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ST OIOftOB D. PRENTICE.
t'Tho ti'oitiliUnff dow*drops foil
•Upon the shaterlng flowers—lrko souls at rest
Tlio stars shlno gloriously—and all
Save mo, is blest. . _
MolhorJ-rJ.lovc.thy gravo!-u
~Tbo, violet,with its blossomsblao nml mild,
’ fWiivo o’er thy.hood—whpn shall it wavo
, -ti " .‘ Above thy, child 7
. ‘Tisa awpcl flower—yet must
ula bright loaves to the coming tempest bow,
Dtfdr mother—*lis tbino emblem—dust
It on thy brow !
/ AndXconldhjyo r lodio—
To loavo unUalcd tiro’s dark, bitter streams,
Cy llico. as real in childhood, lib,
; And share thy dreams.
' And must I lirigor hero
To stdlo lho plamago or my sinless years,
■' And biourn lha hopes to childhood dear
’<> - With bluer teats 1
Aye* tnoflt linger hero ,
A lonely branch.upon a blasted tree,
. Whoso ,last frail loaf untimely sere,
, . , ~ Wont down with thee?
Oft from life's withered bower,
Irtßlili communion will) the past I tarn,
-And muse on llio only flower
- ' •'ln'moriwry’Bltrn.
And; when the evening pale,
Bows like a mourner on the dim, 1)100 wave,
I stray to hear (ho night wind’s wail
* Around thygravo.
Whpro is thy spirit flown 7
| gaio above—lhy look is imaged there—
-1 listen, and thy gentle tone
1s on (ho air.
(Oh, oomo—whilst hero I press
■My brow upon thy grove—and, in those mild
And thrilling tunes of tenderness, <
Bless, bless thy child 1
Yes, bless thy weeping child,
And o’re lliy urn—religion’s holiest shrine—
Oh, give hia npirit undefiled
Xo blend with thine.
aWteceluiwtoiigd
TUB SHIRT TAIL FIGHT.
FROM MV grandfather's recollection or Tits
‘ ’■ ’ ' ' / REVOLUTION*
Said my grandfather one evening—
**Abuul fifty of us had been engaged for several
•days In performing a secret duly, and were return*
irvg. i We bad to pass very near the British lines,
find to avoid being taken, and also to savo a wido
Circuit of miles, we resolved lo encamp in a secret
place wo knew of, through the day, and under the
♦shadows of night pass unseen on the direct coarse
lo General Morgan’s camp. ■ The day was beau
tiful, and thoapot we had chosen for our resting
f>laoa uma one of ihoao.ffraßM nnoka shul-oona
rentlv from the real of the world by linos OfTiills,
impenelrablo under brush, and a gigantic forest ;
a smalhbul clear and deep stream ran by U, and
ihe sun was at such on inclination as to throw
half the little spot in shade. We laid down our
arms, relieved ourselves of our knapsacks, and
Spreading the. scanty stoio upon the grass, ate
with a good appetite, refreshed ourselves from the,
limpid waters oflho streams and then each amilsed
himself as bo could. , . • .
** After resting A while some went to the bath,
and one by ana, as Ilia |Ueasuro soetnedio increase,
followed, until Ilia wholo parly wore In Ilia stream.
This lasted for about half an hour, and tiro most of
Us had returned to ,the shore and wore dressing.
Urban a now tealoto *as to the scone by ono
of the number saying that ho was going lo wash
his shirt. ■ Now most ol ns bad worn those pecu
liar garments, ono, two, three, and four weeks, and
soma even longer, Without tlioir having been once
washed, and theta was no dodbl ot needing it vary
ranch; for, mind you, the man in those dijrs who
noald afford two shirts—wholo shuts—was a noil
osl'tv. The idea, therefore, was a good one, ana
many immediately began disrobing ihemselvcs
ntrain, and Wore soon ns busy os washerwoman,
rubbing nwav liko falling mills. As the procos
were finished, lhay wore hung in Ihosnn on limbs
of trees, or spread out on lira grass. Many wore
still entragad at their washing soma were attelohed
oh til a groilnd id doop sleep, some were wrestling,
soma lumping; sonio BolleOtoJ in knots, telling
morios, neatly all naked as Ike day the* wore born
—ln foci, as happy aa follows could bo with hull
oho shirt, and llidt drying In Ilia sun, and hula ,
morsel in the knapsacks, whoa wo wore starlet! |
ves, indeed, really frighteried-=-by a volley of mus-,
Ltrv. tho balls of which whistled by us, fortuna
tely! only making a few Slight flesh Ivounds. i
•‘Tho sound of musketry, ollhough U surprised
ns a llttlo at first, wo were 100 much accustomed to
hearing | 0 remain long under o panic; so ilio next
momontoaohofus was lit possession of his muskct.i
and hlmsolf covered by a tree, Wo hod not long
to wait before a largo body of British broke thro
tho undotboeh, which had before concealed thorn,
and rushed with fried bayonolsfupon ns. But their
progress was suddenly checked by our fito, which
laid o largo number of them dead before us. Wo
had not limn lo re-load, when lira onomy again
charged down upon as. and wo wore forced lo give
wav B Wo tan soma distance, and reloading, stood
ijd lo this time wo had nol Uiought
of the condition wo*were in, when ono of lira oft -
cots,all at oncocried out, ‘Boya will you losoyour
shirts T then casting our oyoe around quickly, wo
Jan a ahoul-'Now for our shirts 1 As soon os
lira British coma lo our view, wo poured in.®"'" 11
directed fire, and 'immediately charged with lira
bavonoti So suddenly hod this movement bean
mode, that, having supposed that wo proto ell 1 ton-
Ping tho other way, end than came thoir turn to
ton B After them wo alraulcd still, with our now
Watchword —‘Simla.’ The officer, of the enemy!
having at length succeeded in scouring tho alien-,
Hon "“the men, wheeled thorn, and gavo us a,re
turn fire, which, killing, as wo ouptraaod, someraf
bur narly, W° ugain look lo our heals, and lira rod
ooals taking up our cry of‘shirts, cornu pell-mell
oftor os. Again wo turned and charged lira British I
running, they In turn again charging upon us onoh
pat?y shouting‘shitls,’ until it finally booamo n
I “ B AlVenglh t hcoommg somewhat ciasporated with
Ilia garoo, and conalanlly reminded of our abuts by
tho Enemy screaming It in our cars, and recollect
ing. too, that wo would nol out a very pretty figure
returning to quarters anna co/olto, wo mode one,
desnotato charge, and finally succeeded in gaining
thorny by driving ilia British from tho field-
Savors! of our potty wore wounded, but none kill
od Not so wilh lira British. Tho doad wore!
ecaUorcd ull over tho llttlo green apace and Ihro-,
lira woods; and putting on our garments, nnd
Mvlng the dead lb bo hurled by thoir own people i
wo tookrthp oliculloua rout which wo had
In tho morning, flhorohy having boon obliged re
fight a llttlo bnllio,) and reached lira camp about
midnight, when wo Caused no llttlo mommonl,
ami often afterwords whonwo relate our advonturo
EXCROISBt
Many people look upon the necessity rrtaft la under |
of earning liis broad by labor as a curse. But ll is i
evident, from the structure of tho bedys that exorcise
is not loss necessary..lbaa food for tho preservation
of health. Thoao who labor aWrtbVooly tho most
healthy, but generally tho most happy, part.of ritaft-j
kind. This is. peculiarly tho caeo with those who.
live by tho culture of tbo ground. Tho groat increase
of inhabitants in infant colonics, and tho longevity,
everywhere, of each as follow agriculture
prove it to bo the most healthful as tho most useful|
employment. '
The lovo of activity shows itself very early in,
man. So strong is tho principle, that a healthy
youth cannot bo restrained from activity. Our lovo l
of motion is surely a strong proof of-its utility. It
scorns to bo a JuW tliroogbonl tbo whole animal
creation, that no creature without exorcise should
enjoy health, or bo able to find subsistence.
luaclivilV-DCTor. fails.to produce a universal relax*
ation of tho solids, which dtspososilio body to innu
merable diseases. When the solids oro relaxed,
neither tho digestion or tho secretion can bo duly
performed. How-can persons who toll all.day on
easy chairs, and sloop oil night on beds of down, fail
to bo/rciazod 7 . Nor do (hoso much mend the matter
who never stir abroad but in a coach.
Glandular obstructions generally proceed from
inactivity. These arc tho most obstinate maladies.
So long as the liver, kidney and other glands, duly
perform their functions, health is seldom much
imparod; but when they fail, it is difficult to bo
restored.
Wouk nerves arc also tlio constant companions
of inactivity. Wo seldom hear (ho laborious com.
plaint of wouk nerves. This plainly points out tho
resources from which nervous diseases generally
originate, end the moans by which (hoy may bo
prevented. *
It is absolutely impossible to enjoy health, where
tho perspiration is retained in the body; it vitiates
tho humors, and occasions tho gout, rheumatism,
&c.
No picco of indolence injures tho health more
than tho custom of lying in bed too long in (ho
morning ; (ho morning is undoubtedly tho best time
fur extroiar, os the air braces and strengthens tho
nerves. Custom soon renders early rising ogrcoa*
blc, and nothing contributes more to tho preservation
of health.
Every person should lay himself under some no.
cossily to lolio exercise. Indnlonco like, other vices
when indulged, gains ground, and at length becomes
agreeable. Hence those who aro fond of exercise in
tliocarly part of life, becomes quite overs to It after
wards. This is often tho Case with gouty or hypo
chondriac persons, and frequently renders their eases
hard to euro.
Indolence not only occasions disease and renders
men useless to •society, but promotes all manner of
vieo. Tho mind, If not engaged in some useful pur
suit, is constantly in quest of Some idle pleasures.—
From those sources proceed most of the miseries of
mankind. Certainly man was never Intended bn bo
idle. Inactivity frustrates (ho very design of his
creation.whereas an active Hfo is the best and greatest
preservative of health.—Oroefe of HtaltTi.
Tho Expenditure of Money*
Tho highest value of affluence is tlio social influ"
enco which it generally confers, whereby the pos*
sessor may become useful to society by his exam
ple and precept. Many persons keep themselves
poor by lavish expenditures in tho hope of being
deemed,jich, and,enjoyhyr Jhe superiority, whiqh
shorVd u ration ; bathed the parly carefully savofi
and accumulated, he might soon have become per
manently rich. The mental anguish which a roan
feels when ho loses part of a largo fortune, pro
ceeds from an imagined diminution of his influ.
enco and power, and not from physical privations
which the lost wealth will create, «Wor is such a
notion fanciful; men who ore esteemed wise coun
sellors while rich, lose commonly their reputed
wisdom ifllnw lose their properly. This pheno
menon was observed by Shaltspeare, who accounts
for it by saying-\
Mon* jmlpmimU nro
A parcel of lliflr fortune: amUliinps oulnanl
D«»drnw iho intvarii quality after Ujimu,
To nuffur all oJlke.
Tlml money is useless except for the physical
enjoyment which tls expenditure with produce, is
tho error of the poor} while persons who have ex
perienced the intellectual gratifications which re
sult from the retention of money gain a bettor es
teem of Us value. The rcspcclthalallonds wealth
is as old as the Bible, which says: “If a man come
to your assembly with A gold ring and goodly ap
parel; and there comes in also a poor man in vile
apparel, and yo have respect to him that wcareth
tho gay blothing, and say unto him, Sitthou here |
in a good place; and say to the poor, thou j
here, are yo not partiallf two men ornyo at
tho Astor Houso where the charge for board ami
lodging Is tho same for both, yet llio man who is
known to possess the properly will be lodged in a
bolter room than the other, and receive in every
way a preference. If the two lake passage in a
steamboat, the like presence .will bo accorded to
. tho man of superior wealth, and these instances
. are hut exemplifications of a general custom.
. limit'6 JlftrcAnrirt Magazine* m
A Good Ottei
Ludicrous blunders will occasionally occur in
cases wboro ignorant persons attempt llio uso of
lantfuanb about tbo moaning of which they know
nothing. Tbo following Is a case in point t
Not long since, while travelling from Pittsburgh
I to Cincinnati, two rather verdant specimens of the
fornalo sox c'amo on board of tho'boat at one of the
landings, who, for tbo sako of.dislinclion, wo will
call Maty and Jane. Now Mary had cut her eye
teeth, or, in other words, was acquainted with the
raids and regulations which govern genleol socle
iv. Jane, the younger, hod novor mixed In society
to any great extent, and was therefore In blissful
ignorance as to any of tbo rules which govern more
refined persons. Her language, 100, was only snob
os sho hoard among her rustic associates. Mary
was awsto of this fact, and had therefore caution
ed hot to observe bow sho (Mary) acted, and to
, govern herself accordingly. Jano promised impll
, oil obedionco. Shortly after, while sealed at the
. dinner table, tbo waiter asked Mary what part of
■Lite fowl sho would have. Sho informed him in a
very polite manner, that it was ‘'perfectly imma
terial.” lie accordingly gave her a piece, and
then inquired of Jano what part she would ohooso-
The simple minded girl replied, with all tbo aolf
assuranco imaginable—
“l bollovo I'll take a piece of llio immaterial
loo.”. ' t ,
Tito aceno that followed this declaration is bo.
yond tbo power of our pen to describe, llio as.
semblod company wore compelled to give vent to]
their surcharged feelings in pools oi boisterous
laughter: whilst Ilia poor girl, her face suffused
Witt) crimson blushes, loft the table, declaring os
alio fled to the Indies’ cabin,’ “they won’t belch mo
aboard of oiioot those pesky B>camboa{sßoonagtns
UrmNO WITH A Mui.s.—A Georgia negro wan
riding a mule along and oanio lo a bridge, when luo
mule slopped. , . . , .. ..
1 1’llbol you a quarter,’Bald Jack, *lll make yon
go obor dis bridge,’ and willi that struck the mulo
over llio oars, which made him nod his head suddenly.
•You’lllako do bet den, will you?' said the negro, and
contrived lo gollbu stubborn mulo over the bridge
‘l won dat quarter, anyhow,’said Jack.
•Bat how will you got the money?’said a man
who hid >boon close'by, unperooivod.
•To uiurrbw,’ said the negro,‘mossa gib - mo a dol
lar lo got corn for do mule, and I lakes do quarter
lout.*
*| OUIt COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE BIOUT-Bui. RlOni ORWRONO, OUR COUNTRY.
'Carlisle; pa„ Thursday, July i/ms
| -• TUB TEXAS. FAIR* • I■ l
| A groat 'Southern Fulr was held at Corpus CfbufiVl,
on tho Blh ultimo. It is thus described bjr a cor.
pondont: - -
1 *• Corpus Christ!, at this lime presents one ol the
most never!, exciting,'and extraordinary spectacles
that was, perhaps, over presented in the U. States.
There not being aufficcol accommodation for. the
crowds of people who continue to arrive,-largo
I tents have boon pat under tho Bluff, giving the
-<plaoo something of the aspect ibworo when the Army
Jwas encamped hero. In the crowded streets are sjen
the wild Ranchoro, mounted on a Mustang pony,
with his gruy'Uappings, and silver band atoftnd his
hat, while from his belt is exposed n pistol,—to tho
{ pretty and modest Mexican maiden, with Uctreposa
fluttering in the wind ? American ladles, on horse
back and in carriages, officers of tho armypbotder
chiefs and Texan fronlicnnon ;Catnanoho and Lipan
Indians ; gamblers merchants and traders and a fair
delegation of citizens frora'thb adjacent Slates.
Tho Exhibition consist# oi Mvxlwn lUtrlfls onfl
manufactures, magnificently wrought blankets, cm.
broidery, fine saddles, bridles • and spurs. Onosad*
die, wrought/ with silver and gold, cost 8000, Fmo
slock composbs tho principle feature oflho Fair, and
there arc os fine brood marcs, horses, cattlo and sheep
hero os I oversaw.' This is certainly one of the
best of countries for raising stock. Tho specimens
of cotton andsugar aro also very fine. Tho sam
ples ol prime and mosa beof aro worthy of especial
notice. Tho boofia cured by the vacuum processor
preserving moat, invented by Dr« Lardner. By this
process oil tho air, blood and animal boat, which
composes tho spoiling qualities of tho moat, arc ox
traded,and (ho bcof thoroughly saturated with pick
lo, so that it will keep swoot for years. Tho opera,
lion is effected in from 24 lo 3G hours, according to
tho temperature of tho atmosphere.
On account oflho revolutionary movement on the
1 Rio Grande, not as many Mexicans have como in
1 with thoir goods os was oxpcclod ; but still (hero is
i very & 00 <1 showing.
STOCK AND LAND BALES.
After each day's race, a sale of slock and lands
look place. Good mutes sold from 824 lo $32. Mex*
lean horses at $2O. Cattle at $5 pci head. Marcs,
from $6 lo $l3, and back (own lots at $lOO. The
slock so'd for cash, and (ho lots,one fourth cash and
tho balance at ono, two and three years. Thus, you
will perceive that emigrants may soon mako thorn*
selves a homo hero for a few hundred dollars. As
high as 1,000 head of cattle were sold in ono day,
and as many as 60 lots at ono sale.
Laws of Health*
Children should bo taught to uao the loft hand as
well as the right.
Coarse bread is much bettor for children than lino.
Childicn should sleep In scporalo beds and should
not wear night caps.
Children under seven years of ago should not bo
bo conGnod over six or seven hours in (ho house—and
that should bo broken by frequent recesses.
Children and young pooplo must bo made to hold
their heads up and thoir shoulders back while sitting,
standing or walking. Tho best bods for children,
are of hair, or, In winter, of hair and cotton.
From ono lo ono pound and a half of solid food is
sufficient for a person in tho ordinary avocation of
business. Persons in sedentary employment should
drop ono third of thoir food, and they will escape
dyspepsia.
Young people should Walk at least two hours a
day in tho open air.
Ucrminalinß in doalb which begun in tlm P™'' l '”-
Every person groat and small, should wash all
uver In cold water every morning.
GmnT Lind and her huabmd have taken then
departure for Liverpool, which fool .corns lo bo alir
vine up Ibo “.onlimont. " of Iho poolo. A oorres.
pondcnl of 11.0 Now York Sun goo. off .n tin. wioo ;
Ob, Jenny Lind boo gono nwoy,
Tho people loudly boiler.,
And from our por.oa led o.lray
A mighty oigbl of dollar. I
Bui wo In place of llicoo havo bad
A precious deal of nolo.l
Bill whether good, or whether bad,
There ha. been a'groal divcr.ily of opinion,
so that It I. Impossible lo cemo to any
until Iho Presidential question I. aolllcd by tho poo
plo’fl VOICB.
How IB IT WITH Yoif.-Aln prayer meeting in the
cliurch of Iho village of Spunklown, in the Slut# of
Maine, a country Ud wa« noticed by one of Iho older
deacons Ao hold down his hood and wrlgglo In hie
scat, wl/ilo Iho tears seemed to atari every moment.
A cliar caaoof repentance, thought the old deacon,
as ho miiolly aloppcd to tho aide of the lad> and In a
whisper affectionately Inquired s
• lIoCw is It with yoo, my sun?* . ,
Thalbdy looked upi arid supposing him to bo iho
aoxtoniVanswerod I , ' *** . s»n«r#!o
• Oh J very bad, and 1 want to go out—my innards
la kickin' up a revolution and tho fourth of July .
und if over I col n green edrrant pie agin, my name
ain't Jeoms Dillins. 1
•It is Hard limes,’ says.tho young man, ns Ik
putt'd a three.cent cigar, or pays fifty cents for copepr
tickets— 1 ' I’s hard limes and 1 can t afford to ink'
• Tho limes arc hard,’ soys the man with a Urge
family: ‘1 have six children to clothe, feed and
provide a school for; I can't afford to lake a Nows-
Poor man !, wliat a pity ho does not kno« t ml
lliroo Months' .drooling in a your, wrlll a
paper, is bailer for iho children than an monlh.
without the paper. .
• Times are hard,' says the young woman 5 »'»o
give. Iwcnly.dvo bad. jn.l for . ribbon to wear
.round hor neok-Mho ti.no. so nro hard, l oannol
subscribe for your papor, hut I liho it. —Poor gill •
Tin Into Col. S , SO well known for his
Patagonian oiio and builv deportment, being onco
importuned hy n diminutive tailor for tiro payment
of n bill, petulantly exclaimed—
*lf you were not such a Imlo reptile, 1 would
kick you dowp emirs!* , . .
*Llttlo reptile I 1 remonstrated tho dun, ‘and
what If I am V Recollect, Colonel, that wo cant
all bo great brutes I*
Tho soldier who dreamed that bis lady lovo
waa a fox, while ho was a hound, leaping in buok
ahin breeches, just behind hsr, had his head
shaved, and placed under a did of broad and wa
ter. Loi Ibis eotvo aa a warning, lo other mem
bers of ibo militia.
Divnr o» tub Oldest Inhaditant. —A colored
woman named Sarah Brown, aged upwards of 100
years died at Easton nn Friday afternoon last. Sho
had a very distinct recollection of General Wash,
ington, and of man;- incidents connected with llto
revolution.
hard working but sickly mother recent
ly most grossly insulted n daughter—a beauty of
Bixtoon—by naming iho Misa to assist her, in the
kitchen. Was there ever anything so outrageous,
jjgy An Irishman, being In a church where the
collection apparatus resembled election boxes, on
its boin" handed to him whispered in the' carrier’s
earihat°ho was not naturalized; and could not
vote.
Tm afraid I shall como to want, 1 said an old lady
to a young uno. ‘I have como to want already,* was
llio reply. * I want a nico young man.'
6aUl)ki< Svokki.v, Rstj., of Ohio, has boon appoint
od by the President Chief Justice of tho Utah
Territory, vice Utaudebary, resigned.
From tlio Pittsburg Post.
A PARODY*
Tons—“'BZife banned aver the border .”
March, march, Cass and Buchanan irfto,
Why, my lads,dinna yo march forward iu order?
March, march, Douglass and Houston men,
All tho blue bonnets aro over tbo border.
Many a banner spread flutters above your hoad,
Many a crest that is famous in story :
Mount and piako ready, sous of tho mountain glen,
Reuse foribravo Pierce: and Democracy’s glory.
Como from the bills whore your cattle ore grazing;
Como froii tho meadow, tho field,and tho plough,
Como from Jour shops where the fires aro all blazing,
Come, bo/s, and rally for Pierce and ICINO now.
Trumpets ire sounding, war steeds aro bounding ;
Stand I/ your arms and march in goad order ;
Then tho/Denractocy shall 101 l of tho glorious day
Whcni’icncß and Kinq oamo over tho border.
A GOOD STORY*
Politics la Arkansas*
\ f o aro indebted to tho Now York Spirit of the
Tit es for tbo following laughable sketch, written
by I* a nun from Arkinsaw.” It is admirably
illujlraUvo of tho characteristics of a conscientious
vowr—on up-and-down, no-fuvor-shown party
the year 1830 politics ran very high In
Arkansas. Cul. A. FI. Sevier was a candidate for
the Jolficc of delegate to congress, and 800 Dosha
wajliis opponent.
Judge Andrew Scott wos a warm friend of Desha,
andjullorly hostile to Sevier. Flo had a neighbor,
living about fifteen miles from him, on the “ far” side i
of Gallery crock, named Logan, commonly called
/'stuttering Jim Logan,” who was exactly ” wico [
j worJy” in his politics; and so frequent had been |
' thet encounters, that the two neighbors had come
cordially to hate each other. _ - I
One ploascnl morning In the spring, when the stin i
shone oat warmly, and all nature was green and 1
fresh after a heavy Tain of two or three days' duration, I
j Lo£an went down from Ids house, through the little |
strip, of creek bottom to tho bank of the crook, and
sat himself down on a “lick log” inttsmg, perhaps,
db Col. Jack McCarthy onco said ”on tho ovcnclh
cnee of thublunary thinglh.”
Tho»crook Was abonl twenty yards wide, and the
rain Iwd raised tt, so that U was swimming. covered
(with foam, and running like a mill raco with a fail
head of water. Where Iho road crossed, On Iho
edge of which Logan was sitting, was -Iho only
opening in Iho woods which fringed Iho stream on
each side. Above and below, tho trees loaned over
land their branches hung gracefully »n tho water,
I and swung to and fro in tho swift current.
After Logan had sol there a little while, Judge
Scott came riding down the road on tho other side,
but halted when ho reached (ho water's edge, and
looked across without saying anything; tat looked
as if ho thought* “ Hang you. If It's swimming,
why don't you say so?" Logan look out his jack
knife, spill a piece off from Iho lick log, and com*
mcnccd whittling it, looking steadily across towards
.Scott ail the while.
Logan was a large, stout, heavy looking man;
ScoK, small, wiry, passionate, petulcnt, and os
bravo os a bull dog,
After waiting a moment —fur each haled the
other too much to speak—Scott lightened the reins
mml.itU.Wy*r*‘
over head and oars. In a moment Scott was dashed
from Iris back', tho rider went one way, the horse
the oilier, and the eaddol bags a third. Tho (torso
turned lowardtlhe side ho wont in, and got ashore -i
little way below } tho saddol bags floated down tho
stream, nnd Scott managed to reach Logans side
of tho creek, and caught hold of a swinging limb
of a sycamore which dipped into the water.
•llcli.’ Logan, help!’ cried Scott, ‘I shall be
drowned ! Help!’
•S-s-s«y you'll v-v-Volo for Soviet! 1 bawled
Logan. ,
•Help, Logan* help! I shall drown. Help.
•S-s-say you’ll t-t-volo njjr Sevier !’ again
bawled Logan, not rising from log.
, Just then Iho sycamore limb snapped, and tho
same moment Scott sung out—
• I'll see you d d first, you infernal old ras
cal!’ and sway ho swept around the tree and out
of sight below.
Luckily the current made a sweep below, eddy
ing round In tho concavity at the upper edgo of
o, sand bar, upon which Scott was (lung, and
icramblud out. Ho walked op tho bank and to
wards Logari, sputtering with rago and streaming
with water. Luckily ho had no weapons but -a
pistol, and that, of course, was unfit for service;
ariif/Login was 100 big to bo whipped by him in
B fiat fight. ,
•.»D—n lit’ cried Scott, as ho got pretty
him, I do you stop to ask. a man how he’s going
lu vote before you save him from- drowning?'
Logon never stopped whittling, but looking com*
poscdly up, slowly said—
“.Beert/ g-g gentleman has a riff hi to c-o-c ole at
he liies,end d-d-droion when he hies; and I d d
don't suppose anybody' s bound to dine into the creek ,
■ (e Ji fish out a cote Is k k kill his own."
Life of nu Editor.
Tho editor of a paper published al Canton, Ohio,
gives tho following description of Ids partner:
Mr. Pikoand I published n newspaper In 1037 1
omong tho Miami Indiana in tho Skate of Indiana.
It was a groat partnership that. Wo two dd
vanco paying aubscribcrfl®ono who liquidated hia
subscription with beans, tho other with saw logs.
Godfrey, tho chief, took five popery and could not
read a word. Oar pnper was balled * Peru Porostor,'
and being printed in tho woods, that title was appro
priate. Tho town of Peru had a dumber of
magnificent names for ,ils slrocls, such oa loan,
Broadway, &o.* which streets, exhibited the ariima.
line and bustling spectacle of stumps nnd trees os
highiMi. man's head. Tho stirring ovonls which
transpired In that city imperiously demanded a
couple of chroniclers, and Pike nnd 1 wore al hand
to discharge this Important function. Piko wrote
poelry.and I dipped considerably into politics, end
discussed in a very learned manner every question
of interest to the few settlers and Indians. Besides
being an editor and printer, ho kept tho Broadway
Hotel—was postmaster, Justice of tho peace, land
agent, pettifogger* Cana! contractor, merchant and
' day laborer, overseer of tbo poor, painter* had boon a
schoolmaster, was twice n widower, wa* raised a
• Quaker, and the lost iimo I, saw him ho was a
• preacher—had married a third wife, and was on
auctioneer, and what more I know not."
Mvbtcrv ok the American Lakes.— Lake Erlo it
only CO or 70 foot daop.bul Iho bottom of Lake On-
Urlo, which i. 450 fool deep, U 930 fool below_l ho
(tdo level of tho ocean, or as low as moat parts ol Iho
Gulf of St. Lawrence , and the bottoms of Lakes
Huron. Michigan,*ond Superior—although their
Burfjco is bo much higher—aro oil, from their vast
donlli on a level with the bottom of Lake Ontario.—
Now 08 the discharge through the river Detroit
artor'ollowlng fqr the full probable portion oarrlct
off bv evaporation, <loob not appear by any moans
causl'to the quantity of water which Iho three upper
eroit' lakes rcccivc.il has been conjectured that o
subterranean river may run from Lake Superior to
Lake Huron, and fioin Huron to LaKo Ontario.—
*riila conjecture is by no moans importable, and ac
counts for Iho singular fact that salmon and herring ,
aro caught,ln all Iho lakes communicating with tho
St. Lawrence, but In no others. As Iho rails of Ni- 1
agm must havo always existed, it would pu/xlo Iho
1 naturalists to say how llicso fish got Into the upper
lakes without some such subterranean river: more
over, any periodical obnlruotluns of this river would
i furnish a not Improbable solution of tho inyulonous
llux and reflux of tho Idles.
Tbe Newspaper*
In no other way can so roach, so varied, so useful
information bo imparted, and under circumstances <
so favorable for educating the child’s mind, as ,
through a judicious, well conducted newspaper. i
To live in a village, Wasdneo, to bo shut up' end (
contraoled. But now a rtsn can bo a hermit end
yol a cosmopolite. Ho may live in the forest, walk- ,
ing miles to a post office, having a but onco a
week, end yol ho shall bo found as familiar with tho
living world as tbo busiest odor in it For, the
newspaper is a spy-glass by which ho brings near
the distant things; a microscope by which ho
leisurely examines (ho most minute* an oar trumpet
by which ho collects and brings within his hearing
all that is said and done ell over tho earth! —a
museum fall of curiosities; a pioturo gallery foil of
living pictures' from real life, drawn not on canvass,
but with printer’s ink on paper.
Tbo effect in liberalizing and enlarging (bo mind
of the young, of ibis weekly commerce With the
world, will bo apparent to ony one who, will
poilOct over U. once, a YVUotal' education couio
•only bo completed by foreign travel. Tho sons only
of tho wealthy could indulge In (Ms costly benefit.
But now, tho poor man’s son can learn as much at
1 homo, ns, a hundred/.year ago, a gentleman could
i loarn by journeying fiio worldovor! For, while there
aro some advantages in going out into the world, it
la tho poor man’s privilege to have tho world corao
to sco Aim. Tho newspopor is a great Collector, a
great Traveller, and a great Lecturer. It is the
common people’s Encyclopedia—the Lyceum, tho
College!
Au Illinois Marriage CrtlftoaU*
Examining a land title tho other day, which in
volved a question of legitimacy, I stumbled upon the
following marriage certificate, which is decidedly
100 good to bo lost, arm ia literally bona n de. The
marriage, of which tins is tho only legal evidence,
look place In the Coperas precinct, in this
the infancy of tho county, or rather in primitive
times, nnd tho magistrate ought to bo immortalized.
Whether ho ever got his commission or not. Th o
ortificalo is in llio following words :
Statc of Ilunois, i
Peoria County, es. $
To arx the world Greetino : Know yo (hnl John
Smilli and Peggy Myers I® hereby certified to go
together and do a® old folks docs, anywhere maids
of Copcras prccincl, and when my commission Comes
I am lo marry 'em good, and dale ‘cm back lo fcicer
accident.
O M ti .
Jaaitce Peace.
THE HATi
No other animal ia placed in circumstances which
lend so continually to sharpen its wit as the rat; nor
does ony other appear to bo of a moro improved
nature, do is of a most intelligent family, being
related to tho beaver. And in civilized countries ho
ia not a wild creature ; for ho follows tho progress
of civilization and adapts his own habits of lifu to it,
so as to avail himself of its benefits.
W herosoover man goes rat follows, or accompanies
him. do enters upon your house as a tenant ol will,
(his own not yours,) works for hiraaolfa covered way
in your walls, asconds by it from one story to anoth*
or, and leaving you (lie larger apparimoots, takes
possession of tho space between floor and coiling as
an entresol for himself.
There lio has parties, and his revels and hie gal.
lopades, (merry ones they arc,) when you would bo
asleep, were il not for the spirit with which the
-—w. yoo Atj itiuio- lutiunaio Ilian most ol
your neighbors, If ho does not prepare for himself a
mouaolcm behind your chimney piece or under your
hearth stone; retire into it when ho is about to die,
and very soon offord you full proof that though he
may have lived like a hermit, his relies aro not in
their odor of sanctity.
You have then the additional comfort of knowing
that the spot so approprailed will henceforth bo used
as a common comclry or a family vault. In this
respect, as In many others, nearer approaches aro
made to us by interior creatures than arc dreamt of
in our philosophy.
Tbo adventurous merchant ships a cargo for some
distant port, rsl goes with it. Groat Britain, plants
a colony in Botany Bay, Van Diemen's Land, or to
(ho Swan river, rat lakes the opportunity of coloni
zing also. Ships ore sent upon a voyage ofdiscovory,
rst embarks as a volunteer. lie doubled the stormy
capo'ofDiaz; arrived at Malabar in the European
vessel with Gama ; discovered the now world with
Columbus, and look possession ofll at thosamo lime,
and circumnavigated the globe with Magellan, and
with Drake, and with Cook.— Southty't Doctor.
ATiqerStotiv.— Tho following remarkable escape 1
has been mentioned in private lollora by Uio last moil
fiom India Two young officer*, Liciil. Hugh Ell
iot, of tho Bombay Cavalry, son of Cupl. Charles
Billot, Governor of Bermuda, ami Lieut. Rico, of (ho
95th, wore out shooting, whon they fell in with a
tigress and two cub*. Ono cub waa immediately
killed, and tho tigress wounded. They tracked her
for half on hour into tho jungle, whon she suddenly
Bprong out. knocked over Mr. Elliot before ho had
i mo to cock hi* gun, and seizing him by tho left
arm, dragged him away* Mr. Rico had already 1
discharged one gun when they attacked tho tigress.
Ho quickly got hia second gun. but, from tho extreme
didiculty of firing without killing hi* friend, could
only aim at tho body of tho tigress, and though ho
wounded her again, did not wound lior mortally.—■
With admirable resolution, ho then seized a third
gun, and, watching his opportunity till ho could aco
Elliot** head aparljfrom that of tho tigress, shot her
through tho head, wilhthis friend In her molilh. The
officers wore llilrty miles from camp, and did not
roach It for twenty hours. Mrl Elliot’* arm is badly
wounded by tho bile; ad ttell n# by tho atones and
roeka over which ho wila dWgod. btil no fear la cn
lortuincd of his Jifo or hi adit mb.— London J aper.
THE Mormons.— Tho files of the Desert News -
May 1, have been received, furnishing si* weeks Is
let intelligence:
A now tabernacle baa boon completed at iho Groat
Sail Luke CUy, 120 feel in length, 64 in breadth, sort
capable of seating 2.200 people. U was dedicated
on the Clh April, und at the same time was convened
•The General Conference of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints/ Dy the unanimous
vote of the Conference, Brigham Young waa sustain
ed as the President, Prophet, Seer and li«™latorof
(he Church, In all the earth, and llebor C. Kimball
and Willlsm Richards, as hia Counsellors. The re
port of the financial Committee showed that tjiete
had been received, from Iho commencement of the
Itithimr Nov. 6. 8390,260 81, and there hsd been
expended 0353,76509, while Iho Church had on
| m nd, In grain, vegetables, lumber, cut stone, horses,
mules, printing press, &c., $74,595 U. •
Missionaries wore delegated to go to Italy, Calcutta
end other parts of the world. Good rcnurla were
made of tho prosperity of their cause in Franco,
England, Switzerland, Denmark and Germany, and
ell places around, whore their doctrines had been
preached. But groat opposition in eomo places,
t proves, they say, that Satin is not yet bound. Iho
- hook of Mormon has boon translated Inlo Welch.
1. French, Danish, and probably before this into Gcr
d man, Swiss and Italian,
is
SoMKiumv aaya tlial fio lo a bravo man wlio ta not
afraid lo wear old clothes until ho is oblo to pay * or
now ones.
Coi.aoauv.—' Now, while I think on U, I didn’t
ulonl them hogß« at all,* said Jemmy i richer, who
had been caught in the act of stealing ojrga.
I * Didn’t steal ’em V ejaculated the thief labor.
• No, I didn't steal ’em.’
‘Why I saw you with my own eye#, and con
bring half a dozen witnesses who will uwftur they
saw you stool ’em.’ ,
1 • Veil, I can bring two doom wilucbbcd UiaW*Jn t
| ace mcdUul ’em.'
TUB STORM OF LIFE*
Life boats os on like (bo stream of * mighty rirer.’
Our boat, at first, glides swifiy down (no narrow
channel through tho playful raurmurlogs of the] ht
llo brook and winding along Us grassy border** Too
ircos shod thoir blossoms over oar young heads and
tho flowers on tho brinh scorn to offer themselves 10
our young hands; wo aro in hope, and wo grasp ea
gerly at the boaulics around us, but tho atroam hur
ries us oh; ond still our hinds aro empty. ,
Our course in youth ond manhood js along a wnd*
or and deeper flood, and amid objefcls m‘6i'o alHpiog
and magnificent Wo aro animated by .tho moving
picture of enjoyment ond industry, passing before ns
wc aro excited by short Jived success,ox depressed and
rendered miserable by some shortlived disappoint
ment. But our energy and our dependence boro
in vain. The stream' uoars os’dd, ana our joys and
griefs aro loft behind us; may bo ship wwM.bol
cannot anchor; our voyage may bobastonod but can
not bo delayed: whether rough or smooth, (be river
hastens towards its hnm«— iby wring of .the wave*
1 is beneath our keel. and the land lessens from wr,
' eyes, tho floods aro lifted up around oa, and wo uhb
• our last leave of carlh ond its lo,b,al»Uwi»i end 9'
I our future voyage, there is no witness bnl Ibo Inn-
I nito and Eternal.— Dithop Hebe.
A Word (o mother* on Baby Tiljk.
Il is a fuel, which must have been noticed,(htt or.
cry child has a foolish and babish dialect till «!••**
or seven years old. Almost every word it •• -
spoken in o lisping or an affecting manner* ,
not the (proper way of talking, and there,nms(. bo
some universal' use, or else tho ,sffc(;lcd
so universal. SCho cause, it appe&Vi to Wo it Wfrj
obvious. Almost every mother instructs her infant
to speak baby talk, as the saying is. When a baby
first begins to lisp ‘ pa and mi' instead of ondoavot
ing to instruct it pure English, the parent* think it
necessary to simplify the language by speaking it in
a snuppy manner. ‘lnto ony tony,* 'Killy dear,
‘walk alony,’ ‘kisser mama,**stond astalV
Every mother knows a thousand and one of thtsu
baby expressions. Now, as a mother, I prole*}
sgainsl this practice. Il Is all nonsense to.twoh
children bad habits merely to have them corrected
by school teachers when they arrive ala mere .mas
lure ago. Will parents think of this, and loach Ihclr
children pure English at firsL—A lif aUitr. -
AvAt.AffciiK at Stiu.watah, Minnesota.—loathe
rear of the beautiful village of Stillwater,
lies under the hill sides at the head of Lake St Crolaj
in our tertiary, is a'Jako of considerable extent hlsM
upon tho bluff. This lake lias its ontlollthroogh.lnß
village, into Lake St. Croix, down through a'vavipQ
or gorge in the hills, which are composed or atnj!
and gravel; and tho ’little stream running from Iti’
is carried high up, across tho village, in trough,
and propels a largo oveashol wheel that drive* the
machinery of McKusick’s. nw mill, In the village}
on the lake shore. The recent heavy rains raised tho
waters of tho lake back of the town very much, and .
salurotcd the hills with water, and sent through tho,
ravine a mighty volume. Early on the morning of
May 89th, tho villagers wero awakened by a loud
rushing noise, and looking out, saw an immense.river
of melted earth slowly coming down through the ray
vino—spreading wider Us current, as ft emerged
from the hills, burying one or two stables,
crossing the street and (Illing MoKusiek*# mill half
full of depositee—moving onward Into Lake St* Croli
and depositing there some eight or ten acre* of ne#
terra firma, in the lake, and making not only .a pert
manonl addition of much land Ip the
now embankment. In ono of the oLim Wntptt was
overflowed, there were two horses which, to savo
their lives, had struggled and scrambled up to keep
out of lho*waier running Into their stable, and saved
their lives only by hanging upon (he manger wltH
their forelegs. Some cows in a stable were saved
with much difficulty. Half a dozen horse* wore bui
tied.— Minetola paper.
Feeding the Pigeon* inVenice.— The following e**
tract from Mr. Weed 4 * lottor ftora Italy, deacrlbca 4
curious custom. Ho sayst ** j .
At 2 o’clock wo returned ld f llib Square to wittieaf
the novo! and interesting ceremony of “ Feeding
Pigeons." Hundred* of people had collected with the
mmo object The pigcone.or dotes, were c»m!n|
in from different directions end lighting sttoal llrt
I windows and cornices of a niarblo palace, where they
I sat quite gravely till the drsl sound of Iho clock of
1 San Marco, striking the hour of two was hoard, when
ho whoio flock simultaneously settled down, upon
iho pavement, under Iho window# Horn which Uin
seed was thrown, and from which they hate been
fed, at the same moment every day, from a period eo
remote that “ the memory of man runneth nollo too
contrary. 1 ' ... . A. •
To day wo Wont, again In the tamo place. IHO
pigeons began to collect a quarter befoto two, orideaU
|y as Intent upon their dinners aa Iho same nurebefc
of children, or '• children of a larger growth’ would
have been. Other bolls sounded a few minutes before,
but nolo dovo moved until iho liamroor wae Uetra
on ||iu clock of San Marco, when InsUnlhr am>
wing abroad, ehd iho flook agalri settled lb the parch
ment. While busily picking lip their food, a dog
gamboled rotlad amongst them, and children walked
tn iho ring, without disturbing them at all.
Some say that the Government provides the food
for the dovea. Olheraaay that a lady,Contorts! ego,
provided in her will for Iho feeding of the pigeons.!
; bul none know when or why Iho practice originated.
Tragedies in Mississippi.—A rencontre recently
look place at Fayetteville, Miss., between M.Di
Iloodcnpllc and Dr. Abernathy, which resulted H
tlie foriricl’ being shot dead. A fow day* agfo, In
Clarke county, Miss., Robert Ilerrlion eiifuUcd the
wire and eon of hie neighbor, Qeo. Ollbcct. wnd on
the latter going to their relief, Harnion, U
shot hint oidwni and then made his escape.
Camp Meeting Anecdote.— At a catrip oloeud£, d
number of ladles continued standing otTtho benches*
notwithstanding frequent bints from (be-aMolsttr Id
■U down. A reverend old gentleman, noted for hit
good humor, eroso end said : ■ ,
• I think If those ladles standing on the benebei
know they hud holes in their stockings, they wdald
sit dowh. k
This address had the desired cited—there waian
Immediate sinking into the seat. A young mlniiler
standing behind him, and blushing to iHo temple*;
said—
• O brother! ho* could ydu say that 7 ,
•Soy that 7* laid the old gentleman, M'te
If they hadn’t holes in llielr stockings, I’d like W
know how they could gel them on.*
Not Exactly Right.— An honest moo Iji Maine,
dying Intestate, loft two Infant sons. to the Mrt of
his brother, end wanted to know of him If he would
be his executor. Tho l&ttoi applied to amah of mod.
crate abilities for advice,who adviced him to cooioh
a civilian, lie did so; and llio following confers*;
tion look place : - - ' -
‘ Pray, air, arc you * civil villain 1?
• Do you Intend to inauiU. 11)0, air 1*
*it ia for that purpose 1 comp iicro. My brother
died detested; and loft two infidel children, and 1
wont to know if 1 eon bo their executioner.' • •
(Tj u Billy, my boy, can’t you cot a liUlo moral"
—'•Well I don’t know bull could, mother, if I stood
Dannie Conthact.— Four gentlemen, residents bt
Springfield, Massa'ohusolte, hovo agreed to build \he
Torru lloulo and Alton (III.) railroad. This rosdei.
I tends 175 miles, entirely across tha Southern port of
Illinois. These gontloinon jiavo contracted to build
I tlio road, furnish tholron, build thq depot, oars, toco*
motivus, dco., putllng'tho entire road in running order
1 within thruu years, for'thotoUnil sum of three milt*
lion of dollars. Tho route is comparatively an qsvy
: 1 quo, ami it is believed that tho road Will be cottpld’
U«d within two yeaiH.
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