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II. B. MASSER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
OFFICE, MARKET STREET, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE.
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S K SEMES VOL, J, NO. .
SUMIUHY. NO.milJMIJEIM.AM) COUNTY. PA., SA'JT'UHAY, NONE Mil Eli I.. 1831.
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aaiit.
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ttia afliie, to insure iitlriilroii, must lie PUS'I' TAIL).
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KitRiut'Ms tiiri'is nt rive linen, pn ronnun, ami
M.rfltines runt others, tHlveinsuu I' '!'
year, will! lite privilege ol' iite'r1iil!
iluTcieiit ailviMtisetnenii weeiilv. I'JOn
Br Lurgei AilviirtiHcincnts, us per agreement,
A TTO It N H V A T I. A W ,
gu:iEUHY, rA.
IT usineis attended In in I lie Counties of Nor
l'VJ.'.V.',"'i"llh liihm, Ia coining nuJ Columbia.
Itcfi r tin
1'. & A. K.ivmi.lt, 1
J.owrr t linrri'ii, I
ttoincr.i & Siindgrns-s, S 1'htluil.
IbyooM.s, M Tailiu.il &. Co.,
."!i'rimr, Omul cV Co.,
SI EIN Q A2. ".) 'SUMMER " CICTHING.
f.lVUIiYUODV sho'ibl embrace lliis ouirti-i-
niiv to Utv CI.Of'Il.NU for .Men, Youth
and I'.ovr. t '!' nrc i 8 bavr "''v'-" '' '" '
,nowti'i., Citv. at l.'UOIM.B Cll.I.ViS
,"l.l)Tli!.U r.sTAISl.lIl A1'''!', Souih-KtiKt
i'oriierof Muikot and Sim-oihI Mtncl", I'liilndol--iliia.
rm'.iTa.-ins; cl.oiot1 of thn !'. ""st dtsirii
u, and V:iiii'iunMc
PP.ESS AND riLOCK COATS.
.'Ubit CI.U .'!., J.infH U.illiti'i do., '1'wccJrt,
.i.c, l.s-i!-r v. ha ixro.it varioiy of
E&yc' C!:t;iir.2.
Vvi .ti!: of f;:.ck Cn.iis. IV.lu- .I:ir..U, Mon
l.. v J.-.-V. i . t sls nu I Mound .Ir.i-Ucts ni.idp of
I'vrf.l, l.'mru Dviilins. lot'i, A!iawa, Kci.i
n.le . I'.'i wi-..
P:,i liri'o'i- 1'i'f'ii tiiKfn t iroft;r l'i'
nrw tivle fi r Men aiid liuvs' f tmum r ('nuts,
l,!it:!omi, Yr-l.-i, t'. c, l" v. liit li lie vvpiild iuitc
riial r.tli'' t'i'ii.
rns!.t!ii of Sl.irln. Mock. 1 1 aiiillit'rohiriW. Ac;
Jl of !. "r.- !;'."vd at tlif ' Vv.'iV
o.A 7'iT.jt. ai:l as (linii aiiy odior Cluthing
st:p i:i li e I I i "...i .
1 ar-l n',iioi:e Hot Ci.or:iixu arc ear
icstly invi'.rd to c unine l!u Sto: I:.
Ci'i'.iit.y Sturrl.rri'fi? crut I arcnintnoi!'itrd at
ery K:v r-tca.
CKO;'.!!!" CCI.l.X.
I. r.. Cnrnrr f S;tmi if M-jrkci . 'n.';i.
Ajr.il 1'), 1 Sol. If.
"7!!! tiiw.'r ilifr tin a roiislrin-'i'.i n l.lfill'!'
.M.N. KOI) on true I'liil.is.iir.ifiil prinri
le.. bv whi-!i luiililiir."- siii jiliivl will, (I'eni n:r
tMi'.le Tit prrf.-rtly cenre it.ti'-l lie i ii'i'ili ! y
r.!;'.:ii:r;. '1 !n' i-.-nrMM't". 1:1 and iii-n .-iImi ofl'io
ns wclf in; t Eiv (in'i r'iiioa of thi- 'ji.uui'i r.n!.
i mi r. n rutin'!;; n.w i'in. m ikinu' a niorr jirr
.M't riiri'I'.irVir tliau niiv lit'ret.iro tit usr.
Mraincs Imve lit-ci, t.-irii to sriue Ia tiers
'ati'tit fur tin imirou'iiii'iit.
IVrsons desiroun of n'riirinir tin ir livrs and
rcjirrty from dilriu - i . a a hy liMilniui", ran hae
ciuilucloiK put tip Ii) llu'ir l'tiildiuii i:i tlir iinwl
rrfrrt and Mj'Mtoulial tiiHiiiier, Vy niplyin.; fi
ler T".o:ia''y or liy lr.!rr, to l!ir utidrriurd,
t the f.iHowin iiiata-s :
'or 111 ft. uilli a i-o.l ih-rr j.'ati'.l Jioitit J 10,00
or !0 ft. v.llli t?ol:l 'l;.lfd tioiiil, ;'.fi-
.t ii. i-.n;i
:nl tr:.t" rents for rverv adililii.iial f nit iv, r
tv. ' T. r. MACKKY.
I'liUnn, f a- t. fi, lS.-i'. ly.
TD COUNTP.Y TIEP.CIIANTS.
00 jior rout s.ivi il.
Cciintry Merchauts Euyinj
iioo TSik siioks
ran avp 20 per rent ivy MyJrwe.
lllliZ Oil
wis. i. xauG-,
.Vo. 4fi, S. 2nd .'?., (hdmr Artk west si.le )
'''rlir.l:i rati 1c found n litrqa ns"ortineiit id
' tlic above iKiir.id arlieirs, just rrceivod
oil) thr inauiifartiirrrF.
Ausu-t lSol. It.'iio.
iliica'3 Cou.Icr:cJ Hcporti of Feana-
91"S'l l'lil lisliid, mid for etilo liy tlir nul'Si'ti-lier-the
parotid Vtihimr of Al'lt n's Cou
UM'd l'l iiiii'vlvaiii i l.ri.ortM, ronlainiiiu tin'
t three oliniii of Yeates' Kepoit. mid two j
st volumes of ljii.ney'a Kepi) t-. 'i'lie fust vol
nr of Allien, rotitainiii;; lJa'h' I'.i'poi'tH, 1 vol- 1
urn; mid Yralrs' UeporN, voluuie I, is nlo on 1
mil, and for Kale, 'i lie ahovc two volunieti ruv !
nipletr within l!K'in.elves, and rout tin nil of
alias' Keports, 4 voluinis. and n'l of Yr.ite'
'ports, 4 volumes, hesides the tw.i tirst volumes
liinney's Keports. 'J'Iip third volume is ready
id will be put to press liiinie h.iSel v.
ii. . .MAi-s'i;;:, Asnt
Sunliury, Aug. In, ls.il.
NATIONAI XIOTSL,
SHAM0KIN,
Northuiaberland County, Pa,
rlll suliserilter respret folly informs hisfriends
and the public treuerally , that he has opeii
a new Hotel in the town of ISiiamokiu, .or
uuihrrl ind rounty, on the corner of Shainokiu
id Commerce slirets, nearly opposite to the
louse he formerly kept. lie is well prepared to
irroinmudiito his guests, and is utso provided
villi liuud stalilimr. Jle trusts his rxpeiieiiee,
and st i let attention to business, will iiiduee per.
cuim isitiug the coal region to continue the lib
rrul patronage he has heretofore rrrri.ed.
UU.I.IAM WKAVEU.
rihiimokin, April 19, 1S50. if.
JAMES II. MAOKE
AS removed Irani his old bland, Nu. 118
Vine street, to
So. 52 Dillteijn St., (bet'n CaThill $ Willow.)
where he lias constantly on hand,
BROWN STOUT, POSTER,
Ale and Cider,
FOR HOME CONSUMPTION OR SHirPING.
N. D Coloring, Bottling, Wire and Uotllea,
Viiircar, ec. For sale as aliove.
l'luladelplna, April 12, lti.il. ly.
Lycoming Mutual Insurance Company.
DU. J. D. MASSER is the local atient for the
above Insurance Company, in Northumber
land county, and is at all times ready to gfl'ert
Insurances' against fire on real or personal pro.
fsrly. or rnewin policies forth ssrus.
x.h.sf. April . lMl.W.
8j;l;ct poetry.
l'roui the M. useholil Wonla.
Tlio Orphans' Voyage nomo.
The mm roulil hnnlly knep the deck,
So liiilnr wtis lh ninhl ;
Kot'ii nontiR.iM witiila Bung tluonyli the
kIhimhN
Thr dock va flinty white ;
W'hilt! ovi i Instil lln- trltttfrinu xtiirs
1'ut ioitii l fit' I r points ut liM.
On ili'ck, bi'liind tt liitlu nfcooda,
To orpliat.s ciiiiifh'il, to clrep ;
lint 'iwud no reiki, l lit- youtiL'fst Imy
In vain lnoil not to wicp j
Tlipy ivuri. i poor, they hail no riyhl
Near t'.ilnn ihmis lo cri"t').
Tin! nlilrr kmiiiiI l!io y'llinitrr rnpt
111 I tni;oi'(l final;,
To ellllllil hint Irntll till' lll'i'.in slccl,
And Mni lit. i o'er Hi. in Inula; :
Tir.'ii iltrw hint rinsi'i In In f-hlc.
And mjIi ly to hint pjmko :
'Tin- iiiiihl will tioi In' lotio"' h saiil:
' And il llie fold iinU I'lo.i,
Vo liall the connor itNirh our Inline,
Alld Sl't tin; pi-al lit "low ;
lull noiv tlio ftai-j nil' bi'.n.iiliil
Ullj do unl In' nihil.' so t
' Cotrii' clnsrr ! l.rp lot or I llis frost
'J liink id tin! iiioiuino ii'd
Our f.uhi'f si t it I utir mothi'i "ini
Will t..ko tt to tlu ii hod ;
And in llu'ir waiin nuns Wf shall tdrrp.''
Ilu know not Ihrv wito drad.
Tor thrm no father to tin1 i-liip
Shall wilh llto nioinino roinr :
For liii'in no tnolln'i's lovinii nnv.n
Are cpii'iid lo lake tlii'tn hotne ;
Mi'.iiiu In,.' the ii. hin piiS.-i'I'jrr
I I ilicam-t ol plt'aiiie mam.
At letitri'i lhr otphatu anl; to sleep
All nu the liei.uiL' deck '.
C!o;e hud lied side to side- cai h arm
CI a-p'd i nil ml tin- other' niek,
Wit!
Iliad lient
i
loan, they
atii'd the j
cur, !i
V.'ii fiidino to a
peek .
Tli "I'eraL'e p.iMPi.ser hav
all
IJeu taken d.nvn helow,
And iirotind the c:nve liiey warm tlieit limb
I iito a drnw sy a'ow :
Ami Mion within t li-n lieiile foigel
Th.' iey iud ;iud stimv.
Now rinii'iiii davv'i : th- lau.l in sijh,
Sunli'rt l" ani nu evt'iy tai't!
The palf and (jru'ii'v p t.-,;i'tii'i!
li.-Lli'i the d"i'k In pare,
Seekliej nloii! I hi tiu-!il elilV
Collie virll-knimu -pjl lo ttaee.
O dy ill'' iiipli.in do not s'ir.
i)t itli I il i l. I Ili'O tioiit t
Tie'V KMelii'd ili"i'- A i. 'in tiiin slauy niyli! '.
Tllf 'V i'l no! ii aL'aiu !
Th - w ifi'n t.-e.itli j:iiiv...l kii d to tln-tn,
A. id ended all lie'ii p.un.
But ill 1 1 1 i r d.'i-p and fieozi'i-j sl.'ep,
t'l.is',i"d tioi. I In raeh n'luT.
In dreams I hey rtji-il, 'Mih hriaht rtioni
liM'ulv.
Hiiuii'! Home! is heie. my brother!
The Auu"l di'iHh ll'is 1'oen onr liiriul
We Come '. itear I'.iiher! Mother
Select (Talc.
I'r.'lil l!w Mi ltiolil .trj.tj;,it.
OLD ?.IOSES.
Mr. T!. was a itn ii baiit in fJaltmioT
and did a wry hetixy Inisiiii'ss, esjietiallv
in 'raiii. One niurnin, as be was passing
over the vessels that lay ;it (lie wharl' with
their various eoniino.iities lur s;il, he step
pod npnti the deck ol one, at the btern of
which he ww a tnvro man silting, whose
dejected countenance slave sure indication
ol distresi:, and lie accojteil him wit Ii :
"Hey ! my man, what is the matter with
yon this inorniifj V
'I'iie iiogrn lilted up his eyes, and look
ing at Mr. 15., replied
"Ah, iiias.,i, I'v? in oriut tionble."
"What ahunl !'
"Kaoi" I'm' l icht hi; lu re lo be fold."
"Whalbir! What have you been du
Inf, ? Have yon been stealing ! or did you
run uwjv '. or w hat 1"
"Nu, no, masj, tiniK' o'dat ; it's In case I
didn't mind de amies."
"What kind ol orders ?"
"Well, tnassa stranger, I tell von. Mass
Wlllnm Weiry sltieU man, and wvirv nice
mail l.i'i, and ebry b.idv on de place jjol lo
mine bint; and 1 break tivw do rule; tint
I didn't leiul to break de ride, doe; I lur
out mesel, and out tuo lii-jh."
"It is lur gcitini; diiinU then, is it ?'
. "( no, sah, not dal n:ilber."
"Von are the strangest nero I have
seen (or a week. 1 t an ret no salisbtctiuu
Iroin yon. Il yon won!d not lik? to be
pitched overboard, you had belter tell me
what yon did."
"Please, mas.;a, don't (row de poor diet
ed nL'i't r in de waia."
" Ttien ti ll me what you are lo be sold
for."
"For pray in, pah."
"For praying! that is a strange tale in
deed. Will your master not permit yon
to pray ?"
"O yes, sah, he i. t me pray easy ; but I
Hollers too loud."
"And why did you halloo so louj in
your prayer?"
"Kase de Sperit comes on me, and I gets
happy fore 1 knows it den ; ilea I gone ;
can't trol mesef den ; den I knows nothinv
boot massa's rule ; den I holler it ole Sat
tin hissef come, wid all de rules of de qui
sition." 'And do you suppose your master will
really sell you for that V
"O yes; no help for me now; all de
men in de world couldn't help me now ;
kase when Mass Willum ay one ting, he
no do anoder."
"What is your name J"
Moses, sah."
'What is your master's name 1"
"Massa name Colonel Willum C--."
"Wbur rlcs h live V
'Down on lite Kitstin Shoalt." Uess you too, nt.tssa. Moses Metier forit
"Is lie a good ttiasttr? Does lie Ireat ubuut he gwine to have all these connno-j-oti
Will?' dationers; it make me tink alwut Joseph
"Oyes; Massa Willum good ; no better
massa in the world."
"Slaml up and let tne look at yon." And
Moses stood up and presented a robust
frame; and as Mr. IS. shipped up his
sleeve, his arm pave evidence of unusual
muscular slrcnoth.
"Where is your master ?"
"Yander he is, jis cotnin to de warf."'
As Mr. H. started for the shore, he heard
Moses give a heavy sigh, lollowed by a
deep groan. Moses was not at all pleased
with the present phase of nd.iirs. lie was
strongly impressed with the idea that Mr.
U. was a trader find intended to buy dim,
and it was this that made him so unwilling
10 communicate to Mr. U. the desired iti
lormatiiin. Mr. H. reached the wharl 'just
as Colonel C. did. He introduced himself,
and said :
"1 understand ynu wish t sell that ne
gro man yonder on board the schooner."
Colonel C. replied that he did.
"What tin you ask lur him V
"I expect to get seven hundred dollars."
"How old is ho V
"About thirty."
"Is he healthy V
"Wry : he never had any sickness in
his life except one or two spells of the
ague."
"Is he hearty V
"les, sir; he will cat as much as any
man onht, and il will do -him as much
good."
"Is he n good hand V
"Yes, sir, he is the hist hand on my
place, lie is s!i .!y, honest and industri
ous. He has been my foreman for the last
ten years, and a mo.e trust v mgro 1 never
knew."
"Why do you wish to sell him?"
"Jiecause he disobeyed my orders. As
I said, he is my foreman ; and that he
might be availaMe at any moment might
want him, I built his quarter within a hun
dred yards of my own house; and I have
never rung the bell at any time inllie night
or morninir, that bis horn did not answer
in live minutes after. Put two years n'jo
he goi teii.iion, and commenced what he
terms lamily prayer that i;, prayer in his
quarters every niht and morning: and
when he began his prayer, it w.n impossi
ble to t. when he would stop, especially
11 (as he termed it) he got happy. Then
he would sin and pray titul balioo lor an
hour or two logi tln r, that you mt.;ht heat
hi mi a mile nil. And he would pray for
me and tuy wile and children, and all my
broth. r and sisters and their children, and
our w hole lamily connection to the tlilid
genei.ition ; and sometimes, when we
would have visitors, Moses' praver would
interrupt the conversation find destroy the
enjoyment of the whole company. The
women would cry, am! the children would
civ, and it would sit nu almost frantic;
and even after I had retired, it would
sometimes be nearly daylight before I could
go lo sleep ; for it app-ared to me that I
could hear Moses pray lor three bouts after
he had finished, hore it as long as I
could, and then forliid bis pr.ivinir so loud
any more. Mo.,r promised obedience, hut
he soon transgressed ; and my rule is never
to whip, but whenever a nero proves in
corrigible, 1 sell him. This keeps them in
heller subjection, and is leu trouble than
whipping. 1 paruoned Moses twice lor
disoliedi-nce in piayino- so loud, but the
third lime 1 knew 1 muttse him ; or eve-
ry negro on the farm would soon be per-
h'ctly regardless of all my onh rs.
"You spoke of Mt!ss' quarter
pos,. from that he has a lamily."
1
:up-
"Yes, he has a woman and three chil
dren or wifi; I suppose he tails her now,
lor soon after be got religion, lie asked me
il they might be married, and I presume
they Were."
"Uiiut wt.tyou take lor her and the
children !"' I
"If you want thetn for your own use, I
will lake seven hundred dollars, but I shall '
not sell Muses liol' them to go out of the I
Slate." i
"I w ish them all for my ow n us , and j
will give yon the I'ourti en hundred do!- i
lars." " I
Mr. tt. and Colonel C. Ilirn went tr tt.'s j
store, drew tip the writings, and elosul the
sale, filler which they returned to the ves
sel; and Mr. II. approaching tit., negro, i
who sat with bis eyi s fiwd upon the deck,
seemingly wrapped in meditation of the
most awful forebodings, said
"Well, Moses, J have bought you."
"Moses made a very low bow, and every
muscle ol his face woiked wit!) emotion as
u. replied
Is yon, ma-va ? Where is I gwine,
Massa ! s I gwine to (Jeorgy V
"No," said Mr. H. "I am a merchant
here in the tily ; yonder is my store, J
want you to attend on the store ; and have
purchased your wife and children too, that
you may not he separated."
lircs God nr i!at ! And, Massa, kin 1
go to ineetin sometimes ?" (
"Yes, Moses, you enn go lo church three
times on Sabbath, add every night in the
Week ; and you can pray as often as ynu
choose, and as loud as you choose, and as
long as you choose, and get as happy as
you choose ; ana every time you pray,
whether it be ut home or in church, I want
yon to pray for me, my wife, and all my
children, and single handed, too ; for if
you are a gooJ man your prayers will do
us no harm and we need them very much;
and if you wish to you may pray for eve
rybody of the name ol B. in (he State of
Maryland. It will not injure Ihern."
While Mr. B. was dealing out these
privileges lo Moses, the negro's eyes dan
ced in their sockets, and his full heart
laughed right out for gladness, exposing
two rows o even clean ivories as any Am
can can boast, and b teart's response w--
"Kress ClrJ k. r-.j .it J. '
-. . vim udu, an o ,,-ni ami
in de Egypt." Anil after Moses had pour
ed a lew blessings on Colonel C, and bid
ding him a warm adieu, and requesting him
to give his love and farewell lo his mistress,
the children and all the servants, he follow,
etl Mr. If. to the store, to enter upon the
functions of his new otlice.
The return of the schooner brought to
Moses his wife and children.
Early the next spring, as Mr. II. was
one day staiidino at the store door, he saw
a man leap upon the wharl from the deck
of a vessel and walk hurriedly towards the
store. He soon recognized him as Colonel
C. They exchanged salutations, and, to
the Colonel's inquiry alter Moses, Mr. 15.
replied that In was up stairs measuring
grain, and invited him to walk up and see
him. Soon Mr. IV g attention was arrested
by a very confused noise above, lie lis
tened, and heard an unusual shullling of
leet, snine one sobbing violently, and some
one talking very hurriedly: and when he
reflected upon Colonel C.'s singular move
ments and the peculiar expression til his
countenance, he became alanm d, and de
termined to go up and see what was trans
piring. When he reached the head of the stairs,
he was startled by seeing Mos.-s in the mid
dle ol the floor, down upon one knee, with
his arms around the Colonel's waist, and
talking most rapidly, while the Colonel
stood weeping audibly. So soon as the
Colonel could suliicieuti y control his feel
ings, be told Mr. H. that he had tiewr
been able to free himself from the influ
ence ol Moses' prayers, and that during the
past year he and his wife and all his chil
dren luid been converted to Clod.
Moses responded : "I5ress(iod, Massa C,
doe I way up hea, I neher forjet you in
my prayers; I oilers put de ole massa side
de new one. Ihess (io I din make Moses
tink about Joseph in tie Ejrvpt a'rain.''
The Colonel (hen slated' to Mr. I?, thai
his object in coming to Haltimore was to
buy Moses and his lamily back again. Cut
Mr. IJ. assured him that that was out nf the
question, for he could not part w ill) him :
and he intended to manumit Moses and his
wife at forty, and his- children at thirty
live years ol age.
Moses was not far wrong in his refer
ence to Joseph. For when Joseph was
sold into Egypt, Cod overruled it to his
good, and h" obt. lined blessings thai Were
far heyon I bis expectation. ; s i w ith Mo
ses. Joseph eventually proved the instrn-rti'-nt
of saving the liv.-s ol those who fold
him. Moses proved the iiisl ruii)tit in
Hod's hands ol saving the man's soul w ho
I sold him.
Old Mos"s is still living, and doing well,
lb- long since obtained his freedom, and nt
present occupies a enm'or'ahle house of his
own : nnd I suppose sings and prays and
shouts to his heart's content.
a tviri: in Mil Li.r.
' i'lay tell me my deat, what the cause
of those tuais ?''
'Oh si;eh ilisytf.ee V
What di-gtaee "
Why, I hare opened on" nf jour lotteis
suppusiuo it ii.ldiesseil lo niveli' C'eiluialy
il looked more like Mi. than Mi."
' Is thai nil ? What haittt can th'-re be
in a w ile npenii.o her hnsbaeil'i, loiters V
! ' .No ha i m in i s.-lf. But the content
Such a di.iutaee V
'-What ha any one dated to wriie mo n
letter unlit lo be rea l by my w lie V
' Ul;ie. Ii is couched h the most chaste
laiiuii;'!'. l'ul the content-
Here the wile buiied her fa CO in bi'l
hani'kcif htt'f ;md eoiruueueed sobbine; iilniid
when the husband euiietly eaiioht up the
lellt'i ;n il coiuiiieui'e.l ii a ling ihf epistle
that bad b-en the means of nearly lireiikino
bis u iTe's- l.e:ut.
It w;i a bill fio;n the Pi inter fur nine
yearn ubcrip'ion.
VAMii-t: in: ix i.cvpr
Tin! barque Slutnboitl, w hich sailed from
llostou on iho 2 1 Auotist last, anived ai
Alt'X'.mdii a, I'.-'vp' O.t. I"t- with a caijgo
'of M Hi lehus -Us ice sail lo bo the fust
.ever bulbil lo that pud fiinii liny pail of
j the wo. Id. ' All Alenn.!iia and tho ler-jon
I roiled about," says the captain nf lie S'.atti-
Lou I, ''I'l.jeked on I'on.l unit it i cm t til her, lo
see the 'froz 'ti water.' 'fit I'aeba, the
High Admiral, nnd all lite dutmnished olii
ceis ol lb (Jiivciiinienl, vi-ile.l the biitie,
and i ifpected her crn, and nller these,
people, of all dej;ree. Shu wis literally
ciowded while a biock of ice remained m
her." The rntiir cargo w as purchased by
the (loverumriit, and w;:s all disi bailed and
stored ashore in forty-eiyht hours alter the
veel's arrival.
"An. Ft r.stt isChai's." A Itishop, in a
senium to his puri-liioiicis repealed the quo
lalinii that ' all llesh is rasi." The reason
wan Lent, nnd a few days aliei wards, be
eucoiuilercil Terence O'Coilitts, w bo appeared
to have something on his mind. ' I II') top
of the iiioinin' tu your riverence," said
Terence, "did I fail ly understand your tiv
ereneo to shy 'all llesh is gran,' last Pint
day f" "To be sure you did" irplied the
Itishop, "and you're a heretic if you doubt
it " "Oh ! not a bit do I doubt anything
your riveienre say," said thi wily Terence,
' but, if our riverence play.es. I wish K
- ...
know whether in this Lent time I cjjj 0
oe Utter iiaviiij a iiuin pieee r- . , .
of a salad 1"-
Shurpc's l'tagasjne.
A BaSlirtl. vnunr ladv in Maine hoi.
. raalB, ,hsl wiiei, khe cel. married, she
: I .....
I means ta take chloro'orrn
From the rtinnmn Itenild, Oct. lo.
DESTIUCHO OF A WIMI.I..SIIIP DV A
M'tllM wiiali-:.
ftnihint! nf the Ship Loss cf Tiro Tloalt
and Miraculous Escapt nf the Cref.:
We have just received the follow inn thril
ling account of the tlesttuelioti of the w hale
ship Ann Alexander, Cnptaht John S. Deb
loin, of New Bedford, by a large sperm
whale, from the lips of Iho captain himself
who arrived in this city from I'aitu, nu Sun
day last, in llie schooner Ptovideuce. A
similar circumstance has never been known
lo occur but once in tin) w hole history nf
w halr-llshino, nnd that was the destruction
of the ship Essex, unmet twenty or twenty
five years ago, nnd w hich many nl nur rea
ders fully iPmrmbcr We pioreed lo the
narrative as furnished ns by Captain Ueblois.
and which is fully authenticated by nine of
the crew in a protest under the seal of lite
U. S. Consul, Alex. linden, Jr., at I'aita.
The Ship Ann Alexander, Capt. S. Deblois
sailed from New Bedford, Mass.. June 1st.
loO, for a cruise in the South Pacific for
sperm whale. Having taken about 500 bar
rels of nil in th Atlantic, the ship pro
ceeded on her voyajie to the Pacific.
Nothing of minsuai inleiest occurred until
when passing Cape Hunt, tine of the men,
named Jackson Walker, of New port, N. II.
was lost oveiboanl in n storm. Reaching
the Pacific, she came up the coast and stop
ped at Yaldivia, Coast of Chili, for fresh
ptovisious, and on the 31st of Maich last
she called at Paita, for tho purpose of ship
piuo a man. The vessel pioeeoded on her
voyage to the South Pacific.
On the 20th of Aecnst last, hr reached
what is well known to all whaleis as the
OiTShore-(!iiiiitn!. in Int. S ib'ir. SO mm.
ou;h. Ion. 102 West. In the morning
of that dav. at about o'clock, wh iles were
discovered in thr neighborhood, nnd about
neon, the ami' day, they succeeded in
making fast one. Two boats bad gone after
the whales the Inboard and slatboard, the
former romiuniidi'd by the first mate, and
the latter commanded by Captain Deblois.
Tlie whale which they had si ruck, was har
pooned by llie lai board boat. After rmtning
so. ne tint, llie w bale turned upon the boat,
and rnshitiL' at it with tiemendotis violence,
lifted open its enormous jaws, ami taking
'be boat it), nelually crushed it into foig.
ments as mtuiII as a common-sied chair !
Captain Peblois immediately pulled for the
scene of the disaster with the starboard boat
nod succeeded airaiuM all expeclations, in
tesciii'.ig the hole of the ctew ol the boat
nine i:t number !
There weie now eighteen men in the
sMilo.iiil boat, con-i.ling of the captain, the
liist male, and the ctew of (tie both boats.
The frightful disaster had been witnessed
from the ship, aud the waist-boat was cal
led into readiners and sent to their relief.
The distance fiom the ship was about six
miles. As soon ns the waist-boat anived,
the crews were divided, and it was dp
lemoned to prosm; the same whale, anJ
make anulhi r altael; upon tin tn. Accoul
tugly lliey sepal a ted and piuci-t'ded at some
dislauce lium eiu li othei, as is usual on such
occasions, after tin whal . luai-boil lime
hey came up to him, and piepared to tive
linn battle. The waisl-boal. coiuinaiidi'd by
die lirst mate, was in advance. As soon us
the whale perceived the deimiustiatioii
being made upon him. he tinned lus course,
suddenly, and making a tii'mendotis dash at
:bis boat seized il with hii wide-spread jaws
an, I noshed it into atoms, ii'dowing the men
bauly time to escape his renoiico. by
throwing themselves into the ocean.
Cap!. Deblois again seei.ig the petilotis
eoudiiioii o! liis men, til tin) lisk of meeting
tin- same late, iliiccti d his boat to hasten to
1 1 it-1 r tesciie, and in a short linn) succeeded
in saving them all fiom a death little less
hmrible than that fiom which they had
twice so narrowly c.-caped. Ha then order
ed Iho boat to put for the ship ns speedily us
posrtbly ; and no sooner bad the order been
given than they discovered tin iiiouslei of
the deep making towaul them wilh his
jaws widely extended. Poi Innately the
minister came tip and passed llie.n at u shuil
distance. The boat then made her way to
iho ship and th.-y id! got on board in
safely.
Alter teaching the. ship a boat was des
patched lor the oars of the demolished
bunts. Bud it was determined tu puisne the
whale w iih the ship. As soon as the boat
returned wilt) tin) oats, fail whs set, and the
shin ntoceeded i.fter the w hala In a short
lime she eve. look him and a lance was
ihiowu into his head. The ship passed on
by him, and immediately ufler they discov
eied that ihe whale was making for the
ship. As ho came up near Iter, they hauled
lo I he. wind, and sulieicd Ihe monster to
pass her. Allrr he had laiily passed they
kepi oil to ovei'ake and attack bull again.
When the. chip bad teached within buc
lilly rods of him, they discovered ti, t
u hula had setlled down deej, helow the
sui face of the water, an.', as jt Was near
sundown, they conc'iuded t0 jv, up ihe
pursuit.
('apt. Deblo',,, was at this lime standing in
the liiyh iead on the luiboard bow, with
c"!.'i in hand, ready to sliike the monster a
deadly blow should he appear, the ship
moving about five knots ; when woikiug on
the side of the ship, he discovered the
whale rushing towards her at the rate nf
fifteen knots ! In an instant, the monster
struck the ship with tremendous violence,
shaking her from stem to stern ! She quiv
ered tinder the violent of- tb thdelr, if
she had struck upon n rock ! Captain D b
lois immediately descended into the fore,
caslle, a:ul there, tt) his horror, discovered
that the monster had struck the ship about
two feet fiom the keel, abreast the formast,
knocking a irea! hole entirely through her
bottom, through which Ihe water roared and
tnsheil impetuously ! Sprittjiing lo the deck
he ordered the male tu cut away the an
chors and iet the cables ovet board, to keep
the ship from sinking, ns she had a large
tpiiiiility of pig iron on board. In doing
this, the mate succeeded in relieving only
one anchor and cable clear, Iho other having
been fastened around the foremast. The
ship was then sinking rapidly The Captain
went to Ihe cabin, whete he found three
feel of water ; he, how ever, succeeded in
procuring n chronometer, sextant and chart.
Ileaching the decks, he ordered the boats to
be dented away, mid to net water and pro
visions, ns Ihe ship was keeling over. He
again descended lo the cabin, but the water
was rushing; in so rapidly thut he could
procure nothing. He crime upon deck,
ordered nil hands into the boats, and was
the last himself to leave the ship, which
he did by throwing himself into the sea
and swimming to the tieiirpst boat ! The
ship was on her beams-ends, her topgallant
yards under water. They then pushed nfr
noirie distance from the ship, expecting her
to sink in a very short time. Upon an ex
animation of the stores they had been able
to save, he discovered that they had only
twelve quarts nf waler, nnd not a mouthful
of provisions of any kind! The boats con
mined eleven men each, wen leaky, and
( iil it coming on, they were obliged lo
bail them till night lo keep them fiom sink
ing. Next day, at daylight, they returned to
ihe ship, no one dating lo venture on boa id
but the Captain, their intention beinu to cut
away ihe mnRt. and fearful that the moment
that lite masts weie cut away Ihe ship
would CD down. Wilh a single hatchet, Ihe
Captain went on board, cut away the mast,
when the ship lighted. The boats then
came up, ami the men, by the sole aid of
spade, cut away the chain cable fiom
around the foremast, which pot the ship
neatly on her keel. The men then lied
ropes toimd their bodies, got into the sea,
and cut a hole through th decks lo get out
provisions. They could procure nothing
but about live gallons of vinegar and twenty
pounds of wel bread. The ship threatened
to sink, and they deemed it imprudent to
remain by her lunger, sj ihey set sail in
boats and left her.
On the 22d of August, nt about five
o'clock. P M , they bail the indescribable
joy of discerning a ship in lbs distance.
They made signal, and were soon answered,
and in a short time they were reached by
ihe pood ship Nantucket, of Nantucket,
Mass , Capt tiibhs, who luuk them all on
board, clothed and fed them, and extended
to thetn in evety wuy llie tiniest possible
hospitality.
On the stieceding day, Captain Gibbs
went lo the wreck ol llie ill-fated Ann Alex
ander, lor lite pin pose of trying lo pioetne
something from her, but as the sea was
rough, and the attempt considcied ilaugei-
ou. lie iitiaiuioiipil llie proiecl. 1 ne .van-
ket then set sail for Paita, where she
iriived on the lSih of September, and
whete she lauded Captain Deblois and his
men. Captain Deblois was kiud'y and hos
pitably received and enter! tiined at Paita,
by Caplaiu Hat bur si, nu F.iiglii-h gentleman
lesidiug there, and subsequently took pas
sage on boa id Ihe schooner rioviitence,
Caplaiu Slarbuck, for this pmt, anived heie
on Sunday last, the 12ih mslatit.
At Paita, Caplaiu Deblois entered his pro
test at ihe l S. Consulate, which was au
thenticated by the following olttcers and
seamen, nu boatd ut the lime of ihe dis
aster ; the two officers nnd the rest of the
crew having shipped on board other ves
sels : Joseph K. (J recti, first mate ; James
Smith, thud do. ; John Morg.m, Carpenter :
James lltlev. cooper ; James Mi lbibeils,
John Smith, William Smith, llemy Ileid,
and Charles F. Booth, seamen. t
lr you would make a good speech, be on
the opposiiion. There is a charm about
abuse tha' no olher species of elouuence
can even approach. Till Byron took to
satire, no one put noticed him. Had Juni
us praised the Duke of Grafton, instead of
'lamming' him, his letter would never have
pot beyond the newspaper Ihey first appear
ed in Orations ate like oysters, th ino;e
ihey are cayenned the belter thev are
relished.
To offset trouble, ul'ny l,ave a large
stuck of hope on hand.. This was Macaw
ber's plan. The very night he went to jail
for debt, he 0 al) architect lo see what
it woub', cost io decorate a house with hang-
: . . . .i .1. ,.,1 I
til!? ge Liens, "ill case any i run n-....v. ......
lip" lhat would warrant iho outlay. How
much better was this lhau applying a razor
to your jugular, or charcoal futtiea lo jour
pulmonary arrangements.
Tnr. Place fob Spout The Minnesota
Democrat, at St. Paul', says that region of
country i full of beais. They are as harm
less a hogs. In eleveu days Ihe people up
in Benlnn county killed upward of 100. A
baud of Sioux Indiana killed, in I wo days, in
the neigborliood of Rice Lake, IS miles dis
tant, 25 bears. Three were seen near town,
within a mile of lhat town.
Gist s arc like peaches, the rearerthey
re ripe, the mere tbey bhjtdv
Death's Fenymen.
UT MIS9 ALICat CART.
Rnntman, thrice, I've call'd thee o'er,
Wailing on life's solemn shore,
Tracing in ihH silver sand.
Letters till thy boat should lanJ.
Piifiinjf out alone wilh thee,
Towards the clime I cannot see,
Hef.d lo me the strance device
Giavcn on thy wand ol ice.
Push the curls of golden hue
From the eyes of starlit dew,
And behold me where I stand,
Beckoning thy boat lo land.
Where the river mist so pale,
Trembles like n bridal veil,
O'er yon lonely drooping tree,
One that loves me wails for me.
Hear, sweet boatman, heat my call !
Last year, with the leaflet's fall,
Uesting her pale hand in mine,
Crossed she in that boat of thine 1
When the corn shall cease to grow,
An I the rye-field's silver flow
At Ihe reaper feet is laid,
Crossing, spake the lovely maid.
Dearest love, another year,
Thou shall meet this boatman here
The w hite fingers of despair
Playing wilh bis golden hair.
From this silver sanded shore,
Beckon him lo row thee o'er;
Where yon solemn shadows be,
1 shall wait thee come and see.
There ! the white sails float and flow,
One in heaven and one below ;
And 1 hear a low voice cry,
Ferryman of Dealh am 1.
the 'nArpiNcs'' kxtosed.
A Mr. Vose, of Boston, has published a de
scription of the manner in which what are
railed the "Spirit Rappin.s," are produced.
He asserts that these mysleriorm sounds are
produced by electricity It is his practice to
place his hnils flat upon the table, and then
strongly will lhat the sounds shall he produ
ced, on w hich the raps are distinctly heard
in the order and the number he desires. He
says that, during the operation, the electri
city ran be plainly felt (scaping from the
end of the fingets.
The faculty of producing these sounds is
confined, itccoiding to Mr. Vose, to compara
tively few persons, not one out of twenty
possessing it. He regards Ihe practice as
exceedingly pernicious to health. The whole
nervous system is violently excited; the or
gans, gland, and tissues sympathize; and,
in a short time, llie person becomes thin,
pale nervous and consumptive looking. In
the young the constitution may be shattered
for life. It is courting ill-health, if not re
motely inviting; dealh, to practice these rap
pings. In cases of persons of strong will, no table
is nee.ird tn produce the sounds. Such, by
a litlle praciice, cat) throw electricity from
llie budy in any direction ihey pleased, and
whenerei the expellnd electricity meets a
bard substance, the noise follows. By the
exercise of the same power, according to
Mr. Vose, bibles, chaiis and other ailicles of
fuiiiiluio may be made lo move. Some per
sons have this hitler lacully, w ho cannot pro
duce ihe sounds, and vice veisa. It is not
always ihe fingers that produce the sounds,
when in contact w i h a table. Mr. Vose de
clares that he has frequently performed the
expei iuieul w ith his chin.
Some time ago it was said, by a medical
gentleman who had investigated the subject,
lhat the lappings were produced by snupping
certain bones in the knee joint. Il is quile
possible lhat, in soino instances, ihe sounds
may have been produced in this manner, or
ihe knee joint, which was felt to move,
might have been the point of depaiture for
the electricity. The explanation docs not.
in anv sense, invalidate this. Mr. Vose has
arrived at his opinion, by personal experience,
which is always more trust worthy than ob'
servalion. Hu bears Ihe reputation, more
over, of an intelligent and veracious man.
We have always believed that, sooner or
later a tational explanation would be discov
ered, not only for these sounds, but for the
moving of rluirs, tables and other articles at
ihe wil! of ihe "medium." The tiicks t(
jugglers aie frequently more wonderful, but
as we understand how they are produced,
w e are not astonished : whereas, in this case,
the spectacle has been exhibited of thou
sands becoini.ig dopes to female imposters,
and beji' ving lhat departed spirits would
hold communication with this world by so
i-,ude a medium ns knocking. We trust,
now that the absurdity is exposed, to hear no
more of the "Rochester Rappings."
A Nov eu SiuiiT Two large, gracefully
proporiioned, spriyhtly-looking deer a doe
and a buck passed through Btoadway yes
terday afternoon, attached in the usual style
in a light wagon, containing two gentlemen.
The buck bore his sutlers aloft with true
dignity, while hi timed mate was the per
sotiilication of meakness and gentleness.
They attracted much altenliou. Seu 1 rk
Journal of Commerce.
Dreams The dream ef closed fist, in
indicates that you are about to ask a favor
fiom an "universal philanthropist " To
spple in a dream belokens a wedding be
cause where yoo find apples, you may rea
sonably expect to find pears. To dream of
soap indicate row wilh your hubaud, in,
which you may expect to get lathered.
Tnr. most attentive man Its Wines r
ever knew, was he who once wrote en hia
shop door. "Gone to bury roy wife ; return
ii a ba'f ry hoar""