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BY G. W. BROWN & CO. LAWRENCE, KANSAS, OCTOBER 22, 1859. , I ; ,., NUMBER 14--VOLUME 5.
Bsanufal Ode.
BT i. Q. WBITTIEB.
Tbii day two bnndred year ae;o.
The wild rape by the river ride.
And Uuiteleel jtrnund-nut trmilinc low.
The table of the wood supplied.
L'nknoon the apples, red aod (old.
The blushing tint, of prach and peer;
The Mirror of the Fowwow told
No tale of orchard rare.
Wild m the fniit! he !rned to till.
Thee velee the idle Ind'aa rnid;
Nnr knew the tlad creni ire k ill,
The jo of him who toils with God.
O painterof the fruits and H'.werf!
We thank thee for thy wiae designs, ,
hereb the e human hand of ouni
In nature's (ardeo work with thine.
And, thank, that from na r dail y need
The joy of simple faith is borne;
That he who smiles the summer weed.
May trust thee for the Autumn eorn.
Give fools th.ir fold and knave their power.
Iiet fortune's bubble ri-e and fall;
Who ow a field, or trains a flower.
Or plaati a tree U mure than all.
For he who bleses moat is bleet;
And Ood and man shall own hia worth
Who toils to live at his bequest
And added boast to the earth.
And soon, or late, to all that sow.
The time of harvest shall be liven.
The flowersshall bloom, the fruits shall grow.
If not on earth, at least in heaven.
The Well la the Sock.
"Why, father, what is the matter with
yon."
Rachel Woolcoot asked this question,
and set down the large loaf of rye bread
from which she was cutting gome slices for
cupper.
The father came into the room, the
large, stalwart man, in his farmer's trow
ten of tow cloth, and he groped like a
little child, or a man suddenly struck
blind.
"Yes, father, what is the matter?" que
ried the alarmed voice of Mm. Woolcoot,
as she ran out of the bedroom, where she
was just laying away the week's ironing.
"I guess I'm kinder shaky, wife.
Won't you bring me a cup of water
quick?" A moment later Mrs. Woolcoot return
ing his fingers together, his rubicund
vMton. elongated into a look of golem
anxiety. .
"Not a bit, daughter; Sfth Rogers' heart
it as hard as Pharaoh'."
"Well, Isaac, we must look to the Lor J
in this great trouble; He's on nuraiHe. and
that is better than all that bad man'
money."
"That's it, mother; them words of
yotirn are amazing comfort to a man in
sorrow."
At this moment a cracked, tremulous
voice was heard at. the door.
"What do you ihiuk I came across this
blessed day up in my garret?"
"Why, granny, how did you get over
here?" thoy all exclaimed, as a crooked,
withered old woman, hobbled into the
kitchen. She carried a pipe in her mouth,
ana a staff in her hand: she wore an old
brown silk bonnet, and a blue gown of
linsey-woolsey.
"Yes. it ain't often I set down here.
children, but I was so flustrated I couldn't
sleep till I tellod yon," panted the old
Mrs. Woolcoot, as she sank down into the
arm- chair which her son vacated for her
use.
''We are in a peck of trouble, grauny,"
interposed Joseph, who was very fond of
delivering news, whether good or bad
"What is the matter, Isaac? Massy,
seems to me you all do look mighty struck
down."
"Yon tell granny, mother." And Mr.
Woolcoot turned to his wife.
The old woman leaned back in her
chair, and listened to her daughter-in
law's sad story, while an occasional wreath
of 'smoke curled up slowly from her pipe,
and tears ran over her withered cheeks.
When Mrs. Woolcoot ceased, her motb
r took her pipe out of her mouth, laid it
carefully in her lap, and, claspiu her
wrinkled hands together, sat still, evident
ly lost in deep thought She shook her
head frequently, and at last she bowed it
as though she had settled some purpose in
her own mind, and then she turned to her
son.
"I'm 8orrv for von, Isaac, for I know
it'll come like death on you to give up the
old homestead, and I am sorry for Massy,
for a woman's heart clings tighter than a
man's to the spot whore she's lived ever
since her husband brought her, a young,
unexperienced gal, to his home. I'm sor
ry for you all, children, but I've nothing
to offer you but the little red house your
grandfather built on the land the town
ed, Ler mug filled to tho brim with the
clear liquid, which her husband seized in
bis great bands, but they shook so that he gave him when he fought the Indians so
could hardly convey, it to his lips, while bravely at Neck Bridge. It wust comes
Rachel stood by, and looked at hor father to wust, you can take that, with the two
in dismay. strips of medder land and the pasture
"lie says he was taken about an hour lot."
ago, iu tbe fields; it's a fit, like, whisper- "I guess we'll have to tarn in there a
ed the girl to her mother. little while, mother," answered her son,
"Mercy on us! how in the world did it "leastwise till the Lord shows us where
come on, f Uher?" cried the pale little wo- to turn about, for Seth Rogers will hustle
man, and she peered into the sunburnt, me out without honor or marsy, now he
but ghastly face that now rested against the has got the law on his side. You know
old oak chair. "Father, you've run he aiu't got no more heart than a stone."
against some trouble!" "Don't say that, Isaac, of any man.
Mrs. Woolcoot's wifely heart could not Your poor dead father used to tell me he'd
be deceived long seen a good deal of the rough sidti of bu-
"Don't, don't mother!" man nature in his life, but he'd never
The man put uu his hand deprecatinelv. I found a man's heart so hard that there
hut a great groan heaved up from his iron
chest.
Mrs. Woolcoot's face grew pale, as did
her daughter's, but it was ouly for a mo-
warn't a tender spot hidden somewhere
away down in it. Massy, he used to say
to nie. it mav seem just as bleak and hard
as the rock oi old did to the Israelites,
ment She bowed down under the uo- but. deiiend on't, there is a well,of water
known blow which had prostrated her down deep in it somewhere, if only
husband. "Isaac," she said, taking his tho right Moses was at hand to smite It."
great hand in both of hers, "you know "Well, mother, in most cases father was
when you took me, a young, iuexperi- in the right of it, and it don't become bis
enced thing, twenty-three years ago, with son to contradict iiis words, now he is dead
nutbiu' but the little pastur lot in Cow's and gone specially when ho was such a
Line to brina you for mv portion. I prom- God-fearinii man; but I can't think there
iaed to stick toyi.u, a true and lovm' wife, is any Moses on ainb that could bring
to the day when death should part us. I
reckon I have tried to do it, Isaac. We've
had bright times and sorrowful uns since
we've walked the same road, but I reckon
the good uns have outweighed t'other, and
we've pulled together in all things, ami
never had a hard word or a bard thought
for more than a tniuit ag'in each other.
I've been the mother of your clildren, of
tbera that's in heaven as well as them
that's on earth, and it's tbe first time,
Isaac Woolcoot, that you ever hid your
heart from me, or carried a cloud in your
breast which your wife didn't share."
She was not much of a talker, little Mrs.
Woolcoot, but now her true woman's
heart fired her lips with native eloquence,
as she stood there with the still tear in
her eyes and the brave smile about her
pale mouth. '
Farmer Woolcoot looked at his wife,
and for a moment the man forgot every
thing bat the true heart which beat for
him in that little woman's breast.
"It's true, Massy, every word; you've
water nut of sich a rock as Seth Rogers'
heart."
"Don't be too sartiti, Isaac. God never
put the well there for nothing, and I
kinder reckou I see his hand here. Any
how, I'll try to-morrow."
"Try what, granny?" exclaimed Mr. and
Mrs. Woolcoot.
"Try to find the well in the rock of Seth
Rogers' heart," answered the old woman.
putting her pipe in ber mouth, and gutting
UD.
"Why, granny, ain't you mad struck?"
Queried her amazed son, while his family
stood looking at the old woman in dumb
amazement.
"Not a bit, Isaac; I know all what I'm
about, thonsh I stall keep my own coun
sel, and not tell you one word or what
brontrht me over to-night. Only don't
any of you give up; only just trust iu the
Lord and cast all your care on Utm
"O, granny, do stay and have a cup of
tea We've got some real fresh."
"Not to-night, Massy," shaking her
been the blessedest comfort and helpmeet head and hobWina across the room; "I've
that ever a man had; you've taken the I got to be all alone, to hold counsel with
heaviest aide of mv burdens, and borne mvself : only don't forget what I said
with my fault, and I've alius felt I never I about casting your care on the Lord."
deserved such a blessin as von. any more'n I
a frail mortal man does an angel to walk Seth Rogers put down his scythe, took
by his side; and it isnt for myself half off hia straw hat, and wiped hia forehead
as much 'as for von I care: bat it comes with his blue and white cotton handker-
tough to give it up." And the man's head chief. It was a warm day although it
sank down heavilr. was wearing towards the middle of Octo-
"Got to give up what, father? Don't ber, and the fanner had been hard at work
hold it back any longer." for the last three hours, mowing a strip of
"The old homestead, Massy, where you salt hay in some low meadow land, about
and I have lived so many years, and tried a quarter of a mile east of the little red
to bring up our children in tbe fear of house where old "Gineral Woolcoot's wid-
God." der," as the neighbors called her, resided.
"Our home, father?" lie had a coarse, hard physiognomy, a
Mrs. Woolcoot cried the word out large, stalwart, rugged framed, beetling
aharply, as though there dwelt great pain eye brows, with dark, gloomy looking gray
and amazement in them. - eyes, and his iron-gray locks hung over
"That's it, mother. Seth Rogers has his forehead, brown and wrinkled with
got hold of an old deed of the land, which hard labor, for Seth Rogers had not yet
belonged to hisgrand father, about fifty passed the prime of his manhood. He
years aao. and I learned it this afternoon was a stern, lonely man, and the rieigh-
for the first timn The orchard, and the hora aaid Ilia heart was as hard as his
old house itself, everv timber of which I face.
has the face of an old friend, will have to All his near relatives were dead, and
go." - there was no heart of man or woman or
"0, what'll become of us all?" cried child in tho world which beat with one
Rachel, and sank down and burst into throb of love or pity fortieth Rogers. He
tears. An hour ago her heart had been was a widower, and childless, for he had
like a country full of fragrance and sweet laid his wife, in her youth, in the village
song, and far-reaching mountains of de
light; and now the mists bad arisen from
the sea and blurred out all the goodly pros
pects, and the winds lashed and the storm
gathered over the young girl'a life.
grave yard, and he lived in the great browu
house nv toe oreea, wuu why dm uirmj
men and old housekeeper a man whose
creed and whose so pel were worldly
eain -a man without tear of God or love
Mrs. Woolcoot took it quietly. The of humanity! Yet the old neighbors
tears ran over bnr faded cheeks as she I shook their heads and said it was not
moaned out, "0, it is hard, so hard, always so that Sth R girs was a pleae-
fatber!" , ant little boy, and that be bad a praying
"That's it, Massy! I am gettin' past mother and one little sister with the face
my prime now, and I've little hope of ever of an angel Tbey could still remember
buildin' a new roof to shelter my head in the olustera of her shining eurte that
Its oil a ja. You know that, with my waved in the wind like the golden rod in
rheumatis, and the children's sicknesa and September, and her eyes, deep and bine
deaths, and failures in crops, I never was as the skies in which midnight stars are
forehanded." . . v. . . ' awt.. There were a few old women in
"He wou't show tw uy marsy, will he, West Farms who still grew eloquent when
father?" wr.mwl ii. tha auft hmkan voir ths snoke of the wondrotts beauty of the
of Rachel, while Joseph stood by twist-1 twee) child Mary Rogers, and they aaid.
her brother, who was four years her senior,
had cared for her with a tenderness and
watched over her wi'h a pride and1 love
which were like those of a mother over
her first-borri. But Mary's beauty had
never blossomed into womanhood.
One. time, a score ami a half of years
ago, a company ot Indians nan made a
descent on the little village of West Farm,
seated at the foot of the hills. Trembling
women had clustered together, with hush
ed breaths and haggard faces, in the cot
tages, and at last a company of tbe bravest
men had gathered together, shouldered
their arms, and gone out, in the name of
the God of battles, tn fight for tbeir wives,
their children and their homes. Jede-
diah Woolcoot led this little company of
brave men, and earned thereby the title of
General. They soon succeeded in rout
in? the Indians, who bad stationed thorn
selves at the northern part of the village,
and the white men lost but two of tbeir
number. But that night Mary Rogers
took her death cold; for the child hearing
the war cry of the Indiaus, which started
her from her sound slumbers, had sprung
suddenly out of tad, rushed out doors in
her uizht dress, and remained for nearly
an hour cronclied down on the damp grass,
under the apple tree, convulsed with ter
ror, In less than six months afterwards,
Mary's beauty lay uuder the summer grass
and her broken-hearted mother followed
her a little later. So. ith all his money,
the neighbors affirmed, Seth Rogers had
had a hard time of iL for it was a terrible
thing to have all of one's kith and kin cut
off from them.
"St-th, Seth Rogers, I want to have a
few minutes talk with you."
: The farmer started, and looked round
in amazement, as he saw old Mrs. Wool
coot hobbling slowly towards him, just
as he was putting his handkerchief in his
hat. .
"I see you from my back door, a-mowin'
and I knew yon was good deal interested
in what I'd got to say, so I concluded to
get over, though it was quite a walk, as
old folks' limbs aint quite so spry as young
uns."
"No, they ain't, that's a fact," respond
ed Seth, for want of something better to
say; and then he remembered his claim
on Isaac Woolcoot's cottage, and con
cluded the old woman had come to confer
about that, and the muscles of his hard
face settled down into iron rigidly.
There was an oak tree very near. The
old woman dropped down under this, and
laid her crutch at her feet. Seth Rogers
stood a little way off, silent and gloomy,
his arms folded on his broad breast
"Selh," slowly commenced the old wo
man. "I came across somethin' yesterday
morning in my garret, that belonged to
Mary dear little alary I"
Ah, those words must have been a rod
which emote the granite rock, for the
man's face changed suddenly, and there
was eager curiosity in his tones.
"What was h, Miss Woolcoot?"
"Won't you set down here under the
tree, and I'll tell you, for I'm an old wo.
man, and it tuckers me out to talk so
loud."
' He sat down on the grass, under the
cool shade of the oak tree, close to the old
woman.
"It cut me up, S-th, dre'fully, comiu'
across that ar. I just sot down and cried
like a little baby, for it jest brought back
the time when Mary's little golden head
used to-go a-diddlin' and a-danein' 'long
side of ciy Temperance that, I trust in
the Lord, is in heaven this blested day, to
the old school-bouse where the four roads
meet. Was there ever a pootier creetur
set foot on the ground, with that face full
of dimples, aud the smiles cotchin' apart
the lips and kindlin' tbe eyes, and a pair
of cheeks that a rose iu the medders
wasn't to be mentioned by the side of?"
Seth Rogers' mouth, that rigid mouth,
was working almost fearfully, and quick
changes hurried over his face, telling how
the old woman's words were smiting tbe
rock. ."And it's brought right back to
me the last time I eVer sot eyes on ber,
Soth. I dun know as 1 ever told you, but
it won't hurt you to larn how much storu
she sot by you. lou know there was a
singin' school sot up in the rueetiu' house
for the first time that winter, and the
young folks had been the night afore, and
Mary had run over to talk with Temper
ance about tbe boys and gals. I wasbilin'
doughnuts that afternoon, and Mary was
mighty fond on 'em, so I sot the pan on
the tablo, telling the gals to help them
selves ; aud Mary stood there a cranchiu'
'em down, and bobbiD' her bright head
around like a butterfly among clover, and
laughin' out O, cant you hear that laugh
now somethin like a bird and somethin'
like a brook tumblin and singin' over the
stones?"
. "I can hear it, granny, t can hear '."
cried the man, in a sharp, pained voice,
while his breast heaved, and the tears
oozed slowly out of Seth Rogers' eyes,
and stood still in tha channels of hia
cheeks. Ah, the old woman had smitten
the rock the well had been found.
"Well, just as I was sayin', Seth, Tem
i perance was a-tellin' what boys looked
the best, and which uns I fancied most,
when I turned right round : Now, Mary,
sec I, it's your tarn. Which of them boys
you going to take to ? Mary's face flush
ed right up, and sbe jest spoke out in her
quick way, 'I'm goin' to takrrto my broth
er sew, Alias m ooicoot : l here aint a
boy there that's half as scrumptuous and
handsome as be is to my mind; and
know he's goin' to make a wonderful
smart man ; and I never could love anoth
er man so well as I do my brother Seth.
And yon oughter to have heard how
proud and tenderlike she said them words
"My brother aetn."'
"Did she say them did sbe say them
about ma t" cried tbe man, in a voice
which was like a plaintive little child's.
"My little Mary ! my little Mary !" Then
the sobs broke oat and shook bis iron
frame, and the'great tears rolled in swift
showers over his rugged cheeks. Tbe
rock had been cleft, and the waters gush
ed out. ,
"Yea, 8eth, she said them very words,
and when I hear folka aay you're a bad
hearted, tight-handed man, I sometimes
think if Mary'd a'lived, you'd a'been a
different one." And tears of svmpathy
rolled down the old ' woman's cheeks.
"And bow, Saih, I mast tell yon what I
come across w tbe old garret yesterday.
I was a-huntin' there among some old
blankets I span afore I married, when sud
denly I came to a long wooden box which
yonr mother gin ma the week afore she
died. You know yoa was gone off among
the mount'ns to hunt up bears then.
Well, Miss Rogers and I alters sot great
store by each other, and aha (in me in
that box, a linen spread, three silver
spoons, a string of gold beads, and a num
ber of other little tnukets like. 1 hadn't
seen the box for years, and I was fingering
it over, when all of a sadden the bottom
dropped out into my lap, and lo aud be
hold ! there was a false piece laid over
this, and somethin' like a corner of can
vas stickin' out- I pulled it out, and
what do you think it was, Seth Rogers t"
"I'm sure I don't know, Miss Wool
coot." And the man's face was ashen
pale with eagerness.
"It was that picter of Mary which the
English gentleman painted when he vis
ited our village ; and it just fitted square
in the bottom of tbe box, so there warn't
a crack or break in it nowhere. I remem
ber, noWf yoor-mother- said there " was
somethin' iu the box when she gave it to
me, but just then she was taken with an
awful fit of couhin', and finally she said,
'Never mind ; I'm so tired, and I'll tell
yoa about it to-morrow. Miss Woolcoot'
Bui she must have forgot, for her memo
ry seemed kinder to leave her that last
week."
" "O, granny, you let me see this ?" and
there was a greedy cry m the man's
voice.
"Sartin, Seth. It ain't faded one bit in
all these years that its been in the bottom
of the old box, where your mother put it
lor sate keepm', and we all s'posed it bad
got burned up; but it's Marv, every inch
of it, with the curls dancin' about her
neck, and her lips potitin' out just ready
to speak, and her eyes a-shinin', and her
cheeks a-bloomin' as they did years and
years ago."
"O, granny, if you'll give me that pic
ter of Mary, I'll give' you anything I've
got on earth !" pleaded Seth Rogers with
tbe old woman.
"Will you, Seth ? Will you give back
to Isaac tbe deed of bu bouse and land,
that you know's his'n in the sight of God,
and that you know, ton, '11 break his
heart, and bis wife's and his children's, to
give up, and that your mother and Mary'd
plead harder for you to do than I, if tbey
was here this blessed minute ?"
"Yes, I'll make it all over to him this
afternoon, if you'll let me have the pic
ter," answered Seth R jers.
"There, Isaac," said the old woman,
hobbling into the kitchen, with her crutch
in her hand ; "did; I tell you your fath
er said there Wus a tvell in the rock of
every man's heart, and here it'B proven in
black and white ! I don't believe ever a
word came from the lips of Jedediah
Woolcoot that wasn't sound truth."
And tbe old woman handed a paper to
ber son.
He opened it, while his family gathered
eager and curious around him. That au
tumn day had gone heavy enough over
an mcir nearts. it was a deed which be
queathed to Isaac Woolcoot his house and
land about it the gift of Seth Rogers.
I cannot tell you what happened after
wards, when they learned the truth from
the old grandmother's lips who told the
whole story, stopping several times to
smoke her pipe. What tears of joy were
shed, what prayers of thankfulness were
made, under the brown roof of Isaac
Woolcoot's cottage that night. '
O, reader, dealing with the hard and
the cold of thy fellow men, remember al
ways there is a "Well in the Rock." aud
kindly words and deeds shall open it, as
Moses' rod did the waters of Meribah.
Qodey's Book.
Cellef e Initiations.
. The annual initiations of the secret so
cieties of Yale College took place on Fri
day evening last. 1 be K ew liaven Pal
ladium reveals some of the mysteries of
induction :
"This performance is carried on in the
basemeut and vaults of the Slate House,
and the general object is to introduce the
novitiate to as hideous and frightful
scene and as trying an ordeal as possiole.
Accordingly the students assume the most
frigbtfnl disguise they can conceive.
Tbey have plenty of blue lights, a coffin
or two, and a grave freshly dusc, into which
they lower the victim; n guillotine that is
invariably cranky and too stiff in the joints
to work satisfactorily; a gallows six feet
high or more, with its fatal noose ; ever so
much sheet-iron thunder, aud blue lights,
and sulphur, and phosphorus; suudry irrin
ninj skeletons and masks of corpses, and
a blanket iu which tbe victim is ruthless
ly tossed. These, with incessant yells
and bowlings, such as can only be made
by a Yale student and a Sioux Indian,
and plenty of tin horns, form the staple
of the performance, it ;s always ludic
rous, and generally quite interesting,
withal, especially to the "student who has
recently entered college ;" and the vic
tims, though tbey are handled rather
roughly, are hardly ever hurt unless they
are accidently dropped into tbe grave, or
tossed so high that their heads strike the
ceiling."
Humboldt's Aaceat of Chimboraxet.
From the life, travels and books of Al
exander Von Humboldt, we extract the
following interesting accounts
Un the 2d of June, the birthday of his
brother, Humboldt commenced his ascent
of Chimborazo, accompanied by Bonpland
and Carlos de M onto far, a young Spanish
naturalist They started from the plain
of Tapia, at an elevation of over nine
thousand feet. Thia arid table-laud was
near the village of Lican, the ancient res
idence of the sovereigns of Quito. From
Lacan to the summit of Chimborazo was
nearly five - leagues in a straight line.
They followed the plain, leaving behind
them- groups of Indians bound to the
market of tiican, and slowly ascending,
hailed for tha night at the little village of
talpi. X hey were now at the foot of the
Lbimborazo. It rose before them stu
pendously, in the light of the setting sun.
Tbe foreground was veiled in the vapo
rous dimness that striped the lower strata
of the air, but as tbey cast their eye to
ward the summit it detached itself from
the deep blue sky. They saw above the
region of ligneous plants and alpine shrubs
a broad belt of grass like a gilded yel'ow
carpet Beyond this was a region of por
pbyrite rocks, aud beyond these rocks,
eternal ice aud snow. As the earth be
low grew darker, the heaven above
seemed to grow brighter ; their sight was
dazzled with the refulgent splendor of
the snow..
Early the next morning their Indian
guides awoke them, and they began to
climb the mountain on the south-western
side, traversing the great plains which
rose like terraces, one above another, un
til they reached the plain of Sisgun,
twelve thousand four hundred feet above
the level of the 6ea. Here Humboldt
wished to make a trignometrical meas
urement to ascertain the height of the
summit, but it was shrouded in thick
clouds. From time to time they caught
a momentary glimpse of it, throitgh open
ings in the clouds, but the sky was grad
ually darkening. They continued to as
cend until they reached the little lake of
lana Locua, a circular basin one hundred
and thirty feet in diameter. It was the
most elevated spot yet reached by man
on the ridge of mountains, three thousand
three hundred feet higher than the sum
mit of Mont Blanc Here they left their
mules. The barometer showed a hight
of fourteen thousand three hundred and
fifty feet. Crossing the yellow belt of
grass which they had seen over night,
they came to a region of augite. Here
rocks rose in columns fifty or sixty feet
high, and looked like the trunks of trees.
Traversing the isles of this enchanted for
est of stone, over helds of fiew-fallen
enow, they gained a narrow ridge which
led directly to the summit of Chimbora
zo, and by which alone they might hope
to reach it ; for the snow around was too
soft and yielding to be ventured upon.
Ihe path became steeper and narrower,
and at last the guides refused to go any
farther. When they were sixteen thou
sand five hundred feet high, all but one
left them. Nothing daunted, however,
the travelers went on, enveloped in
thick mist. The path in which they were
ascending was, in many places, not more
than eight or ten inches broad ; the na
tives call it a "knife-blade." On one side
was a declivity of snow covered with
glassy coating of ice, on the other a chasm
one thousand feet deep, the bottom of
which was covered with masses of naked
rocks. They inclined their bodies over
the chasm dangerous as it was, for they
dared not trust themselves to the Snowy
pitch on the opposite side. Had tbey
stumbled, they would either have been
burried in the mingled snow and ice, or
would have rolled headlong down the
steep. The character of the rock, which
was brittle and crumbling, increased the
difficulty of the ascent Hero and there
they were obliged to crawl on their hands
and feet ; the sharp edges of the rock
wounded them, and tbey left behind
bloody trail. They marched in singl
file, testing with their poles the stability
of tbe rocks before them. I bis precau
tion was very necessary, as many of th
rocks were lying loose oa the brink of the
precipice. Desirous of knowing bow
much of the mountain remained to be as
cended, for the summit was continually
hidden from their sight, Humboldt open
ed the barometer on a poiot where the
path was broad enough to allow two per
sons to sit side by side ; the mercury indi
cated a hight of 18,380 feet The tem
perature of the air was 98 deg., and that
of the earth 107 deg.
They proceeded for another hour, and
found the rocky path less steep; the
with snow several inches deep. Before
dusk they reached the Indian village of
Calpi, and were entertained that night by
the priest
So ended the attempt to scale the sum
mit of Chimborazo.
Fnm Roger eeoiUctin.
Table Talk,
. Grattan's talk, as preserved by Rogers,
is often capital in itself, apart from its val
ue as an illustration. Take the following
scraps : ' '. "
"Were you twenty years old, and Cap
tain Cook setting sail, wcjild you go round
the world with him ? No, I have no
wish to see such countries as he saw. I
wish to see Rome and. Athens, and some
parts of Asia, but little besides. . . . My
Uncle Deal) Marley was famed for the
best little dinners and the best company
in Dublin ; but when made a bishop he
enlarged his table, and he lost his fame
end of his enjoyment He had at first
about four hundred pounds a year, and
his little dinners were delightful ; but he
had an estate left him, and afterwards
came to a bishopric he had lords and
ladies to his table people of fashion-
foolish men and foolish women, and there
was an end of him and of us. . . . He
(Marley) had much of the humor of Dean
Swift. Upon one occasion when the foot
man was out of the way, he ordered the
coachman to fetch some water from the
well. The coachman objected, sayiti
that it was his business to drive, and not
run on errands.' 'Then bring the coach
and four,' said he, 'and put the pitcher
into it and drive to the well' a service
which was performed many times to the
great entertainment of the village. . . .
Which would you rather pass a day witb,
Alexander, Caesar or Bonaparte ? Catsar,
as I am much interested about his time.
I would ask him (and here he enumerated
manv questions about his campaigns,)
what were the real characters of many of
his contemporaries ; and I would ask him,
but I would not press the question, (he
might answer it or not, as he pleased,)
what part he took in tbe Uatiline conspi
racy. ... In traveling, 1 should like tbe
lower orders of the people better than tbe
middle ones for my companions I would
rather be in a heavy coach than in one
that carried four. ... Of all men, if I could
call np one, it should be Scipio Africanus.
Hannibal was perhaps a greater captain,
bat not so great and good a mau: Epam
inondas did not do so much. Themisto
cles was a rogue. ... In modern times
Washington, I believe, was the greatest
man, and next to him William the Third.
.Burke was so fond ot arbitrary pow
er be could not sleep upon his pillow, un
less he thought the king had a right to
take it from under him. . . . Stella used
often to visit my aunt, and sleep with her
in the same bed, and weep all night. tae
was not very handsome. Miss V was
handsome. . . . Miltou Hike beat of them
all. He is much more poetical than
Shakspeare ; and if anybody would be a
public Speaker) let him study bis prose
and his poetry his prose ia often an ad
mirable model for the majestic style of
speaking. ... To be a good shot is useful.
It makes a brave man braver, a timid
man half brave ; and all men are born
cowards. But it makes a bad man worse
than it found him a bully."
From Porson we take these brief ex
amples of table talk i
- "Had I a carriage, and did I see a well
dressed person on the road, I would al
ways invite him in, and learn of him what
I could. Louis XIV was the son of Anne
of Austria by Cardinal Richelieu. The
man in the iron mask was Anne's eldest
son I have no doubt of it Two parties
must consent to the publication of a book,
the public as well as the author. Mr. Pitt
conceives his sentences before he utters
them. Mr. Fox throws himself into the
middle of his, and leaves it to God Al
miahtv to Ret him out azain. When Pro
metheus made man, he bad used up all
the water in making other animals, so he
mingled his clay with tears. Of Mackin
tosh: He means to gefi merest for his prin
cipal. Of Sheridan: He is a promising
fellow. All wit true reasoning. History
of the Grand Ham in a 100 volumes folio,
I love an octavo, the pages are soon read
tbe mile-stones occur frequently, it
had 3,009 per an., I would have a person
constantly dress&l, night and day, with
fire and candle to attend upon me. (He
is an uncertain sleeper.) I had long be
fore discovered that wit was truth. Wit
is, in general, the finest sense in the world.
We all speak in metaphors. Those wbo
appear not to do it, only use those which
are worn out, and overlooked as me
The original fellow ia there-
fcr tie Braid f Prfiam.
Hackbebbt Gbovk, Riley Co., K. TJ
. Oct, 1859.
G. W. Bbows, Esq. : The trial of
those charged with homicide on Chap
man's Creek, which was to have com
menced on the 6th inst, at Manhattan,
before Hon. Rush Elmore, was continued
till the next April term, on account of the
absence of some witnesses.
There was not much business transacted
in court, owing to the absence of witness
es and sickness of parties litigating.
Some jadjrments were taken nnder the
rules of court, but they were not suffi
ciently interesting to report.
Judge Elmore re-established, or rather
sustained his reputation for promptly dis
patching business this term. The Judge
has, I think, one little fault on the bench;
that is, he is rather lenient The great
cause of complaint against the great ma
jority of Judges is that they are too tyran
nical. This in truth cannot be urged
TictmsEH, K. T., Oct 14th, '59. , -Friend
Brown : There was a great
convention in a city about five miles west .
of this place, tome particular of which,
d some consequences thereof, 1 would ;
like the readers of yonr paper to know.
The convention itself did not trouble the"
citiaena of thia place, aa we f a qmiel
people, who attend to our own businesa;
bat some of our citizens were amused,
some disgusted, and I suppose a few of
the faithful were pleased, by the action
of some of the delegates on their way
home on the morning of the 13th inst
The first intimation we had of an ap
proaching thmo was a sound coming from
the westward, which some might have
called music, others the musical attempt
of certain long eared animals, which sound
was interspersed by yells, screams and
laughter. Well, into town they came,,
trying the speed and bottom of their
horses, instead of their own running quai-
against Judge Elmore. I do not mean ities, as candidates for office. They drove
that he gives the bar too much indulgence down to the hotel and then the show
in listening to them, as it is a merit in a proper commenced, (the above wa a pre
judge to be a good listener, but there is lude, I suppose,) ; they shouted, they
not restraint enough upon persons who yelled, they screamed ; those who could,
are disposed to talk loud outside of the danced, and tbe rest jumped up and down;
bar. in short, they did every ridiculous inmg
I need scarcely tell you the times, are which ridiculous men would be expected
hard here, although Manhattan has im- to do. It was quietly suggested that they
proved a good deal this summer ; there wore intoxicated, but that was indignant
are quite a number of unfinished build- ly denied. A good Republican lady aid
ings upon which workmen are engaged, it was a superabundance of joy arising
Lewis Kurtz has recently removed his from the nominations made by the con
store into a large storehouse erected this vention which caused them to perform so
summer. The stone work of a county amusingly. The most plausible excuse I
jail is nearly if not altogether completed, can give, is that they were so full of "ab-
It is far from being a credit to Riley olition sympathy" as to cause them to act
couuty. The people here, or at least as much like a "nigger" as they could.
some of them, think they have paid taxes But, to be serious, when will the people
enough to have some show in the way of learn to elect delegate to transact politi
county buildings. But the "receipts and cal business for them, who are sober and
expenditures" have not yet been publish- honest men? No one would employ
ed, as the County Board should have drunken rowdies to transact other busl
j' Ti.a. m f1,rfnr he. a "rood ness for them : why political ? I wa
UUUC 1UCIO -' T waewa w.v.-i - D 1 .
pile" in the Treasury, set apart for a not present at the convention, but I un-
"rainv dav." ' derstana mat mere were at leasnwu mm-
Old Jack Frost" made his appei""1"169 'uten of the GosPel resent aa delegates,
here ou the night of the 6th inst, as was and three more as lobby members. A
plain to be seen the next moraing, by word to them : it tney oouia uav,
looking at tbe late corn and vines. The our show, they would nave peen prouu oi
r,W fr.liar a onf? the water- their associates, xneir coium.ae.uu ...u
recent
course valleys is now beginning to assume
a golden appearance, and ere long it will
present "a doleful sight"
A German by the name of Shcpp was
naturalized on the Tuesday of the Court
The next morning the Grand J ury return
ed a "true bill" against him for the of-
have been enlarged, so a to command
them to attend political meeting as well
as preach the Gospel, and their talents
must have improved, for it took the "poor
fishermen" all tbeir time to attend to tha
original command given by our Lord and
Master. "Oh, consistency! thou art a
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fence of bigamy. Judge Elmore sent for jewer- searteiv iouuu .u u.
him, and ordered him to give up his "pa- 1 do not wisn unuenuooa, uy lu
pers." The Judge, on the Monday of the above, that I condemn the convention it-
Court, (as I informed you in my letter or sen, or iw nouu.iui.uu., .u. a .
horse little about mem, as political uouom v.n
the 4th inst.,) was very severe on
thieves, free love, bigamy, esc 1 bi
event gave occasion for another lecture,
which cannot fail to have a beneficial ef
fect upon society, He did not know, nor
we had a specimen,) are not among my
wishes. MASSACHUSETTS.
Emporia.
It really needs that one should go away
did he want to know, whether the person from Emporia for a while to see what a
,n Court was guilty, but it was practise tow. .there
prnino. a-v j n m i
six or eight houses in the place, and it wa
in Kansas to a fearful extent
A nian, whose name I believe is Cava
naugh, was arrested the other day on a
warrant issued by Justice Rowell, of 8t
George, Pottawattamie county, to be re
turned to Nemaha county. K. T., on a
growing but alowly. People that were
not interested, and some that were, proph
esied all sorts of fall-backs and impedi
ments to iu progress. There wa no wa
tr ahrrva-e-rmind. and for some time, af
ter various and fruitless effort had been
morohos.
mist, however, was thicker than ever. j fore regarded as only witty; and the dull
BeaanXel Allegory.
Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky, was at
one time engaged in defending a man
who had been indicted for a capital of
fense. After an elaborate and powerful
defense, he closed his effort by tbe fol
lowing striking and beautiful allegory :
"When God in his eternal counsel con
ceived the thought of man's creation, he
called to him the three ministers who
wait constantly up-in tha throne Justice,
Truth and Mercy, and thus addressed
them : Shall we make man ? Then said
Justice, 0, God, make him not, for he
will - trample upon thy law.' Truth
made an answer, also, 0( God, make him
not for he will pollnte thy sanctuaries.'
But Mercy, dropping down npon her
knees, and looking np through her tears,
exclaimed, 0, God, make him I will
watch over him with my care through all
the dark paths which he may have to
tread.' Then God made man, and aaid
to him, 0, man, thou art the child of
Mercy, go and deal with thy brother.' "
The jury, when he. finished, were
drowned in tears, and, against evidence,
and what most have been their own con
viction,, brought in a verdict of not gnitly.
LAsav. Herald.
BoflOnalW.
Horace Greeley, in a late letter' from
California, says : - "One of the aovekies
(to me,) of this region ia the presence of
soft granite putty-granite, if I may coin
a name for it Unlike most soft rock,
this seems not to harden by exposure to
tbe atmosphere.' It ia found at various
depth, and I.ktxjw no war of accounting
for it - It seems to me that one-fourth of
the granite I saw at the base of recent ex
cavationa appeared soft as cheese. Is not
thia peculiar to California ? " '"" '
They now began to suffer severely from
the extreme rarification of the air. They
breathed with difiiculty, and what was
still more disagreeable, felt like vomiting.
Their heads swam, their lips and gums
bled profusely, and their eyelids and eye
balls were charged with blood.
From time to time great birds, proba
bly condors, eame swooping down the ter
rible pass, sailing grandly away ; and lit
tle winged insects, resembling flies, flut
tered gaily around. It was impossible to
catch them, owing to the narrowness of
the ledge; but Humboldt judged that
they were Dipteras. Bonpland saw yel
low butterflies, a little lower down, flying
very near tbe ground.
Finally the belts of cloud parted, and
they saw, on the sudden, the vast dome
of Chimborazo. It seemed near them, so
near that in a few minutes tbey might
reach" it . The ledges, too, seemed to fa
vor them by becoming broader. Tbey
harried oa for a short distance, excited
with the hope of soon standing on tbe
pinnacle. All at once tbe path was stop
ped by a chasm 4UU feet deep and W feet
broad. There was no way by which tbey
could cross it ; the difficulty was insur
mountable. To tantalize them still fur
ther, they saw that the path went forward
on tbe other side or tbe ledge, evidently
reaching the summit. If they could have
bat crossed that chasm l
It wa one o'clock in the afternoon, and
tbey were benumbed with cold. Tbey
were 19,200 feet above the level of the
tea.
The belt of clouds closed again, and
the peak wa lost The mist grew thick
er aod thicker,- and everything indicated
a storm. There wa nothing left them
but to descend. Halting long enough for
them to collect a few specimens of rock
they retraced their steps. A storm of hail
overtook them, bat a they descended in
to a lower atmsphere it changed into
snow. When tbey bad reached tbe little
lake of Tana Cocha, where they left their
sole, they found the ground covered
are consulted as the wise."
It would be unfair to draw further oh
thia little volume. We have indicated
and proved it worth. . Its fault, if it be a
fault, ia that it is all essence requiring,
therefore, some slight knowledge or im-
acnnation in the reader for its full relish.
No one will hereafter write of the cele
brated men alluded to in these pages with
out having a perfect master of Rogers'
"Recollections."
Qr Our Railroad ia now graded nearly
two miles and the work goes bravely on,
The last mile has been particularly severe
work, and tbe men deserve praise for get
ting it done so soon, lbere is a large
force of men on the road, and aa tbe heav
iest part of tbe work on this end of the
road is done, we may expect to see it pro
gress more rapidly hereafter. We think
we can safely say that the first ten miles
from this city westwardly, will be ready
for the tie before winter seta iu. Pat
your shoulders to the wheel, gentlemen.
this road win pay a oiviaena irom tue
time the can commence to ran. Doni
phan Tort.
frr The Rev. Charles . Kingsley has
nearly completed a new novel, which
treat Of one of . the most interesting
epochs in English history, in the tone and
temper of Wettuant no. i ne mciaeDt on
bich the plot of the new novel wui rest
the "Pilarimaae of Grant" i one of
the most dramatic and impressive pass
ares in the ereat struggle between medi
eval and modern Catholicism for the ma-
terr in Eneland : and the vigorous p is-
aions enlisted in that struggle could find
no fitter Interpreter in the present sge
than tha author of Hypatia ana ot AUm
Lode. - - ' - - -
A preparation is In use in Scot
land to prevent pitting from small pox.
The Glasgow Medical Society report that
it ha been repeatedly used with success.
The preparation consists of glycerine, ni.
trate of tilvar and eollodton, - ,
charge (with three or four other persons) mftde, tho opinion became prevalent that
,. y j... .v . I tha nni wnrs to nnrsuem getting it wa
01 taking money auu goouevu mo iu. j r -, .
, fl, '., t, .f K,.i, a nortlxrn or wuthern one, and the mean,
of $1,500. Sheriff Rodger, of Nemaha . ThU n,aw,ity was fi-
county, arrested him at Fort Riley, but najly reueved by the discovery of an ex
he made good his escape, jrro. iem., on the cellent well-fountain, at slight depth, and
Big Blue, near Abram Dyers'. He wa soon after another, ud . 0
re-arrested by officers E. M. Squire, and rEZ
Wm. Moore, at the house of ex-Esq. than e?ef before wuh every prospect of
Gillespie, where he stayed all night The increasing her speed witb age. . Already
Esquire suspected him from a description there is growing up, we oeiiev.
which behd received , gave inform.- pnde toward, otown, iu . i;
tion accordingly. He confessed hi guilt (umen of the Upper Neosho, and of the
to Mr. Bartlett, and was afraid of being Droa(j country to the outh and west of
lynched when taken to Nemaha. The us, now view Emporia in the light of an
officer delivered him over to the Sheriff important place
with the anenrv of ber bosines
Local item, within my knowledge are men w baild np here, at the conflenoe of
.-mm 1 1 I 1 . s . a 1 aMama (tn Qnnf)l
scarce, bnt l nave maae oa- iai win sd iwg nw. iwmw
letter. Truly yours, A. M.BURNS. JW.J ST'J.
mwuu win " r-- -
Emporia must certainly be TH place, U
our observance of the past and judgment
of the future are not entirely worthless.
www a . B -a TL a lliam
En. Herald of Fbbbpom :-Yesterd.y J
the Democracy of Allen county and of of the KtMa, TieTibope for all Knd
the twenty firth Representative District, 0f useful trades, with skillful mechanic
met in convention at Cofachique, for the to manage them, beside a good hotel,
together with candidate to be upported bttiU in neat ityie for western town.
for the several county offices of this coun- g j the introduction of brick and (tone,
ty. The following ticket waa then formed : a decided Improvement will be made sp
For Representative, N.Bankins; Supt. on the look of the town wttb Mother
of Cmmon Schools J. F. Coalbourne; ewn'. growth. Somi . twelv e orfifU en
Probate Judge. Simon Camerer; Register w building, are in cone of erect. n at
of Deeds, Wm. Mill.; Sheriff, Aaron ortr rf A. J-J
Case; County Attorney, A. Stewart; Bur- many mux- w... :-
vevor. J. d. Ltamain: tyouniy laem, i,
Tar UU Btrold of frttdom.
Democracy Alive tn Allea Coanrf.
CorACHiqur;, Oct. 11th, 1859.
M. Whitlow; County Treasurer, Moses
Neal; Coroner, Charles Fuss man.
ftreat enthusiasm was manifest at tbe
convention, and our Democrat feel confi-
th;. r,.n
Breckenndgc county, which compriie
aa fine a body of land as there U in Kan
sas ja also becoming rapidly improved
and cultivated. Her farmer are doing
an excellent work in subjecting Ihe soil,
dent of the success of the entire ticket building boose, fencing and providing
Before the close of the convention, Mr.
Hankins was called upon, to which call
he responded, accepting the nomination.
and pledging hi individual support in fa
vor of the wholr ticket Witb three
cheers for untiring Democracy, convention
adjourned. JOHN P. GOODIN, Pre.
W. Y. Majmw, SeCy. -
other comfort and convenience tor a
permanent home. Tbey are doing tbeir
part towards making this th "garden-spot
of Kansas." Emporia Neiu. , .,
GST Bev. Dr. Lyman Beecher'e autobi
ography ia in preparation. St i said to
be deeply interesting, and the correspon
dence in it embrace unique and enter-
tainino lattera from various scion of tb
renowned family of which he to the yea
erable father. It will be published ia a
few months. -i . : :j
fjjr Iron freight car ar coming Into
use on the Ohio railroad. Foar or fiva
have been constructed, ana ar ioum m
T Fanny Fern ia said to bay nearly answer well The entire car weighsotuy
completed a new atory of considerable H,w po". w,nv " .u"'' 'Ti
lenjrth, which U to be puUUhed by Ma- baggage car welgba H5W to W.WO
son Brothers. j I pot4.
OCT A large body of land, 82,000 acres,
lying in the counties of Highland, Ran
dolph and Pendleton, Vs., has been sold
for $60,000 to a Northern Emigration So
ciety, who design settling npon it
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