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Sunbury, December I, 1855.
TT. S. OIF -A
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Is full of perms and seeds :
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She hull's the modest leaves between,
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By any eye but God's.
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o,. bivnrl. Boine UolJ and Silver Levera and
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ssa
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A LIVER S TALE.
THE OCEAN DEPTHS.
TI.c life of one who explores the mvstc-
rics of the si-h, is not more perilous than
fascinating. The charm of terror hangs
nrnund it, and the interminable succession of
excitinrr events renders it dar to its profes
sor. Not to the common-diver of the East,
who can remtiin but for a fraction of time be
neath the wave, and grope fearfully amonjr
rngsed ccenn mounds, but to the adept in the
civilized mode of diving, who. in his protective
armor, may remain submerged for hours, nnd
wander with impunity, for miles along those
unknown regions far below the sea. To him
ure laid open the horrors of the watery cren
tion. and he may gaze upon such scenes ns
Arabian storv tells us were presented to the
fearful eyes of Abdullah. To him the most
thrilling occurrences of the upper world seem
frivolous; for, in his memory, he retains
thoughts that uiuy well chill thd soul with
dread.
I am a diver a diver from choice nnd I
am proud of my profession. Where is such
courage required as is needed here? It is
nothing to be a soldier; a diver, however
but I forbear. I will tell my Etory, and leave
others to judge concerning it.
An appalling shipwreck occurred net loaf
aeo. upon the wildest part of the const of
Newfoundland. The tidings of this calamity
reached the ears of thousands ; but amid the
crowd of :--- --"i-i- ..-',-
succession, it was soon forgotten. Net riy
us, however. We found that the vessel had
sunk upon a spot where the water's depth
was by nu means prent, and that a during
man might easily reach her.
i Sho was a steamnr called the Mnrmii-n. and
had been seen gninj suddenly down, nit limit
an instant's warning, by some fiheimen
near by. Sh" had, undoubtedly si ruck u hid
den rock, and hud thus been, in cue moment
destroyed.
I spoke to my associates of the plan, and
they approved it. No time wits lost in ma
king the necessary preparations, and a short
time- beheld ns embarked in our small schoo
ner for the sunken ship. There were six of
us. and we anticipated cxtraonlinnrv success
I nas the leader, nnd generally ventured
upon anv explt it in which thero was uncoin
inoii d.tiiL'er. Not that the others were cow.
i Rids : on the contrarv. they were till brave
I men, but I was gifted with a cooli ef-s and a
presence of nnnn of which the otl.eis were
destitute. As two persons were t di d. in
order to explore, the Marmmn I hud selected
ns mv comniinion a vounir lellow, wnoso stea
diness and dauntless cournee had several
times before been fearfully tested.
It was a culm and uleasant dny. but. the
southern and eastern wind looked deceitful.
Hmall suspicious clouds were gathered there,
ill of aspect, and "sneaking fellows, regular
hang dug fellows, as my cmnraile, Uitnmer,
remarked to me. Nevertheless, e were not
to be put off by a little cloudiness iu the sky
but boldly prepared to venture.
Ho tleeu was tue water, that no vi siica oi
a ship's mast remained above the sin ace to
point out the resting-place 61 tlie .tiarnuon.
We were compelled, therefore, to select ine
scene of operations according to the best of
our ability. Down went the sails of our
schooner, and Rimmer and I pat on onr di
ving armor. We fixed our helmets tightly,
and screwed on the hose. Una by one each
clumsy article was adjusted. Tub weights
were hung and we were reatiy.
"It looks ternblo blacKisb, lierton, saiu
Rimmer to me.
"Oh," I replied gaily, "it s only a little mist,
all right l"
Ant" He ottered a low exclamation
which sounded hollow from Lis tuvernous
helmet.
"All readv." I cried in a loud voice, which
they however, could not easily distinguish.
1 lien, making a proper aiii, i s
over the side.
Down we went. I Gist, and Kimmer close
behind ma. It did not take a long time Tor
us to reach the bottom. Wo found ourselves,
upon what teemed a broad plum sloping
downward toward the south, and risinfr slit; lit
ly towards the north. Looking forward then,
a dim. black obiect arose, which our expert
anced eves knew to be a lofty rock.
I mentioned to Umimer tnat we snouia
they raced and chased one another in every
direction. Heie a shoal of porpoises tumbled
along In clumsy gambols, there a grampus
might bt seen rising slowly to the surface ;
here an immense number of sa alter fish float
ed post lis, there somn huge ones with pon
deri'Us forms floated in the wuter lnzily.
Sometimes three or four placed themselves
dir' tly before ns, stnrinirnt us. and solemnly
wtrking lleir gills. There they would re
m iin. till we came close up to them, nnd then,
with a start, they would rinrt nwny.
All this time we were wa'king onward,
ii'img ihobiittnni nfthe pen. while nbove us,
lik a black c loud in the sky, we could see
onr boat slowly moving onward upon the sur
face nf the water. And now, not more than
a hundred yards before us. we could see the
toveting form of that ebony rock which had
at first greeted onr eyes from afar. As yet,
we could not be certain that this was the
place where the Munition had struck. But
soon a round, black object became discertia
bio. ns we glanced at the rocky base.
Rimmer struck tny arm and pointed. I
"igned assent, and we moved onward mure
tiickly.
A few moments elapsed ; we had como
nearer to the rock. The black object now
looked like the stern of a vessel whoso hull
lay there.
'Suddenly Rimmer struck me again, and
pointed. upward. Following the direction of
his hiitid. 1 looked up and saw the upper
surface of the wnter all foamy and in motion.
There was a momentary thrill through my
heart, but it passed over. We were in a
dangerous condition. . A storm was coining
on 1
Dnt should we turn back now, alien we
ere so near the object of our search ? Alrea
dy it lay before us. Wo were close beside it.
No, I would not. I signalized to Rimmer to
go forward ; and we still kept ogr course.
Now the rotk rose up before us, black,
rugged, dismul. Its rough sides were worn
tij tho action of the water, and, in some pla
ces, were covered by marine plants, and
nameless ocean vegetation. We passed on
ward, we clambered over a spur, which jutted
from the cliff, und thero lay the steamer.
The Marmion there she lay upright, with
everythihs still standing. She hud gone ri'ht
down, and had settled in such a position,
among the rocks, that she stood upright here,
just as though she lay nt the nharl. We
rushed eagerly nnd clambered up tier side.
There was a !ow menu in tho water. hich
sounded warning1' in our ears, nnd told us of
n swift iipproachiiiB danger. What was to
be done must be dune speedily. We hurried
forward. Himmer rushed to the cabin. 1
went foi wnrd to descend iutothe hold. I de
sreuilt d the ladder. I walked into the engi
neer's room. All was empty here, till was
wnler. The Waves ol the ocean had entered,
and were sporting with the woras of mun.-
went into the freight room. Suddenly 1 was
stall li il by an appalling noise upon the deck.
I he heavy footsteps ol some one, running, us
though in mortal fear, or most dreadful haste,
sounded in my ears. Then my heart throbbed
nildlv; for it' was a feurful thing to hear, fur
nu in ihe silent depths of the ocean.
I'shaw! It's only Rimmer.
I hurriedly ascended the deck by the first
onl'v that UMienred. When I speuk of hur
ry, I speaK ol l!H- quit ncrv ,
ble, when covered wiui bo niuen uriuoi . uui
this movement of mine wus quick j 1 rushed
upwards. I sprang out ou deck.
It was mmiuer.
lie stepped forward and clutched my nrm.
lie pressed it with a convulsive grasp, utid
pointed to the cubiu.
attempted to go ir.ere.
He stumped his foot, and tried to hold me
back, lie pointed to the boat, und implored
me, with frantic gestures, to go up.
It is nppnlliug to witness the horror-struck
soul trying to express itself by sign It is
anfultosee these signs when no luce is plain
ly visible, and no voice is heard. I could not
' . . - ... . . , . .-i I :..
see bis luce plainly, nut, nis eyes, tnrougu ins
heavy mask glowed like couls uf fire.
"1 will go!" I exclaimed. 1 sprang from
him. lie clasped his hands together, but
dared not follow.
Good heavens! I thought, what fearful
thing is hereT What scene can be po dreadful
as to paralyze the soul of a practiced diver! I
will see for myself.
I walked forward. I came to the cabin
dooi. I entered the forward saloon, but saw
nothing. A feeling of contempt came to me.
Rimner shall not come with me again, I
thought. Yet I was awe struck. Down in
the depths of the sea there is only sih nee
oh. how solemn ! I paced the long saloon,
which had echoed with the shrieks of the
drowning iiassons"rs. Ah ! there are
thoughts which sometimes till the soul, which
are only felt by those to whom scenes ol su
blimity' lire familiar. Thus thinking, I walked
to the after cabin and entered
' Oh, God or Heaven "
Had not ny hand clenched the door with a
grasp wiiieli moilal terror nad made cotivui
nive. I should have fullcu to the floor. I
tnod nailed to tho spot. For thero before
me stood a crowil of people men and women
caught in the last death struggle, by t lie
overwhelming waters, und fastened to the
spot, each in the position in which death had
lound bun. Kadi one bad sprung Irom ins
chair at the shock of tho sinking ship, and
with one common emotion, nil had started lor
the door. lint the waves of the sea had been
too swift for them. I.n! then some wildly
grasping the table, others tho side of the ca
bin there they stood. Near the door was a
crowd of people, heaped upon one another
some on tho ttoor. others juishing over llietn
all seeking, madlv. to gain the outlet. There
wng one who sought to clamber over the ta
ble, and still was there holding on to an iron
pi st. So strong wus each convulsive grasp,
so fierce the struggle of each wilh death, thut
their hold had not vet been relaxed ; but
each one stood and looked frantically ut the
door.
To the door good God t To me, to me
they were looking I Thev were glancing at
me, all those dreadful, tfiose terrible eyes.
Eves in which the fire of life had been dis-
nlaced bv the chilling gleam of death. Eyes
rolled. Down In these awful depths the swell
would not be very strong unless It thotdd in
crease with tenfold fury above. But ft had
been Increasing though I had not. noticed it
and the motion of the water began t be' felt
in three abysses. Suddenly the steamer was
shaken and rocked by these swells.
At this the hideous forms were shaken and
fell. Tho heaps of people rolled nssunder.
That demon on the tuble seemed to make a
spring directly towards ms. 1 fled, shrieking
nil were after me, I thought. I rushed out,
wilh no purpose but to escape. I sought to
throw off my weights and rise.
Sly weights could not be loosened 1 pnlled
at them with frantic exertion, but could riot
loosen them. The iron fastening had grown
sliff. One of them I wrested off in my con
vulsive efforts, but the other still kept me
down. The tube, also was lying down still
in my passage way through the machine
rooms. I did not know this until I hod ex
hausted my strength, and almost my hope, in
vain efforts to loosen the weight, and still the
horror of that scene in tho cabin rested upon
me.
Where was Rimmer? The thought flashed
across me. Jin wns not here, lie nad re
turned. Two weights lay near, which seemed
thrown off in terrible haste. Yes, Rimmer
had gone. I looked np ; there lay tho boat,
tossing and rolling among the wavps.
1 rushed down into the machine room, to
go back o as to loosen my tube. I had gone
through the passages carelessly, nnd this lay
there, for it was unrolled from above as I
went on. I went back in haste to extricate
myself; I could stay here no longer; for if
nil the gold of Goleonda was in the vessel, I
would not stay in company wilh Ihe dreadful
deod 1
Hack fenr lent wines to my feet. I hur
ried down the strt'rs into the lower hold once
more, nnd retraced my stepn through the pas
sages helow. I walked buck to the place into
which I had descended. It was dark ; a new
feeling of horror shot through me; 1 looked
tip. The aperture trnn ctnnrd.
Heavens 1 wns it closed by mortal nami i
Had Rimmer. in his tinni'c flipht blindly
thrown donn tho trap door, which I now re-
nicint ereil to have seen open when l descen
ded ? or hnd some fearful being from the ca
bin, tin t demon who sprung towards me ?
1 started buck in terror.
Hut I could uot wait here ; I must go ; I
p. list escape from this den ol linrrors. 1
sprang tip the ladder and tried to raise the
door. It resii-ted my efforts. I put my head
against it. and tried to raise it ; the rung of
the ladder broke beneath me. but the door
was not raised ; my tube came down through
it and kept it pnrliy open, for it wns a strong
tube, nnd kept strongly tnipanded by close
wound wire.
1 seized a bar of iron nnd tried to pry it
upr I mised it slichtly but thore wus no vrny
to get it up further. I looked around and
found some blocks : with these I raised the
heavy door a little; ph cing a block iu to keep
what' I had gained. Hut the work was slow,
and laborious, and 1 hnd worked a long while
ben-ire I had it raised four inches.
The seu rolled more and more. Tim sub
merged vessel felt its power. Iitid rocked.
Suddenly it wheeled over, and lay upon its
side. rte0K anove, to
try nflfl nrftpftb?'u..o.. j.ui when I came
to the outlet. I knew it was impossible, for
the tube would not permit me to go so far.
and then 1 would rather have died a thousand
ilonthi than have vciituted acaif. so tiear the
cabin.
I returned to the ful'en door: I sax down
in despair and waited for death. I saw no
hope of escape. This, then, wa3 to be tny
end
Iltit the steamer gave a sudden lurch, again
again acted upon by the power of the waves.
She bad been balanced upon n rot a, in hucii
a way thut a slight action of the water was to
trip her over.
he creaked nnd groaned, and labored, and
then turned upon her fide.
I roso : I clung to the bidder; I pressed
the trap dorr open while the steamer lay
with her deck perpendicular to the ground
1 sprang out, nnd touched the bottom of the
sea. It was in good time; for a moment af
ter, the mass went over back again.
Then, with a last effort. 1 twisted tho iron
fastenings of the weight which kept me down:
. . . . . . .. , . i . r II
1 jerked it. It was loosed, 11 ornie, it ion.
In a moments I was floating on the water
for the air which is pressed down for tho di
vers' consumption constitutes a buoyaut
mass, which raises him np from the sea.
Thanks to heaven ! There was tho strong
boat with my bold brave men 1 They felt nip
rising ; they saw me, and camo and saved
me.
Rimmer had fled from the horrid seene
when I entered the Cabin, but rem, lined in
the boat to lend his aid. lie never went
down again, but became a sea captain. As
forme I still go down but only to vessels
whose crews have beeu saved.
It is needless to say that the Marmion was
never aiiain visited.
1 fl.ttr !!
From Die Kuleii) .scope.
LOUIE LORN.
ST ROBERT JOSSKLTK.
Lollie. sweet bewitching creature,
Lollie Lorn, I sing
Beautiful in form and feature,
But the strangest thinr 1
If von kindly speak to Lollie,
if yon strive to won,
Soon will you repent your folly,
Never more to sue
Lollie, Lollie, wns there ever
Such a wilful maiden ? Never.
Lollie's voice la low and tender,
And her eyes of blue
Rival, in their depth and splendor,
Heaven's brightest line ;
Never such a saint-like sinner
Wielded Cupid's dart.
But the very Devil's in her,
Nestling in her heart.
I.oliie, Lollie, was thero ever
Such a wicked maiden T Never.
Lollie's lovers seldom nnmber
Less than half a score.
And the beauty seems to wonder
Why there are no more ;
But she loves no human being,
Nothing but her cat ;
And her lovers marvel, seeing
How she cares for that.'
Lollie, Lollie, was there ever
Such a selfish maiden T Never.
Lnllip'll die nn ancient maiden,
Sallow, wrinkled, spare.
With her wig nnd sorrows laden,
None will nionrn or care.
She who lives unloving, only
Heedlt tf of her-elf.
Soon will wither, cold and lonely,
Laid upon the shelf.
Lollie, Lollie, was there ever
f-uch a maiden? Never, never.
Jfavmcr's cpatimcnt.
Anecdotes of Dr. Franklin.
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J i. :i yc'..!.i ,.,. oeellent pump
Biigines. together with Urge blowing cyUn-
tert, suitable lor a Waaf lurnsce. nfpty "
' HKNKV LONGENECKER&CO.
Sbamokin Iron Works.
Shamokin, Pa.
SiamaHn. July 51, 1856,
YARMERS TAKE NOTICE.
1100 bushel HsisetJ wanted immtdiately at
tba Cheap Stort of E. Y. Bright, for wbicb
the highest market prtca wm m pttj.
Sunbury, October 6, IBbS. if
: STOVES- '
W-VIR o.XB an axealltnt secentVhand Cook
JC i-r Stove also wwil Ortindsr CmI
rr-orn at niscne.
nroceed there.
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I cannot tell the strangeness oi toe sensa
tion felt by one who first walks the bottom of which still glared like the eyet of the maniac,
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tne sea. I Willi no expression, l lirj imw mil aim oivii
There are a thousand objects fitted to ex- I cold and icy stare. 1 hey had I o me tiling r
cite the astonishment, even in the mind ot for the soul had gone. And this made it still
Dim who has dared the deed a hundred times, more horrible that it would nave been in lite ;
All around ns lav the nlain. covered bv wa- I for the anna ling contortions of their faces.
ter; but here the eya could not pierce fur I expressing fear, horror, despair, and whatever
away, as iu the upper air for ihe water, in I else the human soul may fuel, contrasting
the distance, grew opaque, and seemed to
fade away into misty darkness. There was
no sound, except tua incessant eurgie which
was produced by tba escape of air from the
breast valve, and the plash caused by oui
passage through the water. We walked on
at a good pace, for this armor which seems
so clumsy op above, is excellent below, and
offvra Utile iuconvenieDca to the practi-sd
wearer.
Pushes in crowds were around ns. Fishes
of every shape and size met our eyes, no mat
ter wbera they turned. Teey sw.m swiftly
or vs z limy pnrt ro tsa wiwr i.v - v .
with the cold and glassy eyes, mude their vu.
cancy yet more leurlul. lie upon tue luoie
seemed more tlendish than the omein ; tonus
long black hair disheveled and flouted lion i
bly down and his beard and moustache, all
loosened cyme water gave mm me gnomes
of a demon. Ob. what woe and torture! what
unutterable agonies appeared in the despair
ing glance of those luces faces twisted iuto
spasmodic contortions, whilw the souls thut
lighted tbciu were writhing aud struggling
for life.
1 heeded not tho dangerous sea which event
wbao wt) touched tba staaxer, bad slightly
TKRRin.K SlKIKllINO AND DCATII FIIOM
Cold. Our Minnesota exchanges givo an
account of the death of .r. F. N. Ripley
of Sli.ikonee. and the sufivrings of Mr. Mc
Clelland, his companion. Dr. Ripley and his
companion, on the first of March, got lost
the cold was intense and Dr. Ripley becoming
unable to go further, sank down in the snow
McClelland attempted to rouse him, but his
efforts were unavailing. His knees, one foot
and lip were frozen, und ho would frequently
lie down in the snow. He begged McC to
leave him und hasten fir help and return.
They parted no moia to meet on earth. The
hitter succeeded in reaching the camp ofter
dark, on the thiid dav from starting, when I t
arrived with both feet badly frozen. Now
commenced wilh him n period of suffering
almost without a parallel, tor seventeen
davs he lay ill tho eabin, wilh feet f o badly
frozen that he could uot waik a su p, uu.il'1-
to make a fire, his inaK-hea haviiig got wol
with but one unit of rice and ono pound o
cheese for food during the whole time, will
the cabin only partially covered, and with no
door to keen out lbs' wolves, there he lay
until be was round by a surveying puny aim
taken to Shakoote. The uninut ition of his
lees was deemed inevitable. The bones of
Dr. Rinlev were found picked clean by the
wolves. His shawl and other parts of bis
clothing were also found Dr. Lipley wus
28 years old, a native or nt xurn, wnere
be was rospeclabiy cocueeiuu
Cultivation of Plums
jn most sections ine niauaumi m pnuns . . . . ,
has been greatly abridged by , he nes of j J,
I IIO lUICUIlo, UI1U lliuixu llir iimiiim'u.i m'u.--
qticnees resulting from its insidious attacks,
have been so greut, that very many who had
entered quite extensively into the enterprise,
h.iva bswu oompelleil to abandon It altogether.
Whether there exists, at present, any efficient
und reliuble remedy for this evil, is a question
admitting, perhaps, of some doubt. Still, by
u propper system of suitable soil, and who
can ull'ord the exquisite amount of attention,
may derive no small profit from the cultiva
tion of uny or ull the nuineroa.? varieties ordi
narily grown upon our farms. The soil which
appears to be the most genial to these fruits,
is a'if.bt,'Jvni'.V'1 VV'KabuT-""' approaching
fully, nnd enriched by ntiiaU.l'?n3Te,1-out
never with such matters as will ferment
strongly. A compost of forest leaves, clay
and rotten wood, chip manure from the wood
shed, leached ashes, lime. gpsuin, nnd sdt.
is much better than animal excrement, nnd it'
thrown into a heap the year previous to its
application, nnd ( ccasirimlly wet down with
touii suds and urine, with a turning now and
the season, to mix the inntenuls
thoroughly, it will opoiate with great effic.eu
cv. and iiiduce a rapid and healthy growth.
' Salt is e.-haps one of the best of all known
f. riiliseis for t!ie !'!'" I'i i'. native state
that of the beach plum it is always found
in situations where it is copiously irrigated bv
salt-water, und is there never infested by the
evils which so greatly lessen its value in a
cultivated ftule. i'rubably un occasional
sprinkling of salt and water uvula about ns
strong us the sea water is, and applied by an
ordinary garden syriuge. to the limbs nnd
leaves, would tend somewhat to mitigate the
evils resulting from tho cnreulio, if it did not
wholly prevent them. Washing tho bark,
frequently with soup suds, urine, er wtnh u-,
und splilting the bark from the roots upward
to the junction of the larger limbs, nave a
good eifect. All green und iuiniuVne fiuit
should be carefully destroyed as sport us it
falls. It contains tho egg oi ;ne uy iK rn
bices the curculio, as may be seen by iiispiii-
ing it as it comes from the tree.
1 think that very many who attempt the
cultivation of plunis. aro enforcing them too
.... I 1-1 . : -. .... l.n
vigorously. I he pear une.ni, m -y
is attributable to the sume course. In old
times when penrs were set in apple orchards,
there was no complaint as to meir uwi'"c.
The disease was, indeed, wholly unknown,
and has only been developei of late years,
whan it is thongl.lt hat the loroing principle,
. . . i- I ;.. 1 ur;,.
so perniciously appneu in our iiii . To
ries of Knowledge," is equuny ousiiau. ...
celeratiug the maturation ol vegetables, aim
pushing -Iiamo Nature 'aiieau oi ueiseu, iu
the detriment of her more important cliurac-fiir-.tii.
nnt tiowers. Gerniantoii'n 7W.
Ikdiah Ravasks The Indians huva been
ravaL'iliL' several of the frontier towns id'
Mexico. At New Cumargo, they killed one
or two men and carried ell several women
besides robbing the ranches and driving ofl
the stock. They encamped nearly all of one
day iu the neighborhood of Mier, and did not
un pear to haw the least fear of the inhabi
tants. It was not eertaioly known to what
tribe they belonged, but tiiey. went suppose
to ua Upon.
J. B. 15.
Experiments in the M a si facti p-k of
Lims It has been a question whether as
good an article of quick lime could be made
from the carbonate, with stone and coal alone,
ns with wood, or with coal nnd wood combi-
ned. It is a known bid that considerable
water is contained in wood, while there is
verv little ill coal ; about 4t)0 gallons ol water
are' required in the manufacture or every 1010
bushels of quicklime. It appears that at an
establishment in Pennsylvania lime is riow
manufactured with coal alone as luei. iiw
top is burned with anthracite, and the arch
with bituminous coal ; unuer n finn
blast driven ny a steam eng.ne ; alio oi me
tnpoMheeye and over ine imiuiimuus . .....
is u pipe introducing Into the arch a constant
jet of steam from the engine, which can be
regulated as to quantity at pleasure.
T'.i Viter Cisterns. We would advise
those who are about to dig cisterns, to hold
rain water, to comiddcr whether it is not
worth their consideration to make their cis
terns above ground. Mako a heavy trussel
work, then a heavy frame work of the dimeii
sionx desired board that up, lino wilh lean,
cover with tin roof painted, and direct the wa
ter into il frcm the roofe. I t will last a quar
ter of a century with care; and by it you
have onlv to turn a cock to let water run, in
stead of pumping it up wilh much labor. If
well put up, it will invsr leak.
The first eost of this kind of cistern may
be greater than those dag in the ground, but
they are baudier and better, aud with a little)
ear iu wiuter there is no danger of freeing.
Tbe wheat crop of Virginia is said to look
ry tbrifty, and stodll upon the groutjd,
At the age rf seventeen ho left di3 nntive
city of Boston, and after a somewhat tedi
ous Voyage, arrived at Philadelphia, about
8 o'clock on a Sunday morning. Soon as
the boat struck the place of lunding, Ben
put his hnnd into his pocket and fiFkcd what
was the nnmege?The boatmen answered,
"nothing," which wns very well for him, as
his whole stock of cash amounted to but
little more than a dollsr. Having parted
with tho companions of his voyuge, he
walked up mnrket street in search of some
thing to eat. He had gone but a short dis
tance beforo ho met a child lienrit g in his
arms tliuLjnost welcome of all Eight9 to n
hungry man a Cno lonf of bread. Ben ea
gerly asked him liere he hnd got it. The
child, turning rotwid, lifted his little arm,
and, pointing up the street, with greut sim
plicity and sweetness said, "Don't you see
that little hanAwihnt little white lviuse way
up yonder ?"XI." said Ben. "Well, then."
continued the chiH, that's tho baker's
house; there's where rhy mummy sends mo
every morning to get bread for till u-e rhil
drtn .'" Ben blessed Lis sweet lips of irno
cence. nnd hustening to the house, btih.ly
called for three pence worth of bread. The
baker threw dim down thiee large rolls.
"What, nil this for thrte-peme .'" inquired
Ben, with surprise. "Yts, nil thot for three
pence." replied the baker, with a fine yankee
snap of the eye, "all that for only three
pence." Then measuring Ben from head to
foot, ho said, with n sly. quizzing sort of an
nir. "pray, now, my little man, where may
yon huvc come from ?" "From Boston." re
plied Ben. "Plague on't." replied the man
of dough, "und why didn't you tell mo that
ut first, for you know you couldn't have got
all that bread ill Yonkeetown for les3 thnn a
good fouipence," "Very cheap," said Ben,
"three large rolls for threepence ; quite ti'J
'heap." So taking tl.eui up. hu began to
stow them awny in his pockets, but soon
found it impossible for the want of room ;
so, placing n roll ur.der each arm, nnd break
ing the third, he began to eat us he walked
along up Market street.
On the way he pu..-ed the house of thut
beautiful trirl. M!:-3 Deborah Reed, who.
; happened to bu ut tho door, was so diverted
j at the droll figure he iniide, that she could
not help laughing outright. Very little idea
I had she. ut the time, that she wus presently
to be up to hereyeti in love with this young
gawky, and, after ninny a deep sigh nnd
I, curtail e. was to marry him; and yet ull
this uctnully enme to puss, as we si. nil pres
to me com-
young men who, inougu
they mny be sometimes laughed nt for their
oddities, yet. if like Franklin, tiny will but
stick to the raw-in chnni-e i isinkss and ro
L'catiok. they w ill. assuredly, liUo him. over
come at the last, nnd render themselves, the
admiration ot thoso win once despised
them.
But our hero is in too interesting a past
of tho story for us to lose a moment's sight
of him : so. after this short moral, wo turn
our eyes on him iiguin,.,?,,,,nna Viiiln, u'nh j
h;e bundle. ;nrnin the .u-rners ot tne streets,
gaziPg. a'"3 l0".VV",,t mowing where he is
he pw on. .fe street had become
fi(li"'6t well-dressed people, all going the
same way. Ha therefore cnt in. nnd fellow
ing the h'ne of march, wns thus insensibly led
to a 1 iigo Quaker meeting. Sans cercuionie
ho pushed in nnd sat down with the rest,
and, louking round him. soon fell the Motions,
if not t f a devout, jet of a j l-a-untly,
thoughtful spirit. It camo to Lis rtcollcctiou
to have heard that people must go abroad to
see strange things. And here it seemed to
be vur.liod. "What, bo pulpit! Who ever
saw a meeting house Iu tore wil.u ut a pulpit I
lie could not for los lifj conceive where the
preacht r wns to stand. But his sttentiun
was quickly turned from the tnccling boue.
to tin.- congregation, whose appearance, par
ticularly that of the young females, delighted
him exceedingly. Such simplicity of dies?,
with such an ui'r of purity and in utp sj. He
hail never set n tiny thing l.ku it beforo. and
vet !l admirably s'uitcd to the gentle harmo
ny of their looks. And then their eyes ! for j
meekness nnd sweetness of cvpression, they
looked l;ko dove's eyes. While indulging
these and such like soothing sentiments,
without any sound of singing or preaching
to distiab' him, and tired nature's softest j
'jiii'iii.r stealing over him, 1 e sunk insensibly j
into sler p. We are net informed that he was
visited during slumbers by any of those be
tii.v.ileiit soirits- who once descended i:i the
dreams of the youthful patriarch us he slept
in the plains of Bethel. Bat he ttlls us him
seir that ho was visited by ono of that be
nevolent s.;ct in whose place tifwcrsbip he
had been overtaken by sleep. Waked by
some gt ntlo hand, ho j pei.ed his ' c-', uud
!o, a fjmule countenance, ubcut middle uge,
nnd of eiichaiiling sweetness. wa smiling at
hitil. Roused to a recollection ol the linpro
priety Im had been guilty of, ho was too much
confused to speak, but hM reddened checks
told what he lelT. Hut he pan not to j
fear. Gently shaking her head, though with
out u fiow n, anil ith a voice as swttt as
music, the said to him, "My son. thee ought
pot to sleep iii mi cting." Then nivilig him j
the look of a mother as she went M.t, slm j
budo him farewell. He followed her us well j
as ho cm!'1, and left the meeting house much .
uioitlticd at having been Ci.uglit asleep in it ; i
but deriving, nt the same tin e. fidt I'liu- !
sal-.; from the circumstance which gave icca. j
ien to tho go...i 'Jio.M'i- I'tdy to give l.ilil j
'oil motherly lock." II '.' ' j i
it'.i. ' i
A Bbai'tivpl Am.vooby. Mr. Ciiitendf,n
wns engaged in defending a man who had"
been indicted for a capital offence. After ntr
elaborate and powerful defence, he closed his
effort by the following striking aud beautiful'
allopory t t .
"When God, in liii eternal counsel, con.
ceived the tlionght of a man's creation, he
called to him three ministers who called con
stantly upon his throne Justice, Truth and1
Mercy, and thus addressed them. 'Shnll we
make man ?' Then said Justice, 'O, God,
make him not, for he will trample upon the
laws.' Truth mako answor nlso, '0, God,
make him not, for he will pollute thy snnctu
or'es.' But mercy dropping npon her knees,
and looking np through her tear?, exclaimed,
'O. God, make him : I will watch ovpt him
with my care through all tho dark pathes he
mav have to tread.'
"Then God made man nnd said to him, 'O,
man, thou art the child of mercy ; go and deal
with thy brother.' "
A Nkw Importation. The schooner
Leansvillp. arrived at New York, from Trini
dad, on Saturday, loaded principally with old
iron guns, nnd an anchor, from the remains of
Spanish men-of-wiir. that were . burnt in tho
Gulf of Poiia. near the Port of Spain, in 1797.
at a time when they were blockaded by the
British fleet. There are ninety guns, which
were recovered by divers. During the ope
rations, tw o six-pour.ders of brass, iu a re
markable state of preservation, were nlso res
cued from the deep. Their surface was cov
ered vitb pitch, and their bores were filled
with the same material. Tho timber raised
from the wrecks presented wr.ndeifi.l speci
mens of preservation, pieces of pilch pine in
almost perfect state, having resisted the ac
tion of the salt water for fifty-nine yeurs,
whilst oak and other timber, und the iron
thereto attached, were r.curly destroyed, cop.
per and pitch pine having resisted the effect
of the water ahiuit n.tinlv.
)nmorou5 Column.
An anecdote ii told of Finney, the revival"
ist : II" was 'holding orth' in Rochester, und
in walking along the cnnal ono day came
across a boatman who w as swearing furiously.
Going up he confronted Lim, and abruptly
asked.
"Sir. do you know v.lute you are going;?"
The unsuspecting boatman innocently re
plied that ho was n going up the canal ou
the boat "J tl.nny Sands."
"No sir, you arc not." continued Finney,
"you lira going to hell faster than a cau-1
bout can convey yon."
The hoittmun looked at l.im in astonish
mer.t for a miuute, and theu returned the
question :
"Sir, do you know where you arc going?''
"I expect to go to heaven."
'No sir. you are rjoinrj in tie canal 'v And
c.,;:.,.. l,-. u.tinn lex tltu Uf.,r,l tip tm,1r Pill.
waters, where ho would have drowned Lad ho
not releutud a-id fished hici out.
At a Kansas meeting; lately held in Now
Havin, where one parson presided, another
parson spoke, nnd u Deacon volunteered, it
was announced that Miss Mary Dutton gnve
twenty-five dollars for the purchase of a rifl-J
to be used iu a couteinpluted civil war.
Shoulder arms ! Miss Mary Button
Your knapauk buckls tight ;
Your soger breeches put on.
And show 'cm bow to fight!
Quick march upon the. foes !
(A Bible in your pocket,)
Hold up yenr head md turn out your tooa!
Present you rifle cock il !
Take aim, and sight it well :
And now the trigger pull it
And send a slav holder to In 11
With cery whittling bullet !
Huston Post.
'Doctor, kin yon tell ine what's the matter
with my child's" nose ? she keeps a pickiu' of
it."
"Yes. marm ; its probably nn irritation or
the gastric iiul'ohs membrane communicating;
a sympathetic tiltillalion to tho epithelium
ol ihe echociian '."
'Thar, now; that's jest what I told Becky;,
she "owed it was the worrmns !"
i
An urchin of ten summers, was sent to
school for the first time. The teacher to test
his acquirements, asked him, "Who made
you?" The boy couldn't answer. The teach
er told him ihe propper answer, und desired
the boy to remember it. Seme hours after,
ihe teacher repeated the question. The I ov
rubbed his head for a moment, in a kind of
bioRn study, "I swow, I've forgotten the gen
tltmau's name '."
Wl.y are kisses like tin' rreatnm ? Because
thev arc made out of nothing, und uro very
go
d.
Tub Dkcnkrps Wn.t.. 1 leave to locl-dy
a ruined character, a wretched example, und
it memory that will soon rot.
1 leuvo my paieiits during the rest c. Il.eir
lives, va much sorrow as humanity, in a tvcl.c
und deen pid slate, can sustain.
1 leave to my brothers and si.-tcrs a; much
morlifioatiou and injury us 1 Could bring
ou tl.cin.
I leave to my wife a broken heart, a l.io of
wretchedness and shame, aud to weep ever
my premature death.
J pve and Uu(,UiiUiri to e ieu w nn l uuun u
poverty, iguorance, a low character, uuJ tho
r. iiiiiuttanca that tl.mr lather was a inou-stcr.
A CosnnKKD Miskr A man of seventy
three jeurs of ago recently died in tho India
na penitentiary, of an uS'tction of the heart.
Ho was a miter, wa incaiccrated for a for
gery of S2.i, and has lull a fortune of iWl),
OdO. Ho denied himself the smallest luxury
be oud the prison fare, utid at tho time tf
his arrest h was tendered counsel, who
pledged tbemsolvei to clear him of the charge
lor the fee of SiiOO. To this the old man
replied, thai "if convicted, the eentonc would
Oatly be for two years, and be didn't think he
eould make his expenses and two hundred
and fifty dollars a year out of th peniteuti
ary. and it would iot him nothing to Uve
there, and lie would save that much Uy
bow I"
The nprnetrator of the nbove vrns senteii-
ced to kiss lift ecu young ladies, as punishm lit
for his offence. He look the matter very
eooly. saving that ho considered kisjing copi
'.at pwiil.meitt.
Nimiod cm von ti II tne who was the first
ma.i':"
"Adutn somebody Ills father wasn't no
bo.'y. end h! never' hud a nvitiior, on account
of tile scarcity of women, and the prissurc of
the ti.ces."
Hasty. A g -iitl-nian recently uddr. s-ed
3 uvnouuto bHUt-tintx ton lady, to wh.eh
wc- added tho followitis pn-'scr; l:--T!eS'A
sen.! a speedy answer to this, as I havo some
body tl.e in my eye!"
A'very excellent ludy bought to instruct
her grandchild in rvhtioii to tie povUnt
caro of Heaven : "Who give? yo t jour da ly
bread ?" asked she. "Dod. re lud the chd
"but Uue'i) Ft ter puU the butler uud sugar
ou."
"Bob, you pay that you believe most disea
ses aro contagious. How long have you en
tertaiiied such notions?" "Ever since I sat
ulotijf oids of a blue-eyed girl aud caught lb
palpitation of thu heait."
Ax Iur.A. "I'm glad that this cuffee doc'i
owe me anything," said Brown, a bouud-r, at
breakfast.
"Why?" soid Smith.
"Because 1 don't beliere it would ever set
tie."
''Among other blessings." said Dr. Frank
lin, -a man should thank God for bis Yuuity
because il make Lim ftel La; py."