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Joseph Cushy.
MACON, THURSDAY, 3 O’CLOCK, P. M., SEPTEMBER 13, 1860.
Volume XXXIV.—No. 48.
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From Whitehead's “Wild Sports of the South."
A Night Among the Wolves.
••The pass was steep and rugged.
The wolves they howled and wiilnod;
Hut he ran like a whirlwind up the pass.
And left the wolves behind.”—Maeaultty.
“Mike, what kind ofjiight would this bo
for firo-shooting ?’’ said the Doctor to that
meditative Nimrod, who was busy sewing
uj> n moccasin by the light of (he camp fire,
al ter ;t wefek of travel.
“So, so,’’ replied Mike, without lookirr
up.
“t nm gomg, ! think.”
No answer. Mike put on the mended
moccasin and drowofftha other.
“Do you- think wo can kill anything?’
“S’pcnc-," replied Alike.
“Como, Charlie, lot us try it for a little
while.”
This was nil n ruse on tho part of Poke,
in order to make Alike think our great hunt
was an unpremeditated affair, and thereby
increase the glory of killing so much game.
It jiud been arranged between us during the
day that «ro would try fire-hunting that
night. It promised to be n cloudy night,
which wns of great advantage, ns it pre-
vented*the' game from seeing anything of
the hunters, and nt tho same time rendered
their eyes more reflective when opposed to
tho torch light. Wo had even gone so far
as to make our pitch pine torches, and th
whole preparation was complete. It was a
party oi two—'.he Doctor and myself. There
would h rather’more interest in getting
the game along; and besides that, Mik
opinion on fire-shooting was well known,
and we knew ho would not go with us—so
const mt a hunter scorned so primitiv
snare as tho one wo proposed. The no-
gra.-t v.v did not want, for the fewer in
party th i better. So, one of us taking
gun, and the other carrying a torch, we left
the camp. g
The boys were ehueklinffiMHftras they
watched us go-^lbo dogs nHHBrhryausc
they could nut go v.iili us, and Mike gave
one of bis expressive ooughs, tlmt saidas
plainly m wnrrtvi. -‘Mow for it.”
We were sjou outbid of the glare of the
camp lire, the little creek was' crossed, and
our torch flushed brightly on tho taper
trunks ofthe pine trees, the climbing vines,
uni th broableafed plants that grew by
the pods of water. There was no wind,
and, walking in the pine woods, there wns
no sound. Once in a long whilo a sandhill
crane, disturbed in his w.nijdorings, would
bo seen stalking away, jyith his red head
high in the nir, like a sentry on duty ; or
the sudden motion ofthe underbrush would
tell us ibut some ono of the many little har
lequins ofthe wood, that gambol most when
men do deep, had fled from this unusual
spectacle of a moving light. Hut no deer
rewarded our search—no bear showed us
his heavy cont.
“Faith,’’ said the Doctor, “this romantic
promenade is getting somewhat long.’’
“Think of the deer, one buck will pay
us.”
“Fudge ! if there was no ono to laugh nt
us 1 would have turned back long ago.—
Give me the gun, and you take t l o light.”
Accordingly we changed positions—I
going ahead, carrying the torch before me,
in such a manner that it would throw the
light ahead as much as possible, and none
on our per^ijs, and tho Doctor received
tbo gun, and took my place directly behind
and shaded by my person. The night had
become still darker, and a misty rain com
menced falling. We had left the pine
wobds, after walking a couplo of miles, and
had come into a grove of lower timber.—
The long mass drooped in curtains, the odor
of magnolias burdened tho nir, and every
minute a de nser corpse would force us to
turn asido from our route.
“Hush!’’ whisjicred the Doctor, sudden
ly, with a sDMuodic pull at my coat tail,
“there’s a dsHHr
I-was jusfHpklering at this absence o(
deer, uud coulunot account lor it, as it was
a rare thing to go n mile in Florida without
seeing one.
“Where ?” I whispered, “I don’t see it,
“Hush !’’ it has gone now, “but we will
see it iu a moment again.”
We advanced on tiptoe, both in body and
expectation.
“There! there!” said the Doctor, point
ing with his finger a little distance to the
left; but the luminous spot was gone before
I hardly got my eyes on it. ■
Wo were in the very place for deer. A
heavy wind-fall lay ahead of us, and the
mingled trunks and twisted branches looked
like the chttaux defnse to some great en
campment/'' The nickering light made the
shadows move back and forth with a spec
tral effect, as though dancing, and the hush
ofthe forest was unbroken by any sound.
Every moment I expected to see again the
two phosphorescent stars that indicate the
deer’s eyes, and then the true shot would
bring us the prize for our labor. It seemed
a long time in coming again.
“That deer must be very shy,” whispered
the Doctor, just above his breath.
The next time I saw it first. It was some
distance ahead, and there were two. Just
liefore I could point them out to my com
rade, they bad disappeared. Presently we
saw it one side of us.
“Charlie, that’s a will-o’-the-wisp,” said
Poke, in rather a subdued tone, “or the de
vil ; who ever heard of a deer going around
•o?”
“He is examing you to see what manner
of man you are.”.
“Perchance it is some spirit of a depart
ed buck, leading us on a wild ohase to des.
troy us.”
“There it is, right behind me, os I live !”
ejaculated the Doctor, in evident trepida
tion.
Sure enough, as I turned my head, 1 saw
the two blue lights that indicate the reflect-
ing lenses of the eye. The Doctor wns ta
king aim, but 1 noticed it was not very
steady'. He pulled the trigger—a dull snap
announced a miss fire. He pulled the oth
cr trigger—it snapped in the same way.—
The gun was wet with rain.
“Was anything ever so provoking ?” said
Poke, as the eyes vanished in the darkness.
“If it is the devil, he will have you now.”
“How can you talk so said the Doctor,
with a strong accent on the “can.’’
“There is your deer, Poke, in the wind
fall,’’ said I, ns I caught sight of tho eyes
moving rapidly along over the mass of tim
her that lay heaped and knotted together.
“That’s no deer,’’ said Poke; “no cloven
foot could go over that wind-fall tliat way.
I would rather see the night huntsman of
tho Hartz Mountains than to see those eyes
again.’’ As he was speaking, I saw in the
inky darkness ahead of us nnother pair of
eyes, and two or three pairs on the left.—
The truth flashed on me. The scarcity of
the deer, the proximity of the wind-fall, the
restlessness of those baleful eyes, all gave
me the clue—the wolves were around us.
A word to Poke and the affair wns cx
plained, und we stood still for consultation.
We tried new caps on our guns, but it was
of no use—the cones were saturated with
water. Wo turned toward the camp, but in
our eoufusion wc forgot the direction. To
heighten the misery ofthe Shine, our torch
was almost burnt out—let that die and the
rest could bo easily divined.
We were standing at the time under a
grove of small pecan trees, and at that in
stant n low snort was heard from the shadow
near us, like the cough of a dog.
Poke did not say a word, but dropping the
gun and seizing n limb of one ofthe trees
over his head, with an agility for which 1
had never given him the least credit, eleva
ted himself to tho crotch, about ten feet
Irom the ground.
I did not want to do anything ofthe kind,
of course not; 1 would rather have placed
my back against a tree, and won a glorious
lentil in battle against my numerous foes;
but alack ! for a bad example, I dropped the
torch, that broke in pieces in falling, and
clasping the nearest tree, which happened
to bo a medium sized gum-tree, soon scram
bled up to a place of safety. Lucky' it was
for me that I had that torch in hand, for
when it fell, it lay scattered around the base
of the tree, still flickering and flashing In
the darkness, and the annuals that had sur
rounded us, ns they saw their prey escaping,
rushing forward with an angry' noise, they
saw the glowing embers, and held back just
long enough to permit my escape. As 1
drew myself up on the first limb, a rush of
ratitude passed over my soul, and my ft
mgs were as warm as a child’s. Nothing
could be seen, for the sombre forest shut out
tho little light there wns in tbo otmospbere,
but I heard the pattering of feetjieneath my' river,
fortress, like fulling rain. Back and for
ward they camo and went, and snorting
sounds and champing teeth, made tho black
night alive with imaginary shapes. I won
dered liow it fared with the Doctor, yet
dared not call, for the uncertainty was less
fearful than the reality might be. I pictur-
d him fallen, dragged back from his half-
attained refuge, and divided among the hun
gry pack ; nnd the very noise below might
be tho mumbling of his bones
■While their white tn-ks eronched o'er Ills whiter eknll.
As It slipped through their jaw# when their cdjes grew
dull.'
‘Oh, it is easy enough to say take heart,
hut when the tree bends a little more than
usual I am within a foot of these hellhounds,
Oh, dear !*
At this moment J. thought I saw a light
flashing through the foliage. A moment
more, I wns sure of it.
‘Where—where! Oh, dear! T can’t turn
my head lest I slip off.’
‘There they come; I sec them—three
torches and men and dogs.’
‘God bless them!’ I heard Poke say, faint
ly.
I was afraid he was fainting. ‘Hold on
Poke,’ I said, nnd screaming to the men, 1
called them to hurry. On they came nt a
run. 1 recognized them as they come up
with their torches flashing thro’ the woods;
they were Jackson nnd his men. He had
been in our camp only the day previous,
and told us lie had a sheep farm in this
ncigbbuibood. ‘Quick, this I shouted,
‘the wolves! the wolves!’ He answered me.
How blessed a thing was the sound ofliu-
mast voice in our necessity. They came
under tbo trees wc were in.
‘Hulloa, there! where are you? Where
arc the wolves?’ he shouted in his stentorian
tones.
‘Dare's de sheep I’m bin buntin’ all dis
bressed night!’ exclaimed a negroe who ac
companied Jackson on his search.
I looked around, and there was Jackson’s
big flock of sheep, staring blandly at us up
in the trees and at their master by turn. It
had been their eyes we had seen in the
darkness. \ —
And there was'Jackson see-sawing oi
fallen tree, hiccoughing and laughing and
crying by turns; and there were the negroes,
and they called in the sheep, ‘IIo! ho! ho!
Oh, laws a niaussy! did I ever—ho! ho! bo!
ho! wolves! Oh, laws a maussy!’
Poke slid down the tree lie was in, pick-
» up his coat tail, that had been torn off
by a broken limb in his hurried ascent,
sighing.
*OH, tlUH I Lad tlic tringi of a tlovc V
1.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
At length I summoned courage and call
ed “Poke!”
“Hulloa!’’ was the responso—more grate
ful to my ear than any sound in the world.
“How are you, n.y boy ?” I colled again.
“Safe, thank the Lord !”
“What a disgraceful situation to be in,
and how are we to get out of it 7"
‘I will be grateful if 1 can only keep in
it; for this tree is so small that the wolves
can almost reach me when they jump ; and,
as I climbed up, one caught my coat-tail
and tore it entirely off”
“Climb up higher, then.”
“1 can’t—the tree is so small that, when I
get any higher, it bends over and lets me
down—oh, dear!’’
“Haven’t you your pistols with you ?—
Try nnd shoot one, and it may frighten
them.’’
“Oh, dear, no; there are hundreds of
them. Just look at them below!”
I looked down, and surely I could sec a
drove of them. They were, evidently the
gray wolfc; for, in spite of the darkness, I
could once in a while detect their motions
from their light coats.
Poke suggested that they were phantom
wolves, and declared they were all white
All the fearful stories that I had ever
read came coursing through niy brain. I
saw snow.buried huts snuffed out and rav
ished by these prowlers,and heard the shriek
of the child, thrown from the sleigh by its
fear-maddened mother, and many an old
dream re.shaped in my mind the terrors of
nights of fear. Were we to be tired out by
their devilish patience? Was one gang to
relieve another until we wearily fell into
their hot tainted jaws, thus to be hurled in
to oblivion?
I shouted in the hope that some one might
hear me; but what good to shout in the
midnight forest ? I heard a voice—it was
Poke saying his prayers. I listened de
voutly, but could offer none myself.
When he had finished I called to him.—
He answerd faintly—
What is it? speak quickly; I can’t hold
on much longer.’
Fire your pistol—do try; it may bring
some help, even if it does not kill.’
‘I will try,’ answered Poke.
There was a momentary pause, and then
the sharp crack of a pistol was followed by
the singing of a bullet close by my ear.—
By the flash I saw Poke, hatless and almost
coatless, hanging on to the topmost branch
of a young pecan, that bent with him like
an orange tree under a heavy load of fruit.
With the report of the pistol there was a
scramble among the voracious crew at our
feet; but they did not go away permanent
ly, and were back in a moment.
" ‘Fire the other barrel, dear Poke, but try
and fire it the other way—point it down.’
Bang! sounded the pistol, and I heard a
thump on tho ground, as the poor fellow
threw away the now useless weapon.
‘Hold on, Poke—take heart, my dear
boy.’ . - ;' .
“ Como, Joe, tell us what made you
turn pale awhile ago when Jack told us that
he Imd seen a grave, and asked whose it
was V* -
“ Bah, boys ! turn pale, did I ? There
are circumstances in the lives of most men
who live on the frontier, which, to have
them recalled, will make them turn pale.
And mentioning that grave, and asking
whose it was, recalled a fearful event in my
experience, But as tho night is young yet,
I will tell you about it; and perhaps it will
be a warning to you uover to trust too much
to a stranger, or throw temptation in bis
way.”
Thus spoke your humble servant some
months ago, to a party of prospectors, of
e. The following Is the
storv to which 1 alluded above :
Several years ago, I was out with a par
ty prospecting for silver, high up the Gila
We had been some timo wjthout
meeting with any success, and wererthnrn-
jng to Fort Yuma, disgusted witii the coun
try. Wc had left the Pintos village a day’s
journey behind us, when we fell in with a
man traveling the same way that we were.
Me wns without grub or blankets, and said
he was going to California. As wc had
some spare mules, we told him that if he
could ride a pack saddle he could go with
us as far as Fort Yuma. None of us liked
the looks ofthe fellow. He had such a thor
oughly villainous expresion. But as lie
scented so badly used up, we took pity on
him and made him the offer that we did
He accepted without any hesitation. We
found him taciturn, never speaking unless
he was spoken to. When we camped, he
would take the saddle off his mule and go
ofl'by himself, never helping to get the grub
ready ; nnd when it was ready he would
come and pitch in with the rest of us.
However, though we did not like him or
his actions, we said nothing, thinking he
might have some secret sorrow that wc had
no right to pry into. Wc had traveled two
days when what I am about to tell you oc
curred. Wc had camped at noon, and as
the weather was very.{form, some one pro
posed that we should aUtake a bath. All
had felt that it would be a deliciously cool
amusement, bathing In the shade ofthe cot
ton-wood trees which hung over the banks
ofthe river. We stripped instanter and were
soon enjoying ourselves gloriously. I had
a belt nrouud me with several twenties in it,
and took it of to give me free play in the
water. I laid it down on my clothes care
lessly, never thinking of hiding it from any
of the company, as they all knew that 1 had
the money, and I imd no idea that the slr&n
ger would bo tempted to take it. As I came
out of the wnter, I noticed the stranger look
ing very longingly at my belt, but thought
no more about it.
That night, from some cause, I could not
sleep well, and wlien I would fall into
state of unconsciousness I was troubled with
such wild-like dreams, that I would rather
I had remained broad awake. At last, a-
bout midnight, I went to sleep soundly, how
long 1 lay I do not know, but I wakened
suddenly to find some one kneeling over
me and very carefully cutting my shirt
open. Now I have always had the power
(call it presence of mind, or anything else)
of comprehending in an instant all that is
going on around me, no matter from how
sound a sleep I may be waked. It is any
thing but pleasant to wake and find one’s
self in the power of a desperado who will
have no hesitation in plunging a knife into
your heart. I felt myself in anything but
an enviable siiuution, knowing that the sligh
test indication cn my part, of being awake
.would cause the villain to give me betweeu
the ribs the length of his bowie, or the con
tents of his pistol. For, although I could
not see his pistol, I felt sure that bo had it
handy.
To secure my pistol without letting him
know that I was awake, was a very delicate
operation, and I attempted to accomplish it
in the following manner: my pistol and
bowie knife were both under my Baddle,
which I used for a pillow. I threw my
right arm up over my head, taking care not
•o touch the robber, and yawned as if I was
half awake, but ready with my left hand to
catch his arm in the event of his attempting
to stab me. I had my eyes partly shut, so
that he could not easily see them glisten,
but sufficiently open to see his every move,
cd he raised his arm to strike, and I was
nearly betraying him ns, hc/rig awake by
throwing off my left hand, but some strong
impulse prevented me from doing it, and he
held his knife suspended to give the blow
had\I made another move. When I threw
my hand over ray head, with the same move
ment! I placed it under the saddle and on
the b^tt of iny. pistol, which was cockpd
ready for use.
I layyin that position for about half a
minute,\but it seemed like an hour. By
that time \ had power over my breathing,
which on Virst waking came very quick.
As soon as thought that I was sound a-
slecp again, Ve lowered his hand and com
menced operating on my shirt, clearing it
away .from the belt. Then I thought my
opportunity had come, nnd tried to jerk my
six shooter, but it was foul some way, and
it would not come. I thought that my time
bad arrived, for, as quick as thought, -lie
drew and Struck with his knife. He struck
at my throat. My eyes were broad open
then, and I saw where the knifo was ■ com
.- Iiya quick involuntary movement,
I threw myself aside, and ho must have
overreached himself, for tne knife stuck in
to the saddle,*and so'tight, that he could not
get it out. In trying to get my pistol my
hand touched tho cold silver hilt of my bow-
Instinctively I took liold of it, abandon
ing the pistol, und was nerving my arm for
the blow, when I felt the cold muzzle of
his pistol ngain.-t my -forehead. I struck
out blindly, and, ns 1 did so, there was the
stunning report of'his pistol. - How I escap
ed I do not know ; my face was blackened
with the nowdiiT, and tpy whiskers nearly
burned oll^ but tliat was ail the damage done
to me. My blow, though struojt at random,
had proved a severe one. My knifo had
gone intj the left side of his neck, inside of
tho collar bone. Theknife must have reach
ed his heart, for as I drew out to strike
again, he fell on me with his whole weight,
and his bl- od spirting all over my face.
Ho gave one quiver, uud stretched out his
length and lay perfectly still—stone dead !
The whole transaction did-not take three-
quarters of a minute.
The report of the pistol had aroused the
.company, every man sprung to his arms.
Some were looking forthe mules, while oth
ers were asking who fired the shot, and
wlicro the Indians were. I called to'tiie
boys to lake thu dead man off me, for 1 was
is weak ns a child. A couplo of them did
as I requested, while others threw fresh
sage brush on tho half-smouldering camp
fire, and we soon had plenty of light to see
what had happened. I told the boys all
about what had occurred. We found all the
mules in their places but mine, which was
staked ofl'about twenty yards from the camp
with one of the other boys’ saddles and bri
dle on her. I went into the river and clean
ed myself from his blood, and then sat down
by the camp-fire, where I remained till mor
ning, unable to sleep.
Instincts ok tSb ReiItt.—Madame Lbnor-
tnand, the widow of the great printer and pub
lisher of that name, has just expired in Paris,
at the age of H4. She had for years continued
in the -business of her husband, and her house
was the first in France.
Among other works she published the me
raoirs of her celebrated namesake, M’llc Lenor-
maud, the fortune-teller to whom Napoleon gav<
100,00(tf., and in whom he placed implicit faith
Both lived In the same neighborhood, and one
day a confusion, originating in a similarity of
name, gave rise to the following anecdote, which
will give a good idea of the character of the cs
tunable woman just deceased:
A young girl trembling with emotion, evi
ilentlv laboring under great distress of mind,
was introduced by the servant into Madame
Lc-normand's study.
“Oh! Madame," exclaimed the young girl,
“you wlm read the future, come to my help !
Madaiue LenormanU looked intently for some
time at thcjrembling girl, then after asking a
few insignificant questions, said in an impres
sive tone:
“You have fled from your father’s house?"
“Alas, yes!”
“It was love which induced you to leave?"
“It was.”
“Your lover entreated you to follow him ?”
“It is true."
“So much for the present, then, my child.”
“But the future, dear Madame, the future.”
“The future? This is the future. After dis
honoring you, he will leave you, abandon yon
to infamy and poverty, leave you to die of shame
and grief. Despair and sorrow will send your
father to his grave. This is the future.”
Then putting her arm around the poor child,
she spoke words of affection and reason, till her
mind became calmer; and then, when the tears
begin to flow, and feverish excitement of pas
sion was abated, she ordered her carriage and
to A the girl to her home.
As they went, the girl, taking tho hand and
gazing into the face of her benefactress, said
You arc indeed a prophetess, nothing is hid
den from you, present or future.”
“No, my child, I am not a prophetess nor a
witch, but I am a mother, and the instincts of a
mother’s heart inspired me.”
Pennsylvania.—The last ten days have wit
nessed a manifest change in tiic Presidential
chances in Pennsylvania. AYc are now decid
edly of the opinion that in the end there will
be but one electoral ticket in the field in that
State against Lincoln. The arrangements of
the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee
is fair and honorable to all parties.' It is no
fusion or compromise but a test of strength.—
The candidate who receives the largest vote in
tho College, if the ticket succeeds. It is sim
ply a reference of the whole matter to the
popular will; both sides agreeing to abide
the decision of the majority within the demo
cratic party. All shade of the party, with the
Bell-Everett vote, will be united on* Foster for
Governor. If he should be elected, as wc be
lieve he will, Lincoln wiH never get tho vote of
the State.— Washington Star.
Kentucky.—A gentleman from’ Bourbon in
formed us on Monday that at one precinct in
that county lie knew of twenty-eight democrats
who voted for Coombs at the late election, eve
ry one of whom will vote for Brokkinridgc in
November; and at one precinct in Nicholas
county he knew ffleen others ‘of tho tame
sort' So it will be throughout the State. All
the Bell-Everctts and squatters combined can
never prevent Kentucky from voting for tho
men of the people’s choice, the gallant Breck
inridge and Lane.—Xinth Legion.
Correspondence of the Telegraph
For the Telegraph.
Mr. Editor:—In answer tori Fireman, Esq.,
I propose to inform the public as unnecessary
are his remarks, in reference to the organiza
tion of this new Company, as arc detestable the
allegations. A Fireman, Esq., says, “Although
I am in favor of a new Company for the south
western part of the city, yet I would object if
made up of the material indicated above,” and
advises the city to ponder upon their applica
tion, as if they were mid-night rollers, “fit for
treason, stragem or crime”—to preserve the
good order and fellowship ever preserved in the
Fire Department of Macon, and almost by infer
ence to say, they are doubtful nion. The wri
ter of this communication informs a A Fireman,
Esq., that, but poor estimate must exist in iiis
opinion teward many of tho most respectable
portion of the citizens residing in that portion
of the city. Tho assault upon delinquents in
Military and Fire service, is email, and render
ed still less-by an attack upon a new organiza
tion. Good bye, A Fireman, Esq.
SPARKS, No. 4.
A New Enterprise.—We are pleased to learr,
says the Richmond Dispatch of the 3d inst.,
that it is in contemplation by Messrs. Walker
& Pelouse, well known type founders in New
York, to select Richmond for tho location of
their Southern Type Foundry. This new branch
of enterprise will he a valuable accession to the
... . T . . - , - manufacturing business of Richmond, and, wo
which I could easily do, as it was a clear -hare no doubt, will receive very liberal patron-
slar-light night. On the instant that I mov- age. .
New York, Sept. 8tli, I860.
Dear Sir:—The visit of the prince of Wales
to this city, continues to he a subject of. much
conversation and no little excitement, especial
ly among the lean mondc, but as it is found, since
his arrival in the Provinces, that lie Ls rather
more democratic than was expected, and seems
to prefer the society and attention of the people
at large rather than the pseudo aristocratic few, a
great variety of projects, schemes and specula
tions arc suggested for his reception and enter
tainment when lie arrives, many haying an eye
only to the almighty dollar, while others de.-ir-
liotoriety or to elevate their position or
standing in the fashionable world, arc willing
to make large sacrifices that their name may
he in some manner associated or flavored with
royalty. A grand ball, at the Academy of
Music, has Wen rcoomtucntlod to l>o tlio wa*t,
magnificent -affair of the kind ever attempted
in this country, to which none but tho very
elite of the metropolis will be admitted; should
this take place, Brown, the noted sexton of
Grace Church .would undoubtedly be selected
as a committee on credentials, the price of tick
ets would bo about one thousand dollars to pay
expenses," as the Common Council would not
he allowed even to wipe the dust off the patent
leather boots of the gentlemen; therefore, the
tax payers will have no fear of another swindle
a la Japanese. Credentials will he closely-
scrutinized. Gentlemen will be required to
prove that they did not borrow the funds to pur
chase their ticket, as by so doing a crowd will
he avoided, and the company will he more se
lect. Married gentlemen will be required to
show that-they own at least one two horse es
tablishment, with servants in livery, and occu
py a house costing not less than forty thous
and dollars, and have spent two or three sea
sons at Saratoga or Newport. Crinoline will
he prescribed to the limit of not over ten feet
in diameter to facilitate dancing, and other re
strictions too numerous to mention. One of
the people suggests flooring over the Central
Park and admitting all without regard to age,
condition or sex, which he thinks would be
more becoming a nation of independent free
men, and that eight hundred acres of ball room
would he sufficient to enable all to dance, and
at tho same time give the Prince an opportuni
ty to note our progress in civilization and the
fine arts. A gentlemen offers to the Prince
and his suit the use of his fine brown stone
front house, and no doubt he would pay a large
bonus if he would take it, as it would greatly
enhance the value of the property. Another
gentleman, who keeps a magnificent establish
ment on tho 5th Avenue for teaching the ideas
of young ladies how to shoot, has tendered the
house to the Prince for his occupancy during
his stay in the city. This is a remarkably dis
interested exhibition of generosity which
should be taken into consideration by the men
tor of the Prince as tho house, being fomerly
built by one of the “Jeukcns’ ’’ for a private
residence, is one of the most splendid on this
continent, and tho idea of the young and amia
ble Prince occupying a palace dedicated to the
training of the daughters of tho most fashiona
ble and wealthy of the land, strikes one at
once as very beautiful; besides, it would give
tho establishment an air of distinction which
would make it the acknowledged head of all in
stitutions of the kind in this country, and all
young lady graduates would be standard spe
cimens of fashionable female accomplishments,
It is quite certain that the institution would bo
immediately filled on the Prince leaving, which
would somewhat compensate, the gentleman
for his generosity. The apartments which the
Prince occupied would possess great interest
should they bo permitted to remain precisely
as when lie vacated them, and to enable the
young ladies to exhibit them in a manner the
most interesting to their friends, I would re
commend to the principal of the institution,
the following sort oi a parody on that old fav-
rite classical composition:
“This is tho house that Jack built,” to bo
committed to memory by his pupils.
This is the house that Jenkins built.
This is the room, in which the Prince slept,
in the house that Jenkins built
This is the bed, and tho precise spot where
ho pillowed his head, in the room where he
slept, in the house that Jenkins built.
This is the boot-jack make by Snooks, and
used by the Prince to drawoff his boots,- before
pillowing bis head, on the bed, in the room
where ho slept, in the house that Jenkins built
This is the table, by which the Prince sat,
and on it the Bible, which was read by the good
son of his mother after using the boot-jack made
by Snooks, to draw off his boots, before pillow
ing his head, on the bed, in the room where he
slept, in the house that Jenkins built
DAWN OF DAT.
That is the bath-room with basin, bath tub
and croton, used by the Prince on arising from
the bed, where he pillowed his head, in the
room where slept, in tho house that Jenkins
built ' \
That is a towel which was used by the Prince,
has not been washed since, when he left the
bath-room with basin, bath-tub and croton, af
ter arising from the bed, where he pillowed his
head, in the room where he slept, in the house
that Jenkins built -
Other articlcs\could be named, if proper,
which was used by the Prince both before and
after he pillowed his head, on the bed, in the
room where he slept, in the bouse that Jenkins
built. Yours,
A Spirit of ’CO.
Newark, N. J., Sept 7th, 18C0.
The near approach of the election is causing
great activity among the politicians. The Re
publicans arc very confident of the triumphant
election of Lincoln. The divisions at the South
where all the Democratic strength lies, and the
domineering coarse of Douglas and his “whip-
pers in” at the North, so paralyses the opposi
tion elements that I»despair of anything but
a disastrous result.
The Breckinridge wing ore anxious to unite
with the opposition forces in New York, but
such is the overhearing brow-beating course of
the Douglas pretenders, that it seems impossi
ble, unicoo Uu “ Cnnatitutioaal Democracy’ 1
will agree to ignore their indentity, and merge
without recognition, into the Douglas ranks.—
Patriotism demands a great sacrifice for the
sake of victor}' against the common enemy, but
“ liberty and union” can never he severed by
expedients that sacrifice tiieir truest champions,
and endanger the future defeneo of the Nation
al Citadel. Thu only security for its success
ful defence in all encounters, is to guard well
the outposts, and defend the trenches in the
conflicts of the present.
The Constitution "iuidlhc Union, and. the
enforcement of the laws, all sound well enough
upon the cars. It may, however, be well
enough, before subscribing to this sentiment
in full, to consider who are the parties that are
to “enforce the laws,” and trhat 1-incTof laws
are in he enacted. If the popular elections
should furnish an abolition House, and that par
ty succeed in getting the Senate, and Congress
should pass laws to interdict the sale of slaves
in the States, and give full permission for the
transmission of incendiary publications through
the mails South, and the gradual abolition of
slavery, it will be presuming a little too much
on the veneration of people for the sanctity of
such laws, to suppose they will submit to their
“ enforcement.”
Are the principles of the Union Party to he
carried out, should the Republicans succeed ?—
Or arc they only announced, as vote eafehers?
Demagogues may sing pcans to the Union, ut
I hope never- to he so humiliated, as to see the
South obey laws passed in violation of the Con
stitution.
There is great excitement at the North, espe
cially among the Methodists, in consequent of
the hanging, ly a Texan mob, of a Mr. Bentley,
a Methodist preacher, upon suspicion of his Ic
ing an abolitionist. It is asserted here, that
ho was a pious and inoffensive man, who went
from Arkansas to Texas, with the best of testi
monials as to his pious walk and conversation,
and zeal for the propagation of the Gospel.
The Editors and Speakers of the Republican
party, arc making a strong point of this lamen
table transaction, and the hope is, that the im
mense body of Northern Methodists will he in
fluenced to voto the Lincoln ticket The Re
publican crusaders say, “the lawless tyranical
slaveholders must be rebuked, that slavery in
the South is inconsistent with freedom of Speech
and even thought upon the subject of African
Slavery, is subject to the reign of the suspicious
and fearful mob.”
Occurrences like the one alluded to, create
strong sensation here, and an appeal to the re
ligious sympathies of tho very numerous and
influential denomination of (Northern) Metho
dist, will no doubt, tell tremendously on the
election, he Mr. Bentley innocent or guilty.
The sanctity of tho clerical profession will
not be expected to screen the abolition einissa
ries at the North, bu(, tbjjtjhcy should be sub
ject to the regular adoMp^tration oflaws, as was
that cut-throat Browc.*’' It is by this course
alone that the South can hope to retain the res
pect or support of any considerable portion of
the people of the North. If the laws arc not
severe enough to protect her people thcy'should
be made so, and then regularly and rigidly en
forced.
Henry AY. Hilliard, of Alabama, is to speak
licre to-night before the people in adffigacy of
the election of Bell and Everett. A very large
crowd will no doubt bo in attendance to hear
him.
There appears to be considerable cordiality
evinced in support of the “Union ticket" in
this State,-and I trust the popular voice will
be against the Rebublicans. The election, how
ever, depends on New York.
If Lincoln carries that State the dance is over,
what is to be the pay of the fiddlers time wiH
disclose.
Tho defensive speech of Mr. Breckinridge is
well received here, and is considered a full vin
dication of himself and his party the Constitu
tional Democracy.
The Bell and Everett men here speak very
confidently of their adherents carrying the
whole South. The “whole South” is a big
place when it is all enclosed, nnd if the Bell
ringers appropriate the entire domain, they will
certainly have something to brag of, and I trust
they will be disposed “to live and let live” and
not attempt to make a Breckinridge Democrat
obey a Black Republican law that contravenes
tho “higher law” of self preservation and Con
stitutional right J. C. T.
A country schoolmaster ono day announced
to his pupils that the examination would soon
take place.
“ If you are examined in geography,” said
he, “you will suroly be asked of what shape
the world is; and if you should not remem
ber, just look at me, and I will show you my
snuffbox to remind you it is round.”
Unfortunately, the schoolmaster had two
snuff-boxes—a round one which he carried on
Sunday, and a square one he carried during the
week. The fatal day having arrived, the class
iu geography was duly called out, and the
question asked:
“AYhat is the shape of the earth
The first boy, appalled by the appearance of
the examining committee, felt embarrassed,
and glanced at the master, who at once pointed
to his snuff-box.
“Sir,” boldly answered the boy, “it is round
on Sunday, and square all the rest of the
week.”
“Come here and tell me what the four sea
sons ore ?”
Young prodigy answers. “Pepper, mustard,
salt, and a switch; them’s what mother always
seasons with 1"
AN ANCIENT MAMMOTH SHIP.
Hiero was great and magnificent in all things,
in building palaces,' arsenals and temples. He
caused an infinite number of ships of all bur
dens to he built for the exportation of corn—a
traffic in which almost the whole wealth of tho
island consisted. AA T o are told of a galley built
by his order, under the direction of Archimedes,
which was reckoned one of the most famous
structures of antiquity, It Was a whole year
in buildipg. Hiero passed whole days among
his workmen to animate them by his presence.
This ship had twenty benches of oars. The
enormous pile was fastened together cn all sides
with huge nails of copper which weighed ten
pounds and upwards.
The inside had in it three gallaries or corri
dors, the lowest of which led to the hold by a
(light of stairs, the second to apartments, and
the first to soldiers’ lodgings. On the right
and left side of the middle gallery there were
apartments to the number of thirty, in each of
which were Tour beds for men. The apart
ment for the officers and seamen had fifteen
beds, and three great rooms for eating ; the last
of which, that was at the stern, served for a
kticken. All tLo floors of these apartments
were inlaid with small stones of different col
ors, representing stories taken from the Iliad
of ilomcr. The ceilings, windows, and all the
other parts were finished with wonderful art,
and embellished with all kinds of ornaments.
In the uppermost gallery where was a gym
nasium or place of exercise, and walks propor
tionate to the magnitude of the ship. In them
were gardens and plants of all kinds, disposed
in wonderful order. Pipes, some of hardened
clay and others of lead, convoyed water all
around to refresh them. There were also ar
mors of ivy and vines that had their roots iu
great vessels filled with earth. These vessels
were watered in the same manner as the gar
dens. The arbor sen ed to shade the walks.—
After these came the apartment of A'enus with
three beds. This was floored with agates and
other precious stones, the finest tliat could be
found in tho island. The wails and roof were
of cypress wood. The windows were adorned
with ivory, paintings nnd small statues. In
another apartment was a library, at the top .
of which, on the outside, was a fixed sun-dial.
Thero was also an apartment with three beds,
for a hath, in which were three brazen coppers
anti a bathing vessel made or a single stone of
various colors. This vessel contained two
hundred and fifty quarts. At the ship’s head
was a great reservoir of water,- which held a
hundred thousand quarts.
All round the ship, on the outside, were At
lases of six cubits or nine feet in height, which
supported the sides of the ship. These Atlases
were at equal distances from each other. Tho
ship was adorned on all sides with paintings,
and had eight towers proportioned to its size—
two at tiic head, two at the stern and four in tho
middle, of equal dimensions. Upon these tow
ers were parapets from which stones might be
discharged. on the ship of an enemy that
should approach too near. Each tower was
guarded by four young men completely armed,
and-two archers. The inside of them was fill
ed with stones and arrows.
Upon the side of the vessel well strengthened
with planks, was a kind of rampart, on which
was an iuginc to discharge stones, made by
Archimedes. It threw as time of three hundred
weight, and an arrow of twelve Cubit--, (eighteen
feet) the distanceof a stadium, ora hundred
and twciily-fiyc paces from it. The ship had
three masts, at each of which were two machines
to discharge stone \ There also were the hooks
and masses or lead to throw upon such ns ap
proached.
Tiie whole ship was surrounded with a ram
part of iron to keep offtho.se who should attempt
to board it. All around were grappling irons,
(ceroi) which, being thrown by machines, grap
pled the vessels of the oncmv and drew them
close to the ship, from whence it was easy to
destroy them. On each of the sides there were
sixty young mien completely armed, and as ma
ny about the masts and at the machines for
throwing stones. Though the hold of the ship
was extremely deep, one man sufficed for clear
ing it of all water, with a machine made in tho
nature of a screw, invented hv Archimedes.—
Iliero having found that there was no port in
Sicily capable of containing this vessei, except
some where it could not lie at anchorage with
out danger, resolved to.make a present of it to
King l’tolemy, and seut&tto Alexandria.—
Boilin's History of SyrngK/f*-
Telling Tales.—The following rich revela
tion of AA r ashington life and practice is only
one instance out of a thousand:
“It is dangerous to have any one who knows
yoursccrets become your enemy—provided you j
have done any tiling to he ashamed of. Bits of ^
private history, which many have come to the
knowledge of that enemy before he ceased to be
a friend, may some day be paraded before the
community with very unpleasant results. ' A
case in point is the contest now waging between
the Columbus (0.) Statesman and the Evening
Bulletin; the latter sheet being an offshoot of
tile former, edited by men who wcrq^formorly
in the Statesman’s employ, and knows the his- '
tory of tffc (ytablishinent. In the course of a
controversyjtKhe Bulletin has divulged the fact
that Hon. SPlS. Cox, a member of Congress
fronffiOhio, was in the habit of writing self-adul-
atorpietters to the Statesman from AVnrbing-
ton. Jbj" of these, signed ‘J.,’ has been cx-
hum#!. ’ Mr. Cox ^herein alludes to himself as
‘the youth fill orator;’ tells how he demolished
John Sherman and spoiled Tom Corwin’s chan
ces for the speakership, and closes by asking
his constituents to be proud of him 1 It only
needed this stroke to put the finish to Mr. Sher
man's recent castigation of Cox. The States
man was unwise in quarreling with its old cro
nies, if the Bulletin has many more such reve
lations to make.”
A\ r ix.vNs’ Steamer.—The Lull has been leng
thened some 125 feet, wc believe, and it now
makes quite a formidable appearance on the wa
ter. It floated like,a. dgelf jmil obeyed the
helm with the inst an tan’consness'of the human
will. As it came head on toward us, several
times during its trial trip up and down the river,
wc had a clear view of its propelling-wheel. It
revolved with all the majesty of a huge mill
wheel, right about the centre of tho hull, and
so favorably set were the floats, that it scarcely
lifted the water at*all on the emerging side.—
There was some sensible irregularity at times
in the revolution of the propeller, evidently
arising from the cranks passing the dead-points.
AYhcn they would turn her short round, she
slightly listed, but it was surprising to see in
what a short space she would go round. Ou
the stretch coming in, her velocity was terrible,
if one may so speak.—Baltimore Patriot, 30th.
A Monster Press.—The Scientific American
thus describes a monster steam press,upon which
Moses S. Beach, who has just retired from the
New York Sun, is at work:
He is even now just completcing tho con
struction of a monster steam printing press, by
which the sheets arc cut from rolis, dampened,
printed upon both sides, at the rate of forty
thousand impressions an hour, folded up, count
ed nnd delivered from the machine, ready for
thj carrier and the mail. This machine is as
high as a common two-story country dwelling
house; and it will, when finished—if the ex
pectations of its inventor are realized—consti
tute a most extraordinary specimen of mechanic
cal skill and ingenuity.
Ma, aunt Jane has been eating the honey,”
said an observing son. “How do you know my
dear?” asked the astonished mother. “Cause I
heard father say he wanted to sip the honey
from her lips,” responded the youth.
