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satutbaa morninp, etkiticr 19, 1839.
GIVE. EYERY, DAY
Let Ate give something every day,
kor one another's weal
A word, to make the glootny - gly.
Or the crushed spirit heal ;
A look, that to the heart will speak,
Of him that's pofr and old, -
A tear for her o'er _whose wan cheek
Full many a stream has rolled.
The objects of out lore and care,
In every path we sek—
Auffwhen they ask a simple prayer,
Oh shall ire selfish be,
And tutu away with haughty trust,
As if the God above
Were partial to our pampered dust;
.Cad only:vs did lovel
•
Let us give something every day
To comfort and to cheer !
'ris not for gold alone they pray,
W hose cries fall on the ear ; •
They ask for liinanass. in our speech
-IA tenderness oflcart--
Thai to the innocent soul will reach,
And warmth and life impart.
41'e..441 can give—the poor—the weak,
Ant be an Angel guest;
HWY small a thing-;—to smile—ta speak, -
And make the wretched blest, •
The,e favors let us all bestow,
And seatusitry abroad.
And make the vales of sorrow glow
With4he' sweet startles uf God!
THE SEA FIGHT
II MAIM EK TII
i'ONS7IITCTION AND GUERRIErtn
DT AN OLD TAIL
ilunn " retersoCb Crtnstng in the lest Ml..'
Thi' Rid lii;-;ate Constitillion had been but a little.
'mte the it a fortnight, and though she hail made
~ever i il prizes, and we had seen a sloop of war to
w out i% aid. we had as yet bben unable to discover
•mgle higate of the enemy. I well remember
the mnst eventful morning of the cruise. it was a
sultry fotepoon, mid the very air seemed
too "pre:4lre tolneatlit. .Tiftet a/lip was bowling
alum tinder eaSrsail - . .NCItY . II sea:bird i.kirnmed
:kn.; the waves, and now a fist. leaped . up, glis
temn„; in 114 SUlinhiiie, and splashFrl into the sea
atittil a shower of drops, that shone h i ke.tliamonds,
everynonq on boar) }vas trimly •hauleil Above,
lat :trier fol.' meaurakg
A rou nd the deoks; forward ou the forecastle ; • or
listlessly by the guns were, the crew, all
ttryal tem of inaction, anal eager for some token of
a toe. The officers, too, shared in the general an
eu,,,,e,4, walking the , rmaster deck re:des:sly, and
ti I;.:ervals sweeliing,ffiehoriion with their glasses
Gut heir eagerness' - vies iu vain. The day wore
MI rile inter of noon approached, the sun grew ho:
ter a. tt tOOMileti to the zenith, 'our parched crew
bet•an* rit*tless in the sultry atmosphere, and 3e:
I,t, sign of Ide was visible over the whole bound
te-4 .weep of the horizon.
el had conle'ort deck, aiii was lit:it in,7, abaft the
m,zion mast, leaning listlessly against it, and look
ry Out over the endless swell, when suddenly the
matt at the mast head sang out, ." Sail 0 !" and,•in
to. , lant, as it by magic, es ety man was on his
;cot
Tile effect Was , indescribable. Tlie news spread
kt• p:eiltic tire through the ship, nod the melt
rime limiblitij up the hatehwayd, and cmwd rug to
•ilea watt an ever curiosity, that could eat be
s,:,airied h, an instant the trigate was alive with,
`' 1 "1 , Tire pthen leaped s io their
came
the
-io.A.er, rubbed their eyes sand camer ont ;• white
roe link-outs .farted, held their hands above their
eves ; and peered over the horizon to detectthe sail
The (.11it'er of the deck partook of 'the excitement
lJ•apinu upon a gun, and hailing the mast head, he
vieedereil forth--
Wheraway—how 'does she bear!"
'' Dead to leeward,•• bearing .east by south and
eau, .ir," was the reply.
‘. Boatswain !" shouted the lieutenant, not suffer
instant to elapse, "call all hands to make
e , all ;Ater the chest.."
'• Ay, ay; sir," - sang the officer, with equal : Mac
ity ; and directly his vrhistie screamed at the hatch
. ways ; his shrill summons ; " all hands make sail !
—alloy rang through the s4fipoand in a space of
bite almost incredible, the old frigate had come
rum!, tilled eker the Stranger, and was dashing
along, with a velocity that partook of this impa.
hence of her excited crew. •
on the quarter Jeck the iuterest was unusually
deep. The officers, to a man, longed for the.con
teAt, and burned to maintain the honor of our flag,
4 proving it equal to the boasted one of Britain.=
The chase which they had lately taper . ..lei/cal from
*he squadron,made them the more eager to meet
of their antagonists alone; and now as the
.ttatige sail to leeward slowly rose on the hotiam,
` ll " l "irFfT4 2 o°l IPP - glant Idd") and WO ninvol
4.4 irceseivelyturlyieir, they were slot without 4lopeis
that Melt ardent wishes were on the paint of being
gratified. crowaing loge Cher in knob., they dis
cussed theehanees of a foe, and by turns rerutiniz
ett the distant sot with their glasses. &eye', how-
ever, all was suspense. In vain...they hailed the
top, or even ascended atoft,--notising could be seen
'but the long roll of waves against the horizon, the
Jim faint...speck/jest marked upon the distant sky,
and the White foams, from whish iiarasticarcely dis-
Ittigutshable, flashing in the fat oil sunshine. It
Was now six hells.
" Stittatep !!' hailed , the Cetrenotions • himself,
can you make ont the stranger yet!"
•' Ay, so," answered the man ; " she jnat•begius
u> show herself, and seems to be a ship, einem
hauled, on - the startle - sal lack, bat ender easy
*ad.'
" Tiieu , .r...sittensen, she's to toady, of ehe
would never rue info our jaws."
! but," suggested the officer
,bf the deck,
In a flien f lly gle F ejjaptansi."
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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E.,0'111 - EASA GOODRICH.
For the ne
.you might al
t half hour, so noiseless was the ship,
oat have heard the ticking of a Watch.
The whole - were gazing at the rlistant sad,
everything el in the excitement , seemed forma
ten,..and even theneceseary orders were eiecuted
in silent rapid ty. Al the end of that interval the
suspense was erminamil by the announcement that
The crew at t ce, gave vent to their feelings in a
hearty cheer; . bile the old frigate, as if catching
the enthusias , bowed before a sodden gust ot
ward. and the, dashed with renewed velocity after
her antagonist.
the strang,er's character were now
we soon saw that she carried an
,if not superior to our own. The
'All doubt• o
at an end ; an
armament eq
red field of Brii
over all the won
her dark hull,
and snowy c
which had made
Besides all this,
and ilad learned
ciblel.• To oppo
hands with maul
aA n which fort
in the Cliespe
the forelxid ings
tented oar board,l
ain, which had proved victorious
Id; was flaunting, from her guff ; and
frowning broadside; neat hamper,
Irsvatis; betokened that discipline
England the terror of the seas.—
her
crew were confident ot success,
to look upon theMselves as invin
them, we had nothing, but taw
, ly a month's discipline, and bore
r years before had been lowered
ke without firing a shot. Though
goer countrymen were not enter
yet there was enough of distrust
vent to make ruccess a problem.
It, indomitable patriotism, a deep :
r the honor of our flag, and a dar
ing courage, al m tebivalric amongst our officers,
which we relied ato carry us on to victory. You
may well suppos , therefore, it was with mingled
feelings of'doubt ad determination that we saw
the enemy,, wh use had run within a league of
him, lay his ma.i -top-sail back, fires challenge to
windward, and ‘ ait for us to approach. But our
gallent Commad e did not hesitate an instant ;
" Let the top g {lent sails be 'furled," he thun
dered, as he . saw the boasting manceuvre, "stow
the light May sail4.aud the flying jib—menses, my
men, merrily r ,
."
Aye, aye, sir," shouted the eager crew, as they
sprang to their ditty.
For an iustant hothing, was heard but the tramp
ingl of feet, and di ii the ship slowly lost headway,
and moved more eisurely.toward her toe.
..
-• We were now caring the enemy, and saw that,
as he had no inte lion to escape, -we should soon
'be within reach o L his guns. The officer of ttre
deck, iti his elear Id voice, now shouted forth—
" rake a aeoutuf met M . the - tepsails." -
a
." Ay, ay, sir,"as the n.trer.
" Send down t h royal yards," and they came
down by the run 41 the deck.
"`haul up the c arses ," agaiii lie thundered, and
the huge tower sai ii, rising slowly from the deck,
eliseJosed in full sight the enemy upon our lee-bow,
with his main-to sail'istilt aback, and his long
.
I marls pitcliiii,g aga nst the horizon, as he lose and
sank on the sareff. l • ?.
"Clear to actioo," shouted the Commodore, as
is eyes tell on the British jack.
i•
in our tintrieJ •
But we hail a hi•
feirent feeling, f
Fur a few minutes all was conluaion. The butk•
heads were knocked down, the funtitute was 140.0•••
etr aWay, everyitain; was put in fiAting trim, and
then again we rely sect into die usual orderly quiet
of a well diaciplined man of war. The officer te
ported the mate . of the Atip, and the gallant Corn
epodote af once sang Out the wished-far-command
to beat to quarters.
Fto intense had theelciiemen t by this lime grown
and so laigely did die crew participate in the spir
it of their leader, thit the rdrum had ecareely tap
ped its stirring bIIMIIORS before every man wits at
his past, and fur a ley" minutes, amid A Leath-tike
silence, we moved slowly and steadily on in the
direction of Our toe.
I never: spent an I interval so exciting as that
which now ensued. 1 1 Every man on board of either
ship knew that the day's t work would ring through
every hill and tralleyi, of , Etrope and America--
and as he thought-finis large 'a space it would fill
in the world's histnri o he nerved his arm to a Bet
cer strcrale for victor'''. My station near the cab :
in commanded a view of the whole gun-deck, and
looked out also direct;
y towards the frigate,. The
enemy was now wit in long shot, and hip men
were already diringutiihable •as they moved back
ward and forward to their duty. But -few of his
sails were set, and sal he rolled uneasily upon a
heavy swell, hir longl i yards dipped towards . the
liorizon, and his top sail whipped and - flapped in
the wind. Not a ship! was visible on the whole
Vast boundary of the ocean. - Ever!' the heavens
' above seemed &sinew of clouds. The breeze,
too, suddenly died away in a mournful sound, and
then tising main, sigh sadly dirongh the ri gg ing.
A hushed, ominous sikence pervaded the vast es.
pause.. 11 was the.silence that precedcs the worm,
—and though men help their breath, it was only in
that deep suspense w hich even the boldest feels 1
upon the eve of battle.i As for me, '1 will not des.
cribe my sensations. * thousand various feelings
chased each. ether tlin+gh my bosom, and thik - 411
I longed - to phinge l imol the excitement . of martial
strife, 1 could not but leet awed, when I remember.
many hearts th' t now b
it
ed briar at high would soon
be stilled in l death, and how many eyes that flash
ed de fi ance would, at tinsel, be quenched forever
.
" H 112.7.6 ! there g,geh his ensigns," shouted the
captain of a gun besid me, a Marblehead man
who bad fought.at Triphli, mid whose daring had
i nvade
. him celebrateilherever he bad served,
, lie's opening liis fire oo I t" and as he spoke a
- abut was heard crash i g among' oar spars over
head. -
o lir
. "Gentlemen," said na
r comaudin., officer to
his deputies in charge of he various divi-ioni, • 'there
is to be no fi ring lentil order. is given fqr a gen
eral ischarge, 7 -stand your guns, my men," he
shouted in louderietie as a broadside Berne tear
ing air us, scatterin hs metrengers - hr. death
along the eck, Ind lay .. g a poor tallow bleeding
at th e lie tenant's feet, ' stand to your guns, and
remembe your country but no firing 7 no firing!'.'
Pie aim of ale Vogl .' . oic_ATP Iv MP. IV .iiii
, • -r-7
olcautrams.toir Inurinntrnois !toll Jar AivAazsa."
batteries until close epos his foe. Yet it wage gal
ling order-tor an ittipatient crew. We were now
under the gunk of a confident enemy, whose tire
was beginning to tell fearfully upon us, so that our
brave tars were being, shuktlowumuesisting at their
poste, $t nothingbearkened oer readiness in en
gage except the alacrity with Whicit are 'hate to
prevent being raked, and the occasional discharge
of a gun as it happened to bear ape the foe. I
have often wondered since mar• enthusiastic seamen
bine it as they did. They -squinted through • the
ports, patted their. favorite piece:, impatiently, or
half muuered a sailor's eath at their orders; but not
a man auemptel to disobey the. quarter deck ---
Meantime the broaibides of the foe poured in upon
us, thinning our guns, ripping our timbers, cutting
away our hamper, and strewing our decks with the
wounded. Still no eider came to return the fire.—
Bet as some poor kllow was carried bleeding from
his gun, you 'could see by the flashing eye and
compressed lip of his comrades that this galling res-
MIMI was , only stinging them to a mote terrible ret
ribution. We were already waiting breathlessly to
engage, when the enemy yrwned, bore op„andriet
oil with the wind upon his quarter.
So unusual a manoeuvre, when we had scarcely
fired a shm, led us at first to surqxrse it was inten
ded as a stratagem to lore us alinq,slife, and that
they had attributed our silence to tear. so
,they
were bitterly mistaken. -
" Yard, arm and yard arm !" thendered our 91):
I sin, in quick succession, hastening to himself
of the bravado, " away there and set toplallant
sail and foresail—stand to your guns, my men—
quarter-master, lay her alongside 1" ,
" Ay, ay sir!" growled the old sea-lion, as he
squinted at the enemy, and whirled around his
w heel.
The fue was now drawing on ahead under easy
canvass, and as coon as our adititirmal sails' had
been act, we dashed upon him. Hut that ten min
utes of suspense seemed drawn out into an age. A
death-litre silence pervaded the- ship. The Ating
had ceased on both sides, and the smoke curling
away from the prospect, discovered our enemy
ahead making ready fin a desperate fight. The cri
sis was at hand. Along the whole trastdecaltlcre
me, with itahundredsofeager hearts, nothingdould
be heard lout the deep breathing of the men, and
the oecasional s ereaking of a gun. All else aas as
silent as the tomb. We were now up to the ens
mylvistern. lii an instant our bows doubled on his
quarter. Wecontil ivitp ease have thrown . a bis
cuit on his deciL Mist as ow ifirweid gun s began
to bear, the Commodore thundered forth, " Firm . ;
Before the word had died upon the air, the whole
stile of our ship was like a sheet of lightning; a
roar followed that made her shiver to the rucks;
and drawing slowly ahead along the frigate's side,
we poured in an unrentittinglire from stem tostern,
t that ' °low Wore terrible as we advanced, almost
deafening to our ears, and wrapping everything
atoruld in clouds of thick white sulphurous smoke.
1
For ten minutes there was no cessation. Curt fol.
lowed gun in quick succession, each piece being
loaded and fired with the silence el death and the
irapidity of magic. The roar of the cannon, the
blaze of the tire, the crashing of timbers, the groans
lof the_ wounded, and the quick, sharp shriek of
ticket, added to die terrible . confusion of the scene.
i Not a word was spoken except a hen necessary.-
1 Etch man worked as if victory depended upon
himself, and with a rigid resolution on his face that
foretold a bloody conflict
. "There goes the mizen mast of the car mint,"
cried the captain of the gun beside me, wiping his
begrimed face with his hand, as the smoke blew
suddenly away and discovered the mast fumbling
headlong over.the.quarter of the foe. •
" Poor it now," showed the lieutenant, "and
he'll soon be atone mercy."
The men jerked out their gnus like play-things,
sent another broattsidecrashing into the euerals
hull, and were alneatly cheering for their v,rtory,
when suddenly we found that we hail-surged ahead,
and that our enemy was lying behind our guns.—
Lulling short across ins bows to pass down his other
side, we unhappily shot into the wind, got stern
way, and were instantly foul-ol oar foe, his forward
guns jamming against our 'quarter, and exploilieg
not ten feet from us. The tide of battle was turn
ed.
Hurra!" shouted the enituty's crew, Fermi v
ing their'advintryo, and working' their guns with
murderous rapidity, "blow the cursed Yankois ou t
of water—huua fur etalaigland—huzza!"
"Roil her out, boys,"' maned the undaunted cap
tain of the gun beside me, endeavoriog to bring his
piece to bear, "give it to them muzzle for muzzle
—hurrah tor old Marblehead:" •
"Shoot the internal yankee don's 1 4 shouted the
English seamen, and, at the instant, their whole
forward armanent exploded at Once, tearing up our
sides, dismounting OUT pieces, mowing oar :, , allairt
fellows down like grass, and tilliigour cabin' will
fire and smoke. One poor fellow beside me clutch
ed his ramrod, reeled, and with a taint cry, felt
back dead. Another the captain of a gun, though
one of his legs was shattered with a chain-shot,
grasped the lock of his gun, leaned for support
against the side, and true to his ship to the last,
hied his piece, waved his hand on high, tittered a
tremulous baize, and htltdown ou the aria. 1 ran
to him. and lifted him partly up.
"It's all over with me sir," said be, they're
shot away my lower timbers"—and as I offered tp
have him taken below, be added, "it's no use—
my log's up—no doctor can belime."
" Oh_! yes," said 1 1 / 4 1 - cheer up my old brave,
you'll fight many a battle yet, and Witt them, too."
"Its no use shipmates," he gasped, as one or
two of his crew added their .entreaties In mine,
"titt an—old. mother—in Marblehead--;
you'll—prize Money," and unable to proceed, the
imillnitt old follow looliod - np with his gluey eyes
&taps it ingkiest his shipmatesshould not bare un
derstood him.
i!What's thstr' sail he faiutly,after a marlaag's
Paine ill , hit .. ••'• - 1 • •
ran through th e ship, m aki ngg her quiver in every
':timber. She had mbbed•against her km,
wThey've boarded her," shouteda seaman, dm&
ing down the hatchway, and running, all, "the ene
my has struck,' and at the same instant a roar of
cheers was heard above us, rising over-all the din
of battle.
"Struck!" said the dying man, his' glassy eyes
gleaming with a reoeseittary fire as by raised Uni
on, upon one arm, " struck -1 liDOlif . at we conquer
—hum' for old bilartlettead—buz-ita-a"—and,
with a quick jerk lie'felilifeless upon the deck.
But it was no time to mount the dead. Instead
or having overcome the foe, as the excited fore- 1
mast man conjectured ; oar attempt to board which
had called forth such continuous Maims, had been
frustrated by the violence of the' swell, and we
were still at the mercy of our enemy, who was
pouring in from bis ferward guns a terrible fire.—
It bad been but a moment that I knelt by the Sy
trig tar, yet iu.thartime_ hall the men - around me
bad been driven from their guns, and as taunted
to my feet the dock beneath me was slippery with
blood, while the thick smoke from the cabin puff
ed into my face, and I became aware of the dread
ful fact that the frigate was on fire. b bad scarcely
time to advance a stepi before Lieutenant Hain
mond dashed tint of the smoke, black, grimed, and
almost choked shoinin?—
"Firemen away—quick these and follow me,"
aitiLin all instant with a bucket, he disappeared
again in the smoke.
AU was now contusion. The boldest quailed,
and some ran wilal from their guns. A landsman
beeideff honor-struck with fear, started from his
pace, ear tainting—
" The magazine—the m vaeirie!"
"Stand back'," I shouted, as he rushed past me,
"stand back, in God's name," and l as he paused ir
resolutely, l added, drawings pistol from my belt.
"I'll shoot any man that leatri?t his gun—back to
your station, back," and be Plol* to it
"More Water," shouted Hammond, re-appearing
for an instant.
"Ay, ay—pass it on."
I know not hew far the panic might hasp spread
with a less enthusiastic crew. The danger was
indeed, eminent, as the limbers were, dry aud the
flames increased with-feartof rapidity, The cabin
was already full of smote, hot, selphowess, and
suffocating,. It was with die greatest difficulty the
firemen maintained their stations, for the enemy
stilt kept op hirstareghteeinglimyand added to the
intensity of the conflagration by the s.lo4eneiv , of
hiT.esplosions. Yet though the flamesstill spread,
threatening, if not speedily suppressed, to blow us
up, scarce a man flinched from his gun. They on
ly writhed with the rapidity of despair. The Are.
men, too, felt, that all hung on their efforts; and
despite their dangerously exposed situation, acted
with-the greatest coolness. Their gigantic tier
lions were at last crowned success, and the joyful
intelligence was spread through the ship, that the
fire was nut roily extinguished, but that the most
dangerous piece of the enemy had been disabled.
1 1 Almon at the same instant the vessel cea.sed-rtrb
bing, our sails filled, we shot once more ahead,
and then re-passed down the enemy's side. .
"hurrah !—the day's pros," now shouted the
men, "pour it into 'em--Iturreh for old Ironsides,
hnrrah."
If our first cannonade had been terrific, this was
tenfold more so. Our crew stimulated by their
last disaster, were now fired with the wildest en
thusiasm. From man tomani and gun to gun the
excitement ran, and while each cheered the other
on, a roar burst fig,h - from our sides, that made the
frigate reel till her yard arms almost touched the
water. The whole side was wrNiped in fire. Our
cannon belched forth ruin like a volcano. It was
a terrific scene.. The thick smode at idtervtls hid
everything from the s ig ht; but amid the roar of the,
guns, the crash of timbem, and the shouts of our
crew, we could tell by the wild and awful screams
of the fireman, how the work of death was ring
on. Oh! bitterly wal the enemy suffering for his
premature boasts. Ever and anon, however; the
flames burst through the smoky canopy, flinging
their ruddy glare on the tans hamper and shatter
ed hull of our foe, and lighting up the blood red
(valets beneath, covered as they wore with (rag.
meets of spars, and strewed wi'h the (lying, and the
dead. When at last we rotted wheal upon a wave,
and a gust partialty swept' aside the mnrkey veil,
we beheld our late gay antagonist, wallowing in
the trough a helpless wreck, her grins deserted,
her masts shut away, and her hull riddled like a
target. One moment our crew paused, gazed si
lently upon it, and then as one man, they burst in
to a shoot The vaunter! infallibility of the rrd
crass had been tested, and the stars ol the despised
tepublic had proved victorious. We 'left that it
would ring through Europe and America, and form
an epnch in the hi..tory of the world. It was no
unmanly exultation grea t a fallen foe, haulm deep
fervent gash of pan-iota, feeling. Officers and all
joined in it. The Commodore akin was *dad
But when his lieutenants Went orvto congratulate
him, his emotions would not suffer him to speak.
It was an. instant of wild excitement and inuorti-
gated joy.
We soon haute,: aboard our tacks, ran oll'a few ca
boles' length, secured our masts, new love our rigg
ing, and alter an hour's labor, wore • round, taking
up a raking position, in force the enemy to • haul
down the flag, illicit he still kept doggedly flying
from the slump of the mizzen mast. No sooner
was our intention perceived, Weever, than:the red
field of Britain sank humbled to the deck, Benda
fire TM:antes we trod •the deck of the Gnerriere.
Well, we staid with her that night. Bet finding
her too much riddled to carayiuto pod, Wesel fire
to her the next day, and in fifteen minutes she blew
up. With our prisoners On board, ul : made sail
lot Boston. Yun remember that -we were hardly
credited when we fiat told of our conquest. Men
stared in wonder to Wier that atrAmerican frigate,
which a tear months AA:fora -4 bid 'peed vatted an
ofS"r
pOwer one of the finest ships in the navy of bir
Britannic Slajestx; and vrtteii the fia4 was no lon
ger doubtful, the whole. nation ran into itie other
extreme, became frantic with exultation, and al
most worshipped us as something little short
Tux Panciuom or Costrowr.—ht the fuel period
of occupation of England by mankind, there Is no
doubt as-the flesh of animals served for food, PO •
their sting served for clothes. They hail no wool
len fab'r'ics to rise for such 4, purpose : they. 6d
neither manufactures al their own{ nor money. nor
other articles of barter, to exchange fur the clothing
materials made by the nations of the coatiueut, who
were more alvaneed in knowle4, , e and comfort
Woollen clothes, (first in England in 1191) and
three of flax, were the early prelims of ailveniiing.
knowledge and eivilizatiou.• • Those of silk were
not made in England, until about the yeas 1540.--
Shoes Were not produced. at 'the .present fashion.
until 1633. As to:furniture, the ,early inhabitants
of Ertglandemployed leaves and dried grass for
beds ; logs of wood or stone* served-the oftice.at
chairs and tables; the rsanli was theirfloor: :it was
only, blit•rtarlreal degrees -that benches' and- other
•
rowed seats.wereeseil, The floor-.was at length
garnished with rashes and straw, mixed with sweet
Iscented hay or flowers. Another long its'erval
etipsed before--abant 1750—carpets weie:made In
England. The beds on Which Our ancestors slept
were often made of strove; even the kings beds
were made of it, to the year 1235.
A Won) IN Toro Mut, Mu. floostowts,.--The'
follow nig excellent article on.newspaper Ixatowing,
we clip from the Reading Ga;dte:
"Is this paper you are now. reading, your own ?
.Ih—you just &arrantf it for a few moments from
ynu neighbor I Just so. But ilo. you ''always go.
to your neighbor for a loaf of bread—a coat—a hat
—or a shirt T No, you answer, that's quite a dif
ferent thing. Different, indeed ! now so ? Your
neighbor's paper, is as much his private property,
as any of the articles we have oreptioued. You
rli ,
do not-ask to borrow them, for you know he w Id
tell you to:go, and buy for yourself. And, if id
hipself and the printer justice, he would tel you
to buy a newspaperfor yourself, too. •
No man bas a right to the use of a newspaper
unless he pays for it, any more thiswathasa rigid
to wear his neighbor's clothest r or eat his breati..-7
Put that in your pipe, smoke it well, anti then
make np your mind to aubscitbe for a paper, if
you think it worth reading.
THE UPAS Trice —A correspondent, of the New
York rust, writing from Borneo, .gives the follow-
Mg, account of the I:pas vet.,
Below Bruni is a real rpas tree : it is spoken of in
Reppers work f send you a twig. 10 is a mag
nificent tree, about two tees or more in diameter,
and rising suty feet witlutut a branch, there it spreads
with a dense green foliap. The trunk is smooth
and of a dirty silvery cater. . Upon woonding, it, a
milky socrltial exudes rapidly. l collected some
tar our oaths:let t This is mixed with other item*,
and used as a:poison fur arrows. Except when ta.
ken internally, or thrown ipto the circulation through
a wound is perfectly hamdess. If it were not so, I
should sutler, for you know how suseeptible I amt
to vegetate poisons. I tried to get enough for a
cane for you but could not. The only way we ob
tained the leaves was by shoutingour guns into the
branches. The leaves, however, are some euriosi
y, for I doubt it there are any others in the United
States,
I.SINUMIU OIgtONIMY OF A Toln.-;;AS some ship.
w*hts were engaged in opening the brig, Brilliant
of Workingham, lying in the Bute Docks, Cardiff,
one of them had .occasion to 'tyke a chip off' one
of her quarter timbers, when to his astonishment
he saw a hole iii it. After some further examina
tion of the part and probing it, an immenfie toad
was taken out.
.The animal no bein`g handed
ashore and placed in the sun, hopped about apps
rently delighted with its Itheistical from its oaken
cell, and iiirrodußion to light 'and ho ti. The cc--
set is 22 years old, and the toltd must have been
in the tree whilst growiug. This piece of limber
was traversed in almost every direction but atrativ
to say, Mons. Crapeau escaped unhurt, althintah
such. a dangenms fotafity, lifter tin one knows how
long or how Mich knocking
. abrint shine and toss.
log about al sea, for more than twenty yews, n
and from various parts of the world.
FINE gentleman exhibited to us
yesterday several really beautiful speeiniens of
!the Tose gold, the 'largest piece of ilueh weighed
or seventy-two ounces,. win. R was
entirely. flee from quartz, or intermixture of any
base
,stiltances. In length it would mealque
about seven inches from nue extreme to the other,
and in breadth rt was adjudged to be, at the widest
part, fore inches,. the whole irregular h: shape, and
of the usual dull amt vulgar appearane. Thg,bwn
er had with him over two thousarid i rtAo4rs in gold
Warps, the smallest of which, would eat weigltie‘s
than six pennyweights: the largest might eseeed
twelve ounces-. Alta Californian.
WSIIT E CROW —A gentleman of this city reccro-;
ly captured a crow which we hail she pleasure at
seeing yesterday, fie was shot in ward six. and
is of course, a city crow " fot ho is perfectly
white in every Feather. lu shape anal voice awl
habit,. he is as much like a common crow a; en Al.
Woo is like an African, and we' think that disciple
of Barnum who has.aharge of the white. boys re
eently ou exhibition here, ought so.have the: bird as
an appropriate aocompaniinent to his entertaiumei*
—.turista Age
robtutrecientryman'meetieg gi.ripicjiit; tan'
to hide IcAthiqd a wait ; being askeil die cause he
replied
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kututun with in matchless treasures.,
Cometlvies° Christian, hcarta,,
Witte i - ietylui .fnere traititia
Whieb,no tither time iinparl.4
Uomeib is its vides'. herveat,
In ite (cults sitoicia ago (pit,
in its beams CT And comincli
Durstitigfresily WoiU itstik. •
In bright hues of gorgeous beauty,
Now the forests meet the eye. .
At/ the eitrYy frost* of Minima,
Touche* Fightl . 4 passing by; •
As the North the peuetk
Taken from the glbrions sk ies.r
retaking on the'Mountain leaflet,
Thome unrivalled- rain'aow dyes N
Here le yellow crested Autumn.
With its fieldg of 'waving grain.
And the reapers with their sickles,
They areliatheciug,agaiwk
It-ith the sower and the reaper.,
Now uplift - a thatilt Cul yoke -
.Man ijl tears so often soweile.
Hut m reaping all rekita 7. o r•
if ere 414 i, A ma inn's-Indiaa Summer.
W ab, it** anis osplitere scree,. •
Whose, wild liar,. noir' the la Vec a Pes.
tends enchantment to the sceac;
is sow abohniffies.
Few the garter boar bas. cot.
Aad the Gelds with mirth are staging,.
Tv the ioyfal harvest honk. •
•Thuse who is bright faith esduring,
Wks is utunan's utellow.hour,
Ilisittfq . nieetion a/Specie forams.
With the Cheistiat nobrest tiower.
Kinser that ass stakitrik not in-glory k
glory tans} o(
Si that he faithfully pi:keit%
Eitcry time that he may talk
Oh! that ;mum Wtlttiti Pm% kilm , let•4 ll / 4
Prom the autumn's touch tug truth,
Learning that the crop'he reapeth, '
Jrs the SOWIIIgS of his youth
'That this life is but the seed time,
--klittedisOn weccfn (kit 4tast given.- • -
That his sowingx might prepare h isa•
bar the garner in the iieaVenes
Masons os Hemsx S rcata tcca LN Imes —Thews
is a ferocious tribe of natives inhabiting • Gionsos,
in Bengal, called Kbonds. The earth-gothres•,oue
among the mishituile they a orship, ems be. prOPlik
tiated,us they -belteve,unly by bateau flesh mei
blood. Tha,miserable victims awe parthased.oa
faire pretences. or kidnapped from. the _poorer cies. .
sew of flindkies, in the low country,. These, WI
often children, great numbers. of armanamehePl
hand in reserve, as they-shall ho wafted.-.At the
time appointed for the sacrifice ; the victim is bound
to a slake; and after scene's of most revottiag dratth -
en and obscene introdaMesY services,-at an %Well
sigt l die bones, are buttes, aka *hick the
pi - nous crowd tree ht with maddetii►g fiery span
the sacrißce, wildly exclaiming, " IVu bought you
with a pike, and nu sin rests vas us." They then
cut his flesh in pieces from the bones. Thus the
''horrid rite is consummated. gielt wan then bears
away his bloody shreds to his field, leaving
. thern
there as an acceptable offering in favor of their, fer
tility, to the bloody goddess. The British govern
meta ha‘ acted with great energy against this &vei
nal custom. In January, 1E49, their agent, liy an
aimed force; rescued one hundred and six of those
devoted victims. A great sacrifice had been de
tertniueLl anticipation of his coming ; bet he
appeared among them soddenly, twelve days be,.
fore the appointed time, surd . stayed the bloody •
wt TVs year a young British offices by *lb
name of Frye, has rescued two hundred and, Otte
ty-three of these victims. • Some of these rescued
victims have received a Chan:lain educialioa in the
schools of the English. Baptist Mission, at Orissa,
and promise great usefuleess to their benighted
countrymen.
' Look tir•—A hole boy went to sea with his fa-,
then, to be a sailor. Clue. tlaz hi 3 I.uht!T said to
" Come, my hey, you will never.leam to his it
sailor ii you deal learntoclimh; let me seeli you
can get up the mast."
The boy, who was a nimble little fellow, soon
scrambled up ; but . when he got to the tap, and Law
t‘ hat a height he was, he began to be frightened
and called out
" Oh,
,faihmi I shall hill ; am SUM I . shall fall ;
ani I in (In P
" Look up, look op, my boy," mill 'via f i l i ther,
")(you look down you will be giddy ; 6ut it you
keep looking up at the
.1146.„ `V the tap of the tvnksk,
yuti will iiii‘centi safely,"
. The boy tollnreil his lath'eei ads ice and reach
ed the botun i n with Poe. Learn horn this
story 'la look more to Jesus aut.] lkss to yourselires
-CA;iaiun Trov.
Tor. Tsr - vr.va:—There is not a being that mciees -
on the habitable globes more degraded or mare
contemptible Than a tattler: Vicious principles,
want of honesty, servile vheaaness; despicable in
sidiousness, from his character. Has he wit P . In
attempting to display it tie makes himself fool
Has he fi lend. ? By usilieAtatingly disclosing Their
secrets, lie will make {heal his most bitter enemies..
By telling all he knowsi . he will soon tbscovEt4 to
the world that he knows but little. Does he wiry
in individual? His toniztuv, (initial with r,146,0,4 1 ,
defames his character. Nes he col'it The faih:aof
any one l He a•temp:s to gain. i' by slainhia l ing
others. His approach is feared-66 , 5' pentou. bege.ti
—his comfianynnsought— anti his sentilite4. dear
pitied as emanating from a heart frnithill4lb gage.
teeming with izitquity, l o aded with tassy, .oinalicak
and revenge.
lac:Emote Dtrcsce.—A man wail Wed for steal
ing a cent!, and after thelierhad bren fully pnwe4,
the it'd:go &lied on 'biro for his deems; *tea the
prigermilwx-addrea.ed the coen;—"My iW the
ptissenicif sal/ %tide bad ways was in forelotivee,
tieing ihnii4naked, and, be amid, "i would- alibi s *
you, tl finit coat of blanket you can Rai bella 0 .4 to
Ifiroar it'aboat your shouldelar I did ea tor• lord,
'end • 1
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AUTUMN.