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SENTINEL.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL.
PLAQUEMINE, PARISH OF IBERVILLE, AUGUST 29, 1819.
VOLUME II.—NO. 4.
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PMQCEMIN i: :
WED NE SD A Y, A UG US T 29, 1849.
StJ'EdwarJ, of tlie Concordia Intelligencer
is in favor of the Editorial Convention of Lou
isiana meeting in Raton Rouge 011 the 13th
September next, and says lie will be there. We
say the same, and wish our editorial brethren
throughout the State, in favor of it, would
make the same avowal, as the best means to
ensure a large attendance.
iirTlie Picayune records the death of the
Hon. Welman Nichols, Judge of 4he Fourth
District Court of this State. He died at Dtm
aldsonville on the 17th inst.,at the early age of
thirty-four years. Judge Nichols highly dis
tinguished himself iw the Mexican war, as a
Louisiana volunteer and a member of Captain
Blanchard's company.
Biting like an Adder.— A F rench periodi
cal writer states that the practice in the Hotel
Dieu, when leeches refuse to suck blood, is to
wrap them for a few moments in linen cloth
wrung out of undiluted wine. This renders
the most sluggish of them so carniverous, that
they will pierce the skin instantly, and gorge
their blood-thirsty bodies till they can drink in
no more. A great many men, who are amiable
and unpredacious naturally, become as blood
loving as leeches, and' manifest an irresistible
propensity to bite, after being steeped in wine,
either undiluted or mixed.
"Nota-Bene ."—This "Devil upon Two
Sticks," [the idea popped into our head, right or
wrong,] seems to have an eye upon every thing
in New Orleans, which nobody else sees or
knows—not even the lynx -eyed reporters. lie
tells us something more about the "Secret Ex
pedition
The rendezvous on Cat Island, and the se
cret expedition are beginning to attract atten
tion. A large number of camp kettles are be
in" 1 manufactured here for it, by Long & Ma
lone An opinion prevails that it is intended to
co-operate with Santa Anna, in a movement on
Mexico. The money used here, it is said, came
from him through the house of Lizardi.
Freshet at Alexandria, La . e learn
this morning, says the Picayune of the 21st,
from Capt. Hinckley, of the steamboat Anna,
from Washington, La., which place she left on
Sunday last, that the mail rider had just arrived
there from Alexandria, and that he had received
his mail from a skiff, several milts below the
latter town. Alexandria was almost entirely
inundated, and the water was still rising.
The Second Napoleon .—The President of
the French Republic is about to take up his
residence for some time at the castle of Vin
cenncs, for the purpose, it is said, of witness
ing the practice and experiments to be made by
the artillery in the Polygon. A Paris corres
pondent, however, intimates that the apart
ments in this fortress are preparing for his re
ception that he may be surrounded by a milita
ry force whilst decisive steps are taken by his
friends to place him in the same position that
his great uncle held.
Gold in the Salt Lake.—A letter from a
Mormon at the Salt Lake, to his friend in Ohio,
says:
There is an extensive gold mine here, from
which a great many of our neighbors are en
gaged in digging gold. Those who work the
mines make from $30 to $750 per day each.
If a man wants gold, all he has to do is to go
and dig it. In fact, Miles, money is as plenty
here as pine slabs used to be at Schroon, Vt.—
We have gold dust, gold and silver coin, and a
paper currency for our own convenience, paper
being better to handle than gold dust.
Pure salt abounds here to any extent. I can
shovel up a wagon load ot salt here as soon as
you can a load of dirt.
The Florida ^Difficulties .—Capt. Smith,
of the schooner Mystick, arrived at Pensacola
on the evening of the 14th inst, from Cedar
Keys, reports that the late outrages were com
by a band of the Seminoles under Billy
Bow Legs. Much alarm was felt by the inha
bitants, and they are rushing in from their set
tlements to the different seaports for mutual
safety. Billy Bow Legs, however, says the
Pensacola Gazette, has been in to Tampa, and
says that these occurrences have taken place
►ithout his assent, and that it is his particular
esire to unite with the whites in using every
cnrtnrefts the disturbances.
j other nation,
j
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The Hungarians.
"R.," the New York correspondent of the
Picayune, gives the following graphic descrip
tion of the spirit and enthusiasm which prevail
in the ranks of the noble Hungarians:
What a brilliant episode, amidst the selfish
ness and trickery of modern European politics,
is the career of Kossuth! With far more truth
may it be said of him than it was of Luther,
that "his words are battle." How must the old
Hungarian heart, with its national pride, its fer
vid religious enthusiasm, its rich poetical imagi
nation, be stirred up from its lowest depths by
the flashing electrical appeals of Kossuth! Iiis
prayer at the grave of his slaughtered brethren
in arms, his address for the general gathering
of the people, have the stern glow of an Oriental
prophecy, and seem like fiery sparks from the
inspiration which the imaginative Hungarian be
lieves broods over the hills and fastnesses of his
native land. The God of the Hungarians, like
that of the ancient Jews, is a national deity.—
lie gives his whole care to Hungary. The
proud people will not share their God with any
He is theirs exclusively, and it
is this private God to whom the hussar prays
when rushing into battle. This arms them
with a fierce religious fanaticism, more potent
even than that which intlamed the followers of
Mahomet, or the saints of Cromwell, whose
cannon bore the inscription: "O Lord, open thou
my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy
praise."
With this religious fiery-heartedness we see
the force of an incident which has been related
in some of our newspapersin a mutilated form.
Let nie give it to you as I find it in the original
German gazette:
After one of the most bloody and hard-fought
battles of the war, near Debreczin, Windisch
gratz was forced to retreat. He gained a posi
tion on a wooded hill which had blazed with the
fire of the action. The spot could not be better
chosen. It bristled with Austran bayonets;
every tree concealed at least two soldiers; the
heights were crowned with artillery; and on the
hill-side every bush gleamed with the cuirasses
of the heavy dragoons. Jcllachich commanded
the left wing, Schlick the right, and the centre
was led by the Prince in person. Opposed to
him was Georgey.
He well knew the strength of the position;
but he also knew his people. After he had
made all the dispositions for battle, he rode up
to a squadron of hussars who were drawn up
in rank and file, awaiting the signal for attack.
"Where is your officer, brothers? Who com
mands you?" An old sergeant with silvery
hair steps forward. "The officers were all killed
in the battle."
"Brother hussar," says the young general,
"you see that hill among the trees, you see the
columns yf the Austrians, their gleaming bay
onets, their heavy squadrons, their cannon,
[minted at us, which will soon belch out fire.—
That hill which you see, you have got to take.
Many of you will fall, perhaps half, perhaps the
most, perhaps all, but you are bound to save
your country. Do what you can, and God be
with you."
The old sergeant paid his salute and hurried
to his troop. He told them what the general
had said, and repeated his words. He then
looks up to Heaven and says in a loud voice,"O
thou Hungarian God, to-day I ask of thee but
one thing! I ask thee not help us in this act—
but neither help the Austrians. Go and sit in
yonder thicket, (and he points out the spot on
one side,) and thou wilt have joy, I sacredly
promise thee, when thou scest how thy hussars
go to work."
He had scarcely spoken when the signal was
given. The hussars sat erect in their saddlès.
The second call—every sabre was drawn from
its scabbard. The third call—the troop rushed
forward in wild career, horse and rider were
stretched on the ground, there was the thunder
of cannon, the rattle of musketry, the flashing
of swords, the eyes were blinded by the dust
and smoke, but on as through hell-fire rushed
the mad host, and put to flight cavalrv, artillery
and musketeers. The cannon were silenced,
were taken, and the day was won. Kossuth,
who took part in the battle, fell on Georgey's
neck and wept. The old sergeant and half his
troops were killed. Thus fight the Hungarian
hussars.
Repentant Gold Seeker .—The Boston
Bee says that a $>5 bill on the Merrimac County
Bank, Concord, New Hampshire, was received
on the 9th' inst., by a bookseller iu that city.—
On the back of the bill was the following in
scription :
Panama , March 2, 1849.
Good bye,"good friend," I send you now by
Mr. F. Paige back to Boston, from whence I
brought you to this despicable place, and hope
you will never lend your pecuniary assistance
to another mortal soul to bring him to this ac
cursed hole. 1 have started and am ashamed
to return, but would give all the gold in Cali
fornia if I had never left my good and sufficient
home. J- E- b .
Indignity to Royalty .—A correspondent
of the Boston Atlas relates the following story.
If true, the Bfitish may demand satisfaction for
this indignity offered to the king of their crea
tion. Crowned heads are not to be treated with
contumely—not they indeed:
A few months ago an American vessel being
on the Musquito coast for some purpose, his
majesty, presuming upon the support of his al
lies, took some unjustifiable liberties with the
captain, or interposed some unreasonable ob
stacles in his way; whereupon the latter sent
an imitation to him to come on board his ves
sel. Expecting, probably a handsome treat, or
plenty of grog, the king accepted the invitation;
but what was his surprise when, instead of get
ting sundry drinks of grog, he was triced up
ana given a round dozen, with a wholesome ad
monition to take care in future how he under
took to intermeddle with American captains.—
So goes the story, and I tell it to you as 'twas
told to me.
IT "Is your name Long, sir?" •'Well, it is
nothing shorter."
Ned iigiiiiliue.
This eccentric and talented genius, (E. Z. C.
Judson) who has seen something of' life in his
day, was surrendered by his bail a few days
since for libel, and was locked up in the Tombs,
New York, but was bailed out a few hours af
terwards by a friend. He thus dc
place of his confinement, which must be
sweet hole for pleasant reflections ! 1 lear wl
he says :
Reader, just fancy me writing here, in a par
lor about five feet by < iglil, lighted by a crevice
large enough to put a lady's hand through, and
conveying light enough to make everything
look blue around. Never mind—I'm king of
the diggins at any rate!! It is the same cell
where Colt the murderer of Adams committed
suicide.
Mr. Judson has but lately met with a serious
domestic affliction—the separation from him
of his wife—caused as he says by the Workings
of his enemies, false friends and anonymous
letters. He alludes to it in the following par
agraph:
The First Midnight in icy Cell. —It is now
still—the hand on the dial has passed the hour
!> 'lie
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of twelve. I have borne it proudly all day:
tried to laugh and appear gay and careless all
day, with the many friends who came to see me.
But now, when I am calm and alone—when I
think how she , for whom 1 would have gladly
died, has coldly deserted me—how, without a
chance for defence against unfounded charges,
without hearing one word on my side, she, the
mother of my babe, has cast me from her bo--■
som, I become unmanned, and weep like a child
—my stern manhood fails me—not that I have
err «/, but that she whom I so fondly cherished,
whom I so trustingly believed my own, should
thus crush the heart of one who would have
died rather than wrong her. I cannot write—
I must not think, or I shall go mad. Annie—
dark, all is dark—the last star in niy sky has
set.
"Ned Buntline's Own" is the name of Mr.
Judson's paper. It attacks the vices and im
moralities of the age, and is thoroughly Ame
rican in its feeling. See prospectus.
D 'An exchanc paper says that a lawyer
Boston has the jaws of a shark suspended from
the ceiling of his office, close by the entrance.
A Down East Solon .—A member of the
Massachusetts Legislature, at the late session,
offered a bill which provides "no lady should
be married except in the town where she re
sides." Another member knocked it in the head
by offering an amendment, requiring people to
die in the town where they were born.
CPThe drought in New Hampshire at pre
sent is dreadful. The hay, oats, English grain,
corn and potatoes, give feeble promise of fruit.
There has not been any rain since the middle of
June.
Exploration of the Nile .—Blackwood's
Magazine, in a Review of Werne's 'Narrative
of a Voyage up the Nile,'furnishes the follow
ing description of some of the scenes passed
through:—
We can conceive few things more exciting
than such a voyage as Mr. Werne has accom
plished and recorded. Starting from the out
posts of civilization, he sailed into the very
heart of Africa, up a stream whose upper wa
ters then for the first time furrowed by vessels
larger than a savage's canoe—a stream of such
gigantic proportion that its width a thousand
miles from the sea, gave it the aspect of a lake
rather than a river. The brute creation were in
proportion with the magnitude of the water's
course. The hippopotamus reared his huge
snout above the surface, wallowed in the gul
lies that on either hand run down the stream;
enormous crockodiles gaped along the shore;
elephants played in herds upon the pastures;
the tall giraffe stalked among the lofty palms;
«Bnakes^hiek as trees lay coiled in the slimy
swamps; ant-hills ten feet high, towered above
the rushes. Along the thickly peopled banks,
hordes of savages showed themselves, gazing
in wonder at the strange ships, and making am
biguous gestures variously construed by the ad
venturers as signs of friendship or hostility. Al
ternately sailing and towing, as the wind serv
ed or not; constantly in sight of natives, but rare
ly communicating with them; often eut off from
the land by interminable fields of tangled
weeds, the expedition pursued its course
through innumerable perils, guarded from the
most of them by the liquid rampart on which it
floated. lions looked hungry, and savages
shook their spears, but neither showed a dis
sition to swim and board the flotilla.
IT The famous Madame Restell, alias Loh
man, was released from Blackwell's Island on
the 27th of June last, and is now living in her
splendid mansion in Chamber street, New York
PA shabby genteel young man entered a
tradesman's store the other day with his hands
crammed in his pockets, as if they were full of
the rhino. 4 Mr. J ,'says he, 'I beleive I am
indebted to you sixty-two and a half cents, cash
borrowed somewhere about a year ago?'
' Yes, sir,' replied the tradesman, smacking
his lips and holding out his liand to receive the
ready cash. 'I am glad you have come, for I had
almost forgotten it myself.'
' Oh! I never forget these things,' said the fel
low, ' I like to have all things square, so i want
you to lend me thirty-seven and a half cents
more, which will make it even money.'
EFThe Pope gave Col. Niel, the French
man who brought him the keys of Rome, "a
magnificent chaplet for his pious wife," and "the
insignia of the order of St Gregory for the
brave soldier."
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M'a ter-Seeker.
.■I Mexican Narrative—by Percy B. St. Jahn.
At no great distance from the city of Chi
huahua, in a vast plain, is a small village in the
'lie ' <c "' ri ' a deep wood, almost wholly unknown
l( ~nve to the wandering hunter, and the few in
;l habitants who dwell in its poor huts. It is
at j called Torpede. Twenty sheds, with roofs, it
I is true, but with scarcely any walls save 011 the
! northern side, composed with one exception, the
i small hamlet. A neat wooden hut stood aloof
front the rest, marking an advance degree of
, civilization, which excited the wonder, hut not
the emulation, of the happy, idle, reckless and
good-for-nothing,
."Mexicans. Thi
cruel and poverty-stricken
hut had been built by an
American who, having taken to the woods after
a quarrel in the capital, had selected this ob
scare retreat for himself and his two boys, now
orphan youths of nineteen and twenty.
Mexicans did as their fathers did before them
they planted a little maize and a few vegetables:
they caught wild horses, and hunted enough to
procure what was strictly necessary; and after
this meed of exertion, thought themselves
justified in spending their leisure hours, at
least nine months in the year, in sinokinir,
| drinking pulque, and gambling tor the few ra
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which they managed to procure in exchange
for a little surplus maize, some fowls,and other
commodities which their wives and daughters
took to the market of Chihuahua. Zealous
and Patient Jones, the lads above mentioned,
were very far from being satisfied with this
state of existence. They worked six days in
bo--■ week, they went to market themselves,
they took there six times as much produce as
did any other two men in Torpedo; they bar
tcred tobacco-—the vaporous luxury of all idle
nations and idle people-—against maize and
. wild turkies, and at the time we speak of, bade
, fair to make ot the lethargic village a place ot
trade, and hence a place ot prosperity. Though
j wnlv just emerging from boyhood, they could
have bought the whole village, inhabitants and
all.
But Zealous and Patient Jones had no such
vast desires: and of all the men women and
children residing in the hamlet, they coveted
only the possession of two. These were
Zanetta and Julietta, the daughters of the al
calde or mayor of the small locality. Zealous
loved Zanetta, and Patient loved Julietta.—
Their affection was warmly returned, and noth
ing was wanting to their felicity but the pas
sage of a year, when it was agreed that all parties
would have arrived at their years of discretion,,
which however, are oftener supposed to be
reached than realy attained.
It was a warm autumn afternoon, and the
brothers sat at their door enjoying the re
freshing breeze wafted over fhe trembling tree
tops, and odorous with floral richness. They
were talking of the future, and of the world of
which they knew so little, when a horseman
suddenly appeared before them. He wore a
costume which was not of the country, and had
features which reminded them in their character
of their departed parent. They rose as the
traveller halted before their hut, and asked, in
very bad Mexican, the way to Chihuahua. Zea
lous hurriedly replied in English that it was ele
ven miles off.
"I expect you're countrymen," said the horse
man, much surprised.
"We are from New York State," replied Zea
lous.
"Well, that's pleasant. I'm dead beat, so is
my horse. Will you give a countryman a shake
down for a night?"
The young men eagerly preferred their hut:
and while one held the horse's head, thé other
assisted the traveller to dismount. Mr. Ben
nett, a merchant who travelled annually to
Mexico, was the visitor the hospitable Ameri
cans had received; and it was difficult to say
who derived most pleasure from the meeting.—
Mr. Bennett, was delighted with the candour of
the young men; they with his conversation and
knowledge. He gave them glowing descrip
tions of the world; of the power and advantages
of wealth: of the delights of an existence among
one's fellows; and in fact so fired their imagina
tions, that when he sought his Mexican grass
hammock, the brothers were wholly unable to
sleep. They talked, they thought of nothing
save the world; and when the traveller quitted
them next day, they felt for the first time im
patient and discontented.
"I have a great mind to turn gambusinn, and
go gold-hunting in the monutains," said Zea
lous. "I should like to become rich, and return
to my native land."
"For me," cried Patient, less wild and fiery
than his elder brother, "I could wish to find
some hidden spring in yonder forests, and there
found a village." The country was bare of
water, and a spring was a treasure which ena
bled the fortunate finder to fertilise a vast pro
pert}', if lie had enterprize sufficient to carry out
his plan.
"It would be scarcely worth abandoning our
home for that," said the ambitious Zealous, and
the conversation dropped. But the thoughts
remained, and at the end of a week Zealous
had become so infatuated and so restlessly
eager to become rich, that taking a horse, a
rifle, powder, shot, a mattock, and a few clothes,
he started towards the far-distant mountains
without even bidding adieu to Ins brother or Za
netta, so alarmed was he that his visionary en
terprise should be.prevented.
Though Zealous had quitted humble pros
perity, gentle and real happiness to go run the
world for mere money, he was no common
youth. He had genius, courage, and deter
mination, and his whole conduct displayed
these qualities. From time immemorial, it had
been a tradition that the far-off mountains
were full of gold, and regularly every year
some ardent and young spirits started in search
of the precious metal, to meet only with death
or disappointment, jew returned, and of these
few or none ever brought any portion of gold
worth the labour of their search. They hinted
at vast treasures discovered in places so distant
and dffiicult, as to proclude their being reached
with mules or horses, and returned to the
search with renewed zest, but always alone,
each man expecting to be the fortunate one,
and refusing to share his visioned wealth with
Tlic
a partner. Zealous Jones knew all this, and
was determined to lake warning by the fate of
his fellows. IK- travelled slowlv and steadily,
used as little as possible of his powder and
shot, and v\ hen he killed game, bore awav the
remains to be eaten with wild fruits, and the
esculent roots of the tropics. He was careful,
too of Iiis horse, and reached the entrance of the
hilly regions without having violently fatigued
man or beast. He then rested two days in the
mouth of a sublime forge of the mountains,
where cliff ;uid rock, tree and water, height and
vastness, ail combined to give granduer to the
scene. But Zealous thought little of the
magnificent landscape: his eye, wandering over
the green plains behind, seemed to wish to
pierce space, and discover, five hundred miles
j behind, the forms of Iiis brother and hisaflian
ced wife. Once or twice Iiis heart was touched:
j but a glance at the mighty ramparts of the gold
! region roused within him other thoughts, and he
j still advanced 011 his perilous journey.
Months passed, and Zealous was still wan
dering in the hills, now ascending steep gorges,
now précipitons cliffs, that forced liini to aban
don his faithful horse to graze at their feet;
now leaving him a whole day to feed the length
of his tether while he explored the ruggedhills,
mattock in hand, in search of gold; now travel
ling over lofty table-plains; now resting in
delicious valleys scarce if ever trod before by
the foot of man; but never finding a trace of the
treacherous metal "that had lured him from
home. Zealous was getting gaunt and thin,
his clothes were in nigs, hi* horse was lame,and
his ammunition was nearly all spent, having
only lasted until now because Zealous had
starved himself to spare it.
Overcome by these considerations, he de
termined to make a halt in a green valley wa
tered by a stream that formed a pool in the
centre. He bathed his hardy steed, examined
his feet, and left him to graze unbound, quite
certain of his not leaving the valley, and took
himself to the water, llu floatedap hour in the
warm sun on the surface of the water, and
then struck for the shore, on the banks of
which something sparkling made his heart leap.
Ile tore up a handful; and the glitteringgloubti
les of pure gold revealed the riches of the val
ley. To dress, to sieze his mattock, to tear
up the ground, was the work of an instant.—
The whole mass was full of the precious metal;
and forgetting all cares, Zealous began his
work of gold-washing and digging. A mat
tock, a basket of greetr willow boughs—such
were all his tools; but a month's arduous labour
put him in possession of a heap of treasure
perfectly marvellous. He now thought of re
turning, when the fatal idea entered his head—
how was his tresure to be removed? Zealous
stood speechless with astonishment and de
spair. His horse, though fattened by a month's
rest was unable to bear much more than him
self and his heavy rifle. He accordingly resolved
to take a little, bury the rest, and return to the
settlement in search of assistance. He accord
ingly restored the precious heap to its former
position, mounted his steed with a small parcel
of gold, and began his journey back. It was
difficult and painful. Hunger came upon him,
his ammunition was all spent, and a few days
made him despair of reaching home. A fever
and ague, contracted in the mountains, came
strong upon him, and his mind began to wan
der. He gained at length the vast forest that
bordered his home, but at nightfal was exhaust
ed with sickness and fatigue. He alighted, lit
afire with difficulty, and lay down beside it to
die. The fever was raging, and he lost con
sciousness.
When he recovered, he was in a comfortable
bed in a large farmhouse, with every sign of
opulence and wealth. Patient and his wife
were beside him. His brother had sought his fire
from curiosity, and in time to save him. The
greeting was warm on both sides, and Zealous
found to his surprise that he had been more
than a year absent. The young man looked
wistfully at his brother and at Ju'ietta, who
pressed to her bosoin an infant a month old.—
"Zanetta is married too," he said with a deep
sigh. A sob behind the curtain was his answer,
and the faithful girl was kneeling the next mo
ment by his couch. The gold-seeker, when an
hour had been given to unconnected greetings,
asked his brother's history. Patient replied
that hie grief 011 the departure of his brother
had almost deprived him of reason, but that Ju
lietta had made him cling to life. He resolved,
however, to go a journey; and burying himself
in the forest, sought as diligently i'or water as
his brother did for gold. A month's search re
warded him. A spring, bubbling at a tree foot,
was found, and here he took up his dwelling,
married Julietta, hired all the youths of the old
village, and was now master of the richest ha
cienda or farm in all the country. Zanetta, true
to her first affection, had come to live with
them.
"And so will I," cried the gold seeker. "I
have gold enough to buy a vast herd of cattle;
that is my share. We will be partners once
more, brother; and if Zealous will forgive"
A smile was his answer. The water-seeker
now asked his narrative, which he frankly told.
Zanetta shuddered at the dangers he had incur
red, Prudent wondered at the gold; but all join
ed to dissuade Zealous from again risking his
life in the dangerous occupation of a gamousi
no. Ile cordially agreed; and a month after the
tie of husband came to bind him more strongly
to home. The gold he had brought made them
amply wealthy; every happiness was around
them; love, duty, prosperity, a life without a care,
made the hacienda in the woods a little paradise.
But the very calmness of this existence acted
unfavorably on the ambitious Zealous, who
could not feel the reasoning and solid enjoy-.
ment of his brother the water-seeker. He
thought of his vast treasure in the hills, grew
silent and moody, spoke little to his wife, and
one day disappeared with five horses and as
many sacks, taking this time ample ammunition
and some food. Leaving the inhabitants of the
hacienda to their grief, we follow the wild
gämbusino, who travelled for some days with
intense rapidity; for fear of being pursued. It
was only at the foot of the mountains that he
halted. As before, he stayed two days; but
this repose over, he no longer went searching
through the mountains, but led his five horses
straight towards the unknown valley. After
many days of ardnoua and painful travelling it
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was found, and Zealous had the delight of
finding also bis treasure untouched. Two days
were devoted to rest and to packing his gold in
the sacks provided, one of which he placed on
each horse, that he himself mounted bearinir
the lightest.
When the gold-seeker started 011 his return,
the arid season of the hot days had commenced;
the grass was scorched up, and scarce a drop of
water could be found. Zealous travelled ra
pidly, but this acted fatally, for 011 the filth day
one horse dropped with heat, fatigue, hunger,
and thirst, anil more than a fifth part of "his
treasure was lost. To load the other horses
with it was vain; the poor animals, parched with
thirst, staggered under their present load. Zea
lous, with a deep sigh, abandoned his gold, and
struck across the desert towards the distant fo
rest. No water was found that day, and at
night both man and beast was raging with
thirst. They halted in a sycamore grove, the
dewy leaves of which at nightfall slightly re
stored Zealous, who, however, found another
horse unable to move. Rage, despair in his
heart, the young miser pursued his journey; but
on arriving a whole day's journey distant front
the forest, his whole caravan had broken down.
The gold-seeker, mad, Iiis braiji fevered by the
heat and by disappointment, turned back 011
foot. His senses seemed gone; and when he
reached the first stage where he found a car
case, his mind was affected, for be wildly strove
to drag the gold towards home. From this
moment his senses were utterly lost. He flew
back on the trace of his fatal treasure; ho ate
roots, horse-flesh, and berries, and at last reach
ed the spot where the first horse had perished.
His day was spent in frenzied efforts to drag
the sack of gold onwards, his night in sleeping
with it for a pillow; and in this state he was
found by his brother and amounted party, who
found him after a long and weary search.
It was mauy months ere the gold-seeker was
restored to health and consciousness, and then
sad was the result. He seemed a premature
old man; his wife vainly strove to charm him;
and but for the constant watch set upon him,
he would again have started 011 his perilous and
mad enterprise. The water-seeker clearly saw
the cause of his brother's grief; but he said no
thing, continuing calmly his course, and reap
ing every day the reward of his solid industry.
When, however, a certain time had elapsed, and
the body of the gold-seeker was sufficiently re
stored, Patient determined to try an experiment
on his mind. He shut himself in a room with
him, and spoke thus: "My dear brother, you are
unhappy, and your misery causes ours. Mv
wife and yours equally suffer from your sorrow;
we can do nothing to remove it, because we
know not the cause." The go!d-seeker sighed
deeply, and shook his head. "Speak, Zealous,"
cried his brother, "and there is nothing you can
wish but that we will all gladly do."
"It is in vain to struggle against my destiny,"
said Zealous. "Did you find any sacks of gold
near me?"
"They are all five in your cupboard," said Pa
tient "They are untouched; they are yours.—
They contain vast wealth, but was vast wealth
like that necessary to us? See how happy I
am. Why? Because all around is the fruit of
my labor and my industry. You are unhappy,
your wife is WTetched, and all because you have
an inordmate thirst for more gold. With mil
lions of dollars in your cupboard, you long again
to tempt fortune."
"Never!" replied Zealous, firmly. "Take the
gold: it is not mine, but yours. Use it for our
mutual advantage. Give ine my task to perform,
and from this day you shall have no reason to
complain." And the gold-seeker went out in
seach of Iiis wife, with whom he conversed for
an hour; and that day at dinner all were happy.
But Patient determined to spare no sacrifice to
insure his brother's happiness. A month after
that, he left his hacienda, sold it to a rich con
vent, and retired to the United States, where
the brothers entered into a partnership as mer
chants. But Zeulous wiis wholly cured. He
felt deeply the noble conduct of his brother and
his wife, and (sought in every way to repay
them. They are now all contented. Patient has
three children, Zealous as many; and their com
merce succeeding, they have few cares for the
future. They are looked up to in the great city
they inhabit; and when the Califonian gold fe
ver burst out, the most sensible advice came
from the lips of Zealous. "Do not quit the
certain for the uncertain," said he to young men
ready to abandon lucrative posts to go gold
digging; "honest industry gives you an exis
tence, success can do no more, while the chan
ces of failure are so great. I was one of the
fortunate, But then if the gold-seeker did not
perish, it was because the devoted water-seeker
was at hand." And he would hurry home to
press the hand of his brother, and think him
once more for all he owed to him. The advice
of Zealous is little followed, because youth and
ardent imaginations arc little influenced by; rea
son; but it is probable that, in after-days, the
few who stick to their counters and their situa
tions will never regret having taken the counsel
of the now cautious gold-seeker. There are
always bold and enterprising characters enough
to risk such perils, there are always sufficient
men of desperate fortunes who cannot lose, with
out fathers of families and comfortable citi
zens leaving their homes and household gods to
tempt Dame Fortune. So always thought Pa
tient and so now thinks Zealous Jones.
UTA shower of rain as red as blood fell
near the village of Bonvilston, South Wales.
It was so manifest that it impregnated the clods
of earth, many of which were like ruddle. A
phenomenon of this kind has been known to oc
cur on the south side of Mount Blanc, where it
left red spots on the snow. In the iron districts
of this country small streams have been so im
pregnated with chalybeate that the water was
of quite a deep red color for some distance.
G radation of D runkenness .—There is a
Babbinical tradition related by Fabricius, that
when Noah planted the vine, Satan attended
and sacrificed a sheep, a iron, an ape and a s ow.
These animals were to symbolise the gradations
of ebriety. When a man begins to drink he
is'as meek and ignorant as a lamb; then becomes
bold as a lion; his courage is soon transform«!
into the foolishnss of the ape; and at last n
wallows ia the mud like the sow.