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' .... , BY T..HOOD.
Like my ifotlow .mortals, I have Jbund
time to resemble both the hare and the tor
toisq, iometimes aa fleet ai the quadruped ;
at other times as alow; as the reptile in his
'race". Many bright and brief-days recur
to mjr memory wnen ne new pasi wun me
speed of ft .flying Childeraj' many' dark
and long ones, when he stopped as heavily
and deliberately as the black horse colore
hoarse; All his'divers pace are familiar
to me he has galloped, trotted, ambled
with mo, and on one memorise occasion,
teemed h? stand j'Btock still. Never, oh,
sever can 1 forget the day-long seconds
which mado up thosa monih-like minutes,
which composed that interminable hour
the longeit ip, my whole -life ! .
And pray, -sir, 'how and whenwas thai T'
For the when, madam, to be particular,
it was from half-past nine to half.pnst ten
Vclock, A. M., on the first of May, riew
atyle,: anno domini, 1822. , Fof'the how
you shall hear. . ' . ' ' . .
At the date just mentioned, my residence
was in the Adclph,ij and having a strong
partiality for the study of Natural History
from living specimens, it suited, both my
convenience and my taste to drop in fie.
quently at the menagerie at Exeter Change.
. These visits were generally paid at on
-early hour iteforotown or-coijntry cousins
called in to see the lions, and indeed it fre
quently happened that I tound myself ejuite
alone with : the wild beasts. An annual
guinea entitled roc la go as often as agree,
able; which happened so frequently that
the animajs soon know mo by sight,' whilst
with some of them, for instance the. ele
phant, I obtained quite a friendly footing.
Even Nero looked kindly on me and "the
rest of tho creatures did not eye mo with
S'anccs half so shy ar.d savage as they
raw at less familiar visiters. , But' there
was one notable exception. The royal
Bengal "Tiger could not or would not re
cognize me, but persisted in growling and
scowling at me-os a stranger, whom of
..course, ho longed to fctakein.' Neverthe
less there was a fascination in his terrible
beauty, and quiet in his enmity, that often
held mo in front of his cago, enjoying the
very importance of his malice, and recall
JBJ y rious tragicaL.talesf humanjricUms
mangled and devoured by such monsters as
tbe one before me ; as if the cunning brute
penetrated my thoughts, he would rehearse,
as it were, all the maq-eating manoeuvres
of his species; now creeping stealthily
around his den, as if skilkiiig through his
native jungles, and crouching for tho fatal
spring, and anon bounding against the bars
,of his cage, with a short angry roar, ex
pressive of -the most fiendish malignity.
, There seemed to be 'some antipathy be.
fween me and the tiger. At any rate he
took a peculiar pleasure in my presence in
ostentatiously parading his means of of
fence. Sometimes stretching out one huge
rouscular lag between the bars,' he un
sheathed . and - exhibited his tremendous
claws, after which, with a devlish ogre:
-Hike grirrrhe displayed his formidable teethy-
, and then by a deliberate yawn inauigea me
4, with a look into that horrible ted gulf, down
which he would fain have bolted me in gob.
fetal The yawning jaws were invariably
closed'with a ferocious snap, and the bru.
tal performance was wound up with a howl
st unutterably hollow and aWful, so cani
balish, that even at its hundredth repetition
it still curdled my very blood, and thrilled
every nerve in my body.
Lord ! what a dreadful creature !'
..JVery, ma'am. And yet that carnivor
ous monslef, capable of appalling the heart
of the bravest man, failed once to strike
terror into ono of the weakest of her spe
cies a delicate Bttle girl of about sis years
old, and rather small for . her age. She
had been gazing at tho tiger very, earnest-
-Jy, for some moments, and what do you
think she said? ' .' "
'Pray whatj sir?' -;-'
' Oh, Mr..IIoodrwhat 0 beautifuL great
pussy !' .
On tfcft mornins of the first of May,
3822, betweeft nine and tenp'ciockI en-.
;eroa the menagerie oi ixeici uuuS
inl atawual walked direcUy inipjhe.grea
room appropriated to the larger animals.
There was no person visible, keeper or Vis-
ilf.r ahnut tho pTace-like Alflanuur-SQj!
iirk, 1 1 was Lprd of. the , fowl and the
brute.' 1 had the lions all to myaolf As
1 stepped through the door, rny-eyes me-
emv. the royal Bengal tiger,, fully expect
" Inn to i-Mnlva frbni him the" customary a.
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lutes of a splendid grin accompameu un
I niosT hbrridgTOwr. cut WHmus.y'
'waa.filent, tho grim fuce was no whereto
ba M-n . The case was empty .
My feeling on the discovery was a mixed
bought I brealhod moe freely, fcorri tho
ftmoval of lhat vague apprehension, which
hit) alumv. Muno ta "me. like a present!.
jnent of-'injury, sooner or; later, from the
ttvase bcasL'Afow minutes, ncverthe.
ietkabent in-walking about tim room CPS:
winced mo that his departure had left a void
icver probablv 10 bo filled up Another
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royal tiger, larger even, and as ferocious
might take his place but it was unlikely
that the new tenant would ever select me
for that marked and personal animosity
"" "" piiinoafc ai wmes tea ma tooeiieve
that we inherited some ancient fued from
our respective progenitors An enemy as
wen as a irieno or old standing, though not
lamemaoio must oe mmea. it must be 1
loss, if not to affection, to memorrand as.
sociation, to be deprived of even the ill will,
me irown, orsneer ot anold familiar face ;
and the brute was, at any rate, a good hater.
mere was some piquant, If not Haltering,
in being selected for his exclusive maligni-
ty. Hut he was gone, and tho manegerie
had henceforth lost, forme, a'portion of its
interest, liut stoj Uiere is a gentle rea
der in an ungentle hurry to expostulate.
'. What I orry for a nasty, vicious,
wild beast, as'owed you a izrudce for noth-
ing at all, and only ! Wantedan opportunity
to spit his spite 7V Exactly so, madam.-!
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x no onse is iar irom uncommon. xay ,. 1
once new a foreign gentleman in a very
similar preaicament. from his Uermnn.
rending, helped by an appropriate style of
leeding, the stomach ot his imagination
had become so sluflud and overloaded with
zamicls, broken witches, hobgoblins, wier
wolves, locum, and other notions', that lor
year he never passedja night without what
he called bad dreams. Well, I had not
seen him for several months, when at last
lie called upon mo, looking, so wobeconc
and out-of spirits as to makejrm enquire
rather anxiously about his hdalth. He
shook his head dejectedly, sighed deeply,
laid his band on his chest, as if about to
complain of it, add in broken English, in
formed ma of his case.
1.0, my goot follow I am miserable,
quite. Dcro is something alt wrftng in mel
something very bad--! have not had do
night. maro tor tree weeks. . . :
Well, after that, sir, I can swallow the
tiger. So pray go on. , H ,
After the first surprise was over my cu
riosity became excited, and began to spec
ulate on the cause of the creatures absence!
Was he doad ? Had ha been, destroyed
for his ferocity,' or parted with to-make
room for a milder specimen of his species ?
Had he gone to perform, the legitimate dra.
ma, or taken French leave?.
I was looking round for some one to an
swer these queries, when all at once I des
cried an object that made me feel like a
man suddenly blasted by a-thunder-bolt.
Mercy On us ! ? 1 ou don t mean to say
it was the tiger . i
I do. Huddled up in a dark corner of
the room,' he had been overlooked by me
on my entrance and cunningly suppressing
his usual snarl oi recognition, the treacn-
rous bcasT had proceeded to ifuerceprmy
retreat. At my nrst glimpse ot him he
was skulking along, close to the, wall, in
the direction of the door. Had I posses
sed the fuN power of motion, he must have
arrived there first but terror riveted me
tojhe spot. : There I stood, my faculties
frozen up, dizzy, motionless and dumb.
Could I nave cried out, my last breath of
ife would certainly have "escaped from me
fn one long, shrill scream. . But it was pent
up in my bosom, where my heart, alter one
mifrhtv bound upwards, was fluttering like
a sacred bird. There was a feeling of dead-,
ly choaking at my throa,t, of mortaaick
ness afmylcrriffchv My tongue in an
instant had became stiff and parched my
jaws locked, my eyes fixed in their sock
ets, and fronUUe -rush nt riiood aeeaieaioon,
ine through a reddish mist, while within
e. 1 i.!J; !. I. .U.
my neaa a wnizzing uuiso -hi rut uj mat
rendered me utterly Incapable of thought
or comprehension- Such, as far ai I can
recollect,, was my' cohditionf and which,
from the symptoms, I should say, was very
slmilaVroa combined-attack of apoplexy
and paralysis. ' ' i .
ibis state, however, aid not last, ai
first, every limb and joint had suddenly
stiffened, rigid as cast iron; my-very flesh,
with the blood in its veins, had congealed
iuto marble ; but after a few seconds; the
muscles as abruptly relaxed, the joints es-
from the vessels, the substance of
my body secmea loosing n bohuii, mm
with tin inexpressible sense of its imbecili
tv. I felt as if mv whole frame' would fall
in a shapeless mass to the floor. '
Tho t irorin iho interim, navinc ga:neu
the door, had crouched down cat-like
. . . . . . . . 1 1 .
his back curved inwaras, nis iace ueiwcuu
his fore paws, and With hi? glittering eye
halU steadilv fixed'on rhihe,,was creeping
on his belly by half Inches towards me, InTl
tail meanwhile working from isido to side
behind him, and. as a were, seutiing turn on. 1
. in another moment hub muTOiram.-
a7llielairslratg;ltted ftsDlTtsBtexceptthei
lip, wnicn lurncu XJf "v . J
mritatftd. a warning as certain 4s the like
oinul mm an ehrdire-i ratllc-snakoTwherr
b . ... . t: i .
about to make tne taiai spring.
There was ncaimo to be lost, a prov
idential inspirationadirectvhisper, as it
wore from heftten, reminded mo of tle
emptrcagej-and suggesiedwahJighlrung
rapid lly that tne snuin maaatTWv
had"Tf,rmerlv iept.the- mandator within,
miffht keoo him bufc'T In. another instant
I was within the den,had pulled to the door,
and slid the bolt. The. Tiger, foiled by tho
suddenness of my unexpected manoeuvre ,
immed ate v rose from his croucnani po-
tion, qd a(ter lashing eacn iionn wun
mil 1 onve vent to his dissatWlaction in a
nrolonsred inward grumble, that aounded
like diai&nUhuoder. -But he did pot long
A, :iuriitA on his course: to 'my infinite
Wr"ror7riawnnTuroacTO
earing on his hind logs, in the aimuue, ner -
Newspaper, devoted t Christianity,
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aids call rampart, he gave a tremendous
roar wnicri made my blood curdle, and then
resting his forepa ws on ' the front of the
cage, with his huge, hideous face pressed
against' the bars, he stared at me a long,
iukjj inre, win two red fterjr eyes, that
aiieuuieiv gloomed and spark led ke burn.
HlgCOBIS.
And didn't tho Tiger, sir, Boke his
groat claws in the cage, sif, and pick you
out, sir, bit by bit, sir, between the bars?'
Patience, my dear madam, natiencs.-
Since the creation perhaps, a man and.wild
beast, literally changing places, were nev
er before placed in such an anomalous po'.
sition ; and in these davs of dullness and
a dearth of dramatic novelties, having furs.
uw.ivu o uiigmai uuu sinning a situa
tion, the reader ought to bo allowed a little
time to en ioy it.
It was now my turn to know-an4 urider -
siuna now ume travels in divers- persons.
To feel how the precious stuff that life is
made of might-bo drawn out liko fine cold.
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into inconceivable lengths. To learn the
extremo duration of minutes and seconds,
and possibly last moments,, of existence
the practicability of livine aees.- as in
dreams, between ono vital pulsation and an
other ! Oh, those interminable' and inval-
tiablo intervals between breath and breath !
How shall I describe, by what eicantic
scale can I give a notion of the enormous
expansion of tho ordinary fractions of time,
when marked on a Dial or the World s cir-
cumfuraMc. by the Shadow of Death!
Mothinks while that horrible face, and
those red fiery eyes were gazing at me,
Pyramids might have been built Babylous
founded Empires established Royal Dy.
nasties have risen, ruled and fallen yea,
even that other Planets might have fulfilled
their-oppointed eyeles fromCrealiott io Dc-4
struction, during those nominal minutes
which by their immense Span seemed actu
ally to be preparing me for Eternity.
In the mean time tho Xigcr kept his old
position in front of tho cago, without mak
ing any attempt to, get at me. He could
have no fear of .my getting out to eat him,
and as to his devouring me, having recent.
ly breakfasted on a shin of beef, he seem
ed in no hurry for a second meal, he know,
irig perfectly well that whenever he might
feel inclined to4unch, he had me ready for
it, tig it were, in his safe. . '
, Thus the beast continued with intolera
ble perseverance to stare in upon me, who,
crouched tip at the farther corner of the
den, had only to await his pleasure or dis
pleasure. Once or twice, indeed, I tried
to call out for help, but sound died in my
throat, and when at length I succeeded he
tiger, whether to drown my voice, or from
sympathy, set up a roar at the same time,
and this heai(f sdrepealedTy That, convihe-
ed of-the futility of trie experiment, I aban
doned myself in silence to my fate. Its
crisis was approaching. If he had no hun
ger for food the savage had an appetite for
revenge, and soon showed himselt dlspos.
ed, cat-like, to sport with his victim, and
torment him a little by exciting bis terror.
have said cat-like, but there seemed some
thing more supernalurally ingenious in the
cruelty of his proceedings. He certainly
mado faces at me, twisting his grim features
with the most frightful contortions espec
ally his mouth drawing bade bis lips so
as to show his teeth then smacking them
df licking lhcm vith his tongue of the
roughness of which he occasionally gave
me a hint by rasping it against the iron
bare, BuVthe-clinM--his-malioe-waa-to
come. Strange as it may seem, ho abso.
lutcly winked at me, not a mere feline blink
at excess of light, but asignificant, knowing
wink, and then.inflating his cheeks putted
into my face a long, hot breath, smelling
roost omijipusly of raw .flesh ! ?
The horrid wretch' why he seemed to
know what he was about like a Christian !'
Yes, madam or at any rate, like an in
human human being. But, before long,
he evidently grew tired at such mere past.
time. His tail the index of . mischief-
resumed its activity, swinging and flourish.
ing iatho airjwitb a thump everypow and"
.1 . 1 n t ' ; r l . u.iI-.iIma
men on nis iioiik,us 11 ue oic ucuung yiim
Wild 11 IU OUlIfy -Xlgui 0 uiaii.il 111 ilia vww
head. At last it dropped, and at the same
instant thrusting one paw between the bars
ne ineu oy un expui imuuiui oi.uut.ih.uioi
sweep, whether any part of me was with
in his roach: He took nothing, however,
bv his motion , but his talons so nearly brush-
edlhv kneesTThat a-changenof-postunrbe
came imperative. 1 ne uen was 100 10 w 10
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allow of mv standing up, so that the only
wav was to lie down on my siae, wiiu
my back against that of the cage of
course makirg myself as much like a bas
relief as possible.
Fortunately, my coat was'closely but
toned up to the throat, for the hitchof
claw in a lappell would have been fatal , asj
it was, the paw of the brute, in some of -fts
sweeps, came within two inches ot my per
son. Foiled in thus fishing for me, be
then struck tlw bars, seriatim, but they
were too massive, and too wen imbedded in
their sockets to break, o bend, or
0ive wav. Nevertheless, I felt far from
n . '
safer There- was suetfft diabolical sagaci
t in tho beast's proceedings that it would
hardly have Deen.wonuoriui it ne naa ue
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libcrately undone the bolt and fastenings of
t : 1 . f-. A. . A, rt"t n n .1 tif.llr.rt tntA mi '
UlS uyui'uwi , win "
into mo.
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Confound the keepers !
"Not one of thdm, upper or under, even
looked into the roomJ For any hel p to me
they might as well have been keeping sheep
or iiiiioiarms, on im unga
1 peace or Keeping ui iwcy . mU. , t
Political Science," Agricttltuf 9 and
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SEPTEMBER S, 184a
editing the Keepsake ! or helotng tho Lon.
don sweeps and Jack-in-the-Green to keep
May Day! - ''i5
Oh I "what tl pangf. aharjr as it ttgef
roomcouia innict, shot through my heart as
I recollect that date, , with all its cheerful
scents and sounds so cruelly different from
tne object oelore my eyes,' the odor in my
nostrils, the noise in my Vara ! ' .
How I wished myself, under the haw.
thorns, of even on them how I warned
to bo on a village-green, without a Maypole ;
but why do I speak of such sweet locali
ties. . " - - .
My own case was getting desperate.
The tiger enraged by his failures, was fu
rious, and kept up an incessant, fretful
grumble sometimes deepening into a
growl, or rising almost into a shriek-
while again and again he tried the bars, or
wept foir me with his claws,
Lunch-time
it was plain had comej 'and an appetite
along with it, aa appeared by his efforts to
get at me, as well as his frequently open
ing and shutting his jaws, sjid licking his
ips, in tact making a sort of barmectdel
feast on me beforehand. ..
The effect of this mockmasticationon
my nerves was, inexpressibly terrible as
the awful rehearsal of a real tragedy.1! lie
sides from a correspondence- of imagina
tion, I actually seemed to foel In my flesh
and bones every bite he simulated, and the
consequent agonies. - Oh, horrible hor
ribles horrible ! ... ' - ' '
Horrible, indeed 1 I wonder you did'nt
faint!'
Madam, I dared not. . All my vigilance
too, was necessary to preserve tne from'
those dangerous snatches, so often made
suddenly, as if to catch me off my guard.
It was fur more likely that the brain, over.
Mrainedyi!ctnrehseMC
give way; and draw; me by soma -frantic
impulse a maniac into those foamy
jaws.- V.-r; - -: i
still, bolt, and bar, and reason retained
its place. . But alas if even the mind re.
mainod firm tho 'physical energies might-
fail.' So long as 1 . could maintain my po.
sition, as still and stiff as a corpse, my life
was comparatively safe ; but a necessary
effort was almost beyond the power of hu.
man nature, and celerity could not long be
protracted the jaws and sinews must re-
lax, and then
Merciful heaven ! the crisis just allud.
ed to was fast approaching, for the over
tasked muscles were gradually give, give,
giving when suddenly there was apecu-
bar cry from some animal, in the inner
roonru The tiger, answered it with a yell
of defiance, and bounded off through the
door into the' next chamber, whence growls,
roars and shriks of brutal rage soon . an
nounced tTiaTsome, desperate combat had
commenced,
The uproar alarmed the keepers, they
rushed in, when, springing from the cage
with equal, alacrity, I rushed out ; took
occasion to place a very respectful distance
between myself and the object or my pe
culiar dread. , ,. ,
Nor did Time, who 'travels in divers
paces, with divers persons,' ever go at so
extraordinary a rote -for townes$M he
had done with mo. - On consulting .my
watch, the Age which I ; had passed iu the
Tiger's Den must have been sixty minutes !
And so ended,, courteous reader, the
Longest Hour of my Life ! '-"
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The Felon's Cell.
1 Vrhrrstt--the-Nortrr last attmmeri-we-
nsade a visit to the State Prison of a New
England State. In one of the cells, occu
pied by a man who was serving out a long
term of years for we forgot what offence,
he being at the moment engaged at his la-
bor in tho yard, We discovered lettered on
tho walls, the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Corn-
mandmems, with various familiar texts of
scripture, and stanzas of Psalms and
Hymns. It was an instructive, though sor
rowful sight. Here was a man, ah outcast
from society, disgraced for life, branded
with infamwin the heavinessuf his soli
tude, in those lonely hours' when it might
be supposed he would indulge but in thoughts
of hatred of all his kind, turning his mind
bark upon the innocent days of childhood,!
and calling up in bright - perspective, lor
firesent comfort and consolation,, .the holy
essons doubtlessly taught him at a moth,
ee's knee. These, even the. rough con
flicts of guilt bad not effaced,.; "" They re
malned to Tatfmohishyto Soothe, perchance
to reform, and make him in reality a better
man in time to come, tie bad displayed
them upon the walls of his cell perhaps
that their teachings might be ever visible
that his eye might rest upon tlicm as the
shades" of evening closed around and
again as the morning light broke dimly in
upon bis prison house. I ne guts wnicn a
j,i0U3 mother casts into "tho min(rofher
child, when or bv whom are thoy utterly
forgottonT They may lie neglected and
dormant for years, of too little worth in
the, estimation of the possessor to be kept
in crecn remembrance, but " when an-
guish wrings the ' brow " when jhe dark
davs of misfortune or of crime have come,
thenjtejheir voice hoard and necuea.
The convict inW duhgeonWns ntolhem
. . . .111
for comfort and support. A mother s relig
ious lessons recalled to mind by a felon and
traced upon the walls of his cell this is.a
homage to maternal virtue of tho most af
feeling kind. Wiliuinglon Chronicle.
4Two traveller! havirie been, robbed in a wood,
and tied to tree tome distance from each other,
lonet. Uu-m in diapair exclaimed, Oh, I'm on
Tdone !" "Are you?" aaid the other, "then I
wib you'd come and uudu sae.".
General Iatefligehc&
'', Misfortune and Crime.'
The ease of Christina Cochran or GQmovf.
The New Jfork Sun, in alluding to the
case of this unhappy woman, who has been
surrendered to the Britishauthorities fort he
alleged murder of her husband in Scotland,
has the fallowing interesting sketch of the
causes which led to her present dreadful
situation.- Shd was placed on board the
Sacket ship Liverpool, on the 17th ult., a(
few Tort; by the U. S. Marshal, and
there surrendered into the custody of Mr.
Mcrtayi tlie Scottish police officer who
came over td demand her. It will be seen
that tho tale is not without its moral--sad
and Impressive t
The hietbry of this tmfbrtanate young
woman should operato as a warning to pa
rents', ana teach them to beware of unro
lenting opposition to' an honorable attach
ment formed by a daughter, pr even a son,
merely because the object favored by such
is not of equal wealth or rank in lifo with
themselves. It were better, far better, to
raise one than to prostrate and destroy tho
bther. Mr. Cochran, the father of. this
young woman, ia-e, weaUhylfarmers in the
shire of Renfrew f jnear Paisely, inScot
land. She received a passible good educa.
tion, and we have sceii a letter written by
her to her patents since her arrival here,
couched in sweet and affecting language,
and written In a practised pretiy hand.
About five years ago it appears, alio being
still in her ' Icons,' she becamo acquainted
with a young man in tho neighborhood by
tho name "of Anderson, and a mutual at
tachment sprung up between them. AI
thqugh of excellent character, and of good
moral conduct, he was in numblo lue be
ing a gardener in the employment of a gen.
lleman in hjs native parish. They" mado
no secret of their attachment, but it was
bitterly opposed by her parents, particular.
ly as her father and the father of her future 1
husband had always decided that she and
the unfortunate John Gilmour were to be
united. The great object of her parents
from the time of discovering her attachment
to Anderson was to keep thorn apart, and
with this view she was at times confined in
the attic of her father's dwelling,, and a
most rigid system of coercion applied to
hor with a view to compel an abandonment
on her part of the object of her affection,
but without effect, although stripes, and at
times1 severe beatings, wero resorted to.
'Oh, father,' she exclaimed ono day, I
cannot marry John Gilmour; I have noth
ing to say against him, but luo not love
lum j permit mo to marry John Anderson,
who I know is attached to me and 1 love
him ; and I will go on my knees and bless
you. He and I can take the farm which
is in a short time to bo vacant, and my lit
tle sister canlivo with me, and wo sliairalT
bo happy in each others society. . Jhn
Gilmour can find another girl who will
love him and make him a good wife; tut
oh.'fathcr, I cannot cannot marry him.'
The appeal was unheeded, and served but
to make her situation worse, and she de
termined upon escape, to wander she knew
not whither. Watching an opportunity
she fled, but Was soon pcrsuod by her fa
their and all the servants of his household.
She took Hholtcr in a thicket, whero she re-
muined for aomo time undiscovered, al.
though her pursuers passed the spot where
she lay, till her little favorite dog found out
hiVmistfcss and" camo fondling upon her.
This led toiler detection, and sho was ta
ken back to the house and severely beaten.
FiB&liy-f goattod -almost to .madness,. or to
what has been reclaimed in regard to her,
insanitv,' she gave a consent so far as
the law required to a union with Gilmour,
and after being bedecked in bridal robes,
was brought as on ox to tho, slaughter, or
a lamb to the sacrifice, from, her place of
confinement, and hor destiny interwoven
for lifo or death with that ot John Oilmour.
The parents had given them l,000,or
about $5,000. each, making 10,000 in
all, and they were sctllca ota the farm at
Inchinnan, which became their, property.
In about five weeks from the marriage the
unhappy' husband, after a short Illness, in
which bo experienced severe torture, per
ished." Circumstances came to light which
afforded but too much ground for suspi-
cioo that he had beer) murdered,end that
bis unfortunate, but now, it.is feared, guilty
wife had caused his death- The subse
quent 'events, are known; she. fled to this
country in protection of a young man, and
passing OS his wife, but occupying distinct
berths, and both assuming a fictitious name.
Anderson is still living at Renfrewshire,
aud is suid to be uf good character. Chris.
Una declare that she did. not murder her
husband. If so,:nho prayer of all will to
thai God will permit her to pass in safety
through the terrible ordoai which sue wu
bo called so soon to encounter. --
Anecdote. The following anecdote is
rMnthil in the Evancclicol Magazine :-rrrAn
Afri'ran nreachcr. sneaking from ' What
is a man profited if he gain the whole. world
and loose his own soul?' mentioned that,
amsLOg other things, many Jostjtheir soul?
by being too charitable ! Seeing the con
nrptrntinn nston'uhod bevohJ measure at
K sn vlniriTrhoTmphatieally-repcated
and then proceeded to explaiu his meaning.
Many people,' said he,' attend mcetiug
hear the sermon, nnd when it is over, they
nmcrral to divide it out among thp congre
gation, that part for that man, and that part
for that woman, and such dcftunciations
were for such persons ; these threats fur
you sinners and so,' continued the shrewd
African, they give awaythe whole scr
1 mon, and keep none for themselves.'
WHOLE JVU3IllEItJlC2.
l-nyslcal JKducatioii Give Chil --dreu
Scope.. ,
Woodward, the able Superiutendant of
the Worcester Lunatic Hospital, ia his last
report urges with strong nrgumenU. the
umpo'rtance of a proper pfiysical education
a subject which is too much neglected 1
" There is undoubtedly an intimate cofi-1
nexion between education and insanity, es4 .
pecially between early training and. that
condition of tho brain which is manifested
in precocious mental devciopement.
One of the great dcfocls, boih of nurse,
rp and sghool education, is the neglect of.-,
proper training of the bodily powers during
childhooi and youth.
Nature provides an excess of the prin
ciple of life, that all young animals may
not only grow, but be active and frolicsome,
so that ilia locomotive system may bo
healthy, strong, and well developed. Noiso
is also as useful as it is natural to children,
becauso the lungs, and other organs of re
spiration, cannot bo . rendered strong and
vigorous wjtlioutxejrciso any more than
the muscles. An opposite system of man
agement, now too prevalent, caves tho
child effemiuato and sleuidtir.- But this is
not the worst of the evil. If the child is
deprived oi exercise and kept al his s'udies
too early or too long, the excess of the vital
principle, which is produced for tho pur
pose 01 giving activity and errorgy to tho
digestive and locomotive svstem, is expend- .
ed upon tho brain and nervous system, and
they becomo too susceptible, or diseased..
This course, if pursued, leads directly to ,
precocity of intellect, or to a train of ner
vous diseases, such as cr.ilvp-'y, chorea.
spinal distortion, &c, which ulun hiur
the brightest intellect, or bring uii in .uuiiy.
NextjojieglecJLfiLitliQ propurirainiug of
the locomotive system in producing physi
cal imbecility and disease, is a pernicous
system of. dietetics, pampering tho nppe-
tnowitu impropor loou, condiments and
confectionary, inducing dyspopsy , tho'mora
fnvelorate because produced before the nat
ural tone and vigor had been given to tho
jtomach, when its susccptibily is greatest,
and its power of endurance least. Then
como the restraints "of dress, which pre.
vent the healthy and natural development
of vital organs, before growth is completed,
and impede the natural function of organs
well formed, whose oflico is essential to ,
life. Allbandages upon thebody are per
nicious, even tight shoes will often produce
headache, and light cravats bring on apo
plexy. Bandages on the chest are particu
larly injurious, as they impede respiration,
one of the most important vitul processes
in the human system. '
The chemical principle, of which respi
ration frees tho blood at every round of its
circulation, is a poison to tho brain, that
destroys life in drowning, strangulation,
tho inhalation of irrespirablc gases of wells
and caves, and from the fumes of burning
charcoal inclose rooms. Any impediment
to the regular and constant ' inhalation of
vital air impedes tho expulsion of this prin
ciple, and it eventually goes to the brain,
.1- :..!-!.: !. Tif 1. .-.-r
uiiiiiiiiaiuiig iia uneven, uisiuruing us iuiic
tions, and tending directly to produce dis
ease.
Such are briefly tho foundations of in
numerable evils.laid in early life by ignd
ranco or neglect of the natural laws of
man. An inheritance accompanied with
wealtTTand every thing to pamper and sati
ate, often fails to afford the happiness and . .
substantial enjoyment which poverty se-
xures with Jts dnijy toij, . and. the homely;
subsistence which stern necessity compels.
Iho evil, well understood, leads to the
remedies which education must apply to
counteract it. Firm and healthy bodies,
brains, lungs, stomach, and moving pow-
ers must be first secured. ' Caro must be- -
taken that none of them be overtaxed. -The
precocious and feeble must be. taken"
from their books and put to active exercise ;
the robust and vigorous must bo t?.ken from
cruel exercise and sports, and put. to study.
ana moro placid employments, lest witti
vigor they become Unfeeling and pugQa.
rious."' -"-iir- ' . 1
Some of the mental faculties . may need
restraint, and others encouragement ; ac
tive passions and propensities must no re-
pressed, and all bo kept under tho guidance
of tho intellectual and moral powers.
Firmness and cheerfulness finder trial and
suffering should be daily cultivated, that
the evils which cross our paths may be born
when they cannot bo avoided. In this way
the ills of life may bo endured without re.
pining, tho cour-Hj of many diseases dried
up at tho fountain, and the cause of iusanl--ty
be diminished ioth iu number and sever
ity." " "
Honesty the best I'olh v. Tho Rochester Dc.
mocrat civca a forcible -illustration of thi acntu
ineht in tho caw of a lad who wan ''proccedirR
to an uncToY to "petition hhTr-fbr-airf-fbr-hnratrh -lister
and her children, when lw found a walU-t
eontainimra- 1he aid was rrfuHrsd, and the
"distrt-siod family was with iVT.Trtr H br
boyrcvc-ulcdhialorluno i...i,.iiiioi:i- r. o'n ' 'I
cd a doubt about aiming any i.f l!i inonrv.
mother confinncd tho good-rcaomu-.n i'i- "
hnnk .nt-i.riinrii and the owikt i.iwiil.
Mrs
mga man of weahhrttfon larmng UuiMudaif-oL
the family, he pieaentcd the jO to tho sick moth,
er and took the boy mo luo wrvicc. "d ho ia
Ohio. Honra'.y alwu.vn Unngs ill towaru 10 1110
mind, if not to the pocket."
" Poor wt lUssr-KfTABl-a." Noticinff tlie aud.
dnn d.-nlli T a citiiten of Frankhn comity, tlio
editor of the State Journal aajs that lie was' x.r
but rcciK-etuble." Very .inRnlar, indeed, for a
,,1-m t- bo poor and reMTKetahle! How would it .
answer for the Journal tdwv, in noticirig tho ,
drath of a rich man, " nth but r.-noocUble ? Ataa
for the cant of this aristocratic world-.-" poor but
rentable." B.ch rcsctuUo,"