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U. S. GOVERNMENT
Preeldeut—AlMAßAM I.IIICOUC. -
VICO President—llnwoust Ilssturr,
Secretary of Ste te—Wm. 11. Sow ken,
Soo.retery of futerlor—J.so. I'. Ushhe.
Secretary or Proasoty—wx. I'. FE , +SENIJEN,
Secretary of War-10wIN M. STAY ruN,
&wets ry of Navy—WosoN NV ruse,
Poet Master Got oral—Wot Dr.sr.sos.
D.ttorney tterteral—.l.olre S. SPEED.
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STATE GOVERNMENT.
Viovernor—Aannew (I. Cretan.
`Secretary of Mate—ELl 81.11.'Elt,
'3llrVeyOr (11311,1,1—. JAMES .. Dann,
Auditor General—Ma AC SUNK En,
Attorney Oenoral Wm. M. M
,Adjutant General—A RthoLLL,
'State Treasurer—LlES/IT D Moone.
flbief JuAle of the Supreme Court—Oro. W.WooD
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Prosldont Judie—lron. :lames 11. firaham.
Assoolate dudgas—lion. Michael Cockliu, • lion
.11ugh Stuart
District At torn ovy. W. D. Cillelen.
Pl ry
Ythunnta—d.n us! "Starounin. " -
Clerk and ili,orticr—Ephraim Common,
Register—Ono W, North.
With Sheriff—John Jacobs.
County Treasurer—Henry S. Ritter.
Coroner—David Str ills
County Comatissioners—Honry Karns; John
.oy, Mitchell McClellan,
Superintendent of Poor House—Henry Snyder.
Physician to Jail—hr. W. W. Cain.
Physician to Poor /louse—Dr. W. W. Dale.
BOROUGH OFFICERS
VAirif BurgesH— Andrew B. Zio,.;
Ass'', taut Burge,—itobert A llieon.
Toetn Council—Emit Ward—J. D. ltht nel,mrl.
t , oahun P Bkler, J. W. U. Gißelen. ‘ieOrge 151317,1,
\Yost Ward—deo. I. M urray..l hos Pa too, A. Cat h
rArt, Jou. It. Parker, Jou. D. 0 President, of
I"..(tuuctl, A: Ontivart, W. Ogithy.
Borough Treasurer--Jacob ithoeln.
lligh I.:oust:l6lu aauluel Sipe Ward Constable,
Analreu , Martin.
Anew;4or- -John ntnball. Assistant Assessors, Jno
dietl, tiee. S. lit,toin.
Auditor—Robert 0 Cameron.
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TA, Coll,t,,r—Allred Rhine!, ear t. IVArd Cullue
tors—East WArd, l bns. A. Smith. West Wm 1, T at,
Corum•iu, Stroet CIIIIIII3IhSIO 101 r, ‘Vorley li. %13i the ws
ju,ti v , of the ,:p.011111..,Vid :04th
Abra:lhuff, Michael Ih4rotlith
Lamp Lighters—Cho,. Muck, .Inures
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iro Squaro. Rev Conway I' WIIn4--S.•rvoon.
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o'clona
Second Proshyderlaa l'hur,h, en ruer td - : 4 rlut h t,
o•ar and Toni trot ,treed, (.;
!.;. rv i,...,ddaa l e.c.o at 11 A. . arid 7 o'raint
P. M.
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vC Contr., 6.1,1nr, • 1,0, Ser‘l, un
nt 11 o'clo,.k. 1. 11., a. 1.1 I' I.
tilngligh Lutiv•rtn Clitn-11. 111. , 1ford. I,etwrq, 3lxin
I..".;utt.tar. l, • l'Ahtor.
.0 . 410 Ch A. 31., 31,110., I'. 31.
lierman Rotortnort Church. Tian
CiTtii . Ail I Pitt si ts••• 1:1 , , Philip,,
ervie At 11 o ri •k 1 tl.. Ltt,l 1$ .t . .• 1.•.-k 11.
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Church n 1 10011.1341 ml mull tt t•-. 1.. cor 01 1\ e,,t. Yt
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/101, burrs rt. 6 rn haul, LL. Proiehs, of Law.
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BOARD OF SCllool, Di it Lcroßs
E. Cornman, Premdent, IT. : 4 3N1 , 11
It. C. Woodward. licnty C 1 , 111,11,11,W
Seet'y , J. W. Eby, Tro.,nrcr, Job:, 'ph r, ngvi
bleat ou the lut )toady of each Muth at b o'clock A
M., at Education Hall.
CORNRATIONS
Crattsrc Drrosir Ilion —Prorident, Tt. M. Milder
eon, W. M. Be-tom Cosh, J P. Ilasslul :Ind C. B. ['folder
Tel W. M. Pfabler. Clerk, Jun. Underwoo t ties
monger. Directors, it. M Henderson, President, li C.
Woodward. Sidles Woodburn. Moses Bricker, John
Zug, W. W. Dale, Johu B. Ciergas, Joseph J. Logan,
Jun. Stuart, jr.
VIRIT NATll,lAl.l3kNlC—Presidatit, Samuel Hepburn
Cs-hter. Jos. C. Boller, Teller, Abner C. Brindle, urn
senior, Jesse Brown. IVtu. Kyr, Jolts Dunlap,
Wood., John C. Dunlop, sac° Brenneman, John a.
Starrett, Satu'l Hepburn, i,lroelurb.
CUMeratiAND VALLEY 1tk11.111.110 C,Ml'l\'l".—Pr,sklent,
Frederick Watts: Secretor, and Ttea.,urer, Edo aid
M. Biddle: Su pet intendent, O. N. Lull. Passeneo.
trains three times a day. Carlisle ACI,OIIIOIO 'talon.
Hsstward, leaves Carlisle 5 5.5 A. 11 , nrril ing at Car.
lisle 5.20 P. M. Through trains Eastward, 10.10 A, Si.
and 2.42, I'. M. Westward at U. 27, A. M,, and 2.55 I'.
M.
CARLISLE (74P ANP WA. ER COSPANT.—President, LORI
UOl Todd ; Treasurer, A. 1.. Spnus I or; , S uperi nto u a en,
George %Viso Dlreetors, F. Watts, Wm. M. Beeternt
B. Al. Biddle, Henry Sexton. B. C. Woodward, J. W.
Batton, Y. tiardner and D. 5, Croft.
SOCIETIES
Cumberland Star Lodge No. lig, A. Y. M. manta at
Marion Hall on the lied and 4th Tuesdays of °very
month.
St. John's Lodge No. 260 A. Y M. Meets ad Thorn
day of each month, at Marion Hall,
Carlisle Lodge No. 111 I. U of U. N. Meets Monday
evening, at 'trout's building.
Latort Lodge No. 63, 1. 0. of G. T. Meets °very
Thursday evening in itheem's Hall, ad story.
FIRE COMPANIES
The Union Fire Company wan organized In PM.—
House In botallor, between I'ltt and Hanover.
Pilo Cumberland Fire Company was Instituted Fob.
18, 1809. House in liadford, butwenn Alain anti l'om
(rat.
The Good Will Biro Company wan Instituted In
March, 1855. Roux° in Pomfret, near Hanover.
'rho Sinplro [look arid Ladder Company was I notitu
tod iu 1859. Huns.) in Pitt, uoar Main.
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Postage on all letters of one half ounce ;weight or
under, 3 cents pro paid.
Postage on the 111:ItAlin within the County, free.
Within the State 13 cents per annum. To any part
of the United States, 25 cents Postage on all tran
sient papers, 2 cents per ounce. Advertised letters to
be charged with coat of advertising.
MRS. R. A. SMITH'S
Photographs Ambrotypes, lvorytypes
Beautiful Albums Beautiful Frames I
Albums for Ladles and Gentlemen,
Albums for. Misses, and Ibr Children,
Pocket Albums for Soldiers and Civilians!
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gveph and New from Now York and Philadelphia
Markets.
1 1 + you want satisfactory Pictures and
ponce l ittention call at Mrs. It. A. Smith's Photo
4sraphic Citatory, South East camera( Hanover Street
and. Market 'Squate, opposite the Court House and Post
Carlisle, Pa.
Mrst.,lt. A. Smith well known as Mrs. It A. Reynolds,
' and so well ltnown as a Daguorrean Artist, gives per
,aonal attention to Ladies and Gentlemen visiting her
,Gallery, and having the beat of Artists and polite at
,Sendants eau sately.prostilse that in no other Gallery
,can those who favor her with a rail get pictures amm
oMS to hers,' notUven In New York or Philadelphia, or
poet With more kind and prompt attention.
Ambrotypes inserted in Rings, Lockets, Meant Pine,
,Atc. Perfaut suples of Daguerrotypes and Ambrotypes
nand° of deceased friends. Whore copies are defaced,
picturee may still be had. either for frames or
for,eards. All negatives preserved one year and orders
otherwiOttprOmptly attended to.
Dpeenitier 1804.—tf
VO WARDING AND GRAIN
buelneas formerly conductoil by Line, Olvler
00. 1 )1 now elr4od on by
SttJy~¢d:~lBd4-~tf:.
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QEFIOE at his residence in • Pitt
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1, 1854 . -
CACiICE SEGARS - & - TOBACCO
J., , AT RAIAIIiON
infinite v nay of awn
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G'"
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VOL. 65.
RHEEM & *EASLEY, Editors & Proprietors
ger The hillowing heautitUl shotch was Ivritten at
Saynge's Station while the Army was mailing the Pe
ninsula campaign under McClellan. No one who roads
it can Mil to be Impressed with the flowing beauty of
the rhythm and the tenderness of sentiment that per
vades
A PLAINT FROM SAVAGE'S
Alas! for the pleasant peace wo know.
In the happy sttmmers of long ago,
When the rivers lore bright and the skies were blue
By the homes o tionrlco.
Wo dreamed of wars that were far away,
And read, as In fable, of blood that ran
Where the James and Chickaboualny Amy,
Trough the greece of Bowhattan.
T'ls a dream come true, for the afternoons,
Blow beglos of war by our fells of grain,
And the sabres sink as the dark dragoons
CinneTalloplng theltate; - - "-
The pigeons have flown from the earns and tiles,
The oat-blades hire grown to blades of steel,
And t h e Huss swarm Morn thesoafy aisles
Of the grand old Commonweal.
They have torn the Indian fisher's nets
R'he•re lii gray Vamunkoygoes towards the sea,
And blood runs ted in the rivulets
That balihled and brawled higlee;
The owl,ev ate strewn in Fairy Oak glades,
The ho,se ,anu entitythunder from Drury's Ridge,
The lb. hos that played in the cool deep shades
Ate frightened from Bottum Bridge.
I would that the year were blotted away,
And the Aran berries groin in the hedge again
That the scythe might swing In the tangled ha),
And the squirt els romp in the glen;
The walnut, sprinkle the clover elopes
When• grace the Shoop and the spotted steer,
And the What, rvsto.re t h e golden hopes
That wore trampled in a year.
SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE
THE passengers on board the good ship
(:',,/ , /cn Die in, homeward bound from
)lclbo-trne, were beginnin ,, to F.et, rather
weary and tired of their Clip. We were
only in the fourth week of` the voyage h,
hot the mom Wits July, the days were
~/ l oonly, and stormy ; and the sea
\vie-r,vered wish those mountainous wave:
o re In he seen in peril( etien et)
Hem The stow -hip writ shin
ilL!; WI Lis 1 S iif a fierce
mirth, le, ing;line a living
creature as C. remor:-eless waves -.trind:
hlow alrer hL w. tin the l) b ing
ltovowo found that wt• were making bare
ly two an Lour ; and, to add to our
imrplexity, a betide!) chill in the air, and
a itliar white glare in the horizon, in
forreed us that we Wort: Flltrolltided with
iccLer s, litd . Ort3 nightfall the violence
of the gale hod somewhat abated, and the
pa—ienizers hurried on deck to look at the
first iceberg, which was within half a mile
of us. It was a sight worth seeing. We
beheld an enormous mass of rock-like ice,
with a perpendicular wall facing us fully
three hundred feet high, against the steep
sides of which the waves dashed inces
santly. The color of the iceberg was a
brilliant pellucid white, except in the
deep fissures and interstices, where the
hue was changed to cobalt, or on the sum II
-
mits of the precipices, which glowed in
the rays of the setting sun with all the
prismatic tints of the rainbow.
El=
! man !" exclaimed an enthusias
tic Seotehman. " joost Edinburgh
Castle to the life I"
"What a fortune a follow could make
among the Melbourne confectioners if he
could only tow it into Port Philip during
the hot weather l" remarked a prosaic
colonist.
"Well, it's a pretty sight," said an old
lady, "a very pretty sight l But I wish
they'd all sink to the bottom at night and
oome up again in the morning."
"It would ho very convenient, indeed,
ma'am,' answered the third mate. "It
would save our eyes to-night considera
bly, for we shall have to keep a bright
look-out."
Wo passed a very gloomy evening.
The wind had almost fallen to a calm,
while the sea continued to run extremely
high, causing the ship to roll terribly.
Every thing that was not securely fixed
was flying about the cahhi ; the destruc
tion of crockery was appalling; and the
steward passed the interval between sup
per and bedtime iu a state of despair,
chasing cups, saucers, and bottles. Even
the fuur passengers who clung to whist
every evening with a devotion befitting
the renowned Sarah Battle, wore forced
to give up their game. Even chess,
though pia - Sind on a board provided with
spring fastenings, was found impractica
ble. The chess-board sprang up bodily,
pieces and all, made a somersault 'in
. the
air, darted into the cabin of a married
couple who were putting their baby to
bed, extinguished their candle-lamp, and
fright tied their cockatoo into hysterics.
For myself, I went on deck, and there,
sheltered by the pent-house which over
hung the main-deck at the extremity of
the poop, endeavored to solace myself
with a pipe. I wan very glad to hoar a
voice out of
the, pitchy, narkneqa. saying.
“Nasty thick night,'Sir.''' •
iirtablerftinieAand
one of the greatost.groWlers on board.
JOhN GREASON,
'Orthisoo, Cuthb. Co
"What do you think of the' weather,
tom ?" I asked him ?
Tout as, bad na it can be. If it had
kept on to - blow — it might have took us
through all,this 'here ioe; but' now it'a
'fallen calm . ; the,bergs will gather round
tile ship, 'jot as the 'bits of stick in a pond
Vl),,i K-'0,..-t...1.h...1t
51 4ozliivl
DT (MUDGE ALFRED TOWDIEND
.itsSg :;1;1,03;
4 Ow iion tee; S'or . y hy 1 hitlavte
( In tnimead
1115 DREssING-CASE
got round a dead cat. Ah 1 Once lot me
set foot ashore, and you'll never catch me
round the Horn again IP
Poor Tom ! I dare say he had uttered
this declaration five hundred times before,
and had always forgotten it when signing
articles at the shipping-office.
"I hope they're keeping a bright look
out forward, Tom ?"
"A bright look-out! How can they ?
Why, the night's as thick as a tub of
Dutch butter.' - Then it ain't these big
lumps as I'm afeard of. If the lookouts
ain'tasleep, oryarning, they might chance
to see them. What I funk is the' nasty
little sneaking bits of ground ice, about
the size of a ship's long-boat."
_ 'Surely they would not ipjure a stout
ship like this, Tom ?"
"Stout ship ? Ha, ha! Why, this is a
softwood ship—a regular New Bruns
wicker. She'd have no more chance a
gain the ice than a charley cup again a
soup and-bully tin ; and then, with all
this here copper ore in her inside, down
she'd go—and you along with her."
"And you too, Tom."
"Well, I don't know about that, sailors
ain't like passengers. There's the- boats
to cut adrift. Besides, I'm on deck, and
you'd be below, smothered like a rat in
his hole."
With a series of parting growls Toni
White disappeared in the darkness, leav
ing the in a very uncomfortable frame of
mind. I was hall inclined at first to stay
on deck all night, but eventually deter
mined to go below, and seek oblivion from
danger in sleep.
I envied toy cabin campanion, the fat
German, Schlafenwohl. Ile lay in pro
found slumber. while his nose trumpeted
defiance to the creaking of the timbers
and the dashing of the waves. Taking.
advantage of a favorable lure!.. I clam
bet•cd up to toy berth, which was over
the German's head. 1 tried to think of
every thing I could recall to my memory,
unconnected life, but the lori-
Ho snoring of nit econpanion and do
lorchea of the >l ip
fn Is so. I repe,oed nse•
a ,“ soporific p. ,•••- I could reewnibi r
I i•imotoil nicol etc. and got up ;is Lir as'
six bundred d ti4,4yh ur, tvl n cu.!,lcn
ly the ship rolI•il more IriOtiltilly than
h.l don,- y,.t. I f, It that she was
beelieg conipleiely over, anal that' Ile,
!trill, pod nor-t be flipping in the waves
A fretful crashing of pl.ftes at.fl
was Stleel riled by the still ,hoce terriLle
sound of rushing water. I opeeed ley
eyes, which I. had until now kept obsti
nately (dosed. To tiny horror 1 d;SeoVer
tql that the putt-hule, instead of being at
my side, was directly above my head. I
unscrewed the port and thrust my head
out. I was appalled by what I beheld.
The ship was on her beans-ends, and her
masts were disappearing beneath the an
gry sea. There was no time to be lost.
Fortunately I had turned in in my day
clothes, boots excepted, so I climbed
through the port-hole, which barely per
mitted the passage of my body, and lay
clinging to the wet, slippery side of the
vessel. A thought struck me, Shall I
waken Sehlafenwohl? No; I might lose
my own life in endeavoring to saves his.
His ample figure could never pass the
narrow port hole. It is astonishing how
selfish men are apt to become at such
times. I murmured, "Requiescat in
pace," and gazed around the once more.
The vessel was sinking riapidly. .ller
masts were now entirely under water, and
only a few feet of her weather yard-arm
were visible. I heard a horrible grind
ing noise. Peering through the dark
ness I beheld an immense iceberg crash
ing against the ship's side. I summon
ed all my energies, took a tremendous
leap, and fell into a small cavity filled
with freshly-fallen snow. As soon as I
recovered my feet I looked once more a
round. The Golden Bream had disap
peared, and nothing was visible save a
few dark objects floating on the surface
of the water.
I determined to secure one of these ob
jects. "Possibly," I thought, "the har
ness-casks on deck have broken adrift.
They are filled with beef and pork, and
the contents of one of them would sup
port life for months." I descended cau
tiously through the thick darkness to •a
ledge which abutted directly on the wa
ter. The sgray of the breakers was dash
ing in my face, and I trembled lest the
frail piece of ice on which I stood should
give way beneath my feet and precipitate
me into the briny abyss. I stretched 'out
my hand—it was instantly grasped by
another hand I I drew back in horror,
and the force of my retrograde movement
was such that I pulled the person who
had clutched my hand completely out
the water.
As soon as I had deposited the un
known individual in a place of compara-
tive safety I demanded his name.
figure drew a long breath, and replied,
"Julius Soblafenwohl."
"i staggered back in astonishment, and
exclaimed, "Why,` good Heavoa r how
'came you hero ?'
"Very easily / my friend. You atm
am-a good diver and sohvimmor, and I
took my time about it!! , _
• "Why, you've got ti long rope tied
round yOur body
"Pall,had upon. it and see vat you will
bring op."
CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1865.
I hauled as he bade me, and presently
landed on the iceberg a large case.
"You see," continued the German, "I
am never in a hurry. Yen de sheep
turned over, I turned out of my bairt my
self, and den I tink to myself, Julius, you
yin vent et was essen, so I filled dis box
with prop and schvam quietly up the
cabin stairs."
"My dear Seblafenwohl l" I exclaimed,
embracing him, "how delightod I am to
have been the means of saving your life!"
"Veil, I don't know about dat," re
sponded the stolid German, dryly ; "I
could have saved myself. You see, my
friend, the prog is just enough for vun—
no more."
"My noble fellow !" I replied, "do9nt ,
harbor such selfish thLughts. Romena
ber we are brothers in adversity, and
should help each other."
"Vot can you help inc to ?" asked
Schlafenwohl, with a touch of sarcasm.
stammered, "I—l've nothing, but— .
41:1 I have a poundof tobacco ! I bought
itf6f the Steward to day, and here it is
safe in the pocket where I put it."
"Ju—vivallera!" shouted the Ger
rni-.n, enthusiastically, "dat is just vot
have not got. Yes, idy friend, we will
swear brothership, and share our goods
together "
—.,ygreel," I replied..
Seltlarenwohl luid liiinsulf down Nvith
a pillow or : , ;now for his head, and was
l'r''onlly snoring as tranquilly as if in
Iris own beloved fatherland. with a fed
erbott or the finest clown to cover him.
The peril or my position prevented - me.
front sleeping. 1 sat down on a corner
of icy ruck. and took the liberty of rest
ing my senti-frozen feet on Fcltlafcn
w ,l,l's exponsiNe bialy. 1 soott begati
to feel more controllable. I liglitt , l
pipe (nty nEttylte- were fortunately in a
wak , r-proof ca-t tot I anxiou , ly await
lid the coming (1,1yll...:11t.
.\s I sat tlitH. I be_;ati h, rebut tm
licart I had not Le
-I‘\ a !ll ., llil;ntt tilt' re , tu l the tat--
a r oil
ha I ia•••hati:) pt . .-Itc,l.
Lad MCI Iv . ' Ii
sLt'rcl• l\V :111 , i
\
11:1./ a
pro-yrt rut 1 - yllli:it Nylt.•a
thy la-! ti! u ;1),. hoolti
! , !(•n ::11.1 .11(4 . Ic.ir•ifli
aNt 1111 , ,0r 11, (Ta,l'll.-,
1 0. " 1 "thIllY \v"'
Ihe Ilut..l l ,:!i(yof :11c t‘ould
probably thr omlast our store of hood.
realize the dreadful situation
Two human be;n g s float ing at the caprice
of the Wind and wa \es on a frail decep
tive mass of crystallized water, glaring
at one another with famine-strieken eyes.
At length it would beCOllle IluCCSS.iry 14)
ClU , t, lots and decide which should slay
the other. thought! I with
drew my feet hastily from the (lerman's
body and sat, with my head bowed upon
Inv knee , -, brooding. Exhausted nature
yielded. and 1 fell asleep.
When I awoke it was daylight. At
first 1 : , azed around me with astonish
ment, as one usually does after sleeping
in a strange place, and then proceeded
to examine the iceberg. We had been
reposing in a small valley, aurrounded
on every side but the one front which I
had entered by steep rocks of slippery
iee, from sixty to eighty feet in height.
We were thus completely sheltered from
the piercin ! , wind, while even the dash
of the breakers wits barely distinguish
able. 1 advanced a few paces along the
path of ingress for the purpose of view
ing the ocean, and there I;ninti Sehlaf
enwohl ensconced in a corner industri
ously combing out his flaxen beard by
the aid of a pocket-mirror stuck in a
crevice of the icy rocks. Ile was sing
ing liennst du das 'Land, and saluted
me with cheerful calmness.
We breakfitsted on a couple of sar
dines and half a biscuit, slaking our
thirst at one of the numerous rills which
trickled down the slowly melting rocks.
There was something alarming in the
idea of thus making a beverage of the
house wo lived in. Every gallon of
water that welled away represented some
six cubic inches of uur fragile habitation.
If this liquelitction took place in those
high southern latitudes, with the tem
perature scarcely over forty degrees,
how rapidly would our floating ark dis
solve as we approached the line! If, on
the other hand, we drifted antarctically,
wo ran the risk of being hopelessly fro
zen up in regions far beyond the haunts
of any, human creature. Those terrible
reflections passed through my mind
' while I was Manufacturing, with the as
sistance of a pocket-knife and the lid df
a deal box, a pair of sandals to protect
my feet from the chilling surface of the
ice. This task completed, I proposed
to Schlafenwohl that we should ascend
'the rooks 'for the..ptirpose, of =further as.
eettt4ing, the , extent_ of the iceberg.
,lle assented, and, after two hourW,hard
work, PrineiPally,spon(in cutting steps
; for our fO r t, with our knives, we gained
the. Summit.
-The panorama - was - gratid the
treme, We Vf . erelfullthree hundred feet
above .the ; eurftioe of the sea, which , ex
tended in every directinn around: 0;
studded at iuteriala ,
icaberge of
every imaginable shape and size. Our
own island was about a mile in eireilm
ference, and presented a series of ridges
and , alleys at irregular distances. We
stood, as it were, in the centre of a gi
gantic star.fish, whose seven rays were
represented by seven rocky back-bones,
between each of which lay a deep and
sheltered valley. The wind blow with
great violence at the exposed point where
we stood, and, as 1 have not a remarkable
steady head, I did not care to venture too
near the edge of any ono of the seven
abysses below. But the German insisted
on it.
":11r. Monkbouse," said he, "I vish
you.vould look ovor into our valley."
" Why
"I tink somebody, in our absence, may
be plondering our prog•box."
Nonsense !" I answered. " You talk
as if you were on the top of the nig' hi."
" Veil, my friend, you will oblige me
by doing* it. lam too stout to venture."
I crawled on my hands and knees until
my face hung immediately over a per
pendicular descent of three hundred feet.
To niy-astouishinent I beheld two human
figures actively engaged in examining the
conte.nts of our invaluable chest.
I reported progress to Sehlafenwohl,
who became frightfully agitated. He
gave vent to sundry Tuetonie impreca
tions, and descended the face of the cliff
in the most reckless manner, reaching
the bottom some seconds before myself.
When I arrived I heard voices engaged
in loud altercation.
" Vy, you Tom \rite, you are uo better
den a thiel. Mit is my box."
That ain't your private bread," re
plied Tom, holding up a biscuit. "'That's
ship's bread. Ain't it, Bid Atkins ?"
" Ay," said Atkini. "Besides, you'd
Inver go for t., keep all thin tucker to
you) own cheek. \'). by, there's a parcel
women and children in the next hol
this as he had no breakfast v.. t."
• \lll.O I rs
if imn ; "when
ig r!tcd nit: and
I) to !..toofl 011 t Ile butwarks as the ship
1),.14 , d over, and pa,s..d Ihr passen , , , ,ersia
a, nicely as We 11'118 Oil Mad:wall Pier.
Lt re way Lea 1. , t more for aught I_ know
is lily fother I've bOen busy
navigating the t-Ititt "
:.\*Avi , ving uc rdieep !" er:edlaf
`• tl! 110 111,..:111!"
" Why, ye got a pocket compass here,
and I've been h :tying the log," said Tom.
“We're steering nor'-cast-and-bp north,
and thirteen knots. Ii this breeze
lasts four-and-twenty hours ti-o shall go
smack into . the Falkland islands."
" What, has be2otue or the tikipper,
Tow," 1 asked, "aud of the other offi-
cos ? '
" I don't know," answered Tom ; "they
may be aboard t e be'g 3 and they mayn't.
Any way, the only able seaman in her
that I knew ol; so I've took the command.
The adventures of the last few hours
had altered Tom White considerably fur
the better. From a grumbling sulking
discontented fellow, he had been trans
formed into a smart active energetic com
mander. I verily believe he looked upon
the iceberg as au actual ship, and so—
barring masts, sails, and rudder—she was.
"Now, 'Mr. Monkhouse," continued
Torn, " you'll please take your orders from
we. I can see you're a sharp chap by
the way you've made them ice-shoes and
cut them steps in the rock-face. Go up
to the niabt-head, and see what you can
make of the other valleys. The next one
to this I know all abunt ; that's my head-
quarters."
" Ay, ay, Sir," I replied, in true nau
tical style, and once more clambered the
rocks. I invited Schlufenwohl to ac
company me, but he declined. On reach
ing " the mast-head," as Tom styled it, I
selected a valley to which the descent
was sloping and easy, the sides being
deeply covered with snow. Down the
surface of this I glided quite comfortably,
and in a few seconds reached the botton.
At first no human being was visible,
but on turning an angle of the cliff I be
held a singular sight.
Mrs. Robinson, the old lady who on the
previous evening had wished that the ice
bergs would all sink to the bottom in the
night-time and only mune up by daylight,
was seated crouching on the ground in a
state of the utmost terror, holding a large
green umbrella over ber head. Close bo'-
side her reposed an enormous walrus, at
least twelve feet long, blinking sleepily at
the frightened dame, and looking as little
inclined for mischief as a domestic oaten
a hearth-rug. Laying my finger on my
lips to enjoin silence, I fastened a rope
(which I had brought with me) round
Mrs. Robinson's waist, and then proceed
edrto toil up the, slope. I should never
haVd - reaohe'd the top' with her dead
weight behind me but for the umbrella,
• which wa's used asap alpenstock. 'oa gain-
ing the - dun:nit; Mrs. Robinson..voyii3d
'that she could never -go down•fi them'
slippery steps ;" so, aided ,by,Bill4.tkinni ,
to whom I Made usignalS fer-•astAstancei:
we lowered her. safely . hiaAntideablelate,
the - --WOMettla'iidte ildren_e_sAky • • .
-"
':Monliheuee,' l ; iitad Bill; ",we.
must have thatvalroa...:• Dun if we can't
eat bid we cats make
a.roariog bon
fire of 'his blubber, and the poor women
111 iii'
and children are perishing with cold."
" Ay, ay, Sir."
Soup three or four of ue climbed again,
armed with knives and cask-staves. We
reached• the Slit - limit and ,descended • into
the valley safely._ The walrus was seated
as placidly as before. He seemed to be
making a journey northward to visit some
of his Falkland Island acquaintances, and
seemed to look upon the icebergas an admi
rable species of public conveyance—cheap,
swift, and comfortable. He was, how
ever, apparently fonder of the society of
ladies than of gentlemen. As soon as ho
saw us approach, flourishing our weapons,
he turned over on his side, and quietly
rolled into the sea. Our "party, cha
grined at the_cool manner in which
ho
had given us the slip, returned slowly
and disconsolately, communicating the
result of our proceedings to Tom White.
", Never mind the walrus, boys," said,
that energetic commander, who was in
high spirits. " She's going fifteen knots,
if she's going an inch. Me. Monkhouse,"
he continued, in a whisper, " you ain't
seen the skipper ?"
" No, there are no signs of hint."
" Well, it' he was aboard I'd guarantee
to bring him in safe. And he couldn't
do better nor what I'm doing now."
What Tom White was doing to assist
our progress it would be hard to say;
though he himself firmly believed that
every thing depended on his exertions.
Evening was coming on. " Mr. Monk
house," said Tom, " you're the best hand
I've got aboard the ship. How do you
feel about the legs ?"
"Rather stiff."
"13111 Atkins," said Tow, "serve out
a tot of grog to Mr. Morilthouse.
very precious liquor, for we've only one
bottle aboard: but he deserves a drop."
1 swallowed the proffered refretihn,ent,
when Tutu said:
Now I want you to go aloft again, to
look out for land.'.
Ay, ay. sir," I replied, cheerfully,
an 1 elamb, red np ;Ike a eliatm.is.
J.1n.1 ill) 1 " I calk:J. My distance
;r to Tutu 111 , W01 , 1 ut tlirre Ituudrud
feel ; but ice must be an excel:ent con
doctor Of Sulind for I could hear Toil's
In ~cr quite distinctly above thu whist
ling of the wind and the ruariti: of the
1331:1
Where away ?"
On tde weather bow, sir."
" lil right Stop alott, and say what
it looks hkc as we get nearer."
A iurimis gale was now blowing from
sou'-sou'-west, and 1 was obli:::cd to crouch
on my hands and knees to avoid being
hurled into one of the chasms beneath.
Our gallant iceberg churned through the
dark water at railroad speed, leaving a
long white track of foam wiles astern.
My fear now was that at the rate we were
going—which could be litticshort of twen
ty wiles an hour—we should be dashed
on the rocks. To my great joy, as we
neared the land, I perceived an extensive
opening in the cliffs. I described it as
accurately as I could to the watchful com
mander below. Ile presently came aloft
and stood at my side.
"Port Stephens!" he exclaimed, "by
all that's merciful! It lies in the sou'-
west cornerot the main island. Now comes
the ticklish time. If we touch the rocks
on either side we shall be knocked to
splinters."
The excitement on board the iceberg
was intense. I shall not attempt to de
scribe it. Just as night fell we entered
the harbor. had our gallant craft been
steered by the wort skillful helmsman in
the British Navy she could not have kept
a better course. Tow White rubbed his
hands with delight, and appropriated all
the honor and glory to himself. As soon
as we were fairly inside the harbor, and
under the shelter of the cliffs the force
of the wind abated. Fortunately, too,
there was a strung current set'ing out of
the harbor, right in the teeth of the wind.
We hove the log, and found she was go
ing five knots, we hove it again, a few
minutes later, and she was barely making
two knots; in a quarter of an hour from
that time a low grinding Deis° was beard,
and we grounded on an extensive sand
bank in the centre of, the harbor. We
wore obliged to remain there patiently
during the night, as we had no means of
communicating, by signal'or otherwise,
with the shore. We had matches, but the
whole bf our available , fuel amounted to
a deal board or two, and so small a fire
would, probably, have attraoted•nombser
vation. We passed a nervous, miserable
night, and the poor women: and children
especially. As the iceberg grated back
ward and forward on the top of the bank
we, feared she was going to pieces ; but
her timbers (to speak metaphorically) worn
%Veil put together, and she - hold
ly untqmorning. . , •
Dever in my life did I feel so glad to
see the day dawn. We were unspeakably
delighted at about sunrise to:observe: soy
boats' Putting; out fielitE - theSettlerneet:
'The'PeOplelh,theei 444 . 13!it . 0ff (it some-,
it : 4 ( M 00. ealinealongaitle)fromutotives,
Of ouiitosity to visit the iceberg, but wore,
perfectly astonished atfinding-herfreight;
od • with -Ossongers., • •
.the boats mtid,
We intOobsta, 4 e some
ting the people on board, losiwesball lave
the boats swamped. , Wheitt is; the cap.
Min?"
TERMS:--$2,00 in Advance, or $2,50 within the year.
" I am the captain," quoth Tom'White,
boldly.
" Then, Sir, perhaps you will have the
kindness to arrange your people in detach
ments."
Tom bustled about with great pomp,
looking fully two inches taller aftethav-
Mg been called "Sir," and having been
addressed so politely by the government
officer.
By this time more boats had arrived from
shore, and the scanty population of the
port were to be seen running to and fro
like ants whose nest had been disturbed.
•' Are these all your crew and passen
gers, captain ?" asked the governor of the
island, us he stepped aboard the icegerg.
". f1a41.,--your.worship;" answered Tom,
apparently with some indistinct impres
sions of veneration, deri'Ved from the
Tharries Police Court, " the others," he
continued ole rn n ly, " has met a watery
grave."
" Beg your pardon, Sir," said a boat
man, touching his cap to Torn White.
" but there's a lot more people t'otheh sida
the berg."
A rush of' boats immediately gave way
with a will to the spot indicated, anfi
presently returned, and bringing off the
captain, chief mate, second Mate, third
mate, boatswain, doctor, steersman, and
midshipmen. Being in the after-part of
the ship when the catastrophe occurred
they had all leaped on board the iceberg
together. And it seemed that we had
searched six valleys, but had omitted to
examine the seventh.
Poor Tom White! I believe he was a
kind-hearted fellow, and well-pleased to
find that riot a single life had been sacri
ficed on board the Gulden Dr , ron. ; and
yet I am sure he was sorry to see the cap
tain again. lie spoke not a word on his
way to the shore, but hung down his head
and looked much depressed In the even- ,
itig, however, under the influence Of
liberal libation of grog from Ills Excel
;env the i;overnor, he recovered his spi.
rits, and described Ms manner of naviga
tiny the redierg into port in terms which
I think no Falkland Islander will ever
fiaget As for the iceberg, I understand
hat she remained for many months
grounded on the ~ - arnl-bank ; at length,
under the influence of numerous storms
of rain ; the ceaseless dashing of the wa
ter;, and the warmth of the chilly south
ern summer, she crumbled Li pieces and
dr•appeared.
We were all placed on board a Califor
nian trader bound for New York. Hero I
parted from Schlafenwohl, who had de.
(ermined to settle in the United States.
There was : 4 01110 slight coolness between
us. I had puSitively declined to share
the same cabin with him on account of
his snoring, and the worthy German was
offended. Consequently 1 proceeded to
Liverpool by the Cunard steamer from
Boston alone. On reaching London lat
once forwarded a written statement of our
extraordinary escape to the Committee at
Lloyd's. It was authenticated by Tom
White's mark ; us he, like many other
great men, was unable to read or write.
A few days afterward I received a requi
sition to attend before the Committee of
Lloyd's, which I at once obeyed, when the
following conversation ensued between
we and the Chairman:
" Pray, :Mr. Monk house, is your family
of German origin ?"
"Yo, Sir; we have been settled for
centuries in East Kent."
" Oh, I bog your pardon ; I thought
the name of Moukhouse might have been
a corruption of the same of a certain
Baron whose extraordinary adventures
have long been known to the public."
lIIS BROWN-PAPER PARCEL
My works are well known. lam a
young wan in the Art line. You have
seen my works many a time, though it's
fifty thousand to one if you have seen we.
You say you don't want to see me ?
You say your interest is in my works,
and not in me ? Don't be too sure about
that. Stop a bit.
Let us have it down in black and white
at the first go off, so that there may be
no unpleasantness or wrangling after
ward. And this is looked over by a
friend of mine, a tieket-wrivr, that is up
to literature. lam a young man in the
Art line—in the Fine Art line. You
have seen my works over and dyer again,
and you have been curious about me, and
you think you have seen me. Now, as a
safe rule, you never have seen me, and
you never do see nae,_and you never will
see we. I think
, that's plainly put—and M
it's what knocks e over.
If there's a blighted public character
going, ,I artt the party.
l i t has been remarked by a certain (or
uncertain) , philosopher, that the world
knows nothing of its greatest men. He
might have put it plainer if he bad thrown
his eye in my direction. Hftmight,have
put it, that While:the world lftiows,soweL
thing of them that apparently , go in and
it, 'knows nothing_offthom; that really
go in and don't , Willy' Tlihre it is tigiiin
in another form--4ind thit's knocks
me - over. ,
Not . that
• •-,- -°ll/ 7. --1 9'1elf:' : #!! -- Buffer! --
711; ugti h - 4 - NA: ta ore ahi - V
-to my own :injuries: than to any other
tan's. Being, as I have . thentionedi.'hi
the Fine Art line, and.aot, the Ehilan.
throido line, I:openly
cOrn pang iiijury, I
Who aro you passing every, : day at your
Competitivo'Excraciiitiolis' ;The fortu
nate candidates whose heads :and Avers
you have turned upside-down for-life ?—•-=
Not you. You are really passing the
Crammers and Coaches. If your princi
pie is right, why don't you turn out to
morrow morning with the keys of your
cities on velvet cushions, your musicians
playing and your flags flying, and read ad ,
dresses to the °rummers and Coaches on
your bonded knees, beseeching thorn to
come out and govern you ? Then, again,
as to your public business of all sorta,
your financial statements, and your Bud. •
gets ; the Public knows much; • thulyi
abOut the real doers of all that I. Yerif
Nobles and Right lionorables are first:
rate men 1' Yes, so is a goose a Brat Fate
bird. But I'll tell you this about the
goose—you'll find his natural flavor dia.
appointing without stuffing.
Perhaps I am soured by not being pop
ular ? But suppose lam popular. &ap
pose my works never fail to attraot. Sup
pose that whether they are exhibited by
natural light or by artificial, they invari
ably draw the public. Then no doubt
they are preserved in some collection I .
No they are not; they are not preserved
in any Collection. Copyright? No, nor
yet copyright. Any how they must be
somewhere ? Wrong again, for they are
often nowhere.
NO, 5.
Says you, "At all events you are in a
moody state of mind, my friend.". My
ana*er is, I have described myself as a
public character with a blight upon him
—which fully accounts for the curdling of
the milk in that cocoa-nut.
Those that are acquainted with Lon
don are aware of a locality on the Surrey
side of the river Thames called the Obe
lisk, or more generally, the Obstacle.—
Those that are not acquainted with Lon
don will also be aware of it, now that I
have named it. My lodging, is not far
from that locality. lam a young man of
that easy disposition that I lie abed till
it's absolutely necessary to get up and
earn something, and then I lie abed again
till I have spent it.
It was on au occasion when I had had
to turn to with a view to victuals that I
found myself walking along the Waterloo
Road, one evening after dark, accompa
nied by an acquaintance and fellow lodger
in the gas fittingway of life. lie is very
good company, having worked ut the the
utrei, and indeed he has a theatrical turn
himself and wishes to be brought out in
the character ui . Othello ; but whether on
ecolliAf of file re,:ular work always black
ing his lace and hands more or less I Can
not s•ry.
Tutu," he says, " what a mystery
hangs over you "
Yes, Mr. ('lick''—the rest of the
house generally give him his name, as
being first, front, carpeted all over, his
own furniture, and if not mahogany, an
out-and-out imitation—" Yes, Mr. Click,
a mystery does bang over me."
‘• _Makes you low, you see, don't it ?"
says he, eying inc sideways;
" Why yes, Mr. Click, there are cir
cumstances connected with it that have,"
yieldLd to a sigh, " a lowering effect."
" Gives you a touch of the misanthrope
too, don't it ?" says he. " Well, I'll tell
you what. If I was you I'd shake it
off."
"If I was you I would, Mr. Click ;
but if you was we you wouldn't."
" Ah !" says he, " there's something in
that."
When he had walked a little further he
took it up ugaiti by touching tue on the
ohest
" You see, Torn, it scorns to me as if,
in the words of the poet who wrote the
domestic drama of the Stranger, who had
a silent sorrow there."
" I have, Mr. Click."
" I hupo, Toni," lowering his voice in
a friendly way, "it isn't coining, or
smashing ?"
" No, Mr. Click. Don't be uneasy."
"Nor yet furg--" Mr. Clink checked
himself, and added," " oounterfeiting any
thing, for instance ?"
"No, Mr. Click. lam lawfully in the
Art lino—Fine Art line—but I can say
no more."
"Ah ! Under a species of star? A
kind of a malignant spell ? A. sort of a
gloomy destiny ? A canker-worm peg-
ging away at your vitals in secret, as well
as I make it out ?" said Mr. Click, eying
me with some admiration.
Heat, not a furnace for your foe ao, hot,
That it do singe yourself,—Shakepeorti.
Small curs aro not regarded when they-grin,
But groat men tremble when the lion roars.
—Shakapiare.:
Wit, and coin are always doubted with a
thread-bare coat. No ono stops to question,
the coin Of the rich man; but a poor devil
can't pass: off either a joke or a guinea, with . -
out its being examined on both sigeV---!.rio-
ing.
Tho greatness of nations like that of.,in
dividuals is seldom known until they slit in.
to trouble.
Learn to hold thy tongife. - Vivo Woids,
Cost Zacharias forty wool:a silence i—Plater.
The reason why sofew niarriages.iirelap.
py, is because young ladies spend their: time. ,
in making nets instead of cages.-,—;Swift. •
Life is it Constant. struggle for riches,
which wo must aeon leave , behind, They,
seem given to us cis amino gives u playthirig
to a child, to amuse it till it falls asleep.
God will accept your "first attempts, ic!
serve bliss,.not as a perfect work,, but as • a...
beginning. This firstAittle•bladesof wheat
are asPlehstint to the ..farmer'S eye. Et4'493'
'vhOle - " - •
whole waving w 1 , gra,ir• ••;
flare • plpagot, notampiredi• io
'Aioldi never pierced ) . " a flower that; never }
41.ieth';' o:abate-dint never feariitlx"
a port 6 •4 : 7 l cildii,u4; 3,1
---- Set — ltrig - offiAallr 3 " l46 o ll ".ter
after 1121116 putilirtali ,
,iiii3talciiiigirrs
riiiniument: 'who 911101418 it, BOOMS ) : dO
not believe in licking lanes.
Golden Thoughts.
1 : gilt