yovcFn , i9-LI T *AmEO 39.
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FOr the' Susquellantal Register.
To Jahns.,
the diop 'is never so ,clear
' Ai *h e n n ' ior r,,ing's first rays see it glisten
And is serer Soslear -
Ai *hen to its last notes ire Icst,en,, •
We never k l tot' boa- we ha t e loved, i
what we most loved has tfepirted . ;
for the strength of tiffeetion; t is IproVet# . 1 •
joyless and deselate helxted. ;
Our pleattnres are born but to die ; -- •
Thej are linked to ouilimarts but to sever ;
And like Shobting sup* dowta,#te sky
; •
flaw loveliest whedparting-forevee.
' Po;asA C. Worrsox.
Jackson, Snag. Co., Pa
For the susquebannaltegister.
The Seisozl. •
Itie *aunt itt!WlNtsß to witotf - on high,
The sun bitatriing bright in a elear'froety sky;
White smoke staining ether, els.e stainless and free,
And hoary fioit:spread'orer meadow and five.
' • " • '
It is plea.At in Spaiso4;3lE to.look.frord the door
rpon fields thatfare barren and dreary no•more ;
On the trees' tender green, and the myriads of flowers
That start into life beneath synb+ms and showers,
•- . •
It is pleasant In Sunman to mark the rich glow;
ehlndskythat tinges the watlett below; .
liitineie that 'springs up at the closie of the day,
,and wafts to the sense the sweet odor of hay.
It is pleasant in ..tyrrsnw to mars . , o'er the plain,
ldeep 'raid the poppies, * the heavy brown grain;
Tye trees with lithe branches that bend to the groOd,
Wetg,laltl down by the bursting frith, tinted and
all have thalr beaUty ; all, h:n‘e their use [ ( duce ;
:Without Wlrrsn to check, SPRVIiO c ould never. prO-
Without ck.oucis, even sunshine would not appear hright;
,By succession they yield the rid boon of delight. .
Arsiax, N.Y. 1 .- J. -11. M.
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For the Susgue\ anna Register
• •
late,rmitting spr ga.•
. ,
VlOtots. Entions ConastOck's :S ; ittaral Pltiloso
jkpere is''atheory advaneed l i to explain that nu
_ Axis phenomenon, the interne( ttin:ry Spring. • The
oarreetness of this theory I hard never been able to
see, and haw; neVer„foundany—xperieneed teachers
Oteluded--icho could make its Oorrectness apparen6'
since 11 - 1 - s 'work h text-blink , - extensively 'used
in:our echools, and is it purpot* to; inculcate sound
principles miural-science, ano elucidatenattiral
laNrs.justly," as it has, fureftei i more, pa.s: z . ..ed through
one 'or two tciri ipns,',still retaining, This theorii-, I
want, through the medium of yitiur paper, to ask some
oue—r-any un+ who , pleasel to hestov.- thought upon
the subject--to tell us hoar the.!explanatien :aided to
cia:he 'shots - xi to be an czpiartatipn.
r. t 5 Lue supposed agenes of the siphon be which
.
Dr. Comstoelt 'proposes to, remove all perplexity it
anderstartdir the cause of the action of szch 'sptingsj
One word about this, and then to the subject.'
If a tube be bent in the form of the, letter L',. mid I
ei filled with' 1 !;1 ! .. se, or in any way he 'exhausted of
the air it ecluituns, and if, in this condition, •one end
:of the - tube - n placed in vesst:ll of water or other lif
I nc
quid, and the other end of the tube be depressed bet.
Sow the leYel ; of thz.:seri.ree of itie field in the vessell t
• the fluid will pass out through the tube, and- the ,eer
eel be empti''ed of its contents. Such a tube, so acting
is celled asi piton. . The cause lof 'this operation La
„ . i
simply this n , . -• •
. - -i
The anunsphere presses - upon the surface of the
earth, and dpon all bodies ,on the earth, with a force
r equal to abOut 15 lbs. on everyt square inch, or with
a foreisuffitient to raise a coldmn of water some 33
feet. The air and, all fluids polsess peculiar profrel.-
”, ties by which they transmit equelly in ail. directions
any pressure ,wiiiih they sustain t so that the prey-'
sure of the .4uperipeumbent air i uport , the air. around
the palm of Ones and when extended horizontally, , is
exerted upon th hand equully as 'mid , upward s
down wa rd;• fora n one side as the othrwhen ex
tended vertically Hence the 'pressure on the body
rioter within t e siphon would be the same at 'the
ad without the Ir-essel as at the lad within, and thus
would exactly cOunterbermicei itself; so that if : the
end outside:Abe v i essel shOuldi be kept in the same
, pro with the stirface of the eater within the vessel;
ir the siphon would always remain ?dil - and inactive; pro
• vided, some' means were employed to prevent the
water at thread of the tube outside the vessel fm
. 'erring a plain surface and summing a Convex o ej
in if the outer end be made 'to 01 below the le, el
r ,
' if the surfaCe af,the water‘withinAJ. vessel, A larer
portion of the weight, of Water in the tube'.,woUldin
cline toward that end. Consequently, the • w ter
would move in thatofireetion, 'irldle•the water in !Ire
. -vessel would be forim to supply its puce :. just ( as
tw° menlnisidngaiainsw
t each other ould remain
Iftauturry So long as each exerted the same amount
of Pecgth,:but ifa third man should step up and
Pull back with a few pound'e; force upon one of the
z + . ; .Dr.
whole foliftyl*ould move along.
'
zz , Dr. Comatock supposes That within the hill ;or
mountairipear which an intarmittent spring is fotind,
there exists's. crevice or open space which communi
cates, by *ssues
,or other4e, with the air above;
epithet into this cavity numerous little; :ills flow,
thus tubing it a reservoir is; supply the spring.-
••,. From - this reservoir to the sprinea channel leads in
e the shape-aftraiphon; so. When When the sills fill the
reservoir and 4,9ripbbnic outlet; the water tte&ts to
Am at the spring, aml continues to flout until the ies-'
. crack is einptied,- when it teases entirely until the
. i t
teservow s again filled ; ' thas at one moment tliere is.
arapid Mutt: of water, and at the next none . at all.
. An d ne'w, is to the difficulty in making this supposed
onse !feeennt for its assumed eon.sequence. .
. The trie , egate capacity 4 the rills toadurit water
into the rosier,* must be less :than the capacity of
the dunel to carry it - to 'the spring, so that-, when
- the water Ili flowing into the spring; it must flow from
.
th ebsers'liir faster or in .birger r quantities than the.
r al l tdmil it; else the reservoir could never beempt
-- it'd, and the flow at the spring would be consi s tent in
stead of interatittmit: 4 We,U, if the caiacity . of the jells
. to adait Water,. be less thin that of the siphonic ehan
-114 to') dirhargelt, /row canthe rill: ever fill lhe'-li
„P"ft aci;l' to Imake it begin to act/ As soon as the
water, in; ascending from .thei reservoir through' this
inla g inedt f ai P i rnt'ahatied passage ~emn barely pass over
the vortexot- higli, •p o es in that passage, r i m, ce 4
ceiiikt4 law irould Pmveir i i it from descending, to
spring it s ita r'duiarg "fltrae, jest as fad at, wad n
fader Oats it flows in li l l the 'dial. The first peril
cies of water that sbouldireachthe etilmieating p' t
in the siphonk passage/would pass over it and d .
4,
send by'4.lae usual action of gravity ; euceeeding—
tides would follow them and so continually, witho
aver bemg able to fill thb . ,passage toa point:b e l ow 0 1 8
level ofilie' ' water in theireserv* 11 is true that L o i :
fie heart of thti column of water, as it rises throu r
i
i tfirs(faut of theaupposed siphon were furnish
mime kind of diddle cap fitting to abe. ,tide .
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• wbich tki r - - -1 •
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each other, until the acme :Of tho + - . ( - re Was haialY
passed, then the alphon'tro*int4ntly ; :,:begin to act.
But this'wiauttbe a ray essential addition, to Dr.. -
Comstock' hipoilicids, anti:Would Witibingfai lesa ,
"supposablethan the residue of dae ' ppOitripes Or if
the Wat 4 :etintained stitpe ex eons au, cis
which, s t , ' tile plaint lu the passa leading 4 to the
tl, tlh
ri.serTOlT' i Oilid !collect and stop e
,-egreiiii of the
water-mai the pressure behind 's uld• [ forceTit , dire',
-
thenthe. siphon 'night be made o operatc; but if
the actinidor the siphon depende d pow slchobstrue 7
tion, it wopld.be extremelySia'ble t render the 'inter"-
missions in the flow of *ate/. at the spring s :yery- it ,
regular in hei,r occurrence; and besii4, it it ! .ould as "
easily account for such intermissiorl witticrut 4a with'
i
tlac aid of fle siphon. . i .i • ~1
I I C,iin;Conceire °flint one,suppositiouwhich has an y
le .
ausibilitY in relieving_ thiXmatter I fr oin inextricable
fficulty. ;It might be &inject • that i the aggre
.
to capaeity of the rills to admit water , should lit -
Ater than that 'of the Channel lea ing to the sprioy'
ti discharge it, provided the ',rater was. in flow through
t chann din its ordinary way, rulpefled simply by
t e attrac ion of gravitation ; but that the
~ ! . .siphonic
\ , ,1
ction wold accelerate thC ; discharge!..-Would cause
-
is
c til wa dd i e er 11 -. ° tii ii c ° sian ‘r Il e
l' d re eci . i ra ri P ty l4 .. L 1Y
h t l4l us return it
t drdhlari to the
o e .
ail of,Water ;with the siphon emptying it,„ puppose
i
e endi of the stream of water in tk siphon to pre-
Pent one square inch surface, or in bttier; wards that
e siphon is made of a piece of . iil'Oh:piPe. I Let the
tla
ownward pressure produced by - the ;‘, weiglit .of the
..' ; i .
m
gates, in the short leg of the siphon or in that elba
ilig towards the vessel, be ' l l lb:, atid„,in the loicg
e 7
lg, 11 ..lbs: Taking this pressure of the wder into
Consideration, the:Celative uPward p asure'would . ,
+ • ,
' in i one direction, 14 lb., and in th .other, l . lbs.
1 But the, atmospheric' pres s ure come oiSei, s itself.
1 liciaeis, kis simply the action of ! vity imon the
preponderanee of water in on_ r leg I the si
-phem—the i f lb, weight - .ich gir a ',- inntio't to the
whole. i -:_So that the force which ire ets *stir to flow
through the siphon is identical wi • ihat iihich im
pels it!to descend under ordinary cirmim4ances.--
Retarding mints, such ' , as friction and atinospheric
'
resistance must certainly bear as . h.
rilyupoia siphor.-
,
is action as in ordinary cases, if, in. cod, Ih4 do not
1 . .
more heavily. - - , \ A' ,
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,
Possibly it mightbe .clainietl that die air "
"bore he
w a ter 6 the reservoir 111114 be suppoed to by ionfin
id--tht theieaiity must COriuriunicit ..witlNhe ex
ternal air .only when thesiphon hai inhausted it of
water, and that the elasticity.of the .ii., pcni. up as it
would be as soon as the water beg i? fill Lthe first
and loyter portion of the siphim, WouUciiitate the
filling of the . siphon ' beyond, its ve-tax. But action
and reaction could only be eoal, in tljis case as in all
others2 l The air could impaLt no pr i o:ciure in thilway
which the water did not fif t S t give. .;it. 'Tire 'effect
would be that the waterlyould reach the vetex soon
er.thari, it otherwise would, kind be ip the , i water in
the reservoir had read:to:i the s rrie laight. But
1 . :,
what difference could it malz, l e whet err the ti - ater was
brought to the .vertex of th l siphon Wr.thei Pressure
`Li; - .
r or ..f water bd. :4,J itl% Or.ce arrived ; there,' it
would follow the samelawsin the obi+ case jts in the
o will tell as bow Thetripholi
termitiing spt lug? •
- 11
• groalslyr,' Oct., 1851:
441 's vi f
Lt . 4110 esg
AN ADVENTURE
; I
I . ' . A TIIRILLI±‘G. STIZTC4. ' - 1
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. t '
~.: •,. 1 ,- •• •
• urhig',the - recent . war tei4een the Vpi.
ted th!.(:,s: and. th?...lndian s pf.'6xa.4, a great
d urriber j
of volunteers pined . Ithe expedition:
e
On 4)f.thtise, Captaiii Fermilsotq of. K.ntucky,
4.-
, _asoni, of. Kentu,....
. .
became celebrated ft 2 T bithariiibood and sue
et'ts-s in the terrible !Angling of Indians. The'.
following irkficient wpi!Conveyl*:-.soma, ideaof
the Oaracter of thyman, and afso of the war
.still wiqging in / the New World, bet Ween eiv7
ilization and arbaristmr. '.- r,
A. .'s 1n a , and of robinteers, :among. whom'
wasp '. _
„LainFergu, son, spent s4verai_ days in
II
exp oiling Texas,, and li had wandered far into
thk.)intericir without 'Meeting a solitary Indi
an track. : Tired of this paeifiejourney. they
resildted :to separate.' and *seak adventures
singly, before-returnirig, to the 'Camp. ' •
.4cordingly the ;following it:norm - tag, Cap
tain Ferguson; mounted on an excellent horse ;
left his cdnmitaimions and directO his, course to
'a eliii,ter of hills, hemmed in 10.- thick woods
_which boUnded the' borilon! Arrivod at the
fi.motmlif the hills, the Captain perceived a troop
of wild horses slowly-advancing tow girds him.
Su` idenly they broke itito a gitilop ;la move
ment which seemed to : him 'guspicious, and
induced our bero.to watch thein chicly.-
They soon gained the level ground, and, the
dull sound of `their hoofs strikihg the soil was
distinctly audible. The Captain looked, and
saw. clinging to the flankaofach'an, Indian
, susPended horizontally by an arni and a leg.
Thin is a cxmlmo'n . stratagem..among the In
,dians, but, luckily for Fergmisiin, be was Still
at a'considersble distance froth these unpleas
ant-looking cavalier-. I
-
Perceiving by the sudden rapidity
of his
flight, fhat they were discoi.e*d, the Indians
climbed
,o'n their horse and pursued -our he
ro at fulli-speed, shouting theltterrible war
. .
cry..'. 1 ' 1
Looking back, Ferguson oiLerved that his
pursuers.spread themsclves aiiross the prairie
with the-evident intention ofititting off his
retreat to the hills. • lie saw that i his only
chance of safety oanSisted An , gaining the
woods, Whither his pursuers- urst not follow
him, lest they_ should encounter the outposts
of the Americium troops. ',.; ,
Tie did Tut -again loOk behind, but with his
eyes eagerly fixed on the yetdisOnt goal, he
spurred on his horse to his 4tinost speed.--.
The animal stumbled; and th4cry•-of the Indi-.
ana became more distinct '; and the noble an
imtil rase. again, and With *loud neigh, as
though conscious of the per that menaced
higmaster, he made a prodigious bound and,
cleared the space which divided \ -Min from
• thezwoixl, with the speed of aft arrow. '
' As Ferguson had firrmen, the Indians, fear
ing to enter the woods , caree 'to a sudden
halt. Although noWi'eomparativ 11‘, vstt,of
danger, he did not esteem the nei ) berhood
perfectly safe, and therefdre P ruled, his
course for five or six miles it-itho t rang
bridle.. Evening was aosing in ' when be
judged it proper to pause. • ge tried,in vain,
to,discoverwhere • het, was:4:but he was
_not
a man ti vex hitfiself for trifle s , sole quietly
-rftolvedlto sleep in'the opqn air,tind defer'
:till to-morrow a the task of puling his way.
Adear 'ream, bo , red With shrubs; ran
near, and . ; Ferguson havitig unbridled his
horse, %Tipped himse fin hiks Cloak 'and lay
(loin) in the grnss. l' 4. • '
'At daybreak he' reiumedthis journey,- col
lowitig'the course of the .einearn. When be
had- gonektbout Or roil*" he found the
corpse *of Ole 'otitis i•ComptTions., :The pair
fellow had been aealixtd, And Ferguson's first
thought was that all lis:frielidtbatpitbib)
Y
beki surppsed, 44 -inissiktedr , •ft* , An.
-14.. .- r • ~- .4 - v - ..,
.
deed ..the - itumeroui . lii)Of-pril
some shod•and'sorne iinShod,. it
ly the recent prOtige t efibbth
.ludians. ..§lowly and cautious
theSeirtices without . Milting a
until tkiWards the .miildfr. of
having"climbed up a ilight . emn
on theplain . at - about A.OitW.i .
judiair erica mpman t. .. ll : .'
At theiame
.InOtnenti the I
ed the captain, and leaped -on
Cursing , his Own:imprudence, -
ed bridle, and i began as quick
to retrace his . steps. ' irrived'
border of the .wood, he. a* on ii
hi Was . about to 'cross, ;it. den's'
smoke,' extending on eitihersid
eye could reach.'
. It.wkit,s- a• r
What was he to d o :? 7" 71o.retu
to go forward destructiO was
table:'..' , , .•• i i ~.
19 this terrible emergency ;
not lose his.presenee of; mind,
to advance rapidly inli the d
fire. When he - ,inet il the: h
! guard ofmoke•,ishindi which
ed and wound like' some tn(
headed serpent„ FerguSen.chf
and dismounted.' • I-1© !tor
pieces, fastened one i-) -- "
horse's eyes , and P'
THE •CHIL ‘ D IN TILE COTTAGE:
I:06k at th at IGIICiy eottiioe, at the foot of
the hills,• so removed itorn ~. either WWII
i fie'
Fergu.son. did
but continuedor Village, the St . illriess - ef de - ,4olittion scents to
irectjoti i'•the
reign around its yet peep.' within; and tlitre
-.)
!itc .advum ed, •you will-find a . l' young mother nursing l' •h r
h ."-
the' fla , &rt . first-hern child,; its little round cheeks rust'
nst 2 Is. ,
•:11t. --
•). a
the litiril wipter-apple: :That is her s - o l l• ,s
•
•
,e , ed his ,horse 1 her cotnpanloni her seciehdalif) - .) ;. when it is
awake, her tongue is sel
• his manthi! intoawake, deni • - still for asmo
,
'tent,- for ,slie, i* either . singing or talking to
_._
.1 bantinge round his
oth',t,r so as to on ,ii,lO pe it ; and shelhai faith that Ft,understands all
.uth andinostrils; then h cor-
Was she says,. thOugh it answers but in coos and
: e
murmurs, and in looks that_ 'express its de
of in a similar ma tier. Thili'
- . 4 few •riq•ment. . Preelott Mo-'
ts, for the yells of .the ad arcing Indian*
light, - Shells s itOer lenely,ltheugh her She
pherd 'is away all day, tending.his flocks\seme
where far behind the green :.uriintits that rise
betsame fearfully-. distinet. is preparation
high above her happy homestead, fur she has
being made Ferguson rdrimun ed . ; and. facing
always it toi -, talk, to, ,to tel . ichat she is•doing
his horse towards the il,fire, parted bun on
and flow 10i , ,g it will 'take het-I:and how - when
with the - energy of desair. he noblelbea.st'i
! she is•dono,'shdwill nurse it.;
.bidding it, not
bounded fo rivatd, the fierce fhmeS enveloping
him and the rider ; but the ai'm of the latter I cry, as she ivill soon he'reailt ; and placing
soinething for' airiusementlini her darling's
was of iron strength : he held up his horse
chubby hands, .or, chanting tin. old-love ditty,
and impelled him thril,nigh the fire.. A few
such as shelpe4.chanee heard her own miither*
desrerateliounds and the to -tire was oV'er.
sing when s.he het-self was•lint a child. • Then '
\ Thefresh, cool Air-40W (I I •IiCiGHS it !WAS !
rt
she will hand i - iiP to the• stindow, or stand
Ferguson tore off the 'bandit:yes Which cOter
itlt it at tlie, .op n. door, abtait the hour,ef
ed is own head and htirse's, and threw, kiln- w
Ile i s sn • e di . he. has ne. his return, ‘-aiching the fotitpath,'invisible to
selt,On th.4viund. 1
all but her Towel eyes, so faint are the ',traces
on the 1. of the hill, .and vhen she sees him
apptoaching, Shei will bold'
her
an titipaildleled exploit!! 'But
abbe() the roarir:g -Ind ieraekl ng of the flames
he heard Vie triumphant -grit- of his pursuers, 'i,her darling up at
who thought they had perciiiitated hiiiii, info j arm's leugtii... - ' And 01inpfly heart! that lit-,
tie thing. will at last recognize him, and make
an ocean or tire. He tirade an effort to give
a pleasing iliter.se. expressi•Ve7Of its delight,
back &defying shout, but hi' effort' didd on
•
his
,lip*. \ - - ,_- ~ which give* her harp hersl.)ej'ond utterance:
Half suffocated both horst.. and nmrm had •
Observe;the loot: of that beggartvematt, - a.-
senrcely' Strerigth'enongli to moVe across the '
blackened plain ' yet ilFergnson j ita-elvi
.that . she turns ligek her head teilis . tik , at the littl:
'
pr i._, : .b . sun-burnt ithila which she cirrus behind in th
without water - they ninst Inevital)ly
hood of her cloak !. NV hat!lotig , rides he _ha. '
He therefore siiimpond his remainingd ener
in that comfortable carriage, whicli is sol an,
gie, and crept on;; leading his ht !WI the
warm as a bird'S nest' linbd with feathers.
bridle..- :All 'the' poet creature's hair - was
what . miles of idaisies he pas - ses as he sits 'pee - ;
singed ofT,, and large.peties of Ins hidel came
away at the slightest tlineli. 1 1 ; .. Lir , Out of his'little bag -'il li • ' d' '
.s , , . . is•t i is , WOH ern)
CVCS acconwanying. Lis .untifing' :MO:heti
- ' Tormented bp a raging thirst, - Fez*iison
idtagaed j)iinself towaiids the farthest e=4 rem- i her weekly i rtiOnds t' 'OS hiitv it strength!
'ensdier to feel that. little naked hand \on her
ityof the - plain; and there he.. ; pereeii:Cd a
h ,,, lc r o f , 1 .,,i r 0 s a d vati iii„ r w i t h s i tva - o h oNl ..is. - :weatlier-tatined,tiecki'or those ever-141.- - f.:-. -
This no"' 'r-:- r+ - -- - - 1 '.- - .11 I 7 .I , -... 1- - 1,-, .;.....;.,1 •1- - - trill . rlflttinja. lin.. 1'!...1,'.......124, 1 !: :. I . ,g,ven tne doet
rider. - A clear freSla Steam . r yas - .flowing by ; of the niggard is •;; elOs t ed rithre - geittly, - -as',thel
t
light fro in that little fate streams in, and iiita:
into it plunged theanTittal, .and Ftiri's.i.ni al
so dippt-d his head in the delicious b:ithl. ; Its .ti Nett pleadS its own 'innocence by an . ,e16.1
restorative effect was
.inai•-1e,1.' He tee - Oleo.- quent siletteek that puts to :hante her
.beggar's
whine, and intereedes both f:it her and.itsel ',
ed that the. Wolves in the' N"at deserts=lire ac
customed to . flock toviirds a prairiti on- fire in -
1 :in poster acrd vagrant; . thoUgh..:she niay. l)e. •
Oh, could Ye& btit'Sde them 'together sem
order to prey anon the ani 111
. I escaping front
the tame*. The. Capiain examined. his horse. time by the road side..iindpr'..Pi.--..hailun4_ - P .
and found witii Onn4o that thr: crcaiu ~ ,i I a: ercuthropgh'thise braOchei -- the suns
141 Is and throws a gpldefl net.,wcirk enlil e
much recovered,. and teVen neighed in reps`.[
b y , ?"unclaimed igrass,! yhen shd Lis:Oaken . it ftoi 1
to - the tvolVes' howling. Mare moved
• -.I li 1-
, her hood to dandle. -id trt-'• -- nt tothat - Itie
• tt,' - '
.
' - ingal s
the, animal's
Bred his fi
the NN:
produce an in;
• .t.. rstos.
•
•
tEXAS.
this 'plaintive neigh tban he had ever belen iby
a liuman. - ery, Ferguson gently - caress 9 d the
head of the . steenian4 - then I . thountin,gurgerl
him on to' the forest. The wolves 'lpleart
while erdssed the str4ln - in hot pursuit!, their
hoarse Vells'soundinC a thou and times more
terrible than the'whi4tling o a f bullets tin- the
- 1
,battle field. -
A cold shudderinil seized Ferguson!.!, "If
hf !bon d I.'? he thonghtil But
my .torse show d tit!! :- _se :ou t ..._,
thanks to his vigilance and the feverish ener
gy Of the.anitnal, 'they , gradually' fr,.iind on
their pursuer's.; for ; ;the spied - of. a prairie
Wolf is much-less tram that 'of a fleet b(irse.
But the powers of:the noble creature ivernr
.
nearly spent, his breathing became , rapid, and
his'head drooped. Yet he Still made a Won
drous effort to gain the..forst - ,_ for, with the
instinct 'of his kind, - he seemed .to ;matt that .
'safety would be found among the treos,?,.. ,
.' At length the wood '• wasi,gained.'. ..11ergu
son gave a joyous
. sliout; fer. now he I could .
'take refuge...in a atrle.: 'Tying his h 8 se to
alower branch our hero 'climbed one :Uuiek
ly,._and.loaded his carbine and pistolS, With a
faint hope Of defending the pOor animal from
the wolves' attack. •,,,, .' . I
From the lofty :branch On . which hp' bad'
taken refuge,- Ferguson watched the t. mon
sters approachtl4y were of the fiereest
spmies, white,,with .glowin,g, red eves, and he
saw that all' leas over with his faithful: !ion - ie.
They rushed' on . thqr victim—Fergu:s.O , fired
among them ; but sp.' a moment the .anirtial
was *devoured,' and tile empty bridle left) hang
ing on the branch. I - - L ' ... •
. 1 I • -
, • - . , •
"The wolVes with gaping throats ; and ,
their
White tusks ; 'grinnlng - horribly, remained'
around the tree; fs - st• the horse had : scarcely.
furnithed\..eaek. 'with 'a mouthful.. On -'the
Captain's glightestdmovement they j)mped
up as if to seize hits I;plbre he 'could' 'reach7 l
the ground. Ferg„ttson enjOyed.a kiud' r of fe-:
verish pleasure' In killing a number .sot them-,
with his carbine... But meat
even
elosii - g in,
and quite exhausted, Unable eVen to ireloak
his arms, lie . was seized with a scddet giddi:
ness. lie was foracd to close Ma' eyes lest
he should fall frOtrii his green fortress. 1 , 'i
Then a deep roaring was heard ) . n the.'
neighboring prairie,L
,At the sound the Wolv- I
pricked .up their cara, and darted'off simulta
neously
. in ,pursuit,lA new Prey. , In a!! short
time I. ergtiboO oped hialeyes, and itleried
in' the plain on' thei border of the *clod, an
enormous -buffalo', ;*.urrounaed by the' rave`.;
Dons Wolves, who }sere tearing him , to, pieces
despite his furiouslefforts. to escape.- I
• The Captain . pr4fiting hi this fortunate di ,
-Yet - al - on, deaCendegilfroni his tree; and 'iasteu
ed to kindle the dried braUches. scattOred on
the ground.. .He . shorily , lsucceeded in sun
rounding himself vista_ a - ranipart of five. : • ,
: Teel4 then comparatiifely safe; 4 sotut-/
ed one of , •the!deo *owes„ and lasi - a: . 4344
portion of thelfleisk notwOstaading the titit
uml-f. repugnance inspiro : .by such ; Unclean
Hfood. . Being soniielt bitt Strongtheneil, by. his
strange' repast, heleolleet&lo;supplY
. 0f wood
`for. the night: .. • ' I I.
-In Übciat an linur afterWards, the ~wolves
returned. to . the.ebargi; bit Ferkuiotr; thankS
to his
i dainingilkifiattini; was in . •.tencb per
l:et itafe - ti„that,*d'esPita the .. - contitie4 howl.
~
,ing, he slept profUundly .until tnOrning, ,
On awaking, 'tie found the' ifoli , :ail were
gone in Piirsutt l ildtitibtleas, , Of• easier prey i
and the Captain;, "aatiblelto, resnme his Jour
-Itaxim.ixii- ' ,ingr-dvri' .. .VT huipietole,
. 4
IfittuttiOyiid , .„. - . - .:1 - :-. -' 1,.i.i,i'. - i . '
, , .f.,',4-: ~,,,* .‘!fi.* , . .. •• , 1!--' .
.4 .
' . , . ~ 1 i • '
• -
11110 TE SOURCE, .AN'D ant
• j'. ~ I .
i~~QT
its ofhorses,
r diarded Iplaiti:
bite - pen and
y he folioi,v4l:.
y distok-eriO.
day, 'when
rupee he , sa*
istance a large'
dianspqreeir- .
their - li - rses.-
erguion'tnin
. y as • •pOssihle
F . at .the4onter
itheplain*hieh
r'. cloud of c luiid
te as far zt4 i l lie:
rrairie oti - Ttre'
an vies d l eath - ;
no less i ne p t
E - THITRO)
Af4r a week Of inerediblerignh and 'pri
vation, he arrived in safety at the meriCan
camp but niqidings were e . ie rd othis
unfortunate 4rdpentons. • ey probably
had eliher "heen iihassaered y the ludians,
or devoured by the-wolves.. a. As to Captain
Ferguson he was seized with al fever, which
confined Won to bed for many ;weeks. W i h s en
convalescentibe happened to r look into a ipir
ror, bit started ilia* affrighted. beard
remamed black,lbnt tll9 hairibf his•headrtiad
becorne white a snow. • ,
vion-Plcturs -OP OBILDRZN;- .
4m . an I utticli , in a - regent "nuniber
Chuniber's 4ta l licil, we extract the' follei*ing
pati.ages, deicrgitivo of
how„ children ire:re
garded by phag4its is different grades of so-.
ciety :
le, and givelvent tothatioN
.which she dare not express Willie asking alo
lest her haPpines- Sheath!! be: enVied—YOu ;
might think that she bad never known sort,:(k
or ‘vart, oi felt poverty wiiilepossessing stni,h,
,
a wealth of leve., But shy has • many : a ti ' d
lc\okeil' into the little face ivithkrioWful ey
I . s she thought of the many happy horncizi it
had peeped into„ then turiiied:.ti? the black e 4.4,
ed ceiling pf.thejowlocig,ibghQ4s.whielisii, l 4
i, I :
t
tercel them, and . the filthy straw on whi
e i
they slept; and trembled ',lest . the heetief
ver, which even :keeps watchin, those lust 1-;
some pe4:houstrs, should iseizelier little tr
tire. it iS, the remetnbranee of this esettiozi
1 4
that makei the air of heaven, the, green ~
and the shadowS of the oierbanging trees; , 1
dear to hEir, Ma at such *moment she envi -
not the comfortable lichnes she so often se - s;
nor l the i rosy-eheeked children who never
knew want. FOrgotten are !the. cold win
days and ,the bleak northland wind which she
strained against•on the cOld 'hedgeless MoOti,l
While.he.me:t the blindihg snow-flakes Lee
to face, so that they' might not alight upen.
and chill tthe treasured , burcl'en which she.
byre, In pity, look upon it for its sake ! .1 1
Till: CIOLD OF RICH PARENTS. ! !•
' Nestling amid eider down, and half buried;'
in rich folds of Costlyls4e, it needs no second °l
if
glance tole!l that there the' ,hild of,the w - I
thy slumbers---pne thateven, the winds cif
heaven are ilut allowed tis visit roughly! Lit
it but, moa n ,: and anxious oyes sre. instano I
bent upoii it,; let .its eheekS be hotter than
usual, and there is the fumble of a carriage ,1
at the door, and tlpve4 ready physiciant is
in the room; whe i wisely prescribes soro-
thing-perfectly harmles.si pockets his fee, and
smiles at the y -folly of Wealthy rhothers.Ll- '
Then nurses mice on tiptoe, , servants spetalc 1
with abated, breath, And; kind inquiries . are
made every . lii>ur : for; thousands hang;*
the frail .enure, of that. life, vast estates and
immense funds; which W,hen you hear of,make
you doubt whether 'alrl this anxiety arms
from excess of love, or ;Whe,ther or not, inter
est most tpro.lominates After all, excepting in
thebreaSt of the fund4pung mother. When
it is really ill, she' Ragas all about her rank,
wealth . aed station'; for the same feeling*
thrilled the heart a Eve When little Abel
moaned im ; her . ; knee, tias . des - mnded Wittll
her daughters without distinction. Her feitr,
is, that the Angel of Thigh is watching some
where td earry'off her 2 kittle one, to' fill uP ',.a
childish Choir in heaven:,.;---thit one of tho Sit
. .
messengem who,, at lII* bidding,
~
. , .. I Ever post o'er,ses and land, . =
haa come to number iOuneng these vho ley
er• kneel-and veil their tutees with their wino.
Shall it 'exchange. that :warm resting place for
a *tie mound of eartkwherethe daisies blow
and the *unlikeam' s beat, end the silver4oted
shOweaT-4111 ; giletitly, 1 .
.0, fit-would- not; hear
the speckled lark singibg storklike an angel
at heaven's gate, nor the golden banded:bee
murmuring amid the tulle o4' . the white' nd
crimsonskiver-; .but withits little hands fol
ded meekly on its bicast„ :and those now
warm rinylips cold, 0, hOwicold !---would it
ever sleep _ there sileritlY---sitently as ; the
o
dew _on the flowers abort its'grave, as the
monumental stone ork.whiCh its pretty;tame
would be carved . , Aed yjeti-the great ; blue
eye of healkettlhat 14kith . flown upo9iuk' all
would tier: be watching : *e.--argFlitiYond
the de* Ile* of the gme,lies a bright mus
tering ground; whire s they, iiii! meet to part
rt 0 • 1441 - *. `. . •: -:: ' • 1 ''. . '
Y 'OCT
5 9 0
ER 19
•
Some i i `ea! •
tgggeriag from a
e'en a,youiig dm, •
• 'ewt•aryportk
!,' 11; GOUGH. .
. back, in ',the- early' morn,
innkende4auch; mightba
in the American town of
had reached the- church-
nd had come there to die.
be stand alone.. Ms wife.
no Oiends.lie was over-
-ard of the town
n the Wide wprld
vas d..n . (1 i
•heleioed with ',; • LiSeri and • debt.' As' lie'
urnedOund 4iii nxiotiir eye', lie saw no •way
of escape, anti, no ray of hope. .Ther t e was
nothing left for, hi but; the • drunkard's tin.
onortid.grave... • notlier drop, and he would
have . tiecomc•la Su tide ;Ibut the battle- struck ik
hishps,.and that saved his life.; lie went
;back 'to 'the tOwir, • A !temperanee 'meeting
;Witt held; -Emil I - iwas..!induned • to Sign thp
pledge. Heidid ; . ore, 'he . . left, his ' humble
Ca Iling•---that !of; ' bookbinder--and became
t zealOuSadypeat of the instrumentality that
rad'Aime so nrue • for him. Friends gather
ed round hit*, s an orator_ he was periret -
,ually in - request. For ten
.'yearS he- spoke'
!three', irundro (Ines a year, travelled . ten*
!thouSand miles a yearl his name was John
B. Gough. kis this country,
lune "reached ntry,
. !and i ..
i,,.twelycii6ii hsince -he
,was engaged by
'':the efirnmittee o the London Temperance
League, to visit I nglaad. * He eatne-orignal
i!ily for six weeks, bat he was induced. to stop
11l
two, years. INo 'will those, acquainted - with'
Exct.Cr-hall oratiry. wonder ut .the result:=—
!See Cough as he •stands upon the platform,
I and Ythr at once - earn the secret of his sueeess
He is a spare, th n man, with prernature, age*
•- \ ,
stamped upOn hi facei.with-a stature by no
means impoimg. Dressed in ordinary black
• you would ;41ke . Lirn for- a very ordinary man
„and the tirstYeW senterreei•that fall
.1 from his
:lips otrike yiiiu!, little better than common
; plaCe..• "Wakt la while, and the orator , will
warm.;. the spa .before him will respend,and
it will bent with one•pidse, while he convul
ses-its witithingh cr,brimelts it into tears.—
The•efreet is Striking, .. The scoffer is touched;
the drunkard is trecArtinied.; the most degra
ded feels, that there is yet, hope and happiness;
and lieaven for him: And what is it %that
does all this'll. • Not learning; fur Mr. Gough
has never 140,kri o sehoOl sincelhe was twelve
years-old ; lot easonipg, for he - makeS no
pretensions. o-A . e poSsession Of .argumentive
powers ; not ill torie,lbr he tells - a plain,un
! varnished. tale;
1 . td leaves it ,to others copi
' Ously to illivtra t te, or gorgeously to•declaim,
But-the fackiis, fhatqle i ls in earnest; that it
is . ttie terrible s orv. of •his life .he unfolds';
and
fo 4hat, sated rfed as fire himself, he devotes
i t
' r the salvrikio of Others, • a real natural el-.
oqucuce, that' II vex' tires, never wearies, and
a tongue tinit rvver grows dull, To save the
drirnilard;--4o stop. the,!ravageS of
. intentper-,,
t anc64--to build up a tririlier between the in
I. -
il toxrpiting Op' and the;iMpolluted lip-to bid
`I nian•-he truo toihiinsele and the Divine prin
.! *einre•Withitill him; and ;to dash down • the
1 '
• ' flowing hi+ ' wreathed,as s A. - • - b b--
, 4 , , 1 . Ilia). e, . J. .
1 ~.,
gliv,vp...,--.. Atufj....rk ..„.....L..; 4 1,. ..,,s•-.- ._ .„,., , ~, . ......, ,
llneafn turkslk serpent that . may 'sting as.an
adder . t ; such is .he work of Mr. Gough—rsuch
is, nn varjeti theme,! ..
Had he been an ore
loiialone, .hf,i Must have firiled lohg .befOre
thi4 l i but holislan actOrLas well -,- he has un
usterl flexilriPtyof • face 'and voice. His
(.I.fea
tures can eilir is every Made of feeling; hiS
toses can, eve , ttirranee, to every % emotion of
thelnx , man-yro t.- ' L-N. emit bo cal .thingSh an
hour ; he is] th vea,,iroteus of the pbrtUrrn.
He ; Walks tip Id (O,Wn. it as one inspired ;
and you trelm le all tile While lest. the speak:
eraind the atid enee„ln the frenzy of the,mo.
.1.
ment, sheul3d i7se up:, Ond do . something' ex=
trayagant o niad. -,' • Vou feel what a wonder
fulloStr.innint Ithe huthan v&e is—What pow 7
er ihe'oratOr. Wields. IY,ou feel that he-. has
as touch riblwer over, men - as
.when. the He
brew Paul** -e an Felix trembled,. 'or as
when the Lktlinian Demosthenes roused. the
deeaying hear • of his leOuntrynien, ' and lid- .
mined of en G eeee,!...l - •
W. Gough • es nee been twelve months
in: this ciru4tr, of 'vlrich he is a, native--4,r
he..was boil (: nrinst 2,1817) . m - id Spencthe
1•. !
filet, tweivei v : rs of . its life , at rtndgrLtes—
Since he h 4 b nr herd be - has -traveled Over'
England and. vtlandi and:has delivered two!
t..
hundred said thirtyrseaten Orations to audien
ces'of an acterLfge ofat !least. oae thousandftve
InMdred - persO Is. , ' He is ir.t.:eompanied by his
second wife, a''' . .Amerilean lady, to whom -he
was married 't 1843,1 'llls father was -a ad , :
dier, and liveS on a. pension in. London.. Me g
has a sister 1 'Ameri-i, , what* he has prir:
Chased a snr4 estate at' Bovlsto - ii, Worcester•
eonnty; about! fortY 'trlile,s fi-omßoston,where.
he usually ies des thrbe. months of . the stun-
I t
- tier, and, wir d re lie_enjoys - the_lOciety of his
numerous frig ds,;‘,vh`o - visit - him during the
season of his' •' - .l . a..xatioi.—Lt.,nq9ll . .. Tinies. •
The t Adtratttagasiof tt'Bad TeMper.
• .: A peisorralways ready to fight is certain
of the greateit cousideratieri amongst his or
her family tinkle. The lazy grow tired. 'of
cOntending i wO him i -the timid Coax and flat:.
e
ter him; and as alinost every one is timid or
lake; a bad-t •
.'pored !Man is sure to have his
own way. . :I is he Who . ' commands ,' and c all
the others oh y. • If lie, is a gourmad, he has
what he ilk Ifor dinner; ;and . the tastes 'of
all the rest it' subse4vient to his.. She (we
playfully tra" sfer the!.gender, as a bad temper
'is of both Se ) has the place which - she likes
best in the d winOitout, nor do her parents,
nor her brat rs and. lie.isters, venture Au take
her favorite. air: if h e wants -togoto .a
party, roam a - Will dress herself -in spite of .
her : headache l ; .a nd papa,- who hates those
dreadful soitei,. will go up stair's .. after
.din
ner and put +this p4or old. white: neckcloth,
thouglk he has been toiling nt.. chambers all .
day, and in t be. thOre early in the morning
t.,-Ite.will gd out with her, we say,' and stay
for the ,pixiii, oii. - If I i1k,.., fetidly . are • taking
their tour i d the summer, it is she who or.
daint . whith4r- they shall -go,- and when they
shall stop. - *he coittes Lorne • late, the din
ner is . .keptfir hint, and no one dires.,to.say a.
tir
Word thong ever sp - hungry. If he is. in
good . huntor eiery.if le frisks aletit,..and •is
happy ! 'Jlo, the Sertyrimts jump at his bell,
and run to ' ait . upon him ! How they sit lip
patiently, ' . how.eagerly . they rush .OAI 19 -
,fetch cabs . 1 the . riin -and
me.
Whereas for: you and
me. who ha k the teMpergi:of angels, and nei,
or'were kn , rt to be angry or complain, no--
, body Carealwiretlier i re are pleased or not;--,
'Our wives go to the tnilliners - --and .isendi us
the bill, ' mid.
~We, p4y it; - our ;John.: finishes
reading thrtnewspaper before hetmswers our
bellond bring 4 it. t. us; , our- sons loll . in the:.
'arm-chair-Whiett . we4hould like74ll- the hause
with th4e y oung mn,- and smoke in the:din
ing-room; : ur tailotlfit uit liairliy; Our buteh
era gives u*theyOungeStmutton ; our trades-,
men - dun qii Much. itioro (pick!! It* other.
people's, ,ause they, know we are good=na:
tura; sattUur 'SOOttobt go oue*henever.
*they , hke,' . opeily: ': biro- theirlrielndi ;to
eupptilii*sekitehOe*:;4llhilf,isweeSedst;-.: -
d• .; • ',.-`:- -- ' ) .1.. .' '
I— : '
154.
. ,
'German Brides. - •
Mr. jaines Brooks of the N. Y. Express
w
ho is new in Europe;in a recent letter,
•
says: • 1")
- .
The Ger Mans have a queer grayof tnitiung
" Brides;': and of doing ',other thingi'irt,-:the.
courting . and marrying Way.,...-which:ruay in:
terest ypii, perhaps: :When* Maiden is, be-,
trothed she is ealledl.'Bride,": and so eontin
ttes till she becomea -, a:Wife; - TheloVers,, im-
mediutely upon . the betrothal, exchange . plain
gold -rip I, 'whieh are Worn ever' afterwards,
till, dear}' tarts them. The woman- ears.
hers on the'ihird 'finger of the right band,:and;
there it remains. The husband alwaysTreara
his . ring just as the wife weary her.4, r so: that
if yOu loOk - upon_ a man's` hand you scan tell:
whether)* is ",raortgaged" Or. not. IThere,
is.no cheating for hitn. i ever,tifter.---no - &:qitet- .
ting with the girls, as if he were an
,uzunarried
man ;• for to l' .. the whole, story is , tUld by ' .. hls
finger-ring..., . , ' --
A lVitinese married lady _was:madi mints:
ed
. when:l told" her that• we only §' ring" . the
women, but.let the husband run at large, -un
marked!_. • ' .
~ - -
Qh; : that is dreadful," said sheonore . thati
hakf she eked. t' Think—there . - is Frederick,.
husband-0n1y..24—50
. young, sir hand
sitnne-,*o all . the girls would he, takinglilin
for an uninfirried-man, and be 'making love to
him. - Oh; it is dreadful,is it not 'I, Thy
Would never, know' he was married. How
can you" do, so in -yotar country 1. 1 Wouldliat
live there with - Frederick for the World
thinking over, the reasoning ...ortny .
Viennese, I could - not but - cane to the eonch .
siOn.with - her, that in • her country r' . there. Was
more security for the wife; and.. that, there.
fore, tl4ire - n r stom.was better thar.ours. But
wciuld . there
,not be; a rebellion n among • the
men A n mCrica, - if the: wives there thus to
pUt a public. stamp of " property". Open their
liusbauds eYery step they t4g)k ? I •
The Germans heive n other reeable enston'ts
in theirliilVer Weddings, (Sill?erize •ltodarii).
(the 251years.c , f ;Waded life)
n and th4r n gold.,
en weddings, (Ghldfite Hoclzeit) (50..yeurs ;)
but abopt these 50 , ..,0ue1i . has. be n , written
. -
thit I can probably-.:give 'you nothing Tie'w. -If
ever I get time I kill consecrate as.whole
chapte-to you on -German courtships "and
Gertnait wedded life. .
California Edibles.
The Alta Californian sans there is.no epun.
try in the wqrld,Which iibettersapplied with
game and fiat- (hen' California'. : Atiii:4ig the
varieties of game which niaz_elways be pro
cured in tbeStin Francisco. marlal, are hear;
venison, : lieres,, - . rebbits,' , : - iquirrels.; quails,.
doves, pigeOns, snipe, .curlew. p:over, ::ntiv:
fowl, ind geeSe and ducks in e7Yel'y -varlet_',
l'ad in the greatestl p(fesicin.:The genic laws
in Cal fornie;:: fur a new coutAry, '':;.re 'very
strict) . - complied with ;; it Wiil therefor, 1;e,
in al I' proliaollity, Man I,' Near's' h .-fore- • • ti - ,±: 41-1-
1
....i.r.i...1..:._1.....
"The Variety : 6f ' fiSli I,s, s'eti..:- large,'and their-!
qut4it . - ; unsurpassed. • ' The salmon of tLe i
Secraniento soni eti riles 'range. as high •as„ 60
'or 70 !pounds iii w'eigl - k tr - Sturgeoniand skate
are abtiOnnt in every ,bay,-. and ..0-Cel, iild I
tautog• are ~caught upon the shores of ,the 1
southern part of :the .State.: Codtish . , rock-. 1
fish, ,mackerel, flounders,- smel ts, i si,•.-ii ines,, 1
soles, herrings, together 'with cre‘lvfish, ioli-1
sters, Slit-it-gips, crabs,.&c.,,izi large qurnititios,',
may. at Any time be procured in. the iihroedi-
ate vieinity. - of San FraticiSco. -'ovsters - :are
uhnost the only °fish • which do init. - flourish
, well, and are not always to.be, found in -
,the
markets.'
Thcgie Nthich . are lircinght,iii-are
small, and their flavor is inferior, , .„
.I s onitry is very expensive. in...5 4 :in Francis
co lint from; present eppeaCances . iit will be,-
- ablindant in the course of a yt'ar : or - twq.----:
bornestic meats ate generelly, 'of . inferior
quality to:those of the Atlantic States: . Ve4-
etab!e's and fruit of nearly evei-V•lme(Tinable
:varieiyi stilted to the climate grow luxuriant;
ly in California, and may always : , he,feund iii.
- the niarket,The fresh' butter .o.L" Califoi•nia :
. is. said to - be of'a, quelity.which would :reflect •
credit upon the skill : of' a Vermont,. dairy
maid, and:the:character of the cheese is Such'
that large quantities of it find a 'ready' sale .
et high prices. J..tf . urs • are abundant. - ' . They,
,are uiostly those:of lea birds, and are brotight
:fron:yr• the I'erfalcines ~Islands..' They ,: - are'
large, of greenish - polor,.*ckly covro4,witli
dark ',spots, and areconsideredscry Mitritious! '
,
gad a "Winning Way" with Her.
.A the -Emerald "101
.thehcd. : and board r and 3largare
"had Occupied for a
-long while, ,andpent
. :his
time ',Tiound,:runi - slops, where hewas alwayS,
otiltand to
~ cOunt hiniself "in " _Wheneter
anybody. , should
." stand -treat.":.-11argaref
was dissatisfied with . this :stateof things ; and
efideavoiedtp: get her htisbluid home again.
We Shall see how she su&esededt•
" Pittijelt, nie j hohey, ye come
back."
" Margaret,l won't come back. 7
"An wro'n'tkou come back for the liwe of
the children r i , •
, . . ..
~""..s:ut for the love of the - children, 'gate- .
ret.'"i• '', • ' '' ' . ..
.. . .
- '""Will ye (erne ler the ktve• of oneself?" •
" fsiiver at all. , Way. wid . ye." .. '. ... -
. ."'iik.n Patrick *Ott% the love of the church
bring-ye back 1"
. 1. , ' .. •••- - - -' ,
,
-, " The church to the divil., ad thin I "wen%
1 n
..
...
comb back;' - 1 , •
—• . •
. :14fiargliretthouglii she'vrould try Soule Oth
er hidu+inent. 'Diking a pint bottleOf Whis
key'!frola her pocket, and holding it up to her
truant hitSband, sb , ?'said :--" Will you conic .
...,
for...thedhrap of wniskey . 1" .., . '
"lAN me . darling" answered 'Patrick, . iitia
ble.to_Withstand Su h ateniptatien, ")t's . yer
selfithac.ll.al ways ring nie-hon4e,lagnin-ye
has leich a '`-winning say" grid ye. .Pll;eonte
honc,'liiargaret l". I • :4
- ' .. / ... . \ - •
- .Igarg l aret, declares that Patrick was " re
clainied "-by moral suasion.! ,'1 • '- , .''' ,-
itAR.I Buts. =--Two specintentkof the Amer,
laut Ostrich, male and female, .wercrecently
killed near Tort lies Moines, leiva, and pre
pared h Moore Tor the Tort des .
Moines USeum. TheY areclescribed by Mr.
M. !as ur and a half feet long; and five feet'
is hei. t, with billg sii •inclles. long, straight
and - vc y sharp. They: resemble in most
point's; he Ostrich' of Africa. Moore
has be .n offered slooo'forlthem,..butycfitseS
to Sell. .11e is sheet. to Make a. tour,
,on the
fuer we tern prairies, hoping to mec t. with oth
cties • - ' • - •
,-• • - •
NVII:n It stranger. treats me with want of
respee , (says a poor philosopher,) I comfort
tnysele with .the reflectiot,. quit it ks not- any
t the slights'', hut my Old Lutn shabby
ctiat . it d bit, which , to say the truth hi k , -tfui
parti . iictitudiat for adoiriadott; - Solif my'
/ 41.
t:satfT , C.that( tilmva- :tit ,. fret - :about , it,44et
thltutfli-: ..i -,. . ; . ! ' • . 1
.. , 4 - ,
I.
- Know. 31, - o gBl m,- _
The Witerville Mail. tells the fullOwin' g
story aboat the..",tc 6 ,loy vld - borough of Ken
dall's ; 1 • •••• iee
Mrs. Sc berly wetili to -bed preeisely at 9itio
..ti to-L. .
o'clock, 4hinking itl •ing strange . . that. her
niss
good man Ind trot made:bis , ,appatiranee , rait- , '
ten minutes before. 4 1 0 f totirse he Woiid , tar
home itt.altninnto and altalf, or.tiyo ininttteit ,
at furthest! and so Mrs. 'Soberly left n, lamp.
;_
burning n. the table... There: it burnt #td'
burrn.--in t 'she r .must. tell her Own siOrl• - as
ci
she told it next morning to about thirt'eenif
her most Confidential .friends: -, 1.,' `' - t , r.t--t
Well,- there the lamp,burnt *id burnt, tilb
as near as{{-1 eanlguess, 'twas well-nig4on. i tOi -•
tin o'giodk. and that; man ,had'ht coine ;.-.,-..., .- ,
What to inake oit't,' , I didn't. knOW
,Ilf.) lliOnf ,
the dead--f-for he hadn't- never b out st?lie - - -
fare, since the tune they'had such tiftisi about' " • --
the Aroo4tOok war i l Twaret nonietospiak. -
.t.o the children, for they_ .wouldt4.krkey; un,d
-w after I Iliad waited till I couldn't,...walt flo -
longer, I bounced oat of bed, an `down stairs : ,
I W4it. right into a buttery, and raised the win . -
dow f towards Mrs. Pinnies, arid days I ' ',Xi's:
Bitutk 1., 1 In,s- minute =l:heard , h er jenip out
of bed and raise the wiridow-7-and says, shot 3:-
1* , Virhy,?,.‘lrs. Soberly, what -on "earth's thi..2 .
matter l' 1' llatteri' says I---speaking, loinbe::
cause I d dn't want Anybody tolhear; "mat
ter l r
M . Blank,' L do, tell me if yen haye.rien
i
anything l of my lmitband . 1 .. , - ~. . , •
1 'You r 1 husband -.1 says she,-Vott tildn'tsup! ' _
pose I'd ot,,hiin did, you l' and then speaking
alnlost.in - a whisper '
; says she; 1 _ / . .
",Lookl here, whaton earth does this - Meatil
have seen anYthing of my :.htisbarid2",;.'4/.
Then . we' both begin' think seme.thing..474
haPpene,d, certainly, and-in ab4ut- two min !
ute4 I was diessed.andover to Mrs. Blank's.
We'!l, we concluded to step Over tO Mr,:
Quiet's,` - nd start 13jt11 out for a r ,
searchi but
we hadra got half way across the stteet, tali
,
ing t aiong. when we heard they Window sbowo
up, land, Irs,Quiet; says she, 'Who's there,!'
Says I, ' It's me,' I ' Well,' says she' '[43offor,
pity's sa -e, tell me, if you bae r ,seen anything
Of rivh sband V I , ' . ' !.. ' -'
.
Now ; wasn't here a pretty pickle I . 1 Well ;
to makeia long. story short,: we. went up - that
stret'el'ear to the' scholhouse' and back on
t'other side, and.ltiot a woman did we find but,.
what hews wonderjng what had become: of het:
f..us6anci! ' 1 .
Well; just, as. We got, to the gate, Who
sheuld 4,-e sea there but my husband find' Mr.
31,41 k ! 1 ` , .Mr. SOberly,' says. I;.a littl4 vim :
1:y i ' wil: you just . tell me i What. - all this ,•
! 4ris 1! ' ..; -..-- •.' 4 , , ' •
I. 41 What it, 'nears,' aid he just Acciol as it
notning had happened, ' well. Mrs. Soberly s
I , alienoi—il should be very itad. to gratify you,
i: I con d. but the truth is-, 2 -aheirt—rthat. I
' doll I IZOW Noth.no-about it I.' .. -
I \et:. , .r,..:t.a thn_t tune to tam, Igo to bcd
,'- tip s; :id if l'fitid 11r. Soberly- there in'tha c ,
LI 1
1 m rn i tr i g that' r4l I care for—fur Id just give
hill to know tfiat I'ln as good a Know - -Noth•
ill ts , e. is. 1 . I\ 1
1: .., I Mutilation of.the Bible, .., •i,,, ::: •
,Thel ft.) 1 . , 10wl rg 1 singv 14r - accoapt ;of ~a ,p_rac,
j i
tice tu fw current tin England ofrnutilating;hu
Bitila s copied from - a Liverix)ol paper., Ac.
staten e.nt was ; made by ,ft ",elergytnatit
tkat e ty, as we judg,e---,to his Congrtvitical,
on t 3(1 of September lase: - • -^-:
, 4 - i' 1: 1 *
1" ' ere. ,veeniS good
.reason , for belieiing
that nlnperfeet Babes are
. gaite eornroop., i ln
,si,me,f, whole. chapters appear to be ntis.c.,tag it
r ; ,
others particular texts are not to - hcizn ifi d i
so to a cuimplete copy ot the Scripturds°ls
reffr i are. At ilay be well tormention alfew
-of, ylui deficiencies mostirbqiieritht occurring :
hl It greatmany Bibles the • . .:X.I. I Chapter ;
of is t Corintlikuii, front the 23d verielto the:
end, ji altogether wanting,' besidt.4lWo or
thred past ! age.slin,the Gospels. '-' - - ,.,'i I= - '-
In Ithis church there must be'.anortAitaioir
hundred Bible* out; of-which th6o ..leaves
, • ~ I , t .k.
.• , - .: -
Another passage °flea ii/sing is; the .
vi: chttpteti of • St.-liatthew,',frora-L - .the ''l.oiii 1
vet4:to the end. Indeed' the-, 11. w.h01e cot thel
Sermon onl l the . Mount v
is freeldikr- Ora; and
the l'illegory• of the, two houses-, tW..the.:,•!4n# ,pl,,
it almost rabhed out. , •,,.' ,- .
..
i.,..,-.,4•, 4 1
•" i 3. Al I.'
iii 4 texts whiCh Speak of`"`" er a ,
feetine or; " finishing", 'ft "wsirk l .l: l :-ii P;olinsl
exxism, 'B, 'or Phillippiani,l.lo- 7 are rtiot•,:t*
he found .hy Minty
_copies: : In other :_Bu
verses•ai Luke xi: 10, arpartly . ,oy..,w4lly.
_,
Still inore.'remarkable'is the filet - Alit'
t
the OeCteieneieS itr: Bitiles' are' different at . ltlift
trent' tirties: pares At present th pares -•whielt. it
4 h,
'
is hiecoining th '.fashion' to .tear out Aral :tile
46th veral of-„, atthew„. xxy.-; the7n, vi; Col{ loSiialii, froth Col{is
.19the to 20th verse; 1114-
former part Of 1„, 'd Tirnothy in. id. 'lye*,
Of St. John's' G .pel and the , liiit'-'ehliptir •
his first Epistle ire always perfeet." ; :-...-,. .1, ,, - i
Those. Whe, desire toqierutinise the, raptly
which m
:ax hmte, led
m to the- practices„ in qu
tiott, Will lear n goethin r - , b referrirk l't,
thl texts entimerated above:" The inve.stiga:
iiott will bd' folio& - Somewhat 'eurions„..-6-
to 4 Courier.:. ,' * • :. -.‘,....,:', , - -:=1;:i
,-.4
, • ATING Asr.-LNapoleciulwas a reryl
rater:' . At a grand concert at the Tuileriei
from the dioment he and liKgttests sat alaviii
tiil the eofree was served, not more thartf*,
- ty-three. qifour minutes elapsed, ' They iiii*
then bowkd Out. With Napt*on, the Itnol•
trient lipptite vas felt, it was "nixes.saryl tha
it ehould he satisftedl and his kstabliihmen
w;fts . so arpmged, that in all-q3laces, 'and at ft '
hours; ctqc.keni cutiets, and coffee, tnight
4.)rtheumiltig, at a word:::. This habit of eittin.
thst and Carelessly is supposed,t6,bavO
I'i
;sea nipoteori un - two of 'the nibst eriti,,,
vents 4 his': ile----t he -bathes of - BOrOdin
;nd Leiptie, w i hich he mightliave ~ c onic
i
nto decisive and influential vidories,:by pa
pi his advantkes as-he was wont, *e,
f;if these 4 - ectisionS, he is known to rave bee
iuffering froml indigestion:. ; ':On the thintda
lof Dresden, too, the German' dtliel 6 P , l*#
num, Wig, was present in' toii . ll; I aisert*`tY
the Emperor i woald Jaye:. done• fitiev+'
than he.did, hut'forrthe effects:oth
H of muttob stuffed with onions. ,. ;
'EMIGIAST tstmEas:—The city of' Boat •
has adopted efficient means to pi eireat
shipment of EurPPcall PAYPeTa• ,that p 0
Four palipets, wore onSaturany lust ar is
tx.l before a (Insilco in that :city, , on, a joi
charge' of being "foreign ,paums, 'reecivi
aidlfromi the City, of Bosten, against the pea
of the Commonwealth; and' contmj
laW' in kineh case made and previd 4LI
charge if au Vim: attat(o o4 ;el,
'Court otffered the priienera 113- retore
to thola
(Snt ot Great Britain ney? , #ift
fr ir a totia l iho-shipsthaz or trapir4 ►
r r
‘leA. vs Omuta .tt a liwy ale tititilas
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