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TaXLTE17B B33 lUT 9 flan
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ne. and elegance of workmanship, ate not
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pf tone, touch and keeping in
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to C Meyer, tor the best Piano in the exhibition
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C Meyer feOlsH t nisi ilr Meihjl and Hi
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lower,, , Pson. are JV'"
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Yoni fall kindsof Biushes, Cmbs
irieie whwh they are nVl.rarswd l H
Lower than ran be purchased e aewberf.
Country Meicbanl and olhen Purchasing; In
t I iawwtl tnd il to their rirnias tn
sail sjatbrapurtbssirMt 'iewher a the qua ity
siees will bt (Ml r iaaraattei liMt U
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SELECT POETRY.
From the Epilogue to Doctor Birch and bis
,,-,, Vouug Friends. , f
THE MORAL OF LIFE. ''
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Fd say, wc sulVerand wcshiva
Not leis nor more as men than boys, ,
Willi grizzled beards at forty-five,
As erst at twelve, in corJuroys.
And if, iii time of sacred youth,
W e learned at homo to love and pray,
Pray Heuvcn, that early Love and Truth '
May never wholly pass away.
And in the world, as in the school,
I'd say, how fate may change and shift ;
The prize lie sometimes with the fool,
The race not always to the swift.
The strong may yield, the good may fall,
The great man be a vulgar clown,
The knave be lilted over all,
'Flic kind cast pitilessly down.
Who knows the inscrutable design
Clewed he lie who took and gave t
Why should your mother, Charles, not mine,
Be weeping at her darling's grave 1
We bow to Heaven Jhat willed it so,
Thai darkly rules the fate of all,
That sen Js ths respite or tlto blow,
That's free to give or to recall.
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So each shall mourn in life's advance,
Dear hopes, dear Iricnds, untimely killed ;
fchull grieve for many a perfect dance,
And longing paMion unfulfilled ; .
Amen !, whatever ftte be rent,
Pray God tic heart may kindly glow,
Alllnujli the head with cares be bent,
And whitened with the winter snow.
Come wealth or want, conic good or ill,
Let young and old accept their part,
And bow before the Awful Will,
And beer it with an honest heart,
Who inisscri, or who wins ihe prizct
Go, lose or conquer as you can ;
But if you fail, or if you rise,
Be each, pray GoJ, a gentleman.
A gentleman, or olJ or young !
(Bear kindly with my hnuilile lays)
The sacred chorus ftt was sung
Upon the first of Christmas-days;
The shepherds heard it overhead
The joyful a.igcls raised it then ;
Glory to Heaven 011 high, it said,
And peace on earth to gentle men.
THRILLING SKETCH.
Fmiii the Demicralic Review.
CAP I'. DAN HKNIiir.;
IIIS ADVIiNTlKIiS WITH THE MEXICANS,
IM)IA.S AD WOLVES.
Every body remembers the famous es
cape of Capt. Dan Henrie at Eucarnacion.
I his redder and daringr ranger has proba
bly passed through a srreater number of
perilous and singular adventures than any
01 her man ol the saim- age in the service
though one of the most lijht-bearted mor
tals that the warm sun ever smiled upon.
let he has a careless knack ol Kftlin" into
the nio.t desperate scrapes on every possi
ble occasion, and then, of course, he lights
his way out ajjain with the most dashing
gallantry.
It is one of Dan's curious adventures
while a ranger, that I prowse to relate
now. I shall endeavor to give it as nearly
as I can remember in his own way, as he
related it to me : though I must confess, it
will be very dillicult, if not impossible, to
preserve the raciness of his rattlepate and
peculiar manner. It was before he joined
the fliier expedition, and while yet with
the rangers, under the command ol ArCul
lough. , , -
Uan, whose excellence as a guide was
well known to the captain, was dispatched
by him along with three others of the troop,
on a spring expedition, toward the head
waters of the euces. This was in the
eariy winter 0! the year belore the ttlier
expedition, and the Mexicans were in many
waya annoying and threatening the weak
settlements along that river. This state of
things had encouraged the Iudians as well
to make very bold descents. M'Oullou
had on his lirst arrival given them both a
severe lesson, upon which the marauders
had taken the hint, and nothing farther had
been hearJ from either parly for several
months. Unwilling that Ins men should
lie ill the camps at such a place as Corpus
Christi, with nothing to do but drink and
carouse, the prudent captain of Rangers
had thought pest to dispatch all the most
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Various quarters.
Vdi.OUS lllri '"i mo asprvi UI oi-
fairs in that part cf Texas generally, had
bourn to avcsu rather forlorn, and seemed to
cajl lor unreuiiUing vigilance.
' Dan and his companions had reached the
foot of the mountains in which the western
branch of tbe Neuces takes rise without
meeting with spy other sort of incident
than those which ar common to prairie
travel. - HiTethey formed their camp, and
as they hat) yet discovered no signs of Indi
ans, it was concluded that they would take
each hut own course the next day. . .
After travelling up the West Branch of
the Neucft'he found himself at its heaj
spring. Here he suddenly perceived a
drove of mustangs (wild buries,) moving
slowly towards him.
Hi saw what sent his heart into his
throat! that each animal had an Indian
I'un; along id side, by one hand and foot,
h ;Uing to either horn (J the saddle ! This
ii a common trick of theirs in approaching
a' enemy by dav-li;ht, on the rr.iirie,and
it Is dillicu't of detection af a distance, bv
the most experienced eye, as they rid
close together, and no part, of the bod v if
hown above tbe outline of the, hone. Dan
was ofl4 in a twinkling!. The tables were '
very suKlenly turned, for instead" of taking
a scalp or two hinisell, as he hid expected,
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it would now require the best he knew to
save his own. , . ,
He ' instantly perceived that his only
chance was a desperate run for an elbow ol
the chain, which, if he could reach and
turn first, he thought would . secure his
scalp for the present, asaround it the stream
became heavily timbered, tvnd he knew
they would not follow him into it for tear
thev miht come upon his friends. I5y the
skin of his teeth he got by before they sur
rounded him. He had passed the camp lur
enough, lie knew, so he selected a small
piece ol meadow ground which was cover
ed with musquit grass and well protected
Iromviewby the great clusters Of cartus
which surrounded it on thrre sides. Here
he stripped his faithful horse and turned
him loose to graze, and then taking for sup
per a hearty draught of water,-threw him
self upon his blanket to sltMp.
He .had lost his provision wallet in the
chase, and it was more thnn he dare ven
ture upon to shoot game, for fear of betray
ing his h'nting-p'ac.t', and though hungry
enough, he was fain, this time "to goto lied
siipperless." lie thought, of home before
sleep came, of course, and wished himself
there most heartily, that he might attack
the well-stocked poultry, the coutents- of
which danced in most tantalizing visions
before him during the whole night. This
was too much a common predicament, how
ever, to make anv very strong imprcsua
upiu him otherwise,
Le was mounted and off very earlv 'the
next morninrr, and washy no means delight-
m to perceive that hishorie was considera
bly gaunted by the yesterday's hard work
and the somewhat narrow commons of the
nighK However, he moved on now with
something less of a hurry, as there was no
ndication of pursuit apparent.' following
the rivulet, he soon reached the West
Branch, and turned up this with a brisker
movement,. spurred bv the cheerful hope ol
soon rejoining his comrades and guiding
them safe. In an hour he was in sight of
the ground, and put his horse in a swift gal
lop in his eagerness to pass over the inter-
al quickly. On coming up, he saw, in-
itead ol his comrades, the dead body of an
Indian warrior, lying across the verv ashes
il their cainp hre all gashed and hewed
with howi. -knife cuts. All nrouu.l tin
earth was deeply broken up, w'ub Ihe ei-
lence .of a desperate and hand ami hand
struggle. I he breech of a nlle, which h
recognized, and a number rf arrows, wit'i
a broken lance and shield, wi re scattered
around. He li lt a clinking sensation, and
his blood ran cold at this sL'ht. His com
rades had been surprised, no doubt, bv tin
same party which had pursued him! but
with what result it was impossible lor hun
to tell certainly, though he bad littlechoice
but to believe and fear the worst. . .Anuu
the multitude of the tracks of, unshod hor
ses he could tlintiiiguhdi the few tracks of
their shod horses. There, was no trace of
their bodies in the hasty survey lie had time
10 make, and it seemed very strange tint
this dead warrior should he left behind, so
contrary to their well-known custom.
He followed the trail for some lime, with
great caution, lint omUl male go discovery,
except a' great deal of Won I on the grMiiid,
until toward noon,' when rising the comhol
steep ridge, he looked down into the
plain below upon a large body of Indians,
encamped about a mile distant. This was
a startling sight, and they perceived him at
the same moment.- Now he felt he would
have indeed to run for his life. One glance,
as he wheeled, was sutlicieut to show, him
warriors mounting the horses of lustriciids:
He did not dread a race wilh the horses of
the Indians so mdeh, because bis horse was
more than a match lor the best of theirs.
but the horses of his comrades were as swilt
and in levery sense as good' as his; now
they were to be turned against him! He
cursed the rashness that bad induced him to
follow up their trail, but this was no tinn
to pause for regrets he was ofT,' down the
hill, at the best speed his horse, already
somewhat fagged, coulil'-raiie, yA IT. de
pended upon getting back tolhe timber and
losing them I He could hear their pursu.
ing yells, distinctly, for a moment, and this
was no syren s music to draw hun back
He had a good mile the start, but this was
no great matter, if as be. supposed their
horses were fresher than ' his own ! H
had not time now to feel any ' alarm, but
only that there was hot work before him
and he had it to attend to! His object was
to get out of si 'ht as soon as possible, for he
gained a great deal by compelling them to
run on his trait. He strained his horse
tremendously and succeeded, for when the
sudden burst ol their voices, came to time,
proving that they had reached the comb of
the ri lge, he looked hack and could not s-e
It or them. He felt little less ti'rht abbot
i'neJi-ari i"7', hs I ,i;r,i, (,) think some
thing of his best bourne, ' It seemed a. lor
lorn chance for an escap"; he was ove
six miles from timber.- II? suddenly re-
mem'iered that he had observed, for several
davs past, a heavy smoke off toward th
south, and looking now in -that direction
saw it filling the whole horizon with
gloomy masses, which seemed to be rLsiifcr,
but a few miles olT,, observing that it wai
not verv . high. It instantly occurred to
him in his extremity, for he felt sure fmm
the action of his horse, that he would not
last much longer in the hard run before
them, that the safest course for him would
be the most, desperate, and this was to make
directly for the approaching line of this
fire, ahJ take his chances tit bein? able to
force his fray through it a'lve. Wi'h such
a barrier between h'upself and the Indians,
q Was safer, Afting gpon th", stern. aml
(range alternative, he ur ;ed his horse stea.
dily toward the Tire.' It was not lunYbe j
e fc. . M ' ; , 1 1 , e .1 ' l
lore ne met nie-mir; BTvaice Jtuwi 01 me
smoke, as it rolledTaTon? tht'grisS, arPf fftl
beneath its stifling ihvlter, Jthe fire being
. II J was now securely enoa.;h out of siht
tf tlu Indians, and springing front honors:1,
proceeded to prepare hnnsell lor a trial ol
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the fiery sea. lie cut his blankets into pie
ces, with one of which he blindlolded bis
horse; another he tied in loose bag alwut
le lower part ol its head, enveloping the
mouth and nostrils. 1 He then enveloped
his own face in a loose vizor of the same
material. The blanket was course and let
air enough to barely sustain life for a
hort time, while it kept out the smoke.
He could hear the yells of his pursuers
emiiigly1 close nt hand. He was now in
utter darkiii'sn, and mounting quickly
again, beaded his horse directly for the
fin
On he went not knowing where', the
reins were tightened, and the lash and spur
ppiieu with tliecnergy ol desperation. Hot-
r and hotter the air became, but on he ca
reered, blind and headlong. The fire has
struck him with a roaring surge! His hair
flames crisply, and the llesh of his body1
seems to ue unrnincr - The trantie. mid.
panting horie attempts to shy, but no, the
erceiu-ss ol the agony has turned that Ti
er's arm and will to iron! It cmio shy
the ; poor horse! Oni on! scorching
through the stilling blaze! A few bounds
more and the terrific surges are past ! The
fresh air has met hitu! He tore the en-
elopi1 from his face and leaped from the
staggering horsa upon the charred hot
round. The blanket is torn away from its
mouth and the ' animal "begns to revive
qiiickly, though it shivers and can scarcely
and for the mortal terror! Heissife!
He hn! accomplished an unparalleled feat!
If hears faintly above the crackling roar
of the retiring llames, a howl of triumph
Irom Ins pursuers, who iinatme llvy have
hi veil hi. 11 into the fire and tint lie is burnt,
irse and all. 1L- in, ikes a feeble attempt
to answer them defiantly, but can scarcely
ear his own voice. Stunned and gasping
to recover the ue of their almot Milled
lungs, he and his horse stand, side by side
upon the hl.ukened plain without moving a
step for more than an hour. Rut the perils
of the day ore by no moans passed. Before
him, as lar as the eye could reach, there
re only one charred, leveled smoulder
ing va.,te, which hal to be crossed before
he could reach water, tor which, both him-
lf and horse were a'inost perishing. II."
start 'd on at last, taking his tfrVirse at rau-
lom, fur 0IV.; seemed to his bewildered sense
ibont as go-) I a-i another. He did not ride
it fir-it, but iii.-n i'tiliy led his poor horse,
until the h.-at of Ine ground an I the still
nould ring stubs of grns-! became insufferi-
i!e to bi ft'ei t, and then he turned to mount.
He now for the first line, looked at the
animal carefully, and to hi.-, horror, saw that
verv hair upon its ho ly was gone, and
nothing but the hare skin left, and that was
si badly scorched in places, that it came off
to the slightest touch. I his was dreadful
enough,; but water! water ! wat r! he
must have t lint or they would both die. He
sprang into the saddle and uracil the wretch
ed creature along with the l ist enrrziiu of
his sinking life. In an hour he bad begun
o grow dizzy, and the blackened earth
swam round and round and tossed him to
and fro! Now a s'ran e noise was about
him, and as the lifinj waves of thv rarth
would almost seem to leap up into his face,'
he would cateh wlimpsin of huge wolves
careering on them, who would turn up their
fiery eyes to his, and howl at him with red
hot open mouths and lolling tongues! Sud-
It'll ! v his horse rushed down a steep bunk,
and there was acreat splashing! Wuter!
Blessed (,od, water! He tumbled from bis
saddle into the cold, delicious fluid. In an
instant dispenses hal returned, and he saw
himself surrounded by thirty or forty prai
rie wolves, some of whom were swimming
in the water after him, wh:le ihe others sat
upon the bank ol the small lake, as he now
discovered it to he, and howled fiercely at
him. He struck those which were nearest
with hi? gun barrel and In at them off, while
he had time to draw his heavy knife. One
ol them had seized his passive hors, who,
while it was endeavoring to pull linn down,
:tood still and drank Ihe long eager
lraurhts. He split the wolf's head with
his knife, and mm sent the retd. back out of
the water, yelung with their wounds. But
those Jipou llm hank only howled the lou-
b r, and they were answer I near at hand
and from afar by hundreds of others, who
were swiftly gathering in at the well known
call to a lanunet. II". now remencx
red
that the wearied and infernal brutes al
ways collect in large numbers to follow in
the wake of a great prairie fire and tear the
carcasses of those animals that ore killed, or
band together, to chas;i and drag down
those that come through alive, but scorched,
blinded and staggering, as was .this poor
horse. They become very savage, wilh
blood, impunity an 1 numbers, and yery few
creatures which have escaped from hungry
flames can escape from their more raveuou
iws. . The crt'iiUire, at other times, is tit
t riy r o iteinptible lor tU cowardice, but be
shuddered when he 1 called ,to mind the
dreadful stories he had heard 1 f their deadly
Ii rceni ss at such times, as this. "My Cod!"
he mourned aloud "wasn't it I ad enough
for me to pass that hell of flames back yon
der I and jiave I only escaped that to meet
a fate a thousand times more, hideous?" He
looked at his horsf :'-tbe aiytnal was .now,
too," refreshed am) lie to be coosiiious
of the new danger as it gazed around with
staring eyeballs upon the eager and swiftly
gathering crowd, that '. howlvi) along the
shore. I It g iorled in afright, and lifted his
h 'adAviiha wil Uy mournful .neigh, that
seemed ti pior Dim Ihe inoat piteous sound
that eyer runjTupon'his ear before. ., . ,r
: I hero was some comfort, tiiou zh, the
h-ui! bad life) e lough left in him to make
vu? more fun forafty.-' He mounted, n4
after having fired hit rifle, with .deliberate
aii.nintQitjptiickest tiAVip,chargyd .right
thr xi.'h at fn'l np -eil. Thev l'?ivd ut,U
'e -t and a'trinpted to s ize Ida horse's legs,
tut the animal wai too mortuUY frinutcned
for them to impede bis way for an instant
I'll rough he trampled, and away across the
prairie he flies, wiorling with terror, and
moving with as great speed, as it perfectly
fresh, and away, too iu pursuit, swept the
yellow horde of wolves. They were more
than a hundred now, and seemed increasing
in numbers at every jump, far as Dau glan
ced his frightened eyes around, he would
see them straightened out with speed and
their mouths wide open, coming to join the
terrible route from every direction over the
prairie. He looks behind him they were
close upon his heels the greater pait of
them, particularly those in front, and who
seemed more fierce and ravenous, were
scorched nearly naked, and with the white
foam living, Hair long red tongs, their
fiery glaring eyes, they presented the most
hideous picture of unearthly terror that
ever mortal lived to be chased by before,
unless by the horrible phantasmagoria of
madness! He bred his pistols bacK ai
them, but it was no difference, they only
yelled the louder, and came on the more
fiercely, w hile five joined their long train
for each one that he bad killed.
If his horse should fall, or give out, they
would both be torn to fragments in an in
btant ! This appalling conviction caused
him to give ail of eye and nerve that were
left him in the mortal fright to steadying
and guiding his horse, for the only hope
now lay in him. He soon perceived, how
ever, that he was leaving the pack far be
hind, for there is little comparison between
the speed of a horse and that of the prairie
wolf. '
He now began to feel something of hope,
and as the frantic rpeed of his horse placed
yet a greater distance between them, the
unimaginable dread seemed to be lifting
from his life. Now he could not hear their
yells, and could barely distinguish, far in
the r-. arj the long snake like train yet mo
ving on in the relentless chasL' over the un
dulations of the hare plain. He sees tim
ber ahead, and shouts in an ecstacy of joy
ful relief, for then he himself at least is
sale! He can climb a tree and in the
deli glit of that thought he has 110 time for
thinking that bis poor horse cannot climb
trees.
The hoiao sees, nnd is inspirited too fur
to all erea'nrca mi the piuires there seems Id
bs a vague feeling of safety in the siv.ht of
wools! Bat, ilia."! poor horse ! Tin y have
rent-lied ihe limber, but scarcely a hum!
rods hive been passed over, wIiti 111" poor
bor.e "ivc. 011!, and a tew inehVctual Hurls
aill to obey tbe urging npur.' can only lean
air iiiist the Irtii.k ol a tree, nud pant and tiw.xa
with exhaustion. Dan ascended the tree.
tietag tbe lariat of Ins liorso to one ol tin1
lower limbs lie then loaning tin arras 111
the fui lnrn hope of defending his horse, if lliey
eatne up. All was Mill as death, but ihe
loud muting of the poor horse, lln ascended
high or It) look out for the approach of' the
wolves, for he had a faint hope that lliey hud
given up (be chase. But, itlus ! his benit
sinks ngain ! There lliey ennie, lb long vel-
lowi-h looking train, and several huge white
wolves have joined tbm now, Ho knows
well the tameless and piiilew ferocity of those
red-eyed monsters, and feels that hi line,
noble horse, rni:sl go ! Now he can bear their
cry!. They are in the woods. The poor
horse shivers looks back, and utters that
wild and wailing neigh, its lliey rush upon
him iu a body. Dan fues down among them
bill what avail is it ! In a twinkling bis
faithful horse is down, nnd has been torn to
atoms! The halter of the lariat hangs emp
ty beside the tiee. Now they lio puntieg
around the foot of tho tiee, willi their, fiery
eyes turned wistfully np nt him for the
hnipo bad been only a mouthful apieee.
Whatever Ke irnken a movement, they rise
with eager yells, and lenp up toward him ns
if to meet hi. full. Dan nye, ibat in the ut
ter and dreadfully hopeless desperation of bis
position now, a grotesque sort of humor pos
sessed him of a su l len, nnd lie commenced
deliberately filing down nt the red glaring
eye-bulls of the white wolves, nnd would
roar with laiihter, nnd fairly dance upon his
ticklish pert-It with glee, when he saw the
creature tumble over with a shrill death-cry,
nnd then the whole pack lush on it and tear
it into shreds in nn instant, with' gnashing
cri'-s. He sitys he amused himself in this
way for bd hour, and made- them tear to
pieces, iu this way, one after another, every
white wolf that bad joined the chase. This
sport delighted him so much that he became
careless, nnd commenced falling. Ild only
saved himself by druppiug his yun, 1 which
lliey seized, and almost tore its stock to pieces
before they discovered it was not eatable. . I
faw the dents of their teeth i the barrel af
terwards. . Darkness was coming on, nud they
Repined not in the )e,ist disposed to tlt end he
felt that he must tumble out from the faint.
lies of hunger nnd fatigue, if he was com
pelled to spend another hour in that tree
without food. '
: Ho hud become entirely reckless now, and
loaded up his pistole, determined, if ho must
fall to bring death wilh hiin for soma moie
of them'. Suddenly be heard a distant yel
ling on the prairie, like that v hieh had sound
ed o dreadfully behind hi flight, The wulves
sprung, tu their . feet iu a body, and whh
piiuked cars, listened, He looked out lowaid
thi praiiie, uiid could faintly discover a Huge
builwU) bull pbHiguij; along over the plain,
iiyromidej by great hard of yulves, ho
were tearing hint at every jump. , He could
veu bear, the loty bellowing of ihe creature'
aguiif-e-aiiother victim! und hij thisity
jjiiurduiiis started to join the chuae. One af
ter pne they weiii, while those who stayed
behind would turn their' heads to look back
wistfully at him, sud whine and lick their
drv cbafla . ..
When the chase canio in sight, though, otf
they started in abody with savage yells. lie
fired his pistol after them in farewell, and
killed oneof the hindmost dead, while the
other with a broken shoulder, kept on yelling
wilh Iho pack. Ha knew ho would be safe
now if be could got a fire kindled before they
returned, if they did so nt all. Beforo they
were out of sight, ho had leached Ihe pround
and with trembling eagerness proceeded to
light a fire with the. help of his tinder-box,
which every tanger carries. lie soon bad a
srreat (ire. blazing, and then cutting apiece
fioni the last wolf he bad killed, proceeded
to roast it for food , When he had eaten, he
felt so much refreshed that he could now pro
ceed to malt provision foi the night's rest.
Be gathered a great deal of .dried wood and
built a large lire in a circle about the spot he
had selected to sleep upon. The wolves
came back in about an hour .after he hail fin
ished his arrangements for il.u night ; but be
now felt perfectly secure, for though he could
11 their hungry eyrs shining all around the
outside of the circle, and they kept up a con
tinued howling all night long, he laid himself
down and slept soundly until morning. When
he waked up, the wolves were nil gone but
one or two, ciunncliin at the bont-S of yes
terday's feast. lie shot one of diem with his
pistol, and made a breakTart off of it. lie
picked up the: pun, nnd f u:id that ihough
very much lorn, il could stiil be used. He
now look his conrs", and started to foot it into
the settlement. After a' week of almost in
credible suffering, he got in safe, and saw
nothing more of the wolves or of biscomrades
ho are thought 10 have been carried off pri-
s')in:rs, and al'tervxiuds murdeied by the In
dians on their attempting to escape. Dan
wast sick of a fever for several weeks at Cor
pus Christi sifter he got in and raved inces
santly about wolves!
now jim t.r.i 1 v cioTTiiE rcrr.
On a trip up the Temicfts.'e river, Jim and
his crew got out of meat. They could not j
think it fair play to be without meat in a j
cine cn-.imry, aid where iner-i was so many 1
fat entt!e P i as usual, they tool; the best and
fa' test beef ihey could fir.d ; they obtained
0110 that would weigh about 700 pimids.
They dressed it neatly nnd took it on board.
About three hours afterwards, fourteen men
came down to iho bo;U with titles, charging
Jim .wiili having stolen :i beef. Jim did nol
show I1e.l1!. The crew paid no attention 10
what was going 011 some were sitting 0:1 the
running boards, with their feet dangling in
the wiiter several were lying upon deck on
blankets every one seemed dull and stupi
lied. Jim was seated ou the bow of the boat
his head renting 011 his baud, when agaiu as
sailed. 'I say, your men have been stealing the
best beef in all these parts."
'There must be some mistake," said Jim
very quietly.
"You lie, your men were seen skinning
it." .
'There is strange about there, maybe,')
said Jim.. , ,
'Yes, yes. we know there is strangers hero
011 this very bout lliey have ihe beef 011 !
board, ami wo will have it off." ,
'The boat is open, go look fur yourselves,
gentlemen, but you will find a mistake, cer
tainbut satisfy yourselves, gentlemen, en
that head."
"That we will, and in 011 instant order have
the beef."
So nt it they wont, fust having placed three
men us guard, to see that the crew did not
play some trick. The othcis made a search
by rolling and re-rolling everything tu ihe
boat, and still no beef was found. One fel
low declared that they had left 110 place un
searchej where the four quarters of a cat
eould be hid, let nlone a big ox The sune
giavity was preserved by Jim : "he wished
the gentlemen to bo satisfied.'1
The fact was, while the crew were skin.
niug ihe beef, one of them discovered a man
watching tln-m from behind a tree. They
took 110 notice of it, but when they came to
the boat, told Jim they were caught. He
scratched his head a while, and then pre
pared fur just such a visit as he received
lie placed the four quarters of tho beef on
the deck of the boat, nnd spread the hide
over them ; on this he spread all the blankets
Jim, as before stated, was on tho bow of the
boat, continually wishing "iho gentlemen to
he satisfied, but they would find a mistake,
mifui'i-",
' liok about and bo satisfied, gentlemen
look where you please, gentlemen, nnd be
satisfied ; but there is one thing I must nsk
off you, not to disturb lliem there sick men
we buried two yesterday, wilh thesmnll pox
nnd them there four men ore very sick
very sick indeed, gentlemen, and ( must beg
pTyou not to disturb them ; il always ia the
worst thing you can do todutiurb a aici. man.
especially if he be near his last ; it Wind of
make Ihe blood fly tu the head to be distmb-
ed, &c. ; ' ;. ... ,"
i But long before he had closed his speech
ho had no listeners.
If ever U"fe were pale faces, fallen jaws,
and ghastly looks, among' a aetof meii, it was
about that lime and place-'-they moved off
without speaking ft Woid. Jim got drar of
bis visitors, and kept the beef. HVst Boat.
SUM.' ' ' '' ' -
,- . -.
' Quarrels leave rears which cannot be so
well closed to the sight, but they w 111 lie open
to the memory
' "Slriped" percffiiift'fbqVaeSAWf-l
dunt in Cincinnati, and can be bad for almost
nothina'.-. .
TlItHC WERE OIANTS IN THOSE DAVS.
Professor Siliiman, tu One of his lectures,
mentions ihe discovery of an enormous ani
mal of iho -lizard tribe, measuring eighty feat
in length, from which be infers that all ani
mals have degenerated in size and this ap
position is forlitiud by a reference to the his
tory of giants iu the olden time. It appears
from the list furnibhed by the Prolessor, that
we of the present day are mere "Tom
Thumbs," when compared with tho huge in
dividualities of antiquity, Here is the list
The giant exhibited iu Rouen iu 174S, mea
sures over eight fee'..
Gorapius r.iw a girl who was ten feet high I
The body of Grestus w as eleven feet and
a half high!
The Giant Galbara, brought from Arabia to
Rome, under Claudius Crosar, was near tea
feet.
Fimnman, who lixed in the timeof Eugens
If, measured eleven feet and a half.
The Chevalier Scorg, in his voyage to tbe
peaks of Tenerifle, found in one of t!e ca
verns of thai jrnoiintaiit, tho head of Guance,
which had eighty teeth, and it was supposed
that his body was not less than fifteen feet
long!
Tbe Giant Fcrmgus, slain by Arlando, ne
phew to Charlemagne, was eighteen feet
high!
In 1 G 14, near St. Germain, was found the
tomb uf the Giant Isoret, who was twenty
feet high !
I:i 1&30, near Rouen, ihey found a skeleton
whose skull held a bushel of corn, and whose
body must have been eighteen feet long.
Plalenis saw at Lucerne, the human bones
of n'ul joct nineteen feet long!
The- Giant liuart was twenty-two and a
half feet hiidi ; his bones were found iu 1705
near the batiks of the river Moderi. .
In 1C13. near a castle in Dauphine a tomb
was found thirty feet long! twelve wide and
eight high, on which was cut on a grey s'one
the words ' Keutolochus Rex " The skele
ton was found entire twenty-five and a half
feet long, ten feet across the shoulder, and
five foci deep from the brcas'.-boue to the
back.
Near Mazarine, in Sicily, in 1516, wa
found ihe skeleton of a giant thirty fett high!
His head was tho size of a hogshead, and
each of his tueth weighed five ounces.
Near Palermo, in Sicily, in 1548, was found
the skeleton of a giant thirty feet long, and
another thirty-three ef high, in W50.
Anecdote br Da. Bsecher Rev. Dr
Lyman Reecher, as he was going home one
night, carrying a volume of an encyvlopecia
under his arm, saw a small" animal standing
in his path. The doctor knew that it was a
skunk, but very imprudently hurled, the book
at l.iin. Whereupon tho skunk opened his
batteiy with a return fire so well directed thai
the doctor was glad to retreat. When he ar
rived homo his friends conld scarcely coma
near him. I J is clothes were so infected that
ho was obliged li bury them. Some time
after this cue of Dr. Deechers enemies pub
lished a pamphlet speaking very abusive of
him. "Why do. i't you publish a book and
put hi;u duitn .a oiioe?"' said one of his ad.
viieis. "I have learned better," said she
doctor ; "some years ago 1 issued a whole
quarto volume against a skunk, and 1 got ihe
worst of it. I never moan to try the experi
ment again."
CoNsi ntAL. -My dear, did John black
tlnm boots?"
"How should I know Ihaint (rot any thing
to do wiih your boots. It's washing day."
'But my love.-you need not speak socioss."
'Speak t3 cross 1 didn't speak cross."
"O say yon did."
"I say Jif."
' I say I didn'i.". . ...
"My gracious! I won't rtand this. It's too
bad to tu treated in this way, I'll leave you,
madam." I'll have a separation."
"Oh, Mr. Siub was ever woman) so
abused. Here I've been washing and scrub
bing all day long as hard as ever 1 could, and
and then you come home and. act so to me
just cause 1 don't know nothing about your
boots Oh, it is too bad, it is boo-hoo ! boo.
boo !" . .
'Hem ! Well, Nancy, I didn't mean to.
make ycu ciy. Never mind I reckon John
has blacked my boots Is them are sassen-'
gers to be fried for supper'' i
"Y-e-e-s my dear, I
particularly.
got 'era for you
IMIIfM 11EAL rillOIKCS. ,
J!.kr.n Apple Pcddino. Pare and core six
large apples, chop them very fine, and mix
them with a pint of sifted Indian meal( two
eggs, a table spoonful of butter, and about a '
quart of milk. Buke in a buttered dish about '
two hours. '
'. Murrms. Scald a quart of Indian meal, '
and add a little salt.' Beat four eggs, whites,
and yolk separately. Stir them into 'the -meal
after it has become cold. If tbe batter
t hocld bo very thick, put in a little water. -Bake
in buttered muffin rings. 1
! ' Really, my dear," said perMt. Jones to
his better half, ' you have sadly disappointed .
me. I snce considered you a jewel of a o, ,
man, but you've turned out only a bit of m- -
triinonuil psste." ; .' :.
Then, my love," was tho reply, "consols
yourself with the idea thai il is very adhesive, ,
and I'U ''ck 1 you as lung as you live." . . ,
j PplSKVplTOR R. II. ChesWufcfiiX.,' '
of the Clnelnriali Nonpar ffc va iittacked ay
two ruflinnr, on the, night oi the (0th tilt., but'
M eha!l thiac Ltf'ii .