-r, A, A. DUPtI,LER.
VOLUME
, •
• • TfiftFAIIMIJRg itirECHANICS'
OS" /ammo couNlltt.
guttirdiy, nth of Apra.
Institution, receives deposites for
JL which it'pays interest as follows : •
Forayer le mouths 4 per cent, per annum.
, For 3 ausknot over 10.mouthei 3 percent: per
annum.
For transient slePosites : n ot ; less than 30 days
2 per,ceut. per annual, payable on demand
w die ut. notice., , • , . ;
Tne weekly depositor* share the dividends
declarsal and. payable serni-annually. • ,
thalrst ineetiuk 'vealdy dopositea were
aubssdhed byrespenssble citizens, for thrfesii•_
rent year, to; an amount exceeding $1 0,000,
, which will be paul in as reggired by the busi.
. ne:ss of the association..,
For loans apply, on Wednesday.
Soon rectilitml oa , deposits as low as •
dime.
Interest to Le allowed whenever the dopes- •
Iles amount to $5,00, and an.each additional
$5,00 and upwards
Office. in South West Corner of Public
sguare, next to George Arnold's store. Open
daily from 9 A. M., to 3 P. M,, and for recoil:.
ingdeposites, every Saturday, from . 9 A. M.,
to 6 P. M.
PP:ZIMINT.
GEORGL
rarApuium AND SECRETARY
GEORGE ARNOLD.
DIRECTORS.
John 11rough, John Horner,
&nine, Durbornw, Georgo Arnold,
.A. Ilrintzeltymi. Jacob Mussehuan,
, briviil.geCreury, 1). MeConnughy,
. Wii)iain Culp, John Mickley,
Rohett Borne,,. John Throne.
April 10, 1e57.—1y.
REGISTER'S NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given to all I.egatees and
other persons concerned, that the Admin.
ittration All:hunt:l hereinafter mentioned will
be presented at the Orphans' Court of Adams
county, for euidirmatio and , allowance, on
.Ifoitifiisi. Me 2016 dub' !If:April next, viz:
228. The first account of Daniel Bricker
atarDavid Bricker, Executors ofthe last will
runt testament of William Bricker, deceased.
229. The account of John J. Kerr and
ainnes Meer°, Executors of the will of Mary
Kerr, deceased. Few people forr.t habits of wrong-doing de.
2:10. The first account of William Myers, literately and wilfully: They glide into them
Andrew Myers
c oo n . Adam Myers, Executors bv degrees, andalmostnne n eon y,
osi al and ho
of Philip Myers, deceased.
fore they are aware of danger, the habits are
:.3 l . The first and final account of Joseph
A. Ileagy, Adtninistrator of the estate of Sam- , confirmed, and require resolute and persist
net I /rowroy, deceased, • ent etrort to effect adi go. "Resist.. tkw. i ' ~,,
: 232. The account ofJoseph .Taylor, Admirq ,/,,,,Jr.was.,...,mansitiN..r '- ' nnt;inid shoiliir
istraloc
0 1 1 , 1 , 1 4i teett `Ar.ill:nlull'e'L" f ' 114 " 13 , ••'' 4l° be preserved as a- land.mark in our dO.Y,. The
;X- L a'At'" • - -6 " .. ' '' 4 • ' • Baltimore' 1 • goal 'lO '
235. Tii first itemitt. of Levi Jacobs, Ex- Son has a g erne ion the
ecutor.of the,last will and testament of Albert slight beginnings of danger, width eud in fatal
plder, deceased. • . . ruin: * .
2:14. The first account of Robert Bleakly. :
„Administrator with the will annexed, of Ilan- 1 iilt was only the other, day that a man fell
nab Bleakley and Margaret Bleakley, deceas- • asleep in his bout on the Niagara River.-
ed. (Joint te,tatrixe.A.) During his slumber, the boat broke loose from
WM - . F. WALTER, Register, ;her mooring, and he awoke to find himself
....., per Ds vn: t2PLNNIC, Deputy. i . I
; shooting down the rapids directly towards the
Register's Office, Gettysburg, 1 .
March 27, 1957-td J ! cataract. In vain he shrieked for help; in i
,
- vein he trice' to row against the current
.He drifted on itnd'on till his light craft upset,
I, when he Was borne rapidly to the brink of the
W p ll r Ell id E l of tlt: a 1- 4 1e .‘ n ., : r and,' leaping up - with a:wild , cry, went
latl°CnEoltuTrtsj.ol;lCsioiili:t•it abyss,
over and disappeared forever. ,
~
Twin Pleas, in the Counties composing the 19th
"In the great battle of Gibaralter,when th
District, and Justice of the Courts of Uycr and . 9l
Tprminer and
: General ,lail , Delivery, for the united fleets of France and Spain attacked
trial . of all capital and' other ofTenders in the" the impregnable fortress, one of the gigantic
said district, and Ds•vin llonNint and Dane
Ersettni, Esers.; Judges of the CourtWof Oyer floating ;flatteries bro e fromher anchorage,
'and Terminer, and General Jail Delivery, for and began to drif . directly
into the hottest of
the trial oral! Capital and other offimders in the the British fire. The thpusand men who
Critnity of ittlams--have 'issued their precept, formed the crew of the unwieldy mass vainly
bearing date RU121141 aftv of .Tan., in the year ~,,, , , .
divert'it f '
arrest its progress or . rem
°fedi' Lord min thousand eight hundred and fir- .` • - ` e °
• it'
' tv , seven,'and to me direet•ed for holding a Court its path. Every minute drifted nearer to
, it' Coin rnon Plen4,•anti .oeneral Quarter Ses- the English gnus; every minute another score
shins of the Peabe, and General Jail Delivery, h r its bnp i h ,, defenders were swept
like chaff
and Court of Oyer Mid Tertainer:at Gettysburg, from its decks. The h tf
_lost super uman e orts
ors .11.)iday the 20th of April next--,- . .
NOTICE IS II ItAllillY GIVEN to all the failed to prevent its drifting, with its human
.lustiCes of the Peace, tIM Coroner and Cousin- freight, to inevitable death: . .
Ides vrithiti the :said eounty'of Atlanii, that they :
I "A ship was wrecked at sea. The pasaern
be then and there, in their proper persons With
their Rolls, Records, Impusitiens,, Examina- gers and crow took refuge on a raft, the boats
tlous, 'and other lt,linentlirances, tii . do those having "beeit stole in . the attempt to launch
•
' things Which to thqr offices anti in t# inn btdtlllthem. " For r days and weeks these unfortu.
, appertain to I), ' 'm"; 111. " 1 alf4), they ' ,4l Cl'''' 'il l mites drifted abottnvithont oar cir saih on the
prosecute against the prisolierS•titat are or shall
'be in the ' fairer the ' 'said Ceunty Of Adains, ire' hot broken tropical ocean, • 'At last their, pro.
• to'IM then' andihere to Prosecute against them -visions failed, 'and then theirwater. , Still
',.
as shall hd just. ' • • '.. : 2 . !they drifted•ahout,.vainly looking for a sail, or
.'" • - ITENRY TITOIIAS, ' B 4riff: !boning fora sight of land.: The time had .
Sheriffs Office, Gettysburg, , t ' ' •
' ' Miirch 27,1857 . • j • , • te ~ now come when that fearful alternative" hail
_- . , = --- . - 2 ------- . -------4- I became inevitable-death front starvation or
... ,,
Jurors. for . April, Term. l , feeding on humart.flesh r - and they were just
.-: ••••• •• 4 GRAND JURY. - !beginning to cast iota for ..a victim, when a
Tyrntie-James N. l'ittenturff, George .F , vessel was seen on the distant horizon. They
Eckenrode. • abandoned their horrible design ; shit drew
Liberty-Lewis Wertz, , hearer and-nearer ! They strove to attract her
Cionberland-Jacob Mulkey.
lamiltonban--John Herbst. , ~
attention by shouts, and by raising their
I •
'Mouutjoy,--Abraliturs Garber. , ! clothing ;_but the indolent look-out saw them
Oxfhid-Elias Slagle. not. , They' shouted lo er and louder; still
Gerninny-nlsaae §cll, Slagle...
Sheely. , they were not ,seen. "At las O ' eltacked.
..lluntington-JOsitth Fiches,Leas! •t• With' frantic terror. the
y rose ollobody,
I,.tiiinn-Jacatl .13. lbw:boar, Wm. Slifer. .
'Menalleti-Heury' Rice, Jacob Group. • , shouting and waving their garments. it watt.
,Latimore-Johu Tudor. ~ t . ~
...
.• •iu vain, the unconscious ship stood: steadily
:Beiwick hor.-41env ittayer., : • • , awiii. ' , Night drew on; and . •as the darkness
Atatuilton- George Slyder. • . r ll fd •
0 , the ra tdrifted and drifted - in the • other
Stral--
inVin. Black, fiatuuel W. Hoffman. -
..Freedom-,-"Goorge J. White, Jacob Myers. direction, till the last trace of the vessel was
Motingilenaant-,Peter : Weikert. lost forever: :'• ' '
.• .. .. '
. ..
~,BetulOgJohri,l-goin. , . • ‘ ,so it is i n life. The intemperate man who
GENERALJURY.
'a•
Betci .-• ' ' • thinks he, at least , will never die a drunkard,
tigh- Teter Stalls; , rnith, John Winebren• whatever hie neighbor may onlywakes'
do,
nee, A. J. Stehle, Samuel K. Ftnilk, Jo. • ---
.t i - ii "sell - Martiti,:ll . 6bert Uobean; : John Itupp. 1 findhluiself drifting down the cataract, and all
, Ratitingtors+ 4 -AbrahaninFiehea,toflt - • :.. ; i hope gone. The sensualist , who lives merely
• ;,Latisaere,--Nieholad Btuthey.. Abntham Zieg !for his own gratilication, drifts into en, 00114.4
)t1:1 ,lerl:PolMul ;4::. 1 11Yfcl, :V V. .1191;llect 1 eulated old agn, to" tottered: firth, ..passions
- t c.George,,Clirentster, 3Vninel,...oar., ~.!, , - . • -' ..
,lt m dliik 7 ,.„B„*,, i , l o . D6a r dei l t ., . ',, • : '• : Ihe cannot gratify, and perishtbrinereilets, ar ;
Clitalierlaith-Ftgldrielt lien', &dint/Vier. '' - , onizitig r- dile4es.,- The l uittliaelidined; who
LlfoghttiliiintatiAltikinder'Shorli, 'atiihain ' never'leeitinil to CatNrihinisOjtiewll6-4`T°
•t:• `r Reeiter, Andnati , Little', .IVm." . Letti :.!!l ' 1-!
:•'•- ' spendthnfts or passionate, or indolent, or via
tStmbait--..Petett•lffsekley. ~. : ' , 0 , ,f :!-,l+ l • : '- ' • '
libatuilton--,David Rollftigpr. :. ::
:: ~ •-,- „ .. ~., ionary,soorfmake shipanvek tof ft:mai/elves,'
Union-Bsiiipl. Geiselinau, Charlgs Spbogisfri and drift Omit, the seauflife, the itri?i , Ofeivery
• 1 4 l'?ter / 4 "fi.
- .
'•
•.,t: t .
... 4 •
. wind'an .
d ch rient; ' vniali ; shrieking f " or ;.
hel p;"lyote-GeOrge Pialert QfP , tilt at last aeift:iia) into.dirkneii andlltiuiljoy-aseph Macklejdfosei ttartrnia; .
Watson Barr. ~-. , uostn..tt „ t , r
.
. .
2denallen-Wm,, 11. Wilson, t!lernraiatt . Slayi,.....`4"alte Care that 'yon are--not drafting; Sod
• ' -'•1•:2•11'alli t . ' -' '' . ' - : ''
',. ' • ' , that, yon have fast hold of the helm. The
Barwick' tor. - Mltheiv Eichel t h&fier• ' .• •"- ' •
breakers Of life forever roll undee the • and
ietitie*egot-tt-Sitmuel Weikort: L. ' •• "' .•"' •"' • . . _ , • • lee, •
• ' • ' . -----r- adierse-galis Continually blow on the' share.
/.Are'you vvi • ttlihing. hoW she headis? •Do you,
Oe'itep rktlrtegriii of the wheel? If rsiilii.te'
k iylnd fOr ono '''O•Molt, you ttiiy drift kelp.'
issaly'fato' the 'hoillettottet..' Iliueg maw
PROCL MATIQN,
_ ,nats. •
i riiggsE is aoilikaf the -Above aitiola would
ua a call,before purlWiLig
Lowfiere, Cur Sitaiioxle,iikotha
LiIVES By MILTON IN aiGE.
.Latcly. Discovered,. and lighlisha in the Be
colt Edition of thq Pqci'# Work,.
-_ • •
I am old and blind! •
Men•poitit to me as smitten by God's rim v.l'
Afflicted and deserted of my mind— '
Yet I am not mot down.
lam weak, yet sttong-r 7 ''• - -
I inunnur not that I uo longer ace
Poor, old and helpless , I the more belong,
• Father Supreme! to Thee.
• •, •
0, merolll One l
When men are farthest, then Thou art mast
• 1 . , near; • , •
When men pass by my weakness shilk
Thy FM :whip' hear. •
Thy glorious face. ' •
Is leaning :, ra
awards t—nnd its holy light
Shines in upon my lonely dwellingplace,
'And there is noMore night. •
On mylemled knee
Ireciignizi: Thy purpose clearly shown—
My vision Thou bast dimmed that I may see
Thyself—Thyself alone.
I , have nought to fear I
This darkness is tho shadow of Thy wing--
Beaeath it I tudalmost sacred—horo
ein come no evil thing.
Oh I I seem to stand,
Trembling, where foot of mortal ne'er hath
been,' • •
Wrapped in the radiance of Thy sinless land,
Which eye bath never aeon.
Visions come and
go-
Shapea of resplendent beauty around mo
tit:pug—
From angels' lips I seem to hear the flow
Of soft and holy song.
It is nothing now,
When Heaven is ripening on my sightfess eye,
When airs from Ramdise refresh my browi:
The earth in darkness lies:
In a purer clime
My being tills with rapturc—waver of though
Roll ill upon my spirit—strains sublime
Break upon me unsought.
(lice one now my lyre ;
I feel the stirrings of n gift divine;
Within nil' bosom glo*e an earthly fire,
Lit by alskill of micio.
BEWARE 01 DRIFTING.
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: , , ....,. : .;'i:,,
..I ' : : .o . ,E ' T, ' i ' ', Y*. :- : . 0 1 ( ' Ot'..:.PAi'l‘.
Wm care 'xi reef liouraelf , ilotie;
46 acid,' wit a thiir'yoli' roach pori
or drift to ruin." ' ' ' '
TIIE LITTLE
Thonglen Nonni or very strict principleS,
no man ever enjoyed tt joke, more °than Dr.
Ile hall , a %mat' Mad. "cifitimelor; - Wad
everyday wit; . pad. withchiltlreu, partiettlarly,
loveg'tq chat familiarly, and draw them
As be was ono cony Oassing into tin . house . ,
how aCcosiiid 14.1i,vory lade' boy, irhn 'ask.
ed 1311 n if he'lkanied Shy sauce, meaning 'lE ' .
etables;...The' dettor 'inquired if snob s,' tiny
'Wolf was a market-man. ' ,
! "No, Sir; my. father :is," was "the, prompt
. "Bring me some squashcs,7 the doctor said,
and
,passed into the house, Beading out the'
price. c,
lit a few minutes the ehild returned, bring
ing !lack pert of the change. The doctor told
hiM he vi'ms Weleoine'to it 7 but 'the' boy'wonld
not take it back, saying his father' would
blame him. Such singular manners in tno
child attracted the , doctor's attention, and' ho .
began to examine him attentively. Be was I
evidently, poor ; his little jacket . was pieced
and patched with almost every, kind .of cloth,
and his trowsers darned with so many colors ,
it was difficult to tell the original fabric, but
scrupulously neat 'and clean withall. The boy
very, quietly endured' the scrutiny of the doe- .
tor, who holding him at arms length; and ex
amining his face at length said :
" Y 9.11 Befall a nice little boy wm4 you come
and live with me and be a doctor?"
'Yes, Sir!" said the child
"Spoken like a man," said the doctdi
tins his head as he dismisited
'A few weeks pasSed On, when ohedaY Jim
came' to say that down:Stairs there was little
boy with a hundle i who , wanted to see:the :41 - Oe - -,
tor, and would ;hot tell Ids business -to o‘Je
else. •
"Send hies up," was the answeri ... audiiri,r,
few . moment lie recognized the boy of the
squashes—bUt no squash IdniSelf as we shall
see. •Tie was dresadiit a now, 'eo'arse sait'd
0066; his hair very nicely Combed, 11111141foot'
brushed up, and a little bundle, tied in.a honie
sputv, checked :hai.tdlauljef,e,,,j,.. .:' ....,...
..
. Nii4 ,0 40-? 4 4 11 1 0-17 . 1 "" — "P 7 C 111- Y9Ing, i t
'wit wit h dig bundld, be walked' up toiho
dOcttie Rayingt ' ' ' .
"I have come, Sir."
"Como for what, my ebild.?" ,* , .
"To live with you and be a doctor," said the
boy with the umost naivete,
The first impulse of the doctor was to laugh
immoderately i but the imperturbable gravity
of the little boy rather sobered him as ho re
called, too, hi(former 'conversation, and re•
fleeted that he‘felt he needed no addition to
his family.' '
"Did your father Consent to your coming?"
asked he.
"Yes, sir,"
•
"What did he say?" ,
"4' told LIM j, , on 'wanted tne teieotne and live
with' yen;lttl be 4i doctor ;• and 'he said you
was a very good ithin, and 'I - might' comb as
soon as,ray,clothes Were ready ' '' '
"Awlyotir . Mother i, What, did sbe . .aur?"
."She paid Dr. Byron, would de just, what he
said liw • would, and God had provided , for me.
"And)' continued he, • "I ,have .a new suit of
clothes," qurveying himself, "pad hereis anoth
'or in the bundle," undoing 'the handkerchief
and displayinglbem, with'two little shirts as
white as snow, and "a couple of neat, checked
aprons, so carefully toldedi it,uthi plain' none
but a mother would have done it. ,
The sensibilities of the doctor were awaken
led, to see the fearless the undoubting trust
with which that ;Poor couple had,beilOwed
their child upon him, and snub, a ebi1;11. B e is
cogitations were uot'loug ;.ho thought of 14.
see in the• bulrushospbafidoned to Provideuvc;
,and above AIL le,thought of the child that was
carried 'into Egypt, and that the divine Sa
viour had said, "Blessed be little ehildren';"
end he nailed for the wife of his :bosom ; say
ing; "Susan, dear, I think'we pray in Church
that God will have mercy upon all young chil
dren." ' .
"To be 'sure we do," said the : wondering
wife,' "and what then"
"And the Saviour said, 'Whosoever receiv
oth one such little child in his name, receiveth
take this child in his name, and have a
care'of him ;" and front this 'hour this good
Couple received hith to their heurts and home.
It did riot thea occur . 'to them that one of the
flaos . thltifienirphysicianii and-beef men of the
age stood before theni' iu the person of that
did riot occur , to tlieln,that this little
creature, ;bus thrtiwn upon theitcharity, was
!destined to be their stall' and stay in decliniag
ago, a protector to their daughters, a tnore
thAn son to themselves ; all this. Was then un
nivealed ; but they cheerfully received the...!
child they believed Proidence had committed
to their care ; and' if benefiCence 'was
Few/4*d, it t vras in this inatance,
9,09 p, Wtri.—ln tly3 eighty-fourth year
Pe, I ;iti.. net Pr.:Calvl4 Pia.o l3 . l 7Proa °ft 4ja
. 1 ,- ~, , I :‘, ' • ;
"My damestio 'enjoyments have been, per
hapsi• aer;Oeiti perfection as the limn= -condi.
ti 4 permits. S'he made my Aimie — oii:earth
:the pleasantest 'spot to Mel And' now . , that
she gone, my iiorldlyloss is perfect." •
':''rdw'Wanya poor fellow, would be eared
'froth sulido; from the Penitentiary,' and the!
11°74 rvery year , 11ad ho Paa'blel 3 e w ith
such' a m(e
"she'rhade hotne, 'the plea'sante'st spot;on,
earth to me." What a grand tribute to that
,wonian's love; and piety; and' common sense I '
114:_rhe ts • ought to Im aatiefted
Mt.'Bochanan's AdMinisiration, /Moo
10 a Blackman and a 'Drown man
in his Cabliot.l4.'
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BAYARD TAYT HOBIIIERN
k r.
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O. , Xlt . PII/LT 4,00 NOoTllWARD—
curtisiv , ~,i lll A. 61' . 0 . 14Y.
Priet (Nciithlitiln,) Dec. 2i, 1865. ,
We arose I;eikainertaflo, but the
grim
and deliberatily detained us.an
I I
hour in'preparine c. I Was in the
yard about fivelai 'rig only my cloth,
overcoat and no " nd • found the air
truly sharp no Int, not painfully
severe.. „Preseritite came runniugin
vrith, the therineWie6iming, with a yell
oftriumph; UT44 , ooiiter I" (30 de k. of
Iteattrour, equhl tow zero of F,u.hen
bel t ):' •
We were ael l ith this Sign °four
uppibachltl'iid'; '''' to ' ' -
Tfie horses w
d
up'earefUlly, and li he'ddwn mill juit
sirmiking the Eni4.:•,. was crystal:Clear
and not a" breath' irritig. My beard
wasomon a solid tn `fetil,rithe moisture
of my ,breath aid,' :fit - mired. constant
friction:, The
.d ' the ice which,hati
gathered 01l My,rqk y.againlt MY'frlel
so!lofirc ll that. theill 'to freeze over my
cheek bones, an i Ce Dienhemi oblig
ed-tO bepiirtifi4) 10119. As It grew
lighter; 'We :Wgre . '4 l to'
,find that
poitillien was d kir nd a heavy steep ,
. .
skin 'crier hikkrteek', for' .hei liana, and
a shawl around hie axing only the eyes
t.,
wisiblo. _Thursteco she drove on meet
rily, and, eacept.; red of her , cheeks
became sparist emAp, showed no fig=
of the weather. ,iirroached Sormjole,
‘.
the first suniqu t we t red a broad . view of
,t,.
the frown 'B'ethnien over which hovered
a low . ..cloud ' of i Mtn
smoke. Looking
into tho' Brio' iy of"so'rmjole, iihihrijele, we
Mier the straight smoke rising from ,
the houseb higkinto ' , not spreading, bat
gradiallytimaking solid masses Which
h
sank again. Ma au . ullow, almoot einv
.maaling the houses . ; ; e white, handsome
church, with its , t;t seated on a tpliund,
rose shave this Pal Inz and BiOnq . ll °,ftt,
, 10 the growing flue . '
We ordered herrn.*
,
boWl of IveCmilifi,fi
This is thetivriitik i
ice, dim- drinkingt a
With einnara on.—'-•
lii* of the peopy3 . ,
n'tlthia`a — d,l l ;', But
ral
thofirikci or po rg yof Sweden, is a
detestable. havers% s bling a mixture of
k'lTPeetke9ltrate3. o i buil molasses, aud we
take the millt,unm Which serves to keep
up the animal hue ii i itay. The mercury
by tliii.time had fal 38° below snit.: We
i'vere surprised '"an d 'ki ted to' 3iid that we
stood the cold so c' ' 'it prided • ourselves
not a little on Old , Of endumnee. OUr
feet gradually becbm imbed, but by walk
ing, up the h il iel we 3 ted the circulation
from coming to tkistani
The,cold, however,
pranks with us. , , 3 g 4,
and fur collar were i s.
of ice. Our eyelashes
heavy, with frost, as , it
'tier' to keep there frem
Sit* - eierythi'ng' throng
ivory. Our eyiabroWs a
as. those of an o9togena
mixture of 3 aril:emir au ,
were. scarcely 9peogniza
gieryone we. met ha4x
nial,teK hew youthful the
was the color of Our liora
ant's 'drove milk-white st
the post. The imitation
skined the' greatist,inc9uVe
hatidlierchiefs froze. install
a matter of pain and dila
You might as well attempt '.
. .
with a poplar chip. We
.9 .
hands a minufe,viittbutfeeli
i of Bold Which 'iteemed to squ
I . ti Vice, and ''turn the very .b
otherrespects we werevarm .
have rarely' been in higher s
was. exquisitely sweet and p
open my mouth !as far as its
mitemi) and iultaleTUir diatigh
witli a delicious sensation of re
exiloration. I bad not expec a
freedom Of respiration in so IoW s
Some' descriptions of Severe. col
and Siberia, which I have road,
such times the nirocousions a.tin
iug sehention in the"thront" sad
experienced nothing - of it.
This is Arctic travel, at last., B i din It is' below zero when we started, but the sky , was
glorious 1 The Stnoeth, firm .road rise and cloody„,Witb rawwind.from the mmiteweet.
pure al alabaster, over which ppr al runners We did not feell the: same, griping cold as the
talk with the rippling, musical ~ t ier 'of dapprevious, but a' more: penetratinedilit—
summer brooks ;..the sparkling, a thk se The same character of scenery continued,. but
firmament ; the gorgeous, rosy flue fawn. with a more bleak and barren aspect, aid the
ing, slowly deopriing until the . 'cirati disc of- populatiop became more scanty. The cloudy
sun ,
cuts the horizen.; the golden:bla 'of the sky took 'away what little green there was in
tops of the bronze firs ; the &Wert of the l the fir-trees, and they gloon4 as black as
!a gl nds assy ca b p ir 9 n ; h ibey n
esliotlniicotar of
010 ixtr
long, axe of the. 1 Styx on eiduir side of the road aal
. The tar we
;[terribly raw and biting'assit blew across the
the tinglingof tlmrrinseil blood in hollows mid open plains . 'l did not cover my
all alert to guard , tiM.outposti of, lifiy . nit B t , faceitnit kept up seat* lively. frietioti on 1 33 .)
the•besingibg cold—itla superb P-Thit - tires nose to ' , prevent it frota,freezing falai in the
tliems l elyes spoke of I. ,evening, I funad.the skip ,qq.itct worn awn;•
)3'11179P+,i1-14 we stopped
the more easy it. ad . hour for breakfast. It was poverty4riek•
we jtalged 'only by own
,sensations Leti plit'ee; aid we could oily get som e fishrties
should' not have believed thie tenipaiatu' to 1 and aaltmeat.. 'The' people:were 'all half id•
lie'nearly so loir. 1 - "" • ;iota, even to postiltion who'drove tia. We
' - The'Sun nee alittle. after ten,and.l h al had some daylight for the fourth station, did
never seenanything finer than the illtunirudi 1 the fif th by twilight, and the sixth in darkness.
of the forests and snow -fields his,level The . eald (—:3o°l was so keen thait'our pdstill
anio beams—for, even atmid,day,,be was n lions made good time, and we reached Sun
moro thnii,eight degrees above the horizon. 'ltana, , on the Skeleflea River 52 miles, soon
The tofie Of the trees, Werejtotielied ,
lifter 6 o'clock. Here we were - lodged in a
poll and solid' as irOn, and covered with spitrk large, barn-like room, so cold that we were O.
ling frost-crystals; tUir trunks were - changed bliged to put on our over-coats and sit against
toblizing gold, an their foliage fiery * the stove. I began troubled to be with a, pain
orange-brown. The delicate purple aprare of ' ill wifely, from an unsound tooth-Lthe'com•
the birch, coated with iceiglittered like wands Imoncement of. a martyrdom from which' I am
of topes end amethyst, and the slopes of virginlittering worse than ever. ' The existence
leow, stretching, toward,the sun, Sholwii with j- of nerves in.onels teeth has always seemed - to
the fairest saffron gleams. There is nothhig me.superfluous Provilicia-or .14001114-
moo
EVENING, APRIL 17, , 1867.
equal to this in the South—nothing so trans•
cendently rich, dazzling and glorious. Italian
dawns and twilights cannot surpass those, wo
see every day, not, liko those, fading rapidly
into the ashen hues of dusk, but lingering for
hour lifter hour with scarce a decrease of
sPletidor. Strange that Nature should repeat
thesb lovelY aerial effeets In such widely differ
ent zones and seasons. I thought to find in
the Winter laidscapes of the far North a sub.
lenity of, death- and desolation--si wild, dark,
4 1,ParY inca9tocY,Q(exPression—but I have,
fin reality,. the,.constaut enjoyment of the rare
' est, the tenderest; the most enehantingbeanty.
The 'people we meet along the' 'mild har
monize with these unexpected Impressions.--
Tlidy are clear-eyed and rosy as the morning,
straight and Itrong'ss the fir saplings-in their
forests, and simple, honest and unsophisticated
beyond any class of nom 'lave. ever seen.—
'her are ,n 0 milksops, either. , Under the
serenity of ,those blue, eyes and smooth, . fair
faces, burns the old Iterstirl . ter rstie,Niot easily
kindled, but terrible asthe lightiang , when
once loosed. "1 . would like to 'take all the yourigiiiin north of Sondsvall," says Braisted,
"put thee) Intb Karim; tell them: her history,
and then let.thetti act for themaelves." "The
cold in *slime are Cold it .bbiod," sings Byron,
but they are only cold , through superior ,
t acit.
control arid freedom,. from peryerted,pmsiens,
Better : ll.oo miser:ion. of, Tennyson :
"That bri g ht,, and, sad dale is tbp.
South; :"
And dark, and Übe, and tender is the North:
There are-tendert-hearts inthe , breads of
thesis Northern men snit:von:en, albeit they
are mendemonstrittimes the English—or we
Americans, for that matter. - t lt is exhilemt
ing to peoPhi---rhosti digeitiori is
sound, whose nerves are , 'itingh as whipcord,
whosti blood rites it ) itra‘ig, fidllstteaM,
whose in pulses are iwirfectlyeaturid,Avho . fee l
good witiOut knewing it, and-who are. happy
without trying to be so.. Where shall we find
each uniting our restless conimueitiea, ; *
We made tw,o Swedish mileti,by coop and
then took a, breakfast of, fried ; reindeer meat
and pancakes, of which we ate enormouily, to
keep ups good supply of filet: and
consumed abonta poilnd'of biliterFetWetdini.
not,Shrank 'yrOPeg hones, ear g iehlger Apr-
Illeigyou who Sip a iiPoontil of iee:Creani, or
trifft'rwith diminatiie meringue, in company,
but make amends on cold ham and petrels in
the pantry; alter : lan go boate- 7 1,shall tell' the
truth, though it disgust fan;,, -This intense cold
begets a necessity forlat, and with the necess
ity come" tiro Ida" PPtificP9rlitt'
tore I I have no doubt I shall be able-to' rel
tab train oil
and tallow candles bonne wti hare
dohe' with Leyland. . ' '•
I bad 'tough work at each station to get' my
bead - out Of my wrappings, "which were anlied
with my beard and hair iti one solid luirip.-+-
The cold increased' , instead of diminishing:
:and. by .the time we 'reached Gumboils, et
dusk, it, ,was 40° below s zero. /tem we found
a compaityof f lrisins t travelling southward, who
had 'engaged fivaliorses, obliging us to wait,
i;tqalredy made fOrty
'fisilei and - were Satisfied with our performance,
so Air the night. 'When 'the ther
inaineter was' brought in, we found the meren
ry frozen, and momuflling I found the end of
say note searedes if with whet iron, The inn
.was capital ;,:ve bad a trartut carpeted rocmt
teaser clean, lavendered linen and all , civil-
iced apPliances., Jr: the evening, we, sat down
o a dliristmas dinner of "iiiiuseges, pet:does,
Paneaktai it:sr:ter4 jaia, and a bottle of , par
clay' & Perkiw's best' pOrter, in Which we drank
the -health'of all dear :relatiVes. and frimids In
the two hemispheres. And this was in limes
Lappmark, whore we had been,told we, would
starve! AA, bedtime, ,Braisted took out ; the
thermometer again,, and soon brought it in
with rho Mercury Ipozen below all the,numbers
on tbelCale: • .}
Iu the morning, the landlord came in and
questioned us, in order to,liatisty' his curiosity.
He'took miler iitirpreglites, and was'imite gir
l:deed td find oet'our real Character. lia4e
41/40 been taken forFinns,'Ruseialis and Daiwa,
since leaving Stockholm. suppose you in
teed 'to bay lumber," ,sald : the landlortl.7:
".No,"'said I, "we , travel, merely.for the pleas
urei,of .."Ja so.o-01", eXclaimed, lc ;II
ed,sorne grotesrud
, I?lustaa4ct 4 :tP
r,e innitp
snow. White and
s iredconintint rio•
ing togetber: We
sin/ 'haired With
air were as' bruny .
ind oar Che6lre a
age, so that we
y cett4 ot , her , .--
whire : loeks, no
, and,, wliatever
starting, we al
.4t tire
,close of
or bristioils 'bees
ecyand as the
it soon became
to? use theni:4-
lo* our twee
not bare our
tn iron grasp
the flesh like
fto •iee. In
jollyi arid *I .
ts.' The 'air
end I eould
grqiug per.
1 a 'the lungs
lunent. and
\ c,
' find inch
mpentture.
in• Canada
to that at
, .
lone of the greatest antrise and incredulity,
, •,_
Be itelied if it were neee . iianiy that we, aboii)d
ig, smart-
trace ' in 77 '"such ' cold 'Weaihei, and 'seinitoil
iii tllnt Io let its go. 'The' mercury' tigoweril'2s°
>, ;
should be mil satisfied at present, if shiphad
omitted them, is my ease. 4 •'' ~
Trio handmaiden called,us soon after 5 o'-
clock, and brought na coffee whila we were
still in bed. This is the general custom hero
North, and is another point of contact with,
the South. The sky was overcast, with a raw,
violent wind—mrcury 18° below zero. =We
felt thit cold very keenly; much more so than
on Christmas-Day. The wind blew full in
our teeth, and penetrated even beneath our
furs. On setting out we - trussed the fikeleftea l
River by a wooden bridge, beyond which we
saw, rising duskily in the nucertain twilight,
a beautiful dome and lantern, crowning a white
t temple built in the form of a Greek cross.—
It was the parish ( hnrch of Sk'eleftea. 'Who
could have expected to find such an edifice, 1
here,'on the border's of' Lapland ? The village 1
about it contains ninny large and handsome
houses. This is one of the principal points of
trade and Intercourse between the coast and
the interior, :
Tbe weather became worse as we advanced,
traversing the' lOw, broad hills, through wastes
of dark" pine foie:sta. The 'wind cut like a sharp
swprd iiipasing the hoilOws, and the drifting
snow' began - U:1 'fill the tracks. We were full
tiro• hours in making the ten miles' to Prost',
bar, the day .seemed scarcely, near at
hand. ',The leaden, lowring sky gave out no
tight, the torezds were ;black and cold, the
tlllo' a dusky gray—such Iciorribly, dismal
scenery I have rarely beheld. We warmed
us as wellps, we could, and started anew, liar '
'trigtee postillions two rosy boys, who sang the
whole wq and played'all sorts of mad antics
with each other to keep from 'freezing: •At
the nekt elation we drank large quantities of
hot milk, flavored ,with, butter, sugar and cin:
'Amon. s and.then pushed on, with. another
chubby, hop.o' , -tny•thurnb as guide and driver,
The storm sreiy .
H orsew and worse.; the *lnd
blew fierceli,over the,loW hills, loaded with
Paitielei•ofsnitw, as fine as the piditt. it' nee
dle and as Wird as etiystal, Which striick tun
on our eyeballs' and "Suing them 'that we
could scarcely see.. I had great diflicettyid
in keeping my 'face. from • freezing,, and; my
companion ,found:bie cheek touched.
By the time wo reached Abyn, it blow
hurricane, alia - erilipre compelled to stop.
.It
was. l ifready (lusktuf 'our" 0 . 54 little room
Was doubly pleasant by contrast with the wild
weather outside. Out cheerful lattdlady, with
her fresh complexioti and splendid teeth; was
very kind and attentive, 'and 'I got on very
well in . conversation; notwithstanding her
broad dialect. She was much astonished , at
rny, asking for a bucket of cold water, for bath
ing. "Wily," said sha, always thought. that
if a person put his feet into cold water, in
Winter, lie would die
er, she supplied it. and was a' little surprised
to'find ree'none ilictwonte this morning. '
I passed it- terrible 'eight, Jinni 'the pain in
my face, and was, little comforted,' on' rising,
by the , assurance that much MOW ,had..fallen.
'rhe-mefeury had risen to zero, and the wind
still blew,
,altitangli, not so,furionitkv as yester
.gay. Witherefore determineil to set out, and
try 'reach Piteao The landlady's son, a tall
young Viking, with yellow leeks hanging on
his shouhlers, acted as postillion took the
lead. 'We starteitat nine, mid found it heavy
enough at• first. It ''van barely light enongli
te see our way, and me floundered slowly along
through deep drifts for a •inile;whets we met
the snow-plows, after •which our, road became
easier, These plows 1103 Wooden triunes, sha
ped somewhat like the bow ern ship—iii fact,
I have seen very clipper
‘ models among
iherti—Uhout' 15 feet tong by 10 wide at the
base, and's° light thaf, if thil midst is-not too
deep,;ono horde can menage them: The fitr
lamb along the road are obliged to turti out tit
6 • o'clock in the Monting whenever•the snow
falls or !trills, and open *Passage for travelers.
Thus, in spire of, the rigorous, Winter, commu
nication is never interrupted, and , the sums ,
road, 'atlast, froin" frequent plowing, beconies
the 'fitiest sleighing,trackin (lid world. '
TiteWihd blew so violently, hoirever,' that
the furrows were sonic filled up, and eren the
track : of the
• bageim•idell, b firty y a rds in ,
tamee f wits covered. ' There ; was one boiler(
where,. the drifts:or loose snow were fife 01 skx,
I t e'rittdeeii;a4d Mira_ we wcin obliged to getout
and struggle'acrcisil, Sinking : 4c( our loins ;it
every step:- ishidoaishitig, kn. soon' -ode
.bectimei hardened' io . the!cord.' Although the
merCtiry.tdctod at . ,zer.4 with IV2vicartat storm,
.We.; erode 0ur.',facu5.1641.9;4011414411.1;
Aeteliund - r4end even drove: with bate hands,
withoutthe,least Oispoiniort i -Put. of the see.
nary we saw to clayl can g,lve no description.
Titer& was 11cthiag but long drifts and Waves
of dpotleis anew; 'Shine ditii, dark, 4pectral fir- .
Itn.ws on either hand; afat beyond that *a wild
chaos t df storin. ' The' snow climb rust' and
blinding, 'beating full in' our , teeth. It.was
itnmssible the'fine particles so stung
our eyeintlls that we could,not,,look: ahettd•-, -
MY eYolSe4 were. 1 9 1 40 ,will snow, which
itnmetligttely turned to ice and froze the
,lids
together; finless I kepi: th'e;tl in- conatant;')ll . o . -
tier'. The storm hummed and buzzed through:
the Week iurests: trig were all rtione 09 the
for t i s fur, even the .pious S!vcdes would „not
tutu pat.to church en such a day. it Wes ter
tibllp sulili:ne and desulaie, and I enjoyed it
ifinhilitglf. W kept
,witri . although there
was a crest 'of ice 'a qiiaiter Of au inch thick
(miter cheeks, hie' the ice in Our behrde '
vented on from' opening • our; months. At 1
o'clock, 'we icitched . the second station, Gerrit,
unrecognizable by our nearest friends.- Our
eyelashes were weighed down with hoary
ges of frozen snow, there were icicles au inch
luimeging to the eaves of our mustftehea,
and.' the.handkerchiefs which whipped 'our
faecs were (mien fast to the flesh: The skin
wilt rather improved by'this treatment,; but it
took ws a griiatilibile to thaw nut; ,
Gefrey ' got seine salt meat and hot
inilk t . and r ths7l started on psr lees stage of
fifteen miles to this place. • Theorind 4641
TWO 11X)LtA118 smitott
NUMBER
moderated scnnewhee, but the snow ittaillg
test and thick. We were ageir.'hlinfietleibil
frozen up more firmly than ever, cheeks aet
all, so that our eyes and lips *ere the, Mal
features to be seen. After plunging along for
more than tiro hours throngh dretujrwOods, we
came upon the estnar-y. of .the Pitee Giver,
where our course was marked atzt, t by yettni
fir trees, phintecl in the ice. 'Ala world Nemo,
a blank; there was snow aroesel,, above and
below, and but fee these mean a snap
have driven at =dont until he, !weed ,Fer,
three miles or more; *o rode over :the , , solif;
gulf, and then took the woods on the oppellte
shore. The way seemed almost endless. ' Ger i
feet" grew peinfully cold our eyes ateirted . trots !
the beating of the fine sno*, and' raj airbllite
jaw tortured' me incessantly'. Finally, lighbi
appeared ahead. through the darkness` Initeu+
other half hour elapsed before we saw holies
on both sides of us. There was a street. al'
last, then a large mansion, (the Geverneee
house, wo suppose), and to our greet joy, the
skjutsbdfule turned into the court-yard of itg
inn. Hero we are now, heused ,n the . capit r al
of Pitea Lappmark, somewhere aboutilie gait
degree of north latitude. his but a journey
of three days hence to Tunes, at the' head' Of .
the Bothian Gulf, whence I shall sleet
Br T
=ME
"A Trtotrour ON Woxis."—Sotne "MORI
low" who halt no feitt• of h!oomsticks thus dool
up a "Thought on .Womun.'?
What makes woman zipw44lhpl, ,•'
intelligence? good looks 't. ''
mind where WI the +deities &relit
No—dry Owls hung orr bdops 1 • lv,;
Hot whale's, that sail the briny deep i ' •
Supine not. ; ; ,
Your flesh illuminates the world 7 - -
:''.Your bocci mike womilegmail ' 12
All'would be greatL.bitt hli don't LW
it course of education :
Schools, study books —ab I what imam";
Compared with
Eeztitios.--We, have now-aidays some oi
the greatest poets—here is a sample. *Ail,
wo Iron% say it is the greatest but. the effusion
certainly approximates theretn. The
ing "ststrizer7 was sent to tho committee o/ci
Jenny Lind s prize song some time since.—
ea.
The author vas presented with—a bat.-- ,
iiitimin" a fel 16'11111H in luv •
Le dux ware a white kid 'gluv
and lets the harbor serape his chin,
4nd wears a flashy busuni pip",
and pats on lots of spleuilid "
aril' wears tight boots on his toes, "'";
and smells jest like the sproutismis‘
all newly sprung in Joon.
~{ But if he duz the mitten git,
iihat Phanzy Pheelitix
he grows all over inehmeholier "'
and hides behind a stinulin . '
CIIAPLES DIC'KEN&
There was nursed, amid the fire and smoke
of the l'rench lteiolOon,
,and kindled' . up ty
Carlyle, a tniglitY revolution in ,literatanhi,A
curious and startling'wail of "work
week l" was wafted' into;"tiendoxt drawiiik
reams and bondoitsh, and a nablei skier' thap
Hood had diyincli Ming,. "A men's& man for
a' that." Many ai fervid' prayer had inllowed
the unfortunate to the "Bridget:if Bighs, 4: , l aud
down the dark and : rnithing
bright dawn of a new era was visible amid • t h e
dull clouds of the literary heavens. A email
but illustrious band of 'writers had lweinn to
, .
battle nobly in the cause of humanity.,
At this period a young man was workirig*.
way, on the columns of a Loudon prim,
,The engravings of a young artist• were,bogia
-1411gt,9 attraelt!ig LP! l 49t.gnft !sn4 rt'•
porter—Hr. , dimrles,Dickens : .-w. , s,waited up
on nod requested to rumba; "Sornetlang
inohtbly," . a sketch of some kind--do
the'engiuvingi of tire` artist. Thu' friends' tif
Dickens---helnil advising friends---:arged
tifm not.twacCept the pro Position it he wished
to come to anything r bathe .was
and the first of the,"Pickwick rapers?' appear
ed over the modest signature,of”l3iii."„
,Prqt
ty soon theengraviags . hccame:tnetssabsiti t .:-
aries . to the sketches and "fins" ,'byeaMst the
topic_ of the metropolis. Isom (NS iiirie the
arises r ofbickens wasupWaid and ettivard.- . .-
His literary efforts have 'been nurrisiiitlii;'aild
his- labors tineessing.. At the presencdaj -No
is the most universally read 'and admired. of
hictug:autbott. . His Sam& is world:Wide, itud,
.
some persona wim are blind to tiro
wonderful skill told beauty ,of w ri
rings. him sMabtisli end patron•
high aboe cotiiinea Mili
tate, and 'Parcelling' Out lessons of
shotfer' at religion—a dangerous foe to um:lean
ly!' Dickens baa flund Pale faces, and lacera
ted hacks, and thin lips in boarding echoblat--
wad a sleek', Chadbatul, and a monstrous ,"Cir•
cumlocution is Office." He has detected men
and. women in gip shops and loathsome
and hal beard ttle,beating of truer hearts under
rage than under'siiim and satins; With Mar.'
relloue acuteness be has torn away the 'Masks
Of Soriety, : aad resealed its hidden inconitsten•
Cies and. its Aud dothe
boys i halls' , hare -, trembled, and, tHatmakles
grown.pale. -And shall any ene say tkud q ba
has ever deserted the high standard of rights
'.We all know a Chadband. and a Micetwhar•
And may , have a kindred spirit to the Chi •
'Wife lingering in memary. his
efuiriteters may be exiggerated, and
distorted, therare always recognizable. '
But it is the blessed spirit or huMaaltyi run.
sing' ri 'golden thread' thrOugh alibis'vri
tinge, which has endeared "Boa° to so many
thousand. heartst. Long life tnlim—mtiy
hand be long in I using its cantritgl--0,444 ,
P 42 Evening J"Mfd•
,
Jltir"hilater; will you lea .pik fair:ite*s.
paper? be only wants send it to his - - souls
in the country certiiinly= , -slid
father Übe% lend me the roof of bilifrompot
only wini the 10400 WAORIA 11141 , 1111101
t' o 4±". .‘.
WOG
lIIIMM