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From "Porter's Spirit of tho Times.'' \ * THE HIGH-METTLED RACER. by charles j. foster. . ciiaptkr i. They hailed live colt5 for speed and fire liau marked his breed through dam and fire, Far back to those whoso h'??'s hud pressed Tne sauds of Araby the blest! It in a raro tiling fur an English fanner io j y own a race-horse; that is to say, one of those illustrious scions of a noble strain, denoini- i Dated "thoiough bfed," whose pedigree is 1 traced without speck or slain back through the famous Highflyer, or the renowned Eclipse, to the celebrated Son of lite Desert, the Godolphin Arabian. There aro eicep lions, luiwever, and list race horse of this verlible story, albeit seaond to none in blood and breed, and sometime famous throughout a sporting district for speed and bottom, was the property of a farmer's son. It was in the stud of M.\ Hampton, f Wood bourne, in the Hundred of Liullfngdou, in tire county of Oxford, and hard by tire ancient city, whose classic halls and stately colleges constitute the ni ls venerable nni? :. _ e 17 i ... i .it .! .u v i... i wrttuy ui i4i.ii iin? uiuiuu^u iwuu racer was foaled. Hampton, of Wood bourne, or "the Squire;" as ho was more commonly called, came of a family celebrated through many generations a- large proprietor of the soil, haid riders, houe-t di ink ers, and untiring lovera of the manly spoils of the liirf and chase. He-ides hi- compact U'.d of race-horse*, he kept ;i pack of f?i\ hounds, inaintained the hospitality of his ancient house with a liberal hand, ntid spent his incojne of ten thousand a year, as everybody said,"hke a noble gentleman.'' Tins popularity w is second only to that" <f hiwife, who was young, beautiful, gr.iei'.'.i-, and more than that, the ' -? Itoi- 'Wv.in.ui; was beloved ;\nd rw.j?6t3ev! by tite tenantry and peasantry of his estates, ..rut a in -t worshiped by that large p u lion ?>f Hie com in tin i ly who consider that, next to a beautiful, a fast and lasting horse,- hii clegaut auJ skilful horsewoman is about the noblest object of human contemplation, (.hi h bunting day, litis divinity appealed mounted, it might be, upon "(Jol King Cole,*' a famous horse of hers, great at a fence, a brook, or a live barred gale, good for a h>ng day and a hard run. -She wore, on these o casions, a dark blue habit, tmn*' ed downcoJInr, plain beaver hat, and white gloves. Her datk bait was parted, and ca*>^' to the back of her head in two giossy luiiiils, her '.'yes danced .with evuila w -n - ... I..,. ' ?t... .1, I. .... ._ . nuvi ujr.'ii iici ciicciv, delicate, health nn i exercise painted the Hush of ripe loveliness. As her homo, with Jong ah j easy stride, carried her over the grass lands, or the plowed field*, and bore her Hying over *!ie tall fence-, tliu stranger never iaiI ilod.icet his inquiries as to who she was. Maty eager inloriuauts crowd iouihI to enlighten him, or sotno yetbran of the chase, whose infirmities forbid his further exercise :the saddle, an aged whip pei -in, p u haps, would step forward, with no authority and pride, and proceed to reply to tire question. The traditionary histories of many hatd ruus were relft'e 1 to the stranger and the iqt*i. si dry, tlio latter of whom had li'iuru l n a on. li hundred times before; add lite dispa/atioii never failed to wind up with a fell and particular account or how Mis. llamvt.ou had "pounded" the field %vi . ' iv - . , ' near the close of a roiebrntwd i ut .1 i.uf.y miles, as the crow fiio?. 'J'lmre w a* another female in Wood bourne who divided tit<s ftdinir wioaof that enliglit "* t, ?nl..l .. II ?. I'l ?*? * ii." 4 . i i iiii|;i?*ii. i hi; Squire owned . rncu.g mare, n winner many a .;;no and oil in her day, of pedigree a.,.I perfoi in nice* unchallenged?once the champion of the neighborhood, now the molluMRof future champions-p-and li.is wa-. tjij daro of the "High Mettled liacer." When she foaled him, even ua the Arabs and the Tartar* rejoice over the Lirlh of a foal, there was joy in Wondbourno thai gf Marigold had bo.ne a colt; and much strong L ale was consumed at the Squire's in celebrating the event. Dr. iiyder, too, the worthy vicar, called at the Hall, to congratulate the Squire upon the occasion; and over tiieir port, after discussing the odds on the Derby, the Doctor predicted that Strideway, for so the coll was named, would bo ' ii/./.ou.ful i s .. ?i?- 1...1 mkiiiiii^ nv/nu. iia mcio nnu ' been joy in WoodbouniO that a colt was born, ko there was grief some six months after, when an accident btsfel, by which Stridoway was believed to havo injured his spine. The fiat went forth to shoot him; and nevor had the sporting world witness?d or heard of his glorious caroor, had not young Thornton interposed to save him. The young farmer's father was a tenant upon the Woodbonrno estate, as bis forefathers had been for centuries. The tradition of Wood bourne hath it, that when Koger Hampton raised a troop of horse, and took the field for King Charles, a Tom Thornton, of that day, rode with him as sergeant. And old Thornton, Tom's father, told maudlin and marvellous stories in his cups f of illo adventures and exploits of a Roger Hampton and a Torn Thornton in the "Holy Lands," with ' Richard le Roi." The best authority for these, however, is beltav - - - - - - ed lo have been llmt of the parish clerk, who w?? not much skilled iu ancient. hfctory, though u famous judge of old nlo. Manners iiad changed sinco the time of the Crusade* and of the civil wars, but the Squires of WooJbourne IlallJ and the TIrorntons, of Thoindike Farm, where much tl?e samo men at heart. The jolly old Cavalier Hnd Sergeant Tom Tliorntou had been thoroughly di*gu.?tod with tlio strict rulo of the l'ufttans, and had gono forth against them, not so much to reinstate the monarchy, as to bring about the time wliou '*A eoflk ftirhl should cease To t>c n breach <>t the peace, Ami a horse race au insurrection!" The lovo of Imld sports and "noble liorsc, mansbip" ltad been a bond of union be1 tweou the Squire and the yeoman then; j andknow, as then, the feeling existed. There was no more enthusiastic admirer of Mari| gold than Young Tom Thornton, and the Squire had watched, with singular appro bation, the boldness and skill with which the fanner's soon rode his home in a hard day's run, or a country steeple chase. When, therefore, young Thornton appeared in the j Sqaiie's library, and preferred his suit that Strideaway might be given liim.it required only the solicitation of Mrs. ilampion, an 1 the request was complied with. For some months tlio unremitting attentions of Tom Thornton to the crippled colt appeared to have no salutary effect; but, at length, there was a change for the better. Ill the spring, he gained strength, and vigor; and wh n dune came, when tlio young sparrows were chirping upon the ricks in the fanner's stack yard, and the male population of Wood bourne were busied to the last degree, j with having and rook shooting, the colt I was gambolling round Tom ThoriiLou in his father's orchard. About that time, he was led up to the llall, and exhibited to the S.pine and iiis lady, and ihercup i >r. Ryder wa< sent for to hold a solemn consul; luiiou. The fatnic tic..;meat of Sttidea-vav was the weighty matter lo be decided upon. | Uualde tcanive at a satisfactory conclusion, the Squire an I the lb dor wisely decided lo take further counsel, and Mr. Jolly was called in. The sago^ to whoso Opinion the j S.piiro, the Rector, and young Thornton d- fetied, was no other than the ce|el?ialod ' training groom, a punchy, red faced indi \idual, with a clio'etic airv and a very do tcrmined and dogmatic manner - pist tin* Hurt ol a man to be l!io veiv humble ami i obedient tervauf vf a rich S.j ii hi iliwn , ( aiul to have his own way in everything p? ri taining to his occupation. After displaying a vast amount of veterinary learning, ! v* !y little of which is*ci down in tint hooks, | Mi. Jolly conclude'! I y recommending that lie coll should he tufht.il out to g;:u*. | i our v s ufu-r I his s'^.,j, orotfi , ty begin?.. The coir, once a cripple, had grown tin a i lior.se, a fast horse, a lasting horse, a win I ning hoisc, a high mettled raccii 'litis [ happy result, nceoiding to Mr. Jolly, had | heen brought shout by I illowmg his a I vice to the letter; and I e resented, as a lasting injury and in?alt, any pretence at interiorence with Tom Thornton's racer on the part of any other pefson wlials lover, Snide ! .ttvity had won the county plate, and neve , ral other races; lie wa-> famous in the Huni dretl of HuHiugilon, and his name was great among thfc people of Wood bourne1 lie fame o' the Hampton and the T .orn tmi of the Crusade* was heard no more?tho exploits of lioger Hampton ntol Set geairt Tom wi re as good as forgotten; old I hornton's talk over his brandy and water ; was . ! mniglt toed racers, and his sou's spunking horse. No one in Wood bourne questioned the ' merits of Stride-away, till the iJobson's came I to reside there. Mr. I> ?!>-<>ii was a retired : liquor nicu-hnftt. Ho Lad k<pt a I. >n loti j gin shop, in which Mrs. iJobson, tlieii tinj married, had officiated us bar maid. Aft-iwards, he had gone into the wholesale In: 1 ! uess; and now he had taken n house in , Wood bourne, as a soil of country seat, 'I'lio l>ol?sons were genteel people?very genteel | people! The ex bur-maid hated \ulgariiy, and "couldn't ubtar" Totn Thornton. She , had contracted an intense averson to low persons, no doubt while serving out "Cream of the Valley" and "Old Tom" in the pal lucent While drupel. Mis. I)obs<>u't> only 1 son was an Knsign in her Majesty's service, a voung gentleman of extreme gentility. !.\li is Sophia Ifol.son, her only daughter, had been educated in tlio highest style of gentility, in a boarding school at St. John's Wood, kept l?y a genteel Fien-h woman, once a marcho/iti of tobacco and cigars in a laubonrg of l'aris, but who had umigia ' t- I with a iouinevn.au barber, uinh i Co. ! lout svi~jHcion of having taken two husband* ' mid circulated pew ter fumes. Tlic house in which the Dobson's lived was tho property of a rich miller named llonley, a widower, with an only daughter, I the hello of race halls, and a standing toast ' at feasts and merry makings. The country | beauty had lost hur mother in her infancy, 1 but she had been carefully nurtured by a ' spinster aunt. Between Tom Thornton and Miss Henley there was rather moiu | intimacy than the surly miller exactly approved; for though tho fanner was well otT, lie was not near as wealthy as lie. Notli! ing had intervened to disturb the cordiality between the miller's daughter and Tom i Thornton until the Dobsons took Charlotte Henley under especial protection, and be 1 gan to indoctrinate her with their notions of gentility. Then their intercourse gadu ally became embarrassed, and their manners to each other much more constrained than before, l he fault was not altogether with the village bollo. Mr. Thornton, having discovered that her London friends held hi ill vet-y cheap, as a vulgar rustic, omitted no opportunity of showing his unmitigated contempt for them. Did ho apeak of the gallant Ensign, it was as a "ji cknapcs;"nnd i when Miss llenley interposed something in favor of this sou of Mars, Mr. Tom Thornton's brow grew black as night, and lie mullet od something about "a punch oil the head!"?not, I imagine, on the head of tho miller's charming daughter, but on that of the heir of the DobaonV, Ensign Dobson, | of lMt Majesty# 190th Fool. If Miss 1J i ley praised l.or accomplished friqud, J ] Dolwon, Mr. Thornton forthwith denouu ; hof as Ma minx! a forward minx! proud , ngly! an ugly minx!" declaring that distinguished expression of tbo delicate lures was that of "a cat at a cup bo j door;" nnd her beautiful* nuburn locks pronounced, without compunction, "car tjr, nnd no mistake!" ! Such werotho relations of the pari when Fnsign l>obson escorted Miss lien Miss ])i>bson, and other young ladies, Thorn dike Farm, to see Tom Thomt race-horse. Strideawny was in training tho llnrry Scurry Handicap, an anr I race at Baytown; and ho was tho objoc much interest to the people of \Voodb<?u and its vicinity, for this was a raco of 11 importance than those for which ho had fore contended. Nearly everybody lb about backed him, and everybody thou lie would win, except the Dobsons. Yui l)obson, who claimed marvellous skill, i a good deal of experience in matter raco hoiscs and the tuil, pronounced idea absurd. It was a blight. May day, and a cheer breeze was blowing! when the party ! proHcbod the substantial hoincstea I of Thorntons. Tho. gay ribbons and tbo laces, and tho gauzy bounces of liiu ele<: young lady from "Lupnon," buttering the wanton wind, nut only presented a i : and gallant Spectacle to two plouglni two threshers, and as many uiiik n?;i I who rested from their labors tQ observe , cavalcade, but atti acted the attgntloi Tom Thornton himself, who war cnga , at that particular time in driving the c i up through the home meadow. , Coming to a dea l halt, as the paity " tered tho orchard gate, the farmer's son vcyed the company; marked I > j his ojegant sister leading the way, and tho group of countrj beauties, who foil . ed jbe metropolitan young lady and i distinguished toother, "there he saw mi ler's daughter, the fairest of them i Leaving the noble herd of cattle to f"l . I. I^_i t i ? ; . -i ? mw I'Tiii'ucu cow nun me s-iiU'K-var.j, gate of which was invitingly open, if i listed, Mr. Tiiornton hastened into j lion*e, to welcome the ladle and her c | patiions. lViliaps Mr. Thornton wc not have h?eti in such a hurry, if lie anticipated the comparison wliichhia [ii'iiraiict! m.'^csli'd to M -s HetJev. was in cord I recclt s and leggings; tho ; sign was cx.piisilelv dies..: I. Jewel* t |'iICC shown ri; oil liie fing.-i - of the lais 1 Mi. Tttori li^iit heel war ilecoi w i ill a ? * air. II i o iai-i^n tvi yr uv: . y ; I . \ c ; MI n i .... rt t a v t it . i?.?i ;ti ground n-T. j >1 - . I": ' K ?> v ?;|. e.-j or i i |m..c .. Mi Thuint n, iw his fa . \ ii li.'ii-. . soma h a nlnished, a i : ihitriv i. and i.i ;cli too eager and marke | hi- rcitemtod welcomes and "down ii 1 eii.d t > -ee VotrI hero were some tli in Tom's la or, however. The m in v tin. -, the niil-hrown cheek, vlo-<> cttrlv I Hlid fiatik liilie eyes of tljo rtl-lie. willl tail rohust figure, put the pale, slim olc_n of the ensign to a disadvantage. Thu to say, we should hold, prima facie, they ought to have done so; hm "wool a riddle, " and who pretends to ie <?1 Just null .piali ie? as made Tom Thou a haudsoiuo rustic, constituted in C.'iail Henley the model of a village Indie; t >ool!i to say, these wcie tho s.jrlot .jual I .i .1? .1. - "? Ixiiiv.ii, uiivici i iiv iiii-.iou t>; .hi-., all I . ltohson, slie was learning to regard as " ga?." Then, again, the Ensign beat lull ; hollow iti menial endowment*. The* hi was h slupling qfaveiage intelligence coUnliy ivhool o !ue;Uiou; ilie found w jnoili^'V ?>f knowledge and learning. 1 was nothing he did mil know better i any one else, especially any one who not live in London. lLs knowledge ojuallv varied and profo ml, and enr and abstruse. Jn line, lliero never w more Annwiny young gent einan. ? have come lo vo vour horse, J Tliot it ton," said M-s llenley, alter s pre*imis conveisaiiop. "Vnu couldnT have come ill a belter t lie is in line ord r. A li >rso lor a kinjj look at ? though 1 Pay it." "i'ossiblv, iny good friend. you think said Mr. Hobs hi; "but 1 expect lo tin I he i- greatly overraleil. I have it > ib dial he is but half bred, or ijr. llaui] would never have sulVeiod him to come I your possession.'' "There toti'io clean out of the con sa\l Tom, nlitHy. "A heller bred h i never lookeJ through a bridle." T he ladles ro-j. lo put tin end lo die disi.>n,and, reque-ling lliviu loseat tlieiiis* in die porch, Tom proceeded to the si for the racer. The Ensign, wiih a smi superior inle'i igetiCP, stood ;:l ease, tap] his bo-it wilh Ins cane, as Lorn led Up horse. l>o nut loo Confident in your cee>ling discernment, '< >, wise young ju< Whatever you may think, St r idea way mode! of a race horse, to die eye of a tr or; and uu experienced person would li w, r.,:i ..v i... i. ?:.i. - ?j i.4<l IV/ I'U Oil Ui U WIUI llil'l, i I "s IK! C4J on, Kpuruing llie ground, with tlie pi tread of a warrior prince. Miss l)i<l , hid i her broatli, and tinned I? tho or, Iter brother, with some doubt and ah as sho marked the racer's fiery eye, nrehed neck, and half erected inane, glossy coal, beautiful sinewy pioporli and his short, sharp neigh, like I . u bin: a Irnmpet. ' I ilnnk lie is rather a lino horse," she. ' l)id you ever see a finer, Miss?" rot ed Tom. "Oh! very nmiiv much finer!" "Where?" sai 1 lour, rilrn <>l rudolv. "Oh! in llyde Paik, and Astbv's j philheatre. There was a beautiful piel thai used todatico to the music, and <ii< the lielJ of battle." Tho farmer turned to Mi?s Henley, 1 a laugh ami a keen look, as ho would "Here's knowledge! Is this your friei Tho hello remarked tho look, and it oil [ ed her. 1 "Take him to tho stable, air," said [en-1 rising. ''It will bo luektf for you, if he diss prov<? m good ns he looks nt Haytown cadi CnnnoUi and " t "the, horse, Thornton," said th* Knsign, the taking heart nt the manner of Mi<s Henley, fea- "Ms showy, but wants the |>oliits of a racer, iitrd llo may do for small ntfurs, with farmer's ho horses. Hut you should never have onterrot o.l hiin for llto Hurry Scurry; ho will ho I sadly beaten." lies, ] "What'll you bet?" said Tom, with tbo ley, air of a foot-pad about to lake a wayfarer to by the throat, oil's "My good fellow, I ncvar bet," said l>obfor son. "If I were to bet with you, 1 should lUnl bet that he would bo di?tu'?ced." t of The farmer surveyed th<; speaker, as if iruo revolving the propriety of ktiv-kitig him ipro down. lie then turned to the young labe i dies, saying: "1 don't ask you to lake my ere- ! opinion about Strideuway -??>k the Souirc! ght | ask the 1'arson! they know n little about a ung hoise, I think." and I should rather think thoy did, especially s of the latter. l>r. Ilvder was a clergyman of llio the old school; ho i<?de fourteen stone in the j saddle, but selected bis burners sojodiciouv ing , ly, that lie was commonly in at the death; ap- ; and, at the end of some famous iuu?, his the . black coat hud led all liio red ones at the rich J finish. pint i "1 do not re.jnire their assistance to enain | hie me to judge of a hotce," said Dobson. rare I "I'jur hor-e is showy, as 1 -aid before, but, ten, on the whole, n verv inferior animal; and iid-, the idea of i uniting liit'll for the liurry Scurry the ; is ridiculous." i of i "Oh! really ah-urd, you know," said Miss ged Doh-on to Miss Henley, ow.s, "Do you think so, Miss Henley?" said i Tom, npnealtngly. cn- | "i cann l tell anything about if, sir.' Mir- said tlic cold It: and* declining the nnd i pressing invitation of the young runner to in I take tea, the parly bowed, atid left him. ow Tom Thornton stood with the racer's her bridle on his arm, looking ..er the miller's the daughter, as she tiipped niong, by tlie side till" of hins'gn Dohsoa. .\ wish tor a bloody low war rose involuntarily in the young farmer's the mind, with an intense de-ire to meet Dubbey s,,.| otitic I iltiu-lield, at li e point of the the j bayonet, or in the rustic ring with the "in naked list. Had 1 > >bson been a Russian >nld Kusign, by any ii.conceit ibie possibility, had and. tin siege < f Soht-t1; it progress, n up recruiting sergeant might n, and tliere, lie have nil i tie bounty . ... with the Kn- eertaintv ? ;' it ; acceptance. > the defCcti i oi (] .at of Sergeant Tom 1 niton, of the gi : tI.unpt. :: 11 ir-o. ted !Ij wan Mi1 Used front hi rc'.crio by the ?. near at ironcli of three j . i?s: his lather, i Mi. .1 y, ti . cr ! in lb 'he Mantptoti Arm*,tbu in r<ol tiro 1 Velio. 1! ; * .. ? hie. -r > ' he i:i'?< his tiaiaingj" sai l .N .b ib. "Never better, nil; In! e n -1 nio a font lilt mile g do. , this m >rniiig, .ike the wind, got and never turned a h.iii." leg- . "That's the ticket!" ciic-l the three w orfe i | thii who h i l ea- h an I a'i hacked iiiin an , largely. Mr. J illv tinned to his cotnpiui hi- j inn-, h- il lie <! .in 1 silence. He then nice said: t is "Iv- cp him to his work, loin! keep him that [Jis regular woik! and. for your lite, don l i" s ibi nothing to hint with ml asking inc. her.' , .\?k me about evert thing." Waving his ' c npanioiis back, M' ! illy began to walk otte shiwlv inutid 1'iilU and tile liOlse, a? au In :nel i: .. i.i - - - " 1 <ii.ui |lit -rs idiiii i km; ? ar [? > i, <>r ?ue loiyMi;. lit** Mil |<l i??> * I ilrn.s a ?1 . i i. Ci i C f. At'a I M.->? i |ie ha | v;i'VcM' I t. i:i) fioui every possible v ul- point of vi.-w, Mr. .I.'llv chi 10 to ;t li ill in 11 a,l hi? circumambient ? ame, .i1 I suit!: "IleV ittor i a li me as anybody ought to lliink it a *"i'l privilege to l?vi his in-uey upon. Ill 's a a- a iioih' a< we 1. . >.\? the pedigree and perfor* i,cr ' main* s of, at. 1 hs we have seen win in a " 1,1 canter; tinaliv, I. ~ a h <rse as I pronoun did to l<e sound in wind ami limb, and tit t<> u l- |U? f.,r ;l man's lilVil" ious i.j ti,ii,]c |IU >v;ii a |t t]0 J.nno in tbo ofl as a tore fo il litis moiiiing," said Old Thornton. .Mr. J ,||y t inii' l .-!;aip up >n the lariner, ^lr* with a "<yuo wirr inlft" .? >rl "f expression, oino a, ,| ),0 would, will; i'. waste of woaT, "in . 'j lire by what u ith lity" A- expressed any line; opinion about tin' liiw ot iho li mm.*? I t? "llir a 1, 'i-', 1 ..v 'jai, -oil ii. I in w ind ami hoib, if I know an vlinii:'about a h'oso. ii ,, , . "? li sa bi iii;; trail'* i under my amotion, that mi,! i|m> owner it him ?..*t do nothing Jilbt without :i king me. \\ lien 1 civ, Tom, !'l"M ihr !i >r-> It s l>e a | ick ? in shoeing, into (hat's enuii gh. II '? .1 l.ors as / an) r, ady t > l <t it a.' A h irse as / mil ready to r>< back! I: -'o't two gent in-'i want to lay or>e your no > ng r.a bin;, \ >'.! 0111 be accoiuHi'Minted 1 .1 tiki iig au.oa.t without go ens nig 111 licit furtiier." Ives 'li,,- two lia-'.n, i to protest that they utile l> i i n<> ido 1 < : .1 > ibirg < ! s,<rt. 1? of ' Very well, tln n, no inlet:', reneo! no inping terfeienc ! l oin, t .!. S.iiu into tin: stable." the \\ ilit this, Mr. J.ii.y and his fiends letilrnex e l to the h 'Use. lgc!' Tom I n 1 ill'?11 h i the racer to his box, is a and rubbed him down with a hind brush, aiir rubbed liiin down with a wi-p, rubbed him ard down witii 1 > .It brush, iiTobed hint down uiies with a cloth; comb" 1 his untie and tail, oik! and hru?||(.-.| tlieni with a wet brush and sun aibv bunh; bttei.-.l him down with the ule. cleanest of line wheat straw, fed him w ith iriii, shoit oats ill) I the most f. agrant of good . ills < : . 1 I .V V. . 1' . I. 1 I. ,11 I, . 11 tb.? our..-I .a hi- fountains, in a pail kept cxpie-sly for i i^ oils, um', and c.iie-n*d liini. Kgvptian ?t ol Apis, < '<irn, Sacred Hull iij ?>u llie hank# of tlio Nile! I.l-i tli ui sincercr worship! said Steed ol tli<- I; mail l.inperoi! hadst th ?u | more care, in thy palace of a stable, thou.'h urn- thy teeth wore worn out,chewing ul silveied oats from a golden mangeil Without th?*>c reflections, Mr. Ihointmi locked the stable door, chained the lug mastiH close \m- up to it, and betook himself to the house aid, for supp. r, J 011 Alth nigh Tom Thornton ha 1 le-en hurt : hy tlio cohlne-> of M i-s 1 leuloy, ntnl the pal with pablo cli..? ge in It 1 manner towar U him, *ny! truly it did not inucli allect 1 is appetite at ml I** supper, which tnal ho made oh a lath.con end- , chine. That done, ho seated him-.If in the orehaid porch, in tiie place Miv Henley had she,' occupied?"showing that ho wa? tlrnking uf her*" say , for his thoughts | were upon tho racer. What Dobsou had 1 said, was more than oounlerbnlunced by the 1 ? positiva declaration^ or Jolly; but then Tom c wished Mi-s Henley had boon there ?> hear i j them. "ller uncle back# Strideaway," said ! lie. "I wonder he don't lot her know his ' j opinion of liiin. Dubson's the biggest fool ; that ever was in these parte; and what's j more, her uncle think* so. Why don't lie ! tell her his onhiioti on that?" l'erhnp* Nlr. Thornton's desire to have this opinion expressed was a little intluen- J ced by ihft fact, that bo knew I >obsou was i ( . all thut evening enjoying her society, while j 1 he was sitting hi the orchard porch. Then | | lie fell into a melancholy mood, and began < <o relied that ho might have given Miss | ^ Henley soiuu ronton to he cold in her man* j ( ner, and to behave unkindly to him; nnd j | thereupon he tried to solace himself with | cigars. Divine tob;?cco! which calms the ( wayward tempest of tho soul, nnd lulls tho ( painful fancies of tho mind! Upon it* frn- ; grant cloud* imagination builds her airy j ( castles, and hope paints rosy visions of con- ( lent! Through the twilight, the young farm- ( I er smoked till he fell into a doze. When , , he awoke, the "young May moon" had arisen | over the miller's house. The clear light \ [ streamed dow n upon the gentle slope on the j j lop of which it stood, and he could see the j glancing beams upon the lace of the millet's i i brook; but the Iront of tho dwelling, and i ' : hrr room, were dark and shadowy to Tom. j Dark and shadowy! As lie thought of her, the clock inside struck eleven. As if rous I ed by tbe sound, the lusty chanticleer clap- j perl hi- wings and crowed in the old stone | hen loost; the mastiff rushed out of hi# dert j I with k deep growl; the stalled oxen rose, I Kil l diew ti.eir chains through the manger ' rings in the old thatched fee ling stable; and , the rae i Licked ag auist tl o stuffed walls of J I his box?then all was still again! Torn rose ] and .stretched himself?his hand was upon j tho door to enter, but ho heard a voice. The miller's house was at the distance of half a mile, but on tho still night air, there came i tho sound of the swing too of tho garden gate, and then a mellow laugh?it was , r ? harlotte's, and Torn knew it! Curso not, unhappv rustic! Damn not the elegant Dobson, O miserable man! Uather blame I r.n- -.-.I -i?. ? - I mill wtiil i.mj .Will Mlurl-MglllOUIIOSS. i.s u I m:m cnn serve two musters! Ye cannot I ; w.'is!iij> a lii^ltrmettled racer nn<l succeed : in the adoration of a country belle! to bt. continued. The Zodiacal Lioiit.?Capt. Chaile* Wilko*, commander of the South Sea Kx ! oing lOvpoilitinn, ai ?he Into meeting of the ^et'-at A-soci.ili at Montreal, read ; * ; c ! * MM UgUt, ! ' Af.. r noticing the various theories prop im ! - hereto! ire, contended that there were t tions to all of them. It was evident tii.it the light as produced bv causes i in the sphere of the earth, and n >t from any nebula outside. L"ndor the tropics the light is a h ight, slen b-r column, streaming up at tones t i the zenith; outside the tropics it is iU\ .\ -. iiM-linuJ towards the ecliptic. At j night it commence* iiumediately after sun- i set, an 1 giadu dly extends as the darkness ' lev pens f r about an hour and a half, when 1 it disappear*. It is a light totally different lioin the sunset light. In the morning, an hunt and a half before sunrise.it is seen li-ing in the e.i-t?a cold clear light, not so meiiow and g den as that of the evening, j He piesctitc 1 diagram* to show that the ! gi:t is produced by the direct rays of the | -an fa!; ng up >n the earth, but not refracted and ditidscd. He illustrated it by compar t ing it to the rays which we sometimes see 1 streaming tlnough a hole in a shutter. Tue f lays are luminous, more or less, as the bo- j i h'.'der looks upon thorn froru different an J 1 gb It was apparent that the light is caus i : i d by the sun, from the fact that it is inclined ; right or left in proportion as we leave the I tropics north or south and also that it never appeared ti l afier sunset, and vanished in an hour and a half, and that it also appeared before sunrise." Tin Cmtu Tklkscoi'e.?This gigantic' and magnificent instrument may justly be term -1 an unsurpassed triumph of human .?ki . The length of the main lube, which ii -b ij..-.1 somewhat like a cigar, is seventy- , hix loft; l?nt, wilii :?!i eve-piece at llio u;*r i .'.v o11 1 :iu I a iie?v cap at the other, the t'?tal length io use i- eighty live feet. The d-?igii of the Jew cap is to prevent ohscili ui hv tin- i 'iidensnli hi of moisture whii-ll lakes lace IuJin,^ the night, when the instrument is ill ?-t in Use. lis exterior is a bright metal, the interior is painte i black. I lio lulie nt its greatest circumfcr- 1 eiK i* tin is'.in s thirteen feel, and this pat t is a!> nit twenty I ur feel from the object glass. In.* laige Hint _ as? is twenty four inches in diameter?perfectly clear, and homoge- ' ncni s in structure. The tube tests upon a light ; j w > Jen fiaineworlc, with iron wheels attached and is lilted to circular iron railway at a ' distance of fifty-two feel from the centre of lie- tow or. Tim chain by w hich it is, lowered >? cap ih.e of mis' lining a weight uf thirteen ' tons, though tlm weight of the tahe is only three. I i.e slightest force applied lo the wheel on the iron rail causes the instrument lo iu <ve horizontally round the con I a lower, while a wheel at the light hand of the observer enables him to elevate or deprt-s the object g.ass with the greatest piccisioti and facility. I'lio magnifying power of i ds teie-scopo is so great, that?to u*o:i plain illnslialion?by il a ijuarler-iiicli let:% ? can bo ro.nl at the distance of bait' a mile. "Julius, what's n coioner!" "A coroner, J Mi. Snow, is a man want sits on do people,! to see we lder doy kide I dctnselves or com- ' mittod suicide.' "And what d?>es ho do : w hen ho finds out?"' "Urines in do wardict, j Jii ins." "NVhal'a a wardict!" "Why. a Ion.*, lilack polo, painted white on tie end : . now bold ycr j iw, and don't bodder any 1 more." Ihnvaro of judging hastily; it is better to suspend nn opinion than to retract an assertion Proclamation of the Indian Insurgents. Thu following is n lransl.ition of the p.o- 1 tarnation issued by tho insurgents of the lool :ity of Delhi, showing that osleiisiby at blu< east the war is one of religion: moi Ho it known to all the Hindoos and Ma- clot lotnelans that the Europeans are united in golt ho design of depriving the army of its re- at I igion, and of compelling ad their Rtihjects *ea, o Irecotne christians by force. It is in con- is a sequence of positive orders from tho Gover- and lor General that cartridges have l?eo:i dis- j kle ritmted ma<le up with lard and tallow. If attr en thousand resist these orders they are to ' hrij re tdown to piecc?; if fifty thousand they am nust he disbanded. j hru It is, therefore, for the sake of our faith full hat we have united, nor have we spared j the ire life of a single infidel in this place. We ant lave established the Emperor of Delhi on 1 ad? lis pledge that all tho troops who shall kill Ian heir Europeon officers and swear allegiance J ,o him shall regularly receive double pay. sisl Oue hundred pieces of artillery ami vast are rea>urcs have fallen into our hands. It is wit] lusirable, therefore, that all those who do am not wish to become christians should hear- Ian .ily unite with the army; that they should 1 froi ho courageous, and not permit tho infernal hir? race anywhere to exist. ir.t< All expenditures which shall have been foo incurred fur ammunition and stores will he ' the proved by means of receipts, and double i tloc price paid therefor by the Emperor. Those j me who shall yield to their fears or nllo v lliem ' en selves to ho deceived by these importers the md trust to their word, will, as the reward stei >f their credulity, sudor the fate of the in- the habitants of Lockiiow. f.ic It is necessary, then, that tho Hindoos of I and Mahometans should be t.f one tnind in see this struggle, and try taking advice from tur parties worthy of confidence have an eye to riv their future safety. Whenever the proper ear arrangements shall have been male those ma who have rendered us service will bo put in ( in places of distinction. I ret It is no le-s important to cause copies of I am III* Was Washington a Marshal cr ,n Kiiancic??This question is giving rise to fc, considerable di*ctt>>; > ?. A II tlliinorenu c,, writes ill the National Intelligencer (hat he j ,,f was and quotes from Sparks as follow*: ,vj "In tIti place, witli ieg>trd to the order j 0f i?f dates, may l?o inserted an extract from a aJ| letter written t>v General Washington to | or Mr. ^ivieas Lam >n(, who had dedicated to e,] liiin a volume of poem*, since it refers to an |t(J error frequently repealed in writing* of an .\, thorily. 'It behooves me,' said ho to Mr. j,;, I/nnont, 'to correct a mistake in your print- e(] ?*d address to tlio l'atron* of the Fine Arts. efl I am not Marshal a of Fiance, nor do I hold tli any coinnm ion or fill any office under that |t.t government or any other whatever.' The %de idea which has usually prevailed that Gen. tli Washington was a marshal of France, pro- iJc bablv originated from the circumstance of; his having commanded Oount de tyocharn- j en beau while that officer was in America." ' nn It is stated "by authority" that a new . ^ fashion is ahout to he in 11 od need by the In M dies of Buffalo?no less in fact than an im- ; pj incuse calash, which is to bo attached to the 1 Lr waisU of the dear creature*, to he raised j and lowered at pleasure, like the top of a buggy, j I *a this proclamation lobe circulated wherever il | pnj in p i.?>ible than it is to strike with the sword, am This proclamation ought to bo posted up iu such a way that the Mahometans and lliu- da doos can become acquainted with it. six Should the infidels show submission it run will bo only a contrivance to save their an> lives. Whoever shall bo deceived by them in will repent of it. Our cause is flourishing; no thirty lupees to a horseman and ten rupees dei to a foot soldier will be the pay of the uew sec servants of Delhi. of I'hicn i iksa or Mirmnicoric Li;*t.? hn Pi of. Y. j en burg, of Cieriuany, lays down in the following positions as the result of his \ or ig v 1 i ibori sus ^searches: That micros.~api.' ife, in the forms constituting earth en, vi r. !c, appears to exist in the same man lio ncr over tho whole earth; that everywhere, du ill all climates, zones, elevations, depths, ar.d ati in the smallest particles of humus, micro >copic life not only exists, but abounds; that pei there is such a relation between European tin microscopic organism and those of other ha parts of the earth; that new orders, classes, bo and families are nowhere found, but the yo forms all belong to the generally silicious as and non silicious; there are also found in flu soil and calcareous strata everywhere unde- ev< composed parts of larger organism, either in{ silicious of calcareous, of vegetable and ani- Su nial origin, closely resembling the flora or rat f ? lauiKi "i trie localities; tueie are peculiar lo to oil genera, not numerous, and also numer- "T ou* peculiar species of widely distributed j" genera; certain geographical latitudes have ' ' their characteristic forms of minute animal life; all over the earth there is distributed a ( considerable number of perfectly identical eVl forms; the so called inorganic constituents of the body and shells of animalcules arc ohieilv carbon, silica, lime, and iion, with \ traces of alumina and manganese. f,c Fc SliAHP PltACriCK at nlagaua FaI-LS. ihi The Niagara Falls Times *-aya that Mr. Webster, of the American Hotel at Niagn- ;n racily, was formerly a resident of her llri- Qi tannic Majesty's province of Canada, hut p;, moved suddenly into the United States, ' t0 leaving his creditors to whistle for 12,000. ijH And that wasn't all. He was in the habit jai of visiting Clifton on the Sabbath day, at |,A which time he could not he arrested. Re- ful cenllv a reward of s>2,000 was o tie red to! tje any person who would place Mr. W. in the ; je liHi>d-> of the Cinadian authorities. On }l4 Sunday last Mr. W. visiter' Clifton as usual, ro. when a Mr. Peck evinced a great interest rtlj in that gentleman's welfare, by treating 0,j him liberally till he became intoxicated, ! nn when it was a very en-y matter to get up a sli! di-puto with him, w hich resulted in a tight, ; to and Mr. Webster was arrested for disturb- ! lo ing the peace. Of course the only object ? !' the whole fttl'air was to have him detained j w| until the following morning, when lie was ?j0 again arrested as an absconding debtor. 1 |v The Work of Crealkm. 'he Creator hai ipoken Kod Um ctaae t out from openings of dtfep-iwfoadad ' ?; and, m day rites, tad the planet ?f> _ ruing pales in (be fiasi, the hr skid lots a'u transformed tnux\ ''pmnit ku| i, and anon the gc4d haepn^s cngth the glorious sue r^tys mi ?( (b^ and enters on bis course, rejoicing. It brilliant day?tbe waves, of. a deeper, i softer blue than before, danceand tparin the light; tbe earth, with little to act the gaze, baa assumed a garb si ;bter green; and as lb# aim decline*' id cveu richer glories then Uiuae whidh I encircled bis ii*ipg, the mooo appears -orbed in tbe JEaat, to the human ?j< second great Imniuavy, of the baareaa. I climbs slowly to the zenith as night ancea, shedding its. i?Ud ?(Hatce d and sea. - . ... > \gain the day breaks the proapegt cqqs as before of land aud ocean. There great pine woods, red covered swamps, le plains, winding rivers and broad lakaa, I a bright sun sliiuea over all. lint the d scape derives its interest and novelty u a feature unmarked before. Gigantic, Js stalk along the sands, or wade far j the waters in quest of their iehlhjl^ J, while birds of lesser size float upon lakes, or screain discordant in horeriog k*, (hick a> insects in the caliq of a sunt-' revening. over tbe narrow seas, or birightwilh the sunlight gleam of their wipga thick woods. And ocean has its moo* rs; great "tanninim" tempest the deep aa y heave their huge bulk over tbe sor, e to inhale the sustaining air; and ont llicit nostrils goeth smoke as out of lh% thing pot or cauldron. Monstrous cranes, armed in massive scales, haunt tbe ers or scour the flat, rank meadows; ill, air and water are charged with ani' ,i ilie, nii'i me sun sew on a busy scene, which the unerring instinct pursues unniliingly its few simple cnd?; the suppor^ J preservation of the individual, the pro ation of the species aud the protection J maintenance of the roqug. . Again the night descends, for the fifth y has closed, and morning breaks on the th and last day ol the creation. Cattii J beasts of the fields graze on the plains,' J the thick fkinned rhinoceros wallows the marshes; (he squat hippopotamus >t!es among (he reeds or plunges aud* nly into the river; great herds of elephan^ :k their food among the young herbage the r .oJst while animals of fiercer nno?t ie lion, the ieoperd and the bev?; rbcr in deep caves till the evening, or lie wait for their prey amid tangled LhiekeW beneath some broken bank. At length, the day wanes and the shadows length, man, (lie responsible 1 lord of the ere*-, n, formed in God's own image, is inlro. ced upon the scene, and the work of cre? on c?a o.s forever upon the earth. The night falls once inore upon the proe:t, and there dawns yet another morrow? s morrow of God's rest?that Divine Sa^ th in whicb there is no more creative lar, aud which, "blessed and sanctified" beml a!I ilto <lnt*a tKoi -- .... ...v tuw. i?mi gvug l/o?ViO| UM its sj>ecial object tbe moral elevation aod :tl redemption of roan. And over H so suing is represented" iu the record M Ml* j, for ita special work is not yet compUta* oh seems to have been tbe sublime panona of creation, exhibited is visions of old tie shepherd who f?r?i taught the chosen seed, tbe beg.fining, how the heavens and earth e out of chaos!" id, rightly understood, I know not m sin* 5 scientific truth that militates agnjnft tsti the minutest or least prominent of itq tails.?llwjk Miller. . " m >n ? Wasiiixcjtox?Ax ENuusirTniBUT*.?: subscriber of the Natchez Courier copies m the London Monthly Magazine fof bruary, 1800, the following eulogium on a character of Washington; Died, on tlie ? December, at hi* residence Virginia, iu the CSih year of his j^ge, sorgo Washington, late President of the tiled States of America. A man superb>r all the titles which arrogance or servility ve invented for the decoration of beredj-. v rank, lie was one who seemed tq vo been expressly formed by Providence - tbe mighty work of establishing the its [tendency of a people, who may one day light the philanthropist wjth the via* gieat an assemblage of freemen iys Eul?e now contains of slaves. i|is firm mini) apted to all ciicuiusUnce* of fortune, unllj inaccessible to the fialUript of boj>q d the suggestions of despair, v** fcepl ladv by tbe giand principles of pure love bis country and a religious attachment numd-duty. no was one or those truly great mer^ ~ 10 can I>o cool without phlegiq, dispaamate without indifference?. who>, const an tiuttfiit upon an important end, are liuU ?ved by the vvcissiludea and fluctuation^ the mean* which lead to it In bin) trait, ne, glory, reputation, were subordinate usitlaralious to the successful perforin*tl?Q the high task assigned hiiq,and l;ecoul^ thout impatience wait tor th^t reward % public j ?1 >? u-e an J gratitude. which w?4 lie desired for services beyond the pow. of o*timsto. In hiscbaracler was renew* all the qualities we most admire in the blest names of antiquity?Timoleon, ristides, Oanriilu*, Fabiqs, did not any* ss liim in fortitude, prudence, disinterest* ne? atul integrity. No one ever rn-ne ectually unite.) descitdve 6rin nest wit^ at lenitv which flows from true beneverce. No one ever passed throqgh the oral of power and influence more free frouf e remotest suspicion of selfish nod smbi?iis designs. To have passed unsullied throqgl; sqch e reer of glory and usefulness is 90 higlj I rare a blessing, that regret far bis Iosq II probably, in those minds warded by f use of Iris csalted virtues, he sunk in the tisfaction of seeing another illustrious name iu-.-d beyond all danger of hnmsn in? mily. "None of your sauce," as the co^'s best} id to tlio oyster