Western Carolinian

              the western carolinian *"- _ thb powbb8 not dblbqa 1*1 f to tub vstrr.lt btatbfl hv nil i nnstftution mi phohib1tko bi it ro tub bt 1tb8 irk ui>i:i i:i rn i hi btatbfl kb*i»bci ivbly ob po nir pkoflk - amendment -'•> the cowttitutton artitu x b austin & c f fisher ) editors and proprietors s salisbury n c july (>, jkj8 s no iv of vol xix \ xo from commencement od n e w t e r m s supper ended thev loft ns o hosts slept b low ; we on lhe storj i i ere yye hnd been i atiug in i oil of platliirni raised seven ur eigbi fuel ui ere we were lo inouut by n ladder wuu tbo bi 1 ilmt awaited us a nosl into which yye bud lo in troduc is n.s by jumping over barrels filled with provisions fo all the year mj t-omrado s ,/.- il ii n hn bed . lo y . and yms soon i i asleep with his head upon the precious portman teau i ne determined t keep awake so i mude u good iii . i i sal o.ysi ii down the nigh was almost pats il our tranquilly enough and 1 was beginning it hr cntnfortublo when jus m he time wlien ii appeared in me tl la .- s nboul to break i heard oui in si ami his wile tulkmg nd disputing below me ; — uml pulling mv t ur into the chimney wbicl inicu.cd wilh the buyer room { perfectly dim guishnd llmse exuci words • i tbo liiisliund :— - well well lit is see must ire kill them both 1 i which the wife replied '),,'-. i ! i linn dwell 1 1 was im vain thut lhe monks nitempt 1 till ik.\f man i 1 ■ s nr eiiv galleys of p!en-ii e our stall ly .. ed to check his resolution i reach his family — | raasslaien 1.1...1 r.ia iui.m n * of pride have been swallowed up by ihe re im y ut las im 1 un iwo guides each ol whom a young i'niisnin ih wi 1 nuir.or.iui l — ■ '■ ■ wave on ins li.nl vessel yve freight was accompanied by n dog,jpf which one was the party lo lynns lo enjoy ilu pl - ., ot seeing ibe nuroll to lis frnil tenement yvo commit ourselves remarkable creature « hn ie services had i . 11 so si coud cii in ibe kiugd uu thus relates uu uuveu , • hi star thai guides 11 is our guide and in ibm valuable to mankind descending from the con inn which he had 1 tempest ihnl im-iinccs wc behold ourduoin^^^^b me were the!„'-t ■ -— b lhe oill^^^^^h dep ....-, i w.k 1,1 lhe court mini ill ill o ..'. h ek^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^b tcrms or pi in i ittojr i tie western csrolinisn is published verv fai „.,' t two dollars per annum if paid in advance „ r r dollars snd fifty cnnts if not paid b lore uio m nirstion of ihreo monhts *. \ 0 paper will bo discontinued until nil arrearages repaid unless s i the discretion of uio editors and .. j,j ur „ to notify the iv - ... n wish lo i und of a year will be considered ns anew on t * terms nr advertising advertise ntswill bo conspicuously nnd correctly . .', r ted ni one dollar per square for tho first insert on n ,| *..-! cents for each copt nuance cour nnd judi ioi jdvortisem nts will be cbsrpcd 2 per cenl more than the i hove prices a deduction of c.j per cent from l,c ri-'ulur prices will bo mado to yearly advertisers auric ultural department tnilttip up lho niounltii . in iho h p toobtnin some news of iheir ex pec ed friend i hey all perished a btory is i ihi of me if these dugs tvho imv n l in l « child unhurt whose nun her h d b i n destroyed by un avnlniiche induced lho poor imv n o noi upon ins back and thus carried hitn lo ■ the fjntc of tb convent l-n-n iiiii i • • ■ , ■ i ', m->.-.^^^^^^^^___b-*-—-^^^^......^^^^^^^^^^^g l in 1 i !-■ ,, ... i i th character ofa complete farmer — wo ■ •• i uke core of in oree snid bo to thayaervaiit g0 , ,. u former iun..bort4 hits journal ihffehar i ""' have mil . ,, n bu ynur horse re „,-,,., ,, ,, i'reneh farmer's wife on ibe present l u '" y *= kaiiuiiiu ot-ciisini wo place before our rea sa sketch of " ' "- : ". u'd e n 1 shall tub rtkli „ , a , 1 ,„_.,, „, l ., me derj|ra ' '""' ' .-'...• o ..,,.,...'" j n-ehriicb non i h no england farmer and hor "' , " 1 ' 1 -'" ihcservant thai wo hnd uculiurul journal a work abound in excellent no room nm slubie i i.ui matter *• very well replied the man " jou look like \ compote fnrjsettf a nu careful industrious a good buy lake can ul ni beast and frugal as yydl m reputablb and useful uian j 1 in-lii-y this unii i ,, i „,:,"" said ihn hoy .,.„| „,,!,.., carefulness t.idus.r and econ v mu seising him walk lo ibo kitchen j " what can hu united in ibe char cter ii will bu nn nnperleol one wish me lo do wilh hc-i horse ? " ill bo gh a farmer cannot livo without labour uy ." ' h.uk ne is ileal bad i ... him " tako core |,.|, ruralune he m ye can grow ricli nnd reputable it the horso yuu will bo resptmsiblo for i " | much di pi nd upun h.s laying out nml performing i followed ihe iiiim to thu kitchen tho huatess \ c ertain kinds of labour in the times and uasons made hitn tho sumo compliment ns ber sorvani when they ought to be tierformed i he will not he 1 plied be mis much obliged lo ber uud ino ,..,,., ,.„, ,,„ tt ,„„: < ,„„- plough those lu.ida ged hor nol m fatigue heia if bj making him com „, ,|„. f ui \ t „ im .|, ■ „. „, 0bih , t„hfed „, n n |„ w i g pliiiienis lor ik mis so dual that he eoui.i no hea spring il be unl nol pin his seeds nun the ground l '' ' idiot i.e immediately took a chair und early and ns s us the senaun will admit if ho suite i inn mil near lhe fin as if he wns m home will uol attend lo h.s fences and si c thnt the ure i in hostess saw there was no means uf getting rid nuttieii nt and if he will nm cut graas when ii is oi mis ii io w ho wus determined lu lake a sl ber ,,.„. ,,,„■ ,|„ , u ., v ,,,,,,,, necessary tu secure i iu iu his chair 1 weal into the parlor whore i old good order he will be perpetually hurried from lhe company of lho huattnta embarrassment j ihey , m kind ul labour lu auulber and every ono will laughed ul it and i above nil who did nut believe be alighted i his flux will not in well coated nur bis that 1 should be ihe dupe ofthe adventure f up grain properly tilled oul ; ins coin will be shorten per wns served auduu goutlemun came and seated ,.,| i r wa nl nl being well hoed nnd his grass will himsell by the dour j we sked him tocouie to the become dead and dry away in lho field lablu and nol m.iku himself a stronger ho appu . lei every kind of inbuui iherefure be perform rently thought we wished to pul in in lho u.usl d in due season a complete fanner is also a distinguished place fur he replied that be as too man of great carefulness and solicitude without polite lu pul i in i fill ihu he i i ol ilu table bee care ihe severest labour op the best of farms will iu iiii it yy imp ss.l.je i ukt him lu-.u us novel produce riches nor plenty if lie furmer i was i ..,■*, io in pmi uo ; he al is much will , ilk his enw in season see that they are ii loin uihi is uud uii ilu i ,, » is presented to properly ended — n lo iho male in thu right tima inm be drew thirty cents from hi^pockol and threw ,.,, th nexl years p iii ; nnd that his dairy is it uu be iii tbe expense uf each ono of us neatly nud ca.elullj managed ho may labor wiib as inm ire ihis the nnd lo make him un out ceasing will have a small pour breed of oat tl-t dersluud ; inn he nl raj a replied thai he was not a nml nevei enju a fulhiussol g.sd i nticr and cheese man to suiier others lu pay his th bta nntl bn he ii n care which mukea n hock increase and grow was much obliged lo u for wishing lo defray il ; lo a good size which brings forth tlio profits of a hud although lie inm meanly dressed his pocket dairy and lu.-..i fills tho huiiae of he iurm r wilh yy lull ol money which lie doubtless snid l.eciiuse m things if hu will nut carefully inspect his ihev give bim bulk lus money in order lhat be helds and ineutlowa and see that hia iunces ure iu might givo more in llie un-uii lune lie made n tf i order bisy.uss und bis corn will bll cinjil by . l oo weni urn ntivlng lis mrrslliitf willi hiti-li |„, , mil : utd if bu will not gul/ier and pul them lur a iniiiiile iillui llie servant cnuie iu und old up car fully nml in ilut season be yvill have n short me to go and defend my bed of which ihi man and mouldy crop if l.e muws rnkes and foddora had taken possession ; we all went up ; lml be had his cuttle in a oareles slovenly manner his flock barricaded the door and wo know that it would be will be pinched through bo winter und uecumo useless to knock as ho spoke lo himself we poor and lousy ill the spring — poor oxen loo pour listened to do thu labour uf lho season — poor cows wilh how miserable is my condition i " snd he bttle or no milk nnd wretched calves uud pour hey iry to i'o.eo mv door open and 1 shall nil i„,r h os loo feeble lu tliuyv and too weak to ride be able to bear themi i havo no other res u roe with safety ll lus swine poultry and slock in than tu wulcb all nigh with candles burning so as general nod if hia carts rukos and tools of sll in be iili.n to use my pistols if they undertake to kinds are not can fully intended lo lho farmer ne rob me ver can gmw rich and respectable it ia attention ll hnd not the trouble ; i pissed lhe night near which gradually collects frnm various sources nnd lhe lire and willingly par i 1 i l.e innn who up covers ihu suil villi manure j it ia attention which pea red to roe si much lo be pitied he arose en causes the bills und holds and valleys to yield their lj ilu next morning gave thirty cents for the ex increase and advances and completes ihe moat be pense f hi horse and having mounted i.i ... he ml neficial improvements dressed them i thero is u third virtue without iho practice of • i sk ur pardon said ho «• for having taken which the fnrmei cun never attain to weubh und youi oi 1 one of my friends who had been re independence i mean economy wilhoul this fu ... lodging hero bet me twenty louiadors thai 1 both labour in ralsiug and cure in preserving the i cnuld no gel ace in dated lus sum is worth i'roitb of the cm lb arc absolutely thrown away the trouble of being ihnl as io ibe ii i sn i economy is iiii excellent virtue in unv man : it is in understand by your conversation thni you nre go dispensable in ihe aflairs and profession ofa farmer nu in inke the steamboat i shall mool you ihere and of this he should never be unmindful wheu ho nnd shall l g j ■ ii to nei ep a g i breakfast to re look into lus liarn ills cellar or ins garret or even pair ihe bad nigh you hive passed bis pastures ; io say nothing of bis fields muwing if hastily il.-piuted ni't.-r finishing hco words lands and numb vs rm farmers as well ns other and iiii es much astonished al ihe aanufrdd wilhl men are loo apl lo bug thai in their pursuit holler riches almual every hung depends upon econ omy joined with earn inul industry a frugal industrious man blessed with but a i-i.u on share . i understanding will un , oul ledly ui ci oil und advance ins inli rest bffynild whatever be . peeled when be fits se out in iii provided no singului providun.iul avil should overtake him mon is gained l.y saving that by hard labour a fariiit-r therefore whose ulnioal profits ure small unl slow us he eiinool grow rich suddenly from his profession should be .. n_.nl nml si only ecouo ini mist ho should consider he-aaving he may make ger bin the control oyer ihem ia weaker they in every ihing ; ... h.s fuel tools rlotbea meni are more easily eve.t d ihej are mora violent nntl drink and pocket oxpenaea ; above all m his limo npparem ; bul limy have lass energy loss durabil which is equal ins much money in i nml every ity less intense nod concentrated p than in day lha his neighbour runs down tu markot oo till nnti in ir life in youth pun ion suc-eeil lupus huise wiib a pound or tivx of butter and a feweggs sion nud one breaks upon lhe oilier as waves up il be stuyi a i .,.,.' and keeps steady .,. bis labor i a rm k iill ilic heart fn i li to repose in he gels iwo il nul three days lha siun of inm manhood the great donp flows on m ..■ ...:... bu while his uuigbboui wastes his nine and spends unii profound — ns serenity ihe proof of lhe lus nionnj l.y ih.s imprudeiil nnd trifling pursuit might nnd terror ol iis course wero tho wind lu he savos bulb imif and as-nney in dressing and int i lo,y ihe ion ii to use \ young inn's ambition proving his lands nnd which ib-mand all his alien is bul v iiiii ; il has nu dcfuiile aim ; it plays wilh lion there it ... leisure hour ... be found on n | a ihonsaiul to s as wi.lfcoiie passion ao with ho farm fro earl .-. lha spring iill late in im fall i rest in i/nutlt lor is rn tint wl 01 /."•', through "•■ ihal whole period u good furmer \ like the hicilt in afiril it ha not yet dl i i ii knows low lu s|iend <-..->> i,..ur profitably uu hia ifkst \\ ilh so i ie u cn n-ur of su er slid ||. i , la nils fie enn buy e uu lima lo pa-s in idleness 1 before it the disappointment nf la-da v is siiccci d in cha.lii.g will | plo oslbey pass l.y in making by iin noyeliv of to-morrow i und iho huh ihu nd headless visits in attending courts horse raoea - i c i i the ..... a bnl in s up is fervenl tears taverns nod tie i.k ity incs moans the public llul wl.i-.iwe hnve arrived nl thn epoch nf i fit is ammullv deprivud of man ilionsiiiid of . , .„ ' . ■ . . . . t . i \ ufoms when if int iiahl fail i.a ulho i , i r «■ wither wo i potalts , corn ions ol my wit<jj . worst uf feel hia the h.-s rs inol bo relrieved and thai the thuiiiaclv i ,,,.•., or ... ' , , , ,.,,,, , , , riltig 1 inking «.. r-'-t 111 llie llll i i ii - i <• i villi k o.'il t i 1 1 1,,'s into i i'lil'hl , l.l_.l ... ... , i i cii.imv iii hie liiriner wlut-n ii a t.-.:isiire il-al w n . ci .... i i b.nrd 1 a i '■ rn is im . . .•,... n „..„ .. „. . , . • well i-.-wai.l 1 i'.nrlv rising will con n i-i-i . . nn i ),,. y.ii -. i...r.i ciii'ii is uni 1 l will in " ,.,,., i i c i s .'.,.,„ .,,,, i , ,, , ,, ,, in to b.s h.'ii mi i preserve h.s flelda tnun the iiiul.'st |. ed ' ihe iu lhe ino eh ■ , ',, 1 ,.. ■ ... . i l ,-. our l r - fr i a rnr.si.i mola "*• l t 1 " " *""*' ' •" i^.l i.^s»j_f2 thai mingle will r jov al i * • «•») f fl '";,' "' '!»-»■ l u »' " h n t , ' enlinncs it charm -' ,- f"„l -."- i e o dspoo dawn i lom m gnnilcurdulrhk.ng.wdlc lent ot it for nil but -' )« i oome our hor i kbl bin 10 winter one oftm sxtrsordumry taut to corresi'ontlents letters addressed lo tho editors musl in ll cases be pest p-iiil frnm ihe newark daily advertiser i'iesi atlantic steamer — we find in lhe now 1 in on (( o nn uaz lie the following particulars ei the first steiuii navigation of the atlantic — | they wore communicated to ihe gazette by cap tain sleplien rogers ol urutnn yyh yvns sailing master ol ihi ship savannah of which moses ro gers of dr ion ia lhe commander miscellaneous " lii.yv shall i lell von lhe rest ! i could cam ly in he nn whole body wns ns cold us marble ; lu have icn ine you cnultl not hale tdd wheth er i wus dead nr ulivo hcavensl when 1 yel lh<i,k upon it ! vve i w . werenlmosl without arms — ngniiist us were twelve or fifteen who had plenty uf weapuns and ihen my comrade lend of sleep uml fatigue ! to coll bun up lo make a noise wns more than i dared ; — to escape alone was an im possibility tin window yv not vory high — bul un ei 1 1 were iiy gri nl tiogg how ling ke yvulves imagine if you can lho distress i was in at the cud ol a quarter ufan hour yi inch si med nn age 1 benr.l sntno one en the staircase and through the chink of lho door 1 sow the old mun yvilb u lump in one hand and one ol bis great knii s ill lhe oth er he mounted his wife after him j 1 was behind ihe door lie opened it ; bul before be came in in put down the lamp which lus wife to k up and c ing iu with lus feel naked she being behind him said in n biiiotbered voice lulling ihe light partially villi in-r fingers gently go gently — when be nn bod lhe ladder he mounted ins knife between ins teeth and going to lhe head of lhe bed whore that poor young man lay wnh bis throat uncovered with one mud he look his koi and with the other ah my cousin he seized u ham which hung from ih ronf cul a slice nnd reined ns he had euros in the door is re shut iho light vanishes aud 1 am lift ulunc lo in i'll ','.',''- — —— m^^^^^^^^^mmu thirst quenched without drinking it uinv not be generally known to our readers that water even salt water imbibed through the fkin appeases thirst almost ns well us fn sh water taken inwardly in illustration of ilu subject n eorrosp lent has sent us the following abridged quotation frnm a ' narrative of captain kennedy's losing his vessel and his distresses ufterwnrds which wns nnticcd in ' dudsley's annual register foi 17li i cannot conclude wnh nit making mention nf tbo grent udv.ii ingo 1 recoived from soaking my clothes twice n day in sail wafer ond pulling ihem on without wringing i yvas a con siderable lune before i could make the people com ply wiih this meajure although from seeing ihe l effects produced they afterwards practised it twice a day ol their own accord to this disco verv i may with justice attribute tho preservation of my own lift and six otiier persons who niu.-l have perished if it had not been put in use the bint was first communicated to me from iho peru snl cf a treatise written by ur i iiui the water absorbed through the pores of ihe skin pruduced in every respect the some effect ns would havo re idtcd from tin moderate drinking of any liquid the saline particles howevor which re inni ned in our clothes became incrustnd by toe heat of the sun sod thai of our own bodies lacerating our skins nud being otherwise inconvenient bul «<■ found lhat by washing out tl.es ■ panicles and f u jn ntly wetting mr dollies without wringing in ice in ihe course of n day the akin became well in u slmrt tune after these operations we uniformly fuuitd ihut the violent drought went nil an i the parched tongue was cured in a few min in a after bathing and washing our clothes ; and at hesamo rime yve found ourselves us much refreshed as il o hnd received some nciual nourishment four persons in the boat who diaiik salt wnler we il de lirious nnd died ; bul tlumu who nviudcd this and followed the above practice expciieiiced no audi symptoms as ecu liuiii liie telegraph station nl cape clear on the southern cooat of ireland un.l re ported aa a ship on fire the adieirul who lav in ihe cove of ik despatched one ul ihe king's cutters io her rebel hul great was ilcir wonder ni their inability with all sail in i lasl voaael lo cine up wiib a ship under bore pules after aeve nil shots were tired from the culler ibe engine yvas stopped nnd the surprise nl ier crew al ibe mistake ihey hnd made ns w i a their curiosity to see the singular yankee craft can be easily imagined the asked permission tu go on board nntl were much gratified in iho inspection of this naval novelty tin approaching live pool hun dreds of people came off iu boats to see her she was compelled to lay outside the bar till ihe tide should serve for her to go in dining the lime sh had her colors all flying when n boat iron n i british sloop-uf-war came ulong bide and hailed the sailing-master yvas n deck at ihu lime and answered — '• where is vour ronsler " — lo winch ho gave tho laconic reply — ' 1 hnv no one sir where's your captain then i ' he's be low — do ynu yyish to see him 1 i do sir i ne caplnin yvho was then below on in ing colli d hsked what be wanted — 1 yvluelt he nnsw i - •' \\ by do you wear that p unit sir i " 11 cause mv p nil ry nlh.yvs me to sir " " my command er thn lis it wns done to insult bim and if v ii dr.n'i nkt i down be yvill snntl h force that will do ii c plain rogers ihen exclnin ed to th engineer — " li'-i the hoi yvaler engine ready although tit ie yvas no m t o.nclii ,.- ..,, l_im.-u , liu vessel i b d lh desired • fl-cl inul j din hull was glad to paddle off us last as possible onapprnauhiugtho e;tv tl shipping piers and roofs "' houses were thronged with porsons cheering be adventurous craft several naval officers noblemen and mor i-.han.s frnni lon ion cine down to visit her and were very iui us lo ascertain hr speed horde inntion e aa il wa soon after jerome ilmm " when lhe day appeared all lho family with u great uoisfl came lo rouse us as we had desired i eev brought us ph uti in enl — ihev served us u very proper breakfast a capital breakfast i assure you two c«.|."ii - i r.i.e.i pari ol if which su.d lhe hostess u must eat one and curry awu the other when i saw lhe capons f at once cnnpre bended the meaning of i huso words — must we kill ihem both ?" the dog of st bi'kv uf the convent f the great s . ii rn.ird is situated dear the top of ibo mnuutuiii known l.y thut nuu.o near uie nl ibe mosl dn igerous passages i be nips between switzerland and suv y i toes rt-gmi ■ the traveller is overtaken l.y lhe musl -,-- ere wemb er even after days ol cloudless beauty when t duelers glitter im ll ,* sun hi . and lhe pink huw rs of u.e rhodidcndion ,...,>. -.,.- as if they n re in \ er lo he sullied by lln leu p i if it a slmni slid ricnly comes on ihe roads are rendered impassible by drifts of snow the avalanches which nr huge loos ned masses nl'enow or ice ore swept into the valleys currying trees unl crags nf rock before them the hospitable i iks though iheir . eve in ii is scanty open their doors in very stranger ihal presents himself to be cold to i we iry to be benighted constitute the title .| ,, inifur inbli shelier their cheeiiug meal and their nor able c n verse bul tb.-ir atteoiion lothe distress i lo s ii i end iii ii thoy devote themsi lies tu the d-ingeruus lasl of searching lur thus unhappy persons ivlu may have hee-i ov ir.nken l.y le snd den slorin and yvould perish bu fbr their charitable succour mosl remarkably nre they assisted in these truly christian offices they have n breed nf noble dogs in iheir establishment whose extraordinary sagacity < lien enables them io rescue the traveller from destruction benumbed with cold yyeaty in the search for a lost track his si .,* sesyiulding tolhestupifying influence ffrual which be rays the uxnustrd sulferer in n deep sleep lho unhappy man si lis up < . ihe ground and the snow drill covers in from human tst.i it is then that the keen scent and lhe exqu bite docility of these admirable dogs are railed into action ilf'gh lho pen in i g mun lie leu or . veu *..,-: n v fe t beneath the snow tin .!' h ", v of ih s.-nell with which v"y can trace bim offers a chance of escape the scratch away tho anew with llioir feet ihey ael up h continued bourse mill solemn bark which brings the monks and labourers of lha convenl lo hei assistance to provide for lhe chance that the dnga without human help may succeed in disco frir.cr the unfortunate traveller e nf ihem has ., flask of spirits round his necli io whi.-h the faint ing man mny apply for aupporl ; and another has a el nk in cover i these wonderful ; exertions are often successful ; and even where lb fail ol restoring him who ha im ri hod lhe 1 ga discover lie body so ihal it may lie seen . i i lho recog nition ... friends ; and such is the effect nf the tem perature thai lhe dcud fs lures generally pre erve tie ii li mn -- i lho apace of two years cm of these noble creature >■ •■ i corated with a medal in cotn.i b.noratioti nf ins having suvi 1 the livi . i iwenty-lwo per ns yyh i for hi sagacity mu . hnve pe nil 1 man tnivdl i - who hnve crossed ih passage f st ilernard iii.ee the pence hnve -....,, this dug nnd have heard around the bl zing ire of tin monks ih story nf bis pxirat.riiinur career lie dud about ihe year 1 in ....... ... tempt to convey a p'.nr traveller lu lu nnvi os family the piedmoniere courier arrived at 8t il'-niii i il iii a very i.ormt season hh in ug lo mako his way lo iin little yd 1 ige df8i pii rre in ihe val ley beticiitli lhe mountain yyiu re his wife und cbil i-.te had ll.'red n large reward tn any one yvho ., ml i succeed in taking bis brother napoleon from i st ilnletin.it was suspected thai thai was tho ob jeel f be savannah after remaining 25 days in liverpod diving which lime she was visited hy thousands of i iopla of ll rank nnd hor , beers were rented wilh 111 irked attention she lefl fnr copenhagen nt which place she arrived in snfe ly — h here be e veiled similar curiosity she pro ceed i i hence to stockholm iu sweden whore she was visited bv lhe llnynl family the foreign minis lor nnvnl officers nohilil ' others whn by invi'ntinn of mr 1 iri.es the american • iin i - dined on i.i ar i inul took .', exeursi in s nung lhc neighboring islands wilh which tbey were unic'i deli tilled wc recently noticed a vork diucripiive ofcnla bria dnsirii'is ofu lillie nine nccuiuta ii.liirn.il tinii on llie ciiarncti r of lhe li ice hi i.-antls of ihis pirt i f italy , we turned lo the letters ol paul i n.is courier whose works are little kuo*ii id l.uginntl oar readers ivill probably be interested by lhe id lowing little story which we translate lor tb ir ed ideation lie is writing to bis leinnle cousin fearful adlfenturb • i'm res complete de i i courier 4 vol ill ux olles 1--j 1 was ono day travelling in calabria li is a country nfwickod people who i believe have nu great liking lu any ho.'y and are particular 11 disposed towards the french to tell y u '•:,, would be a long affair li is enough that ihey bale us to death and that ihe unhappy being who should chance to full into ihen hinds wuuid not pais his nine in ino musi agreeable manner i hul fur my companion n line vou eg fellow 1 do nut say this lo interest you but because n is tbe truth in these mountains ihu roads ure precipi ces and our horses got on with the greatest iblfi cul.y my comrade going first a track which appeared tu him more practicable and shorter than lhe regular path led us astray 1 1 wns my fault uuyh i tn have trusted ton in ad uf twenty years ' we sought our way oul of lhe wood yvlule it waa yet light wit the more we looked li.r the path he farther we were off it il wis a very black night when yve came close upon n black lion *.-. — ve wi-ni in nnd not without suspicion hit what waa to be done 1 there wo ibund a whole family gfcharcoal burners ut labia al ihe iii il wind ihey invited us to j in thorn my young man did n"t slop for much ceremony in u minute or two we were eating nnd drinking in rid earnest — he at least — liir my own pari i could not help glanc ing about nt tb place and people our hosts in deed looked bku charcoal burners — bul lha house you would have alien for an arsenal there was nothing io b seen bul muskets pis ■'.-, sabres knives cutlasses even thing diaple s .! nie hid i saw ihnl ihiv.is in no fiyotir myself my comrade on t i * eimtrnrv was a >• ii i of the inn - ily ii foughed in ehatu d with ihotn ; ami wnh sn imprudence whieh i ought to hay pr vented ha i i mice snid when he eame from when we ore going thai we were fiend think ... our situation here wo ware among on lal enemies alone benighted fir iron nil human aid hut nothing might be milled ihal could l»iid ... i - 1 r y ii he must plav tin nch in i fohmi.lh promising ihoae folks to pa ihem wdl r their hospitality ; nml then li u-t prate about i.i p 1 1 rnniiteim earnestly beseeching hem ... lake great re ol'il nnd pm „ „, *|.,, i ,,|| ms i f |,,. wanted ,„, „,|, r .,.||,, w . .\ | , , youth youth ho jou ore t he plied i cu-.u the mighl have bought we carried ibe diamonds of the crown : lhe treasure in his portmanteau which gave luu uch anneiy consisted of ibe letters of ins mistrts lord lvndnek of england who n tb — i on n tour through he north f ruropn in invitation of our minister took passage on hoard of he savan nah for sl petersburg which tib'ee she nche.l in due time here she wns visited by lha invila tion of our minister at ilmt court bv several no bloroen military nnd,.,ivi,l officers whoatso tested her superior qualities bv n trm lo cronstndt mer officers received several valuable presents nf plate etc end yve have now before us n siinerh fold snuff box whic w-ns presented lo her sailing mas ter capt steven ll igers by lord lvndnek she suited from st petersburg lo ptipenhngen and nn i i hence n arendal in norway whence she re iii mod in savannah where after i short pn**agn of about lyveiily five dnvs she nr'ive.l in safety — being lie fis-l it nam vessel thnt ever cross i the atlantic — nnd after performing a vova-re hi i creditable to \ ripan ingenuity snd enterprise what nchi'iiern is innn ! yvbnt a eunfiised i-hntis i what a subj el nf contradiction i n piole-sed judge of all limits end >.'. a l : oble worm of ha eurlh ' he great depository and guardian nf truth and vol n mere huddle ... iincertui.il ! — lhe glory id the scandal < 1 lhe unit .*. -. ! she iisi il liverpool coal fbr fuel nf winch she took u vi'ii.v five ton ; a well aa lwentv wp cords of yy-nod for kindling she hnd no freight nnd on ly used ber endues when not able in '.", ut tl rule of four kn.-ts with i.er ni's hv llie ureal ure in savannah ber owners were compelled t sell her and she w-;is purchased lo run iis n parkel he tiyceii ihal plnce and new vork wlu.1 il r **...* was i ii i mil under captain v inn ml itoldn-dgi — now master of thfl liverf ool pack t ship toil tl rlates i when she was lost on thi south aideof long i hulv bad a cnstoui of mying lo a i c*i knnii lit la d":r ;.. make b.m follow le-r " t on el along sir a would in witty gcii.himnn stepped up lo her one day nod aeon-nod her with isit me madam you called 1 oh nn sir said sl i with great composure " i whs annlliir pnpiiy ll when a king naked euclid lha mathematician whether in could nol explain lus nr in i1.-.1 in a inorecompendif.ua manner 1 he was answered thol i i he i e yes .... royal wnv in geometry — oth r things may bo seised by might or purchaaed with money | bul knowledge is ... is gained only ba study r.ndi study lo bu prosecuted only in retirement