A. J. GERRITSON, , PUBLISHER-. CELEBRATEDGROTER B FAMILY SEWING MACHINES. Tea• Styles—Prices trout SSO to SatS EXIiiII. CHARGE OF *STOP. SZNJIERS. 495 Broad , -Ncivir-york, F. B. CHANDLER; AGM ; MONTROSE: These machines sew from two spools, as pur chased from, the store, requiring no rewinding of thread; they . Hem,. }ell, Gather, and Stitch in superior style, finishing each seam by their own operation, without recourse to thohandneedle, as is required by other machines. They wilt do bet. ter and cheaper sewing than a seamstress can; even if she works for bite cent en hoar, and are. Aniquetionably,the.,best. Machine's, in the market '' for family sewing, on account of their simplicitY, durouility, ease - cf management, and idaptation to alt varieties of family - - sewing—executing either hcoey or fine wet k with equal facility, and without special adjustment. Ati evidence of the unquesttooed superiority of their Machines, the Gaoves -dz. BAUR Sew !+a MACHINE COMPANY beg leave to respectfully refer to the following TESTIMONIAIAS: ••• "Having had •one''of Grover,& Baker's Ms. chines in my family for nearly a year and a half, I take pleasure in_commending it as every way reliable - for the purpose for Whichit is designed —Family Sewing. —Mrs. Josh ea Leavitt, wife of -Rev. Dr^-, Leavitt, Editor of N. Y: istdepen dent. ' "I confess myself delighted with your,Sewing ,Machine, which heti been in my family for many months. It has always been ready for duty, requiring no adjustment, and its easily adapted to every variety of family sewing, by simply changing the.spools of thread."—Mrs. Elizabeth Strickland, wife of Rev. Dr. Strickland, Editor of N. Y. Christian Advocate. "After trying settral good machines, I meter yours, on account of its simplicity, And the per fect ease—with which it , is managed, as well as the strength and durability of the seam. After l6ng experience,. I ,feel competent to speik in this manner, and to confidently recosnmendit for 'every- variety of family sewing." 7 :-Mrs. 'E. B. poner, wife RC the Editor of Brooklyn Star. - I have used Grover & Baker's Sewing Ba t:tin, for two years, and have found it ad lilted all kinds of family sewing, from Cambric to Droadeloth.- Garments have been worn oat with 'out the giving way of asstitch. The. Machine is keptin osier, and easily used."—Airs. A. B. Whipple, wife of Her. Geo. Whipple, New York. - " Your Sewing Machine has been in use in my family the past two years, and the ladies request me to'give you their testimonials to ifs perfect adaptedness, as well as labor saving qualities in thi performance of family and household sew ing.' —Robert Boorman, New York. - "For several months we have used Grover dr: liaker's Sewing machine, and have crime to the CVnclusion that every lady who desires her sew ing beataifullyand quickly done, would be mast f , c-tunate in possessing, one of these reliable and inilefittigable • iron needie-women,: whose corn. bmed - qtralities of 14.stuty, strength and simplici 'ft/41re invaluable—j: fir. Morris,.daughter of Gen,Geo..P. Editor of the Home Jour. [Ex-tract of a leiter from Thos. R: Leavitt, in American gentleman; sow resident in St dney, NevSeali - Wales, dated Jennary 12th. 18584 had a tent made in Melbourn, in 1853, in .. nitleh there were over three thonsand'yards of .ettiDg done with one of Grover & Baker's Ma etines,_and a sing& seam of that has ontstood all the 'dmrble seams Sewed br-,sailom with a needle and twine. 7• . • " If Homer could be called up from his murky !lades, he would sing theadvent of Grovel & Baker as a more bsnignant miracle of art than {V2,4 ever Vulesn's smithy. tie srould -denounce -midnight skirt-making as 'the direful spring of woes uunumberee"—Prof. North. - "I take pleasure in saying, that the Grover & Baker Sewing Machines have more than sus rained my expectation. After trying and retorts log Others,yl have Three of them in operation in my different places, ink after four years trial, have no fault to find.",—J. IL Hammond, Senator . of South Carolina. r! 'My wife hashed one of Grover &Baker's Faerf ilySeFing hiaebines for some time;and I Nut satis: hed it is one of the best labor-saving machines that has been invented. I take much pleasure in recommending it to the Public."—J. G. liar. Governor of Tennesse. "It k a beautiful thing, 'and puts everybLodj into an excitement of good humor. Were I, a Catholic, I shoo ld.insist upon Saints Grover and Baker having an eternal holiday in - colimemora.- - iiun of their good deeds for humanity."—Cassius M. Clay. I-think' it by far the beat patent in use. This Ilachine can be adapted from the finest cambric to the heatiest cassimere. It sews stronger, taster; and more beautifully than. ary one, can agine. 1f mine could not be replaced, money u aid nut buy it"—Sire. J. H. Brown, Nashville, Tenn. - `lt is speedy. very neat, and durable in its- 1 rock; is easily understood and - kept in repair.' I earnestly recommend this Machine to all my fvcusintanees and others!'—MrsM.ALForrest, 3 / eq 2, Phis, Tenn. _ -" find:this Machine to work'to our antis. faction ; and with pleasure recommend it to the Publi:, as we believe the iGroverir Baker to be th e best Sewing Machine in ase."--Deary pr9tk era; Aliisonia. Tenn. • If used exclusively for_family purposes, with ordinary care, Iwill wager ti l er will bud one 'three snore rears and ten,' acid-never geh; "i out rf fix,"--John Erskine, Nashville. Tenn. " I have hid your Machine for several weeks, end am perfectly satisfied that the work it does the best and most- beautiful -that ever was ade."--naggie Aimison, ?habille, Tenn. t use my Machine upon coats, dressmaking. and fine linen 'stitching. and the - work is mind. m'sle--tar better than the best hand.seirin• g, or iav :qher machined bare erer seen."—Lucy in pion, Atibri Ile. Tenn. • • I find the work the strongest ind most kei t...fel hare ever seen...lin:de 'either by hand or wahine, and iegard the Grover dr. Baker -Ms rnioe-as•one of the- ; greatesttimings' lot* . , . pIir4SND FOR A OilterULAß.;4lll • • • febrltOcl3*.' " tgoln ompowit i o RIO PAM - vatMt DolA NKR taws v 1! ®C 41r0 MIMP itilfte V@ VGA mon oT Tan mm" 111111111111 M-01.11110.1... - Gifts! Gifts! Gifts! Gifts! ORIGINALTHE GIFT BOOR STORE. • -1). W. EVANS &CO. THE -677 BROADWAY, .677 I THE FIFTH •.- NEW-YORK. FIFTH YEAR. ESTABLISHED 1854. YEAR. . THE following is a partial Het of property which will be given -to the purchasers of Books at the time of sale : worth from Gold AVatches,English Lever, Patent Lever and Lepines,s3o,oolo 8100,00 Silver Watches,Patent Lever, full jeweled, hunting cases, • open face and cylinder es. .capement, Gold Ukekelts,Largesize,four glasses, and two glasses: with " springs, large - and smallitize with inapi, Caniem Mosaic., Florentine, Painted, Lava, GO-Metope, Garnet Coral Sots of Pins and Drops, Ladies' Gold. Guard Chains, : Fancy Neck Chains, Chate- Gents' Fob and V est Chains, 10,00 to Seth Cameo,Goldstone,Pa ioP ed, Mosaic, Garnet, Onyx, Engraved and Plain. Gold Sleeve Buuons and Bosom Studs, Gold Pedeils,ulth Pena,large, medium and amail t Silver Perteils,withGold Pen% large, medium and' small size, double And single, ex- tension eases, Gents' Heavy-Signet Binge, ',adios' Gold Cbaaed and • Plain Rings, Gents' Gold liosomPins,Clup. ter, with Opal, Scarf Pio!, Onyx, Garnet, &C., . 1,50 to Rich Silk Dress Patterns, '2400 to Cameo, Mosaic, Coral Garnet, • Chased and Plain Oval Braeoiets, . 5,000 SilsEer and Gold Thimbles, .50 to Gents' P'en and Packet Knife, 60 to Pearl and Moroco Porte- -xnoonaies,- Toothpicks, WO.Ch Keys, Gudrd Gold Crosses, small, medium and large, Besides outer Gifts, comprising a large and vaivable,assoriment of miscellaneous articles, varying from $1 to $4O. N The proprietors :of the OLDEST ESTAII LLSHED GIFT B OOR 1N THE UNITED STATES, for the uninterrupted success which hai crowned their earnest efforts to please dn. ring the last four years, would return their sin sere thanks to the hundreds of thousandi who have, in past time, seen ft 'te bestow their lib eral patronage upon,:them.; and would further assure them, and the public generally, that their long ekperience andestablished capital warrant them-in offering greater inducements than ever, I and such als'are out of the reach of any similar -establishment in the country; and propos?, in this, TIIE FIFTH. YEAR of their locaticin in New York, to introduce NEW ,FEATURES, -STILL GREATER ATTRACTIONS, GIFTS of OREATER.Y-ALEE and VARIETY, Xatill Larger and Better Sclect_ed Stock of Commissions and indueements to clubs and to agents who are willing to devote their time to our business; so that those who desire can have Fir GIFTS'AND BOOKS WITHOUT MONEY-JAI We shall endeavor to establish an agent in every town in the United States, so that all who will may benefit by our liberal system of trade. We have appointed A. J. GER apTsoN our duly authorized agent for MONTROSE and vicinity, who will receive and forward all orders with attention and despatch. A NEW AND REVISED CATALOGUE, ready for distribution, containing every desira ble book, new or old, now in print; and ac- knowledged by librarians and literary men to be the most complete and best classified ever is- Sed, without an excoption. , 500,000 . . are now'ready to be given away, mailed-free to any addreas,to all 'parts of the world. h conians all the works on , Art, Science sod Nat. E ',Philosophical & Clan. ural History, - esker - Works, Adventums, Tracels, i and A cellaneous, • !- Agricultural and Do 2, N -Poetical, Theological, mestic Economy, s i Religious, ' Bel leatetters,Esnys, 'Law, Medical, Mason ic, Bibles, . • - • Stindard Fictions, Biographies, , 3 C iPrayei, ' Hymn and Dictionaries, S. -Glee Books, Encyclopmdias, 0 I ,Text Books for Gazetteers, _ - • Schools, &c, And a thousand varieties of publications in eve ry department of literature. We sell as Iow— a!, in many cases, lower than—any other house in the country ; and with every book of the. value of one dollar or more, we presentnome useful Gift, without extra charge. . . 'eLET EVERY ONE CONSULT HIS OWN . INTEREST, And buy it EVANS' Gift Book Store. 4 1 1 E examine the prices_of books, nee the rEsT tour patrons, and be satisfied that the on diet'economical way of buying books is at TO ' '"NO. 671 BROADIA AV, GET LA'FARGE HOTEL BUILDING, 6 lota ' , WE GUARANTEE PERFECT SAT. 10481 ISFACTION.' ABU JUDGE FOR YOURSELVES, Examine oar plan of business.' Any IS GIFTS .!one can who will. Observe the daily 4listribution of watches, gold and silver; AT 'ivest, chatelaine, and guard chains; brace. ElflSlStets, cameo, mosaic, coral, goldstont, SIFT ;garnet and gold sets of'pin and clasps; - bracelets, large, medium and small size; smtrings, chased, plain and set with stones, w o. giildatoue,-corid ; Mosaic and en. itraved studs and Sleeve buttons; scarf 11 16 11 1 , t p fl en n s t: vt:a s s i r v i, e fold., , ez and pencils; a gold WAY, ithoisand other articles of use and value. 11EL-; A Gift with every book worth from 60 ogi .cts to 8100,00. Send jog a Ceuta/gm , . CITY. -It will cost coo nothinr, ant will be :valuable as a biook of - reference, if -noth. mure.Addrees D.W.EVANB 4 CO. No 677 Broad 9 way ! New.York. - - 9 N. B.—A WORD OF EXPLANATION TO those who have known ea undei the style of Evans & Co. The Business located by us 'at No. 677 Broadway, New York City, is the oldest established house is The:country. and is known wodd:wide as the original !. Evans & Gift Bookstore:! Many have taken the advan. *age of our popularity to advertise underthe same name, to increase their trade—to protect the few. jibe may be unacqtminted with us, we would state that we have no connection with any other Gift Book house -- lid thopgh mini adverti" under Use name of Evans 6r. Co., the firm coned. toted by D. W. EVANS and J. iL PRESTON; is :the filet and only concern rightful ly . Ong the name. But to prevent all Confusion m the future, we shall use the style of ly:EvA NS gr. CO, sof 01 pewee wrongfully using .1104 to pjelead the public, will be mede,t9 suf.. ler 14:1,4111: - Op* Jew • . E:VAIYB & 604 4.28,1y:1 . 617, Broadway;New York. 12,00 to 2,50 to ' ' , 8,00 to 2.00 to 16,00 2,00 to 5,00 1,00 to 7,50 50 to 2,50 1,50 to 3,50 :DI : A Hundred 'Rears to Come. Oh, where will be the birds that sing, - So sweetly 'round oar door; That to as eackstiesessive spring. , - Como from a southern shore! And where will be the roses fair. And all the flowers that bloom, That now so sweetly scent the air, _ A hundred years to comet Oh, where will be the busy. crowd, • That now oar cities throng— The sad, the gay, the plain, the proud, The aged and the yormg— And all that dwell upon the land, Or on the ocean's foam; Oh, where will be this mighty band A hundred years' to-ecitie! The singing bird's th at now we hear • Ere then will all be dead, And othir songsters will appeir To sing here in their stead ; But not to charm our listening. ears, For in the silent tomb All shall repose that now are here, A hundred years to come. The tlowers.that now embalm the Air Mast wither and decay, Bat they will blciosuigalts.aa Ede As in a former da ; 'But we must die, And leer again • To mortal shoies return, Bat in immortal lands we'll reign A hundred years to come. . Vll Rave Ton Yet. rll s have you yet, my pretty,bird Though with *smile you bide me go; The time will come, for I have heard Success to patience sure will flow. • I'll have youyet, though • y ou should wait Until my star of life his set, You cannot rule the happy rate That tells me I shall have you yet. 111 have you yet, though you sliimld wed With one you'll falsely dream you love, On whom you'll lean your gentle head. As though he . was some saint above. I'll have you.yet—'tis but a dream. This passion you will soon forget: - Though Hope is but a distant gleam, Believe me, I shall bare you yet. I'll have you yet—no matter whea— t may be old, and you quite gray And wear the widow's garb, but then You'll think of him you smiled away. I'll have you yet—then once again; Recall your words when last we met; 'Twill save, perhaps, a life of pain, Yll woo you, and I'll win you yet. Trip Lightly. Trip lightly over trouble, Trip lightly over wrong, We only make grieftdouble By dwelling on it long. Why clasp woes so tightly! Why sigh o'er blossoms dead! Why cling to forms unsightly ? Why not seek joy instead? fl . l oversorrow 1r Though this day may be dark, Tho sun may shine tomorrow, And gaily sing the lark ; Fair hope has not departed, Thank roses may have fled ; Then never be down-hearted, But look lor joy instead. THE DOUBLE VEIL. My dear sir," said a pale gentleman in a Well -fitting black, suit, touching my elbow acid addressing me.abruptly, as I stood look ing over the taffrairof the Stonington steamer my dear sir; never, on any accoirnt buy frial of old people, nor practice impositions on cat:" " Why," I answered laughing, " I don't intend to practice impositions either 00 cats or•men ' • brit I see no reason - why edibles vended by old persons, should not be as sa vory and properly saleable as others." FEspecialle if you are peddling," continued my new frienll with a smile—"especially if you are peddling. I'll tell you the reason, if yoii like, and I think it will please you; for there is really a good deal of truth in this advice of mine." It is a good plan to tolerate all - manners of queer self-introductions. I have • gathered Many singular stories, andinsuch useful in forination and new truth, from fellow-travel lera,of easy :manners stale disposition to So I answered that I should be extremely happy to _listen ,to the account which my . friend seemed prepared to furnish, % hereupon be proceeded to narrate the following: " While I was engaged in the pedling bu sins, ten or fifteen years ago, in the rough country including those portions of Virginia, -Keptecky, Tennessee, and North Carolina, which, are nearest each other, I" - was in tbo habit of putting up at assolitary frame-bottees on the mountains in East Tennessee. It was inhibited by two poor creatures, a man and hist wife; old, decripit, and scarcely able to ...crawl. -They bad a small garden,- and an enormous torn cat; in bott of Which they took very great pride. They raised a little corn, and a few vegetables; but for other botisekeeping comforts and necessaries, they depended upon chance and passengers ped diets, emigrants, bunters, rte. Toe house was full twenty miles from :any other on the_ road, either way, and the route-was extreme ly rough. , Bow these two feeble old morta!s ehokild ever bare' settled there, ,bow they abojild dire to star ',along, Pm sure csn'e imagine. . Their nearest neighbors used to -telliqueer. stories about the old plane, as if it, bid fora:lefty been , the 'bisector horse-tbieves,. -nego•t r itialers, counterfeitets, and the riff toff• o f misoellaneous.miscreants that gather now aid then iq the West sod South; and is if , th 6 old man end his wife had been'impliea- 7 ted many dark deeds, and Hied" tbere f 'by a retributive, tatptinoment in the place 'of r their ancient crimes. pit of all this I never sisri4ny `repeitediy panted the night there in wifely, even 'rhea having proiserty and money to a_eoissiderabla smout wait me. The; old folk' to ba sure weft! 'ifs etian ` as -:two etiaki :but-they seifeilAnit arelllWl they ofiuld."-Besi,dns kwaspro,tifrAra, used ; to serve myself; and it was one good MONTROSE,' PA.; .SEPTEMBER 81:1859: sign,tffit they evidently loved their enormous old tom-cat as •if it had been an only child. There Was only one thing about them which positively displeased me, and that was their terrible avarice. I always - paid Ahem for they were poor and needed the money. And the grin and clutch with which they seized the cash, and the gloating ,delight which they felt, seemingly, even in handling the coins, were ugly and hateful to see. " Well, I always, used to put up there, bos cause it was almost neeieswily my stopping place, in . getting acrd one of the twisted combination of mountain ranges that shut off the western part of North Carolina from Tennessee. These visits Occur?ed at regular intervals during several years, while I was on my circuit in that section of country. 'I could see that the- old people grew weaker and aaa k ati an d t h e i r horrid avarice stronger and strenger. They even used to give way, lat terly, to unpleasant demonstrations of maud line affection at my coming, apparently for no other reason than that they expected handsome payment fur my board and lodg ings. And the great old cat though coy at first, ultimately took up a cattish and freaky 'liking to me; rubbing himself against my boot, purring and looking up and winking slowly at me with his big, green eyes, and even scrambliii - g up into my lap to go to sleep, and lying and kneading and digging his sharp claws into me, as a token of amity, after the fashion of amicable cats. "I had stopped there one night towards the. end of summer; and after partaking of an unusually meagre supper and breakfast, departed, - leaving the poor old man and his wife mumbling and grinning to each other over a dollar or two which t gave them, _as much in charily as in payment. "I mused much, as I went, upon the un accountable changq . in the behavior of the old cat. He bad forgotten all his feline blan dishments, and ()tiny caresses and attentions be would none; apitting,and.swellinu , up in a manner very ugly to behold, developing his great yellow tail into a eylindrie.al brush al moat as large as his body, archihg his hack and striking spitefully at me with his claws out at -full length, whenever I tried to be friendly. The old woman scolded, and Ile old man swore; until he ,fitially threw a couple of old boots and a broom at Torn, who evacuated the titcken, went-out and perched oo the woodpile, and commenced a horrid and persistent grand solo cat's con cert, calculated to dismay the boldest heart. -He wauied and miauled all the evening.- He carried on imaginary conflicts with in trusive rivals, and amorous cooings4if one may imagine a torn cat to coo—with lady lovers; and be kept me awake nearly all night, in spite of the expenditure of all the I could muster in my crack-lit atilt?: Led wpm. Nor was he improvral in the morning. His uninclodiours limes Seemed tohave been ag giavated by his serenading—singing in the night, jolt know,, is very trying to_ one's voice—and I fancy he must have caught'a cold in the bead, from sitting undressed on a damp log; for bis eyes were considerably in tlammed, and 'were now horribly red and fiery, and his vile crowing and screeching was as hoarse and harsh as a sick Shanghai's. All the time I was eating my scanty break fast and harnessing my horse, he sat on Lis, log, kneading and clawing, flirting his abom inable tail, and cursing and swearing at me after his catti-h sort, with an expression of face perfectly diabolical. • Upon all these .savage. demonstationc I meditated a good deal; but atlast cocluded that they must be charged to the changeable character of the beast. lie had first liked me, then hated me, without any particular reaion• ' for I had made no advances to ward him, either friendly or hostile. I how ever considered that I might lightly endure the enmity of a yellow tom cat, even of the largest dimensions, and so dismissed the, mat ter from my mind. "A, few weeks afterwaydi, mobile I was in Nashville, and had nearly sold out my stock, I 'received a letter from a firm in Charleston, with whom I bad transacted business, re questing "me to coma immediately - thither, and make arrangein.mts to Undertake an agency further south, in their employmetit. I made preparations to start the next morning, for their terms were liberal, and at that time I cared little what or where was my occupa tion, if I could only rove enough. A day's notice would have sufficed sue fora voyage around the world. " As I lay in bed neat morning waiting for the 'breakfast bell, the recollection of old Mr. and Mrs. Graves, and their enormous and fickled pussy came itto my mind. The strange bebasibr of that respectable quadru ped bad served to impress the occurrences of my last visit deeply on my memory; and by spontaneous mental operation, I now remem bered * circumstance which had before es caped me. During my last breakfast at the mountain taven, the old lady remarked to her husband, as I finished the fag end of the lean scrap of bacon, and a crust of cord bread, that she didn't know what on earth-they should do for dinner, 'unless they should kill Tom ; for there wasn't another mouthful of anything on the place. Now, I thhugbt• to myself, what could the miserable old crea tures do if they should actually get out of provi.iun 1 For they could not possibly travel to any other house, in either.direcrion: They bad told 'me that once or twide already they had been reduced to_great straights by the-non-arrival of passengeas; at times when their own stores bad failed. Rut there was the garden I Yes; but as it happened, there was nothing in It ; for an unprecedenteilly long and late - ,drought had that season de stroyed nearlY all the summer crops, and even many of the forest trees,' in- the drier part of that high, mountainous regidn. And l i their Western improvidence _wield present .thenafrom actual preparation for an emer gency of the kind I was conteMplatirig, since they hid 'diaidswelreeengh- so far. Now, I continued, could that frightful yellow cat have_forseen, by some inscrutible animal tu ition, such as dogs and bootee have often been supposed to to possess, 'that a famine' wile impending over the bousebolit'and . that I was oonsatninObe last portion of food end leaving only waists, inedible ?ode return I . And that forebciding - t Made savage:so and persistent libi,sysath and his vociferationa 7. ,' • • "I very aeon; however, "get: . rid 'ef" these unpromising- apoouyetoms:, to, breakfast itl4-tr i prepstioglog - rn.lobgt:ide. Fob t~ere ; wet lo public coilveto t l t old soOte, vtab, dick eliogert, proposed to take; and laving disposed. of my, team, I purchaiee a saddle-hotse, took provisions and a double-barrelled pistol, and set out. "But as I rode along, throne* solitary woods, or ob the unfrequented paths among plantations, the odd notions' that bad per pled me in the morning unaccountably rose 'up again in my mind.- Suppose the old peo ple should have got entirely out of food ! Suppose that rascally old toni-cat did really have the `second sight,' and. had been shriek big out like a feline and thicous Cassandra, a true and unregarded prophecy of woe What a miserable and unhappy end of their forgotten lives, to starve in their soli tary home on the mountains, alone! To feel their impotence, and wait in helpless, hope less weakness, for passengers who did, not come—to see the shadows shorten on the floor in the morning, and lengther! again - In the slanting sunbeams of the aftertioon, and to hear 00 approaching step—and then sud denly I remembered wild stories of attacks made by cats upon babes or the helpless' sick, or even upon the unwatqbed corpses' of the dead. I was active and young; yet these horrid fancies clustered continually about me, despite my endeavors to drive them away, and filled ,me full of foolish fears, to approach the solitary frame-house. I argued the whole case over and,over ; and repeated ly and uselessly convicted myself of 'nervous ness, of folly, of silly dreaming. But as soon as the procession of the reasoning had passed by, and even before, up jumped agai n the pallid ghosts of the mountain couple. At last, quite out-of patience, I drove my horse. to his utmost capacity ; and hurrying, *thee .! could do no better, to dispel, by close encoun ter, and familiar experience of the aged faces and tottering forms of the old man and wo man, the uncomfortable phantoms that haun ted me more and more every hour. "After several days' hard travel, I ap proached the old: house. I watched the road earnestly for traces of 'footsteps, or horse or carriage tracks;.but I could see only the half-effaced remains of old ones, washed out by rain or filled by wind-driven dust. _Yet this afforded only afaint presumption; Rod how absurd-did the idea seem that.two peo ple, in a habitable !louse on a public road, shohld starve in solitude for a lack of pr. vision! ' "I crossed the summit ,of a ridge, from which I could look down as from the rim of a basin, upon the bottorn,and sides of the wide valley in the higher region of the Cum berland Mountains, in the middle of which the old borne mood. The low rays of the western sun, in the floods of the thick yellow light which is the peculiar illuinination of the middle and latter half of the golden afternoon, poured over all the ampitheatre, and seemed even to concentrate in still and flaming glo ries upon the bare old house and within the small clearing around it. Utter and doleful silence slept over all the region. The heat was intow; and neither did breeze stir the woodlands, nor did ird or beast move or speak in the forest.' I reined up and looked forward with the indistinct yet intense voli tion which we exercise when upon the margin of some undetermined revelation, as if rl strong and earnest wish might suffice t 9 show us what we desire to know. Slowly and hesi tatingly I set forward again, I mot none. I saw none but old tracks. I heard nothing except the reduplicating tramp of my weary luersrl as I urged him on at a quick-walk, his panting, the creaking nf his accoutrements. Forward, forward, nearer and nearer to the vortex of these most gratuitims and, absurd, but now involuntary and almost unendurable terrors of mine. "I came suddenly out from beneath the shadowing branches of the high forest trees upon the open ground before the house. The hot yellow light struck me almost faint. The doors and windows were .closed: Dust and silence possessed all the outer portions of the homestead. The rusty axe lay upon the chips before the door; an old bucket stood upon the steps; a squrrel skittered across the front of the building and ran squeaking into the rickety garden fence; and an inarticulate moaning noise was heard, and something was feebly dropped against the krichen window from within. Doubtless that was the voice and - the, hand of one ot the ancient inmates, then near the window, while looking in vain, with dim and dimming eyes, for help that did not come. . _ . . "I was just 4..seasoo, then, to relieve the poor old couple from perishing. In a half expectation of each a case, J had stored my saddle,bags with food. I !eaped from the saddle, hastily fastened my horse, snatched the saddie-bags, drew my pistol, for fear of any surprise, and hurried to the window. But quicker yet, I recoiled. That hideous beast, crouched upon the breast of his dead misuses, cowering there, a gaunt and bony fiend, but with red and angry. eyes and bloody jaws, recognized me; sprang with renewed and de moniac strength against the dusty window, through which, in a sort of fear to open the dinar, I had first peered in upon the secrets of the'feaiftl house. 'ln titter abondonmeht of frantic anger he flung himself, and flew, side ways, with impotent and wide extended fangs and talons, and a shrill and direful cry, against the window, so that the thin &gig cracked and shivered, an d the hateful thing dashed, but for the tracspareut film, right in my face. "My momentary glance within showed me that my speculations had been well-founded. They were co-existeat 'wi th same fearful chance, or God had chosen to make me an instrument of death to the two wretched old beings theie. For if riot, should I not Lave hastened back to them with food on the day I left them last / "The old man lay dead upon the bed, and his wife upon tile floor. * * *. But such was the fiehilitating , effect of my previous cogitations,and of the recognition aid fiendish virulence of the enormous cat, that my courage was utterly shattered. I fir ed with 'unsteady Land upon .4be.,beast. as he lay kicking upon she 'floor; wohnded him;' fled straightway to my : horse, atimbing in sheer blind-affright, and -strove to= unfasten hiin. - %But awful yellsfrom the imprisoned eat waltzed say , fivers. Again and again She frightful thing sprang -against the windovi.—•— The creek panes shattered ; the , hateful yellow beast caught uptnithe broken. fragments left in the sash; tore himself, and - bled-;.seism bled furiously .through; flew, woes - Abe her nia yard,; and,' jiwt 'as is era>k Mounting, - as well as my, iniserntibt,fipsr',lnnld= me,: ijirangiit vie,eanibt - itliliy` the' lee Wid bit, witli stregoolzieg'ilnd CallieVolint ea. ergy which could only have been inspired 'by . fiends; retaxeribisliold, and fell dying to the ground.% • t "In utter and unimaginable rapture of ter. tor, I set spurs to my borsa, screamed to him franticly ; and, so fled far away from the ghastly place.. " But the creaturebad bitten the with.pois onous teeth. . And ever since; he is close be hind me, and every little while be yells and , screams in my ears until I rave. I won't bear it any longed". screamed my gentle manly friend, looking quickly behind him, and then bending upon me wild eys, whose increasingly unsteady glitter I had uneasily marked 'during the latter por:ion of this inco herent story.—" Thera he is -again l .Don't you see him I He'll bite you, tat)! Let' s jump overboard; he can't get us there!" ; And before I could do more than to cry out once, he grim' me, lifted we from the deck, and -spung with me, out and•down into the *hits shadowy borrow of boiling• foam that hissed and gurgled, and wallowed, in the twilight under the great steamer's stern. The cold water awakened me.• I lay flounder: ing 'on thte state-room floor, amalgamated with a broken basin and pitcher, the water thence probeeding, a chair, my trunk and my boots, and a 'baby equalling fearfully in the next state-roorn, not -it tbot from the berth where I been sleeping. The vehement shouts of this innocent had furnished the: squalls of the cat, around which, as a nucleus the other circumstances of my dream had grouped themselves, in _the rapid crystalization of spontaneous mental action. " Hence, we view" that 1. Lunatics generalize upon insuffitient deductions. . 2. Lunatics should not trayel unrestrained in public conveyances. 3. Babies should not travel at all in pub lic conveyances; unless they (the babies) are hermetically sealed. -THE OCEAN DEPTHS. D.1. - vrerns The life done who explores the misteries of the sea, is not more petilous.than fascinating. The charm of. terror hangs around it, and the intermniable succession of exciteing events renders it dear to its professor. Not to the common diver of the East, who can remain. but for a fraction of time beneath the 'lave,' and grope fearfully among rugged ocean mounds, but to the adept in the civilized mode of diving, who in his protective armor, may remain submerged, for hours, and wander, with impunity, for-miles along those unknown regions far below the sea,—to him are laid open the horrors of the watery creation,and he may gaze upon such . scenes as Arabian story tells us were _ presented to the fearful . eyes of Abdallsh. To him the most thrilling occurrences athe upper world seem frivolous •; for, in his memory, be retains thoughts that may well chill the - soul with dread. • I am a diver—a diver from choice—and I am proud of my profession. Where is such carage required as is needed here I' It is nothing to be a soldier; a diver, however— but I forbear. " I will tell niy story and leave others to judge concerning it, An appalling shipwreck occurred, not long ago - , upon the wildest part of the coast of New Foundland. The tidings of this calamity reached the ears of thousands; .but amid the crowd of accidents which followed in quick succession, it was soon forgotten—not by us, however. We fcund • that the_ vessel had suck upon a spot where the water's - depth was by n f means great, and that a slating man might easily reach Ler. She was a steamer called Marmion, and had been seen going:suddenly down,•without an instari?O' warning, by some fishermen near, by. She !had undoubtedly'stiuck a. bidden, rock, andi bad thus been, in one moment, de stroyed. • I spoke to my associotes of the plan, and they approved it. No time was lost'in ma king the nece-sary preperations, and a short time beheld us embarked in our small schoon er for the sunken ship. There were six of us, i and we anticipated extraordinary success. I was the leader, and generally ventured up on any exploits in which there .was uncom mon danger--not that the others were cow ards; on the contrary; they were all brave men, but I was gifted with a coolness and presence of mind of which others were desti tute. As two persons were needed in order to explore the Marmion, I had selected as my companion a young fellow, -whose steadiness and dauntless ccr rage had several times before been fearfully tested. „ • It was a calm, and., pleasant day, but the southern and eastern horizon looked deceitful, Small suspicious clouds were gathered there, ill of aspect, and "sneaking fellows, regular hang-dog fellows," as. my comrade, Itimmer, remarked to me. Nevertheless, we were' not to be put off by a little cloudiness the sky; but boldly prepared to venture. So deep was the water, that no vestige of a ship's mast re mained above the surface, to point - out the resting placd.of the Marmion. We were com pelled, therefore, to select theacene of opera tions according to the best of our ability.. 77 Down went the sails .of our schooner, and Rimnter and I put on our diving armor. We fixed our helmets tightly, arid screwed on the hose. One by one each clumsy article was adjusted. The weights were hung, and, we were ready. "It looks terrible ,blackish, Berton," said Rimrner to me. "OR," I replied, gaily, "it's only a littla mist—all right," • • • • "Ah r Ile uttered in a-low exclamation, which sounded hollow: from his caveroits bel. met. "All ready," , I cried, in a loud voice, which they, however, could not easily_ distinguish. Then making a proper signal was swung over the side. ' - • Down we meat; I first, and Rirerner close behind me, It did not take a long time for us to reach, the bottom. We found ourselves upon ..vrhat seemed a broad plain,. -sloping downward -toward • the south, end rising slightly towards the north. - Looking forward then, a diro,black object arose, which our experienced eyes .knew to be , a lofty rouk. ; • .kmotioned to Rinurier that we should pro oeed I cannot tell the strangeness of the• - senae. lice felt . by one Ighe first walks . 14 bottom r;f the sea. There area thousand Objects;fit led to excite, istonishment;.uven in -the.mind, iif.filto 'hobs" dared the,, deed_ it. hundred truces:: ; All ironed' ue - lny - the lilaiii;novered by water; bat berwthei eye corildf not-pietist' . far away as in the upper air, for the water, in vo4y.mg.:).evi, - .N,vmp . E_R , ' 35: the distance, grew opaq'ire, andseemed to' fade away into in sty darkness. Thera was no sound, except the incessant gurgle which' was produced by the escape of air from the : breast - valve, an 4 the s plash caused by our passage through the waters. 'We walked go' at a good pace; for this armor, which seem* so clumsy up atitive, is excellent below, an& .offers little inconvenience to the practiced' wearer. . Fishes in crowds were around us.' Fishes of every ships met our eyes no matter where. they turned: • They swam swiftly by us; they -sported iisthe water above us; tbey raced' and chased one- another in every \direction. Here a shoal of porpoises tumbled ‘along in dult:my gambols, there a grampus might be seen rising slowly to the surface; here an im) ; mense number of smaller fish flashed past-us ,' there same buge.eues, with ponderous forma, , floated its the water lazily._ Sometimes three or foir placed themselves directly before us, and solemnly working their gills. There they would remain, till we came close up to them,' ndithen e with a itart, they would dart away. All this' time we were walking 'onward along the bottom of the sea, .while above us, like.a black cloud in the sky, we could see our boat slowly moving onward upon the sur face of the water. And now not more than -a hundred yards before us, we could see the towering form of that ebony rock which had at first greeted our eSes from afar. As yet we could not be eettnin that this was the -place where the Marmioo hall struck. But a round, black object became discernable as we glanced ft the rocky base: ,Rimmer struck:3n my arm, and pointed, I signed assent,-and we moved on more quick ly; q few momenta elapsed; we bad ; come. nearer to the rock. The black object now looked like the -stern of a- vessel whose hull' lay there. Suddenly, Rimmer struck me again, and pointed upward. Following the direction -of his hand, I looked up, and saw the surface or the water all foamy and in motion. - There was a momentary thrill through my heart, but it passed over.- We were in a dangerous po sition. The storm was coming Ga. But should we tu r n tr au k now , w h en w ,„ were so near the object of of our search?.Al ready it - lay before us. We were close beside it. No, I would not. I 'signalized to Ritn mer to go• forward, arts! we' still kept :our course. • Now the ruck rose up Wore ug; Muck', rugged, dismal. ItWrough sides were . worn, y the action ofthe water, and, in some pla- Ces. were covered by Marine plants and name less ocean vegitation. We passed onward, • we clambered over a spur, which jutted from the cliff, and there lay the steamer. The Mar. Mien—there she lay upright, with everything stillstanding. She had gone right down, and had dettled in such a position among tbw rocks, that she snood upright there, just .as though she lay at her - wharf.- We rushed ea gerly along and clambered up her side.--z• There was a low mean in the water, which -rounded . warningly in our ears, and bold of a swift, approacliirtu danger.- What was to' be done, must be done speedily. We hurried forward. Runnier rushed to the cabin. - went forward to .descend into the hold:- I descended the ladder. I walked into t 143.. engineer's room. All was empty here, all wae water. The waves bf the ocean had entebsd, and were sporting with works of man. went into the freight room. 'Suddenly, I was; startled by an appalling noise upon the deck. The heavy footsteps of some one, runnhig . as though in mortal fear, or roost dreadful ba-te: sounded in my &trs. Then my heart throbbed wildly; for it was a fearful thing to bear, far down in the silent depth,the (ma m - - • PshawJ only i....t.a.rssGemted the deck by the first outlet that appeared. When I speak of hur ry, I speakof movement possible, when. cumbered with so mob arMor. But this movement of mine was quick I rushed upward; I sprang out upon the deck. , It was Rim:nit! . 11e stepped forward and clueelied - my MM._ .I.le pressed it - with a convulsive grasp, and pointed to the cabin. I-attempted to go . there. . . . He stamped his foot, and triad to bold me bask. He pointed to the boat, and implored . me with frock gestures to go up. It is appalling to:witness the horror struck soul trying to express itself- by signs. It is • awful.to see those signs when no face is plain ly visable, and no voice is heard. I could - not see his f.rce plainly, _bat his eyes. through. his heavy mask,.glowed like eoala,of lira. • "I will go!" I exclaimed, I sprang from him. Ha clasped his hands together, but dared not follow; • Good heavens ! I thought, wbet farfal thing is here I What scene can lie so dread ful' acto paralize the soul of a practiced-diver. I will see for myself. I walked forward. I Mlle to the OaDirt thior. I entered the forward stluou, but "save - nothing.:l,A feeling of contomptcatno to use. 'Omer ihall not coiiie with me again,-I ' thought. Yet I was awe-struck,* Down in depths Ofthe sea there is only silence-4h, how solemn! I paced the long saloon, which had echoed -with the shrieks of the drowning. passengers.. Ah! there are thoughts which sometimes fill the soul, which ate only felt by ithose to whom' scenes of sublimity are fa. miliar. . Thus thinking I walked In the after cabin and entered— . Oh 'God of heaven ! • • . • Ilad not my hand e.leticed • the doorwitit' a : grasp which mortal tnrror had made cot:- vulsiee, I should have fallen, to the floor. Istood nailed to theipot.,;Ftir there-before me stood a crowd of people—men and wo-„, men—•caught in the-last death struggle .by the overwhelming waters,'abd fastened to the:- wet, nach id, the position in which deatli.;.- had found Win: Ettoh one had sprung finm 'Hs' chair at the shock of the siekiog ship, and with one common emotional' hastened for-the door. liut the waters of the sea bad Wen too' swift - for them. then---some wildly grasping the' table„ others the sides of the cabin—there they . ill- stood. Near the door vialtit 'crowd of people, beeped-one upon another=,--some.on tbe - floor, others roshiug - ,: over thern—all seeking, madly, to gain' the , Outlet. There Was one aluseought c to clamlier over the table, and hall was _there, hold: tug-on Wan fine, post„ ”=:8o strong bas each:: co nvulsive gossy,:its fierce the struggle:with death, that their hold had not\ been relaxed; - bit; each one stood and Ineked truth:el [Y . - tbe door.. _ . ;." To the ,- tJeor—iptott., God , To me, to me . leOkitig :They viere . g iring at me, - all those dreadful,.those terrible eyes l—eyex •
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