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1 t . t my . 1. enely, j nticeinfortable meal, :, was
pito litirary.. l • I Allier. open tbe, door in
Mah h i. lewd, land, carelessly sat aoarn,
11
Mug 1 hn the lovelY:creature I bad seen
- tio.i '-I ate li ttle g - infi• ringing the bell up
!table, impnred, ~i ni no very placid tem- 1
Per,... - a s is in, the music-room r 1
" The 441 a froni the H all, S:ir .Geerge and
li
Lady 'Wits ti, - Bliss Norman. Leta Hiatt:
billy/Lady: entiiiiialandr r ildy Celia Staunton,'
Captain.: • 51 . ! ~ . , 0 _
" 441trogi that's enough! what a set of
boreal, Talc thesee thin away, and , do not
let meltild' tithed, but Shea I ring, end De
Seri?ere:# ' ' ' E
I threw m yself , along aillofa, in a passion
with - Myself; he party, butiMost„of all in alias
jsion because did notknoar who the fair song
skresti Watt: . fter ',imaging about for nearly
j an Nun., I se, and Beeig that. the land of
. c,
I the ; Cupia - u on the] alab aster clock was :fast
appreaellini t ten o'cipek, x.:'. rung for my :valet,
aura haVing ecomplished'iny toilette, entered
,the, mem w,o-roan, , ere, after shaking hands
with ,old lquaintanees, and bowing to new
ones,: I
s io ii, scat epon a half-vacant divan,
near my sister. In the ma/fit of a dissertation
with Lord Ifeartbury npon a Jai 3lanton, a
voice; replying : to solicitation to , sing, came
noon my ear 7 / %started, and in another instant
the Self-seine Warbler passed to the Piano. •
She ran her;fingers lightly. Over the keys, lift
ed her headand laughed. 4 1 can remember
nothing," "sili t e said to my - an other ; then _ she
bent her head, and her beautiful unadorned
.ringlete rimed over ,her brim ; a minute thus,
and the next, she threw back the, wavitresses,
street the i vory keys, and the song of the lake'
rose, eehoed, and died through the room. I
felt sigh an iundefinOlde feeling at my heart,
that I Continued to gaze upon the enchantress
as. if every Sense, every energy was centred in
her.
and ardent TOT and turning round, met my fix
ed and ardent look;] a- bright blush mantled
her face and heck, and she moved hastily:a
llay. *lo laugh near me recalled my wan
dering acce nt u• '
it was caused by myself; my
g l o
marked,re h ad liven Obeerved by all.
4 Who is t at heavenly creature ?' I asked
of CaPlaita lley. -.
riin,
•
_
r.imii k F. ter . 'She lives with her mother
e:, the Man l'
late
replied he, " but I warn
yen not to late your heart for her, for she's en-
gaged- 1
".To: wboin r asked 1, scarcely breathing. • :
' .",Tot Sir nu ESA, of the Lodge."
putt:
thunderbolt fallen on my-head, " I could 1
puit:We, Cana' more , crushed ; Elliot was my,
Ohl* Oet . ,*we,hrul been playfellows in infan
etiyytather at Eton,' students at Own- 1
ISt* 110 attirtie pa-y.3,,7 i,.. , 3...,,, , —. „ ,..:_ ,, ..-
,tii . iand, yet, ;item on earth were two more dis- ,
snot:o4i tharOeters. Elliot, all conciliatio , i,
iiiiiin,beartedness,,ped . firm principle , his very
soul Made uThof kindliness. I, all fire,
impetuosity, and 'realness, -a very miracle of
thoughtleisness. Elliot, always cool, self
posieseed; and polite—l, always " witty" and
captious. Al pair of bright .eyes turned my
brain; and it by chance they wandered towards
me, I was eechanted,
I have :been in and out of love a hundred I
timee, but even at Alma's, that centre of
beauty,- Ellit was as 'calm,. and provokingly
a
immovable ever. , Hei l
was excessively band
some, with A exquisite-figure, eight thousand
a year, 'an old baronetcy, and an earldom, in
defaultof di marriage of his uncle, an old
'Tomas a fine October night; I ivas returning
man Oise, ty-six; no wonder then that the
home with my gun tier my shoulder, my keep- fair,. w o z ' o f on put on their brightest
er and dogs had taken a nearer route, and had
smiles for But sunbeams might as well
carried with them the booty Pf the day. I
have been; wasted upon the rocks of the Alps.
'passed the old Manot-house grounds; the man- 1
s i644. l ,4 c l itg bt that nature bad left but one
tin bad been long inoccupied, save by An'ad 11 1 ;:iiiii,,oti his coMposition E and. that was love
gardener, who look d, thi hie SeW4aY, sui , t ' ° l r 4''' -‘4lll3 s e,nan'' . 1 given late all else; but 1 was to ; be
russet livery, as if the sturdy Amis and ragged -- L _
tanglieuth ise. „Tie next, dayl met lnm.as
oaks bad, while he tended . theni,, tent . him ie be was'lea; rig the Manor-bouie; afters few
gratitude, something or,their :rigidity and
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..,i,l.ezeisimea. ,
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t het Of shoot- liv . " 3, Y l i , - 7 izi'vv` Harry;
strength. As my father b rie' s r d ra t a* ibmved-at last, I. bear yen are
ing over the demestes, I opena gates an d
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married."
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entered; there wa4 fine lake Plea ii - the bowie, 5 '
...„ 10 4 es,7) pliett, he,.. with such a -mule as I
nearly covered by i sees, and the Setting 16... ' ' hid neverl eliefOre lightingup his expreseise
gleaming upon its fleas and, quiet 07 1151 , re - f t ; a t u i es .f. am, to the most amtable.creature
minded me of Seett4 -. ' ' - - on "earthr.t me with me, ill ia#o4ucc! you to
" One lively shelf of burnisted.goki- her."-. 1, i b ack ! '
-- he was evidently glad of
Loch lintrine kas, beneath ltim soiled." FP.' tP!P ,, , . ,- .
T V.TCOSC to return. Any other man w ould .
lam an enth admirer of nature ' an - haeeideicribed Apra FPrenter . as; a .)24a1 " ;
stood t o ga ze upon he scene Wit fat ideeo in g init,:trie.tiajlimselt, he dwelt only ...upon her
in its calm and placid beauty .. It wiltbatni&- .', i t i . wi.t,,,,, , ah rr * her " 3 4 . U pon eur
ale of the mouth,and the yellow lexiss: bright . - P e riii k eee l ete,i4eaed„ nal' pereeiving',Elliet,', - ,nn
ened by the gelderiAttei(af,:eunset, - adgekani . ' wrn - ' r i. aart i o iliO F i y i neeqeece „ g etkeretl.npon
tre to the landscap6 ;.' it, was truly a , a , 4 41 44 5,. 4 1 . i l ii . / (tTrVpl tire's; ; there was something so
which Italian Chtude iOuld4veglimie . a' '..OTl' girlish is bier corintena Dc, . , : ind *l et
45 I bad turned 11? leare_ , the OPut, , „ 0 1-At s aliii t iaiisf t sia - letiiing, that, yonfekyoW were
woe , wai t e d, rn y,,l/10, :attention riTetaaa ;;;; : ::4 1 ,: f : impersonation c if purity, und
a voice breaking e :the. sense, ,the tone s lq#:, 6 ;.7 . 7 , :i r i0 - re iTiiiz r --
~ -:. . - ... . ,
one of gende yet 0 3 :44 herme la it -21 , 111 *P' 7'4 7 7 — e t 14.4jr.raii`daili thrpio . into the
' mina told me ~fing r*liis:rekelY ! a 1 144, "'" -' T . ii - bt. ; l*Poes Forel*, and loved her to
ti e,
remained in my eeakietki:- ':!! 1 . 01 ..i,5t , ie...7.- . - f`rti *.itt, Fortes that , did hii
turned ,from colle -' 00 - a - knell ; _ 24 Oat tel O il 'te ' ' bon er ! and t eif s i e ndsbip ao d.pein.
dun I t a e " • •' - f •'' - - -- rt e
Manor-house wasfgaia,ter s >a mall.l o a s 7 1 „ 4 ,46 / 0-- ill ia t,
.. ret p en tly de to } I
jectwing from wh - lm seas; atraio_„ . „' - -.o__ li l -4
_twi et lea
" ; . iithisi chirp to the ' hetni ha-amain . -
When they eeasek rustling ..w.imuc' 3 '"! 5w...1 i t illied. iii ,:iitrievet:slid a shadow of : aiitroot
the leaves, and tall, ,darli;:o 6 ll.--darkA a ß. : i ii o ,, p iv i :;')„.l. -- ':,04141)rolf .whe le ,inelAgn.f
i l ei
fairy:passe& - U eunSool4l4toOg
li tfLO:i I, 3ar a p iTiti nips* s * fa * / in phy fsice,listen !
turned her face f iloAraraliz 4 N . 4"/ l' , ": _ hilt vitti"x ~; Ord's tO tal" Of. annoy UalYi of
tie uP a 1 =044 - ki9ol l *Tf a6 : eu ,..'4l%- , . 1 , , Wlii6;liviiiiitry - lierillkit loveF. WW I ilia Ygri•
climbing amiss loo se tim's4M , A; they ; _,,,. ll- ualvd_r7a TSB, hi iiiii:Siceiflie hid his security ishis own
- aPplied her 'care to Ifte - V'lEK!!' l "._. ..4.l u T e 1.4 1 6 1 0141 iiinkl. : Viiiifritoaleek.ekthieface•
her thick ringlet4tillhadi,:and*-PwaLe r - 4. 7 t Antic - IC :--, iinaaai4o4*. , 9.-el sand:. ate
th e de par t - 4 w suatitafie:tbilii'apinllt !Pg , . :Pt'
,1 4 e tt4 !•A n d-,-. l2 espr,-,:nerr; did.' aßre bin)
sing gold. - Aftef. - , a , few 101a.04:4 1 P, 3 ,.tqffe!t..riiO4 -- t • s ibSai;:t It thektheAaythaeols
gaily swaßever.io
o f
s ate ittitt,o_,.ble*: sii , .., • v iidaiiiike.Ec r eason t0.4*;=:;34
ing forth in somQbrief initeb icif atiSierrY.o4, 1 -, kLi: ni t .., , - -Z7L- 44 ,..4- i la ravi f or ic„ w o4eitop
as if the joyousqm of 'leer op . # - Ought,Ost.if 4 4 1 5;40 1 !: .. iii;; 7 4 . n e t 7 :4 ; itiitlis girt Alen
way to vent its Aappleesa. f. ,- 1:?:•,,;f..Z.,,,,tr.,•... 0 . 10; „4„,- hi
sixi i i " to o lier s ikkipiitej a nd't o. In
People ogy ti&ailata - Oetii 44 -:,-** , . 1, 2 1 „d, 4 iijoiliojinfeeti;TO,';fier er. laugh .an
mo s con t e mpt. ,lif f isacli amides - bUt!,Xele, 400:44,. ..', .5.., .- ,‘:. : ; ;k: r....,:::..',- , :.- ~...-!=r., .-4 .' i L' ,.
and know that: 'eau: he, and 'the - truth l ti ",,. '''
;iii''.' '[. . ' iiirt the 'Steal Ortaiber:Wai;tted
s t a bility an d _it:attested in , •trte:'.-oi_ •ii i i i , rali , ,it ia; ,,
.64.4 1 0 . 1 - ‘4 4 lol.,newsitith
I
Itiy *lox still , :::..1111Aelar- After,: ogo#4l, ~...,7 77 - - 4, - , - .44- nde i ,,li t Il i, kii i , th = , ..i, " ro il e d*
-about 'thi , :oPotiLiP; l36 s!l. itralee k ta k i °# ; _" .l4- 1 1 ;`. ..,'. ' . - 41;idisin:Iduib j iiii - T - Iaal: 11 . 60104-
ming mists .esala'` , - .1 4 ,1- APi"mlag‘ est* .l4 wn wl : ' ''-', . .'' ' ~efore..tlia PiiiisPpointeilUrgia
the 'acme lake,larerita .6ilifi.iiikomrato - ..,.,,, :inapprtearrooil 46 6 04.0 . :#
the, stranger ' s g" -- 1:bi:0 18 7 11 .tePsh° 100 ) 6 ? r 4 . !1 . 00,:?" --- ' - .' , grolinag;i iiii_ici iiip*DeiC
VP9u 0 4 4 7 Mg 4 4141 ;! ii *"' n ' t (4;14,416 .. , fit 4 - ) ' --- ' * - _oooimketo one; !irkti4F. j f,
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evAW Orentb* .: , '1". . '41/ 41 ` le 'v'' titi' , ~NsitiiiioSheld:herf thh4 , igete4" l o,,
• Whir iititliettst, 4 1 ( - liiit ralle ' s al lO tit , - .o i iiiiik46lool4loi**lntCliT4P4'fC i ftl
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early," satfroins - ' of . rmailleink , ..
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OWIr
Lei others-seek for
At ball or concert; roL .
Whilst, far from fashion'e idli; noise,
Her gilied - domes*nd trappings gay,
I while the wintry eie away— -
'Twizt'boOk and hate the hours divide,
And marvel how I 14tr could stray
From thee -- my olrn fireside. •
3ly fireside 1 illteso simple words
Can bid the sweetest dreams arise,
Awaken feeling's tenderest chords,
• And fill with tea* of joy my eyei.
What is there my wild heart can prise
That doth net in tity sphere aide,
Haunt of my tome-hied sympathies, •
• My own—my own tireside Y •
A gentle form if, Dean me ,now
A.small white hand is'elaspeljdinine;
'gate upon her plachl brow, _ -
And ask what.joysican equal thine!
A babe, whose beantY's half divine,
In sleep his mothers eyes dotb, hide ;
Where may love seek: a fitter , shrine
Than thou—my of n fireside ?
What care I for the itillen roar ' -
Of winds without, 'that ravage earth ;
It doth but bid me p4ze the more
The shelter'of thy hallowed hearth„-
To thoughts of quiet Miss give birth':
Then let the churliela tempest chide, '.
It cannot check the blameless mirth
That glade my own fireside.
My refuge ever from. the storm
Of this world's pasnion; strife, and care;
Though thunder-cloqs the sky deform,
Their fury cannot 206 me there.
There all is cheerful, palm, and fair;
Wrath, malice, envy, strife, or pride,
lath never made its bated lair
thee—my own ?reside. - -
Thy precincts. are a charmed ring,
- Where no harsh foiling dares intrude - ;
Where life's.vezatiena lose their sting, -
Where even pier 14 half subdued,
And Peace, the halcy'On, loves to brood,
Than let the pampered fool deride;
I'll pay my debt of gratitude
To thee—my own fireside.
Shrine 6f my household deities! - •
Fair scene of hom4 unsullied joys!
To thee my burdened flies'
Whet, fortune Prow is or care
Thane is the - onsa time
The,srnile whose tsth bith oft lbeetr,rKi:
What, the; are this Itoihra tinsel*Ys
To thee—my own fireside
Oh may the yearning/i, fond and sweet,
That bid my thoughts-be all of thee;
Ems ever guide my ilhandeiing feet
To thy heart soothing sanctuary 1
Whate'er my future jlears may be ;
- Let joy or grief my fate betide . ; _ -
Be still an Eden brigiit to-me, -
My own—my owrifireilide.
MISCELLANY.
A SN:ETCII Bit A SPORTSMAN:
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NONTR* PA.,THUODAY, 1848.
MI
by a -pitteing sczek!. I threw down my foal
ing -pt elp iind'histe"ed to the place; a groan of
stifled #gony,. a' gill' . ling, 'ehoking shriek burst
from my - breast as t e terrific sight met my eye,
:--befoliArte tlay. , ,Elliot, hisleft arm. and side
awfully Piottered;' and dying ; by his side was
Ague's, fsenselesa..7ile opened his eyes and
beckoned 60;1' apProachts and knelt, while he
spate f4titly and withAifficulty : . - ,
, "Greilvillo, on yotwfricmidship I rely for com
forting # gnea. _ Thi
~is an r awful accident; on 1
the vemverge,ofidi s• AO , dear Agnes,. may
God protect her. r a nk if you hive me,. swear
—.and hi" looketreartiestlyi in my face=" that
you willibe a brother to ply blessed Agnes•,
shield, 4toli heraall should hive done, and
Win her *Erections if you can—to you I-confide,
her, atidinpon yourhsonour I rely;. tell her my
last thoishts • were her's. No Grenville," con
tinued' hi, 'upon my proposing assintance, "ram
1 dying ; Ikeel it.; to remove would only ,hasten
my end.l God be merciful to me," . —he moved
his lips sisif in fervent prayer,—het took my
hand, the grasp of death was in it, "Frank, God ,
bless •
yoll r Convulsions came on, tlettli Was
grappling' with his victim—" Agnes—Agnes 1"1
he screatnefl, and, as if knelled in her ear by a
demon, the shriek recalled her senses. She
started t'ii her feet—back were dashed the dos-
tering, niglets, madly her hands were pressing
.on twig timples, and h,er eyes set and glazed in
horror. stared on lie+ lover l —for a second death
stood 114 f, as if the sight Of that appalling ag
ony hid partied him'from histrey.
"Aline's I" breathed Elliot , frightened at l her
fearful atite.
"Ili 1 .'.-slie gaiped,;bnt theiigidity of marble
i
was in hey limbs --bloed gushed from her mouth
--exp e+ion, and form, wasl lost in distortion . —
a sere, withat would have woke the dead, broke
from th l naddening girl. a kroan, that told the
.. cenvulsiln was over; and that earth and heaven
had eac h its part of the sufferer, followed it.
I sloe then alone, the only living thing amid
the awf ' slaughter, for Agnes with a gurgling!
li . ugh of )madness, fell from my arms, a. corpse'
upon her,lover. - 1
'..1 havtiia confused remembrance of being 6x
t
ainined a coroner, something to of a funeral
and whit pinnies, passes before my mind—but
all is vague and indistinct.
Year4fter this I wandered on the Continent
till recalled by- my father's death to claim the
honors aid 'take the oaths; of a Peer. I was
still yourig, with health, wehlth and rank ; hut
I would jOve all to erase 'that day of fearful
horrors rival my memory.
3 --
nun the New Tort Times.
RATTICIESNALLE ON A STE *Akira Awe
—. . - stiortqr Velem the Usual tttav tor wea mg my
way Nortir til the medical lectures, an oppor
tunity was olfered me by an- ingenious negro,'
who had caught the reptile asleep, of exchang
ing a well worn blanket coat and two dimes,
principally in cash, for as line a specimen of
the Rattlesnake as ever delighted in the eye or I
ear of il naturalist ; •nine inches across the'
small of iihe back, six feet seven-eighths of an
inch inlength, eyes like globular lightning.
colors ail gaudy as an Arkansas gal's apron,
twenty-three rattles and a great propensity to
make tam heard, were the strong points of mi;
1 pnrehasi. -
Designing him as a propitiatory o ff ering to
I one of the professors, my next care was to fur- I
nish 14 with a fitting habitation. Nothing
I better presenting itself, I made him one out of
a pine,oox, originally designed for shoes, by
, nailinglbin slats transveriely, so as neither to
-
I exclUditair nor vision, but sufficiently close, I
thought to prevent him from escaping, The
day forftny departure arrived, and I bad lis
Isnakeshirearned on board the boat destined
to bear-'-me: toNicksburg, where I would take
an OW steamer.r . . 1 i
Unfortunately for the quietude of my pet,
on the gime boat was a young Cockney lady,
who, baring that there was a live rattlesnake
on boaid, allowed her curiosity to overcome
her maiden diffidence sufficiently to , prefer a
request; that the young doctor "-would make
his angina oiler!" a process which the prover
bial abstemiousness when in confinement, of the
"lam* . al," was accomplishing rapidly without
any`. Intervention on My part. Politeness
would' tallow me to refuse; and as it was con
siders le fit' a novelty to , the passengers, his
1'
snake' lip was kept constantly stared up; and
his rattles had very little rest that trip. -
. ..Thit steamer at length swung alongside of
the g g e rf-bont at; V---., and transfernq my
ba • ; I lounged about until the arrival of a
boat feed - give me an opportunity of proceed
ing. he .contents of the bon were quickly
. disCoitred, aid- the snake had to undergo the
sintelidlictions as i the day previous; tho
rn* y . vezed, I made them desist, andresolv
ed t
lilt .
cefortli I. !would [conceal his presence, -
and it, ow himtoltravel , as common baggage.
"The shades of night were falling fast" as
Theljeamer "Congress" came booming along,
aid*tex istay . of a,-few minutes for passen‘
geinAiroceeded - -ou her way, obtaining none
bon' ei,`. but .. rayself„ .. ] The snake-box was
Fair'. , with die :; other ` [baggage on thecahin
d . n - fr Out of the " sbeial hall,"" jam up, as
ea t
luelt, tiiddThititir'it,:agtiinst 'one-of the- chim
ney inaltingthelocatiOn unpleasantly . werm.
i ut
i • iwas-one of those clear, !milieus nights in
,
Ore inen,: .. raten •not a' cloud dints the 'nave,
and he haircut
. tio `beautifully blue,'"(tlael
• - Neal.); ire gleaming/With 'their' myriad
Ili.
o?, an w l iiia the ir lan esie ghi t ne tti tuteie watiek lif iri ts ib .th& il - b li _a so ir ft l a
ton 'pi illefulliy lipirof s' maiden In her . era
:i . cjilsfingii..*The ikart.cieupy) cough •ef
Ole , *net its ientmetl baekin *Ol4lO tab:
4 ,
itriitiirfidt • it 'the - dirk' weeds , lunng this
viv' like 111116411 4 1'0f . imitiled ' gigentie monks, '
couiefromilleii 'Obit' ette i: etestoboat:li- Sep ~
food 41as.CVer; itulilio - ti-of the night '
:b - ad
il)eau
the majority ' the passengers from the,
leatinio - to :dee c. , ~ -,,:,,-, ,-. ..'"i
4
.. pa
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_relielli:::
_iii front:
as i v i se i kf r ntn .iti on a g ; L ri lte r ov riitik; g
w -,to fro . , n ni , ...,.!vr rot , alien;
siinatiink a- 1 ii; i :a7 r e rt -„I'r'11,1 i' 'l' 7 . 'A‘j:t
Ittleg afair e toe, the 0
: .-
'yin! freitt molt 'pro
n 1 rent personage of • the ;group,..smoking his
regalia„,and.regaling the crelid with the man
ner whith :be 'chocked a "Oar& de Cecelia' to
death, thatriawled into his judninoeli in India,
was' an old English= whd'r from his own
account, had 'sailed, °yer all the world, and
through some parta.pf it. -
'Weighing the words doWn with a heavy '
last of oaths,_ he said he wasn't afraid of any
'thing io the snake line &in the serpent down
to the' iirigirial snake that to opted Eve. I
asked him if he had ever met the rattle-snake
since lie' had been in America, thinking I would
put 114C:courage to the test on the morrow.
"Seem a rattle-snake 1 Yespenough to sink
a seventy-four ! Went to Georgia on -purpose
to kill them I l'shaw ! to think a•:inan that
had killed a • boa-constrictor in a' fait • fight,
thong be afraid of a little noisy flirt of s snake
that never grew _ bigger round (than a marlin
I spike.' '
At ail moment the boat was running a bend
near in shore; and the glare of a huge fire at a
wood yard was thrown directly under the chaill
of the 'braggart, when, to my utter amazement,
I saw there, snugly coiled op, the huge proper
thins of my,snaka ! •
I was So horrified .and astorlished I could
neither speak nor move. that' left him secure
ly fastened in his cage, and yet iherahe was at
liberty in hip deadly coil,' his 6yes 'gleaming
like living coals. The light wads intercepted
and the foot of the Sailor Movie); closer to the
reptile, it. commenced its Warning rattle, but
alowlysnd irregularly, showing it was not fully
aroused. •
"Vitt is that ?'' exclaimed it dozen N'oicei.
The foot being withdramb, thh rattling cells=
ed before Its nature or source could be clearly
traced: •
' 'l*as the steam esespitig,"! Said one.
• ':`A.goole himia'," said Soother.
" The rind."
4. 4‘Ariele to scare the sailor," thought a
good Many ; bat I knew itooasa rattle-snake
in his deadly coil
The horror of , that moment X shall not at
' tempt to describe, every secoiad I espectd to
hear the shriek of the sailor as the deadly fangs
would 'penetrate his flesh, and IlmeW if a veio
were stricken no power on earth could avail
him, and I was powerless to warn him of his
danger.
• ;
";It .sounded monstrous like s. rattlesnake!"
abs4ved.a.passenger, but there is no doctors
or .fook,ktsdepti on liaard, and no body but
milieu Jar& these would 6e taking snakes"' bout.
I.was •gwine up the:3lississippiwunst when a
rattle-snake belonging to s me dicalstudent
- Z .i.tin v .;611.
reck'on."
My hair stood on end, for there was an es:-
nosiness about the man that toldme be was not
jesting. .
You didn't kill him, surely.?!' asked some
one
- Oh, no! we didn't zactly kill him, rich as
cuttin' his throat, or puttin' lead in his holler
cimblin, - for that- would have bin takin' the law
inter our own hinds ; but We guy him five bun
, tired lashes, treated him to a coat of tar and
1 feathers, maw a clean crop of one ear, and
swallow-fork slit under-bit ar.da half crop o
the other, and put him out on a little . island,
up to bis month in water, and the river risin' a
I slam foot an hour!"
Not knowing but a srailisr fate might soon Ise
mine, in agony, with the Old sweat Streamingi
over roe, 1 listined to thisiinfernalrecitalofap
; instance of 'On summary Ipuniahment termed
- Lynch Law,' which the #nava ilability. of the
proper larl , so titer', drove the early Settlers tol, 1
and which unfirtunately 10 not entirely pboll
fished. . I
'The sailormust again bave Morel his foot;
closer to tin snake than agreeable, for his iu r ,
fernal rattling again reemmmenced. and this
time, clear, kud„ and contmuons, to the tutor
ed ear, indicaing great danger, the prelude to
a fatal !print. . i
I shook of my lethargy andwhrieked ont--.
" Don't noil, fur your' life I A light! For
God's ske;,,bring alight !.. Quick ! Quick If
Np on moved--thinking I was resting.— r
" Idustei' spokec 'sailor.
;.." it it's; a trick to
sure nayoti'll m is s the figure With your child's
rattles ;..!st bring.one of yOur rani rat tle-smakei
along, at I'll' show you Whethir he can fright: ,
en an Fslisls sailor or nnt.” i ; .
Hearig Me calling so tpudV for a light, the
mate, a plWart' Irishman, cattle running , up .
with a lge torch, but hardly , bad he real,
the dechwhen Ise diacoVereskto nMiister, li:
head drip, back, ready; for striking 4, •„ ; ',
. Snip I Snake !" yelled be, ` punching . ..af
bim withis glaring torctt., -
,'
' " Wheal:mute, you, luhkrr, stall suspect
ing a trig, the light, blinding .fiailli —,
"-Lind your feeel" ;-. ' ' ! ,
, The spar looked .down. and beheld th e hid
repe,,right li under 'lia . ehairl 'Oita a
loud yelbe !pa& but-lute spring over ' s Os
guards ip limo riser. t, ~ 1
.4, ., i
" Batts:biker' " Map oxerboard 17 , "Stop
her l" "ut with the yell V!, i f.. Fire t -Snake!
She's snug 1 .Shoothim 1 ; Snake! j Who Li it!'
11,444 4,1- Kill the raseal r c . swelled, on .the
air' , spinjd.with the. etiribingiotsbrpoken doeis i
and Oloi, tise..P*ll ll :and , 17o , d!ing!Ottirfi 6 a,
me. ll , lofto-tioret,uoing Of . still more
...., _ .... :di
torri B r
women,- knew,-not w ,tckftariirw.c. , 1
and dist jelsi*the in emit MPlo o olroW iite',
Pi;eroiPg tio.of the Igia ei liitill'Othing ilik
Ine:PT i4o`.ildiOtt_t ;, l 4 l4.4riking at ovary)
'tbUttr:n Pik Vonnitt ti ) gl o !X l4 'P m4, 0 0) i r,
i s
A Ski n heard and then the Cbil :00110111::
l ed ; and tlasttling 0194 ceased. The snake
Ales v 3. ~, .......,:. ~ j,.., 4 ~,, L: ,- „.,,,, ,•,,
"Who ' `i.him in board.?". ).-
‘-.. , Let'll - tlcieoldren" , -: , i ~-,, , 11 ,--.1 -i.
..,.._, ,, Arf0i'.' . :,1,;,'4
.;;' igy ILI . : :ii in! larfitiovitals! ,, v,l,s,
',!.4.,Thri0 l it , ' sr :i , I, : _1 ~,, ( „1, . t,„:,
,: '...Th icor ifru;yell# ltut t iftoiti .
Ilia§ illis Ihrbirilkiriell , : ,
t at
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evidence of mysparticipatitdi B oated; aw over
the waVe, rtM one was londer in .11'4 de. Dela
don, nd_one wanted to be r shown On oid'r that
he inigt *hip him) the *cal thatiiro' 14 it
i t
on b'oar , inure than rdid, except; poll pi, it
*as the; sailor.who, now ;thoroughly lin bled,
stoodidOvering in his wet . ;Clothes by tlis fur
nace, ready to . - acknowledgc,thati ieau
ErnE l irE.
snakes weVe "some snakes,', ceitaio..
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,gnagelisL i .
THE.; DIVORCE 4W-AOS ,
SY REV, JOHN B. C. ABS TT:
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7;ie,
to The tbe 'ile 4e nt t ri da al ' Y- Co liCl u t i nT ei ct i t o e f i i: S ud l l t i e c a ci n ti u e ° ii ni en e d tl - t 1
ed separation, the wholitliniieri family were
assembled in the grand Saloon of-.the' Maine
ries, for the legal consummation of the diforce..
It was the ltitb. of Dee. 1810. Nefiele ' .was
there, in, all his robes of - state, yet pre worn
and wretched. With his 'arms folded resa
one,t h i i o s n b l
e a r e s u s a d a as t.s
apparently
e i
statue, 6 (1. ‘3 1 ' n
i n t m g a e
r i i
i i i i s n
i s g b i in i s e
i t i pilla r ,
w ht, e rd
t i t
trge ' ; any ln y,
enacting around him, of wbieh' he was thi sole
author, and eventually the Most pitiablei vic
tim. The members of the Bonaparte , fikmily,
who were jealous of the
.almost bowel] in
fluence which josepbene had, exerted ove 'their
imperialibipther, were all there, secretly 'obi=
ing in her disgrace. In the centre , of t e A
i
pertinent. there was a small table, andu it
a writing apparatus of gold. :An arintair
wag placed , before the table . , A silence -of
deathpervaded the room , and. all ' eyesilwere
fixed u n that'eheir anitable, as then); they
were tb instruments of a dreadful exec tion.
A side door opened,. and '‘liiiiephene in e red,
supported by her daughter lEfortense,t .wh ~ not
possiannttg the "fortitude of her mother, unit
into tears as oho? entered the apartmen and
contineediabing:iii though her heart ' ould
break. ' ' All immediately arose, upon th ap-.
I pearance oc Jesephene, . She wore: a- 4mple
dress of white muslin, Unadorned. by: a; single
ornament. With that peculiar grace for *hid)
she was ever diking-031mi], she mitied Slowly
and silently to the seat prepared tor' er.—
Leaninher elbow upon th
e table ,' an sup
porting iher pallid brow with her : l a n she
struggled to repress the anguish.Ober soul, as
she listened to the . readingof the act of ' par-
ation. ;The voice of the re ader wary;interrupt
ed only by the convulsive sobbingsOf Iltitense,
who steed behind her mother'schair .' 'Eugene
[also stood besiddchis ( mother in that dreadful
I . ti ll tii:thitil li,i 'lji iL lgi n e lilw- patnf i t:• utY i ' o'Sep . one
'fora moment pressed her handkerchief tto her
weeping eyes—but instantly. regainiair her
composure,.4ll'oBC, and in herveice Of ineffable
sweetness, in clear and distinet tones'prorbunc
ed the oath of aeceptinee. Again she sat
. down, and with a treMblingland took tlfe pen
and placed, her signature to,the deed whidi for-
ever separated her.Tromtheebject of hear-
est affections, and from all per. most; t he c heris hed
hopes. ' Searcely had shilaid down he pen,
when tngene dropped lifeless npron !the °or;
and he .Was borne to,his•Chamber inia•stite of
insensibility, as his mother l and sister retired.
But there still remained another -scene . . of
anguish in this day of woe.; Joksephenet in
her chamber , id" solitude "and speeehl4 ness,
t ia
till Napoleon's usual hour for retiring • "rept
bad arrived. , In silence and in wretch' nese
Napoledn had just placed himself in, bed
4 .,
from wh ich be had ejected the ., wife Of his
t
youth,and his servant was waiting
,onlyite re
calve o rders to retire; When suddenly the prl
i rate doer to his chamber Openedandrl4.Tose;
iphene appeared, with Swollen eyes and%slier::
leled hair, and all the dishabille of: nnut rable
lagony. l With trembling steps she otteted in
-to the room—approacledthe, .bed,; ; in, i then
irresolutely stopped-Land beret int p a d gony
d
of tears . " Delicacy- 7 -a feeling as If ill nom
had no right to, be thereseenied at '"!'brat to
have arrested her progress 1 'but forgetting ev
erything in the fullness•of , her, gtiettahlkrw
herself '
on the' bed,'Clasped her Mishap& neck,
and so bed as if her heart had , teed hrelklring.
Napo! on also Wept( whilik . he endeavored o
1 ,
consol her, and thereniained for some time
lecke in each upis,_. silently mingling
their . . tears - togetheri?_,
..Tlie attendan t -was
dismi sok. and for an hour remaiiild w as
,
gethe in this their feat interview, aid tlitii 4° 7
sephe e parted foreVer from the litisband Ftilie
hods long; so, fend !Y and So isithfully 0!loyed.
As .d sepeene, retired ; the attendant!. a len
'tore and found 'Nepelcoil o.,bttrie , if,the
o f at
bedel the's' as to be !invisible:
~ And iv en` he •
arose 'nth° m Orning i r his' 'pale inll'• haggard
featu* gave attestlitimi to , 'the strfferinis of i
sleepless ;tight: : 1 .1... - .„.1-.;1 1: .1.; v. 1 , -ii , ; il ........-
At :11 o'clock the neat 'orning,:4 *tie
was leave the seene of ikher earthly lit-.
ness, nd to Opaiitrera'Ad TnilltitieB: fe**Pi
tti,alive
" The whole ' household' asiiinibled Orr . itaiii
and iavthe vestibule, in.order to Ankh'. a - hist;
leek or, olOistreoS ..whollt :tbet. bad i lei! ,-and
who, to use an elpressiOn,iot . pße e pr i cs :ear
lied w4;,b her into iikthe he d arts ~,ot Who'
ei l l
badee 'toyed . the hrippineits. 'i' „acticarr to :her
PrAs7 t trOePtICOO appeornd, ?reship '' nPon, i
thita ,of pie of hr i ladies, l and,lvell liour
head* foot . ' i She held 4[lainakeroi ' il - _,.biFi
'ey'r, '. ird!ineVill fdiiriird. =Lima ii l o l o - ;' kit rt
Unto t e e
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fit "elo '',Oor i ttarie;,:iiih si*„, Prig! drove ' . O.",
Wirer Without casting nee4lo4lo4alkli 14;4
the- ... or past inisir sid 491 _llipt
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iiii.. atiiiiitall inifidro4)l44l4lY,Q .Utire,*
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:seplie • irs - • '4loprid4 ' ' 1. 1
AmitabrojiN
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been jniieto4.llooiliciliiait: '
merry 'Sala* s— •
aitinery - iiidAskiliontitt or fliorpopitilio
they . AreleidiiiiddirarAeonli`:trei,„
Louisa, the ..throne „and /the laJaee;4llo)*-1
whence islai 7 1;Cei,banialied.',:
ed the quik: rind an
which all Frium
the loiniirieli4
to: chertsh
an&tb
never saw b
her, &nil : : co
iwith lien: Tn
fall and
to Josetcni media .
'el, bow far:
he was lovpl
the: most ardi
'4ou - daily' to tejoi
All her.grfekw
Pn ,111 9i3r.' r
*4ll . llim
ratotite Ofj;
letter to Nilioleon theisaykt
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A
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saw yfou.-ent4k: lesaling.#if
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your hanA . -*as;•••"ilu ' ;;- 7 4, - ':
: 1-
appicat of Milife, 'ear - - , " .t,
recollection Uf 'jail - that. hadliitLeitslik_
_:"
never have li - reeciied;fions,l )rikeW-1411W
ink mirk: of Sires* . m4"..-,.-, .r.i4i-i.,-.
,‘.•;, , i,..51-filo.f.!Mi .
:It• wee ..e.**-esi 4.eak ' tiist Aire. 3 r44114.t
waY.4: l , l ,cur l , o l.l) 4 fivikaNsOleoksak -..
iityitig, hiiikaatt'ititiori - to . litiophetuCtille•
*Ativonsequantly treateifwith'thll(uttna*iliVX
Menne by all ibelunbassaddrs of tor** ':artse'
and all ; the crowned.' heads • of.. titroptk r i t Tlit.
bouiehold eqosePllePe *ali , - 0130 •Al a**
magnifieerice '''ltere..llM reigned isiihirrtadig
less magic ' ' o f - lent: - Stm'iraiiieVir:littaitLie
speaks bath word 44Va inembatiifWain
ress a
h01d.:.: When anir.one was tick , Jeftephess'
eyer . at.the'biidsideAo cheer theAufferm*;".:
_...-.
the poor r forlinapy,,lempes mink ~.. ,
lief almoit With ideiaten- ' 'l'; ' ''';;".'%.•..*)-'
When NaioleCii;separat4frorti:MinalaV
isW and his child, was sent to Elbt; ~,''.sllfibe
:warmth of-awife's tender love -UAW - torth lei
new in the bosom ofJosephene. t She reesd,vadl
&. very affectionate letter from ` t
The lerissalfiif it i oierwlielmettler'With tiler
Sheesclaimei, ,"Ilittibt•novreatiiinliirt4Alk
'presence iaWicesilary to the: Ittipmurir, 4 J:•:Thai
duty ii imield morelfigilkLouisa:ilidliel
but the iialone 7 ,forsalten,„ , , WeILA
at least WilD not *Widen hill'," I 'tideif le
disPePseil*#'4l#o:lo±s4)4l)ols,4l*
point,':shatiys„" of quitting ranee, •
your footsteps, and corineutlitn, to yo t
remainder ciraWesisteniairidefi',4aii9 4 1'64
embellishedf A single .motive
'arid' that IoW may divine.r—lfillearn.thik*--
tray)! all appearance, I ai?l, 04' Oly*:,sr;44',
! Will fulfill her duty, nothing shitt•la!aiteipA
land Iwill: go to the only : plan l'Whire;,Miiied
rtorth,.there Can be happiness'' for=e
shall - be alai!, to *sole you, ivhiwytia4ma3bOtik
, isolated.ana unfortunate ! Saibut
and I aepait2.!
Bat cantina. sorrow bola preyed
upon her, , tint.her health beeenie - e
iiieciiiiens. j • - • A - feW days aftei'thifalet — W.
written, th4Emperor Alexander, Witii*iiiiwi; , '
her of distingnished foreignen, ' i dinedlitithkiti
sephene: . , lit the ,eyeaing-alo,,p,ft,Y,Lit**W,
the heintifithist, in fruit • of,' AU jnise s7 49,
Chjei the - I:U. - mike game `of prisinieri#,,lositz
phene,.while tithing to promote the`,:enjnyitelit
t
of her guests, .took cold, and after' itoftwAustr
Wpm, closid.her eyes upqr, .. :, Ati4eyentEwl.'
scenes ( it_liii eirtlily lot.
,Th ,En*ci - ;;‘‘
'exandei, Eugene aid Elertinse,' 8 V*Cly - 31iti'
bedside of the trinkEiniiteas:' ''hillpill' . .A*l : ` . .
Soireieigis paid tributes of respect tikileriallk..
ory, and she wee ~followeiLttik,thAtAtOil'tlicrt
countless thousands, with:; ' a poiniViCali**'
such, as - eaiiii 14 4: 5 ,04.0**4 1 1 ;04.: Wer 4 7A -1 7.
'The Wale' iif ha:lnitial . tar lit,t ''**ltek r li,t. -c i.
vers , liiiiitiFta White' in irtolo — inUiiiiiiitiViititht
the 'bilge' etile'eting in*ilitienig? ' l ' .l '';',:: - F'r B ',
anemia AND , iginsnatni / 4 "1. .C% . ;:...
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in rifetilst **: 0:94 old c u stom " fi4 child,
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TersAittan; 4 1 4: 1 9*iet,0: bin , "!I ilkeir itlockz
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so - filittr thistin ' , ldea - nor ag, - 1,
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