Weekly Messenger, Volume 3, Number 151, Vevay, Switzerland County, 3 October 1834 — Page 1
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A1013T TEUM, 1531
i ITIOMA3 JOHNSON.
vs. Lihcl fee Ilirorrn.
SARAH JOHNSON, ) TfoX THIS l)At to wit, the 4ih day of lhc
(Vj- We are :igain com: cued i issnc a ban j . , i . i ,. . , , ... ' . , , , , ', ithesai.l 1 v -n:s. Jo.mson. b hi? counsel, and h ps sheet; but are hourly, looking I. r c: ionr:.e man i, , .,, ;- , . . , . ,
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wiui promise perspii uiun, wmie uie nulla sei-fcnou-.ti joo-i per
to help in tlie oliiee. I ItCMuiic,: ik-v snail be made up j)rinp;ly Jo, wo Iiac u huge buck of interesting matter on hand-
to soota
.'sni-ri. for re
s-.-lve tiiC Ltlll.U ol ui.itrioioti
z-u between him nt.d ihesaid Sarah
need in said bill; and il
i nonoariioj to
David IL Mumdl having n-igrl r.l'i his in
leicst ot, in, to, ami ovor the vipckiV .Messer.:
to
for
Sept. 13, 1S31.
i IIS: CI'll
the satisfaction of said court, that
All is not a reside of ti e state of
iana. it is ".dcrcd by the court, that notice of
ub-ncv of said bill be givca by publication
aid S.-
, , ' , , ! . i ' .the pca;h ?u:v oi fani on: ol- -1 . e;.- uy puoiieatioii Jared Lhamborlip, ceases. p.is. to be aa aei:: . , , , ,,. . , ....... , ' ... ir-- 'he U'v;.-:.'(');r:i) a ?nvcr printed illiam I.. rveoa,and Keen and Lnod, , , ,. , , , r . ' rf t . .i . .., tc, laiid pnbiislicd at I iintc-i 6 Ii-M'.,f, in the count v
ciiolgua at L.vp,F.NrF.r.rn(;n.
of ,u-
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fc , P 1 . 1 1 . ..H... .111.1 .11'., IN' M.... .I.H..1. . i ' - . I I'll lll inc. ICP lacon?eivieiH-eofihe( l.o.cra imueasinj: i!;!v if ,e..t crm , tilis an;, at!SXVer in us nialign.tY in Lnwrencel.urgli. the Vm lin nr ,hc ma!u.M atui wiJ1 be ,,c
court, tlien in the nnoilie ol 1 tie se.-?io!i, rojoio n -j r;ll;il(.d j;, irr a;
cd on iMondav lat- 'I he disease chiJv attri
buted to the recent fencing of a or near the town. Heretofore.
stagnant pond in 1 lie castle, h gs.
fcc. had free access to its water and ate en nod
destroyed the veritable ?ub:
;ccs that urew in
and about it-which is now suio-rcJ to grow and ETTi:HS ie,nai:iin? iilc post obke r decay, find p-nson the miasma mat sunvunos i: : Pli.;.(.! i;e;iC;:J, ludi.na. on the 30ih and carries deal!; the neighboring inl.abitants. s.-..,..c.n,l.r i-
I In Lawrcnct b-irp:i, last v. ce!. Tlinnvas Jones, was convicted ,r stcalinc 15 and a i," cut knife i and sentenced to !? years in the state prison and i
to pay a fine of t3() ol) 1 lira in Ibirk'.r. for stabbing, with intent to Kill, '2 oar in state piisoii. and line -5. A judgment was re tide re J against llussel C'oinan late colli ctor of taxes, atui hi?, se-cniitit-s. lor something over i 2 f.liO- We prognosticated this issno, when ve li.sl heard i his appointment, j'idgi:i0 from rctr.e acts ol "his in this county.
vant sunk nearly insensible by the side of the bed. At lhc same time the whole house seemed to be in an uproar, for though they had covered themselves over head and oars, they could still hear an incessant noise and clutter which served to increase their terror. At length all became perfccllv still in the
house. And the landlord ventured to raise
hi head, and steal a glance at the door; hut the ghost was gone! JSobcr reason began to resume it? power. At length the poor girl
was brougot to hersell alter a good deal of shaking. In a short time they picked up sufficient i outage to go cut of the bed room, and to commence an examination of the house, which they expected to find in great disorder. Ior were there anticipations unfounded. The w hole house had been stripped by thieves
and the tientleman had decamped without
r.ee. and this cause is con'.isi- inr f,r ,.liri,,,r; It inmrwl mil dnl
he was no oilier man than an accomplice ol
the notorious Arthur idiambcrs, w ho was executed at Tyburn in 1TUG and that the supposed corpse was this arch rogue himself, who had whitened his hands and face with chalk. Mid merely counterfeited death. About midnight he quilled the collin, and appeared to the maid in the kitchen. When she flew up stairs, he softly followed her. and, sealed at
the door of the chamber, he acted as a sentinel, so that his industrious accomplices were enabled to plunder the luu;t without the lea;t molestation.
th7'J52 persons who died of the plague the olliccr by the hand after removli iu no-
were buried m one year, in the city of iN or-j prehensions bv iiiemilv gestures. ud carried wic'.i, 57,374 persom4died in six month. Inthim home with him to" his hut, thore he treatt!ir r-i I v of Yiii L' ill.. nmrl:ilih- .nn'.! . 1 I . ,1 I ,: . i. . 1 . i . i
w. - . ...w , .. v ....i . in uj uiiii iviiii at ;tu:Ti.u:itV anil 'TMi?!)'!
ie-5 s!:iv,' tiian hi con: paoion.
ionaon, tne ueau w ere tnrown into pit; lor-j less hue
r I IV. In it nut.' 'irrn li. .' IrMl nw. .1 .1 .1 t I
vr. .v.. ......... M.,n.iui'jia ii,,,, i,.e .!)ciiiKee language, an.
eio ioc(i as ounai places, uic Cintr cti-vanis course arts in n-
for three woes saceessivc! v, at
to t;r: n : term ot this
lied. A row Test .
DAVID L SHOOK, clerk U.C C. CnAVF..s& 'c i.i.i v.x p' 'i'.ioioid a'.tornies. Versailles, ,Sco. OctobvrS.
iiil'iii r ( ,(.-- iiet!)Io.
being found insuflii ient for t!ie purpose. No they lived well sat Miod with each ctlier
illempt wa? made to pert rin lliis a?t ohic
with tlie. us'.;a! care and derencv. D'en and
! t!c A:;d One
jo:dy point o! the edd man's dep.: t'liu-il coul i jnot but -ive the .on;:-.- ofi-r.erso.i.o unoi.-mrssT
broad ditches were made, in which t!ie dead i he would sometimes MirprWe the r avioo-lixin"'
! I . ... ... .. J
Louies were laid in rows, covered w.isi earth. '.Ins evi's u-. on i,!m. ,. .,011. :,ui-v 1..
y-j.i ii
atid Mirmounted with anot'ierlayerof hod'n-s.iaud stead!. utly at him, he would lei lull s-. whicli were also covered. The mortality fell tears.
chie-tlv upon the lower classes of society.
aid
and among them, principally upon old men. women, and children. In these respects, this plague seems to have ddferod from some of the plagues in the I7t!i ccnlurv, which (ell
particularly among the upper classes."! It 'along wit!
Lewis A. Ciatk. 2 Samuel Butler John De'Tjiw Tuarv Ri h n!s. WILLIAM C. KEEN. P.. V. October 3.
To thr hrirs r.nri legal rr.-ir.-enln!ics cf Ihinnivcll ll.mkell, fomf.7, lair of Crai? lotrnffu'iK
Srailzcrlaitl tGi(n;i, stale of Imlicmc:, and to all
Ilhode-Island Ti-.f cn vrn'ion h".s rej e'ed every endeavor t essentially vary nr change tie right of sr.tVrage. a it now exists inthat stato; "h.ev liavc strictly adhered to die land ipjahlieuti'iii, except in the case of cities' s -is.
On the ftth day of J?.-pte:nhr. the Preside!. ef the United States, left 'l.e lleaiiitnc, U.r the seat of government.
.1
oilier pcrn-r.st !;. renal.
iXriilJMA, hei(.tof..ro, to wit. on the
2G:h day of October, A. 1) lb2!) Hun-!
oiwil! Haskell, of Craig township, Switzerluiid
rniniiv, state ot Indiana, executed and deitvciK
to the undersigned, his Ik nil or oh igatio
umU rbis baad and seai, cud wi'nessct
Harvey atu! !. Lau.son.f.ir the conveyance of (he following described piece, panel or tract of land, i.i diy irw m hip, ci-uniy md jia'e nb rcsaid, henu iled and ecsctibid as fo'Luvs " FOilTV acres,
n
! .
There are four congressional disiricts in the city of Philadelphia the election thkes p'a c. ( n the 14th inst. Tl.s f'-lb'wiiig are the nati.es e l the anti-administration candidates: W ATMOUGII. H AUPMIi. I NJMIUtOP, 41 OWEN. The names of the administration candidates, are L ILEA III"), A SH. S UTHF.RLAND, H OKX.
T h fs it I ein a part id" the s aitii-east qr. tv. e;,t v-ilve. in t.nvi ship two. range (bur, east e in lii'iaa line, in the district of lauds olkr r sale at Cincinnati, Ixamd as follows, to beginning at the noi'di-east cor-
s'jrodcn, and running west, sixtv
. to the l.mi' ef (.in rge Wuliet ther.c,a- : Widiei's line, wes, to Peters'' land thence h. dow n thi; branch, to the land of Smith Gar
N).
ft!
cd !"
wi: i.'.r ( f I ! ;sk
STEAM HO AT ACCIDENT. On the 2d tilt, the steam boat Tom, which car-
ion. Si'li
u 1 t ; c tie;' r.s! tl.ci.ee l.-.i la, niiin :"" so ?. .mi a
n; the branch, to the state road to thn pardon or place of begin, the sum of fJCO weic fully and
finally paid, in partial sums and ut times in said head mentioned all of w hich sum of Js JoO, has been fully am! finally paid, to the administrator of said Haskell's estate, by the undersigned And w'icrca-, the said I lunniw ill Haskell i has, since the making of said title bond, departed tins life, w ithout hiving made the necessary provisions by
! w i U or otherwise for ihe conveyance of said land,
r:ed tbe mail trom .I.biIe to EI.ikcIv. must ber , therefore, noii. o is l,r,. !,v tn ,!. t,..;,.; .,.,.1
boilers, which made a complete wieek cd the 1-3 rr presentaiives ef the said I1UNNI1V1LL boat, and destroyed the Mies of almost all on 1 HASKELL, deceased and all others i:i any way lTli- or manner interested, that the undersigned, will petition and imve tiie j id je of the Switzeiland A smart tornado passed through the city of: Probate Ci url, on the "first day af the ne.t N'o-
Cnat lesion, . Con tlie dlsl ult. It look with ; vember term of said court, (to be. hidden in ths
tow n of Vevay. Codntj aibiesaid, en IMondav, the tenth day of N'oveml.t r next,) to appoint a com-
A i:mir of comitorfoitrrt; invr hrnt m-rosl I Ml?siosi:r. to ceanev said tract of land, bv deed.
cd in Rahwav. X. J. Thev are Asahel IJalJ-i j11 1''""''- '' the condiiionsof said wiittcn ohwin :.r.,l if" M-irL- Tb.bl,,-!,, ..,,,1 M.., t I !;g tt i' -'tt, a nd the s-tatutcs in meh casts made and
Green.
it the vegetable market
1 1'ltu ided.
The Eaton, Md. (."azette mentions (he id-
most entire failure of the Indian corn crop in j
Cr;
i 'I tow nsi.
JAoIES CIIA.'G. , fepfembef 'J:.
that district, horn the drought, ihe recent 1
be of
rains came loo late to to that grain.
any service
CilOST STDiiV. In the year 1 TO 1, a gentleman (o all ap-
ipear.ince of lareg fortune, took furiiished lod ! u'ltigs in St lo seetare. After he had resided
A colored woman died at Xew York cm ! there some weeks with his c stabhshmcnt, he
Thursday week, by cholera. at the advanced i 'osl his brother, who had lived at Ilampstead,
nge of lUv) years. It is supposed that she w as the oldest person in the city at the time of her death.
A New York paper slates, that pure Anthracite coal has been discovered on the Hud on liver, opposite Poughkeepsie.
The Inquisition in Spain has been suppres scd by a royal decree.
A IJrm's lament.
vi Hint; meiia i ie experienced a serious
Tlie owners of the tra-
oS
lately at Hartford, in the death of the Rhino
ceros, valued :t a very large sum. Tlie first notice they had ofisir death was -ivn by the laughing H etia, which, upon this occasion, changed Ids tune, and awakened the keepers V a low hollow moan.
and who on his death bed particularly desired
a a famiiy vault at Wcstmin-
Lisr or jj:tt:hs.
T5BEMAIN1NG at the. post- III re at IM unit ! "iR ' u e mowing ig.ne eme.ee Stcrlbir, Indiana, on the :i;tli day ol Sep i ltf''' down in a chair opposite tood.-r, !,:$;" which if not taken out SH". re the T1,c ,n;,,(1 !).v no n)Ca,,s
1st day of Jamnrv nrxt. -'i!l be tct:t to the e,cne-
ra. 0 .
idia'e,
as dead letters.
J"se-jih Aikinsoti J oin s Cooper, S irah E.lsTon , Hem v II. Mitchell, Joseph Todd,
(ii-.ire V. Raid win, '111 ..mis Cole, Riis-m-I! i nn l. Harvey l'eae, J ;ip b :d hti ie.
E. PEUNEP. pi u.r.i,t M lualsrerling. 0 --tuber 1.
TO FAH.MEK.S
n ,i -, r.w cr ol a la mi, .!,' mite a! ve
Jl s mvilie, w ish ti ll in T't I'NTV .M il!
Jaek-
lo lie imerred
tier Abbey. The gentleman requested his landlord to let him bring the corpse of his brother to his lodgings, ;l;id (o make arrangements there for the funeral. The landlord without hesitation signified Ids compliance. The body, dressed in a white shroud, was 'brought in a verv hat:dsome coli'm and placed in the great dining room. The funeral was to take place the 1 ext day, and the lodger and 1 - . 1.1
ma servants went out to m.ue lio; necessary preparations for the solemnity, lie. staid out late, but this was 1.0 uncommon thing The landlord and his family conceiving that tliev had no occasion lo wail lor him, retired to bed as usual, about twelve o'clock. One maid seivanl was left up to h-t hini in, and to boil .-erne water, which he had desired might be
ready on his return. The girl was accordingly sitting alone in the kitchen, when a tall
pectrc looking Itgurc entered, and clapped
lo her. one of the mo.-t
I mud ol her sex: but she was terntu d oeyond
expression, lonely as she was al this unexpected apparition, l-ttering a luud scream, she llew out like an arrow at a side door, and hurried to the chamber of her master and misties?. Scaicclv had she aw akened them, and i oiio,,uiiicaed lo tlie whole family some portion oi the flight with hiih she was hersell ovcr.h ln, d, "when the -pedro. enveloped io a shroud, and with a death like naleiies-.
made ils appearance. and sat down in a chaii
in (1
bed loom, without their having observ-
! d how j( entered.
'b
, O!
-t o all was.
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,a stub ide, verv no lhov. and can ! e
mi Ho' t te iimni'iii. : v.i.ioo; ireM!igi 10
liu lai.d : roii( d ils gluing eves so iMgnt.udy, and so
,11 ...-I
ground m ;i
tlowo ! casdv now. mdwitii
A:-T'b. to lime C:i:iaibtr!l!l
not a 1 realnre could get away
o: to Ihe inpa: it loti, winch
ol.lli
r: a' tiiii clli e. September
Tim Gin-: at imvi;iisai, rr.AGur:. Tlie diilercnl plagues which had visited Great Rrilain w ithin the last 5J0 cars, were
summarily adverted to in the lust number of the journal, particularly that in London, in the year 10o5. It was then: slated that one
1 I of the greatest of these pestilences occurred in
scd by V i''lc r-,'-n of Edward III.; and as this was per-
naps me most dreadful and the most universal plague which is related in modern history, it is worth while to present a more lengthened description of its character rind duration. For this purpose I take the liberty of abridging an excellent account of this great plague from a recent number of Frazils Muquzinc.
"This dreadful pestilence, like the cholera,
made ils first appearance in the east. It arose in China, Tarlary, India, and Egypt, about the year l'3if. It is ascribed by cotemporary writers lo the general corruption of the atmosphere, accompanied by the appearance ol millions of small serpents and other veno
mous insect'', and in clber places quantities 0! huge vermin, with numerous legs, and of a
hideous aspect, which tilled the air with putrid exhalations. Making every allowance for tlie ignorance and credulity of the nge, il appears that some natural causes had contributed to corrupt the air, and load it with pestiferous vapours. Il came into England in the year EX8; and it rained from the previous Christmas until Midsummer, almost without ceasing. Great inundations followed, and accumulations of stagnant water, bv which the whole atmosphere was poisoned. If appears that in many countries there were also earthquakes and tremblings of the earth. In many
of the accounts given of these convulsions of
nature, we may presume there was a good deal of exageration. Rut the testimonies arctoo numerous and respectable to leave any doubt that, before and during the pestilence the element were in a slate of general convulsion which seems unparalled in history. The plague extended it ravages fiotn India into the more western parts of Asia, into E-
gypt Abyssinia, and thence into the northern
parts ol Alnca. Jt proceeded over Asia Mi
nor, Greece, and the islands of Archipelago,
almost depopulating the regions over w hich it stalked. It mav be literally said to have
(fccimntci the world, even though we were to
take this term, as implying the destruction of
amc, in place of one outol ten. Ihe plague iippcar to have staid five or six months in one place and then to have gone in search of fresh victims. Its symptoms arc minutely described by many writers, and appear to be the same in every country il visited. Jt generally appeared in the groin, or under the arm pit?) where swellings were produced, which broke out in sores, a'.tcndcd willi fever, spit
ting, and vomiting of blood. Lhc patient frequently died in half a day generally within a day or two at the most. II he survived the third day, (here was hope, though even then many fell into a deep sleep from w hich they never awoke. From Greece the plague passed into I".lj. The Venetians having lost 100,000 souls fled from their city, and left it almost uninhabited. At Florence 00,000 persona died in one year. France next became exposed to ils ravages, and the morlailily w as horrible. The malady proceeded northward through France till it reached Paris, where il cut olf 50,01)0 people. About tlie same time it spread into Germany, where its ravages are estimated at the enormous amount of 12, 100,000 souls.
At last this fearful scourge began to be felt in England . About the beginning of August, 13 IS, il appeared in ihe seaport towns 011 the coast cf of Dorset, Devon, and Somersetshire, whence it proceeded to Rrislol. The people of Gloucestershire, immediately interdicted all inter
course w ith Rristol, but in vain. The disease ran or rather flew, over Gloucestershire. And thence it spread to Oxford, and about the first of November reached London. Finally, it spread over all England, scattering every where such destruction, that out of the whole population, hardly one in ten was left
alive. Incredible as this statement may an
was remarked, that "not one king or prince of any nation died of the plague, ami of the English nobility and people of distinction very few were cut off. Among the higher orders of the church, the deaths were rare.'" It appears that no precautions could prevent the influence of the contagion. The bonds of society were loosed ; parents forsook children and children parents ; some fled to (he country, others locked themselves up in their houses, and many went on board vessels. Rut even where the fugitives were followed, for the destroying angel had a foot on the waters as well as on the land. "The pestilence spread into Wales ai d into Ireland. As to the Scots
they are said to have brought the malady up
take hi
1.
on themselves.
fenceless stale
However, 011 (lie return of the spring the Abcn.ikees took the held again, and proceed ed in quest of tlie English. The oi l man, who had still remains of vigor enough to bear the fatigue- of war, went
his countrymen, not ,ori: (ting to
prisoner wish h;m. They made a
marco o! aoovetwo hundred lengu js through the trackless wild-, and i'm-sts of (hat country, till, at length they discovered an English camp. This lhc- old savage showed hisyoUng companion at ihe same time eyeing him wishi -illy, and i lose iy marked his couiite-n.inee. There," -aid he, --are the brothers, waiting to give us battle. What sn"st thou ' I
preserved lite hotn death. I have taught th ;c lo build canoes to m ik-j hows and hirows to catch ihr; deer ia the forest io wield the hatchet with ail o ir arts of war. What vvnsl (ho., who., Ur,j- (;1CC home lo my d.-(!i;ng? Your hands were as the hands of a little child: thev could serve ihoe hut lit
and, (or
rallier
Taking advantages of the de- tie for their defence, and .etlc;5 for piovi-
ved to avenge tne in uries tnev had su lie red
under the Edwards.) the)- made a hostile irruption with a large force into the country. But they had not proceeded far when the plague overtook them. They perished in
thousands, and earned the disease w ith them 1 into Scotland, where its ravages were soon as destructive as they were in England. Early in the year 11)10, the plague began to abate": and by the month of August it had entirely disappeared. lis consequences, however, continued for some time to be severely felt. During the prevalence of the disease, the cat
tle lor want of men to tend them, were allowed to wander about (lie fields at random, and perished in such numbers as lo occasion a
great scarcity. Though the fields, too, were covered with a plentiful crop of corn, much of it was lost for want of hands to reap and gather it in. The last dregs cf this great
plague were drained by that unfortunate race ihe Jews. A belief spread over several countries that they had produced the pestilence by poisoning the wells and fountains ; and in many places they were massacred in thousands by the infuiiatcd populace. In several p.-.i Is of Germany where this persecution chiefly raged, the Jews were literally exterminated.
Twelve thousand of them w ere murdered in the single cityMentz; and multitudes cflhcm in the extremity of their despair, rhut thetrtselres up in their houses, and Consumed themselves with fire. The extent of such atroci
ties, in a barbarous age, may well be imagined, when we remember the outrages which
were at first produced in some parts of the continent by the cholera panic.
Definition of a drunkard. A pious divine of
the old school, says: A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the cattcrpiller of industry, the tunnel ef wealth, the alehouse hencfucter, (he beggar's companion, the constable's trouble, the woe of his w ife, scoff of his neighbor, his ow n shame, a walking swill tub, the picture of a be 1st, and the monster of a man.'"
resol-joing tne means of su-tcnance. And thv soul
was in Ihe dark: thou wert a sir. 11 ger (o ail necessary knowledge to me thou owest hie the means of lib. every thing. (Jould'st ihou, then, be ungrateful enough to o over to join thy (otiidniucn, and lift the hatchet against us.'"' Tiie young EnglM.mnr; made answer, '-that I. .. 1 II ! 1 . t
lie Siiooui, u was 1 rue l ave a nisi icpugnnmti. to the carrying aims against tho-e ol I. is own nation, but that he would never te.ru them aguiust the Abenakecs; whom, so long as he should live he would consider ;;s his brothers."' Al this the savage dejecied his head, a:. 1 lifting up Ilia hands, covered his lUce with them, as il were in deep meditation. Ait r
lie Had remained some time. 111 t.us attitude, he looked earnestly at the English officer, and said lo him ia a tone of grief, mixed w ith ten
derness "ilait thou a father?"' ' lie was alive,'' answeed the young man, "when I left my country?"'
"O how unhappy must he be'."" sni
id the sa
Irish Js'cgro. An Irishman with his family landing at Philadelphia, was assisted on shore by a negro, who spoke to Patrick in Irish. Patrick taking (he black fellow for one of his countrymen, asked how long he had been in America. About four months was the reply. The chop fallen Irishman turned (olds wife and exclaimed, ' Rut four months in this contry, and almost v.t black as jet!' A soldier went into a shop at Rrightoii (o purchase some (rilling article, and observing some fed herrings lying on the counter, asked what they were. To which the shop keeper replied, ' Soldiers, my friend!' -Arc thev sof icjoincd the son of Mars! 4 then 111 take thctn as deserters.'' And he walked olf ith the prisoners, lo the great amusement of the by-slanders, and chagrin of the witty dealer. From a London Align zinc of 1755. L'lirstKi i:trBa1ivr. THANSI.ATEI) FROM Tilt FUKXCII. During the last war in America, a band of
savages having surprised and defeated a parly of the English, such of those as were not ac
tually killed on Ihespot, had very lit lie chance
of getting away from their enemies who were
much more quick 0:1 foot lhan they, and who
pursuing them with unrelenting ftirv, used
(hose whom fhey oveitook with burbaritv almost without example, even in those countries. A young English officer pressed by (wo sa
vages, who were making at him with uphlted hatchets, had not the least hope of escaping deatii, and thought of nothing less than to sell his life as dear as he could. Just then, an old savage advanced wilh a how, in the act to pierce him with an arrow ; but after taking aim al him, all n a sudden he drops his point, and runs to throw himself between the young Englishman and the two
barbarians, who were goin Jo massacree lum
vage. After a moment's pause of silence, he added: "Dost Ihou not know tiiat I, too, was once a father? alas! I am no longer one; no -I am no longer a father! I saw my son fall in battle. He: fought by the -ide of me. I saw him die like a man ! die ! covered with wounds as he fell! Rul I revenged him."' As he pronounced these words with tiie most pathetic emphasis he shuddered: lis
seemed to breath wilh pain ; choaked wilh in
ward groans, which he was endeavoring ta stifle. J Ii 5 eyes looked wild; but no tears came from them. Little by little the violence; of his agitations ceased; he grew calm and turning towards the East, he pointed towards the rising tun, and s;:id to the young Englishman, Sec'st thou yen beauteous luminary the sun, in all its splendor? Docs the sight of it afford thee any pleasure?"' "lrndoull"edIy," answered the officer; "who can behold so line a sky without delight ''' 'And yet to me it no longer gives any!' said the savage. After pronouncing these words he turned and easting his eyes on a luish in full flower: 'See!'' s-iid he, ''young man! does not that gay appearance of flowers give thee a soi l of
joy to look at?"'
'I1 doc?, indeed, replied the officer. " And ye t," says (he old man "it delights not me!"' Upon which he added with some degree of impetuosity "depart! haste! fly to yoti camp of thy friends. Gel homethat thy father may still see with pleasure the rising of the sun, and the floweis of the spring.'' Extraordinary Esczpc. A -oldicr ef the Ivd Highlanders was severely wounded at Waterloo; but, unfortunately for poor Donald hedid not wear his usual costume on that day. A musket ball entered his (high, and could not be extracted. A tumor formed, however, in which a l uge incision was made, and Ihe ball a! length extracted, together with a five franc piece (the full size of a dollar) and a small portion of his pantaloon. Tiie former must have struck the centre of the coin, ami driven it into the wound. Donald shortly afterwards recovered.
A similar c ircuii.sbinec occurred at Pam in 1S11. GencralsOinanoand Roimel fought a duel. The other who piqued himself on being a crack shot, took aim at his adversary 'a heart and fired. Surprised that his shot had not taken eliect, he exclaimed, " What, sir, are you r.ot dead .'"' '-NIo answe red his adversary. " Wc ll."obsetved General Ronncf, that is verv singular; for when 1 fire I gener
ally kill !"' Meantime, General Ornano percei
ved a mark of a bull which appeared to have struck him and glanced olr, its progress having In enslopoed bv a few live franc nieces h
Ins waistcoat
poc
" .lo; bleu,"' oxohii med
lionnct, ' v ou had some money well placed." A writer in the New York Farmer esti
mates the number of dogs in the United States to be 1, HO: 1,000 mid the expense of keeping
'hbb-n.iilv !-:. !-.' iu f .limes. that thr-veouhl
ret bear to look at it. The master aod mis- rear it -ecms borne cut by detail of coctem- These drew back out of respectto tha uwlicns them upw ;uJi cf 5 ;R000,000 annuillv.