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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*
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A Hundred 'Rears to Come.
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Como from a southern shore!
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And all the flowers that bloom,
That now so sweetly scent the air, _
A hundred years to comet
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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
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You'll think of him you smiled away.
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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 •