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JOHN T.- HOOVER.
TA/3.11118-41.50 in advalice, or If paid within !ix
xiont.hs. 912,00 will he charged on all siabeerip-
Ogee ruining to the and of the year.
ADItRTrAfEIiTS and floaiaess Nutlet.% inecrt
ed usual rates, and every deeertotlon of
irvx x.l" 'X'
icxggerED 1p the neatest manger, at the leneti
prioel,:sod with the utmost deeict!ch, flaring
purehiCe4 • large oolleotion of type we are p re
pared ta the orders of our !react..
1171:Yr" ---
Ws. 1. - 11rutl and riser justice to all met, of
f. 4 eitiltitShift or persitasson, »legions or yoht-
No. il Rinses, .inennsrre and bourn friend -
14iyssithyall nalsona ; entangling ally filled, with
nons„
Nr. S. 7710 right of gm T ten and. .e. ,iO, ii
. I,to
'alweinieter :Mir own domestic affairs. ..:
Noe. 4. Freedalre and e7,,ality, the sonerelgoty
s
'if tin, majority ophe, and Cho right of the majority to
rake° an altr wit/ es coastal otbonallyeerpressed:
Nd.' : EetniOrty in the prohlic erpendintres,
ands Aid preservation of pnbl i e pith
Na. 4. Freedom of relig ton, freedom of the
WM/Pa igendra 1 tliffit.tiots of r *formation: ,
No. I. oppona.n to all sto,ot esker oat ••kan-
ltioribitt. era to ail rartortsont to italtts,. . I
No. 3 .4 sacred preset r , OllO/1 of the I•edera I
Cometientien,•nd U 0 religiolle t f its ji, office.
No. 11. No bigotry or pride of ro."*, or di:.
unction of birth among. American 'inserts.
No. /1,, Rescellci and protection 'or As rights
. of •lt.
No.ll,rthaßreserration of the naturaliagt lots
laws, eager Cho »gilt of all to the public.. doodain
• and the protection of lho Amorioatt genersehesat
No. 12. Opposition to all chartered monopolies
N.. 1.1 Cameo* brottierAood and goosl.eteal
I. all--ispecially Co those ay the household of I
faith.
Die. •SA NS
From the irsibrmation we hire received
by telegraph, we fear this distinguished
young voyager is no more. Our readers are
doubtless aware, but a short, thus ago the
Dr , sailed frore , England. fOr Ilavana,lo;re
omit ialelligenee. We deeply aypathise with
his 'Meted family, and hope for the best.—
His death will be a nation's lose.
Dr. Nam teas born in Philadelphia in' the
. year /KA and had accordingly Just entered
upon his thirty-fifth year. fie received his
academic education at the University of Vire;
ginia, and graduated as Dewier of Medicine
4t the University of Pennsylvania in ISO,
Soon after that date he entered the United
Stitt' Navy-as assistant surgeon, and at
compenied the first American embassy to
China. "With - his native thirst for observing
the manners and customs of strange coun
tries, he visited 'difreren t 'Fiera of China, the
Pliiiiippines, Ceylon, and the interior of In•
dia. - Hewes the first white person who des
cended into tile-crater of the Tail of 'Wien,
accomplishing the enterprise at the hazard
' t4.,_,,0k bli z._ e was nueNentied by a bamboo
Itifi4MAd ItSai,iom a projecting eriiit,
More than tiro hundred feet above the re•
mains of volcanic eruptione. With bottles
of .suiphorous acid and other specimens from'
th Mouth of the crater, he was dragged up
, othselees through the scoria' Upon this
44 eir iiieshitterne attacked by the [Aimee,
44 . cif the Negrito race, and expos
ts
itaftlehips which proved fatal to
Idie' ng companion, Baron Loe, of
Prosiiik....After this, be travelled a consid
erable. on of India, visited Ceylon, ea
t:end; . 'to the - Counties of Nnhiarand
passed• . „ . season in Eopt. lie travelled
• - -, ,A. , • eon foot, and returned in 184 e
to tip.' 'bid States. lie was innuedtately
orde • .••• the Coast of Aries, and exiling
ii•the +. I T:. %, United States, visited the slave
&Mori. ` m Cape 'Nfount to the neer Ron
ny. Mud obtained free access to the baraeoons
efltalsoney. Returning home in a 'item':
rime state of health, lie recut. ettli SUILICient
1p to visit 'Mexico - during the 'war as a vol
unteer. Re succeeded in 41elvitTing des
patches from the Preside nt to the Cornmen•
l i der-in-Ohlef, escorted by the notorious spy
nput , of the brigand Domingtiez, rind al
ligentes. rite „better of a detachment of
txicane euldit•rst whom thpy i•licountercLet
--ageraluea, be was forced to QUllibit. ilia coot,.
minions single lialeicd in order to save the
Issee of his Islam:lore, Geneiel Torrajoe,
General Gums and others from their fury.--
Un the teleran( peace, he was ordered upon
the - f oasit Survey wider Prof. Bad e.. and
was thus employed in the (lull of Mexitto,
alien be volunteered his services to the tint
Grinnell
Ali
in, 1850. Lie was ac
- cepted fide 'Senior surgeon and naturalist of
the•equadron, and entered upon his ilitt'es
with firefithueltoire, sagacity, anti -yeiwe of
endurance which ridnerithly iii• pan •d - in:
- -feetiter-eiteetreietteese reepeztal.da.u-s Ll—the
'emotellexpoilitioti ; the reside, ofeetie it are
before the world.
In bfs private elittracti r, Dr 1%.1r1(.• dis
t pilled a singularly lovely and attract cc i
uninmotequedities. in ?striking contrast with
AND•bfddiraiS and resolution which impelled
!itlthAltsluadiarger of adventure. The tiar...l
2 4 re i mmirs of hit expeditions presents a deliglat
- 'Rim of hie iiersonal traite. fu,
.thicrespost they possess the charm or un
co owl autobiography. ibis modest sim
p ty, his relined Melee, hie tenderness of
fee fr i and his altridet feminine toympathieit
cn
ani . perpetuillfrovealed in epsinectien with
44 danntlese ootirage and constancy as ever
trersed.heroie heart to lofty prowess. Hence
theuteemetie power which he exerted over
the ennopanions of his enterprise, winning
their romantic attachment, and inakiniehim
mit • oentre of helt and tie , o,,•regi•iiitiit
- sari 4 the darkest momenta of the forlorn
hope in the Arctic seas. Whatever the mei
enOo results •of hie perilous voyages, they
a of still higher significance in the exam
ttley Have presented of noble, persistent
E aktio
~ lined and undismayed manhood.
i'lui3Oeutterritei Rvaiatox.—Tho Will of
tinkle J.ll. Clayton, of DelawarO,
Lae beim - "pablieleek 'The that olluxo of •it
hi it Miami :
iTirlit--I leave to my friends and rola
tyo, as well as to all others who may
init soy opinion of any value; this testimo
nial, that the religion taught in the New
7,..041111104.js the hest that him been anted .
1 0ft,Mir sdOption, both fur this world and
' O . thlkli which is to come, and that Jesus
41300 -- WeathstArire , hielonsli, and will re
fr'forover the Redeeturr and Saviour of
1
all IMO. Let humble testimony stand
. 111 ,4 1 F0r of the, thin rellgionr-i am ( 1 44 -
i.,1, liiiiiroughly eto vitmed of its truth."
'lll* bite Ma. ea *coo, of Now liaveu,
baa ' bequeathed Yale College this,oum of
illo,ooo-, , .
WO.7IYAN
Tbere . le a btitliti
Wheel: tsigif#lo taligeli k k liirsgiStnee iterrikea,
•Aiitese‘or 1 ,1 • "
There le a beam in life's e'ereloadtaaky,
That giltid the starting I oar.it °Ant dry ;
That flower, that ion* boant;,on Edith's /00.6
the fun sooete and heavenly light of love.
Alan! that aught so fair (maid lead aitray"
Men's wavering font from duty's thorn's's 1 1*Y:A
Tot, lovely woman t yet thy whining smile
That eittisod our cures - , salt every oars, tsarina;
.And thy soft baud amid the mane of 11l
Oen roar one Wistful hewer of eden still. •
To his Ltw mind thy worth Is, all uultnnwn,
Who donate thee pleasure's transient toy alone;
But oft' hew Most &welted, wire* creed bath.
Thiu~'earthly elLartue a rival bad la Leaved I.
Yot 0144.1110 kt charms that time may het dlipal,
Whoa' tleatitleas bloom shall slaw 'wheis an/pals
dwell;
Thy pitying tear In Joy ihilhaelt away
Like mnra'• bright dew beneath the Mlar req
Thy warm and generous faith, thy patiMetkimeek,
That paint/la smile ylhere man thapoilirthe r ehieki
The balm that virtue miejles here below
To mitigate thy eiii)(4 earthly Irmo—
Thom shall remain, wlltia anirdtri MU hL deed,
When me d neve end papal:es strain Is End
COME TO ME IN DREAMS
1111 , 010110111 e. rasettoe
•
CORM boeutitel &sew, hr►e,
eii eoet• to en oft, •
Where the tight wing of 1144
On ify boiom lies loft "
Oh ! omen when the lee,
In the uoon•e grotto Ilea,
Basta on the ear -
Like the pulse of the slight—
Wh4u,tsh4 4S,LAN the W*T.
Wear their loveliest blue,
When the dew's oo the dowers,
And the dam se the dew.- *
Owns in basatiful drowns, Ws,
Oh! Donis and we'll stray,
Whets? the whole year is MI/DOI
With ths No - 1 '
Whore snob sesnmi has sweet
AA the inns of e den,
And lin gains are as in&
Au the lorsathinin of ;
•Whore th. bead kiss the warts,
And disown:l4hr the Nash,
, And any warm ifpi mate • . •
The sweat lesneas ihiW ...
•
Como In beautiful dreads; ton, •
Oh ! imam sod we'll IV .
Ulm two winged spirit*
Of love through the sky ; • •
With hind olaspini*hitaii. . •
Ou our drourn•witup we'll go
W home tho Otris , light and *own .11glit
Are blonding tkeirgrow; •
And on we Wow
Of purple and gold,
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Till, lore, angels envy ,
the bliss they bebol4.
A SNAKE STORY
Here is A snake tale of extraordinary,laa
einatirrgrikraling;`-eatertainiag,
crushing, almost devouring interest. • Those
who like much things--end almost everybody
is fond or Snaig—will be hugely entertained
with the noble and. agreeabliwintil, and
with the novel and original t eats in
serpent hunting which this 'Ainteilds. It
is told by that indomitablin of the
Jungles, Capt. Mayne "Groot Wil
lem,"-oi Big - William, is a Duteh Boor of
Southern Africa, and is one of a party of
six whose hunting expedition into the inte
rior is related In a molt veritable and graph
ic manner by the Captain. this adventure
behide, deeply interesting, to the reader ,
end damming his attention from the disown
forts of the Reason,by fixing it on the Wait
and the hot plains of Africa, enables no to
1111 up a space which, in the absc.ence of el
new 4 we find it hard tb fill in any other
GR WILLER PrIZONT
(knot Willem awoke from his nap (In
camp) before the others. It still wanted
nearly two hours of sunset, and the hunter
observing a reddish object at a distance,
that lookc.l like some animal, shouldered his
ro7riiii.ige Dud% gun) and proceeded to-.
tiliil.; fit. Ile took with him onk of the buek
dews, a-well trained andfavorite itnitUdAlat
accotnpaniad him—den on a stalk.-
xpedition.
Thu red object which he had aeon was
near the edge of the-valley, and at the Jot-
loin of a rocky precipice that bounded it on
that side. There were some trees grovin
along the , foot the-cliff, and the hunter"
ter calculated on being ainc.gab a'aTiofif
the animal, wilatever'it was, from behind the
cover of these trees. Ile 'continued on up
the valley, and at length got near enough to
tell what he was stalking at.
It was a small antelope, with little erect
horns four inches in length. The upper
parts of its bo dy were a deep rod,. and un
-1 1.11 white, tvhilo its snout and Paco
wee , lack. The little creature was higher
ati.;the croup ttfan at the withers, and en- ,
tirely without a tail, or with a tail only one
inch' long that wore the appearance of a
stump. Groot Willem was intent on stalk
ing it, s us havliikks rib, for a roast atsup
per. lie Was able to • appretteh it withoiit
any dilliculty, as it was close to the bushes,
and appeared not to be very shy.
There wait but the oreatureltselt—a little
buck ; and rarely is more than ono, or at
most two of these antelope, seen together.
Groot° Willem . was at length within range
and wit, about to level hie iiiiittbh the gat*,
When the Movements of the little animal
caused him to bola his hands Itit_aizthe
were very - oad iudetd. it Wsurnot btoastng
it w~a 110 E standing still —it was not run
ning away from the ground—and yet it was
in constant notion. '
As already stated; it was close in to the
pdga of the timber, Where astwtAbar ofennsU
thin trees stood thinly over the ground. IO
ITELLEFONTE, PA., W
front al these the little buck was dancing
tointt in a very, origutai manner. Now it
rantetherighte left now zig
zag—now it eta attilliictily backwards.—
t,lien ran. felmarch; again—all the while its
eyes turning inn particular direction and
sinning brilliantly, as if the animal itself
was in a state of unusual excitement.
Groot Wilton' locked to diseonr the riPti;,P,
or this odd inantiverit*tOte••pati, of Pie an.
laype *Aernething• attiorig the elean-, trees
scerntd to attract the notice of the animal,
On Os viriething the eyes of the hunter
rested on kvlit6 wontiminont and for some
moments he trail unable jo
,make nut what
• tt was: l ie --nkt — -It-glittoring—tEi
lc ci=su silsOcisve sT, taYg
mass neat the hottneizof one of 'l.llO. trove,
but this MOOR ,at first Right appeared will
dift tiny form, mitt •liiiiiirtietiSt
Motionless. - _
As Gigot Willett) continued to gnse iifon
it, havreVer, it gradually aseutned a form, or
rather his eyes gradually traced one, for the
Mass had not yet moved,
• A hideous form it was— though ettlooth
ottegnlarproportions—it was the form
of • reptile—a Heruent
A serpent at' enorrdous size ; for the Mass
of its body, gathered up in it sort of irregu
coil. covered the cround for the space of
several square feet, while the body itself
memued thic!for than the thighs of a full
grows ! Tint head of the reptile rotted
upou the top of tba Oiled body ; and on
running 741 f, eyes a l ong th e i nsulted and glie
tiling outlines, Groot 'Willem perceived
that its tail wakdoubled around the sttsru of
the clean wood,and held it with a firm gasp:"
fbr the terpent belonged to a farndy whose
tails ate furnished with horny claire like
hooks, giving them a power of prehension in
this member equal to that of a hand. This
31 the family of the Bolds, or -boas,' to
which the °nein question was gent; -ally re
lated. it was a python— the Python Natal
4irai44.
Oiont Willem only knew it as the " rock
snake," iod that is its ordinary designation,
given it ea occount of its being a dweller
/IMO* ?oaks and emny places. It might
very preperly be called "rook iva," which
would dietinguish it from its cousins of
Ameries, the Anaconda, or £‘ water boa,"
and the true 'ban, which Is a denizen of the
forest, and Which would therefore merit the
Notwithstanding the difftrence .of the
dwelling place of the Was sad the pythons,
their habits ani''irery eitefiar. They lie in
Weight for their prey, cagier° it with their
abatis ietraotrile — ertalt:sitl; tiushitt i g It to
death by constriction, snliillow it whole,
though often the animal swallowed is much
larger thin the diameter of their own bodies
Their elastic museels, however, enable them
to effect their purpose, aided by the slippery
saliva which is — copiously supplied from thsty
glands.
When Groot Willem first saw this groat
python. Its head was, lying over the mils of
US be/Fraud Motionless. -Presently the
head w raised np with the nook, and. sei
erar;flisit the - b!iity and the parts thus
erected Waved gently from side to side,with
a sort of vibratory motion. The jaws were
greatly extended, so that the iharfi retrio:
tile teeth were plainly visible, and the forked
tongue at intervals shot forward end gleam..
ed in the ann. The eyes CT thtlikeptile spar.
kW like fire.
It was a fearful object to look upon ! And
yet the antelope did not appear to dread it..
On the contrary, it kept drawing nearer and
nearer, excitedeither by curiosity pr fasci
nation ! arc
There are those who ridicule the Idee:--.f
fascination on the part of serpents. But
whether we are to believe in such pOwir 'or
not, we cannot deny the fact. Oprtain it is,
that whether it be cariosity, fear, or fasci
nation, both birds and animals are moved to
approach no only dePpente, but Crocodiles,
until within leach of the jaws that &reopen
I to devour. them , cOertairrie thiia, aud vouch
ed 6.m. by the testimony of many a correct
. Groot Willem witnessed the, strantrilow
nonunion. When the buck got within..sonte
six or eight feet 6rcho python, the head of
.0 latter suddenly shois-out, and before the
antelope, which now appeired making an ef
fort to escape, could spring out of the way,
,wait *zed by the ttcjji of the reptile, rd
dragged towards the tree.
A number of quick contortions followed,
and ,when Groot Willem looked again, the
red body of the little antelope was almost
hidden under the thick fold" of the spotted
python, that writhing around it was crush
ing it to death.
,Now it chanced that the sight of the great
serpent was very gratifying to the eyes of
good Willegp—far,mo . re so than any antelope.
The reason was, that a friend of his, a young
doctor, who was fond of the study of ,herpo
tology, had requesti . d him to bring home the
skins of such rani snakes is he might fall in
with —bn tr ospetalally -that-of Um gm& _" roc k
snake:" 'lore was a chance for the skin,
Which °pot Willem had before searched for
in vain.
Ile hid another reason for being dretflcd; .
and that was the splendid trophy 'it Would
be, provided ho succeeded in obtaining it.—
To kill a snake twenty feet long, and half
as thick as a man—for the python appeared.
to be both—would bo no small triumph
The entelepe.wati forgotten_ and the snake
became the ohjeot of the hunter:a akin.
• Groot Willem had no skill about
lie know An mode of attnieting this new,
sort of enemy, ()saint dealing with•itaa he
wrould with a quadruped,—giatnia, 'Joking it
bullet into it--and thitilte Aiii4l4to inoinent
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THADDE.OUS KOSCIUSKO.
6 , 24 443.11) - glincing.
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after. Ws
througlihrs tie.,,
ball .threugh the rhea...
tile's body.
The latter felt the shock, itn4;'atiddenly
unfolding itselfrobropped, its tietim—now
nothing more than a:maneettratiatse,with
Retiree a bono in it. The rapktity with
whiclithe snake glided it tiliowe9 that the
wound had dCno it Ina little liarati,
The Inniter thought of re-11-tilling again,
when he perceived the serpent fast making
to' the roeltei that - in liagh itia , ,s(ng lay piled
up near-the bottom of the cliff, Among
these waa his retreat ; and if it on hejl
I t
'Sem, GnmtlYittr;nr - savrfltet, -net,
- er set eyes onit again., Without . yip' pi
reLtoad !US stunorthen, ho ran in • 'the
the trees, and ro ll eiiiiiii trirdi trot - di
by tlieSergent. ',
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Although the snakes glide alotagrwith eon.
siderable rapidity, they 'eon bylllasueans go
so fast Is a man ; and in les4a dozen
seconds firbot Willem had ot the py ,
then, and for that matter might hal trolden
upon its tail. ' • 'l+ •
There he was, dose beside this fearful
looking monster, butwitliont the, owledge
how to attack it.
110 bop') by striking at ita boo* with the
but of his gdn ; but although his %Pews were
delieerbdi fairly esaauelay-tha posediflod heel
of his roer only &mad filobtWeitippery
akin of the snake without hared% it,ln the
least, or men retarding its progress towards
the cliff. It made no attempt to tetelitte,
but only seemed bent on escapinito its lair.
It-was almost successful ; to Litho' Groot
}gil .
pounded away with all his might, it
reacbcd :ho rocks in npitti of him, and had,
buried loaf long body within a crevice
(no doubt the entracs of its den) before the
hunter thought of ehlosiiii , his tactics.
it aas now a critical MuMen , l . With Groot
Willem. Another instant, anti ths"'cmain
tag of the snake would slip ontof sight,
and then good bye to ft. A new determiTO-
Lion to succeed came over the hunter. The
snake was not • poisonous one, and there.
fore the encounter tonld net be.very.dange.
roes; It might bite him, bat kit had battled
with many a biting creature beforeisew,and
conquered them too. He Wank( try , . his
strength upon the snake. Cutinthis roar
aside, he stooped ind cought timpirthen by
the t ui, and commenced hauling upon it...
At the first pluck be drew the reptile
several feet ontwiud, but tot& itotlmine; It
then held fast, and notwlthstsusgstg his
wraskstreasAiv-4"v't1,44. - '
fnl man—he was unable to dirstw I • •
farther. The erea4oca had, on doitbt, got the
fore part of bin body around an angle in the
roeka, and Tided by ita mealy skip, yaw en
abled to hold fut.
Breit Willem pined with all htio teight.L-
A sailor lira storm could relitrii;vo - bilited
harder upco the rosin brace : all to no
purme,servistanother foot of that part of
the p y thon thstsras still visibM, could be
lenglberied. About the half of 'lk/wee. still
outside but the other ten feet vire buried
within the dark recesses of the men.
For several minntes Groot, Will* contin
ued to exert his strength, dragttong
cylinder until be could bear brie
crack, but, without gaining an inch! On the
contrary - , he had already lost several inChes.
tvery time that he relaxed his held, the py
thon was enabled to - move foretird'a Lit,
and this ground it never gave upsipda. It
Oroot Willem allowed it an inch:ltwasioce
to struggle for an ell ! It had allt the ad
' vantage pn its side. Si it pulkel N uSiA
while its antagonist was Outing his
strength axainst it. ,
(boot Willem felt confident heitnild hold
the python in this positiOn, as ong is be
could stand upon his feetl but bat good
would there be in se dole: T Re COUill
kill it in thsj way. If he were to let go for
but an instant, he very well knelt that the
next infant would chow him the list inch
of the tail disappearing into the ireviort
No, he could not let go, and he was rowdy •
init7t - o•Iet - giciiiifillie - iireslIthirtetst - try the
patience of his opponent. May be it would
tire of being thus held upon the " streteh,i'
ho would let him pull a out again.
If there had ohly, been some one with him
to adannirder a. few smart blows upon the
rreature's body, it would have been all well ;
but the - iaitili - *Ls suety - liong,tifintanee
off, and behind tho trees. His companions
could neither see nor hear - him.
After Standing on the strain a considera
ble tkine, a bright, idea cote* tic brain of
the hunter. There grew a email tiey beside
him—in tell* was close by r n trunk.
The dulled occurred, that, if by 'any
means he could fasten the tail to the treet
ho could then work with a stippling,
,and beat the snake to death at his pleasure.
Ile was a ready fellow, Groot Willem, and
a few momenta sufficed him to mature his
plans. lie chanced to have a strong cord kit
Ihnample_mcket pf
,hisikket l which.would
serve to effect - the purpose, if leenWid only
manage somehow to make it fast to the tail.
This he proceeded , to do at once.
Straggling tho snake so of tri hold it
partly between his knees, he wag ena bl e d
to loop the cord tightly around it, and the
thing was dorie. In a minute more the oth
er end of the cold was tightly Ilhobted
around the trunk of the trop.
Oroot Willem now broke off is grappling,
determined either to heat the .hiiiiteirlialf - ct
the python ton jelly„or make it surrender
and show its heed. , .
lle had not de!ivered the thivil blew w
it - adopted the latter aliorootblokt r as*
whole of Do body new gilded ripkr bat&
out of tho crevices--so 'rapidly that Grout
Willem was not able to avoid the onset of
the enrage; reptile., and the nez4
ho vrazi gathered within its roils.
So quick - Was the act that e boab.wee knew
how it had been needmpliched. lie saw the
head, _with, its_open jaws extended, dart to
wards Mtn : he sprang to ono side, but fat
the cold scaly body against hts limbs as if
pulling him towards the tree ; And the mo
ment after, he was swept close up'to the
trunk, and pressed tightly against it,
He had just time to perceive that the
folds of the serpent, worn around his limbs.
land also around the trunk of the tree—just
time to feel that •the3r were gradually tight
extelided jaws acid terrible teeth, came right
olawnlitell:Milicei and tw eyes o f t#*
sterzlennitd right Into his. ' '
A horrid sptiatarile it irse—s horrid sanc
tion he teas in rbitt:Proot Wiliam wis not
the boy to lose eithee courage or presence of
pinti,;, and finding his arms If till free, he
clutched forward seised the - reptile by
the throat. 'Tehold its -head won aostsui
much as he was able M.& with both Wade
and withal' his strength ihut koheltteritrt
the grasp of despair. Yerttmittwitikes for
him that the tail of the python was sedurod
by the theini And it was thusheld fast st
both ends!' Had it been bthermine---bad
either tail or head been free, so it . . coed hate
used its poWers of 'constriction-din a few
seconds more, Groot ',Mem weuld * hare
been crushed as he had seen the antelope
I:4ltmovr that 'both head slnd tail were fixed
—the one by the cord, the other in the
strong grasp of the hunter—the serpent was
unable to exert its territde'pnwer ; and its
folds reoilined loose around the limbs of its
Intended ide101111.:
It writh4;l its nock. and wriggled its body
and changid ths spiral rings from one part
to another—hoe all in 'bin. It oould do
him no - harm !
Blow long this _ terrible struggle might
hap lasted, would hive depentied upon how
long the strength of the two could have held
ou t; "Dr,:tot Wllkm could not free himself
from the fob:ilia. his Lute as both Ma
legs were bound to_ the tree ; and had he
dropped the head of ;,he python fcr mo
ment: he itnew it would ert.. o 4h him to death.
The ellehe, on the other bland, c<tuld not free
itself,• as it was held fut at both eztremi
tiee.• What mut the result 1 Which
would be the conque
The serpent irkust here c& ,• in the
buil; though it ittiOit nut have lec•earda,„
Ala tad roves sasteueetto tin c •
Dot Orc,ot Wilkie was not able to strangle it,
With Millie compre mien ho was excercising
upon its throat, and hiaalrength would hare
yielded in !time. Most certainly would ho
litee falreO a victim, but for a plan that he
longth_idopted to get himself free.
tharing'aU the continuance of the fight be
tween him and the serpent, he had Heft fit
tempted.to use • knife. lie had dot thought
of such a - weapon against such an enemy.--
drearning that lie dould be Naught hit*
close quarters, he had almost forgotten that
be auTied_a knife. By pod fortune he bad
one, and it was in his belt. Even_ though
one or two fuldcof the snake- were around
his breast, hiii?ould ace the lath& or the
knife above them ; and making a sodded
grasp, he laid hold of it, and drew ft. rem
the belt. •
The blade chanced to be almost as keen as
a raze and•alfhough the serpent now suc
ceeded in twisting its head partially free,
betel:lit could bffitten Its fold, the-sharp
edge orate knife had hilt tattered its. body
in train!
A seeonclipitith !as made. in anothei part,
suit thee a third and still deeper .one , ; and
the manta heater had the grata:siker*,
as. the gpiril 'round that threatened his de:'4
struction, tall oft and drop heavily down at
w
i i
hia tan._ ..
In a slunk the python lay dead upon
the ground; itti . root Wiliftlt, although he
Mt alit he had tiiiitiewitTriiiiitiph:teft
I f ithswit t i g g Li l that he had !rd.
• —
Tea DIBTRNINAIN t;tiNAlll.—Tile Gin.
ciunati Uagelle gigs : D'Zuhts are 14011110-
times expressed in regard to the truths . of
the accounts of distress existing in this city
There is a class who do not hesitate to
_pro.
cisink-tbeir poverty, amLapply for relief—.
there it another that, either from retiring
diffidence or shrinking pride, keep silent and
suffer. Last week, Mr. George, Conseil.
man of the Sixteenth Ward,' hid some wood
for distribution ; he set out to find, in his
ward, deserving persona of the latter class.
In his little tour he iaw many scenes of
pain(*l deprivation. In one cue, a widow
with her six children had tO seek in bed
that warmth they could not obtain from a flrk
being out of fuel. She bore the hardatop
bravely, but when Mr. George told her he
had 80111 D wood for hers she brst into tears
of joy. In another citso heitidnil a widow
whose' daughter was isiliiia-to
_lice Leda
cripple, 0, typhoid fefor 7isving last summer
left her with a 4liatortediipiim. The supper
had just been spread: consisted of bread
and molasses, little . smouldered in the
stove. it was inado of ekes from a chair ;
article by article of t iture was in tbu
course being broke p for foe)."
ed the akin
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IT ' utppeAi3 that Dr. t.) 'tl not expiry.
at HAY;1111. ())1 the nigh t 13th, butlin- ,
prod till• the 16th, who erinks wore
Mai Careawail liarit aulaketil4,
,taweill hazak Akr staituta i i tatAtom
Father Mathew.
_ . ..poring the American strliggle for Pcitle
t 'Wince, Washington was greatly ember;
ragged by the arrival of foreign officers who
expected nothing logy than ono of tho high
eats posts in the army. and frequently when
sco t t 3 i -provedAtawor-Ilty--af_tha-statin
assigned to them. Experience of the kind
led Wsehingtatt to bo exceedingly cautious
in receiving foreign 0 211 ce rs ielo'the ter:vice.
At this period Kosbiusco pieaeAted ltitnpelf
tis Washington, fortified by a letter from
Franklin. The 'first litterview between the
gallant and generous Foto and the noble
generous Washington, is thus described in
the--thtr&-ealowee—ef—Weialhingtoo-
Washington, just iss4ect from the pees. ,
" What do you iirik her I" inquired 4 ;the
'commander-3n-chief.- = - r
I. "To fight for Americen independence."
"What ash you 410" '
" Thy me."
Washington was pleased with the cute yot
cnsapinheasive reply, And with his chiral
rocs Mr and spirit, and at once received him
into his 'family, as an-aid-de-camp: lie
subsequent noble and gallant career •
officer in the AtuctiCOnservice is well known
end has inseperebly joined-hismiuna with
that-noble, strut& to which we owe ; our
peescltt-ccusitaki‘iren-srunies.--
Po o r aiggiMiiig4K3tefs a snit bas Leon in
progrem in the courts of the District of Col
umbia, prosecuted by hie collateral heirs, to
recover the property left by him at hit de-
NAM in this country, which sow inionints
to $50,000. We believe that a final decis
ion-bas been rendered, establishing the re
lationship of the claimants and the validity
of their claim.—N. Y. San.
Womisrt.—Women of gra Moral and per.
ion& beauty. are .inuastbinell deceived in
their tint choice, andthen, soured by disap
pointment...they get decnilted again and again
till, at last, when they meet one whom they
really lore, theiiiis no longer deterring ot
his allootion. ,
Women is a thysteriotut poem which must
be read Amoy trines to he understood he
ho has lower loved• but orioe•lenevnt- the
ass bettor than he who made skneirutemiuest
every day for twenty yearn. -
The heart of a young girl is 'Lite it nest
where the Tittle mallows chirps, &irk its
head, tries its twinge, and vt:atchea the favor
able moment to fly.
The heart of a young girl inlove is • often
a sanctuaryof gold with an idol of clay.
The - Weed clan old co q uette telleffibt6i Un
• I tisu ionth tilted with monunles.
'
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orcupi 0 , is sometimes doable-bolted, while
at otheri the door is on the jar.
True love cannot struggle against the ar
tillery of coquettes ; it is only the heartless
who can resist such weapons, and they,
who, by a lair of Provident*, gives us our
revenge.
The woman of forty years never compro
mises her suitors like England, slw knows
bow to colonize.
Wm:salsa Cows. Some bat" ham made
the following excell e nt suggeinion, whi"ch
ißfirtocorn racnd to the special notice of our
farmer friends. At all events it is worth •
Erie.
" if I were to have cows wintered just to
my liking,they should be fed on oorn stalks,
tnd, if profit - were consulted, these by all
mains, should flret'run thrdugh a stalk cut
ter. This in my estivalition, is a saving of
at Idiot one-fourth theiStalue. My method
of feeding is to give each 'animal a bushil
bildltet full of dhopped atalkl; they will not
eat them clean but to save albl throw all
they leave in the mangerli to ❑ty colts, who
soon dispose of • them, and without a remain• '
der. These cows which are in milk, are fed
a slop of buckwheat brain, night and mar.
ning; those not yct come in are given two
or three cars of corn at each feeding until
they begin to epilog bag, when they arc fed
once a dos, the same as the cows which are
milked- In this way cows may' be kept in a
thriving condition and I believe a ylind of
gait-endb444lari- be IltLcr obtaiutal
froth any otlidr:mode of fyeding."
A warm stable plenty of litter, and daily
carding, of cattle is true economy.
A chotrster, wnihkng to. npprort• on the
DOR,
"Oh may air heart in tune bo (uni,
Libe Davnl'e hare of solemn sound ",
submitted to his tidniFter the follotiring
"Oh luny our hearts bo tuned within,
Like David's sormi eiouri."
when the clergyman, still more to moiernize
the text, suggested, in ridicule, thb follow
ing climax :
"Oh may our hearts go IPIDDLIt Dthabs,
tinultnkOd'essoreet
This last improvement so excelled that of
the choiriator, as to induce him to be content
itho . ut further experiMents with thi•o
nal text.
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A SiLIiNT COUPLE.--1• a 10•61 in Orange
county, N. Y., there are now living a men
and•his wife who have not spoken for eight
years. They go to iMirt - trOgelh - Mw - ,
sleep in one bed, take their meals at - the
game table, and show not the slighteat an•
ger towards each other. The only reason
to be maligned for their obstinate and ero
trteted.elletieo is, that.each.is too proud to
speak first.
4, BILL .beford: tho Logials
thri, allowing the bead of each family td
tike a tliivo iWh x newepapar aE the ox•
ppm . " of the-Staite.
~ml lll6 uss 6 441 101 drawr 1 444
le; , •4 : moont 16,14 e k00riih10414:40444014
navigator, Sir John fnanilin,
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_NO. 13. !1 6,
OLIO P4RMEI BOY&
O 0 in erga-44•14 e- •
(hit in eirsT 7 Lilo,
Buffetting the weather, ;
Wind aml atolm awl hail
In the meadow /no% leg,
In the ahailt wood,
Every !WIN moment,
Rep& aklllfel band aomploy--
Blar•me ! where there ever
Thlop like femur* boys
'Thnogh be pilin be “1101t/I, • •
Holding fast the plow,
The round cheeks be ruddy, -
,knil the orlon brow , •
- Hutton itineur and farittwr .
• Wrought by evil hours: -' •
' Vrr that heart leapt wholesome, 't '
Tolima In nature! &Unworn,
/bobby. hearty .
'he spirit never clPye
•
Heaven blest the manly , '
Tintorst (Amore "
At the merry liskini,.
Atthe apple bee, • •
flow Iheir hones ran ore?, •
• With geolollserrabitiglio •
Hod the country mute us
Blush with enomiouitraiss:
At the tore nrqnj wired,
-- Slats parting ;
Thin the whatar
:Whirthirfr sonhittArsi
Mai ! tia7Kapfttaeakl,
fipent with fitment' " boys.
Amuceman CALIPOILVIA.--1110 Pg.
maricahle fertility of the soil of Wrong*,
its'genial climate and adaptability to . ft,
both temperate and' tropical fruits, together
with the great advanairmerit of the fuerioolr
toad interests during the 'peat few yeapt,
have attracted to that country_ a large sham
of attention. Owing to these facts a antis
yesr.tute suffered to work complete totrolu
tione in her Internal economy. One maws
looking to tho Atlantic States for 404 dl: •
next she assumes the position of a pnabl
cer, and send: to Now York the products
her hills and valleys. So surfdeolfhtfd 10
easily was the change wrought, that oil,
speaking of the facility with which -copal'
were raised, rem trked; "You bays bat to
tickle the earth will • hoe, and it klieg
with a ItkrYckft." .
We gather the following iteept Atiiiitir
the agricultural pertini qtate
hula at San Jose, from the qalifortin Farm%
fur Ocbber_24th and 31st.
The first. matter uhiclt attroAml the it-
I.entiott of the (ado; thereof on enterinfr 4 Wie
`lt Inittlioltin WT etwent s n, 4=51
~ , IFIP*O*-
pounds, and measuring set Net t lid 4
elms in eireuti;Terence. - Further on ektlit
some enormous cheeses, weighing 3td.
s.d 74 pound.; respectively. They worst el(
filie flavor, and show that we can make
good cheese here as can be made hi !hoz,*
Still further along we iiutie..dlottie niseeteme*
sugar-beets. that cannot lk easily lfsed otwi
er theft weighing 103 pounds, and meowed
—well, we could not measure it, fltsti4ollrl
wit many roots and Imatteltea,auttallsw
mously large, ;hat we were sorely *Awl -
LS the Irishman when sent to count the t
counted all but one, a .little speckled plc,
that kept frisking about so Blithe coslitsai,
taint Awl. So will' :so veiny beam
ehes appeared that' .we could nrnteme•lset
.ginning to measure. Another beet" Utak
Wet four inches long, two feet two inched{
eikumferenceiat the tap, and twenty inciter
intimuinceren^e, two feet and aWI • from
the top ; weight net known. -These
in the Fountain Gardun at Sin Jose.
were many small limits that anyeleeie eW
would have attracted ituumnitatteettlawiml
beside these monstrous roots they wera twit
pigmies. Soule of the I:trgOrt Lima Imo" '
we have ever seen, were from the same or:
den. By thiiir side were hoe birdied of
very large parsnqui. The name of tfie,
den form which they were tolten we tissulsl
net learn, nor of the enormods ciamiaisit
could we leant the owner'a name'.
were gererar of thew entitages - -tbat
eery largo—one weighing fifty paiients,swaide ,
uring four feet in circuinfirende I,7:ldpid—
two °Own a tr,fle 15 , n011 , r. The prousittsrl
sample of pal.. averaged 131 bushals to
sere. Six samples of hill on mcliiiittdd.-
No. I. sample of spun silk from dative/41.
coon. No., 2. Floretti silk Irmo native Nit
coon. No. 3.:Nativa cocoon. , Nit. 4. Mors
Illatite erttit cocoons.' No. 6. meows' relent
Id the liougov. No. O. cocoon& ritotetl do
roso bush. this will ulttiottely risaopie
one of the beet-iSik-growinc countries hs the
world,—Rural N.lO Torkfr.ft:
To Emits kowi.4:—FoELl ine7. bt JIM.;
tenod in four or -firo day* by tb. fu Ic4 fl
ens : " Set nano rico over the fire It
skimm.il milk, as much On y as will, sonN
one day. Let it boil till the rice II evreP44,.
' out ; sad a teaspoonful of sugar. rupealiiik
fowls four or flva times ads" f7t
, pitrilotail
eve them as much each tims:srielit
4.3tern._cirEat care must 11, taitetitintt thsa
they have nothiniwgivetfiltem.iti at: —
prevents their fattening. Give *we a44o*
water or Milk from rice to drink. •
my:gel the Ilekh will have 3 clean whillyatifir.
klitsupta eorets.- Cattle studhlerredid ----- }
muddy garde, eipotted to the.iirettime„ '
suum 'bout twice u muctOu tboiltris,
terod 'otembto.,kopt clean im4 - 4.14461
free frettrittesmoitimui------
Ir ;log want to teattatil466/ •
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