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XJi-i-.-Uy Sloruing, May 14, 1863.
V^ottrn.
IMPERISHABLE.
r • '0 tAebright,the beautiful,
our hearts iu youth,
i-i .i wordless prayer,
Tlu- ditauis of love and truth. #
•;... h after something lost,
iiie spirit's yearning cry ;
The stritiuga after better hopes.
These things can never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid,
A brother iu his need,
The kindly word in griefs dark hour,
That proves the friend indeed.
The 'ilea for mercy, softly breathed.
When justice threatens high
The sorrow of a contrite heart,
These things shall never die.
The memory of a clasping hand,
The pressure of a kiss,
\r.d all the triilcs, sweet and frail,
That make up love's first bliss.
I; i,-.it: a ira: unchanging faith,
And : !y trust and high
. : iiids have clasped, those !ip have met,
"" ti'i'o'N ii.tii never die
i. ' v " • • . ni;-.:tiiy,
W •- • '.l it n- v. i tell.
• teal hi is tin heart,
. >!'.. ivOpt.
. re: l.aud
• t oiv,
- • • thee,
" s.
' 1 "T
An/:rnr-d d< -•■••ir stalk liko crinnts!
through the camp of the Israelites. The fiery |
serpents ! >ve ouuio among thetn, and many of
the iiiiit'inuriiig Hebrews now lio cold and life
less. Moses has been petitioned to intercede
with that Great IL-ing whom they have of
fended : but will his intercessions avail ? Is
not tHrtl iti [ilsout to doom thorn ad iodeatu;
..'on reign triumphant.
Ih-hoi , tie • y- ig girl who rushed from a
tint nen.r io. : grief and horror in her look,
in r I n .. hair dross disordered : —scarcely have
the folds of the entrance closed behind her,
v- hen on- • -f the in-Anments of death wings its
,v 11. 5 . art! irer. Oh, sUo is young and itt
nisftsi! May she not be spared ?
in her tender Hash tun fiorv lnng ?
[l'ur.ged ; hern down by pain r.nd fright. she
risks swooning on the gronnd. While she thus
lies, another form is soon slowly aj pi oaching ; ;
this, tn i, is a woman, young and beautiful, hat j
trith depths of gloom in her dark eyes. Site
sees her friend prostrate before her,ami though i
'me. '• sciV. so-, ks to Indp Ikr. With nn-!
certain steps she draws hear the spot : the j
i! - iv v■ i ns is in her veins, and the thicken- j
ii-H hloo . bib e'.'. heavily through her oppress
ed hikl struggling heart as she stoops to raise
the unconscious girl. The poor sufferer, wak
ing once more to pain and anguish, looks wild
ly around her.
' " A!i, Milctih," she cries with a sob, as she
reeogniz •* the face bending over her, '* I am
bitten hy oue of the sorpeuts of God's anger.
tMi, save me, caus't thou not save me, dear
Milcah ?"
She moans and pauis as the poison creeps
through her quiverieg form. On Mihum the
▼irus lias progressed farther in its work—the
death-ike pallor of her face,the swelling limbs,
the fr •><.-;' gra'ing for breath, show that
too !y 1 nth draw near ; turning on Tir
tah her eyes, darkening beneath the shadow of
death, .he murmurs in hollow tones :
" God's wrath falls heavily upon us. Tir
zth, for tbeo I eou'.d weep ; for myself I have
no tears, bitter is my heart ; Jehovah is a
fearful God who has led Ilis people from the
pleasant land of Egypt, to suffer famine and
thirst, aud a death of agony in the wilder
ness."
But Tirzah, lifting her head from her com
panion's knee against which it rests, replies in
gentle, trembling tones :
" Milcah, beloved; speak not in these words,
they aro displeasing to our God. Ho now
"oiiy punishes the sins of Ilis people ; bow
*>iten iiiive murinurs and rebellion been the re
turns lot- the mercies bestowed upon us, the
niraeh-s wrought iu our favor. The land of
Egypt, v.'os to us the land of oppression, and
•'•ln ti,p Lord in his might and power brought
fro y the way of the Red Sea —"
W th a cry of despair Milcah interrupts her.
" Wv on lie :.o;:r v.leu I passed through the
'•liters of death that closed on the one dear to
?a )' wil } vV'oc on the hour when Miriam's
60 "g of triumph sounded in mine beloved, or
-hut 1 h:i j tarried in the pathway between the
"•igl'.ty waters, until he came among the hosts
' li,-yi)ti;<tis : thou wo would have been
■ r beneath the waves. Lut my
f-it r erei. an i unrelenting, forced me on —
no -v • lies berried in the wilderness, and for
!:i "' nnnght is left but to curse."
" Hold, Milcah 1 Let not thy Bps utter j
s of blasphemy. Oh, may the Lord ;
a thy heart. If wo must die, and I u',
'at:st, let us submit, bearing our sorrows ;
with patience : we have received that which j
1 good from the hand of GOD ; shall we not j
uiso take evil "
"1 ui iuvl3 toward- the meek and gentle
mealier, her haughty aud queen-iike lace pale
*itii agony ; sullen gloomy and despair sit in
•' ryes and r upon her lips " Submit."
IhE Rtt A TI TI "R PiPOR
-M. A.L J A Ml 3' Aw./ jIL M~y JL V/ 11 i jj H F §Hvl J 1 \/ _m_ wJL
sho echoes, " submit ! aye, so Moses bids us
do. Let those bend who will ; forme, I say,
let the day perish wherein 1 tvas born,dot that
day—"
Her voice fails her ; tho thickening blood j
can scarce be forced through the burning arte- !
rios by the stiffening heart ; sinking oa the '.
ground, she draws her mantle around her, j
shrouding her taco. Tirzah, rising with a cry |
of grief, strives to draw aside the robe. At
this moment a shout is heard pealing over the
camp : it is the ucc *nts of joy and thanksgiv
ing. Milcah in her bitterness and desolation
hoars it not ; Tirzah hears, but with her anx
ious eyes bent upon her friend, looks not for
the cause. An aged Israelite approaches them
as his feeble limbs permit.
" Look, my children," he cries, "in Ilis mer
iy Gon has given as a cure 1 Ilehold the braz
en serpent, which Moses has raised on high
by the command of the Mighty Ono of Israel;
turn your eyes upon it with faith, and you
will be healed."
Dost thou hear, Milcah ?" exclaims Tirzah.
" Oh, uncover thy face; look ou that which
through the power of the Lord, will restore
theo."
Ir. hollow tones Milcah replied : " I have
no fAith in the mercy of tho Lord. Let death
come, I will not lock."
In solemn accents the aged man speaks :
" Child, reject not the help Gon offers thee ; !
look, repent and be saved. I must on, to 1
' K a other-, who like the- arc lying with their i
Lcen ' !,n; i knew not the joyful tidings.j
I Bat Tirzah gasps for breath ; Iter eyes
!do ■ , -lie is about to full. "O, whither shall S
i I look ? I cannot sec ! O, Rock of my j
| i-ttenglh otni my salvation, bo Thou my help j
j una r Lure.' Her throbbing heart, with a j
| mighty pulsation, or.ee more forces tho blood j
|tl rough the stiffening veins. Her eyes uo-
I lose, and she dimly beholds, afar off, in the
i heart beats with reoewcu strength, her sight
: dearer the
I . ; IN R - .G FAISII■ .Y LI-JT ai RNS AUD IOOKS to
i " Thanks be auto GOD. for He rail: reraem
-1 if-.'s; tho • /ord- *', my soul, aim a.l tnat ts
1 within me ldess His lioly name."
Then stooping, sho lifts Milcah, crying :
| " O, my sister, my friend ! look, thou wiit j
| live if thou wilt but look. I urn restored, do
thou but turn thine eyes towards the center
of the camp, thou too wilt see and live," —
" But Milcah refused the mercy of God thus
offered her. " Let death come*" she replies
in sullen tones, " toy sou! is weary of my life;
for thee, Tirzah, it is well to look ; forme it
would not avail. Both with heart and Dps I
have murmured against Don, and I would
look but to he again stricken ; and now my
sight is failing, a>y tongue cleaves to the roof
of my mouth."
" Milcah, dear Milcah, but one look, it will
restore thee ; the mercy of tho Lord is CV<T-
L ib .r. He will forgive thee thy &"•:) if thou
It ' ;;t rep nt and implore His pardon. *)h,
Shepherd of Israel, make haste to deliver In r."
i mj... ... p,?> ni'ony of sc;-plication, with
; ; v:'d sub.:, as She withdraws the mantle j
j d Mil the face of tho unhappy one, who lias
|no Di,; v.r the strength to oppose her. Mil
! cah's heart begins to soften : " My GOD and
!i)j j •have mercey," she faintly sighs; her
i breath has almost gone; as she raises her eyes
dim with the shades of death, she can scarce
distinguish tue hand ot Tirzah pointing in the
direction of the brazen serpent. " Lave me
and dense me from my sin. O, Gon," is
her voiceless prayer —it is heard. Sho can
now preceive the outlines of the object lovvaiJs
which she so earnestly gazes. As she looks,
tears of penitence and thankfulness fall from
those eyes which so lately gleamed with defi
ance and despair; and from her parted iips is
sue prayerful words of humble adoration ;
kneeling" beside !ier,T:rz-iVs praises and thanks
blend with those of the forgiven penitent.
- —'3—— ——
i . • Many years ego, Ir. England, when tra
velers were wont to journey or horseback,and
to sleep t wo in abed at taverns, the following
occurred at Chester : j
Two young bloods stopped at the Ilea I ox
tavern, and while going up to bed late at
night (it being hot weather) they discovered
the door of ono of tho bed-rooms open. It so
happeued that a Scotchman and Irishman were
both asleep in the bed ; aud the Irishman had
" kicked the kiver off" and one of his legs lay
uuked and nearly out of bed.
" I'll have some sport now,' said one to
the other, " if you'll bold the light a minute."
j The candle was held while the young chap
j went in, aud, taking up one ot tho Irishman's
• spurs, buckled it on one heel of Paddy's naked
! foor. He then gave Paddy's leg a piueh, and
, hid himself behind the door. Paddy—though
not awakened —drew his leg suddenly ouck,
and in this way sadiy damaged the Scotch
man's naked leg with tho spur.
I " The de'el d—n you !" exclaimed Donald,
' robbing his leg, " and if you dinua gan ocrt o'
heJ, an % cut your toe nui.s, I'H soon be
j up aud throw yeroot tii' window, yo mot.
; Tho Iri- jnuci slept soundly, and roon put
! his log back in its old position, when tneyouag
joker who had put on tho spur stole up to the
; bed aud pinched his leg tho second time. In
| went the log again, tho spur striking the
| Scotchman's leg, who got in a torribio passion
aud began to pummel l'adoy, exclaiming, as
1 usual,
" Get oot o' and cut your too nail-, yc loot!
■ Do you fash a Cur'stiau mou to stand such a
j diggin' ?"
Thi; waked up tho Irishman, win* at ti '
' "lore- nt bringing* tho spur to bear on his other
| leg, vaulted oat of bod. Having procured a
IL-h'.be looked down at tho spur with tuo
| :atcst astonishment.
j ", y hOWt, s;iu no, ' what a siupij !oo:
is the hostler of this inn : rare ne ; ho tuk off
j my boots when I weut to bed, aud bus left ou
i one ->v lii' .purs otraDge it is he diu t u'-
tic • o "
FUBLiSiiisD EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. GOODRICH.
Swindling by Machinery.
Wo'do not know who is the inventor of the
system of machinery described below, but ho
i or they managed to obtain possession of large
i sums of money by the operation of it, which,
ifo rtunately for the Government, was nearly
j all recovered. We once read an account of a
machine, used in a Paris gambling house,which
; operated by smothering tho " unfortunate-for
tunote" winner after he had retired for the
night ; the top of the bed, wherein he was
reposing,descended hv a screw working through
tho ceiling abovo, and thus extinguished birn.
The apparatus was detected by one person
who refused to bo " put out," and he escaped
by tho window and brought the detective to
tho house immediately. Modern gamblers are
moro polite ; they aro averse to the shedding
of blood, and therefore confine their irrepressi
ble genius to simply robbing without the pos
sibility of failure. Annexed is a description
of the apparatus used in Cleveland, Ohio, to
rol) Paytna; tor Cook, whose case was recently
noticed so generally by the press. Conli.sk,
one of the men concerned in " fleecing" the
paymaster Cook, was a frequent visitor to
Cleveland, and occupied rooms in the third
story of the Parsons Block on Superior street.
The rooms occupied by Conlisk eonsist of a
sitting-room, where the gambling was done,
and u bed-room. The sitting room was finish
• ed in the usual manner, and had a faro tabic j
i near the windows, and a draw-poker table tn ■
: the centre of the room, with chairs pbtced to
j each. Tl;:; weds n.t i ceiling ; .f the room as. j
! pap red with paper oi a . tar pattern. J/irect- '
; iv over the rooms are two other rooms, also i
j occupied by Conli.-k, but not furnished. A j
! portion of the flooring has been removed in |
i tho room Im:;;. dLbly over the gambling-room, j
J ...id a .small hole nored tlirougii L.ie ceiinig oi j
j the room below, A' ove "iielt of t MO tables. As !
the hole comes d'rectly through the center of |
1 star pat<"n tho paper, tliev are scarcely |
distinguishable from below. Each hoD is so j
! -a.;. ; : U ; . - rnabi ■ a rar >n applying hh eye i
to it, to look di? :ctly into the hand of tho |
egraj hie signal machine was discovered com-1
; hub's in the room
ao VC Ail; i..t: Cisa . Ot tl'.O gauiti.tll' a IttC wOIR
1 . ; - * •"*??. h n rirg a ha mile near the
hole, pa r a liong between the flooring of the
room abovo and the cHling or the room below
to the corner of the gambingroom and bed
room. It enters the bed room and passes down
in the corner being concealed by a strip of
boaiu nailed ut> aud paper over, xt thru p. -
scs under the floor of the gambling-room to
the table, where a small piece of the flooring
has been cut away close by the table leg,
where the left foot of the gambler would be
placed whilst playing. There it terminates in
a spring and hammer, concealed by the carpet.
The method of working this invention for rob
bing by machinery seems to have been us foi
lows : The victim to bo operated upon finds
two chairs drawn up to the table. In one of
theso the gambling thief scats himself, at once
placing his foot over the telegraph hammer
The victim is obliged to take the other, which
is placed in the proper po lion for playing.
The gambler's accomplice in the room above !
stretches himself cn a mattress, with his eye j
;ut the peep-hole—and one lmnd grasping the j
U legraph handle. The hole is so placed that
he can 'look directly down into the hand of his
victim. As soon ns he sees the cards he tele
graphs their description according to an ar- j
ranged code of signals by palling the handle, j
when the hammer strikes the desired number ;
of runs on the sole of the gambler's boot or
slipper, the sound being muiiicd vvit.n the car
pet. Of course, it is easy to see that the man
who sits down to play with such a gambler is
robbed as surely, completely and systematical
ly, us if had been bound hand and foot, and
delivered over to a highwayma ; and of the
two robbers, the highwayman would be the
more decent man.
It will thus be seen that that the gambling
mitul i - equal to all emergencies. There are
gamblers in this city, and it behooves those
persons who are fond ot throwing away their
money, to consider the above paragraph well,
for if'they be not robbed through the agency
of the method described, they may be assured
that some other plan equally forcible, will be
put in practice, whereby they are suredy, but
uot slowly, deprived of their money. We read
in tho " Vicar of Wakefield " that poor Mo
ses (son of the vicar) was badly taken in by
a sharper who represented himself as of the
reverend " persuasion," and did tho inexperi
enced youth out of a promising colt which the
worthy vicar hoped would bring him a large
sura of money. The " spectacles in shagreon
cases," the only equivalent received for the
beast, operated as well as the best machinery
for tho purpose ; even they, however, uid uot
prevent the same swindler from enveloping
MOSES iu his toils a second time, if our memo
ry serves us.
The systematic pursuit of gaming as a pas
sion, and not as a profession, in England and
France, during tho* last fifty years, led several
men of more than ordinary mathematical abil
ities to make accurate calculations of the real
! chances of various games. In doicg this it
I was discovered that, in ail cases, the " banks
'so am need their games that there could be
no positive fair play. In rogue e* noir, which
j was once a very fashionable game in tuo gam
j bltng hells of this country, the certain and in*
: alinablo advantage of tno banks against tho
i players, made by a peculiar rule ot the game,
j amounts to about 1 1-2 per cent, on all the
! moneys Finked on one evcut —or to about 100
1 per cent per hour against each steady pinyor!
j And this deadly odds neither skill nor cabals
| tion on his part can in the slightest degree di- j
: vert The vice of gambling R.-suruos us many
i difi- rent aspect-. as a chameleon ~:= :oh.>rs. J
j There are individuals iu tiiis City who jvo by
1 commanding various nnseaworthy watches to
j public favor, and who make au immense profit
by swindling countrymen who come to this
' ciiv There is -uch uu establishment near the
I Museum, but the cries >f the uuctioueor arc
• hkely 'o be- hushed for u time, ua we saw, tho
• a kef -lav j ? ; ui"'urt poi. .'-Ojiiu pacing no
" REGUR-DLESS OF LNXTIHCIATLOIF FROM ANY QUARTER.'"
down in front, for the purpose of warning off
all persons in danger of being " fleeced."—
Wrath aud furtile anger wero depicted on the
faces of the sharpers, while the expression on
the countenances of the psendo-purchaser, who
arehircd as decoys, was ludicrous in tho ex
treme. Thcreis tic law, it seem?, that will
reach their cases.— Scientific American.
jfcly It would be hard to match the follow
ing for the truthfulness to Irish character, and
the unfoauunate experience of some who have
had Irish help.
Patrick had been recently hired to do tho
chores, but I was uot altogether sure of his
being able to do all that he promised. He
boasted so loudly of his nniversal knowledge
of out-of-door work that I doubted of; bis
knowing much of anything. I said to him
one day ;
" Patrick, do yon think I could trust you
to give tho black filly a warm mash this even
ing ?"
Pat stared for a minute or two without re
plying, and I repeated the question, when he
broke the silence and said,
" Is it a mash, sir ? Sure an' I'd like to be
plazin' yer honor any way ; that's no lie."
As he spoke, however, I fancied that I saw
a strange sort of puzzled expression flit across
his face,
" 1 beg yer pardon, Sir, 't is bothered iu
; tir o!y lam Will I give her nn Ould Gouu
i try mash cr an A mot-iky mash ?"
" Look here. Pntrfi k ?>Tulroonev," said I, '
j impatiently, " I want you to put about two
! double handful! -> of bran into a but s- f of wa
| ter, and after stirring it well give it to the
i black fillv Nnw, do yon rightly understand
! -V)
j me I •
j " Good Inch to yer honor," replied Patrick,
j looking very much relieved, for he had now
I got-just the information ho was fishing for,
I " Good luck to ver honor ; what would I be
| good for if I did n't ? Sure it'.' the Ouid
j ('ountry mash after all "
j " I thought as much," paid I;" so new
! away with you, ami be sure you tuako no aiL
j take "
J " Its n-"**. likely I'll do that, sir," said he,
i look in <r very confident ; "but about the warm
wrtlher, sir 7
" There is a plenty to bo had out in tho
kitchen."
" An' will I give her tho full of the bucket,
sir ?"
" It will do her no harm," I said, and with
that Patrick made his best bow, and left to
do his work. It might have been ten minutes
after this that mv wife entered the room where
I was sitting, and as she was somewhat of an
invalid I laid down the book I- hau in my
hand, and, leading her to the sofa, arranged
the pillow to her liking, when she remarked,
" I wish you would go out into the kitchen,
George. I am afraid there is something wrong
nhont that Irishman of yours and tho old
cook, Phillia. They seemed to be quarreling
as I crossed the hall, and I heard him saying
something about its being your orders."
" Oil, it is nothing, my dear," I replied; 'T
understood it all. Pat requires sorno warm :
water, which Phi!is,l presume, who beat him
|no good will, has probably refused to give
j hba."
| My wife said nothing moro, and I returned
tn my reading, looking for some passage that
I thought would please her, when wc were
startle 1 by a crash of crockery, as if the end
i of the world had come, and then a suppressed
| shriek, which told us too plainly- that sorae
i thing unusual was to pay in the kitchen. I
hurried out of the room, e.nd soot heard the
voices of the parties to a desperate struggle.
First came squeaking voice of Pnili?, as if s'uo
could hardly speak for beiug choked.
" Ilabdone, I say ! I won't hab nuffin to
do wid theuasty stuff, no way, so dar 1"
"Ye ugly ould conntrairy nagur, don't I
tell yc'tis the masthers orders," responded
Patrick Mnlrooney
"'T nint no such thing! Go way, you
white nasty Iribher. Who ebbcr heard of a
oowau's taken a mash afore ?"
The truth Hashed upon tue tit once, and tho
fun of thing struck me so irresistably that 1
hesitated for a while to break iu upon the
scene. Patrick proceeded :
" Arrah, he aisy, cant't ye, and take it as
ye're tould, like a dacent nagur."
"Go way, I tell you," screamed Phili3 ;
" I 'll call missus, dafc I will."
" I say it's the inasther's orders ;he tould
me to give the bran mash to the black Philis,
and you've got to tako it ;so be aisy, and if
yer can't be aisy be aisy as yo can."
This was enough. I stepped into tho kitch
en, seized tho fellow as he stood over tho
frightened cook, and drove him out of doors ;
but as he weut I heard him muttering that ho
diden't know for the life of him—he was
thrying to do as he was told.
DISCOVERIES IN* JERUSALEM. —An account of
Sig. Pierotti's discoveries in the subteranean
topography of Jerusalem lias been published.
Employed by the Pasha as an engineer, he
j has discovered that the modern city of Jeru
j salem stand on several layers of ruined tnasoa
j ry, the undermost of which, composed of dep
i !y bevelled and enormous stones, ho attributes
' to the age of Solomon, next to that of Zoroba
bel, the next to that of Herod, tho next to
that of Justinian, and so ou till tho time of the.
Sarrcc-ns and Crusaders. Ho has traced a sc
ries of conduits aud sewers leading from the
j " doom of the rock," a mosque standing on the
j very site of the ai'.ar of sacrifice in the tem
' pie, to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, by means of
! which "he priests were enabled to flush tho
j whole temple area with water, and thus to
i carry i T tho blood and offal of the sacrifices
I to the brook of Kedron. , n .
| The manner of this exploration w &\nVou'ili
| tereating. He got an Arab to wn,lq; ' au j
these immense sewers, ringjggfy by following
ing a trumpet, while Jv r ., co lho exact coarse
iho so.m l, two year 0 "."o he accident.-
t!i j
fiV i'i)"'<iid ou hir opening it, a copious .m re ain
of water immediately beguu to flow, uuJ ha.i
flowed ever since. No one knows from whence
it come?, or whither it goes. Thi? caused the
greatest excitement ' t araong tho Jews, who
flocked in croweds to drink and bathe them
selves In it.
They fancied it ono of the signs of tho Mes
siah's eomming, and pretended the speedy res
toration of their commonwealth. This fount
ain, which has a peculiar taste, like that of
milk and water,is identified "by Signor Pierotti
with the fountain which Ilezekiah built, and
which is described by Josephus. Themeasur
ment and position of most of theso remains ac
cord exactly with the Jewish historian's de
scriptions. Some cf the Signor's conclusions
are disputed, but no one has succeeded in so
disinterring the relics of tho Holy City
Letter from Virgina.
CAMP MAXSKIELD, Va., April 12,13G3.
* * * We have been pretty busy
of late capturing spies. About two weeks ago
wc arrested a woman, at this place ; had her
searched aud found eight letters sewed in her
clothes, directed to Richmond. Last Thurs
day evening there was a negro camo to our
camp and reported two suspicious looking per
sons who had stopped about one mile out of
town, to stay over night. The long roll was
beaten and we were all brought out in line ;
we went down to the hou?c and arrested ihcra.
They were searched, and about 300 letters
found with th in, directed to Norfolk, Ports
mouth, New York and Baltimore. Ou break
ing the envelopes they were found to contain
from two to four each The Colonel broke
open n few of them and scut tho balance to
Gen Vela, rt Norfolk. There were about
1000 letters in nil, mostly from Richmond.—
There were some very important ones ; the
grcter part were front soldiers to their friends.
* * •' Last. Friday nisrht there citmc
a despatch that there was a large force coming
to attack u- It was about 10 o'clock at
night thq long roll was beaten, and wo Fill
cam"- out on a double quick, formed in lino of
battle, ready to receive them. Wo sent out
scout? to meet them—they came back with the
news that there was no danger apprehended.
At 1 o'clock in tho morning tho Colonel got
another dispatch from, tho General that we
must ho ou the alert Tito long roll again
beat, and we were soon in line of battle and
and remained so until daylight. * * *
There has three companies from our Regi
ment gone up the canal on a scouting expedi
tion ; they went three days ago, and yesterday
we received] new? that they were cut off and
taken prisoners. Ono of tho Captains was
from Susquehanna county, his name is Rogers
Perley Brink. * * *
I will now give you a list of the prices in
Richmond, just as they wero put down iu sev
eral letters that I read
Daar<j ;cr day $8 00
iteet' per!') 1 2.*><l7) 1 50
hiK'Cu per Jt>. ... 1 15m
Flour per bl>l GO ui>
Turkius apiece IS 00
Chickens apiece . 0 -lOfi 000
Fkeil pel M>! . 00
Butter per H> - - o''w 00
Coffee per ft 4 iWiJ 5 CO
Candies per D: 3 25
Yours, Ac., B. l>. II
A 3lonster of tho Beep.
In some parts of tho ocean thero arc enor
mous sea animals, called Sepia, which are a
kind of polypi. They have very long legs,aud
are said sometimes to seize upon the coral di
vers along the coast of Italy. Mr. Ileale tells
the following adventure with a creature of this
sort:
" While upon the Bouin Islands, searching
for shells on the rock-; which had just been
left by the receding tide, I was much aston
ished nt seeing at my feet a most extraordina
ry looking animal, crawling towards the re
treating surf. I had never seen one like it
before, it was creeping on its eight legs,
which, from their soft aud flexible nature,bent
considerably under the weight of its bouy, so
that it was lifted by the efforts of the tentacu
la only a smail distance from the rocks.
"It appeared much alarmed at seeing mo,
and made every effort to escape, while I was
not much in the humor of endeavoring to cap
ture so ugly customer, whose appearance ex
cited feelings of distrust, not unmixed with fear.
I, however, endeavored to prevent its escape
by pressing on otic of its legs with my foot ;
but, although I used considerable force for the
purpose, its strength was so great that it sev
crai times quickly liberated its member in spite
of all the efforts I could employ, in this way,
on wet, slippery rocks. I now laid hold of one
of the tentacles with my bauds aud held it
firmly, so that the limbs appeared us if it
would be torn asunder by our united strength.
I gave it a powerful jerk, wishing to disen
gage it from the rocks to which it clung so
forcibly its suckers, which effectually resisted
—but, the moment after, the apparently eurag
| ed animal lifted its head, with its large eye?
protrudind from the middle of its body, and
letting go its hold of tho rocks,
sprang upon my arm, which I had ny.L 1
bared to the shoulder for tho pur, "1 5;
. ~ .ieks to discover
in? it into the holes m S|icker , t0 it witb
shells, and to get its beak;which
great j )otweei , t j lc root;j 0 ? q g arms
I con !'\ou to bite.
!a *'' A sensation ot terror pervaded my wholo
frame when 1 found this monstrous animal,for
it was about four feet long, fixed so firmly to
my arm. Its cold, slimy grasp was t-xtrem :!y
sickening, and J immediately called to the
captain, who was also sear hiug for MIK-US at
some distance, to come a id release use from it
by taking tuo down to tho boat, during which
liiue I was enployed in keeping the beak away
from my baud, quicklv rcleuscd uc by destroy-
V< )L. XXIJ \ - K<). r>o.
ing my tormentor with the boat knife, when
disengaged it by portions fit a time. This an
imal was that species of Sepia which is callod
by whalers " rock squib.'' Thus aro these re
markable creature-, from the adaptation of
their tentacles and modifications of their bo
dies capable of sailing, hying, iwiming and
creeping on the shore, white their senses, if wo
judge from the elaborate mechanism of their
organs, must pos.< •?;* corresponding neatness
and perfection."
CURIOSITY OK rji.r.nr.—ln Turkey, if a man
fails asleep in the neighborhood of a poppy
field, and tho wind blows toward him, ho be
comes narcotszed, and would die if the country
people, who are well acquainted with the cir
cumstance, did not bring him to the next well
or stream, and empty pitcher after pitcher of
water on his face and body. Appeuheim,dur
ing his residence in Turkey, owed his life to
this simple and efficacious treatment. Dr.
Graves,from whomc this anecdotcjis quoted,al
so reports the case of a gentleman thirty years
of age, who, from long continued sleepiness,
was reduced to a complete living skeleton, un
able to stand on his legs. It was partly ow
ing to disease, but chiefly to the abuse of opi
um ; until at last, unable to pursue his busi
ness he sank into object poverty and woo. Dr.
lieid mentions a friend of his who whenever
anything occurred to distress him soon became
drowsy and fell asleep. A student at Edin
bnrg, upon hearing suddenly of the unexpect
ed death of n near relative, threw himself on
his bed end almost iuslancously, amid tho
a iaro of noouday, sank into profuod slumber.
Another person, l oading to one of his dear
est friends stretched on Ids deathbed, fell fast
asleep, and with the book still in his hand,
went on reading, utterly unconscious of what
he was doing. A woman at Homedt slept
seventeen or eighteen hours a day for fifteen
years. Another is recorded to have slcpts
once in four days. Dr. Mancish mentions a
W'ia.m who spent three fourths of iter Ilfo in
*!--r\ fta-l Rr El Hot son mole a case of ft young
lady who slept for six weeks tad recovered. —
Tin venerable St, Aagustioe of Hippo, pru
dently divided his hours into three parts—
eight to be devoted to sleep, eight to medita
tion,, and eight to converse with the world.—
Maniac o are reported, particularly in tho east
ern hemisphere, to become furiously vigilant
during tho full of the moon, more especially
when tho deteriorating ray: of its paralized
light arc permitted to fall into their apart
ments, hence the name of lunatics. Their cer
tainly is greater prone." s to disease during
sleep than in the waking state, for those who
pass the night in the Campagna di Roma in
evitably become nlTocted with its noxious air ;
while travelers who go through without stop
ping, escape the miasma, lutcuse cold pro
duces sleep, and those who perish in the snow,
sieep on till the sleep of death.
TF.A IN RUSSIA. —The Russians attribute tho
superiority of their tea to the fact that it is
sent overland from China, und does not get
spoiled by the sea air I should bo iueliued
to think that the real reason is that it comes
from provinces in China near the Russian fron
tier, where there is a better article of tea than
:i to provinces from which comes the article
ve use. I think, also, that they understand
infusing the tea better than wo do. They
drink it as soon as the boiiing water is poured
on it, whilst .ve allow it to stand until* it
b come: as black us one's hat and as bitter as
hops. The gentlemen mostly drink their tea
in tamblers, without milk, sometimes adding a
slice of a lemon, whilst tho ladies take it in
cups, with any amount of cream. We were
afterward, especially after traveling on tho
Moscow and Nijui railroads, surprised at the
large and constant nRe of this beverage at all
hours of the day and night, bet wo very soon
became as large consummers of it ns the na
tive Russians themselves Indeed, after a
night in the railway-carriage, we found a turn
early morning more exMbtt*
rting tl ■ n tho " blest sherbet," and more re
venl soda-water. When
at St Petersburg, s a small quantity
of a fine sample ot caravan tea, for which we
paid at the rate of thirty-eight shillings the
pound 1 v. of course this
was one of tho fancy sorts,and uot that which
is in common use, which costs about six shil
lings and sixpeuce tho pound. At the shop
where we bought this tea wo were informed
that they hud some as high as seventy shillings
the pouud. As we were accompanied by a
resident in the city who always dealt thero, we
knew that wc were uot beiug victimized.—
Bentley's Miscellany.
MISTAKES. —The editor of the Star of the
IVcst furnishes tho following modest attempt
at correcting rather wide-spread mistakes :
It is n mistake to suppose that the subscrip
tion price of a paper is clear gain to tho pub
lisher.
It is a raistako to thiuk that ho gets his
white paper for nothing.
It is a mistake to suppose that it is printed
without cost.
It is a mistake to suppose than ' " uao
bodiij by faith. „ osc that it is easy to
It is r. mistake to - • • J
j'. : ~ v y Vatic to suppose that money duo
-ip . >ufd : as good to us iu a
year im it wold bo now.
It i mistake to ; that ho woald not
be thankful for what is duo him and for new
subscribers.
A young lady of eighteen was engag
ed to be married to a gentleman of thirty-six,.,
ifev mother having noticed her low spirits for
some time, inquired the reason. "Oh dear,
epl " I was think
>ut n bu band being twice my age."
" That's very truo,' only thirty-six."
" lie is only tuirty atx now, bat when I uot
sixty "
" Well."
■' Oh dour ' -vlly then he'd be u nuudred
and twenty."