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BY Dlt. V. II. DOYLE. , j
Oil! give me sweet music
Let each mellow sound,
With mirth and good humor
And gladness abound !
Care, trouble and sorrow
Do all come amiss
A heart full of music
Is a heart full of bliss.
.if -'
Throw physic to doss
Sweet music will heal
Where the doctor will fail
With his drug and his steel !
- JTis a panacea for wo,
And a balm to all care
The strength of the brave,
And the charm of the fair!
Oh! sacred thy charm
And holy thy spell
Thou breaih'st to the dying
A happy farewell !
And oh! when this fond soul
Resigns up this clod,
Then give me Eweet music
To wuft me to God.
j Greeley ou Beards.
In an editorial on beards in a late num
ber of the New York Tribune, Horace
Greeley concludes as follows : But we
say to Young America in counting-houses
and workshops, never touch your beards (
with a razor. Despise the dictates of i
fashion, and let thehair of the face grow
silky and soft, only trimmed by the scis
sors. Your health will be improved;your
teeth will be sounder; your liability to
colds and bronchial and lung affections
"will be sensibly diminished; your conven
ience will be daily consulted; your manly!
beauty no despicable thing, as it is the
type of what ought to be the dower of j
every man will be indefinitely increased,
and the true and poetical contrast to fem
inine loveliness be once more secured,
which is impossible under the starved,
Bcraped, wiry caricatures which shavel-.
irjgs now present.
Glass bottles were first made in Eng-
land, about 155S
glass bottles and driuking glasses was,
"knowu to the Bomaus in the year '79, A. J
D.; they bave been found in the ruins of
Pompeii. I
Pomp
The most stupendous canal in tbe
world is the one in China, which passes
over two thousand miles of territory, and
'to forty-one cities. It was commenced
in the tenth ceuturv. A monster work
- - - - - j -
of man.
Strong resolutions are of good use to
put by the force of strong temptation.
If we exercise faith, God will encourage
it. Improve the promises, and God will
ratify them.
" . ,
There is no fear of knowing too much,'
.tbourh there is crcat danrrer of nractisin '
inn lifr.lp I hp mnst nnmif rn i n chill K
the most knowing man.
J-It is not good for a man to be a
lone. True, we thought, as we observed
a man pass by with seven dogs arter him.
'An honest man's word is as good (
as bis bond.' is a trite maxim. 'So is a
rogue s,
in nine oases out of ten.
JSgylf you desire to be released from a
rasb promise of marriage, breathe vows
of love continually after eating onions.
JX3-- Frenchman in Boston has in
vented a remedy for the 2-UiaJcc, which
will allevi-8 all pain 4th with. This
beats tho Yankees. -
v .A,
Tslts. Landrcxuf has recovered 820,000
4am?ga from the New Orleans Railroad
Company, for killing her husband byiga- uuS.... . , unng the nignt, lor i was airaiu or ue
icarelessness on the road. I Dafc ue onb' c3inc dar to ECC lf decmck'- killed.
; ens sleep wid derc eyes open.' He was ! The next day we resumed our journey,
The losses by nrc in JLJoston, in
I853; were 2b,040; on which there wa3
an insurance of 8204,173. "
$jThe insurance companies in New
Ylprlr ask I3times as mucKfor insuring'
.(Stibeatre as a private bouse. ' ?i ' V- -
Oixicial.
In the following illustration of a print
ing office dialogue there is dicidedly more
truth than poetry :
Foreman You fellow with the red
hair, what are you at now?
Compositor I'm setting 'A House on
Fire!' Most done
Foreman What's Smith about?
Compositor lie's engaged on a 'Hor
rible Murder!'
Foreman Finish it as quick as possi-
blc, and help Morse through with his tel- icana. They had loft their home in Tex
egraph. Bob, what are you trying to get , as on the Oth of April in 1852.
up
Bob A Panic in the Money Market.' our return with the fragments.of our prop
Foreman Jim, what are you distrib- ' ertJ which the thieves had spared. On
Jim 'Prizes in P
n'f -n i
rham s uiit hntcr-
prise.
Foreman Stop that, and take hold of
this 'Runaway Ilorse.' Slocum what in
thunder have you been about the last half j
hour?
Slocum Justifying the 'Compromise
Measures' which ruy sub set.
Foreman You chap on the stool,what
rrr vnn nn?
Compositor On the 'Table' you gave
me.
Foreman Lay it on the table for the
present have no room for it.
Compositor How about these 'Muni
cipal Candidates?'
Foreman Kun 'em in. What did you
say Slocum? .
Slocum Shall I 'lead' these 'Men of
Boston?'
Foreman No; they're 'solid' of course.
Compositor Do you want a full-face
head to 'Jenuy Liud's Family?'
Foreman No; such things go in 'small
caps.' John, have you got up that 'Capi
tal Joke?'
John No, sir; I'm 'out of sorts.'
Foreman Well, throw in this 'million
'of California Gold,' and when you get
through with it, I'll give you some more,
Wilson, have you finished the 'Coalition?
Wilson-
-Yes sir; the 'Coalition' is
all
up.
Editor What do you want now?
Devil More copy, sir.
Editor Have you completed that 'El
oquent Thanksgiving Discourse?'
Devil Yes, sir; and I've
got
up
'Warm "Winter!'
Scissors Here, take this 'Official' and
be off.
Exit Devil with a 'fat take.'
A Word for Parents. We find it
in the National Intelligencer. Though
but a simple matter there is more
losophy in it than parents imagine :
phi-
'If parents would have good boys,they
mt , n . i. , '
Tbe art of mak.sbcld keep them mt of tb. streets at j
night.
jjariiness is tompiauon to imt-1
chief: suffering tbe young to bo out wben !
the light of day does not restrain them
from misconduct is training them to it.'
A Fowl Business. One of tbe ex-
hibitors at the National Poultry Show at
Barnum's Museum is George P. Burn
hem of Massachusetts, near Boston,whose ;
sales of noultrv. including a few fancv
- - I' J 1 O i
rabbits and pirs, last year, amounted to ,
$22,000. Of this amount, 817,000 were ,
sent off southward from Boston, by Ad- '
, r, . in - i r i
ams and Co. s Express. A sample of his .
Suffolk pigs are in the Museum. They
are great curiosities. Tribune.
Value of a Plough. Among tbe Kaf
firs, agriculture is considered as a kind of
labor unwortbv of a warrior, and is.
Ihai-ofivii lnft nii"nli tn fha Trntnnn .
When they first saw a plough at work, ;
they gazed at it for Home time in delight- thrown into the fire. My clothing was
ed silence. At last one of them gave ut-' taken away, except barely enough to cov
terance to bis feelings in tbis exclamation: ' cr ,ny Perf on- , n tbc distribution of the
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See how tbc thing tears up the ground ,
w v h !
with its mouth.
It is of more value than
five wives
JE 'Father vhat docs a printer live
on?'
'Because you said you hand't paid him
for three years, and still take tho paper.'
Blessed be that little child.
The darkey who greased his feet
that he would not make a noise when he
went to steal chickens, slipped from the
u uu -
cooped.
,0,
BST Miss Pitkin says that the reason
she never married is, that she never yet
saw thc man for whom 'she'd be willing
to--cpok three meals of wje'tuals'cyory day
of her life.''' A good rcirsou triil.
A Thrilling Narrative.
We copy from the St, Louis Republi
can a portion of the very interesting re
cital of the sufferings of a young married
lady, of about seventeen year3 of age,
during her captivity, by the Camanche
Indians. It appears that Mrs. Wilson,
with her husbaud and family, were re
turning by land from a disastrous jour
ney to California, from which they were
obliged to desist, bv the depredations
; committed on them by Indians and Mex
About the last
of Julv wo started on
. run nrer'f niT nr ?iri,c-f ..-.. ,i i
uio iiiiiiui miL u, uuu I (311 lutO the hands
Tn,l?nd T s ti,.n,
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this. I was told that they had been
murdered. You may perhaps, be able to
imagine my feelings when I found myself
thus bereaved and destitute in a land of
strausers. My misfortune seemed ercat-
or than I could bear, but I knew not that
heavier trials were in store for me.
Unable to continue my journey, I re
turned to El Paso; where I remained till
September 8, when I started once more
for Texas with my three brothers-in-law,
in company with a small party consisting
of five Americans and one Mexican. Mr.
Hart, who owned and commanded this
train, haying some business in Texas
which required his immediate attention
traveled verv ranidlv. and T hnnnd in a
few days more to be in The midst of my
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friends.
As we had seen only one Indian on the
route, weflattered ourselrns rlmr.wn slinnlrl
not be molested by any of the tribes
which infest this route. When uear the '
borders of Texas, some of our partv stole '
three animals from Mr. Hart and ran off.
Mr. nart anxoius to overtake the thieves '
started in pursuit taking with him my i
i,ir.. i '
lad some
fmirtonn tmts nf ntrn lvlno- mcnlf o
Mexican and the two boys
to follow on as
rapidly as we could. We were at this
time within three days' journey of a mil
itary post at Phantom Hill, and were con
sidered out of danger.
A discharged soldier, being unable to
keep up with us, was some distance be
hind, but I saw nothing of him after this. . of softening their hearts, it only made
The day after Mr. nart left us, as we ' them morc inhuman and subjected me to
were traveling about noon we saw two greatcr sufferings.
Camanche Indians charging upon us in 1 wa3 obliged to work like a slave
front, and at the same time two others : whlIe 10 camP' while therc was any ser
werc seen driving up behiud. We were vlce t0 Pcrforrn I was not allowed a mo
very much frightened and the Mexican meut's rcst- 1 was compelled to carry
jumped out of the wagon and went to- largc loads of wood on back which
ward the Indians, in order, if possible to , beinS destitute of sufficient clothing, -was
ain their friendship. I mangled till the blood ran down to my
G The mules of our wagon, four in num- ' fceL 1 had to chase the animals thro'
ber becoming frightened by the war bnars and bushes, till what little clothing
whoop of the savages, turned out of the 1 had was torn to ribbons. I brought the
road and commenced running as fast as
they could. One of them fell down be
fore we had gone far, and the others wero
then obliged to stop. The Indians now
came upon us and ordered the Mexican
to take the mules out of the harness.
While this was going on, I got out of the
wnrrrm nnrl lnnlrpd nn in rirniflilpcq siiq
" JSJji,,
iA i,n MnT;,.nn n.c f i,:. nii,
ingt his hands tied behind his back, and
ordered to sit down upon the ground.
One of them went behind him and
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shot him with a gun, while another stab- . j i..Mt dau
bed bim several times with a large butch- ,ng and extreme anguish from my wounds
! er knife. His scalp was cut off before ho
was dead, and put on his own hat; the hat
i was then worn by one of his murderers. I
was stupefe(i v.ith horror as I gazeu on
Qnprtnr1r finr nTinricnil tlifif. trur turn
would conic next. But the Indians hav
VWSU wr.wv.w.w, uuv.uuvuuv.IUUU.t.UlUI
iug secured the plunder of the wagon,
counted us on the mules aud ordered us
to g Wltu them,
As j left 1 looked b k and t
jjoor Mexican weltering in his blood and
still Dreaming.
We took a northeast direction, and
traveled slowly till sunset when we eu-
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camped. Here the plunder, consisting
01 wanucts, reading, clothing, Dndles,
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Some articIes considered useless were
captives the eldest uoy, about twelve
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3rears of age, was olaimed by the chief; I
became the property of one of the others,
I should have mentioned, that one of our
captors was a Mexican, who had been
stolen from the state of Chihuahua when
an infant. He was now as savage as the
Iudians, and claimed the youngest boy
for his prize. The scalp of the Mexican
was stretched on a stick and dried by tho
fire.
After giving us some meat for our sup
per, the Indians began to secure us for the
night.-
The boys with their arms tied
tightly behind them, were taken under
mm ti f w tt rtir CAtrnnnc 111 rr tsinfl tma
tied together, and I was obliged to lie be-
twecn thc otuer two, L dld not sleep any
t ana traveled in the same direction. I he
boys were mounted on good animals, and
had bows and arrows. Their faces were
' painted Indian fashion, aud they looked
' like young savages. They appeared to
like this now mode of 'life, and were nevr
j cr"(reat'ed with excessive cruelty; Ivas
mounted on a good horse, but being o-' only cut him to pieces I could die content, so, and is named Juan-Jose. To him,
bliged to. sit astride the aniincl, the jour- We traveled - every day we usually ; more than to any other man in the party,
ney was exceedingly painful. started about 10 o'clock in the morniug, ! I owe my present freedom.
I had a fine head of hair,- which I val-'and halt about four in the evening. The j He told me the camp was full of Caman
ued vc-much but the chief ordered it to Indians were accustomed to go to the ches, and if they saw me it would be im-
bc cut oil; I was not a little mortified in
seem?
it decorating the heads of the
heartless savages. My head was thus
iett entirely unprotected from the intense -
ly hot rays of she sun.
Nothing of interest occurred except rc-
pcated acts of inhumanity towards me, made a tent, of the blankets and wagon not by any means to leave my biding -until
the twelfth day after my capture. sheet they had stolen from us, but I was place the nest day. That day lagged
At this time we were joined by two Indi-not allowed to take shelter in it I pre- slowly along, and I could hear the dread
an men and squaw. These were all thc.ferred sleeping outside in the storm. , ed'Camanches passing and repassing, and
Indians I saw till after my escape. Up tO After my mule had become so gentle shouting to each other
this time my sufferings -had been so severe ( that I could ride it without being thrown, , -At night Juan returned, bringing an
as to take from me all desiro to live but i it was taken' from mo and I was obliged other blanket and several loaves of bread.
now they were greatly increased. The
squaw from whom I might have expected
some compassion, was evidently the cause
of the new cruelties which I now began
to experience.
My horse was now taken from me, and
I was mounted on an unbroken mule
without a bridle. I had a saddle, but it
was worn out and good for nothing but to
torture me. luis animal would trequent
ly tip me over its head of its own .accord,
but not being wild enough to gratify the
malice of the Indians, the chief would
sometimes shake the Mexican's scalp be
fore its eyes. Tho beast would then rear
and plunge in the utmost fright and I
would be thrown upon the ground with
great violence. I have been tossed from
the mule's back as many as half a dozen
times a day, and once I was so stunned,
; tuat 1 Ia? a considerable time betore my
t senses returned. My repeated falls
i.t.T 1 11.
' greatly amused the Indians whose horrid
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puuis ui luugumr uiiguu uuvu uuuu uuuiu
at a great distance.
I never saw them exhibit the first siirn
ofP,!tf toward me- It made no difference
how bad,J 1 was hurt if 1 did not riso
immediately, and mount the animal which
had Just tbr0WD me thcJ would aPPy
their nd,nS "ips, or gun sticks, or the
cnd of a lanat t0 m? unprotected body,
with the jrreatest violence. The srmaw
"tQ tno greatest violence. The squaw
' WOUlQ UClD IUC tO HSe DV WOUndlug me
I Wllfl lue P0IDt 01 a sPear
which she car
ried. You may understand one object
the Indians had in view in putting me up
on this wild animal and causing me to be
thrown so often, when I tell you I expec
ted to become a mother in a few weeks.
They understood my situation, but instead
animais to camp in tue morning, ana naa
to watch them till they were read' to start,
and if one morc wild than the rest ran off,
I must chase him back, and then be
knocked down by the chief for my want
of skill. When all were ready to start, I
had to catch aud saddle my own wild
mule Without assistance. It tUC party
j did not start Mediately, I . eopef!
'lea to pull at the end ot a lariat which
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the lagans would fasten to
bey seemed to study over;
putting me to death by piece
a DUSU.
very method or
eceircal.
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1 could not work as fast as the Indians
desired, and often when scarcely able to
stand, and hardly knowing what I was
doing bave been required to do the
! work of the strongest man. Andbecausc
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of my inability to accomplish my task
satisfactorily, I have been whipped till
my flesh was raw. Large stones were
thrown at me. I was knocked down and
stamped upon by the ferocious chief, who
seemed anxious to crush me like a worm
beneath his feet. My head somctimns
fell under the horses feet and then thc In
dians would try to make the beast
kick me. After all was ready for the
days journey, I was obliged to travel as
fast as the others, riding sometimes over
rocks and through bushes achiug aud
sore from head to foot, and exposed alike
to cold and heat, sunshine and storm.
I have gone two days at a time with
out tasting food. The Indians depended
on hunting for their subsistance, and
sometimes had nothing to cat themselves
unless there was an abundance of food
I received little or nothing when any
game was killed, the Indians would tear
out the heart, liver, and entrails and eat
them raw. I suffered exceedingly from
thirst; I was not allowed to drink, except
while in camp. Wo frequently crossed
beautiful streams during thc day, and
would beg the privilege of dismounting
to auench mv thirst. 33ut the Indians
would always deny my request with con-
tempt. It was in vain I pointed to my' them, I was left behind in a ravine, with
parched tongue and head blistered in the ti,e VYOmSQ that the Mexicans would re
rays of the sun. Nothing could soften turn for me at night. As they did not
them into pity, and I ardently desired fulfil their promise, T started toward their
death, that my torments might come to an 1 camp; about midnight, while wandering
end. j among thc bushes,0 a Camanche Indian
Every indignity was offered to my per- ' passed within twenty steps. I thought I
son which the imagination can conceive. v:as captive once morc, but fortunantcly
And I am at loss to know how I have the savage did not see me. I threw my
lived through the barbarous" treatment self on the ground and waited for day.
which was inflicted upon mc Frequent- In the morning I started again for tho
ly my feelings were so outraged that I camp of thc Mexicans,but before I reached
was tempted to kill my inhuman masters, it itwas discovered by one of tbe trading
My indignation burned particularly a- party who was herding the animala.rhis
gainst thc chief, nnd I thought if T could man is a Puvblatfwlian, of San Ildcfou-
tops of the highest hills, and stand there
gazing in every direction. We always
spent the night on a hill, and were thus
. exposed to the cold autumn winds; wo
slept on the ground, generally without
covering. When it raiued the Indians
to travel on foot. The road over which
we passed was often very rough and
stoncy and full of thorns. My feet wero
. wounded and bruised till thev were cov-
cred with blood and greatly swollen. ( to become a captive once more. I saw
But still I was obliged to keep up with tho party disappear the next day, and it
the rest of the party, and if I fell behind seemed a3 if my hopes of rescue disap
I was beaten till I was nearly Eenseless. peared with them. But I resolved to wait
"The Indians often urged me on by at-
tempting to ride their horses over me;
many a mile of that road is marked with which had been left burning; this fire I
my blood, and many a bill there has kept alive day and night till the Mexi
echoed to my useless cries. I cans returned, and without it I should
I traveled on foot, some five or six days. I probably have frozen to death, as the
After the party were ready to start in ( weather had become very cold. I cover
thc morning, the direction of the route ( cd a hollow cotton woodstump with bark
was pointed out to me, and I was requir- ; and leaves to keep out the cold wind.
ed to go before the ethers, in order not '' This stump was my house during my stay
to hinder them. They usually overtook bere. When I could endure the cold no
me before I traveled far. I had always ' longer I would leave my house and run to
intended to make my escape as soon as I the fire, but was afraid to stay there long
found an opportunity. I never expected j lest the Indians should see me. The
IU ICUUll UJJ UlUiiUlJi SUlllUlIlUIlt, UUU X
did not wish to cive the Indians the
pleasure of seeing me die. On the morn
ing of the twenty-fifth day after my cap
ture I was sent on in advance as usual.
I had eaten no breakfast, and was ve
ry week, but the hope of escape now sup
ported me, I hastened on a fast as I
could, and finding a suitable hiding place
I turned aside and concealed myself in
the bushes. After this I saw nothing
morc of my captors. I found afterwards
by the tracks of the animals that they had
searched for me; they probably thought I
would die, and therefore took less trouble
to find me. I have no doubt the next
time they pass that way they will look were shouting to each other to attract my
for me again. j attention. I was so overjoyed that I
My situation was now distressing be- ; pushed towards them, unmindful of briers
yond all description; I was alone, in an J and sore feet. Juan gave me a fine horse
Indian country, some hundred miles from to ride, and thc whole party treated mo
the nearest friendly settlements. I was 1 with the utmost civilry and kindness,
without food, without shelter, and almost ! On the thirty-fourth day of our return
without clothing. My body was full of , toward New Nexico, we reached the town
wounds and bruises, aud my feet were so of Pecos. Here I met Major Carleton,
swollen that T could hardly stand. Wild M. Adams, of the United States army,
beasts were around me, and savages morc i who took thc deepest interest in my com
than beasts, roamed on every band. Win-j fort. Here I laid aside man's apparrel,
ter was coming on, and death in its most and was furnished with a supply from
horrible forms stared me in the face I
sat down and thought of my lonely and
exposed situation. But I could not weep
my heart was too lull of woe.
After remaining three days in the place
where I had first concealed myself from
the iudians, I went to a grove about a
mile distant and built a little bouse .of
bushes and grass. Here Hived nine days.
My only food was thc blackberries which
grew on the bushes around. I quenched
my thirst at a spring near by. My wounds
pained me exceedingly, and I wasted to
a mere skeleton for want of proper nour-
ishmcnt. It raiued upon me seven nights
in succession, aud my little bouse was un-
able to protect me from the cold storms,
Morc than once I spent a sleepless night,
perfectly drenched in rain; while the
wolves, some times coining within fivesteps government is lifted up for their rcdemp.
of me would make the woods ring with tion, there is no hope for them.
their frightful bowlings. Thev would al
so follow close behind me when I went
to the spring during the day; I expected,
some time, to be devoured, by them; but Mrs. Partington says she has got a ro
they arc great cowards, and I could ,ea- i mantio affection in her shoulders, the
sily frighten them away. j new geranium in her head, and the cm-
When I slept, I would dream of sec- bargo in thc region of her jogular vain;
ing tables spread with an abundance of all from the opening of tho window to
every kind of food: but wben I stretch-; throw a bottle at a couple of bellerent
cd forth my hand to satisfy my hunger, ! cats on the shed.
thc effort would awaken me, and I would
find myself weeping bitterly.
When absent from my bouse on the
twclth day after my escape pome New
Mexican traders passed by on their way
to the Camanche settlements. While
standing ou a small hill looking after
them, in order to be sure they were not
Indians, I was discovered by some three
or four of thc party, who happened to be
some distance behind. They immediately
came toward me, and soon understood my
situation. They kindly off. red to take
me with them, and I gladly bade fare
well to my house in the woods. Tho
Mexicans put me upon a burro, and gave
me a blanket and some men's clothing
in which 1 dressed myself very comforta-
I.bly
Two or three days after this we came
in sight oi a band ot Laiuanches,
anu it was nofc safe f(fr mo to 0 secn by
possible for the party to save me. He
made me lie down on the ground while he
covered me with dried grass. I lay here
all day, and at night crept tortb to quench
my almost intolerable thirst. Juan came
and brought me some bread, and told me
' and told me that I must remain here for
! seven or eight days longer, as the par-
ty were obliged to go further on, and
could not take me. unless I was willing
J until the time appointed was up.
In a ravine near by I found a large log,
i iiuiiw ouuu luuuu uuu iuj pave wi IV.
treat, and frequently, while I was in the
stump, they would come and scratch a
round and on its top. The black-berries
wero very scaree here, and had it not
been for the bread Juan Jose gave me I
do not see how I could have kept from
starving to death.-
The eight days passed slowly by. and I
knew not whather to give way to hope or
despair. But on the eighth I heard sev
eral persons calling to -each other. I
feared they were Indians, but they be
longed to the trading party, and were on
their return to New Mexico. Thev had
lost the place where I was concealed, and
Mrs. A.'s wardrobe. After remaining at
, Pecos a few days, I was conducted to
, Santa Fe, by the son of Gov. Merriweth-
t er.
To Gov. M., and also to the American
ladies of this place, I cannot be too thank -
ful for their friendly sympathies and uni-
form kindness.
( The past seems like a horrid dream.
I bave related nothing but facts, and no
language that I can use can fully express
the sufferings of. mind and body which I
have endured. My two brothers-in law
are still captives, and unless reclaimed
will become as savage as tbe Indians.
The Mexicans saw them with the Caman-
ches, but were unable to procure their
freedom. One is twelve years old, the
other ten, and unless the strong arm
of
This is a dangerous period of the year
! for colds people should be careful
Sia?-Fourteen thousand and ninety-eight
persons are now receiving pensions in tho
several States, from the Unitod States
Government under the various acts pass
ed since 1818.
BST A spark bad noticed at a public
place, a pretty looking girl, who, he
thought, would be an easy prey and bo
without ceremony, addressed her, but met
with a severe rebuke; this so disconcerted
him, that in bis confusion, he could but
just utter 'Well well, but do not swallow
me.' 'O, uo,' said the young woman witli
a significieut smile, 'you need not foar
that: I am a Jewes, and am not allowed
to catw.'
JJj3 'When will these cars leave!' in
quired an anxious individual of Smith.
'I presume,' replied thc wag, 'as soon
as tbe last seat is taken, as that will bo
quite sure to make the car-go.'
Mr. Anxious took his umbrella and got
aboard.
t5Tbe ladies of Husk county, Texas',
have sent in a petition praying the prohi
bition of intoxicating driuk3.
j$a?-The narrowest part of tbe'Atlan-.
tic is more than two miles deep?54 'In-otbX
er parts it is'ab.out one and halfrmUea?
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