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^TIMILISZIEMO, Dec. 7, 1849
A. Telegraphic despatch bait just'been received
here, stating that tie men in the employ OT the
C o mmonwealth, on the. bilaaelphia and Coluin
esa Rai Road s have.ell quit .work in consequence
having received no pay for the last two or three
months. Mr. Ball, the-State Treasurer refuses "to
show the Snperintentrent Of the road to draw from
the Treasury, consequently he has act been able lo
pay the men, and they, bee. borne and foreborne,
until they can stand it no loner. Tire
a wl workmen refused, to-day, to work any longer
sithout pay.
The conduct or the State 'treasurer In refusing to
ailovc the Superintendents & Supervisors, on the dif
ferent hues of improvements, to draw cash to dis
horse the expenses of tlieiriteveral lines, is cer:
minty very extrannliniry. It IS no daub! thevon
cerled action of the whip who have control of the
a dministration. from Governor dawn.• They have
thrown out their estimates of ta.large amount to re
main in the Treasury on the last slay of the year,
and liars boasted that they' would be able to pay
the February interest without resorting
. t- a loan,
and they take this course to verify theiri.tateMeith,
wi thout re.gaol to justiceor the rights of individu
als. But they have atraiced the string until it has
broken. and although they may be able to show on
paper that the commonwealth has a large amount
in the Treasury, it is done by withholding the hon
est and hard earned dues from the laborers in her
employ and the amount due them mast remain
to be eaiJ ofl by a Democratic and honest admin.
ant well utformed that Col. EngHAL, the Super
tiattrient at the Philadelphia & Columbia Rail
ft ha< called no 1e.4 than three times personal-
tht• 'neatwry. within the last few weeks for
s -,, n eF to defray the expenses of the hands in Lis
eTp!, , ‘ a,;,1 could not obtain a dollar while the
been accumulating to n very large
rronnt The same game pmetised upon other
•ir.i. all 4,n ,limet oppot , i(idu to the policy of the
Cii.iimis:sioners, who have been constatiliy
.m..: in pay all tLeir liabilities on the rinl..tic
0 - k• rl ca-h. and not tO pPrtnit the ac'•tr,:nlation
•,Irhx But all their elTarta hire been Irosrateki
over arnuzht runaims al -our sell-electeti
trtitz vale Trea•otrer, for the Rote propo,e of mak-
z I fhr pally by shniviu2 . on 'paper a
irge balance in the Treasury. • which world he
cnntradicled by facts if ho would Lip-charge
due to the laborers in the employ of
.le — c - iunin nil wealth —and %high onghtto have been
vU,I weeks wm. and would have been it the MTh
pla . red in charge of the several lines_had been
e mired to take the moitey'and pay them.
11ARRISBrG 1 7., Dec. 4, 1849
rprro - R-Yeft Witt see by the official an
po,..:cettietit that the contracts on the North Branch
'lave fi.iatTY been awarded. Some little delay was
the indisposition of Mr. Foster, the
p•-.lcipal Entfi' - .i . etr, and the fact that Mr. Power
waA absent, and Judge Longstteth through,
':on , it ilea iiittess, to itutiid a zneettritt of the Board
at Harristmez thus requiring Col. Painter, the only
acnve member, and the Eingitieers having the bids
• e'rir2.o. to repair to Philidelphia to meet Judge
I.:i and there organize a board to make the
necessary disposition of the proposals. This was
lone in as short a tithe as practicable, consistent
with justice and the interests ofithe commonwealth,
and, although the delay, thus necessarily occasion
ed, may have been a little vexatious to bidders who
were anxiously waiting the restrlt. lam confident
that every honorable mind will exempt the Canal
board and Engineers from any wrong, or blame in
the matter. But I was stirprised and shocked, as
every friend of the North Branch canal must have
ber;n, on reading an rtiele in a fate number of the
Bradford Argus beaded ",Canal Letting," in which
•he most cowardly oink disreputable insinuations
'n
-e thrown nut a,ialrist the integrity and lair ileating
Ihe majority of the canal board, and an *open.
shameless attack made upon trielron. Jesse Miller
foe sentence to which I allud e , reads as follows:
•• It is understand that the bids have Eaten sent to
ilriisburz, for the art:tried piritnsf - of being open
sl and allnted"by the elnal Commissioners; but
Art. have heard it hinted,t for 'the real. purpose of
,sel, , zi inspected and passed upon bydesse - Miller.
w i Alro!er-100440 be the awl futile arras untie
of the Board."
It ts , iz.tleetl, a maser of park:else thatthe pobli!,h
ers of a public rfewspapev, to whatever party they
shat belong. hying on the- immediate line of the
North Branch Canal, vititt Wesik' be in,fav°l‘ of
its completion, and whose -inter e sts aroakl seem to
fro, at least the sembrance of truth to their pro
continaibly•tenl3o a course cairn
a•,,.l t o outlive unfavorableimpiessihns upon the
public ave.! aril throw obstacles in the way of
completi n g that work. In Bradford County and its
vicinity, where the editors thaepaper are kmciwn
al I tliPir motives ungerstood, no groat harm can
falba anything they May scat' i bet in- 41ther parts
r ' t I h° 5 t0 . . where their polio:?:il araitte.ity and
r2vl.lris'Aiitx..• are not at. We'll Ot t ilendond, their pori
two- As tinbltshers, may entitle them toe (16,,tvee of
cm - 1 , 1411 , t0 n . and th 4 nnceiiit letl and wanton in
tinza!ions tl.e ) utter. spay' prottse prejudices in the
amid' , 4 many well itit;prisit4.persope: alai • force
tome into impninrinn the North Branch ,cant,
wit.) mizit wherwiee have beim its friends: Stich
weaknet:4" and ,Jolly on the Par
of
•liefe Elitors excited my parpro 7 . ,Ful I hive
dihe sentiment expre ,by
e> ery pne who
ha% chanci.4l to tali upon the auticlealludial
But the absence . ot alLtcetutO
P. and the willingness to sacrifice every - thrall,
even the canal, to a'spiiit rif Katy &talkie • and re
"'V, is to ber formil in tfiervieslo-aftlick
oltum to the tnajnrity of the Canal Board, without
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.•i a
a shadow or esidetwertiVwrong owthAniletri lei
the malevolent littitelf i tlion Mr. Mi ff
'had nothing to do with,,thelipstrimsalsAiligisSpile
from. beginning to end-__ Why has the name of
Mr. Mills? beenAugged in by the editors of the
Akrus, and' he tutidethe inbjeet ofenfifyifiWinl
Jt
malleipuitataelt What ;has .lesisti *Oar' done
that the publishers of public Journal, .prufroirng to
be the esPlTiakittenda ot. the north Ilseneh Cahn),
should .Ihokl him up eontemptuowslrbefore- the
lubtieand charge tanreith-eurleofi r dbet Its tialation
to that 'work 7 As it becuuse;./4534sIt4f,beliii,
firm - tad elrlciesa triee 4ol . IbilllMPreeententl:
it for the ,disiwarested anxiety he has' uniformly
manifested for its cam pletionl i iiie for the - dine
and money hehas spent in t
cuAectingfitetelo.eon
riace its oppunemsec ttligreatPlatlY atul impor.
Mow to the , Commonwetilih I- Is *for re talent•
and energy he lids ilifiplayed in placing those farts'
before the people awl their sepreseekati*es to
duce atemtc? re-embark in, ibis. too magi - neglected
and great public improvement! Or is it merely.
becanse. Mr Miller and a majdfityef'lhe canal
board are - DeniSiesats anil opposed to. the policy of
public plusuler.parsued uuder the aliner.- dynasty,
and sestaine& by -such public Journals esilici arad
ford Argus 1
. •
The North Branch Capal has need - of all is
friends, auil.those al home should praCtiee more
prudence than is ditiptayed - through the columnrcof
the firadfrd Argus. or it will soon have fewer in'
namber than it nn* hos. Among the Indent, and
efficient frietu6 of that improvement, none can
be lourad. beyond the district thronih which it pass
es, more clevoted, sincere and ' disinterested than
Jesse Miller. No man has more thoroughly in
vestigated the subject, and none more ready cr
able, On all occasions, to advocate its interests.—
While acting as Canal Commissioner heg,ave par.
titular attention to this branch of the.putfic works.
fie made a personal examination ol the whole
hue; and so thoroughly convinced was ,fig of its
utility and ultimate value to- The corneienti - eAth,
that he has not ceased to present its.advantages to
the public on all proper occasions, and iii the most
clear and comprehensible manner. -•-•
It is known to the citizens of Bradford that The
editorial department of the Keystone, [in this pace s
i- under the control of . ,Mr. Miller, and that that
paper-has cow:lined. from week to week, for the
last two years, a series of able, efloquent and con:
rinvidg articles in favor of the North Branch canal.
The pe o ple along the line of this. canal owe much
to Mr. Miller and the paper under his *me for
the very efficient aid' they have received at his
hands in the advocacy of their fdrotite project;
and the editors of the Argus might - well hide their
heads with shame for the gross' assault and deep
injustice they have committed in assailing its best
friends, and endeavoring to thro;si doubt and dark:
ness over the conduct of Canal Board ill award
ing the contracts.
No one here who has any knowledge on the sub
ject, or reputation to hazard wilt ienture the sur
mise that Mr. Miller or any other man, except
those duly authorized by law to t!ischargo that du
ty, had anything to do with inkingthe allotments,
or that any undue influence Wes brought to bear,
or attempted, upon those officers - in their. final de
cision. " The Canal Crlranissioners, in the, true
spirit and meaning of the law, awarded the con-
tractipt. w they were boil! Ain do to the lowest bid
der:. oho weir con-itliced substantial and compe-
tent to thi the vt nik.•'
I r ereirDe to affirm that Mr. Miller never saw a
stitule , t.rie of the three bombed and mote Frrepo•
salmi receired for that work either before or since
the allotments u cm made. ,
This attack of the Bradford Argus upon friends
of the North Branch canal, and upon public offi
cers in the faithhil discharge of their official duty,
mad be viewed ;by all honest men as exceeJiaily
envious, unjust and disreputable, emanating only
from depraved imaginations and malignity of spir
it. Such articles as have appeared in That paper
from time to time, for the last few months, on the
subject of the North Branch canal, are calculated
to injure its prospects. ftWsearten lb. friends, and .
ins; ire its enemies with renewed hostility and trio-
(old diligence in their efforts to Zeleat its frown
p4shroeut. if the North Branch had no more-pru
dent of proli , able friends-41nm the Bradford Arra
*pH might people "along Itsborderit "exclaim with
one of old, ": Sare me from ray ((tends" , •
Norm iliasscir;
Letter [roam' California.
Firm go auas,►o9ts SWranol,§ep.4.l6-
FRIEND BLACK-1 am at last on the Sacramento
having been finf &molter and 104 tratryfildroltAtig
ate 'plains; came o T ei r aitlikaeiCtir,olTh
CRANMER, antrNV
IO other amen, Orin= .you„atio dW
:
acquainted with: Each .man fartlisheri: a , yettif of
cattle, and bought the waggon.amt provisions in
partneriblp. We hfriti itti4 a tellionein
Had I time, 1 could tafa%ttfolr . A sin
tering. hardships, bairAtteeath;f*P.lPoo, .lksi;o4
• too many, also! have paid theVteat debt DT minim
reposing upon - the vast prairies • of America, -far ,
from their &I - 101es and IMMO - turrOi . ,*Abtri:Of
taut dies; ; evin now, are Wendinithey, en,X, ac.o*
the California, on • toet--hatimg been obliged. lo
len% e Itteir wa ; _ernwintli property. 9:re rattle being
n;i the ()repro. I have seeit,mBfifthan one
thom:anil wagons left on the mail. and during the
former part of the mote, tons bb -every ttnd of pro
visions have been thrown away, "to lighteill 'the
loartr. Bacon; flour, moat, pilot brearßl beatiedaid,
_shovels, plebs, orocr.-bars, an d in fact everyth ing
:which helped to cam gese 444-Oa& have iteen. lett
to rot, or:teed the nithless PawniiefottavageiCrow.
Mr: Miro went Orli? liinetthijr einnpany, and k'
lin44cnoi seen himitticOlel44'*l I
arrived: here:en Abe :it lit seinember.„,,,We have
laid herofour days, - twreeruit- one -ozeey aed tto
porrow Infiltl6l=t,
mifi 4,,ettck „
I now at ' selderatedrasii -bait*
I composed of two mud hotfoot, or radelooft, as they
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are here called. Lassen owns SOO bead Alb
waciagovtib I wmillab-afro
4 bar aaat baijghi . atr,.ltywt ,' doa4no rya ! .41 ,4 IR
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sleets/dorm at Seeraaseettinsityi +63cArtttrialtxpasss.
Ftonr itlibeftilOttei otherttuitoi
i~i i itrokif
cents per pound, hard bread .74.eetite l ,b4spe- iffei
lame, toffee the sarnesuger -110 , cenhs, Ashihsnit
Mitiesthese poo'l9Fres.4
4 4 fL I Nt: 1 4 44 ,4 1 0: 7 Wotik*
°Ws:. M tPOPfAhmionl4llActilLY;B4/ !PAT,
lag-in drwstehletes" Freessirbebtednibtirrbthere
is a grarld'ituftii.ti fat iiitikiiiriAirfricteiti hi/PK
Front- L I 1 0- 1F.1 1 4 , lit Sit i W_ L i rg t
AtAil c ),t
coalface labgrom lOW.* imivimAresigair!ohal
a man , vri.l.4everrot 4n - theericrighaiamii)
do much better. Tomorrow - en? lititwr
start for the mines, except i
tics for
provisions. it is reported mi. extremeli tutheat;,
thy at the dircirigs belcrw, end therefore we she*:
at,pretkent go to the MitieW above; which is ' , dry
diggings:' We: there pick Am! pick
ut the pieces, not crashing Ifie,dirLat all.
Towards the head'ofrFeetherriver, where( pass
ed. there is the finest timber I e(er saw. Breatie
dn.?, it MW Jogs, An! • fiAting it over . tile
falls to saw mill below rhea. rafting it to Sacra
mento city, it would randy bring 81 per foot, which
is the price of goodlumber there. Biit_people are
too much engaged here, to "think of build.ng milts
now. A company starting from New York with
mill irons and tools,-and: pelting ups mill, Avonld
make sums untold. And VOW if you huve nay
friends to ymigrate to California, next senson„ tell
them never, to cross the plains, for outer they
hare-an iron constitution, they never willarorrive
it. •
Telt my friends, that I am alive and kiciititt, and
before two year's, I shall probality kick, up (mite a;
dust. I never ask a matt-to excuse my bull pen
manship, but yrtn will recollect that I am . writing
this upon mi • knee, on a sheet of piper which
cost me 25 cents. is soon ael get time I. _will
write to all. Tully yews. . .
Agriennure—its Dignity and Importance.
In the countries of Europe, the qoartei of the
globe with which our communication are most all
rect add intimate, the. sta.e of Agriculture, varies )
with peculiarities of Mil, and political organization, '
and as Might be expected the estimation in which
it is held, is not everywhere the same. In Bassin
the earth is cultivated almost exclusively- by the
serfs, subject to the arbitrary wilt of the noble Who
owns the soil. Manual labor, in any art. almost
necessarily partakes of the character Of those by
'whom it is curried on, and in Russia, therefore, ag.
ricutture, as an occupation, is d eg raded. In the
notihece jrartiot Italy, in the Netherlands, and ih
some parts of the German States, the soil underjo
diciou.s system of husbandry and an elaborated cul
ture, has attained the highest d eg ree of productive.
ness. The Southern part of Sweden. formerly sub-
I ject to Denmark, retains in,some degree the repq•
tation at once enjoyed as the granary of Northern . ,
Europe. Holstein, a dependency• of Denmark.
bordering on the northern banks of the Elbe, lu l l
the shores of the German Ocean, abounds in the
richest fields of grain.. and numberless flocks of cat
tle and sheep. In France a new impulse has been
given to sgrienttural improvement. by the subdivi
sion of the soil, which has grown Out of the taw of
equal succession, and the contiscation and sale of
lands belonging, to the church and expatriated no
bles who followed-the fortunes of the Bourbons.
To give a country the Mahan degree of wealth
and power, which his capable of attaining.. , agri
culture mom be sustained by commerce and maim-
Cactures; but it 'May dispenie with both the latter,
and yet retain its prosperity.. the condition of the
U. States is fitsmothie -to all these pursuits, but, what.
ever may be the fated our commerce and manu
factures, Ste Must as 'an a;glieultuml countrt rank
among the first nations of the earth. The eztent o4 .
nor territoty, the extraordinary fertility of our self,
the adaption . of out climate to almosteveryspeeies
of produCtiOn, our distance from ritherimuntliest, - in
which agilCulture Jtonishert.e.setplus ftir eirpodi;
lion, show cone - kis' July,. that per vast and vapidly
augmen tine- poputatien , cam) arid imne,be unstained
bt the frititi citoar OWn 'Onlitstry - lrrthis - fieltlf
atter. W5l fear no;;;Oir114111,60;.:'
inAi(l oo, 4ifilits4 l :6 l o4 l / - 4 3 1444
Centuries must elap.e before they will be keeited
eirih the tie t tlieit % ,,rett%ea iStatei r eV' Ittivit .
4 .4 t . 4
qr. fespamlingA "446 , 14. fsve - vii:4 7 ,4_
of shecitlistrissmpi,tamtme ilmrss • s bfliy%t eiliiit
creasing to art fiuldintweetembponlitemfreiere
poW, oct pp, I or . centutut aft„t.flhit ,
seal/meetshalt 4 0 444° 1 9-4 Wilfts :0% 1 .
too distant to enter lain eltrestinutittet , ouriMeie
tritiith,y*e'tney.exottinfiti i&ettittplk.,iaet - iferte
able rr by a asorstypdeut husbanchnif the . oii i t , tAi
me
ieni t zrifit
the necessaries of life. -
'A OirsfriaWftiriebleivintitiLs:Aniovviiealtree
mg, one fat, one leeifilbe' tad' ;PO :reds:
Polohnned Bohemian "giiilianthAelniaak4*T el- i
o The4at eat,"' dbp .eoicetesepBis t
'-yeur prime min*ei4, the teak ravitierpelople*id•
1118 bllllGttS~ yo- - :22 ff lu• . •
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that we ought to,regi4l!t i , 4?.;.gAl4 3 4 l ?;:Wit) -
auttiai pefformaarelefitata•gpadi. rs.-• o I===.= ,
t $
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'ander adiesalw%r. Alattlaagrand - tkaapioth&basiv,
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THE DEMV6V9ifeluNigitti.
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tot 101 tot ,n: 1 07 114
The melancholy diss ariconie,
trhe skthiest.of t yeeW e t •
Orwailllng wiilds igad naked *foods, •
' And mendolts brbwn aid sae.
• Heaped In the holldws orthe grove, :•` ' :I I
• ft he withered !takes lie dealt )
Theylostle to Abe add) ing gust,
And to the rabbles treed.
t The robin andtthe wren are flown, -•
• And femn the shrub thedayo
Aid from the yroodnop calls the crow.,
lchroegh all-the gloomy dap •lTt iV r t ir l iat=t i t=ii r."--
.;•i , In Wight& fighttinnlipireeldi l fi" '
4- • littemoreend4Arse : rbbodl • ••
Alas !tbernltire ittitteirgraltt. - • '
41-'• 71 Fhelengestarbtof thitaMll7
And lying in their lowly by&
• With the - fait' andttimii-otetirli
The rain is frilling *ha l they? lid.
bur coltY.Neentribet-yain ',!
calissundlutn oat-the (downy earth
The lovely ears , spin. • .
The iiild flower and the elolet;"
They perished - long ago,
And the wild rose add, the clot& died
Amtd the !Runnier
"Rhine the bill the golden i i •urt •
'And the estnr In the wood.
And the Fella", sonflowtr 'by the tnnolr,
Arrantemn beauty stood.
• Tin fell there frost from the eleenceld heave;
As fills the plague no men. 1- s•- •• •
And the brightness of - their smile was gone
From epland,iglade and glen. • 1
Andticiw.irhen 'comes the calm midday. . );
At still such days trill eoine,
TO call the squirrel and' the bee
't" • PilMlNltifthiWwiant bode;
•11 WhEillbe Sound. of dropping nuts - is beard;
Thotigh all ihelrees
ate'sall. -
• twinkle In tbelttrinirflight
"The Wafers of the 01
• , The south wind searches for the towers
• Whose fragritecelate be bore, '•
And stetted to nod - them in the wood
And by the stream ne more,.
JA4t•P. GAzwiT
Daring, a delightful excursion in the vicinity of
the Green Mountains, a few year since; T had the
:ma ketone to meet with a aiwular character,
known in many partsof Vermont as the Rattlesnake
banter. it Viail a warm clear day of sunshine, in
the middle ofiune, I saw hhn for the first time
while engagedin a ruineralogic (arable among the
hills. His head was bald, and his forehead was
deeply marked with the strong fines of care • and
age. the form was wasted and meagre; but (or
the fiery vigor of his eye, he might have beensup._
posed ineapaciated by age end•infirmaties forever)
a slight exertion. Yet he hurried over the huge
ledges of rock with aquick and almost youthful
tread, and seemed earnestly searching among the
crevices and loose crags, and stinted bushes around
him. All at once, he started soddenly, drew him
self back with a 'Sort of a shuddering recoil, then
smote fiercely *ith his 'tail upon the rock before
him. •Another and another blow, and he lifted the
fireless fns-m of a large - rattlesnake upon the end of
hii mrl.
The.°lil man's eyes glistened but his lip trem
bled as he looked steadfastly upon his - writhing
Another of the stemmed race!" he mut
tered between his clenched teeth, apparently un
conscious of my presence.
I was now satisfied that the person before tae
was no other than the famous Rattlesnake Horner.
He wasifnown throughout the neighborhood es an
outcast and a wanderer, obtaining a miserable sub
sisteace from the casual charities of the people
amend him. His time was mostly spent among
the rocks and roes hills, where his only object
seemed table the hunting and destroying . of the
Crotoiro 6or itfus, or. rattlesnake. I immediately
determined ursatisfy my curiosity{ which had been
titronilresciied by the remarkable - appearance 01
t fie fi r- Lk:MO r and for this purpose I approached
Am these many of Mom reptile's in this vicini
ty V" • I enquired, pointing to the-crashed serpent.
'The are , gqtting Cor be scarce," said : the old
ran,, ifting his,alowhed 61 and wiping his ,bidd
brow ; " I have known the. time when you could
hardly stir ten rods herayour door in this part o
iNp f State Without hearing their tow„qttick i..4illii ,
Liar side, or seeing their maaftaihmtd,bpdjpa,col
ing up in your path. But as l-aaltneine, ib iTase
Elting to be FMCS, the tufeitialt - nida wiltibe 'rif
tin a few days, and, dtwill TOd'i r - 11201c:4
self been a considerable cause to their etterinlitg
ales."
" Yak+ Most of coarecknow aiequatene , 76f these
rlsiiiie!krUfliallrikeicil. ° " ptiliiiibeOve
IIhSWiW4 itlßiktoteekt A ctieherinitne r • I
_' '_.__* " ' 1 I_.. .' ' •
Thetfrou&WinAcquilon4±Wce ,,, • - tbel• man a I
--vidibkrafrunie - oCiaeling wilbishim; suulltillipa
tilfiireit' and itirditshiStWurbtown %lid sciddiply
me
galic e' i 4ll :, = o , FlAff - "Or0.4111:4r - tV,
....mg/41)40,130 Jliffl.4 4l 4.:*4 l fdiPti
liaionsfsesrtbat was *twatt
weal agbiasiVals-,
I t e f kikatt ~ n't .41 -:' -tt ~ ' , ,1 44 , .4- ,
~. 1 1 , .., , , Ve4s - •
Niiilf4lP th e,fikrOalt,' , . 6 . . . °Mecum
,74o4ll4lll tlini 11 14±.1:1 0 eietiitt;illi Olin 44ficelfrce l '`
Sately,"..said }4I u yeeldis•sot behereihat, they:
Oinii halibut' bake -
oil,'Rian
iggiagbmi40:494: , ,. 6 11.4 4 4:4 11 0f 10
ts.
meel!..itetesid, 'Lowly; efier.actatinizift toyfeateres
looriripmeaystbitt 7>okririn: to &tiro itk -niar
Oct did . 4i .. ! the ptiOrifiteit‘4' t ile
briFf#4s**7k- 4 4 11 4°9 1 r
wilt :igeoia,aninife w - old
atnynefinkvana4xperienti,Puot>s-: " r ' 3l •
37V"Y._,11-1_ to ,
° t4'Prof rtRitrPAPF . 1 4Etriti, ttte
!akierakintiltbiazdyallangiitAi
man deacitsiSitai iiielaihat aspiditylltat lanai)
rid iiectlt` -• et R
-.al tr-; r
'of: egicitre#4. lb a c t t r /1 ikr il k m
the nithetiehillillier %co
The Rattlesnake Sinter.
BY G. W. WIIITTER..
4 trhei my abseil,. We to
Thu been within me been's."
Mill
manner Ischia,. erslArvbed ,whats-1 (lad. PrPrAlflOY i'l ley arms. oWtssiWilvichisstettsol#F 6 l IV
heard e 4- 4 ‘ldactluttsillost and .inpllVial strength. . . had strength ihttegh iciiiell ,. .;the , :niviegswer... ,
..f( 1 wcis.agnerv, the %diet seule.oldirisAir.t W. utot, an 4 bathe her brow in Art calitytyßfj4r_Arg,
theawryty, lAgeljust, finished, ray' ...erinemOnt„nr. partly recovered,..ent-sat down upon ihir-bsuriti ,
Figilvaittorbei t stiAPPALOrifIic4IVASIFIg reP; whit Y ritool"V.ll c It'll/ 41 77 .1 ;fir: , ....; li,our
row' Wierar. 94901P - PlApisTmihmt lowces. ,iii. "ficiirmr l'a' 4 ed a"). Arkcc a cave, 'kip,..o 6 ,
dap wj 0 4 1, bustcheyrind,thsigniineetienti totygh mi -, and there, aloe ' „, den d..
f oir i umi ,i, l A iej w ia tesulkirniv„ .. :. 4 kty i iv if i 4,-,.* over her ; '4lll ll iNfiti JAW 0 140 rt
the old Man's eyes glistened in an itistanyaßiktbes. . 1;h94/14 glip,R . s . NE!* iip'itki ? ...)13.u 3 t en ti 'li r
a tear crossed - his br0......11. ek---4-ory-wife scrum- werAtosrf.4444l l l4l4'49Pl3,V.X j htll r eo&V,
panted me, yoaffitilltinllizacitfineantiful as i•lre 14 exeri a j gaup ',Mkt Istre,fokumil i cOir*
wee/ to this siid s pyibudigsmylly r ,j sem Abell hisinitSisient.... ; Al t era rnteetM ?e h-,
fagm..O.Lll/Y9rrtgi9giOa- , Per. hips 0f)44 - 7,rt 1 4§IferrOVIs Irk liked ,1 . 1414 11 C0 .I m arbTui ff . * illar
YoJPE*4lNWit.irCgollarile , 4.l/eire4.o9lhiook liko,Aloe there w 4 4 .1 0.. I hil i Si u -l'° n e .,l9c e rr Cep' Eri ,
whanonitipity.oaVASlty4o *AI WI 4.4 ft• iPafigs4. o[ - 4.491. 1 1[1v..C1kaik/DX TZT 7 II '4' rpob i , -N I
it
the ilirl-Wltcl.f4LOAll4Attl4[l4 l ,! /bow, rcallky..l-.-- vill 3 glf l l4 ll l 4 :4.figt&lscligiukts4lPlPirti .g
All‘litmiisttes:4o-4 , eisdieip-r elirbaa kola Ns ii w- lPifiLitiler9°loo.-PPFT-aefi1°A341V9,..141R./liev,
uegki.lo l [La sfoaltrollgiatoo4 lo 44e4rio , Arc ,- - -, h , "Lluir A. 4, 1° of 411T!fa i cu i reN A 4 f ld I ily ve -n,, 11,
It was that 4 a hcaatgai..foawieeitut
_Awe ~!x*, 0i,411 anveFFJed, In!! fascruatnig
. rifivons auk
an billow:it childiejpo i sproilio ira /Kg ,couutenauceii read) few and patter:ea., . 09,R91 02 . 130:11e4 NIA, „
a s9tuiei% ' , delicacy, MO areWrelf/Pst et sleek, hog V[fi° 6 o:feertibtg gi e 4 c° Wo 4 4s o l'li x '
t esit
whiCh 1 keverscklem seen ia thejliewFus, off,theire Pkeskilki4-1:1 V unt eoPn c e, ” 11141 A "'J u t? f :tan •
who bayn.jnisted even, slightly Me, Wen, waters _at t'.irra/Mte sA4e-Meill A ti„,ojlbe. eiajetp„ s rlit-6-401 at ur.,
existence. The old man wateled,mysouutesance n*PuesilniflibtoL 6 OfA ke. ./4 1:1 4: 1 4 1 1;:r..4 .r 0 , ,
intently 831 surveyed the im,age nf . his early loge. „.. 1, : ,'! • +,., -' s „,,,,,t i ! ~..„ _ •
~ She minaL,Ltare been bcounital,”,i said ala i , :ITlrliti v „ e P a "e d , „ since V Velt , 6 "" vil V ilt I T'S
turned the picture. , , ' liattlesuoke [turner; the place , of o Ood i l fies
'a.Beaturful!t" ,t du inay ci.ell say so. But mi, ett!pge , t,l: 77 ,Ate : gifiro tltt
„ akii v tileT i,
4.. rie ,.
,s lif titi it, 70 ca t
aisils nothing, I haves e tearful story to7tell—ntad' r 4T.Lq e tl ei O3. l .- 4 444 ti.=4,lgi_if 4 v- 4 '1 3 /Ar'grirVi
i 0 bo{l Lind SAC 4 VOIPMed it; 6 4 I Wilt Aft 1 :; 00 " W r1 4. 1 7 t l ii i! gf 9" 1itt , ,,, L ,7,, 0 N1kr.4% %.!:,..,
.hly heart heehaws too often seared on dur nteltiot sITY; 6 , pe , l upc..197,1..r. P m ' -, nue ,ll )r " •
Y9 ms .
- ) itseper . tilt fi l lr.i . ire:Tr - Aston. It Ziailies iiii bet
i t memory to stiffer any new pang. • , ' . • . ~ 4 .r . a.4 n , - yl-- -• ^
"We liatl .resi ded 41 the iietT ChliqtrY neatly' a roe hif.°, T"'4 l l. re° l 4.7 ll3 ero Team "v 1 4 . 40160
,
year.. Oar seuleweut had ingreasati. „ art i ly* ma& Hen orp too Itortb!r tbrf!ality..—fikVol4/.. 4.. .."'gr
_ .6 .1_
the comforts-and delicacies of-hle were • Isminnintr
to be fell, 10-er the %try seildre•PhYilliong erna tags
to which we bad beeunbleeted. The'rell On
. ,.„
were topv and, feeble; and.ilitlilot molest as, J be,
heists of the forest lad mountains were ferocious,
bul We entrerid little relit; C h eep. The onlyimene
(tide dinger to *Oh 'aro Were exiAmed - resulted _
from the ca4htsp4el&-wklell 4.4 , 1 a our Pelalib°r
hood- Three orbiter of the reeling were ;billets by
them, and died in' tem - bie ngenien. The IntliatiS"
often told us frightful stories of 1114 snake and lir
powers of fazcinat-on, and although they Were gen
erally believed, yet, for myself, I was tither assns. i
ed than convinced by their marvellous legends.
Ening tiffm?
YF
r
'EMMEN
IMI
11113
Eni
"Tn one of my litrfoing, exenrsitins abroad, on a
fine mornir.g,it ivas just at this time of the year,'
L•was accompanied by my wife: 'Twigs a beauti
ful morning, The sunshine was warm, bet the ar- -
mospbere wait perfectly clear, and a fine breeze
from the norticwest shook the bright 'green leiives
which clothed to profusion the-wreathing branabes i
above us. I had lett my companion for a stunt"'
dine in pursuit of game, and in climbing a rugged
ledge of rocks, iaterpersed With shrubs and dwar
fish trees, I was startled by a quick, grating rattle.
I looked forward. -Go the edge of a loosened Kick
lay a lava rattlesnake, coiling himself as it for the
deadly spring. He was within a few feet of me,'
and I paused for an instant to survey - him. I know
not why. but I stood still and !balked at the deadly
serpent with a. strange' reflin4 or curiosity. Sod
deftly, he unwpaed'lis coil, a if relenting from biz I
purporte of hostility, and raising his head he fixed 1
his brigh rfiery eye directly on my own. A chill-
mg anti indeseribable sensation, totally different
from anything I had ever bekiie experienced, fol
lowed ibis movement el theXespen t ;•fint I stood
stinoind gazed steadily and earnestly,' kir at' that
moment there was a visible change in Ilia 'reptile.
his form seemed to grow larger, and liti• colors
brtihter. His body - moved with a slow, almosi
imperceptible iif` el ! aldn'ttewitnTs Mei and ilea hum '
of musie.came 'minium, of atileast it sounded 'in
l ii
my ear a strange sweet meted , faint as that which
melts from the throat of ye h nueingbird. Then
he tints of his body • deepened and changed and
glowed, like the changes of al heatriful kaleides
cope, green, purple, and gol.l a liind I lost sight of
the serpententiiely, and sawouly wild and curi
ously woven. clanks,-of Wei° colors, quivering
around me, likei ilti streeieltleraf raiebowii. I
seemed in" the mount eta greet priiioa, a world - of
mysteritnat coktra, agd tints, varied.autt darkened,
1 and lighted uptigain emende
ni ; said the tow mu
sic went on tir4liciet-neaeing, u nt
til My brain reeled,
1
and fear for the first time • over me. -The
Up
sensation gained - Open vile rap ly, and I &miff
Op c(0, f; r artm gushing from y. brow. I' had no
fortainty ofeianger in my min , no de fi nite ideit.4
peril, Wheat
. eagnetatid ele ed, like the' eerie
ceediatiOlitilli cfa - iirtph,pri my limps:: s .'. phi
itaili44* 1 i . 44..1•41 thir,lalond.stle.6o 41
cold aril Pas'ssid aking. ow,. wow - i- "void bare
rniry.
given worlds to have been abl to tear myself from
' 44 0 # 6 1 : 4 1 . 0 xti gutiiiior ', as ; 4.,Ai t' Alk*y
obiied not the imp° of the" ind, not a *meth
' stirred ; arnd istemd - eriff es if feet bad grown to
the solid rag illWalliTnter . tritailat the templ
es in any. au, and iherbalefel coloring :of his - en
litiiii
1 chantmenrbeforeme. , . ,nni , ti
- ft Soddenly.* now sound. on- my ,ear.. It
wee admit= etiicalphut ilyee eirangesodows
Ad. Againpagain, but / • nekoandutheal•
Mats lefuLplettgeti, before ' et endagresped my
arm. ,Tbe Born lils 'pelisses onasbroken. The
! tdange colorspiiii
,isWiehrsike le.:eve - pica The
.raaleanake was coiling at my ry-feet with glow
ing eyes and aplitied fangs;- my . wife .was
clinging ip tenor upon me. next iintant the
ate,
'serpent threw himself Tut us My wife was the
.victim 1 !Vile lingi
• "Pirmt_ttYd'e 71/103 Ver hand;
.and him scream of astanyi , alai ,istaggered • beck
.raerdelitoss.me r tokines , dte Opal trutb r; ~ 4. ;
# Meat it seaeshel.44-,fiier tar.-..reithies.,,easie
-upon ene.i.aruLeriteal slit thel foul acipeetolleraling
Away frenshiikwdrk: melba i/af dainger,_l sprang
forward and crushed him under my feet, geroding
him upon' the legged - rock. ins groans of my
iairePtTliieriialltedirtelidifirsille, ) arill to -( 4trnieni
ii-liiiiir6AWOrtatiiirt.4*M-vii#irrialleliV
jalticivOnlidffitiireabitirl4ektied- lino 6:tidi
ness, as I led her away.
__ We were atittoisidati
ibiotAiiiimeM kali 1 110414 i i,•4ltbsteit wa w a,-
iagAitat abaniteeNlimpim hat iaimmibeamoe
insupportable to my wills; and rrtaaredavtay
•
• n n • 1 ' VS . "
. , .41Ai iktifititel
• 10rr,e1
-
P71.11;r1
,
• ,73(1 . if ,5134sWv:T.
In i acenversatiou a day or two since tai ti one,
°Out gallarit rival nificers,he fonynnßimed u te,
me *remarkable incident connected Wilki)r,.WJLt
which -did Vol breath oat between the,ceitillißpAs•
aad Great Britian ou 2 the North EirsteruANWtari •
queetel9t,aieW Y.sts,a•il 3l3 ef You wikifecOrtaiat
atone time, 4 rupture between thek.pro,rnmettiefs.
on the tadiject, was cointidereikiaevit#ebynOuit
many:whom opinions were entitled to cmidera
lion. About sunrise on one firelnorpinz,
at oui navy espied a large ship on the, bprison.
winctialier a.few hours' sailing, proved 44 litsafest
class frigate of the Bluish navy, belonging .- to fins
India squadron. . . „,
By an extramdinarycoincideocc the cadet
of the British vessel had. a lewd:lss previnatlxlmil
ed a.ship, the captain of which iaforped r ybirri that
the Veiled-Stated bad derlarthLwer again* pig.
land on the boundary sect-boa, sig4,ll4lltAppliaskat
a vessel, which the American commanderbailed,
repcirted that England had declared war against the
• United Staten. Sanroltineortsly, and, , ktpurcert
the American and British flap *ere haiated,, and
soon idler the order to :A Prepain for action! doubt
shot theguns !" *as drive on-board each,v4intef.—
In five minutes both were ready to commence lbti
work of death and d es truction.
The . vessels were within—miles of each otheTerni
then commended a trial of seamartibip, of oantkal
skill, each using every artifice and, every Aspedi.
out to get to windwand of the other to a posi
tion that would enable to successtul one ux do , the
other the most inXry by a-s'ingle bwaulaida4oy six
long hour did the two frigates strive in, thia,way,
never were orders given in a clearer voicsmutore
readily i or willingly executed. But it to t rai4-
1/‘ l l O
parent a sailing qualities the AmeriCan
...,war
taped o the British frigate, and, that :m tii,ls.4ter
hid she would acciomplish. what her conimande4
...so skilfully striving to dal. . .
. . . . 4.
he 'r boated ship," Went artiund beautllul aruldir t
ect her course toward the ~ supposed enemy.--
the frigates approached not ajword was spoke
an r even whispered by any of the egiceramtow
Ole ber vessel,. The eyes of all werexptently and
eagerly fixed ow the confounders, 7 1 ,4o r icameg
in hand r occuititfda posiiimSki.igi , APLY,,tliWki
seen by alikl 6ll4l,ll Ca n W4iCa--,11/0# of I n la id IP
heard-by all. Ile limners wetwat theirlpffia r ldie
the matches were twtheir hands i .fdt.,nlttAr to 4,
instantaneously applied. All.wemailent.m,4o
T'° itzei 4 4 s l r * now the Ve s litelel t re' q u i titi c *::*_:trioCor .-:
aer•Afzit s 4 .•*0 !Pt 4' ve .971, laTTVllP,,!!`a
fuirstettse cost:tel t -14e A`monoltri,Rinq'•raro;
OA the tipr o pe 4 to his n t o01:-1 g , 3 Spealittft
gate_ahoy !"., No answer fri t ,* mo ment: 1...** 0
ahoy' 1 .1 kwbil, suiponse. 'c Ballot A szo4l3,
iftzWlP..-*,,hiki-, ; `,` giilf tiPT,'-‘trnlP .r"ll9t t'7. - '4
"isl,N" ins res po nded in !' deep,
.clear,. !cis_
.5'
voict. The g re w ga veiveint t o * ti0),,,0 of tomr poet
_ IR eltnilfinneni , ,: •
j: Mill av 4 ):04.bniii) ,t::,Ba
coa:lf !, ' .. . . _ ,
vrFrigal , e ahoy r" Said th. itiiii,h Coihinaliclaf in
Ma' Ali, iiltallot , ;" 44a:s' Ire 'teilit'OdeV.' A*
nifts:eitrotn
_the nal: ed ' gtafeir tr i'io. " A fAtinfo
Mii A liiied rod's its.. inii4ei. ‘" ittheliti idilact
hOiiod.?" , ' titiavar:a.+'..SintAtarpoodiihnilthen
's;ieril'On itiiiint 7both'frOtei ..D6 - a
-" 'iorlizlo
liiii*e:tiieritiftiheirifuns, e dit wiikailliqiiat-
TWorinirdu, - f,t,Fre r gaßuia sersifAiiiit+
10'tkisiii4iii-not)'—' -hitS•iiii `4E ."' 1:--
*ArojelKcabsiciirOvUtiir -' ' = ' e
kid them' aliefeth
iiiSbleti-'7.rim.: p
iolt ilrtheaVtiaiiiiidA'• ';''' - -- ''. ''' - " j .
, - 7:4: fair dais' mit? '.: cil iiicied Ilaiini, the
A: m encln'tri g ate some tvittiVeltoirra in advance --
*lben*Etliritiisli vessel' gqt out her anchor, she
iAlied t r y tiie Artsi&aniiildthe C6mpriaient way
returned. In the evening the two conieUrieeis
inivektoge,'lber, anti communicated to, each Air
the inaccuracy ottbe intelli g eoce which BIQA ii
ii4,4attoirictiiince, tit4iiii l cifiliiiekt .foldii if
foil itad treali . iineieg,:)4sla thitaiiigicrari.
n4nter; viroulailo , Zelc'tuatrialio - 444;_
lumre,.. -id ,0 4 iii 4 fiv.4o 0 20- 4; .4 .4 4- a4bir
iiist,s, aril p r epat'ed 64 tiiittlMolt. tire4Anstra
tilxi` tcVenWage irifilion: - Wha iiictait ,'•,--.!.
Mint wima,notitat have been'? - Irnitg boar*
av-talito-ctcmliaii. itli
' i e -- ww
i;)
A lPit AV friends monn" - "
.d;i 1 4, . • •(•. t
_a--
abs
oily-way to be pnismaeudy eareliiif kb-be
• balmily hottest.
NzOworEstapier
. A :IN .