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The pasting gaze may coldly dwell
On all that polished marble tell;
For temples built on church-yard earth
Are claimed by riches more than worth.
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The -mourning dog that starves -and dies?
Who would not ask—wise would “not crave
Such love and faith to guard his grave ?
*
Cjjt ftonj-frlltr.
A Gandrr Pnllinr.
a TeSkeiiee ITOlr.
Reader, do you know What a gander-pul
ling is ? If you do not, it is quite as well
that you should form some idea of the sourc
es of pleasure to the purely vulgar and “un
cultivated nature. Man is undoubtedly a
beast, unless you contrive some process for
making him agentleman; and there is Uo
question but that, he has a natural appetite
for recreation and jrteaSUre, if .you do not
contrive for him such as will “not be w&ac-
without does not protect him .from£severe
sore-throat within. His voice becomeAoarse
from streaming: and, long before hf head
is fairly off, he has lost those’hicer 'sensibil
ities which teach him exactly how the event
took place. The beating and bolting of the
horses? the emptying of the saddles, the All
ures of the <« pullers,” the screams and wild
wing flapping of the bird—these constitute
ihe glory of the entertainment; every point
in the tilting being watchecTwith eager anx
iety, and announced withscreams and yells
from the multitude, which form no bailech-,
oes to the cries of the goose.
So much for the sport in general. It had
been some time in progress, When Nettles
and Jones Barry drew nigh. The moment
the latter beheld the scene, he at once de
clared himself the foam to take the gander's
head. Nettles was very far from an adven
ture which promised fun; the more particu
larly as his companion, if not absolutely
drunk, was, as theyplirase it in Mississippi,
in a state of betweenity,” i. e. neither
drunk nor sober. A dozen had already tried
their hands without success; but, evidently,
to the perfeet disquiet of the gander. There
he swung aloft; his wings’flapping furious
ly kt intervals, and, every now and then,
'his tbroat .pouring forth a sharp sudden
scream, the moment he became conscious of
a horse in motion. Barry fixed his eyes up
on the shining neck, and shook his hands at
the bird, the fingers spreading out like
claws, as he cried to the victim : u Here’s
the claws that’ll have you off, my beauty !
You're shining there for me! Who goes a V
against Jones Barty ? Who, I say ? Let him
show himself, and be !”
It is to the credit of Nettles that, though
willing to“see the full, he Would not suffer
his companion-to be fleeced. He interposed,
that his bets should be trifles only, though,
in this friendly interposition, he incurred
the denunciation of the person whom he sav
ed. Already had he paid for his << matricu
lation,” little Logan Whitesides was dis
patched for “Glaucus;” for, though fud-
ceptable to the Deity, the devil will moHf Burg, «« that he'll take the gander.
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March II, 1952—If.
liberally provide him with such as will make
the man acceptable only to himself. Gan
der-pulling, accordingly, is one of those
sports which a cunning dertil has contrived
to gratify a human beast. It appeals to his
skill, his agility, and strength; and is there
fore in some degree grateful to his pride:
but, as it exercises these qualities at the ex
pense of his humanity, it is only a medium
by which his better qualities are employed
as agents for his worse nature. Gander
pulling has been described as a sort of tour
nament on horseback; the only difference is
that the.kaiight has a goose for his opponent,
instead of a person like himself. The man
is mounted on horsebaek while the goose is
mounted Upon poles. These or saplings, are
thrust firmly into the ground, some twelve
feet apart; but they are united by a cord
at the top, which hangs loosely, while, pen
dent from the extremity, the living gander
is fastened by the legs. Here swings his
head, hanging downwards just above the
path, between the two saplins, and just high
enough to be within reach of the man on
horseback. The achievement of the rider is
to run his horse, at full speed at the bird,
and grasping him by the neck, to wring his
head off as he passes on. This is not so easy
a performance. The neck of the gander has
been previously stripped of all its feathers,
and has then been thickly coated with grease
or oiL Nothing can be made more slippery;
and, shining and warm in the sun, (ha glit
tering neck of the unhappy bird looks like
that of a young boa, for the first time prac
tising from the bough, under which ke ex-
Rects the rabbit cr the rat to glide. To in
crease the difficulty of the exploit, and to
prevent any unfair-delay in the approach of
the assailant, four men are stationed, armed
with flails of hickory, on each side of the
track, and at proper intervals. These, as
the horse approaches, lay their hickories np-
on his flanks; and so unmercifully, as not
only to make him go headlong forward, but
frequently to make him bolt the track in or
der to escape Such unfriendly treatment.—
The course is laid onion the interior of a
circle some two hundred feet in diameter:
which circuit the rider mnst neeemarily
mnke before reaching the gome, steeling
from a post which is properly wateksd by
Beds not expected to go at full
speed except when within twenty yards of
thhgama. Thus guarded, the victhn is not
Hy decapitated. It is only the expe-
roemcn,and the experienced^
can poaribly
died, -Barry was not prepared to employ the
Fair Geraldine,” his favdtrrite, for such
ignoble purposes.
Hurrah ljif Jones Barry!” said Ben
Burg; « he ain't too proud to jine ill the
pleasures of the poor man J”
1‘ He’s jest drunk enough for any sort of
pleasure, poor or rich,” was the comment of
Lazy Jake Owens.
“4’H lay yob a quarter, Jake,” said
dearor. Young beginners, who look on the
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
' * StrVa Omcxf.lA.R.R.I
Atlanta, Ga! Feb. *8,1852. J
A LL produce or tncrchandhri mnst he for
. km from (be Depot fi) dris city,
it impoerible to keep the
4*Mk; many km the saddle,
where thqy succeed in paaaiqg hrumfh the
saplings without die stow, they other foil
mtegether in grasping the gome, Which
keqn a constant fluttering an
or, they And it impossible to retain thaw
«nip,nt foil *eed, upon the gromf arid
8a at length eoeapes, makes Urn feel exoato-
frrifct totcemlNrtabk Uhik it lmto The til
That’ll be because he's near kin to him,
then.”
« If hb does,” says s third, <« it’ll be owing
to his liquor. He couldn’t do it sober.” ’
“ Shall we go a quarter on him 7” said
Burg; a conscientious feeling prompting him
to vindicate, to his extent, the ability of a
person from whom he had contrived to bor
row a couple of half eagles but a few hours
before.
“ Make it a half, Burg.”
“ D-o-n-e!” said the latter, rather slow
ly-
The vulgar look with respect, even while
they Sneer, at the doings of those above
them in fortune or position. It was the for
tune of Jones Barry to provoke a sensation
always among this class of people. They
watched and waited his movements. The
gander obtained a brief respite, while the
boy went for'« Glancus”—settled down into
a drooping quiet, and hushed for a period his
screams. Our sprightly little gipsy was not
long before lie appeared with the horse. He
was ready saddled and bridled for the heat
and it was with more ambition than agility
that our hero contrived to vault into his
seat. Then it was that the uproar grew.
««Hurrah for Barry P* cried Nettles at the
top of his voice.
«• Who goes a picayune against Barry ?”
“ Done, with you, ’Squire Nettles.”
<< And here's another! He's no mere the
chap to take off a gander's head than Lam
to put it on P’
“ Hurrah for the captain P’ cried Burg.
<< Yon may hurrah till your throat aches,
but that gooee Will never catch that gander
was the unseemly echo of Lacy Jake Owens.
A hundred voices joined in the shouting.
The boys rolled, and roared, and tumbled,
throwing the dust up fiftv feet in the air, as
the knight of. the goose prepared to make his
passage at arms. The men with the flails
did not need to use. their hickories. Barry
came on at full speed, and, amidst shouts of
.congratulation, ke kept his horse steadfast
-along the track, and through the saplings,
from whose united tops the gander was sus
pended.' .The bird flounced and shrieked,
flapping his wings with immense violence.
Barry, dropping his bridle in his excitement
threw up both hands and grasped, not the
goose, hut the rope by which it was suspend
ed. The hone passed instantly from under
him, and, for a moment, he hung in the air,
the wings of the gander playing the devil’s
tettea rather rapidly upon his face, breast,
the «b- and shoulders. It was for an instant, how-
cord, calculated tosustai
goose only, broke under double weight, and
fown came the pair together, the gaader up
permost. Never had such a scene been wit
nessed before, in the whole annals of gander
puling; even from the first dawn of its dis-
“ our European ancestors. The
shouts of merriment: aamt
toned upon the republicans,
the earth in conmhnahft
aome elappsd their hands and shouted ;whik
at thair guns, to tin great
self on our luckless adventurer for all the
assaults be had kimself sustained. His
wings had been busy, from the first moment
of their encounter and fall, to that when the
parties irere'separated, ahd Chiefly'upon the
face of our hero. His cheeks were scraped
rather than scratched; his nose and mouth
were bleeding. His shirt bosom was equal
ly tort find toned, ahd hfs hair was lifted
in as much disorder as was Job’s, when he
beheld the vision of the night. Nettles
to his relief, and had his face washed,
While little Logan Whitesides ran after and
recovered the horse <■ Glancus.” Ludicrous
as had’been the scene, and much beyond any
that the fonltitnde had expected, they were
still, Wow that 4he first burst of merriment
was CvOr, in no mode to lose their usual foil.
The gander was re-hoisted, newly greased,
and set aloft, screaming with new disquiet
as he rose in the air. There were twenty
gallant youngsters all ready to undertake
the feat at which Barry had so ingloriously
failed; but a proper courtesy required that
he should be permitted to recovcr-his laur
els. But when the thing Was “proposed to
him, he shook his head. He had not quite
recovered from the unavoidable confusion of.
ideas which resulted from the twofold influ
ence of the cognac and the concussion.
<< No, I think not,” said he. << Goose, eh!
Netties; we've had dinner.” Such was the
seemingly inconsequential reply; in which,
however, Netties detected the latent moan
ing.
««Yes,” said he, «« ahd site very heartily,
both of us; why should we Wafnt the goose ?”
“ Shall we go, Tom?” asked-Barzy, sober
ing by degrees, and feeling fatheer shame
faced.
“ No!” said the other; « here’s Meredith’s
wagon. He keeps good liquor; Ve’H take a
consoler.” And they went aside together to
the Wagon, where they both obtained an ap
ple-toddy, the saccharine property being de
rived from the best mountaih hohey, while
the apple-brahdy was. as good as ever filled
up the comrows at election time. Barry
felt better after the beverage, and the two
returned to the gander-tournament together.
The game was already’ resumed ahd in full
blast. Three at four assailants had been
baffled. But they usually came up a second
and a third time to the scratch. The only
discouraging circumstance which finally ar
rested their efforts being the repeated charges
for new entries. Hie gander was one of for
tunate fates; his owner was delighted to
perceive that the ihstihets the bird ena
bled him to anriripate the moment of danger,
and to exercise his most rapid movements,
just as the grasp was made upon his neck.
He eluded several fingers; but some clutched
him, and the « scrag” paid severely from the
jerk which followed, even though it finally
slipped from the gripe of the ehemy. But
his voice was suffering, aud his action was
greatly diminished. It was then that Net
tles found himself plucked by the sleeve, and
drawn aside by ottr gipsy boy, Logan White-
sides.
« Well, what npw, Logan ?”
*« Why, Squire, ef you’ll only ax the cap
per to let me ride < G keens’ at the gander,
Fm a thimking I can ease off that head thar,
ef'twas never done afore.” •
Nettles found it no difficult matter to per
suade Barry, and almost the next assailant
of the goose was our urchin. He certainly
looked less like one to << case off the head”
than those who. bad proceeded him. He was
the smallest of all the adventurers; tode
squat, With, a stoop, doubling up like a frog j
or monkey on the leap. But if he lacked in
size, he Was possessed of rate agillity. He
was all wire and Spring; and, a Tact not
generally known, he had been trained to the
sport in another county, and when mnch
younger. His ability in riding we have al
ready seen. Nettles was a judge of boys as
well as horses.
<< Who covers an X against little Logan
Whitesides 7*
“ HI do the same,” cried Lazy Jake Ow
ens, and there Were other customers foe sim
ilar amounts. Nettles soon found that he
had nearly a hundred upon the fate of the
gander. It was not long in suspense.
Go ahead, Logan !” was the cry of Net
tles.
The boy obeyed hjm. The boys rushed
after their hero with a shout. He himself
tiieuted, and tiie descending flails of the men
of hickory scarcely grazed the haunches of
the fleetly-harrying « Glancus.” In a mo
ment, he had readied the foot of the scaffold
from the top of which hang the victim.—
Hie bird uttered tremendous screams, and
flapped his wings wide und heavily. Then
con Id-the gipsy boy be seen to crouch, then
to shoot Upwards like an arrow, and the next
moment he was through the saplings, bear
ing aloft the head, windpipe, and all of the
gander but his body;—the segregated throat
continuing to pour scream upon scream Con
vulsively, as the urchin waved the head of
tha bird in triumph over his own. The Add
■hook with the uproar of rejoicing, and Lit-
tla Logan Whitesides promised to become the
hereof tha county. Be wow not a little m
more solid coin thaw praises. He too had
his beto abroad, and was calling in his fips
awd picayunes, his Kite and quarters, from
a considerable spues around him, while Net
tles, with equal satisfaction, was reminding
sundry ef his wrighboure of a certain hand-
aoeto letter ef the alphabet W%aae
/oris imii /nnrirs.
Drath of Amriia,
It is with no ordinary sorrow that we re
cord the death of Mrs. Amelia B. Welby, the
celebrated poetess, Ain the Sd irfet, at Louis
ville, ’Ey.
It was our good fortune to know this gift
ed lady long and intimately. Otir ’acquain
tance with her commenced prior to the pub-
licatioh of any of those poems which have
since rendered her name a’ffifiiiliar household
word in the land. She wAs then an <« AprH-
hearted thing” of some -Sixteen 'summers—a
gay and joyotw creature—and little did those
in familiar intercourse with her, imagine
thatXhe would ever accomplish more than
the ordinary destiny of her sex. We well
remember with what donbts and fears she
sent her first song to the senior Editor of the
Louisville Journal—himself dhe of the most
gifted poets our country boasts of—and with
what pleasure welcomed her firstling clothed
in the ‘dignity of print.’ Encouraged by the
discriminating praise of one so distinguished
in the world of letters, she was induced to
continue these publications. In the lan
guage of her early friend, «poem followed
poem in rapid succession, each one teeming
with fresh wild thoughts, expressed in vers
es of the most delicious harmony.”
At that period she was almost entirely un
acquainted with even the literature of her
own country, but her name became at once
one of its proudest ornaments: and notwith
standing she had read but vei“y few of the
great masters of sohg, she was at once ad
mitted Into the •« inner temple” as one of the
Worthiest votaries. Melody after melody
gushed from the heart of the minstrel-girl,
and wild, simple and incultivated though
they were, they found a response in every
heart attuned to the melodies of nature.—
She was not long and weary years in winning
her way to favor and fame. They came to
her almost unbidden if not uncared for.—
The light of her glorious poetry was at once
recognized as that of true inspiration—it at
once ovth’flowed the land—scattering its sHn-
shine into««shady places”—giving its beau
ty to the grass, its glory to the flower.” She
touched her harp, anil its strains, now sweet
as the “music of the spheres,” “how joyous as
the song of birds in <« forests wide,” and at
times melancholy as the sighings of the wind
through the forest of pines, Weire ’feceiVtd
with delight by thousands of admirers.
Her home became the resort of many of the
most distinguished in literature and art in
the conntiy. Pilgrimages were made from
afar to that Mecca.of Song. The << l City of
the Falls” was not visited by strangers who
did not wish to see the ministrel girl, the
ihelody of whose harp had reached their ears
in distant lands. Tributes of admiration in
verse and prose poured in from almost every
quarter—all wore eager to do honor to one
Extract from a School,
»Y THE n*V. J. MITCHIU. J
It appears that Ood has endowed certain
orders of his creatures with-what is called
liberty,’ ‘freedom of the will,’ or ‘Voluntary
choice,’ and permits the free exercise of his
powers. Before them are good and evil. It
is for them to choose, which they prefer.—
On the side of good are God, the holy . angels
and good men. On the side of evil, Sataii,
the demons, and bad men. To a certain ex
tent, evil, Satan and demons are permitted
to tempt'or try mea; befog tried, those that
resist and overcome, are to be crowned with
glory and honor. Thus, life and death,
heaven and hell, God and Satan are beforo
ns, and in the free exercise of the highest
principle of our nature we are called upon
to ‘choose whom we will serve.’ The noblest
exercise of the liberty of choice is ours.. -On
the one hand ardpersobal holiness, happiness,
eternal life, angels heaven, atid God him
self.
These shall be ours forever. On tlie'btlier
hand are personal sinfulness, misery, he&,
demons, and Satan; and those who yield
themselves to, and remain under the power
and dottifoatidhs of these must be unblest,
even forever.
God, in liis matchless goodness tiiid kriS-
dom, might thus have left the matter with
us for our choice; but he has done still more.
To us sinners is presented a Saviour, through
whose merits and righteousness we may, if
we choose, be delivered from all the effects
of the sinful choice we have already 'fhade,
und “the cdhsequenccs thereof. He commands
us <1 to resist the devil,’ and in accordance
with bur trirt free will ahd Volition, he prom
ises that aid and assistance by which we may
become conquerors, over sin and death, and
Satan and Hell. Now In the name of that
nature which God has made the glory of
man, we ask what more can be asked or ex
pected of God to do for man. If man wifi
not Of his own free choice accept of pardon,
and holiness and heaven—and God sliowlA,
by any means whatever contrary to hu
choice, compel him to enter the society Of
heaven, his moral nature would thus be de- ’
stroyed, his liberty trampled upon,, and man
would be but a puppet in the hands of 'Al- r •
mighty Fower, and the enpacity for the en
joyment ef holiness and hcaVen wotrld thus
be blasted forever. Such must be the result
of any and every system of universal Salva
tion which does away with the motive tO and .
necessity for a choice between God and Satan,
heaven and hell; and attempts to provide a
salvation by which man, without such loyal
choice, unchanged, unregenerated, unwill-
fngly
“ is dragged into HeavOn
To ebannt forced hallelujahs
To him he hates.”—Milton.
In compassion to such a doctrine, go un
worthy of God and degrading to man, how
beautifully harmonious and exalting is that
whohaddonesomuch honor to the literature sy9t em of foith which our holy religion
lutfifokslf stunned and UmagU;
of her country. WO remember befog present
one evening when surrounded by some of the
first poets and wits of the day. Ole Bull
was presented to her. He improvised his
admiration of her in one of his most beauti
ful tributes: it was from the great interpreter
of melody to one of the most gifted children
of song. For several years she has ceased
publishing her poems, but we learn has con
tinued writing, and leaves behind her
large number of songs which we hope will
be published shortly. She is now, We be
lieve, Universally acknowledged as one of the
first women of the land—her productions are
known and admired wherever the land’s lan
guage is known.
Alas! that harp, upon whose melody thou
sands hung entranced, is hashed forever—its
last music note has died upon the air! That
star whose bright light, wandering down
from its far home to the dim mists of earth,
beaconed so many on their lone pilgrimage,
has faded into the Sky, and like the “ lost
Pleiad,” will be seen no more!
She is gone home, as the Moraii ms write
it in their beautiful epitaphs. And surely
if ever there was a spirit of earth prepared
for that home, it was hers. Kind, amiable
and gentle, she was a devoted wife, a warm
hearted friend, performing well all the min
istration of life allotted to her, and in pass
ing from the earth leaves behind her friends
who will cherish her memory, and keep fresh
in their recolloctiod her many virtues excel
lcneies.—JV. O. Crescent.
draws from the living fountains of truth,
by which life and. death are set before us in
the gospel of Christ.
Bony, too, wan in akigh siato ef exal-
totiou, for was it not
Us
I
1 jonfin.
of |«toa« employed i
the United State* to !H
The Krasoi.
At a pow-wow of Indians, recently, on Co
lombia river, the Subject of white women's
.* bustles? Was discussed by chiefs, squaws,
and medicine men. One squaw took a bag
of feathers, tied it behiniFher, and imitated
the pale-face women walk with them on—
A warrior guessed it was to eacth insects.
Another thought it had something to do with
the perspiration. At last the old doctor—
the medicine man, from whose decision there
ie so appeal gave signal for silence, and
said that « the white Women did not have so
good forms as thwlndian women, and that
the white mea were Very fond of good forms,
aad the white women Wore these bags to
make foe white men think # they were Well
formed.” He then sat down amid repeated
gtunte.
i Universal Catholicoa.
Mr. A. takes a glass of brandy and Water,
or some other alcoholic stimulant, beqanse
his doctor has recommended him to takfra“
little.
Mr. B. because his doctor orders him ft<&,
and he hates quackery.
Mr. C. takes a drop because he’s wet.
Mr. 1ft. because lies dry..
Mr. E. because he feels something rising
in his stomach.
Mr. F. because he feels a kind of sinhin^
in his stomach.
Mr. G. because he’s going to see a friend
off to Oregon.
Mr. H. because he's got a friend come
home from California.
Mr. L because he’s so hot.
Mr. K. because heis so cold.
Mr. L. because he’s got a pain in his head.
Mr. hi. because he’s got a pain in his side.
Mr. N. because he's got a pain in his back*
Mr. 0. because he's got , a pain in his chest.
Mr. P. because he's got a pain all over hinr.
Mr. Q. because he feels light and happy.
Mr. R. because he feels heavy and miser
able.
Mr. S. because he’s married.
Mr. T. because he isn't.
Mr. V. because he likes to see his friends
around him.
Mr. li. because he's got no friends, and
enjoys * glass by himself..
Mr. X. because his ancle left him a iega-
«?•: .*/ f ' ...
Mr. Y“. because his aunt cut him off with
out a shilling.
Mr. Z. (Wo should be .happy to ihform ouf
readers what Mr. Z.’s reasons are for drink
ing, but on putting Xhe’question to him,
he teas f&rmd to be too drunk to ansuter !)
, The report of the marriage oT the
labour of Austria with the Princess Sde-
aia, of Saxony, is gaining ground in the couri
circles.
The Ldtoerans of Illinois are making
arrangements to establish % College and
Theolgienl Seminary at Springfleld, for whlfeh
#87,000 have already been secured.
Nervous Gektlemaw.—> Don’t jott
think, Robert, your’e going so fast down lull
is very likely to make the horse faU ?'
Robert—< Lor* bless yer, no, sir! I never
throwed a ass down in my life, ’except once;
and that was one frosty moonlight night
just such a night as this it was; as I was a
driviu’ a gent as misfit be you from the eta*
tion, when I throwed down this worry am,
to this werry identical place.’
jAD* The bareges worn by the ladies this
season, are covered with small chequers, to
double linn of pink, bine, or green. The
of the drtmet made of this material