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SELECT POETRY.
From the Boston Port
A RUSHING MELODY.
THE FEAST OF TURRET AND THE fLOW Or
RHYME.
So far os 1 can reason down
The complex "Eastern question"
A Turkey, done exceeding brown,
Would suit the Czar' digestion.
Be trussed it must with bayonets fitst,
And pepered well wiih powder;
Then, sliced out into provinces,
'Twill .nake a famous chowder.
Poor Turkey cannol bear a "yoke,"
Though turkey-eggs bear pullets;
Nor can the Sultan see the joke
Of making his eggs "bullels."
Though he has got a hundred wives,
He daily loves "Moll Davia;
And Galris is the kind of "ijal"
He wouldn't part lo save you.
Thonah "men shake ofl" the Russian w iles,
Siill, Men-shi-knrT is ceat, Sir !
And D.trdnn-"ee1a" are crooked miles.
Although lhty call them "stiait," Sir.
The Sulliin in his Harem sits,
While Ihiiius go "liaiiim"-scainm.
He gels in-Sultiii' mes.nges,
And cannol clinose, but "bear" rtm
The Tuik nppc'His lr Rod ami truth,
But suffers ne'erlhelefs he ;
Foi Gortsciiakoff, beside the Puilli.
Al Jcssv "gives him Jessev."
With Giutsrha-" kolT," and' Mensehi-'-ki.iT,"
His breast has gol a slufliii'.
And he cannot shake ihpm off
Those "coughs" will nail his coffin.
The Cznr is clad in rnslly furs,
From Vashka and Ynkaka ;
While Tmkey's sole defence from "kolTo"
Is "rkdsch'id Am Pa.ciia."
The Sultan to the Pmphel prays
No profit comes a-near him ;
And though his "Porte" is called "Sublime,"
I; has nol strength to cheer him.
He prays to Mecca, but tie finds
The "niechu"-nisrr. isrusly;
His piayer connot unlock the gate,
And so the Putin" M "cruMy ;'
His Viziers put ther "visors" down,
And will not face the tussle;
Alas', the faithful Musiffilmatis
Have neither binu nor "muscle."
Dis-"lnrliiu' " hands his tuiban touch
His hookah it is "honked," Sir ;
And soon, before a Cossack "lire,"
Will Tmkey's goose be cooked. Sir.
His Mamelukes lo 'mammy look,"
Nor aro for battle pressing ;
His "Pasha of a dozen tails"
Have "lalea" ihe most distressing.
II if Drasnmait can't "diag a man"
To lihi, (the 'Pinks ain't stupid,)
His 'Private Guard'" aro impotent,
For Mars as t'ke for Cupid.
Theie's not a man in his Divan,
In liouoi's "van" will ".lie," Sir;
Before Ihe siortn that 'Biuiit" brews.
The "iuikey" soon must "fly," Sir."
Though England promised men and mon-
Ey, now she goes for ''snack"," Sir,
Prelerring Turkey uiideidone,
To tighting wild Cossacks, Sir !
"Old Nick" may send his "serfs" to fight
From Kostroma and Kasanlz
While Lucts in the l-Parc a'ix Cerfs,"
Is shooting "lui key "-buzzards.
The Cossacks are a savage horde,
Bui Tuiks with them can cope ill;
St. Petersburg obeys the sword,
Not so Constantinople,
The Turks are called lo daily piayer
Fiom minaret and steeple,
So well-informed they are, they're called
The constant "J know" people.
The Sea of Marmora is small,
A sea-ton in '.he "neck," Sir,
Which join the European head
L'nlo Ihe Asian wreck. Sir;
The Tuik, I fear must cross it soon,
To "mar more" ulter ruin,
And this is all I know about
The tempest that is "Bruin "
The Turks gave shelter lo Kossuth
For this esteemed their souls are ;
May they ne'er know a "Hungary" day
"Partitioned" as Ihe "Poles" are.
May Allah and the Christian's God
Coiiloniid unchristian Czars, Sit
And may the "Crescent" moor be gilt
With bright Columbian stars, Sir.
a 7ntmotrou0 SUctctt.
DODGING THE BILL.
One pleasant morning in June some
two or three years since four of the crew
of the United States ship then lying in
Ihe port o( R , obtained permission ol
Ihe first lieutenant to have a day on shore.
The roads were in good travelling order;
they determined to hire a "team," and run
down to B , a distance of ten miles.
Alter donning their best ri?, they went to
a livery stable, hired a phrrton and a span
of horses and were soon ofl in high spirits.
Arriving at B , about one o'clock in
the afternoon, they drove to the City Ho
tel, gave the horses in charge of the hoslfer
with the injunction to give them a eood
rubbing down and plenty of grain. They
then walked into the hotel, and ordered a
private room, with the best dinner the
house could afford.
In the course of half an hour, the ser
vant announced their room and dinner was
ready. They were shown up stairs to a
richly furnished apartment, where the four
sailors sat down to an entertainment fit for
a prince. In fact the poor fellows had
never dreamed of the like before.
'Waiter, bring a couple of boftles of
champaigne your best" said Jack Wa
ters -as good a sailor at ever floated this
aide of 'Davy Jones' locker.'
After finishing their dinner leisurely,
they went down into the bar-room, called
for cigars, lit them, told Iht landlord they
were going to take a stroll around the city,
and should return at about five o'clock.
As it was near sis when they got back
Ihy determined to set off for R imme
diately, as their word had been given to be
on toard by nine o'clock,
i "But shipmates," said Waters, "you are
not going without your supper, are you V
I "Of course not," answered the landlord,
who heard Waters' remark. "Walk right
up stairs, gentlemen, you shall be provided
for immediately."
"But the expense," said Charles Brently,
in a low tone.
"Oh, never mind that," returned Water.
"Come let's go up and have some supper,
We shall feel better for it."
The sailors had hardly reached their
room, when a waiter brought in some hot
muffins, preserves, pies, cake and olher
eatables, very palatable to sailors who for
the last twelve months had tasted nothing
but salt junk and hard bread.
"Waiter, fetch ug a bottle of the oldest
wine you have in the "
"The expense," whispered Brently.
"D n the expense waiter bring the
wine" ordered Waters.
"Now," said Waters, after Ihe waiter
had gone, "our hill will be twenty or thir
ty dollars, which we can't pay.
"Well what do you propose to do?"
asked Brently, ready for any emergency.
"That's just the question I was about to
ask rot;," returned Waters.
"Why the d 1 did you order the supper
and wine, when yofl knew there was not a
'shot in the locket' to pay for what we
have nlrendj'."
"Thunder and guns, man, you might as
well be 'locked up' for a large debt as a
small one. But stop I believe I've a
p'an which, if well managed, may help us
awav from this landshark of a landlord."
"What is it ?" asked Brently.
"It is this. I will have the carriage
brought to the door, and order our bill.
When the waiter brings it, I will take it,
put my hand in my pocket as though 1
were going to pay it. You, (.'barley,
snatch the hill out of my hand and say that
you intend to pay it. l on, Maxwell,
claim it your privilege to pay all expenses
and you, Frank, do the same. Then,
Brenll', throw off your jacket and threaten
to whip the crowd, unless you are allowed
to pay it : alter that accede to any propo
sition I shall make. Follow these instruc
tions and leave the rest to me "
At this moment the waiter entered with
the wine.
"Waiter, have o-jr horses brought to the
door, and when they are ready bring us
our bill."
"Yes, sir."
"What do yon intend to do, Jack 1" ask
ed Brently. "Knock down the waiter,
seize the bill, rush out, jump into the car
riage, and "
"No, nothing of the kind," interrupted
Waters. "On the conttary, I shall make
the waiter a pn s 'nt of half a dollar for Ihe
attention he has paid us. "However, all
remember your parts, and we will slip our
cables, and be oiTat the rate of forty miles
an hour."
When the waiter returned, Ihe compan'
had finished their last glass of wine.
"Ah," said Waters, "have you the bill ?"
"Yes sir," said the waiter, handing it to
him.
"Nineteen dollars and fifty cents. All
right, there is a half a dollar for you, sir
are the horses nt the door ?"
"Yes sir, all ready."
"Stop!" exclaimed Brently, as Waters
thrust his hand into his pocket. I'll pay
the bill." At the same time snatching the
bill out of his hand.
"Curse me if you do though," said Max
well. "That's my privilege."
"Look here, shipmates," said Brently,
at the same time throwing off' his jacket
and doubling up his fists, "1 don't want to
quarrel with you ; but the first mother's
son that says he'll pay the bill, shiver my
limbers, if I don't spile his binnacle lights
in less than no time."
"Stop, slop," interrupted Watcrs-"we'll
have no quairelling about it. Lt the wai
ter be blindfolded, and the first one he
catches shall pay the bill. Will you agree
to it shipmates J"
Waters gave the wink and they con
sented to settle the dispute in that way.
While Brently was lying the napkin
round the waiter's eyes, Waters took the
receipt which lay on the table, and put it
away. Then going to the door he softly
lifted the latch, swung open the door and
motioned them out.
"Now," said he, "we aie all ready.
The first one you catch, hold on to him
don't let him pet away front you" and
Waters softly closed the door and proceed
ed down stairs with the others. Just as
they reached the bottom they w re met by
Ihe landlord.
"Have you got your bill, gentlemen 1"
he asked.
'Yes, sir," said Waters, showing him the
receipt.
"All right, gentlemen the next time
you're round give us a call."
"We shall do so, sir," returned Haters.
The next moment they were in their
carriage, and soon out of sight.
A few mtnutes after they had gone the
landlord had occasion to go up stairs, and
was surprised to hear a tremendous noise
coming from the room lately occupied by
the four sailor.
Opening the door, he was struck dumb
with astonishment. There lay the table on
one tide the chairs turned upside down,
glasses broke, bottles rolling around the
floor and the waiter, with eyes bandaged
and outstretched arms, dodging this way
and that, endeavoring to catch tome one.
"Wha why," the old gentleman was
unable to speak from astonishment.
"I bear you," said the waiter, and he
made a dive at the landlord clasping him
in his arms, with a hug that would have
crushed bear. "I've got you," he ex
claimed, as the landlord struggled to get
away. "Abie, old fellow, you have got to
pay thtbill!" and clinging like a vice with
one band, and with the ether be pulled the
bandage off bis eye.
JJistortcal.
THE CLAY AND RANDOLPH DUEL.
A long extract from Col. Benton's "Thir
ty Years in the United Stales," shortly lo
be published, has found its way into the
newspapers, givinga circumstantial account
ol the duel between Clay and Randolph in
1826. Col. Benton was present at Ihe
meeting and knew every step that was ta
ken by the parties, or their friends, from
the day of the challenge to the day ol re
conciliation all of which he relates with
great particularity, and, no doubt, with
equal accuracy. The cause of Ihe chal
lenge was spoken in debate Ihe veibal
report of which, as communicated to Mr.
Clay, represented Randolph !o have said :
"That a letter from General Salazar, the
Mexican Minister at Washington, submit
ted by the Exeruti e to the Senate, bore
the earmark of having been manufactured
or forged by the Secretary of State, and de
nounced the Administration as a corrupt
coalition between the Puritan and hluckleg ;
and added, at the same lime, that he, (Mr.
Randolph,) held himself perfectly respon
sible for ail that he had said."
Randolph, however, authorized hi
friend, Col. Talnal, to say to- Mr. Clay's
friend, Gen. Jessup, that Ihe words used by
him in debate were as lollows :
"That I thought it would be in my power
to show a Charlotte county jury (hat (his
invitation was manufactured here that
Salazar's letter sir nek me as bearing a
strong likeness, in point of style, to the
either papers. 1 do not undertake lo
prove this, but expressed my suspicion that
it was so. I applied to the Administration
this epithet. "I'utitatiic, diplomatic,
blacklegged Administration." M. Ran
dolph, in giving these words as uttered by
him in debate, is unwilling to afford any
explanation as to their meaning and appli
cation." Every expedient that could be thought
oflo prevent a hostile meeting, was ex
hausted by the friends of the parties in
vain. As the next best thing, the seconds
agreed to so arrange the terms of filing that
if either party got hit it would be as near
an accident as possible. The meeting took
place on the 8th of April, on the right
hank of the Potomac, within the State of
Virginia- Col. Benton proceeds :
The place was a thick forest, and the
immediate spot a little depression or basin
in which the parties stood. The principals
saluted each other courteously as they took
their stands. Col. Tat nail had won Ihe
choice of positions, which gave to Gen.
Jessup the delivery of the word. They
stood on a line east an -J Wr-st a small
stump just behind Mr. Clay ; a low gravelly
bank just behind Mr. Randolph. The lat
ter asked Gen. Jessup lo repeat the word
as he would give it; and while in the net
of doing so, and Mr. Randolph adjusting
the butt of his pistol lo his hand, the muz
zle pointing downwards, and almost to (he
ground, it fired. Instantly Mr. Randolph
turned to Mr. Tat nail and aid : "I proles
ted against lhat hair trigger." Col. Talnall
took the blame to himself for having sprung
the hair. Mr. Clay had not received his
pistol. Mr- Johnson, (Josiah,) one of his
seconds, was carrying it to him, and still
several steps from hi:n. This untimely
fire, though clearly an accident, necessarily
gave rise to some remarks, and a species of
inquiry, which was conducted with the
utmost delicacy, but which, in itself, was
of a nature to be inexpressibly painful to a
gentleman's feelings. Mr. Clay slopped it
with Ihe generous remark that the fire was
cleaily an accident, and it was so unani
mously declared.
Another pistol was immediately furnish
ed; an exchange of shots took place, and,
happily, without effect upon the persons.
Mr. Randolph's bullet struck the stump
behind Mr. Clay, and Mr. Clay's knocked
up the eatth and gravel behind Mr. Ran
dolph, in a line with the level ot his hips,
both bullets having gone so true and close,
lhat it was a marvel how they missed.
The moment had come for me to iutepose.
I went among the parlies and offered try
meditation, but nothing could he done.
Mr. Ciay said, with that wave of the hand
with which he was accustomed lo put away
trifles, "This is cn'A' piny I" and required
another fire. Mr. Randolph also demanded
another fire. The seconds were directed
to re-load.
At the second round, Randolph received
the fire of Mr. Clay, which knocked up
the gravel in the same place as the first
then raising his piste), and firing it in the
air, he said, "I do not fire at you, Mr.
Clay," As he said this, he advanced and
offered his hand. He was met in the same
spirit. They came together, half-way, and
shook hands, Mr. Randolph saying, jocose
ly, "You owe me a coat, Mr. Clay," (the
bullet having passed through the skirt of
the coat, very near the hip,) lo which Mr.
Clay promptly and happily replied, "I am
glad the debt is no larger."
It was Randolph's original intention not
to fire at Clay at all; and this intention,
early in the preliminaries was confidently
communicated to Colonel Benton alone.
But on the day of the duel, under the in
fluence of a misapprehension, Randolph
modified his first purpose so far as to shoot
at Clay, not with the design of killing him,
but if possible to lame him. After the first
fire, however, the misapprehension alluded
to having been explained he renewed to
Col. Benton hit intention to fire into the
air, and be did so.
On Monday the parties exchanged cards,
and social relation were formally and
courteously restored. Col. Benton, in con
clusion, sayt this was about the last high
toned duel he ever witnessed, and he at
tributes its fortunate issue to the noble
character of the seconds, as well as to the
generous and heroic spirit of Ihe principals.
P o c t r a .
THE ART OF BOOK KEEIIMG.
BY THOMAS HOOD.
"How hard, whm those who do not wish
To lend Unit's lose their books.
Are snared by anglers folks that fish
With litetary hooks :
"Who call and take soue favorite tome,
But never read it through:
They thus complete their set nt home,
By making oris of you.
"Behold the book-shelf of a dunce
Who burrows never lends:
Yon uoik in twenty volumes, once
Belonged lo twenty friends.
"New tales nml novels you may shut
From view; 'lis nil in vain ;
They'io gone; and though tne leaves are
"cut,"
They never "come again."
"For pamphlets lent I look mound,
Foi linets my tears are spill :
But when they take n book that's bound,
'Tin suiely cxhn-gill.
"A ciieulaling librnry
Is mine ; rny turds are flown ;
Theie's one mi, I volume left to be
Like all ihe rest alone.
' I of my Spensnr quite bereft.
Last w inter soie was shaken :
Of Lamb I've but a qnaiter left,
N'ur could I savo my llacou.
'They picked my Locke, lo me far more
Than Bramah's palent worth ;
And now toy losses I deplore,
Without a Hume nu earth.
"F.vcn G'over works I cannot put
My fiozeu h ind upon,
Though ever since I lost my Foote,
My Uiinyitn has been gone.
"My life is wasting fast away
1 suffer from those shocks;
And Ihough I've fixed a luck u Gray,
There's gray upon my locks
They still have made me slight returns,
And thus my grief divide ;
For oh ! they've cured me of my Burns,
Ami eased my Akenside.
' But all I think 1 shall not say,
Noi let niy linger bum;
For as they have not found me Gay,
They have not left me Sterne."
TIIK lltNCiARIAS ItUGALIA.
The official Temesvar Zeilung, gives n
particular account of the recent discovery of
Ihe royal insignia of Hungary:
'It was fully shown at the outset, by An.
ditor T. Yon Karger, that Kossuth first took
the insignia to Alt Orgova, but being una
ble, wiih any due degree of security, to con
ceal ihem there, he took them to the Her
cules liaths at Mehadia. Finding, however,
siill less opertnniiy to hide them there, he
returned forthwith to Alt Olsova, placed them
in Ihe house of a certain Georgo Theodor,
land finally, by Ihe assistance of trustworthy
persons, forwarded them at night, across ihe
Czernn, towutd the Wallachaiu boumlaiy, on
horses bony It", for the pui pose. It was also
rendered certain, lhat companions of Kossuth,
had purchased on Ihe same day, at Alt OUo
va, tools ror digging, and had, at night, left
for the C'.erna. The winter on the lower
Danube having come on very early, and cov
ered the eanh with snow a foot in depth no
search could be made for some months, in
Ihe ground about Alt Olsova and w hen in
April, 1850, ihe snow and ice melted, al'
traces of any excavation had disappeared,
amrfurther rescearch in thisquniter was pre
vented, and the attention of those engnged
in it turned tn ai. other pari of ihe kingdom,
by Ihe shrewdness of the Kossuth party, w ho
secretly removed the private muiksauj sig
uu's to a different place.
"Early last spring Katger was ordered to
devote himself lo tho task of seeking the
chest in which ihe insignia was deposited.
Ho started fin the principle that ihe secret
could have been imparled to but few persons
in order to attain to any degree of security,
and thai they must have chosen some point,
which could be easily found again by them
or by their mes-enger, even upon the lapse
of years ; and fuither, thai they could have
eresse.l the Czeiua by only one way, and
tl at the place of concealment must be be
yond that liver a legion nfljidiug but few
place suited lo their object. Although a
pre'iy thorough knowledge of Ihe surface of
this territory had been gained previously, a
uio-t thoioiigh and careful examination whs
mice more begun. This lasted severaj
months in all weathers, and even thionghout
ihe clear moonlight nights of July nod Au
gust. Every upturned clod, every bush, tree(
broken blanches, stone, rut or scratch in ihe
earlh was noted, the same spots were passed
over and over ugain by those engaged in the
search, sometimes in one diieclion, some
times in another, now-leaving the sput in des
pair, of finding Uhj elue, and yet, if called
back by some higher power sat ihe Aus
trian stritcr leluriiing again lo the scearch.
The u-mlt of all this resceaieh was the con
viction, that the tokens of lha place ol con
cealment must bo found in some peculiar
conformation of the earth or hills, or in some
peculiar tree or ttees.
"Karger concluded finally lhat the desired
sign must besought among the tree. Now
began anew a careful examination of the en.
lite wooded district, and at last, in a solitary
spot almost hiddeu from the eye, and not far
from an old road, untravelled for the last fif
teen years, which once led to Wallachia, was
noiioed a chimp of tree in which many
branches had been lopped off or partially eul,
and which, on having been trimmed with
tome special object in view. Next it was
noticed lhat braochei fcuuj entangled in tbt
thorns, bushes, and in the branches of other
trees, belonged to the trees iTi the clump,
which showed lhat those could not have been
trimmed by the peasantry for foel. In pro
cess of these examinations an elegant watch
key was found and an axe-handle, which in
dicated that a man of the butterclas.es had
assisted in the wotk. This, taken in connec
tion wiih the light nnd friable soil, Ihe pecu
liar position of the trees, completely covered
wiih creeping plants, the solitary position of
the plnce, and yet its proximity to the Dan.
ube on the one hand and lha Tutkish Servian
boundary on the other, awakened in Kargnr's
mind a feeling of the. highest confidence lhat
the place was found. He had been instruct
ed not to begin the work of removing the
earth until he had unmistakable signs of hay
ing found the right place ; but he was now so
sure lhat on the 6th of September last a space
of twenty square laihnms was maiked out,
and men set lo woik examining it by digging
ditches, nt intervals of a foot and a half,
which were to be extended in each direction
across the gore enclosed here in the bend of
Iho river Albian ; on which the clump or
trees stood. On Ihe 8ih of September at 8
o'clock in ihe morning, n man at work in the
prolongation of the second ditch, struck
something which gave a metalio ring, and a
little later a well locked iron box was expos
ed, taken to a place of safety and opened by
foice-niid the Austrian tyrant had once
more the Crown or St. Stephen in his posses
sion. Locisville, October 18.
from Santa Ft From the Pacific Railroad
Survey Gov. Lane.
Letters received from Santa Fu annonco thai
Lieut. F. K. Aubrcv. of ihu
Exploiing Expedition, reached Santa Fa on
ihe 14th utl. He crossed the Sierra Nevada
at Tegon Pass on ihe I3ih of July, and struck
the Rio Del Norte nt Silerratta. The route-
he says, hail no obstructions to the construc
tion of eiiher a rail or wagon road. He also
reports having found gold nt the crossing of
the Colorado and olher pluccs. Also silver
and copper ore in great abundance. The In
dians ate very numerous and hostile. They
fought and resisted the party for 30 days
nearly all were wounded ; and Aubrey re.
ceived, at differem limes, right wounds.
The fighting was chiefly with the Garotes.
One tiibe of indiaix, who were met 200 miles
west of Senile, had gold bullets fur their
guns.
Gen. Lane, it was thought, would get a
certificate of his election ns a delegate for
Congress from New Mexico. Callagos is
said to have three hundred maj.-ritybnl the
voteofSan Miguel county would be rejected
as illegal.
Fort Atkinson has been entirely abandoned
and cveiylhing removed lo Fort Keilly,
leaving the road from Counril Giove to Fort
I'nion entirely unprotected, so that Ihe In
dian depredations were expected.
An Arkansas Widow's Kkvenoe. On the
morning of Aug. 29ih, says a correspondent
( the X. O. Tiue Delta, writing from Hot
Springs, Aik , a widow lady who keeps a
respectable boarding-house here, and nbout
whom slanderous reports had been circula
ted on the previous evening' by a man pre
tending to be a gentleman, having heard of
his conduct, proceeded in Ihe company with
her brother and another person, lo inflict on
the slanderer personal chastisement.
The brother and his friend were armed
one with a double-barrel shot-gun, and the
other with a revolver. They (ihe two men)
walked up the street about one hundred
yards, and met Ihe slanderer, who, it appears,
was also armed. They took his arms from
t. tin, nnd marched him duwn the street oppo
site Ihe house where the widow was, fully
prepared to give him a warm reception. She
was armed with a lawhide. Her brother
and his friend advised their piisoner lo stand
and take quietly w hat the widow was about
lo give him. Seeing no chance lo escape, he
had to do it, though sorely against his will.
The willow commenced, and did nut ceass
until she had administered SOU lashes, well
laid on. The man then had his arms given j
up lo him, and was advised lo leave the dig- '
giugs, which he did. I
T.F.v. J. O'Dunnei., a Cat bnlie piiost at Purl- !
land, an active Temperance man, and for
niely a strong supporter of the Maine Law,
is out in a letter upon that qiieMiou, in hich
he stales lhat drunkenness, miner) ami crime,
among fiis people have increased lather than
diminished by means of this statute. There is
more sold and u.ed among the iih popula
tion there now than before. It is kepi e-
cielly in each house, and ull the members
of the family aie ihus brought within its
temptations and its evil iHlluencrs. It is
a singular fact, thai in ihiscity, where therej
are lifteen hundred Catholics, and nu temper.
ance agitation has been had among them,
one of Ihem have gone into liquur selling'
We jo not know ol an Inshmati in tow n uh.,
ell rum. -Vfti'uflrijior Union.
ROIIMSCENCE
In 1828, the follow ing synopsis of the prin
cipal products of the following county ap
peared in the Jlarnsbxirg Chronxcl
Wheat. Cloversecd. Whiskey.
Nor.humberl'd 190,000 3 500 2.000
Centre, 180,000 6.000
Union, 150 000 6 000 2 800
Columbia, 100,000 1,000 3,000
Lycoming, 100 000 . . 950
Luzerne, 80 000 500
Tioga, 10 000
Cieai field, 3,000
Total,
823,eoo l4C'i 10.IS0
THE RATTLR S.1AKK Bin .
In one of my hunting exercises abroad or
a fine morning, I wns accompanied by m"
wife, f left my companion fur a short time,
in pursuit of game, and in climbing a inisjed
ledge of rocks, interspersed with shiubs and
dwarfish trees, was startled by a quiuky
grating rattle. I looked forward. On Uie
edge of a loosened rock lay a rattle snake,
coiling himself Dp as if for a deadly spring
He was within a few feet of me, and I pans'
ed for an instant to suivey him. I know not
why, but I slood still and looked at the dead'
ly serpent with estrange feeling of curiosity.
SudJenly he unwound his coil, as if relenting
from his purpose of hostility, and raising hie
head he fixed his bright fiery eyes directly
upon my own. A chilling and Indescribable
sensation, totally different from anything f
had ever before experienced, followed the
movement of the'serpenl ; but I stood still
and gazed steadily and earnestly, for at that
moment there was a visible change in Ihe
reptile, His form seemed to grow Niger antL
his color brighter. His body moved with a
slow, almost imperceptible motion towards
me, and a low hum of music came fiom him
--or at least it sounded so in my ear a
strange, sweet melody, faint as lhat whioh
melts from the throat of a humming bitd.
Then the tint of his body deepencdsKnii
changed to a beautiful kaleidescope-grcen,.
purple, and gold ; until I lost sight of ihe
serpent entirely, and I only saw wild, curi'
ously-woven circles of strange colors, quiv
ering around me like an atmosphere of rain
bows. I seemed in the centre of a great
prism a world of mysterious colors and
the tints varied and daikened and lighted up
again around me; and the low, sweet mu'
sic went on, without ceasing, until my brain
reeled, and fear, for Ihe first lime, came like
a shadow over mo. The new sensation
gained rapidly, and I could feel the colJT
sweat gushing from my brow. I had no
ceilaiuty of dangei in my mind all definite
ideas of peril were vague and clouded, like
Ihe unaccountable tcrrois of a dream and
yet my limbs shook, and I fancied I eouIJ
feci the blood stiffening wiih cold a it pas
sed along my veins. I would have given
worlds to have been able to bear myself fronn
the spot I even attempted lo do so, but the
body obeyed not ihe impulse of the mind
nol a muscle slitred and I stood still as if my
feel had grown to the solid lock, with the
infernal musie of Ihe tempter in my ear, and
the baneful coloring of his enchantment be
fore me.
Suddenly a new sound came upon my ear
it was a human voice; but it seemed
strange and awful. Again again but 1
stirred not ; and then a w hite form plunged
before, and grasped my arm. The horrid
spell was nn once broken. The slrange col
ors passed from before my vision. The rat
tle snake was coiling at my feet, with glow
ing eyes, uplifted fangs, and my wife clinj
ing with tetror upon me. Tho next instant
the serpent threw himself upon us. My
wife was the victim. The falal fangs pier
ced deeply in her hand, and screams of ago
ny as she staggered backwards from me, told
the dieadful truth.
Then it was that a feeling of madnese
came upon me; and when I saw the font
seipent stealing away fiom his work of death,
reckless of danger I sprang forward and
crushed him under my feet, grinding him to
pieces 011 the ragged rock. The groans of
my wife now recalled to her side, nnd to the;
horrid reality of her situation. There waa
a dark, livid spot on her hand, and ii deep
ened into blackness as I lead her away. We
weie at a considerable distance from any
dwelling; and after wandering fur a shuil
lime, the pain of the wound became insup
portable to my wife, and she swooned away
in my arms. Weak and exhausted as I was,
I yet had strength remaining to carry her 10
the nearest rivulet and bathe her brow in the
cold water. She partially recovered and u
iVown upon the bank, while I supported her
head upon my bosom. Hour after heur f ust
sed away, and none came near ns and
there, in the great wilderness, she died.
The following loaat was given at a rail
road dinner in Detroit, recently .
Edituiij Ladders on which poliiician
elimb to power pioneers in all great enler
piises Ihe only class whose labor ia it ova
reward ihe hardest worked ihe poorest
paid--ihrt most self-sacrificing and best abu
sed uf all professiuns.
A boy ten years of age, sou of Amos Miller
of E. Brunswig, Schuylkill county, died fiom,
the bite uf a mad doj 011 Tuesday last.
Ilev. DiviJ Kennedy, of the Reformed Pres
byterian Chuich, has been suspended al Pitls
buig, fur singing Watts' instead uf Rouse'
version of Psalms.
Th rat is a deep feeling of hostility be
tween Fied. Douglass on one side, and
Wendell Philips and other prominent adoli
tionislsei) the olher. Fred, turns out to be)
mote of a freeman than they bargained for.
The Stntinel says the receipts of grain in
Milwaukie, on the 4th, amounted to 40,000
bushel. Every road leading to the city was
lined with team loaded with grain.
A Parisian ba bought a span of horse, at
Cincinnati for (800, and shipped them thence;
to Pari via New Orlean.
The Lenisy ille Couritr of Tuesday note a
sale of 4000 hogs al 4 1 cent net. 1
CoutTtarciT S3, on the Ovy Br.i, ;ew
Hareu, Ct , r ia eireulitioo.
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