairlir, who bad -joined-the
ship -the very day before she sailed, and
came aboard in companythe Portugese
sailor, to whord he Appeared to bo
laxly attached, and who, I hail obseiroed,
was always the first man aloft when the or•
der was giVen to make or take in sail.
" 114 Blego !!'- yelled the excited nude :
wtiy the 6-1 den't you go aloft and
help fort that still" '
• " Nil poks° itloto," replied dist.
hightCned ireit rapas qua - item
Oddio MOO 110 naVlo 1"
The wanteslie tdi Lissa:ices that
ite had shipped 441 , a %,1 seamelti
irast hik,' - tnrs ,but hisfrig)at
be had' Militate° the few words of
up, and IR be
keit ri
Juu'Be doihwithbreaking
.144 t you with a yope!‘
ficrif ditjjao Siidesitand the words'',
but het kalie* It thriiti of some fiyid,
and. dieadiiii Mlithwint, he sprarig
-wards - 1 -tiriFfigibiii-ind -d ieronlii - him gene
o ,or Wen fo : Walild-mybanfl
--
."`"a4tounddilmT 4 loft , ah' • vu go
). hi. Pos."- .
ad,—
, old O .P there, Mt- Vibe- 1 4 fend
Chet boy up there. If be ehoaia. fall and be
led, or loot averboexii, it world b dowlP;
right ofarder,,, , , ,
p Ceo Wel 011146 I" (Seilen Ovum
you,) eiselaireed, tha Ihoy, is he Winded ibit-•
ward, and liaising the isptsin'shieid, eagerly
passed it to
At that moment a - strange lurid glare lit
up tke Heavens and every bbjeet about the
ship was as phanly Visibleu though • it bad
r.been,noer.day. It was not lighthing; but
Seemed tether to proceed from the murky
atterpheto Wolf, and appeared to , roll in
rofgvalj 'parts of Old' comps,"
o ffYriudl
'shy, hi' ttiligthig the j lieintitial
aWrifecations of a brilliant Wirt borealis;
it kiss ~ just such a Deltas one would have
NitY77 7
/EMI
itnrithedio nett' 40"tiiitikReqesseil of 0.1
Rtiiitui"Aimbs Po* the' *apt& 1417101 . ,66
klnkriA3o4llooW..,,. *r - if '
I.4olibtopitittle4 ebbittbkirtr+ 4 011tht
log eiveryinerkele Ida . the 'The ,l yard
t.
*nee we rolled in;encl ,the gaskets half
panted, when. ',numbing noise like -the- ea•
cape of pent.up mean!, arrested oar. atten
tion k and turning 'our caies the direction
tmnitytettle/rit einhe,vre beheld, not a• mile
lesion dim, the whole sorter* ok„the 'water
centertid into a Mesa otibcglilkt
foam, by the hoarse breath 'at. the Coming
tornado. •I 4 eplin - ttrietathe Rt *Sit were
caught tin frowthe leitPing emir* esstottnt
erirlds on, white ea 'the whirling drift from
tholuthinita of.occr New Ragland halt, hur
tled onward by the winter Written..
" dome down down 'five sled., there,
every Soul of yo in with yep and down
'Your lives ! Do ye hear I Let tbo mil go,
end come - down 1"
,SLAeritt
t the
Alt
Ala
.. 1 ,. 00
Thui yelled the e*cittiod ,captain ` ; sad le
coupe the rnekt9l the yer4uni down-totk
. deoli. - hy the hack, atique.-euillhe lut man
had just cleared the tigglnt, when the hur
ricane burst upon. the ship lb all its
Yelling fury. I Bald the last malted phi
toll4.l 44-4 MAI not rimer; thit:; fbr there
*&s Onf l oo.oe_ 4LgAtAlteAlf t4lea_erarri.
andstill r etained vs the Yard. JIM
ei g =rtZtallin" .
• bo etc
Obstinately he cluali o to the almost Itirled
sail, aft* all, the atlas-had left.tbe yard.
Twios the captain . screed to him after the
others had reached the deck ; but he heeded
him tat ; , aid be was there aloes when the
emit terrific gust broke in wrath upon the
quivering fillip. •
1.. Then commengeli_tbe- most desperate
Ittiiggle I had ever, wipeased. The puny
stru of man battling with one of natures
mightiest elements. Irian instant the bunt
of the fieevy topsail filled with wind, and
bellied out forward of the yard like AO laiik
red balloon ; but the daring sailor ItPoth
eced it in with giant strength, and-had al
. r.
twit named tt. Ttrtriiiimrsino — ri; or the
aid of another pair of bends. Ind the nail
would have bemused, Bpt a second blut,
wilder end more I fttrioua. than the *it, tore
the canvies from Es grasp, and this out
moment it was rest from the yard Ay the
tremendous power of tma Ole; 00 tba
biere sailor who had so e nobly periled; bra
life to save it, was hurled backwords to the
deck. Stunned and counted bt the elattiog
, • auviseessimililUnsingA bite, •
'and was precipitated backwal. clear, of the
top, nod would dosibtleas have been killed
.0 the IpatWlrtrotliraiiiatiii deal
cent he fell across the mizzen stay, which
partially broke his
Never, while Illy! 4411 forget that shrill
pierei ug scream 'of• • p which broke from
ips oft e beautiful ; ili+o boy, as ha
rushed foiwird and flung himself upon the
inanimate' body of his unfoittinite friend..
- flop her,seinsre'Wore it,siriu-ssiotthe
captain to Mr. Vibeift ; " and hare three or_
Isar of you tike this brs‘filel AVinto the
cabin."
The boy clang conclusilely to the body,
and !could only relnigno4,bissresp about
his neck when i asiediabim he should au
compani. ut to the cabin, and be permitted
to_remain with We friend. .
Upon elimination it was found that Man
uel had received no serious injury, having
been merely stunned by,the fill, and it wait
almost certain that, provided ,he hid not
been hart internelly, he woubibilha Gomm
of SAT days,.be able to vett:m . ou llie duty.
The eaptifn has' b'grireipiu-eli for him, by
turning two settees
.together,. and placing a
mattress upon them after , doing all
Mr the man list' was destiutit necesiaiMie
sppke kindly to thei boy, giving hilu perm*.
slOu to Muhl Mid frills bin friend; ,and
then returned to the dock ,look alter lb*
WitetY tit the ship.,
'the boy retaainpd beeiclo the 0313014
hterinetwors filly motored to ;conicitneeneffirr
*hest he eonverind?ith. hint . ror • few mo.
taeptsT#A
Atiebing, o:4kt was Arttlett be _left.
.alter,:ret4rnodwith a
bundle, widch ,41114Oilea IriDi ait!‘.er
clOt t hei,eitlter for himself or friend sad per
s for both. r took up a book, and sect-.-
e ! -
arktlie becatoe.:Wholly
"'' ' W a r rv Qplt,tl4l for turps ,n:hout
tYii.49Kopaiicip..9 9 afoious , pr 411 Vat
'pea 011444 ;4 cal*- -At4aligtit I yea
ItrinAsed A : ein my wlkiog dream by the per
4eii-tepOpetlite beeer i otar; b. —.Atm.
"1"; --Quaeit !" - wltaltapptseig - 1) - 1"
t ,wrned to 100 k it the boy ;, end the nest bl
atant qiaj in.iiude wand
kwelee !Hod, the ithio"Alie couch of the"
injured Manuel intAti intuit beintiful worn
!.l.l,lst 1", .whispered the lovol , 'vision ;
.4.611•' donsinde.',
I=
At, this moment the captain entered' the
Main, and his astonishMent at beholding the
glorious creature there fietrit.fii'M Was.quim
equal to iny ow'n. The features were those
of thel boy Mew, but.the form was that of a
miqottielent wtstaiut, okwthad-iti &WA* of dirk
'velvet, that in the richneisiotiiii fitblict add
jeweled .141engings .mightt have becioine 'an
" In the name of Ream !" exclaimed the
captain, 'O i t ti s m ystery
The excittmtiln frmw4 4 g ,filumbeing
SaAto k wil o I?4ollr,aftnutd bial,,f94)6,Pokt
4 P:L arkilligt,to,boo,loPt.t4
iet a g 4 th e 9 440. 3 q,,0 01d ( t ik" 3 " .
ofid him : • •
p My friend, you were I prisoner once in
MU I.
8e44. When your eoutiell,refusill W aid
Yo Maw *Os well' nigh hopeless,
friCod - mpueltoriearci—=".*
! PO& 4+ 4l , ' ,Xriotuimi!Omilltit utmost 4 4
orpreszkot lhateras eoentirely dilferent, tivitn
that which ho had consiintlyrwont ever sines
he came aboard the ship, that be looked no
more like 'QM Maine! of s moment previous,
than he did like ntyletlf. It needed no sitrli
of explinetion now, and in moment--the
"peen held the bailor Manuel to his heart,
of ib ' ho had been his prop brother., He Was
iiiroduced to me by the captain as Copt.
Manuel Santa Minquis, late Vjcompt of
Is HAL . and . cOmaninder of & frigate in the
13r1Millto "navy and then be made us se
quoin toll with the muse' of his being there in
the Ishii), in the disguise of a common Salltir.
Four Months previously, he had heat obli
ged leavirletuil on seamed of ltia'hav
lig lveeraimplicated-with the revolutionists
at Pernambiacb. Ile hsd'taken the precau
tion to remove his wealth - to the United
%Omit but before going-thithSrritintself, - he
was determinetio visit kneads Ayres, as
he woe engaged to the dait i lltrer_of a Brazil
ian minister, wbo was himself the bitterest
enemy be had on earth. Thefather of his
sillenced wife forbid him his house, shut up
hiisdnughter, and excited tkmanoniciAme
Wm; Krielittie government against him as a
fisugerous perlicau .1101 they finalAyout
ieheratia;h2latiriidiiii ministe rand wine
prirstaly ed, but finding it impossible
to get ou of the country without passports,
aud an order being out foi has arrest, they
finally both &tined tie blue Jackets and tar
paulins, and Joined the ship day before she
",And noar,oaptain," said Capt. Manuel
leading his beautiful wife: " you have knit
the services of this boy, and toy own per
hafs but if gold °un-"
There then do about the gold, Senor
Captain. Do you remember I was a zio•
once in Bahia once 1
.1 an your debtor ten tbausiod_fold.and if
1 QUI not pay it, toot 'attain be Crateful."
P1`~1~IE11U " E•
leoush. ose4 has been watts* on 'prat.
de life, =My *Wild Vitthire, and_ many
yet . wilder aceiii;slo Tell k itudeacribeti.
Po O . Ritiaeli, who 44 et W. farina, and
*se entattsiolig and valuable
works, " Sinmesinthe far West;" is enriched
with inaoy a Very andioane which no doubt,
to rjeo_plj 441(050i:ere 1,i15* . take
516 'llll rft. Menne** me&
oriel 47 ibont thettnannere Oita ..hetdis of
,trapper -and sad frostiersminr - thanes&
is struck yith their *unit language or
mode of expreaudeCOMMuives; me well as
their singular 'atom. They are, in that,
as 'distinct mid marked a elan as swims,
L.ll.:l=&ll.lJll'lWrgglUi . " ' lr i aria I
4t is goinerstly anamisaion of mime,
so Me disappointment in life,ar_anati
otedreattgerattdPeriliiketinithe theism=
desert the comforts of civilised society for
the wilds and haunts of the red man. We
can imagine the terrible reaction which take'
place when the storm of puke or wreck of
disappointed hope sweeps over' the sensitive
soul, and leaves a desolatiim—a euin of the
former- wait. It is mistertuaii like these
whick *torah and dry up tbellbest feelings
some moral wrong or injustice committed by
others toward them, ip raimogiag 7 Wkich
they have been ootopeiled to leave their
homes and become exiles in tbahr West.
A story la told of an extraordinary meet
tag Of revenge said to bare tilsin
place twiny rani years ego, on the dark of
the Pawnee. A party of fbur, who - bad
been - roving for many years in the West, all
• strangers to 'each other, wipe one-day *gni-.
thrown,6getber, when s strange
bloods tmencenaned.. /These teen .pee
seated a atrikitig contract in feature,. Ttle
yoabgest wed delicately made, with lone
hair and light blue eyea..,114 explains* had
Eden hiin a *lv *own complexion. Ile
of the medium stature, aril ztade for
itrentth 'and activity; There wawa deck
'avert& fottitworhioirtold that-With
hint the Ught- of 'hope had gone sit:
- wet traveling on* inure, with hip rifle In his.
gun-leather at that.baw,of him saddle, when .
heorertook &man On foot, with a gun in hat
•pieiela an-hbrrhilf, rholmta .
eat elf feetitbeight,' aid btd trdeip, *fide
miler on hist-light cheek. lka day. was draw
ing to a olose,, they pMpintad to comp, and
brought up at the head fork of the Pawnee.
Shortly after they hid camped, a man was
semi reeonr.diterityithetn with a rifle fill&
fOnOnti_litipatleleChimaelf. that the
sign was trie y he came moodily into the
atop, and,- after looking, eterdly at the two
-- ntrcgoirmskeit . brtear - awe io g , - CCM&
to the ground." le was a atout,,rounCular
man, mach older than'theqther two, with a
deitibirlfe-lic.VicT,-linig-blali, "Miffed
atxl very unpreposseming features.
Some cohamon place remarks were made.
i hat no tptestions were asked by either
party. - '
..,..It,:sraa pear twill him the young mazer.
who had gathered's= Buffalo chips to niskil
a fire to cook wi , suddenly perceived a
now approaching diem on a mule, Hiliciarbs
steadily and fearlmely on lo the ounp,•sied
castles a loota.ati this three, mid; " Took Is
foiiiidians t" Ahem, glowing at tIM dear
skiii dress of !ha' trio, be olisit*ill. ", 0
&Milani, some time out, - eh l"' .Ttit 'M
was aboot fifty yea* old, and Maim hairs
contrasted strangely *MA his dark, brooms&
Isstaibl' upon which. taro' ithd esiktbrtune .
• .
arerMstkoley.stenipsd . Ile was ontt hat
itbdin - ths miserable • !•'.. he Wine, and as
he dismounted Scar elle, asked, " whom
!I-ft 'eimulf(l
_ . „
n ;; ;
. •
.10 {,•.111 , •
r I 1 r,•l :.4
...nlal&i.
ft
=WC
, :NO. 5.
len, e. • :,' F r o l! 1-#„...ir or! ,:i
_ -- 11 - `L --
replielk," throwing . dolma 'besot, op, tote
AVM. 4tier irtuppddllpe 064 latilderent
*Cook. 11, ‘ thialiM 11 60 1 00.014 1 1“0614
! li i d tileinChill rife. kbOked it tha Pthilibir
and ,sludtiopthe.pawder in the pia, bersidltrl
a few more grainsi l l u ti:thett plea, srpisie
sm
of thin dry rhin or it to keep it , freas
damp: be shut the, Thiszo •
pp *MaA
the ottl tripPori_who - seelMigit - ta
them. whin Soar Cheek beams dillstalitul
And showed a ecithia aanislame. --Released.
towards his owls rifle, Amid COOS Of Wats
loosened the-Mewls id his . tiolt ,B, 4f tbey
incolomoded him. Th. young, amaapi face
mut imin . wittkitte scowl czciwor.l $ll/sifi
but no word: parked. * !kr 120 - 10111111*1112.
hid been Salted as to who the other, vas .
.what HO, cementation passeid Mu mewls..
conic, Murnot a SLAW a.reathed the lip of
any one of them.
The little supper len estcailiiom. i -e. Ilia
man seentiAg:to be.wregparta itle-litit
tbooglits: It was agreed that the VIP*"
should be divided equally among the fad e
each man stendiaLouuard twa bours.mhe
i
old trapper taking the nn wet*. the Aunt
man neat, and Soar Meek and he with,*
scowl ddlo:king. •
___bor_mt.a_bright.hmudight nhrat p tiodinwer _
that barren, wibi • waste of sod a
sound was Leant se the fideb'
on their ciankets. %Void trapper said
up and fkuru..ain his Inipirtim., wpd
wasto before him, and then would tiepins!'e
mutter to hitasalf. "It meat be, r /maid -
haff aloud. " but the time and that Mr megt
bare dinpthied_bim. . That boy, eam-41 1 *
strange I feel drawn towards him t lbentbst
Tillain with - thweerwtaluld the maiminr
the old Cropper's face worked candatl a ti
*deb the ntootvbeknis &Mg
sed trines of a by-gone renamed. •ffiss
trapper nob& asl,y approached the eletqamg
men,-and lineeling dowagteed latently epos
features of each. and "Knotted Own
deeply— .ITalking off. ha toutlemdtei.dihm...-•
self again, saying —• • sballhe," and them
itnigierbretnretaarthatkirwatditeddidg—
he approached the young Men end smite
him. totem* hie *so uPlut
mend *dame at the tbsie, istmode
191.2119w._ _Thly_leUlkedAL
*hen the trapper, taking the rem as by
the doubler, larmait•hisAlteetwi theaiiimtk•
light. and alter gaming at it 4elbtlidty,-whh—
peretl is his ear. " Arel""figrA t erir
The young roan started — Wildly,tott tem bap.
PPM* biz* by saying "Vit v
enougit.m.'ffetitserieldtlatiktik
uncle, Ind Shit the soss
• trdettereotrol &trawl .
the acetyl bad convicted hies (thii teswid
Lt , fotgeryty his Mad _ .
The WA deserted the lips et the Jam(
and his 'eyes glared and dikated — ~
wit sadists. life squared* smilitile
head, and then. with
s a tneanintOws
lonised it his rille,moisd tows* tea,
!". raid the Old trapper; "Agit iOP
cold blood: aim Orme a- obaneta!' •
They cantioaely retuned' to tbeateep,
(band both the seen In a dead *l4 .04 ' •
nick sal nephew stood °fir them, Oiler,
Cheek was breathing hard, shin be iteddeali
cried oat
1'
:* I lid pot ntorder - Perry wage , •
" Mr add the trapper, to a lairs 1
thunder, and 'the two ana
. staiiell mad
bounded to their feet.
" Ited skive about V laid thip,fa v 's Rpip
"No. worse than * Pas, v said that •
ir "Barry Marti la shoat IS ead alert
kw his kip/ be plumed Nieto Neer GOWN. -
heart.
"Then lake that," said he of thistowl.
iodmaiting bia rifle the trapper fell teems
With a Word and • wild try the-young •
urn lumped tit tht. murderer of hit
and t ith hi. -knife give his several
wounds. T 7» struggle was a (mtrthl„ane; ,
however, and the young intsphad evestirtd•
literal bed mitt, when Idep adsernki
tn the lea s t of blood; and tonossile „ ,
were
ended this strange vacating, and
- were fetherarni uncle avenged,
. ,
1 1 1 5T5..1.X11612 ExpLostox.—A Efilooder,'4o'
girful ugly man, regaling hie frartli is ,~liay
semi, said that he arrived at ChickimilLain,
toeitiocat and just a fete-iays
there bad been a boat baratedi andia*"
of people sealded;tool killed Otilritijittal
another. So at last as I went into ti eraser"
a reload of people . followed le, ono bone& ...
and see, be—
, qt's one of the traDrtirit auks . *
ituatin of tha rxinklin-7.
Upon that be Axed me dtink. w 441101.-
and in I pot the 4 turnbler et to tbrtigow
"
~y
nilat isst wee—
"Jig Bs your mouth that 'my mitt;,`,44.„.
e.
I d P";ll'. ai r Wall E t4 g . 0: 46 4 1 6 , itst , vs- ~,..,
4.
be h...., I didn't.think thicirlidii of ' ' '' '
} Theo
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