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hedge, Jhiging out cheerily to us. Away I " W and glossy a. a native cttkoQ'
starte.1 thothrou soldics, liko good man unil f Tombuctoo. I" fnl ho wu Un
true, mid with a cheer wo followed ; tlioro , "," l0,s,nK tt"10' w"" "" . " .' -was
no backing mil, for wo wcro going down ' fl I'y "" pmilnr, who hud now go h hon A.
hill at a .swooping pace. Ah wn rodo prHty , , " 8' Ins uailit as I toriQ p.
1. ..1 '11 .i.i..i .i,1 I liutwi'i'ii Ins shoulders, iih ho sprung into tho
IIIUl.ll Ulliuuni. Kill null nnanrnvil i;.i "i ,, 1 . ,...,... ...:., ,.
andaltho.uihtwoor.hrcoof us 'huw Hint if " ,,,1 "" ",s0,v,n '" !r . W"". .?
wo cleared the heduo, wo mIioiiIiI inevitably
ulight in a small pond, covered with green
slimy filth and woods, still it was too lute to
reiroat ; and at it wo wont. Ono of the sol
diers wns first, and with a look of rueful re.
signution, lifted his horse at the fenee: hut
lie fore the aniiuul had eleured it, he fell
from Inn saddle, and disappeared in the
green depths of the puddle, whither his faith'
fill steed followed him. It was 11 pond for
cattle to drink at. and was full six feet deep
where ho fell, and while ho anil his horse
wore scuffling und lighting together, I and
initio were upon them.
It is a wonder the poor captain was not
molest u printer when engaged in his call-
ing. IfoiUm Journal.
A I.AKCiK ORGAN.
At Frcyhourg in Switzerland is a very
powerful organ, which is well described
by a correspondent of the New York Ob
serer. It has 7M()0 pipes, some of thorn 32 feet
long, and 9 J stops. It is an instrument of
power, and though the traveler is compelled
to pay eleven francs to hour it on a week,
day, it is worth the money. At first one
imagines a trick is played upon him, and
that a full orchestra accompanies the organ.
Thi. mellow tones melt in and Moat awa
killed, but after great struggling he stood on wt, tH. u.vier notes, as if a bund of miisi.
dry land, with fury in bis face, and mud and cjs wvr(. playing out of sight. .Many re
slime in his mouth, u very passionate martyr 1 ;'M. , M.j,.V(. it i not a deception till they go
in green weeds. My horse, being an old Uj, H,d examine every part of the instriiini nt.
stager, did not attempt to run away, but , -i'i,,. edict is perfectly bewildering. There
came trotting up to me, asking to be re. ! js ,1(. tromlioiif, the "clarionet, the flute, the
mounted. His, u fiery bay mare, was away 1 (jf, an, ,.u.r , num the clear ringing
like the wind. " Well, sir," said he, spitting t,. 0' the trumpet. The performance is
nnit rubbing his eyes, " this is pretty con. I rwvl u;th nn imitation of a thunder storm,
duct for a Here's a guinea to any man I ; which the wonderful power of the instrii
who brings back myinaro. Such treatment, 1 lll(,I)t js fuy tested. At first you bear the
Sir, 1 consider is un . Will none of you ow dUtnnt growl sfMliug up and slow y dy.
lazy rascals after the mare V lleftiiim ,;,, Way. The1 next peal breaks on the
to cool his temper as he iniirhi. All ni , ,.ar with' a more distinct and threatening
field were now advancing merrily ; we were ' (lUIM. Nearer and nearer rolls up the
:hse mi the dogs, and it became evident b"t tl.undrr.clouil, sending its (puck and heavy
discharges throiiL'h the atmosphere, till i Ian
(Washington Union.
fnd our right"
need to the world a
Europeau colony or
ent. be planted or estab-
N6rth American continent."
ct: mt lairhuiil linnor. nnd over each star
Stamp that motto of freemen "Our God and
'- 'our right."
Let it wave in the orient regions afar,
And thine in the Occident, brilliant as light,
We stoop'd not' to" tyrants in days when our sires
Lit up on our altars fair Liberty's fires
Ajid now, with our millions, wc will not descend
To yield up our rights while we've arms to defend !
Look back to the days when a Hastings imbrued
His arms to their sockets in Hindostan blood ;
Or later, when -princes and khans were subdued,
rAa British oppression strode on like a flood ;
Or still later-yet, let poor China conceal
The justice that dropt.from fair Albion's steel
And say, if the it art and the ttripes shall descend
To yield up our'righU while we've anus to defend !
God knows, if there be in the, language of men
A term to express the aggrewions they show,
A limit to mark their circuitous Ken,
The ufim thuU to which they would go
God knows but no matter, we've met them before,
And the sons can enact the same drama once more
Columbia, with millions, will nrter descend
To yield up her rights while she's arms to defend !
J TAPPAN.
Quickest Tiup o.v Record! The steam
er Oregon is a screamer to run, or rather
fly. She loft New York at six o'clock,
Tuesday evening, nnd arrived opposite this
city at half past ono o'clock yesterday morn
ing ! making'the trip in seven hours and a
half ! Capt. St. John says ho can do nearly
an hour better than this, when all circum
stances of tidq, water and light are favora.
blc. If so, tjie night trip up and down tho
river will be but an evening's work, and
passcrswiu rcaelt tneir journeys cnu at
hectaulo anu very lasiuonumc oeu-
?ur noble steamers uro to mane
1 this, wo can sec no groat neccs-
establishment of the Magnetic
I he Oregon run from her peer,
, to Laluwelrs Landing, 4
Hours. 1 ins was tier average
sn. from which place the state
tendered it nccewmry to Blacken
libany' Citizen.
is a man wiio can eat
ith God and man, it is
ht that bread out of
ft industry. It is
jot by no tear
A FO HUNT.
Wo were ascending a hill, a do.pn of us
' in a ruck' and on reaching its top a curious
spectacle ifiet-our gaze. The bill declined
rather abruptly on the other side, and its
base was-Jined with a tall haze hedge, mix.
ed thickly' with holly and wild briars. On
the other side were the dogs, and one or two
hunters, and on this side, about a hundred
horsemen, who had all puilcd up, not daring
to gallop down tho somowhat precipitous
bank, and unable to clear the fence in any
event. Their poor horses were sadly blown,
their tails quivering like the arm of a palsi
ed man ; yet still their riders were anxious
to follow tho dons, and rodo backward nnd
forward, looking for an assailable part in the
thick hedge. Each one thought it possible
that ho might bo in at tho death perhaps
get the brush, and what an exploit would
tha ' to talk about at homo ! Wouhl'nt
that sound well in his favorite smoke room?
Would'nt some people burst with envy ? A
fox's brush from a elfl hunting field only
think !
Who had seen the fox ? was the question.
Of course, plenty of people had seen tho fox.
One man had seen him go up tho hill, an
other had seen him dodging round a coppice ;
in' short, he had been .seen in every variety
of vulpine action, and in more colors than
tho rainbow. a
We checked our horses as we reached the
hill-top, and were looking for a moment in
merriment at tho confused scene below us ;
when three dragoon o dicers came spurring
up the hill, bellowing out to us to advance.
" What the dovil arc you gaping there for?"
said n pair of whiskers. " Ride thorn down !"
gasped an infantine brace of mustaches.
"Clear the Way V roared ono of those heavy
Dutch-faced lieutenants, who always are
lieutenants, and never rise higher. So wo
cleared the way, to let tho gentlemen have
u fair field, and stood looking on. Ah Im-J
not gold laco, nor exotic mustaches dared
face that leap, but they checked their horses
somewhat sheepishly, and retreated behind
their wilderness of whiskers, oh well as
they could, seeking to hido their shamo
among the friendly shades.
".Halloo! what ails ye, lads?" cried tho
old Squire, coining gontly toward us, with
his horso well in hand, and scarcely blown.
Ho saw our predicament. " In that all ?
clear tho way with your post-horso varmint,
below there. Yo ho! Yo-oicks!" Away
ho flew ; and the next moment was over tho
the chase could not last much loncer. A
loud snarling, growling and wrangling pro
eeeded from the margin of a small .spruce
covert. " There's the fox !" said our dandy
sportsmen, ami dashed forward to get 11
glimpse of the wonderful animal : some of
the old men tittered, the huntsman dismount
ed and beat off the dogs ; then came among
us holding tfp the long sought prey a bag
of salted herrings. It is a fact. Foxes
were rather scarce, and diliieult to be caught,
and as a fox could not be found in that part,
unless he was taken there for tho purpose of
follow;, clap with stunning rapidity, rolling
11111I crashing through the building till itss,.
id arches tremble as if the real thunders of
heaven were bursting overhead. I did not
dream that a single instrument could tiosse.s
so much power.
The same correspondent "Is" described
two suspension bridges in Freybourg ; one
remarkable for ith great length, the other for
its extreme beauty. The latter connects
the top of two mountains, swinging over a
friL'btfuI L'ulf that makes one hizzv to look
b ..." ni. 1....1 :..
hunt.thu project was abandoned, aiid a bunchfj it0t There are no buttre.vses or ma
of 'herrings was dragged over the country,
'(the scent of which will at any time lure
a foxhound from a real trail,) and. here
they wcro. The ungrateful fellows, not
content with a day's good sport, liegtijTT
grumble dreadfully, and to humor their ill
tempers, tho rain began to fall in torrents,
and as the unfortunate people were full ten
miles from anywhere, their horses jaded and
staggering, they had impatiently to submit
to all its soaking charms. iV. Y. Sprctotor.
Aneciioti: r the late Benjamin Kos
skl. Tho worthy editor of tho Columbian
Ceutinel was always a model of enterprise
and industry. For years after he commen
ced the publication of that paper, he not only
acted as the .-' editor und reporter, but al
so worked buusidurahly at case, in setting
type, and performed a goodly sliurn of the
press work. It is related of him, that once
having published un article which was con
sidered personal, und hichlv oll'onsive, by a
certain
commuuit
unfortunate
and fullv determined to jrive him a sound
threshing. According to tho cistom of tho
time, ho was arrayed in white kerseymere
small clothes, white silk stockings and white
vest. Mr. Russell was at the time busily
engaged, with his coat off and shirt sleeves
rolled up, in handling the press balls for dis
tributing ink rolk.ru were not known in
those uiivs and his astonishment may oe
snii.work in sicht : at a little distauun -
ar sunk in the solid mck of the ifioimtiiiusJ
down which the wire that sustain it xn
dropped,. There it .stretches, a mere hlael
lin: nearly .iU tect ui tuo lieavi ns, from
summit to siwninit. It hks like a spider's
web flung across a chnstu; its delicate
tracery showing clear and distinct agani.st
the sky. WliiTc yoy.aro looking at the fifty
creation suspended in mid-heaven, almost
expecting the next breeze will wui it away,
you see. a hoavw wagon driven on it. You
shrink back witlkhorror at the rashness that
could trust so fraa structure nt that dizzy
height. Hut the nfohung cobweb sustains
the pressure, and the VKhiule posses in safe
ty. Indeed, weight steadies it, while the
wind, as it sweeps down the gulf, makes it
swing under you. The Inrge suspension
bridge is supported on four cables of iron
,wire, each one composed ot l,U.ilj wires.
As the Mcnai bridge of ales is often said
lersonal, and highly ollensive, hy a 1 ,( ,R, , m lS W)J jvt, ,lt. dimen-
individual of high stan.hntr in tl.esioiHort,i: Frc.yhlir ,.Ktli 00fi feet,
ity, the aggrieved person visited the , . ,t m fiic ,,.,,,,, aH fL.,.t. MLimi
ate printer, armed with a cowskm, , ,,, flS0 fl.Hi height U, breadth 25 feet.
A span of !)(!. feet, without any intermedi
ate pier, seems impossible at first, uud oiu;
needs the testimony of his own eyes before
he cun fully believe it.
pursue what vou
Tin: Kihht. Always
have roa&on to believe is the right course
without regurd to euse on the one hand nnd
interest on the other. Go straight forward,
eusily iinuginod when ho saw a well dressed determined to breast tho floods of iniquity, or
.. . . :..!.!...,. ,t4l!i-t Mf.im- ulnar tutlll Mm
rent ernan enter the oHco iihruntl V. Ill a tow. , '"" "' "'" ". "" "'J ..-
cring passion, und aim a blow at him with a
cowskiu.
Tho printer fronted his antagonist and
very naturally made a pass at him with his
press hulls, which took effect, ono on his
snowy vest, and tho other on his loft cheek
nnd forehead. Anothor blow with the cow.
skin another thrust with tho balls which
served admirably1 well tho purposo of both
sword and shield. In a fow minutes the ad
vocate of Lynch law, who, when ho entered
tho office, looked as neat and trim as if ho
had just been taken from a band !kx, was
covered with ink printer's ink black and
oily, from head to foot his hat was knocked
ofr in tho molco his gay costume was trans
formed into a suit of mourning, and his fuce
multitude through fear of worldly policy,
and novor lUton to tho udvice of those, who,
rotten ut licurt, move on with tho popular
current. Feel that you havo something to
do in tho world, und go ubout it forthwith
taking truth for your guide, and Virtue for
your companion.
" The Hight will triumph o'er mistrust,
While doubt und fonr disgraced will die ;
New life shall spring from virtue's dust,
With wudom garnered from the sky."
OCT Whon it was told to tho Into Rov,,
Sydney Smith, that it was intended to pnvo
St. Paul's church-yard with hlookH, his an
swor wus, that ho thought thoro would bo
no difficulty in tho matter, if tho Dem and
ClutpUr would put their heads together "
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