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i I! 1 1 x V 1 r v. .r 1 IK. ! I hi ft 'H S prelate-Lizzie Stone, ,fu9 1 " ' oxxou u I , in , ; U., 1 11 U KSiA I , bUii 1 JMUElt 9, 1 852 . 1 . I flQK! try : " I ; , I , r? f - r-- 1 - : t - ' j ? - ,1 1. - I : ! J". ; t i: ; f7 " ' 1 - - - - - - ' : I - - " " mm vra ifhirfwbom everybody lofed bjj4 was BO preu, "u inf ill Ar b5f;&e.rng sa aweei genue, ?fWSi)W, ; ;j Hhad bro' jjy.jjbanflerseiu woo jwere iadiof wopm epe was verjr Najfs went to ajed in per- t r ;f W abma!nii)e distant, rThliad . Ilhifoef 1 hey; pl-a yed ft the yard, in ii, 211: 3 5 on - ; woman, looked fo Wshe 1inot mingle in ieirsporu rsi, .alter onie last merry ijing, sJbe saJ to Lizzie "-Z i Mr&tl fro home with Alice and :! vijo V with ihftm hs lar 94 lh tlrsbl.dvD. (Iiu,Haughing and frblick " ' ! UVll vi2i'i&ik etnnA 111 ll lif t la- Irrt ' I - i M . - i rrt - InnkinfT siti r Ihpm a a I xdW&SWtf stood in the little: iron! lift' f""1 e! lane, and (pinking; what r " f wuxu ii a n Miiiiiiiii 1 u a - t . . As she spoke these words, she smiled, arid illrlif ihefa'ere;! She smiled at Liz- nl .weeP ; u? when, afterwards, she asked ISepfll ilHaMn& leave jof her, ,0" a taithful house dog, and her pretty Mai-xJJi- mfW. n-n'npi'sii 6brt n lime. tese kitteri, and tbev were broucrhl tn hpr Gha burbUnto tears. ! Good bye, old Bbse ! good. m;o ixmy 1 saia sne. l hsHMame gqne sp soon a-ume. J.rJiMtkxkbm) bemdiher, even: for i b-ouse, he tplLiria neaflV ten veat-s s Lii dftindiBCe 'neAfer das yet caused me Be coutif piaeo -so mugn aaong tne road, j jtcnflplk oftnilo pick flowers and Jber- tlhteUiVML imPX aarK wnen ney reacn -iv.bilttfftt.iS? ,u' ,Ln U:-i . .. ovingy, and us sweet and Now,. as Mr 8. said sbfily to, iice God cave lo tafoF litntls, that iheii finijitet; ;a8;Ueo:rft be-j when affiveiiSb. ma l4trteV6)1saf,af was no wonder the eirls came lo lihffs to tell each i give; S9 . many that they bj(l)hat llizzie coulc not; let her cou- slie payifc! Irom. them, in her loving brothers crew a eldest, said later,; Hdon'i see.. bul that ISed and 13 to heir you. in your ki?sin2, or you II nAifir anjCpJia; blushing "and" laugh jroiteawaj ipin iHeir cousin, ana ran last la ihep tord$ their home; Tbe ;boys M overtook tbep I and Lizzie; after watch. vraier : nut thtk.K .... j t now where she w7o Vho wiff h " ara8?bing bitterly.'! . 4? v, p Jre night, howeveK she awdke, an'd CVf- ?h0 kne- abb ner and Hied on tb but said.she must-leave them - ,PW Mr M' thar .oeTwan?: knll, ri ? PLranCe mor N and Mr. Stone .ak?J ' r ,h he H8ide and asked God to take isafely home the Utile daughter He had gfW 'If eH1 fnd thanked him for leaving her W b hhem sb long. Then Lizzieisid to h mother, - Wfll j& sing me ijust bhef verse of the hymn I ldve so much, Jesus sougit me r Her mother: tried, but she could no sins lor weepmg ; and Lizzie said, - Never mind where I am going there is beautiful singingv Yet it seems to me I shall hear tioj voice so jweeraii ypirs,, mamma. Vhy do Uu cry? Uily tbiok, mamma; il l should live, how, how crooked ahd jsickly I should be. liniight be a hunchback, and give a great deal of trouble and sorrow to you all. Will! it;nbt be better tOOUrV UD this Priiahart UL.jy.u .1 4- A;, f - - v.Mvv. uyvij, auu MSB IHO piea jaot grass grow over it, and have a new glori. Jhe gtotfp aWiJje; and thinking how good ut? jv per sucn lamiaoie j cousins, lift(lWiibl-:ahd such clear parents to gent. into the mill, one round . furftifi jogltjfd f aalmost Irigjhteried by the din drf' .Jif .arkneia' ; lor night was iiomii., on. ;.fche called her lather s name, ainittj;etlf .ibur the1 miachiinerv made so fllWatiflie did noilhepir. Thinking Maaiiisay ffjWishe lurnetl toi heme alone. hMiii i ;va'y . -sf; h ad 0 h e til a fej y 'taken j over t ime,:b thegreat watpr-wheel. But to :' iba'r;bwilderecjlpst her ! footing, dtfmn wheej, vhich whirled ber ,il'4te:aJ- tearinir.'. -be rl In a shlockins r:! ji harried lba:t jist kt that moment i i k'jnkjg that Ipzbjie jbad been; sent f feoppd; b,b: ibiill, and began Nfo 111 tiefll; :Led ;bv' her bries. he came v'ii'atdf&ere . Hoiiod. w cries, he i. i - . . . what bad l;"WbacjW4hurt;ttnv daughter ?' he asl- j unreal grie t;tig terror.. all crushed to .JM&fl-leem to be cannot sti.r; but I think I shall live me here and go for 1 was soon roused, and ma- saws and aixes to the mill. wild. 1 1 bhr 1 ( "ft? ?uy n S a wy 'beijslrong, heavy S'i'f'fl .A'Hvouldi.bet sbjne hours before WcAilS-betaken from (he cruel place ca'ni',W:a'o so. nasi, ana crusnea so ii Ijibllihe wheel sc4 that she could Sfilij ;When she saw Lizzie's plliile bleedlbW arms held towards eried;biltlerly. " But Liz-! J;'ef !UP o;er;ae sweetly and cheerfully. ipepkenr in her jlife, and said I 'WWl T .'w.U get me l T llW' - IkJL. lyll .1111 Vlltlll I 111 I 1T1. tfllllM f -Btinue hour after hour J MlWijmettkent rnthnir and Mivinir lh P tiJSbbra gM-she "chaired: and. rnmfnrld plfben poor brotihers,' when they !Pttogetberj; t(ie doctor looked 'tPlf f t111 ber- j Atjsoonasfsheef fcpfgSra say comfbMing things, and lljifrapa brothers not to'c'ry. i-' wr'pM Waot sutler I sblmuch pain as at I ' J, .7'-- MIM BMW nvwiM 111 V crv. mamma, to part trom these, because I never, never shall see them again ; for they have no: souls, poor things.' ; But you and papa will come to hea ven before many years: and you, too, broth, ers, if ybu are good boys." 1 : ! i ; j A little while after this she said, I Georgie, give my love tb Alice and Celia, and tell them that I am gkd 1 kissed them so ; many times last night. Eddie, take care ol m) flowers ; and boys, don't miss me too much in your play;" After lying very quiet Mr some Jmoments she again 6poke, and said : fiMl " Mamma, are the shutters open, and has the morning come very brightly V u No my daughter," her motherj answered, " it is still dark night." j f j ; " Ob, then," said Lizzie( njmst1 be the windows of God's beautiful! palace I see with the pleasant Ifght shining through. I am al most there ! Good bye, mamma,! and papa, aid hrothers good bye !"' Andi fvitb a smile srrreaid over her face, Lizzie stretched out her arms, looked upward, and so died. .When Lizzie lay in her cofHn was on her sweet face still bVighter and pur er tharf the white roses that: layl upon her pil low and Mrs. Stone tried, not tb (let her tears falli upon it; for she said, " God back a little angel He lent me for that smile and why should! child If I we(ep for' my pappy, happy has taken a few years, j ; ! - THE MOONLIGHT RIDE. A number of years ago, a 'gentleman in Clydesdalej, offered me a situation of head groom, which accepted; ; He had one horse whjch wasi kept in u stable bv himself, and was; without exception, the ug(iest and most savage animal oil his kind I had lever seen. There wa$ notia single point o(a strong Or fast horse about him; He was blaCK as charcoal ; he was bamed Satan, and rilllly did be de-', serve the name. He would fly; at you like a dog, with his t;eeth ; attempt to beat you down with his fore feet; and strike arbund a corner at yotr with his hind ones! He! bad beaten off all the rouh riders, srooms and ockeys in that days, I was ml 1 E3tfK5dnigV bea the last timber y f ii way ana a worninan ilNiP)i?'iand ai(f hF in her father's 'ititi JftwMnM beinz moved caused the StWtaSain and fbe did not reviver ferl" Parried j home. ; When sht mm-6 found bfrself on her owb !plr ear father and! mother and' feteide. f:,. ' '.-- ( hTHtef8; Lzzje's wounds, and tifiSif?MPWm ta rnake her sleep ; but fmlW 11i?r rid, mother that, she could ! :Mii(ti: Wbb he heard the 'Stv jeanea ;nef head on herlhu- HS3ln5KandsJ:fBW-8a dDD1 abd wbntand sat down neat e s side.andj ! ware bed her till part of tbe country. ' ! After beins at the place a few asked by the gentleman, jifi I fhbught I could make anything of Satan, j I replied that if be beat me, be would be the Orst; Horse that had erer done so ; but still I considered him to b by far the most savage I. had ever seen. ; Try him to. morrow at "one o'clock," said he, as he turned to go away : '' I will have a few friends with me to 6ee ho.w; you succeed.'? IX determined' however; tb try (him that nighti and without any witness to see whether I sue. ceeded or not. My room was 'ever the stables; and as the moon did not rise til efeven o'clock I thre w myself upon the bed clothes and contra ry to my intention, tell asleep..- When I woke; it was twelve, the moon wis s lining brightly; and renderiug everything as' visible as if it were' day ' . 1 1 . , I went down to the'stable'wjth a bridle pre. pared for the purpose, and heajily loaded whip in my hand. I knew that it would be impossi ble to saddle him ; and, iufdeeidl I would be sa fer on hfis bare back, in the evknt of throwing himself down. I opened the stable door gen tly, and there be Was prone on pis side, his legs aad fleck stretched out,- as I had often seen horses laying after sore fatigue I clapped my knee upon his head, loosed the :ollar that bound him, slipped the bit into his mouth, buckled the throat band, raised him to bia feet, and backed him out, and leaped upbn hi$ back before he had time to get his eye wide" open; i But open them nbw he did, and tbat wjtjh a vengeance;; be pawed and stiuck the walU ' with his fore feet, till! the fire flash from the itones and then he rearedftill be fell bapk upoh tbe ; pavement. . .i. i 1 i t i j l!J J -.fl .C I.!m I was prepared lor tnis anu siippeu uu ui mui as be went down, and then lejaped on him a gain as he rose. Ihad not'ab yet touched him witiiiip, bridle o'rspurr j $f rnowr I gave tijri the Curb and) the j?pur at lbe same instant. He gave one mad bouiid andjthen went off at a rate that comple'ely eclipMd the speed of the fleetest horse I had eve!r ridden. He could not trot, but bis . gallop was unapproachable, ; and consisted of a succession of Heaps, performed :with ajprecisipn, velocity artdjlstrength absqlutp.1 1j bewildering... t;"J: " ! 1 lLi,t.i . j, I . ? , He fairly overturned all lit; ' preconceived no, tiohs bf. a fast horse; -On; hi ihundered.lill be came Under'tM sbadoy? of firwood, and then; ...l.' if .;ik;af Mi rtmad of the f dark lvki utfi :nUnfanrln4lv. his forefeet s6 close togethef thatou mighk have put tbem in- to a bucket.! Owing to tpel oepressioii -w u.a ihbuldersAfor hebadhore wilberi than an wv ihat het lerked' down: his head, WnftrtAnnpsa of ihft liioD. ra monkey, at a ' hftfi heen no a nmoa.wua uia ui ed a loner way over h! hnrl Kt'ati(hirt ttnlv vv a spot p soft; and mossy.! 1 that I itj looked as' if some krnd band had purposely prepared it for mej Had I been the least stunned, or unable to gain my (?et, that instant he jwfajld, have torn me to pieces with Sis teeth, and beaten ny mangled body into tbeearib with bis boofsi P01 1 at once sprang to rby fdei, 4rtd jfaced htm. I could havescaped by leaning into the wnnd but my bipod was up, mi brain clear, and tny heart gave not one extra stood upon hfs hind legs, the air with bis forefeet. pulsation, i There be upper lip ma large tbe moon curled, his under i one; white teeth glancing ght. A soon as he nearly upr,igbt beating his: mouth opened, his qrawn down, like ivory j in saw, me ubon ray feet be gave a yell, such as I bad never of frantic iiv. thins 3 Pmtjir PUc I nearo Iromta horse before save once, and wbich, 1 believe, is never elided from that an. imal, excepf under the domination rage or fear; ; . ; J; f; ! This unearthly cry aroused every ing within hearing. An armv-of rooks, start. led, from their encampment in tbejwood, cir cled and wheeled between us jand the moon, shading hef light, and filling the midnight air with discordant screams. This Attracted the attention of Satan, and bringig hts fore. feet to the ground, be pricked up h(s ear and listen ed. I sprang forward and seized film bv ihn mane, and Vaulted upon bis bapkv As I stoop ed for ward -to gather up tbe reins, which were from bis bead, he caught me by the cuff of . me jacket luckily it was but. the cuff! and tore it up tb the shoulder. Instantly he seiz ed me again ; but this 'time he succeeded rath er better, having a small portion of the skin aud flesh of my thigh between! bis teeth. The' intense pain occasioned by the bite! or rather bruise' of'a borse can ronly be jp rope rly judg ed by those who have jell ; it. j I was the madder jolthe two now ; and of all aninials an enraged man is the most dangerous and most fearless. I gave him a blow between the ear$ with the end of the ty hip, and! he went down at once, stunned and senseless, with his legs doubled under him, ahd his nose buried in the ground. 1 drew his forelegs Vom under him, that he ' niight rise the more feadily,! afd Jhen lashed Jhirn into j life. He turned his head slowly round and looked at hie, and then I saw the savage looking glare of his eye was nearly quenched and that, if I could follow up the advantage I bad gained, I should ultimately be the conqtieror.: I bow assisted him to rise, mounted him; and struck at once With whip and spur. He gave a few bounds forward, and a stagger or two, and then fell Heavily upon his side. I was nearly under t.irp ; however t did savef my distance; although that was about all.' I now began to feel sorry derful speed had won my respect ; and as I was far from being naturally cruel, whip or spur I never used except in cases of necessity : so I thought I would allow; him to lie for a few minutes, if he did not incline to get up of himself. However, as I hadi no faith in the creature, I sal down upon; hthnj and watch ed him blently. He lay motionless, with his eyes shut i and had it not been for the firm and fast beat, of bis heart, I should have Con sidered him dying frotn the efiectsjof the blow, but the strong pulsation told me there was plen ty of life in him ; and I suspected be was lying quiet meditating mischief.' I w1b right. Ev. ery muscle began presently to quiver with sup pressed rage. He opened bis eyes, and gave me a look in which fear and fury were strange ly blended. I am not without superstition; and for an instant I quailed uuder that look, as the thought that the black, unshapely brute be fore me might be the spirit indicated by his name.; JWiih a muttered growl al my folly, I threw the idea from! me leaped up seized the reins with a la.h and a cry made him spring to his feet mounted himjas he rose, and struck the spurs into bis sides He reared and wheeled, but finding that be could not get rid of me, and being unable! to stand the torture of the spurs, which I used ; freely; (it was no time for. mercy 1) he gave two or three plunges and then bounded away at that dreadful leaping gallop; that pace which seemed peculiarly bjs nwn. ' f tried to moderate his speed with the briclle! ; Ibut found to command over him. thing was wrong as for him, his won. A large quantity of raia had fallen in the up per part ol the E sbire ; ; and, io consequence, the; river was full froorjbank to bank. I was nearlyjastrpger to the pJacC ; indeed so much so, that I had supposed we were running from the! riven This combnd with the suddenness of the shock, and ihejappearance of a turbid, rapid riyer,swe!epingjdpwn jreei, brushwood, branches, hay; corn and! straw before it, with resistless force was! so foreign toimy idea of calm, peaceful Clyde; that when I : rose to the surface, I was! quite bewildered, an bad very serious doubts as to my bwn identity. I was aroused from this state of of bewilder menl by (be snorting and splashing of the horse; be was making bold iattejrnpts to sciile tbe per. pendieular bank. Had I been tbrown into the rbody of tbe! stream, I rnust have been swept a. waj, anu iae animal. rau$i nave perished; but in all, heavy runs of Hater, salt or Jresh, there is what is termed the eddy stream, running close in shores in a contrary direction to tbe main body f water.' I have seen highlanders in their boats catching fish in the eddy-stream of the Gulf of Corrievrekin, within a short dis tance of the main tide, which, bad it but got the slightest bold on their boat would have swept them with fearful velocity In the jaws of ike roaring Gulf. , I was caught : by thjs eddy, which kept mo stationary, and enabled me by a few strokes to reach the horse's side. To cross the river or to land here, was alike im. possible ; so I look the; reins in my right hand, wheeled the horse froin the bank, -and dashed at once into the strength! of the current; Away we went Satan and 1, 1 in capital spirits both : not a doubt of our effecting a safe landing ever crossed my mind. And the horse! evinced his certainty upon that subject by snaticbitig a bite out of a heap of hay that floated at his side, and eating it 4s composedly as if he bad been in the stable. ' j ; We soon swept arpund the high bank which had caused our misfortune and came to a lev. el part of the country, which was flooded far up into the fields. Ithn struck strongly out in a slanting direction for the shore, and soon hadlbe satisfaction of findiiig myself once more upon ,he green turf. , Satan shook himself and pricked up bis ears, and gave a low neigh. I then stroked bim, and spoke kindly lo him.. He returned the caress by. licking my hand, Poor fellow ! he had contracted a friendship for me in water a friendship which terminated on ly with bis life ; and ..which was rendered the more valuable by bis never extending it to an other, living thing. f ; being left plorie at the last hour! in snch a place. The sTd avnaesbf the cave, irtt6 wbich visitors are not4 usually taken, are said to be labyrinth? bf iniej-mjnable perplexity, and the guides are instructed to let rtbne enter tbem3al0ne. gentJemaii who! left his party a year or two ago, and1 ventured to explore fbrj himself; lost his wa and was only found by Stephen, after many long and vain searches. He had stumbled and put out his JampUndhad beerkorty. three hours alone in the darkness. When discovered, he was lying on his face, be numbed and insensible. Stephen brought him out, several miles upon his backjand he recovered but he had the experience of a death injdarknejss and solitude. 1 The Mamrboth Cave is as large as a County, but having another County on top of it, it is nonrepresented, I believe, in the Kentucky Legislature. In the Couhty's literature it will be strongly represented some day for there is scenery for a mag. nificent poemj a new Dante's Inferno in its wondrous depths. It is a Western prairie of imagination still wild and un occupied.) f my surprise, that I had no 1 knew at once that some with the biul bad in his mmiih. I nuoht to have had the power to have brokenis jawbone;! I stbopeds forward to as certain hhe cause ; the loose curb dangling at the side of his head gajve satisfactory explanation. He had it all his! own way 1 now ; he was fairly Ofl with me ; and all I could . do ,was to bear his; head as well as I could, to prevebt him from stumbling.1 However, as it tvould have been bad policy to let him know how much he was master, I gave him an occasion al toucb with tbe spur, as if wishing him to accelerate his pace; and when he made an extra bound I patted him on the neck, as if pleas ed witb bis performf.nce. i I ) A watery cloud .was passing over the face of the Inoon, whicji rebdered very-lbing dim and indistinct, as we tore away down a grassy slope ;lthe view terminating in a grove of tall trees, situated upon a rising ground. Beyond the dark outline ofl the trees '! saw nothing. As vve neared the1 grove, Sain slacked his speed this I thought be did with an intention to crush me against the trunks of the trees. To prlvent him Irbm doing! this; I struck him with le spurs, anid again he went like fury. As he burst through the trees, I flung mjj bead forwaril upon his nbek, to present myself from being swept off by the lower branches. In do inrm iti't. iIia ennrs 'aCcide ntlv came in contact wUh bis sides. He gave one tremendous leap THE MAMMOTH GAVE OF KEN- . ; t-;!j' ':,!! TtfCKY. '-i The subjoined interesting extract rela ting to this great natural curiosity, is ex tracted frorn Willis's letters in the New York Home Journal : Col. droghan, to j whose family it be longs, wias resident; of Louisville, Ken tucky. He -went to iEurope twenty years ago, and, as an Asnerican, found himself frequently questioned of the wonders of the Mammoth Cave a place he had nev er visited, and of. wbich, at home, though living within ninety miles of it, he had heard very little. He went there imme diately on his return, and the idea struck him to purchase and make it a family in heritance. In 15'piiriutes bargaining, he bought it for 810,000, though; shortly after he was bffered $100,000 for his purchase. In his will he tied Itjup in such a way that it must remain irt hjs family for twd gene rations, thus appending its celebrity to his name. There are nineteen hundred acres in. the estate three square miles above ground,! though the cave probably runs un der tbe property off fi great number of other land bvyners;: For fear of those who might dig down and establish an entrance to the cave on their own property, (a man's farm extending up to fzenlth and down, to the nadir,) great vigilance is exercised to pre vent such subterranean surveys and mea. surements as wpuld.enable them to sink aihaftjlwith anjrlainty The cfive ex tends ten or twelve miles in several direc tions, and there is probably many a back woodsman sitting ! in his log hut within 10 miles of the -cave, quite unconscious that the most fashionable ladies and gen tlemen of Europe ahd America are walk ing, without leave, tinder his corn and po tatoes! !'. ? i The equable air, and the good health of the miners, who were at one time em ployed in digging saltpetre from near the entrance, started ad idea, some time since, that a hospital korj consumptive patients might be profitably established in the cave. Stone huts were accordingly, constructed, in! the dark halls! beyond the! reach; of ex ternal air, and amdng those who tried the experiment., were two consumptive gentle men, who, wit hj their two healthy wives, passed six weeljsin hideous seclusion from day-light. One of the gentlemen died there, and jibe other received no benefit but the devotion of those voluntarily bu- MAKING HIS WILL. was a close and cuter one OLD BILLY Old Bill L on 'em.- i He married about twenty years since, tne daughter of Mrs. G bad but cine other child a son, about twenty " woolly heads," of which number she! gave her son, Lem. Hi- , three, and, living at old Billy's house1, she had not thought proper to give him any property servants, thought in the cave's bslory Another patient, who tyent in aliot remained some weeks, was attended by friends and a servant but his end approaching, the death scene in thai dark ahd: silent abyss became so appalHng, that;tbey fled in terror friends fkiU ia .rmuBd sank 'unde his feet the ahd servant riahd left the dying man kA tiae ihmwnover bis own bead I was Ai0nei Nothiric could induce them to re- at all. He had the use of the antl. his -good mamma-in-law hat was enough. But the old lady was very kind-hearted and credtilous; and yet withjall these good quallties in his favor, old Billy had planned and plotted for years in jvain, trying to induce "our mamma" (as he called her,) to give him a title toj thejdarkies. At last a new idea found its tangled way into his organ of acquisiteness. Old Billy pas attacked very snddenly and very! severely with cramp ebblic; He went to bedj rolled, groaned, grunted, and tumbled; contracting his arms and legs. His wife! wanted to send for a doctor. "Oh !JMety, it's no use. I can't revive it. I'll uspjre 'fore night. Espatcb Cato for Captiu' Murry, to write my last willin' testament." J Captain Murry came, and found the dy ing man injgreat pain; his end was at hand. After the Captain had mended bis pen, and placed his writing f'fixens" all ready' for use, the sick man whined out in a faint weak voice, Mely, ai our mamma to come in." The old ady came, greatly distressed and sobbing. ; "Oh! mamma," whispered old Billy in a husky tone, "I'm ended and; don't know how to go 'bout making my will. Can't ybu tell me what you're gwirie to do wid demliTggeraotr yourn t You needn't be afraid to give them to me ; I'mgwine to give the! most of 'em to Betsey any how." Betsey was old Billy's only daugh ter, and a name sake and great favorite of the old lady. " Weil, Ar. L , you've always been mighty" good to me. I'll give 'em ail to you, and you can just place 'em on your children to your own liking." " Put datjdownJCaptin'- Murry.' The Captain being somewhat acquainted with the forms in such cases made and provided, wrote a bill of sale, and silently motioned to the old lady to sign it. When she did so, jhe dying man exclaimed " Witness dat, Captin' Murry." The Captain signed his name as witness to the paper, and laid it at the back of the table, next jto the bedj and prepjared to write the will. Then seeing thb dying man so quiet, he thought it was; stupor, and called but, to rouse him j " I'm ready to write now, sir." j Old Billyj turned in his bed, took up the paper,. and asked, in a voice wonderfully improved " Is dis a! good biller sale, Captin' Mur ry r " Certainly I think so." . " Well, Mely, look 'hind the press, and bring dat air bottle ; may be Captin' Mur ry would Hike to take a little on it." The- Captain barely touched it tb his lips, then setting the bottle on the table, asked, " What shaft I write ?" j " Why, Captin', I feelsiderably 'lieved, F1I espone it a day or two." ! Then sitting up on the bed-side, he reached oujt his hand to the bottle, and the comfort commenced running down his ca pacious spirit-duct, at a rate, that if con- ried wives! should chronicle their names i tinued as long as tbe moral law, would have made, a common fish pond of the At lantic Qcean. Then slipping the bill of sale ibto hjs pofeket.ofd Billy exclaimed, in a f kali sfrong voice-- . j " Well, Captin, if I keep on! mendin 111 go up to Carlton in the mornin', and have this here biller sale 'corded. 1 ben path and dev.. ride. A : ;f STRANGER, HAS IT L1TP We ' have often thought that to r. sbrj wbp saw a;train of cars in met! tbg jfirt time,1 the sight must be mc : raculous and astounding. ;As Jack D.; ing once saidf, Ywas so !nueer to r boll lot of , wagons chuck full of p; nuu; uiiuga oguiu ou ai inaii ere fj andn0rboss;to;!draw:!fem.,J ;A!genit: the jsoirt ref errejd to, lately made L i h perimental trip; He was a! greenlor genbibe backwoodsman, who fearr 1 1. ing in! the Ehape bf man or beast, but : thins that hot could not Understate 1 1 j zled hlrn e ven giore than i t! did pc r ! theiordinary rtin of his fejlows. 7c' cairie to Cartersville, a short time t'. : for the purpose; of taking bis first rail r trip.jf'-rl ii:!ftv!: -ff f I i k ! j -j iled beam tell on m, but didn't lieve he said half the nonsense folk - aboutl fem.t When aba ears I nrrivr I ther place, our hero was ; there waj ting,: and much excited in ianUcipatingfhis intended cars approached.be stood cazincr.with der and aweat the tcngihe; pulling mbking.S Folio wing the : others, as so z: the: cars stopped he hurried aboard, hisj sadde-bag on! blr arm, and fc himself near a windowl! Then 1c; around at the passengers, manifestly m surprised; he nut his head cTst of the dow to see tbocritter statt while in pusmou, waitunig who rauen anxiety, wbjistle sounded, i Our Jhcrb, much prised and evidently a: -Utile alar:: drew; back. his; head with! Amotion t might be called a ierk and turnin" t gentleman sitting near him said : 4 Well, stranger, did ybu fever hear i a snort as thatsl"Wi)!r!:l-4i!fi-i : 11 The engine T" suggested the other. V Wei; I don't know what it is. L : hollo ho w she fgoes 'Yi-V' fi ' :j : j ft;-! )' - " Guess yod -arex not ncauaintcd railroad travelling tt l! ! , j who " Hang it, nb ! hain't they runaway She had Aeation, how it jerks Hj ! . " Its all safe enough, you may rclv, cars are starling." f j ."That's all ; well, Istranger, I i afeared, you know, but kinder surp: like, that's all," said the mountain ' T golly! ere I snort, stranger. it 1 beats l Mi'. an no mi: H il 5 J-fiUe ft rl rorrso.rt.J Lli Uh.iith h jerMd into the air and, amid an avalanche ol earth and stones. We were hurled down a per pendieular bank into the brown swollen waters of the Clyde. Owing lo a bend in the river, the force of tbe current was directed against this particular spot, and had undermined it ; and although strong enough to bear a man or a horseCunder ordinary circumstances, yet down iUUIi it iKnndei-ad underi the desperate leapj rte4iw uAUrUpr:;t Hid not Biffnify, as noth- jbglcould have prevented ds rom surging tnto- could have prevented us fror river al the next bound. Mj r i " lit " J 5 .- ki . i turn, and when btbers went in, the poor man was found dead with an expression of indescribable horror upon his features. Those vyhp haye seen these dreary huts Ipilesjaway fromftbe sunsbine who have smeltj the ravb ike air, barren of the per vading vitality, which vegetation gives the Atmosphere above groond-i-and who have Vealized tbe intfbse silence and darkness that reign there; IiKe monsters w nose pres- ence s fe tab appreciate the horror of -i let Lem H be boiherinl mejl'l! teach him who them ar niggers belong to." Cabtainf Murry WamoseoV and even now he gcjes into covulsiobs if any man mentions the writing of a Villj - I ' ' -. . j " Premiubi for Rice. The Agricultural Society of South Carolina has; awarded tne premium iior, rice iu.yu.un ii. iucer, EsqJ being te greatest yield nn 10 acres. The 'product being 888 bushels to 10 acres and 13 compasses, i j half 'ashamed. you hear that jackass, and he's a roarer. Whew, how it does puff, Somethiu I tin', Vm'surr t m: ; wiui: : " Oh, fudge, it's all right.; said the er, setting himself for af nap.!; i 4 I swow ! I don't see j how you sleep, darned ef I doPr ! ";Notbing like getting used to it,' the other. You've heardj of the ce! ; t had been skinned so many times they ther liked it, and used to come ashore' ry few days to get their bide take:: haven't you?" - - :$n ;;; : . j j " Your gassin, stranger.'!! j ; The1 bell rang, the lengine movr J away went the cars at rapid speed, before our hero had recovered fro:;, shock which the(snbrt' produced, cars were moving slowly ,over E: fridge .PscoVeringrJibangc i gait, he popped his bead put of the dow again, to see bbw it moved," that he was some distance from the r and supposing the !critte". was f! swooned, and fell; speecjttfss.- iSc gentlemen sitting near, caught hold ; raised him up. shook him! and rubt until he revived a little: I I r ! " This man's crazyi"sugj the bystanders, sagely. " No, he's not," answered he, v. L before spoken, 'he's frigbtiened." i t Frightened?" j, I f " Yes, scared half to death." i " About what?" f ! " The carsl he never before ; be told me sb.T ' , A hearty laugh ; ran about the fainting raanf which Ik: effect to arouse him' to consciousnr at least to partially do so,1 for his L. began to come and! gb, more rcgu! and at last he opened his!(eyes, as 1 as saucers, and seeing several of t! tlemen who had just come to his : tance about him. be! looked mb tne seecningiy in tne lace oi said :' ;' :'--R; " Stranger, has rr Umon. .!:!-. . ;; il; jgested sc; was . in ! a i i. . j J throujrh one oi tne; rtv -I Yankee ;CuRiosiTy.-r-As la sailor, had lost an arm. was travelling t!.; tbe country, he stopped at;a house ! freshment; the curioSit jbf the! la; was excited iq knoivjnj what mar.: Was lost. " I'll tell yoU,T- said !J.. ybu won't ' ask met -any jpthcr about it." The landlord agreed. ! " Well, then" sajd Jaclc,4? wan I The Yankee would not (forfeit his but anxiously replied V:: Darnaib I wish) I knowed what bit it off 7 H - f Horse Jocket aso IJawyer. t your occupation ?" .1 ' J " Horse jockey, isir." !"Wbat was yburather's occur "Trading horses, sir.T t: Did your father cheat any c berer . M;&Mi-:; "I suppose he did cheat many, j "AVjbere do you' suppose he -vc: " And what do you suppose he i tberef . ':hfiU:' L Trading bors( sir l ! Has he cheated any one there 3 "He cheated one, I believe sir.' ; 1 " Why did they no prosecute! !.' ! " Because they searched th : kingdom of Heaven and could v.z' 1 .j Gi6' it. Bobtail, hej gaining! c js! now rendered or ; ought to h -ceed, Jlobe r t's e x tr e m i y t h e gent! the rear is approximating: to an i nient Ivicisitude of the longitudinal ! dage which subtends tbelower c:. 'of yo I j r caudal elongation." r i ? i - -3. , -i x :h i - h 4 f !!" i - 4 i I . f " 5 -'t V:. 1 1 ,. ' - r ' :i A' i-. f f - it . " i. ! - : i
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Sept. 9, 1852, edition 1
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