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and die away beyond the-ft
formed the end of it, and I sm
in that direction,-through the intense dark-j was pre^fltJjjgflJre me, ift^the guise of this
ness, to try if I could distinguish any object. J hateful reptile. The lighf'of my lanthorn,
My belief was that somebody had entered ; increased n brightness by a polished steel
the ship, and laid his hand on rr.y face, in | reflector, fell in a glare upon the devilish ap-
search of plunder, not knowing that any one j parition, and I discerned distinctly that its
! slept on hoard ; hut on turning out and ex- I mouth was wide open, armed with large
• nmining the door, i found it fastened on the j crooked (lings, and furnisiied with a Ion
/
and which al-1 yards long, the capita? told me, that it was j (abQtlf ^ i a n a a . V*?*? ’
Satan himself a very bad place for^baggage mples; that |*fa»thtul annual (hopped own lifeless on the
four hundred had been lost there, and that j Riddarhustorget, just alter his arrival in the
we should also very probably lose one. He capital, ’lhe hearer ol the news, as it is
said that he would get down to the water at i said, was in consequence ennobled, and as-
a place about a hundred yards olf, and w ait sumed the name of Rohns-jurna, (Rein-deer
there with his laso to catch what might fall
into the torrent, and he requested me to
lead on his mule. However. 1 was resolved
st ar .)—Brook’s Winter in Lapland.
here accompanies it, we have not scrupled to rc-in-
sert if, or rather feel impelled to do it.]
FROM TIIC NEW-YORK MORNING CHRONICLE
inside, as I had left it; and on going out
[One of the ensuing pieces was contained in our j„t 0 t] ie cabin, every thing Was in its place,
Iasi; but meeting it again with the notice which f or ] S | ruck a light on purpose to be certain.
“ During the interval of a Week, I was
disturbed from my .-leep three times in a
similar manner, and always without further
Occasionally, poetic effusions of great merit, and ! elucidation of the cause. Once I thought
3SK| • >r d ", ™ ? r ""t? « hb K”“t d
arc trcasw« <! lone memory, without the name of the tolu nnnd parsed across my fact., b it
the author ever being known. We cull the flower; I could distinguish no words, and I vainly
on account of its beauty and f-agrance, and cate not. J Q^avoured to gra-p hold of any thing that
to whose garden we are indebted fox. its.production.' • , . , \ ,
The avocauoMs Cf the writer himself perhaps, have might be mar, by extending my arms-*mnd
all «w <1 him barely time to slibwthat.lw po?3‘ssed about mv bed. I attempted to account for
the promethean thrdilglv'.tJi^ walks of the annoyance, by supposing a uiou* or a
"» P n d «» ' vvere several hoi cs
D , and furnisiied with a
tongue, that vibrated menacingly beyond its to see the tumble if there was to be one, so
jaws. Its head was rather small, but, on j the eapitaz took atvay my mule and his own,
either sidpj, its neck was swollen out to an j and while I stood on a projecting rock at the
immense size, inflated as I imagined, with 1 end ot the pass, he scrambled down on toot,
poison, which it was about to inject into my till he at last got to the level of the water.
The drove of mules now came in sight,
one following another; a few were carrying
no burdens, but the rest were either mount-
bloated mass, which bolstered around its col-j ed or heavily laden, and as they wound
jfpr. thaaiwrorfal ones
*■jy L b<?m to die.” ■
by which they could enter, althougli there
was* not’.ingin the state room to tempt then-
appetites. Still, there was something in the
fteiTwriifc tlw time with the anther of the tw-o fol-! application of the touch, not like patting of
wvirt<jr etfnmorfs. He w a voatlitul otF.ccr in the j ra p s , 1aws f or though the feet of those 5 ver-
*fj. s. ,N(*W and/fell a victim, about two vearsagp, to j 1 , , . , „ - ,
that dt adiy fryer of the Vvrsi indies wliieh ha? do-| ^very cold, they are but small, Shu
d our'coijTitry of so many gallant spirits. Gift-1 could not have conveyed the sensation of a
cd Sy natjL-G'With iatell actual qualities ot a flue or- broad heavy hand laid over mv eves, which
he fas left to the world -o other evidence of'.is j wag t]ie fne , j„ J experienced. Resides, I
a' iliti'sfthan t.u s ■ !vro Ir.tlc “ airv genis.” Love’s t <? '. . .
X (1 .v„air.v was pul iished s ve al via s since ci her | more than once perceived the withdrawing ol
^‘'“v?ort Folio, or in Walsh’s paper, and has been j the strange limb. and. from several little
y copied by the daily pi ess. Ha- lat ter, circumstances, I deduced that the who! 1
has never been in print. We take plea- „ , . ... , ,, ,
- - 1 - - - 1 arm was placed on nty pillow, and suddenly
snatched away. Without being supersti
tious, I naturally began to grow curious, as
well as somewhat uneasy about this-Doctor*
ual visitation, and I endeavoured to keep
av ake for two or three hours after retiring
to bed. in hopes of gaining some clue to the
mystery. I cotild ascribe no cause for its
reality, and I was averse, to suppose the
hand ofthc suicide mate’s gho«t was pres
sed upon my face, especially as it w-as too
heavy for a spirit to he lawfully possessed of
While I continued awake,. 1 burned a light
which I extinguished when about to resign
my senses to forgetfulness, for fear of acci
dent ; and I was never disturbed while I
kept watch, although I maintained it Ion;.'
past the usual hour of the visit hut. as soon
as I was asleep which was immediately af
ter'! put out my candle, the cold chill v tone!
iving the name of the ai linrof these beant ; -
„s as he is one of the few of whom we say
i not write .enough* It is William.H. Pr-n-
d from those specimens of his power wo
, had ho turned his thoughts more to poetic )
ion, that ho might have gained a proud
’.ong the votaries of song.
LOVE’S LANGUAGE.
,a language that’s mute, there’s a silence
speaks, V 4
0 ; something that cannoUbo told.
.voi ds J hat can only be read in the cheeks,
lghts but the eyes can unfold.
jr?Jok so expressive, so timid, so kind,
I : ious, so quic k to impart,
jiimb, in an instant it speaks out the mind,
,ikes in an instant the heart.
ent silence, this converse of soul,
f"'e attempt to suppress :
lib* if appears fom the wish to controul,
ae fond fcuth to exp.css.
{flight in the features that 6hine,
Is, the bosom that mtlt,
[ »ith each other this converse divine -
T& , i :
veins, when it should spring and seize hold
of me ; hut what seemed more horrible titan
all its other deformities, was, that in this
lar, were things which appeared like two
wide eyes in addition to the small ones in its
head ; and this sight almost convinced me
along the crookod path, the difference of
colour in the animals, the different colours
and shapes of toe baggage they were carry
that the monster could only be some dia- ing, with the picturesque dress of the peons,
glory--
aineT’iYnivqblivlon a rt^coid may sale
That shall makb us resplendent in story j
Yet what is the wreath that the world holds so high ?
Will it free us from care of the morrow ?
Will it dry the big tcai-drop in misery’s eye,
Or soften tbc throbbiugs of sorrow ?
No: not in tliis world must wo look for relief,
From the bright gilded pages of story:
For the wounds that are made by the arrows of
grief,
Arc ne’er healed by the bandage of glory;
But to brighten the cloud which may darken our
brow,
The hope of eternity’s given.
pomerit on mv eyelids and
I awoke, followed by the
fustling sound and'the half-
From the Tales of a Voyager to the .Arctic Ocean.
A VISION OF LI CIFEK.
“ On my return from my first voyage I
had no inclination to live ashore, for I had
quarrelled with every body in London, and
near it. and 1 gladly accepted an offer made
me by the captain of an Last Indian free-tra
der, lying in the river, to sleep in his ship,
and take charge of her. This, you know,
is a practice with ship owners when in port;
and the captain being proprietor of tVjje Mar
vel hid me live at his expense, although I
would have willingly been content with the
lodging. One reason for his liberality was
his wish to retain me as his watchman ; for.
from a story having got afloat that the Mar
vel was haunted, it would have been difficult
to procure a trusty fellow to look after her;
ard even then he might run away, in ease
any rogue should personate a ghost to a-
larm him.
i: I was aware of the report gone abroad
about the spirit of the mate, who hanged
himself in a fit of phrenzy. appearing to
those who slept on board ; but I was not in
the humour tb care about goblins nor even
Beelzebub himself: at least so 1 thought,
accordingly took possession of the ship, and
established myself in the cabin, where 1
lived like a hermit, upon what 1 found in the
store room. I was. indeed, some such
Fecluse as the rat who retired into a hollow
cheese, to avoid the temptations of the world,
for 1 had wherewith, in a fluid as well as a
solid shape, to content any lover of good
things; but I should have been satisfied
with a biscuit and a slice of bacon, had not
these luxuries offered themselves to my hand.
“ For the first week of nty residence in
the Marvel, no signs of supernatural visi
tors were given, although I once or twice
fancied I heard footsteps, or something like
them, traversing betwixt decks ; but then I
was satisfied, that if any feet caused these
sounds, they could not be the feet of ghosts
who walk not, but glide along without noise,
and I always ‘convinced myself that it was
nothing real, by going towards the place
whenever my fancy startled my ears. Re
sides I always took such care 'to fasten
down the hatches and the companion door
that 1 was certain no one could get down fce-
.low, without giving me sufficient notice of
‘Jus intentions. The middle of the second
week arrived, and found me laughing at the
/ears of others, and free from any of my own,
When one night I was awakened by a strange
sensation, as if a cold hand laid upon my
face ; and as my consciousness increased,
| was almost certain l icit it distinctly with
drawn. I fancied, too, that I heard a
ein«r resolved neither to
nsidions suggestions ofsu-
which occasionally crept into mv
mipd nor to endure the repeated breaking o!'
my rest, the only comfort 1 at that time en
joyed, I conceived several plans for l he de
tection of the intruder, and the first I put in
practice was this.
“In order to render myself watchful, T
spent the whole of one afternoon in trying to
sleep and by means of darkening the cabin,
I did sleep for several hours. At bed
time I placed a candle in a dark lan
thorn whi< h I concealed by my bed-side
so that not one ray of light emanated from
it: and I turned in determined to lie awake
all night. However, in si ite of my resolu
tion. I dropped into a doze a little before
midnight, so strong is the force of habit, as
well of the body as of the mind. I did not.
however, sleep as soundly as if I had not
reposed in the evening, and l was aroused
by an indistinct sound, which came from
some part of the ship, close to the cabin.
Those who have set up late, and .-dept in
their chair, and awoke suddenly in the dead
of the night, may have occasionally experi
enced a confused depressed, half super-
stitous state of ideas, upon first breaking
from their slumber, and finding themselves
left in the dark by their expended lamp—
cold, cheerless, and scarcely conscious of
their exact situation. Such were my feel
ings upon being disturbed from my sleep,
heightened by various attendant circumstan
ces. such as the expected 'visit of a ghost
and the bentingofthe rising t deat the sides
of the ship, which ro ked and pitched slight
ly under the influence of a high wind. It
was a cold November’s night, and 1 had not
yet got warm in bed. I had retrained from
taking my evening’s glass of grog, that 1
might lie awake, and a thousand nameless
uncomfortable feelings harrassed me, with
out any specific distress, or pain, or assign
able cause. In fact, to use a common
phrase, 1 aw oke in ‘ the horrors,’ and the
certainty of having heard an unaccountable
sound near me did not dispel them. I re
solved. however, neither to move nor to
draw breath audibly, that I might run the
better chance of entrapping the. troublesome
spirit, and indeed 1 felt a disposition to
breathe short and lie still, which was very
favourable to my purpose. In spite of one’s
reason, there is a tendency in the human
mind to foster and encourage fancies of su-
pernatnrn! agency, and 1 perceived it in
mine. 1 felt chilled throughout, and timid,
though determined not to be so, and 1 was
holding my teeth close, that they might not
chatter, when suddenly the cold damp heavy
touch of something like a naked arm was
placed across my open eyes, which, upon
my shrinking involuntarily, was as suddenly
withdrawn. Summoning my courage, I
shook off* a tremor that seized mv frame,
and bolting upright in bed, laid hoid of my
dark lanthorn, and turned it so as to throw a
blaze of light over the state-room ; and you
may judge of my terror when I beheld, not a
ghost, nor a thief, but a tall, dark coloured
serpent standing nearly erect by my bed
side, with its eyes brightly gleaming from a
head, frightful and appalling beyond descrip
tion. Neyer in my life had 1 seen such a
fearful object, for to the usual hideous and
bolical spirit, for I knew that no animals but
insects have more than a pair of visual or
gans. In a state of mingled awe, doubt,
and utter dismay, I remained holding my
lanthorn. and staring at the dire counte
nance of the serpent, which all the while
stood erect, waving its body in the manner
of a rope shaken at one end, while its tongue
played around its lips, its eyes glit
ter'd, and its scales gleamed. 1 felt, or
fancied that I felt, as if fascinated by its
glance, and began to give myself up for lost;
for I had hoard of the power of fascination
possessed by snakes, which deprives the
victim of the energy to escape or defend
itself. Besides, this creature, serpent, or
devil, was not a small enemy of the kind,
for it stood nearly four feet from the floor,
which, as my bed was fixed dow ? n low,
brought its head nearly level with my face;
and my fear of moving, lest I should pro
voke it to dart upon me, held me in a state
of stillness complete as if I hud been riveted
by the hateful influence of which 1 was so
much afraid. Had it not beon for an nnnte
disbelief of the existence of goblins, I should
probably have spoken to the dragon who
kept me thus at bay, for it had all the charac
teristics of a (|omon, as far as the imagina
tion cuulfl 'Wray an evil spir t in a visible
form ; hui either scepticism or terror kept
.my tong/ie quiet, and, while neither of us
seemed disposed to do otherwise than stare
at each other, my candle, which was nearly
burnt out, sunk into the socket, and the flame
expired.
“ All my horrors before this moment were
nothing to what seized me when I found
myself exposed, in darkness, to the veno
mous fury of an unknown, though undoubt
edly a dangerous serpent. A long hiss,
which it uttered, and which I deemed pre
paratory to its springing at me, wound up
mv feelings to a pitch of desperation, and,
having nothing else at hand, I dashed my
dark lanthorn to the place where it had stood
when the light was extinguished. Whether
my mis.- ile struck the reptile or fiend. 1 know
nor, but a horrible his-ing filled the state
room. and a rattling groping noise succeed
ed, and in a sho^t time 1 heard my enemy
behind the bulkhead, retreating swiftly, as
its repeated sibilations indicated by their
growing less audible.
“ Bathed in a cold sweat, andygtiffened
with fear as I was, I leaped out of bed as
soon as I w r as assured that the devil was at
some distance, and I ran stumbling upon
deck as fast as I could, where I re
mained till daylight. I then called a boat
and went ashore, to relate my adventure
to the captain.
“(’apt. Y beard nty relation with
jrreat attention, and with a little indication
gliding sound rus^fe across the state-room. J disgusting aspect of a snake, were added
who were vociferating the wild song by
which they drive on the mules, and the dan
gerous path they had to cross, formed alto
gether a very interesting scene.
As soon as the lead ug mule came to the
commencement of the pass, lie stopped,
evidently unwilling to proceed, and of course
all the rest stopped also. 4
He was the finest mule we had, and on
that account had twice as much to carry as
any of the others ; his load had never been
relieved, and it consisted of four portman
teaus, two of which belonged to me, and
which contained not only a very heavy bag
of dollars, but also papers which were of
such consequence, tViat 1 could hardly have
continued my journey without them. The
peons no’.v redoubled their cries, and leaning
over the sides of their mules, and picking up
stones, they threw them at the leading mule,
who now commenced his journey over the
>ath. With his noso to (he ground, literal-
y smelling his way, he walked gently on,
after changing the position of his feet, if he
found the ground would not bear, until he
came to the bad part of the pass, where he
again stopped, and then I certainly began to
loakwith great anxiety at my portmanteaus;
but the peons again threw stones at him,
and he continued his path, and reached me
in safety ; several others followed. At last
a young mule, carrying a portmanteau with
two large sacks of provisions, and many
other things, in passing the bad point, struck
his load against the rock, which knocked
his two hind legs over the precipice, and
the loose stones immediately began to roll
away front under them; however, his* fore
legs were still upon the narrow path ; he had
no room to nut his head there, out he placed
his nose on the path on his left, and appear
ed to hold on by his mouth. Jlis perilous
fate was soon decided by a loose mule which
came, and in walking along after him,
knocked h*s comrade’s nose-off tiie path,
destroyed his balance, and head over heels
the poor creature instantly commenced a
fall, which was really quite terrific. With
ail his baggage firmly las'ned to him, he roll
ed down the steep slope, unt i he came to
the part which was.perpendicular, and then
seeming to bound off, and turning round in
the air, fell into the deep torrent on his
back, and upon his baggage, and instantly
disappeared. I thought of course that he
was killed, but he rose, looking wild and
scared, and immediately endeavoured to
stem the torrent which was foaming about
him. For a moment he seemed to succeed,
hut the eddy suddenly caught the great load
on his back, and turned him completely
over ; down went his head with all the bag
gage, and he was carried down the stream.
As suddenly, however, up his head came
again ; but he was now weak, and went
down the stream, tmrned round and round
by the eddy, until passing the corner ot the
rock, I lost sight of him. I saw, however,
the peons \v,th their lasos in their hands run
down the side o.f the torrent for some little
distance; but they soon stopped, and after
of doubt, till I was nearly ended ; but when
I came to describe the visage of the appari
tion, he fell into such a choking fit of laugh
ter, that"! (envied he would have expired in
an agony of mirth. At length, he became
calmer, and, while he wiped tears of merri
ment from his eyes, he told me he believed
my vision of Lucifer was nothing else than
a large Cobra de Capello. which had belong
ed to the mate who killed himself aboard
the ship. * The mate,’ added he, ‘ was the
last person who occupied the state-room,
for, being disposed to be solitary, he volun
teered to reside in the Marvel, as you have
done. This serpent he bought qf some
jugglers in India, who used to exhibit seve
ral of the kind to the sailors, and it became
his favourite pet, as he was always inclined
to singularity of habits and likings. Its
visits to you, I dare say, were only the con
tinuance of a custom he had taught it of
warming itself in his bed, when it was chilly;
and had you received it kindly, instead of
staring it/ out of countenance, you would
have foui/d it a very amusing companion
‘ But,'cried I, in astonishment, k the Co
bra de Capello is a most poisonous serpent!’
* So iris,’ replied my friend ; ‘ but the In
dian sna^e-eharmers take out their fangs
before they teach them to dance, and this
had doubtlessly undergone that operation
What you took for rage and menace, was
only one of the tricks of dancing it had been
taught by its first masters, and it was ex
hibiting its accomplishments before you, to
induce you to take it into bed, when you
threwthe lanthorn at it. I have seen it do
the same thing twenty times by my poor [ presents itself which excites his feelin
mate’s bedside, when it wanted him to let it
jo mt’ir * ai
’as ^ing by the different stalls, he comment-
d up r! each in order.—“This,” said he,
The JVew-York Press.—In one of those
somni-loquent dozes which thoughtful men
are apt to indulge in, my partially abstracted
vision rested upon a scene which 1 cannot
but think singular, and somewhat allegori
cal. The public press of the city was, by
some magic, converted into a stud of horses,
and an honest looking groom detailed to
me their various virtues and imperfections.
ed up
is the oldest nag in the stable,” pointing
to one he called the Gazette, “ he is a hard
working horse, which, by his regularity has
equired general confidence, and is often
called for and that is about as much as I
an sav of him.—The .Mercantile, his next
neighbour is very much like him, and they
’•aw very well together in harness.”—
“ \nd what is the name of this?” said I,
pointing to a stout animal Upside the last.
*• This,” he replied, “ is the Daily, a very
fair market horse, good natured, but rather
dozy.”—Here.” I exclaimed, as we ap
proached an old looking quadruped, “ what
in the name of .Dr. Fnustus, is this V‘ *• You
may well ask,” says the groom ; “ that is a
cross breed, half horse, and half donkey.
We call him t'’e .Advocate. He is neither 1
fit for the saddle, the dray, the carriage, or
any oth?r draught, as you see he is poorly
formed, having neither strength nor sym
metry, and his master changes*his occupa
tion so often, that we hardly count him in
the regular number of steeds.—The next is
the Times, a very good family horse, ol an
easv gait and good bottom. Occasionally
he starts before the tap of the drum, but is
generally manageable. He has been lately
brought into the stable however, and we do
not know enough of him. vet to trust him
entirely out of sight.—This prancing cour
ser we have never been able to break ; Lis
name is Enquirer, and as strange a nag he
is as ever wore bit and saddle ; he is a way
ward beast • for one mile heats he does
very well, but for holtmg, running away,
throwing his rider, and all sorts of villainous
pranks, he heats the d—1. lie has bottom
enough, and spirit enough, and we hope to
get him manageable, but shall have a job of
it.—The Commercial, standing along side of
him, is an old horse, who, though r.ot the*^
strongest in the stable, is kind in harness, ^
and for a steady jog answers a very good '
purpose.—The .Statesman, as you see, is a
'•lever nag and for common use is not bad;
great speed can be got out of him when he
has both It's riders ; one of them ts away :
when he returns, we intend pushing him
hard upon the Cr)ur-e.—“This,” said he,
pointing to a ninth, “ is one of the oldest
horses in the stable, and for hard service
and thorough work. is. m spite of his years,
more to be relied upon than any of the stud:
the Post for that is his name, is one of
those cross, kicking horses, that very often
runs a way with an unskilful rider, but when
kindly treated, may he relied upon for a long
journey.—The next <o him the Jlmerieun,
is, as you see, a handsome we’I-hu It animal,
and for the saddle answers very well:
fashionable blades are fond of riding him :
his carriage is easy and graceful. He shows
his teeth occasionally, but seldom bites. He
has not quite the bottom of the Past, and is
hardly as secure in bad travelling : he is a
fair horse though, and when a little older
will run against the field.”—My attendant
was then going on to speak of a number of
colts: hut I was obliged to hurry off and
hear his story another time.—N. Y. Times•
A Nose for an Amn.—That class of peo
ple in New Jersey who are very particular
looking towards the poor mule for some about the etiquette of fashionable life have
seconds, their earnest attitude gradually re- a habit, when inviting their guests at table
laxed, and when they walked towards me I; to help themselves, of saW “ Make a
concluded that all was over. I walked up;i nn? arm .» A good woman of this unso-"
to the peons, and was just going to speak . r histioated class, having one day a Scotch-
to them, when I saw at a distance a solitary j man { 0 with her, who had an exceeding-
mule walking towards us. Yve instantly , ] v long nose, could not help taking particu-
perceived that he was the 1 haeton, whose j ] ar notice of that distinguished member of
fall we had just witnessed, and in a few mo- j p i0r guest’s face, and as the enormous pvo-
ments he came up to us to join las com- boscis was naturally uppermost in her
rades. Head’s hoit^h JYolesj thoughts, when she would have said. “Make
_ . . . 77 7~ , T • „ * ,f| ng arm,” she was so unfortunate as to
Description cf Washington Irving, Au-1 say< make a / ow „. noir , Sir.”—“ A
tkor of the Sketch Book, §c. He is a very ] an <r n ose, quotha !” replied the Scotch!
well-dressed, good-humoured looking man ;
if not handsome, at least very prepossess
ing in appearance, though his countenance
has not that intellectual expression which
"his writing would lead one to expect. The
most remarkable feature is his eye; it is
large and full, with a very soft dreamy ex
pression—a look of indolent repose in it, , , , , . . .
which strikes one, at first sifht, very forci- f™ 1 ' °> S Sev< ' ral ?•*»“< ■“”«# *
My. I scanned it, and fancied that Mr. e property by it. She is partial to-
“ I thought in a’ conscience, gride woman,
ye wad be contentwi' the ane 1 ha.”
I Of catching Yankees!—There is an old
black woman at the Havana, .known to al
most every one who frequents that port, as
a washer of clothes, in which business she^
it,
Irving could never be accused of early
rising; and I have suspected that he admi
red Gray’s description of Paradise, “ to he
on a sofa and read new novels.” But with
the Americans, laving made the greater-
part of her money through them. When
some of the RrtLh ships stopped there on
their way for tlie coast of Louisiana, sl e, as
creep between thfe blankets.’
‘ This explanation was sufficient, and I
could have laughed as loudly as my com
panion nt Oiy own terrors, had not the horror
with whief) the supposed d abolical serpent
had inspired me, still dwelt in my mind;—r
even now% when I see a snake. I feel some
slight renewal of my fears, though I smile
to think of the delusion that occasioned
them.’
Passage across the Andes,
we crossed the pass, which is only seventy
- I r ; usual, boarded the ships in search of busi-
all this, he possesses a keen perception of „ , , , ,
, A v v . ness—and having despatched that, she a«k-
the ludicrous, and it any object or phrase , F 1 ’ ,__r
. .1 ,. , / , J . r .. .. ed the captain of one ot the 74’s, “Where
presents itself which excites Ins feeling, his • f
are you going, massa? ’ who replied, “We
eye lights op wifi, astonishing brilliancy; arp 20 j n , 710 catch some d—d Yankees at N.
the dreamy doz.ng look gives way to an A(|ei(|w We , bl!1 „ , „„
expression ot wit and humour ol talent and . . ,, •„ 1 , we COI1,e
irresistible mirth: it is not ill-natured enough . '* ,. , _ , 1 yo-i a dozen or two very-
for satire, which makes one ready to laugh ^'n *1 I '' orn ' n ' l j K * ia ' nias “
with him.—London paper. ] sa! , • V , OU ^ ^ 6 d ~ d \ ankce ,one ’’
1 J said she—“ I tell ye, you better let him
rij . i* il » • j t ’lone!” Yl hen ihe same ship returned to
Fleetness of the Reindeer.—In conse- Havana, after the dreadful defeat on the 8th
quence of the, Norwegians making a: sudden of January, the old woman again boarded,
and unexpected irruption into the Swedish und ol crv.ng the captain, said, “WoIL
r o .l« e l' V, ' h . a «■»»• 1 cometo buy some Yankee !»_Fut
, _ . sled f and rein-deer to S ockhokn, to con- tllo jokfc Ms ^ ^ lhe officer reftlse(1 a
As soon as vey the intelligence, which he did with such r epJy-on whiehsbe added,archly. ‘Dirfot/
npeed, tUthe performed 124 Swedish miiea ,teUyon,aassa,yoilh«Uerlet’oYankee’lone"