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II. 15. MASSEll, KD1T011 AND PliOPlUETOK.
OFFICE, MARKET STREET, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE
1 jTamtlH iirtospfipcr Dcbotrt to DoUUcs, ftftcraturc, jfHoralftg, jfovcfou ant Domestic ilctos, t(cncr auto the arts, ftflrfculturc, iliarltcts, Slmusrmntts, Set.
NEW SKKIKS VOL. 4, XO.
SUMIUIIY, N'OltTJIUMUKR!,A31) COUNTY, SA'JVKDAY, SKIM'KMIIHII SO, 1831.
OLII SKIIIKS VOL. g I, No. .
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H. B.
A TTO It iN fi V A T I. A W,
eusjBuav, pa.
II usiucss attended to in the Counties of 3or
tkuiubf rlaud, Union, Incoming 1111J Columbia.
Iltltr lo I
', V. &. A. liovoiult,
I.mvrr & linrron.
Soniers & Snodirrass, Phtttnl.
lievnolds, McFnrland & Co,,
Siicrinff, Coed A; Co.,
NEW STOIC AT IIOLLOWINO RUtf.
.il the Cross Howls, near J. D. Caunuls,
Lnwer Anansta.
.7. 1?. K.UW3IAX
TiKsl'Sf rKl'LI.Y informs liis friends ntxl
" the jntlit- trcncrailv, tliat lii! h, is just receiv
ed ami ojHMtcii n new slock of jooils, uliii'Ii lie
lw olirrM tor y.ili' on tlie ntont rc.iHun.iliie U-i')iip.
Jlis ntiK'k coomisIh in v.irt ol'
itav ;joijs.
PI CIl AS
Cloths, Casximrr'i's, Suttwtis, Mi finnx. lec.
Hnninicr wc.ir of a'l kinds Muslins, Caiii'ocs,
(i!it;!;.iins, C'ltoiks, &c.
ALSO .-
A (Hxortinciit of Hnnlwarc of all Units, most
iseiHTnl'v in use.
Al0:
(Iroci'i'ii's l' nil Kinds,
At Sugar, Coffee, Ten, Mulufses, Spirits. o;-c.
ALSO: (jut'i'timvarc mid Crockery ware, a
full assortment.
Also Silk Hats, Cliiji Hats, anil Straw Hats.
AI.SO : A n assortment f l.iipiors, viz :
P.handy. Wink, Wiiiskkv,
Uesiiles a vnriety of oilier articles, most pener
allv usetl iiml in want by farmers anil otlter per
ns, all of wliii li lie will fi ll to pureliasers at a
aavini; of ten per cent, liv eallini? on liiin.
All kiiuls of )roilnee taken in exchange for
faoiN nt the hiliest market iriee.
Hollowing linn, Api.il '.'(i, lis51. tf.
llKGAKn SUWKElbTHINfJ.
EVKllVUODV slionlil emliraee tliis opportu
nity to buy ('l,OTllI.; for .Men, Vouth
ami llovs, at siii b priees as liave never vet been
known 'in tbis Citv, at i;(i 10 CKU.Vs
Cl.OTIll.Nti KVl'ADt.lsll .MK.NT, Soutli-Cast
(Jorner of Market nnil Seeoml Streets, l'liibulel
Jihia, KmliraeiiiK D elioiee of the best, most tlesira
ble, ami fanliionuble
DRESS AND TLOCX COATS,
Habit Cloth ilo., Linen lhillim; ilo.. '1'weeils,
Ac, Ac, toi;eiber with n nre.it variety of
Consiatim;
kfy Jm-k-1
Tweeo. I,'
e.f
Co.i!
-,',1
olka
i ' .V
.l ie ...K Moil.
rV'Ms nrnip fit"
I,
luier. If.. r.-:.'.'. C..'.. .'. ' .
ri.r'i.-v'.,- ; : -i f .; -"i i ,-
liew t-tyit i.T . ! !' '' ';:.!;:'
I'aut.iloons, ! : . .. in i. :.!. : i,c
iipeeiHl u'.tr:i;ir:i.
l;iiiiiihin' (iootls
tlie
t o its,
! in ito
Consistinir of ;--!iir!s, St.K. 1 (aii.lkereliiefs. eVe.i
all of wliie'.i
olVere.l at tlie loirrxt ..'
rnnh Vrirrx, ai:cl ns ebrap as no) other Clolhuia
btoie in (lie I uion.
rreuts ulmilesirr Hoys' Ci.oTiii"Mi are ear
nestly invite, 1 to examine the Stock.
Country Stoiekeej era can be accommodated at
Tf ry low rates.
ckok;i: crux.
S. Corner of Snit,l It Mtirht Sis I'hila.
April 1!J, lol. tf.
Teas! Cheaper tlmn Kver!!!
100 Half Chests Eose Flavor Black Tea,
15 " " OloniT ' "
15 " " King Vonj " "
TJIIIKSE Teas are bitter for the price than
A were cer olVcred before in Philadelphia, es
peeially the Koo Flavor, which is of the very
let (juality ntul finest lluvor, nnd families that
Want a Half Chest or lcsn by sending soon will
got a first rate nrlrele at a very low price. They
will be well packed up and scut to Depot or ram
frca of charge. JMVID l'UASE,
Tea Dealer iwnl (iruepr,
S. V. Cor. tith & Arch Su.
l'hiludclphia.
May 10, 1SS1. 3mo.
National iiotslT
SIIAMOKIJSr,
Ilorthuraterland County, Ta.
THE ulwcriler respectfully informs his friends
nnd the public generally, that lie liaa open
ed a new Hotel in the town of Sliaiuokin, .Nor
Ihumberlanil county, on tho corner of Shamnkin
and Coinincree streets, nearly opposite to the
House lie formerly kept, lie is well prepared to
aeeoinnimlalo his guests, and is also provided
with good stahlini;. lie trusts his experience,
and atriet attention to luisine", will induce per
amis visiting the coal region to continue lh lib
eral patronage he hus heretofoic received.
WILLIAM WHAVER.
Shnmokin, April l'J, 1H50. tf.
"HAS removed from liia old Stand, Xo. 114
Jl JH V iiic btrcet, to
No. 52 milwyn St., (IcVn Cd'hill iy Willow,)
Tlicre he has coiiBtantly on hand,
BE0WII STOUT, FOR TEE,
t- : Ale unitl Cider,
FO HOME CONSUMPTION OR SIIllTlNfi.
N. U. Coloring, liottlina, Wire and Dottles,
Vinegar, Ae. l ot sale aa above.
Philadelphia, April 12, 1851. ly.
Lycoming; Mutual Insurance Company.
DR. J. D. MASSEIl ia tho local aiicut for tho
above Insurance Company, in Northumber
land county, and ia at all times ready to ell'ect
Insurance against fire on real or personal pro
perly, or reilCWUlg puitcies iui mo saiuD,
i A .'I nil lul tF
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L'SiTICES' FEE 11ILLH. For sale by
11. li. MASSEH
Huubury, April '20 1831.
SJiLECT roETllY.
The Venal Sanctuary.
It Y TIIK Itr.V. JAMES ClI.tlOllNE I.VONS, M.. P.
''Where, in onr cliurcliesi, is tlie piano for
the poor ? I ttsk this ipicslion with shame
nnil sorrow : WimiE is tiik 1-i.ack for
tub rooit 1 Aiiiiiii tlint liuro
nnil there a poor person lias a seat : WitKnn
is it 1 Is ho invitoil to sit with in 'in it
yooil place,' or ilo ws say lo him : 'Stand
I lion there, or sit here under my foulstool V"
Hij'Jtl Icl Hifltnp Irs.
"I will brin
ymr snilctiiaries into l?wl:iti'll.'9
l.KvlTier-s, irxvi. 31.
I Imd tlie linlhnveil ground that boro
A (Christian t 1 1 1 J 1 1 1 tall and rnuil,
When at eaeh wide anil lofty door
Went streaming in a irotsjenus crowd :
A weleouie day hid iill'rejniee
A fair and ancient festival,
Ami the ylail myall's niiyllty voico
Shook the strong roof and Gothic wall.
Full many a token maiked the fold
Where rich and hiyli believers meet,
The wiered volume eln-ped in fold,
The cosily rube, and drowsy seal ;
I'riest. people, alter, chancel, choir,
Arch, eoliimii, window, porch, and gale
That ample lane, from vault to spire,
Looked solemn all and calmly rrcat.
Hut mark ? Alt old and weary man,
A stranger clad I;itt raiment vile'
Willi failing step ami featines wan,
Went lolleiius iii the fair broad aisle :
They cast in nut old ; eh, faithless, rauu !
On some nide bench unseen rernolo :
Convicted in thai hour and place
Ufa lean jun.-e ami lliieailiiaiu coal !
Yes ! and if lie, who saved the lost,
Stood faiutiiijr cm i' . banality llour,
Arrayed in weeds : l lilllecost,
Meek as lie Ronnht i'nr world before :
In spile i'f words which none miht blame,
Ami works nl yooiliiess freely done,
That sordid post of wrnni and sl.atno
Would greet Ji:novAii's only Son.
fill for a prophet's tongue or pen
To warn the ureal in wealth and birth,
Who build their (tod a house, and then
Plant lliPie the meanest pomps of earth :
To brand that church which spurns tho poor
From every vain and renal pew,
Where "elothpil in purple"' herd secure
To kneel or sleep tho lordly few !
Give me the shed, low, bare, and plain,
Whfie love ami humble truth abide,
Katlmr than earth's most noble lane,
Deliled by sottish pomp and prido :
(Jive me ihe damp and desert sod
Walled in by daik old forest trees,
Hoofed over by tlie skies of God
lint perish temples such as these !
3. SdCCt VLCllC.
FACT STRANGER THAN EICTI0N.
The Courier ties Etats-Unis, of a late
date, contains what is termed the follow
ing romance in real life. Although told
in a column, it contains more than plot
enough for half a dozen of James' novels';
During tlie first three years of the reitrn
of Louis Philiippe, a very singular individ
ual lived in a magnificent hotel in the Fan
lioui'.r St. llonore, not far from the place
licauveau. llis fortune was immense, his
disposition saturnine. He saw no one, and
occupied a small apartment on the ground
lloor, which department was decidedly the
most nnIio?pi!aliie in Paris. As for the
other rooms in tlie hotel they were always
empty and closed. This strange person
age went out every day at noon, and re
turned at i o'clock in the afternoon; the
rest of the time he was invisible. His own
relations lived at lVrijord, with tlie excep
tion of a nephew whom he had brought to
Paris, and sent to college a handsome
boy, active and hold, and fair as a Saxon.
The uncle and nephew dined together eve
ry Sunday, and alter dinner the old man
said to the yoiinz one, slipping a louisd'or
into his hand, "Von will be my h'-ir," and
tlie inheritance consisted of seven or eight
millions at least. Every Thursday and
Sunday morning the proprietor of (lie Place
l!eaiiveau received a visit Irom a beautiful
and elegantly dressed woman. She al
ways came in a carriage, entered the gar
den, and returned at noon on Sunday, and
on Thursday at midnight. On no other
day was she seen at the hotel. This state
of things lasted for some years. The scho
lar was growing into a young man ; the
single Jouis bad been replaced by a double
one, and still the old man said, "You shall
be my heir!" to v. liich the nephew some
times replied :
"I loir or not, I have no time to wait."
The truth is, the millionaire was dry ns
a rattan, green as a bunch of holly, and
strong as an oalc. One Wednesday they
found him dead in his bed. A charcoal
fire, half consumed, burnt on the hearth;
there had been asphyxia, or congestion
of th brain. Justice came and sealed up
everything. The relatives, duly notified,
came, and h. fore witnesses, proceeded to
the opening ol I lie desk where the papers
of the defunct bid been kept. A will,
written in the b t.itor'sown hand, left, as
sole legatee, tlie lady who had paid the
Sunday and Thursday viiits to the hotel of
tne i lace in-auveau, with the single charge
of annuity of two thousand francs to the
nephew of the deceased. The family at
tempted to et aside the will, A thousand
rumors as to the cause of the sudden death
prevailed ; but spite of rumors and law
proceedings the lady was maintained by
the tribunals in possession of the eoods and
chattels which constituted the wealth of
the millionaire. 1 he nephew, who should
have had an income of three or four thou
sand francs, had only an annuity of one
hundred h.uis. Rich, he would have be
come a sportsman ; poor, he became a
sailor.
Eight or ten years rolled on. Our rail,
or, in cruising around the world, had dou
bled his email fortune. Chance led him to
Paris, nnd having at the moment no voy
nge to make to Vera Cruz or Calcutta, he
paraded the Rmlevurd, believing that a
man who had five or six thousand livres a
year, had a good right to bask in the sun.
One day, while crossing the Tuilleries,
he met a young gill he thought the most
beautiful he had ever seen. He followed
her without flunking it any harm, to her
residence in tlie Rue do 15ac. The next
day, and without any settled purpose, the
sailor was again traversing the garden ol
the Tuilleries. The same woman and
young girl were walking there again. He
caught the young girl's eye and she blush
ed "celestial rosy red." The same thing
took place lor several successive days; but
on Sunday, instead of going to the Tuiller
ies, he betook himsell to St. Thomas d'A
quin, where, at the first glance, he caught
sight of a little white bonnet and a little
brown head, from which he could not take
his eyes. Although hold anil resolute as a
rover, the sailor was, by nature, sentimen
tal and romantic. One day the young girl
had dropped a hoqnetof violets ;" which he
pounced upon and wore next to his heart
us a talisman.
"Ma foi," said he lo himself one morn
ing, "I should like that girl for my wife.
I must set alwut making inquiries on the
subject."
The result of which was that he learned
the young girl was immensely rich, and
with a deep drawn sigh he said :
"Hon! if she had been poor, I might
have married her; but rich as a lairy, it is
impossible."
Thereupon he bit llis moustache and
went borne to pack tip his travelling traps.
His trunk packed, he went to bed, and be
fore sleep had visiu-d his eyelids, had de
termined to put a continent between his
bewitcher and himself.
The next morninr a hurried note was
handed him to call at the office of a certain
notary without a moment's delay.
"it's probably an engagement to take
some ship out to China," said the sailor, as
he went lo the notary's.
"Monsieur," said tlie nolarv, who wore
a white cravat and gold spectacles, like the
notaries oi tne l.yinnase, "you so Ireqoenl-
iy to the 1 uillertes, and to St. 1 homas d'A-
jiiiii ?"
"I do," replied the sailor, slichtlv trou
bled by this exodium.
"lou have olten met there a voung srirl
accompanied by a middle-aged woman V
"Always."
"The young girl seemed to please you V
"Immensely."
"In short, you love her."
"Yes sir."
"And you would like to marry her ?"
"Very willingly."
"Well, sir, the matter can be arranged."
"Do yon think so .'"
"Certainly. My bniness is to think."
"But she has seven or eight millions."
"Ten, sir."
"And 1 have nothing."
"Yon exaggerate ; you have an income
of four thousand eight hundred livres."
"A mere drop of water beside the ocean."
"Hut suppose the ocean wants you, have
I vour consent ?''
"Certainly."
"Then come to morrow."
It will be easily believed that the young
man kept the appointment. lie was
slightly pale, and did not care to question
the notary, who opened the conversation :
"Everything is settled, and the bans can
be published to morrow, if you permit."
"H 1 permit, surelv, and I couul em
brace you into the bargain."
"Well, embrace, if that please you, and
then listen to me."
"Say on."
"Your intended is slightly your cousin."
"Ah, bah:"
"Ami her fortune comes from vour un
cle."
"Hold, but then"
"Ask me no questions, you must rest sat
isfied with guessing."
"Then 1 accept and guess."
"Rest satisfied in knowing, that in disin
I'riting you, notwithstanding his oft-re
peated promises, your uncle merely dis
charged a sacred duty."
"i ar be it from tne to reproach him now,
but you must admit that chance stood my
friend in leading ine to the Tuilleries."
"Your presence in Paris was known ;
the meeting in the garden was all arranged,
A pair of handsome eyes did the rest."
"It was then an afluir arranged before
hand V
"Like most others which chance is
thought to bring about."
"lint it I had departed 1"
"The telegraph would have recalled
you; besides, lovers don't part so easily."
"That's true."
"Now that you know all, shall the bans
he published '!"
"Publish them, morbleau ! and the soon
er the better."
The notary rose, and taking the young
man by the hand, led him to an adjoining
room, where a young girl, pate and tremb
ling, was seated by the fire side.
"My dear child," said the notary, "here
is your intended husband ; he wants but a
word from your lips to full at your feet."
She answered not, but stretched out her
hand to her young and handsome lover.
Three weeks afterwards Ihey were mar
ried. Da. M cap, a celebrated English physi
cian, once fought a duel under tlie gate of
Gresbain College, with another celebrated
brother Galen, Dr. Woodward. They com
batted with small swords, and in full dress.
"Tak. your life 1" said tha magnanimous
Woodward, when he had disarmed and over,
thrown his antagonist. H will take any
Ihinn from vou." inlif,t ik.. nrmiri.. ltfa.i
. 9 j - -...... , j'iv.iihiu . hM . j
I "except phystv,".
A llATTI.l; WITH KNAKI S.
Sineo the e.xhihilioiiB in London of the
two Hindoo smiko charmers the lirst we
believe who ever visited Kurope-everytbiii!;
relating to serpents seems to have acquired
additional interest. Many facts regarding
the naluro nnd habits of tho various, species
have been published, iifTording much in
formation nnd still greater astonishment.
Waterton. in his "Wanderings in South
America nnd tho Antilles, in 1812-24," re
lates soma stories of so marvellous a charac
ter, that, coming fioni a less nntbenlie source
their truth might reasonably be doubled.
While in tho' region of the Mibiri Hill.
Mr. Wnteilon long sought in vain for a ser
pent of largo size, nnd finally olfered a re
ward lo Ihe negioes if they would find him
one. A few days afterwards otio of the na
tives, followed by his little dog, enmu to
him with information that a snake of respec
table dimensions bad been discovered a
short distance up tho hill ; and armed w ith
an eight feet lanee, and accompanied by
two negroes with cutlasses and I he dog, he
nt oueo started to lake a look at it. Mr
Waterton slates that ho was barefoot, with
and old hat, check shirt anil Irowsers on,
and a pair of braces to keep them up. llis
suakeship was pointed out ns laying at the
routs of a large tree which had been torn up
by a biilwind. Hut tho reniaindei of the
story shall be given in tho tiavcllur'd own
words :
I advanced tip to tho place slow and can.
lions. The snake was well concealed, but
at Inst 1 made him out ; it was a coulacana
ra, not poisonous, but largo enough lo have
crushed any one of lis lo death. On measu
ring him nflenvnrds, be was something more
than foui teen feet long. This species of
snake is very rare, nnd much thicker in
proportion to his length, than any other
snake in the forest. A coiilncanaia of 14
feet in length is as thick ns a common boa
of 24 feet. After skinning this snake, I
could easily pel my head into his mouth, tis
the singular formation of ihe jaws admits of
wonderful extenlion.
On ascertaining the size of tho serpent,
retired slowly the way I came, and promised
four dollars lo tho negro who hail show n it
to me, and one dollar to the oilier who bad
joined us Aware that the day was on Ihe
decline, and ili.il tho approach of night
would bt detrimental In the dissection, a
thought struck me that I could take him
alive. 1 imagined that it I could strike him
with the lance behind the head, and pin
him to the ground, I mijhl sneered in captu
ring him. When I told this to the negruts.
they begged and entreated mo to let them
go for a gun and bring more force, ns Ihey
w ere sine the snake would kill aome of us.
Taking, however, a cutlass from ouo of
the negroes, and I hen ranging both of Ihe
sable slaves behind mo, I told them to fol
low me, and that I would cut Ihem down j
if they i tiered to lly. When wo had got up I
to the place, the serpent had not stirred ;
but 1 could see nothing of his bead, nnd jiid. j
god by Itie lulds of bis body that it must be j
at the farthest side ol bis den. A species id '
woodbine formed a complete mantlo over
the branches of the fallen tree, almost im
pel vioiis to the rain or the rays of the sun.
Probably he had resorted lo this sequestered
place for a length of time, ns it bore mail.s
of an ancient sett'ement.
I now took my knife, determined In cut
away the woodbine nnd break the twigs in
ihe gentlest manner possible, till I could get
a view of his head. Ouo negro stood guaid
close behind mo with a cutlass. The cm
lass which I had taken from ihe first negro
was on the ground closo by me in caso of
need. After woiking in dead silence for a
quarter of an hour, with one knee all the
time on the ground, I had cleared away
enniisll to see his head. It appeared coming
out betwixt tho first mn! second coil of his
body iii.d was Hat on I ho trrouud. This w as
the very position 1 wished it lo bn i",
1 rose in silence and retreated rery slowly,
making n nign lo ihe negioes lo do the same.
Tho dog was sittina at a distance in mute
observance. I could now read in the face of
Ihn negroes that ihev cousiderfd this n very
unpleasant affair ; nnd they rnndo another '
vain nltetnpl to pniniade tne to let them go '
for n gnu. I smiled in a good iialured man- :
ner, nnd made a feint to cut litem down
with a weapon I bad in my hand. This '
was all ihe answer 1 made lo llieir request, !
and they looked very uneasy.
It rnust be observed that we were iiboui
twenty yards from tho snaku"s den. I now
ranged the negroes behind me, and told him
who stood next lo mo lo lay hold of the
lance tho moment I pi ruck I ho snake, and
that tho other must attend my movements.
It now only remained lo tuko their cutlasses
from them ; for I w as 'sure if I did not dis-
nrm them, they would bo tempted to strike
the snake in time of danger, and thus for
ever spoil his skin. On taking the cutlasses
from ihem, if 1 miglil judge from their phy
siognomy, tney seemed lo consider it a
most intolerable act of tyranny. Probably
nothing kept Ihem from bolting but tho con
solation that 1 was to be betwixt them and
the snako. Indeed, my own heart, in spite
of nil 1 could do, beat quicker than usual.
We went slowly on in silence, without
moving our arms or heads, in order to pre
vent all alarm as much as possible, lust
the snake should glide off, or attack us in
self-defence. ! carried Ihe lance perpendic
ularly before me, with the point ubotit
fool from groanil. The snake had not mov
ed, ami on gelling up to him, I struck him
'.vi'.h the lanoo oil the near side, just behind
the neck, anil pinned him to the ground.
That moment iho negro next to mo seized
the lanee and held it firm in its place, while
I dashed head foremost into tho den to grap
ple w ith Iho snake nnd to get hold of his
tail before he could do any mischief.
On pinning him to the ground with the
lance bo cave a tremendous loud hiss, nnd
the little dog ran away, howling as he went.
We had a sharp fray in Ihe den, tha rotten
sticks Hying on nil sides, and eaeh party
struggling for superiority. I called out to
the second negro lo throw himself upon me,
ns I found I was not heavy enough. He did so,
and the additional weight was of great ser
vice. I had now got a firm hold of his tail
nnd after a violent struggle or two. he gave
in, finding himself overpowered. This was
tho moment !o secure him. So while the
fit si negro continued to hold Ihe lanco firm
to the ground, and the other was helping
me, I contrived to unloose my braces, and
with them lied Ihe snake's mouth.
The snako now finding himself in nil un
pleasant situation, tried lo better himself,
and set resolutely lo work ; but we over
pnwed him. We contrived to mako him
twist himself round the shaft of tho lance,
and then prepared lo convey him out of ihe
foi est. I stood at his head, and held it firm
under my arm, one negro supporting the
belly am! the other the tail. In this order
we began to move slnwly towards home,
nnd reaching it after resting ten times ; for
the snako was too heavy for lis lo snppoit
without stopping to recruit our strength. As
we proceeded onwards with him, he fought
hard for freedom, but it was all in vain
We untied the mouth of Ihe bag, kept him
down by main fotce, and then cut hi,
throat.
The week following, a curious conflict
took placo near the spot where I had captur
ed the lamed snake. In the morning 1 had
been following a species of paroquet, and
the day being rainy, I had taken an um
brella lo keep the enn dry, and had left it
under a lice ; in the afternoon 1 look Daddy
Quashi (the negro) with me to look for it.
Whilst he was searching about, curiosity
took me towards tho place of the Into scene
of iietinn. There was a path where timber
had formerly been dragged along. Here I
observed a young coulaeannra ten feet long
slowly moving onwards ; and I saw ho was
thick enough lu break my nrm in case he
gut twisted nrotiud it. There was not a mo
uienl to be lost. I laid hold of his tail with
the left band, one knee being on Ihe ground,
and with the right hand 1 took off' my hat,
and held il as 1 would bold a shield fur de-li-iiee.
Tho snako instantly turned, nnd came on
at mo w ith his head about a J aril from the
ground, ns if lo ask mo what business I had
lo such liberties with bis tail. I let him
busing and open-mouthed, within two feet
of my face, aniL then, with all tho force
that 1 was master of, diove my fist, shielded
by my hat. full in his jaws, lie wa stun
ned and confounded by the blow, and ere
he could recover himself, I had seized his
throat with both hands, in such a position
that he could nut bile me, 1 then allowed
him lo coil himself around my body, and
marched off with him as my lawful price.
lie piessed mo haul, but not alarmingly
su."
Tut. Earth has no spot upon its surface,
at Iho present day, either inhabited or other
wise, which is so cold ns Yakutsk, a paltry,
yet principal town of Eastern Siberia, where
a few wooden houses, ore intermixed with
numi'rous huts plated over with cow dung,
and w indowed with ice. In this dreary nnd
reniote region, the enrth is always frozen
Ihe Summer ihaw never reaching below
three feet from Ihe suifaee, the subterranean
ice having n computed depth of two hundred
yards! Vet man lives here, nnd eternal
snow, which seems lo set nt defiance tho no
lions of sundry modern philosophers, ll at
tropical fruits can, or will in time bo made
lo luxuriate even at the North Polo ! At all
erents, the researches of science have brought
lo IL'ht some of the woudeis of creation,
even in dosolaln Siberia, in respect to tho
fossilated remains of animals, which cannot,
by this laws of nature, exist in any other than
the lot riil zone. But whelirer our earth has
shifted its pusiliuu, (according to some,) or
wnetlier man, by his departure from the
laws of nature, has caused dreariness and
desolation to a vast portion of the globe, is a
problem which has jet lo bo solved.
An Ei'iei'RF.AN Oroanist. An organist of
Hanger was very pnilieular as lo the nature
rf his meals, and having gouo to church one
Sunday without leaving the usual iMrections-,
the anxious wile sent her little boy for in
structions. When ihe boy reached the
chmch he found Ihey had just commenced
tho Te fleum, nnil, fearing lo wait until it
was finished, he crept up lu his father, and
commenced singing in his car, in Iho treble
voice, (sofo voce)
"Mother's f H a limit qnnrter of lumti,
Whul tluU she do with It "
The organist was rather astonished, but
promptly replied iti ihe base
"R.wjt tho loin, and boil tlie U f,
And nmke a pudding of the suet."
With ihis message the young genius instant
ly decamped.
The Pkqvidkncc Joct savs : ,! We
hare beard of tha case of an adventurous
rattlesnake, which bit an old toper whose
skin had been full of liquor for many
yeais. Tha man was not hurl, but the
snako died."
K KM AUK ABLE ESCAPE OF A PRIsiOXER
F.dwnrd Holt escaped from ihe Trenton
(N. J.) Jail on Monday, in a remarkablo
manner. The prisoners, the State Gazette
says, occupied one of the lower cells in the
middle wing. Me had tnkpn up a part of
the floor of his cell and dug down a perpen
dicular depth of seven feet. The founda
tion wall is about six feet below tho surface.
Ho burrowed under Ihe? wall and up to Ihe
surface of ihe ground on the out-side. This
brought him into the yard of Ihe prison.
Then, by means of a ladder made of pieces
of rope and bedding, and Ihe slats from tho
bottom of his bunk, with hooks on Ihe end
made of nails, he scaled Ihe outside wall.
He had to throw Ihe ladder to Ihe lop ihe
hooks cnttght in the coping, nnd, nfter
reaching the top, ho reversed his ladder and
let himself down on iho outside. A course
of stone is laid immediately under the floor
of the sells. These were removed, put on
bis bunk, nnd carefully covered over with
the bedding. The digging was performed
with a bed-screw, and thin pieces of boards
were used for shovelling lip the dirt. All
the dirt thrown out mi the cell lloor was put
there on Sunday after six o'clock in tho ev
ening the hour which the cells were fast
ened for the night. After he had got down
some fivo feet, he made a ladder to get in
and out of ihe hole wilh the dirt He car
ried the dirt in a pail, to which he had a
rope attached. After getting tho pail full,
he came up with stones in his hand, and
having deposited them very carefully on the
lloor, pulled up Iho pail full of earth.
Everything bad lo bo done wilh great cau
tion, ns Ihe least noise would reverberate
through the corridor and would be heard by
t he watchman. Before he left he composed
a poetic effusion of four lines, and on Ihe
wall he painted wilh charcoal nnd red chalk
a variety of handsome figures, underneath
Ihe principal one, which represented a beati
tiful target, he drew, in letters, "Liberty's
wanted by everybody."
The Wife.
She knell beside llis dying bed,
liy fiiend forsaken now,
And gently laised his aching head,
And wiped his feVered brow;
She paused not for Iho vanished years,
Which sorrow had made dim,
She thought not of her blinding tears,
Save those which fell for him.
She had been loved in early youth,
lint love had long been gone,
And yet she mourned his vanished truth,
And brokenly lived on.
He was the fat Iter of her boy,
And could she think but ill
Of one so dear her pride her joy 1
Ah, no! she loves him still,
And now deserted and despised
By those who caused his fall,
Her woman's heart, so little prized,
Forgave and pitied nil.
The flower his haughty hand had ct,
To wither in its bloom,
Tho' worn and wan was still Iho last
To deck his lonely tomb.
Duffy's Maga.iiie.
THE ARAB AND HIS SERPEMTS.
A Paris correspondent of the St. Louis Re
publican says : 1 slopped to see some of
the uumeioiis shows, which are in full oper
ation during tho holidays. I found myself
at last within a circle where an Arab was
showing off wilh seven or eight great ser
pents 1 wanted to tint: and go away, but
the crowd had become so gieal, that 1 found
I could not move, and was obliged to remain
a witness of cettuinly one of the most cur
rions and frightful spectacles ever offered to
the public. Tho snake charmer was seated
on the ground, after the fashion of his coun
try, with his snakes all around him, two or
three of them were of the most enormous
size, almost as large as a full grown boa.
Ho would take them up in his bands let
them wind around his legs, arms, body,
neck and head ; stick out their forked
tongues and kiss hint o'l the hands, the lips,
ihe eye-lids, and present their heads or tails
to him, as he commanded them.
Whilo tho spectacle was proceeding in
the most successful way, one of tho largest
snakes slipped off unnoticed by the Arab, or
apparently so, and diagging itself along, got
oul of tho ciowd, every body yoti may be
sure, giving him a clear space. Just outside
of the circle two dogs were playing togeth
er. The serpent no sooner espied them,
than he raised his head; and in another mo
ment was busy winding himself around the
body t'f one of the unfortunate animals.
The poor dog really screamed wilh fright.
It was like the screams of a human being.
Tho Arab no sooner heard il and under
stood tho cause, than he got up, went to ihe
spot, and without touching ihe serpent al all,
spoke n few words, and the creature inslan'
ly uncoiled itself sluwly-nntil it left Ihe Jog
free, and I assure you ono of the canino race
never ran as fast ns thai dog did, as soon as
he got loose. Tha surprise of Ihe spectators
of this scene knew no bounds, and pieces
of silver were literally showereJ into ihe
Arab's tarban.
Ex-Prf.sident Aiiams. John Quiney Ad
ams, who was not very prodigal of blood, do
dared on lha floor of Congreas, thai ho would
draw every diop of blood from his own arms,
and vote U diaw every drop from Ihe arms
of Iho nation, before he would suffer Cuba lo
bclony lo any other power.
Tn a camp meeting at KeJ Lion, Del., a
week or two ago, was perhupa tha largest
ever held in that section of tha country.
Fairly estimated, there were 10,000 prisons
on the ground.
A I'll TIRE OF MACAl'LEY.
A London correspondent of the Inverness
Courier describes Macauley, Ihn historian, as
a short, stout, sturdy, energetic man, with a
big round face, large, staring, and very bright
hazel eyes, llis hair is cut short, and his
hal flung back on the crown of his head.
His gait is firm and decided, wilh a little
touch of pomposity. He is ever provided
with an umbrella, which he swings and flour
ishes, and bailers on the pavement with
mighty thumps. He seems generally absorb-
ed in exciting and impulsive thought, the
traces of which he lakes no pains to conceal.
His face works, his lips move and mutter,
his eyes gleam and flash. He is evidently
under Ihe influence of the strong excitement
of fiery thought. People gazu curiously at
him, and stop to staro when he has passed;
bill on ho goes heeding no one. Tho Writer
says :
A fiietnl of mine lately recognized him
dining in tho coffee-room of the Trafalgar
Hotel, at Greenwich, a fashionable whitebait
house, which it appears ho frequently patron
iscs. He was alone, as be generally is, and
the attention of more titan one oT the compa
ny was attracted by bis peculiar muttering
and fidgettiness, ami by the mute gestures
with which he ever and nnon illustrated his
menial dreaming. All at once it must
have been towards the climax of the prose
or verse which he was working up in' his
mind Mr. Macauley seized a massive de
canter, held it a moment suspended in Ihe
air, nnd then dashed it down upon the tablo
with such hearty good-will, that tho solid
crystal flew about in fragments, while the
numerous parties dining round instinctively
stalled up and stared al Ihe curious icono
clast. Not a whit put out, however) Mr. Ma
cauley, who was well known to tho waiters
called loudly for his bill to bo made out at
the bar, nnd then pulling, with a couple of
jerks, his hat and his umbrella from the
stand, clapped Ihe ono carelessly on his head,
and strode out flourishing the other.
It is announced thai Macauley has com-
pitted two more volumes of his History of
England, and that they will be published tho
coming autumn simultaneously by Longman
of London, and Harpers of New York.
TiiC following is loo good to be lost, aN
though it hits a grumbler, rf the belter class
of political affinities, somewhere between
the short ribs.
John G. Saxe, of the Burlington Sentinel,
perpetrates the following reply to a grum
bling subscriber :
A free-soil patron of tlie Seal i net,
Politely bids us "send the lliing in hell :"
A timely hint. 'Tis proper we eonl'cs,
Wilh etmii of residence, to eluiiiffe tit mhlress ;
It Shall he sent, if Churon's mail will let il,
Wtiere the subscriber will be sure to get it '.
MOSEY L.OVISG OF TUP III.MJOOV
Bred up to love money from his cradle,
the common Hindoo cuts his first tooth on a
rupee, wears a gold mohu round his neck
for an amulet, and has cowry shells, the
lowest denomination of his god, given him
to play with on Iho floor. The multiplica
tion table, up to ono hundred limes one hun
dred, is his first lesson : and out of school ha
has two pice given him to lake to the bazaar
and turn into an anna before he gets his din
ner ; thus educated, Hindoos, of all others,
are the best adapted for middlemen, and
the Hounoochee Mullick found in them a
useful but double-edged tool. They calcu
lated the tithes due to him from the luppeh,
nud tuld him a false total much under tlie
real once ; ihey then offered to Iny them
from him, and, cheated him dreadfully ;
and, tartly, they collected the tithes from
the people who were equally ignorant, anil
took one bundled and fifty, bucked by the
soldiers of the very Mullick to whom Ihey
had given fifty lor one hundred. If the
land-owner was d'sl reused, the Hindoo com
peted with the Mohommedan priest for the"
honor of relieving him with al loan upon his
laud ; anil, if the debt was afterwards repu
diated, he easily obtained justice by bribing
his friend the Mullick. Edwards' Year on
the Punjab Frontier.
Thomas MomiE. The decease of this cel
ebrated poet may be daily expected. Tha
last accounts state that "there is no improve
ment in Iris health, and as in the case of
Soulhey, his mind is beyond the repair of
medicine or of lime." He has for many
years resided al Slopcrton Collage, neal
Chippenham, in Wiltshire.
It is a well established fact that at the)
present time, npwortts of $300,000,000 are
invested in Ihe various railways of the t'niJ
led Stales.
It is estimated that C000 Indians, in the
region of the Rocky Mountains, have died of
small pox this season.
It is said thai Iho law in California, licon--sing
gaming tallies, will obtain for the tatot
Treasury about $75,000 annually.
I.kai'-Year. Any year lliat can be divr
ded by four without a remainder, is a luip
year. This rule will hold good till A. D. 2000.
Cartisib Cabkacks. There era nearly
three hundred and fifty recruits now at lira
Cailisle Barracks, training for service.
Til Eit Kara at Iho prererrt Irme, Il institu
tions in llw United States, devut".', exclusive,
ly to the education, of ihe Deaf and Dumb.
A New Yokk steamboat (lies a flag insert"-,
bed a follows ; "Cuba ut ami suall
at rase !"
An old woman's comfoit. Yellow siiiiIY
green lea, and knitting work.