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Collections promptlymade,i nLancasteinnd York anuntien. Columbia,May 4,1950. IL U. ESSICK, • ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. ‘4. 001.1:31111.1. PA.' Clocks, Watches, Jwely, S llv er and Silver-Plated Ware. surrEimea & s'PERING, HAVING taken the old en:dinette(' land of John 11 Felix. Front ,treet. Golumhin, respectfully invite the public to call and exiiinine their large nit-ortinchi CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER and SILVER-PLATED WARE, CUTLERY, COMBS, PISTOLS, ACCORDEONS, and FANCY ARTICLES, ttikuch tut are usually kept in a fires-elaus Jewelry Store. We will keep constantly on hand a large stock of JaancLetz: - JiLtch.Eadm NiiiirtChtrt2aLtetliit. 1n Gold and Silver Cu-e.—Appleton, Tr:icy& Co , S Bartlett unit Wm nllery movements—which we will offer to the public. at pricey to .tit the times. A continuance of thr former patronage is respect fully .olteiied. IirrfIRPAIIIING PP ALL RINDS PROMPTLY ATTkNDED TO IL:WSW/W, July 19. 1561. NOW FOR BARGAINS. IXTE have ju=t received another lot of all-wool De- VT lane. and plaid SlosnrednyllCA. which we offer at xc.diteed STEAM' h ilowvrtr4. Cola. June Y 9, JEW Con Yd and Locust Sta. po CREAM OF GISCERINE%---For the cure d preveonon rn chopped hand., &c. Pot so% .et the JLI/E:g AIORTAK DRUG STORK Dec. 3.1841 Front street. Cki'untins SALT! SALT! ltiST reneived by the Rubnrrtberrut thor store • Lot.usl,treel below Second. 100 Bags (hound Alum Salt, • 1 4 market prices. C Jul} 1.'61. J R1T311.1.11 z a RAHAM, or, Bond's Boston Craekers, for llyspeptia... I Arrow Root Cratkers.lor.iie vulids nod einkliett—new atueles in Columbia, ut tie Vamtly Medicine Store, April 16. 1959. Hrriso n's o umbi an - -- • - ariircil is a 4upertor nrt lc re, permnisetolv block. WV mid not corrodiog the ,pro, Le hod in any onotity. at the Vomit y edict tie Stone, and blacker ret t.t that Ettglkit Root Colombia. J one 9. Itlsll risgi FISECi ITACKEREL by the barrel. hall barrel and quarter /. bane!, of be lo. , tqualeties. Apply to B.FAAPPOLD, Columbia, July 12, 1&62. Canal 81111111. WALL PAPER! PAPER CHEAPER THAN WHITEWASH. Jti have j oat received a large lot or Wall roper, all I he newest sly cs itod ben goods, which we sell at prices *Gault the SAYLOR & Rook Store, FriaLi Si., above Locuet,Coiuutuhia. March 2. '6l, NOTICE. Ide.ire to .etde up the old book aceaoat•, of both store. and revue-t all per•oax knowing them selves ipdebted to please call and Celtic the name. 11. C. FL/NOME MITI'. Coltnalain, May 17, lEW. ZPALDINU'S PREPARED GLEE.—The want o siichoun oriole 1, felt In very family, and now It can he supplied; for unending furniture, elinia• ..vare.Orilainellitil work. Iny. 2ke . !here nothing superior. IVe have found ii u-eful in rogniring runup ankles voltails hboo., for 3.111 . .Irlll I: H.; die In nand 0:D1. - 1N sToRE POCKET BOOKS AND PURSES. 1.. N H4:1; ,to ol Fili. oad Cotnauhe l'atiket Rook. ..ad I'ur.•-.... I rom 13 cmh to two dollar. each li..dquarters and Now. Depot. iril 11.1 460. =IEEE Lawns, Lawns, Lawns. lADWS eull nod see our beautiful I,} cent Lawns, 1J him enlors, tit ttzTliaCY & June 28. ICAitt. Oppcnite Od.l fellow-$ HOOPED SKITS. % MAY and splendid style of Hooped Skirls, jut 11 received; Also, a full Issortment of other styles, very cheap. AIALTBY A. CASE, Columbia, Apr:l 26.1262. Locust Etree:. - FOIL SALE, 1500s""` G. A. Salt, 100 Sucks Ashton Salt Ap ply at A P1.01.13'S Warehouse, Causal Basin. Columbia, Dec. 29, 1.861. RAISINS. AFUT.L supply of Raisins—Semites., and T.nyer will be found at the Cor. of Trent end Union tin. Nov. 22. Yt2. HENRY SLIVI/A:11. 3V ST ND for pole. by the barrrq or larger quan:ttica, 100 barrola Alonongalteia %Vhi•lcy. at A PPOLD'S Warabou•e, Canal Bari COI& 'gay 14, •m For Sale at a Bargain TVIV: choice of Two Fire and Burglar Proof Fa fel— "Herring" or —Unwell Patent; Alro, a Family Horne. and a firm-rate Carriage and Maracas. Call a the store of H. C. FON DER: MUM adjoining the hank Cola. May 17,1:262. HO! FOR CHRISTMAS! k Choice Baking Mohissea; the Ilea. in ihr ilorket at STI:ACY & BOW cgs . . Cola. Dee 13.18G2. Cor.td nod Loco,' Sia. CLOAKING CLOTH BEAUTIFUL Black Clnlh. caiiable for lade• cloaks STEACY & BOWERS. Corner Second and Loeu.t street.; Cola. Dee. 6 7 52. Oppotne Odd Fellows' Hall LIQUORS. WE have received a supply Of Pure Brandy, Old Nye Whisky, Old Port Wine, which we:oljer for WC fnr Illedic;ntatzrat CO.e.. h Cola. Joly 6,'Gl. Golden Mortar Drag Store . DRESS GOODS, Dplainer, Cashmere•. Black Silks. !nick Flannel, Tickings, Checks, Muslims, Sheeting.. Blankets J.c...ke., at BRIII2MRS' Cola. Oct 27,1960. Cor. Third and Union. roMESTICIL-Notwithstanding the advatire in the price of (ioods. persons will find II to their 'meantime to mill and examine nor stock of new Prints, Muslims. Gingham's. Cheeks, Tiekinns, Crash. Ice-ire.., in fact every clone of goods inviable for new beginners at housekeeping-and old ones too. STEAM,' Ir. sowsia.q. opro•ite Odd Ppllowe MU. WINSLOW'S nothing Syrup can be obtained at V %V 'I A tb: s`, LOCO/IM. EMIT. The Lingering Winter. The snow-tlJkes kiss the plowman's crimsoned face ; lie guides the share and turns the furrow still, With manly patience and with measured pace, Nor heeds the winter lingering on the hill. The loamy - ,flood roars sullen through the vale; The crow flocks flap the blast with laboring wing.; The bare oak shivers in the northers gale— But on the topmost bough the blue-bird sings. It sings of spring—the plowman hears the son g Of bridal April and of blooming May: And as be treads with sturdy step along, Mope in his bosom sings the self-same lay. He hears the summer rustling in thieorn; Cloud chases cloud acroes his bending grain ; The mowe'r's scythe-song greets the golden morn, The ~oft eve welcomes home the loaded wain. And nut iimn's wealth. its pleasures and its pride, His Imam with joy, his ear with music fill; Hi 4 plow•lit follows with a quicker stride, Nor heeds the winter lingering on the hill. Thus to the Christian—wheresoc'er he roam— Planting the Orient, Artie, or the Isles, Or the frost-fettered fieldl, alas! of home— A promised harvest mid the winter smiles. Spring coy and cold, the laborers faint and few ; The in rd, chill glebe, unyielding to the share ; The shrill blast shrieks the leafless forest through, But from ott Ifigb a voice dispels despair. Before him din redeem •d—Christ's harvest—stand; And hosts with hymns of praise his bo=om thrill; ploy he seises with a strengthen , d hand, Nor herds the, winter lingering on the hill. "Choose You this day Whom You will Serve," 13=ZI=! lie- tyrants, you hum us, and fear while you hate The self-ruling, chain-breaking, throne-shaking State; The nighl•birda dread morning—your instinct in true, The day—tar of Freedom brings midnight for you Why plead with the deaf for the cause of mankind ? The owl hoots at noon that the eagle is blind ! We ask not your reasons,—'t were wasting our time, Our hie in a menace, our welfare a crime ! We have betties to fight, we have foes to subdue,— 'Time waits not for us, and we wait not for you! Theimovrer mows on, though the udder may w.idto And the copper-bead coil round the blade of bin scythe "No ride. in ibis quarrel," your maie.men may urge, Of echool-house and wages with slave•pea and scourge! No ,•ides in the quarrel! proclaim it as well To the align's dint fight with the legions of hell ! they kneel in God - 1, temple, the North and the Sou tit, With blood on each weapon, and prayers in each mouth. Who-e cry shell he nn,wered Ye lieuven., attend The lords of the lush as their voices ascend: • '0 Lord, we are shaped in the image of Tiler..— . Smile down the ba-e millions that claim o be bee, And lend illy strorg arm to the soft-handed race Who eat net their bread in the sweut of their face ?" So pleads the proUd plainer. What echoes are these The boy of his bloodhound is borne on the breeze, .hud, lost in the shriek of lit victim's despair, Ilk voice dies unheard. Ileac the Puritan's prayer: "0 Lord, that didst smother mankind in thy flood, The sun H as sackcloth, the moon is as blood. The.tars fall to earth as untimely arc cast 'lite figs from the fig trce'that shakes in the blast All nation., all tribe. in whose nostril. is breath, Stand gazing at sio a. she travail. with death Lord, strangle the mati.ter that strutgle. to birth, Cr mock us'ito more with Thy 'Kingdom on Barth! If Ammon and Moab must reign in the land . Thou 'gayest Thine I.4rnel, fresh from Thy hand, Cull Baal and APht.trotli oat of the!: grave% To he the new gotk for the empire of slaves 1; IVlin.e and will ye serve, 0 ye rulers amen? Will ye blind your new shrines in the slave-brseder's den ? Or :tow with the chtlletto of light. ntt they call On the Judge efthe Earth and the Father of Ali Chooec wi‘ely, charm• quickly, (or time mover attar:. EACII dJy tot age in the lilc of our race Lord, lead them in love, ere they tut.arrt in (ear From the fast•thing flood that shall girdle the sphere gitsrtirrito. The Last Cruise of the Plonitor. An actor in the scenes of that wild night when the Monitor went down craves permis sion to relate the story of her last cruise. Her work is now over. She lies a hun dred fathoms deep under the stormy waters off Cape Hatteras. But "the little cheese box on a raft" has made herself a name which will not soon be forgotten by the American people. Every child knows her early story,—it is one of the thousand romances of the ;war,— how as our ships lay at anchor in Hampton Roads, and the army of the Potomac cover ed the Peninsula, one shining March day,— ter away to the South uprose A little feather of snow-white smoke ; And we knew that the iron ship of onr foes Was fieuddy steering its course To try the force Of our ribs of oak." Iron conquered oak ; the balls from the Congress and Cumberland rattled from the aides of the Rebel ship like hen she passed on resistless, and "Dawn went the Cumberland, a:I a wreck." The Congress struck her flag, and the band of men on the Peninsula waited their turn— for the iron monster belched out fire and shell to both sea and land. Evening cut short her work, and she returned to Norfolk. leaving terror and confusion behind her. The morning saw her return ; bat now between bar expected prey. the Minnesota, and herself, lay a low, black raft, to the lookers•on from the - Merrimack no more formidable than the masts of the sunken Cumberland, or the useless guns of the Con gress, near whose shattered bulks the Mon itor kept guard, the avenger of their loss. As the haughty monster approached the "NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEAStIRE SO LASTING." COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 2,, 1863. scene of her triumph, the shock of an unex ampled cannonade checked her career. That little black turret poured out a fire so tre mendous, that the jubilant crew of the Mer rimack faltered,. surprised, terrified. The revolving tower was a marvel to them. One on board of her at the time has since told me, that, though at first entirely confident of victory, consternation finally took hold of all. "D— it!" said one, "the thing is ful of guns." An hour the contest raged, and then the iron scales of the invincible began to Drum- . ble under repeated blows thundered from that strange revolving terror. A slaughter ing, destroying shot smashing through the port, a great seam battered in the side, crip pled and defeated, the Merrimack turned prow and steamed away. This was the end of her career, as really as when, a few weeks later, early morning saw her wrapped in sudden flame and smoke, and the people of Norfolk heard in their beds the report which was her death-knell. So fear ended fur a time, and the Monitor saw little service until at Fort Darling she dismounted every gun, save one, when all her comrades failed to reach the mark.— Then, a little worn by hard fighting, she went to 'Washington for some slight repairs, but specially to have better arrangements made for ventilating, as those on board suf fered from the air during action. The first of September a fresh alarm came, when she went down to Hampton Roads to meet the new Merrimack, said to be coming out, and stationed herself at the mouth of the James Ricer, between the buried Con: gress and Cumberland, whose masts still rose above water, a monument of Rebel out rage and Union heroism. Here she remain ed expectant for morcethan two months, all on board desiring action, but thinking the new year must come in before anything could be done. The last week in December found her ly ing under the guns of Fortress Monroe, and busily fitting for sea. Her own guns had been put in perfect working order, and shone like silver, one bearing the name of Worden, the other that of Ericsson. Her engineer, Mr. Campbell, was in the act of giving some final touches to the machinery, when his leg was caught between the piston rod and frame of one of the oscillating engines, with such force as to bend the rod, which was an inch and a quarter in diameter, and about eight inches long, and break its cast-iron frame, five-eights of an inch in thickness. The most remarkable fact in this case is, that the limb, though jammed.phd bruised, re mained unbroken—our men in this iron craft seeming themselves to be iron. The surgeon who examined the limb, as tonished at the narrow escape, thought at first it might, by energetic treatment, be cured in a few days ; and as the engineer, who had been with the vessel from her launching, was extremely anxious to remain on board, he was disposed at first to yield to his wishes, but afterwards; reflecting that confined air and sea-sickness would have a bad effect, concluded to transfer him to the hospital, the engineer remarking, as he was carried, off.—" Well, this may be Providen tial." It was Prlvidential indeed I His place was filled, and the preparations went on briskly. The turret and sight holes were calked, and every possible entrance fur water, made secure, only the smallest open ings being left in the turret-top, and the blower-stacks through which the ship wag ventilated. On the afternoon of December ISG2, she put on steam, and, in t,)Tv of the Rhode Island, passed the fort, and out to sea under sealed orders. General joy was expressed at this relief from long inaction. The sick came upon deck, and in the clear sky, fresh air, and sense of motion, seemed to gain new life. The Rhode Island, liko all side-wheel steamers, left in her wake a rolling, foaming track of waves, which the Monitor, as she passed over it, seemed to smooth out like an immense flat-iron. - In the course of the af ternoon, we saw the Passaic in tow of the State of Georgia, like a white speck, far in advance of us. As we gradually passed out to sea, the wind freshened somewhat; but the sun went down in glorious clouds of purple and crim son, and the night was fair and calm above us, though in the interior of our little vessel the air had already begun to lose its fresh ness. We suffered more or lees from its closeness through the night, and woke in the morning to find it heavy with impurity from the breaths of some sixty persons, com posing the officers and. crew. Sunrise found us on deck, enjoying pure air, and watching the East " Where yonder dancing billows dip, Par Mit° Ocen.es misty verge. Ploughs Morning. like a full-sailed ship, The Orient's cloudy gorge Walt •pray of scarlet fire, before The ruffled gold that round her dies, She sail• ribose the sleeping shore, Across the waking skies." During the night we bad passed Cape Henry, and now, at dawn, found ourselves on the ocean—the land only a blue line in the distance. A few more hours, and that had vanished. No sails were visible, and the Passaic, which we had noticed the eve ning before, was now out of sight. Th e morning and afternoon passed quietly; we spent most of the time on deck, on account of the confined air below, and, being on a level with the sea, with the spray dashing over us occasionally, amused ourselves with noting its shifting hues and forms, from the deep green of the first long roll to the foam crest and prismatic tints of the falling wave. As the af ernoon advanced, the freshening wind, the thickening clouds, and the increas ing roll of the sea gave those most accustom ed to ordinary ship-life some new experien ces. The little vessel plunged through the rising waves, instead of riding them, and, as they increased in violence, lay, as it were, under their crests, which washed over her continually, so that, even when we consider_ ed ourselves safe, the appearance was that of a vessel sinking. "I'd rather go to sea in * diving bell !" said one as the waves dashed over the pilot house, and the little craft seemed buried in water- "Give .= an oyster-scow 1" cried another —" anything I—only let it be wood, and something that will float over, instead of under the water I" Still she plunged on, and about six-thirty P. M. we made Cape Hatteras; in half an hour we had rounded the point, and many on board expressed regret that the Monitor should Oh have been before the Passaei in doing so. Our spy-glasses were in oonstant use; we saw several vessels in the distance; and about seven P. M. discovered the Pas saic four or five miles astern to the north of us, in tow of the steamer State of Georgia. A general hurrah went up,—" Hurrah for the first • iron-clad that ever rounded Cape Hatteras! Hurrah for the little boat that is first in everything!" Tho distance between ourselves and the Passaic widened, and we gradually lost sight of her. At half-past seven a heavy shower fell, lasting about twenty minutes. At this time the gale increased; black, heavy clouds covered the sky, through which the moon glimmered fitfully, allowing us to see in the distance a long line of white, plunging foam, rushiog toward us—sure indication, to a sailor's eye, of a stormy time. A gloom overhung everything; the banks of cloud seemed to settle attund us; the mean of the ocean grew louder and more fearful. Still our little boat pushed dogged ly on: victorious through all, we thought that hero, too, she wo'd conquer, though the beating waves sent shudders through her whole frame. Bearing still the marks of one of the fiercest battles of the war, we had grown to think her invulnerable to any as sault of man or element, and as she breast ed those huge wares, plunging through one only to meet another more mighty, we thought--" Sho is stanch! she will weather it!" An hour passed; the air below, which bad all day been increasing in closeness, was now almost stifling, but our men lost no courage. Some sang as they worked, and the cadence of the voices, mingling with the roar of waters, sounded like a defiance to Ocean. Some stationed themselves on top of the turret, and a general enthusiasm filled all breasts, as huge waves, twenty feet high, rose up on all sides, hung suspended for a moment like jaws open to devour, and then, breaking, gnashed over in foam from side to side. Those of us new to the sea, and not appreciating our peril, hurrahed for the largest waves; but the captain and one or two others, old sailors, knowing its power, grew momentarily more and more anxious, feeling, with a dread instinctive to the sail or, that, in case of extremity, no wreck yet known to ocean could be so hopeless as this. Solid frog from keelson to turret•top, cling ing to anything for safety, if the Monitor should go down, would only insure a share in her fate. No mast, no spar, no floating thing, to meet the out-stretched hand in the last moment- The sea, like the old-world giant, gather ed force from each attack. Thick and fast came the blows on the iron mail of the Mon itor, and still the brave little vessel held her own, until, at half-past eight, the engineer, Waters, faithful to the end, reported u. leak. The pumps were instantly set in motion, and we watched their progress with an iuten-o intere.t. She had seemed to us like an ~1.1 time knight in armor, liattling against 1ea...-. ful odds, but still holdit.g his ground. We who watched, when the blow came which made the strong man reel and the life-b 10,6 spout, felt our hearts faint within us; again ground was paw-4. ani the fight wen: on, the water lowering bomewhat under tne laboring pumps. From nine to ten it kept pace with them. From ten to eleven . the sea increased in violence, the waves now dashing entirely over the turret, blinding the eyes and caus ing quick catchings of the breath, as they swept against u+. At ten the engineer had reported the leak as gaining on us ; at half. past ten, with several pumps in constant motion, one of which threw out three thou sand gallons a minute, the water was rising rapidly, and-nearing the fires. When these were reached the vessel's doom was sealed ; for with their extinction the pumps must cease, and all hope of keeping the Monitor above water more than an hour or two ex pire. Our knight bad received his death blow, and lay struggling and helpless under the power of a stronger than he. A. consultation was held, and, not with out a contliot of feeling, it was decided that signals of distress IRIAN be made. Ocean claimed our little vessel, and her trembling frame end failing fire proved she would soon answer his call; yet a pang went through us, as we thought of the first ironclad lying alone at the bottom of this stormy sea, her guns silenced, herself a useless mass of met- al. Each quiver of her strong frauie seemed to plead with us not to abandon her. The work she had done, the work she was to do, rose before ue: might there not be a possi bility of saving her yet?—her time could not have cme so soon. We seemed to hear a voice from her saying,—"Save me, for once I have saved you! My frame is stanch still; my guns may again silence the roar of Rebel batteries. The.night willpass, and calm come to us once more. Save us!" The roar of O. can drowned her voice, and we who descended for a moment to the cab in knew, by the rising water through which we waded, that the end was near. Small time was there for regrets. Rock ets were thrown up, and answered by the Rhode Island, whose brave men prepared at once to lower boats, though in that wild sea it was almost madness. The Monitor had been attached to the Rhode Island by two hawsers, one of which had parted at about seven P. M. The oth er remained firm, but new it was necessary it should be cut. How was that possible, when every wave washed. clean over her deck? what man could reach it alive? "Who'll cut the hawser?" shouted Captain Bankhead. Acting-Master Stodder volun teered, and was followed by another. Hold ing by one hand to the ropes at her side, they cut through, by many blows of the hatchet, the immense rope which united the vessels. Stodder returned in safety, but his brave companion was washed over and went down. , The men was quiet and controlled, but all felt anzietY. Master's-Mate Peter Wil liams suggested bailing, in the faint hope that in this way the vessel might be kept longer above water. A bailing party was organized by John Stocking, who, brave man, at last went down. Paymaster Keeler led the way, in company with Stocking, Williams, and one or two others; and tho' the water was now waist deep, and they knew the vessel was liable to go down at almost any moment, they worked on nobly, throwing out a constant stream of water from the turret. Meanwhile the boat launched from the Rhode Island had started, manned by a crew of picked men. A more heroic impulse could not have ac complished this most noble deed. For !ouns they had watched the raging sea. Their captain and they knew the danger; every man who entered the boat did it at peril of his life; and yet all' were ready. Are not such acts as these convincing proof of the divinity of human nature? We watched her wittrstraining eyes, for few thought she could live to reach us. She neared; we were sure of her, thank God! In this interval the cut hawser had be come entangled in the paddle-wheel of the Rhode Island, and she drifted down upon us; we, not knowing this fact, supposed her corning to our assistance; but a moment un deceived us. The, launch sent for our relief was now between us and her—too near for safety. The steamer bore swiftly down, stern first, upon our starboard quarter, "Keep off! keep off!" we cried, and then first saw she was helpless. Even as we looked the devoted boat was caught between the steamer and the iron clad,—a sharp sound of crushing wood was heard—thwarts, oars, rind splinters flew in the air—the boat's crew leaped to the Monitor's deck. Death stared us in the face; our iron prow must go through the Rhode Island's side, and then an end to all. Ono awful moment we held our breath—then the hawser was clear ed—the steamer moved off, as it were, step by step, first one, then another, till a ship's length lay between us, and then we breathed freely. But the boatl—had she gone to the bottom carrying brave souls with Ii l f? No, there she lay, beating against our iron sides, but still, though bruised and broken, a life boat to us. There was no hasty scramble for life when it was found she floated; all held back. The men kept steadily on at their bailing—only th qe leaving, and in the order named, whom th .—lptain bade save themselves. They de...cc:vied from the turret t, the deck with min,h pe and fear, for the waves tore from 4o to side, and the ca,ilest head and hr Ive.t :m irt could not glytranty safety.— o washed over as they left the tur i cr. a;,d. with a vain clutch at the iron deck, wiid throwing up of the arms, went down, their death cry ringing in the ears of their companions. The boat sometimes held her place by the Monitor's side, then was dashed hopelessly out of reach, rising and felling on the waves. sailor would spring from the deck to reach her, be seen for a moment in mid-air, and then, as she rose, fall into her. So she gradually filled up; but some poor souls who sought to reach her failed even as they touched her receding sides, and went down. We had on board a littleimessenger bby, the the special charge of one the sailors, and the pet of all; he must inevitably have been lost, but for the care of his adopted father, who, holding him firmly in his arms escaped as by miracle, being washed overboard, and succeeded in placing him safely in the boat. The last but one lo make the desperate venture was the surgeon; he leaped from the deck, and at the very instant saw the boat being swept away by the meroiltss sea. Making one final effort, he threw his body forward when he fell, striking across the boat's side so violently, it was thought some of his ribs mast be broken. "haul the Doctor in!" shouted Lieut. Greene, perhaps remembering how, a little time back, he himself, almost gone down in the unknown $1,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANE; $2,00 IF NOIN ARV' , I/ E 801, had been "hauled in" by a quinine rope flung him by the doctor. Stout sailor arms pulled him in, one more sprang ton place in her, and the boat, now full, pushed off— in a. sinking condition, it is true, but still bearing hope with her, for she was wood. Over the waves we toiled slowly, pulling for life. The men stuffed their pea-jackets into the holes in her side, and bailed inces santly. )Pe neared the Rhode Island; but now a new peril appeared. Right down upon our centre, borne by.the might of rushing water, came tho whale-boat sent to reseue others from the iron-clad. We bare ly floated; if she struck us with her bows full on us, we must go to the bottom. One sprang, and, as she neared, with outstretch ed arms, met and turned her course. She passed against us, and his hand, caught be tween .the two, was crushed, and the arm, wrenched from its socket, fell a helpless weight at its side; but life remained. We were saved, and an arm volts a small price to pay for life. We reached the Rhode Island; ropes were I flung oler her side, and caught with a death grip. Some lost their hold, were washed away, and again dragged in by the boat's crew. What chance had one whose right arm hung a dead weight, when strong men with their two hands went down before him? [le caught at a rope, found it impossible to save himself alone, and then for the first time said—"l am injured; can any one aid me?" Ensign Taylor, at the risk of his own life, brought tho rope around his shoulder in such a way it could not slip, and he was drawn up in safety. In the meantime the whale boat, nearly our destruction, had reached the side of the Monitor, and . now the captain said—' It is madness to remain here longer; let each man save himself." Fur a moment he de scended to the cabin fur a cost, and his faithful servant followed to secure a jewel box, containing the accumulated treasures of years. A aid, sorry sight it was. In the heavy air the lamps burned dimly, and the water, waist deep, splashed sullenly against the wardroom's sides. One lingering look, and ho left the Monitor's cabin forever. , Time was precious; he hastened to the deck, whore, in the midst of a terrible sea, Lieutenant Greene nobly held his poser He seized the rope from the whale boat, wound it about an iron stanchion and then arour.d his wrists, for days afterward swollen and useless from the strain. His bleak body servant stood near him. "Can you swim, William?" he asked "Nu." replied the man. "Then keep by me, and I'll save you." One by one, watching their time between the waves, the men filled in, the captain helping the poor black to a place, and at last, after all effort for others and none for themselves, Captain Bankhead and Lieu tenant Greene took their places in the boat. Two or three still remained, clinging to the turret; the captain bad begged them to come down, but, paralyzed with fear, they sat immovable, and the gallant Brown, promis ing to return for them, pushed off, and noon had hie boat load safe upon the Rhode Isl and's deck. Here. the heartiest and most tender recep tion met us. Our drenched clothing was replaced by warm and dry garments, and all on board vied with each other in acts of kincless. The only one who had received an injury, Surgeon Weeks, was carefully attended to, the dislocated arm set, and the crushed fingers amputated try the gentlest and most considerate of surgeons, Dr. Web ber of the Rhode Island. For an hour or more we watched from the deck of the Rhode Island the lonely light upon the Monitor's turret; a hundred times we thought it gone forever—a hun dred times it re•appearcd, till at last, about two o'clock, Wednesday morning, it sank, and we saw it no more. We had looked, too, most anxiously, for the whale boat which had last gone out, un der the command of Master's Mate Brown, but saw signs of it. We knew it had reached the Monitor, but orbsther swamped by the wave drawn iu ns the Monitor went (limo: we could not tell. Captain Tretwhord would not !care the spot, but sailed about, looking in Vain for the missing boat, till late• Wednesday afternoon, when it would have been given up as hopelessly lost, except for the captain's dependence on the coolness and skill of its tried officer.— Ire thought it useless to search longer, but, hoping it might have been picked up by some coasting vessel, tinned towards For tress Monroe. • Two days' sail brought ui to the fort, whence we had started on Monday with such glowing hopes, and alas! with some who were never to return. The same kind ness met us here as on the Rhode Island; loans of money, clothing, and other neces saries, were offered us. It was almost well to have suffered, so much beautiful feeling did it bring out. A day or two at the fort, waiting for offi cial permission to return to our homes, and we were on our way,—the week seeming, as we looked back up= it, like some wild dream. One thing only appeared real ; our little vessel was lost, and we, who, in months gone by, had learned to love her, felt a strange pang go through us as we remem bered that niter more night we tread her deck, or gather in her little cabin at eve ning. We had left her behind as, one more treas ure added to the priceless store which Ocean so jealously hides. The Cumberland and [WHOLE NUMBER 1,705. Congress went first; the little boat that avenged their loss has followed; in both noble souls have gone down. Their names are for history; and so long as we remain a people, so long will the work of the Monitor be remembered, and her story told to our children's children.—Atlantic Monthly. A Monster of the Deep. In some parts of the ocean there are en ormous sea animals, called Sepia, which are a kind of polypi. They have very long legs, and are said sometimes to seize upon tho coral divers along the coast o(„,ltaly. Mr. Beale tells the following adventure with a creature of this sort: " While upon the Bouin Islands, search ing for shells on the rocks which had just been left by the receding tide, I was much, astonished at seeing at my feet a most ex traordinary looking animal, crawling to wards the retreating surf. I bad never seen one like it before: It was creeping on its eight legs, which, from their soft and flexi ble nature, bent considerably under till) weight of its body, so that it was lifted by the efforts of the tentacula only a small dis tance from the rocks. • It appeared much alarmed at seeing me, cud made every effort to escape, while I was not much in the humor to endeavor to cap ture so ugly a customer, whose appearance excited a feeling of disgust, not unmixed with fear. I, however, endeavored to pre vent its escape by pressing on one of its legs with my foot ; taut, although, I used consid erable force for that purpose; its strength was so great that it several times quickly liberated its member in spite of all the efforts I could employ, in this way, on wet, slip pery reeks. 1 now laid bold of one of the tentacles with my hands and held it firmly, so that the limbs appeared as if it would be torn asunder by our united strength. I gave it a powerful jerk, wishing to disengageit from the rocks to which it clung so forcibly by its suckers, which it effectually resisted ; but, the moment after, the apparently en raged animal lifted its head, with its large Byes protruding from the middle of ita body, and letting go its hold of the rocks, sudden ly sprang upon my arm, which I had pre viously bared to the shoulder for tho pur pose of thrusting it into the holes in tho rocks to discover S hells, and clung with its suckers to it with great power, endeavoring to get its beak, which I could now see be tween the roots of its arms, in position to bite. A sensation of horror pervaded my whole frame when I found this monstrous animal, for it was about four feet long, fixed so firm ly to my arm. Its cold slimy grasp was ex tremely sickening, and I immediately called I to the captain, who was also searching for shells at some distance, to come and release me from it by taking me down to the boat.. I during which time I was employed in keep ing the beak away from my hand, quickly released me by destroying my tormentor with the boat knife, when I disengaged it by portions at a time. This animal was the species of Sepia which is called by whalers "rock squib." Thus are these remarkable creatures, from the adaptation of their ten tacles and modifications of their bodies capa ble of sailing, flying, swimming and creep ing on the shore, while their senses, if we judge from the elaborate mechanism of their organs, must possess corresponding neatness and perfection." PERSIAN ARITRMETIC.—One of the most remarkable peculiarities of the Persians is their fondness for arithmetical puzzles, and their expertness in the secrets of figures. They are anything but good accountants. There is, probably, not in all Persia an in dividual fairly entitled to be called a man of business. But I doubt whether the shrewdest in a bank would be able to play such queer tricks with figures as amuse the bazaars of Teheran and Tabreez. They are but tricks, and I have a strong suspi cion that, in the true science of numbers, the clerk of the bank would beat them all If I %%ere asked toy private and personal opinion, I should hesitate to de clare that a dozen mon in Persia could be induced to state, if taken unawares, that twice two aro four; but, with respect' to pretty, ingenious little problems in figures, applied to no practical purpose, they are as ingenious as the philosophers and school men who inquired of each other how many thousand of angels could dance upon the point of a needle. • Seventeen oxen were left by will to be divided between three brothers. Accord ing to Mohamedan law, the eldest should re ceive half the inheritance, the second a . third of it, and the youngest a ninth. The division could not be made, because their father's will stipulated that the oxen wore not to be cut up. In despair the heirs applied to Ali, the greatest of the successors of Mo hammed, according to the Sbeeahs. Ali, as became so wise a man, at once solved the difficulty by adding an ox, when each of the heirs got more than his share, and Ali received his ox back again. _ We fear that many persons, unlike the angel at the pool of Bethesda, never trouble the water. Berne man who attempted to whistle a bar of soap, has injured his voice by tryin to sing a stare off a barrel. %Sr& married editor rarely writes about woman. He duos not try to make her his subject since be is inn's.
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