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f- "if ""-' : ' flft0' Ovty :; : : 1Í " ; .-i-.- ff if Will VOLUME III. SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, DECEMBER 17, 1853. NUMBER 27. Santa It ll)cckl) (Sajcttc TERMS. WEEKLY- $2 5" ycari payable invariably in advance I single ropies 12 1-2 cents. Advertise, ments $1 W per l"re ot to" ,ines for "ie '"' u.jerti'on. and bOcts. for every lubseiiuent insertion. COMMISSION" EH OF DEEDS, Pennsylvania, Connecticut. New Hampshire. Santa f, J. . tf. THE undersigned boira leave to inform Ilia friend ami the public goneially, that lie i prepared to do all kinds oí cabinet and carpenter') work on the most reasonable terms. Shop, two doors above the ntnre of Jesus Lova. , ' 'an,a Ft, May 7, 1853.-y JAMES II CLU'T. IKDEl'ESDENCK, MWSOtW. SY B. VT. TODD. I have removed from the '-Noland House," to the ''Nebraska House," in Independence. Missouri. The Nebraska House is a larpe new building, and has re- ently been much improved by alterations end additions. Having taken this bouse Tor a term of years. I intend to make every effort t promola the .onvenin-ennd romfort of traveller. I he patronage of mv friends and the travelling public Í, respectfully solicited. January 1st 1R53 ly. sniTHF.iix nui. "' V INTE It All HANOI'.MENT. mill', southern mail via El IVo to Sin An'oni,,. 1 Texas leaves Smla Ke on the I"'1' " carh month, arrives at El Paso.ui f''" ''.' ndrearhesS.il Antonio on uhe 1 1 h ut the iirvl month, lMuriumr. I-- S,, AnHuuo on he loih of the same arrives at Kl IW m from Id to IS days, and reaches -aula Fe on il.e Hi!, of the next ,,. ,;,ki,,g Ihe trip tliroueh in f.oin 3 to is day-, winter i summer. I lie Contractor has soared no expense in placing "pon this roule spring carriages Hie best adapted for the convenience as well as comfort of passengers l'.n sons going to, or coming from the States will find this a very pleasant route, partiiMiU-ly during the winter months, as it is entirely free f.om he intense cold .nd'hesvy snows that m. fre.piei.lly obstruct the eastern moil route to Independence HATES OF FARE. "Vüíi DO through rmsi Santa Fe to-u Antonio. 30 I f run Sant : F'e to El P so. Passengers allowed 4ulbs Iwrage. ias c HENRY -SKIfXMAN. NB Passengers not required lo stand guaid. Sa'nta Fe, Oct. 7, 1853 tí NOTICE. WE WOULD most rcspe-tfully n.lorm our friends and ihe public, that wu li ve taken the house .1 the lale Jno Fallen in Albinpieique. and completely fitted the ame as n Hotel On' friends will always fin.i us on hand No pains sh,. be spared to render all who may givo us a call comfortable and well provided for. Allnchcd lo the house are corrals and slnbles. Atall times we shall have tn abundance of forage. 0r tallica and bar will be well filled with the best Ihe country affords. r Terms cash. BinNF0(D fc jeanxeret. " nta Fe, Oct. 15, I8j3.-tf I'or Sale or Itcut. rilHE undivided third of 1 Tie Ranch of Halistco. J Also the undivided half of the building ami lands at Albuquerque at present occupied by Ihe U. S. troops. Apply to 1 " J. HO JGHTON, Agent. Sania Fe, N M., October 12, 1853. tí BEING about to leave (his Territory, I request ,11 persons having claims against roe to pre sent their bills at once, and all knowing themselves indebted to inake payment to the Hon. J. Hough ton, who i appointed my sole agent, Mr. Houghton is further authorized to moke aale of any or all of my real estate in the Terri tory, FRANCIS J. THOMAS. Santa F, Nor. 25th, 1853. 1 For Tenia o Arrendamiento. UNA tercera parte del Rancho de Calisleo, y también la mitad de las caras y tierras en Albuquerque ahora ocupadas por las tropas uc los Estados luidos. Vea a J. HOUGHTON, Agente. Santa Fe, Octubre. 12 de 1853. U Black Snake, tho celebrated Indian, now 100 years of ago, is still halo and hearty, resid ng at Alcglmny Reservation . He was one of the most active of his tribe in bunging about ft treaty in behalf of the United Stated with General Wash ington, at Philadelphia, in 1787. A correspondent of the London News iays, tho Sultan has threa hundred thou sand men tinder arniB, a number stifli cient to defeat tho troops of tho Czar. The same correspondent writes that tho Russian troops aro getting used up by typhus fever, and privations of all sorts. Profitable Peaeh Orchard. It is said that the peach orchard of a Mr. Da vis, near Milford, Clemont county, Ohio will yield him thirty thousand dollars this season, cuing a net profit of twenty five thoueaod dollars. ' Written for Gleason'l Pictorial. A DREAM. IT 0. DAVIH BBADWAY, M D. I dreamed, last night, a pleasant dream Methought away in fairy land I wandered by a murmuring stream That gently flowed o'er golden sand I sat upon its mossy brink, And as bowed me down to dilnk, A thousand fairy forms see Beneath the water, bright and free J With mtcliless grace and air 'hey alood, Enshrouded in that amber Mood. . gazed wifli deep, intense delight Upon that scene so b'ight and fair ) And other forms caine into sight, Bright beings of an upper air So gentle and so fair they seemed, loved them even as dreamed; Their golden tresses lightly play Around a neck as fair as they And spmkling in the noocjay sno, Were amethyst and diamond. A softened strain of music, low, C'me floating upward from th.it stream ) And mingled with its .mber (low, OVrgen.s that spaikled in the gleam Of the hrllit sunlight low and sweet) That fairy song for . ngels meet. Fell on the ear, end llieu beard A silver voice, a gentle word, '() mortal, if thou joy wool, 1st Vnow, Step boldly in the uream below." Willi eager haste, nt her command depped into Ib. limpid Hood j A 'id there upon the blight 'old mot, A thousand rairies round me .food. J heeded not. lllotif'h cold ami I'llltl The wafers, for a joyous thrill V"ni lliio.i -h my frame, and I .1.1 know No m re nf ...rrow. grief or woe ) I'or evn-v fl'o'' ijf niv snt.t Was filled wt'l iov b'votid control. B-i"l. i!.,e of a Inppv land. With vcn!.i:.l tii'l.ts for.'Vor jreiili J A Rilnetimt wiili a well bw band. Aii l vt.,i.s by uiortnlj n' ou'...en Ainl f'p -ilice rn i.s of mti'.ic s.v...:t, .i.(l In'inv i.lf- ttie sen .''S giect: saw them all, yet cou'd see They lacked one source of jov to me) For there was one whose smiling face saw not in that happy placo. Again Ihat voice fell on my ear, t) mortal, if 1'iou joy wou'.ilst know Think not of those in yonder sphere, Where mingles every shade of woe.' 7 Med lo speak, as with n spell My lips were bound, in whisper" fell Mv balf-forraed words a mid, denth rhill Went o'er my frame, and all was still ) 7 woke amid Ihe sunlight's Eleum, And füiind alas ! I did but dream. Written for Gieason's Pictorial. MY BROTHER'S GIIAVE. DY BABY A. CI.AHK. Ve lire Ihed r.o siirb, Pve shed no tear, Where brother lakes his rest ) 7've never knelt upon the sod That lies upon his breast. He sleeps afar fr m childhood's home, 'Mid stranger graves, alone) And Ihey who pais Unit lowly miliii.l Repeat the word Unknown, ' -Unknown to them Ihe mother's hopes That centered once in him ) ;Unknowii to them Ihe sisters' love . rWt death llielf cuu dun. ' 0 could we but have closed his eyes, Received his parting hrealh ) Aiiu'lieuid linn speak one kind good-by, litore Jie slept in death) ft would have been a ph asure sad To treasure up the scene j A painful lesson fraught with good, For memoiy's hand to glean. We cannot place one flowery wreath Embalmed in sorrow's tear, To breathe its I st sweet fjagrance out, Above t ie lost and dear. Yet will the moonlight, soft and pure, His couch with beauty lave ( And angels from their starry homes, Keep watch o'er brother's grave. THE LOST TICKET. A FRENCHMAN IN A STEW. In returning from a trip to Ihe Lakes, a few days lince, 1 witnessed a little affair Ihat makes quite an item in my note book, and may amuse your readers. After a weary drive, in a procession of twelve carriages, that moved solemnly for twelve hours over as many miles of beautiful country, we pulled up in front of the 'National,' in Springfield, at about 9, r. M The Circus and country Court kept that beautiful little lown in a densely popu lated state, so much so, that the sixty or seventy passengers that I counted as travelling companions, could not find beds to rest their weary limbs upon, but were forced to take carpel-bags, trunks ami juleps, until the cars for Cincinnati would give us more comfortable quarters. Amonr. the rest, a little Frenchman, whose bag cage consisted of a queerly shaped hut-box and a faded silk umbrella, moved restlessly about with the box in one hand and the umbrella in the other, pouring forth an uninterrupted stream of incom. prcheiiiible English, in a way sufficiently ludi crous to amuse two crowds. Suddenly the little gailic worshipper discovered, to his utter dismay, that he had lost his ticket, purchased at Buffalo, and warranted to carry through to the Henri House In Cincinnati. Here was a predicament I and in tlie consternation of the moment he dropped both hat-box and umbrella, and vociferated loudly, and in razor-grinding tones, for the stage agent , Vere Is dt stage agent? Veré I shall find it agent f Oh, mon Dieu my gar, I have pay-cne tiro (our, stvejal, great many dollaires for yon teekels vich I have no got. Who have peck up fiíccíiauloal and Hüturcl VOUílcrs OÍ the , Ü"l 1" lormr In ilie lil;;W ground, oiUeri prT my teekcts? Who have. Cud him? Veréis do i, MTct. ed to ho taken on honrd, n the earth wn opíi. ffentf' .-. I in? fissures on even side, aod their houses hour It so liappennd that Mr. L , the gentlemanly ! The Mrlv history of lio region wittered ltvtlio v falling around tliem. st'ge manager and out-door business man of the Mississippi nn'1 its tiibutnrv, nearly nil of which ' l'rooceding from thence, they found tho M!. Cincinnati tueatre, was one of our passengers, and ;,.11.. I. f,,!l o.t.-nnt irn. fnitnimo ! nf ml rL,...i n $ .....4.. I . at the time it Monsieur I.a Prog's deepest distress wasstlinglnthe moonlight in front of the Cir-' cus, la.K g io si numncr or n euu.i, nt-ii m-nc ;..hi...... ..i(.j i.;. in ihe mil Frenchman, as the stage agent. j p'-oncevs exhibit to the preseut generation per il! a mount he was by the side of t , mi l i S1 qualities that, hnving no nntceo.lniiti of a breaking in upon Ihe conversation without any similar clinrnoter, will also never have an op ceremony exclaimed Iporttmitv for liko display, for "times h.ivo 'Sare.'I have loose my passport; I Imvc loi.-e tl, inciil', nnl rnffn with tínñi)." my-vt you call him? ell 1 ah, yes I have gi t , yjt in not contend tint there Ins been dote him. No, no, I no mean I have got de ting- ' f (.atnn 0f nmnv qualities : hut, tho immense mvTeeket " "a'e I nf nrocUaiiicul power to the ordinary 'l.! who knew nothing of the cireumst.n.es, fM .ry ilepfirtmcut, h:.j render- and supposing ho meant a circus ticket, quietly i "",. ll08n oi.riioMnury esertmns nt.d 8,,1, j that Uiirin ootuío rneu farmed th rirnmment 'I am not connected with (he Circus, sir.' I c,!i 'vneteristies of tho rude Imt noh!e forefnthers 'rlaro-cusl Vat do I caro about de sarc-ciis i of U'estern civilization. Onlv fork-four yem I no vant de sarc-cus I vant my tcckit vi -Ii I j r.:'n tho lrst stoiiner p'onrhed tlia wates i.f the have lose.' Oliiti! anil tío can onrself remeiehor dist:notlv 'I am torry for your loss, sir but I am not Ihe : trnrclin" by sailini crnft to the Knat, heforo a person lo apply to for a remedy.' , stww,0! ww ,0 tje ((,on ot pin-. 'I ho 'You are not the pahsi-ne to make de i remcJie ? nHt 0:,,e(1 Xcw 0r. a.ir nro yon not connpi't wiz i e staire? i. . . ,,1., i ' . . n i ur. 'Yes, sií. I am connected with the sla5e, ami if .T' l,"'U ll' 1 "r.z 111 1'. " i I wa. ri,,,,tl. wnuld Willi ntensurerenlnre your lost ticket, but 1 have not tlie power to do so here.' Vot do I do viz de teckets in Cincenat. I no vant de teekels in Cincenat, I vant de teekcts here in dees piare vere I have lose him ; if I no p-t de teeket here I shall nevaire get lo Cinccnut, Ishill bring nuie. four, several gentlemen, virh vill prove dat I have pnv for my teeket vich 1 have .Mi got, but vich have ii'iiiinp out of my ine!.'e's.' 'Never mind, sir' kindly lespoudrd I, wishing to eet lid of lii fo'inenior on any terms) I will reptare your trkt ' So mu;, he step I' d no to one of tho .'Mt of the t'iicus, procured a tic ket, and handed it to the excited Frenehfniti. I'.ior Frenchv look Ihe sipiarn piece i f pn.te h"anl. tnaikril 'Unx,' and sunnnsiii 11 rii;ht, pnl it earefullv ill his pocket bonk. Gathering up his h ii -I. ,x iiinl iii'ihrclla, and reaching the hotel, was f'.rtiin. te evoueh to find six feet of the parlor.fl.'or UMn'riipied. Strctchinghimself out at full lei'fitli. he W 'S soon in the 'and or ilreain.1. Jn the morning, soon after breakfast, we wore itl eomfoihbly seated in the cars, and tearing at a break-neck Epeed. Frenchy sat close lo me, and jabbered incessantly. Shortly rfter, the con ductor entered with Ihe usual s ilulatiou of 'Tick ets,' gentlemen. Our little friend opened his nocket-book, took out the ticket he had received the night before, and presented it to tlie con ductor. 'This is not the right tick?t, sir,' said tho con ductor. 'He ces no de ritht teeket? Yes. saire, ho ij' de right teeket j 1 have get him from de stage agent myself.' "'That don'l alter the matter, sir. I tell you that ain't the right ticket, Jt don't belong here it be longs lo the circus.' 'Ha I dore ees dal sare-cus come once more. Now vat hayo I got io do wii Ihe sare-cui?' said the Frenchmuii. 'I know nothing about your connections sir) I only know that ain't the right ticket, mid if you don't produce the right ticket before we reach town, you'll havo to pay your fare,' replied the rnwlnctor. He was just about to assassinate English lu re n'y. when a benevolent individual, who sat next to iiiin. explained as well as he could, the true o 'ore of Ihe case. This only had the cllWt of chsr.girig the current of his rage, and he i hafed up and down Ihe floor, showering invectives upon the devoted head of the agent who had given him the tiiket. 'Ah yes, hy gar, I have now see I have been sheal I have been swindaile I have been what yi'ii'all him all, hum-bug) but nevaire mind, I sail reluru yesterday to morrow sometime, anil shj.lise the rascal vera much, great deal, several tim"' While laying this flattering consolation to his wounded pride, his eye happened to rest upon poor L i who sat quietly at the far end of the car, and recognizing dim as the stage agent of the night before, he at once opened on him with vehemence. 'He.irp, you are ver great scoundrel, and I shall give you five cents to black my boot.' What's that, sir?' 'I say yon are von rascil ron leetaile puppy dog viiout de tail, you have peekel my pockctfe, you have sheat a me, you have no gceve me ze teekets vich I h've pay for, you have no geeve me ze teekets I have loose, but you have geeve me von leekela to de Opera Ui Chsval, vot you call de horse opera, de sare-cus.' ." 'Sir,' said L , rising from his seat in evi dent indignation, 'what do you mean? How dare yon apply the word pickpocket to me?' 'Saire, I sail soon show you vat 1 have mcn . .a i . i. ... i mean io nog a you, i mean io snasnse a you, vera much,' and suiting the action to the word, he pitched into his antagonist, and before the by standers could separate them, had badly dislocated Soor L 's shirt collar, and drawn a copious ond of claret from his nose. . By dint of persuasion and forco combine, how ever, he was finally seated in front of the car, sur rounded by a number of peace-makers, who, alter much difficulty, succeeded in convincing him that the whole affair originated in a mistake, lie then begged to be conducted to I. , who was busily engaged In saturating the third handker chief, in a vain attempt to stop the red current that still persisted in oozing from hii victim's nose, 'fair, I have see I have make von leetaile, small, great big mistake. I am very sorry for him. On my honaire, sair, if I have known him before, I sail not have weep your nose ; but I am ready to make de apologize, to make (rmme, knd f r every drop of claret which I have draw from your nose, I sail wis, pleaisaire, put one drop in your bcllie ' Here the loud mirth of the by-stnnders restored L i to his good humor, and joining in the laughter, he shook hands with his antagonist, and they were friends. Cin. Signal. A man of puro genius can no more direst himself of freedom of opinion than of tho fea tures of their face. Men nro (onetimes accused of pride merely because their accusers would bo proud them selves if they wore in their placea. Tears are the sum of hours'. Vain is it nt wide interrals to say, "I'll snvo this year," if at each narrow intcrrnl yoa do not suy, "I'll save this hour." Some queer fellow has defined love as a "prodi gal desire on the part of s yntirf man to psy some jming woman's boaid." T " SIT . ÍZ . , ' u "7. .1 . . . ,' mn t f,.ti. ilM,!lwtion .,,,1 , , .. , . lsrcnouslv given to the world, lho liven of tho "lal port 111 UCtOOOr Ot tint TOnr. .AO KOIilir. e i i. .. e 1 7 jmsT-TigersMvoro ruten, mr, jnnspv 'n oi New York, nnd his wife nnd fnniilv; Mr. linker, t'je eni'mcer; Andrew JucS, the pilot; .nxlnnus, nnil a few donrstics, were tho only persons nn lio.ird. Tho rivers Ohio nnd Mississippi hid been previously reeonnnitoreil by Mr. 1!.. with n view to this experiment, under the sinetion of t'liaiiecilor Livingston nnd Hubert Fulton. I.'it" nt night voiiiii'krd the higfovian. nn the f Mirth day nfter quitting Pittsburg, tho Now Orleans arrived in safety nt l.ouisviKo, Invine ! been but seventy hours descending upwards of 70') miles. 'I'hn novel appeirntiee of the vessel, and the feiifnl fluidity with which it mndo its pissago over the broad tenches of the tivcr, ex eited n mixture of terror nnd surprise nmong the Bottlefs on tho bunks, whom tho runmt of such mi invention had never reached ; nnd it is relii- ted ihnt on lho unexpected nrrinil of the boit bef.To I.nuiaville, in the course of a fin, still, moonlight night, tho extrnordiniry sound which fill1 n the mr, ns tho pent-up stenm was allowed to escape, on rounding to, produced n general nlinii, nnd multitudes in the town nroso from their beds to ascertain the cause, It is snid that tho, general iinprossion nmong the good Iventiiek inns was thrt tho enmet had fallen into tho Ohio, Tin small dcptb,of water iiilhorapids'preverjtcd tho boat from pursuing her vovnge immediately, an I during tho consequent detention of three w aiks in thcliippor part of tho Ohio, sevnl trips were Hiieeeshfuliy mado botween Louisville nnd Cincinnnti. In lino, the wntets rose, nnd in the course of the hist week in, November, tho vnvno was resumed, the depth of Yfiitpi barely admit tirV their panite.ji . .. Tho year 1811, will In temembcrCil, wis ono of earthquakes in tho West, which were ter rilio nrld extensivo near New Madrid, just be low the month of tho Ohio, nn tho Mississippi. Tho two groat wonders of tho west, nntnrnl nnd mechanical, cmio simultaneously, exciting the superstitious fears nnd trying the credulity if the pioneers to the utmost. It is a singular ÉOinouleneo, nnd ttio two remnrKnum events Jhoiild nlwnys kept together by historical nnd ohronologicnl reference Tlfp description of the fnoo of nuturo during theso convulsions, nnd their effects upon tho beholders, the river banks, nnd tho stream itself are worthy of remineseonee. Tho steamer coaled nt tho Yellow llanks the following day, they pursued thoir monotonous voyngo in thoso rust solitudes. Tho weather wiis observed to bo oppressively hot) tho nir misty, still and dull; nnd though tho sun was visible, liko a glowing bull of copper, his tnys hardly shed moro than a mournful twilight on tlie siirfnco of tho water. livening drew nigh, nnd with it some indications of what was pass inr around thorn becomo evident. And ns thev snt nn tho deck, they ever and nnnon heard a rushing sound and a violentspbish nnd snwlnrgo portions r.f the shore tearing away from the land and falling into the river. It was, ns my infor mant said, "an awful day ; so still that vou could havo heard a pin drop on deck." They had spoko little, for ovovy one on board Appear ed thunder struok. Tho comet had disappears'' ubout tnis tiino which circumstance was noticed with awo by tho crew. Tho scooud day after their loavieg the Yellow lianks, the sun rose ovct lho forests the samo dim ball of lire, and the nir was thick, dull nnd oppressive, ns before. Tho potcntious signs of this terrible natural convulsion continued nnd increased. Tho pilot, ulnnned ami confused, aflirincd that ho was lost, ns ho found tho chan nel everywhere altered ; nnd whore ho had hith erto known deep water, Ibero lay numberless trees, with their roots upward. The treos wore scon waving nnd nodding on tho bank, without a wind, but tho adventurers had no cboieu Inn to oontiuuo their route. Towards evening, they found themselves nt a loss for n place of shelter. They had usually brought to under lho shore, but everywhere they saw tho high banks disap pearing,' overwhelming many a flat-boat nnd raft from which tho owners had landed and mado their escape. A large island in mid chan nel, which was selected by tho pilot ns n hotter alternativo, was sought for in vain, hiving dis nppoared entiroly. Thus in doubt and terror, thoy proceeded hour' after hour till duik, when they found a small island and rounded to, moor ing themselves nt the foot of it. Hero they lay, keeping watch on deck d jring tho long autum nal night, listening to the sound of the wntorr, whish tonted nnd gurgled horridly around them, nnd hearing from time to timo tho rushing earth slido from tho shore, nnd the commution, nstho falling masses ef earth and trece woro swallow ed up by tho rivor. Tho lady of tho party, a dolicnto female, was frotuently nwrkenod from her restless slumber by lho jnr given to the furniture and loose arti cles in tin, cabin, ns several times in the courno of tho night tho shock of tho pissing enrthqunke was coinuuiontcd from tho inland to the bow of the vessel. It wns a long night, but the morning dawned and showed them tint thoy were near the mouth of the Ohio. The shores nnj the channel woro now oqually unrecognizable, for every thing seomod changed. Abont noon that day they reached tho small town of New Madrid, on tho right bank of the Mississippi. Here they found tnir mftMitantl tn the greatest autress and consternation part of tho population had ' T:.T Tí'.""' "ttw T". sunny swollen, iirbiu,nnd full of trees: and al tor ninny day of great dnngor. though thev felt nnd perceived no wore earthquake, they reach, ol their dustiimllon nt Nntches on the close of tho first week in Janunry, 1812, to the great toniilunent of nil, the escape of the boat having been considered nn impossibility. At tint time you floated for three ot four hnn. ilred miles on tfw river without teeing human habitation. Suehwua th) voyage of the first Steamer. The naturnll convulsion, which commenced at tho time of her descont, hn been but slightly ol hi'led to, but will never he forgotten in the'hi. toi'T of tin West: nnd tho changes wrought by It throughout tho whole nlluvinl region throngU, which the Oh'o und Mississippi piur their ven tor, were perhaps as reinarknbl as any on rec ord. We heur less of its effects, because th region in irnieh it occurred was of such vast c tent nnd so thinly peopled. Tht part of the at lnvi'il country which I contiguous to the juno tion of the two rivers, and esnoolnlle the Tinini. i .. in . ... J . J .. ,iyoi sew .uniirid, soems m linyo tieen thecen ti n of the convulsion. There, during the yearn 1SU nnd lílL'. tho catth bnoke into inuiimornj lile fissures, th" church-yard, with its dead, wn torn fru in the hiiiiknnd'cngulphed in the turbid strjtnn. " To the present day it would appear tint frcbucnt slight shocks of earthquakes are. felt there; and it is asserted that in the vast swamp back of the town, atrnngo sounds may at times lie henr l, ns of some mighty oauld ron bub bling in the bowels of the earth. Along ths banks of the river, thousands of acre with their gigantic growth of forests and cane, wet swal lowed up, and lakes and ponds innuinct able wera formed. Tho earth, in many parta was obsersml V burst suddenly open, and jets of sand, mud and water shoot up into the air. Tha bode of these giant streams seemed entirely changed. Great iuiiundntioiis wcte theconscquenoe. The clear waters of the St. Frncis wero obstructed the ancient channel destroyed, nnd the river a vast tract of swamp. In mnny places tha gaping earth unfolded its secr.ds, and tlie bones of tho gignntic mastodon nnd icthyosaurus, hidden within its bosniii fot ages, wore brought to tho surface. lina ta nnd arks without number! wera swallowed up ; soma hurried hy the falling in of the banks, othors dragged down with tha is lands to which thoy were moored.. And, final, ly. you may still meet and converse with tlOao who were on tin mighty rivot of the west, when tho wh.do stream ran towards its source tot on entire hour, and then rosuming its ordinary course, harried them helpless on lis whirling surface with accelerated motion toward tha Gulf. About twenty years ago wo landed at New Madrid, and examined, not without afeellingof awe, tho evidences of tho enrthquaks in 181 1. As has been observed by the historian quoted, that region bounded by the Mississippi at tins conjiience of tho Ohio, is subject annually 1 tho J'shokes," but the settlers pay very little at tention to them. Itemember, the voyage of tha first steamboat on tlu Ohio was contemporane ous with tho great Amerioan earthquake of 1811. Cin. Daily Times. how r.msoiv r FLAX. SAVED HIS By II. N " of the (Okolona, Mi.) Prslrii News. Tint the nsrson must have a name for this trick of setting the letters ot lbs alphabet to mss querading has a shocking air of unreality about it, 'whereas this story's actually true)' yes, a true as the story about Captain Hugh Northrop and hit stcamhoit Lucifer, (the chef i'ttvvrt, by the bye, of its excellent author's tales) yes, true. Well, it won't do lo give the parson's real name, because his son has been a Governor and Al, C, had a fort named after him, and all that so we'll call him Parson Flinskint, s To say the parson knew a dime when be taw it would be an anarhionism, for there were no dimes in his djy ) but he knew a four-pence ha'penny as well as the shrewdest of his parishioneis. He was not fully versed in Hie art of catching tliem, hill lie made up for that by never letting them go. When his saddle wore out, instead of aauropriatinjr any of his savings to buy another, he rode to meet ing on the pad appertaining to his gig-harness and when his horse exnired, lie transferred his aire, saihlle to an ox. He moved off the public road, lo keep out of the way of his brother eleirymen, who i1" ii: i tun on nun in uaveung) ..nil many other like things he did and he did them pretty well, when no particular management was required but as lo knowing now io go aoout tilings, he as innocent as a cuno. Parson Flinskint had a man named John, that t'uU with him for n" reason that we ronld ever ascerb in (for all these things we have kynvthiilii von innslii't suppose that tve lived in the limes when there were no dimes we gol along thionrh '31, 8 and O, bul y. u don't call that firing)) and io wo came lo the conclusion that he was loo l'V for any body else lo put up With him, nnd so he had In stay with the parson, John pleased that p rsniijfor he never crumbled I anything, or fried to pass himself off for being smaller than Ilia -master, bul always did just whd he was bid to . do ' - Parson Flinskint sfood one Sunday evening looking at his field of flax, nnd trying In rec II the Ippearance of other flax-fields at Ihe time Ihe crop had reached maturity, as he firmly believed his had. 'John.' said he to that worthy, who bad sp preached, seeing Hie parson apparently in a quau il.iry from which his assistance might be needed to rescue him, 'ii it not timo that this flax wus mowed V - - . , '1 shuild think it was, if you evernifiiu lo mew , v if,' re pbe I John, in a di awling lone. Well, J Itn, you may go lo woik to-morrow and mow it.' On the morrow John went lo Work and mowed Ihe flax, cured it, and ra de il up into y- in due form. After Ihe woik was completed.. Parson Flinskint came to inspect II, and after taking a good look at It, observed 'Why, J. luí, this don't look right.' 'No, sir,' said John, 'it ought t have been, pulled) hut y told ire to ini.w i' ' 'Ail, jonn, you ongni lo nave luid me or that, tj,,, n,r mm, jonn , pllt , in b .! I - do lo fled mnitm Jews o. ' 3