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EXNSltAVBOaS.
THE SILVER SIXPENCE.
“Do you see here,” said a ragged
little boy to a -group of young gaily
dressed urchins, as he came up from
Market street Wharf, in Philadel
phia^ “do you see here, I’ve got sil
ver six pence.”
They all set up a hearty laugh,
“why,” said Jeremiah Budd, whose
father was a wealthy shipper, “I
have six dollars to spend on Chiist-
inas-»and that fellow is proud of
sixpence.
Thuodoi e
heard it, and looked
thoughtfully on the ground for a mo
ment; then recollecting himself, six
dollars to spend,” muttered he, “but
sixpence, to ktep is better than that.”
Theodore kept his sixpence in his
pocket, carefully wrapped up, lor
several- weeks; when one day, his
uncle, who keeps a fruit shop at the
ctfnuM' of the Alley where ho lived,
said to him, “Theodore, your six
pence don’t grow in your pocket—you
should plant it.
The little boy understood him bet
ter when he told him, if he pleased
he might buy him some fruit in the
market with it, and stand in his shop
and sell it out again. He embraced
It.c offer; doubled his money the first
day; and went on until he had as much
fruit as he hud room for in his little
eoraefr.
His uncle observing the thrifty, and
withal, honest turn of the bay, finally
him into his stor , as an assist
ant; and allowed him privilege to
trade in sundry articles on his own ac
count. The closest attention to bu
siness, the most careful management
of his small funds, and that run of
good luck, as U is called, which gen
erally rtinr with those that ere saving,
industrious and prudent, iu the course
of three or four years, enabled him
to go in full partnership with his un
cle, r.'.d to extend his business to
daubie his former amount.
Having trimmed his sails right at
first, it became a kind of second na
ture with Theodore, to keep what
sailors would < all close to ti e wind:
and he made headway astonishingly
now. Soon after he wss twenty-one,
he was able to buy out a whole sVok
ofu Dry Goods Merchant, and go in
fo his own account inlircly. Still he
prospered, became an importer;
changed finally his business for a
wholesale concern; embarked in the
Lidia Trade; and at last m trried a
tine gill, whose fortune was but little
ivferjuc to his own; and tt was said
tvfto:- that occurrence, he was not
worth less than half a million.
Theodore now lived iu an elegant
suasion in Arch street, kept his
carriage, and kept every thing in
pretty style; yet attended as usual
to business. That he might never
lose sight of his tood fortune, the
silver sixpence wns blended with the
arms on his carriage; it formed the.
seal with vyhich he stamped his let
ters, arid he had one of the coins—he
used to say the very identical one he
first owned—fastened upon the desk
in his counting room. Remembering
thus constantly that by small means
he had liseu, he still, amid much
well bestowed charity, and in the
constant practice of true benevolence
lucked well to small tilings, and nev
er forgot how to reckon pence as well
as pounds.
Thus smoothly were Theodore’s
affairs going forward, when one sul-
-try -summer’s day, just as he had cn-
100*1 his counting room, a thin squal
id figure presented himself at the
counter, ami asked for employment.
U-c wore a thread-bare suit of [ilack,
an old hat, and his shoes were almost
ready to drop from his feet. “In
what capacity,” asked theodore, “do
you wish for employment?”
“In any capacity,” was the reply
—“but. sir,” continued the stranger,
wiping a tear Iroin the oye with his
coal sleove, “my father was a mer
chant and he brought me up to his
profession. I should, therefore, he
^lad of employment as a clerk.”
Theodore looked at (he man close
ly. Me thought he saw some linea
ment he iciiiembered.
“What is your name”--he ask.
cd.
Yes,” said Jeremiah, with a sigh,
‘but I have not forgoiteu the ragged
little boy, with the silrer sixpence
Had I been half as careful of my
thousands as he was of his pence, I
should not have beeu here friendless,
and penny less this day.”
There was a half triumphant smile
on Theodore’s face as he took the
hand of of his visitor, v hich seemed
to spring from self-complacent feel-
iug, which was excusable, because it
arose partly from the consciousness
of his ability to aid one whose impru
dence had caused his misfortune, but
who seemed now to confess his error,
lie look the applicant into his employ,
and in process of time restored hi.*
to the business-doing world, an active,
prudent, and valuable man.
The lesson taught in the story is
too plain to need a word in addition.
I will simply ask—where is the nee
dy man, who has not spent more mo
ney foolishly in this life than would
bo necessary to make lum comforta
ble now.”
[From Audubon's Ornithological Biogra-
A PERITOllV 3
S SITUATION.
On my return fromthe Upper Mis
sissippi, I found myself obliged to
cross one of the wide prniri which
in that portion of the U Slates* vary
lire appearance of tile country. The mi
weather was ftue; all around me was j assured
as fresh and blooming ns if they had
just issued ‘Vein the, bosom of nature.
My kifapsack, my gun and my dog
-vere all I had for baggage and com
pany. The track which I followed
was an old Indian trace, and as dark
ness overshadowed iht* prairie, I felt
some desire to reach at least a copse,
in which 1 might lie down to rest.
The night hawks were shimmering
over and around me, attracted by the
buzzing wings of the beetles, which
form their food, and the distant howl
ing of wolves gavts me some hope that
I should soon arrive «; the. skirt of
some woodland. I diil so, and almost
at the same install' afire-light attract
ing my eye, I moved towards it, full
-of confidence that it proceeded from
the camp of some wandering Indians.
I wps mistaken: I discovered from its
elarc that it was from the health of a
small log cabin, and that a tail figure
passed and repassed between n and
me, as il busily engaged in household
at raugement.
of its beauty, asked me its Value, and
put the chain around her brawny neck,
saying"how happy the possession of
such a watch would make her.—
Thoughtless, and, ns I fancied my
self in so retired a spot, secure, I
paid little aitieUrion to her talk or her
movements ( helped my dog to a
good flipper of venison, and was not
long in salisfiying the demands of my
own appetite.
The Indian rose from his seat, ns
if in extreme suffering. Me passed
and repi.sscd me several times, and
once pinched me on the side so vio
lently, that the pain nearly brought
forth ail exclamation of anger. I look
ed at him. His eyes met mine;but
his look was so forbidding, that it
struck a cliil into the more nervous
part of my system. He again seated
himself, diew his butcher knife from
his greasy scabbard, examined its
edge as I would do that of a razor
suspected dull, replaced it, and again
taking his tomahawk from his hack,
filled the pipe of it with tobacco, and
sent me expressive glances when
ever our hostess chanced to have he.r
hbek towards us.
Never until that moment hod my
senses been awakened to the danger
which I now suspected to be abont
me. i returued glance for glance
with my companion, and rested well
that, whatever enemies
should
might have, he was not of their num
ber.
I asked the woman for my watch,
wound il up. and under pm'once of
wishing to sec how the weather might
probably bo on the morrow, took up
my gun and walked ou, of the cabin.
I slipped a ball into each barrel, scra
ped 'lie edges of my flints, renewed the
primings, relumed to the hut, gavu a
favorable account of my observations.
I took a few bear skins, made a pal
let of them, and calling my faithful
dog to my side, lay down with my
gun eloso to my body, and in a few
minutes was, to .<ll appearance, fast
asleep.
A short time had slapsed, 'whew
some voices were heard, am) from the
comer oi my eyes I saw two athletic
youths making their noicr&ncc, bear
ing a dead slag on a pole. They dis
posed ot thovr burden, and asking foi
whiskey, helped lhemiclves fr iely to
tl. Obsei ving.me and the wounded
YVeU it was Cot me that they
have arrived at that moment.
The tale was told in a moment.—
The drunken sons were secured, and
the woman, in spile of her defence and
vociferations, shared the same fate.
The Indian fairly danced with joy,
and gavo us to understand that, os lie
could not sleep for pain, he would
tvatcli ovei us. You may Suppose we
Blept much less than we talked. The
two strangers gave me an account of
(heir once having themselves been in
a somewhat similar situation. Day
came, fair and rosy, and with it the
punishment of our captives. They
were noiv quite sobered. Their feet
were tinbouvd, tiut. their arms were
still securely tied. We tn&rched
them into the woods off the road, and
having used them as regulators were
wont to use such deliquents, we set
fire to the cabin, gave all the skins
and implements to (lie young Indian
warrior, and proceeded, well pleased,
towards flic settlements.
During upn ards of twenty five years
when my wandering extended to all
parts of our country, this was the on
ly time at which my life was in dan
ger from u.y follow creatuies In
deed, so little risk do travclle,s run
in the United States, that no one born
there ever dreams of any danger la
be encountered on the road; and I can
only account for this occurrence by
supposing that the inhabitants of the
cabin \iero not Americans.
T
hum
stranger hesitated a moment,
uvn his head, and replied in a
I reached the spot, and presented
myself at the door, asked the tall
figure, which proved to be a womau,
if l might take shelter under her root
for the night ? Her ▼ >icq was gruff,
and her attire negligently thrown a-
houl her. She answered in I lie affir
mative. I walked in, took a wooden
Gtool, and quietly seated my sell by
;he fire. The next object that at
tracted my attention was a finely fo? til
ed young Indian, resting his head be
tween Lis hands, with his elbows upon
his knees. A iong how rested against
the log wall near him, while a quan
tity of arrows and two or three racoon
skins lay at his feet. He moved not;
he appearjntly breathed not. Ac
customed to the habits of the Indians,
and knowing that they pay little atten
tion to the approach of civilized
strangers, (a circumstance w hich, in
some countries, is considered as evin
cing the apathy of their character,)
I addressed him in French, a language
not unfrequently partially known to
iho people in that neighboihood. He
raised his head, pointed to one of his
eyes with his finger, and gai’e me a
significant glance with the other, llis
focc Yvas covered with blood. The
tact was, that an hour before this, ns
he was in the act of discharging an
arrow at a*racoon in the top of a tree,
the arrow had split upon the cord,
and sprang hack with such violence
into his right eye, as to destroy it for
ever.
Feeling hungry, I inquired what
sort of fare I might expect. Such a
thing as n bed was not to be seen,
but many large untanned bear and
buffalo hides lay piled in a corner. 1
drew a Hue time-piece from my
breast, and told the woman that it
was late, and that I was fatigued.—
She had espied my watch, the rich
ness of hicn seemed to operate upon
her feelings with electric quickness.
She told me there was plenty of ven
ison and jerked buffalo meat, and that
on removing the ashes I should find a
a cake. But my watch had struck
her fancy, and her curiosity had to be
low voice— 1u Jeremiah Budd
“Ah!” 6aid Theodore, recollecting gratified by an immediate sight of it
nm instantly, “and you hove gotteq j1 took off the gold chain thrt secure)
Inor n ? L nil I* CIV /Itlllflrc 1 tin cr awn I . at fen m oennn/l mu nnnl/ «... J " *
turn ..
clear of y our six dollars long ago, 1
jfaucy, Jeremiah.”
. — secured
. it, from around my neok, and present-
lit to f»gr. Soe wg8 all ecatgcy, spojic
Indian, they asked who I yvus, and
why that rascal (meaning the Indian,
who they knew understood not a word
of'English)-was in-the house. The
mother, for so she proved to be, hade
them speak less loudly, made men
tion of my watch, and took them to a
corner, where a conversation took
place, the purport nf which it requir
ed little shrewdness in me to guess.
! tapped my dog gently. He moved
his tail, & with indescribable pleasure
I saw his fine eyes alternately fixed
on me and raised towards the trio in
the collier. I felt that ho perceived
the danger of my situation. The In
dian exchanged a last glance with
me.
The lads had eaten and drunken
themselves into such a condition, that
I already looked upon them as horsdii
combat; and the frequent visits of the
whiskey-bottle to the ugly mouth of
their dam, I hoped would soon reduce
her to a like stale. Judge of my as
tonishment, reader, when I saw this
incarnate fietul take a large carving
knife, and go to the grindstone to whet
its edge. I saw her pour the water
on the turning machine, and watched
her Yvorking away with the dangerous
instrument, until the cold sweat cov
ered every part of my body, in despite
of my determination to defend myself
to the last. Her task finished, she
ivalked toiler reeling sons, and sa'd—
“There, that’ll soon settle him! Boys,
you kill yon , and then for the
watch.”
I turned, cocked my gun locks si
Icntly, touched uiy faithful compan
ion, & lay ready to start up and shoot
the first that should attempt my life.
The moment was fast approaclunff,
n.id that uight might havo been my
last in this world had uot Providence
.made preparations for my rescue.
All was rctuly. The infernal hag was
advancing slowly, probably contem
plating me. whilst her sous should be
engaged with the Indian. I was sev
eral times on the eve of raising and
shooting her on the spot: hut she was
net to be punished thus. The door
was suddenly opened, and there en
tered Iyvo atout traveller, each Yvith
a long rifle ou bis shoulder. I boun
ccd upon my feet, and making them
the particular quarter or square, bf
even alley in which he lives, but hefj
should have a generous sympathy foi*’
the wellarc ol the whole; and if, iff
his rambles through this great city/
the world, he chances to meet a man
of a different habit, language, or com-
plexion, from his own, stiff he is hi* L
icllow creature, a short sojourner, id f
PAtnmnn malts i nwi ..If, «..L! * a. . I a 4
common with himself; subject to thd
same wants, infirmities, and necessi
ties; and one who has a brother’*
claim on him for bis charity, comfort
and relief. ,
Tlw dints.—Ancient historians and
modern travellers of the most approv
ed veracity, gave oxtrnordinary ac
counts of the industry, application,
and foiesight 0 r tins ants. All who
have eyes to see, have been strut-
with the bustling regularity v' 4 .f,
wlncli (key move. Y* s t*r> fl y w-
saw * regular attack, a lor* continued
comban, and the hnyl irlumph ot - l|jf # .
11 * over a very large house
01 * spider was as heavy as
“‘•a hundred of the ants.
1 lu-y viere the small red ants,-—-
They were first discovered near the
door ol a small back pat lor of a
m-igliboi, who sent tor us to . witness
the fierce resistance of the spide .
with tile untiling indefatigability u!
the ants iu their attacks. His limbs
and ins houti were covered ijy them,
utici ht- uas pinned and dmgged oli-.i)L r
by the multitude of his enemies. 0-.
casionaliy he would scalier so many
pf them as to be able to relieat an
inch or two. On these disastrous oc
casions, we satv several ants, almost
with the velocity, and certainly with
ihw intelligence of videtts, scamper
ofl to a hole in the corner of a brick
hearth, distant from the scene of op
eration nearly five yards. These
scouts were invariably accompanied
back, and ioiitmcd by reinforcements
of ants, who, as soou, as they got on
the battle ground, rigorously set to
work on the spider, to push and to
drag him along iu a direction to the
hole in the hearth, whence they had
issued.
If Yve might, with tolrrable certain
ty, infer the condition, from the ac
tions and movements of the spider,
we irould conclude he was blinded
before the contest Yras half over. It
Yvas impossible to sec the very large
body of the spider, surrounded and
every where encompassed about with
busy, active little enemies, without
recollecting the miserable state of
poor Gulliver made fast to tho earth,
walked on, and overcome by the Lil
liputians. Morn than twenty times
did we think the spider would break
away; but, on all these occasions his
enemies seemed to redouble in vigi
lance, force, and numbers. They
would head hipi and load his head and
liin.bs so that ne seemed, for a little
while, wholly at their mmey. Twice
there were hills over winch it was
necessary to hoist and push tho spi-
dcr, ami here and there, when preci
pitated in a hole in a broken brick,
portt-
he made a most obstinate and ......
uacious resistance; but all would uot
do The activity, numbers, and con
tinued reinforcement* of the auts tri
umphed. They dragged him over
every elevation aod raised him cut of
every hole, 'until, after an unintermit-
ted struggle tff two hours, tve saw the
auts precipitate him into the corner
of the hearth. Truly did tho wise
man say, “The ants are a people not
strong, yet they prepare their meats
in the summer.”
‘LOST CHILD RESTORED.
An event which occurred noaf
Briancon, will give some notion of thff
incidents which emblazon the moan*
tain liie and field Sports in the region^
to the Alps. a
A peasant, with hi* wife and threw 1
children, had taken up his summed
quarters in a chalet, and was depas-
turing his flocks on ene of »he rich
Alps which overhang the Durance,
l he oldest boy was an idiot about
eight years of ege, the second was Wvfi
years old, and dumb, and the youngest
was an infant. It so happened that
the infant was left one morning in
charge of his brother, and the three
had rambled to some distance from
tiio chalet before they were missed.
When the mother went in search of
the littlo wanderers, she foutnl the
two elder, but could discover no
ces of the baby. Tho idiot b „ y
*' u *obe in a transport r '*Tn* i •,
"■ ■ " ..larn, ^
I tei.ified parent endeavor to col.
* , *»«l become cf the lost iu-
, : p-e antics of the oho and tho
iiiglit of tiie other, explained nnthi.rg.
1 he dum.i boy was almost bereft of
•“8 senses. v\ii*ie the idiot appeared
to have tn quired an unusual degree of
••‘•rib and expression. He dan: i d a.
b'.ui, laughed, and mule -resticula-
lions, as if he were imitating the ac
tion of one who hud caught up soinc-
thmg of which he was fond and hug
ged t.» his heart. This however, w”s
of some slight comfort to the n,. 0 r
woman, for she imagined tfju* SOfrie
acquaintance hud fallen in with the
^hsldren, and ad taken away th; in
fant Dot the day and ltd nigi.t worn
nwav and no t dings of the lost child.
On t!;<‘ I'Mrrow, wfc*»n «b 0
<mwo pursuing »eMr search, an eaglif
flew over their heads at tho sight of
which the idiot rmeweff !,is 'antic*,
mid the dumb boy citing to hi* fr.»!ier,
with the ehrieki of ansreish aud afl
fright. The ho*r*’jf« truth thcr burst
upon their minds, that the miserable
infant had been carried off in the f.>f-
onsofahird of prey, and that the
linlf-ivitted hiother whs delighted at
his riddance of an object of whom ho
was jealous.
On the morning on which the acci
dent happened, and Alpine yager,
“Whose joy was in the vriJderness—
to breathe
The difficult air of the i c «i moun
tain’s top,*
had been watching near an eagle**
seat, under (he hope of shoolin* the
bird upon hor return to her^ncst.
Hie yager waiting in all the anxious
perseverance of a true sportsman*
beheld the monster slowly winging
her vyay torvard the rock, behind
which he was concealed. Imagine
his horror; when, upon her nearer ap
proach, he heard the cries and dis
tinguished the figure of an infant in
her fatal grasp. In on instant his re
solution was formed—to fire at the
bird, at all hazards, the moment she
should alight upon her ne»t, and rath
er to kill the child, than leave it to bo
torn to pieces by the horrid devourer.
With a silent prayer and steady aim,
the mountaineer poised bis rifle. Tho
ball went through the head or heart
° f , and in a niinute after*
wards, tins gallant hunter of the Alp*
had the unutterabfe delight of snatch-
mg the child from the nest, and bear-
mg it away in triumph. It was dread,
fully wounded in one of its arms ami
sides, but net mortally; and withio
twenty-four hour* after it was first
missed, he had the satisfaction *f re.
storing it to its mother's arms—-GiZ-
ley's JVttldensim Rttttarctt*.
Hou> to lice.—A man should live iu
the world like a true citizen; he may
I , f . C* * VI •** ,mv u vllIftvll I UC7 lUit y
most heartily weleomo, told them bow 1 be allowed to have a preference, to
0 N Of Januan
w next will be sold to the higbeat biddei
,l ’J a, u re / 1? . ence of 'Thos. S Monroe de
ceased, all of th« perishable property be
longing to the Estate of the sai^De^ceas
ed consisting of Horses cows sod cSlv”
Bcus, chans and other properly.
&IMEON WHITE,
No». Iftlti, le 91 ; AdniiB-trrto,