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MY PSALM.
BY J. G. WHIXTEH.
I mourn no more my vanished years ;
Beneath a tender rain,
An April rain of smiles and tears,
My heart is young again.
The west winds hlovr, and singing low,
I hear the glad streams run,
The windows of my soul I throw
Wide open to the sun.
No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope or fear ;
But, grateful, take the good 1 find,
The best of now and here.
I plow no more a desert land,
To harvest weed and taTe;
The manna dropping from God's own hand
Kehukes my painful care
I break my pilgrim staff, I lay
Aside the toiling oar ;
The angel sought so far away,
1 welcome at my door.
The airs of spring may never play
Among the ripening corn.
Nor freshness of the flowers of May
Blow through the autumn morn.
Yet shall the blue eyed gentian look
Through fringed lids to Heaven,
And the pale astor in the book
Shall see its image given.
The woods shall wear their robes of praise,
- ..v. The South wind softly sigh.
*•ur-iww, fj/n/f<i\\s W'gWfi'i Mai""" 1
Melt down the amber sky.
Not less shall manly deed and word
Rebuke an age of wrong;
The graven flowers that wreath the sword
Make not the blade less strong.
But smitiDg bands shall learn to heal,
To build as to destroy ;
Nor less my heart for others feel
That I the more enjoy.
All as God wills, who wisely heeds
To give or to withhold,
And knoweth more of all my needs
Than all my prayers have told.
Enongh that blessings undeserved
Have marked my ere ng track—
That wheresoe'er my feet have swerved,
llis chastening turned me back—
That more and more a Providence
Of love is understood,
Making the springs of time and sense—
Sweet with eternal good—
That death seems but a covered way
Which opens into light,
Wherein no blinded child can stray
Beyond the Father's sight—
•
That care and trial seem at last,
Through memory's sunset air,
Like mountain ranges overpast,
In purple distance fair—
That all the jarring notes of life
Seem blending in a psalm,
And all the angels of its strife
Slow rounding into calm.
And so the shadows fail apart,
And so the west winds play ;
And all the windows ol my heart
I open to the day.
Jones wore the new style Of spectacles—Dot
because he needed them, but because tbey were
new. Heading at a hotel, they dropped down
his basal organ until they were in focus with his
nose, he reading all the time intently. A wag
gish acquaintance of bis approached him say
ing.
•Mr. Jones, why do you wear those gold bow
ed spectacles?'
4 Ah Mr. Smith; because I am very near sight
ed.'
•Near-sighted!' exclaimed Smith; 'near sight
ed! I thought from appearauces you were u-mr
scented.
Jones looked confused for a moment, and
then added:
4 1 am far from being near scented, for 1
kuew you were in tho room before I saw you.'
A Beautiful Comfaiuson.— Tho sun docs
not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for
the wije world's joy. Tho lonely piuc ou the
mountain top waves its sombre boughs and cries,
4 1 hon art my sun.' Aud ibe little meadow vi
olet lifts its cup of blue, and whispers with its
pet fumed breath, 'Thou ait tuv sun.' Aud the
graiu in a thousand fields rustles in the wind,
and makes answer, 'Tho art uiy sun.'
'So God sits effulgent, in Heaven, not for a
favored few, but for the uuiverse of life; and
there is no creature so poor or so low, that he
umy not look up with childlike cunfidcuue and
say, 'My Father, then art uiiue-'— Butcher,
BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1859.
THE SCALPED TRAPPER.
BY KCWARP S. ELLIS.
When the faot became known that gold ex
isted in fabulous quantities within the wilds of
California, the greatest excitement probably
i that bas ever taken place in modern tunes con
vulsed the world. Thousands from the remo
test cornnrs of the civilized aorld, hastened
to the El Dorado to d-dve for the precious
inetal. The wild, romantic valleys o( the
Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range, which bad
never been trodden by the foot of a white mau,
were now thronged with huudreds, eager aud
excited; the streams which had flowed undis* j
turt-ed for ages were turned from their natural
courses, and their beds analyzed, and the ada- j
i uiaotine ribs of the great mountains were fore- I
ed asunder by the one impelling desire. The I
overland route was alive with huuiaD beings, j
and, for a time, it seemed that a new era bad >
dawned upon the world.
borne months after the wild reports bad been i
confirmed beyond a doubt, there eutered the !
city of Independence two trappers who had :
just returned from their sojourn at the head 1
waters of the tributaries of the Missouri.— j
Snapper Jack, as he was termed, and Steve !
Hale, at first treated these rumors with iudif- ;
fereoce, and eveu contempt. Not even the af- >
firmations of their own companions conld eoo- j
viuce them; and they started tipoD their next
trapping journey, fully bdlieviug that tlie mul
titudes that had left the States were sadly de
ceived. Wtieu a few days distant from the j
Mississippi, they met a trapper, who w.a uu old i
ftrend, and who, in the short tune that he had !
been in California had made his "pile." This j
fact was a convincing argument, and did really ;
convince Snapper Jack that ibsre was a for
tune to be made in that country. Hale, bow
ever, was immovable. Even the most earnest
declarations had no effect, snd he sneered at j
Jack's credulity.
The three trappers speat the night together, !
and the conversation that then took placo fixed ;
the determination of each. la the morning,
they separated, each taking different directions. i
The trapper from the West continued his jour- |
uey towards the States; Snapper Jack kept on !
towards California, andllale started in a uortu j
west direction towards the "trapping grounds." \
ifssarlwg 1 - - tetter-faritfEm- : "
selves, we will follow the strange fortunes of
Snapper Jack, as he proceeded hopefully and j
cheerfully on his way.
Jack, although be nieut iooed it to no one,
had entertained a ue.itt that gold existed in
any quantity in the Wabsutoh Mountains, aud
it was his determination to visit tbctn alone,
and satisfy himself in regaid to it For the !
purpose of greater safety, however, bo joiued
a compauy ot omigrauts, snd remained with
thc-m until they had nearly proceeded as far
westward as Fike's Peak. YVtiile he was with
these traveler?, he wai the means of saving the
company from a wholesale slaughter by the In
dians. As is generally the case, they placed
too great a reliance upon their numbers, aod
paid no attention to the suspicions appi trance
of several savages hovering in the distance
during the daytime. Jack announced to tbem
the startling tact that they were watched by a
large number of savages, who meditated an
attack the coming night; and, as a conse
quence, they were fully prepared. The predic
tion was true, and the whites, about miduigbt,
were set upon by au overwhelming uumher of
Indians, who, alter a short but terrible strug
gle, were repulsed and scattered by the deadly
discbarges of the rifles of the emigrants.— ,
This occurrence was a lesson to the company, 1
and no Bight after that was spent upon the
prairie without a sufficient guard.
Jack, as we said, accompanied them for some
distance further, when bidding them adieu, he !
alone, with Lis borse, struck boldly south
ward toward the Wahsaich Mountains. lie '
was a too experienced hunter to be heedless or j
careless of the danger which he knew be ifad
incurred by ibis proceeding; and wbeu he en- 1
camped upon the prairie, it was not until he
was assured of his safety. More tbau cnce he
spent the wboie tweuty-four hours without a
moment's sleep, aud proceeded cautiously and
slowly through the uay, watching anxiously,
aud avoiding the slightest appearance of dau
ger. At length, however, be reached the
mountains; one afternoon, and spent the night
at the bane. The grass here was rich and lux
uriant, and chousing a secluded be turned
bis horse to graze, intending to not disturb
bun again until he iett the mouutaius. Then,
takiug his "traps aud iixius," and marking the
spot, he deposited them lu a sort of half cave,
wtiere he judged there was uo danger of their
being disturbed by intermeddling Indians.—
Here, in tbio cave, he spent his first night in
the Wahsatcb Mouutaius.
At morn, be ascended tho mountain, and
was somewhat startled when be discovered that
there had been Indians very recently in tho vi
cinity. ho was, however, confident that with
due caution, he could avoid au eucouu'er with
the us, and had really little to fear from au at
tack.
lie was, Lowevcr, disappointed. At noon,
weary with wauderiug over the tugged wild* of
the mountain, he stopped at a small, crystal
stream to slake bis thirst. While driukiug, he
noticed a quantity of yellow shilling panicles
of sand, and ue believed at once that he had
discovered the gold. Delighted with bis suc
cess, be gathered a few gtums in his hacd, and
holding them between his thumb aud finger,
hold them up to the light to survey thetn. As
he did so, several riliee cracked from behind
the surrounding rocTa and trees, and a hu let
whizzed directly between his thumb and ting<.r,
scattering the grains to the winds. At ibe
same instant, a score of yells reverberated
through rbe loresf, and as many dueky savages
sprung exu!iiugly toward bio). The trapper
saw fhtt: hut one was directly in his way, snd
taking a half aim, he sprang over his writhing
body; and darted like a wonuded animal toward
the base of the mountain, the whole pack
' plunging after him.
He had gone bat a short distance when he
found that he bad been wouuded by the fire of
the Indians, and would be unable to continue
bis flight for UDy length of time. He turned
bis be-d, and saw the blood trickling down his
thigh, and at every step it seemed as if a knife
were thrust in his flesh. Finding matters des
perate, he gathered all Lis streugth and made
towards the point where he supposed his horse
was grazing, Providence favored hiui, aud ho
came directly upon him, without loosing a mo
ment in the search. Springing upon his back,
lie brandished his rifle oyer his head, aud giv
| ing an exultant yell, galloped away.
•Now catch pie, you cowardly devils,' he
snouted. 'S'pose you'd like to lift ha'r,
wouldn't you? How does that suit. l '
In au incredibly short space of time be bad
reloaded bis rifle, and as he utiered the last
words, he covered the form of the foremost In
dian and fired. The wounded savage returned
the fire, as he limped forward, but the aim was
wild, and the bullet sped wide of its mark.
•'1 hire's another of the same sort. How
does that suitT
The shot, however, owing to the difficulty of
: aimiug while on horseback,but slightly wound
ed a savage; and the trapper, .deeming it ptu
dent to get beyoud the reach of Lis pursuers
as 60on JIS possible, turned arid struck his horse i
into a fast run.
The savages, fearful of losing their prey, ,
fired together; yet, strangely enough, missed
Jack, who returned a yeii of defiance, as he )
agaiu brandished his gnu over his bc*d. He i
was startled, however, to find that, although
unhurt himself by the shots of his enemies, his
borse was severely injured, aud limped pain
fully. The savages seemed to he aware of
this, for sgain giving vectto their yells of tri- i
umpb, they plunged forward anu continued the
pursuit.
Luckily fur Jack, the night was coming oiv,
and be felt confident that, could be avoid bis !
pursuers until tben, he could elude them alto
gether. Stili, his chaucet were desperate, in
deed. As he reloaded his rifle, he urged his
horse forward, and the animal seemed con- j
somus of the danger hanging over his muster, j
ttf carry bun beyond the !
reach of it.
Jack turned to fire, and, as he did so, he
saw that two of the foremost savages had halt
ed and brought their pieces to their shoulders,
and the next instant a red jet of flame sprang I
from before them. As quick as lightning he |
dropped upon his face, anil the bullets whizzed j
over his head, pasting cieati through the neck I
of his horse. The noble animal vented foith ■
a groan, seemingly as much of sorrow as of ;
pain, staggered a moment, aud, as his rider
leaped from his back, fell to the earth.
'Thunder, lightning, redskins, beavers and
buffers, if iSnapper Jack isn't in a light place!'
exclaimed the trapper, leapiog away.
TLe shades of night were now settling, jet
there was a taint moon; aod it was nccessarv
for the trapper to keep his pursuers at t con
siderable distance, in order to be beyond their
sight, ilis pursuers numbered aboift a dozen,
and as ue turuad he saw that two were gaining
rapidly upon bim—too rapidly, indeed, for com
fort or assurance. His wound was becoming
intensely painful, and be could hardly bear tbo
weight of ois body for au instant upon it. The
savages, feeling coriiideut that the trapper was
within their reach, halted, and but two contin
ued the pursuit. Jack discovered this, and
took hope. Gathering his strength, he rau for
ward for a short disUuce, when from the great
pain he sank to the ground.
The darkness had becomo so intense, that
the savages were not in sight ; but in a few
moments tbe two appeared, and gave a simul
taneous yell of triumph, as they beheld the
prostrate form of the trapper. Jack's face
was turned from them; and waiting until he
judged they were nigh enough, ho rolled over
toward them; and before it could be avoided
shot one of ibo savages in the heart. The
other, with a howl of furv, leaped toward the
trapper, who fell back aud fainted, for the first
time in his life. The savage, thinking him
dead, from his frightful appearance, jerked his
cap trom his head, seized the hair in his hand,
and running the keen point of tiis knife around
the crown, commenced soalpiog him. This
Dew pain revived Jaek, who, realizing bis
danger, plunged forward, and drovo his knife
to the hilt in the body of the savage. The
Indian gave his death yell, and as he sprang
aloft, his hand still clutched the hair of the
trapper, and carried it with him, thus actually
scalping him The two beings closed arouud
each other, in tbeir death struggle ; and us the
savage breathed out his life, Jack also became
unconscious.
VVbon tbe trapper came to himself, tho sun
was bigh in the heavens, and he was alone upon
tbe great prairie. The blood trom bis wouudod
bead had flowed dowu over his face, aud,
drying, had so closed bis eyes that it was ouly
will) great difficulty that be opened theui. —
His head seemed bursting with pain; aud
hardly conscious of what he wae doing crawl
ed a tew rud to the left, where was a stream
of water, aud washed his wouuds. This douc
ha fell considerably relieved , and placing hit
cap upoa his beuJ, began really to think that it
wis Lot time for him to "go under." The
wound iu bis thigh pained biw little, but his
scalpless head was terrible.
"Ugh! you thundering devil!" hissed he,
8 he surveyed iho fallen savage, "you got
enough o' ba'r liflin' that tuue, didn't yer.—
Whoop!"
As if seme sudden hope had sprang np in
the trapper's heart, his ghastly oountcuance
twisted into a sickly smile.
"Spos'o w trade Uri!"
As he said ibis, he stooped, and seizing the
tuft upoo the savage's head, tore it off by the
roots, aud then gave the body a contemptuous
kick.
"That ar affair, 1 calc'late, is wot hain't
never beea done. Just think, a decent white
man traditi' ha'r witb a thieving, cowardly, all
herd copporskia! Waghi"
Jack felt a strange feeling darting through
hts system. Ilia pain seemed to cease, and
the prairie appeared alive with Indians, ali
with horrid visages, hurrying towards him.—
bull of terror, he uttered a .fierce yell, aud
darted away. He was delirious.
Late oue afternoon, as a company of emi
grants were slowly wending their way over
the far plains of the West, toward California,
they espied a solitary hunter in the distance
approaching. They watched biuj with interest
until he Came up, wbeu thov seemed at a lass
to tell whether be was an inhabitant of this
world or some strange phantom that their ima
gination had conjured up. His bloodshot eyes
protruded from their sockets, and his sunken
tace was covered with grizzly Lair, while hard
ly a fragment of Lis garments remained upon
htm. lu reply to their questions, ho gave a
vacant stare, and seemed unconscious that any
persons were near him. He pen* itted himself
to he handled and examined, and was as docile '
a child. When by accident his cap was re
uiuved, Hie spectators shrunk back in horror.—
tie seemed literally a walking corpse !
The good emigrants came to a bait for the
day, and the poor trapper was commitod to the
care of a physiciaD who accompanied them—
Day after day they nursed bim until they arri
ved in California, where he wass'ill taken care
of, and finally — thus presenting the
strange spectacle of a living man who had
been scalped! He related his story to bis
friends; and thanking tbem as best be could,
left tbem.
But what is probably as singular as anything"
that has been related, is the fact that Snipper
Jack actually visited the Wabsatch Mountains
again upon a horse. He sff rmed that be came
across the two uioldering skeletons of the
savages who caused hi in so touch trouble ; and
in the whitened bones of out Land be beheld
Ais own sci/p, and carried it with bim. But
what affected him the most was, the remains of
bis faithful bcrsc.
fie femattftd a number of o>O!HttT"M "tfe?
mountains, without encountering an enemy ;
and final!)' returned to Independence, seemingly
well pleased with his fortune. Whether he
actually discovered gold is unknown, and wiil
probably remain so until he choses to tell.
Dark Side of (he Pike's Peak Picture.
A correspondent of the Rockford (Illinois)
Register, writes from the Rooky Mountains the
following discouraging facts :
The miners, and its fuet, every one bete, with
very few exceptions, are the greatest liars I ever
saw. Greely was here and swallowed every
thing that was told him.
That there is gold here, and in large quanti
ties, i do not deny; but that more than one in
live hundred is doing better thau a common
day laboier in the States, is untrue. Some
say one in a thousand is a fair average.
There are three kinds of diggings here, viz :
—lead, gulch and bar. The leads are in the
rocks on the mountains ; they are found by
the 'Blossom llock,' as it is called, or burned
stone on the surface, ceasioned, it is supposed,
by the heat or voloanic action of some
earlier day, which opened the rock, forming a
seam uow full of dirt or rotten stoue, in which
the gold is found Gregory's lead has only
the flour gold, and they are or were the richest
found. These leads commence at foot of the
mountain, and run a north-eastern and south
western direction. The dirt has to be washed,|
which requires considerable water, and all the j
water is produced of snow as it melts, and that
is nearly used up. Besides this, for some
cause, tneso leads have nearly ceased to be
profitable, or as they say 'lose the pay dirt.'
Some dug eighteeu to twenty feet in solid
rock, and have not found the object of their
search. Claims that ouet sold for §20,000
CJU now he bought for SI,OOO. A conipauy
from Cleveland, Ohio, camped near us aud
purchased one of these claim**, paying down all
they had, even to guns and moat of their pro
visions.
Thej work it nearly four weeeks without one
oeut of pay dirt, wbcu one of their company
was nearly killed by the unexpected explosion
of a blast. What will become of them Uod
only kuowu.
tVages here aie ouly $2,50 per day, and it
costs at least $L per day for board, aud work
is very scarce at that. Gnlch diggings are
those located in sloughs at the foot of the
mountains. They cannot be worked whn the
water is bigh, and when it is dry tbey have
paid well when they could be worked.
The bar digging* are on the banks of oreeks,
and are noarly forsaken at present. It requires
two or tbree u.outlis to open A lead,it may pay
when opened, but no certainty of it. There
are a great many sick in the mountains—five
died jes'erday, and four tbe day previous; in
our viciui'y, of tbe mountain fever. Our
company have been sick, all of us, during the
past two weeks.
At a fancy fair, a sailor was strolling past a
stall presided ovor by a lovely woman. Jaok
stopped, lookod for a moment in breathless ad
miration, then took a sovereign from his pock
et, laid it 0:1 the table, aud was passing en
♦My good frie d,' said the lady, 'won't you
take BLuietbing for your maneyV
♦I thauk you, madaut,* replied the tar, with
another took. 'l've had more than my money's
worth already.'
VOL. 32, NO. 36.
Seeking Informalien.
'Gen you direct me to the Hotel?'inquir
ed a gentleman with a carpet-beg, of a burly
Hibernian, sl.tudiag.on the steps of the railroad
; station.
'Faitb,' was thejccply, 'it's jis? I that kin do
! same. You sW you jist go up thft atrito
till yon come to Tbaddy O'Mulligan's then—'
'Rut I don't know where Thaddy O'Mutii
gau's shop, as you call it, is.'
'O, faith, why didn't I think of that. Well,
i'aen, your honor must k-ipe on till you git to
the apple woman's sta-rf, > ;be corner of the
brick chore: it is, and kapo that on the right,
and go on till ye's git to the sign of the big
vtatcti 9 and mind you dolfr'i faff down tbcrsaway
then you kape on a little furder till ye 00-ne to
a big tree, and after that vou turn to the rigiit
or left, but by the bones of St. Patrick, I don't
know which.
The traveler turned in despair to a long lank
Jonathan, who was standing whittling close hv,
and made the same inquiry.
•Maybe you're going to put up there?' quer
ied Jonathan.
'Yes, I intend to!' -
'Did you come from far off?'
'Yes—from Philadelphia,' was the impatient
reply; 'but can you tell me where the—'
'Got any more baggage?' said the imiiertura
bls Yankee.
'No, tb: is all,' said the traveler, convinced
that the only way to get the direction was to
submit to the questioning.
'Going to stay long?'
'Couldn't sayy was the reply, in rather a era -
ty manner. 'Rat, I'm iu a hurry, and would
like to be directed—'
'\V ait a minute. I reckon your a married man,
ain't you?'
•No, i am not; and now J won't answer any
thing more till you have answered me.'
'Well, 'squire,' said the Yankee, coolly,'l'd
like to oblehge you, br.t the truth is, I bare
never been bere before myself.'
In less tbau a minute, a carpet bag, with a
man attached, was seen hurrying away from
that vicinity.
HOW FRAME 31 ASS HER WATT.
The way? and njeass for manning tha French
m&Jmm bees recuced to aa admirable iyt
tain. The source? from which France derives
her seamen are tbc maratiaie enrollment, volun
tary enlistment, and the advancement of the
•'Mourser," 'sors of petty officers, sailors and
officials.) The entire sea faring and sea-coast
population of the country is enrolled, and levies
are periodically made. Ail men on the muster
roll are liable to sea-service from the age of
eighteen to fifty, though only two-thirds of the
cumber are supposed to be available. The in
scription list of 1855 included 162,000 men
liable to seven years' sea service. The forces
obtained front the inscription, voluntary enlist
ment, and the "Mouses," or boys, after being
collected at the various depots, are organized
ruto companies of steersmen, gunners, musket
eers, engineers, stokers, &0., and from these di
visions, which have been thoroughly instructed
and drilled, crews are embarked according to
the demand. Having been trained to exercise
and work together, these men readily unite in
the organization on shipboard. The internal
economy of the service has also been determin
ed by the government, so that there may be
uniformity of rule, of detail, aDd of decipline
throughout; so that whatever ship a man might
be drafted into, he would find the same system
prevailing, and at ODCQ fall into it; would find
the same system prevailing; and at once fall in
to bis proper pLee. The rolls for stations,
quarters, or inspection, are always the same so
that men and officers should always find a uni
form mode prevailing, in which they had been
instructed and trained. In the discipline there
is the same uniformity —the crimes being all
classed and the different punishments prescrib
ed. The code is net severe.
QUEER EMPLOYMENT.—W heard a pretty
good story the other day, which wo think mer
its a wider circulation than it has get get. The
story runs that same honest faced fleecier went
into a fancy store in Cincinnati, in hunt of a
situation.
The proprietor, or head clerk, was sitting in
the counting room, with bis feet elevated, con
templating human life through the softening
influence of cigar smoke.
Our iloosier friend addressed him modestly,
as follows:
♦Do you want to hire a hand about your es
tablishment?'
The clerk looked up indifferently, but seeing
his customer, concladed to have a little fen out
of him, so ho answered very briskly, at the
same time pulling ont a large and costly band
kerchief, and blowing Lis cose on it.
♦Yes, sir; what sort of a aituation do yon
want?'
♦Well, I'm not particular. I'm out of work,
and almost anything wili do me for awhile.'
♦Yes, I can give you a situation if it will
suit you.'
'What is it? What's to be doue and what
do you give?'
♦Well 1 waut bands to chew rsgs to makei
paper, and if you are willing to set in, you
may begin at once.'
'Good as wheat! Hani over your r^ge.'
♦Here, take this handkerchief and foauaenoe
with it.'
The Iloosier saw the 'sell, sod quietly put
ting the handkerchief into hia pocket, remark
ed, as he turned to go out:
"When 1 get it chaicd, p'raugcr, I'll fetch
it back.'
When we record our angry feelings, let it bo
on the euow, that the first be*m ot sunshiuo
may obliterate them forever.