. • . _ . t . .. ~ . . . . . ~.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . ... . . . , . . ~ . . . . , . . . . . . . , ... ..• . T .. . .. .• ....._ . , BRADFORD RE m 0 - E•R .... ~.... . , ..., . . . .1 4 • , . . te . • 1,111 I - 6muLf,rat 7t=o TOM' A_NDA: bncsbap Altmann, Noncinbcr 17, 1817 4iorrtivembrtice from irlexiro. . 4 "CANT, NEAR Mum.' Mexico. (Rm Grandc,) t September 12. 1847. . . :omits or-nit REPOATER :—I hafe often, had it ind and desire to send you a few lines before • agreeably .to my promise ; but our . conveni es and opportunities, in eamp, are not so great ••. numerous as . many imagine—aside from this ment of my apology for delaying to do so, I •e long expected to'have some definite prate nmunicate concerning the position of attars in •xico, and the prospect of Peace, and of our re i home. We have been kept in a tedious and in state of suspense and expectation, on this et. for three months past, 'hoping and believing I e;C:11, succeeding week would 'bring us intelli ioe upon which we could both form and expreSs dur friends at hoinie some rational opinion, tbuch exi=itrid; relations betwien the two countries movennins ,or positioit. of General F;cott, and what most ii;terests us—our return to that best all places—Honie. Bt't up to this, ll'our we are '1,411 officers and men, / in the fog,. ,We have d nn 'reliable 'information from Gen. Scott for a 1.4 nine. We learn thUl.U•steamer .supposed to the bearer of news, recently left Vera ('ruz for • !Mimi] States. without stoppitr , at the mouth of . (i't cr or ar - Brasos." You may therefore. )i , :ile advance of us, as to Mfixic';in war c,:-!, s, ricularly as . the arrivals, front the state to 11 is rt .t . Mexico ,have of late become rather - iew •i far between." Vie arrivcd in this country the first of May, and -t encamped -near the -bailie field of Palo Alto.—: e swim welyi to Matamoros, and encamped there der our IPermentai•orga, ni.ation; where four out, live companies of •the right wing of Reg , iment I temain. We pbxted with pur Regiment com mons about a month, since, to escort a train of .1211IIS up river, since - then we have been in uo en on ' our own bOoks." : We haie'visited .%cral plat s of some interest to us by this 'opera .r .. and have given more variely to our brief mil ary fife thanour Companions beloW have had.— t,iv day: ago we were ordered, at a moments 0:„-e i from this camp some twenty miles into the '..:1,1r to recover a valuable stock of goods•which I; ,,i.o r ions basil of professional robbers had taken ~• ii,jit bet Ore: We wefts' saddled and off in a •Iv niincuts. and by a rapid march of few hours. ~u , ,,,1 the rascals a;rd recaptured the good - Z. ,! , ilis. was done so quickly and unexpeca..ll). - ,- ...c .;.,.,• ;-.trips had r time to gather up their ap -41,,l -win, li they hail ; thrown off while refre,ll - ::,,u. , clvcs.. WeAvere few 4ii nunibe7s. c0rn ,..,;r.,1 to them. but we set up such a hideous noise ..... 6 ...,d y , Th_that they thought us a. 4 numerous (ill the ••m:•:,sling thicket.) us the foxes that Sampson '-tithe tails and drove through' the corn fields •• To ancient Philistines! The " chapparel - was • :!;..ok that we could get but few fair shots at ..etri bet we succeeded in killing and seriously , hilL! quite a number of them. These .rnoun .4.l •:•iets N% in not fight, their sole object being . •I , or. and wheii that is not to he gained they •••••• I , : 1 0•Ir horse,;.s lads in a :;•poi•linen of accelerat • it,-, .n that would amuse you .o witness. lye o•.•• o i: of the , kirini-li without the 1055,4 a mah. ..4 one horse imured. We captured the en o '•i, j; of _mils valued at io,tino intended for • ••'-' l- ry cottony - winter trade. and ;:1-o manv ine-_ • ','-- o'.. our exploit. saii as Mexican Illanke:- ,at cloaks; worn by the mounteetineves, we hail o ., ..r:akee, with some of their famous Lances and -:!l,er arms. These • latter items of curiosity and ,: - .6fication we divided among ourselves, a4reca 4to the wish of our Captain and the custom in -mt - cases. A 14ma11 detacriment of our Company !rted last night for the scrtie of our first enf_ra:re- Ail, in hopes of finding further evidences of the K,dity and hiding places of the -roving plunderers Ln be-et and annoy this neighborhood fur pur- for a few days, scouring the surrounding country, se , ofqiltmderr, and well known as the celebiateit and if reports be true, -Father Jaruta'a little flocks i.ittaes.* party of thieving Cavalry. i are dwindling away. Those rangerslook as if they, our i;overrimetit , have lace quantities,of proxi- had seen service in a predatory border •warfare, 'inns and stores, hgre, and a few miles From us. i and to do them justice they look as if the "had seen • it the defeated` Mexcau horde can gathenstitfi- nothing else. - They are armed to the teeth. A minforeementsovemay be attacked by them. short pm, a pair of horse pistols, and all the knives, ':re ramp within a few days, which wrt are pre- and small • tixins," they can get in a belt. Father crol for. r and they will have ;no • ca u s e to corn- Jaruta is represented by those that know him, to be t.i.n any want of attention on our part. 4 a rrlnrqunate villian, he once held a military corn tovn health is good at present; I was, like mis#ion Under Don Carlos. Thenhe was a Catho * ether,, affected icy the heat of the sun v i d the lie prim*. here, and said he could-make more at .11r. Miring the summer, but a more favorable stealing", lir in other words heading a band ot guer -s-ot. el the year is *already upon us, and I find i illas: host he is succeeding I am not informed, but alt improving daily and in .good spirits. The should x!ie have the good fortune to meet with him, :• - x , , , ,upott this line are mostly inactive: Geller+, 1 , shouldiake pleasure in enquiring into the state Te, lo t 15 expected to visit his family in Octobei,..ti.mii, tigantes. Truly yours, S 11. z. his intended visit to the United ,Statesi-- . It: . nt the troops tare gone down the river and 4,- arnped near Its ritimtli, ready fur orders to Vera Ur:l - /.. if needed—or to the States. if a treaty can be "^telukh;‘l. on;te, without our giving this S , ingular i•N•ple an , Aher thrashing, A. J. -T. I I lerrth. VcRA tober It. Iq; THE ILEPORT ER :—The city of Vera 'land , where-the Spanish adventurer Colts". iNt t f...)t on Alice soil,,and is 1 believe the Spane.l l t eitv ht Mexico, having beeu founded iN,ut tlw 1560. The Castle of San Juan stands a coral island. The fortifications were com zenced in 1582, and haveteen; completed at an e 'Penbe of many Atillions of dollars. the streets of the city are, generally laid out at . ' 4, blattgles, and are all-paved with round stone, the 1 " 4 411 is in the centre of the street, and all the wa -11 and filth is upon the surface of the ground, ex le the intense action of the. rays of the sun. i't: e city is said ho have contained at one tune a i'c:Palation.of 20,000 wealthy Spaniards, but under "" 11 8 . usnceof intestine wars, the population graiiti °l innitilbhed, till in 1825 an edict was passed her MeXtean. Congvv, z I,aniA l in g th e Itliraeirtli PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. S: GOODRICH & SON. residents, since which time the inhabitants have beery more mixed, composed of all nations and lan gnages. The Spanish however is that It was on a pleasant May morning that a steam ken; next to this is the French. t language spo- . vessel was riding:at anchor, opposite the town of Buffalo, on lake Erie. You know, I dare say, that The houses are generally two stories high, corn- Erie is pre of those sea lakes for which posed, almost entirely of mansonry. ,The walls, see f 'ous; floors . , and roofs are of brick, stone or marble. The is walls are plastered with lime, and when exposed the green and as you stand on its shore, and waves dashing in, one after another, you to the action of the weather, covered with cement.. might well think ?cm were looking at the great ocean itself. The Jersey— for that was the name The Architecture is ancient and unique,•and were it not for the fact that the catholic and masonic have of the steamer—was _dressed gaily With many bright flags; the Blue Peter., the signal of her ever been antaginistical institutions, I should think mediate sailing, was at her mainmast- head ; por that that .ancient order had had a hand in building thie city. The feudal times doubtless 'required tern were hurrying along the narrew quay that juts buildings susceptible of strong defence. The build- I out into the lake.; boatmen quarrelling with each other for passengers, travellers htirryiug backwards ings 'are fire proof, and the walls very thick.'Hence and' forwards to look for their baggage.; friends the little injury sustained during the bombardment shaking hands and bidding each other farewell, under Gen_ Scott. There was nothing to burn, oc idle..s lounging about with their hands in their easionally a shell would fall through the roof of a packets; car drivers jangling for a large fare; and house and explode, destroying every thing in that all the various kinds of bustle and confusion, that house, aside from such cases of extreme suffering attend the departures of a packet from a watering the town,sustained but little injury - . A part of the in- place. jury done was by the Mexicans themselves, firing diagonally across the t ßut presently the. anchor was heaved, the pad dlesfrom began to turn, the sails were set, and leaving American batlenes in the navy. There ii not a city a broad track of foam behind her, the Jersey stood in the United Slates, but that would have been in westward and held on her course for the town of ruins under similar circumstancets. • i Erie. It was a bright blue day : and as hour after The city is enclosed with a massive wall of;. co hour went hy, some mingled in the busYconversa, cal brick and lime, with loop holesat'shoredistances tion of politics, some set apart and calculated the for the use of the title npd musket. ,At distances gains Of the shop or the courming-house some were. of a few hundred teet are bastions, nine in num wrapt up in the book with which ~ they .were en ber, of solid masonry. mounted with heavy guns, • gaged, and one or two, with whom time seemed so arranged as to command the outer side Cif - tile to hang heavily, composed themselves to sleep.— wall, and surrounding country. Two of these has Inshort, one and all were Like men who thought tionS. Santiago and Sonception, are of immense that let danger come to them when it might, at strer:th, and . stand at the extreme points of the. least it would not be that day. colunianding the Castle, lid the, entrance to. It drew towards fouo in the afternoon, and the the harbor.—whialt is between the castle and the steamer. which-had hitherto been keeping. the mid city. Taken together,. the same combination of dle of the lake, stood southwards—Erie, the place strength, the same recuperative powers of resist- to which it was bound lying on the southern side. ance, is probably not . to be found on.the American Old John Maynard was at the wheel—a bluff, continent. Gen. •Scoti landed on the north east weather beaten sailor, 'tanned by many a wintery side of the city, beyond the range of the guns, of__ temper. He had trely learned to be contented both town and Castle. The result of that brill- with his aitation; none could say that they ever iant achievement is well known, there was how. heard him repine at his hard labor and scanty pay. ever much, verymuch, to facilitate a capitulation He had, in the worst times, a cheerful word and a ‘vhicitit is not necessary te mention here. kind look for those with whom he was thrown— You have doubtless read of the " mole," but if cast often enough into bad company, he tried, at you arcas ignorant of its use, as i was till I came least, and generally succeeded, to say something here you probably would like to know what"pur for its good. He was known from one end of lake pose a Mexican mole sutwerves. It consists sim- Erie to the other by the name of Honest John May ply of cut stone and lime, strong and substantially nanl. and the secret of his honesty to his neighbors built, running out into the bay about 350 feet, and was—his love for God. about 60 feet broad. • • The land was about ten miles off, when.Ahe The water is too shallow fo r veaFo l,., to approach captain, coming up flom the cabin, cried out to a the shore. henCe the necessity for the mole, along sailor— shle,of which the surf boats receive., and-discharge • •4 Dick Fletcher, what's that smoke I see coming their loads to and from -the vessels lying in the hat- out from the hold 7 ." bor. Horses and mules for the American army are I ,• from the engine room, sir. I guess. landed in a different manners a rope is put around their necks, and they are thtown overboard, and ta ken through the surf to theishore with small boats, The Custom house, buildings lad been finished but a few ntonthh, when they were taken pos.session of by the ,•. Yankee, - 'officers, they are found lobe very convenient indeed. They would do no discredit to any city. mid are really the only improvement the Ale‘icans have made to the place. A walk of two miles to the Cemetry is not unat tended with dangers lit 11 it is performed by those arc curious to see what is, -or has been doing. At this place the gallant Gen. Worth w.ilatationed, and tint drew the enemy's fires. Th•ollexicans came near destrrning their own c&rtietry, together %roll a very neat chapel. standing in the centre of the enclosire. The dome. roof, cornice and walls of the building are much injured, many of the sh o t lio%. ever were better aimed. The wall of the ceme try next the town ie full of ball holes: Cannon ball and frag.nients of shell are to be found in the vicini- ty. The remains of some American ilifficers who fell victims to the vomito, the past season : are de posited in vaults there. It was at the Cetnetry that .1(ljt. Whipple was taken prisoner; the past 'sum mer. and 'Lis said has not yet been released. .Col. Hays mounted Texan rangers have been Tit i4.4>..:i..u;11 Lev:.—" Dost thou love me ?' l ' asked y youth. in the holiest and richest hour of love . —the first, when souls tintl' themselves and give themselves. The maiden looked at him and ti as silent. - '. Oh, if thou Invest my,' said he, " do not he silent - . But she looked at him and could not speak. " Then I %vas happy, and hoped thou wouldsi, love me: -but now all is over—Tall hope had happi ness," said the youth. . "Beloved, do I not love thee, then'!" asked the maiden,Anl she asked it again. " Oh, why dolt thou utter the heavenly sounds so late I" asked he: She answered, " I . was too happy, and could not speak ; it was not until thou gayest me My pain that. I was . able." _ THOSE boast of abstinence who have lost their di gestive power ; those boast of chastity whose blood is cold and stagnant; those boast of knoviing how to be silent who have nothing to say. In short, mankind make vices of ofthe pleasures which they cannot enjoy, and virtues of the infirmities to which they arc subject. " REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANT QUARTER." The Melanoma of Lake Erie. the mart Duyvil with you, then, and let me know.•' The sailor began descending the ladder by which you go to the hold : but scarcely had he disappear ed beneath the deck when up he caine again with much greater speed. „ Tlie hold's on fire, sir," -he said to the cap tain, *ho by this time, was standing dose by him. The captain rushed dawn, and found the account to be true. Some sparks had fallen on a bundle of tow ; no one had seen the accident, and now not only: much of die luggage, but the sides. of the; ves sel Were in smouldering flames. All bar ds, passpngkers as well as sailors;Atere called tozetlie! : and two lines being made. one on each side of the hold, buckets of water were tilled, from the lake, they flew along a line of ready hands, were dashed hissing on the burning mass, and then passed on the other side to be re filled. For some minutes it seemed as if the flames were subdued. In the meantime the women on board were clustering round John Maynard, the only man un employed who was capable, of answering their questions. How. far is it to land." " How long shall we be getting in 1" " Is it.very deep I." " Can they see us from shore r • The helmsman answered as well as he could.— There was no boat : it had been left at Buffalo to be mended ; they might be seven mile froin shore ; they would -prbbably be in in forty minbtes; he could not tell how far the fire had reached. "And to speak,the truth," be added, f' We are all in great danger, and I think, if there was a little less talk ing, and a little more praying, it would be better for us, and none the Worse for the boat." - How's her head !" shouted the captain. " West-sod-west, sir," answered Maynard. "Keep her south by west," cried the captain.— We must 'go on shore anywhere." It happened that a draft of wind drove back 'the flames, which soon began to blaze up more furi ously against the saloon; and the partition betwixt it and the hold were soon on tire. The long wreaths of smoke began to find their way through ale skylight. and the. captain seeing. this, ordered all the women forward, the engineer put on his ut most steam ; the American flag was run up - and re- Versed, in token of distress ; water was thrown over the sails to make them hold wind. And still John Maynard stood by the wheel, though he was cut off by a sheet of flames from the ship's crew. . Greater and greater grew the heat ; t h e engineers fled from the engine room ; the passengers were clustering round the vessel's bow, the gallons were sawing planks on which to lash the women, the boldest were throwing oil their coats and preparing forime long stru ggl e for life. And still the court grew plainer and plainer; the paddles as yet work ed ; they meld not be more than a mile from the shore, and boats had just started to their assistance. "John Maynard !" cried the captain. " Aye, aye, sir," said John. " Can you hold on five minutes loji - gcr '" "I can try" - AM he did try ; the flames 'came nearer and nearer • a she e t of smoke would sometimes almost suffocate him, and his hair was singed—his blood seemed on fire with the great heat. Crouching as far back as he could, he held the wheel firmly in the left hand till the flesh shriveled, and the mus cles cracked in the flames: and then he stretched forth his right, and bore the agony without a scream or a groan. It wA enough for him that he heard the cheers of the 'sailors to the approaching boats ; the cry of the captain. " The women first, aisd then every man for himself and God for us all!" And tEey were the last sounds that he beard. How he perished was not known ; whether dizzied by the smoke, he lost his footing in endeavoring to come forward, and fell overboard, or whether he was suf focated by the dense smoke, his comrades could no tell. At the moment the vessel struck, the boats were at her side : passengers, sailors, and captain leaped into them, or swam for their all, sari he to whom they owed everything, escaped. He had died the death of a Christian Ifero--I had almost said of a martyr ; his spirit was commend ed into his Father's hands, and his body sleeps in • peace by; thir green side of Lake Erie. T6UR COUN Ty NEWSPAPER.—WC Ilearfl a gentleman. a resident of this county, nu Thursday last, state that he had intended to purchase a cer tain property advertised in the Venture.•for winch he would have given yIM, and considered it a bar gain at that ; that he had asked a neighbor who takes the paper to inform him of the day of sal , . who did so, but made a mistake of a mouth in time. and the property was sold to another for less than E3OO before he was aware of it. This man, in this instance lost by not taking his county paper what -Would have paid for it, for UPWARII , OG 11)71 i.K.tits. Vet he i.. 110 wiser front this experience, and blames another's'mistake's for the consequence of his own short sighted parsimony. We feel no re: gret for that class who complain that some protita ble sale has been lust to them, or some convention, has been held of which they did not hear in time, or country business been transacted to their disad vantage without their knowledge, when at the mod erate charge of rit2 a year, they might be insured against these mishaps. A few weeks' ago, when prices for wheat were high, a Partner of Richland township informed - us I that he had sold his wheat fur 72 cents a bushel to a produce dealer. The market price was 87i ets., but not seeing the papers lie did not-think prices , had gone up so quick. His loss would hare• paid for a newspaper a dozen years, but he is no wiser for the lesson and will always be a loser in this way, without he has foresight enough to provide a remedy. These are not fancy sketches : we could give the names of the parties. if it were proper, but too ma ny have suffered in the same way to doubt tbe statement. Those, however, who are too poor to take a newspaper, in tins way get ,poorcf tut the want of it. MS Fi'S); Y LETTER .- The foll(m ing ori 4 tilial letter from General IVa.hingion, was read at alate meet ing of the New York IliAorical Society. by John P. Simpson, Esq., shouts of laughter : • Nl:writ-Ron, sth Nov., 1782.• Dear Sir :—By Dr. Gregg I send you 4 lies 9. 3., which appears, to be the balance due you for your lands. I pray you to get me made by the mea.4urc, a pair of tne nicest and best leather breeches. I know not at this time,-who is esteemed the nrt-t celebra ted maker. or I would not trouble von wuh -.4) small a matter. Formerly there was a person called, 1 think, the Carabous, by whom very neat breeches were made. Whether they are yet to be had I know not, neither do I know the price of the leath er breeches at this day, but if the money sent is not sufficient, the deficiency shall be paid on demand. I would beg to have them sent to me as soon as possible. I shall thank you for reiterating my re quest that they may be made roomy in the seat. They generally make them so tight in the thigh that it is with difficulty they can be dravrtion. The measure enclosed .is the size I wouldhave, not what they could be brought to by stretching. Yours, &e., G. IVAsitistrroN. HABITS or ANIMALS.—Yuu can alter the nature of an animal by changirg its fond. It will still belong to the family. In this particular. bees are better instructed. When they lose their. queen bee— which is an entirely different animal from the ; working, bye—if you present another within twen ty-tour hours they will not accept her nor obel i her. They prefer taking an ordinary grub, before lie be comes a bee, and feeding it in a particular way, and when it leaves the grub state, it becomes a (peen bee, and they always sutler themselves to be governed by her. • • The habits of ants are extremely curious. We all have heard o ant houses, sometimes twenty feet in diameter, filled with halls and rooms of great strength. These and beaver dams are constructed up on strictly mechanical principles. In some insect species, the males have none.— This is the case with the glow worm and the female hak the property of emitting a phosphorescent light, and were it nut for this, the gentlemen glow worm would not find his way to his lady's chamber.— The ostrich, unlike other birds, is not provided with means of sitting down. She cannot, therefore hatch her em, but buries them in hot sand, and leaves nature to hatch them for her. Some birba build no nests, like the cuckoo, which doposits her eggs in the nests of othgr birds—but she knows .enough al ways to select the nests of birds that have bills shaped like her own, for then she is assured her young will have the same kind of food [title will precure.—Scierdoc American. In•the whole comae of my life, never knew .one - man, of whatever condition soever, arrive to any degree of reputation in the world, who made choice of or delighted in the company or conversa tion of those who in their parts were not much su perior to him-ell. The Toill-Vjate—A Lesson for Uppi. We are all on a journey. The world tltroogh which we are pasting is in some respects like a turnpike, all along which, Vice and Fplly have erected' toll-gates, for the arromodation of those who choose to call as they go, and there are very few of all the host of travellers, who do not occa sionally stop a little at some of them, and conse quently pay more or less to the toll-gatherers. There is a great Jariety as well in the,ammint as in the kind of toll, exacted at these different kind of stop ping places. • Pride and Fashion take heavy tolls of the purse; many a man has become a bemar by paying at their gates, fur the ordinary rates they charge are heavy, and the road that way is none of the best. Pleasure r ffers a very smooth. delighHul road in the outw: she tempts the traveller with many fair pmmises, and wins thousands, but she takes with out mercy: like an artful robber she gets her vie. tim in her power, and then strips him of health and money, and turns him off, a miserable object into the very worst and most rugged road of ble. Intemperance plays the part of . a stuffily villian. lie is the very worst toll-gatherer on the road, for he- not only gets flom his customers their money and their health, but frequently knocks their very brains out, and leaves . them lyi4 by the road-side, a stench to the nostrils of the passers-by. The men you meet-in the road, ragged and ruined in fame and fortune, are his visitors. I might go on can mending many others who gather toll of the unwa ry. Accidents Feltnetimes happen, it 'is true, along the road. but those who do t-et through at least tol erably well. you may be sure have been stopping by the way at some of those places. , The plain common-sense men, who travel straight forward, get through the journey without much difficulty. This being the state of things, it becomes every one, in the outset, if he intends to make a cmintort able journey, to take care what kind of company he starts with. We are all apt to do a great deal as our compan ions do—stop where they stop—and pay toll wbere they pay. Ten chances to one, then, but oUr choice in this - pattienlar decides our fate. Having, paid due regard to a prudent choice of companions, the next important thing is, closely to observe him others manage—mark the good or, ill ;,._ that is pr used by every course of life—see how those ma ~ .e who do well, and trace the cause of evil to its origin. Thus you- will make yourself master of The information most necessary to regu late your nwn conduct. There is no difficulty in working things right if you ki.ow how. l Be car ill of yOur habits. These make the man. And theye i mine long and careful culture, ere they gzow to bl a second nature. I speak of gootl hab its. Hail nes are more easily acquired ; they are the sponlaeous weeds, that flourish rapidly and rankly wi t hout care or cultivation. t 11 N" DIM HUM 1. -It has been said hydrophobia. is incurable and this is no doubt true, if‘Nthe poison . is allowe4 to diffuse itself through the systeM before a remedy is applied But if Mr. Youatt, - theNcle brated verinary - surgeon, is right, bydrophobio taken in cline, is not particularly dangerous. lie . recommends the following mode of treatment, to be commended as soon as possible after the injury has been reciived : Cauterize the wound thoroughly with huh,- caustic. Let this sharpened to the point, ,be applied thoroughly to every recess hnd sinuosity of the wcund, where the teeth . or saliva of the ani- ' mid could possibly have penetrated. This will I form an schar, hard, dry-, and insoluble, a cont• pound of the animal fibre and the caustic, in which the virus is wrapped up, and from which it cannot be &opt: . rated. In a short time this dead matter sloughs away, and the virus is carried off with it. Previous to applying the caustic, it will often be necessary to enlarge the wound, that every part limy be fairly got at, after the first eschar las slough ed off, it will be advisable to apply the caustic a second time 'to destroy any part that may not have received the full influence of the first operation, or . that may possibly have been inoculated more by it. This carefully and thoroughly done, the pa tient may feel perfectly safe. The poison will have been entirely removed, and no danger ran remain. Mr. Youatt himself has been repeatedly bitten by rabid dogs, and other veterinary surgeons also, but afterporsuirtr. the course above recommended, they jiave felt entirely secure, a confidence justifi ed by the event, as well as by experiments tried on inferior *animals. This , advice given not by quacks but by practitioners elf skill and experience, and founded, it will be acknowledged on reasona ble grounds, is worthy to be noted and remembered. .Hosev Itloox.—The origin of this word is so lit tle known, and yet .so highly interesting, that we are constrained to give an account of it. It is tra ceable to a Teutonic origin. Among the Teutones was a favorite drink called methtglin. It was made of honey, and . much like the present mead of the Is same . name in European countries i The same bev erage was in uge among the Sax ,as well as an other, called morat. Which was so made of hon ey. but flavored with mulberries. ; These honeyed drinks were used in great abliill c:e at festivals.— Among the nobility the marriage vas celebrated a whole lunar month, which was called a moon, , du ring which the festival board 'was well supfilied with the honey drink. Hence this month of fbti val was called the honey moon, or honey tuOnth, which means a month of festival. The famoui fro aric is said to have died on his wedding night, frcl6 the effects of too much indulgence in metheglin. Max.—The ancient Philosopher defined man to be a cooking animal. A more modem one says he is a book-making animal : but we think the Cleveland Herald has hit it, which says but man is a reasoning animel 'who paintawith the sun beams, travels by steam, talks by lightning, !Teo). lutes in,breadstrlls.and swaps handsaws a!rd A\ AFRICAN 'SNIK v.—The Most c •trtkm snake of 7ies, -Cape Coast and of the adjacent co average four feet and a half b length,' burin the interior, snakes apparently of the boa kind i. ate mkt wkh of .gigantic size.. Mr. Duncan relates in his ti travels in Western Africa, in 1845.46, - that in crossing a , swamp he . meta Intritber of women, - ladei with I produce for the market, and necempanied by oft- eral armed men, who walked MO rear, all much alanned;.zmil who informed the traVeller of the. ex- tremt danger of passing any further, as a Jaws snake had taken op his position In a tnatarind-treo on the road-side. " One of the party," the author proceeds to re late, " offered to go' track anal, show es the_ enor mous snake, and several ethers of the party volun teered their services also. ~Lccortlingly we pro ceeded about six hundred y; s, when we arrived at the velvet tamarind-tree ich they had spoken of, and which was thickly vered with leaves; but, fex tl upon examining the tree, We could not observe .anything of the nature described. When I was just upon point of accusing 'them of boating us, one of , them who stood a little behind my' horse, suddenly calld out " Waroo--witoct !" upon which,- one of . my soldiers seized my bridleto pull my horse - aside, and to my amazement, the monster wax, pointed out to tee with part of his body coiled eland a bough ' and its head and.a considerable part of its . - body hanging down very tiear our heads. " It appeared this reptile had descended the tam arind, and had ascended a much larger tree of different description. I immediately dismounted, and unstrapped my double-barreled carbine, which was heavily, charged, one barrel with swan-shot, and the other with smaller . shot. The snake was certainly of enormous dimensions, and remained quite motionless. I took a steady aim at the neck, Just behind its head, and fired the charge of slugs effectually t though, for some time, .it seemed to hive but a slight effect upon it, for , it raised its bead, and coiled the fore-part of the body . nihnd another branch of the. tree; but the spine being in. jured, it soon appeared to lose strength, and the tail, which was coiled round a limb, began to re lax. .1t again uncoiled its fore-part, which hung , down towards the ground. I then took my sword, 'which I had sharpened equal to a 'razor, and cm the head off at one stroke; but even then • the people would not venture to touch it with their hands to. pull it down, till I gave them a piece of small cord, which 1 invariably carried in tny pocket. This was fastened around the body, and they then succeeded in pulling it down. The monster was of the boa tribe, and measured thirty-one feet long, but the na tives told me they land seen them much larger," SAGACITY or Tne Doe.—The following instance of tidelity and sagacity in a dog was some time hack related by Dr. Pariset, late President of the Academy of Medicine at Parisi at a meeting of the Society for the Protection of Animals A young man, at Perpignan, was arrested on a charge ofcon spimcy. and taken by two gendarmes from that - city to Paris. He had a dog, which, seeing its mas rei. carried off in this manner,. knew that he was ' unhappy, and his looks 'showing sadness and grief, the dog followed the carriage in which hii master was conveyed,' but took care not shqw himself Then they arrived in'Paris the carriage to the prison of the.Conciergerie. There tvellers alighted, TO the deg not being able any loner to conceal himself; assuming an at titude of submission, of condolence, and of fear, -came crouching master, who, surprised and aflected, replied to his, caresses by his own, and obtained leave from the 6 vemor of the prison for the poor animal to remain wi him. Three months passed beforeithe trial came on;and on the day it took place the young man was foftewed to the hall of justiceby his dog, which lay down 'hider abench, where it remained, during the trial. Thcc yoUng man was unanimously acquitted, and waamost warmly cone atulated by numerous - friends were present. Beloreleaving.the court he inqui.N red -for his Ling, but he was nowhere to be found. \ From the joy which followed the acquittal, the dog concluded that his master was outof danger, and had nothi 'g more to fear, and It immediately set out for Pe ki6man, traveling night and day. After • f more than 100 hours he reached the arrived at his master's house, - where he idly and scraped violently- at the door; it was opened by the surprised family, ushed in, his heart palpitating, his eyes with delight, running from side to side, nd uttering cries of joy, the movements ole frame seeming to