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filajor Za,sonyi's wide:
OR, A HEROINE OF VIE WAR POR TOE UNION
Oa the morning of the 24th day of last
October, a soniewhat novel scene unrolled
itself before the door of a quiet farm-house,
about two miles from Springfield, Missouri.
Two women and three young lads had just
raised a very modest little flag; and as the
wind coated it gracefully in the air, they
gave three cheers for the Stats and Stripes
cheers which if not loud were certainly
hsert,y,„Tlte_yourzger of the. women, Lucy
Dudley, mother of the boys, stood gazing,
her fribe put - on a look of stern determina
tion, , and she murmured low between her
almost shut teeth:
"It ehantlcome down again while I live."
mother,'.'. broke in ono of the
bop, "for this secesbers are in town again,.
and they'll make You.",
His mother did not notice him, but turn
ing to the other woman, said:
"For William's sake, mother, we'll keep
it up."
Even before she had done speaking, the
sound of horses' feet were beard, and the
youngest buy clinging to her dress, tried to
draw her into the house, crying out:
-There they come, 0, mother, run!" while
th. • 1.1 grandmother, retreating behind the
r, ir.mided vi , ibly; but the mother stood
the men she knew only too
01.;% .one little month before they
•t • tier mtslas.nd like a dog, because
Ise sum hie 11//Use was his own, and should
hoist just what flag seemed to him best over
it.
They shot him before her eyes, and his
heart's blood had sprinkled the very ground
where she stood, and I wonder not that the
look in her eyes was scarcely womanly.—
Down the road they came a dozen Confed
erate ruffians, called soldiers by courtesy,
and "chivalry," by Mr. William Russell.
They were well armed and mounted and,as
they thundered up to tbd door the leader
shouted:
"Down with that damned Yankee rag, if
you don't I'll blow your brains out."
No notice was taken; the woman might
as well have been stone.
•'Lucy Dudley, don't you bear me?" and
he pointed his revolver at her.
"I hear, Bill Armstrong."
"Blast ye, then why don't you mind me?"
"Because I won't."
"You wont, won'tjyour,and he Sred, but
missed. Ile swore madly at the horse for
shying; as he did su, she said:
"This is my house and this is my flag; I
wAnt it here and shall have it here. You
cut, E.ltuut me down and then pull it down,
Y
•ertainly won't before."
One num ahontted, "we ain't cut throat's;
we don't kill women and children."
"You 114C8 kilIA women and children
more than once." was the taunting answer.
Several old neighbors of hers, felt the thrust,
and quailed before her eyes, while the oth
ers drew their pistols; but the leader, throw
lug up the weapon nearest him went on:
"Wel Lucy, victuals and drink we've got
to have, and won't go under that euzs,Nl
flog." •
."Victuals and drink /can't help yua hay
ing, bat if 1 am to got it fur you, you must
come in through this door."
Evidently her look daunted ,t he 113; for bold
as they were, they were bad and they knew
it; so with a rude. laugh the captain dis
mounted, shouting come on, boys," and
leaving their harsei in the care of the chil
dren, they, one after another, went into the .
kitchen, and drank eagerly of the whisky
met before; them. As they thus ;drabkithey
became wonderfully communicative; and
listening eagerly, Lucy beard that they had
beem.sent from Springfield, with. some fifty
others, to see if, anything doallthe seen of
the advance guard of Y'remont's army, who
were supposed to be in that..vicinity. She
found that this party had, been stopping at
one house and anothm . ..drinking and delis
tathig, and fiery divided, and.
that.Armatronrmeast, ttkanaitAill'the reef
came ap;and .start for-the town from' her
hous e. • 'ql.,tetr,P.
anything •of • t he Lincoln
soldiers. Shegave them their kit of liquor,
she let them eat the besther/Mme-arM' ded,
and as she was taking trpitehor aogitinotik
liquor her ears caught thesountkof iadistant
Armstrong heard it too, and, with an
oath, said them lazy lubber: of hia-were at
last waning, and the Did
~ woman must take
some more dodgers along;
Lucy had taken the pitcher, sad eluting
the door behind her. aburat Sew into the
I==ll
yard, and taking the oldest boy by the shoal
der, said in a terribly hoarse voice. "Tom,
run for your life over the mowing, through
the lane, and tell those men you meet to
take down their flag, stop playing Yankee
Doodle, and come up through the lane with
you and they can get every one of these men.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet,
boy."
The winds had brought to her ears, what
it never whispered to those drunken men,
that instead of their comrades their sternest
foes would be around them. And all her
energies were directed to keep them still in
the ignorance -o fatal to them.
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Meanwhile Tommy's tow he id shot over
the wall, through the narrow lane, reaching
the main road just as a mounted hoot of
wan came in sight. Ile mounted a stump,
htz.:, - „l , ..i:et and the format 'id of th-n•
st•Tio.ta.
11'hat. is it wy Lov?"
w2,J,tt r.tl;l,g 111..11
tfultig, 11.0 A 13 11l la
'ere flag, owl come up to our Lout thrcegl
the lane. Come on.'
He wee starting but Zagonyi stopped him.
"I don't understand, boy; what does. she
want?"
Torn was indignant.
"Want's you to nab a party of seceshers
up to our house, but you needn't come if
you don't wanter."
Something in his face struck one of the
men, and he said:
"Who is your marm, boy?"
"Lucy Dudley."
"Go ahead, Major," shouted the fellow.
"She is true blood; they shot her husband
a month ago."
Zagonyi, followed by a portion of hie men,
wheeling into the lane, trying to keep Tom-
my in eight; and soon they came in view of
the low house, and the noisy mirth of the
Confederates was distinctly heard. Arm
strong never suspected, even ordering Mrs.
Dudly to show 'em in." She went to the
door and they needed not that she should
speak; her piercing, eager look told every
thing. They surrounded the room, Zsgonyi's
clear voice ordered those inside to surren-
der, while at the same moment, the fifer
gave an exultant—
" Yankee doodle came to town,
Yankee doodle dandy."
Armstrong saw the trap, and firing his
revolver, shot the gray-haired old grand
mother, leveling her with the ground. Nu
body noticed the shot except Tommy, and as
he held her bleeding head on his knee, ha
never shed a tear; but he is on one of Com
modore Foote 'a gunboats as a powder mon
key today, and be never hands a charge but
he thinks of the terrible hour. One or two
on both sides were wounded, but the strug
gle was soon over, and the rebels marched
out bound together with old chains, which
the boys very gladly found. Zagonyi must
take the prisoners with him, for men
couldn't be spared to guard them.
AS they were standing in front of the
door before starting, Mrs. Dudley, who
kneW every inch of ground in the vicinity, I
undertook to tell them a nearer road to
town. They did not understand her hur
ried nervous directions, and she started as
if to go with them; then she remembered
her dying mother, came back, called Tom
my from the sufferer's side, to take the
place by her side.%
But the dying woman's faint voice stop
ped her.
"You go, Lucy; he might make a mistake;
he will take care of me, and we will keep
the old flag flying."
The reserve in the lane by Zagonyi's or
der had already come up, and Lucy only
stayed to kiss the pale lips and precious
face, then she mounted her own stout mare
and led the way. She guided them safely
in the intricate path up to the very edge of
the ravine, where according to Armstrong's
talk, she knew the wily foes were hidden.
It was the very spot Zagonyi wished to be
in, and she had saved him a lung stretch of
dangerous road. Then she fell back to the,
rear, just as Zegonyi's eager eye took in the I
whole of his positt Jo. Desperate: What!
will he say? what w:11 these teen du who
have been taunted with being holiday eel
diere on the pavements of St. Louis?
"Soldiers, your war cry is 'Fremont and
the Union.' Draw sabre, by the right flank,
quick trot, march."
,
Ilia voice, shrill and intense, piercederery
heart, and as those bright swords glittera,d
in the sunshine and the, littleband,apiekto
their deadlywork. I. wondered, that. Lucy
pudley's.brown tuare.kept bar place, se ea
genet her mistress to do gallant work.
That battle will ilwais burn 011 'barrages
of history, and I need.write none of its de
tailsthere; only this much, that everywhere,
helping attics, wounded,' handling weapons,
doing anything. ; eierythiug,. that a cool
head and a•trusty hand could do, Ina Daily
Dudley. ' " was over, Chevalier - Claussen and his in-
At last,the'day was core, and as Zagonyi ventionwere no more thought of than the
gathered the-remnant of his:tone abouthiss man who discovered the compass.: Sorely
he shrank back - for he eould not'count the troubled in mind, and with ab;ect poverty
dead and it took not long to count the'
-lid staring him in the face, Clauses° then par
ing- 'Wheril was LucylDudley2 Hardly soul his:pilgrimage, crossing the Atlantic
one of these : bloody. , , blackened , faces, - but to America. What happened to him in the
Could tell of some good deeds..she did for great Western Republic is not accurately
them ,, during those !nig, dreadful hours. known; but it is presumed that some cute
Even while they were speaking of her she natives laid hold of the young man 'from
came ia Alight. and not pow mounted on her the old country, squeezing his brain's out
brown mare; but-instead, the mare was bar- and then throwing him overboard. It was
noised to a market wagon, and its broad rumored that Chevalier Clausen had gotta
bottom was covered with wounded soldiers. "partner," and not long after, somebody,
she was walking beside it holding therein.. partner or otherwise, brought him back to
looking-fearfully pale and tired; for " now this country, shutting hint up-in a lunatic
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"NG ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 27, 1862.
the excitement was past, her womanhood
was uppermost, and her only care was to
help the wounded and comfort the dying.
They knew she was taking their suffering
comrades to the shelter of her own home—
and not a man from, the Major downwards,
but would have been eager to escort her,
but she refused them all, and when the
Major pressed the matter, she told him that
she knew the way better than they did, and
was safe enough alone. They gathered
around her; they called her all noble heroic
names, such tie men use in moments of ele
vation of soul; but she only looked surprised
and answered almost coldly:
"Why shouldn't Idu what I could? My
grandmother did more at the battle at' Bun
ker Hill, and her hu, , and died ttt Conoottl "
Thry bent 3cw L'i'tre her 1113 SIP; I m•ited
away, and t, of Our of tiyme - st-ettg nand-'I
ttet.a.la , ttill at er torg-q toe t , ..1 , 111l: 101.1
t,, , /e 11' •ill ing
qco,t ituuke weAt lid the ,tl4l mcnh
v3l tload tie fl lid. ea 'tlding :rota rt.-
treat:tg k; but, rue Bag witted, nut RS
the p.tla fellows in the cart eatuOt
sight ut its blessed folds, they gore a feeble
shout, touching in its weakness.
All through the winter she nursed and
fed that house full of sufferers, and as one
after another grow strong anti left her, all
she asked them was that they would strike
many blows for their country, and keep al
ways the noble war ory of Z Igenyi—"The
Union and Frernontl"—close to their hearts.
No Dudley that ever wore spurs in the olden
days bad a braver or a more loving heart
than hers.
A Sad Story.
There is, or was until recently, a
tall, handsome man confined in a lu-
natic asylum at Camberwell. lie used
to sit mournfully for days and weeks in a
corner of his lone room, little given to talk
and lesi to physical .exercise. Now and
then, however, he broke out in a sudden
bazo of excitement, repeating incoherent
sentences, in which only the word •'Baa-
cotton" was distinctly audible. The un
happy man's name was Chevalier Clausen
By birth a Dane, and a man of high scienti
fic education,.he gave himself up early to
the study of practical chemistry, particu
larly those branches connected with the
manufacture of textile fabrics. After years
of labor and many experiments, he came to
the conclusion that the fibre of flax, if
rightfully manipulated, is superior to cotton
for all purposes in which the latter as em
ployed, and therefore ought to supersede it,
as well on this account as being sa indig
enous plant, for the supply of which
Eu
rope might remain independent of serf or
slave. Claussen's experiments were well
received in his own country, and his King
gave him the title of Chevalier, but, unfor
fortunately, little other substantial encour
agement. The inventor then went to
France, married a young French lady, was
presented at Court, and received the Order
of the Ligion of Honor, but again got little
else but promises of future reward fur the
years of labor devoted to the one great ob
ject he had in hand. Somewhat weary of
his work, and sorely pressed by poverty,
Chevalier Claussen next came to this coun
, try, arriving just in time for the Interns,
donut Exhibition of 1851. Ile displayed
in the Hyde Park Palace some beautiful
articles made of flax-cotton, and set all the
world in raptures about the new invention,
the more so as he freely explained the secret
of the process for converting flax straw into
a material equal in all, and superior in some
respects, to the cotton fabric. The manipu
lation was simple enough, according to
Claussen's showing. The flax, cut into
small pieces by machinery, was left for a
short while to the combined action of alka- i
line solvents and of carbonated alkalies and
acids, which converted the fibre into a unik
terial very similar to cotton, and fit, even,
to Imam extent, to be spun with cotton ma
chinery.
"flao Emelish munufmntarerm to i
whom the process was e.tplamed were do• !
lighted; nevertheless, they refu,et,t with
many thanks the Chevalier's otier to wars
has ttiteutnon.. It was totald that flax-cut
tun could not be profitably spun without
making various alterations in the existing
machinery, and to this the Lancashire mill
owners objected, saying, ••Why should we
trouble ourselves about the new , raw. ma-
earls! as long as.we have cotton in abun
dance!" With something of a prophetic
vein, Elanssen .remonstrated, arguing
that the.cupply was not all to be depended
upon, and that, besides, it would be better
spd'illteaper in the bag run to make Eu-
, .
ropean hands feed European. mills, .by th
aid of perfected steam agencies, than to
leave the task to the rade manual labor of
unwilling bondsmen. It was the voice of
the preacher in the desert; Lancashire lis
tened not; and when the Hyde Park Show
asylum at Camberwell. ilere the story of
flax-cotton ends: the inventor in a mad
house; Lancashire without food for her
mills and her people'.—London Spectator.
A Bride in the Wrong Bed.
The Cincinnati Inquirer is responsib i le
for the following:
A newly married pair put up at the Spen
cer House—they went out shopping—re
turned—bride had left some things—she
quietly slipped out—found her lost articles
—returned—mistook Main for Br — got into the Madison instead of the Spencer
—it looked a little strange—asked boy if
she woo in the Spencer—boy said yes, not
f'.:!! , n'Aer-,n.n,ling• her—she told hint •to
lr id her tu 4S--4t,.! partly and gut
i::t !tn.! -cs.pected ttee huhl,and mmuentar
iii•-re: uneupant 4:F.
alt atecch•tn., returned front
t!,•• .. .•re•—+: t;g l / 1 quietly went to
ru deep, The account pro-
MEI
i.AV 10:14 the tiro reposed there side by
only a foot of space bet ween
them, all uncoweious of each other's pres
ence, is not exactly known, but probably
about an hour, when a tremendous noise
was heard in the arartment, from which
female screams issued wildly, piercingly
and ceaselessly.
The hotel was in an uproar; proprietors,
clerks, waiters, porters, guests, dressed and
half-dressed, were at the door of 48 in a few
minutes, blocking up the entrance, and
asking each other eagerly, "What is the
matter?" "For God's sake tell us what is
the trouble!"
The cause of this outcry may be imagined.
The bride had awakened about ni.duight,
and putting her hand over her hu.band, it
fell upon the Indianian's face, and the soft
warm touch aroused him at once. He did
not understand it exactly, though lie did
not dislike it, and in a moment more Mrs.
R. said, "My dearest husband, where have
you been all this while?"
"Husband," echoed the merchant, begin•
ning to see, like Lord Tinsel, that he had
"made a small mistake here;" "I'm nobody's
husband. I reckon, my dear madam, you
are in the wrong bed."
In the wrong bed—horror of horrors,
thought the bride. What would her liege
lord say—what would the curious world
say? And Mrs. R. screamed terribly and
sprang from the couch just as her comsan•
ion did the same. Ire was fully as much
alarmed a- Ole, and entreated her to give
him time and he would leave the apartment,
although it was the one he had engaged—
he'd 'rake an oath to that.
Scream, scream, scream was the only re
ply to this kindly proposition.
"My God, madam, don't yell so! You'll
waken the houte. Be reasonable; I swear
it's only a mistake. flare some thought of
the consequence. I don't want to hurt
you, I don't. You'll get me shot and your
sel f—"
Just at this juncture the throng outside
presented itself at the door, and beheld
Mrs. IL cowering in one corner, exercising
her lungs magnificently, with a sheet wrap
ped over her form and head, and the Indi
anian in the middle of the room enveloped
in a coverlet, and ejaculating "My God,
madam, don't!"
The junior proprietor, Dr. C• bill, saw
there must be some mistake, and, r squest
ing the others to retire, called the merchant
out, went with him into another room and
there learned the whole story. The Doctor
then sent one of the ladies of the hotel to
Mrs. R-, and the affair was explained
greatly to her relief, though she was over
whelmed with confusion at a circumstance
that might have ruined her reputation for
ever.
Under the escort of the Doctor, she was
conveyed a. the "Spencer" where the hus
band was fJund pacing the corr.ders, with
irautic :CICII, and nett crazed with grief at
the mybterices disappearance of his wife,
,iime hrl,erei had been spirited away
+.olain, or murdered for her jewels, in
••11.1ernal city," where, as he expressed
himself, they would kill a man for a dollar
at any time.
As soon as he beheld his spouse, he
caught her to his bosom and wept like a
child. lie was melted with happiness at
her discovery, and told her be had scoured
the city for intelligence of her whereabouts
in vain.
Peter Francisco
The present century has known
many men of extraordinary ,physical
strength, among whom we may cite
William Thompson, of Chicago, who lately
won a prize of $2OO for lifting no leas a
weight than 2106 pounds; Dr. Windship,
who can shoulder a 219 pound barrel of
flour; Prof. Day, of Florida, once fined $5OO
by the circuit court of Lauderdale county
for throwing a Mustang pony and his rider
over a ten rail fence; and Thomas Topham
said to be the strongest man in modern
England.
The latter has performed, in public, feats
evincing an almost super-human strength;
such as rolling up a pewter dish of seven
pounds as a man rolls up a sheet of paper;
holding a pewter quart at arms length, and
squeezing the sides together like an egg
shell; and lifting two hundred weight with
his little finger, and moving it gently over
his bead. On one occasion In broke a rope
fastened to the floor, that would sustain
twenty hundred weight, and lifted an oak
• ; a I.: ',..tlAteavw 4 re ...nit I.
table six feet long with his teeth, though
half a hundred weight was attached to it.
Melee struck a round bar of iron, one inch
in diameter, against his naked arm, and at
one stroke, bent it like a bow; and his head
being placed on one chair and his feet on
another, he held upon his body four heavy
men whom he heaved at pleasure.
None of these modern Sampsons, how
ever,
have earned so extended a fame as
that giant of the Western Hemisphere.
Peter Francisco. Having lived in the
stormy days of the Revolution, and per
formed deeds of extraordinary valor as a
soldier, he has been looked upon by many as
a hero, and his name used as a synonym for
bodily vigor and manly endurance.
Ile was born in Portugal, subsequently
taken to Ireland, and while yet a boy,
brought by a sea captain to this country.
Oa the breaking out of the Revolution, he
joined the army and was in active service
during the whole contest.
Such was his strength and personal bra
very that no enemy could resist him. He
wielded a sword, the blade of which was
five feet in length, as though it had been a
feather, and every one who came in contact
with him paid the forfeit of his life. At
I Stony Point he was one of the "forlorn
hope" which was advanced to cut away the
abbattis, and next to Major Gibbon, was
the first man to enter the works. At Brandy
wine and Monmouth, he exhibited the most
fearless bravery, and nothing but his ina
bility to write prevented his promotion to
a commission. Transferred to the South,
he took port n, goost of the engagements in
that section, and more than once exhibited,
in a striking manner, his remarkable self
confidence and courage.
' On one occasion he defended himself suc
cessfully, by strategy and prowess, against
nine British troupers; and during an attack
upon a dwelling near which he was resting,
he killed two assailants, a soldier and a
mounted dragoon who came suddenly upon
him.
Francisco possessed a finely developed
frame. Ile was six feet one inch in height,
and he has been known to shoulder readily
a cannon weighing eleven hundred pounds.
lie could carry a man of 109 pounds on his
right arm, and lift him up and down in the
air, as ordinary people sport with children.
His wife was a woman of medium size, but
he could easily bear her about the room at
arms length, and could carry her up and
down stairs on one arm. He would lift a
barrel of cider by the chimes, and take long
draughts from the bung without any appar
ent exertion; but it must not be supposed
from this latter feat that he was an intem
perate man; on the contrary, he was univer
sally respected fur his abstemious and fru
gal habits. Although uneducated, he was
a persou.of strong natural sense, and of a
kind, amiable disposition—it is said that
his strength was never used to the injury
of any one except for self defence, or for
the protection of others. Ile died in 1839,
and was buried in the public burying
ground at Richmond with military honors.
Large Armies
The following facts, culled from the fields
of ancient story, may be of some interest at
the present time.
The city of Thebes had a hundred gates,
and could send out at each gate 10,000
fighting men and 200 chariots—in all,
1,000.000 men and 2,000 chariots.
The army of Terrah, King of Ethiopia,
consisted of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots
of war.
Sesostris King of Egypt, led against his
enemies 600,000 men, 34,000 cavalry, and
27 scythe-armed chariots. 1491 B. C.
Ham ilcar went from Carthage and landed
near Palermo. Ile had a fleet of 2,000
ships and 3,000 small vessels and a land
force of 300,000 men. At the battle in
which he was defeated, 150,000 were slain.
A Itomen fleet, led by Regulus against
Carthage, consisted of 330 vessel's, with
140,000 men. The Carthagenian fleet
numbered 350 vessels, with 150,000 men.
At the battle of Cantia), there were of
the Romans, including allies, 80,000 foot
and 6,000 horse, of the Carthagenians 40,-
000 and 10,000 borne. Of these 70,000 were
slain in all,• and 10,000 taken prisoners;
more than half slain.
Hannibal, during his campaign in It ay
and Spain, plundered 400 tom's and de
stroyed 300,000 men..
Wens, the Assyrian King, about 2,200
B. C., led against the Baciriane his army,
consisting of 1,700,000 foot 200,000 horse,
and 16,000 chariots armed with scythes.
Italy, a little before Ilannibal'e time, was
able to gelid into the field nearly 1,000.000
men.
Semiramis employed 2,000,000 men in
building the mighty babylotr. She took
100,000 Indian prisoners at the Indus, and
sunk 1,000 boats.
Sennacherib lost in a, single night 185,-
000 men by the destroying angel-2 Kings,
19: 35-37.
A short time after the taking of liabylon,
the fortes .of Cyrus consisted of 000,000
foot; 120,000 horse and 2,000 chariots armed
with scythes.
An army of Cambyses, 50,000 strong was
buried up in the desert sands of Africa by
a south wind.
When Yerzes arrived at Thermotqlm, his
land sod sea force* amounted to 2.641,610,
exclusive of servants, enuchs, -women, sut
lers, &a., in all nuthfiering 5,283,3 M: So
say Herodotus, Plutarch, aid Isocrates,
4 tY,.11L.16.27 tt"lgita
$450 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2,00 IF NOT 'N ADITA.
The army of Artaxerxes, before the battle
of Cunaxa, amounted to about 1,200,000.
Ten thousand horses and 100,000,fuot fell'
On the fatal field of Jesus. -
When Jerusalem was taken by Titus 1
100,000 perished in various ways.
The force of Darions at Arberle number
ed more than 1,000,000. The persians lost
90,000 men in thabattle; Alexander about
500 men. So says Diodorous. Arian says
the Persians, in this battle lost 300,000, the
Greeks, 1,200.
The army of Tamerlane is said to have
amounted to 1,600.000, and thatof his an
tagonist, Bejeet, 1,400,000.
Terrific Adventure tv:th a Boa-Con
strictor
The Columbus, Ohio, Statesmen says one
of the most thrilling incidents which has
ever come to our knowledge, occurred a
few days since in a "side-show" with Van
Amburg & Co's Menagerie, where two enor
mous snaires—ananaconda and a boa-con 7
stricter—are on exhibition. Bath of the
, longe reptiles are kept in one case with a
glass top, opening at the side, and the keep
er was engaged in the act of feeding them
when the event occurred. The longer of the
snakes, the boa-constrictor, which is thirty
feet long and as large around the middle as
a man's thikh, had just swallowed two rah•
bits when the keeper introduced his arm
and body into the cage for the purpose cf
reaching a third to the knaconda, at the
opposite corner.
While in this condition the boa, not sat
isfied with hie share of the rations, made a
spring, probably with the intention of se
curing the remaining rabbit, but instead,
faste.ted hisjaws upon the keeper's hand,
and with the rapidity of lightning, tbrow
three coils around ~the poor fellow, thus
rendering him entirely helpless. Ilis . sheuts
of distress at once brought several men to
his assistence, and among them, fortunately,
was a well known showman named Town
send, a man of great muscular power, and
what was of much importance, one who had
been familiar with the habits of these
monsters all his life, having owned some of
the largest on es ever brought to this coun
try.
The situation of the keeper was now per
ilous in the extreme. The first thing to be
done was to uncoil the snake from around
him, but if in attempting this the reptile
should become in the least degree angered,
be would, in a second, contract hie coils
with a power sufficient to crush the life out
of an ox. A single quick convulsion of the
creature and the keeper's soul would he in
eternity! This Townsend fully understood;
so without attempting to disturb the bat's
hold upon the keeper's hand, he managed
by powerful yet extremely cautious • move
ments to uncoil the snake without exciting
him, after which, by the united exertions of
two strong men the jaws wore pried open
and the man released in a completely ex
hausted condition The bite of the boa-con
strictor is not poisonous; although the bit-,
tea hand was immensely swollen the next
day, no serious injuries were apprehended.
A more narrow escape from a most horrible,
death it would be difficult to imagine, .
LUDICROCS EFFECTS OF A COMF.T.—In the
year 1712, Mr. Whitson, having calculated
the return of a comet, which was .to make
its appearance on the 24th of . October, at
five minutes past five in the morning„,gave
notice to the public accordingly, with ,this
terrifying addition—that a total dissolution
of the world by fire was to take place on the
Friday following. The reputation .which
Mr. Whitson had long maintained, both as
a divine and philosopher, left little or nn
doubt with the populace of the truth ofhis
prediction. Several ludicrous events now
took place. A number of persons about
London seized all the barges and boats they
could lay their hands 00, on the river Thames,
very rationally concluding that when the
conflagration took place there would, be the
most safety on the water. A gentleman who
bad neglected his family prayers for better
than five years, informed his wife that it
was his intention to resume the laudable
practice the same evening; but his wife, hav
ing engaged a ball at her house, persuaded
her husband to put it off till they saw
whether they appeared or not.
The South Sea stock immediately fell to
five per cent; and the Indian to one; and
a captain of a Dutch ship threw all his pow
der into the river, that the ship might not
be endangered. The next morning, how
ever, the comet appeared according to pre.
diction, sad before noon the belief was
universal that the day ofjadgmeat was at
hand. About this time one hundred and.
twenty five clergymen were ferried Aver—to
Lambeth, it was said, to petition•that aahort
prayer might be planned and ordered; there
being none in the church service ~ f or. the
occasion. Three maids of, honor burned
their collection of novels and playa and.sent
to the liookeellors to buy ;each ,ofthera a.
Bible and' it Taylor's. holy .Living , and
Dying. The run ' upon the bank was,so
prodigious that all hands were employed in
discounting notes and banding. out • specie.
On Thursday, considerably morethers7ooo.
who kept mistresses were legally marriedin
the face of several congregations. , and • to
crown all, Sir Gilbert Iliathaote..at, that
time bead director of the bank, issued orders
to all the fire offices in London, requiring
them to keep a good lookout, and have a
'partiCelar eye upon the Bank cOuglouid.
[WHOLE NUMBER 1,675.
Kuala A Nzzra.s.—Needles are made of:
steel wire. The wire isfirst cut by shearti,
'from coils, into the length of the needle/ft°
be made. After a hatch of such bite of wire
have been eat, off,
_they are plesedpa but
fiiintice, and theitteten out and Tolled back ;
ward and forward on a table until they,,,are
straight. Thep are no wto be ground. Tl”;
needle-pointer takes pp two flozen '2r eoo'f
the 'wires and rolls them between his thtiiali
and fingers, with their endb on, thttgrlnd ;
stone, firrt one end and then the other. leo
is a machine which flattens and gutters, tha
heads of ten thousand needled in an . temp t
Next comes the , eaching dribs nyes . hyjt
boy, so ft:stilt:3 - 6e eye can hardly Ice* ,
pace with hint. The splitting follows,
which is running a fine wire through a dozen,
perhaps, of these twin needles. A reptattn,
with 'e. little anvil tiefore'hae, illetbetireatt ,
the heads'and eeparatei them. ,
They are now complete needles, but,thei
are rough and rusty, and easily bent.' The
hardening comes, next. They are. beatcA, is
batches in a furnace, and when red,hnt,,ere
thrown into a pan of cold water. , Next they,
must, be tempered, and. this-is done by,TOll,
ing them backward and forward pp,o.,bet
metal plate. The polishing still remeine ,ce
be done. Oa a very coarse cloth needles are
spread to the number of forty or fifty:theta
and. Emory dust. is• strewed over them; oil
is sprinkled,•and soft soap daubed over, tha
cloth is rolled up, and withseveral otherteof
the same kind, ,thrown.into e.sert of, mu*
pot , to roll to and fro twelre,bours.or paorti.
They come out dirty enough; hut•eltees
rin slug in clean hot •water,„and, Zoseing
saw-dust, they become bright and are ready
to be sorted and put up for sale. •• 11 "
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• VOTED IT UPSIDE D?SiNT.—IY 1.111711.11 qr 4
a good story, told hi a, Sou,of 'r"itt'o, t 4/
Which is Worth repeating::
Shim two
_years ago . ; there,: waa,qsitlus
struggle bet Ween two
,oertain:
Democrats of IVehitersvillei, , as to
should 'go 'delegate - 16 ihe State - COn:rention.
The evening prior to, holding the : Csottuty
cinvention, Judge -- and §qair0,4 7731
each had ballots printedwith:ti; namea.,oc
their friends upon them . The d'udgef,;(lq.-4
agates were beaten,' and borers retirtog r ,ltec
consoled himself by loading his
,hai.Vskih t
bricks. Next morning, in good aeasjon,A4-,
ing upon the' principle that "a heir 0; thet
dog is good for , the bite;" 'Sn'st,'attjm ;vr#
calling for the ue
stepped inte'theialoon and sidOed the:ttidge,
when the following dialogue ensued: , ,
"The top' o' the niornit , to ye ,' Jadge
And the murtherin thaves' bite us ? lett
--
night entirelythe c6rses o' • , . , • ,• •• - • .
on them?" '
• ••1 •
"Good morning, Billy." Yes, " the ' Squire
was rather heavy. But I say, Brlly,lns,tdar
stand you voted against me.
„ilaw is, ,that?'" /
"Billy Mcßla rney , Viited Eigainat ye!
lyin 'spalpeensi 'By . ' Me isolil:44dge,,l',4
rather have me whiskiy,etoppodfos.„4,yeat.,
than to do that alma ;, •,„
"What ticket did
,you.vote, Ailijr,„
"And pure I voted thetioket svidlraphon
or's orime,on the top av ;, /3,
"Bat, ,Billy, gn,Y,name vrae,laat on„ the PA?
—at the bottom." „ • • ,
This was rather a passier:tfs,4.BOAll,4lol
scratched his head for aa instant, 4hen ; staidess
denly eelaiwseds, . ,„ •.
'Bad luck, and what,a fool Lam? I MM.
'fly ticket upside gown!". , • ;
Tho Judgo' immediately orderediql met ,
.
• ,
opener for Billy; he fairly beat bita,on the",
ezaudnation.—Trinity E Cat.) Journal..
PRINTERS AND VIE
citizens have responded with increlasiity
to'the call of their oeuatiy, thin "ihe
.bers of the "art preservative of all' oir i tsi.7'
There is perhaps not an officethit 4i tint
'sent forth some of its men to help. to
ranks of the "Grand Arzey,"',whiolt,iS f iis,,
crush out the rebellion. The;patrioti4
Benjamin Franklin still animates the' 'cra4,
and they are ready to lay aside 'the "Coin
posing stick" and shoulder the "shooting
stick at the call' oldrity,! - The • inhibits are
well represented in the solid oattiiins of .the
Union, and with good shnotinistiar,',Pleitty
of leaded matter, a full forireleannen,"aird
a bold face, thiy meet the 4ntsf4nOr
Jeff Davis, battler hii'forts;'cruirellici
from Ibis strongholds, and kik
. frp .
of the Seoesh leaders.' We 'e r e
beforert h ey' ret urn ; they will 'make' itai t flvi
posing display, andrinspriist'n goad ' iiti at
sisa upon histary'S'page.'
the community carry' the items 'ilieir l lOVer
for the Union in their' boirotne,ree 'To
printer', not *. falllrtniniii
no / of our soil wilt tnigivern•ni . tli the, trait!' r
Ilisioincii..LSinee the or,
the: . Pedeial Government eleven, itqemp4 a ,
have been Made 'Co resistini,ant(ior4y—
first Wed in 1782; the second '
third ii 1704; called the 'iihislief
**" 1814* * 1:1 "
tion in Pennsylvania. • ap„
two snore attempts were ni!ade:ntikekii . m
enth Was Wittithe Oierolkttes it.
,Georg
1830. Alia eighth was the nieinoreblaonlik 4at
Tying ordlininee Of senth Oirolina,ia r .lB4. l3
andinlB42,' abode Islanid, tried it., * Is.
tenth was hi 1859, on the ;art; 41s. to
ions;arid' the eleiinth the
„pre , se . ktocrnrel.
aorßosia,. whichroir-apr , , brastbaraa
one. dollar aad.a. half a larralriCaaaril
felling -for. twealy dollars a bairele7 •
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