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(From tiie Daily Newi
SWELL-MOB GAME.
Tho following. tale, from on Almnnno pub
lished neor v sixt v Veais niro. contains an ad
monition worth remembering, even in these
"eniigbtened times.
At YorkBliiro IIuni)hrey t'other day
O'or London bridge wns stumping,
lie saw with wonder and delight
The wuter-works a pumpimg.
N unips gazing stood, and wondering how
Tins grand machine was made.
To fenst his eyes, ho thrust bin head
Betwixt tho bnllustrude.
A sharper prowling near the spot,
Observes the gaping lout j
Bud soon with fish-hook finger turni
His pocket inside out.
X limps feels a twitch, and turns around
The thief with artful leers,
Snvs "Sir, you'll presently be robbed,
For pickpockets are near."
Quoth Xnmps, "I don't fear London thieves,
"I'sc not a simple youth ;
"My guinea, meuster's sufe enaw ;
"I've put it in my mouth 1"
"Yeu'll pardon'me," tho roguo replies,
Then modestly retires j
Xumps re-assumes his gaping post,
And still the work admires.
The artful prowler takes his stand
With Humphrey full in view,
And now an infant thief drew near,
And each the other knew,
When thus tho elder thief began :
"Observe that gaping lout
' He has a guinea in his mouth,
"And we must get it out"
"Leave that lo me," young Filcher gays,
"I have a scheme quito pat ;
' Only observe how neat I'll queeu
"That gaping country Oat!
By this time Xumps hud gazed his fill,
Wan trudging thro' the streets.
When the young pilferer, tripping by,
Fulls postrate at his feet.
"Oh! luw! Oil dear! my money's lost 1
The artful urchin moans j
While ballpence, fulling from his hand,
Roll jiiiKlinc o'er stones
The passengers now stoop to find,
a nil give I lie boy lus coin,
And Humphrey with this friendly band
.Hum VOIUlUliy UUt'S JUIU.
There is thy pence." quoth Xumps. "my
boy,
"Be sure thee haulds 'em faster"
My pence !" quoth Filch, "hero is my
pence,
"Br.t where's my guinea, Masters?
Help, help 1 good folks for Ucd s sake,
help !"
Bawls out this hopeful youth,
He picked my guinea up just now,
And put it in his mouth !"
The elder thief was lurking near,
JNow close to Humphrey draws;
And, seizing by the gullet, plvlcks
The L'uinea from his laws !
Then roars out, "Masters, here's tho coiu,
"1 II givo tho child his guinea j
But who'd have thought to see a thief
"In this same countrv-ninnv?"
Humphrey astonished thus begins,
"lood ineusters, near me, pray ;
But duck him, duck him !" is tho cry
At length he sneaks rway.
And now." quoth Xumps, "I will believe
What often I've heard zed,
That London thieves will bteal the teeth
"Odtof a body's head 1
DR. KANE.
X SSETCU, EV DR. WU.I.IAM KI.DER.
When a man's life is heroic, and his name
haB puned into history, the world wants to
know him personally, intimately. The "grave
and reverend chronicler," passing over his be
ginnings, presents him abruptly in his full
grunu (freuinrss, men reuuer llie uiimiraiiou
earned, but the sympathetic emulation awa
kened is concerned to know how he grew in
to ins maturity oi excellence. Tins furiosity
is not an idleness of the fancy, but a personal
interest in the facts that springs out ol'thoso
aspirations which put every iiiiin upon the
r..i.:i .ft' i . 1 ...
luiuiineui oi uis own tieEiinv. now came tuis
man to excel whut was iu hiin whut liu ri
pened to develop it t "Somo men aru burn
great; eome achieve greutness ; some have
preatut!68 thrust upon them." How came
this man by it ? Is it within my reach also !
nud, by what ineuns ? History provokes ua
with bucu queries at these: Bjography an
ew era them.
Doctor Klitha Kent Kane is not quite thirty-four
years old, yet he hus dune more than
circumnuvigat the globe ; he has visited and
traversed India, Africa, Europe. South Amer
ica, the islands of tho Pacific, uml twice pen
etrated the Arctic region to the highest luti
tude attained by civilized man, He has en
countered the extremest perils of sea and
hind, in every climate of the globe ; he has
discharged in turu the severest duties of the
juldii-ruud the seaman ; attached to the Uni
ted States Xavy as a surgeon, ho is never
theless, engaged at ono time in the coast sur
vey of the tropical ocean, and in a month or
two, we find hi in exploring the frigid zone;
uud all the while that his personal experien
ces had the character of romantic adventure,
he was pnsing them in the spirit of sciontitic
uud philanthropic enterprise.
As a boy, his instinctive bent impelled him
to tho indulgence and enjoyment of such ad
ventures as were best fitted tJ train him for
the work before him. His colh-giute studies
suffered some postponement while bis physi
cul qualities pressed for their necessary train
ing and discipline. It was almost in the spi
nt of truancy that he explored the Blue
Mountains of Virginia, as a Btudent or geolo
gy, under the guidance or Prolessor Uodgers,
uud cultivated, at once, his hardihood of vital
energy and those elements of natural science
which were to qualify him for his after servi
ces in the field of physical geography. But,
iu duo time he returned to the pursuit of lit
eruture, and achieved the usual honors, as
well as though bis college studies hud sutTer
ed no diversion his muscles end nerves were
educated, and his bruiu lost nothing by the
indirectness of its developement, but was ra
ther corroborated for all the uses which it
b is served since. He graduated at the Uui
v.rsity of Pennsylvania first, in iu collegia
ate, aud afterwards, in its medical, depart
ment. Ilia special relishes in study indicated
bis natural drift t chemistry and surgery ; na
tural science in its most intimate converse
with substauce, and the remedial art in its
most heroio function, lie went out from lis
Alma Mater a good classical scholar, good
chemist, minerulogiat, astronomer, and aur
gwon. But be lacked, or thought bo lacked,
robustness of frame nnd srnindni'ss of health.
He solicited an appointment in the navy, and
upon his admission, demanded active service,
lie was appointed upon the diplomatic staff
as surgeon to the first American Embassy
to China. This position gavo him opportu
nity to explore the Philippine Islands, which
he effected mainly on foot Ho was the first
man who descended into the crater of Tael ;
lowered more than a hundred feet by a bam
boo rope from tho overhanging cliff, ar d cluin
bcring down someseven hundred more through
the scoritc, he made a topographical sketch
of the interior of this great volcano, collected
a bottle of stirphurous acid from tho very
mouth of thecrutcr: aud, although he was
drawn up almost senseless, bo brought with
him his portrait of his hideous cavern, and
the specimens which it afforded.
Beforo he returned from this trip, ho hud
ascended the Himalayan, uud triunguliited
(Jreeco on foot ; he I. ad visited Ceylon, tho
Upper Xi'e, uud nil tho mythologic region of
Egypt ; truversing the route, ami making the
acquaintance of tho learned l.rpsius, who
wus then nroiccutinu bid urchavoloiricul re
searches.
At home nrrain, when tho Mexican war
broke out. he usked to be removed from the
Philadelphia Xavy Yard to the field of a
moro coiijreniiil service ; but the covernment
sent him, to the Coast of Africa. Here he
visited the slave factories, from Cape Mount
to the river Bonny, and through the infamous
I i.i bouza. got access to the uaracoons of
Dahomey, aud contracted, besides, tho Coast
Fever, from tho eflccts of which be has uever
entirely recovered. .
rrom Atncn ho returned before the close
of the Mexican war, and believing that his
constitution wn broken, nnd his health rapid
ly goiiijr. he culled upon President Polk, uinl
(lemunded nn opportunity for service that
miirht crowd tho little remnant of his life with
achievements in keeping with his ambition ;
llie President, just then emharrrsseH by a
temporary non-intercotirsc with (Sen. Scott.
charged the Doctor with despatches to tho
ueneral, ol great moment nnd urgency, which
irust be carried through a region occupied
by the enemy. This embassy was marked by
an adventure so romantic, mid so illustrative
of the character of tho inuu, that wo are
tempted to detail it.
On his way to tho GuU ho secured a horse
iu Kentucky, such ns u knipht errant would
have chosen for the companion nud sharer of
his adventures. Lauded ut Vera Cruz, he
asked for an escort to convey him to the
capital, but the officer in command had no
troopers to spare he must wnit, or he must
accept, instead, a band of ruffian Mexicans,
culled the Spy Company, who had taken to
the business of trickery and treason for n live
lihood. He accepted them, uud went forward.
Near Puebla his troop encountered a body of
Mexicans escorting a number of distinguished
officers to Orizaba, among whom were Major
Ueneral vJaona, Governor of l uebla: his
sou, Maximillian. and General Torrejon, who
commanded the brilliant charge of horso nt
Buena Visit. The surprise was mutual, but
the Spy Company had the udvuntnpp of the
ground. At the first instant of the discovery,
and before the rascals fully comprehended
their iuvolvenicnt, the Doctor shouted in
Spanish, "Bravo ! tho capital adveiitniv.
Colonel, prepare your men for the chnree !"
And down they went upon the enemy ; Knne
and his gallant Kentucky charger ahead.
Understanding the principle that sends a tallow-candle
through a plank, and that the mo
mentum of a body is its weight multiplied by
its velocity, he dashed through the opposing
force, and turning to enquire uTter breaking
their line, ha found himseif fairly surrounded,
aud two of the enemy giving him their speciul
attention. Or.e of these was disposed of iu
an instant by rearing his horso, who, with n
blow of his lore foot, floored his man ; nnd
wheeling suddenly, the Doctor riivo the other
a sword wound, which opened the external
iliac artery, and put him W. ite coihLcI.
This subject of the Doctor's military surgery
was the youni; Mnximilliun. The brief melee
terminated with a cry from tho Mexicans,
"We surrender." Two of tho oflicers made u
dash for an enciipe, the Doctor pursued them,
but soon gave up the chase. When he re
turned, he found his rufiians prepuring to
massacre the prisoners. As he i alloped
past the young officer whom he bad wounded,
lie heard him cry, "Senor. save my father."
A group of the guerrilla guards were dashing
upon tho Mexicans, huddled together, with
their lances in rest. He threw himself before
them one of them transfixed his horse, ano
ther gavo him a severe wound in the groin.
He killed the first-lieutenant, wounded the
second-lieutenant, nnd blew a part of the
colonel's beard otr villi the lust churgcof his
six-shooter; then grappling with him, nnd
using his fists, he brought tho party to terms.
The lives of the prisoners were saved, ami
the Doctor received their swords. As soon
as General Gaoua could reach his sou, who
lay at a little distance from the scene of tho
last strngg'.o, tho Doctor fonud him sitting by
him, receiving his last udieus. Shifting'' the
soldier and resuming the surgeon, ho secured
the artery, nnd put tho wounded man in con
dition to travel. The ambulance got up for
the occasion, contained ut once the wounded
Maximillian, the wounded second-lieutenant,
and tho man that had prepared them for slow
travelling, himself on his litter, from the lance
wound received in defence of his prisoners !
When they reached Ptieblu, the Doctor's
wound proved the worst in the party. He
was taken to the government bouse, but the
old General had him conveyed to his own
house. General Childs, American comman
der at Puebla, hearing of the generosity of
his prisoner, discharged him without making
ony terms, und the old general became the
principal nurse of his captor and benefactor,
dividing his attentions between him and his
son, who lay wounded in an adjoining room.
This illness of our hero wus long and doubt
ful, uud he was reported dead to his friends at
home.
When he recovered and returned, he wus
employed iu the Coast Survey. While en
gaged in this service, the government by its
correspondence with Ludy Franklin became
committed for an attempt ut tho rescue of
Sir John and his ill-sturied compumons in
Arctic discovery. Xothing could be better
addressed to the Doctor's governing senti
ments than this adventure. Toe enterprise
of Sir John ran exactly in the current of one
of his own enthusiasms the service of natu
ral scieuce combined with heroio personal
effort ; and, added to this, that sort of patri
otism which charges itself with its own full
share in the execution of national engage
ments of honor ; and besides this cordial as
sumption of bis country' debts and duties,
there was no little force in the appeal of a
nobly brave spirited womau to the chivulry of
the American navy.
He was "bathing in the tepid waters of the
Gulf of Mexico, on the 12th of Mar, 1850,"
when be received bis telegraphio order to
proceed forthwith to Xew York, for duty up.
on the Arctic expedition. In nine days from
that date be was beyond the limits of the
United States on bis dismal voyago to the
North Pol. Of this fliit Americar, eipedi-
tion, as is well known to the public, he was
the surgeon, the naturalist, and the historian.
1 1 returned disappointed of its main object,
after a winter in the regions of eternal ice
anil a fifteen months' absence.
Scarcely allowing himself a doy to recover
from tho hardships of this cruise, he set on
foot tho second attempt, from which he has
returned, after verifying by actual observation
the long questioned existenco of an open sea
beyond tiie latitude of 82, and boyond the
temperature, also, of 100O below the freezing
point. His "Personal Xarrativo," published
early in 1853, recounts tho adventures of tho
first voyage, and discovers his diversified
qualifications for such an enterprise.
The last voyage occupied two winters in
the highest latitudes, and two years nnd a
half of unintermittcd labor, with the risks end
responsibilities attendant. He is now prepa
ring tho history for publication. But thut
put t of it which best reports his own personal
agency, nnd would most justly present the
man to tho render, will of course be suppres
sed. We would gladly supply it, but us yet
this ia impossible tons. His'journal is pri
vate property, the extracts which we mar ex
pect will bo only too shy of egotism, ami bis
companions have not spoken yet, ns som day
they will speak, of his conduct throughout
the torriblo struggles which together they
endured.
To form anything like an adeqnato esti
mate of this last achievement, it is to be ro
collectod that his whole company amounted
to but twenty men. nnd that of this corps or
crew he was the commander, in naval phrase;
mid when we ate apprised that bis portfol o
of scenery, sketched on the spot in pencil,
and in water colors kept fluid over a spirit
lamp, amounts to over three hundred sketch
es, wo have a hint of the extent und variety
of the offices he filled on his voyage. Ho was
in fact the surgeon, sailing-mastHi, astrono
mer nnd naturalist, as well as cuptaiu and
leader of the expedition.
This man of nil work, and desperate during
nnd succcs.-d'ul duing, is in height ubout five
feet seven inches ; in weight, say nnd hun
dred and thirty pounds or so, if health ond
rest would but give him leave to fill up his
natural measure. His complexion is fair, his
hair brow ii, nnd his eyes dark gray, with n
hawk look. Ho is a hunter by every gift ond
grace und instinct that makes up the charac
ter ; and excellent shot, and a brilliant horse
man. He has escaped with whole bones
from all bis adventures, but bo has several
wounds which are troublesome; nnd, with
such general health as his, most men would
call themselves invalids, and live on furlough
from ull tho active duties of life; jet he has
won the distinction of being tho first civilized
man to stand in latitudo 82 30' uud gaze
upon the open Polar Sea to reach the
northernmost point of laud on the globfi to
report the lowest temperature ever endured
the heaviest sledge journeys ever performed
mid the widest life thut civilized man has
successfully undergone ; and to return after
all to tell the story of his adventures.
The secret spring of all this energy is in
his religious eiithusiusm discovered alike in
the generous spirit of his adventures in pur
suit of science ; in bis enthusiastic fidelity to
(intv, und in bis heroic maintenance of the
point of honor iu ull la intercourse with
men.
In his deportment there is that mixture of
shyness und frankness, simplicity and fastidi
ousness, sandwiched rather than blended,
v.hich murks the man of genius, and the monk
of industry. He seems confident in himself
but not of himself. His manner is remarka
ble for celerity of movement, ulert uttentive
ness, quickness of tompresiou, rapidity of
utterance and sententious compuclnvss of
diction, which arise from a habitual watchful
ness uguinst the hetiayal of his own enthusi
asms. He seems to fear that he is boring
you, und is always discovering his unwilling
ness "to sit" for vour admiration. If you
question him nlmtit tho handsome official ac
knowledgments of his services by the British
and American governments, or iu any way
endeavor to turn him upon his own gullunt
iichievements, he hurries jou away from tho
subject to some point of scientific ir.terest
which ho presumes will mow concern aud en
gag yourself; or he says or docs something
that mukes you think be' is occupied with his
own inferiority in some matter which your
conversation presents to hiin. Ono iR obliged
to struggle wjlh him to Dmitituin the tone of
respect winch his character und achievements
deserve ; und when the interview is. over n
feeling of disappointment remains for the
failure iu your ttforls to ransack the man as
you wished, uud to tender tho tribute, which
you owed him.
Wo wish we could be suro that he will not
in his forthcoming work, glvo us tho drama
without its hero ; or wo wish tho expedition
uud its hero had a chronicler us worthy us he
would be were ho not the principal character
iu the story.
Dr. Kuue's Xarrative of tho Expedition,
now preparing, and in process of publication
by Messrs Childs & Peterson of Philadelphia,
will embrace the important discoveries made
in the frozen regions far beyond the reach of
ull the predecessors of tho American explor
ing party, and their perilous adventures,
crowded with romuntic incidents, which, iu
the language ol tho Secretary of the Xavy,
"not only excite our wonder, but borrow a
novel grandeur from the truly benevolent
considerations whien animated und nerved
him to his task." Graham' t Magazine,
Ftb., 1856. 9
The Larokst Mill in tub World. The
largest uud most comprehensive mill in the
world is the Pacific, ut Lawrence, Mass. The
floor surface of this immense structure is 10
acres. The largest mill iu England is 11$
acres. There uru now in operation 40.00U
cotton spindles and 10,800 worsted spindles ;
aud these ure to bo increased to 80,000 and
20,000 respectively. There ere 1200 looms
in operation, to be increased to 2,400. These,
with 2000 persons, produce 300,000 pieces of
cloth per annum ono hulf do luiues. The
weekly consumption of cotton is 20,000
pounds, or 1,500,000 pounds per annum, uud
500,000 pounds of wool. Once a month, the
two thousand persons ussembleut the cashier's
office, where lie pays out $50,000 to them for
wages, appropriating to each one the exact
umount she has earned.
Packing tub Committeks. The Washing,
ington correspoudeut of the Xew York
'J una says :
Mr. Banks, if elected, will certainly be on
ber uo obligations to consult the wishes or
feeliugs of those who have resisted his elec
tion The ordinary courtesies attending the
choice of Committees may be waived without
reasonable compluint ; a majority of each so
decided aa to be irresistablo, hotad be drawn
from tht number of that faithful hundred."
uere we nave a jetitr, sir. uidaingi- olo
ven foot! Pack the Committees, that is Just
what is aimed at by adhering to Mr. Banks
do what never yet has been done, that Is,
give to an actual minority of the Uoqvo the
exchsive control of the cc&olttee t
THIBTY-FIVE.
"The yeart of man' $ life art threeicurt and
ten."
et n. r. WILLIS.
Oh, weary heart 1 thon art half way homo 1
We stand on life's meridian height
As for from childhood's morning come,
As to the gruvo's forgetful night.
Give Youth and Hope a parting tear
Hope promised but to bring us here,
And reason takes the guidance now
One bnckward look the last the lust I
Ono silent tear for jotith is past !
Who Roes with Hope and Pnssionback?
Who comes with me nnd' Memory on?
Oh. lonely looks tho downward track
Joy's music htish'd Hope's roses gontf 1
To pleasure and her giddy trnup
Farewell, without a sigh or tear !
But heart gives way, ond spirits droop.
To think that Love may leave us here !
Have wo no charm when Youth is Uowu
Midway to death left sad alone?
Yet stay ! as 'twere a twilight star
That sends its thread across the wave,
I see a brightning light from far,
Steal down a path beyond the gruvu 1
And now bless God! its golden lino
Clonics o'er and lights my shadowy way.
And shows the dear band clusp'd iu mine !
But list ! what those sweet voices soy ;
The butter land's in sight.
And by its chastening light,
All love from life's midway is driven.
Save her whose clasped hand will bring thee
on to Heaveu !
LTJ ZTT PEPE.
"Put me in mind of it at another time, nnd
I will tell you how I managed once to come
ofT unscathed from somo of our Sicilliun ban
ditti." "Oh 1 tell me now ; I have some more eat
ing to do, and have no doubt your story will
flavor fiuely these unpretending viands."
"Well, as you choose."
"I was once on a hunting excursion with
two friends, and we had with ns two cucciatori
(hunters) to show us whero there was game,
and to save us the trouble of loading our guns.
There was also a vetturino, who bud charge
of an nss, that did us the honor to carry our
provisions and our guns."
"As we wero going along, near the centre
of a little valley, shut in by high bills, one of
the cucciatori exclaimed : 'There ure people
on the hills."
"We stopped and looked around.
"Thero wero eight men. with each his iron
in hiind. descending the hills around us in a
leisurely uiauuer, iu lines converging to the
centre.
"It was a clear case we were surrounded
and at their mercy, for wo had but lour guns,
the vetturino carrying only his knife.
"A tew hurrieil exclamations wero mndu by
the different members of our small party, and
then my comrades looked to their guns nnd
loosened in. their sheaths, tl.o loner bunting
knives we usually wore on these distant ex
cursions, evidently getting reudy for a fight.
"Stop," said I. 'These are desperate men,
and though we might shed a good deal of
blood, we should pretty certainly be over
come. In this case diplomacy is better than
war. Tho risk is about the same either way,
pnd I have a plan in my head that will, 1
think, get us clear without any great loss.'
"My companions listeucd to my plans, a-.j
at length agreed to follow my directions.
There was a large flat rock not fay IVom us.
I told thn vetturino to lead thither our suuip-ter-ass,
and then to lay the cloth and spread
out our provisions.
"First came forth a portly flask of wine
then a troodly ham, them somo fino white
bread, then some col i fowls, then some jaWi',
(a kind of large Emokcd sausage, some three
inches thic'.j then some knick knacks and
condiments, in 6hort everything necessary for
a Very satisfactory hi'.l-siJe banquet.
"Those who wero approaching us could see
distinctly every movement, und these appeti
sing preparations bad therefore full time to
penetrate their souls, and call thu water to
their mouths.
"My companions had at my request put off
their warlike looks, uud we sat down quietly
upon the rock, keeping our guns, however,
between our knees, so us to be ready, if ne
cessary, for the last resort.
"When tho nearest bandit camo within
ear-shot, I called out as loudly us I could,
'Viva Maria!' tho usual country salutiition.
The man stopped astonished ; but 1 followed
up thu first ullack with : 'Come on, my brave
fellow ; come up here and sit down. Hero's
enough for us ull ; don't bo utVaid to take
hold.
"Then, ns tho others came nearer, I rose
and called out : "Comu on friends ; tuko your
scuts around ; there's room hero."
"The ono who seemed their chief stepped
forward and saluted me with gravity; il.cn
approaching un angle of thu rock, be placed
his gun against it. The rest ull followed his
example, notwithstanding thai we Hi 1 re
tained our arms. Each also drew forth his
knife and pistols aud placed them on the
rock. Tbeu unbinding the sushes from their
waists, they unbuckled the broud leathern
belt which held their catridges and laid them
carefully dowu together. Saluting us again
with thu ordinary expressions of politeness,
they tiok their places around tho viands,
while we, having of course laid aside our guns
played the part of hospitable hosts, and ull
fell to with a will like men whose appetites
had been thoroughly developed by the keeu
mountain air.
"Two of our formidable guests were under
sized, but quite stout men. Their stoutness,
did not, however, consist of fat, but of thick
layers of powerful muscle. Oue of these two
hud lost his left band and the lower half of
his left fore arm. There was also en ngly
scar over the outside corner of his left eye,
which appeared to have been made by the
passage of a bullet.
"His eyes were light-colored, but bright
and piercing; bis nose Urge, liis mouth
looked like a gash in his face, so tightly Were
the bloodless lips compressed, and bia some
what protruding chin was covered with a
heavy black beard. His skin, like that of all
bis band, from constant exposure to sun aud
wiud, resembled dark brouse.
"Their dress was such aa tb men of the
country usually wear, breaches of cotton vel
vet, blue, green, or brown, according to the
taat of tb wearer I a sort of frock coat of
the am, reaching almost to the knee heavy
shoes, aad wooUea stocking an lock thick ;
grilling glutei.
a cravat of black silk about the throat, and a
broad belt of pliabla leather at the waist, the
waist, the npper half forming a flap to cover
the lower, and protect from rain the car
tridges which wero set closely, side by side,
in littlo tubes of brass, sewed fust to the
lentlver. A broad red snsh held tho pistols
and the knife, nnd on their heads they wore
tho usual berrelta. or cap of the country. This
is knit of strong, thick woollen stnfl and re
sembles a huge purse, with a woollen tuft at
either end. When put on, ono tuft is thrust
in, so n to make a hollow, and it is thus pul
led as fHr on tho head as suits tho convent,
ence of the wearer, the other end hanging
down behind, or on tho left side.
"The two short onc3, it appeared, wero
both chiefs, and called ench other brother,
thnnrh thev wero not relatives. Tho rest
r f f. . j a '
were tall, strong men. somo of them deeply
pitted with tho small-pox, and somo bearing
on their scarred visages the indelible marks
liu.!. Li.arm.1 vinncrea the indelible marks i
of buttle, or of broil.
" hen 'tho wild rage of unneor was ap
pcased,' and 'our souls bad lost the desire of . thff wmjow m.ar v,hi'c:r'he was standing, to
eating nnd of drinking,' we talked of hunting. to g01n(J 0U(J ,..;,!,., that ho was "getting n
and each ono told some story or wolf-bunts, of f00j rea( .... j putting on his shirt, Rico
goods shots, of tumbling into pits or ancient ,jgcovw.dthat there was a button musing,
excavations, whose mouths were overgrown J j)risijpl toi,i j,;,,, to suW one on. Rice replied
with bushes, nnd other Imps and mishap of a j ,u.lt )ie j)rtJ.lt tinle iiriskiU nonchalantly
hunter's life, ull parties of course avoiding the . ri,:oineJ tmit tilL.ro wns .. h0Ur yet." He
most distant allusion to the peculiar profes- coinplim;nted ltic with looking "dd star
sion or our guests. , 1 chv." Rice. a he finished, observe:!,'" Well
"My intercourse with my countrymen of j ,.tjc,ni,n( i reckon there was never a wil
interior had taught mo that thev almost nil j ,jn gouj t(J Jie m(1 j , stocking said
like n pinch or good snuff; so pullinf; out tho jllulhiu but con(juctej himseir (as be did
large, oblong black box, in which I usually j tLr0UK,0Ut) wilh a,ut dignity nnd firmness,
carried a good supply to humor this little, 'n,o sheriff then proceeded to adjust the
weakness, I offered it to our guests who i ap. f x h Rice requested that a stool
peareu 10 enjojeu uir ,,u.u, u .....
as I knew that half-confidences only to do
harm in such u case, I pulled out my own
little snuff box of gold, nnd offered it to them,
saving :
"Try this: this is better st i',1."
"No, Sicnore, milt yru:ze, (n thuusaud
thunks.) this is good enough torus.'
"And I quietly put buck the gold thut glis
tened in their eyes, without tho slightest
niovpinent on their part.
"But," said, the oilc-urmed cMof, "excuse
me ; has yo.:r Excellency uny powder to
spare.
"Ob ! yes. Here, bring out that Inrge flask
of powder and pour out half of it on this piece
of paper for our brave friends here.'
"So said, so done. Half of our reserve
of powder was made over to them, and it was
received with many thanks.
'As the day was now coining to a close, wo
rose to depart. Our mountain friends walked
on along with us, quietly conversing. As
we wen! passing over n small table-iund, one
of the chiefs stopped und said :
"Come, let us lire nt a mark Of how ma
ny poiuts is this powder of yours?"
"I ought, perhaps, to explain to you that
our mode ol comparing the force of powder
is to put some of it in a email brass tube,
which answers as n charger. Tho inside of
this little tube is set with small points at
equal distances, and with newly-purchased
powder nn make several trials to find out
what quantity of powder gives most force to
the ball.
"I told him it was of six points.
"Then it must bo very good.
"'Ya frati llo mt'.ttrmi la nit rcn,' ('ro, bro.
thcr. make m-i a target,) said he to 11 mnnco,
(the maimed.)
"Wo looked about us, but could not see ei
ther nny rock or any tree that would answer
for that purpose. Our one-armed friend,
however, quietly paced off two hundred paces,
and then pulling down his woollen cap over
hiseais, und straightening up the ton. sous
to make of it a regular cone, terminating in a
tuft, be stood upright, us, iminovablo as u
rock
"The other slowly raised his gun, appeared
to
lawn curcjp; aim, and nr
fired.
Whereupon the
target
walking
without
q'lhy'y towatd u3. and showed ns,
'any emotion, where the bullet bad cut uw.cy
a part of tho woollen tuft.
" 'Ailes-o, va tn fratello mettermi la merca
a ine.' (now. go yon, brother, to muko a tar-
get for me.)
l'he other went off the sania distanco und
1. It. hi. tli.m I nt-... i nil' It.
. . ,.
bunetio, (cap,) he plucej his feet ubout a
yard apart, and turning the cap upside down,
held it so thut the tuft jua appcarel betweeu
his legs.
In spite of our conviction that monro
must be as good a shot as the other, we could
not repress a thrill of horror at tho thought
of a man with whom wo bad j'.nt 'broken
bread' being exposed to such terrible danger.
"But the one-armed bandit was just as
culm and collected as be was whilo munching
our provisions. Suppporting his gun on tho
stump of his left arm. he pointed it at first to
thu grouud, then raising it gradually, so as
to get the true liue or aim, he touched the
trigger.
"As wo saw tho wool fly from the tuft, we
ult breathed more freely, "and saw with plea
sure thu second target como toward us as
composedly us tho first.
"There was uo r.ioro shooting after that ;
for no one cared to mciiMiru hiin.-.-U wilh such
marksmen, and it requires men of this temper
to manage a 'hraiico di bandili.'
'Some of these chiefs are indeed men origi
nally of estimable character, wl.om the uucn
durulilu oppressions of a bad government
have driven to thu mountains, und there is
uniting them generally a rude sense of honor,
so that Lo who has drunk of the bamo cup
with them is not only sate from all wrong on
their part, but may count upou their frieudiy
offices with others.
"Not long after the shooting match, wo
cmie near tho village, where we were 'making
villegiatura,' us it was perhaps u-hofesome for
our friends to ci ino Here the chief stopped,
aud as ho courteously lifted hi cup from his
head, 1 thought they might still wish to levy
tribute upon us, ami that it would he w,m r to
forestall their wishes than to wait for llwii'
demands.
"Aro you in want of money my friend!"
' Uu ! no, Siguore. You have given ns
powder nud tobacco, the two things most dif
1UIOUU 111- UUi P. I" ii.- inn inuu-. via in. ,
ficult for us to obtain, and we thank you.
We are sorry thut we cannot accompany you
any further : but if you should bo stopped or
or interfered with at any time, either by day
or bv nii'bt. ninonir these mountains, just say
(laying his hand upon his breast) that Ln Zu
l'epe Uncle Joe) is your friend, aud no man
will harm vou."
"We baile ench other a friendly 'adio,' and
parted iu peace.
"I have but to add that 'Lu Zo Pepe is
couutry Italian for 'Lo ZioUuisepne.' Ihe
terms 'Uncle' and 'Aunt' are applied to al
most every man and womon in the villages,
and we had already heard of Lu Zu Pepe" as
the most resolute and renowued aiuoug the
bandits of these mountains.'
Joan MacMcllem.
In Cincinnati, lately, Miss Anna Plent was
married -to Robert Ark. A cotempornry
thinks the event promises 0 edition of
PUtU-Ark'i lio.
Execution of Three Murderers.
We find tn the Lafayette (Ind.) Courier,
of Friday, an account nf the execution of the
murderers. Bice, Diiskill and Stocking. Th
Courier says :
At ten minntes pn.t two o'clock, this P.
M Stocking. Kicu and Driskill were duly
executed by the hands of the Sheriff, Tho
mas Jefferson Chissom - the first named fof
the murder of Jno. Itose.:ahd ttie two latter
Tor the murder of Cephas Fahrenhnugh.
At 12 o'clock they were naked if they wera
ready for dinner? Uico replied "yes. I am
hungry." Driskill said that he wanted
good old dinner, ns it was tho last) be didn't
want to die hutisry." He remarked to Rice,
I "we'll get supper somewhere else, Abu." Thr
i dinners wero brought in ond despatched
i with irrent heartiness. After dinner, each of
n lid K I un I UI.U lliiir.-i, ..(.-.
iyiem'n Unn shed nnd dressed himseir for
th fi . . -t i,v couij not jiav
j . - ;.t. .v.i;L.,....:.n
mane lueirtoiiet wnn more tieiiori.n.vu mm
coolness if they had been gowing to a frolic.
fl.i.b;ll t-!i..-M u-.iT. '. rnvrnrked thrnurh
wj,.;ci, hB, been placed for ha accommoda
tion on tho scaffoU might be removed, sud
on his request not. beiuj? immediately com
plied with, be removed it himself. Ho then
knelt down, inclined his head forward, remark
ing that he Lad "seen men huiiK ," by which
wu understood that ho fegurded thrt as th
proper position. Drh'ill, ou observing it.
suid, "Abe, are you going to kneel?'' Kxe
answered "ves." Ue'then turned to Stock
ing and said "Sock, which way is thu easiest
to die klieel or stand? I want to die thn
easiest wav." Stocking replied that beshoulJ
stand unless he thought there was danger of
the rope breaking. The sheriff assured lmrt
there was no danger. He therefore stood up,
hut Driskill kneeled. Tho caps were tbeu
drawn over their faces, and at twenty-two and
a half minutes after two o'clock tho belt was
withdrawn, and tho culprits lauuehed inta
cctcrnity,
Lettor from a Russian Nobleman.
The following is an extract from privot.
letter from a U-.irsian Nobleman attached to
tho court of the L'inperor Alexander, to a ro
lutivo in Paris :
-We suffer greatly from the war, und ov
ervbody desires peace everybody.
But in 'spite of our Ktiiferings wo wouid not
consent to a peace iishci.ratV.n ti i?ns.-;a,
nor to oue which sliv.ui.i tii':ii::i.-h hi r pov.er
in auy respect. F.ve-i th.c) who eppo.-eu
the war at the beginnir.?. aad wero '.oudesuo
their complaints of Mor.ci iko:!'. i.o.v pay tV.o
same thing. Wo bingli at tho gro
tesque idea of our Cabinet, allowing iUeif to
bo influenced by the 'moi'oi weight' of thu
German powers being thrown into the s?alt
of tho nllios au idea which T.-as started Ly
the French Emperor, and which is iniisted
on bv his newspapers. Tho 'moral weight' of
the. 6eiman Powers '. They have nono 1 If
their moral power had counted for anything
in our eyes, kj should uever hav gono to
war, for Austria and Prussia and nil the Gor
man powers employed their 'moral power" to
prevent us. But our old Clmlicoller Xcssel
rode, thinks it politic ti be civil to the said
powers i und so our Emperor will probably
return autograph replies to the letter he hue
rec.eivei 1 from tthein : but thosa letters will
1 sflv riothinir.
e are, all pleased
to see Uow nrm tne tzar rcmuiua m mo uioi.
! ..c.i.n .i!p-i .it ..I., tli'it 1i-ivj befallen us. 11
U IUU IIIJU'llll -
evon beheld the rains of Sevastopol without
nny ri?B Jiscouragenieut. Pvaeo
jg uot thought of here, and nil that is said
, . jt jn j.:,lt,lXnj France and Germany, is
... . .... -.it .....
nillr. I doubt even if there will be nny nego
tiations, but ii there be, depend upon it tlial
thev will be undertaken on our pait merely
to gain soiao secondary object nut ut all fur
peace.'' -
Tpk l'rurinrv op Kana..-Hod. Steiliui?
G. Cttto. the Territorial Judge, in a recent
letter to bis brother, of Enfalta, Ala., says :
"The people here aro qjsiet und orderly,
sharp and intelligent ; u lit lie rough in man
tiers, but warm hearts and 'vCVdial. This is
as fine a country as uny on the luce of tho
earth, and tho prohts of its product iou
would far exceed those of the cotton fields cf
the South. All kinds of grain, jrass, cloxer.
and hemp yield a rich prot.net. 1 bavo no
doubt but 'that slive laior would "ield in
hemp, com and grain at least from tuirty to
fortv dollars per acre utiuuully. 1 have seen
uo poor land ; it ull soems to me richer than
tho best Chultahoocha bottom, nnd most if
it is just such laud as in the adjoining Mis
souri counties is r.ow sellingat twenty to fitly
dullars.un ucre. Corn is i.ow selling at 2
cents per bushel, nnd tho product estimated
nt one hundred bushel an acre ; and hemp
crop (six tons pur hand) ut fc'140 per ton,
and you see at onco bow labor is wore pro
ductive here than at the South.
"It is impossible tn give an adequate idea
of the beaut v and fertility of the soil end
country; geiietully rolling, without a great
dual of timber, but, as I understand, abound
ing in coal for fires, and stone for building
and fencing : good wells of water cun bo ob
tuiccl anywhere, besides frequent stMains
villains through the prairies."
L-rr. For every one life has some blessing
some cup that is' not mixed with bitterness.
At everv heart there is some fount of pnr
water, "aud all men at some time or other
taste their sweetness. Who is he that b
not found in his path of life, some fragrant
rosebush, acentiug all the air with its tweet
He that sympathises in all the happiness
of othr, perhaps himself enjoys the safest
happiness, and h- that is waiued by all the
folly of others, has pcihops atUinoJ tb
soundest wisdom.
A Western editor gives a cotcmporary th
following rut her st roug bint:
The editor of the Social isitor speaks cf
as as a reformed dentist, and voluuWyrs a lit
tle advice suggesting that we U polities
alone and stick to our profession. We but
to inform the pentleiran that wo pull teeth
at th usnal rates, and, the noais.m' tuipi t..
ueut Uiuouieis for r.ulUiug."
To seo a young kdy wulkiug as thongb n
Ilea was bitiug ber cu each hip, it is so fuci- -nating.
bh is just a match for a dandy who
step like an opu-iUfc-vd turkey vV( Vv
of hot h.e