D. P. fitiCIAN. Editor VOLUME 20, rl~rtle‘nistrq, sr ionu.txx Fa.s.tav cruacmxa. A tr T 1:7 Di N. A varied wreath the autumn weaves, Of cold grey dews and sunny weather. And strews gay flowers and withered lee vet, Along my lonely path together. l.sce the golden rod shine bright. As sun-showers at the birth of day. A golden plume of yellow h; ht. That robs the Ilay-god's splendid ray The aster's violet rays divide The banks with many stars for Inv, And >arrow in blanch tints is d i ed. An moonlight floats across the sea. I see the emerald wo s ods prepare T o shed their re,titure once more, And dittrint chit tteea spot the air, With yello v. trees softly o'er. I saw an asliburn scarlet red Beneath a vine's perpetual green, And sighing heretics hung their head, Protected by a hemlock green. Vet light the verd.tht willow floats Ahovc the ricer's hltitttag face, And Kiteltg ita rain of hurried notes, With a swift shots Itartnottiow, grace. The petals of the cardinal Fleck with their crim.mn ilro ) the stream; As spots of blood the batumet hell, ' In some young knights romantic dream. No more the water lilly's pride - In milk-white circles ed•lnt content, No more the blue weed's cheder's tide And mock the heaven's element. llow speedi from m the rivers thought The spirit of the leaf that falls, ts heaven in this calm ho*ont wrough, As mint. among Tose crimson wails From the dry bomb It rtdos to greet Ita fi'm do wo on the pinch river,' Fo might i toy companions meet, Nor roam ttt conotle,a worlds rote% er Autumn, thy trreaili and mine arc hb•at "%With the same colors, (or to me A tither aky than alt is lent. While ratios my dr . Fam-Ilke company. Our stelee grow purple—but the min d Pubs chill through green trees and bright gra To•day shines fair. •tnd lurks holilutt The Hine that into mr inter pass. Solr Been), so cold we are, No Post s‘e hasten to decay, Vet through cur togla groo runny abut' . That still •Lall rtniut it , sonny day. Cljoitt 311irittlinnit. THE SPECIPE A LEGEND OP THE WEST Duarte its early years, the province of Lottip.iann web the theatre of many wild and remantic adventurers. Far froni all that revive the : ObOTledtion of ether days, disap pointment ilirgot; In 22 _,, f cingoi, of its Arcedtitn,';'eettea. inn nratrarakos ngrat e ort or ore .o e l , r. tro Many a legend of those limes is yet told in a forcig tongue, by a venerable few, who have come down to us from a former age, and who linger among the new race that peoples their netive..province,like the mouldering bastions dour city. surrounded by the dwellings and wareta3uses which busy trade has erected. T he following legend hoard around their winter evening hearths,. . It was near tlie middle of October , 1769, on one of those fine autunit.'n I dtys peculiar to the West, when a French trader w i ns jou nevlng with one of the natives to , • an Indian settletnettrbigh up the Merimack. In the expressive language of the country, vegetation had been "struck," and tho'lenves of the ever varying forest dis played a richness of coloring no where to he seen but underlhe4estern sky. The ivy hung in crimson fes dons arond the oak, and seemed, rather the gorgeous drapery of an Eastern bridal chamber, than the sober work of nature. The hollow sound of the crane, as he guided his squadron to the South, was in unison with the scene. The Woad disk of the sun reddened by the smoke of"lndian Summer," slowly sinking behmtl the Ozark mountains. flamed on the waters of the Merrimack. The kindling s)a of the savage, and the softemill tone of his voice, told that the scenery of Isis native wild was beheld with strong emotions. The trader, immersed in schemes of speculation. lingered behind. and left the mind of the savage to take, nninterruptely, the hue of an hour. They were fast approaching one of those mounds where the Warriors of years beyond the reach ,sf tradition, sleep in glory. The white man casts a vacant eye npon this mile se• pulcre of other years, or, at most, regards it with idle cu riosity. Far otherwise with the native. Ile passes it with a slow, melancholy tread; he gazes ,upon it in •ei hence, and the deep working of his features show the in tense feeling with which he views the grave over. which moons have come and gone, too countless, for the In di an to numberr Just as they came in sight of the mound, the Imhof) tarted beck. On its summit. reclined against a 'tree, titood a tall majestic figure. seemingly watching the rays of the sun fading on the waters of the rivor. fly the side of the tree nattier which ho leaned was a rifle. At his feet lay a dog apparently asleep. The trader soon ar rived, and gazed with silent awe upon tho apparition, and the long shadow which it cast upon the surrounding' toms!. They soon filed off in a different direction, and scarce did a sound arise from the dead leave's, se noise less was their tread. The shadows of night had diffused a dimness through the woods, the bufFalo had dunk to his lair, and the leath ered tribes were perched on the tall sycamores, long be fore they deemed themselves sufficiently distant to en camp for the night. At lengthy having reached a deep ravine through which run a little iiiream,the savage kindled a fire by the side of a fallow elm. Net a word was utter ed during the operation, and both for a long time watched the flame 'curliag around the wood they had piled upon, before either ventured to speak. "Red Serpent." said .the trader, " you have always lived in these woods ; did you ever before see the tall Vision we beheld on the mound?" • A pause followed. The savage cast frequent and piercing glances into tho surrounding flari•sv, whieh the bright blaze of the fire rendered deeper nip still more impenetrable. "I have traversed theso wildrever since I could spring the bow, or take the beaver from the trap.—Thera is not a tree from the great Ozark ti? tho 'Father of Waters,' that Red Serpent has not snail, in war and in peace, In this glen, whoa the sky wes rod, and the clouds sent down their waters, in this 'very glen 1 fay in anbush, and heard the wily Osage consult how lie might suprise the sleeping Shawnees. The MOM howled, and oven the hungry wolf looked, out from her den and Minn& hack. j crawled nway twoh "l've& reached tiny native village, and before the sun arose the head of Me Osage was low." Another pause ensued, The shadowy lines of the sinker's countenance grow darker.—The sconce • " . " • a... ' tizo F: 11111 ,j . -B >, II II other years wore crowding round his memory. The tra der left bun to the communion of his own thoughts. At length the cloud.passed from his brow, and his mind rO-_ rerhe'ratrd to die question of the Frenchman. "The being which wo saw on the mound is 'due 'Spectre Hun ter; he roams those woods, and no deer is so fleet, no bird so swift of wing, but the tall rifle We saw leaning against the tree can reach him. The, dog that lay at his feet, did you note how silent, oven when strangers ap proached, yet often, when laying at night by my fire on the hills of the Borbenso, I have heard his deep death like howl 'moaning in the blast' from , across the great Father of Waters. " However little known at the time of which we speak, the Spectre Hunter was not long permitted to pursue his favorite employment of the chase in obscurity. He soon because the theme of every idle gossip, whether around the hearth of the European or the ruder fire of tho Wig wam. lie had often been seen. but no one had over dared to approach him. ' lie was universally represented as a tall, straight figure, of 'high and noble bearing, his long black locks, and board that swept his bosom, sprin kled with premature age; his head always uncovere d . even when the storm raved Wildest. From hisshoulders to his knees hung a robe of the coarsest sackcloth, girded with a belt of the skin of a wild cat, from which were suspended a powder hos'n and a knife of fearless dimen- Sions. His fe4t.were always bare, and their print frequently found its the light snow. Often when the moon was riding its her zenith ho was seen paddling his canes, with startling rapidity, over "the Endless river," and the bright flashes that fell on the parted waters, and the straight unbending course ho held against the swift current, told that his oar was wielded ht- no mortal area. Every beast of the forest could snuff him is the breeie, and the fiercest blood-houad, at the' sight of the dog that followed him, uttered a low, plain tive whine, and crouched cowardly ht hiS master's feet. A hunter once crossed Isis patle, and the Spectre me . tioned for hint to recede. At every wave dins hand, he felt the blood freeze in'his veins. One night `when the thunders were racking the earth, and he Was supposed to be at the opposite side of the water, ho was auddent!.' seen, by the flashes of lightning, standing on the tallest mound of Cahokia, his bosom bare, and his hands' raised !to the bolt. His dog was still at his feel, acid his ' long l howl was heard between every pause` of the storm. Year after year passed away, and still the Spectre Hunter and his dog swept the forest, or darted iii the light canoe [Across the swift waters' Due day in the summer of 1711,, the little shop of Die go. a Spanish trader in St. Louis, was dosed.' At that early period, the town gave no intlicationeifthat it was destined to become, under a free end (met:toile govern ment, the grout emporium of the West. Lvery Inhabi tant was known to oil the rest, and no Uneolllinall inci dent occurred, however trivial without exciting universal attention. it was soon rumored that the half-opened d3or of Diego had admitted the venerable Father Cle ment, unil t iliat ill who tiati culled to purchase ' the little coin inodities of the shop lad recoved a repulse from the grated windu%v which, in those times I r ndiaii hostility, belonged to every dwelling. Curiosity was ceerywhore excited to the highest pitch, and many dark surmises. unfavorable to the character of Diego, wore whispered. But 110 one ddred to suspect that the aged priest would litive'any connection with a deed of darkness. ,He had •foreakeit all the refinements and comforts of Europe' with the pros iientitflsleeWireofaefroili Ilia Mildred; rdr ihe-only purpose of administering the eenliotationo of religion to his humble brethren in the distant land of the pagan. Though deeply' versed in the lore of the schools, he was humble as a child. Ho had u word of hope and . con solution for till, and deep and rankling indeed, was the thorn which his prayers and his tears could not extract. Towards everting he loft the shop, and slowly bent his way to . the house of prayer. A deep solemnity was seat ed ou his conntenuneo, and his head was bent almost to the crucifix that hung on his breast. 1 Not one arriongthe rolloced groups lie passed dared to interrupt his inedi: tenons Soon the bell, hung in the forks of an elm, tol led the signal that a fellow-mortal had ceased to be numbered with , the living: That sound, even in 1. the gayest metropolis, is seldom heard without ! emotion. lit tinit v.llage, en the confines of civiliza i non, every knell sent its deep and solemn tones to the heart. The knell was succeeded, by the well-kn Own summons to take hours to prayer. No expensive •toilet was known in that region of Arcadian simplicity, and the villagers, prouipted alike by callosity and_devotion, were soon collected. Presently a coffin, of the rtulest!conetrue. tion, born by four Indian servants, was deposited in the middle of the church. Every eye was turned to wards it. The priest drew near, and after a moineittary pause removed the lid. "Here," said he, "here, my brethren, are deposited the remains of the Spectre Hunter!" Au involuntary shuddering spoke the feelings of his audience. "Start not with horror, my brethren, for though a groat shiner, he was a mortal like yourselves, end - oh, may each or you, in the last sad hour of life, be as repentant US he was. The tenant of that coffin, rude and humble us it is , was one of the highest Grandees of Spain. Born to princely wealth, and descended•from a long line of an cestors, in whose veins have flowed the blood of a Cas tilian sovereign, he seemed elevated above the reach or calamity, and the path of his life destined to be one bright tract of sunshine. Long trains of servants stood in his hall, to swell the pomp aids state, and to antici pate his every want. Generous of soul, and possessed of a nue untidy form, many u high-born damsel sighed at his name, and no Spaniard below the throne but would have been honored by an alliance with his house; but the maid who won his hand possessed no rank but that of a heart must amiable, most tendir, and most true; and the nightly serenades of the minstrels under the win dows of their castle, told of their happiness. For more than a year their lives passed on, waveless a s a slimmer lake, and wealth, and rank, and youth, flung uu elysium around them. At that period, Isabella, Iris only sister, left the convent where she had been °dm cated, to reside with her brother. -Playful as a fawn, and ardently attached to her brother and sister, her presence added a new charm to the society of the castle. She had not long resided with them before Don Manuel, her brother, was called to visit his estates in the province of Andalusia: The idea of this sup wation was the first cloud that over cast a shade over their happiness. His wife and sister fondly hung mond hint, and almost re gretted the possession of the rich and extensive domain that deprived them, even for so short a period, of one so dear to both. With many adieus, and many prom boa that he would hasten his return to tht. home which his absence would reader so 011itappy. its set OM 011418 jour- Ito bud passed but a few leagues beyond the walls of Madrid before ho met his agent, and after some delay, happily accomplished the:object of his journey. It was night ashen ho •enteictl the city. Ile left this carriagt; in the care of his servants. and preceeded on foot to the castle. To enjoy the agreeable surprise which his un expected return would excite, ho command his servonts to bo silent, and ascend cautiously to the chamber rhis wife and sister. The door was half open, and juago hits astonishment at beholding a cavalier. kneeling at the feet of his wife, who manifested by her smiles that his ardent addresses were reiteived with plehsure. ThiS sight was too much. lie sprang into the room,_ ,and buried his dagger in the bosom of the cavalier. ' TOUR tarsal' exclaimed his wife, and toll senseless to the floor. The SATURDAY iORNING, OCTOBER' 27, truth rushed to his mind. His sister, in her plaYlVlness, had thrown over her graceful form the rich military dress of her bretitere and assuming his character, was kneeling at the feet 4 Ills wife with all t h e feigned ardorof youth ful attachment. The news instantly spread through the castle, and the ut Lin ast consternation ensued. The ser 'ts, rusbeiyio th street, and by their frantic cries pro claimed.thai a sconeof blued was within. The officers of justice rushed to the apartment and seized the unhap py man, who stood- rivitted wittrhorror to tho spot. His wife, awakened at the noiso,"Opened her eyes upon her dying sister, and her husband a prisoner, and again closed them forever. Don Manuel was l borne .to prison, and till) seal of do ktng placed upon the doors of the castle. Every serva n t but Diego had deserted. - Ho,, with !aim'- midi) presune of mind, at the commencement of the tumult, seized a casket containing some valuable effects of his master, and concealed them in the humble dwel ling of his mother. While the friends wore paying the last sad offices to the remains of his family, the unfortunate prisoner was unconscious of oily thing that had passed. linearity had kindly come t , his relief, and the man who, a short time before, possessed oil that ambition could covet; was now a maniac, chained in a Solitary cull, deserted by all, except cuMfuitliful servant, whom misfortune served on ly to bind the closer to his interest. • . Manye ear had passed, and the trial of •Don Manuel was stilrdelayed on account of his insanity. At length, by the kind and,soothing attention of Diego, whom the jailer permitted constantly to attend him, his reason re turned. His princely estates were in, the hands of those who would_ net willingly restore them, and he understood human nature too well not to know that his life would be sacrificed to their cupidity, should ho over b 0 put I upon his trial. Ile , therefore still feigned hit - itself a lunatic, while Diego successfully interceded for his removal to a private hospital for the insane, near the sea coast. At tacked to the hospital was a large garden, in -which the keeper permitted them at stated hours to 'Welk. The wiills were high, and as no fears were entertained that a madman could escape without being immediately detec ted and returned, they, were not regarded with suspicion. They had not long remained there before'Diego had ma tured a plan for their escape. He procured for each the dress of a friar, and procured a key to unlock the gate next to the sea. One day he found in the harbor a vessel on tho point of sailing- for New Orleans, in the distant province of Louisiana. Such were the regulations of the police., that no one could leave the port without presenting at the enstom house a pass from the Alguazil. A miss Was forged by Diego, for the two friars, under the assumed names of Anibraio and Bertrand, and permission to. leave Spaiu was granted without suspicion. At sunset they left the gardenunobserved,nnd slowly proceeded to the wharf. If was an hour of fearful interest, and their hearts boat with uto-t intense hope and fear. Life and death hung on the events of a few moments. , Several of the more devout knelt as they passed, and Don Manuel and his servant gave thorn it benediction in language which ex cess of emotion rendered 'inarticulate. They reached the, wharf undiscovered, and procured a boat to convoy them to the vessel, which was anchored at a, distance la the offiing. At every stroke of the oar that took thetA farther front the land, their hearts throbbed less violently. As they, climbed the sides of the vessel, the sailors wore heaVing iip llio ldst anchor, tha - iiiifdage lay uncoiled On the deck, the helmsman stood at his ipost, ,aud every dung indicated that the tall ship , was en the point of spreading hermittions for the groat deep. The tide was now high, and a strking breeze sprung up. The order for sailing sounded through 'dm vessel, and every sail was unfurled. Scarce was the command obeyed, when tho bells of the town rang, and the gqp of the fort fired an alarm s Tho noise and cen fusion 'on Atom wore borne over the waters to the vessel. The fugitives well knew that their flight was the cause of thin tumult on land, and beheld with consternation, by the light of the full moon which bad just risen, that an armed frigate weal getting under weigh, apparently for the purpose of pursuing him. The captain wont to the quarter deck, and with n night glass beheld the signals that were hoisted for him to cast anchor, and was on the point of giving orders to put the helm about and return to the port; when Don Manuel sprang forward, and implored him by the love of blessed Virgin to pursue his voyage. Ifei told him they were missionaries to the heathen, and for every moment they were detained from planting the etanduird of 'the Cross in tbe new world, ho would be hold responsihle to hie pod! the fervor of tho noble man, the intensity of feeling portrayed in every feature,'struck the Captain With awe. Ho believed the friars were men inspired' by Heaven for a holy errand, and dared not disobey them. Instead of retuning another sail was bent to the mast, and at daylight nothing was seen but ocean abOVe the horizon. On the foitieth day, the veva landed on the shores of the Now %Vol ld, and Don Manuel and Diego,proceed ed, the former birefooted, to the wilds of the upper prov ince, that they might be removed b as far as possible from the scene of his crime. Life, for Don Manuel, had no hope but that of obtain Mg, by the most rigid penance, a forgiveness of his sine, and a reunion, beyond this vale of sorrows, with those two beings whose remembrance still agonized his recollection. Ile assumed the garb in which ho has always been seen, and all the wants which his rifle could not supply, hove been provided for by the over faithful Diego. The life he led in the wilderness was one of extreme suffering. During all that period his bed has boon the cold and damp onrth, while no slid ter protected hint from the bleak storm. Except on the nights when he come to the house of Diego for the pur -11040 of,confessing to the priest, and receiving absolutiOn from his lips, he held no converse with his species. - , The dying scene which I have this day witnessed, 1 will ,not now attempt to describe—it is too affecting. Suffice it to say that he died penitent, with nu humble hope of pardon, and with an ellN1(0l request that you would pe!- Init his pour remnius to Sleep in consecrated ground." . 1 • The goad old priest ended.. The Spectre Hunter was no longer an obket of terror, and his remains were M ), terror! under the shado'of the large willo • which, tip within the last twenty years, bung its weep g head in the cemetry of our city. Many a tear ins been shed over his' shes white listening to his n rlancholy talef and many n requiem has been sung in Om strains of his native language, by soft-eyed damsels: es they flung upon his grave the earliest blossoms of Spring.. Ihrinics.—They are mere walking sticks for female flirts, ornamented with brass heads, and barely touched with the k varnish of etiquette. llrass heads did I say?— Noy their caputs aro only half-ripe 'mask-motions with 1101;910011S thick rinds, ull hollow inside, containing the seed of foolishness, swimming about with a vast quanti ty of sap. Their moral garments oro a double breasted coat of vanity, padded with the silk of self complacency; their apparel is nil keeping, and is imported fresh from the &vire wholesale and retail establishment. Tinker ed up with broad cloth, Anger rings, safety chains, soft solder, vanity and impudeime, they are no more gentle men than a plated spoilt' is silver. -1 detest a dandy as cat does wet , iloor. • There ore some fools in this world, who, alter a long incubation, will hatch out, from the shot bed of pride a sickly breoll,of fuzzy ideas, and then go strutting along ip_the patistrifiamposity With `all the self 'importance of especkled hein with a bleat chick= en. I have an antipathy tailtith people. 131)''ON WARD .Aell iriza zaoTniantinige. God help axed shield the motherless, The stricken, bleeding (fore— For whom there gushes no rich font Of deep and deathless knit!! The saddest title grierconfers— - - , , For who so tone as they ,I Upon whose path a mothera lure Sheds not its holy ray! No gentle thrill akve them heads To sooth the cduch of priest— No voice so fond as her's, essays To calm the feverish braili. , other tongues may whisper love In accents wit and mild; II t none on earth so pure as that mother bears her child: /hi ge kindly of the motherleSs— weary lot lathe/no, Au 1 oft the heart the gayest seems.' load of sorrow hears, No nitlifid voice directs their Wile, Of tilds'thein onward press, "Anti if they gang a keunin wrung." 1.4 help the motherless! Anil when the :Maul and the frail. The tempted and the tried. Ilnapotted one! shall cross thy path, U, spurn them not aside. Thou knots est not what thou la:Weikel' With trials even less— And when thy lips would vent reproach Think, they were motherless! CIRCASSIAN SLAVE, TRADE. "The Turkish slave dealers seldom bring arms to the Causasus, or if they - do. merely of the ornamental kinds and powder oleo bring only in small quantities. as present for the princes and nobles. The Circassians aro not usually willing to trade by for their beauties, put tering to receive their price, ht hard cash; and they do not appear to find ano difficulty in obtaining gunpowder, even froni the Co,sacks on the Kuban, &c. In most instances; only the daughters of slaves, or of freedmen, are sold, but even noblemen may occasionally be induced to part with tliteir daughters or sisters, for bright piasters; and tho girls themselves, to whom from their infancy the ease and splendor of the life they are to load in the Turkish harem has b. , :on,pai mod in glowing colors, generally leave without much pain their rude mountains dna their unna tural parents. ,Each vessel carries from thirty to forty girls, crammed like herrings in a barrel; but they submit With great resignation to the sufferings of the r voyage, soon to be exchanged for the joy of the magnificent city of the sultan. "kis calculated that out of the six slave ships fivo always reach their destination. I - During the winter from 1843 to 1844, twenyt-eigh ships sailed for the Caucasian coast, and twenty-three arrived safe with their cargoes. three having boeri burned by the Russian and two, with their fair, living freight, swallowed by i the sea. A Turkish sea captain in Europe related to me—apropos of these slaye ships—tho following anecdote.' A few years ago one,of,theni sprung a-lettlt out to sou, just at the moment whoa a Russian steamer was passing at,somo distance. ..The turkish slavo-dealor, preferring even the air of Siberia to drowning. suede a signal of distress, and the steamer CIIMO alongside, by whose assistance only the crew and] passengers 'could bo saved from inevitable destruction. But so deeply rooted in the Circassian heart is hatred to the Russian that the blood of these girls rose at the thought of be coming the property of a despised Mission soldier. instead of sharing the couch of a magnicifont Turkish pacha.— They raised a mournful cry as the Russian vessel ap proachCd, and some Sprang desperately into the sea, while others plunged their knives into their hearts. The groat, er number of them, however, were carried on board the steamer, and taken to: Anapa, whence they were trans- Ported to the Cossack country. and distributed among the Cossacks of the lino. "I myself once made, the paisage from Treishond to Constantinople with a dozen of those Circossian girls, as deck-passengers. They were mostly mdre children of twelve or thirteen; very pale and thin, bnt with flue and interesting countenances, and a certain wild fire in their black eyes. Two only were carefully veiled, and they displayed more roundness of outlinol they might be pigh toen or twenty years of age; and to these the slave dealer paid much attention, 'end frequently bought them coffee of which the l others got none. ()witty making some in quiry concerning them, ho informed mo' they; were the daughters of a nobleman; had fine rosy cheeks, and were I much fatter than the rest, so that they would fetch a much higher price in Stamboul than the others. For these beauties he hoped to obtain as Much as 30,000 pias ters; of the others ho spoke with great ' contempt, and said ho should be glad to git sixteen guiaies a piece for them. This Turkish slave-dealer was richly dressed in silks and furs, and in spite of his detestable trade was a man of manners. He inforMed me that since the Katt aim' occupation it had bec - onie more difficult and perilous, but far more profitable, "Formerly, when Greek and Armenian women wore brought to the Constantinople market, one might get a beautiful girl as low as ten thou sand piasters, whilst at present, kwelll-fed, rosy-checked damsel from Gouriel or , Adschara would stand one as much es forty thousand."—ifrogner's lenurasus. 184.3 . and 1846, • MUSCULAR STRENUM. t The muscular power of the human body is indeed wonderful. A Turkish porter will trot a rapid pace, and carry a weight of six hundred pounds. Milo, a celokra-, ted athletic of Croton, in Italy, accustomed himself to carry the greatest burdens, and by degrees became a monster in strength. It is said that he / carried on his shoulder an ox four years old, weighing upwards of 1,- 000, lbe. for about forty rods. and afterwards filled him with one blow of his fist. He was seven times crowned at the Pythian games, and six at the Olympian. He pre sented himself the seventh time, b ut , up one had the courage to enter the list against him. Ile was ono of the disciples of Pythagoras. and 'to his uncommon strength the'learned preceptor and his pupils owed their liyes. The pillar which supported the roof gave way, but Milo supported filo whole weight of the building, and gave the philosopher lime to escape. In old ago he at tempted to 'pull up a tree bY its roots, and break it. lie partially effected it; but his'strength being gradually ex hausted, the tree, where cleft, reunited, and left his hand pinched in ,the body of it: He was then alone, and, unable to disengage himself, and died in that position. Haller mentioned that he saw a Than, whose finger caught in a chain at the tuition of a mine. by keeping it forcibly bent, supported by that means the whole weight of his body, one hundred and fifty pounds, until ho was draivn up to the surface. a distance of six hundred feet. Augustus IL, king of Poland. could roll up a silver plate like a sheet Of paper, and twist the strongest horse shoe-asunder. ' A lion is said to have left the impression of his teeth upon a piece of solid Iron. ' The most prodigfens.power of mach, is eihibited.by the fish. The Whale moves with a velocity through thus, dense mediuM of water that would carry him, if contlii- , 1 ued at the same. rate, around the world in less thau'i , , fortnight; bud * sword-fish has been known to strike hits weapon through the oak plank of a ship. 1849, A blessing on the motherless, Where'er they dwell on earth. the home of childhood, Or at the stranger's hearth: Blue be the sky above their heads, And bright be the sun 0 God, protect the inotherleits, And keep them Irv: from sin. I , REV. MASON L. IV 31 As the name of this. extraurdintry almost every American, end his bone centric habits, his devotion to his con than cause throughout the world, are but necessary to name him, when th ecdotes that have boon told of hint wi, of the reader. But as the one L Curl ' not been iold hi print, I will givii it the simplb remark that it is °seedy Man. , It appears the old gentleman, h or expeditions, drove up to the door o f on the borders of South Carolina, wh, the landlord with more than usual eiv. l ting out of his gig, hp was told thirat erably above what was usually found; ern, had assembled to witness a Iniri consequence of the fiddler being dru they would be disappointed, unle'ss he upon to take his place. This newel an was received with a kind of indifferent petition, and under the. seeming indigt upon him, as a professional man, he es "Do you know who you are talking t 300 are addressing the Rev. Mason L. you think I would for a moment lose Cession I have embraced, or of the long labored to acquire?" "Yes," replied the landlord, "I know' you are an excellent fiddler; I know you know you aro ready for a generous act, that you are not afraid, or ashamed to p, lent ono." Having thus secured the attention of the old man, and brought into play the reasoning faculties. as to how a generous or a charitable act could. bp peiformed by performing at a puppet allow, the two ietired together. whin he was told the chief actor is the lay was a crip ple—that he was then destitute of mono . or the means of obtaining it—and that he had a sic wife and five children depending upon, the proceed of this night's performance to carry thorn to the end o their journey: and further, that there was no way by t hich the relief could be had but by the fulfilment of the promised exhi bition. Ho was then introduced to the cr'pple himself— to the nick wife. who imploringly solicit d his aid. and eventually the promise secured, on the c edition that ho could be placed behind the scenes. with nt a discovery by the audience. This being accomplished the music be an. the curtain rose, and Punch and Judy wont through t a performance to the astonishment and adMiration of ev ry beholder.— But in the concluding scene. some of the audience. who like George HI, if Pindar tolls the,t nth, were curi ous to know bow things went on behind,lkept palllng at thei curtain. and eventually brought the entire "fixity" to the floor, and brought into view the o l d man sitting on a box, keeping time to the music hew thus so •be• nevolently malting. 1 But discovering, as he did his markwa position, he Jumped to his feet exclaiming— "lt is true--.-it is true—A. The Rarercrul Mason L. Weems has been playing for the puppets to dance that you might laugh. But gentlemen, the play is not yet it over—there is still another act." And tur log hardly to the cripple in the corner. and after pushin him three or four tunes across- the room In his four ' heeled chair. stood erect, and said—"this is the puppet I played for!— The puppet with a sick wife and five chi! reit, brought music to the, old man's fingersrand pot-, gentlemen (fur I tun addressing South Caroliniaps, wit. never have been ashamed of a brave or a generous ac ) I want you to put lute this hat (which he placed upon ho cripple's lap and pushed him forward to the audi , nee.) a sum sufficient to relieve his distresses." The sequel of the story is, that the smolt the door was more than quadrupled by the into the old man's hat. WESTERN ELOQUENCE The farther we go west, the higher tho s Wisconsin, at present. ”p;les the agony" of. to the maximum point. Tho following is an nu oration delivered on the fourth of July last ter, in that State.—Biiston Courier. Arnericanst—Retnember, that your count in blood, baptized in gate, cradled in the Wl3 bred to the rifle and b 3 wie It ire. We haw way up. The coloti l oi•eut their way out or• blood and carnage a d thunder. They- tore t wido oping. Oust or heist it looked like a n chance; but they cut and seared and tore and away like 11..zes. (Cheering.) They grap Bull like a pack of bbll tuners. They took haunches; they grappled his ?bine pipe, and made him bellow like bloody thunder. V sheathed the sword. The gentle olive -braise waved her green and luxurient loilage in m the shores of Columbia; and „foreigners flock built their nests with us among its sheltered bo a few mere years bad rolled down the rail-ro time; when John Bull again came bellowing u sisippi, pawing Up into his back the rich and site of Louisiana, and horning the bank of the and lashing his tail like fury. But just bolo leans be found the great Jackson, and he coul bins more than an oxen, lie couldn't share/ ( Jackson stood there like a toriricor and met Jol ho advanced every time. At last he hit him a back in under between the horns that knocked out of him, and sent him oir bloUing and belle! he felt dissagreeable at the stumh. ' Soldiers of Winnebago war. and invinciblel fume! (Here thirteen men arose.) Heroes of Veterans of Stillman's fightt Very nimble me have coin° down to us , from a reform of 'gem Heaven has bountifully prolonged out your !wee might see the fruit of your valor: you beholt no longer the torch of tbo savage; and the glee the tomahawk and the scalping knife. All is In and quMt. The house that you sea around y abodes of civilized and refined white folks. cious edifice that surrounds you is not a svigwa temple of law and justice. How changed are al Under the epbr of the schoohnaster, the vet civilization has advanced beyond what thefront, was. Glorious freedom! Groat and glorious Let me die in contemplation of thy sublime de l 1 claiming with my dying breath. "bear the s stripes aloft: and onward—onward."—( Trrific NATIONAL DEBT -AB Englishman observing] roll down a stair-ease. It bumped on every s came to the bottom; there, of course, it rested. stone," said he. "resembles the national deb country: it has bumped on every grade of the co ty, but its weight rests on the lowest. Tun OCEAK RISINO.-A. green one who had the Mantle, told a story of a storm, when the ra ell down in such torrents, that the ocean rose six •'There's no mistake," Bald he, '•because tho kept a Mark on the Ole of the vessel " 131,TSRTINMICE Iticionen.:-. 4 •Why do you not . , yipur timid 01 do?" hiquirod'a pert lawyer of all ,farriter. the ether day, •,"'lliuire," replied tho "?okut . thet field of grain; all tholraluoble,hetu 'donttlike ptine, erul thou tbat4rdite - nothing 'stood up like yowl'," 8150 A 'MAU, in Adavaggie. MEI SAM BROWN-HOW HE GOT THE TITLE OF DOCTOR. i On is familiar to olent acts, his cc try. and the Chris like familiar.- it is I . ton _thousand an- I-rush to the wind -bout to rotate has • I heard 'it. with a likeness of the A good natured generous hearted fellow was Elam Brown, a great favorite of the girls, and generally liked by his acquaintances. Diffident and bashful in his man ners he moreover, had a way of getting into any quest tity of crapes and committed innumerable blenders.H. Tho facility with which he involved himself in a difficel ty, was only equalled by the awkwarkness with whiCh he extricated himself. Sam is not a professional men. far from it; yet he is well known as "the Doctor." The manner M which he attained that honorable prefii to his name, Is a matter well worth tho relation. Sometime I ngo. Sam was elected constable of a towe=, ship somewhere iu Missouri, and it appears that his evil genius followed him wherever ho weal.. He never did anything but by mistake, and then in attempting to see-- tify the mistake. he always got wrong again. Sitting. one afternoon, in his little ten by Mehra office. Intently engaged in speculating upon the probable ruin and event ual destruction of the country provided General Tayliir was elected, (Sam was a red mouthed Democrat.) be was startled by the abrupt entrance of Mr. Detinue, one of the three lawyers who were, enjoying the extensive nod lucrative. praotiee of the village of "Got a writ for you Sam." said Mr. D.. In a very business like, end' therefore animal tone and manner. 'Must bo served right off--not a moment to be lost. It's on 'Will Smith, and he you know has gone east. so you will have to leave a copy with his wife. Don't make any mistake, Sam!' With these remarks the prefers: !done' gentleman- hosted out of the office. and 'hurried along the street as if ho had two orthroo judges and any quantity of clients waiting on his martiniants. 'ln a few moments, Sant Issued from ; his den after e short walk, arrived at the door of Mr. Nyilfienn Smith's dwelling. In answer to his official knock. a remarkably red-headed young lady, with one eye that looked up the street, and with another that loaded doWn. asked hint to, a of his Southern hotel, or tavern, rithe was not by y. But on gat ,he crowd, consid Cat a country tsv ipet show, and in ik, it was feared ould bo prevailed sudden request a, but ou the re ( ity that was cast claimed— ? Do you know Veems? Or, do light of the pro wader I have no iyou; and I know aro a parson: I nd I Also knoW rforin a bonovo - walk in. , - ' 1 .gs Mrs. Smith at home?" asked Sam, u ho ant down on the edge of the chair. ~ "Certain, sir, I'll tell her you've come." And away went this interesting specimen of lovely woman. "Tell tier I've come." mentally ejeetdated Sam. "I wonder how she found out who I am. I She's another I • Venus di Medici. She's seen me before. Aerials. bat I never saw her, and what's uutie--..' ,What the more was remains a mystery. for the door was spatted lad Siva asked to walk "upstairs," "But can't Mrs. Smith come down!" only want to see her a minute." "Conte down?" said the Venus in tato Misseis couldn't think of it." "Well your Masao is confounded stiff. and a thinking"' muttered Sam, as lie arose from hie seat and (allowed the servant up stairs. , "This way, sir," said the 'emu!. as Sam stepped at door at the head of the stairs—"that's the sitting room. sir; this is Misses sleeping chamber." "The d-1, it is:" muttered Sam. "I wonder If I'd better go bet I'll get in some scrape as usual."— No time was tea for deliberation, howevar, for the door was already opened and in a moment he was in the room and the door quickly closed. The chamber was inlet, the blinds bei closed, and the cUrtains drawn. "Mrsi Smith , is net here." 'said Aim.,lir, Om tie distinguish objects in the partial olsscaritY.,. "Oh yes! shies iu bed yon know." Sam didn't know anything about "Sho sio't sick, is she" ho risked "0 yes! You don't think," asked the girl in half hesitating, half confidential tone, "as hois theses much danger, Doctor, do you? Misses thinks it Man ftin:this time." I t received at Isom thrown Had a thunderbolt fallen at hii feet. Barn could not have been more astonished. as the light suddenly broke upon him •'Some confounded mistake-1 ain't-5 doctor. be stammered, as he retreated backward. Stumbling over a chair, ho finally gained the door end rushed down stairs, overturning in his course a worthy disciple l of Galen, whohad just nrired. "Hallo! why what': the matter. Sem?" cried the man of physic as he gathered himself slowly up, at the foot of the it airs. "I'll be hanged if i know." was the reply, "how shouldl/ 1 ain't a doctor!" • 1 yip rises.— 1 rtiotoric up lextmet from at LATICAS- y was born , hoop, and r, fowl our t, through .eir blanket ighty •liin laughtered ) led John im by the t last they ashington of peace "esty over d and ghs. But d track of 3 the Me luxurient The girls . look sh3ly at each other and smiled de mureh•, wheuever Same name is mentioned with the the title of doctor prefixed. • - Tim START.—Thou have exi.ted from the foundation of the world; they are the only unchanging objects that all sped, which have been opened to the light and lifted to heaven. have seen just as wo soo them now. and 11l all posterity shall see diem to the end of time. Oceans change their beds; continents aro submerged; rivers stray from their channels; mountains aro undermined; fore.ts disappear, and cities rise in their places—all earthly things am inscribed,with mutability; balks stars change not. They aro the same to us as they were to Adam and Eve in the bowers of Eden. They are the same to, us as they were to Noah and his family. when they descended into the silence of an unpeopted world.— They are the same to us as they were to the sages of lonia and the wanderers of the Hebrides. when sailing in their fragile barks upon the melancholy main. They are the some to us as they were to Miltiades on the plains of Marathon, on that memorable night before the destruc tion of the Persians, and the delivery of' Greece. The vary horoscope to which the sentinels of the hostile ar mies looked up, still lingers its tho heavens to meet the gaze the beholder. They are the same to us as they were to the Piplmist of ltrael, when at eventide be ex claimed, "When I consider the heavens, the work of thy_ fingers; the moon and stars which thou host ordained; Lord! what Is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son anul, tb,at thou visitest him?" And. finally. the stare. the unchanging starsand oh, how touching the thoughtl—appear to us in the same placid magnifitance as they did to the Redeemer of the world, when. "haying sent the multitude away. he wont op Into a mountain apart, and continued all night with Gal in prayer."— West. Christ. Advocate. aid river piew-Or n't Shake pplausa.) n Bull as ck, right ho breath hag like of Sauk ad Axe! You ration. that you around ming of w peace u ro tho his opa -1 ; but a things. y tail of ars then °nary! tiny, ex ars and Muss Usrxess. correapuudoat of the Now York Tribune advises emigrants from California. going woo the Isthmus. to !emit) their fire arms behind. They are a tax on thatcket. and a trouble on the way; while among the. qu t and Inoffensive people there is no use for them. Pistols costing $lO In Now York can be bought at Panama f l oc $5 - or $7. And other arms in the same proportion. Min a Itol3o r till it “That of my muni- HO 708 CALIFORNIA.—According to the Boston Ship • ping List. 464 vessels have sailed transports; in the (Jol ted Biala, for California up to the present time. and of this number but 95 had arrived up to Sept. I. Near thirty vessels of various description aro how up for California at Boston. Their cargoes consist principally of lumber. bricks, and frame houses. The Jot:n/al says passengers are plenty. and those which take abut get a tall COAA. plement.- 'crossed u pour inches: ptain ad up timing rotator, 4 bang thous Wits". is • Couttravel—A young lady- of PUMP 116411= ty Aiatr wasp; more accosisplishnsamo glisistiemplu; mew charm of perion tdw grows, .if` . mind, morsrad misers thou friends; morn fools th an wits meg for but, condonto. NUMBER 24. asked Sant. ••1 g1E222
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