The Greensborough patriot [February 2, 1841]

              THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT.
VOLUME II. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1841. NUMBER 51.
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k DEAR STORY.
[The MoviH is a most humorous speci-men
of a sailor's yarn. It is one of the most
wonderful and egregious bear stories you ev-er
did bear—" I expect."]
"That atory puts mo in mind," laid
Venus R.i\ nor, "about what I've heerd
tell on Ebcnezer Smith at the time he
went down to the north pole on a walen'
voyage."
" Now look out for a screamer," laugh-ed
out Raynor Rock, refilling his pipe.
"Stand by, Mr. Cypress, to let the iheel
go."
"la there any thing uncommon about
that ynrn, Venus?"
"Oncommon ! well, I expect it's putty
smart and oncommon for a man to go 10
sea with a bear, all alone on a bare cake
nficc. Captain Smith's woman used to
say she could'nl bear to think on't."
"Tell us the whole of that, Venus,"
said Nod,—"thai is, if its true. Mine
was, the whole cf it, although I'eter has
his doubts."
" I can't tell it as well as Zoph can ;
but I've no jeetions to tell it my way, iiu
how. So here goes—(hat'sgreat brandy,
Mr. Cypress." There was a gurgling
sound of "something.10-take, running,
" Well, they was down inlo Baffin's
Bay, or some other n' them cold NoWO*
giau bays at the North, where the rain
Ircczcs as it conies down, and siands up
in the air, on winter morui'iis, like great
mountains o' icr, all in streaks.' Well,
the schooner oral lyen at anchor, and nil
the hands was out in IhQ small boats,
lookin for whales—nil except thecaptiug,
who s.iid In- wa'nt very well lli.it da)—
Well, he WM walken up and down oil
nkiu' I expect,
he reckon'
deck, linnkon and tin
• ••to his two hind legs, jist by the j)iil,
one into (act, and broke the thigh bouts
-mack oir, so lhat he went right down
all, on Hie ice, Ihuuip, on hind quarter*
mill million ataiidcu. but his forelegs
and hi^ bead riz up, a growltu at Ihecup-tm.
When the eld man see him down,
and tryen lo slide along ihe ice to get
his revenge, likely, thinks he lo himself,
thinks he, I might as well gel up and go
and eul thai ere crelci's throat. So he
tuk out Ins knife and opined it. But
when he alarted to get up, he found, to
his astonishment, lhat he was fruxtasi to
ihe ice. Don't laugh : it's a fact; ihere
aii'l no doubt. Tim water, you see, had
been round him a smart ami long while,
whilst he was wallen for the bear, and
it's wonderful cold in them regions, as I
was -aveii, and you'll freeze in a uiinii
if you don't keep moven about smartly.
So the captain lie airaincd first one leg,
and then he strained tother, but he
couldn't move Van none. They was both
fruz fasl into the ice, about an inch and
a half deep, from knee lo toe, light as a
Jersey oyster perryauger on a mud flat
al low water. So he laid down his gun
and looked al the bear and doubletTup
his lists. "Come on, you bloodv var-mint,"
says ihe old man, as Ihe besr
swsllnppcd along on his hinder eend,
rumen at him. He kept gctlcn weaker
though, and comen dower and slower nil
the tune, so thai al last, he didn't acem
lo move none; and diiecily, when hcjdj
got so near lhat the capttn cnuld jtslgive
him a dig in Ihe now bv reachin forrad
putty smart and far, the captain see lhal
the hcasl was fruz fasl too, nor he cou.'d'nt'
move a slep further forward no ways.—
Then the captin bust out a larfen, and
slapped his hands down on lo his thighs,
and roared. The hear seemed lo be most
onmighty mad at the old man's fun, and
set up such a grnwlcn thai what should
come to pass, but the ice cracks and
breaks all around the captin and the
hear, down to the water's edge, and Ihe
wind j:st then a shiften, end comen off
shore, away Inn* floated on a cake of ice
about ten by six ofl to sea, without the
darned a biscuit, or a quart o' liquor in
stand Vm on the cruize ! There they s»l
ihe br>l! and ihccaplatn. jist so nearlh-f,
when tin y both reached fnrrards, lliey
cotilil j si about touch noses, and nothei
one not able lo move any part on him.
only exeppten his upper part and fort
uaws."
" Hy jolly ! lhat was rather a critical
predicament, Venus,''' cried Ned, but
toning Ins coal. •' I should have thought
that ihe captain's nose and ears, ami
hands s/ou I h.ivc'becn frozen loo.
mostly, when all ol a sudden be reckoned | « rhat's quite naytial to suppose, sir.
he see one o' tin in leg wlllla bears—po- , |lu| you Sen t'le bear kept hint Warin in
lar, you know—big as Ihnndi r—With i i|h- oppct parts, bv twin so cloasi lo him
long teeth.. He reckoned ho Me one on ; ami lire ithen bard and hot on Ihe old man
'em skulking along on n grant cake o', whcfll vei lit growled at Inni. Them po-ice,.
lhat lay on the leeward side ol Ihe |ar bears is wonderful hardy animals, and
bay", up agini the bank. The old dp. has » monstrous deal o' heal in'em, by
wauled In kill one o' ihem varmints most
wonderful, but lie never lucked lo get a
chance. Now tho', be thought, the tune
had come lor him to walk into one o'
Ihem at l<"0st and fix his mutton for him
right. So he run forrad anrflay hold onto
a small skiff, thai was layui near the
fnrc'atal, and run her out and launched
her. Then he Ink a drink, and—here's
luck—and put in a stiff load of powder,
a couple n' bills, and jumped in, an.
pulled away for Hie ice.
"Il Wa'llt long 'fore he got 'cross the
bay, for it was ri narrer piece o' walet—
nol more than half a mile, wide—and
then he got out onto the ice. It was a
smart and large cake and the bear was
'way down lo tho tother end on it, by the
edge o' the water. So, be walked first
■•rot along, and then when be go! putty
close ho walked 'round ealccomered like
—like's if he n-ss drivin for a plain plo-ver—
so lhat Ihe bear would'ut think he
was cotnin arlcr him, anil he dragged
himself along on his hands and knees,
low down, mostly. Well, Ihe hear ilul'm
seem to mind him none, and he gol up
within 'limit fifty yards on him, and then
he looked so savage anil big—the bear
did—lhat the captain stopped, and rested
on his knees, and put up his gun, and
wasagoin to •hoot- But jiml then Ihe
bear turned round and sntilletl up ihe
Capling—just as one ol Lif's hounds -m oil-up
an old buck, Mr. Cypress,—and begun
to walk towards bun, slowly like. He
rune along, the captin said, clump,
clump, very slow, and in.itle the ice bend
and crack again under hint, so that the
Water com-j up and putty much kiveretl
il all over. Well, Ihere the captin was,!
all the lime, squat on his knees, with ]
Ins goo pirileil, waitin fur the variniul lo
come up, ami his knees and legs were !
mighty cold by means of the wan r lhal
Ihe bear riz on the ice, a* I wdi men-tioneu.
Al last the hear scorned to tiiak
means Of iheir hem able In stand such
cold climates, I expect. And so the
captin k nowed I his. and whenever he felt
chilly, be jisl tuk bis ramrod, and stirred
up Ihe old rascal, and made him roar anil
squeal and then the hoi breath would
come pouren out all ovr the caplin, and
made the air quite moderate and pleas-ant."
" Well go on, Venus. Take another
horn first."
" Well, there a'nt much more. on'l.—
Off lliey went to sea, and sometimes the
wind druv 'em north, and then agin il
drur 'cm- south, but they went smith
mostly ; and so it went on, until they
were out about three weeks. So at last,
one afternoon"
" But, Venus, stop : tell us, in Ihe
name of wonder | how did Ihe captain
contrive to support life all this time !"
" Why, sir, lo be sure, it was a hard
kind n' life to support, but a hardy man
will get used lo almost"
" No, no ; what did he cat T what did
he feed on ?"
"()—O—Til liked to've skipped lhal
ere. W'hy, sii, I've lieertl ilillerenl uc
counts as to lhat. Uncle Ohe Verily
told me he reckoned ihe caplin cui off
on,? of ihe bear's paws, when he lav
stretched out asleep, one day with his
jack-knife, and sucked that for fodder,
anil they say there's a vast deal o' nour-ishment
in a white bear's fool. But if I
may be allowed la spend my 'pinion,
I should say my old man's account V the
rightist, and that's—what's as follows.—
You see after they'll been out three days
■bouts, lliey begun to grow kind o' hun-gry,
and ihl-n they gol I'riemllv, for mis-ery
loves company, vou know: and the
CSjpfin said the hi ar looked at him scve.
ral tirin s, u-iy sorrowful, as much as In
say, * caplin wltal ihe devil shall Id.,''
Well, one day they was silten, looking at
knife into the tender loin. The seal
soon gol his In in rs, and the captin cut a
big hunk uff Ihe tail eend, and put it be-hind
bun out of Ihe bear's reach, and
then he felt smart and comfortable, for
he had stores enough lor a long cruise,
i hough the bear couldn't say so much for
himself.
" Well, the bear, by course, soon run
out ol provisions, and had lo put him-self
on abort allowance; and then he be-gun
lo ahow his uaytral temper. He
til si stretched hum. if out aa far as be
could go, and tried to hook ihe capiin'a
piece o' seal, but when he found he
couldn't reach lhal, he begun to blow and
yell. Then he'd rare up and roar, and
try to get huuslf clear from the ice. But
mostly he rareri up and roared, and poun-ded
bin big paws snd head upon the ice,
■ill bye-and bye, (jisl aa the captin said
he expected,) ibe ice Cracked in Iwo a
gin, and split through between ihe near
and caplin, and there they was on two
different pieces of ice, the caplin and Ihe
hear! The old man aaid he raaly felt
Sorry at parleu company, and when the
cake split and separated, he cut off about
a-haaf o'pound o' seal and chucked il lo
Ihe bear. Bui either because il wan'te-nough
for him, or else on account o' bis
feelen bad at the captin'a goen, Ihe bcaal
wouldn't touch il lo cat, and be laid il
down, and growled nnd moaned over n
quite pitiful. Well, off they went, one
one way, and 'loiher 'tother way, both
foel'n pretty bad, I expect. After a
while the captin gol smart and cold, and
fell mighty lonesome, and he said he raa
ly thought he'd a gi'n in and died, if ibey
hadn't picked him up that arternooo.
" Who picked him up, Venus?"
"Who! a codfish croft off o' New
Foiiiidland, I expect. They did'nl know
what to make o' h:m when they firsl see
him slingen up his hat for 'em. Bui
Ihey gol all iheir boats and look a small
swivel and a couple o' muskets aboard
and started off—elpeclen it was thevca-aarpenii
or an old maremaid. They
wouldn't believe it was a man, until he'd
■old them all about it, and Ihey didn't
hardly believe il nulhrr; and Ihey cut
him out ■>' the ice. and tuk him aboard
iheir vessel, and rubbed his legs with
ileo'vitrol, but was a long tune afore
lite) come lo."
" Duln'l they hurl him badly in nut-ting
him out, Venus?"
" No sir, I believe not, not so bad a*
one might spose: for you see he'd been
"luck in so /ong lhat ihe circulalen on
his blood had kind n' rotted the ice lhal
was light next lo him, and when Ihey
begun lo cut it, it cracked off pully
smart and easy, and he come out whole
like a biled egg."
" What became of the bear ?"
"Can't say as In lhal, what become o'
lliill. He went off to sea somewhere, I
expect, | should like lo know, myself,
how tho varment gol along, right well,
for il was kind in him lo let the caplin
have Ihe biggest haaf o' Ihe seal, am
how. That's all, boys. How many'* a.
sleep ?"
AS unrsura SPECIMEN OF UIMAMTY.
Whoever travels through any of Ihe
New Kngland States, snd twigs as he
journeys, the eccentricities of some of
ihe natitts, cannot fail to he amused;
and may if he choose, derive many new
ideas in respect to etymology and the di-versity
of character.
Some years since an acquaintance nf
ouis set out on horseback, from the east-ern
part of Massachusetts for the Green
.Mountains of Vermont. While travers-ing
through the town of New Salem, hi«
road led into a piece of woods, of some
five miles in length and long before In-got
out of which, he began to entertain
douhts whether he should ever bo hlesl
with Ihe sighl of a human habitation; hul
as all things must have an end, so at last
hail the woods, and the nut brown house
of a farmer greeted his vision. Near the
roatl was a tall raw.honed, overgrown,
lanthcru-jawi d boy, probably seventeen
vests of age, digging potatoes, lie was
a curinus figure lo behold. What was
lacking in the length of his low breeches,
was amply made up for, behind; bis BUS-pemlers
appeared lo be r.oinpnsed ol lurch
bark, grape vine and sheepskin ; ami as
for bis hat, which was of a dingy while
fell—poor thing ! il hail once seen belief
days; hul now, alas! il was only the
shadow of Its glory. Whether Ihe tem-pest
of lime bad beaten the lop in, or the
fail's expanding genius had hur-i it out.
Was difficult lo lell; al any isle it was
missing—ami through ihe aperture red
hairs in abundance stood six ways lor
Sunday. In short, he was one of the
roughest specimen*ofdomestic manufao-miles,
but now the sun shrivels up Ihe
road, and il don't make morjoytetr. The
lirsi bouse you comeitaartthough, IS s
barn, and the tieumi hay-slack ; but
old Hoskin's hoarse is on beysnt. You'll
be sure lo^rreel his gals long afore you
git there; larnal roinpin critters, they
plague our folka mor'n a little. His sheep
gtl in our pastor every day, and his gals
in our orchard. Dad sets ihe dog artor
the sheep, and me arter Ihe gals, and
■he way he makes the wool and I the
petticosts fly, is s sis lo snakes."
•'I see you sre inclined lo be facetious,
young msn, pray tell me how it happens
■ hat one of your legs is shorter than the
other?"
" I never 'loWs any body lo meddle
wiihinv grass (anglers,mister; bulseein
ItV you I'll ten ye. -I was born so si mr
tickler request, so ihat when I bold Ihe
plough, I can go with one fool in the
furrer, and tother on the land, and nol
lop over: besides its very convenient
when I mow round a hill side."
" Very good, indeed—how do your po-tslors
come out tins yesi?"
" They don't come out at sll; I digs
'em out; and there's an everlaslin snarl
on 'em in each hill."
" But ihey are amall I perceive."
"Yees, I know il—you see we planted
some whappin blue nones over in that e*rc
patch there, and they flourished so all
flredly thai these ere stopped grow-in'jist
oul of spile; cause they know'd they
couldn't begin to keep up."
"You appear to be pretty smart, and I
should think you could afford a better
hat ihan the one you wear."
'The looks ai u I notion'; its all in Ihe
behaviour. This ere hat was mv Sun
tin-go to meelin hat. I've got a belter
one to hum, bill I don't dig later- in H
no how."
" You have been in these parts some
time I should gi'erts?"
"I guess so lew. I was boin'd and gol
my broi'in up in thai ere bouse, but my
native place is iliWn in Pordunk."
"Then yon sav it is about three and a
half miles to the next bousi ?"
"Yes sir, 'twas a spell ago, and I don't
believe ils grow'd much shorter since.
"Much obliged. Good bye."
"Goad bye lo yc, that's a darn'd slick
mare of yourn."
There reader; there is a Jonathan for
you of the first water. You don't find
Ins equal every where.
EYENTFIL LIFE (IF LOUS J'HILIPPE.
me neat si-i-imw in in.i«*-^ Ie-a.IIc-hII ooiil'iieerr,, wwiItthtl i"hIIeI- lliiaarrss rreeaadtl,v- ilno nbuurrsslt II *lu■*r■e«,, t"heant e("veitr Hmnonrtiasil obeehiio'"ltdi.. Qurtrav-up
his mind to ee how tin-caplin would! oul o' their ens, when all of a bum, I riling friend, feeling an ilchin
lasle, so he lei uffwolkcri slow, and star-ted
off on a smart and swift Irol, righl
towards the old man, with bis month
wide oil-it. roaren, ami his lail stiekeii
out Stiff. Tin; caplin kepi still, lookin
out all iiu- tune putty sharp. I should
sav, till the boast got within about leu
yards on him, ami Ihen he lei bun lim-it,
lie simetl righl at the fleshv part ol
his heart, but lha ben dodged at ihe
■nuiclhcn come noppen out o' the water
o i lo the ice. The captio looked ami
see K was a seal. The bear's eves kin-dled
up as he looked al it, then, ihe cap.
tin said, he give bun a wink to keep
sttll Sit there thev sot, still as starch,
nil ihe seal not ihiuknn nothvn o them
no more nor if thev was dead, walked
rijlil up between Vm. Tht tt slump !
went down old whitnv's nails into the
g to scrape
acquaintance with the crntiir, drew up
the n ins ol his horse, anil began ;
"Hallo, my good friend, can vou in
form me bow far il is lo ihe next boost P"
Jonathan started up—leaned on Ins
hot-handle, rest) d one foot on the gauibrel
of his sister leg, and replied:
" llullo yourself! how'd dew? well, I
joss can. Taint near so fur now- as 11
use lo he afore ilit-v cut ihe woods a way
flash, and rar?d up, and tho balls went, fish's fleau, and Ills captin run his jack- —then 'twas generally rcckon'd fuurfs! Btntotr.jr.s with much gr
A very interesting lecture was deliv-ered
in Boston, by Rev. Mr. Atiholl, tm
the personal history of Louis Philinpt,
King of the French. The lecturer cum-menct-
d with the observation lhat of all
loin.-inee Ihe romance ol reality was the
inosi wonderful. The truth of the re-mark
must have been acknowledged by
all whu tollowt d h.in in Ibe detail of the
chequered life of the French King.—
Louis Philippe is now sixty-four years
old. His lather, the piofligate Duke ol
Orleans, was as much distinguished foi
his vices, as his mother was for her tir-lluc
and peity. L'uder the cure of ihe
latter, and the tuition of Mad. tie tienlis,
ihe youth of the young pnncr was passed.
In the luxurious and vicious court of the
Bourbons, he was a pattern of sobriety
and virtue. He was early taught lo res-train
his passions, and to cultivate ins
mind, and In endure fatigue. He walk-ed
len or fifteen miles a day antl laid on
a bed of boartl coveretl only wilh a mat.
He kept a daily journal of Ins life, in
which he regularly kept an account ol
the manner in which he spent his lime,
and performed Ihe dunes he owed to Ins
parents, lo society, anil lo God. lie was
ili unit, sober, chaste, and intelligent.
His life is unstained with vices, and be
has been repaid for his temperance with
a sound body, and a healthy mind. When
very young he entered ihe army, and
there won early the reputation of a good
soldier. Al the tune when Ihe reign of
terror was "keeping high carnival in
blood stained Paris," he was looked upon
by many as a fil person to fill ihe throne
vacated by the Mtltder of Loins XVI, as
his roval lineage would conciliate mon.
archisis, while Ins liberal principles
WOUlU satisfv Ihe republicans. As soon
as s report to this pflVcl was hinted to
Ihe leaders of .the rabble, his father was
execuletl his relations imprisoned, and
he saved Ins own life bv a sudden Righl.
Foi fifteen months he lived III great seclu-sion
in Switzerland and supported him-self
bv leaching the rudiments of learn-ing
lo young persona, lie went lo Ham-burg
for the purpose of embarking (or A-merica,
but when he am veil there he bad
not sufficient funds to carry out Ins in.
tention. He ihen journeyed in Ihe ex-treme
north of Europe, suffering great
privations, and with ibe bloodhounds of
Ins enemies Continually having in Ins
track, lie approached mans miles near-er
Ihe .North Pole than a»v other French
traveller. II- eventually escaped 10 A-inenca,
iii 1 ■still. Here be supported him-self
al limes bv teaching French. While
in Boston he is said to have resided in
Ihe Provi-.ee House tiearlv (.pposito the
old South Church, and he now speaks of
lie kindness he experienced from sevei
then went lo England, was invited Iheiic,
lo Sicily, and Ihere warned a daughter
of its king. Upon Ihe overthrow of Na
poleou he went to France, and N se-questered
estates were returned lo him
Until the breaking out of the Revolution
of IS.'.'U, he lived in esse and retirement
with the exception ol the exile he under-went
during Napoleon's short reign in
France previous to the battle of Water-loo.—
Though immensely rich he fell nol
into Ihe vices of the affluent, but in all
hia grandeur and opulence, remembered
Ihe lessons of his youth. His fortune
has been estimated by a French writer al
8100,000,000.
Mr. Abbott gave an animated account
of Ihe revolution of July, and the causes
which drew Louis Philippe from retire-ment.
He accepleu tue mum, <,mce wttn
reluctance. He argued with Lafayette.
the American constitution was the best
in the world, but lhat the govcrnmenl
which France needed was a monarchy
surrounded by republican institutions.
Since his instalment in the chair of stale
his quiet has been continually harrasscd
by attempts upon his life,—which have
gained him Ihe name of the target king,
—and tiomestic insurrection. Mr. Ah.
boll lliinks thai considering ihe difficul-ties
(if Ins station he has acted with mod-eration
and wisdom. He has strength-ened
himself by alliances with foreign
states, and if he ran cscspo assassination,
there is gootl reason to suppose lhat he
will keep bis crown until his death.
When that event occurs, Frarfre is mor-ally
certain lo he convulsed anew with
revolutijn.— Jiotlan Tiinrt.
the whole person, in fact, seemed lo in-tlicsle
a recent inhumation. The bodv
remained exposed to the sir for only ai
most, Ihe minutes necessary for the. sur-ueon
lo lake the measures prescribed by
his instructions, in order lo preserve it
from all further alteration.
I—
John Kuiiiloliili.
Those who never saw this remarkable
accident in nature—who never beared
ui in in Congress, have much cause t.l re.
grel. His manner in debate was pecu-liarly
bis own—original and forcible,—
Though occasionally txcursive under-relic,
In- mattered around him flowers so
beautiful that very few were offended at
Ins deviuus wanderings, and followed
bun with pleasure win lever he chose In
lead ibt in He never lost a gootl thought
or a fine linage- thai occurred to Inni ei-
Iht I In Conversation or solitude, bul trea-sured
it in the book and volume of bis
rain, till it was wanted, and he never
failed to let II out when he bad an nppnr-
,uy His invective, like the deadly
siroc, withered every thing it sw-pi it-cross,
ami Ins opponi nl was sure to quail
and shiver beneath Ins touch His sar-casms
were barbed With the most corro-ding
aciunony, and the excessive bitter-ness
of his feelings iudicntf-d a feioctons
and misanthropic character. He indiil
getl more ih silire than logic, more in
invective than in reasoning; but there
was a fascination ahoul bun, as an orator,
lhal few could or were willing lo nsist.
His very silence was soineliini s eloquent,
and Ibe bare motion of Ins lingerer his
head, often conveyed as much meaning
a-ill - most finished or elaborate sentence.
Bul between bis delivered nnd published
speeches ihere is no comparison. In th.--
latlcr, you lo.-e lhat charm by which
you were hound when you listened lo
wh.il he uttered—the altitude, gi sticula
lion, emphasis, Action, ore gone. The
skeleton is lell, but the spirit has fled ;
ihe body is there, bul the sound is no
more. '
To judge of John Randolph as an ora-tor,
be must have been heard when Ins
mind was in the plenitude nf power, and
his imagination still luxuriating in the
delicious images of youlh anil poetry.—
Burke seemed lo be his model, antl
Shakcspcir Ins Boostant companion.—
From both he drew largely ; and with
the taller he was as familiar as Alexau*
tl.-r was with the works of the immortal
lluim r. Ills tniiitl and habits were wholly
averse to tho necessary routine antl de-tails
of business. The nt**re labors of
legislation were not suited 10 bis temper
or intellect, and hmh as a member of a
a committee and of the House he was al.
no«t inefficient,
Randolph was tall, mengre and badly
formed. His epes were black and pier-cing;
his complexion sallow and cadav.
i-rous ; his hair smoothed down over bis
head, and lied in n cue; anil bis voice,
though cf no gn .it compass, was iincorn-iiionlv
clear and distinct*
The Forests of Brazil.
The infinite vsriely of tints which
these woods display give them sn sspec*.
wholly different from those of Europe.—
Each of the lofty sons of the forest bsssn
effect distinct from ihsl of ihe rest.—
The brilliant while of ibe ailver tree, Ihe
brown bead of ihe mangos, the purple
flowers of the Brazil wood, ihe yellow
laburnums, the deep red fungus, and the
carmlne-culoietl lichens, whieh invest
ihe trunks and Ihe bark, all mingle in
brilliant confusion, forming groups fine-ly
contrasted and diversified.
The gigantic height of the palms, wilh
Iheir varying crowns, give lo these for*
csts an incomparable majesty. All these
arc interwoven wilh a network of creep-ing
and climbing plants, so close ss lo
form around the large trees a verdant
wall, which Ihe eye is unable to pene-trate;
and many of Ihe flowering spe-cies
lhat climb up the trunks spread
forth, and present tho appearance of par.
tcrres hanging in (he air.
These woods arc not a silent scene,
unless durtng tho deepest heal of noon!
but are crowded and rendered vocal by
the greatest variety of the animal tribes.
Birds of Ibe most singular forms and
most supeib plumage flutter through the
bushes.
The toucan rattles his large hollow '
bill, ihe busy orioles creep oul of Iheir
long pendant nests, Ihe amorous thrush,
the chattering msnaken, ihe full loncsof
ihe nightingale, amuse the hunter, while,
Ihe humming birds, rivalling in lustrr-diamonds,
emcialds, and sapphires, bar-er
round the brightest flowers, myriads
of ibe mosl brilliant beetles buj-z in tho
air, and the gaycsr-bultcrflies, rivalling
in splendor the colors of tho rainbow,
flutter from flower to flower.
Meantime the beautiful but sometimes
dangerous race of lizards and serpents,
exceeding in splendor the enamel of tho
flowers, glide oul of the leaves sod hol-lows
of the trees. Troops of squirrels
ami monkeys leap from bough to bough,
and large bodies of ants, issuing from
their nests, creep along Ihe ground. It
concerns- ns here to remark, lhat llicso
iiiuni use fort-sis are rich in timber of ev-ery
description for use and ornament
soiled either for carpentry, shipbuilding,
dying, or furniture. Thai kind especial-ly
called Brazil wood is particularly eel.
ehralcd for ihe beautiful ictl tlye which
il produces—Murray* Geography.
He.
The hotly of Xirpiileon —The upper
pan of tin- It adeii Coffin was linn cut
and raist d with ibe greatest precaution—
Within it Was found a Coffin ol wood, in
a vt-rv food state, and Corresponding lo
the dcscr:p'ii>iis nnd recoUcclions of the
persons present who hid assisted at ihe
burial. The lul of tile third coffin hav-ing
been raised, there was found a lining
of tin slightly oxydiscd winch having a I
so been cut through and raised, allow, d
us lo see a shoe! of white satin ; this
sheet was rTtst ,1 with life grealesl pre-
Caution by the hand- of the doctor only,
ami the entire body of Napoleon appear-ed.
The features bat! suffered so little
as to be unim tli.it, Iv recognized. The
tliflerent objects deposited in Ihe coffin
were remarked in ihe exact positions
where they hul been placed ; iiu- iuntls
werenthgularlv preserved; the uniform,
the i>rdi r*. tHo hat, hut Ititl- chai ; '
Errors in lie mod, of Edoration.
The practice of beginning to leachchil-
•Ircn irA.n loo ponng. It is a common o-pinion
lhat ibe sooner a child is put to
his books Hie greater Ibe amount of
knowledge which he may obtain in a
given number of years. 'A child lhal
In gins lo learn Ihe letters of Ihe alpha-bet
at/tnir years obi will be as far ad-vanced
atjfre, as one that begins al three.
A child lhat begins at three, will be two
or three years learning le read well ; bul
one lhat begins atjfot may be taugbl lo
read well in six ar eight icreki. Expc-riinent
has pruved tin: fact.
2. The like mistake is made in put.
ting children lo difficult studies al too
early an age. A child of five or six
years of age is put to ihe study of geog-raphy,
arilhinciicor history; his progress
is slow ; he learns a little and thai im-perfectly
; and thus he spends a wintc*
or two, lo very little purpose. The same
child in nine or ten years of age will
learn as much in two months, as he will
ntjlte or six yeari of age in tiro winters
-and understand and retain what ho
learns much better,
8. Another mistake is in attempting to
instruct young people in too many things
at once. The most important point per-haps
in a system of instruction, aa in c-vi
iv kind of business is, to do one thing
at a time. Mr. Locke mentions this aa
a primary rule In be observed in teach-ing.
When the greatest merchant in
Holland was asked hew he could trans-aci
such an immense business, ho rcpli-ed—
lly doing one thing at a t.mc.
This rule is rim observed in our schools.
The reverse is the fact, to the great de-triment
of education. Children are put
In several studies the same day; they
learn a little of one thing, and then a lit.
tie of another; they barn nothing per-fectly
;—and a gre.l part of what tiny
tlo learn is soon forgotten.
Past him Alan?.—\ man "down
t ast" atlvi riisisnni Harvey W. Turner,
who married ■ daughter of Ihe advertiser
and shorllv absconded, "since which cir-cumslances
have come to light which
prove him to be a raseal."
Juvenile Depravity.—An infant, una<
i- to walk, dragging about arid torturing
a I; 'tor