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DE DCTLCE JOVENETE,
OK, A BRIEF SKETCH OF
The Life, Loves ami 4<l ventures ot
SIGNOR CARLOS DE CASTRO,
ALIAS, CAPTAIN VALENCIA.
Th Universal Lady-Killer.
In our edition of yesterday’s Courier, was
contained the following paragraph:
“A Spaniard, of the Mexican army', named
Signor de Castro, alias Captain Valencia, has
been arrested at Cincinnati on suspicion of
having stolen the $49,000, which was lost re
cently at the Weddell Hotel, in that city.”
This Signor de Castro, alias Caftain
Valencia, is tolerably well known in Hori
da, Georgia, and other sections of the Union,
as one of the most accomplished, fascinating
and genteel villians unhung. He is a very
■mall, and very handsome man, with fine dark
Spanish contour and complexion; very ex
pressive eyes, long flowing hair, and remarka
bly decate hands and feet. Ho is, withal,
quite well educated, and thoroughly versed iu
all the minute forms and observances of gen
teel society. He is exceedingly fascinating
in his manners, and is “death on ladies’ hearts”
—particularly if they are young, beautiful,
snd well supplied with the “ready rhino.” —
He dances, sings, plays, flatters, flirts and
fools divinely. He is, emphatically, a “sweet
■little fellow”—a “precious angel”—a “love of
■* man.” He quotes poetry —says prayers in
Spanish—talks French —wears kid gloves,
‘find sports, that universal woman-killer, a fine
moustache. He is, withal, a kind of spiritu
•l rapper—endowed with the power of übi-
possessed with the faculties of the
chameleon. His traitsof character are taken
from his associates. He can be “grave or
gay , shallow or severe,” according to the
I - ’ ior .fancies Df his companions. He is
loiarti, a Portugese, a Cuban, or a
•an, just as occasion requires, or as it is,
ible to be one or the other,
i first heard of jCapt. Valencia among
)pr ten, alias the number one cod-fish
cracy of Gotham. He lodged in some
> marble halls in the vicinity ot Wash
i Square, of the Seventh Avenue, He
leisurely through Brodway in tho same
>t with a distiguished “leader ol the ton”
Mobile. With her, he visited Newport,
aga and other fashionable resorts. He
wd the mothers and fumbled the daugh*
trough all the fashonable polkas of the
If ho failed to excite sympathy sufli
cient for his purpose, he chewed logwood and
used some “chemical preparation” which in
duced a quasi hemorrhage of the lungs that
never failed to produce an immense sensation,
and to draw both the anxious motl eis and
their lovely daughters iu crowds to Lis cham
ber!
The Captain, moreover, was, ffccoiding to
his own modest story, a here of the fi st w
ter— a Creole Cuban, who had joi efi tin
standard of Lope* and iji n d.-.-pi t!v
wounded in the fight at ( ard.-uas. to jnoj.
of his patriotism he would separate his beau
tiful jet black whiskers and expose the ghast
ly scar inflicted by the blood thi sty Spaniards!
He also told of a serious wound which he bad
received in one of his thighs from n cm hi ■(•.
Valencia, in short, was the lon sc” t! at
gilded the fashionable ho:Loii. ilo via.
wined and dined and polka-ed until he be
came sick and disgusted with the fooleries o
Saratoga. He accordingly turned his fuse to
wards West Point. There lie made the ac
quaintance of some gallant officers, who had
served in Mexico.
At once our Cuban transformed him-dlni.
t.o a Mexican. He described minutely the
battles of Cerro Gordo, Contreras and t be
pultepec; in all of which he had borne a part.
He even persuad a distingushed officer into
the belief that he was the identical man who
lia<l inflicted the sabre wound which came so
near taking off the comely head of our hero.
Having thus ingratiated himself with the gen
tlemen at “the Point,” he finally obtained let
ters of introduction to their friends at Wn
tervleit There he borrowed some 81,500
and decamped. He afterwards become a
tenant of the tombs for a short time, where
he amused himself by sending his daguerreo
type likeness to his distinguished lady friends.
These much cheiished love-tokens were of
course “post marked” anywhere else but at
the “Tombs”! Finally,'one morning he slip
ped through the Augers of the “turkey,’* aud
was off iu a hurry.
His next appearance, According to pur re
cord, was as a Cuban pat iot at Holly Springs,
where he melted all the ladies’hearts in upper
Mississippi. He played billiards, flattered the
old ladies; fooled the young ones, culti a ted
his moustache, arid matjo occasional explora
tions into the trunks of his fellow boarders !
In one of these explorations our hero discov
ered that his friend had more money than was
absolutely necessary to supply the actual
wants ot nature, and according “divided the
pile.” Suspicion rested upon him, but no
one dared to openly accuse the patiiot, who
had Tofinght and fell under the heroic Lopez.
The men shunned'him but the ladies ca-ress
ed him only the more fondly, because they re
garded him as a persecuted man!
Valencia, having keen instincts; saiv that
all was not right, and soon sought the more
refined society on the Gulf coast. He accor
diagly paid his respects to his dashing.lady
triends in Mobile, arid hence repaired to Pas
cagoula. Hero again, our “love of a man,”
by his personal cl a ms and bland manners,
made a profound impresiion upon the ladies.
Not satisfied with the evident | a ti llity shown
for him- in the dance and the.drawing room,
he’ again resorted to his chemicals,” again
had hemorrhage of the lungs, and. again was
caressed,-and fondled, and nursed by the con
gregated fair ones. He a'ctpd his part so rad.
mi-ably as to passthrough all the stages of
apparent convalescence. His daily visita
tions to the saloons of fashion wee looked
for with the intcuset interest*, and the lovely
belles almost quarrelled among themselves
for the privilege of fanning him, an l of pi ty
ing with his beautiful, glossy, j. t Mick a i fi.
The only difficulty with our hem now ws
to make a proper selection among the vic
tims of his charms. Before He completed his
investigations as to their relative financial
merit'll, a bona fide Uapfijiri in the A merican
army, who had been stationed at Vefa Cruz,
arrived at Pascagoula. Capt. Valencia!
Capt. Valencia! was upon oveigt fair li ..
Finally the hour for the gay dance ariived,
and the large saloon was filled ty excess.—
After the first cotillion our hero, exquisitely
apparelled, made his appearance. There's
Capt. Valencia, exclaimed’ ono! Isn t lie
handsome, said another! Oh! what henntiml
ringlets, ejaculated a third! One of tiie lair
sylphs, turning to our army friend, enquired,
“Sir, are you acquainted with Capt. Va
lencia?” “Where is he?” was the reply.—
“That handsome gentleman approaching Miss
Q— —“ That Capt, Valencia, Madam!
I assure you he is a Vera Cruz barber, and
hits contributed to my comfort by his skill
many a time!” There was a perfec t stampede
among the fair ones as the news spread.—
Some bit their lips—some turned red—some
pale—solne looked silly—some indignant—
while the “anxious mother of tho supposed
happy lass snt bolt, upright in the corner, and
fanned herself most furiously while she re
peutedly exclaimed—“l knou-'d It from the
beginnin —l said he was an upstart, and I
told my gal that he must be a barber, kase he
wore a —what d’ye call it —and took such nice
care of his har! Dear me, wo fashonable,
rich folks, of good families, must bo more
careful who we introduce to our gals. I
war at you I'll never be taken!” In the
OLE COIXTRY’S GOOD IS OI’RS.
OGLETHORfE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1852.
mindst of this scene Valencia quietly glided
to Iris chamber, and in a few hours was on his
way to paits unknown.
Our a‘i i ll next rC|Kl'ts Valencia at a select
and fashionable boarding house in v ha. leston.
Here he opened the show with a hetnor; lmge.
liis apparent suffering excited svhipatfiy,
while his delicate appearance, and bl indness
of maimer readily gained him t o acquai >
.’•o of toe ladies. He now ii
•ft :s - ignor Ca ii.os deCasi ocutlicr
o! a distinguished family in Cub i. .iu chain- I
ed to have been the intimate f. iend arid ■ mi- I
panion of Dr. Wuudeman du: iig hi; frequent I
visits to that island, in this way he m..
the acqmii itance of the friends of that .list! i. 1
guisited gentleman. Whether he succeeded 1
ia making his usual impression upon the la
dies, we are not informed. We presume lie
■did, however, as he was for a time the l’o>i
i. tu.'oto of the City, and was feted by the
elite ol the chivalry, lie at least, managed j
to obtain frOrn them letters introductory to
some of the'first gentlemen in Gco;g1 1 and 1
■ lorida. liis excuse Tor leaving Charleston,
was that the Cfipt. General of Cuba bad tiv and
a large pi-fee ripotl Lis lio.'ul, and be was
attaid of being kidnapped! lie reinaihi-d.a
few day in Macon, and thence pioceeded to
Tallahassee, where liis letters gained him im
uiodi ite access to the cheerful homes and gen.
crons confidence of the most intellectual and
hospitable gentlemen in that gloiiotis land of
chivalry and of flowers.
Signor Carlos de Castro was soon the
lion of Tallahassee and all the Surrounding
foiests. Tho gentlemen admired him for
what lie had done and suffered for Cuban
liberty—the ladies admired him, just because
they could no’ help it. Another hemorrhage
was necessary for the accomplishment of liis
purposes, and to furnish a good excuse for his
loitering so long amid the orange groves and
bland breezes of i io.’fda. Accordingly, the
preforniance came of!'to the Satisfaction of
all. Again, he was carefully nursed dining
liis illness, By way of vaiity Here lie intro
duced “some new features in the play. He
indulged occasionally inn kind of intellectual
aberration, in which lie made some startling
developments, From Iris incoherent expres
sions, pmtly in Spanish and partly in Eng
lish, liis attendants gathered, iu his devotion
to the cause of liberty he had been regardless
of human life. He would frequently exclaim :
“Ah! mi iriadro—take off that eye—take off
ti at eye—that bloody eye—mimadre!” In
bis apparently calmer moments lie allowed
his fiietids to “sup on horrors” ad , ihi urn .
He had killed liis best friend, “el qnerida li.
berlad,” and hence liis mental anguish!
Upon liis convalescence he was taken by
the hand, by every one and treated with dis
tinguished consideration. On one occasion,
being invited to a party, he claimed to have
lost a diamond ling and insinuated that the
theft hail been committed by pile of the
guests, also a professed l.nban pat. iot. The
insinuation was resented, and a challenge
passed. The friends of the respective bellig
erents, feeling assured that they must be gen
tlemen, because introduced by gentlemen,
took .sides -and a deadly feud was near
lining tho consequence. A fight was suppos
ed to by inevitable. De Tustro, however,
was not to be thus summarily disposed of.
He had a hemorrhage, but with great cool
ness and composure sent word to his anta
gonist that he was ready to meet him as soon
ns he was sufficiently rec * eied. ‘The meet
ing- was thus postponed tor several days—
meanwhile the ring was t'ouivd in t.iC’
session of a “fiirlady” at Aewport or M.
Ma ks. Upon inquiry slie stated t! t it ‘<:■<!
presented to her by the"party “del \
fhu oflender encamped in “oPtiMc- quick
time,” and left 1)e fc!astro tho hero ol the
fight!
De Oa'Tho was now in the “full tide of
successful expel imerit,” and was carrcs-'ed
and eouted by every body. What slaughter
lie made among .the affections of the fair
I i.idi.ms, it may be indelicate for us to say,
or even insinuate. Our informant says that
he b.iskedin the love-light “of many a dark eye,
aiid might have had the hand of the loveliest
arid fairest iii matrimony’. As Valencia
was nprtil every lady’s lip at Pascagoula, so
IK: Castro was the only one talked of in the
land ‘of love and of ilfiwers. One 1> ight
morning, as his foitunes approached the ze
nith, a gentleman who had visisted I’asca.
goula, made a (lying visit to sonu friends in
Tallahassee, when lo! he recognized in the
bland, gentlemanly, exquisite De Castro, his
accomplished and polite friend, the Barber
of Vera Cruz, alias Capt. Valencia, the he
ro of the hard-fought battles of Cardenas arid
Cerro Gordo ! De Castro had just comple
ted his arrangements, to accompany a de
lightful party of lovely and charming Indies
to the North. He was promptly notified that
he must travel in “some other direction.”—
Again he exhibited his peculiar genius for
villainy. He professed to be highly indig
nant, and announced liis determination at
once to visit Maoon, Savannah and Charles
ton, in order to cstablish'diis identity, and con
found his revilors. He accordingly turned
his back upon the land of flowers. At Ma
con he did not louve tiie omnibus to see Ids re-
fierce. At Savannah he called upon a distin
guished C üban, who frankly told him that he
knew nothing about him, and that he doubted
liis being a Cuban, as he did not Use idiom of
the island.
The next wo heard of Dr. Castro was liis
second advent in New York. There he quiet
ly called upon a pn. tion of the very pa ty that
had expelled him from their company in 1 lori
da, and infoiined them that he had re n his
Tiicnds in Macon and Savannah, and had iu his
possession letters stating that he was really a
member of the De Castro family, that he was
a gentleman, a patriot, and everything he pro
fussed to be. One of the pa tv, who had be
come thoroughly acquainted with the facts,
called upon him at once “to pro luce tire docu
ments.” This was a poser. Our hero was
taken by surpiise. lie had tailed to have the
letters prepared. He hesitated, stammered,
and finally said that he had left them at liis
hotel, but would call again! ■ finding that
he w.ls detected De Castro left the city, or
carefully concealed himself; at any rate, lie
could never after be found. YVhat fair hearts
nave since then fallen victims to liis charms,
|we cannot say. The last news we have of
ini is contained in the paragraph at tiie head
oi tiiis article. We presume he has come to
the conclusion that there is a little defter
enee between marrying merely for a fortune
and stealing one, he might as well seize upon
the money and rely upon his wits to get the
wife afterwards.
Artesian Wells.
To have Artesian wells there are certain
conditio ;s requisite. tis necessary to find
a previous water-bearing strata impervious to
water, such as gravel, between two strata im
pel ions to water, snob as clay; and iu order
that the water shall rise to the surface, the
percolation of the water through the previous
■ strata must descend from a point higher than
the surface at tho point of the boring. The
strata must dip, in an inclined plane, from
such a height the water will come up to find
its level. The distance more or less is not
material, so the water is continued between
impervious strata, at the place where the orifice
is made.
We have before us two charts, showing a
geological section of the different strata
through which Artesian wells have been bor
ed, and'exhibiling the principles upon which
the water-bearing strata tiso and crop out on
the surface at a distance from the point of
boring and far above the level. One is n sec
tion of the Paris basin. The order of the
strata are; 1. The te-tiary formations; 2.
vJlialk; 3. Green sand and clay; 4, Oolite
.and jura limestone. The strata from which
the water is derived are the alternating beds
of green sand and clay, ami t.he chart truces
them out to where they rise'to the surface.—
The other chart is a geological section of the
strata in Alabama where Artesian'wells have
been sunk, and they exhibit tho same leading
point of a previous water stratum, prevented
from descending by an impervious bed of clay,
and from rising to the surface by limestone
and day. The porous bed is traced to an
elevation which would produce a pressure on
the lower part of the stratum sufficient..if per
forated there to force a stream u > to the sur
face. These are the sin pi ■ elements of the
Artesian force, and there i tin rea on to doubt
that water can be found ii almost eve y 1 ce
if the bo: q can desend deep enough ii in any
, Ttfces the depth required L eno.un u The
scientific geologists is the best judge from the
ci eiunstaoces of any particular location
whether it is likdy to require a greater or less
depth, to reach the water strata, but even the
best opinions are, as to some places, extreme
ly uncertain.
Os the results of experiments made in Ala
bama there have been some details published ;
and we believe Professor Tuomoy, of the Uni
versity at Tuscaloosa, has published a care
ful report upon the subject, but it is not vvith
i i our reach. We have been enabled, how
ever, from other sources, to give the follow -
ing details:
The Dallas (Ala.) Gazette says that the
first Artesian well of Mr. J. E. Mathtws, in
v ahriwlia, is completed. It is 735 deep, and
sends forth a stream of water measured at
1,200 gallons per minute. The famous
French well at Grenoble, it is said, does not
isoharge more than half this quantity. The
water, says tho Gazette, boils up, roaring like
a Cataract, forming a branch of considerable
size, and the low grounds, some two hundred
yard distant, require ditching to carry o(T the
immense quantity of water collected upon its
surface. Mr. Reid, the successful borer of
this well, has commenced boring another
some sixty feet distant, which will be some
1,500 or 2,000 feet deep. To prevent injury
to the first, it is necessary to make the se.
condone much deeper, so as to reach a dif
ferent stratum of water. The first well is
tubed; as the second will be. Mr. Ried is al
so bming a well for Dr. English, two hund
red yards distant from Mr. Mathews. It is
now 530 feet deep, and discharges 200 gal
lons of water per minute. A correspondent
of the Gazette gives the following in relation
to the first well of Mr. Mathews, which was
bored for thy purpose of obtaining sulluiyut
water to supply a steam cotton mill.
J ii st, a well was dug in the ordinary way,
•J 2 feet through the red city sand and gravel
lying upon the rotten limestone. A large
pine log was then procured, and a hole 3 1-4
inches in diameter bored through it. After
sharpening the end and putting an iron hand
around it, the log was put down and firmly
driven and forced into the rock. The well
was then filled up, the tipper cod of the log
appearing about a foot above the surface.—
The boring then commenced, and with the
various tools and contrivances of the art, the
earth was rapidly penetrated. As each lower
sheet of water was reached by the tools, the
water was thrown up by the whole in great
quantities and with more violence. When
t!ie fit st wator, that is, the water just below
the first sand stone, was reached, the upward
flow of water did not exceed seven gallons
per mi.uite. It was increased to orfc huiidred
gallons per minute, when the second sand
stone Was proforated, and on reaching the
third sheet of water upwards of 300 gallons
per minute rushed up through the orifice
seemingly impatient of its limits. Thinking
that the quantity of water would be increased
by enlarging the hole they rimmed out 9 1-4
inches in diameter and 538 feet deep to the
sand stone lying above this bed of water, and
inserted a tube from the first and resting upon
the third sand stone. They were not disap
pointed ; the water from a ‘small stream be
came a large column, rushing upwards with
violence at the rate of 1,300 gallons per min
ute, and running ofTin a considerable rivulet.
— .V. O. Picayune.
Something Interesting for everybody.
A New York contemporary, discoursing
upon the elements of success iu buisness, lays
down the principle, that notoriety is essential
to its success, and this publicity is best attain
ed through the press. It says :
“Fortunes are aceuniulatated in a few years
by those who have the intelligence and tact
to avail themselves of this power, greater than
men seeking success through years of unuided
application have hitherto dreamed of.
“The vast benefits resulting from systematic
and continuous advertising are only begin
ning to be understood. It is not pretended
that all must, ns a matter of. course, acquire
wealth by such means ; brit it had been de
monstrated that the merchant who has a well
selected stock, and deals uprightly, the man
ufaetuerer whose goods are as cheap, quality
considered; as any in the market, or the me
chanic who is skillful and punctual, may in
crease liis buisness at pleasure, in propotion
to the energy and means lie employs in gain
ing publicity. v,
“Then why do not all advertise ? Because
buisiness men are only beginning to realize
its importance. Still, the amout of adverti
sing seen in the cclumns of the journals lias
doubled within five years, and vv ill double
again in five more. Those who still bang
back will see their younger and energetic
rivals outstripping them. There is no use
in contending against the spirit of the age.
.if they won’t jump into the cars and pay their
fare, they must be left behind to travel on foot.
Railroading. —As the Lafaytto Irian was
pitching along the other day ut a most terri
ble rate, it was hailed from a large farm
house with loud shouts of ‘Stop, stop !,
The la 11 was rung—the whistle sei earned—
the train was stopped.
•What's wanted (’ asked the conductor.
•Why,’ said the old man one and my old
woman wants to go with you.’
‘Well,’ said the conductor, ‘get aboard—
get aboard.’
•But we ain’t near ready yet. My old wo
man has just begun to dress, and wants you
to wait.’
There was a perfect explosion. The ladies
tittered—the men screamed —the conductor
looked blank, and shouted ; ‘Go ahead !”
The passengers all begged him to wait until
the woman dressed and one gentleman shout
ed, —‘come on with your wife ‘i’ll hook her
di ess,’ and the train vamosed.
Who will dare 6ay that woman don’t claim
their rights in this country, where a whole
train is stopped to give a woman a chance
to put on‘becoming !’ Western women nga
inst the world ! If she had got hold of the
conductor she would have made him wait:
Health of \#w Orleans.— Tho Pica
yune says :
The health of the city is now most excellent
At no season of the year has it been better
than it is at tho present moment. Avery
few sporadic cases of fever were said to have
occurred some time since, blit no appearance
of disease now exists. We assure our absent
friends Unit they may return without delay
to the city, where they will enjoy not only
health, but nil the other comforts aud luxuries
which they left heuhind them.
Several persons in Cincinnati nre making
preparations to leave for the far-off land ol
Austral! i.
The city of Glasgow, Scotland, had n popu
lation at the beginning of thi* century of only
77,000, It now numbers 370,000.
| Terms—s 900 in advance,
) $3 OO at the end oi'the year.
The Newspaper in a Family.
A school teacher, who has been engaged a
long time in his profession, nnd w itnessed the
influence of a newspaper upon the minds of a
family of children, w rites to the editor of the
Ogdenshurg Sentinel as follows:
1 have found it to be a universal fact, with
out exception, that those scholars, of both
sexes anil of all ages, who have had access to
newspapers at home, when compared with
those who do not, are
1. Better readers, excelling in pronuncia
tion and emphasis, and consequently read
more understandhigly.
2. They are lietter spellers, and define
words w ith greater ease and accuracy.
3. They obtain a practical knowledge of
geography, iu almost half the time it require*
others, as the newspaper has made them fa
miliar w ith the location of the important pla
ces and nations, and their governments and
doings on the globe.
4. They are better grammarians, for hav
ing become so familiar with every variety of
style, in the newspaper, from the common;
place advertisement to the finished and clas
sical oration of the statesman, they more read
ily comprehend the meaning of the text, and
consequently analyze its construction with
accuracy.
5. They write better compositions, using
better language, containing more thoughts,
more clearly and connectedly expressed.
0. Those young men who have for year*
been readers of the newspapers, are always
taking the load .in the debating society, ex
hibiting a more extensive knowledge upon a
greater variety of subjects, and expressing
their views with greater fluency, clearness and
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From Peru and Chili--Excitement abonl
tbc hobos Island.
The intelligence from Peru is ofra very in
teresting character. A correspondent of the
New York Herald writes from Valparaiso,
Chili, August 21, that the utmost excitement
awhile existed in consequence of information
received from the Chilian Minister at Wash
ington announcing that Com. McAuley hod
been instructed not only to look after Ameri
can interests, but actually to take possession
of the Lobos Islands belonging to Peru, os is
claimed. The Valparaiso papers denounce
the measure as unjust and piratical inrthe ex
treme, and charge that the next steps in ag‘
gression will bo the pouncing down on the
Juan Fernandes Islands by the piratical Ame
ricans. This perturbation was somewhat
quelled, ho wever, by the quiet entrance of the
flag ship Karitau into tiie harbor of Valparai
so, on the 19th of August, where she dropped
anchor, Nevertheless, the Peruvians, as hith
erto stated, took the precaution to garrison
the islands, and, at last accounts, were still
busily preparing to prevent foreign aggression
They had placed on the barren and desert
isle a governor and armed force, with its en- -
tire navy, (two small steamers,) and Congress
had authorized the purchase of three more,
and Gen. Dustua was to take command. If
they have not been very careful, ere this, some
of the vessels which left New York to load
with the precious manure, iu accordance with
Secretary Webster’s advice, have met with a
very w arm reception.
The Valparaiso letter says: .
“Such vessels would unquestionably meet
wi h a wa;m: eccj tit nat this time unle.rapio
te ted by am; n-of war, ;:s Peiu is deter min
ed at .11 ha a da to protict her interests in.
thn: quarter. Aid well she may make tk*.
attempt at least, lor w ithout the revenue de
rived by the monopoly and sale of this guano,
she would soem be without the credit o
means to keeji in motion the wheels of her di
lapidated government.”
The Children in the Wood.
The St. John’s, N. 8., Freeman relate*
the following rcmakable story;
“On the 25th of last month, Mr. Bartou, of
Grand Lake, sent his three children in search
of his cows. The children loitered to gather
some hazel nuts, and, when they were about
to return, the youngest, n boy scarcely-five
years, of age, remained behind. Some time
after, the fears oftlie parents were excited at
his protucted absence* and a search was made
for lhc child, but in vain. The assistance of
the neighbors was summoned, and the search
continued day after d*v in nil directions, but
w ithout success. The weather was very fc
vere and stormy, aud all hopes of the child’*
recovery were abandoned. Strang to relates
however, he was accidentally found on the
tlfnih day, at a distance of six miles, by a par.
ty who were not in search of hitn, and at th*
time that a party who had again taken up t)v*
search had got on his track. A dog ha 4
found the scent nnd led the first party to th*
spot.
“The little fellow, when found, appo&ped
quite unconcerned, and gnC'e a very sensible
account of his adventures. He was afraid of
being chastised for lojtcriug in the woodsy
nnd did not return with the otlier children,
and when lie tried to get lwck, he could nql
find his way. He cried the first dny, but not
afterwards. The first nigt he slept ip a tmv,
but liu said hw was ajr*i4 would fall whig
NO. 20.