Ripublicail . frintiniumge
In gavrley i dr, Lathrvps' Building,
.stairs .
/he ll)aefigitZti? - 1 . itiPiolo4,l);
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P 62,1141111) irt6lryllClLspktr, .110$11140, ISCIOI-i .
HANNA COUNTY. rsss'A., Blr
H. H F AZ IFi
•I• $1,50 • Tit•lt, lit ADVANCILI' • •
. ,
BUSINESS PAWS:. Al;
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- John Orgies, .-•
tt: •
TAILOR. Slutp - opposite "IteAttlicut" StEkto
Printin: Office. '
ontromt Oct. .
Dr. D. C. Halsey, • .
,•
trtisregtv. - 41 . 7 40 1,g - 6te.egt,,''.cm4w'nn.sl:ll;
..q.ardslst 3fr. Stiteridgtt. Mostroted?ctotlr 19, 13:12ifir
•
P.' Reyn 12. olds . „
IFIITONAMsk TAILOR. Shop hi 14..rmeut of Searles ;
Your., octp-r 13 ' 4 . 4 f I r
Dr. W. C. Hull, i •
,
ItY;ICAN AND SURGEON. hating laeated .lifiuMf It..
Itt. Centre, Is riadF to attead to ali the calts of fits profmKo.
attentino OLertln the treattoester Chronic 414 tuts. j
3-Ais etStZt. SS* OS. PS, SePt.l. 110.-Cmp
....,....
Dm:Blakeslee & Brush, ~...7
1 , ;. , 4
"..1 V I NS asodated tbeinuitroxinder the above Eaole Tor the
w doe of tbeduilOot th eir Pmfosl ro
on. pectioltyogor r
roo:Qnst wilco - to me lorali,lp,l6lk. Mre at tht iolderk•4l'
Illokolet, midway between the village or SioingrWe 4 , DimOts.
: 34 .":rx:!•_ -:_!! _- - ' • ' . ',:r, r-,zu#ltkl.
April r.Z 7MS:Iy
J. Dußois, ° . Is
.
S TIC E F.
TliPEArEand COMMISSIONEROF TgEttif
'or the State of New' York., at teat Beud, Sual.
...at Bond, Aug. "_l, y
•, , -
AN TrEAC'EtIRER.And tfealgrt in 411 , lands
• FEE NIT CR.Eand COFFINS. a No/tit
Ittlfentd. Pa., Aug. di, ISD.t.tit •
1 . ' , - Bacon & Weeks, r.,..
,•
~:.,
EA I. ERR in' all kinds or Groceries. Forelrn Ai:' I.pome:Co - ..
rr..lt..firsolges and Lemma, Nolo or all kinds. rttied rofit ., '
A r ,: e .„ Berries, Prunes; Pleirien.. Pruftl,,S, ilVere:lVorcestM9'
::- ..r re, Flour, Pith. Lard. Tallow, Fork, salt, .1%. 4 Zit. . .1
... wzrKl
~,,,,,: august 24. I slll-t f
.
• . P. Linea, . . •:. 4-,
..,.S.IIiONABLE TAIL.O.It, Brill Mociz, over 1ic4;.1'..t
l'. , •StOre, llontmic. Pd. , - - i - ' '' 4
~11-.. t. Jnly e.i.l EL D . —if • - • . 4
' • • '''••• i• i. I. '1 . i‘ .
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• Henry C:. l l`yler, •
EAL'EP: In Drn Orociiien, Tank -
.
rellan. ee Notion
and Shine. Shorels ant Forks. Stone .Wer. Wooded;
sal &coma. Hen.lor Naviguloin., Public - lisentl. •
• tr, , r, Pa.. June I
.. William IL' Cooper.& Co.,
to POST. COOPER az MI Xnatroir,
T., WC ntione door Irdst from rads Store. Torordie Street.
nr..34 - 4 mum"
12=E1Mni
H. Oaratt, • • •
•
11,1LESALE and RETAIL DEALER: tnyLODR.GRAIN.
.A LT. ,t—.sor Alt hi: !islet room. Drap Office.
keep constantly on hand the best brands of I , ,lottr„, by the
r. handed harrel,:at the loverst market briers, ak.n Salt lt}
Darrel or L.A. MI °Hen - Imm 31erchantit iV Dealer.
, nrotribtty atlebded tn. Cash bald for Gcdn, col,Telts,
. and all kinds of Inernen, produce in their neurons,_
,•%11fortt,
Q. P. Pordham, • •
A. 5 - FACTITIVE'S*. of SADDLES. HARNESS. 3: i•Nor r
;4i INES.& CARRIAGE TRIMMING In all ite A
SA nne •Inor below Keeler Slott • •
,tr.,,,113rc1a I. 1530.
•
• J. H. Emith,•
iNtTACTVRER of ItAIMESS,Viti LE'S, and tICIPSES,
y.<Nusquebanna County, Pa.
r tif,d..Jauuary
•
• 'Keeler & Stoddard.
:J.T.r.ns in lours ..k. SMOES.Leitherand Flndlnilt h.
1.!:.4,..4.., tr.!. door Wow . tw.a,r/e's Hold.
..t ,ILIT., • kC N. 6TODD...iD.
~,, 1 . 1., Jaz. I. 11,43:--Nlal
B. a Bogeres
o:tlnlie, the MAN EFACT ERE of ail de•
61 SLEIGHS. cir.R.LkG}WS. WAG
n the beimatyle of Worktuarmhipwnd of the
01 tb-s We/ ,uown ntand. a few nuts mat of,
Jatrose., where ae still bn Imppy to receive thcildli sf
,art aurthinc to ht. tne. ' •
s', September 1h.15.W.-ly
•
. . . ,
R. D. Bennett\ •,,,•..
'..IR r,lNDEß,S,allei,Sugetuebantra Coin-
. Ps.. resperttl.ily ittume t heptop/e of SIII-
..- 1 -itt . '
...:..2 Old nelgte..ottng cnuml, dial be IS pre. _..".... •• ,•
•'!it.l retiikticals ue.d 13Pcdis, and iteletit . ,Mr 1 ,1% -
. E. IV. FLAZILSI, .111 retelve reilsodit.a.t., Li.ii.o.,tte..
P. it , nnett.(lll,ton, Sept. S. t458..tf
William B. 'Simpson,
7r:q REPAIRER., hay Ink worked for the fntst'
yrars-grak the . runt vorknotak, lie feels
.; thnt tan .14.3 aroitt. afaculs. Stan on' t.irt
A;1 work; warranted to glvt ,at I sta.:lon . • Jeuel•
ti t neatly' and on rtnaninkhle t ems. - • e.
kn Ihi3ll Webiter's new Stun• corn er of telt44; urn
n.t, :pillow Searle's Huta 31ontrose, . t ,
- -
• 'TO Win.. Elwell. E. 11. " . Baird, E. 11, Mntttaylfe, E. 0
Klngslwxy, Towxritia.; IL 8. ELtaley, L. tiewlf, C. D
:.;
Wttlenl•erg, I.lnr,tros. •
IMMOM
• Wm. W. Smith & Co.,
CAI3I - fiET.AND ('FIA IR nANTF,Ar..,
furor-. li:cop coostutly l.ardall tape
extaNcr Fnuart - r.E. flffnlfbed aj
Woro.Ronm.i foot of !lain Street. j.
Hayden. Brothers ,
Q.LSAIX DEALEILS in YANKEE NOTIONS, 11 4 4sthes.
Liry. \t. - Milford. Susg. ,
rll. art" and Pedlar* orippliellia.Nerr York 'Rain;
Slid Meiy,
William & Wil"(Yam 3essup,l
IT , IINEVS AT JAR, lklonmanss. k=c l l. !.V.SulgOe
icy firsdfurd Wayne, Wyoming :4111Lu tat , courliel.
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_
. Win. H. Jessip . , - 1 i
f.IIIS.ET AT LAW, NOTARY YT111,117, AND COMMIS.-
eiNEli. OF DEEDti. for the State of Yew York. selil rittiald
~...,,, ent:mted to him with {,roMlace, awl tthltt.Y.
. t.
Public Spare, term:hied by, lion. William Joei , m
- ---- ----
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Bentley & -Pitch, ,
i'
7:NETS AT LAW, AND LOUNTI LAND AGalli
t, r,t ortite Croa: Floe, Youtime, Ps..
:r7su.s. -
Albert Chaitberlin
FtYLS LASS', .AIND JUSTICE (OE - TIJE l'E t eE
4" , a I. 1.. Ihte. .Co.'3 Store, Mo.leteurs, Fn. r
•
A. Bizsbiell, • •
r'IZNET a rOL 7 1%1;BLL 011 AT LAW. O ovir F. B
Stafe,9ZalitHA.N.l. l . LEryT,l'l4,-11y1 •
-
William'N. Glover,
AT LANS% FT Louts.,!!two i s PrartichP lily !n
na. Oval-% of 10:contr.:old -devote, lattor.elt chlthy
to
ALL Ci.sti, .17ughen , frocunhroall rterlvihrihtu nt•
,t - F74:E:;O. 4 Chestnut Elnvt.
Dom...atter T.1.15L8.-ir
Boyd do Webster,
.
•ity.. 11l Stoves, Stoves Pipe, Tbs. taipper. Ind SSeit tr*n
..: :lax *ludo w .t , ash. Panel Donn. W indow .13116 A Lath.
A'..r, and all khan of Building 3latertalk Tin Sialouth
, . ikteLacd carpet...iv:than near Me th odist Clam .
a. 1.. w sa:
. . •
eitMADE=
•
John -Vir. Cobb, la D., .
S. tow preparedtoAwactiee 11.EDICINEavd 81.7.10EUL
0.+1 , 1 himself In 3doatrok Men attend
and will '
with m bich he' may ipe favored. OFFICE., 'lb or Z.
• ee.ro.. oppos.te Searle's 'Hotel.
Dr. 0. 2. - Diziaock. • - :
.21. ks AND SURGEON, h.. 1" permanrnOvltteol l nieli
21 ~,1t,...., Sufi uelautrus PAITAW. F. 0 Iflt:1.1 cre,i r Ivll,oo
•-•- 4-,. . Logivo at Svarlep Rotel.
' n..l.rtb 1(.1,15:4
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•
Dr. E. F. Wilmot,
ta, AT-E of tle 'Allopatldc and Unto etledido Co:legal
;••1 , :t.0..-In now portnanently.looatedin , t;reat• Iteud. j'a.
et tds,ino <d. St., nearlyoppeqte the M. E.
May 10t.1 . 65Z.:13' •
11.- Smith, • •
. SIIIkOWN DENTIST.' Residence and oalct
is.OpplAAC the. Raptift elthrehANorth 9lont
joist. Particular attention a ill i.r given tv insert
andSike lea plate, 'owl to thik , rieGtylkfteak.'
Jaaliniary 12.1828.4 • • •
• 11
.".* Virgil; 1
\ RESIDENT DENTIST, SIONTICOSE.. re. 01
Ndee'at the Franklin Hotel. Room No. S.
I
Inocrtinx tretla tta Gold or SilveF plate done la Din
Art. Alt Jobe ardnunted, • .
ThiYer, - •
AND SCAGION. - Itorramas. Pa. 015ci to tL.
,"re. llatS
• r
Abel Turin,
.I:ll47.oDnuos . mr.incoms_.
Vantishol, I.V r'nvh
Cn.c.sitry. (3 4 _•.,,svare, WO Paper, -Serclry, C r
err* Min:teat Indrutuvats. • Trulentqc
&T.-ImA Agen . ltot si3 crf tLe most pcvliax Pat. at
31t,trow. Pa. .
-- Char,tdler 4t7esittri,' • - •
titS IN DRY HOODS. iteady M.adeCtothft.'Grceerlet
statioccry, etc.. VOIR Avenue,..Nlosrcoa'z: Pa. '
Post Brothers, . • s>
•• EI:S.IN DRY GOODS. Groqiccica.. CrockerY•
'+:.:er. c. coruer TurApite start saal c Are
P. '
J. Lyons eiSon., • •-- . •
tt: s -‘ IN DRY cIOODS.. olltecerfen.. Itanlninzi s e. f'rnektry
ext. ll Sleet
Aveintle, WITT - noes, lta.
4..Crolie.
• --
:Read & co.r.
IN DAY. iiOOLPS, Drups, Mediclrock. rAlnts. Out
- - - ,, co.ltarcwcie, crockery. ;roc. croak. :weave, der.
nirtumx47:i.tc. Yirtek Stortithgt.
'K* with cal, /MAD.
- Baldwin & •
iILESALE and Rea Dnlers Flow. Salt, Polk; Flab.
r .t'L Feat Condlei, Clover &Id Timothy mei. Also
• LIES. r.. 11 as SWAM 11olsaaes.SplipP.,_
4, +de ce PuNle Avenue , one door below J. xutenw IF • •
Od. lE3d.-tt . 1
• -
04b l :`•
AAR 011.0CERIELL Jia.. th4!sktoie recaatltoccapta ,
coue 4k &ler& Montrone, Pi. --
*l. March 17,150.4 f .
.„
tr Plunks those that !siestas.
I)
VOL. -5
4. • From the•J(Qme J . /014nm/
Tito Dr am or Love.
, •• IIY GEO ag P. mowing: N
. . .
• I'VE had the lfeart ache many. times,
4 the mere mention of a name
I've Never woven-1h my rhymes, : ----
i Though from it inspiration came.
It Vitt truth a hoq thing,. • . -
i - Life-cherished frOm the world apart—
i A dove that never Ines its wing, .
`But broods and nestles in the heart.
I Tinit name,of Melokr recallk - .
Tier-gentle bolt and winning ways -
Whose portrait hangs on Ittemory's wails, -
. • • In the fond light Of other days. •,, ...
•' In the dream:land 41 Poetry,• . . .
.11erliningin its leafy bowers, •
..•11er bright eyes in fhe stars I see,
- And her street semblance in the flowers
i ' ' • • :,
• Her artless daiitallCC nnd-graee— •
The joy that lig*4 up her bil?w— .-
The sweet expressiolt of her face , — "
Her firm''—it.stakls before me.now !
_ -'And I can fancy thit Ir ' heay . .
The Woodland sotigsshe used to sing,. -
• - Which stole to my attending ear,. .
~. :: - •
Like the firstliarhingers of spring,:::::'
~.
The beanty - of the elartli was hers„
? And hers the purity:of heaven ; . .
Alone, of all her worshippeis, ,
-A'o me her maiden vows were given. ..... , ,
They little know that human heart,
.1 .
Who think such lOve With time expires; ' t*
Once kindled, it Wilt neer depart,
'. . - But.burn through?
a. with all its fires,
We parted--doomed no more to meet—
The blow fell with a stunning power—
And yet my 'petal will . strangely heat' -
At the temembrance of that hour I. -..
But time and change! their healing 131O1`..ght,
. And year have•inissed in seeming glee, .
But still alude of hot I've thought
Who's now aMenirry to me.
_ .
There may be many r ho will deem
• o ltis strain a way. rd, yonthfal Lolly,
T he derided-as a.d nal . ,
ern of. the poet's melancholy. 1
.. T,l+ wealth of werld ,if it were mine, . .
. With all that folio . ..sin - its train, "
I would with gretitu
l e resign, -
To dream that dream of love again. .. .
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Our -iirrttlilon 'anal.
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I .
CHAPTERI....-170W TUE PiROIXISE WES EXTORTED.
.•
RI as a medical man, resi l ding, as my wife. informs
er relatives in theSouth„i' in the neighborhoottof'
dinburg; but in point of filet we are in it, thebear-
tYilla-residences being t hirty streets offal the very
. , o ~
Xeast. Our backlreen, lfewever„ is commodiousJl
.I,nd boasts of. various-Ctne !animals (principally rab. ,
1
ts) and.poultry ; the fu er of which I use for eci-
W itific experiment; the lat cr far my table only, al
lohoegh it bas been hinted y the malicious that they
ire Made to perform doubl • duty: Looking out up-
I"n thii pleasant expanse wood and verdure, witlr
- .5 contented denizeni,'slee dng, or.9ating, or going.,
Trough the various inte'resjing processes which -r•I
it from chemical or chiru gical expciimerd, I 'mar
ant not only to feel the ni,uareh to whom Mr, . A.'
lkiik conp.sss, 1.1. if ;,, vas s,,racstlint. ,c g otitiliiia
E•in
, but to envy no man is ancestral lacres, how
1-
er wide-spreading, Ms de r forests, however fully
flocked. I„had risen in,my profession, bet by stand
g on my' own:dignity, as the manner of some is,.
le,tt by hard work, and, as I flattered myself, useful
%Ss. I was not made dizzy by my .elevation, since
ft. had been iradual;',ltnd • I reflected with satis-
T4ction, that even if I.ihouldlre in &agar of vlipping
l4ackward, I possessed enough of balance to keep
the rightio that best of balanec.s-5 balance in .my
honk'er's book: When I . : add that, in addition to
tese carious subjects Of conratulation, on a certain
ening in July last; I. hadi a mildllavana in my
'South, and a pair of slippers just at the extremity of
4 toes, it will be tinderstoqi by the married portion
''kny,ruale readers that I sake in a disposition peon
11.yly adaptedforsubjagatioby the female. Leonora,
to wife of iny' bosom for sev_ral years, and therefore
lut too,Fell anque of- heroPportunities in this- res
t was ltaitding, behind . me, running her finger
itOrough what she considers to be My ends, and di
' lain.* pleasantly upon my Arefessional talent and Elle.
' '• .
, , ;"Ally." said- she coaxitily; after site had thuS
ls-Id l deurn the rails, as she thought,' for the idea to
4 dreamily into ntY mind, i now you are getting on
1 well, my love, doilk you qink that you ought to
bily a brougham .t . " . I
.: - -7. " Certainly, if You will it, Inc dear," returned, I,
re ~ . , 4 _
, pirtending to misunderstand her, and the broad regis.
1 ,38'd o In es tit gto n om y at onceplacing itself between
d 4 ,pocket and this ertMvagunt proposition ; " buy
lika-dozen brooms if ihel arc necessary, by , all
Itions, sweetest ; .but...f. Orught we -stocked • the
use mired I moved, at youycquest,'frorn our flat
1 into this mairkdoor." -- .•
his shell hattsueh a quanta
th7',e.form of retniutseener c an4
ir4d it would hays sileneedt
gtf,ther; but no ; that "'still
u -sr stilly-the „voice of one'
Mil with that quiet persisten
Aribute. .• .
i ir Imeant a carriage,- lov—a'brough-am--a one
tucyse brougham would be qui te enough."
Whfyrot say Mr. - Axle's prize ' drag' at once: ,
round
Ilaughing And-light' g another cigar; "l e ll
il l
sd Betsey in the me drig, with my compli;
t.t . rtnts., and I'll buy it palm t his-own figure." .
"4 , It, would very much.inertase lour practice,'! ye
rityked Leonora, musinglf; ' there's nothing like a
carriage for a medical min,
.You may depend 'upon*
Oily ; it takes him where ski 1 and talent, even such .
as yours, Alfi, would never
. ry him.'.'
tar
t i l Yes; lore, it sometimes kes bimto prison," re
ialrted I, assentingly: ,A, slight, pause', here took
pile, during which. I only eakight:.. one word of niy,
Limara'a'and even tharwasnot intended foe me
Oilnded exceedingly like, `Fiddlestick"
it When
1
shireeommenCed, it . wat in- graver and 'less Play
euttone ,° Marshal Gyulai (tr i erseded; Mid 'Makehat
114's in command , with ane set of Medea.- '
a - Do you 'Anew how much. on siend'in'the course .
of the year in cabs, „Alfred 1'
.• ..Vothing,f Oh, don't
,yenr tellme naughtilfibi; yot Men never can keePl
1;i
any account. What doyen y, dears I cant mlitel
catch what you arc saying. You teak f. Oh, loti
veked man, you don't wldk- rout ten to five every
,
day, I'm sure!"` , 1 .
"..Sly lore," returneetkisling - her, !',nip remark
Wa4 that there Is such - 1( tbiti as a 'bu." a'
... .
IVery well, Alfred„" obse l ryed Ltimara, with: a
eigti, and as though the disc Sion li C til ;closed, "all
1 1 ,1 save to say is this; that e elfin ankles are .
going." . . .•, • -
o.Going I" ejaculated I witti unaffected. surprise ;
";arid where am theygoingi 7" . - - .,. .~ -
'if the child's bring lamefor . life is i joke., Alfred
45.eserythingseems,,inde, to he %joke to you
it's, all well and good. and it doesn't signlW! ' '
.
: In.that wonderful aerobia w ith *bleb niarried fei
melte are midi/Wed-toy too bmintiful.Nainro, Leon*
distOed a couple or tears and t rt th Mx tall.;, - ,
, Itqie'sgot -the perstobuli r,".:obef.rveti 1; with.
.11fikeillqueneee to claim. ylticla -,is - Lye husbaudis
' 007:4 4 . 4- wl -1214 . 411146 "O s t lie 42111°61111
ME!
132 MM
=MI
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"nlir - 30pizago Malt iaoall.:8--.01.i:FiAviVat-Akt):.z021,0i6c,"
MONTROSF,, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1859.
„ -
Maokintosh,in whiethe vainly -wraps himself from
the watery foe ; ” he.mtukeep his ankles from going
in that, jeonora, surely."
"Betiey went.push it,"lsobbed wife; "she
.said she'd see the little angel fur-fur-further.
It's'iply use is now to hold, the umbrellas in the lob
by."
•" Then 'Nv'e must turn over a new leaf, and get a
riage,"Tetutned F pleasantly. •
You've promised meleini a long titue," returned
the unrelenting Leonora ; "buts wouldn't truk that
guild to be butted about by a page—no;not fur mill
kr."
1" P don't think so large a temptation will o'er be
thrown in your nay', my love," remarked 1, dryly ;
"'say'' thousands.'. But I tell - you What I will do,
.
Lenny ; get a Jerusalem pony for him." • • ...
A pony l" cried she, clapping her hands and
shutting up her lachrymal ducts, as if. by magic.;
"oh; that'll be delidious." -
I" A Jerusaledi Pony," observe“ again, with • ear ,
plittsis, and unwilling that an,dxpeetation should be
aroused of some Arab steed ; "it villtonlY be a Jeru- •
stdein."„ , - - -
i don't care whether it.comes f ora-Jerusalem or
mit," replied she, hi evident ignorance, that the ex- .
pressio'n was euplionistic.for a Dolik6.; "I'd just as
slut have it from there as front Wafee Or ,Shetland."
Hi," said 1,..f0r I had nothing-else to say, since
I lad not 7 thebeart,nor indeed the - courage, to uti
derive her. . . • . ,
' And, Ally„; darling," observed she, as she : trip
pingly' left the room to eminunicato: this piece of
ne4its to ker offspring, "do, please, .possibly
earl, let it be a piebald."
• Very well, my love, I will if I possibly cari, 4 " re
turned I, "but I ecinfesS I do not think it very .
lik4ly."
CHAPTER 11.-:-110W TUE . KEPT. •
• Oa a certain Saturday evening, some time after
thin Conversation, rehanced to be at a s all village
in the neighborhood of Edinburg, which rms,a sort
of Watering place to that metropolis—'-that - is top . );
whi l eb"boasts of a pier, a"--wheel-4-fortune; a few
bathing -machines,' and a f tudsof Jerusalem ponies ;
andion one of those animals.l set my -eye and my
'1 • . • r
mind.
I.!made inquiry concerning its merits of the pro.
pritior, who,' without 'giving himself an instant's
hreith for a comma, .and far less for 'consideration , of
the racts, deposed.- - that it was ruiddl4ged, steady,
lied ;well-conducted, - would Carry a.lady . sideways, ,
didWt hifow how to Startle. Lie down? -Bless you,
nere'r... A child might ride Vm . altunting; While as
for licking '
lOnay have been that that the philosophic beast
was 'annoyed by so much flattery, it may hive been
that 'late herself interposed to save my precions
,
Pant;pr it may have been ,a gadfly ;. but certain it i.
'that hi the word " kicking," that donkey began
•paa
...45 deux with his hind legs, the duration arid via.
lencti of which Jnever beicire saw equalled.
only. his -play," began dui hypocritical proprietor. I
yamtealed_the.remainder of his sentence bye glance.
iof in'pecdulous acorn, and requested • to 'ltee . :somc
'amallitr'apeetmeui—infaut
milk-diet, bat - bad-not yet been taught ViClOll9 it
had he any. such that be could lay his hands — titp
•hbi heart and reciznimend to the father of a yt e iting
familV Bad he any under ti ycar ofd'? . •
The change which came over thia:garrulotpi ier s t
sbti u'pon Lis discofering with "whom he Lad to . A*
Was - ruost remarkable ; !tom spurious enthnsicsithi
sank into downright obstinacy,. while' he *Tangled
and Aspined with all the tenacity. of aheleoj
sc
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*mpg donkeys? Of course be had young
keys ; scores—hundreds. ;Under one year old
Certainly not. Bow could Ite-live'r Nothing was
-yoa'ger than one. Bow could it be Y" , •
: The : low cunning which overspread the county
•nancet of- this dealer in Jerusalem ponies would have
shed. another- halo, round any, member of the Old
Bailey Bar. -
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Orned away in disgtist. and should have depart
ed-clohkeyless, but that a.Defts. c. 77 machine -5 fel-
low belonging to the bathing-tnichine=who seemed
to knnivthis man. and his humor ; intervened, and
solved the diffiCulty. De 'extilained 'him, with an
elaberate patience, which should' earn him 'the late
ly vacated place in he college. of Preceptors, that
there iwas a smaller meaiure of time titan a year, and
1 that a S Jerusalem pony - might be any numbei of
months old-short of 4 l meteor:Loath.
I adcompanied . these- two. to rile ... donkey empori
um, pit:chased my young ass for ten shillings, hired
'boy to lead'it li - ome by a :straw halter,
.and -imag
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ed,the affair to be conclud ed. I did, not, at that
time, s.Qinate the duties'of the proprietor of a Jeru•
salem pony,so highly as the privileges. In the first'
placegin adik'th ‘ r to the bay that was hired for mon
ey,. tlitre wer e ea out three-ail.twenty others who
accompanied-us out, f the village, kir the fun of the
thing „1, of these, wo t k their posts, like a guard of
honor,i,ori eitherside of t creature , end encouraged
himn-ith unintelligible cries, a fourth-established
hirnseinintediately in his rear, d took every Op
portnnity of my eye being diverte rons my prop
erty to twiet its-perfectly straight and ratter attenu
(4ll.. The rest folloWed'in tr;disord - erly manner .
at a lit i detnnee, addressing either mysplf , or the
animal---for,having the misfortune to be an English-
Man, I inn onattinnimq with the Scotch language
in its 4atire pnrity—as ""tile., „ euiley," and 'taunting
me with social pride in not at Oile clung up on the
quadrilped's back And ridinghoine. ' - •
Theie myrmidons deserted us in the course of the
journey, lint only to be replaced, as we reachedlik
by . a much more formidable fbileiving, When.
mysellimul prize reached our( resideyice in Paradise
Bow ahout 11 o'clock; p: tn. ; '. he had it -addition ,to
his four personal attendants, who had remained fai* z ..
, ful, al tail" of about one hundred
. people, including'
„twet pbliceruen and three or
"fours highly . respectable
personf who s iviinted to go the 4itir way,tiut who
were chnipelled \ to follow the strain and accompati:*..
had argotten,'when Imade my' purchase, that;
our back green was, lot° speak,dorin stairs, and on
ly apprVachable byt the area steps ainf - the kitchen.
~.passag;; but often during the course otmy tritunpli
alinarei this difficulty had presented itself to' my
I Proerairjnating mind, and it had now to be ',joked: ,
" Dow [Were we t° get the Jerusalem. pitn). \ intti his
uneounitable paddock?" Dearest, Leonora was krone
to bed; that was the only-bright side the pictnre\at
present afforded me. If her reprbeelies - upon the
animal 'uot being-a piebald, had been - -added to toy_
other annoyances at .that moment, I veiny, believe
I that I should have given the Jerirsalem pou r y-away/
"Cocried the'policernau, as we vain lyn;•ged,
the amoral to ascend into his future tesiden Ce; ". this
iota 4, You know; you moat move sir Jou
musn'tte obstructing-the street." • -
. "Obstructing your grandmother,"yried pale w ith
passion ; at th e I''d
ea. of the-law interfering to oppri.si
what itiwas inten4te protect;:" Is thus not roo : ui
in Paradise Eow for thiapoor young creature as well
as myself? .' *teed I that is the very thing
/- want , 4 0 I :A-1, take titeleruealeat pfurY24 fore
legal Ji 2,,,tak4 Ids hied quarters, sad-be vet y care
i spa carry WO Oftwa Owsiviips".
ity„ot.rthfy nailsin it in
reminder, that I image.
ils, enemy's fire alto-
E 1 I}-4bice" which i 9
a witi—kiin, attacked.
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"Hurray!", shouted the..croll, , irt a state of wild
excitement, and delighted- with myi corn:minding air.
I was never in my {Vein the condition ofa ..public
and popular character before, bat cab new well un
derstand the feeling which prompt:: the demagogue.
I saw the respectable inhabitants of Paradise Row .
regarding me from their•liattirdal4light windows,' it
is true, and I knewthat I-was - tobig me practice as
a medical min, but, on the otherh4nd, 'the elteerit*
ratiOnmy cam like a trumpet . vilde; and I felt that .
whatever happened I was the faMt:lte of the Pe i dpie.;
- "Horsy !" -shouted the crow . ci r , take hi /down
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Or. tlOWnwith the
.peeler's." ' \ .f
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~ The policemen looked'ar me, lolkedi the,
mi I lISOCItI
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bled thousandsfor the street waled by this time
from end to end, and Barged: in - the adjoining
1 squares . loOked at One another Al , then proceeded
to obey me without a murmur:lliy took up—they
half never taken up Snell it : ctOontir before—the as
tonished quadruped,in the Matitterl had suggested,
and carried hint safe and-sound, dot the:area steps. -
While this apparently funeral ttocession was is
progr'elj, a gentleman Stepped, for+cl and • address.
ed the wall a very excited demennii: " Escuse me,
sir ; I have qut just corne,and em tiacquainted with"
the circumstances:, Yon ar s e amedcal man, I see; -
'I am connected with the press, N. 4 ling f the
Matter, sir? 117nst has happened 1, _ll'AuTis ii, sir?
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Is it- lady ora gentleman, and are,:hey dead; or on
ly, _ . ,
insensible?' \ ' • - l L. .
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"lie is a gentleman; and at pre nt Oceeldess,"
returned I, hurriedly, as. I necompaiied the sufferer
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in question into the bonse. , r
Oh, the relief of niind Alto 'body Ihen I saw that
Jerusalem pony deposited safely hi 2ur back green !
the gratitude with which Ilaverithetied thole ger
diatb3 of public safefyl the reckless . ess of expense
with which I opened bottle after bittle of superior
beer for tiieir refres hment!' - ;
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I woke LeOnora, to recount to liel.all that I had
done, and had •seme'diflicuify- to prii, vent her rush
ing to the window to look at the mir arrival.
"I don't even knob What a-,Jeruialem Many is,"
urged she; "I shall he. lying awake and trying to .
picture What unustinlY . ""'
" At this jarteture; ho,Aotibts were kt at-rest forev
er by - the most tremendous braying 4 . n u.t. ever issue
from the mouth of s Jackass since tholays of Balaton ;
it was exactly, benealhAr btdrooM window, and
sounded like a brass'hund cmnpostil of tipitchido,
cut of repair. . -
'." W4y, it's only a dreadful donkey, Alfred," crie
Leonora with lust indignation. i
' "ll's forty donkeYs," cried I, prinqently, and stop
ping my ears.- sever, indeed„ shall I forget Milt
noise, which seems.even now to be iin§ng through
f
the chambers of memMy.•
We retired to rest, however::— that 7 ,.is:to say, we lay .
down and listened, SometimesWe Would nourish a
Mint hope that all was over; that tii4 Jerusalem po
ny would liiMs..elf ;''etptire theldessinis of Sleep_ and
become quiet ; and sometimes the relphorrers of our
situation could not be dispelled:by an'r such baiseleSs
fancy. I think . thsi.eramri,:i meat h :1 Jtebeen (tempos:
Ing a coronae)) or lament for his abkent roomer or
other relatilms; fisr after very short pansmaneh a,
-might bave - been given by any donkeyitecomposition,
he would bnrst'forth with. a torred, of disbordant
wailing of about fourteen lines in leilgth—as .far.as
. we couliTittsige--and ending in an Aloxandrine. It
was horrible from die first, and rapidly' grew to be
anbe s arable. At tl.titi-A. M. I 'put 4my -dressing
gown and slippers, and taking dna.. n 1.40 repo iron,
one oldie window- curtains, I sallied/ fiirtlrinto the
back green. Sleep had, of, course, liven banished
front - every other inhabitant of Paradise !low, as n-idl
as from ourselves; a score of human 'iiii.ails-regarded
me frora far and near, from first flat ti) attic,-with inn-,
- wrest And satisfaction.. They believed, in their fool
ish and revengeful hearts, I knew, At I was ahem
to liting . .the Jerusalem pony: I was tot going to do
-anything of the kind. i
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- thppioached the animal, utter,ing sounds s'uelt as,
lathe intinths of his late attendants', I had- observed
to give him Pleasure ; but I might juit as well have
teed aloud the Act for Prevention of Ciuelty to Ani
mals, He:turned away; be fled ; he yen Elie(' tip
his bee) against me. Disgusted, but i i - int.: disiiiiitet,l
- by this conduct, I pursued the flying beast With per
severing vigor, despite'the fluttering
l if my lengthy;
garment, and the increasing coolnessl of-my Unpre
tectedlegs. ~I caught him ; I tied upi his jaws se
'cutely, is I thought—with the curtam,rope„and re.
tired amid murmurs of applause, to, My apartment,
leaving him speechless and trisetuntitett -
Better, fir better would it hate beiin had I 'never
attempted t iis! The great liarmoniei, 0P ue N:d are
not to be lie shed by the rude hands ot man. Scares
l'y'•had my bead touched the pillow, "hen the bray,
half•stiflerf, pitiful,. more . liareasrsitig . ,belvond express- -
ion than before, recommenced with billeousPertinac
ity, and increased in volume °with &pry note.. Preii
ently-the,ropegave way, and the 0 GM, 'of song
burst forth again from that Jernsalemlpony,:. as tin
pent-up waters fsom an-ineffectual dart; . while - the
, ceek, imagining, no.doubt, that it waslilawn; and ac
cusing itself of over-sleeping, and permitting another
creature to be the first to salute the Sant, added its
shrilrtribute to thedini ,
,- -". I'll cut that x donkey's throat," cried I, leaping
j out of bed, and fumbling for a mot i 'the organ
is situated so low demi his-larynx, tilt nothing less
will stop him."_
1 . "Give him chloroform," - cried Leontra sareastical
ly; "yo ur so fond of that.";
,- This rentark,,Mtended to wound 14 profeSsional
feelings, was, as sometimes happens, - Che very best
adyice that could be - given to me. I ;latched up an
1 enorinous phialof that divine dsierate, and again .
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rushed down-to the hack-greento silence the doritis•
tic ens
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: This tithel conqueyed; id fifteen mini
utes 7 it THUSI
-im.coafesasti; after trerjordous nicer-.
tron— ( l wis standinitid)my dressing Own and slip
pets' upon that prostritte`Jeynsalent pojty i like anoth
er Bare}':.avictim to scieueet.,JMNrfposed
.like -a
sleeping infant who
- has had enough-1(4 his bottle.
This victory, achieved in the right lif':respeetabli" :
though sleepy ,nyriads, has been -mi i i iter ati-is.
tisenient to rue, My practice is incre:."'sing; , and 114.
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.child's ankles are being rapidly strongthened: A
'breach' knocked MITUO the wall . oKa i ir hack-green'
'permits the immediate causeof:this pilpsperitr te'ri
tire; after his daily Tabor -to a pastur+at a consider.
able distance. Leonora is more than Mollified. - She
'bas withdrawn thelmsty cxpression (Ace' made 'use
Of, about sornet‘ing',being no more lik4 another Ming
than a hon(e%chestnut is like, a chestilut-torse, and
conf/tiCs that a .Jerusalem pony is a .s l , pry good pony
at er all. Iler ,sole'regret now is, that! be -in not • a
q
piebald ; - . ' . 1-
or A Boston bay-dealer has been detected in a
ciirioustratid. ,The bay was so loadeci that:A person
could - crawl into allele near the bottotil of the cart;
and in this place a negro-in the ereploy'of the sPeon•
stator, would conceal himself while thejha i j . was being
weighed. .Of counter the life -freight larae upon..th I
top of the load Ishen it was delive.red, and the por•
c)satrete little ellPflePted that.either'thenuselves or 'the
,vne hundred tuld,fiftle, pound latop : bet re them
, had
bmnstold. Boot; of the purcbaseralbavo paid for
hies dozen tini'es over, and begin to pai* that it ta
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Limn or Tni Runs! Fred thee nigh,
I know thy breath in the - burning-sky, .
-And I wait, with a thrill of etery'Vela, -
For the'Cbming Of the hurricane!
'And; lot. - On the wing of the 114%7 gales,
Through the boundless arch of heaven he sails
Silent and slow, tuid-terribly'ettroug,- -t
The mighty . shadow is borne along,
Like the dusk eternity to come; -
While the world - below, dhuntied and dumb - .
•Through the' al») of the thick, hot atmosphere, :
Looks up at its glooniy lob's with fear.
They darken fast; and the golden blaze •
Of the sun is quenched lit the lurid haze,
And he sends, through the shade - a funcratray
A 'glare that hi neither night nor dt.y,
A beam that tduches whir litths of death
The clouds above and the earth beneath.
To its covert glides the silent '
While the hurricane's distant voice
Uplifted atimhg the mountains round-;, - .
And the forests hear MidNansiver the sound.' .
lie is Come i s •come! dO:yoti not behold
nmple Nbes on the, wind umt!lled
Cianl of air!: we bid thee hail
How his grai'skit to teas in the - whirling gale!
holy his iruge,and writhing ants are4reut
,
To-clasp the 'zone of the'tirmament,
And foldott length, in their dark embrace,
From mountain to mountain, the visible space! '
-Darker—still darker the whirl.inds bear
The duet of the plains to the middle air: -
The
hark to tire crashing, longitnd loud,
Of the chariot of Got' in the.thunder-cloud!
You nrl frace_its path by the flashes thatgait
From the rapid wheels wherever: thee dirt,
As the fire bolts leap to the world below,
And flood the skies with aJurid F low. ,
What roar is that the rain that breaks
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In torrents away from the airy lakes,
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heavily poured-on the shuddering geound,
And shedding a nameless horror round. --.
All! well known woods, and mountains; and skies;
WitlNthe tery cloud, ye are lost to my eyes, ' .
I se ye vainly, and see in your place : —. • .
The shadowy tempest that sweeps through space, ,
-A Whiiiil , " ocean that fills the wall
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Of,-the crystal heaven, and buries-all.
And I, cut off from the world, remain . .
Alone'with the terrible.hurricate.
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From the Y. Ereniw Pox:.
The Aborigines of Australia:
PIITSICALLY the Australian itative'is (111':eXtraOrdii
nary being. Ilk slinulders ire - broad . : and his ..aiins
;ire.hrawpy. its chest and stornichire,well dayelL
oped, the latter rather too muth so.; i But the inui r
.eles of his legs mid thighs are' strangely attenuatedi.
yet'strong and wiry.• This gives I.l* . thit . ir unique
ppeararice, which may not be unaptly compared to
parsnip standing upright in its :natural position,
with a portion of the tootstalks remitting up'on its cap;
Although black, they have * the -Cau t tasian fettiureS;
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with the exception, perlogs, of the lips •of sonic of
the females,' which are like those of the .Africans:
Their hair is coarse, thick, strong, and wavy, yet not
at all kinky. Ido tinrtbitik I o'er saw one with a,
1 r..", T on., -wboo dt LLo • 4 , ( fiCtilltha, one of dmm, d
kind nfacqUaintaile'e of mine, would, frequently .. beg'
hair oil of tne, with - Which toancilnt irq laTigth
and sidfaiimiaranea'n'eing - a sulieefor pride iii hito;
:unl of envy to his Comp:Minns. TliouSL oneamucli
more numerou; they now are only abOut four •thou.
sambaouP. .
They posses!" a fair aptitudein making literary no ,
nuiremeats, but they do not.seem , to . care to pOssess',
any. Tlds may be due two causes—either their want r ,
of energy or natural inaolence. Religion they ba , ie + ,
none,'ilidess die corrobery he ceieniony,;
and it eouhtles§:ja. riot, as_ any chief will make " cor.l
tiln•ry" for a glass of liquor or a piece - of money, and
will take up a collection on a piece of bark after. t)ie
erfortitanco!
thighs outwards in a . very curious manner, so s t to
make them seentnirieli broader than thd, really arc.
- The VireAeyan Methodists laboied low. and car-,
nestlr to - bring a sense atfu desire for
pardon, hut with sd)ittle succe s s that tliey have at
length given Up in despair, perfectly diSheirtened. ;
--. Though., when upon their bouts, tlt4y
will shunt with such vigor as to he heard three.god
ters of a' ndle, they . do, not seem at 411 dispoted, to
$11oull" Glory ?'•Elle Methodist. 9 to the contrary.
Tincir senst.orsniell is exquisitely delicate. •fli its
,id they Call tell u tree containing an opossum, and
how long,siu'ee he ascended it. Other: stories,: 'still:
more marvellous, atie . related to prove this tact—such
11 - finding the body; of a murdered man,. etc: Their
perceptive faculties arc very acute, and that part of
the skull just nbove the er is unusually propinent.
!laving once `Seen you, they will recognize •you
twenty years afterwards. 'Theit :.. cerelfelluto is large,
and they arc, in•'conseosuee, proportionably atm.
tory s .and poiscssa good)i.. hare or the animal passions
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generally.
Their "Suns!' or wives are cruelly treated, and arc
always made"to bear the burden and heat of ;the,
clly,"While their lords and masters Wander about the
ezrurp in inglorious ease. Now and then .they
will
kill a kaugarroof or opossum, but will do little else.
They have the greatest reAgnance to labOr;
,and If
4hey do'earn a half-crown, , they will - 14E0pr and
carriuse . till his -
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BY WILLIAM i7L'LLEM wren.. •\
n til dance they 'will more the tnuAcies in, their'
ttll efforts to civilize them are in vain. Children
have been adopted .i.ntheir earliest -infancy by ret
Pectable and intelligent families, and have beetteedu
-cued and habituated in all the usages of enlightened
communities; amt, about the age Of seventeen, they
generally *Kure themselves unable to FCtilSt the
note love of a ivainieringhy'decamping, with.
sodle strolling" vagabon& Of their own nation. Tit'ey
then tiolov off all the snanqrs and customs of the
whites, and in a great Measure - again become the
veriest sava`g,es. • • -
. Infanticide prevail', and is increasing,lin 'spite of
all the i2lihrta : of the settlers‘ to-abate. it. I ‘ This the.
main eatiae pf their constantly diminlAing numbers,.
anditless S,xin,qteppell it will doubtless in thin; ex
terminate them. I once asked a woman, notorious
fur the dumber of " picaninnical that '5116,1110 de.
ntro) . -ed,and-why she did it. Iler answer - waA remark-.
able, idlowing that they are. not ignorant of; their de-
Condition. h was this . : "Black fellow's•
picanilin,i-no good ;.,like possum. Plenty of white
picanintlY:"no manner in - which this •berrple
crime is. consult:n - mks! is this rThi mother, end the
child retire to the and the 'termer • returns
alon'e. That-4s- all that!is'kitown about it.""Tlieir Wo:
men arc of easy vlrtue,lbut thlatioes arii'aimost
invariably destroyed,
They iicyer remain more than two .or three days
in one place; and then form a but by leaninglavide
pice of back itgain s it two sticks. - They' have
yet hunt atniis.e. They cook their game by' threw-,
leg it into thitlire, - without any prePlitution. -TIM I
'refitse.il taken oat and given ; to.the dogs. They are
.also fotid'ol. gum. have sp'eata which they
throw ;with becuiscy t by means of a attert, , ,.stiek, with
-the-head .b.ellowed out, which . they: bold in their
" The idling of spirituous liquor% and Illumine to
t'lein by the ',setters is a crimiaal offence. When.
MOO in their. possession, They are invariably Icontle.::'
'cued by the authorities.' _
, fSo %palladia ", ilanke's Getigtaphy, '
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Among tlie.blsclos from Cuba- and to oitiana".io
AM?, and auittll lids Is alto word for child,
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bands. They are a race of beings very interior to
moat othora, and they seem to irefer extermikation
to enlightenment.
A Nice Town to live in. .1 '
Way up..in the ".Northern COuntry," between New
York and Canada line, there are several gentlemen
living upon estates owned by'lltem. A friend of one
of the gentlemen wroteto hint from Yew York City,
makhiginquiries with a view to j" "emigrate," the
information received was agrectilde. Thellurlipgton
(Vt.) Free Prem publishes The eply,. which: OODre
sents this und;scovcred country a .second *Beulah.—
The reply is as follows: ' •
. , i Sf p t . lOth, .1819.
, Dvm::Siir.:—Youra of the 2d received, and r
hasten to give you theinfonnatiOn deiired, fot the
beneyft of your friend, as follows The soil, wh.._ you
can get at it; is composed principally of congrOmer
,
ate, via: a mixture of.niuck; moss, •deeayed4 fern
leaves, paving stones, and :snout: The face .of the;
country, when not covered with snow, is roilered
math a growth of licrulock,,tamarac, spruce, anti
,ce
dar timber; exeeptAose portion's 14:hich 'the et3er
,iprisc of foimer 'years, has attempted to cfeitr—th - eSe
'are covered with'rocks, stumps, fillezt'trees,•lder
hushes, and, birimbles, The fruits are . •various, corn-
Prising motit of
.the specie4•Sourul in high latitudes;
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such as choke - cherries,ninose•berry, .11nel:re-berry
and the iblaCik rasp-berry, the latter in 'great 4bnn
. . . .
dance and perfection. AmOng Ole game', ts p be
found - the doinesticlowl, the swallow; crow; andiblue
jay, and in midstimmer, tho might-hawk and screech
Owl, The - aniznals hunted for their fur, are the cat,
the chipmonk, the Stray dogs—those chiefly esw9m
ed for their flesh, are the tnuskrat, skunk, and wood
chuck., The fishes embrace a great 'rarity, from ihe," i
.tad-pole to the bull-pont.. 2 —thO sucker is -Salted down'
for winter use, The principal articles of consump
dim are pork, white beabs, tipple's:o, and , rye Whis
key. The-principal articles,of import are dried ap
, ples,'Bufralo coats,. tea, tobacco, Cotton cloth, niolas;
ses, ()nu:: 'cigars, anyspopt 'oysters. The articles of
expcdt aro fuw, beidg only such things as they q9u't.
tvant thvtnselwe's: The pi-incipal'are ainviets to Ai
burn and Sing Sing Prisong, l andlmisnigrants to Ca
fornia. The chief productinns are white-headed
Children, which in time groW to be lumbermem'iped
dlers, dea:Cons, and rogues. their
Means of gettinga Cring are inieniousand Va4d—
the moist ostensible, lioiv,ex;er, is "dickering,?' at
which they are very espqt, swopping horses; trading
cattle, and getting boot. Their chief amuseinen:tiin
winter are keeping:Alp a are, ,watching .the Weather,.
going to funerals, al:tiling, and breaking steers:ls In
summer these are varied by gettingout manure,Oot
ing corn, acting as seare-erows; and getting - " (Town
sick" eating green'apple4. .The range ! of domt'stic
duties is confined. altogether to chance and the wc
inen folks." Their princimilhusiness is impertinent
interfe'renre to other people'si, ilTui i to . the entire
negleCt of their
,own, ex'aggeMting evil' report?,
throwing obstacles in the way Of •Publie .improve-_
mods, raiking_polit;.ts, and doing chores. The yOung
leave their par c ntal roof at a 'tender age, dud eon:-
i, 6! ,,..... nn their, n . ve, Vtnek. I,''3'lli PO P./•-" ^ " ., elucr.r ,
bread, and relasSetieindy. — The climate is a cross
between Laphind and Siberia, not quite as cold 4 th,.
1 1 bite: and a good deal , colder than - the - ethef,.blit hel
thy:-• The principal dis.eases arc lame stomach, dal
-1 Irina tremens, and "folks is sick.' The articles et
..usurp most esteemed arc salt codfish, dried pump
kins, and woolen gowns. The articles of, firrniturc•
are a cook-stove, 'Mop -pail, dml wash-dish. Ilteir
firrming implements consist of :an,ax, , a saw, .a
log;,
chain, generally hocked, and a jack-knife. Theivsi
uCation is confined
. torwriting their names, guessing
T.fr hop, and making aihclvei. Their.moral and` re ,
di:grans ideas are ref& loose and vague.'They gener
ally live ton green old lige; and die as gieeins t'lley
)ice: 'Their principal' places of resort are the 41m--
forms of 'ntilrodd,depots, bar-rooms, justices' coatra.
anil s publicand private oflices,where they have ino.
business. Their habits are predatory and migrattrry,'
Uygur friend is a bachelor, it may be interesting to
him to knOw that the females (with few exceptions)
have rio . `front' teeth, lirt'tireir eye teeth are cut' e4l-
;ly,.and are sharp and irelb dexeloped.. If there sic
any points - not touched upon likely to Infirreme him.
in:the choice of a•reSidenee,l hope, you willhaveino
hatation in asking further enlightenment. -• ':'
"The T 4 ond'on Times on the Brown Plot;
•
The Springfield Republican contains the follo;will'
clever article " frout•the Lo on,7 . iincs in etlvane^t
the teinuer
The account We give this morning of the redge ,
tion of Ilarper's Ferry, in -Areerice„by the Ineet4o
erable force of four whiffi men and six negroes, 'on•
gaged in a freiCile insurrection, inns! fill our mdirs
.. .. . . .
,„.. , .
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With - astonishment. We royess to feelings of cha
grin andinortification at this new and unexpecerd
evidence of the degeneracy. and 'effeminacy to whibh
our transatlantic cousins arc redneed. li•ist.but it: . '
Other imtaitee . )rfwoof.. of the debilitating and • r,
moralizing effects of reptAdican irisiiiittions up6lisa .
rage which under a strew, government has alwiis
proved - itself inducible. , . ! -, .-. ,:i . '
/-' In Order to understand fully ! life nature of tliis
•transaelioa, it should be Premised that Harper's FOr
ry i.i oFm of the most strongly fortified positions n .
the United States. It is iimated int n. narrow poi nt;
bet Ween two rivers, and has an arsenal containing
several thousand guns, and occupied by :some 250 'for
Son men. Gem. Brown, or " old firown," as he -.6 .
contemptuously 'called, taking advantage:of Gen:
Scott's abseece'eni a voyage tn Sl...:'n - Jl34n, assault&
. the 'authority,of Con'imander-in-chier of the United
States army, took •possessionof this stronghold wit
out tiring a gun, made prisoners of all the men f o ur O
atiout, and of se veral planters,.includini . a Tamlsou
or the illustrious Washington; and hiinself a 'distill ,
,guishedofficer of the army ; placed sentries at the;.
1 railroad bridges and the corners ofi the • stre e ts,
.and
so held-Alm town for tab days, 'until the States of
Maryland and Virginia ,had collected
_ tticir iiirceit, 1
when; supported kfall the available' federal troops
from the capital and the fortifications around, a di
' termined assault was made upon the insurgents, -anti
three of theta were killed, and the
. remeitaler,, until :
boring three or four, (the accounts' not agreeing as to,
the precise number,) were taken prisoneric. Thee
is also an indistinct report that one Cook bad flOd
with a wagon load of emancipated :nt..groes towards
the free State of Pennsylvania: - Ifiait invading force.
Of 10,(100 men had been routed,' the American. pa
pers could not hap been more profuse and eitraya;;.
i gant, is their bmVings and esuluttions,, and ns the
kfederni capital ms to have been considered in int-.
minent.peril fro*;this hantlfai.of men: we presume
} the Pre;ddetd , wiNissue a proelanniliortfor a day ,of
natitittal thanksgiiing" (*Or • the remarkable, deliver
lonce..'-'•-•.-
' ' ' 'l
• • . ..
. .eflsolutionof 'the '
i . .l"We . ccrtainly hope okapeac u .o the
Sin Juan difficulty. • Hut 14onsidetation - of this
Matiter's Ferry affair, we trust - het Ilaje.sty'st govern
!rut Will ihow no disposition to Yield one Joni - tot
the sake of peice. And In case war becomes nee-_
,
miry, the government yip' only !led to fit • out ..0
elitui fug capable of landing. fifty ')r. 14ty. men on
the 0011$1-91 tittaMt44,olltelh suyvelletc. !Kral. 0
the p.tontac,. It wiltreqldre some eight or 1,0130 -
take tl i nd , hold Washington, and the mi can divide
arid March \ through the -Southern States in different .
~
directions, cellscting an army of negroes SS . they pro.
ceed.l In' itholksi.a. weeks the Scrutberd States we'd ,
fieslenred of .whi4:trien and organiseli as colonies -
underfGreat Britain, with free nevem 3 as .citizen
planters. . - 'N' . •
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"The llorthere,States w o uld, at first, be incrmed
.1 ...
te, re,,tt this movement, hat berors' they could bring
their Slowyniiiia into action the *hole• Ong would,
be ue' omplished: and they woul d acquiesce 'in
it wit ou't difficulty, in order to . s#e the ltirnioti, AS
they always !nice done in "every - settlement of the`
slavery question, howci•er . distasiaul ,at 'first. The'
alrair at Harper's Ferry furnishes shun - Atli- evidence •
--
or the'facility; and speed with which this schemee May.
.._
- beckecuted, and "weltruet her Mniesty's ministers :
"will gree it their serious consideration before consent.
ing to e , ',..y adjnsuncnt of the boundary question
which.shallcompromise our interests or I;2norln tie
slighteildegree.'\! , - , . .. -
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.
• • : Cook, .thp.lrisnrrectionist. .
The . New York Timeo'er a late date min fined a
letter from af r. John N. Stearr n'
h s, of William rg, I
whose o ffi ce Cook was cnce e aged "as ala clerk.
'Mr. Srearns says : ' ' .•. ,
\ .
" He Was born in Haddam,-Conn.,-about de year.
185:1, .of highly respectable parentrige,.. anyes'
reared amidstthe religious - and mora l iafi/e
neer',
which eburaFterize the rural populatiori of„Contectl:
cut. , His general education`was . griod-so - that lt , s,,
had speOt one or two winters as a successful teaches- , , '
of public schools, berme his majority. Be had also s ' , ,,
traveled througlimost of .the States of the.ticion, in
the ptirsuif of
,a-rnercantile agency. He had a great '
passicni fur mineralOgy, And for the collection efraia
-eral cabinets; nurtured; no doubt, by his specifin
'lds'early-pastimes amidst the stone quarries. WOrk'" -
on his father's - estate and., in the -vicinity. • Whil
eri
with Man showed '.irtmeimens of ore, and; as
.h
s.uppo<ied, of gold, found by himmore ihanfice yea
since in tilt neighborhood of Ilaryer'l Ferry, Vi - '
gitria. . So, I ant inclined to believe that the alleg
purpose of his going to Harper's Ferry'to dig ore w •
truthful, not feigned.'" More; than five years since
expreSsed' the pUrpOseOf going there tienne.time f ,
that object. And I ant strongly- of the impressi
1,, that this Harper's Ferry rebellion was an incident f
li
Ispecial temptation that crosaeo bit path, rather t . „ . t
Ithe result of a long-settled and matured purposi.j . ' ,
I - "Irreareh, 1851, he came to reside with me, as I
istudent and law clerk, and was employed in my offir
:tend continued an.ininate of-my family:for'it year. -.
But he had no taste foethe law. Though general ' .
faithful to his defies ass - copyist, the law , in Its •., .
ence; its Tacts and" principles ; was destined to rem
'to him a blank obscurity. 'The most perierrerl
drill on-my part could not'filln his:mind. the. mot
I:siniple elements .of legal knowledge.' 1 was disc
pointed in the result of my exberiment . wi'di trim.-4 - '
:Possessing,.as he appeared to. so fair a ‘ share Of ge
eral intelligence, it was a mystery to me to find i
ihim :it much reluctance to intellectual analysis. Ilk .-
•
knowledge, however, was the fruit of.a wide-extend,
ed superficial observation of Men; ,matters, and
thirt, rather than of reflection and reit, ening. -And
radii, in his elegant penmanship, correfterthography; - -
'tnd ready knowledge of arithmetic and grammar,'
here Was evidence that in his early life he bad stud- ,
mil to some purpose and effect, The truth, when
discovered, was this :- He bad nurtured the fancies of - '
a poetic i7agination for
- years,; , rind - his mind 'wan- ...
dere'd in eland of dreams: The world and life were
'rearcely.appr,eciated as• realities. 'While - he could .
not draw a cots plaint or. a promtssery. note, ',-,ti ''acoi-e -
I.- - •
of faneyi•iirses for a lady's albtim would tie.. thrown . •
fifl' without effort, as by intuition. The•use of s .
, ZUn •
mid pistols was with him a kindred pissioal9 his po- .
etry ;as a marksman, he was }:dead shot. IA thrown -
l • •
in the midst of strife and contention, he would rat- - ,
i nrally become ;a soldier as by, the force of 'dila , pas- •
L• 11 without pers,onal. motive err in?icement,la s tid,
LT '
indeed„as against his own welfare and shappiness: 7 -• -..
4 ...:fir 1... , ai.r.c.”..4 Mali Pi everyone ; mid during
the year be w;is with me, though often . abstracted ,
Irani his Proper enployments by hisimeticaTinfotti- 1 •
.
limns, he was never r miltv, to my recollection, of a
-* • •
disobliging net or an ( unkind word towards-myself Cr
,MY family. I nev9r knew hint to drink a glais of in--
ioxicating liquor or to utter a tvorane oath. He wo'd .
ilo anytbifig and everytit reasonable fo,pblige ns, - '
except to . je"arn./mr. •- 1 ••• '' •
...4
"He went to Kansa; during the year 1855, and Is ,
said to hare had something to do with tin; defence of , '
leathern Kardits from the border ruffians. . How -
inuch or what, I 'hare no means of knowing.. He
was Once at the Flast afterwards for a short time, but
11s family friends shortly afterwards lost all trace' of
him, and for. two or three years have supposed him. -
• 1 -
dead. . While with me, I never discovered-in hint
31 , 13' spiirialinterestinAbOlitionism, nor any special
a i npatiiy 'for the - colored rate. if he was ever con-
v; rted-tra that faith,i-Mut„ have been through the '
teachings of Dufortgarfp•prborder rnifiatiat In Han
s+. I know, of none of his family who' are
•pecially infected - With; anti-slavery senticrects.— :
GOVernor Willard, of
.Indiana, is his brother-in-law, '
iirld he has certainly.been.no `heretical' (cachet to - . '...
tins end.. . • -
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.. l"! can well conceive, from my knowledge...of the '
cl4raeter of Cook's mind, how that without forecast,.
and 'even'tvithout - a purpose of crime,' he
_wOuld . be
come- the parasite of the first leader in a romantic
~
,7d l velitnee that might solicit his aid. If anybody is '
killed or injured, it is a cOnsequence . not intended by ;
Cook, hat a necessity arising- from,the circumstances '.
into which he has-been led. Cook 'was, in fact, the
Bli i mnerhasset of Brown's ;
enterprise, without Inca , .
nerhasset's estate,but\ more of courage and skill,"
\
Yews, eter,
1/ • ;
lianertfa•Faitriv.The village, or ',rather town, . 1 •
known as ITaryer'a Ferry, i 3 located In :a romantic
mountain, gorge, at the confluence of the rivers .. Fo
tomacand Shenandoah, being seventy4ix naileairOm
Irahimore, ou tb Baltimore and Ohio4tailroaii: The
hills ou each side of tile Potomac rise ii) the height ' ..
of about twelve Andred feet; in
: same 'plebes.pre... *
.eri i tidg PrecipicesLahnost. perpendicular , of tlearly
that altitude, at the base of which the river seems to
hat foreetiwpassiage in tho early ages of-creation. -
Th formatimitif the road ailing the rocks waltz
.
pendou.s in its - darilig and cost, being in its day - the. '.
moil expensive ever con - grea s ed in any - country-:-.ls.;'
itrOuirod cittling.andlikysting at several pointi to
'Leit:pat of a hundred feet- along the face. of' a
mmintain, and throngitsolid masses ororather hills of
dimhardest it/inc.. The scenery fs sublime, and the .
Seri:244)f man,, which are vast.and 'gigantic. in this'
de+ and grand canon, are
.quite .. in harmony with
the massive and beautiful objects of Natye every-.
'where around. 'The scenery. indeed; ',sin the high
est tiegrotronnintic add nictifresine,nd Thomas s'
Jeersort considered :this •pissage l of , lie Potonain ;.
ki
thrtugh"the; Blue Ridge well wordta 95 - age across
the Atlantic tii.witness. The . plies.ir
al originally
mil d Shenandoah Palle. Its present name :is 4e-
rived front a Perry long since celablis4il ty one liar%
I -
per across the Potouiae, which is also' spanned b'y a
line r ibridge about: eight hundred feet' n?lengtb. •Tho
'village is compactly but irregularly built around the
basof a bill, and isthe centre of considerable trade.
It c ntalus five churches, severalmtu i tufactorics and
Sou ing-mills,-,,a United States oratory , in .which
i i
about two:lntadred and fifty hands are employed,
Prot ucing,'amongotiter articles, ten thousand mus
ket aotially. There i; also a national 'arsenal, in
412iih ninety thousand itand.of.arms are stored, and . .
a magazine, which is , well tilled with gunpotycler and
other ammunition: Theollio anti Chesapeake Canal
p . along the opticisite side Of the Potomac, and
add much to the cheerfulandyleasing aspect of the
~c,ity.Tite.general appearance and position. of
Ha era Perri utak be likened, in:sotud measure, 'to
or -!lunch Chunk,' on the 'Lehigh, only the
Mains are more lofty, and the scenery in general
what wilder. In revolutionary times h was Ire•
Rue tly a nucleus and camplug ground for the Xnaer.'
lean forces tilat formed part of Washinfrenis army,
and t *as also a:haunt,and.rendersou of the black
,mit who acted' on the American aide u a•guerilla
vidertain; aid had a : largo slumber of advernturotui
*ld pot aver 'emulous moo ;Ma 14 mimosa,.