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VOL. XXXVI
MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY. MARCH 26, IH45.
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tundon two human beings to u horrid death, I hesi
tated no longer. Hastily learning from thu male
id the vessel that they were their only passengers,
and having taken refuge in the hold during the lute
hasc, had sinee l.eon forgotten—and not feeling
warranted in ordering any one on so dangerous a
service, 1 guvo the bout in charge to Irvine, who
had luckily smuggled himself on hoard, sternly bid
nr two of my crow, who attempted to follow,
;eep their stations, mounted her sitlo hy a rope
that hung over the qourler, rapidly traversed the
deck in the midst of a tremendous heat, and darted
down ihe compnuioii wuy, leaving the flumes roar-
j not five feel from its entrance.
"Thu cabin was a lurge one, and fitted up with
tnste. The decorations were even luxurious, and
such as I Imd at that limo rarely seen in merchant*
The slate rooms were of mahogany, inlaid
,< iitilislrntwr*, where « Itonit hu l.een given hy the
nr« w J .l... mtnOit. 1
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unbilled according to these,
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MISCELLANEOUS.
with ebony, and finished o(T with the greatest ele
gance.—Curtains, apparently of dnmusk, bung a
imd,and the aho v of silver undoutglussbylhe com.
pnnion way was even brilliant. The cabin wus,how
ever, still as death. A lady's glovfe lav on an Otto,
man, and beside it was an open book ; but no utlior
truces of a human being wore discernible around.
Where could the owner of that small, delicate
French glove be ? Wus she ulready a victim to the
frightful element ?—had the mate deceived himself
in supposing she had been removed from the bold ?
was there no hope, ifslto still lived, of reaching
Iter in lime to savj Iter from u horrid death 1 All
^OHYIIELAOIES’NATIONAL NAOAziNEFottNAKCll.j UlQae queat j on8 fl n „hed rapidly across my mind,
lllbl) * • | Q,)d m y heart sickened us I owned I could not an
swer them
BTTUfi A0TIIOR (it ''CRUIZING IN THE LIST WAR. 1 '
The danger, meanwhile, grew more
, ,, . , 1 ■ . C u l mid more imminent. I was standing, as it were,
My friend Hurry is the happiest of men. He ubove u mine that had been sprung, for should the
has the sweetest and most romantic cottage in the fl urne8 ru aoh tho magazine inevitable destruction
vicinity of Philadelphia, ills hut nine mvler from must ensue. Nor could that catastrophe he much
Cecity, and near a fine old turnpike, so that a , un „ er pust poned. The devouring elements had
span id blood horses will tuko you l tere ia 01 \| tt | rea( jy gained possession of all around, and
beautiful.
And
minutes. His wife is a perfect angc
sweet tempered, and loves Harry devotedly
thenu group of such lovely children i
“Did you ever hear how Isabel and i bocaine nc-
Auniated ?” said he to me, one evening, looking on
his wife. [ shook my head in the negative. “Well,
then, draw your chair closer to tile fire, and l wi
tell you."
With those words ho begun :
“It was a night in the tropics. We had been in
pursuit of n heavy merchantman, but a fog coming
up, she was shut’in from our sight, and for more
than an hour remained invisible. Suddenly, how:
ever, the moon broke forth, and we saw the chase
close hauled, on the very point of escaping us. We
instantly made all sail, hut the wind was so uncer
tain that the stranger kept his advantage, the air
now might be eating its way ravenously toward it.
Resides, if I paused a moment longer the fire would
ouch the companion way, and all hope of escape
from the cabin be cut olT.
Had it been only my own life that was endan
gered, I would not have hesitated in perilling it to
the utmost; but when I remembered that a dozen
gallant fellows from my crew, as well as a score of
others from the rescued sufferers, would be involv.
ed in my own fate, I could not doubt as to my duty.
These reflections, however, had not occupied more
than the instant which I had been throwing open
successively the doors of tho different state-rooms.
Alas ! nil were empty. With n heavy heart I was
about to mount the companion way, when I noticed
that a massy curtain at the further end seemed to
divide off a smaller cabin aft of the one I wns in.—
ni.'lit, ns the burning fragments sailed aloft, falling
on every hand about, while ihe boat rolled wildly to
and fro upon the agitated swell, we hold our
breaths in momentary expectation ot death, and 1
involuntarily ejacululod—
••The Lord liuvo mercy on us nil !’
“Amen !’ said the rescued lulltor at my side.
“Rut mi wore again almost miraculously pre
served. The offing we had gained, though not
sulliciunl to ensure safety, proved groat enough to
relieve us from inevitable destruction' Hud uny
of tho falling timbers, however, struck us, we
should have all gono down togoiher. As it was,
it was one of the nairowest escapes 1 ever mudo
and when I gave the command to the crew to give
way again—for at that terrible oxplosion they Imd
us ono man paused—a gush of thankfulness and
devotion went up from mv heart to the great Auth
or of my being, who had thus preserved a second
lime my life.
“The deafening uproar, however, recalled the
senses of the fuir girl at my side. Rut 1 will not
describe her gratitude, and that of her parent, to
nnyse'f. whom they persisted in cons dering ihe
preserver of their lives. Suffice it to say we were
soon on board ; the captain deliontely resigned his
own cabin to the strangers, and 1 then had leisure
to learn some particulars concerning their history.
They were eusily told. Mr. Thornton, the father
of Isabel, was a wealthy West lndianian, and wus
just returning from Great Rritan, with his daughter,
who Imd been there for several years obtaining her
education. Refore the Letter of Marque suiled,
she hud been fitted up by Mr. Thornton in a style
bordering on eastern luxury, with furniture intend,
ed principally for his mansion-house at Jamaica.—
Rut at this moment a message arrived, soliciting
my presence with Mr. Thornton. As l entered
the cabin, he frankly extended his hand, and pre
sented ine to his now blushing daughter—for what
woman, bo she who she may, can stand unemhar.
rassed in the presence of one to whom sho fancies
Imuld see me full nnduid me loescupe tho conse
quences.
The same indomitable spirit was displayed in
lint instance ns in the perilous leap and thu ma
ny other dangerous and during exploits, performed
by thu gnlluut man in his efi'orts to the ascendancy
of the cuuse of liberty.—Noali's Mess.
A Great Genius.
Musical records furnish few instances of use
lessness ofvnst talent, unless uccumpoued hy some
share of prudence and principle more striking than
nttonded the wretched career of one of nature's
Macch.—What was neglected in tael month,
may be successful done In this. Sow French hewn#
all sortaof melons, dec., tomatoes seed, red pepper
for pickling, celery seed for neat winter, which
muu be set out when at a proper aize, and let Rtew
all the summer, when it must be blanched. Planf
another crop of vinea, ruunceval peas, and trans
plant aromatic lierba ; now trim orange and JatalM
trees. - t
April.—Sow cabbage, aavory and cauliflowas
seodsfor next winter, bullet them remain in Ac
nursery bed until August, when the rain seta in,
transplant them in rich land, laying their long stalke
in the ground up to the lops, leaving out only the
eaves, from them you will have early cabbage and
cauliflowers ; you may set out the savory plants
above mentioned when they become the right sioe,
and let them grow all the summer, as they Wil.
Intkiiesting Investigations in Greenland.—
It is known that the antiquarians of England have
been zealously pursuing their researches of Green,
land, and they have thus far proved of exceeding
interest. A cotemporary observes tlml tho most
extraordinary fuel nbou'. Greenland is thu wonder
ful change ol climate it has undergone. Barren
soils have been reclaimed hy emigration imd indus
try, and cold climate changed into warmer Intitud. s
by clearing tho woods and letting in the rays of the
son, but we have no instance on record of settle-
meets originally in warm climates, and fruitful
8<dls becoming in centuries cold, bleak, and barren,
and yet such has been the case with Greenland.—
The country, although now consisting of little else
than barren rocks, mountains covered with snow
and ice, and vallies filled with glaciers—although
its coast, now lined with floes of ice, and chequer
ed with icebergs of immense size, wns once easily
accessible, and its soil was fruitful, and well repaid
the cultivator ol the earth. This country was dis
covered by the Scandinavians, towards tho close of
Ihe tenth century, and a settlement wns effected on
eastern coast in tho year 982, by a company of ad-
venturers from icelund, under the command of
Eric the Rod. Emigrants flocked thither (rom Ice.
Innd and Norway, and tite germs of European en
terprise and civilization appeared on different parts
of the coast. A colony was established in Green
land. and it bade fair to go on and prosper. That
the climate must have been mild and the soil fruit-
fill, we gather from the fact that in 1400 there was
not less than 190 villages. 12 parishes, and two
monasteriesHind for 400 years there wns constant
most gifted sons—David Funk of Richenbuch—
who was an excellent musician and a capital per. I |, ea r the heat without rotting, which the other* will
former on the violin, the viol de Gninbn, tho harp- | no i d 0 . You may sow cariole end parsnips, bullet
siehord,and the guitar. His first studies were de
voted to jurisprudence, in which science he made
un extraordinary progress ;—he was, besides, n
general scholar, u poet, and one of tlie most ele
gant versifiers in Germany j lie signalized himself
as a composer, in a variety of styles, and Ids corn-
positions for the church und lire chamber were
much admired. Thus happily gifted, und liberally
patronized, lie wus equally distinguished for the
grossest violations of morality and honor. On the
it he in the full of tho moon—shade and water to
get up (lie seed. Plum out orange treee at the
change of the moon, water them until they taka
root. You tuny now set out all kinds of aver-
greens successfully.
May.—This month is chiefly for watering and
weeding, as nothing does well either planted or
sowed, unless you shade them ; yet you may tow
endine or cabbage for fall.
June.—Clip hops for drying, and evergreens
death of the Princess of Osphrise, his liberal pat- they are much grown, but not otherwise, as the heat
she owes her life? I have had many moments of j profitable mercantile intercousre with the Danish
pleasure, but 1 never felt as I then felt, when lsebel 1 provinces and Europe ; but iu 1400 every thing
• changed—a wall or ice barrier arose along the
I whole line of coast, ami no landing could be effected
being comparatively still with us, wliile Jte had a will)oul a moment’s delay 1 rushed toward it, has
respectable breeze. At length it fell a dead calm, j. jjf lec j j t as i t | Ui an d there beheld a sight I never
the chase Wing by this time several miles off. s |,ul| forget.
“She could now be seen, lying in a liquid flood or „^> hig a f ler cabin wns much smaller, but far
moonlight, rising and falling laztly^upon the swell,| more | uxur j 0U s than the other. It was adorned
hornton, extending her delicate hand to me, with
her sweetest smile, uttered her thanks.
“But how,’ said I, to ohango the subject, ‘did it
happen, my dear Miss Thornton, that you wore in
the cabin when the rest Imd escaped V
“In the general alarm we were forgotlon, for we
had been hurried to the hold during the conflict, and
when the fire broke out were overlooked. We
found our own way hack, but only when the whole
ship was in flumes. We had but just reached the
cabin, through a forward door below, and believ
ing the ship destroyed, had despaired of all escape,
when you—you uppenred.’
“I Imd forgot till this moment we wore foes,’said
, gaily, determined to avoid tho coming thanks
and up to lire seventeenth century the whole op.
| preach to the country was blocked by iasurrnouni-
tble harriers of ice—vegetation was destroyed, and
i ill vestiges of its former inhabitants are gone—
purls of houses, churches, &u., remain, hut tire in.
■ habitants have all perished by cold. It would re
t quire no very vivid imagination to picture tiie np
palling sense of destruction, which hleaclied the
' features and chilled the hearts of those unhappy
colonists when they began to realize their forlorn
condition, when the cold rapidly increasing and
1 their harbours became permanently blocked with
icebergs, and the genial rays of thu son were oh
rouess, ihe general unworthiuess of his character
reduced him to the necessity of teaching the harp,
siehord to the duttghlers of merchants and trades,
men. Through the influence of some of these, he
obtained the situation of orgunist and preceptor to
a ladies’ school, uffording him a handsome income.
In a very short time, his confirmed ill habits began
to show themselves, and ho found himself cumpell-
ed to fly irom the academy, and soon after from
the city. Wondering forlh in the midst of a severe
winter, he reached with difficulty tho ensile of
Schleilz, hut from the wretchedness of his appear
ance was denied admittance hy the potter;—the
accidental mentoin of his name, however in the
presence of the clmpel master, Liebuh. induced
llml worthy man not only to welcome hut warmly
to recommend him to his lord, iu whom he fouud
once more an hospitable host and mngnificent pat
ron. in the height, however, of his new good for
tune, and when lie deemed himself secure und hap
py, the Count received letters from Wohnseidcl, re
claiming the musician as a moral delinquent, re.
quired to answer for his pnst conduct. Tire Count,
unwilling to give him up. kindly advised him to es
cape secretly, furnishing him liberally for his jour,
ney. Tire wretched outcast left tire ensile, and a
few days afterwards was found dcud behindu hedge
on the roadside, in the 60th year of his age, dis
graced by the most reckless and immoral practices.
Among his left compositions, was a “Drama Pas-
sionale,” the words of which, as well as the music,
were his own ;—one remarkable excellence iu the
piece is a chorus of Jews, in which lie lias imitated
thu vocal manner of that nation with most surpris
ing exactness,
will bu apt to dry them too much. If you have lost
the last moon for sowing carroia, you may sow them
now, for tiie beds must be shaded and watered to
bring up the seed ; after the seed is in the ground
lav over them some wet straw, which must be ta-
ken off at night and put on the next morning,«Aer
they h ive come up, shade them until they are strong
enough to bear the heat of the sun ; remember to
make the beds according to directions in February.
July.—This month is only fit for weeding and
watering. If you have showers, plant French
beaus iu full of tiie moon ; they will require the
same pains to bring them up as in the last month.
Re sure and water every thing intended for seed,
us much depends on it, hut it must be done only of
evenings whilst the hot weather Insls.
August.—At the full of the moon, sow parsnips,
carrots, radishes, turnips, onions,cauliflowers,cab
bage, endine and savory, all in sunny places, except
the two former, which must be covered will) boughs
to help their growth. Plant out fig trees and shade
their roots with wet straw; inocculate peaches in
the hud about Ihe middle of this month. Set out
plants sowed in April, ns well as others, watertbem
and your garden will soon be well supplied.
But foes or not,” continued Harry, turning to soured by fogs—when the winters became for the
her white sails scarcely moving from the mast
and flashing in the distance, like a sea gull’s snowy
wing. All at once Captain Drew, who had been
scrutinizing her through his glass, exclaimed—
"There is something the matter on board there,
the men have almost all left her decks and even
those aloft repairing are coming.down—what can it
be, Mr. Jones?”
“I can’t make it out, sir—tho crew, perhaps, lias
mutinied, they are running wildly hither and thith*
er—no, my God, the Ship’s on fire!" lie ejaculated,
as a cloud of thick, bluck smoke suddenly puffed
up her fore-hatchway, followed by a long, vivied
stream of fire, that shot up brightly into the mid
night sky.
“We saw at once that the flames must have been
with every thing that taste could suggest, or wealth
afford. Ottomans ran completely around it, form
ing a kind of divan. At ono side was a harp, and
beside it some music was scattered on the floor.—
But after the first hasty survey, I saw nothing but
a group of two beings before me. One of them
wus a gray-haired man, apparently about sixty-five
dressed in the gentlemanly costume of a former
day. He was bending wifdly over llte almost inan
imale form of a fair girl, reclining on the cushions
Never had I seen a being who looked more beauti
fulthan that pale, hall-fainting creature seemed at
that moment. One arm supported her on the di
van, and the other wns thrown around her falher’i
neck, the blue veins just discernible as they stole
his wife with a smile, “Isabel is now my bride ;
and often, when 1 speak of the sacrifice sho lias
made in leaving her native land for me, sire reminds
me, with grateful heart, that 1 saved her life on
that eventful night.”
The wife looked up as he spoke,and-sworn bach,
elor as l am!—I envied Harry the tendei gaze of
those confiding eyes.
. , ... .. i,„j i along beneath the ivory, skin. Her head rested on
raging some time in the hold, and that they had at. ^ ^ ogom 0 f her parent, and tho hair, loose and un
GlIOrl | , | »„A /Inwl, nlnootr iMrirrlnta nupr llA!
lie ea-
gar element shot along the rigging, ran swiftly up
the foremast, and wrapping tiie hamper in a sheet
of fire, streamed almost perpendicularly upward a
fathom or two above the truck. There was no
breeze; but the undulations of tho atmosphere
hound, streamed in dark, glossy ringlets over her
snowy shoulders. At tho noise made hy my en
trance she started, raised her head, and I could see
through the tears that glistened on her lashes, one
of the sweetest hazel eyes I had over looked upon.
A quick flush shot over her face, crimsoning it like
a rose-leal as she beheld a stranger ; and hulf
•wept the dense smoke to one side, forming, as it glar( j ng l0 her feet, she essayed a moment to speak,
were,a gloomy curtain against which the lurid an j (j,®,, gl00 d with half opened lips, gazing almost
flames shone in terrible relief. Every object on
board could now bo distinctly seen, and we noticed
that all at once, tire whole crew rushed aft. A sig
nal of distress the next instant was shown on the
quarter. All this had passed in a moment.
"Lower away tire boats—pipe their crews there,
boatswain ! quick, sir, or the poor wretches will be
low,’ thundered the captain.
“The men hurried to their stations, fired with a
sympathy equal to his own,
'“Mr. Danforth,’ he said, ‘I shall give you the
command uf the leading boat, spare no effort to
reash them in lime—hut,’ he continued, in a whis
per,‘mind the magazine !’
wildly upon roe-
“For God’s sake fly !’ I cried, ‘the ship is on fire
in every part—we can barely escape by tiie com-
panion way—in another instant she will blow up—
why hesitate ? For heaven’s suke, come/’
“Oh ! sir, God bless you for this kindness—there
is then hope,’ exclaimed the old man—‘but Isabel
has fainted,’ he continued; ‘go, fly, l will die with
her,’ he added, in a voice of agony, vainly essaying
to raise in his enfeebled arms the seemingly lifeless
form of his daughter.
“I looked into her face. Tho transition from
calm despair to hope had been too great, and she
had indeed fainted. It was no time to hesitate.—
!■» o , , j n aa inucou iniiucui »» " ~
‘‘Ay, ay, air, I answered, touching my hat ; and Hagli | y ra j g i ng the beautiful stranger in my
Isaping Into the stern sheets, 1 continued, ‘push oil j , led n the 0 | d man l0 follow, dashed it
arms,
, s - .. ... . , I called upon the old man to follow, dashed into the
there forward—and now give way with a will, boys f ronl cabin, up the companion way, and »o my utter
—pull!' horror,found the flames had just crossed the en-
“At these words, the men bent to thetr oars with t| . ancei For but a second I paused. Death was
the thews of giants, curling the waters in foam be- behjnd ' dealruc ,ion, perhaps, bofore. Laying my
Hoath our bows, and sending the boats along as il hgnd upon ,h e old man’s shoulder,! urged him abend,
they had been pleasure skiffs. hurriedly threw the shawl of the fair girl around Iter
“But swift as was our progress, that of the do-t - - • • ,J J —*- r —
•Ifoying clement was sliil more no. The fire had
spread with such frightful rapidity as to wrap tiie
•hale fore.part of the ship in flames, and threaten
to consume her before we could arrive. Since it
had found vant, it raged with redoubled fury, until
Bow the ahrouds, the foremast, the bow-sprit, tiie
yards, every thing was sheeted with fire, which,
whirling round and round, ascended spirally to tiie
face and form, mado a hold, desperate push for
life, and in anolher instant, amid the cheers of my
men, had gained the quarter-deck. The boat shot
to the side, a dozen arms wero extended to receive
my burden. I carefully gave it in charge to tho
nearest, almost slung the old man after, and spring-
ing with a bound into the stern sheets, waived my
arm, and shouted—
“Shove oil'—board—give way—and if ever you
ISRAEL PUTNAM.
In these little sketches we do not propose to be
profound ; only talkulivn, chatty, and simple. As
wo have very little space this week, for this feature
we shall continue our subject without heedless prc.
face.
Putnam’s early days wore spent as those of
most boys placed in Iris situation in life. One of
his favorite amusements was ‘bird nesting’ a cruel
and useless custom, followed iu all country places
with u ferocity perfectly atrocious. These hunts
for nests were followed in company ; but Putnam
was always the leader of the hand.
On one occasion lie and his companions came
across a fine nest which lodged on a frail branch
of a very high tree. The tree stood apart from the
others and was diflicult of climbing. Resides this,
it was evident that no pole, or contrivance, would
answer the purpose of getting tho nest—there was
no way of obtaining it save hy venturing upon the
branch, nine chances to ten, would break under the
weight of the robber. No one would venture.
Putnam regarded the nest and limb in silence,
for some moments and at length said—
•That bird has all the qualities of a soldier. It
has completely fortified its home. I’ll wager there
is not a hoy for ton miles round that could get that
nest.’
All agreed with him.
‘I’ll try it,’ said he, deliberately taking off his
jacket and rolling Iris pantaloons up to his knees.
The little knot of hoys attempted to dissuade
him; hut to no purpose. Go lie would.
I’ll fancy tlml one of the King’s strongholds,’
said Putnam, ‘and may I be shot if 1 don’t come off
victor.
The tree was ascended—the limb gained. Put
nam placed his foot on il,and it creaked, while the
old bird flew off with a sharp cry and remained de
scribing circles round tit* tree, and uttering touch
ing compluints.
‘Bali!’ said Putnam, ‘do you not prey on our t
fields ? Do you not tux us for our support ? Do
you not take our goods against our will, just like
the King.
He ventured a foot further on to the limb. It
bent low, and a warning murmur aroso from the
Putnam put his kneo to the branch,
first limo intensely rigid, cheerless, and dreary—
when llte summers woro also cold and the soil un
productive—when tho mountains were no longer
j'crowned with forests, hut covered with snow and
( ice throughout tiie year, and llte valleys filled with
glaciers—when the wonted inhuhiiuuts of firewood
and tiro waters were destroyed or exiled hy the se
verity of the weather, and their places perhaps
! supplied by monsters of n huge and frightful char
f aeler.
The Palaces in Paris.—A correspondent of the
Observer writes thut his first visits in Paris, hy
daylight, were to the Palais Royal, and the Palaces
the Louvre and tho Tuilleries. Thu Palais
ryal is a vast edifice, of magnificent architecture
enclosing two courts of unequal extent. In the
principal court, (which is 700 feet long and 300
broad,) is a garden, ornamented with statues, and
outside the enclosure, ure rows of trees, beneath
which are ranged hundreds of chairs, which are
let out at a trifling charge to visilors. The lower
story of the palais Royal, fucing these interior
®»st-head, shooting its forky tongues out on every j| od before, pull now, for your lives, my men !”
ftr.srs'tuirs.rc'a w l ,h»n. T i„„v w t*
iroken out from the after hatch, and catching at brawny arms to'the task, and while the ash almost
once ta tho ratlins, leaped from rope to rope, ran snapped beneaththem,.madeithe[ h *» al fr0 ™
wildly up the rk-gl’ g, spread almost instantly to the the quarter, and then sent her with the velocity of i
L. o.„nA marinn „ I sen.null over the deep. Not a word was spoken.
I.„„ „il,, kM* ■"U I £3. m , |„ bawiMormonl of
ti-jr went, umil at long", «*. ■*?**«-
■bus of lurid fire, and nothing was
tut the uarrow quarter deck, on which the now des-
pairing crew had gathered in crowds, some eagerly
endeavoring to lower the only boat that had escap
ed the flames, some frantically crying out for mer
cy, lome cursing and blaspheming awfully iu their
agony, and seme stretching out their hands implo
singly fur help.
“Give way, my men, give way—will you see
(heat miserably burned to death before your eyes?’
i shouted, rising in the boat and waiving my hat to
the sufferers, forgetting in the exoilement of the
tnoment the imroinency of our own danger in case
of an explosion. The poor wretches on the quar
ter of the burning ship answered back with a Irys-
teiic shout. Our galanl tars started, like mettled
hounds at the cry, and with a few vigorous strokes
»e dashed up to the quarter.
“Keep her off there,' i shooted, seeing that we
should be swamped by the eagerness of (he sufferern
*o escape; keep her off—jump overboard, and
■re'll pick you up,’ I continued, as ws fell off from
her quarter again; and in jess than three min-
w *s the deck was bare, aad our hosts full of the
rescued craw.
“Mr. Danfofth,' at this moment shouted Jack,
Rom th* other host ahead t ‘there’s a lady and her
"'her, they my, here—still on board—for Uaaveu's
‘ t us fry to save them,'
itrdm
fright—while the form of his still inanimate child
was extended unaided,, for the moment, by his
side. It was, indeed, no time for delay. Every
man knew we were pulling for life or death. T he
other boat was nearly a mile ahead, skimming
swiftly along from ihe devoted ship. Farcffon the
moonlit horizon lay our schooner, with all her ex-
quisito tracery reflected in the wave beneath, and
seeming, with her thin, taper, raking masts, like
some eorial vessel floating half way between sea
and sky. Down to the right wns the burning ship,
presenting a vast body of lurid fire, that '.oared a.
i„„„ h«r sides, streamed out her ports, eddied sptr-
A Family.—A correspondent of the New Hu-
veu Courier, writing from tho village of Leeaville
gives tho following account of u Connecticut lam
By-
“Rut tho most interesting thing about Leesville
is. thut it is the hirlhplnce of the ‘fourteen dauglt
lers.* To say‘the fourteen daughters’ or ‘one ol
the fourteen daughters,’ would require no explann
i on here, or in any part of Middlesex county, but w th
.ou it may not he quite so plain. 1 will explain.
In the largest und most commodious house in the
village, resides a Mr. Whitmore, (I forgot his
Christain name,) who is the father of fourteen
| daughters. He never had a son. The youngest
| daughter is now about twelve years old. Twelve
I of the daughters have been married, and twelve are
| now living. What is a little singular, every om
j of the daughters were married in regular rotation
; that is, thu oldest first and s > on. The father was
f heard jokingly to remark, ‘I will have no picking
.in rny family—you must take thorn as they came.'
f,The daughters huve ever sustained al high repula
t tion for their ninny virtues and good qualifications
, and tnuke as exemplury wives as dutiful daughters
All the twelve murried respectable worthy men
and have been peculiarly blest in the marriage re
lation. When the last child was born, Mr. VVhit
more was so disappointed that it was not a son
that he wept like a child. Although the old gen
tieiriau was not blessed with u son, he has many
] orandsons. and will probably have scores of thorn
j Tho two daughters that have died, quietly repose
, side by side iu the neat burying ground of the vil
I lage. Over the grave of each the father has caus
, ed to be erected grave stones, and on them are carv
j ed weeping willows, with fourteen branches tccach
■ The first stone that was erected had one branch
i broken from the tree, which lay beneath—the se
' cond one, two branches.
“What a glorious sight it would he to see these
i daughters, with their husbands and children, gath
[ oring around the ‘thanksgiving’ board at the home
I stead ! And with what proud satisfaction must the
parents survey the scene, and their hearts leap for
joy, us they would inwardly excluim, ‘These are
M. A. B
boys below, rumam pur ms t\ucu io me uruuuir, J our jewels ’
and reached towards the nest. The limb broke i J ‘
partially—asht.ut below—and Putnam persevered. ^ Day, the philosopher, Imd a freak of educating
His fingers touched the wished for prize, just as he ’ a wife for himself. He got two orphan girls en
cried ‘I’ve got it,’ the limb broko clean off, and ho j trustud to Iris care, on entering into recognizances
fell; but not to the ground. His pantaloons caught
in one of the lower branches and his head hung
downwards.
Rut, are you hurt ?’ asked one of the boys.
Not hurt,’ answered the undaunted heart; ‘but
sorely puzzled how lo get down.’
We can’t cut away the limb because we have
no knife.’
‘I can’t stay hero till you got one.’
‘We’ll strike a light and burn the tree down.'
‘Aye, nnd smother mo in the smoke. That won't
do.’
There was a hoy named Randnll in the group,
to educate and provide for them. One too mulish
make any thing of. The other grew up every
firing he could have wished. And yet he gave up
Ihe idea of marrying her, because she one day pur
chased a handkerchief more gaudy than accorded
with his philosophical notions. Of course, it nev
er came lo a declaration. I wish it had, that one
might have seen with what degree of grace a man
. could divest himself of the grave and commanding
I characters of papa and pedagogue, lo assume the
supple insinuating deportment of tho lover.
There are a set of men, whose success in woo
ing and it is unfailing—I cannot comprehend
who was noted for being a crack marksman, and t Grave, emaciated, sallow divines, who never look
who afterwards fought very bravely at Putnam's ( tiie person in the fuce whom they address—who
my <
long her sides, streamed
ally up the masts,and leaped In huge masses straight
out into the sky. Now and thon. as her gun. be
came heated, they went off with n roar like thun-
der Meantime, the dense smoke, gathering in a
cloud above, hung like a pall over the consuming
ship For some instants tha flames appeared lo
die in part away ; but all at once a stream of in-
tense fire, that almost blinded the eyes, leaped per.
Deodioularly upward from the decks ; the horizon,
for miles around, was jllumii.aied with a light more
vivid than that of the brightest noonday ; n part of
the foremash lifted bodily out, shot like an arrow
almost a cable length on high ; a concussion en.
mimI that made the bos' shiver like a reed, and
£ok • moment frightfully about. and then a
stunning roar followed, shaking the firmamantto
aiunn ■ , ji— m if a thousand broad
and
side. Him Putnam addressed.
■Jim Randall there’s a ball in your rifle.’
•Yes.’
‘Do you sco that a very little limb holds me
hero ?’
•1 do.'
‘Fire at it.’
‘What to cut you down ?’
‘Of course.'
But I might slriko your head.’
Shoot. Belter blow out my brains than see me
die here, which I shall iu fifeen minutes. Shoot.'
‘But you will fall.’
‘Jim Randall will you fire?’
The sharp crack of the rifle rang through the
forest—the splinters flew—and Putnam (ell upon
the ground. He was severely bruised; but laugh*
ed ihe matter off, and nothing mor* wa* thought of
it.
Three days after Putnam met Randall and tha
rest, aad, taking the neat from bis pocket said—
Here Is that nest, I said I would have il or
never speak above their breath—who ait on tile ut
t termost edge of their chairs, a full yard distant
1 from the dinner table. 1 have never known one of
scarecrows fail of getting n good nnd a rich wife—
How it is, Heaven knows ! Can il be that the la
dies ask them ?
The W boding Ring.—The custom of present'
ing a ring was introduced by the ancients, mean
ing thereby to express, that as a ring haB no end,
so there shall'bc no end of that love which is neces
sary to constitute connubial felicity, and it was put
upon the fourth finger of the left hand, because an
atomists aflirm, that in that finger there is a vein
having a direct conveyance tu Ihe lieart—the source
of love and affection.
Management of Early Lambs.—Mr.Holmes:
Although it is a poor practice to have lambs drop
early, vet it will sometimes take place, even where
there is a fuir degree of care taken to prevant it.
When they do so come, it is desirable to raise them
if possible, without too much expense* My son,
I ruxlon Wood, has four or five lambs that came
ou ihe last of December, or first of January, this
year. Although the sheep were in fine order aad
well fed, two have died. One, about a month old,
died on the 27th instant. The first that was per
ceived of its being unwell was this ; ho had no
strength in his fore legs—could not stand on them
but the hind legs seemr d not lo be diseased. Tbo
little creature suffered in that way three or four
days und died. I suggested the causftof his death
lu be the eating of locks of wool from Ihe old sheep,
and the wool being lodged in the stomach, became
a bull so large that il would not pass off through
ihe inteslines. I yesterday went to his place and
assisted in dissecting the lamb. Wu found in the
third slomoch a substance composed of wool, as
lurge at one end ns my thumb, and tapering nearly
two inches to a point, which wus nearly the shape
courts, is occupied with shops and cafes ; its arch.
iteclure is Doric—that of tho second story Ionic
and of the third, Corinthian. This gradation of I of the stomach. Physic was used in a liquid stale,
the three orders is often met with in the more I which passed the lamb without uffording any relief.
plendid edifices of tho world. In a summer even.
when the weather is fine, the pttlnis Royal,
with the gay multitude that throng its gardens and
cafes, presents a most brilliant aspect; and there a
stranger may learn mor.- of Paris than at any oth
er place in the same time.
The palace of Louvre is uot fur from the Palais
Royal, hut in a much more advantageous position,
being immediately on the hanks of the Seine. It
is extensive und magnificent; but 1 shall make no
attempt to describe what can only be appreciated
hy the eye. The interior of the Louvre is almost
entirely occupied by thu diff rent museums of paint,
ing und statuary. So extensive are theso collec
tions, that weeks, if not months, are necessary to
do justice to them. At this lust visit, 1 limited my
survey lo tho exterior, and then passed to the Pul.
uce of ihe Tuileries, extending westward from the
Louvre, und like it, along the bank of the river.
The extreme length of the facade is 1000 feet.
The varied outline nnd great extent are truly im
posing. In the rear of this magnificent structure,
and still along the batik of the Seine, are the ex-
I record this not knowing ol any cure, Lut, if expec
ted, 1 think it may be prevented. Il is probable
that it never does take place until lire lamb lias
grown so large that it does not get a sufficiency of
milk lo satisfy its hunger. In the summer, with a
good bite of grass, I believe it never takes place.
In lliecuse referred to, there was some hay mixed
with Ihe wool. Probable Prevention : Good feed*
ing of tho mother, to cuuse her to give a good flow
of milk. Feed the lamb by meuns of a sucking
bottle, with good' cow’s milk, or let him suck il
from tiie cow, night and morning, eucli day. Let
there be a place made with slabs,su nigh together
that tho dam cannot gel through and the lamb can,
and place within the reach of the latter something
tlml ho will eat. Many contrivances may be tho't
of lo feed the lamb until grass comes. There will
be danger of losing muny lambs by their eating
wool from the mother. I have lost numbers in tho
same way. The dunger takes plane after the lamb
gets so large that the shepherd thinks him out of
danger. Some learn to eat bay, if il is very good,
rather than wool. The best of well made, early
tensive gardens of the Iuileries, mote than 2000 cut hav, mav bo good, ami save many lambs.
l r..wl nnfk L.1 .. ‘.i r I * Jo J
feet long and 900 broad, ornamented with foun
tains nnd statues, and partly shaded by groves of
trees. Beyond these, the Champs Elysees, (or
Elysiun Fields,) extend still along the river, lo a
great distance, filled with a thick forest of trees.
Thus the north bank of the Seine is covered fur
two miles with palaces and public gardens, Ihe lat
termost charming places ol resort, at all hours,
and especially ut evening, for ihe Parisian multi
tude.
Me. Far.
Elijah Wood.
Hydrophobia*—Wo clip the following from a
Moiristown, New Jersey paper :
Any person can Le cured uf the bite uf a mad
dog by applying to Dr. Oliff, No. 0, Bowery. New
York, at any time before hydrophobia shows itself,
any information can be had on the subject hy calling
on Jonuthun Nixon, two miles above Morristown.
N. U. Keep the wound open ns much ns possi.
bio. S. ALLISON.”
We believe that tho worthy doctors hnvo told the
secret, "Keep the wound open as much as possible.'’
We believe that most of the cases of hydrophbin
hnvo arisen from healing the wound. In some
German hospituls they have been very successful
in preventing hydrophobia by immediately washing
the wound with clortdo of lime, ley, suit and water,
&c., and then cauterising it with u hot iron—an
open running sore has been thus kept for more
than three months without any unfavorable symp
toms. Locking the poison in the system by heol-
ing the wound, is the cause of Hydrophabiu.—JV.
Y. Sun.
Potato Suoab.—The growers of potatoes in tho
British kingdom are likely to be benefitted by tha
exertions oflhe home sugar manufacturers, who
are now determined to purchase all that comes
within their reach. At tho manufactory of potato
sugar at Stratford, in Essex, and oilier plnces, we
understand that tho “fruit of the earth” (potato)
will bo taken in any quantity, and at a fair price.—
We huve no doubt that the juice of the care is su.
perior to the meal of the potato, but we huve posi
tive proof that the potato can make up in quantity
what is deficient in quality, and a* no one can ques
tion the nutriment in the potato, we do not see why
potato sugar should not be as advantageous to the
tea or coffee table as the potato is to the dinner table
—bo this as it may, we huve it on good authority
thut three tons of the raw material will produce one
ton of tho manufactured urlicla, and consequently
the British manufacturer can successfully compels
with the foreign und colonial producer, and pay Ihe
same duty as thut which is levied on tho sugar <m*
portod from the colonies.—London Price Current.
A Roaring Orator.—•• Mr. President, I shal
not remain silent, sir, while 1 have a voice that is
not dumb in this assembly. The genth mun, sir,
cannot expostulate this matter to uny future time
that is more suitable than now. He muy to k,sir,
of the Herculaneum revolutions, where republics
are hurled into arctic regions, and the works of
centurions refrigerated to ashes—but, sir, we can
tell him, indefntigably, that the consequences mul
lipliod subterrnneuusly by lira overlusting princi
ples contended for thereby, eon no more shak<
this resolution than can tho roar of Niagara reju
venate around these walls, oi tho howl of the mid.
night tempest conflagrate the marble statute into
ice. That’s just whut I told them.”—Tha Presi-
dent fainted.
Oxauc Acid —A solution of obalk in warm
water drank copiously, is a complete antidote to ox-
alio acid, very frequently lakan in mistake for Ep
som sails. Remember this—Chalk.
per* Daw Wall*.—To cure damp wall* waah
A Freak of Nature.—The has been found at
Oyster Bay, on Long Island, a singular animal pro.
duclfon of llte sea, it is nothing more or less than
an oyster united to a crab, of die kind commonly
called sea spider. The oystor has grown upon die
spider’s back, and consequently should be classed
as an animal of the qundsnped tribe—here is truly
one sol of limbs grovelling llieir mundane course,
with two distinct hearts and bodies, with no evident
affinities. The oyster is a fine plump one, and its
growth bus doubtless been materially advanced by
the moving propensities of the spider, which are
A Conjugal Compliment “ Whai'e the mat-
tej, my dear ?’’ said u kind wife to tier husband
who had uni for lialfan hour with his fsce buried ta
liie hands.and apparently iu great tribulation.
I naver feel an;
Cotton Feather Beds.—The Southron recoin
inonds making mattresses of Colton, which lid says
is preferable lo anything, as it is not liable to har
bor insects, to become matted, h is no moths, and ia
good for the rheomuliani. Cost of mattresses he
estimates as follows : Hair, from $lfi to *20;—
Wool, from 913 to 910; Feuthers, from 916 to
$20; Moss, 912; Shucks, $13 ; Cotton, from 99
to 98.
Malay Afplb.—The Malay apple, an East In-
din fruit, is now raised at Vicksburg, Mlssiaslppi.
Its scientific name is cugenia iambosia. In the
East Indies, tho native clime of this fruit, the ttoj
grow* lo the height of twenty feet; at Vicksburg
il is only five foet in height. The apple* ure about
the size of a peach, with n similar color, fragrant
smell, and have the taste of a very sweet common
apple, with one seed in tho centre, of the size end
color of a chestnut.— Western Farmer ami Gar
dener.
Chloride of Lime for Steefik* Seeds.—In
Germany il isconsidcredof groat efficacy, French
beuns steeped for four hours in a solution ofaquar*
ter of an ounce of chloride in a gallon or water*
wero up and in rough leaf before other* qown al the
same time ware above ground, and an equT differ
ence wus observed with other vegetables.
n. fh
Oil, 1 don’t know, I've fell like a fool all day.'*/ j
Well," rslurned iho wife, consolingly, “ Fast i
batter; you look MmL'.J