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Hand -1 hanks. Cards, Pamphlets, Ac., of every va .. 1 style, printed at the shortest notice. The , I; OFFICE has just been re-fitted with rower ami every thing in the Printing line can \ V i t-.l in the most artistic manner and at the ,t rates. TERMS INVARIABLY CASH. Original ffltinj. For the Bradford Reporter. FIELDS OK BUCKWHEAT. BY SYBIL CULVER. Winds of August softly blow (fir the buckwheat's scented snow, Bring with dainty, Hying feet \V;: vt s of incense pure and sweet. \bmtli of royal blooming flowers, Mouth of warm slow dropping showers, ], ,vt von? yes; your golden light Pills the heart with visions bright And with holy peace. fields of buckwheat snowy white, 1 gifts of sweetness, folds of light, sitting here this summer day, Thought floats idly fur away— T • a valley green and fair Where such perfume fills the air, And such fields are widely seen With the meadow-lots between Making patch-work gay. Oh 1 the elm trees drooping low Where the meadow lilies grow, Never did a picture seem, Perfect in a poet's dreant, Save an elm tree's graceful shade 1 Beauty for the landscape made, Witching beauty sueh as lies, Blue and still 'ncath summer skies, In an August noon. Ever when the waves of life, ( Vase to war with toil and strife, Those, we say are August culms, Sweet with odor-breathing balms, And we see the liquid gold Burning brightly as of old, Pill we sigh, 0I1! welcome guest St.iy forever, we would rest In these peaceful calms. Winds of Ingust gently blow 1 > - r tie fields of scented snow, It a breath of rare perfume l ill igaiu my lowly room. 1 shall dream the sweetest dream F.'.vr poet eye hath seen— s : . rhi: ..f the flowers that spring, 1 .s nieiliii. of the birds that sing, ill Near the gates of bliss. Fields of whiteness, fields of sweet, Where the dew and blossoms meet, I', iti-i - t love I ever knew 1 my childhoods sunuv blue, I Lis one wish, I used to keep I might softly fall asleep—- Sleep forever cold and dead, II e k wheat blossoms o'er my head, And 1 w.sh it still. pferriUrottTOiS. SQUIRE PITMAN'S PEACHES f A STORY FOIL BOYS. School was over for the day. Armed ;i satchels ami dinner-pails, the scholars fl out of the school house, and in merry : nips winded their way homeward. The ! to go were two boys of twelve, who j t Been " kept after school" for deficien ;in geography. Their names were re- 1 vely, Torn Grey and Frank Green. I rn," said Frank, "have you had any - it :.- s this year ?" Only < 'iie ; Uncle Ben brought us one Apiece, when he catne from Boston, last bttw-liiy. Wasn't it prime, though 1" i ien you are better off than I am, for n iv. .; hud any. But I know were there tr ' - e, and I mean to have more than "" til - very night." > .do!" exclaimed Tom, eagerly.— ■\mahouts are they ?" w looked carefully about him, to 'ire that no one was within hearing, waispered, "in Squire Pitman's gar- I bin. said Tom, a little dubiously,"that ■v.uld be stealing." >• said Frank, "he'll never miss 'em. ; " trees are ever so full. It made my ' water when I passed there this j They're more than he can eat, m glit as well have 'em as leave i' rot on the trees." *" w 'e had," said Tom, who was easily " c' d. "Are you going to night?" : there isn't any moon, so that it I" hi our favor. Will you go?" li 1 ; A hen will you be ready ?" lor me at half-past eight, I'll be c rner of the orchard. Mind and [ 2 a bag with you. We shall want to "ty away a few." A!! right; I'll be on hand." | v 1 "' i'itinan, the owner of the garden 5 • to by the boys, had recently re -1 " i into Cedarville. He had spent most ' in the city,where he had accumu | a fortune, a part of which he invest- II :i tine old place which chanced to be ' The former proprietor had paid | '"■'•bar attention to the garden, intro ■'jg choice varieties of fruit-trees of var nnds, which were now in excellent 1 - Condition. Squire Pitman (he was | 1 Squire out of deference to his wealth) > moved into the village too recently to made any acquaintances. He was a I asaiit-i, i'kiug old gentleman, rather old "'■d in his appearance, who usually K "'i with the help of a gold-headed supper that evening, the gardener in and requested to speak with him ! 1 ;t moment. s what is it?" , ' ""spoet, sir," said James, "that an at will ho made to rob your fruit-trees ; my soul ! What makes you l ""lk Si, ? J i happened to overhear two boys talk- E - GOODRICH, Publisher. VOLUME XXVI. ing about it. I couldn't hear ali they said, but I heard enough to show what they were after." " Do you think they are coming to-night?" asked the Squire, after a pause. " Yes, sir ; shall 1 let out the dog ?" " No, he might bite them." "And serve 'em light." " I would rather have them brought into me. You may get Reuben to stand watch with you, and it you catch them, you may bring them into the house." " Yes, sir," said James. lorn and Erank met as agreed upon, and started in company for the garden. " Did you bring a bag ?" asked Frank. "No, but I have got an extra handker chief ; that'll hold a good lot." " All right ; we can hide 'em in the bush es, and go to 'em when we want them." By half-past eight it was quite dark.— There was no moon, and only here and there a star was visible. " It's a jolly night," said Frank. " Just the thing." At length the boys reached the picket fence that surrounded the garden. " Get over first," said Tom. With some difficulty, Frank clambered up, but got caught in the picket and tum bled to the ground. " Are you hurt ?" whispered Tom. "No, but I've torn my trowsers. Look out sharp for them plaguey pickets." " Now where are the trees ?" asked Tom, when he had got over. " There's one ; get up and shake it, and I'll pick 'em up." " No, Frank, you're the best at cliiub ing." " 0 yes, no doubt you'd rather pick 'em up." " Well, I'll climb the next tree.' " I'll save you both the trouble," said a rough voice, which made both the boys turn pale. They started to run, but the pursuers were too quick for them. Tom was soon struggling in the grasp of the gardener, and Frank tried in vain to get away from Reuben, a boy of sixteen, who assisted 011 the place. "You let me go !" said Tom, struggling energetically. " I'd a rather not ! I've been waiting for you for some time, my fine fellow." "If you don't let me go, I'll bite," said Frank to his captor. " If you do, I'll have to pull your teeth out," said Reuben laughing. \\ hat are you going to do with us,any way ?" " Going to carry you in to Squire Pitman. He wants to see you." Terrified by this threat, the boys begged piteously to be freed,but their captors were inexorable Finding struggles and entreat ies alike useless, they resigned themselves passively to their fute, while visions of ar rest and imprisonment filled their hearts with dismay. Squire Pitman was sitting in his library, looking over the evening paper, when a noise was heard at the door, and Reuben and the gardener appeared, each with a boy. " Here they are, sir," said James. " We've caught 'em," said Reuben. " Bless my soul," said the Squire, "and what are their names ?" " This one is Torn Grey, and the other one is Frank Green." " \ ery well, you may leave the young gentlemen here with ine." "Y T es, sir." Rather reluctantly James and Reuben let go their hold of our young ad venturers, and left the room. Tom and Frank looked sidewaj's at the Squire, expecting to be seized and shaken, or at the best receive a severe scolding.— \\ hat was their surprise, when the old g'en tleinan came forward very pleasantly, and said : " Boys, I'm very happy to see you. I like to receive visits front young people, though I think it better in sttch cases for them to come through the gate, and not get over the fence, as they are liable to tear their clothes." Frank looked down at his torn trowsers in a little bewilderment. " Fray sit down," said the Squire, polite !y; Tom and Frank sat down on the corners of two chairs, evidently ill at ease. " How old are you, Thomas ? I believe that is your name ?" " Twelve, sir." " And you, Frank ?" " 1 am twelve, too." " And lam seventy. It was really kind of you to come and call upon an old gentle man like me. But the evenings are short ; you ought to have come earlier," Tom looked at Frank in silent wonder. He didn't know what it all meant. If be had been taken up, that he would have un derstood ; but the Squire's manner puzzled him completely. " Are you fond of fruit, Thomas ?" asked the Squire, innocently. " Ye-es," said Tom, a little uneasily. " Do you like it too, Frank ?" " Pretty well," said Frank, wito was lit tle afraid of committing himself. "So 1 suppose. Most boys do." Squire Pitman rose from his seat, and rang the bell. " You may bring in some plates and knives," said he to the servant, " and lay them on the table." This was done. Next the old gentleman went to the closet, and brought, ont a bas ket of peaches. " 1 generally keep a little fruit," he re marked, "to treat the friends who are kind enough to call upon me. Help yourselves." The wondering boys did so,and commenc ed eating. They wondered whether the shaking would come up after the peaches were eaten. Even if it did they would have the satisfaction of eating them. "Do you like them ?" asked Squire Pit man, who seemed to enjoy seeing the boys eat. " Yes, sir," said Tom, "they're tip-top." " I'm glad you think so I have several peach-trees in my garden. James, the gar dener, was telling me that there was some danger of boys getting in and robbing the trees, but I don't have any fears on that score. Here Tom and Frank exchanged glances. " If any of the boys want fruit, I know : they would prefer to come and ask me for it, or drop in and make a friendly call, as you are doing. By the way wouldn't yon like to carry home a few peaches with you ?" TOVYANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., AUGUST 31, 1865. " Yes, sir," aid the boys hesitatingly. " If you only had something to put them in " " I've got a handkerchief," said Tom. " And I've got a bag," said Frank. "Bless my soul,how thoughtful you were to bring a bag ! It will be just the tbiug. You're welcome to the peaches in that bas ket, il you can stow them away." "We are very much obliged to you,"said Tom, gratefully. ! "Oli, don't say a word. It is a mere tri | fie, and 1 like to make some acknowledge ment lor your kind call. Will you call and see me again ?" f " Yes, sir, if you would like it." " 1 should be most happy to have you come. 1 get lonely sometimes, and young I company cheers me up. l'erhaps, though, you had better come to the door, as it is a little dangerous climbing over fences," ad ded the old gentleman, a little silly. The boys laughed rather consciously,and were shewn to the door, Squire l'itman shaking them both by the hand, and kiudly repeating bis invitation. " Ain't he a trump f" ejaculated Flank, when be had closed the door behind them. " That's so. licit awlul mean to have liiiu treat me so, when 1 had come after ins peaches. "So did I. You won't catch me in such business again." The story of the boys' visit to Squire Pitman leaked out, and made quite a sensa tion among the school boys. It was unan imously agreed that it would be the height of meanness to make any further attempts upon the property of oue who had treated their companions so handsomely. The gardener kept watch for a few nights, but from that time Squire Pitman's trees were as safe as if a bull-dog had been chained at the foot of every tree. —Student and Schoolmate. PAINTED ANGEI,S AT SARATOGA.—A newspa per correspondent has had his feelings ter ribly shocked at Saratoga Springs,and thus explains the cause : " For one whole week my most ardent sympathies were excited at the sickly, lan guid appearance of a young lady who had a seat directly opposite me every day at the dinner talfle ; her form was emaciated, her skin perfectly transparent,and a death like hue seemed to pervade the whole at mosphere about her ; the eye shone v. ith unnatural brilliancy, and under them was perceptible the inevitable blue-black color ing—the tell-tales of a debauchee. 1 long ed for an introduction, that I might recom mend the application of fresh oysters or a blood-sucker ; but failing at an opportunity to secure this privilege, I besought a lady friend to suggest these applications. "La me," she exclaimed, in utter amazement, "why how verdant you are ; don't you know that the lady paints her lower eye lids ?" It was indeed too true, as I have since ascertained, positively. She for who my whole soul lias yearned in sympathy ,for a week, was daubed all over with paint, and most shockingly disfigured herself to, gratify a pwrieut taste to be in the ex treuie of fashion. Looking around me at the dinner table to-day I saw no less than six ladies disfigured by a daub of blue black paint 011 the lower eyelids. The next fashion possibly rnav require ladies to wear rings in their noses. It is bad enough to wear paste diamonds and pinchbeck jewel ry ; but when earth's angejs begin to paint about the eyes, wear false busts, and false hair in a bag behind their heads, to what extremes may we not expect the dear crea tures to go. THE NEGROES STII.L TREATED AS SLAVES IN NORTH CAROLINA. —The Wilmington (N. C.) Herald of the 10th, says the investigation made by Generals Ames, Duncan, and Col. Doiiellun, shows that the negroes in Fayet teville, North Carolina, and vicinity, have been cruelly treated by not only civilians, but the civil authorities. Two negroes were tied up and publicly whipped by the sheriff; others were left tied until a storm prostrated the trees to which they were tied, holding them to the ground until they were relieved. Citizens, too, have presum ed to exercise the authority of masters over these people, and punish them as they saw lit. It is also said some of the negroes have been killed. Troops are now under orders to proceed to the locality to put a stop to the abuses. WE smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruits, but the fact is, that a blunder of this description is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pur suits of pleasure. To such, the present moment is everything, and the future is nothing ; he borrows, therefore, from the future at a most usurious and ruinous in terest ; and the consequence is, that lie finds the tone of his best feelings impaired, his self-respect diminished, his health of mind and body destroyed, and life reduced to its very dregs, at a time when, humanly speaking,the greatest portion of ( its comforts should be stilt before hitn. BARNUM'S NATIONAL FREE MUSEUM. —Mr. I'. T. Barnutn designes t<> establish in New York city, a Fres National Musium, which shall be to America what the British Muse um, the National Gallery and the Zoologi cal Gardens are to England, and the Bilio theque Imperiale, and Louvre and the Jar din des Plantese are to France. To that end he solicits contributions from all sources and hopes that public instiutious in this country and abroad will give liiin their du plicates, and that the War Office, Navy Department and Patent Office will loan their models arnd trophies to his collection. ENGLISHMEN have a mania for ascending the icy mountains of the Alps. They seem to seek a foolish death among the avalan ches and in abysses,and three tourists have just been gratified in that particular. Tliey and their guides tied themselves together to decend a difficult part of the Matter horn ; one slipped and pulled two others after him, the guides managing to resist the strain. The three unfortunates bump ed from rock to rock down some four thou sand feet, and were dashed to pieces. IF YOU want to become, a man of genius, hold intercourse with men of genius By being in frequent contact with a magnet, you may become a magnet. REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER. THE OLD SC HOOL HOUSE. In snmnior, when the days are long. And flowery groves were tilled with song— When crystal dew drops fell at mom On snowy flowers from bounty born ; When orange clouds onreathed the sky, And zephyrs sung a lnllahv, We vised to wander 'ncath the blue And balmy skies of crimson hue. The school house, with its painted door, Its rows of desks and sanded floor ; The grassy plot and sloping hill, , Thoso school boy scenes will haunt me still, The dnstv wood and sylvan nook ; The rock that stood beside the lnook ; We used to fish from off the side And cast the pebbles in its tide. And when our school was out for noon We'd gather in our little room, And with our basket by our side We'd eat our dinner and divide ; And then the little crystal spring Where the water mosses used to cling, That bubble up within tiie glade Beneath the maple's purple shade, We used to play around its brink And oft its silver liquid drink ; And their we'd sport within the wood Where mighty pines in grandeur stood ; And gather from the hidden tower- Its starry drifts of wildwood flowers. Our teacher, too, with words of love, Would teach us of a laud above ; The buds he nurtured in those hours At last have blossomed into flowers, The golden dreams of those sweet days Still haunt me now with their bright rays; I dream again those dreams of yore, And wish myself a child once more. THE ATLANTIC CABLE, THE STORY OF ITS LOSS —THE CAUSE OF THE BREAK WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED EFFECT ON THE PEOI'LE ON BOARD —LIOPL IN THE FUTURE —PRACTICAL CON CLUSIONS. GREAT EASTERN, August 2, lbtlo. A sad, a memorable day in the annals of Atlantic telegraph. After midnight the wind arose accompanied by heavy showers of rain and dense drifts of fog, and increas ed to a strong gale to the southwest; but the ship scarcely felt it, and went on pay ing out the cable without hindrance at a high rate of speed—seven knots an hour. About daybreak the wind suddenly shifted to north northwest, and fell to a light breeze, and at four A. M. the course was altered to northwest by west half west, the sea fol lowing. Morning broke in beautiful, and the cable ran out easily at the rate of seven miles an hour. ANOTHER DEFECT DISCOVERED. At 5:35 A. M., ship's time, the paddles were stopped, and at 5.45 the ship was stopped by orders hum the electrician's romi. In fact, at eight A.M., Greenwich time, or a minute after, whilst the electri cians were passing the first of the half hourly signals of currents to the shore, the galvanometer suddenly detected a flow of electricity which indicated a serious fault. The test gave 110 result as to locality, for the fault was very varying ; but it was generally believed to be not far from the stern of the steamship. It appears that while Mr. Cyrus Field was on the watch in the tank, a little before the time of the ac cident, a grating n> i-e was audible as the cable flew over the coil astern. One of the experienced hands immediately said, " There is a piece of wire," and called to tin- lookout man above to pass tin- informa tion aft ; but 110 notice appears to have been taken of the circumstance. After the ship was stopped, and the remainder of flake paid out, a piece of wire was seen projecting out of the cable in the flake, un derneath that in which the fault was stts pested to exist, and on one of the men ta king it in his fingers and trying to bend it down, the wire broke short off It was nearly three inches long, and had evidently been of hard, ill-tempered metal, which had flown out through the threads in the tank. The discovery was in some measure a re lief to the men's minds tli it one certainly, and possibly the second of the previous faults might have been the result of acci dent. It was remarked, however, that this fault occurred in the same watch as all the previous ones had. The fault was too seri ous to be overlooked, and as there was a difficulty in detecting its situation, prepa rations were ma de to get the picking-up apparatus ready. THE CABLE CUT. Previous to doing so two cuts were made iu the cable, the first near the old splice, between the main and the fore tanks.— Cable all right. The second cut was three miles 011 board, which showed the fault to be overboard. The wire rope and the chain wire were secured to the cable forward, which shows a maximum strain of twenty three and a half hundred weight ; and at live minutes past nine o'clock, Greenwich time, the cable was severed and went over the stern, one thousand one hundred and sixty-six miles having been payed out when the end splashed into the water. The picking up was, as usual, exceedingly tedious, and one hour and forty-six minutes elapsed before one mile was got on board. Then one of the engine's eccentric gear got out of order, so that a man had to stand by with a handspike, aided by a wedge ol wood and elastic band, to assist the engine. Next the supply of steam failed, and when steam was got up it was found that there was not water enough in the boilers, and so the picking up ceased altogether. Then occurred TIIE GREAT MISFORTTXE. Lunch was just over. Some had left the table, others were about leaving. The scientific gentlemen had very much cheered us by their stating that they believed the fault was only six miles away, and so ere dead night falls we might hope to have the fault on board, make a new splice, and pro ceed on our way to Heart's Content, geo graphically about six hundred miles away. Suddenly Mr. Canning appeared in the sa loon, and in a manner which told all, said, "It is all over. It is gone then hastened onward to his cabin. Ere the thrill of sur prise and pain occasioned by those words had passed away, Mr. Field came from the companion into the saloon and said, with composure admirable under the circum stances, though his lips quivered and his cheek was blanched, "The cable has parted and has gone overboard " All were on deck in a moment, and there ' indeed a glance revealed the truth. HOW IT OCCURRED. I will endeavor now to explain to you Low the fatal accident occurred. I say fa tal, for although as I write we are drifting down upon the spot in the hope of getting hold of the cable with grapnels, 1 scarcely venture to hope the attempt will be crown ed with success. Let the reader turn his face towards a window, imagining that lie is standing 011 the bows of the Great Eas tern, and then, of course, on his right will be the starboard, and on bis left the. port j side of the ship. When the cable was haul ed around on the left baud side and over the four wheels, it was carried over a drum which we must suppose to be behind the spectators, and coiled up as fast as it was delivered front the picking-up apparatus ; but when the engines failed to work this apparatus the cable remained motionless ; and as the ship was drifted by the wind from right to left and slightly forward, at last the cable came close up to the bow and under the forefoot of the ship. There are at the bows of the Great Eastern two large hawser holes, the iron rims of which project for more than a foot beyond the line of the stem. Against one of them the ca ble caught on the left hand side, while the ship kept moving to the left, and thus chaf ed and strained the cable greatly against the bow. The Great Eastern could not go astern lest the cable should be snapped, and without motion someway there is 110 power of steerage. At this critical moment, too,the wind shifted so as to render it more difticult to keep the head of the ship to the cable, which then chafed so much that in two places damage was done to it. A shackleehain and a wire-rope belonging to one of the cable buoys were passed over the cable and secured in bight below the hawser holes. These were hauled so as to bring the the cable to the right hand side of the boat, the sliip still drifting to the left. It was necessary to do this instead of veering away, as we were near the end of the cut in the cable in the boat. There is a large iron wheel with a deep groove, and the circumference technically a "V " wheel, from the groove, by the side of which is a " Remitar," or smaller wheel, on the same axis. The cable and the wire rope together were coming in over the bows and the groove in the larger wheel, the yable wound upon a drum behind by the machinery, which was once more in motion, and the wire rope being taken in around the capstan, by bars, but the rope and cable were not coming up in a right line, but were being hauled in with a great strain on them at an angle from the right hand side, so that they did not work direct ly in the Vin the wheel. Still the strain was shown on the indicator to be very high, but not near breaking strain. At last up. came the cable and wire rape shackling to gether on the V wheel in the boat. They were, wound round it slowly, wire passing over these wheels together, the first dam aged part being 011 board, when a jar was given to the dynamometer, which ttevv up from sixty hundred weight, the highest point marked, with a sudden jerk, three and a half inches. 111 the Chain shackle and wire rope chamber, as it were, up out of the groove 011 the right hand side of the V of the wheel, got on the "top" of the rim of the V wheel, and rushed down with a crash on the small wheel, giving, no doubt, a severe shake to the cable, to which it was attached. The machinery was still in motion, and the ropes travelled aft togeth er, one towards the drum, where, just as the cable reached the dynamometer, it par ted, ami with one bound leaped, as it were, over a few feet of intervening space, and splashed into the sea. It is not possible lor any words to por tray the dismay with which the sight was witnessed, and the news heard. When a man came aft with a piece of the inner end lashed still to the chain, and oue saw the tortured strands, torn wires, and lacerated core, it is no exaggeration to say that strange feelings of pity, as though some human creature had been mutilated and dragged asunder by brutal force, passed through the hearts of the spectators. Cap tain Mori arty was just coining to the foot of the companion to put up his daily state ment of the ship's position, having had ex cellent observations, when the news came. " I think," he said, "we will not feel much interested now in knowing how far we are from Heart's Content." However, it was something to know, although it was little comfort, that wo bad now run precise ly oue hundred and sixteen miles since yes terday, that we were one thousand and six ty-two miles from Valentia, six hundred and eighty miles from Heart's Content, that we were in lat. 51 25, long. 32 96. PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS. The following practical conclusions have been arrived at by those engaged in vari ous capacities in the expedition ; First. That the steamship Great East ern, from her size and sea-going qualities, can carry and lay an Atlantic telegraph ca ble safely in any weather. Second. That the paying ont machinery, constructed for the purpose by Messrs. Can ning & Clifford, works perfectly, and can be confidently relied on. That the insulta tion of the gutta percha conductor improv ed by reason of tlie reduction of the; temp erature and the great pressure at the bot tom of the ocean, and was more than doub le what it had been before starting, prov ing itself to be the best insulated cable ev er manufactured, and many times higher than the standard required by the contract. The cause of the two faults which were pic ked up was in each case a perforation of the gutta percha through to the copper by a piece of iron wire found sticking in the cable. Electrically, the third fault was an alogous to Die first. The difficulty can be guarded against in the construction of fu ture cables. Ihird. That nothing has occurred to cre ate the least doubt, in the minds of practi cal men engaged in the expedition, of the successful laying and working of the At lantic telegraph cable ; but, on the contra ry, their confidence in the undertaking has been largely increased by the experience thus obtained. Fourth. That with the Great Eastern steam-ship, and with stronger tackle, and with improved piqjiing-up machinery, there is a possibility of recovering the lost end of the cable, and completing the line already two-thirds laid. A SERVANT girl iu Connecticut has confes sed to conspiring with her lover to murder and rob her mistress. #3 pei* Annum, in Advance. AH ALGERINE WEDDING. Moorish ladies are usually married at or before the age of thirteen ; and I was in formed of some curious particulars by an Knglisli lady who was present at one of these marriages, the family on both sides being of the highest Moorish birth. The young lady was very lovely, and under the age I have mentioned above. The compa ny of ladies (headed by her mother) amounted in all to upward of sixty, among whom were my informant and a few French ladies, surrounded the bride, whose head, as usual, was wrapped in a sack, and led her, a few hours after dark, to her future home, where they were received by the mother and female relations of the bride groom. The poor child, weeping bitterly, was then undressed, carried by her attendants into a bed, where she was commanded to sleep for an hour or two while they ate their supper ! The European ladies were served apart with coffee, cakes, and confec tionary ; while the Moorish ladies (some of them very beautiful) were closely seated in a circle on a low cushion, and on their knees a long napkin which was extended round the whole party ; in the centre was a sort of low circular table which moved on a pivot, and on which the slaves placed a disli at a time, out of which each lady took a mouthful with her fingers, and with a slight touch made the dish revolve to her next neighbor. The dishes succeeded one another to the number of more than twenty, when the whole was carried off, and at eleven a slight refreshment was taken to the bride, after which the ceremony of dressing her commenced. Every lady present was re quested to take some slight part in this im portant operation, and my English friend's consisted in plaiting one of an immense number of little tresses into which her long black hair was divided, with a diamond trembling at the end of each. Her face was then enameled , and a star of gold lead fixed on each cheek, as well as on her chin and the tip of her nose. Rows of finest pearls were hung round her neck, increas ing in size until the lower row reached to her waist, and which were of the size of small nuts. Her dress was of cloth of sil ver, with the usual muslin trowsers, and a sort of crown of diamonds on her head. By two in the morning all was ready and the room prepared, when the finishing stroke was put to the whole by gumming down her eyes, which were not to be opened until the following morning when she might see her husband, and not till then. At two o'clock the slave introduced the bridegroom, a handsome youth of nineteen, dressed in a pale gray silk profusely orna mented with silver and diamonds. He took his place under a cauopy, to which the bride was also gu ded by her mother and placed by his side. His mother then pour ed a few drops of rose water into the bride's baud, which the bridegroom drank ; and then her mother poured also a few drops into his hand and guided it to her daugh ter's mouth, and she drank it ; upon which they were pronounced man and wife, and the company immediately seperated. FORMS OF SALUTATION. Most modern forms of salutation and civ ility are derived from chivalry, or at east from war, and they all betoken some defer ence, as to a conqueror ; just as in private life we still continue to sign ourselves the very humble servant of our correspondents. The uncovered head was simply the head unarmed ; the helmet being removed, the party was at mercy. So the hand un gloved was the baud ungauntleted ; and to this day it is an incivility to shake hands with gloves on. Shaking itself was but a token of truce, in which the parties took bold each of the other's weapon hand, to make sure against treachery. So also the gentleman's bow is but an offer of the neck to the stroke of the adversary ; so the lady's courtesy is but the form of going 011 her knees for mercy. The general princi ple is marked, as it ought naturally to be, still more strongly in the case of military salutes. Why is tiie discharge of guns a salute ? Because it leaves the guus empty, aud at the mercy of the opponent. And this is so true that the saluting with blank cartridges is a modern invention. For merly, salutes were fired by discharging the cannon balls, and there have been in stances in which the compliment has been nearly fatal to the visitor whom it meant to honor. When the officer salutes, he points the drawn sword to the ground; and the salute of the troops is, even at this day, called " presenting arms"—that is, pre senting them to be taken. A SCOTCH parson once preached a long sermon against dram drinking, a vice prevalent in his parish, and from which, re port said, he was not free himself. " When ye get up, iudeed, ye may take a dram, and another just before breakfast and perhaps another after, but dinna al ways be dram drinking. If you are out in the morn, you may brace yourself up with another dram, and perhaps take another before luncheon, and some, I fear, take one after, which is not very blumeable, but dinna be always drink ing. Naebody can scruple for one lust before dinner, and when the dessert is brought in, and after it is taken away, perhaps, and one or it may be twa, in the course of the after noon, just to keep you fra drowsying or snoozeing, but dinna be always dram drinking. Afore tea, and after tea, and between tea and supper, is no more but right and good, but let me caution you, brethren, not to be always dram drinking. Just when yon start for bed, and when you're ready to pop into't to take a dram or two, is no more than a Christian may law fully do. But, brethren let me caution you not to driuk more than I've mentioned, or may be ye may pass the bonds of moderation." No HOCBT OF IT. —As one of our deputy sheriffs, a day or two since, was speaking j of taking a man to jail, he said he would much rather take a lady. " What, take a lady to jail ?" said one of the company. I " Oh, no, not take her to jail," replied the man. " But," a lady quickly replied, " you would have been glad to take her to court." SPOHQE DIVERS- The mode of operation preparatory to a dive is very peculiar and interesting. Hie diver whose turn it is to take his seat on the deck of the vessel at either the bow or stern, and plaeiug by his side a large, flat slab of marble, weighing about 25 pounds, to which is attached a rope of the proper length and thickness (1J inch), be then strips and is left by his companions to pre pare himself. This seems to consist in de voting a certain time to clearing his lungs by expectoration, and highly inflating them afterwards, thus oxydizing his blood very highly by a repetition ot deep inspirations. The operation lasts from five to ten min utes, or more, according to the depth, and during it the operator is never interfered with by his companions, and seldom speaks or is spoken to ; he is simply watched by two of them, but at a little distance, and they never venture to urge him or to dis tract him in any way during the process. It seems to the spectator as if- the diver were going through a sort of mysterious ceremony or incantation. When, from some sensation known only to himself, after those repeated long-drawn and heavy inspirations, he deems the fit ting moment to have arrived, he seizes the slab of marble, and after crossing himself and uttering a prayer, plunges with it like a returning dolphin into the sea, and rapid ly descends. The stone is always held, during the descent, directly in front of the head, at arms leDgth, and so as to offer as little resistance as possible ; and, by vary ing its inclination, it acta likewise as a rudder, causing the descent to be more or less vertical as by the diver. As soon as he reaches the bottom he places the stone under his arm to keep himself down, and then walks about upon the rock or crawls under ledges, stuffing the sponges into a netted bag with a hooped mouth, which is strung round his neck to receive them ; but he holds firmly to the stone or rope all the while, as his safeguard lor re turning and for making the known signal at the time he desires it. Now let us no tice the proceedings of his companions in the boat floating some twenty or thirty fathoms above him. NUMBER 14. The two men who were nearest to him previous to his making the dive, but who systematically seem to place themselves so as to prevent him from conceiving the idea of being impatiently watched by them whilst undergoing the preparation, spring to their feet as he disappears, and rush to the rope, which one of them holds in his hand, veering it out or shortening it, as the diver moves about on the bottom : and as soon as the signal indicative to his wish to return is felt, they commence hauling up the rope with great energy and earnest ness, and in away calculated to insure the greatest expedition of ascent,; since tin overstay of a few seconds may be a point of life or death to the diver. Ihe hauling up is thus effected : The assistant who has hold of the rope, awaiting the signal, first reaches down with both hands as low as he can, and there grasping the rope, with a great bodi ly effort raises it up to nearly arms length over his head ; the second assistant is then prepared to make his grasp as low down as he can reach, and does the same, and so on the two alternately, and by a fathom or more at a time, and with grat rapidity, bring the anxious diver to the surface. A heavy blow from his nostrils to expel the water and exhausted air indicates to his comrades that he is conscious and breathes. A word or two is then spoken to him by one of his companions, to encourage him, il he seems much distressed, as is often the case ; and the hearing of the voice is said by them to be a great support at the mo ment of their greatest state of exhaustion. A few seconds rest at the surface, and then the diver returns in the boat to recover, generally putting on an under garment or jacket to assist the restoration of the ani mal heat he has lost, and to prevent the loss of more by the too rapid evaporation of water from his body. Such is the try ing life of a Levantine sponge-diver; and doubtless there are very few of us who have any idea what a fellow creature has suffered in procuring that little article which has become a necessity of our toilette table, and the luxury of our morning ablu tions.—Captain SpraM's Travels in Crete. MATRIMONY. " I did 1" "You didn't!" " You are the plague of my life !" " Aud you of mine !" Aha ! j-ouiig folks—what, at it again ? Fie! fie! Now are you not ashamed of yourselves ? Tell me—you sir—is not that the maiden whom you singled out from all the world, because you prized and loved her most ? And tell me wayward girl, is not that the youth upon whose bosom you leant, and wept tears of joy but six short months ago ? And it has come to this al ready I—Have you both forgotten so soon those moonlight walks, those hours of rap ture when—locked in each other's arms and soul communing with soul—you were all in all to each other in this cold, selfish world ? We know nothing of your squabbles, and do not wish to know. It is six of one and half a dozen of the other ; you are a couple of young idiots, and that is all about it. Are there not inevitable sorrows enough abroad in the wide world, that you must manufacture gratuitous and artificial ones to hug them to your hearts ? Be assured, youthful couple, it is not always under the load of heavy cares that we poor mortals sink. These come but rarely ; we summon up extra courage to oppose them, and— united together, you may brave them to the last. No, no, it is these silly, idle, pal try bickerings—these ill-tempered little words and acts which gradually wear the heart away piecemeal, as water-drops cor rode the hardest granite. You foolish creatures ! have you ever sat down quietly to view the long road be fore vou ? And if you thus commence life's painful journey, what will it be before you reach the goal? You have often sighed, perhaps, 011 viewing criminals chained, two by two, wearing their lives away ; and you have seen a wretched dog, when cruel persons have tied a tin pan to his tail, run ning and howling in an agony of terror. Now don't be vexed—but man and wife like you always remind us of these things. You are like two criminals chaiued together | for life, and either of you resemble the little | puppy dog and the other the tin pan at ! his tail. Look you, sir, she is weeping ! Now throw your jnanly arms around her neck and kiss those tears away. In you, as the stronger vessel, it is noble to yield first. And you, sweet girl, with sunny smiles running through falling tears. Oh ! from the union of those smiles and tears, beam forth the rainbow of promise to thy wedded life ! The storm is past ! Now you pre sent a spectacle in which angels may delight a moment ago you were the sport of demons, A SENTIMENTAL young man thus feelingly expresses himself. " Even as nature benevolently guards the rose with thorns, so docs she endow women with pins."
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