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ed, betokened the long desired buffalo. Away I horse was rapidly failing, great flakes of foam
went romanoe and reflection. The ardor of the I flew from his mouth. Covered with mud and
hunter took possession ohne, and hastily loosing drenched with sweat heatill, however, toiled gal
my pistois and glancing at my rifle lock; I struck I lantly onward, spurning the wild sod of tile prai
spur- I my steed and galloped forward, Dever tie with his flying hoofs But the goal was near
deubeng that the opportunity so ardently cove• ly won Ob: if be could hold his pace a little
ted was now at. hand. longer! The tireless mustangs of the Indians
Cusreing down the hill and across tfe. miter —no match for his fleet limbs in a short stretch,
veniug vsliey I r)se another gently swelling toll now exhibited their wonderful powers of endu
of the prairie, said as I gain , I the summit, again rauee °award they swept after us with undi
tue ro wing cloud of dust met my gaze, and this ininished speed, their unshorn manes and sweep.
time considerably nearer, and as I closely regarl j ing tails mingling with the flowing drapery of
ed it. I perceived that it was rapidly approattalug the wild 'riders. and flying out upon the wind
and I begetn to discern the flashing of bright oh The timbered banks of the "Little Blue,"—
jects gleaming out from obscurity Tuts looked which I had s) earnestly longed for, had been
unlike the buffalo, and as the obieet, whatever it t some en nneata concealed by a long but gen
might be continued to appreach, I halted for a tie event. the summit of which I was approach
' better view, and was Dot lung in inakeig ,ut a ing If from here the white wag our camp
large
,haul of mounted lull Ads, their buoy/ white ehduid b- visible over the uninterrupted plain I
shields and burnished Attlee head, glancing should yet reach them But oh: if another of
brightly in the morning sun these interminable ridges should intervene! My
Still, however, 1 scarcely thought of the Paw-' poer horse was on his last legs. But to perish
need. but supposed it might be some hunting par in sigat of satety—to be taken within view of
ty of triendly Pottawaennies or Sioux: and at all the camp by these implacablesavages: My brain
event,. knowing th e mettl e and p ewers of my t teemed with these maddening doubtsas I neared
horse. and having a retreat at pleasure, I thou e rtit I the spot which waste decide my fate, and I trem-
I incurred no great risk in waiting for a more as- bled with eagerness for 'the view which might
teafaitery inspection Gradually across the broad e ensign me to despair
ezpatise ef the prairie, they drew tie tier and I !Jeered the summit; another bound and we
nearer, 11 or disappearing teem view 'teeing were over, and were flying with faltering steps
some del hollow. and eireiu displayed iu down a gentle inclination which swept away in
bold relief against the sky a , th, y sum 'anted gentle uoduiatiens to the longed for timber, still
some prominent ridge ' ebent a mile ahead. I strained my eyes for in•
t At length their distance was diminished t. lei, die-items of my comrades; and oh! rapture an
than e quarter of a mile. and, thinking 1 speakable: far away, but directly before me,
aequiseatauce undesirable, I turned my Lurse' . nestling :it the base of the long dark line of cot
head with a view of riding moderately toward , tonw.) "1, in full view of the panting fugitive,
camp til. they should manifest some d. sign to loomed ap the white circles of tents and wagon
follow me, ween imagine the chili of horror which teps—dearer to my longing gee than to the de
eurleded my blo o d as I eaw ter sma' ' i perte.s iu ben worn pilgrim the lofty minarets and marble
my rear, galloping together treat either eide to palaces of Eastern story
cut off in., retreat, and heard the terrific yeti A shout of triumph and exhieltetion burst from
which ail three raised as tL y saw weir wily uie- my lip, a•• I diSCOVered the welcome scene, and
noeuverdiecuvered, and that further silence wetted recognized the gate of my' deliverance. I looked
be useless hack Oue after another thesavages came bound
e the main body hai eiutinuel to attract ing over the ridge, pressing on with the wild fu.
my attention by advancing cdospicueuelytuware ry et disapp ;lured rage. But their practiced
those two parties had taken inlvautage tit , yes were u/t slow to discover my refuge, and
the nurnereus hollows, which at times had eon- ou after another pulled up his panting steed and
eve:o.l (nem temprarhy from view, to diverge, gee el with baffled malignity after their expected
and be a wide circuit, attain my rear, I, green vieem
horn thet I was, never dreaming 0; this coinui , n But 1 was saved: Covered with sweat and
Itei.su stratagem while stupidly reearding the fit u, uiy gallant preserver burst into camp, and,
fir t aui cosy object which had attracted my a- l sprang fr :in the saddle into the midst of
e Eric of de) June, Six years ago' gaze But was there not yet tune' The two -tar tie! eutoredes, with a groan of e.thsee
ertuger than fiction it seems that un this tone.; tele pert:es were , rapidly cenvergeig t tiea he •uuk quivering to the earth. The teeth
e ..ati‘ersary of that ever eventful day, after war t , eft,. ,f w, r treat, and we, .:Ciiatar, toiled CU the last; he had done his
al] the viciss.tu le., of experience, af. iveL f lirter ut a mite of eleb 0 her. white 1 t' powers were exhausted, and yielding
Lee the compass of stormy seas and was u.e w rie tuau half that distince frem the at iast to utter prostration, he stretched his wea
tics Elands with every extremity of fortuo-, Lientri• fhe main body with feerte au.) .p :fiesta- r. limbs upon the awar I , and I thought that the
at. dat last in this quiet little sat:- t.d out., e: in My lees. ive, fleet and last race of my gallant grey was run How 1
: ham of that mighty city, which was true, hut he was alai travel worn and fatigued reused bin though that bug night, how I cover
::se you, of our tole., ar o u n d me, the wild 11 wc, Lug could he distance thiihe wild coursers ed him with my own store of blaukets, and supplied
i. a t the Winetate, prere exchauge I for I einster But there was no time to deliberate him carefully and cautiously with grass and wa
• f a dingy offic e , toy shur , ing char- Now or rawer was the chance .Ir. e!ier m eneut ter, hew trudged along on foot day after day for
:.scarueia for this old aim hair; the badge vr...11 uc too late. Grasping my ride with a hr. the uezt two weeks and led and cherished him
t'otieer laid aside for a wore peaceful but iner clutch. stud re-essurlng with ,caressing words as carefully as a feeble child, I have nut tine to
weep el, tus -gray goose quill the frightened steed, who alouc c save me tell, but although many a mile he carried me in
years of stern experie nce, of lonely from a eorriole fate, I made a boil uisla f.. the after days over those dreary deserts, and many a
of ever charging, never ceasing toil interval which still separated tee deeiehei p ,r- time briught me alongside the flying buffalo in
il, have changed the boy into the wau, ties, an lup in which w..•re ripi 1.) clesiug his mid career. yet never again did hr run an
• romance of the emancipated Neey the gallant auiwa, resp n, led co the eel. eight mile .tetiiiie against the field, with fists un
tie the stern, fixed purp•ise s , the utilita- Spurting with terror at the wi!il shouts of our trill •d iur,cra of the desert for his competitors,
. - -as of the slave of 1)o-:tie's. But have pur s u e -, treinfeing in every limb th the an I site, pitu• , : , l warriors yelling in his rear
:ea stormy vicissitudes and will excitements tensity et exertions, he flew over tue ground
eelfrem the mind the fearful memories of and with the fleetness of the win I, he d esed be
, terrine ieene, long ago, when the tyro of the tweeu the approaching hordes, within a hundre
::•oess first looked on death? Ah, uo: On yards of us on either band. With the energy of
, Ith anniversary of that memorable day the d. spelt- I erasped the saddle with my kue , - au I
rig men - iries of that tearful bour crowd bee; f eeverd t, assist hie flying course Di , e e ,
upeu tue Inc' first sudd , n moment of tower , ' the 'Die hope of saf y. fifty yeil.uz .te
.. the terrible war hoop. bur-ting from fifty mans ClA:id upon our tracks, their lb:athlete and
:e throats, the reok!ess, dear. - ration, the fiucry lying in the viol. onward I neat
.7[l tlCltern et ef that and conic e.gtit suers ant pursue 1, over the breed eee tit
-
situ fifty painted demons sailing after me teat etie os, au
r d mustangs, I heeappaii.hg fear, as the S.: stu the fleetness and snood of my AI.
red .0 the flan uay flying gray, C teeiu tell ou the c, iuriuz ui'
Sc loam new from his heaain i : nostrils. lest f'o'es: mustangs of the In detes S on- ..;
'rev:, ape helium uld eel we ir, my wort m illtite I were greillta:iy Ir
titre:M.(3, and. tab...i.e all Li, exu.iiug rear. ant atter ruuuiug tw. ir tor tits •s y
• .IgraJitude arid rapture when the wnite were settee iltt in a ,oeg' hue Lie'lind ld
•". yipe of my comrades t: ice in sight, we usiiv 1 =i,.ek,.ned speed, tor I well kn• w that the
• r the surhaet f the lest fell that divid- bet; :u AD: en hirer - ice .f Indian h-rtes.
e - , ru inset',. an I 'viii it ox! of the be- tom, t traverse immense distances at a a.u,:le
bur-t my atart.Pit Cr', all, all c .33C stiet, •• almost wither: limit. and .aany a ! )11,‘
f eteti, .ind teat un-p aka- wi l e w as still before us. Again they w. old di.
•;aisiou of • we Ti my friehtened naiols'i the distance, and agato I wits eleig. , l to
-usbed iuto cutup, and , hi- duty dour, his ur,ze buy ;:adod Steed to his best eff .r. s B ut 1
'pent. his p ia , is ex. a i••• -I I. pied ;if,- was b.2ZILUItig to breathe freer, the nrat .rtiitig
the earth, atel a., i i,eited irom the sad- 11 ,, trin distance waste-
ed fervontiy ILahite.l char Protioiertre wh If my gillant could tee in en .it:. hes tie.
eked -lawn upon and prate rye toy men i exerciens for four unles more I was •afe
.. Lied Onee .0 sight of camp and the pruience if my
essoo this (ley six ys , irg ago E ghty flee of %ee l pinta rs wee I gbsuee bur once eign
wanderers .a.r toe traek.ess prairies, ty Au) r. in riE• . which weui J glean, ft en tw
eet:Cu aft rii ntti triTitig ,award to this litutl wagon whet Is
-• laud t f d, whoa. I.•fty sierras and I was new descending a but gentle in
:far ;..ien• hate gall.. red th. ir eternal ritoatt iu toward a broad level depressi-a in the
*i teeny a member of that ;ea:lent, pra re , weleh spread out about a e .uple of huh
liana I• wits Sunday in the wader- dr, :1 Nitril , wei •at its base My see a l e p
'u e wag ,us all e .rr .• -A ou the banks , if e r were f o a cu,,niant out ul sight ',null ttc
r.,11 w , •rn mul e s Scattered I had lust I reached th, , •
fee n.pplog the y,rCtu grass under tb. ire at this speed, my steed plucieei forward
tin. vigilance ~f the guars SO.De of 00 what seemed herd gr , utl; and. 0, despair:
.ry were bathing in the clear stream, sine s a nk t., ti,s belly in a treacherous sevemnl
wendnig c..thes, washing, lounging, can the eatheriug years of all futurity t
clog, an d ai l enjoylog to the toll of a g:'- from In:, Ilicrniiry the despair of :I, a ,wtu,
uy day f ra.st au l indolence, when m e wl' Ii •tc , far tnti, imps-selde b ir
evil genius po•seseed me with the sudd u ri, r et:en:led up and i•ivitu the rite w,e •fi
Ii
•to it the tire: ef the perty to slay the lout ytd-1 it I coilel ❑-t guess A teryfy• ye.:
• "buffaie. - an al1111.1•1 we Lad not 111 C warriors as dill anti , . Lreii ,aver
elect peetrn.
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e 'le Illlnbesais ars adorn iqg
hills soJ Alleys fstr
wintry srloas are sigiiint
)Wt Weir •re Iraq,
••. c , so f, blos.is sad bars.—
rtugint. peallog out hip,a tb•aLr
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t , i , Lir - pattai Ives &ad dreary
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- a. Jean/1y wad slowly,
. th• htch wed lowly
. the pas/I.og knell,—
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MULE CHASE ON THE PRAIRIES
F. , )m the Callf , rtlia P:ttheer
4uh.red. but which 0.. w begiu t be t he
AL! ;! , •tlio •uver.t , , all I iuuj..vturo
rti i • biv were h , int , ng , urk.P.l in the
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I suit,. Ihp my •tt :tad, with rifle
±"fte h,w. ,t.trted ,ut IL• uortovrarl.
~ b .erved my departure t zebanged
• Li. "t TUN pr it.tblr disappluttneut, but
tr•vniu: , f I' • turill AtcL uture that
ri..411[1 , :. :Cltri. ugh we knew
'cc w. r.. aLiu, the C 'Jfil• ••• • kJ;
ores, an I had tude,d tAaru e S by a c
f trappers whom we had wet but a few
•oreei -us rcturuing fr•Jui their wintering
In toe euntaitis, wax parties
yet C wtident tu ,ur uuLuu r.. uti i the
'toabtlns of ..ur unpr.tet )e. detect
- L"es of thou we had ac•rioure I the well
warnlng of the mountaineers r, her to a
uessi.n .3.:ering than any thio4 auu
• iesmsed those wild Betio:nos ef the prat
*hum we had heard so much, but Lad as
td to see
:e Lissy over the beautiful undulating and
tosoin of the trackless prairies I role gent
• , tir , •ci the gut Lit t for auy iu licattous of
of my th-sires; but, though I eager);
1 , 1 ill.- hornsoci as I pr)deedei, a tiring
uL•I nu eye except a few shy au , elems,
vary caution and quack p. .13 reu
them toy .ssible of ap e ro.m.o up , Ti t open
-.ett Far as the vision could reach, uouznt
uluo,,toua4 au lulating surtaeo ofg, ut.y
lag and naked ou:y by the
.
grass A Id 9 , were if e v,r ,
j hue. t xtended
"er, direction toward toe far horizon, wa••11
sky " i sum wrtal,s e d the distant ht, s,
wing in the fresh verdure of the advancing
' Jt,
with the v , ictles- a illeituie of this 110-
.
leaert I rude aiuwly al.m I•u;nu- ,
the strang vicisaitu lis wlue..iL,sd so au I
trsualstect me tr.,ul !bp,
wad had almort 111.11M.redIst.61.1, lo
reT,ts or eight ma..
' Letweca We rUki , amp,
fat iu the durance, directly in front vi am e ,
'gloss:sod a °alum of dors w tooth u i suppos-
ERIE WEEKLY,-----OBSERVKR
the .r -,t f time ridge an I recogli , z 1 th , I .}
mq th , y hal too truly anttetpatei
re ire htl,c Imy bi.i J In that bri-f mod.l.!ut,
ad the wt •.; sAvages tame ebarging.down the ht!
olgt - tts of home All 1 friend , . rn.u
gt• /with the bright auttelpation , v) long eli-r:•11.
e l , of x ~:o1.1•13 lutur' in the hold o. pr
eiMe tor ,ug;ug in wild e,onfti , t n tly• :ay
t,J. Drill! 'Caere was one hip -1.•1
ate a, I• --mei; but there vra:4 no tun- f oh
eratt ,pp rtunity f r eh R
WAS 1.1.1.1d110n5 I WS.4 hemmed In on every
but oue. Straight ahead was my uEII . N Ch trice
might floUnder through, and, at all events, suf
fie or capture in the bug Will DO vrirse
iii.stautanti Jus destructiJu where I was. Dashiug
the r iwels into the trembling enimal, I mails
urgel tuna forward. Tue sot, though covered
wit., gri*4 and apparently tirm, gave way at
every step Plowing his way by gigantic eff
n)w fir au instant nitsing himself on some. bar
der sp it, then sinking-to the sAdle girths, urg .1
by Lk, frshuc exertions, terrified to phrenzy by
the appalling yells of the approaching enemy and
the .hots which had began to whistle ar mud us,
the n , ble animal toiled gallantly on and gained
tie firm hank just as the dusky form Any pur
suers. infuriated at the possible loss of their prey.
were cl'istering on the opposite side, seeking a
far +rable sp it to follow.
Tit .r &liberation saved ma It required a
strum; o-u'r,l of reason ta walk my failing horse
si iwly up cue hill, while to , Indians were ti-hin
dering -tt:er me tth.i inch the swamp But I
Tlith!:y ju 1,01 that a little breathing time would
not b. was.,:d on him I turned the summit of
the hill psi as the Ise .Inste.l Indians were be
, g,itiunig to crawl uut of the bog, and again put
ttng spurs to my jaded horse, once more we sprang
; forward in that mad race of life and (Lath On
ward we rushed over hills and valleys, ecru* ,
stream- au 1 through ravines, in ilea ilung flight,
pursuers awl pursued.
The tiinuer which marked the camp grew more
di s tinct- 13 1;W for a moment concealed by an le
i tervening hill—and again as we flew over its
semagis ming nearer sad dearer Ia view.
The Indian Yinion of St. Ignatius
We dud appended to the report of Gov. the-
Ven, ou di,: Northern or Oregon route fora rafl
rua i Pa,ofic, an account of a canoe voyage
mad , Uv Dr Geo Suckley, Assistatit Surgeon
Cor.•:!. dates Army, from Fort Owen, down aid
B t' , . r R C,.i.rk's Fork, and Columbia rivers,
V,tu..oth er. le 0. 1 / 5 account some interesting
potty are given in regard to the Roman
C k: Mlssiull of St. Ignatius, situated on the
\I t: y', rte •r, and under the care of Father
H Tu,s mission has been established for
, e• _ sr-, ssud the Indians who are brought nu
! r 11.:11.1 , :LICe comprise the remnant of several
t•.l • -w., fat the name of Kalis:..elcus is given.
tir.. two years, the missionaries lived
in hut. m.t.le of and accompanied the In
uu their hunting and fishing Lipeditions.
I t fount it very hard to live. Afterwards,
le)wevor, they estAbilshed permanently, and com
:ll.llt,' 1 ttiiiug the ground, adding a 'tittle every
t ,, the su, text. cultivated, and steadily in
,r, ,;iig in we,f.1,13 They obtained pigs, pout
cattle, horses, agricultural implements and
•
Their supplies of clothing, groceries, took
1 , .1. , are snipped directly from Europe to
rnr ColaLuht.. river
toe it t two lay brethren, Brother Francis,
j 1 , 21: at all 'rades, being by turns a carpen
t r. n:,, h.-:u.th, gunsmith and Unman, in each
of Lie a good workman. The other, bro
tocr. iiro' her Magean, superintends the farming.
T r, tn. y have built a windmill, carpenter's
sLicps, barns, &e , besides an
.1 nt cusp's, and a dwelling house of hewn
•to t..:r t the indssionaries. The church is quite
larze, and is tastefully and even beautifully de
cor Toe handsomely carved and gilded al
tar, and statue of "Our Maker," brazen crosses,
•i ii i !lett oronze founts, which ornament it, one
~•u. t ,uppse must have been imported, but
were u..t They are the result of the patient
lab and ingettuity of the missionaries. But
~f oruarn.rat are not their only deeds.
atatistone, uewn out of the nauve rock, and
by the same hand which made the chi
.,.,c wrought it; tin ware, a blacksmith's shop
ploughshares, bricks for their chimneys,
owu t.thttee , ) pipes, turned with a lath out
„f wood, and lined with , tiu—all have been made
~y tons industry. They also make their own
ealuiliv, soap, vineg..r, at;. They have a farm
a ?lb nt one huudr--1 an I silty sores, and raise
wo-at, parley, onions, and garden vegetable gen
erally The Indians are ezoessi,ely fond of car
rots, and if the children see carrots growing they
man: •at sine. Father lioecken says, "I must
,nut toy tlei to the theft, because they cannot,
,•-:•t tile temptation "
NIMBI
uul the Mibsion buildings are the houses
)! ,• v (Elves, built of logs and hewn
the tribe i•emphatically wandering one
iiiie,lol2 and it. vicininty is looked upon
az, IA i ctirrer,. ca , ir wanderingsdo not gen
er.i.iy extent' over a tract of country more than
Li till 11: e i .niles qltiaretand they subsist by fish•
iti;, tiuniing toe (ger and heir In the win
ter tut: wuul band moves to some noted veusion
groan I, where during the heavy snows the deer
elonot ei.c4p, , , and are readily pursued and killed
with e‘uu, lu tine, wey they have extermina
ted Cu,. „Imam 10 a I except one or two places,
and unies they pay inure attention to cultivating
toe earth, they will soon suffer greatly from the
WAD' f,ud
PM
IVtieu the cuissiouaries first came among these
Indian., they were a poor miserable, half starved
race, with an iusuffi.lieucy of food, an , l nearly
naked, living upon fish, camas and other roots,
ani to the teat extremity, upon the pine tree
moo. 'fury were of a peaceful thspoettion, brave,
droll tiup•red aul wultug to work Ot }pinta
:at trilug, they were utterly ignorant, having no
idea u: a future state or of a Great Spirit; uei
tuer tuey auy idea of a soul. In fact, they
bad not worm, iu their language to express such
ideas They e )u•ideretl themselves near
ly allied to the beay. , r; but grtater than the bea
ver, becsii.e th , y sa,d, "the beaver builds houses
like us, and 11.! 13 very cunning, too; but we eau
catch the beaver, and be cannot iamb us—there
fore we are greater than ie."
81 50 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
ERIE, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8,1855.
They thought when they 'died that was the
last of them, and often buried alive the very old
and the very young, because they coul d
. n o t t a k e
care of them. The missionaries had an arduous
labor before them, but sooa gained the confidence
of these poor red men by kind Amos, such as at ,
tending their sick, furnishing them with food,
and teaching them farming. The missionary I
told them of their Creator and &vicar, and they
listened and believed The name whiob they
gave the Creator, in their own Lingua, is "the i
One who made himself." Of the soul Ley had
no conception, and at first the idea was singular
ly translated to them that they had a gut which
never rotted, and that this was their living prin.
ciple or soul.
The chief of the tribe became converted and.,
was baptised, and the mass,of the tribe followed ,
the example; and now almost all pray, and have ,
devotional exercises in their families. They have
great respect and affection for Father Hoecken
Previous to the advent of the missionaries they
believed in charms, and every man had Waitron
let, or deity, of which he expected good or ill.
With some it would be • moues, a dear, a buffr
Lo, fish, feather, or any similar object, and what
ever it might be, a portion at least of the artiste
the savage always carried with him. No youth
on growing up was considered a man until he had
discovered hi. medicine or charm This was
done by going to the top of a mountain and re
maining there without food until be had dream
ed of an animal; the first one dreamed of becom
ing his amulet. -
During the Winter all the large game killed
is brought to the camp, and dietnbuted equally
among all but one man, who is chosen diatribe
tor for the Winter. Singular to say, no grumb
ling or dissaffeetien is ever inanifeeted at the dis
tribution The land occupied by the mission is
poor, and the missionaries have often tried to in
duce- the Indians to remove where the soil is bet
ter, but without avail. They reply, "This is our
country; bare are the graves of our forefathers;
here we were born, and here we wish to die; we
do nut wish to leave our country poor as it is "
The missionarieh have done great things for them
—their holies as well as their souls. Theft is a
rare occurrence, sal the people seem devoted to
religioi so far as external forms go, and to the
extent that their pr , :sentlimited understanding
will admit
The "Hard Shell Baptists" are a well known
seet in the south and south-west. They are not
related, that we know of, to the Hard Shell
Democrats. though their christen name is the
earn , . They oo dead against the Bible, temperance
and education societies; hate missions to the
heatlieu. aud iii modern schemes for converting
the rest of mankind. Of conies they are opposed
to learuinit, and speak as they are suddenly
moved. A Georgia correspondent writes to the
Drawer, and relates the following of one of their
preachers:
"Twoof them were in the same pulpit together
While one was preaching, he happened to say
"When Abraham built the ark "
The one behind him s•rme to correct his
blender by saying out loud, "Abraham warn't
thar "
But tLe spcsi-, , :r pushed on, heedless of the
interrurioo, and only took ocesaion to repest,
still more doeidecHy,"l!isy, when Abraham built
the ark."
"And T say," ei3eil out thi 6thet, "Abraham
waru'i thar."'
The Hard Shell *as too hard to be beaten in
this wlv, and addressing the people, exclaimed
with great indignation, "I say Abraham was thar,
or 'Aar abouts "
To th , - same southern correspondent we are in
debted fur annther reading of a passage which
has been variously e , astrued It will be recol
leered that in nur July number we told the stur)
of the preacher who understood the passage, as
he heard it rend, "Now these eight did W
eak] bear," to invan "now these eight did milk a
bear " Our friend says:
"This brought to mind the story of a good old
dame who was plying her distaff, and listening
devoutly to her daughter reading the Bible at her
aide She was reading in the Book of Genesis,
and being not perfect in the art, she would now
Rod then miscall a word So it chanced that she
read, stammeringly these words—" Now these
eight did Milcah bore "
"What, what's that?" said the old lady, "read
that arin "
The goad daughter complied and looking more
carefully, read, "did Milcah bear." •
"Ah, that will do," said the old mother, "they
might milk a bear, but to milk a boar, my laugh
tcr, is imposible "—Harper's Magazine.
KISSINt. IN A TUNNICLI...—Dick Tinto, the
Paris correspoa lent o' the New York nnes,
tells the fallowing story of Home Vernet, the
eminent French Painter:
Tue artist was coining from Versailles to Pa
ris in the ears In the same compartment with
him were two ladles whom ho had sever seen be
fore, but who .werc evidently acquainted with
him. They examined him very minutely, sal
commented upon him quite freely—upon his
martial bearing, his bale old age, his military
pantaloons, etc., etc.
The painter was annoyed, and determined to
put an end to the persecution. As the train pas
sed under the uuinnel of St. Cloud, the three
travelers were wrapped in complete darkness
Vernet raised the bank of his hand to his mouth,
and kissed it twice violently. On emerging from
the obscurity ha t found that the Ladies had with
drawn their atnistion from him, and were accus
ing each other of having been kissed by a man in
the data:
Presently they arrived at Paris; and Vernet
on leaving them said:
"Ladies, I shall be puzzled all my life by the
inquiry, 'Which of these two ladies was it th.t
kissed me?' "
A JUVENILE SAMARTTAN —Four weeks ago,
en elderly and re•pcetahly dressed gentleman
was found lying senseless upon the side walk in
Cincinnati A crowd soon gathered around him,
some said he was drunk, while others said he was
in a tit. A little girl apparently twelve years of
age, emerged from the crowd, raised the fallen
lan's head into her lap, and then used means
whereby he was so tar revived as to call for wa
ter, and a coach, and requested that the little girl
might accompany him home. He proved to be
a retired merchant and his prostration a case of
paralysis, while the juvenile Samaritan who con
tributed to his reliet was the daughter of a poor
widow. He was so far recovered that on Monday
last he rode to the residence of the motherof the
child, and presented her with a chick for two
hundred dollars, hung a handsome giold chair
around the neck of the little ministering angel,
on which was suspended a plain but costly gold
watch, upon the ease of which was the following
inecriuption—"Preseuted to Mary C Perkins by
her friend, William Broilers "
se.idre Cueover, of Onondaga county, the
lady to whom was awarded the lira' prise for rid
ing at the '•Ladies' Eloostrian Esnibitiou" of
the State Fair, held at Blatira is dead. She
contract( a sescre cold on that occaeion s from
the effects of which atie new mamma. Ovid
Ist.
The Hard Shelia
Pres 164 Pisani. lanklessia.
WILLIS MILL.
DIMS in yeader.oliailowed
Where the death-tide waters
Where huge phantom ever Ugh •
Mitts the Amin, fainting etml.
W here the hymn of death la waking • A
In the gloom with meemtivd ( 1 )
Thithor mat, our heart-otrinip Weakly&
Little, loving Willie Boil.
All the opriag-time played he gladly,
With the sera-beems from the eicr—
this„
In the mummer wombed .Madly
the spring Goers and Ma;
And be weeded by hrook.iddm
Where the Imelda( MINIM Mt—
Where the easel's mos at elgitt-dde
Marie low to Willie Bell.
Bet whoa summer blossoms &dad,
And the &amain lams dew by—
Whoa the patio bedew's', shaded
By the mow 'maths from oa high.
Theo a votes ma* down trots Ilanven.
Like the waves in winding shell,
Thee an angel crown was gives
To the brow el,Wirlie Dal
Folded then his head of whiteness.
O'er the marble, lifeless breast,
While sweet strains from harps and brightest@
Welcomed him to heavenly not;
And the eyes of bias were dosing
O'er the obeek whore death-damps OW.
While la dreamless sleep reposing-
Was toe form of Willie Bell
Down within the grassy meadow,
Down within the silent vale,
Where at *yea comes the shadow
Of She moonbeams, still aid p.k,
Than, apes the cold .arch's bosom.
'WA the snow-flakes as they Nil,
Laidvre our bright immune? blossom,
Lov'd in death, moot %Mlle 8011.
The Cradle away iv in the Garret,
BY M. LOUISA. CELITROOD
It was an old fashioned little cradle. The
proud daughter-in-law would scorn to have it in
the nursery. Her children sleepin dainty cribs;
and the relic of oldened times is pushed into a
darkened corner, away up in the garret It is
a quiet autumnal day; such days are fall of
memories; and the old grandmother is thinking,
thinking. She arises at length, and totter up,
and up, the lofty flight of stairs; she panes
through the elegant rooms; she gains the garret,
and sinks down beside that unsightly cradle; and
bows her trembling head over it, as if watching
the. slumbers of a babe. That little garret, with
one long beam of sunlight streaming from the
high window; and the spider webs woven over
the rafters, and one cricket, singing lonesomely
from some silent corner, is a good place to dream
Memory is unfolding picture after picture, for
the grandmother to look upon.
She sees a cabin home. It is in the flush of
summer-time; there are green boughs in the fire
place, and around the elock,and over the mantle
board There are short, white muslin curtains,
drawn partially across the windows. There are
two beds, with a bureau between, standing in the
eastern part of the room; and a little stand, with
a Bible and hymn-book upon its white fringed
cover, beneath the little looking-glass. There is
ber cupboard, withits brightly polished pewter;
and the pine table, scoured by her own hands.—
And she is sitting by the window, her foot gently
touOiug.that same dear little cradle; and her
eyes, lifted from her sewing, now and then, to
see if her heart's pride is coming Flow deliciously
her Lear is stirred to the music of sweet thoughts.
It is her first-born, her darling Johnny, sleeping
ia the cradle. Never yet have his dewy; rose-bud
lips murmured "mother;" but his dimpled arms
clasp her neck; his velvet cheek nestles against
her breast, his dear blue eyes look lovingly into
her own. She is the young mother again, as
memory paints that sweet baby face. She hears
the bees humming in the little bed of pinks, be
low the window She sees the shadow leaves of
the Virginia creepers, playing upon the grass, in
the sunlight, as the breeze stirs the long Gimping
arms that cling about the rough logs.
She hears the rivulet's ripple as it winds through
mrsy spots, an I leaves the roots of the old 'yea
whose shadows fall upon her roof She
nears the birds singing, away off in the woods
She sees, IV best of all, her husband ooming home
from his daily labor. His step is on the sill, his
merry voice speaks her name and then little John
ay
is clasped to his heart.
Another picture. She is a little older now
It is winter; there are drifts of snow on thefeaves;
as farts she can look, one unbroken mass of snow
She hears the winds moan through the gyms
more. The flowers are dead; the rivulet frozen;
the birds silent. But there is a bright fire upon
the hearth, and the cabin home warm with its
crimson light Johnny's playitl with father; and
a baby girl, the little Lizzie, is in the cradle;
fragile, delicate, beautiful; she has dark eyes, like
mother's, only they bear a sadder, softer look,
d h(r baby smile seems sad also; her hands are
ohisped and thrown above her head and she smiles
in her sleep, as if the angels were whispering to
her.
Another picture It is in the month sf. May,
and all out of doors is so beautiful. Fl were in
the woodland; birds in . the woodland; iy-musie
everywhere. Everywhere! No, there is sadness
in the cabin house There is another babe in
the cradle. It is robust, and the blood of health
flows in its veins. It is Charlie. Why are they
sad, then? Johnny sits with his face hidden in
his mother's bosom, and she is sobbing. Under
the front windowis eomethingoovered with white.
The neighbor women are moving noiselessly about,
speaking but little. Lazy is in her eoffin. There
is an empty grave where butter-cups dot the grass.
Dear little Lizzie; Joy that the angels took thee
home so early
Another picture. Johnny has grown up to
nearly manhood. Charlie is a stout, merry boy,
and there are others about the ire•side. The
mother ie a good deal older now Her hair is
streaked a little with silver; her brow furrowed;
and her cheek very faded. There are fair daughters
and sons; that have been born unto her slim
Lizzie di ed. Grace, with her dazzling blue eyes,
and golden hair. Mary, with sad dark eyes, like
her dead sister. Annie, with her lips ever dewy
with love and joy. Reginald, with eyes and brow
so like his father's. And Louis, the youngest,
the pet and the darling. An unbroken family,
but not for long.
Another picture ' She is a widow now Her
beloved sleeps with little Lizzie. God knows
how bereft she is; to Him she looked for balm; to
Him she prays for her dear children, and most
of all for Meginald—the proud, the passionate,
wilful Reginald. Ah, the mother's heart! How
it goes with her children. How it would bear
every pang, that they might be saved. Yet, how
often it is torn, crushed, broken by those she has
sheltered in her bosom! God pity the mother
whose heart thus beats against thorn s. -
Another picture. 0 God, have pity: The house
hold altar is almost desolate. You have gone
by—sad years. No wonder the pa Wed hand
trembles, as it clasps the cradle. No w onder tears
fall where sunny beads once nestled. No wonder
the old grandmother cries out "V ether have
mercy!" .for she feels the need of st rength and
love. Johnny is still with her, he is growing
wealthy. Mary is in the grave, Aril en in arty
weasel:loud, when life seemed se brigh t. Besati
fel Ouse, is goo; abs kern us vlsisbst.—
Beauty, to hex, was a curse, sad she did to a 1 eon= questiiiii a e on the mon, mane , i. sp,
distant lead with owe fascinating u a serpent, ! peered, as Limesswiremly stated, that hilt soap
bet already wedded. Annie joined her fortunes ; micro In eommunity
to me, alas! unirorthy, and died far from her I I thought, it might be EasAbk Chat in soma
mother's house, of • Woken heart. Reginald ; a place, -I could ascertain trUelleit he had lately
went inta tiniest , world—was tempted—was lost/ ; passed a hundred dollar note,liif litteltiaS4 Iwo
—and the grave of the drunkard and debanchee ' been likely to have don. if it wee tree
closes over his bright head. Louis, the pet, the had not enclosed it in the New Haven I te tu re4 4 l .4 4l ,
youngest, is winning himself a name beneath Calling at the store which received won of b;mv a
Italian skies; the beautiful life of the poet- custom, I introduced myself t.) the proprietor , 4
painter is his own, and his face is inspired, al. I made a oonfldant of him to some extent, sa d - . [i
most, by the beautiful associations about him learned that the very day after that on whis k saw
Over the ouean do his mother's prayers often go ' aforesaid letter was mailed, its author Awed kis
to him. le payment fora barrel a flour, a hundred dollar
Another picture - Oh no, it is too real The old I note on the bank from which a bill of the 14 8
garret—the
to empty cradle She is I denomination bad been obtained, as before
it with Johnny, in his costly home She is I cooed, in exchange for the "small trash." The
oonsidered an intruder by the daughter-in-law; I merchant could not change it, bat sent the derv,
and her sou—iier Johnny—the first-born, whom andchangedrisill which ht supposed to be the
this had watched over and cradled on her breast, ' same a few days afterward. 71
and loved so, gays: Armed with .hese irresistible facts, I poised
" Nether is getting to be quite troublesome; ed to call on the adveaturous deceiver of the
she is growing childish." clergy, who had attempted to make owe member
The desolate old grandmother knows this, and , of that body =mod his intention to cheat sae.
Imp for the grave. She has outlived all that mikes ' trier "Insatiate archer: could not one saber
life attractive. o,a compass that weary, almost 1 "31r T—," said I, after some preliminary
woravat heart, with His love, and take her to his I tiouvenation, "it's of no use to mince matters.
house of many taimeione. 1 The fact is, yon did not send the money in that
' New Haven letter. Yon offered it the day after
you pretended to mail it, at Mr. C.'s store. Yea
see I've found out all about it, to I hope you will
not deny the truth in the matter."
I then gave him his choice, to send the but.
dyed dollars promptly to his New Haven sorra*.
pendent, or allow me to prove in a pablia' ma
uler, the dote in my possession.
&log thus bard pressed and finding himself
cornered, he confessed that he had
_prepared fits
letter which was receeived in New Haven--Tote
script, double wafers and all—before he/effigies,
and that while crossing the street from the bank
to the post office, he substituted this for the one
he wrote in the clergyman's study! be promised
to send the money, and pretended to have safer.
ed severely uu r tus feelings, on account of this dia.
honest sot.
Cheating the Clergy
(The following extract from a forthcoming
work by J Holbrook, ILaq , Special Agent of
the P. 0 Department, entitled "Ten Years
Among the Mail Bags,'• will give our readers an
insight imo the way adopted by a great many
people, to cheat their creditors, and lay their own
rascality upon the hroad back of Uncle Sam's of
ficials:]
"Our collection of "outside" delinquencies
would be iheomplete, were we to omit the fol
lowing. case, -which was investigated by the au
thor not long ado, and in which not s. little in
genuity, of the baser sort, was displayed. It will
serve as a specimed of a numerous claas of cases,
characterised by attempts to defraud some cer
respoodist, and to fasten the blame of the frsUd
upon some one connected with the .Post-Offues
We could give many instances of a similar kind,
did our limits permit.
A person of good standing in community, who
laid claim not only to a good morel, but a religi
ods character, was visit i iug in a large town on
the Hudson river, about midway between New
York and Albany. This person owed a clergyman,
living in New Haven, Conn , the sum of one
hundred dollars; and one day be called at the
house of another clergyman of his acquaintance
in the town first mentioned, and requested to oe
allowed the privilege of writing a letter there to
his clerical creditor, in which the sum due that
gentleman, war to be enolostd Writiug ma
terials were furnished, and be prepared the let
ter in the study of his obliging friend. and in
his preseuce. ..
After he Lad finished writing it, he said to the City:
We hive had considerable excitement in Alton
wife, I wish to be able to prove that I
clergyman, Now, as the mails are not alwa)s
—the cause a gay widow of thirty-five, fat and
Latin actual
ly sent the money I shall therefore consider fair, and of very genteel appearance, who was
it a great favor if you will accompany me to the very vulgarly dragged before a justice upon slow
bank, where I wish to obtain a nundred 'dollar charge of forgery, knavery, cheatery, and hum
bugging divers rod people of Alton out of about
note for some small trash that I Lave, and bear
witness that I enclose the money and deposit the ". 1)430 within a fe w mon ths past
Let me introduce our fair heroine as Mrs.
letter in the post office "
3lergaret. Agnes Kenney She always spelled
Tne naverend gentleman readily &weeded ter hi:
request, and went with him to the bank, where ju t h 'r maiden name ' Mr... Margaret Agnes
is au Irish lady Slie came to Alton some six
a bill of the required deuominatiou was placed
in the letter, which was then sealetiwith a wafer, months ago, bet where from—the devil only
the clergyman al. the while looking on -v.,- knows at all. She represented herself as an Irish
lady of education and refinement. She had
Tic -y then went to the pest-office, (which was
lett _rs stating that she was an neiress of £lO,OOO,
direct.y opposite the bank,' and after ea:litig tide
attention of his companion to toe !otter !Lad its left her b) her grandfatte rin Ireland She had'
address, the 'flier thereof dropped it into the an uncle, alsr , . who Lad very kindl, dropped off,
-
letter box, and tide two persons went their several and left her a few thousand pans " Conse
quently Mrs. Margaret cut a big stiff in Alton
ways.
f tic ;et•er arrived at New Haven by due course for five months or more She bought house,
of wail, and it so happen•Ai that the clergyman rented douses, and fUllinalnd in upaid-for try.
to whom it was addreeeed was at the post ffi
oce, goods, bought boles of soap, star candles, and
witting our the assorting
of th e mails iihe
saw g'N.. 1 Malaga raisins, by the box, for her family
use, sAd a partici** friend a lot, to wh3ob ono-
thrown into lain box, and ealied for it a 3
soon A. ry window was opeu,.4
ther , riginal owner was not aware that he had
.. ..
Upon .. i.-g the seal nod reading the letter, par t e d it-i•kii his fee simple; and to- grease the
warantee deed, she forg d the justice signature
he fcuud himself requested to '.Please . find .ne
hundred dollar.," ie., with which rigors; he to the aanowledgement
would cheerfully have • complied, but tur one 01 one citizen she borrowed 1700, of another
8370, of another 8150, of another 850—sod
CU iluisLa.tieu, uamei), (Alt IllieK.W,:..t of the
bank -aote:g .olaess knows how much more will tarn up.—
This fact was apparently ace out I for dv
a ' Of one dry goods merchant she buys 81,51 X)
i.
proscript, written in a heavy, rule hand, entirely ' worth of g.kids, and she obligingly patronises a
jeweller to the tune of $2.70. During ..his time,
different from that of the body of the letter,
and reading as follows: , turtherniore, the iloistrious Mrs Margaret Agues
"P. S I have taken the liberty to borrow
takes a view of her biter end; and is anticips
,
that you , tion thereof proceeds to make her will, wherein
this money, bat I send the letter, 10
needn't blame the man that wrote it " she gives to this dear friend in Alton 81,500, to
,Signed) "Posi Bat " auotn-r $3OO. an to bogus relations in Cultist-
The rifled document was_immedtaielv shown c a ti and N2Ol Yu several hundred each, that
to the post master, and in his oplntou, as well as divesting herself f some ten or fifteen thousand
that of the clergyman, a daring robbery hot been dollars of her gra dfather's estate on one 'sheet
^f paper. The will is now before me, and is a
committed. The latter gentleman wa, advised
riot special , n of what a keep, shrewd woman can
by the post master to proceed at once to New
York, and confer with the Special Agent, and at du with a blind, bat-eyed man
the same time to lay all the facts bf ,re the Post ' Besides this, Madame Margaret Agnes had
Master General He did so, and it was not
plenty of beaux, who were tremendous food of
long before the Agent had commenced the in- the rich enchantrese, and, she borrowed their earn
veetigetion of the supposed robber)tugs, scrapings and hoardings to the last dime.
In additiono the proscript app-nded,otte let- She also endeavored to become the "Lady Bounti
ful.' in a smail way, by making delightful presents
ter bore other indications of having been tam
, of dress patterns and jewelry to dear friends, and
most
witL, which at the first eight would seem
she adopted one yung pretty lady, clothed her,
almost conclueive as to the point. Upon the enve-
I and wade certain arrangements to send her to
lope were two waters, differing in color, one partly
sobool at Floinsant, St. Lonus County, Missouri
overlapping the other, as if they had teen put !
, The material part of the arrangement, however,
on by differerent persons at different times.
tb- forking over the rhino, was not consummated
Notwithstanding these appearances, there were
circumstances strongly conflicting with the sup-
by her ladyship, Mrs Margaret.
position that the letter had been rubbed. The_ Thu time sped along on his well greased axle
postscript was an unnatural affair, for no one ! and al! went well, except that Mrs. Margaret's
guilty of opening a letter for the purpose of ap- I legacy did sot come. Tier friends began to spar
propriatiog its contents, would stop to write an ,her up, when suddenly she received the loot
explanatory postscript, especially as such a course looked•for andeuocemeut that the money had ar
would increase the chances of Lea own detec-
rived and in store at the Metropolitan Bank, New
tion. Ancl o itt the present instance, there had i York. So the lady starts for that place last
b
d
Saturay morn i ng accompan i e d y
been no delay of the letter to allow of such an two maw
addition. 1 pecting friends
By a visit to' the office where the letter was I Two of her creditors chanced to meet on the
day
mailed, toe agent ascertained that it midst haveay of her departure, and after comparing note
concluded' there must be "something rotten is
left immediately after being deposited, dad- the
-
advanced age sod excellent character of the pest Denmark " They take a certain deed and other
,
master,
who
made
up
the
mail
on that occasion, papers before a young lawyer of Alton; he pro..
entirely cut off suspicion in that quarter nounced that a forgery and swindle had beat
An interview was then held with the clergy• t committed; telegraphs to personal friends at
c in theago, over his own name, and at a very respect-
Man who witnessed the mailing of the I Ater, and
Zle hour for early risers-on the next (Sabbath)
from him were obtained the facts already stated,•
morning, the fair Margaret 'was routed from her
Concerning the writing of the documatit, and its
deposit in the letter box in a perfect state, after eleePing apartment in the Sherman Rouse, and
transferred to one a trifle less oonunodiorto, ill
the money had been enclosed, he was ready and
that very popular hotel in Chicago, yolept the
willing to make oath, and had he been called
upon he would have done so in all sincerity and "wmhs
honesty. , My paper is exhausted --my romance must tad
In reply to an inquiry whether he used more off eint• Mrs. Kenney was brought to Alton,
b e , had a hearing before Joannelaischarde (warns ,
ihtu one sort of letter paper, he informed me
had had but one kind in his study for several ) name she forged;) the roughest ki n d of testimony -
menthe, and at my request, immediately brought )ie the shape of assinillidg, gouging and keen
in several sheets of it. A comparison of this financierilig, eame up agaipst her; $ 2, 000 of in.
with the sheet upon which the ri fl ed epistle had I debtednees for goods sofa and money borrowed
been writsee, showed that the latter was a total- was presented, at an hours notice against hoe;
ly different article from the first; the shape
so d I she, was seat to F a sinareviiie jail, and for imams
deli ;a of the stamp, the size and the shade of the I dude trial at this term 01 Cou.rt, the witneesee
paper, were all unlike. Morever , the wafers used I were served with a speCial "Louse puck," to go
at the bank, where the hundred-dollar note was I over to that ancient berutestify spew ben o
obtained and the letter containing it, sealed, were i"I the o prospect 4. that Agnes will codas
very dissimilar to either of those whieh appeared her eetlikuthropie ileruons to pickning oakum,
or sawing upon c onvict's fine wuoven shirts, in the
upon the "posteboy" letter.
From, the emisideratios of all these facts,' was Pimiterittal7,,where she 'Hine doubt tontine
satisfied thit a gross and contemptible fraud had to keep.
been perpetrated by the wriesr of the letter, sad
lost no titan in proceeding to the Tillage where
that pawner lived. I called upon the Post
Mow sea obis some inquiries Tektite le the
ehmetihe cad peemakey eholosetehotetelle par
B. F. SLO.O, EDITOR.'
NQN_IBER 30.
There is no United States law providing for
the punishment of snob an offence, bat publio
opinion and private conscience make nicer die
ticuons than the law can do, and often mate oat
a well deserved penalty to those wbo Glade the
leas subtle, ministers of justice.
In the present instance, the foregoing story
was made public by direction of the Post Master
General; and theauthor of the trick, unable to
su,taia the indignation and contempt of the Mini
mum t y in which he lived, was compelled to make
a hasty retreat from that part of the country.
A Beguiling Widow
Tbd 21.1t0n oorrespondant of the St.
Louis Republican writes as follows (gemming
toe operation of a bewitching widow is that
16 i so to •01116 parts of Versant lad a -
Little boy who fell off a sow aid Lb. other dity t
arm 1) &1 41 0 Up 1 4 , 4 81 w go t ial9 AOR !PP
sooty
f asatta.