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Adventure in a Liqa
It axap *atm Otittigra : nietsing to Nov
ember. no.I our .hip w*' $f the covo
oli:; A party of,u4; litho sat upon 114 quarter
dkk.- had" been cont'osing up-ti .Various, soh•
j,urs concerning
.theittst dtmetia to tint stAn h•
hiiiru'itOpilea;anrosa tbs. de
pt.; t r said, One of, nu .nutither, addressing Ilia
•11o; exactly'„'' replied Captain _Bu.shwivit."
-Snot,- %rim ago 1 ' , peat a View tuouttia . to
Ant stouist tintl:tbe tount rvii4tut ti - of it." -
'theme' you 'Lad y.yur adveiture
widt'the loin 1 6 ;. • •
"Ali-1 iteard of tha..-Acv,pe,eh -
-91 - that you Joci .in • adventure,
capita... Vont tunic: ;told me you had w e t
the animal," -
Well: I have ; and if- von tritql,l .1114. t0
hear the !i [ will'teli it." :.•• -
A to e way ittlyttediatelv and unmainti•usly
rat rte•t Anti Cartaitenin:ltivieklotve t t evniti4-
: ,i t m ) 0 telntr lint adt'entute ; and *ilium
ferihet ptoceetied t--'
"It it• now fise twenty 3 eat*. :Pince I
10 ,4: t h e ii ; e i.. Lt t travelmnionget the Aft2eati
ativm - j had lin uncle littng in Mocha ° , en
V/ get/ to Untie their, aDd . l had 'gone out to
t•ce -tont. • Ile wee-going into AtiN.;nia on
It•inet.. and 1 ticti-inpottlied hint: Our party
eotimmedof uncle and 'elf, :aud four
•ettionvti: ''Thee Nubian.. were-folio
!u! 1.1b,w% and long: Hie weie s nioreorer,
!atom; mud fearls, t No g . itci-d with iny re.
Imtive txeral;3'iltim..'-. %%ben the ttu-inee,.llWitS
"" - r, Pinpi-Ftk tketiime eliould: taki,st
pee t 6,count ty.'t . hie s N u t,
tan. ante `attiitAs to, go, and- tiler a demi
r ot
I...,,,•unwinti, wv unele to be a••
notement. . • .
- On the 2 , ;-vartilt day. ite reached 'a huge'
lake ulion.thr estietne• stoutliern• border of
Alit ..-11 Iwhele_we jaittlwai out ... :tect nut'
Melt Weill" In, kntflitt . fin game: Vie haiing
been irtry wed that we should tiAtl t •Lotty
,of
.1 . 01 1 t ti.tt owl it. lbtr regiiin. Our lurk
nosh-tate, pinch ritotre
. thatit I eym-eled:
Plll,l lIiY titty•ie gO. rettn Mpg ; but
was have to few mote ttial,
"Tlie (ink h/ott had been -talk to Snit
a . snead-'.ctintat. front a lotz, and
Otte tioitintig--I . deela;e4 that I WO4CI take a
el
"se to it if -.tittle trite tiwould atleornitxti : u: me.
Tbe flue w••tilii no natty : - more that. tAO of
11- /411 - 11111% Ile4lee {if fiatel3 ; and an f ior
of he Nubian, "'feted to.go. I Ititt!..tti.hgett_ to
Hotk..- tut •wu !Art:Hull. Si l . tptik Citi. the
-3( f tntest ..f be lui but .t h e bil;gitie4 Mid
t lie pi
..-rtitte, 4d:ingot.
I torn nitoritle and plcul., Lari took
h. r ill • to . d year ; egiripped e met
o•:At. The ran-lt was ts.tsqvi. uttitutizeti wiett
-,vie kept our propel • plare.,,land Sive it
on
uu ii • stst,..twpti. lit ilisis - v'er! warm
at d >ultra% and I ha.l removed . my istol •
d 1.,;d 1e
itd it in the i totn of the boa wi h nit
r de. Last . It lit j Ist plopo-ea hunting back.
1.-asv ala ge Gk. of bird- settle d.•wn
upon a tree cheer by. the allow, and I bade ins
et. imp: f uton t..l!elp me paddle to i hlit titter
lie did not Ailiji:_aff, fur he wanted -a
,401 at theiti Licthelf
.
tocti moue Icl Within n dozen (*thorn
.l the s o.r when a co-ek, lood erY from
;IKitled Mk 1.111 my Atm, end in the Hex
w.tat_the estioetocuek upon - tome hard sicb
~ A rock e I asked- -
,
"A illpialapiatnu.t. !'
_the Nubian shouted
t.prittzthg back tusatds. Me_
-li rolv had the _word. te.ceprcl Id• liP-.:
before elWrge black. head "viii• Itf.rd .ebove
the gu o --aale-,tts I tot.d my ‘ eyes over loot the
atcer,.l .taw the whole body of the In et as . .
.It wa..as large as an elephant. but fen 'time
tillitC It dernt* looking.. Ira
~ mouth wee open
ed to a s d ttr
istae of iloee-feet; of unite, and d
gre-t .eetit a11. ! .f a Soot to length,:ooked I.ke
de ru•-tion • itseif. Ile twelzed the lioas of
0 . h a In his capricioti-jaws amicrualled i•
tat
tke an eggshell. -
muter,
u
mter, 1 letti4 ' to:dhe wade, ; and stru.-k
ou t for the id - I . nester 1..t0n faster,
though.* ben I reached the limo I found that
the hippottohnous had not followed to.,ltavlttg
sul.k 1.. the lading!. Probably, as ROLM 11.- - he
had de-1 'OA ell the can. .n. -
, "We ae,e now du a tputhdor.v. ' We- had i
come trite tae.; or. V ern tniiv:... from the
ectip:all.l we ma t fleet it Intel the lie-t war
rte eoahl - If -oe. ,r. - -witt have- followel the
gil"re • the ht.-It - or ud have bee.' ea‘veuough.
but I !vs 'woo)! IPA .1.. f 4 a dee - ...dark I.v.ostn-ii
uverg.ol.tt with reedaand bu-dies,arid tato+ d
tree hat be 5t ..,4 - e tt at ,„ total oar teir, an we mu
'- strike upintrr the wise „upon the blither hook
and make the be..t_of it.' . Our 'only we Tot."
a'ere two kni. = . and Ira , et. NY - 41. The latter
he had gra-ped as .lie started fonn tl.7.hual.
but tia• rifl.e:. a nd pistols 'were at the.b.r:tunt
.-of the l..he. .' I 1.4... Companion to take
the -lead, etal he di.l ~......:
"Fin. three "hours we tugged . through a
.hit k. ittat•rd , ford, and at the end of that , .
time we 'notched the edge of 311 aide explit-e
..1 rocky deceits. . . • There were .cludtp , or
la-lie. scattereir over the pla..e. bat the:-
looked dry: and lutrelted, Here ae 10..1 as
olr.e.vati.;n,atal - fhiall - decided'io keep down,
upito tile . ..tight baud side, of the rockt
. plaih.
kioiwinithat ilir take ranch lie lii tino-diree
•tiOn. by 'the tune We Iv] pas-ed• over_ the
it4 . llllle . It'llir4l't4 111 1 g,ionlityd iliiiil.C., ItIC.UII
1111611* —' 64eilid iiir tie.i... . A little afille after-,
iiiiti.1...,.i.1.1 - a..the da.k ..italowa . I) , ..al . iive,
the wh..10 - I,iii 41 °t' ite plain. Lari marred is
Lim 'lOlO 1' anti isiacrl los hand upon tuy
.ariri..
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' •••l'io pm hear anything r. lie 4.1e4 me.
~It liJoened re.moinent, and I tolti.iiim•yr.
'ap;. - ilitiy are e..taing , afertia." _- -
hey
tfir,
Who are t r +aid - be. . - - •
zr !.ativ." I an; .seted.
.7 . .
:-Ilistt fellow walks lill four feet. and,haa it
weighi equal ro Wit- the men we 'Jaye le(t be
liiid. Hafk---arato.",
•il did ..ii, end could mewsplainly tli•tinit,ulgh
t4i;irmi .4 ....:inrh.;.'%* 'mninist' 1 '
1.• it i lion. do - you , think r I a-kliti. .
"Liri.leisuaieil a Stiolnelko s rlirel ihen,gray-
Mg me by the wim he poinseditattritur woutl
" Lo.ik '.—St.mq There:* he- eviett,' whi vl
Mr met half muunii as he spoke.
"I did look f —and .1 via? a Sight—ll sight
that' nt.de my flair start and ray heart leap.
NZit a rifle '.-itut even a pistol !—an.l yet
thefe—Lnk twenty yat4i:Aisiant want _ afing..
Nubian - lon mewling iciarard‘ vv. , I could
see hit eyei burn, i could -see his I.mt,. tail
sweep - the grass; - svt‘l I could see tliat le- was
advam:ing for skrepriajt. ' . ' -''
"Ilia htt.nry,'"_ said the -Nnlvian, 'or..,lbe
-wouldn't )at .nowitig on, itt. tliat'iviii. w ! - . ' :
"-Theis frie'4l.lltillek wir ritl gg ested. ...
'' Of trsunc lie Ivill." . .
And not a vernpon for defenen
"i hayr my iiiislr.r;te'tnnie4l - .lAti. "14/,,w
to the bto.kthel:-.l)ufhooK--ipiek—nnol let
him jiavexonr knife-unt -
in n aen
.
heed:" .• -
.
• -•- t tawny k -• what 'tn! eOmprinion
meant: but I:sarcloreintion our left; a clump
buslsra'brivisik ii_r:trtall reel 'Wily. Thee
were not,over four feet'lsigh, and ortimpieri
spare %Aloe. eight fret. long by four
WIOM. we had gained it Pesi i.O behind then',
1 looked for !livlion. • lie had et , litrA es he
saw . ns take thi s we were n.or hid ,
den from his eight, - at there were openings - in,
the foliage through which both parties could'
obtain a view-of each other.
4 We are jtorit; . .C' 'swirl . treMbling with
fear. eel:pair the huge minister seitleupon his
and innye towsid uf.
Perhaps nor." whilwreil totri,.withOtts
takmg.hie-evee from tire lion. .: e Keep still—
.torest M.ore for your iirmr
But what eau you do with that %pear 1"
1
..Pedlar% nothing; bet itiriit anal 'we."
• I did aids ; but though it wit. hot a few
moments, yet it wit% a serimin of terrible'%us-
Paine to me. , I am not a_ cowatri, nor was I
evil-one; hot come to. he situan...d a% 1 Vir
.then with a full grown lion - before you—_not
twenty yank rstV—and only A little pats:.ll of
hu-lies for , an ripObley .for a «EsherViroßgli
which the beast- could wands. sour evrry
monism:is, an 4 with sisal intearslilv. purring
nWring kroal, hartil:: perreptil t le in tone, hot
making the an tremble wish its in,con.isy—
lrve all RR I had' it rls•-irs. anti if you
don's tremble, youlre• ism is of sterner stuff
than I am. -
-" . Once I nag my i.ye's up to Lari, whiv was
at
. right, ring- I . 4 X th a t h e w 4... calm as a
.0.. k. llts great brown eve was fixed
the him ;with •a bionind Wiz-. and lib , teeth
were set lake the itars'of a vice. 'IIe was up
on his right krie. With his left fOot braced
h e f. t a . hi '''' bid long- spear,- stools
he held ai li a four gr.:T.ll/cl the end - I.rth,.
"It& eel sigititts the littrh gotta' I 'whitel him,
with the sharp steel bevi e lerw e d j o g t o th e
!oir of the IttiAtes. • - •
• Hirt!" fie mteted,varls ring It;n1 elf ftrt
au ctl rt ;. and ski fumed I saw the lion Olto
tiutAy advancing upon his belly. Whet.;
about five ►,ards ..11" tie -tapped and ga loved
himself for a spring. I saw his huge tibias!
'settle ono tile ground . ; and I saw Iris erepo.l
shaggy head start upward as. he left hilt
notion Will! ,iiiy heart as : till as death,
lowed-lair head. and shrank down towaidsj
the earth. I Lewd moinentary
-t urtgle —a crush ng srautd, h,‘ the
lug of wood, and theta I was knocked over
.by"
a heart b o dy's coming in en:inset with tnyl
ugh , shoulder. \%i it a powettfal ed . ;
a r uggleu from In-neattl the we i gh. nod s gaineill
evil feet.
Thedirst thing I saw was- Lari, for it war; i
he - tits., had fallen upon me. The neat isri-j
the livn who lay riniy_a few fret off With the
head of the iltrat• butierl in hi, thrtett, tbrj
shaft. being ;broken off about midw a y,. He;
was roaring wish a deep sound. and;
te..ring :ire dirt up with iris claws.
"*I think - that '6_ , tind his hi-art befOre it;
broke," saUl 1,4%14 be ginned hi- f e et. "If
the Atilt had held 1 d have pinned him th-ol
:b e briart„-and sent I t‘tetity fret over be
bind us. But, 1 tell ye, he's a heavy one to
lift."
"The rni.th.ter WWI dead in few rniouvel
mei we th. 4 held all clatuinatiurs. The lance
tiemi h d eateted the lower part of the t -r•att
iirtctlr beneath the fere-shut:l fer. sud gun
.dean •hotiugh hie hear. •
e• inuet have a whid aim." .aid Ir
" But 'teas a gout' mark," replied - Lei
"-When I -art bun coining I j.-t turned the
point ngitt fun hi* heart. and he k Bed himself
" It %%as all %eft• simple". and it terry
IMMU -very ra.,tiv (i..tsr; lint assure 1 uu, 31
wan inert here a pretty steady nerve to do
I - edect..a tr."
" We, e....k1. not move the lion then, nor
obe to tx44. the 'kin off for is wAy
ve'ry newly we rt."`SAVVI to wait,
triouinz, Aid then have help. •.
%Vireo we - reArhed the kwer c ' orner
raw st • wereri
through the 'tree.; aud. upott pu-htng• ou
down. we awe , kicky enough ro fin e
onio.-11tre. mil at few sothc from the.tent. : (:)t'
the neronorninz we All 114/.141 011 1 -
'4l foutrl dtr hot, j•T-t a• we hmt left. 11101=
Mex-nerd. fr..m thr ,eud of hi., nttw
t.. ;he ii . oerion of hi< ixii. eigh' feet mot no,.
; etol * lien stending. ite fou.it beer
I.eets aea l c five feet high. We took 14 . 11'1,4
When I rea , lied . l
LA it a uff , il and serup. it 1-N1- very 41 -
00ertl (11•4'. as m. 011141e11 pat it molar tilr
toitele ; tint I ttevei l look et it withoottitto -
lug of the time when it louk4 terrible enough
t o me."
PEILPETU ‘t. Mortax.--A Western carter
maiden' of , Ilailier's illisgszlie. gets off the,
following igue:. I it 4 , traveling in Vi
ginia, by I•tatfr, and spending the night at la
miutioy tavein soul la.a. greatly entertsrinel l il
lie .Iht. talk o f drivers and others sit-ing
nts..4o the bar room fire in tha.everang OM!
redger viorkeol off a good thing. • -
" 111 ten k wavy. diia'n t., the fair.a good
many years'ago. !here was a prize offeror, n
the . Olitr who *Olllll .erne. tire itextwit. 10 ma '•
ing a . peipetual motion. Well all twits Of
of all shapes and nutterials„,weie
fetched throe and shown. aml the %l i ken, a
Ilion told how long they sr . ould run' .A<,ll
• WM/ walking a b out.amo n g them I ~,a a r a 11 , frn
tiCer a tent — • A7I wan: to see perpett;ll
mil:ion and onotoikr„ meet here: •SoLI
"paid the admi-sion fee and went in. So•in
veiy (peer little man got on a box that I
fur a plait in, and_ he a-tdost-ed the anilsem• ;
LAdies and goat lernen, • going to exhil i.
to you the -moat wonderful atoelltion y
have, ever seen: tea been running for frill
three yeAr.,,inid
,tailbody stops is. ruts
f o rever. , And bete he unrolled s-strip of •Pa . .
per..- This ts 4t Printer E Kill, and s+ he.
it. up to the rag of the people. theyrolinitted,
a . lietlier,the psid an nut, they hid
laien artltl TM-
Tux cRIDIT SYSTE.II.—A beautiful el I
stepped into aahop fp buy *pair of mitts.l
-flow epoch are thew r,
said the gallant but" imprudent
clerk. lost io going upon her sparkling ey t ei
and ruby lipicoyou shall have them fur *kiss?
•AgreedP Said the young intiv, ponketilk
the Mitts and her eves . sparthog. and as I
see ;ou. give ere* bare, - charge op yoisr
booloic sod 0011liet it in-the lo4ot, winner you
e4sr,vi, D r ,,betatitiT, 'trine out at tbe door'.
' ~ ...:. .' Y - ~
a E4I,IjAL 11160:01t116 *ollkiirillk TOE ColllBTlTlUTVlrg.".;•4itsitia-Briclutlialia.
gainst,. Aisqut#auna Callan; - tinutta, t4arskiii zarnin g , Zi,ugui 24, 1858.,
Anecdotes of Illevoldtlessary Times.
At I.lteliittle of Eutaw Springi . the follow
itteident ixteurred. The Amer
iertivt hid punned the rigliA.so cloL-eIY that
they' had ink; n refuge in a brick dwelling,
while ►n ' their hoists to eltwe the dour upon
th . e empitlN strlvaneing,Anierivan., they Mutt
out I , :tinte . of their own ollioetis who were int•
ineliateliperruttnded by their cap ors. The
Anierioana were,_ nit* eitported to a galling
tire: from those within the tartliling, and thel
ohlv found safety hilnierptritig the persons
of-their t uiptirei. lirtweett them-elves Mid the
nutrkimen at the wily:l o wa. the Brit,
tal k , ;411',•ert. taken., was une M j'or. Bar y,
Without ,that' slighte.r resistiosee, tit4an unit
w. 411 a prof mad 'tut) li-nititty to enumerate
mint- titiem.
"8.1, I mitt 'l.l-nry Rariy,_ Deputy. 4.li t iont
Geneial of this•R,tish - witty. &smeary la the
Ciottit,;estithlut ad . Chatriestim. lea pain .•f
524 Regiment. tke. " Enough.
etied Cm. Matihing, in whose hands lie had
" Toe ale just the man 1 way looking
fur. Feat nothing; you shall screen' me from
froitidiinger..and I shall take special erne if
volt," and a ith !il k ! pontla.o+'m jot held be
' rose 1114 . peamtn, the Ayiel IV.JIO seemed
safe - reheat.
cru one tseca-iort duting the war of ibi Re% -
olutlmi, a stranger applied to the residence
of Govetidn Clinton, fur hovitaltty, and was
received, and while iebe.ltments were pre
paring for Mtn, the Goveinur entered into
comets:l:ion with - him, in the course of whieli.
in reply to sortie question propo-ed by the
float, he manifested so much uneindiess,. i hat
Idiediu-picions of the family wl,itt aroused.
These susitteions became cot& med tti their
mind- by - .A.eivtll2 now: ke something' vety .
catu.ittu -1t born ion [Wail and sw a ll ow i t .
31. a. Chintat ; mirh-tlistely • soved a pl..n to
wake lion tti.g...te.e lino- se. el. Sle proceeded
tu the kitchrit, and pll a 11 I.c. •if ton it, rote. it
oi the cup of etittir preparsm fur him. The
wan partook of the beverage, and ere long
he twgati to pilot" signs of jifilia l w .j:j o n; l ie
got* ‘zol..ouly :irk. and the to-till Has, a
'q u ail stiy..t ball aas dischniged flow lot
iiourwit. Tee ball was utnit t :rewed, and f.eitel
to Con aln an unp.iitant cciiimunication fr•an
si : il eh ry Chi l ton IO 'Gen. liergopie. This
With was attested as a ape, and ",.it of his
0 5.. 1 'P o go?' ao, It Pall aitllll *Mill, he N 144
convicted. Ile -utfered death.
In tate of the itivitrsions of die In , liilns tiled'
our tonoter *el" lei:tents during i lie ...volution
a very romantic incident °mitt red. The cele •
toited chief Coit a l:lnter tni d- an attack upon
Ilia height...doss! qf F.• - it Plain, limning and
tleNtro . nig, alli altn.ng 'lie prn , onets lie cap,.
t . red, was one John Abed. an old inhabitant.
The 'party lia s id not tia%eled lett a few miles
un their set ti•ti when it was d , ,...overed that
tots Abetl was almost as well actin:tin/et:l atilt
duel. laloggillge as the lillitans'alemilst4'lB4.
no: , fse• interested the chief, and on !WOO.
n 4 of bi- captive his miter, Cionplsister knew
a• loam that lie stood befae lax own filater,
Abell, - twenty &e veers berme. hail been a
t-ader hinting t h e ill'i -ails of We,1.e.111 Sea
VOI ii. Mid 111 our of nia visits beeituni enannol.
eft-it a ,p•e;ly srptitw and the re-ult of this
Matt ai l s the araeefel and vereleared
wa nor whom the Istiter now fir the fi ..t
sisw . , etatelbig before loin. •' The chief tail
'rained Aunt his Another the hisiot v of his
p lien • age, and his fitiebie,'s name. The meet
ing Was certainly eXliaot.llllary to a degree.
the.youtig nun field out strong itelneements
to his white father to necotn, any hilt to his
t ibe, but parental atfeeiton . did Mil reel,/ .o
strung CI the heatt or Ataal as his lot e fa
the comtorts and luxuries of a white stian' T
tidnie, 'rind so he clio-e ratiter to b e restated
to 'away and be tetormal to his friends. Thi-
Has yielded, and be 147 es condnyleo in bott•ir
back in the -se dement's 'Dins singularly met
and pared i.e fadiei ism! -on. .
..The !tau:dry tarleion ve.ontino. I. feats of
gallantly, to the great tfivaragement .•f the
.•tticers f the c••nunentar cavalry, . •414 to
hot) at IVilluing.oti-1 have a . ..%ery eattle-t
4. ve )•.tlt far ranted he•o, Cud. iVaNli
Ington, 'You. .vit.tit, Colonel. ottghr have been
tatty gratified. ..the looniptiv reolted, had you
ten. toed to look I tiinl ton, sae- the tootle
d*Cothpe,r. li:wa+•nrha• hat le that Vl,Pa,h.
itt_tton loot wound tl Tat leton, w .ielt gave rise
tu >a •till KUM! panted -who'.
atilt p!••. Wile% Jones.. :,:olotiel Taoletou ulo
.awed-- You appear to think "very litudilv of
Colonel 11'n;ltiolgtott ; and .yet 1 ton told Iliac
i. 1.41 ilitotant It fellow ilia• he can s4.!...tvely
write Jos own 11811)••. It nosy he the Gu..•,
,•lte I estil.ly rep!ted. but nit wan b e tter clan
Cohotel, can testify that lie littuvr
how to make lop mark.
Wh e n M.olona ignite was more pttg.gted
in ha ile„ Ca t t.ain Ge- wa. supptet. d to he
Molts!lv wounded. A ball -px,-ed
the top .1 he. hat. very touch teartng, not only
be crown. but Also hi* bend. lie hit fur many
!Mute in-ent.iltle; but, .o.ldettiv r eviving , hi.
titst itstiairy was after hi• hat, which being
brought to hirn, a blend at the sante t*'h e la
mentirig the mangled .Isie of hi. head, he ex
clxitired —O, I et.r• noth ug about my heed.
time and the doctor. will mend that, but :t
gti. yes me to think - that the fast:els have
wined toy new hat (meter.
Governor G.i.wold, of Connectieut, was
carve indebted u a humor t mitight of his wife
for his ettertpe (unit the ..ti whom he
AA. eittettiely obnoxious. H...
aa•'f►r linear,
but • expected to set out immediately for
Hartford iu meet the Legislature, watch lied
commeneed tot .4-24.iost A day or two piettious.
-The fatrol% tesidernie was at 131xekhill, nor)
site Se. brook 'olio, titaate 1 on 'ii p. bit of
ilaud formed t. th.. Connecticut [Liver on lite
east and _Ling I.lend Sound on the *oath
tbitiett slops iserelving 011 the sinind ; and
as the governor s% known to be et nth, time
in his own inan-ioti, a boat was secretly sent
ashore for the -put*totte r rif securing his per-on.
Without previous- warning, the fatuity Were
alarmed to seeing a file of marines coining up
fiotu the hamr to aria-house.- There was no
time for nigh!. Mrs. Griswirlif bet hi:tight her
self of s -huge rat-act barrel, or tierce. which
had been brought in a day or two before. and
not yet tilled.' Quick as thought, she decided
that the Governpris proportions—which were
by no means alight—.—must be compressed
into this-the only available hiding place. He
was o bliged to submit, to be. stowed in the
cask and coereol: The process occupied but
s few. momenta, and the *filchers presently
enteral.. Mrs. Griswold, of course, was igno
rant of her husband's wheratiboots t
though
She tuld.theto see knew, well that thelieguis.
taro was in session, and the, business required
his presence-at thiveepital. The house and
, cellar 'baling bees searched without sumer,
the soldier* departed. By the time their bait
s reached the ship, the governor was galloping
up the road an his.way 'to Hartford.
'One mot ni rig" d eri ,he siege of Cha rl es.
toi., Gen: Itioultsie was awakened by *,more
than ordinary futiouri.cantinnading, * (rour the
'enetny.'and just as lie leaped Ilium Fria bed, a
cannon hall rattle Crashing 'hiring!) the house,
traversing theentire Ir ng:h of the birti,tearing
it to piecer.„ and scattering the fertgraents in
every. iliterition, after Which mischief it eon
tinned on.its car. er,l -
Gen. Putnam is known to have been de
cidedly opposed to duelling, on principle, It .
once happened that he grossly affronted 'a
brother officer. The dispute arose at a wine
table, and the officer demanded instant re-'
peratinii. Putnam, being a little elevated.,
expressed his willingness to.avuottimtalate the
gentlernan within fight ; aw l . it was stipulated
that he shOuld . take place on the follow.
mottling, and that they should fight without
wet ruck: At the appointed time, the General
went on to the giourid, armed with sword- and
musket. On entering 111426A1, Putnam, who
had taken x ',bind at the opposite extremity,
at 'a distance of about thirty rods, leveled Iris
ma-keg,. anti fired at him. The gentlemen
now tan towards his antagonist, who delib
erately ptoceeiled to re load his gun : What.
are you shoot to riot " exebrimed he--"is this
die conduct of an American offieer. and
Ulan 01 bunco r ", What are you about to
do I " exclaimed the general, attending only
in the titii qr - lest ioW:it pretty question to 'put to .
A man whom „you 'intend , to minder. I'm
about ti. kill to u r; and 'if you don't beat a re
treat iniess time than it Would take.old
to bang a tore, toil are a - gone ring, at the
-rime tone re toning his ration rto jot place.
and the breach of hits grill into the
hollow of his shoulder. The inn imati..n was
too rillr - tilittocal to be mb.understrial ; rind
our valorous duellist turned and Ilea fur dear
Wonders of the Human System.
Paley applauds' he commence by which
eve') thing •we eat and drink is made to
glide on i s wad to the gullet, over the en
tr a ne e , of the mind-pipe without falling into
et. A Ii tie moveable ltd, the ep glottis, which
is lifted up when we breathe, is pressed down
tt on the eintik of the air-passage by the
4,0.011 a the lomi and the action of the um-t
-oes in swallowing it. /Neither .noiiii t , nor
loluids, in short, can piss without shutting
down the door as they proceed. But 'Ow
is only a part of the safeguard." The slit at
the too,of the wind pi l e, ...bioh ...-ter elisieti.
enttielv while we breathe, i* endued with a
keen sens.bili.y to. the slightest particle of
matter The least thing which toucher the
margin of the apes- ore eauses its aides to
e ,, the lirruly tug. titer, and the Illrruding Ite4
is stoppcil at ;he inlet. • It is stopped, but,
unl e ss, removed, must dtoli at the ner.
sm
spoation into, the lungs. To effei:t its ex
pul;lou the'sensiluilite of the rim at the top.
of tote wool pipe actually pits into vehement
action a whole class of.tituseles placed lower
Lao its b.. torn, said %biota, rOliirre , o•lllg
the chest, trier which den are elisilibuirA,
iloyen out s the air with it force that sweeps
Ole offettilitq umb.taiic.. before It. ' , r 10. min .
vulsive uougning„ whit-hi arises when we are
clink. d is the ettergetie effort of imitate for
our other when anything chances to .. h a v e
evaded the limbs:Dye epiglottis. Yet this
property to which we are constant, lv towing
our lives, is confined to a single spot iu the
iinual. it tieus not, it, Sit Chitties Bell of
taus,, belong to the rest of the with pipe,
but IN Blotted to /1111 ' oritipe, where atone it is '
needed Adinitable, toe',,,_ it is to observe,
that while thus setisiii . vbto the most insig
indicant atom, it I e .r. isle:rut resentment
the wltuolilwrie euire s which are iheessaitt-
ly passing to and fro, er its ireilsble lips.
‘-v,
"It .iejects," eats Paley, " the touch of a
et umb.e.l -blend, or a drop of water, with a
spasm which cutivul-es the
. ea hole keine; yet.
- ieit to itself and its proper orifice, the. in.rir
mission of it r alone._ milking can be sa quiet.
Ii doe- not even make itself felt.; a man do e s
not know that lie has a trachea. This eat
. proxy of perceiving with such a c uteness, this
unliiilletiea . f offence, yet perfect rest and ea-e:
witenief alone, are piopettles, one woU d have
throglit, not bkely to reside in the same sub
j. et. It_ is to the junction, however, of these
almost iticoffiistent qualities in this as well re+
some' oilier etelmice ism. of the body. that we
owe out sodit% and. mot e.,itir.,rf—our safety
to theft setisifithiy, °our comfort to their re
pose. s
Another of the examples adduced by Bell it
that of the heart. The fatuous: Dr. Harvey
examined. at the request of Chie•le. 1., /I 'lo
blollies' of the M..n gotnery family, who, in
consequence of sit -airseee't.„ ha.l a fi•lialOU 4
opening In the' tile.% through which hue
tioert could lit 3 seen and handled. Tire great
plivSiolugist wa' astonished to fluid it itisen
stble. " I then brought him," he says, "to
the Kong, that lie 'night behold and touch so
estiautdotaty a thing, and that he might per
ceive, an 1 did; That unless when we touched
the outer skin, or when he saw otir fingers in
the cavity, this tomb nobleman knew not
Wei welotterted the heart." Yet it is tolha
heart that we refer out joys, our sorr;rws, and
-sir affections; we speak of 74 girthl hearted, a
hard hearted, a true hearted apl a heartless
tuan. Shielded ph:l-sic:if tit lence by nti
outwotk bones, it is rtotinvested with ,z• e e.
lumens whir ltatould have ccintiibuted nothing
to its pre:•ertation, hut while it can, be grasp.
ed with the fingers. and-giie do intimation
of the fact to its p‘r : se sor, it unmisiakablv
responds to the vatted emotions of the tuna,
and try the general consent of mankind is pro
bounce I the seat of our pleasures, gifis,-syni
patine-, hatreds and hive. Person. have Ire•
fluently dropped down dead frtm the velte"-
rueticts with which it commits or expand
upon the sutbien announcement of good or
bad netris if -Ats Muscular walls being strained
tuoTair in the upward or downwar
to enable then) to rettlitrand one of the
put poses which this property of the heats iii
probahly d e signed to, subserve - is to lint a
I upon the passions‘through the alarm
ing pit)sicjrl sensations they excite. '
The brain, again, is enelti r setl in a bony
case. All our bodily . sensations are depend
ent upon the - nerves, but .even the nerves do
not give rise tsi feelings, unless they Me in
connection with the - brain. The nervous
clitird - Which, in' familiar' language, is called
the spinal marrow, is . OS. charmed by which
this ootninunication kept tip as loibetztat ,
.jar part of 'them; tied . _ whew the - motion of
what' iimy :termed- the . great,. trunk road for
the isooireyaticie of oar setisathmslasdiseased,
1 - sod by the trteseb la its covtio - uity the Elves
beton the disordered , part :esti no - longer send
its SICIIIPIomed intelligent% Ito the, britib, the
portion of the body which'thue bkornes iso•
land may be-burned•or baked, ,fted no more
pain will twtult than if it belonged to a deed
tritium hikes& of ilieing Man. The brain,
thetretire; in subordination- tu.the - tritttis the•
physiCal centre of nil sensation:' Yet, strange
to see, it ie - itself insensible - to the .wounds
which ate, unitise to the skin, and which
wounds the 'brain !Ilene, enables en- to feels
It is insensible," save Sir "as
the leather of our - shoe, and ,a pieiv may tie
cut oil wlth u u t interrupting the patient ill the
sentence he is uttering •Beceuse the titre
which envelopes it is its 'protection against
injuries from without, it. has no perception of
limn. when directed against- its •own 'fabric,
;bough it is at the'satne Limn tbeinile source
the pain which those injuries ttpun
other portions of the system. But the - smith
in u r defence against the effects Of intemper
ante, ur a vitiated titmosphem, or too great
mental toil. To these consequently the slime
brain which has been cree•ed insensible to
the cutmf, the knife, in rendered fully alive,
end giddiness, headeche,and epp.sletic oppress
*ion gives ample riotice to us to stop the evil,
unle-s iVII are prepared to pay the penalty..--,
London cioartrrly. •
- Front the Bwiton .I"urnut, Aug. 6:
The OcennStory of the
- Enterprise.
We compile from Attferent sources7at:hatid
the following sketch 'of this grand undertak
ing, over whose success, the civilized world is
now tej tieing
In the year 1856, Cyrus W. Field visited
England. The result of his Visi: was the fin
ma tun of the Ailan•ic Telegraph Company,
with a expiml of 350.000 pounds for the put
pu-e.of connecting Europe with America by
a submarine telegraph cable.' In August,
1857, an rittetupt was made'to lay doirvit the
Atlantic Sulnuatine Cable, resulting in a dis
astrous failure. The'-Cable was 2500 miles
in length, weighing nerttly.one furl per nide;
oximble of Learn* a cheek strain of over five
101,5 wttht,ut fracture. The centre of the ea
ble was formed by seven fine copper wires;
twisted into a cool of 1-10 of an inch thick.
'Phis strand was coated with gutia perdu.,
forming a small rope of 3:80f an inch thick;
then coated with hemprn twine twice soaked
in pitch and tar; lastly, an external sheath
ing of 18 iron wires, making in all 120 wires.
Tile subisiersion Was cotnnienced 'on the sth
Nrf August. 1 - 857: -Theittrwere prernt the six
wirmemntin; Leopold.
Su.squehaitim, Willing, anti Mind, intended - to
aryist in various parts of the operation. The
cattle came up from the hold of the ship,
around a (retinal block, to- the open space
~Love decks. It was there wound round
gli.oved sheaths, geared together Ity'eogs, and
firmly planted oti- girders. Thence it, passed
over a fifth sheath, out over the ritrn into_
the sea, &irking by its own weigh% S. ill
fling accident happened on the 6 this
was repined, and on the 11th; 380- miles
(statute) had been subTergerl. The e ngineer
trete concluded that there was too much
••• slick ' in the cable's corirse,and 'Some mod
tticationiii the machinery 'Was consequently
made. This appears . to have Leen loopy at
tended to by . a subordinate. The cattle
snapped, and thus ended the attempt as 1857.
It having been cane tided; front Lieut
Maori's calcelittions,• that the average state
of the weather. was niudh better on' the'At
!antic in the only part'of sunitner. it was de
cidedl.llo year to attempt laying the cable. in
June. It was also thought beat to begin-the
submersion in mid:ocean, and pay out lowaid
either shore. Acco.dingly, the telegraph
fl ee t, consisting of the United tam es steam
frigate Niagara. and her - 111.F.,..tes stainers
Agamemnon.' Valorous- - and 6, o r t ron,. left
,u t 11, on Th u ro4 ay ,1 tine 10, - 185g. The
Niagara had' 850 tons, and the Againemthini
450 tons coal, and each about 1000 nautical.
or a plink le=a than 1500 statute mi ea of
ca
lla on hriard. The weather at first favorable.
became Unusually hatisterpria, So (hat the fleet
were not ready to commence operations until
late on the 25:11 'of June.
The first' spike was fitadli'fbetareen the
Niagara and Agarnernemi on'ilie - itiMintig of
Sittirday, the 26 h - of June, and after each
ship had payed Out about three miles, the'
cattle books on board tint s -Niagara, owing to
tts overriding and gelling off the- pally lead
bug on to the . timithine. 13urh "vessels pu
about and (Owned, A'fresls splice-was made,
and again lowered over at 7k The paying
out proceeded heaupfUlly Until early On §A.Ol'
day ;nth ning, whien the signals
ceased. 'flus cable was rill , and the 'Niagara
repaired to the rendezvous. - The cause of the
rupture was equally mtsierions to those on
board the Agamemnon, and t i t'', satisfactory
ermjectare has siitee been made.
The cable wits again s pliced on the 28th,
and the steamers parted. Everything worked
beautifully during that night; Anil the next
day, but at 9 o'clock.. I'. bl, on the 29.11, the
announcement of " N,o.signals" was made on
board The Niagara.' At the time' 145 miles
,of cattle had been payed out. It was sabre
quently, ascertained that the cable parted, fin
some reason unknown.
.ahout six fathoms
from the stern of the Agamemnon. About
400 tulles of cable Were lost during these
trials, the effect ef . ehicli'. - uPon'• die public
cortfidenee final success of the underta
,
long was most depressing.
Bet the continued indefatigable.
The fleet sailed a' tustrirptl tittle 'froth Queens
town on the 17:Itof J. joined 'the cable on
the 29th; and oil theahof Augtist the world
-had ise . vis of -its' stic'eesti. •
The 444 t of the telegiaPh cable has been
pat .
•
Price deep sere:wire per mile, $2OO
Price spun l'arn - and - iron wire per mile / . 265
kiice uutaide mar pertaile 20
Toist per
For 2500 miles, $1,212,500
Fur 10' • mules deep sea 'Able rit. .• '•
$1,450 per. mile, ' - 34,500
Fur 25 miles shore-ends, at $1,250
. ,
per mile, , ' - 1,250
.
Tail cost. ' $1,25§ 2150
- Gen. Line has received i riNfilllt Nip
Oregon that the Legishintre just elected
stands on jOini ballot' 28 . Outvoirats and 11
ti' for IL B. Senators,
it) vieie 'of coming'. n starvilitat, -nett winter.
rialtcrbir hahtas Ote Lekiohtettrif
Thei viiraluont °aids:
Judge? latitliainti.'stia
• ' - • -
zr{f.:l .. ':
Thu Progien 'of Agriculture In
' Great Hirlllllll. • • •
The -perfer;tion_ to which ,*nglish Agri
culture has atirtiner*-- . a perfection to which.
ptobahly,. ancient . ...or auxlern.',nation can,
hirto.• one of the tnost.significaat
facts of, lye -present century, for it is only
wititin,the last twenty-five years, that the ,
-subject has receired.an attention cotnmensu
rate with ,its ithPorhanea. Phi" years ago
the'fromers and ye:Manly of England, except
in At few coopties, wee but little in advance
of their ancestors for many generations, or of
the agriWilturiits oft he COntineht, to -...w1t0m
they are, now nonfessedlygintierictr,
.Wheat .
was rarely, grown, rye; orits and barley, being
the, prevailing craps, and the rude aqa.ptimi..
tire method, of cultivation nut manly 'prevent
e d:a litiatial: lacrease.uf crops, but #xliansted
'the soll;for the restoration or fertiliiaiion of
which harn 2 rarif manure :.wastt.fally and ig
norantlyapplied,was the only material known.
Root - crops or artifieial grasses were con•
fined-to three or four counties. A few cum
brous and rudely constructed ploughs and
-harrows were the chief farthing ittipletnenty
used in the cultivation of cereal crops. The
catile, and chiefly fur dairy, pi i irposes or for
d weie large in size, spare in fleshond
incomparably inferior fur food to those of the'
present -day. Abate the agricultural
luol'ulatione kith some illustrious exceptions ;
were resolutely opposed to the reception of
new ideas ; and only by slow degrees allow.
ed themselves to be persuaded that rotation.
itt.crops was, beneficial to the soil, that o her
and better fertilizers existed than those they
had been accustomed to use, or that the
largest cattle were 'not nece.ssitrily the best.
Comparing thiscondition of things with the
vlendit! results -of thirty years of intelligent
and progressive agriculture, the victory over
igneAtice and prejudice seems complete.
Time English farmer. from being. backward . in
ine acquiisition of knowledge to which he
was painfully urged by the liinded proprietor,-
leads the inn in , agricultural improvement.
The men Who, 'Of y years ago; -made them
selves. /nervy -user lie' idea 'of sowing grain
by *Arill instead of bro .dcast, or scritf-d
-the u-e of superpliwphate. of lime as a feriii
izer, now ask for stead ploughs and loashr r
and keep the rigr to usal chemi-t busily em
played in , 'analizing soilsand mauures. , With
agricultural imProvemeot h a ve come hod
frt.:tuft( iuiprOvement,enti a wide dissemination
of tarions species of knowledge which a few
tears ago' we .o lurked-up iu seminaries of
learning units libraries, and the country is
wi-er, wattltltilr and. happier at this 'day for
the impulme given to' its farming popular
;ion. • -
• The progress of English agriculture is very
graphically de.militl in an intere.ting article
tit the last • London Quatterlv," in which the
results of the fast twenty five ears,comprising
the adoption of a system of deep draining,
the di-covery of new and efficacious fertil sins
and the invention of innumerable vatteties of
fariiiiiigimpletnents, are aptly said, as corn
pared:wiiii any runner period,
.to read more
like a pap from the Aixbian Nights than
like n chapter in the histuiy, of modem in
destr o y., It would he .erroneous to suppo-e,
trowevesohat,the Wit century was altogether
barren of good Lestilts to the farmer. Such
emligh , eiketl agriculturist* as Atlanta- Young.
Bakewelf, the founder of new breeds of sheep
and cattle, nikil u Om . modern method of
rearing . ainfrai letting them, Lord Townsliend;
the lirdie.of &LI - ford:add ah.ive all, Mr: Coke
of Ilolkliarn, aLerward Earl of Leicester,
though in advar n of the age, could not fail
to make mine - . impression upon it, although
their; s eliata Were 'mainly confined to the
neightorlinod in which they lived. - •
' Within the last Sixty years of the century
a better, rotation of crops was introduced,
great .inipitivements
. were effected in the
tneethi i,£ live.stock,its well a. in. the quantity
and quality of the food grown fin their suit
!Kitt, and in some parts of.the kingdom, vast
wild. of slitiep- wines and : rabbit warren were
convetted into :rich graio-bearing soil. The
intrOdiietion., of loridp. into Norfolk, and
stone iieiglibtning countie,'was speedily re•
cognized as a new source of agricultural
wealth. ,Theysereed-its food fur cattle„ as
'fallow:mops an old arable-land, and when
Sown on, light, sandy soil, to be,eaten•down
by
,Sheep,, which consolidated it with their
feet, , atid - eventually prepared the way for
abundant crops of grain. - .The application.of
marl to I.glitstul also added very considerably
to the productiveness of crops. ,
The ; rotation of crops' in such a manner
that grain alieuhl be alternated with other
products was pet li g i e s the chief chat animistic
of the, Nutfolk humors, who, about. the year
1760, had tweet twitted theLatl. untage of utak-
tug barley follow turnips, clover, barley and
wheat, clover.. By the exertion of "Arthur
Young and Cake 4litilkluttn,this system was
extended to. other* parts. of the country, and
the latter labored for thirty years of his life
assiduously to bring the ben efit of this . and
other disc.iveries, to the knowledge -of 'his
tenants and neighbors. His improvement in
sheep and the_econiinry of rearing them were
adopted with advantage . ,in many instances.
George 111. also deserves mention : in -connec
tionsulject of agricultural Progress,
in,whichtlie,ti;ok - stonhiderable interest, front
Itiscuntriliutious under the• Caine. of ••11,41011
limbiorsini,",tcAllev•Abnals of Agticulture,"„ a
natrally:periodic:a outlet.' the editorship' of
Young. „ • ,
41. bough .the progress of agriculture suf.
feted
.nc • letterdatient•aub , errent to the A m .
provertient we .lieoe.ineutioned, a new and
-clearly , marked, era dates .ftoin.a period so
recent as 1837...1t, that year the Rile! Agri
cull mai Society: was,ftraritled, and- within the
last tvienty„lears,,by.iutinnital exhibition of
stuck and:, fanning, implements in -various
parts of England, it has created -a complete
revolution ; in the- prosecution. of mg:icalture.
Within-Ant ,periotl the. sysfent, of draining
maY-•beotalti!td.have: lwen dis Covered. ..Pre.
viouslv l • farmers. were,contented-, with slight
rfacestrat as, su terninean one', -rudely
constructed, with.stonei.,jln 1843 and 1844
expetitnetatt‘in deep: draining I:kit-began to
be extefisit.fly merle, and in 1845 A machine
Was .invented .for making tile .pipes ; sitlee
Which ,time upwards of sixteen millions - med.
jug have been eipended. all over the -kingdom)
• for the . practical application of
covery.- The result has been satisfactory to
a degrimi.anhtiped• for; and his harnowiling
little to prekliet.that. the. , ,whole . inible - era of
Englitid --ilia- completely. ender=
••••••••1: - -•• • . •
"r•,- •14kiir linpristnenin came op
Dace, - atipet:Pboil' Ottim
of lime - Cad - tither -rietoial redeem to Abe
$445
golumt 15, Vuntbrt '
_
.- .. . .
result .. . ,
exhatiked soil,a rd with a as surprising
, -
as in the wise ft( draining, To coniplete the
aid.;lo. agrlttelt i irre,, the' competition encont.:
aged "iimong laechaniPS has- brought into .
exigence admira ble iiiipleinente of all kinds,
it
from the'afeam thresher anct the American.,
Reaper ro - the ft imbleat farming tool, any One
of which is thorn advance of what tie fails
mar wart pis ii touted to etinploY thirty tears ago,
In contemplting these ituprOvements, v so
suddenly ;caller into existence , and which
1
.eeni,Scr completely to anbserTe every porpotir
of the agricultniisr, one Might. suppose' theta
period, or cump4ratave inaction would ulster
allY follow. Oa the contrarvohe inechanie.
al genieS of the country seems -stimulated to
freshexertions, and the farmers of England
are now seeking what theyxonsider the great
desiderat urn of the age,* steam plOugh,whieh,
it'is believed, will soon be perfected. : *hat,
further'developmenta agricultural mechanics .
may make, it 4 difficult to predict ; but the
progress of thlast twenty years, which we
I
regret to'see so inadequately followed in this
. iountry, is a c u rious illustration of the man
ner ih which a art destined to promote, the
welfare of twin ind, but, which has remained
dormant for age.' will sometimes. suddenly
waken Into activity, '.and, in a surprisingly
short period, mike up,for the time it has log.
Necessity. his,' perhaps, been the greatest
-promoter of thih activity ; fur so exhausted
WA.% the soil of i l the agricultdral counties of
England hecot ing, that unless means were
provided f,r an increased area of iilbig4, and
largely, increased crops, the: pr of Of CUM
, • . , •,
would be beyond the Illeala}ota large portion
of the populatim, and emigration or sterre.
tion.would ensue. As large crops required
many laborers, wages ruse in value. labor was
diverted notu - t lie channels of emigration to
which it was trilling, and the' country ,ie
.
tained the their and. sinew s of its strength.
The same thin has been witnessed in Ireland
..ince• the Dirneumbering act brought so
unary of its fertile acres into the hands of Alm
pr l / 4 0 , ical mgric;ulturisi, and for n Starving and
ill-atferred peasantry subgitnied a loyal silk!
corcerred )eorbanty; and- the British empire
is stronger anti greater at this day from the
agricultural iiirprovernents of the , last twenty
years, than om :he efrotts of its Beet* fin'
aritd4s for ten centuries.—.N. Y Eve.ls,ost.
Atiluaker Joke.
-A norre-pi ntleriv rends the Buffalo Ex
prepts the Nth;iug goou thing fur as but
weaiher
K—.the p ualter President of a Pennsyl
vania ittilros l / 4 1, during the
. egiefeei ti e and
panic NA fa i l), called upon W— Bank,
with which t e road bad.kept a large regular
account, and ,4 4: for an extension of a part
of its paper falling.due in a few days. The
Brink P,e-idtet declined whey abruptly,
eptyihk, !II a t 1.10 continua wi:b that batten
itv
'Mr. K.,your paper must be paid at maturi
ty. We einu i lut , renew it.
`Very Well:bur Quaker replied. and left the'
Ilut 143 did not let the matter drop
here. On leaving the Bank, he walked
quietly o'er td thk.triepoi.s!irtielegraPl!ed all
the agents ) irt.r6r or , „...rinr road, b. re- ,
ject the bills op die In a fs-w
hours tie trains began tilarriveAti ?.s p role,
atiel bringing 4re new-of distrust of the W--
Hank all al.arg the line of the road. Stock
holderti and•rlt positors 9 rcketl into •.he bank,.
making the panic; intiiring •What is the
Walter 'ls ithe brink bloke I': A little in
quiry by the ricers showed that the trouble
originated in te rejection of the bills by the
railroad. The Pre-ident.-seized his hat and
rushed down to the Quaket's office, and'crinre
bustling in Willi the inyuifii
`Mr. K., hare you dileeled the refutat of
our currency lry yorr . agenti '
q' e S',' was the quiet reply.
'Why i ih i r l It will ruin us' •
frien'd L, hsupposed . the bank was
•
about to fail , as thee could not renew a little
paper for,us this morning'
It is nre(l4.a: to say that Mr. L. renewed
tltl the,Q.inket's fewerand enlarged his line
chile the magic wires carriedall
along theroad, to ever] agent' the sedative
•
measage.:
`The Bank is all richt. Thee may
take-its euiteney.';' , " • -
I.Tsitrutaa:a OF 'A KANnair SPZEClL—Thers
is a law iu tO i e Old Dominion by which the
creditur van ~ck up in jail any poor-debtor b
who haoperra' to be in . that peculiar editori
al Condition otirieou-ly denominated ••short
of Change!! h H said that re.partioularly
i
lean knight of the qui!, living in one of the
,southwe.tern co.inties, Wei arrested a.short
time ago by a pliy.ician to Whom he owed
a "billauce on ccuunt. The jail is a primitive
affair, - and. very well ' chinked, and'immedk
itiely adjoin,' ‘ g the sleeping apartment of the
jailor and hi " wife. ,The -guilty . man natu
rallyl a'ked p rmission toisarry.in his papers,
scis,ors and 1 - en, that he might - prepare some
4 .:0% for a mute day.- 'Among the &mi
nims he forlunatelv to 9 k 'with 'him a l ong
speech on he Zinsae question. :Shout
O O'clock in the evening he placed ltimaelf in
the attitude of .a senator ands repeated, in a
lonitand has cy voice, and with great delibe
ration, the er tiredocument. The jailor and
his family, ,w to hid never been: used to such
%
exhibition were horrified and kept awake all
_ .
night. The
!lay,to recruil
the evening •
wills ,tho - mh
pronoinued
had uttered
jailor type» ;
lower hi. v.,
guardian of c
to gO to Con t
the intbii of : '
evening to hi
tine."
; ; " And rid.
iry,niklit in
" Ido, sir I
, ~.
t 4 fleftv mu
"Thirteeni
~ „.
.eniphime.)
,"..W . ill yo
itertdie.until
Alcor slept a--portion of the next
Ft his strength itnd lung... and in
hegan'to deliver' to the naked
1 li " stiminittA'or whitsh . 4e bad
twenty-four
. houre tititorlet. , : Pre
but It few paragraphs vihen,the
,e,l and . politely regneeted hi m .t os
It ,
yr. In soawer, he e:Asnied-the ,
e publiuMorals that he e*oted
fess . i n a feat yeitra and was in
eadin . 67 one ef,these effirts every
, family " t&keep bitmilfisprace ,
.
I \ •
you mein to read that spionli'er.
my eariogi . • ! .
. _.
r. ' •
di . ijo you owo the doctor r •,
ctullaro, sir In (with Gong*, iota!
refrain from keipitiii my fitfully
ou cart make out tin itspon Deo.
discharge I"
.
mar' , for_yo
11, si
Jn a short
*liking him
him to -giv.
iline the jailor retnroed s and ait.
e bad paid , the debt, requemid
the note, fiayable in ids months.
an aspeoiai favor to cieFrt-frow
',Theiditor went on top
way
the ja il or will no don tat do
tbs. renew the:oote,ra;bat ttko
Iternotive of.barborn* a.leactivie
• operty.— eganatoo ilativom,
and then as
his pretni
jgk sin gi an.
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