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to c bnegbag Illarninn, 'April 23, WIS.
[Written for the Iteponer.)
THE ORPHAN'S PRAYER.
the holy hoot of midnight,
The nets shone forth from high,
The dusk of eve had fallen
%Mid's bright and ekiodless sty.
The Moon shone forth rn splendour
Upon a scene so fair,
, 1" seas a maiden robed in beauty
Who knelt in silent prayeE.
She knelt upon the greensward.
Her hands weregentily clasped;
Her eyes were raised to heaven,
As she her petition asked.
I pray thee. heavenly Fnther, '
That let what ere betide,
'hough norms are dark and heavy,
That thou will be my guide.
I thank time, heavenly Father,
For en thy blessings here ;
I thank thee, for thy goodness,
Thy watchfulness and care.
.A smile 'tole o'er her features--
Her thoughts soared far away,
To that land of heavenly spirits,
That realm of endless day.
TOWANDA. Pit
A lgght Storm on Tesuvhis.
Italian Correspondence of the Tribune.
1 1V.set.cs, March 2,1818
I have visited Vesuvius twice, within . ii days
—the first time with a party and annoyed by a
crowd of guides—the second' with a single com
panion and in the night. I picked my way by the
• light of a torch, over the masses of scorite, and fol
lowed a stream of lava from its source, as it poured
slowly down the side of the monntain—now scram
bling along a ridge of loose stones and ashes, which
formed a bank twenty feet high, for the molten cur
rent; now actually riding on the burning river at
the rate at least of a mile per hour, and now pick
ing my way over a thin crust, and peeping through
the cracks in the hardening stone at the gloaiug
mixture below.
On the first occasion we rode to the 4, Hermit
age," an edifice erected for the accomolation of
visiters, some two-thirds of the distance to the cra
ter. A winding road conducts you amid the vine.
yards and by the side of fearful ravines, and from
every turn some new and varied prospect of the
Bay and City of Naples, the island and the shore,
opens before you. At the Hermitage, crowds of mis
erable fellows offer the visiter canes, donkeys, and,
less azreeable still, their own company and oasis:
tance up the mountain. I shook them off, and true
tint! to a good stick and a tried pair of legs, set out
on . foot. The region which succeeds is desolate
beyond expression ; heaps of scorite and ashes
spread out on every side, and not a living thing
shows itself among, them. No Phlegethean fields
could ever be so scorched or desolate. After , two
or three miles amid This scenery, you come o , llle
cone, where ihe real labor of the ascent comton
ces. It is in a word a scramble np heaps of loose
asheii, at an angle of some fortrfive degrew, to a
height of a thousand feet. ,A small cone, steeper
than the first, rests upon a comparative level, and
surrounds the mouth of the Volcano, which emit* a
constant stream of smoke. It is a most appalling
and yet fascinating sight to gaze into the depths of
the crater. You hear the hissing and seething be
low, and strain your eyes to find amid the irregu
lar cavities which appear on every side, some evi
dence of the strange process, when soddenly an im
mense column of smoke pours up, hitlesieverything
from the view,• and rolls away over ihe distant bills,
while you start back binded with ashes, choaked
'with a sulphurous blast, and almost ready to turn
your back and flee for life.
Foci drscensus Arerno, for it is from Avernus
here. The desceat is [laity a pleasure.; we boun
ded down the steep declivity like goats, leaping at
one bound ten or twenty feet in the loose asheUi,
shouting like school boys, and exhilarated, either
by the mountain air or the Lacryma Christi, till we
hardly knew whether feet or head supported of—ti
mi,take not unpardonable when moving overa Bur
ker. inclined like the con• of Vesuvius.
M', second visit was more full of adventures. I
set out on foot from my hotel and escaped from the
rite after having been pursued, without exa g geration,
for at least a mile and a half by two rival cabmen.
Since I have been in Naples I have learned to
think New York hack drivers quiet and forbearing.
Here at every step they call too pedestrian, beck
on to him, solicit his attention by a most insinuating
crack of their whips, and evert sometimes drive di
rectly across his path. On this occasion my friend
even struck one of the rascals with his cane. We
threatened them, told them we preferred to walk,
without any .success; sail they followed, crying
t• Signori, Signori, carriage, carriage." At last the
insulting offer of one son, for a drive of 5 miles,
seemed to produce an effect, and they left us.
At the foot of the mountain we took some asset.
While making our bargain, for one makes a bar
gain for everything in Naples, evert for an orange,
we were surrecuieed by a crowd of moat nefarious
wretch s, cut-throats to a man. was nearly night, ,
and f stipulated that only one man should accom
pany us. As,'We crawled slowly up the hill at a
donkey pace / the night came on, the moon was
covered witiveloutis, and we met numbers of labor
ers returning from the vineyards. i was reminded
of the evil stories I had heard of the moantaiti, and
of the soldier who always ascends with a party to
;:ward them. One man passed us and took a path
across the hills, and no leseihan lour times did our
guide attempt to make ns turn from the beaten
track into the mountains, where we felt sore there
could be no road.; but we kept a good watch, and
- trustirig to our'knowledge of the way kept steadily
on. At last it began to rain, and es odi only re
source we crept nailer a gatewayand looked oaten
the clouds, and wondered ta hat was coming next
]tut we reached the hermitage isafety—itiade our
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bottle of tacry . ina Christi, 'fan; Roast: upon
the lava, and. after inscribing our names on •tire al.,
bum and drying ourselves betorir the fire, /wig laid
down to rest. At s . otcloirk we'lset oat. The first
,Part of the' Walk was not 4 little Alcrtriay.. piek
ed our way, through the harren region of Which I
spoke, over the scrorireby the fi g ht of a lowly and
alone—now losing the pathi, now seeking' for "the
tracks of donkeys and men, srhichthe healiyahOw
er Lad almost effaced. Once Out torch maidenly
went out, and for a moment, both literally and fig
uratively, the prospect was gloomy enough ; bat
we succeeded in reviving it :end In regairriirg 'The
path alter aU our errors.
When we reached the other side of thecninsithe
toir.h began to pale before the glow of the lava,
which lighted op the sky and the heavy cloud of
smoke which rose and hung-above it like ,a burn
ing city. The wholescene was striking in the 13Z
treme. On one sills was the cone, dimly defined
against . 11! black ;ky, its summit concealed by a
heavy rohseßf (lark elands; on the other the cow
panion hill, shutting utt in; behind, the only object,
visible was the distant tine of lights, alongtheshore,:
which marked the City of Naples; while beforetis
the ruddy glare of the red hot lava lighted up the
sky. Soon wo stood by the side of thec.urreut, at
the orifice wfieie it first escaped from the irterior
of the mountain. There it flowed' tdowly and steadi
ly, seeming to press up with great force in a cur
rent about ten feet wide and, judging from the vast
quantity visible below, where 'the stream grew wi
der, 25 or 30 feet deep. Although lit nirl and Row
in,g, it was much harder than it appeared, arid heavy
stones thrown upon it bounded off and rolled over
the surface, or remained and were borne along
without sinking in. Not only, too, was the central
portion the highest, but it ran several inches above
the rock - through which it' forced its way, without
flowing over it, presenting the singular spectacle of
a current higher than its banks.
COM
Hardly were we suitably placed to enjoy the
spectacle, when drops of rain began to hiss and spat
ter upon the lava and to strike upon our heads.
There was no shelter within miles; we looked in
reel for a cave, and at last seau d ourselves close
to each other by the side of a perpendicular rock,
with no protection but a thin blouse, made as mer
ry as we could with - our own mishaps. For a time,
I assure -you, it was no laughing matter : the rain
came down heavily; thick clouds covered the
mountain above and below us; and every' minute
or two—for we were . unforttwately on the leeward
side of-the lava—a strong wind blew the heavy sul
phurous smoke and steam towards us, until we
were wellnigh suffocated; WWI was not without a
few forebodings. Only a few days beim, thesile
of the mountain bad suddenly burst open and
thrown out a hew current of lava, without any pre.
vices warning. Why might it not be so again
The roaring of the wind as it whistled over the rock,
the hissing of the rain on .the lava, seemed to me
every now and then like some noise deep In the
mountain—the rumbling of an earthquake it might
be—and when I looked at my watch and found
that, although an hour after the hour for sunrise, no
light had reached us, it accrete' to me that the
darkness might be produced by the heavy clouds of
smoke Iron theciater.
The rain manifested nadisposition to cease and
weary of our comfortless position, we determined
to have our breakfast in spite of it. We crawled
on the crust, yet hot,- though tolerable to our feet,
and finding a spot where the heat horn below still
kept the rock red, placed our eggs aped it to mast,
toasted our bread, and cracked the bottle of Leery
ma Christi. I have eaten breakfast in a more com
fortable place and under brighter auspices, but I
never tasted beuer eggs nor ate them with a better
appetite. It will be a long time before I forget that
meal by the light of the burning lava on Vesuvius,
of a Winter's morning, before day break and in a
heavy storm of wind aid rain.
At last we determined that t would be as well to
die by fire asary water and attempted to-place the
two elements ki opposition to each other and see if
fire would not Try faster than rain could wet. The
beat wasalmost intolerable but oor plati succeeded
to perfection. We placed otuselves by the side of
the fiery stream and ere long learned to laugh at
the storm, for although it continued,' our clothes
dried rapidly. To be sure we were almost coasted
and -once or twice, when-the wind blew the smoke
upon us, it singed our hair and eye brows. My
blouse was burnt when I laid it for a moment upon
the rock where .1 had been standing, but it was
dried. As the day advanced, for day did come at
last, we satisfied oar curiosity by es.amluing the •
spot from which the lava flowed; just above it was
a steep cone, yellow svithaulphnr,corgaining three
craters, one choked - up bat too hot to remain in,
although we entered it ;, the others emitting blasts
of hot air, while from one rose the sound of the
roaring furnace. Maanirrhile the rain turned into
snow, and while we were crawling out of an open
ing in the mountain too tot to hold us, and walking
over a surface, which nearly burnt our shoes, a
a Leavy snow storm was whitening the rooks and
falling upon oar beads. - Bat We were at last oblig
ed, though nnieffling,, to leave so many delights
and set out to descend the mountaius-by the side of
the burning river. We bad become familiar with
thWaPparent danger and ran over the crust, which
wadded hollow beneath our feet, and upon which
the rain hissed as'it fell, stepped across the flood
and picked tip masses arson lava to stamp with a
coin.
The current flowed a large pact of the way be•
neath a thin crust, occosionillY appriaryig again and
then:retiring.' At ono point we observed whatseem. .
ed to be a new influx from the primary source,
where a new current Bowed in ; mote liquid dim
the other and so brilliant thtt it was impossible to
look MI steadily. Alter wilkb* by kit side some
diiminee, now scrambling over--loose amnion, now
walking upon the smooth level rock, we canto to
a portion where the stream bore with it and Ai its
surface huge masses of atone which rolled along and
jostled one another like something livirc,We
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diet 41 . U* 6 *Y l Z—lrci! - IC M 4 a • g OVrtPrlNAulf
Atier:as4Ple4PA:curnid.la out : iftiO6, drat
wrviect might-be borne! &keg like thwiave arid
mid taworktrupow ahut ease' at the tiidtbrbOrd
shoe" mid ticorFhedgai#o‘lOr
mes we rade wtamitain as 'Enige Ipa.
had ever dote; built-mesa a method of cotter
awe &Aline eottld'erjhp fort loeg,.tiiittOirld
who itgraWioa'
threaten,ta ovettinwupowsomitiung warmth/wit
eTICIW4tank Weil.l4P l 4 l OK, ^ - •
The scetinbecarhe snore sod' more nrajerkie sus
we descended the torrent grew Wider . ; the biaiikat;
so to speak became higher ';
cipitous, till.llie - sheam Of lava with which. we had
made so fainilliar was now - a river meow °rotten
fifty feet wide, flowing between • bluster tinny fens
high, bearing huge masseaof rocks amtscoriginii6n
its su4es and wending Out a heat iatolerahle; at a
distance of - thirty or forty :feet. The links also
were hot, and at lad sommeh so that weivere forc
ed to leave the*. At one point the skttriete . wit;
most striking. A new branch milted with the one
we bad followed rind formed at tbs confluence a
lava cascade some twelve feet in higlit. Thei Mol
ten mass still preserved itilslow spirt majestic mo
tion but bent with a graceful curve over the slope. .
We could perceive the line of the stream marked
by ascending smoke far down the; mountain and .
into the valley but we had seen the most interest
ing portion of It and were glal to relieve our burnt
and weary feet by stepping upon the sand, and con
tinuing our walk among the vineyards upon waich
the lava here and there intruded.
We lunched at a peasant's hut upon a cake of
Indian meal seasoned with a draft olYesuvian wine,
and after a kw miles more among fields green
with the springing wheat *ere giad to terrninkte
our excursion at the Rail way Station near Pompeii.
I am told that for many years no eruption of lava
has occurred so extensive as this, and after my ex
perience of its extent can well believe it. I re
main your ob't Beryl. G. S,
AN Omar Dr.e.wan.—One of the objects at thil
place that I had the curiosity to visit, was the op
ium smoker in his heaven; and certainly it Is al
most fearful sight, altbo' perhaps not so degrading
to the eye as the drunkard from spirits, lowered
to the laid of the brute and wallowing in his filth.
The idiot smile and deathlike stupor, haraver, of
the opium debaucbee,
has something Ur more aw
ful to the gaze than th e bestiality of the latter.
The room where they sit and smoke is surroun
ded by wooden Conches, with places - Tor the bead
to rest upon, and generally a side room is delta
fed to the gambling. The pipe is a reed of about
an inch or so in diameter, and the aperture in the
bowl for the admission of the opium is am far.
ger than a pin's head. The drag is prepared with
some kind of conserve r , and a very small portion is
sufficient to charge it; one or two whiffs being the
utmost that can be inhaled from a single pipe. and
the smoke is taken into the imp as from the hook
ah in India. On a beginner one or two pipes will
have an effect, but an old stager win continue
smoking for hours. At the head of each couch is
placed a smallamp, m fire must be. bell to the
drug during the process of inhaling; and from the
difficulty of filling and properly lighting the pipe,
there is generally a person who waits upon the
to perform the Mike.' A few days otthis • fearful
luxury, when taken to excess, will gave a pallid
and haggard look to the lace; and a few months,
or even weeks, will change the strong and healthy
man into little better than an idiot skeleton. The
pain they super when deprived of the drug alter long
habit, no language can explain ; and it is only - when
under its influence that their faculties are alive.
In the houses devoted to their min, these akin
ated people many be seen at nine o'clock in the
evening in all the different stages : same entering
half distracted, to feed the craving appetite they
had been obliged to subdue dating the day ;
others laughing had bilking wildly under die alai
of a first pipe while * couches around are • filled
with their different occupants, who lie langnid with
an idiot smile upon their countenance too much wi
der the influence of the_ drug to care for passing
events and ta4 mergiug to the wished for cantina:-
nation.
The last scene in this tragic play is generally a .
room in the rear of the boilding,"a species of the
deadlonse, where lie stretched those who have
passed into the . state, of bliss the opium-rmoker
madly seeks—an emblem of The long sleep to
which be is blindly hurrying.—Six Manilla in Mao
by Lord Jocelyn. - .
Datum. hloaxwit.—Goperal Morgan -wasa intim
of New Jersey. He was appointeid a Captain, by
Congress, in 1775, and directed torah , . a company
of riflemen, and match them to Cambridge. In
September of that year, he was senile Quebec, un
der Montgomery, where he was taken- prisoner....
He was afterwards exchanged ; and in the battle
of Stillwater he commanded a regitnetit, , He 'slim
ed in the glories or the capture of Buigopie at
Saratoga: and commanded' at the bola of the Low:
pens, is South Caroliniovhere TirOttso finis 'de;
fexted, Janrindry 17, - 1: . ge commindtx~ ~the
Virginia militia ordered ,out:,in 1764 1e quell Ilia
rr whisfrey insirmiciu, in Permaylvaria.: Allerwat
soon of Mentbefist u=rea ."
be published an adatesi to his' constituents ,
eating the adsciinistiaticis of Mr. Adams.. ii. died
in 1802, aged 09.
Cosamnus.--1( lover should be treated With the
same gentleness Mr a new 'shove.. The young lady
should pall him cm with the utmost tenser 1t
first, only making the windiest advance ata time
till she gradually gains epos him, and twisteluni ,
ultimately around her fingm minis Aerator
*Si who is i t r ri ty ,WO ill. too 0 6411 . E 4kaiii, !int"
riehct g et a 16ve !lo ) 4 .0 . loir 441 1 4 he 14 AI,
waiting bather witeat ungerecemis. t ' •
Outo.orir wrzi..,=41;;*:(41, - ,lrtKi 6d, boo I*.
toiling to a very dull riddles!' remarked that every‘
thing went Orwell, eseickit, eke'
Pegg& .r
Rent What* wOff fine of the 6r4,oilisii on the
Intern of lie§Miqueliamia, iu Obiepci, to, N. Y.
intmediatalysftet the retrohnionmy war, a =ugh,
- worakiratedvmd prilnitiie man. As many others
gf ihO l t oil*? rat*, and Character, he soleieteil chieL
,ly 13x.buntiog, cultivating the Lind but,sparingly,
media this-way raised a numerous family among
thelroode, in ecnnperative nidiedite ss. Betas the
uebatza
ceiintiy rapidly increase4iti.OpulOin
Abejlionting 0)40,0 Wheaton wereitscrisched
upon ; so that a chance wok' kis smooth 'bore,
*Sift the deer end beariree'coneiderrality *leen
ed.' ;On this arem
int Wheaton removed die
si'squebarna country dttiego, cimmty to the - more
assented wilds cif Delaware county, .near s place
yet known by the appellation of gi Watt's 'Settle.
where game was more plenty. The tria..
lance troth where he Made his home ia,the woods
through the Susquehiuma, was about &flees miles,
end was one continued wilderness' at the ' time.—
Through these woods this almost sibMiglitalithater,
Was often compelled to pass the Susapielnum for
mations necessaries and among the rest
,no small
quantity of Whiskey, us he wasp' very intetePerate
habits. One of these pis - its , in the.'initlitt of: eitn
tom, with his smooth bore on his slinulder,Attife,
hatChel, lta in their.proper phiceiy:he had 'nearly
penetrated the distance, when he beeme weary,
and having come to the inizeit ofarkfge (sometime
in the aftemocn) whichloverlooks vale et the Sus
quehanna, he selected the convenient place in the
shade, as it was hot, for the rays of the sou from
the west pooled his sultry influence through all
the forest, where lay Amin to rem awhile among
the (eaves after having first taken a drink . fmm his
pint bottle of green glass, and a mouthful of Johnny
cake from his pocket.
In the situation he was soothed to drowsiness by
the monotony of the passing winds around him,
when he soon unwarily fell asleep with his gun
folded in his arms. But after a vEhile be awoke
from his sleep, and for a moment or, two lay still
in the same position, as it happened, without stir
ring when be foundthat something had taken place
while he sleep, which situated him somewhat dif
ferently from the 'miner in which he first went to
sleep. On reflecting a moment, be kormil he was
entirely covered over head and ears, with leaves
and light stuff, occasioned as be now suspected,
either by some sudden blowing of the wind, or by
some wild animal, -on which account he became a
little ithembekl in his mind; as be well knew the
Manner of die panther at that *win of the year,
when it hints to support its young, will often
cover its prey with leaves, and bring its whelps
the banquet. He, therefore, continued to lie
ly still, as when be first awoke; he thought
e heard the steps of some kind of heavy
animal near him; and be knew if it erase panther,
the distance between himself and death could not
be far, if be should attempt tq rite up. According
ly, as he suspected, after having lain a full rninu:e
he distinctly heard the retiring tread of the steahhy
panther, of which he had no doubt from his know:
ledge of the creature's ways. It had taken but a
few steps, however, when it again stopped a lon
ger time; still Wheaton continued his silent posi
tion knowing his salty depended moth on this.--
Soon the tread was again heard, farther and fanhei
off,'fin ft entirely died away in the distance—but
be still lay motionless'a few Minutes longer, when
he ventured gently and cautiously to raise his head
and cast and eye in the direction the creature,
whatever it was had gone, but could see nothing.
He rose with a spring, for his blood had been run
ning from his heed to the extremities, and back
again with uncommon vokocity, all the _while his
ears had listened to steps of the animal on the'
!elves and and brash. He now saw plainly the
marks of design among the leaves, and that he had
been covered over and the paws of some Creature
had done it.
And as be suspected that the animal was a pan
ther, be knew it would soon return to kill him, on
which acconnt be made butte to deceive it, and pot
himself in a situation to give it a taste of olismooth.
bore. He now sitieed upon some piece of wood
which lay all about, and placed as mach as was
minal to his own bulk, eisetly where be had slept,
and covered it over with leaves in the same man
ner the panther bad done, and then sprang to a tree
near by, into which he amended, from whence be
had a goad view at a distance about him, and es
pecially in the direction the mature bad gone.—
Hem in tbennach of atree be stood, with his gun
resting •across The limb in the direction of the place
vrbeni its had been left by die panther, looking
sharply as far among the woods as , possilde in the
direction he expected the creature to r turn.. but
he had remained is• this condition but a du* time,
and had barely thrust the ramrod down the Numb
of the piece, to to sure the chime was ink and to
examine its priming, and to shut (town the ine,
sknrly, softies itabbold netsisp,!aad thus *take a
noise, Whets his keen Indian eittor wait he had,
gakht noOmPie Oli
ritraiitteas !award* bet inuesukid sapper. r.
Now matterswere ,-bastememettx rapid
ly-when WheatonVethwittret Vent 114114Filietr
hilathq,ai n` o =fo
K 01 44=114 nalkiliA*Taihl4
her aiav, the doe weeklotreear, as theme:bodied
would be haposible, tee her etavre would Mee
wended his touvettings in the tree •where he wally
or if he should partially wound her, the gamut mast
have bees hie hue. Daring Thus thcoottes the
panther had hid her prang mules-Mete lethal, red
had come within thirty feet of the spot where she
traPpoeed viitthn Allay sleeping, end seeing
'all as ale lull yatt 0, she drapped down ta arroreh.
lag poitiea; precisely to a at, when skeet •te
eprirs spas he pier. 'No* Wile seen he 'swat of a
orutherii!ibl.pekisceion ; enel g in g*lthfr l e g"'
see qk*Net 1t den by the Proiltaf akagi
!whole novae eystonAtte reolicehielly itAbet
braid, hem *hews it glued iit bright barter, Swin
its burning eyes; curled in its WongClinsing tails
II
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IMME2
:pintiiii.pniArve i
o iatramiqufAiumpaliAsi*.kri,
44, litcad.lana-vocetfol,Pawa: mgrAYAkYri I tilit
glittered aatheiteiwoof ilosmeetreresk i teedt ,
antokedioopid: , ittommekelemn.flntlrn WV* .
*nth, while everp-bstic ot,ids.-. inn& slue .beleft, iffeW
.ia savagejoyi deareirltt* diet AloiliTclawfattfm
.had come.- 4 :.1. i o: t.) ::. ..<.1,, . 'lc,' , rt
Saw theatorrid aseetiagi of. its. binder -law
drawn:order itithelly wasdheinearhearsl, add , *
'bolt hamstrings-,Teter seen-Ant a hall_ ionemAy t
Nithitimaantwwhenourbre 11111 in' his trek, etbett
the ; trgeneadows heap Aprae made..,, it rota-cre ahmg
Anise ietaiheair, of aboutsen firet* lbs. bighornl
.place, and-:bum Ahem* sbureending. Ai' Wrack'
.essetly whentdm bras, head and.lbowels . of-44
prey , bad lain. with,a scream tart horrible km deli
cripu i on, when. 41 tontto atoms the rotten wartl,
filling the air for several feet Mere lit,with ,the
leavesand-k tht brush, the covering al.theAtroap4 '
tier. But iustandyetbe panther,fonnd herselkebear
ed, and seemed torltope little withilimppointmeld
restraj oies
want howeverit in erset.. patinae, :and
surveyed majtertmund every,side oe eibottWal
,tal line, intlearoh otitis y, bet- 94,Alisoovetiag
it,. she ewe a Wood .aloft:staang,gdarnAkre,ef
the Here, eltewings +norm*, er Awn Arr. eyea,of
Wheaton and psuuliet bod.airt. „New for:tanelbert
/gap; she dropped for,thatperpore,baL ilts, bullet
.and two deelkshot of old Ammostb.bore too-quick i
as he lodged. them all exactly he Ow : twain 01, ,tk
savage-Anewnw, and *etched Alec beatLeit {be
spot yrhens i thwhower hal -slept li eiscettitanbefece
in the soiodnesa of a:mountain *earn. ..
He marked - the spot where-the young:wore bid-,
!Jen, Which, at the report of the gun Were /righted
ran up a tree. Wheaton nor . came
and found the panther to measerefrom the wart-of
kr nose lotto paint of lie tail, eight feet six inches in
length; a ensaitue ridficiently moons to baverfear-i
ried•him on on a lull run, had he fallen into her
power. He now reloaded and went towhees the
kittens or-young panthers were, and- soon. ttbiouglit
them down from their grapple among -
companions for theiroontwered and-slain parent.
Wheaton dismantled - them of their hides, and
hastened away before night should set an, lea some
otber encounter might overtake him, of the same
character, when the darkness nglit decide the vic
tory in a way more advantageous AO -the manners
of the forest. Of this feat Ben Wheaton Sever
ceased to boast; reciting it se the most appalling
mange of-his hunting life. The-animal had scent
ed him while asleep,' and had left -hint so, as be
suppoeed ; intending .to. gite, ber•goung A :.speci
men of their nstmelife,or•if this beion much for the
mind (via dumb animal, she intended at least. to
•
give them stopper.
This einnunsfanre was all that sated. hia life,
or the mandrel would have leaped upon him at first,
and hare tom him as it did the leaves for thesake
of her youug. The panther is alations =and mew
amble animal, whose nature and habits are the
same as them ;incept tbat the names omit' prefers
of this4kimeatio creature, am in 'the panther kw
men edy magnified in strength laid voracity. It is
in the American west, what•the tiger is in - Africa
and India; s dangerous and mange animal, the
tenor of all other meaunes as well moltbertidien
and white man.
iirtssitiar Tar. AliciEwns.—TbeGrecians had, a
custom that when the now married ariGurrastioxight
home to her hesband'sfhouse they linmrdie *alc
ove of the wagon before the chaor, to show that ship
must dwell, there and pot depart thence,,; and the
Romans had a custom that when the bride cameto
the entry, of her husband's house the brideittuPut
took: her by the wings , of her gown and
so high that she struck her bead and,the doorpost
together, and - so set tier aaTithin..the doors to teach
her by the rememberaneepi dist . blow
,not, to go
often forth out, of her husband's honse: and the
Egyptians d'id give no shoes unto their. wives but
suffered them to Obetefoot, becau.sp jheyphoulo
abide at home ;.hence it is that woinanis nom
pared to a snail, _that never goes ahroad bet . ,with
her house upon Jr! lovidi Mv?
taps things kevessary, , she, most, litegalletut Attlt
be Public: abrtuuli but to keep at hones but Area,
test virtue being not, to be known, ot.any but .4*
husband.
Gnosr-CsArrs.—A writer ihl766'itui'elviresig
himself us 'to ghost-craft . ntit 'hoof
of sopersititicso limit his apEctritionto place
and person, -,--to flied, to .ecomer, to scows
Why ate ghosts esertially , banished -hoar ienwhiae
and weetteedl 'Wftst' , lnightyeitirlses' 'shale - MeV
stalking in k ntheif
b ' eaevaititiPiTtaafeinde 44l Y-4i4a.the:lidecliqe
pottunitieeof as once seignit4ituidehdlieteitinitoor
of their el gioneti of oceOpting ittt'tivOttOce iht•it
*Pe
kindness ar41,441" ,The 4441414691jet.gbeie
cat Milo , fron t: efltrietyrof eaten& Sowed them
treacwidatilid laud imbed;
bi t tirnibirialkibili l * T i i*: : #o 4o o , ;
al9fOrikir,„
litpipolieghosiseessihemselL*4ifuseetirdsitilsgsf4
eiectt, —^9 1- 1,44./ I • •
mish, evegi :ThoonotillurraTho lowthofewoor
k r i#4;o4flii lo *, liiiir! -4 0 31 :*;;;;04.0
Dot, I amoure e tio-dowofopouloor bed find Imo
whinetitagooeJ-ircio oortnowntrmer!how
Goa tieoii:44s od to #fir r : . -- Aitti
the spot where .1 he "aoluit aitootie it aid
fill time; 4o rot go
‘ isqlto 'bade of }hp
or bi the darks r rt. eie tars DO, 01114& kr visit
the grave of the Civistain ; beige irk the coming
ift th e Wight itoneldne, and Wheffthe biideete
LoMlikungenr.—‘L - ' bung -imam , adlened
frifiti)e st6tvitcaiiih 4 *tail illibeal' Albin'', faiT
heti:l
t ow hi i u L1. .. 1AF .• - _.,•,,.., . 2 ,1 ,•,_ ~.,..r. ~..
lIM ..ir .“ ',„;;4c ;must
MOM eft, - =lads:
s lidir,
=eV ; div • • , rwesgaiAvilbft" IthiOtiftW
ly . fejoineditti*fißel, 0644434 i &lei Wii. 7.
t47i.1 i . . -
1:1 .1.4 m i l tifilliat ill
r tire.
MEE
et-11 t(i kir h. Aho.liktai I.tbartroT
-
Yolllolllllllglei Jack % r;r4 larath()
reP sozdaset , lakew
Ithhas aw i iithibithrarrtiO
Jieschijak.gedirl!, etu etin
vittOkr: Wag+ pasaionately.lkwiLortsesokagOwed
PokelseeltO; hiker •wilting4mot *Wiwi
Attu he sew. troinhioSidtotWoad,ASlltelltwishy
of the. same WittleflA:4lo**.rastosiewie iwiWer
tottikquestiotrbown*YeAeArtsPly , 4141 . 1914116 *
olacks AWN ' , (014311 thrttlitarthokyttkot!weirtaise
PlP 4o 4 , ssiseAtlsederseioattwiatitkholle
;hirls, blot tower bawl)) , Owned. ,WilitrpserdbW.lbr
MesePeobiAtouefil)-,„ff 10111:please,Rseid
it, to the Glow ; f'dotet, luSherture?! wohtlio,*
amonsonduelleai' ' '''
Pphoinfookinumow s aftwa
thupiorwithho.diNiW. wirtieSr estelkftekirsolfr
hertlietAilaistokwielitheileYo44 40: 11 40k-losidsi
Mock PiPe etibi Olsoft,4isliei,44 slipped
A.o, 4 o7A4Te_fi- PIO EtworolOetw e tissO-
Aturil,:wike tiodmintkintlioutireitotletlkwrlPll4 B
Stoot„his b, Jack insoUtuilboieed-olabiorfotipar
•into *Awl- Of *OP P i V e - 114 OW" At tbe
.tuckers 0 1 MXI.4 :WAltinj AMO fieSSIVO
f..VM4. l l l 4ik9sOgigkolheu 40011 IMP*
hatt bestowment's* erworkstralesiumitoolS, *see,
Which cent-the.PikittotmotAireetiOlsweri fheloigor
,ittanOlkeritAliinfi.die olfootory.APbs asoLeYesof
thOdWe worthies win& arymentitywirfPnsPoirliqr,
smoke, and frogatenor ErsrhiltecoootAeltwai die
swim blew aside,. Sve , h w obreldalscluanik, ac
„rosiumodating Ifibeutiatorogelpedrispoiregular r ,set
-uk,etach thinking the mthectboroggressar.,The
roam ot •lawgiver, howl:wet, undecebred Jack who
,stemed over with, a bloodywcoe :At
wrance to where. we were standing, Aisittioq ..
srsoksoon hushed , bouterres; tllFOeitadlixestleurfewll
*s , ;he ".Doctor) from the fitclothis keepingoasse
"stuff”: in : the .back port °Chia Awe) which .be
'sometime* served eat otipartichke occaei9lllo-10
his " Partioekr friends," 10' Fatal!-noses.
"Step in here with me, Jerk" tWblailto ibactor
With a mysterious whik,.. , _fittepriobere.oritliittake
it up with a glass of old brantly,"-jorkwathin
loth, accept the invitation and follnwed thOposto*;
arrived at the place of depOsit, the Dactav twitted
out.lialf a tumbler fulfornbe niby,liquid,and aider
pretence of addingw huts her olily-olipped
neartythidi a handfol of cayenne Tepper from
box near by into the tumbler, "Drink quick, Jack,
before the othenicome back UM." saatheldhic
toristim:ng, the fiery mixture autithauditigkritcro
lick, who quaffed
scope had he taketilain liptifrotothatuatblet, anshis
motleterece began 10 Alut4ergolife -inost,ludicroes
cantornoco. ' , Whether, lot- the-rooks :o,:atererl
whether!". gasped. he, his mouth raw .witlat:the
limning drought. Just. .at this moment - one of the
PotlOr's.friends baPPo ll ing esdi4efitf44lt* ,walk
near the two and seeing the bottle (r• which the
liquor had
-been - Wered, "'whin •sootAstoel..ia
fivot,of Jack, he exclaimed with au ensitow;leck;
, Why Doctor, you didn't let the ruawririuk frees
that binder
.4 , Yes i did," was the rally:, 'filen jos**
dead man I" for -I prepared thattouleAilTpitow to
kill bed bugs with."
lack tumeilliiiitlflitilgh ;AOlired for breath,
"0 !nglltler Igin.-4, 4 11-ren , i)sPekOrl %IT II
tame 4 -,more you toms book Actly, mother. of
Moses,.. why did I taste the dirty; bloody' Weedy!
°_ !Abe ri,Pq:;buna.f• theillyaddruf refordhisloye
olieeven fetch wD,ociorit,Pre , 413irt , t-.-. Lord
mercyou l wiy. - soul!"
lack rAF font}, with asttztnir4oll344l4l.,
.... . . ,
"What's tote done fouthe poormean Manid the
Doctor. . 44 E11 ton end get - hire a iSoiev - of'Tiiiteiliii
fitikee-poltee '"' tilitlhie:ftrrtidj!lil'iiitiP-A.A6.4
iiiitlimiti+ his: life f' 441 d. atewbe ; heniantLehoo,
ly returned with the Tinctere.Rokepoken,
called it, whiCh:was ncithin;trortrit 'jigs . I thai
(whelk, .powder. Alaipst every orir4troars, ,or
ought toknow, that a nichelktipowder paths:two
papen., one blue :and one White-end takitig . thW,
em jf eht k i 60 4 4 :001. 401 7 04 0.00.i:4
gill of 'pine water in one tunager, ana Abu at iiss
*hie paperin.smother;the - usw,,its-Witoffeil
together When a lively eileirreseence, wie s. :plic . '
maliiir e a kasP4a oll . ls P4U4ll4ithiQl. ece
Well, two tumblers were arranged, the rochello
,powder' dissolved iwthern, teulliek - iras Add' to
dribk first 'one, and then the other inintedistely
at it; he followed these' dais**, iinpriefty, rind
the retruk was, therthe two' Janes nfernirilAray itr
his throat;rhestierreseneefook , .phicei•end , l6r.ti
eninnent or two. he' west perfeevliting ;
he literally foamed at thrittostk. '
The ta.nancit - r5,*44:1 - 04.1fileut #9loPattr but
{We_ve!4 t!tkeir--4045.itmOanghs-hi4t 1064
8 94 1 ske!!!T• Jack 1.11541.451.4
? , ejthopt . tpuoi
i!littreao9l. end 4.144"Mam41a k4t=looo..
pot next day, one • , pe i bit s .
iTaßirfcl'refiKeo l 4 1 .4 4 0,VER, ; ti
`,to i4l4*,
to :hat womb:the Doeter"ri.aid Jack, .".14.ggypipit
snob red hot brandy amain -Maid.. afire and when
t itrehreciiqtiralbeitii . "Li-tkrairejqii
"A`. 4 ." Itt e?
F-suptuatv 3t5(A1,40
ilk !wait miran
oetibiphandeteatifflui*lßObidwilb••iioNrecmv: e.v.‘•;
"My dear air, I capuvatallbrwarirmievidtil
amain lire hayrty :
'1461 hi-ie.ii,A4.l,.prigniplr
some vo4
At AriixtriouriveliViVirlify
have nearly destmyed titettardep t Did you lint
sue thunt-thowirsibileiVirambreatri) A; • 7
. - "Sfervioviyisattionildtatitsbrisriliucritotight et
driving theta swan diertieemeit-lat.dio' aranick
'pkusure •
dle4rvi •CuiriverieriF seeite
ebe ef.*.tiriabiestie the am* of Seilieeirorar,
like Fergeoesr the latrdooa ateelkaiklemeeir.
aOIOII4VitiIeITAVSK.Ti "PitY.
611€44‘etil ii ;k 1 1 41 *
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