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Wh erll hy mene Whee a h onieloked qLd I fefnzigft p * 0 y y n uy~n ?~ n yonder. iouithin I-asked a sailor lie replied - Tij ofolinJg resff6 tve I asked-ah rpianand I he aiU;\' - A*Il .lgbave no lioie - Jri1 V iund i i-reats all, are dead, prl eq. call my own." id asked ant aged wiute harred mian, rid -what was' his reply -? 'Upwai s ie pointedr, somiled, andim said, "My home is im theL sky -" My heart is there, and all I love Have left me .nlong ago, 'To dwell w th Christ, thyir Svimr thd, -~ soon -shal I 1 ollo\v' too" h~iere a .omegl a ede e l a Mor lr'; at on thit 4iL~ A 1NONTIER T~IAPPER. . was travellng~Wtth Bent's train Independency to Santa Fe. One e venu'g after the wagonsa ha~d corrall * ~, d yanimal hdgot some rest came upong f p not the first imo for-l a at a glancae~t th, sign *as ~e~ re seviral,Wallowi an l heo. 'tradks in ul~di~ * ~ Jno hJjliLbnlf. i S betiet, but af rr all , bull's longue for ciiie i-s het; r dium sa t bacon; so I tollowed thle trail inl hopes fi' getlting one. Shortly after, I came to a place where the groiud was ploughed up, as it'a drove of'hogs-had been rooting it. I Itre there had been a terrible light among the bulls--it was the rut. 1ing4 seasoni when such conllfets ou CIInrr. This augulired well. Perhaps there are covs in the neighborhood, reasoied I. as I gave the spur t tht hlorse, nIIId foullwed the trail with intuore spirit. I had ridde ilitlive mnies f'ron tle eal111l, when Illy atnvionIii was attract. L41 by ana odd aoise a(:A ' I1e. Theire %as aI ridge in 'r61int, that pl.. veiled file froil Seein.t g what, prodne04111c.I lie nois'; but1 I kiew what it. was-ii. wtas tiia le ebiig 4of a tiilfilo lnilI. At initervals h r w-r <pik h e ,, as ' two i hanid bsaniclicts co ii li vi4len[It. coIttL wi I ach 4 ithI.-r. I r1pilnited the ridge- with (liltimn, andl 14oked (1v e 1 tr its erest. 'T'here was a valley beyvond; a vbloud Ioft dust. wa, miidst Ol'this I Could dl iling ishl two, huge t'OiriN -lrk and lilsaite. I Sa6w :LL ilce 111 lite!4 Wer a1 I il' Of bu1 i bulls enagdt ini at ficice I i., They wvret atl'; Ilire w erle lit, hers ill sight, CitLher ill tih V11ley Or Lil the prlairie. I did not halt Ilger than to see that the c:11, was o lily tilL., and t" c4oCk tihe pi-ce. (Occupfied as tie :ali mial wcre, I did i (I iI44 1a in they w(IllitI lived fie; or, i I liey s litlldl :tterpilt flight, I kneuw I cubiild casily ovet'i nl e Or thle Other; so), wih: i411 Ii iller hiesitationll Or Iretaiion, I rt.de. towards thell. colitial y 111 .% x-. perta'iOnl. thevy luobII wa led ot :1114 Starid 141. The winld %%as b l:joi fre.hly towaLds I ieil. anid t he sil li l tLill)%w I y iV h dw i,2e Wen thi i, S s Ii d u 1 t eir 1 t 1 . nt . 1 T1h1. didl 11ot irii, lwv.'Ve'r, as if badll' sCIated; 414 he it r.iry, the) w'tiL M), apIparenti indihiiga,.t at bieing S distoa b d i 14 i i'lit; a l ever nov aid the. ig tVArtJCe4Jt)4d-Jiigl-ihi,. I tuon1ig, itte d, andstricr( le Prairie .with thleir hloof's inl at %Jioent and angry aihtier. ip ct or, twice, I fancied t~iey weri e ing to ~charge back upon tue; Ihad I beeln other: wise thai weIl nited, I should la, b'een very g rrsig uh i 1, .li ti C t ~ It t e o . te.' , i s t- I /e , tr ia bi n e r went, e i. CIt..bge been ' c I'v~'4~' a tq 1ffl iitc ii1iuVlls,~ Oim tudlt iq '.%Ilic l it.t). 4.4lltIalu~dl pi) jl Ic42L ["6i jNpig (lite s.al1 if- lily i;.Qdlc, D i.. * hu lnfize, d' the ti-nt$. I le jaing y s , a l IF t' a il t t I21d mai tg r org-, w+ r was heiigne~l, *Gir~ bl'~ aa~1* 11011 i ii 4 Ik bed I n , i e ih'reaaehd ati-' u li t hly V S I I d c tl t i n ua i i ll h c e thumpIaY vs. all d iL .i , iitit e n Ieares., 4 a sen '(id 12lt ti.a i . 11 4 li IL' d it' .AVC' llt huIIit lathis f be. t i Id V h a ll't it s> a'i-i SI ulu' " 4 ht i h le , n' i4 tI K veiiut .iail 2 14 secod E i--roikp rzhon., SC) roe. iIIAr t lii Rj)4L-?: i s Wig@ .t hislc k '-a% . 'pI alrt c rest ai ing jse l heifu'ptri, uti ra\ eth miutis,lwi. blood a rinnit ~ io hions thel t1iasdJ -. w ahe t'hes Tsarrdetovres wi 4 itrs,, and- perited tek ghIce hd h w .~ e thlatter disaie - tot ar tio~' ibrllow himtu, anm hreheiidedinull.tAjhdgd andtr o e kwaw pi wthe. crst mre ridha, p aiiop tho o d. withi hm gain; ;so 'ul tbheght n tatad jus gatht le tme. but, alir houed rmnai-er pl eale wit tte . ne4 a~e.d sAltbitin. alisod ai so ofree nea th spotigwpsa ihe rrie, h'ut-thedy l et~sistaid" edi~ .tm rified e lloredr t u cu~t'' tat Ie ae aro lNaor ~ist 'h - bie'( th&edb thre t~g. -rei ty kt 'L w had htAntv1bet.:e1g a-.bratde b~ Ch'l ~ elf t d ttte wva paig the ct othe rtidge, and viu at flr,~ thug rate peras me elhallenge, he suldenly swerved li on his Course, and ran lull tilt upoin the hoursc. . The latter shot ot. iistantly to the full lengsth of the trail rope-a heavy "plick " soilndell in my ears, and the next instm.t I saw my horse iart from the tree, and scouir og. over t to praiie. I had kimltted thl r*Ope eg.ligeintly upon tihe bhit ring, aid the knot had come undoie. I was chiagrined, but not alarmed as; vet. My hirse wcul nlo oubt(113 ':~low back his own trail, ati at tihe w-ist. I shohild (nly liav to) waJklk to di heCamp11. I shoubld hav ile satistine I int ofl' punilishin g dhe bui1,314 fl.r fih. trick he Il setved mie; :tni widh this d Ig I turnled towanis him, I saw t:tL lie li:nl Ilot folloiwed ilte hit rse, hot s a:g ai h.li-adi g himself in v m lirectionii. N w, N O r" tfi, lir t , titnu, it vetirrtil ti rte that, I was ini Smio. thinhg olfl a l le. 'Tlie bul11l Was ('lm inig l itiri isly 41tn. S Ih l ily shut ltiss, or eveti shulild it wnly wonit hiait, htw was I to escape3' I knew tiht. ho cubld ovet take ine in three Iltittes; I knew that, well. I lau I int, inuch timtue for rellee.itn -not, a iilnett-ini tCt the iit'tria ted aninud was withil teni paces of tile; I rni ed lly ritle, ailmed at. hik f.,eshiie!- r, att fired. I saw that I hiad hit hiim, but, to Iuy dismay, Ie neither fell nor stumbled, but coitin tied to eltarge 1hruwatd mtt(oi.e ltii'hioly tIan ever. TO re-lo:il was- ioibo:..ihtle. My pitols had gone "Wf with my. he.y arid holsters. Even to reach the tree was lilyp ssiblh; the hul was lietweeni it. antid me. I ght, inl the opi3te diteti..n was thie oniily thilg that, held m lit i I 1Y -I' )pet I c live mititeN vst . I t iled antti ratl. I e:m) rtim a1. fatst as lim sL in --atid tiipoll tIlat 'teLSinli I i I iliy best. it wo%(lId have put Giblersleee into a white SvI eat to have distaneed mle-b it I had i .t, bien twot mintites It it when I I et, eciituts that, the 1Iti3o g:ainied l-i ip ile, anl was alost treadilig lipoll lly ieels. I kiew itL oily by my ears - '' t (in s- ligt O K bdt3r T1!~ that-pro niaEWi, m. w' I aNhei-, to interrup,4the chlrsefiwas~i t Ih or gully, thftieisLtd Jy h a Nght angle i' as feral ee epth, dryati the botutun, antd wi ~etpendicular sidWs,. 1 WaI w a : upyits ed.'re befoe .1 .n icetd fr LI Jmoragti ea me undef ry S I- - that itOflered WO (1p' f. a tmirray .safety aI. Neast. .It ' coIgId only .Iap this gufly, -felt sithil lied that the buffalo -could no.tf it as a-.slltr leap-at least sevinteetli feet ftrom11 cheek tio cheek; hut,. imad done more than-that in1 my) time~; 'Iand vithioiut hiqlting in, my gait, I ran tor Ard to the edge inid sprang over. J atlightodcekv~ctly uponI the opposite hbimkfrWhe e' I stopped, anl turtd roun.i3 to 'itrtich my pirsiier. I now nseertild low n-alr mv eid I had been, tle bull was already up to tile n* l btalad' dry"eap" the instaiitii did, I shoul have been b t nei. dtiueimig upon1 hisiorns ne ilUit If lad b#tilked at the leaf-z tile dce]-tha I - e cleft. h1:d -wcd He saw thaf he ("ld not. elear it uni nws sto d up1(11 (te, p l.'ie h~iwith headl lower-e. -i s-1ma I iostrilis, his tail ,ashing his smtoioth tlaiks, while. -liTS gliringt hIeuk eyes expriessed-- the full me uasiire iof his biled rage. I remiair d thait my s~hot hand taken effect in~ his sho uhier, as thle loodjyriekled fr om his long hair. I had almost begun to congratni late m lyself-orrhavitig'.Maped, wheti a huirriedl glanice to the -righ't-aIthan-w othir to thi belft cut short, myl happi ne.At fIa'w that.'on ho hi sides,-,jt,. a distaniegpf lasS than11 frity paces, .thif gtu l diallIowed (lut into the plaini whoere lt'niledy at either. end -4it wvad of' course; paissall Thel hull (ob. srved tlt s alinost at the sameli timei irin the blink,;ttdran'alon~g the edge of tlie chasm,4 evideftly with the in te.nltioti O turninig it. in less thani a ininzirt~e'Sline we were (nice more oni thie same side, an'd my isituationi ag peharedI as terrible as-ever~, but stup. ping bacek:for a short run., I releaiped tehe1~phapm, and. uagaii w~e stood on ohppusi-.e s-des. I )uirng all'these man'euivres I had held on to lily rifle andt,. seeing iow that I mig'ht ba' e tume to load it;'r <allnmened feeliti( -for lflny O~ r l(der horiri To tmy , as~ttfhislupett, I is down to; my breliik.fyr~ the 4sinig it. wh'm tfltL tee b'elt and idijerphir W0.-Miower gione ! rememb i li ftingithqmu oifer mny~i4~ about 'cuttinug thutca -miaistetl ay , aptioniit '1* aczih I.;shotil bo ovrtakel# ifo4t.re I hanl got hl A':ay lo'it. -ftan'ot alhlowed't mutch Ltime to idul ge in'.'lily regrt's; the bull had naun Luriu hedie. andII wa-; once iore uipon the sarnle side with me, and I was <ompelled to take another leap. I really do not reTmi.ilk ber how oflen I SpItIag ibackwards anl forwards across that ciasmnl I slituld thiiik a score of times at. leasi; I he caie wearied with thetxercise. The e:np Was juIst its hlcitw"idt"ll do at III iest; kIand as I was growing weaker at, ach fresh sprilng. I became satisfied that I shild soonl leap short and crus': Iyself agaiist tile st e'p rocky sides of Ih ieam. Sl iiil I fdii to Ile IIt~mti, iy* Npirstier coild easily reach metv by enitttriig at either ed, and I beg'al it, dread suIch a finle1. TheO venge"tful beast, .'howed no4 S% mlptomls oif rtLiiing-. Oln thet con11trary, thet III Mierd' s disapoint riuieits seetnill1i oly Ito renlder hlim noi4re determiniled in Is resel n ie t. Ali -lla IIo1w silgst Id itself to ia, r1i111. I a Iil erlosk ql all ro un d to sI e it there nelightl, noILt- e s oeting that, 411'lfeed a b-tter securlity. Therle wvere trees;, buit they wevre- too ditn;te 411N.ly oe nevar was thlat to whiebl myi hir.se had beii tied. It was a stolail et', ald, like all of it; s.eeis. (it, wa'; a ci1tt4on woil.) thre were i brancheis nlar tih roit. I kimew that I eould chunbiler ny1 it by% enslbracing. it.-! trunik, wilich IS not over ten inlche,; ini diallneter. Couldd I fonly succecd ill reaelinig it, it wuonid :it least shelter me iiter than the ditch, of whiih I was gettiIgr heartily tired. Dilt th: ietimn was, 0c1:1d I reach1 it. before. tiii bull ! It was; allollt I00 yards ot. 1Iy% proper 1imatimeuvriig. I shild have a start oii fifty. l eln With th11it. it wioiul be a 'i'li-oe shave," Mid it, prlloved so). I arr-ivedl at, thle tree, and sprung11 up it like .1 momitehanlk; but t hl" hll it brea t h of t he 10111*10 -Steam e..I after miue as I acended, aid the con. elssiI of his hieniv skull aigailnst thie tant k ailo ist shook me bek upon Ifs bIlrns. AfMer a severe efi$rt, I sie VeieiCII ill lodg'nag mysell ainong the br ict s. I was nIow%, safe 17 tf a' minmo.diate A1g butrwg -w.- 11,mi kt tours t u rs ou ho 43 k h it I ap tl e r tId hir a th C av r kedP. . vaV10 ter. lie raijev bad _pe thatfly Ils- . u mt& j m Welief;- ,t -a0op d tnot ti. r )os av Yd rea Jend Otif . , e ( ed Top en t'f, do s -the Iigq Z r,1t 14 - . . lZ 4 qulestioin,vl ?,:IhaTuitiy startled Im1. I was j6 tIo to:oijlihn the thiigal ' it, nowj> irf ht 6qyivikmiglit not be abigt - Th'ore weldW-1R mfui"pssibiliti :tg theyg3 haff10tiki -There, were6 nmer1 Its..4 e 11rails" on the prairie,. lwro ,lidid'ts had pawed. 1 Ow 'this when t heing the b11uillt. grdes, it iiighit .rai,. in the nih.,a d 'Obliberatte themil aill, ly Own with tihe rest, They were not. 'Iikely to fit lin me by b. n II0e. A circlei oftn liimih-'s in- diamlieter is a .lretrack. Tit was ai rollingrprirIIie, ull fieqijties, ridges witha vglleys betweent'i. Th' tree utpon w hicf ves pertced stood int the bo kpm of' o'lle o the valleys--it, comld . ho s'een frtom tany ploint Aoer 30 ~d~ distat. Thlose setnrchingi~ f.r n .thight yass withlin hail without- peri itng eithr the'tree orA1~-va hey. i27Irentainen~d a lo ui w~ith uelh-gloot.ny thohiit! *th lotrebod ings. Nighit~iws cininig -t'l) butt the fiere andmi Ibstinat3 brute f sho'wed Ino dispio. sition to raise thme sieind. lHe r'etmaineid watchlraul as ever, walkinig rountd aitdi roun a111 inIlt ervals, lishing his tail , anld tittering t hat snorit i tiotund so well knlown to I le pt'ai riu uter, amd which sio ttnech resenilIel-- do. suntfligns of' hogs when 'suddenlypu innied. While wat chingq hiimancnouvre , ant .objec't on tho. gr'ot wIr~ niy at ten-. tin-it. wals the trfi ip left, hv my hoi'se. Onme enid of' iva faqtenecd rotud the trunlk by n'~j knot-theC ot her buy far sOut 'ikj(iJ1the..priri, whecre il, hid bi~ d ged. .My at tenmtionl li1 ad1i be rv an -toit. by the b'uill him sqlf, whi .he tfti'si'ogi) had nRN4 .ow J bl pwaged it n.All at onkey l lashedl tnli-t platg? 4enpt I i itsolf, sr19ta1- la~ Ieaiped inl my P~'eh t&s a ht, ~.rock me. of' thle rope. '~nho suich an easy:t' teru'.-1~rpu wvab fastehe'd sliippedJ dowit. tIi trpi4imd lay upon the groun~d.. ddn ed' oteid'end for it. .Necessity soba sugtu I d a ,-. My " picker "--a piee of. straight wiro with a ring-eid---hung from (ie of my brinst butto s. This I took hold ofI, and benlt inlto tie shape of' a lrappliig Iooiik. I had no cord, Ibut my1v knife was still safi. in) its sheati; andi-l, drawing this. I vut, several thonigs froni the skirt, tf imly buckskin shirt; anid knot ted them togethie niili they forimed a string long eiioiuglh to Ieaich ilt!h grinud. To oe end, I attached the picke'r; anid then letinug it down, I commn)iclied alini Jug for tihe rop. At' tar a few traisverse drags, the hook autight the latter, and I piulled it up iintto the tree. takinig the whole of it in unail I held tlt lion -e enid i I ily haiids. The other end I permitted to remain as it wa-; I saw it was seeurelv knot tel roiild the truiu, and that was just. %w hat I waited. It was my iitei-iini to hlasNis Iie bull; an! fior the puirpose I proverevledl to imake a runingnose mn th ii. ('14 f the trail-ro1pe. Thlis I execited wi i great. eare, amd withi all ily .skill. I collid depend upon the rpe- -it, wus a raw.hlide---a d a I better was iever twuistd; but I knew if aii Nv tLhing shioulbl eliaie to slip at, a CritI cal m1omlent, it 11iLight cost file my lifle. With this- lowlh de, therefore, I spliced the eye, and made the knot as firimi as possible, a111I then tilie lop was reeved through, and the tlinig was rea I Y. I could throw a lasso tolrably well. blt. the branches prevented ime fromn winidiing it. It was necessary, there Ahre, to get. the aniial ill a elatiiii position m utiIer the tree, wlich, b.y shouts and ot her deinstrations, I at lengtl suceeded iin efecting. The iimomiiieint, (of uecess had ' ari vel. lie stod alInsLt, d Irectly belmw. The 1oou)se was shot don--I had tile grati licatioi to see it. settle around his neck, and with a piick jerk I tightened it. Tile rope run b. aitiflly throigl the eye, uitil both eyes and loop were buried beicath lhe liha hair of the animai's neck. it em braced his throat in :Ie right place, aid I ' Celt con lident % wmid hu0d. The iumenit the jA ihroat, lie I out trom i t)ie tCt. and' tie . n1 c mmence d . runningr in circles' aroicid' Uontrtary to my intenitiah the rop dkiiliI'ped tom1 my hiaidih at the firstdrug upot4. My position. was ratlIer tin unsteady one, tf bra'hes vere sOltei-, aId I Faid ' man'age the matter's' well a'.I cou have wished. But ) how felt confident- -enoug'h - The bufl was tethered,,and jt oily remained for ite to get out beyoid the lenigth of his tethier, and take to my heels. Mig a oil-.1ne side of' t. te tree, her in my race; ,thi.' car ry oil' wth -. fIore, until thi hi cirele, hadg .ide, and pthi ftrunlk, I'spri ""1c1 lr rijp,"dhd an. IV al rope to he ab'ut f - - th but. I na. one huin dred' at leas)t elbi C makinig hault. I had even1 thoiight of' coilinuling oni, AS I stibh coid not hel siome isgi viings abousit the rope. Te balli was one ot' the. largest amt srn gest I h' td eyer sema. The rope' mulig-ht break, the knot. upon the tr e mii 'ght give way, b'r the nmose might i over his head. Cariosi ty, hw. veor rather a desire to be assured of myi) safety, prompted mec to look aro 'und, when, to my joy), 1 beheld the hinge iogu nster stretchetd upon the plain. I could sde the 'kope 'as taut as aho stin g; and the tomgue protrudinig t'r'ni 'the auunnials yaws, showed mec tlhat''he was str'angliniggliiise'aa- 'ast as .1 could <lsk *At the sight, tlie idea of. biilfllo .toflguec for supperi' returnmed-.in-all its .vigor; aind it no'wdseehjrred to-mec that, l'slioild eat that very~ tnae abid' ilo other. I innnei~.diatlgturisti '.iny. tracks,.rani towards miy pow~der, and balIs-which ini my -ed gerndss to escaple I had for'i"' t~I all about, seized the horn and goqueh, poured in a ebarge, raimmed .dhwn: a. bullet, iand thein btealing niniibly up bhin~d the still stiugglinug bul.l, I placedJ the inuz zle within three . (dat of ls birisket, and fied. . fe gava a death kick''-or two, aiid th'en e!ft qie~was all over witivlyhnk I had the to etisfroin bteve% his teeth itn a twinkhpg; a prokidjp to the otlier'.h, I fmshe~d-the opsig~ t ion. . Itcom mgegr- ting my! M' baick to ~the e pP;4Qt oa~. ro but.ht~jigte ~ iutig'it, bits; antd to c lr(e64 Mii tm rieprin'nt flaze -reconied to in nh HOW TO BLuiN Ilksyie;ss.--One of the wealthiest merchaits of' New.lYork city tells us how lie coniuenced bus. mne s: I entered a store anid asked ifi a clerk was not wanted. 'No,' in a ro ugh tone, was the answer, all being too busy to bothe'r with nie-when I reflected that it' they did not want a clerk, they might want. I 1 iborer; but I was dressed too file for that. I went to ily lodgintgs, put on a rough garb, and tile ne.xl day went' into the saue store aid deniade.1 if they did not wait a porter, and again, 'N-,, sir,' was the res onse--wlenl I exclaimed. in despair almost, A laborer? Sir, I will work at iiy Waiges. \Vages is not lily objet. I want to bie usefiul in hnsiness. These la-t words attractled their ntLtent in; and inl the end I was hired as a laborer in the basement and ab eel far at a very low pay, scarcely anolitugh to keepl body and soul tfgethia. er. InI the bas-inenit aid sub.cellar I soon attracted the attention of, tile ciuntinig.house and eliaef' eerk. I say. ed eiiough for my eimployers ii little thlngs wa-tedl to pay ily wages teln tines over, aIid they soon firnal it (Iut. I did taot let any inlyal a ot comiiiat ;aet ty bareeies wit hout remaon. stralce Md threats of exposure, :atld real exposure if* reilonstiaices would liot d1). If' I was wanted at 3 A. M., I never growhIcl, but told every body to ga home, 'mail I will see every thing i ght.' I loaded ofl at day bre k pacekaiges for tle Inorniing boats, or carried them mvself. In short, I soon became in. ifdispensalle to mny emplovers, and I raose, atd rose, uitil I becamae head of lie house, with mltoney enoligh as you see, to give lie any Ilixuiry or any po. sitiol a , ereattile man can desire for hiiself' and children in this great, city. A Suspicious Tavern in Aw Or. Lans.-Mr. \Vm. II. Magill, an old Texian. low living in Burnett county. atid a get leian in whoe stat Cieltts ted tOhus eiristnces ad 'rccurren. $wlfi fL'cetta on'1 an; Dear the steamboat ain th[lil, derqnd ihestati o t h' at iti oft t i llcstJsq4 ig Conveelnlit to tIhe ii .ere the i' d (-om a M isissipi stea$ter.with t 1ur'ose 1f' retmauimg until he3 tO!k ',ilrge in Harris Aiorgan's ,tea (r, lo Galvestot; ie had- ider hib 'huge three families of lad es ant. -r chil dren. and seyeral1 rge6s; After brk art.si, and wi.le:Afr. M. wa' put. on busifie.s, the''families were'shoiij to Ahoti' roals. '4hey foutil tha ed, stieads N tained witti 1r-. bliood# s;v -1 neWly at tlo e Ir ty - i~ ofio I t SnkiaTk ard i ton A' hhI ' g -tthesns L th'e- hias.. iagfaU r ,;a i f lileuaLr' hic re 0u asking-.r-rj Ji ii,:tya n olttg tin hbreakf ear. the Ms:td ehe f' 1-oud boerd b-aintpad ~nt!o f r M informed t h ttiyblogda hosej, d itstf n heyp ea ruh toitheto t aew be e~t f sai-I:me egoesen the t averna~, ofqibu hin nte rn dtiaerte ere Tol hel~at that helwr-br oghi teorhebe iy; Ne w Oag~rleans fro thrdtha thter ~Ihrning of~ hembruk icn onten Toexs.te,~aer, tywe themadlf ,tpib ra tat cleone op of-ty of (gl wi odbtv tater NN Oiteteiki u n ~ o p ~o 4 w Russa DISCIPLINR.--No army in Europe equals. the Rus.ian, in the reb "emluance it bears to a machine mov ed by the word of command' aiuising instanate of this is given in a 1French work published' soeTO .timo ago. It occurred when the Enipress Elizabheth was carrying on - a war :igainst the King of Prussia. The ar. ny being then on the frontiers of Ger, ananV, a srnal piquiet was placed at songe1 distance froin the camp, with t view of vaitinr the motions of the h iussian troops. The soldiers employ. ed in the service were supplied with provisions fir 2. hours. The enemy, however, camne on ulexpectedly from a diilerent (pairLer, and a battle ensh. ed, which entirely drovo from the indid of the commander all thoughts of his piquuet. Some days after, hoW. ever, recollecting the circumstance, lie cauled emaaluiries4 to be made through the army, if aily one had seen or learLd of it. The answers were all in tile Inegative; upon wvhich a messelt. g r was' di- pateied to the pince where they had ben stationed, where ac. Co'rldioagly they were fiund, fixed to the spt, :nid reduced to the last ex. tremity of hungr, bIat never thinking of removiarg. (it their being asked, why when their provision failed they had not returned to tiae camp?-they were astonished at the question-they had lo orders! Aa-rFui. ExI'EaENT.-A laborer in Italy, employed in throwing down rutibish fromi a house, called to the passelgers to take eart ; but one of thenai' paying no attention to the warn, alg, was wounded by a stine. Ito eited the ian at the court of justice, and demaa\l daminges. A celebra. ted advocate undertook the derence of the laborer; but finding it im. possible to prove that his client had really warned the passenger to take care, he hid rec-ourse to an expedient to gainl his object. When the case therefare c'me to be tried. and the dali',mnsihnn, wjm? Agt-o') wh bh!-i~t1 throws. -;n th.: *t. lesteh'it~d~aeno tind me. tionlfess. The Judge. rae'ated :his Ie"tiabut' nt ianiithained an'obstin; ate silence; aid when the Judge. ex 'pressed his surprise-ot it, the adVocaje said that his clientswas,,utimately, deaf and dumb.. "No, 2,ndygsekiLame-Ud the 'piaintiff, off hi..guard, "it is false, it is,an eva, saprg; Imyself hen1ad .him very plainly say, ".r ake care!' ; a.4-n why, then; did you nat follow hS [111111 said the Judge, smil. 1n(' i 1.Issed-the case. - N0 Aluing to .Tom Vl re aid he tootk~extra 'is wit al O te. Ho lking lit dweemt-do . . A # ktenl lines a day 's andwou Id-keep the liU %3 poeniz h weeks,.witLin at s:llgle -ord. n oceasioaj lie was riding th a tab,'in. Paria, and tviaJ* !y-drove into a haole Ithe pgaytr tho ~1~~A4CW~IgL? is comnpanaii a. M e ~ tryin 'I goa1 i - oea t qut& tOni reaching.,' A r( I the a'htd' ~iad iiah (drrtie - iitdhed. the fin ~dW p>J iI oingn '-i" ~~~as a No oune-ceijufrget )hi tha~t)1e rd4 lan smng. -j ~ - INS~cT3a .EsTYiD BaY AN~s.-A correspondent~ij .the -Cicagvo Praa~e armier, wririhggotni .Freijr y Chr*oioticed in ifet ' ~ 'irt c i 'in-.ocahj{te9 'n ee a ie - 9!t .awti ini gren. bes V ~derriJb absenea - niaahe~ -aie "~ _ ~un n d at n A 4 i it ur