Term* of Publication. THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR ii pub lished every Tboredey Morning, end milled to tub* sflriben «t:tha Tery re»wjo»We,priee of Ow Bofc-i n»jw fagfmtff. -Jt ii intend, ed lo notify, every sahecnber when toe term for which hehb pijd ihiU 'biVe expired 6ytho stamp' —••Time OttV’V tbOtntrpnor the iut pipM. ; The . piper, wilt thea be Mapped until i fhrther re mii^ce.be,r^|ed. l op, man. can pe brought ip debt to ftepprinler.' ' Thx ! AtWrrox ' is the'Offiolxl PipifoTthk Conn ty,"with i Urge end eteidily Inereuing'dltohlitloO, retching into nearly every, .neighborhood in., the qopnly. ~lt i* tealjrea af foOtge toioyPpet,(office within the count? uoilii ud lolhow hwof within, lhetimiu,bnl wbaee mostconvenient poitoffice may be in in adjoining County. 1 ' ' I x 1 r ■ Basinets Cards, not exceeding ’5 line*, pSpbrHm eluded, $4 per ye*rr- '~ ' k '"'‘' . r- y i ?* f ««* ~~ for Tbs Agitator. WltOltißS. ; > bt. k. u -norm. “ Who hM not % feeling of at the tho’ts of all that should be, trben he wwdeod, and forgotten t n '' IMnakca mo nid when'er I f&tnk Vie world will still koto on,. . f ?•’ As bright and joyously at now, i When I am dead and gone!, ( It makes me sad to think the birds, Their songs will gsily sing—. •> The leates expand, the flowreto bIoMB, -With oath retarding spring. • And nsT«r x k(M hio—nsTerpkuie To wonder at my shy, Or broathh ono sad regretfal tone That 1 hare paved away. It makes me sad to think the friends, Wbo smile on «m each day, . Will soon to othersjyield p»y place, When I bare passed away. 1 know ’Hs selfish—bat there llres Within my breast no thought, Bo rife with SDgniah, ns the fear That 1 shall be forgot. 1 wonld not baye tho sunshine cease, Nor floorers fbrget to bloom. I Nor earth know lees of joy and-pence, When lam in the tomb. - Bat I would have the*(mnbeains fall Softly upon my prat©, And the loved spring flower* veep for me, 1 While o'er my head they w«Ve. ~ , i I would not hate kind loting hearts, With grief forme be chilled; rwonld tnre them keep my place *- Still acred, and unfilled. I would not h*t« toother coma] And Uko my t*c*ot chair. And fill the only heart, whoeo lore 1 erer wished to share. I know 'tis \aln, for I hare seen The good and lovely die, And fere their new made grvrec were green, Dried was each weeping eye. And I shall die and be forgot I The world will still move on, As bright and Joyously as now, When I am dead and gone I But In that brighter, better land, Where all Is one glad day, There will I hope to meet the loved Where mists are rolled array I There where no clouds the memory dim, Where shadows all are o'er, This longing aching of oar souls, Shall peaatf fore tot more, ■ i •. Newton, lowa. April 1836. Select Jttieeellani?, LIFE IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. The Fighting Editor of Arkansas. bi cornu smommus. There never was an age in ihe annals of time, or a country on the surface of the globe wherfe dueling prevailed to such an extent as it did in the early history ol Arkansas.— No one public mao ever attained to any con. eiderabla eminence, professional or political in that purple land, where law jrsured not life, without first passing through the terri ble ordeal of blood and.fire on the miscalled held of honor. The Rectors, Conways, John sons, Crittendens, Sevieis, and Borlands,— every name of note that can be mentioned, —all furnish so many examples of Ibis strange yet general rule. Even the learn ing and eloquence of the mild and merciful lawyer and poet, Albert Pike, to achieve in fluence or distinction, availed not until he had proved his prowess in mortal combat with a redoubled foe, Id addition to the usual causes operating on all frontiers to produce sikch a stage of so ciety, another one existed in the stormy sea of politics The Whigs and Democrats were nearly equal in numerical; force, and never did hostile factions displa” more intense ac tivity and concentrated bitterness. On the stump, in the forum, and through the press, everywhere, and by all possible means, they hurled their furious anathemas against each other in terms of measureless wrath and de nunciations. As a necessary consequence* none save men of the highest courage dared aspire to be leaders in parties where such a position must be won and maintained at the flaming mouth of the pistol or before the fear ful point of the bowie knife or two edged dag ger. One horrible pecularity marked the course of such personal conflicts—they almost al ways terminated fatally to the individuals en gaged in the unnatural strife. No combatant thought his fair fame vindicated by merely wounding his antagonist; nothing but the coup de grace of death. Indeed the univer sal opinion of the community regarded blood less encounters as shameful in the extreme — worse even than positive cowardice—and as every candidate for popular favor had pre pared himself well by long practice, to use the last great argument, which closed all dis cussion, and silenced the most stubborn ob jections, very few meetings occurred where the spectators were not gratified by witness ing the slaughter of one or both of the ambi tious. As may easily be imagined, the post of an editor was the most perilous of all others, at).' hence the opposing factions respectively ©> lected the entire corps to manage their jcs* nal from the most desperate adventurers that could be mustered, and paid them according* ly to do their own fighting and that of their annoymous correspondents. In some instan ces thousands of dollars were expended as mere premiums, besides the offer of enormous salaries to secure the pen and pistol of the most notorious duellists in the southwest, 1 could specify one mao, an ex-senator, who owed his rise to this very circumstance. However, leaving these vague generalities' the following brief sketch of striking and real particulars will afford a tolerable conception of the the stern traits incidental to editorial life. Early in the month of July, 1830, Israel Woods, the proprietor ofths Arkansas'Dem ocrat, was. seated in his sanctum,: buyilyi em ployed in the manufacture of written slander for his weekly issue. A single glance at tfaik' person was truly enough to make an ordina ry beholder tremblis with apprehension; .for you might search the'wide world -without finding bis superior in physical power and agility. .In the prime of youth ant) robust (icultli, he seemed a mighty mass of iron ‘iO ..hi n! t', v*f h •. .'0 .'! o CQBB, STORROqK > CO., : bodes' erfid elastic ‘'-sinews,—Wrong as the myihicMilo when herenhheaocient oaks; His hands -looked' like' sledge hammers;; and 'his" countenance bore the' impress ofrecklfess of mule 'defiance and-challenge total) Ihe heroes oflhe human race. His eyes wertof A peCuUartfnt—that' fierce' reddish yellow which resembles (he iris of the most dangerous character.'' > - Indeed, he had acquired his title to be pise* ed foremost ih tho highest class of the fighting chivalry by daring feats performed'in all the principal cities of the south from Charleston to New Orleans. Nevertheless, he had morp sense than to depend entirety ob the terror which bis name so‘irresistibly 'inspired. His office was an armbry. A huge double bar* relied shot gun hung a abortdistance above his head, and a halfadozen loaded pistols laid beside him om the table while the"sifver hilt of a dagger peeped out* from beneath bis vest. He was ready for immediate battle, whoever might be the 1 assailant. Suddenly footsteps resounded on the floor behind him, and a stoat, dark featured man, of middle age, with longflowinghairof rdven hue, and flushing black eves, rushed into tho • roqjm in a statq of wild and almost phrenzied excitement, and threw himself into a seat. |The editor at first, anticipating a hostile visit, cocked a revolver, but instantly perceiv ing bia mistake, deposited the weapon at his elbow, exclaiming as he did so, ,r What now, Elias Wharton I Is there a nets tem pest brewing in the political atmosphere 7" “Just look here I* 1 ejaculated' the other with an infuriated gesture, pointing to a col umn of ihe Arkansas Whig which he held up, with the ink not yet dry on the paper. - Woods snatched the article from Ihe fin gers of his friend, and devouring (he contents with a'rapid glance uttered a malekiction too horrible for record, while his very lips turn ed white with rage and disappointment. ‘ “Is not that too bad?” vociferated Whar ton, clinching ihe interrogatory with a still more dreadful oath. 11 Who could have ex pected, in the meridian of Little Rock, to see a phillipic against duelling.” “ And an appeal to the religious prejudices of the people 1" added the editor, frowning till his brows met in a frightful arch. “ Yes, and the cunning scoundrel has man aged to lay all (he blame of combats on the Democrats from the first settlement of-the country!” affirmed the other. “ And he has given (he history of all my encounters, from my slabbing a sophomore at the university of Virginia till my rifle battle with Dr- Wilson," complained Woods. “ And that tirade alone will do more inju ry lo our parly.than any thitljz that has hap pened for years,” remarked Wharton. “ Who do you suppose the writer can be V asked the editor in a musing tone. “ I cannot so much as imagine,” returned his friend. “It is not the learned and lugu brious style of Pike, or the showy declara tion of Absalom Fowler.' Is must be some new hand in the prolific field of Whigery.” “ What shall we do to spike the fresh gun in the battery 7—for, unless that can be done we shall lose the election,” said the editor in sore embarassment. “ You mustdemand the author, and pro voke him to an interview!” suggested Whar ton. “ And suppose they did as on the lasi sim ilar occasion ? You know it would be sui cide to fight the author of Pate Whetstone!" answered Woods, with a shudder. At this moment, William, the elder bro ther of Elias Wharton, entered the sanctum, exclaiming—“ 1 have discovered the writer of the article signed 1 Vindex.’ ” “ Who is he I—who is he V' asked the po litical comrades, in the same eager, impetu ous tones. “ You would not conjecture in a thousand guesses,” replied the other, “ Let us know at once; do not keep us in suspense.” “ Levi Colemkn, (he young Methodist prea cher.” “ The devil 1” sboulpd: the editor. r “ The devil !” echoed his sympathising friends, “ how did you learn so strange a fact 7” “ Prom the foreman in the Whig office— in the strictest confidence, however, so that you need not bint at the source of the infor mation.” “ And now°what is to be done 1” they all inquired together. “ The case is complicated with .serious dif ficulties,” observed Elias Wharton; “ for,if we let the mailer .pass in silence, the rascally hypocrite will become bolder in his attack ; and if we punish his insolence as it deserves, every Methodist vote in the Slate will proba bly be cast against us.” After reflecting a few minutes, the journal ist Sprang to his feel cry ing out furiously— “ I will fix the base wretch, so that the mem bers of his own sect will disown, him I’’. And be hastily buckled on his belt and fill-; iog it with pistols, rushed forth into the street. ,As chance would have it, .the young min ister was at that minute walking by the door. He was-a slender, pale-faced man;:with; a fair complexion, bright blue eyes .and coun tenance of profound and even poetic thought, apparently incapable of rating a shadow of aggression, or so much as harming a,Ay. . “Are you.tbe author of.'Vindex Vin the recent number, of the Arkansas Whig!” do-, raanded Woods, advancing so near his.,in-, tended victim that their heads nearly touched., -.“'lam,” answered Calernan,inhis clear, silvery voice, without betraying the least to ken of alarm- . .. ... -** Then thus,l chastise your impudence and falsehood I” ..shouted, the enraged, editor,.as be seized' the clergyman with a grasp of iron and spat scornfully in his mouth, ‘TOT /. i .FELLSBOROUGH, TIO “ Ahd iM didlaotfear to- have the-foul stain of yonr polluting blood upon the how pure record of roroonscience,'! would teach youajlessbn never to. be (orgmten ■ to. yonr dying pay i ! ’ retijarked Coleman, as calmly AS'ifiin a pibyer meeting. --.i-•• r -‘t Away with'you,-poltroon and liar, i” or dered Woods; administering several contemt uous kicks, as the other ref rested Slowlyfrom Ibe inglorious field. <■ The rumor of [be affair-circulated with in conceivable rapidity,’ and-' immediately be came the subject of general -conversation; but strange as it may Seem, everybody de nounced the young preacher,aothat Ke sunk down at once from the pinnacleof popularity to the lowest abyss of shame and degrada tion; and on the’following Sunday, when be ascended the pulpit, not half-a-dozen hearers attends'' service. His chosen church desert ed him as a cow trd—for that was the real cause of offence, although many disguised thefaot under tb > flimsy pretest that they disapproved of hi i conduct in meddling with questions of polit cs. It is impossible to paint the emotions of the young, minister when he witnessed ibis Mt'uU and saw'l imself entirely abhndoned by his spiritual flo :k. Even the negroes and toys taunted bin with cowardice whenever he appeared in tha streets, and his affianqed bride, a-lady of. goal beauty and intelligence gave him a cold und cruel dismissal. Had he beon declared,guilty of burglary or theft, his disgrace could not have been more com plete. ■ • 1 . No one, therefore, wondered why he with ’drew from the fellowship of the Methodist denomination, and: shut himself, up in the sol itude of his priva'.|a apartment, as many sup posed, in a condition bordering otj mental de rangement. The following week, however, revealed the fruits »f his meditation in an un expected manner that startled the whole city. Another article came out in the Arkansas W hig, and this time over Levi Coleman’s own signature, which excelled any satire ev er before seen in the soutfa.west, for awful, boundless, I)ilterdeounciation. Every swifl. ure of the ex-preacher’s pen seemed like the flash of an avenging sword—every word pierced like the thrust of a poisoned dagger. The edilerofthe Democrat and all his friends —indeed, his whtjle party, and even his. fam -5? —were subject! to the penally of summary massacre. He Dragged into light all their political sins, andjaccused them of imaginary crimes (hat caused every reader so turn white with horror. ' • > ■ Then as soon as the newspaper was issued hh left the room and promenaded the public thoroughfare with the proud and lofty tread or n hero, —by Pent Noland, both .thoroughly armed. A challenge from Israel Woods, then perhaps the most deadly duelist in the world, was the immediate consequence, ,and the youth accepted it, to combat with pistols at ten paces I The interview look place (he next mor ning at sunrise do the bank of the. Arkan sas river, half a tnilo below Little Rock, and never did a greater course of spectators swarm to behold a similar scene. WAt the appointed hour the seconds, Elisa herton for Woods, and Pent Noland Tor Coleman, stationed (heir principals in position and the anxious (prong actually trembled in fearful expectancy of the brutal signal. In deed the proximity of the foes was so elosa that (he escape ol| either with life seemed al most hopeless. | In the meanwhile a wonderful change had been wrought in the aspect of the formerly mild and merciful minister. His blue eyes looked luminous sis fire-balls, and the thought ful sadness of hisl countenance had been re placed by a perpetual smile, fierce, scorching, murderous, and ajppeared to have the power of blasting the gazer’s sight, like the flash of lightning from the thunder cloud. As Pent Noland left his friend, he whis pered to his ear, f‘Be sure and aim at the enemy’s head, and fire at the word ; it is your only chance " At length the J weapons roared t fact, Coleman’s, h half a second, an of duration made tire eternity in tl Woods fell to 1 from the hand, his right temple, the fourth of an head. From that day ihe fame and fortune of Levi Coleman might be considered firmly es tablished. Ho was installed forthwith in the editorial chair of (he Arkansas Whig, and wielded pen and pistol with the same trium phant success,.until suddenly the angel of pestilence cut sho|r( his brief & brilliant career. ( An active man, working to the best advan tage, can raise ted pounds ten feet in a second for ten-hours in the day; one hundred-pounds one foot.in a second. The absolute force of pressure with th|e hands was found by the dynamometer of Regnier to be on an average equal to one hundred pounds; the absolute force of a man, lifting with both his hands, (wo hundred andl. eighty-six pounds. The greatest average {load which a man can sup port on bis-shoulders for some seconds,.is estimated at three'hundred and thirty pounds, and it is supposed that he can exert the same forcein-drawiiig vertically- downwards. The moan absolute force of a man in drawing or pulling horizontally is found .by the dynamo ter to be one- hundred -pounds; the. force of the pull in the strongesl.man was found to be only twenty pounds-iftoreJban the average. The greatest effect of man’s strength' in rais ing, a weight-will - be,when the- weighlioF-the man is, to ibatrof his load,-nearly as four to three. r ijxl ujJ.'l-tN.J.’frl f''t ViU’, ist’Ai I‘l v.l- ■c- L.l: '!.<!• nr.V iriHete 1 »eafft»y :; : ■ ■'■■■■ ••• i ■ > ‘ V■ u. "... -w .1, ‘ »HB ASITATIOIf OP THOUGHT IS TB(|t BEQISBIRG. OP. WISDOII.” ,' sj COU.STY. n., THURSDAY MORSISC, JAWAKY 16, 1867 J signal sounded, and both apparently together, yet, in iid the precedence by some i i that diminutive fragment tall the difference of an en lie result. : te earth like a stone dropped with a bullet-hole through virile his own ball whistled inch over his adversary’s ITC :||p /, j)OIT CTHT M ' | j -rM> B. :H: I*i Bi' ! I! '• ■ - -’J r ißi; "fit Hi •’ •:■?} >'^Bw;.rß^jr'!n B miß , niß'c.T •x l :laJßi'> •*« -.i Bv/! -ii Buttßr- •*«?’ Hi vr - f.'p’t 'B ;n i '--:j-.!B ■■■.'■' t- Ba»’B-'nirf HfeUßw. as o„ Jk»-. >/_ JL %s V t'M.lU.’i' bM '•"firif-i '»■■■■; <-'i ,!-.t il-l'.. I- i! i'-iii ©ommmiUationfl, f - •. •- k«i'j i i’ri r » «i.v ■ • .» For The AgiUlor. A^oidObFaflUonsr Fbiend; Qobb ;' .Election.'being .over and the.lucky.cand.idales-tmnseqiientlyseai.ed ip •heir fat; offices,, thereby.cauaingihe,political excitement in.a measure.,to subside;.permit roe to uae myigooae quill.br a few moments ip writing .you s. few. words upon that ever popular , - How.often do we see the human race fol- Iqwing after things of the most .frivolous and ridiculous nature! Anything that “ta in fashion" is sought after with all the eager* ness .imaginabltVand- immediately becomes an object of universal :dps ; re. These follies are not confined to one s> but both like to be in fashion, and not be behind the times. Our young Ante 'cans have shanghae coala of the most approved aiyle, which strikingly resembles an old gentleman’s morning gown, or olden limes. It is leally laughable lo see our young gentleman promenading the streets with their coal tails reaching from their shouU ders to the grounds . One would naturally suppose to see them strut, that they owned the greater part of some California gold mine. And then with a great amount of coaxing, they'finally get a little Moustache started that looks as though it ought to have watchers to care of and preserve if Patent hair dye is used profusely, and strange to tell, by and by his highest hopes and aspirations are gratified by a thimble full of white mossy down ap peering upon his tipper lip I! Happy fellow, how he is to be envied I His whole life is a perfect stream of sunshine, peace' and pleas* urel His dreams are exquisitly. sweet, for when ho is in the arms Of Morpheus bethinks of nothing save his bewitching Shanghae coat and his dear little Moustache, and when he is awake, his mind is wholly centered on his highly inproved Imperial, and his new pair of tights, with which he tvill astonish (be natives the next lime.he appears at church. Tho young ladied, too, are not behind tbe rougher sex in-adopting the latest improved fashions of the nineteenth century. The chief ambition of a portion- of the softer -sex is to outshine the other in the latest Paris fashions. Their bonnets—the dear little kiss-me-quicks —are exceedingly beautiful to behold. To see them barely covering the back portion of the cranium, is enough to set one into a series of innocent convulsions of laughter. But there is one fashion that most emphatically outdoes a(i the othersj nodi for beauty and taste, it has not been equalled for many centuries. Em press Eugenie is deserving of immonaVpraise, for introducing this fasicnating new-fangled idea. Human invention has arrival at its niguxm nnd all efforts to success fully remodel this “new { trM , meet with a manly repudiation.' Tbe fashion I refer to is that of hoop wear ing. Words fail to perform theiwoffice when we come to describe (he improvement that this has been to the fair sex. As far as looks are concerned, it has increased (heir appear ance immeasurably. What can be more pleasing to a lover of sublimity, than to see a belle of fair sixteen, moving off down-street like an inflated balloon, sweeping every thing fore and aft, that offers any- resistance to her advancing greatness 1 The most homely ol the fair sex appear like perfect goddesses when they move off ,under a shower of cords and sails! It is highly amusing to see them promenading the street —to see old men step one side, and wonder what the world is com ing loo—to see (he. canine race follow them, giving vent to their overflowing feelings by hallowing lustly in their rear I This fashion has but one inconvenience, and that is (rifling when wo consider the advantages to be gain ed by its use practically. In some (owns where Hoops are extensively used, the people gravely contemplate the widening of (heslreels in order to allow the belle's of'67 to move about with perfect freedom. And our home’s too, are constructed without any reference to the comfort of our fashionable ladies. Our doors are* not half wide enough to meet tbe demands of (he age. It is perfectly ridiculous to oblige a lady to disturb the foldsof latest improved dress, every lime she chooses to cross the thrushold of a neighbor’s dwelling.' I would simply suggest (hat our dwellings in future be so constructed* as to better accommodate our lemalejfriends, but as they are Hbw, they are sadly behind tbe spirit of the limes. ' Man is truly a progressive being, and woman comes under the same head. Yes woman possess inventive powers, and the Empress of France shpuld have the praise of. a whole civilized world showered down upon her in countless numbers, for making such an important addition to the Wonders of the nine teenth century 111 Long live the Empress Eugenie ! I think al no one time in the world’s history such a' great variety of useful im provements have been in use at the same time. Let us for one- moment comhtplate them in their proper order. 1 -Here they come— Mustaches and goatees—Shanghae coats and tight kneed breeches—Kiss’me middling quick bonnets-and - ■> hooped dresses. The list of modern improvements I might be swelled to hundreds, but enough have been presented losbowi-to any imprejudiced mind that we ore passing-through a portion of time, - unequalled by any previous portion of the Earths history. Hoop, hdbp; hurrah for tho fashions of ’57. Rather fashionably Yours, FRANK. In a recent, case before (he Superior Court of Newt' York, Judge Oakley decided that the laws of Congress l clearly intended that no portion or share or .interest, ia a pension al ready granted, shall be sold or hypothecated by the beneficiary. 1 , ’* »*■ PUBLISHERS & PROPRIETORS. Irpro life lUq»t»rted"„,. The Game!—lts Introduction into the United States. Ilia known (hat our government hat recemly.iotroduced into Texas,from Smyrna, about forty camels, with'a ..view to their em* ploymeot for transportation on the plains and prairies, of the Southwest, An appropriation of $BO,OOO was made by Congress (a initiate the experiment of acclh mating and using the camel on this continent, and therefore it possesses a national interest and awakens a curiosity to know more than is generally knbwn respecting his anatomy, habits, endhrance, food, fecundity, length of life, speed, the proper mode of managing him, cost of keeping, etc. The figure of the camel is uncouth 'and awkward to the extreme, and in many re spects bears a resemblance to the stupid turkey. The shape and attitude of the bead and the expression of the face; the drooping origin and upward curving of the. neck ; the shoulders,, the sloping hump, and the form and position of the hind legs bear a strong resemblance to that bird. If the camel had tfte fleshy substance pendent from the fore head that the gobbler sports, the picture would be cpmplete, or at least suggestive. Perhaps the ostrich, which the Arabs call camel bird, is a more fit subject of comparison ; the neck and legs certainly justify it. In general anatomy, the camel is the same as that of other*ruminating animals, but has several qualities which distinguish him from all other quadrupeds. These are the hump, the horizontal posture of the head, the direc tion of the eye, the power of closing the nos trils at pleasure, to keep put the drifting sand, and the structure of the stomach so as to contain a large quantity of water in a pure slate for several days, until it is gradually ab sorbed in the necessary support of the animal. The callosities, also, on the part that touch the ground when the animal is reposing; the spreading or cushion like feet with a horny sole, and the cleft upper lip, make up the list of peculiarities. The camel has thirty four teeth ; sixteen iin the upper jaw, viz: two incisors, two ca mines, and twelve molars; eighteen in the lower jaw, namely, six incisors, two canines and ten molars. Its eyes are prominent, ears small, scarcely seen above the hehd, nostrils slit obliquely, upper lip swollen and divided; the teats ventril and four in number, tail moderate, hair reddish brown, and inclined to be woolly and long about the neck, hump and tail, but short elsewhere; legs long and awkward, feet large disproportioned to the legs. On thehack is a«large fatty hump, and some -kinds have two, wh'ch are, doubtless mere depositories of auperabundantnuiriiive matter, iv, to absorbed for its support When the animal can not obtain Rnni, Hence it disappears if the animal be kept very low and -worked hard, but assumes a plumpness and solidity when it has leisure and plenty of food. The eye is so adjusted that the sight of the animal is directed downward, and surveys carefully the very place where the fool is next to be placed, hence the camel is remarkable for being, sure-fooled. To receive the shock of the fall in lying down for repose, or for his master to load or dismount, and to screen the animal when re posing from the heat of the ground, the camel is provided with seven r tllosilies or horny pads. One of these is on the breast between the fore-legs, two upon each of the fore, and one on each of the hinder legs. At the com mand of his master the camel kneels down or lies to be laden or unladen. To do this the animal throws himself slightly forward, and. first bending one fore-leg, poises himself a moment and falls suddenly upon the knees; advancing the hind-feet a little he drops upon the gambrel joint; by a third 'descent the breast is brought to the ground, and (he upjjer and forward part of the hind-leg by a fourth. These movements, which in rising are re versed, are each attended with a considerable shock, the first, which is apt to throw an inexperienced rider over the bead of the animal. The foot of the camel spreads on being pressed to the earth and sinks in the sand less deeply than that of any other large ani mal. Many suppose (hat he cannot travel on hard and rocky ground, but delights to the sand. This is an error, as he always d'voids sand if he can, and also wet and slippery ground. Caravans in Algeria sometimes climb rocky slopes at an angle of forty-five degrees, with five or six hundred pounds each on their backs. Rugged and steep rocky ascents, which could be scaled with difficulty by other domestic animal, are passed with entire security, by loaded caravans of camels, nay, even some of the rugged passes near the Red teea, where the path is as rough and the zig-zag turns as short and sharp as any mule route in the Alps, are Constantly crossed by loaded caravans with no difficulty. The camel is therefore adapted to the barren plains of the West and to the rugged regions of the Rocky Mountains. The stomach of the camel is Ihe most sin gular fact in its organization, It has been known to take at once twenty-one gallons of water, and this, as We have remarked, re mains' for days in a pure stale, of which fact Arabs avail themselves by slaughtering a camel to obtain the unexpended water **in his stomach or when they miss their way or fail to find water in their long marches. ■ The tamper of the camel ispomewhat quar relsome toward his fellows, his bite .’being quite severe, and he ..exhibits disconent or anger by.a.harsh growl,.which, when uttered by the tyhole caravan, as it is on loading and starting,' may bo beard for miles. Though the camel is not-easily provoked, his when once aroused, is not easily pacified, and ffheti it assumes a settled hatred, is not satis- Bates of Advertising. Advertise menu will be charged 81 per sqoare of fourteen him. for ope, or three iuertipas, sod 25 “•"jfiH. / i 'Martian. All pdvetliao mem* or Tea than fdbrUen cotuldired is a aqaite.- The following rates wIH be, chirred lot QiMmlfyj naif.Yearly and yearly advertisTs|t_ , _ ;v .,,. 3 months. 6 months. 12 mo’s. 1 Sqoare, (U lines,) . 8250 |4 50 86 00 3 Squares,.,...UK) . 6 00 8 00 i column, -A<s IftOO 15 00 20 00 1 column,. - -18 00 ’ 30 00 40 00 ,AO IdvertueraSalimot’ having the number'of in. sertromi marked upon them, will be kept in nnlil or deHd.ont, l and < ah«gedaccirdlngl;. Poster*, Handbills, Bill,and Letter Heads,and all kinds tot JoUiing done in country establishments, executed neatly, and promptly. Justices’, Consta ble*.'amTolbtr BLANKS, constantly on band and prinledlo order.,. ■ ; , NO. 25, fied withour revenge. The Arab speaks of the *• canferBlemper” i as an illustration of a malicious and revengeful disposition. Its blowaandiklM.lhougb formidable to raau, are not. dangerous like ihose of the horse, and the teeth’are the chief weapon of defence. The strength of the camel’s jaws is very great, being adapted Mo crop and grind the hardest shrubs, and having sharper teeth, itp bile is much worqe than (hat of (he horse. Wherever the camel is used, its milk is a favorite .drink. The diet being poor, the amount of milk rarely exceeds a quart, but is quite rich. The female produces every second yea'r, and always a single foal, which is able to walk at first, and alter being car ried on the back of its dam a day or two, is able afterward Mo keep up with the caravan, which (ravels tweniy-five or thirty miles a day. The foul is suckled about a year, is broken into work t|jg third year, and lives much beyond the age of the horse—in some localities thirty years, in others seventy ; and they have been known to live to the age of a hundred years. The Arabian camel has but little hair, ex cept about the hips, chest and tail, where he has a few locks of long thick wool ; but the fleece of the Bactrian camel in the Crimea averages ten pounds. This, as is well known, is made into coarse cloth. The fine cloths and shawls formerly called cam el’s hair, but now, cashmere, are made from the wool of the Thibet goat. The flesh of the camel is prized by camel drivers, and the hump is considered a’choice dish, equal to good beef. The skin is applied to a variety of uses. It makes water skins which retain the water in spite of sun and wind, or boots which protect the fool against the bile of the viper. When stripped°of the hair and applied to the frame of a saddle, and has become dried, it clings to it like the bark to a tree, without any other fastening. The universe! fuel of (he desert is the dried dropping oi the camel, and the abund ance of this,at the usual places of encamp ment makes it desirable to stop at no other l place, since without jhis fuel no cooking can be 'done. This ends the catalogue of uses to which the camel is devoted, taking into ac count, of course, his great service as a beast of burden. The favorite food of the camel consists of the leaves, branches and seed-pods of the acacias, and other prickly trees or shrubs; of thistles, and of the saline plants so com mon in the desert. He will travel for several days without any food, in places entirely sjterile, and usually he brojwses by the way side, snatching a shrub here and a thistle there as he travels, and is scarcely fed by his master at all. For endurance of heat and hardship, for absiinence from food and water, and for pow er to subsist on the meanest of diet, the camel is without a parallel. He even prefers pun gent shrubs of wiry toughness before succu lent plan's. Nature has adapted the animat in structure, tastes, appetite, digestion and en durance to the very peculiarity of the soil, climate and productions of the place of its nativity. But the patient beast, though he tracks the scorching sands under a brazen sky sometimes for da> s without food or water, is not without suffering, for when he approach es water, he smells or’ otherwise detects its proximity at a distance of a mile or more. The whole caravan then, disdaining all con trol, rushes onward to the pool, struggling against each other, and leaving the feet of the riders to be protected by their sagacity, or to bo crushed. Marsh observes : “ The camel displays no inconsiderably sagacity. He delects springs in localities where they have not be fore been known to exist, and tradition says that even .the holy fountain Zemzem was dis covered by a stray camel. Upon frequent routes the drivers leave them to their own guidance, sleeping the while, and if by any chance the track is lost, the whole troop is in a slate of alarm and confusion. It is said that when the caravan is led astray by the ignorance of the guides, the camels are soon aware of it, and become quite ungovernable with terror.” The introduction and employment of the camel in the South and West is an experiment, the feasibility of which is to be tested. He can not endure very cold weather, hence ho must be kept in Southern latitudes in winter. Our great desert regions, where the camel will be chiefly valuable, yield neither grass nor shrub suited to any quadruped but the camel, and water is only met with at long intervals. We think the experiment will be success., ful, and that trains or caravans will thread the weary wastes of the West and rugged dc, flies of the mountains connecting our Eastern and Western fields of enterprise and of em. pire,“until the shall neigh on the crest of the Rocky Mountains, and startle the eagle from his jutiing crag, Coot,.—While at. Windsor I look cold, and was laid up with a fever.. I had been in bed three days, when my landlady came into my r'om. “ Well, Captain, how do you find yourstlf by this time?” “ Oh, I am a little better, thank you,” I re. plied. “ Well, I am glad of it, because I want to whitewash your room, and if the color-man stops to do it to-morrow he'll be charging us another quarter of a dollar.” •‘ But I am not able to leave my room.” “ Well, then, 111 speak to him; I dare say lie won't mind your being in bed while he whitewashes. . There is often in the heart-some inmate image of the beings we are to love that lenda to our first sight of them almost an air of rccognit ion,
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