Raftsman's journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, June 20, 1855, Image 1

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    CLEAEFIELD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1855.
NO. 40.
ith gwootost sloop; :
' IMI GROWLVfi OLI)
... rrjOHXG SAXE. '
My'dtyspftsi'gcntly away.
'." "''My nights are blessed wit
"ut I eel no ttymlom of -decay.
-ii. !. I hivvb ho cauee to niourn or troop..
5" Mv foes hro impotent and shy, ,.',
ii-.i My friend re neither false nor cold,
l-j And yot,of late, I often sih
.i.-Kl.V-jwJ f ii V.13. growing old !" '
- Ny growing talk of olden tiincE, ::. ; r:
-'.'! My growing thirst for early news,. -"
.i.y growing apathy U rhymes,
Ti'o growing love to easy shoes,
,.n .'Jf growing nato of crowds and noieo,
My. growing fear of taking cold,
All tell mo, in tho plainest voice,- " :
' 1 r- 'Tin growing old!
m growing fonder of my staff.'
,,.! .I'm growing dimmer in tho eyes,
. fI'in growing fainter in my laugh,'- ; !
'"""I'mgrowing deeper in iny sighs,
r I'm growing caroleu in my drcsa . v:
ii.Tj i I'm growing frugal of my gold..-,
I'm growing wise, I'm growing yov- .
:! jii.-..?;; j-,-, , .J'sa growing old? ,.-
''seC'It la my changing taste, -; :
r"i I sec- it In in y changing hair, ,
f.'I ioo tt in my growing waatoj fc ;
svoU in,,niygrow.ing heir,, ;i: , .:, ..,
ijtc A, ?hoMind Junta proclaim (ho truth,'. - .
tola et me, and was twenty yards in advance
of his comrades ; thoro was a similar distance
between the two lancers who rode behind him.
I determined then to wait lor No. 1, and as he
caino up delivered cut G at his horse's near kg
off it flow, "and down, as I expected, went
horse and man. I had hardly time to pass my
sword through my prostrate enemy, when No
2 was upon mo. If I could but get that fellow's
"We marched after tho battle to Delhi
where poor blind old Shah Alluru received us
and bestowed all kinds of honors and titles on
our general. As each of the ' officers passed
before him, tho Shah, did not fail to remark
my person, and was told my name
"Lord Lako whispered to him my exploits,
and the old man was so delighted with the ac
count of my victory over the elephant (whose
horso, tho't I, l am safe, and I executed at once trunk I use to this day,) that he said, "Let
the plan which I hoped was to effect my rescue.
" I had, as I said, left tho podesta with Shee
ny 'a portmantau, and, unwilling to part with
some of tho articles it contained some shirts,
a bottlo of whiskey, a few cakes of "Windsor
soap, &c; &c, I had carried it thus far on
my shoulders, but now was compelled to sac-
riflco it malgre moi. As tho lancer came up, I
dropped my b word from my right hand, and
hurled tho portmantau at his head with aim so
true, that he fell back on his saddle like a sac,
and thus when the horse gallopped up to me, I
had no difficulty in dismounting the rider the
him bo called Gcjpcti," or the lord of ele
phants, and Gujputi was the name by which I
was afterwards familiarly known among the
natives the men, that is. The women had a
softer appellation for me, and called mo
"Mu shook," or charmer.
"Well, I shall not describe Delhi, which is,
doubtless, well known to tho reader ; nor tho
seige of Agra, to which place we went from
Delhi; nor the terrible day at Laswarce, which
went nigh to finish the war. Suffice it to say that
we w ere victorious, and that I was wounded,
as I have invariably been in the two hundred
VI .U 4X4 1U V t 4 14 IVJ. V U I U .
ei : T .;.;i!i Srovwg :; :
L Ah. not my very JaorcLi breathe ... i .
-n! i'lh .tale in my reluctant ears;
And every boon the hours boquoath! " ', '
y j ,15ut makca mo debtor to the years! '
ITcn Flattery'B honeyed words deelaro
- The secret she wwnll fain withhold.'!
""''And tells me in "llow young you are 'J'.
'" ; l-'u--: i .I'm growing old ,
;Thnnk3 for tho years, whoso rapid flight
.My sombre muso too gladly siDgs;
- Tb.inks for tho gleams of golden light
' ! -That tint tho darkness of their wings ! .
The light that beams from out tho sky, :
I Thof-o heavenly mansions to uufoIJ,
. : AVhero all ro blest, and nonTmay nigh', "'
-n-j ... .... j .. ''I'm growing old!"
V LOSES TO A LADY
I may not dgh,I will not woep, I dare not talk of
. - got, ; ...
The jdeuiiure waa a moment's space, tho pain ehall
. . . , uo as Uriel,
I scorn myself that I should think on all I hoped
.irotn tnce.
Tho world hth brilliant promise yet, bat no more
ivoe lor me.
'Tla trno my life is like tho etroaia, that warbles
"I slowly on
zibcve tno broken monuments, of peaco and beau
' ' 'tv gone, - ' ..i
Anotbor fragment' in tho waves, thy hand hath
surely east.
whiskey bottle struck him over his right eye, and four occasions when I have found myself
and ho was completely stunned. To dash him inaction. Oao point, however, became in the
from the saddle and spring myself into it, was course of this campaign qutie evident that
tho work of a momeut ; indeed, tho two com- I something must be done for Qahagan. Tho
bats bad taken place in about a fifth part of tho country cried shame, tha king's troops grum
men, but the ' Ahmodnnggar Irregulars wero
more dreadful to the view than any set of ruf
fians on which I ever set eyes.' I would to hea
ven that the Czar of Muscovy had passed thro'
Caubul and Lahore, and that I with m v oid
Ahmednnggars stood on a fair field to meet
him! Bless you, bless you, my swart ' com
panions in victory! through the mist of twen
ty years I hear tho booming of your war-cry,
and mark the glitter of your scimetara as ye
rage in the thickest of tho battle! ;
"But away with melancholy reminiscences.
You may fancy what a figure the Irregulars
cut on a field-day a line of fivevhiThdrcd
bIack-faccd,black-dressed,black-horsed,black-
bearded men Biggs, dogger, and other offi
cers in yellow, gallopping about the field like
flashes of lishtnins: myself enlichteninjr
THE CSAEACTES. CF CLAY'S ELOQUENCE.
' It was our good fortuno to hear tho perora
tion of Henry Clay's great speech on the Re
moval of the Deposits.' IIo was a "Western
man, of this 'Western hemisphere ; a kind of
incarnation of American genius, self-taught,
with little cultivation of any kind from books,
like one of the magnificent trees of his own
Kentucky, an out-growth of nature. If we had
not heard him, we feel quite sure that wo
should hayc gone to the grave without the
knowledge'of tho amazing superiority of spo
ken words over the silent eloquence of the
printed page. "Wo never beforo knew the
meaning of the word oratory. Bat it was not at
all liko our imagination of it. There was not
a syllable of rant, there was not one tone of
vociferation. Our readers, who never heard
Inhbiit!; drafting.
them, red, solitary, and majestic, liko yon fr. Clay, will hardly believe us when we say
glorious orb in heaven. I that, in tho very tempest, torrent, and whirl-
"Thero are very few men, I presume, who wind of his passion, he spoke slowly, deliber-
have not heard of Elolkar's sudden and gallant. I atcly every stone about the weight of a talent,
incursion into the Dooab, in tho year, 180rWe will toll the reader of our fancy, not quite
when we thought that the victoiy of Laswarce I sure that he will understand it; it put us in
and tho brilliant success at Dccg had complete- j mind of the trained horses of Apollo, who
ly finished him. Taking ten thousand horse, j drew the chariot of the Sun. The chariot was
he broke up the camp at Palimbang; and tho tli0 richest and most brilliant workmanship,
first thing General Lake heard of him was, the harness of divine fabric, and the steeds
. ... aa 4a iu, iwud iu iiciusa u1Cu, iuo Bqiujs UIWUIV murmurea lUal Uieir W ho wna Tfrl, wero dmi-cmr?. Thfl;pinn,,nrflir0Wai,),nfI,
1" n .. "r , Jr Bua-WJ 1,euienani Wflcn ne aaa at Doncaradam-he was, in fact, in tho very and velocity was a perfectly even and musical
, . : i-uviuj j iiuuhcu sutu Bignai services, n nat was 10 nf ..:.
Kr.I-c T ,aA nnmiMiff.i.1 ,.... J . I V. J t T .1 If n . . ... I
uyia, lui vviumuiou a. iu; auuiu uitr- uu uuuc i jLioru v euesiy was in an eviciont
sightI was scampering away without my Su,ord.' quandry. "Gahagan," wrote he, "to be a LklWv d,r th M,
Xvhnt T A An ? i o., 4 1 ....n : ......i -. I 7 r"o " ""'
"." y lv ov"WJJ1 i ouie, ouuttiieju is eviaeuiiy not your late vou were k h;;. k:, ,i t,
uuu. ii usi, in vic xega oi my uorse ior saioiy j i oorn jor command; Dut Late and Gen. v ellesley
I he lancer behind me gained on mo every are good officers, they cannot bo turned out-
moment, and I could hear his horrid laugh as I must niako a post for you. What say you,
ho neared ms. I leaned forward jocdey-fash- my dmr fellow, to a corps of irregular horse!"
ion in my saddle, and kicked, and urged, and J "It was thus that the famous corps of Ahh-
flogged with my hand, but all in vain. Closer j kdnuooau Ihbegi.-x.ah3 had its origin; a gueril
closer tho point of his lance was witihn two la force, it is true, but one which will long be
leet of my back. Ah! ah! he delivered the remembered in the annala of our Indian cam
poiut, aud fancy my ugony when I felt it en- paigns
ter through exactly filtv-nine Daces of the
balance ; they kept pace to an inch, and overy
A HYMN OF ItKSJV "'
Conic, said Jesus' sacred voice.
Come, and make my paths your choice:
I will guide you to your home.
Weary wanderer, hither come. ' -'
Th cti who homeless and forlorn. J'
Long liokt borne the proud world's scorn.
Long hajt roamed the barren waste,
Weary wanderer, hither haste.
Ye, who tossed on beds of pain.
See k for ea.--e, but eck iu vain;
To, by fiercer anguish torn, , - , ,
In remorse for guilt we mourn;
Hither come, for hero is found '
Halm that flowg for every wound!
Peaeo that ever shall endure,
Jlcrt eternal, sacred, sure!
BENEVOLEHJE A PAST OF HSLIOIOW. .
Benevolence implies a disposition to do
good; tho love of mankind accompanied with
a desire to promote their happiness. The re-"
ligion of Christ is not a selfish, principle. It
is like its great Author, high and holy. Those
whdirabibe this ennobling and God-like prin
ciple, seek not self-aggrandizement, nor how
they may best promote their own selfish ends.
But their desires aro running out after tho
good of their felljr-mcn, who need their aid
and sympathy. Every man possesses an in- "
fluence which ho may effectually exert Over
some individual, or class of individuals. Per-
trace was of precisely the samo fraction, and charice some precious undying souls may bo
lea to seek tho "pearl of great price," through
thousand miles in his front, and knew not in
the slightest degreo where to to lay hold on
him. Was he at llazarubang ? was ho at Bog-
ly Gunge? nobody knew, and for a considera-
the influence of a kind friend. Xow, if such
infiuenco bo withheld, or misdirected, and .
that soul be lost, whoro will rest the blame 7
"Various and multiplied are the means for do- .
ba tho last
Aw.iy,-jT do' not 'wUh to clond that fair and lovely
With eeh a passing traco of aught, tbtt I rem cm
ter now,.'- .1 I n.,
Still be to thoso who know thee not, what thou cant't
1 - 1 . " 4 .
origniiy seera,
I'vo gainM a-bittcr eertuinty, arid loit a pleasant
Bat fre-h"-w.lt. the world la wide, our paths di-
!! .-verging- far, r . . ... t..
And -yet I. turn to. gaze on thco, as on a setting
. j Uir;.- , ; . . . '
TliuicpMly, calnslr, eilohtly, in radiat-jo olone will
, ehino. . . - i . .-. .
On other land, to other cycir,1 but never moro to
.' "'. '.mine. '' T .;'
never overstrained. Hr. Clay's tone, when it
sunk nearly to a whisper, was as distinctly au
dible as distant running water at midnight,
and his outpouring of denunciation was slow
and steadjr as the tre.id of Xemesis. Every
syllable, we had almost said everv letter, was inS good. Ihe author of our being, has, in
ble period the movements of Lake's cavalry distinctly audible, and as musical as the f all of n's '"fi"''16 goodness, endowed us with power
were quito ambiguous, uncertain, promiscu- water in a marble fountain: tho very lightning and faculties that are noble, and that ought to
ous, and undetermined. that scathed to the bone, curled first beautiful- e employed in doing good. Perhaps we have
"Such brifly was tho state of affairs in Octo- ly around his arm, liko that of the Phidian been u?ssed in the acquisition of wealth. We
ber. 1801. At tho hno-inninr nf thn mnnih T Jovn. nnd wna l:innrV,al n no t.tr cto.tt), t.,. may have aCQUircd much nf tho trnnA V,;nn..
"As tho commander of this reciment. I was i j.j ... .. L:il.. j.w....:.. .L...t . i . nfo,rti.. ir .A u t. -.. ... -
.,, r,,v,i r : j j -i . , I ,, . " ' i uv.-i.ij nuuuui'ii ii tiiniug bcraicii, culling I nim a uuiiueranon inai inai wouia eicoeu De- I " w vui uuy iu give ireeiy oi
HW i.uumiy jiagazino. i.iaa it not Deen allowed to settle tho uniform of tho
. I ii . I luJ iCIL uFPcr eyeiia, a bit oi my cnecii, i-iis language naa, iy mo instinct or a I n u whuvoicli msiiiauona
lllCSO WCrO not I and m v iinnr-lir otirl T waa .l Wrl 1.mVn I wrnr? nrfi? ! rrnina a nl'ieat'i wlTcl ;a I WDICh are designed to aCCOHlT)1i.sh A irwat. anf
Biggs in command of my Irregulars, whilst I usually only learned by slow and sedulous cul- Serious work. And it is no less our duty to
retired for my wounds to an English station at tivation; there waa iudeed no richness of quo- hP an4 aid institutions of divine appoint-
FurruCkabad, alias Futtyghur it is, as every tation or allusion, no bubbling up from con- J raent if Indeed our means may bo more limit-
two-penny y.ott man knows, at the apes ot the
Dooao. Wo havo there a cantonment, and
thither I went for tha mere sake of tho sur
geon and thesticking-plaster.
"Furruckabad, then, is divided into two dis
tricts or towns; the lower Cotwal, inhabited by
iur - luo jcw jiunwiij magazine ana uamor- well as to select recruits.
1st, I should have been impaled without a wanting as soon as my appointment was made
shadow of . doubt. Am I wrong in feeling known, but came flocking to my standard a
gratitude? Have I not cause to continue my great, deal faster than to the regular corfis in
contributions? - the Comnanv's service. I had E
When I got safo into Jlorella, along with tho ccrs, of course, to command them, and a few
tail of tho sallying party, I was for tho first of my countrymen as sergeants; the rest were
time made acquainted with the ridiculous ro- all natives, whom I choso of the strongest and
'lis not tho first that inoulderu thorp, but It shall sult f .tne lancer's thrust (as ho delivered his bravest men in India, chiefly Pitans, Afghans,
lance, I must tell you that a ball came whizz llurrumzadehs, and Calliawns, for those are
. .xmv .,-.. 1. .... .1 11 1 . I lit.. a . . . ,., .... .
' "U1 t--ering weu kuowu to oo me niosi warilKO aistncts Of the n.-itivg. and thn .im.,r 1V1, 5 r.,;fi.l
. . . . I J y..ivu 44 IVIIIUU
bi ins uuao, pui u oiup 10 ms lanuing ior iiieiu- l uur inuian territory
ture.) -I hastened to Cabrera's quarter, and
related to him some of my adventures during
the dav.
"But, General," said he, "you aro standing.
I beg you 'chiudcle I'uscio' (take a chair)."
I did so, and then for the first time was
aware that there was some foreign substance
i j nri i i i . .
m uvu on parauo anu in iuu uniiorm we
made a singular and noble appearance. I was
always fond of dress ; and, in this instan. ,
gave a carte-blanche to sie, and invented
the most splenJM costume that ever, perhaps,
decorated a soldier. I am, as I have stated al-
slightly, and has all along been called Futty
ghur, meaning in Ilindostanee, "the-favorito
reSort-of-the-white-faced-Feringbees-near-the
inangoe-tope-consecrated-to-JJm") occupied
cealed fountains of learning, no faint colors of
the flowers long before plucked in the
haunts of the Muses ; but, instead, a kind of
creative power, as of one who had interwoven
in his nature and essence, all that he could
havo learned of the force of language if he had
studied, as of one who had been to tho - pene
tralia of tho temple, and did not need to hear
ken to its priests. The result was, of course,
not like Webster, or Burke, or Cicero, but it
was like Chatham, and still more like the Ora-
ia the tail of my coat, which prevented my sit- mat'ess symmetry and proportion. My hair
mucn Can be COnvevcd in nun nr turn r
ready, six w iour mcues in neigiu, ana ol commonest phrases.)
by turopcans. (It is astonishing, by tho wav. tion for the Crown, and tho traditiona
t. . . -' i ' -
uow comprehensive that language is, and how havo of Demosthenes
j. .
. i:
Ii, SOME PAKSAUEii'lN Tllfi LIFE
i-i.-l i i .'. i vT -l:t: : ... . v i ; ' ' " .
.4 ' :.
-i'c
BT TUAVKKUAY.
'The raen, to my surprise,' had quitted the
ting at ease. I drew out the Magazine .n
I had seized, und there, to nxy onder, discov-
erei the Chrialino l"rs twisted up like a fish
hook, f a pastoral crook.
"Ilaf ha! ha!" said Cabrera (who is a no
torious wag.)
"Valdepenas madrilvnos,' growled Tristany.
"By my crchuca di caballcro" upon my
honor as a gentleman.) shrieked out Kos d'
Erole3, convulsed with laughter, "I will send
It to the Bishop of Leon for a crozier."
"Gahagan has consecrated, it," giggled out
Eatnon Cabrera; and so they went on with
their muchacas for an hour or more. But.
Jtilding,.ad, it was fall Ume to follow, for I wbcn they geard tuat the mcans of 63iva.
found, our 'salling-partyj alter committing
flrcadfcl ravage's in Oraa's line" wvre In full
rctre'ai upon the fott hotly pressod by;' it supe
rior ..force -of .tho enemy. r,I am pretty well
known and respoetcd by the mem of both par-
tion from the lance of tho scoundrelly Christi
no had been the Magazine containing my own
history, their laugh was changed into wonder.
I read thqm (speaking Spanish moro fluently
than Englifch) every word of my story. "But
tics InSpafn '(indeed r.9?rVed for some months I how , is this?" said Cabrera.. "1'ou surely
".' -i r'.: ' -i-TJ.l. J
on tnq iiae.cn. s. saq. ocioro game over w won
Carlos)r a ii U nry maxim nevpr to givo
"quarter; I Dcvif oxpect to rcccivo it when ta
kpn myself.' ('n issning from'the? podesta, with
Sheeny 'a. portmantau' and annoyed to seo our
own men in a pretty good column rctru&iing at
36iible-quick time,-and about four hundred
yards beyond mo up ! "tho hill leading to the
fort, while on my left hand, and at only a hun
drod yords, si troop of, .the. queenite lancers
wen) clattering aFo'ng the road
havo other adventures to relate J"
f'Excellcnt Sir," said I, "I have;" and that
very; evening, as we sat oyer , our cups of ter
tullia (sangarce), I continued my narrative in
nearly the following words :
"I left off in the very middle of tho battle of
Delhi, which ended as everybody knows, in
the complete triumph of tho British arms.
But who gained the battle ? Lord Lake is call
ed Viscount Lake of Delhi and Laswarco
while Major Gaha nonsense, never mi&d him,
was tho banner always borne before Scindiah,
.he, with his good sword, cut off tho trunk of
the famous white elephant, which, shrieking
with agony, plunged madly into tho Mahratta
ranks, followed by his gjant brethren, tossiag,
,- ' T "hnA 'trni 1nf a flirt'irv Tt5ddl tit the road I ' , . . . . :, ... .
. t, . never m;na no cuaree no execuiea wnen. aa-
for I mado;;thi8 discovery, )bo that the fel- bre in hand he lcaped tho slx.foot wall in the
lows naa.iuiLaigMcrme, ana. wnizEi. came month of the roaring cannon, over the heads
Abuttet by my left whisker beforo I could say of thc gieamiEg pike9; when, with one hand
'rRV??r.l'?ikd round there wore seeing the sacred peish-cush, or fish which
vvniy ocjttie accursc,d,,raaipaao at tne least,
4knd wUh'm, as I said, a hundred, yar.ds. Wore
I" to eay that I 8toijed to fight seventy men,
you would -wriiV me down a fool or a liar r' no,
fl.ir, I didnot'flsM; I ran away.' 1,1 ' - :
t ; anl. feet i0x y"ngurols weiVknpwn like chafr fore the w!nd tho affrighted kit-
Au ve opaiuaa ary of -tho Count ae raatgarg. 'fie, meanwhile, now plunging into
nchanai or! my: fierce ,.liuec friend ..Cabrera tha rnWRUf battalion of coMnmah ' now
???h?: "Gahaoan!" hOuk(1;oathalf.a0. to th0 chino aVreaming and feroci-
v..?.w.v mty more snots bobbachee , rushed on, liko tho simoon
.rawiaa wierue. - x w rauuuiiranningastho
bravo;atig before thehounds-r-ruiining aa j have
done a great number of times bef or in my life,
when there was no help for it but the race.
- Aftt- I had run about five hundred jM-ds, I
' saw that 1 had gained nearly three ftpon our
.'column infrontahd'that likewise the Chrhtj.
no horscm&i were loft behind some hundred
yardj more, yith the exception of three, wh.
; woro fearfully near nie. ' The' first was an offi
yr'witnout a Tunc'; "be had fired both hi pis
across the rod Zaharan plain, killing, with his
hand, a hundred and forty -thr but never
mind 'alone he did it;' sufficient be it for him,
however, that tho victory was won; ho cares
not for the empty honors which wero awarded
to more fortunate men!
The doublo-jointod camel of Bactria, which tho
claesio reader may recollect is mentioned by Sui
dos (in his Commentary ia the Flight of Partus,)
fo called by the Mahrattas.
and beard are of most brilliant an hum. n
bright as scarcely to bo distinguished, at a.di-
tunce lrom scarlet. My eyes aro bright blue,
overshadowed by busby eyebrow s of tho color
of my hair, and a terrific gash of the deepest
purple, which goes over the forehead, tho eye
lid, and tho cheek, and finishes at thc car,gives
my face a more strictly military appearance
than can bo conceived. "When I have been
drinKing (aa is pretty often tho case) tin's gash
becomes ruby bright, and as I have another
"Biggs, then, and my men wero play in all
sorts of wondrous pranks with Lord T.:i!.-'a
nmiy, -wwi.st t was detained "an Unwilling pris
oner of health at Futtyghur. '
"An unwilling prisoner, however, I should
uot say. Tho cantonment at 1 uttj'gbur con
tained that which would have made any man a
happy slave. Woman, lovely woman, was
there in abundance and variety ! Thc fact i3,
tliat, when tho campaign commenced iu 1SC3,
the ladies of the army all congregated to this
place, where they wero left, us it was suppos-
Our conclusion is, that if, in this greatest of
orators, consumato genius led hot to wildness
or eccentricity, not to dislocation or vocifera
tion," not to anything rough or inelegant, but
ed. Every man is to give according as God
has prospered him. Says the Saviour, "It Is
more blessed tb'givo than to receive." Als j
says Solomon, "There is that scattered' an
yet increaseth; and there is that withhoidctlt
more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty:
The liberal soul shall be mado fat; and he'that
watereth shall be watered also himself." Thus
wo see that holy men have spoken men who
were inspired to write divine truth; and havo
mado plain our duty. "For tho earth is tho
Lord's and the fuln&ss thereof," and ho will
hold every man amenable for how ho use's his
Lord's money, '" - . ;. a
' - "-vo-;.:
Keligiow. It is a striking and. significant
fact, which has been strangely overlooked by
theologians, and uttorlv ignored h.
sublimity wLicirytfrtTSri- TMffT2rJJltOTghavllh
f, that wo, who have not "Pure religion and undefiled before God and
tho father, is this: To visit tho fatherless and
widows in their affliction, and to teep himr
so If unspotted from the world." James 1, 20.
which took off a xieco of my under lip, and ed, in safety. I might, liko Homer, relate tho
shows five of my front teeth, I leave you to names and qualities of all. I may at least
imagino that 'seldom lighted on the earth,' (as mention some whoso memory is still most dear
tho monster Burko remarked of ono of his un- tome, 'f hero was
happy victims,) a moro extraordinary rision.' "Mrs. Major General Bulchcr, wife of Bulch-
I improved thoso natural advantages; and, er of the infantry, and Miss Bulcher.
while in cantonment during tho hot winds at "Miss Beiixjm. Bclcukk (whose name I beg
Chittybobary, allowod my hair to grow very tho printer to place in largo capitals.
long, as did my beard, which reached to my . "Mrs. Colonel Vandcgobbleschroy.
wuist. It took me two hours daily to curl my "MrsMaj. Macon and the four Misses Macon
hair in ten thousand little cork-screw ringlets, "The Honorable Mrs. Burgoo, Mrs. Fix,
which waved over my shoulders, and to get my Hicks, Wicks, and many more too numerous
mustachois well round to the corners of my to mention. The flower of our camp was, how-
eyelids. I dressed in loose scarlet trousers ever, collected there, and the last words of
morocco boots, a scarlet turban three feet V.rd Lako to mo. as 1 left him, wero "Gaha
high, and decorated with a tuft of tho scarlwt ga&, I commit thoso women to your charge.
veiled glory, and a
it a noble simplicity
his Wondrous gifts, must seek by cultivation
w hat ho possessed as his birth-right; and if he
did not think it well or wiso to throw himself
out of harmony , with nature, or the great
models of art which, scarcely becoming in 113
have approximated naturo.most nearly, it is
to act differently.. If the master kept within
tempered bounds might not this also bo well
with tho scholar? ' ,
AST303f OHICAL DISCOVERY.
: The universally accredited theory that tho
moon is uninhabited, because she has no at
mosphere, has received from a recent discov
ry, a blow that will unsettle it at least. That
the moon as far as we havo yet boeu- able to
exftmino hor, has no atmosphere, " or at least
nono of sflicient donsity to conform to our op
tical laws, and tho demands of any animal life
known to us, is unqncstionablo. 'But this can
be positively affirmed of only one side ot our
satellite; for, as will bo remembered, although
she revolves upon her axis, iba constantly pre-
sonta hut Ann Kidn tn f hr n.irth. N"ow it Tiaa
feathers of tho flamingo, formed my headdress, Guard them with your life, watch over them discoTered bv calculation, and demon-
anu x uia not auow myseir a singlo ornament, wiw your uouur, uuienu mem wim me matcn.
except a small silver skull aad crossVbonea in less power of your' indomitable arm."
r 1 . r . . 1 m 1 t. ... l..,, . i. .. r t 1 . :
i.oiiu ux uy vuruau. a wo orace OI pistols, a '- -"JS"-" x.uropoau h ftenfra of p-ravitv. through which Afcnrr..
Malay creese, anJ a tulwar, 8ha.rp on both sUtion, and tho pretty air of tho bungalows, K uis of WTolution mn9t paas: or, in other
sides, and very nearly feet w length, com- amid the clustering topes of mangoe trees, has nnHs thi, .M. nf h mn ?a .iw..,, n
ll.l IV.: 1 1 1 .r . n n- r. , .1 , - I - '
piciv-vi iuio cicgaut cosiume. aiy kwo nags were vuxn vra t,uut e.ci,ieu toe auiniraiion 01 xno
each surmounted with a real skull and cross- tourist and Eketcher. Oa the brow of a hill,
bones, and ornamented one with a black, and tho Burrumpooter river rolls majestically at
the other with a red beard, (of enormous ts base, and no spot, in a word,1 can bo con
length, taken from men slain in battle by me.) ceived more exquisitely arranged, both by art
On one flag Were, of course, the arms of John ftd nature, as a favorite residence of the Brit-
Companyj on the other, an image of myself be- ish fair. Mrs. Bulchcr, Mrs. Vandegobbles.
striding a prostrate elephant, with the simple chroy, and th other married ladies above-
ord Gtvpn written underneath in the N&g- mentioned, had each of them delightful bung-
aree, Persian, and Sancrit character. I rode alows and gardens in the place, and between
my black horse,' and looked, by tho .Immorta. one cottage and another my time passed as de
gods liko Mars ! To mo might bo applied lightf ally as can the hours of any man who ia
the words which wero written concerning hand- I away from his darling occupation of war.' ';
"I waa tho commandant of the fort. 1 It is a
little Insignificant pettah defended simply by
a couple of gabions, a very ordinary counter
scrap, and a bomb-prpof embrasure; on the top
of this my flag was planted, and the small gar
rison of forty men only were barracked off in
the casements within. A surgeon and two
chaplins (there were besides three reverend
gentlemen, of amateur missions, who lived in
tho town) completed, as I may say, the garri
son of our little fortalice, -which I was left to
defend and to command. To be Continued.
Evil Rzi-orts. The longer I live, the mora
I feel the importance of adhering to the rulo
which I have laid down for myself in 6uch
matters. . . . Y
1. To hear as little as possible of whatever
is to the prejudice of others.
2. To believe nothing of tho kind till I an
absolutely forced to it.
C. Never to drink the spirit of ono who cir
culates an ill report. . '
4. Always to moderate, as far as I can, tho
unkindness expressed towards others.
o. Always to beleivo that if the other, eido
was heafi, a very djlierecj account would . bo
given of tho matter. . ' . V.
some General "Webb, in Marlborough's time :
" 'To noble danger to conducts the way, . .
11 is great example all his troops obey,
Before tho front the Major sternly rides,
With such an air as Mars to battle strides.
Propitious heaven mast sure a hero save
Like Paris handsome, and like Hector brave!'
"My officers (Oaptains Biggs and Mackanul-
ty, Lieutenants Glogger, Pappendick, Stufflej
&c. &c.) were dressed exactly in the samo way
but in yellow, and tho men werd similarly
equipped, but in black. I have seen many re
giments since, and many ferocious-looking
- The Brcts. Thc Biblo must be the inven
tion of good raon or angels, of bad men $r dor.
ils.orofGod. ' - : -' '; '-:;
It cfould not bo the Invention of good men
or angels, for they neither would nor could
strated as a geometrical fact, that the moon's I make a book and tell lies all tho time they
centre of form is eight miles nearer to us than ( were writing it, saying "Thus saith tfee Lord,"
when it was their own invontion.'" ' " '
It could not be tho invention of bad mon or
devils, for they could not make a book which
commands all duty, forbids all sin, and con
demns themselves to all eternityl
I thereforo draw this conclusion: the Bible
must be given by Inspiration of God. 'I
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. TacsT ix Goo. Look at that beautiful . but
terfly, and learn .from it to trust in God. Oa
might wondor where if, could live in tempesiar
ous night, in the whirlwjod, or fn the stormy
day; but I have noticed it safe . and Ary nader
the broad leaf, ' while the river hare be9
flooded, and the mountain oaks torn tap fropi
their root. : , . . : -: .-. ';o ;
higher than the other. If therefore we suppose
that the moon has an atmosphere such as ours,
it would be of such extreme rarity on the only
side exposed to our observation that for opti
cal effoeot and animal life, it-might as well not
exist. For mountains upon the earth, none of
which are above five miles over the level of the
sea, have been . ascended to height at which
life could not be supported for any length of
time, and still mountains haye streached above
tho panting traveler. ; What, then, must be the
atmosphere at four times such an elevation?
The conclnsion seems inevitable, that, alth
ough tho hither side of the moon is uninhab
itable for want of an atmosphere, the remote
side may be perfectly adapted to animal life.
It is at least certain that the mere want of an
atmosphere perceptible to us", Is no longer con
clusive as io the uiiiliaUtableneBae'ptan
et that rules' the night. '. in'c this' dis
covery on'the "autlioritjr bf the mosi'retnineai
mathematicians' and stfon'oinBTjirxitXVorld.
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C7" In feeding with corn, 60 pc-' "4s ground
go as far aa 100 pounds'fn'tbe kcrr;!.:.- ;
C" "He went about doing good." Th
brief record is the seed for a great harvest.? It
is prophetic of a golden age, when wealth' and
genius and power shall be valued, not aa ends,
purchased cheaply at any cost, but as means of
inestimable worth for achieving the' great pur
pose of life.
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: D"To all who read we say do thy-- ioiga
bor "no harm;" do thy friend "no harm;" do
thy enemy "no harm;" do thy body "no harm;
but above all things, do thy soul "no harm.
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