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TIDE GARLAND
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ewcetet•t flower•enrich'il ,
From various gardetiecull'd with care."
Promt he Temperance Recorder.
``Johnathasils independence.
TL' Yankee Doodle.
'Jays Jonathan, sip he, "To day
I ivii/ he independent,
And so my grog I'll throw away,
And that shall bs the end on't,
Clear the house, the tarnol stuff
'Thant be here so handy ;
Wife has given the winds her snuff,
tto now hear goes my brandy I
Cuonus—Clear the house, &c.
•"Our fathers, though a sturdy (ilk.
%Vero sometimes rather skittish;
And so they would't wear the yoke
Brought over by the British.
Yonder, on old Bunker's head,
From their necks they shook it;
They 6re.i off th-ir had,
And then they had to hook it.
Cnones—Yonder, on, &c.
..But though they fit and run away .
They vvarn't a bit or cowards;
They lived to fight another day ;
When lookin Gcn'ral Howe-wards.
What could then the Gen'rel do
For his own naivatb , h
Why, he , cuased and quit' the a.
nivereal Yankee nation.
Cnonue—What could then, arc,
.The tyrant that our father. smoked
Lay skulking in a tea-pat ;
There's now •a wormier' to bu chocked,
In hottlo, jug or wee pot ;
Often in a glass he shows
What he calla his 'body ;
And often willies up to his nose,
In a bowl of toddy.
CaOrtllll—Often in a glass, &c.
"Sometimes ho creeps up, through the slim
Stem of e very fine pipe;
And sometimes plunges for a swim,
All over in a wine-pipe;
But, he's tickled, most of all,
When he hears the summons
Down his favorite pipes to cruwl—
The wine-pipe of the rum-uns.
Cnoens—But he's tickled, &c.
„ And he greet the ur nor
This tyrant. base and scurvy_
He stripes man of h , uso . and land,
.And turns him topey-turvy.
Neck and heels he binds him fast,
And says that ho is hien;
But lets him have, rent free, at last,
A poor-house or a prison.
Cantina—Neck and heels, &c,
•'And nnw" says Jonathan,otowards Rum
I'm desp'rate unforgivin' ;
Tlie . tyrant, never more. shall come
Into •the house I live in.'
Kindred spirits, too shall in-
to outer darknems go forth;
Whiskey, Toddy, Julep, Gin,
Brandy, Beer, and so forth,
(Imm:is—Kindred spirits, dre.
44Whils this cnLn WATER 6113 my cup,
Duns dare not assail me ,
ISherifrti shall nut lock me up,
Nor my neighbors bail me;
Lawyers will I never let
'(.hose rim as defendant;.
' Till to death I pay my debt,
WILL II INDEPENDENT."
Cuenrs—Lowyers will I never let.
The Lost Child
tThe following interesting ninl pathetic narra•
tive is token from the , New Brunswick Btanklard
of September 4th, 1837.]
Adverse HA we are to the practice nisei.
ging on any local incident, yet we occasion
gtilY hear or occurrenctia so touching and
pathetic in their venire av to iiwOcen our
Sympathies •and interest us in their tame
lion. ()fetich ft nature is that which we
now preKet:t to the reader.
Mr. Charles Bearghan left the northeast
part of the province a short time ago, and
took whet is called the upper road to Fred
edeliton and St. Stephens, on his way to
the United States. On the . 25th August,
he passed the thriving village at Hares
Mills, on the Rushqgonis, very tinily in the
morning, end expected to reach Trew's
vcrn, at the Piskehagan by night.' Proper
ly equipped fur the %roods, furnished with
suituble provisions,his blanket,his axe slum
behind, dr, his gun on his ehoulder.he trudg
ed gaily along until he arrived at Shin
Cteek, which is unhridged, and etas at that
time much swollen with late rains. A wood
roan seldom hesitates at such obstacles: he
proceeded up to the bank of the stream,and
set about felling a tree across it, to serve as
a temporary bridge; it swung aside in fat
hog, mid launching into deep water, it mo
ved away majestically down the stream.—
Our traveller • looked and looked, and west
not what to do." He was not inclined to
resume the axe; and therefore resolved to
proceed up stream in hopes of finding a fa
vorable place for crossing. At length he
arrived at one of those placid-lookit.g pools
which form deep stretches in our rivers,and
are generally termed still water places.—
Here he made a kind of ran sufficient to
bear up his ch ales and gun, and keep them
drv,while he swam over and drew them tit
ter hnn. He was soon busily engaged in
reha biting his limbs, and refreshing himself
+sitlt a bit of biscuit, sewed on the flwer%
margin of a natural meadow, which extend
ed along the banks i.fthe stream, when lie
was startled by a whining noise. resembling
the sounds fiequemly uttered by yi um;
bents. He instantly seized his gun, exam/
ned lime pritnelg, and rept imed—then dap
pling a bull into the barrel
“With looks intent,
And eye and car attentive bent,”
he stole cautiously t..wards the spot,whence
the sound issued. They were no longer ut
lered, hut he now and then heard a crack
ling noise among the underlaush, and per
ceived a twitching motion of the twig and
spray, but could not discover what caused
them. Convinced, however, that he had
spine animal to encounter, his gun was at
his shoulder, end his finger at the trigger.
Hu then silently reasoned with hirma If,
whether or nut he shook] lire at randion,but
experience cautioned him against so rash
an action,for no animal is more furious than
wounded bear. As thus he mused, his
eyes became suddenly dilated, les heart
throbbed violently, he raised himself erect
and let the butt of his gun drip qoickly to
the ground I What did he see? What did
he gaze at? Behold! among the ravbert)
hushes—many twinkling leaves of dews
green—behold! he seven beautiful intaniih
arm fitfully stretched out, and little taper
fingers plucking the rich, ripe, crimson
fruit.
After ho had experienced the first flu..:.
of tie nengled emotions of surprise at the
extraordinary sight horror et the bare idea
of his gun and his intended net, and of plea
sure in the expectioicn of meeting society
in these deep and sole rim solitudes, our tra
veller advanced, and beheld a little girl a
bout seven years old, sedulously en , raged in
pulling and eating of t he abundant wild ber
ries which were spread in great variety n•
ver that naturally rich arid verdant
She appeared to be an interesting child;
her clothes had a respectable look, - albeit
they were most wilfully tent and worn ; her
hair played in disordered ringlets over her
cheek, which wee begrimnied and pale, and
her soft blue eyes were red with weeping.
She burst out into wild nod hysteric wail
ings, which sunk suddenly into convulsive
subs. The traveller wls lost in a•
mazenient, And HEMMED ALOUD to attract
the child's attention. Alarmed in her turn ;
at his appearance, half habited as he was,
she screamed, fled a feei steps. fell, end co
vered her face with her bands. lie was
quickly by her side, and used the kindest
nod most soothing expressions to gain her
confidence and calm her fears. She had
fallen more from bodily weakness,than.from
fear, although she had been greatly alarm
et) at the onexpeeted appearance of the
stranger. At length she ventured to look
up, and, with a sweet but languid
said, "0 now, I am sure you won't hurt me;
0 1 am very sure you will not kill me
"Kill you, God forbid," was the full hearted
reply. "0 lam very tired; I've been ve
ry, very hungry, but I got plenty of rasp
berries here; I only eat the goody ones; I
never take them as have the spider on 'em;
mother bid me not to." "Where is your
mother, my dear child?" eagerly inquired
the traveller; and he was answered, with
the greatest simplicity, t . she's at home, sir,
I guess; but math don't know where I be;
1 can't find out the way home ever so long."
"What I my child have ycu strayed, and
are you list? Come to that flowery knoll
with me. God has sent me to preserse
your life. Come, and I will give you some
nice biscuit, and a bit of meta. Yea are
weak and worn,but I will take care of yeti."
The poor innocent's soul burst forth in a
flood of grateful tears, not attended with
that hysteric affection which she bad lateiv
suffered. She dented great relief from
weeping, and prepared to Bellow her new be
nefactor, but the excitement which she had
just experienced, acting on her sensitive,de
Ream, and exhausted frame, had shaken ev•
my nerve, and completely. prostrated her
strength. She was unable to walk, hut the
kin I and generous flearghati carried her to
the bank of the river where he had left his
little store, and judiciously regaled her with
spare and graduated portions of food.
"As soon as she was moderately refresh
ed, her artless ansaers to his inquiries in
formed him that her name was Lydia liar;
par; her parents lived near Hart's Mill;
she hod been sent with dinner to her father,
who was making shingles'A little way iii the
woods, but missed the right track=got be
wildered arid wandered astray. 'When I
knew I was lest,' she said, 'O, I was very
frightened; I screeched and ran about, and
threw away father's dinner.' It appears'
that she walked the first night until she
sunk down nearly stupified with fatigue,—
ROBERT PeIXTOI4; EDITOR 4.11 . 1) PROPRIETOR.
Old ttitiqraLLlVPLitaa teuraawavr avaleate st),
The traveller asked her if she was not afraid
when it grew dark, as she was nil alone and
I,ist in the woods ; to which she replied . , 'I
was a kind of frightened all the time, but
when I laid dawn I said my prayerg, that
main learnt me, and then I wan't friahten
ed,' 'Do you remember the prayer?' 0
does, sir, it is: I will lay me down ihromier;,
and take my rest; for to it is thou, Lord,om
ly that !tidiest me to dwell in safety ; and
into thy hands I commend my am, my
soul, and my body ; for thou bast redeemed
me, 0 Lord, thou Giid of truth! Amen.'
Mr B•arghan next ben to consider
how the child was to be brought along
Its WEN sixteen miles past her father's, and
his busmn as would not allow him to return ;
he waa about twelve miles from Trew'sand
no house between. The child was unable
to walk ; he rigged out a contrivance by
invittis of hiv b:knikut, and carried her fur-
ward on his kirk. The delightful censer
ousness of performing action buoyed
up his spirits, and nerved hie frame, and he
beguiled the rigerir of hits laborious task by
the profile of his little foundling, who bad
now become more sprightly and free.
As he j mrneyed along, he inquired if she
had seen any will beasts in the wounds; and
she answered. -.No, 1 &nit-0111V OliCe
two dogs were coming to me; they
were not Mr. Burpe's rb.us ; hey iit"pi, and
one roam upon his hind fi et ; they did"rit
hark, bat marred awov agora Our travel
ler ett►iled or the child's simplicity, while
she err/lint:en to hay : 6.0, sir, list night.
when I rn+•rike in thin middle of the MA'', 0
how glad I way! I thought I was close to
hon.e,tar I heard the cattle tramp:in. , about
we, I sen nnthtr.now- of them
had lorll4,and when I called ,tar and Bra hi.
they lay still; 0 I was _Lvl. and my heart
was heating mad ir•-•atint , ; I lay very still
no, in listen end so 1 . 0,4 drop away a
sleep agate. Waient it a pity. they were
all gone in the morning." "Providence
seisms to have defended you in an especial
manner, my child. against hi Iden dangers
and death," said t he travellcr.
Having carried his helpless charv^ until
day light was gor., his fatigue was increas
ed by the difficulty of wn!kincr on on almost
t in( k less read to t I e dark, and the ruarm d:d
net rise until near 10 o'clock. At length
he arrived nt n deserted log hut, within two
riles of Trew'e; and exheuete t, he
determined to make a short ideppre:t :o re
teen. Here he thought to leave the child,
wrapped in his blanket, whilst he should
!.er re un, and send back immediate
lie struck a light, partook of some refresh
.tent, but found great difficulty in getting
tier to consent tadremain behind. After he
had prepared a pretty conifortaUe hred for
her. aud placed her si itgly. in it, he sat
(loan to iv,:tch iedil she shredd fall as:cep.
The amen had just risen, and beture fleeter
led lie gently approached the child. in find
if the were perfectly composed; he held the
light towards her; she ripened her blue eyes
full upon him, aver fed her head and sobbed.
.•No!" exclaimed :he traveller, ''hy all
that's sorted, I wear I will net lease you
ht•hind I" Fir forthwith slung his axe and
his sun, resumed his former equipment. rai
sed little Lsdni from her lonely couch, and
vilified her safely to the hell! loked-for
house of entertainment. • Although it was
quite late, Capt. Josiah Trew was coed/
reused to admit the toil worn traveller and'
his little companion, who now stood beside
him at the ihrestihold; for something told
him that it was more seemly that she should
walk than to be carried into the house. He
had also tied a handkerchiefunder her chin,
in the fashion of a gipsv head dresw
They were soon placed by a comfortable
file in a good house well stored, and blessed
with a hearty and hcspitable landlord. The
females, us it is the custom of the country,
were speedily afoot, and busy preparing
the required repast. We fancy we can
•lee the mirth•lit countenance of facetious
Jidda!) beaming with downright exultation,
;Is he issued his miraculous orders fur eve
ry viand the house could affird to comfort
the wearied travellers. We can also fancy
that we see his lemur es o'er-clouded and his
eye glistening with genuine feeling as he
related that the whole country side had
been tip and in search of a child 'lost ir. the
woods; that parties had gene in all direc
tons, but unhappily without Nieces, and
that one of the people deeply distressed on
the occasion, was now in the house. Our
traveller immediately exclaimed that Pros ,
idence had made him the happy instrument
of recovering that lost child, who now sat
before them. Every one flew round the lit
tle girl, examined and fondled her. and yen
ted exclamations of amaze and satisfaction.
()erne , this sudden bustle, a person from the
tiej , ,ining chamber rushed wildly in among
the company, snatched the band of little
Lydia. gazed on her for a moment, then
clasped her to his bosom. It was her fatti
er !
What n 'keno was hore! what an over
ft swing of the finest feelings which adorn
humanity l what a gratifying rnterchan,.e of
tho:.e pure affections which spring from sin
verity and truth 1 but what tongue can tell.
what pen portray the varied emotions which
fleeted in rapid succession through the, minds
of that' Painfully happy group. The hall
frantic joy and gratitude of the parent. the
wandering fits of delight of the enfeebled
InCe sufferer, the conscious self satisfaction'
of the deliverer, the officious but' sincere
grutiOnt ions of the excited inmates, must all
he estimated by (ho susceptibility of the
The beautiful train of cirrnmstanee.s
which Priwalenee employed in this arPct
ing story - is worthy.of serials consideration.
if the traveller had pa•aed Hart's Mills
when people were mirring abroad; if Shin
Creek had been bridged if the tree bed
la -FEARLESS AND FREE..
Innen across; if lie had tio gun when he
thought a bear was In'; if these filers had
happened, the child might have perished.
SNAKES AND SNAKE CHARMERS.
It is cd% on visifing,dt, residing for a time
►n India, that one can become t fToroughlv
-en.ible of the Ifni - n(4lSe benefit eon fervd by
St. Patrick, noon . treLond, when he preach
ed his tat mous
Among which we may rervionably include
. 4naltes of rill kinds and dearees. To new
comers in Hindustan, and particularly to
ihnse of nervous temperament, these cren
turei constitute a sr:lase of perpetual alarm.
Their nurnlees are immense and nn place
is sacred from their visitations. Just lance
the agreahte surprise resulting from such
title occurences as the following, which are
far from being rare. You get up in a
morning, Mier a feverish night perhaps ;
languidly you reach your boots, and upon
pulling On one, feel eemeteing soft before
emir toed, and on turning it upside down,
and giving it a shake, nut pops a small
snake of the carpet tribe (as they are call
ed, probably from their domestic propensi
flea, )wandering whut can be the cause of
hie hieing thus u udely ejected from nis nights
enarteie. Or euppes i, at any time during
the day, you ritual be musically inc'inod ;
you take vein flute from its resting place
end proceed to screw it together,-but find,
on makieg an attempt to play, that 601110'
thing is the matter, and on peepilig into it,
iliacever diet a little serpentine gent lomat)
l'has there sought arid found a snug helge
ment. Perhaps your endeavours to give
it breath wi:h your mouth [mikes Mr. Snake
feel his habitation in the instrument un•
comfnrtably cold, and, ere you are aware
of this presence he is out, and wriggling a
mong your. fingers.
Such instances as these cause rather un.
pleasant .efsrie to those who ale new to n in
&Annie )Batters, Otput' the natives of the
land, or pepons aho had been long resident
in it, interli(Only smile at the new - comers
imensineee; mid tell hint dint these little in•
.
i linden; erteperft , ,ctly harmless. But even
Iwith the airsurance of this fact, it is long ere
i most Eurepeans can tolerate the sight and
1 , presence of these snakes, much less feel
frond . ..re - ad under their cool touch. Resi
-1 des. it is but too well konwn that all these
creatures are not innriNioue. Well do I re
member the fright that one poor fellow got
in the barracks at Madras. He had been
eeasibli, indulging ton I reely over night ; at
least, when he arose in the morning in
ques.ien, he felt thirsty in the extreme.
YHlCattr; Inr..st vCikatileally, he made up to
one of the room windows, where stood a
large venter bottle (-trier, one of those long
necked clay things in which they usually
keep fluids in the east. Upon taking this
olivine- , vessel into his hands, he observed
that there seemed to he but little water in it,
yet enough, ns he thouelit, to cool his par
ches throat ; and he lied just applied it to
his lips, when aturiething touched them—
ceriaiiily no water, whatever else it might
I be. He beefily withdrew the vessel Iron)
his mouth, though still retaining it Iti his'
kends, when, to his amazement and horror,
a regular eehra, the most deadly and dan
gerous of all the coe,mon serpents of India,
reared its hideously distended and spectacled
head from the jar, not a foot from its dis
ember's nose.—"Oh, murder!" cried the
poor fellow, who was a Soft of Erin ; and as
he uttered the exclamation he dashed hot•
tle, snake and all ei the ground, and took to
his heels. nor stopped until! he was a full
hundred yards from the spot, Here lie
toted his story in safety, add the intrnder was
in good time time got rid of by the cautious
use of firearms.
Very different from the conduct of this
fellow was that of one of his comrades in the
same barracks, who was exposed to an al
most unprecedented trial from a similar
cause. In the vicinity of the barracks as
signed to the European soldiers in India,
there is usually a number of little solitary
budding* , or cells, where the more disorder.
ly members of the corps are confined for
longer or shorter terms, by order of the
commanding Officer. In one of these, on a
certain occasion, was locked up poor Jock
Hall, a Seatchman belonging to Edinburg or
Leith.—Jock had got intoxicated, and being
foiled in that condition at the hour of drill,
was sentenced to eight days so:itary inipris
onment. Soldiers in India havetheir bed
ding partly furnished by the Honorable Com
pauv, and find the remainder for themselves.
About this part of It use furnishiug, howev
er, Jock Hall troubled himself very little,
being one of those hardy reckless beings
on whom privation and suffering seemed to
make no impression. A hard filer was as
good as a down.bed to Jock and therefore,
as he never scrupled to sell what he got, it
may be supposed that his sleeping !tinnier°
was none of the most abundant or select.
Such as it was, he was strecthed upon and
under it one night in his cell,during his term
of penance, and possibly was reflecting on
the impropriety of in future putting "an ens
my into his month to steal Away his brains,"
when, lo I he thought he heard a rustling in
the cell, cloee.by him.—At this moment he
reccollected that he had not, as be ought to
'nave done, stripped up an air hole, which en.
feted the cell on a level with the floor, and
ilso with the rock, externally, on which the
building waiplanted. A strong suspicion
of what had happened, or was abOut to hap-
Jen, came aver Hall's mind, but ho knew it
was prnhaly to late to do any good, could he
even find the hole in the darkness, and get
it closed. fitd therefore lay still,. and in a
From Chambers's Edinburg Journal
"snrmin,
Thnt gnve the frogs and tondo a twist,
And ham.Thed all the varentn."
minute or two heard another rustle close to
him, which was followed by the cold and
slimy touch of a snake upon his bare foot I
‘V hit in such a situation would not of ..ta Ned
and howled for help I Jock did neither
Ire lay stone still, and held his peace, know
ing that his cries would most probably have
b• en unheard by the distant guard. fled his
bed cl ithes been more plentiful he might
have endeavoured to protect hirwell by
wrapping them closely around him. but
this their scantiness forbid,•. accorditialy.
being aware that, olitirmA a motion or
to will provoke snakes to bite. they will
not gen••rally do it widowt such imitemont
Jock held himself as still as if he had been
a log. Meanwhile, his horrible,bed fellow,
crept over his feet legs, and body, and, last
ly, over his very face. Nothing but the
most astonishing firmness of nerve, and the
consciousness that the movirg ofn muscle
would have signed las death warrant, could
have enabled this poor follow to undergo
this dreadful trial. For a whole hour did
the reptile crawl backwards and forwards
over Jock's body and face, as it satisfying
itself, seemingly that it had nothing to fear
from the recumbent object on its own part
At length it took UP a position somewhere
about his dead, and went to rest in apparent
security. Theiioor soldier's trial was not
over,
Till daylight, he remained in the
same,posture, flat on li;s buck, without da•
ring to stirs limb,from the fear of disturbing
his dangerous con, panioo. Never perhaps,
was dawn so anxiously longed fir by mor
tel man. When it did come, Joclt cau
tiously looked shout him, arose miselershe
and moved over to the corner of his cell,
where there was a pretty large stone.
This he seized, and looped about for tltt•
intruder. Not seeing the snake, lie became
assured that it was under his pillow. He
then raised the end of this sufficiently to
gets peep of the creature's crest. Jock
then pressed his knee firmly on the pillow,
but allowed the snake to wriggle out its head
which he battered to pieces with the stone.
This done the courageous fellow for the first
time breathed fieely.
When the hour fin breakfast came, Jock
who thought little about the matter after it
was fiiirly over. took the oppertimity of the I
! opening of the door to throw the snake out.
when the officer, whose duty it was to visit
the cells for the day, was going his rounds
he perceiVed a crowd around the cell door
examining the reptile, which was described
by the natives as of the most venomous
character, its bite being invariably and
rapidly mortal. The officer, on being told
that it had been killed by a man m the ad
joining cell went in and inqUired intd the
matter, "When did you first know that there
was a snake in the cell with yeti ?"said
'About nine o'clock last night,' was Jock's
reply. "Why did'nt you call the guard I"
asked the officer. th-ught the guard
wadna hear me, and I was feared I might
tram" oast, se I just lay still." "BUt you
might have been hit ; did you know that
you would have died instantly If' I kept that
very weal," said Jock, but they say that
snakes winna meddle with %nu, if you (liana
meddle with them I file I just let it crawl o.
ver me as it likes." "Well, my lad, Ibe
hey° you did what was best alter all, but it
was what not one man in a thousand could
have done" When the story was told , end
the snake shown to the commanding officer
he thought the same, and Jock, for his extra•
ordinary nerve and courage, got n remission
of his punishment. For some time, at. least
he took cure how he again got into such a
situation as to expose him to the chance
of passing another night with suds a bed•
fellow.
THE MORA LS OF HANGING.
We do not know from what work the
following terrible passages is extracted•
We find it in the Albany Daily advertiser.
It beats harder against punishment by
death than a whole acre of homily :
The Hangman and the Judge.—" Did
your lordship ever attend a killing time at
the Old Bailey If not, pray favor me
with your company; not on the gallows,
but staying in the ►tteets amid a crowd
that always assemble when I am at iv , )rk
for you and the sheriff: Perhaps it wilt add
to the zest if you, come when I have a
young' woman to stiffen, supplied by your
self. Will the fluttering of the petticoats,
as she swings in the wind, produce a pleas
ant sound on your ears my l armed master
Fail not to watch the people; the men W(
men and children—good bad and Indifferent
who hare gathered to behold the sacred
majesty of the law. You shall see such
flashing of the eyes and grinding of teeth,-
you will hear sighs and groans, and words
of rage and hatred, with fierce curses on
yourselfand me; and the laughter, such as
is of an unnatural kind that will make
you start-jest on the dead that they will
make you sick. You will feel—no—
why should you feel any more than your
faithful journeymen: We shall go to our
breakfast with good appetites and a firm
conviction that every hanging bout changes
many sneaking pilferers into saving robbers,
fit for murder. •
"A 'few years ago T was called out of
town to hang a little boy who had been con
victed of killing with malice aforethought.
lf guilty, he must have been in the habit rt
going to executions Ten thousand carat
to dabble in the poor young creatures blond.
That was the'youngeet fellow creature 1 ev
er handled in the way of business; and a
beautiful child ho was to, as you seen by tht
papers ,with a straight nose,large blue °yet
and golden hair—l have no heart, no feel.
ing ; who has in our calling? But those
Who came to see me strangle that tender
youngster, have hearts and feelings as we
Once had. ilittil—no4.—bed fn.( what
DiVHOLIM i 0: 489.
they saw was 6i to twilit; Mew
your servant or his unliter.
They saw that stripling lifted, fainting,
o n to the gallows; cheek of the color
of wood ashes—his little limbs ,and his boa.
om hea vim/ sigh alter sigh, tin if the body
and soul were parting with, ait iny help.
This was downriaht murder; her there
WIN retiree', any life to take out or him.—
When I began to poll the cap over his ba
by fitee,he pressed his small hands together,
(his arms, vim know, were corded fist to his
hedy.) and he gave me a beseeching look,
jest es a calf will lick a butcher's hand.---
But cattle do not speak; the ereature mut.
tered,"Praymir,dont hurt me." "My dear,"
answered I, "you sheet(' have spoken to my
master; I'm only the journeyman,und must
do as bid. "'Chia made him cry,which
:teemed to relieve him, 4.lde think I should
hare cried myself if 1 had not heard shouts
from the crowd—" Poor
mu rder !"- "Quick," said the Sheriff "Rea.
dy," said 1. The Reverend gentleman gave
tne the winkdne drop fill ; one kick ; h he
swayed to and fro, dead as the feeling of tlie
Christian people of England.
The crowd dispersed; some swearing,
same weeping with passionate exclama-,
bons; some swearing as - if hell had broke
loose ; and some laughing while they crack
ed blackguard jokes on you and me and the
parson and the danglingcorpse. They had
et ins fir the sight : they would have come
to see on angel murdered. They had comet
to get drunk with strong excitement ; they
went back, same in.a fever ot rage, some
burning with hate, some hardened in heart
like me or you ; all sunk in their own tee.
pert, ready to make light of pain and blood
corrupted by the indecent ahow,and more fit
than ever to make work for us, the judge
and the hangman.
0 wise luw•miikers 1 who think to soften
the hearts of the people; to make them
gentle and gone; to give them a feeling of
respect for themselves and others, by show.
ing them a sight like this.
A negro servant having one day received
a reprimand from her mistress for rime tri
fling tptrenco. wee no much Irritated that
&ho went directly nut, kneeled down and
made the following prayer. "Oh good mat
na Lord I come take me rate out din• won!
din hery npinit—if you can no come your.
self sonde debbul or any body else r
A person cam) out lately from England.
who advertises to givo lectures on botany.—
tie says he was sent out (or seven years to
Botany Bay, on an exploring expedition, at
the expense of the British goverment, and
that he is therefore fully conversant with
the subject.
Give us the Ne'v Hampshire Argus for
esprit dueorps—there is no mistake . about
it---here is a oomph. :--
“The man who will strap his razor on his
Bible and wipe it on hie newspaper is neith:
er a christinn nor a patriot and deserves to
be &rung up without benefit of clergy, or
the sympathy of the corps editerial4--yet
we have seen an individual do that same
who made pretensions to both godliness and
patriotism.
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A cabin boy on board a man•of war was
called to be flogged for some misdemeanor,
little Jack went trembling and crying con
fessed hitt fault and then said "Won't you
wait till I say my prayers before you whip
nit? "Yes," watt the reply. "Well, then,"
replied Jack, looking up and smiling trium
phantly.— -17/ never say eta !
It is said a woman in Northampton, hey
called lieechild 4 .llorirs Multicaudis.' She
probably is anxious to get into the business
and intends raising her own stock.
AN IIaLT CetiTODNR.
A. marine rarity—but by no means a
delicacy—was harpooned in Provincetown
harbor list week. According to the Boston
Transcript; n bodythirty feet long—a brace
of fine each five and a half feet in length—.
fl ikes six feet by four—seven hundred teeth
one hundred teeth in a row, in the lower
j.,w, and six hundred, do. do., in the upper
jaw—with a cavern of a mouth of about tour
feet diameter when agape—from some of
the "little peculiarity" of this long low, pi.
rat - feel . looking denizen of the seas, which
is a large specimen of the Elephant Shark
(squalus Elephaso the most formidable is
appearance of all the shark tribe.
INFORMATION WANTED.
Adam Wisner formerly of Northumber•
land in Pennsylvania who was in the Revo
lutionary War, as a minute man under Ge
neral Putter, and Col. James Murry and
whose papers have all been destroyed by
the burning of his house in which his all
was consumed, wishes to know if there are
now living any witnesses to his having been
in that war., as without such witneesea hq
cannot obtain a pension to whichhe is
entitled and which he is very turicious to
obtain, in consequence of poverty brought;
upon hint by unpropitious providence.—
hould this meet the eye of any individe.
al .who can tentif: to th'ese points respecting
nis revolutidnary services which the law re.
quires in order to give him. pension they
skfuld coder a favor upon an tainted old
reyolulintutry maldler, by ;communicating.
the fact, stating the namtivand rr i deate of
.411 ch witness, to the We. Ghee 'arbeta,or•
Dette'cu Abraham Harrison, of EnsitGlres t vii.
iand, Livingston county stareatiNstteMsrit.
• .Publishere of weekly Joulmallt.lif she
Plaited States are requested for tba,aaijotaf
,i l un i a r) 4 to glebt . thb above i 1.11101410111111
In 'Wt. pep.etti.
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