Weekly News, Volume 1, Number 30, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 15 September 1854 — Page 1

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An Independent Paper Devoted to the Interests of the People. News, Agriculture, Education, Literature, the Markets, &e.. &c. NUMBER :)0. VOLl Mh 1. RLSLXli INDIANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 18ol.

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A . il "u" 1 ; A i I to l'e w e : e be!...' . e i W ,:S ; . er t : 1 no .-' st f..y o bee s-.lJ-tP With tl thing so ::i 1 '', ;h..t he :- ' ' 1 ll'.s en'r.i! t-e tai si nit g- ', ' He: r i .o ri'-re than e nn an a

to. 'ed between I' ,1 x " ' e

jew

li nil !-:::.: i . i ;.n av :..i:n:ng, ly CHARLES C . SCOTT. ' 'a:-i. ' :...v V.:'.:. .-v. .vo! I.. N v s-ry . IJ'it- of i1wr:pt:o!i i'r Y:;inveu - ------ Si :,'

:".v aJh ivi ;

Iwiits nf Adv.-rtiiiifir. A ! i,rn-c:::-HV !v she Vi ar. r' - -.: 0 - - :j. " ;' -1 Ice, I h

to-i.lg nize I'

ve, "that I should ht w ho v. or.5.1 reeany of your faces. ";.iv own mother

"I thought," said the stranger in the ho

: low voice i ! a cor.snrn'

find some et.e her. e dcct me. I re-ce-. And vet." he add-.-

did hot know me." There wa-s a quirk n.oveitvu.t In the gr-np abor.t him at thoe words, a:.-.l every ee was Wi.t up. ?; him. but ro o:,e spoke. ' Pea?on iVlton, resumed the ug'y mar, "year son Bill .i!.d 1 used to go to fcohuol to- : gcther d -wn at the creek." 'L"rd help us," .-aid the good -hi deae.-'a. "to think o! the changes! Wt-!!," he a.id-

Tt was thiity miles as I said to 1- j n.y position. 1 was alone unci: an emilm: -What time can vou m ike it in?" said I to the i which was tearing madly forward at the r..-

have rallied. Hat there was semethh g hehlhsh in that stonv jgaze alone visi"

he.o.cef as

Vm. "I r.r. pi.utei's of I-..

upon the 'atf'.-m with

of sixty

orseventy miles an hour, rapidly sip-

e ran over the road in three proachitig my viestmatior:, about to dash Ik a ian hour w ith engine," said hu.g, at full speed ii to ati caer fti:d cci!e.:

ericd I, "a;.d I will give vou twenty dollars. , management and government of the cray Kvcry minute is worth a h-rU:ne" 1 must i thi'-.g than an infant.. 1'or an i:!a::t i ' -s have Wen insane. The tiush of vieto- v af- thoroughly paralyzed by fear. Col-1 dr. ;

t;:r )ugii ! tie murky m

Heavet.s! thought 1, is t

"This 1'nriii for Salt-." In the c r.re of a r-cent ride rut aviot

' ' ! the rus'.leities, where the air smells of clove-, were s jou torgouen t-v me. ,. ... . , , . .

'-wt r,,r, ,.r' i ' " " " '

,m I dead, and are these the tortures of the

damned? And will these toitures never:.

aira.

the

we c-ime across a s n v

1,

i t eve i!.scr;

tion. It was n

h-tterel

, . . , i lect as a Ui-idei, hut the characters were snfi 'l I n ,,.? r.f 1,o.t T jt,,.f i,oC( ' '

, 1 . he:eiitiv i-iam to answer die ooieets lmc-Me i

I :iitel State -A l ew Im;i:irtial Statitirt. The followii'.jr statistics, which we extract from the l-''Ston I'-is-t, show the groimds upon which rests the common L-vatt that "tL.j is a great country :" The thirtv-one State;", tdnc territories, an-1

ii a six ic wiuei. .".m vi -.i.i.L.! in strict o! to-.ui:ioia, com;-r:s:i

i ,- .1 1. ',.' . ' i .. t '.-.11 L-f.v..l i . ...ii ..,11 1 .t-: ' 1 : 1 lnTlit.i.l ctr..il.' m 1..-.- I.rl.-lirn,.

tor so JR.tOV WeeUS OI CntliUsiltsitC STrilJ.ie. I'ei-i ",-x.-'t H-vn iii.x 1 ; ..... 4,ei..x. i " - - o""" , ... ,1

on the same principle mat or

had alni-t,ifi.ot .juite, tum-.-d my brain. ; fairly sercamed in impotent agony. V i4 in ; made the corrse glare still more hideously ; umtl!.u,ja lhe p-

th.

dust at this men

that the light in front of the engine was burning dimly and threatening to expiro.

ed. resignedly, "it's what wc ail must come ' With an anathema tipon the negligent fire-

;!;:eer discxverel ' a moment more 1 recovered myself. I '

n me.

1 heard shouts of fear an 1 warn- '

ome indistinct notion that the speed cf v.: ; ing. but they could not district my attention.

; I caimht elimrscs at the station of groin is of ' ag(ni;t:d and horror stricken face.--; what were

nghsu language wi.e'a -t

I ns from the mouth of the untutored boor

engine was accelerated or checked by rttina; the levers, which stood hv mv siile.

he Unifl

States of America, are si mated w ;th.u ti.e parallels of 1 dog, ea-t lotig:tiide and 4-i -legs, west meridian of Waslrhigton, and extending on the Atlantic coast from tltg;., and ui! the l'acillc from 2 degs. to ii.1 les. of north latitude, and contains a geogrtr-hl-cal area of 3,3i.."1,S'h" so n arc miles, l.-ir:g but

to." I; was i lain that the elder was fairlv mm, he leaped down to examine it. The forthwith commenced aser.es of experr.ur.t tn-y to the unsturtect features of the licr.d .

puzzled. i lamp had not baen filled. 'I'oi Go ls sake,'

: v. st :

,'..', I "'1 nexer thought 'till lately," ursued the shiieke l I, when 1 learned the fact 'don't

p.iii in or;j,j "ihat I should be obliged to tell my stop for that tritle, 1 can travel in the dark

name to l

t

e-1 1

friends. if v n rati. Yo'l

with them. 1'ut my uuskilifulness or ag '.a- , fore me? A crash, a feeling cf death like tion prexented nsy emploxing the pr. . ei : sickness, au.l wh.en 1 awoke, my midnight means, and I fancied 1 had only increased ride had been the rounds of all the nefi--a-

.... . ..... i . .. ;.!,. l 1 l, .... r... ......-

re I.ot alraol. COtittnued , lliesj-eeu. .a. .inner e.pei ;niei.i. nasuea y- pe:.-, ai:u uee:i luioiiei:.

The ugly man arose and r.d.justed his

I J '-'-' 1

as when it murmurs on the velvet hps of the languid bieHi'y.

The inscription took the form of the text, j one-tenth less than the entire continent of at once and straightway, a mental sermon ! K,ir0j,P. They contain a popul itior: at the succeeded, which wo will recall and jot : present time of 5X.0.', of whom 2, . down as c-ur ir.emory serves ns: i.K0 ere whites. The extent of its sea-coast

Whv -jell the farm? It looks in excellent 'exclusive of

i- V

Tin: onrn.vN.

ce.mpai.ious a :.u

k at ii!, ;i .:i!n " ' t i : ! i . ; i ii '1 x". as the cii:'ir.eer Mill hesitated. ; on. I m:-ht l-ud out the blazing wco-i r.mi

X'.t.v." muttered the. r.ra in the man , I can ride t the de il as co,.IIv as v. m can ' ' coals atid reduce the fro. It was a mad ' h.i

in the red shirt, 'Vi.e l.ek a day at that fel- he r-i--i:.ed, cheerily, and resuming his ter is as much as 1 cm computable stajjer . suned the machine.

, "As we tmered from the stath'-r.-house, I myseil as 1 tnongnt tiew lea-it..e it w

and rivers to the heal is 12,0CD miles. Ti.e

pos

for my iinglove-l hands were my only to for the enterprise; but I chuckled w iid'x

crutch as if to leave. '"Pray sir.'" said a little Tent man hi the corner, in an excited manner, and speaking

f ten i f its priiVcipd livers is 2-','

Ti.e surface of its ti

re at

The

. lino.

un.ier. Hut the store-keeper takir.g a step or two b-rwar.l, gazed into the ugly man's face for a moment ith an eager air, and said: "Xe: :hh i-s, it's Pen L irkiu.-d"

' remember thinking 1 had never seen a black- ; and how sure of success. Kagerly I t""ptd ' er niht. The first motion of our cngii e ' down and pulled out the flaming stick f;-;u had extinguished our light; not a star was beneath the boiler. The seething pitch set i-

for the first time, head?"

''was that the engineer

to L-:

the heavens, a:.d th

iew

I.ok.i d sa:d th

we heard

vou were

To-

i w near that ag r.:: soo

nv.

ah! the

it v.-i.i ne a true story tn.-u-axxkward pev.s.g for the old

new c iiht, a; There was a

trxiats ot tne poor man, with tl.e.r curios

ity, had a nat.v their .--Mi. t..

l.ow saw him f.-r the iirst tim

fectiy free tri m any such cmharrassmer.t. ''Stranger," said he, 'd atii'tmuch given t-

iti-l w as per-

deiicacy which restrained and contracted my must les as if falling, so upon the terror they cause, once isv-re

P.. it the w estern mati, who rapid seemed the rate at which we were ii v- the scene. I iru-t that death will eftVe its

ing. : hirrcr from my mind. 1 know that I i. v-r 'Put a new and pleasamer sonsation scon will forget it on this side of the grave. The took the place of terror. None but those w ho shriek of my companion w hich was stil!

pump:ng a man agi nst his will. I should like have actually experimented it, can imagine ringing in my ears, no longer surprised fie, to know how you came so. ja.-t to keep out th : maideningdclight which excessively rap- I no longer woiah red at his mad leap !': -ui

of sr.. a a scrape myseil." "1 came this evening." said the ug!y mat: "on p-.-rpi.-se to meet as many of my old acquaintances as I could, and te'l my st-u v. I

id motion produces, hoadxvriv, and with

"C'h, i.o !" atiswerc-d the rarrator, with at; evident air of relief, as though he was glad

- ed m hand.-, and the live embers burnt tt.'-m his tale was euded, "I learned wlien I got

weil enough to talk and ask questions, that the engineer crawled into town about dawn iA the follow ing day, veary, tort,, ate.1 bleeding, 1 t:t without any permanent hduries. The head b.-lotigcd to a ;i.r Maniac, who had often adopted the strangest forms of sulide, and that evening escaping from his confinement, had lowered himself down i:i a cattle ditch, keeping his hea 1 some six inches above the surface of the. road. The cow catcher, as he probably intended it should d.o, had cut his head cleanly and smoothly off, and had thrown it so high that it lodged

con-.iition. ere it a female at" I not a tarm of the tide water,

it would hurt somebody's heart greou.-ly. le!: Instead of being offered it would be sought mih

after, an 1 as only one out of a hundred suitors could prevail, there would, be ninety and t.ir.e salutes of l-sp:ii reared in ninety and nine b s--ins. Wt cannot see how a man

w hose discrimination is not blunted can part i Z,'MJ miles. It Contains within its. ii

the longest railway mi the surface of

is lH."y..A square miles.

rniies of railways in opeiniion v iih u limits 2U, W. con-tructe.i at a ce-t 0i. ',' cXi.UCi'J. 'ld:e length of its canal:

ct it.

ed windows which dotted ti.e landscape here 1 cruelly, but I hardly felt the pain, as I h-rl- ; a:.d there, only added to the general gloom e.t it frant.cally into the darkness, .-f the scene. Flushed and wild I was. I "put J did not -toop again, for, as I tui.iud exi eiienced a thrill of horror as the ongii.e to continue mx vain htbo-. another flash, or.-? il.ishen madly into the daikr.ess. I strained uf iht.se lingering, wavy, d-mcii-g Hashes, my eyes until they ached; 1 held my breath which seem to tarn- as if delighting to g ize

ii

with such a farm. I"s owner must Le a pr'.t.ce. From its fertile heart cometh sub-

Illinois '.:

Tdl

staiice in

b

It ieareth com and

lilex

cat

eiooe

UiiicS. The ar.uu.d value i.f its agricultural pr-.-dticitous is 2.iX't',(f.".V"A Its most J-.;a-

; rooiK!

,i;in o.-tii, v. ;.;ct: r,

We were un.ier full so load to retard our

speed. Now and then a 1 ghted

the engine. It was the excess of my ! tout'done wh-cli jireveitted me from f.ilh.xxing

his

exaiiiple.

I no longer cared for the uoir-

A s

!-, 1 . I.....' 1 1 ... . .1! :. ... ... . .

ivo e. i s. :-.!.. . n.ixe iei. :t soiiie nine or

d 1 want to h

ive ;t over, to it el

.1

ia;

is know-!!, and that 1 am free

ot ;:i r. my n

iivm questions. IT . -. 1." . - J

lie stittiext nis scar, as :i to cotam an easier

position, at. 1 eot.timte.'.: "Those 0f you wh- saw tne a c-ett 'e of veats ago, will rec-

o . t tn ! ; v

that I have cmo home to die among you, it We ha 1 traveled the first tr-n miles in less seems of little moment who comes out the than. t-:n minutes. "Faster'." I shouted madwin;. or in these doubtful races; but then it ly to the engineer, as 1 crammed another xv is a d:i:Vrei;t thing to m. and 1 believe I pine stick under the boiler. Put it w as hardwas i.i ver wanting hi any service which my ly possible to accelerate our speed. The party asked of me, from the time ef the x-lec- wheels, actually leaped along the rails.

by the side of the track l'.ow pist us like a dermis speed of the locomotive; 1 no h. 'g r meteor: while farther off in the gloom a soli- thought of my own danger. All misgivt gs, tary taper would sometimes seem madly all fears of myself were swallowed and m--r-g-sttiving to emulate our pace soon distanced ed in one vast, shuddering, indoscrib able

and stuck where I first saw it. II is bodv

was afterwards found ut mangled in the ditch rt!ul -11 bwks A!,d "cwspapers of some far oil beneath. And that, neighbors, is the wav , i'in,1 wL' rc 1110i:0' Iies ul'o:; thc tr;rf' :i:itl a1

I came to be the wreck you see me." "That's a right smart yarn, now, stranger," said the man ia the red shirt, "and likelv

enou

gii to happen on sonic of them 'Ib'o roads

however, ami soon lost. In less time th m 1 horror, for there just before me on the have been talkine;, we had arrived at a lar-ge with its lit is. farted into a fn.-ndish sirin

village, w here the street lamps were burning its eyes wide open, and staring upon r o.nd ami which 1 knew was just ten miles fiom the glare imparling a bfe-like glow t , its

I stooped down and examined stoi-y features; there, within reach of mv

j -aisled iiand, even as 1 shrank back in cr.v-

i-er but on ti.e Little Piver poad 1 stay d

at I was then, as 1 bad been for ma- W

previous an active po'.iiioian. Now my watch, by the light of the engine fir-

iy (town

tie Uiver when I'm to home thev

don't allow ik dead heads'." - The AniiiAons of Allien. j:Y a. a. i oo ri., v. s. :r.

ven fear c-veu to the farthest limits of my, moving orsoii. snt a pale, corv, hide-ous and

re.i ..le,' buic oi !ie-id' ' national troops consist ot anned ami disci

continued the ' plined females. They are known as bcin

ed human head!

'lou smile, gentlemen,'

In Pahomey, a considerat le pon'oti c f the

i

irutt t sheet) wan-lent. g in its va.

t . ... . . 1 o t 1 t

orewsn itpi-u ,ts u ..s. j. i.e Clattering oi

foxvls and neighing of borjes are heard hot "

:ts yards and meadoxvs its gartK n is'.uboi nually $ iAV..)l ,Myj; and In surveying the fa'ne-s and the grape vines ladei.ed w ith the agricultural p-roductions of our promising clusters festoon ti.e mirsury wall, we are not only struck with their abunda'-.v; liverx thing betokens fruitfulness and j hui- but with their great varletv. Our terri'-r.-ty of which the dissatisfied farmer is own- extends from the frigid region of the nor;':, er and lord. What earthly reason could he to the genial climate of the tropics, af;' ri- : have for wishing to sell il? ing almost every variety of temperature and Why sell the farm? lias its owner be- evt-'bT kind of grain and vegetables. Her come ambitious as well as re-tless? Has he productions range from cold ice and hard

granite of the North, the golden corn of the West, to the cotton and sugar ef the South, and nearly ail in sufiiecint quantities tj supply our domestic consumption, and famish large supplies for exportation, thus furnishing nearly all of the value as w el! us ti.e hulk of our foreign commerce; suggestirg thereby the irresistible conclusion that agriculture is the great tr.mscendant interest t i our country, and upon which other interests depend. 't he amount of registered and e: r. I'ed ' turn.. ig is 1,1'.7, H tuns. The usual amount

me ca oa. ;;;vestea ill man uiaetUi ts :s

tion of the

Lee

,1

iu ah

Cietiiia! Harrison, who ' ph.ee. than the Whi.e

LINMI

fs C J C 0 1 it) I C ) i . UGLY" A3 SIN.

is. I tlUs

House." "A met.!" s. -.id the red -shir: ed man solemnv. 'When I crrgrrol to Ohio, two rears since," continued L.rkit.s. "1 carried my en. thiisiasui w ith me, at:.'. I became j rettv well

known in the seelio-. vi cthe village f W ,

Yen must retnen, t ea i the new si .at

ugly man, with a melancholy air. "ami it seams to me that if I should hear the story

The few drops of rain which occasionally fell 'told 1 v another, as you are now doing, in struck against my face i.ke fine shot. The : a quiet room, w ith a firm floor under my feet steam-whistle kept up an endless shriek, as a cheerful fire before me, and. friends around if the .-'.igine was some monstious g -blin tor- I should do the same thing: but, bebeve me,'"

fared bevond moot

ranee.

ome inhuman

dropping his voice so low that I could har.liy

loyal woman, strictly and watchfully kept from any communication with men, and seem to have been trough discipline and the force, of co-operation, to the accomplishment of enterprises from which the tumultuous warriors of a native army would shrink. A late blnglish author (Ouncai:) says: "I have

juer t.lv itne.

fiend, while the deep b.-.ss of the increasing; p0ar him. "it is a different thing in a wild seen them all well armed and

thunder, mingled with the wild rattle of our i;id:t, alone, and with a sudden and awful strong, and healthy women, doubtless c.ipa-

becl-, ai.d foime.t a chorus which the fn-. q0ath impending over you."

ble of endurim

great f.itigue. Thev seem

v.; 5 id about ries might have envied. As my ears were

I

d. gradually stunned by these Complicated nois-

r, at :e ist a.; of vou who

t i..v i ur out

,.rl-.r.

n.ato-

g-'-r. y-u ate rhaived up c- ti-

I b i.i it can

. .-et. oii w as aii i

t- -; at.d in i v o

ef !1

wl ich

.-led iiu,..h in Herkimer t: and tne p lite iu-trro-1 -idiv-uhisker-d. l.ard-

ext iting one.

otic of the State general com;s the r-ttirus on eleclioti dav

y exi-rs, we began to grow fairlv ha-1 m i :e ail lhe i.ecx-s a-y ;,i rangenave the carbc-t atitheiitic news to the New York papers, and I ;.;.!

t r--tnrns

cs, and my eyes wearied by iheir iimc.itura! exertion. I faticied tii.it I h-ard other leeises

at;-! s:nv omer siguts, wnii-ii emii 1 liave been

As

w hieh cmil 1

ctdy the product of a 1 c ildered brain we da-Led into some gb.omy g-'tge, 1

''Me-ep miing stranger," said the man in the red shirt, cracking a hickory nut, "it's as good as a sermon. Pass on to the second head."

"It could, of course," ptiru

ed the

bo

..;:, t ,ve I: v ...

n m

e- rs xx. 'e sine -m.g aun en tire, w hose; w armtl'i. -s..m::.er nigh:, was far ni the pt. s.lon was aded h head towards the t t ime : ately re; ly; and :." v of e x -.mlnii g him

will. W mei.ts t sted v,

agreexi to see taaf a certain bu-iget

sin-nld be set t oi; to the town of P , some thirty miles distant, by the railway as soon as it arrive 1. and had e hart. red an engine-, which was to bo in readiness at eleven o'clock that night. ell, the budget it me promptly at the appointed time, and the news were quite as tavor.io'e as we desired, and much more so

I suppose it was this

) su.l-kn.vxietermmed me to carrx-

the inti-ihgenee on mvs-elf. At anv rate I hati-

iv re:

ed to hear angry v. Lie me. as we dev.

:es warn iiu

and

f:l"i-

utv emoank-

ment I saw dark spirits in the air, w ho waved me on w ith viM gestures, or struck at roe with airy blab's. The lightnings became

man, unheeding the untimely jest, "ho but a few minutes, or perhaps seconds, before this terrilb: dr. -ma, must conclude; but no pil.io-

uei ever longc

-re vivt-.t am; the threattni

!,., ...I i,,r fr..,.!,.m :k , M i... fh,. 'i-aeniig

titiiil crash that would etui n-.v ti e an.i t r- "i i

metit together. 1 made no farther eft' -Us to stop the locomotive. I was h.irdlv aware

to use the long danish musket with as much ease as one of our grenadiers dvs Ids firelock, but not, of course, with the same quickness, as they arc not trained to any particular exercise; but on receiving the word, make an attack like a ptvk of hour.. Is, with great swiftness. Of course, they would be useless, against eiiseipiiued t if at all ap-

ttie same t uml e;-s. tt.eir

iffe-.iruiCe :s i.iore muitarv man me geaer-

tinii oveihu:

path, audi now th.-y Luhled up a r.-.ging torrent far beneath us. My companion, however, was as calm and composed as though his era lie had bo.-n necked by tempests. The

flashes hv which I o

ab'y of the men, and if uiuh-rtaking a campaign, I should prefer the female to the male soldiers of this country. "The same author thus describes a field review ef these Amazons, widen he wit-

;ds, and illuminated the clayey face; but I nesse.l: "I wa conducted to a largo space did not need its gleams to see the h. r: id . of broken groand where fourteen days had thing. For through the pitchy darkness and been occupied in ertCting three immense plies

quent, I. oxv they showed tn;lt jj st";il was tearing madly forwarl. as

though frightened, like myself, at its ghastly burden. The lightning still flashed at liber

ies i-v whicn l oeeas.onao v caught a . n., l.tn .);,.., o ,-.tx m. w I 1. x. t of ereen bush

liirq-se ot liim, give,;: :s true, a gh:ist'ine-s

These three clumps ed

nes

you have to do is to stoop down and pick it up? Poos the glitter of Australia haunt his eye, and his dreams? Or does he regard

himself, as rich enough t move into t'ne city and s etui in luxury what he has earned by tiidii.. cuing toll? Well human nature is full : of freaks. If th.-rc ine adage that, is tru- r than ?! ..ther, :f is tin one that says "A man ; never hn. vvs when he is well uf"." A farm1 er. A staunch, well-to-do fanner. hy . i he is the very king of comfort. Health, enjoyment, and independence, hide? among his ; grass and nestles in his tree-tops. He need not sigh for Australia, when his own soil j : teems w ith profit. He need not travel for ' gold, when he may dig in his own field. And as for the city it is a great ilea! better to visit now at.d then than to make it a cmitmu;d abiding place. It is infinitely belt r t be a guest than a resident. These are gospel inferences and the farmer will find them so.

Whv sell the farra? Strang tint vc should pass an unpretending churchyard just at this moment and our mieons'V'iis exes should fall upon arov made graxe. I'erhaps wc have been too haul with the farmer after a!!. That very mound so freshly heaped may be the secret of his discotitent-m-tit. It is not the grave of a child.; its pr -portions do not cones; end with the "h'tle earth' to which a yom-gliog r youth Is entetled. Tlu-re no stone is yet raised to icii ef its croup. .a l et sonuhow, we omuot help ' think -hat the. farmers wife sleeps there. Forgive us that we did chide thee, good and i honest friend. That rude inscription. i : "This farm for sale," now stands ns sponsor to a whole volume of suffering. 1 Why sell the farm? Poemso it Is h-.ine no longer. The dear oh! house seems l,'oo- : niter than a ptison, for that, now an angel passes its threshold, to return to more. The

capita! invested in

$o ).,). The amount of its foreign imports in 1Sj3 was 'JOT.'.'TSd.? I", of ex-

forts 2o' l.t'7 157. its interna! trade i

am

The annual amount of 50 ( s i i h 1 1 ii i. The

than

I products of their labor (either

agricultural) is $ 1, "'.' n. m . The annual value of the income of its 'mhauiuuta is S poi i m h.h . The value of its farms and live stck is $?,' hm h.k ), h.m.i. Its mines of g-ed, copper, lead, and iron are aimc g the richest in the world. The value o' the gold produced in ''alit'ori.l.i 1.- il-oov,1""1 ; er annum. The surface oi its ce il fit ids is li'.o.piJ s jtuire miles. Its receipts io.;;i c ; ?- tonus, binds, te., ;n Is'. "id xxcre -i' i ,1 1'7,' 7 1 ,

and its expeiiditine

1-..0 l.i.-'O

lis I

tioha! domain consists L',17 l,!rS oc i of laud. Its. national debt is hut j '.' ev i "it. Tlie. number of its banks at tl - i

u.o

is a'oout 1.1

i

V. '

'. W.-h.'i 1 - be, iCi, ac.eh tn.es, g.

and ."(S' churches. mly one ... '- -. two of its white inhabitants is un.d read and write, and nineteen ot ,ts tootie tiiiliion of white inhabit u's are u

IlNfFiV imo Iain. A man enter, g . life, ought accurately to kmw three .!,.: First, where In' is. Secondly where he :--i: g. '1 hit'diy, what he had best do nil

beheld it at first.

than wc expect e-t.

",et tl o ..n 1

to his face, but his manner was as cool and collected as I ha 1 aiwavs know n it. I could

Nor do I consider this mi- of a sort of strong biier or thorn, armed with ,w:luti s ''orts it t oss-ssc-d are chat-- t .i . . iii .' i ...., ... ... , i ,. ,.... ,i, ,.!,-,, cd to clouds and ashes the air that, hunts i.

its fo

I h

f

t. s cntiie ugam u.l"y egs i:ai

leel lam managii.g his engine as cooilx- and

i the locomotive, and I carefully as if il w as a summer's day, and he

haxt the lives ot a hummel passengers t swer for besiele his own.

1. s g u

:' . '. of !:is

o a t ;, ,;i ee; u s rigt.t a .-i eo --.et '.. as it by a h cil-ier h.el a curious : -P f hi.- i.- ek were so -1 that tne ehc -k seemed . .. ; 11 low. lb - ,- . ! , ! I . i-l.et ex es were Co..- :, -.:- 1 v xx .: h n their ra v lb.: i.e.. ;e j i.'.ufnl tcj the ho, w a i a sttange, nndei fear an.i horror, w hieh

dxed to go

seizing the returns, I ran down to the de ot, where the er.g'ue wau lire I up an 1 w hisl'iiig :n its lcAulhess f- r a start. It was but the w. rk of a m.ment to i i-roni de the -t g'.neer

! ta.x-e me v xx as to aee. u

ened my vision, that though all too was ' line, occupying about fair hundred yards, w raj. pod in impenetrable gloom, I could leaving only a passage between them sullisee its, glassy eye-balls, its i all id cheek ..nd 1 cient merely to each regiment. These piles

its bbiodx- mouth. I were abe.e.t seventy feet wide and

T haxe t-ince learned I do not thi. k ' high. Upon examining them, I could not

A few minutes ten or twelve, peihaps 'that I knew it at the time that all this persuade myself that any human being wit h- j

an

il. id el.i! sed

I looked

m watch.

xv as

near

U h.m, f-.-r the fireman

anv him was noxxhere to be

1 the engineer and resolved to run I could judge by the s m

r the traeK alone. 1 veuunteei

s. 1

xx hdo, the

no at..; l n.u negun to tmiuv that oc.r loarr.ev's was bla:n- turiouslv. It had can ht e.t her' stances, attempt to pass over so it.u e-eious a

We were fassii.i'. as near :is bv n si.-.rl.- from the inrinp or xx leit is niwi-e eoib-etion of the most t fiicieiitlv armed '" ' '' " t!,"l'l u l' a '.v

x ...... j - - -a i - . .- i , . , v , .

1 and the wind, : probable, fiom the burtdng stick, which I hrd ; plants I had ever seen. The Amazons wore i ' " l''" "' ' '

v tossed a wav. Put as I s.iid, I do : a blue stripe! cotton snrtout, manufactured j . , . . , ,

. i . i . . t . 4- .-. : i- I e I l .. . i . -. c . l ' :. . 1 v

not Know inai. I xxas axxau: eu 11, o i .i m . t mo u.iuxcs, io.x. ;x ..oi ...i nouseis. liiuin

flrexxcoil hi the tender 1. Idi.d :t;. 1 out b-.mts or shoos, would, under anv eireum- '

: ' - .... i

l .. . . . xx .in a x

circumstances. F.r-t wheie h..- is u...t

ast.es t l.e air t a U. nut. is is to sav, what seat oi a woiM he I. as trot

onage, ano. tkuns aci"is its meaoows is into; how large it is, an.l what kin. I ot c.ea-

fu'.I of melai cledy meaning. The tree lias ; tures live in it. Secondly, w bore h i. gcfalleii auxl the vine has nought where to it ' ing that is, wh.it chances or rep.-its there

, .- , iiuv cling. So sell the faim most worthv are of anv other world besi.b i this; xxh..t it leiet i - -s ... :r-.i ....... if .11 .1 .-.l ..

itetni. oioo to jioaven tne oarg.i.n might seems to tie ine nature oi the otlur xx,.:.,;; include thy sorrows. and whether for information res-pecth'g i',

J'he cmmotiesl recorls are often- Invested he had b-tter consult the Piblc. Ko-m. ;

Thiidly, w hat ! . ! 1

fui eio aueuce. Il we wi t but due (. otincil ol i rent

y br'n gnpa hand- better do uu ler the cir.-u

instance.'

l

xt once over a level, o'.eii trait e-f coiintrv. when I so hastily tossed

m as we'd as 1 could, at.d imaie ii- fancied, libit a moment. -.re jor, so slight

to pay what kind of faculties he p".-st.-e-what are the p-tsent state au.l wants, f in- ::.

kin.

w h

is j i. ice m soe

i i

were o r uher ,

1

. . .......ML..... ... v... ...L. .4 ly, 4. I. ''.11 l.l. L e . 4'41l.'. ...I 1 SO I'lsO X I. S. Ci I U IV. 1 l.L .IS 1 S.fc . ' I . i OO ,i l.i. 14 4 1 O e 4 X . toil S 11 O.'I O . lll.41J.il .1'. I'.H'.'l I - . ..... . ...

p: ility : t.o.i

the Court P. Ils.-ayrac de Lut ture to an Arab chief, re day. 'Po you believe that all men are e'lualV' 'Without .lonbt." ro

ll.. .lrntx m-l,1 f rum l-.:l a zr.rr i inr. n r. .-.r. 1 ...,. .. .

t- ..r..,.. ,, e , , ' .n..f , ,,tl.;.,l ,. it...i, ... .f : .: i ..u r,..,.4, r.,,.f il,..f ., , , ., . .. . . l "v " "". ' , na-l Ui win so Miouueil in leai

i eariuov leaeK ciouas "x...i, . .... . ...... 10.1 n.iso o ..1 i,,4 snu.u::i, .mo .x.su 11. .1.1 i.-v. .... 4 ...... ; t.ic Riiproacn ot three or lour thousatut Am-

ately mounted the ct.g 1 e. . however, and unimportant, that it would been, it Could not have ad. led another paag 1 just below the knee. The cartridge, box is "It was a ilatk and wild, though a warm 1 I'ave passed from pay recollection at once, ' of terror to my heart; and I only mention it girded around the loins.

night, and even thing gave indication of an '-t not been for what followed. Just a . now as an incidental element 111 the horror

approachi:. g stoi :

are the readiest means in h;s power of o. taitcng Inq pli.e-s an 1 diff'wh'g it. Tio mem who know.-, these tilings, and who lias

in.

up

and what was lightning than I had hefote seen, attended, the unusual Fight alarmed the watchers at i a2,,n8

equal as the fmg-rs of uio hand.' Showing ,l,at lie is rcadv to do what h

e unews

! edae.,: da c ited

m ti.e th.oi

lac

an.

re . t-4 v t 1 . t .- 1 i

ine iianomoy sci-aiers iieniate) ,,a 1 i,h. 1 1 1., -nn, ,. ,

i . r M ... 1 1 r 1 1 c . 1 1 ... 1 . . . t . 1 .,..... .00 -, in 1 1 mis 1..1 i.v v.. , (.11 ,r. we shotihl l ,lhU. UI C:il,

ii-.'ii .ir j.hehomeiion at that sn;i.:i noi lo.iow eu, o an awiuicrasu 01 tnuiuler. the station, ami. putting mem upon un:ir!r,.. .1,., r -..,.. .0 ..K.ni -.. 1,..., .. , ,

. .' :. ., i- . ! . . , , . . i 11 i tinned: 'tSehuhl.' sanl he, 'Io,.k at these ' :U.,i ),,, ,vi, ,.,,.,,,. ,n,.,., ,,,,, ...

1 1 01 ... ..-.r l.,. 1 ..... . ....... ii ..I,..-.. . . . i.i - lit l!l :e.e. 11 lie smmil i. 1 scetiorv hit en r, o-i.ri.i, . anv . i-s ril. I ou 01 lie ui OD 1 . 1 .... ! r r .1. :i . 1 ..............

wii.cn - "'1 '"x- ' s.-'-s " ,v o . . . 1 1 -- -i f,""t i- i uioi x .uos 1 reuii or 111 iroui 01 iue ui si pi ic, 1 r., ,,,,.,. . i.,;r,;,; ;...,,,.,.,,. Hrr nniini . .

wour.ds, the ly, the thunder was muttering as grand- ''n?1 ah-.ve the deafening peal, above the : my air: v.il. where thev halted w ith shouldered arms, i p.. , .',,.,., T '',.,. ., a'.. p,o fi Tin: r vsi-rotu Svsum Thj Lop. Let

aw fui tn.xl to which bo had ly s in a summer sh,.wtr. Put the excite- lesser thunder of the wheels, al-.ve thera-, 1 can nuvpr l,r;ng myself to believe that '. In a few seconds the word attack was jgien, ! tlu.m is'lf the mher slm-t.-r. 'if all were ' Irenes !:' f-'.lowing: mi,t of success banished every sensation of vis:g of the wind, 1 heard a shi :ek, a shout .0 s;.ort a SI,ace of time elaosed as I know ' and a rush was made toward the pile bevond I a:p T 1 r u- .iril.,,,,1 S-euc - Ao.utm. nt in t'-c ...'.Lv of tbo h.wev.r, th-re was Some- "lir ,r"m ,r'-v e!x:h knew that we horror, so wihf, so aw.n!, so I.Ke the mter- RjUt ,.lV0 q before this awlul v;inr. ; concqaion, and in loss than one minnte the i r.wn rt . Kllr, ;s ...:.. rin -ls ;,n f,,.. Fiench (oi.suh Mamma and daughter d.

iXl.eeoi a lost sei. i, in.ii . I, lai'b IIIV liieaillh . It In Mil HOW. 3ni I iW'.IVf. ' xx ,0 ... h..I ,.-..:.. A ov.r , 0 nim.n. -0 ... . : ...n-i t.: 1 iie.lx . r, .r t.-ir i ,,,.,...,

. 1. . L. ,. ..I .'411... 1- '.-. 1. .I .'.' ..

' . h I I 1 1 I." II. 1 1.1. ..... .

i r, t ii. re was .mem.ii.iy hi h s man1 c-- to ch.iiier ge and

bad the right of wax , and so far as human e'e ' A lost bcul, that it oxos my creams Ce.,se.h It Keens to me now, and always ; whole body had passed over this immenae ;

mg'-nuity an 1 I .r..s ght could pmtcct us, to this nour. it was a soun.i v, meii 1.0 phys-; 'nol, t recall that drea-ifnl ni-glit, as though 1 pile, and taken the supposod town. Each of j '

tie-re w as no eixnger in running at any late of . icai pa.n count have cactlou from a human . j mnst ,.lve ,.j.ent jK,urs braced back against th0 other piles xxcre passed w ith the same ra-j (r'It is said that a lady, on taking a eie-ugh to g;ve y...ur ag, V spec 1 at which sto un could drive us. Care- being, which nothing but a supernatural fear ,ilu t,.h,p.r ot daring to take my ey.-s from ! pidity, at intervals of twonty minutes. newspaper, looks fi,t to the marriages, then Mamma (tryii.g it oil)- i hirty-t aree fui men had during the .lay been sent forward ' coull have prod. need, and which no one w ho thc Hrcctral face, paralyzed and crazy with i Wheu a nerson is killed in battle tha bl-.in is 1 tn th deaths, fira to what is most'dt-siied. birth-.lav.

mi'.v- a i

Clerk (to mamma.) Will x.-u

... . ..... .... .1 . ... . .- ...... ..,..,5.1 1. 1 1 1 . . . . 1 . .1. . . . . . .. .... ... . .

v yt.u si..j atiiy of ewry one. i.io the t,1.) par---nt ly a tohad checVe.l the iixe'v flow

.... Co. ..i.l. i.'k Ii. 1 . 1 . . e . . .co he-Am il c.-.n ..1 ax.i- tx-.i,.'1! ,".r. t V. .-. : r r 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . e rt l.l........ r .1 , 11 1 i. , ,. , . .. ,i.' ci ...e .1 e. ,.x A. it

m ' ouversation; ia;t 1 ' L"1" 1 " ' ' 1" -f, me , " - ' -" i rig nt, my nair nao icons, unu : cat 1 taiten 1 nun tue neau ana Kept as a trophy oi then to what is most to he cirea.tei. l.ikp a ; i.ifiktw ... a ". ; . .1 x out ae a -

chair bv the fire was olbere-l -:g!-t ..rain i.-.m 1. a to wait tor our j rev.ouex.k.on. ; buirting from every pore. Dunng a.l tins; valor. I counted seven hundred ecalpa pass pendulum in its oscillation, i-heleav, one you pl.iase .Miss.'

avr;v;d; the roa I was reasonably straiglit; and ! "Involuntarily I felt for my cc-npNtion. i time I never regarded this incident at any j in this manner. The captain of each corps ' extremity only to gain another; but thi j Daughter (who is a spiteful turn of mi

nee of commi .0 r ;. hdo-r

r-i-e-

except the or lina-y dangers from defective ; He was gone! I groped hastily tnout the j other than supernatural. If it had occurred I (female) in paeslrg, again presented them-j beautifully illubt rates human life, w hieh is . and w ibhes to hurt her mammaV foeli ?gs.) -rails, or axle ''-e-- -''C V i ic'v- " .pp-e- j ctafined space iu which had boftti staci-' to mo that, it was nothing but what it c.ere- j bo;vc. b-sfora hi tnapx-ity, and rocotvod tba iuelf a peed'ib!. "i!-!t:'-; hot eCeii 5 vnii'.Oh, I ws thirty-Svo h.tt birtb I

";" L

mi r- - ".; or the; x-t-. "u.-cr .