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PAST MEMORIES.
J. G. WHITTIER.:
the lengthening chain
memory at'the’tfcottght of thee?
iopes, which longin qurtt haVo lain,
Irbams come thrqnging'baok again,
id.boyhood!livoB,in,mej, ~ ,
1 Us glow upon my^chock,.
i fullness of the heart is mine,
hbn'l.learned to\hoar thee speak,'
raise,d‘ my,doubtful byb tothiue.
ir again thy low replies, .
ccl,;thy arm withip my. own, . i.
.timidly again uprise .. . - ’ ,
fringed lids of thy hazel eyes,
th soflb brown trbsSea overblown. '
iiemorics of sweet summer eves, .
moonlit waves and willowy way, >'
irs, and flowors, iind dewy-leaves,-
Smites and tones more dear than- they J
■is thyquict eye hath smiled,
picture of thy youth’to sfco,
hAlf a woman, half a,child,
sry artlcssncss beguiled,
.folly's self.seemed wise in:mo.
cansinilc when:o’er tbat hpur,
lights of memory backward! stream,
the while that manhood’s poirer
viucr than'my boyhood’s dream.
passed on, and trace •.
Ayer care and deeper though# ’■* *’
) inc the cal/n,eo!d facot ii,
ind—-and.to thee the grace,
lanV pensive beauty brought,’ ' '
rdugn blast/forblatnc or praise,
1001-boy'a name lias widely, flown!
the green and quiet ways ’
trusivo goodness known. •'
* yot» in thought and deed,
diverging paths ihclui'o'; 1 :
Genevan sternest ■
Wra tomy spirits need, , :
rkshiro pensant’s simplest lino;
)o, the priestly rite and prayer,
“tdy-day,. the solemn .paa.lmj ,
'r tho silent reverence whore
TOfclircn gather, slew and-calmj
lath loft on mo
dmpress Tihtolias worn not out, f
L(iow from tho paat l sqo ’ ■ --
igcring o^n!ycfc'thy way about •' 1
ifliolly oan fclio heart unlearn ■ n■' ’>
it‘lessou of its better hours,
'ot has. time's dull footsteps worn
cormhon dust that path of floats. V
... The Zouaves of lije Bevolulion^^^
this time it may bo interesting.'to know
there were Zouaves in the War of Inde
fenee, the,extract of a letter, written by a
Jjg soldier,in thcConneotieut n,rmy to his
his, '.which follows states the fact - '"
Disaii Parents;-Our;
tjast night very late, hungry mid 'Prod
tang is a good deal harder than old Squire
J ’?f 1,0 <li»aroh, fourteen miles
r for three days and carried his prog be
rfuthef’s old 1 French war fuseei Halcu-
Be'd ndt been so encouraging to ns, bovs
p/find fault, mind;, I'only wish; to-let
know that we are not; on a' May , party.”,
tavern wo were joined by two
lames of Soldiers from Now Haven, and
O of Iqeerfellows,’ as Jake dallstheni,
outhern colonies. They are all ri
band arc commanded bv Colonel Crcsap
■ don’t uso.any .bods, as "we do, butsleep
op the ground, all in a row, like Indians
J>ut their antics in military exorcises are
a curiouscat kind. They load and'fife
rifles lying flat on their; bellies; • After
they tangle themselves all up in a knot,
oqk just like aporenpine, with their guns
mg out all over, them.. But the' wonder-:
part of their actions is their hitting’'a
• Any of them can hit a Small potato
distance. You never saw any
liko it. When .we got ;to camp Twill
more about, ithcao riflemen,, who , would
“.•‘ho eirlB.,tp see -them, cut their antics,
a company described in this letter is also
d to in Moore’s Diary of thd Revolution
lOwaj • ■•iv ,?v If } s , ; ■ „ t/ j,
7 -fV' Wt&rrf)* J JViday : .evening
Smved (itHaneastor, Penn., on their way
1(! P(“ 9*“P» 'Oflip- Orgsap’s’ company
. consisting of 130’ active’ 1 b P fa%.
m
ksof
i that would, do hoirir I® r ?r W i C^ S
battle bled at ovoiy Vbin I’ ' ■
P™® warrior? jn particular ahoWa the,
mb of four bullet Holes through hie Hck
Epcse men have been bred in the -woods
Bebipe sfnd'dangera .fronr their infancy.
Jip]Jou r a 8 if tliey were, entirely .unaoqu
. wilh, and had never felt the passion of,
With their.rifles in their hand ‘they
b a kind of omnipotence over, their oner
Ohd. cannot much bonder at this When
ihtion a foot, which can be fully attested
of tuo table, perspQß.wlio, were
{nesses it Twp brothers in the• com
ook u pieco of board, five inches bi-dad
von inches Jong,, with a bit ofwhitd pa
jovit,the size) 0f?.,, dollar,,nailed ; in,the
and while, one of them supported .this
perpendicularly botWeeh'his knees, the
it‘a distance: of upwards ; of : siSty‘yar’dd
thoutany, kind: of rest,, shot: eight huh
rough it successively, arid spared a broi
thigh. ■ j
lothor of the idorapany held a barrel
erpondioularly jn his hands with end
S.'de whjle one of hi? comrftf ’
jthe sariie distance and in the same man
fore mentioned, shot Several -bullets ,
anV apprehension of dan- :
either side.. The spectators, appearing ■
Pfized at, these ,feats,, ware fold that :
■ero upward of fifty persons in the same i
J who could do the'same thing; that i
“!ron ton ?, who could not ptug 19 hul- 1
>nf2o; as tboy termod it. withm an inch i
toad of a tenponny naiL fn, short. to i
| evince the confidence they posessocL in their
I dexterity with these *_ki|id of sortie of
them proposed to stand with apples oik their'
heads, while others, at tlie same distance, un
dertook to, shoot' them, off; hut the people who
saw the other experiments declined to, bo wit
nesses of this. , i
"At night a groat fire was kindled around
a pole planted in the court house square, where
the company, with their captain at their head,
all naked to the waist and painted like sava
ges, expect the captain, who was in an Indian
shirt, indulged a vast. concourse of people
with a perfect exhibition, of a war dance,'and
all the manoeuvres of Indians, holding council,
going to ,war, circumventing their enemies by
defiles, ambuscades, attacking, scalping, and
so forth. It is said by those who are judges
that no representation, could possibly; coine
nearer the original. I The captain’s experien
ce and agility, in parthjular, in these experi
ments, astonished every beholder. This mor
ning they will set out on their march for Cam
bridge.” ,
Five Years in Foreign
/•Thb following is the statement of a prisoner
who was confined to' in European
dungeons: ;
“I Iftndeddj^S^noafrom Boston somewhere
in 1853, end was wishing to see the" south of
Italy, traveled till I came near Viterby, when
I was cautioned not to go.near Romp.. Bat I
still persevered in my Intention of doing'so,
when I was arrested, as not having a. passport
and carried to the Eternal City, where I was
placed in the Carcere Nuoyo. Not, satisfied
with tho'report Which ! gave of myself, I was
tortured for throe months as follows: My
hands and arms were bo.und together, and then
by ropes tied round! the' uppep .part of the
arms, they were drawn back until my breast
protruded: and my bones sounded.;“ ; crick!
crick I” There was 1 another; species ,of tor
ment practiced upon.ine,-which was this:—
At nighfwhile sleeping, the door'was secret
ly opened, and buckets of water were thrown
over my body. How l survived it I cannot
tell; the .keepers were astonished,'!and said
they had never had sUohiian,instance. /‘‘But
you will never get out alive,” said the Capa
role Rosalbi. 1 replied that I never,expected
so to do, andiprayed for .the angelmf death ito
come. _ The worst torture of all, however, was
the prison itself, a room- into which a few rays
of light Struggled from above, and the .stench
of wliiclo—for it was Used by the jailors as a
privy—was as bad as death. , For three months
I suffered thus, and then; without any reason
being given,.! was sent, off 1 to Naples; was
placed firsfin the Vicaria, and afterwards in
San Francisco, in a small'.closo room, where!
have boon detained for four.years and a half.,
I was questioned on several: occasion?;, and'at
last refused to answer, saying that my perse-'
°utqps,nlrendy;hpcw yrhat I, hadi to say;;:' tha^
I was unjustly'and illegally’'-confined,'' and.
nothing should compel me to utter another
v ,or, h;! On another occasion;! was culled be
fore Cljuichimi,..the director of. police;, who in
,tei-rogateii me. I
suffering as! was! ilhave.boenaskoditosehd:
a ,supplica ifor jny, liberation, but my ihyaria
bio answer Was “1 will dip first;.never will I
ask anything of this Government.” When
•first I 'arrived herb I had a little' mOnby, which
for a short time .procured 'me.' better food than
the prison fare, and thomby,degre,es,]E pold ray
clothes. At List I. sqld.at times, my black
broad to have a little' salt to' sprinkle oyer my
beans, and sometimes' to'procure some incense
toirelievo-the horridstenoh of my.prison. As
for water for purposes of cleanliness, it was
never supplied me, and aU that I could do was
to dip one of : my own rags in a jug of'drink
ing. Watch and wash'Some 1 portions of my bo
dy. .During the,day!! could reposo; but at
might I.was covered with black, beetles', fleas,
.and pvpry conceivable specie? of yormin. I
ekppc'ted deiith, and desired and prayed for it
OSa'reljof, but it never came. • :i ■
“ My clothes were at last so reduced'that I
was all but naked,, and so I have-passed four
summers and winters; . pacing up. and. down
,my .nayroiy chamber. . ‘I will show, you . my
prison dress f ’ haid.ho, and going out returned
in.afew minutes!' : It'might have stooTasa
model for Lazarus, risen from the tomb. The
lower part of his'body was covered with a thin 1
pair ;of hyown drawers,; nothing more ; , ort his
iCEjt wore a pair of shoes with the soles and
upper leather all in holes. , 110 liad no shirt,
bu t over the upper part of his body Was thrown:
a rag, something.dike: a coarse kitchen towel,
one corner of,which he had placed on his head,
and as the long elfin . locks, which hod not
been cut for many years, hung down far below
his shoulders, he appeared more likC a brute
boast than & ‘Christian-man. . ‘Sooth’s 1 rAg*
said he, -‘how ■! have botchoditl * This was my
dross, and so clad I.paced upi and down my
den/ ‘Whpn I heard of this state/ said' the
Arenayo—whose name should be honored—‘l
sent him some elothes, otherwise he could hot ,
have; left his prison'; and when he entered my ; '
house I thought:! had : never witnessed Bubh a
sight.;, ' He was supported by two persons,.for
hebould scarcely walk; and -stalred'about ex
claiming, ‘Whore am I?’ He was evidently
lost.: He dies somewhat recovered in appear
ance,' but . his eyes -are still half closed; as
though.unaccustomed to 'the light, 'and the in
dioations of suffering are unmistakable; l 'You
wme hstpnished'by What, you have seen/ 1 said
n friend Who Was with* mo,'-‘and'yob in the
' , have seen hundreds of, snob sights/.”
\ ... <“
■ ' Bxteiit of Space,'- ; : ■
I Win labored-arid eh
t of v\T^°- that Universe ,is Compos-.
sat! 1,
and 9 thcr regions i? f£ho Heayen^ atJ d“ou;
Conception, of the
causb us to'fency tEat J w<j! e ntC^
tain sublime, and magnificent idead on.’tbij
great and terrific Subject—and so,,undoubted
ly wo.do in oomparisonwitb the' superior re-
wp pocupy to inferior„oreatnres, „ S u
lime, however, ns arq the idpaa conveyed to us
by themagnificontdosoriptidn ofphifosbphora
—Vast so' apparently seems !(ho indescribable
extent ofppacfl deputed to us by, the glowing
pens of, the enthusiastic student of, naturo-2
,*“0 ™holo may be,
I relatively speaking the small coinpass' bf Sr
mament aa beheld Jby on insignificant ant, up
-0? tHo molehill,'whoso diminutive' organs of
TiBion in ay causa it to fancy that l tho’smaU
gyainy elevations and spfioes.'abbufc it,are,vast
nciaa of contemplation, an(J that the little spot
of eky and country it beholds, aroJllimitaDle
nolds of spaco filled with innumerable and in
conceivable orders of boihgs. Man is fio doubt
comparatively, a' mere piiriy' ant J upbn tho
molehill in relation to higher .and more gloii-*
(tas intelligences who : arc named iti those in
spired records •which have revealed all that
can ho known upon the subject. What.ho
conceives to bo at gl
o-I*lollB systems of worlds—and overwhelming
regions of space beggaring the computations
! and the .comprehensions of : tho = mightiest’of
the riiindfc of men—may, upon,the coramonce
ment; of another state and the enlargement of
. intellectual powers, be regarded as 5s a
molehill view the diminuitivo insect, and bo
swallbwcd up by the proportionable vaster and
sublimcr. views of contemplation,. Which will
ei^ ar 6° jforpvor; as the faculties,of
the human mind shall progressively improve.
The City of Damascns---Its Great Jnliquu
Damascus W an important place at least
as early as .the time -of Abram, so that'it is
not,less than four thousand years, old.. Ety
mologists dispute about' the meaning ,of the
name. It was the ancient'capital of Syria,
and was thus the 'quintessence of the 'quick
witted race it,represented. , It is called by.
some the most ameiont city in the world.—
Tluh is, no doubt, ,ari eastern oaggeratidn, but
the fact that everything said by the- oriental
ists about, this famous capital- is exaggerated,'
only shows how strongly its real attractions
had,taken ioffect upon their imagination. ; A
®®l®hrated epistle of an, ancient writer calls it
, The great and sacred city of sur
passing every city, both in the beauty of its
temples| and the hiagnitude of its shrines, as
well as the timeliness of its .seasons, the lim
pidness of its fountains, the volume of its wa
tera. and the richness of its soil,” Its people'
“ a pearl sounded by emeralds.” “Of
all. the cities of' the East, it is perhaps the
most ornamental.” ,
The descriptions of Buckingham are not
considered .entirely reliable. But there has
seldom 'anything been written with hhmah
pen more beaiitiful; than h'ia picture of the
plain- of:Damascus. He .compares it to'an
English.seat in tire country surrounded by hn
immense park. The visitor inquires for the
family, and-hnds that they have been a year
' n Meanwhile the place has been'de
lightfully unkept; : Its rich cultivation is eve
rywhere partially grown up ; the trees un
trmimed and-dipping their branches in the
sparkling rivulets; the roses grow almost into
trees ahd covered .with innumerable blossoms.
Everywhere is seen rich verdure,! luxuriant
grqwth, with but such .appearance of wildness
a .s. to give the finishing, graces to the land
scape. . Such, ho -.says, .is Damascus in the
bloom of the year, ■ ,
Damascus was conquered by David, who
made it tributary. ~ After, being hold by SoIo r
mon it revolted, apd afterwards Was .at the
head of thirty-two kings. It was subsequent
!Jy take P .by- Asyria- and, Persia. -After the
i battle of . Issus, it fell into the hands of Alex
ander the Great, and Pompey annexed It to
the Roman Empire. -After being celebrated
lor its wealth and splendor under the Greek
conquered .b'y Saracens, and
beoamo;fqg®tiine the capital of the Mahom
medan world. The sceptre of Islam passed
oyer Biigdao, but Damascus is still" famous
in n :
bjthW- GSnshafeWiifJihe;
,I2tK,oetftnry,('bat they failed to, take.-lt;, (La-i
tenstilljit.was-captitrcd with-circumstanCesof;,
greatibarbarity,by.Tamerlane,- and finally fellil
into thobands df the /Turks under .Selim 1.-r-:i
It possesses too,;a liigb-moral interest, for.on'
the beautiful ,plain-it was that; St, Paul “be-!
came!obedio;ht;to'thOiheavenly, vision;’.'
Among the points of interest connected with 1
this, famous city,are the . Damascus blades, so!
malleable ithat they might-bo bent to; a-right
;anglo; without losing their elasticity.; that, they
could [sever a man or .gauze floating through;
.the, any or divide iron , withoutdosing, their!
edge. ' . For ages.the secret of their nmnufad-:
turo was unknown, Gen., Anossoif; in ; the 1
Ural mountains, however, sucooodod,;in quite
recent times, fn making a sword which seem-*
ed to, equal the best Damascus, “with
blade of reticulated lines—and .as always ap-j
poared; <jn the finest Damascus blades—in;
bfpad [stripes, and showing a bright gilded'
reflection. Ho cut through a handkerchief in
the air, and cleft bones and nails, feats which
cannot ho performed with the best English'
steel.”, Andereon. in Jiis recent travels in Si
beria, states, - however, that the secret died
With Ariossoff as those swords arc not now
made at Damascus; !
Anotherpointpf interest is the famous Da
mask stuffs. , They-are properly silk, though
sometimes made of, other fabrics. Large!
quantities df silk are still manufactured, and
the Damask roses have lost nothing of their
immemorable'beauty. .-
There is at-Damascus a considerable trade
both with' India and 'Europe. From India
are brought by tho Persian Gulf, Bassora,
.Bagdadand Aleppo; sploos, cotton goods, course
and fine muslins, and gold stuffs. English
goods'colno through Beyrbut and Tripoli.—
The ; people are -Mohammedans, Druses, Ori
'ental.Christians,. Jows, &oi The population is
about one, hundred thousand.
MtxiNonbLY Fate op a Missioxarv’s Wife.
the 11th of September,-the bark Pun
■jaub, of Sunderland, haying on board-as pas
.songerj Pyonch missionary, (Rev. A. Abous-
BOtJ his wifo and six 'children, struck on the
Sevoh_ Stones, between the Sicily Islands and
the Lizard, 1 three times. The longboat was
got out, and after great exertion four children
were got into her,' but the' wife of - the -Rev.
Abousset eould not be taken from the rigging.
Seeing that was sinking faSt/’tho
captain and remainder of the crow went into
the boat, and still ’tried to extricate Mrs.
Abousaet from her perilous position, but could
not,■succeed;,- Shortly after, the - vessel, sank,
Mrs. Abpussot going down with it, in the sight
arid'amid the sdroatna of her husband arid
children.' Th’e two boats Wore riftdwards pick
ed up. : -, M. "Ab’oUsset' hrts been laboring in
southern! Africa,since 183?, on behalf of the
Paris Missionary Society, lie
had no' time to save'anything'. ’ Mrs, Ab'ous
set was an English lady, about 48 years of
,ffonE.tf“ generation .after
flays a.finQ Writer, “ have felt, as
e now feel, arid their lives were as active as
' ,\r„ r * ° Wn - They passed like n vapor, while
. '"''f wort the same i aspect of-i beauty as
■wf^l. h u C^ tt , tor:command « d her tebo. /The
-thev ho as bright- oyer bur graves as
•wil?hnvo nf 6 aroun ri our paths. > ;Th'o world
vet unbornoaautoattractibris for our offspring
Seri C’ th rL Bho had- ones for -us aschiP
habnonml T* 1 '. 10 ami all will have
flea and "wo^^-?1i lr i 0^m ® heart-will bo'sti-
S M r,est ; ..Qur,funeral
arid thbriwosKafr'bc^^
darkness-fdr the wbrina i? “c' 4
move, on, and-lfl.ughtop andsohg.will bo hbard
PJ.. TlirßSltAlf, OCTOBER 35, im
carlisl:
-In the month, oft January, 1851,1 was out
hunting at a.yijlbgo :s,ome,ten miles from Iliri
gelee, in the .Deccan; hcatinijf dig st^ga?.'
canoat'daylightwitHbut-success. A villager
oanio up : to ino and
“ Wliftfavo'yenhfcatifig the cano for?' If
you want to seo ,&-jb6g,;j^in l e..witli mo;' I’lf
show youonp..” b. b,
Faliirig'at the time irf/tbe rear of mo, he
whispered to n ' nati ve''officer of the cavalry
regiment I then commanded: , ■ „ . ■
.“ The sahib, won't be.rtblo to kill him, he is
such a,monster •'wOnfe,afraid to go near the
place .where he . l': j
My;first■ impression mils that lie was the
owner of the wished to allure
us away from it ; r , hewevfC, I prmnised him a:
present iflio would shew-us his largo friend
On this ho gayly Ibdtho'way,"Until Coming
over the brow of a hilfmbouthalf-a-inilefrOm
the eane, ho. stopped,and pomted to an .object
in the .field below uE,,gi£|ing, “.there hois.”
In the mist of the morning, this appeared
to me like a largo blue •jrock, much'too large ■
for a hog; however, ;tbb ’ object l got up, and
there was no mistaking it. ■ i
About a hundred and twenty yards on the
other side of him was A deop corrio, or fissure
in the lulls,' thickly wooded. This evidently
was Ins stronghold,-' tttiddf he chose to bake a
rush for it,ithero ; wA3inb>chanceof being able
to intercept andspearibipu, it pos
sible' that lie might notion, blit fight at once,
I started to gallop'yduna 'thd field and piece'
myself between the IjodS niid his stronghold'.
The iiiatiyo officer .with jtoe: was a. very good
drive,;, a man, y;ell, tooyi;n ( for Ins courage, and
tor being one of the hostapearsmon and horse
men in the Ho was ino.urit
ed on a good hoi-ee; I was dh'aft im
ported Arab' mare; she having been- sent by
the Pacha of Egypt to the Nawab of the Car
natie, and sold at 'aubtipn' at Madras, from
whence I. had ijrpcured ’her. 1 If Waif about
the first time I had fidderi'her hunting.’ :!i
• Wo galloped round: and-stood behind 'the
hedge of the .field, .waiting for - the heaters to
come up, and, if pqssibje, to drive the big
fellow away from, the; hills. Standing; as I
wa9, behind,a hedge bbhsiderably higher thah
“ n y more’sliend, I did, not see the boar JThe
dufffidhr, who was somei’thirty yards tp my
loft, but looking. oveV 'a lower part of the
hedge, shouted but;' ‘.‘.Look .out, , boro comes
the boar," • , ; 1 • ■'
, Tll o bare was standing still, and I had but
just time to drop my spear,point, Which caught
the boar in his. riot)tbebiatio was buried, in
his withers. The .beautiful'mare, from* her
standing one Murid, the
i boar, spear and ailj te : thjP%cdmed out of
my hand; then, suMbnl^ufningr: was in a
moment in lior stfidp after the hog.. The lat
ter had, but seventy yiirds to fbach the edge of
the cover, so I Alla
hoodeen Khan,. “ Tberb'goes my spbar—spear
: him;!", -r ’fi,,-
’ :.! Jl9 tho.bpar struck the first branch of the
jungle with his back-breaking jriy spear in
i two; the dufiadaf clbscd'with him in a minnto.
; .Thp- bbarj ghaVing Ij»?*fiifefie4'.by'' the '.’spear,
»l,atfo,r„ rlitprplfev, lifted „off.- his -r.legs, was
plunging and kicking UntipthAndbr come.'to
the ground; ’ wb had thfieb-'dagfi
put with; iib;- andi'having shouted tor let : them
go, thoy:.caniO;Up.and;Mok off,the attention df I
the .boar, at tbo mppipnt l.thougbt he . jvaa on
;tb.e duffaddr ; gn.the next moment flie boar
and dugs ban disappeared in the jungle, which
was, as I before remarked, his stronghold.
lifhncdiatelyT procured a spear,’l redo up the
face of the bill,- a-rtd;'f6uhd.,tlto i .farther end of"
, WS Pprrie.l.beard ,the, dogs . bayipg. tiie. boar
.tyf W ,H Wf? •impernoiis, arid, from;
rock and jungle, was ‘inaccessible’ to the hpfsb.
-Lookingitoword'the spot from-'whence Fhad
1 come, and-across the opposite side;of the cor- :
duffadar .again mounted, .and
shouted to,Him "j.j .
jjTond mo a big spear,; let us spear him
bn foot; ho is kilhrigftho dogs." ' 1
The man replied: -.i-'- - g .
“For Heaven’s sake, sahib, don’t attempt
it on foot!” ,
It then suddenly, occurred to me that this
was the native officer who, a year-before,'went
out with another party, had bcoii'dreiidfuliy
wounded by a wild hoar; on that occasion' the
boar knocked him down, and stripped the
flesh off biS thigbs.. , ■ t ■ . i
Ad this moment, up came-brie of mypcpple
with my lienvy double rifle; arid .being, still
under, the impression, that the boar was kill
ing the dogs,.l descended on foot into the ra
vine, leaving iny mare With the guri-cafrier.
Just as I got to the bottom, I saw tho monster
boar with his back, to a tree, arid , the three
dogs looking .very cautiously, at ..him, Ifo
was standing about fqrty ynrds.distance from
m 0... ' '' ■ ■ -
/ There was an open, green space where the
water lodged Sh the rains,innd clear of.jungle.
At the further end stood the boar;., Directly
ho saw me, putting his head a. little do'iyn to,
take aim, he came straight,at me, increasing
his pace from the .trot to the charge.-
. When about fourteen yards oif, he received;
the first bullet of my iriflein his neck. ■ fak
ing not the least notice of it) he came on, and
the second barrel, fired at hiin ! ht about five
yards, broke his. deft under jaw-bone ati the
tusk.; fortunately I brought my,rifle idown
to the charge, and striking it , with, his head,
tho.boar sent"'me over pn rey baokl ‘ While
running ovcr 'me, he 'mado a glance, and 1
wounded.me in the left arm. . Had lmot put
down mjt rifle-barrol atthe.mqmentj most pro
bably lus tusk would, have been buried in my
body, and thip interesting .tale would' nevdr
have appeared before the public 1 ‘v 1 1 -
As it was, I had tito shooting jackets to; it
being a'very cold morning; 'and Isuffarod
more from'the jar. on my shoulders tlito front
mj ;vyouhd, .• As’ J lay, I! seized the.ond of jot
rjflg-bafrd, determined to sbll 'niy life as dear
ly as possible; 1 To my delight'T mUsf 'ttiy; I
'saw the hoar knock over; the mart who <was
running;down with my - big spear,.. .Hoidid
not turn on either,.of ns,,for the boar, isa no
ble fed; rarely ; turning unlijss : dospofatejly
wduhdfed arid uhablo'fo -go’ ; to,'to 'mutilate a
fallen enemy., 'The dogs immediately tackled
him, and permitted mo, though almost breath
less, to get up;' Tho’spearcarriorlookedcov
,ored.;with'blood,;,ohveloped;ms he;wfts;in :a
largo iwjiite shoet-dbe nspal,prqteptlonqf the
native against the cold of tile piorhing. ” Iffy
•first impression was that thd man vtas mdr
tally Wounded; but !■ soon-discovered, td my
delight, tlia't the;blood on the-'cloth was that
of the boar. The man valiantly affirmed .that
ho had .speared him, but thphiudcn the broad
blade 1 deafly showed what an I 'ignominious
shVath it'had found. ' ■ ■ ‘
’ The rifle ’stock was 'crooked, tod' the pin
that fastens the barroldnto the ; stock touch
bent.', Haying put tbis_ to rights, I loaded,
and proceeding in the direction the boar had
gone, heard a pistol-shot, and the rush of d
, retreating horse.; Tlus was tho duffadar,-who
had discharged his weapon at the boar, at a
distance, of course, without damaging: either
'party. I walked cautiously up to about fif
teen yards, when the boar again glanced at
BQJB DBSTfoG : IS ISDIJ. '
mo with his, very Inched oyo. A dog’s head
was very near thp l.inobf fire, but, determined 5
to tote tho initiative this, time,..! shot tho
bepst through the eye to, th ? ; bruin. Over ho
rolled, the biggest boor 1 had. over killed—
lioight r _thirty-nino Inches.; length; not inclu
ding tail, about five feet and a-ltalf; tusks,
tnmo'inches. . ■'.••• / , . ;
|i-: A pair of plow-bullocks wore caught,; and'
,tno boar, pjaced on a sledge formed of three
or four branches, was', with difficulty, dragged
by them to_tho ■cicmp.—Cajjt. Henry S/mk
spcarcs Wild Sports hi India.”
life Everywhere.. ,
. ■ VnieT thiß oaption;u deeply interesting and
iMtructavo arhcjo makes its appearance in
tho Cornlull Magazine ; .
: Llfo everywhere IThe air is’ crowded with
tards—beautiful,.tender, intelligent birds, to
Whom, life is a song and a thrilling anxiety
Oio apxiety ,of lovp The air is'swarming
\nfch insects—thoso httlo animated miracles,
the-waters are peopled with innumerable
terms—from the: animalcule, so small' that
one hundred and fifty-millions of them would
not weigh a grain, to the whale, so large that
it seems nn island as it sleeps upon the waves.
I 6" P f t >m ?oa is, alive with polypi,.carps,
stai-fishes and with shell-animalcules. The
lace of the rook is scarred by the silent boring
ot soft creatures,- and blackened with count-
Xess mussels, barnacles and Ijmpits.
, ipfe everywhere! on the earth, in the earth,'
crawling, creeping, burrowing, boring, - leap
ing, tunning. If the sequestered coolness of
the wood .tempt us to saunter into its chequer
ed shade, wo, are saluted by the, numerous din
qt insects, twitter of birds, the scrambling of
8 ?i U * lr n- S ’; v l<! Bt , art ' C( l rush of unseen beasts,
all telling hew. populous this seeming solitude,
it, wepause. before a tree, or shrub, or plant
our cursory and half .abstracted glance detects
a colony of various inhabitants., We pluck a
newer, and in.its bosom wd see many achafm
ing insect busy in its'appointed labor. We
pick up a fallen loaf, aha,if nothing is visible
on,it, there,is.probably the; trace of aninsect
~ , rvt !' hidden in its tissue, and awaiting their
development. The drop of devrupori this leaf
wilt probably contains its animals' under the
microscope.:
, Tfie same, microscope reveals that the blood
ram suddenly appearing on bread, and awak
omng ■superstitious terrors, is nothing but a
collection of minute animals, (Monas prodi
gosa; and .that-tho vast tracts of'snow-which
are reddened in a .single night owe their color
tQ tho marvelous rapidity in reproduction of a
minute plant)’ (Irotaccus nivalis.) The very,
mold which covers our cheese) our bread, our
(jam or 'qur ink;'ahd:disfigures our damp walls,
is nothing but a collection, of plants. The
rtany-oolored fire which sparkles on the sur
face of a summer se,a at night, as the vessel
ploughs ; her way,; or which drips from the
oars in.finos of jeweled light, is produced by
nulhopß of | . . .
Effects of Tobacco. —Sir .'Benjamin
iu’Ofiie, am - eminent ’ London physician,' "was
applied: to.'.recently .to unite; in a petition to
“aye. tyTnrlianientary committee nHsed: to.in-
Wty the .eflepts iff tobaocojipbn tbe.-hij
man' system,' He declined, because lie did
not consider'such a committee"competent’ to
investigate sudh a'siibject, .bdt He has Written
a letfor upop the,subject to,theXoddon Tunes, i
i m tlJc pf-iybicb he says,;-
■ ■ 8 habit are indeed’ vari
ous ; tbe diffetence depebding upoh'ibe'diflbn
once of constitution,' and the difference' in the
mode, of life, .otherwise.., But,' from ,the few
observations which I have beqn nblq to,make
on the subject, I am led to believe that there
are’fqw-wHo do not suffer harm from it, to a
greater or dess extent; The earliest symptoms
are . manifested .in the.' derangetaept of "the
nervous system. . A large proportion, of the
habitual smokers are rendered lazy and list
less, indisposed to bodily, and incapable of
much 'mental exertion. ' Others suiter from
depression, qffho spirits,.amounting to hypo
cnpndriasis,. smoking- relieves; for , a
time, though' it aggravates tbocvilafterwards.
Occasionally there is a'general'nervous ex
citability, "which, ; though very much less in.
degree, partakes of the nature of delii’iuju trc~
»i«fW of drunkards. ■ I have known many in
dividuals' to,.Buffor from severe nervous pains,
sometimes in one, sometimes in another part
of the body.” >• .
He afterwards ;adds: . ...
.■ • following observations relate to; the
hqbit,of, smoking as it exists among us at the
present time. But. a still graver question re
mains to be considered. What will bo the,'
result: if this habit be continued by future
generations? , It is but tod true that the.sins
9? tap fathers are visited upon their children
and their children’s children, ,Wo may here
take warding from the Indians of America.—
An intelligent American physician gives the
following explanation of the gradual extino-i
f}°n of this remarkable people. , One genera
tion of them , became addicted, to the use of
firewater. They have a degenerate and com
paratively.imbecile progeny; who indulge in.
mo same .vicious habits .with their parents.—'
Their, progeny is still-more degenerate, and
after very few: generations, the race ceases al
together. We may also take warning from
'the history of another 'nation, who sdme few
centuries _ago, while the banners of Solyman
™e Magnificent were the terrors of Christen
dom, but who, since then, having become more
addicted to tobacco ■ smoking, than any of the
European nations,- fird no# tkSl&SSjr and Ic'tli
drgic Turks, held id confo'idpl by dll Civilized
communities. . ■ . -
A JVlotueii’s Lov?*— rChiidren, look in those
eyes, listen to that dear voice, notice the feel
ingof even a single touch’ that is bestowed
upon .you by that gentle: hand 1 ■ Make : much
of it while yet you have that most , precious of
all good gifts—a loving mother... Rend the un
fathomable love in those eyesthe, kind anx
iety .of that tone and look, however slight your
pamV In after life you may have friends—
fond, de’df, kind friends—hut never 'will yon
h.oye,again,the inexpressible love and gontlo
hoss , lavished' upon; you which none hut a
mother bestows. Often do I. sigh," in ray
struggles with the hard, uncaring world, for
the'swqef, deep -security I felt, when,- of nh
evening,; nestling to, her bosom, I listened to
sonie quiet suitable to my age, read in her
tender and untiringyoice. Never can I for
got her sweet, glances oast upon jpe- when I
appeared to sleep; never, the kiss of peace at
night ! ' Years'nave passed away since we
laid Her hosidoimy-father in 'the 1 old' church
yard: yet still her voice whispers from ,tho
grgye, and .her eyo.watches over mens Xyisit
the spots long since hallowed to the memory
of my mother.—: Mdcquiai/l ' : ; ‘V ••• •
A Verdict op a Mormon Juay.—Brigham
Young has recovered-a verdict of $5 31(5
against Fetor; K. Dotson, date .United. States
-W F^ h > fnr : seizing thc>,,nlatosof
Ihe Deseret Currency Association,” a wild
cat bank,-in which Brigham waaintdtostdd.
It was a Mormon jury that gave the verdict',
and their.forbearance iii not mabjng the dam
ages ten times as great, is' the only astonish
ing thing about it. ; . •. J
Bow a Lady Preserved Webster's Reply to
The Taunton) (Mass.) Gazette incorporates
the following interesting reminiscehse in a
notice of the article on “ The National Intel
liffencer and its Editors,", in the last Atlantic
Monthly ;
f' lt will be seen from this interesting nar
rative that there was a time when Joseph
uales stood alone' among Congressional : re
porters;. and to-illustrate his position in that
line we call to mind what we once hoard on
intimate friend of Mr. Webster say wo owed
to Into and his wife with regard to the cele
hrated reply to Mr. Hayne. Meeting the
Massachusetts Senator as he was going to the
Capitol on that morning, Mr; Gales inquired
of him how long ho intended ito speak. About
half an hour, was the reply. The” editor’s
duties at that time wore pressing • hut he yen-1
tured to take so much time from them. : Mr.
Webster, however, directly after met Judge
Story, who said that he thought the time had
oomo to give to the country, his views on the
constitution. To this proposition he assented.
Mr, Gales took up. his pencil unaware of this
arrangement, and unlike unconscious of
t G lapse of, time, under' the enchantment
of the orator, and consequently ho wrote on
until the close, of the speech. Some days
passing away, and the ‘ proof of the speech
not appearing, Mr; Webster called on the re-,
porter and made inquiry, „ T have thc'notes,’
said Mr. Gales, ‘and they are at your service, •
as I shall never find time to write them out.’
This led to some remonstrance and persua
sion. but the .overtasked editor stood firm.
Iheu Mrs Gales came to his rescue by saying
that she thought she could decipher her hus
band’s short hand, ns she had- formerly occa
sionally done so. Mr. Gales doubted, seeing
that it was fifteen years since she had triedit,
But she had heard the speech, and as, the re
sistless sweep of its argilment, and the gor
geous and massive magnificence of its. image
ry were yet vivid in her'-mind, she persisted
in undertaking the difficult work.. In due
time theroaftor tho fair manuscript came to
Mr, Webster’s hands for. final correction,
scarcely a word heeded to be exchanged; and
soon a set Of diamonds, costing a thousand
dollars, accompanied the. rich thanks of the
eloquent statesman, pibiis was savod to lite
rature, the. inost memorable oration of the
American Senate.” ■
Tilings Wise and Otherwise.
.If you wish', to' know the value' of money,
earn it." M J
Jockying at a horse-raeo is a matter of
course. ; -
i The valet of the shadow of death—the un
dertaker.
The Winds are responsible for many an un
lucky blow; . . , J
■, . A ■ man is obliged .to, keep -’his word when
nobody will take it. ,
flow to avoid drowning;—Always keep your,
head above water. 1 ' ' 1 ■
, Tew persons have sense enougb to despise
the praise of a fool. ~: . . ■
• ' loe three ages of a Senator are mile-age
post-age and patron-age. .
Can a watch fitted with a second hand bo
i called'a .second-hand watch.- 1
A man in earnest finds means ; or, if he can
not find, them, creates.them. ’ . . ,
A-lady’s home-dress ought to last a long
bmo ; she- never-wears it out; •
- Theory' may be all very, well, but young
lawyers and doctors prefer practice. -
■ : -r a ? t? some cities with gas
would bo to sot fire to their editors. ' ' g
_ Love is a compound of honey and gall, mix-
V I ?. VOriOUS P ro P° rti ons for customers. 11
[ Ivhon n man ascends into the steeple of a
church, ho can be.regarded as in-spired.
. Prentice thinks a good mint-julep is the on
ly sort of green horn that should be tolerated.
ri ,fi*o c° at of a horse is the gift of nature.—
Ihat of an ass .is often the work of a tailor.
■ A parent’s forgiveness, of a daughter wlion
** e miart is broken, is pardon after execution.
- Xhe wild duck and wild pigeon can fly be
tween four hundred'and five hundred miles in
a day. ...
No doubt it is a great.deal pleasanter to die
tor some beautiful women:than to live with
them ’ '
■ Quilp says there is many women strong
enough- to hold a horse who can’t hold; her
own tongue. . : ...
An old /bachelor is a traveler upon life's :
road, who has entirely failed to make the pro
per connections. T ■ ■ , . 1
u ? ray ’,‘, madam ' '"’hy did you name your
pld hen Macduff?” ” Because, sir, I want :
her to ‘lay on/”
. ' Matrimonial history is a narrative of many
words ; hut the story of love may bo told in a
iew letters*-.'
If you were obliged to swallow a man whom
would you prefer to swallow? A little Lou
don porter.
,0“ A sickly girl in Plymouth, N.'11., a
smunainbulist, a strong propensity. to run
oil with things and hide them where they
could not bo found, nor she herself remember,
so that at last it was found necessary to'look
her securely at night, made off a few weeks
since with a valuable watch. Then the fam
ily gave her liberty,, and watched her move
ments mhopd that the sania Somnambulism
that carried it off. would again find it. The
Other night she started out, followed by her
Wether; Slid talked places that he dard not
tolloff ; hilt the moonlight lidlptid toshowhor
oollrsd, and he kept along. Finally she walk
ed up the trunk of on old tree that hung at
an angle of forty-five degrees over a brook,
stood: firmly at the end while the tree swayed
beneath her, and stooping down, brought out
that watch. Returning to ieira fu-ma the
■brother waked her, took the property, and 1
then.hurried home.
. The Beauty op the Family.—Wo leave
: lt to you, reader, if the beauty of the family
■ invariabl 7 tom out the worst of the lot ?
If she don’t cultivate the outside, of her head
to the total forgetfulness of the inside ? If she
, is not potted,-and. fondled, and flattered, and
shown off 'till, selfishness is written all over
her ? If she is not sure to marry some lazy
fellow, who will bruise boy body, or heart, to
jolly, and be glad.to come, with her forlorn
children, for a morsel of, bread, to the com
fortable home of that snubbed member of the
family who was only four John or Martha.”
and who never, by any possibility,.was sup
posed by them capable of doing or being any
thing? Wo leave,it to you, if the “ beauty of
the family,” bo he a boy, 'if he don’t'grow np
an ass? If ho be not sure to disgust every
body with his .conceit and affectation, while
,he fancies he is thc adipired of all he
don’t squander away all tho mbney he can lay
hands on. ahd die'in' thb ; guttob? We never
see tt' very handsome 1 .child' of - either seif,' sol
up on the', fabily pedestal, tb. be admired by
that family and friends to thb oxolusion of the'
other .children, that wo do not feel like pat-'
t'OR those children on tlio back Su'd' saying—( 1
“ Thank 1 Providence, my dears, that you were i
jftQt bom.bfa«tics;y•.« i
Dayne.
• IVoma.vb Couragß.—sb diib tiilu have read
tlie statement of the clerk of the steamer lady
/- I rl ’ -Without being struck by his description'
of the bearing of thb ladies i They were pale,
but silent; thßrtj wiis not a cry or a shriek."
have failed, but thßirs failb’d hot. So it is always
The fortitude and resignation of .men may
in ■ the great exigencies "which woman tiro
called to meet. When troubles or dangers are ‘
butslight, they are more alarmed and excited
than men. But let an overwhelming calami
ty bury the fortunes and hopes of the hus
band, or father, or. brother in sudden night;
let disease or accident strike him down, and
and stretch him oh the.bed, of keenest suffer
ing, then when strong men’s hearts fail them*
when their nerves are unstrung, when quilK
mg fear or hopeless-despondency takes pos
session of their souls, the frail, weak wottidri
rises with elasticity and calm determination
to the demands of the terrible emergency,
and , with untrembling hand and pfaeerfuf
voice she_ hastens to perform those blessed
ministrations, for.which might of-rndn wba
inadequate. How many scenes of dange'f
have wo' heard described, conflagrhtldns; ass- '
ossinations, shipwreck) in tvbieh women have
with heroic patience and submission, bowed
meekly to their fate, and. have taught the su
blime lesson of Christian resignation "to the
husbands and fathers who wore with them! .
In the hour of trial her weakness becomes
strength, her sensibility is swallowed up id' :
faith. There were ■ men of renown in the
Lady Elgin, men whose names are knowri
through the wide world, but bond of thferf
ever did a braver or more heroic deed thari
was achioVed by those noblewomen who sat
in silence awaiting their dilath. —providence
Journal,' . •
. Freaks o# a Maniac.— tteMstihOi frdfi 1-
-'Lunatic Asylum, Marries a, Rich Widow, and
I Rays a Bloch 6f Buildings —About a year
since it gentleman iii the interior of Wisconsin
became insane andwas sent, to the Lunatic
Asylum at Madison in that State, He was a
physician by profession, and was a gentlemail
of Superior oultivation and of remarkably «r£
possessing appearance. He was about- 3flf
years old. Some six weeks ago escaped froth
the Asylum and went to Chicago;. There he
encountered an old friend, who lolled- hlhT
cjuito a sum of money, having no suspicion of
insanity. With this money ho supplied him
.self "with new and elegant clothing,.and start l '
edfor Laporte, Indiana, athrifty.villkgeontho
line of the Michigan Southern Railroad, fle’
remained there long enough to. win the rifj
fections of a joung. and wealthy widow, and
was married to her. During the brief codr)£ '
ship ho exhibited no indications of lunacy;
but shortly after his marriage he commenced
conducting himselfin a manner which startl
ed his wife arid her friends. Among other
mad fanciesdis believed he was a sheep, and
insisted upon crawling around on his hands
and feet, bleating in the most absurd mariner.
He would then fancy himself a rattlesnake,
and make frnntio attempts to bite the mem
bers of his household. . The unhappy lady, at
length worn out with watching him and en
deavoring to restore his reason, made prepaid
rations to send him to the Asylum at Indian
apolis. But, ns is frequently the case, insani-'
ty sharpened his wits, and he adroitly escap
ed. Wo next hoar of hint in Syracuse, N.Y.,
where actually purchased o blook-of buildings’.
The necessary papers were made out, andiie
was to call the next day With the money;
Ho was to pay ati outrageous sum for ffie proper
ty, and it is said the parties with whoiri he
made the biirgaiti chuckled vastly, over the
propitious winds that had blown {hem so
profitable and fresh a subject. But ffijty saw
no more of him. The’ Ihnfitid ptartetf west
ward. At Buffalo he bsrgtfinSd for .an .im
mense amount; of corn! to_ be delivered in Hew
York city, and then proceeded to . Cleveland.
Ho arrived hero last week, and endeavored
to negotiate for some real estate on Kinsman
strodt; bht ho talked so absurdly that the part’
ties with whoiri he hod interviews refflstif W
treat with him. ; ■
Meanwhile his friends, and particularly his
wife in Wisconsin (for he has a wife Cfftfd two'
children in that State), were, making dye'fy
effort to ascertain his whereabouts. They
traced Jiim to Syracuse, and from 1 there to
this city. His brother arrived here on Sdtur-'
day morning last, but found that itX linatic
had loft on the previous evening’s train for
the West. lie followed bn Saturday mor
ning. At Toledo ho learned that he had mine
weSt on the Michigan Southern train',', and he
persevCringly oontinhed the chase; A\Adri-"
an ho found and captured him, and took’him
home. '
When not in bis rabid fits few wpuld die
cotor the unfortunate man’s true condition;
He would make very absurd propositions and
offer exorbitantisums of money. tor ’property
that hit bis fancy, btit he would do' so in so’
candid and captivating ,o nfanner.aa to, in,
most bases, disarm
Plairidealer,' Sept. 2'J. 1 ‘■
S&T The foreman of agrand jury in Mis-'
spuri, after admipistering anoatlf to a beauti
ful woman, instead.of.handing the Bible, pre
sented his face, and said, “ Now kips the book
niadam.” He did’nt discover hismistakoun
til the whole j liry huret into a. roar of laugh
ter.
Neves, Busty.—There are’, throe things'
that never. become rusty—money of the beV
iicvolont.'.the shbbs of a butcher’s horse; omf
avfomau’s tongue. _ -
i | Hofr Washington’s Dorses were Groomed
I when he was Presided. \. .
I During .the whole of his Presidency, Washi
mgton preserved the habit of rising at four
o’clock and retiring to bed at nine. On Sat
urdays, horestbd sß.nldwhrit from his labors;
by .either riding into the • countiy, attended
by o ; groom, or with his family, in his coach
drawp by six horses. Ilis stables were always
in the finest order and hTs equipage bxcollant
both in taste and’ quality; irashingtoh’f
master of horse was an old ffeTloW
Bishop, who has been the body servant of
General Braddock.—At cock crow' the stable
boys were at work, at sunrise;. Bilhop stalked
into timetables, a muslin handkerchief in his
hand, which he applied to the coats of the
animals ; if the slightest stain Was preceptible
on the muslin, the luckless stable boys werp
at once subjected to due punishment by the •
veteran discipliarian In Philadelphia the
stables were under the care of German John,
whose grooming of the white chargers" was
a study. The night before the horses were ■
to be ridden, they were covered over'With a
paste made of whiting; then they were swathed
in hody. oloths, arid left to sleep upon dead
straw; in the inorning. the composition ' had
become hard, was' well .rubbed in, and- cur
ried and brushed, which process gave to the
coats a beautiful satin-like gloss. The hoofs
wore then blacked and polished, the mouths
washed and the teeth picked and cleaned.
The Leopard skin housings were then proper- ■
ly adjusted, and the chargers led out for ser
vice.
JVO. 80.