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lur:i 1 1-3 r' r xSj lid addressed to T. A. Hav-
. K&L. i
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J - . fob the mountain banner.
TO META
But a few weary days-, have fiasjtv
Dear Meta, since I saw. thee last, .
And now between us mountains rise
In beautylblending with the, skies,
But us thy vainly would diyide,
Or bar ml, Meta, from thy fide, ,
As sweepljig o'er .their azure .line
My spirit ieeks toblend with thine.
I knew tlfjee not thy namej nor race- v
I oily sair that blooming face,
Andthouht how pleasant Jt would be
To i spend tiny future days with thee.
fVe met : and wurd.s tnay nt express
That moujent's troubled hqppincss ;
Twas pasin sweet aye, e'en to pain, -
But shall M e never ' meet again 1" J
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The mouitairi in its iriifty' shroud, j
k
The shadw of the sailinglcloud, ' ' - i
The sunshine and the traisient show'r,
That beautify tthe passifig hour, .. r
With rainbows- where theyblerTd;together,
And then jhe blue translucent u eather, I
Are visions which have b$eh to ihee j
Familiar rointhy infancy ;
And stil 1 tiito thy soul descend ijig
TliAirJwatg.with it.? rrowtft keep bleiid l ,n ,
Ttt fib' trncre'roars i h eteri pes i s'e 1 1 f n j ,
My'dark-eyedr lave, has ben ttiy. dwelling,
'And to thd clouds and shadows, flying ' :
'J'hou'st felt thy spirii-s depths replying,
; . And slumbering heard the sounding streams
In music mingling with thy dreams, ,-t
And these have o'er thy aspect pass'd , !
; And on t own their spirit cast, - - S
- And all that wond'rous coloring given
; . With which -romance has rrobed its heaveu; i
"'.Still something of the Southern sun ,
Does thro thy milder nature run
That warnjith of feelinglwhich on those j
' Born in hif province .he bestows. ,
' . - A i" ;; 1 , ' ' I
CMi ! worthy of a younger hearty
'AH pure and guileless s thou. art,
How could I deem thv love for me
Mare than fa passing phantasy 1 ;
The jnoonliglit on the. morning sky, '
ThrCce bemifuU but soon to die,
A beauty, never meant to stay,
: A glory bast'ning to detay, " , -
It comes, it blooms tlien fades away
And, dies into the golden day,
; Anilbf its presence leaves no trace .
On the sweet sunsliinej of heaven's face,
But passes-off unfelt, unseen,
And is as if it had not bee ;
So with thy mem'ry will It be,
And not a trace remain; of me
. 1
Tlic Lady's Defense.
" Cold as marble !M lis it well
Thus my truthful heart to blame,
Though ts pulses rose atid fell i -Calmly
when l heard your name!
" . - f . - '
Though my -hand unanswering lay
In your trembling; fond embrace,
And I coldly turned; away
From the pleading! of your face.
, : Though my eyelids! did not fall,
, When you whispered soft and low,
; And no maiden shaiueldid call
, r To. my brow, the sudden glow.
; Though my? accent faltered not ?
'Answering back lyour wildest prayer,
And you deemed that 1 1 forgot .
; What had won ylou such despair,
; Yet wy iheart, Uiat Ipasscd the hour
. ; - Of your wooing all unstirred,
Trembles like a summer flower,
-'Neath anotltcr's lightest word ;
And my, coward accents' fail ?
V ' To another's voice replying, v
1 - While my eyes their softness xeil
From! another's glances flying.
. Say not, then, my heart is cold,
Tliat it bows to one alorie, , ,
, For its inner leaves enfold . !
- Love iindyingr as your own.
... : k . . .. i
" And the vow my lips have spoken, r i
, -Cannot perish for your sake,; '
- It will live unchJihged," unbroken,
; Tirmy heart itself shall break. ' .
- -v;; i -..-". A I-aasy Man.
.. There is a man down East who is so la-'
zy thathe js said to weed his gardeu in a
ruci ing-cnaiMOCKing lorward to. take
hold of the weed, at
p backward to uproot.
t ;
ill
f ; .; The'Septetribr KnrJ&r if the Soutiie
ern
Literary Messenger tonfainsf an: article
from Lieut.. M. , F.'jMaiuyVort the; Dead
Sea xrditidn . The Richmond.Rephb
ica&jroi$hes;thc v following synopsis of
!t-:"T .'".' . Ul ' -
f .Li.euti iMaiiry gives a history of this ex
peditioo; brief but' liicid, and which will
Increase tlie anxiety of .the public to see
the re)ort of Lieut; Lynch, who has niade
a successful survey, and who, we are glad
to learn, is expected soon to return to this
country. " -
1 fWe' Ieam from'rLie.ut. Manry's artiqle
that this expeclition.WnS planned byXieuf,
Lynch, and authorized by Secretary Ma
son, both .Virginians; In the . spring of
1847, Lieut. Lynch first addresccd the
the Bead sea, and its entire coast ; . sta
ting that tjie expense would be trifling, as
our snips lrequently touched at Acre in
byna, torty miles Irom Lake f Fiberias or
Sea of Galilee, from which the river Jor
dan .runs and debouches into , the first
named sea ; that the frame of a boat with
crew and provisions could be transported
on camels from Acre to Tiberias, and
there put together again. Only one trav
eler. Mr. Costigan, . hadxe ver circiimnavi-
gated the Dead Sea; anerhe had; died at
the termination 'of his voyage, Without
leaving any journal or notesv behind. It
is contended also, that, indepeiicJentof the
eajrer eunosiiv 01 an unrisienaom in re
gard t this mysterious lake, this eYped.i
tion was 01 value to me interests lot nay 1
nation.
i The Secretary of the Navy received. fu
vorably the proposition of Lieut. Lynchj
and an opportunity soon 'occurred by
which it could be conveniently carried
intpietle'ct; It was necessary to send
store ship to the Mediterranean Squadron,
an'd as. after her arrival,' she woujd have
no employment formpnths, the Secretary
determined to send, Lieu tenant Lynch and
his party in her, so that, after meeting the
wants of the Squadron, she could proceed
up . the Levant, and laiid- Lt. Lynch and
ins companions.
This was done. Thestore ship " Sup
ply7 was provided with two ; metallic
boats, one of j copper, the other of iron
the former named " Fanny Slason,"- and
their troubles began, and in their march
to Liake Tiberias their boats had ;to be
transported over the most formidable
mountain gorges, and heights, and to be
lowered down precipices with ropes. -But
these difficulties were surmounted
with true sailor skill and perseverance,
and on the Sth of April f he two Fannies,
each with the American ensign!; flying,
were afloat upon the beautiful blue wa
ters of the Sea of Galilee. ' " Emblamat
ic of its Master, it alone, of all things a -round
thenij remained the same. ' Just as
the Apostles saw it when our Saviour
said to it, "Peace be still," this little band
of rovers now beheld it." ; . ' .
1 The navigation 6f . the Jordan was
found to be most difficult and dangerous,
from its frequent and fearful rapids. Lt.
Lynch sol es the secret of the depression
between Lake Tiberias and the Dead
Sea, by the tortuous course of the? Jordan,
which, in a distance of sixty miles, winds
through a course of two. hundred miles.
-Within this distance Lieut. Lynch and
his party plunged- down no less than
twenty-seven threatening : rapids, besides
many. others of less descent. The differ
ence of level between the two seas is over
a thousand feet. !'
The water of the Jordan Wasfsweet to
within a few hundred yards of its mouth.
The waters of the sea were devoid of
smell, but bitter, salt and nauseous; Up
on entering it, the boats were encountered
by a gale, and it seemed as if the bows,
so dense teas the water, were encounter
ing,the sledge hammer of the Titans, in
stead of the opposing waves of--ah "angry
sea.' ' . - ! - . ;
f The party proceeded daily with their
explorations,making topographical sketch
es as they went, until they reached the
Southern extremity of the sea, where the
most wonaertui sight that they
seen awaited jthem. . r- ;
I Jin passing the mountain of
had yet
Uzdom,
(bodom,) we unexpectedly and 'much to
ouri astonishment,' says Lt. Lvrieh, 'saw
a Jarge rounded, turret-shaped column,
facing towardsjS, El. which proved to be
of s'olid rock salt, tapped with carbonate
of lime ; one massof chrystalization.
Mr. Dale took a sketch of it, and Dr. An-
derson and I landed with much difficulty
and! procured specimens from it.'
'he party Circumnavigated the lake,
returned to their place of departure, and
brought back their boats in as complete
order as they received them at New York.
They were all I in fine health. This is a
specimen of the skill, system and discip
line' of the American Navy. No nation
in the world has such a service. The
time is coming, when itwill ;give proofs
of that fact palpable ta the mostl dull' of
understanding. 1 h , ''
Thanks to the srood manasreroeht of
Lieut. Lynch, the whole cost of i this sci
entific cxnloratiob of the Dead Sea was
but !seven hundred? dollars.
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! " THE JJEAD '3i XPEDIT
,
led .bv-LIebfrMatj' Awtfatislatcihe fbi
Idwing'intefcstjng 0 ejjciied.byjhe ex
ploration: ; ;. 5 - -
; The bottom of Hha -Trthern half of
this sea is almost an1 1 Hire plain! Its
meridional lines t: ' . hr h distance from
the shore scarce ,:;;ry : !s - depth.;. : The
deepest soundiiig . is u 188 fathoms,
(1X28 feet,) , . Kcr;r t! 3i ore the bottom
is generally an 1
tion of salt, but
the-1 n termed latGC"
ny rectangular chr
-1 .
1 i
It mud with ma-
:s--mostly cnbes-i-
ot; ptiTe .saif;
lead brought upV
ci t
me Stellwasers
bu chrystals. r
- fThe Southern lr,
oi . ine sea is as
1 :one is deep, and
its entire length
shallow as the Nc
for. about one-foui
depth, does not c:
Its Southern bed .
fathoms,-(18 .ft.)
resented no chrys
tals. but tin dm: n lined with incrus-
OzcOi, i a the srfdl of an hpur, our foot-
pnnts were coaled fcuh chrystalization. ;
ana me west coast pjesent eviaent marKs
ot qisrupuon.
'There; are ljugufilionably birds and
insects upon jtlje jslipesj and ducks are
sometimes upohl te 4a, for jwe have seen
thembut canrlotdelct any living thing
withiu it, atthotgn tfc. salt 'streams' flow
ing into it contlini silt fish. I feel sure
that the results of this survey will fully
sustain the scrirtiral kecounts of the cit
ies of the plain'! 'i 1 i
He thus spealls lof the Jordan :
' The Jordan! lthoagh rapid and ' im
petuous, is gracieful-iVt its Windings, and
frinsfed
witn luxuriance, while its wa
ters are sweet, clear, cool and refreshing.'
Alter the surveyor trie sea, tnc party
proceeded to derermine the height of
mountains on its shores, and to run a lev
el thence via Jerusalem to jthe Mediterra
nean. They found the summit of the
Wdst bank of the Dead Sea more than a
thousand feet ajjoye its surface, and rvery
nearly on a level with the Mediterranean.
1 It is a singujar fact sas Lieut. Mau
rey, ' that the distance from t lie tqp to the
bottom of the Dead Sea, should measure
the heights of ts banks, the elevation of
the Mediterranean, and the difference of
1 level between the bottorn of the two seas,
and that the depth ;or the Dead bea should
be also an exact multiple, cf the height of
jerusalem above it.' j - j j .
Another not less singular feet, Jin the o-
ed plains, an eleVated and a; depressed one.
The first, its southern part!, of slimy mud
covered by a shallow hay-; the Inst, its
northern and larger portion, of mud and
incriistafions and rectangu
ar chrystals of
salt at a great .depth with a narrow ra-
vine
run mn or
thrbuffh
it,
with the bed of the river
r 7
corresponuing
Jordan at one
extremitv and the Wady
el Jeib ' or ar
wady within a Wady at the other.'
1 The slimy qpze,' says Lieut. Maury,
'on that plain atUhe bottom of the Dead
Sea will not fail d remind the sacred his
torian of the ' lime pita' in the vale
where joined in- battle 'four kings With
five.'' i i , : i :
Lieut- Lynches report will be eagerly
awaited by theppblic. We wish the gal
lant and accomplished officer, it speedy
and safe return, J-
From the JVeiv Ybrk ' Spirit of the Times.
A men BURLESQUE.
"XT"
GOWDIE, OB ;TIIE KING'S POT.
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BY JAMES R. P. G22EMES.
. It was near midnightj to wards the close
of the afternoon pn a sli try morning in
December, 19 ,;previou: sto the revolu
tion of the last war, whu the burning
moon Was just setting in the Eastern sky,
casting a brilliant shado; upon the gor
geous clouds whichentiraly obscured the
firmament, and the unclpuded sun was
sending down its noonday beams with an
intensity of heat far, exceeding the temper
ature ofTthe-4rigliU4 tno sweet
songsters of the deep hq'd 5 retired to their
daily rest, and were nowjfilling the empy
rean with their silent and redolent music,
and the carolling of the farmers herds up
on the .fertile and moss-covered lake fell
upon the eyes with, a southing eneTgy,
like the shrieking of heavy thunder thro'
the deep mountain gorges of the western
prairies. The calm and tempestuous
Jbreezes rippled the glassy! sky, as they
swept! across the bosom of the plain and
bent the Umbrageous rocks that reared
their smiling heads upon me summit of
each meandering. hill-side. Myriads of
stars shed their pale moonbeams upon the
balmv atmosphere, and the hum of distant
birds spread their spicy tragrance through
the tail proves f low whortle-berry bush-
es, wnrcn nere ana mere migui ue seen
dotting the mountain sides, upon whose
level face reposed the tired and tehderoaks
of a thousand centuries'! growth, which
had, during their yet infantile existence
given food to the flocks of Speckled trout
whicli fil led the ai r with the shade ws of
i i i - . I L i: . .n .
song. Above the summit of the valley,
stately ships manoeuvred, and evolved
ineiri uazzuug penuujua, uicuicM. iiig
wanderer with a round of well filled has-
kets, verging on the sublime. . .
Lovely indeed, was the sound of such. a
f v,fjln Wnnr trnirolor
for three feline monsters of the deep were
Frbm the. letters ijieiit. Lvhcfil niioJ
just' fathering together foI Uheif "evehing
mealj.and . separating, ere;:thc sun ; was
User!,- forhe spbrts'of thecliase, and all
things betokened response too deep for
utterance While' they were thus ga
zing.4, at . the sound . which had just a
lighted over the charm, the. clouds broke
away, and an, awful storm, which j had
been ranging for several- weeks after
wards, drove them from 'their shelter in
to the gigantic vicissitudes of , every-day
life.' The. streets were lined with multi
tudes of people,7 and the Utter? desertion, of
the crowded thoroughfares of every thing
like a human t?eing, aQd the; dealti'-like
stillness which agitated the noisy crowds
in, the. market-pi acesj! showed that it; was
no ordinary occasibu whith had dispersed
together so iarge a mass of people, but
that it was "an-, every day' occurrence,
A 111 uiu uiTiUine autumn, i about 1 two
years previous to tlie above'-mentioneu
merry catastrophe, two pedestrians .might
have been seen ridinp; upon horse-back in
a ''"three-wheeled carriage, up the brw of
a precipice under the side of a forest,"
which had been cut down before the
trees had begun to take root, and engaged
in eating their evening dinner by the road
side in the arms of Morpheus. The eld-
est of the three gentlemen Was a -young
lady; of about fifty-three, and aboujt two.
years younger than the other man, vjrhich
latter gentleman was, from the manner in
which she addressed him, evidently her
only and youngest daughter. She was
elegantly attired in a female riding habit,
which consisted of a coarse blouse frock
highly ornamented with brass bihtons
made of cows' horns, (which materia; was
unknown at the limp. Wn- s'np.nlf nfA whir.h
uSL r:J.l ..: ......
and plainly disclosed tohe delighted gaze
ftf ida tu i x- F -
ot the other traveler, a face of exquisite
model, variesrated with blushes of verdant
pa.leness. : The remainder of her dress
consisted of two pairs of pantaloons neat
ly buttoned round the tops of her eacs,
and elegantly attached by a golden strap
of unwoven silk to the axletree of the
middle aged gentleman's horse. I
The third individual last mentioned
was an old gentleman of about twenty
two, whose Venerable features disclosed
the livid hue of a Siberian negroid His
bald head Was profusely covered with
long silver locks of a sandy jet, and Iwhich
lie li au v; v iiaii h y i ust fM " y u
the next door neighbor, who resided sev
vutiij Jiuiu
eral blocks from him. in the connfrv
His bright grdy eyes were of an emerald
hue, and resembled, in their color, the a
zure of the ruby. He was also richly at
tired in the same manner as the other la
dy, being clothed in a worn out frock
coat," which was secured by straps, under
his boots. His feet were bare, and, save
his gloves, he had no garments to shield
him from "the balmy atmosphere. He
had lost both arms just above his collar
bone, and was constrained to wear cjrutch
es. This, added to his total blindness,
rendered him an object of general Tadmi
ration. . r
As we do not intend to introduce thea-bove-mentioned
personages into our sto
ry, we shall abstain from any'description
of their personal-appearance or dress, and
pass on to the fourth pcison of tho trcu
whose jet white locks were combed straight
down in a pjofiision of massive flossy
curls upon the back part of his forehead,
and hung in rich festoons upon thej over
hanging boughs of a water-lily which
stood. Upon the marble steps of a ! small
lien coop about a mile distant, in Which
were a number of persons engaged in re
ligious exercises. His aquiline noe was
of the Grecian mould, extending far back
towards his horse's head, and fastened to
his side by a cord of silk, made from the
fibres of cast-steel. This person ws not
present, having beenl detained at home
several weeks before by a sudden attack of
bilious !.' cholera which had .proved fatal,
and from which he had not recovered till
a month after the events now being de
scribed, and he , was then so bed- ridden
that he was unable to walk, except on
h orseback, and never alone j except
when
attended by several servants who
went out with hi in. :
never
Being endowed with superhuman cour
age atid strength by this sudden attack of
the Saracens, he dashed aside his lorse,
and; sejzing the wagons by their hind
legs, ho leaped across the narrow rpviue,
which lay spread out betbrei him as: far as
the eye could reach, and endeavored to
reach the side he started from, being pre-
: vented from so doing by the immense pre
cipice which rose before him, he lell the
whole distance and sanK quite exhausted
j upon the couch whicli stood just outside
Jlne door. His ieeungs cnu oe uviwr ue
scribed than imagined, wlien hisNrrjother,
who was three years of age, and who had
been absent for sixty-eiglit months on a
whaling voyageon the lloclcy fountains,
was seen feeding t lie sheep from a horse
trouHii Willi sabretosches and milk.
Struck deaf with astonishment, the squad-1
mn ihrew down their legs, ana vioton
ouaiy.-ucu, , ; t - . .
They then leaped upon the boat; with,
put saddle. or, bridle, and sculled jacross
'the everglade ; as fast as their . Sailsj could
i mi rr fiiPm TinflilKr f'SCarrti USeldSS. the
. horse took off his hat and retired, and thrn
.4 i
her note of hantl for the balance. 5 Ah '
alas 1 oh ..exclaimed the mute,- I am so:: !
mighty impotent; that my res-V, - -.;?
j j . FasMohablc Music, :
TOiat's that? Itmusic. Weillhas
artificial., too,' it's scientific, they . say it?$
done .by rule. Jist look at that gal at . the
piany: first conies a little Germanthunder;.
goocl airlh and seas, what-a crash! it s
seems as if shed bang the ir.strnmantall
to pieces. ; I ; guess . she's Te:;'d at some
body, and is a peggin it into the piany
out ot spite... Now, comes singm ,eer
what faces she makes ; how she rtrcr.cnes
her mouth open, like a barn door. r"". .
turns up the white of her eyeshl;
r 1 m fin tart rim, 1 7 h Xr f A-BW1!f' 1 "
I li
is tl
iat gal ; she feels good all over ; her
soul is a fifoiri.out nlotisf with that music.
Oh, it's divine, and' she's an angeU nint
she? . Yes I guess she is, and when I'm an
'angel. I will fall in love with her : .but as "
I'm a man, at least what's left of me, I'd
jist as sootrtafl in love with one that was
a leetle jist a leetle rnpr-of aT woman, and :
a leetle jista leetle, less of an angel. But
hallo ! what under the sun is she about ?
Why, her voice is goiu' down her own
throat, to gain strength,. and here it comes
out as deep-toned as a mail's, while that
dandy feller along side of her, is singm'
what theylcall falsetter. They've actu-
ally changed voices I lhe gal sings iiKe
a man. ana mat screamer jitc&a woman.
This is science ; this is taste this is fash-
l.i . I M . '
ion ; but hang me if
Slick. I . i
it's
natur.-T-Sam
Newly Iii vented Machine
nKAV TH7T";S
and now completely ready for use, a most
, t ;;.1i.i',,0,fi-
ClCUlljljt ICtOUVs UUV4 VMMUUO. U1UV.HIHU p
President making This grand machine
is placed on a platform that -is so large as
apparently to have no limits, and with. a
flooring, so ingeniously inwrought, that no
living man can comprehend the materials,
shapes, colors, or adaptations of its different
parts.1 ' It somewhat favors" Mosaic wbrl
but then it beats ? that' alt hollow. j?Srj
much for the platform. The machine it-
sell may oe. mstiy Tegaraea as one oi ie
wonders t of the world. H ? has! sundry
whfls insirlp snnfi vprticle. some lo'n?i
tudinaU and ohersfbf every possible iter
m k nini ni i limn ' mmiuu m mtuiy
I i-oi-i rffo xrtY vtrhinh tn -nmrlr (ho
handles, with which to work these wheels.
Whert a President is to be made, all yon
have to do, is to seize upon some nonde
script, throw him into this machine, and -then
hitch on to the handles, abouthalf a
dozen office holders, the same number of
Editors, and one dozen red hofrahtanker-
ous, fire eatjng, politicians, arid telNheni
'i.' k..i iL! 'j . ' J ' ' 1!1 1 li'
iosuui ineiqeyes., ana pun away wnn air
their might. And put . drops this nonde
script, covered all over in loving. light
with the words dertiocratic democratic.-
We the people, wc the people. And his
face will be as fair as jthe moon, aud teri
thousand times more changeable.? And
as to his life he will have mohsr lives
than a cat. In short he will be a living.'
moving, animated Kaleidescope.. j . The
full capacity of this machine, is not yet
known it is progressive in its operation
and it is confidently believed that if it be
npccsacv; itjeah with ease chaw tip the
Constitution, and rpit itom7 ni uuiuJuim.
-ic ribbons, and grindinfo a :tcircumstane,,?
Cuba, the whole of Mexico, Yucatan arid
other countries " too tedious to mention."
Whether; it can stand salt water or not,
will be known after November next, as
there is a prospect ofits being pUmged:
into salt river about mat ume. i nis ma
chine can be seen at the ' great central
Democratic patent office in Washington
City, and small modelsof it wilbexliib
jteti at most of the Cass andfBtiller cibs
We would give further particulars but
are prevented by." the noise and conlusion
which pervade." - !
. " Our brethern of the Press will
please copy." ' ' ' - "j ' '
Wilmiugtori.Sept. 12 331t. Com
merciat Review. ; I
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' '. ' ' '
Hanging. A Scotch parson ip his
prayer said, "Laird bless the great Council,
the'parliament, and grant they may hang
togelheri" , j - '
a fhnntrv fellow standing bv, renlied i
"Yes, yes, with all my heart, and the; soon
er the better and I'm sure it's the Jirayeri
of fil I good people." a
'But, friends said the parson 'I do not
mean as the fellowjdoes; but pray that they;
may all hang together in. accord and con
cord.' : I '
'No matter what cord,' replied the oth
er, 'so 'tis but a strong one!'
'Do you remember,' writes a friend, 'the
two boys who were , going through a
They heard something in one of the trecs,
when ihe toung sportsman fired, and.r
down came a wliacking big ovV 'Oh!'
Billv' said the other, 'what have yon did?
jYou'veone and shboted a cherpbimlV
" j The carving of a 'heavenly dove un-4
known to ornithology, had probably sag-
gested t he comparison. : . , , ; ;.
.-Truth is n hardy plant; and when once,
fi rrril y rooted, it co'vers the ground jso tbdt'
error can scarce tmd root.
female - who had i beerLkilled, seeing slier