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rofXll I A filSAVF-VARn IN ISr,l.An.
My engine now is cold and still,
Xo water dons my in'lrr fill ;
My coke affords its flame no more,
My days of usefulness am oVr.
My wfirrls deny tln'ir wonted speed,
Jv'o more my guiding hand they herd ;
My whir'le, too. has lost its tone.
Its shrill and thrilling notes are cone ;
My rafrts ore now thrown open wide,
3ly Jinirr.i all lefuse to glide ;
My dark?, also, though one so stromr,
Hi-fuse to aid the busy throng.
No more 1 feel each u reins hreath.
My strum is now condensed in death ;
Life's rM-.ioYr, each xtothm ; past
In death I -in Mopt. and rest at last. j
Farewell, dear fii.-n.ls. and cease to weep ; j
In Christ I 'tii sale in Ilim I sleep.
An exchange paper ivi
the following ell'u-
t.:oii of some inspired poet :
kissed the tiny hand I held,
I pressed tin- lairv form.
I vowed I'd shield ,-r fiom the ld.it,
And from the world cold storm :
She raised her melt inn eyes to mine.
They were tilled w it h drops of wo ;
With i ) 1 1 i -r-r i 1 1 it lips she faintly said :
' Aie. ilnm ti l inr jyj ''
The llcllit of Honor. Sihis Wright.
The jiositioti of Mr. Wrieht is a most re
markable one. lie is a plain man, with nothing
if tin! courtier alxml hlni, and nothing of the pe
culiar social attractiveness which adorns Mr.
Clay, and which is so ( llieient in creatine per
sonal friendships and working out political
ilreneth. He has no children, and is in no way
the inheritor of fame, lie has never sought of-
mitt wti An lint linliei rt I u liuu ot'r.r rlicim.!
.. v., ............ ...
it. At any rate, he has nevvr been so excited j
iho'jt politics, in any way, as to !oo his tern
icr, or resort to any one of those tricks so often
counted the essential machinery of political
nen. In tht-agitations of debate ho is always
jalin and courteous, and never, in all his life,
was guilty for a moment of those personalities
which so ofien dhonor public men, and the
eople whom they represent, (.'aim, urbane
1 nd dignified he is always, however violent may
e the storm. Mr. Wright carries on an im- !
nensc correspondence with l.isown hand, and i
.vith such industry as never to allow the bnsi-
less of one day to lie over for the next. lie j
will not go to bed until the business of the day
s done. Whoever writes him a letter on any j
natter, is sure to get an immediate answer, ',s appointment for he was tho most punctual cored about the premises until I saw tho dark
.vritten in a plain round hand, short, but con- j ol u" ,nen- j eyed damsel set out for home, alone ami on loot,
aining all that there is to say. Meantime, tho host enjoyed the scene of tho ; Oh ! that tho customs of society would permit;
ltis honorable to tho American character J vc',cr"" "t e Lrte, w hile the colonel was so a- for we are surely one in soul. Cruel formali
hat such a man should rise high in public es- ! prpenhly employed in the parlor; and procl-u.n- ly that throws up a barrier between hearts
eem. We s,ieak now, not of his political view s, i '"S ,liat 110 visitor ever loll his home at siiuse;, , made for each other ! Yet I followed her. She
ut of tho man. Hut the elevation to which he ) llifl military guest was, without much difficulty, ' looked behind, and I thought she evinced some
his risen is certainty remarkable. Within an ' persuaded to order Rishop to put up the horses emotion at recognizing me as tho stranger of
iimdred days he has been tendered a seat "n '
ho honch of the Supreme Court of tKe Cnited
States, to which ho would have been confirmed
iy the unanimous vo ce of the Senate and of the
.-oniitry. llo has been otlered tho nomination
fa great p'irty to tho fir.-t, and then to the sec
uid place of executive office in the nation, and
low the same party lender him tho chief ma
gistracy of the Empire State. All these Ma
1011s have been Undered to him and urged upon
mu w ith an unanimity among his own party
iroken only by the fear of rcmowng him from
us present place as 11 .Senator and they have, was tho revelry at that palmy period of Vir
ill been declined, not by wav ot finesse, but be- ginia's festal age; fur many were gathered to
ause lie is unwilling in fill positions so little
.iiited to his taste. What other mat. in our ;
1 Ml II I I ( 1 (I HI j J J( M I II II I I J VI II JLl.illJ rU '
nany honors ! Journal if Camm'rc?.
Mahbiage uatiii:k tiun Lw.-A certain
vidow lady placed her child at nu.se in one of
he foundling hosp.talsot (ieru.any, and, intend- 1
.i . ,i .i.iiii ii !
ng to leave it there until it should be old e-:
i,. , i .i '
tough to bey hi receiving an education, paid the ,
tipend for four years. About the sume time a
'entlenian placed his child in the same institu- (
ion, and it was consigned to tho sime nurse.
I'hc gentleiniiii then made a voyage to South
iiicrica, where ho had some business of im- ,
lortance that needed his attention. At the ,
nd ul't he four years the lady returned to take
way her child ; am by a somew hat singular
oiucidenco, the gentlr-man arrived at tho same
'.mo, w ith tho same object. Hut in the interim
no of the children had died; and the nurse
oulJ not declare positively w hether it was that
f the widow or the other. The w idow claimed
ho survivor tn her own ; the gentleman insist
1 as strongly that his was the living child.
The dispute waxed warm, and a resort to the
egal tribunals was threatened on either side,
a hen a worthy clergyman interpoced, and with
Mich effect that the disputants 6oon agreed to
:onsolidate their claims to tho surviving child
7 marriage. So says a Trench paper.
Absolute acqnicscrncc in the decisions of the
lly Master & i:irl..
lui icTSiiip am.ma.umai.kok WASH- i
i .i I O.li
It was in lToS that on officer, attired in a tni
litnry undress, nml attended hy a body servant,
tail and tnititnirc as his chief, crossed the fer
ry called William', over tho Pomunkey, a
branch of the York river. On tho boat touch
ing the southern or New Kent side, the soldier'
progress was arrested hy one of those personages
who give the hen'i ideal .f the Virginia gen
tlemnn of the old regime, the very soul of kind
ness rind hospitality. It was in vnin the sol
dier urged h it business nt Williamsburg, impor
tant c wimunications to tho Governor, A c. Mr.
Chninberlnync on whose domain the inilitaire
had just landed, would hear of no excuse. Col.
Washington was a name and diameter so dear
! to all V
irn-ininiiH. that hie pasin hy ono ot thn j
CnytlOS Ot irtrmin. W ithout CnllinP find nnrta- 1
I king of the hospitalities of the host, was entire- j
J ly out of the question. The Colonel however, j
j did not surrender nt discretion, but stoutly !
maintained his ground till Chamherlayne, bring- I
jnff ,,,, ,ja reserve, in the intimation that he J
.,,, illlrpill,cn ,yi)ln, to younc ,, clr. I
,;,, wj(OWj ,ir, breath ,j8 root; ,1C S0)tWT j
i capitulated, on condition that lie should dine :
only dine and then hy pressing his charger ;
ntnl borrowing of the night he would reach '
j w illianisuurg uelore Ins Excellency cou'd shako i
i off Ira morning slumbers.
OrJers were ac-
; cordinnly isu?l to Ih.shop, the ColonePa IhkI v ' heath seemed to respond to bis eloquence.
servant and faithful follower, who together with ! Then it was no great stretch of the imau'i
I the fine English charger, had been bequeathed ; nation to fancy that the white handed creatures
! hy the dying Rraddock to Major Washington, : around me, with their pouting lip and artless
j on the famed mid fatal field of Mononunhf-'a. ' innocence, were beings of a higher sphere. As
llishop, bred in the schools of European disci
pline, raised his hand to his cap, as much nsto
say, ' Your orders shall he obeyed.'
The colonel now proceeded to tho mansion,
and was introduced to various guests (for when
was a Virginia d.iinicil of the olden tunc, with-
out guests ?) and above all to the chani.u.g j
widow. Tradition relates that they wire mu-
tually pleased, on this, their first interview
Ill ..i , .
" rL1"drhJult' 01 "S"
""l",,"'M" ",u ""-""gebi. 1 no iaoy i,r to t
behold, of fascinating manners, and splendidly
endowed wth worldly benefits. The hero was
Iresh from h.s early fields, redolent of fume, !
and with a form on which 'every god did seem :
i ,n ' 1"S!'eal tl'e world assurance of a
i j
I The morning passed pleasantly away, even-
m: wml o 10 ins orders ami
fir'n at l,is P"1' '",ll,IMtr ,o favorite charger
Wlth mo w,,ll fbe other was waiting to
(,llV'r 1,10 rciu,' stirrup. The huii sunk in the
m,riz"i B,,'l -'t tin- colonel appeared not.
''"''wo. strange, 'twas passing strnnge,' surely
'l0 wns "ot wont to be a single moment behind
,or ",e i"gt. 1 hv sun rode high m toe hea-
veils the ensuing day, w hen tho enamored sol-
dier pressed with his spur his charger's side, and ,
speeded on his way to tho sent of government '
where having despatched his public business.
he retraced his steps, and, nt the White House,
the engagement took place, xvitli preparations
for marriage.
And much hash the biographer heard of that
marriage, from the grey-haired dome-tics, who
waited on the board w here love nude the feut
and Washington the guest. And rare nml high
that marriage, of tho good, the great, the gif-(
ted, ami they with joyous acclamations, hailed !
' 1 1 1 1 1 .
" J 11 I'l ufcj
perous bridegroom.
'Anil so vo renirinhf.r wluin I ..limnl uwli
ington came a courting of your youm mistress!'
said the b,ograp!,er to .!d Cully in his hundre.l,
year. 'Aye. master, that I do.' replied the a...
- . c i .ii.ii .
cient family servant, w ho had lived to see tno
. . .
generations ; 'great limes, sir, great tunes
shall never see the like again !' 'And Wash-
ington looked something like a man, a proper 1
man hey, Culley !' 'Never seen the like, I
sir never the like of him, though I have seen'
many in my day so tall so straight ; and then !
sat on a horse ii ud rode with such an air ! Ah,1
sir, he wus like noone else. Many of the gran
dest gentlemen in tho gold lace, were tit the
wedding; but pone looked like the man him
self;' Strong indeed, must have been the im
pression which the person and manner of
Washington made upon the 'rude, untutored
mind,' of this poor negro, since the lapse of
three-quarters of a century had not sufficed to
rflitce it.
The precise date of the marriage the biogra
pher has been unable to discover, having in
vain searchod amoung the records of the vestry
of St. Peter's Church, New Kent, of which the
Rev. Mr. Munson, a Cambridge scholar, was
the rector, and performed the ceremony, it it
UNBTOY. AMERICAN.
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL;
majority, the vital principle of Rcpuhlics. from which there is no appeal hut to force, the vital prim-iplo
Siinbury, Xortliumbcrlaml Co. la. Saturday, Srpl. 7,
believed, about 175(1. A short time after thoir
marriage, Colonel and Mrs. Washington remo
ved to Mount Vernon, on tho Potomac, and per
manently settled there. Life of Mr. Martha
Washington, by (i. IV. . Curtis.
A Thrilling In lilrnt.
W'e find the following thrilling od venture re
lated in a late number of the New York Week
ly Messenger, hut whether it is from the pen
of Major Noah or not is more than we can say.
Read nn dcen.
'I passed up the natural avenue and came
upon the green. My feelings were very po
etical as I walked slowly towards the village
church. I entered. A popular preacher was
holding forth, and the little meeting house was
much crowded. Several persons were ttaiid
inr nn. nml I av,n A nrferA ilint I ..,.,
tain my perpendicular position as every seat
was crowded. I, howevor, passed up the aisle
until I coined a position where I could have n
fair view of the faces of nearly all present.
Many of tho congregation looked curiously at
,m , WMU Ia?pr , lom ,n n fcw
moments, however, the attention of every per-
son appeared to he absorbed in the ambassador
' grace, and I alto began to take an interest
in the discourse. The speaker was lluent, and
many of his hVhts were even sublime.
The
music of the woods and the fragrance of tin;
my feelings were thus divided U-tweeti the
beauties and blessings of the two worlds, mid
rapt in a sort of poetical devotion, I delected
some glances at mo of mi anima'cd character.
I need not descrdie the sensations experienc
ed bv a vmith when the eves of a beautiful wo.
,nnn rc,, rr rnt, ol- ,H11P ,, lis c,)llnt(,.
n.tncP) 8m wir lip illlli;rin8 to ,,c
object ofinterest in h.-r I r..t.ir,i..,l 1,,-r
-
- b
-vith interest, and threw all the tenderness into
,ny eyes, which the scene, niv meditations, and
,1C puncher's discourse had insp red in mv
heart, doubting not the fair young damsel pos.
wwpd kinilrcil fl.clilipH witll n)vsolrthnt we
wt.rc drinking together at the fountain of in-
spirntion. Mow could it be otherwise !
flie had been born and nurtured amidst these
wild and romantic scencp. and was made upof
romance, of poetry and tenderness; and then
I thought of the purity of w an's love her
devotion her truth. I only prayed that 1
might enjoy a sweet interchange of sentiment
ller glances continued. Several times our
, ryes met. My heart ached w ith rapture. At
length the benediction was pronounced. I Im-
tho day. I then quickened my pace, and she
actually slackened hers, as to let me come up
with her.
young creature " thought I ; "her
atllesi "i"1 henrt is superior to the bonds
of custom !"
I reached within a stone's throw of her. She
suddenly hulled, nod turned her fjee towards
me. My heart swelled to burst mg. 1 reached
the spot w here she stood. She begun to speak
and 1 took oil my hat, as it doinj reverence to
an angel.
"Are you a pedlar V
'No, my dear girl : that is not my occupn-
'"n.., ,. . .
. , ,7., ' Cwl,l,nu,;d
riy uunii lliiv. mill Hi' HT IIIC ViTV UT1 V I
thought w hen I saw you in the meeting-house
l...l ln.J.n.1 l:l... ,1.- . ...1 1 ..A
J 11
pCWt" ,-dl,l,ujr 011
1 "? ' cU'r''ud u k 'S
1 OU- J J'' ' ? ". '"' ho
: says if lie catches tho teller he'll wrin" liis
i , .
1 ,ll'ck lor him ; and 1 unit sure but you're the
j . . n
vni -tin -iuFi H nit. lasiui uurr an.
Header, did you ever take a showcr-b.ilh !
Cihi i mkiamial EvlnKM i:. I have heard
some very extraordinary cu.-esof murder tried.
I remember in one, where I was coui.cil, for a
long tune Ihe evidence did not appear to touch
the prisonrr ut nil, mid he lookcj uhonl him
with the most perl'ect unconcern, seeming to
think himself quite sate. At last the surgeon
was called, w ho stated that deceased had been
killed by a shot, o gunshot, in tho bend, and
he produced the matted hair, and thcstulVcut
from and taken out of the wound. It was all
hardened w ith blood. A basin of warm water
was brought into court, and, as the blood was
gradually moistened, a piece of printed paper
appeared the wadding of the gun which
proved to be half of a ballad. The other half
had been found in tho man's pocket when he
wan taken. He was hanged. Lord 1! ton's
Mole liool.
We received tho follow ing interesting letter 1
from a student at Marshall college, at Mer
cersburg, in which ho describes the lato arri
val of l'rofessor Schaf, at tho Institution We
publish the letter for tho gratification of those
who P el nn interest in that Institution. An
thracite (iuzctie.
Arrival of Dr. Sriif rinrtliraii llnll...
l.ltrrnr)- Tlit-ologlvnl I nsi II ut lou &t.,
At JllcrteriliirK !
On that occasion, we had quite an interesting
time. Much care vu taken to make suitable
preparaiioii for his reception nil tho buildings
were finely illuminated and the pillars in fiont
of tho Seminary edifice and other parts of
the building were very handsomely decorated.
Anarch, also, was erected at the gate leading
into the Campus. At S o'clock on Mondav
evening we all formed and marched in proces
sion down the Seminary and up Centre streets,
to meet the Dr. on the eminence, this sido of
the town, on the road leading to CreeH Castle.
A few minutes after we marched to the place,
the Dr. made his appearance, nml was conduc
ted at the head ot the procession, accompanied
w ith music, through tow o, to the Seminary edi
fice, where, on the portico, ho was formally
saluted by two young men with suitable addres
ses one in Cn'rinnn anil one in English, to
which he replied with much eloquence nml
Hwer. After w Inch the audience, the largest
I ever seen here, quietly dispersed. About 10
in the evening a number of th? students collec
ted before the house ot Dr. Nevin, and sung a
Herman song composed for the occasion, and
afterwards struck up tin; well known Eatin
(irrman .Vw'mf'n Smii;." Tin y sung w ith
much admiration and interest, "Vivmil I'ttfis-
so;rs,"&c, to which nt the close, the Dr. re
plied, " t't-i Stmlios," (Ling live the Slu
dent.) We opened the evenin very pleasant
ly w ith bun, and rel.red about II o'clock much
delighted.
The Dr. is quite a youth only tw onty-four
years ot age of a middle size perhaps rather
small exceedingly handsome, ns fresh and
blooming us a rose w ith an eye ns piercing as
that of an Eagle very quick and pushing in all
Ins movements speaks the English laiiguagi
very well. In the course of a year he will bard.
ly bo recognized as a European. I lis address w as
universally liked nnd applauded. It was, in
fact a masterly production. Showing him to be
a most eloquent and accomplished ttrator, ns
well ns a profound Philosopher, and a distin
guished Tin oog inn. He speaks slow and yet
very sprightly. His voice is strong, ilnp, nod
full; and glows w ith a lofty, majestic eloquenci
Such is a very brief and hasty skelch of this e.-
raordinary young man.
as a pnvaio man, nr. cn-lint is tin less re-
markable. I'lensniil, firm, and oav of access.
he makes himself agreeable to nil pleases a
ii-i. ii it
ueiignis nil. in his society, vou tee as
though you was in the coiomoy of some mti
mate acquaintance, rather than a philo-opher, n
theologian, an Orator Especially in the I.ec
tore room, however, is he distinguished. We
had the pleasure ot listening to one of his b e
lures this morning. It was exceedingly siui
pie, grand abounding with sentiments of the
suhlimcst order. His manner is very peculiar.
Altogether in the g'-rmau ftyle. I le commen
ced in n very simple nnd unaffected maimer,
seated in the chair on'the ll.iluuda. In half a
minute ho was down on the tloor, and continued
his lecture while walking up and down the
room asking questions, occasionally as he ad
vanced, and developing nnd tracing to their
sources, and to liner essential principle's, as al
so to their final nnd legitimate consequences,
the different views advanced by the meiidiers of
tho class, with the inmost facility, nnd ip the
most perspicuous manner. The lecture was
necessarily extemporaneous lo a great exlen: ;
but profound and logical throughout exhibiting
at every point the learning and ability of I he
Dr. both as a profound scholar, ami nil eminent
lecturer. To give ion the adequate idea of his
qualifications as u public teacher is impossible.
This can be tho result only of a pcisoiiarncquait.
lauce. Our institution may be proud ot such a
valuable addition lo their previous list ot teach
ers, and the country nt largo should feel itself
highly honored hy such a great and distui
quished acquisition to the list of her great men.
On Thursday ol'nc.xt week, the corner-stone
ot ihe "(loi llu an Hull," will bo !uid. David
I'iiul Broun, H i)., of Philadelphia, is expected
to hi; here, and deliver un address on that occa
sion. We nut icipale a large audience, ol a ve
ry interest ing turn. The masons are just pul
ling in the foundation, which, by tho way, was
dug by ourselves teachers and scholars enga
ging promiscuously in the work. This is the
way we do business hero, show ing, that, while
engaged in unravelling sound, abstruse, philoso
phical questions, and in tracing the deep myste
ries of redeeming m?rcy, w e are not unmindful
of the fact that (!od bus ;io( gmn us thine
slroni arms in lain. In these things we have
a good example sr t us by our diL-tiiigiiitlici! pro
fessors, w ho, in all these cnterpribcs, take the
lead.
and immediate parent of despotism. Jcrrr.ttsow.
Vol. I o. SO Wliolo No, 200.
Our beloved Institutions, to whose interests
and prosperity we have rooted our strength, are
in a very flouishing condition. We received
quite a formidable accession of new students nt
the commencement of the present session, and
expect a largo number on the coming winter
term it the very least, thirty or forty. 1 would
state here, thnt tho Diagnothian Literary Socie
ty is nlso taking proposals for tho erection of a
"Hall," which will bo commenced as soon as
wis.-ible. This will give you a better idea of
our .spirit. iours, ivc,
D. Y. II.
A ll.,..,r I.. Ktrrn, Peril.
t
I'hc most interesting hunter's story I have
ever henrd, was told me by our host, Mr. Pcr
cival, w ho has followed tho forest chase from
his youth. In 1";U7, ho was on a trapping ex
pedition, with twoconiinnions, on tho Washita,
w hen they left him to ki'l buffalo, bear, and tho
larger gnmo, and he remained to trap 'he
streams for beaver. He had not mot with very
gixxl success, and had been without meat for a
liout twenty-four hours, when, filming a small
bend ot Ihe river, he espied a noble looking old
male buffalo lying down ou the beach. Having
secured his canoe, he crept softly through a
cane brake, which lay between the nnimal and
himself, and fired. The shot was an indifferent
one, and only wounded the animal i;i the side,
but it roused him, and, having crossed the river
he Foon laid down. This was about noon, when
the nnimal, having again grazed, wns resting
himself in a cool place. Pcrcival now crossed
Ihe river in his canoe, nnd got into the woods,
w hich were there very open and somew lint bro
ken by little patches of praric land, a Very fre
quent occurrence in these parts of Arkansas,
win re forest nnd prairie often scorn to be con
tending1 liir tho mastery. Put the bull, being
suspicious, rose b-.'ilrre the hunter came near
enough to h-i.i, and took the green woods.
Perciv iil was an experienced bliliter ; he had
killed severs! hundred tmflaloos, nnd knew their
tempers in every sort of situation, llo knew
that Ihe animal when in birge herds was easi
ly mastered, and was well nwnre that when a
lon'o he was sometime? dogged, and even dan
gerous ; he, therefore, followed his prey cau
tiously for about a mile, knowing that ho would
lie down ngain ere long. The buffalo now stop,
ped, and Pcrcival got within fifty yards of him,
watching an opportunity to strike him mortal
ly ; but the beast, seeing les enemy so near,
wheeled completely rouud, put his huge shag.
gy head close to the ground before his fore feet,
is is their custom when they attack each other,
and rapidly advanced upon Ihe hunter, w ho in
stantly find, hiiiI put his ball through ihe bull's
hose ; but seeing the temper he was in, and
knowing what n serious antagonist he was
when on the nfeiiivr, he, also, immediately
turned and fled.
Ii running down a short hill some briars
threw him down, and he dropped his gun.
There was a tree not far from him of about
eighteen inches diameter, nnd every thing see
med to depend Upon Ins reaching it ; but, ns lie
r.i-e tomaken push for it. the buffalo struck
him ou the fleshy paitof the hip with bis born,
and slightly wounded hiru. licfiire, however,
the beast could wheel round upon him again,
he gained the tree, upon w hich all the chance
he Ind of preserving bis life rested. A very
few feel from thi tree grew a sapling about
four or five im lies in diameter, a most fortunate
circumstance f"r the hunter, as it Contributed
materially to save his life. The buffalo now
doggedly followed up bis purpose of destroy,
ing his adversary, and a system of attack
and ileteuce commenced that, perhaps, is with
out n parallel. The buffalo went round and
- I .1... .
r piit it V tlian tho animal was aide to lol!ow
him. In this manner the buffalo hnrrissed
him more than four hours, until bis hands be
came so sore with rubbing against the rough
bark of the oak tree, and hi limbs so fatigued,
that he began to dishearten.
In going round the tree the btifhilo would
soi ue times pass bet w ecu It ami the sapling ; but
the distance belwi eiilhem was so nariow, that
it inconvenienced bun, especially when he
w anted lo make his jumps ; he, therefore, fre
quently went louud Ihe sapling instead of go
ing inside of it. The tune thus consumed was
precious to Peteival it enabled him to breathe,
and to consider how he should defend liimself.
After lo many hours' fruitless lalxir, the bull
seemed to have lost his pristine vigor, and be
came slower in his motions. He Would now
make his short start, preparatory to hisjuiiiji,
only nt intervals, end, even then, be jumped
doubting!)-, as if ho saw that Pcrcival would
avoid his blow b sw inging to the other uide.
It whs evident be was bullied, and wua coiihi
ilering what he i.liould do. Still continuing in
his couue round the tier, but in this tlow mau-
riMiuii un- ir.i- pursuing u. e mail, iiuupile' at',,,,! , i n.
' ' J 1 i tiulv mipi-r'al l ie person ot the I .mper'-r .
him in the peculiar lie er of that nnimal, eve- j ,i,, , i ,. ., ,- ,.
' 11 ' "' n '! '--; urn. in the hill prune ot 1 i
ry tune h- thought there w asa chance ofhittin ! , ,,, ,., , ,. .... ,
" icahh, 1 years ol age, and (J leet 'I ino1. -
film ; whilst Perenal, grasping the tree with i ; i i e i . .i
, is.1 "l" high, nnd well tilled out, with' ut any appro'..-.-,
his arms, thing bnnsell round it with greater , , , . , . . , ....
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Kvtry suhfpqueiit inrrlicn, 0 2!
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one cquite, f ft. Half-yearly i one column, 1 8 ;
half column, $12 ; three squares, $8 ; two squat,
$5; one square, $3 f.O.
AdvcrtieniPlit left without directions at to th
lennlh of lime they sre lo bo published, will be
continued until ordered out, and charged accord
ingly. CMxteen line mite a square.
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nor, he nt length made an extraordinary feint
that does honor to tho reasoning powers of th
bullilo family.
Ho made his linle start an usual, and, when
Pcrcival swung liimself round, tho bull, instead
of aiming his blow in the direction ho had been
accustomed to do, suddenly turned to the sidfl
of Ihe tree where I'ercival would bo brought
when he had swung round, and struck with a'l
his might. Tho feint, bad inmost succeeded ;
Pcrcival only just r-aved his head, and received,
n severe contusion rai hi-i arm, which was par
alyzed for nn instant, lie now brgan to des-
P:,lr ofBavintf his Me ; his limbs trembled un-
. l ' . t .1 I at . I ..tl' 1 II ...
u r ' l" l""",lu"e ttnniu w,'ar
nun oti', anu it was so inexpressibly painful to
him lo carry on this singnlir defence, that al
one time ho entertained The idea of leiving the
tree and permitting the animal lo destroy him,
ns a mode of saving hime frotn piin and anx
iety that were intolerable.
Hut the bulTilo just at that time giving deci-
ded symptoms of being n9 tiro I himself, now
stopped for a few minutes, nnd Pcrcival took
courage. Remembering thnt he had his butch
er's knife in his breast he took it out. ni.d be
gan to contrive plans ofuflence ; nnd when the
hull, Laving rested awhile, recommenced liis
old rounds, Pcrcival look advantage of the slow
ness of 1. is motions, nnd using a great deal of
address and management, contrived in the
course cf half an hour, to stab nnd c;it him in &
dozen different places. The animal now be
came weakfrirm the loss of blood, and, although
he continued to walk round the tree, made no
more jumps, contenting himself with keeping
his head and neck close to it. This closed th'j
conflict, for it enabled Pcrcival to extend his
right arm and give him two deadly stabs in tho
eyes. Nothing could exceed the frantic raga
of the unwieldly animal when he had I on I hi
sight.
He bellowed, lie groaned, he pawed Ihe
ground, nml gave out every sign of conscious
ruin and immitigable fury. lie leaned against
the sapling tor support, and twice knocked him
self down hy rushing with his bend against the
large tree. The second fall terminated this
stnnge tragic combat, which had now lasted
nearly six hours. The buH'ilo hid not strength
to ripe, and the conqueror, stepped up to him,
nni lilting up his nigh shoulder, cut all the flesh
and ligaments looe, and turned itovpr his hick.
He then, after resting himself a few minute,
skinned the beast, took a put of the meat to bis
canoe, made a fire, broiled nnd ate it.
I'riithcTsfnuhavgh.
Mi liolns Of Iliiasliii
According to all account--, this monarch is a
very fine looking mm. At loa, we have heard
some ladies express this opinion, after reading
the various descriptions. We must remember,
however, that tourists and writers on the oilier
side of Iho water, are very apt to fhitter, espe
cially when sketching princes, queens unl
kings. An English work entitled "Ltt-rf
from the Baltic," contains this picture of tin
Czar ;
A towering plume moved, the crowd fe',1
hack, and entrained in a vacant spice stood a
figure to w hich there is no second in K'l-s a, if
in tho world its -lf-.n figure ot t!if grandest
beauty, expression, duneu-ion, and carriage,
uniting nil the rnnv-'ies and graces of all tlirj
heathen gods '.he iiltle god of lo e alone p r
lu.ps excepted on its nouih' nnd symmetric!
proportion. H ut this nubility of person b"
loiiged lo a common Moiih instead of to tlei
Aotocr-it of ail the Ro-.'as, the admiration cou'd
not have been less, nor sc ircely thp feel, iv of
moral jwp. It was not thn monarch who w ?
in magnificent u man, but th" man wh'- w-
a splendid breadth of shoulders and chfst, gre-it
leneth nnd symmetry of limb, with finely f..rm-
ed handi and tee'. His face is strictly (irr.
cian toiehead and nre is ono grand line; too
eyes fino'y lined, large, open and b'uo. with
ra'nuiess, a coldness, a frei-7.ing digint v, w'dc'i
ran fqually quell an insurrection, daunt an -
issin, or pmlyse a petitioner ; th" ni'iitli '.
!ar. teeth fine, chin prominent, with dk
moiistache and siiibII whiskers; but net a sym
pathy in his ftce ! li s mouth sometime n;
led, his eyes never. There was in his 'ook tl; -t
which no monarch's subject could meet
Ids eye seeks every one's gaze, but llu ono
can confront bis.
The Ciim;i; --The New Yotk Aurora say--;
ltis James A' I'm- Polk now it w i'l be !Vk
VnorA Clay, about election lime.
You are an excellent book-keeper, eh N ' "
Why, no sir, I can't say that I am, but why
do you a.-k that question !' 'Why, becan-e you
hive borrowed no less than a dozen of my Us k
and have rp! them vciy rcuivly.'