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Fromthe Southern Religious Telegraph,
TWILGHT.
• ‘"There is a spirit in the twilight hour”
“That gives to memory an enchanting
* power.”
So calm at cloge of ilay, *
I’ll seek some lohcly spot or bower,
And to my Father pray.
Receding light rolls on apace;
The toil of day is done;
*Ti swqet to seek a throne of grace,
And o'er my sins to mourn.
When spirits , sink, when faith grows
weak,
When sorrows wound mv soul:
In this still hour, 'tis sweet to seek
His lovo that makes me whole.
Sweet twilight hour! thy soothing pow
er,
Refreshing bring to me,
When in some lonely spot or bovver,
My Saviour vis.ts me.
Now my burdened sin-sick soul,
May’ iay its griefs aside;
Or pray its God, remove the load
Of unbelief and pride.
O happy hour,and favored bowerl
To m et my Saviour there;
Low y to kneel, and sweetly feel
That Jesus hears my prayer-
Sweet twilight even! prelude of heav
en;
That rest of holy love;
Oh! may my heart by sorrow riven,
Soon dwell with God above.
PILGRIM.
boat 9 or 10, when the leavings of
dinner again make their appearance,
and upon which John Bull makes a
sound, hearty meal to go to bed upon
at midnight- The fashion in dress
varies and changes so often that I am
unable to describe it—1 will only say
that the ladies of fashion wear very
curious bonnets, which look some
thing like a farmer's scoup shovel,
and when they walk on their tiptoe
style, they put me in mind of the lit
tic snipes that run along the shores
of the lakes and rivers in Canada.
JP hey also wear sleeves as big as bush
el bags, which make them appear as
if they had three bodies ane one head
Yet, with all their big bonnets and
sleeves, the English ladies, I think,
arc the best of women.
From the Rochester Observer. ~
INDIAN OPINIONS.
We could not but smile at the re
marks made on English customs and
m m ers by the reverend Peter Jones,
a converted Indian preacher, now in
England. He writes to the editor
ot the York, Can. Christian Guar
dian, and proposes to give him liis
impressions in regard to the society
around him. He says:—The Eng
lish in general are a noble, generous
minded people--free to act and free
to think—they very much pride
themselves on their civil and religions
privileges, in lheir learning, generos
ity, manufacture and commerce, and
they ifaink that no other nation is e-
qnal with them in respect to these
things. I have found them very open
ao.i friendly, always ready to relieve
1io' warns ol the pooi and needy when
properly brought before them. No
nation,! think, can lie moiefondof
novelties or new tilings than the Eng
lish are; they will gaze and look upon
a foreigner as if he had just dropped
down trom the moon, and I have of
ten been amazed in seeing what a
largo number o people, a vumhxy rid
ing upon a dog, will collect in the
si reels of London where*such things
may he seen almost every day. When
uiv Indian name (Kahkeivaquonaby.)
is announced to attend any public
meeting, so great is their curiosity
that the place is always sure to be
filled; and it would be the same if
notice tvas given that a man with his
toes in his mouth would address a
congregation in such n place and on
such a day, the place 'without fail
would be filled vith English hearers.
They are truly industrious and in gen
eral very honest and upright in their
dealings. Their close allenfion to
business, I think rather carries them
to a worldly mindlimss, and hence
many forget to think about their souls
and their tiod, and are entirely Bwal-
lowed up in the cares o! the world—
their motto seems to be, “money,
money, get money—gel rich and be
a gentleman.” With this sentiment
they all fly about in every di r ectinn,
like a swarm of bees in search of
treasure which lies so near their
hearts. This remark 1 refers more
particularly to the men of the world,
ntjd of such there are not a few.—
The English are very fond of good
living, and many who live on roasted
beef, plum puddiig, and turtle roup,
get very fat and round ns a toad.—
Roasted be-ef to- an Engltsliman is as
sweet bear’s meat to an old Indian
hunter, and plum pudding equal to a
beaver's tail. They eat four limes
in n* day—-breakfast at S or 9 in the
morning, which consists of coflee or
<Qa, ; wilh bread and butter, and some
time a little- fri.ed bacon, fish or eggs,
Dinner at about %. P. M., when ove
ry thing that is good and strong is
jipread before tbp eater, and winds
up with .fruit, nfcts and a few glasses
cf wine. Tea at; 6 in the, evening,
w1t-1i nread and bniler, and sometimes
liUla sweet cgkef—supper a| a
From the Badgers Weekly Messenger.
TIGER HUNT IN PARAGUAY.
Hunting the tiger is one of the fa
vorite diversions of the Gusnches, a
native tribe of Paraguay distinguish
ed by their singular courage & activi
ty. The deserts they inhabit arc much
infested by wild be.uls, among which
the tiger holds the first plac e; but he
has a formidable enemy in the Guan-
che, who, with his lazo, a long rope
with a noose, never fails to overcome
him. The Guaricbes are very fond
of riding, and pique themselves on
their skill in breaking in their steed.
The plains tlirt’ which they wander
contain an immense quantify of hors
es and wild mules. Mounted on their
well-trained horses, the lazo is
thrown, and one is caught. The
Guanche, who now dismounts, whiih
another lazo round his captive, who
becomes completely entangled: then,
without stirri/ps or bridle, and merely
with spurs /tnd words of command,
the Guanche masters the impatient
animal, which paws the ground, and
darts away with the rapidity of light
ning. Indignant at his burden, lit"
stops, prances and rolls in the dust,
and the Guanche rolls along with
hun. He thpii darts oil* again, and,
in order to terrify his adversary, who
still keeps his seat, traverses rocks,
clears precipices, and swims the
streams. At length, worn out with
futi: ue, he falls and submits to the
bridle. But it is not enough that the
horse becomes obedient and transports
Ilia master from one country to anolli-
c*r, lie must also biave the same dan
gers with him, and second him in his
boldest attacks, even on a tiger, at
the mere eight of which almost every
animal takes to flight. To the hor9e
in his wild state, ‘he appearance of a
tiger is peculiarly terriffic; yet this
noble animal is here brought to look
his foe’ in the face, and not to run a-
way until a certain signal is giv
en.
When the Guanche goes to hunt
the tiger, he does not take the small
est supply of provisions, although
ho traverses immense barren plains,
which produce nothing but a feu-
stalks that serve for the nourishment
of cattle.
When the Guanche is hungry he
seeks after a herd of wild horses,
catches one of them with his lazo, and
throwing the animal down, cuts off a
piece of his flesh with a knife,
and restores him to liberty. He
quenches his thirst at a spring, and
then begins Ips chase after wild
beasts. The hoarse roar oi the tiger
soon informs liim of his prey; he spurs
his horse forward t towards the mon
ster he intends for a victim; when he
meets with him he stands, and then a
terrible combat ensues.
*****
“It is not (says M. Arago, in his
valuable “Narrative” just published)
force, but skill that conquers. The
Guanche whirls his lazo\ he speaks,
he calls aloud, he is ready for his
enemy—his terrible enemy, who, with
his belli! almost touching the ground,
it astonished to see a ly being nivait
ing his approach, and provoking him;
his eyes roll furiously, he opens his
vast jaws, still red with the blood of
bis last victim, and indignant at find-
an opponent, he seeks with his
eye for the place on which he in
tends to spring. The Guanche is all
the time fierce, prudent, and tran
quil, governing his astonished but obc
dient courser with his feet; he makes
him retreat without turning his face
from the tiger, who follows him step
by step, watching for a false move
ment, The Guanche knows this, he
therefore makes his horse rear up
(he tiger darts forward, and is caught
the horse springs awAy on his hind
leg* with all bis power, dragging the
ferocious beast after him. The
Guanche sometimes turns joundV and
if his lazo has only caught the neck of
the tiger, he flings a second, which
binds the legs, and he is now conquer
or. He no\v dismounts, arms him
self with the two. knives which he
carries in his boots, and sacrifices his
victim;*
“If, in the combat with the tiger,
it happens that the lazo has missed,
which is very seldom the case, the
Guanche arms himself very courage
ously. The horse sees the danger of
liis master, and instead of galloping
ovdr, presents his own. chest to the
enemy. His blood flows, hut his
courage never for one minute fails
h/m—he knows'that his master will
nbt forsake him. If the tiger, ex*
liausted by fatigne, allows the,horse
man a moment’s respite, it is all ovpr
with him: the lazo \vhiph is, always
ready at the saddle, is again laid hold
of; ami for a Guanche twice to miss
his aim, is almost unexampled.”
IVhitacre's Magazine combines a
variety of instructive and amusing
matter, abounding in originality and
the political esprit of the day. So
long as it exhibits taste antj genius,
such as have hitherto distinguished
the new series, it will keep its exalt
ed situation in the rank of periodicals.
We subjoin from it alight article en
titled.“Brevit ies.”
Fortune is painted blind, that she
may not blush to behold the tools who
belong to her.
Some persons get on in the world
on the same principles that a sweep
passes uninterruptedly through a
crowd.
People who affect a shortness o*
sight must think it the height of good
fortune to be horn blind.
Lounging, unemployed people, may
he called of the tribe of Joshua, for
with them the sun stands still.
Fanatics think men like bul’s—they
must be hailed to madness ere they
are in a fit condition to die.
There is an ancient saying—“Truth
lies in a well.” May not tho modern
adage run—“The most certain chari
ty is at a pump.”
Some connoisseours would give a
hundred pounds for the painted-head
of a beggar, w ho would threaten the
living mendicant with the stocks.
If you boast of a contempt of the
world, avoid getting into debt. It is
giving to gnats the fangs of vipers.
The heart of the great man, sur
rounded by poverty and trammelled
by dependence, is like an .eeg in a
nest built among briars. It must ei
ther, curdle into bitternens, or if it
take life and mount, struggle through
the thorns for the ascent.
Fame is represented bearing a
(run. pet. Would not the picture be
truer, were she to hand a handfull of
dust?
Fishermen, in order to handle cels
securely, first cover them with dirt.
In like manner does detraction strive
to grasp cxeellence.
The friendship of some men is
quite Briarcan. ' They have a hun
dred ha. ds.
The easj and temperate man is not
he who is most valued by the world;
the virtue of his abstemiousness
makes him an object of indifference.
One of the greatest charges against
the ass is—lie can live on this
tles.
The wounds of the dead are the
furrows in which living heroes grow
theii laurels.
Were we determined resolutely to
avoid vices, the world tvould foist
them on us—as thieves put off llieir
plunder on the guiltless.
When we look at the hide of n ti
ger in a currier’sjshop, exposed to the
gaze of every malapert, and then,
think of the ferocity of the living beast
in the jungle, wc see a beadle before
a magistrate—a magistrate before a
minister—there is the skin of office—
the sleekness without tho claws.
With some people, political vacil
lation heightens a man’s celebrity—
just as the galleries applaud when an
actor enters in a new dress.
“THE RIVER JORDAN.”
[The following article was trans
lated for the Episcopal Watchman,
from the “Youth’s Friend.” a paper
recently established by the Rev. Mr.
Brewer, at Smyrna, in Asia.]
“The on||) large river of Palestine
is the Jordon, which has its source
in 1 thelittle) lake Phials, at the foot
distance, it rushes forth with great
violence at Cesarea Philippi, after
are »|
rigged
wards runs four hours (leagues) fur-'Trovement in their manneis an
‘versation, when they
£nd uhcomely as the
which from the penning cliffs]
tow ering mountain, lack that i
principle of generous feeling i,
rendbrs a man amiable in the iq
of his frie4ds.
The manney which flow fro,
heart, bear (he impfisovftof U» (
principle, and display the tendeiu
the main spring of action in tliel
so by linking together both eJ
the chain there appears a stri
affinity between external mahneri
the internal furnitui^Jfef the heart!
But the question is, why is pj
ness so much discarded, not onl|]
the indecent clown, but by a
portion of the honest citizens oil
community? The is, it existn
in name than in reality, hg,
fen tines are mangled and ditto
insomuch that it is seldom secni
native comeliness. It is ofteni
derered a mere heap of tictiij
nonsense by the artificial cuunii
a conceited fops. The uncouth
ners, unmeaning phrases, and
ural gestures of the hollow-he
coxcomb, have,, rendered the i
came of politeness to sound contij
tiblein the car of honest men.
Mlf-wilM genteelisf. I m6« n ,i
those who disdain to make
of Mount Libinos.
ooder . tV jground,
After passing
a OQnsidererable
ther, and discharges its waters
into lake Meromia.
“In the spring, lake Meromia,
when its* waters have risen, extends
six miles, or the distance of-two
hours, in length, and three and a
half miles in breadth. In summer
it is almost dry. In some parts (the
bed of the lake) is rowed with rice,
but generally, it is covered with rush
es, which afford a shelter, and hiding
place f<>r. w ild beasts.
“The Jordan, leaving lake Mere-
mia about four, hours, (leagues) dis-
.nnce, from Gennessaretso frequent
ly referred to in the Holy Scriptures,
which is called also the sea of Gal-
lilee, or Tiberias. The waters of
.this lake, which is sixteen miles long
and five broad, are pure, and full of
fish. It is surrounded by fruitful
IliHs, and by mountains, from which
many streams descend.
“The breadth of the Jordan, at
its leaving lake Gennessnret. is up
wards of one hundred and fifty feet,
and its depth seven feet. It runs
with many windings through the
plain, winch takes its name of the
country about Jordan from this l iver.
It receives from the West 5 streams,
which are but little known. From
ihe East it receives the Tabboc, the
.Inzer, the Kerrith, ard the torrent,
(brook,) flow ing only in summer, Aca
cia, which takes its name from the
valley so called.
“The Jordan has its source from
the perpetual snows of Antibhnnus.
Hence, in the time of reaping, which
is about the end of April, when it
receives the dissolving snows of that
mountain, it runs with violence,*;*ml
overflows its highest banks. Near
Jo Jericho the river divides into two
branches. The water channel is,
all the year, seventy to eighty feet
broad, and has generally, ten to
twelve feet deep. It is said, how
ever, to be in some places, ogsgaSiofi-
ally fordable The coursM^f the
river is from North to south, and its
length from Deseren Phillippi, until
it enters the 6ea of Sodom, is about
one hundred miles, or thirty-three
hours, and half that distance from
the place where it leaves the lake
Genncssaret.”
Washington City. The papers of
Washington this winter have been
filled more with challenges and re
fusals, cards and placards, heated
personal debates and Editor al con
troversy, than with sound speeches,
useful intelligence or able essays—
The business was comttierfw>d
James Watson Wahb and DuffGr
WchbA friend Barrel wanted Duff
to sign something which did not ex
actly comport with the General,s i-
deas of self respect, whereupon he
thought to give his old acquaintance,
Webb, a constructive cow-hiding.
They differed about the terms, and
having closed Dull'lost his cow skin
which, (says icport) which fell into
the hands of Barrell w ho applied a
little of the raw material to the Gen
eral’s fair escutcheon. Messrs Poin
dexter &, Moore next wished to make
Messrs. Hoffman & Burgen of the
New York Delegation responsible
for the writing of Mr. Webb who
Edits the N. Y-Courier; but ih*-y po
litely declined the honor which these
cavaliers would bestow upon them
A little more genteel correspondence
has been carried on by Messrs Branch
& Forsyth.
On the floor of the House of Rep
resentatives on the 25th ult. Messrs
White and Branch bad a real quar
rel—charges were made and denied,
and thrown back alternately. They
arc at issue on a matter of fact hut
what will be the ve’rdict we are not
able to say.
From the Western Luminary.
POLITENESS.
True politeness is that graceful
and easy flow of good manners, and
kind, respectful language, which is
charactesistic heart. As tri o po
liteness has its seat in the heart, I
am inclined to think that the person
who is destiluto of so amiable a qual
ity, is deficient in the exercise of a
tender and benevolent regard for his
fellow creatures; for those endearing
accomplishments, and condescending
manners, which flow from a philan-
trbqpic sensibility of the heart, be
speak an open hearted benevolence
and affection,' which never existed in
the breast of an unmanly, clownish
a person of virtuous discernment!
distinguish false, from true
ness.
Burrowed politeness and.com
feit complaisance aro stings tool
to tie the hearts, of friends togef
in any bonds of lasting union,
friendship can never he conciliJ
nor sustained, by inducemenll
weak and vagae.
D. BUDRICj
DAYS OF OLD
Forty years ago. —Literature!
learning, and was supported by
mon sense. Refined nonsense hJ
advocates, and was pretty geikil
kicked out of doors.
Forty years ago.—Men of pro
could labor and wear homespi
church; women spin and w«
make butter and cheese, whose |
band svvere worth (h >usands.
Forty years ago.—There were!
few merchants in (he country,!
insolvent debtors, and they veryt
ly imprisoned for debt
Forty years ago —The young id
of (he first respectability lest
music; but it was the humming oil
wheel and learned the necessary t
of dancing in following it.
piano was a loom, their parasol I
a broom, and their novels llicl
ble.
Forty years ago.—The yonngj
tie men hoed corn, chopped woo
the door, and went to school ini
winter to learn reading, wiitipg]
arithmetic.
Forty years ago.—There wep
such things as balls in the sum|
and but few in the winter, ei
snow balls.
Forty years vgo.—If a ntcch
promised to do yout workmen i
depend on his word; the thing
be done.
Forty yearago —When a me
ic had finished his work, he wai]
mediately paid for it.- Genssee \
mer.
*
A high-lorn pig.— In the court
the searches for those un
animals, the swine, which were I
lo pollute the air and endanger]
health ofthetw'o legged adjoinii
habitants, a very stately sow war
covered in a house some six "or
stories up, belonging to and posts
by ‘a boy of the Emerald Isle,
size of the beast surprised the visl]
gentleman, anil really threatened!
ard to the flooring. “'Ijell nie, t
lie, how did you contrive to get
upstairs?” “Ayefaith, and L
that easily” quoth ‘fttL*“for, by ]
powers, he’s new been
yet!”
The power oj Imagination■
honest Hibernian being observed)
a piece of biead in each band.'i'
which was smaller than the «H
and from each he alternately
bit, was asked what was his m<
(or such an unnecessary proccc
“Faith,” said he, “I have hear*
much of the powers of imagin
that I am trying to believe this I
bit to be mate, while the feg«r|
remains at bread; but for the
me I can’t bring my mind to
guiah tho diflerence.”'