CHARTAES F. READ &
il=oet's eostNis•
From Futoaru's Monthly for August,. 1'
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sy LOST YOUTH.
Often I, tbiOk of the beautiful town
That is seated by the sea;
Often in thought go up anddown • •
The pleasant streets' of th*t dear old town;'
And my youth crones back to Ink
:And a verse of a Lapland eons
' Is haunting my memory still: , .
• "A boy's will is the wind's will,
And the. thouglate , of youth are long,•Io4 thotights.”
I can see the shadowy lints of its trees,
And catch, in sudden gleams,
The sheep of the far-surrounding seas, _
And islands that were the Hesperides, • .
Of ail my boyish dreams. . •
hud the, burden of that old song, '
It =mining - and whisp,ers still:
."A.boy's will is, the wind's "will,'
And the thoughts of 'youth are long, long thoughts."
I remember the.black wharves and the-slips, -
And the sea-tidei tossing free ."
And Spanish sailors with bearded lips, • "
And the beauty and mystery of the ships,
And the magic of the sea.
And the voice of that wayward song
Is singing-and saying still: ' •
"A boy's will is the wind's will.
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts."
I remember the bulwarks by the shore, -
- And the fort upon the hill; -
The sun-rise gun, with its hollow roar,
The drum-beat, repeated o'er and o.er, . .
And the bugle wild and shrill. •
And the music of that old song
• Throbs in my memory still ; •
"A boy's Will is the 'wind's will, , .2
Aird the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts."
remember the sea-fight far jay,
Row it thundered o'er the tide!
And the dead captains, as they lay
In their graves, o erlookiug the tranquil bay,
Where they in battle died:
And , the sound of that mournful song
• Goes through me with a thrill :
-. "A boy's will is the wind's will,
And the thoughts ot scrutiai*long, - /oug thoughts."
. ,
ean‘see the breezy dome of
The shadoirs of , Deering's - Woods; .
And the friendship old and the early. loves . •
Come back with a Sabbath alDund, as of doves
Inquiet neighborhoods. •
And the verse of that•old song,
It flutters and murmurs still: • • • •
"A boy's will is the wind's will, • .„
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts."
I-remember the gleams and gloms that dart
Across the•schoolhoy's brazil ; 1
The song and the silence in the hkart,
That hi part are prophecies, and Qi part
Are longings wild and vain_
-And the voice of that fitful song • •
• Singo6n, and is never
• "A boy's the wind's...mill;
And the thoughts of' youth•nre - 1071g, long thoughts."
There are things of •which I may not speak;
• Th'ere •are dreams that cat die;
.There are thoughts that make the Strongheart weak,:
And bring a pallor into. the cheek,_
• And a mist before the .eye. - • • • '
'Atid the words of that fatal song
Come over me like a chill: .
bity's the wind's will,
And the-thoughts ofiyoutli are Pont:, longilmi:glits,"
Strange to me now are the:forras I meet - •
• \ W ben I visit the dear old town ;
Bet the native air is pure,and sweet, ••
And the trees that o'ershadow lo:own street..
As they balance np and down, •
Are singing the beautiful song, . •
Are sighing.and whispering still: •
"A boy's will is the wind's will,
And the thoughts of south are long, long thoughts."
And Deering's Woods nre fresh and fair, <
ind.with jay that is glanto,:t i Nt in
My heart goes bark to wander there.
Amid among the dreams of the days that were,
&id mr lost nutli
And the strange and ht-nntiful song,
The groves are repenting it Still: - •
• "A. boy s will is the .wind's will, " • •
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughtit's
141e$ 8-vozieiv.s.
THESE ADVENTURES BEFORE -MID
' NIGHT. - •
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• I have had more than one adventure in
'those East India Jangles. among 'which 'so
- • Many of my early years were spent.; but not
one that possesses more of truth and of.
the appearamw of it that - t which befel
My friend Chirsholin. For nutpy years he
Was my brother officer and -chum. .We ar
rived at Madras together. .having .shared the
• problematic comforts of- the sante, cabin as
passengers on board the David Sepit, a vessel it
of - which the only _distinct recollect lops I re
tain are, that it was freighted with yowl , *
-dies, cadets and horses; and comm anded' by
an uncouth no. sailor, with whom I. Was. in xf
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cessantly getting into all 'sorts of scrapes f i
from which the manly, affectionate
bearing of Chrisholto was as incessantly etc-. 1!
tricatiug me. We were posted to do dlity
with the._ same. regiment, - 'drilled together,
• quizzed together as the most enormous -and
incontrovertily green griflius that ever quit
ted the oatmeal bannocks of bunny Scotland
for the curry and rice of India, and studied
together the gutturals peculiar, to the Hindu
stan language tinder, the same moonsbine. 7 - . .,
Atiength the companions. were 'separated.
Chrisholra was ordered to •Charwar-; I to I
,Bangalore ; and after two • years . , when he !I
obtained a inonth's . furloughto the latter gay
• station to :Visit me._ the incidents .1 am eoing
-to tell, in straightforward, soldier's
were in effect the adventures'of a single_
ning
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He. had pitched tent for the night'arnokty
the low, rocky, barren hills ' 'on one of whii.h . l
• . stands the droog, or fort of Cliittledniog. and;'
after-spending a part of the day to inspecting
this still considerable possession of the : Mr:4l . ' l .
myth, one of the strongest fortresse4:in India ; i
- he.retolved on devoting the long afternOonl
- before him to his fowling piece, for be was and
Inveterate sportsman,the best shot .his re
naent At that periiid.there was no battalliont
. garrisoned in•the Spotted Fort (for sueh . is th 4.
.• meaning of Chittledr o .g) • whichi - thofign
romantic and picturesqu e s.ttition, is yet conii i ,
• sidered unhealthy. -4The , wafer is scant v, and
.of a bad quality ;•:..a L td the • nelidai;; "or plain',
• extending for ten
.nttle,.from south
and about four frot4 east to N C t, CAM-fists
that black sojl called cotton groutek'whi c 1
. the natives assert to : be (the matrix
generated unwhOlesome exhalations., In th'e
.customarys.X. Aldatic fortifies rock:',
Phittletiroog 'is surrounded by several 'wal(,
arithin'one another, the outermost of whioi
'night he , taken without vidaagering the .ar,
of the inhabitants of the central eitidel ilr
cortant e,
‘: I(tir.asi toward the eastern jUngl -14 bevimil
- the_plain, 'that on a sultry -afternoon. ChirL
hOltn directed bis steps. having told hi;i
ineatics not to expect him before dusk but CO
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RAZIER, ribII'ORS.
'Pr.'Ptiate'ro f tu
r'earlyl Start on the following ; buss
tending a great . lire, on -which were
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mining. :._ ..!; ,-r-- . _ .1 ' • 'placed the .sitriple utensil - a employed "by* the
•ir had 'ti - ‘lll - I 'ii' wi t h ! l as `e
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„age a
, rpe AS e .beater,_ pewees in the - "distillery of
. ernuggledarrick:
said:Chtatkilin; 4 boa :ttiouo 'Or tee cir.twicelt: it wks,•in fact, the seeretiretreat of a kulol,
retnsed-to ticenmpany me m eertain:direttiOn . or distiller of spiritnousiliduora. , . 'i•
afrtriniik.thati . there were ilgerattud panthers . In a fete Words foxnlained the nature of
in, those part's; I found hint exj,ert In the Use the accident -t he adventure of the - cheets
eiliii beating pole, - alicior aubatitute,notwith- :and'i'my de4re - tolbestoWtt bucks/ash (g rata =
ass
. standing; =for a pointer ;.landl so' - successful itY) on-whoever could pOint out the path I
t,v4- I. that _ before fiVe o'clocle I had already shofild. take. ~ . Great watt the joy of the poor
bagged"F,a brace of fltirkin, •lial.l Moat...delicate pe*e. te •heir the cheeta had been . -snared ;:
speciea z nr . hinitard, ei,. hare . pr_iteii, and ra•sirtis,.thej , ' - assured . .me its esetMe from the pit , was
.wlOl latter birdl:presented to the bOy, ',to impasible, and its mete:lliad been killed some
v hisi great delight - ; -. Sed'aS I was unwillitig'th AV eAs before. Beseeching Me -to retain the
return tat oon; I sent, hiln hack With the seci•et of their retreat biween the lips of ei
gliine„..6ilyind reeeir,ed'itistriletiims-fr.int him lenhe, they directed the boy- to put me in• the
how to'iteer 'ni . v c:nirse. . - - which: l had considerably
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~ r When he, left me. I thing myself. down_ on dietiated, anti I left them. But toe terrors of
the2:horit, crisp herhage, in repose, and there tli4 night w4 . ira not yet Over. •
11Ln/it dreatny sort of • Wakettilitess; which, 1' ! ilt wait nOw dark, quite dark. .. The sud-.
beneathi the blue tiltis of India- When the cool's' dean and hritit tivilight Of our Indian climes
erbreeies of c oming night bre athe, but do not , hail- come and gone whilst. remained in . the
blew, is of our.ehiefest,luXuries, I najilht - : litiOergroutuf hut, whirl'; indeed, 'found tti be
haye peAccathly -rertlned, Amid it was timoto ' (mi.:the very borders l of the plaih, hidden
retrace:ink !steps to wardS, had I not. been an long the last - thicket ,of, the jungle. We ' .
aroused by the shrill .cry of a peacock,, rising., ima not gone a mile of .the Six, which I was
Sliwly,l front heltind -me, steadily' winged_its' tol d' I had ti proceed, before my little guide
Way, sea ree two fit 4 • from! the gAtind, : tothe tutfabled over something in the narrow- path
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woltils!ievoial:. !! 1. - - '• : . • wty, cutting bit, right knee against
.a . stOne.-•
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,r.Shia' 1 -.eel: . i'or !the vein of gold;' thon(ilit; .1 hiM, fortunately.. the l lEast ' Indian's usual
I, t.or fl- ite sge .laird that avoids it 1' ' lor suFpiy of diaehylon about 'me, which . I tip
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relnentherthe etnyttuott liiiiiino - superiititilin,. plied to , the ;wound ; hat _ 4 lts the poor child.
which. Asserts that the. peac,:ek.,lia; s o great; al wiillatAl with 'difficulty aneseerniid anxious to.
liiirror fir giddJ that :aware Of its 'presence 1 return,
I made him de4.ribe the direction I
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•and thetigi4-aver4 ioatiake use. of its. heavy,:, bail to purstte and di a tnissed him, enriched.
wines' it flies - ovie• , th e e- c ,ifili hi which
. •1 Vein en all former exit recta in the - • . .
pus-•
ef t . . .. .
Oil ,ttr&. pernietou.4 orea- cola- c alled. Neither mit of a rupee. - Ilea , ld me I had but-to fol
dol, forget the 1 ith , re probable belief. that lOW the sol•iiightforwtod track to reach on
where.peati tad tire ifi+und, there,. tilt:: it r halliti -pfhta.: of eMaintaiteily :end I ilid not think it
Abe tiget,.-i' But i lia r ' , n e v e r, shut --.,: pe.a.,,k,- likely I col Oil. diverge! front - the. one limited ,
at (1-thespOrt,smatfk la-4: overcoming b •th this; pith into any soil more rugged and unbeaten.'
miser's. gree-d and i prudent ill:In; 1:11/t ?Olt, I j There was !no moon, As yet, and _ the. wide
'st:irtett lip . ` ft one the volition . ..lla - l i e .; J u an, of i ken :plain, here acrd 'there itaersected ii ;
which.l. had railer., and was dep in. .l rt . •I; 401 t
.4: ,te „ia _ ~, I, "gravelly . , 1 ~, i., . at. - I let
niazes Of an Undeniable. thotigh tha.k forest!, heaths lif mbutitain tOrrents , in the Monsoon,
ere I 'felt convinced that alit Was the prince. land here an a l there it iufull9t . bushes or a clump'
p 4.1 eparte r . prohi lei led . by my,.guide., of,
: tree., si,clutiihilnio:4 -boundless. Behind
I had. tWiee Trvi-,1.-q the g.,•irg,; , otikbird. and Alfe I eeuld define the dusky shadows of .wand
twice kreti in v;iiii,' when, As' I *a; (To- lie i aid hills, hilt ail, in''frOtit waslevel•vattatieV.
.aittarlv ildregovq•, or ravine: over'wlsich it eie•ept far! in advance, wherc - - a twinkling.
1 4 , d - paased, and through winch ran 'e little light denoted -the night•fire:of a pilgritii,ahe .
thread •Of.ivater, my eyes betiarne -all at once habitation Of altinit, ta.. the shrine It a faquir. . , . 1
tavitialain cermin parks. in the saindy soil--- Talk %vat die is , int g iven in ,to March up to,
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lle tuitniStakeable bagli-kopyirjr.r-L-the .tf•;wes and whilst it la.Ated all went well; but it soon,
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8 .elfeeta's fist !!. Knowing that ti n . ii , oi iarti dl- , alpeared and I saw it lilt mnre. . • !!';
and panther frequent, the dciliest, dells, making ,i . ' All tlie',:ounds' and sensations peculiar to g
their titals in silt:lV-tool retreats 'is are like AU Asiatic night! were! gathering around me
to furnish water as well .as shade, I resolved at - ,. I slowly , preeeed e d, The air was agrees-1
(al instant. return:;- . but had not :retraced my lily cool, a; Myriad sit inst cts, born of eark• i,
vt•ay ,forty :paces ere a loud grolvl- in adVattee !tieas, :filled the at moapherc ; the teti,tgreend
stArtit.al Inc' into the ceitainty o'fini•ar and ins- Ipig stuck in my hair,;ntoseintos buzzed hun-i1
itii!nent datiger...Befori• me - ;nahin almost ih e Arily abs rely elirs, and •large white winged 11
Nick- i ra(•1: I had 'Come, and glaring through moths, with Ailituse pertinaeity,- - " tnistia:k my 11
theawacia Lusla•s;ll saw a pair Ok.tiery g'a'in ..q.r s ”:: itii. horoint,w4 food ; crickets and gras's
---t lie eyes of Ate ' ern:Kiting peril ; :whilst 1 'lookers chirped loudly - tiromnl, oceasifinal4
Itsliiita its; tail. it,:gave in [faith, dreadfill note 1 l'-'IA -nightiowl- hooted - across the waste, can s
(fif.t.ret!aration.. - :- ! i !.'as •I crossed a t•itnAli "runnel of water a (hack
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' 1 was, as .itearly .as I could calculate, with-; of huge: _white: herO,na! called paddi-birds
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in wo'Aprings at it. My Manton Was loaded, 1 from their' frequentin g •die.wet paddi,or rice
Tut net with, hall.; te..mv right was an - open i3elda; ro - ee:eiteiiitaii . eolisly from their drink,
saatee,leading, to -a few sc.4lltered ; lL•areet, or looking- as; they flew lazily away like a troop
Oa NI-apple trees, bet Ween Which zn i d me the ',1 . -gh(ists in snowy shim:cis. 'There 'Ares the
4 iii)undts:eo+3 to have been recently-.broketi :hoom of ia bittcyn, and the croak of- nitin
lip fol. Several yards,for it , was bereiand there . l bull-frogs; and. by _and by, beautiful - in. thei
t r ait -up,ldi vetted of turf, the graSS lying about i Pitchy dit •tiess which precedea the rise of the
.While ICavesiand branches were sarewed.over !noon, the - •v was thronged with, firc-fliesa,
111- N I glance was sufficient to convince me 1 They danced, and . gleamed,' and glittered
that, iflattainable; my 'post of defense would I trowel me.ilike floating gt-mis;. thee decked
be the dole of the nearest, which was also the the trees Of a tope or grove, through which I
largest tree;- almost despairing of reaching it passed, till , every branch. seemed festonnet#
4re the the r eta made his. attack, instead of tur- • lk
ith fairy lamps, every ' leaf_ deed , with
near*- back, I 1 effected. i sadden leap , to the
with
of diamonds, and .rubies, and emerald :4
right, and in' another montent; gaidedihe de:: And -I- pauSed in mate admiration to look at
aired position, yet; not without running anoth- . .I.em.. ! • ilt 1 ' . 1
er and an • Unexpected, risk ; for in!dn my mo- 4 4 .! -Staldet t ly,as suddenly as they had appeati
tnent.ary descent upon theintt•rvening space:.
,!ed before- me, and As i f swayed by some in-
I foundthe leatstrearn soill giVe Way- \ under Iserutable !policy of their Own, -they vanis hed.
,tee: anitinstantly became aware that helleath
i rand all again was obscurity. Indeed, it sac
at was 0 hollow chasm of stime sort. -•- -
.1 'now- so - dark that I knew the-moon - must soob
1 In a nother instant the unsteady footing 11 'arise; and feeling aet rtain security in reintiin
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had there occupiCd was invaded -by - the par-ting still, I resolved to wait tilt the niOit . greW
suing ateeta! The enormous and ferocious4ighter. .il had deactided a slight siAndy d-- .
ereatur, lighting within a foot of .ane., at. the file, and was seated on . a hank near the little
very isairge,Of the pitfall—fir such indeed it 4.611, which in width was. not a yard across;;
prove t d-hati scarcely touched the treaeherbOs. ;the delicibu; eooltleaS of-the breeze4 -, the\rich
itzuperatructtire ' • ere the whole giVing way he ;:odor that' came wafted from the golden .b 1 .4...
was Preeipitated backwartlS----still!, however, -sours. of Stint° babools (gum-arabie tree,s)nelr
lelingi• - ig byl his.,:inre paws to the margin, 'the, the disappearanee of theannoying insects',
IWhefiee his hot and fetedbreutli struck against :and a considerably !degree of fatig ue, .coixe•
tity• forehead I 'ln the utniosi...terrorl could pined to drowse toy faculties, and -1 Wei sus
east .gaze' with strange feseitiatiOn -on the purely yielding to the irresiatible clasp •Of
I grand but awful appearance of the•anintal,-s--.' sluntLer,lwhen, all at once, •something,hurleld
!lit -self full of tear as Well as rage, its tvi;s,red • past me,,a whirring; sort of noise Ned, ife t irit,
and ravenutis,Sent a call to my blood, while '.somezharp substanee struck me painfully Ott
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from its diatended jaw's..co - ered with spumy tr'rny extended leg, a!sound as of the clattering
foam issuel'the appl ling discord Of its- voice,? at, many, rods struck together in quick sueecat
iOnee it raised itselt so cornpletely from then-seem" ft;ilowed, and all seas again silent! In..
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which hinder
lenasm in :its part4 uepenaeo,tnat'::vio!ent terror, I put my hand to my leg,atid
II made sure t ha t it Would eftlati : its esfape; and : found that.' in truth. had pierced
i something . !
!wale a last a l al'Ort .1 raised tatyl fewling-pieee.ol through ' lily . trou seis for blood was running
hev,•ied it A 4 11;:: eyes' and fired. The cheeta.l4 froM the wound._ ll' oould see nothing,btit
:veilirta hideously.fell into.the pit ; And breath.- 11' drew something from the ground.' Gadd it
big a ferve:ilt • -thatiksgiving for suCh an isaueil he an. air,)w 1 Nay, it was the . ii tidy drdp
to . ace s - weii-fieinikel to pi-elit-nsiens,• I sank, -- i lied r quill of a porcupine! The shy animal,-
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vitterli; unable to stand, nporflthe grOund.; f !ill . rarely -seen, had come to drink. and,-in
But it tort, nu-tune fisrldelliy: the' eveciog unexpected cOntaeti with my leg. had been dc
%vita fast O va n e iag. slnal l ow:i'v,•ere already'. prived of a quill ; one of those beautttitl d4tt.{
lengthening MO, gigantic grotkaptettiti;; :mai i led quills. of whit h -the •expert ',natives -1:f
-f had , so entire!,. - 4.n; :tug e-(11 layHif in 'the! some parts of India make :such elegant wotli
jilagl6...tho 1 Cuttril :Mt be.eetaaiti ! of illy way: lioxes. • - - 1
Out of it. 'On however,,l'strnek; t ili lindina, . 'it was still dui:111101Th the pitchy deri*e
nivself more deeply -involved in it,; tifstneSse4,' ii4ss ol i the airiee4plicre tend subsided. - I .
I pauses to reflect. i Tt. - e iiiiis was; et t iiig ,• iti, 11;,wever I:ha-tiled Wady's:Ode to remove fraim
golden light falling !like the intangthle - sha4 the. proitimty.of wit - er; and - creeping up bl
ows of a troop of bright shirt- on the griall• a to the Plain. threw 'myself down on the dry
britticheSalf the trees, rentitali•d pie, that it: hispin spier- - grass,lwbere I ointrived- for; a
'bad come towards.lhe east, 11w0111(1 now turn few minutes to keep Awake; but alas! !,(a
toy face t4wardslthe sinking 'luminary. 80, - I word - which the ideVer yeurig anther.ofEoo,
the .thieketsincreased in size,ithe jungle thick-'' 'ea:avers is never :spoken, though often writ=
tined-4there wet* nun:err:al , •avines and gul-'1 ten) just as l was cionscious of a coming grey..
jt
liesin the course I had tali n • and ',ready I to the tkies,. the grid of sleep was to.:strOng
1
felt - .eery uncompa•tahle. , Pscisenily'l fienill, I forme; And I sticetbribed. • -
!;11t - yself• s idthe tnOuth of a art of cave, oil: i' No doubt - of it!; I •S, lept-soutolly—steetet' - .
concluding it might be the Inir of the cheett I Iv ; no; doubt of i. I have ne•• er einee then
or his Mate. I turned away from and ate- I slept ill the open . air either soundly or sWeet
eendetta- slight Mound covered With soft tutela ly, for! i tity waking arta full of horror. • Ile-..
and parasite Oaks, which, indeed, proved ti.) • foie , I was
: fully. lawake, hoWever, l- had; a
be the roof of th e antre.; !fn Whilst I grePeei strange, perceptions of danger, which tied Inc!
on'hands and knees, escalading the slippetlY down to the earth ' warning me against iall
vet gradual aseetit, a-sound Of human - teiceS motion. • I knew there was a shadow creel
.reached.me, aitiffpaused to listen when, lilti` 1. ing Over -rue; ben.ath -which to lie in dutnb
the whole gave way, whilst;,. se if hi ridieht - Whet - ion . 'wag the wiaeaaresTarce.- tif e lt ihee
lots imitatiineOf my- recent ifoe,.down I
. fell,. My lower extremities were- being invaded; by
unhurt, but - sorely
alarmed-e4amongst a group did heavy coils of !a living catin; but,-as if a
;who. Were sesuredl v. more terrified than rafre providential opiate-had been infused
. into Frly.
_self I Screams, tries, haipreations .assatileii ayatem,'Preventino all movement of there or!,
• - , , ' . ,
me !..: •• -.k . . i. i :. . . :. a tonew,l knew not! till I was wide awake thet'
i !Mo/ Bhiaug 1 Iti•iie. a tiger,l -eritel an .enormous •serpent . ieoveired •the wholl of
4 2
rle. ..
'w
' i r . •!. my nether limbs Up tii the krmes. ; i. • ,
- "Vico: i phozOl./ pceskoik 1. It is a goblin, .- . ' -My "Goa; I ain . lost !' Was the mental ex
it
,
1 a spector, - demon, " . /aid another; and clamation I madel i as evert drop of bleofitt
when at-length I.get up, ;liiotieg uP" . :'rny . ilil• 'My' veins iiemedbfiirned to fee ; . - enditnnn I
injured lithhe andlianton,J found myselrin I sh - ook like an aspen leaf, Until - the re/ 'fear
the . tientre . of A stibterranean hut t," the -m . 4' thavniy sudden palsy might image the reptile
1
pants of which
.iiere an Vold 'uteri, - itWoinitit -ooetuiliiigid-alevtlhion-iii-feenng, and 1-4/416
al boy--al ! of whom bad evidently been lay paralyzed. • h slept, or at all tOentsj re
. ..
t • t i , 11 ! •
• 1
1
74 " 4,2 W'''' 'ir' 7,,, it 4 .4 , t , , iC6:44 , .. i4e"7 , -4 . 4 - . l , _ — .." — AFAki,r74 ,s iq - - h.t40.-',O: - . , ,p_r.. , 1 , ' , .,.. 5 .
. _, "
.. .. . .
- - -AtoNryß•Qs . ,,,Tqvßsp.A.y'
-i.' - .' ,-'; , ul ..... - . W -- '; . ;'' ; .' f ' • 1
Mained.stirless; anttliMor limg it . remained 1
. ~ , . .
II knew not, for . . ,tiata - .:to the'tear r struCitis 1i.4 '
the .ring i)f!' efeinitY - :'.,! All - At' n'ti C.V. = tliii 1 sky
Cleared tip,' the moort.:iShone oat,' -the :Static
.wets . aver:tne ;. I - could see theta! all as Hay;
stretched on my side, one hail( umier „my
head; whence
. I. dared, not removeit, i.int . dar
a 1 look upward to the loathsome beil-fellOiv
Which in evil Stara had sent mi -' 1 •- .- '
Unexpectedly:a . new Object of err* auper
4ened ; a curious purring - sound I beliittd . me,
fidlowed by .two smart ; taps nn [the, ground, ,
put the snake-on The,alert ; filr:j.moti , edi and
I . 'felt - that ,- it was: crawling up: ardsi to my- lireaSt. - ;. At. that monicht, when I vit.almrytt
Maddened. by insupportable apprehension in:.
t.o . .sorrting tip to meetaerhaps, certain des
ill
.trnetion, Omething sprang upon_ ray shoul
der=- the reptile; There wa4;..a.shrill
cry fro its neir assailant, a lopd, appalling
hiss from thC. serpent. For an instant I NMI&
feel them vitestling, ss:it were, on..rtiy body ;
in ihe next, hey, were beside - me on ;the turf,
in another,ll'few paces off,..strugglitg, twist
. !ing- 'round each other, fightinglfuridiuslY. ,I
.;beheld-theni—a muiagitoor, or [inelineumon,
end a cobr!a di capello. .I started i up and
Watched. ilia most singular eo'pribat, for all
Iti
was now clear tie dity., I siittiat stand
`alone for a 'moment ; the venmootia fascina-
- ,tion of theisnake glanced pnwirlesi against
'the quirk, keen,- restleie orbs ofthis4ponent;
I saw this duel of the eye exchanged' Tice,
more for eli - tser conflict ; I saw that the intiing
!bons was bptten, that ,it carte away, doubt-.
;less in search of - that - still. u known plant
whose juice is its' alleged amidde agalnst
snake hits.'thatit` returned with feesh'elgor
Ftn the attack ; and , then,. glad! sight ! I Saw
I' the col.ra di eapelin , maimed !froti,t hooded
16;0 to scaly- 660111 lifeless from .its huh- -
[ertit erect tiosition,With a fulfil l ed hiss, whilst .
the ;wonderful victor, indulging itself in a se
ries of fierce leapS upon the tinily q its an,.
ta!voitist, dancedand . boundelittint, purring.
and spitting like an .enraged cit.! 1
`Little, graceful , creatticeil 1 Itaye ever
since-kept 'la pet mungims, the mast attach
ed; the moSt.Tplayful,'and. mostlfrng-devourir.g
a all'favoiltes. ' ' •.;
• 'I '
!ery sonli found my way . tri\ my, tent,
witciru theie were„some. strange isurmists
aleettimy absence. Need I telOr:ou how I
enjoyed my curry and rice that - night, late as
it ww.o.pr how I countermand..d the:march
ing otiders next morning , ? or' howl soundly; I.
slept afterthose `.Three Adi,;,entures befnre .
Midnight..l' . ' - .
F'ront . e .Christian Advocate;
THE TOGNG, BRIDE IN i
• AGE. 1
The sp l ttnintwous solilocit4 which issued
from the heaving bosom of ilutyouOtul bride,
as she sat i solitary in the par or, May ;.excite
a smite ini thojte who neveri kneW such sot-.
row ; but ;now, as well as in Ihe ay-4 of-Sol
'mm, • the heart- knoweth its r,iwn lYttternes s:' , "
She had hut rc.4l•entl,i- left• heif-tatirr's; .hou'e
and removed to.the par.a.tria , A.,. and the par.
- son (I) had gone to make s-tile Ostoral vis;
its. ,She mused upon the pia aural the pres-.
tilt when her thoughts itssiiiil;•d W I form like
r.
th e follow i ng ; ' I eaithot say th.d. lam real
ly happy' n niy associations ,in t4is plaee.—
I have been accustomed
,to pt;.lite Mid refined
Society, m i ld often-sigh underia sense of my
loss: The manners of •our slicietil. here seem
' rotigh,„:and" almoSt. vulgar ;'they talk very
well,uptitt religion ; but then•we'doret'expect
to' be always talking about that..'i . •
The:Chick aroused her attentidn, and she
exclaimed: , ' Three times i; that clock .has
struck since I have been 11.6*(1104e! 0 hoW
heavily time_ hangs noon iii ;; if I' only hail
my piano,with the last isshie • `pf music: it
would I:egiii le lifts' deat lid ike Stil !less:* I was
constrained to, leave it at hui t ne,lor they told
me there !was no place fur it. in the - parson
age.i What :Were the fruitees thinkihg . -of
when they built this -Innise 7 b , -Did they .not
want a pastor who possessed a musical taste,
andscultivated intellect; and wiluld he not
be. likely to choose such a ofie,td,sympathize
with him in his labors? Why ; did• they fur-.
get, to prepare a place for 4 pis..? Themnole ; lsee what can' be dohe—strange, - ,that
all these men did not perceiVe it—that par
-tititai tint be moved back, and -leave a recess
Just large- ecoUgh for my piatio,land - it will
by a real ;improveinent, and'a Jkghtful ern
,.
ament to the parlor. I will siteak 'to my,
love \ when his tardy kteps,; shall bring hint
home,. and her wilt. have the ;Matter attended
I to at once, and theft I may hope ; lfor,soMe re
-1 lief in My trying s:ttiatioh.; But Stop, let
111 ; 4 see, that Will ruin the bird,r(irotii,- which is'
hardly half large enough noW! I What shall
I do-1 • Ilse
,ao remetiy,ritid I. lack patience
I to hear the calamity,'" 1 had bet•ln advised "of
Ate Care iprit'ittionS. sufTeringsAnd, hardship
• • ' 1 ..,.., . •
of preachers' -1 \VW ':4 ; but had fondly cheri.-41-
) ed the idea that modern" irnpro,Vehtertts had
lextructed"thdse bitter dreg froth' their cup;
but,hew;Uatit. compelled' to- fetil my error,-
and drod,p - titid-u• this Weight Of i
-,:accumulated
tperplexity.' l. ; ; '•\ 1 •
;• - .
We heed hotlslippose'thi l s a siolitary case.
Doubtless,-rhanv such pilgrims }lave watered
their couch Wit h7theirtearsd to‘Whorri I would
speak it - 'few Wors t he,f mom ragekktuit. _ Mtich
has bech, said of pione . r - prfacl,tere,'whol
i
were generally 'piligle men.; butlwlita , ..t.ol(l
the s tory of ,'the labor, destituti4ii, and\,-zeitti
tY fare tit tl4isel• heroic wit}es vli
' .ttr held\up
the;,hands, anti cheered the hearti of the•Chrhi.,
tiith soldiers l• 'The record ofi many is . tht
high, whoSe, virtues may be cht4ished by the
living, ' ' - , ; . I, -‘1 -
; 1
; MAU 1816 the Diseipline made no proVis
iitti foNient, ' feel; or - table . -expenses. The
preacher was. allowed sBo.i;an'til his wife the
same, ;making 8160; and , gttnerally their
quatterly collection - did tint aptomit to half
that sum. If the wife ha4ll, l '-the ability, it ;
; was
expeCted ahe would work l!eroien.paisage:
1 ,
Now, doctor, 'a great l i chahge has taken
place: ; We begin, to co4pitral - . our support
with that of other- denomiOatiohs and mur
mur-a ittiejtow anti then.l, , • . •. • ,
'Mr. NVe.sl9 , charged Mk prt.achers not to :
forget '.their!calling, and !lif We should" look ;
back to Tor Mer times, and leoire.thein wilt
- the Present,i we might find raise of thanks
givind:g 1
and praise to ourfJcoayehaut.keeping,
Go i - ;!.
With your Consent 1 will gi%e a true sketch!
of Abbey C-- , -,' who' l i n, af i lhe considered f t
as a, specimen of what the[wir! l ' had to pass
through, foity- or fifty - years ago— We had
no platie4 called, pars onati them, fur we had
no 'pardons to occupy thetri ; Out.we will use
those phrases that we mUtr be; easily-.
' 4 66d . !• • , ; - ,1.- 1 .:- •.-;,.. ' I
I .1. - -
- Assay joined the itine;:uthytin Atheits,' l 4.,[ .
in the spring of 1806 ? atol l in linosler bus 4
~. I ,F ,
: .--
MN
OM
Alv.prvs'r.,.o.. 4 - .)_80
. .
.
re T
band Was a tinned on Landaffeirepit,'N„ 11. ,
one huiia — rialielit distant I =The 'i‘nstnrif then
waa'forithaliroieher_tO gn to;thcceirettit,-itid
find-.4la.eeito 1101; nohodY , was required to ~.
do..thitj ! li ir.hitn. -Indeed, theienentl feeling: ,
.seemed to be,. 'lf we Mahe ; provision for f,wiy . i , .t
they. Wilf ri bi likely .to multiply, and'We , cap-,
not . sulvo , r them . . Re went to-his - circuit,
and from - 011txf , ini .to "WehtwOrth; Warren,;
- Coventry, ILiverhill, Bath,LLandaift, Lisbrin,."
Franclinia, !Bethlehem; Littleton, Waterford.
in Art.i..West. and '.,East Lyinan, with. over 20
prestehxng riliteei, 'and fi ulna no place .: for ;the
young brict.e. At length it wag arranged-she . .
should :board . With brother S. Laingdon - oti
Warren. . lie brought:hei there ow-it:Sattlytl i
dity„ Pr.eaelied on:a Sendai, and lea her onl
Monday arid hosted to his ..work... In fonrl
.week 4 brother Langdon . told them he had
conot4ed to more to Oh io with his brotheri
and they Must find another place. •AbfieY..!
felt keenly and the pieather had • enough 'to:
do, ai his colleague, J. P. was aceeptibliii
and soon Went home, and tefi him. al?ne of
that large ;Oirenit. 'He ride,. earii, and_ lat4 °
someldari and'finally - bmiber-l'orsattli 4
poveiitry let bun have a :room in his' hired
housi., with the Owner's consent.. On itisrei•
,
turn 'he folynd 4hbey - lute sad. ,A sister,.
with !More l goofiness than prudence, had, beep
expl4iningito hq, as an apology for the chi.-
Cuio theyi. did riot "expect 4 -married preach.
er ; had qo plice fbr them to lire . ; did not
knoW whtit: could be done, Ist.' He told Ah-
,
bey, r,' Thia is really trying to the - heart: of is
stranger;; but let us make the best•of it, and
reeki'rm..tills•;afflietion ninon , * the 'all things'
that ''Shall; work together - fro good to then
that;,love IGod. ' We shall snon be house
keekss.',-i They bonght a few articles Ot
-brother Langdun, and be;rrowed some and
entered the parsonage, August 29.
!I • l
nsiciurrrox OF THE PARSONAGE. ;I
'• The
rotoro was-about fourteen feet', square,
containing a bed, tables,: ebsirs,' a spinning-
Wheel kat .; no closet, but a curtain - drawn
across one Scorner, of the_ room supplied` "a
pinee for .necessary articles. The house con
taiii,ed at4.ther . large!room and bedroom, and
was.; the- tlegular place to hold meetings-4-a
clibik anikprayer meeting weekly, and preia.h
inff once an twin week,' and sometimes on the cl
i Sa r bbathl When more, room was - wanted,:''
they threw olien„the doOr:of the parsonage,
and bed4table, &c., were occupied
.for seats.
. The parson (!) had: tai- time to store -his I:
domicil-lith. provisions, .but felt Abbeii in
..
cant of sister F:, a - prelous memory—line
of a' thOusanii—and after one night, took!
leaire. 104 • three weeks.: On his return !he!
'found her described iii l i rov..Xxxi,
.13 f
'She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh *il-,
lingly - wlth her Ininds,',_ ' No*,' said she,:
smiling, i. twill tell you` how. 1 ha r p pi an n e jl
.my': business for the litll -and - winter; with;
yobr concurrence. - I :will card, s;iiit i . Anil
weave of piece, ofwoolett —use part for flan!
tier, and!send etiouz„h to the clothiers to be
fulled and driessed,. to make you a suit of.
eliftlie , ,,ineluding an over-coat, .'rhen,l WA
-spin and weave anoiler . PieeeT - Of:linen Warp
Al i] o.)goe-filling, whiCli we n-r 2 .; nee 0.• Tfa..i.-
w.ill . so lieenpy my time- that I shall not be
Sc): lonestune in your . absence. ,CorOe; : noWl
t e ll m e if you will supply the'steekT !! Alil
A libey,l,, understand you ; and surely you •
must fefi an exquisite pease of loneliness,; i
you cannot devise some easier- Method
. :0
ciire.. -Will not the remedy lie worse tint
the disease V
.- ' Not so, for the gain will
equal tin all the labor;' and 1-think you! can
have tiii objeetion to th.qt, since your salary
for ea first quarterfell short of ten: dollgrs'.l
' Well, !well ;1 you „See I 'needed a .help-tnetlS,
and myl, part :shall not be lacking; cottOrt il;
starve, il think fifty cents a pound, but I :nnt . y:
be alilett•i 'Tina it.' If that. cannot 1 - /ltalil f
tained,•lf can: substitnte tow in
,its pinee.',--t-
Cardirimaehies, and :ripinning and , weaving
.tifetorics, were then \ unknown; and--the labor
Was petformCd by main strength. - I I.
I imim , ,
ine that.some of. niv ' young' real
i -,
mayr-^ ~
iers : ish
.to, ask this question :'IDIII
they take no time. to ufitenti their miu46. A
rt:laza?iOn and amtisirnent ? I must claim h
little indulgence,lri giving an answer, in;:ord
*l. to adapt It,;:tir mtidern. usages ; for the 010
, method of roreation,s might hardly be under!,
stood byalie rising generatien. Yes, the . [mi.- ,
son felt as ,er nature -rertired that. he - :ssitoulll ,
tnib6lo.his bow, and change the scene, after
he had been ;two or three weeks daily preacii-,
Ott r, meeting . classe.s, attending prayer-awl;
I" •
gigs, and visiting from honse to hotise, Stc.
Then :they had stirring
! times in the, parsok
age ; Which exhibited a scene of lively. animft
tion:,!not -a : 4 dOnntion visit,' , where: pert
Semi sprigs aself-conceit paid their entrance
droner; and , then had .a.: - good tim3 in:: their
• -sawn way ;.00r a' religlousfair, _with postalf
flee, grabbox; and ring-eake, to raise Money
for the Lord, in_ hopc'the end would -sanctify
the means. ;• But they, held - real concerts. I,
Atiothiivere hivers,:of music, and could: Oily
bn. inktruments ; and in their concerts_ ' dta
eitr4etl. profitable music.' - Abbey was a
proftkior, aid played' her -instrument by co.,-
1
!meting and ORtinding - Oki strings.. The par
' Son had learnt-el sonw pieciq in early life; and
:his instrument was - ii i proper. accompct4ipteitt
,c.
' i)f Atibev'si—the operation of which,' -to t e
.
tenet& spealingtrarp, rendered . the Perrot' 1
'aneel. doubly interesting:: Neither of the 1
t i.fteriipt e d to show' off their 'Ain 'l'iy tenet
i ,
]inteiludes--thitt.t -d Mini flat n irierY a -is ' mold
. ~.
i;erti .in 'light f1..1 :1' puff ofempty ai -
I.Their yokes chimed most
. sweetly,„ e*peci I
I:,y. When •they
. sting those expressive lines,
'The' Lord will provhle.'•
vnd Journal.
':•- PLESON-
_ ~. e_,_
When:there was an urgent ea)! 114 repeat d
re/dorm/I , They - could continue to ii, late ho r
without any weir' painful sense of 'wenrine a.
They were. not confined to - tlith*.inst Ll
me6ts.- Abby borrowed, an'
O ld ime . ,":, badly
otitot, tune, and so large. that:it OecliPied . as
much roost - as' 11.1-
,-be,d. She 'Wbittd hlve
been - glad ida reeiss; or 'some proper .pl 'ee
for it to sqid; but she was Obliged -to. give
up 4 iargeishare.ot.the floor tO its. use, -T is
with- its . ;,:ittaeluents ; and- the bed, -ta It.
'cbitira,- &ei . ihoived . , a parsonage _ fully. '.ru it.
'fished. They cOuld cook . and :eat : very We 11
but, for the time heingycouldnot Conyetti it
ly entertain
,much company. ,' To perform a'
this large', instrument .ret.inied atrett4t#4 to
well its skill: The' tread of tie FM; 'and . a
motions of the hand's and - fingers;,,inust b ii
. - ,
perfeet unison - with the betitinleof 'time ;' . ll ,
like -ptitying the ' Battle of Prague- uliun '
piano, when-the font is. onlykused. itibw.*ti
Alin to pioiluee,tbw. thunderiid_lhe earn/
.htit . in, this the thunder- beganwith . the .
ond note., two beets in it.bar, end ; ~114ai it!
1 0 in aporOtnal ficces:•;ion*it4 . :4:lllodl
tithe. The priteticed - ear of 'a prtipirsoi
harnioniel would have 0 'once 'dater.
~, .
I.
M!!ME
- • ' •
FRAZIER- je'SMIT I4 ;PU -14.0.;544*
sorry disarrangement l'of - fh,iti and sharps,.,
mOiorsind minori ;' 'and' If some of the
it4rtt had been Of a 'itervinif tea persiOnr;
(though,:happily, in those -days:ltem:Wire
fee such* the.,lstod;),,tbey nips!, ,hpre keep
somewhat relieved, to hav,e her" nCT.and : tben
me to a rest;' and liildwthe,parion
1 - 4tirwiitt attnehinent's rota -tipatial fiat.
key, l .`to the time Of • winding.qudifi. - ThoSe
utneerts7wer&mot like manyin moderrutithes,
that do not pay .d ; oTel:tags Lxieit4r- wet*
consp?sed on the principle; ova Suces
sion of Sounds, .sO • modulated as barely to
please the ear; lint rather Of pure' utility and .
economy r artd,‘ '-genitai--eonsetit, Abbey
was allowed to .receive=s' Svoiefit , at eery
perfbnnanee r and with ;the, avails the . pitman
114ained a good suit of clothes for. the winter,
‘lllek was no small matter in those 'hard
times, besides many other needful conyenien
ees.
We do.not supposeithat thedeseript ion of
those antiquated instruments is the. best that
Might have been given, and. perhaps some 4
my young readers will not be able to corn
reneed the various parts of "the music allu
e4 to; but 1. , wilt.sugect to them, if they
• I%l'l apply to, their grandmothers, they will be
able7to explain the_matterlo their entire sat
isfaction. • -
My next will'give Abbey's ejectment from
- tb&-parsalvige. - ' A. Kelm.
New -Bedford , Ju ly 25,-1855.
'DEMOCRATIC. LAW. .
:The writ of attars corpus, lathe great**
personal :liberty, and its design was
,to
serve - as 'a shield iii,every indiyidual 'citizen
Logiiinst false impriouinent, or an improper
detention - of
,his person. Every' man has a
-right to claim it, and when he can' show that
he ia illegally restrained of his liberties, he
is entitled to a discharge. As the name of
'the writ hnports, it is a command to produee.
in Court the bodyof the person or pers . tire
held in durance, and is always issnedi at the
instance' of those Who
,are intereked''ltt.re-
.
storing the prisoners to freedom..., Hitherto
no Judge authorized. toissite such a wr4htis•
felt at liberty to refuse it, yhen: : 4skedl .fur,
re 7 :erying to himself prily,the privilege Of re
fusing: to discharge the prKutier`; if batiAed
that he is legally imprisoned...
InPhiladelphia, however; under thellegai
reign of .such men as Ethrii :and 'LriSt, all
this has been reversed. JudgejKatie
a writ of habeas corpus, not to
.restore any,.
Person to freedom,. but to return :a,woman
and two Children into Slavery!-7;.not to in
quire into the imprisonrnent - or detention of
any one,, but to require the 'production of.
bodies that were known to be at _liberty ! It
is the.tirst time in legal history; we are told,
in which that writ, sacred tQ the.purpo.:es of
liberty, has been prostitnted .to the' purpoSes
of oppression; or in which a writ designed Air
personal deliverance was used for persOnal
enslavement. , But even this. preposterous /
abuse of power was excelled by the c o rm—' -
.rueut of man foreolitempt of,
u t bail or inainprize, for
turn'tn a writ of h abeas
. a corpus.
two together, they form a juilicial / outrage
before which the atrocitiesf ',Jeffries pale
their ineffectual fires.
. -
When William Son thni.Committed fOr
contempt, there aro f ; a case in which it, was
eminently proper ,to apply fora wrivof = ha.
bras corpus itt / his - behalf: It was. to. _Meet
just,. such : ett4 that that writ was
framed. And when;, therefore, application
was math; toludge Lewis -for a writ to in
,quiie„into the propriety-of Williarnsen's com
: mittitent, the refusal of it :was as great an
I,ontrage as the original 'eommitment.'lt.was
virtually .a dental - tO a'citizen.of the State of
the rights guaranteed ..to him . by the.Consti-.
tution • it placed the Courts above and be
yond die reach of the Constitution, and left,
the - rights of every citizen of PerinSylVania at
the nturey of an umerupukusjudic:al offeti of
the United' States.. It-deprives usin:fak i of
all-our boasted State rights, m . ttiplaces us_ in'
the position of mere vassals .the central.
'government: In the presenceofjudge Kane'
-end his assumed dignity not eitiiett'4
. Penn
s y ivania is safe. •\ . •
But, it is said, Judge Lewis merely utter
ed the law as it. exists;. he simply recognized
the existence of 'Judge Katie's (:curt, - and re
fused to interfere 'with it. We dnnot 'stop
to question 'his law, or his siiiity of inthori.
ties; it is enough to be assured that the COn
stitution Of this State iiitiintireme l law, - end
that Judge Ljewis has treated Was if it did'
not exist. In deciding that each Com t isthe
judge of its nwn pronotinces that
dignity so transcendent Mid - exacting that its
maintenance. admits of not even constitution
al iiirdtation.t The' . United States: court and
1 Judge - Kane are greater. than -the Constitu
tion, in his: view, it indeed, he - regards' our
fundamental law. as :being of. any "authority
whatever; He was asked to extend the pro=
tection of the.*Preme Court of the State to
oie of its citizens,. and his decision waS, 'that
-he was' only bound -.to extend. its protection
to,the.diguity.of a'Federal . Court, absolutely .1
• engaged in the Violating or_ negation of all
civic or State,rights.. • This; course, once
atitnitted,the - .pld DetnOcratic dognia OState
sovereignty disappears before ' thet'adjudiett-- 1
tiert• of Judge Kane. • A citizen'af 'the State
is deprived cif liberti,eubstantially for life— .1
; for tins injustice eapriblenf.the original Cunt
-mittal is capable. of the Molt:vindictive en.
durance-,and neither by his 4A - inn. by
the interference of any' arm. of juStice in his
'faVor, net by reSort.to the triateifolifiutiratt- ,
tees for- ersonal freediim hy-liag
na ::Charta; Right of - Petition, COnatitution,
and law, has he any chance °Cr...6144. ' •
. is Pliiledelphialaw, as -.l*.prOntel
gated. ',ln the. meantime, prior
innocent of any Offenee,..latignishes prison,:
disoWned byfits State, and ijAiiis:•e(l by.
the. government"' Of. the iititiort.—Pettsburg:
• -
A.lisalar WARD Bucazilow:—Thisbril
-, liant clergymen recently pirviched 'sermon.
, against . old Calvinism, fl, Which bti 'said' he
- wi,hed it fully understood by his people,that:
he served then' not as the inimsteir of
. a sert,
bat of the, truth. `I am not," he declared;
"aa Calvinibt, Arminian, Universalist, a,
n Unitarian l a Pela g ian,nor a Sivedenhorgeu;
e hut=l am simply Henry Ward ileeeher, :a
'preacher of the'espel, a believer hi the Lord
d- Jesus Christ; and trying to make oiler pee
ple.believe in him--that is sill?'
t 14'1fie li fo llowi ng as t was re a d a t a ea l
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f ebriion oche' 'glorioui , Fiytfte
f Srringg
ehe tryer be Pierced -
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ROKANTIO -
The' itpv . who 14.4 iieentlt r
visited- ;he 144minoth ibtis
the• Will \ on one - Of-itssubterianean , ritieilAihA - .
the,. itiabyteiiuts,-tf-whieb be is ihtp aliatiet -
- A-fcw:smonjetOs more, and we itocid co
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dig hatilpofw,hat guide 61 4. 1 ,` -
vr, l 'hough it \ ls, realitk,.firObtililiiin
a continuation "a \ the Letlik • -- IWittloiiient -
dipttettrt43, Itild -, Stepheit had/sole - ehaige4l
the dat-boat on. whielWe had embilzked•--1166.7,
Em'Pem or 34e: v9Yattlkin _
in
The *Alma of the steteqrir, td,onee . under
sOlidTeeigniOf rock, prottl nocoir‘i- t hiie: '
f4i --. 0 - illOve' the Water: . - Stooping s lo* - 4 1
pOgitible, the boat'glided along in i fever. i
minutes, we reached a --point .where,-,the arch ,
overhead was elevated - „to some;fiva *ht.
feet from ; the surface of theatrekri.-,trtiolt
three-quartrs 'of n mile this eitratirdintitj: ,
I navigation continued. - We were *retain - Iw.- ,
Idred and- twenty-fve feet .beloW the surfaec-', -
lof the earth, gliding-on the bosooi rfkriclurk
terious river, shut in - on either eide.and above
b ,wall s of putsong i llit mtrnea:its'K diey
miea
With since the sene of the drainatiewidelt-Ste- -
pben so often evincect, he could not. - fall
make, the most :a these extriordiusly 111140;::
risk for effect; and to his Nyo;e4 coutent. he
succeeded, as noportion of our undergriutt&
experirce impressed "me Se' Strangely, - to' •
deeply', and I ma y say, So delightfoßyi oaf
this sail on Echo River. The umgoenest or
the scene:at the outset ,subdued. Our hitherto'
sprightly party info
.silenee. loot a word.
was spoken ;" - not a sound was heard, save the
dip of Stephen's oar,- which he - sits:Mk out on
lv after lime intervals,and just viitheidficient
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frequency to keep ni in motion.
ness seemed. as profound As if it haiLlastedt!
from eternity. The lampa threer 'a lurid, '-
light over the dark -water and the darker; -.
openings to tbe-unexpinied caverns that - pen:.
etrated :the -rocky eitbeiside, and at ~,
the same time projected the magnified sbad
ows of our group until they resembled-speet
tral giants flying over the, stygian stream.-
The.stillnesg,' which bad grown to be 'al:, • -
mot painfully impressive and sahlime; was'
at length broken by the sweet voice of - SteiV
phen,-singing;'• The last. Rose of. Surnmer;X
patising between-..each note until it had,bien
wafted t hrough the caverns, and softened'end
enrieltel by the - returning echoet'. The !sit
strains died away, and again We - rno / vhd - glOwz
ly and'silently on. All at once;notes thi
most cleliciOns Mamie, as-if (rem ,the-heitveti:
ly shores, came 'sweeping Crier the dirk void
ahead. • Beautiful?"' 'Exquisite!' i.Heav
enly !' burst from our i lips, the . 'strlris fell
on our delip.htecl ears: A moment's' refine
non explained i he.'myStery.. .' Mat, on leaving
lr.; had gone' i t() thfla
e rther end of - the river
by some . other route, arid the 'delightful . stir
prier and , entertainenent was .oecasioned =
his own solitary songs. Though there -was
An reality but one voice, it Seethed as if a.
score o r more were united in the malady.—
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Each n ote, as it was-slowly . breathed out, was ;
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taken up and- echoed front the; chambers and -
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.eaverns until-it Seuhded.as if4ll-the spirits of
the Cave . had joined_ to swell the chorus.--
The strains, too, seamed to be purified and
sublimated; from all that was earthly, and
'rung out , in clearer and mime 'silvery and
mellowed notes t'-an c aw could ever.hops to
_ hear from_thortitl lips. Avery slight effort
of the itifigination was ,necessary to. make
US feel as if, on leiving our place - of embark
ation, we had bid' farewell to the - shorei of
time, anchwere now on-onr paisage'over-the .
gloOmy river of death to the seer:mania Or
rious immortality, whence the int:isle:of - 0e -
ransomed was already 'filling 'on our earg.t-.
To complete the illuAlort, all_ at rtee;-,iia . .' we
doubled a projecting:reek, a brilliant star
beanted-out of the midnight g . bions„apparent
ly far ahead of 4,i, rays mirrored back by:
the dark. Water.-. 1 -
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it was, Mat's lamp, but it loaked like
the morning harbinger ofjoYand blessedness,
atter thegloorny night thathad oveithungthe
pilgrim party.:., I must not forget in - Mention '
that in the intervals! between the musie, Ste
phen occasionally struck: - the boat with his
oar in order to~furiii h anothO illustiation.
of the echo. > The slightest stroke resounded;
and reverberated -through the-Caverns, bhom
ing'on thjs ear like the discharge of the Matti
-64 ordnance.. Ohrheltarmmg. and never-to--
be-forgotten sail at length ended, we,diserp-
barked, and on theAkarders of the atieini of.,
our late - enchintrneht; joined in Singing'
"Praise GOd, from whom all blea;lnge flow."
There were fine Imieei in the party, and
:with the different;partaswelling,up under the ,
mascive archway, -f_.o.ld- Hundred ' sounded ,
grandly ". ; • ; •
THE DESERET ALPHAHET.—Our readers are •
aware that the Morknomi,hartkadopted al
p11:114t very _similar to 'that known as, the
phonetic, alphabet, by wit'cla the number of
letters' is greatly (reduced, and a 'Uniform
sound always given to the same character.
It would.appear;:from the following mttriet ,
from ,Bro. Phelps!-letter, to the
,ISjewa t that a'
- corn m ericement , ; hiti been made, towards in
troducing the . neW'alphiberiti'th&iichoetit
• "Dd.:JAM B.- Milierls•teaching thstt-Des
erit alphabet wiihicousid'emblersuctxwas f haV-
Mg sixty baltilarE At L4hlghrt'grelltpeight-at
Amer can Fork, twenty-five at Mountainville,
twenty:eight at Pleasant Grove, - twenty-two
at Provo, fink "ward ' who emu:taking 'good,"
progress." ; Such an -alphabet- will be:of
great tuwistanceinsenebling the many foreign
ers among - the Mormons, to acquire tlit Bug
listi language.
' Pr! A 'Quaker bad a quarrelsome neigh.
who'e COW being Suffered to go atlarge,
often broke into Ahe Quaker."e welketiltivated
-garOefht _One ,Floiniugt 1 0 01 iDIVOrilf4;4 , 4ho
cow from his premiee to her owner's house;
he said to him: 'Friend t=--*-4; I hivsi,driy
en thy cow home once more; and find her
alirdt'n mein- ? -- ` B "PPoset:
his neighbor angrily. whal.
Wily:l.Ntid the ~fauaker, _' l'll'
drive,bcr'hometp Wee Again; flqind
The toiv newer ,, again troubled the choker. •
lar A littie boy, whilewrithingtadertort
tare* if arregoe, rovtold: 1110 t*' to
1 10 AO-lake a'powdei' *Ad Prepared
, for , et' powder,!',; said he pas.
inglitu4vit on one elbow and .-putting on a
timile, r , Mother, I ain't .
A yobilg 4'11(4 wits-01'1'44R' by sbe
giwyje niarited Fo toon ;kat/ N il:th e
'death t .r bk." fits hei!tband 1' 44h,== said
she do it Jo 'tireatiPt , 5 4iyeat " 14-
4epti4 ou accollo fq dear ¶row ,'
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