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1SY E. P. WALTON & SON.
MONTPEfclGK, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 185 L.
VOL. XLV, NO. 18 -WHOLE NO. 2319.
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Madeline GeorrnF.v was tho daughter
of a hiiPiidraper, who had been residing for j
three years in the Hue ues lionrilonnais,
close to the cemetery of the Innocents. ;
One evening, having gone alone to vespers j
al the church ul M. buetacc, as she was
hastening home to her mother, who had
been prevented by illness from accompany
ing her, she heard a great noise at the top
of the street, and looking up, saw an im-,
nieose mob hurrying along, shouting and (
hooting. As they wure then in the midst
of the troubles of the I'onde, Madeline, in
an rilaim, hurried towards the houre, and,
having opened the door by a latch-key, was
turning to close it, when she was startled
on seeing behind her a woman wrapped in
a black untitle, holding two children by the
hand. This woman nishcd past Madeline
into the shop, cxchiuniig :
" In the n.imo of all you hold most dear,
save me! Hide die and my children in
some corner of your house! However help
less and uufortunite I may appear at this
moment, doubt not my power to prove my
gratitude to you."
" I should waul no reward for helping the
distressed," said Madeline, deeply touched
by the mother s agony; "but poor protec
tion can this house uflnrd against a brutal
mob." The stranger cast n hurried and
tearful glance around; when suddenly ut
tering a cry of jiiy, she fixed her eye upon
part of the lloor almost concealed by the
6h p counter, and rusiimg to the spot, she
exclaimed, " I have n 11 have ill"
At she spoke, she lilted a trap-door con
trived 1:1 the lloor, opening on a slonn stair,
case uhich led to a subterranean pasige ;
and, snatching up her children in her nrui,
daned down into the gulf, leaving Made
line stup lied with aslonihmeut. Km the i
cries of the mob, who had by tins time!
reached tho shop, and wuru clamorous de
manding admittance, roused her; and,
quickly closing the trap-door, she called her
fuher, who came down in gieat .lUrin.
After a siioH pnley he opened the door,
which they were lieginiiiu to force. The
liioli consisted of two or three hundred
miserable, tattered wretche', who poured
into me house ; and after searching every
corner of it tvithout finding any thing, were
so furious with disappointment, thai they
seized upon Madeline and her father.
" Deliver up the woman we are looking
fori" ihey exclaimed. " She is a vile or-
ceress an enemy to the cttizeus of Paris;
she takes the part of the hated Austrian a-
gainst us ; she is the cause of all the famine
and misery that are desolating Paris. We
must have her and her children that we may
wreak just vengeance on theui I"
" Wu know not who you mean," replied
Madeline's father, who, in ttuth was quite
ignorant of what had occurred ; " we have
nut teen any otie no one has entered tho
house."
" Wo know how to make such obstinate
wretches f-peak," exclaimed one of the
,1,,,,, sf.T tUMMt nnt,
pointing n luaded pistol at her brea.t, cried,
" I lie woman ! Wc want the woman I"
At this liniment .M.iilrlinc, bcin; exactly
over the tf.ip-d or heard a slight riMtlo un
demuath; mid, fearing that it '.vonld betray
the rtranger's liidini; place, cnilearnrcd to
dr.uvn the noi'C rrmn below by stanipinc
unit her foot, ulnle slm boldly replied, " 1
liavo mi one to uive up to you."
" Well, then, you lull fee how it fires
with those who daro to resi't us!" roared
one of the infuriated mob. 'rearing off lie r
oil, ho niozed Madeline by tlio hair, and
pulled licr to tho ground.
"Snniik I" lif. nicrJ.iiineit. or t will drair
you through the streets ofParls to the gibbet
Oil the 1 lace lie la (ircve. l"e' ouiimiiu aim iici mur wni!. tier iius-
Mndeliue ut.ered not n word but silently ' band's income was quite sufficient for all
comriioiided herself to God. Vligljhl I espouses of this happy family ; for a
have bean tho issue Heaven only knows, n truly happy l.itnily it was, till it pfeafed
had not tho citizens in that quarter. 011 ipc- ';0"'1 lay heavy trial upon them. He fell
itig their neighbor's house attacked, hastily I'll, and for a whole jear was obliged to give
armed themselves, nud dispersed the mob. I ul the profits of bis situation to provide a
Madelines first rare was to reassure her al-! suhsliiule ; and ho had scarcely begun, nf
most fainting mother. Afior which, n-jmn-, er his recovery, to endeavor to repair the
ing her father, she helped him to barricade he bad eulTercd, when a fresh misAir.
the door, so as to be prepared for'any new tu"e occurred.
incursion, and then begun to prepare the One night, ns Madeline was quietly lying
supper as usual. . in bed, with her four little cubs around her.
While laying the cloth, theynung gin de-jshe was awakened by an ununial noise to
baled whether she should tell her father of , behold the house wrapped in tlnnei, uhich
the refuge afforded to tho stranger by the I had already almost reached the room in
subterranean passage j but, after a fenent which they were. Al this moment the fa
praver, to enable her to act for the bet, she ther uppeared, and took the eldest child in
determined it would be more expedient not his arms, while Madeline had charge of the
to expose him to any risk arising fiom the : two youngest. The Amies crackled and
poMOssion of such a secret. Arming lier- J hised ariuiud them, casting a livid hue
mII', therefore, with alt the resolution shejovpr the pale faces of the father and moth
could command, she performed her house- er, who boldly advanced through the fire,
hold duties ; and when her father mid moth-, Will) great difficulty they gained the stair
er bad retired to rest, and all was quiet in cae. The father dalied bravely forward,
the house, she took off her shoes, and, steal-, Nicholas, whom Madeline held by the hand,
ing down stairs into the shop, cautiously screamed s lolently, and refused to go a step
opened the trap-door, and entered the vault further. She caught liiin up in her arms;
with prnvnoous fur tlmsc who already were but during the siiort struggle the staircase
lodflut'd 10 her for life ard safety. bad given uay, and, fur a few moment",
" You are n uolile irirl." said the stranaer .Madeline stood p.imli zed by despur. Dot
In her "What do I not owe to vour hero- soon the imminent d.inger roo-ed all the
ic detoiedness and prexpiioe of mind T God energy of her heroic nature. She immrdi
will reward you 111 heat 111, and, I trust, Ui alely retraced her steps, and, firmly, knot
will permit tne to reto npop you here be- ting 1 he bed clothes together, fa tened her
low." Madeline gazed with intense inter- iwo children to llicin, uud, letting them
i t mi the M ranger, as the light of toe lamp down through the window, the father re
in her hand, f.illtn1 full upon her face, gave ceived them in his arms. Her children
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IU .lull iruuica Wllltiu ijiiiiucu tlliu lliajrv-
tic expression itupirrd, at the very lirst
glance, a feeling of respect. A long black
mantle almost wholly concealed her figure,
and a veil was thrown over her head. Her
children lay at her feel in a quiet sleep.
I hanks lor th Toou you have brought,
ml phe to Madeline. " Thanks, dear girl.
A lor me, 1 cannot cat; hut my children
have taxed noihiiia since mornini;. I will
ksk you in leave me your lilu ; and now
L'o, take pome rest, for surely )oii must want 1 y, opening a kind of pleader's 1 flice for le
it ifu'r the excilemeni jou hare undergone." gil student'; but Ins heiltli soon failed,
Madclinu Imikod at her in siirprie. laud he became dingerwu-l) ill. Madeline
"Ihould have thought, Madam," said struggled hard to ward i-fjihe want that now
said she, " that you would make an effort to seemed inevitable ; but what availed the ef
find some asylum, if not more secure, al least ' forts of one woman to sii)purt a sick hus
more comfort.ihle than this." J band and four children 1 One night came
" lie not uneasy about me, my good girl. . when they had literally nothing to eat.
When ui) tune ip come, it will bo as easy She now resolicd to apply for help to the
fir me to leave ihn pure as it wis to reveal nuns of Challiot ; a step w Inch, to her iude
to you the secret of us existence. Good pendent spirit, wa a far greiter trial than
night my child, l'erhaps we may not meet to brave the thieats of tho mob or the fury
again lor some tune; but, tememher, 1
solemnly promise that I will grant any three
wishes you may form!'' She motioned to
her to retire; and that indescribable inajes-
ty winch accompanied every- gesture of the
unknown seemed as if it left Madeline no
choice but to obey.
Notwithstanding her fatictie, Madeline
hardly slept that night. The cyents of the
day had seized hold of her imagination, and
sue cmibusiou uersen in cuuiiuueo aoo
wondsring conjecture. Who could this
woman be, pursued by the populace, and
accuseu 01 i'uiii a poiuciess, auu an uucoiy .
to the people t How could she know of a,
place of concealment of which the inhabi- found an echo in her memory, and though
tauts of the house were ignorant ? As vain- thirteen years had elapsed since she had
ly ilid Madeline try to explain her entire heard it, she recognized it to be that of the
composure, the certainty with which she being whom her husband was wont to call
spoke of being able to leave the vault when- her " Fairy." She turned round, and as
ever she pleased, and above all, the solemn the pale moon beams, that were now strug
and mysterious promise she had made to gling through the long dim aisle, fell upon
fulfil any three wishes of the young girl. the well remembered stately form, in its
The whole of the next day Madeline could 1 black garb and flowing mantle, it seemed
think of nothing but her secret. Seated i to Madeline's excited imagination to be in
behind the counter, in her usual place, she deed a being of some other world,
started at the slightest sound. Al one mo- " made thee a promise," said the un
ineiil, it seemed to her as if every one who kuovtii. " Did'st thou doubt my power, that
entered the shop must discover the trap- thou hast never invoked my aid."
door; at the next she expected to see it ! Madeline crossed herself devoutly, now
raised to give egress to the unknown, till, ' convinced that she was dealing with a su
dizzy and bewildered, shu scarcely knew pcinatural being. Tho phantom smiled at
whether to believe her whose life she had tier awe-struck look, and resumed :
saved to be a malignant sorceress or a be-
nevoleut fairy. Then, smiling at tier own
f !ly, she asked horsclf how a woman en-
(lowed witn supernatural power could need
her protection. It is unnecessary to say
lion long the time appeared to her till (die
could revisit tlie subterranean passage, and
find herself once more in the presence of
the stranger. Tims, the morning, the after-!
noon and the evening wore slowly away,
and it seemed ages to her till her father,
mother nud the shopman were I'auly asleep,
As boon as Iho clock struck twelve, she
ro-e, using sttll more precaution than on
tin preceding night, opened the trap-door,
descended the stono staircase, and entered
the subterraneous passage, but found no
one. She turned the light iu every dnec -
tion. The vault was empty ; the stranger
and her children had disappeared I Made -
hue was almost as much alarmed as purpns -
ed ; however, recovering herself, the care-'occurred. Homed to persuade tier thai
fully eximiued the walls ofthe vault. Not the whole scene had been conjured up by
an opening, not a door, not the sin illest a-1 her own excited imagination. B it Made
iierture was to be seen. She stamped on ; line persisted in repeating that 1101)1111!!
the ground, but 110 hollow sound was heard.
Suddenly she thought she perceived some
written characters 011 the stone-llag. She
bent down, and by the light of her lamp
lead the following words, evidently traced
with some pointed instrument:
' Remember, Madeline, that she who
owes to thee the life of her children, promis
es to gram theu three wishes."
It would seem that Madeliue in her ob
scure and peaceful life, had nothing to wish
for, or that her wishes were all fulfilled as
boon as formed; for sno not only never in
voked tho fairy of the vault, bui even grad.
unity lost all rcinembranco of the promises
made her by the unknown, and tho whole
adventure al last faded from her memory.
It is true that thirteen years had passed a
tray, and the young girl had become a wife
land mother, Slie had long left the linnin
WI0I, ,,e occurrence took place, and had
come to live iti the Ruo St. Jaqties, thntigh
since then the for in cr tenement has been
rebuilt.
Madeline's htisli.mil was a lawyer. Tim'
of noble birth hi dm not think it beneath
him to marry the tlmlner of a shopkeeper,
with hut ft small dimry. lie round iiiAIhiJ.
rline excellent qunlitip, her geiitlcnees and
beau'jr. irresn'iiblo attractions and who
that knew her could disapprove of her
choice? Madeline fro$e&ed, in an tuni
ueut degree, that natural refinement of
mind and manner which education and a
knowledge of the uorld so often fail to give,
while it sterns intuitive in some. She dc
v'ed herself entirely to the happiness of
mice Micu, tlianrjiut; utuugui iiul iiiiic ui 1
danger to herself, and she waited in calm ,
self - puijession, till a ladder being brought,
she was rescued. j
This trial was hut a prelude to many oth-
ers. The toss of the house completed the t
ruin of which her husband s illne was the.
beginning. He was obliged M dispose of,
bis situation, and take refuge in small lodg
ings at Challiot, and there set to work,
steadily and cheerfully, to mioihiM his faun-
ot the flames, llul what is there too naru
for a mother who has beard her children ask
for food, which she had not to give then) 1 j
With sinking heart, and cheek now pale,,
now crimson, Irom the struggle within her,'
she presented herself at the content, mid ,
timidly made known her deire to speak j
with the superior. Her well known charac-i
ter procured her instant admission, and her
tale once told, obtained for her kindly sym-.
patny aim some reuei. is sue whs passing
through the cloisters on her way back, she
was startled by n voice suddenly demanding,
iiri iiiuu iiov m.tucouc i ciuun i
Madeline startled
the tone ol that voice
" Yet fear not ; you have but to name
three wihts and my promise is still sure;!
they shall be granted." ' My husband oh,
il lie wore but once more well!" " I say
not to give life or healing is within my
power to bestow. God alone holds in his
hand the issues or life and death. Say
what else lies near thy heart."
"Bread for my husband and children.
j Save them and me from beggary and want I"
"Tins is but one wish, and 1 would grant
two more."
" I ask not wish not for inure."
" Be it so then, Madeline Perrault ; hold
yourself in readiness to obey the orders that
1 shall reach you before twelve, hours shall
J have passed over your head." Andshedis.
' appeared from Madeline's sight as suddenly
J ns she had'&ppeared to her.
i Madeliue returned home, inconsiderable
i agitation, and told her husband all thai had
could be real if this was but fancy ; and
they passed a sleepless night in bewildering
conjectures.
Eirly the next day a carriage stopped at
the door, and a footman announced lo Mad
eline that it was sent to convey her and her
family to a place appointed by one whose
summons there was good ruason she should
obey. No questioning could extract from
him any further information. You may
well fancy how long they debated as to the
prudence of obeying the mysterious sum
mons. But curiosity at last prevailed ; and,
to the unmixed delight of the children of the
party, they all got into the carriage, wind
took the road to Puns, and drove on rapidly
till it reached tbo Rue St. Jaqucs, where it
drew up before a new house ; and as the
servaut opeucd the catrtage-door and Ul
down the stpps, the huiband perceived that
it occupied the site of his hou'e which had
been burned down.
The little party was met in the entrance
by a deputation of the civic authorities who
welcomed the husband to his house, and
congratulated him on his being reinstated
in the situation he had so long held with
such credit to ! 1 1 1 1 1 -u 1 F, and, at they pteaed
to add, to themselves as inemuers of the
body to which he was such an honor.
He stood as if in a dream, while Made
line shed tears of joy and gratitude. A let
ter was now handed toher; and, hastily,
breaking the seal, she read, " Madeline,
ban thmi still a wish I Speak, and it shall
be gratified.
O ily that I may be allowed to see my i
benefactress, to pour out at her feet my j of their boats, which they guide and propel
heart's gratitude." ' with great dexterity. The kayac, or man's
And at the instant the door npMMl, and j boat, is from twelve to fourteen feel long,
the unknow n appeared. MfldelinS, ' v1th'tily eighteen inohos broad,-nml twelve in
clasped hand-", d.nled suddenly forward ;' dies deep, having a skeleton of wood and
thcii, as suddenly checking herself, uttered i fish-bone, covered on nil sides with skins
some incoherent words, broken by sobs. made perfectly water-tight, and weighing,
" Madeline," said the lady, " 1 have paid at most, only thirty pounds. In the middle
but a small part of the debt 1 ows you. is a well-secured opening, into which the
Rut for you m ferocious mob would have C-quimati.x creeps. He then fastens his
murdered me and my children. To you I coat of seal-skin tight around the entrauco,
owe lives dearer to me than my own. Do and sits perfectly dry in the middle of the
not deem me ungrateful in so long appeaV-, sea. In his light skiff he flics as securely
ing to have forgotten you. It has pleased as a sea-gull over the waves, and in times
our Heavenly Fattier "to visit me also wiikjoi the severest cold is kept warm by his
heavy trials. Like you, I havr. seen my own fat. Even when the kayak is overturn
childron in w.mtof food which I had not toicd, the stroke of an oar is sufficient to re
give, and without a spark of fire to warm' store its equilibrium, but whoever loses his
their chilled limbs. But more, my huhaud oar, is hopelessly loll."
was traitorously put to deat:i, and I have; But what will he said of the slate of the
been myself proscribed. When you rescu- uumcn among tho Grecnlanders 1
cd me, they were hunting me liko a wild 1 " The umiaks are women's boats, twice
beast, because 1 refused to take part against j as long and three or four limes as broad as
the son of my brother. Uut brighter days the kayak, very clastic, but with flit hot
have dawned. My son is restored to the touis, tiud therefore adapted fur a quiet sea.
throne of his fathers, al;d Henrietta of Eng- They are propelled by four or five women,
laud can now pay the debt of gratitude she ' for auiung the 12-upiimaux the severest la
owes Madeline Perraull." I bors hre imposed upon the female sex.
" BjI how can poor Madeline ever pay 'They make clothes and boots, umiaks and
the debt she owes J" exclaimed she. I kayaks, tan leather, build bouses, p tc.'i tents,
" By sometimes coming to vint me in my cook, and lake cre of children, wlule the
retreat at Chaillot , for what lii a queen man considers it unworthy of him to work ;
without a kingdom, a widow weeping for bis proper employment is in catching seals
her murdered husband, a mother forever ' and shoolmg bird's. Since there are no rich
separated from her children wnal has she , Greenlauders, the bride brings tier husband
any more to do Willi the world whose nolli- no other doary tl.au strong arms. It is,
bigness she has so sadlv experienced ? To however, customary and proper, that after
kt.ow that, amid my desolation, I have made the betr ttlial a matter in which the parents
one being happy, will be soothing to me, never interfere she should shut herself up
and your children's innocent merriment ; lor several days, and weep, or run loose a
perchance uny beguile some lonely hours, mom: the mountains, whence she is brought
Henceforth, Madeline, our intercourse will back by the bridegroom. Polygamy is al
not bear iho romantic character that has , lowed, but is only poetised when the first
hitherto marked it, and which cluuee, in the wife remains barren ; in which case she re
first instance, and afterward a whim of mine, quests her huiband to choose a second. If
has made it assume. By accident I was the m in wishes to separate from his wife, he
led to take refuge in your house in the Hue puts on :t discontented face for a time, and
des Boiirduumus, and instantly recollected leaves the house without saying where be is
it as the former abode of Kuggieri, my gi"g. The woimm understands litis hint,
mother's astrologer. His laboratory was packs together her property, takes her chil
the vault, wluc.i, doubtless, you have not dren, and returns to her relatives."
forgotten, nud the entrance to irhioh was 1 The household and kitchen matters are
as we!l known to me as the sccafl passage ' equally curious:
by which I left it, and 'which led trf the Com- " The country would bo uninhabitable
clcry of the Innocents. Last night I heard even for Esquimaux, wore it not for tho
all yousa.d to the superior, and ivas about seals, which are tt indispensable tothcinas
to inquire directly of yourself, w hen, seeing , the reindeer to the Laplanders. Their flesh
the effect of my sudden appearance, I was is eaten, their skins used for cluthing and
induced to play the fairy once more. Thclo cover boats and houses, while the (at fur
lUM.iui y hi left me I put in requisition the tushes lijlit and fuel. The animal is taken
only fairy wand I possessed, and money soon i with a harpoon, to the end of which a blad
placed at my disposal the house which I have der is fas.tei.cd. Sea-birds ulso serve as
the h-jppiuess of making once again your food, and sometimes tho b. Idcst oarsmen
own. You now know my secret, but though make chase after a whale, but only in coin
no fairy, I have Mill some influence, and'pany with the Danes. They then wash
you shall ever have in me a firm friend and themselves, and put on their best clothing,
protectress." I because they think the whale would iiotsui-
And from that lime the Queen never lost ! fer them to upproach if they were unclean.
an opportunity of serving Madeliue and her !
family. Leigh Ilui.t's Journal.
HITS TOO tiOOI) TO UK LOST.
mOM l-APCRS YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEE.V.
GREENLAND.
In a country where there is no govern.
ment, and where they know nothing of laws,
religious or refinements, the weed mankind,
ol course, takes its natural bent Jiid duvel-l l i .( . i .
. , , , , , I he above, by way of reminding us what
ormieuls. Greenland is such a place, and ... . . ,' i - i r . -.
' ,,. .i,,. 1 ' -we have to thank God for, is not unprofita-
a work lately publislied nives an account of, ,,..., . ... r, ' , 1
it which is exceedingly curious. From an
able digest of it in the I nbune we exttact
a passage or two. First, the physique:
''The Grecnlanders are of a stout build,
below the medium height, hate broad
ad, flat
i, thick
faces, inexpressive eyes, small noses,
undcr-lips, nud coarse black hair, which'
hangs over their brown faces. Their skin the book can be proved to hr.ve been writ
is nevertheless, rattier fair than dark, but ten at least 3000 years ago, before science
appears brown in consequence of its fillhi-,was horn; and if u could be shown that it
uess, and gives out a repulsive, fatty smell, contained no mistakes, no unmeaning or
which is almost insupportable lo Europeans. , foolish questions, it would be evident that
In llie southern part, wc sec more slender ' the author of it must have knowledge be-
figures, more agreeable faces, and mora ex-
presnic eyes. The Greeulauder is lazy,
and indifferent to what takes place around
him, but, iu general, cheerful and well-dis
posed. He seldom involves himself III a
quarrel, or even comes to hot words. He
is changeable, troubles himself only about
his nearest interests or his absolute neces
sities, and when he has a chatico, delights
iu sleeping night and day. The vanity of dation of the eailh Whereupon are tho
these people is very striking. According foundations thereof fastened 1" This sub
to their opinion, all other people are iuferi-1 time question remains unanswered to the
or to theui, and when they wish to praise a 'present hour. We say tho law of gravita
stranger, they say, ' He is as well instruct- tiou holds it in its circuit round the sun,
eo as we,' or, ' He begins to be an Inuuit.' 1 But what is that lav ? We have to come
Crimes or acts of violence seldom occur ; 1 back to the answer, if j the will of God.
whoever injures another, is publicly scoffed " Who shut the tea with doors!" &,u.
at and scorned, for tho Greenlauders have The nice adjustment of the sea to its Inn
a strong inclination to satire and a biting ' its is one of the most wonderful of all the
tongue. The Norwegiau .Missionary Egede, I works of God. Were its specific gravity
who settled among them in the year 172 1
had to bear a great deal 111 tho commence
ment of his labours. They compared hit
large nose with the Stag-Horn peak, and
when ho related to them the life and suffer
ings of Cnnst, they remarked : 'If He had
come among us, we would have loved Htm
and been obedient to Hun. What madmen,
lo slay Hun who could give them life I
They love their near relatives, but are un
feeling 111 relation to their misfortunes, and
exhibit no regret at the total ruin of oth
ers."
The Kuthor thus describes their habita
tions ;
" They neither form a State, nor possess
any government or kind ol authority what
ever. Tins is explained by the simple cir
cumstance that they need nothing ot the
kind. Iu summer, they live iu tents; iu
winter, in hous-es or rather huts which
are from five to six feel high, twelve wide,
and a hundred feet long, ofieu containing
sererol families under the satrof. The
walls are covered on the inside with skinx,
to keep out the dampness and cold air. A
broad bench runs along the side; a kettle,
of stono or iron, hangs over a train-oil lamp,
which supplies the place of a stove or hearth.
The windows are formed or the entrails of
the whale mid seal, instead of glass. The
entrance is through a long, narrow passage,
through which the hot air e-capes, and al
though there is no door, suoh a he-it is kepi
up inside that even in wititpr the (Jrefiilan
ders go almost without duties. A Europe
an CRiinot exist in such filth and Meucli."
The boats ol these people arc their only
excellence of manufacture :
" Since the natives subsist principally up
on the supplies which tho sea affords them,
they bestow groat pains on the construction
1 lie labors ol cleaning the cooking utensils
devolves on the wivs, who, in turn, call in
the aid of the docs, and cvcrvlhiiiu is spee-
dily licked smooth and clean. The bill of
fare of a Greenland feast runs ns follows;
dried herrings ; dried, boiled and half-raw
seal's flesh; boiled sea-gulls; a pieco of
half-putrified whale's tail (the principal
dish); dried -almon ; dried reindeer, and
billbernes cooked with deer's tripe and train-
.
bio reading ! Home Journal,
THE ASTRONOMY OF MOSES.
Professor Mitchell gave an exposition of
; the thirty-eighth chapter ofthe book or Job,
i in his course of lectures at Brooklyn, on
.Monday evening last. He remarked, thai
yoitd that ol tho limes in which it was writ-
1 ten. A man who should attempt to ask
questions on a science or which he was ig.
uoraut, would be quite as likely to propound
siirple as sensible inquiries. Now look at
the nature of tho question which the Lord
is represented as putting to Job out of the
whirlwind.
" Where was thou when I luid the fotin-
, changed, so as to be a tenth part lighter than
it now is, the next tune the sun ami moon
drew it toward them, it would be dashed
over tho tops of tho highest mountains.
" Hast thou commanded the morning
since thy days, and caused the day-spring to
know its place 1" This is a g oat question.
We know, that for 2000 years the revolu
tion of the earth on its axis has been so
steady and uniform, thai it has not varied
a hundredth part of 11 second of lime; and
God has employed ting perfect regularity
as an illustration 01 laiiniuiuess to his prom
ises to his people. He does not represent
Ins own uiichangeableiiess by refeieuce to
the. polar star, for wc find that in the course
of thousands of years that does change its
relative position to the earth. Bui the day
spring knows us place, and never fails,
tliorugh successive generations, to come at
tho appointed time
"Where is the way where light dwcUetht
And as for darkness where is the place there
of! That tnou shouldst tike il to the bound
thereof, and tint thntt shouldst know the psth
to the housa thereof?" This inquiry leads
us to the origin of light, and whether we
receive tho theory of its being material or
not it is alike incomprehensible. Where
comes it ? Where is its house, its home, its
native place Let us travel up to those re
motest constellations that meet our eves;
o.i-s iiv iiiit I fini ' null or nn nni en i.i
l'leiades with the sun announced the com-1
im. .if iim ii.- i.,.,.rr ,i,i
great antiquity of this book, and of the
knowledge of its author. Tho Lord asksof
'Job if he could bind this constellation to
I keep it back, or loose the bands of Orion;
that is, diminish the rigor of winter.
The learned lecturer then pursued the
same line of inquiry with other astronomi
cal allusions in other parts of the Bible, and
from them deduced an irrefragable argu
ment in favor of the truthfulness- and wis
dom of the author of the book. We have
indicated the faintest outline of his train of
remark, which held a large assembly in
j profound attention for the space of an hour.
l'hilaadpkia I'resbytenaii.
INTERESTING LETTER.
A letter from Rome dated the 31st Jan
uary, narrates the following extraordinary
net of Roman Banditti :
" I have to-day to relate a most singular
and almost incredible fict, the authenticity
of which is established by the most iucon-
te-tilile evidence, including that of official
reports. On the 2olli of ibis month the
theatrical corps of Foiliui-Popoli was play
ing the " Death of Cxsar." Forlini-Popo-li
is a siuhII town of about 4000 inhabitants,
enclosed by a high wall, entered by two
galc9, and scarcely three miles from the
town of Forli, of which it is a kind of sub
urb. By eight in the evening, the hour
w lien the theatres open iu Italy, all move
ment has disappeared from the streets, win
dows arc closed, and tho inhabitants have
retired to their homes, the coltec-houses, or
theatres, i his absence ol activity in the
strcels, which every one remarks ul Rornu,
is still more complete in tho small towns.
It may then be understood how, nt Forlini-
1'
'opoli, and particularly on an evening when
tho theatre was open, the streets should be
so deserted as to make possible the occur -
rence now to be rotated. The first act of
the pieco had terminated, and the curtain
.... I... . ln: I r.i , . i
' ' I , j , : type ana citreiuiiv packed away n snaro
millions of suns beyond then, ; ami onward comer3 of l0 utl)(ld lh JM J
ZlTtu lbTT V ,",ll,"5 of Y5'1"' paragraph,, one half names and the othe?
and st, II, he light ts travel u.g toward, ... ,la,r a Often enough these paragraphs
and ho have not reached the spot which are the result of much labor and skillful ar
mau ha, penetrated with his telcsoope.c tri- rallgelnCMt,o, ,,, frequently the reader
n i uients. We have never traced tbo light ,limics past tiem to jhe'raow excititw po
lo ,,, source, "oare no nearer tho d.s- hco rc ls or foro correspondence: tot
covcry than when we first set out. - some of 1CII) arc w pmidefil)K
" Canst thou bind tho sweet influences In one, for example, we have just read a
of Pleiides, or loose the bands of Orion ?" few returns of the new American census
Tbo ancients marked the seasons by the j of such unusual significance, that we doubt
heliacal rising (with the sun) of certain! whether far-seeinjM wen will not regard them
stars. The Pleiades marked ttc ripriaolrus innjiv- ihi-itik tba. fijissMjevolu
of the sun with us flowers. The vernal tton abroad, or the foulest murder at home,
equinox is not stationary; hut we know! " The American census is not yet corn
that at that lime, it mu?t have occupied . pletc; but tho returns already received point
such a position that Pleiades would make to conclusions fur beyond hope or expecta
its appearance when the sun enercd the tton. Look at New York, for intauce. In
vernal equinox; and at least three thousand 1820, it had a population of 123.01)0 ; in
years must have missed since tho risum of, ISUU. 203.000; in 18 10, .112,000. This
jhad just fallen, when suddenly it rose and ; ve, t,e menaces of Austria 1 When tho
I disclosed instead of the actors who had United Slatesshook off the yoke of England,
, disappeared ten brigands of the band del i llieir people numbered no more than 3,000,
IPafsatore, w ho armed with musketsand car- nnn wlmn ihpv .rn lnt mensural n.rainst
bines, levelled them so as to command the
entire range of tho pil and boxes. At the
same moment another party, consisting of
30 brigands, made their appearance on the
flour of the house, the issues of which were
guarded, and, armed with sabres and pistols,
meuaceu me spectators, a momemoisiu-
por, during winch no one dared to move,
elapsed, when the clner ol the brigands ad- "The valley already contains about thir
vauced to the foot lights, and, exhibiting tecn millions of inhabitants al the begin
the keys or the two gates ofthe town, said, I jng ()r this century it did not coutuiu as
" Gentlemen, you see by these that you are j mly thousands! There is a moral as well
entirely iu our power. Any resistance on as material marching on from conquest to
your part would lead to disasters which 1 1 conquest, absorbing into itself less energet
shuiild be the first to deplore, but which it 10 S0cks, and planting from ocean to ocean
depends on you to avert. Listen, then, to ! ,u0 freesl institutions ever adopted by any
what I have to say. I am about to call out ttlj0n. America is destined for its sole in
the names of several among you. Asl pro- U!r,tance : the Spaniard and the Portuguesa
iioiince a name, let him who bears it step j Wl disappear as surely as the Gaul, tho
forth from bis box. and repair to his house, Dane and the Hollander have disappeared,
in company with otto or two of my friends, 'ai,d two centuries hence the English
wno will assist him to bring hither all Ins
I l0ard3, !Utd that without defrauding us of al
porpetto." This said, the orator displayed !
a paper, and commenced reading the iatal
i roll. Submission was inevitable. A doz
en carbineers formed tho sole police of For
liui-Popoli. Six of those were in the thea
tre, and had been gagged by tho brigands.
I he six others, surprised in their guard
'pl.(
house, bad ventured a vain resistance,
htirmnnaster was tho first victim.
o
... w.s of ronrS(. rpnuirfid for this oner.
UUIlltJ
Mtoii, which did not terminate before a quar -
ter of twelve. It was probably to shorten
the agony of the pit and boxes that two
brigands went from spectator to spectator,
collecting hatfuls of watches, purses, chains,
rings, and even umbrellas. When the har
vest was gathered, and the booty had been
heaped upon the stage, Ihe brigands allow.
ed the curtain to fall, and quietly withdrew,;
carrying all with them. Tho money thus
outa.neu amoiiu
or about 40.000 Trancs, and the bquux, ob-
jects iff art, &,c, at double that sum. lhe
next day an Austrian detachment set out in
pursuit orthe band, which probably had dts-
persod bytl. it tune in the mountains or
passed the luscan frontier, riwir
is supposed to have been about three or four
nhiained amounted lo7000 Roman mastrcs.
huuureu. it is prooauie nut tney were
league with some of the inhabitants.
now-
ever this may be, private houses and public
treasuries all havo beeu iduudered, with tho
exception ofthe .Monte de Piete, the fasten
ing of which resisted all the attempts made
to break."
An honest, industrious peasant in Picar
dy, being observed to purchase, weekly,
five loaves, was asked what occasion he
could possibly havo for so much bread.
" One," replied the honest fellow, "I take
myseii, one 1 throw away, one i reium, auu
the other two 1 lend." " How do you make
that out V " Why," returned the peasant,
" the 0110 which I take myself is for tny
own use; the second, wnicu 1 inrow away,
is for my mother-in-law ; the loaf I return
is for my father; and the other two, which
I lend, are those with winch I keep tny two
children, in hopes they will oue day return
them to roe."
. , 1 . 1 . . 1
The American Census Abroad.
The London Athenaium makes some
comments upon tho extraordinary growth of
this country, which, though true, would
have possessed much less interest had they
appeared in any Americm journal :
" Alen in t he habit of reading daily news
I .....j ..v...
papers may sometimes observe, in small
. i .. .
rate of increase was unparalleled in tho his
tory of statistics. But the population is
now said to have risen to the astonishing
number of 750,000 1 There arc but two
largo cities in Europe ; iu ten years more,
at the same rate or progress, it will bo lar
ger than Paris. In thirty years from this
date New York will, on the same terms, bo
larger than Loudon.
" And it must be considered that tho
commercial capital of America is not fed,
like our Manchester anil Liverpool, at tho
expense of the country ; its advance is tho
type of that of an entire continent. In
1810 the population of St. Louis was 1,000;
in 1630, (3,000; in 1610, 10,41)0; in lo0
it numbered 110,000 I So fir hs the gener
al nature of tho retutns can be inferred
Irom the data at hand, the population of the
Union will be about 25,000,000. From tho
year 1800, when the number was a little
more than o.OOO.OOO. to IS40, when it had
advanced to 17,000,000, the decennial rato
of increase was about :i.'J per cent, This
rate would have given for IdoO a population
..r 22,000,000 only.
" Material power has been developed c
qnally with population. Ore a Britain a
lone excepted, no State iu Europe could
now maintain equal armaments in the field
for any length of lime. This m irvellous
growth is deranging all the traditions of
'balance of power.' America is not only a
first-class Slate in a few years, if no inter
nal disorder shall occur, she will be the
greatest of all. Should the IS 10-50 rate
of increase be maintained fur fifty years her
population will then amount to 100,000,000
nearly equal to that of the whole Uonttn-
cut Europe! Were it possible to concoivo
,1C sall)e ratio malt;iied for another fifty
years, the census of I0o0 would giro the
astounding number of 000,000,000 I Ger-
,, ,vnrK ,i Treiir.h revolutions sink into
L.omnlnf. iiisinniucjiicr bv the side of con-
I sidcrations liko thefe.
1 With such a comment, how well wo
- may understand the 'roars of laughter' with
I .iliri, ,i,n Ainpneiii Senile, recemlv recei-
r. European power, they were not more 1I1.111
'8,000,000. Ten years hence they will bo
cnua to France or Austria. There hardly
,.,.,,, lo be a limit to their growth. Tho
VKupv nr .hn M.ssiinoi would alone sun-
jptl ,10 whcIo population of Europe. Iu its
vast basin, nations nre now crowiim up as
' ,f nl iie bidding of enchantment.
innjruc will, no doubt, bo spoken from tho
Cape of Storms to tho
the North I"
l-rozeu Uceans ot
Attention or GkeatMi-.nto surros
nn Littlk Things. Sir Philip Francis
once waited upon Burke by appointment, to
read over to him some papers respecting Mr.
Hann"'t! delimiueucies. He called on Mr.
Burko 111 his way to the hnuso of a friend,
with whom ho was engaged to dine. Ho
' - , . . . I I I I
'1U''U ' ",s K ,r"e"- ,0,u," " B?"
' l,er
" What a beautiful animal is this !"
said .Mr. Burke ; observe its structure ; its
legs: its wings ; its eyes." " How can you,"
said Sir Phillip, " losey ur time in admiring
such an animal, when you have so many ob
jects of moment to attend to V " Yet Soc
rates," said Mr. Burke, " according to the
exhibition of him in Aristophanes, attended
a.. .1. Inaa ni...nl Im .rIII lfllf ITI f n U 1 1 T CI 1 1
- " S
" I P ' over , 9 ,llM , ,hillklho
" iipacu
grasshopper does not exceed its
, k ieJ,' M A frjen j ,.
' Francis, " I am iu a great hurry;
, us wak . anJ ,el (ne fe ,j t0
(i lmo tle lollso thev walked; Sir
, . (J rtad aa -Mr. Burke ap-
'd to r,.leil. At length, Sir Philip haV-
msn,aceil a paperi ab.,auac ensued-" I
, ,.7. . M- ,.. ,,, ,1.lllr.lal.
- . . . , . ;.
arc now ayiuuu, mai locustu, out in.1.00,
the Latin word tor crasshopper. navs
your opinion, Sir Philip ?" " My opinion,"
. . . .. . ... .
answered Sir rump, pacmng up 111s papers,
and preparing to move off, " is, that till the
grasshopper is out of your head, it will be
idle to talk to you of the concerns of India."
Party Passion. " Well, sir," (exclaim
ed a lady, the vehement and uupassionate
partisan of Mr. Wilkes, in the day of his glo
ry, and during the broad blaze of his patri
ism,) "Well.eirl and will you dare deny
that Mr. Wilkes is a great mau and an elo
quent man 1" f,Q)il by 110 means, Madam I
1 havo not a doiibi respecting Mr. Wtlke's
' talents." " Well, but sir and is ho not a
fine mar., too, a handsome maul" "Why,
Madam! he squints doesn't he I"
" Squints! yes, to be sure he does, sir!
but not a bit more than a gentleman and
a man of sensa ought to squint l"SvU'
they's Omniana.