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PAi7ai.
RmnoLiis, McKarlikd St Co.
Spkbi jcn' 'toon fe Co.,
ALliXAXDKH L. 1IICKKY.
TRUNK MAKER.
Xo. ISO ClicHimt Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
WHERE all kinds of lestber trunk., valises and
carpet hae, of every style and psllein are
manuf.ietuied. in the best manner and from tlie best
materials, nnd sold at the Invest rite.
Philadelphia, July l!Hh. lfiiri. ly.
1.
c m o v a
1)1?. JOHN M. tEAL.
f lfo REftPECTFULLV inform !ie ri
tuens of ur,lU'y and ils licinity. ih.t
rf he has removed t I he Uiik House, in
Maiket street, fnrmet ty oi copied by
Benjamin' Hendricks. (nUf llie store furmcr'y or
copied by Miller & Martz, nnJ now by I'a T. (ele
ment, where be will be happy to receive cull in
the line of hi. profession.
Sunbury. March 29ih 1845.
1TEV CAP.FETI1TGS.
TlHE suh-criher ruve received, nd are now
X o citing a splendid assortment of ike following
B 'Oils
Huxony. Wilton nnd Velvet Carpeting
Pnisel and I mpi-riil 3 ply do CAR.
Kitra supeifioe ai d tine Ingrains do PR T
L'njli ill shaded it D.tmask Venetian do ING.
Ainniicm twilli-d and lia'd !o J
Kncli. Il lrui!ROtn and Woolen Floor Cloths
Stair and Pnssano Hocking
Emboe I Piano and Table Cover
London Chenille nnd Tnfie.l Rugs
Door Malls nfeveiv desT.ition.
'ALSO
A Isir end rin n-ive csfortmerit of Floor Oil
Cloihs Imm one to eiphi yards wide, cut to fit eve
ry description of ;ooms or p-is-ase.
Also, low piired Ingrain Ciiipel'ngs from 31J to
C" J cents per yard, toce'hiT wi'h a lmje am! exten
sive assortment of ood Usually kept by c;ipc,
merchants.
The above roo:!s will be Hold wholesale or retail
at the lowest mnrket prices. Country merchant'
and others te particularly invited to call snd exa
mine our stock before rnakinu theii selections.
CLARKSON. RICH A; MULLIGAN,
Succenrs to J-seph lllackwood.No. 1 1 1 Cheinut,
e-i-ner of Frunkiin Piece.
l'hildel,hia. Feb. 22.1. I84.r,.
UMBRELLAS & PARASOLS,
Oil CAP 70R CASH.
J. 77. SVAI1T'S
Umbrella and Parasol Manufactory.
Yd. 37 Xorlh Tli ml ftrert, two duort Leluw the
CITY HOTEL.
P ti i 1 it t c I i li I n .
LWAY.S on bund, a larje Muck of I'M
JL UitEM.AS hn l PAI!S().S. inclu.ttnc the
luiri-t iii-w 'le of Pinked IMncJ Par l-o.s i.l" the
best wtnkmnsliip and ir.ateiil!. hi prices that will
rnske i. an object to Country Mercian's snd other
to cull and esinine hi block before purchasing
rlaewhere. Fe S3. 1845.- ly
' sili.T, KUT'S PATKKT
vas:-::itg iachiite.
rllMS Michine b.a now been tested by more
J. than thirty ('amibrs in this neighborhood, and
h.s piven rntne ntisf.ielion. I' is o simple in its
i strui'tK'n, tbiit it cannot Ret out of order. It
ronlsim no iron to iu-1, snd no -piinfisor roller to
g.-l out of repur. Il will lo twice s much wash
no, with less than todt the wesr and tear of an) of
be l ite inven'ions, and wh it is of R'"aier inior.
ance.it costs but lit le over half as much as other
washing machines.
The sub riier hss ihe eirtuive riaht for Nor.
humberland, Union, LvCotnina;. ("olun.bii, Lu
rne and Clinton counties. Price of single rnn
bn,ef6. II. U. MASTER.
The fwllnwinR eeitificate i fioin a few of lliote
ihuhave these muchii.es in use.
Sonhury, Aug. 24, 1S44.
We, the subscribers, certify ihnt we have now
i u-e, in our families, "Shugert's pstent WnsIi
g Miichine,"and do not hesitate yinB thtl it is
most txerllenl inveiuinn. That, iii Va-hing,
will save more thsn one hall the ususl labor.
bat it dor H't require more than one third the
tusl quantity of sO'P snd wuter ; and that there
no rubbing, ami consequently, btlle or no wear
e nr tesrinsi. I hnt it knock "fT no hutioni, and
st the finest clothes, snc'i as collars, laces, locks,
lis, &e., nmy be washed in a veiy short lime
ithoul the le,.bt iniuiv, and in fact wiihntit sny
paieni wear snd h a', whatevrr. We therefore
errfully recommend it to our friends and I" the
tblic, a a most useful snd Isbur saving machine.
CHARLES W. HEGLNS,
A. JORDAN,
CHS. WEAVER.
CHS PLEASANT8,
CIDEON MAKKLE,
Hon. UKO. t;. WELKER,
BENJ. HENDRICKS.
GIDEON LEISENRING.
taa'i HoTtt, (formirly Tremont House, No.
116 Ch snul slice',) Philsdelphia, September
Slat, 1814.
I have used 8hueert's Patent Washing Machine
my hou e upwards nf eight months and do not
siiste lo lay that I deem it one of the mo t use
I and sluahle labor-saving machines ever inven
J. I formerly kept two women conlinuslly nc
pied in washing, who now do aa much in two
ys as they then did in one week. I here is no
ear or tear in waahinc. and il requires not more
n nne-third the usual quantity of son p. I bnve
ul a numlier of other m .chines in my fam ly, bu.
;. is so decidedly auiierior to every thing else, and
iiitla liable to Bet out of tepjir, that I would not
without one if they should coat ten limes the
iceth.v areaoldfor. UAlvitl. IICKK.
."IIPKRIUR Port wine, Maderia and Lisbon
.inns. Also suDerior Brandy and Gin, Lemon
IUp. AUo fcw barrels of Blc Fisb, for sale
HENKX MABOtat.
taobory, Jely 1b,
1I1GI1LT IMPORTANT RBWIi
Arrival of His Cambria.
Out Month Later from Ecnopi.The
steamship Cambria Ins arrived with important
newe Irom England. The newe ia of the moiu
gratifying character, it ia of the most pacific
kind, and the important change in the commer
cial policy proposed by air Robert Peel will tend
to preserve the peaceful relation of the two
countries. It will be aeen that the reductions
proposed by the Cabinet on American produce
are most important to our merchants and agri
culttirists.
Parliament has assembled. The Queen's
mefwrre ia entirely pneific. Expressions of re
gret are niRtle Hint the tlifTicnltiee between that
country and the United States, relative to Ore-
pnn, are yrt unsettled
The steamship Cambria, Captain Jnilkins,
takes nut to-dsy the most important gratifying a year ; but the cure can only be rewarded then
intelligence that ever left the shores of Great as just commenced, it beinjj Mr. P.'s object to
Britain. Sir Robert Peel England's power- eradicate the cause of malady from the sylem.
lul and brilliant Minister has developed his What is understood by o cure at Graelrnberrr,
luture commercial policy. It is at once simple is a perfect cleansing of the borly of all impuri
and comprehensive; and under it operation tics, a radical cure of that which has been the
the exchanpe of commoilitiesbetween this conn source nf disease. Cases of no very lonr stand
try (Enplnnd) and the United States will 'be inp; succumb to the treatment, sometimes in
carried to an extent, and will be mutually pro- two or three months, others resist for one or two
(Itictive of ndvantnpes, prrster, to quote pot ir- years. Supposing, for example, a yotinjj man
reven ntly the words of the sacred volume
'Minn the eye hath yet seen, or the heart hnth
conceived." The new scheme embraces, with
a lull senFe of their importance, the principles
of free trade repudiates nil protection for
commerce, manufacture, and agriculture ;
admits corn, duty free, st the end of three
year--, with a scale, in the intTim, which he will find himself, in other rrspectp, in per
will probably ns-etllate between four and six feet health, never be confined to his room, and
Fhillipgs prr qunrter, and nt once admits Indian
corn a:id buckwheat free ol all duty what-
evpr.
The ultra-free tradera insist upon the repeal
of the Corn Laws being immediate. Thry
treat with ecorn the three years' grace to the
landlords, and maintain that justice can only
be propitiated by instant concession. They
talk about the plunder of the pastas amongst
the reasons why theycennot tolerate robbery
fur the future. Thus arrayed, the hostile for-
ce fucc each other with scowling front, and in
the centre stands Peel, looking gravey on,
preserving a placid dignity in the midst of the
onslaught from either party. In the House of
Commons he is omnipotent, and however furt-
t.usly the war may rageout of dior, it is believ-
ed that he will be enabled to carry his Tariff
by a majority of eigkly certainly by more
'ban fifty. When matters come to a crisis, and
the free traders in the popular branch of the
Legislature have to decide between sacrificing
Peel and his plans, they will become, it is be-
lievrd, less crotchety and more practical.
The celebrated Dr. Pusey, at theexpiration
of his three years' suspension, npppared on Sun- his object, is obtained, he can determine the ex
day last in the Pulpit of the Cathedral Church tent of the cure, and time needed for complet
ol Oxford ; and, so great was the anxiety to hear ing it. All persons are expected to drink plen-
him, that the struggles nt the door for admis- til'ully of water, the quantity depends upon ctr
hion savored more of the threatre than the cumstances, some ten or twelve, (none less,)
house of prayer. The attendance exceeded whilst otheri extend it in twenty olasses a day.
all previous experience. Great numbers came An inexperienced person would think that eat
purposely from l-ondon, and the reporters of the ing adl'ihilum was injudicious ; but Mr. Piiess
daily press were sent down to place the sermon nitz lays no restrict ons on his patients in this
before the yorld. Dr. Pusey, it will be re- respect. The consequence is, that the nioun
membered, was suspended for preaching the tain air, the exercise, and the water, produce an
Roman Catholic doctrine of the real presence appetite, thesati-fying of which, under any other
in the eucharin. The interval oppears to have circumstances, would be highly conducive to in
worked no change in his views; lor the doc- digestion; hut Mr. Priessnitz persists in saying
trines of the priestly remission of bins and of that water will digest any thing, and that the
the "real presence," werostron!y insisted on fvil of eatina too much wiil correct itself a the
the present as in the condemned 6ermon. patient gets stronger, and approaches to conva
The "leading journal" yesterday has a pun- lescence. Whatever may be the state of the
gent attack upon Dr. Pusey, which may be re- patient's disease, no surgical operations ever
garded a tolerably clear evidence that his take place, nor aro patient?, under any eircttm
vtews find little sympathy with the popular stances, subjected to llie lose of blood, to blister-
mind in England.
ALTERATION OF TH'TIFS 0 AMERICAN lR0prc
Previous duly. Reduced to.
Bacon, 14spercwt. Free.
Beef, fresh, 6 per ewt. Free.
salted, 8s per cwt. Free.
Hay, J6s per load, Free.
Hides, 2d per lb. Free.
Meat, S per cwt. Free.
Pork, Ss per ewt. Free.
Buckwheat, laperqr.
Buqa;r, SOs per cwt. 10s per ewt.
Candles Tallow 10 per cwt. 5$ per cwt.
Cheese, 10s OJ per cwt. Ss per cwt.
Clock, 20 per cent. 10 per cent.
Ham, J4 per cwt. 7 per cwt.
Hop, 90s per cwt. 45 per cwt.
Indian Corn, heavy duty, Isperqr.
Rice, 6s per cwt. liperqr.
Tallow, 3s 2d per ewt. 1 per ewt.
On seven articles in this list the duty is en
tirely removed, while on the other ten, the re-
duction proposed varies from fifty to ninety per
eent. The duty on Indian corn is reduced to
one shilling sterling per quarter of nine Ameri
can bushels, or about three cents per bushel.
Cor. Baltimore seem te be s treat mar-
I ket for coffee, 33,513 sags f Ri were sold in
I that city within a abort parted
From the Water Cure Journal.
lilt TORT OP VIXCKNT PRIBSSNITZ.
BT CAPT. CI.AR1D0K.
Concluded.)
Priessnitz'a firnt endeavor ia to alleviate pain,
so that the patients may avail themselves of air
and exercise. How far thia object is attained
may be judged from the circumstance that out
ti! 600 or 600, the usual average number of pa
tients under his charge, them ore seldom a do
zen of perrons in bed at one time. If their com
plaint be fever, lie is so completely master of
the case, that no one ever keeps his bed, and sel
dom hia room, for more than two or three days,
excepting in cases of typus, malady which
fjenerally takestwelve or fourteen (fays to era
dicate, but hardly ever lonper. The same re
mark will apply to rheumatism. II the sufferer
can only reach Craelenberp;, he may be sure ol
immediate relief, such as elsewhere would be
called cure, and which is repeated many times
to be attacked by trout ; let him apply tnPrie?s-
nilz, and he will he cured immediately : bnt
another, who has inherited it from his family,
and who has been a iontttartf himself for a num.-
berof years, cannot expect to be made a new
man but with the exercise of patience ; yet he
will have this satisfaction, that during the cure
he able to take plenty of exercise. This obser-
vation is made from the reports of several per.
sons who are now undergoing the cure ; these
ll aoree in the fact thut though previous to go
ing there they had been bed-ridden forycars.
they have never known what it was to be con
fined to their room for a single riny, or even
hour, since their arrival. Patipnts at Graefen-
hprg, with hardly any exceptions, cat well snd
eleep well, until they have what is called a
crisis, i.e. till the disease comes to a head.
Then we behold water warring against drugs
an(j t.jr eff,xts. The power of the former is
F0 great, that not Mug can resist it; and the
latter must make their exit by some means rr
other: by diarrhoea, by urinc.by biles or ulcers,
nr fever, etc. These to Iho invalid, at a dis-
lance, carry with them cause for fear; but at
Graelenberg a crisis is hailed with the grenlest
joy as the harbinger of health. It ia at this
juncture that the genius of that extraordinary
man,' Priessnitz, shows itself, lie is never
sepn to hesitate, nor does the patient ever want
confidence in him, for Priessnitz was never
known to fail; when once the crisis, which is
ing, or indeed any oftho expedients resorted to
under the allopathic system. If coativenes,
indigestion, or inactivity of the organs, be the
cause of cmplnint, water speedily removes it ;
if fever, wet sheets and frequent immersion in
the baih have the desired effect.
The use of cold water, as we have already
known from the remotest period, and the endea
vor to produce perspiration in disease, is as old
as medicine itself, but it is to Priessnitz that
we are indebted for the manner of exciting
perspiration without the aid of drugs, and of
keening it up at pleasure by cold water, drank
in more or less quantities, and for replenishing
the loss thus sustained, by plunging the body
into cold water when it ia in this state. This
method is so diametrically opposed to thai
which has been hhberto practised, that at first
sight il would appear dangerous, snd even in
sane. Nevertheless, none o! those inconveni
ences or evils have attended it, which the pre-
judiced might think it liable to. Far from this,
I jt has served, and doe serve every day. to cure
! the most sggravated diseases. The discovery
of the soothing, cooling snd strengthening ef
fect of the wet sheet, is of itself sufficient to
ensure llr. Priessnitz the blessing of prosperity
I There is hard! an instince of its not being sp
plied to the patient at some period of his treat
ment ; whilst it may be asserted, that nut more
than one or two in twenty are subjected" toaweat-
ing, that being an operation confined almost en
tirely to strong or robust constitutions. Nor
can we withold from him the merit arising from
the invention of an infinity of modes of applying
cold w ater, by way of the douche, the aitz bath,
wet sheets, &c , and of bringing bout the de
sired object, by the combination of all these.
The application of wet sheets in cases of fever,
or extreme debility, is almost miraculous in its
tflects. Swealinrj. immediatlv succeeded bv
the cold bath, Mr. Priersnilz says, in its effects,
is like a smith striking upon hot instead of cold
iron: the value of these different discoveries will
be explained under their different heads. Mr-
Priessnitz who may be considered as Nature's
doctor never feels the pulse, but judges by the
temperament of the akin, and by the eye. His1
a common expression at Graelenberg, that he
sees into the human body as though it were
made of plass. The n.ust extraordinary part of
this simple cure i?, that though Graefenberjr
may be considered a refuge for the destitute in
disease, death isof such rare occurrence, that
one might almost eay no one ever dies under the
treatment : out of nearly 3.1M10 visitors who
h.ive been at Graefenberg within the last two!
years, teven or eight only have died; most of
these were exhausted previous to their arrival,
and w ere only received by Air. l'ncssiiilz as ex-
tremely doubtful cases.
Mr. Priessnilz'f mode of treatment strength-
ers the inlant, and its application to old age
snd decrepitude is like that of nddiiij oil to an
almost exhausted lamp.
We are quite aware that work asserting
these extraordinary results from such humble
means, will like the first tidings ol all great
discoveries, be received with doubt and disbe
lief; although this differ (rem most others, in
asmuch as it does not require lime 'o dcvelope
its truth. The sceptic has only lo make an a
greeable journey of few days to Graelenberg,
where he will at once bo satisfied of the facts,
or be able to refute them. 1 know they will
be too well attested by hundreds if living wit
nesses to cause any fear in my mind as to the
result; and I therefore say to those who do not,
ns well as those who do labor under disease,
"Go to Graefenberg and in x with the patients,
amongst whom will be found representativi e o'
infancy, ycinh, manhood, and old age; ninny
of whom speak French, and some nii"lih; jttdpe
there for themselves !' SmieBllare subjected
to the infirmities of human nature, there is no
prr.nn, whether in health or otherwise, who
may not be benefitted by the trip, os they may
acquire inf rni!iti.ni which will be of the utmost
importance lo them for the remainder of their
lives.
The hydropathic trentmrnt differs from all
others, inasmuch as it is administered to hun
dreds of persons congregated in one place, w ho
are in the coitbtant habit of meetingand discus-
sin? its merits, so that nothing important can
happen to any single individual that is not
known lo the whole body ; whilst under the al-
loptithian and hnmcropathian treatment, patients
are treated ot their homes, so thnl nope but Ihetr
own families know the results of eitlu r mode of
treatment.
Aftorthe eminent services which this great
man, w ith such mo.lesiy, and without the slight-
est pretension, has renilred to society, we cannot
hesurprised at his having sncceding in securinc
general esteem. This has been shown him by
crowned heads and nobles ol the ai'joining coun.
tries. At present, (in there are under
his treatment at Graefenberg ar.d l'riewaldau,
an archduchess, ten princes and princesjes, at
least 1(10 counts and barons, military men ol all
grades, several medical men, prolessors, ailvo-
cates, &c, in all about 500; and the following
is a list which sliows the progress ol the estab-
lishment up lo the present, lime :
In lS-JO, 43 ; in lK), Gl ; in lU, 02 ; in
lrW2.11S; inlSn,2(Ri; ml ":'!, 230; mW.U.
2X2 ; in lS3fi. l(j9; in 1S37. f7() ; in 1:1S,6K);
in l.'lt), 1100 snd upwards; in lrlO, 1370 ; in
111, say 1-100. Total, 72Qf5.
In consequence of similar ctjolishmenU ha.
ving sprung up in Russia, Poland, Hungary,
Moldavia, Wallachia, and in most states of (Jer-
many, it is expoclid that the number of this
year, 141. w ill not be equal to those of the
last; up to the beginning of September there
had been about 1130. It may not be uninterest-
ing to see how the 137G of last year were coin- ed longer than his wind. Well.it thus contin
posed ; a by it we may infer that, as the dis- 0ed with the regularity of the whip-poor-will's
lances and consequent expenses of travelling in cry, until, say half an hour before daybreak,
most instances were great, the pnticnts were of
the better order of society. Il must be observed
that the trades people or peasantry to whom
Mr. Priessnitz may have given advice, are not
included in this list:
From Austria,
Galicia,
Cueilt in IS 10.
3C7
03
129
137
327
21
13
Poland,
Hungary,
Prussia,
Saxony,
Bavaria,
From Wurtemberg, 15
" Duchy of Baden, 3
" England. 3
" Mecklenburf, 13
Sweden, 7
M Russia, 04
' France, 13
" Belgium, 7
" Italy, 3
Hamburg, 39
Moldavia it Wallachia, 27
Hanover, 4
" Switzerland, 0
" Cracovie, 23
" Denm.uk, 12
" Brunswick, 5
" America, 12
u Other Countries, 12
In all, 1570
On ascending to Graefenberg by the carriage
road, the traveller will seo a fountain, erected
by Wailnchian and Moldavian pitients, with
this inscription
V. v.
"Au Genie de l, Eau Froide."
(Meaning, to the Genius of Cold Water.)
And on descending by the foot-path to Frel
waldau, he will find another monument of a li
on, on a pedestal, in bronze, erected by the Hun
c,rjans, with the following inscriptions in their
language:
morcr
"As a punishment to man for his premmption
in despising the beverage which he had in com
mon with wild animals, ha became dinned, in
firm, and debilitated.
"Priessnitz causes the primitive virtues of wa
ter to be again known, and by it infuns freihri
cor into the human race."
s i Die
'Triesinitz, the benefactor of mankind, merits
the prateftil and honorable remembrance of the
Hungarian nation ; the erectors of this monument
invite their countrymen of future ages to the vi
vifying springs at Graefenberg.
"Npccrxxxix et xr. "
Resides what has been done in other states.
upwards of forty hydropathic establishments
have sprung up in different parts of Germany.
There is hardly a journal published in the coun
try :hat has not taken some notice of this mode
of treating disease ; and book have been pub
lished on the siihj-ct in almost every continen
tal lancmce. England alone forms an excep
tion, which it is difficult to account fr. And
the enormous results, this wonderful revolu
tion in the meilical world as I may call it, have
nil been attained by the zal, vigor, and genius
i.i. : ...ll.. I
1 1 one man, nnu uim man uneiuaiiy uu uiu-uuto-
ted peasant.
A HXtKK-ltlT IIMMIMAtV.
A correspondent of the N. Y. Spirit of the
Tunes gives "an original Tcnt'essetf Hunting
Incident' that 'will pass.' A Jolly party of
sportsmen, made up o( veteran hunters rife for
spurt and full of fun, were enjoying themselves
torn few weeks in the mountains of Morgan
county, Tennessee. A huge, raw-boned, loqua-
cious Irishman, uninvited, quartered himself in
iheir Minp, and in addition to being a nuisance
when awake, snored so terr flies I! j when nep
as to dnvu 'tired nature' sweet restorer' from
others. Put was afraid of snakes generally, and
mil J makes' in particular, and the awful yarns
he heard in the hunters' camp 'waked snakes ,
in every hair on the Irishman's head. After
Ijsirming to n frw yarns on the much dreaded
snake subject one evening, this fresh son of the
SlM) prepared to turn i:i, literally crawling all
over. Counting his beads and the chances ot
being 'snake bit before day, and 'lucking in' his
blanket and wishing 'the fowls of all sriakea in
these parts in purthickuler,' in a country where,
n say the least, they would fctand biA a slim
chance for indulging in their natural torpidity,
he f II asleep. The correspondent proceeds:
And now the storm herran. His snoring grew
fdst a,i furious, lo.id and long ; occasionally a
f0rt.of hilt snort, hilf grunt, terminated with
'snakes bv j iU rs, blast their sowls !' Tgh!
uh !' when there came I he variation or chorus
in the khape of a grind of his teeth that threat
ened to drive them through his jaw or crush
them to powder ; l y way of variety he would I
hold his breath a few seconds snd then snore
again, mid sucli suoiing ! my stars, that I could
spell it. ! It was a sor' of cross between the
breathing of an asthmatic elephant snd the bray,
jn,r 0f superannuated donkey, whose will last
when J. M W. (Jim V. we II say,) whose stock
nf patience had long ago evaporated, unrolled
himself from his blanket, raying in his usual
quiet way, 'Hump! I'll sfop that infernal con
cert or ttart the maker of it, see if I don't!
Umph!' he then awoke Jim A. and the Judge,
w hen a plot waa laid and thu carried into exe
cution.
W. got his hunting knife and going to wVere
the offal of a large deer had been throw. n, he
cut oil about seven teet of gut, and securingtb t
enda with twice to rttain the corrtv.iU, he t fd
one end of it light and fast to a corner of Paddy'i
ahirt-Uil that had wandered through 'rient ia
the eatof his breechef, coiling it all upsmooth
by hie aide, snake-like snd true. All things
thus arranged, the conspiratore laid down egeinf
ar,d at the conclusion of one of the atsge horn,
snores with the utiske eowV variation, Jim A.
roared out at the top of his vo'co, 'He wit! Hff
wti ! A big copper-headed black rattle snake,
eleven feet long, has erawed up my breeches
and is tying himself into a double bow-knot
round my body!' giving the Irishman, with e-
very word, a furious dif; in tho side with his el
bow, with a running accompaniment of his shins ,
with his heel ! Of course, this hurting awoke;
him quick and wide ; in his first movements h
had his hand on the nice cold coil of gut at his
side. Hissing out a 'Jayzns' from between his
clenched teeth, he msde a bound that cirried
him some ten feet clear ot tho camp, and with
a force that straightened out the coil anil made
the snake's tail crack like a cart whip ! Cast
me one wild look behind, lift tore off with thn
rapidity of lishtninff around the camp in a cir
cle of some fmty feet acro's, and at eveiy hound
ahontin?, or rather yeilin?. 'S'Z im! snza Vro
by the tail! Och, hnly V'r?in, st-p 'im ; och.
Saint Patrich ! tare'im till jahlots I A wha!
A wha I Bate Vn to smithereens wid a run.
can't yecsl He s pot me fast how id. octi lie
has, by Jabers! an' he's mendin hit houh, a
wha ! Howly Father, he's pot a shark hook ou
'is tail ! Och, murlher, he's forty fut long! On
making this last circuit he ran through a part
of the smouldering camp-fire, and the twine at
the aft end of the gut caught fire ; this brought
a new terror, and added a strong inducement for
hisi to put on more steam and increase his rate;
round and round he went ! 'He's a fiery sar
pint Och, murther ! Howly Vargin, he car
ries a light to see how to bite by ! Och, help I
I'm swallowed (jumping along) intirely all but
mehed! ' He's saxty fate Ion?, ifhe's a fut!
Thread on his body, fiery tail, will y pes! Thry
to save me!' Then, as if inspired with new
life and hope, he roared on. 'Jioot 'im ! shoot
'im ! hut don't at hit head ! Shoot '. shoot !
Now here was a picture ! There stood tlio
Judge hugging a sappling with both arms arid
one leg, his head thrown back emitting scream
after scream ; here lay Jim W. on his back,
with his feet against a tree, his arms elevated
like a child's when he wants you to help him up,
and it was scream for scream wilh Jim. All
sounds, at all like ordinary laughter, had reasej,
and the present notes would have rendered im
mortnl the vocal frame of a dozen panthers, nc
companied in their concert by the fog whistlo
of a steamboat. Yonder stands Jim A. 'fat
Jim'with hi less about a yard spart.hi hands
on his lips, shouting at intervals ot lnnt five
vconde, 'Snake ! Snake'.! Snrke!." at th
same intonation, but so loud tlut tl eV"
moked each other from fifty cr-UL's,
Snake!' reverberated loud and loti amnn t.,.ite
mountain slopes, while his ryes carefully snd
closely followed the course of poor Paddy
round th camp. After running around it
about thirty times, the persecuted one flew
off in a tangent into the dark weds, and
'he medly sounds of 'snak' ! murlher' help! fin !
saxty fut! Howly Vargin!" ic, gradually died
away in the distance, aud the hunters were a-
lone.
Umph,' said Jim W., (aer stopping ha
laughing hiccough,) umph I thought thnt gut
would stop snoring at this camp at least !
Umph.' The next evening the Patlander van
seen travelling at a mighty rate through Knex
vifle, with a s.nall bundle under one arm and a
liuiie shillalah in the other hand, poked out a
head of him in a half defensive, half exploring
altitude. When hs) was asked by Arcbv Mc
with 'Which way, Paddy V Casting mind
at the speaker a sort of a hangdog, sulky glance,
he growled firth, a word st s stop, 'Strate to
Ireland, by Jaytus, where there's no snakes ! .
You cannot say 'snake' to either member nf
the pirty yet, without its costing a sot ot" vest
buttons or producing a 'st:tch in the aide.'
Ffmate Activity. A lady of Brooklyn is cel
ebrated by the New York paper for having lea
ped ever a five-foot fence, to escape from a runa
way hone. The question it, could she peifnrm
the same feat when not under the influence of
frijht t
LiBtaALUY ant Jrsue The State of Ala
bama Las, by special enactment, emancipated
Horace Kirg, a (lave. Hi owner urged the pas
sage of the act. stating thai he had refused iil-V
000 for him. King buil i the bridge over the We
tumoka. river.
Cotoaio rorri-iTio.-The colored population
of th State of New York, is hown by the lt
eeosuaU be 44 44- A decrease aince 1810, ef
J'6M. Toe nty of New York alone contain 17,-
00Q.
Ub4T Spot The Picayune mentions the
exploit of a man, out on a fire hunt, who shot
at a mail conelt supioii!g the two lutuis t b
the fiery eyes ef aoinaalianga monster.
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