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cuted with adtSufary andatth6 : shortest’ notice
(tVEHIES.
If a person feel a person treading on his low,
Need a person nsk, a person how a person
knows? ',/ 1 . ’
Is it anybody’s business,
If a gentleman should, choose
To v wait upon a lady,
' If the lady don’t refuse?
tV, lb Speak' a little plainer,
That the meaning all may know,
ts (t anybody’s business
If a lady has a beau?
If a person’s on the sidewalk,
Whether great or whether small,
Is it anybody’s business
Where that person means to call?
Or, if you see a person,
Asdic’s calling anywlicro,
Is.it any of your business
What his business may be there?
< Thc substance of our qnqry,
Simply slated, would be this—
Is it anybody’s business
What another's business is?
If it is or if ft isn’t
Wo would really like to know,
For wc’ro certain if it isn’t
Thera are some who make it so.
If it is, we’ll join tho rabble
And aot the noble part
Of (he tattlers and dvfaincrs,
Who throng the public mart;
Dut if not* we’ll act the teacher
Until each meddler learns,
It were better in the future
To mind his own concerns.
jftistfllanmis.
THE RUSSIAN SLAVE.
It yvns the epoch of the Congress of Vienna,
when the fate of half Eurupe wasdecided amidst
fiomps and festivities without a rival in modern
lislory. • Tournaments, carousals, masked
balls."theatres and operas, horse-racing and
gaming, regettas. illuminations, tire works,
everything which the imagination could devise,
was employed for the amusement of these kings
takhig a holiday. AUiid the programme of
festivities prepared by the Imperial Committee,
there figured a stag hunt, and the woods in the
neighborhood of Mohoenbrun were guy with the
crowd assembled to 'witness or participate in
the Sport. One person ulune, elegantly dressed
'and mounted on a Jugh bred steed, look no
part in the amusement of the day. Hm eyes
were intently fixed on Sir James Ruilly. an
Englishman, noted lor his wealth, his eccen
trickles ond his passion lor play, he followed
him wherever he went and seemed to wish to
Attract liis attention.
• Wh*i docs (hUjncan ?’ soid Sir James lq
himself. •Twice my eye* live encountered this
young man, and he has maue'thu same myste
rious gesture. 1 cannot be deceived : it is in
(ended for me !* and he turned his horse’s head
toward the stranger. The latter, seeing the
movement* advanced to meet him.
•Sir,* said he bowing low, *1 have had the
honor to meet you before.'
•Yes.’ replied the Englishman, who was vain
ly interrogating his lucipory ; ’yes, > our face
is a creditor, which torments me, and which I
cannot satisfy by giving him the name he u-sks
for.*
.‘You have never known my name. We met
at Moscow,’
'ln society V
•So 1 at the hold Sans Souci. and in public
places. l Pardon mo if, with no claim io your
itplico, I have ventured to accost you at so in
opportune on hour. Thu miponunce of ihe mo
tive will, 1 hope, ho some excuse to a mind so
generous as yours.’
•What can I do for yon ?' said Railly. in u
tone of extreme courtesy, yielding to the S) m
pathetic interest which the pleasing lace and
manners of the young man had inspired.’
‘Thave-come to ask lor liberty
‘Of me ?'
■Of you.’
•Arb you not mistaken V asked Sir James,
with some hesitation, not knowing exactly
what to make of such a singular demand, 1
am Sir James Ilailly, an Englishman by birth,
remarkable for nothing but o love of play.
•And for success in it,’ cried tint young man.
*lt is my only hope, if I should tell you. sir.
it is perhaps reserved fur you to rescue a fellow
man front an opprobrious condition, to efface
from his bt\»w a mark which devotes him to
humiliation and scorn, wlml would you reply?'
•You embarrass me, for I do not sec what
such on hypothesis cun have to do with a gen
tlenlahlike yourself. ’
*A gentleman ! Yes. by elevation of soul,
perhaps also, by education ; hut not by acci
dent birth. lam a slave.'
•You !* said Uuilly, with astonishment.
. .‘My name is Swerkof Feodoiwiu, and the
estate on which I Was bom belongs to Prince
Uouloubskoif.
•How cam T serve you ?' asked Railly. ex
tending his hand «Ul-cliunnlely to the young
man. ‘I would gladly do moie thuii. pity you
Put let its go this way, 1 he added, taking the
direction of a path which led fioin the throng :
‘it is more prudent. Von know, perhaps, that
the'Prince is here.' .
•Yes;, but \ could not choose the moment to
speak to you. This evening, ['believe, the
court gives a fete at tho Reterburg.’
•Yes.’
•Yqu will not return to Vienna, for after the
fete you aro to go to the chateau of Count de
Bolcnsk-’
■ ‘Yes.’ -
•To play there,l*
' ‘Tho whole night, and Qouloubakofl will bo
there.* , ‘ , ( • ‘
•I waft well informed.’ Ho hesitated a mo
ment and a deep shadow passed over his coun
tenance* ■ ' ’ i
‘ls not that the livery of tho Prince which I
see near us I* asked Sir James. '
•It is.*
> ,*IIo cannot be far off!' Shall wo not avoid
meeting.him ? J , '■*
•With all my heart. Not that 1 fear id bo
recbgniztid'iiumwllatcly l long years havcpjnw
cd since wo.met: but I cpuld not exchange }pn
words witirhhp without exciting reincmbrah
cea, and-all bond,Would bo lost.* ‘'
’ *Lct us'roHow;ihis path, then/ and putting
their horses they soon found .tucmscl
ves oqtpf flight and hearing of the chase.
.;tUflro,’Baul Sir James,; we are safe from ob
servation.*' * 1 • 1 ; 1
_ .‘Btrorij- going faKhcr,* resumed* the young
Russian. ‘1 must ask you to tako charge of
tbisC handing him a pooKel book. 1 . * Wiilpn it
aro bank notes to tho amount.of ft million rou
bleq.* i| ,i* •' *. - • *•
’*A surprised out
bis usual calm by>lho amount.
*Tako it, sir, I beg of you, and deign to lia-
■‘mjk ; _ ♦
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL 42.
ten to me. My father and I were bom on a
small estate near the Volga. The estate be
longed to Prince Qouloubskof!. the father of the
Prince now in Vienna. My father was attach
ed to his person for a long time, and served
him with much zeal and devotion, that at his
death, he bequeathed him a considerable sum ;
but unfortunately for our family, he forgot his
cnfrnnchsienient. My father trafficked in furs
with Southern Russia, and being intelligent
and energetic, he grow rapidly rich. My edu
cation was entrusted to a French emigrant .and
to his care I owe all my success, for when t
grew up T joined my efforts to those of my fa
ther. and extending our operations to the East,
I doubled his fortune in the course of a few
years. Our positions as serfs excited the sol
icitude of my friend, the Frenchman, and he
urged me to seek an adopted country in the
Western world : but, though I ardently desir
ed to withdraw my neck from the yoke of bon
dage.! could not fly,without leaving m3’ poor fa
ther a prey to m3' master's vengeance. If T
once left Russia finally, the smallest chastise
ment for him would be the loss of his properly
and a return to the rudest labors of slavery.--
I could not do it. Besides. I nourished a hope
which strcnilu-ncd me each day to await tno
morrow. I thought that Alexander, who.jt
was said, was ambitious of the title of regener
ator of bis country, would associate his name
with the abolition of servitude. But all the
plilanlhrop)’ of the Emperor, restrained as it
was by the hateful and pitiless nobles, pi-odu
ced only the ukase, which forbade the individ
ual sale of the serf: 1 bey could only be sold
with the estate. I had waited in vain.
•Why did yon not try to purchase your
self ?’
•It would have been useless. The great
Muscovite lords have made a horrible compact,
binding themselves not to accept the ransom of
a slave. Are you ignorant that n serf of Count
Scliercmctolfoll'ered two millions oi roubles for
his liberty ond was pitilessly refused Yet the
Coir t receives but a small annual tribute from
ibis man : only a few roubles : but these great
lords tiud a cruel pleasure in counting the
number of their vassals, and absolutely depend
ent on their caprice, millionaires, whose for
tunes they could rum at a word. I have borne
my hard lot wilh the fortitude of a Christian.
I have sought to forget it in business travel
and deeds of charily : but now my courage
j lulls, for I love—and the woman who accepts
me for a Iniabund must accept the chain of sla
very'.’
Alter a moment’s pause the young Russian
resumed: ■•Prince (iouloubskot). 1 have said,
possesses an estate on the borders of the Vol
ga. It counts only fifty hearths, yet he will
not sell it at any price. But the Prince plays,
and play with him is an unbridled passion, for
which he wilt sacrifice everything. In the fe
verish excitement of this passion, he may be
led to risk this estate. If he does so, he may
lose. In this village I was born —my father
was bom there —my family are still there—
gain this village for me—Mnn. Englishman,
Christian—under this triple title! put my f*le
in 3'qur hands —you have an unlimited credit
over tnv purse—stake everything—triumph at
any price—if fate should bo against you. if I
must lose everything and yct'Trtmnn a tlnverl
will bless you for having tried to break tny
chains.' '
1 accept the task.’ said RaillyC''" s "•■ 1
•This night ?’ t
•No. this night circumstances will not serve-
They will play lansquenet.- Besides-, f have an
engagement with H Ueam.“~*Btit the day after.
I think, a favorable occasion will olfer natural
ly between Uoiitoubskoll and myself. He will
not recoil, I judge, by the temerity ho showed
yesterday. 1 will profit by it.’
•Thames ! Sir said Swcrkofl : ‘and
now we must scpaiate. Your Incnd.s will seek
you. I would avoid meeting ihein.’
.Four days after this conference, a dense
croud wok collected in one of the gaming halls,
around a small table under I lie rotunda, at
winch wore seated 1u o players. 'l’hey were
6ir James ilailly and Prince (Sou lon hsk off
For two days, these two had been contending
for victory—now at lansqmnet, now ai ecnrte,
and the losses of Uuilly amounted to 100 000
roubles. The game at pnsmt was ccnnc, and
hud been four against four . bin the bettors be
coming alarmed, thought it prudent to resume
their s<akes ; they w ere renewed by the I’rmce
and Rudly. and the slake now amounted to the
round sum of BU.UOO florins.
The cards were shnllUd and distributed : the
trump earn was hearts: they were to be re
newed twice.
Fire sparkled in the eyes of the Prince, but
those of Ilailly were impenetrable. It won not
n mail, but a siainc, the expression never
changtd.
■Hcaris!’ Hind the Pnneo.*
•I have it.’
•limns !’ he replied.
■Hero it is.’
•Hearts !’ again.
•Here!’
•Hearts ”
Radiy leaned back in nis chair, looking with
nulilfen nce on tho table at the heap of gold, to
which the hands of the Prince were eagerly ex
tended.
The joy ofGouloubskol! amounted to intoxi*
cation ; you will not quit playing, I hope, Sir
James,’ he said, ‘an Englishman never aband
ons (be field of battle.’
•Never. Prince! nor a Russian either. Is it
not so V
•it is a national prejudice with us ; but per
aps yon would like to change the game. Will
faro for two suit you V
•Faro lot it be.’
‘The-two Adversaries entered tho list again.
The Prince held the bunk ond gained 20,000
roubles. His good fortune seemed fatality it
self. Yet tho perfect calmness of tho English
man was not lew astonishing. Ho pursued his
object with the impassibility of his compatriots
before the French batallious at Waterloo.when
Wellingion, seeing his soldiers fall one after tho
oilier, look his watch and said : “Thcv die at
so many a nunuic, I havi yet such * number
of men: it will lie an hour before the last ono
fulls; Bluehcr will have limo to arrive, tho vic-
tory is mine !*'.■
Radiy dealt in his turn. This limo fortune
passed over to his side. Ho gained. He dou*
bled Ins slake, and gained again. Ho had just
gathered up 80 000 roubles, when ho announ
ced that ho had tripled his stoke.
, The Prince was 100 good a player to recoil.
Railly still gained. Oouloubskot! still played
pn’. lllMio had exhausted all the gold and notes
alibis disposal. He then proposed to ploy on
credit.'chalkink the slakes .upon tho table.— 1
Railly .accepted and gained three limes in suo
cessiom ,i,. I
•ByiSt. Georgo,' ho cried. ‘I have gained uOO,-
000 roubles.''i.! ; ; •
‘I congratulate you.’ said the Prince, with a
nervous contraction of- the countenance. He
began to sillier.
■ rYou will hot >quit 'playing; I hope,'Prince.
A RusHlan never abandons tho'flcld of battle.*
‘Never, Sir James, aa‘J told yoii. But,shall
wo change I Tho ttlV is,B,Ufjlin£ hero.' Let us
go into tho garden.' i Tfoq'mavo a reputation as
a marksman {suppose wi try a Bhdt. , * ‘ ‘
Railly, who saw tho feverish agitation of bis
companion, readily accepted.' Besides, custom
“OOR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS SEBRIGHT—DOT RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.”
required that be should be at the disposal of his
adversary.
In a moment the hat! was empty.
'What shall be the slake. Sir James ?’
•Two hundred thousand roubles.’
'Agreed, but! have no more gold: and I
must not exhaust my credit at the bank of Vi
enna. which is quite indispensable to me.’
•Then I will wager 200,000 roubles against
one of your estates.’
‘Do you wish to become a Muscovite proprie
tor V
‘lt is a mere whim, like any other.’
‘And one which I am not disposed to thwart.
I have something of that value near Moscow.—
It is on the declivity of a hill, from which yon
can see admirably the yet smoking ruins of the
holy city. I have also one at two miles from
Vologda.
‘Radiy shrugged his shoulders. *lt is too
cold.’ he said.
‘Ah I then I have something else which may
suit you. a charming little village near the
Volga.’ .
•Ilcro goes for the Volga then. And you
estimate this property ’
•At something more than 200,000 roubles.’
‘Then I add 50.000 to my stake.’
‘Agreed; but I have not the title-deeds
here. *
‘Pen, ink. and paper can supply them.’
Writing materials were brought, ami the
Prince in writing to transfer to Sir
James, if ho were the winner, the litlO 'nf his
domain upon the Volga.
The bet was to be decided by ten shots.— !
They drew lots for the first fire, and the Prince 1
won, and took his place.
About seventy feet before him were placed,
in a circular line, five small cages, twelve feel
opart, each containing a pigeon. Cords wore
attached to the trap'-doors which closed the
cages, and were sufficiently long to reach the
spot where the marksmen stood, which was
called the post.
These cords, by the rule of the game, were to.
be placed in the hands of the adverse party,
who always stood behind the marksman : and.
while the latter had his eye intently fixed upon
the cords, his antagonist was permitted to agi
tate them, and to Itign to pull before doing so :
thus it was impossible to foresee on which side
the shot was to be directed, yet it was neces
| sary to atm quickly, for the bird, from its love
| of liberty, departs instantly and wilh an cncr
j getic wing.
You might have hoard a pin fall upon the
turf when UaiHy and the Prince had taken
their position and the signal was given. The
cords were agitated, and a door fell on the left.
The Prince turned his weapon in that diicction
and fired.
■Down !’ cried distinctly the voice of the of
ficial.
■» The same stillness prevailed when it was Sir
James’turn to fire. The tiap fell. The shot
followed instantly.
‘Down V exclaimed Ihc voice again.
•Did you say. Prince, that this estate bor
ders on the Volga V
•From the of thcjiousc, you can see
the course of tho nver P
An exploSion-wa.v heard' -
• —Btmm-p-’Baid thb same frolCc/ 4^**' —v - ' r
‘There arc magiflcenl plantation® of young
trees, grouped with infinite, art. Delicious
fruits, fine peaches.*
•That is-btyUavorite fruit’ . . ,
•Down !’
The strife continued, with success on both
sides, till the sixth-shot, whan Uailly failed.
Missed!* Raid the crier.
•At the eighth trial, the Prince having failed
and Uailly succeeded, and they were again
equal, the two sportsmen took a moment for
repose.
The Prince again look his place, fired ami
missed.
Ilailly was more fortunate. The bet wo®
approaching its solution.
What passed then in the souls of the Prince
and Sir James ? It was a mystery beyond hu
man intuition. To some the approach of an
important event is announced by low Inward
voices . to others present intents Rcciu mere fol
lies and chimeras. Rut it was remarked that,
when the Prince look Ins carbine again, it was
without a word, without display, without the
haughty look which was nutm-al to him.
He fired The bird winch hud flown in a
straight line, suddenly turned.
•Wounded *’ said some.
•Dead " said others
•No. no ’’ cried several voices.
Every eye was fixed upon it: but it mount
ed, its flight become stronger, audit disappear
ed. while Railly calmly whistled *God save the
King "
Railly having killed tho ninth bird, the bet
wus decided by a single shot, lor the Pnncc
failed again.
The two adversaries were superb ot this mo
ment. each in Ins fashion, the Prince by his
courage which raised him above Ins loss, and
Railly by the deep, concentrated joy which ho
fell in thinking of the serious consequences of
his success. They extended their hands to each
other, and separated the best friends in the
world. It was an incident of sportsman life,
which might have its counterpart to morrow.
Fifteen days parsed. Theacl of cession first
made out in the name ot Ilailly. then transfer
red to that of Feodorwitz. was fully authentica
ted, and Sir James quitted Vienna.
He attempted to restore tho million roubles,'
which was entrusted to him. not wishing to re
ceive a price for an action whoso only merit, he
said, was success : but he could not resist the
entreaty of the ransomed serf. Feodorwitz
forced him to accept it. inscribing upon the
pocket book! these words :
••To (ho free man who has made mo free.’
Wonrn Pubskhvino. —Master your passions,
or they will mister you.
Waste uolhing t neither money, time nor
tah-nt.
Let everything have its placc.and every bufii
ness its time,
Omit notably, commit no unkinducss.
Obey prpmptly that you may learn to com
mand. ~ ’
Keep the body perfectly pure, as an indica
tion of,purity of the mind within.
Resolve to perform what you ought 5 per
form tybnt you resolve.
Bat not to dullness : drink not to elevation.
Speak tho truth, or bo silent.
Be courteous, bo charitable-in honor pro
ferriog one to another.
If you can say notliiug good of one, say
notliing at all.
Without application, the finest talents aro
worthless; ana with application they may be
valuable,
[£/' ‘Well, Pat, Jimmy didn’t quite kill you
with riie brick hal f*
•No, but 1 wish ho bad.’
‘Wnatfor?*
•So 1 could h&vosccn him hung, tho villain.
Lotfq Documknt.—Ampng tho petitions pre
sented,to thoiJLiCgislaiuro of this thaio, for tho
repeal-of; the restraining liquor law, was ono
from Allegheny- opimty, said to be sixty feet in
length, ft contained three thousand fligna
(turca.
" ~ — -■ ----- ■ ~ _J
UlMnutter,
CARLISLE, PApEfIURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1856.
Froih thß’Jfome Journal. . halfway up toward the meridian, when a good-1
THE OP POCAHONTAS. ly company had assembled beneath the temple '
~ ( roof. The pleasant odor of the “pews of ce- 1
BY KBlfSOJjj LOssixo. dar” comingled with the fragrance of the wild !
■lj-’f-T-i '■>•* ■ . flowers which decked the festoons of evergreens | Go abroad
During the lovely tiidian summer time, in a " d sprays that hung over the “fair broad Upon the paths of nature, and when all
the autumn of lMB,;t|jcrc was a marriage on J vmdo ' vs > an “ the commandment tablets a- j Us voices whtsper. and its silent things
the banks of thesOWbfttan. ‘where the English hove the chancel. Over the pulpit of black-' Are breathing the deep beauty of toe world
bad laid the cornerstone pf;ihe great fabric of , mU hun K garlands of white flowers, with ■ Kneel at its simple alter, and’ the God
Anglo-Saxon .ErirairO: in lhe Kew World. It I, wax( ?p. * caVt * an( l scar l et berries of the Who hath the living waters shall be there,
was celebrated Inrifoe Second church which the • /*,., Conununion-tflblc wns covered I iV. P. HMfis.
English settlers,Kad:,crated there. Like their t l ’™' borc l brca<l fom the OR when ploughing the mighty deep. I’ve
first, which fire.hodi Bcyouml the previous u d“i J 'tJ“ ?Z": 7 d wm .° fr 0 " 1 ~ls, ,ls beheld I,is grandeur in thc.plocd ruffl.ngof the
winter, it was a roaef atrncturc. whose roof J. U '"!l, 1 ' 01,0 ,' v bc ‘ waves-in the gentle breozo of Heaven that
rested upon rough pine column* fresh from the ‘ “" 0 , 0, a P arW « d wdl > "« wafted me to a fur off clime-in the fury of the
nrgin forest and were little °" £ *' !l B ' L ' ntlc pnnccss ul ' tempest-in loud sounding bursts ol thunder,
indebted to the hand, or, art. The ofilciating J u , amid Uashea of lightning-ay lat a lime when
priest was "gnod. Master Hnnier.” who had “V lpa V y assembled in the broad fttnc plcturai imagination the jewelry
Cist all his books by, the conflagration. His- ?P?“ hc the cha " ccl and , h " ,">« of the ocean ns my tomb and my dlWe the
tory. poetry, and snpg, have kept a dutiful s i_ | “™' Bnd groom were the central ligurcs in fact c , en ial music of its roar. Then again I’ve
Icncc rcapcc ing that first- English marriage in | SMS? JfciSS ‘TTfA" * *•* “ abatement of .be atorSi-in tbo
America, because John lavdon nnd Anne Bur-1 B , n S! tunic of wlnlc muslin from the looms ceasing of His anger—in the renovated splen
rows were common pottle. The bridegroom I J, ,“?• 11 , 0 r , arms "T" 1 bare ovcn <« the d or or the B ky—in the returning brilliancy of
was a carpenter, mTong-thc find adventurers I ah ° uldors - and - hanging loosely towords her n lc stars—in the unparalleled ueauly of
who ascended thc?Owha|an, then named James i was £. r . 0^c of , r !. c 1 R i n |}’ P rcscnl cd by Sir luminary of night, and in the tranquility of
in honor of a bad, king'; and the bride was j T llO,l ? 8 V^ C ’ aod / anc,fu cmbroi. crod by lhe winds . 4 3
waiting-maid to “Mistress Torrest.” wife of! if 0 , , , m J ld . cn 1 j ~A &? ud * v fillet encir- 1 Reader ! dost thou think that man can adc-
Thonias Forrest, geriUettum./ Alrcso "•a- Iho j S '1"' S P°«ray the grandeur o, Ins Maker ?-
first white women ever SSCH ttt*4l«PJamastown , *.T c , sau7f’5 au7 f’ while her limbs were adorn- D ost th ou suppose that he can dilate on that
settlement. ' i ’ .T td with the simple jewelry of the native work- whicll is beyond the ken of monalily? The
Almost five years lattr. therts was another s J op8 p in the gay clothing student in the solitude of his little chamber
marriage at Old JaraefitpWn.in honor of which, i,. cavalier of that period, and tfpon n , av lr j m Bml i„ s midnight lamp.and
history, poetry, and songllmvc employe'* ; llls he wore the short sword of a gentle* ouiwaloh the slow-paccd eye: the poet may
The bridegroom WQB “Master John Rolfo. an i ,nan distinction m society. Ho was the call in requisition his breaming thoughts, ami
honest gentleman, and’fif good behaviour.” P t,rs 9 nid, ’ntion of tmmly beauty m form and array them in all the powerful garb 1 of burning
from the realm of. England: and the bride was 1 c . a,na R° : S ‘ lC womanly modesty and lovely eloquence: the orator may summon In his aid
a princess royal, natnodiMaloa. or Pocahontas. ! »Jiupl ,c| ty. and aa they came and stood before f orce 0 f that mighty mind with which
the well-bcloucd daugM&*.of the Emperor of f , n ! an ? f .V°I-* I,lstor -V dipped her pen in the Fie has endowed him: the learned d.vmc.
the great Powhatan con&lrniry. on ‘he Vir- I ,n dc« truct lc fountain of inith. atid rerordiad a in the hallowed temple, nay extend Ins hands
ginia peninsula. The'tfficiating priest was P ro l‘‘ H -‘cy °f m ghty empires in the New \\ orld- ; U phfL his eyes, and bend his knees in the sol-
Masler Alexander Whitakfr. a noble apostle of Jr*’ 0 ] 1 1 ., c * innCT *l where ; no railing inter- etnu attitude of prater, and in accents of
Christianity, who went Id "Virginia for the cure i l * lc s°°d 'Mnlaker stood in his sacrodo- thanksgiving and of pnu.se. But ’tis all in vain
of souls. Sir Thomas Ddic. then Governor of la V?r' S " • W,th voice, pronoun- to directly discuss a theme, which is ad m/im
the colony, thus briefly tells Ins “blasters of the I c . cd , ma^ na 6° nlualol the liturgy of ihc rum. sublime and magnificent.
Company in London, thc6t.ory of Pocahontas :i '“ , S‘ ,( ’ an Uhurch, then first planted on the (Jrandcurof Uoo ! You can witness it in
•I “Pownafnn's daughtcr-J- caused to he care- i l ‘ sl j rn . On lus right, in a richly t)„. glorious gift of intellect to man —rend it m
fully instructed In the Cht»«ljnn religion, who, , carvi ' d air state, brought from England. i|, e purer language of his brow—in the splen*
after she had made a good-progress therein, re- ? Rl J. wuh his ever nitundont hal* ,|„r of thought—m the victory of mind which
nounccd publicly her county's idolatry, openly | ‘ rB, vvlt ‘ J.* c,llieLs * at back. causes the mighty earth to recognize the mng
confessod her Christian.ftflth. tras. as she do-: T W<TC el , 1 , v wo,ncn thecolony, uillcent brightness of Ins name, and the beau
sired. baptized, and is since married to an En* nnd L '* cst ‘ > soon I “ u ' r i l b' a uicmonihlc event, re* ( uful to hail the brilliancy of his talents ns a
glish gentleman of good ffederstanding fas his l,,rm " lo nnllvt ‘ England, ihc •■ninety young talifiuan of lore. Contemplate U inthemeeh
lellcr unto me. containing the reason of his • j mrc ant * nucorruptcd. whom the antsm of the human heart—in theconstiuction
marriage of her, you may perceive,) another i w ! Re handvfi c} * Ußt;d t 0 be sent to \ irgima, ns 0 f cos k cl by whn hit is enclosed —in that
knot lo bind this pcoco the-stronger. Her fa- 1 wivts for the planurs. did not arrive until ten immortality therein which will flourish m eter
thcr and friends gave'opprobation to it, and i }'. cars ate r* A J. , al dan * esl °wn were al ( nal youth; long, long after the encircling dust
her uncle gave her to' him in tho church She 1 110 marria fi c ’* be letters of the tune have hat h crumbled to that from which it cmanaU
lives civilly and lovingly ,«Uh him, and I trust, | US the uamca of snu.c of them, j
will increase in goodness. «s the knowledge of r i'?, trc 5 8 n “°^ e . with her child. | doubt U*ss Behold in the pleasing melody of the birds
God incrcaselh in her. Sim will go to England i . I,c , J'y, 0 ’ l , bridegroom:) Mistress Kns*, a 8 i|, e y tune lo Heaven their songs—in tho
, with me, and, were it but lhe gaining of this l ? nßnd .i , ’ nnd Mjstress Horton and grand* | pi ac|{ ] harmony of tho air- -in the lovely How
onc soul. 1 will think ray iirac, toil, and pres. c ' ,l ‘ d - 1 lcr !^ a, , d *^ crvan t' Ehr-ahoth I ar* ers as they throw around their richest perfume
set slay well spent.” Y ROnS w 10, on a ir,slmafi cvc before mid mar- —in the jnvulcts as they leap on their courses
ThoiavDnio. Coriosity 1 ,0TO, "*“ ” d Um, ' aS,lCd
w ould know more of the Pfitfcess and her mar- Thomas Gates, a brave soldier in many wars, I ~T . „«•.> B ii._ a
nage, and curiosity bo gratified to and ns brave an adventurer among the Atlantic [yip 01 • * 'l'* ’
the extent of the of recorded his- ri i s ns any ono who ever trusted to the ribs , n U ’!!!! EES 11,,
tol mi’ a e •i t ~ . 6f oak of the ships of Old England. And Mas- The breath of Ufe-and health *’
The finger of special providence, Spatkes, who had beenco-ambossador wah . The breath of llfcand health.
d m' n^ C in tbe hharacton R o lfe to the cobrt of Powhatan, stood near the Fnm cUvelond Plain,.haln.
and acfcf of .Pocahontas.was the daUgh- old soldier, with young Henry Spihnan at his Dri , . .
ter of a 1 agan king who hciftl of Je- side. Thera, too, was tho/young George Per- BUSiI 10 jOlffL
.
with’ tho cbrdihal rfraw - lire. behind, whoso conduct nqis 1 always os noble Summit count v, just returned frouj (ho Decorali
«Shon-a» a laiirlscnff?' i. ltd earth, ns his blood; and near him. an earnest speefn-[ Land Offfce, towa-, where, with thousands of
Where all wua lml a calm quid, tor of thc scene, was the elder brother of Po- j others, he has been waiting .for wicks for (ho
Lflxttr|ant, buddina cC 'ny Ithok,-/ • ' pahontas:* bat hot the destined successor to the f nurpoae of entering some government land.—
When Captain SmlVJlo boljast anfi W ll>>™ «f hi« ftlhcr. There too. lha troung.; The rtmb amg so great tl.atacrou,! would fill
of tho rarly advouturaS. 7 Virgtoia' ,»notfat4 cr . bro l, ht r r " f ll" b f r “ U ' , B "‘ 1 . ma "{ \ o,,lbs a , n , d 7‘7 I™« a K' way to tho ..fiicc at .u K l.t and
«I tho donao forest, ihhaaTSndo aprirancr, i n.atdona from the forest shades: hut one noble sand on then feet t.II mnrmng. murder to l.e
eras cpnduetcd in t.lurai* from village lo vil- , hgare-lhc nrWoofthe-Potvhalancunfederary first to. Some froze them lues, and .some then
lage, until he stood in the presence of'l’owhal- 1 the falbc r f 10 bndc ' ' raa a ’ 3 ™ 1 .,. h“ d ; f™*. wa.tmp f.«- Iho office u> open. I Ins was
’ .i ..j '.n.i, „ i i conscntcfl to the marriage with willing voice. . called the ‘ Stair bvhtem. The outsiders 11
an, the supreme i ulor, and was then condemn- . . .. . , , r I ~ , - . . , , ,
, r I but would not trust himself within the power nally organized some tlirce hundred strong and
of the English nt Jamestown. lie roinamis) in drew mi inters from a hat for their turns, pled
his hahita inn at Weroworornocu. while the 1 gmg lo aland by one another, as against those
Rose and the Toti m were being wedded, bni ' t who persisle«l in the “Stair System.” Upon
cheerfully commissioned his brother. Opochis- the drawing, printed numbers were issued lo
cn. lo give away his daughter. That prince the drawers fimn 1 lo 300, signed by the
performed his duty well, and then, in careless} chairman of the committee, which ctrlilicnlek
gravity, hc sal and listened lo ihc voice of the of numbers soon became ninmni. by hearing
A|>osile, and the sweet chanting of the little a premium of from £5 to £>so for those entitled
choiristcrs.—The music ceased, the benediction to dm« first. The officer could wail ujkjii hut
fell the solemn “Amen” echoed from the rude four or five customers pei day, which would
vaulted roof, and the joyous company left lh<* throw the high numbers some mouths abend
chapel for the festal hall of the GovAAnor So Mr Climnell. and others, come home and
Thus “the peace” was made stronger and the wait a month or so, when they expect to re
Rose of England lay undisturbed ii|>on the turn, in lime lo lake their chances aocoidmg
•luriiET of the PouhalAUs, while the fabler of to their numbers
Pocahontas lived.
Months glided away The hndc and groom
• Ined civilly and Immgly logetlier ” until Sir
Thomas Dale th-parled for England, m Dilfi
when they, with many settlers, accompanied
him Ti'inocotno. one of the shrewdest of
Pnmhatnn’s councillors, went also, that he
might report all the wonders of England to Ins
master- The Lady Rebecca receued great at
tention from the court and all below it. “She
accustomed herself to civility, and carried her
self as (he daughter of a king.” Dr King.the
Lord Bishop of London, cnlcrtaimd her “with
festival state and pomp,” beyond what he had
ever given to other ladies, and al court she
was received with courtesy due lo her rank os
a princess. But the silly bigot on the thnme
was highly incensed, because one of his.ui hjrcl*
had dared to marry n ladtj of royal Wood. and.
>n the mitLl of his dreams of perogatues. he
absurdly apprehended that Kulfe might lay
claim “to tho crown of Virginia Afiaid of
the royal displeasure. Captain Smith, « ho wan
j (hen in England, would not allow her to call
him/fitter, ns she desired to do. She could
not comprehend the cause, and her lender,
simple heart was sorely grieved by what seem
cd to ho his want of nfiidlion for her. She re* j
niatned in England about a year mid, a lien ,
ready to embark with her bus
hand, she sickened, and died at Gruvesaml. in
tho flowery mouth of June. 1017, when not
quite 22 years of ago. She left one son. Thom
as itolfe who afterwards became quite a dis
tinguished man in Virginia. He had hut one
child, a daughter. From her. some of the
lending familes in Virginia trace their lineage
Among these arc the Boilings. Murrays, Guys.
Eldridges. and Randolphs. Bui Pocahontas
needed no postrity lo perpetuate her name—
it is impcriahably preserved in the amber of |
history
Upon tho barren sand
A single captive stood ; •
Around him came, with bow and brand,
Thu red men of the wood.
Like him of old Ids doom hu hears,
Rock-bound on ocean’* rim :
The chieftain's daughter knelt in tears,
And breathed a prayer lor him.
Above his head in air
The tk.lt age war-cluh swung:
The frantic girl, in wild despair,
lloi arms around him Hung.
Then shook the warriors of the shade,
Like leaves on aspeii.litub—
Subdued by that heroic maid
Who bioutlied a prayer for him.
“Unbind him'” gasped lliu chief
“Obey yont king s decree!"
He kissed away her tears of grief,
And set the capli'e free.
’Tis ever thus, when in life’s storm,
Hope’s star to man glows dim,
An angel kneels in woman’s form,
And breathes n prayer lor him.
Geo, I*. Monnts,
How coaid that stern old king deny
The angel pleading m her eye/
How mock the sweet, imploring gneo
That breathed in beauty from her lace,
And to Iter kneeling action gave
A power to soothe and still subdue,
Until, (hough hnmbtd ns a slave,
To more than queenly sway, she grew.
W«. G. Simms.
The Emperor yielded to the maid, and the
captive wns set free.
Tw o year after that event. Pocahontas again
hecame an angel of dvlivurnncu. She hastened
to Jamestown during a dark ond stormy night,
.'informed the English ©f o conspiracy to exter
minate them.-ond wns back to her couch be
fore dawn. Smith was grntcftil. nnd the
whole English colony regarded her as their de
liverer. fiul gratitude Is often a plant of fee
ble root, nnd the hanker of selfishness will de
stroy It altogether. Smith went to England:
the morals of the colonims became depraved:
and Argali, a rough, half-piraticnl navigator,
unmindful of Iter character, bribed ft savage,
by the promise of a copper kettle, to betray
Pocahontas into his hands, to be kept ns a
iioHtago while compelling Powhatan to make
restitution for injuries hmiclcd. The Emperor
loved liis daughter tenderly, agreed to the
terms of ransom gladly, and promised unbrok
en friendship! for the English.
Pocahontas was now free to return to her
forest homo. . But other bonds, more holy tbnn
those of Argali, detained her. While In the
custody of the rudo buccaneer, a mutual at
tachment had budded nnd blossomed between
her and John Rolfe,nnd the fruit was a happy
marriage-r“anolher kiiot to bind the pcaic
with Powhatan much stronger.
April. in Um Virginia peninsula, where the
English witters’Urol built ft cil V* iso, . lc of .
loveliest months in the year. Then winter has
bid **■ final adieu to the middle regions of A
merjoai lho trees arc robed in gay and fragrant
blossoms: the robin, the bluc-birU, and tho
oriole, are Just giving the first opening prelude
to, the summer concerts in the woods, and wild
flpwer# nro laughing mcrily on every hedge,
and upon ihy green Xanlcs of every slrcanf.
It was a 'day In charming April, in 1013,
prhen Kolfeiand Pocahontas stood at the mar*
riago*'alter iir the new add pretty vbapcl at
JamestowiV, where, not long before, tii'o bride
i bad received Christian baptism, and was nam
| cd the Lady Rebecca. The sun had marched
SciKNnc iK rni? KitcukK.— Prof. Uihig. m
r Idler lo Prof. SiUiman. mvk The method of
roasting is obviously the best lo make (lesh
Iho most mitriticions. But it docs not follow
that boiling is lo bo interdicted. Tf & piece of
meet be put into cold water, and this healed to
boiling, and boiled until it is ‘done.’ it will be
come bonier. and hove less tnslc, than if thrown
into water already boding. In the first case,
ihc matters grateful lo the taste and smell go
Into the extract —soup: in the second, the al
buman of the moat coagulates from the surface
inward, and envelopes the interior with a layer
which is impenetrable to water.
In “Pericles/* scene 111. of act 11., wo
llnd this terse definition of a gentlcmnli :
“lie is tv gynllcmjm,
Who neither In bis heart, uor outward eyes..
Envies the great, nor doth the low despise.”
O* Henry Sohoolcfnft. tbq Indian historian,
in a letter to the Now York Tribune, defends
tho poem of Hiawatha as consistent with Indian
legends, and made up of American materials.
AT $2,00-PER ANNUM
NO. 3G,
CIUSDEUR OF GOD.
DT ItUAJI n. JCDAU.
Tub Fait mi us of Animals — Among the
mental problems n Inch occupied much of (In
attention nf Ampere win the vexed (plesi ion of
the nature of the faculties of animals lie nrt
gmully decided against I heir capacity In reason,
but lie abandoned the opinion in deference to a
single anecdote related by a friend on whose ac
curacy lie could rely This gentleman, drnen
by a storm into a village public honse. ordered
a fowl to be roasted. Old fashions then pre
\ailed in the South of Fiance and lurnspila
were still employed in place of the modern jack
Neither caresses, throats, nor blow s could make
the dog act his part The gentleman interpos
ed ••I’onr dog, indeed !” said the landlord,
sharply he deserves none of your pity, for
these scenes take place uveiy day. Do yon
know why this pretty fellow refuses to work
i the spit?—lt is because he has taken it into his
! head that he mid Ins partner are to share alike,
j and it is not Ins turn" Ampere’s informant
I begged that a servant might be sent to find the
I other dog. who mane no difficulty in perform
mg the tftjtk. He was taken mil after a while
and his refractory partner pul in. who began,
now his sense of Justice was satisfied, to work
with thorough good will like a stjuirrel in o
1 cage.
A similar indident Was related by M. de Li
ancotir to the great Arnanld who. with other
Port-Hoyuhsls. had adopted the theory of Des
cartes. that dogs were automatons and ma
chines : and who, on the strength fff this don
vtction. dissected the poor creatures to observe
the circulation of the blood, and • denied that
they fell. *1 have tWo tings.* said the remap
stroier against this cruelty, ••who turn the
spit (in alternate days. One of them hid him-
Holf. and his partner was about m be pul in his
place. lie barked and wagged his tail as a sign
to the cook to follow him. went In the gand.
pulled out the truant, and worried him. Are
these your machines ?" The great Arnanld.
mighty m controversy and redoubtable in log
ic. must have had a latent consciousness tiiat
the turnspit had refund him.
London Quarterly IleutcuJ.
Patlisllc.
Thunders roll from polo to polo,
The lightnings flash from sky to sky;
All the cattle muck up their fai/a and run.
And so dirt you and and—Ucrc ouypocl
left and has not Been heard from ninco.
Shock op an Eautkquakh.—Tho Frederick
(Md.) L\caminer slates that manv pcrsomrjn
that city felt what they supposed to bo the
shock of an earthquake about four, o’clock' oo
Saturday morning wetfe. It appears to M ' l “ ve
been experienced in a lino from o . »» •to W. «•»
or parallel witlt tbo Kino Kite j lll ' *™*'
lion won distinctly Ml tote »• » f"I 1 £
yol, but the Klrtwks-wcre not violent tnougll I
S any damage- . -
do any
[T7- A man ■W’ on folly, et-enlfully find,
himself •■straightened” in circumstances.
(£^Thtro ; -aro 14 fbmafc-physicians nbw
practising-in~BoBtonr
(C 7“ The fentird humbWof thb
wars of 1865, is estimated-at&)0,f)00P
IC?* The net proflts of the -Trihiiiie *beiyipft
per for the post y caramoubtlb S9S,IXHJ.*'-
I 'O* Ex-Sheriff Yates, oif ßarictxh , 'towa] re
cently look a five days’ hunt on boffttiick.
with a single rifle r and-retnrned with 15 elk
and 9 deer, weighing o,ooo’lbsi - :
O* Dr. Daniel B. Sadndir, of \Vytlvs triun*
ty, Vn.. a few days since,-sold 5 Dbrhaiticalves
for 5475. They averaged ilvo months old*
C7* Com. Shubrick, becomes, by- the’. death
of Coro. Morris, senior officer ot
States Navy.
ZZF A westchi editor, noticing a .Bloomer,
said—“ She looked remarkably well as far as
be could sec.V '• " : '*" '
ITT’Betting is immoral, 1 bnt bow'lcifl lhe
man who bets be worse than than thsmta Who
is no better. r • '.s: .*
ITT* An exchange says, “an editor can’t slop
without stepping on somebody’s toes.” „ "Well
let somebody keep his toes out of the Way.
O* Our ‘devil’ says’ that getting in love is
somewhat like getting drunk, thfe inorfe k feller
does tl the more he wants tb.
{T7* A mart can’t posses anything ‘.tbit's
better than a good woman, nor anything that’s
worse llian a bad one. . . I
yy Jones says courting is done op theprint
mg principle: there bejng a good deal of oakd
press work about it. 1
[C7“ An Irishman writing to a friend from
the west remarked—" Pork is so pfetity hfere
that every third man you meet is a h6g, v
remark whicii, unfortunately, may.-btetfpflfed
to society in many other places. , • fl
',y Somebody has written a book-On'vThe
art of making people happy without money.”
Our ‘devil’ thinks he is in an excellent condi
tion to be experimented upon. '
Ct/** A mine of Epsom Salts is'saij to bare
been recently discovered in Santa CfUXCO.’CSxI.
If u yliould not prove remunerating to ilspro
pm-tors, it will, ncverthtlUs, be *lwayfe good
fur working people.
[T7* As nn instance of the severity'of liio
resent wmte, the Boston Traveller 'states
lint a gentleman living in the vidinity ‘of
loston lately found the dead bodies of
a!f a dnzcn crows upon the snow io the di
mity of his house.
ff 7“ The statement that the ladies ,of Qio
first Inmihes in New York employ a cooper to
hoop them, on great occasions, proves unfound
ed. K
"7* Some individual in New Orleans, who
was “born to good luck.’’ drew the $20,000
prize in the last Havana lottery.
C'7' He who Is passionate an<J hasty is gen
erally honest. It is your cool, disscmbliiig
hypocrite, of whom you should beware.-*-
• •’Them's no deception in a bulldog..” - Il ls
only the cur that sneaks up and bites you,when
your back is turned. ■*'
yy An Irishman in Chicago has juakdis'
covered a substitute tor potatoes- It consists
of pork and cabbage, lie says he'had tried
various other things, but this is the only ’.‘suh
siiluic" de'd like to warrant, • “ rm
y The ratio of increase of insanity in NoW
York State has exceeded the augmentation of
jtopulation CO per cent., for'2s years.
yy Quite a .rumpus has :bccn kicked pp lit
Chicago in consequence of the members of the
City Council voting to themselves gold-headed
cancs which cost $55 each, amounllhg, ra the
aggregate, to about $lOOO. -/ •• ■
Tho-biii.. inpurchaso ftrfhb' Slate ftta
hundred, acres 6r 'tfHJ"gTUu!lU,', MlClOdJhgvtlxe
tomb of Jackson lind-binldings of tile ffcrrtiit
age. has passed one branch of the Tennessee
legislature. * ’•:
(FT* h is said thot Jenny Lind Weaves Are
nmilred pounds sterling far cacli cotxcert in
vhich she sings id the series now in progress
n Loudon. ‘ -
Z'T “Slocum, how is It tfcday; ytiu
take that note up?” "I 1 ™ sorry to say that f
can’t—never was so cramped in my, 'Hfc.”—
••You are* always cramped, arc VOd notV* —
• I'm sorry lo say I am: and yet tlufrc’s a oat
uml cause for it.* 1 '‘And what ikibklT”—
••Why. I was weaned ou green apples ftudwtf*
Lcrmclons.**
• \£y' The Prussian Governtnent has
ini the journals to publish advertisement*
from parties seeking husbands Or wives,-on
the ground that these advertisements arc. fot
i he must part, mere cloaks or traps for immor
ulil\ mid licentiousness.
T 7” Little nets of kindness, gentle -words,
|.<vmg nnules—they strew the path of life with
tinners. they make the sunshine- brighter and
ihe green earth greener : and lie who bade us
'•hue nne another” looks with favor upon tho
gentle nnd kind hearted, and he pronounced
i he meek blessed.
(!'/■ Think of the pleasure of knowledge and
the disgrace of ignorance. Set ft value on tho
Mimllesi morsels of knowledge. Tho fragments
xrc the uusl of diamonds.
Mankind in general mistake difficulties
for impossibilities. This is tho difference bc-t
tween iltose who effect and those who do not.
[L7* A man in Louisville offers lo bet from
the to thirty thousand dollars that he can jump
live fact further on li dt-ad level than any man
m Kentucky, three feet further than ftny man
m the United States, one foot farther than any
man m the world, or that he can stand.-sqUarft
upmi the earth mid leap a brick wall flftecn-fect
high and four thickj ,
■£j- There is a seduction bill before the
lucky Legislature, lo which an amendmentbaa
been presented, which, if adopted..will create
some stir among the todies, it provides that
any female guilty of attempting to scduco '%
yuitng man by wearing low neck drc*scs,tmd
oilier captivating articles or-ftiUrc.aballbppun?,
ed with the same penalty affixed to cases ofse-,
ducimn. The gay deceivers will be obliged tfr
correct their habtls, should this amendment bV
adopted. ’ ••;■ il'
A Lorn* Rina.—The Reading Gautte, men* 1
lions tlic arrival in lhal citj of a. gemlcrtan,
from Montreal. Ctinada, on las( Thursday, whu
drove the whole journey (live hundred miles)
m a sleigh. Wo presume, there has nit bdea'
a winter for many years during which-Urisdis
tance could have been ir&veiled
on rummers
Wau's Dm saa.—According-lb (he.A'Nnmy
Evening Journal, the entirb number of fntn
killed by the wars of 1855 ia.'over 300,000.- 1 *- 1
Bvvcntv*thrco baUlea have been fought; and no
such bloody record has been any
year bincc ibedayagf Uicildd of,Wattrloo.
Tub Last Invention. —The
Sun tolls of a machine Which has - been mixritea'
••out South." which ihablcs a man
ho is gelling too drunk to w#lfc< Jt.' a wU<a*r
fudtilcometer, ondgim tiimty
ting a fellow suddenly Under t he short riba (bo
moment ho has got enough. ■ - . •
0-7* The Chicago Journal qaVs Jliatlhe Slier
ifl’of Kano county, lIIm recently killed, in live 1
jiayn' 15 elk and iiiqqku and 5 dccra. 1
■ JET" Jetmy Lind\ who has nevcV y6t T
Puria, has, it inusold. nosititcly promised- to *
perform. thepe when, she ct f j
$y Bayard'l’aylorWll! moke,’’it f ls £ai(T,Bs,^
000 this season by lecturing, . John G; Sa**>
will nd 54,000. if sickness uflea not break up
too many of his engagements.
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