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COACH and SADDLERY
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lIAWKINSA II 1,!!, G.V., THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1870
* poetical.
Tim Tilt J<m.K men
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Wtotoh wllii vlu*t wit* thh ltlf sjirrul,
Haw Ila lb* farttM*t txxarr
Thai wa* one* my inmllr latl j
Aa4 I «l»ra it from the mau,
Where it bail maiianl m limp,
ILtoHng all Um wIilW the tuutlu
of mj mottocr'* ruUw in Ntf,
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** lta»b, hty dear, Ito still and dumber,
Hoi/ tngrb guant thy bed.”
A* 1 Itotmed, iw*•)torthat*
That I UuHijilii bad torn rnfgot,
4 amc with all Um gtwb of mrtnnry
ItiMhltog, thronging to the *|iot, .
A* I waaitored tan k to childhuud,
T* Umm mrfry day* of yore
tt hen I knelt beside my motiu r,
lly thte bod o|hni the flour
Then It *w with btouil* *0 grntly
liared U|«»n my infant bead,
That ah* fought my H|« hi utter
t'artfully the alia aaid,
Mem ran they be forgt>u*ii,
ltor|i are they In memory graven—
“ lUlbiwnl be tbr name, oh, PaUier I
Father! Thou who art in Heaven.”
Thto nhe taught me, then *be told tun •
of It* Imi- M, great and det'|t,
Alter wbkh I harnnl to utter
“ Now they lay tar down to *ler|t.”
Then It waa with band* tiidllted,
And In arrant* silt and uilld,
Tli*l in) umliicr a*ked “our Father !'•
“ Father, 110 Thou hire* my child '■ ”
Year* liavw |aia*rd, and that dear mother
l*>>ii,; Im* tootildeml 'nralli Uia mnl,
And I l|u*t her nalntcd *|»|H|
llrvri* In tlte i«ni*e of (iod.
IS it <L »t « file at -'imtner t«* illfctil
Never ha* ftimi memory flnl.
And It none* In all It* finditns*.
tV i • a I **» my iinndle tin!
Ff tit •:>»my « Uiuwtai,
I 1 < l.ilH “81100, FLY."
T i’ ■ • itn F. Uuiler naa ttnatly
miv'dng to tdmaetf licit
►D.ity 1 itie point, rt.f* la hi*
1 link I boar de rattlin' *|ioom,
I link I bear ito rattlin' »pom>,
I link I lour ito rnttllu' i|ioo!i,
1 tub ito diver ob ito muou.
I viral, I *tral, I »ti-al,
iltat'v «ot Ih-M' fbitlcr *ed)
lie vIIIht vjvhiii* f unr rattlin' down
l*gum <U* oto rbivTa lied.
4'nout » Simo. fly ! don't laHlitor me!
HJ*oo, fly 1 don't Imdder me!
Khon, fly ! don't tmddar me!
Ila l.mj! to loyal-tee.
1 *li al, 1 *toal, 1 viral,
I *tr and fto'tii lar and nrnr 1
I viral, I viral, I Meal,
For stealing I ramc bare.
If I vhouhl m liter Oral, ill* Iteaat know*,
If I vlioutd m-tdier »tral, di* liea*t know*,
If 1 >liotild neb!n r ttenl, di* ltoa*t know*,
Itorr would be more »|ioon» where'er be
goca.
I steal, 1 ileal, I ileal—
Ikraare many »ly old coon*;
ho w ben Dra*t Duller make* a batd,
lie takfw.lt out In ipoona.
Cuont a—lUion, fly! don't 1 snider me ! etr.
Front the Hartford Oa* Light
A LITTI.K DOT'S POCKET.
Do you know, what's In my poltci!
Hueb a lot of treasure* in D t
l.i- ten now while I lie-lin It :
mini a tot 01 sing* It bold*.
And all Utere I* you sail be told:
Ft etry sing d»t'« in my pollot,
And when, and where, and bow 1 dat It.
Flr»! of all here'* In tuy |ioUet
A tieanty kliell— 1 plrked it up;
And here'* the handle of a tup
That somebody Ua* broken at Ira 1
The khell'a a bole In it you sec:
Nobody know* that 1 bare dot it—
-1 keep It here safe In my pnttet.
And here - * my l<all, too, In my poltct,
And bere'a nty pennies, one, two, free
That Auntie Mary gave to me;
Tomorrow day I'll buy a spade.
Wlii-ii I'm out walking with the maid ;
1 1 an'! put dat here In my pottet,
But I rau use It when I’ve dot it.
Hem'* some more king* in my pottet!
Here'* my toad, and here'* my *tring,
Ami once I bad an iron ring,
But through a hole it lost one day:
And that lit what I alwayt say—
A hole i* the wont ting in a pottet:
Have It mended when you've dot It.
UT A young and sprightly widow once
appeared at a maafpicrsdo at BaUi, Eng
land, with a pa|»r pinned 'to her bosom,
bearing the following dines -
“ To be tot on lease for the term of my lift,
I, Kv I vania 1 , to the shape of a wife;
I an* young, though not handsome, good
natured, though thin—
For Amber particular* prey within "
Siflcctrt) ‘vlorjj.
From the \t rvtein World.
lin imu.Ri:i» hint*.
IIV li. K, <(.
Ttowarvla tire toiler {mi l of Ike year
I No-, I took iny illHi'lmrgc from an
Amcrk'ait ve**rl nt the port of Rrtolol,
In lot; I and. I had soiled hi her hi
diifrrciil c.*|im itle* for over two years,
and received lirul-clK** rccominuuda
tiona from the cnptniii, ao tl.*l 1 an-
Ut'i|>at(’d uo liotildu in ip'Uing on
amdher **hl|», u licit 1 nhotild be tiriid
of the shore.
After a I mut nix ueckn' idit nean, i 1
•toil oi*kluti « tulnnui.;- uccuvd Olli- I
err on t>r!r>ni llic Atnrnenn liark A—,
bortml to WUmDutOtoi N. C. 1 nc
cetMed the sitimtion mid got my
Uiingk 0:1 I Mint'd without delay. The
eveniug before tve were to anil, I wae
iltrtnrl« I by n notae 011 the wlmrf; on
looking round 1 anw one of our crutr,
who tv rot in lh{iior, maltrontitisr a de
crepit old woman. 1 lumteucd to the
aitot and sent the miiii on board tlic i
aliip, when the ohl woutnlt eotnmcucctl |
thanking me, aud begged of me to
ttccoin|ttony her as far as the end of i
the wharf.
Seeing; she wan neatly, though ■
poorly dressed, and work being over
for the day, 1 consented, and went
with her some little distance. An 1 ;
us* nliout leaving her, site told mr
she lived only a short distance fur
ther, and if I would go home with her,
ehe would tell my fortune. Out of
cnriohlty I consculed, and very soon
site tttoi>{ieil in front of a large brick
bouse in tire vicinity of 1
Siprare. To itiin|>|ienraiiretliu houao
was uninhabited, but taking n key
from Iter {KM'ket, she o|)enod the door
and b ide mu enter. < losing tin* door
carefully after n.e, site led the wuyup
atairs to n room oil the llr*-t floor. It
wto- comfortably, tlt‘oii"it poorly fur- :
nislied, u’ml ip, only occupant before '
our arrivid w» .:t large white cal. Re- ;
<|ii tintr use to be si-atcd, she started 1
the iittlc lire tliCro »vbm into a cheerful
blare; and having done *O, she took a ]
seal uppo-die to me. and asked mo to '
let her examine my l ight hand.
Ri'.iilinf at the absurdity of list
■cane, 1 nlondod her my imnd.—
Taking bolt of tnv wrist she said:
• I'.rttcM wiimot, uo not iu.,gii «t
1 w!you know uotldii:' nliout. Imu
old * nough to bo ytitu giamlmother,
and I tell you that every wor 1 you
hear from me this night will lit) tV.I
-filled u- suiuly as the prophecies in
tin* Uibli."
Nlie scrulintoed the palm of nty
hand closely for some moments, and
suddenly asked me if 1 was compelled
to go in the A when she sailed.
i told her tliere was uo absolute com
pulsion, but that I certainly intended
to ill her. Thu old woman reflected
for a lew minutes, anil then said :
• " You arc nliout to undergo great
dangers, but of wlmt kind and how
you are to come 'ittt of them, 1 do not
yet know; but if you will so far honor 1
me a* to remain and take a < up < f tea
with me, I will tell you all about 1t
I>f fore you go.”
I had been greatly surprised iu tlie
tlr t place at lier addressing me by
name, and my curiosity was so far ex
cited, that 1 at once consented to re
main. Alter we had taken a cu of 1
tea, she cleared the table and pro
duced a pack of cards. She shuttled,
cut and dealt the cards in a variety of
ways, and Anally informed me that
the A would never reach Wil
mington, for she was a doomed ship.
I then requested to know if any lives
wi re to Ik) lost!'
“l>o yon know the names of all who
are to sail in her?”
I happened to have a list of the crew
in my pocket, so 1 told her “yes.” ;
She immediately gave me the cards
and pen aud ink, telling me to write
each name on a separate card on tlte ,
back. Taking the list frommy pocket, ;
I did as site requested. There wore ;
altogether eighteen names. She took
the whole {>ack of cards and shuttled '
them thoroughly together, and then
ahuflled, out, and dealt them in a va- j
ricty of ways for about five minutes, :
muttering to herself all the time. At !
tost she pieced the pack before me, |
and bade ine cut in the ordinary wav.
I did so, nud then she dealt the whole !
jmek out into two parts, with the faces
of the cards uppermost. Having
dealt them out, she threw one part in 1
the fire; the other part she gathered
together, and gave them to me, saying: j
“ Put thone cards in your jmcket. 1
but do not open the paper for forty
eight hours. When you open, look
the- cards over, and.tkoM whose names
you find will arrive safe in America,
but none of the others who sa'd in (
tbfel vessel will ever see land again.
For your own sake I can tell you you
will be saved ; but at the same time 1
strongly advise you not to go iu tiic 1
■hip, as you will bare to undergo
great hardships liefore you reach !
America.”
Putting the package iu my pocket,
I thanked her, and shortly' after re- j
turned on lioard the ship, when I at
once placed the cards in my writing
dank. The next morning we hauled
out of dock, and dropped down the
river. For the first three or four days !
out I was so busy with the usual work
attending leaving port; that 1 forgot
utt about it. Due day 1 happened to
think of n, so l at once opened the
paper and looked the cards over. To
my surprtsu 1 found but three names,
via,, niv own, Robert Wilson und
James Nash. Wilson was a large,
powerful Kngltoh sailor, who had
shipped at Bristol, while Nash was an
American Imy who had como from the
United States in the ship. Knowing
it could tlj no possible good, while it
might do considerable barm,! at once
mads up my mind to say nothing
whatever about It to auy one. We
were by th.* time some nine hundred
miles on our way, aud 1 had every
prospect of a picaecnl and speedy pits*
sage. Time slipped along, our tair
wind continuing, and 1 BniFaiready
Ijcgun to consider the old woman an
imjxHitoi-.
We worn nearly iu the lougitudc of
the Bermudas, when we encountered
it heavy gale from the northeast. We
had u good crew, and were soon un
dor snug canvas. Towards night the
gale increased, and we were compelled
to lie under a storm-try sail. 1 had
tjic middle watch that night, that is,
frotu midnight till four a. m. When
1 wmt on deck at twelve o'clock,
it was blowing harder than I ever
want to see it blow again; there was a
heavy sen inning, ami the ship wasj
laboriug i .trfnlly, every timber in her
frame groaning anu creaking in u
most dismal manner. When 1 re
livv»l the chief mate, he told me Hie
captain had not long before gone be
low, tuid had left orders to be called
. t two o'clock, or on any change in the
weather, and for the pumps to be
sounded every half hour, lie then
weut to his lied.
When I sounded at oue o’clock, the
rod only showed nine inches, or about
two inches above the suction point.
At ludf-p. »t one, the rod showed
• wenty-ono inches Without, saying a
word which might alarm them. 1 set
Ilia watch to work at the pump*, and
called the captain, who nt once came
on deck. A t two o’leock ! sounded
again, and found lha‘. iu ,iite of. our
pumping, the water had gained two
inches on Its. As soon as the captain
heard it, lie told me to call all hands
on deck, nud 1 did so.
Keeping the pumps fully manned,
so as to keep her afloat till morning
if I'.n—ilito , tile l c*v of us -«t about
preparing to abandon the ship. We
had three boats in all, and „wc got
thriu all ready for lowering, putting
provisions, water, etc*., iu each boat
We relicvod tlte men at the pinups
every quarter of nil hour, und as day
broke, there were four feet of water iu
the hold. Having searched the hori
zon in vain for u sail, th« ouj.toin,
knowing the ship could not possibly
float much longer, gave orders to
take to tho boats, which we did in the
following order: four besides myself
went first in the .smallest boat; the
next boat took the chief mate aud
four more, and was followed by the
yawl bringing the remainder, namely,
the captain and seveuiacu. The ship
went down in about three-quarters of
an hour after we left her. The boats
kept pretty close together during tlte
day, and made bettor weather for it
than might have been expected.
Suddenly, while sitting in the boat,
the old wogiau’s prediction recurred
to me, aud strangely enough, it hap
pened that Doth Wilson and Xnslt
were in my boat, lb-aides them, there
were two Spaniards iu the host.
Towards night tiic wind abated
considerably, though a heavy sea was
still running. Shortly before dark, at
a signal from the captain, we closed
to within hailing distance, when he
told ns we were about two hundred
ami fifty miles southeast from Ber
iiiiuto, aud advised us, ia case of the
boats being separated, to keep to the
westward as much as possible, as by
so doing we should probably toll in
with some homeward-bound vessel.,
During the night the wind increased
again, and when morning dawned we
were alone on tho deep. Not a sign
of the other boats could we discover.
Wc naturally felt our spirits sink at
this, and to heighten our troubles,
when I went to serve out the allow- 1
ance that morning, I found with
dismay that the breaker in which our'
water was stored had been leaking
badly, so that ''intend of having uiiie j
gallons of water, our whole stock con- J
sisted rtf but little over one gallon, tp
• last five men an indefinite period.
Happily, tbc wind abated consider
ably about noon, aud before evening i
we were going westward at the rate of
about three miles an hour. Our food t
consisted solely of ship’s biscuit aud
salt pork, and as a consequence, we'
suffered fearfully of thirst. Just be
fore dark I issued to each man about
one-quarter of a pint of water, and
placed the remainder in the stern
sheets of the boat, immediately under
my own eye.
I took the watch till midnight my
self, wheu I awoke Wilson, and in
structed him to watch till daylight,
his duty heiug to steer the boat, watch
the weather, look out for sails, and
take charge of the water aud provis
ions. I had not l>eca sleeping long
when I was aroused by a straggle
taking place in the boat, Just as I
jumped up 1 saw Wilson, who seemed
to Im fighting with the two Spaniards,
estek one «r them round the waist
and fairly throw him overboard.
Seeing the other Spaniard spring
towards him, knife iu hand, I rushed
forward and attempted to seize his
arm, receiving a slight stab in the
slio aider iu doing so. .1 grappled
with him, and while struggling for the
possession of the knife, l heard r.
crashing blsw struck, and the Span
iard, relinquishing his bold on me,
fell senseless iu the bottom of the
boat. The boy, who was sleeping iu
the bow of ike boat, had been awa
kened by the tumult, und comprehen
ding the situation at a glance, had
seized a stretcher aud rushed to my
assistance. l ooking round for Wil
son, i saw him iu the stem -died* of
the boat, btee/ing profusely - from a
slab he had received in the side
Luckily a small quantity of excellent
brandy had been put iu the boat. I
washed his wound with it, and having
bandaged it up after a fashion, the
bleeding stopped. My own wouud
was a mere trifle, and Nash the boy,
was not hurt at all. On turning our
attention to the Spaniard, we found
he was dead.
The stretcher had descended edgo
wnys, aud had crushed his skull com
pletely in. Os the Spaniard who hnd
been thrown overboard, wc saw no
more.
As soon ns Wilson was able to
speak, 1 asked him what had caused
tho light. lie told me he had dozed
a little, and the two Spaniards, think
ing him asleep, had crept aft ami wore
trying to steal the water. The noise
they made disturbed him, and nssoon
as he moved and so showed that ho
was awake, they both attacked him
with their knives. The rest the reader
knows.
In a couple of hours day broke, but
brought with its light no sail to our
assistance. The sea, however, had
gone down considerably, and we were
thus enabled to put more sail on the
bout, and so materialy increase our
sliced to the westward. Wo partook
very sparsely of our provisions and
water, and during the forenoon we
consigned the dead Spaniard to the
deep.
Tl is day, owing to tlu> sun shiaiug
again, was intensely hot, and we suf
feru,' eurl'uiiy from thirst; Wilson
esp< •ially, owing probably to his
wound, aud by mutual consent we
gave him as much again as we used
ourselves. .
About four in the afternoon, while
attentively examining the horizon
with the glass, 1 was overjoyed to see
a sail of some kind right astern of us.
There being hut little wiud now, I was
able to bring the boat up to the wind.
„i,a ... nor way anil at the same
lime show as much canvas as possible,
so as to attract the stranger’s atten
tion. Before dark we had the satis
faction of seeing that she was heading
directly towards us. After dark, by
watching her lights, wc were aide to
keep close to tier track, and when
about nine o’clock she came within
hailing distance, we had the pleasure
of hearing the lookout on board of
her call out, “A boat on the weather
bow.” A hail from the quarterdeck
aud tuy answer passed iu quick suc
cession, when she immediately luffed
up iu the wind. 1 put the boat along
side and in u few minutes we wore
sale on board, the bont being left to
tow astern until daylight.
The vessel proved to be the British
brig K , bound to Wilmington.
The captain took us al! into the cabin
ami furnished us immediately with
something to eat and drink, and hav
ing done the best lie could for Wil
son’s wound, requested to hear mv
story. 1 told him all about it, ani
be at once went on-deck aud gate or
ders for a sharp lookout to be kept, in
the hopes of falling in with the other
boats. He told uie, however, that the
day before he had passed what seemed
to be. a iarge boat, bottom up; he had
1 kept tiic nrig away so as to pass as
close as possible to it; but he had
not been able to detect any living
being near it, aud so, a heavy sea
I running at the time, he had not felt
I justified in lowering a boat. I teld
I him I had no doubt it had been one of
I our boats. Indeed, front the time the
I two Spaniards had been killed, I had
I had a firm conviction that the old
j woman's words would prove true.
Four days afterwards we arrived in
Wilmington, and at once went on
j shore and reported the loss of ths
1 ship to the merchants to whom she
■ had been consigned. They at once
arranged for our being received at the
Sailor's Homo, and also gave me the
owner’s address, in New York. I
wrote him a detailed account of the
wreck, aud in a few days he arrived
at Wilmington. Os course we had to
■wear to the causes and circumstan
ces of the wreck, and os far as I know,
the evidence proved perfectly satis
factory to tho underwriters.
By proper treatment Wilson was
soon all right again. The owner gen
erously gave us a hundred dollars
over and above our wages, as compen
sation for the loss of our slothing, <tc.
Nash went North, to his hom.-e; but
Wilson and myself both shipped in a
brig to Bristol with a cargo of res’y,. I
Os course, before this, I hsd told hi
all about the predictions whict- **!
been made me by the old wo* ■* “ ft ,
on new arrival at Bri*to’ .man, ana
ji, T tried to
NO. j(i,
find her again, but without success
1 found the house ; but it was descr
ted, aud none of the neighbors could
tell me anything of her.
About two years afterwards I was in
New York, wheu 1 called on ttye
owner and inquired if any tidings of
the other boats had ever reached bint ?
He told me, “ No,” and added that in
all probability* we had been the only
ones saved from tbc Doomed Ship.
UfocHlanji.
(vu CxtrHordinarjr Theory.
A distinguished i|wedtoh cheintov,
'Dr. y'iuMilolu'.!, i.vdl'-riSr'in
University of Upsal, has come to the
conclusion that those Egyptian mum
mies, which are found in'the ancient
tombs on the Nile in a complete
state—that is to say, without haring
been deprived of their ’cains and en
trails, like most mummies—are not
embalmed at all, but “are really the
bodies of individuals whose life has
been momentarily suspended, with the
intention of restoring them at sam>
future time, only the secret sf preser
ration was lost.
Professor Gruaselbacb adduces
many proofs iu support of his idea—
among others, bis experiments during
the lost ten years, which, lie says,
have always proved successful. He
took a suake and treated it iu such a
manner as to benumb it as though it
had been carved iu marble, and it was
so brittle that, had he allowd it to fall,
it would have broken iuto fragments.
iu this btate ho kept it Tor several
years, and then restored it to life by
sprinkling it with a stimulating fluid,
the composition of which is secret
Fo: fifteen years the make has bee.
undergoing an existence composed of
successive deaths and rosurrections
apparently without sustaining harm
The Professor is reported to have
seut a petition to his government, re
questing that a criminal who has heei.
condemned to death may be given tc
him to be treated iu the same mannei
a:< the snake, promising to restore
him to lif" again iu two years. It i*
understood that the mau undergoing
this experiment is to be pardoned.
Os couree, if the man can be kept
iu n state of suspended animation foi
two year), he may lie kept for two
thousand years, and if the professor
succeeds, we way lay up a few speci
mens of contemporaries for exhibition
in the thirty-ninth century —Apple
lon’s Journal.
A Rival n» “Snoo Fly.”—A ucw.
and popular air, which is both comi-.
cal nud nonsensical, is now all the
rage upon the streets of London, and
is sung with as much relish and
gushes from as many hundred throat:
each hour as the “Shoo Fly” song
could ever boast. I u fact it is fear#'
this may become a successful rival,
and soon be imported as the “Slio<
Fly" was by our blockadersduriug toe
*ar, from the stevedores of Nassau
The song is a perfect see-saw, aud b
something ou the style of a puzzle
Here is one verse as a .sample;
I »iiw Esau kissing Kate
lu Is cl wc nil three saw.
For 1 ?;iVr Kt-su, lie sin too,
And sin? saw 1 sun beau.
fgp While a bur of iron one inch it.
diameter will sustain twenty-eight
tons, and u bar.of steel of the same
size will sustain flty tons, a bar oi
spider's ailk of the same dimension!
will sustain seventy-four tons. This
is based upon a calculation that a
fibre of silk one four-thousandth of ar
inch iu diameter will sustain, tifty-fon
grains
fF T here is a family in Colchester
Coun.,eon’e meiulxrof whioii applies
at the post-oll.ee for a letter fruu fout
to siv limeH » ,dav. r*iti nr »*'
tentimes as tiic otfice opens tn the
morning and the tost thing at night
while but one letter haa been reocivsd
for them duriug the tost six mouths.
Why Uk Com oa t Task the Oath -
itome time since in the |ierform»scc of cei
tain legal fitnrtii >us enjoined, it hnoamenec
e«?nry for an acquaintance of outs to takt
the ostli to ■•support the Government"
Tho party looked quite serious for * fee
moments, when demurely shaking bis bead,
he said, “ I can't da it. I can't do it.”
“Wbv, sir, you must d# *o, or you rann*'.
enter upon duty," tie wa* told.
“1 can't do it.” wav the inexorable r*
sponse.
"But. u.j friend, why can’t you do it?'
he was asked
“ I do not like to tell why I cannot do it,"
was ths answer . .1
"But, sir, we insist upon knowing •!(♦
reason why you connot u> snppor.
the Government,” mM offleia'
“ Weil," replied v, a acquaintance, ‘if 1
must tell, 1
wife and tw<J ITC chi’dren to support; and
that’s n" ’..inch as 1 1 an do without under
taking { 0 supj*>rt the OovcTJinent."
To 3roc lij.'EHCn.d—A correspondent 01
the Ohio Farmer rerives tide old aud excel
lent rcJ'.eJv • 1 have noticed various way*
tor topping tilood. The "'tide you wit.
ftnd a&oMd is os easy and sure a remedy
as J , YeT **w tried, ft Is r*bedspunk,sno
I wound without any preparsttow b " 1 '
stick itself to the wound, and Stop the 11 *o*
• *inm*di\t»lv without p*m Inttottsn