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SEW SERIES.
From the U. S. Police Gazette
A DANGEROUS ROAD;
OR,
ow I Captured Seven Robbers.
A SKETCH OP TRAMR LIFE.
BY JOHN KKNSF.PV.
i
It was towards ewuing .that I travelled!-
.lovrly across the prairie, to give my horse j
U cool ironi utts .uieusc neat ot the
un. which
we had endured a few hours
tfore.
v jaJdl'J-bags were heavy from the
h.
weight vf -roin I carried in Xhem. --1 was en
ruuttf for a land office, at which I was. to
inter land, ut1 or myself, but for
vtheig.
1 observed a horseman ahead of nu, and
travelling slowly in the baine direction as
mvsL'If. I was not very auxioua for com-p'u)-,
and therefore did not hasten my pace,
hut kept at a s1'jw gait. The iuao ahead of
me oUckeuifd his speed, anU seemed deter
ujined I should overtake him. 1 accordingly
slackened uiiuc. He dimouuted to fix some
thin? about his fuddle. I stopped to observe
tho laudacape. He atcompted to mount.
His horrre was fractious, and uuue kus er
fectly docile. At length he reached tho sad
J!r. I di.suiunted ; my rigging was out of
crier, lie dropped hi rein, and left his
horso to grazr. I examiued my pistols and
looked well to my knife. He cast a long
luok at me, and theu rode forward, ut which
I mouuted and pursued my journey His
conduct had becu suspieioua I was fully
ruuei to a fcusr of daueer. Could the man
mrau mo harm 'I or was he anxious for com
jiTj y to while away the monotony and loneli
hf of the loute 't
fiT a mite or two he kept at a very re
;c!fcblc distance, and i begau to think 1
ttoiild not bo troubled with his immediate
cimrsny. Suddenly his horse wheeled in
hi? course, and came dashing furiously to
wards me. His movement wa executed o
rt-idlj, and was so unexpected, that I was
at a loss how to act. I5ut as tclf-dcfence is
one of the first laws of nature, i found tlie
fird ruitt-stion which came to uy mind, and
wi;l it came my pi.-tol.
"'.'cuce,'- rail he, at the aiuc time hold
uig xw up be lore him; my horse took
flight ut.d rati a way with n.c."
Imiced ."' I replied. VIat a curious
h'ltte," I thought in inysjlf, whJlo I carefully
'irrfjed the animal au i a noule beast he
wi.
"It's very loiKKome travi-lliug abme over
thrso prairie. a;id thvir wild sanicmss al
raofli fri-htciif me. 1 had half a miud thus
jnon.x"6VJl'iK urcr uatil L met with com-
Vou
are a ?traner in trs partt, I re-
riarked.
as l ciot-ciy horuiiiii u a lue mat. s
lcaiurrs. and p articularly ohsei ved every part
4f hi cl-tLing aud equipments.
I observed nothing MJpioi. us about him.
tut on the contrary, he ceeni'd to be like
it. df--a traveller. Hi c-mv.rKation was
jlrasaut, h manners sr.; tjle an 1 iusi;iuatpig
l.i lio;t, v-u." ac'j'ia ntaiiet: was siou ro;n
pltr, and I tlio-ighl 1 had inisjulged the
man. He wa ou the same business, travel-
ling to the
up at the
vame
same
place, an I intended to put
hotel where I intended to
lu addition to other facts, he informed me
he Lad live thousand l dl irs in actual cah in
liii ad(i!e-bags, r.hi' h he was going to in
irnl in lands In retur'i for his unsolicited
f'ufideuce, 1 acquainted him with the amount
in mv pof session, at which he expressed no
urpiin, bu'. rthcr iutimated that it was a
uiU amount.
"I wonder if there is any danger of rob
brr?" M.i-1 ho, as we were approaching a
mall clump of trees, which were thickly
tuddod wub uudcrbrush.
I ahould thiuk not," I replied.
liut his remarks had awakcovd in my miud
. - i t 1. . : . . .. . n ,
a eustnciu
iou, aua 1 Kepi my eye luieuiiy uxeu
upon the woo-Js, whicti ly to tne rig tit oi
a, and close t which our road ran. I sm
this troubled :uy compauion, and he tried by
every pot-siblo means to divert my attention
to some other direction. This only continued
iny suspicions, and takeu in connection with
the manner iu which ho came iuto my com
pany, destroyed all the confidence of honesty
I had a few moments before reposed in hiui.
Wc now reached the densest part of the
woods, aud I noticed he rode more closely to
my horse's head, and glanced uneasily to
wards the timber ; but at the same time
watched me closely.
I passed my hand behiud, but no sooner
was it beneath my coat than he teized the
Tein of my bridle in one hand, and with the
other pointed a pistol to my breast.
Another move, and you are a dead man I
Your money, tir," ho demanded.
"Ah! a highway robber," said I, gazing
upon him in wonder, 'i supposed as much,
but you were too sharp for me."
"I LViOw it," he replied. "We all have to
n .Urn in this western couutry ; wc have a
fast world out - here;
r. . t . .
but
your money,
and
save me the trouble of pulling this trigger !"
"Well." thought I, 'T may bo even with
you yet."
"You will spare my life if Tgivc you all
my money?" I asked, pretending to be
acared almost out of my senses- -Perhaps,
though, it was not all proteuce for I confess
I felt kind of light about the heart, and my
hair moved on my head m if its electricity
was all positive, and each respective hair
wished to get as far away from its fellows as
possible. .'
"I will spare' your life, though it is con
trary to my rules I have and will follow the
motto t Dead men tell no tales I"
I Understood his meaniBg perfectly, and
knew it would but be a contest for lit'o, and
why hould I submit tamely ? '"
'Well," sail I, "it ia hart-awktnjag to
part with the honest earnings of a life of se
vere toil, without receiving any compensa
tion "
-1 will give you your life," he replied ;
"and if you do as the rest of mankind do
prey upou their fellows for gain you will
soou make up the amount you may accom
modate me with. Come.be hasty. I have
mure worK neiore me.
I moved forward in my saddle, and drew
UP y saddle-bags, and then fixed myself
" i"j
just iiola that, paid I. drawing out a
bundle of shirts and
handinfr them to him
He immediately replaced the pistol, and tak
ing the bundle, held it very patiently.
Please hold that Bible too, my money is
in each end, and of course tho bottom ar
ticle." I aeain thrust mv hand into the saddle
bag, but this time drew out a long pistol,
and instantly it was at his breast
'Move, or make the least noise," I fairly
screamed with excitement, "and I will blow
yoa through tbe heart." - .
With my left hnnd I fistcned the rein of
his bridle over th
le uorn or my fca-lule. and
iih my eyes sraring mm iuii in tn
reached forward with my left hand
. - 1 11 .1
3 face, I
and re-
moved his pistols two large revolvers.
He turned pale when he found himself
disarmed, aud with a sickly smile, said,
'You have been too sharp for me.'
"Yes," I replied ; "this western country
is a fast country, and I have been a little too
fast for you."
Still holding the pistol to his breast, I re
placed the articles as best I could in the saddle-bags
and adjusted them with all their
contents in their accustomed place; I then
released tho bridle rein, aad still levelling
the pistol towards him, I rode forward, and
when at a respectable distance, I put my
horse i.ito a cauttr.
"We'll meet again!" hi yelled after me,
shaking his fit menacingly.
It had become quite dark when I ap
proached a small house, standing alone on
the prairie. I rode up in front of it, and
dismounting, fastened my horse to a stake,
which seemed as if driven in the ground for
that purpose. I taw a light through the
door, which stood slightly aj.ir, and on ap
praching it, heard several voices in conversa
tion I rapped agaiust the casing aud im
mediately a hurley looking iudivitiual made
his appearance.
"Can I s?op all night '?' I asked, seru'i
uizing hiiu as w-ll as I culd in the light
which shone dimly from a eindle.-
Well, stranger, I reckon you kin, if you
put up with such fare as 1 ea: give you."
1 am no way particular," I replied, "s
I am protected for the niglit."
.Well, yes, that's all light, jist walk in,
and I'll take care o' your h"rs-j."'
I did walk in, with my saddle-bags on
my arm. and tin re sat two men- great muscular-looking
monsters, with stifl black hair,
coarse savage features, aul long dirty beards
I took a seat and waited patiently for the
return of the landlord. When hi! Mine in I
thought ! noticed something strange in his
conduct, and he watched " me rjther closely.
and seemed very anxious to
beneath uiv cout.
get
a glance
'You'll have supper, I reckou," he said,
stetipia befuie me, aud endeavoring to make
a liow.
No sir,' I replied harshly, for I saw in
tlm actions of the mau that which convinced
me I wuuld uot eit a secoud one. Though
hungry, ravenously hungry, yet I would not
risk my life to quell the cravings of my sto
inac''. My reply took the landlord by surprise,
and after zing at ine a moment, ho walked
sullenly away.
I aski d to retire, when the landlord picked
! up a short piece of can lie, aud lighting it,
J Lade me follow Wc ascended a close nar-
row staircase, at the head of which was a
' door and through which wo c.itered a room
The furniture of the ap u tmeut was anything
but iuvitbig especially the bed
I guss you'll have to undress in the
dark,'' said mine host, moving toward the
door; "I ain't got any candlestick, and iu
fact, can't spare the candle
' I can't do that, sir," J replied promptly;
"I must have that candle."
I cau't fpare it, stranger," and he kept
backing toward the door, .
"Will you give me that candle ?" I de
manded. "Well, I reckon you'll have to have it,"
said he, yieldiug it very reluctantly.
When he had withdrawn. I examined the
door, and found there was nothing by which
it could be fastened.
All my suspicions were now aroused, and
I had the glorious and pleasing reflection
that I was in a nest of robbers. Still I
thought I might bo uiisUkcu, and that the
landlord was only acting from ignorance or a
want of hospitality.
How to secure my door was the next
thought, aud only one way presented itself,
and that was to place my bed against it.
When this idea occurred to my mind, my at
tention was attracted to the bed, and I dis
covered it was surrounded with a curtain,
which descended from a rail to the floor.
Under any other circumstauces, thi3 would
not have appeared uncommon, ;but at tho
present time it was in direct contradiction to
the other arrangements of the apartment. I
thought something might be concealed be
neath it, and then it might be used for other
purposes.; How; to ascertain whether the
under part of the, bed was occupied, without
exposing a vital part of. my body, was
query. - . ' 1
"Ah !. now I have it." I turned the cur
tain up all arouud, and taking my revolver,',
I leveled it so that it would ba sure to hit
any object underneath the bed, at the same
time Saying ''Two minutes to come out, or,
I fire! " I listened for about a minute, and
the stillness ; frewime insuflVrablcs. , Was I
EBENSBURG, SEBTEMBER 29, 1858.
mistaken? and dare I risk ; my.. head, low
enough to take a peep? Would it be-judi:
cious to fire, and if no one was there, alarm
the host? I was about to withdraw the pis
tol when I detected a light suppressed breath
ing. At this discovery a thrill passed, thro
me like an electrio shock, and my heart
palpitated audibly. .'
"One half minuto more to make your ap
pearance," said I "or I fire."
An interval of silence, then of shuffling,'
and the head of a man peered from beneath
the bed, followed in snake like order by the
body. 4 . .
"Ha!" said I, "you were prepared to cuV
a noie tnrougn your nead, a3 1 pressed" the
pistol close to his forehead. He dropped
upon his knees in an imploring position, but
not a word escaped him."
1 then took the case from off the bolster
on the bed and drew it over him, aud, fortu
nately, it was lonj enough to partially confine
his legs. 1 then cut a place through which
he could breathe and tumbled him into one
corner.
i urew my Dea against the door, and so
cured it otherwise, as best could. I placed
my arms in a convenient position, of which
I had a goodly supply three revolvers and
a large knife. I then took a seat upon the
bed, and patienty awaited the result -f my
preparations.
My candle had burnt out, and T, despite
all my exertions to the contrary, had become
sleepy, and several times I caught myself
noddiug.
A rustling in the corner warned me my
captive was making efforts to free himself.
"Keep quiet," said I, "or this knife will
find the way to your heart."
in arxiut a nair an nour alter, l heard a
gentle rapping upon the door. No answer
bt-iiig made, a voice sai 1 in a whisper:
"Tip, Tip, is it done?"
"Yes," I whispered back.
"Let me in, will you?"
"Not vet."
"Well" hurry." ;
"Directly."
During this time I was rapidly considering
what course to take cr how to- manage the
affair. Should T admit this man. how could
I secure him? Ah! the bel cord, why not
think of that before. I instantly threw the
clothes off the bedstead, and loosened the
cord, an! then pulled the remainder of the
bed away from the door. 1 "
"Come in," said I, as I opened the door.
The man stepped confidently in and as he
did eo, I placed the muzzle of a pistol in his
f.ice. and warned him not to utter a syllable
or he was a dead man. Holding '.he pistol
with one hand, I wound the rope around his
hands, until they were fast, then laying-the
pistol down, securely tied his hands and
feet, and set him down.
Tn a little while I saw a light ascending
and approach the door. The same 6igisal
was given as before, when I opened the door,
and the landlord entered with a light. His
consternation was the most ridiculous, "as he
beheld me with a pistol at his breast, bidding
him be silent. I then tied his hands and feet
and with an admonition to keep silence, set
i . . .
him upon the floor. ?
They kept coming, and I binding them
ever to keep the peace, until I had six iu the
room, and by the dim' glare of the candle
they presented a ludicrous appearance
After a long pause the seventh man canie,
and when I let him in, it was my companion
who had traveled with me on the prairie,- and
who had tried to rob me.
"Ha!" he exclaimed, starting back con
founded at what he saw, "yOu once escaped
but not now."
"Y'es, and now," said T, pressing my pis
tol close to his face, "be quiet or your head
will go to atoms in a twinkling " I secured
him without any further trouble and seated
him among his companions.
At length day dawned, and when the light
was perfect, I took ray first prisoner from his
sack and tied him hand and foot and then
left them, cursing and swearing at each oth
er's cowardice. I went on to the next town,
from which officers were sent out, and the
gang of robbers taken to prison. lut this
capture broke up that gang, and if they ever
commenced operations again, it was in some
other locality."
Ode to Frazer's River.
O, frazter rivier virgien land
Were gold crops out as thik as punkens
and Previsions air, notf toe be hadd at
hardly any price
ime down on yeu lik a cart lode cf brix
and. shorcly wood
cut my lukky or t mean my styx
Ony i haint the fundz to travel outer
Onse i git awaa
from this beer place
dod-darndif ever i goas rummin"
round this Terraketous world agin
no Sirree Hoss ! fly
for the star-spangered banger furrevcr shill
-: wave
were the drinks are one but and the gold by
ers shave -x
Loving vs. Liking. The distinction be
tween liking and loving was well made by a
little girl six years old. She was eatig some
thing at breakfast which she seemed to relish
very much ' '-Do you love it?" asked her
aunt. "No," replied the child, with a look
of disgust ; "I like it. - If I loved it I should
ki$st." :.- l"-- " -i
. I never! shot, a bird in my life," said
some one to bis friend,: who replied "I never
bhot anything in the shape of a bird, except
a squirrel, which I killed with a stone, when
it fell into tho river and was drowned." , , '
The following contains all the letters of
the alphabet: John P. Brady gave me a
black walnut box of quito a small eize. ,
PEBBLES IN THE SEA.
AN OLD POEM.
v. Who Bhall judge a man from manners 7
jj -. Who shall know him by his dresa 1
raupers may be fit f.ir princes,
Princes fit for something less,
Crumpled shirt "and dirty jacket
5 "May become the golden ore 1 '
Of the deepest thoughts and feelings;
Satin vests could do no more." '
.f-U
I here are springs of crystal nectar
Even swelling out of stone,
Th-jre are purple buds and golden
Hidden, crushed and overgrown:
God, who counts by souls, not dresses;
. Love and prospers you and me,
While lie values thrones, the highast,
But as pebbles of the sea.
Man, upraised above his fellows,
Oft forgets his fellows then ;
Masters rulers lords, remember
That your meanest kinds are men;
Men by labor, men by feeling,
Men iu thought, and men by fame.
Claim epual rights to sunshine
In a man,s ennobling name.
There are foam-embroidered oceans,
There are little weed-clad rills,
There are feeble inch high saplings,
There are cedars on the hills;
God, who coun ts by souls, not stations,
Loves and prospers you and me,
For to him all vain distinctions
Are at pebbles in the sea.
Toiling bands alone are builders
Of a nation's wealth or fame;
Titled laziness is pensioned,
Fed and fattened on the same;
By the sweat of others' foreheads,
Living only to rejoice,
While the poor man's outraged freedom
Vainly lifteth up bis voice.
Truth and justice are eternal,
Born with loveliness and light; -
Secret wrongs shall nevar prosper
Where there is a sunny right;
God, whoes whole-heard voice is singing -Boundless
love to you and me
Sinks oppression with its titles, '
' As the pebble in the sea.
THE CAVE OF DEATH.
Iu Hugh Miller's posthumous work entit
led "The Cruise of the Betsy," we take the
following interesting account of the Cave in
which the whole . people-of the Islaud of
a a
Ki'22 one of the Hebrides, were smoked to
death by a neighboring clan, the McLcods:
"Wc struck a light, and,, worming our
! selves through the narrow entrance, gained
the interior a true rock gallery, vastly more
roomy and lotty man one coma nave antici
patcd from the meau vestibule placed iu front
of.it, Its extreme length we found to be
t'vo huudrcd. and sixty feet; its extreme
breadth twentyseven feet; its height, where
the : roof rises highest, from eighteen to
twenty feet. The cave seems to have owed its
origiu to two distinct causes, , The trap rock
on each side of the fault like, crevice ... which
separates them are greatly decomposed as i
by tho moisture from above; and directly in
the lice of the crevice must the surf have
charged, wave after wave, ages ere the last
upheaved of the land. When . the Do
stone at Dunolly existed as a sea stack, skir
ted with alsai. . the breakers on this shore
must have dashed every tide though the nar
row opening of. the cavern, and scooped out
by.handfuls; the decomposing trap within.
" i he process ot decomposition, ana con
sequent enlargement, is still going on inside,
but there is no longer an agent to sweep away
the disintegrated fragments. . Where the roof
rises highest, the floor is blocked up with ac
cumulations of bulky decaying masses, that
have dropped from above; and it is covered
over its eutire area by a stratum of earthly
rubbish, which has fallen from tho sides and
ceiling in such abundaucc that it covers up
the straw beds of the perished islaniers.
which still exist beneath, as a brown mould
ering felt, to the depth of from five to eight
inches. Never yet was tragedy enacted on
a gloomier theatre. Au uncertain ' twilight
glimmers gray at the entranc.,froai a narrow
vestibule; but all within, for two hundred
feet, is black as with Egyptian darkness." As
we passed on with our one feeble light, along
the dark mouldering walls' and roof, which
absorbed every straggling ray that reached
them," and over the dingy floor, ropy and
damp, the place called to recollection that
hall iu Roman story, hung and carpeted with
black, into which Domitiao once thrust his
senate, in a frolic, to read their own names
on the coffin-lids placed , against the wall.
The darkness seemed to press upon us from j
every side,' as if it were a dense jetty fluid.'
out of. which our light had scooped a pailful
or two, and that was rushing in to supply the
vacuum; and the only objects 'we saw dis
tinctly visible were" each other's heads and
faces, and the lighter,'parts of our dress.
" "The floor,' for' about 'one hundred feet in
wards from the narrow vestibules, resembles
that of a charncl-houso. At almost every
step we camo upon heaps of human bones
grouped together, 'as when one cutteth and
cleaveth'wood to the earth," They are of a
brownish, earth hue. here and there, tinged
tpitVi nr-rtan' tho HWUllS Wit
th the exception ot
a few broken fragment?, havo disappeared;
r il,. TTohrhloci hnv of Into
iur iiaveicm iu
years been numerous and curion?; and mariy
ft museum that at Abbotsford among the
rest exhibits a grinning skull, its me
morial of the Massacre of Kigg. We fud,
too, further tnarks of visitors in the . single
bones separated from the heaps,1 and scatter-:
ed over the area: bat enough still remains to
show, in the general disposition of there
mains, that the hapless islanders died under
the walls in families, each little group sepa
rated bv a few feet from the others Here
and there the remains of a detached skeleton
may be seen; as if somf robust islander, rest
less in his agony, had stalked out into the
middle space ere he fell; .but the; social ar
rangement is the ceneral one. . ..
"And beneath every heap we find, at the
-pth'as'has Wen SiiJjf w!iftche8; the
r : r .li - i: .i ' W-
de
remains of the straw bed upon "which the
family had lain, largely mixed with the
smallest bones of the human frame., ribs and
the vertebrae, and hand and feet, feet boDes;
occasion
potte
housewifery
under one family heap, the pieces of a half
burned, unglazcd earthen jar, with a narrow
mouth, that, like the sepulchral urns of our
ancient tumuli, had been moulded by the
hand, without the assistance of the potter's
wheel; and to one of the fragments there
stuck a minute pellet of. srrey hair. From
under another heap he disintered the handle-
stave of a child's wooden porringer (Jbicktr,')
perforated by, a hole still bearing the- mark
of the cord that had bung it to the wall; and
beside the etavc lay a few of the larger, less
destructible bones of the child, with what
or a time puzzled Ms both not a little one
of the grinders of a horse.
Certain it was, no horse could hare got
there to have dropped a tooth a foal of a
week old could not have passed itself through
he opening; and how that single grinder.
evideutly no recent introduction into -the
cave, could have got mixed up in the straw
with the human bones, seemed an enigma
somewhat of the class to which the reel in
the bottle belongs. : I found in Edinburgh an
unexpected commentator en the mystery, in
the person of my little boy, an experimental
philosopher in his second year. 1 had fcpread
out on the floor the curiosities of Eigg, among
the rest, the relics of the cave, including th
pieces of earthen jar, and the fragments of
the porringer; but the horse's tooth seemed
to be the only real curiosity among them in
tj, rD r.r i;ttt l;m ; IU instant hold 1
of it; and, appropriating it as a toy. contin-
ued playiug with it till he fell asleep.
r J O ...... . 1 I
I have now little aoubt but. that; it was
first brought iuto the cave bv the poor child
amid whose mouldering remain a Mr Swanson
found it. This 'little pellet "of gray hair
spoke of feeble old age involved iu this whole-
sale massacre, 'with the vigorous manhood of
ally, too, witL fragments of unglazed ep DJ 5M?P u 4uirc u.
rv, and various other implements of rude influence and power so cnaageu, inuceu.
tk r.-cii.i fV.r T. t mat no cannoi recozuize lu.wiuii-i mcum,
the island; and here was a story of unsus- ion. systematic moue ui lunurc, Krauu
pecting infancy-amusing itself on the eve of ally break down the constitution, cap the
destruction with its tovs. Alas for man!
Should not I spare Niuevah, that great city,'
said God to the angry prophet, 'wherein are
more than e'x . score thousand persons that
cannot discern between their riht hand and
their left?' God's image must have beon
sadly defaced in the murderers of the poor
inoffensive children of Eigg. ere they could
have heard their feeble waihngs, raised, no j
doubt, when the stifling atmosphere within
began first to thicken, and yet ruthlessly
persist in their indiscriminate destruction."
"Some hundreds of years ago." say Mr.
Wilson, "a few. of the McLeods landed in
V'irror from Siren chpr bavin 7 irreatlv mis-
conducted themselves, the Eiggites strapped
them to their own boats, which they set
adrift in the ocean. They were, however,
rescued by some clansmen; and soon after a
strong body of the McLeods set sail from
Skye, to revenge themselves on Eigg. The
natives of the latter island, feeling they
were not of sufficient force to offer resist-
"'f-j-i J - o o j
ance, went aud hid themselves, (men, wo- contrast, wneu power, uueer ra., . -men
and children. in this secret cave, which ployed wisely, kindly, courteously, and bo-
is narrow, with an exceedingly- small en-
trance. It opeus from the broken face of a!
steep bank along the shore; and, as the whole
coast is cavernous the particular retreat I
would have been sought for in vaiu by stran
gers. So the Skye-men, rinding the Island
uuiubabitcd, presumed the natives had fled.
and satisfied their revengeful feeling by ran- i
K.iekin'T and mllaiu'? the emntv houses.
Probably the movulAes were of no great val-
mi . 1 i .1 1 .
i human being among the cliffs awakened their
ue -tney men tooK toeir aeparture, ana sen, ucwiu - .- "i .oum
left the islaud, when the sight of a solitary 1 ces, a curse instead of a blessing to his fellow
suspicion and induced them to return. Un- Those upou whom high power has been con
fortunately a slight sprinkling of snow had ferred, or great riches, are also surrounded
fallen, and the footsteps of an individual were by corresponding responsibilities They b.ave
traced to the mouth of the cave. Not hav- io some sense been elevated above their fol
ing been there ourselves at the period alluded low being?, and have had an extraordinary
to, we cannot speak with certainty as to the
nature of the parley which ensued, or the
terms offered by either party; but we know
that those were not the days of protocols.
The ultimatum was not satisfactory to the
Skye-men. who immediately proceeded to
adjust the preliminaries' in their own way.
which adjustment consisted in carrying a vast !
collection of heather, ferns, and other com
bustibles, and making a huge fire just in the
very entrance of the Uamh Faaingh, which
they kept up for a length of time; and thus,
by 'one fell smoke,' they 6moothered the en
tire population of tho island. .
-PaKSEKvisn Fruit wituoct Sugar. To
preserve fruit fresh for winter use, put it in
bottles, fill them up with cold spring water ;
tic down with a bladder tightly ; put them in
a kettle of copper of cold water up to the
; neck of the bottles, with hay to steady them ;
' let them simmer for a quarter of an hour, but
not boil ; let them cool in the water ; wipe
the bottles and put away in a cool place. On
, no account open them' till wauted for eating.
S3T The best way io treat slander is to let
it alone and sav nothing about it. It toon
i- . - j a. ' ' ' i
dies away when fed op ulcct contempt.
VOl7i5.NO.46.
- THE "DESPOTS OF "DOMESTIC LEFE.
. w - i. - .. .
'It is excellent
To have a giant's strength, but it - ia tyrannoue
To use it like a giant." 7.; f .1 .7
There are few human beioga who do not
covet power. It appears to be one of the
great desires of the mind and heart Men
toil for it day by day' and year by year, and
not a few waste health, risk reputation, and
even peril life in ita acquisition. If we look
into tho busy world, we t.hll find the multi
tude constantly engaged in an effort to iectjra
position, place, fortune and power. And
strange as it may appearTttie cases are rare
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wtucii wncn acquirea. ivesc are uo
nsodior abusedyVe , r all, -more or kaa
iJi'i'nriKp'i to nlav the desnot. How freouent-
ly does it happen that an individual who in
hia early years was poor, depeulent, meek
nd bumble, becomes a chanced beinjr as
and even his own original character is lost in
the metamorphosis. We can conceive of
nothing more narrow, selfish and paltry.
Another foible of erring human nature, and
it is one that is frequently indulged,- is to
disown and deny parentage, associations and
origin, however honest aud honorable, becausa
connected with poverty. lhe poor tool who
UUa laucies luul uc ticmm uuuai..
expense of truth and integrity is only cor
temncd and despised by the intelligent . and
high minded. The abuse of power in every
case, should be regarded as a crime. In the
first place, it indicates ingratitude to Divine
Providence, for the blessings and immunities
conferred; and in the second, it exhibits a
selfishness, a vanity, and a tyranny that are
every way culpable and deplorable. We can
imagine nothing more despicable than a do
mestic or a social despot an individual who
delights in making others miserable, simply
because he is in a condition to do so with a
certain degree of impunity. The. slave dri
ver who scourges his victim for every trifling
offence, is scarcely more culpable, for wounds
may sometimes be inflicted as well by the
tongue or the manner, as by the lash or the
whip. Hearts, too, may be lacerated by
words, far more readily than bodies by blows.
The temper is sometimes more scathing and
fatal than a double-edged sword. We be
lieve that many a spirit has been broken
through its agency, tnat many, a
that many a I-tc naa
been made, wretched, and thai jnany a gentle .
ue,uS "3 uccu . r
Tl . 1 , C Zn K ot ic lint rrl w
iv m iuvu.
cruel, out n is criminal. Anu. aunouga it
is natural for us to turn with horror from
detailed accounts of the execution of some
convicted homicide, we fear that there arc
many domestic despots who Dy a cool, wan-
strengtn ana snonen me es ui wie rcry
strength and shorten the lives of the
beings they are bound to watch over and
protect. Can anything be more terrible than
this description of tyranny? Can auythihg
be more awful than this fearful manifestation
or temper t In some ot tne earlier ages
poisons were administered stealthily and grad
ually, with the object of putting away some
relative, friend, or associate, who had become
troublesome, or whose estates were coveted.
The mode was deliberate, monstrous, and
murderous, and yet the victims suffered with
out knowing the hand that prepared the fa
tal draught. " But the despots of domestic
life arc uot only seen and knowu, but their
blows upon the mind and heart are felt hour-
. . ; . f i
y ana ually. aoa arc 0Ilcn Dorne m orrow
and in suflenog. rather than resort to an
open rupture or a wordly exposure. Such
miscreants and tyrants deserve to be scouted,
scorned and execrated wherever discovered,
for they abuse the position and pervert the
privileges that have been confided to them
for benificent purposes. How happy is tho
nevolentiy; when it is regarded as a gift from
the Almighty, a trust or a boon, and is used
a'Ordingly! It then, indeed, becomes a
blcssing, and is the source of many other
blessings.' So, too, in relation to wealth.
The individual who. having accumulated an
immense fortune, hoards, worships, and faila
to employ it judiciously, is false to his trust.
Instead of making the means thus acquired
j subservient to useful and benevolent purpo
II I, o lh.. AAn. tliA c T t r t li 1C STK11 ufiS1a
creatures, aud a operable victim to avanco.
mission confided to them; and as they are
faithful or faithles, so will they enjoy sym
pathy, respect, confident and friendship
among their- fellow creatures, and so will
they be adjudged in the world beyond the
grave. . .
General Walker Again. The Washing
ton telegraph correspondent of the New York
Exprets says .
The Government has just scratched it
eyes open, and found out that Walker, tho
Fillibuster, has been, and ia about. The
report to them now is. that Walker leaves
the Gulf coast to meet a fillibuster force to
be landed in Nicaragua on the Pacific side.
Arms 1 and amunition hate already gone.
The new lint's (sometimes called Joe White's)
steamer put into Savannah lor coal, is hero
believed to be, put in for that kind ef coal
called Filibusters .The intended enset on
Nicaragua is now found to hav roots wide
and deep. ,
The Penna. R. It. Co. have con
tracted for the building of six Sleeping Cat a
of the Woodruff patent, to t-9 ruu on tbis
road when erciple ted.