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SWEET BE THY EREAMS.
BV MRI. AMELIA B. WELBV.
Sweel be) tliy dreams u hen balmy sleep
Her soothing inrluetice roumt ihee lliiovvn !
What if my eyes shor.ld wecpl
Thine will be folded to repose.
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j Iii a recent re-piiut of a hook of Enzlisli
j stories, entitled ' S c oml S l ies of the Dia
! ry of a London Physician," we find the
I following thrilling narrative:
1 was cotniiiii hmiie otir- niht Irom iit-
tending a patient who resided al Mention,
: and who proniied not to be Ion.; Inr this
: world, when, us 1 crossed a stile which led
'. trie into Ihe hi'li road, aller tn.iliinsr which,
1 hud a near cut across some fields, I heard
; words of contention between a man and a
i woman. It was an autumnal evening, and ! Mr. SprO'", and vou cave it
"Amen," said I; "good night." And
away I walked at a brisk pace, never once
looking behind me lor m arly a quarter ol
a mile; and then I turned and ran back
swiftly upon my toes, for I felt a strong
conviction that something was wroiifj, al
though I had no direct clue to what it was.
hail taken sufficient notice of the cottage
to reach it without any difficulty, and in a
few minutes rather out of breath, I admit
I stood before it.
It was one of those cottages with a door
in the centre, and a latticed window at
each side, hot there were shutters to Ihe
windows on the inside, which provoking
ly prevented me Irom getting a glimpse ;
and there I stood, fancying there was some
secret within, but totally unable to find out
what it was. I fancied, too, that I heard
the murmur of voices, and being resolved
not lo he foiled, if possible, 1 lound my
way to the back of the cottage ; there was
a little garden, the palings of which I easi
ly surmounted, and thence got into a kind
of scullery or wash house. There was n
window exactly the level of my eyes, and
I at once saw into a room, where a scene
was going on which transfixed me with
horror and astonishment.
The man and woman were both in the
room, and on a chair was placed a small
common rough looking child's coffin. At
the moment that 1 looked into the apart
ment the woman was upon her knees, with
both hands uplifted as if in supplication,
while the man stood over her with his fist
clenched, and in an altitude as if to strike
her.
"Oh ! John, John ?" said she, you know
he is not dead. John have mercy have
mercy. Do not do it. "Oh, Coil, do not
let him do it !"
'Peace, lool peace I say, or you will
tempt me to silence you most effectually.
C.-t the child, get the child'
"John, John, it only sleeps it is not
dead. Oh God, oh ! Cod, it is not dead,
John. You know I got the laudanum from
Oh no, no,
no. ion cannot, now that it has come to
the point, put the living child in the cof
fin. It will wake it will recover. Oh!
oh! oh ! oh ! Kill me first."
'D n you, you consented. You know
you cons-nted : and when Mrs. Hlanchard
left you the twenty pounds, and said she
would not he hack Irom Prance lot a year,
you consented to make away with the
"br.it."
'1 was mad."
"You are mad now. Out if yu don't
get the child, I will. It won't wake till it
is under ground, in the morninc, I'll be
bound, and then it don't matter. We
in infill nuj inoi iii.-Mijfj.iu.iii, mi n
! was sufficient to enable ir.e to see the figures ,
of two persons, who were intent upon
their quarrel to see me as they passed the
stile, particularly as I paused and drew
back a little.
"Yon shall carry it," cried the man, with
a brutal oath, vou shall carry it. I know
well that if I don't take care that you have
a good hand in it, you will he preaching
upon the w hole all'.iir some of these days."
"Oh! John, John, I p.m ill so ill."
"I'll be hanged. Come on. It's at) ex
cuse. You don't like to cairy a coffin,
but vou shall."
"1 I am fa'ml, John. I (lo not know ! haven't killed it, after all. Didn't we send
w hat it is that has come over me, but I j for Mr. Sprag?, and didn't he look at it,
am very faint and ill. Oh! if this .should i ami say it was d. al !"
be some judgment ol God. Oh! John, M "No, no, no, John. Mr. Spragi; came,
us repent." but lie nevt r went into the room w hi te
"Silence, will you ? D n it how j the child lay. You know he did not."
do I know but some one may he listening. I "What's lhat to vou? Confound you,
Give me the coflin. Confound you, won't j the coffin is too small, or you should go
you came on ! 1 wi-h 1 had the buying td
your own coffin, instead of the child's,
Conic on, will you Wind, you will lie
down, will you 1 Take that, then."
1 heard a blow or a kick given; and I
commenced whittling with all my rni;ht as
I tramped on alter tin in with a quick step.
This had the lf ct of stopping any f.irllKT
violence, and all was still till 1 ivaihtd the
spot where the man and the woman were.
The latter was upon the ground, while the
man hud an odd shaped bundle of some
thing upon his shoulder, which was so
well disguised, that il I had not, from their
previous conversation, known it was a col
iin, 1 certainly should not have at all re
cognized it a so dismal an object.
"A fine evening," I said "halloa! any
thing; amiss V
"Oil ! dear God hies? you no sir,"
said the nian, in a canting voice "Ihe
LohI he good to us no, sir. It's my wile,
bless in r heart she's a little tired or so ;
that's all. Come old woman, get up. The
Lord will help you."
The woman struggled to her fet t, and
tottered on with difficulty.
"Good evening, sir," said the hypocriti
cal scoundrel ; "good evening, thank ycu
into it as well. Oh, you won't leave go,
won t you; we'll soon see about that.
'Puke what you deserve."
A blow struck her down, and then he
stepped to a little bed that was in the room,
and took Irom it what looked like a sleep
ing child, and crammed it into the coffin.
Mis wife recovered sufficiently to see what
he was about, and clung to his knees,
shrieking. Me struck her with his disen
gaged hand, and commenced putting on the
lid of the coffin. 1 ran round the house,
and snatching up a stake, was about to dash
in one ol tbe window?, but 1 stayed my
hand, for I thought I might do belter.
"John, John, John !" I shouted, "a 'jen
lleman wants you at the 'Bull and Hush'
directly."
I hi I myself instantly, and in aHout a
minute the door opened, and the fellow ap
peared, shading a linhi with his hand.
"Who's that? What's that?" he cried,
"who wants me? Mr. Lane, is it, eh?
Who called? I I must have fancied it,
and y t it was so plain. I could have
sworn it. Never mind."
Me closed the door again, but I was not
disposed to give him any peace. Mj had
cqven me a hint upon which I acted
it ; and taking the child in my arrr s, I de
parted from the cottage, closing the door
tiehind me, and ran on towards Mampstead.
I had not gone far before 1 met a woman,
lo whom I said ;
"Do yoji know where Mr. Spragg, the
medical man, lives?"
"Why, Lor' a massy," said she, "you're
only just passed his blue lamp. May I
make so bold as to ask, sir what you"
"Thank you, lhat will do," said I, and I
darted over the road to a house where there
was a blue lamp, sure enough, indicative of
the dwelling of Mr. Spraee. I should not
wonder but that I rung rather violently, for
Mr. Spragg's bell handle came off in my
hand ; and when a servant appeared, she
had quite a terrified look.
"U Mr. Spragg at home ?" said I.
"Ye-ye-yes sir, he is at home. But if
it's an accident, Mr. Spragg would rather
not have anything to do with it. He don't
like accidents and low people ; and adiri-
ses an ospital."
1 pushed the servant aside, and made my
way into a parlor, where sat an effeminate
looking young man over his tea and muf
fins. "Cood God!" said he,what'slhat? 1
really if it's an accident, go to some gen
eral practitioner. 1 only attend to ladies
a a "
"You are a fool, Spragg," said I ; "I'm a
physician. The child is suffering from the
effects of a narcotic. Get some nitric acid
directly, or else I'll have you transported,
as an accessory, as sure as you are born
for you sold the laudanum."
"Trans-port-ed ! Good God! I could not
live without cold cream, and they don't al
low it, 1 think. You are a physician a
a. My dear sir, what do you think is the
very best dye for whiskers lhat have a a
tendency to gel a little red ?"
1 was amazed and mortified to see such
an ass in the profession.
"Mark you, sir," said t, there is my card;
and if you dont assist me directly in what
require, as sure as you are a living man,
I'll have you prosecuted as an accessory in
the attempted murder ol this child."
Me was thoroughly stunned. The sight
of my name on my card, perhaps, gave
him a turn, and he at once brought the pro
per restoratives for the child, and began
blubbering and crying, and begging I
wouldn't blame him.
"I know the child," said he, "Mrs. Biggi
had it to nurse. But they told me it was
dead. "It's true thev bought some lauda
num ol me, but John Biggs said it was lor
tooth ache. Me didn't mention the child's
name by Gad, he didn't. Oh, its a-com-ing
round. Look, look."
The child opened its eyes, and at that
moment I felt such a gush ol joy, that I had
raved from the horrible death intended for
it, that I could not speak to Spragg for
some minuter. I rose and made Spragg
as-dat me in giving the child exercise. An
rim tic, too, brought it round wonderfully ;
and in half an hour I had the inexpressible
pleasure of seeing a little sweet looking
fellow, of about three year of age, quite
restored, and sleeping gently upon Spragg's
sofa. By Ihe bye Spragg never left off"
crying, and holding an Eau de Cologne bot
tle to his nose.
"Now, Spragg, don't you go on crying
in that way," said I: "you are only a fool."
"Thank you, sir, I am. Oh ! dear, yes."
"Who and what are the people with
who'ii this child was !"
'Very religious sir. But I don't know
what John Biggs was. He is merely kept,
1 have heard, by Mr. Lane, a very relisious
gentleman, who has prayer meetings. They
told me, sir the child was to be buried in
the yard ofMampstead church, at twelve
o'clock to n-orrow."
"Very well. Now, I rather think I have
not done enough to alarm the Bigg's, and
that the funeral will still take place."
"Still still. Bless me, doctor, you
don't mean "
"I see I must tell you all," said I : "ami
if you don't keep il sacred, I retract my
promise to say nothing about your con
duct." I then related lo Spragg all that had oc
curred, and how I had fastened up the col-
"Naw," said I, "lh church will be open ;
tid what t want you lo do, is to watch
there, until 1 call for you with the child.
There it no time to lose so go at once ; as
I tell you, I think ih funeral will take
place."
"I know it will," said Julia.
"Indeed V
"Yes. t wen! to the Bieg'i cottage, sin
aftir you left here last night, and listened at
the door. I heard Bigg, say in a loud
voice, "Yon have been dreaming woman.
No one hn been here. Look here i the
coffin all nailed down, at t left it." "Open
it Oh ! opon it," she cried ; and then he
swore fearfully, and replied. "The worms
will open it by degrees in the church-yard."
This was quite conclusive, and just as I
expected it would be ; so I packed off
Spragg with the child at once, and followed
myself. It only wanted ten minutes to
twelve when we reached he sacred edifice,
and Spragg went inside, while I, seeing an
individual with a white handkeichief, al the
door said to nim
"It there any funeral this morning V
"Two," said he ; "Mr. Bumpus is to be
buried ; and a child will be put into the
samo grave by leave of Mrs. Bumpus, who
is unite convinced that the child ia respecta
ble "
"This is very liberal of Mrs. Bumpus,"
said L
"Oh ! very, very," he replied, without at
all perceiving that I intended paying Mrs.
BumptH a very ironical compliment indeed.
Al lhat moment, I saw John Biggs slink into
the church-yard.
"Who is that man 1" said I.
"I don't know, sir. 1 think ho is ono of
Mr. Lane's set. They don't belong to the
church. Prayer meetings, you know, sir,
anil all lhat sort of thing. Very bad, sir.
Nothing like the regular parson, and the reg
ular service But hera comes poor Mis
Bumpus" A funeral cavalcade wound its way in nt
he church yard gates, and almost immedi
ately following, there came a man wiih a
child's coffin on his shoulder, followed by
one woman that woman was Mrs. Biggs.
1 could not see what sort of expiession was
MAMMOTH CATC.
N. P. Willis, thn editor of the Uorno Jour
nal, gives, in th" last number of his journal
a grnpic description of hit visit to the Mum
moth Cave. Al lint season, when so many
travellers, wearied with a dull repetition of
the same Northern jaunt every year, aro
asking, "Where shall we go?" we would re
commend an expedition lo that wonder of
the world.
For in Irulh, there is no natural curiosity
in the United Stales so well worth visiting)
if we except Niagara. And, in many re
spects, the Cave is a more engrossing spec
tacle lhan even Ihe ereat cataract. The lat
ter Is Ihe most sublime ; the former most
extraordinary. Yet il is fair to contrast
them. Nothing, in the whole world, surpas
ses ihe effect produced by Ihe green, glassy
oe ear, lhat pours over in the centre of the
Horse Shoe Fall. Nothing in its way rivals
the effect of the interminable length, the
savage glnnm, ihe lofty halls, ihe profound
abysses of the Mammoth Cave. They are,
without question, the two great natural curi
osities of ihe United States. That the ono
is visited by tens of thousands annually, and
the other by comparatively few persons, is
by no means cjedituble to the laste, or to
Ihe knowledge of the American people.
The Mammoth Cave is a subterranean la
byrinth, honey-combing the mountain region
of south-western Kentucky, lis fuil extent
has never been explored, for in nddition to
sevetal main avenues, one of which extends
ir. nearly a straight line, for nine ' miles, it
has scores, perhaps hundreds of lateral avo
nucs, perforating iho solid rock in every di
rcction, and many of them of apparently
endless length. At a rude computation, a
man might traverse three hundred miles,
yet, scarcely explore all the passages. The
character of the Cave, is as various as its ex
tent is vast. In some places in expands into
immense hills, hundreds of feet in diameter
nnd arched over with single blocks of lime
stone at dizzy elevations above i ho pave
ment. In other places it narrows into ave
nues, scarcely thirty feet wide, and varying
fiom ten lo seventy feet in height ; and
these often extend for half a mile. Occa
sionally me passage plunges, well-like, per-
on along the church-yam path.
kept out of her way,
, l : l i : . ,i- i i .r.,
on her face, for the mourning hood she i I"-"'" "-") "" oowe.s oi in carin,
wore entirely covered il, but I could see that ",c uesceuus oy a .ao-
she shook and staggered so much as she ! 'r 10 at the bottom, a new and spa
walked, as to be scarcely capable of ge-ti,. '"1' nv""l, P""ia (oto him. In one
hum'.. t i.- i,eci!;.ry to co, in a sionjwig
- . r .tr. i .1
for she had seen me, ! I ' i ve.ai leei. ao less man
t 1 1...... I. . I .: . . .... i -
although her husband had not. There was a; "7"'"""" , or
subdued sort of bustle in the place, as the cr"'"1 b '"P1"'" ' " 'f "'"
coffin, containing .he remains of the respect. ! ru"s '""'"- il """" 1 '.r fullJ rolk lo'
, , ., n i u. . .i. i.. quarters id a mile. Nine miles -from the
able Mr Bumpus, was brought to the edge 1
, . , t-l. i i entrance, Itom the summit ol what is called
ol Ihe deep grave. The clegyman made 1
.. ii- i . . .at. "" "'"'"V Mountain, there is a view down
Ki nnnnara nor. lonwinrr ns solemn as ROSSI Lite '
i , , r ....... i..... i i-.i i r...
i itiiu a ,ii-i iiuj c- iiuimioi iii ijii )ii-i,
!.! iIia foneriil .erviep liponn. nmid whisner
among the friends of Mr. Bumpus of what i,1 d--P' nl"" 0'1" ' r"1
very respectable man he wa, and how sad . f',nSno of ,hu e,llire j01"ey fro Philadel
a thing il was lhat he should go so soon, &c. Pbia.
io. The service was soon concluded,- and The contrast between the profound pits,
hen I, who stood nearly behind ihe parson : ''Hi'r wl"t h ,ho livelier frnqnently has to I j,,ty, IVsi.tes, he ish a great loafer. I
nun ine soaring uomes, or vaul
afford no fair criterion of those that r'Tiain,
for it is only the poorer sort, and lhoe that
have fallen down, that are allowed to ba
brought away ; and, besides, much of the
wonderful loveliness of these crystallizations
which keeps the spectator continually ex
claiming at their entrance, arises from the
contrast of tha pure white formation with
the dark gtey rock and Ihe surrounding
gloom.
The fatigue of exploring this vast laby
rinth is comparatively slight. As niiroia
being formed continually, the air is over
charged with oxygen, which gently exoitei
the explorer, and enables the walk of twen
ty miles to be pcrfoimcd with case. It is
an every days occurrence for ladies to go lha
enure jonrney, and this without bocoming
very tired either. One or more guides al
ways accompany travellers. The principal
guide, Stephen, is the most intelligent of
Africans, and withal so stalwart, though hJ
scarcely looks it, that ho has carried persona
suddenly taken sick, for miles on his back.
There is a good hotel kept at the Cave,
where every ordinary luxury can be ob
tained. The right way to go to ihe Cave is to
make up a party of three or four, hire a
carriage at Louisville, and proceeding to
Elizabethlown, forty-five miles, stop over
night, completing the journey the next day.
The stages carry passengets lo within nina
miles of the Cave, in a single day, starling
at 5 A. M., and reaching Bell's tavern, at 11
P. M , and the following morning the livel
ier is sent over afler breakfast. But this is a
very fatiguing mode, and is quite as expen
sive as Iho ono wo propuae, unless ihu tiav
eller is alono.
To any body hesitating where logo, wo
say, visit the Mammoth Cave. The who'o
jaunt can be performed in two weeks. A:id
yet, alrango to say, and rather disgraceful
too, more Englishmen visit iho Cavo limn
denizens of our Atlantic cities.
A Dctch Jincr. A friend gives us an
amusing idea of a "Dutch Judge," in tho
following sketch :
'He was aboul to sentence a prisoner, and
on looking around for him, found him play
ing chequers w ith his custodian, w hite lha
foreman of the jury was fast aslgop. Re
plenishing the ample judicial chair, wiih hia
broad cast person, he thus addressed the
jury :
"Mister voreman and t' odor jurymans :
Dor prisoner, Hans Nleckter, is vinished his
game ni it der eheiiif, and has peat him, but
I shall dake gare ho don't peat mc. Hans
has been dried for murder, pefore you must
piii.g in der vardick, but it must pe 'cordin
to der law. De man In' killt was not kill! at
nil, as it was broved be is in der jail at Mor
risdown lor sheep sde .lit.'. Put dat ish no
madder. Per law pa s dat hea d.'.i e is u
ton'l you give 'em lo der brisoner ; but hero
dar ih tio tou'l ; so you see der brisoner ish
to screen myself from Mrs. B;gg, h-ard the Pl'"
clerk whisper to him
"I beg vonr pardon, ir, hut, if yon pleas
there's a chi1 1 to b" p'U in th" atn sraee,
thtonch 'he kicduess f Mrs. Rump!'."
"0! verv well. Th rhild wit', t o c:n-; !.
ered ns iiiptuded in the ptayer."
The clefL'vman turned aside, and one of
the rrave ditxsert sai I :
"Where is Ihe child's coffin?,''
"Here," sabl Biges, and han le 1 it- boo
the grave. I stepped up and cast a handful
of earth upon it.
"Oust to dut," sai I I. "ashes to ah- "
"No, no," shrieked Mrs. Biggs, throwing
off the insignia of morning ; "no, no help;
save ihe child oh, God ! save it ! It is noj
dead i? onlv slppps. Have mercy, mprey.
Are yon all sticks and stones ? I say the
child sleeps onlv it is not ihe sleep of
loath. Break open the coffin save it sive
it. Help', help! lioil on, UOil : Air
or
naves, feneatn wriu n no onen wains, strikes
'he visitor wiih indescribable awe Li one
place the lesrmblanco to a doom is usluii
i'it' g. the black limestone nariouitig over
It id, ling within ling, till it ci.hnini'.los ia
l.-.e c, :.lie. fai above. In another place the
illumed eel 1 1 1 1 ' ex'euds foi half a mile nt a
ti ne, gloomy
giganiie
had know'd him villy year, and he hashu't
done a s'dilch of woik in nil dat dimes ; and
der ish none debendin' oti him vor der livin'
and he ish no use lo nopody. 1 dink, Mis
der vnrenians, dut he poller pe hung next
Fort o' July, as der militia is geiu' to drniu
in anoder goutity, and dar would po no vuu
gnin' on hero !''
It should be added, to tlliJ credit of thu
I'.i! gi.nnl as in some
mi. isiet. F'eipieuily jutting galleries nt I jnty, that in spilu of ihia "learned and im
lock. rum. tug along either side, neatly meet : partial charge," they acquitted the prisoner
on hi.h ; a : I often, thinngh the nut row (hiding him "Not Guiliy, if ho would leavo
"John, John," I cried again in a loud j fin again, while Mis. Biggs was insensible,
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"Oh! I'm going your way," taid I.
lie paused a moment.
"Oh!" said he; "to Hamnstead. sir. I
suppose. Come old woman, keep up. i
Think ol the Lord, and cheer up."
"Partly to Mimpstead," said I, "and
partly not. It's a bracing night, ai n't it ?
1 have come across the fi -Ids, and do not
know much about here. Is lhat a public
house ?"
"Yes, sir. This is a resort of sinners,
canen ine "liuii and Bush." Ah, kir, il
people would think ol their immortal slate,
it would be belter lor all. Why why,
old woman, can'! you get on ? Dear, dear!
The Lord help us."
But for the ofl-r-d assistance of mv arm,
the woman miisl have fallen. Dim' as the
light was, I could see vexation depicted in
the man's lace; and he shifted the coffin
first on to one shoulder and then on lo Ihe
other, to see il he could not manage to
help the woman without me, but thai I
look good care he should not do; and I
said
"sne seems very ill, indeed. T will
help you to your own door, if yon are not
going lar. ,
"But we are going far," said he, "the
Lord willing."
"Oh, well," replied I, "never mind, I
L - I ...... f . . '
nave piemv oi iiine,"
I lu re was no such thing as getting rid
oi me witnoni a quarrel, and that he seem
ed to be afraid ol ; so we all walked on in
silence for some distance down adaiklurn
ing, and then down another, until weston-
ped at the door of a cottage, whett he
sain
"Good night, sir good night. We ore
at home now. Good eight. Th Lord
le with you, sir."
voice ; "Mr. Lane wants you at the 'Bull
and Bush' directly."
"Who the devil is il ?" said lie coining
to Ihe door again in a moment ; "where
are you Mr. Lane, did you say ! I'll come,
ol course, directly."
He went into the coltase, as I guessed,
to say something to his wife ; and then in
about hall a minute lie came gut with his
hat on, and walked oil in the direction ol
the public house I had named. I did not
now hesitate a moment, hut went to the
loor of t lie collage and rapped at it. As I
did so, I found that it yielded lo my hand,
eing merely placed close without lasten.
ing; so 1 went in at once, ami passing
through the first room, reached the inner
one, where the woman was, whose com
punction for Ihe deed she had consented to,
had brought unm her so much ill usage
She was on her knees by a chair, with her
face hidden in her hards.
"Woman !" said I.
She snran2 ur with a cry of terror: and
I laid my hand upon ihe coffin lid, which
I saw was nailed down. With my other
hand I pointed upwards and said, "God
has seen this night t work."
She fchook (or a moment or two, and then
fell into a swoon at my feel with a heavy
dah. as if she hail been a corpse. A ham
mer and a chisel lay upon the next chair
to that which held Ihe coffin, and my first
care was to wrench open the lid of Ihe
death- ike recentac e. and rescue me cnun
The woman never moved ; and a thought
struck me that I at once carried into prar.
lice. 1 recollected having seen some loose
bricks in the yard, and dashing out, I got
four of them, which I laid in the coffin.-
I hev fi ed it we I. beinsr rather lammed in
I then hsttned tht lid again i I had found
so that the probability was that neither she
nor her husband would tlnnu it riad Ueen
disturbed.
"What I wish," said I, "is too see if that
woman will repent, and make an attempt
to save the child ; or, after all, let the fu
neral proceed ; so all I want you to do
Spragg is to take the greatest care of the
child, until I come to you in the morning,
and to keep the whole transaction pro
foundly secret."
"Hut I must tell Julia."
"Who is Julia V
"Oh! my my servant. I always tell
her."
"Oh ! indeed. Call her in, then, and
must judge of how far she is to ba trusted.
Shall 1 ring?"
"No, no, stop. always call. Julia
don't like to he rung for. Julia, Julia, Ju
lia. A ahem, Julia.'1
"Stop," said I ; "l perhaps might trust
you, bul I won't trust Julia. Just tell her lo
get me a post chaise, if she can, and then
you need make no explanation at all. 1 will
take the child with me."
You needu l," taid lha servant, opening
Ihe door J "I have heard il all, and w ill
take care of the child. Mr. Spraggt I'm
quite ashamed of you."
"Of mo. Julia i Ashamed of vonr own
Spraggy-waggy 1 Oh, dear, oh, dear 1"
t Innohed in soda of myself.
"Julia," taid I, "you will greatly oblige
me ; and I shall be beia lo morrow morning
at half-past eleven o'clock precisely
My readers may be quite sure lhat I was
upon Ihe following morning quite punctually
at my friend Sprang', where I fonnd lha
child, lo whom both he and Julia had paid
tha g'aa'est attention, perfectly recovered-
air air ! '
She fell into the arms of one of ihe lerri-
i
fied bvstandeis, and her husband made a
rush Inward her wiih a knife in his hand
I had just lime lo put my foot in hit way, j
and he fell headlong into the grave.
Il is impossible to give anything like an
idea of iho general scene of confusion thai
now ensued. The people teemed lo be
panic stricken ; and il was not until I raised
my voice to a high pitch thai 1 (jot a hearing.
"The child it preserved'" taid I ; Mr.
Spragg come forth."
Mr. Spragg, with ihe child in hit arms,
made hit appearance from the church. He
was as white as a sheet from fear, but ihe
moment Mrs. Biggs saw his little companion
she stretched 'orlh her arms, and an expres
sion of great joy came across her faco. She
triad to speak, but nature wat overcome
she fell a corpse upon the mound of earth
by Ihe side of the grave.
Biggs was liansporled for life ; and I had
thn happiness of restoring Ihe child to its
mother, who wat found by an advertise
ment, for Biggs would not tell her address
A fur Mr. Spragg, I think the whole affair
had a very beneficial effect upon him, for
now and then that 1 afterward encountered
him, he was not above half at ridioulout at
he uted lo be.
opening thus n f', oilier galleties ine seen
above : sometimes three or four rising thus,
tier above tier, before the vaulted ceili-ig is
reached. The effect of iho loiches, dimly
lighting up these vast recesses oveihead, is
oue-iiispii ing beyond description, affording
contrasts of light and shade such as no
painter ever imagined, not even Rembrandt,
for in the upper air lliera never exists such
tlarkuess as broods eternally in those silent
and mysterious depths. The pits which line
Hcac its paragraph evidently written by
a bachelor :-Iu tbe lists of premium award
ed al a country fair, a reporter gave iiiulei
tho head nf 'Sheep beat fine-wooled buck.
John Buck, and under that of domestic arti
cles best tfi tmfertr Mit Uari iet Sheldon'
the way remind the liaveller of tho abysses
which, in thai grand prose poem, the Pil
giim' Progress, continually appal Chiistian.
In vain a torch is hung over the edge, no
bottom is evei seen. A bit of oiled paper,
cast burning itito the deep gulf, fails equally
to reveal the secrets of the yawning well.
A stone, dropped downward-., falls and falls,
seemingly forever, endlessly leverberatiug
till the brain reel with the iteration. And
often, as the explorer thus strives lo mentitte
those vast depths, ho heais water, far out of
sight, dropping further down the awful
abyss, and still dropping, dropping through
everlasting gloom uud silence.
Another feature of the Cave is its stalac
tites, aud various other forms of crystalliza
tions. In one place, a vast chamber is filled
irregularly with stalactites and stalagmites,
which meeting form columns, like the pil:
lars in the crypt of a Saxon cathedial. In
another place ihe crystallizations have fixed
themselves on the side of a rock, were they
have assumed tho appeaiauce of bunches of
grapes, and so admirable is ti.e relievo that
a sculptor might almnsl envy this handiwork
of Nature. In other localities the crystalli
zations bear the appearance of snow-balls,
flung against the ceiling, and there adhering
whiter lhan whitest swan's down. In still
oiher chambers, they resemble rosettes, cal
ved in Carrara marble, and afTi:;ed by some
unseen medium to the grey limestone wall.
There is, in reality, an entire, series of apart
ments, about seven miles from lha entrance,
c.i'leil Cleveland's Cabinet, presenting a con
tinued, but ever varying succession of these
beautiful crystallization. Specimens are fro
queotly fcrought frcm ihe Cea, tut they
the State."
Latest Cask or Sroi -ting. In Baltimore
on Thursday the 22u,l inst , Jan.cs Baiker,
tempted by tho heat of the weather, remo.
ved a pillow and blanket to the roof, on tho
rear of his dwelling, where he concluded to
sleep for the remainder of the night. Alter
a short nap, from restlessness, or some other
cause, his body tolled from the roof, but ba
awoke in time to seize tho spouting with
both hands, whilst on tho eve of falling into
the yard below. 11a clung with tho desper
ation of despair, lo his fiienJIy barrier for a
few moments, but his fingers became relax
ed, and he fell to tho ground. Fortunately,
he alighted on an unpaved yard, aud fjorn
the soft earth, ho received no injuries but a
few trilling bruises.
Ma. Barney and thi: French Misisnta.
Mi. Barney, who quarrelled in tho news
papers with the French Minister for "shoot
ing rats on Sunday," and "smoking cigars
in the pretence of ladies," has escaped iho
perils of Ihe libel law, as the Grand Jury in
Washington, after a careful examination of
iho documents submitted by the ?.I.:.:tcr
from Fiance lo sustain an action for lite',
which were promptly admitted by Mr. Bar
ney to'be genuine, have decidjd, with great
unanimity lhat no pieseulmeiu ';,..;! bci
made, thus finally dismissing the cm. ..slat
from Ihe calendar. Tho French Mitii.vr, it
is supposed, is at liberty to enjoy his usual
Sunday recreations without molestation.
Ma. WcBsTra. The Boston Courier iudi
catet that Mr. Webster will do nothing to
promote Gen. Scott's oleotion. It Ihir.ks Mr.
Webster hat been tharaefully treated by thi
Whig party, and lhat he might just at well
have been the candidate of tho Whigt i:i
1310 as General Hariison ; the military-log-cabin
hard-oider enthusiasm of lhat day,
employed as a stimulus to popular ejeite.
mcnt, being utterly unnecessary to the suo
cess of the Whig.
Congress haa yprpr:eted 93,000 for a