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BY DAVIS & CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C? THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 18587 vot. xiv ~^7t~iz
A REVOLUTIONARY LEGEND.
BY GKORUK l.ll'I'Allli.
It was in these wilds of AVissahikon on
the day of the battle, as tho 110011-day suu
came shining through the clustered leaves, ,
that two men met in deadly conflict, near
a rock that rose, like a huge wreck of some ,
primeval world, at least one hundred feet
.above the dark waters of tho Wissahikon. (
The man with tho dark brow, and the <
darker grey eye, flashing with deadly light, t
w'ith muscular form, clad in the blue hunt- i
ing frock of the revolution?is a Continen- <
tal named Warner. His luntlun- wsi* hum-. 1
dered tho other night at tho inassacrc of <
L'aoli. Tho other 111:111 with long black
hair drooping along his cadaverous face, is |
dad in tho half military custome of a lory
refugee. This is tho murderer of the l'aoli,
named Dabney. f
They had met there in the woods by ac- s
cident; and tlioy fought, not with sword or ?.
rille, but v/ilh long and deadly hunting ?
knives; they go turning and twisting over *
the green sward. I
At last the tory is down ! down on the c
turf with tho knee of the continental upon \
his breast?that upraised knife quivering t
in tho light?that eye llashing death into 1
his face! % <.
"Quarter, I yield !"' gasped the tory, as s
the knee was pressed upon his breast, "spare
ine?1 yield!" >
"My brother," said the patriot soldier in t
that tone of deadly hale, "my brother cried J.
for quarter 011 the night of JL'auli, and even
as ho clung to your knees you stuck that 1
knifo into his heart. Oh, L will give you {
the quarter of l'aoli !" \
And as his hand was raised for the blow
and liis teeth were elinehed in deadly hate
he paused for a moment, and then pinioned v
the lory's arms, and with a rapid stride %
dragged him to the verge of the rock, and I
held him quivering over die abyss.
"Mercy !" gasped the tory, turning black v
and ashy by turns as the awful gulf yawned J
below. "M?rey ! I have a wife, spare nie!" ti
Then the continental, with his mustered |j
strength, gathered lor I ho elfort, shook the )j
murderer once more over the abyss, and
then hissed the bitter sneer betwecen his |
teeth: J
"Mv brother had a wife and two children.
The morning after the night of the l'aoli, v
that wife was a widow?those children orphans
! Wouldn't you like to go and beg
vour life of that widow and her children 2"
- I
The proposal made by the continental in !
the more mockery of hate, was taken in 6e- j ^
rious earnest by the horror-stricken torv.? | s
ti,. u 1 - i.. .1- - * ' :l
ng Uij;-cu 1>U LHKVIl lO I lie WIUOW ailll !
her children to have the painful privilege o' j *
begging liis life. After ii inomeiit of se- j ?
rious thought the patriotic soldier consented. ^
lie bound the lory's arms yet tighter, and e
placed him on the rock again, and then led 1
him lip the woods. A <juiet cottage, em- s'
bosomed among the trees, broke on their l'
eyes.
They entered the collage. There, beside a
the desolate hearthstone, sat the widow and
her children. She sat there, a matronly r<
woman of about thirty years, faded by care, l'
a deep dark eye and black hair hanging 1
in a dishevelled manner about her shoul- ''
ders. a
Ou one side was a dark haired boy of a
KOI1K" siV I'finrc nil ?! ?* - ,:"1- I l>
..... ^ ? t vii ?. ??; vniui <1 lilllC ^111 i
one year younger, with light hair and blue ri
eyes. The Bible?an old and venerated
volume?lay open on the mother's knee.
And then the pale faced tory Hung him- v
self on his knees, confessed that lie butcher- a
ed her husband on the night of l'aoli, but e
begged his life at her hand ! ri
"Spare me for the sake of my wife and
my child !" o
Jle had expected that this pitiful moan I
would touch the widow's Heart; but not
one relenting gleam softened her pale face, si
"The Lord shall judge for us !" she said g
in a cold, icy tone that froze the murderer's
heart. "Look! the Bible lays open in mv ti
lap; I will close that volume, and then h
this boy shall open it, and place his finger ?
nt random upon a line, and by that you el
shall live or die!" w
This was a strange proposal made in good ''
faith of a wild and dark superstitution of
the olden time. For a moment the tory,
pale as ashes, was wrapt in thought. Then, ^
in a faltering voice, he signified his consent. ,r
Raising her flark eyes to heaven, the *'
mother prayed the Great Father, to direct ^
.the' finger of her son. She closed the v
book?she handed it to that boy whose 0
young cheek reddened witli^ loathing as he 11
gazed upon his father's murderer. He took ?
the Bible, opened its holy pages at radom, ei
sod placed his finger upon a verse. fll
Then there was a silence, The conti- 61
nental soldier, who had swo{ri to avenge his
brother's dentil, stood tliere with dilating ^
oyes and^part^d lips. The culprit kneeling
on the floor, with a face like discolored clav,
felt his heart leap" to his throat. ' .
Then, in a clear, hold voice, the widow ,
rtead thie line from the Old Testatainent.?
It tfas short but terrible!
shall die.'\ ^
"Look!-the brother spriugs forward,to
plunge a knife into the^murderer's heart ,
but/the* lory, pinioned as he is, clings to
Mthe.widoW'a Jcpe^B. lie begs that one more ^
'trial may b^qaade l>y the little girl, that M
child of too Vm* . old, with golden hair ;
' ntdlwr^inj oja. 1
,, cbriienft; There is an awful h
v;v V( " "
pause. Willi u smile in her eye, withoul
knowing what she docs, the little girl openi
(lie Bible as it lays on her mother's kneo
?ho turns her laughing face away and pla>
ces her finger upon u lino.
That awful silence grew deeper. Th?
deep drawn breath of the brother and tlic
broken trasps of the murderer. alono ?lis.
Luib the stillness; tlio widow and darkeyed
boy aro breathless. Tlio little girl unjonscious
as she was, caught a fooling ol
iwj from" tlic countenance around her, and
stood breathless, her face turned'*aside and
iier tiny fingers resting on that line of life
jr death.
At last, gathering courage, the widow
jeiit her eyes to the page, and read :
"Lore your eucmhs."
Ah, that moment was sublime. Oh, awul
book ol (Jod, in whose dread pages we
>ee Moses talking face to face to Jehovah,
ir Jesus waiting by Samaria's well or wanlering
by the waves of dark (Jalilee. Oh,
iwful Hook, shining to-night, as I speakt
'.he light of that widow's home, the glory
>f (he machanic's shop, shining where the
vorld comes not, to look on the last night
if the convict in bis cell, lighting the way
o (.iod, even that dread gibbet. Oh, book
if terrible majesty and childlike love?of
ubliinity that crushes the soul into awe?
?f beauty that melts the heart with rapture,
;ou never shone more strangely I eautiful
han there in the lone cot of the Wissahi:oii,
when you saved the murderer's life.
For need 1 tell you that the murdcrcrs's
ife was saved?the widow recognized the
inger of CJod, and even tlio stern brother
vas awed into silence!
The murderer went his way.
Now look you how wonderful are the
vavs of Heaven ! That very night as the
vidow sat at her lonely hearth, her orphans
>y her side?sat there with a crushed heart
nd hot eyeballs, thinking of her husband)
i-ho now lay mouldering on the bloodrenched
soil of Paoli?there was a tap at
lie door. She opened it, and that husband
viitg though covered with wounds, was in
er amis.
He had fallen in Paoli, but not in death,
le was alive, and his wif? lay panting on
lis bosom.
That night there was a prayer in that
rood embowered cot of the Wissahikon.
FICTITIOUS LITERATURE.
In all ages and in all countries, Fictitious
literature lias had its admires as well as its
eliouueers. We are frcijuetr.ly struck with
otne peculiar beauty in a fictitious work
nu in voluntarily a mire it. Again we see
onie obscure passage unworthy the notice
I a man, and immediately denounce it.?
Ye see men of talent admire, and others
qually as talented, reject the use of Fietiti?us
Literature, so our own opinion must, in
oine degree, govern us in the estimate we
lace upon it.
Works of Fiction are considered by many
is being highly detrimental to the mind Of
outli; for they are generally exaggerated
^presentations of life. Things arc presented
j the mind which never existed ; schemes
ire devised which can never be executed :
opes are inspired which can never bo re.
lized. Licentious scenes, and obscene imgary,
are introduced, and tiie imagination
ecomca defiled by descriptions which are
jvoltiug to every virtuous and refined mind.
Thus are impure desires enkindled within
lie bosom of youth, and he falls an easy
ictim to its seductive influence. It gives
student 110 taste for his studies, nor does it
nable him to dive into "the hidden myste
ies of science." Those who have contracted
lie habit of novel-reading, often shed a tear
f sympathy over imaginary sufferings.?
5ut let us turn and view the other sid", and
re find that to this we are indebted for
[>me of the most noble displays of human
etiiu.4.
What pictures ! what scenes are presen'd
to the imagination of man ! llow much
as our happiness been extended by fiction^
liicli presents to us new words and new
liara^ters! Even in the hour of affliction,
hen Nature has no object upon which our
opes can rest, fiction invites our imagina011
to another world.
It is this which so brilliantly elevates man
om his common station, and places him
i the field of the poet, andtbu painter who
raws his pictures, tinseled with every
eauty which pleases the fancy and* caplia?cs
tlio admiration. Look at Milton, and
lliora lullAOO . t i *
-?.-i ....uov ivNiuuiiu iniiviub are expressed
i every shade of thought and every trait
f beauty. Imignation is among the greatit
of human powers, the loftiest of humnn
ccomplislmients, and the rarest of human
ndowmcnts.?Georgian. '
V Tommy, my son, what are you going
> do with that club ?"
"Send it to the editor, of course."
" But what are you going to send it to
le editor for!" >
u Cause hee.nys, if anybody will send him
club he will send tlrein a paper."
The mother cam# very near fainting,
ut retained conseiouaneM,enough to ask :
" But, Tommy, dear, what do jou supose
he wants of a club ?" /
" Well, I don't know, replied the hope-,
il urchin unless it is to knock' down sub^
sribers asdon't pay for their paporf? "*
If you want to know whether a 'tree is
ollow or not, axe it. *? *. *
t AN IDEAL RURAL HOME.
j Don. Edward Everett, of Massachusetts,
( delivered an agricultural speech at Buffalo,
last tall, before the Stato Agricultural Society
of New York. We annex the conclu>
ding paragraphs, descriptive of au improved
i Rural Home in the country :
' One more suggestion, my friends, and I
relive your patience. As a work of art, i
know few things more pleasing to tbe eye
f or more capable of affording scope and gratification
to taste for the beautiful, tlian a
well situated, well cultivated farm. Tlie
man of refinement will hang with neverwearied
gaze on a landscape by Claude or
Salvator; the price of a selection of the
most fertile land in tbe. West would not
purchase a few square feet of the canvass
on which these great artists have depicted
a rural scene. But nature has forms and
proportions beyond the painter's skill *, her
divine pencil touches the landscape with
living lights and shadows, never mingled on
his pallet. "What is there on earth which
can more entirely charui the eye or gratify
the taste than a noble farm? It stands up.
011 a southern slope, gradually rising with
variegate ascent from the plain, sheltered .
from the northwest winds by the woody
heights, broken here and there with mosscovered
bowlders, which impart variety and
strength to the outline. The native forest
has been cleared from the greater part of
the farm, but a suitable portion, carefully
tended, remains in wood for economical purposes,
and to give picturesque effect to the
rri... > -i
Kiaiuo^djlU* X IIO 6VC3 rilll^U KOUIIU LI1TGC
fourths of tlie horizon over a fertiel expanse
?bright with the cheerful waters of a rip'
pling stream, a generous river, or a gleaming
lake?doited with hamlets, each with
its modest spire?and, if the farm lies in
tlie vicinity of the coast, a distant glimpse
from the highgrounds, of the mysterious,
everlasting sea, completes tlie prospect. It
is situated off the high road, but near
enough to the village to be easily accessi
bio to the church, the school-h'.iuse, the
post-oflioc, the railroad, a sociable neighbor,
or a travelling friend. It consists in due
proportion of pasture and tillage, meadow
and woodland field and gardan.
''A substantial dwelling with everything
for convenience and nothing for ambition?
with the Hitting appendage of stable, and
barn, and corn-barn, and other farin buildings,
not forgetting a spring-house with a
living fountain of water?occupies, upon a
gravelly knoll, a position well chosen to
command the whole estate. A few acres
011 the front, and on the -sides of the dwelling,
set apart to gratify tlie eye with the
choicer forms of rural beauty, are adorned
with a stately avenue, with noble solitary
trees, with graceful clumps, shady walks, a
velvet lawn, a brook murmuring over a peb
blv bed, here and there a grand rock, whose
cool shadow at sunset streams across the
fiekl ; all displaying, in the roul lnw.litif.ee
of nature, the original of those landscapes
of which art in its perfection strives to give
us the counterfeit presentment. Animals
of select breed, such as I'aul Potter, and
Moreland, and Lnndieer, and Kosa lionlieur
never painted, roam the pastures, or
fill the hurdles and the stalls; the plow '
walks in rustic majesty across the plain 1
and opens ihe genial bosom of the earth to 1
to the sun and air; nature's holy sacrament 1
cf seed time is solemnized beneath the vaulted
Cathedral sky ; silent dews, and gentle '
showers, and kindly sunshine shed their '
sweet influence on the teeming soil; spring- '
ing verdure clothes the plain ; golden wave- '
lets, driven by the west wind, run over the i
joyous wheat-field; tho tall maize flaunts in '
her crispy leaves and nodding tassals. while
wo labor and while wc rest, while we wake '
and while we sleep, God's chemistry, which 1
wo cannot see, goes on beneath the clods ; }
mynads and myriads of vital cells ferment (
with elemental life; germ and stalk, and leaf 1
and flower, and silk and tassel, and grain 1
and fruit, grow up from the common earth *
?the mowing machine and reaper?rhuto |
tivals of human industry?perform their 1
gladsome task ; the well-piled wagon brings
home the ripened treasures of the year; tho *
bow of promise fulfilled spans the fore- 1
ground of the picture, and the gracious cov- c.
enant is redeemed, that while the earth re- 1
inaineth, summer and winter, and heat and 1
cold,.and day and night, and seed-time aud a
harvest, shall not fail." *
An Invention Wanted.?One of the most c
useful inventions positively wanted by the
gas light using community, is some method n
of positively preventing^the gas jets from ^
flickering. Gas regulators have been invented
to graduate the quantity passing p
through tbe tubes under varying pressures ti
i of the gaB, but none which provides for a S
steady flow to tbe luuners. Tbe vibrations r*
of tbe gas light produce similar vibrations p
in the retina of the eye, and thereby un- f<
duly excite it. ^According to the -coroputa- tl
tions of Dr* Young, theft are as many a8 n
53f?,000,000 of undulations in yellow ligllt <1
?the ray 'iwbich prevails in gas jeta-^pro- t<
duced in $ singly second. It is very , evi-^ n
dent, th6jr$fo?e, that the disturbed vibrations n
by flickering gis lights must effect the eye
injuriously, l^bas been found that a. per- fj
%ori can study and Write a great deaHonger^ ']p
and vyth greater ease, by .the .light of a. a
sperm candle or oil lamp, tfean wifch gas ii
but "tfiis Wobld non>fl.,^ie- case, ,were gaT *
lights remedi^l oRh^evil of^^^^rjDg. * it)
l !sM 1 1 *
NATIONAL RETRENCHMENT. ii
One of the most important committees ti
that Congices bus organized for many years, q
is tbo one of wbicli Mr. Boyce, of Soutli it
Carolina, is bead, created to inquire (and, t<
we trust, report) u^ioii tbo important syb- p
ject of national expenditure?embracing C
within its scope also, the searching question \*
of National Taxation and Revenue.
That our annual expenditure has been o
carried, of late years, far beyond the legiti- t(
male bounds of our necessities, all will ad- c;
mit who recognize within the past few ci
years, a sum of about seventy millions an- it
nually, ?2 1-2 for each individual, made o
way wy.h, whilst in a long range of pre- h
vious years, when at peace, a much less ci
sum, in proportion to the population, was st
deemed ample to meet all the yearly ne- o
cessitics of the National Treasury: n
The argument is sometimes adduced for
mis great ami wasteful increase from past p
years, that the expenses of living have pro- li
portionately advanced. If such is the case) u
these expenses have no warrant in the en- si
hanced values of llio neeassaries or the 11
comforts of life. To prove this, let any tl
well-authenticated record of prices of fain- n
ily articles for the past fifty years l>o con- vi
suited, to vindicate the assertion. Take the
whole range of provisions as an illustration si
?with the single exception of butcher's |,
heef. So, too, with all the varieties of gro- w
ceries and clothing, and the average of the b
past ten years will he found below that of ,r
?
any other dccado of our history. The p
same faclt exists with reference to the costs ai
of all the muniments of war, which apply ir
equally to the land and naval forces.? tl
Should it be alleged that steam, in the first 0
instance, is more costly, on the other hand 0
it is more eilicient in tho matter of trans- b
port, and olVensivo or protective operations, 0
than canvass alone. Thus, a smaller em- 0
bodimentof ineti with steam appliances are ()J
far more powerful at sea or afloat,
than when employed in any mode of naval
warfare thirty years ago.
Apply this view of the case to the state- 31
incut that a soldier of the army now re- p
quires 800 to ?1,000 per annum, to sustain a
him, (and it is fair to suppose a sailor an V
c<[Mai or greater amount,J whilst in the early
period of the century 300 to $500 per an- ri
nuin, was found sufficient, and we camiot li
escape the conclusion that great waste and i{.
extravagance, sustained by careless, if not A
corrupt legislation, is the cause of the in- li
equality. There is no reason Vhy those in ii
the Government employ should he better t>
paid than the mass of their fellow-citizens K
who give equal labor or intelligence to the Ci
discharge of their daily duties ; and whilst n
all wish the faithful public servant to be A
properly recompensed, we may, at the same st
time, feel well assured that the steady hand si
of retrenchment can, at a moment of na- p
tional distress, be most profitably employed p
in probing into the details of the expendi- li
Lures for the army and navy, that are sweep- si
ing collectively from the Treasury nearly a<
thirty millions of dollars ft year. c<
Another prolific source of expenditure is tl
the system of subsidise, npplied directly or tl
through the Post Office Department, to the Ik
commeicial steaiu marine, which, as shown of
in the deficiences of that Department, and U
in other ways, must embrace an item of in
near five millions of dollars annually. T
The question of public printing, now re
sailing for its millions rather than its few cl
liundred thousand annually, is receiving d?
some share of public attention, and it may it}
je fairly hoped that it will not escape the iu
iloso attention of Mr. lioyce's important as
committee. . cc
Again, the tendency to increase the com- th
sensation of every attache of the Governnent,
in the departments of a civilian cliaricter,
cannot escaped the attention of any
)ne who has noticed the course of legisla- ^
ion at "Washington, in recent years. The e"
joint of honor, that formerly attached, in P'
i degree, to every public officer of a naional
character, Appears to have subsided ,n
nto a consideration of emolument alone. P"
The cost of collecting the revenue of the 8C
Jnion, when wo allow for the value of the 10
eutal of Custom Houses, wear and use of
utters, &c., is represented by another anlual
draft of five millions upon the Treas- ^ol
iry, and like all the others enumerated, is an
>n additional burllieu upon the industry of
he country. It will be properly a question
iefore the committe, whether by a radical ^'1
hange in the mode of assessing or raiding
lie revenue, this hist formidable item can- an
ot be groatly alleviated, if not altogether *'l)a
ispensed with.
That tbe mode the constitution contem
> rci
lated, making " taxation and representaion"
move hand and.> hand, i. e., each W'
" " W Fill
late to furnish its quota, in the ratio of its
spreeentative forcein^Dongre&a, would dis1 mi
Qnso with this last burthen of five millions
>r the expenses of collecting the revenue, .
here can be no < dispute; and for one (of ^
lany) the writer liofWa to live to see' the ^
ay whep tbewijie system of revenue coh-. jQV
jm pi a ted byStfc. founders of our Governjent.
will be Uie polj existing one withtflie h
ation.?? }jj
This would, it'is trua^.be a^j^patjure rr)?
ora tiie policy pf (he government ftflTthp,
resent century,.thit commerce shotf]d?.be
ig from each State its quota for tbe naon's
support, that if tho people can have the
uestiou fairly submitted to their decision,
, is safo to predict that its obvious tendency
> guard against tho practico of profuso exenditure
and its consequent check upon
longressional corruption, would invoko tbe
armest support.
Tho adoption of this system of revenue,
f course, would ignore the doctrine of projction,
which a few still cling to as appliiiblo
and favorable to the industry of the
Duntry. I say doctrine of protection; for
can readily be shown that tbe liberation
f frniln fro... '?* '*
. uiu icucia liihl mo revenue
iws iiow impose, would place our agrijlture,
manufactures and commerce, in a
.ill farther advanced position, in tho scale
f the world's competition, than they even
o\v possess.
We all remember t' at ono of the last
v.blic declarations of Ilenry Clay (who
as been styled " the Father of the Sys:m")
was, that " Protection for protection's
ike was dead and it is not too much
ow to say that the dozen or more years
lat have elapsed sinco it was made, have
ot, in the experience that they have ueeloped,
weakened its force.
The question whether the public lands
lould be used as a direct source of revenue
as often been debated. The higher policy
ould probably favor their reservation as a
asis for national credit, whenever an emerency
might require its use, reserving their
resent income to discharge tho interest
nd principal of the existing debt. Coraicvce
might then bo alone chargcd with
?e necessity of conveying to the Treasury
ur yearly requirement, which might, withut
an inconvenient retrenchment, bo
rought within the sum of forty millions
f dollars, based upon the scale of values
f the present year.?New York Journal
f Commerce.
Exploration of the Amoor River by an
Itncrican.?Mr.Collins, the American Conj1
of the Amoor river, recently obtained
ermission of the Government to explore it,
nd lie has sent to the Government at
Washington the result of his observations.
"Mr. Collins states that the whole of this
vcr, for a distance of two thousand six
undred miles, is susceptible of steam navration,
and the country drained by the
Ltnoor has a population of about five milons.
There are already four vessols tradig
from the San Francisco to the Amoor,
vo from Boston, and two from Hong
.ong?the latter being owned by Ameri:iu
houses. The Russian government is
ipidly extending its dominions in the
.moor country, and the last year two iron
earners, built in Philadelphia for the Rus
ans, were shipped around Cape llorn and
lit up at tho mouth of the Amoor, for the
urposeof trade and exploration. Mr. Coins
states that the Russian government deres
that the Americans should have aU the
lvantages of the great trade of this new
>uiitrv, and hold out ever)- inducement for
tat purpose. After reaching the inouth of
te Amoor, the theatre of his consulship,
a thought ho had discovered so many facts
" great importance to tho commerce of the
nited States that he determined to return
imediatel) and report to Itis government,
he report which he has made to the Sectary
of State occupies some 250 pages of
osely written manuscript, and is a conjnsed
account of the country in the vicin7
of tho navigable waters of the Amoor,
j population, trade, products, &c., as well
suggestions as to the proper articles of
immerce which our people may export
ere with profit."
Life on the Pluius.?Herds of Buffalo.
-A member of Company C. 1st Cavalry,
. S. Army, recently arrived at Fort Leaviworlli
from an expedidion on Western
<iins, writes as follows to his father in
>ri?gfield, Illinois : 'Wc had an interestg
expedition, but I have hpd no timo to
irticularize any of the many interesting
enes and incidents. Suffice for the present
say, mat we traveled over two thousand
lies, and saw some of the most splendid
2turosqne and beautiful country to- be (
ind anywhere, and some of the wildest |
d most desolate country 9utside the great ,
sert. We saw, chnsed, killed, cooked and
buffalo, elk, antelope, deer, hares, rab- j
s, turkeys, Jcc. Of buffalo we saw mil.
ns, and very near the saijie .number of 1
telope. For nine days of our travel we (
Bsed through one continuous herd of buf* e
o. The whole country was literally (
ickened with them a* far as the eye could s
ich daily. We bad to surround our camp t
Lh fires at night, to keep from being over E
a by mighty herds of this wonderful ani- c
d.w
? a
An aobepted lover one day talking ina j
)tty village in Bedfordshire, aldpg with *
^object 'of his{ affections hinging upon ^
rarm apd describing the ardency of his jj
e, remarked: ^ >0
"flow t&nsported I am to*havtf you 0
norioir on mv arm P. .
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wUj>pn roy^ordj' said the lady4 " you g
ike us 01H a very respectable couple, jr.ben e
a is transpSrted, and the other is hang- c
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Surety ^iiome people^ust know ^eju- ^
vea?ihey nerer" thick about anybody. 't
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JBR!?
PERILOUS ADVENTURE WITH A TIGRESS.
About a month ago, a person named
AVbitboy Swart, residing in the Zwarto liug- 5
gens, went out at daylight one morning in 1
search of a horse, and wbile strolling about \
tho neighbornood in which he resides, his i
attention was attracted towards a busli, by |
the yelping of three young dogs, that bad I
followed him from his home. On approach- t
ing tho spot to which the sound directed t
him, ho was startled by finding that his f
canine companions had juintcd a beautifully t
spotted tigress, that was lying on its back, i.
with which they appeared to bo enjoying a c
very satisfactory roinp. Upon perceiving r
the man, the animal sprang to its feet, and ?j
W hitboy, though a noted hunter, and an f
athletic, bold and active man, retreated from (
tho spot, bcinrr iinnrmiul ??? ?
^ ..... .owvaj V, A jVJ j'b ^ ILIl SI | I
small switch or stick ; the tigress pursued | \
liiin, and finding that lie lost ground, he re- '
solved on wheeling about and lacing the u
animal, which, with ono blow of its paw> v
tore away part of his cheek, and would, t
with tlio violence of the concussion, have t
knocked him to the ground, had it not ?i
been for the support lie received from a c
small bush near him, which prevented liim c
from falling 011 his bac>j: probably to this 1
circumstance he is iudebted for his life, for 1
with the tigress above him ho would have 1
been perfectly powerless. e
"Whitboj' struck at the savage beast with 1
the switch in his possession, but this also ^
fell from his hand ; to preserve his face he |
now assumed a pugilistic attitude, when the I
tigress seized hold of his arm; with hi? J
other hand he then picked up a stone, which c
he placed in the jaws of the euraged brute. ;
to prevent bis arm from being bitten in two. ^
Tliis dis done, lie next seized bis opponent
by the throat. and by bis great strength 1
tbrew her down, and placed his knee on ]
the neck ; fortunately the dogs, though c
young, now harrassed the enraged animal, t
and thus kept its paws engaged. The man t
then drew his arm out of tho jaws of the \
animal, but when he had almost extricated (
it, the stone fell out, and the animal seized i
his hand, which was so severely bitten as t
to be disabled. With the other lie now j
took the stone, and battered the tipross' (
o
nose and teeth. In thi3 position, and in \
the greatest agony, lie Avas two hours con- <
tending with his enemy. lie had a knife 1
in his pocket, but the other band having <
been rendered helpess, he could not open i
the blade; be now contrived by main
strength to move himself and the tigress to '
the spot where his switch lay, about six 1
yards off. The struggle of the two combatants
became quite terrific?the ground was
trampled quite hard, and the spot covered
with blood. Reduced to the last extremity,
and lelieving the animal to be in a similar
state, he resolved on encouraging the dogs
to attack her, while he jumped up and ran
off.
After running for about 300 yards, he 1
looked round, and found the dogs coming <
on alone, lie then hastened to a farmer's
house, to request assistance; th-iy visited 4
the spot and curiously examined the small (
clumps of trees, but having no dogs on J
which they could depend, the search waB 1
soon given up, and the wounded man con- '
veyed to his home. His wounds were '
dressed, and he lay in a very precarious '
state for four weeks, having been twice at- 1
tacked with lock-jaw. His sufferings were
intense, one arm being entirely disabled,
and the lower parts of his body severely *
lacerated, lie was engaged altogether for
two hours and a half. Hopes were, how- <
ever, indulged, two days before our inform- 1
aut left the locali y, that a sound constitu- I
tion and powerful nerves would sustain him, t
and that ho would ultimately recover from n
injuries which must have proved inevitably I
fatal to ono of les9 physical power. The e
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L.LI ! t .
LONGEVITY OF LITERARY MEN.
Tlio concluding lecture of the series of
smithsonian lectures delivered by Dr.
Wynne, was confined to the effect of leisiro
and literary employment upon the duation
of life. The lecturer drew his exam- .
)les of a life of leisure chiefly from Engish
records, which embrace a class among
lie English nobility who are placed above
he necessity for labor, and are necessarily
reed from the ordinary stimulants which in
he usual walks of life move men to exerion.
Until the last few vears the mpmlmra
>f noble families were supposed to be placid
in circumstances highly favorable to longevity,
but carefully collated facts, derived
roiu the most authentic sources by Prof
Juy,of King's College, Loudon, showed
hat, with a few rare exceptions, such as
hose of Sir lialph de Vernon, who is said
o have attained the age of one hundred
md filly years, and three Misses Legge, defendants
of the Karl of Dartmouth, two
>f whom died at 105 and one at 111, the
111 ration of life was less among them in
my other class, and far below those embraced
in the list of friendly societies, made up
entirely of the working classes. Of tho
nembcrs of the privileged classes in Engand
kings were found to have the shortest
engtli of life, r.cxt peers of the realm, then
expectants of titles, and highest on the lis1
hose noblemen whose grade of title placed
hem nearest the mass of the whole population.
From this it would appear that la>or
formed an essential requisite in producng
those conditions neccssary to a length
>f days, and those who were placed above
ts contingencies were rather to bo piiicd
ban envied.
.among mose who were embraced in the
iterary class were sotne who, like natural
philosophers, generally attained great length
>f days, and others as poets, in which the
luration of life appeared to bo abort. Be,ween
these two classes were many grade*
whose position in the scale was generally
lefined by the absence or presence of the '
maginative faculties in the production of
.heir works. As a general role the oaltn
ind exalted studies of the philosopher, although
often severe, were found to be favorable
to longevity, while the development
if that imaginative faculty by means of
which the poet was enabled to weave his
conceptions into verse wits found to abridge
its duration.
In addition to the effect produced by different
species of literary labor upon their
?t-A -
?.wwutw.o, uiciu nits no uuudi mat individual
peculiarities had much to do with in- ^
Jucing a favorable or unfavorable result.?
rhis was especially the case with poets, who
tvere as a class men of irregular lives. The
nstances of Burns, Cowper, Beattie and
liyron were cited us examples of this posiion,
and many of their personal peculiariies
were detailed showing them to have
ived cilher in a state of great excitement
jr of the deepest melancholy.
The series of lectures just closed embraced
a vast fund of valuable information up>n
an important and hitherto neglected
lubject, and was listened to by the audience
with great attention. They furnish a subitantial
contribution to science, and mani
cab me jirncuwii vaiue oi tue institution
inder whose auspices tJiey have been given
o the public.?Nutionul Intelligencer.
affectionVor a motreb.
The following beautiful passage, as true
is it is beautiful, is from Mr. James:
"Iiound the idea of one'smother the mind
>f men clings with fond affection. It is the
irst deep thought stamped upon our infant
leart when yet soft, capable of receiving
he most profound impressions, and all the
if tor feelings of the world are more or less
iglit in comparison. I do not know that
ven in our old acre we do not look back to
hat feeling as the sweetest we have through *
ife. Our passions and our wilfulness may
sad us far from the object of our filial
>ve ; we learn to pain her heart, to oppose *
er wishes, to violate her commands ; we
iay become wild, head-strong and angry
L her counsel or opposition, but when ' .
catli has stilled her monitory voice, and
othjng but cahn memory remains to reipitulate
her virtues.and good deed*, nfleeon,
like a flower, beaten to the'ground by *
past storm, raises up her head and smiles t
nongst her tears. Round the idea, ve
nve said the mind clings with fond affec* * *
on,*and even when the earlier period of
ir loss forces memory to be silent, fancy ;
kos the place of remembrance, and twine, *
le imag? of our dead parent with^ aC garnd
of a races, aiidv "J ?
? o ? T-* j ?? ",,u j- ;
bicb we doubt not'that she possesses" ^
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u4 NobU Sentiifient.?Some true heart . * .
is given expression to its generous nature,, * - ^4*
the following beautiful, noble sentiment: JfE
Never desert a friend, when enemies .
ither around him?wberi sicknessfalls oft * \. >
e heart?when the world'is dark, and^ . *
leerless?is the time to try a tru? friend^ . 'VM
ley who turn ,frpm the scene of distil, ' \ '[%
itray their hypocrisy /.and prove that inrrest
only-moves?them. If "you hive a' . ^
end who loves you and stud is* your $[.
rest Biid.Kahn!riAii K? ??? V.
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adversity.*. Let him feel tjutt hip fMW&f >
fdneujs appreofeted,^n4 ihMJbia ^';f"
X tlirownaway. Real fidelity ? .
re; but it^etiau in
tiuniiiuc. ui YvmiDoy ana tlio tigress will t
rnnk amongst the most marvelous adven- li
lures with beasts of j>rey in this country- 1<
?Graham's Town (South Ajriea) Jour- 1<
nal. li
American Life.?American life is but the 11
agony of a fever. There is no repose for a
us. We push on in frenzied excitement ^
through the crowds, tho noise, the hot glare n.
and dust of the highways, without turning Cl
for a moment to refresh ourselves in the
quiet and shado of the by-paths of life.? a
We have but one object in our rapid jour- 81
aey, and that is to get the start of our fel- J11
ow-trayelers. Our political equality, offer- 1,1
ng to all a chance for the prizes of life, 01
ind thus encouraging every one to try his
peed in the race, is no doubt a spur to the ^
iharacteristie hurry of Amerioans, Our in- 'n
titutions, however, are not responsible for w
be prize vfe choose to strive for. There is
to reason that we know of why it republi- .
an should have no other aim in life but to '-n
;et richer than his neiglibora; but there .
TA A 2# ? , J
w m vmvuohuu ^vyu lOOBUIIQy II WIS- V8IU0
lealth anil happiness, why we should pur-. ^
ue other and higher objects. When the cj,
ursuitof wealth is,the great pucpose of
fe in so. rapidly a progietsive statd of ma- ^
arial prosperity as exists in our commercial
ommunities, it requires exclusive devotion ^
nd.the highest strain of the faculties to ^
cceed. A fair competence, however; is
asily'reached ; and it we had learned to ,.
are for better thipgs, we should not strive
ir tnore. / ; * "" ?. ? #o
. 4 jsjjj ol?*
wIt is a Remarkable fact that, howeffej '
rell'young ladiesMnay, be versed bgrara^
oar, very f^jr of nljein ^e able^to^Jj/t^j,