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J A. ' V A. -V - ; - J?? - - "- !XV vi U K J".J. H t i WILLIAM D. CO'JKE, PR )PRIT()R. A FAMILY NEWSPAPER UTRAL IN POLITICS . TERMS, V TWO DOLLARS PER iUlM ctrotctt to all tfje Sn teust of Sfjc Soufl), literature, J'iuc atibtt, multure, Shell's, rfte ittarfecta, &c. Vi)!, iv-m 1. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1854. WHOLE NO. 151 -l I 1 f . t , 1 I 1 I 'III' . " , 1 J I 1 II I : I i SELECTED STORY. from P. T. ll'irrnan Aiitohinrirnphy. A PERILOUS JOURNEY. I In Vs3G'- a-i ti;iv- iiir in tin- Sou Ii an pro-' I i' i 1 1'.!..l ' ll d' ;l S low. VVMC.t wa Citl I'll I "Hill . V -uii! Srt-ni itio an I ..Musical l U-nir. The j-.if.nirn'C '"nii'u oi-ieai ui i.-i-iw-m.iiii. ii I.,, ,.i,tr liv -I e lViill:iml : I la' e d.uifirnr. . i e-f r I . 1 irrt.4rnniii:'i i"I )i:''IU v 5iu. v 1 ! (t'n 1 1 ! 1' 1 in "hi'iii I pick' d up wi'iile ( X .;li ir o d J -.ice II'-lh " All. n .) ami negro' tx(iM5-;.nz;i- l' 15 I. "Whit" an.l ..ih.rs. I'. nthii'i'h ""r,.id.Mii:iiii lid'le .had the usiinl r;i.-ilo '' --pa v'" ,,is !sis!"'' . i .1... t r-.i ii -I. .r 1 1 -j t I. l K l . ,,,,, SCll.lt vv.-f" I 'Vol ara'ofv i" ii" iu "' ii , ,! f iIh ctal...rs. Tin- jiiait r- b 1 w j.a'mftr I v t.ari'.w for a man of mv m; but iint. i.Vrtl t' r th" occasion in the ab-t u b'' : i!iniii.ii iV.-:emi os ee in t!ia lineof 1-iisiiieHv 1 ' SinL-iZing iii'b-tlicaltotcd S.a. e, I found that niv ii.,-.-aii.l mv kiK-es wei" iilve;y to U-come ao- I l.v .1,. ,,iil: e aee tl. le-S. rhoiiirh i ' , " , i-.i k . i i niaheisarv fast gaining on him. sf pned, and ' .- w i-liui" m-elt ... ut- ot tin 'crajie. I li I t I . 6 1 1 ' ' , , , i t irowing himself on his knees, b-ggt-d lor life. : a live -oT.md in ur. h H d, r. a iy to .unit the . , , i i" , i i, , i i ; ... i 11 e In.Iian. preten.lmg nm to understand Eiur- thai .'ft a waLch ar u i.l his ne. k aui hand Mm j 1 . h - ' J . . , , ii ! Ii-h levelleij hisgnnat Vivalas head, but the . in. troagli- the trap-do -r when n-.-i d-d. i i - , . , , . .,' 1 . . . , ,i I poor te low wrtihed ami screeched ike a nan- lVull..n.l aMan-.-it..-i.!s ..f vas.-s. ci.ps halls'; ' . . ' nii.l (ii.eis ol er ut.- a' 1 j -id I ' . inaiti.'wcre.ou the t il. I In lue lime, he called '. for a watch w H !i a g. r. l c iain. On,; i f the .spectators ''v ,l ie.1 l.im u it! I h-' ,, , uas s, n pa-'t mt :ny pos-e-sion. lanlcra vase ! 1 and thi-.uga lit hiile irap -loi.r in the too ot i the tahl;. ,. A k Aaflh p.-rf r. ning my part, the t . , i;..! let in,- M'itn !v 1 I 'siilieketl wiih na n i 1 .', , , . . i . 1 b ing victim to shell out. s:rmhtir -.1 uiv m c!v li-:. th.u my back, then i . . , , , , Q'mck as thought, V iva la turned his pockets mi leg-. ..Veifui.w t:e taMe, -m.i-h.d evi-rv;; , r I ,- inside out. and the Indian se?.d his nurse con - 1.. .. ! . t . -. i 1 1 I,, n 1 1. ii. it in I i ii ..i1 I I'll i ii, 1 f in : lll'tl.l'. " I ...... . .. . V -V - v....... firtair.! Th.' -ijiiiir-yvat. li aioiiiid Ins in c! M.cch;'Vs. '..lit it' ever , - r.ll.,,l.,-il utt Willi lll. : , . , . . . J i-m i.nml w as s I tick ' llnie was lexiUlig and sir ailing in a mas- ol -1 (el. at: r-,,ii as heard that night..-; ' In pass n fiom -C'.bihi'bns. (i. ovgi.i, to Mont iio i.ii' v, A ahaiua we were o! iged to iravel e gli V niiles th uiig'i a 'vi-ry thin ly sel t e.l and t!."-t.iate poituiti . f coui.trv ki.o.vu as the "In ..Irtijt - yiiii' At lh .s tune our goveriiment i I "'g tiu-mj ; u i.u.-r a strong ciar.i i,r ii i I'm in v tor l lu-ir mi"'i at -on tn iL ;m i a j !-- s is 'l',.evh.et p.'fii'iii o the 1 1 d air ci-mc in !. vuliinl i ii , an i ere willing ;o be iciiiove l t-- ,iin ir ii- v h me; Im iln-ie was a good nuui'.er j i,t " lio-l lies 1 illiu Wnll il luit (Mine in lint i-.ii.' . . i lli'. sli .1 ..lii- w.imi in-ar 11. e loa.l l. a.im . nun i ' trom I iiiiiin ius to M iitgoiu'erv, :t .d who almost -i . , i . lai i muni r.il ii i-sere---is wlio Jia j.a - ilinmli ill,. - I i, han Nation.'' Many con .-si, l.-r.-ii j,- i i H ,, ,tl- to pa-s over tin ro id wiili i 1 Willi ait a si i .114 cseo t. 1 he. day prei..us to our-! fai:tnig, 1 lo- iii.ad slag.- h id l..en -t 'pji.-.i, (he pa seng. i Vali miiid. .,-.!, an 1 iIk- si.'-ge b Hue ', the .ii iv. r es ap.-d alim.-t. l,y a miracle. Il vva with much tr. p .ia.i.'i. hat. w detet 11 ined upon inc'lli ling the ri-k; . c'.a-f li..p- was, that o m-r o 1 lie log tllUin.er c -in p.. iig our com- a. ... .... f t. . i,,!,,,, i , . . , piny, ami.-ni- in-ii.m- i tug 4- tt eo',1 m s naii I,, j ..,,...,,,,,.,,.,.,. ,ii l , . ii, t t,.(l-, olli aplie.oaiiee . i ! . I Ii f.n ni ila o'e t r i hciii -:jo. ri-k an ait .ek. We a i al 1111 d mi: - s Ue th gun,, pi-to s, I, .wi,-k. iv, ,.!e., ai d - "G ' ra,IH",' M,,u s"ore U,,,L 11 was a,i stalled o4ou. journey-. ' '" great .ie" Pet.tlan I offered him his clev 11 " N,.ne'.V us felt. ashamed to ack'1.0 I !g- t all'1 ' 1 'S' ',"L U w"u:d uot lluh il' f"r l,e " Wore vd.ea led 10 incur the ,-i-k. x - ,. V v .il ,. lie U trK!r" t,ial il c 1,1,1 lu,t W'' h' f'r seV" Avas piob.Ji'y the ureatesi co . a id among-1 U-, hut lik lim-t ol that c ass t, (',., pi-.-Hv he tt ngg-r. 1 and stnit'ed al-o tl w'iih niticli ai..iireut jmpoi'tauce, laugh ng at ui' f.- our f. ais, and shearing that he w ta!iai hilt "if he met fi.lv in bail-. ' he si 110 hiag. 111 i give the m on d vii i f a ii -kin -'. and send d in hack ' . , . ,, M. ,, .. . to d- -wainn 1 t no lime. loe cowardh lull,- hiiigir idocio v us mu -.li, and v.e detei mn ed 7? .. .. ivve ever got taro ig 1 tu put his eo'iraget lh ,t The ti,-td-,v we'travi l ed thirty inilo without'! sit-i. gauy Indians, and before tngat cam.- to a hait al iln- hou-e of a oil on planter, who kept IH iS ife Iiij uiofiiing. Tne next day we pia eeed-. Ctt s Uelv 'to T'l-ke.-"-". a sina'l i.l.-ir where 1 there '. an eiu-a pm 11! of tit: ceil hundred In J r!.iHii, in'. hiding sipiaws, ahd children. Tiie third day weitrtived at M and Meg-, where "there was anot her Iadia c ta'ip '' co:,ti ning tweiity-fire ! -I'll!! ired i,f thi; r. d -kin . We were now Vviilifn J tolllleen mdes of Molitg llierv. aud te'it nut, lif L - T-l H i d inger. Hut h.-ing die 1 n il,,.,! t,. j.:iv ;a lll:-K I. poll l-e c .11; ag oil V 1 1 1. we ilil'oiinvd we iiiloimvU i . him the ii.vxi-yioruiiig.ili.il y i .1 ... I lo :i,m,u. tiie inol clang, loll . ...I 1 . l. . : V p'Mii ll of the load as u . " " 1 1 i -i' (i witn d. sp. ran 1 t.-t. ,l with d. vi,. raie h, .-.da. . warr;ois; V val a. ns'u-,, ,. H, ;,; 4.,l(r;l . Saying, ' he oil '.4 hop. , h- -h.'.nld see -oitle of th.- coj p r . ol ued r i . al- ; It w h would make d in run." . When we had inw.led ahont six mil au had coin- lo a dismal 'looking, thickly wood d pi ac", a !aig f x s jii ricl crowed the road, an I ran into jhe ai.ljo ning wi o Is. VivaHa . piop.wtd eii-itiiig it. This was just what we - wan ed; so g'ving a hint to sev. r.il who were in ; lh;: se r.-t, Wts i;,l;e., ;u d .hey wi iH with Vivad'a . in puismt of ti. Mjui,.,-,.!. J,, the nteautiine Pcnlland slipju-d ., ,,!d ;i,u dress wi h a fringed hnnluig shirt and in uciiins w hich we h id secr.-i ly puidi .s.-.l Mo tat M gs, an I c I- tiring bin face w j h S i-Hi 1, 1.. ...... .. i,;..t. had ob'ainel f-r ..the .ui s-, and mountin his h"i, wi h a caji of coWd f .iih.-rs, he sh .uidei ed a inu-ket j ,, f ,ovVed. ihe I rack of Vnal a and his party, looking iis much like a real Lidiau a- ai y w. had s en the day previ. us in ihe cauji,v Wii.u h hud A near tLcu, L ap- preached stealthily, and was not discovered till lie leajel in their very midst, and uttered a tre mendous "whoop." VivallaV companions, who were nil in the joke, in-tantly fled in the direction of the wag ems, and Vjvatia himself, half frightened lo death, exhibited great swiftness of foot in his endeavors tn lake the same roiue, but the artificial Indian liet rayed extreme partiality and malignity in al lowing all i h" other to escape, and devoting lifs : ..... . . .. . . pKr little fellow yelle lik- a wild man, when he aw the musket of th- Iudiau jH)inted towards him, and found there was no jos-ib!e means of esivipe, except by running in the direction oppo Mte to where w wt-re waiting. He ran like a deer, jumping over fallen tiecs and stumps with jemarkablf quickness, not daring to look behind jiiui. Peiitland, who was the most nimble! on V-t, allowed the Italian to keep a1 o it four rods nheid, while he f-llowe'l, gun in hind, utter nx a horrible Indian ye I at every o It step. The a e continued nearly a mile, when the Signer, c nip!i le y out of breath, peiceM ig his red skin " I'Mnioiiiiiue, jjave tne fmll.lll til II lift... l 111 tlt.jt tifj . .-,11 l.A 1. 1 . . f 1 ' " 1 ! was at the service ot his loe. The I" n , v v. i.ii., ij uuuLiobiliu l.ll"Jllll"!t 1 ' . iiiMile hv th" nail in. Il tonlr his musket I.o - ! tne, uiuxie aim resieu me met en upon tile ; . i. i i . j . i. - i. i .i rroiind, at the same time motioning to his tretn- I jmiuii- ii ... 'iini i in.-) cl- nil LUC IIIMIU'Y - he ha 1 about him, ilv rest beinir deiKsit-d i . n 1 m a iruiiK in one ot our wagons, ijrioves lamt- keichiefs, knives, etc., were next offered up lo ap pease tiie wrath of tbe savage ;mt he looked upon the offerings with disdain! Then mo.ion ing the Jlalian to rise from his knees, the poor f How got ii), an l was 1,-d bv his conqueror like . a limb t the slaughter. Tiie savage marched j him to a large and stately oak, where he pro ceeded, with the aid of a handkerchief, to lie his srms in the mot ncu ntinc anu Indian-Tike man- tier around the trunk of the tree. The ted skinned warrior the departed, leav ing poor Vivalla more dead than alive. P.-nt-la id hastened lo join us, and d offing his wampum dn s- aud yadiing his. face, we all proceeded in ',i..oi .. i.r. li..i;... v. ..,.. ...t it... i;i:. (..p..... : iicd lo the tree, nearly dead with fright, but j when he saw usjiis joy knew no bounds. We 1 .oseiied his bands, and he jumped aud laughed, i ami cha tered like a uionkev. Ilis courage re- ' iurned iiiMautiy. arJd he swore that after his coin-.anions left him,' the Indian was joined by j ha f a dozen others ; that if he had k pt his gun, he sin uld have fcliot one ami beat out the brains of the o.her six, but being unarmed, he was obiige.l to siureiider. We pretended to believe hi- st ry. and allowed him to repeat and brag i " i i . r . 1- . i- i over it is a.ivuiiures i.-r a we-iv aiierwaros, at, . . I which time we told him the joke, i Chagrin and ' .. ' tuorlih'ca ion sat on every line of his countenance, 1 .1 1! t I .1 A.'i 1: i n Indians took his money from him. Mai y a I.. .t ' oiyn uni we nave over me vaa.r ot the litile Itaiian, hut we were at last oblig d to drop the stibji-ct altogether, for the mere allusion to it made him so angry and suily that we coii:d not get a pleasant word out of him for a week I...... I. 1 1. ,1: 1 1 .1 I ... afii-rwaids. Uut from that time we never heard ( the Sign r Ik iast of his courage, or make any 0 . J - . A - IUV WITH A I UI7iT KM'TIT w nne in l.-na -u. mv trieint Albert oimtu. w,, U a j ' ' 0,l':l,'. !,s well as a wilty and sensible author, promised that when I reached lotiu iigham he wou'd come and spend a day with me in "'sight-seeing," including a vieit to the Iiocsj in which Shakspeare was born. E u iy one morning, in the month of Septem ber, 1844, the ami rose in unusual splendor for .that country, finding my friend Smith and my self on the box-seat of an English mail coach, whiiling at the rale of twelve miles an hourovir he maguiticent road leading from Birmingham to Siiatford. The distance is thirty miles. At .. lo t.. . .ll.,,ti t ir iiiilo h toie reAeliirer fsfr.-if - ! . " " . 3 1 .'... I .. .. f .i,,.,l iliui tho rreiiins of tliA li.inl ot 10.10, " j --VM" ,lfl" i.rrtenco vuuo 1., .u. " i . ... I 1 . .. OL . I. . s JX" over a mis. raule D;ii Der s s.u.p, onapeare hair dre.-sing a 'good shave for a penny." In twenty minute more we were set down at the d"or ..f Ji,;J House Hotel in Straifoid. The coachman aud guard were each paid half a crown as their peiquisites. Idle breakfast was preparing, we failed f -r a guide-book to the town, and the waiter bioughl in a book, saying that we should find in it the b.-st description extant of the birth and burial place of Shakspeare. I was not a iue 1rolui to find tins volume to be no other than the Sketch Hook" of our illustrious countryman, Wa-hiugion Irving; and in glancinjr over his '."'iioious deserption of the place, I discovered that he had stunned at the same hotel i. i,. ' were l',tn awaiting breakfast After examining the Shakspeare House, as well as ihe tomb and the church in which all that is mortal of the great poet rests, we ordered a p.t-chaise for Warwick Castle. While ti e horae were being haruueed a stageocwch stop- ped at iim -liotel, aud two gentlenien aJiglfttd.T Oue was a seilate, seusible-liKiking man ; the other an addle-heade I fop. The former was mild ai.d unassuming in his manners ; the latter was all talk, without sense or meaning in fact, a regular Charles Chatterbox. He evidently had a high opir.iou of himself, and was determined that all within hearing shou'd understand that he was somebody. Presently the sedate gen tleman said ; """"". "' -iftlL "Eilwardthis w" Su'Htfard'Ikr8go and seethe house where S ak-peare was born." 44 Who the devil is Shakspeare !" asked the seu.-ibie young gentl. man. Our post-chaise w as at the door : we leaped into, it and were off, h aving ti e 4" nice young man" to enjoy a visit to the birth-place of an in lividual of whom he had never b fore heard. 'Hie distance to Warwick is fourteen miles. We went to tliCjCa-tle, ami approaching the door of the Great Ha 1. were informed by a well-dressed potter that the Eul of War.vick and fatniiy were ab-ent, and that he was permitted to show the apartments to visitors. He introduced us suc cessively into the " He I Dr awing R ioui," "The Celar Drawing Ro 111." 'The Gilt. Room," The State Hed-Iioom," "Lady Warwick's iT.ud .ir." "Th C 'inpasUooin' The Chapel' aud ' Tne Great Da.in s Room." As we passed out f the Ca-tle, die polite porter touched his head (he of c iiirse Jiad no hat on it) in a style hicii spoke plainer 1 han vvoid, '" Half a ciown each if you please, gentlemen." We lespon led to the call, and w. re then placed in charge ot another gu d , who took us to the top of " Guy's T vvcr,' at the bottom of wh ch he touched his hat a shilling's worth ; and placing ourselves in charge of a thir l conductor, an old man of seven ty, we proceed d to 'h - G.eeiillouse to Sep the arwii k Vase. The old gentleman mounted a lostruiii at (he s;d" ol tin: vase, and commenced 1 set speech, which we U'gan to fear was inter- ni'iiabie; mi tossing him the usual fee, we left him in the ni'dd'e of It s oration. Passing through the p ater's lodge on our way out, under the impr. ssien that we had seen all-ihat was in e esting. tho o'd porter informed us that the mo-t curious things connected with th.- Casile were to be seen iii his lodge. Feeling for our co n, we bade him produce his rulics, and he showed us a lot of trum try, which, he grave- lr i .t. .imcd 11-, 4..-I niijed to that lurt of autiqili- tv, Guy, Eirl of Warwick. Among these were his sword, shield, helmet, breast-plaie, walking staff, and tiliing-p le, each of enormous size; the horse armor, nearly large enough for an ele i h int, a laige. pot which would hold seventy gallons, called 4" Guy's Porridge Pot," his tV-h-f ik, the size of a farmer's hay fork, his lady's j-stirrup-, the rib of a tna- od hi, which .the porter pretended belonged to the great ,4 Dun C w," which, according to tradition, haunted a ditch n ar Coventry, an I after doing ii.j iry to mauv person, was slain by the valiant Guv. Tne sword weih d nearly 200 pounds, aud the arm or 400 pounds ! I told the old potter that he was entitled to great credit for having concentrated more lies than I had ever before-heard in so surd! a com pass. 11-t smiled, and evidently felt gratified by the compliment. 4' I suppose," I continued, ,4 that you have t. Id these marvelous stories so often, that you alum-t believe ihein outsell ?" Almost " replied the pot ter, w ith a grin ol sauTaction that siiowed h" was 44 up to suit tf," and had ready earned two shillings. The Warwick races ' were then c -ming off within half a mile of the village. We therefore went down and spent an hour with the multitude. There was very little- belting . r excitement legarding the races, aud we concluded to take .1 tour through the "penny shows," the vans' of which lined one side of the course for the dis lance of a quarter of a mile. On applying to enter one van, which had a large pictorial sign of giantesses, wlnte negro, Albino girls, learned pig- big snakes, etc., the keeper exclaimed, "Come Mister, vou is the 11 an what hired Ran dall, the giant, for 'M -rika, and you shows T.m Thumb: now can you think -of paying less than s.xpence for going in here ?" The appeal was irresistible; so satisfying his d m mds we enter d. While in ihe show nun's vans seeking for ac- qui i ions to in Museum in Anieiica, I was st tick with the ; pp r.u.ce of a coiiplii of fe iria!. s, who exbd-ited as the 4 Canadian g'antess es, each sev n fe t n height." Su-pcting ;hat a cht at was hidden in. der their unfashioiiably long dn ss -s, w.iich reached to, ihe floor, and thus rendered their f el invisib'e, I attempted to so ve ihe my iery ' y taising a fo -t or two of the superfluous coven, g. The strapping young la dy, not relishing suc i l.beitie- from a stranger, la.d me flat upon the floor with a bio" from iter brawny han 1. I as on my feet ftgain in toler ably quick dm , bui no- uut 1 I had discovered that, s e sto d upon a j edastal at least eighteen inches high. Upon comi- g out i f the van, a whole bevy of showmen from that and the ueigii boring vans, s-urrounied me, and legan deseanth g on the mer.ts and de i.eri s' of General T-.m Thumb. 40h,'' says otic, "I kn ws two dwarfi what is better ten times as Tom Th .mb." "Yes" says another, 4th-re is no use to talk ab mt T.-m Thumb whi.e Melia Paitou is above the ground." "Now, I've seen Tom Thumb," added a third, "and he's a fine Ijltlesqud', but the only Van tag he's got is he can chuff o well. H chaffs lik a ma t; but I can learn D ck Swift in two moutha so that he can cb TomluumWArj" "Ntvt-r mind," added a fourih, 4 I've got ' a chap training what you none on -u knows, what 'II beat all the " thumbs" on j :r grap- p!trs-": .. ... ., -1. Y" 44Xo he can't," exclaimed a fifth, " ior, Tom", Thumb has g .t the name, and you 1 I . 1 v the name's every thing. Tom Tuurnb ;!,! '1 i.t-v-er shine, even 5n my van 'long side ' .en dwarfs I knows, if this Yankee ha iii t. .1 ,, , oz- .-.,.-. , w 1 - afore her half a dozen times." - - i "Yes, yes, i hat's the ticket," exclaimed anoth er ; our Queen p itronizes every thing foreign, and yet she wouldn't visit my beaut ful wax- wotkst save the cr.iwn of England." 4 Your beautiful wax-woiks !" they all ex. laim ed with a hea-ty laugh. j "Yes, and who says they Aaint beautiful?" reto.ted the o.her; "they was made by the best Hitalian Aar;ist in this country." 'They was made by Jim Caul, and showed all over tiie country teidy ears ago," r joined another; "and arterth it they laid five eais in pawn in ' Id Moll Wiggins cellar, coveted with mould aud dust." "Will, that's a goo lone, that is!" replied the proprietor of the beauiiful wax-works, ith a look of disdain. I made a move to depart, when one of the hea 1 showmen exclaim -d, "Come, Mister, don't bd shabby ; can you think of going wi.hout standing treat ali round ?" . "Whv s'tould I stand treat ?" I asked. " 'Cause 'iaint every day you can 'meet such a bloody lot of jolly brother showmen," replied Mr. Wax-works. . I handtd oat a crowri, aud left them to drink bad luck to the " foreign wagrtb n is what could bamboozle their Queen with inferior dwarfs, posses-ing no advantage over the natyws but the power of chajiuf.'1 We returned to the hotel, look a post-cha:se, aud drove throujh deci led.y the most lovely country I ever beheld. Smce taking that tour, I have heard that two gentlemen orice made a bet, each, that he cou d name the most delight ful drive in England. Many persons were lire- sent, and the two gentlemen w rote on separate slips of paper the scene he most admired. One gentleman wrote, "the road from Warwick to Coventry ; the other had written "the road from Coventry to -Warwletrrf 'rr'; y --r-M.-.? In less than an hour we were set down at the outer wads of Keni! worth Ca tie, whi- h Scott has gieatly aid.-d to-immortalize in his cele. ra ted no-, el of t':at n .me. . This once noble and magnificent Castl is now a stupendous ruin, which has been so fren d s cribed that I think ii unnecessary to say any thing fit. titer ab ut it here. We spent half an hoar examining the interesting ruins, and then proceeded by pot-chaise to Coventry, a dis auce of six or eight miles. II. re we remained four houts, during which we visited St. Maiy's H II, which has attracted the notice of many ant qua rians. We also took a peep at the effigy of the celebrated "Peeping Tom," after which we visi ted an exhibition called the "Happy Family;'" consisting of about two hundred birds and ani mals of oppo-ite natures and propensities, all li vii g in harmony together in one cage. Th s exhibition was so lemarkable that I bought it for $2,500, (5U0.) and hired the proprietor to accon puny it t Xew York, where it-has ever since been an attractive featute in my Museum. We t ok the iars the same evenrng for Bir mingham, wh re we arrive I at ten o'clock, my irien t A.bert Smith remarking, th A never be fore in his life h id he accompli-hed ad ay'sj ur ney n the Yankee-go-ahead pr n iple. He af terwards published a chapter in Ben tley's Mag azine eutitled "A day with Barnnm," in which he said we accomplished business with aich ia pdity, that wlien he aitempre l to wr te out the accoums of tiie d.-, he found the whole th ng so confused in his brain, that ho came near ". o cating" Peeping Tom in the house of Shaks peare, whiie Guy of Waiwick would stick his head above the ruins of Kenil-worth the War wick Vase appearing in Coventry, etc. During our journey, I amused him with ma ny of my adventures, including the history of Joice Heth, the Mermaid, the Buffalo hunt, etci, which he afd-rwards served up in his Scatter good Family," making me the hero. At this time my feud was an author, dramatist and dentist, but subsequently he wa exalu d to the dignity of a 4-showman," an I lam most happy to learn that he has accumulated a fortune from the exhibition of the pai.orama illutradtig his extraordinary ascent of Mont Blanc. CURE FOR CHOLERA. Mr. Editok: I sen I you a recipe for the cure of premonitory symptoms of Cholera, for the re lief of diarrhse, dysentery, cramp cholic, and cho lera morbus. All of the diseases above m a tion ed, it will cure to a certainty. I kuow taat is saying a great deal, but I know too, thai I have seen at least one hundred cases of dianhae cured at one dose, and have never seen it fail to ture at three doses. I have given this recipe to persona who would not now, they, say, be without the knowledge of it for f500. It will save doctor's bills, sickness, and very often death. Now I dou't charge,, anything for this but for humanity's sake, hoje that at least every reader of the Soil, will take a copy and pul up at the first oppor. unity a botile to be kept always on hand, it will save them more than thirty limes the subscription price of your excellent paper. R-cipe, Oue pint good brandy, one ounce laud ium, one ounce gum caiiipltor, half ounce uf cayenne pepper. M.x we.l together, and f .t dose, take teaspoonful. i Yours truly, JNO. M REED. Girardf Ahii 1854. - -'-i - " :-. MISCELLANEOUS. THE PERILS Or WHALE- KILLING. A.TRUE INCIDENT. s t 5 We wee . cruising somewhere between the latitude of thirty six and thirty, seven d grees south, and the longitude of sixty-eighf degree e . '. 1. e 1 . V 1 t .' j: 71 i lernoon, and the ship was momg. along under her top-gnllant sails at the rate of alxut five miles an hour. The most hardened grumbb r could not find fault with the day. At the f.-re and main top-gal ant cross-tiee were two men on the look-out for whales. It was now nearly four o'c'ock, when the man at the main sung ou , " There, she blows !'' repeated the cry regularly five or six times. All was now excite ment among the offieeis and men. Every one wa- anxious to know if it was the kind of w hale we wanted. The mate hailed the ina't at the m sthead. "Where away is that whale? What do you call her V "Right whale, sir, on the lee beam, two miles off; look out sliap for her." . 4 Sing cut when the ship heads for her." " Ay. ay, sir." " Ke; p her away," said the'eaptain to the man at the helm. '"Boy, hand me the spy glass.' 'Steady !'' sung out the man at the mast head. ' Steady it is !" answered the wheel. Th ' Cap ain then started to g aloft. Mr. A (t the mate,) you may square in the after yards, and then call all hands." " Forward, there ! ' shouted the mate. Haul the n.ain-s.iil ut aud square the yards. Bill !" (to an old sailor.) Sir ?" ' Ay, ay, sir. All hands ahoy !'' shouted Bill" in a voice like a tempest. Stand by the boats !" In less th 01 no time the deck was alive with men. " Boat-steeiers get your boats ready !'' In a moiuemt, as it were, the boa's in readiness, the tubs put in, the lines bent on to the harj oons and the cr-ws standiug by, ready to follow. the b ats dowu to the water, when the word came to lower away. 44 There she blows !" sung outjlie man at the fore ; not ha f a mi e off." 44 Down helm " shouted ihe ciptain. Mr. A. brace up the mizen top-sail. Hoist and swi g the I oats. Lower away." Down wmt the boats and down went the crews. As the boats struck the water, every man was on his thwart, with h s hand on the I loom of his oar, and all at once the three boats j w. re cutting their way through the water in j the direction of the whale. I was haip oner to In- mate's boat, and she happeued to be the fa test goer in the - hip, so that although w. all left thje ship together and for a few rods kept nearly h d i.nd head with each other, still, we knew well enough that, as soon as the word came from ihe mate to g've way, we should drop the others in a in m nt. So we did not fret ourselvi s, but kept c ol for a tight pull. when the whale should show himself on the surfa eofte water a.ai.i which oid the m - in. ut after. 44 Ilee she is!" cried the mate ; "and not ten r ds from the b at. Now, boys, lay back hard? Spr.i g hard ! I tell y m ! Th re she blows! nly give way my boys tnl she is ours!" The boat bounded forward like a thing of life. "Spring like tig rs!" said the mate, sinking his voice almost to a whisper. 1 looked over my shoulder to see what, kind fa chance I was going to have, ai the same time gving a pub at the bow oar wi.h all my might. We were going on her s'aiboatd quarter ; just the chance I 1 ked to fasten to a whale. " Stand up!" shouted the mate; and in a moment I was on my feet, and in the next moment I ha i two harjtoons to the hitches iir.o her. " S:ern ! stern all! shouted the mate as he saw the irons in the whale. ' Come bete, my boy !" said he to me. We shifted '-nds ; he to the head and I to the stern of the boat. The whale started off like lightning. 41 Hold on, line !" said the mate; and away we shot after her, like an arrow fr in the bow. The mate by this had his lance ready. " Haul me on to that whale!" he shoubd ; and all hands turned 10 hauling lin--, while I coiled it away in the stem-.-heets. We had got nearly up to the whale when she took to sounding takino-the line right up and down from the hea I of the boat. I had two turns of a line round the lof?!?er-head. and was holdi cr on ;.s much a the boat would b ar, when, ali at once, another large whale, that we knew nothing ab -ut, shot up out of ihe water nearly her wh le length, in a slanting p sition han ging directly over ihe boat. I threw off the turns from the logger-head, an I shouted to the men - iO to " stem. But it was no use ; she fell the whole length of her body on the boat I heard S " a cra-h ! and, as I went down, I felt a pre-sure of water directly over my head, caused, as I thonfht, bv the whale's flukes as she struck. How long I was under water I know not; but I remember tht all looked dark above me, and that I tried very hard to shove my head through in order to brea he. At last I su.-c. ed ed; lut what a sight presented itself when I found myself on the surtace of the wat r! A' outa rod off was the whale that we were fa-t to, thrashing the water into a foam wi.h bisfluckes, the ocean red with blood, and the orimaon etr earns jottring fromdie wounds mde in tiie yhak's sides by the harpoons. In anotfc er direction I could see pieces . f the boat float- ing arbtmd. At the di-tance of two or three miles'' I could occasionally get a glimpse of the ship as I rode on the top of a swell, but not a human be ng in sight. Not losing heart or h .pe, I struck out for a piece of tle stem of onr once lieautiful boat but a few rods distant. The erew came up one after? nuother, catcng them afloat. One poor follow came pHtddling along with too or three oars under him, crying out that his back was broken. Another of the crew and myself got him on the boat that we had hold of. His thigh was broken, poor fel low, and he cou d not move his legs at all. The second mate soon afer picked us up in his boat, and so much had we been engaged in looking out for ourselves that we now pereeiv- ed for the first time that one of our number was miss ng. He was a young man, about seven teen y. ars old, and did not belong to the boat, but went in the place of the midsh'p oarsman, wlio was sick at the time. The whale fell di rectly over him, and- probably killed him in a moment. With what feelings did we pull around and around the spot where the boat was stove, un willing to believe, even after we knew there was no hope, that our shipmate was gone never more to return ! How silently we glided along side of the ship, and hoisted in our other poor shipmate, now lamed for life! Ah, that some of those sailors as little bet er than brutes, and who knew little or nothing of the k nd feelings and stro g affections that are hid under their rough outside, cou d have seen what I saw on board that - hip. Even they w uld admit that it is not always the polished and educat d that have the warmest heats or most generous feelings. From Captain Canot, or Twenty Years of an Afiican Slaver. THE CAPTAINS WIFE. The reader will do me the justice to -believe that nothing butThe direst necessity compelled me to embark n bord a British vessel, bound to Brazil. The Captain aiid his wife who ac companied him, were both stout, handsome Irish people, of equal age, but addicted to fondneU for strong and flavored drinks. My introduction on board was s'gnalized by the ceremonious bestowal upon tne of the key of the spirit-locker, wiih'a sir ct injunction from ti e commander to deny more than iluee glasses daily either to his wife or himself. I hardly comprehen ded this singular order at first, but, in a'ewda.s, I became aware of its propriety. Ab (it elee i o'cl. c!c h-r l.ulvjship generally approached when I was s. r ing out the men's ration of gin, and ecpusted me to fiil her tumbler, (.-f course, I g; liantly complied. When I returned from deck below with the b ttle, she again required a sin i!. r 'o-e, which, with some reluctance, 1 fur nished. At dinner die daine drank porter, but passed off' the gin on her creduLus husband as water. This system of deception continutd as long as ihe mah liquor lasted, so that her lady ship received and swallowed d d y a t i i T-3 al j lowame of c ipital grog. Indeed, it is quite as. t u idling what quantities of the article can some- ;m s be swallowe a by seaiaring women, ine oddn-Si cf iheir appetite for the cordials is not a bui enhanced by the w ll known aversion tl es -x have to spirituous fluids, in eveiy shape, n shoie. Perhaps the salt air may have some thing to do with the acquired relish ; bur, as I a n i ol composing an essay on temperance, I shall 1 ave the discussion to wiser physiologists. My companions' indulgence illustrated anoth er diversity between the sexes, which I believe m I i toiically true from th-earliest records to the present day. The lady broke her rule, but the captain adhered faithfully to his. Whilst on dutv, the allotted three glasses completed his po tations. But when we reached Rio de Janeiro, and there was no longer n e l of abstinence, save for ihe sake of propriety, both my shipmates gave loose to their thirst and tempers. They drank, quarrelled, and kissed, with more fre quency and fervor than any creatures it has been my lotto encounter throughout an adven turous life. After we got the vessel into- the inner harbor, though not without a mishap, owing to the captain's drunken etubborness, my Irish friends 'esolved to take lodgings for a while on shore. For two days they did not make their appearance; but Jowards the close of the third, they returned, "fresh." as they said, "from the theatre." It was verv evident that ; the jolly god had been their companion ; and, j as I was n-.t a little scandalized by the 'conjugal i sc. ne which usually closed these frolics, I hast- ened to order tea under the awning on deck, while I betook myself to a hammock which was slutnr on the main boom. Just as I fell off into pleasant dreams, I was roused from my nap by a prelude to the opera. Madame gave her lord the lie" direct. A loaf of bread, discharged against I her head across the table, was his reply. Not con- tent with thishannless demonstration of rage, he At. li t. 1 I seized the four comers of the table cloth, and gathering the tea-things and food in the sack, threw the whole overboard into the bay. In a flush, the tigress fastened on his scanty locks with oue hand, while, with ihe other, the pum mel let l h is eyes and nose. Badly used as be was, I must confess that the captain proved too gen erous to retaliate on that portion of his hpouse where female charms, are most bewitching and visible; still. I am much mistaken ifiheound spanking she received, did not elsewhere leave marks of physical vigor that would hv U.en creditable fc ugi.lisV It was remarkable that these human tornados were as violent and brief those which jscourge tropical lands as well ai tropical characters, la a quarter of an boar there , was a.dead.calm.--The silence of the night, on those still and star lit waters, was only broken by a a rt t f iclu-rup, that might, have teen misiakeu (br a. cricket, but which I think raS v !., ; Iudeedt I waa rapidly, going off again to sleep, wbni was called . tonvtfc. th Jky of tU4iH4.rit4oikeT,- glorious resource that never filed as a solemn seal of reconciliation and bl:ss. j - Next morning, before 1 awoke, thoi captain went ashore, and when his wife, at breakfast inquired my knowledge of the nighCa affray, my gallantry forced me to confess that I was one of the soundest sleepers on earth or water and, moreover, that I was stipprised to learn there had been the least difference lietween such happy partners. In spite of my simplicity the lady insisted on confiding her griefs, wiih the as surance that she would not have been kdf so angry had not her spouse foolishly "thrown her silver spoon into the sea, with the bread aud butter. Sue grew quite eloquent ou thp pleasure of married lite, and told me of many a similar reproof sho had been forced lo give ber husband during their voyages. It did him good, she said, and kept htm wholesome. In fact, she hoped, that if ever I married, I would have the luck to win aguardain like herself. Of course I. w as again most gallantly silent. Still, I could not help reserving a decision as to the merits of matrimony; for present appearance pertainly did not demonstrate the bliss 1 had so often - j lead and heard of. At any rate, I resolved, that if ev er I ventured upon a trial of love, it should, at least, in the first instance, be love without j liquor ! . i On our return to Europe we called at Dover for orders, and found that Antwerp was our destina tion. We made sail at sunset, but as the wind was adverse aud the weather boisterous, we an chored for two days in the Downs. At length, during a lull of the gale, we sailed for tiie mouth of the Scheldt ; but, as we approached, the coast of Holland, the win i became light and baffling, so that 4i were unable to enter the river. We had not taken a pilot at Rauisgale, being confi dent uf obtaining one off Flushing. At sundown, the.jd.orin again' arose in ad us fury trQwiatur, to .1 i '. . . . . . " ' -ieDer Gold- 1 uoriiiwesi ; oui an attempts to pui u. rt gland were unwiiling, for we dar.d not show - J rag of sail lfore the howling femjest. It was, 11 deed, a fearful night of wind, had, darkness, and anxiety. At two o'clock in the morning, we suddenly grounded on oue of the numerous banks off' Flushing. Hardly bad we struck w hen the sea made a clean sweep over us, cov ering the decks with 'sand, and snapping the spais like pi jh stems. Tne captain was killed iusUntly by the fail of a top gallant yard, which crusl.e I his skull ; while the sailors, who in such m. .tn. nts seem possessed by utter reckUsinets, broke into the spu it-room aud oiat.k to t xeess. For a while I had seme hope that the stanch- ! ness of ..ur vessel's hull might enable us to cl ng to ber till daylight, but she speedily bilged and Ugan to fid. ' j , Alter this it would have been madness to ling er. The boats were still safe. The long one was quickly filled by the crew, under j the com mand of the second mate who threw; an anker of gin into the craft Ufore ho leaped aboard, while I reserved the joby-boat for myself, the c iptaiu's widow, the cook, and the steward. The long-boat was never beard of. i AU night long that dreadful nor'wester how e l along and lashed the narrow sea between England and the Continent; yet I kept oui 'frail skiff before it hoping, at daylight, to descry' the I lowlands of Belgium. The heart-broken woman tested motionless in the stern-sheets, j We cov ered her with all the available gairojents, and, even in the m.dst of our own griefs, could not help feeing that the suddenness of ber doable desolation had made her perfectly unconscious of our dreary surroundings. Shortly after eight o'clock a cry of joy an iiouuctd the sight of land within a short dis tance. The villageM of Bragden,' who scon descried us, hastened te the beach, and rushing ' knee-deep into the water, signalled that (he bbore . was safe after passing the surf. The sea was j churned by the storm into a perfect foam.- Breakers roared, gathered, and poured along like avalanches." Still, there was no hope for us but passing the line of these angry sentinels. Accoidtngly, I watched the swell, arid pulling firmly, bow on, into the first breakers, we spun with fcuch arrowy swiftness across the interve ning space, that I recollect nothing untO a wei e clasped in the arms of the brawn j Belgians on the beach. t But, alas ! the poor widow was no more. I cannot imagine when she died. Luring the tour hours of our passage from the I wreck to laud, her head rested on my lap ; yet no spasm of pain or convulsion marked the moment of ber departure. ! "j ; That night the parish priest buried the unfor tunate lady, and afterwards carried ' round a plate, asking alms, not for masses to insare the repose of her soul, -but to defray the expenses of tne living to Ostend. The examination of the persons arrested for be ing concerned in the recent .Worcester' ritot com menced Thursday. Mdch interest is felt fa there safe ot the investigation ' ? '- 3 1-' The weather in Mississippi has been Tery fatora-' ble to the cotton crop, so that it is now estimated by; planters generally that poVaWy 'it majf not fall gas than OTgtihml lanrt ofa crtxC ; - - - 5; 53V
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