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J. B. NICKLIN,
and general Amney and Cnnnaission buslnesg, Frank‘'
It UFUS REED,
Pr. f e In 1.1101511, C(1111:111 and .linerican Ilarfhtnrennd Cutlery;
Ails Iron No. 3 Herd lloure,
W. 31 F. I.I6I;LE — & ( Tc
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Carriage awl Wagon lluililer., State Street, be
m. I 11.4 ll . 1)111 & Eighth, Elie.
L. STRONG. V. D.
1411 r r, one Dcor ‘‘cst of C. B. %Vriglit's store. up sin lir9
DOCT. J. L. STEVAII.T.
Wulf, n nh lk.ct. A. It; t ny, Seventh near S:le+.llfras streut. Rea
here, out S..u—ntras, one tlf..or north of Set emit 14.
C. SIEGEL,
1V11.111.1,1i nod Retail dealer. in Grocer:es. Pros it:ions. AVltte - e
I.tgnur•. &c., &c Corner of French and Frith Streets
01:n.,:te the l'ainers' Hotel, Cele.
JOHN 41cCANN.
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J. GOAL DI NG.
ll.ll# N 1 TAIT OR. and Oahu Mr. ker.—Stute, No. C. Reed's Black
(opito,tte the Ilmutell Hlcek) Slate Street. I:rte.
J. W. WETMOR E,
AT7' 0 R E Y A7' LAW.
In Walker's office, WI Scventlt ,Street, Ene,l'a
HENRY CA DWELL,
i)"4 I 7 ,- "P 1,14 er, and Retail Dealer in Dry Condi., Groreriea,
eh. fl cl..”‘t are, rari chop. Ilardu tire, Iron, Steel. Nails,
kr. Eniiiire Slums State Strcel, MIT duors, tielOn
Pa.
Ak.„—.Aii, 01', V CCS, itenOW • Arms, Sprittit, and a general
as-111111f to 44 :`.4144ie and Carriage Tr1111111111:414.
S. NIERVIN sMIITiI.
Aron‘ry 1T 1.. n and Ju,ticc of che Peace—Odice one door
%,ed of 11 rig,ll more, Erie, Pa.
W. IL KNOWLTON & SON.
In ui.rt.m Wwents, Clocks, Inookine rialto Fortes,
Lours, Brtiptinta %Vare, Jewelry. ntel a wnety of other Fancy
6e3..1.9n, tidings, four doors Lelow Brown's hotel,
slat• Start, Erie. Pa.
K. IiF.WEY,
%VII, F 4 T t IS! , Rrr t2l.l)e.ller in Dry (kiwis, i.eeonil door lieluw
liroa I Staie Siri et, Erie, E.,
GEORGJ IL CUTLER,
ATlvßsr;v Al LAW, Girard, Erie County, l'a. rullections and
attended to ll itli promptness and ileivatelt.
WILSON LAIRD
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ATTORNI. lT I. I%t (11Cr J. 11. WillianN'excl mg& office,
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ii, Ad dour to Jittl•ze Tltututudnt'e Lace. •
t' :1••••tol.: mot taltor pritictoouttal butotte:s attended to u ilk prompt
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! r..dt and itt•i•dicit. .
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BROWN'S 110 TEL,
roaura: a tar Emnd... corner of State street at:d the Publie tquare
Ea.dern We.ttert: and Southern maletate.
B. A. CRAIN..
Want tAtIE and Retail dealer in Grocerir., pror•i+iooy, WineF.
iktrou Ale, 13 un.cun, Crachero, &c. &c.
, •.t otisr".lc.i..n., Pa.
11. HAVER STICK.
So .2, RELD 11. ne. Dvaler in Dry Goods, Hardware, Crockery,
(.0 cern', E.C.
T. W. AICAIE.
Ut tt t tt tit Ilroccriec, Provisions, Wince, Liquor., Candies, Fruit,
&c., No rt, I'oor People'tt Row, Sinit• ,treel. Erie.
W. 11. CUTLER,
Anurnry & Couniseller at Law, (Office in Spautiling's Exchange
N. y
lectstig andle . ommercial bu.inees will recehepronipt attrition.
Rt rkiti:Nct .i.--A. P. Dem 1.,
JOSIALL KELLOGG,
Porn arding, & Comnibsipit Merchant, on the Dock, east of
`tale Hreet.
coal, Salt, Plaster and Fish. constantly for sale.
J. 41. IVILLIAAIS,
Thinker and I Excliane Iroker. Dealer in Bills of Exchange,
Drafts, certificates oh Denosite,Gold and silver coin, &c., &c.
Mice, .1 doors below Brown's Hotel, Eric, Pa.
BENJAMIN F. DENNISON, -
As TORIFY I.‘NV, eieVeland, /like on Superior street,
in Atwater's Block .j Refer to Chief Justice Parker, Cambridge
Law School; Doil.-Richaril Fletcher, to State st., Roston: Don.
Samuel 11, Porkine. IHI Walnut st., Philadelphia ;. Richard D.
Csrl•,s3 Wall sitect, New York. For testimonials, re
fer to /his °nice.
MAIIPHACI. & VINCENT,
AT NAN , kT LAW—Oflier up stairs in 'Patton:my Hall building,
north of the Prothonotary's office. Crie.
MURRAY 'WHALLON,
rrns‘s•Y n eOrIdELLOR Al LAW—Ottice ol,er C. B. Wright's
SNIe. entrance one door west of State street. on. lle Diamond.
Era,
I. ROSENZWEIG & Co
WHOW , kIr AND RETAIL 1/eAr.rne In- Foreign nod lirotnebtie I)ry
4 ;00.1., wady wide Clothing, Hoots nod Shoes, &c., No. I. nein
ills Meek, Slate strect, Erie.
C. M. TIIIBALS,
PR in Dry Goods, Dry Groceries, Crockery, Hardware. &c.,
No. II I, ClipaiAide,l:rie.
JOHN ZIMMERLI , ,
1)g R udiroeories nut Provisions of all kinds, Stnestrceti three
door• north of the Diamond, Cue.
JACKSON, ' SMITH
Dr) CootiA, Grocerirajlardware„ Queens Ware, Lime,
I run, N.rl6,lke 121,Cheap: 11e, Erie, Pa.
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• — WILLIAM RIIILET,
C.inrrt )I,Krn Upholster. and Undertaker, confer of State and
r , e,enth ,treets,
kELSO & I.OOMIS,
GrNen %I. Forwarding . , Produce and Conon icon Me klinds; dealers
Coarse tool fine salt. Coal, Plaster, :31iingle$,&e. Public dock,
code of the bridge. Erie.
I J. K Plso. W. W. I.OOltlP.
WALKER & COOK,
I.:r `it R.. rorwardirig. Couniilirion and Produce riferehatiti.;iiee
olid Ware-tiotire e :it of the 1 Bridge. Erie.
G. LOOMIS & Ca
hr if 1. 111 , in ‘Catcher, Jet% elry, Baer, German Silver, Plated and
Itntannia itiare Cutlery, Military and Pariept;oode,Stateatroet,
I,early opposite the Eagle Hotel, Erie.
I; Loomis. T. 3i. ArI.TVI
CARTER. & BROTHER
WIIOI.I4ALIC 11T1.1 Retail dealers In tel hainls, O ils,
I)) (illll4B. No. 6, Reed House, Erie.
JOEL JOHNSON,
ALE° in Theological, Miscellaneoun, Sunday and Classical
tioulßooki, Stationary, &c. Park Row, Erie.,
JAMES LYTLE.
r.alovAst.sc Merchant Tailor, on the public moue, a few doors
..st of State street, ET IC.
1 D. S. CLARK,
WROLF-SALE aku RETAIL Dealer in Groceriee, Provit , ions. Ship
Chandlery. Stone-ware, Eke. dce.. Np. 5. Bunnell Block. Erie.
0. D. SPIIFFORD.
ikaler in Law, Medical. sChuol Miscellaneous Books stationary,
Ink, &e. State st., four doors below the Publicisquare.
• DR. 0. L. ,ELLIOTT,
Rr.i.tent Den tint; Office and dwelling In the Beebe Mock, on the
East side of Public Square, Erie. Teeth Inserted on Cold
Plate, front one to an entire sett. Carious teeth filled with pure
1 :01.1, and restored to health and usefulness. Tcvth cleaned
wttli itunruntents and Dentitice so as to leave them of a pellucid
rlrarncs. All work warranted.
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S. DICKERSO
tip, SIC IA NAND SCROEON—Ofnee nt his residence on Seventh street,
oppaalte the Methodist Church, Erie.
C. B. WRIGHT,
wtioLi i sAte. ti-D InFAI L deal CT in Dry Goode, Crocerler, nardWare
rrockerY, Class-ware, Iron Nails Leather, Oils, acc., corner of
State trect and the public square, opposite the Eagle Hotel .Eric.
jr JOHN H. BURTON,
tI4:TA . II. dealer in plugs, Medicines, Dye Nininri
&c. No. 5, B a 1 Howe, Erie.
ERT S. HUNER,
Drnen fiats, ROß
and Caps and Puts of all desc T riptions. No. 10, Park
Row •Pric. Pa.
--- .LACKSrown Creep and Cadet mixed Broad Cloths at a
.s_s prices for attic at
S. JACKSON.
G r it BEN. Bleck, Morelli; Clarits
Brown,and Blue French Ma
nn°, for sale cheap at he 8t roor S. JACKSON.
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now."
) The man nearest to the speaker grasped' his oar. and
essayed to lift st; but his etrongth was %mosquel to the
effort; it fell from his hand. •
"I'm boat ont." he muttered with quivering lips.
41:2 itoryFraine Store
TO RUNT. ,_ I "those here in my breast pocket." said the corporal' the Public' Square, Next ill i "three bard biscuits. and divide it into six pieces, for en t
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n ate one occupied by g. M. Tibbnis Esq. Possession
t c iinine.llattlk. Hoot e.o vow Unlll ltit it mill next lea breakftun. Each man shall then haver lialifl. of the liquor.
—enquire of
Eric, April :7, IEIO. B. A. CRAIN. I Wbat sayyou, comrades?" - ,
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,I,AcK, Blue, Plaid, Striped and Whet fenny Citaihrkefilt for
sale by
S. JACKSON.
1 3 - 17A151i. Blue. and mixed Saluda, Tweeds, Komeky Jeans
dr.e• for sate cheap by a JACKSON'.
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Black and White.
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The street was filled, one golden morn,.
WWI sunny maid and ruddy ., boy,
And many sigh's and rounds were born,
That tilled the cooling hours with Joy.
Hope climbed with light the blissful sky—,
The morning's earliest tear was shed:
A black and muffled hearse, went by,
%Which bore the ashes of the dead.
A n bite-robed messenger of depth,
From a white mansion had been breught,
And every passer held his breath,
To see the hue it now had caught.
White steeds were to the carriage bound—
Black plumes were waving on each head; -
And each white MOU thee' brow was crop tied
With veils as black as wrapped the dead.
White snow lay on the buried heath.
fluid:irk the cell which yawned below,
And site who - soon will sleep beneath,
Fees tot the mourners come or go.
A white wave plume.' the gloomy ser.,
And white foamed ftututains leaped iu ni t ;
But dart: wa the Eternity
Of wasted pa.hions flowing there.
A white cJoo i strayed towards the EaFt—
A dnrk don!' rolled adown the west;
No eye could fathom which was least,
'l'lll both 11 . (1 nmtght the ocean's breast.
IVhat grasp of reason can defme
The wondrous contrast of the two?
The IllneknrYs of the life that's Mille,—
The Brightne,s, which 1 yet may view
The days of Childhood.
IM=7l
The pleai.atit days of Childhood,
flow i.winly have they flown,
!Alter - omit flowers in the wild wood,
Illicit Arnim t Inds have blown;,
They're none they're cone forever,
They will no Inure return,
Thong!, memory holds them In the heart
Litre in the urn.
The happy days of Childhood,
When innocence and glee
With gentle fingers tuned the heart
To noisic wild and free;
They're gone, they're gone forever,
Like rivers to the main,
Their dancing waves of joy and mirth
Will neer return again.
Theft°ty Ilnys of Childhood,
Ere evil thoughts came near,
When in the heart no sin was found.
And on the cheek no tear;
They're gone, they're gone forever,
Like foot•printo Ott the shore,
Washed out by time's ielen'iles waves,
They will return no more.
The pleasant, holy, happy days,
Life's only hlos.som time,
Where arc your buhawhich promise gave
The flotvere :311111111C( prime?
Thought gone, thought gone foreter,
Ye haunt the heart and brain,
Awl Memory keeps ye to annoiut
Urea after years of pain.
THE OCEAN TORTURE.
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Water, wmrr e,erywhere;
I Vet never a drop to drink!—C,Webrukle.
A STORM upon the coast of Florida is a battle of all
the elements. Fire, air, earth, and water, meet and dis
pute with each other the mastery of man. The terrible
rents and head-lands hurl back the wind-ridden waves,
and the sky bows down in blackness over all, vomiting
forth flame anti thunder.
And now, while the night and the tempest oncompas
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sod her, that fruit boat, freighted wit the living rind the
dead, rushed outward to the ocean.pursuers were left
far behind; , fur the mountain billows r so in fearfu l bar
riers behind the fugitives. rioy are sow safe horn the
rage of man, but the fury of nature was lishing the path
before them.
Thu corporal Ald 1110 three other rowers drew in their
useless oars: and clinging to the gunwales sacred the
boat to drive before the wind. Earntst Rivers still gras
ped the tiller, and endeavored to kelp rho prow of the
slight vessel before the force of thei outward 'gale; for
upon the sea,. wild and stormy as it was; lay their only
hope of safety. The heavy clouds of spray whirled a- 1
round his form, drenching his garments at every gust; 1
while darker and darker, as they plunged on, grew the
feels, of the wuters;•and fiercer howled the voice of the
storm. The blinding mists hid from each the face of his
comrade; each clung for life to his position, uttering no
word, and scarcely daring to think of the coining horrors
of the awful night. '
. And in the bottom of that boat crouched the desolate
father, hugging to his breast his murdered boy.
Stretched upon those frail planks, the grayhaired fath
er wound his arms around his dead son, and pillowed
upon his Cheek the cold, pale forehead: The waves,
dashing their spray above disturbed hint not; the roar of
the winds and thunder was all unheeded. The wretch
ed father thought only of one terrible event—ho Ilford
but otte awful sound—:ho (18MA-shot which had struck
his gentle boy. 1
Obolse long; horrible night, which those desparing
fugitives spent upon the wild ocean, struggling for lire
against the madness of nature! They spoke no word to
each othor—they took no heed of the dead in their midst
—they only clung, pamingly, each to his frail ,support;
and prayed, yet dared not hope. for deliverance.
But the morning at length dawned, and the storm sank
into the bosom of the deep. The land was no longer to
bo seen; and how far that frail bark had drifted and plun
ged during the long hours of darkness, nettle of her
wretched crew could tell. All around them was one
wide stretch of water, glistening now in the first faint
glitnmmerings of , the day. Thay strained their eyes
to catch some speck of land, or the white canvas of some
ship, in the distance; but hi, vain! All was a desert of
•
water.
The sun arose, higher and higher above the rim of the
ocean: Then these men began to look fearfully into
each other's faces. as If they dreaded to behold the ex
pression of madness. Thou the gaze of Earnest Rivers,
and the blood-shot eyes of his poor companions, fell'upon
the desolate wretch at the,bottom of the boat, still cling
lug to his bloody bonbon. •
"Oh, my God, this is terrible:" cried the corporal.
"But we are froc!” answered Rivers, with a despar
ing smile. • I
"Ay, and we must not give up'," said the corporal,
suddenly rousing himself. "What eay you', comrades,
we have neither chart nor compass, but we have yonder
sun to guide us. Let us pull bravely sada vse shalt reach
laud before night, though God alone knows where we are
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1850.
The calm voice in which the corporal spoke these words
inspired those who listened to him with hope. Each man
signified his assent to the proposition, and in a few
moments the hard shipbread was divided into Os. frag
ments.
Tho sea was exceedingly rough, and the boat tossed
up and down upon the waves. Tho sun had now risen
an .hour above the horizon,. and its beams wore jst be
ginning to be felt by .the :weary, shivering fugitives.—
But, as yet, the old man had not lifted his head from his
son's body, nor glanced mice at the faces of his compan
ions. Ile crouched in the same position in which he had
fallen, with his dying child, to. the boat's bottom, attain
ing the lifeless cores to his bosom, with an immovable
embrace. Except from the shivering spasm, which at
intervals shook his frame, the old man might have been
thought7tead himself.
Rivers bout over, and whispered to the corporal:
"Had wo not better have the youth hurried?"
"There's a, Lit °Nuking yonder in the bows," return
ed the Britton. "We might wrap the poor lad in it, and
say the burial service over it-if so be that you recollect
it, sir-I'm afraid 1 don't,"
"Wo can at least say a prayer." said Rivers, solemnly
'Speak, Nevers, to the old man."
Nevers, as the corporal was named, touched the father
li htiv, and as gPutly . as possible signified his desire.—
But the old man looked up with a fierce glare, and drew
the bals closer to his breast.' "The sun is rising, and
the heai \ will be horrible to bear by noon," said Rivers.
••Your soMcanuot then remain in the boat "
"The captain speaks the truth," spoke now, for the
first time, the vMce of Tom Evans. who had since day
break been leanit4g in the bow of the bout, apparently in
capable
of motion t .\
It was singular tonotice how, severely the hardship
they had endured, Itil \ affected these strong ewe—
Evans. the corporal and Vic two other British deserters—
while
the weak frame of Er Tit Rivers seemed to bear up
with groat fortitude. and exhi it little traces of suffer-
Mg.
"The captain
,speaks the truth " said Evand. "We
mast let the poor boy sink in th ~ ,d eep. And it is
better, comrade." continued the ranger, drawing near
the old man, and grasping his hand. 4ii&ter for the lad
to be Where he is than in a dungeon. Ile i n
ow at least
free!" , s\
l'ho last word of the ranger—'free"....secmed to strike
upon,the old father's heart. It was the word wh ic h had
concluded the dying murmurs of hie chile. The ‘: testi-,
late wretch looked up with a gaze of hopeless sorro w
"Ile is free:" ho cried; "my boy is free: Oh, God, h \
God:"
A sudden torrent of tears gushed from the eyes of the
man, and fell upon the fair face of the dead boy. It was
upturned, as the father raised his head and the eyes of all
those sympathizing companions were drawn toward it.—
The soft hair fell damp and heavy about the young brow
white as alabaster, and the oyes wore closed, with the l
long lushes dumping as if in slumber. A sweet, placid
expression lingered around the lips, such as is often noti
cod upon the faces of those who have died from bullet
wounds. Had the youth's bloody form been covered
from view, it might have seemed, from those calm fea
tures, as if ho were but sleeping.
° "His soul is free for over, ppor old man," said Rivers.
"Would that tve wore all as happy and secure is your
Once more that father bent over the course, and threw
his arms around it. Ho kissed the Cold lips, while still
the hot tears gushed from hie eyes. Those tears were a'
relief. They soothed the definite) of his brain. Present
ly, while vet the others gazed, the old man raised him
self slowly on his knees, and covering his face with his
hands, seemed to'pray with inward fervor, though his
parted lips unfitted no sound. Then when his brief pray
er was ended, the father turned quietly toward Rivers,
and in a low voice, said:
"Bury your dead."
Tho heart of the captain sank within him as ho heard
those words, remembered that but for him the boy might
now Wen alive. Tho quiOk glance of Evans caught the
expression of the young miin's, thought and stretching out,
his hand ho whispered;
"Not your fault, sir—no, it was I that tempted tho
poor lad. And thank God do I that ho is free!".
"Me know not yet what may bo our fate," cried Cor
poral Novers, who had likewise interpreted the feelings
of Rivers. Nuno of us know, as yet, what that lad has
escaped."
The few arrangentehts for the burial of tho youth
were soon completled; and the body, wound in a piece
of drenched sacking, was committed to the awful depths
of the ocean. Not a tear did the heartbroken father
shed during ceremony; it scented, indeed, as if that last
of gush of grief had dried (Ili the channels of his son) fur
over.
But. when the last prayer was said, and tho form of
his belOved sank with a sudeen plunge into the unfothein
'able sea, drawn downward by a balloSt-stone, which had
boon placed in his rude shroud. the old man sat down
silently in the bows of the boat, folded his arms across
his breast, and closed his eyes. Tho sunbeams roll upon
his gray hairs. but he took no heed of it. All that had'
warmed his withered life was now no more upon the'
earth.
The fragments of biscuit were now divided, but Jhon
his share was proffered to him ho put silently away the
hand that presented it. Tho flask of wino was placed to
his mouth, but he drank not, the liquor scarce moistened
his thin parched lips.
Then that solitary share of tho biscuit was placed apart
by those piping men for their stricken comrade: their
own scanty portions wore cousumed, and the flask passed
from lip to lip; each barely wet)by 1130 few drops that were
drank. They had—those wretched men—but two his -
cults more, and God only knew how long they were to
drift upon that ocean.
Thee sea was like a bull of fire as it hung above the
boat, at noon, paring 48 vertical rays upon the crow's
unsheltered heads. Thely had relinquished the design of
attempting to gain the shore, not` only from the exhaus
ted slate to which their labors and exposure had reduced
them, but also because they bad apparently been driven
by the storm into the channel of the 01f-stream, and
were now borne by that gigantic current in which it was
more than probable they should cross, before nightfall,
the course of acme vessel.
Long./and agonizing were elle boors, as they passed.—
Thu sufferers had contrived, with the oars and a piece
of stacking, united with their coats, to rig up a sort of
screen, which partially sheltered them front the direct
fierceness of the sun; bittithis could' not prevent the ex
cessive heat. from parching their throats rind drying up
their blood.
The noon pa.ssed, and the hours still dragged on. Few
words were passed between the wretched voyagers; they
only looked earnestly into one another's eyes, as if to
borrow consolation. And each endeavored, too, to smile
at times; and perhaps, oven venture a light word. All.
except the childless old man. ,
He moved not from the bows of the boat—hc i r heeded'
not,. it seemed the' heat. Oh, wretched, heart-broken
sire! . whet, indeed, was sufficing to him who had seen
bin beloved ono die? •
The aun began to deecend. Still no sail gleamed up
on that wide ocean. The evening breeze arose. and
blew upon the fevered' foreheads of the men: lir cooled
the fire of their bloods
Tie sun disappeared—dipped beneath the water, and
re 0 N Mr_A it D .0.-J
was gone. Then rode forth the silver moon, shedding a
flood of . white rays over the ocean.
But no sail reflected the moonbeams.
Another night passed on. And through the long hours
the boat crow slept at intervals, from sorrow and fatigue.
But their dreams wero terrible, and they over and anon
awoke from their disturbed slumbera, with gushing, sti
fled shrieks.
Another morning dawned in gray light. and once more
arose the ann, and darted its beams across the waters.
But they revealed no sail.
The feeble hands of Corporal Nevem could scarce
part the hard biscuits into fragments for his comrades.—
Tom Evans, tho blitbe•heartcd, wore a sickly smile.—
Ernest Rivers looked fearfully haggard, and tottered as
lie arose to take his share of tho bread.
But the old man refused again his fragment of the store.
The flask went round, but he drank not. Rivers forced
a few drops into the wretch's mouth, but ho did not
seem to tasto it
Oh the horror of that morning! Noon came again.
and the rod ball of fire rained down its bluie upon the
heads, of tho crew, burning iuio their very brains. Then
they looked fiercely into ono another's eyes, and read in
each dry orb what no tongue could speak—the thirst, tho
fiery thirst for WATER:::
Thirst! It is the torture of the doomed and lost Of
another world!' It is the fire which is never quenched—
the undying worm that gnawed' and will not be appeased.
Oh! terrible, terrible is it to thirst upon tho ocean, beneath
a blazing sky!
And yet no sail appeared! •
When night canto, the lust biscuit wag divided and the
flask drained. They could not wait for another morn.—
They ate their last morsel and gulped their last drop of
•
'ru
BM the hunger and thirst fled not.. Nearly three days
had the biscuit and liquor been all those wretched mon
had lusted. The night-wore away, and the morn came
ogatn
But why relate the horrors of that day? No sail ap
peared:
And where was the childless old man? lie had sank
to the bottom of the boat; and the poor wretch raved of
his child, called the boy soft names, and murmured:
"We will be happy, my son! We will escape!"
Ile kissed the phantom of his delirium in imaginary
transport, and patted the cheek and parted the clustering
curls of his shadowy beloved one.
The fourth day dawned. and the sun rose up. And
t hen the five younger mon drew their heads together and
glared lute each other's eyes. Then, in a gasping whis
per, the British corporal spoke a few words,
They drew near the maniac father, who was mum
bl ig in the bows of ilto bout, and to him Novers whis
pore I again.
Th words of the corporal seemed to recall the senses
of the hl man. Ins glance wandered over all their fa
ces, and hen ho spoke. His voice, though he had eaten
nought fur our days, was clearer and stronger than that
of the stahv rt Britton. no comprehended their pur
pose, and sal • '
"You want t cast lots to ele!"
The five men b wed their heads. They hail resolved
that one should be ain to feed the rest. The cannibal
glittered in their fiFeikeyes; for hunger and thirst had
destoyed humanity.
"Let us begin." . .
Six threads, of different lengths, were wound and
knotted together in a ball, with iis many ends protruding
front it. Titbit each ma tt clutehed one - of these fatal
--
ends. 1 i '
i
*lie who drew the shortest thread was to die!
Slowly, slowly, the knotted balliwas unwound: the
wretched men glaring at the unravelled strings. Ono by
ono the threads separated. Then kneeling in the boat, be
moth the fiery snm the cannibals measured their threads.
Ernest Rivers held the shortest thread! lie must
die!
"I am ready!'" cried tho young captain
And thou those men marked that the eyes of the des
olate father gleamed as if with triumph. Perhaps ho
'thought that his son's death was thus avenged.
am ready!" said Ernest Rivers.
But Tom Evans, the ranger, feebly lißed his hand.—
He gasped for utterance, and at last spoke.
"Me!" ho murmured, ''Me! captain. I'll die for
•ottt"
As the poor fellow said this he strove to rise but fell
hick, exhausted. Ernest Rivers bared his breast.
••I have drawn the lot of death, comrades." he said;
•.I sin ready - for the knife!"
But nono as yet stirred. All eyes looked out once
more over the waste of water, as deem' then thoy hoped
a vessel might appear.
But no sail was on that ocean!
Presently the old man spoke:
"I have OM knife!" ho said; as he spoke ho raised in
his hand the gleaming blade Lf.the' knife, which ,they
had used to divide the biscuit.
Earnest Rivers knelt down and presented his bosom to
the blow. •
It fell! but it struck not the young mon! not knife
was sheathed• in the bosom of him who yielded it. The
old man fell a corpse to the bottom of the boot; and bis
lost words wore hoard by them famished men,
"1, too, am free!"
A .man having the appearance of a countryman and'
laden With a bundle of hay managed, one day last week.
to fall through a pane of glue, valued .4:3o,lvhich adorn
ed the establishment of a large mercer in the Edgeware
road. London. The shopkeeper quickly seized upon the
fellow, wha protested he had no money, and pleaded the
weight of his load for an excuse. Two gentlemen, look
ers on,, testified to their having watched the "stupid •
clown," and just before remarked art his gross cureless.
ness would lead to some mischief; and they suggested
that the "nobody" should be searched. This Was Prompt
ly done. and the production of a £5O note was the result
Vainly did the countryman, with tears in his eyes, pro
claimed the note to be his "master's," the proceeds of
his journey to market. The mercer paid himself the £3O
by giving the boor £2O in bank of England notes, and
retaining possession of the ono found upon him. The
wight said ho would
. go and get a policeman. and left
the promises; and the Wre, gentleinen blandly took their
leave, after congratulating the tradesman on the fortu
nate result which attended their suggestion lof a search
Of course the, reader guesses the upshot—the £5O note
was a forgery, and the whole proceedin g a trick.—Lon.
(tun. Caulk..
Mr. and Mrs. Bluebird aro now at home in their Tor
toni. Signor Whippoorwill-has commenced his evening
coocerte for the season. Mr. dooseborry has made his
appearance in a new suit of delicate green. The young
Miss Violet will come out ins Veryfew days. She will
make a sensation, with her blue eyes and modest demea
nor. . The' Lilac family throw open their doors for a grand
festival next week. It is rumored that the Tulips, who
replenished their wardrobe ins very splendid manner,
will attend. The Misses Rose are yet in seclusion, wait
ing for the warm weather. The Robin troupe are giving
matinee serenades with much success. Tho beautiful
Miss P. (Pink?) is aaid , *be preparing for a veryl gay
season. Some sad reports are in circulation' in re
gard to Col. Swallow. He has been deteated in stealing.
This is tlielentleman who originated the famons , llWal
law-tail style of dress. coat. The Honeysuckles, who are
notoriously a pushing race, are already lathe fashionable
Bald. It is with dean sorrow that we record, that the
atniabla and lovely Miss Show-drop departed this life soon
(diet the last suow•etorm.--Transeript.
'
An Artful Trick.
Fashionable Movements.
GLANCES• AT CONGRESS-NO. 111
From the Penbsilvanlan
Look over into this buzzing hall from your seat in the
ladies' gallery, over the Speaker's chair. The member
with the light hair, end stalwart form, a faco in which
obstinacy end dry humor nro both to be plainly read, is
Joseph M. Root. of Ohio. When be speaks he has ti
harsh voice, but by no means a bad manner. Do runs
over with anecdote. Ile says a thousand curious and
comic things. Notwithstanding his ultra Abolition or
Proviso tendencies, every body listens and laughs at him.
Do will talk interminably, and rarely without uttering
something outrc or peculier. During the stormy days
before thevelection of Speaker, before the debate was re
stricted by tho admirable resolution of Mr Dimmick, of
our State, ho would pour out his sentitnents• by hours.
amid roars of laughter. If you notice him, now, you will
perceive that he talks to nearly every body, and nearly
every body scorns to talk to him. Root sits on the Whig
side of the House, left of the Speaker: end Joshua R.
Giddings, of the same school, is in his range. A perfect
bull-dog in debate is Giddings. Ho is about sixty-years
of ago: has a strabge end awkward expression of face;
and hates Winthrop with hearty good will. It was his
vote, thrown for NVillinorY.qtrown, for Speaker in De
cember, which led to the explosion and deprived that
centime') of the velvet seatnow ,occupied by Mr. Cobb.•
The South wore alarmed at Giddings voting for any
body they supported: and when the examination was
made, it Was found that Giddings voted in view ef a
pledge, amounting, rarely, to nothing, hut objected to
because given to such agitators as the Free Suitors. There
is Thaddeus Stevens, the representative of Lancaster
county, in this State, an able and a bold man in debate.
but by no means a sincere or exemplary titan. His coun
tenants is familiar to most Pennsylvanians, as aro his
acts; but it may not be sb to others. Ile has a cold, cal
lous. mid unchanging face.—lmperturablo to emotion,
it is rarely lighted up save with a sardonic grin. He wears
a wig, and is stout and well proportioned. During the
late speech of Mr. RosS, of Badlis county, in this State,
which was delivered With much energy and ebullience,
Mr-Stevens drew - up his chair with others, to listen to
what has been said. Soon after, Iloss began to scarify,
him literally shaking his finger in his face, and reminding
hint of certain peccadilloes in politics. Stevens tried to
laugh it off; but the attack was too well said, and too de
liberately made; and he sheered. "out of range of the
fire."—The bill member, with gloves and cane. now
coining into the House, is David S. Kauffinan..of Texas
—as fair a specimen of a good-looking man as is any
whore to be found. He is n Pennsylvanian by birth, though
representing Texas; where his popularity is such, that
at his last election of some thousand votes thrown, be got
all but two or three hundred. Several seats neorer the
door, to the right of the Speaker, you will see three fami
liar faces.—Do u't you know them? That far complex- .
complexion, light hair, broad open brow, and tall manly
figure, will indicate to you James X. MeLanahan, of tho
Franklin district, a rising man in Pennsylvania, and one
of the best orators in either House. He sits between John
Robbins, jr., of the IVth district of
, this county; {whose
fine business habits and upright deportment every body
knows,) and Job Mann, of the Bedford district—an ex
perienced public servant, without pretension, and yet
one of the most useful and popular metnbers on - the floor.
The tall young man, now coming up to Mr. Mann. is
Andrew Jackson Ogle, the Whig representative from the
Somerset, Fayette, and Greene district—"a fellow of
infinite jest; of most sieellent fancy." lle is about the
legal ego, on the off side of twenty-five, and is a hand
some' man to boot. , Ilis quaint sayings have made him
many ftieuds; but ho is evidently looked upon with jea
lous eyes by the elders of his Politicul church at home,
who may try to present his re-nomination for his present
position. Even if ,hey fail, it scouts to be conceded that
Dawson, of Fayette, u ill be his Dcmcratic successor. At
least, he will give him a hard chase for the vicin
, ity of McLitnahan's scat yon will see a gentleman some
where north of fifty, (whose face and deportment era full
of character. In hint you 19ve Governor McDowell, of
Virginia, whose glorious -speech you _ may have read,
made under circumstances so dramatic, during the last
session of the XXXth Congress. end so universally pub
lished and applauded. It contained passages of Uncom
mon elegance and beauty, was pronounced with a fervor
and an eloquence that electrified the house, and hold it
spell-bound for two long hours. A most rigreeablo com
panion, and warm-hearted friend, is ¶ his 'accomplished
gentleman. Two or three seats from him is Robert M.
McLane, the representative of Baltimore city and a Dem
ocrat; a form of medium height, a face full of expression,
and eyes of fire; and an appearance generally of a very
young man. Melline was intended fora soldier, having
been educated at West Point, 'and done service in Flor
ida. Not loony years a l p, he canto into politics, and now
to hear hint on the floor, you will be surprised how
like a statesman ho tliinks and talks lie is chairman of
the Committee on Commerce. Ilis motto ought to be
"Excelsior." Marylind has a splendid delegation in the
present,Congress. Mr. Hammond, who represents Bal.
tiniest) County, is a new member, and has a clear and
well cultivated intellect, and discharges his duties most
conscientiously. Ile has al devotion for his friends not
often seen in public men. Then we have Mr. Hamil
ton, of the Frederick district, whose contest against Mc-
Kaig was so remarkable in all respects, and whose
speeches bolero the people were so bold and effective. Ito
has not yet spoken on the absorbing question of the day.
When ho does, he will make a sensation. Mr.Namilton
has a youthtul appearance, but decision, energy and in
tellect, are written plainly upon his countenance. Do you
notice the member with black hair, and father dark com
plexion, in earnest conversation with Harry Hibbard., of
Nevi Hampshire—Hibbard is ho with the spectacles and
blue coat? That is Alfred Gihnore of the Butler district,
in this State, a Democrat. This is his first trial in any
legislative body. Ile catrieVtis district by three hon.'
dred mej . ority, in 1918, and Gen: Taylor_ afterwards got
it by twico that 'lumber of votes. Mr. Gihnere is - the
son of the halo Hon. John Gilmore, of Western. Pennsyl
vania, well-known in political circles, and the brother of
Bon. Samuel Gilmore, President Judge in the Washing-
on and Fayette district. Liko his friend Hubbard. ho
has not yet spoken. Mr. Hibbard is also a cow mem
ber, though ho has been Speaker of both branches of his
'State Legislature. Ile is a genuine spechnou of a New
England Domocrat—.Frank, honest, and tvnrm• h oarted,
and is said to be a practised orator. On ono of the seats
on the back range, ou the r;g,ltt„ , you will notice a yowl g
man with ;long black hair, rather pale face, and a largo
piercing eye. That is John K. Miller, of tho Mount
Verner district, Ohio; and this is his 'second session of
Congress. ' Ho is known as the impersonation of an ul
tra Democrat, and lias all the nerve and determination
which suchmen-ought to poSsess. Even these who do
not agree with him, respect him-for the ability and the
boldness with which. he adheres to his opinions. Nearer
to the aisle; you will sea a gentleman of about forty-five,
with a military air, black hair and whiskers, and dark
complexion. That is Emery 11 Potter, of the same State.
who was balloted for Speaker, for some days in Decem
ber, and who, if elected. would have made a capital of.
car. He has been' in Congress before, nuclei. generally
esteemed. "A message front the President of the Uni
ted Slates!" is now announced by the door-keoper, and
a a moment you see advancing, hat in hand, a person
of about forty, middling size. 'with a bald head, finely
chisseled face, exrauded brow, and t tibdued manner
SI 50 A Yvan, in Advance.
This is Col. Bliss. private Secretary of the President, he
makes his bow, mutters in a low voice the object of his
mission, and then vanishes among the whig memheza on
the left. Tho documents arc received at the clerk's desk,
and the House goes on with its current business. Bo
this will answer fur to.day.
NO. IV.
iVit.Liu M. cwirf. one of tho new gonators from Cal
ifornia, has a national reputation fur experience and sa
gacity as a politician. That is ho, in coniversatii?n with
Conn; for thk_Housis will not bo called to Order for
half en hour. a man a bhadu or so beyondlifty;
with a large athletic frame; iron grey hair; a prominent '\,
nose; and a keen, resolute, yet benevolent expression of
countenance. Gwts is an entbusiart in Itio likes, and
Dr. Johnson would havo called hint "a good hater."—
Ilk life hes been most eventful, and his career in Cali
fornia has been a scene of trial end of triumph from tho
first. The slender young man now upprouelting him is
his colleague, Colonel FITE3MIT. Ito looks badly. and
should seek repose and restoration at on: e. Quiet and
taciturn, you would hardly take htm fur the adventurous
pioneer whose labors have retloctod so mach attention all
over the world. Fremont has one rare and valuablo
merit, especially in a public men. fie is a good listener
and knows how to keep his own counsel. 'rho person
now approaching the group, with a broad rimmed Cali
fornia hat head, is Mr. Gilbert. ono of the two
members of Congress from our golden sister of the Pa.
cific. He is the principalowner and editor of the lead
ing newspaper in California. the Alta California, and
only a few yenrs ago, was a journeyman compositor its
the office of the Albany _4rgus. flu is said to be quite
rich at present. Ile is not more than thirty, has a fresh
and pleasaut countenance, and is a kind-hearted and nu
obtrusive gentleman. Why, hero is the remaining mem
ber of the California delegation. Mr. Wright. There is
character in that face. You see there the energetic hu
shiess man. He has amassed great wealth in a short
time, in California, and will no doubt be a useful mem
btu. of the National Legislature. Look et those four men
closely, and you will see the types of those national char
ecteristics'Whieli have made our people superior in the art
of self-government, and our country prosperous and hap
py. Gwin personifies the sagacious and intrepid states
man who foresees the success of an untried policy, and
boldly stakes his all upon the issue. Fremont, that love
of the dangerous and the doubtful, which, iu order to
secure the triumph of science, coolly risks health and lifts
iu the attainment of objects for which posterity will bless •
him. Gilbert, the youth of our ago and time, which,
looking forward and never backward, pursues the path
of fame, and wins the prize. Wright, the intelligence
and energy of those vast business interests which found
cities, build railroads, erect steamships, and open new
paths to trade. A few years ago all these men were pur
suing their avocations in other regions; but destiny has,
iu the course of its resistless operations, placed in their
hands the interests of that Minerva of States, which,
springieg into being in a day, is destined probably to
change the fortunes of nations themselves, and to extend
the theatre of Progressive Christianity and Civilization.
It is not an uncommon thing to see two brothers in the
same Congress; and yon know that General Dodge the
veteran Senator from Wisconsin, is seated almost at the
side of his own son, the Senator from lowe. The two
Ingersols, Charles Jared and Joseph R., (not in the pres
ent Congress,) brothers as they were, scarcely ever acted )
1 trigethor. Frederick P. Stanton. the young Mau with
light hair and complexion, and dressed with unusual
good taste, is the Chairman of the Committee on Naval
Affairs, and by all odds ono of the strongest mon in Con
gress. His speeches aro models of argument and elo
quence. Ile represents the Memphis district in Tennes
see. His brother is the gentleman with black hair and
spectacles, now walking along th l l arena In'front of tho
Speaker's chair. Richard li. Sta ton is one of the Ken
tacky representatives, and, as lie said in his speech a few
weeks ago, has worked himself from the ranks of toil in
to the position he now occupies. Governor A. G. Brown
of Missies ppi. Whom you cannot fail to regard as one of
the finest looking men on tho floor, is the member with
jetty-black hair, and whiskers—an eYe that sparkles with'
good feeling, and a ecrunMnance full of generous expres
sion. Ile was Governor of Mississippi when he was
twenty-four, and defeated his own father, who was a
Whig, in ono of the contests for representative. It
would really be quite interesting if all these social inci
dents, so*rarely soots in the strife of politics, could tea de
tailed at length.
The cerrospondents fur the illiLrent papers throughout
the Union. many of whom are now before us; are, much
as they nre abused by disappointed partizans, a most pow
erful and intellectual -body of men. Let us point out a
few of (ho more prominent of these writers The well
dressed and rather stout gentleman, directly below us,
with cane in hand. Whose countenatrolie full of vivacity
end thought, is Mr. Grind, the ".oserver" of the Ledger,
the X. of the Baltimore Sun, and the contributor of ma
ny other journals and magazines: — lle is a prize fur any
paper. lie combines qualities rarely found in correspon
dents naywhere. - Rapidity of thought, great industry.
great powers for the endurance of fatigue, and a tuna
stored' with learning. Ile talks three or four languages
elegantly, and l. is intimately acquatuted with domestic and
foreign politics, and 'with nearly all the public men of ,
this and malty of the statesmen of other countries. Tho
next is Mr. Harvey, the "Independent" of the
mcrican, and ••Vcritas" of tho Now York Courier, a ve
ry ebb correspondent, but a most unscrupulonS
lie it is with light hair, and rather florid complexion; a
tall, genteel figure, always dressed in perfect good taste.
Ile did not show much discretion, however, in getting
himself laughed a t for trying to prove that Belize, in Brit
ish Honduras. did not and does not belong to England.
Of cowrie, you know, Wallace, or the "Doctor" of the
New York Herald,. with his spoctacres, jelly face, and
dandy4ied air anddress—a capital hand iu his profession.
and ono of the most successful in taking notes without
seeming to do so. There, too, is “Richelieu," M. W. E.,
Robinson, late of the Now York Tribune, but now ftght
iugotr his own hook in the Newark (N. J.) Mercetri7san
Irish face, with bushy hair, light complexion, and isgay
agreeable air. Ho is a writer who hes few equals, Imo ,
has a great admiration for Greeley. Among the edit&
who occasionally write for their presses here, are W. F
Ritchie. Esq., of the Richmond Enquirer. col. Schoulet
of the Boston Atlas, and Greeley of the Tribune. Ritch
ie i s the Well developed young inau—not much over
t hirty, with spectacles, and dark hair—every where re
garded by the ladies as a good looking fellow. Schouler
is a wag of the first water, and tells stories as wallas any
body at the Capitol. Ile, too, is quite a young man, and
a most sanguinary Whig. Greeley hie been so often des ,
cribed: and is in fact so indescribable, that, we leave, hinv
for some future Bogard* or Cruikshank. Telling of
these representatives, oftho press at Washington, how
ever, ramrods us that we should speak or the conductors
and :contributors of the respective papers at the seat of
government; which with glances at other members and,
nateables. will form the subject of one or more numbers.
"THAT', a pretty bird, grandma:me." sails little boy:
"Yes." replied; tho old demo, • •he never erica." "That's
°Cense he's never washed," rejoined the youngster.
trr Pleasure is like a cordial; a little of it not iniuriotv*
but too much destroys.
NUMBER 2.