LEWIS
H. 0. HICSOS, Editor.
0. N. WOEDErJ, Printer.
LEWISHUKfi CHRONICLE
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Letter from Europe.
l'ms, Oct. 1, 151.
In my last letter from Venice, I gave
Tr.n nn ni(-omiT
of a grand fair an J carnival
,v - .
Paris, where there are so many f Hies and '
'mysteries" and museums and gallcrien of j
paintings and statues, all to be sccu for j
nothing.
J5at to tho Alp, of all mountains the ;
most gran J and terrific ! V,'e enter .Savoy i
from the cast r:i i'.piiti.r of France, and j
in l ours
selves at the same ( :n: j among the
These m-iiii;taiiis offr to the trav-
Alps.
iI.t em'Ms tin ions! curious an t tliO in
r, s'tdits the most curious an 1 the most j
imposins, productions the most varied, and :
tonlr.ists the mast singular. For three j
1-m.f honrs tao clumsy i reneli diligence
(with all its baggage on top) slowly labors
hp the winding ascent along silo of the
t ijundering torrent. The French diligence, j
with its clumsy horses and clum.-.ier bar-
liess, looks like a ton tf hay on a farm
waron ; Lut wait unul 11 ana us mcive
horses and its twenty-four passengers in-
side aud ouUiJe are on the top of the !
mountain, they'll go down the other tide
like a locomotive; the noise of the cataract
that rushes after will be hushed by the
hundred little bells that hang over the
tops of the horses' collars. This is on the
road to Turin by the pass of Mount Cenis,
and some authors affirm that it was Vj
first niour tain that Hannibal opened a
passage for his troops by the aid of fire
and vinegar. There is some difference of
there. This time I'll give you some items j the kingdoms and petty States of the con
from my memorandum book, if you are jtinent, the theatre and the press are under
satisfied to take them in the disconnected the supervision of censors, not for the sake
Ftyle I give them, as one has seldom either j of public morals, but to prevent the Cii
time or inclination for Letter Trriting in semination of the republican sentiments
opinion as to the route by which Hannibal of rocks. Tb.3 traces of this catastrophe are j limits of Piedmont are in the middle of
passed, but the priests of the mountains, visible from the mounds and irregularity . the next plain beyond this mountain,
with a great deal of assurance, point you of tho soil, now covered with vineyards. On leaving the plain, one sees a magni
to the camp of naunibal near the summit j Moutmelian is a little city on the route, at j fieent mountain ou the left called Roch
of the mountain called tho Litile Saint j the junction of four mountain roads and ' n.c'on. Ou its summit therein a chapel
rJernaid. There is a circle 210 feet in ' four valleys. The castle of Moutmeliau ' cdled the' Chapel of Our Lady of the
dhmcter, made of huge stones buried deep ; was a long time the stronghold of Savoy, Snows. It was formcly much frequented
in the earth, with their tops two or three on the sido next France; but in 170", ! by pilgrims, but it is now abandoned,
feet above the surface. It is called the . Louis IV. of France, becoming master of owing to the danger of ascent", liut bc
t'ircle of Hannibal, aud tradition -says that it, demolished it. There exist yet some fore we commence ascending, we look
Hannibal held a council of war within this fragments of the walls covered with briars, j both ways at the prospect. Uefore us in
circle. 13ut some say that this circle of In coming out of this mountain city, we Piedmont are some of the magn iiceut
stones was made by the Romans iu the-erots the river Isere on a high bridge, j ph;i is of Italy, and huudreo'd of villages
time of their conquest of the country this ; from which we have a vew of Mount with their shining, tin covered steeples,
tl..; of tho Alps ; others again say that it Blanc. ! and behind us are the plains of Savoy
was male neither l j tbe Carthageuians j
tor Romans, but that it wa a Celtie tern- clcr sees the ruins of a chnrcb, and of ; which spurs extend into the next valley,
pie, made in the time when the god Pen many houses, which were destroyed and j and on every spur there are some ghastly
was worshiped by the Centrons. This buried by an avalanche of snow, the 20th : old ruins. But one can not less admire
highway across the Alps was begun by 'of June, 1700. The tops of the moun-! the colossal nature of these bridges,gallerics,
Napoleon, aud Cuit-htd by the King of . tuin3 are here covered with perpetual snow, r walls and terraces. They correspond with
Sardinia in 1M7. In traveling through and we are among the central chain of the j the colossal nature of the scenery, and the
Italy, ono sees many improvements that ! Alps. It is somewhere near this village, ' g3nius that planned them. .4
were made ly Napoleon, aud which the that the Allobroges gave battle tollanui-j The route of the Simplon, north of this
imbecile Italians would scarcely have ven- j "al, the first battle in which he lost a part i one, was still a greater undertaking. Na
tured to make to this day ; improvements of the rear guard of his army. This place j poleon laid the plan of it immediately af-
that have made him a benefactor, rather .
than a scourge to the Italians of the pres
ent generation, whatever he may have been
to them in the davs of his victories. One
of the former routes is vi.-iole from this, from Alguebelle towards Chauibeii, this
ne. It is called the Ijaddcrs.nnd travelers :city seems placed at your feet ; you can
cro5sed the Alps by this route by means of trace the road you have passed over and
induen placed one above tltc other, or iu a the streams you have crossed, which look
kind of arm chair, tied to the backs of the
iiiouutaiu peasants of Savoy.
Chamberi, a city of 12,00i inhabitants,
is the first city you cuter on leaving Fi ance,
It contains several towels aiul other frag-
ments of the ancient castle, of the dukes of
Savoy. In an ancient gothic chapel, yet
..eenpiod an 1 enclosed by the towers, they
toll you f a holy winding direct (wri,,r -1
iUrij which w.-:s a long tire kept in this
chapel, but w.uch ins been takcu to j unn,
s.u l which Francis I- Kir-g r.f Fraiuv.ma le torrents have detached from the mountain,
a pious pilgrimage lo ste, walking bare- The inhabitants, male and femalff, are
footed ali the way from Lyon?, in Franee. nearly all deformed with the goitre, which
At St. Peter's, Rome, there is another niany attribute to the crude nature of the
fciifu swlatio, which is shown to the peo- Unow water, the ordinary drink of the in
ple en extraordinary occasions. In this j habitants. Others believe that the disease
thapcl'I rad from a frame that hung on 'is hcrcditory, or caused ly the habits of
the wall, that an indulgence of a hundred the people. Among the Alps there is
days would be grauted by the Tope to such ! another race of people called the Cretons,
persons as would come there a certain J who, besides having the goitre, and being
number of times and eay a certain mini- j otherwise deformed, are nearly all idiota.
lier of pau, uotlers, and se marias, and Most of tho mountains are barren- anddes
of course give a little or something for j titutc of trees, but one can not fail to ad
some pious purpose. Before the French J mire the inhabitants, who leave not a foot
revolution, Chamberi contained twenty of laud uncultivated. ' It is no uncommon
conveuU; at fre.enttlcre arc lut seven"; thing to see small gardens on the sunny
of which four arfr (or women and three for side of mountains, made in places that oue
men. In the museum of Chamberi thuv I would thint i.r i t
how many Roman medals, specimen of
J t
Roman pottery, &c . and iu the library,
which contains 16,000 volumes, they Lave I catch the earth that is carried down by the
a Bible on parchment, which dates from J torrents. Higher up, the chamou skips
the ninth century. Americans are in the .from rock to rock and leaps the most ter
habit of thinking that there is now more ' rifie chasms, regardless of the bears that
liberty in France, since the Republic, than 'growl in the crevices of tho rocks, or the
in some of its neighboring Kingdoms ; but ' hunters that pursue, while still higher up
in the kingdom of Sardinia there it more ; is the region of eternal uow.
liberty than in France. In the time of I But we approach Mount Cenis. Lans
the last French revolution, the King,
fnarinftliA wintAffinn nf rpmihl.pjin nnin.
ions, crauted the people a liberal constitu -
. fc . . r ... .
i.-ir fhn3 I..-. .,.AntmA li
ilai the cood sense to see that his fate
, fc
: wouj e j;je tj,e fate 0f jj0is Philip un-
; less he did. In fearJinia there are some
Republican iournals tl at vnild be supeu-
ded in the mock Republic of Fra""e, and
one sees books for sale in the veij f w book
stores there are, that the censorship of
the French Republic would not permit to
lc exposed for sale. In France, and all
that labor to burst forth everywhere, and
break the chains that bind them. In
France, it is a common thing to suspend
the publication of a Repulliean journal
fur a J:iy or a week, but a Royalist r
Buonaparte journal is never molested,
During the mouth of September, three
! Paris journals were arrested for ridiculing '
.'the policy of tbe President, and the pub-j
lishcrs of iheni, as well as those who wrote i
the objectionable articles, were condemned ,
to nine months' imprisonment each, and !
two or three hundred dollars fine. The '
same happens in Sardinia, but not to the '
11 '
same extent as in France, Austria, aud
the other States of the continent.
On leaving Chamberi, for Turin, one
passes the ruin of an ancient city and cas-
ue. rowus oi pilgrims come auu eueamp
there every 8th of October, to be cured of i
diseases by the Arirgin Mary, who, tradi-
j tion says, once descended there. Ruiusof
; ancient forts are numerous here, on the
! towers of which fires were built, to give
j warning of invasion. This was the telegraph
fof the middle ages, and this chain of old
'castles and towers, extends far north and(
j -wb TUn ;! tf !u. mountain which
faces Chamberi.gave way in the year 1243,
, and a city, called Saint Andre, with seven
, villages, were buried under the fallen mass
At Alguebclle, the next town, the trav- j
is famous also for a battle which the duke j
jPon Philip of Parma, at the head of the;
! French and Spaniards, had with the troops !
'of the King of Sardinia. . In looking back'
like threads of silver iu the vast landscape. !
On the spurs of the mountains you sec the
ruins of ancient towers and castles which
formerly served for tbe defence of the
passes, underneath which may be seen
cultivated spets, hemmed in by enormous
masses of fallen roeks, that serve to prevent j
j the earth from washing away. This is the I
region of the high Alps. The mountains
'are steeper, and at every turn ono gees 1
ever his head enormous rocks that tUei
' - ' vvw, cvATCUiV ClimD LO.
and these made too upon tne barren rocks.
.... . .
by means of etrong wall which serve to)
BURG
LEWISBURG, UNION COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1851.
lcbourg is the name of the village at its
fthtt. Kxtra horses are nmun attiiehed to
' the diligence, and it takes three hours and
1 . ,-c , t
: t Ir nmn t id no v r n.l ci i-tl rl.
ted zig-zags of this principal mountain of
, . ' f , .,.
i the route.
.
Here and there along this
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Ui n;iu"u, mui'lL'U 1 'u . a 'lis n uvov uu;r
ness it is to take care of the road and assist
travelers. All these houses are numbered,
and on the too of the mountain sleds arc
constantly kept to take travelers to the
foot, which is done iu about five or six miu
utes when tho snow is deep enough to
cover the inequalities of the mountain.
This is about a perpendicular descent of
two thousand feet, but there is no danger
if one trusts to the experience of the man
! who guides the sled. At certain points
j along this mountain, avalanches of snow
, fall, carrying away everything before them,
' and it is necessary to be very quiet in
passing those points. The bells are taken
j off the horses, aud travelers do not even
j whisper, because the least movement of
air might bring a mountain of snow dowu
upon their heads, and make them turn a
thousand somersets among tree tops and
over sharp edged precipices, precipitating
what was left of them into the middle of
a river of cold snow water, in a dark ravine
that the sun never shone into.
Ou Mount Cenis there is a husj e fro
zen over six or seven mouths of the year.
The lake is famous for its trout, but they
belong to the monks. The hospital was
founded by Charlemagne, who, iu the 9th
century, crossed Mount Cenis with his
army. The house iu actual use, was built
by Napoleon. The half of it is now used
by a corps of Sardinian carabineers who
examine the passports of travelers and re
ceive five franks per horse, which goes to
the repairing of the road. The other half
of the building is occupied by some Bene
dictine Monks, who render assistance grat
uitously to the poorer class of travelers,
reserving two or three better rooms for
those that can afford to pay. The
between two range of mountains, from ;
ter the battle of Marenjro, and the obiect
0f it may be inferred from a question he
put to the chief engineer : "When can
the cannon cross the Simplon?" The
Eagliskinan, Sir James Mackintosh, said
that of all useful works, the route of the
Simplon across the Alps is the greatest
and most marvelous. It took thirty thou-
sind mcr, six years, to complete it. It
has near seven hundred stone bridges, and
like the route of Mount Cenis, is about
twenty -six feet wide, and bordered in
dangerous places on the lower side by a
wall three or four feet above the level of
the road. These two roads were (he first
ever opened for carriages over the Western
Alps, and in tho construction of them, all
the known resources of ait were brou dit
into requisition to overcome the greatest
resistai.ci of nature. But wc descend
through galleries cut in perpendicular
rocks and over chasms frightful to look
inlo.
Suse is a little city near tho foot of
Mount Cenis, which is remarkable for its
antiquity, having been founded by a Ro
man colony under the reigu of Augustus.
The only thing in this place worthy of
notice is a triumphal arch, erected about
eight ypars before fbo Christian era, in
honor of Augustus. On leaving this city,
our course lies along the river Doire, thro
a wide valley of the same name, which is
all one orchard, but the view is saddened
by the nakedness of the plain adjoining,
which is covered with pebbles and stones
washed down by a mountain torrent We
pass through a poverty stricken village of
five tfcrfemtf luIialUants, on tie LordcK
of this desert plain. It contains the ruins
of an ancient Gothic castle, and a great
uuuv luiu I'l tenia aim iuiwviuv v"cg
1
Lazzaroui ia red and bare legs, the color Oreeii ana nomau amu. b"
of old mahogany, a multitude of priests arc statues of marble and bronze Roman
in long black gowns and broad brimmed cups and va.es of bronze and .ilrcr, Ko
hats, and women iu veils and mantilla, man eagles, gilt thunderbolts of Jupiter,
, i,.,f ,i;.;n;.i. ,i, T,,.l.-,tion of an ! household utensils, a charter of the fcmpe-
Italian city or a large town. The towns,
like the ponulution. are much alike. An-
' cient looking houses with colomiados in the tombs of departed fnen s. e
r . - i i ...:,i', :inr.l..tnn. to ilaee a cup of their
im ! fU'l'M'ili 1 1 1 71 1 SITt't'r.S VU LTL'tl Willi
, sheds ; numerous shops full of sausages,
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' maccaroiu,
.ti .lirtv rrnnt...!. rom.'
b
.!. i,M;f.m ,.f n Ttai;;,.i tf.wn.
i-"-''-' I'liyviuuuM
ljutwepass throuu'h the towns oi St. placing crowns upon lue ,mU., ...H-v-George,
St. Am W, and several other intervals, would appear no more rational,
mint!,, places, and arrive at Rivoli, near and yet tho traveler can not but admire
which took place the battle of that name,
"
f:.i..M.iQ in t.o n.ilit;irv nnnalji of Franee.
On the way dowu from the mountains, the museum ot J'.gyptian curiosities ai iuim
traveler discovers the increasing fertility is considered the best in the world.
of the country, the vine married to the But enough of Turin. The King is
elm," and the country covered with mul- j expected to pass one half of his time
berry trees, which bring to mind that there, and the other half at Genoa, but
Piedmont is famous for the fine quality of the King, Victor Samuel, spends most of
its silks. The country improves as one time at Turin, which has tended to render
advances, every inch of ground is cultiva- ihira. unpopular with the Genoese, lif
ted, aud none even is occupied for fences. 'same was the case with the late King,
As ia France, they have a police for the Charles Albert. Genoa is called the city
fields, which answers for fences, as well as of palaces, and most of its palaces and
for a guard against thieves. Canals for churches are built of marble, but its streets
watering the country, border the road , are so narrow that it is inaccessible for car
sides, which are also bordered by shade riages, and as many of the houses are six
trees; huudreds of poor women may be and nine storeys high, the sun never shines
seen doing all the drudgery of the fields ; into the narrow streets. There w said to
fat monks pass you uowaud then on some be a Yankee speculator living there, who
pious pilgrimage, or out with their wallets occupies a palace that is much handsomer
on a begging excursion, aud you see look- than that of the King. Genoa has a pop-in-
down upon every town that has a hill illation of about 130,000, of which 10,
nJar it, a convent of Benedictines, of 000 arc soldiers, aud 8,000 are priests ; so
Franciseaus, or Capuchins, or bloodsuckers that the " sovereign people" arc nowhere,
of some other race that live aud thrive an 1 ti e tu omaton subjects can not fail to
upon the ignorance and imbecility of the bo powerfully well governed, both spiritu
people. ally and politically. An American, right-
But' wc enter a long straight road in to appreciate American self government,
face of the shining domes aud spires of must the difference as it exists on this
Turin, which appear on an eminence, side of the water; and about the best
The road is in the middle of a fertile plain medicine for Northern and Southern disu
which is watered by a great number of nists m the United States would e to
canals made to disseminate the waters of make the tour of Europe, and the an
the river Doirc. This is the commence-! noyanco of trunk examinations at the
i i.: . C AJ4r Crnrn 11V Vlrt fM-4-
ment Ot tne rich plain -of Lorabardy, ; iroiiucr ui ccij in.-i.jr -j
which extends across Northern Italy to '. tom Lousc and tU ti" more provoking
the city of Venice, and which is considered j annoyance of being obliged to " give an
one of the most beautiful plains in the i L'count of yourself, and show your pass
world. Turin is one of the most eoiuMe-' Port" in almost eve,7 town 'ou eater :
i i e tt 4 i:..
rable cities of Italv. It is situated in a
vast plain, and at the confluence of two
rivers, the Po and Doire. According to
Pliny, it was the most ancient city of Li
gnria, but nil the monuments and buildings
of his day have disappeared. The princi
pal streets of Turin differ from those of
all other cities iu the symmetry of their
building, all houses being of tho same
height and looking like long lines of pub
lic buildings. The windows of these houses
have small porticos, and there is i court or
hollow square of buildings back, which is
often ornamented with a fountain, visible
from the main street tlirocgh an arched
entrance. One may waiK all about tne
city of Turin under arcades, along each
side of the street, which is very agreeable
iu rainy or warm weather.
To attempt to describe the magnificence
of the churches of these cities of Italy
would be useless. They are never entirely
completed. Repairs or additions in some
way, are constantly made to them, and the
walls of many of them are covered with
the best paintings in the world. All the
religious feeling that can be brought out
of the marble and paintings, stained glass
and mellow lights, is there brought out,
and one is compelled to feel in a religious
mood while looking at them. But that is
the religion of these countries, and when
the devout Italian Catholic is out of sight
of the crosses, pictures, and incente smoke,
his religious feelings are all gone. His
religion speaks ouly to the eye, for his
mind is not under his own control. Among
the numerous churches of Turin, the
church called the Cunsolata is most fn
uueiited on ascount of an imago of the
Virgin, to which a great deal of devotion
ia paid. Near this church is the public
square, called the Cunsolata, in the centre
of which is a column surmounted by a stat
r.c of the Virgin, which was erected for
the accomplishment of a vow imido at the
time of the ravages of tho cholera in the
eity. Another church is called the Church
of the Holy Spirit, and is said to be foun
ded on the spot where once stood a temple
of Diana. You arc also told that it was
in this church that Rousseau abjured Cal
vinism. . The King's palace is nothing re
markable in its outside appearance. It is
situated so as to look down the four prin
cipal streets of the city, and it is joined to
the palace of the dukes of Savoy by means
of a gallery. There is another palace
called Palace Madam, or tho Castle. It was
last occupied by a dutchess,but it is now
used for the public exhibition of paintings.
The Senate or Chamber of Peers holds il3
iegsions in the palace, and one of its towers
IS ?avfel:
CHRONICLE
The museums of Turin are celebrated,
and oue feels carried back a few thousand
years in viewing its cauiueis vi rjjyuau,
... i
! its . l , l,sxm .tnnnnvlilph
ror Adrian, tripoos, cm-cre,
.
' Slieaaings xears ui iwuw- f
I I 7 1.
j tears upon the tombs oi meir in. ,
1 f l,n Vomer of the museum, who COes
I ....... !: lint
around with tlie visitors ana expiaius.
'the custom in these Catholic countries ot
-
; these mementoes ana regaru
...... r. 1 ' . . 'I I.
t .,!,it,i in I iit iniif! cemeieuea.
: WU1CU cn'is li"s dVr vl '""1
tudes." Yours, &c, K- C. ROSS.
The Indian Summer.
Thi-iT iii time, just :re the fmst
I'D-pan:.-. t lwTe ulJ Winter's wnT.
Whirl Auoimn, in wr.rrie l.t,
Ibu nidluw tUj-tiine Jrv-aini ay
When Summer comes, in musing mind,
To iraze I'Div m'-re ou hill and .I' ll,
T-J m:uk l.'.w many sheaves they bind,
AilJ see if all is ril'eued weU ;
With balmy br, ath she whisp Inw,
The n inn Ih.wrrs l.ok up awl five
Their Kweete.-t iueenie ere they p.,
for her ho ma.le their beautr- lire.
Fhe enters 'nenth the wooJIan.1
H.-r i -phirrs lift the linrici: I' rl,
An4 her" Relitl "here are laid
The lim-J antl h rt ones of its tr-'C
She sc. k the .-hore. old Oeean relive
In Rlndues.- his hatxr, mtehty br at ;
Trismus his wil.1 winds in their eave.
Jtnd, basking in her smiles, is ble.-.
Al last old Autumn, rislnfc, takes.
Aain his seef'lre and his throne.
With l.ist n.us hr-.ud the trees he shakes,
Intent ou gathering all bis own.
Sweet Summer, fihinjr. flies the plain,
And wailing Winter, gaunt aud irUu,
Sees miser Autnmn hoard his irmin.
And sinLee to Uimk it's aU for him!
" Only He."
A lady had two children both girls.
The elder was a fair child : tho younger
was a beauty, and the mother's pet. Her
whole love centered in it. The elder was
neglected, while "sweet," (the pet name
of the younger,) received every attention
that affection could bestow. Oue day,
after a severe illness, the mother was sit
ting in the parlor, when she heard a child
ish step upon the stairs, and her thoughts
were with the favorite.
" Is that you, sweet?" she enquired.
" No, mamma," was the sad and touch
ing reply, "it isn't sweet; it's only me."
Tho mother's heart smote her; and
from that hour, "Only Me" was restored
to an equal place in her affections.
Weights and Erasure.
The following table of the uumocr of
pounds of various articles to tho bushel,
may be of interest to some of our forming
friends :
Of wheat, sixty potmds.
Of fhelled-corn, fifty-nine pounds.
Of corn, in the cob, seventy pounds.
Of oats, thirty -five pounds.
Of barley, forty-eight pounds.
Of beans, sixty pounds.
Of bran, twenty pounds.
Of clover seed, sixty pounds.
Of timothy seed, forty-five pounds.
Of flax seed, fifty-six pound
Of hemp seed, forty-four pounds.
Of buckwheat, fifty-two pounds.
Of blue grass seed, fourteen pounds.
Of castor beans, forty-six pounds.
If Mr. Farquhar of the Philadelphia
Councils, succeeds in passing an wdinance
against street washing, except early is the
morning, we propose a statue lo him as
as the Pieserver of the Public Health. 1 he
reform is most deatahla
Sam Harding's "Dead Letter."
In the early days of Kentucky history, a
hardy pioneer, named Sam Harding, located
his family on a spot high up the Kenawha
River, at which point he built himself a
log-cabin, a rude f jrry-boat, and a small
carol for the two or three faithful by whose
aid he had reached the site of his new
home. Sam's wife a good, notable, in
dustrious woman aided by their son a
stout boy of twelve took charge of the
ferry, while the head of the household,
armed with a long rifle, did up the hunt
ing necesssary to supply the family with
meat. This division of labor suited Sam
exactly, and as it was no very laborious of
fice to ferry over the few travelers who at
that early day passed that way, Mrs. U.
cheerfully took upon herself the duty.
Time rolled on, and Sam not only im
proved in outward appearance, but un
proved his cabin and ferry also, and altho'
he did not give np his favorite pursuit, he
did not daily, as before, sally forth with
his rifie. One day his settlement, which
had considerably increased in inhabitants,
was thrown into a state of excitement by
the arrival of a mail wagon, and besides
the mail, the driver brought a private let
ter to Sam which contained a commission
appointing him 1'ustmmtrr! Sam swore
at once that he wouldn't have it, bat the
mail carrier told him he mwt acoept it
that he was appointed, and if he refused,
was liable U arrest for tr am ! Sara
had an indistinct recollection of one
Arnold being executed for turning traitor
during the Revolution, and the recollec
tion of his ignominy, and the persuasions
of his w ife, who was gratified at Sam's of
ficial elevation, at length overcame his ob-
Agreeable to what he conceived
.
jeetions,
to be his duty, according to " instructions,
namely, to open the mail with closed doors,
i,., I.; f.m-lv nut of the cabin while .
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ne assorieu me ' - o-
for that .mint were of course few,
j .v. ,i,f , .Wihutinir them would
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have been light to some men, but it was
a vast labor to Sam.
His official honors hung heavy upon
him, but he staggered under the weight
with becoming dignity, until one day along
came a letter, which evidently had strayed
from its r.rorcr destination. It was direct
ed as follows: "Sakuia Harper, liar-
pert Ferry, Va." The cbirograpby on
the outside of this epistle was so bad that
no one would own it. Sam said it couldn't
be for him, because there waa no one cor
responded with him except the Post Office
Department, so the missive remained un
called for. At length, our new Postmas
ter became anxious to make some disposi
tion of it; he accordingly consulted his
neighbors, and they, after due deliberation,
unauimously agreed that it was a dead
ktter, and that it was Sam's duty to carry
it to Washington.where they had heard the
Dead Letter Office was located. Carrying
this defunct epistle to its manuscript grave,
at length became Sam s necessity when
with a sad heart, a new buckskin suit, his
old na" Pete brushed up and saddled, and
the dead htter rolled up in a dozen folds
of what was once the tail oi nis low sniri,
over which his wife carefully s wed a cov
ering of buckskin, Sam prepared to make
his eventful journey. It is needless to
say that before he consigned his destiny to
the road, he went around tne seiuemeni
and kissed all the women farewell the
young ones especially, and then with his
tru:-ty rifle in hand he turned Pete's head
in the direction of tne Capital.
Nothing important occurred to inter
rupthis progress, until one morning, when
he bad fairly progressed into the hills of
Virginia, and was traversing what was in
those days a dreary region. Suddenly he
noticed 'two wolves stealthily following
him, but among the catalogue of four
leed animals Sam ranked wolves as of
very slight account. He, however, had
under-estimated the large grey prowler of
the Alleghenics. Preseutly the number of
these former quiet followers begau to in
crease, and ere long the foremost of them
broke into a howl of confidence. This
sound scoa brought more to the ranks
of the pursuers, until they finally began
to poke out their noses towards old Pete in
such a significant manner, and howl 6-0-0-K-eeS
.'" after him so hungrily, that he
broke into an uneasy trot, then into a
canter, and finally he began to- show them
his heels in a very hasty kind of gallop.
Saus new traveling companion?, however,
had no idea of being ahaken off in this
manner, but broke into a louder howl and
an accelerated gait. In short, a race com -...fint-ed
of a most exciting nature, and
.- 1 i.ni nli"ht diminution of
continues - c
.peed for anhour,whcn it became apparent
Co the Postmaster thatold Tctc would soon
be forced to yield the race to his compcti-tors-his
gait began to flag, his breathing
became rapid, and his eyes, alines star-tin-
from their sockets with fear, glanced
piously back upon the hungry crowd
which commenced to close iu upon him.
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Horse and rider were in fearful danger, for
they were iuenanced by a revolting death.
At the very moment the leader of the ra
pacious gang was meditating a spriDg upon
old Pete'a haunches, he whinnied the plea
in" announcement of succor at hand, anil
as they emerged from the ravine upon s
broad plateau, Sam, Pete and tbe woWea
dashed in among a well armed emigrating
party of five men, who were accompanied
by several noble looking dogs. The wolves
broke away on each side, receiving as thej
fled a volley, which set them howling
different sort of cry than their signal of
pursuit. Gratefulness was a part of Sam'fl
nature, and he felt truly so toward these
men he had nothing to present them
with as a token, but ha told them, if they
ouly passed by his ferry in old Kaintuck,
and told the old woman what " a tight
place" they had caught him and old Peta
in, she would not let them leave thar for a
month
Sam went on his way with the JatJ
trttr.r, which he every now and then gree
ted with a left-handed blessing, which
included the Postmaster General, and the5
Post Offi-e Department generally ; and
without further incident of importance,
he reached Washington at an early hour
in the morning, three weeks after his de
parture from the ferry. The first place ha
sought was the Capitol, where he made
enquiry of a gardener engigeJ at work on
the ground, who directed him to thtj
otSee occupied by the Postmaster General.
Oa his arrival at the place sought for, bti
enquired for that dignitary, but he was
not in. Sam said he would wait bat the
messenger told him he bnd better call at
eleven o'clock, the reception hour. Thtj
hour arrived of the great man, and iu ha
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wameu, auu u.j F..,s --
vestibule entered his private omce.
" Is that thar, him T' giguificantly en
quired Sam, looking the messenger at tha
same time fiercely in the eye.
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An affirmative was the reponse, and th
! next moment, without announcement, our
Postmaster burst in upon the General.
"You're the Postmaster Gin'ral?" wked
Sam, drawing a chair close up to that of'
ficer, and eyeing him interrogatively.
"Yes, sir,' he qui Jtly replied, "I hold
that office."
"And ym in;v le me Postmaster, at my
ferry, in Kaiutucky?" said Sam, enqui
riu -ly.
J "I am not j ist now aware of hiving
perpetrated such an act," answered thd
officer.
"Is that your signature, stranger ? '
enquired Sam, with savage warmth, as bxJ
held up a letter of instructions.
"I can not deny that, certainly," said
the Postmaster General.
'Then you're the fellar," said Sam, and
pulling out the dead letter, and laying it
deliberately upon tha table, he began to
peel off his buckskin.
'What is the milter ? What are jovj
going to do?" enquired the chief of tbi
Department.
" I'm jest goiu to give you your choice,"
said Sam; "you may be a GineraJ, atnJ
able to lick the giuemlity of Postmasters
into bein' imposed upon, but ef you don't
take back that thar commission and let ma
clar of Hardin's Ferry Post Office, you'll
be the wurst licked gineral officer in about
ten minutes that ever went through
course of sprouts."
" But, my feieinf," naid the' threatened
officer, soothingly.
' Thar ain't no use tryin' that on mrf
stranger," said Sam; "Ihevcome here
to git clar of this offioe, and I'm goin' to,
or lick somebody, and you're the critter
that put me into trouble, so I'm artcr you V
"If you have no desire to hold the of"
fice," said the chief of the Department,
" we wont force it upon you ; end in you
rtslinutluu."
"My what?" enquired Sam.
" Your resignation," reiterated the oft'
ecr. " Is this it ?" he enquired, picking:'
up the package Sam had laid on the tablev
"No," said the latter, with a reneweol
feeling of wrath, "that w a consarmsj
dead "letter which I hev toted all the way
from Kaintuck to you, to put it i tho
dead letter office."
" My dear sir," said the surprised offi
cer, "why didn't you send this and yonr
resignation here by the wait carrier, am!
not mule such a foolish journey for noth
ing?" "What! I could cave sent it by h;i
'thout coram myself?" enquired Samr
his head swell ig with indignant surprise
"Certainly' was the respond
" Well, thar!" exclaimed he, wuh as
touithwent, "jest gin iu. No wonder'
them wolves chased me on the road wheu
they found out I waa so- (frrtn ( Thar
ain't no malice atWecn u, straugcr," San
added, as he reached out his h iud to the
Postmaster General. " V off t- il K airv;
tuck, tuddeuly, and ef I ever hev a-.u
more to do with 'ither UcW or dead let'
tcrs, you kin jest take the soujj. od" of tbi
head of a new .ettlcmoU."
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