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" Mont 'filly of us had' been engaged for
ativaral day : in performing a secret duty,
and *Ali returning. We had to pass very
near the British' lines, and to avoid being
taken, and also to save a wide circuit of
milea, we ftsolVed to encamp in a secret
place we kneW of, through tho day, and
under the shadow of night pass unseen on
the direct couch° of Gen. Morgans' camp.
The' day ikas bt.autifuT, - aid the spot we
those- for our resting,-place was one of
those grassy nooks, shut out apparently
from the rest oldie 'world by lines of hills,
impenetrable under-brush, and a gigantic
forest; ft small hut clear and deep stream
fun by it, and the sun was at such an in
clination - este throw , half the little spot in
the tide. We laid down our arms, reliev
ed- otirselves of knapsacks, and spreading
tha sanity store upon the grass, ate with a
good 'appetite, refreshed ourselves from the
limpid' waters of the stream, and then each
amused himself ns ho could.
"After. resting a while, some went in
to bathe, and one by one, as the pleasure
seemed 'to increase, followed until the
whole party were in the stream. This
lasted for about half an hour and most of
us had returned to the 'shdre and were
dressing, when a feature was given to the
scene by one of the number, saying that.
he was going to wash his shirt. Now
most of us bild worn these peculiur gar
ments, two, three, or four weeks, and some
even longer, without their having been
once washed, and there is no doubt of
their needing it very much ; for, mind you,
the man in those days who could afford
two shirts—whole shirts—was a curiosity.
The idea, therefore, was a good one, and
many imrnediately began disrobing them
selves again; and soon were busy as wash-
Women ? rubbing away like fulling-mills.
As the pieces were finished, they were
hung in the sun on the limbs of trees, or
spread but on the grass. Many were still
engaged at their washing; some were
wrestling; some' jumping, come-collected
in knots, telling stories .; nearly all naked
as the iay , they _were .born—in fact, as
fellovis could be with but one shirt, and
that, drying in the sun, and but a mor
sel in the knapsack, when we were started;
yes, indeed, really frightened—by a vol
ley or Musketry, the balls of which whis
tled by us, fortunately, only making a few
slight flesh-wounds.
"The sound of musketry, although it
surprised us at firet, we were too much
ccustomed to hearing, to remaio long um
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der a. panic, so the next moment found 1
each man , of us in the possession of his
musket, and himself covered by a tree.
We had not long to wait before a large I
'body of British broke through the, under-1
; brush, which had before concealed them,
land rushed With fixed bayonets upon us . 1
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by our fire, which laid a latge number of
. ttierri dead before us. We had not time to !
plead; when the enemy again chnrged
-down upon u a s ad we were forded to give
.Wen s onic distance, and reload
ing stood our. ground; Up to this time we
had not thought of the condition we were I
, when ono - of the officers, all at once.
tinaried out, 'Boys , will you lose your shirtir l i
then casting our eyes , around quickly, we,
tie a shout,'"Now for our shirts 1" and
shed'forWerd like so many naked devils.l
ius seen as the British came to our view,
-tweriouredirr a well-directed fire, and im- 1
-ediately charged with the bayonet. So'
ddettly-hatiihis movement been made,
hat,. having , supposed that we were still
' ening the 'other way, they. were corn
pletely'SUrirised, and then came their turn
to nip.% After them we shouted still with
bur new watch word, "Shirts I "—:The or
ficioilcif the enemy' buying at length' !WC ,
ieeded in securing the attentien of the
nen, wheeled them; and 'gave us a return
Ire, which" killing as We supposed some of
ini tlity;'we again took to our heels ; and
It, led coats taking up our•ery of 'Shirts,'
ems pall-melt after us.;: Again we turned
'OA charged the. British running they in
Ira . again charging upon us, each party
acitsting."Shirts, '.uotil it finally.lreaMe
regular shirt.tail fight.
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rated with the gime, and constantly re- i
, dedt of our Aida hy the enemy scream
it in Our ea . r4 and recolleCting too that
would not cut . & very' pretty"- figure re.
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desperate charge, andfmally succeded'
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thelleld: ' &ward Of our party . were
tided; but none - killed. ' Not 60 with
British: , :Vie dead were scattered ell
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A IVEENLY PAPER : DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MORALITY,- AND FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
Volume 3.
.
. A' Thrilling Sketch.
AN AVENTURE IN A BARBER'S SHOP.
In the month of October, ISM tily
vessel was lying - at Mobile. I went ashore
one bright morning to do some business
With the house to which I was consigned,
and as I passed along the street, it occurr
ed to Me that I might as well have a beard
of a week's growth reaped before I pre
sented myself at • the counting room. I
stepped into, the barber's 'shop and told the
hatbox' ba proceed:
He was' bright'mulattob, a good-look
ing young' fellow, not more than two and
twenty years of age it appeared. His eyes
were large, black and unusually lustrous.
His manner at first was quiet and respect
ful. I thought he was a long while lather
ing my face, and I told him he must have
bought his soap at wholesale price. Laugh
ing, he replied that mine was a long beard,
and that he know what he was about.
"Are you the boss here, my Mall 1" I .
'asked.
"Yes, lie answered, "my master set me
up, and I pay him twenty dollars a month
for my time.'
"net is a good interest on the capital
invested," I remarked, "can you pay your
rent and live on the balance of' your sav
ings 1 "
'Oh, yes ! and lay up something besid.'
Sometimes I receive thirty bits a day."
"Then I suppose you will buy your free
dom one of these days."
"As for that he replied, I care but little.
I have all the liberty I want, and enjoy
myself as I go aloag."
By this time he laid down the brush,
and commenced running his razor over
the strop, looking at the blade every time
he drew it across the leather. His hand
trembled a little, -and his eyes absoluttly
burned liko coals of fire. I did not feel
uneasy, but -I could not avoid watching
him closely.
At last ho commenced shaving me. My
head being thrown back; I was able to
keep my eyes fixed directly on his own. I
Why I did - so, I cannot , tell ;certainty I
apprehended nothing, but I did not remove I
my gaze for a single instant white the ra
zor was passing'over my neck and throat.
He seemed to gnaw more and more unea
sy ; his eyes were bright, but not so steady
as when I first observed them. Ho could
not meet my fixed and determined look.,
As he commenced shaving my chin ho I
said abruptly— •
"Barbers handle a deadly weapon; sir."
"True enough, my man," although 11l
notice that your hands shake a little."
"That's nothing sir-4 can shave just as
well. My hand shakes because I did not
have much sleep , last night. But I was
, thinking jtist now, he added_with a laugh, I I
' "how easy it would be to cut your throat."
"Very likely," I replied, laughing in
return, but looking sternly at him--"very
'I
' likely yet I would not advise you to try
the experiment.' l
Nothing more was said. He soon fin
inhod, apd.l arose from. the chair , just as
an elderly gentleman was entering the
shop. The last corner divested himself of
his coat and cravat, and took the seat I
had vacated.
I went to the glass, which did not re
flect the , chair, to arrange my collar. Cer
tainl I had nut stood before it a single
moment, when I heard something like a
suppressed shriek, a gurgling horrible
sound that made my blood run cold. I
turned—there sat the unfortunate gentle
man covered with blood, his throat cut
from car to ear, and the barber a raving
maniac, dashing the razor with trernendu
ous violence in the mangled neck.
On the instant the man's eyes caught
mine, tho razor dropped, from his hand,
ha fell down in a fit. I rushed to thedoor
and, called for assistance.
Tho unfortunate man was dead before
we, amid reach the chair. '
We secured the barber, who I subse
quently learned had been,drinking deeply
the night before, am! was laboring_ under
Mania apotu. His fate I Jtever heard.
(* . Happy the man who is an oar y ri
ser. Every morning, day comes to him
with a virgin love, full of bloom and puri
ty and freshness. The copy of nature is
contagiots, like the gladness of . a hap.;
py child, I doubt if any A-m[l,am be call
ed "old,"„ as 'long as ho i an early riser
and'an early walker. And a youth ! take
my, word for it.--a youth in dressing gown
and slippers, (Whaling over breakfast at
[loop, is a very, deerepid, ghastly image of
that youth whicksees the , sun blush over
the mountain, and the dewa'sparkle upon
blossoming hedge -11 . . • •
. .
o:74'SomebodY says that , the 'Devil is a
aiena word any way yeti can fix it. 'You
snake a• respectable word of it any.
hOw Reffoviseihe din& it is evil, femora
the arid it: %is Ale, re ram& the v and' it is
reilacivethW Odd i' iEi the 'tug ,
lishiriaWS 't • •
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01-Pvery huges t tiations fotin' a ceetre
of ihfillOklCO, tlilatl.'4therst wid'tiveri deed,
howeiveectriVial, Imß some influence ia
(#4lirtaftitii. the' .
•rattite destiny or the
wertd; '
Clearfield, Pa.,
_ .
Gni AND AWL . -
The revelation's of the English press show
that the Burmese 'war, now in , progress,
has a somewhat higher and more interest
ing purpose than the chastisement of the
petty monarchs of the Golden Foot, or
even the annexation --although that will
doubtless follow—of a portion of his do
minions of tho wide spreading empire of
British India. It begins to be perceptible
'that China is the real object, and that the
lgovernmont of her Majesty has discovered
a now and available road to the heart of
the celestial realm through the. northern
[ Kid of Burnnah—a road which has the
1 merit of being a short and direct one lead
ing from the banks of the Ganges to the
valley of the Yang-tse-kiang, or . Blue. Riv- ,
e r, ono of the most prodigious streams
' which flow through the whole breadth of
Chinn from
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provinces,
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asenwoatfeprionpgulaintinoun.,
wealth, and trade. In point of fact the
Burmese carry on by their route a consid
erable traffic with China, the centre of
which is at Blianmo, a town only forty
miles from the Chinese frontier, and hav
ing the advantage of being situated on the
Irawaddy river, through which it pOssesses
a water communication with the Bay
"of,
Bengal. ' It will be very easy for the Eng-
lish to extend their boundary to the Ira
waddy, or to annex the northern regions
around Bhanmo, connecting them with ,
their possessions on tho Brahmapootra ;
when they wilt obtain command of the
passage, of the trade properly appertain- ,
ing to it, along with a position from which '
to exercise a hew and superior influence
on the •affairs of the Flowery Land.—
Considering the greatness of the prize here
offered, it is not surprising our English)
friends should be so friendly—which means
so indifferent to—to our supposed designs
on Japan. They appreciate, because they
have well weighed, the relative attractions
of the two undertakings ; and they are
quite willing we should acquire all tho glory
to be gained by a conflict (should it ever ) )
come to a conflict) with his high mightiness
of Yeddo, while they seize the more solid,
advantages of extending their commerce
and their power in China. They are
perhaps willing we should invade and con
quer the Japanese islands, if we can ;,
while satisfied that by the Burmese enter
prise they are strengthening their hands
iri view of uny ambition of a similar kind
they may choose hereafter to indulge at
the expense of the Celestials:
-- f In the meanwhile, there is something of,
strange and melancholy interest in the sit- I,
uation of the two great Oriental empires—
the last remaining relics of the ancient
forms of Asiatic civilization and pride—
the living semblances and cotemporaries
of tho Egyptian and Assyrian monarchies
of old—both threatened, or appearing to be
threatened, by the leading powers of the
younger world which have risen into ex
, istanctc since Egypt fell and Assyria be
came a by-word and a desolation. We do
not say, nor oven suppese, that these two
states, hoary with antiquity and presenting
an air of so much grandeur even amidst
their decline and decreel.tUde, are destined
to bo overthrown by England and Artier.
ca. It is, however, very obvious to those
who consider all the circumstances in
which they are placed that . there, are in
each of the former, the elements'ol' change
and revolution, and that if the latter were
embarked in ' the purpose pf destroying
them, there, are means that might bo re
sorted to by which,the objectof it could bo
&muter or later affected. '
China is, at this moment, distracted by
a rebellion in the southern provinces,
which every day Assumes , a graver and a
more formidable aspect. A Pretender Of
the ancient Imperial stock has arisen, and
now wears ' a' crown,' which ho has for
some time maintained, threatening—or,
promising to .restore the ancient dynasty of,
the Sons, of Heaven and drive back the
children of the Tartar invaders to the
rude haunts of their fathers in the Mongo
lian deserts. The path'of the'British thro'
Burma will bring theni near to the portion
of the Empire, in the south-east, occupied
by the rebels ; and it would not be diffi
cult for them, if they chose, hereafter to
render such aid and afford such encour
agement to the latter as would 'perhaps
seal the fate of the young monarch who
occupies a tottering throne at Perrking.
We cannot penetrate the veil which con
ceals from foreign observers the' true situ
ation
of things in Japan,-arid we do note
know that there ,is, or even likely to be,
any insurrection there. , It,i4 most proba
ble there is not; but it is not unlikely there,
sooner or later, 'ma y be. . In 'fact we will
but to remember that' there'll some' re
semblance, as regards dynastical matters,
between the' two-empiresr I,9`pereeive ;the
germ of great possibilities.ivbich it whultl
bii . in the power of hlyit, , &al persirieriri
g
invader to turn to accontit. ' The family
which ruleilit Yerdo ia'an intrusive One,
de Cube or ZiOgoon 'beilio in every rei-
Peet a usurper; who wields a Sceptre which
does not belon4 te bim, ; While il 0
l the *
time, the legitimate dynatity,,,:whieli has
been &graded, not destrOYed, (oasis is the
onneentrated city of Minch)Whore it is rep=
rdselited by the' Dairi, or Mikado, the lid,
eal descendents of the ancient Eipperei4cif
(flay 20 1 8.852
Japan. Under the original constitution,
the Japanesozovernment was a theocracy;
a kind of Lamanisro ; the Emperor uniting
in his person both the temporal and reli
gious authority, being king and supreme
pontiff together. Less than three hundred
years ago, the Cubo, or military vicege
rent succeeded in getting all political pow
or into his hands, and transmitting it as of
hereditary right to his decendants.. The
Dairi became, as ho now remains, the
mere religious chief .of the Empire occu
pying a place similar to that of the Delai
Lama in Thibet—that is an incarnate de
ity, who is revered and worshipped as
such by the people, and even by the reign
ing Emperor; who,- however, takes good
care, under all the appearances of respect,
to keep him in subjection and deprive him,
a royal prisoner, of all means of interfer
ing in civil 'affairs. Here is certainly, a
germ, which might be made to:grow intoa
tree of trouble. We suppose that the
Dairi is a man, who sometimes remembers
what his rashers were and what - ho ought
to be, and pines to break the, heavy bonds
by which ho is held in captivity and insig
nificance ; and that, should circumstances
tempt hint' to assert his claims, at a period
of popular' excitement, a call from him
would not be made to all his subjects in
vain. The exclusive isolated system of the
Japanese Court arose immediately after
the Cubes succeeded in wresting the pow
er from the Mikis ; and •we are aware
that it had a more or less direct connection
with the part taken by the foreigners, and
especially the Portuguese, as intermeddlers
in the civil wars which attended the chniige.
Who knows how much that policy, still
rests upon the fear of the usurping fami
ly—the dread of foreigners, if allowed to
enter them, again interfering in the poli
tics of the islands, or, by their mere pres
ence, encouraging and instigating the rep
resentative of the legitimate dynasty to at
tempt the recovery of his former rightsand
power? Miacco is, indeed"iin interior city,
but not far from the sea ; and it would not
seem impossible for a naval foe, while be
leaguering Yeddo and cutting off the con
nections of the islands, professing to be
hogile only 'to "the Ziogoon, to make an
opportunity .and suggest nn effort to the
spiritual chief which would soon throw tho
whole empire' into revolution.
We refer to these facts, not to propose
a lino of conduct to our government in
case of war arising with Japan, because we
do not think that war is at all likely to
follow a proper attempt to bring the au
thorities there to reason, but to hint that
they-afford' us a new foundation for believ
ing that our demands will be listened to
with respect. Every thing shows, as we
have repeatedly said, that the policy of
the Ziogoon is that of fear ; and the more
we press him with claims which are in
contestably just and rightful, the more un
gently will fear prompt a cencession,which
may remove, rather than a refusal, which
must assuredly beget danger. We have
only to avoid the error of asking that
which is not right, or not necessary.
Nirth, Anzerica 22.
TELLING FAULTS.--Did any body ever
hear the story of two bachelor brothers,
down in Tennessee, who had lived a cat
and dog sort of life, to their own and the
neighborhoods discomfort; for a good
many years, but who, havig been at camp
meeting, were slightly "convicted," and
concluded to reforml
"Brother Tom;" says one, when they
had arrived at - their homes, "let. us set
down now, and I'll tell you what we'll do.
You tell me of all my faults, and I'll tell
you of and so we'll know how to go
about mondin' of 'ern." ,
46 Good," says Brother Tom.
" Well, yon begin." , . •
" No, you begin, brother Joe." .
" Well, in - the first place, you kite*,
brother Tom, you tc-ill lie."
Crack I goes brother Tom's . " paw" be
tween brother Joe's "blinkers,":nnd con
siderable of , a "scrimmage" ensues, until,
in the course of .ten minutes .neither were
able to‘..come to time," and the reformation
was postponed sine die.
•The young Wife's Response.
"Why. art thou sad, my love, to-day?--
what grief is frowning o'o thy • heart? , why
dost thou droop and turn away, and why do
tears unbidden steal When first I wooed
thee in thine isle- 4 44 Erin; emerald of
the deep—l saw thee, sweetest,only, smile,
Dior. even thought that thou could'st weep.
The SUn,ofsummeglights the ea rth ,the =ph
yes kips is oarthy cheek; all , nature calls
t.lice,back to - , mirth; then. be-not, 'pry_theek,
love soweplr." While thus I spoke, my lio•
sorn'ti.queen,one deep, fond glance upon me
stealing,,eitclaitnedg 'Be la bor% but you're
t merit Its onions
.sure I'm afther peeling'!"
efr A. ptirdort complained 'to :'a lady of
hie ebr*regation that bet daughter appear
ed to be wholly taken 'up with trifles and
worldly afrtlirs instead focing' . her mind
on thingObove. • , , •
!You are eertalnlyrnimalten sir, she Mpli
ed ilknow,the girl appears to an obServer
to be taken up with worldly things but you
cannot judge correctly or the directipn her
mind . really 'takes •as she is a little cross
TWO GOOD STORIES.
We are indebted to tho New York" Spir it
of the 'Ames for the following laughable
sketches, written, by "a' man from Arkin
saw." !rho first is admirably
. illustrative
of the characteristics of a consctentious
ter; an up and-down,no-favors-shown party
man
About the year 1830 politics ran very
high in Arkansas. Col. A. H. Sevier was
a candidate for the office of delegate to Con
gress, and Ben Desha was his opponent.
Judge Andrew Scott was a warm friend
of Desha and utterly hostile to Sevier.
Ile had a neighbor living about fifteen
miles from'him on the 'far' side of Gallery
creek, named ' Logan, commonly called
"Stuttering Jim Logan," who was exactly
"wicy wersy" in his poli . ticS: and so fre
quent had been their encptinters, that the
two neighbors had come 'cordially to hate
each other.
One pleasant morning in the sprang, ll
when the sun shone out warmly, and a
nature was green aed fresh after a heavy
rain of two or three days duration, Logan
went down from his house, through the little
strip of creek bottom, to the bank of the
creek, and sat himself down on a 'lick log.
musing, perhaps, as-Col. Jack McCarthy
once said, "on the evanethenthe of thublu-
1
narlj thingth."
The creek was about twenty yards wide,
and the rain had raised it, so
r that it was ,
swimming, coverd with foam, and
like a mill-race with a full head of water.
Whore the road crossed, on the edge ,of,
which Logan was sitting, was the only
opening in the woods, which fringed the
stream on each side. Above and below
the trees leaned over, and their branches',
hung gracefully'in the water, and swung to'
and fro, in the swift current.
After Logan had sat there a little while,
Judge Scott came riding doWn the road on
the other side, halted when he reached the
water's edge, and looked across; Without
-saying Jinything, but looking as if he
thought, "Hang you, Vies swimming why
don't you say set" Logan took out his
jack-knife, split a piece fret" the lick-log
and commenced whittling it,lookinap stead
ily across toward Scott all the While.
Logan was a large, stout, heavy-looking
man, Scott, small, wiry, passionate,' pet
ulant, and as brave as a bull-dog.
After waiting a moment—for each hated
the other too much to speak; Scott tighten
ed the - reins and rode into the water. His
horse had not taken more than Six steps,
before kerchug ! he plunged in over head
and ears. In a Moment more Scott was
washed from his hack; the rider went one
way, the horse the other, and the saddle
bags a third. The horso turned towards
the side which he went in, and got ashore
some little way below; the saddle-bags float
ed down the stream, and Scott managed to
reach Logan's side ofthe creek, and caught
hold of the swinging limb of a Sycamore
which dipped into the water.
"Help, Logan, Help 1" cried Scott. "I
shall bo drowned! Helpl"
"S-s-s-say you'll vv-veto for Sevier !"
bawled Loean.
"Help, °Leen, Help! I shall drown!
Help!"
" S-s-s•say you'll v-v-vote for Sevier!"
twain batled Logan, not rising from the
Just then the Sycamore limb snapped,
and the seine moment Scott sung out—
" I'll see you d—d first,you infernal old
scoundrel!" and away he swept round the
tree and out of sight below,
Luckily, the current made a sweep be•
low eddying round in the concavity at the
upper edge of a sand-bar, upon which Scott
was flung, and scrambled out. He Walked
up the bank, and towards Linen, sputter
ing with rage, and streaming with water.
Luckily he had i no weapons but a -pistol,
and that, of course, Was unfit for service;
'and Logan %vas too big to be whipped by
him in a fist'fight.
" ll—ri it 1" coed Scott, as he got pretty
near him, "do you stop to ask• a man how
lie's going to veto before yon• save' him
from drowningl"
Logan never stopped whittling, but look
ing c o mposedly up, slowly said—
" Every g-g-g,entknzan has a right to
v-v-vots at he likes and d-d-drown when
he likes ; and el :don't suppose anybody's
bound to dive into the creek, to f-fish out a
vote to k-kill his own."
The second story is entitled, "Raising
the Price of Board." It speaks for itself:
At the time of Gen. Taylor's inaugura
tion; along, tall, hungry, ungainly firllow,
wiles° hands hung as low as his knees
when he .stood up. Straight, made his ap-i
•pearanee at: Coleman's; and nicht lodgings. l ,
'He sat pretty near th - e end or the table set- I
'cry' day , *at dinner and ate inordinately. l
&Alp', fish ' , fowl, desert, his enormously
long arms kept swopping round like the',
arms of huge winimill, gathering iii ev
'cry thing that fell within 'the arc of acircle
they described. •
• His voracity and beastly gluflonness so
disgusted the other.
.boarders, that about a
doien of them went to Coltiman 'and told
him that he must get rid `of the, fellow, or
they would positively quit the house.
• Coleman reflected a while, and finally
,thought he had hit upon a plan. So he
took the fellow aside, and told him that,
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Number 231
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0? EVERY EWAIPTIOr. PgIIITS TAILLYS.
BEErrtTrybv.AND Tali OWE,:.
tillaugrff fa 7
owing to the unusual crowd of peopla,le ,
the city, and the plethora ,of every hotel
and boarding house, provisions' had„he
come scarce and high, and he foetal
,ttyat
he was losing money, and should be
pelted to raise the price of board from two
olollars ands. half to three dollars a, day.
"Don't," said the, fellow, "don't do it!
I shall die if you d 0.,. It nearly kilts me
now o eat two dollars and: a hcd,f ° B wOI,II B ,
and if you raise, the price to aree *Wars,
shall die in tum days. • Don't doitif yolk
please." • '
PREMATURE BURIAL
The Albany Register, in the course of
of an artiole on this subject relates the folk •
lowing instance. of which the editor 'vies
perfectly cognizant:
Some years ago we wer© perfectly dog.
nizant to an occurrence of this kind,whieh
was of the most heart rending charaCttir.
The wife of a gentleman was taken. Sud
denly ill in church, and was carried to her
home in a state of syncope : In drew hours/
she partially recoverd, but immediately re
lapsed, and never again showed any
signs of consciousness. She lay in
this condition nearly two days, baffling the
skill , of the physicians, and then, as it was
thought, and'as there was almost ovary
reason to believe, died. No signs of breath
ing could be detected, the limbs becatne
rigid and cold, and the eye remained bpSn
with the fixed and glassy n
stare o
colo f death; •
urn there was ltd change i the rif
the - skin. This was the only reason iu the
world for supposing that flisolution had.not
taken place. The poor bWreaved huabattd,
almosi frantic at the loss of the young OW
beautiful wife whom he almost idolized,
clung with desperation to the hope limr(ed
in her face, and long resisted the decisitht
of the physicians that she was dead. ,l --
They told him, what is doubtless true, that
it some times, though very rarely, hap
pens, that there is no discoloration for days
and oven weeks after diSsolution hie taken
place. But he still resisted and , it visa nbt
until throe days had passed without the
faintest signal of change or sign of life,thit
he finally gave up and suffered the burial to
take place. 'She was entombed in a vault.
Months passed. A cemetry having been
laid out, the husband purchased and bean
tifled a lot, erected an elegant moniimeit
in it, and when all was ready, supe
tended the removal of the body of his Wife
from the vault to.its final resting place.
When the vault was opened he rerrieni
bered the circumstances of her death,
above detailed, and a desire suddenly
seized him to once more behold _the
corpse. By his direction the cof fi n lid 'ALB
removed. The spectacle which presented
Itself was inconceivably horrible ' for./it
showed that she had been buried alive.
She had turned quite over upon her , side,
she had clutched her nails into the coffin
until her fingers had bled, portions of her
grave clothes were torn,and in her hOrrible
struggles she had contrived to carry bar
hand to her head, and had plucked frogs
it a mass of hair, with portions of the cap
that covered it!
The poor man never recovetd from the
shock of that awful spectacle. He was
borne away senseless, and for the rest bf
his weary life was an utterly broken and
miserable being.
TUB YOUNG NEN OF THE AGE.
Not long since we saiia tear gathering
n the eye of an old man, as he spoke of
he past and the present—of the time when
he burned pine knots upon the rude boor
hearth for light to obtain a scanty'eduigi
tion, and then compared the ten thousand
privileges which are now scattered broad
cast around every door. "Oh," sakii.he,
in tremulous tones, "the young men of
thisiiay do not appreciate the light of the
age they live in. The words of the old
man made us sad, while at "the same time,
we felt' Mortified that so many, pf mir
young moo fail to improve the advantages
within theft reach. They are even contin
ually muttering about their lot, and push•
mg for positions where they can win the
reward without the sweetening, purifying,
ennobling sacrifice of toil. The mist-eloud
enjoyments of the dav, are eagerly appear,
after, to the exclusion or neglect, of the
1 more honorable, intellectual and usoful..7-
l in truth, few , of our young men hnow,arw.
1 thing of the value of the privileges ground
them.
NoT A Patvit.Euzu Mr:moat:74 gent .-
man on a visit to Washington; recently,
and anxious , to listen to the debates' opened,
v ery
cooly, one or the doors of theStriste,
and was about to pass in, when tha
keeper asked, . .
" Are you a privileged rricmbet 1"
"
What do you, *neap, by such a Mart 1"
asked tiro stranger, Thecreply Was,
"A Governor, an ex-member of Cod
gress, or a foreign ntinister." •
The stranger said "I am a minister."'
"From what court ,or cquntry, if yols
please 1" asked the official. • "
giery gravely pointing up.)-"From,
i' W
the ~cu rt poven, . • ,
To thour doorkeeper wa'ggishlyretriark
ed " T h is Goveroment,' at prescrit, holds
no intercourse with that foreign' power!" •
,
who thii world '
.would Ova,
nitist take t h e. paper and advertise;