mp • ; ; ' '. • ;"^ mtn I VOL.. 37 V iiVv)T-.v.‘ IJOCtCCnI. - r-A c/viV-' roe okrwak or ooBtHs; “ton dbwkb dki«.” , s'i -;.ttWnk oflhi»o when on the shore i« dying i Tho sun's last ray; • . T think ofthco whon Aulum’s woods are’sighing !.'? ofdoy. • J,\- ; *l’ spe&k of thee when In the summer bower thy ynlco, when at the midnight hour '.• i Tho wind makes moan. *^ r - ; of tbee.'when maids are but a-Maylng, ■ .And e'krlknds twine; , orthee when rustic pipes are playing TAmld the kino. ‘ oflhee when In the hall are dancing - - L: ■■■•■'' The young hnd fh.tr; . . v - :s a- around, and see thy form advancing— , . o'*v^ 'Tho loneliest there. ’ by thee In closest lands united, ’ "‘•Though far away s*• , t „ .• , l ’ •-•’'V’Xnd ol\ renew the rows, we two had plighted, ; V?};J:s.' ?rAy, urany a day. «I THINK OF THIS IB*’’ T- •''"’S *|long (ortiiee, to call thee mine forever, .- M.* ;?* • My ]oy, my pride, V' JJor time nor space our hearts or minds can sever it-.*’* •• My spirit's brills I |||; Q a My brow is weary, hut t know, ? That all must share iho eup of woe, ■ - Ths haml that shasluns. blesses ton,. ||« will our spirit's strength renew; He, that so clothes the Hints fair, x. . Will, for Ills weary children care. ’ My brow Is weary, it must he; ■kv J know no friend from sorrow free; * * All seasons sorrow 1 are thy own," All hearts, thy cheerless, ebon throne; But stormy nlyhl will soon be past, The hours of midnight cannot last. From ttio Lancaster Gazette. MY BflOlV IS WEARYi 8T «RI. K. 1). WILLIAMS. My'brow Is weary, and I feel A grief, wliicb I may not reveal; is no place, however fair. > . But sorrow finds and nestles there; It comes nnd ybes without control, To sip the fountains oftbs soul. My brow Is weary. I would rest i From cares, whlcli have my brain opprest, *• They hover o’er my menial powers. . ’ As gatli’rinfr storms o’er mountain howls; i { ’My theme is sad, and I must rest. • Bleep calms the brow and soothes the breast. |P®a fiSte.''. • awp^«waittp«a.' THE MINER’S STRATAGEM. ' A TALE OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN MINES. Jopor Peru forms an extensive terrUory/situnted Eth and somewhat cast of Lower Peru, with which Stlmilales in aspect and productions. In 1778 it Separated by llio Spanish Government, and at ud to the Viccroyalty of La Plata ; but in .the of the late involution, it was severed from La iftftilso,and erected intoun independent Republic, lerHhe name of Bolivia. Potosi enjoys tiio grealei ■ any city In this region, but retains few truces J&V;•’ wealth which gained Tor it (Ilia celebrity. It the most elevated .city in the world, bo. than 13,000 fcot above the sob, consequently than the Penh of Tcneriffu. The mines Jjuve .♦gHKXiie ednso of lln unrivulcd wealth of this'conn.- • ore situated In (he inmost depths of the ’ “ Ab’dps, approached only by steps and perilous rands, ajvdUn mountain# which ronch the limits of perpetual silver muuntain of PotoM has hid no Mvaalfo' the world. It rises to the height of 16,000 about eighteen miles in circumference, and *,formp4 ,noB * ono Bnl ‘ ro mass of ore, and appears city dyed all over with a variety of metallic * tints, and is supposed to have produced JC250,000,• QOU'.lnqe ihc conqucst; yet it has sunk into such n •latipfdecay that, in the ten years ending in 1829, Annual produce has not exceeded j620,0U0. Oat 'J«(ltP00 miners there arc, probably, 100 at work at -IblPi™" 1 day* end (ho silver, fur some years past, extracted from the Urge piles of refuse of workings. It has been asserted that (ho ofPotosi; during its most flourishing slate, con* * population of 150,000, and in its proaent de- more than 10,000 inhabitants. (he commencement ofthe present hut previous to (he emancipation of Peru Spanish yoke, Dun Jose Rumin-z and Don 1 Mmiflis3rtllard 0 , miners, and natives of Andalusia, •MWsp utn, and arrived at (ho purl of Ariea, on .tbftftfWvj to Potosi, for the purpose of working sumo of lUpUmcroue silver mines, having brought with thqik* considerable capital, m cash, goods, quick* . ’ silver and mining implements. Alter a careful snr. vey of (he far.rumod “cerro," so justly celebrated for ha riches ip Europe, each purchased separate mines, and commenced working them on un extensive scale. i AfleHlw expiration of'several yours, the former be. eanift immensely rich by the result of his labors; but on the contrary, became, wretchedly poor, ’SRIMp* .n m. capital in his mjnes, and being ‘■fltapffibmbarraßscd with outstanding debts to a con. the workings having been unpro* dbetiTdv-: Inconsequence of this, ho resolved upon a ' atrattMßl to increase the value of his mine in op. ■; po«Tanc«* oml then sell it to Don Joso lor the highest nrioo-ba-could obtain fur it, and by so doing extricate T*nimsetf l>om all his difficulties. With this intent, loaded his gun with silver amalgam, (which, by . pressure, becomes very hard, and containing ; AMbttljqne.fiftli of its weight of the precious mala),) iq'rf. to the lowest purl of his mine,in (he 'aßseode'nf h\s men, discharged the contents into (he ♦dsepott-parl of its workings. The scattered particles gave tlio load ii rich silvery appearance} and nextd*y Hay he offered, U Cor sate, as. intended, to Don Jpse, the moyor-doino and head manager of his to survey and examine it ns to its probable r report accordingly. Tho rich and gill* Torlng silver amalgam dispersed by I lie discharge of the gun.stuck hard und fust among the stones and , :po6f arc o( tho vein, shilling like so much native-sil* »or» Completely deceiving liiu unsuspecting n^nnager, -/ vyho consequently gave u statement of the rninohfgh. . .}• favorable, informing his patron it was In •• bonifi. 1 hs*ing “plelt hlanoo o Is vista/* end which Jie feonaidcrod cheap at one hundred thousand dollars, . *whiWi mm was accordingly handed over to Don Mi* gqel. . With n portion of the amount ho paid off his Bftblf,Vnd with tho remainder ho made a husty ro ufMtlothe coast, whore ho embarked on board a •VtWjl ,m tho point ofsaSllng for Chili. On his ar. iVtnlst Valparaiso, ho was undecided what line of Attonducl lo’pursuo.or where to go, being much In- KiibU«d to return to his nutlvo.hind, but not wishing h 3towlurn poorer.than ho hud left it, beesuse there was - ' of disgrace in old Spain attached to any Vi,; *jnn{ard arriving from Mexico or Sooth America, v - such circumstances; and, accidentally hearing ■ '- : v t3is? wossomo probability of succeeding in mining ' ; n the neighborhood ol Coplnpo, ho dolor. • 'vM to make a trial in that place, with tho hope of /iSMßwooess In future, On his arrival ol tho then ' desert, and miserable purl of Copiopo, ho pro v WHKIq tho villa ofthM nnmo.Bpmo twenty longues ' 'irt in an easterly direction from the coast Cordillera, and a (b.vv.days ofterward to the mineral district of Ban Antonio, whore ho bought a silver mine, and commenced working it (0 tho ox. oopitsl permitfcd. At that dale, end pro- Wqiyly, the Spaniards principally forked rninos of ffOiiT rtrid copper in this, district, as'tho old mines .i?fiuod end about and in sight oftho oily of Coplnpo j ' ' . «dbty testify. Some few silver mines wore worked, r l n general were little attended 10, so much so, ..y&Tx: 1 - that even tho proceeds, ip 1831, are said nofto have jw’crugcd more than 30,000 murks (of eight ounces) ' but a great change has taken place since period, for now mines,of gold orp almpat.entirely Spmo few of qoppyr aro,sl]|l worked, but with anything bdf profit, on account of tho of wood for amclling the ores, tho dearness of provisions, which have to bo brought from Valpa-j caisoandthe more southern parti of Chill, the want of water, and difficulty, to say nothing of tho ex. | pcnee, of land carriage over desert districts. In one instance, it Is well known, some thousand! tons of ores had lain, for some years, at the mouth of a mine, I which, for want of rain, and consequently forage for. the mules, It was Caund Impossible to remove and } carry to the port for embarkation. The working of, silver mfaefc,-of. late years had been more attended to. and-the exportation of that'metal has now. In-j creased to more than.lso,ooo mark? annually. | In tho mean time, year aflor year rolled on, but Don Miguel mot with no better success than he hod previously done in tho “ cerro" of Potosl; yard after yard was excavated, producing some *< manthua y plomos” of silver, sufficient to Induce him to proceed; but Insufficient to pay the necessary expenses; onid os hli capital wosjUminiahing, and his debts Increa sing, ho clearly saw himself again, fast hastening to rain. He was also unhappy, for the deceit he had practiced on bis countryman and ftiend, which ho deeply regretted and sincerely repented, preyed upon his mind and spirits, so much so, that although »m* pehdlng ruin stored him In the face, he detoriniaod never to adopt tho same stratagem again. The poverty of Don Miguel by this time became notorious, and he was talked of and pointed at as a 'poor and unfortunate minor. To avoid being arrested I for debt, he gallopped backward and forward oa the “cerro," from the mine to tho v.illa, and from Coplapo to tho mineral.ofSan Antonio. v During these rapid journcys; he always slopped at the ropcho, or hut, of an.old Indian woman, about halfway between both places, for the purpose ofbroalh’mg his horse, taking his “yorba mate,” and smoking a cigar. She never omitted to enquire. how the work of the mine‘'pro oecded,and from him plainly understood ho was un* i happy, and oh the verge of ruin, unless some very extraordinary good luck turned up, and the mine bo. : came suddenly rich, which, yard after yard, he bad 1 been anxiously but vainly expecting. “Never mind, Don Miguel,” said tho bronzed old woman, “you i shall have a mine yet that will make you a rich man, , notwithstanding all your presenl (roubles, and which i wilt not only enable you to pay all' your debts, but leave you a rich mail into the bargain.” These re | marks, so often repeated, only drew q deep sigh from Don .Miguel; and although there was an earnestness I in the (one and manner of the old woman, little nr no ‘ attention was paid to them, arid (hey ftoro nosooner uttered than forgotten, • At length sho dlcd some, whht suddenly, and on her death bod charged her only son (a woodcutter, who gained his livelihood by car. rying wood from the cerro to the (own,) to inform tho unhappy Don Miguel, what she had always intended to have done herself, (for from tome unknown motive, or perhops former kindness, she was grateful to him, apd determined to save him from what he freely confessed waalncvitablo ruin,although she well know her doing so would meet with the disapprobation of all bef Indian race,) that, in the cerro of Chauarchilb, some eighteen or twenty leagues to the southward and eastward pf tho town of Coplapo, there existed a silver vein, unknown to ohy person except and her son, and which site had often referred to in (heir conversation, when he called to real himself In her lint. during his numerous journeys (o and from the mine dhd tho villa. . - The soni In compliance with the charge of his dy. mg mother, made known hot wishes oh this subject lo Don Miguel, who immediately accompanied him to Ghunarcilla, for the.purpose of inspecting the lade already mentioned; bufcwlih little expectation of see. mg anything liko.ils boasted riches; bat what must have been his astonishment on* hie arrival at the "cujnbre" or purairut of the hill, Ip And a solid mass of silver, standing about (wo feet above the.surface of the stony ground, with a cross rudely carved oh (he metal. Tradition says (he knowledgoofthis vein had been handed down in the family from father to son, and from generation to generation; who each in his turn vowed, on kissing'the cross, never to make known or discover its situation to a white man. The once surrounding, “caxa” or.walls of the lode, after a succession of ages, had decomposed and fallen from the silver, which stood alone, a, beautiful and splen. did sight to the astonished, unhappy, and almost broken hearted old miner, who'gszod on in silence upon tho white, metallic mess, fie returned Imme diately to tho.(own of Copiapo, whore ho took out a "pcdimonlo" or document without loss of limo, giv. Ing him a logs) right to tho discovery, and.called the mine 4 Lni Dcscubridoro,* by which name it has long been known in Chanareilla, and up to the present day .retains its fame for the abundance of rieh'silver' ore It produces, From.this dale, Dun Miguel became o rich und un altered mail, and the nervous debility ofboth budy rind mind with.which he had been fur sumo years afflicted, caused by poverty, distress and anxiety of mind, 101 l him' entirely. The discovery ofauoh immense riches in tho cerro of Chunaroilto, soon spread fur and wide Over the southern end neighboring districts of lluusoo and (Toquimbo, and also to the province of Cayo, on the eastern sided tho Cordillera do los Andes, ono of the "united" provinces ofßucnds Ayres, where it is said, in La Rioja und Fumatina, rich sliver mineral de. posits have been mot with. ' Fmm 5,000 to 6,000 persons from tho provinces suon hurried'to (he spot, whore they lived under the temporary tents, un o part of the hill, which, in the mineral of Chunarollla, it called a LasCapaa” to this day. Large masses of rich native silver, of an almost incredible size,.were, found hy those persons in every direction, si the fool as well as at (ho summit ofthe ••corbo;’* and the' embarkation of bar silver, (nearly pure) from Copiopo to Valparaiso, has, since this die. covery, and 01 tiers of a more rooent note, amounted to little short of. 900,0.00 marks (of eight ounces each,) annually! and, os sumo thousands of persons oio ul present aotuolly. employed looking for, and finding new mines, that amount is gradually inertias, log.' Probably no single mineral in Peru or Mexico, during the present century, bus yielded such an abundance of rich silver ore in so sharia period; much of which, it Is well Known, produeod 75 per 1 cent, of silver, the largo pieces of which (some of . them from throe to four, quintal*,) were so solid as ' to require blasting with powder to break them asiim i dcr, ond only * milling and pouring into mbdlds to form ingots—tho quality of which, by essay, was nearly pure, Don Miguel,much regretted the untimely death of his old Indian friend, and gave her son what is called a “doble” in the mine, that is, permitting him to work one ofthe richest galleries of the mine fora given time, with as many hands as ho could there put to work, which, alter the expense of extracting, carriage by mules to the vlllaofCoplapo, and, amalgamating In that place, produced him sixty thousand dollars, clear of these expenses. With this amount In silver, he Iqfl Copispo, and arrived at the capital, Santiago do Chili, lor the purpose of selling It, and enjoying himielfin seeing the world, whoro, fulling Into Uio hands of soino gamblers, lie soon lost five U r six thou, sand dollars in one evening, and, to avoid bring fur. ther entangled in their meshes, he tea the city for the porl of Valparaiso, to which place throe of thorn .followed. Knowing the amount he had brought with him from Coplapo, and, .being, on the look, out, they met him, ns they pretended, accidentally in tho street, and Insisted on his dining with them, when ho was induced to drink wind too freely; and, cards being aaorwards introduced; ha was fleeced of every ro> muining dollar before daylight, next morning. Bor rowing two or three doubloons from, a, friend who know his circumstances, he returned (o lluosco,where he soon after died df mortification ond vexation at the folly of his conduct In being so easily duped '• Don Miguel did not forgot his former friend, Don * Jose Ramirez, and, as soon as .his circumstances i permitted, wrote to him, requesting, he wenld'drew, , l,pon him, at sight, fur 100,000 dollars and interest, the amount received from him for the sale of the ' mine ho provlfinslysold him In tho “oorro” of Po* I tosi j at the sumo lime explaining that he know the ) mine was of no value at the tlmo he bought it, and i that now, having the moans- to refund the money, r ho wftszesdy and kn*iout to do so ss sopn as, posst* t blo. t ink (fiend was much surprised at the nature j of euch a communication, and replied that ho must i have been much mistaken, fur ho had not proceeded CARLISLE, ; X’A j THU lIS D AY> MARCH 27, 1851. more than a yard in the' different workings before ho met, with an l, alcauso M of* 1 plain blanca a la vista,” or bar silver, and that he had drawn an im mense quantity 6f riesh ore from tho'mine, which was one of the best irtld ‘tH'oaf valuable in’nil the I mineral of Polbsl.; that he had long"wished and had been desirous lb add double or treble the amountho {had formerly paid for It} and that he would hava { advised Him sooner to that purpose but could never ascertain his whereabouts, or how to address him, it 'having been reported.ho had gone to Mexico,or re | turned to old Spain, completely disgusted with min ing adventures.' A further correspondence took place, which was succeeded by an interview, at which a mutual fend full explanation took place of) what had occurred to each other during their ab sence, when both agreed to sell their mines, and wind up their affairs. ‘ Don "Miguel employed Uio moat extensive ** vltron,” or Amalgamation establish, men!, in tho villa'of. Coplapo, to extract tho silver from some oro remaining in his house.in. the suburbs of the villo, which took forty-fiveday,%,lo,accomplish, and which 'produebd him fifteen thousand marks of silver pura, worth about £30,000 sterling; they then determined to return (o old Spain, nnd soon after they left the West Coast for Cadis,j?hero they arrived in safety. . From (he Newark Daily Advertiser. A SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION. Vou ask me. love,-how many times'. I think of cun. a clay; I frankly'answer, only once; And mean Just what Isay. /You teem perplexed, and somewhat hurt, But wait, anil hear the rhyme { Pray, how con ons do more than ones. What oho does all the lime t ’ TUB FATAL JOKE, BY IfBLCN C. OAO*. I was once present* where, a small part; of < young persons were warm); discussing the sub- 1 Jectof practical.joking. After a long and inter- ; esting debate* the question seemed about to be ; decided in its favor* when a gentleman whose singularly melancholy and dejected oir, at once attracted our attention* related lhe following etory: In my young days, I-Was remarkable for tuy fondness of practical joking* even lb'such a de gree that I never allowed a good'; opportunity to pass unimproved. ; ‘ ’* , bly orphan cousin, Robert, to whom I was fond ly attached* was a different nature from this.‘ He was sober* sedate and gVave, almost, lo a faun, very thoughtful and vefy.bashful. This- stupidi ty* as I called it* was often a ehqck upon my, nat ural gaiety, and it was epldomibal I could Induce him to Join my though he isome times did, merely .to gratify me. Poor Robert! the green turf of his native valley, on .whose bo som the fairest flOtvere-lhal New England could boast of, have blossomed*, withered and passed away to eternity, ]qaving;>ehirid them a halting impress of their lovejlnros, now covers his moul dering ashes. Yesf Robert. is dead, and lam the unhappy cause of hlr unlirpely end; and the cir cumstances of which will servo to convince* you! of the folly of “ prapuCaLioklngJ 1 . _ 1 * It. Was I~.l v vcorng--in-Sopthat’ Robert and myself retired, to our,room to talk over the exciting scenes of the dfly, for It was the night after the election, nnd'a fine holiday it had.been to us. 1 had just reipmed-from to seme friends in the city fl pnd had, of course, brought with me many curiooa thiifgs which Robert had, never seen or heard of. Among them was n mask, the use of which.l explained to my unsophistica ted cousin, who laughed ahd wondered why people could wish to look horribly enough to wear ono. 1 was in my ghyest mood, just ready, for an ad? venture* and seeing he was disposed to make fun of my niask,T proposed an experiment. “ Whall” exclaimed my cousin, “you donut intend to wear It to bed do you V “ Far from it," 1 replied, “it Is you should wear the mask* not 1. l am quite ape enough without U.” , . “ A very just, remark, indeed,” he. observed gravely. . - ' I hud never seen him in a better humor, and I thought it beet to unfold my plans at once. At our next door lived a worthy gentleman,, with whose daughter my cousin was already smitten. That’very night, as wo passed by, oh our retprn frdmlhe village, he had called and bade her good night, and received in return one of the sweetest smiles from the happiest eyesand most charming lips I ever beheld. 1 was- his bosom friend; and to me fie always entrusted Ui»secretß,.(aUiß! .how little have 1 deserved'such confidence,) yet ho ai ways blushed when I spoke of Julia. Some evil spirit, 1 know not what olsb it could have been, prompted me, when 1 proposed to have a little sport, at her expense; My plane were j|, e ae—He was to dress himself in a suit of clothes to correspond with the mask, which hy the. way, was the most frightful looking thing I ever saw, repair to the dwelling of Vis friend, and call her to the door by rapping. I-wds to stand near to witness the result and participate In the Joke. Ho blushed, hung down his head, and of-odnrsb refused. I had expected (Ms, but flattered myqelf that I could easily pursunde him to the contrary. It was, however, a harder task than I anticipated, for his unwillingness seemed greater than- ever, the reason 1 readily understood. 1 pdhM and p’shaw'd, and Anally threatened to expose to all the boys his cowardly disposition, as I pleased to term it, and tender feelings towards Julia, which as yet, none of them had discovered. 1 This last argument proved more successful than the other, for he well knew that 1 never suffered idlest throat to remain unfulfilled; and tho fear of being laughed at, besidea betraying that which he most wished. to conceal, conquered, and | yielded though reluctantly his, consent. At that | moment, I even exulted over mv triumph, though I hrtve often wished ray lips had been struck dumb before 1 uttered ihoss Words that Braird the niter fate of two pure beings. But in my thounhiless ness I rushed heedlessly on In whatever I under* took, regardless of consequences. My wildt.reok* less spirit hnd never been.lamed. Finding there was but one alternative, and (hat to submit cheerfully (o tpy whim, he suffered him* self to bo arrayed as my fancy suggested, with good grace, nnJ oven laughed qh!|e heartily as I added* garment after garment, in order to make him look na frightful as possible; yet after all. I could seo that hits mind was ill at ease, and half condemned myself, for being the, cause ol his un, happiness.. ‘ . When at length all was arranged to my, satis faction,'! placed the horrid mask overhls face and led him to tho mirror. Ho started back and Invol-' untarily. placed his hand' to Ms head, as If to lake it away, but my‘lnference; prevented* He? even pleaded.thallho.pqnaltyj had threatened to Inflict, in case.ho refused, to go, might be spared him, Bul.l was.inexorable.l was anxious to see the result, am| the.delay oiysfcd by Ida unwillingness vexed me. ' ■ ~{ ' i ,,i ' A'renewal of) my throats ofexposnro succeeded in remdvlngfall obstacles, and we immediately set aboutnur. adventure, .Cautiously as/.thioves wo crept through (lie yard, and each look ela* lion, Uoberl at (he door, and I at the.windovv near* Bfll bim. ~ . .I : . . ’ Thu ourlein tyas.patjly, jjrawn e^ide,,eo } that V opuld easily distinguish every, object in tho.robni. AsThhdanticipated she waa'aloiis, The domes tics had retired, and I know the old father (co-well to Relieve that he wan any where, but id the arms, of.So.mnus; for ho was oDe,of those sensible per sona whose maxim was—“ Early to!bad and early to flse.” '{alia— and I shall never forget how lovely aba was—sal beside a small table in the centre of (he room, apparently deeply absorbed in a book. • Her fair hand Supported ther. head, and !her hair fell gracefully down upon her nerk in beautiful, naui rai ringlets, Khe had a delicate wild fl -wer, thai had budded and blossomed under the abater of f . father’s roof, and the sunshine of gladness and the.dews of affection, had ever lighted and cheered i her way. V V. ’ * • I At length I gave the signal, and a ioadrpp was given. She paused for a moment, listened alien liveljivond then laying down her book, arose and approached the door. As she opened.it the mask stepped boldly in, according to my .directions. Hpvf-ehall I describe the scene, that followed 1 Even now I shudder to'think of iti- Instantly all earthly-hue fled from her face, and with a piercing shriek, she staggered back a few puces, and fell heavily on (bo floor. Quicker.than lightning, I sprang through (he doorway,and knelt at her side. I grasped her wrist, its pulsation had ceased! 1 placed, my hand upon her.heart;, (hat also was still! 'She was dead! I «n recall .little else thai took place that night. Tho domestics, who slept in an adjoining room, had been awakened, by that terrible shriek, and eaifte rushing in to learn the cause of the uproar. I could not have spoken, oven had explanation been necessary. I was overwhelmed 'With grief and.self-condemnation. 1 could only point.at the lifeless,form,of poor Julia and the mask. Which Robert had lorn from hie face and dashed to the floor. He stood gazing at me, with a cold, vacant stare* that I but too well understood. Morel can-' nOlTeroember. , 'lW 4 days passed, and I awoke fronp a raving delinyp. My first inquiry was for Robert. They ledfhtm to my bedside; but oh, what a change! I stretched out my clasped Hands, in an agony of gr|ef rind remorse, to implore his forgiveness.. He neither moved nor spoke; but that same unmean ing, stare drove home to my heart, the fearful con victing. Alas ! he was a hopeless idiot! Klfiei-n years have elapsed since that never-td- era of my life, 1 never have, I never can 1 forgive myself for having been the cause of so rd.oeh misery,‘though 1 have sought and hoped for forgiveness on high. I never can look Upon a rn&Sk without n shudder, or hear its Use denounced without alluding fi my experience. And you, fty yn'nnz friends when you are templed to play opoo oiliers, I am sure will stop to consider, (Hal. seems so innocent end Harmless, may, per haps, in the end, prove a “ fatal joke,” A LONG PRATER, Rcr*. DAHiir. Hoardwan, v*. an Indian Pow.rrow v Ini DoForrcst’a now history yf the Connecticut find the following accounts of a strife between Res. Mr. Boardmed, an ordained minister at Now Milford, Cl., in the'year 1716, and an Indian pow.wow for the mastery in making themselves licoH over the sick bed of Waramaug, a sachem of [one New Milford tribes. The, po.W wowa^na werc -n order pt«caV* hood; Ciiicd diseases among their people by dressing themselves in the skins of animals in the most fright* ful manner, and then gojng into the presence of a sick person, performing various machinations aeoom* P«nicd by yelling, grimaces, and such other capers as B'tvAgeSsiii could Invent, fur the purpose of rcslor* leg the sufferei (o health again. The wifp of War* amaog, together with all the Indians of the tribe, "were bitterly opposed to the English religion, and exerted their utmost influence to keep the .sachem true to the faith of llreir ancestors.** Board man being once at the bedside of the sick chief, the letter asked Mm to pray, a poW.wow near by .was instantly called in by Waramaug** w|fe and statioried at the donrto couhlcracl by his tantrums the minister*# efforts. The account ran thus:— u Tbs pow wow immediately set up a prodigious shouting and howl* ing; Mr. Boardmsn prayed louder, eo that (he tick man might hear him pbove tho din; each raised his voice more and more at ho went bn; the Indiana gathered 'round; anxious for the success of .their champion, tho. paw*wow was fully determined to ; tire out the' blaok.cnal, and Mr. Ooard/nail. wss ■ equally resolved that he would nol-ho put to silence 1 in his duly hy lhis son.of Bulla). The.indomitable ’ minister eflcr'wnrde declared that, according lq the 1 best of hit belief, ho preyed three hourt without stop* ping, before Victory declared in his favor. The > paw-row, completely exhausted with hie effiirts, : gave one Iremertdovi yell by way of.coveting.his i retreat, thod took to his hods and novar slopped ’ until ho was cooling himself up to his neek Ji> the > (lousalonio.** Probably the good minister did not tskc'lbr his text in this Instance—“ they shall nbt.be I heard for their much speaking.'* An Artist 1 * Drkam.— Power*, the- sculptor, who i» a native of Woodstock, Vl., in 4 late, letter tu his J cousin, Dr. Thomas K. Powers, of that place, narrates ’ a youthful drcam.of- his own—-which-probably *ug- 1 § rated his world renowned strips of the Greek ‘ live. Referring in his letter to -tbe-foot that the ' states hod been exhibited Ip his native town, liasoy* that its exhibition there almost fully realizes ah oft ■ teprealed dream which occurred to him many lime* and for years, commencing when ho was a child, ! residing on the banks of the Quebec, and that it .fol lowed him after ills removal to 'OMo, and until the ' lime bp commenced modelling-hi* statuary; tie 1 sdy* he saw In'his dream, across the Green Moun tsim Stream ipentioned and from hi* father 1 * -house, a white female figure, exceedingly beautiful,'atanc* ing on n pillar or pedeatai. X.t did not aeem to po*. seas life, and -hi* boyish fancy ;waa perplexed with the radiant as he had.never seen anything like lt, and had no idea of a statue. He often at. tempted to approach it in hope of being able to makt? a more distinct observation, but the water was d<|sp and the. current ropld.and he was never able to pro. , cure n nearer view than was afforded bim froro the ’ west bank of' the river. “ TT* In'ths 16<h chapter of If. Chronicles, may be found the fallowing severe allusion (o>a professional filling, which, very Jncorreody, U aappoeed to bats an existence at (he present tlnjejf— “Hi* disease'was exceedingly great, ve! In hi* dliaasa lie sought not (he Lord, but iht Phytiehni, And A*a SLixr With hi* fathx**." " A Stout or th* War nr 1812.—Co). Preble tolls un of nn Instance of sharp shooting which la Worth repenting. HosUtee that one of the “rank and file” under hi* command onoa discharged six shut at a barrel roiling down a hill, Ha being at (he bottom of the hill. Upon the barrel reaching the bottom of the hill, U was.examined, and no mqrk of n bullet wtts discovered upon it, where, upon his oomrndes'began to. ridicule him. Ho, however, very onoly dialled them to shake , the barrel, by doing which they found that the bullets ware. Inside—the. whole six having entered the bunphoie, at which point be had aimed. , Sknsibu Hdasc*.—Latng, in hi* travels in Nor way.soy*, that the horses in.(bat country have *, very,•cnslhle;way of inking .thpjr 'food. Inatuadof swilling themsolvo* with q pallful, of water at.a draught, rio doiibt from (he fearqf not gelling any again, and then overgorglng themselves with dry food for the aims 'reason, they! havo n bucket of. water put down bosidft their allowance.of hay. It is •musing, to icq. with what rcliththsy tqkei a sip of. one apd a mouthful of the other.' alternately, some-1 limes'only moistening tholr nlouth as a* rational being, dp wJmIo caliMg,vdlnaer of auch dry food. A brokohwlnded horso la;»oai‘cely.oversown In Norway. i .TttB''PLA.GLB OP LOOf »Tjli The, Buffalo] Commercial Advertiur publishes a letter front Mr. Brown, U. S. Consul, el Tangier®, sketching a "visit by Locusts'* to the land of the Mooffc ‘ ' The northern province* of Morocco are eomellme* visited ;by locusts io such'number* a* materially to injure vegetation. Their ravages were witnessed a tew year* ago in the neighborhood of Tangier* At that time the locust first appeared in the. winged form, and did not commit much injury, but eettiing along the eea coast, deposited their eggaapd died* Sumo months afterwards (in July) the grub first ap* peared, and waa about the size of what is commonly called the aht.liob. By several European residents at Tangier, a price had been set upon each pound of eggs procured by tho natives, and many thousand pounds weight ware, by this meant, destroyed. But this was of no avail—lt was a drop of water from the ocean; for aoon the whole face of the country was blackened by columns of these voracious insects; and as they marched on in their desolating track, neither the loftiest barriers, water, nor fire, daunted them. Quenching with their number* the hottest fire, the rear of the dreadful columns passed over the devoted bodies of those who. had preceded them.— Across ditches, streams or rivers it waa the same.— On, bn (hey marched, and as (he foremost rank* of the advanced columns were' drowned, their bodies formed (he raft for those (bat followed; and where there seemed ' most resistance to their progress, (hither did the destructive Insects appear to awarm in (he greatest number*. Our European resident at Tangier, tho Consol General for Sweden, who pososie* a beautiful garden jin tbo neighborhood, abounding with, (he choicest I flowers and shrubs of Europe and 1 Africa, waged for a long time successful war. against them* His ex tensive garden had tbo advantage of a high wall, and outside this barrier hq had stationed laborers, hired for tho purpose of destroying, tho invading columns. Often did the Moslem* shako their heads, and predicting sooner or later, (lie destruction of his garden, exclaim against tho.wickcdness and folly of (he Nacareno in attempting to avert the decrees of fait. At one lime it had been Imped (hot this beau tiful spot,, a favorite resort of the Europeans, had been saved, for whilst *ll around had. boon rendered desolate, the garden continued in a luxuriance of vegetation. Bui Hie daf soon oimp, Iq which the Moslems predictions were to be fulfilled* The locusts,ceasing tn he caroling grubs, put forth thefr wings and took flight. Myriad* and, myriads, attracted by the fresh, ness, alighted on the pasia of the desert, and In a lew hours every green blade, disappeared, the very bark of tho fruit trees being gnawed in spoil a manner, as to render them incapable of producing fruit the en suing year., . . At length a favorable wind having arisen, the lo custs look flight from around Tangier, and the sky was darkened by their countless host*. Vast num bers of them were driven into tho aea, as. shoals of their putrid bodies, washed back up<>o the beach, gave evidence. It not (infrequently happens that the offensive odor of the dead bodies of this Insect castes very bad contagions fevers. ■ The female locusts, when full of eggs, become an article of food with the Moors. They are boiled in saltwater lathe same manner as shrimps, which 1 they resemble .in taste,'but It require* some rssolu lion at first to get the your mouth.— ! Wheirtrrtho grub ««Tc, they “it* greedily devoured 1 by the wild boar, the jackal, fog andolhcf wild ani pials,and .orv .taking wing they.’aro attacked by storks, hawks* and almost all life feathered Iribei . CotfsroDoßß StocXton's Rad Srxxc(t.-—The /fait terdon (N- J.) Cantttt )• feiponsibio for the follow, ing story: . On the afternoon of the day of his.election Com. Stockton, feeling grateful for the honor be had won, invited his friends to repair to Cunningham’s Hotel, where ho had liquors of all kinds at their disposal.— A largo number accepted tho.lnvitation; and In the course of the oxlnllrating performances, the Commo dare made quite a lengthy speech, in which he promised to do a great, many good things .for his constituents. , At the close of the a'ddreit.a rough* looking customer, whose face betokened him a dev* otce of the bow), approached the new Senator, and slipping him familiarly on the shoulder, said, in ao off-hand-manner,- •• That ’ere speech of yearn, Commodore, was de cidedly a bud *un.”- The Commodore, who thought, in Ills own mind, thotheh/id made the crack speech of. lit* life, was visibly confused snd taken aback uMhls unfavorable Biilulo,.and began to mutter a variety of excuses, among which such disjointed-phrases es “rather unwell’ 10-duy," "‘hand's out at speechifying," Ac,, were quite prominent. - “Oh, well," ssid'bly tormentor,": noticing his confusion end mortification, “ it don’t -matter much; the speech mfghf have done on an ordinary occasion —but the (ruth is, Commodore, that on such a one as this *ero; W ought to hatt ohort opttektf mud long drink*!" . A new light suddenly broke npon the Commodore’s mind; ond tl Is almost needless (0 add that with head erect and stately bearing he Immediately intro duced hia philosophical-friend to the winei and other fixina 1 usually, comprised in a victor'* bill of faro, r ■ A Tcrriolc Sextos.—A passenger whpwsa on board the Autocrat at the. Ump of the collation with the opa hundred miles above New Orleans, has given the Louisiana Courier a brief description of-'the scene. The collision was at daybreak, weather clear,and thd whhlp wide Mis* eiseippi tor a.channel.■; All this deck passengers, thirty, in number, one .engineer, and. three cabin passengers Were lost. No names glvbn- There wore eight ladies, all of whom were saved. The Autoolrat Sunk In ftvemlnntes, in deep' water; * 44 A Mr. Ferguson, we dp not know his place of > residence, but understand hit father ii landlord of * the Gayora House. Memphis, snatched his child ► from the arms of bis wife, And ran to fh* foreoas • i)e, leaving hia wifej in the wildness of his alarm, » fn the ladles* dabln. Ho stood by ugd moment. and mads such appeals ip save himself and child. 1 trust In God 1 never mey have occasion to hear 1 again. Wo' got him somewhat calm and quiat, and for which ha slopped to thank us; hut the neat moment ths cry that “wo are lost** was heard, and indeed it Was cruelly true with them, for h«* attempted in leap to the Magnolia, and fell with his child into the pitiless element to rise no more. His wife was saved, and as she stood on the shattered wreck watching with tho wildest eagerness for' the husband and child, she saw a man struggling in the water whom she supposed to. be him. By manino yells and distracted ap peals she induced attention to tho, drowning man. and by power almost superhuman hn was rescued, „nd when be reached tho boat the lady felt.round him with her arms, and thunked Gad for the .sal vation of her husband F° or * Hapless widowed woman! she Awoke from a sad and cruel dnAm, clinging with frenzied tnnaoity to tho neck of him who was another's. You may partially Imagine surrounding scenes when 'the gentleman thus saved remarked lhhl he almost Wished indeed It had been her protector instead of himself. 1 * A Good }ttk,-*Punduatiun nf Signs .Tha Prefect of Pojice 6T Peris tins Just. Appointed a committee.to revise all the signs in that city, and lo havo the'Pi qll crossed, ihp p* all dotted, and, the stops in the right places. He asyfe, that'in hi*walks: around Mie city, ho. has> been' deeply | mortlfipd to observe ihn orthographic mistakes oh ibo slKn hnsrpi, whlchibo^hlnUs,willgiveforeig^ lers a oad oplnlon’of the literacy accomplishments of tho grocers, butobefs, shootnahefs and thread' dealers of the enpitsi. , • NO. . 'ft & writ Rcutor »ob.Bk;*:H«ad Aolul—a nietiH- aroHn# 0* that. If persona who are subject Iq a|oK beidiobi, will look rteadjly for twoor.lbreeniinqteSiata-gleea, green silk, or other green. material* when (hey feel (he ipell coining orf,'ther eto (b|ew U off entirely. He has (riedit frequently* add knew il to fail.— Portland Adetrliter. . There la a man in.Ly.nn,whoxoliairb«elQnttftto bristle, inconsequence of hie having j)Ufchaac4.epeik of hogs hard eold to him for heir* graft**. Surely lh« Government, which interfere* in matter* ff (el* mo* ment, aught to.took after this, or (ho YCQ<fdrao.f Rqoh things may lake U into their headf(o*ell||poi*£ra*ra» and leather* become (he fashion ofth* day* '• -> (XJ'Fcmiles who have fed their mine)* wfyh tbf maxim* of fashion, fall into a deplorable void *# they advance In yean. The world forsake* them*ao4. their reason likewise depart*. ,The past tarnish** regrets; the present, vexalionsj’lho future, ftatfc Q3*Trmon says, when men they got.more, whalebone than women.and mbrdaofk fee bags than “tin,” About these ■void broom bandies, *'.* - Greenwood thinks Gen. Houston traUf I fill the Presidential chair pretty well—"only let hW be pot under bonds not to whittle the ■rmi ofl’V/ - Many, rears ago. when (he division line tv's* 1 raft between North and South Carolina, an plantation wts ollntted to South- CsrolliU.pWtMjr thanked God that the Curooiiasionersiud:pjfcM4liar in « warm climate! . ,i, exchange paper remsrkMhal tn.theto4ty* a good man’s earnings, brought home.day brdLay r .etft carried out of the hour,® on (lie bteke ot blii tera." Wonder If that's true f .. ..tw A eoB*onirnnK has been set- on foot (p,r«jW4 "Nineveh Fund,** to enable Mr. his reaearche»«*ths funds provided by (hb DHUMI Government being exhausted. Prince Alfa»rt,'t|)o Ear) of Ellesmere, and Sir J* Guest bave;euJim|(> scribed XIOO. The people of Jamaica «eem anxious that negroes from the United Stales should settle on (hit Island, - Offers are.mado ofnneiSate.nrtalid.vllh ft house on It. pasture, for one cow, and (0 centfe-dt? fur labor, to all who may emigrate, ‘ * J ‘ . oCj*lfwo would travel by a side road wo moat be content to pay the turnpike's.!-V . .. StßfwxntßiM.—The editors ofNew •Tork.af.ftge* gating ilremselvcs with ripe strawberries.wliieJi.hafft been already introduced Into the markels’prtbal'emf* ''Rotes in December; lew In June,' strawberries m 4 walermellons in. midwinter, and similar improlm* mention nature, are, becommlng, quits common ifl tbCso days. .. ' t ■ Tnttt exlMs In Bengal a particular class of Qratfo mins, known by the name of Kullns,'wlio qte,nolo« rinua for their number of marriages. One member of this oasu.has been known to, bavw fbrmsd lbtfte hundred matrimonialalliances, endtoUavobaf) vitv a paltered over, a vast extent of country. ~ remarkable cases of instinct in related of the Canine race, and among others,.the, lowing alut who bad lost a. wjso seen yesterday trying to poke a pleio of crape lbfd # the window of one ot the sautaga shops. o£ Bo says a Baltimore paper,- • • , • ! PiEfTT GooD.—TJie folJowlng toiit wxdgtvpd 4t ' (he Printer’s- Festiral Jr Boat on, onibf Franklin:—; ‘ '» •! •. •• Woman*# JWgJfr— lf she cannot be; Captain. oT a big Ship, may slit always Oomfnand-W fodtlnjr Smack" Not Bad little girl just passed wlulu chatting about,(he beaux that viaUsdtwooftbf sex Ip the flam a house,.bf'more mature, age, b*|ng asked, ** What do you roean by beauy;'Aijn|el* rs» plied, “ Wliy;l mean men that here noE I frf'ii|oc4 tense,” * J : ;-?:i gentleman in describing the'tfttbVdßir of 4 man dancing the Polka, appropriately avid; (bi4JI. tppeured ae it the individual hole.in hiapqckelf and was vainly endeavoring to shake.asUUlingdo|r|i tlio leg ofhla trowaera. ‘ , \ * (QThere.W a.cook In onoof our, hptel»*»|ia hlbltg the moat touching affection. ' WhebjhVapUP comet tip.you invariably fin'd 1 ! tank of*his heir Vri/ft in memento.-' He got the habit* (hey say, r (Hidl •ludylng Rip* ■**'- 1 (Cjfth* Nashville Union tell! of a fady who coll recta her children, when they threatening them with « dose of-ewator oil. When we were a boy, the prescription-for tdeh dlaordeft wasAfcXory off.-. - T In oases of doubtful morality, It It nsust idisayjd ia (here any harm in doing this/- This may pojflbf limca be anivrered by asking ou/aclrpa aoplWroife thefe any in*letlingit alonef* A Nwro Preacher, aoyt s correspondent oft he Boston Museum, .the judgment one of hkaermona.said*— •‘ ) Drcdern and slatei , atW that day the Lord shall divide the sheep from the goats, and breta the Lord, we kHdw iVhlcH letfr# wool?* ' (CJ-ll It generally believed that dowper was.a jfdtf* mason, sane wlahedto erect-"alodgk lb aome>aH wilderness.” : :,t Art oi.b maid In Threadritcdlesfrteet, being at a loei (or a pinouahlon*, made uae.br an onion. lowing morning, aha found that all ,lbe f needles bao tears in their eyes. Brains.-—The Parle psperrare mdWng a grsilsdd about a child that was born without brains, aa if tbai were ap odd of ran occurrence* In tlila country every day, . Woman's love la a good, deal like oaoemUefcjfcd • more It*# trod on, the faster jtgrowa. To gists fill r "sirs,” we know of-nothing wersa than to.preft** l sfdeht itlablitteht. X Jlille wafer makes somd 4fs* burn fsatsr* . ~..,T | GrindiMo Poimcma.—They have taken to grindid* pumpkins Into (tour In MaMaohuaetis, by mean* of which pumpkin pies, the *ppeuH >r inslltuttnV’dfJM*. England, may bo enjoyed at all seasons'and in all parts of the world. The ‘United Soololy'ofSUaiMfSf at Haver'd, Mess., are the patentees! / Leap DkxLXT, whoso family namo 'waa KiakoJ«k Van 9(itUrt,diod on the 6th of January, said of him. “lhai he brgip hla political life u*Mp|a mlnioncr ut Scotch herrlngr.’and fcnded'U with * peerage and hslf-o million oT’njonsy.” Gtpi)m.—A company of those Strang* waatMWnj viaitkd florth Ea«t,Ceql| county; Md., l-jst They travelled in wagons, and lodged In; Mtsm og. night, notwithatanding the seyerily of the wsslhsf. ‘ They came from England, md have beep IntbU country about throe 'months. , ThkrkU a man down eta!, eighty yeore.oJd, wha oalla himielf a boy, bcoooap-heihasiseeto bat Iwihty birth day*. 110 woa .burp.op ihb 99th of February. A WxartßN paper hearty ItjdmsrrUgiutoUoMl thus? “ Seeking to obtain the past and ibMn HVTT for the future!'. 1 . , . Sic utii.;of the, vlplet Heels as lop£as;tftt vpitl o frpteiiand an, perhaps, tlio rj«J as tv»i the bloMlbgof the rlcjh.-'jD^q^lfl. Tift f ,pastor, of the ii«7vsn Scotland','lias been conVlclrd |n !He penally 6T Xw for preaching on BumteyvlKb tflh of January. Ha had set p.snlta spd:.Uhen| aude gdiae v ii|toqahiiW late of the E«rl ofGlargn*. • CTHe who bellrrW bnfy the shortest known creed. - ( ; A ■' Wtp. no WM.K' ' 1 V ' 3? ' .* -u* ; SHE
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