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A LKsSos m Itself suWiine, *f
A lemon worth enshrining,
Is this: "I take no uote of tirad
Save when the sun h shining."
These root to-words the dinl bore,
And wisdom never preaches
To human heart a better lore
Than lids sjiort sentence teaches:
As life is sometimes bright and fair,
. - And sometimes daik and loucly,
Let u? forget its pain tui.loaro,
And note its bright hours only.
There is no grove on Earth's broad chart
ltut has some bird to eheer it;
So hope sings on every heart,
Although we tuay notAear it;
And if to-day the heavy wing
Of Sorrow is oppt easing,
Perchance to morrow's sun will biiug
The weary heart a blessing ;
For life is souieliinos bright and fair,
And sometimes dark and lonely,
And lot's forget its toil and care,
And- note its bright hours only.
We bid the joyous moments haste,
And then forgot their glitter ;
We take the cap of life hiuI taste
No portiou but the bitter ;
Hut we should teach our hearts to dream
Its sweetest drops; the strongest,
And pleasant hours should ever seem
To linger around us longest:
At life is sometimes bright and fair,
And sometimes dark and lonely.
Let us forget its toll and care,
And note its bright hours only. 1
- : I
Tlio darkest shadows of the night
Are just before tho morning.
Then let u? wait the coming light,
All tiding phantoms scorning .*
And while we're p issiug on the tide
Of Hums fust vhlfcng river,, . *
Let*i pluck the blossoms by iu side
And bless the Gracious Givkk:
Aa life is sometime* bright and fair,
And sometime* dark and lonely.
We 11*01)Id f >rg?-t its |min and onr?*,
' Ana ?olC 4?? !:tur? onlj.
51 /rontirr Ikrtrli.
?
- The Indian Hater#
In the enroftwir of 1887, white on H visit
to Teaaa, I ?u induced, by the favorable
account* ( had received from the Went,' to
reconnoitre that portion of lite 'Young Republic.'
Travelling alone and unarmed, nt
that time wm not ootte an enfo as an eveuing"*
promenade down Broadway ; and accordingly,
I was aJ vised to purchase u gun,
the adviser baring one which he said would
euit me exaetiy ; all that 1 had to do wm to
pull the trigger, nod 'she wae thnr,' which,
an I found afterward#, waa true enough, for
'nhe Wae thar,' but unfortunately, never
trtom %be waa aimed. Having cnt a hole
iu the middle of my blankvt, through which
,1 thrust my head, tied a 'lariar* round 'my
fnustaftg'a made, and a couple of diminutive
ox bow*, ta Ore shape of stirrups to my sad
ilK 1 mounted and set off and iu the course
of a few hours was fbrtoaate enough to overtake
a oomnauy of some aeven or sight oih
crs, who like myself, intended inokiug 'a
loyr of observation' through the 'Went/
for sorersl days we j??gg?d along, oacouo
fefiaf.ipMug in the way of adventure more
the death of n deer, or an ooI
0 wian??l scamper after a drovo of wild hor-1
Ma. The country, however, over which we
journeyed. ftdly compensated for thin dearth
of 'incident by flood and field;' and we Camo
unanimously to the conclusion that it fully
merited the glowing colors in which it had
been described to ma.
Never before hud I seen such richness of
verdure; such a happy blending of green
undulating prairie, and park like woods. 1
doubt if I should have been nt all surprised
had I come suddenly upon some lurretled
castle, with nil its moats, draw-bridges and
frowning walls ; so nnu-h did these natural
lawns and parks remind me of the description
I had read of 'lordly domains' and 'regal
estate*.'
Hut as yet, saving tho> log houses of the
backwoodsmen, (which heaven knows were
few and far between.) nothing like civilisation
was to ho seen. As we Tiad taken the
precaution, however, nt Brazoria, to supplv
ourselves with provisions and camp-cquipnge,
\vc suffered no inconvenience on this account;
but whenever inclination prompted,
we pitched our tent, most generally upon the
battle* of wane one of the numerous and
beautiful little streams that intersected the
country. Then, after staking our horses
tttnong the luxuriant herbage, (au ear of
onm u-rttiLl I.?i.a.. ? i_Jt -1 ? ?
?vi.. "w..m iimv riiiiii|ieue(i me wnole
11 rove.) and placing a guaid over them, we
would build up a roaiuig fire, and attack
such 'creature comforts' a* our larder afforded,
with well sharpened appetites.
In this way we travelled on, until we came
to the La Nitcn, where we purposed resting
a day to recruit our horses. That night it
fell to my lot to stand guard over them.?
The moon waa shining brightly, and, taking
my gun in my hand, 1 sat down with my
back against a fallen tree, in such a position
as to command a ' bird's eye view' of the
camp and its vicinity.
I know not how lung I had been thus
seated when all at once the inoon became
e.-lipsed, and the horses seemed to increase
in size, until it appeared to me they formed
but oue huge shadowy nnimnl. 1 remember
of trying to recall to mind whether or
not I had seen in the late almanacs any announcement
of such eclipse, and also endeav
oriug to reason philosophically with myself
upon the strange phenomenon of the horses ;
but the next morning when 1 awoke, not a
single horse was to he seen. With secret
misgivings 1 hurried to the spot where we
had staked them out, hilt all wore gone, saving
my poor mustang, that lay dead upon
ll.A ..........i ...M. ? - " -! v
v ^ vxiiu, " mi "c>uni mruns Rlili kiicKlKg
in hi* side. This explained ail. The Indians
(who perhaps had been waiting an opportunity
fo- several days to steal our horses)
had taken advantage of the eclipse of the
moon to do no; and as my mustang, no
doubt, had refused to go any course except
his own. (I had myself noticed that little
amiable trait in bis character at times.) his j
death wus the consequence.
A council of war was immediately held, as
to what should be done, and it wns resolved
that some of us should return to a settlement,
h few mites back, procure other horses if
possible, and then follow the Indians. Accordingly,
a 'committee of three* was appointed
to wait upon the 'settlement,' and
state our unfortunate situation to the inhabitants.
lu the couise of a f??w boms lire committee
returned, bringing with them u sutUcient
number of horses to remount our.compuiiy ;
but as most of theiu were vicious, half broken
devih^jual taken from the prairies, it was
some time before we could bring them into
terms. Fortunately forme the one that fell
to uoy lot was rattier less fractious than the
rest, and 1 only received two kicks and a
bit* before I was fairly seated in the saddle.
A* soon as wo had examined our arm*, to
tnako sure that all was right, we aet off in
full gallon upon the trail of the Indians,
which at first was plainly visible amidst the
CT '.lit r'?'1 pnbries bordering the
river.
Wo had gone, I suppose, some three or
four miles, when, perceiving that iny girth
hnd become unbuckled, f dismounted to rcfftnten
it. While cngHged in this operation.
I heard the sound of a horse's hoofs and
looking back discovered some one rapidly
approaching on our trail. In a few momenta
he eame alongside of me, and giving me the
usual salutation of 'IIow goes it stranger V
bo observed, that hearing in the 'settlement'
of our fh'euded expedition, he had concluded
to join us, if it wan entirely ngrecuble. I
assured him that such a reinforcement to our
rmall number would bo perfectly 'agroeable,'
and remounting tuy horse, as wo rode on I
had time to observe the 'pemonci' of tho
strange specimen who had so unexpectedly
added himaelf to oifr party,
t He seemed to bo about forty years of ago;
tall and rather spare made; and had a com
plexiou very nearly the color of unburot
( bricks; at the same time, however, the great
breadth of his shoulders, and the swelling
I muscles of his arms which weie apparent aa
he reined iu the fiery link* Mexican horse,
gave token of strength and power of endurance,
ile was dressed iu a hunting shirt
and legging*, the usunl costume at that time
of all classes, and his head was covered with
a coon skin cap, the tail of which dangled
gracefully on one side. A long rifle was
balanced on bis shoulder, which, with a shot
pouch, nnd a bunch of something hanging
from his belt, that looked marvellously like
human scalps, completed his equipments. ,
After we hail galloped on some time in
silence, he suddenly observed,'Stranger, did
you ever shoot an ingeft V 'No,' I replied,
'I never did ; but if 1 enn catch tho rascal
that killed my mustang, I hope to have that
satisfaction!' Said ho, why its a real pleasure
to tumble over one of them yellow dev
ils! IIow often have I waylaid their paths,
for whole dn}snnd nights, living upon nothing
but dried venison, and exposed to all
kinds of weather, just to get one pop at tho
varmints, and thought myself well paid,
when 1 had knocked over a straggling rascal,
and taken a tittle thing, like these (pointing
to the scalps that hung at his belt) from tho
top of his head! I believe I am getting used
to il, though, now,' snid he, for (and he
sighed to tliink how ballou* ho was lieeoiti
trig) it don't star mo up lika it did at
first, when I drew a bend upon an Ingen,
and see him pitch headforemost from liis
horse uj?on the ground. Then I used to
jump out of my hiding place, and whirl my
guu around my hend and shout tiil iny Wreath
was gone, and stamp upon thorn with my
foel and tear iho scalps from their heads ;
but now, though 1 iiko to kill logons as
much as ever, 1 am getting sorter used to it,
and never take on so. Ah, straugei, (and
he sighed again,) how I en\y you your ttrst
Ingen!'
1 looked at the man in astonishment as he
spoke thus, and for the first time-observed '
that wild and restless expression of the eye,
which usually denotes an unsettled intellect,
My suspicions were confirmed, when after a
short silence, he said :
'Stranger, my name is Nathan Pnekctt,
all the way from the old North State. l'lti
a 'remote circumstance,' I know, and can't
read nor write pen writing; but when it
comes to I n gen-fighting. yon can set mo
down for 'sewn chances !"
Wishing to humor him a little, 1 asked '
him why il was he had such a hatred to the
Indians, llul not seeming to notice the
j question ho continued :
'Ileic of late they have got in the habit
of killing otf whole gangs of Ingensat once ;
that's a waste, and if ther kee|> it up, I shall
soon have to remove further west. People
ought to be more economical of 'em. Kill
one or two occasionally along, as 1 do, and
then let 'ein rest a spell, hih] the sport
wouldn't be so soon over. I make it a p'nt
never to average more than two full grown
Ingens a month ; and if other folks would
do the same, and not go in great crowds
and drive 'em into the crooks of livers, and
kill 'em oil' by hundreds at a time, tliev
would last for years to come. O ! its a great
waste.'
'.fter a sliort >ilence. seemingly ruminating
upon the great consumption of the raw
material of which he had been speaking, he
resumed :
'Now if 1 was only one of them great hud*
I have heard tell of in tho 'Old Country,'
and had one of their big Parks, do you think
I'd stock it with deer and sich like game ?
Yes, I'd have I firm too, but I rather reckon
Ingens would be the most plenty. Then cv
ery morning after breakfast, I'd throw my
lirte on my shoulder, take a turn or so round
the premises, knock over a Ivickapoo, and,
if I felt light Ingenficd, perhaps a half grown
Waco, and by that time I'd have an appetite
for dinner. After dinner a couple of Tonke? ??,
and a Lipau or so, would amuse me till
night; and then, if their eyes would only
slmie, I'd give Vni a small turn at fire hunting.
Whoop ! wouldn't that bo spoi t,
stranger!'
A itiiur/tntlc ttutoli /ilofml Ksr
-v"?'/ ,,,mvu vhmvai ?r? iiiirv iikiu *,' *
I fori at castle building, ho put spurs to hi*
I horse, and dashed cif at so rapid a rate, that
1 found considerable difficult}'in keeping up
with him. Gradually, however, as the excitement
wore off, ho slackened his pace, and
repeating the question I had asked him a few
moments before, namely, why it was he had
such a hatred to the Indian race, he replied :
'Stranger, they killed my father, l.'.y mother,
my brothers and sisters, and they would
have murdered me too, if 1 had not l>een
preserved l?y Providence to revenge their
deaths. I'll never forget that day, stranger !
In the morning I had started out to kill
some meat, and when I had left home, my
little brothers and sisters we playing in the
yard ; poor old mother was in the house a
reading in the llible to my'grny-haircd father,
and everything looked so peaceful and
quiet. When I come back, the smoke was
risen' from the spot where my home had
stood, and near by lay the bodies of my murdered
father, mother, brothers and sisters. I
wus nlonc in the world. For a long time
afterward, J wa'nt exactly right here, Buid
lie, (tapping his head,)'nnd even now when
Ingena is sca'ce, and 1 don't git ray reg'lar
niimhpr I'm miirlitu tflnrliltr at litnAv'
' - ? *?ft"V "'?"V
Iu u short lime we overtook the rest of
the paity, who weic busily engaged in trying
to recover tho trail of the Indians, which
passing et the point over n hard rocky prairie,
had become totally invixiblo, at least to
our unprncliccd even. And now it was that
the genius offiieud Nathan Wgan to show
itacit. Dismounting, and lending his horse
by the bridle he walked slowly ahead of us,
every now and tbeu stopping to cxatniue a
broken blade of grass or some half of a pebble,
that scorned to him to have been displaced
from its natural position. At length
, lie catno to n dead 1mlt ; even lie, with nil
| his wood-oralt being unable to detect any
i further aigu of the Indians. Suddenly he
| exclaimed :
'Ah 1.1 know what the red devils are ti|>
| to 1 They have 'nquardered her*, and if we
scatter too, and circuinninbinte around we
will be apt to strike the trail ag'in where
they come together.'
His advice wan taken, and by circling
! round the point where ihe last tread of the
trail had heoti lost, wider and wider each
time, in less than an hour wo came on it
1 ..?i .... -I...... ?...? -? i? I ? J!'
v..vv miuiv, MIIU n\j I^iam tutu WV limi IUJUII*
liculty in following il as fast as our horses
could go. From thence the Indians scorned
to have lost all nppreliem-iou of Anther pursuit,
and in a ?hor| time we caino to where
they had encamped so recently thai their*
fires were still burning. An hour's ride
brought us to the Chiealete, a small tributary
of the La Vaca, near which we discovered
the blanket lei.Is of the Indians, and putting
speed to our horses, the Indians had scarcely
time to seize their guns ami bows before we
were upon them. 1 say 'we,' hut unfortunate
ly for the military renown I was about to acquire,
my mustang took il into bis head to
make his onset (after the manner of the
Chinese.) by turning a couple of somersets
and Hip Hap, and then commenced a series
of 'pitching*' that would have done honor to
a steamboat in a heavy seaway. At the first
Citeh, away Hew one of my pistols from my
elt; at the second the other follow ed suit,
1 at the third, my hat went by the board so
i that bv the time wo had mtched into the
j enemy's camp, Iliad nothing left but my
rifle. Perceiving that the rest had dismouu1
ted and 'treed.' I thought it mlvi.sable to do
the same, puiiiculurly as balls began to whistle
in very uncomfortable proximity to unbend.
I have read somewhere that a celebrated
general once leitiaikcd, during a bat-;
lie, that the whistling of bullets was to biiu
' tlte most melodious if sounds. It may have j
I been so, but iu my opinion lie bud a bad ear
> for inusie. lint to return.
| Just ns 1 was in the act of dismounting, a
i tall, hideously painted Indian stepped /torn
- 1 ebinit >% tiuv, a few paces off, and drew, an
arrow that looked to mo as long as a Maypole,
directly upon me. Thinks I to myself,
I'm spitted before I can say 'Jack Robinson ;'
and so perhaps T should have been, but just
at that critical juncture, my mustang, frightened
bv the fhing of guns, and the yelling
vi iiiu iiiuinin, iiimic i% uuauh imuii'.'ft, nil l'un
con tinted into one which sent inc head foremost
upon (he ground. I rose thirsting for
vengeance and levelling my rifle at the ras
cnl who shot the Mav pole at me, tired, and
'cut n considerable limb fioin the top of the
j oak under which lie was standing. After a
1 few rounds, the Indians retreated, leaving two
' of their number upon the ground; but as
neither of tliem, upon inspection, showed any j
I evidence of having been killed by a falling j
limb, conscience does not accuse mo of being :
at all accessory to their death. I am afraid,
however, that Nathan could not say as inuch,
' for he pointed to a ghastly wound in the
breast of one of thein, and remniked : "That's
the kind o' hole my rifle always makes! At
any late,' said he, 'I shall claim his scalp:'
and using the action to the woid, ho coin
nienced cutting it oft, with as much care as
if engaged in some delicate surgical operation.
At that moment the sharp crack of a
rifle was heard, and Nathan letting fall the
knife froin his hand, staggered backward
against the trunk of a tree. 1 thought at
tirst it was nil over with him ; but he quickly
recovered himself, having only been stun-'
nod by the concussion of the ball, which 1
slightly grazed his forehead. Looking round
to see from whence the shot had come, he1
observed the other Indian whom he had sup |
posed to he dead iu the net of sinking back
upon tho ground, from whence lie had ' artially
risen, in order to taken moio deiiher-j
ale aim at his hated foe. Nathau casting
I his eyes toward him as much as tosav, 'Now j
.1 . ?i L - _ 1 mi .
uuu i ue in h nurry 5 i n aueml lO your case
piescntly'coolly ^recommenced his surgical j
operations, Si: which ho had been so unexpectedly
disturbed. Having finished it to j
his satisfaction, he leisurely wiped the blood '
front his knife, returned it to the scabbard, i
and picking up his title Le walked slowly
; and deliberately to the spot w here lay the |
1 wounded Indian. Placing the inuiuie di .
luotly against hi.-, head, he pulled the trigger
with as much sangfroid as if he had been a '
rattlesnake he was atx<ut to shoot. I turned
away just as the guu was discharged, ami
when J. looked again Nathan was culuily reloading
his ride.
After collecting our horses, which were
tied to the neighboring trees, we shifted our
saddles from those we hud ridden during the
day and set out 011 our return, and about
four o'clock in the morning arrived at the
settlement, I' having Unveiled (with the exception
of a half hour or so, where we came
up with the Indians) more than seventy five
miles without halting. That night a'Ulow
- 2.. *i i I
oui vv?v? given ill me A9iu?iii?iii, in uuiiur
of our successful fumy, and notwithstanding
the hard ride of the previous day, the vigor
with which wo fooled it to the enlivening
i tunc*, of'Hug 'em Snug,"Ki*? me swoet'.y,'
waa no doubt long remembered by the belles
, of La Vaca.
On inquiring for \ nth an i ho next morning
I wm to id tlu.t, having laid in his usual supplies
?.f ainunition, etc, lie had just started
| off' upon another ''quiet, still hunt* after the
j Indians.
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I ftlistcllmirmts lUniiinfl.
11i)c JJiffefeqce to it i) q Wolrq
\.
Said oncb, with a sneer, a puree proud
rieh man, just stepping into his carriage
with his wife and daughters, bedecked in
! costly velvet and fur#, to h poor laborer on
! the walk "hovelling coal :
4Joe, if you had not drank rutn, you
1 might have been riding iu a carriage as good
| as mine* for nothing the, but rum, coukl
! have prevented a man of.your talent, and
I oppoiutilities for making money, from accuI
initiating a fortune."
i True enough," replied Joe, "and if you
I had not sold the rum and tempted mc and
: others to drink and become drunkards, you
> might now have been my driver, for turn*
1 selling was the only business by which you
; ever made a dollar in your life!"
1 There are hundreds, not to say thousands.
1 of Joe's to-day in our State. At almost cvi
ery turn you iind a Joe, but only here and
there roll along in ease and wealth one of
those who made litem what tliey are ; for
v\hile ruin Is sure, if used to excess, to sooner
or later scatter wealth, prostrate talent
and business capacity, and reduce tbc onccl
j,loved and respected to the ranks of the too
r: v : i ?!-? - ? 1
iiiuvu u?^|iim;u incuiai ; scarcely less euro if
j it th.it rum selling does not often bring
i with it riches nnd nftiucncc. "lie that digl
getli u pit shall surely fail into it," and the
. exceptions to this proverb, aro rare and far
j between, in the case of the pit-digging ruin
| seller. Seven eights of all who have boon
in tho business in this Stato for the past
twenty five years, have either been ruined
i by it themselves, or soino of the children
, have been thus ruined, and degradation and
1 poverty has followed. Of tuo remaining
eighth, not over one half, or one sixteenth
of the whole number, have come out of the
business themseives sober men, with money
| in tlioir pockets. This may bo considered
; an uuvvarratital lo statement, but investigation.proves
its entire truth, as all may ascertain
by-carefully gathering the statistics of
the traffic. Tho "truth of history" is, that
while rum-sellers may "wax fat and kick"
for a time, living lavishly-on their counted
ill gotten gains, the day of retribution comes
and their fall and infamy is complete.
Hut what of the Joe's! They have been
and still are numerous enough, to have their
sail fate a warning written in "characters of
living fire," over the door of every drinkingliju.se
in the laud, and proclaimed in thun<1
or-tones, in the ears of every one yet free,
undying hospitality is the accursed system
thai so debases and mars God's noblest
woi Kinan?inj?.
"If you hud not drank rum," drc. llow '
! many endowed by nature with intellect* sua!
ceptible of the highest cultivation, possessed
! of rare social virtues, would have occupied
i 'he place for which-they were apparently dej
signed, but for rum, i. c. the traffic; while
| those vastly inferior in every respect, after
having led them 9tep by step along the road
j to ruin, scornfully spurn and tantalize thein
i over their fall, and what they might have
; been, but for runt.
"If you had not sold!" words full of
dreadful import; the whole truth in a sen
[ tence. Sell, diiuk, shame, poverty, death !
Strange it is that those who vi>it for purposes
of drink, the liquor sellers infernal pre
cincta, should not have found out llio close
| connection between the sale and their own
i ruin; that their money and the rufferiug
of their own families, tills the rum seller's
till, and feeds and supports hint ; that he
gives his money the power to- lord it over
| him. Blrange did wo say that they do not
know it I They do not know it! Then
why do they drink ? Accursed appetite,
dreadful infatuation, leads thorn on. The
fatal wand of tho rum-seller's fell spirits is
over him ; he would not drink, and yet doe<11
ink ; he would be a man. and yet makes
hiivnclt tho brute!
What then can save him? Just such a
I law ?..* Inhibition strictly enforced, as that
now- 011 our statute book. Ii steps in between
tho victim and Iris destroyer. It lays
its strong grasp upon bottles, decanters and
barrels, and moves them from his reAch, it
stretches further ami wider its hngera, and
seizes ujhmi the person of him who is the
front and head of the mischief, and, if needs
be, puts him also out of the way ; goes still
| further, and closes the doors of the iazar
; house. Appqtitc impels the victim to seek
| for its wonted stimulant, but seeks in vain,
j At last it yields to necessity, reason returns,
| fieedom is gained, and he who but recontly
I was a slave, now rejoices in thrioc welcome
i deliverance.
I Glad result! Friends of temperance are
you not willing to labor with increased diligence
to accomplish it. Thero are hundreds
of Joe's yet in the State, bound hand and
foot iu the galling bondage of the trt'.flkker.
It is for you to save thorn. There are still
scores of the foul fiends who coutinue in so
crct places and daik corners to ply their enginery
of dentin Seek them out, apply the
remedy, and save them from self destruction.
Heed not their threats or whining*. Find
them out! so shall you prevent double sacrt* *
floe. '< V ' "4r "*'!
Ii)e '2h(js' of *U .G*$| If
Tub Scientific American thus givg* Che
following summary of a recent ankle iu tin*
Bibliotlicc* Sacra ; by Prof. Dans, of Yale
College, in the luirinony of science and.rev- *
elation iu regard to the creation ; *.
' We will now endeavor Co present the
substance of Piof. Dana's account of iLefst-ilory
of creation, because ft u the latest, dear- *
est and best we have seen, and must be of
interest to every son of Adam, lie says
that ireolocrv nrove* our t> ? ? .!
o oj I."? " *w ""'v fW'
at one time a fiery bail in apace ; then dry
land and seas appeared, with a tiojdvar
dime, over the whole globe. At a brfer period,
mountains began to enlarge/ die" dry
land to expand, a temperate climate begin
to gather about tho poles, and tribes of animals
became more localized. Then,' in the
last age before man, the continents tako
iheir full .breadth. ; rivers dow, every where
valleys are formed, the zones of climate became
nearly like our own, and every region
of the globe has its peculiar fauna, Fiuallr
tho features, and climate, and life, n'tiin M *
their present variety, as man appear* to tako
his place at the command of his Maker."
'"His ideas regarding the produc.ioit of
light are peculiar, and as we have seett tho
same views before, and now find them endorsed
by Prof. Dana, we presume they are
accepted as the most correct theory of light
by all who have paid nnv attention to tho
subject. He says, without- mutual molbeular-action,
there could bo neither light nor
heat. Hut let it be endowed with intense
attraction of different degrees or conditions,
and it would produce light as the tirsi effect
of mutual action begun. The command,
Let light be, was the summons to activity in
nollA, TI.A *!..! I *.t ? i -
ntv.. A HU |J1<S1I1 UJCit 111 llg UI Will* W, lllftl
the matter composing the earth was hi existence
before the law of giavity, and that
when it (matter) was endowed with gravity,
the mutual action resulting theref.om produced
light ; in other words, light is an effect
of the law of gravitation."
"The records of the rocks, Prof. Dana asserts,
declare that the creations of the auimat
kingdom came not forth all at once, but
in long progression. There was an age
when shell-fish, such as cuttle-fish, eoiula and
trilobites, were dominant. The earth was
then too \varin,and the atmosphere too imgure
for more exalted forms. This w as the
ilurian ago of geological science. The
next age was when fishes filled the sens,
which is the Devonian age?of geology. Tl;en
followed another, when reptiles, frogs and
salamanders commenced. Laud plutils then
came forth, and were of exuberunt giowtb,
to extract carbonic gas from the atmosphere
and purify the air. The vo^tetable products
of that age are now found in our coal fields.
After this came the Reptilian age, when
theic were reptiles larger than w hales in the
water: leviathan reptiles uu land, and flying
reptiles in the air." '
"In each of these ages there were distttfei
creations succeeded to exterminations of previously
existing life. Through the Silurian,
Devonian, Carlionifoious and Reptilian ages
in America?fifteen times, at least, the seas
were swept of their species, and in the succeeding
epoch not a species of " (he former
occurs. At! this occurred during the fifth
day of Genesis, according to geologists,
which may have occurred a period of more
than a million of our years."
"The next epoch, the sixth, was tho advent
of man, and the more perfect mammals,
and Prof. Dana assorts, with other genln/viufa
.. L -1 - * - ? - * " " * %
uink mv n II JIC plHH ( I CrCHllun 118(1
evident reference to man, as the errd and
crown of I lie animal kingdom, and scienco
has no evidence that arry living speeies kavti
been created since his appearance on this
globe.
''There is Ao dispute whatever in regard to
the order of creation ; geologists assert that
the order* of creation described in Genesis,
exactly accord \\ ith geological "science, and
the records of the rocks and Scripture ttte
in perfect harmony. The only subject of
dispute, then, is in rcfeieuee to the question
of time; there is noL, and cannot be ntff
conflict between Science and Revelation.
A Wondrisvi l Fact.?There is lining W#
Kentucky, about two miles from Cincinnati,
a German woman, the mother of rhieo chHdren,
aged respectively about tw fcnty foftf
twelve, ami thnc months, ail of whom slur
lias nnrvd nt th6 breast f/om their birth;
one of the most remarkable cases, physiologically,
to be fluirtd, as wo believe. One 6lh~
er circumstance i- t> be added. With the
nnlionsl ta<te for heer, she is obliged (O ftHRtain
from the beverago, because the user of
it iiiaktss inure milk than 'he three ?uck-c*a>sive
biibics can consume. Our eyes have
seen the b;il>ivs?our cais have beard tMe
mother's story. It is true.
{Ifami Hon (O) Telegraph.
w/vv i a i w .? ? /* vilt.ikur.ii i** I A-?>
Ham*.?During tl'? delivery of the apoech
of Henjamiu Ku-h, Esq., of Philadelphia,
at Funcuil Hall, three lotul and' hcartv
cheers wore given by the audience for SouthCaroliun,
in rosfyouae to h?iiio eloquent nllu*
aions to the great men and former liUtoiv of
that State.?Petfritburp Exyrc*^