Evansville Journal, Volume 10, Number 25, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 30 May 1844 — Page 1

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THEEVAXSVILLE JOURXAt. '"I PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY. ; v - r.i .: . TERMS: 1 50, In Advance $3 00, at the cad of the year. Advertisements inserted at. "1 00 for three insertions of 12 " lines, and 25 cent for each ." ' ;', continuance. " . ,

- NOT MARRIED YET. ' a'TOPCLAR BONG--BV GEORGE P. MORRIS. . J'm single yet I'm single yet! . -,. And years have flown since I came out; , In vain 1 sigh in vain I fret ! ' ;Ye godsi what are' the meii about! v I vow I'm twenty oh, ye powers! - - A spinster's lot ia hard to bear .:; On earth alone to pass her 'hours . And afterwards lead apes down there. offer yet no offer yet! ,, I'm puzzled quite to make it out; . .. For every beau my cap I've set, What, what, are the men about? ', Tbey don't propose they won't propose ,' ' For fear, perhaps, I'd Tiot say'"Yes!" Just let them try for heaven knows '- I'am tired of single-blessedness. "? Not majried yet not married yet ' The deuce is in tife men, I fear! . I'm like a something to be let, And to be let alone that's clear., : They say "She's pretty but no chink "And love without it runs ia debt!" It ag; tales my nerves to think ' That I have had no offer yet. LETTER FROM MAJOR JONES. l i PiXEviLLLi April 3, ' 1814. To Col. JIainlciter: .,'. . . . : -. -. Dear Sir If the world was to come to a eend now, if all creation was to burst up, as old Miller wants it to, and the Whigs aud Lokyfokys was all to be fried up into one eturnal stew,I would'nt die wiihout one consolation, as the old wo man said I've seed and shuck hands with Mr. Clay! But I spose you would like to hear all about it, specially as he did nt come to your town, i . .' i - . .Well, the fact is, I wa3 in a: perfect swivit ever since Mr. Clay an iv in Georgia for fear I mought'nt git a chance to see him. Mary was'at well enough" to go with me, aud all of 'em was 'posed to my leavin home. But Mary's a right clever" gall after all, and after I reasoned the pint with uer, and s waded her- a little, she gin her consent, provid in I would promise to go rite strate. down to Augusty, and come right back without going to no partys or balls or any such doins I don't know whether she was more Iraid of my morals or the charms of them Augusty galls, but she was monstrous pertikiler about mv mixm with 'era much. Be that as it mought, she han't got nothin to fear from them nor no other galls 4hougU 'tween you and me, there is some monstrous gaily lookin creature in Augusty. But to proceed the galls had my Sunday fixins all done up and ready forme by Monday mornin, and I sot out for Augusty bright and early. At first I was moustrous fraid I mought lose the way, but fore I got in fifty miles of the city, all I had to do was jest to fuller the crowd. It seemed like the whole country was all movin to one pint ; all gwine to see Mr. Clay. I arriv in the ci ty 'bout noon on Tuesday, and sich a sight 1 never expected to see agin. Men '..and wimmin, galls and boys, niggers and all, was dressed within aii inch ot" their lives, and runnin through the streets in crowds lookiu out for Mr. Clay. . Banners was flyin, horses were rearin, carriages were, whirlin, niggers hollerin and children squalling in every di rection. My horse was. worse scared than I was, and what upon yearth to do with him 1 clia nt Know. , l could nt see swinsmg signs, and one house looked jest as much like a tavern- as the rest. The only chance was to-, inquire so . I axed the .lust good looking man I seed whar tho tavern was. Se3 he, "What house do you want to stop at?" - ... ..... - fcThe tavern," ses I. - ; - : ' . - f'WelP says he, "thefs several tavern's, but I reckon they're all full by this time vou better put your horss in a livery stable and look for a house afterwards." . "Enny way," ses I, "so I can get a chance t see Mr. Clay.-' v ... . . : , The man pinted me to a stable whar left my horse, and the next thing I done was to ax when Mr.Clay would be in town. " K The gentleman pulled out bis watch, and ses- he, uMr. Clay will be iri the city in 'bout threeiquarters ot a ower." 1 ' )Vell " ses I, "Mister, do tell me whar I can see him." ' ' f ' ' .: - ' ' "He is. to be received at the City Hall," sds he, pinting down to a' thundenn grate bi blldin, with a woman standin onthe top of it holdin a new fashioned pair of stilly ards in her hand'he will be conducted rite thar as soon as he rives In rown." " ' ' ' " x "Thank you sir,' says !,' and away I split for the City iiall. When I got thar, may be ther was'nt a crowd of' people on the benches, and all in the lot," and on the lences and every wnar as lar as I could see and near so l crowu A in amon? 'em till I got rite up to a tree in front of the. portico whar they, said MrClay was gwine to stand. The crowd looked monstrous anxious, jest like they was dreadful hungary and was wailing for their dinners. The sun was monstrous hot, and the gall3 begun- to git terrible tired holdin iheir parasols over their faces; and kept all the time axin the gentlemen what time it was Bimeby, who-o-o-o, went the cannon oh! " he's comin?' ses the galls hurra?" ehouted

the men. . Then sich a ruin puss! , the .can

non kept-firm away as fast as it could the people shouted the wimmin talked the children squalled, and the crowd come rushin m .to the yard like a mill-tail. People on foot and on horses, and in stages, and all sorts of ways, come rushin in, till they raised sich a dust that 1 could hardly see the liber ty pole not morem fihy yards off. The peo ple all got up on the seats with their feet, and every, body's neck was stretched out to see Mr. Clay. Bimeby, sure enough; here he come in open carriage,, with Lis hat off, milia and bowm to the people. ' Then thar was a shout that almost made' my heart jump out of mouth, and lots of people looked like they was, gwine to cry foriov, when they saw the glorious old '1IAKRY OETIIE WEST," walked up the steps of the porch with "the same bold, strate up and dowii manly stride which has carried him through his long and glorious public Lie The committee, was all around .Lira, with their blue ribbons in their button holes, and looked like they thought it was "glory enough for one to wait on such a chief They tuck him into the house to give him a chnnce so git a little breath, and to brush the dust off his clothes, and then the j bro't him out on the steps to receive the welcome of the people. Col, Cummin made a speech to him that was jest the very thing. Hedid'nt put nothin in it that did'nt sound well to say to a man's face, but he brung in all the great acts of Mr. Clay's life, and pinfed out their "effect upon the prosperity of the country, m such a way as to-ieave no doubt on Lis mind as to the opinion entertained ot his course by the people bt-Ueorgia. 1 kept my eye on the old feller while he was bowin under the compliments and praises that was heaped up on him. in that speech, and watched the laces" of the people, covered with smiles and beaming with gratitude and love to the rnan whose life - had been spent in her service, and I couUTnt help but think what a bomnable shame it is that sich a fame and popularity as his can never be gained til a man gets so old be can't enjoy it. What pity it is that statesmen can't adopt the cash system, like the noospapers, and get their pay in advance, fore they git so old they hant got no nse for it. But that's the waygrate men must give 'emselves, hart ' and soul, to their country, to be cussed and persecuted by theirenemies all their lives, only to have justice done'em in the evenin of ther days, or when they're in their graves. I'd rather live oh the plantation with Mary and take care of my children and raise pigs and chickens than be the "biggest public man that the sun ever 6hincd upon. When Col. Cummin was done, Mr. Clay answered his speech. He spoke about an ower and a half, and reckon you mought have heard a grasshoper sneeze in any part of the yard the people was quiet. Every eye was looking at him, and every ear and mouth was open to drink' in his wordsJ It would take the whole "Miscellany" to hold his speech, but its impossible for me to begin to tell you what he sed. But whar's the use of mv trying to describe Mr. Clav's peech? Every body knows the sun aint to be beat for brightness-when it shines, and everty body in this country knows that Ilenry - Clay as an orator, is jest as much a Sim mon over common men, as the sun is the little stars that twinkles in the heavens. Bless you, Colonel, he pleases every body: lokyfokys and all; and I don't believe there was a person in that yard, with sense enough to understand and honesly enough to ac knowledge the truth, who did nt after hear ing, him go over his political life," and give his opinions, on alL the .important political subjects now before the countrygo home satished that he was the Greatest, honestest and best patriot in the country. After the speech Mr. Xlny-went to his lodgings,; and I tuck astroll through the city to try to find a tavern. Broad street, as they call it, was full of people, all talkiu' about alf. Clay every one was prisin1 him and talkin' ab.out his speech. ' I made out to git. in at the Globe Hotel, and put my name on the book at the bar. Ib a few minutes after, a feller came up to me and ses he: ' ' 1 '-' . ' ' ' ' "I presume this 13 Major Joseph Jones of Pineville?" ". . ... . , : . "Yes,'ses I, "that is my name." . "My name is Paleg," se3 .he, holdin' out his hand. "I'm very glad , to see you, Ma jor, how's your family and the bady!" ?AII well, 1 thank you sir,'; ses r "The same to you." . But 1 spose he had no family, for, he said nothing.. Bimeby : in come some more fellers, and Mrl Paleg introduced them all to me, and sich another lot of. Palegs I never heard of before -ihey's more plenty in Augusty, -.than the Tiiompson's in Madison. There was John Paleg and Samuel Paleg, James Paleg and Peter Paleg and Selh Paleg, and the Lord only knows 'how; many; nearly every other man I got acqua.nted with was a Paleg. : . . ' After siippef, I Went down to the Bloody Six Hundred Club meeting, at the City Hall. I tell you what nowr Colonel, them's a nest of Coons for you. I . don't believe Augusty will ever fall into the hands of Lokyfokys again'as long as there's one Bloody Six Hundrad left. There's spunk and activity among them to supply the whole State. ...They're the same fellers that raised the very stones of Augusty to mutiny in 1410, and the' treachery of old Tyler haint no more effect on them than a black frost on an ingion bed. ' We had two first rate speeches from Mr, Toombs aud Mr. Stephens. You know Mr. Stephens had the terrible misfortune to take rather different views of the Constitutional law from Mr, Stiles, and the other Lokyfoky representatives of Whig Georgia in Congress, lie touched on that subject in his speech. lie

told the Bloody Six Hundred that he had attempted' to defend the Constitution of the

country, and ax d them if they would stand by and sustain him in his course? and I reckon if the pious Mr. Stiles could have heard the responce that burst from the lips of every man in the room,- he would begin to think it was time to say his prayers for himself, and let Mr. Stephens' conscience take care of itself. ... - -The next day . I looked about through the town; and the tact is, Augusty is a right, smart chance of a city. But 1 think the people that first sot 13 out was rather large between the eyes, and made most too big" calculations vfor its growth. The streets is wide, and the houses is drilled along on the sides of 'em', :at a considerable distance apart, except in some parts ef Bioad-strect, where the soil seems to be a' little better, and the buildings now tolerably thick. I han't got room enough in this letter to tell you half the wonders that I seed, and in fact, I was so tuck up "with Mr. Clay that I didn't take much notice of anything else. - At noon I went to the Masonic Hall, and was introduced r to. Mr. Clay. : .When I- gin him my hand, ses I, "Mr. Clay I's monstrous glad to see you in Georgia sir. J hope your thriving," ses I. :. ' . . " "Thank you. Major," ses he, "thank you sir how is the baby?" . "ilight piert, I thank you," ses I, "and the most surprisinest child in Georgia he is a perfect coon," ses I. ' "That's the right stqck; Major!" ses he, "give my respects to Mrs. Jones, and tell her fcopc but before Mr. Clay could get it out, somebody took me by the coat tail, and ses he, '-give wa'y,' Major," and the fust thing I knowed 1 was crowded away into' tother eend of the room by the fellers that were trying to get at Mr. Clav. Bime by they got a ling around him and then every body had a fair sh'owin. ' Lokyfokys and all come up and shuck the' old man's hand in good hearty fashion, and I don't believe tiiere was a man left the room that didn't like the old coon better than he did when he went in. There's something about fiiiii that draws one to him that makes one feel perfectly familiar although we feel that we are in the presence of a great man. He's monstrous ugly if you go to cifcrin out his features like you would common people's but for all that he is the best looking man I ever saw.v His mouth is like an overseer's wages, extending from one eend to tother, but when he speaks you 'would'ut have itany smaller if you could. - It seems like mtur made Jt so' on purpose!, as to give free vent to the patriotic emotions. of his own heart. Ilia eye, sparkles with the fire of genius his broad forehead looks the front of the Temple of Wisdom, and all his features bespeak him the noblest work of God; an hone&t man! The next mornin, I was getting ready to go home when one of the managers brung me a ticket to the ball. What to do I didn't know.. I didn't want to be impcililc to the gentleman who invited me, and I didn't want to make a fuss at home; and I know'd 11 1 was to go to a hall Mary would pout aixuit it tor a week. But the Palerrs swaded me and, beiu as it was a particular occasion, and I wasn't gwine to dance, I termined to Well, I staid til Thursday night, and b'out nine o'clock I went to the ball room. When I went in, I couldn't help but feel sort o' queer. Everything was bright the room was so blazin light, and every body was dressed up so fine. My ey es felt as big 'as sassera uiiu me siiin on my lace ten so could not shut mv rnonlh. ant mv tight I hands were never so much in my way before in my life. I felt monstrous awakard, and . j 7 ...j tue room was so full that I couldn't turn round without tram'pin on someby's tose, Mr. Clay was in the middlo on 'e : prominadin as they call it, and shukin hands aud talkin to tile galls. Every now aud then some of the managers would call 'cut for a cotillion, and then the niggers, would strike. up the music, and then the whole crowd seemed to be dancing at-once. Then they would say "gentlemen, lake partners for a proininade," then they would all walk about and talk to one .another jest as if they were at home, and it was more'n I conld do to keep out of the way of the galls. ; I didn't know any of them not because I thought they were any prettier than Maryj (for the fact Is -1 didn't see any that was as handsome as she is) but they .'was dressed so monstrous fine Notwitlistandiu everything went on without any confusion, there was a good deal ot bustle iri the room. ." Some 1 o' the " galls had raor'n their share which made 'ein take'eoriside'rably more room than was necessary wlicn they was dansin. I was standin lookin at 'em, when one of the Palegs came up to me and ses he : ' . "Major, can yoa tell ma why bustles are like a popular novel?" ' ! ' I considered a little while, and ses I, "I dont't know 'thout it is because the'y are very intercstin." : "Oh, no, ses he, "it1s because they are fiction founded on fact!" Away, went Paleg, and the fust thing I know'd everybody was lookin at me' tor laughiu so loud. t ' 1 straightched up my countenance as well as I could and went to tother eend of the room.'. ' , "Bout, eleven o'clock the music struck up a march, aud all of 'em begun to go up stairs.. I axed Mr. Paleg if the show was Over?, ' : ' ! ' ' 'Oh, no,' ses he, 'they're jest gwine to feed the auimals. Take my arm, Major and allow me to show yon to the supper room." 'Thank you,' ses I, and we went with the crowd till we got to the door up stair3 whar one of the managers was standin.

, 'Ladies walk in gentlemen, walk, back, ses be. '- - - ' :- . . ' Paleg and I were gwine back when he catched me by the arm, and ses he, . ,'. 'Walk in Major the invited guests will sup at the first tabic with the ladies.'' . I Well, in I went, Thar was Mr. Clay and five or six other gentlemen, with bout three hundred ladies standin rourjd the table eatin,

1 tell you what, .that 'supper room banged anything I ever seed in ail my born days bclcre, I never thought thar was so many good things to eat iri the world.,, If you believe me thar was no eend to them. . Thar was all kinds of substantiate, "sich. as hog meat, turkey?j chickens, ducks, birds, oysters and all kinds of cakes and jellies aud pickles and preserves, besides grate big sugar houses and cake Iouses,,tlial, would take a jegimcnt of sobers amontfi.to ccstroy ..em, ; 1 lost myJ appetite just look'.n atUieVfin'mm''eat, but I drunk a cup of mighty good coffee,: and eat a few mouthfuls jest: (or- appearance sake, and after giltiu a peice of cake for Mary and some candy tor the baby, from the lady, ot the Globe, I went to the nigger what took care of the hats,' got my hat and went back to the hotel. " The next mornin I cut but fot home.-. ,'. ., I found Vm all home, and 'Mary . says bent as it was Mr. Clay's Ball, and.l didn't dance with none of the gals, and 'specially as I brung home a new lrbc-A for her and a most coution and precision, and began, with pretty one for the baby, she won t be maa at me for goin. No more, fiora yourfiiend till deth. '.'' "'..' A - ; ;'. ' ; " ' . " ' : JOS. JONES. - , . , RATTLE-SNAKE STORY. .: L -After a hasty repast I proceeded "toward that range and encountered nothing remarkable, if i excepted the immense quantity of quails I met in the vaHeys, .thirteen of which 1 killed in three shots.' I also saw,, for the first time this season, seeral taxtle-snakes sunning themselves 'n the south side of stoiiy banks. On heatmgmy dog baik as if at an object he durst not spiing upon,' and at the same time hearing aquick aud irritated rattle, 1 passed, to the direction of tho noise and found the dog running at and from a rattle-snake, whose head stood erect about four feet from a coil of several folds, and whose tail, moving with rapid vibratiou, was disengaged from the coil to emit a warning or sound. The dog refused to be called off, and in proportion as he barked and run jn and oivthe snake increased in agitation and fu rf j artriTrofe GiSgnicg to strike, rind at others casting of a wind of coil, awaiting a grand opportunity, of strinking in reality. lie emitted his crimson tongue with great velo city, his eyes glared, fire, his head swelled to a violent degree, and his throat shone in great variety of beautiful and vivid colors. He had arrived at the achme.of his cholor lie was even poising himself with the determination to give the fatal blow, when attach ment to my dog sinking all considerations of personal safety, I rushed on aud dragged him off. The poor Mandanean took, the snme rvpnlfiit insstfint it iafrYL-A ihfi KTin'lcn :villi n ng stick he had prepareJ for the purpose. The first blow brought him down, but with unimpaired vigor, still he' fastened on the stick with the intention of wieaking on it the whole of- his wrath and vengeance. So much was he occupied by this determined spirit, and engaged on the stick, that Cuff, on giving him a blow or two more, run in and struck his head off with the axe The last act produced a horrid effect, the body, preserving all the principles of "life,, describ ed a sphere from the ground under which a man could pass; it then assumed as many undulations as its length and volume would allow, and finally rolled along the earth till it came jn contact with a tree round which it beat its extremities with a violence that soon destroyed the power of action and resistance, and left the creature with onfoldcd involutions exanimate found the root of the tree. The head remained attached so firmly, to the stick as not to be shaken "off. nor was I disposed to make any . efforts . for that purpose. Cuffwas tempied very strongly to carry, away a piece, of the snake,which he asserted to bv a very delicious meat, and far superior to the birds he carried ' in his bag. To' this I could not listen, but direct; ed him cautiously to separate' the rattle from the body and lay it carefully up. . I also exr tended the whole animal,' though he was far from being dead, and found his length to be, rjlowing for rattle and head, twelve feet and his Circumference over the shoulders fifteen inches. Tho rattle was composed of eleven joints. I he head was so inflated and', ex pressive of so m uch horror and , poisonous malignity, that I had not courage to give it an investigation.. .1' pursued my journey, and confess to you, without any'desire of meeting a Quixotic adventure. On the contrary, I had to walk several hours befijre I could shake off the influence of tenor- and the gloom of apprehension. . ' . . . ' Aglie1 Travels in the U. S. 1800. '. . PosrxG a pedagogue. "Saljy Jones, have you done the sum I set you?" "No.thir, I con't do it., "Can't do it I arn ashamed of you Why, at your age "I could do any sum that was set me. I hate that word can't ! there is no sum that can't be done, I can tell you." "I think, thir, that I knoweth a thum you can't shi for out," "Hi! well well, Sally let's hear it." "It is thith, sir. If Ksne eppio cauthed the rum ot the wnoie Hu man rath, how many ' thuth.will it . take to make a barrel of thweet "idcr?" "Miss Sally Jones you may turn to your parsing lesson." "Yeth, thir." . .... Tncrn ixn Piftsrc. Truth and physic, two unutterable things, never well received though administered with good intention.

From t bo St. Louis Republican. -- .j .. : JO SMITH. ; Dissension among Vie Mormons at Nau-

roo. We have cood reason tor placing re liance in the details of a letter, the conteuts of which are hereafter stated, giving an account of an epicute at the chief city of the Mormons, Nauvoo. The occurreuce took place on the 2Gth. On that, day- says the writer fracas 'of an- alarming aiM impor tant character occurred in NauvoOjtfireatsn ing with impending destruction the. Mormon government and even the life oflhePiophet himselu , It originated under the following circumstances: Jo Smith, Prophet and fla v or elect, Laving ordered his police to arrest a man by Uie name, of Spencer,-, for an; assault on his brother in his own hous3 the. resi dence of his mother." also the. accused re fused to become prison JrJ' alleging 'that ii was illegal 'to arrest without a writ iioiri the Mayor. , All the parties, however, collected round, the Masonic Hall, or court-house. Jo Smith," Mayor," being" present, ordered the police and the people to take' said 'Spencer into custody, ' -The constable having placed handsf on him, Spencer put himself in a fighting position, and was assisted by T)r. Poster and his brother, , younger Foster, and also James Higby who" said that they would not submit to the authority of the Prophet. Jo Smith put Lands, .too,- assist ifl- tcking him, when the younger Eos Ler took out a pistol, presented it, and g:ii'd he would shoot 'the -Prbplrct: At this moment I caine upand saw the struggle. "The Prophet gof hold of the pistol, and held firmly 1 round the bntch until, by the assistance of Rockwell, a second the Prophei succeeded in getting the pistol from Foster. The Dr.' and 'Lasrier at this time took up stands, and " vociferated they would kill the Prophet- said he was a-vil-lian and an unposter,' and that lie' 'knew if; they Would be. doiug a meritorious act to lid the world of such a villain, au imposter. aud tyrant. Higden. said ' he would certainly shoot him at any rate told him be remembered by-gone times--krievv of blood being shed : on the island opposite: that he,: the Prophet, was; tho right man. -lie (Rigby) belonged to his band had sustained him by money and fo'fe'e: lie knew the Mormon Pro-.' pliet, Jo Smith, was the author of murders, and it was high tinier he should :die; and be would kill him. ; The- Prophet got - his hand cut and his nerrous system shook. Finally, the authorities succeeded in bringing up the three traversers before the court. It would be .too long to write all the trial. Li t the following suffice; -Tlwr tratfoacua; mqari tested no.dispqsitiyp tu withdraw their , threats on the contrary, demanded tlieir pistol from the Mayor,' who gave it to them said he was always lenient, and would tyrannize over no man. Foster took the pistol, and; took an other from his breast, examined to, see all was properly loaded,and betrayed much wick edness and desperation. I he court having heard the evidence, the Prophet made many observations about his clemency adverted to the threats, and denied ever having been privy to any murders on the island said he would maintain his authority arid thelavvj siio'tild it cost 'life; and then fined 'the trav ersers Spencer for assalting His brother, a cripple, in $'100; and said Spencer, Dr. F05 ter and his brother, young Foster each $100, for resisting the city authorities.,; Appeals were taken on all the suits... Trie case is, at present, undergoing a second trial before a Squire in the upper part of the ci'y, where the motlier, a" brother of Spencer, and his two daughters, 'are called : on to give evider.ee h c fore a juiy 1 The verdict is not yet returned. ." Spencer, iri'.lhe pleadings, when the elder bioiher objected, to his mother's evidence, on the ground of age and forgctfuluess, called on his brother's daughters, who were present, and whose memories,, "he assured the court", were as bright as their faces (and :they. are undoubtedly handsome.) The court, however, overruled his motion. C Jo Smith has a' number of enemies and his influence is beginning to decline, but I think bis doctrine is pu the increase". ' There.are about fifiy masoris and 's!one,cut'r ters engaged about the Temple.' ..'It will be the most: extraordinary building on" the! Am'crican contir.e'a't.' .We have a regular flieafre, got up by the Mormons Uiemselvcs. Last night the play of Pizarro went off in good style to a large audisrice, of, which about one hundred were ladies.' I was astonished to see such an array" of. beauty in the, new Jerusalem. ' . '' ... ArrAixixG sixtATiox. The ridge or shelf along which we tr'aveliud, was ' fenced in on one side by the mountain, which rose almost jierpendicularly thousands of feet above my head; while beneath me beyond its outer! edge, '.was' a sheer precipice,' descending; to the depth of the valley, from which I had been toiling upwards for two weary hours while, ft3 it to render the gloomy abyss still more uninviting, the hoarse' echoes of a tor rent, which was roaring arid tumbling among the scattered fragments of rock,that had been storm-riven from the mighty mass above, and hurled into the plain during countless centuries, came to the ear with a dissonance that seemed almost supernatural. ' The fa bled bridge 01 LI feirat, over which the Moslem is to psr--o the, paradise, must be, I should imagine, about as ample and convenient a pathway to a spirit, as that proved, which I was'uowso blindly following, to a traveller in'the flesh. As I advanced furthalor.g the ridge, the wary animal that I rode, with extraordinary sagacity, made a point cfappui of the rocky wall by which we were built in oa our left hand; and, at each step that he took, my knee camo in contact with the inequalities of the surface. Thus we proceeded t for about lour huudred yards, when, as I chanced to cast my eyes into the

abyss beside me, he suddenly stopped; arid, glancing forward to ascertain the cause of his halt, I discovered that the shelf upon which we stood,'or rather'hnng, was at that -point-absotb&d in (foo'catliu of the mountain', and that we could not pass further, save instant destruction vi am no craven ;but shall never forget my seasajions at that instant,a3 'k I sat gazing dowainio the gulf - by which. I , was surrounded, fipetecble.ss, and.motioulass, -while my horse remained equally passiveV and each seemed, , to Lave, been .suddenly stricken. into,stGncf.My.l brain .whirled,' I could not pray: I was utterly pbwerles,rriirid&. body. Human help there-was none; and my only consciousness was a conviction that I was wholly in4 the 'powerof the' equally jeopardized aM.ma whose next - tnovemeritT would, i;i all probability,' .'hurl me to a horrific awl g-ucst I deatlvL.. Fir . full, two min, uteswhiclr . to me, in such a position, ap-

peared to.have endured for, as man j hours we remained upon .that dizzy . point, 'Tfio

aip wind wuisued past us as.it angeira oy anew impediment, the 'torrent' leaped and Toared at the bot'forii 6f the iguTf, itt'tl the mouutains gaVe back its ibu'nder in hollow murmurs.? " I scarcely -Jeltf Ihonb, or beard the other;'all my sense's were. .concentrateil in vision) ns with dilated teyeballsI glared downwards into llto awful depih that- yav.ived beneath my feet . Tlie vejiis .abo.it my temples beat, and throbbed. tumultuoualy,and my hands lay clenched together , upon the saddle, wfien suddenly the horse, . meeting, epposition from his rider, (for in the first rrioment of horror I had . sul'bred, the reins to fall upon his neck) turned like a- goat .pon tlie the narrow ridge, and began, with lhNe utmost cadtiori and recision, o retrace his steps. ' -r .- Iffither's, Magazine. A PERILOUS VOYAGE Lost Balloon Fotxrv'D.T--An extra from to office of the Ilollidaysburg Register, informs us that John Wise, tire reionauf rriade a 'balloon voyage from that ! place on Saturday4ast.. Jl.e was quite successful inliis assent, but on coming down he dashed against a tree,, and escaped himself with the . loss of his balloon.-which-was found on the same, evening on the prom-; ises of a clergyman in Lexington, N. 'Y.S Wise has published a" letter,1 in which' he' gives this account of his perilous descent and escape: .. ' - ' !. ,;'' ' ' '' !; ic " .The Balloon toot' a'norlheily 'directlpi, and v.iis sffcccv!mg-rfrp2If luttl 1 reacbcvl urn attitude of about 4000 leei, where It'cncou'n? tiered a violent gale froiri the west, swinging, it to and fro'and bracking; the rictrwbik' af" every surge. '' Aly hearr at once begarinto sicken at the idea of falling away fTom : the' Balloon at that height, with nothing fo p'fo-' lect me but the. car and Tuet-woik,; and the sensations alul ' Scc'rie' vere' 'rendered 'still more gloomy by the5 lowering appearance of the" heavens in every diiection,- asarionnd and beneath, the clouds appeared to be discharge ing torrents of rain and wind. . Icould also seelhe valleys' west of the Allegheny rnount-r, a in, where the sun was shedding down -it beams of light and life". :-.-; "i ? A 1 1 his . crisis, a n expedient flashed acrpss, my mind. The valve rope would at least bear a liundred pounds,' arid the fop of, the Balloon beriig equally ; strong,-1 threw'the giealcst part of the weight of my body iipon it. This necessarily opened the valve to its full extent, and must soon briug the machine to the ground. Buf the velocity of the wind,' (being at the rate of abbrit 5G- rnile3'!pcr hour,) carried me -13 rriiles" before I reached terra fnrna. t I threw out my anchor, which grappled in a fence and enpsized it and' after bounding over the field it Caught again in a fence and broke the rail. This concussion1 was so violent, and I fiuding myself driving, into a rugged piece. of, timber land, I madean attempt to jump" overboard into a plough' ed field; but the Balloon "rose with a violent surge,aind I wgs caught ia a hitch of the ropes' by one leg," fortunately I grasped the drag rope in an inverted position, thinking I would hang on to that, if my leg should be .rcleas-' ed. . ' . . . . ' ' "'-) ' Having lost considerable ballast in the con cussion, the Ballo'oti in a few moments dashr ed.me into the top;of a high tree in, a pifete of woodland; my leg stilljast to the rigging of the car. Here 1 took a hitch to the limb of a tree, and even succeeded in t)'iriga u'rtri Unof. 1 now made a desperate eflort to re lease my foot from the car, -which was tossing about in the tree lop, , and the squalfe against the Balloon would drav the tree over making.me fearful that the top would be bro ken off. By a violent kick I succeeded iii releasing my foot, with the loss of my boot, fromhhe car. '1, 1, !,.! -..;: i : ' ; single rope still, held it fast to the tree, and after I got a foothold on the tree I secur-ed-the valvo cord in my s hand; the squalls however became stronger until it broke the rope by which Lbad lashed it to the ', tree top, with a , terrible, crash, and jerked the valve rope through my left hand, burning the skin to a crisp. ' i he Uailoon in a tew moments dashed out of siglitj th6 enr keeping it, in Rrlerablo trim .' ; .- -..'.", :.. ' - Phrenology. A lady, a. disbeliever in the science, asked a learned phrenologist, with a view of puzzling him "What kind of people are" those who have dcstrucliveness and benevolence equally arid largely developed?" "These, madarn, are flic person who kill with kinduess.'Wynaj Reporter. Da-dy A thing in pantaloons, with a body and two arms a hcad.witeout btains -tight boots a cane a white handkercbiet two broaches, and a ring on his little finger..

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