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SILAS j OR, THE COMBAT.
BY A. DUMAS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
i. i SUITBURT, PA.
0 uaincu attended to in Ilia Counties of Nor
thumberland, Union, Lycoming and Columbia.
Refer tot
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Lower & Uarron,
Somera & Snodijrosi, Philad.
Reynolds, McFarlnnd & Co.,
Spcring, Good & Co!,
HENRY D0NNEL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
0 JJict opposite the Court House, .
Sunbory, Northumberland County, Fa.
Prompt attention to business in adjoining
Counties. . -. r-.rc. ;
irWWMTMrR0CKEEELLER, , .'J
ATTORNEY AT LAW
v. UiKUUY, 1A.
ifc-c is. i8oi.tf. ; -
r M. L. SHLNDEL,
ATTCPJ.TEY AT LAW,
SUNBURY, PA.
December , 1852. tf.
- CLINTON WELCH
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LKVUSUl'Uli, I't.ll.
WILT, practice in tlio several Courts of Union
' and Nnrtlnimherlnnd emintica.
Keren to
The gladiators had just made their exit ;
tumult reigned throughout the circus, and
the fencers were succeeded by those who
were to be exposed to the wild beasts. They
were all Christians ; so that all th hatred
was transferred to them, and alVj "'m
palhy to the animal. Meanwhile,". : at
ever was the impatience of the crowd, they
were forced to wait until the slaves had
drawn their rakes over the sands of the cir
cus; but this operation was hastened by
the furious vociferations fiom eve:y part of
the ampitheatre. At length the slaves
withdrew, the arena was for a moment
empty, and the multitude were all expec
tation. A door then opened, and all at
tention was turned towards the new vic
tims about to make their appearance.
A female entered, clad in a white robe
and covered with a white veil. She was
led to one of the posts, to which she was
bound by a cord round her waist. One of
the slaves then tore ofTher veil, when the
spectators beheld a figure perfect in beauty,
and though pale, yet resigned. A length
ened murmur was audible. Notwithstand
ing her title of Christian, the maiden at
first view had engaged the minds of this
crowd so impressively, and with such a
change, that all eyes were riveted upon
her. A parallel door now opened, and a
young man entered. It was customary
thus to expose to the beasts a Christian of
each sex, giving to the man all the means
of defence, from a desire to retard not only
his death, but that ol his companion. He
was permitted to select either a mother, a
lover or a sister thus giving to a son, a
lover or a brother, fresh courage to prolong
directing upon Silas his ferocious eyrs, be
gan to throw up the sand under his belly,
to tear up the ground with his horn, and
to issue volumes of smoke through bis
nostrils.'1
Presently one of the keepers threw him
a manakin stutft'd with straw, in resem
blance of a man. The bull instantly hurled
it down, and trampled it under feet ; but,
at the moment when his rage was at its
height, a javelin came whizzing from the
hand of Silas and imbedded itself in his
flank. The bull gave forth a roar of pain,
and instantly abandoning the fictitious ene
my for his real adversary, advanced rapid
ly towards the Syrian, his head down and
tracing on the sand a furrow ol blood ; but
Silas quietly suffered him to come on,
when, having made a few steps toward
him, he managed, by the aid of his voice
and knees, to eflect a spring from the side
of his nimble steed, and whilst the bull was
hurrying on his course, a second javelin
went to hide itself full six inches in his
flunk. The animal stopped, trembling as
if about to fall; but instantly recovering
rushed upon the horse and cavalier: but
the horse and his rider fled before hi in as if
borne by a whirlwind.
They thus went twice round the amphi
theatre, the hull becoming weaker at each
time and losing ground with the horse and
cavalier. Finally, at thh third round, he
fell to his knees, but immediately raiting
himself, he tittered a terrible roar, and, as
if he had lost all hope of overtaking Silas,
he stared all around him to see if he could
not find another victim on whom to vent
his rage. It was then he discovered Actee.
He seemed for a moment to doubt whether
she was an anima'ed beinjr, such was her
immobility and pallor, giving the appear
ance of a statue ; but very soon stretching
out his neck and nose, he snuffed the air
which came from her place of confinement
a combat which the Christians almost n!
wavs refused for martyrdom, though they instantly gathering strength he rushed di
knew that if they triumphed over the reCtly at her. The maiden saw him com
ing, ami shrieked with horror , but Silas
was watching over her. It was now his
Hon. James Burnside,
" James T. Hale,
" E. C. Humes & Co.,
Hon. A. 8. Wilson,
" A. Jordan,
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Lewisburg, .April 30, 1853. tf.
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y triumphed
three first animals that were let loose upon
them, they should be saved.
In eflect, though this man, at first sight
of whom it was easy to recoznize vi?-or
and suppleness, was followed by two slaves,
one bearing for him a sword and two
javelins, the other leading a Numidian
courser he did not appear at all disposed
to allow the people a spectacle of the
struggle that awaited him. He advanced
slowly to the circus, cast around him a look
calm and undaunted, then making a sign
lirtP'I'niJ T AV If ITf1 H "V" ' ""ieu, uieu man
j,.. ... wun nis nana inat tne horse and arms were
eTaFKICE on T3roadway. near the Episcopal useless, he raised his eves towards Heaven.
v church, 8unbury. fK Upon his knees and oflered up a prayer. lhe v'ctory of Silai,
turn to rush upon the bull, which made lor
fight ; but, by a few leaps of the faithful
Numidian, he was quickly overtaken. Si
las sprang from '.he back ol his horse to
that of the bull, and while with his left
arm he seized him by one horn and twisted
his neck, with the right hand he plunged
his-sword to the hilt in his throat. The
. Soon the ill-fated courser, fascinated, as
woman and gazelles are said to be at the ,
tight of serpents, fell down, struggled, and i
rolled upon the sand in the agOny of ter
ror. " At this moment a second arrow left
the bow of S; las, and buried itself deep be
tween the ribs of the lion. The lion turn
ed himself; this instant sufficed the Syrian
to send his enemy a third messenger ol
pain. The lion sprang upon the man, who
received him upon his spear. The man
and lion rolled together, and were seen to
tear shreds of flesh. Many of the specta
tors were sprinkled with sjiowers of blood.
Actee uttered a cry of adieu to her Chris
tian brother. She no longer had a defen
der, but she no longer had an enemy. The
lion survived only long enough for ven
geance ; the agony ol the rxecutioner
commenced, when that of the victim ter
minated. As to the horse, he lay dead,
without having been touched by the lion.
Now all eyes were directed to Actee,
whom the death of Silas had left defence
less. Some of the spectators rose to demand
her merciful release, when the cry, "Sit
down, sit down !" was heard, for at the
lower steps a grate was raised, and a ti
gress crept into the arena.
Hardly escaped ' from her den she
crouched to the earth, looking round with
lerocily, but without inquietude or aston
ishment. Soon she snuffed the air, and be
gan to crawl like a serpent towards the
place where the horse had fallen ; arrived
there, she reared against -the grate, smel
ling and biting the bars which he touched,
roared immoderately, examining the iron,
the sand, Jand the air, for the absent prey.
Soon the emanations from the blood yet
warm and palpitating flesh reached her;
she marched straight toward the tree against
which had been enacted the combat be
tween Silas and the lion, turning neither
to the right nor to the left, rxcept to pick
up the shreds of flesh strewed by the noble
animal who had preceeded her in the cir
cus. At length she came to pool of blooa
which the sand had not absorbed, and be
gan to drink like a thirsty dog, roaring and
raging in proportion as she drank. W hen
she had finished, she looked round afresh
with sparkling eyes, and this only till she
perceived Actee, who, bound to the tree,
and with closed eyes awaited death with
out daring to see it come.
instantly the tigress crouched flat,
i3iorjvflp!)'tol.
bull, thus slaughtered, fell expiring at half creeping in a manner obliquely towards
a lance's length Irom Actee; but she had her victim, but without losing sight of her.
closed her eyes awaiting death. The ap- When about ten paces from her, she rose,
planses ol the circus alone apprised her of and with extended neck and widened nos-
Sunbury, April 14, 1653. tf.
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At mis instant me people, deceived m
their expectations, began to threaten and
bellow, exclaiming, "It is a combat no', a
martyroom, that we come to see !" And
now the cry was heard "To the cross! to
the cross!" In comparing nunishment
with punishment he preferred this, though
the suffering might be more protiacted. A
ray ol ineffable joy shone in the eyes of
the young man, who extended his arms in
token of thankfulness, happy that he was
about to die the same death by which the
Redeemer made his apotheosi?. At this
moment he heard behind him a sigh so
deep that he turned himself.
"Silas! Silas!" murmered the maiden.
"Actee!" exclaimed the youth as he
hastened towards her.
"Silas, have pity on me," said Actee.
"Soon as I observed you, hope sprans up
in try heart, lou are courageous and
strong, inured to combats with the inhabi
tants of the desert. Peradventure, it vou
fight, you may save us bith."
"And the martyrdom V interrupted Silas.
"And the pain !" said Actee, lettins fall
her head upon her breast. "Alas! Iain
not like thee, born in a holy city ; I am a
maiden ot Corinth. I have never heard
the words of lite from the mouth of Him
for whom we are to die. Brought up in
the religion of my ancestors, my faith and
creed are new. The word 'martyrdom
was unknown to me until yesterday. Per
haps I might have courage for myself; but;
Silas, if 1 were forced to see you die this
slow and cruel death "
"Enouhgh I will fight!"'exclaimed
Silap. "I am sure to find, though lute, the
joy with which you charm me this day."
I hen making a sign of command to the
slaves "My hone, sword and javelins !"
slid he with tho voice and gesture of an
Emperor.
The multitude clapped their hands, per
ceiving that they were soon to witness one
of those' Herculean struggles which could
not fail to arouse sensations rendered obtuse
1 tiree slaves now entered the circus,
two conducting'each a horse, which they
hitched to the bull for the purpose of drag
ging him out of the amphitheatre; the
third bearing a cup and amphora. He fil
led the cup, and presented it to the young
Syrian, which he barely sipped, but de
manded other arms. They brought him a
bow, arrows snd spear. He made all haste
to silly forth, for beneath the throne which
the Emperor had left' void, a grate was
lilted, and a lion of Atlas, coming forth
from his lair, majestically entered the
circus.
He is truly the King of Beasts, for when
with a roar he saluted the day, all the
spectators trembled ; and the courser him
self, mistrusting for the first time the nim
bleness of hit feet, answered with a neigh
of affright. Silas alone was habituated tj
his powerful voice; for, having more than
once heard it resounding through the desert
which extended from Lake Asphaltus" to
tl'.e source of the Moise, he prepared him
self for attack or defence, while sheltering
behind a post very near that to which Ac-
tei was bound, and made ready the best
and keenest of his arrows. During this
time, his noble and pmsant enemy slowly
and confidently advanced, showing the
'wrinkles of his broad face, and sweeping
the sand with Ins tail
The keepers lanced him, to arouse him,
by darts muflled with streamers of different
colors ; but he, impassable and grave, con
t ri Is, inspired the air which came from the
place; then, with one leap, clearing the
space that had seperated the young Chris
tion, she feli at her leet ; and, when the
whole amphitheatre, in waiting to see her
lorn to pieces, uttered a cry of terror, by
winch was evinced the entire interest
which the maiden had inspired in the spec
tators, who had prepared to clap their
hands at her death, the tigress crouched,
gentle and fondling as a gazelle, uttering
faint cries of joy, and licking lhe feet of
her former mistress At these unexpected
caresses the astonished Actee opened her
eye3, and recognized Phcebe, the favorite
Nero. Instantly, the cry of "Mercy !
mercy !" resounded through the whole
place, for the multitude looked upon this
gratitude of the tigress as a prodigy. Be
sides, Actee had suffered three trials; and,
since she was saved, she was free. Thus
the changed spirit of the spectators showed
one of those transitions, so na'ural to a
mob, from the extreme of cruelty to the
extreme of clemency.
The young cavaliers threw down their
chainsof gold, the young ladies their chap-
lets of flowers; all rose upon the steps,
calling upon the slaves to loose the victim.
An immense crowd was in expectation.
At si'ht of her they burst into applauses,
and were ready to carry her in triumph ;
but Actee suppliantly clasped her hands,
and the people opened before her, leaving
a free pas-aze. She hurried to the tent of
Diana, sat down behind one ot trie pillars,
j , : i ! J . r
THE LATE JtllGE GIDSO.V '
The death of Juclgo Gibson, of the Su !
preme Court (if Pennylvanla, is a notuble '
loss lo the jurisprudciieo of our country. He
was. a Juilye of most exlraoidinury ability;
no man on the Konch possessed a profuuuJer
knowledge of the law, or was tilled with
moru viyorciu?, tompiehenaive, and accurate
mode of slaiiny it. The volumes of thd
Pennsylvania Reports contain every whBre
the most striking proofs of hi talents, and
will be an eiiduiing monument of his fume.
In the course ol a few months wo ehnll be
enabled through the kindness of a gentleman
ft I uui bai, to present to our leaders it bio
paphical sketch of the laic distinguished
Judge. In the meantime wo may be per
mitted to transfer lo lhe pages lhe follow
i"g elegant nnd beautiful trimle to his mem'
ory, delivered at the tension of the Supreme
Court, at HarrUbur", by Chief Justice liluck,
on the account of lhe death ff Judge Gibson.
American Law Register.
Chief Justice Black said: It is umieces.
srtry to say lhat every surviving member of
the Court is deeply grieved by the death of
Mr. Justice Gibson. In the course of nature
it was not to be expected that he could live
much longer, for he had attained the ripe
age of seventy six. But the blow, though
not a sudden, was a severe one. The inti
mate relations, personal nnd official, which
we all boie to him, would have been auffi.
cieut for some emotion, even if he had been an
ordinary man. Bui he was the Nestor of the
Bench, whose wisdom inspired the public
mind with confidence in our decisions. By
'.his bereavement the Court has lost what no
time ran repair ; for we shall never look upon
his like again.
We reuaid him more as a father than a
brother. None of us ever saw tho Supremo
Court befme he was in it ; nnd losnme of us
his chnrncler as a great Judjie was familiar
even in childhood. The earliest knowledge
of the law we had was derived in pail from
his luminous expositions of it. He was a
Jude of lhe Common Pleas before the
youngest of us was bom, and wus a member
of this Court long before the eldest was ad
mitted to the bar. For nearly aquaiter of a
century he was Chief Justice, and when he
was nominally superseded by another, as the
head of the Couit, his great learning, venera
ble character nnd overshadowing reputation,
siill made him the only Chief whom the
hearts of the people would know. In the
course of his long service he discussed and
dueided innumerable qnesitons. Hisopinions
are bound in no less than seventy volumes of
the regular reports, frrm second Sergeant
and Kawle to sixth Harris.
At the lime of his death bo had been lon
ger in othce than any contemporary Judge
in the world ; and in some points of charac
ter ho had not his equal on the earth. Such
vigor, clearness and precision of thought was
never before united wilh the same felicity
of diction. Brougham has tkeiched Lord
Stowell juslly enotighj as the greatest judi
cial writer that England could boast of, for
force and beamy of stylo. He selects a
sentence and calls on the reader to admire
lhe remarkable elegance of its structure.
1 believe that Judge Gibson never wrote an
opinion in his life from which a passage
might not be taken stronger, and, as well as
mure graceful in its turn of expression, than
I his which is selected with so much care by
a zealous friend, Irom all of Lord Slow ell's.
His written language was a transcript of
his mind. It gave lhe world the very form
and pressure of his ihonjht. It was accurate,
because he knew lhe exact boundaries of the
principles he discussed. His mental deugu
tinned to advance, not disquieiting himself and remained weeping and in despair; for
sne now regretieu mat sue uaa nui nieu,
beholding herself alone in the world.
When night came, she recollected lhat
one family remained to her, and bent her
solitary way to the catacombs.
est title io admiration. The movement of .
his mind were as strong as they were yr.icc
ful. Hi period not onl) pleased ilia) enr, but
sunk into the mind. . Ha nevui r.uiei the
leader, but he always exhausted the subject.
An uploiou of his was an unbroken chain of
logic, from beginning to end. Hi argumen
tation was alway characterized by great
power, and somo time it rose in'o irresistn
ble energy, dashing apposition lo piees wiih
force like lhat of a balterin-i rani.
He never missed the point even of a cause
which had been badly argued. He separa
ted lhe chaff from the wheat almost as soon
us ho got possession or it. Tho most compli
cated entanglement of facts and law, woulJ
be reduced to harmony under his hand.
Hi argument was so lucid that the dullest
mind could follow him with that intense
pleasure w hich we all feel in being able to
comprehend the working of an intellect so
manifestly superior. :- -, , '
Yet he committed errors. .. It is wonderful
that in the courso of his long seiviro he did
not commit more., A few. were caused by
inattention ; a few by want of time a few
by preconceived notions, which let! hitn as
tray. When he did throw himself into the
wrong side of a cause,' he' usually made an
argument which It was much easier to over.
rule than answer.' With reference to his
erroneous opinions, he might have used the
words of Virgil, which he quoted sn happily
Eakxn vs. liaub, (12 S. & H. 346.) for another
purpose. ,
Si Pergama dextcra
Defcndi potint, etiam hac defensa fitissit.
' But he was of all men the most devoted
nnd earnest lover of truth for its own sake.
When subsequent reflection convinced him
that he had been wrong, he took the first op
portunity to acknowledge it. He was often
the earliest lo discover his own mistakes, as
well as the foremost to coriect them.
He was inflexibly linuesl. The judicial
ermine was as unspotted when ho laid i'
aside for the habilments of the grave, as it
was when he first assumed it. I do not
mean to award him merely lhat common
place integrity which is no honor to have,
but merely a disgrace to wunl. He was not
only incorruptible, but scrupulously, deli
cately, conscienciously free from all wilful
wrong, cither in thought, word, or deed.
Next after his wonderful intellectual en
dowments the benevolence of his heart was
the most marked feature nf his character.
His was a most genial spirit, affectionate
and kind to bis friends, and magnani
mous to his enemies' Benefit received by
him wore engraved oil his memory as on a
tablet of brass; injuries were written in
land. He never lei the sun go down upon
hi wrath. A little dash of bitterness in bis
nature would, perhapsi have given a more
consistent lone to his character, and greater
activity to his mind. He lacked the quality
which Dr. Johnson admired; he was not a
good hater.
His accomplishments were very extraordi
nary, He was born a musician, nnd natural
talent was highly cultivated. He was a
connoisseur in painting and sculpture. The
whole I'ouiid ot buglisti literature was
familiar lo him. He was at home among
the ancient classics. He had perfectly clear
pcicepliou of all great truths of natural sci
cure. He had studied medicine carefully in
his vouih and understood it well. His mind
absorbed all kinds of knowledge w ith scarce
ly an effoit.
Judge Gibson was well appieciated by bis
fellow citizens liol so highly as he desci'V.
ed : for that w as scarcely possible. But ad
miration of his talent and respect for his'
honesty, were universal sentiments. This
wa strikingly manifested when he was
elected in 1S51, notw ithstanding his advau-
by the ordinary combats.
Silas nuirklv annrnached the hnrio. It
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geet of the I Pcnnaylveuia, edition of J 85 1,
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Judge Bead edition of Blackslonea Common
tarfe in 3 vol. 8 o. formerly wild at 10,00,
TnA now ollercd (in freah binding) t tho low
. m nn Hie laws of Pennsylvania re-
ajwetias the eatte of Ltecedent. by Thorn F.
i" v..u and Adventures, all ol
which will be .old low, either for cash, or coun
try produce. 1
.- February, SI, lisSS. U.
The
man addressed the courser in a i' range lan
guage, but, as if the animal understood the
words, he neighed an answt r. . Silas took
from the back and mouth of bis companion
the saddle and bridle which the Rwnans
had imposed as badges of slavery, and the
ch'ld of thedeseit bourd d joyot s'y around
tne noeraior. -
- Meanwhile, Silas, in his turn, freed hi r.-
self from every incumbrance, and, Wrap
ping rrs rd cloik about his left arm, a'.ood
in his funic and turban; girded on tit
j sword, seized his javelins, called his char-
wit h these contrivances when suddenly,
amid lhe ofletisive wands, a sharp and his
sing arrow sped like lighteing lo bury itself
in one of his shoulders. He suddenly stop,
ped with more astonishment than pain.
and, as he could not comprehend lhat a
human being would have the hardihood to
attack him, he yet doubted concerning his
wound ; but soon li is glaring eyes guessed
it ; his jaws opened ; a roar, heavy and
prolonged, like the rumbling of thunder,
escaped as out ot a cavern Irom the depth
of his breast. He seized the arrow fixed
in the wound, and crushed it between
his teeth, casting around htm a look which,
l..Antd tf... -Hilt..- Ik.l n.Al.-l..l
usiiv llic gl tiling mm jJluicuru iiirin,
caused the spectators to recoil. He sought
for an object on which his royal rage
Tmtno- Mutual Ininraiioe Company. eer, who obeye I with the docility of
- . . ..,n . .. ,t,A I na.Atla and vaiittino iinAn fiij tinrtr ha
It. J. U. MASSfcK i m ioci .-.-...o i
maae, wnue oenoing over nis nee ana
without any help for directing bim than
his knees and voice, three circuits around
the post where Actee was bound, in the
manner of Persetii when defending An
dromeda, the pride oi the Arab outrivalling
the humility of the Christian
At this moment a folding-door opened
below the Podium, and a bull of Cordova,
a X
I J .i . )..,...n Camoanv. iu N orthumber-
land coimtj. nd i at all time ready to effect
Insurance gaint. fire on real or personal pro
perty, or renewing pouciea iur uw
- Bunburv, April 86, 1861,-if.
rMEKSON'8 ARITHEMETIC No. I. .
and Porter' Rhetorical Keaoer, jua. ,c..v
d and for eat by
Umitrory, My I
1851
-f', SH v.iii. Be of a oMrior quality goaded by alaves, entered bellowing into
FHn J JI-J 1. the circus but he had bardly taken t wo
' . ... . M H . MAHBE.lt.
I VBITINO fLUID and lf "lint Erhe-
f v lopes, .inal receivea is i "
In iqm H.B.MAtfSLB.
ii
steps ere, by reason of the strong light,
terrified at the view ol tne spectatori ana
the ehoutsbf the multitude, he bent his
forcii-'s, laid Ins head on the ground, ano
NOVEL A.ND CHEAT IXVENTIOX.
A correspondent, says lhe Boston Bee,
sends the following account of a safety can
the result of his ingenuity, which we publish
for lhe approval of the public :
''The seats, on which lhe passengers sit,
are lo rest on pistons, whfch piston are to
pi iy into cylinders, which cylinder are lo
be charged with gunpowder, which gunpow-
der i to be touched off wilh percussion caps
and hammers, which caps and hammer are
might fall. At this moment he perceived " iled b)- whicb ,ud ar 10 be
the courser, trembling as if he were stand
ing on ice ; though he was covered with
sweat and loam; ceasing to. roar, but ut
tering a short cry, sharp and reiterated, he
made a bound which brought him within
twenty paces of Ibis the first victim of bis
choice.
Now commenced a second course, more
wonderful even then the first, for there ii
not much of science itself in man to mar
the instinct ot animal. Force and swift-
nest weie promptly put forth in all their
savage energy, and the eyes ot two hun
dred thousand spectator were turned for a
time from the (wo Christians to follow
round the amphitheatre this fantastic chase.
the more agreeable to the crowd .than it.
was the less expected. A aecond lean
brought the lion to the horse, which crouch
ins at the back part of the circus, could
flee neither to the right nor to the Jeft.
He sprang over the bead of his enemy,
whom he had set himself to pursue with
unequal bounds, bristling his hair and ut
lutein ffrStni I i m aa ftja. 4 .r A Vl ) irrAtii linm
t71ltln At Will lliUV u ,. Illllt U I1 V r lltigaa
which the fugitive answered by neighing!
ol terror.
so cunnrcted with the engine and cars, that
whenever any collisoti, obstacle, wi ch,
drawbridge occ o is, or whenever the engineer
or fireman or conductor shall sue fit,) all the
aforesaid piston may be dischaiged ul once,
firing up ibe paaseugers high and dry lulu
lie air, through the lop of the cars, instead
of being drowned or durhed to pieces in
them.
1 It will bd necessary that lhe top of lhe
car, ii. stead of being covered with boards,
houhl be covered with ihiu cloth or canvass,
through which any humau head of ordinary
thickness, or skujl, will penetrate w ith per
feet ease.. 1 would also suggest, a a further
improvement, lhat a parachute be placed
directly over lhe bead of every passenger so
that, in being fired up through lhe top into
the atmoipherCj he will find himself provi
ded with one of those convenient little arti
cles, used by all balloonist, for descending
to the ground frOrrt any height, at pleasure."
New gold mine have bee discovered
South Carolina.
iu
tool; in the world ouMine nnd all lhe details' ccd age, wiihoul paitizan connections, with
r.o emphatic political standing, anJ without
manners, habits or associations calculated to
make him popular beyond lhe circle that
know hinj intimately. Vith all these disad
vantages, it is said, be. narrowly escaped
what might have been a dangerous disllnc.
tion; a uominalion on each of the opposing
tickets. Abroad, he has for very many
years been thought the great glory of his na"
live State ' '
Doubtless the whole' Commonwealth will
mourn his death ue all have reason to do
so. . The profession of the lawi has lost tho
ablest of it teachers, this Court the biightesl
of its ornaments, and the people a steadfast
defender of their rights, so far as they were
capable of being protecied by judicial au
thority. For myself,' I know HO form of
words to e.tpres my deep sense of the los
we have suffered. I can niol truly say of
him, what wa said long ago, concerning one
of lim few among morula who were el
greater than he: "I. did love the man, and
do honor to-his ineiiuiiVj on this side idolatry,
as much as any."
of the case, and with a bold and steady
haud he painted whet he saw. He made
other understand him. because be under-
lood himself. .
Cm" fco patenter erit res,
Nec facundio deseret huuc, tire Junius ordo.
His style was rich, but he never turned
out of his way for figures of speech. He
never sacrificed sense lo sound, or preferred
ornament to substance. If he reasoned !
much by comparison, it w as not to make his
composition brilliant bul clear. Ho spoke in
metaphor often, not because they were
sought, but because they came to bis mind
unbidden. The same vein of happy illnstta.
tion ran through hi conversation and his
private teller. I was moat of alt t'.ruck
with il in a careless memorandum, lutendea
when it was penned for no eye but bis own.
He never thought of display, and seemed to
tally unconscious that he bad lhe power to
make any. ' - " ' ' ' '
His word wero always precisely adapted
to the subject . Ha said neither more nor
lea lhan just the thing he ought. He bad
one faculty of a gieat poet that of expres.
ling a thought in language, which could ne
ver uflerwanls be paiaphrasad. When a
legal principle passed through his bauds, he
eul il forth clothed in a dies which filled
il so exactly, that nobody ever presumed lo
give it uny other. Almost universally lhe
yllabua of hi opinion it a sentence from
itself; and the most needles stodent, in
looking over, YVbarlon'a Digest, ca select
tho cases, in which Gibson delivered the
judgement, as teadily a he would pick gold
Coin cut from . among copper. For I hi
reason it is4 that (hough be was the least
voluminous writer of lhe court, the citations
from bim at the bar are more hurrierohs
.. . I. ,. . v . , .1 V ...... .. i
than Irem all tne rest pot together. " " "J
The dignity, purity and richness of hit
w tiiien opinions, wa by no mean hi high-
AVSrrtAl fX A. SEEN 8T A CiLlPORSlA.tr I
The f.illoiMtij teller was written nmlei1
Lite of January 10, 1SS3, from the "Eureka'
Diggings," Australia, by Mi. W. II Cooper,--
latociiy Surveyor, of Sonor, (o the friend fry
lh latter place, by whom it wii fumisheif
lo The Souora IleralJ. (t is conclusive' hf :
the question as to lhe relative merit of l lie,'
two great gold fields of the world, and bnii tf '
written by an inteligenl and observing man,
and withal a practical miner, 1 ftnthleif ."fo
full consideration. No one who read it wril'
ever think of quitting California: for such a
pru'pect alls here depicted-, fir f.iot, wei
learn that hundred who were iu this city oit
their way to Austrullia, have changed I he if
minds since the arrival of the pu.ien6rs by
the Jesse Byrne, some having even forfeited
their passago money alfeaJy paid, rather'
than go Tley are wise: , . , , : lt
This county is low and flat, and is a greatf
deal worse Watered lhan California. What
water there is, is nearly all brackish. ' Some','
limes it is tfnciurcif with sulphur and irons
but mostly with salt, ' The Hie are an hito!-
erable nuisance, there it no end lo them ire
the mines. Many person have almost lest
their sfgfit on account of their darting into
their eyes I preserve my eye a:id face by
continually weairng a veil. ...... , t-t. 'i
The laws of this country are exceedingly'
oppressive to the poor laborer, taxing him to",
death all lhe lime', and leaving him' no chance
fo accumulate Weatlfr, by any regular Course
of industry. Hence hisonly hope is to slrikef
what is here termed :a dollop,' or in our lan
guage, 'a pTIe,' in the diggings; and evert
then his license-money, and the per-ccntagd
of golfing it through to the settlements, and
converting ft frrto' Specie, eats up a great deal
of his godsend To get this 'dollop,' in tho
first place, he stands only one-fifth the chance
lhat he would do itr California ; so yoo may
judge '.hat it is all a lottery. And yet there)
are men who have made themselves bide'
pendent dmf ctfrfifortabl'e for life, by ipetid-'
ing only a few Week in these mines.
"I am at present in the Victoria Diggings.
The gold here' ffee ?n much heavier deposits
than in California; bt these aro fewer and
further between. Itfy digafng's are' fifty
feet in depth, while in the vicinity, there
are places from seventy to eighty feet deep,
and even rtiorfe. At tire Ovens,- two hundred
and fifty or three hundred miles northeast
from here, there 3fo haw digging of at thai-'
low chaiacter. ' I am going to staff for there?
in a few days, and if I do not make more
than I have been making, 1 shall leave and
return to CaWtfmfal. "
"I will give yO'a the key ftf trie excitement
at prenent going on in regard fo this tioiittiff S
Years ago many English noblemen and gen
tlcrhen tame to this colony, and located all
the moil desirable lands' and water pfitii
lege! for farms, nations, kc. Since then,
they have been grrfwing wool,- and rearing
sheep, cattle &e. They hate!, h'oweterj be
come crowded and lebor -eras: a little too high
for them. They therefore ftarted a- great
outcry about tho richness of the Auftfaliari
gold-fields; which, as foreseen, ha Caused .
rush of imrmgratfon from all points of the'
vvoild. They arfite,- and find the mines to"
be a complete lottery; and not having the'
means to nuslain either a lengthened 'pre
peel,' or tu return home, they embrace tfi.-; "
alternative to accept farm work, for little or'
no pay. The landnd proprietors i:'it "nfe
slaves for a considerable time- pei fnri ( .
life. They are the t-Jass that i rmfcirt? ';.'
most money, and far the tnrrst noise f.i t';.f
colony. Furthermore, the country is filled
up wilh Contieis the ofTsconring of .F.ni
land who are mostly the most lawless and
Worst ibieves and Vagabonds fn the known
world. California is, ill comparison, a per
fect paradise. I might Write pages on thin
subject, and then tike the Queen of Sheba, 1
should not have told you lhe half. ' '
'-Take the advice of a bosom friend, and
do not come here. Keep from under John
Bull's dominion as lori; a you can After
paying all expenses, escort, percentage, kc.
kc, you have no ectiuiy eiiber for life or
money. 1 hope that all my friend will rov
maiu at home, miles they bring with I he in
the mean to return when they choo.-that
will be a toon a they find bow things real'
are." j
A Witt CiSE. A case wa recently tried
in Montgomery county, Pa., In which Jiii'ao
Stnyser ruled that an attempt lo igu a w Ill
death occurring to prevent a signing ja suf
ficient to sustain the will, hi this rase the
decedent had commenced his name by W ri
ting the letter P., when he sunk back eshau
ted, and died in ten minutes.
Tug largest plate of glass in America, i
by feet, wa broken on Tuesday, tbe 211
Ulit. as the workmen are re salting A in a
window of a Broadway restaurant, New
York. It cost $1030., Several oilier of the
tame size wet e broken on the voyage.
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' Nine Potuwattarpie Indian warrior have
arrived at Louisville, en reute to the ')tl
Palace Fair.
Maxino a Fiota BARRtt. The fredcr
ick Examiner stales that a cooper la that
city made a flour barrel one day last week in
the space of ten mlnlites, which wa consid
ered quick work, where upon Mr. Harrison
Knight, another eooper, undertook for a wa
ter to make a barrel in lev lime, and suc
eeeded in completing it in 74 minute.
Tile great law of Nature in, "eat and be
eaten." The snuwn enter swallows the
worm, the shark swallows lhe spawn eater J
lhe haw k pounces on the chicken, the eagle
on tbe hawk, and the sportsman on the ea
gle) rogue feed the devil on pettifoggers
Queer arrangement this, but w liu w ill say
that it 1 not all fur the be-l 1
UcsY Times tor tub Coroner. The Co
roner of New Yotk, on Wednesday, '.he 22J
tilt-, held thirtyfive Inquests on person who
had died suddenly, from uu-stioke, intem
perance, appoplexy, and casualties.
Ix roa a Loss The Borough of Pott,
villa wiebeato borrow tl6,UO0, to cancel
sjui of it outstanding order.
The judge of Harrison county, (V ) court
have refused te grant licences foi the aake of
liquor . ,"' ; ---'
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Tut Flemingtou copper mine are about if
be reopened by a new eompaiiy.