Indiana Reveille, Volume 40, Number 5, Vevay, Switzerland County, 4 February 1857 — Page 1

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VEVAY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY; FEBRUARY 4, 1857.

• SERIES FOR 1857.

tree; and Mary, wbilelbo dam had been engaged with the dog, had leaped up (lie tree* the dog might overcome her enemy. She had.hcan! that a, person should never attempt to run vp hill when chased bjt'a'bear,-, But she had cxcrtUed little reason. .She had seized the first thought of safely that presented hfcll, and hence we found.her where we did. .. The boy bad simply followed her example, being himself too much to think, ■ ’

THlirrjjDrA'N A- itK VfiliLEl ‘ ‘is PtmisiIKU EVERY' \VKu^wv. By t £RSDD RIC KJ. r ■ ; i tv n~i ' * ”1 ~ t "V*"" I0» F«rT<nns of “v-i »to cn Rurth i«go-

fproacli. • If lie hod 0/ failing it was bis i overfondncss - ofliorso-fleah—not horse- ! flesh on the table, Lutonthe road, j Next cauiu Harris B, Horne—a short, ‘tquaio-BhoidderedWcrmonlor, inthe mid* j (Ho age of life, with block' hair and dark j hrowii eyes; a face made up pi tbicivd* nens and good nature; a; frame firmly and jeompaetty knit; nird a genial flow of hu:Uior. and anecdote; over ready to fill, up the gap of whati might otherwise be a silent moment. Ho .was a track shot witbbis rifle—surpbf aliull’fi eye ot two hundred yarda—and though ; be did not talk ''horse’’os .much as. Ked djd, yet he waAa better horsemen. . Harris bad bat one fault. He had lived over forty .years; a well-made, good-looking man; with a i big heart and mi open soul; possessing nu j abundance of, this world's goods—and iyet hi had niver token a wife., j halt, but by no means least, came your (humble servant- —a very fair specimen o( ftbe ytm* /<omo-r-Ipoking for.nJI (be world I tike, a. colonel oi infantry , on. a pleasure

where we made a late dinner upon bread nitd milk, enlivened by (be frank smiles of a pretty "daiter,” who expertised bersclf aS .“plagucy glad them fellers had come to ketch llio tapial Uirs what had been raisin* JiV/r a utuss in, dad’s corn* field.”

MISCELLANEOUS.

Pavisd tjiu Pius ter'. —Genteel reader,' die pon clcrologically overwhelming guynscutsnizing extract from the mirific records of antiquity .which follows, is, if the Almanac lie not, an extract from a venerable manuscript found in an antiquated bakcovcn, explaining the origin bf lire manner in which printers arc generally paid; ,

Haacallty Abounding.

. The Gospel is preached to the people regularly, all over our country—religious papers ami magazines are circulated iu families, and litany valuable persons set good, examples before the worid-f-but not withstanding alt this, and more, observation teaches .us that rncality. abounds in alt classes of society.- Petty thefts are daily committed—such as robbing money drawers,-stealing clothes, ami dry goods, chickens, ducksi co rn, and other vegetables. Strolling vagabonds, dealing-/tn connterleit money, and diseased horses, ato all over Urn country. Gamblers, traveling ahd local, and resident rdgoes are all, on the alert. ■ Pidns villanies, with faces as'sanctified as the moraMaw, keeping' false, accounts and swearing to them, for 1 the sake of gain. Whisky shops are selling by the small, id violslation of. the law*. Drag Stores orb training np drunkards in high life, and affording facilities for Sabbath drinking,'which can be had no where else'. • The'rich are oppressing the poor, and the poor are content to live in/yogs and idleness.-— Country dealers in produce come to town and exact two prices for all they have to sell, and the-owners [of teal estate in towns, aw asking dpublo. rents, tolho injury of business; andthe growth of towns.' Banks* and Corporations, .intended' for the public good, have their favorites, and are partial in the dislribti' tion of Yavbre.: Families pcrsceutd and envy each other, In ltvidaols slander their.belters. ' Persons of low, origin put on aire.' nnd falsely pretend; to.- be more than they arc. Qhealiug and • misrepresentation, are .the.order of tbodfly/genar-; ally, . In politics there is very little, patriotism or love of. country,.while demagogues seck-jlb mislead, and.build 1 :np their own fortunes at the hazard of min-, ing the.•country. In religion; there is moro hypocrisy than grace, and the biggest scoundrels living crowd; into .the Church, with a view to Iridcthdr rascally designs, and more effectually to; serve the Devil! ■,

, ? Aftcrlbis we set tbo 1 gal” to ; .watch the trap , occasionally to see that no one disturbed it, and then we took our Csbiug tools and followed down a^ small brook that wound its way; : through a piece of back of the house. The result was that we had a delicious supper of trout, andlcft enough; .with pur host to keep himself and family;in fresh fish for several mcalf;' ‘ We' bad siipfuer rather earlier than usual because oue ofYlio boys wanted lb go "down to lire corncrY on somi* im-pottant.business;-and ho was : anxious to be back in ■seasoii to teQ tbp “fun,”.as be called it, * , -V ;

I ■POETBy^:^

“And S kind inter, the mighty ruler of the; Squash-bends, having called his chief officers to his tide, commanded them thus:

' of the' Dismal' Swamp,

•‘Xli’e/felLof.tf if tiling man'wiiJ. lost Ids iimyf upop,l.lje a gill be lore#, and -wTio suddenly disappearing from Ids friends, was never ptlcrwords beard of./ As Ire liad fretiuentlyWid, in his xartnge, t&ol.tkevghl wo* not deadjim I gghe ib 'lhc Uisma I* Swamp, it iS%uj)posed be Had wondered uilultie dleory wildlfhrti. and had‘died of hunger or been loSt in sWc of ! ifadreadful morasses."—A*«W ♦‘They’riradVliet a grave, tor cold and damp Pur a soul .so wiifni oii-l tru e; And si tolhe Lake of the Dismal * : S'vanipV ‘ ■ Where all alght'Iong,* bya lite-fiy lamp,: H She paddle* her white cauoe. 4l Anii her fire:fl> |aiup 1 soon shall see, / : Arid hefpaddle 1 soon shall hear; Long nod)ovi.iig opr life shall be. Arid Vu{(idj:!jm frtai’d hi a cypress tree, WJicn ilie htoislepa of death is near! _ ; A way to Ute'| *)»uia I Swamp Jiv^pLtds—- . ■ / ; ' \Jljs palli wns nigged and sore. ■ Throug h tnugtid juniper, beds of iced?. Through inaiiv a.foir, where the serpent foods, ‘AlhMtiiin itevef trod before! . ..in ; ■ '' '■■■ ■■■'■. A ad wjieo on the earth he mhE t'o sleep, .‘If-sltiniber his’eyeliiia knew,. llSIaV, where the dead I) vine' duih wetp / ItajjciiompiJs tear, and nightly sleep 'The flcsb.wijii libeling de w, r . And dear him ll.e she- wolf slirr’d the brake,

. Of all the,.furious and fearless animals nope can excel in these respects- the sitebear,While her young arc in danger, ‘ Tbo mad berist was Lent for Mary, and in s few moments she would be upon ber! We; stbuding upon the rock, dated not fire, for bQth Mary and Lanly vvero in a lino with tbo bear, the boy being directly between us and tbe brute, and his .sister heypnd; Tlie agcnizcit. mother shrieked a maniac, and the loud cry of Mary for help came upon us with startling force. 1 saw that.the dam took no notice of m new-comcm, cave once to turn her head and see where wo were, but tvas only aiming nl the girl. iSbc / had already placed her fore paws about thc.limb, aud bad one bind foot raised with which to lift .biTcelf on! , . -

. "Goyo iato all my dominions, and command my people to gather their treasures, even to a farthing and pay alt their debts, even the very smallest. 1 ',. '•The officers did us they *\vcra commanded, and after o certain time, the ruler called them again unto him, and demanded of them how his order* had been obeyed? ■“•0, mighty Skinflintcr/ they replied; < “your commands jvere heard through* , out the land, and fulfilled tor your poo* pld; are obedient,* _ '."And is every debt paid?' ’

. .At> soou rtS fiiijiper wnE over, whichwos Very near. sundown, the' oldest “darter” aud;a younger brother started oft after the cows. The former was sc venlcon years of nge. nml though unpolished in manner, yet she was decidedly pretty; Could she' Intvc removed the tan from her plump cheeks;and been rigged up ip‘‘costly array;” shA Aright have caused envy iu the bosoms ol'-Uioso who were already denominated beauties ami belles; licruamc was Mary, Arid 1 bad;not obseivcd her long cie 1 made up my uiiud that whoever got her for a wilo would get a Mary worth hav- •• ’ p Her, brother was eleven, and answered. 16'the liamo, of “Lant,” aud- ,, Lanly.” His realname 1‘fpund to be Elanson.-—; The sim was some lltrco o’r four times its own diameter above the tree-tops when .they started,''and tboy calculated .upon finding the “critters" in ten or fifteen minutes, as tho dog, which always went with them; was good at hunting them out among the tiuebds. This , dog was n medium Mzed animal, a cross between the “bull” nnd'the ‘Spaniel;”.\viih couridcrub!c spunk, Cut with little cunning. :■ Mary ami her brother had" been gone some fifteen minutes, aud we were all out in front of (he house, tracking, when w*e were Mari ltd by a quick, sharp yelp of the dog. It was not u bark; uqr was it at cry as the dog gives when angry at treed game; but,it was a petfcci-yoll of anger and fear combined. We instinctively Marled to mir feet, arid as we did so a loud, quick, ngonizjngfib rick.frora Mary’s jl'p-i tame breaking through tile oirl L •*Marcy!" scrpa meil tJio' bos ipsa, who hud hastened iu the door upon lib a ring the cry of the dog ( ,"Snmtlim’ is the matter with Moll. Itriiay holheiaw/” - Thu nmra thought had cornu to my own mind; but if wo had hesitated at first we did to no wore; for hardly - had . the echoes of this maiden’s voice died ere die dog began to bark furiously; arid the cries of both Mary nmlLuuty, were joined in ’chorus, Wo sprang for our rifles, which were all loaded, only Harris waiting to get his Hind; and shot pouch, ami at once Maned for the scene under tho guidance of tho hoM, his wife keeping pace with him. b The past «rc was to the north waul flora the house, the cornfield being to the west*; ward, but as the cattle had the range of. some (went r’acre. 1 of wocdland they could run mound beyond tho corn patch. . The direction of the cries was iu direct lino with the fence between the paslmo and and the corn, and along by ibis fence we took our way. At ih» distance of about a bundled rods we came to the woods, ami tome Uventy rods further on we had to'descend into a deep ravine where, at some former lime, a stream must have run. •This was thickly wooded with heavy leeca mid as wq reached the bottom of the run ‘the cries of .the. children were rear at hand. 'J'lic dog had been barking arid “yelping” by Auras; but just ns we arrived at tho edge of tho ravine his noise elided m a sharp erv of pain. We heard hi» voice no’more; .but tho others were still crying for help. ‘‘Help! Oh! help!—Father! Father! Old Murder! murder!' ’

(tip. : . ' ■ The summer was drawing lo a dose—to near it :ltat otic, or two uippiug fiosts bad been experienced upon tome of tlie intervales—and wc had come down us far uvConway.N;:!!,, when west oppedwi lit Col. Hill at lire Pequawket House; said house having lioiv been doted to travelers for tome years on'uccouutof the election of a linger, and lu every way belter, hold. Hears are generally plenty in that tec lion laie i i the season; and on (he present or? casioit quito a iicjiiiber of ebrn iidds Imd been vitiled by!ihem. So wc dctcimined upon a bear-hunt. One urigiii-iiioVuiug wc loot our trap and guns, ond started off for a com-field i tv tie to we hadbbeu informed, these Had: 1 vat mints hud.doiie cons ido ruble mischief. Tlie held in question was. upon a high piece r.of; table: laud—or, rather, a' long,wide. {iivdi —at i (he•; luwu / of Albany,! vvhieiiahef. tqiuh; one tide liout Swill River.), ,Wa readied the spot a little bofyte nqnii. und/loiuid ilto old fimiiet just in the act of witSing thb "ihft inal cioc-fats.'’-—When ivbiold him tlie object ol our.-vij-U bo wut highly delighted, and offeicd tis all ihu. iiitbiuucb in his power. With him. we went out to the ctuit-lidd. which wc lotmd (6 be u, piece newly cleared 'upon liio edge oftibo fotiJtf, and surtbuu* ded by .a common ‘•bush fence.” Wc easily juitud tlie place, upon the wood tide, w he to' I ho bears had cute red, u ml here Wv made urnnigciitetitM In set uur trap. v '■ i’or lhe IcitiJil ol those who do not uudvrsttiud ’tins toil of .thing, 1 wil| explain the method ut It upping' ihd Much boar. W licit (hoy have once gained eti* trance to » .corn-field they will, upon all subsequent visits, follow ibeurigiunl track, unlca> such changtris unde in the ttate vt ullhirs its lo excite their suspicion. They ate fond of (be tender corn when- it is "in itie milk/' hut unlike tbe ’toon, am! other animats that pu-y upon die grain, they not only cat mud), but they »cem also inspired with mi intense deshe of mischiel, as they hivntiahly ihnisb about utid lfl.tr.np, and t til it a vast amount ol corn which they cannot consume. ‘ The trapis shaped like a lox-lmp; with jaws from ten indies lo aNfoot Ju height, and stout springs tqion boliieiuls. These jaws mo armed'withdiarp teeth, or spikes, li mn two to three indies in length, which are firmly. tivelejl itpmt the mider side, mtd when closed stand about mi indi 'and-■a-half apt!it. To this trap is-made fast (a .'tout chain, lung enough to allow a fair ' sweep, upon the end of which is tm it on ! ting soms six inches in .diameter. .into ■ this rtug is dtiven a **clog”—a stick ol i strong wood some three feet in length—-?. I or, longer or shelter according to the tia* Itmo ol the patli ly which the-Lear will j make his exit. | II the nap weiit made 'fast, so that it could tut be dragged away j tire bear w ould ’Ins sure to cither tear him-|self-.out or break the trap. Upon finding | himself, in .suchIn “fix,” aud-.last,ttt that, j his-rage would (know no bounds. . But, ! by diicing -in the stout “clog 1 ’ wc.huve him secure enough. The moment hefinds himself in the itrop, he stmts off. We wi 11 be sure, -if [tbe fence bo • not,. far. off, that; bo; can, 'get over..that. When he reaches thorvootls be . will ere long find himself fust. ) The clog has got across two small trees between which he has passed. Now ho has gone .that far without any insurmountable obstructions, and he naturally fancies that-he Jbas blondorcd , into fault; so he carefully begins lo study his [way out. He knows the;trap, is hot absolutely fixed, bccansebehasalready dtagiged it a long distance, and hence bo will ■ not make any effort to.tear.Tiimself oat. Perhaps bo frees himself from tlus.troublo, and once more jogs along. But very soon he finds himself ;n another, “fix.” The trees are thick, and ho can pars where the transverse clog cannot. Slay to in j this effort or in-the next one, ho gels the Ichatn turned about a tree. All bis ingcinuity is at fault. Hie leg has become ini flamed and sore,au* every effort how gives •him the most excruciating pain. Holies; 'down and' find* that ho feola : oasier; and heir likely to lie until his trapper, him—-when powder and ball put an Ichd to his life. *

•“Yea, even the smallest/ • < ‘**Aro.lbe merchant, .‘he manufacturer, the laborer paid?' : “‘All paid.' 1 • ‘‘••Aro the tobacco and whiskey bills settled?*. : ‘“All; all I*

We all saw that not a moment was"to be lost. Wo'cullcd to Lauly to drop from his perch, but he did not: understand'us. Thu shrieks of tte mother drowned alltri.-s. On the next instant 1 resolved upon-a hazardous mocincnl. To reach either bank of. the ravine, which was hero very wide, made it necessary. U> go,hack some dis* tanco. Of course that would not do,— One mote cry from Mary, ami X hesitated no longer. .' ’ ' “Look sharp!* 1 1 cried to ray companions, and then, aiming for the body of the dog, I gave a leap down into the rocky gorge. 1 struck both feet upon the soft carcass, and fall forward upon my: .left hand, but was • iuMantly.upright. This movement, independent of any,intentiof mine, was evidently, the means, of the result which followed,-for." if attracted the float’s attention, aridgavc inc time to level ray rifle. Had 1 not tho brute turned her head she would have had her fatal pnw upon the poor-girl etc another eflectivo movement could, have been made. Bruin saw me-—saw that T was upon the rocks then turned once rii'qra towards her intended victim.- -On the instant I raised my piece and fired. .1 had aimed just behind .jhe. shrmldor, but - mitiscd tie heart.

’ • /“And have my people been provident? have they laid up a sufficiency to feed (heir cats and dog*?’ '“Vca, they have even done this/’ ‘“‘Well, my people are worthy. Now, go yo again.unto them, and if (boro bo anything left, tell them 1 to take it and pay the printer,”

Great Disco vsr v at Niagara Falls. -tA . fiao harbor of some two. hundred and fifty .acres has been discovered immediately above the rapids and below/Kp old Schlcsser bar. ‘ As much more canno dredged but at a small expense, giving s depth of ten to fourteen feet water. Hera-, tofpro, vessels could paly, come dowp, on the, American-tide, to, the old>tprp house, some two‘miles above, the Falls. A pier is'to he hia out abovo the Goat Island bar forabonthalf a mile into tbo river, aid the upper -bar cut so that vessels of twelve feet draft can go through and do wit tp lho mouth of the .great canal. This discovery has opened a geological wonder to the people of western New York, and '‘.it. will provo a groat commercial blessing to that community. It is expected that navigation will bo opened by the first of July' for all class .vessels.

; And the Copper make UreatiTd in hts>ar, Till he diia dream bliV, Mild w hVipslail I fce } tIre dusk y lake, Anil tVc phhe tahoeyf piy dcar?;’ : 2 i, ;ie &iw the !iki, amt ii raetcur blight ■ Ipiinkovt-r its star rati: 1 ■'WL'Iftane/' lu: de.if' unc’a light A*n l1l.u ijtih share cchavi!. Tar insiiy n jitgl.t,* , Jthcnajiukof.thcilci'ili-.cjjltl mahil; V- • Till lie liolluwM j! Until i.rihe Uir iiL-n t>.irl., ; - AV liich carried him utf ftprri lire shJte: { V ; F(ffJre fnllonvil llie meteorVpatk,: j, . 'T|’» wind was hifili antl ihc clutn'a. d'erc dark, * Ami the Umi tuintn’d no inrfc. linf oft form the Indian hittutr * camp - . v .;

. In a wotd, rascality, abounds among all classes, and, in all countries..'The The Devil is .stalking’ abroad in: open day-light, wit bout the precaution :to dress himself! And if the present generrlion of men could see’ tbcmsolv&t in the Gospel til ass, they are As Hell.—Knoxville Whip.. • .; •

;-Thi.vliKVf ;l»nl maiU cit liwr ' ; . i Jic U au r u f. rn i J i n s i. l il? m p, TiirnjysJ.C Lake by a fire fly jamp,);. <■' wLitejcanfirl •

. : “Down! dowit!—Drop!’'.I cried out to Maty*, os the bear heritalcd.'Tlio lope of escape had given the girl; uew strength, and while the beast yet made. another migiy utotton towards' her .she slipped from (he limb by her lumds, and dropped upon tho rocks, with a. few unimportant bmisce.- ' ' ■ \ , . . v 1 • ,

Where Lies the Fault?

Wo are frequently asked, Why wo cannot publish as Urge and as cheap a pa* per as those of the Eastern cities? wo can answer that in ft very few Words:-— Because you support the Easceni papers, mitt neglect your home paper. Thisis.the hole'ami,only reason.’ If Wcsfcnv incn ever learn wisdom enough to give their owu newspapers that support they afoaU ways so ready and willing to extend’ to Eastern jourhnlsf, (hen will Western publishers be able to tarnish large and cheap papers. Net till then. The thing'is. managed about in this way: An Eastern publisher proposes to issue a mammoth paper. It is decorated with a shoity lf ginger-bread head, and a hjghsounding title, Every No. is to be embellished with a huge “wood cut,"and to contain.a startling and,marvellous, story. Prospectuses are tent oat—the whole West runs wild about it—club’s arc farmed, and hundreds subscribe who never expended a farthing in encouraging their homo paper,. The result is, the publisher toon finds himself the fortunate possessor of 650,000; of which he expends one-half in issuing the “mammoth,” and pockets the other, half ns clear profit/ And his mail-books Sow that four-fifths : of that patronage comes from the West. Now, let ns look at the other side. A Western publisher propo>cs to issue a country paper. It is to be of moderate size and modest appearance, and to , be dovoted to homo interests, news, markets, &C.V He canvasses the country, and laborer to induce men-to subscribe for;' his paperiv And -. what is tho result?• Bo has obtained ...400 or 500. subscribers; and. of " this. number, twenty or, thirty, have paid hirudin advance,—a few,pay (Inring. the . year,—ami at the close .of his volume, ’he dnds, that at least 200 .of his “soppPriorsV are worthless; and - that; pf the: balance, -it.will cost ono-hajf tho amountof-their,indebtedness to.colldcl it. •. *- ■ V i>;-; I . V

A; DiidsAccnm Affair; —Certain inhabitants of Moretown, Vt., in order to rid tho town of the .support of a.pauper (hippie, Oeblo in body and mind, induced a men to marry her.' by tbo payment of 660 in hand and the promko of 840 in addition. It appeared tho would-be or hired husband professed to. entertain a special spite against the town of |iis own legal settlement, and hoped that he should by tho marriage, impose the burden on them. Iho ceremony .took place, and tho" parties. lived together about three weeks, when tho husband abandoned the wifei in cpnsumotion of his'original purpose, On her petition' for a decree of nullity, tho Court hold that the transaction was warding in all the essentials of a valid marriage. It was- a sham and pretence; and, in regard to the petitioner, it was a most flagrant and disgraceful frirud. .• , , - ■ ‘ • , . ■;/ ,

F'l ft H S I U li,' 6 T 0 IIV.

;• •:. * (From lliJ 'Xsv Vork A STARrirlltG AtJVBRTURB,

' With a snort*—>a half grunt—p[ rage, the bear'leaped fr.pm'iho liec, nijil'lurncd her head towards me.’ At that instant the report of Harris’s rifle rang out upon the air, ami the: huge bnitc rolled’.over with a slug through her heart! Mary sank down utterly poweiless, and cvcn.Lanty had to le helped from tlie tree, ns his fright had taken away all his strength. But we got themon the rocky shelf;at length, and fora while I feared wo should have touring, the .'mother to'her senses als-o, she was to completely overcome. Ben Gilroy pul .a ball through the head of the remaining ciih, arid ere long we started for'home, the huh having sunk from tight.a few minutes before 1 leaped into the gorge, so that now the shades of night were Tost creeping Ton. When the elder son returned from “the comer’* we took the horse. nml lantern, am) went out to the place whom we had left the bears. It Was past ten when wc got home, but wc had been surely'repaid lor our trouble. The skins were taken oft*, aud the dam was found lo weigh three blind ml ami eighty-nine pounds all dressed!—A heavy brnle, surely! From Mniy vre learned that the first notice they had. of their danger was the presence uf tho cub,which the dog attacked at once. She aud her brother were thfcn both in the rp ctyrq v 1 n’cj a ml, wh e n they saw the old hear cuniing.they started for the tree without.noticing tliqt ftnolher cub had gone up ahead of t hem, . They could not climb up the sides of thogorge without a risk of loosing footing, and the only easy avenue of egrets was occupied by the epproaching hqar. V , The feelings of ithe. parents, andof the brother aud sister, may be imagined; aud the reader, will not;wonder,that atmidnight wc took up ; 6nr empty trap.without the least regret. ; ; Yet wo- meant .to >et it again; ami j n the eamo place, top, for wc knew there were more hears in the neigh* boihood. .

nv‘ col. Walttut iu:m_U’.

I don’t profits to bo a writer. 1 like a’rille. better thin 1 like n.peiy and' hat! father (I'll for dainty faves in /a trout stream than for ideas, in an 'ink •Maud.. Vet I Imvo segn something of life in my il.iv, mid perlmp-i.somc ul my adventures u«y be wyll worth ft little iuk-» pilling ns i many tlir.l arcnlruady *‘iii print."' ! have wandered Uviir the Western prijiritw, nnd Miupud in the Jeep loresla ol the .Sierras-." •J hftvc pulletl a canoo the turbid waters or" the iiingltkl.hayotl, »1ld mad.'thy lint-in the in the dark recesses of the * Anil in the! forests hear jor. l|m ; AtliTnno bofird,.! ha'vu. seen siimr.aiting.of^nJ venture, Ido;- for ■ ho- it known Ihilftho wild" varmints” are not all e\* from New Kiigluiidyct. ’ So ; iny hrst.Eketcli sliaUhu from the luml of dim. pilgrims. . . . v j* r Jti the bOimilor'uf it small parly of us took‘a jaunl tb IhV\Y iiito Momitaiiisi wiili implements for guna tug-a ntl-> lulling. ;\Vo had tried our hiek hribug-all the principal- trout-fit reams,-and 'about flic test ptykeiel ptm is.* and - had *hurtied’iip a : grept deal of ppWder for a very .liutc game, having unmsbd ourselves by popping at a hullVeye upon o; piflnothing else offered itself. iP TL ere* were iluco beside my self in the parly, came Ben. Gilroy—roic.old of the best meiHhat ever join* .id wif party. He had n big holy, for htshoarfccould not have been held, ina

. ■ Peksiok Bii.l. —This bill, now before Congress, proposes that all invalid pensions shall not be ba lesfj.tbdn.cigbt dollars .porinouth in the highest degree, and in proportion in . a less degree, , to commence from the-occurrenco-of tho disability. It also vrovides that if'any person has died or ; - slial) die of injury'received, causality incurred, o’r disease contracted whilst in tbp line of ‘duty in the army, navy, or marine corps, his widow, or, if no widow, liis children shall receite a Monthly pension, to ybo computed, according to the rote of tbo present; navy pay; the rank of,army officers to bo assimilated to (hat of navy officers. Some exirfpWons are prqvided in cases wbero disability or death has resulted from vicious condnct or immoral habits.

’ Such were their cries, and as they came piercing Qiir very (iouls w.o harried,on.- I soph saw an opening where a, broad, flat, ledge-liko rocfc made out like a platform into • the -ravine, whichi ’ became abiirptly deeper herein: Oar host was the ’ firsl to roach it; ami as he did ho I saw him stop suddenly—throw up hia'hands in terror—and then cry ont im (he most .agonizing tones l ever heard4- - . ' • /-Oli! nfy God!” ' r ; ;

etriall boc* Ho bad teen some forty years 7fiiucd hisnatil morn, anil If he bad had sorrow* ho nerer'tqW them. Ho ivas not. over five ftx-£/;even--flnd yot he ,rtrntfd l tbo' beam at two hundred. His Vacb ,was, round and plump ashis “corpora,'trop,".and always the seat of smiles and .goodthumor. The .top of his patowas ? bal,d;' and the locks that gathered daintily . temples and neck were wall bo*, . ,pp"nnkled i idlU grey-.*, But ho could run. .d-havo seeV-hiui run a . cricket-race when

. Dkad to the Law.—A queer story, is going thprounds, pf r au Arkansas man wfip o>vncd nn citato' of.85,0d0, who want off and wasnot.hea’rd of fob foiir years. : ‘Administration *on his estate was granted; his property distributed t and his affaire wound up. /But one day the poor .fe)loiy, comeback, appeared at ;tho probailo court,, and insisted that howasalive; .whorepppn, the judgoflpw into a violent ppssij)n,j9mi threatened to commit him for contempt of 'court' for daring to dfs’pVUTthV^eWrd//'The poor man fled, and has not since been heard of.

'•■ It was nil he could eny; for on the next moment ho bad to seize his wife to prevent her from leaping off : amongst tho rocks below. j^When 1 came up I saw a sccno that made my blood run cold, and caused my heart to leap t) my throat. Upon, the rocks below us, which were at a depth of some fifteen feet, I saw the mangled carcass of the dog and a dead cab. In . a low brown ash tree, wbicb grew out from the side of the bank, and hnng over tho gorge, were the two chUdred, one more cub, and an enormods shebearl The cub bad run up the body of the ln.j, and was now clinging thereto with bis back banging downward. Mary bad taken to the tree also, and was upon a stout limb which ran out parallel with tho ravine; while Lanly had found a perch upon another limb nearer to us. The old bear wasjust making herwny to thelimh upon which Mary was seated when we came up! What was to bo done? Tho dog had evidently made tho first attack upon tbo cub and, having kiltcd.it, had himself been killed. The second cab had taken to. tho

. Tbo reader 'can , readily r .perceive .wly Western papers generally load a life. If you wishdhem to grow ia. size and jncreaso in. interest) - you have* the remedy athand.'r.Spply it, or cqasoyqur grmnblipgf.C ' , r V/

DuacmrnoK or a Cow.—At 'a sale-of farming stock in Gloccstershirc, England, the Auctioneer gave the following extempore description of a ■

‘Utij'dompy-legB were absolutely invisible ; toJor ■■ their, .lightning*like quickness, of ..jmpitpn.'j Kaex. Old .HeStU shall. never rjfbrgci!tUeo;nor con myjo vc for thee grow

'! A,'Beautiful SiotiinCATioK.—/‘Aid-’ bama,”! signifies in* the Indian language "Hero we rest! 1 * A story is told 1 of a tribe of Indians who lied from A relentless Too to the trotUIcss tforcstiin : ; the ; eputhwest..' i a Weary Maud , uavcl ’wora, thdy reached a .nbblo-river which- flowed through a beautiful country;,! .

it£"Th# : Atlanta,(Alo.) Intelligencer states, \Vestern and Atl antic Riylroadgjycs a bonus to such men as agree (o abVtam'irdin spirituous liquora'ala beverage, vaiying according to t(ieir posts. 'Eygine rach mccivo 837 BO; tohduclora indtrnhi hands, fireraen r woodpasi* ets,*rfilfc pertquarter. Of the employee* of the road 71 have agreed to, tho.regnlation.

* ** The cwcl was 1 JiAllIolson—"Edmund his,’natural name was; but f dtnaver'heard him,;palled else hut plain «:N*w* »:Ha wak younger.than Ben—some *^iyhV ; *ijght year&—nDd just Ben's oppom'nw^lnfing.tall and* slim, well formad, and possessed of good blood and • nhvicteu iHfiibadyrhftt is vulgarly denomfr«i headl and it so happened aVhid as his'Hair, though fwaar or f yaS’ih, no wise rvtha result'of any Internal application of Hquy «rt»tftftCW. T ;Ha was a‘whola*EOul*. held,ft char/ictor above re*

Long in her sides; bright in her eyes, •, ■ Sbotl in her legs, thin iti her. thighs, i * Uig in her ribs, wide in;her pins,' Full in her bosoml smoll in her shins,. Long in her face, fine in her tail, And never deficient in filling her pail.

We found the place where the hear cn* tpred the corn-field to bo an excellent spot far the trap, as a quantity of fine boughs had been trodden down directly in the path. The farmer cut us o clog from a small beech but, and having fixed it within the ring, wo hid our trap-under the brush-wood, and then fixed everything as neatly as possible to what it was before. After this W« returned to our host’s cot.

• The chief of tho band struck hla.tentpole in thegrbund.andexclaimd:! "Alabama! Alabama!” (“Hcrowc shall'rest! Here wo shall rest!”

A Preparatory Leb bon.— Before any man sets out to invent perpetual motion, wo recommend his practising the triek of getting into it basket and lifting bimsell by tboTiaiidles. When ho' succeeds ot that, lie Can gp’d-hend with perpetual motion with some prospect of success.

S3T Sixty-six battles were fought during the Revolutionary War; the first at Lexington, Mass, on the 10th,-of April, 1776, and the last at JameslBland, S, C., on tho 28th of August, 1782.

Ukubai/tuv.—To fall in love •with another man’s wife/ In' Arkansas, this kind of thing usually "terminates in death" the first year.