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ihdi ; n TII1NKS I, TO MYSELF. - r ,
Wt M :.. !i 1 J! ytr J ? t ' 1 j j
I uv Jier gu put a few days ago, f' . f ; -
'l''Tlen Koa8U came down to the city; '' j -
T,ThisWn!iof the lady I never did know. '" ; ,;
But, thinks I she's uncommonly pretty, : i .
"?7-rrotn V, -t r; ;n.. -vr M4 itt S
And pleyr no do,ubt, as she's pretty.. ... j
L f Think I to myself, I have seen her beforcr '
R,(, Fin face, aad black eyes, and black hair;
But I eould riot tall where as I thought of it more J
And hang mejfl could" tell where ; ', , "' 1
'J'Tdeclare,;;" j
6ould not tell how; when; or where?, f-1 4 ;
But now both jthe time and the place I remember
I remember her pleasing address; ' ;
At a certain hotel in the month of September,; "
We met in the doorway, 1 guess ;
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(.- i Ie8 ,e8i :
"Thinks I, she's the person I guess.
.nliink'n , he would make a good ' partner for
Bat she's married or spoken for, I s'pose;
Still, if that's not the case, and if-I had ho wife,
"Thinks I io mfuAf, Td 'proposelV; I
-1 ilfir ,?K.it:) 'vCk)odne8s knowsj- '. i
If it wa'nt for all, that I'd propose. ; t '
.' But il'ni id'arriecF; "thinks I to myself 'tis a pity,
rI'm tied; and 'can not undo it;1 ' -'i '
r? Yct thinks L; there's no harm in writting this
' . ' 7 ditty, .;;..;' ,1
,. , Though 'tis well that my wife doesn't know it
u '-T ; oid poet! '
IIS til lllHIi yuui wire uw " , t .
r t EM A L E 'I NTREP I D IT Y. (
-v; l, .1,-. A TOrUlinr Narrative. - w
It was in the year 1832, toward the
v close of November, a light snow, mingled
t !irtth sleet, was whirled about by the wind,
a aand pierced through every i crevice of a
:t-roadside inn, situated between Hornberg
t' and Eottwell, on the frontier of the Duchy
of Baden..' J.;v;' 1 j'.i:
I ,t Two travelers, driven by the bad weath
V. et to "shelter of this humble hostelry, were
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r . irtwTnw Tnmv niiTim.v u 111 1 wM r-i n.K( ill
- the comforts of the hearty repast of smoked
y beef. The hissing and roaring of a. large
'ii - atove contrasted agreeably in the travel
i!. erslears with the loud moaning of the
-, ! north wind without, and , disposed them
still more to the enjoyments . of the good
. things, within. , ! ? ;,i-.v,- rv',
ji.M The innkeeper and , his . wife had for
1 1 their only domestic a young girl of Baden,
- j whom they had brought up from , child-
. ' hood. ' ' Krettel, for such was her name,
. ; r - was a host in herself. Housekeeper and
. ; maid to her mistress, cook in the kitchen,
valet de chambre to the stray visitants in
" the best room, and groom in the stable
the hardy, active German girl fulfilled the
f duties usually shared by .at large estab
lishment servants.
Ten oclock struck, and the travelers
"having finished their supper, drew nearer
to toe group tnat naa coiiectea round the
stove. Father Hoffkirck, the minister, their
host, and some neighbors who had entered
by chance. The conversation turned up-
" on the fearful and murderous events of
t which the neighboring forest had been the
.' scene, and each one had his own story to
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ich, surpassing merest in norror. ram-
" 'er Hoffkirck was among the foremost in
terrifjinTiis audience by the diflferentad
' ventures,' all more of less tragical. The
worthy father had just finished a horrible
tery of robbers-quite a chefd euurt in
;4 its way.- ;,The soene of the legend was a
; , ; iitUie, mo,rathan gus-sbot from tfoe , inh
't.jdoityMition, unfortnnate; but
an ancient gibbet which stSi temained 'on
tSsJhe identical spot gave an air of gloomy
Yetacity which no' one dared to question.
This -place was, in truth, made formidable
' thTOugnott the province as being, it was
. said, the rendezvous of a troop of banditti,
V' wh held there every night their mysteri
.ous meetings. ,H
v. '" All thfi o-nesta wcvp. RtiTl undfr thft in.
fluency of the . terror; "which the story of
' ' Father Hoffkirck hid paused, when one of
the travelers before mentioned offered to
' bet two ducats'that ttdVne dared to set off,
V !'' t tfeat moment, to th fatal spot, and trace
' with chaTWalat6ss(0M the gibbet. The
. , very Idea of sb proposition increased
". " the fears of the company.
fV,.' A Jong silence, was the ohly jeplyV Sud-
"dtmly. the young girl Krettfe, who' was
Quietly spinning inthe1 eorher, ros'e i tap and
.: accepted the bet," asking her master's con
sent at the same time.' He and his good
"J ';rite;tfittibYttiie4,- alleging, the'loneli
ness of the place inv&se?jof iangertbut
' 'thia.fearle8s damsel persisted, and was at
-'last suflfewsd todp'r;-i-i;
i Kriettelwnly required that the inn door
fcbottld be left open until her, return, and
taking a pieicie f charcoal, to prove pnthe
''" inorrow that she bad realty Visited the spot
, sne japiaiy waisea rowarus me giooet
w ntjn close oesiae tt sne siarica, lancymg
sbe heari a noise; howeveK after a mo
ment of hesitation; Bbe stepped forward,
readv to take flight at ledst danger.
The noise was renewed, Krettel listened
, i, intently, and, thejiound pf a horses feet
'; : . lWcJc upon her ear. Her terror preven
. .. .( . ed hef at rst from seeing how near it
. i , ( was to herthat the object of fear was fas-
i Ipped to th gibbet itielC; She 'took cour
: ger dapd forward and traced thto cross.
, -'At th sanvs stant the report of a pistol
showed her she had been not! ced. By a
" movement as Swift as - thought, '.she un-
; loosed the horse, leapedon the saddle, and
1 fled hfcs hghtAipg, baa was pursued;
i! v ; but redoubling her speed, she reached the
inn vard. called out to them to close the
gate, and fainted away. When the brave
-girl recovered, she told her 6tory, and was
; warmly congratulated on her courage and
presence of mind. All admired the horse,
which was of striking beauty. A imall
leathen' valise was attached to the sabble;
but Father Hoffkirck would not suffer it to
be opened, except in the presence of the
Burgomaster. - . i
On the morrow, which was Sunday, the
inn-keeper, his wife and their guests all set
off for the neighboring ( to wn, where' they
intended, after the service, to acquaint the
Burgomaster with the last evening's ad
venture , Krettel, left s sole guardian, of
the house, was advised not to admit any
one uutil her master's return. Many a
young girl would have trembled at being
in her situation, but this young servant
maici, having seen the party disappear,
fearlessly set about her household duties,
singing with a light heart and a clear voice
some' pious hymn which' her kind mistress
had taught her. 5 :
i An hour had scarcely passed when there
canie a knock on the outer door. It was
a traveler on horse-back, who asked leave
to rest for a little while. Krettel at first
refused,, but on the promise of the cavalier
that he would only breakfast and depart,
she agreed to ' admit him. Beside, the
man was well dressed and alone, so there
was little to fear-from him. The stranger
wished to take his horse to the stable him
self, and remained a long time examining
and admiring the noble steed which had
arrived the previous evening in a manner
so unexpected. ' " "
While breakfasting, he asked many
questions about the inn and its owners, in
quired whose was the horse that had at
tracted his attention so m uch ; and in short,
asked so successfully, that - the poor girl,
innocent of all deceit, told him of her late
adventure, and ended by confessing her
self all alone.' She instantly felt a vague
sense of having commited some impru
dence, for the stranger listened to her with
singular attention, and seemed to take a
greater interest than simple curiosity in
what she was saying. - The breakfast was
prolonged to its utmost length. At last
after a few unimportant questions, the
traveler, desired the servant girl to. bring
him a bottle of wine. ; Krettel rose to obey,
but on reaching the cellar, found that the
stranger followed her, and turning round,
she sawthe glitter of a pistolhandle through
his vest. Her presence of mind failed her
not at this critical moment. When they
reached the foot of the stairs she suddenly
extinguished the light, and. stood up a
gainst the walL ? The man, muttering im
precautions, advanced a few steps, grop
ing his way. Krettel, profiting by this
movement, remounted the steps, agile and
noiselessly, closed and bolted the door up
on the pretended traveler, and then barri
caded herself in an upper chamber, there
to await ner master s arrival. -
Krettel nad not been many minutes en- J
sconced in her retreat, when a fresh knock
ing resounded at the inn door, and she per
ceived there too ill-lookingmen, who asked
her what had become of a traveller who
had been there a short time before. - From
their description of his appearance, '; the
young girl immediately discovered that the
person sought for was the stranger whom
she had locked in the cellar, Neverthe
less, she thought it most prudent to make
no admission on the subject. On her re
fusing their request to open the door, the
two men threatened to scale, the wall.
The poor girl trembled with fear, for she
knew that' they . could easily accomplish
their project by means of the iron bars fix
ed to the windows of the lower story. In
this perplexity Krettel looked around her,
andhere fell on, a musket, which hung from
the wall, a relict of her master's youngest
days. She seized it, and pointing the muz
zle out of the whidow, cried out that she
would fire on the Erst man who attempted
to ascend. , , t T
The two robbers for that they were
could bo longer be doubted struck dumb
at the sight of fire-arms where, expecting
no resistances, they brought no weapons,
and, confounded at such intrepidity, went
away, uttering the most fearful menaces,
and Vowing to return again in greater force.
In spite of her terror, our heroine remain
ed firm at her post,.. AiLhour passed a
way in this critittel position; at last the girl
perceived her master and friend coming in
sight accompanied by the brave Burgo
master and some officers-
The Ibrave Krettel rushed to the door,
and her fear, amounting almost to despair,
gave place to the liveliest joy. . The won
der and admiration of all, she related what
had happened; the Bugomaster, especial
ly, lavished on her the warmest thanks for
iher heroic conduct. The officers went in
search of the "robber, whom Krettrel had
imprisoned with so much address and pre
sence of mind. After a hard resistance
he was bound and secured, and soon af
ter recognized as the chief of a band of
robbers, wh had for some time spread ter
ror over the country. -His men, wander
ing without a captain, were quickly taken
or dispersed. The Burgomaster decided
that the horse and valise, which contained
a large number of gold pieces, should be
given to the young Krettel, whose courage
had so powerfully contributed to rid the
country of a banditti who had infested it
for so long a time.
JS3T0 n Tuesday lst a fatal ' accident
becured on the railroad near Scottsville
A son of Mr. John C. BerCaw, about thir
teen years of age, was engaged in carting
gravel. The horse became restive, and,
making a sudden plunge, threw the little
fetlow under one of the wheels of the cart,
which passed over his head and killed him
instantly. Lebanon Stan .' ' ; ' 7
UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO, THURSDAYAUGUST 18,. 1853.
' The Catastrophe at Niagara.
; We this week present an illustration of
one of the most fearful and heart-rending
occurrences, so far as a single individual
was concerned, which has for a long time
transpired The event is another of those
terrible incidents which occasionally a
rouse to an unusual degree the spontane
ous interest and sympathy of thousands.
It appears that, on the 1 8th ult.; three
men who were employed in the vicinity
of Niagara". Falls, ventured out into the
river in a boat, which soon passed beyond
their control, and was swamped in the
rapids. ' Two of the men were carried
immediately . over the Falls; the fate of
the other was for a while delayed. V.
' The rapids of Niagara commence three
quarters of a mile above the Falls. They
have a descent of over fifty feet. ' The
immense volume of water rushes onward,
with white crested breakers, and a dash
ing and furious torrent, tossing from 1 0
to 30 feet above the main body, until they
reached the principal precipice. Years
ago, we often stood upon the shore, and
gazed for unwearied hours with mingled
admiration and awe upon the scene they
presented; to one who has never beheld
them, the terribly critical position of the
man who struggled for life for twenty
hours amid their rage, can hardly be
made to appear in anything like its true
aspect of desperation and horror:
. Joseph Avery, the unfortunate , man,
succeeded for a time in arresting his pas
sage down , the river, by cling to some
logs which seemed, providentially, to . lie
in the course the current was carrying
him. They were about half way between
the bridge which crosses the American
branch of the river to Goat Island and
the cataract. There were two of these
logs, crossing each other, and firmly
wedged in between: the . rocks, - one of
which rose a few feet above the surface of
the water. Directly in front of him there
was a precipitate fall of some four or five
feet, while on either side the water rushed
by over the uneven rocks with the great
est rapidity. In this hazardous situation
he remained, although he would now and
then let himself down from the log to
which he clung the greater part of the
time, and seek, as it would seem, to re
lieve his weariness by walking a few steps
upon the rocks, which were only a slight
distance below the surface of the water.
As the tidings of his danger spread,
crowds of people flocked to the scene, so
that for hours thousands of eager witnes
ses of , the sad spectacle thronged the
bridge and the shore, anxious and yet un
able to relieve a fellow being from his po
sition of terrific peril. He was most in
securely lodged in the very centre of the
stream, where the current boils, and foams
and whirls on at a rate of not less than
forty miles an hour. It was utterly use-
ess to attempt to draw anything like a
boat or raft against the violence of the
current, various expedients were sug
gested and given up as impracticable.
. The only thing which appeared to prom-
is a feeble hope, was to float a boat to him
rom the bridge by means of ropes, and
in case he was successful in entering it, to
drift it across, if possible, by the same
means, to a small island midway between
his resting place and Goat's Island. One
boat was let down, and was swamped and
swept away. Another was hazarded, but
one of. the ropes became so entangled a-
roundthe log, that it was impossible for
the well-nigh exhausted sufferer, to extri
cate it. He had now been confined in
that perilous place for sixteen hours, and
the pressure of the tide upon the boat
Was so great that it is not to be wondered!
at that his remaining strength was insuffi
cient, desperate aud agonizing as were his
efforts, to detach the rope. - :
These endeavors proving of no avail, a
raft was constructed, composed of two
beams connected by planks firmly nailed
across, to one end of which a barrel was
fastened; the other end was furnished with
ropes, crossingeach other in various ways
by means of which, it was thought, Avery
might lash himself securely to the raft.
With this raft there was also attempted to
be sent to him a tin box, in which food
and spirits were placed. When this struc
ture was let down from the bridge and
the lower end came in contact with the
water, it was instantly hurried away.
Precaution had not been taken to wind the
rope attached to the upper end of the raft
around some post or other stationary ob
ject, and although the men who had hold
of the rope ' clung to it to the severe
wounding of their hands, they were yet
compelled to let pass from their grasp.
And the raft was lost. All this time, A
very had continued his exertions to dis
connect the . rope from the log to which
the second boat attached. His powers of
endurance did not yet seem to be entirely
exhausted. After some considerable de
bate and delay, another raft provided.
Upon this was fastened a life boat, which
had just arrived from Buffalo, u This raft
was more , cautiously let down ; than the
preceeding one; and he succeeded in pla
cing himself upon it. Undoubtedly at
that moment, for the first time in many
weary hours, he felt some sense of sccu
rity. None can know how fondly hope
whispered of deliverance near at hand-
how the thought of again meeting those
whom he loved sent a thrill of joy through
every nerve of his being. At that mo
ment, the crowds gathered upon the bridge
f and along the shore, responded to his un
uttered hope by a universal and triumph-
ant shout! The waving of hands and
hats, and handkerchiefs betokened their
general ioy.
It was a mistaken ' and untimely tri-
umph. ' The next instant, to make himself
the more secure, he was climbing into the
boat, i when the raft was thrown against
the boat, and he was precipitated into the
raging current. He struggled amidst the
waters, and seemed at first to be making
headwav towards the island. But his
strength soon failed, and he was borne
backward into the more impetuous part of
the current, and then downward, rapidly
and more rapidly, until he" approached the
fatal edge of the cataract; and then, gath-
ing his energies into one desperate spring
he threw himself from the waters, flung
his arms wildly upward, shrieked a terrific
ferftwpllj-foir.ncMun into the waves, and
was dashed into the awful abyss! Sick-
ness fell upon a thousand hearts, and they
learned anew 'the lesson of man's weak-
ness. .JV1' Y. 111. Jcs. '
An Exqusite Stout bt Lamertike. In
the tribe of Neggdeh, there was a horse
whose fame was spread far and rear and a
Bedouin of another tribe, by the name of
Daher, desired extremery to possess it.
Having offered in vain for it his camels and
his whole wealth, he hit at lengeth upon
the following device, by which he hoped
to gain the object of his desire: -.-
He resolved to stain his face with the
root of an herb,' to clothe himself in rags,
to tie his legs and neck together so as to
appear like a lame beggar. Thus equip-
ped, he went to wait for Naber, the owner
of the horse, who he knew was to pass that
wav. -When he saw Naber aDProachinff
on his beutiful steed, he cried out in a
weak voice,
"lama poor stranger; for three days
I have been unable to move from this place
to seek for food. I am dying help me,
and Heaven will reward you.
The Bedouin kindly offered to take him
upon his horse and carred him home but
rogue replied
"I cannot rise; ! haveno strength left."
"NTaWr trmoWl with rtv. fUsmmintftrf
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led the horse to the spot, and with great
difficulty set the seeming beggar on his
back, but no sooner did Daher feel himself
inthesaddle, than hi set spurs tothe horse,
galloped off, calling out as he did so
"It is I, Daher;Ihave got the horse and
am off with it."
Naber calling to him to stop and listen
Certain of not being pursued, he turned and
halted at a hort distance from Naber. who
was armed with a pear. ; .
"YouTiave taken my horse," said Na-
Der, since Jtieaven has willed it; Dut 1 do
conjure you never to tell any one how you
obtained it." v
"And why not," saidJDaher.
man might be really ill, and men would
fear to help him. You would be the cause
of many refusing to perform an act of char-
ity, for fear of being duped as I have
been."
Struck with shame at these words, Da
her was silent for a moment, then sprining
from the horse returned it to his owner,
embracing him. T Naber made him accom
nanv him to his tent, where thev snent a
few davs wether, and became friends for
r-e
A Terrible Death. The indianapolis
Journal gave the following particulars:
Mr. George Lingenfelter, shoemaker of
t;s rU.rr- 9Km.t c.vtv mo 0t t,j0
death last Wednesday evening, in the fol-
lowing horrible manner. In the county
jail there is a step-ladder leading from the
room John Freeman occupies to one be-
low." The opening leading down is cover-
ed with a heavy two-ply wooden door,
bolted and barred with iron, which weighs
several hundred pounds. This door when
it is raised and leaned against the wall is one Wlth a club and the other witli an ax,
so delicately poised that very little exer- and killed him. His head was complete
tion is requisite to throw it down, and so 7 split open with the ax. The villians
great is its weight that two men are usu-
ally required to raise it.
Mr. L. lost his balance while near this
stairway, and in falling caught hold of the set fire to it and burned it up. . Dale's ne
upraised door which fell, crushing his head gro tas been taken and confessed these
and one hand . and killing him instantly.
His body had fell through, thus leaving
his whole weight suspended bv his head
and hand. John Freeman, who was the
onlvnersoninthe room, when he aw the
accident rushed to the door, and with the
J .
almost superhuman strength which excite
ment ffives a man. raised the door without
heln. and when he did sex the bodv fell
through and lodged on the step-ladder, in
which one leg caught.' The unfortunate
man did not breathe or strufftrle after he
was raised.
oo
. Got me there. An examination com
mittee about to test the capacities of an in
dividual for school teaching, put the follow
ing questions to him.
'At what time did France produce her
greatest general?' , .
'At what period!' pausing and scratch"
ing his head 'at what ah! you.ve got
methere!' : ;: ,- ..,
Well, was it before or after Christ?'
. 'Before or after Christ. , Before or after
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Well old hosses, you've got me again!',
An old maid is an old
without a fellow.
bootof no use
What kind of pigs cannot be driyed?
Pigs that are lead.
Reserving the Right of Passage.
. A young . KcntucKian, once came to
Boston for the purpose of learning the sci
ence of medicine. He was tall and ath-
shrewd, apt, and intelligent, witn a
'sprinkling, of waggishness. . He ; was ra
ducted into the Charity Hospital,"; and a
room in the thir(i story given him as a stu-
ay - . . wn entering mio nis new quarters,
ho was introduced, to a young French
gentleman occupying the room, also a stu
dent - The 7OUIiS Frenchman, it seems,
was very frank m his mannerscourteous,
yet cold, and he thus addressed his com
Pan,on:
r 'Sir 1 am indeed pleased to see you,
and hoPe that. we may Prove mutually a
greeable; but, in order that this may be
ine case 1 win iniorm you tnat l nave naa
sc. former room mates, with none of
whom l couia ever agree; wecouianever
Pursue our studies together. This room
contains two beds; as the oldest occupant
I claim the one nearest the window. .,
Ihe Kentuckian assented
Now, said the Frenchman, '111 draw
a boundary line between our territories,
and we shall each agree not to encroach
upon the other's right's,' and taking a
piece of chalk from his pocket, he made
the mark of division, midway, from , one
side of the room to the other. 'Sir,' he
added, 'I hope you have no objection, to
the treaty..
'None in the world, sir,' answered the
stranger; am pertectiysatished with it.'
e then sent down lor his baggage, and
Pottl students sat down with their books
, , ine frenchman was soon deeply en
gaged, while 'Old Kentuck' was watching
nim, ana minting wnai a queer genius ne
must be, and how he might 'fax him.
Thus things went on until dinner time
came. The Den was rung; tne x rencn
mi - ... .
man popped up, adjusted his cravat.
brushed up his whiskers and moustaches;
and essayed to depart. " -
Stand, sir!' said the stranger suddenly
placing himself, with a toe to the mark, di
rectly in front of the French student, 'i
vou cross that line you are a dead man.
The Frenchman stood pale with aston
ishment. The Kentuckian moved not a
i.
muscle of his face. Both remained in
lence for some moments; when the French
man exclaimed :
'Is it- possible that I did not reservethe
right of passage?'
No, sir, indeed you did not; and you
pass this line at your peril.'
'But how shall I get out of the room?'
.'There is the window, which you re-
served to yourself; you may use that; but
you pass not that door my door which
you generously left me.
. jjuwiiuuiau uV "5"
He was in a quandary, and made all sorts
ot explanations and entreaties. he J.en
tuckian took compassion on him, and
thinkiner that ffoincr out of the window
has not 'what it was cracked up to oe,
I - . ' 1 A. 1 -
said to his new friend
'Sir, in order that we may be mutually
agreeable,
I'll rub out that hateful chalk
line, and let you pass.'
The Frenchman politely thanked him,
and since the settlement 'boundary ques
tion,' they have been the best friends.
Inhfman and Diabolical. A corres-
pondent of the St. Louis Republican, wri-
ting from Jasper Co., Mo details the fol
lowing horrible story of crime
n riday night, tne 1 otn j uiy , iwo
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negroes, one belonging to Mr. Scott, went
tothehou otUr. liske, who lives tour
miles trom Uarthage, and one stationed
himself in the corner of the field, and the
other went to the house and told the aoc-
tor that his master (Mr. D.) was very sick,
ana wanted him to come over immediate
ty- The doctor took up his hat and start
ed, the negro following; and, so soon as
they reached the spot where the runaway
was staiionea, pom negroes ien on mm,
then went to the house, and both ravished
the wne. iney tnen Kiuea ner, inenKin-
ed the child, tnen roDDea tnej nouse, ana
lacts;- ttere was every crime mai numan
beings could possibly commit at the same
time murder, rape, robbery and arson
The cup of iniquity is full.to the brim. The
atrocity of the deed is unparalleled in the
r Tv1 A..nA
annais oi crime. xjxk a ucyxu vuuv,
- J 240 that he had taken from the house,
1.1..1 M 11 A f
ana said that tne otner naa goi nve pieces,
but did not know whether they were silver
or gold. At last accounts, the people of
J asper were scouring the country m search
of the runaway, and, so sure as they catch
him, they will relieve the courts of all
trouble with them by burning both at the
stake. .
Married Again. Mr. Carey H. Boat-
right was married last Sunday to Miss Lu-
cinda Ward, both of this city
' This is onlv the tenth time that Mr. B.
has taken a 'rib.' He is decidedly a man
of connubial tastes wedded to the joys of
domestic life rather than the cheerless as
pect of widowhood. He is actually afraid
to slap a child in the street for fear it is
his own. No wonder the population of
Indianapolis ' is increasing so rapibly.
Indianapolis Journal.
Passengers are to be forwarded from
Montreal to New York, for three, dollars
by Ihe Montreal and New York Railway
Company,
' Milton.
Blind. Milton approaches nearly to that
true conception of a right-minded hero
which must ever be esteemed." What a
picture have we of that sublime old man,
as sick, poor, blind, and abandoned of all
his friends, he still held fast his heroic in
tegrity rebuking, with his unbending re
publicanism, the treachery, cowardice
and servility of his old associates. 'He
had outlived the hopes and beatific visions
of his youth he had seen the loud-mouth
ed advocates of liberty ; throwing down, a
nation's freedom at the foot of the shame-
ess debauched, and perjured Charles II.
crouching to the harlot-thronged court
of the tyrant, and forswearing at once
their religion and their republicanism.
The executioner's axe had been busy
among his friends: Vane and Hampden
slept in their bloody graves; Cromwell's
ashes had been dragged from their resting
place, for, even in death, the effeminate
monarcn natea ana icarea the conqueror
of Naseby and Marston moor. - He was
left alone in age and penury and blind
ness, oppressed with' the knowledge that
all which' his free soul abhorred had re
turned upon his'beloved country. Yet
the spirit of the stern old. republican re
mained to the last unbroken, realising the
truth of his own 'Samson Agonistes:' , .
1 -: 'Patience is the exercise
Of saints, the trials of their fortitude,
Making them each their own deliverer,
And victor over all
That tyranny of fortune can inflict.' '
True, the overwhelming curse had gone
over his country ; harlotry and atheism sat
in the high places, and the curses of wan
tons and the jests of buffoons regulated the
measures of a . government, which had jus
ability enough to deceive, just religion
enough to persecute. But, while Milton
mourned over this disastrous change, no
self-reproach mingled with his sorrow.
To the last he had striven against the op
pressor, and, when confined to his narrow
alley, a prisoner in his own mean dwelling,
like another Prometheus on " his rock, he
still exhibited an unsubdued defiance.
Who that has read his powerful appeal to
his country, even when it was on the eve
of welcoming back the tyranny and mis
rule which, at the expense5 of so much
blood and treasure, had been thrown off,
can ever forget it? How nobly does liber
til "it" I .T A m 11'
ty spcaK through nim! "it, said he, 'ye
welcome back a monarchy, it will be the
triumph of all tyrants hereafter over any
people who shall resist oppression, and
their song shall ihen be, to others. 'How
sped the rebellious English?' but" to our
posterity. 'How sped the rebels" your
fathers?' ' How solemn and awful is his j
closing paragraph: 'What I have spoken
is the language of that which is not called
amiss 'The Good Old Cause.' If it seem
strange to any, it will not, I hope, seem
more strange than convincing to backsli
ders. This much I should have said,
though I were sure I should have spoken
only to trees and stones, and had none to
cry to but with the prophet, 'Oh, earth,
earth, earth!' to tell the very soil itself
what its perverse inhabitants are deaf to
nay, though what I have spoken should
prove to be the last words of our expiring
liberties which Thou suffer not who didst
make mankind free, nor Thou next who
didst redeem us from being servants of
sin!; v - -v-
r Accidest at Sharon Springs. We
learn by a private letter from Sharon
Springs, says the N. Y. Commercial Adver
tiser, that during the storm on last Satur
day night a stage containing eight passen
gers was precipitated into a deep ravine on
the edge of the road near that placed The
writer says!
The night was very dark. The late
rains had made the bank of the ravine soft
and slimy, and the driver could not see his
way, for he had no latern. The wheels
slide down in this soft place, and to get
out the driver whipped v his horses; . they
gave the stage a sudden jerk, which tore
out the ring-bolt and separated the body
of the cpach from the box and the horses.
It rolled over three times before it reached
the bottom, a distance of eighty six feet.
Three persons were badly hurt.
- The Dead Alive A little girl about
ten years of age, the daughter of one of
our most esteemed citizens, -was' taken
sick a few days ago, and on Monday even
ing, to the poignant grief of her parents,
apparently died. The usual preparations
were made, the room darkened, and the
body inclosed in a shroud, with the inten
tion of burying it yesterday afternoon.
But yesterday morning the apparently
dead girl revived, and terribly frightened
at the situation in which she found herself,
with her crises alarmed the household.
She is since, we learn, doing well, and
our readers may imagine the feelings of
the family from this ' astonishing incident
Xbrfolk Sews. - 2 ' " - -
iJSAbout four weeks since a Mr. Bey
ington, of Oberlin, O., was killed by a stal
lion. v The horse was seized with a fit of
madness, caught the man in .his mouth,
and threw him into the air, When he
struck the ground, the horse jumped upon
him with his fore feet, seized him by , the
head, and broke his neck short off, sever
ing the jugular vein with his teeth. :
A)duel was fought an the 2d instant,
inst, near Charleston, S. C. between John
Dunovant of Chester, and J. D.Legare
of Charleston, in which the latter was shot
through the heart." .' " :
WHOLE. NO.-'400.
Cool Impudence.
There is a gentleman residing in Wes
tern New York,, whom in default , of his
real name, we will call him Colonel. He ,
hftd one ; son, Ned,- father a' graceless
youth, full of all the wild pranks in which
students generally excel. .-Being at home
during vacation, he corresponded regular
ly which' his chum, who by agreement 'was
to keep him 'posted up' in regard to eve
ry thing that transpired with him worthy
of note, Of course he was. very careful
to keep all of his precious epistles from
the eye of the Colonel, and as Ned was v
Colonel, Jr., it became necessary to watch
the mail arrivals , closely, ;as. his . chum
wasn't very particular in adding that dis
tinguishing feature to his name. - .1 l -
Oneday he road round to the Post Of
fice, as usual, and found to his dismay that
oe, the groom, had taken the letter and
eft for home. He started at a gallop.but
was unable to make up the time, for Joe
arrived a head. Hoping that nothing- very
bad would come of 'it; he marched into
dinner as cavalierly, as possible.--f Qne
glance at' the Colonel's: face reVealed.to
him that hewasin for.it. , o-,f
The substantials being disposed of, i as
usual the lady mother left the room- and
eft; Ned and the Colonel j sipping their
wine. - .Leisurely pulling the letter,; irom
his pocket,.' the Colonel passed it. to Ned
and asked him what he ; thought of: it.;
Ned quietly perused it, its contents being
an account of his chum's doings,i both
lawful and unlawful and ending by urg
ing him tp come to him without delay.
Ned finished it in silence, . and handing it
back to his father, said: x ;a ;.i
; 'Well, sir, " considering your i age and
station in life; I think you keep very, bad
company!' and before the Colonel had re
covered himself sufficiently to- reply ,-jhe
vanished from the apartment; -Dutchman.
; , . ' .
English Ignorance of America, f
In a recent debate in the English Par
liament, Sir Robert Peel -stated. 'that' the
number of States in the American Union
was thirty-three; and a Cabinet Minister
called the late 'old Patriot of America,
John Randolph,' a statesman of Massachu
setts, and quoted him as havingsaid that
XX J VU. If XtXJL W XXJLCAU.V V11V J.X11ACI ux WCtxx lo KJL cfc
State a set of scoundrels, you had only to
givethem secret voting".'. ! In a recent Eng
lish journal, we. noticed an account of, the
political movements of the 'State' of . New
Orleans. One of our citizens was asked,
a short time since" in England,' if - 'there
were many persons in Boston Avho could
speak the English language?' . ; Dr. Bailey,
editor of the Xutionol Era,n his last letter
from London to '.that journal, remarks,
We must not forget - that ithe masses of
English people are exceedingly ignorant of
onr country its geography, its ' peoplp,
their institutions and -usages, , their Gov
ernment, the relations of our State . Gov
ernments to each other and to the Federal
Government, and their relations severally
to slavery. -Many intilligent persons be
lieve that this evil is diffused throughout
all that States. , An English lady-of high
position lately asked an American whether
he saw much of it in Massachusetts? ? At
i p.nnsir1pvaVla dinner T-iorf -rr tin a rtlia-r Atixr
r -j , j ,
an English gentleman remargd to one of
our countrymen that he . had understood
that the great vegetable for making, soup
in the States was pumpkin.!. Were you to
tell many respectable people .. here, that
Massachusetts is the capitol of PhiladeK
phia, they would not know that you , y ere
'Murder Capt.; Horace Miller, of
the canal boat Austin, was1 shot , and' in
stantly killed, between 7 and 8 o'clock, a
few days ago, on the tow-path near the
Crawfordsvillc depot, two miles' south of
Lafayette, ' la.,' by an old m an named
Owen North, whose only provocation was
a rebuke from the Captain for usinggross
and obscene language to the Captain's
wife. " He persisted in tho us of obscene
language, when the Captain gave him a
push or slight kick with his foot. He walk-c
ed off a few steps, and the' Captain gave
orders to the hands to loose the boat 'and
his gun and fired the' shot? entering just
below the shoulder of. Captain ( MrLtER,
severing ajlargc artery leading to the jugu
lar vein, producing death" in ? fi fteeri ' min
utes. He is on the direct road to the gal
lows, v r'.-f r- ';-:;;tv ::!-a.-
The Aztec children are now in London
and are creating quite a sensation. .. The
scientific men regard them "as children, of
parents of ordinary size, but of a degra
ded race producing probably, many such
dwarfish specimens. Y . "
The Richmond Ya. Whig proposes as a
substitute for the Maine Law in that State
an amendment to the constitution, prohib
iting any person from holding office would
not take an oath that he would not drink
any, alcoholic liquors while; in office, and
that he had drank none for twelve months
preceding. . j.pr; ::..-.u--j
A submarine telegraph cable, 6nY the
St. Louis and New' Orleans telegraph line
was laid across the Onio river at Paducah
on the 26th ult." It iscomposed of a large
iron wire, covered Avith three coalings of
guta perch. " i Y- '- j. l v;p:m,
The amount -of IIemp' raised in the
Western States, as'near as can be ascer-
taiueu, is z,uvuions per auuum, oi mis,.
Tr-J' L'li Vin iYY ' ' i it-?!.
iveuiucKy raises io,uy ions, ana jsiissoun
10,UOO, Iveutucky alone is capable, of pro-
ducinsf 1 00,000 too per annum. ' ' ' '