Indiana American, Volume 25, Number 23, Brookville, Franklin County, 22 May 1857 — Page 1

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VOL XXV. NO. 23. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1857. WHOLE NUMBER 1271

POETRY.

Vor aa iMDou TKIBI1TH CHRIST A HAttMK.1T f HUM TH Hit A UM OPTHOUOH T wet a a m'oomala. AM Mt asaa Um aetoateaeS eye of mi A gtertaea era Hnto. Tee Sealnt af laougai II M ear ohmI.I rfarkoeee peura tbe daj. Ss ovi lk ea4ant Main Wow of nighl Aurora flat tig nahe fa tu Ui mo . Ab4 geoae of artUlaat heat rait eer the eertfc. Sa. I WM aorUi a WUMr vImIi kit throae, Y 8f Spring appears, grl I living grass, Aaet So av r taaaaala Sowar-foaled Soar la away aaa. im gew rj raUleaee rrowaeet. liar wnrtnip una- Ii ende). al no mar hall airali ear tta hoaU of beeren, for to I wnaa efcaldeen aagee Blgailr waieSeS Tk dtaiaoua Uchte kik 4eeh4 th ethereal Oao neUlVeel ark. In iplitr of an J par, Mlaee o4 MakM an Uia arak of aigki. A ad front II 4 1 an light good of golden 71 la 4roa Ilka etatoaa dance tf re their low, A4 rieh and rteing rainbow eat art await, And loat to light aaawa lb milky way; And el Bate, iwoai. oad eafl, aad eleer. and ldS4, LI agora aa I oat) around th eopa af koaToa, Caanatag Um aar af atght Ith eeage diyiae. Thai atar ato4 aiitt, and. pitvtBg, eoeaied to aar MMrtola, the Mailar orb thai dock Iba thy Am hat tk ereatareeor tka eternal rata. tk Father f Iba aalveree hat bang Tha ablaiag ligbu a porut lamp, to guide Taar aar? fool to tha abode of blito. 11m 47 tu Mai koa, wrapped In htltowj Sam. Ilaer ball bgra, and Ilm hall whelm hl ittr. Thoa orahlp Oo4 t and Itllow ba 1 laad Obooqalou. yw WM ,1111. Ani 0 Thai guidlag Mar naejoetu all j law Moto4 aatward. and th ebeldeaa oagei Poreied lleeoaree; Ml o'ar Jwdeo'e plain, U laato alld ti etood aad boa mod on high, Aad IIb ooBTorging royeof poraot llgbt, Pet a lad Ihera to aa katnbla eou h, Where, wrapped la addling clothe, aa Infant lay, Ptetar of lanoooaao, aad troth, and love. Aad tkoo to aaeeate ivaal, aad elaar aad eatld, A rata proaaod tag from thai Irtoadly aur, aid, "Magien aag, bar odor your Klag;." Tka Mar vealahad, bal from karpo on high Oaea heavenly anale; and in anthem laud Waa heard, "Glory to Gad aa high ! On earth So poaeo i Owe wUl to ! tkoa aogele 0000 to gatnlag lagtoae from too real mi above, Tfcay klaad ikatr la natal etwas I It eong A.ad await too theme Uli earth aad heaven raeoond. atetl, gtoetoaaara '. Sew Uta Koala of hail Ihr sad l4a estead tie boundle-e iway. Aad arM koro gloomy tldeaad foroita droar Del aal re ibeaei iproad a'ar Iba raala of thought, a beealy all daUghUal walk abroad, Sa lovely aroao) rtoa. Th. okarwod eye Swee io'ry verdure .leek to Ha eprsad platn, woe tlvtag w atari gttda thru Many vale, aoaa arid regt ee tall with Kdaa'e blaam; And aaaalba Koala of thought In gtry hin ' To giro par'-rilon la tkle glortoaa Kaolin And toP the human IboaghU to thing' dir Inf, llglka makoe her advent from Iba eklae. A ketgat doeeondsd angol, la, oka eotnoe t Para aad ethereal from tb lb rone af Gad, And Juotioe, Merry, Cbarllr, and Paaea, Oa parpla ptottae'Hrluaph to kar train " ka eoaoe to par try tka Kaalru mt Tkoagkl. Ike eamee to hraai Oppraeelon'i Una band; ha eoaoe to bold Uta eaale of Jaetkea evaal o Man with More booming la har foooi Mm eamee with lor warm glowing In bar hart, With ram ehaooaae, and a'ar aar warring warld Mar eooptor wide oa Unding, bide aar rar T roll a aara ika kraeon oar of Mara O er eiimjuorod allllanei near mere again Ta atola the pwaoeful oartb wltb rawblng bloatlt Kk laaakaa at a to love hie fatow aa; t Aad bnrn with lr tk gory god af wnr Hor da aha ooao oloao to partfy Tha Koolm af 1 hough 1 Hut to a aland 1U kaun4 Into tha ragioae tf the Ktarnal World, o)ornd ika Malta af ikte aortal lifo, Bay ..ad tba konndary f benry Uma, kko laaakaa kaaao tbwut.i. on alaady lag, Atoft to aaar, and Ttow tha Mleafal eaata Of htoeood eplrttatn ike real mi ab.ira; And rtow th41yetaa kolda. eaiprroal plelaa, Aad aaautui pure i evrlaOig llfk) And near ikaekarat eympuoetoe of heaven In jayoui aoog, ba Thoghl elutie kaare away. VAUITAg VANITATXJC. Tho ewaaa that barriee k yea laod alia a HltUIBi II" Ull.'. .Tho wtad lhaldriaaat aara 4awy lawn hWotkOO aad la gnuoi Tbotw fallen Itava thai atrew aa pardeg od Pa aa aa dead; Oat ehoea, oroaa.a kill. v vwia. a wlaia, Maniht ikall ranaln, TatoljP fnr luuklaa lad, tad jnyegeo y. Wo aaawa aalgk. On, a on, Ith naabaattad hmath, Ttaa baatona ta aauhl vao with oaak war I iwoak a aaomont IWo, b kgn and 4im; Of ail far hieb pod aenaJe vainly aourn ftaugbl Mall r.im .. Ufa kalk kw haw to bwavgaj, ha earth beneath la tnugk with 4aUi at all Sa ekwiao toai e lank la Knitorn r limCea rtk Ma, Pa all tho vtata la tha d ,. io. . ,t ro Taagh eaaaa aa aeaet V drag aa age'i orinhlad ebaeh rana Ufb' a"l y bawl MM Ml tba Mar kf w)ae muurnore ehad Ooa wake tba dead. If than, ihre' la at nater aapir wtia otblBf okl4o If lud, end wo a, 4 aun. aad gown, Maveall that' haar--o alha oa IM wkaaa goilylag iplrtl ellaga TaaartHly thing. Aa l be alane la im, wUbm .ll teeght lovo I 1 d akovr ; Truth e trat aad Mtgkf, but eft to aortal eer Chilling end droar: Borah oa tba naa'i irook tho Muali that toll Of piinawre'a hMlli Pray, raeda.thal tka atoetrl'e Kraln RiitiUM vatoi Aad what than kwad'M to Ood ibo eupyUaat knr. Pruat Ibu Lwlloo' Tribun. or ana. a. roaaian. Mat I I haar a marry voice T hick aakaa tha vary haart rajolra II la tho poo-wea'i oorljr hap, ChantaU up-.n h laoHaoo iwa And whou IW avll-k. ..on I I know hol mm in. r tlmo I. u-ai And !i. 1 nlng to 1U marr atraln. I awaa a ka a ckJM ogaia. Though bo bricht buoo adorn IIa rrool. I loa that lui It nam 00 aar my aattago duor, tlttW l.lr.1 11. Toeing tta early .ualttoo'er, Par aooni not (lv. tu koao-Uka mam nh. ahlnlns Ihroala X loved It hau a romping child. Aad Ilka tho btrdo oil fro oad wild I roamed a will tha woody gtoa T waa a thoaghltoo truant I Tha whoa 1 board the load man , pn.' o.v 1 thought my aiuthar railed to m. Pa nancy oft would play tho cheat, Aad aaaka thai bird ay aaae rapaai ; Thea wkea I oa wared to IIa cry, Pa wee waa alt 11 would raply, TM add la each a knowing way, U oooaod oaxdhar rl.lld .1 ; 'a, ; That Utting roaad from frje to trw , Raraallag It wild merry (Leo , Twooatd lumi oo aeor and aoam ao tune. I Ihnagbt It hved me for my nam. Ibaawk Uae boa dulled the fancy' - Thai llttho bird I -an not har. aglngao load and m- rnlr lu old avmlllor noma to ao. Bat UM It makoe my boooa thrill It aaae ay aothar caUlag ettU.

INTERESTING LETTER. BAYARD TAYLOR IN NORTHERN EUROPE. THE RETURN TO MUONIOVARA.

Muon.ovara, Liiplund, ) Jan. 22, 1KS7. j Whilo nt Kautokeino I cumplotud my Ii outfit ly purt-IiaiiinK it st ar lot cap, atoned with witlor down, il jiir ol' birlltrnjcr, or roindoor U'lck'hK". und tuo homager, or broad, bout-ntiup-ed ahoea, flllud with dry, aoI hay, und tightly bound around the auklun, which aro worn by ovurybody In Lnpland. Attired in tbeue gurmenu, 1 made a very paaaablo tapp, barring a few superfluous inuhea of stature, and at once realiaod the prudence of conforming in one'e costume to the native babits. Atter the first feeling of awkwardness is over, nothing can be better adapted to the Polur Winter than the Lapp dress. I walked about at first with tho sensation of hits iu each foot in tho middle of it luro li-u ther bed, but my blood preservod ita natural warmth, even after sitting for hour In an open pulk. Tho bvUenger, fastened around tho thighs by drawing-strings of reindoer sinew, aro ao covered by the poesk that ono boconn w to till prut ticul purposes, u liipod reindeer, and may wallow in tho snow ns much as ho likes without tho possibility of a particle getting thro' his hide. Tho temperature was, nevertheless, particularly mild when wo sot out on our return. There hud been a violent storm of wind and snow tho night bofbre, alter which tho mercury rose to 16 above aero. Wo waited till noon before onr reindeers could bo collected, and then ait off, with tho kind farewell wishes of tho four .Norwegian inhabitants o the placo. I "confess to a fooling of relief whon wo turned our faveea southward, und commenced our return to daylight. Wo had at lust seen the Polar uight, tho day without a sunrise, tie had driven our reindeer under tho r.rches of tho aurora borealis, we had loarned enough of the Lapps to convince us that further acquaintance would be of little profit, mid it now seemed time to attempt an escape from tho limbo of Death into which wo had vontured. Our fad's had already begun to look pule and fuded from three weeks of alter nute darknoss and twilight but the novolty of our life preserved us from any fooling of depression and provented any perceptible effect upon our Ik ii lily health, such as would assuredly huve followed u protracted experience of the Arctic Winter. Kvcry day now would bring us further over tho steep northern shoulder of the Karl It, and nearer to that grout heart of life in the south, where her blood pulsutes with eternal wurmth. AIrend) tli. ro was aperecplilile inereaso of tho sun n altitude, ami at noonday a thin upper slice of his disc was visible lor uhout hull' an hour. Ily Herr Uerger s udvieo, we engaged ua guide to Lippajarvl, a Lapp, no 1 1 ii i lortneriy aeioti as postman, ami professed to be uMo to find his way in the dura. Tho wind had blown so violently that it was proba ble we should have to luvak our own road for the whole distant e Leavinu Kaut' !. m o, w c travelled up the vul ley of n freien stream, toward deso late ranges of hills, or rather shelves of the tublu laud, running north cast Jind south TVesth. llti'V u l r ta I 1 1 -t 1 will pnU'hoN ofslunlcd birth, Ina else were bars und dismal. Ourdoern were recruited, and we made vert good nrogregH while tho twilight lagt od. At some Lapp tents where we stopped to make inquiries al out the Ice, I wa amased at the upptMti ii in ( oi a (roup or children, who atrikinirly - i i i a t a ii ir roscinnieu near cuds suiuuing on tin ir hind legs. They wore touted with reindeer hido from heud to foot, w ith only a little At II moon of tawny rod face visible We stopped at öiepo an hour to bait tho deer. The single wooden hut was crowded with Lapps, one of whom, apparently tho owner, spoke a little Norwegian. He knew who we were and asked mo a great many questions about America, lie was most anx ious to know what waa our religion, and what course the Government took with regard to tho difforont sects, He seemed a little surprised, ami mil loss pleased, to hoar that all varieties of belief were tolerated, and that no one sect possessed any lvoculiur privi lege over another (It is only recently that dissenters from the Orthodox I'hurch havo been allowed to erect houses of worship in Norway.) While we wore speaking on those muttors an old woman, kneeling near ua, was muttering prayers to herself, wringing her hands, sobbing, anil giving other evidences of violent religious excitement. This appeared to be a common occurrence, as nono of the Lapps seemed tonotice it. I have no douot that much of that hallucination which led to the murders at Kuutokeino still exists uiuorg the people, kept alive by secret indulgence. Those missionaries have nun h Q an wer for who huve planted the seeds of spiritual disease among thin ignorant and impressible race. The night was cold and splendidly clcitr. We were obliged to leave tho river on accouut of rotten ice, und took to the open fields, witero our deer sunk to their bellies in loose snow. The leading animals became fractions ami wo woro obligod to stop every few minutes, until their puroxysnis were over. I could not porcoivo thut the Lapps themselvos exercised much more control over them than We, who were now to the business. The domesticated reindeer still retains In u iM instincts, and never fails to protest against the necessity of labor. The most docilo will fly from the track, plungo, fuce about, and refuse to draw, when you least expect it. They are

possessed by an Incorrigiblestupidity. Their sagacity applies only to their animal wants', ana thoy seem almost totally deficient in memory. They never bocomo attached to man, and the only sign of recognition they ever show, is sometlmos lo allow cortain persons to catch them more easily than others. In point of speed they aro not oqual to tho horse, and an hour's run generally exhausts them. When ono considers their siaej their strength and power of endurance scorn marvelous. Herr Berger int .r mod mo that he had driven a reindoer from Alten to Knutokoino, 112 miles, in twonty-slx hours, and from tho latter place to Muonlovara In thirty. I was struck also b the remnrknble adaption of tho animal to itsusos. Its hoof rosombles that of the camel, being formed for snow as tho lutter for sand. It is broad, cloven, and flexible, the separato divisions spreading out so as to present a resisting surface .a a. . .a a. a a

when tho toot is set down, and tall together when it is lifted. Thus in snows whoro a horse would founder in tho spaco of a hundred yards, the door easily works his way. milo after mile, drawing the sliding, canoe-like pulk, burdened with his master's wei't, alter him. Tho Lapps generally treat their animals with tho greatest patienco and forbearance, but otherwise do not exhibit any particular attachment for them. They aro indebted to them for food, clothing, habitation and conveyance, ami their existonco may there fore almost be said to depend on that of their herds. It is surprising, howovor, what a number of door are required for tho support of a family. Von Buch says tnnt a Lapp who has a hundred door is poor, and will bo finally driven to descend to tho coast and take to fishing. The cows are never made to labor, hut are kept in tho woods for milking und breeding. Thoir milk is said to Vic rich ami nourishing, but I havo not yet had an opportunity of testing it. The male dot r used for draft are always eastra tod, which operation the old Lapp women perform by slowly chewing tho glands between thoir tooth until .a a a a e . they are reduced to a pulp, without J . .. ... wounding the hide. During this journey I havo had ample opportunity of familiarising, myself with reindeer travel. It is j picturesque enough at the outset, but when tho novolty ol tho thing is worn off nothing is leit but a continual drain upon tine's patience. Nothing cun exceed the coolness with which your door jumps off the trnck, sluckens his tow rope, turns around and looks you in the face, us in imb as to SUV. Whut are yon going totlo about it?" The simplicity ami stupidity of his countenanoe seem to you to beadmiraolv feigned, ami unless yon ui an old band you are inevitably provo kud. This is particularly pleasant on (he marshy table luinlsol 1, upland, whore, if he takes a notion to bolt with you, your pulk bounces over the hard tussocks, sheers sideways down the sudden pitches, or swamps itself in bods of loose snow. Harness a fris ky sturgeon to a "dug-out,' inn rough sea, ami you will have some idea of this method of traveling, While I acknowledge the Providential tlisposilion id tlungs-which has given the reindeer to the Kapp, 1 cannot avoid thntiking Heaven that 1 am not a Lapp, ami that I shall never travel ugain with reindoer. I ho aberrations of our reindeer o bllgod m. to take a very sinuous course, sometime wo bonded north. ami sometimes south, and the way seemed ao long thut 1 mistrusted the s utility id our guide; but at lust u light tone nhciid II was ihc hut ol Lituiurvi. A lot of pulks t.id in front of it. ami the old Kin ii stood already with a fir torch, ready to light ns in On arriving, Anton was grootod by his sister Caroline, who had come thus Ihr from Muoniovara, on her way to visit some relatives at Alteiigaard Sho was in company with some Kinns who hud left Lippajurvi the day pre vious, but losing their way In the storin, itutl wundcrcd about for t won ty-four hours, exposed to its full violence. Think ot an American girl of eighteen sitting in an open pulk, with the thermometer, at sero, u tun ous wind und blinding snow beating upon hoi, und neither rest nor food for a day ! There arc few who would survivetwolve hours, yet Caroline was us fresh, lively und cheerful as ever, and immediately set about cooking our supper. Wo found u fire in the cold guest's room, the place swept and cleaned, ami a good bed of leer skins in one corner. The temperature had sunk to 12 below aero, und the wind blew through witio cracks in the floor, but bet ween the tiro ami reciprocal warmth of our botlies, we managed to sccuro a comfortable sleejv a thing of the first oonsoquonco in this climate. Our deer started well in the morn ing, ami our Lapp guido knew his way perfectly. Trie wind had blown so strongly that tho track wus cleared rather than tilled, ami we slipped up the long slopes at a rapid rate. I recognised tho narrow valley whore wo first struck tho northern streams, und tho snowy plain beyond, where our first Lapp guide lost his wuy. By this tune it was beginning to grow lighter, showing us tho dreary wastes of tublo-luml which wo hnd bofore crossed in the fog. North of us was a plain of unbroken snow, extending to a level lino on tho borison, where it met the dark violet sky. Wero tho color changed, it would Iiuvo perfectly represented the sandy plateaus of the lSubiun Desert, in so many particulars does tho extreme North imitate tho extreme South. Uut tho sun, which never deserts the desert, had not yet returned to those solitudes. Far, far uway, on the edge of the sky. a dull red glimmer showed whoro ho moved. Not the table land of Pamir, in Thibet, the cradle of the Oxus und the Indus, but this lower Lapland

terrace, is entitled to the designation of tho "Roof of the World." We wore on the summit, creeping along her mountain rollers, and looking southward off her shelving oaves, to catch a glimpse of tho light playing on her majestic front, Here, for once we teemed to look (loWll oil tllO hoH .mi, and I thought of Europe and the Tropics a s lying below Our journey northwnrd hud been an ascent, but now the world's steop sloped downWard boforo tti into sunshine and balmy air In ascending tho Alps or the llinimiihiyus, 'you pass through

all climates and belts of Vegetation between tho Equator a ml tho Polo, und so a journey duo north beyond the circle of tho sun, simply roverses tho phenomenon, and impresses one like the ascent of n mountain on thegrnuMest possible scale. In two hours from tho timo wo loll Eitajarvi, wo reached tho Lapp encampment. The herds of deer hud boon driven in from tho woods, and wero clustered among tho birch bushes around the tents. We hud aomo difficulty in getting our doer pust them, until tho Lapps enmo to our assistance. We made no halt, but pushod on, through deeper snows than before, over the desolate plain. As fur as Palajarvi we run with our gunwales below tho snow level, while the foromost pulks woro ofton swamped under tho w hite waves thut broke over them. We passed through a gorge between two pit turcsquo liills about 600 feet high, ami beyond t enmo upon wide lakes covered with deep snow, under which there was a toleruble track, which the lending deer was abio to And with bis feet. Beyond these lakos there was a ridge, which wo had no sooner crossed than a dismully grand prospect opened before M Wo overlooked u valley-basin, marked with belts of stunted birch, and stretching away for miles, to tho foot of a bleak, snowy mountain, which I at onco recognised as Lippivara. After rounding its western point and turning southward again, we were rejoiced with some fir-trees, IVom which theshow hati been sliaken,

brightening oven with their gloomy yoars in Lupland, buys thut the superI . . . . ... aI. . . I. t a - -a. ..aMaSa,!-. . u A I .a a. a I f a r

green leaves ino tt one monotony oi I T I I 1 .1 Ta 111.the Lapland wilderness. It was like gleam ol Htinshine W e reached Lippajarvl at twelve, having made 28 miles of hard travel in five hours Here we slopped two hotirs to cook a meal and change our i ami then pushed on to reach I'alajoki that night. Wo drove thro' the birch woods, no longer glorious as before, for the snow had been shaken off, and there was no sunset light to transfigure them. Still on. plowing through the deep seas of snow in the gathering darkness, over marshy plains, all with a slant southward, o draining into tho .Huonio, until wo ( reached the birchen ridge of ' aonta iarvi, with its beautiful firs rising lu re and there, silent and immovable, Kvon the trees have no voices in the North, let the wind blow us it will. aaaa a .aa.as a a ... a 1 here is nothing to be heard but the sharp whistle of the dry miow- the same dreary music that accompanies tho Airman simoom. I he niirlit was very dark, und wo began to row ex ccedingly tirctl of sitting flat in our pulks I looked sharp lor the Tula jock hlv, tho high. llr-tViugod banks of which I remembered, for they tienoted our approach to Muouio; but it was long, long before wo tlcM-cudcd ; from tho marshy, upon the winding road of snow covered mo. In vain 1 , shifted my itching legs imd worked hi' benumbed hands, looking out ahead for the enibouchere of the river. Hruisted and 1 encouraged each oilier, Whenever wo wer, near enough to hear, by the reminder thut we hail only one more day with reindeer After a lontr time spent in this way, th high lutnkr flattened, level shows and I Woods succeeded, and we ssilod into the port of I'alajoki. The old Finnish lady curtsied very deeply us she rceognir.ed us, and hustoned to cook our coffee and reindeer, Und to make us n .rood bed with nice sheets. On our former visit tho old lady and her sons had watched tisuii dress and get into bod, but on this occasion three buxom daughters, of ages ranging from sixteen to tweiilj two, appeared about the time for rotiring, ami stntionetl themselves in it row mar th' bed, where thev W:itt heil us with silent riosity. As wo had shown no hosi ion in the first case, We determined lo be equally courageous now, ami commenced removing our garments with great deliberation, allowing them every opportunity of inspecting their fashion ami thetnnnner of wearing them. Theworkthus proceeded in mutual silence until wo were nearly ready for repose, when Unlisted, Ivy pulling off a stocking and displaying a muscular calf, suddenly alarmed the youngest, who darted to the door ami rushed out. Tho second caught the panic, ami followed, and tho third untl oldest was therefore obligod to do likewise, tho' with evident reluctance. I wasgreatIv amused at such an unsophisticated display of curiosity. Tiio perfect composure of the girls, ami the steadiness with which they Watched us, showed that thoy woro quite unconscious of having committed any impropriety. 'Ibis morning was clcarand cold. Our door had si raved so far into the woods that we did not get underway before tho forenoon twilight commenced. Wo expected to find a broken rout I down tho Muonio, but a heavy rain hud fallen yesterday, and the track was completely fillod, Long Isaac found so much difficulty in taking the lead, his deer constantly bolting from tho path, that Anton final y relieved him; ami by standing upright in his pulk ami thumping the deer's flanks, succeeded in keeping up the animal's spirits and forcing a way. It wus slow work, however, und tho sun, rolling his whole disc above tho horizon, unnouucod nudduy before we 1 reaohed Kyrkessuando. As we drove

up to tho Httlo inn wo wero boisterously welcomed by Hal. Herr Forstrom s brown woll-dog, who had strayed thus fur from home. Our deer were beginning to givo out, and wo wore very anxious to roach Mtioniovara in time for dinner; so we only waited long onough to give tho animal a feed of moss ami procure hot milk forourselvos. The snow-storm, which had moved over a narrow belt of country, had not extended bciow this placo, and the road was consequently Well broken. We urged our deer into a fust trot, and slid down tho icy floor of tho Muoulo, past hills whose anows flushed scarlet and rose-orange in the long splendor of sunset Hunger ami fatigue, which our journey wits producing at last, nittdo us extremely sousi tivo to tho cold, though it was not more than 20 below sero. My blood w as chilled through, and 1 wan approhelisive the extremities would froc.e. and the most vigorous motion of the muscles barely sufficed to keep at bay tho numbness which attacked them. At dusk we drove through Upper Muonionisku, and our impntlence kept the reindeers so well in motion that before 6 o'clock (although long after dark), wo wero climbing tho wellknown rdopo to Herr Korstrom's house ut Muoniovara. Horo wo find the merchant not yet departed to the Lapp fair at Karessuando, ami Mr. Wolley, who welcomed us with the

cordiality of an old friend. Our snug room at the carpenter s wus already warmed ami set in order, ami after our reindeer drive of Ü50 miles thro' the widest parts of Lapland, we feel a home-like sense of happiness and com fort in smoking our pipes rlrefore tho familiar iron stove. The trip to Kautokeino embraces about all 1 shall see ot Lapp life this Winter. The romance ot the tribe, as 1 have ulrendy said, bus totally departed with thoir conversion, while their habits of life, scarcely improved in the least, are sufficiently ropulsivo to prevent any closer experience than 1 have hud, unless tho gain were greater. Mr. Wollev, who has been three nr. suuous anu picturesque trunnions oi T I I t - - I 7 ,1 1 1 liapiami nave almost wholly diai o e poured, ami tho coarse mysticism ami rant which they havo engrailed upon their imperfect Christianity does not differ materially from the sumo excresconces in more civilised races. Thev I have not even (the hotter for tin in ; is true) uny characteristic ami picturesuuo vices hut hate become, cer- ; tainly to t heir own great advantage, a ' pious, fanntieul. moral, commonplace icopie. i nave descrmed t nein exactt ia A a S a .a a .i I. i .i i . y as I lotind them, ami as thov have been described to me by those who knew them well The rentiers of 'Af j raja may with the pic be ii little disapoomtcil t uro, as I confess 1 have ' been (in an artistic sense, only) with the reality, but the Lapps huve lost many vices along with thoir poetic I dioblt . ami nobody has a right to aa complain. It is a pity that many truits which are really characteristic and interesting in a people cannot he mentioned on account of tout morbid prudery so prevalent in our country, which insults the common innocence of Nut uro. Oh, that one could imitate the honest unreserve of tho old travelers i tho consciousness w hich insisted on telling not only the truth, but the whole truth! This is scarcely possible now but ut the same time I have not been willing t" cinimeulutc my uc counts of the tribes of men to the extent perhaps required by our ultra conventionalism, ami must insist, now and then, on being allowed u little Flemish fidelity to nature, In the description of nature, as lu the biography of individuals, the most Importunt half of life U generally omitted B T ROUHimiKO We w ill givo io the intellect, to immortality, to religion, and to all viri it. s, tho honor thai belongs to them, and still it may be boldly affirmed that tho economy, taste, skill ami neutness in the kitchen, have a great deal in making life happy ami prosperous. Tin qualifications fo all good housekeeping can bedisylupod as well on a small as on a large scale , a small house can he more easily kept clean than a palace; economy is most needed in the absence of abundance, Taste is as well displayed in placing tho dishes on u pine table, as in ar ranging tint fohl of a damask curtain. Skillful cooking is as readily discovered in a nicely linked potato, or a respectable Johnny cake, as in a nut brown sirloin, or a brace of canvass backs. A dirty kitchen ami hud cooking have driven many u one away from home to seek comfort ami happiness somewhere else. Pomostic economy is a science--!! theory of life, which all sensible womon ought to study and practice. Nono of our excellent girls are fit to bo married until they are thoroughly odueutod in the deep and profound mysteries of the kitchen. Fi iiEMTY. Never forsake a friend. When enemies gather around wdien the world is dark and cheesloss is tho time to try true friendship. Thoy who turn from the scene of distress betray their hypocrasy, ami prove that interest only moves them. If you havo a friend who loves you, anil studies your interest ami happiness be suro to sustain him in adversity. lot him feel thut his former kindness is uppreointod, und that his love is not thrown away. Weal fidelity may he rare, but it exists in the heart. "Who has not seen and felt its power? They only deny its worth ami power whom have never loved a friend or labored to make a friend happy. Tho parent motul is prtslueod from tha hottest furnace, tho und brightest thunderbolt from the darkent itorm.

AW ANCIENT MARINE! S FIRST LOVE Sir John Rosa, the well known nav

igator, who died a few months ago, hvod to be nearly eighty years of age. An acquaintance oi nis ncaru him, a short time before his death, tell the following story o his first love Thus, ho says, it came about. We wero wont to meet at tho house of a mutual friond, whoro ho was al ways a welcome guest; came and went aa ho listed, and had his hummock swung iu a chamber where the temperature suited him best ; tor he loved u cold, clear atmosphere. In u word he was the centre of an charminir a household irroitp as shall be seen any day. lilooming faces shone upon him, merry songs greeted htm as ho took his placo beside the ehoery hearth in those cold evenings in spring, one bright-haired erenturo with rosy lips dunned him ever as her own, seated him beside hor on the velvet couch, . ail. d him ' her dour boy," which delighted the ancient muriner beyond all things, and at lust drew from him the title referred to. 1 had boon reminding him of a very old friend now dead, untl of whom we had heard nothing for many years: as I spoke a tido of early recollections swept up and fillod th old man's oyes with tears. "Ah I" said he, "he was a very kind friond to mo ; wo hail been schoolmates, and then we wont to sea together. Aller a while wo parted, and I entered the royal navy; when I next saw O., I was commander on board the . lie was on the quay at Uroenock when I suited in, ami little thought that the vessel currying a penant was commanded by Johnnie Ross. I landed, and went ut to him with a man w ho a know us both. ( , ' said the latter, "do you re member little Johnnie lloss ? " Well," answorod O. i "and a precious little scamp he wus!" "On this, observed Mr John, we shook hands, and renewed our acquaintance, and I huil reason to be glad of it; for," he repeated, " O. was very kind to mo:" " Now about Margaret," said tho bonny creature beside him. "Ah I he was a noble girl ! Win n I first knew her she was ten, and 1 about twelve M ats old. Wo used to walk homo together from the school, and at first were very happy ; but boforo long tho children begun to watch us, and we were obliged to make signs to one another about meeting. 1 mind well how sbauufacod we were when the others caught us making signals before breaking up ; uml ono day the muster suw us, untl it was on that occasion Murgurct showed some spirit and courage as made lite never forgot hor. " 1 h.d got out of school," ho continued, alter a short pause, "and was waiting for her, never heeding the children laughing at mo, as 1 stood watching for the sight of her bonny lliec, for she was very fair." I can by no means describe the pathos ot tho old man's tone us he suid this. " When I began to think she was in trouble, and kepi in,' I hid myself till the place was clear of ilher folk, and then I erepit round ami keeked in at the window of a hide-room where scholars in disgrace were put sometimes. Poor Margaret was indeed there, sitting upon a box, very forlorn ami crying bitterly. She brightened up at seeing face in the window iiiine, ami smiled when I told her I a . bad been waiting for her. Then I declared I would be revenged on our hard master, ami went ut once to the si hool room tu carry out my phut: this was easy, for liiere was no one thora. " Just over the master's desk was a shelf, on which stood a large iuk-bot-lie, and near to this again was the hat with which the dominie always crowned himself when he assumed the seat of aut horit v. I mounted the desk, took n piece of siring from my pocket, tied the ink-jar und hat to got her, then, descending from my pert h. bdl the room, ami ran round again to the side window to prepare Margaret lor the result ot my device Then I ran homo to dinner, ami re turned to school in the afternoon. J was late, All the children were in the room , ami at tho master's desk s loot I Margaret, with scarlet cheeks but triumphant eyes, just receiving the last blow of the leather strap on her open hand. 1 he punishment of my mischievous revenge had been visited upon her. Stromas of ink discolored t he master s face; and books ami desk, on which last lav the hro ken ink-jar. were saturated with it The master himself was furious; ami the more so that Margaret hati borne tho infliction like a heroine, in perfect silence, resolutely refusing logivc up the nullit' ol the dclimiucnt, whose accomplice she was accused ot being. She looked at me as she moved deil antly away, and the expression of her eye warned me not to speak. It was, indeed, too late I hurried from the room before 1 was observed; Margaret walked proudly aflwrine; and for the lust time wo took our way home together from the school I cannot do justice to this story us told by tho old navigator. Nearly -evenly years bail passed away, ami yet tho memory of his child love wus still the green spot in his heart. The pathos, too, was enhanced by tho Scottish accent, which dignified, so to speak, a little history , that finely illustrates the extplisits poem .rann lrr9on : "I've ihi.Ii i .1 Eaat, I've wander'il wael, I've borne a weary lot ; Hut in ii. aamlei Inga Oar or near, Y never were nrgit . Tlif fount that flrat burnt Swj thla heart Sell travrta on ita way ; A nil . liann. U ili-eprr oa It 1I11 Tb.' luve ii' llfe'a yonna day." He said all this, ami much rhore than I could do justice to. The whole picture of tho twu buirns " two bairns and butdr hoart" rone before me. us blushing, frightened, and silent,

thoy "cleekit thogithcr hämo" after school. 'Twa tken we luvlt aarb Uber wool, 'Two. ikon we twa did part ; Sweet tlaae, aad t a, twa tavtrna ot orltat. Twa bairn aad but ae heart. " I saw thir twa bairns with their heads bent o'er ae braid page, with one book between them, the girl intent

upon tho lesson, the boy s lesson in that fair child's eyes : " Thy iwtk eroa oa Ihr leoeon. lie and Margaret met but twice Hut -in) leaooii we In lli'' all- rward II. dwell I on tb. first of these inoeli.iL's. " I WUH trav oling," ho auid, "in Scotland, when tho coach stopped to take ap a passenger. The moment the door open-aee-l aa -at aV an Aatta l.iit naltas dillititt . rr remember me ;" he aigbod as ho said this. - Then,' ho continued. I told her who 1 was, and reminded her ot - I iL.w.m tl.ir.1,. I. , 1. .I t nil .inn , i.iiiiij jva.n mivivtiu . story of thu ink-bottle und the healing she had got for my ttake. She had almost forgotten it, but had. Margaret, the mother of u lurge tarn ily, is now un aged woman, and pro bubly thought little of Johnnie Koss alter purtiug with him in childhood , while he, litcrully voyaging from polo to polo, und having but a passing glimpse of her from timo to titne.muy bo suid to havo carried the memory of his child-love to his grave TIIIIKK I.ITTI.K UOYM IN I'ltlnO.N I ,.,,.-;. .i.nllv vi; tl.. i,,.nw.. I, re. a i'Vaft7iwiitii i w e ave ay luv aaveaar " I pared for somoof the criminals in our . ... .1 city, it is situuteu ut me westerly v . a Ii .. la a. 1 ..a a ... . .. .. imrt. in a vcrv Picl.iresuue retreut da V aä at It would pass, in the eyes of strangers, as the seut of a wealthy gentleman, rut her than the residence of the poor ami culpable. A recent visit to this place disclos ed a very painful sight. Myself and u lrionil Wished to visit the prisoners, und various doors wero unbolted und thrown open, that we might pass. Knclosod between some of those wulls of atouc, wero men imprisoned for stealing, for intemporunoe, &c. Tho door of one of those stone cugos be ing opened, disclosed to our sight thru dltli hnys ! Their ages were lroin ten to twelve yours. 1 hey had been sentenced to thirty days imprison ment tor stealing: What a iiamlul contemplation was this' The I. nl hnd I her... I. .it .. ti.tv.luara A dreary period of imprisonment was before them. Thev Mood al the irru ted window, looking out ut the b.gb fence by which the cells are dosed.riu.ir. , w their I,.,,..!- . - thotorbb.it. ,i ibxv on mm. es we,-..' to elapse ere they could depart from their rugged room. They turned towards us,. and burst into lours I Tho most touching appeals weil made to us to obtain their liberation , and promises of inline irood conduct wore most profusely itiudc. We conversed with tin in two had been Sabbath school scholars, und promised to attend punctually on eueh Sabbath to their eluss, if thoy could but escape from tho horrors ol their prison house. 1 was never more senoiisl y alle, lo I at juvenile depravity und its eonse4 nonces than ty this scene. The boys nad Hot the Inn dem d boldness ol ex perieiiced thieves, or the filthy coarse uoss of the bad boys we olleu soo ut lurge. They wore well dressed, clean ly boys , Ihc l tiddin - "I health upon their cheeks, und tho sparkle of Intel led in their e es, and their deport i.iei.l were that of lads whose parent . nan carou ior litem. Where aro your parents?" I asked one of tho boys. MMy father i. duad ; my mother is ut home, win tho answer. " Weeping, no doubt, suhl 1, " for your imprisonment, ami lor the oflenee w hich caused it." A IVesh flood of tours broke forth, as the lad begged for liberty to go to Ins mother When wo concluded to withdraw from this iinplesant scene, llie clung to ns with the tenacity ol despair, In soot hing us for liberty. Kvon after the door of their coll had .boon bolted, i 0111114., I i . . i - I l.u S.a i I.. I, ill' a t J J ' I 1 1 I UV Ii g 11 WIS 1 1 in IW VI U III' terstices, and besought relief in most piteous accents, i oor boys I W e could afford them none, uml left them to wear uway the tedious bjmirs of imprisonment, in tho massive prison bouse prepared for depraved men. W hat a perversion of nature s laws was horo! These lads should have boon basking in the sunshine and fresh air, gladdening the hearts of parents by thoir huppy faces sad buoyant luttghler. How painful the reverse! 1 could but doubt the poll cy of imprisoning luds like these, in u gloomy cell, with hardened men or degraded women tut eil hor side of them. The kind discipline of a parent, the wholsoine restraint of it hit a a m i il I . mane master to turn their erring steps iu the true pot It. by counsel and persuasion how much bettor this is, than such a dicipline. Thethirty days of idleness that llieso lads passed on that occasion, did thom no good. It may huve inudc them more artful to avoid imprisonment again ; hut how little was tho heart utleeted by kindItOSS. The ncarts of lads al their ago, might bo woi to virtue ami honor by tho right ntet'.tod, und with little pains incir jiaronu migiu niiy weep over l ie uosomuon oi uiotr nouse wnen a. .aw.. a . . . a , ..( BiaiiB i B'aaiiiia i .. i I in s, mi 'in Lucy linn no iviinu in in for, were fur removed tit their tender aire, from their euro, und thus impris oned. It is a ease which may well excite the pity of every parent. EtärTho difference between a ro public aud a monarchy is thus jtointed out by somebody : 'Ii lo ull tho people intou pyramid, withlhc President tor an upox.und you have the svmbol of a republic. You can shake thc President but you can't move the united force of tho people. In veil that pyramid, with a King for its base, und you havo the symbol of a mon archy Trill 111) the Kill'', and the! whole structure falls into confusion ''

TOuHO LADT IW A SCRAPE Honrs and Hum II eels iw Cwcrch. The Hiehmond Whig says A ftw 9 in days ago a modest young gentleman of our acquaintance attended the morning service, in one of our fashionable churohew. Ha waa kindly shown into a luxuriously cushioned pew, and had hardly settled himself, and taken an observation of hta neighbors, before a btautiftil young mAj entered, and with a graceful wave of the hand, preventing ur friend from

rising to g.v,-her pfaW, quietly sunk ' ' ' " ' 1 -:'' ""' ,!,?" ".Vinn was given out, sqe au,y lound tho page, and with a sweat -mile that act his heart a-tbumping. handed her neighbor the book. Tm in his hands in prayer, ,r' kn1V In thla posture pwpUwÄ her friend to know which '"- 1,1 dunre. hor beauty or hr ,l..ii..i.tli eaaaa ocouim. - rn Presently the prayer wus ed, and the congregation their seats. Our friend respectfully raised his eyes from the fair form he pect fully hati been so earnestly scanning, lest when she looked up, ahe woutd delect him staring at her. After a couple of seconds ho darted a furtive glance at his churnier, und was aatoniaaiad to see her still on her knees. lie looked closely and saw that she much affected, trembling in violent agitutioii, no doubt from tho eloquent preaching. Deeply sympathising, he watched her closely. t a "I i-i a iicroiuoiion occam c more vioienv; roue Hug her hand behind her, she aainnlrl . n ! u L I lo.l - ioHUliIi l Aa iIa! K Willi t'(llltllItl r tl r l 11 111 . r , - - - ! .Li. j 1 4 - I ...... ,1 , l. ing, untl strain as ft were, to rend the brilliant fabric of her drees. The sight was exceedingly painful to behold, but be still gaxed, like one entranced, with wonder and astonishment. After a minute the lady raiaed in t face, heretofore concealed iu the cushion, and with her hand made an unmistukublo beckon to our iriend. lie quickly moved along the pew towards her, and inclined his ear, as she evidently wished to say something. " Please help me, sir," she whispered, 44 my dross has caught, and I can't got up." A brief examination revealed the cause of the difficulty ; the fair girl woro fashionable highneelvd shoes; kneeling upon both knees, these heels of course stuck out . La i . i ! ii f.: '" Ullgll'S, UHU III UIIS poSIUOn thV "'g1'1 "P " hor new fangled 't caught over them, and thus ren ,,, lv,l 11 "nposs.ble for her to raise hcrw" .or 'g0.? Hor "m?"- T.ü 'more sue siruggico mo tignter -a. a - l 1 .L. il.A. hound . so she was constrained to cull for help. This wus immedi ately, if not scientifically, rendered ; uml w hen tho next prayer was mads, she merely inclined herself upon the buck of the front pew thinking, no doubt, that she was not in praying COB til IIH ajsjr ThoKaat Hagiuaw (Mio..,) Kill rprse -laics thai in some portion of Ucnesoo uml Tuscola, and probably Saginaw county also, there is much suffering for want of provisions, which, except Hour, are unusually high ami vcrv scarce throughout the northern regions. In the newly settled townships, whero most of the hinds are but littlle improved, and the season unfavorable, the supply of provisions Is short, and but few of the inhabitants able to buy them at the present high prices. 1 listanstanoee of grout suffering and almost starvation m ,. i.lar neighbor!. U are reported In some cases property 1ms been sucrilh eil ut ruinous prioea, and men have mortgaged their fur ma to obtain menus lor the support of their limnlieM. while thoae persona who hu r no ueh resources to draw upon mimt receive aid or suffer actual starvution. Tho London , ( '. W.) Free Proas of M ay 7th says thut on Wednesday of lat week, a most shocking accidett occurred in a eireiilur saw mill nt WallNillK)llln cIUK. iurril) n young ; lMttJ, atciv umri.uu had just been a a We . ' W . . c Utphe, cd thai morning to Work in the mill, ami was set to carry away the boa i ds a-, i he di ..pped from the saw lie was cautioned uguiust the danger of letting ii bourd touch the suw while iu motion, but the unfortunate men hud taken a wuy but u few boards w hi n the cud of one he hud jllsl taken upswuei agui list the aw, ami being repelled with violence, caused the other end to force him against the saw, then in motion, and, as quick as thought, he was cut in twain The saw struck lirst the point ol the loll shoulder, passing directly through tho heart, and out under the ribs on the right side of the body. ohaA young womun appeared to the London (Canada) Free Proas, a day or two since, clothed in a boy's apparel, ami asked to bo employed to lonrn type setting Tho editor saw through her disguise, told her so, and she disappeared, going, however to other oftbes in tho citv for the same aag purpose, and finally bringing up iu a harbor shop, where tho real object of her visits was learned. She was in search of u young printer who bad deei.i'ed her Mini u Inn., klin i-imIww! to WVcu , A )()wio klife , uml i(,u,, XW.1V i,und on hor ik und pistol person. She ünally left town. W-The entire debt of the United States, and of all the States of the I nioii combined, i- not eijual to one year's interest on tho debt of England, mir entire ileht, State and National boing--".""" Uno. or its etjuiv ahnt. 111000,000. Tho National debt of Great Britain is almost, or perhaps tpiite, twelve hundred millions sterling. Egejr The Seeroiary of State has directed tl,, -,,r 1 1 collect agricultural, mineral, -.., 0aiaaf dumb blind, and iunann at mil nii ii ii hi it linn 17 MI A. Lint ir uml take at idiotic persons in the Bute, of Wisconsin.