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THE DESTINY OF ANIERCA.—Paarr TI
PT J. 11. 11!/TOW
o'. that the eye which sees our onward Ought
I 'mild ace the glory of our per fret day
foold we the Ten th of fair freedom's light.
And ad the caith resitoing in its ray
Or srer, p the tutelar a tip time. and waking know—
As hr. Ado; ms from the rnouitlndt ' s brow
Rolled t•ack the Ephesran none and pave to life
The sleepers of long ages•—they who Ord
From heathen hate and superstmoor's strife:
Rained hr the light they left their rocky bed
. And torind the spot where Dinn's ',nests had trod,
Blessed by a tamp:co to tbe•liv tug Gott. '
Great ehr:d of hope and promitte ! shall we weep
longer o'er the tuock`ry of the name
Or Freedoni. while tin noblest spirits seep
Anti I.rbertv Irecomes a term of shame.
Land of the Revolution ' is it here—
litre. ti herr the nun of Freedom first arose
The tailing hopes at anxious hearts to cheer.
And Ilniht and Reaxat—itiontptted ore the.r Gies •
It otnut the boy 7round where Pilgrim first had knelt
•fora). a muter num the scourge the Fatherland had tilt !
1% as it for llo• they penlied rill. and freely offered Lie.
A sarnfice for Fre r ealom to the tomahawk and knife I
Atul wher, they flout to break a chain they could no longer bear
Rbass-d up with strong and aril:in; brans the lion (mint., lan.
The , struck for freedom-110f atone to en:11 n deathless name.
An I whitened Ist h their bones the eanhbut not alone for fame:
A In. •1t rarpone tired the soot °leach groat hearted wan.
A tre..: cot hope through ever , L. 0.0 111 rait—
Ti•s• en the 'oil their blond had startr'd and hal ownd every and
The c ha 11 should drop trout human limbs and man might raor
shlp t rod
• =n, yr al, that hentace have ye their wishes kept'
tie hate ye. Ike the slothful ones ...that the vii rant slept '
• ":itlorr tors that earth). greatest nob Lest Caine.
it in' ,0,1, , 11•1114 - 1‘ ,11 1 stain y et Mond anyonti t our Inn's'
'PTA, a e trcheld the holy trust fin urh eh thor mussed the !ea.
....do man m ehr seek or happiness. and ',trait 14/o'd all be free'
• ' In that ho low tone is heard the IXIIIIIIIT, of :he slave; ,
• lone ot freedom and of
r aw cornea rode TIM the grave.
I •'.• 7, V.I. r tot the warning store IS TlO4ll 4111 C in your ear.
A• ' Ina• hash an ear to hear the truth."... let h m hear :
1 • . se as sa scroll is traced more dreadful to the sight
, a „.,. r i tt a i r rhaj h ear's haughty SOW upon that fearful night
rr•r r r.••• • •iro.rl, ine wearer . w
ne y jewelled cup.
A h.' r-rh st -- *t! Itnrehan•hart ere wad turned rit horror up:
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the I•lo's thou host apirshippFd cannot pay thy sinful trots , :
• l tr, A ago°att s dr. riled" and thy throne ts in the dtst
p e •%hakes the n cht dew from bus name
Ile nett , and good of :Ins our land shall cleanse it from the,
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.•••11 r rotnmon .heart. the free the mat. the brate
weer from off its he.lowed soil the cer name of st.a nE
A CHEROKEE BALL-PLAY
AND DUEL.
A THRILLING SCENE IN REAL UM.
The Cherokees. located on the western frontier
cf Arkarwts. can scarcely now be called Indians.
ni he F a caz,:k. At all events they are as much
a,!ranced in civilintion as their American. neigh
!: have schools, churches, a constitution.
1.1w4. and more wealth, according to num-
hero. ;*.an a:ly other body politic in the world.
: Many
t:0 , .: and daughters are educated in the ring
ct Ncw Enzland. Besides, they are at
mole 11..1n halt white, owing. to a long
f:c.itiont intermamage with our own peo
i:o I. •-y hare adopted our names, copied our
0 . t.t... and manners, and e4peciatly the
of ,tr.c;:mg. so prevalent en the borders.
MEI
retain, however, some of their ancient
and among the rest. the ..gmat game .
rt %%inch they are immodetately timti—the BALL
- PLAY. descnbed in the sequel. .
As i eye-witnesses of distant scenes, «ho were
never five miles away from book-making Namati
st vet. abound prodigiously at this era, we give as
a votKher for the tzu:h of our narrative, the lion.
l.ror2e W. Paschal. of Van Buren, Arkansas—a
E...•:lt'eman well known to many in the commercial
ot Neiv Yo,k. lktr. Paschal was several
ears: a - jodge of the Supreme Court in his adopted
:••:.1:e. Ile is thorougify acquainted with the Cher
ee-s. having espoused a sister ot the famouschiif,
in Ridge. lie was present ith the writer at
the ball-play now to be noticed.
it was ten o'clock. the fourth of May,' 1835. The
hour prevtOusly fixed at the last aeneral council
had arrived' for the commencement of the great na-
al ga,nieimprrial paiagon of all games the
sun of heaven ever saw—Me fa.nous Cherokee
tZt,: ,. a V
the siz marshals of the day, dis
t • b 3 long crimson scarfs swailing from
:se.r ai,auidert,
7 began to more about with bustling
hasr , ..arrarig preinninarres and elearuvg the
g - . , 11:7r The site had been most admirably cho
se:. v.h a view to the perilous sport of the
pet iomens, and convenient for the host of specta
to-.. " Tne Looking-glass Prairie,'' so called on ac
c,•;:-..; of rte small size and exceeding beauty, is not
;han 1.1.1] . , - a rode in extent, and being environ-
ed t•y marstic torests, resembles a mirror, having
tee tam' wreathed with fantastic garlands. Near
the sentm. of this smooth plain is a circular hue of
five renf-klerabie mounds. enclosing a depressed
ar.,' pertect:y les el space of from forty to fifty yards
L:l.khameter. lime was the arez.a. altogether free
!rota pass. and somewhat dusty. having been trod
rien ears by the feet of strong men contending
Ti ,, c.ry in a sort of strife almost as terrible as
real tattle. Surrounding the arena, large ropes at
t.act.ed to pillars of cedar set in the earth at the base
of the conical mounds were stretched to their at
r t.-et tension. that serving to separate the crowd of
Iv holders from the champions in the grand game.
mounds. themselves, with sloping Slides touch
ing each other by their gentle acclivity and mode
rate elevation, formed a fine raised amphitheatre
for the assembled mulutude. who might be said,
almost without hyperbole, to comprise the wtrole
Cherokee nation, for both sexes. all ages, and every
condition of life, had gathered to the common point
and stated period of annual re-union.
My glance was attracted fmni the 'it .rre.._.a.tive
tnass of human farms by a vision of individual
beauty brighter than anything I had previously
wen or even conceived, save in the star-light dra
ix—y of dreams. Seated among several older per
sons in a caniage, on the summit of the mound.
“ew paces from where I stood, was a young
siesse appearance realised to the sense all my
Imaginsficirt ever -panted to itself in revery as the
P‘x<=thie perfection of female Wellness. In addi
thlC to the chasms, for the most part hereditary to
tie quadroons of her tribe—grace of figure, &armo
ry in every feature, and melting sweetness of smile
-- thus bewitching creature possessed a emir :parent
ad mteilectual beauty of countenance peculiar and
--- e- : lszttyie. yet thois ck si i ty irsdacritiabki. 1 have
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essayed a thousand times since to profile that face
and daguerreotope the lustre of those beamy black
eyes, whose rays seemed, to emanate from some
unknown and measureless distance in the depths
of the eool, or, perchance, ont of the heights of heav
en, but always have been forced to cast down my
Powerless pen in despair.
"That is Emma Star," said my friend Paschal,
observing the direction of my admiring gaze, " the
most beautiful woman in the nation."
"In the world !" I added, mentally.
"And Yet," continued le, "her six brothers are
the most notorious desperadoes and duellists west
of the lltissiroippi, although she herself is tender
hearted and innocent as a child ; and, what is still
stranger, no contemptible devotee to the muses."
" What a pity," I remarked, with increased inter:
"that such an angel could not be removed
from associations so uncongenial to a noble nature."
My friend replied with a piece of information
that darkened, to me, forever, a who's streaming
galaxy of nebulous hopes
" She was to hare been wedded some six weeks
ago, to the eloquent young lavryer, Horace Jordan.
You have heard him. But her bold, bad brothers,
for• what reason I am not apprised, broke off the
match, and, it is said, threatened her lover's life.
But I see him yonder."
And Judge Paschal pointed out with his finger a
till slender form, leaning against one of the .pillars
of the arena. •
Suddenly`tte herald's bugle pealed a clear, pier.
cing note, and every eye was fixed instantly on the
ring, into which fifty braves might be seen leaping,
by single bounds, over the ropes, high as the waist.
These champions were all dressed alike; in leather
pantaloons, fitting tightly as the skits, and reaching
not more than half way down the thigh. Such was
their only garment, the rest of their bodies being
completely bare, and shining from a recent and
copious anointment of yellow,-colored oil. Choicer
specimens of athleticism could not well be found,
should you watch the wide world over. Volumes
of swelling muscle, and sharp ridges of naked
nerves.—literally quivering with pure excess ir!
strength and redundant vitality, all revealed dis
tinctly in the vivid light of cloudless May sun•
bearms, gave ample assurance how desperate must
be the coming conflict.
The thousands of spectators on the natural arc'
phitheatre of old mounds could see them all, and
commenced betting funously on their various favor
ites. All amend me I could hear heavy wagers
moneyed. but mostly refused, that some one of the
" Stars," and especially " Big Jim," would win
the hundred scores which were to be counted before
the termination of the play.
And the bugle sounded, and then the chief mar
shal advanced to one side of the arena, holding in
his hand a ball covered with leather, and of ord►na
ry dimensions. but loaded with several bullets,' to
give it great force. By means of a strong sling he
hurled the little hissing globe high up into the air
as nearly as possible ovet the centre of the ring
The aladiaiors. in their singular combat, scattered
at different points round the enefoSed space. and
each one touching the ropes, followed, with their
. eyes, the ascending missile, to watch the course it
mizht tope. It rose half a thousand feet, slower
and -lower, seemed to rest an instant like a small
speck in the sky, and then began to fall, faster and
faster, in the ratio reversed of its upward flight. Tre
mendous, then was the rush of the atiskra to gain
the line of its descent before it should Again plump
t:ne earth. The Shock of fifty men running at full
speed front opposite positions, and mee.ing in a
common focus, em bodied ill mere idea the extreme
of danger The peril to life and limb was rendered
more fearful by the rules of the game, which per
matted every one to toss out of his way, by any act
of violence short of direct blows, all competitors,
whether friend or foes, I shuddered and caught
my breath as if suddenly immerse.' in ice -water,
on beholding more than a dozen braves prostrated
on the around, many of whom had to be carried
from the ring with bleeding noses and broken bones,
by the marshalls and their assiittants.
Owing to has superior swiftness on foot,
not. a young Cherokee of the genuine stock, reach
ed the descending ball first, and by a dexterous
stroke, when•it was'only two yards from the earth,
sent it whizzing beyond the ropes.
" Score tee for Bouchnot !" cried the chief-mar
shal to the recorder, and a load shout greeted the
announcement.
Once more the herald's bugle brayed out for an
other . mend, and a hundred . fresh aspirants, in
whose breasts the enthusiasm caused by the scene
had triumphed over prudence, sprang into the ring
And again the ball shot high into the air, and the
same result of scarred faces and fractured limbs en
sued, a. ,, ravated, however, by the increased num
bers in the arena.
" Sc•re down ten more for Boodinot 7' said the
Marshal.
The youth again succeeded in his difficult fem.
Wages were now laid at ten to one in faros of Bon
&tot. He bad already woo forty " figures," and
a hundred would time the game. But the wise
ones. and among them John Roes, principal chief
of the nation{, still bet on " Big Tun Star."
This is murderous exclaimed, with honor,
as one of the gladiators was borne up the mound
and depx.ited on the grass, a few steps from my
side, and his wife fell down in a swoon, on her hus
band's pale and apparent lifeless body.
Wait a hole. The murder has not yet begun,"
answered Judge Paschal, who bad often previously
witnessed such bloody spectacles.
Again the bugle yelled forth a third sound, and
dyes larre, r crowds Ito the area ; and again the
ball soared like a bird loose horn the hand. • hly
eys were dime-led to you= Boadiriot. 1110 y -hint
start with the rapidity of an snow; bat he had
scarcely made two leaps when he was taught by
Elc Jim Star, who rommeneed dragging him hack
wants The emirs , arise needed only the deer
eription of a Hornet to embalm it with:the 'albite.
The antagonist, clinched in the trailing : ond writh-
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ing and twistmg like two angry serpents linked in
the coils of mortal strife, swayed to and fro for
more than a minute, then tailing heavily, to the
amazement or everybody ; Boodinotwas uppermost.
His summary however ; proved only momentary, for
quick as thought Star turned him, and grasping his
throat, arose, pulled him to the circumference of
the ring, and then threw him, with his blackish
purple face, and strained blood-shot eyes, like a
lump of lead, over the ropes.
"Score down forty for Big Jim Star!" cried the
marshal. •
Such - was the engem of the game. He who
could force his adversary over the ropes acquired
the right to his marks on the ledger.
It so happened that Bond inot tell on the ring near
the cedar post against ti hich Horace- Jordan had
been alt the while leaning, surveying silently the
progress of the play.''The sight of his sister's lover,
or perhaps some slight look of scorn on the young
lawyer's features, amused all the cherished hatred
and venom of the victor, and he fairly shouted—
" Base petifoner! you can gaze on the sports of
brave men ; but dare.not, for your cowani's soul,
take part in the game of glory."
" I dare !" was the ringing response of Horace
Jordan, as he cleared the ropes at a leap.
The American stood in the arena of the Indian
gladiators. Stripping instantly to the trowsers, and
tieing a red silk handkerchief around him, he was
prepared for the desperate game.
See ! Emma Star is fainting!" exclaimed my
friend.
Glancing suddenly at the carriage, I beheld that
sweet, mild face, white as linen, and her beautiful
little bands clasped convulsively on her bosom, as
it to keep back the bean beneath from bursting.
The agony, however, seemed to pass in a moment,
and she continued afterwards to look calmly on the
swift changing scenes, with cheeks pallid as mar
ble, down which tears flowed and fell, in slow,
even, measured drops—each drop recording a min
ute of speechless sorrow.
Once more the bugle sounded, and this time with
three loud blasts
••• Now comes the general melee, most perilous of
all. Each man who tosses an opponent over the
ropes win a score of five," remarked Judge Pasch fl.
The arena then presented the appearance of fifty
single combats, all wedged together. By couples,
all the hundred gladiators had closed, and were tug
ging and straining to haul each other from the ring.
Some had grabbed their antagonist by the hair, and
were hauling them along in the dust. Others had
fastened their fingers with a gripe of steel on the
yielding windpipes, endeavoring thus to choke
their foes into non resistance—while others, seiz
ing soddently some unsuspecting right hand, strove
by a quick jerk to dislocate the shoulder-joint from
its socket : and others,. stooping suddenly.
cauzht the foot of an athlete, and - casting him head
long to the ground, draggei 1 the poor wretch.ciff to
wa:ds the ropes. Every method of annoyance was
fair, except strokes with the fist or injuries to -the
eye. But what surprised tee most tf all, although
dozens most have been suffering tortures worse
than the pangs of death, not a cry of pain was heard
—such is the marvellous power ofedocation, such
the infinite force of habit As I gazed, I believed,
for the first time, the incident related by Plutarch of
the Spanan boy. who, having stolen a fox and hid
it under his cloak, let it tear out his bowels sooner
than reveal the theft! Human creatures can be
taught to do and endure anything—ay, to sing
hymns in the luneral flame, and even to leap into
the grave (which most civilized people have man-
aged to render so hideous by fooli , sh associations )
with the rapture of lovers going to a bridal chamber.
i• core five for Bill Star, five for Ben Star, five
for Big Jim Star, and five for HoraceJortiun,!' ex
claimed the marshal, in quick succeeding orders,
as the tempestuous tumult still pmceded without
intermission.
Foremost of all in the strife might be seen the
two deadly enemies, Star Sod Jordon, throwing
feebler men over the ropes as if they bad been so
many infants. Jordon, however, avoided any im
mediate encounter with his adve7sary, and, to every
offer of the sort by the other, replied alconc" Wait
till the ring shall by cleared of all but us two, and
then Too shall be gratified." And still the wild
work went on till three lag hours had rolled away,
and at length only twelve champions remained in
the arena—for those once ejected were not pm
mined to return, and many who had tainted frorq
sheer exhaustion bad been removed by their friends.
Of the demo left in the ring, wee half consisted of
the brave bad brothers. The others, with the ex
ception cd the young lawyer, where all full-blood
ed Cherokees, inured to toil from their cradles, and
utterly insensible to the imphises of fear.
With the next peal the signal, the gladiators
again closed, but all eyes 'were attracted to Abe
combat now joined between the gigantic Star and
the slender, sinewy Jordan, as a faint, sharp cry
from the carriage of Emma attested her honor of
the dreadful
The two Goes grappled first in -the dargerons In
dian hug, or "bark hold" as it is usually caled.
Big Jim, from the fury of his onset; seemed to
think that he could crush the as or crack the
spine of his-antagonist with a single eilo:f.; bat the
youth',* frame appeared lobe elastic as sword-steel.
It bent almost double, without losing its balance,
and then rebounding, broke open the lock of those
hairy, herculean arms, and stood erect and free as
before the bitter embrace. •
A deafening shout from the previously silent
spectators balled the prodigious achievement, and
Big Jimidamelf looked astonished at the fest.—
He paused, however, but a moment, and again
springing forwanlohe arma of the two encircled
each other's bosoms last hoops dime. Again the
kern of Jordon bent as a irakrw in the *red, and
then again recovering, broke open the moisimus
lock. And renewed shoats tent thesis, accompani
ed by cries of u Big rue has met with his match !
Hum kw the man who can break the black bear's
bug !" -
KEE
N DiNUNCLATION TAO* ANY etuartia."
The Ajax of the arena heard the exclamations of
rejoicing, and the sound seemed to madden him
more. Making a chttrh with huge bony fingers,
he succeeded in grasping his opponent's throat, but
at the same instant felt .the hand of the ether
fixed on his own windpipe. Hanging on and
tugging it each other's neck like •tuiconquenible
bull-dogs, the champions reeled from side to side
during some minutes, till both, turning purple in
the face fell together gasping in the hot itost.—
Then 'relaxing their weary fingers, they regained
iheir feet and stood for several seconds apart, pant
ng for breath, yet still scowling dark. and dreadfiii
defiance
"Let us fight with brave men's tools," cried Big
Jim, fairly frenzied with rage.
" Any you please," was the laconic answer.
"Then let us have bowie-knives, an l let our
left hands be fastened together," said the desperado
with the ferocious frown of a fiend incarante.
"I am content with proposition," was the brief
response ofJordan.
At this unexpected change in the mode of com
bat, the *excitement grew botindles.. The other
gladiators suspended their strife, and the beholders
began to make their bets—some lay large wagers
that Big Tim would kill his enemy, others staking
their money on Jordan, and others again or. death
against both.
I east a glance towards the beautiful Emma—
only one glance. I dared not hazard another, she
looked so like a statue of despair carved in snow
white alabaster. Her eyes were motionless, fixed
oa the horrible ring, where a brother or a lower, of
perhape both were about to be hewn in pieces
with uprJerons knives. Her lips weje livid and
rigid as those of a corpse that had been dead for
days. No sign of life could be distinguished, save
a shuddering of the bosom in the- region over the 1 .
heart. I turned away for relief from an apparition
so ghostlike to the arena, where rapid preparations
were being made for the duel. I saw the seconds
bind the left hands of then principals bard and fast
tcgether with a small hempen cord, and place in
the hand of each a gleaming bowie-knife of largest
size and with an edge keen as blade of a razor :
and then I saw—and felt the very marrow creep
with icy coldness in my bones at the sight—the
mortal foes stand eyeing each other with calm, de
termined faces, in whose mirror only one expres
sion weld be detected—measureless ao•t unuttera
ble hate, but no shrinking token of terror. They
were waiting for the word to begin.
Such unnatural modes of duelling are common
on the frontier, among both whites and Indians,
and result chiefly from two causes. 1. They put
the weak or unpractised on a footing of perfect
equality with the most skilful adepts in the tut of
staying. 2. Reckless men, conscious of total stye
' riority to the fear of death, appear to delight in de
monstrating their bravery by rushing into the jaws
of certain destruction. Such men often die with a
smile of scornful triumph on their features—die, in
fact, because they wish to die.
Having been long accustomed to the work of
slaughter, they contract an insane love for h, for
its own sale alone. It is difficult to make persons
comprehend the motives promoting, to these mutual
suicides who have never lived in such meridians—
trieridians where duels with double-barrelled 4104
g uns are of yearly occurrence—where men
kight not frequently 't n dark moms at midnight
with dagger or pistol—where they clasp hands and
walk off beetling precipices, or leap together into
the depths of foaming rivers and hold each other's
beads tinder water till both sink down in fathomless
gulfs, which are their graves—in fine, where fo e s
contrive for themselves more methods of wild-in
sane hemicide than ever did infatuated lovers in the
pages of a French romance. I had become pretty
wen acquainted with such scenes in Texas and
Arkansas, and yet could net forbear trembling in
in every point as I saw those two youths, vt ho
ought to hare been, and had very nearly been
brothers, standing there waling for the word that
should be the knell of their funeral and their min
mons to the judgment bar the Almighty—yes,
standing in the broad noon blaze of the " all seeing
sun," with the gaze of a thousand eyes set upon
their unfeeling faces, with the sky they might never
look on mow so bright above, and the flowers be
neath so golden, and the Jude birds all singinz
such merry roundelays—and they, with great
knives drawn back ready—ready—waiting to plun
—into eternity !
" Are you ready ?" asked Bill Coady, Big Jim's
second, in s voice singing over Looking-glass
rai
elear as the tones of bell-metaL
" Ready," they both answered, with thrilling
distinctness, in the same breath.
" net go ahead," was the warm, savage word.
And with the word two fierce thnets were aim
ed at two warm beating hearts—human hearts, too ,
reader life yams and mine, only braver, perhaps—
and two long keen knives. pierced two 'bleeding
sides.
The first wounds however, were not modal—at
least not immediately an—for other blows followed,
and steel cleated against steel, and the combatants
continued to bade on till their bodies were bathed
in a baptism of fresh blood and finally both stag
gered and fell forwards at the some moment, first
to their btu* and then on their facet, with the&
cheeks touching !
Then a wild, unearthly, wailing scream issued
from the carriage on the mound. Another, also,
had fallen, and with a sharper pain in the bean
than ever emanated from the point of,a bowie- '
We. The beautiful Emma had fainted-
Tbe seconds cot asunder the cords from the let
bands ofthe two anugorrists. Horace Jordon was
dead ; ben Big Jim, akhoogh frightfully mangled,
soon reri ed, end ailaat recovered. Thesis brave
bat bothers hare since emitted half a hundred
monde s, and robberies beyond reckoning.' I see,
from the late annual moulage of the Cherokee cm
entire, that the saiiereauts bens at lastbeet annihi
lated by 'the swift ; we remeancs of lynching
justice.
" But has the story any moral 1 interrogates the
Critic.
Aye—it has a great and useful moral, if correct.
ly expounded... It proves that e the fear of deatb
that phantom horror which haunts the doors and
darkens the firesides of civilized life—is, after all,
not an unconquerable instinct, but a fictitious ad
*et of education_ It proves that boundless brave
ry exists latent in all hunter sorts, and, needs. on
ly the given condition of chiromatances to call it
forth. ft proves that the highest gifts ever , bestow
ed on man or angel may be perverted to tier vitest
uses, as the fire on the hearth may be rhixappro
priated to kindle the destoying conflagration.
Ilifsmrs.—At a distance of fifteen- miles from,
and at an an elevation of about two thousand feet
above the level of the sea I first saw the tree which
produces the manna. This remarkable substance
is secreted by several trees, and in various coun
tries in the East. In some parts of Persia it is be
lieved to be an insect secretion, and as collected
from a shrub called gess* about two feet high,
bearing a striking resemblance to the broom. In
the hilly district of Looriatan, as in Mesopotamia,
we fin.i it on several trees of oak species which
there, however, ate of more stunted growth than
those of F. , 'gland. From these the manna is. col
lected on cloths spread beneath then at night, and
it then bears the form of large crystal dropsof dew,
such as we see in England in the early part of
morning. Borckhardt °I/serves ; that at Erzroum a
substance resembling manna in taste and consis
tence distils from the tree which bears galls; and
'with which the inhabifimis of the country form one
of the principal articles of their food. These would
appear to be different frbm the Sicilian manna used
for medicinal purposes, and which botanists have
considered as a vegetable grim, procured in Cala
j boa and Sicily, and to be exuded from the Frazinus
ornes or flowering ash A supposition has, however
been Started, that this might be also the production
of the aidurs tribe.—Lteuf. Ifeliesteds Tray& m
Arabi:'.
Tut Vrarissrt Gaomestissr.—On no cicinKtion
(says the Springfield Republican) do people seem
more prone to comic blunders than at a wedding.—
The following actually occurred in a neighboring
town :
In the midst of a crowd of witness the clergyman
had just completed that interesting ceremony which
binds io the silver bonds of wedlock, two willing
hearts, and stretched forth his hand to implore the
pleasing of Heaven on the union. At this point the
groomsman, seeing the open bands reached out
supposed it was the signal for him to surrender the
wedding fee, which was burning in his pocket.—
Accordingly, just as the clergyman closed his eyes
in prayer, he felt the rearm pressure of two sweaty
hall dollars upon his open palms. The good man
hesitated a moment, appalled at the ludicrous
ness of his situation, but at last cooly deposited the
money in his pocket, and
tions.
Scasos os Thussisc. sr Dow, Ja —To keep
continually dry, always wear an oil cloth dress carry
a good umbrella; and practice rum drinking. The
two first articles are only essential in protecting the
outside frame superabundant moisture, but the
latter keeps the inside as dry as a stove pipe. I
never knew a drinker but who was eternally dry—,
dry in all kinds of weather. He goes to bed dry,
gets up dry, and keels himself-dry through the day.
It is . not to be wondered at: for how can he be other
wise than dry when be keeps the blue blazes eter
nally burning in his bosom, by pouring distilled
destruction down his throat forever. On his death
bed be cries for more_ drink, for the last time, and
then he goes out of the world asthirsty as if he had
lived on codfish all the days of his life.
Saran —The blowing is an anecdote of Dr
Johnson :
&ewell once asked Johmon it there were no
presible circumstance under which suicide would
be justifiable.
"No," was the reply.
“Wetl,” says &swan, usuppose a man had been
guilty of some hand that he knew would bring in
famy upon Dim, and that he was equally certain
would be found out."
"Why, then," says Johnson, let him go to some
cormiry where he is not known, and not to the
devil where he is known."
Moners.--" My dear, .ion't say talea, say muse
fives," said a modest lady to her little son, wbo
was relating a very Intermting "tale," he had just
media the newspaper.
Whi:e the young fellow was thinking of his ink
take, the old waith.dcg walked in, shaking biii
tail, pad looking quite familiar at the boy, when he
exclaimed:
4 - Ma, make Sancho quikshakim his Durance P
A beiutifal Oriental proverb toss thus With
time and patience the mulberry-leaf becomes eat.
k" How
tient and the desponding ! And what difficulty is
there that man should quail at, when. a worm can
accomplish so much hom the leaf of diemulberry
Caotre.—Tbe Journal cy . Heal., in eases of camp,
advises instant, sodden and free application of the
coldest water with a sponge ; to the neck and chest ;
then, after wiping the patent dry„ snap in tram
coveting, giving it freely of cold water to drink.
Tea Kne.—A lover gazed into the eyes of his
mistress cad she blushed Be paned her band
to his bout sad said—' My looks have planted
toles on thy cheeks; he who sows this seed shoold
map the tomtit."
Ficzneca.—There bas lately hese in New Yolk
it good deal Ot denunciation. 'pf uavanag at Soo
day, and the New York Pot wires to know if
they went aeon prohdis apple. inme - nod now ei
der from winkirc on -U eacieienee.”
is this lesson to the iumpa-
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The Cincimnft Nonpareil' has quite , sengaddr
ow eating and drinking, in the codhorr of
which the editor kites soma Eicfsiti relative - to vs ,
Hoes aniclerrof food. The folkivrittg table' of the
arnoturt of nntribos mailer in different grains it in*
Worth preberVilibe for 'effete nce:-
100 - lbs Wheat contain *
97 81 bk nufritnent
" Cora et
"- Hive a .90 "
as 8 ec , 8V- "
II Barley a . 83 at
" Rearm • " 90 • N.
" Peas 93 it
wrerage 35 4 '
contain - 53. "
as 14 it
44 ti at
8
8 0 . o f
'• bleat
" Potatoes
" Beets
" Carrots
-" Greens and turnips
" Bread
It will be seen front the abonr that mean is Mit
the most nutritious food, as is generally 'supposed.
The laboring man 'obeli Minis he teannof primal
a day's work without meat ; but the fait is that it
not half as nutritious as wheat s corn , rye ( at beam
Meat is more stimulating than t egmabfes,and does
not maintain suttee an equilibrium in the system.
Uniformity in oar feelings and habits is desirable—
that is, we sbeeki be constandf le good heabh and
spirit/. It seems, therefore, that meat is not favora
ble to this state r , and should be gradually dispensed
with.
That will be eonceded to be the best food which
supplies the greatest amount of nutrition with the.
Last effort of the 'lige:Wye organs ;To determine •
this, we will give the results of a bag course of ez
penment which Dr. Be:Lamont wddaeted with a
soldier who had been wounded, and the wound so eo
healed as to leave an epeneq, hue the stomach
through which the operation of digestion could be
observed.
Bread and milk
Codfish •
Turkey
Gootte, wild,
Oysters and crackers
Beet, flesh, roamed,
" " brollej,
If •It b o i le d ,
Pork recently salted.
Aldruton
Eggs, hard, boiled,
" soft, boiled,
Sanwa,
Fowls,
Beall, with coffee,
C 7 Rice
Tapioca
Baxley
Milk
34 is
4
4 "
1 "
2 "
' 2 "
2 "
I in
•• 1 " •
1 1 cr
3 "
i 4 "
34 "
2i tt
'Bread, wheat„, 11 31 "
la corn, er si is
Cake, corn, 64 3 11
Tornipi "
.34
Potatoes, boiled, es 34 .4
" roasted, 24 "
Cabbage • " 2 1-
From the above table, it will be seen that it re
quires more effort to dest animal than vegetable
food ; while the latter furnishes double the nutri
ment of the former. Common sense, therefore, set
the question of preference
Pigi' feet
Tripe
Trout
Soup, bean,
" barley,
" tratoti,
Beane
A NEXTIOTC or Or Dsaissocrrn.—ln the dais of
which Daniel Webster was a member, there was
an. iodividoal noted for his vra,ggety. One day the
Professor of Logic, who by the way was not the
most nice and discriminating in his distinctions,
was endeavoring to substantiate " that a thing re
mains the same notwithstanding a substitution in
some of its parts."
Our was , who had been exercising the Yankee
art of whittling, at length held up his jacknife inqui
-ring : " &Timing I should lose the blade of my
knife, and should get another one made and insert
ed in its place, would it be the same knife it was
before!"
•"To be sure replied the Profimetw.
" Well then," the wag continued, " suppose
should then lope the handle, and get another, would
it be the same kiiife still r
"Of course!" the professor again replied.
" But if somebody should find the old blade and
the old handle, and should put them together, what
knife would that be r
We never learned the professor's teply,--ara.
ton Rersdiatar.
Docotavenc—Maintain a constant watch at all
times against a dogmatic spirit ; fix not your assent
to any proposition in a firm and unalterable manner,
till you have tome firm and unalterable ground for
it, and till you have arrived at some clear end sure
evidence : till 'you have turned the proposition on
all sides, and searched the matter through and
thron e * so that you cannot be mistaken_ And even
where you think you have full grounds for alma
ranee, ben& too early nor too frequent in expesek
ing this assurance in too peremptory and positive
a manner, remembering that human nature is al
ways liable to mistake in this corrupt and feeble
state.—Warts.
itscosaLussos.—h is mach safer to reconcile
an enemy than to coognei him. Victory deprives
him of his power, butrecemcgiatice of bis till ; and
there is less danger in a will which will r not hart,
than in a power which cannot The power is not
so apt to tempt, the will is Madams to find , oat
means.
br a man does rot mho DOW OVIIIDOIDODOS a*
he advances dimagh life, be snit soon find himself
alone. A. nom should limp hisitisisiship' in eon-
Stun nap*.
The . Piessishili, of anise people' is like on
steiden, limping close so es while re era& in do
sonsbnie, sot donning so the moment we seen
the tdado
When parkas enters in at *shoat gate, wis
dom goes out at dte bark.
SEMI
ill
SAIMINIMB tab
digested . in 2 bows
2
2i "
" 24 "
if 24 g‘
et 3 "
E3lll
34 a
4, a
4 it
34 a
c a