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THE DAWSON JOURNAL
Vol. I.
I'IKATE LAW.
The morning wind had sunk to sleep
on its ocean Led,und lifted ulitil. fore
'op-nil echoonor nicking: on trie Jong,
smooth swells, away westwatd oftlie
coast of Peru. She was a gay and
gallant model of naval beauty. Light
as the fr gbtened sea-gull she rose on
the clear, deep wave, showing a long,
low shining black hull, of faultless
ntotild. 'I he In I, elegant masts stood
proudly up, with that grac ful rake
peculiar to this class of ve sets ; the
(‘tilish and yards were swung with the
nicest aoctirncy, tapering from the
middle with the rou; deti symmetry of
a lady’s finger; the spotles* canvas
hung in airy folds a mi I the triin. t ut
rtgg ng, like the floating dress of a
fa ry queen '1 It ■ figurehead ot ad rk
haired Moorish gir! leaned in laugh
ing loveliness from the sh rp. rising
bow, as fto kiss the glad waters be
neath ; with one Land she held the
wi and I !y of the Pacific Isles whi e the
other playfully grasped u scarf, on
which was written, “'The Flower of
the Bea.” A single flag dropped
ab ve the narrow stun. As it flap
ped aside wi.h t a. roll ngof tht vv .vcs,
it revealed the bright blazonry of the
Spanish nrms
To one untaught in sett-lore the ves
sel might have passed for a peaceful
curlier of trade; but a seaman vv- uld
ha\e remarked that shn was bui ts .f
surptiss tig swiftness with regard to
burden, lie would have told you
th .t she wtts too prdty to lie anything
el.-e than a smuggler or pirate, such
getnty always di playing a more clas
sic taste than the.r less romantic brctli
ren of the salt safer His keen eye,
too, would have detected the dark
inout ■ of a large c nnun. known to the
craft by the name of ‘‘Long Tom,”
lurking my teriously under a heap ul
canvas and coiled rope, just aft the
foremast.
All doubts as to character were put
to rest by the n otley crew ot w fiisker
ed desperadoes that covered the deck
Some slept half naked, in the hot sun ;
some were gambling and quarreling,
and others, with asp ce of poetic f cl
ing titfl uncommon to the cloth, were
leaning o.er the side to watch tlai Ird
i some po poise spla hing on the u -
nv sea. It seemed from the confusion
of tongues that the mob of every na
tion had met toge her and sent each
an envoy to this • Assembly of Free
Agency ’’ Amo g them es ecially
were to b so n the dark, devil t-ye 1
Mexi an, and the brawny, scowling
mulatto.
Fuch was he p rate. The wars of
Stain and her American colonies had
given it new and dangerous impulse to
la less adventure T lie “Protesaio ■”
it! pi arc tost- to :l fatal rank, nr.d
among the test, the Flower of the Sea
heentue known s the s ourgt of the
wave Her tc me carried terror far
among tl '-l-i.ds and the very ports
f he Pa, fie.
Swi't : tut tinri g she set capture at
defiance, and la 'ghed at pursuit.—
Mtinv :t f o.isttnl eillis'r had le t him
•hu i down ’ astern Many an holiest
mariner laid espied, at dusk, a speck
of a sail prowling on the red edge of
the horizon, and ct o he evening star
had set. with a blaze and a hurrah,
the pirate was upon him !
Beneath an awning on the quarter
deck reclined a tier e man, under the
common hei.lit, but of powerful frame.
Full, write trowsers, gi ded smooth
and close around the waist wi h a
cruris n belt, scarcely hid the i utline
of a leg t' o large to be called hand-ome.
■\ pair ol morocco slippers completed
hi. dre s leuv ng nare a bio and, shag
gy chest and muscular arms of hercu
lean sire. Two largo pistols and a
long glitteiing knife which weapons
he uev r laid aside, were stuck into
his licit. II is face almost covered
with whiskers and mu taches of etior
moos size, was t rri lens the storm of
the desert An eye that would -care
a mariner s ghost back to his sheetless
gibbet, glared in ensely under a bushy
mass of t air that overhung his brows.
Fuel) was Benito, the pirate chief lie
commenced his career ot villain/ in
early youth, by murdering an aged
and*i toy relative in Jamaica, his na
tive |a-,d lie fled and became alter
bootur. Growing more dur ng and
desperate as bl od th ckened on Lis
hun s, he now acknowledged t o supe
rior it crim hut hi- great ma ter, the
devi . and was heard n his drunken
revelry to v w a hard fight for empire
w th that potentate on the sulphurous
Styx !
Feared and bated 1 y his gang, the
tentur of his authority was the
sabre's point ; yet lie maintained his
sway by that Onnsu ornate boldn ss
and cunning which nun of his rank
and calling never want The gl m e
of the ciilel darted re tlessly from t mo
to time among b s tameless crew an i
then like the panther in ambush, trav
eled keenly around the horizon.
High amid tna angry on hs of a
knot fg: millers at the forecast is arose
the gruff voice of Antonio, a gigantic j
mulatto 1 a most viilai ous aspect.
Inferior to none but B -ni'oin piratical
accotnpl shments. In wa- acknowledg
ed second in power, and n<> one cured
to dispute his claim Opposite h m
s t n wild-1 oking. long lai ed y«> th.
of slender but active frame. His fea
tures were once singular y handsome,
but a compan onstiip of vice and his
own untamed passions had lent him
the reckless In arinff ot the outlaw. —
His losses were rapid and heavy j
With an mpatient curse l)« threw
down his last stake ; the eariN were
play, and und the mulatto won and swept
the gold into his pocket with a fiend s
laugh.
“Antonio, you nr# a case cheat,”
muttered the youth, jriudingbia teeth
with passion.
DAWHON, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1807.
| ‘*l a cheat !” retured Antonio, ris
i ing, wroth fully “Look you, Adam
Ilefler, when a man calls me st a
man, mind you—this is my answer,”
touching .he hauclo of his knife ; “but
when a cross liny, I correct him as
would his mother, thu=,” and with his
open hand he sent tho youth reeling
backward.
With a scream like the wild-cat in
her ragr, the young man flushed his
knife in the sun and bounded at his
huge antagonist In an instant, l.is up
lifted arm was stilled, and his naked
throat clutched in the viee-like grasp
of Anton o:
‘•Die like a puppy, as you are, un
worthv of bullet or steel,” growled the
ruthless necro and he laughed hideous
lv at the star itig eyes and hanging
; tongue of the peeping Adam.
I The crew rushed towards them, and
Antoni *. bent on the death of his vic
tim, stepped back, "he Strang ing
bov, in his last tbn oA.'ipp&J bis f«<>V
dexterously as be ret'enter). Antonio
loosed h s bold and caught vnin'y /it
the shrouds; wil Jy, triumphant y. did
Adam send home his knife in rapid
succession, and, ere •he mulatto fed,
his heart’s blood was, smoKlng on the
rhek. The maniac yel oftlie victor
i was followed by the curse, the death
! rattle <d the fallen !
| 1 Hell and furies 1” thundered Beni
lo. throwing aside the crowd; who
l dares my unth- rity on this deck?—
who has dona tins deed ?”
“I,” raid the youth, holding up his
recking blade— 1 | Adam Keller, sent
tin* iii v 1 to hi borne ”
“Then aft r him with this message
, from me !” and Benito’s pistol glittered
' at his 1 ead.
j “He is rght 1” muttered twenty
v ices and as many kn ves started
from their sheaths.
I Ys the cr ppled get pent in his angry
pain, o did 1L nito turn on his rebel-
I ions gang lis ye flashed fierce a*
the ightenin .’s blsiZe on ryes as fierce
as hi* M and with rage, yet fully
aware of the spirits vet wise m ho he and
his wave ing as. endani y. the wily
chit f st-arch* and lor an ii stunt the dark
faces around
* Is tii rc a man,” said lie with lof
ly vehen tice ‘ who has joined this dar
ing mutiny, ihai will say w‘ on your
cnii l for ot iis duty ? When has the
sweeping storm burst over ns that I
; guided not t e helm ? When has tiic
1 ghtiiing lit up the midnight surge
that 1 trembled at its glance? W en
1 has the fight dyed the sea with tl od
that my satire was not there? And
j who «as at my side in al th 8 9 There
!he lies—the murdered Antonio !
, Wl oso fear essly sprang alo t when
! the howling hurricane rent the flutter
ing canvas ? Who s-> true to cripple
’ tho liyittg pri.te? Who \va< before
him to leap or the siren n ng deck ?
1 Who, when the I n-cling coward [ ruv-
Jed for nis tientitling life, o quick to
stop his tongue as At tonio ? ‘Dead
! men ted ny ales.’ ” A murmur of
approbation was hoard ; Benito eyed
| A dam with hellish joy. “And who,”
continued te, "is h;s murderer? A
stray cur that lias swam off to us with
a rope around his neck. A weak 1 01,
who sleeps on his wuch and itarts
ami mutters of h s father nnd his
Lome; whose woman s tongue pr- ach
ed pity to men like you when your
knives were cutting the way to victo
ry He has ba-My killed your brave
companion, whose life was wo th a
hundred such as his? What says our
law ? ‘Life for life; blood for Wool ’ ’’
The “tern word- of the law were re
peated by all in a tr ue that si!enc:d
mercy
Adam heard his doom with scorn.
“Coward as I have been called,”
said lie, bau htily, “I wi 1 rnt ask di g
for a life worth ess than this dead
jackal,” spurnin • the huge c rpse o!
Antonia. “I ask for death, but let it
be on the decks of the < netny ”
“The law* —the law! Blood for
blond! ’ interrupted Benito.
Tile ominous sentence was whisper
ed again, ii k - the hollow ta rent of the
midnight wind
A shadier thrilled tho frame oftlie
loomed ; lor an instant in that dread
moment Ins yes sought the bright,
j stil sky One bitter tear stole down
j and tremble lon Lis- lip. lie thou fit
iof his far Inmie, iis chil iliood song,
h>» mother's smile: but again defiance
| mantled on n s brow dar . anil tearless
he looked n the seekers of I,is blood
“1 must wie ; but eie Igol II hurl
thu lie ack to the teeth < f the damn
ed one who spoke it,” tie said, b- tilling
a hatelul glance on tiic ch cl. “it ft -
conn s him well to edi me cur and
coward, w ho grew and fattened o i Ii 8
kmured s blood.”
“Fool !do you beard me here?”
oriel the furious Benito, fl ishing a pis
tol in the f ce of the youth.
The excited crew closed between
them, " hen Adam drew hs blood
stained knife ands; rang up the main
mast.
“Whoever follows.” shouted he,
‘slia I leap with me front the mast
jh» 1 ”
'l be fearfu brawl was arr sled by
the horrid ny of ‘A sa I—: sail on the
bubo rd bow in n instant al was
bus'le wav t the west a dok
streak on the 8e tti rked the coming
; wind. Just within its • dge a Lrgu
hriir was ee bearing due seu h, un
j der lull “‘ii
“She wII escape us by this cursed
cal ,” growled Bcuito. “\\ hat col
ors ? ’
“ 1 merman,” cried the lookout.
“A n riz ■ • bn' net ** r r.s.”
Tbc dead Antonin was has i y thrown
overboard with » shit fastened to bis
fest, und his blood carifuliy washed
off tbc and ek. I' was no time to resume
theq iarrel, and Adam ictnaincd sullen
! and unmolested.
Benito strode the deck impatiently,
witching the distant sail, like the shark
when be seos Lis prey sjortiug the
: shoal wat?r.
“lla 1” said be stopping short; "per
haps they have Christian charity. Up
witii a signal of dmires! Down be
low al 1 , and be ready."
Tbe orders were promptly obeyed.—
True to he app' al of humanity, the de
voted brig wore round and starred direct
ly for the pirate. It wss a moment of
inter so anxiety The brig held her
course tor half an hour wheo suddenly
throws confusion on board. Sho
hauhd iff and crowded on all sail!
With a etatnp of r. gc the cheif order
ed Lis men on deck. The dreeded
black flag was run up, and the long
gun cleared away for the chase. Pres
ently the approaching wind played and
whistled capriciou-ly on the billows
The first light puff awoke the sleeping
sail, and the pirate echoojer slipped
no.acloMsl y a lot g.
As young breeze gi?w into a steady
wind, the cursed bluek banner unwrap
ped its gh.otuy fold and streamed alee!
The foam parted wde from the bow
and it was soon evident that she gained
rapidly on the biig.
‘ Give them tho hot iron I” shouted
ihechi f. “Bit where is Antonio?—
Where ia your gnnner now ? Shall his
moril rer c-cap. ?”
Curses deep and angry were heard,
and many vengeful looks were fa ienod
on the cendemucd youth, perchid u tho
rigging. The politic Bcuito stepped
forward to try his skill. He s gfited
carefully along the piece as th# sohuoner
yawed, aud gave the ordir to fire.
The light craft tr, mblcd nuder the
bellowing di.-ebarge, but tbe brig kept
on unharmed. A broadside of oaths
followed the gun’s discharge. After
a hot rhase of an hour, the figure of a
man was distinctly seen at tho lulai of
the flying vtfsfl. He stood fearless and
alone.
Again the ling gun blazed away.—
As the smoke swept away, the piratis
shouted to see the foretopmast falling
to the leeward. A few more rapi 1 and
wed! aimed bh ts and the ill-f»tod brig
was erippl and and unmanageable. The
pirate hove to within pLtol-sbnt.
Two boats were inimed ate’y lowered
and 'cstantly Ailed with whooping
wretehes. Into the foremost sprang
IL nito. He stood eagerly in the bow,
with a pistol cocked in o:ic hand and a
Icavy sabre in the other.
With a bowl like hungry wolves they
pulled for their prize. A silence, dread
a> the famished li m bis rc he wakes,
reigned aboard her. A small crew
stood around tin ir captain on the quar
ter'd, ck ; a single swivel, a few old uius
ke’s, and a sabre nr two, with the usual
suitor-knife, were their only arms.
A piyntful cuj'vton tyjitatgJ Huh
leader ; he trembled, hdt .t was nor the
ooward’s qu.tl Hi-fneo was deadly
p.l , but tar hlaucl.ed it not. Hi
words quivered through bloodless lip-,
but they breathed not of terror or dis
til iy.
It was the energy of a soul mastiring
it* physical tenement He locked on
his faithful crew with thoughts that pen
cannot portray.
“.My men,” said he, in alowacdanx
i us tone,“we may soon beat anchor in
a foreign p rt; but before we set sail,il
any man has aught to say of me, lei
‘urn spink hi. miad. When my pn*r
wld «■ ii L ft. liia poor fond father t. go
I know not where, my vessel became
uiy home. 1 have tried to do my dutv
as an hor.est sk.pper should. 1 love you
all, would die foi you ”
“We love you ; will die for yon,”
burst from tho aft cted tars.
“.My gailant boys, I thank you; fight
while the List plank Lti'da together; n
- your wives aud sweethearts • l
am good for a dozen of the villains !"
One lull, bold chetr was tbe an-wer
‘‘J ake the foremost boat—fire ! ’ |
shouted the master of the brie, diseli rg
ing bis musket, whieh was f Unwed by a ;
sheet of flame from the swivtl atd small j
arms of the men.
The iff.ot was terrible; a yell of ago !
ny arose; Benito tumbled hoavily over!
the bow. Ttm shattered bat filled and j
went down, e ving a douse mass of
dead, wounded aud eur-iug pirates on
the bloody wave. But bes rethe brave
crew c mid reload, tbe other boat was I
alongside the brig and a thirl was put
ling ill from the sobooner. Tbepirates
poured on deck ; their wild cries aud
hurii- and bla-ptii mi •.« rent the air, but
nor le s teri fii was the appealing hur
rah of toe imp tu us caftain as Le
wholei his sabre over frs head.
‘ F ght f r your lives, yt ur skippe,
ad your craft. We are one to ton, my
tave bo 8, but lam good fur ad z
en.’»
F r a moment the pirates hesitated.
It was atl tilling pause. It was dread
ful to war against hope,but tbe s rug
gle is the more terribie. Ano’her band
1. ape and on b ard, and the figt.t clo ed
like the meeting ol whirlwinds. Then
eaaie the strife of life and the clash et
arms and death in is fi reert slapr, th> L
» r am. the grasp, the tl atb-bug, the |
jotting bl od, the heavy fall, a> and tbe
1 s groan. The siileis fought wi h the 1
fi. r. one vs of revenge aid the reckless
ne-j of'lofpair. Many a f ul pirate
gaspeU hi last cur-e on that dear-bongbt !
pi ze But no courage cou dw. hstaud
the ov rwin Iming numbers of the hue i
canoers. One by one, a deep plunge
mid that a son of the sea was sinking
in his ocean grave.
Toe pirates were masters of the brig. ;
The intrepid captain alone remained, j
yet still his sabre whirled its circle of ,
d-ath ; s'iil the st rti ig thunder of hi
v ion cheered bis men ts) viciory. lie
i oked around and tb'*y were gone! A
few scalding tears trav* led with funi ral .
pa es over bis gory cheej.
‘‘All gone but mo ? My poor boys 1” i
said he, sorrowfully ; “and yet you did [
your duty, and the Great Skip-'
per that tails aloft won’t forget ye U whc a
all hands ure call 'd “Q and ck to leport
lln ir watch.” Faint and wounded, he
cut bis way to the cabin.
‘•Take him alive !—tako him alive!
lie shall di. by inches,” shouted u bus-
Iky voice, which the pirates rccognizid
as Benito’s.
Pale, w t and bleeding ho climbed on
board ; a ragged piece of scalp hung
over Ii ■ right eye and temple, bis left
arm fell splintered and {owcrlees Ly l.is
.side
! “Take him alive,’ again ho cried,
hoarse with passion, ‘for vengenoe I
must have ’
After a sanguinary stmgg'e ihslmro
ic captain was taken and b und. Tbe
brig was plundered and set on lire ; the
greedy ch merit dared its fiery tongue
up the riggirg und dresed tl e vtitst'l m
flame
| Ti e pirates with their prinoner and
I hi o' y. ju' i ff for 'he r schooner, Iced
less of thoimplortr.g cries of tbeir wound
;ed comradr* in the burning • r ze.
j In afi w minutes more the Flower of
j the Sea fill obediently to tbe wind, set
tling full and graceful to one side and
bore rapidly away. The ill-fated priso
ujr was draggl’d with many curses, be
fore the chief on the quartor tl, ck. Their
eyes met iu one long look of bate.
"What is our loss ?’ euquired Benito,
turning to his. men.
•Twent) s ven missing,’ was the a> bwi r
“Wiiat! has a handful of villains
done all tl is ? Fool, what do you ex
pect ? roared Be ito, looking fury at his
erect arid scornful captive.
‘Thar which you know I fear not—
death !’ was the reply.
At the sound of t hat voice a quick,
broken cry might have been heard from
aloft but ft r the in i.e of the Vtsstl
speeding on her way.
‘Yes, boasting dog, death you shall
Isavo, hut it shall be w itli hot iron through
youi hissing fl sfqand butting brimstone
iu your cursed mouth.’
Cut-throat !—eowa.d ?’
‘ Silence ! my revenge is not to bo
cheated by words. Look at me ; do l
not owe you a long <Lbt of vengeance ?
“I fired that ball ; would it bad struck
your brain.”
“L ok at this blasted a. ni! than whieh
a bolter never wrung a villain’s neck ?”
“I pointed the swivel; would it Lad
torn i ut your black Ueurt.”
Wnh a gra-h of rng», Benito tl lust
a pis'oi ii to the verv eye of the unfor
tunate cq tain, ati fi •and.
At the in tun', a 1 ng unearthly
scream o: “B!o dir 1 i .od !” pierced
ite air aloft. The affrigh id pines
glanced upward, when iho whirling,
whizzing body of tbe Drgtvt n Aiam
tell on the upturned l ice of lLuito, snap
ping hi- n ck and ciu.-hing him to thu
deck a hideous c irp : -e.
“My father - ofp. my father.!” stirick
led ifia sxpiiing Amiri, writ hi eg »nH
I crawling to tbe murdered captain. liut j
hi* brave soul had gone. He knew not :
11‘ e infamy ot Lis sen. With a pi *•* us
moan, ■ he poor you; li clasped the stiffen
lid corpse and brea lied hisdying :g ny
in Ins p< (rent’s Los m.
Tue jiraies stood apnalled
'I he bodi sos ihe fuib r and son were
I dropped overboard together. As they
went slowly down, the face of tbe fatb-
I ‘-r, yet bold an I nr >ud, gleamed f*r an
instant un f> r the bright wave and Sitik
1 rever. The and ud 1J nit,, follow, and, hn
| inner commanded in bis s v id, and the
iFI 'Wer of tln Ba-a 1 and oa.
“Not so Bad Fituer Two persons
who had u t seen each o h r fi r some
time me' aceidrn'n'ly, and cacha-kod
tbe nth* r how h" did. The oth r tepliid
that ho was very well, ami had married
since they last, saw each o'her.
“That is good nows indifcJ, 1 said the
; f; st.
| “Nay," repliid the other, "not so
[ very good, either, for 1 married a shrew.”
“That is bad.”
i "Not so very bad, either, tor I bad,
850 000 with her. ’
j “That makes i* all well again.”
i ‘ N tsowll as you think, for I laid
out, 'he money for a flock of sheep, aud
hey died of the ro\ ”
“That was hard truly.
‘Not so ha and, cither, for I sold tbc
skins for more than (he sheep cost m .’
‘You are v ry lucky, at any rate.’
‘N t. so lucky as you tbiuk, for I
bought a house for the money, and the
bouse was burned down uninsured.’
‘That, indeed, must have been a
great loss.’
“Not so great a loss I assure you,
for my wife was lurntd with it.”
Smith, Bown and Ji„ne«—lt may
be of interest to state, as gathered from
Lautuun’s C"t gressicnal Dictionary
recently issu'd, that of the fifty-two
Senators now acting, ab u forty ; r law
y t“, fu r media ts, three coin r-q one
she* maker, oue munu'’iic urer, and three
or four ,t no special business. In th
II use th, re are ab ut one hu dred and
twenty-five 1 iwyers, twentv-seven mer
chant? . twelve farmers, ten editors, two
bankers, eight iinnuf.curers, three
phy-icia, sand two teai hi rs or profi ss ts.
We coflate fmm t'u* sam“ volume that
since the organ z tom of tho National
Congress there have been in that august
body fifty seven of tho Smith family,
eight of whom were J ho; twenty-six
Browns, Johns s x; three John J nes
end twenty two t iers of the J mes trib ,
twentv 1 hompsot s with he‘‘p”and one
who diseai d,al it; thirty one Johnsons;
wnty eight Williams-; twenty-two
Wdsous; sixtern Audosons; sixteen
Morris; thirteen Wright* i 'en Fatter
s ms—three of wb ui were “Bi lies.”
A Vtrgnia n g i boy, who ; rofrss and 'o
be dredlully alarmed at the chi i ra to k
to the wee (i“ to av .id it, ar.d tlierc was
found as'ccp. B ing asKed why he
went to the woods, he sat 1 "to pray.”
“Bat,” s id the overst cr, “how is it
that yen went to sb ep?”
“Duu’t know, m sa, ’z.ictly,” rc
sp< nded tbe negro, “but ’spec I oyer
prayed mys If.”
No. «51.
Tlie l.iiugevt Story ou l£« <-oid.
'I ho following will amuse almos: any
one who will tako the troublio and spare
tbe time to read it through :
Tccrc was cnee a certain king who,
like many Eastern king*, was very fond
of bearing storic- told. To this amuse
menr he gave up all his time, but yst
he was never sati find. Tbe rxeiticns
of his courtiers w ro all in v/ftn. He
at last made a proclamation il.i t if any
mau should t-11 him a story that shou J
l ist forever, he would ceitninly make
him his heir and give him the princes,
bis daughter, in marriage; but if any
otic should pretend Le had such a story
and should fail—that is, if the story did
come to an cud —ho was to have his
head cut rff.
For such a price as a beautiful prin
cess aud a kirgderu, many candidates
sppcarc 1, ku I dreadful long storios some
of them told. jßoiiiu Iweti and a week,
some a mouth, some six m inths. Boor
fellows, they all spun them out as long
as the could, but all in vain. Sooner
or later they all came to eud, one after
another, and ttie unlucky story-tellers
had their heads choppi and off. At Let
came a man who said that ho had a sto
ry that would last forever,if his majesty
would be pleased to give him a trial.
lie was warned of his danger; tiny
told him bow many others bad tried
and ioct their heads ; but hr said he was
not afraid ; and so ho wss brought be
fore the king. He was a man of a very
c rap‘B and and deliberate way of spiak
ing and after making all necessnty
stipulations for bis eating, drinking
and she*,ing, he thus began :
“ Oil, king! there w.s once a king
who was a gn at tyrant ; and desiring
to increase his riches, he seiz'd uonn
the corn in his kingdom, anti put. it in
to an imn ot.se granary, w Lich was Built
on purpose, os 1 i_di as u mountain.
This he did for sc-vetal years, nutil the
granary was quite full to the top. He
then stopped doors and windows on all
sides. But tbe bricklayers bad, by ac
cident, 1* fa very small bole near the j
top el tho granary, aril there came a 1
flight of h cuss Mid tried to get at the j
corn, but tie whole was so small that!
only one locust could pass through at;
a time. So one locust weut in and car
ried ofi one grain of eorn, anJ then an
other lcoust vreut iu and ca'rii and off an- i
otl or grain of eorn, and then another lo- ■
cust wi nt iu anil carried off another
orain of corn, and then another locust
went i.i and canid <ff another grain!
of corn, and then another locust went
iu and cariied off another gr ia of ;
corn.”
He bad gore cn tLns from morchg!
till night (except wheu he was engaged
at hi* ineulft) for about a m r.;L, whou
the king began tube rather tired vtirh
I tiTJTVicusts, and lalerru; t. and bis st. r,
J with :
“Well, well, we have LcarJ encugh
of the locust fwe will suppose they j
hi Iped themselves to all the corn they
wautid. Toll us what happened aftor
wuids.”
T ■ whieh the 6tory taller answered
deliberate ly :
"If it pie; a* your majesty, it is im
possible to ;eil wiiat tmi peued after
wards before I tell what happened
first.”
And then he wmt on again :
“And then anotl er h eud w nt in
and carried off anotergrdn iff corn, and
th'n another locust went in and carried!
off another grain of corn, and then an- 1
otber locust tv m in and carried iff an- !
o her graiu ' I ceru, and anothor locust
went iu and e.ribd off another grain of i
corn.”
The king li tentd ni h unqorquerab'e
patience f r fix months more, wheu he
again inti rrupted him with :
"Oh, friend,! I am weary (A your lo
custs. li vv soon do you thinX thiy
will have dm e?”
To which the siory made an- '
swrr:
‘•Oh, king ! who can tell ? At the 1
tiius to which my st ry bus come tbe j
locust liave clean and a small place ; it may
be a cubic each way round the hole, and
the air is still dark with locust cn al!
sides. But I t the king have patience,
and no doubt we shall have come to the |
eud of them in time.”
Thus rnc'Ursgei, the king lietrncd |
on sot another fu 1 year, tho story teller
gi ing t n Still as bt frre:
“A' and another locust went in and car-1
ried off another grain of corn, and then J
another locust went in arid carrit and off
another grain of eorn, and then another
locust went iu and carried of another!
grain of corn, and tin n another locust i
went in and car lied off another graiu of j
earn.”
At, last the poir king could stand it
no I mger, and ciiod out :
“Oi, ma ! that is enough tu take my
daughter ! take tuv kingdi nr! tako any
thing, everything ! only let me hear no;
more of the chi miruble Fcust. ”
And so tbe dory toiler was married
to the k ng’s daughter, and was declar-’
ed heir t * tbe thr no, and nobody ever
oxpre-sed a wish to hear the r e tof the
story, for he stid it was imp ssible tot
c< me to the other cud till he bad done
with the li cus'.
FriCooCl us —An urchin leading a
small dog along the streets s trie days
ago, was accosted by a gentleman as
follows:
“\V 11 my son what’s your deg
name ?’
‘ll tin’t gut any name yet ’
‘Well, why don’t you name him?
Giv him some good name. Call him
A iy J->Ltto n.
I don’t like tha\ *■ would b3 di.-re-.
speetfu! to the Presidtnt.’
W.-11, then, tisin-i Lira Beast Butler.’
‘1 won’t do that either, f r that would
be oi respectful to the and. g.
E lmund G lloss, the appointed San
Lorn Kansas, was a printer py profesr
ion, and ajprivatc soldier during tho war
For tbe Dawson Journ.’
Wlmt ißakcs a Lady t
A bonnet of the latest style—
And scarce a bonnet either—
With all its fixiu’s not the least
Defence against the weather;
A head with truck enough behind
To make s good sixed p'llow—
If she should fall upon her face,
Tlio weight would surely kill ’er ;
A face devoid ofbeaty‘s hue,
Except what art supplies—
Caused by lacing tight enough
To almost start the eyos;
A w aist that, easy is to grasp
With one hand at tho ball,
Iler partner in the giddy dance
With rase prevents U fall;
A dress with streaming trail behind
To s-reep tho dirty street,
Or, shorter one with tilting hoop,
To show the pretty feet;
A foot srougod into number ones,
That fours would better tit;
A o.lf that surely would not bleed
If it, perchance, should split.
Now here’s one style of “lady fair”
From head to soles of feet.
I will leave the reader’s fancy
The Bgure to complete.
SPHYNX
i
Sapin's and IHriu's ol Jonh
Hillings.
Enrtbli glory, iz sum like potafnze .x
1 very ritch zile, top plenty,—taters very
skasc.
It aint so mutch trouble tew get r. h
as it is tew tell when we get riteb.
The most bitter sarkasm sleeps in st
ent wordj.
It iz utom-mon bard tew anni
hilate a man with words, although it iz
often undertook.
Hope iz every body’s handmaid—rho
iz a sii crquett, and promis-s menr *
favors, but grants inly a fu, aud them
are badly diskouutod.
If yu v ant tew get at the ciroumfreco’e
ova man, examine him amung men;
hut if yti won', tew get at his aktual di
ameter, measure him at bis fireside.
Thar iz uuthing so differcult tew hide
az our folys.
Thare seems tew be 4 styles ov min L,
Ist, them wbo know it iz so !
2J, them who know it ain' so !
JI, them who split the diffreoce, aud
guess at it!
4th them who dout care a darn which
way it iz!
Tht re iz but fu men who hav karuk
ter enuff tew lead a life cv idleness.
Tru Love is spelt jist the same in Choc
ta?q vi it iz in English.
Tbozo wbo retire from the world on
; kount ov its sin, and pesky ness, muv.
not forget, that they bav got tew keep
o mpany wi h a person who wants just
xz mutch watching az entry body else.
Bu'.y that din t make a wciuan vain
makes her verry butifu).
A puppy play* with evry pup ho
meet*, but old dorgs hnv fu associates.
He who buys what he kant want,will
car long, want what be kant buy.
I hosts a good deal tew he wise, but
it dm-.t Lo.; tv.r.y thing tew be Lappy.
Necessity begot Invcosbuns, i v* n
ahun begot Couveti' ncc, Convenience
begot Pleasure, Pleasure begot Luxury,
Luxury bt Kiot and Disease, Riot
and Disease, between them, begot Pov
trty, aud Puverty begot Necessity again
this iz the resolushuu ov uran, aud awl
he can brag rn
Power either makes a man a tyrant,
or a tool.
Thare iz no rich thing as flattery,—
if cummendashun iz and. zerved, it iz not
flatterry, but truth, and if coinmonda
s un is uudesccvcd, it iz not fl .ttrry, but
slander.
‘ilao kreated n little lower than tbo
Angel ■,’ —and it iz lucky, for the said
Ang' Is, that he waz
“The luxury ov grief!’—this, I take it
means tu hav yure old uncle die, aud
1 av you v'JOOO, and yu cry.
“Love lies bleeding’. ” —this iz prob
ably one ov ihe d*rndest lies that ever
was heard of.
Buried Cities or the Western
IDMIftPHZRE—It is surprising that a
eufj' Ct so iu’eresttng and worthy of re
search as that concerning tbe aucient
inhabitants < f the American Continent,
has been so little investigated. Indis
putable f mis recored by Spanish histo
rians, and confirmed hy tvore recent
discoveries, go to show that there ba»
existed iu Central America a vast em
pire, of fir at civilization an! very rc
nK.te antiquity, it was old onough
to buve rmeiveatho traditiots of tho
creation and d»-lngo, as recorded by Mos
es, and so civi!iz..d as to have prrp* tu
x'ed them in writing. Spanish histori
ans and the early Missionaries all agree
that a true account of these evsuts wag
old among the traditions of the people
of Mexico and oboriginecs of Polynesia,
when European* first appeared upon the
enn ineut aud among tit# islands, llow
did they obtain such knowledge? Tho
zealous and snperstiti .UB Spaniards, lay
and ccel*B in-tie, whs studied the Mav
la latiguago and other American tounces
read with such wonder the traditions in
their ancient bork*, that they ascribed
th- kn 'wledge to Satan, and destroyed
priests, tempi' s, and books with indis
criminate In stility. At this day wo
can accept as more probable tho sugges
tion that the race which strewed mon
uments over lands that are now deserts
and forests, may have been as their tra
ditient as.-crt, the graidchildreu of
N mb, and the contemporaries of the pa
triarchs; and thus derived a knowledge
of the rendition n'tiffo hy God to man
of the e;By history of'.he earth.
Nr.wsiv.pn s—DjTocqueville,in bis
work ou America, gives tbu forcillo
sketch:
A newspaper can drop tho same
thought into a thousand minds at tho
same moment. A newspaper is an ad
viser who and ies notrrqniej to be sought,
but who cmes to yoa briifl» every day
of common weal, witbont disfracii; g
your piivate affairs. Newspapers, thert
fore, beeomo necessary in proportion as
men become more equal and individuals
more tr le feared. To suppose that
they only serve to protect frerdom would
be to diminish their importance j they
maintain civilization.