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THE BLESSIKGS OF GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED ALIKE UPON THE HIGH AND THE LOW, THE RICH AND THE POOR.
'BH? SERIES.
EBESBUHG, OCTOBER 6, 1858.
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1. ;
From CuimUr's Journal. ,
burITd" alive.
ft ins r.
f 1 .
bleak aftornnooo in the begin
March that we stood at the
. .e i : u
...ii uirviows 01 our unuc iu me
drt'"e' ,, ... i ,,n,I, n Savor wateh-
Moiils careering wildly over ine SKy.
whether ie ure ana
would come to tea.
VlilSl.
wt the
I at in p
f. , ' ;V... Lis sister,
tuTU mountains opposite begin to look
, ..'atbe bright rosy reflections from
p la sun fadf'i from their snow-cover-lt
&!uiit-' tut- pine-trees in our garden
CA UIU'V SW3VL.J lilce the masts of a tem-
K't t'd f,ip"."aud astlie K5e5llinS- moan-
L:.f'in"wiJ lulled for a &ecund, there
I ' ome flakes of snow.
C'etlie j'lIonsUs, Annette, and draw
,Ve curVai." I'oor uiiserable things these
' wer, thin luuilin wtih a red cotton
rrt I V 1 ........ 1 n n . f -1 1 " 1 il 1 1 tufiP.
border-
and
ti!va.-cur fair-bairci Jasjie threw on log
rhrlo"- our jnoderator-lamp shone like a
Si sun, licbtiug up even the most distant
c: tl-o itiocious engraviogs of 'Passages iu
,ijC hives of Diane de Poitiers and Jeanne
' which covered one of our wall.-;
on th other bloomed twin samplers,
1 to l " 1 irv Vicri, ana c nr. urrc
... t l t
on whtth were eii.uroiuerea
Wii of heart's-ense aud forget-me-nots,
Huruiomited by a dove carrying a large
fl in its Leak undoubtedly crowns for the
li..,. of the cherished tat her ana mother. ;
I'u-- lav curled up in h"n basket ou the rug, j
.-ct-t'lin-' t. sleep, but keenly alive to ail
hi. wa. going on at the t-ea-table i
W't vire lieit i uiined in the most Christian
to biiow the core aud his sister how ;
L-hr.ore eoiufortable we English were than
a-Savoyard neighbors. Sj the fiuost of I
artrih'.e-linen. trie best of onr china, were j
t:r'jt'ht out for the ( t eaMon; a profusion of j
ifj-cak-s atid pres. i ves loaded the table;
::i!c ctTee-r. ; and tea-pot had been so well ;
..... . . t.,v,i r..n i
l;;.'V" llilglil UUvts ueeii iiiismncu ivi
The mention of thein is premature.
we at last settled mademoiselle in. one of the
large chairs by the fir, with her feet on a
foot-stool.
line si ctite die commc ?noi," sho expos
tulated, stretching out her lengthy limbs,
aud basking iu thegeuial glow. Then began
the ceremony of coffee-drinking; the Savoy
ards are very Turks iu their love of coffee.
"Ah, Mecs Jessie, you know the weakness
of uscrcs," said M. 15 , as she filled
his cup to the brim with sucar.
"Give our cure his eoSTee, and he is hap
py," remarked la Itite; "coffee is his reli
gion." This was only one of our St. Therese's
usual rather startliug obseivations about her
brother
"Very true," said the brother, demurely.
'I did not get my mid-day cup of coffee litt
Sunday; and I assure you, luadame, I could
! thiuk of nothing else through the whole of
vespers. A cup of codec haunted me," aud
hi9 little eyes twinkled.
I "Oh, Monsieur le Cure I" cried Jessie,
suddenly, "how did yon ever come to Le a
j priest?"
I He colored a little, hesitated, and then
! sail, "Well, I will tell you; aud no more
. seasonable time than the present, as this
happens to be the eve of .the anniversary of
; the great peril which decided my vocation."
; Jessie was too much abashed by her own
' thoughtless speech even to say "Thank you:"
but the cure, soon
forest, our uight's shelter being in the natu
ral caves formed by projecting rocks, which,
as a matter of course, were on that part of
the mountain where there 'va uo wood. We
strained every nerve to finish our ' task on
rriaay evening
' 'Have you your axe. vouns man?' said
Ficurio.
No.' In the perilous moment wheD he
had forced : me under the rock, the axe had
slipped out of my hand. '
" lth all the energy of despair, we flung
'Three or four hours more would have I the whole weight of our bodies atrainit the
done it,' said Picurio, in a desponding tone, iuert mass which shut us into our living toaib
as darkness overtook us, and a large stack of hopeless hopeless. I must have then fal-
timber still lay before us, len luto a lethargy; for the avalanche fell iu
" 'U ell, then, let us be up by peep of day,' the early morning, and the Ave Maria was
ciied I, 'and we may all be back at Bellin- ringing when I recovered my consciousness,
zona by the evening.' Yes, we distinctly heard the bell of the church
ot Aquna. words can describe the rap
ture 1 felt in listening to this voice from with
out; it seemed to say distinctly, 'Hope in
ii.va f
'Let us pray,' said the old man. We
recited the Acgelus, and told the rosary.
After that we felt more composed, and sat
down "side bv side. The souud of the ehurch
bells had taken away the horrible feeliug of
being entirely cut off from the living. We
felt sure that, as soon as we were missed, all
the village would turn out on the morrow to
seek for us; and we agreed that, as we were
able to hear the bells so clearly., it would not
be dmicult to make ourselves keard by any
passers. .Luckily, our day 8 tood was in our
pockets; we divided it into several portions.
so that it should last twenty-four hours.
Within that period ic never doubted obtaiu-
p-ii.-iieil
i!v.r
I.:
M
at
the last
bad as
II. o-
i.
m r; only to
. . . . ....... , V I t I ..
re not uu:ie uju aa nw
,
loved to sit m a Miug room ami
joor wretidies at sea; Imt we
v did peculiarly ciij y. on ih:r
V'v : l'. 'h air of eoinloil wLieh 1 1.
, - !.-!, iulied easy el'.uil s. the thick
i:. . t .. . t. ..
jii -preaJ uoari. iii ip uy uie
w. -ie te our country junrtera.
ue exclaimed, as we heard
.e callirg throiiffh the kitchen
recovi ring his usual man
ner, cijuconoed himself in a great leather chvir
in front of the lire, with our dear pussy,
whom he always insulted by calling "ui grvs
mutou,' at his feet. As soon as he heard
the click of his sister's knitting-needles, he
gave us a look just like the one he bestowed
ou his cougregatiou before beginning his ser
mon; and when we were all quiet, he com
mence i his story.
"In the autumn of 123, just thirty-Ore
eurs ago, my sister aud I went to pay a
visit to au aunt, married t. a wealthy wood
merchant of i. llinz ti.i I was then eigh
teen, and la 1 'elite P'jwe years younger.
Our uncle and aunt, who had no childieu,
ifrew er ibud of us. and would not hear of
our
V
a -1 n if
la-, i
ll.i ,k !f
s!i :'-r; i
'uri'i y
a . o T've iii-1
li re lie '
ttie cjre'i fcf
the little
tin in;
, and
the
of
y t. ilked of
taking me
adapting
into the
were wil-
1 -I I C 1
ii'jj iioiij.rn io cas witn iiu-m; lor cever ue
re had s knou ) much comfort, our pa-
wood-biisiiiess. We, on our part.
!c.ts
oeu.
anJ
.IW t'J
Jen
Annette to go
Ooe side of
and op ii the gar
ihe hoaao faced the
ntli in ootl.ii'C out f i.s ana
uaughteih. The winter of 1S23 1 was more
than u-ually s-jvere; tlie riow lay deep iu the
valley: all the small streams were fiozen. so
no saw-u.ill.4 could svoik. Our uncle grum
bled -ud su okeJ, B!;d smoked aud grumbled,
'.i J ''rtite fillc is actually come wiih him,"
v' 1 .Io-ie. ri;nniug hack fram the door,
fi
ioui uiortiin '
large orders.
he wax
s nijht. lie ha.l
he was uneasy at t
uiaKe iu executin
several
delay
ihcui
Tlii
-he had been to take i.I servat ion.-.
....!!.. r.'i.-v,.
vas unusiiiit. ine o-.ie kiui-umj ''-"""i-
:dj iht other at a .-h"rt interval, t t our cur:
Cii in.', like to he seen walking with a wo
rt. ti, even though that woman might be
Mvr. In they came, spackled with snow,
tut with cheery, gleaming faces.
H. le Cure was a thin, flat man so flit
. l
ti.it ho lo..ked like a deal-plank oressea up
it: u r.iiest's long coat, a garment
t sely res in
iv's ptlifif,
iaid-.il.. He
i
w men
hies an old-fashioned scanty la
buttonirg all the way up the
always worn Lis best fringed
!i ana U-.'Wesi rri'.crin wueu li jjjii
V.fit. l!e had a Rinnli vvizene 1 face, in which
i:.i!ed a pair of waggish gray eyes, their
vrcly expits'-ion heurhtened by a decidedly
?iriied-up note. It was Tforth something to
i(ir him prer.ch, particuiavly when he a 1-''tf-.
.I his vririsioners on the subject of the
ti:
a:;d
toiveO. t
You must know that !ie wood is felled io
summer, b-it r. t n in vrd till winter, when,
by means of long slides, formed of rough
trunks of tu.es, on which water is poured to
procu'e a coating of ice, the timber is coti-vt-yed
to the foot of the mountain. Now,
that winter r.ot one a.u ug the stoutest-hearted
of the 15 in at ri the men arc so called
wh j cut an 1 bring the wood ro the lake
would Miture up to the forests. There was
nothing tor ;t
bu: to wait till the c -id aiodc-r-
"On the morrow, we only mustered five;
three of our party were missing. Had they
descited, or only gone on in advance?
" 'We shall soon know' said the remain
ing Burratori, aud with one accord they sent
forth such wild.! uuearthly yells, ending in
shrill pea's of mad laughter, that, though T
had heard of their mode of holding commu
uication with their comrades at a distance, I
was nevertheless disagreeably startled. These
yells can be heard au incredibly long way off.
When there could bo no reasonable doubt
that the missing men had deserted us, many
were the smothered exclamations of, 'OiLo
gatto at mnrmo ('cat of marble,
lazy fellow.) 'you shall pay for this.'
"The loss dispirit d us, for the work still
to be done required all our original strength
ot hands to set it finished in the tunc propo
ted. The dawn was just whitening the ho
rizon wheu we began our ascent, and a little
breez, barely enough to make the pine
brauches quiver, was blowing from the west
Pieurio's only son, a stout, handsome youn'
man, the'wag of our party, prophesied we
should have a liue day; but as the light in
creased, j'reat black masses of clouds came
up from the southeast.
A baa sign, l say, crieu 1 lcurio- we
Lad belter tutu back.'
"1 was somewhat vexed at this advice, and
answered hastily, 'Those who are at raid uav
go back. I shall keep my promise to my
uncle, if I send down the rest of the wood
i uuussisted,' and I walked on; the rest follow-
, ed, Lnt in silence.
! ' Our path up the mountain now winding
iu aud out thiouiru ptnea, now passing under
i steep, bare rocks, perforated with caverns,
i ran aloni the edge of a ravin several hun-
! dred feet deep, ak the bottom of which lay,
' silciiced uuder a hug-i snow-drift, one of the
: great mountainous streams which io summer
i could be h';aru mites away, as it dashed anu
i roared in i'-a precipitous descent to joiu and
! swrll the wile Ticino Far above, as hisrh
! as we could see, were mouutain-tops bristling
! sc-.-green ice, which, as I gazed, were gilded
! by the rays of the rising sun.
! " 'Iiook !' er.cd I, 'is not that a rroruise of
! a fine day 't'
j "Old 1 curio shook his head ai before, for
' at the iustaut a pale, wntery tuu, eneirclj'l
' by a ring of vapor, shot into viow. In
atiottH r moment it was entirely obscured by
; the eh.-uJs which speedily covered the whole
i sky. The sighing breeze suddenly grew into
"When we once more saw daylight and
dear familiar faces, we fell down fainting with
joy. We were lifted out and laid at the feet
of the old cure, who, iu spite of ago and in
firmities, had ventured up the mountain to
bless and encourage the efforts of the men
who, touched by the child's agony of 'grief,
had conseuted to make one more search for
us.
" 'Thank God, my sons, for your deliver
ance,' were the old priest's first words, 'and
devote to His service the lives- he has so mi
rasnlously preserved.'
"It was this Ice9 Jessie, that led me to
become a priest; and la Prtitc, who, through
God's mercy, saved my life, has made my
home her home."
"She would have made a capital lady ab
bess, though," said Mr. B , looking at
her with unfeigned pride.
"Aud 1J Picurio V" asked Jessie.
"lie died in mv uncle's Louse."
a ted.
fd
llu:
, came, aud
! d to work
uslieroi in
uarv, with
vis.io 1. rind
I last s.Miv
lie r.int'i of
its wild bleak
ihe
warm
March
in on
sunny
The
snow left tho valley, a!ii the icy fetters of
the merry streams nulled quitJ awn. The
sutishiue without brought u sunshine withiu;
nd now whistled about the
1 ( . J 1 . . 1 : I
a iurou:eui viuu, ami some pricking s:cf i
4 Th." Tilth. itood alill. looking "uneasily
about thC;:-i , niuttciiug between their teeth,
lAh! meat d'un vcnJ mostru ' (Cow ef a
rnonstrou"; wind ')
" 'I toid you so, cried .Picurio; 'those
clouds are a sign of evil. Let us go back
we have no time to lose. The holy Virgiu
project us from an avalanche !'
" -Nonsense, father !'
mg our release.
"Presently the church-bell began to ring j
again. It could not be the De Profundis;
IT . . . 1 1 I
sumcieat time nai not eiapsea; Desiaes, ine
strokes were quick and sharp, not slow and
solemn. Glory be to God, it was the storm-
bell; the aiarm was given, and good souls
would soon be ou the search for us. Neithar
Picurio nor I spoke, so eagerly did we strain
our ears to catch the sound of approaching
steps, loDg before it was possibl that any
could have reached the mountain. I thiuk
the beating of our hearts might havo been
heard iu that dead silence.
"At last, we distinguished the barking of
a dog. I recognized the bark at once; it was
liibi, la J'etite's pet. Nearer and nearer it
came, until we could hear him whining and
scratching the snow which hid us. Then the
blessed sound of humau voices became audi
ble. Full of hope and joy, we threw our
selves oi.ee more against our snow-barricade;
we dug at it with hauds and nails, striving
to opeu a crevice through which we might
let our friends know our -situation. We shout
ed with all our might, but the noise fell back
heavily on our own ears. Many times we
were aware that the seekers weie close to us
we heard them cali'mg to one another, He
could hear, but with anguish we understood
that we could not make ourselves heard.
Near as tho searchers were, we could hold no
communication with them. JJxeiamations of
horror, pity, and grief, met our ears. The
names of our unfortunate comrades were pro
nounced in tones that plainly revealed their
sad fate. There was a bustle, many direc
tions of bow best to carry away the bod;cs,
wonders about us, and then our ej-ected de-
uenarted. A horrfble despair took
possession at me as their retreating steps grew
ta'.ntrr and tamter ; but poor Picurio always
cried, 'Lot us pray; God's right arm is long
ctaough to reach us eveu Iwre.'
"I tried to pray, but my thoughts wau-
Crxsolxne is a Storm.-A corresponded
of the Nashville Bunntr, who recently made
a trip to St. Louis, thus describes a scene
that was witnessed aboard the boat on Cum
berland river :
"An amusing incident occurred on board
as we were steamimz down the stream. The
ladies, dressed for the evening, had just sue
ceeded iu engineering their hoops through
the upper hatchway, and were stationed on
the hurricane deck, admiring the scenery
Suddenly the sky was overcast sharp light-j
mug flashed over the waste of waters the
deep thuuder rolled along the heaven?, and
every indication of an approaching storm was
apparent. Though the spacious cabin of the
captain was offered to the ladies for a tem
porary refuge, each one insisted upon going
to her state-room, and in n instant they
were single file passiug down the narrow
stairway. The storm passed aa soon as it
came, and the ladies soon returned. But
what a change ! There had been a general
collapse. Crinoline was confounded. The
gentlemen could not rcfraiu from contrasting
the graceful rotuudity of the lately retiring
train with the diminished proportions of the
approaching fair. While their descent was
scarcely possible, their ascent was entirely
unembarrassed. A council of curiosity was
called, and a married gentleman in the
crowd appointed a Committee of one to form
himself into & hollow square and explain the
mystery. After a brief delay, he reported
ia writin? that the transformation was based
upon scientific principles. The ladies who
wore metallic expanders, being aware of iheir
affinity for electricity, and not wishiug to get
up a current around their forms, however
distant it might be from them, had hurriedly
dropped their crinoline. In the haste neccs
sray there had been some damage done, and
we noticed one or two gentlemen with some
pieces of. braes in their bauds afterwards,
which they seemed to regard with mere tbau
ordinary interest.
HUSH !
'I can scar'cSly hear," sLe murmured, '
'For my heart beats loud and fiut.
But auroly, in the far, far dutance,
I "can hear a sound at laiit.
"It is only the reapers singing.
Ab they carry Lome thetr sheave:
And the evening breeze lias risen,
And riiiiks the dying leave."
Listen! there are voices talking."
Cilmly at U shs strove to speak, ...
Yet her voice grew faint and trembling.
And the red flushed in her cheek.
"It is only the children playing.
Below now their work, is done.
And they laugh that their yes aro dasil'd
By the rays of the setting sun."
Fainter grew her voice, and weaker.
As, with auxlous eyes, ha cried,
Djwn the aveuue of chestnuts
I can hear a horseman ride."
It wan taly the deer that were feeding
la a hrd on tho cl jver grass;
They were startled, and fled to tho thlcktl
As they saw the rcipersjpaaft."
Now the tight arose in silence.
Birds lay iu their leafy neat,"
And the deer couched iu th forest.
And the childreu were at rest.
There was only a sound of nloopiug
From watchers around a bed.
But rest to the weary spirit,
Feace to the quiet dead!
Interesting to NhWcrAPEit Proprietors.
One of the Courts of the Siate of Iudi
ana recently made a decision which ia of in
terest to all newspaper proprietors in the
Union. A controversy existed relative to a
charge for advertising, between the Commis
sioners of Hamilton county and the Patriot
newspaper. It ws.3 held by tho Judge that
"the jiublishel terms of newspapers consti
tute a contract. If work is given to news
paper publishers without a vpecial contract
contravening the publish! terms, the pub
lisher can charge aud receive tccording to
the terms so published It ia not necessary
to prove what tho work cost or was worth;
the publishers have a right to fix the esti
mate of their columns, and if so fixed, no
o'her question uecd be asked, but tbo price
thus charged can be recovered.
repiiol the sou; you
uevci ava'.atichus on this
my auui, huso..
Louse, makiug e
1 sin ih report
. hU !
uigers
'o o'l in
a sort of ftu tie jmt. beven
v'ivktv "J 'ordoncz mot nun awsrt rts, , !ir.r. a.ori had a-'ieel to to up the mountain.
(i .'i.-.r pause,) "p-iss'-z moi lxprnsioiit As ,.Jri,;g the la-t three weeks there had
' u i, us f,!un witn cmpnasis ami me. poui ( i n neither a lresli Uil ot saow, nor any
ft a spoiled child "mats, turns rfe your- iuJi-atiou
ix (ie i nns Tpovrccavx. - ,u a tone etuura-
I
:i thc
Another effective
pause.
ot
t',0
t.ig two octaves
a rpi.l verv clear explanation
I r
liar habits of "Jh vrais pourccuux.
ll3 was so sociable, so full of dry humor,
ind, withal, delighted so much iu our fami
ly circle that we never failed to remark,
of a thaw, the weather wise de
i .i i i i r.
e arc 1 no danirer was to o-i ar.nrenenueu. in
fact, the mountain, from its nature, was little
sutjeetto avalanchex. nor had any worth
speaking of occurred within the memory of
man.
"Tired out by such long inactivity, I was
wild to join the intended expedition, and at
after one of his long visits, "What canhave j i;ist WOaried my uncle into grauting mo per
induced that man to become a priest.' to
hut himself out from all the tender charities
if domestic life, formed, too, as he is to enjoy
ihi'ai. as witness his devotion to la Petite.
vetile, as he always called his sister,
&nd as she always called herself, was a wo-
ir.an qiite six feet high, as thiu as mortal
uvir.tr irame can be. and with the longest
hands and feet I think I ever saw. She was
ry like, yet very unlike her brother In-r.f-ail
of a cocked nose, she had a majestic
icquiliue; instead of small, merry eyes, very
Ar. melancholy ones: nevertheless, there
i the mysterious likeness of children of the
parents between them. The hair of
mission to begin my apprenticeship at once.
I was put under the ciro of an old fellow
named d'icurie, generally recognized as the
chief of the Burratori. We were to set out
on the Monday morning, and it was hoped
the job would Le completed by the following
Saturday.
"We had, however, forgotten to ask la
Pclite's consent. She, who had never been
separated from me even for a day since her
birth, was in tears from morning till night at
the idea of my leaving her for a whole week.
My uncl was, in truth, a soft-hearted mau,
so he agreed to go with us himself, aud take
tho little irirl also as far as Aauilla. a village
r r . . i - . o
k'iwas equally gray, but we were always J ju the Val Blegno, lying at tho base of the
P';!ti to understand that hi Petite was mauv f mountain to which we were bouud. This
To hear him arrangement rut an eud to mv sister's tears;
though, as the Burratori stop out night and
day till the work is finished, she would see as
little of me as if she had remained atBellin
zona. We were well provided with woolen
wrappers and the means of kindling a fire;
and as you may believe, the thought of this
bivouac had infinite charms for my imagi-
Jc'ars younger than the cure.
.it of her, you were led to coaclude that
was a sort of St. Therese, mystical and
t-witaiive, never so happy as when poriug
tTcr what the called her "Grenade" some
fcrt-t camion of a theologian of ihe middle
a?t's her heau-iJcil of a saint being Igna
''is Loyola. One day we lent mademoiscllo
j- L'nrj de Londres, the Fieueh uame
,r Oliver Twist. The cure brought h back
Tfr.V soon. "O no! la Prlile could not road
ur a Look;" and, to Jessie's horror, he
fye it as his opimoo that ce petit drvh T-
n, outlt to have been hanged
10 lltfn In I.y M
itho
-ion ot her brother one. She would
luur even to this whei we observed on their
niUtail affection.
t-i YtSi'" 6lie wonlJ answer. "I love him,
",VM,Dle; notwithstanding, we rodc
c3 -1 , :e t,ocr et - another: it never
.ur.Ur. Our cure ii a man with a
. I can tell you." . .
-v d:ct fcf catreaty asirsae gst!a fj.-ee.
; ktiow thcro
i mountain '
! ' 'Don't say S3, my son; I remember
i hearing my father speak of a terrible one.
4 'As big as my hand,' answered the young
j man, laughing.
1 "Neverthcieiis, the old mail's words had
! produced an effect; for, as if wilh one accord,
j we all turned round and begau to descend
towards toe village. aue wind would cea-;e
as if by magic, then come rushing from every
quarter of the heavens, "a mighty and a strong
vrind;' the sleet chauged to thick, fast-falling
snow, which, whirling in mad eddies, and
r, - 11 ..I ..lt--t.l 11.
Hying np auu uowu, aimost onuuea us. e
walked as quickly as we could, following Pi
curio; who had assumed the lead; but what
with tae teasiug of tho wind, and the slip
perincss of the path, could care;!v Ileeb
our feet. After tnevlast, which nearly I
hurled us down the ravin. wo j omed arms,
and kept as close together as we could. Not
a word was spoken; for by this time the bra
vest heart amongst us quaked with fear, and
many an anxious glance was cast around in
search of auy signs of the dreaded disaster.
"We had reached a point about half-way
down the mountain, where the path passed
through r mere cleft between two rocks.
Here we wcro forced to go two by two. At
that iustant, a boom liko that of a distant
waterfall struck ou our ears. We stopped,
raised our eyes in terror, aud saw. right above
us. a large white mass, like a living thinij.
rise slowly with a convulsive heave from the
dered to my home; all the childish griefs L
had known were forgotten, and 1 wept bitter
salt tears to think I shoui I never see father
or mother, brother or sisters again; all my
faults to them rose up m judgment agains
me; how solemnly I avowed that, should God
jrrant me life. I wou'd never again rebel
against the will of my parents ! Aud la Ptt-
wa
sure she would die of grief
night
ViVjown accouutof her-
J'"i might be pardoned for believing her
itiiiMou CI anv kind in!.a ... nl
uaioii.
"The cold on that memorable Monday
morning was perhaps as intense as it had been
during the winter; but as there was no wma,
the. men kept to their engagement. I cannot
affirm that sleeping under a rock was as de
lightful in reality as in anticipation; still, I
relished being treated as a trian, and nver
complaiued, On Wednesday, old Picurio
declared it was t cgiuning ' to thaw, and on
Thursday it was pifeetly clear that the frost
bad broken up; indeed, wi heard tho snow
slipping down the grooves cut in the. moua
tain's side by the spring and summer torrents.
The Burratori did not seem to care, fcr tho
pine-trees prevented aby dsngerous Acctxuiii
latioa of saow in cur immediate vicinity-.
Our CaW Janc:r ly in going to and from th j again that terrible swse
edge of a rock, hover for a second, topple,
then come crashing down.
" 'The avalanche ! the avalanche !' burst
from every lip. 'To the left, to .he caves '
shouted i'icurio, dragging me along with
him. In the twinkling of au eye down fell
the enormous white mass in frout of our ref
uge; there, we were uuhurt, but shut in be
tween a wall of rock behind, a wall of ice in
froQi
"After the first momeui Vf bewilderment,
Picurio cried out, 'Who is hero besides nit?'
It was pitchy dark no eeeing even one's own
baud. ...,t.
"Mine was th only voice that replied.
" 'My son ! my son !' exclaimed the old
man, 'ob, that I had died for thee, my son;'
aud I eard him weeping. Awful were those
moments Buried altTe a father's agony
he only sign of life breaking the stillness and
darkness of tho grave. Often in. tho silent
watches of the, night do I bear.egsja that
voice of woe often in dreatrs 1 li're orer
ile. w hat would sho do without me? I
As the
wore ou, my thoughts toos another turn
the whole scene of my own death, the finding J
of my frozen body, the despair of my poor
little sister, were moving pictures before mo.
I could not detach my fancy fiom the phan
toms it had evoked. It was painfully curious
tho way in which I arranged and re-arranged
all the details, sparing myself no revolting
minutice. I suppose I must at last have
dropped asleep, -for I knew nothing more till
Picurio called to me that he heard the bell
for early mass. I roieed myself to a sitting
posture, and we each ate a portion of ou:'
bread. All that day and tuc ensuing night
passed in alternations of hor.e and despair.
By the next morning the beginning of the
third day since our entombment our little
provison of food was exhausted. We were
oppressed by feverish thirst and gnawing bun
ger a h rrid death was before us; the fate
of those who had perished at once was to be
envied ic comparison with the lingering suf
fering we anticipated.
"We had ceased to speak, ceased to pray;
I had no hope now no faith. In moody si
lence we sat apart, watching, 1 may say, the
approach of the pangs of death, when sud
denly the deep hush was broken by a famil
iar, sharp bark. It was Bibi again ! Oh,
the unutterable joy of hearing the little fel
low tearing and scratching at the snow
blocking up our cave ! There was another
sound that made hot tears rain down my
cheeks; it wss a child's voice no other than
la 7,eri're's--crying. ile is here, uncle. I
am sure he is here. Oh, dig, good men, dig
fast!'
"Our hearts melted within us as we heard
many steps Desring our prison. There was
danger, rn, for many cautions were given.
child s voice still rose clear above all.
Tut Dotv of Evtuv Voter Kvcry voter
iudirectly exercises legislative powers. Jt
therefore becomes thai duty of every citizen
to examine well tho meriU of the respective
candidates, and whether the principles they ;
profess are those by which they wish to be j
governed. We should havo ineu iu our legii- !
lative hails who are fitted by education aud
experience to make those laws which our ne
cessities require, and which tend to promote
our social happiness and general prospetiiv.
r. They should be identified with the interest of
l -A". l-..-
tnosc wnoui tuey represent iu oruer io pro
tect their rights agaiust any aggressivw laws,
and to know what will promote them. By
the earuo laws they enact tbey v; ill be gov
erned. Iu the minor offices of the country, it is
essential that we should havo meu who aro
upright and honest, aud who aro capable to
perform tho duties iimx.sed upon them The
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responsibilities of the voter are very great,
for Lis voio assists in elevating those who
preside over his welfare and happiness. The
conssieucious discharge of these duties is the
part of every good citizen. American Deni
A Decision of Importance to P.ailwats
The Supreme Court. of the State, ia the cao
of Patrick Ivelly, lately decided that a Railway
Company was liable for damages arising from
the obstructiou of a public highway at a
"crossing" by their locomotives, cars, &c. In
this instance the plaintiff had sent his son, a
boy nine yarsof age, to town for tobacco. On
reaching the turnpike, he attempted to creep
under the defendant's cars, which had arrived
and were standing across it. The train started,
aud his leg was caught by the wheels, and
so injured as to render amputaion neeesssary.
The jury found by their verdict that tha de
fendants were obstructing tho crossing, and
gave for plaintiff 3,000 damages.
Tho Austria.
The list of the lost by the burning of the
steamship Aurtia, comprise only sixty-eight
persons, making, with the sixty-eight saved,
one hundred and thirty-six persons accounted
for. There are supposed to have been five
hundred persons on board, and they may be
classcdis follows :
Known to be saved ..... 68
Iiost. whose names are kuuwn . . 68
Lost, whose names aro unknown . . 424
Total . .
Total number lost
6C0
403
Pennsylvania Ikon Mascfactcrb. Ia
Penaylvania aloue there was produced last
year nearly 45,000 tons of pig iron ; of man
ufactured iron, 227,837 tons. Tho entire
production last year was 1.000,000 tons,
while the consumption wa3 only 1,336.000
tons, a fact in itself which accounts, to a
great exteut, for ihe uuusually small demand
from England. The iron manufactured ia
the States in 1S50, was as much as it was in
England 3o vears ago. In Pennsylvania
alone there are employed 40,000 persons,
A Good la emulation. A good regulation
'is that of tho British post office, to wit:
i "Letters badly addressed, the owners of
j which cannot be found, are taken ba-.-k to the
of t'lem is liunir X ' daily: oarties writing taking tUc furnaces, mills and forges
their addre.-g opposite to their name, will
receive the letter tho following morning."
This, it must be sclf-e ident, is a far belter
mode of treating letters unintelligibly or er
roneously directc, or failing of their desti
nation, than the practice hitherto, and per
haps still pursued in this country, namely,
keeping the letters ou baud for tho space of
one, or perhaps three mouths, and then
bundling them off to the General Post Of
fice, as being "down amoo tho dead" ones.
a uk
Mtsterious Disappearance. Wo sinoerely
regret to learn from tho Boston papers, that
Mr. John Ethcridg", formerly Chief Clerk in
tho Navy Department in this City, and a resi
deut here for over twenty-five years, myste
riously disappeared from Lis home in Boston,
on Monday, the 15i.li ult. and baa net since
beeu heard of. From tho, circumstances fur
rouudmg this affair, it is thought there is rocm
for apprehending that he has, in a moment of
mental abciration, destroyed uiiuself lTaA
injton S'ar.
Hokse Flemi as Food. A Hanover paper
tells the world that tho "billy prejudice
against horse flesh" has altogether vanished
n ' l.i n ii i i r !.' in.. tt. --.-.!. . . . I I
that, in the city of Hanover alone, in the , . . e i. i . j
morning, which of couse, had the tendency
Horrible Murder of a Wife bt her lies
B AND IN ClNClNNAlI A fUObt . brutal. .111UT-
couiseof Whitsun week, about two thuusand
pounds of horse flesh were consumed. The
number of horses slaughtered for eating in
that city ia between two and three hundred a
year. " '
. The Last Fashion. Lames - Gettiso
their Uaii; CiiOFPED, The Mdwaukie (Wis
consin) Journal, of tins 10th inst, savs: "To
j give soaie idea as to how the croppy style of
--- liuir is shreniitiiir am.-itv" t.ho ladies in
the cityi one of our barUr sjs be has crop-
i .i i i i i".ir rlilri ilia
out luicu uuuuicuauu ni;i"-Y lauica vt ,.." 1 i
. . il
aeoeaso oi .ur.
past thra mouths. There 'seeins to
'Make baste, do make u;:.c- lv0 .fVc.a
hoc; I cau dig. My poor brother Will w
dead if you don't make haste.'
"At last a iong stick was pushed through
the snow-wall; it touched me; I seized it.
Theio was a shout of 'A miracle, a miracle!'
mingled with the child's wild cry of, 'Broth
er 1 brother!' Another stick was thrust
through and eaught by Picurio. Not a wliis? . Coanttrfeit 10 bills on tho Bauk of
per was now to be Ieard; every one worked; ' Chtmbersburg, are in eirculalion
nimutee seemed hours to cs bsioro ao ojen
ing vts aiad !arg eutgh to draw trs thro'
to create a great sensation in the neighbor-
1 hood. It appears that a man named .Michael
! Elch was seen to rush from Lis residence,
j which is on East Front street, a little way
below the corporation line, in pursuit of hit
wife who had but a moment before left tho
hous. On overtaking her he wat, seen to
plunge a knife in her bosom! and she foil to
the ground. - .
The Core-tier was called m, and held as in-
quebt upon the body, and th evidence show
that
perfect rac on the rubied with our younj
ladies" -
F.ieh was inflicted
the
with a
pocket kuifo, the blade ZZ atont turea l,d
" .... I 1 .- .1 1 ? .T fnfo? l..i
t halt nicues )u lenjjtu, wwicu pw"-;w
heart. Thp testiuapy ulto jihocd llzt tho
tvii di4 not livo very happily togeiher, 44
h rvas known that Le freq jei.tly abused Lee.
'11 St.
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