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THERE'S ROOM ET.AIOUGEE l'Ort ALL.
What need of all this fik3 and ‘trife,
EA warring, with his fit other?
11 rte, ill the doted of IV,
Keep trampling: down each other?
there no goal that call be won,
Without afiqueeze to•gain it—
No other way of getting on,
lint :-erambling to obtain it?
Oh, tellow-risen, hear wkdoin, then,
to hiendl) warning all—
" Your claims diinlo the world is \\lid
• There's loom ei n A. all!'
What t.ea•atit ftn
filth for honost
lit Deed nut idlt -
Tu flint-A I.is
'Flitiutaaland ith anato, :sh.
NVldelt gold for toil k
Where cvely bravroltand that
strength, can v. imp a Jiving.
(At, renththh.r then,
Whatever ehatthe bvl dl.
The - ivorld i, tt itle+ftheth tho , t• abid
Thet, l.:1.11.'11 for ;.:1!
1 - ,ui❑ puriuc l ;:ir I.re
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that, thi. 2 1.,, I s
%,,ited. I v,a, t‘o, lii • tai
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ul: and a- , lllellv n•(mm V:pit
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:dr:11-; and over the rotp.k tri).;.26 earth. v% as, -
iJ suppl):4!.l, not \ yr!. raphl. Neasrthok•,,, tny
that. }pm,-
'-1; In fact, I ' , tit e r ii (If a m.ithc- , oho
leaboliN %Las not W.ll,1 -t
111i1 , 01Y, 11l n cn-e 01(.11 I cint!ing iu ol,c, of ti lt
:her court,' of a ixigh!pqii.g crr tV, clop•solvil thr
Intpititte , ..s and ttt 1.1 a whale f, unt l ) '•
nud 111n1 nt lengllt. an Itt I.liiciont ttt
~,t t t in t tig h mean, annual ettittideett. a ~:,r.
r contentlitetit and pct-tint•try it t 11 , 1)e rity, ‘‘ ere tt.
red 1,1 ot tl.v bt:t
M.., %% Mild 1„ a , .v.ldelc
—oiratod from each 0t11..2r as the 11:}gale::t.,, or
ttv,ll,
d toward::: ovelniir_o. a.-. 4 my tired bar,.
()II my return 11r ,, t11 ‘esath 1
rp,,vr t zeo Irons a narrow, ilt•li!otp..l.,Act.o \lO i.reVi -
.• 11,.1-. into a v.e.11 cultr—ited ‘afiry, ‘%110,c. lo‘el
-Fo•ati out befffie we I,lu a hot:0111.11 , J. .111: 1
the range of bill- on the njyi iti ,ide, I
a Nt.r comfortable 10,1;ing ,I%%clliog. of a!
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•,-:- tu. 1 I.}o,,Latanee vote ~ .ui, e rior,O.o ne -t ul thoze
I IT; Lide:rto p:ts , ed. Its three chunnev , z ...: , ent up
t' , .. , ..k m. wadi,: of Wile ,rneke, and altegctl.er there
%..-,. till 1111 of good cheer and prosperity about it,
' , J1.0, ;.-.,%. tw. hopes of Ia ila ho,puah;y recelled:
, ,i, (o s,, ~ I'll 1 N%11 ., iginsr.tlit of the ce istsr's name,
:Jr_ le , tir i, l .llr, , acit of [Light, and a -14 den-ely oier
,ot ss,:b -,m‘‘-e100.1., ad:mini-lied me that, ign.sr,-
ts:,' r.- I sstk of lite cumin), it x‘inthl not Le iirmdmit ,
as, in prm•ced farther belle tnornintr. l-4o,ri , lllig '
tsa to th e gate, I dismounted, and tied iny her-e to •
sy ‘‘, , et,eral hook , driven into tae side,- ill a huge I
on
a-hied horse-e•lshick; so hug ', indeed, that the
j
'kie Irma iihicli it was her ii mu. t have stood for I
c,itur:es crc it was applied to its pre-cut useful I
:'',l.'-o. A ,iniiiie (4(iti.llle(lt OW I \VII , (1. M. 11) WO' li
(
",,, 'cr, and feratol of being isestiglirl ur ox , i
'ruby the rkit•g ptt . ,rlll, in it country with wli.e, ,
1, a 4 llllaCtillfdlitt'd, Nl{l ., Sllirleiellt, tot gain me a
'ay wl.lcome trout the truly kii,d on tier of that
•pstahle (11% el:mg. :\ly lease was i1:11111 . (ii:11( . ! V
t', IQ a warm stable MO/ V. ell rated fur, and after ,
at Wing tbe plea-itig intelligi'nee that elsisper woulsl
• . a Ales in hi. to halt ass hour, I tva, shown to a,
..:‘,.. •Aell form-lied (lhanilter, t% here a tire had bren
0 , ..h. that I might make iny itr.spardtitmslit the
~..1,.._ Ills my return to the family room, %% hero the
`'...."'4 ls.rd Wn.r 011%' set out lNitli the attractive
a., ~t a sub.lanti;ii meal, I ‘ , : , 5 ric e eli te,' to the
,-.., ...at:liters, sun and bristlier ot nn' 111,(1. The
tisr 1113 a, 1111111 about 'fifty-11k brothel latlf•v i k a•
tine m tv,.) )911:sm,sr: both gentlemanly, intelligent
~1,1,1., 2 ., via a, %%too had evidently Seozi more of the
~ sarl,l t',, , is 1 , ,,...:, c ., u s a lned within tlll'ir 11%% II narrow
" 1 • -Th 'o' ". '- It IVOII i1;11 . 11 litioh-ca.p in (.111.
II ` ril 1:,... is ~,.• room, "Is I tc‘eral routine, 1 -0,11-
e: -I, Iv, 1„tC 0 3 , , iCiii, h. 1,11 , ..1 1 0 - .1.• II ,Ill.l'
It I I my enter:a:l. , I's I ,ini,..-- 1
~, c d at the tahl:., a, •i .41: - ii-,t1 . :, - ":
1 , • , .., •, , ,!,:,1 app,a-ed, I tiiiii ill my iiiiiii
1., 'i -- i ,-, , .: I !:ate ilr tr_r 1 , ,,--ei a mote pl - c 1--
1 H , Lf than ti, It s-liont in the bosomof [hi
~ • ', I •? :,. I ‘i 111 educated shelf'.
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1 .. , ' i 101 re-t at int early Iso.ir, an I lay fur a
1( . 1 ,, to tee I.! , rill V. loch by tnat time hind
-I. Tee 14,i,,1 1. r , 41 lit II 011011;1.11 til initil
lt.r ta:l old tr, e- :croon.] Ilm hot-c', mom
mtmoe.:, i and drove the :sleety is 110'
tt ::01, , is 5, in ti iiianni.r that mad.. me
'I my iris l flatter in ill it,lg ," 1i , ' , 1 -11 , 1-
L.' I :i . m.,.1 ii putt, m,, that the ob i •ct of
~ 11441 been riCC , tfilpil-hod, that the nior:
.• •.. l -host the snail t•o blocked a..; to bar illy
'.l :0 -- tor a iliav or two. 1 - (kiiii toy weep-
I,' - ti , ..1 - I wed, that I w a'- in no haste to
1 '.• "leo tuoriiine• came, the snow wni- still
(
- ."..-• I." I s le o tiv o t ol iiithout wind: yet the air
; I ' '.'t'l.• ~,..s. I , e , that the (t‘elltismrittg; elottili well'
's I • -i• I l,..rped, ini th'it tile storm would elm
,tt,is the (I,:v. Atter lama:fa:4' I made'
, .., (sle as•-•trtioon that I tins-1, re.inne ',
c 1 ,, ,1 ' • I, 4,inv olelmiter I 1.1111 wool I not list
s
~,,, ; •,* 1 i salt t think 11l goner on tton,s," :said
e • ••••I I di lii . t, ad! tinaile I fond.) a clean •
l '''''Ut I '
• • .. ~ , ,t1 01.: , 11 I ,110L11 , 1 btl tHighted to ;
• , I. I '-t .nu. 'l'lli‘s can Slid coot"--inn ,
" , en ti pletsi-ant looting, tor they
' '• ' viti to dorlaro that a guest li,ie your
' • . 1 .. se- em., V.`ll , = a perfect Izoilsend to
1.. s-. I romi made myself al home, and
' • - v••-ell 72:1:1) 11l that delightful man
'• , nt', : bat had it been otherwise, I
• 11., u !erred to remain, for -0 deep were
lit . ~, the ff ,,r(0. , , of tilts bilk, it two , . tit -
-soh. tor st matt on lior,i.back to proceed
'" stm• I iii :Act' to take. 'PoNtaido thu
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Ith-west it i.va•: possible to leave the valley with
great difficulty.
'in the secor day after my arrival, I saw, look
toward tin t quarter, a single horseman, strug
ng manfullN , along his clogged path, in the di-
Ilion of 'inyrefuge. Alter a quirter of an hour
lalighted at the gate, and ciaime i l food and shelter
I myself bud done—for he, too, was a stramgrer---:
ll h•eh were equally accorded to him. The uew
M'er was a young, mum of Of thirty or thereabouts, a
i.veyor, Mid wa , ,' making ,a prelruinary observa
n p-relattatory to an accurate survey of the route
the N—railroad, now building, o ur f am il y
fir, us I said, I made myself at 1 home, and col
ered that I was one of them—L ur family, then,
.re very much pleased a i l th this gentleman; it
trod practical ma-u, \\ln, had seen and read much,
I w ii ., able t o ,ay., apr mos to any portion of the
ibe l - When 1 sAiu , there," etc. I
I
;
' wa
a going in
'-t same WiLet:on tl , : 1111,eity :MI; ‘lO agtotal,, when
%\ a, luracicalule, to set out together;
.hit before
at !Imo ,-,,n0., throe da3 s had pa,-ed.
" Ali. what a noble property, Al r. Willard!'' ex
timed I, one irmrning, n, 1 letdild from the parlor
i nilow over the wile stretch of well-fenced fields
l ifore me in the ‘aley. "E‘erything a man can
i:,ire in a farm: ;Whittled ill by hills whose sides
I : ,
rousui von all e,,ur thewood and timber!"
OEM
W e were I together—ray hob(, hizs broth
:mil their t; A>
<r zniswered ho, sighit ti
!, "it is a io.atitil l til
‘ , l ort :
'• lh , )u-find cr I ~houhi think, — ,nit.l the bIIV-
:art. 11\ olive huti.lied, - ered h€
•• p , rk;li ? ;1: "atidla ion,: quo , it: the (And
.jo ;Lug - fro.l c,,inplete con.lition our eitate
"forte-tine (_ , ar,s," replied I\lr. rd; "rot
cher ated it tor ti_mity-tive.vears holore his
tune. 1•A•oitr•I•1111 1 - 111110
,I 1( 11l Ili, ..,11,011, ill 1111 1 , Itt%Iiig . and :ding it.
‘,litt't• gt,•atl3 M.-leased: bill, gentlemen, 1
HO p La..otte its possession, for it is not
toursl - exclaimed the surveyor and :I (o- '
and lam sorry , 'ay I thought—o tin - e
two pretty id - not C''.ollf.2 11l tor one
i icd third part" I
N't s. oent'imeoh • not' mortgaged ,
ltd - it- It 4
a pit) :" :Alia 1. " I tee, I see thirty-' 1
1111 l 111111 y -1-e1011!--terribie times, tipec . ttiation!
si;e) mat boil demon no. lett the deett intptiut
id it • hard hand open many a g,entlettain in the land
bb properties gone a cloud—nothing to
S'lk , 'N tor th,..4 - 1 - 1 hut t‘oithles•; - bonds' anal water-lot
uon-eki-ient caws, and tho, honor of
lin - ing some tdll..go battled alter 300, that is yet in
its chrysalis
Nut quite so bad as that, toy fr",e,nl!" said Mr.
IVi;lattl, uniting. l hold a good legal title in lee
simple. to these broad acres; they are not mortgaged
in a legal sense, but ite%ertiwlesTs, they are dot mine;
have lot its it I
1 1 :id a pre oirty in them. I
am lint rho-[chard 01 atiotherl -
I tunler-tand, sir: - said I. recollecting that Mr.
-aid grac..!liiehtie)'tad family
' pi. p_l , Von tnaan that tiod has
gd , eit }on 3 o too may
your Leh:ow-num: and :nat. you Ina tiv-petis.• his uuuti
ty ithout cue idcrmlg your-ca an o‘vtie,•. -
6` It •A ere Well said NA ' lllart!, soberly,
"Jilt all ‘ll,O ',aye e;',.lth should think thin; but 0
It it., „'lt in that sviise thht I yibt now - I see,
, rer.thAnun. that visa _are mouts, and as you are
tit, ,region, m, ill nut, of eGtirr,e, re
%vl,at I way tell you. 1 , hall grittily 'your curl
-o,ity. neighbor., I ant not so communicative,
though 1 bele•ve saute lit them Imagine many singu
,ar things, r mem ning the - 1 ale l'i.tortit, property,
tliten 4 :l tome I.:low the
11 L 1,--ured Mr. IVlPard .1 our discreet silence,
and ni.tli ;he moment this writing, that silence
has heon Lep!, nor is it looke.s now, except by his
n. •
...NI v t,. e6'r • ' euntomed host. "was lood ludic
Isola,-,u lit the 1:1‘%, 11:1 early age began, or
rather attempted tobegin. us pr.,ctice, in one al our
cur's. But y card On and brought biro
no elients. It t% as not that he minted character,
skill, or tahmt—tint-that lie did not exert litomelf to
sitered. thins Al% elle bad a m ife and two chit-,
dren to support, and wti , , apparently, no more ult'l
MO
to du it tliau the day m. hen lie first wrote hinureil
attorney-at-lacy.llotcuter, hu• nianaged to Ike, ;11111
. .
that. too, lionc,tl)—mnrethan many ID Ili: position
hate done. About this tube. Ii wi, accidently ell
ed to wake the Will of a gentleman xv.ho,e own so
licitor was absent from the city: the gentleman had
inured lute-ell u hile maim* some experiment in
clietniAry, to winch staenci he was pa,sionately
I,
ilex oted. Ile th , night hitns 'lf clN•ing: the gill yin,
21. 1
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unole. tondits contents cony' IciNl my father that his I some sense in shit tog alter li tininess
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first iespeetable client t as ; t least a - inan of wealth. ' now, let us ruin a rtsit ion, h m te•er e . n . y . nthl ' e ' . i . ii vl v
.
ils, property aas to he sit gidarly distributed dor of the minor path- of existence the thought, is al
certam peouhar oublic pit poses, for he had not, as ways precut that it cannot ast. Age, with its
it seemed, a relative or c timer-thin in the world weaknesses and ills, must cone: all our jit'vs 'lire
:mown to him as such. \ 'bile he lay upon his sick evanescent. But suppose 11141111'8 cellar waS tilled,
bed, he altered his null st.me dozen times as to I dle instead of Port, Madeira, Shelly and Champagne.
dispositlon of hi. tin t - o et , and r, cour , e. the %yin aas with a lets puncheons of the }waitersof the rejuvel--
altered as often. Tbis urination brought my fa- ating -piing, then. indeed, tn.) might banish chilli
Thor on loony occasions into his presence, and the cure. and s.ng the praises of thek
W p flowing lidivl;—;
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stet: nod the leas , r, on clUser nequaintance, Perhaps there is such n ((Month . ho jcnoa sll i
became excellent friends. In-tend of dying, the t.a- Perhaps, in these int entity lays, s unehod , , A l ' il-l-n,i i
i.!
tient got well, and res lined his chemical experi- cost the Elixir of lute, or d seoyer the Philosopher's;
I
I mmo- in.)(1) eagerly tie n eter. A year passe:tby. 1 -:.tone. It the motersal be i ,wf of nathms in I the 'ex-
during a hell time t h e !Lex friends tit at least once i,1011,1 1 1(2111 ghost-, he an argument dolt they do exi-t, I
l a au; k. and a 1 1.1;1 - ot:-ii t till WaS no ;. , seat intimacy us sdine would hate it. ash{ : t-. 1111111.1 o u t the India ()I !
—hot exactlt mutt ienti I, intetc mr-e, exce pt upon w i,e a n al l caiLe d me n i n tl 0 possible existe nce of
'
motor- of Im-in,...3-,—yr t they felt for each other a I the s tone and the 11I12;11", I rgne us much i n their
mutual c,t()) , iii. favor. The transmutation .If metal; seems to nie
"finddenly my fat II is patron became very i quite ronsonahle: Chemists h (Ye, made dianiond , , and
thoughtfol. Ile %%as al dent from the city weeks at I many other of their discos )1 es seem as astonishing
a time, and on each real n seemed to be more retired to me as turning I( ad into gold. Both metals are
al it on him- , )lf, as if / H , a wn coma - inn i ng. at W I hi s i heavy, both dense, hotlesolf all you have to do is
(m it gt) at thooglit::. I e wasbury. t o o, in making to turn the lead yellow andi r stop Its oxidization, and
preparations, settled up 11, affair-, and tinkered to pre-dol it-IS gold!" 1 I .
be ;ii i mit to I, ave na a lo n , journey: hi 9 health. "Bravo!" sail Mr. Willa
101.1.10 I,lle. had on,-)roye I to 11a' hi g hest point 61' to Galion, nod boy ; 11 lead nil
oN , ) , •11)).). ). At 1 -): : •11. -I,e day. he came ttr int •fa- "I hate 1).4 n ili.l.l;:to_ (tt'
t'.o 1 ) ot;-) .. t.t3 I ,It or s , me httle c in'-atrus-t,tent. " 1:1:sir of ~ire,' said the -; i
-•ii I: )Mr. Wilt 1I)1. I au til,,ii; to loate the country. my leettilect,on a singular
)„ lo . : : .,,n e .-- 1 ),1))) sea r-• )t.tlia;) , never to i elfin), 1))1 a 1,1,1 i, it 'as erem l :ed to n
I ro- 1 ,1 h. : , e ., ! , ~,e); t o nta J.: !tend , . 1 h:IVC hOal ea el) C..11:1. el e:, WIIII 11, .stt....; , );'a
smith) nit 1 R parations ery carefully, and bop ,, , in I'd r. Viii.'-ard•s tall, cr ht ,I;
g ,I),1 I ,tlin,), to tee ouch' Iwo: the blue tides of tone. I Lave beet) tr. 11)g
Amelii a. There i- on' thing, howeve,, vetto be as is often the rain) as it! m
dtme. in a iitC . a pin MU- a'..-Lnt rip:. and do it at Ocee, 111150 fort') nen it. hot I a
t -10, altli ilt any introit -.maid() obj -ctious. tlr)ionde.l like a good bistoriam Iti ill
f , ll as hat von ail! no do dJt.silliiv call ho le) ; and del- " When laas a Ind id
'donne id h , t•l m v: . year, ago—l li \ ell in a lilt:
, .
"AI:: fhther exres,-te 1 himzelf willinu to do any- cot-t id this state. My I
, thing to oblige lion that aka lionorahletinad tio4lit poor—hut-they had noi air
'd ,, , anti his li ;end CC/HI:11111A : :-. oll lolllfle, With 1 _171.:11 1111 . 11(
'•'\ . l..ry Well; 1 ask hothing inure. By these pa- son, that at: , could moron'
pers; said Ite, prodnci ig a bundle, 'which I have a . summer time, the slime, ;
' mueureil to he dtawn ty a brother lawvir of yours, the creeks yielded us of
null ha,!-properly tvithes-ed, acknottle,lged and . re- many kinds, for the troub
corded, I hate conveyed to you, in fee t-iniple. all a good common-school cd
my real estate, nod have also bar - trained, sold, as- fond of Itork, had contrit
sinful, transferred, an I set ()tier unto you—as yon as much as most boys nt
altv ers, as :111 ridiculous tautology, say—all my per- I things I had read, was nn
sonal estate whatsott), ..r and a hosoever the same ((ire of Culundok; and it I)
may be?l illations as hat had becom
"Ai y father was dolt h with amazement, and lifter I in a keg and thrust n ore
a litt•te reflection, ch iritahly, Coochnled ti it his i centre, a short acconnt of
friend was insane, and endeavored humorously to ar- when he t• xpected iininedh
me the lunatic into re ison. Bat the generous do- body ever found it? IVhi.
nor saw w hat was pas-ing in his mind, nod assured Might I not find it? Wm
him that he at a, net er more smious, sane and sober curiosity? How much sv
in lii , life. , By accepting at once these deeds,' said Itoe for itl Bandon, then,
he, 'complying with mv conditions, you will confer"dare say, the very dike is
upon Weil great oblig,ittion; if you will not, I shall 1 as life," among his !ant
I be sorry to lie obliged to Seek out some, person less ' were questions I nit 1 tisk ,
scrupulous, in, whom I shall have less confidence.' god in fishing, from my -1'
"But at bat are the conditions?" asked my father. l on the beach. 1 mentiOl
" 'These:—t hat y(:)11 shall, upon my do ?very to ; ('ring what followed, it i
you of these deeds, bind yourself, by your path and 1 One morning, ns I was
saered honor, to use all ordinary - diligence in improv- the tend-fiats, left bare
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2g, 1848.
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lug and increasing this property, by fair, honorable we used to call long, clams, my heav l y, short-handled 1
and generous means=4-lit ing yourself, in the mean- hoe struck something harder than l usual, which I !
while, us becomes the possessor of a like property. haste:led to micovqr to the light. It was a small, f
And if, at any time within sixty vears,ll shall, in wormenten wooden box, that looked as it it had Leen l
person or by my legally anthorizemi representative, j buried many years.; " Some of Kidd's treasure," 1
demand my property again, yon shall deliver to me, thought I: Ma, on lifting it, I soon found-it was not I
or to such representative, two-thirds of tt hat may heavy enough to contain gold or. sili,:er. Ihristeued,l
then remain to you of 0, hat I now
give you, togeth- with my prize, up ittnotig the bushe l s that skirted the'
yr w i th ma-t hi r d s o f the increase t h ereo f, it a ny I beach, to be out of sight Of any accidental passenger,'
there be. And you shall also pledge your honor and, 0 ith my hoe, )forced oil' the lid It contained n
and solemnly swear, tlylk, at a proper time you shall, cake of what had been yellow bees s wnx, now of a
by will;nive to your eldest Son all my property re- t dirty brown. "Nn doubt,7 . thought 1, ''the very
mnining to you nt the period of your death, binding cake that Cplumbits threw overboard. But, then,
hint, in the like manner as yourself, to deliver to his was placed in il keg! Neter mind, probably, in
me, or to my representative,
as I have said, two- time hurry un.l confusion of fla t ) storm, he forgot
thirds of my property and two-thirds of its increase, whether it oas a beg or box, but I 'shall soon nscer
if properly applia,l for ‘Nitlmmu sixty years, binding Min. - Taking tli) cake !tinder my larm, I ran hasti
him alsoto bind Id s h e i r t o do the like, when he shall ly home, to show the prize to mit% filth/fr. t• Part ui
be of a proper age to Hittite suck an agreement. I the cargo of some vreelted vesseVisa id he, on heat- -
am well aware of all the ri=lcs and contingencies— in;, my story; "a very good mo i rtip i le,'s Work; it is
et cry one Of )kern—that 1 run: 1)01 I take my chance Wit thy tu mit y cents a poninl." I l'lm ' ild Rijn u hat- I
—will you accept my proposition?" had rcatkabout Colliminbto , ,nlol silgk •sted,, that this
.
"My father hesitated, a rglied, aliggested, oh- -might be the very cake. "Nana iiselti said lie.
li.tcted, pondered, consideded and reconsidered, while "that was three lomdred venis ago; lid, besides, if
fri e nd refused to alter in any respedt a lint lie I remember rightly, he did nom ilirew his-cake imo
had arranged and finally ended by acceptirv:. The the -ea, but only prepared to do sit:'' Houeser, I
required pledges were given, and my father became j fosi-ted so stronglY that the cake should be opened,
the possessor of property wortls about an hundred that he conlented,ras-the wax Would not tie north
thousand dollars. It is now.wortleanore l than tit ice' less on that account. In its Cf.'itrflae [Mind a piece
that amount, fur sad have met with llosses in our 0 1 shed lead, about the size of an 1 ordinary letter,
time, besides living at no meagre rate. The next I folded and soh - krt.(' together nt the edges,- On see
day after the delivery of the deeds, the friend of my j ilt thi'• my fsthe'' was I,s astonisl ed and excited a -
father bivie Lim aumrectionate I ireis, MI. It i+, now my': elf: with tremiling 10mi-a be s l eized it knife, and
foi ty - tom ago, tail f rdni that ;l a) t o th i s , ire 1,„,,, fniced open the natal folds. Tlitiv! inclosed n piece
miser bad tl,e sli g hte-t es ,ilence Itl liis exi•-teneo. of rarchmcmir, 4)11 which Au, pi intt4,l„ u ith n pee, in
nor trace %shinier he depitrtcd. It V. as my I,lther's - ,50 1 ' lilack ii-trers, that :hi., m ei to rene lim c t1, 0 1, ;: ;- ) .
lise
mi te n t behet that he committed soleide )tune- 1.-411m-ta . tice el the -hum, nut to ,m I
e as. di-titict on one'
diately al - ter his gift, and that 1
.me tk - as 11,4 doubt real-; ,u!). :-.):- the other, these ,Nohl,: i '' Noah from t h e
)mine, tine. although apparently iii I sis right mind-- l Mitre It••(‘4, ht. 41,•gici s; ea-4.1w,, mho:I-and twee , :
I,
I. Ipiwever h a i, ll l, i , i ya. irilittied t mt. lie would on e i„,e‘a-t fr-nn , the t--1! Indic. lice dei!loc-. ;midi: whine the
day appear again. or no ward limn—though, it hi.- :.line4 cro", the—dig dm 0." All father tit's, i,Vor
'Jig id;ii, he iinold be hoar 11'11 , ly leurs id ago. 1 .11.. ; !3' d - al this discovery, nod enjoined um to the strict
" When I Im.)caimie ci..!'litee , I mit eithe same P1e.1:4 - -
,e : -! silence en the t-tibitel. "It rs; no doubt," said
es - to my father that he had giten td 11;-) friend, add ;• lie, -are' id ki.lit ., - plititiH rd . di.poilt—'ii 0 ' , hall b"
of my son, it Win he teachiiil the:mine la riod of life, rich—bait 'mho ly Most Itipiv J. %%Old Of it—the di
I required- the like. We fee!, qt-ri vet, mi-4 if v,, , ,0.cti,,, , arc %cr\ clear! -- -
held our land- , and who).- p,is-essiqm in trust fir an- t t• The. Mitre RoCk, i.
( fill"- 1 1 , " m 11
cl "w llliA''' , 'sudi geoll"malh chat we' ' point= standit r lg out
I meant Olen I said 'lt is not iniH)!' In - taut do I calico =Guth of thel exit-)
reason that ht i, a thous old chances to one Si bether t;,ima i e on
_ w h ic h I h a d
I tut ever called upon to deliier up my trust—so ille iva, a tall, sleirp r•
long, as I Icannot look titer my estate awl any it i= i from the shore, of the
mine, I luso the greatest gratification that wealth ... a r omi d which th e •
can gi,,,A. ' M au is ii liana-lo t ing animal, and the the 144 i.
acme of love is selli-dv possession. _What we 10%e— , 11 •
I avin,,, ,, proem
be it. it fiend, a 1111StrOs.,, or a liandsOfin? C•t%te—wo • o , e d.. titdr • - „ , t ,i,,.
,do not like to shalt , : :Filch - iS 1111111011 illitilloL--We ' d ' ... • 0 . 1. , it - 1-L an d, ,
lIIII`A. mininctun'aesedlu own. One would thin!; that) ',, ° , - ',. 1 ,,': d * , - ;: 1 11 1 ,,,, I ' 1
a lease of land for nine hundred and ninety-nine l - s l , - , - ' t t - ,. ! h t , ii , -1,61 i t
years, at a rppereorn rent. woold satisfy most men, tie
~..m:triv id o nd ' s . l ,
inn nine out of ten Would rather pay SuriWil"ng nnois, and as like
c msiderable ler a warranty deed with full ci;venants• hillocks if time t i
I min understand veryl well 'die feemings of the anti- -
, „ my father conclu
renters, my ester ' tmeiguours: the Wilts they pay I I . - ri t . whon ilk
are almost nominal—they nor their children ii di "I ' l ' - -
fur ourl a bors.
ever be distorlictrin their possessions—the difficul
ty is, they cannot env!, 'this is mine; and therefore I ' d eve" by daYj
perceive US,
r, i1 , 11 .! 1
do not fool free and independent of their fellow-men,
as elod's creatures omielit.to feel.' Old as I ant 1, ti ",, su i r , e t s ; • he
took forward to the Mirl of the term of sitar 'wars i we ' yr ; ° i w , ori , i
Wit li 'inlaid mem), as 'die tdint V. heti I shall —nut 'lin'' , ' l lr. r h 7 1 :"'"i? "I t
ii.ter‘eintig—bo alisollmtr lv vu-ted with my titles,— '-' ''' i ' u ' l l ' i n ‘il g r .',l
I know the leeting i- looli•,11, nor should I. alte ! rthat "-,‘"' d '", 1 , 1 , 1 t a ;' - ',:
time, con-)der Inv sell I tiny the less bound to deliver
topped level. '`,-;,lti,ei'll'
up p„ session of my right, if the real owner should
sag eve
we had to erect
After we had exprei-sed our thanks for the curious
tU - c) . 11 us. Mortiii
piece of information )vhich our host had given us,
and we had toun
am l d oe l ar ed th a t w e should be quite willing le take
welareu that we
several fortunes Upon the same tetras, without fear had ,
lost out !abut
of being distressed at! our Want of absolute oWlier
attorm; it hit soon
ship, the convensatinn . took a more general turn. I
)tentCartiestly til t
ob-erred, liu‘t ever, that the surveyor was soinowlint her
of boards bat)
ab-tracted, paying little. mtention to what pas sail.
~ , cm,
,i ,. )ou , tour
The mit-mike he had jmit heaved seemed to have 1 :: ,
tii, tii he six Ii
a wakened in hi s m in,. some memories that required . I . ,iiii . Icel.
at the II
;dl his thoughts. Ilt and by - e we each took a hook';
with
the
limier
pi
in our Ilan Is, - and rt-i 'Ting into silence,, commtined
found another of
throu g h the pr in ted pi g e with the dead and the dis-
others, precisely
nut. The volunmi had taken up was "The Con-,
snip,
ii ,
.. ,
..1
i wend,-y1
t.)
quest of Florida, - is hick I opened at the chapter :, . ,
oat e been used'
that spoke 4 the, l'''lßlr of the " l ' i s P n " i ' ll ' l "' nuikd to the side
torers, that deep V. illmin some happy tiller of , that ,
aim, in the patel
delightful flower-land, gnshed the sparkling crystal them lwo
„ mu \
waters of the fountain of youth. That, indeed, ‘i as ' 1
pieces 0, ,. bottom
, 01, sil -- -44 - and - - --- --- !it-
worth seeking for. G u,. ,ver and pt . v(74ons %in. :
all the trea,nres linatimetztn, a,l the ghiteling
,Al , - •
riches of the Children of the Sun, IA hat werettle,e,
coinnaiefl with the living :-trettin of the fountain of
eternal youth,
" What a pity, :%f r. said T, laying down
the eliquiNit naffes, those daring Caballero:
did not di-cover their
That futit)(l, there %%mild he ),5111';'. (I,e in beiti rich,
I)
0 N 1V A It n 2
•a, "you should emigrate
me."
H•hat you Qaid a i mut the
11.,e‘or. be i mirs to
adze o‘N
o. y .bly! haxo
;WI liy n hie!!
(
1 wk natiw: bro.
. itt ro , :lnr.l to IkmeF, 1
iil toll yott my stbry: and,
ln•p . in 1,, the Ilegioninn;:
siNleen--Cont I,J, lilt - eel,
e ,•,_.,,lnnt town,, on the
part.ntA were 1)o r y vvry
‘ay, been so; and iL nay
ill Cile - winter Fpa
enough to eat; itnt, in tilt ,
ud watt, , r, (,1 the ba ., and
heir abundance-, ii-11 ol
cof cat ciiing them. I had
ication, and, bring very
ed, by burrowing, toread
my age. Among other
account of the first vn y.
, as one of my boyish spec
! of the cake of wax, placed
Oman), containing, in it,
his voyage, Up to the time
lute ,hipwreek I Had any
in-e did it come ai.lune?—
inldnt it be vnlimble as a
i.mld the imusellin man give
1, was not known, but, I
now to be seen, "as large
thenue collection. These
ice mysclf, as I was enga
ka, or gathering ,hell-tish
the fact, because, consid
somewhat remarkable.—
igging, near the water, in
y the fallen tide, for what.
ffZZIE=CIM3=9
MEI
old :..liin's 'compass. we int-
werin t ; th , ,, exact locality
gieat dual'pf trJuido, ilit'Lli•U
-.., U 1. , . at lt ,t, rixcil span a
m.
exctitbdl
r.
-, it %t , ,a lii.
~ I oult Imo:, con r,e beach
;' rep: tp l it loindrel otl er
Attar wls had done thi••,
delm.lurt her operations until
would g ivt. tis sufficient light
, f.tlu the place wub liale chi
ne chance Itishertnan might
l no ',orlon of nhowing nor
, vt•ning, about bine a'dor'e,
V.llll our expeetatirN and
le,t rileh; we Inhorti I•,t.
•w how our shoiels in all di
ng rapidity, and btdure we
do \Vele bl'hAV the tgirlound
imorli becaine more dilly:II;
ing, and place some boards
......, i.1 i „ , ,,,i1 Inlsw onitilla in
gnu to Inge the eastern ~ , ky,
ung; but, Ju-t US my lather
I hate inistiilren the spot, and
.tuck down his spade in sex
• that felt (like wood. We
i, and soon nocovercilla WWI
- Si) Its to Make a
illii, and cut ofrat the ends,
g at, the bottom, tal.ering to
it 14, :d'art! like the lettur A,
t oil. OH initipg 1111,, wit
awe rdiane: under that two
liar, and la neatli theski 1%%u
scouted, fioi t their shape; to
enjoin.; 101 lon i e was a sleet
he'two widel pieces id [wards,
.
we now ilk-Coveied, beneath
We convinded that the' four
rds had been placed at the top
re,l al
t tli-c
,ttor
lEEE
ITEM
MIMI
tw
y
led to
moon
'\ Itho
't t so
ice ha
-ato
ir hi ,
%el 11 ,
oilir-ii
qil 1
r iio,
the
I stagi
b
I Hutt
ntub
r, be
1
ethin
)Utl"
Wiled
It Jet
et lot
,art Cl
dHi
ish
.., Nu
.5 (II
,nunt,
1 hot
Ira
nal
_o U
ing t v‘.y (lithely sup
y‘s, and the other te.o leaning
(.1 the exeuvatio
ported by the si
when the %vere
tour %you'd Lill inn arch., per
we ?,.lupposed they supported,
once fill the who'eexca‘ntion.
Ich v‘e had now exposed, was
by tout, with an nun ring to
gh the centre of the slab, us
zaruinst the fir:A,
111vay,
initung the eartl
t ) co% er thew,
; I 1 the pavement,
a slab. about LW
rai,e it by, and
%%,.?. utterwards trbser 'ii, a Mll3ll.liole %%at: Mined
' about au inch MI than eter. l'ou may imagine the;
I, paiolul, yet pleasing anxiety, ne felt, Its We paused,,
I tor a few minntes, Infirm raising this stone. What
were we to find beneath'? Perluips i a princely fur
-1 tone:. perhaps e wecould imagine nothing else.—
Neither my father nor myselt were superstitious;
we did not belitlve that the det.il pr any of his angels
acre detailed from II •il as special guards'iiver Cap=
taut; Kiddy toot tl; I ut, standing there, in the gray
i 0: the morning . , abut t to ll !louver what, perhaps, no
A n had looked upon for a hundred ye:int—or, 'for
aught we know, for u thousand—we felt tremulous.
A t; m ig th we - ra i s ed the stone, and disclosed a flight
of three or four I steps, lea& tig,to the th4r of the %milt.
After waiting ;pi- a few minutes, to - permit the fresh
air to miter, mil fall er lighted a lanieln and descen
ded. I Was ab nit to follow him, when I heard him
i,tter an exclamation of liorr. , r. and immediately, lie
ru-lied up the steps overwriting me in his 11011,
;,,
and extinguish' ng tis lantein. It teasSoule time
before he reettv red his composure; hilt' he did, at
ength, and diryle" , me to re light the lamp. " I
was a tool to be so startled!" exclaimed he. "Ot
1
court it niu.st hay( been u dead b idyl—but so un
expected! Come, - rt will try rtgt in: follow mei. - -
t hi entering t 4 to alt, I -ate that it was a room about
i.oght ItTt :qua eat d 11, many liii. On a sort of
stone - conch, 01 one sil., 'ay Ow Maly of a Mail, Too
-1 i0n1,..,; ,hut tprn (Till ly Lilt .. , -0 whose api ear
neve 1 was as tae i sin:tied us my hither hadrwen.
Ile tA il , cdruplt tely ilietsseth Ili- , eN C'i wide opus and
iu-trous, Ins face 1... the Imo of health, mid his rigbt
arm stretched ; I nit, with the haul Omni. a, ill to %lei
c',lni• us. imined ittely, beneath[ his head: Oil the
j door la\ ii Inolien ; h . tb. I Mt! hithlr , r, noha ae-perate
coorage that made me shudder. al i tintinclted hint, and
(melted the fa .e with his fingersi ‘• Cold," said he.
"end hard as a stole:" Ile then struck the nand
a ith a key that he took from his I pocket; the hand
smug like ma dile. I "It is a :gam i er exclaitned he:
' tlion - St kingell' and he took out his handkerChieland
threw ito;t2r ;he cold face, for there wa-tsdnWthing
i i terrible in the 'glare of those eves I hat we cut Id neith•
er of us bear t i look iii.on. Ile the side of the couch
ails a little, to de, on which stood three or four hot•
t le-, tilled with a colorless fluid, rind on every one Of
them was a laliel; on which was cirit:ten. iniEnglish,
LFrench and Lt tin, these words;—.•' M o rtal, 'white% e r
I thou flit, that 6ntereA here. I conjure yon, in the ;
mime of God. o imur•the contents of -one 'of these
%lids betweeia•the lips of the body thou finilest here
lying." Thil l label was also printed upon the to ur
walls; in the same tongues—that is, English an I,
as I afterwards learned, Latin and French. )With I In ,
request my father hastened to coMyly, hardly think
lug What hetlid. • The gla-ts stopper of the vial rut
mined, a pungent and not unpleasim.T odor diffnsed '
itself through the vault, but no effect folloWed from
I pouring it into the mouth of - the body, or statue,
-whichever it Might he.. After a time, my father
made tlie samli o ge of d n other vial: hilt there the
seeining man day stifrand stark as stone. l i We then
(grin to seTh the vault: there were some dishes
a d drink-ve J sels %% licit bore the marks If food.—
So is few chrnibul instruments', two or three works
. I
I nicHt knov.' a'3-one 'with
frifin tlitt—Anter, a I-in rt
1 11111 V tlit , barren sandy
I •
nand the box. 'l'h , •
.rpne di-tance farther
‘estrria of the p i rmt.
s swept cumingly up into
on chemistry, a box, co
in geld, on the top of n
cOntents of which expla
remember them, word
times—and that, too, al
1 have been relating ta,
the mind. This is the
like the labels, in Lath
• "'For hint wile shall
.'vatilt, I write these lin
,1797 at midnight. Fr
' been devoted to cheini.
pie fortune, I , have pe
I the present line.. M
science that pronit,ted
My only
might proluitg nv hi
niches, or c%en to ad'
' t and thus to nd
curse n.licl, :limits th
and tenf. But my !a ho
triciy on earthly i= ti
disi - :.,vered any ins.;'..‘
moving and bleat:hug,
weight of yrais.an.: it
11 , ,t I believe, I hone, I
v.ay in which t'.o npu
this century may
after a thutisaud year
one of in expo
, x ith a nett - conibinati
potver of suspending;
lime. tin? hotly remain!
hich ivatmntanet
',motions. I list ti
'Nit,• lain dead for let
1 1 ,ea11.11 and ti
t l Cail:C to the deterinin
may in the ntil
I know it
no-ism :lee ol ft;:lil
moved. I thy
catioeilthis vault to b
troll, a lllStallre, n I.t)
all , l C‘til meter
ruimeil that by a sligi
Ciii inyo , :if Icon ,
.Nature trill, in a few,
of my reotom-plueo.
came I receive that i
and I hate buried in
my liviu« tomb.; whiel
tormer progre., of ,
tt ill be brought, toligh l
tin! L.:a:reaching wate
axiime the tomb it,clt
in the llalllt' of tioil tt
v} oily that I hsk—if
Not vi ith If, Lt
store me to life, I pra
tt here it lies until all
The ninney found wit
di sent er IL And
the wealth that it friei 1
throtmli his heirs, fu
claim it, shall nano a
per, continued the en
et er warned ol the li
mime—that I have tit
hotteter, I coilhl tcl
"\Vas it Isolmoteil
''Av! that %tits
"G1)011 lied!/A/W
the frien4oi mp lath
iv hiug protein it.
01.14111.k/I - 41 - 114.0 /Lit
store lai in?"
'Restore sn
"NV hy, according to
lying there thirty-thr
if lits nwn uneilie!ne
thing else u'•niLl. 1
had tahon had so elite
that tiothiiilr so
triy impret•sion
thing valuable, cover
audy li 1%: , found i
p-rhap , . tho
wtipisv his tomb iigr9
went of sCillice tvtll
The discovery, Luke
my father Gum thc, tl
to self-respect, and al
t•t) that he,now :Amid I
the most wealthy an
b t . F . l d es . gaye me a H
The next day, we
n! , reeabh2
ll‘‘litspered iu hi' e ,
ter you Calf silt', than
‘Vlteller he its ha ppie
nut w- 3'0,1; ••••41,
AN::coo - rul N
nailial to snuff I 6,1. Ii
nlipplyillg I i iy 1111. ill r.
et, Many icia-on-; Ira
Illg the imen l et of tit
all II rtielo generally ;
worthy of ittertiom
dinacv man.
On the eV(i ( . 11 the
coil v. As rum' i
the tweht t the eimil
took 111, 11111 • box t)
make of it: but
quality emite - tit
t %%Ten hi, finger and
grill the finger,
the difference \s.as no
iovnetlottL: ,l , by way
s one to a that
an ahno-i n,-•antacil
'tile met depi ed it oh
fl icions wore now col
attemiht hail been mac
hic dreat presence of
none of the officers
at snch a critical tir
o pre‘ent a like nec
Aitotin of his wais
.V. o. o:
.Ill:Tettiniy.
1\ EN TUC ik y.—The
Qertioi , . el the (:ov
lent), that the gradtt
be serittn4ly n. , itate
called to amend the
av 4 .We are ver
hear from v:ell infttr
ttc the State. Ito,th ci
ers, that the
ry will meet with hi
or removal
the State, lie emiple
A Nl:w licsiNLss. l
in addition to (LISP
world at the dwelt
;Rape of Tot ktes,
now! for him to (10,1
of babies, at the yeti
each, provided they
In that event twent
the town 1s healthy
It is expected that
I hi.; bran,,•li of bus
infancy.,
THE HJ,tIII7HTY
has wrilt i ln. "Not
shed by ly order
Mexican except in
lor, on thO 30th rd;
general 6om Math
the •army, "I there, -
ranted by the hostil
give orders that all
river should be hail,
return, in case l tlieV
be shot. i annex' a
are supposed to hay
I
dollars
I pt, the
inining tiveatioilsatl(
sick lay a tnanuscrl
fled the whole inyst ,
r• word, for I read tht•t
an ago wh6i such cal
er).- 1 I
to inn n V
ents a s
de a lasting impressul
II Upon
way it ri?ad, being
, French and
'Men.
of thi;
re .cur
I ve
nu.um
rupto
penetrate the beerels ,
s, on the lust day of
lon my earliest youth
al studies, and having
sued thew with ardo
lin thought it was a ( love of
ne—they were MI:. i ildit'll.—
di,cover a means wh4rehy I
to the age of the old pa tri
ev ean earthly Immortality,
and my- fellow•inen r of the
years of, men to litre score
has been in vain—i nntor
lently impussibie: nor tave 1
• whiek,a mail may co itinue
and still bid iletiquee to the
e M3yond his allotted period.
am sure that 1 bate robin! a
ai who lives and bieathes in
!nave and tireutile upon 'clad],
1 l cli hull have elas i , i 1 alter his
intents, I i becalm:. ;legit tinted
s o sof think which liti ( s the
lite no 'indefinite leokth of .
~,,r, incorruptible, and.an4her
usly 1 estm es. to life the-deep
tried it upon ahllllill,—they '
rs;,l have r,-lured them to
eir natural age hail ex tired.
ration to try it u p.m it.:,zell; 1
f.i.opt Init.l still die iii a gINIt
Id he mele,s to cu.! 1;1 the
W-Illell until my tiicory it...
I
.iolted o attcmp: it alone. I
Imilt I , by woil:men brought
at, e WI '•lrrect tdvit (1 it,, pur
'eh ay me, and I havo ,o ar
t eversion (.1 lii strength, I
Lite' ti,„l:t of own forever.—
v. e,1; , ,, c ,e, . op eye, y trace
I hate t hoson this coast he
n. gradmoilly 'wearing at% ay,
rie:,ami, (E.ectimis for timlimi,
tI hate calcilated from the
he a Itance gil the.' wave , ,
• -
t 111 10011 t. fifty year-: if not,
l i
s nim,t eventually reach and
and I trust that called to act
ill do Fur a fellow-mortal the
mt, ina, the cents id tho dead
teeter, the liquid fad , to le
y that my body may lee lett
grates give op their dead. - -
i this 1 give to him tilt° :-.hall
•my directions. If I ret tee,
od holds for toe, And will hold,
et er, to be restored when I
opi'y reward hint.' 'llll, pii"-
•Ve)or, emit a tiled all IA e have
is tut y a that man, except his
iw forgotten, it was German,
1 if I heard it."
eNclaimeil NVC;lard.
:zitne, - said surveyor.
•othicrliil! it was the name of
r—Lte4, circumstances, eve
rlA a. imleett he"! four tins
'you ;ake au means else to re-
d 'the surveyor, laughint.r.—
Os ow•n net:mint, he had been
e years. No. we, did not try;
wild not brim , him to life, no
the chemical lluid he
tunny per ritied :1111 embalmed
liar than a stone chi-el could
I No, sir, we teinii‘ed evtry
lil up the , vault, and loft it es-,
llionie two hundred years.
Incroaeliment of the sea Will'
n, ahem ina he the athanre
,riiig him once inor.i , to liic.
erl did oue good flou:, it rifled
,T !pi of poverty, ro,tor,ed him
Idd srenii . tli to his exertions,
I
, at ati,tithaneeil mze, among
I resi.eeted a his country ; it,
10,1 education."
unit leave of Mr. Willard and
and as I parted with my host.
r, -1 40!, my dear sir, boreal.
to 01111 % isit, tit is all miner "
r it bein , rab'e so to say I kll w•
tit of the' Tialcs.
vot.p.o.N.—Nxpoloon was co
o uced it to ext T-s, id general
gurN from his ‘Vai.coat pock
t. been tv=,i.2 - tieil for Ilia adopt-
wai,"cont as a ,nl) , titote for
red, and the f,11 1 ,0%%ing is one
s an anvetlote 'of that uxtraur-
intik of Wat(;rlon, as Napol
i his tent upon ‘‘liat might he
et about, to - be emilukenaed,
• tha table, and proceeded to
so familiar was he ‘Cith the
that a:: he took Ow pinch he
the tlonnb, he perceived it felt
leling as naval, tho'
vi-ihle to the e;e.
of tirviwz its genuinenes , . gave
iN tog in the teat. It had
Is effect on the animal, and-In
eNisteace. Rinapaite's suN
fininei, he saw plainly, that an
e to poi,on hint, but teas
wind that he took care to let
(proposing his stafrlkaw oh it
le—his only precan - tion being
urenee taking place—the soh
oat pocket fur hi a auu. £ blox.
.exiii2Ann ./ttns dein - J. , . the nF-
Lmelter mid the D,1% too 13M.
I etwineipation ot t-' , :avery tall
trp the Convention recently
in that State:
troin what vt e
9e I per.mts from every eectinn
teJtnlders and nom-sht ve-lmtd
of , rradual nboliticin of Slave
few supporter:, enlon
the einaiicipated shows from
'with it."
A butcher in Nev. ton. Mas
sing the Bond things of this .
lig of the inhabitants, in the
lhieltens, &c , ., as it i 7
as recently added the weighing
• reasonable price of fotirpeitce
o not weigh ot,er t wel% e pounds.
'-tit e cents-is demanded. As
to usually receives lit , opiarter.
large income will accrue front
ine-s, although it is yet in its
F :rim 'hum; ,—(;oneral Taylor
drop of Ainerican blood was
w hit e i n '.llesico, nor that of a
Ihe heat of 'battle." Goo. Tay
y, 1846, wrote to the adjutant
oMs, that, to stop desertion from
Ire deemed it my duty, and war
t e attitude of the Mexicans, to
men seem swimming, across the
d hy our pickets mad ordered to
did not return, that they would
description of two soldiers v. ho
• Peen shot under this order."
2
To rrilonor 'of San ALntoniO,
l'nna ,A l e ...Yew Ortruns Dclt4
"A tarli.!'ee
Ih treader, thrigh the mut I e made of
Some of the sevreset n 11110.101) m;'il.l
scrtitable Providence at times visits b!
the effect of calking into action thp
oilr nature—the in t esattcd virtues'
the mind of non endowed. Seti, h
I Charity opened the wide portals of
granaries in this country to, feed the
[ bons in Ireland when as sailed by f.t:
and how freely—how liberally She
I bounty while regretting thl cause ilia '
ferin , r micessl
- • .)•
!' When an ep,,lepric visits Mir wn city, end the
destroying vntod pa-ses rapidly frrirb street to steet,
an d f r om du 'to duelling. what an more pie
' rate our species la tint eyes ot the
. 0 4 an I the good
than the uncoasintr turd sleepless etihr s of •litlrjvo
societies end individuals ninon •• us? The
stranger anti the pour are the sped I •objects of
lh it soinntrese----those they seek out in their
obscure dweil;ngs. nut raking the r st nd between
thrn and the priobence, ica•A• no untried that
humanity and medical Can de‘ise to defeat it.
The Me‘.cao war, too, chile it necessarily led
to the de:trier ion,of in'ory ‘ainable lives—to pub
lic injury and private sut&ri,:g—how much that was
',able in nature did it exlitbill lloW much that was
virtuous in feeling an , l Lencrous lin soul? Much,
Innen nu ct than \t - ”court hic the present rapid sketch
even glance at Me instance however, may serve
iilie-irnt • the troth t I the p ist;ulatri with which
ue ironhu.cerl. triat -Le trill pror•fied to narrate,
a‘ootirl , all artompts nt eib'et elaboration, to
mluige ut olllH/ e ate t6ruiditeil l 'l:;; our proscribed
silts
ITtier , ‘ came it to 1111-Clty tile month or
1\ %%I'J b..'" ]3-1. Z:11 10 Cie capacity itf a wa
iver t i ii -entire of ili' t':utcd States. lie
ua ironi the interior of Netitutli, he had
catered on his 1,013 agreeing -to fill it fur
a:t l u - (u of :Ix in nth-or I,•i t_r.lti:-.llans were gray,
.11k r i e,k: , mre even trout
..orrw t biolo.ol time, too, had left*
it-. trac_-, up in I,lln. I,• intelligent—evident
lv tin-tilted by pre.. toms habits for
11M .o,ation,whicb, t !t:it..tit-e, he had assumed.
la \ ihg to repot t IL—, i n thi s
eity, h..fore eorhar Hug f 0:1 0 that gentleman
‘‘a , e , nod viii re.s-rctable
though Cflt3'W,,re appem , itie ,, ..
"tjti,•.iioned him Ow tort of Itii life"
wikich he brietiv'trild, and tvbirh Ue shall still more
hritily repeat. lie ea- bred a I hysician; married
w h o ,. voting , o ne x%t, lei lover and by ‘vhum he
beloved, ant sett county, - Ky. An
,son was the only fruit of th t marriage—the
only 'pledge of that mutual lot ell Pollowin,g the
bent of l a wayward inclination,l:lie emigrated to
,
while coontry vas vet a pi-mince of
Lei.° iti, ople proclaimed their in
dependence. '.(hough young, he j played a daring it'
not a consp.crion- part or thj early struggles of the
colookts to sieltarri tb it frtetiorn, and was made
prisoner by The,'W:yiny,,in one of the earliest battles
—that of San Al,ttetio de 13...ixar, We believe. He
uas carin: t i ill a captive to the City of Mexico,
titre aitillifred in a doorroom and finally sentenced
to cork a' a prisoner for lilLe in rumor the Mexican
mines. The kmmledire of hio melancholy fate was
too notch It r his motkr. it preyed upon her mind,
and through her mind, triton a, constitution not na
tura by 'robust. She - pined in grief for her only .
child—she sickened—she riled. The father, ,finding
thus bereft of his household gods—the,
brancliesof bib homestead lopped off, like at blasted
tree on a desert heath, neglected his profession—at
times he resorted to the bout as a tempory,assuager
of his griefs, anti finally became a burtlien on his
hospitab,;e neighbor's, who knew him in his better
days.
'When our ri my had entered Mexico—before even
it reached the capital—his captive son was enabled
to it rite Inin a b iter telling bun that for a ransom
of six !omitted doll:its could secure his liberty.
How ,or it Imre. the old ruin tt as to get the six hun
dred rlidlars under Heat en he knew not, but like
Maj. Miller, u hen a-ked it he-thought he could cap
ture a celtain bvtiery of the enemy, l i te would try!
As a fir -t -tip, then, in the accompli4liment of an
enterprise so dear to him. he' enlisted or registered
himself as a United l-:tatates teamster for the term
of siY. months,
Cant. having lien.rd his touching but
truthful ,story, at onec i. t ihel force of that strong
parental affection which of biz I nge prompted him to
undertake - ,nch a taf.k, and under, too, such unpro
pitious auspices. lie rather felt inclined to inspire
him with hopes of succes4; and with this view,
promoted him to - the rank of wagon-master. This
gave him an inclea , e of pay and a position a little,
at lea , t, core st,ited to his yetarS and his former,
condition of life. In good time, having expressed'
hi , gratitude tuj Cap% for his sympathy and
kin lites - -;. lie cei. out for Mexico. invested with his
nett command. lie Iluded at Vera Cruz,,proceeded
tip \\ ill' one of the train Q; and reached Mexico with
out an ucciden i l suhj-cting himself to a - reprimand.
BY thi , tin) , his story became known to General
F . cf the Ameriftan army, who interested
himself iu hi , behalf. Ile also enliststed in the old.
man's fivor the, sympathies of hit influential Mexi
can t;etteral. and through the mtitual effortend ex
ertions of both on the payment of three hundred
donnr-i—one lull less th l an the sum originally stip
iiot il fer—th , rri , on dnort- of theprisoner of Sqn
Antonio den' - `‘ar, a tier twelve years captivity, wore
m
thri n opt l
n, and the first use he tnade•of his liber
ty was tit tusk to the arms of his devoted father. .
About three months nog-, the father and son pass
ed t i hrought this city. They called on Capt.B—.'
Tie old 111 , HI, 1; ititt,lirs in log eyes. thanked him for
Iris kindne , si'the son expressed his obligations, and
both left ti.r their krone in the west on the next:boat.
No laptell,ed Gemnal left Mexico a happier man than
the loth& poi. None felt he had achieved a greater
triuttioli than the son. They are living in the tit-
Ingo ii her( that .son was born—the father has re
sumed his profession and lives happy in the respect
of his neie - hbors and the love of his rescued eon.—
The latter fits raised a marble slab at the head of his
mother's ;cocci in the t i•liage church yardon which,
lin a :-It;gic .•titpnce. is carved a - son's .atl'ection.
134t - N's Tri,r.iin.Arn.-- T The New Y.
l'ou}ier e , :))::wi , the dill renee, between these twet
at nt ;=() I r rap;ility of opEratton is concern
conow,:—
tor,e's Telegraph (or anv other except Bain'S)
can only'trammit matter as fast as one person can
%%rite it, became only one operator can work at a
time. Ott plan the matter is prepared be
forchatl;,iind then Wound upon cylendar, when it
to be triinsinitted„ the cylemfer is turned and this
can bo &Me with alintet any degree of despatch; for
ex-mple, in transmitting the President's message by
Morse's ry stein, it call only be done as fa s t as 000
rite it. On Bain s' system, the message:,
can be cot into one or It% o bundled parts and put in
to the ha IJ< 14 . many Merl. It can thus be made
ready, wound upon the cylender and wound off
again, al imst instantly. Tbis is the theory of the
in,t,tru went: hhethcr it will be fully sustained by
practical result-s:remains to be seen."•
Bralss•:0:4-We - ssed are they that arc blind;—for
thou slutß see no ghosts.
Blessed are. they, that a e dear; for they never, need
lend money, nor ii-terl 1, , tedious stories.
Blessed are they that :Ire afraid of thtmder;—for
they shall htisonte about getting married s and keep
nwnv from plitical tneetinas.
Blessed are they that are lean; for there is a chance
! !10 grow fat.
Blessed at. , they that are ignorant; for they ere
happy in t; .d ing that they know everything.
Blessed i that is ugly in form and feature, for
the girls sl. it mol - est tote.
Blessed is!sbe that would get married, but can't
er the enst)lations of the ge:lpel,arc hern.l
II
a Bas Ir.
MOE
wbich an in-
I nn - amity have
'nest traits of
with which
Av beneficent
'Cr well-filled
starving mil
lint Famine:
gave of her
made the of-