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LITT LljAMNIE "
Jlcr little fret had Just brgun
ToKrny.out iloirn ami J tho rosea j
Her childish volcu had Just begun
Tu Hep la wonts tlio pwvvtcfct clout ;
When softly, itu we fait thu spill,
Hhe clasped the unrrcU gulden keys.
That lock the gnfvs who ft nngt-ls dmll,
And tittered tu tlid Prince uf Peace,
Tht hato Trout a heavenly throne
Fell in a smile on lip reposing
Anil left lis Impress sultly tdioiwi,
Like fresh Joung rone leaves J nut unclosing
The light of heaven, LIcbmiic earth ;
Thu fir! faint dimn that onus breaka
Ufih.it, the promised newer birth,
Tu which the heavenly rpirit uakcp
And ktil' tha lilttuliepor speaks,
And smiles upon us from nunvct
Itlt dimple dawning in her checks
At the groatnesjt of iior Haviuur'd lo?o.
Her Uttic feit hntegiine ttforo,
Tu pui Ji us tu ttio realiuof lisht
Where death and sorrow arc no more,
And day in noer veiled in night,
THE MASONIC FUNERAL.
Iu Ilia contemplative hour of retirement
liow many thrilling reminiscences of tho
past crowd upon tho memory ! Some of
them aro of a pleasing, and other. are of
u peculiarly painful character. Thejcar
1819 will ever be a memorable epoch in
the history of California. Tho pommcrcial
and gold.seeking adventurers "met on the
IjvuI" in thoso days. There were no
granito building! to tradu in such as now
adorn the .surrounding hills of Sau l'ran--cisco.
Thousands of pjopje, long (.cus
tomed to all the refinements and luxuries
of Eastern life, had to doff their fine linen
and put on the red shirt of tho hardy mi
ner. Pride wad unknown for a time.
Genflsmou had to stoop from their digni
ty, and awkwardly wash their own cloth
ing. Thoy hal to kindle their owii fires
and do tho w.rk of a cuisinier. Some
reposed at night in a canvas lent, while
others closed thoir eyes iu tlerp ntnoug tho
sand hills, with no other covering than
the. canopy of Heaven.
'Be paneled with tliofr lutes of lijht,
go njldly, ejiinlually bright,"
Exposuro and diseaso had rapid'y poo.
pled tho kingdom of tho dead. Tho
Ayuntumiento had not yet set apart any
ground for burial purposes. Tho conso
oo was that many wero rudely buried
o suburbs, and won afterwards ro-
qucnce
in tin
moved to Yerba Bucua Cemetery, wheru
tho remains of eight hundred lio huddled
together iu ono immense dismal grave.
Thcro is not oven a common board to
mark out (hi remarkable pit, iu which
sloop ho many of tho unfortunate pioneers
of Upper California.
In thoso cvontful time men wero found
dead, and no one could tell from whence
thoy came. Thoy passed away to their
graves unknown and unhonorcd. The
Fraternity of "Tho Mystio Tio" had not
yet organized. Thoy only knew each
other by tho legal information, whioh
craftsmen only know and properly under,
.stand. A wonderful instance of Masouio
identity occurred in the mouth of August,
1819. A much-respected citizen aud Ma
son, who is still living, was rjuictly wend
ing his way to Happy Valley very early
in tho morning, when ho beheld lha corpso
of a man stretched upon tho beach. All
was soft and still. Tho strangely mingled
population of the tented city was wrapped
in deep rcposo. Tho mist still lingered
on tho hills, aud the morning star shone
clearly in tha sky. Tho waters of tho
bay were very Emooth and calm, and
gently laved tho fcct of tho dead stranger,
"who slept tho sleep that knows no wa
king." Tho Great Dispenser of human
events, in his iuscrutablo providence,
seemingly had designed that Iho tide
should bear his lifelcs body to tho shore,
whsro, discovered by a passing brother, it
would bo asshuredly carried to tho gravo
iu becoming solemnity ,and depgsited there
in wjth all tho honors nud ceremonial
rights of fho ancient tfratcnity of Free and
Accepted Jlasgns,
vTiicru it a ltiwmiy that harta our cndi,
Uoujli how tlmm u no Mill "
Squio of tho inmates of tho neighboring
feuts wero roused from their blumbors,
and wore ipeedily to tho bpot. IIo prompt
ly attended and aelcd us Coroner. Tho
body was removed to a tent, whero it was
carefully scrutinized. No indicalions of
violcnco wero Wble. Tho man had ovi
dently been drowned. Ifis faco was man
ly aud intellectual and his hair was long
and curly and of a dark auburn huo. Ho
was neatly dressed, nud had a superior
look of respectability. The jacket and tho
pataloous on his person wero bluo pilot
cloth, and a blaok silk handkerchief was
tied in a sailor's knot around bis neck.
Thcro was nothing found in hk pocket that
could load to his identity. However, iu
removing tho flannel from his bosom, a
silver mark of a Mark Master was dis
covered, upon which was engraved tho
initials of his name. A little further in
vestigation revealed to tho beholders tho
moit ontie exhibition of Musonio emblems
that was over drawn by the iugenuity of
man on thu human kkju. There was
nothing iu tho history of Free Masonry
equal to it. Uoautifully dotted on his left
arm, iu red and bluo ink, which time could
not efface, appeared all tho emblems of tha
Eutcred Apprentice. There were the
Holy Uiblo, tho Square and Compass, tho
twenty-four inch gauge, and the common
level. There was also tho Masonic pave
ment representing thu ground floor of Kin"
Solomon's temple J the indented Fcssel
which surrounds it, and tho Blazing Star
in the citutro, On his right arm, and
artistically executed iu tha same indelible
liquids, wore tho emblems pertaining to
tho Fellow Craft degree, viz : the Plumb,
thu Square, aud the Level. There wero
also five columns representing tha five or
ders of architceture : Tho Tuscan, Porip,
Iouic, Corinthian, and Composite,
In removing the garments from his body,
the Trowel presented itself, with all the
other working tools of operative MaEoary,
besides all the emblems peculiar to the
degrco of a Master Mason. Conspicuous
ly on his breast wero tho thrco Great
Lights of Masonry. ' Over his heart was
tho Pot of Iucento. On other parts of
his person wero tho Bee-Hive ; tho Book
of Constitutions guarded by the Tyler's
Sword, tho sword pointing to a naked
heart j tho All Seeing Eye, the Anchor,
and Ark, tho Hour Glass, the Scjthe,
and tho forty-sovcuth problom of Euclid ;
tha Sun, Moon, Stars, aud a Comet ; thu
Three Steps emblematical of Youth, Man
hood and Age. Admirably executed was
tho Weeping Virgin, reclining on a broken
column, upon whieh lay the Book of Con
stitutions. In her loft hand sko held tho
Pot of In conso, the Masouio emblem of a
pure hoart, and in her uuliftud right a
fprigof acacia, tho beautiful emblem of tho
immortality of tho soul. Immediately
behind her stood winged Time with his
soytho by his side, "which cuts tho brittle
thread of life," and tho Hour Glass at
j IlU fcct' wL',cU is cvor "iuding that
''0Ur HvC3 nr0 4rawlnS tQ a closc" Tho
withered and attenuated finjrers of tho
Destroyer wero dolieatoly picked amid tho
long aud graceflly flowing ringlets of tho
discousolafo mourner. Thus wero tho
striking emblems of mortality and immor
tality blended iu ono pictorial representa
tion. It wa3 a spoeiaclo suoh as' Masons
never saw before, and in all probability
such as tho fraternity may cover witness
ain.
In tho inoanlimo tho sun was rising in
tho cast. Tho smoke of a thousand tents
was now ascending from tho surrouudiug
hills and valleys, which plainly told that
tho hardy pioneers wero busy preparing
their morning repast. The flags of differ
ent nations woro waving from tho masts of
tho emigrant ships that woro anchored in
tho bay, and sounds of sweet music iu tho
distance fell faintly on tho oar. Thcro was
:i solemnity and tranquility all around,
peculiarly befitting thu occasion Tho
nows soon spread from tent to tout, and
crowds hurried to tho spot whero tho body
was exposed. No one, however, could
identify him, A perfect mystery hung
over tho stranger, and still hangs over his
memory. His history may never bo known,
It mattered very Jittlo to tho Masons who
wero prcscut, from what country or climo
ho came, or in what languago ho spoko
when living, It was enough for thorn to
know that he was a man aud a Mason, to
securo him a decent interment. Tho body
was placed in a rudo but substantial coffin,
and borno in silence to tho brow qf a neigh
boring hill, where it was buried with bo
coming honors, Tho mourners stood
around his grave, each one wcuriug a whiio
apron, which from timo immemorial has
bceu tho "emblem of innocence" aud thu
badge of a Mason. ' Thcro were eyes bo
dewed with tears that wero unused to weep.
Tho occasion was extraordinary. In tho
entire abseuco qf a)l vorldly pomp apd
osteutatiou, thcro wero the manly ana uu
disguised feelings of Masons moved to a
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.,
touching extent over the humbla gravo of
nu unfortunate brother. Tho fuueral ser
vice was impressively road by Lieut. Cel.
J . Noah. Tho brcthcrn severally dropped
a sprig of evergreen upon tho coffin, and
after an appropriate prayer tho dust of
Happy Valley forever covered tho mortal
remains of the mysterious strangor whoso
body was so beautifiully embellished with
Masonic emblems.
How Tablo Rock Fell.
I had something to do with tho falling
of Tablo Hock, that broad shell on tho
Canada side, whicli in 1SGO jutted over
tho very cauldron of seething water, but
vyhich tumbled iuto it on a certain day
in tho month of Juno of that, by mo, oft
remembered year. About noon on that
day I accompanied a lady fyoni tho Clifton
House to tho Falls. Arriving a4 Tablo
Hock I pointed out to niy companion a
yait crack of fissuro which traversed the
cutiro base of tho rock, remarking that it
looked wider than it had ever appeared to
mo before. Tho lady almost shuddered
as she looked at it, and shrinking back,
declared that she d;d not care about going
to tho edge of tho rock. ''Ah' said I
takjug her by tho hand, "you might as
well coino on, now that you aro here. I
don't think that tiio rock will take a notion
(o fall merely boeauso we are on it."
Tho platform jutted from tho mainland
somo sixty feet, but to give tho visitor a
still more fearful projection over tho raging
water, a wooden bridge or staging had
been thrust beyond tho extreme edge for
some ten feet, This terminated iu a small
bos for visitors to stand in, and it was kept
iu its position and enabled to bear weight
by a pqnderous load of ttoncs. Tho day
was very bright and hot and it being about
lunch timo at tho hotels, but few visitors
were out, so wo occupied the dizzy porch
alone. Vc gazed fearfully upon tho aw
ful waters, we stretched our heads timidly
over tho frightful depth below, and we
felt our nature quelled in every fibre by
the dofeaning roar that seemed to saturate
us, as it were, with an indefinable dread.
"This is a terrible place," said I. "Look
under there and see on what a mere shell
wo stand ! For years and years tho teeth
of tho torrent, in that jetting, angry stream,
havu been knowing out that hoIlo-,7, and
somo day this plain muH fall." My com
panion ihiiddcrcd and drew herself back
in alarm. Our eyes swept tho roaring cir
cle of tho water onco more j wa gazed
about in fearful fascination, when suddenly
turning our looks upon cSch other, each
recognized a corresponding fear. ''I do
not like this place I'' I exclaimed quickly.
"Iho whole baso of this rock is probably
disintegrated, and perhaps it is poised in a
succession of steps or notches, ready to
fall out or topple down at any unusual per
turbation. That fissuro thcro seems to bo
unusually wide to-day! I think wo had
bettor leave,- for I do not faucy such a
finish i and besides my paper must bo pub
lished next week."
With theso words tho latter uttered
half jocosely, though not without alarm
I seized ray companions hand, and iu an
absoluto panic wo fled as fast as our feet
could carry us, toward what might bo cal
led tha shore Wo burst into a laugh
when wo regained tho land, apd jumpiug
into tho carriage, felt actually as if wo had
made a fortunate escape, Wo rolled back
toward iho Clifton, but before wo had
proceeded two minutes on our way, a thun
dering report, like tho explosion of an
earthquake, burst upon us, aud, with a
long roar, tho ground trembled beneath our
wheels. Wo turned to find that Table
Hock had failed. Wo wero tho last upon
it, und it was doubtless tho uuusual per
turbation caused by our flying footsteps
that distufbed the exactitude of its equi
librium, and thrilled it from its final poiso.
In a miiuito mora tho road was filled
with hurrying people, and iu tho following
half hour wo wore. told n hundred times in
advanco of tho next morning jcurnals,that
a lady and gentleman who wero on tho
Tablo Itock had gone down tho falls. Wa
aro told that tho trot of a dog would shako
old London Bridge from cud to cud, when
it would not bo disturbed by tho rolling of
heavily loaded wagons, Tablo Hock had
probably not been ruu upon for years
perhaps never, and therefore, when I heard
t spokcu .of J always shudder and feel as
if j had something to do with its fajl.
Willie;' Spirit the Times.
At ono of tho battles of tho (evolution,
tho Yankees wero piling up balls which
tho enemy had wasted, Tho British Com
mander applied to them for ball, as fol
lows; "Wo want balls will you scjl
them I" Tho answer was ''Send us pow
der, and we'll tvclhcin. to you,"
Another Abolition Raid-Kansas
Old John Brown, though dead, has his
living representative. His uiautlo descen
ded on a miscreant named Montgomery,
and Montgomery is now in Kansas carry
ing out tho bloody work that his predeces
sor left unfinished. Tho mysterious aid
rendered by tho fanatics of Xow Eugland
to John Brown has been continued to his
successor, and firo-arins have boon sent to
him from tho ca3t to enable him to carry
on his war agaiust slavery, not alo.no in
Kansas but iu Missouri, in Arkansas and
in Texas, Tho boxes containing theso arms
wero marked "Donations for Kansas Suf-
fcrp rs."
Iho samo power that sustained am kept
up John Brown is yet active and mischio .
vous, and Abolitionism is ns dangerous,as
insolent and as murderous to-day as it was
in John Brown's timo: Money and wea
pons have boon furnished to Montgomery
by Eastern people, and ha boasts that ho
has funds enough to maintain a forco of a
thousand men, This wolf, with his gang,
is now on his walk, burning, murdering
and plundering.
It is not enough that wo shall bo visited
with financial panics, the result of aboli
iiou agitation and encroachment j it is not
enough that ruin and disaster, in all its
manifold forms, shall staro us in the faco,
butiu tho midst of it all abolitionism, that
curse of heaven and scourge of this country
must needs startle us with a fresh atrocity
iu the slirpo of a raid agaius', fho slave
State.?.
These anti-slavery men seem inspired
by tho devil. They aro determined to
ureal: uoiyn our country. TUcro is no
peace for us, day or night. Look when
we will aud whero wo will, there stands
these enemies of the Con-titution and tho
Union. When not actively at work, they
aro engaged in maturing their schcuiei,and
all thoso schemes have tho same purpose
tho ruin of tho country, in order to build
up a negro power.
No mattor what they do, whether it is
sending the iS'uw York Tribune clandes
tinely to the South ; packing off pretended
pedlars aud book agents, with incendiary
documents, with poison and with arms and
ammunition for tha slaws : futnishin"
money and weapons to John Brown, and
to hia succii'sor, Montgomery, or whether
it is electing Lincoln aud Hamlin to tho
Presidency and Vice Presidency tho ob'
ject is ftill tho same, tho 'prostration of a
hated South and the inauguration of cegrp
political equality.
Tho same party that caused this politi
cal convulsion that is now upon us is at the
bottom of all theso assaults upon tho clavo
States. It is at tho bottom of all tho evil
and of all tho calamity that threaten tho
poaeo and safety of tho country.
Tho anti-slavery men aro to uso a vul
gar but strong expression crowditig the
country too much.
Wo hope that General Harney will soon
como.to closo quarters with Montgomery
and his band of ruffians. If ho does, (hat
will be tho last of him and them.
Win Camp Justice Taney Hesion?
As it is kuown that Judge Taney is now
quito old aud very fecblo, it is often in
quired whether ha will resign before the
incoming of a new Administration, in order
that tho old Administration may have the
appointment of a successor. Iu the absence
of all direct information tho following an
ecdote is submitted as throwing somo light
op the subject ;
"When tho Library in tho Capitol was
iu flames, and clouds of smoko wero roll
ing out and enveloping tho building, tho
Chief Justico of tho Supremo Court ap
peared iu his scat at tho usual hour, look
ing quito tranquil and undisturbed. 'May
it please your Honor said an officer of
tho Court, 'will tho Court sit to-day V Tho
Chief Justico looked up, and cooly and
significantly asked, 'Is tho Court room
really on firo J' 'Oh no, not yet was tho
answer. 'Then we'll sit till it is,' added
the Chief, And tho Court did sit, and
transacted business us usuaL amid all tho
confusion about it."
Siiaksi'EAue's Will. Shakspearo's
will is tied up in ono sheet with that of
Milton and Napoleon, and may bo seen
at Doctors' Commons, Loudon. In tho
will of tho JJard of Avon is an interlinea
tion of his own baud-writing ; "I givp
unto my wife my brown best bod with tho
furniture." It is proved by "William Boy d ,
July UU, 1010. Tho will of Jho Minstrel
of Paradjso is a uoucupativo ono, taken by
his daughter, the great poet btfing blind.
That ot Napoleon is signed with a bold superiority ot numbers aud threaten to
hand : tho codjcil, on tho contrary, writ-' crush them by your fancied power,
ten shortly beforo his death, crhibiU tho! You aasuru me that "two hundred Virgi
then weak state of his body, nians" havo agreed to place themselves
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, I860.
Important Latter.
Wo publish below a letter from Gover
nor Lolcher,of Virginia, in reply to a com
munication from one James 15. Brisbiu, of
Pennsylvania, Who Mr. Brisbin is wo
do not know, nor havo wo seen anybody
who does. Tho caption to h(3 letter,
'Centre Democrat Offico, Bellofonto,Ccn
tro county, Ponua.," may eervo to indicate
him to others. His letter bears dato Nov.
loth, 130(1.
Mr. Brisbin addresses Governor Lctoh
or on (ho subject of ccsossion, which ho
deals with very summarily. IIo says it is
unconstitutional, and must bo crushed at
onco. IIo is anxious to havo a hand in
crushing it, and tenders his services to
tho Governor to that end. Governor
Letcher thus replica to him :
IUchmo.NI), Va., Nqv. 19, 18G0.
Sin : Yesterday morning I received
your extraordinary letter of tho 15th in
stant. I am really at a loss to understand
what good end you expected to aoomplish
by the preparation aud transmission cf it
to mo.
Tho country is deeply excited. Sec
tioual fccling reigns supreme. The Union
is seriously threatened with disruption.
Patriots and conservative men of all par
tics. East, West, North and South, aro
looking to tho future with fearful and alar
ming apprehensions. Tho prudent, con?
sidcrate, reflecting minds of tho nation aro
engaged in laudable and noble efforts to
allay tho cxcitemeut,restoro confidenso and
kind feeling, remove all irritating'causcs of
difference, mid, if possible, save the Un
ion from dissolution. It Ls at this timo,
and under such circumstances, that you
send mo a letter denunciatory of tho
motives and conduct of a portion of tho
Southern people, and which in its tone
and spirit, is well calculated (I hopo it
wa3 not so intended )to add fuel to a flame
that is burning with suflieieut intensity
now.
In your liasto to assail your Southern
fellow-citizens you seem to havo forgotten
that your own Stato is, to some extent at
laast responsible for tho present alarming
crisis in publio affairs. If I am not gicat
ly mistaken, Pennsylvania js ono of tho
eleven non-slavcl.ulding States, which has
passed statutes, now in full forco and ef
fect, desigued to obstruct the execution of
the Fugitive Slave Lav. This is ono of
the grievances of which tho Southorn peo
ple have conmlciucd for years, and al
though earnest aud respectful appeals havo
been addressed to you to remove this cause
of irritatiou and complajnt, thoso appeals
hare passed unheeded
As a conservative man, who ardently
desires tho perpetuity of tho Union, under
tho Constitution, I appei.1 tQ you and tq
tho conservative clement of tho North to
arouse yourselves at onco and initiate the
proper measure to secure a repeal of thoso
obnoxious laws. Such action on tho part
of your Legislature will havo a most hap
py influence iu rolciviug tho Southern
mind and restoring peace and quiet
throughout our now fearfully eseitud coun
try. Tho South asks only for the fair and
faithful execution of tho laws passed for
tho recovery and protection of her proper
ty that you will ccaso to embarrass and
lend your aid to effect their execution, ac
cording to their letter and spirit that if
her property shall escape and bo fpund in
the non-slaveholding States, you will see
that it is promptly restored to tho rightful
owner. Surely there is patriotism enough
iu Pennsylvania and (ho other non-slavc-holding
S'atos to grant what tho law has
declared to be our duc,cspccially when the
preservation of tho Uuion 'depends upon it.
In concluding this branch of thu subject,
permit mo to add,that if the North will re
spect and uphold tho rights of the States,
tho Uuion will be perpetual, our pountry
yill contipuo to grow in power and influ
ence (he peoplo of all sections will havo so-
cured to them tbo blessings of peace, quiet
end order, and a prosperity, such as uas
never been known or appreciated iu our
past history, will bo thu necessary result.
It will requiro prudeneo, wisdom and
patriotism to avert the evils now impending
over our country. Crimination and in
flammatorV lancuaco can havo no other
effect than to exasperate apd thus precipi
tate a result that is already immiuent. Jn
this hour of danger to our Union, it is the
duty of patriots in all sections of our coun
try to cultivato a kiud, generous aud con
ciliatory spirit one towards uuothor.
Your letter, however, breathes nothing of
I this kiud ; you tauut tho South with your
under your "command n tho event of dis
union," and that you aro "at my service"
and await my "orders." Virginians owo
allogianco to this Commonwealth, and I
havo too much respect for my follow citi
zens of all parties to supposo that '.two
hundrod" of them in any part of tho State
are willing to go to Pennsylvania for a
commawlcr, oven if they had determined
to aid in tho ungracious work of reducing
a Southern sister State to tho abject con
dition of a conquered provinco of tho Fed
eral Government. All truo Virginians
will, I am suro, rccognizo their obligations
to the Stato and will hold themselves in
readiness to respond to tho call of her con
stituted auth,oiities. Wo now havo in Vir
ginia, duly and legally organized, eighty
eight troops of cavalry, twenty-sis compa
nies of artillery, ono hundred and nino
companies of infantry and ono hundred
.and (en companies of riflemen, uniformed
and .well prepared for sorvice. Think
you, my dear sir, under thoso circumstan
ces, that any "two hundred1' men in Vir
ginia vrould seriously proposo to import a
commander from Pennsylvania! Nol
No. I You have been cruelly hoaxed by
somo wag, who desired to play off a good
joko at your expense.
Xou havo no right to como into Virgin
ia to raise troops for any purpoau whatso
ever, and I tako tho occasion to say to
you, in tho kindest spirit imaginable, that
such a course will bo taken at your peril.
It is made my duty to sco that tho laws
aro executed, and in tho contingency re
ferred to they will bo executed to the letter.
If you desire to march against u Southern
State, for the purpose mentioned in your
ctter, raise your troops at homo, and pre
sent thani to tho sons of tha South,as "food
for gunpowder." Wo havo other and bet
ter uses for Virginians.
As yoti letter is of a public character,
and as tho people ctf hjs state may feel
somo interest in your views,!, havo thought
it advisable to publish it, accompanied
with my reply. A number of tho Enrjuir.
ci contaiuing the correspondence will bo
sent to your address. Itespectfully,
JOHN LETCHER.
TnouiiLES Old and You.va. It is
wonderful to notice how equally on thii
earth sorrows, sufferings, and, pleasures
aro alloted to us poor niortajs, each, accor
ding tq his strength. Tho young child ex
periences, in proportion to its own little
heart, tho Eqmo griof about a broken toy
as tho man whoso life's hopes havo cpn
annihilated at tho mqmont, af loasf, it
feels it equally deeply, Tho school boy
who has not learned his lesson frequently
stands though his-heart may bo puro and
innocent with tho samu fears, the samp
I beating heart, before his frowning teacher,
as tho grown-up criminal before his judge.
With our years our strength increases, but
our sorrovys do not decreaso ; thoy grovy
with them. Tho broken toy i3 sucaccdcd
by tho punishment of tho school i tho lat
ter by the first partina from homo; and,
as wo grow older ah I thou sorrows como
In battalions, and wo consider each tho
wors,t with which God has chastised us,
until tho succeeding ono teaches us that
wo were mutaKen.
Old Touciivvood's BoYa. This story
is told qf qld Touchwood's sons . These
sons wero sadly addjeted tq wicked prac
tices ; and one Sunday morning the minis
ter of tho parish met one of them startiug
fqr the woods with, a gun qu his Ehoulder.
Seoking out tho father, the clergyman (eld
him that he ought to admqnisli lis sons
and bring fhem up in tho fear of tho Lord
"Fear fho Lord," replied old Touchwood j
"they aro so afraid of him now, that thoy
darcdn't stir out of tha houso ou Sunday
without a double-barreled shot gua in
their hand!"
Jones was riding iu Westchester Oounty
in September last, nud saw a board nailed
up on a post in tho yard of a farm-house,
with tho sign painted on it, "This Farm
fou Sail," Always ready for a little
pleasantry, and seeing a woman in checked
sun-bouuet picking up an apronful of chips
at the wood pile in frout of tho house, ho
stopped, and asked her, very politely, when
tho farm was to sail ? Sho wont on with
her work, but replied to his questiou in-
stantcr. "Just as soon as tno man comes
along who can raise the wind.
-v.. . it . i.:..n
New York paper says tlo winter bonnets
promiso q bo as plain as a Sljaker meeting -
house ; feathers and flqwors will bo seen as
rarely as birds ou a prairio. Dark velvet
depressed over tho forehead, with almost
straight sides, plain erown, and decoration
of rich, real lace only will be rwozni2cd
as ton by tho initiated.
YOL. 24,
Tho Iron Mountain.
Ono of tho Philadelphia Board of Trade
Excurtionists, who, in company with a
largo delegation, is prospecting through tha
West with a view of drawing business to.
tho Quaker City, gives tho following des
cription of tho Iron Mountain, Mo.:
"One of tho greatest curiosities of tho
Stato indeed, almost ranking with Niag
ara and tho Mammoth Cave, for uniquo
interest is tho Iron Mountain, which somo
of our party visited. It is oighty-six miles
from St. Louis, reached by a railroad con
structed by tho owners of land, or rather
metal, but destined to be extended to Mem
phis. Tho chief formation aro tho Iron
Mountain proper and tho Pilot Knob,
Tho former is a vast mass of specular ox
ide, its height above tho valley being two,
hundred and twenty-eight feet, and at its
base aovcring an area of five hundred
acres, which givo 2yo,'J7o,375 tons of ore.
But besides the parts abovo the surface, on
digging down one hundrod and fifty foot,
the ore is found still to continue and how
much deeper is not known.
On tho supposition that the size is tho
saino every foot of descent gives U,000,
000 tons of ore. Thoshapo of this moun
tain is tho upper half of an o.blato spheroid.
Its ore contains 08 percent, of puro metal.
Thcro aro thrco furnaces at tho foot of tho
mouutain, but only ono now in operation.
Pilot Knob, about 3 miles from tho Iron
Mountain, is 531 feet high, ascending con
ically to nearly a perfect apes. Its height
is 581 feet, aud it covers an area of 300
acres. Tho amount above tho surfaco is
calculated at 13,072,773 tons. There is
nome on tho surfaco at tho baso, but aout
half way up tho in:liued piano it is blasted
und qurried lika granite. It is tilicious
specular oxide, and contains 5 1 per cent,
of puro metal. Tho party was vividly im
pressed with tho wondrois extent and valuo
of this great mctalio deposit, which would
be even more an incalculable mino of
wealth than in tho ease now, if coal wero
near at hand. Unfortunately, cither tho
ore must bo conveyed to tho coal or vico
versa.
A Monstek Pncss. The Sciontifiu
American thus describes a monster stoain
press, upon which Moses S. Beach, who
has just retired frqia the Jfevr York Sun,
is at work :
"He is even now just completing tho
construction of a monster steam press, by
wbch, ho sheets are cut from rolls, damp
ened, printed upon both sides, at tho rata
of forty thousand impressions an hour,
folded up, counted and delivered from tha
machine, ready for tho carrier and tho
mail. This machine is as high as a com
mon two story country dwulliug house,
nud it will, when finished, if tho expecta
tions of its inventor aro realized, constitute
a most extraordinary specimen of mechan
ical skill and iugenuity.
Wealtu os me Sea. Tho ocean
which flow3 around tho earth is a mino of
wealth for its inhabitants. It is not only
tho great high-way of nations, but tho
store-house of their food. Thcro is little
doubt thut tho whole human raeo might,
wore it necessary, bo fcd from tho sea.
Tie pearl fisheries yield wealth to many ;
tho whale gives us oil to tha valuo of mill
ions ; and wo soo it statud that tha sponge3
gathered at Key WcsJ last year amounted
tq $7,000. '
Besiect is always duo tq persons of
peculiar merit ; or thoso who fill elevated
stations, but civility is duo to every ono iir
llife( whqso baso conduct has not forfeitod
;t. An easy, land, and pleasing address,
without sacrifice of dignity, is among the
moat yaluablo acquirements, and is within
tho reach of every person. It is a kind of
current coin, that will pass universally
even among savages, and will gam you
friends with thoso who oaunot understand
our languago.
Food For Kansas- Seventeen thou
sands lbs of flour, with a supply of corn,
meat, and potatoes, arrived at Atchinsou
on tho '.'5th, from Illinois; and several
trains from tho destitute portion of South
ern Kansas, which were iu waiting, wero
loaded and started for their dcsfjnaiiqn.
Thcro hayo previously arrived tnd been
distributed from this point, 500 bushels of
porn, yo,O0U pounds of floor, groceries,
potatoes, &o most of which vas sent to
J , t
, 'pnEnE 3 uo readier way for a man to
jjriu;, owu wortij ;ut0 question than by
I cuaCavoriug to detract from tho worth of
1 otllcr mcu
I -
A veuj: rare combination, dollars am',
stnse.