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LAYER FOR DEAR’PAPA.
BY MRS. ffAliijY 'JUDSON.
■‘m ' The folhiWirtg Inexpressibly/touching lines
yero wfijten oy-thisexcellent ladft in ApriL 1860,
ifterthe departure of Dr* Judaonarom Maulmain,
>h;lhe"voyage from which he norec returned: •
Poor ami needy Nttle children,-*
Saviour, Ond, we come to T}fioe,
'For our hearts nro full of sorrow, ■ •
i * Ami no other hope have we..
Out upon a restless ocean.
There Is one wo dearly love—
Fold him In llihio arms ofjJlfy. *
Spread Tliy gunrdlbnvVlngs above*
4' -V
■*
V Stei-' Sviion v thVWind* are howling round him,
i When’lho angry waves are high,
vVJioh brnck.’liuavy, midnight shadows
|' . 1 \jOtt his irnckwSs pathway He,
4 V lj ; Jjiildonml guftfdlilm, b!essed Saviour,
% I ■'JV r - • Vf-V’->‘Blcl thehur/yfflg tempest tlay 5
Thv fogl upon tlic waters,
'/V to light his way.
" pale and suffering,
» vv 1 Stretched upon his narrow bed,
Willi no loving Ihco ln-nt o’er him,
•' ■ No soft hand about hid head ;
Oh, lot kind and pitying angels
Tholr bright fin ms around him bow ;
; ;r" Let them kiss bis heavy eyelids,-
v' Let thorn fan hla ftvetod brow,
. Poor and
■SnH' >-Still warai*eddr!sry toTb£e?
pEfy*' , We haVo,nestled In hfa’bowth.toi ---'hv.
•3% • , Wo havp sported on lilskneaf* ’- i " v r
. Doarly.dpany.da we .i >•
• We. whoon HU breflslljtiveJaln^
•• ‘Pity now nurdesolation; c
Bring him "' '
'ifil please Heavoniy Wfliof,
• We would sou him come once more,
. With his olden step of Vigor,' '•
the love-lit sinije ho'WorcV- ji’
Bui^rwe most trend LileWhllty,.'.'
Orplmiicd,guidelcss. hnd alone,
Let us lorn not. ’nlM'tliH shadows,
His dear foot-pflhls to Thy Throne.
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L»W J
%r_ffiOrnuirs aaamteut.
TiimivoLp chase.
*av6.
HHli&uring the winter being ln tho
HKjNoQhern part mtfchluisureto'dcvore
fflw.tothe wild eportsofatiew "country. Toiione ol ilrcso
E»R ivira 4 mdre passionatelyaddicted thun to ukailng.—
deep and sequestered lakes of this Slate, frozen
,ihe intense cold of a- Northern winter, present a
; > field to the lovers uf this pastime. Ollcn would
bind on my skules.and glide away up the glittering
and wind each mazy streamlet that flowed
its fetters on toward the parent ocean, for-
the while time and distance in the luxu
&|i|;iiou9 sense ofthe gliding motion—thinking ofnothing
Bj||g.|<i’the easy flight, but rather dreaming, us I looked
the transparent ice at (he long weeds and
ggg&eresaca (hat nodded, in the current; beneath, and
affiiEiicemed wrestling with tho waves to lot or
follow (ha track of some Ipx or ottertond run
''■.vpWy skate along the mark lie had tell With hts drag
jjgipg tail until the trull would enter tho woods.—
• these excursions were mu do by moonlight,
v >jWd it was on one of thersd occasions that 1 hod a
V ‘.'wfcncountcr, which even now, with kind luces around
'’''-iiie. I .cannot recall wilhoat a nervous looking-ovor-
Siouldcr feeling. ' *
ud led my friend’s hemso one evening.jntl bo
u«k v with the intention uf eku-intg m eUort diu
up the noblo Kcnriebeo, which glided'directly
5 the door. The night 'was beautifully clour,
irless moon rode through an 'occasional fleecy
, and stars twinkled fiom the sky and from
. frost-covered tree-in millions. Ifuur mind
I'wonder at the light that -came gKnlhig from
nd snow-wreath, and inctustcd branches, as the
• for miles the. broad gleam 'of tiro Kerr
s’' i Vnpbec, (hut like a jeweled zone swept between the
- x forests onjils bunks. And yet oil was still.
- ..i; cold seemed to have frozen tree, and air, and
Vaster, and every living thing that moved, Even the
's.'fjfiging of my skates on llio ico>echoed back from
V|He Moccasin Hill with a stunKng clearness,and ilto
• “ of the too as I passed over it In my course,
timed to follow the tide of the river with lightning:
eed. j
1 had gone up the river nearly two miles, when
raing to a little stream which empties into the
rger, I turned in to explore its course. Fir ond
mlock of a century's growth mot overhead, and
rmed on archway ‘radiant with frost-work. All
is dark within, bul l was young qnd fearless, and
peered into an unbroken forest that reared itself
'OiClhe borders of the stream, 1 laughed with very.
. jtybusness: my wild hurra rang through the silent
tpodli sn.d 1 stood listening to (ho echo that revor*
in led again and again, until all wat trashed. I
r ’ thought how often the Indian tranter had concealed
,tblmself behind thosovdry trees—how often his arrow
pierced the deer by this very stream, ond his
- wild halloo had hero rung fur his victory. And then,
, V turning from fancy to reality, 1 watched a couplo of
owls that sat in their hooded slate; with ruffled
; and long ear-tubs, debating in silent con.
of their frozen realm, and .wondering
♦* fur all their feathers, were a.cold,” when
.. • sound arose—it seemed to mo to tome
tho icc; it sounded low and tremoloui
' J until it ended in one wild yell. I was op.
(Mlled. Never before had such a noise met my ears.
. vljlhyught it more than mortal--86 fierce, and amid
. :%.Mol» an unbroken solitude, It Seemed as if a fiend
blown a blast on an fnfci'nnl’li'utnpct. Presently,
-heard the twigs on sl/Oi'e riiop, as if from (ho (read
' f Qff£4 ome end *t : ho blood rushed back to my
;* > :*»reheod with a bofrnt! thul inado iny skio and
. , ' M-Ifelt relieved that I had to contend witlitbings of
jsdailhly and noVofspiritual nature—my energies ro
ra^viturnea, end-1 ?ft«Jked around mo for some moans uf
■Bj|*esoapo. Ifho tnoon ahono through the opening at the
Hfti&jmouth bT'lho creek by which I hod entered the for
atod this the best means of escape, t
towards it like an arrow. -*Twos hardly «
.V yards distant,ond the swallow could soorcely
niv desperate flight: yet, as I turned my head
oltftbe snore, 1 could soo two dark* objects dashing
qW >AihVohglithe underbrush at a pace nearly double'(n
!; wHpid to my own. By this great speed, and the short
which they occasionally gave, I knew at once
these were the much dreaded grey wolf*
■! . 1 had never mol with these animals, but from the
‘ ' i Wesoripllon given of them, I had bill little pleasure
' »dhi making their acquaintance. Their umameable
“ifferconees, and the untiring strength which seems
'■part of their nature, renders them objects of dread to
letcry benighted traveller.
• in •• With (heir long gallop, which can tire. -
The doer-liound’s halo, the hunter’s fire,"
irsuo their prey—never straying from the (rack
victim—and os the wearied hunter thinks
ie baa at Inst outstripped them, ho finds that
rat walled for the evening to seize their prey,
Us a prize to the tireless animals,
bushes that skirted the shore flow past with
locily of lightning, as 1 dashed on (n my flight
the narrow opening. The outlet was nearly
it one second more and I would bo comnni’n*
•afe, when my pu'suers appeared on the bank
ly above mo, which hero rose to the height of
ot. There was no time for thought, so I bent
lad and dashed madly forward. The waives
but miscalculating my speed, sprang behind,
llielr intended prey glided out upon (ho river.
~.«iure turned mo towards homo. The light flakes
bfsnow spun from the Iron of my skates, and I was
- home distance from my pursuers, when their (lorco
howl told mo I was-ellll (heir fugitive, I did not
•;v'' ■ - took back* 1 did not fool afraid,or sorry, or gladt'onc'
Wf-'iy Ihoughl-of home, of the bright faces awaiting my
l&i iolurn, ond of (heir tears if they never: should eeo
m " Inc, and then every energy of body and mind were
% bxeiledfo* my escape* I was perfectly «t homo on
\ Iho ice. Meny were the days that-1 spent on my
hood skates, never thinking that at one time-they
Would be my only moans of safety. Every half
binuto an alternate yelp from my fierorf attendants,
’thdho’tbe bat loo; certain that they were In .close
pursuit.- Nearer and nearer they came; I hoard
their feet paltering on the ice nearer still, until 1 could
fee} their breath and hear their snuffing scent. Every
nerve and muscle in nay frame was stretched to the
utmost tension..
The trees along the ■shdro'SeemSd'to dance in tho
uncertain-light,'ttnd'ttfy Urdin tUrncd with my own
breallilpss speed, yet still they seemed to hiss forth
'tlidlr breath with a sound truly horrible, when an
involuntary motion on my part, turned mo out of my
course;- The wolves close behind, unable to slop, and
as unabletb turn on the smooth ice, slipped and fell,
stitl going on far ahead; their tongues were lolling
out, their white tusks glaring from their, bloody
mouths, their dark, shaggy breasts, were fleeced with
foam, and as. they passed me' their, eyes glared and
they howled with fury. The thought flashed on my
mind, that by tbid means 1 could avdid them, viz: by
turning aside whenever they came 100 near;, far they,
by the formation of their feet, ate unable to run on
ice except on a straight lino.
I immediately acted upon this plan. . Thb Wdlvcs,
having regained their feet, sprang directly inwards
me. The.race was renewed for twenty yards np the
stream; they were already close.on my buck, when
I glided round and dashed directly past my pursuers.
•A fierce yell greeted my evolution, and the wolves
slipping upon their , haunches, sailed onward, prc.
venting a perfect helplessness and baffled
*rago. Thus 1 a hundred yards kt each
turning. This two. or three times,
'every moment l the*a?n , imah-geU , ing ; more cXclted and
bafllcd.
At one time, by delaying my turning too long, trty
fierce aqtaffpbifitfl came ao near, that (hey threw the
bver my dress as they sprang to sefco
nbd ihbtr tooth dashed tdgdlher Ifke’flto spring
of aTdX'trap/ Had my skatcs fuiled fdr'dnelmftanf,
bad‘l.(ripped, on a stick, or cangh't my foot in a fis-
story! am now lolling would
mfveir htfre been tnld. 1 thought all the chances over;
TJtiieW would first take hold ofmo'lf !t
fel| 1 (tjbuglil hdw’lbng it would bo before ! died,
and a search for the body that
would dlroodyJtnlre iis.tnmb; for oh! how fast a man's
mind tracqsoal allMliiedeadrcqlgrs of death’s picture,
only who tho grim original
‘Can tell. V.-i - ? -L- J .y-
But soon I ciiho opposite (be boose, and my hounds
—I know their the noise,
“bayed fhrroualy Tromthe fcenpßlitT Ketr r dll ic i r chains
rattle‘j how l wished fbey:;wo , oTd;;bfeak them, ond
then I would have ptoteCtors Chal wbild bo peers to
the fiercest denizens of tak
ing the hint conveyed by the t fli^|^wpp|'d.in their
mad career, and dftcr a
turned snd fled, rCHlchcd dusky
forms disappeared over a
taking off my skates, I wended my tvaytothejiduse.
with feelings whlch may bo bdtlcr Imagined than
described. ■ .
W.
But even ycl, I never see a broad sheet of ice in
tho moonshine, without thinking of
breath and those fearful things that followed rao so
closely down tho frozen Kennebec.
TUB SKELETON OP THE WRECK-*
Whflo Sir Michael Seymour was in command of
the Amethyst frigate, and was cruising in tho Bay
of Biscay, the wreck of a merchant ship drove past.
Her deck was just above tho water; her lower masts
alone standing.* Nut a soul could bo scon on board;
but tbero was a caboose on deck, which had the ap
pearance of being recently patched with old canvass
andtarpauling, as if to afford shelter to soiqo.forlprn
c«inn*nl o£-4lio ctow*- 11-btow.ut tilts llmo'aiKVbng"
gnlc( but £it Mioltad," listening -Only (O'the drtfUttfs
of humanity, ordered the ship to be pat abuM, and
sent off n boat with instroctions to boutdthe wreck,
and ascertain whether there whs any being still sun
vtvlng, whom the help of a fellow moti might save
from tho grasp of death. Tho boat rowed toward
tho drilling mass* otrd while straggling with' lira
difficulty, of getting through a high running tfos
close along side, tho crow shooting till the lime as
loud as they could, an object resembling a bundle of
clothes Was 'observed to roll but of the caboose,
HgaWt’llio 'lce shrouds of tho mast. With the end
of a boat hook they managed to gel hold of it, and
hauled it into the boat, when it .proved to bo the
trunk of a man, bent head and knees together, and
so wosted away, as scarce to be felt within the ample
ololhes, which had once fitted It in a state oflifo and
strength,:' The boat’s crew, hastened back to the
Amethyst with this miserable remnant of
and so smalt was it in bulk, that a lad of fourteen
yoara was able, with hia own hand*,’ to lift ft Into
theahip., When placed on deck, it showed /of the
first lime, to the astonishment of all, signs ofjcmaln
mg life* it tried to move, and next moment uttered
in a hollow, sepulchral touo.Mhereis another mand 1
Tho instant these words wore heard; Sir Michael
ordered the boat to shove off again fur the wreck.—
The aea having,now become somewhat smoother,
they succeeded tills lime in boarding the wreck { and
on looking Into (he caboose, they found two oilier
human ‘bodies, Wotted, tike the one they hud saved,
to tho very bones, but without tho least spark of life
remaining. They were sitting in a iliruuk-up pos
(tiro, a hand of one resting on a tin pot In which
there was about a gill of water { and a hand of the
other reaching to lliu dock, as if to regain a bit o(
raw salt beef of the site of a walnut, which had
dropped from its nerveless grasp. Unfortunate
men I Thny had on their scanty store, (ill
they had hot strength remaining to lift tho last mor
sol to their mouth. The boat’s crew having com
pleted their melancholy survey, returned on board,
whore they found tho attention of the ship's com
pany engrossed by the efforts made to preserve the
generous skeleton, who. seemed to have just,life
enough to breathe the remembrance that (hero was
still *'another man,” his companion In suffering, lo
be saved. Captain 8. committed him to lira special
charge of (he surgeon, who spared no means which
humanity nr skill could suggest, to achieve the noble
object of creating anew, as it wore, a fellow creature
whom famine had. stripped of almost every living
energy. For three weeks he scarcely loft his patient,
giving him nourishment with Ms own hand every
five or ten minutest end at the end of throo weeks
more, the " skeleton of (he wreck ” walking on
the deck of tho Amethyst; and to tho surprise of all
who recollected that he had been lifted into the ship
by a cabin boy, presented tbo stately figure of a man
nearly six feet high,
A Death Belt, .—A story Is told oftho editing of
tho bell for (he ohuroh of St. Magdalen* at BreJao.
When the metal was ready to bo poured Into, ttra
mould) the chief (bunder went to dinner, and forbade
his apprentice, under potn of death, to touch (he
vent by which tho meUl was convoyed. The youth,
ourlpus to seo (ho operation, disobeyed orders, and
the whole ol (ho metal run Into the mould, and the
enraged master, returning from his most, slew him
on the spot. On bnuklng.awey the mould, he found
ho had been too hasty, fur the bell wse oast as per.
feet as possible. When it was hung In Its plsce, the
master hod been sentenced to death by the sword
for the murder of his apprentice, and he entreated
tho authorities that he might be allowed to hear it
once before he died. His petition was granted, qnd
tho bell has since boon rung at every execution.
following beautiful thoughts arc from the
pen ofGoorgo D. Prentice:
There is but a breath of air and a boat of the
hparl, botwixt this world and the next. And in the
brief Interval of painful add awful suspense; while
we feel that death Is present with us, that we ore
powerless and he all powerful, and that tho last faint
pulsation hero Is but the prelude of endless life hero,
after) wo feel, in the midst oftho stunning calamity
about to beful us, that earth has no compensating
good to mitigate the severity of our loss. But there
ie no grief without some bonefieienl provision to sof
ten i|s inlonsenoss. When tho good and the lovely
die, the tnotpory of. their deeds, like tho.inoonbeams
bn the stormy sea, lights up our darkened hearts, and
lends ib the surrounding gloorii a beauty so sad,*o
sweet, that we would’ not, if wo could, dispel the
darkness that environs it."
OUR COUNTRY—MATT ITAMVAYb feTt RlQllt—«tfT R ICHTOE WRONG,ODR OOUKTRV,
CARLISLE, PA-y THUIISDAY, MCI! 13, 1851.
CO*OPERATION OP PARENTS*
The school and tho home bear an Intimate relation
to each other. 'Each sustaining tho other gives and
receives important-influences; Each has its peculiar
Work. The school is designed to help parents “train
up** their children. Yet in order to do this, it must'
have thoir active corporation. If they withhold
this, their children ounnoi receive its full benefits.—
Parents should strive to.shicld the school from the
injuries to which it is exposed by irregular and die*
orderly' members,' and lend ic that kind of influence
which they wish to havo brought into their families.
Iftbey would not feel
" How sharper than a sorpentVtoorth, ills
To bsvea ihhnKltfss cllllJ,"
they mtial-grve'thoir children good advice and 'in*
•Btraclion in rotation to thdlr 'corrddct in school, and
lima show them that they are deeply interested in
their improvement and good character. They should
check the exhibition of a faultfinding spirit, and
encourage them to discharge their duties in school
with a hearty good will. They should teach them
to prifco a good education above rubies, so they may
use the means to a'cqbire'H. in this way they will
do them unspeakable good, and'sectfre their lasllng
respect and gratitude. Thus inspired witharight
spirit opSJtamc, and sent regdlarly to school,ihcir
children will improve their privileges/ ahfl as'sehefl.
are prepare themselves for a more worthy discharge
of their duties as mqral and accountable beings.
A‘responsibility rests upon parents and guprtHatja
in relation to the character and usefulness of their
school, from which they cannot escape. They can
act with, or against-the'teacher; can prepare their
children to receive or ."reject, instruction; can cause
or obviate the tfvils of 'unnecessary absence—can
teach obedience, or disobedience—-industry or idle
ness—honesty'Ur dishonesty—truth'or falsehood
can prepare their children to become good scholars
or 'bad scholars—good citizens or bad citizens.—
May they realize tholr responsibility, and exercise
their ipower for'the welfare of their children, the
’prosperity of their schools, and the honor a’nd bltrtS
'lng’of^ociolyr
ctmioua cXste.
The Jbbittih iltriieal Journal ,states the following
very curious fact ifi physiology: “Tl hat been ob«
served, that person* who have lost a limb, or part of
one, arc at time* vtfry much troubled wilh an intol*
erablo itching, or sometimes pain, in tho Ungers and
toes of the extremity which is last. A onto of this
kind lately presented itself to us for advice, which,
being a little out of iho Common course, we have
thought proper to give to our rpodera. A yoUrfg
man had his hand amputated just above the wrist,
on account of having it shaUeretJ.by the*bursting of
a gp-n. Tills happened sqmo two years rince, and
the deficiency is supiftfc'd by a wooden hand. At
times, he tolls Os, he has the most intolerable itch*
ing between these wooden fingers-; in fact,in«up*
•portable, and,*lo 'uVe liis o'Wn words, he wOQld give
t hOndred .ddtiata for the chance of giving them,a
scratching. At other times he has much puiu wheio'
tho’fingcrs should be, and ho can only obtain relief
by altering their position. When free from the pain
or itching, ho can. discover no diffurenco between,
that and the sound ono. lie can will tho finger# of
thpJosl hand to act, and they seem to
times the ends of (ho fingers arc quite numb.apd
cold; being partly ilexed, ho feels that ho Hu!‘nCl
the' power to extend them. There ore other' phe.
nomcna connected with this care, which, with those
we have given, would be .account for on
physiological principles.’' 1 ' '
~ , deeacry. - "•
Of bsl the sfglrts, that nature offers to the eye and
mind of man, mountains have always stirred my
strongest YeoKnge. 1 have seen the ocean when ft
Was turned op from Che boVtnWi by tempest, and rtbon;
was Hko nighty with (ho Conflict of tho billows and
the storm, that'tore and scattered them in mist and
foam across the sky. 1 have ieen the desert'ri* o
around mu ; and ojhnly, In the midst of thousands
uttering erics of horrot and paralysed by (bar, have
contemplated the sandy pilljrs, coming like tho ad
vance of some gigantic city.of conflagration, flying
across tho wilderness,, every column glowing with
intense heal, and every blast death ; the sky vaulted
with gloom, the earth a furnace. Out with ms, the
mountain, In tempest or in calm, the throne of thun
der. or with the evening sun painting its dolls and
declivities in colors dipped in heaven, has boon tho
source of tho most absorbing sensations. There
stands magnitude, giving the instant impression of a
power above man; grandeur, that defies decay; anti,
quity, that tells of ages unnumbered; beauty, that the
touch of time makes only more beautiful; uso, ex
bounties* for the service of man; Imperishable as (ho
globe; the monument of eternity; tho truest eaillily
emblem of that ever-living, unchangeable, irresisti
ble majesty, by whom, «od fur whom, ail things were
made!—Cro/y. . '
ONE OF tBU,
A passenger upon one of our Mississippi river boats
was landed at his place of destination with tho haste
usually attendant upon such occasions, when ho dir.
covered, just as the pfank'was drawn* and tho wheels
of the. boat put In motion id starts a liltlo fellow of
some live or six years, to whom ho, had loaned his
knife, standing Upon the guards and whittling. Tho
gentlemen culled to throw (ho knife ashore. Contin
uing the use uflho knifey he replied that he cutildhi
fro a bit.*
Tho owner ofthe knife pointed (oalargerboy and
cried out ‘give it to that big boy—quick ho can throw
it.* The yoWngeleV lodked at the big boy, (hen torn
cd to tho owner of the knife and said, to him Afc
can’t fro xouf a d—n /’ and continued whittling with
a perseverance that.would haVo boon highly credit
able to a matured Yankee, leaving tho gentleman
standing on shores minds One of Rodger'swih
Peel’s First BVeoßt in Oratory. —Soon aflur Pee)
was born, hip father, the first baronet, finding himself
rlsing'daily in wealth and consequence, and believing
that money In those peculiar days could always com*,
mand a scat In Parliament, determined to bring up
his son expressly fot the House of Commons. When
that son was quite a Child, Sir. Robert would frequent
ly sot him on the table, and say, “Now, Robin, make,
a speech, end I will glvq you this cherry. 0 What
few words the little fellow could produce Were ap.
plauded, and applause stimulating exertion, produced
such effects that before Rubin was ten years old, ho
could readily address tho company wllh snino degree
of eloquence.' As ho grew up.his father constantly
took*him every Sunday Into hit private-room, and
made him repeal as well as he could* the sermon
wbioti had been preached., tittle progress .|i> effect
ing this was made, and little wsa expected at first;
but by atoady perseverance, and the habit of atten
(ion, (he sermon was repealed almost verbatim—
When at a very distant day, tho Senator, remember.
Ing accurately the speech of an opponent, answered
his arguments In correct succession, it was little
known that the power of so doing was originally
acquired at Drayton church.— Memoirt of Me D«n
of York.
Beautiiul Flower.—Tho Panama Star thus de
scribes a flower, which, If all it Is represented lo bo,
is certainly a curiosity. It is about tho sixe of a
walnut, perfectly while, with fine loaves, resembling
very much Indeed tho wax plant. Upon the bloom
ing ofthe flower, in tho cup formed by the leaves is
(he exact imago of a dove lying on Us back, with its
wings extended. The peak of lho bill und tho eyes
are plainly to bo scon and t small loaf, before tho
flower arrives at maturity, forms the out-spread (ail.
The loaf ean bo raised or shut down with the fingers
without breaking or apparently injuring it, until (bo
flatter topchos its full bloom, whop.il drops off.
The Basin? of the calf's hcaj may be served
Ihui—Beat dp half with a litllolkololiup and add
to the gravy, and beat tbs rest whit shred lemmon
peel) a Uttle nnllneir and mane and some parsley
shred, and'egg. - Then fry It into little bakes of a
delicate yellow color.
SUICIDE OP, ONE EYED TUOftPSO^
; pne EyejJ,'thoifipson, who was arrested a , few,
days ago for •passing counterfeit money, in NeW curious facts! in natural HISTORY.I
York, oornmiiied suicida in prison a few days Animals that Help Each Other.—Gilbert
ago* Thft Tribune of Monday says-; White,'ln the. Observations on-Birds appended, to
“We are Informed'by Capt. B, W. Bradford, hia Natural flisttfiy dfSdlborrie.’ivrlles—“While,
of the Tenth Ward Police, that Win, H. Thorop- , l l ,e cows are feeclingih most low pastures, broods
son,.belter known as “One Eyed Thompson, )of wagtails, white end/grav, run round them
arrested on-Saturday on a'charge of.passlng coun- Mose up to thciroose krid ’under their very bellies,
terfeit money, and confined in Essex Market pils- availing themselves df the flies that Settle On'their
on, ooramiiied suicide last evening, by taking 32 legs and probably finding wdnhk .arid larvto that
grains of morphine. Groans were heard from his are roused by the trampling of their feet; f feature
cell at dbout 9J o’clock, when the officers entered is such an.economist that the most incongruous
and fonndjThampsbn rh an almost insensible con*'animals can avail themselves of each other. In*
dltion; v ptsr Wells and Belcher wereimmediate-i tere &t makes strange friendships, 1 * Starlings and
ly sent fof, who applied the stomach potop, -Al - magpies very often siiontho backs of sheep -and
12 o'clock hq was still alive, bat there Was no’deer to-piok out their ticks.- Similar attentions
chance of)recovery. He left a letter for his wffe, i supposed to be -paid the goal by ihofern-OWI ha%e
and also one for the Coroner,Btating;ihaVhla death [•procured for it the name of •* goal-sucker 11 and
was caused by taking 32 grains of morphine, and generic appellative Caprinmlgus. Most will
entering into a history of. his life to some extent, remember the old stdry In Herodotus of the little
He also lefts note addressed.to Mr. Oliver,.the bhd that attends upon the crocodile of the Nile,
keeper of'tbe prison, requesting him to notify his and warns it against an approaching enemy. The
wlfo of iria'death. In -hls'celi wasa ; tract, enli- savans of Buonaparte’s Egyptian expedition ’con*
lied.'Caji You Diq Happy 1* on - the margin of firmed.the iongrdoubted fact, determined the ape*
which'he- had written, * What a.sirange'ooinci- oles of bird, found that It actually attended the
dencq that a tract of (hat kind should be placed,in crocodile and was admitted within tlie'deadly dr*
hia httnds! • He could answer affirmatively, for he Me of Its fangs, fn order to pick off the leeches
had-been for the last half hour, under the influence l hat attach themselves to its gums and throat,'and
of a deadlydrog. 1 ” that H was always dismissed Scatheless from the
' The following Is a ftopy.of the'loiter he left for g'im B«P» of the carnljoroui reptile. Mr. Car
his wife,-which was published aflat hla death by ? on - ” rea , de . ra °- f hiß deh « l, ' ful , boo V. on , tho
. ki v ill Levant Monaatenes must remember t .losl his shot
the New York Herald -; at a crocodile through the friendly warning given
Letts A tnoM TSomMon to fits WtYs.—Wife by this Wrdto its Huge, cold-blooded, heavy-mailed
of my soul, Divinity of my affrctlons, my.palient, all,
enduring, gentle and affectionate Mary, ere this
aieei9-yopreye,UruelthAteternalrdpose will have
settled upon.your unhappy husband* - Were this
new charge my only trouble, 1 could certainly
overcpmeit. Of all the complaint's made to my
prejudice, It could be.the moat easily defeated, for
at the very time, half past seveti o'cldek, when
Gates swears he saw me In New York, 1 was in
Or. Rice's store, as he recollects, anil previous
{hereto, (or an hour you and others know me to
gave been in Brooklyn. Bui, my Mary, iam
Siok of life, so much so that 1 am Incapable of
longer continuing it, I have lost all hope of be*
ing a,benefit to you and our little ones—a hope
tJ>.al*lone has sustained years of wretched exist
ence, and made mo capable/ of meeting and de
feating -more than most men similarly ciroum
atanbea'pp'bld'have done, 1 know, dearest Molly,
that you Will suffer far a *i|rne by my-loss. Not
only, one, through your affection for me, but
upon yrty Will jfawdve ihe caie of our family.
Cheer no time mdu'rnlng for one who
la unworthy of you. To yon, it was b’hard fale
lhat jolted our fortunes. Onco oway> and kind
friends dyill protect you. Your reputation-has
neverbedn assailed, and no woman eVcr possessed
a purer or better nature, as all'wh'o know you will
bear witqeas. Do not increase your sufferings by
supposing my last momenta to be peculiarly mis
erable. |am almost restrained, sweet wife, from
giving words to my affection, and disposed to
Wfite-tmfdly, for fear of too powerfully affecting 1
you. 1 have-.more-regard for your tears than for
my owm blood t-and, tf -l could, would welcome
_ aa torture.4f bv so. doing* t*!-
euro your happiness. Again, l say, death Torme
I apart from considerations ofyou and our children,
has np terror. I Imre no fear of ii* and a hereof*
: ter I ieavo ip the Divine Mystery that created me,
j and to whom I*can owo no responsibility. My
destiny is fulfilled, and tho Great Creator cannot
mistake the purposes of his mechanism.
On my breast.nearost the heart that has bent
| for you alone, place a lock of your hair, with the
one 1 preserved of my father's, together with our
. children's, so that with my dust may assimilate a
portion of the dust of those whom 1 loved so well.
f should like to be buried in New Jersey, in the
burial ground of my .undo, but do not care—spend
no means unnecessarily onmy'C’ody—for remem
ber that all places are alike indifferent to it. But
1 am getting foolishly prolix upon a subject that
> might be painful to you.
Sweet wife, recollect that (He durtilicta of a hu
man life is but a small drop in the bucket of eter
nity. A few years and all now living will cease
to bo—your deafest self included. Then spend
no liras in useless repining; live for your children
—and the children ofßucha mother will bo a
bimlngloheft
My .last aoi may Sppoir leave yon
alone to fight your way through a rude world ; but
ittanbian—l know and I feel that ultimately it
will to lo yoQr advantage. .Love is strength, aqd
the power of kindness most efficient. With thrust
for cut 1 haVe fought tho world, and been a loser
even phen Victorious. My judgment has been at
fault,,and my phylosophy erroneous. Jl was the
fault iff my organization und education $ your na
ture is fortunately diflVrent—it is mild and aflec
llortftle. cohclliale and make friends of oil ,
who ipproach you; and fthen the dragon Is out
of ilia way, friends will-not fear to prove them
selves so. ■ J
' Thb Httlb or happlneks that ! haVa knoWn, 1
o\VeHo you. In your presence alone have I.found
life endurable. My offences against you I will
notaik you to forgive or forget—you have dbnesn.
o{ir children; my boys, hear the words and heed
the advice of a dying father—be careful of your
rnotHb; { obey and be directed by her. My eweet
Uebaeoa, make your mother your model. My
chllofen all, remember that I have used every ef
fort to instil into your minds a love of truth—that
no tifUlor how tho world estimates mej you know
mo to bo an affectionate and careful father. .To
you there never uttered an untruth, and if you
plrovk worthy of the care-1 hav,o bebtowied Upon
you,|l have not lived In Vain. Love one another,
i noler allowed you to tel) tales of each other, for
It engenders hatred and-ill will; when disposed
to bf ugly or quarrelsome lot a remembrance of
md tread you to yourself. The world will, 1 for a
time, persecute you on my account;
—esduro it patiently; prove (hat you are honest
and'lrulhful, and all,good men will sustain you;
recollect that I know every departure from the vir
tuous and correct lb be attended with punishment
—is some way it is sure—either by encouraging
injurious habits, wrong thinking, or by bringing
upon you the condemnation of your fellow beings;
all this 1 hsvo frequently explained to you; H you
love me, prove that you have not forgotten it.—
With you and your mother is my last breath*
Anxiety on your accounts is the only bitterness 1
feel. Good-bye, my Richard, Billy, sweet Rebec- -
oa, and bravo little Josey, God help you!
Sweet Wife—As 1 wrote, a passing whim
made mo speak of Jersey-. 1 entreat you. as yon
love me, to heed It not—dispose of my body in
the most economical way.. You, the living*, re*
quiro all (ho)iulo means you may posses—l,
nothing. Sweet partner good bye—fare ynu well.
Think of me as little as possible; with the ef
fort you can do it. Occupy your mind with other
subjects, •
[We omit a few lines containing a memotan*
dum of n tow iurtifl amounting to less llion a hun
dred dollars, duo him mostly for pamphlets, &o.
After mentioning tho names of several Drhoklyn
friends, the letter continues]— .
For you l entreal thplr jriehdshij); . and onto oth
er sol of kiodnossto me—that they wlll forgive
oos whose folly has not been from a bed heart,
bot from an unbalanced brain. ,
.War.- tt. Tiiomhoh.
JlntiUKl Ihtotorfi.
. Ttrt Color or Animals.;—The uniform tawny
cdor ofthe'lUmVooai is-not only well adapted to
conceal trim from dbsefvanon In the night Reason
but .haa a relation to the more open plains or des
erts which form the habitual theatre of hie prowl,
inga and watchings h» the, African /continent. it
harmonises with ihe patched -grass'Of wifti the
yellow sand along which he steals towards, or on
which.he ties in.wait to spring upon a passing
prey. And a like relation to the place in which
other targe feline -animals carry on their predatory
pursuits may be traced in their different and char
acleriatlo markings. The royal tiger, for Instance,
which atalks or lurks in the jungles of richly
wooded India, is less likely-to be discerned as he
glides among the straight stems of the underwood,
by. having the lawny ground color of his coat va*
negated by dark, vertical stripes, than If.it were
uniform like the lion's. The leopard and panther,
again, which await the. approach of their prey,
crouching on the dd'isfretchdd branch of some tree,
derive a similar advantage by having their tawny
ground color broken by dark spots, like the leaves
about them.
(fir Thirst.—The power of the ru
minating animals to endore thirst or abstain from
water varies greatly in the different species, and
depends upon the organisation of the second cavi
ty of their complex stomach, called by anatomists
the “reticulum,” and by agriculturalists the “ho
ney-comb bag.” In some the cells are extremely
shallow,.and form'a mere pattern of.hexagons ; by
raised lines do the surface; in other species, these
Ujo criJs are deep; io
others ihe dfep cells are subJividadJnlo r ,»msJier
pqes; in
unjts, and in proportion (o their capacity for -re
taining fluid la the ruminant’s power of abstinence
from drinking 1 .
. Aob OF-AfttaißLS—Bears rarely cStcged lfreniy
years, a wolf twenty, a fox fourteen 'or sixteen.
The average age of cats is fifteen years, and a
squirrel or hare seven or eight years, and a rabbit
seven years. Elephants have been known to live
to the great age of 400 years. , When Alexander
had conquered Poruv, king of Tfidla’, he. took a
great elephant which had fought vpliftntly for the
dtingand named him Ajax, dedicated him to (he
sun, and let him go with this inscription— “Alex*
andet, (he son of Jupiter, bath dedicated Ajax lo
the sun.” This elephant was found With this in
scription 33ff years after. A hdh»o has been
known to like to the age of seventytfwo, but aver
age 65 lo 3U* Camels.sometimes live lo the age
of 100. Cows live about, fifteen -year*.- ‘ Swans
have been known to Jive 300 years ?j>ellcau& are
long lived.
True or the Morpino Sono or Binbs.— l One ‘if the
most curium exarripfel) bftlio apparently (rifling pur- 1
suit* of icientifio men hsS Won exhibited by one of
(ho most esteemed members of tho Academy of
Sciences of Paris, M. DureaUdq .la IJc was
anxious to ascertain oil rvlist hour different birds
begun (heir morning bong; ho IherefoVe', from the
Ist of May to the fith of July, made observation*.
Which ho regularly published. It appears that far
thirty years tills vlftllunt 'naturalist wont lo bed at 7
o'clock in the evening ond rose »( midnight, during
Spring and Summer, and. that this eccentric habit
was for scientific purposes. It teeth* thdl Iho.con
oert is opened about on'o Vi’ctdeh-, by Ihb chaffinch,
tn'd that the ijWrrdw Ip the lafciosl bird, not leaving
Ids heil 'Until ftVo o’clock. In the intermediate
hours, at marked InleVvnls, which M. de U Mullo
has carefully noted down* other birds commence
their natural.melody'. He has shown, on more, than
one occasion, that tho different birds haVe mistaken
artificial light fot the downing of day, and that a
suluV lamp has awakened the )UUe choristers.
©be
VARIOUS USEFUL RECEIPTS.
Italian lemonade Ib made thus—Two dozen
lemons should be peeled and pressed, and tho juloo
poured on tho peels for twelve hours two lbs. of
loaf sugar, a quart of sherry, and three quarts of
boiling water should theo bo addmi. After well
mixing add a quart of boiling milk, and strain
through a Jelly beg.
Lesion Sponge.—Dissolve eh ounce end e quar
ter of isinglass In half a. pint of boiling water;
sweeten to your taste. When nearly cold add the
Juice of three lemons and the whites of three eggs;
put all into a very large pan, and whisk them to
gether until, they become white snd tho consis
tence of light epongo; if then put into a mould
or glasses it. will be fit for use the same day.
The sugar should bo rttbbo’d on the peel of the
lemons.
To Toast Cheese.—Cut the cheese In slices
of mUderiile thickness, end put them In a tinned
saucepan with a little butter end cream ;i simmer
very gently until quite dissolved { then remove it
from the fire, allow it;to epol ;a. little, add souno
yolk of fgg well beaten, make It .Into a shape,
and brown before the Hro.
Potato snow.— Choose the whitest pbiatoes,
put thorn in dold water, when they begin to crank
strain off tho water; and'pui rhein Into a'oleon
stawpoivby tho aide of thp flro till they are rjulte
dry Und fall to piebos; 'tub, them through a wire
siovo on ibo dish they are to bn sent upTn.
To ooofc Po+ETOEk.iiiSbt Ihß potatoes oh a fire
without paring theca, in bold; water, lot them half
boll, then throw some salt In and a pint of cold
water and let them boll, again until almost done)
potit off me waters pul a;cloth over, and then the
Uaaebfkn never,,and act them by the firs to steam
1 until ready. • ... . ,
iTIMOFjS.iHiai
NO. 40.
o bn o as woe.
PnorcttioNAL.—Ah Editor,at ajdihneMabie,l»elog
asked if he would take some pudding, he replied,
“ Owing to a crowd of other matter, I am unable to
make room for It." • .....
Winter, which strips the leaves from aroupfl'pi,
makes usi see the distant-reglortslhoy formerly Amu
cealed; so docs old agp mb ua of our
only to enlarge tho prospect of the eternity bsfocw^W
Menand Pisii.—Men are as enaily caught Rsekbr
fish. All that is required is,a different kind ;ofbaHL,'
If you want to catch a young map, for instance, b«U<
iwlthbalido. If,you are after an old. sinner, fasten
tojdur hbokodotiblooD. ’ /
• LdVfc Vnd Law,—A young lawyer, who had paid’
court to a lady without much advancing his suit, ae*
bused her one day of being inicnsiblatotilepcneSr
lee*. “It docs.nqt follow,*' •hearclilyreplied,A*th|i
lam so, bcoaiiiko £ am nut tbl)e Won by the Miser if.
d Uorny." . ,- ‘ f
Motlißfes have'(ho first direction of the mind; scd.
If they acdustom Uto evil, by a positively .bad exam*'
plo, by wrong Instructions, or by leading the chUfT
to undervaloc truth and duty, tho evU conscqaeDCes
’may te endless. . ..
ETA Judge of the Sujwetoe “Churl of■■ ■'Wbtffc
addressing the bench; Observed, that tbs court 'only,
differed fromtbe Inferior courts in Matin* (it Uti
Tiir idea (bats plodder in one WjiinMt will fee A
leading character in another, ia all gammon. IXroyta
•Of men aro like droves of cattle;, the loadingdk'oftg.
day, will be the leading os duringthe wholb jbdnlby
—whfle the cattle that lag alohgfri the' rear at
•tart, will remain in lbs rear, to a'll fatally. :
P*afc, tho Afrlceo IraVeller.spetksof a treegVoW’*
ing in ilia interior of Attica, and which he calls thn
Butter'(roe, whose seeds by proimro afford a white,
firm, rich butter, which, even in tbal climate,‘wifi
keep q year without salt. ‘
'WianhN'a ago, dot b&d
’person In a thousand wore wove.Blockings; oneceor*
tury ago, not one person in five hundred worbihemt
now not one in a thousand ia without them; yet W|U
Horn Lea, (he inventor of the stocKing«ffame, could
get no person to patronize his invention, and died di
a broken hoait n
Good Advics.—Wo would have all youngiden to
Inquire what time their eweethearfa riae In the morn'
Ing, and how. they spend their days; and the young
women-to be just as inquisitive concerning theie
swains. It may not be very poetics! to bo thus pry*
ing, but |l may save a. world of trouble by*and<byj
Tut world would be more happy Ifpetaons gave
o'p'more time to on intercourse of friendship. -But
money engruaaes all-our dofferenco; and wo soardft
enjoy a aodial :hcrur, booauao we think'it ’bnlJtiVtiy
stolen from tbs. main buslneabroriife, r
. WKkNovr a man who ia so mean llialWbuttorto
his whirl collar with wafer*. Ho ia a near relation
lathe old codger who looks at his money through a
magnifying glass. By this means, he says a QUorlar
looks aa good aa a half dollar. ',
Ja stated tbal five hundred guineas bfivq
been offered for the privilege df advertising bn thb
hat pagp of the Catfaguo of (bo London BxnlbUlob.
Tbla heats Gonin or Dodge. ’ •>
. (O*TJw people dfLouisville- tro moving to ril<s
the necessary means to sund.p ariepipiSQ of.aa|lf#
growth to (ha Woiidts Fair,. T J i a y Wk.nf iT-rriiog
Portfcr, (beglanh «■ - • •*
•--ms;
•ay a—" Scream nd more at (bo peril of ynor own
soul. God warns yob by me, whom he has tel 6w
you.' Speak ‘with all yuflr heart, bat with a modmto
Voice."
, 03*tt was ah Yrislnhip who said that ■ (rot
llemawwillpevar look at the faults of* pro Ur wornth
without thatttftg his eyes, ,
T'ii'b expression of bossuet, to one who (ootid him
preparing one of hi* famous oration*, wllhlho Iliad
open upon his table, ia finely characteristic ortho
lofty and fnogplAcent gonVu* ofAhe toaW, »'t
have Homer beside toe* wfien 1 make toy MimodVt
I love, to light my lamp at the aan." - ,•
D'lsraeli, in hi* .‘‘’CaUmlllea or Author*," ipen*
linns a aliment who'deVo'lea hlmapirifdtftYdioaft/ to
the study of the Orlcnlial languages, a* entirely't*
forget hi* own J ■ . ,• . ;
A Lady, after hearing a very fippYesSiVe ifcratprf,
condemnatory of wickedness in every shape, coolly
oxclaimed, “VVelf, alter elf* 1 should like to eee ererjfr
oneol" r , , '* f ” J *
SrntLtoh, In 'dno of hia sermons, aayat “An upright
la olwaya easier than a, stooping pbalufe, because (k
la mote.natural, ahd one part la betiet supported by
nhOthori so it la easier to be an honeal man Iboh-i '
knave. It la alao more graceful," * >
(O'A waggish candidate coming, In Ibo coufaeof
his canvass, to a tailor’* shop, •* id: **What we |ook
for here are measures, not men." - , L
Daoon and creeks, once upon a lime', were regard*
od in Virginia and Tennessee with a reverenee’se*
cond only to that fell for M tlie resolutions of *BB, ’Vw
When a person, allot,experimenting upon other ajleli*
ca, comes hack tb bacon and greens, ll la called rb*
lurhing to Aral principles. 1 1 •'*
“ CeuWonVeaya DArllott, "waaalwayalho cbm*
pnnlonofwcak minds; Ills a plant that Minever
grow in a strong soil." i
‘AV ÜbM, aiowb of \Vurlemburg, onlho left bank
ofthu Danube, analla aro fed In 'jgrfcat quonlUlea for
various markets In 'Germany and Austria, but espe*
ciolty that of Vienna* where thwarp eileomeoy.
groat delicacy,alter having beed (W on strawberries*
A rooa fellow who owed md|pjr, and was often
sued, being rather out at the elbpws|a frljndgravely
remarked that ho was much surprised -to »ae 4 hliti
dressed so shabbily, as ho understood that' h* had*
rxtxo tuil almoat erery cay., •
(Scandal.— Pr. Johnion, being once lh fcompany
with tome teandahmongert, one of them htvlhg to.
cmed an nbaent friend of retorting to rbuge, ho ob.
served, «ll ia perhoptofler olljmubh better forelady
to redden her own chookt, than to blacken .other
poople’a oliaractert.” * ,’ s
- Wt gain hoiking by fa/tehood boll the dltadvuf*
logo «r not being believed when we.apeak the truth*
Tiickb le not a man beneath tho canopy of H«a,
ven. however chiatu and moral lie may be, should
hie faults be written In plain and Indelible characters
illfon hit brow, but what would bluah with ehSftt/U.
H»w quickly, too, would be draw bla£at down ovoT
hit eyee, to hide (heee faulla (Vein ttiowotldl Iloqr
Iruol t , V ,
tk (be oondition of man U frequently happono lliql
grief and anxiety He .hid under the golden robot of
protperlty, anil (ho gloom of calamity la phpered by
•eorel radiation* of hope and comfort ; at, In’tlib
work* of nature; the bog la tomeilmet covered witli
flowsre, and tho mlro concealed In the barren oregf.
I+ittloT by great d*ede.liko those cf the rtiartyra,
that good la to bo dune; lU»by tho dally and quiet
virtues of ChrlaUttMLtcmpch tho meek ■ for*
heafince; the tplrll of forglTfptoa, in tholmWanij,
the ‘wife, tho (other, tho mothetvfhpJ brother; the bjti
ter,'lUa friend, tllb neighbor, (hot to bb dbhil
iko enow, tlib eofter it fullt, tho longer it
dwells \ipooV and the deeper U ainke into tho bind.
A men's life la a tower willl a ttaUetM oC miny
slept that, a* lio loilelh upward, crumble■pqnip\jyeV
behind him. , • .
Ad»iy-|lU?le.tho trial ,*fiMfooiplo. a
foe #n honeat wan. ‘
r'nkelb on
tkeetbd^^lyV^V