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Itid thmyeae «>■ ■■■,.thatl;foutni
mykelfidtt ha«tflßei grind brig .Mary Ann of
Portland; bourid ;<te Kingston, Jahtada.--
There ware sorrietwelva drfifleen passengers;
mostly jroodg meh? savard ijf, item Creoles,
retooling home; iWcEnglish officers who
had beta on a visit to relations in Canada,
and hereabout to re-join their regiment, and
the rest-made up of passengers into whose
businesi'it was none of mine to inquire, sodong
as they made themselves igreable compagn
m» dve which they, all happily wfere.
Our eaptatewraa a shrewd, knotting -Yankee,
principal owner of the brig, having on board
an aborted cargo, which hie waa taking down
to the Spanish Main for speculation. The
passengers he had picked up el Dpston were
a godsend, end-had induced him so farm al
ter Kisor igidul intentiohs ns to steer for Kingi
ston, Whither a targe portion of them werri
hound; 1 Leave a'live Yankee alone to find
out'who he is'dealing with, add to-, provide
means of making a dime byhis customers!
We had qot feft%dstori before he knew- full
well that an extra supply of small stores,
such as ales; Wines, fitc.. Would be a good in.
vestment, and he had preparedhirhself accor-t
-dmgly. Nor was he mistaken. The demand
was brisk, and captain Jonathan was corres.
aondmgly polite aud affable. - Our voyage
was m&exceediogly tedious but it was long.
The wmds were light'and' variable, and the
skipper did-riot appear to make-much head
way in Ids sailing as he ’might. Indeed the
English Major, a jolly, whole-souled fellow
with a deal of-humor in bis composition, slil v
hinted that we should not see Kingston until
the skipper's smalt stores were exhausted ;
and thereupon tie incontinently called for ,
half a depths Certainly, if we were
the :
Major was the maik'to lead the enterprise.
We were sitting around the dahhi'tahla, ,
enjoying the Englishman’s porterj ana inves
tigating the merits of some excellent che
roots—it Was our tenth- day out—when the
captain put his head d«Wo the hatchway, and
called out to me:—
"I say, Mf. Brace, you are a man-of-war’s
man; will ybu just step up and see what you
can make olit of ibis stranger 1-”
Captain Jonathan had soon found out my
profedsidn, and with that easy nonchalance
to peculiar to the genuine Yankee, put me to
various duties during the voyage.
“Here, skipper,” sang out the Major, “nev
er mind the stranger; come down and help
us finish the porter. We are drinking a fair
wind.”
"i rather guosa the stranger'll be after
yeoti,” drawled out Jonathan ; “he looks un
commonly rakish!”
“Hilloa I.what’s that? a pirate, eh T By
tore, there’s some sport at last!” and we all
hustled oh deck.
It was not exactly a calm, but the winds
were light and caYne in those fitftil puffs de
nominated “cal paws," which especially fa
vor tropical seas. The stranger sail was
made from the mast head two or three hours
previous, to which little attention had been
paid; taking advantage of these she had come
up with us hand'over Ret, and was now nboul
two miles distahl, oh’ our Weather quarter. —
A more beauiifut sfthcfiriert of naval architec
ture never'fldaied on the ocean. She was a
schooner of Somewhere'about one’ hundred
and fifty tons, With+nasts taut and raking.and
a long low hull,- that-yielded like a-thing of
life,” in graceful undulations to the waves.—
Above tHdm rose a perfect 1 cloud of canvass,
mat caught the slightest breath of air, and
winged her with' ftdieeless and-almost myste
rious speed over'the 1 water; While OUr clumsy
craft was flapping her sails and crawling at a
scarcely preeeptible snail’s pace,
“By jovel how she comes- upi’ k cried the
Msjo:
“Wahl; you Sfee, she fetchesthe bree*e with
her,” said Jonathan, With that excusable pride
which even the master of a scow may feel in
the craft be oommahds, “or I guess she wotild
not 1 overhaul-the Mary Ann quite so> slick, no:
♦‘What apsrfectbeauty,” said I.
"Yes,” replied the Major, ever ready, Eng
llshman like, to appropriate all excellences
for hi* own patch of aq Island, “she is cert
lainlya trim liule craft, belong* to the ftoyal
Yacht Club, l ata sore. ■ I hfeard'one oftheir
finest vessels is expected on this foil.”
“Those timbers were never laid in, Etig-
InndpMajor,” said-I,'“she is a Baltimore clip
per,' though what her present occupation is 'I
would not venture to say,”
“We’ll soon- see' that;”'-skid the captain,
“mate, dhow your bunting,”
The stars and stripes were quickly-floating
at our peak, and in a' few moments, as if to
rtfute rhy assertions, the meteor flag of Eng.
land rose'majestically at.the stranger’s deck,
and-fluttered aloft, Maned,by;a Wanton brcpze
that of ita,folds. , , ,
“There,asir,” wid..the Major, pompously?
ufitold you sd,,i knew there could be no yes-;
sal -of equal'' iyamelry out of the Yacht
CM." ;
“Do fhaveii&lir'ijf thd ftoyal Yacht Club
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Mkod theigius-frotniQty 'eye, with
Mrioh MtW tech examining the- (choonbh
“Wjivv ; «ir:PH ;
♦‘Because onr,friend' sefema ralbelr heavily
aimed for.¥aohr/'- !
[ “Yacht, be darned 1“ exclaimed Jonathans
, pirate'f arid;]- rather r gucss
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• \ '■On yotll Ihinte-hß’lln tternpt lo capture tis;
■ skippepW •MbjDT , l i“aod havayouany
l . V ,1,,,
| F'Watcdgdihls cabala Closely Us (he& quasi
tionsiwdre pu^-forapoahisfirrpness'atvdGoat
■ ductniighedepend our Uives.-w: There!wa» fire
in' bisieyb, iihd atUishsprbadvrer his-wdatht
1 as ha reprliedj-wiib eni
etfgyV-'I , -r;i; . •■ :n J
♦•{debtor TMistanfce! Jerusalem £• i rath-,
er guess I have! Do you think that Ruben
Jonathan' ia'goioj Jo give-tup hisibrigknd
cargo-to lbefat' bloody Spanish ihleveJ.witlH
out Showingfight; and let himself be pitched
overboard like-atr-bld swab, into the
It may be so'tltat lhe Mary Ann is; n6l the
kind af'a prize forhim, and ihese faliows do
notlike to'Waste, their ammunition; but if the
worst comes wo must fight!’?
We all <readily agreed with this proposition,
and under his direction proceeded to arm our
'selves, which from the ship’s magazine and
our resources we were enabled to do pretty
effectually, fowling pieces; muskets, pistols;
cutlasses enough for all being fbupd. On
mustering' our- foibes, we had, including the
crew of the brig, tWemy'active men, •
“We'mustkeep-down, gentlemen,” said
‘the skipper, “and nor show too much strength,
or he may-pepper is at a long tow,'though
those fellows doht like to* use their big guns
when'they can do their work quietly, there’s
too many cruisers in these latitudes.” -
By this time the schooner had come with
in-hailing distance astern of us.
‘tßrig, ahoy I” sang out a voice from her
deck! i. ,
“Hilloa,” cried our skipper, through a
monster trumpet.
“What brig is'thatl"
“The’ Mary Ann of Portland.
schooner is that I”
“The Black Snake I Heave to and send a
boat on board.”
“Cant do it; thSyare ail on board and
stored for the voyage.”
“Heave to, then, while I send my boat on
| board'of-j!ou.”
“You’d belter Admit
ithe righl-of- search.”
' fThe-schooner -.with -US, ’
,tiiQ£i«h-iiift brig.JmLy commenced .in. /btize.
ahead under the .influence or a suung gofer
Both vessels were lying near the wind, in
which point of sailing ihe schooner had an
evident advantage. Our .skipper quietly or
dered the roan at the helm to keep away,and
os the brig fell off before the wind, it, was
perceived on board the schooner, which made
a corresponding movement, while another
fierce hail came ordering us to “heave to,”
As our skipper was about to raise his trum
pet to reply, the Major interfered.
“Peihaps she is a government vessel, and
you hdd' better comply.”
“Even if she Was. what right has she to
bring to an American vesselJ I rather guess
the right of search is settled,’’ said the skip
per.
The Major seemed to urge the point, when
quietly touching his arm, he pointed to the
schooner, on board of which a great change
had taken place. Her deck swarmed with
men, and preparations were making to lower
her boats, while the English ensign had been
pulled down, and in its place went up Ihe sig
nificant black flag, with its horrid blazonry
of a skull supported by cross bones,
“Do her majesty’s cruisers sail under that
sort of bunting, Major I”
“A pirate, by heaven! we must fight for
•<
- The two vessels were now running paral
lel, with about equal .speed, making about
two knots an hour,- in a few minutes three
boats of-armed men-pul,o(f from the schoon
er, and scattering .in different directions, pul
led with evidedt intention of attacking, on
both sides. Every preparation the circum
stances would . admit of was made to,, give
them a warm reception.
“We rausl-never let them get a-foothold
on deck, gentlemeh,” said the skipper, wJjo
showed an activity and courage which elici
ted our admiration. i-
The plan of .the boats to attack us from dif
ferenfpoints at one, necessarily delayed their
operations.. In the mean time, aa is. .often
common in those seas, a current of-wind
struck the brig,-pressing her rapidly-through
the water. An idea —a bold and, happy one
—-flashed on thp brain of the skipper. ,
-“Quick, gentlemen, 1 .have it! Wo are
safe I .”' exclaimed he.seizinglhe w|iep(. “Mr.
Brace,-Jump forward if you please, lake what
men you, Want and. stand-by to,, grab the
schooner, then like charge of her Ipng-Tom,
Major, will you command the sharp shooters,
and pick off those fellows if they come 100
near! By the gieat Jhhosaphat! I’ll show
that fellow a Yankee trick he never saw be
fore.”
Ttib ided whs a brilliant one. There waff
every chance of oJr carrying the sdhoortef
if wfe'could jin jr her aboard While the greatest
pdHiott'bf the Crew wdre in the boats;' atrd
the which proveflVteddy, was aproV
idehttal iriferposjiibti in -our behalf. Our prep
drationsWere Speedily madOj-and thd skipper
Sled red’ With sncticautiorißs gradually to ap-'
ppohih -thc schooner. or'which'we’bsd the
tHe'first effects of breeS#; With
odtcpiitidfehOspVciondf Ws inlhnliohbn'board.-
Ij Wassotria 'fnißiKSs 1 befoW ! ihe bdatS-per-'
cClved ; the iiid'rbttsed spdffd'bfthe brig, and
they 1 jidifefflekd 'iirgoirdasly 1 tb«h they, might,
.endeavoring still to preserve their flan* hi! ak:
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“Stand hy| ndv/,'genlle men * paidtbp skip*
pef SP .hft 'gave a, few,, turns, : to.tliewWh—
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tfce.ftrsl opfi,;*) . a ~.„T O ... ~ ~
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jhe;jdrate f ,buitiQQ.lajeJflMf}efiiu^.fe»istai)w k
They fired .one, [.carrmiadean.fti-, 11%
without,damage,,injreplyito _*hioh!i a-aiogla
shot, from theiMajoc-Vrifle hroogjUhdowiube
ibe flr>iiccl, : ,TheiM()oii;,Qf ,fifs, arms
gaveintew .impfeuist* ibS:.- I bOat»jiaDd.'ithey
headed uhrectlyi Tor tie Ji.buMveWere. moving
pretty'fe»t' throoghlho i waler.rThe.-t kipper
laid iiB alongside, our grapples were Well
thrown,'-and leaving: the rrtale -and-one-hand
to secuie them I leaped on board with thereat
of.ihp ropn, and, cujdoftp two or three. 0/the
pirates who! w/erecndenvpring to make ready,
the, ~ , i opg,gup., i The, Major, and {tis. com
mand Were equally prompt and in legs than
three-minutes the deck mas. cleared .and'the
schooner Was in our possession. -Now,how
ever, cable the tug of war. The oollisionof
the vessels stopped’ their headway* and the
breeze which had sdrVed us so; well whs fast
dying away, forty armed and .des
perate wretches wore fast Coming-tip, with us,,
They were already within musket range, and
the Major’s force , was quietly, picking them
off This, however,-only enraged them the
more* and it seemed to me as though they
must reach, us and give us a hard struggle
for our lives.
i :!; j '
“Captain,” said I to our skipper*!who had
coolly retained his station at the wheel, “can
you let. her yhw off when I give the word V
“I can,” was the reply.
Taking two men whom I recognized as
men-ofAvar’s-men and one or two others of
the crew forward with me, and casting off
the long gun, which was loaded, and ram
ming down another strand of grape, I Re
pressed the piece and prepared to fire.
“Now, captain,” I sang out,.
The vessel obeyed her helm promptly, end
came, round almost, brpqd.side to their hoqts.
“Steady Iso;” • ~:
I applied the match. The foremost boat
which I had brought wiihln range of my
piece was some distance ahead of the others.
The schooner Itembied under the shook of
the explosion ; a wild shriek was heard amid
the spray and foam which the plunging shot
stirred Up, fragments of limbers, oard end .a
few bleeding wretches struggling in iheirideatlr
throes, were all that work left of the boat and
hercrewr Novcrdidasihgle shot do -so
ranch havoc.- u ft w«# the graph anddanister
wmcmtestroyea me nrsi oooi, uunneruuna
shot with Which the gun was loaded ricochet
ing, iook another of the boats on her bow and
stove her in, killing several of the crew and
spilling the rest. Thg third boat paused, and
seeing the destruction, pulled for the survi
•ors from the ascend boat. 1 bad not lust a
second in reloading my gun, and by the lime
she had come up to the spot, another . storm
of grape and canister,, well aimed,, spread
death and destruction among them. VVe now
made haste to secure the pirates . who had
been driven below, which was speedily done.
Our skipper then turned the schooner over to
my charge, allowing me two of the sailors—
the rest of my crew being made up of volun
teers from among the passengers, most of
whom, from the curiosity or the love of
change, desired to go with me. The vessels
were cast off, and I hauled up from the spots
where the boats had been, some ten of fifteen
wretches, most of them wounded, cliijgiog to
oars and planks, were all that remained
of the pirate’s crew. We might have left
them to their fate, and surely they deserved
such treatment, but humanity forbade it, and
it struck me as a queer sort of humanity,
too, which saved them from drowning to con
sign them to the gallows. • With the assis
tance of a boat from the brife, however, we
picked the survivors up, a'nd'having iSecured
and divided our for gfeater safety,
we made sail for our destination. |
The skipper, elated with his- prize, forgot
alf about disposing of hid emSH stores, hnd
made the best of his Way into pori. We
found a capital larder-on board thesdhooner,
and wines that even the Major prohounced
unexceptionable. 1
In three days we were anchored in the har
bor of Kingston, the pirates were handed over,
to the authorities, and the schooner adjudged
a prize and sold. The skipper was {honora
ble enough to wish to share “pro raid” with
his passengers, which, however, wak pretty
generally declined, I believe. Thej amount
which she brought was considerable, in addi
tion to some thousand of dollars found oh
board, so that bo and his crew faredj well.—
The Major bad the satisfaction of knowing
that ‘<the most beautiful craft-in the 1 world”
belonged to the RoVal ! Yachl Clubn-the pirate
schooner having been bought for that purpose
by B noblomansojournihg on the Island.
What
“A mam strikes me. vith a sword. Sup-,
pose, insteadol binding up the-wound, I am
showing it to everybody.; and . after it has
beef) bound Up, I ara taking o(T the bandage
conlinudlly, and examining the depth of . the
wound,’ ond ! making it to fester, till my linr>b
becomes greatly inflamed, and .my, ; general
health affected; is there a person inthq.wufld
who would-not call me a fool ?. Now such a
fool'is he, who, by dwelling upon little inju
ries or insults, of provocations, causes them
to ngitate and inflame hia miod. • How much
belter wfere it to,.put A bandage, over the
wound, and never look at it again!”—-Jam-
ison.
A PftmjßE.-r'-A tall ladder leaning against
a- house—a. negro at the lop, and p , hog
sQtatchin^.. Against, the . botlqm, , ‘‘G’way,
g’waydar! You makin’ mischief.”
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hut up the l.dw grbggenes,”' sajt'tbany 1 ;
“praent the Baledf, bad riirb, preserve the
pooikml the igubriin from inteinperalich. find
we",we with you; but (W educated classes
jjijetMo law ; regard Tor' iheiii ownchalfacter
isajufficjepi for them,. ‘ Strange
deluipprnexplicabre brindhpaato.the facts
of hktpry .ap'd ;l i§e
\v,Uljput refeflng.to uoaaajat
pd,,«pp(iea uy flifji b paialogpe of.weli kqoryn
P«ws, the. ba;p, mepitqnpj'.,vy|)lchj ; re(jiiea i'bp
pffisiwe,hnsp ) qHQlpd. lI ..
...Alexander the Great, one .of-the bfightpat
of antiquity, onqpUhe.grpstppr,, gen
erate.of the world, wh.qae;4utor way Aristotle,
who| slept with the poems of. Hotner under
his pilots, conquered the world, and died °t
a dmukeo debauch at the age of thirty three
yearn. ■■ ■>•
The fall of the Roman Empire was precip
itated by the-drunkenness of its Emperors as
huipan nature was eternally dishonored by
enermilies committed by' them in drunken
'lff*!
fifri.
6r Ihe ten sovereigns who have reigned in
Russia since ihe accession of Peier the Great,
all but four werd beastly drunkards. Of-Ihe
| Empress Elizabeth, it is Written, She was
completely brutißed by strong liquors ; from
day to day she was'almost always in a state
of iacbhic eqstacy, she could not bdartb be
dressed ; in the morning her women loosely
attached (b her some,robes, which a few cuts
of the scissors disengaged in Ihfi evening.”—
And the passage gives an idea of the.,Russian
court for mote than seventy years,
King of Prussia, whom Net
buhr instructed and thanking God on
his'knees' for giving Prussia so wise and noble
a prince, is a notorious drunkard, the con
tempt of his subjects, and the scoiT of Eu
rope.
The late King of tjte Sandwich Islands up
on whom a corps of miss'dnaries exhausted
their eloquence and skill, was a drunken car
icaiute of the kingly office to the last'.
The City of Waahjngton, where the elite
df|'the nation is supposed (o congregate, is
the most drunken town in the Union. Chain
paigne is one of the great powers of the coun
try, a tiling relied upon to corrupt the very
men who are sent to Washington under the
impression that they are our widest and best
men.
Daniel Webster h%s been known lo.present
himself .before (he people in a slate of iptox
icalion ao advao.cedilhat he could lalk/jlile
** —hnva sflor *****
Hnnnegan, a United Stales Senator, was
an abandoned .drunkard, and when, sent a
broad os plenipotentiary, disgraced the coun
try by the most continuous and outargeous
drunken debauchery.
Some of the most important enactments
ever passed by Congress, enactments involv
ing the welfare of future empires, have been
passed while the door of the House was
strewed with honorable and intoxicated mem
bers.
The Tea room of this city, established
for the convenience; not of the city’s vaga
bonds but of the city’s “fathers” anil-head
men, was for many a disgraceful year, -a
scene oP' drunkenncss.
It was when maddened by drink that Dr,
Graham committed murder.
Hartly Colerridge,’ a man abounding in
amiable qualities, who inherited much of his
father's genius, with alt his fhther’s intirmily
of purpose, could never master his propensi
ties to drink. He Was a scholar, a gentle
man, a poet, and —a drunkard.
Edgar Poe—but why speak of him. The
story of his miserable end is more familiar
to the people even than the melancholly re
frain of the “Raven.”
Charles Lamb, the gentle Charles, the kind
the lender, the beloved, could sacrifice so
muph/or,bis sister, but ’could not help being
carried home and pul to bed in'insensible
drunkenness.
Douglass derrqld is a devotee bf gin. For
jnany years, it is said, he has been impkifi
ing his fine powers by habitual excesses in,
drink. . , f-
Byron, Burns, Steele, Hone, and a host of
other names; eminent nr illustrious, -might be
added to the tis) of distinguished drunkards.
Burns, we are confident,, bad not died in
the prime- of life)! a' defeated, heart 'broken
man his destiny oil unaccomplished, if he had
not been 'addicted to convivial, drinking.—-
And who; knows for how much of Byron’s
reckless vereC the world should-curse the gin
bottle?
In our colleges, is not the secret demijohn
one of the perpetual anxieties of present,
professor and parent! At our fashionable
parties, is champaigne—one of the vilest of
drinks—‘moderately consumed? Donot our
grand banquets generally degenerate-into oc
casions of disgusting eitess? Are the sons
of leading' citizens the hiosl temperate of our
youth 7 Is it poor Women who bhy brandy'
drops,by the pound.
Talk,qo iqore of shutting pp ( .bn|y lha JoW
groggeries. All gtpggeries are low, and all
grog is pernicious, whether sipped by gentle.,
men, sucked ; by ladies, or, swilled by the
dregs of the people.
When’ you call Ibr a letter at' the Port
Office, always ask: “Anything for mb?”
Don’t give your name; and then' when in
formed “No,” don’t believe it but put your
splflnto an agony of surprise and wonder,
and ask ihp.P. M. when he "expects one”
for you. Should he ask from wfioni you
were looking fb.r a communication 1 tell hftn
“from the West.” fi|o,wil] then understand;
Tiie covetous man Is his own toftnenler.
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. RATO anrfcohquerdre rtiust eipSct do met
cy in mfsfoiiulie. " '
Tits mob,-is a monster with the bands of
BriareUSr but the head of Polyphemus,—
strong k> execut‘d.but blind to pferceivb.
Stbsng as pur passions are, they may be
carved into .submission, and conquered vith
ool beirtgrfcilled. '. >, -;« ■
Gbba* meft. lite preat■cities.-have many
crooked arts and'AfE'SlteTsintthei# jjeartW,
he. that Isnows thepj njay saye.him
self much time and trouble. ,
~ s Gpp is. op ,ihe yirtup ;,.for whoeyer
wl>W»«r
deserves it, dreads it. '
The most disagreeable two-legged animal
I know,- is'a little great man, and the next, a
little great manVfactPtum ondfrieod,
TuEM-are some mfeny whose enemies are
to be pitied much, and their friends more;
lUw ahd equity are (Wo things which God
hath joined, but which man hath put asunder.
Op governments, that of the mob .is Jhe
most sanguinary, that of soldiers the most
extensive, end that of dry ilia ns the most vex
ations.
Misteby magnifies danger as the fog the
Sun. The hand that unnerved Belshazzar
derived'its most horrifying influence Irom the
want of a body ; and death itself is not form
idable in what we know Of it, but in what we
do not.
Revenge is a fever in our own blood, to be
cured only by letting the blood of another;
bin the remedy 100 often produces a relapse,
which is remorse—a malady far more dread
ful than the first disease, because it is incu
rable, -
Those who bequeath unto themselves a
pompous funeral, are at just so much ex
pense to inform the world of something that
had much better been concealed; namely,
that their vanity has survived themselves.
, It is an unfortunate thing for fools, that
their pretensions should rise in an inverse
ratio with their abilities, ahd their presump
tion with' their weakness; and for the wise,
that diffidence should be the companion of
talent, and doubt the fruit of investigation.
To be continually subject to the breath of
slander, will tarnish the purest virtue, as a
constant exposure to the atmosphere will hb
score the brightness of the finest gold; but
in either Case, the real value of both contin
ues the aifnrte, although the currency may be
somewhat impeded.
never go abroad in search or your warns, if
they be real wants, ihey will come home in
search of you ; for he that buys what he
does not want, will soon want what he
not buy.
Tlie Czar and the mimic.
During an interview which Martineff, ihe
Russian commedian and mimic, succeeded'in
obtaining with Prince Volhousky, High Slew
nrd, the late Emperor Nicholas came into
the room unexpectedly, yet with a design as
was soon made evident. Telling the actor
that he had heard of his talents, and should
like to see a specimen of them, he bade him
mimic the old minister. This feat was per
formed with so much gusto that the Emperor
immoderately,- and then to the great
horror of the poor actor, desired to have him
self “Taken off.” “T’is physically impossi
ble,” pleaded Martineff. Nonsense,” said
Nicholas, “1 insist on fts being done.” Find
ing himself on the horns of a dilemma, the
mimic took heart of grace, and, with prompt
itude and presence of mind, buttoned his
coat over bis breast, expanded his chest,
threw up his head, and assuming the Impe
rial port to the best of bis power, strode
across the room.and back, then, stopping
opposite the Minister, he cried, in the exact
tune and manner of the Czar, “Volhousy I
pay M: Martineff I,OOd silyer roubles." The
Emperor, for a moment, wqs disconcerted but
recovering himself wuhn. faint smile he. or-,
dered the money io.be paid..
The Island of Fierro is one of the most
considerable of the Canaries, and I cannot'
conceive the name id be given to it on this
account—that its soil not affording so tViuch
as a drop of fresh water, seems to be iron,
ant) indeed there is in this island neither riv
ulef nor well nor spring, save that only by
the seaside there are some wells, but they lie
at such a distance, from the city that the in
habitants can make no use of them. -But the
■great Preserver, and Sustainer of all, reme
dies this inconvenience by a way so-extraor
dinary, that man will be forced to sit down
and acknowledge that he gives in this an ,un
deniable demonstration of his wonderful good
ness. For in the midst there is a tree which
iu.the only one of (he kind, inasmuch as it
has; no resemblance to any of those known
to os in Europe. >l;he leaves of il are long
and narrow, and continue in verdure winter
and summer, and its branches are covered
with-a -cloud, which is never dtspelMi hut
revolving into a moisture, causes (O: full from'
its leaves-a very clear water, and that in such
abundance that the cisterns which are placed
at the fool of (be IreemrO never empty, but
c ontairi enough to supply both man and beast.
, Qdeeb Names. —Burlington’county, New
Jersey, seoms to abound in singular names,
not always the most.euphonious... For. in
stance, there are.. Turpentine,, Frog-town,
Devil’s Run, Skunk’s Hollow, Mount Misery,
Ong’s l Hat, Comical Corner, Tattle-town,
Gosaip-ville,Sorabbte-town, Foow-towp, Poke
Hill; end—that’s enough for the present.
t <■* 11
The paining Tree.
We pm tnltflbe brook just Into# a smart
foateyiftll«=
«ber : m
ltiga
wttkiraroenae earpeittaaei'fortitiltog totako
A HVmridteS-Will Mile
Attlnu '*ntf -. tnahe u*;«ilMie ’ atjxfott, The
‘bmwm pf tft brook U <wpirel,
km ftKSbtf
all : sim», Mre'-M.oMks'mnranK f *rtia «>rt
goesovertbem at ttorrme ortetfnilHsi 5 ah
bhur. TbemeecdnTl* great. ? AteVbry few
‘rods caacadbr break overledg* abd-holl u»
iti miniature pool* below, v tftj’Titee*' "b»
either side abut a ;6ar 111 direct :ray*- ollthesob,
and for thb raom pdrt'MHe7b^(M> ! fifla
ban kssa closely and cast tWirdiMtoovst'sO
widely that they create a tWilight-*-ntft argray
twiligtotosing j(S lustre, httt a tWitapartatly
black twilight which so He ss Oothmg,but
gives more ruggednees lb- die rocks.and a
sombre aspect even to the shrubs and fairest
flowers; • i
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-i. . > I.
It is a great matter to take atrout etirfyib
your trial; It gives oiie mOrii heart!' It
servesto kdep one about his business. ; Other
wise you are apt tofalloffin on l unprofitable
revbtie i yon wake topawd
irig in 'a dream,
under some, concertCfoverarcfiing branch
es, wherO the 1 stream flows' blifck audkrOad
among the taokW, with moss greewnbove 1 the
water ahd dark'belowiti’ ' '•>' i
But let uk begin. Standing in tbd middle
of the stream, your abort trod in your band,
let out fromtweive to twenty feet of fine,
varying its length according to (he nature of
the stream, and, •» far as h can be done,
keeping its position add general conduct under
anxious scrutiny. Just here the water' b
mid-leg deep. Experimenting at each for
ward reach for o firm foothold, slrppingj stumr
bling over some uncouth stone, eliding on
the moss of another, reeling and staggering,
you wilt have a fine opportunity of tiestiog
the old philosophical dictum that yon can
think of but one thing m a time. You must
think of half a dozen ; of your feet or you
will be sprawling in the brook ; of your eyea
and face, or the branches will scratch them ;
of your line, or it will'tangle at every step;
of your far distant hook and dimly seen bait,
or you will loose the end of all your fishing,
At first it is a puzzling business. A little
practice sets things all right.
Do you see that reach of shallow water
gathered to a head by a cross bar of stinken
rocks? The water splits in going
a slab of rock below, and forms an eddy to
the right and one to the left. Let us try a
grass-hopper (here. Casting it in ana above
and guiding it by a motion of your rod, over
it goes and whirls ont of the myriad babbles
into the edge of the eddy, when, quick as a
wink, (he water brooks open, a tail flashes in
(ho air and disappears, but reappears to the
instant backward motion of your hand, *nd '
the victim comes skittering up the stream,
whirling over and over, till your hand grasps
him, extricates the hook anch slips him' into
the basket. 'Poor fellow 1 you. want- to be
sorry for him, but every time you try. you
arc glad instead, Standing still you bait and
try (he other side of the stream, where-tho
water, wiping off the bubbles from its facei*
token toward that, deep spot under d sid'd
rock. There you’ve got him!-. Blill templ^
(hen (he tnbetbeiow grow Cautious. Let
ting the line run before you, you wads along,
holding oh by one branch and another, fum
bling with your feet along the jagged channel,
changing hands lo a -bow on Ibo left aide,
leaning on thia rock, stepping over that strand--
ed log. Ripping a generous bole in your!
skirts as you leave it, you come to (he edge
of the pretty fall. You step down, thinking
only how to keep your balance and not at
all of the probable depth of the, water, tilf
you splash and plunge down into a basin
waist deep. Tbe first sensations of a man
up to his vest pockets in woler are. peculiarly,
foolish, and bis laugh rather (hint. He-is
afierward a little ashamed of the alacrity
with which he-scrambles (or the bank. A
step or two brings hint to a sand bank, But
while you are in a scrape at one end of your
line, a trout has got into a worse one at the
other. A little flurried with surprises! both
experiences, you come near losing him in .the
injudicious haste with you overhaul
him. I
The Cincinnati Columbian tells the follow
ing story on -yio authority of a gentleman
from Indiana;
Recently there was a run upon a bank in
hik neighborhood. Becoming short of nOtM,
bin expectlng an arrival next moining oft ha
necessary funds front a friendly institution,
the Cashier- gave- notice to the Crowd >1 the
doors, that to l convince every body of the sol
vency of the concern, the Directors had- re- •
solved lo pay everf applicant fot Hie rest bP'
the day in gold; bet os the gold' the bank
possessed was in bars, just as tho dray load
had arrived from California, (he public must
be patient uhtil it was coined; Wliat gold
was on hand, or could be borrowed, was
slowly paid out and ; given to the drawers on -
plates so : hot that- it could not he handled—
being, as ihe clbrks declared, hot from-"tho
mint. The counting, of course, under the
circumstances, was a slow: process, and l no
difficulty was found in keeping right side up,
unlit closing lime.. The next 'morning the
expected funds arrived,hut were not panted ;
the hot gold had satisfied the depositors that
the bank was perfectly solvent, and 1 of (be
best kind. They began to pay in again.
A locomotive on one the principal railroad*,
has been adorned with the title, “I still live.”
Thalia mprelban many of the passenger*
can say at,the fend of the journey.
“Slocum,ho(v Is it to-day—can you take
that note up I”
“Im sorry to say I can't, never was so
cramped in my life.”
•‘By the way, you are always cramped
are you not.”
“I’m sorry to say, I am j and yet there i*.
a natural .cause for it.”
“And what is that 1”
. “Why, 1 was weaned on green apples and
water melons.”
The happy people of this world iHlfife. Uiat
the unhappy ought to perish, before them Whh
the same-grace as. that which the Roman
populace exacttd of theg'adiatois.
Treating.
Hot Coin.