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VQfc. XIV. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 185TT " NoT?^;'. ' ^
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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