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JOBS n. CHRISTY t T. M. LtMPKIY,)
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NEW SERIES—VOL. II., NO. 48!
ATHENS, THURSDAY, MA^Y 31, 1849.
miscellaneous.
VOLUME XVII. NUMBER 8.
My friend replied with a piecd of in-
formaiiou that darkened, to me, forever,
a whole streaming galaxy of nebulous
hopes. '
“ She was to have been wydded some
six weeks ago, to the eloquent 3’oung
From the New York Sunday Times.
Southern and Western Life.
YHC CHEROKEE BALL-PLAY AND THE DUEL
JL°wT k k,,ed "" ,he *T i Uwycri Horn ceJordan. UliM
SXKlfeA\ r“ n ’ T I SCarC y ! ° r hin >- Bal bol ‘*. brothers, for
IX . U? “7 Lltal reason I am not apprised, broke
egtit. At all evenls, .hey are a.^uiucb , off,,*, ma ,cl,. and. il is ,Vjd, ihreatcned
her lover’s lile. But I see him yonder.”
advanced in civilization as their Ameri
can neighbors. They have schools,
churches, a constitution, laws, courts,
ttud more wealth, according to numbers,
than any other body politic in the world.
Many ot their sons and daughters are
educated in the first .seminaries in New
And Judge Paschal pointed out with
his finger a tall, slemfor form, leaning
against one of the pillars near the are-
cmbalm it with the sublime. The antug-
onisls, clinching in the iron Indian hu",
nnd writhing and twisting like two an
gry serpents linked in the coils of mortal
strife, swayed to and fro for more than
a minute, then 1alling*heavily, to the : the fury-oV his
The Auctioneer*
i who spends s
attested her horror of the d'rcadlul vi4g«t, standing there waiting for tlie'
? ,0 f n ' ’ . > j word ihat-'sbould be the.knell of their | There......
. T,1C twoTocs grappled first .in the j-funeral and their summons to the judg-1 breath, who taiks so fast, amfis »u .«
dangerous Indian hug, or. •‘back hold,”j- n Vent ; bar ol the Almighty—yes, stand- i ish of words as the auctioneer. He i
.'O’ culled. Big Jim from, ingin the broad noon-blaze of the “all- [peats the same thing over and
seemed to think ! ***»*Lwt =>.n ” iv;ti-•«-' <*_ .• • •
up^raoT ° f 'f',' CrUS '‘ °J c,a ® k i He"is'fbm! ofsTnartsav^nfs and'sudden
Hl * 6JCCCS “' however, Hie spine of Ins nnntpmut. will, a ant. ibe sky t hey might never look on more I Inrns in the sense • and he is witty at
RZ*. St/r Shi™ £d Si” "'fUf | hUt "" : 90 b 4 l beneath j .he expense mlns'gol.ore.vpe^ ot
his throat arose nulled hint to^he P c ir° r< i 1’® f H-syeel. It bent iso golden, anil the little -birds all sing- his customers. Hecantalkof several
cumlhrtMic^oflh'e'Hno ant) 11 then Thrrw n ' T"' 0 ? ,'" P ," S M ' % 8uch ,nerr Y fdundelays noil they j different things at onee, and without
him whh Ids b a!kish S nnrnle ee ? T a " d . tb 1 ea b, " ke °I' cn VVI ' 1 ' B rea ‘ b '"'es drawn baek ready- confusion. lint he sometimcs’very In-
Suddenly ibe bfcralTs Jiuglc pealed a “ Score dowaforty fot Big Jitn Star^ A de" fenfo« »houVVrom the nrevion* ‘ ir" ?° U rea ?*'- ask . Rl1 9°°^’
England. Besides, they are at presenti "sif , ft ' V *«&»» *»«*• diepLigin» ! «‘dil liSSJgZl
more than half while, owing to a long nr° I Sii! , S ’"T* „ Suc }‘ wa s . ,b ? die game— j achievement, and Big Jim himself look- ■ the tone of bell-meml.
course of freoueht intermarriage with I ai y , bo , ° r cr .i” m P ', ng V by 5° Wh ° cool d. f «rce his adversary over ed r.stomslicd at the feat. He paused, •• Ready,” they answered, with llirili-
otir owll |»coplc. They hnvo ml-,pled „ " P S h'gh as, the ropes required the right to his marks however, but a moment, and again ing distinc ness in the same breath,
oar names, and especially our dre.s^ in- ! dl-esle^alike in Teoilo*r onTn j WCrC g | ° n ,! b f '^dger. [springing forward, the arms nf the two j A Then go ahearl,” w“the cmrse,
Rlilutions, and manuers, nnd especially t }* a ^ a,,, . a °° ns * fil " i . Il 80 l ] iat Boudinol fell on encircled each other’s*bosoms like hoops I savage word.
the custom of doelling, so provilent obi I ", S ,' S '"'X, S ,^ ,b ,r sk '"' ” ni11 .^'"S the outside of the ring, near Hie cedar j of iron. Again Ihe form of Jordan bent I And with the word, two fierce
their borders. They still Jeiain, how- i Su c h was dmil'onlv lUmem ‘.T„' : UcUU"'’' ' Vb ' C ’ H ° l ? ,Ce J ° t rila ," h ?‘ l ' as a " i ! 1 " w in ibe wind, and then again j thrusts were aimed at two warm bcat-
eyer, some oftheir ancient nmusemenu. j ,, r ™. y Ea ™“ b „'.. nl!! 1 i *, u _” ejr S? s'fcnily the recovering, broke open ,the monstrous j ing hearts—human hearts, ton, reader,
their only garment, the rest: been leaning, surveying silently the r
and smnng the rest, the great game nf ? L, bci " S com P le, 1 cl y bare, progress ol the play. The sight of his I lock. A “renewed shorn rent the
-hieh they are immodcrateU lond-thd menfofvetl " '“T’ 1 1 f k r ‘° VCr ' ° r T haps S ° n !° £l!sbl »>.V cries nf •• Big Jim has
'*■ • J • anointmcnlofycllow-colored oil. Choic-j look of scorn on the young lawyer’s ! mci with his match! Huzza for the
cr specimens of athleticism could not | features, aroused all the cherished ha- man who can break the black bear’s
well be found, should you search the j ired and venom of the victor, and he {ting!”.
wide world over. Volumes of swelling j fairly shouted— I The Ajax of the arena heard thcexcla-
mascc,andsharpndgcsof naked nerves, i ” Base pettifogger! you can gaze animations of rejoicing, and the sound
literally quivering with pure excess of j the sports of brave men ; but dare not,! seemed to madden him theinure—
strengthand redundant vitality,.all re-1 for your coward’s soul, take a part in | Making a 'clutch with his huge bony
vealed distinctly in the vivid light of Ihe game ol glory." i fingers, lie succeeded in grasping his
cloudless May sunbeams, gave ample j ” I dare! was the ringing response J opponent’s throat, but at the same in-
assurance how desperate must be the! of Horace Jordan, as he cleared the I slant felt the hand of the other fixed on
|«pmmg,.«orihct. _ | ropes ata leap. ... | his own wind-pipe. Hanging op and
the same sentence. For instance, latcl
dropping in at m.oook auction, there
happened lobe a man who annoyed
the company and the auctioneer with
a segar. The book was up to twenty-
seven and a-hall, nnd the auctioneer
dwelling upon it, cried. ‘And a half,
and a half, and a half—when smelling
the annoyance, he shouted out. Blast
your segar!—and a half, and a half,
twenty-seven and half,—thirty—thirty
thirty-two and a half and half—kick
ball-play, described in the sequel.
. As eye-witnesses of distant scenes,
jrho were never five miles away from
oook^ making, Nassau street, . abound
prodigiously at ibis era, wo give as a
Toucher for the truth of our narrative,
the Hon. Geo. \V. Paschal, of Van Bu-
ren, Arkansas—a gentleman well known
to many in the commercial world ol
New York. Mr. Paschal was several
years a Judge of the Supreme Court ii
ed:
It was 10 o'clock, the 4ih of May.
1838. The hour previously fixed at the
last general council had arrived for the
commencement of the great national
game—imperial paragon of all games
the sun of heaven ever saw—the fa
mous Cherokee bail-play.
hi, adopted State, Hc P is thoroughly ra | „ f-|h t° f SP , CC | °" ''"I , nalu ‘! ,u U 10 American stood m tl.o arena of tugging at each ntbe.’s necks like ,.neon-
acquainted will, llm Cherokee,; having ,, “ n 'P '"hentre <J mound, eoald see ; he Indian gladiators. Snipping instant-1 querable bull-dogs, ll,L- two champions
espoused a sister of the famous ehiefi j I’ Z r co „ n> ™ on - ec f d brnm fi fur.-, Y lo Ins irqwsers, and lieing a red silk reeled from side to side during some
John Ridge. He was present with the ?" ,belr va,oui f f vonles - A " i handkerchief around him, he was pro- minutes, till both, turning purple in the
writer at the ball-play nmv to be notic- , ? 1 , C0 “ r, ! 1 8eC r beaV - V , " a S ers | pa , r , eE fo . r ,be des l«ra!e game. : faee, fell together gasping in the hot
-l. ' 1 J proffered, but mostly refused, that some! ” See! Emma Star is fainting!” cx- Most. Then relaxing their weary fin-
onc of the ” Stars,” and especially ‘‘Big j claimed my friend. ! gers, they regained their feet and stood
Jim, would win the/,u„irrdscorn which I (.lancing suddenly at llio carriage, I: lor several seconds apart, panting fin
were to he counted before the lerinina-1 beheld that sweet, mild face, while as lirealh, yet still scowling dark and
mm of the play. linen,and her beautiful little hand, clasp-1 dreadful defiance. °
Again the bugle sounded, and then ud convulsively on her fiosntn, os if to! “Let as fight with bravo men's tools "
the chief marshal advanced to one side keep back the heart beneath from.hurst- ! cried Big Jim, fairly frenzied with rage.
ing. The agony, however, seemed to j “ Any you plotisc,” was the laconic
pass in a moment, and she continued ! answ
afterwards to look calnilyzin the swift-1 Then let us have bowie-knives, and
changing scenes, with checks pallid as : let our left hands be fastened together,”
marble down which tears flowed and; said, the desperado, with the ferocious
fell, in low even measured drops—reach I frown of a fiend incarnate,
drop recording a minute of. speechless j “I am content with your prnpnsi-
sorrow. j ti on ,” was the brief response of Jordan.
led. and' At this unexpected change
| of the arena, holding in his hand a ball
Immediately, the six marshals of the : Si'enln,!' ° f ""''iT?
day,distinguished by long crimson scarfs i „ " bul loa < le <l "•ill. several bul-
flowing from their shoulders, began to Ma sw£U f'l ^T/t ^
move about with bustling haste, arrang-' „; n „ - V° ,lc hurled the little hid
ing preliminaries and clearing ,| p , ?' a S8' uba . ' Sb up ,nm the a,r, ns near
ground. The site had been most admi-1 f " P Th d.,,liIo, I T™ ■ r
rably cl.nsen, bull, with a view to .be I £ ' ng ; I ht 8 a <ba ors. ,n dieir singular
imrinttls sport of the performers, and I j;' ared , ut d,t * rc . n ' P°" lla l Onee more ibe bugl .
convenient for the host of .cpcctniors.— s "J ’ *, 1 , on . e I l ‘ ,,s t ,,r, e with three loud lingering blasts, mode ot combat; itie y excitement grew
« The Looking-glass Prairie,” so call-1 louch ‘ n 3 ,bc ro l‘f. s ’ followed, with their i u Now comes th.e general vtchc, most boundless. The other gladiators sns-
cd on account of its small size ami ex-lfj^ eS * >C a .® ccl ! ( ,n S missile, to watch i perilous of all. Each man who tosses pended their strife, ami the beholders
ceeding beauty, is not more than half a i! , m l? lakC *, V r ° 5C 10 ” a an °PP onent over the rope wins a score | began to make their bets; some laving
mile in extent; and being environed by , w ®(. antl sl lower, seem- 0 ffi V c” remarked Judge Paschal. The j large wagers that Big Jim would kill
majestic forests, resembles a mirror,! • .1,, .. ‘V ,as . anl } ,kc a sman speck | arena then presented the appearance ot' l»*s enemy, others . staking money on
having its frame wreathed with fimtas^* ’ i f * nni . '® R o e g«n to tall, fas- j fifty single combats, all wedged togetli- Jordan, and others again on death
S garlands. Near the centre of this 1 b „ r T"®'! ° f ! er - B Y unuples, nil the hnndrc.l gladi- against bull,.
smooth plain is a circular line of five j ‘a. h,.* a ,, r ;™ en , doU !’. S,,e J a ’ I alHr * ! ,ad c,03e d, and were lugging and I cast a glance towards the beautiful
considerable mounds, enclosing a de- 11:‘ _< •, . dthlcta to gam the straining to haul each other from the Emma—only one glance* I dared not
hue of its descent before it should again j r i„g. Some had grabbed their antago- * hazard anoihe '
t ' r ”’ nists by the hair, and were hauling them statute of desp;
like yours nnd mine, only braver, per* j out that man with the segar, and a half-
haps, and two long keen knives pierced going, going—thirty-five, thirty-five
two bleeding sides. The first wounds,
however, were not mortal—at least not
immediately so—lor other blows fol
lowed, and steel clashed against steel,
and the cnmbulauts.continued to battle
on till their bodies were bathed in a hap?
iism of fresh blood; and finally both
staggered and fell forward at the same
moment, first to their knees, and then
on their faces, with their checks almost
touching!
Then a wild, unearthly, wailing
scream issued from the carriage on the
mound. Another, also, had fallen, anil
with a sharper pain in the heart than
ever emanated from the point of a bow
ie-knife. The beautiful Emma had
fainted.
The seconds cut asunder the cords
from the left hands of the two antagon
ists. Horace Jordan was dead, but
Big Jim,'.although frightfully inangled,
soon: revived, and at last recovered.—
The six’ brave bad brothers have since
committed half a hundred murders, and
robberies beyond reckoning. I see, from
the late annual message of the Chero
kee executive, that the miscreants have
at last been annihilated by the swift,
sure vengeance.of lynching justice.
“ But has the stoiy any moral?” inter
rogates the critic.
Aye—it has a great and useful mor
al, if correctly expounded. It proves
that the tear of death—that phantom
ssr ?o«y on .o | pi r p
Here vva, the arena, altogether free from 1 ™ " S , fu,1 . s P. e P d fr ' ,m ''PP os ‘' e
grars nnd somewhat dusty, having been I P “ " ,on ’ " ,u mec,ln S , a c ""™” a ^
trodden for years by the feet of Long j ™ ,bo,llcd ,n m,MC ,llea ,llc cx,rcme
men contending for victory in a sort of' ‘
strife almost ns terrible as real battle.
The peril of life and limb
was rendered more fearful by the rules
Surrounding, the arena, large ropes ai-|“ f !!*« a “ c ’*. l,icb P 01 ™ 1161 ' everyone
inched to pillars of cedar sot in the earth 1 1'"” T '! rfr VaJ v‘l y a " y IT of v "
at the base of the conical mounds were "^',0 e U “T’ “ 1 ?\ nP T
stretched .0 their utmost tension, thus * b * ll,er r "f nds " r foe , s -
serving to separate the crowd of he- 1 :°" d TU'- “V brea,k as lf sad -
holdcrs from the champions in the grand I ; Ce ‘ W ', ' 0 "
game. The mounds, .themselves, with '7*° ,ba " • d,,zc, ‘ brav , es Pf os :
sloping sides 'touching end, other hv ™ 0 “ ‘ ' ke Br"und many of wdiom had
their gentle acclivity am! modem,e clc'- ! ™ ,he . r,, 'S ""h No
vation, formed a fine raised amphitheatre !? a ” d i,rokea l,oncs ' by ,be “’ ar -
fnr the assembled multitude, who might' d MiMan } 3 - ..
I bo said almost withoot hypeihole.' to j supenm swiftness of
Comprise the whole Cherokee nation- i a yoan 8 Cherokee of the
for both sexes, nil ages, nnd every con- CtT,!, ' V I 8 a ‘ h ° de,c ' endla S
ditionoflife, had gathered to thocnm-: , 1S -f' ,! " ,d ! ,y a dexterous stroke,
mon point and stated period of annual j'Vlffi' ‘ W ° t yard8 , ,he
reunion. ' earth, sent it whizzing beyond the ropes.
My glance was attracted from the on-! , “J' 0 * ! P 1 for B «“ di >’" 1c,icd > be
gregalivo mass t>rhuman forms hv avis- ( ef a *nrshal Ip the recorder, and a
ion oriodividual beauty brighle'r than i sboa >Steeled‘hemnnouncement.
any tiling I had previously seen or even ■ 0acc mo ; e lbe bemld s bugle brayed
conceived, save in the sta'riight drapery ! [° r ?W h * r r >. , “ nd - a " d * hundred
of dreams. Sealed nmnno Jvo™l .Sd.V. frcab “*P ir «“». m "Hose breasts the
along in the dust
their fingers with w
yielding windpipes, endeavoring thus!
to choke their foes into non-resistance— ! about to
while others seizing suddenly some un- i murderous kn
suspecting right hand, strove by a quick , and rigid as those of „ - _ e . . .. . , „ r(
jerk to dislocate ihe shoulder-joint from been dead for days. No sign of life Lor - 8 ° r L “' bl S.,"‘ “ to Prof.,
its socket; and others still stooping sod- could be distinguished, save a'shud<ler; • d -?-’ 8ay f ! , fb ' melbn<l <? r r ™“l-
1 - • t ° . . *. * I inrr is nhvtniislv llm Iiesl In mtiLn Hods . '
of dreams. Seated among several elder- .1 - 1 ^ , s , prea.is me
-f-is-'tk _ _1 nfi enlhustasm caused by the scene had
the-summit of • Ir ; mn „uj „ - ■ •
persons in a carriage, .
the mound, only a few paces from where
1 8I09U, was a .young girl whose . ap-
pearancc realized to the senses .all my
imaginattonjiad ever -painted to itself
she looked so like
^ , — — 1—carved in snr,w-wh*le
Others had fastened , alabaster. Her eyes were motionless,
gripe of steel on , fixed 011 the horrible ring, where a broth-
a lover, or perhaps both,
hewed in pieces
Her lips w
horror which haunts the doors and dark- an S ua S e *
jf e j g n |*. 4. 1 hose who s
thirty-seven and a halt—curse that se
gar smoke!—and a half, and a half—I’d
rather have the devil about me—and a
half, and a half, and u half; it gives me
the phthisic—and a half, and a half;
going, going: forty, forty cents; forty-
two am* a half; who’s putting brim
stone on the stove?—and a half, and a
half, and a half—I wish I had hold of
that boy—and a half, and a half—I’d
choke the rascal—and a half, and a half
—going, going—who says forty-five—
not half the price of the book—and a half,
and a half, forty-two and a half-—forty-
five—now forty-seven and a half, and a
half—a treatise on tooth ache, gentlemen
—who’ll give fifty cents for the tooth
ache, and a half, forty-seven and a half
—look at that boy there—and a half,
and a half—pocketing one of those pen
knives—and a hall, and a half—I can’t
have my eyes everywhere—and a half,
and a half—fifty—fifty-two and a half,
kick all the boys out of the room—and
a half-kick 'em out I say—and a half,
and a half—going, going, gone.
For Ihe Boys*
Seven classes of company arc to be
avoided :
1. Those who ridicule their parents,
or disobey their commands.
2. Those who profane "the Sabbath
or scoffat religion.
3. Those who use profane or filthy
ens the firesides of civilized life—is, af-j * bosc w bo are untruthful, play
ter all, not an unconquerable instinct, • truant, and waste their time in idleness,
but a fictitious adjunct of education. It! fhosc who are of a quarrelsome
1 corpse that h.id j
proves that boundless bravery exists |
latent in all human souls, and needs on-'
ly the given condition of circumstances j
to call it forth. ” It proves that the high-1
est gifts ever bestowed on man or angel j
(nay be perverted to the vilesj uses, as
the fire on the hearth may be misappro-
printed to kindle the destroying coufla-|
with ! S ralion -
livid
rmper and are apt to get into difficulty
villi others.
G. Those who arc addicted to lying
■r stealing.
7. Those who arc of a cruel disposi-
ion; who take pleasure in torturing and
uaiming animals.
A Traveling Depot.—“Look here,
I’eie,” said a knowing darkey, “don’t
land dar on the railroad !
Why, Joe?”
ICase if de cars sees dat tnouf ob
denly, caught the loot of an aihictc. Tug‘in Un bosom ovril^riLinn^ihc!'? g ' 8 ob '' lously - ,be be „ 51 ,0 . make Bosb dey "" k 11 am dc dc P u ’ alld ™n
.be%ea E P , ery me,ho j X^i?^S ^ fo “"“ lo 8 y 1 abar berd ^ 1 ' a ' b
was fair, except strokes with site I made for the duel I s iw the seconds ^ ' d bad "’S' and bnd -j '
injuries t° the eye. But what J hind ll.e left hands of their principal, i l‘ .J" 1 " 1 Vi* * '■’'!! be Vi™ e | A schoolmaster once asked a fair pu
led me most of all. although do- ; hard and fast logo,her with a small; ha ' dcr f« d ba ' ,! , lc “ a8IC ' ,ban ,f ,be I pil, “ can you decline a kiss ?” ‘
s | hempen cord, and place in the hands of ^ s ? ,ne p,e ce jiad been throtvn into water She replied, dropping a perplexing
a ! each P a gieaming hjwie-knife nl the larg- « ' -—.esy,'“ Yes, sir,' f ca“n. hn't I'hate m
-jest size and with tin edge !
Elizabeth Blackwell, !U. D.
The public, through the newspapers,
has been pretty generally informed that
this lady wasaregularstudentof Geneva
Medical College, nnd received the. diplo
ma of that institution at its lastcommencc-
men!. As she is the first medical doc
tor of her sex in the United States, the
case is, naturally enough, one of those
questionable matters upon which there l
must hen great variety of opinions, and
the public sentiment is, besides, influ
enced by the partial and inaccurate
statement of facts no/conjectures which
usulnlly supply the since of cor reel infor
mation. To help ynfir readers to a better
understanding of the whole matter than
they can gather from these uncertain
sources, nnd especially to inform those
who feel beyond a merely curious inter
est in it, I venture to furnish you ahasty
sketch of her course, and such notions of
herself and of her aims as the proprieties
of the case scorn to warrant.
Miss B. is 28 years of age. She was
the city of Bristol, England.—
born i
Science in the Kitchen.
Professor Liebig in a letter !
being • (pr nn( ] this heated to lioilinn'. nrul t«ml- 1 J’ ,M| "'hat!
.......
fist
surprised
zens must have been suffering torture
worse than the pangs of death, not
cry of pain was heard—such is the nit
vcllous power of education, such the in- i blade of a razor* and then I —
finite force of habit. As I goxed, 1 be-j fi-fi the very marrow crccn'wi'ih'icy ' f ccond ' ,he alb “T" " r lhu mcal coi,gu ' -A Nobue Boy.—A bny was tempted
lieved for the first time, the incident Icoidncss m mv bones at the-si«ht .j'p i ' ules ^ ,jn yBie surface inward,and invel- by some of his.companions to pi
related by Plutarch nl iheSpnrlnn liny, | morial foes stand evcimt each oilier M ’ ,1C8 lkc il ' ,cr ‘ or Wllb a bi y e ( liioli is some ripe cherries from a tree which ins
- ' ' nml hiddc.'it | with calm, determined _faccs. in whose^;'Wegnuhl.Mnwater^. ""
his bow-1 mirror only one expression could be de- j flow to make Sleep Refreshing.
tccted—measureless'and umittecable i 1.’ Take sufficient exccrcise in 1 lie i ciVnoLl fi!;;}
- iinlf. Iltlf tin etiPinbin'i.’ l.it.-nn ,*#* ■«,». 1 ! L'i'.'Ki?? 1 .1 . PtlOUlO tlllU
endure _
the funeral flame, and
a as me ma " £ ' rS ? ra,cru - 1 tbc ame " and . <»««. j most plaguily.”
•J. ' i'S° ,nto ,bc c-xtiact—the soup; in the j
'V. an .‘ second; the albumen of the meat coagu-
dll ICV ■ Inins 0,.m ll.ik so r(*,| ,*n inttln.rl nrt.l
who, having stolen a foj
under his cloak, let it tear
els sooner than reveal.the theft!
man creatures can bo taught to do and j hate, hut no shrinking loken of terror. ! opcn.nir, dining the day.
lyihing—ay, to sing ryiiins j They were wailing for llic.word to he- 2. Eat light suppers, always
‘hnuts before retiring.
»leap in- •
triumphed over prudence, sprang into
the ring. Am! again the ball shot into
the air, and the same result of scarred
faces and fractured limbs ensued, a"-:
iravT^'^bTpM T— by > ba increase-d 1
of feimdo loveliness. In addition to the! h ® f rena ' r „
charms, for the most pan hereditary ‘S“5 a da 'y" en more for Boud.not!”
the quadroons ol her tribe—“race of fig- j ■ lb , k
ure, harmony inevery feature and melt- j The youth had again succeeded in his
’ n 8^ wee,nes3 °f fiftiiTc---.U , ig bewitching) difficult feat. Wagers were now laid
oreature possessed 4 a transparent and »•»* W rne in favor of Buudinot. He v „ v „
.intellectual beauty of countenance *pe-j bad already wou forty “figures,” and a Jordan, throwing feebler
cutfnr and irresistible,-yet thoroughly .hundred would • complete the. game.—
i^escribahle* -Thave easajetl a.tbou-{-Bot ihe- —'-- '“- 2 - * - ..
Such unnatural modes ofiluelling are! 3. Avoid tea and coffee and all
jeonnpon on . the frontier, among both j.taral stimulants.
Indiaus,, iiud result chiefly
father had forbidd
“You need not be afraid,” said one
of bis companions, “ for if your father
I out that you had taken them,
; heisspkind that he would not hurl you."
I That is the very reason, replied the
i boy, why I would not touch them.—
J It is true my father would not hurt mo;
yet my disobedience I know would hurt
wise ones, and among them,
black <
to the grave (which most civilized people
have managed to remierso hideous in as
sociations, with the rapture of lovers go- j
ing to a bridal chamber. . ! from two causes. 1. They put the those that - prnwf all night, retire . ..
“ Score five for Bill Star, five for weak or unpractised on a footing of per- as soon as the son goes down.
BenStaf, five for Big Jim biar, and five f eL .j C q„ a |j,y w j,j, ,j JC n , l>st skilful in i\* 5^ Eschew feather beds; sleep on
for Horace Jordan, exclaimed the mar- the art of slaying.. 2. Beck less men.' i hair orcottdn mattresses, with a light
shal, in quick succeeding orders as tlje conscious of total superidrilv to the fear covering of he’d clothes. .
tempestuous tumult still proceeded wijh- of death, appear lo delight in demon- j 6. Be sure and have your room well
out letermisaioii.. | stroting their bravery by running into' j vcnrilatedj
Foremost of all in the strife might be the jaws of certain destruction. Such It is well known* tliaX the duke, of j' . Hoodie r Wedding
the two deadly enemies. Star and - men often die with a smile of scornful-Wellington pow a hale old man, is ac-i The ceremony of lying the nupitnl
an, throwing feebler men uyer the triumph on their features—die,’in fact, j customedjo sleep .on a hard narrow knot is very much simplified in the
ropes as . if they had been so .many in- 1 because they w ish to die. Htiving been, pallet..- It-is rep«>rted' that the Duke Hoosier Stale, as the following scene
faots. Jordan, however, avoided any ! hong accustomed to the work of sl.iuglj- : justifies - the narrowness of- his resting
immediate encounter with his adversa-fter, they contract an insane love forJis^.place- on,' the plea .that when a -man
ry, and, to every offer of the sort .by. the! own sake alone. It is difficult to make! wishes to turn; it is. then high time to
, other replied aloudr—“ Wail till the; persons comprehend the motives prompt-; turnout., We seldom- hear the lalmri-
yrac »,« -1 i ~ r “ , i •- - •- jo iTiese mutual $uicidt*swho fiave-joiis peasant complain^ of restless nights.
- ,; vr.d in such meridians—iiieridi-j Tb«j indolent, pampered epic if re^ or the
■ «• %T ro “ rl r- ,:4??#*!•• wl ?T t l.wy iswhJiniSi'ttaitU worse to
** ~**". ** *”** me than any thing else.
A boy who grows up with such prir.
ciples would be called a man in the host
sense of the word., It betrays a regard
for rectitude that would render him
trustworthy under every trial,
•L
’.nate from some unknown and merciless ; horror, as one of the gladiators was j ring shall be cleared of all but „.. „,
distance in the depths of ihe soul, or, borne up the mound and deposi*ed on} und llien you shall be gratified.” ' And
perchance, out of the heights ofjieaven. foe gra«s a few steps from my side, and * still the work went till. three long ans where duels with dm.lde-byrreleU ? irtaoAvho'overtksks'his brain and deni,
but always have been forced locust his wife fell down in a «wooo on her'hours had . rolled . away, and at length. shot guns are. of yearly' occurrence—‘ himself fmdilv exercises, is liable
down my powerless pen in-despair. jmsbaml s pale and apparently lifeless| twelve champions remaiued in the are- where’ men fiMit n«u u.«freqi^.n^ : - -
“ That is Emma Star,” said mv friend body.
Paschal, observing the direction of mv j “ Wait a little;
sleeplessness.— IVatcr Cure Journal.
•.—An r aged per-
be.had managed to
appearance* so; well
’ I'never ride when
eat? more' llian
ill she
(*' What is your name, sir ?”
“ Matty.”
V“ Any relation to Van Btrrcn ?”
“No.” •. - ^ •• - ;
“ Wbat is your name, Miss ?”
“Polly.” .
Malty, do you love Polly ?”
“ WaJM dees.”
*“ Polly do you Jove Matty ?”
“ No mistake, squire.”. . •
i^Well, then you want to be tied ?”
~ “ I reckon so.” •
'“^Vell, then, -1 pronounce "you man
and'wife.”
“ Thank you sir !”
The.following letter bf recoinmomla-
_ w , v tion js>jvery^disiuterested’qiie^i-T-Sir,
never fears being eaten up , may be a very good accountant;
But he forgot to add one of the I know him to be a very clever hook
greatest causes of all lusting youth : viz, j keeper. I lent him two Shakespeares,
* uncnvjboSj.eonfented .heart.— : three Scotts, and a Boz, eighteen months
Her father settled with his family in
New X ork when she was about II years
old. Alter a residence there of 5 or
6 years, he failed in business, and re
moved to Cincinnati. A few weeks af
ter his arrival there he died, leaving
his widow and nine children in very
embarrassed circumstances. Elizabeth,
the third daughter, was then 17 years
old, and nssisted tw*o of her sisters in
teaching a young lady’s seminary. By
the joint efforts of the cider children,
the younger members of the family were
supported and educated, and u comfort
able homestead on Walnut Hill was se-.
cured lor the family. The property
which, in the midst of their first difficul
ties, they had the forecast lo purchase,
has already quadrupled the price which
it cost them. I give thi3 fact for the il
lustration of character which it affords.
The enterprise of these young ladies
is still farther indicated by the next steps
which they severally took. Anna, the
eldest, some years ago, took up her res
idence in the city of New, York, whire
she has, until lately, worked a; the trade
of periodical authorship, French trans
lation nnd composer of. music. She is
now in England, under an engagement
with a publisher thereto translate the
whole of Fourier’s works. She was se
lected for this task for her very high
ability in French translation, and the;ex
cellence of her English style. Another
sister, Emily, is leaching a boy’s school
in Cincinnati, preparing them for col
lege in the departments of mathematics
and the classic languages. And Eliza
beth, alter two or three years hard labor
and study in North and South Carolina,
and two years more, exclusively devot
ed to the study of Medicine, in Phila
delphia and Geneva, has her medical
diploma in her pocket. .
About five years ago she first enter
tained the idea of devoting herself to the
study of medicine, having taken the re
solution, she went vigorously to work
to effect it. She commenced the study
of Greek, and persevered until she could
read it satisfactorily, and revived her
j Latin by devoting three or four hours c
I day to it until she had both sufficiently
for all ordinary and professional pur
poses. French she had taught, and
studied German to gratify her fondness
for its modern literature. The former
she speaks with fluency, nnd translates
the latter elegantly, and can manage to
read Italian prose pretty well.
Early in the spring of 1S45, for the
purpose of making the most money in
the shortest time, she set out for North
Carolina, and after some months teach
ing French and music, and reading me
dicine with Dr. John Dickson at Ashe
ville, she removed to Charleston. Here
she taught music alone, and read iudus-
triouslv under the direction of Dr. Sam
uel II. Dickson, then a resident ot
Charleston, and now professor of prac
tice io the University of New York.
Two years ago she came to Philadel
phia, for the purpose of pursuing the
study. That summer, Dr. J. M. Allen,
professor of anatomy, afforded her ex
cellent opportunities for dissection, in
his private anatomical rooms. The win
ter following she attended her first full
course of lectures at Geneva. The next .
summer she resided at the Blockley
Hospital, Philadelphia, where she had
the kindest attentions, from Dr. Bene
dict, the principal physician, and' the
very large range for observation which
its great variety and number of cases
afford. Last winter she attended h$r
second course at Geneva, and graduat
ed regularly at the close of4he session.
Her thesis was upon sbipTever, which
she had ample opportumtiesyfor observ
ing at : Blockley. It was so aptly writ
ten that the faculty of Geneva determin
ed to give it publication.' \
It is in keepihg with rhy idea; of this
story to add.that tfic proceeds of her -
own industry have been adeauate to'the
entire expense of her medical education,
r—about eight hundred’dollars.
.* In a few weeks she will .leave, for
Paris/wnh the design of remaining there
one'or two years; hoping to obtain there
still greater facilities.Tor the further stu
dy of her profession than this country af
fords.; cspecially'in the department of
surgery, which .she has had but.'little
opportunity to See: *. **,
' She will refUrn \vhen this purpose is
accomplished,' to practice* mcxlicine in
_11 I „ .. .1 ...III „ r ,.Ukl.r »«*#_
and discontent can dig as deeply'ago, and he has not thought* proper to all it’s branches, and will probably set-
he human face, as Timq itself! - ; return one of them*. - */ . S. B. tic in the city of NewYork.-—Nat.-Erz.