READ u. FRAZIER, EDITORS. i 4 oefts ; THE SNOW STORM. 'l'is a fearful night in the winter time, told as ever it cart he ; . , The roir of the storm is heard like the chime 4.1 f the ,vt,•reg otran angry sea. The maCntis full, tint her silver light The storm dashes Out with his wings tonight ; And over the sky from South.toitorth ; •, Not a ?Aar. is seen ris the winds . eome forth • In the strength Of mighty glee. • All day thOme - down—all day— . .As it ticker - kartie down before, And oVitir the earth at night there lay • • Some txio or three feet or more. .. 'The tepee. was lost and the wall of stone; 'The a-iniloakblock'd and the well-curb gone; The linystacli grown to a mountain lift ; . 'And thewOod-pUe 'looked like a monster drift ; As it litylit the farmer's door. .. • .As the night set in, came hail and snow, And the air grew sharp and chill, And the!war roar of a sullen blow • Was heard'on the distant hill; • : And the NOrthey! yee! on the mountain peak, liisbre4li how the old trees writhe and shriek! Ile shotits,"along the plain, Ho! Ito !' • Ile drives•froin his nostrils the blinding snow, And growls Vrith•a. savage will! • Such a tight as thiS to be- found altroli t d In the simir and the stinging air, 7 - • A shivering dog, in•tt field by the road, nen the hail through his shaggy - hair The wind drives hard, doth crouch and growl, And shut his eyes with a dismal howl ••;. Then to shield himself front the cutting-sleet, ills nose is pressed on his quivering feet--- Pray ; what does the dog do there? Ills master came front the town tonight . And iosi the travelled. way ; • , Anil for hours he trod with main and ;night. A. path for his horse and sleigh . ; Rut deeper still the snow-drifts grew. • And colder still the fierce a ind bh!cv; _And his mare, a beautiful Morgan brown, At last o'er a log had-floundered down, That d‘...ep in a huge drift lay. • Ilany a plunge, with- a frenzied snort, • She made in the heavy snow; find her inaster strove tilt his breath grew short, With a,word and a gentle blew : • • Bat the snow was deep, and the tugs were tight; Ilis handi . ;Were ninnli'd,and had lost their might; So he struggled hack to his sleigh again, And he strove to sheiter himself in rain, With his coat and_ - his buffalo. _ • He has given the last faint jerk of the rein To rouse up his dying Steed ; And the poor dog•hzwis to the blast in vain For heti, in.his master's need: lie strives for a while with a wistful cry • To catch but. a glance "from his ,heavy eye ; And wags his tail if the rude wind flap • The skirts of his-coat across his bp, And 'whines that lie takes no heed. The wind goes down, the storm is o'er, - - . • 'Tis the hour of midnight past; • The forest -writhes nod bends no more . . In the rush of the mighty blast. - The moofilooks out \ with a silver light - -. • On the high old hills, :aid) the snow all white; And the grant shadow of Camel's Ilnmp, Of ledge, and tree; and ghostly stump, . On Abe/silent plain are cast. • , • But here; are they by the alden log.— Who c.une'thatinigit from thy town— . All dead! the nuifi and his faithful dog, And his beaufylnl 'Morgan brown! ile sits in his. ' i:igli—his-face is 14:11)8 ,•• With Isis ea On his head • and the reins in his hang ; • . . , • The dog/with his heed on his mister's feet, . And the horse half seen through the crusted . . Where sleet, , : - ; . she lav when she floundered down ! Igies BiceielieL ` From Grainun's Magazine. ' 17npiblished Incident in th 3 Life • • BRADY. . • • • , i About thirty' Miles . 'below. the present city lof Pittsburg, stood a fort, known as Port illintosli. h was built by a revolutionary 'gentleman by that name, in the suininer.' of 178.. It Was one of a line of forts, which ;was intended to guardlthe peOple who lived' south-of the Ohio river, from the ineurlions 1 ot the savages to the northward. This 'fort 1 assort° of the favorite resorts. of the great I Indian spn.and hunter,' Captain 'Samuel 'Bra- dv, although his - usual head .quarters Were at -?ittsburg,itlien consisting of a rode fort arid a score or two of rough frontier. tenements.. l' - On the 21st day of August, ITV!, Brady Set out" from lentosh for. Pittsburg. He had with him two of his trusty and well-tried followers..l. These were not attached to the 'regular army, as be was, but 'were scouts and ' I , pies,.who had been . with him on many an expedition.' They *ere Thomas :Bevingttin hod Benjamin Biggs. Brady resolved, to Col lovr the northern bank of the Ohro. Biggs iobjecteditO this, upon the ground; as, Brady Well knew'.' that, the Woods, were swarming Withiavages.- Brady however, had resolved ~to travel by the old Indian path, and havhvg , ,!cnce - tnade up his mind, ..no cOnsideration 'could deter him from ctrrying. oqt his, de lt,ermination. tevingion had such impli'eit faith. in his ability to leak that . :,he nev. 4 r thought 0 1 . -questioning his will. ' r - i .. ' ` : Quite a discussion arose. betweien Biggs and his captain, at the mouth of Beaver - river,: about .1.•!oile iove tbe fort, and Where they Anust ciosS the Ohio,: if they continued upon •Ithe northern side. Biggs finally yielded his zobjectiomi, and they crossed, 'and proceeded 'with the habitual caution of . woOdsmen,-Who I .Vully understand their business..: They had , started edrly, and b'r rapid traveling they 'e.qad reached, ere iron came, the,last piece of !bottom land on the north side of the river, just below what isknown as the Narrows.— 'Upon th 4 bottom a pioneer,more daring than . ,intost others, had built , a cabin, and .openediia • small spet of cleared land. He had planted Lt in corn, and it gave .`promise of a. most abundant/harvest. But us they approached the edge l tif the clearing,_ just outside - of the . tome, Brady discovered "Indian signs:" e *Bed them., His' companioni discovered .. them almost as quiCk as be, and at (Mee, in. haw tones, communicated to each other the necessity for a keen watch. They slowly . • trailed them along the side of the fence toward th rOottie, whose Situation they well knew,. uz , ittl they stood upon the brow- of the bluff trarik which overlooked it.. A Sight of the. tnost terrible description tnet;their.eye. s.. This. bliailim ass a : r ul a 7 in g ruins, from -7liebadtlibiue - o k cat h e s4ine H lrhe:obserl::el:el:e‘erh;4 : uiCi:;kneltwa.e:st l iiarvfr l72 l elhe : tadfira4seiier i B4al;)if):he4 : asnoltlnia : 'dalr::2etiB:tll : :ds.el : e.atigr:ii:;athfo : arY 77: e.of : lelanijl l h)li : 4 chance t#te'4ert_ bet tltell;:etbe r ducett.l::knuwig but that t: milt t n4elyinrehhi,leftevi,,toti to watch the ruins, lying undi.:r - cover, wintSt.be - 7 ___........-- . ------ ,--i.--- - . . _ .• _, -, _ , , , , • ' ' " "....' . • -, '. 1 .. -1 • •'' . -. ...t . . , - :' , . , ,1 . --- ''' -. - ' .'‘ ' .. : '.. . . . . . o j , .. ... it - '...:: : .... . ' . .. • . o t _ . . I , . .. . . . ~. . . . ' . - - • , . • n . ~, ,_. .!..1" ...• . • - .. . . - . • .... .. ..: , . . . .. ... , .. . . .. . . • ... . , .. 1 .. ~ _ . • . . . . . . • . , ~ i. . . . If . ' • . - . _. . . . , . • . • . ' - 1 . , . • . . . _ . . , . . =1 proceeded to the northward,l And Biggs to the, southward, to snake - di - .:•eries. Both were to return to I3er:ngton, : :, f they found no Indians: If il4 auno act -a the perpe trators' and they were too n linerous to be attacked regular'ly, Brady del :red it to be his purpose to have one shot! pt them, and 'that should be the signal fur :1 WI of his fol lowers to make the best of th.f,x• way to the fort. All this-rapidly transpired,'' And with Bra. . dy to decide,was to net. As ie stole cau tiously around to. the northe "ti side of the enclosure, he heard a voice, i Cf,he distance, rr singin. He listened keenly' } -,'and soon dis cevereed from its .intonationOhnt it - was a white man's. -41 e passed ropily in the di rection : whence the sound Ca 11 'O. •As it ap preached, he -concealed lams . 4 behind the trunk of a large tree. Presently . a white man, riding a fine horse, came slowly down the path. The . form was that Of .Albert Gray, - the stalwart, brave, deViJ4nay-care set tler, who had built him a honie Andes away from the f'ort7where nu one wi;kuld dare to take a fiunily, exceptliimself,:'i Brady wore, as lie almost always did, the Indian garb,and had warpaint'upon his fate. De knew that it he showed himself upon t c path Gray wouldfor :;hoot, taking him for in . ' , lndian. , 11 - e c l ? there! suffered Gray quietlyo approach his lurking place. Wheu the'_ canoe, he sprang forward cre. the sett) ,: could have time to prepare, draw his t . Inhawk, and seizing him, dragged him froithis horse.— AS he did so, he whispered - to r him : "I am Captain Brady ; for God's :akcl!"be quiet!". Gray, with the instinctive tiding of one who knew' there was danger,. and with that %irk- presence'.of mind whiehliebaracterizes those acquainted with frontierthfe, ceased at oncetestraggie. The horse lid been star tled by the sudden onsliinght, ind sprung to ink, side. Erc he bad time teleap forward, Brady he caught him by the - o)6dle. Mit loud snorting threatened to a fuse any One who was near.. The . Ceptain soon soothed . . the frightened animal into quit I not More than fifteen feet from them. He Gray not hurriedly asked Bads - what the I had crawled within fifty feet of , them; when j danger was 7 The strung, vigoroue epy turn- j the seorting of the horses, occasioned by.` the .l e ed ;away his face, uliehke to au4.Wer him. The I approach of a wild beast, had aroused a num .setiler's filreadv excited .fear* were thus I her of the savages from their light .slum tinned into realities. The maily form shook hers; and he had been compelled' to lie like an aspen leaf, with emotiO—tears fell i quiet fur more than an hour until they slept as lare e e drops of Water over ;his hronzed again. Ile then told them that he would at 'face. ; Brady permitted the indUigence for a i tack them. - It was impossible to use fire minute>hifst he led the horserento the thick arms. They must depend solely upon the et Close et hand and tied him. te When he re- knife and tomahawk. The knife must be turned, Grey- had:sunk to the elerth,and great j placed in the left hand and the tomahawk in tremulous convieliions writhed - , over the right. To Biggs, he assigned the duty of Brady quietly touched him an4aaid, 'Come securing their arms. • Ile was to begin the Ilent once arose, end_ had gone but a few work of slaughter upon the right, Gray upon yards until every' trace of eteraionlaraPple the left, and Bevington in, the centre. I rently vanished. He was no • longer the be- After each fairly understood the duty as reeved -husband and Gather—lnfares the stun- signed hiM, the Slow, difficult; hazardous rip . dy, well-tiained hunter, wleise ear and eye preach began. They teintimied upon their webs actually, alive to every sight or sound, feet until they bad get within one bundred' the 'waving of aleaf Or the - eraeking of a twig. yards of the foe, and then lay down: upon Al° desired to proceed - directly ,towards their bellies and began the. work; of writhing the house, but ,Brady olsjeet4; to, this, and themselves forward like a serpent approach they passed down . toward the; ever bank.— nee a victim. They at last reached the Very As they proceeded, they saw-front the tracks verge of' the line, each man was at his post, of houses and neozasin prints upon the places save Biggs,,who lied the fiirthese to go. just where the ceith was moist ? that the party ifs be passed Brady's position, a twig cracked was ; quite a ; numerous one. After thorough. roughly under the weight of his 'body, trotha ly Cie:raping every toyeeand;poseihle place huge swage,-. who lay within the reach of of concealment, they paesed on to the south- Gray's tomahawk, slowly sat-up as if -start . ward and eaine,beek in that direction to the led into this posture by ° the sound. 'After epot where Bevington stun l eeeery. When relling 'his eyes, he again lay down and all' they reached him," they flew:a : that Biggs had was•still. net 'returned. in a few iitinutes, be eamee---- Full fifteen minutes passed - ere Biggs Tie reported •that the trail ;was large and moved; then he slowly went on Whetehe broad, the Indians had takenitio pains to cell- i reached his place, a very low hissing sound eeal ;their • track,s—they simply' Jrad`struek indicat e d that lie was ready, Brady •in 'turn back into the ceentey ; so as to avoid corning reiterated the sound as a tklgnai to Gray aril in cOnteet _with' the spies whom they stippos- Beviretton to begin. This ; they did in a most ed to be lingering along the river, I deliberate :mintier. No nervousness was? The whole four now went._ down to - the permissible then. They slowly felt_ fair the cabin, and carefully 'exrunined thin ruins.— I heart of eaeli.savage they were to stab, and 'After a long and minute search, -Brady de- . then plunged the. knife. The tomahawk was cared, in an authoritative mauner, that none rot to be used unless the knife proved inef of the inmates had been consumed. This ,ficient. ' Not a sound broke. the stillness of nentiuncement at once dispelled the.most her- , the night as they. cautiously felt and stabbed, rowing fears of Gray. As soon as • all that unless it might bethat one who was feeling could he dissevered had been' ascertained, would hear the stroke of the other's knife and each one ;of the party proposed some course r the groan of the victim, whom the other had ofaCtien. One desired: to go to Pittsburg I slain. Thus the . work piekeeded, Six of and obtain assistance—anether thought, it 1 the savages were slain. One of them. had best ;to return to ll'intosh and get some vol.. I not been killed outright by the stab of Gray. unteers there—Brady listened patiently to IHa sprang to his . feet. but as he arose to botleof these propositions; but arose qnickly, 'shoutl his war-cry, the tomahawk -finished atter. talking a momeet apart with Biggs,and I what the knife had begun. - 'He staggered and said,," Come." : fell 'heavily forward, over one who"' had note - Gray nied Bevington obeyed . at '6' nee, nor• I yet been reached. Ik in turn started up, did Biggs object. Brady struck the, toil and j but Brady was too quick, his knife reached began pursuit hr that tremendous rapid man- i his heart and the tomahawk his brain almost ner for le hich he was so filmons. It was ev- jat the same instant All were slain by the dent , that if the savages were overtaken, it. , three spies except one. He started- to flee, could only Le dope by the utmost exertion. but e rifle shot by Bi l lets closed his career. They were some hours ahead & from the num- ! . The women amiehildreu e alarmed by" the her of their horses must be nearly all mount- ! Contest, fled wildlyto the woods; but .when ed.' Bradyl felt that if they .Were overtaken •j all had grown Still and they werecalltai,they at all it must be -that night. ;- It was' evident j returned; recegniziug amid their fright the that this kind had bean south of the Ohio, i tones of their own people. . The whole party end plundered the houses Of the settlers.-- I took up their march for M'lntoth at once.— They had -pounced upon the family .of Gray - About sunrise, next morning, thesentries, of Upon their return. - ; ~ ' . the fiert were surprised to see the, cavalcade When the pursuit began, iternuAhaVe been ,of horses, men, women and children, ap two o'clock; .at, least two hoursi had been preaching-the fort.: _When 'they recognized consumed by the spies in making' the neees- j Brady, they at once admitted him and the. .saryiexplormtion about the house, ere they I whole party. . .- . approaclA •it, and' examining the ruins. Not 1 . In the relation of circumstances afterward, a word was raid rte the reale by any one.— j Bevington claimed to have. killed : three and Theirleader'kept steadily in advance. Oe- j Gray three. Thus e ßrady, who claimed noth casionally he would •diverge from the track, 1 "sag, must have slain at least six,' whilst the but only to.take it up a mile or so in advance. j other twaslew as many. The thirteenth, The - Captain's.' intimate knowledge of the IBiggs Shot:" i • topography. of the country, enabled him to From that hour to this, the spring is call anticipate what points they j wonid make.— ed the "Bloody Spring," and tie small run Thug, be gained-rapidly upon them by pfo- is called "Brady'a Run." Few, even dale ceeriing'mUre -nearly in a straight lino toward I most curious of the people living in the neigh the point tit which they aimed toI cross the 1 borhood, know, aught . of the circumstances Beaver river. . jewhich conferred the names; which will be f ' - At last, convinced from the general direc- : i preserved by traditkin for ever. Thus end. tionin which the trail led, that' he could di• i ed one of the very many hand-to-band fighti line with abioltite Certainty; the spot where 1 which the great Spy - hid with the savages.-- they would *cross that stream,- he abandoned I His history is fuller of daring incident, salt ;perilous eaplh it stud:struck boldly across,tl country. The I guntary, close, hard contest, sectiracy of his judgment Was vindicated by rations and adventurous escapes, than that 'the fact; that from an . elevated crest of a of either. of the Hctzels,or Boone.orlienton. long line of bills, be saw the :Indians :with I Be saw m o re service t h an any of them, and _their victims just disa . ppearing up a ravine on his name was known as a bye-word of ter. the Opposite slag ofthe, Beaver .. He count- rot among the I n di a n- tribes, fr o m Abe of, ed them as the' filedaway under the rays of q uehanna to Lake: Michigan. fue!deeliniai sun. There Wero.thirttes war- -- -' i iori,eight of whom *ere mou p ted 7 -- - anoth .er woman, besides Gray's-wife, was in-the e3valeade,„aad two children besides his , 7 -five in all. - ... . ' - ' EME!!M!!! The odds seemed fearful to Biggs and BeTingutn, although Brady - made ' no cont inents; - mon:tent they had passed -out ofsight; Brady again pushed forward with untlaggin ,, energy, nor did his fullowers Uesi tate. Titre was nut a than among them whuse muscles were not tense and rigid as whireurd. front exercise and training, trora, 56 FPzEocm aikia Rllemir anaacn@lz @LkW2EaV aRD mporAuon 1. I hardship and exposure. Gray's 7 whole form seemed to dilate into twice,its natural size at the sight of his wife and children: Terrible was the vengeance be swore. . Just as the sun set, the spiel, forded the stream and began to ascend the ravine. It was evident that the Indians intended to camp for the night some distance up a small creek or run,.which debouches into Beaver River, about three miles from the location of fort Itrlntoih, and two below the ravine. The spot; owin g to the peninsular form of the tongue of land lying weit of the Beaver, at which they expected to encamp, was full ten miles from that Girt. Here there was a spring so deftly and cunningly situated in a deep dell, and so densely - enclosed 'with thick mountain pines, that there was. little danger of discovery. Even they might light a fire and it could not be seen one hundred yards. • The proceeding's of their leader, which would have been totally inexplicable to all other,. were partially, if not fully. .iinderstood by his followers ; at least, they did not hesi tate or enestion Itim. When dark • came, Bradypushed fore and with as much apparent certainty as he had during the day. So rep• id wastis progress, that the Indians had hut just kindled their fire and cooked their meal, when their mortal toe, whose presence They dreaded as that of the small pox, stood upon a huge rock looking down upon - them. His party had been left a short distance in the rear. at,a convenient . spot, whilst he went for Ward to reconnoitre. There they remelt ed for three mortal hours. They discussed in low tones the extreme 'disparity of the force—the propriety of going to - 31'intosh to get assist:nice. - Bui all ;.*r, s t;tl that if Brady ordered them to attack. stteees was certain. However itnpatient they were, he returned at Jut. lie .deseribed to them how the wo men an& children lay within'the centre of a ereseent-formed by the savages as they slept. Their ~,r uns were .tacked upon , the right, and most of their tomahawka. The arms' were g Why, Sambo. ho* black e a are P' said a. gentleman; the other day, to et negro waiter at an hotel, "bow in the name of won der did you get so black " Wby, look a here, mast*, de' reason' am dis—de day dis child was born dere was an eclipse." Ebony received a shilling for his satisfactory 'expla nation, and after grinning thank*, continued : "I tell you what it is, muse, dis niggri may be brack, but he ain't green, no how !” zlir A bud tte4;s- ,a kills MONTROSE, THURSDAY:. : FEBRUARY t 9, 1857. THE VAILED:4ATCEER. A watt 'and feyer-wiAigtl teitu tay'sleeptag Ott a ictw bed . • While earnest watch a sail eyed youth vas-keeping . • Close by hit bead. The steli•one woke -j-be saw his bokntirie weeping • And st.ttus hoitaid " What kind unknoWn art . thou, thu,s ever watchiag Here by nit' side, No rest or slumber thr thitie bivn eye snatching - •• Night ilar noon=tide, But always thus, to very - life-breath ; catching, Who lost Wile.? This crushing all of Mine bath now departed, With ill the.train Of wild and hurnini4hOughts that with it darted Athwart my brain ; And now, though very low and hearpheartcd, ..I feel uo pain. Yet:think not, while:Tuy fegtr-fit was highest, : . Tbat lisaw not . • . a: Whom; form my lontdy couch was everidgbest— ... Wbosikiid hind . brought Blest drops of Water,iwben nir lips were driest, To Etat; their drought. • A dreamy consciousness. through all my madness, Was with me still .ofone. sweet flee, beat over 'me in sadness, lint which, cm .. .M.111i - My heart with thoughts irf hope, it not of gladness, tionthing my • ill Feelings it ronsed otOgtri' mixed - with pleasure, And made me pine For a most priceless and neglected treasure No longer mine ; Rut when my eye that filen would closely measure Kind bciy l 'lwas thine. 0! that but once my love, 'to long deserted, • . • Could Wear me say, • now grief and simile have=ntade me broken-hearted, s • And ta'en away •• 7 All c - otulln t (loin tny life, since we two parted, By night and day!" The Youth from head and features, wildly. weeping, Their hoodings tore— - The sick 'one saw his tore—she who his sleeping . llnd so Waich'd "All is furyv'n,"-she cried, his cheeks tear•stieping, " We pat, no more !" THZ ERRAND OF MERCY. On ar cold, derk,l misty- morning, a little cluster of men were; hanging about the corner of one of the bridgeS over the Thames, lead ing front London toward the great market gardens, which supply the wants of the me tropolis, and from Whence narrow streets and flights of steps illi . ..eige toward the busy wharves and docks; The clock of a neigh boring church had but just struck , four, and there were yet few Wands, sale an occasion al hoarse cough frotn the group of men, who had risen thus earl,r, and were waiting in that cold spot in the hope of procuring work. A little aloof from the others, stood one who bore the marks of pertry and distress, even more visibly than his companions ' • hunger . was painfully marked:4in his sunk features; and his gaunt figure; ) was hardly covered by the scanty - garments which he drew closer Jul:m(1 him, as the keen blast, swept dawn the street, and the fog rose from the river. ' Presently a farmer passed by. the spot in ids earl, and castinOtlook toward the loiter ers, called to one - Who s.cemed the stoutest and hest clad, ". Wont a day's work, man ? come jump up - alongside of me," and away they went, followed by many envying eyes, till they were ouC . ol:, sight. Another and another were singled out for hire by various employers, but ail pas'Sed over the starving man, and as'clny more , fully broke, and the streets gradually attained their usual life and • bustle, he turned away, andientering one - full of shops, besought the owneis here and there to give hint Work,- but Some turned roughly from him, and though some looked with a more pitying eye, none would take so miser able and fierce-looking It man, of whom they know nothing,for hi.; face was grOwing fierce iii its despair. ; . . At length he bent . his steps towards hiss. home, a wretched empty room, in a decaying building, which . yet ,ifforded shelter to many poor creatures like hireielf.: Here, cowering from the chill morning air, his wife was anx iously listening for his footsteps, while three young children, exhausted by hunger and cold, lay on the floor in a heavy sleep.' ' •When at last his slow tramp Was.. hearken the creak ing stairs. her' poor heart sunk within her, fOr in it she quickly heard no hope. lie enter ed the 'room ; and flinging himself on the floor, a deep groan burst from him, and he would have uttered a curie; but his wife's hand was on his mouth to. stop; the words misery was wringing frorri : hiin,Andshe said, ~. "0, John, hush, hush, don't swear, you have never sworn yet, and God will forsake us utterly if you do.!' • " He has forsakenius,l!kfar!,—l prayed last night . with all my strength, that if He was still with us, He would send me work this morning, at:d he has ; Dot, and we are all dy ing of hunger." - " But ive prayed .for our will, 'not .1181„ sobbed poor Mary, " and he' may yet save us by sortie means." John. made no answer, and Mary was gaz- ing almost with agony, on her starving dren, when again footsteps were heard on the stairs, and, their dour was pushed open by a benevolent looking man, who inqPired for a sick..irtan lodging in the same building.— Miley answered hint, ,hut instead of going away, he looked again at her and said gently, It seems you also are in great need; you are starving," be added, with the quick eye of one accustomed to distinguish tho appear ance of wank - "My hiikband his been out three hours this morning seeking work, and -cannot find any," replied Mary. " You are willing to work, then." ' " Willing I." cried:John fiercely, and start ing to his fret, " there I,e my children, and I have no food fur them." -The stranger looked compassionately on their -heavy sleep, and giving Mary a small sum of money, promised to see them again ip the course of the day, and left them. A couple of hour& later, the domestic mis 'sionary (for such he was) entered & handsome library, occupied by a young man, before.. Whom was a table covered with-letters, pa pers and, plan!. • " What, here already ! I was not expect ing you for boors," ;be exclaimed t looking up pleasantly. . • "The work • you ; entrusted to me is best donein the early m? ruing.," replied the mis sionary;" then - we see who are resdly deserv ing of employment; the intemperate And idle are asleep,--the really starving,and in dustrious are abroad . 'search ot work be '.fore it is:light." " found tne what I want?". ntilsionary then related the result; of his endeavors tofiin4 outthe most needy and desfteing of employ.ment ; for . the young man NCtis the possessor of wealth and lands, and devoted himself to laying theta out with. the great.- st advantage to those dependent on others for their livelihood, Ike needed many lal?orers, and anxious to employ the most de serving,khe had '-commissioip.l the go&d mis sionary, so much more fattilliar than himself with the haunts of povertir and distress, and Kith the,outWard guise or those degraded by Misfortune to seek them out. ." What their capabilities are - I cannot tell," concluded the' missionary ' " but I believe all those I have mentioned have the will .to work" " Then tf I may. continue - so to trespass oti your time, will you be my guide to these men, for they and tare-equally in need of each other's help, without loss of time," • . The two went forth together on the errand of mercy, and -which can we say was most blessed, he who had the 1110:111s rind the • will to do so much good among his f e ll ow crea tures, or he, whose glorious selfdevotion to t the work'd" seeking and saving them which are, lost," enabled him. to be.so well fitted a director of his 'companiob's benevolence.— They passed vrickly the abodeS of wealth and prosperity.; and * diving among, squalid alleys and courts, sought out ii cellar and garret.those whose hearts had been already gladdened with hcipe by 'the missionary's first visits, and at last reached the room in which John and Mary were waiting his re turn with painful anxiety. The poor creatures were almost overpowered as be explained his companion's-errand and ended by saying 'with a kind smile, " You see Gott has not forsaken yon." 'John, and Mary looked at one another, and John replied,' " If it had not been for Mary, he would, for I could hardly keep my lips off swearing.". "The Lord pitieth them . that (ear Him," said the Missionary '' gently ; and then ar rangements having been made between John and his new Master, they went away ; and as the last . sound of their retreating lliobsteps was lost in the distance. John exclaimed, " Oh, Mary, !ion were right; God hussar ed us-in his own good lime." THE RAILROAD ENGINEKR. The life ofa railroad engineer is graphical ly depicted in the following extract, which we copy from the Schenectady : But the engineer, he who guides the train by guiding the iron horse, and almost holds the life of passengers in his h:mdS—hi4 is a life of mingled danger and pleasure. In a little , seven-by.nine apattment, with agnate holes on each aide for witspws, open behind and with machinery to look through ahead, you find' him; hejs the Pathfinder"—he leads the way in all times of danger, checks the iron horse, or causes it to speed ahead with the velocity ofthewind, at will. • Have you ever stood by the track, of a dark night and watched the coming and •pas sing of a`train ! Away off in .the darkness you discover it light, and you' hear a 'noise, and the earth trembles under your feet. The light comes nearer ; .you can compare it to nothino else but the. devil himself, with his terrible whistle; the sparks, you imagine, come froth Beelzebtas nostrile; the fire:un derneath, that shines close to the grirind, causing you to believe that the 'devil walks on live coals.. It comes close to. you ; you back away and shadder • you look up, and, almost on the devil's bac rides the engineer ; perlitips'the " machine" shrieks, and you im agine the engineer to be the devil's rider.— A daring :fellow, that engineer; you can't help saying so, and you wonder wherein lies the pleasure of being an engineer. But SO he does, day alter daf, night after eight. • Moon light evenings he sweeps over the country— through cities and villages—through fairy scenes in forhst and clearing s; he: looks thru' the square holes at his si de; and enjoys the Moonlight, but he cannot stop to enjoy the scenery. Cold, rainy, muddy, dark nights it is the same ; perhaps the tracks are under mined, er overflown with water; perhaps scoundrels. have vlaced obstructions in the I way, or trees .have been overturned across the track, and in either ease it is almost in stant death to him, at least, but 'he stops not. Right on, is tI e word with him, and on he goes;regardlesS of danger, weather and every thing save the well-doing of his duty. Think of him , ye who shudder through fear, in the .cushioned scats of the cars, and get warm from the fire that is kindled for yolir benefit,. A Dish for Tobacco Chewers and Smokers. ' The 'Scalpel,' a medical paper,-eontains a lung and, abored article upon theiuse to bacco, from whic s h it appears that the more fashionable use of tobacco in the form Of ci gars is worse, in fact, than chewing. The ar ticle Is rather highly seasoned, but we make some extracts: " What is tobacco ? Why, simply a nar. cotic—i. 'e. (ace the dictionary) - a stupefier ; a deadener of nervous and muscular energy .!" ff any man 'divines this, and asserts that he finds himself more capable of intellectual or muscular effort when he has a quid hi his mouth,Twe congratulate him onthis improved astuteness. We may betray our own want of the preCious intellectual quickener, but we will venture the question : flow much dill it sharpen your k.,,ic-cliopper when you took your first.quid 1 And how majestically did you stand on your' legs when you first felt its full effects? Every, one Inuit remember the first effect of tobacco. Nausea, vertigo, votniting,.and relaxation of the entire muscu lar system are its invariable &Txts. If there be a vice more prostrating to the body and Mind, and more crucifying to all the sympa thies of man's spiritrand nature, we have yet to be convinced of it. - " Our remarks apply in a much more forci. ble manner to smoking than to chewing.— Some people bre so , silly u to suppose be cause they do not; spit while stnoking that no harm can ensue; but• they should 'remember that the- oil of tobacco, which contains the deadly - nicotine, (equally deadly find almost u rapid in its action ps strychnine,) is volatil ited and circulates with the smoke through the delicate lining membrane of the mouth at I each whifrof the cigar, and is abler - bed by the extensive continuation of this membrane, that linett the nostrils and acts upon the whole body. Thesmoke of tobacco is indeed muds more rapid in its stupifying (greet, as every professed smoker knowit. It is usually called " soothing" by its votaries, but 'this is of course, only the first stageof stupefaction; it nets precisely- as opittai or other narcotics do." I H. H. FRAZIEft,rPUBLISHER:--VOLtC. THE 81010EY CEIVIST: . . James Gray was a hard-working man, and . his wife a decent woman, and each Was -dis posed to add to the comfort of the other bt though they did all they conk!, they had u a sad enemy to . their - peaee, which- Often dis-. turbed them---- , this was a smoky chimney-.- which sO continually , annoyed,theni,that they were , frequently as peevish as thotigh they had a delight in provoking each other.— When James came home at night,and would_ have enjoyed his meal in a clean holke, and. by a bright tire, he bad to listen a full hour to the comnlaints otitis Wife, who declared that to sit' in such a smoke `as she did all day; lung was unbearablikr" James thought it bad • enough to endure the smoky chimney ;,but to bear, at the same 'time, a scolding ..from his wife, fin. what he knew not howto o avilid,' troubled him sadly, and many. a half-h Ou r. did he sit brooding over his troubles and con how-he should cure his smoky 64117 nev. One night, when- the stnoke . was Making its way in every direction except up the chim ney, and James was puzzling his brain, and trying to hit upon some plan I. o ' lessen the evil, a neighbor of his, a slater,, popped his bead in at the door. "dames,wattid he, "you are in a pretty smother, and so you are likely tt.t be, until you place a slate or two-at the top of your chitnney, to prevent the wind from. blowing doWn." When the slater was' gone, James deter mined that on the morrow he would- dO as he was advised, and put some tiles at the top of his chimney. By the time he had made this resolution,' another, , neighbor, a glazier, made his appearance. -" Master Gray," sald - he; " whYloitr chim ney gets worse- and worse; tell you what, you may try a hundred schemes. but • none of them will do till yeti put a 'whirl-a-gig in your window—that is what you want, and you will have no peace until vim get one. - to went the glazier, and James began to think MAO having, a whirl=a-gig in his window ; hut. was a little puzzled whetSr to try the whirl-a-gig or the tiles. . " llolloa, James !".shouted a third neigh bor, aArieklayer. who Was passing "here's.a pretty 'smother; I suppose you mean, to smother. us all' (MO" " no," - said James; " Fain tormented too mueh.with the :striae myself, tp wish to torment any body else with it. 'Nobody knows what alrouble it is to .me." "Why, nOw,r replied his neighbor, "if - • . you will only brick up your . chimney a lit tle-closer, it will be cured • directly plagued just in the same manner, lit aTcw bricks put all to rights, and now I have no trouble with the chimney at all." , • This account set 3ames Gray off a wool- gathering once more; and whether to put, slates-et the top, to brick-up closer the hot.; torn of the chimney, or to have- a Whirha-gig in.the windotv, he did not knoW. He Mused on the matter before he Went to bed, woke two or threeltinfes . in the night, and -pond ered it over, yet, when he got up in the mot:p ing, he Was as little decided ..as ever. Jitst as he was about to setoff to :his work; / hilt Allen Ingrim came by. Now Allen had the• charaeter of being a shrewd,sensible old man, which character he well deserved. so that he was kitten consulted in difficult eases.. .tainil Gray, as soon as Ice saw him, asked him to step in for a moment, which he ringly, did. " i want your advice," said James, about my :Chimney ; for it is the plague ()fitly very fife, it smokes so sadly." • What haVe you done, to it r inquired old Alien. ' " Why, as-to that,".ri+eied James, "I have done nothing but fret about it; for one tells me to do one thing; another, another ;--a mong three different opinions, tam puzzled," " There May be some . sense, in what they say," said old Allen ; 't and .if I found it ne-: cessary, I would take the opinion of all three ; try them hit, and see 'which is,best." No stioner.was aid Allen gone, than James went in search ofthe slater, 'who { in an hour's time had put the ..slates,on • the chimney:top. Whew James returned from his work at. night, his wife told him that the house had not smoked quite so bad as it did'before, but That still it. Was not cured. 'James then went to , the glazier ; , he put . a . , ventilator in the win dow, which many people call a whirba-gig— this did' 'wonders. James then 'Went to the bricklayer, who in the morning bricked up the chimney a little closer, to make the draught quicker. When James returned, he found a clean hearth, a• bright fire, a good-tempered wikond a house clear of smoke. Old Allen called again to know how matters went on, and was much pleased to hear, all was right . now: " Novi." said old - Allen - , "'the next time you get into.a difficulty, instead of wasting Sour time fretting over it, listen to thO advice of others, and to act on this plan cure a thousand troutles." , A FIUST-HATE' P1.37.--A large dr y goods establishment was recently burned down in this city, when one of the. large fire-safe man ufacturers of New-York, who knew they' had one of - their articles in the building, wrote on, and requested the proprietors of the . ruined store, to state how their . safe had withstood the conflagration. The answer was &V . fol. lows: "Gentlemen, your 'safes arc wonder ful: Nothing e~n surpass tfient forprotecting lumks and papers, though they have some unfortunate opposite effects.. One of our clerks, on Saturday, bought a Shanghae rooa• ter ' and at night, unknown to us, pat •iti for safe keeping in the safe. That night, our es. tablishment was destroyed by fire, and the safe and its contents were , exposed• to a ire. menduous heat fur thirty,siut hours, at the entiof'which time it was hoisted out red hut. As soon as pOsSible, it was. opened, when, you may judge of our surprise, when we found within it the Shanghae rooster leaning against the ledger,/ °an to death'!" . Itirroar Cotrersoue.—At the annual din ner of the Bets Kappa Society in Cambridge, some years since, the tabs' eminent Justice Story - complimented Edward Everett, who was present, with the tollowim sentiment: "Fame follows tuerit wherever- it [Ever ett] goes." . Without a moment's pause, or Waiting for the cheers to subside,Mr. Everett sprang, to his feet and propose as .a toast: " The members of the Ilar-Let them rise high as they nosy they - itever can reeekatieve ons $16:31." , - rz Lasso' . zzi- LuPs.-_-Our school- days are 'not confined to the 'precincts. sd the M i t ati44 - school, the academy. and the College: We ire all our life learners, - ads - Nigh slope - Ca outstrip others in acquiring' ItaCe.l in the Management of their affairs, : or, in ottler words, tact in applyiti# axe lessons whiclrob servatton and experience - teach. ' My object in peening - this article is,,not firtlish a tit "erary production for your" readirili - peruse and forget, bui to ask theni - oimdidly ..to re, fleet' on my proposition, iatnelY,:thatlatil, class, the farmers in this country atill.read too little, or at least rtirnisli too little reading matter for their„growing and •grown up chd.- dren. I, truly: believe that litany; heasbands who no* all in radian sil#ne Of a WhOhietven ing, or morn likely . congregate in the village 'store to heir the news, would be triter and happier men-if they expended from two to r. five dollars in weekly papers; With" one or two of the best monthlies devoted to' their employment. Why, there is hardly st - psper worth the title but will repay the'subscriba outright in valuable hints, to say nothing of the pleasure derived from the perusal of the endiesi variety which. pnblisherts give fn. single dollar. Once , more,. I billet/1 - 46r ,hundreds of young - men who now spend:evict dollar they can " pump out 'of the - Old - man-, 11 as they term it, in novels, cigars{ ball tickets. ;tr. and as many more of- - the class , entitled Young Amerim," who spend their evenings, their careful !mamas know not wiler4onight, 1 -all .6e hidaced to 4tay at "boron," was made attractive, which it-will.not boapt to be if the reading matter is confined to the " Bible and the' Almanac i "' and ?ether ono or two impoi tunt anti .uncemeis[sof Dr,-Grin. die's, (he has sent.me three) which are tvary cheap, and consequently very intereitiny.-= Reader - , are these things so ? lfso, then prof it by the lea : syn.—American .ifys*l44srut. 'A BRIEF lIEFAIRT 6F CuncrA.--Chinalithe most populous and ancient empire - in - the world ; is 1390 tAiles long, and 1030 wide. - Population from 300,000,000 to 300,000,000. The capital, ist. Pekin, with 1,000,000 Inhabi - - - tants ; next Nankin and Canton,l,ooo,ooo each. China produces tits, 50,000,000 iba. of which are annually exported .-front Canton, the'only place which foreigners are allowed to-visit. Silk, cotton, rice, gold. and -silver, and all the necessaries of lite,. are Annul its China. The arts and manufadares , many branches arc in high perfection,. but..ltation ary, as improvements are now prultibitisi..--- The Government is a despotic itionarehy.—= . ; - Reventie $200,000,000; army 800,000-men. - The religion is shriller to Buddhism, tbesitief god being Foh. The . Chinese irieuleste the .' morality of C.onfucius,their givait phew who was born 560 B. C. The greatValland, - canal of China are among the mightiest works ever achieved by man. The foreign com merce of China amounts to $36,090,000 or . $40,000,000 annually, the whole of- which. transacted with appointed "gents, called Hong merchant% l'Aireigners* are allowed to live at certain stations, or ftictoricit below COton. 'The chief trade is with England.—. The first Americasit ship reached ins = in 1784 ; now the annual average'ofthe Citited . States' ships visiting Canton is thirty-two.--4- ' The revenue derived - from foreign commerce by the Emperor, -varies from $4,000,000 to 50,000,000. According to Mr.: Dom; the opium smuggled into China, to the - injury 'of the people, amounted to $50,000,000 annual ly, for several years pat.t, tuuch of which was paid. in specie, which found its way to. Lon don. The Chinese language has nearly 000 chametete or letters. - Pocsir Piusriso-Peass.—A Boston pay per says 'that a young man from - 4.arland, Vermont, (Mr..Livermerei,) • his hire:4o, machine for printing, which,. withcii4*fignre andliterally, may lie called:a pecket print ing-press, since it may tia',cartied: in ones pocket; and operated there: .° .The'polisired steel Case which . conteins_the. apperatus is five inches long s two-and A halt hoieitikod, and one . and a- half Inches . thick. ',MIS cein tains the type, the ink, the paper and the Ma-- chinery. . At one end. of ;the ease attic six keys, oh which the fingers ot : the -operatoi;‘, - play, as on a -piano. . the lypea . are 'coin- - posed of the' sections of & paralliapam, crossed by ,two diagonals. This parallelo gram is cut aciAngeniously sta to:form alike letters of the alphabet, and. in a . shape op as to _be easily read,- in the impressis,,by any ..person, on presentation.. The. slie_hrlieitige English, and the fashion Antique: , The-. iat. pression is like the page of a book, litteahor._ leontal from left to right. -The of. pa- . per ' .some yards in length, *mit a cylinder, . and an fast as : printed, is receiyekco, another cylinder, :The ink is contained hitt:plea! ot. cloth saturated' with it, to WlalciiH-the,.tiypea are. applied as often as is tice*ary, The rapidity of the' printing is 4bout equaltritliat. Of writing' with a pen as most persona write. Panther Fight in Hansas The last number of the Kletrairm Planeet says A few eveninp since, as William Pate,, well known.in these parts as n- kith aptvi Ranger was , meandering the 'crooked trail from this town to Port Williarn,he eras halted by a respectable-liudting foot-pluk in the shape of a full-grown,litillet panther, and requested to 'stand and deliver.' Mr. Pstf of jectol to the surly manner in which the demand was made and . informed his> tiger like majesty that . his-property, all told, con sisted of an empty bottle and a butt . leckni*, both of which he stood in- need' of; atid, as he was in a hurry, -he would be obliged ' the gentleman to retire. As that Wes not what Mr. Pather desired, and, as he showed his teeth, and , gradually insinuated himself owards Mr. Pate, Mr; Pate waxed - wfothlt and let Mr. Panther have the bottle cystitis pate, with all the nervous energy areal:rang arm. The act being considered tky :panther, as a &iteration of war " he closed: ill on our gallantVete, who, being'• some bintielf,4ffid nothing lath filr engsgentebt,. now ; that his blood was up, seised' bisbollirrent relent by , the wain-lock Width% - kk' band i while he applied., the 'shining ateei'.*ltit his right to the sleek vest of his ifutagoltiab In a few moments, panther-had Ass Isesittilitl: ( 'slashed jerkire'as one 'would wish to. see; while Pate', still In the limendeneyi annal by, minus coat, hat, breeches; some hide, part of ,an ear, and conaldeishistair-= , -aetually ntoth. • rig left but boots andimirierkolfe.''.. Bob nor friend *tut victor; and; 'nothing daunted, he shouldered his enemy od-carried Itlitbottle i where he was' , measured b`r sevealneigh , tiors, one of whom Nut kindly •us with the fall me:women-OA oftheardiatitikent. tip to tip, which was - "sem' , trei tattAhteer inches." " BE 1111 1117111 = MEE H 1
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