The Greensborough patriot [April 3, 1847]

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VOLUME VIII.
Pttblisljcti ttkckhj
BY SWAlMfc SHERWOOD.
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nine* within lb* enlnrriptinm year, will I* considered in-dicative
of hit wish Is continue ihe paper.
Immortality,
nnmnuliiv ouliiiii*
All puini, all tears, all lime all mm—«M peala
Like Iho ctcrnsl thunders of the deep
Into roy ears thialrulh—Thou li"st forever —[HtMP.
Il appears lo my mind that no arguments in
favor of the immortality of the soul can be given
which will be of equal force, to those which rise
up spontaneous in our breasts; nearly every man
entertains the belief that death will not be the ter-mination
of his existence ; atheistical notions are
rarely entertained by uneducated people; those
who permit their minds to run in the natural cur-rent
will moat certainly arrive at the conviction
of the existence of a future atate. ll is a mistaken
idea that education is instrumental in discovering
this important train to the human mind ; none
nrrive at it more readily and certainly than the
simple and uneducated. The Creator has not
left a fact so essential to the hapincss of mankind
as the immortality of the soul, to be acquired or
established by the imperfect light of the human
understanding, but he has infused into every
man's soul an essence which, if unobstructed by
the blinding; passions of our nature, will rise up
of in own Accord, and proclaim itself immortal.
It has often been expressed as a matter of
wonder that men, possessed of great talents and
learning, have sometimes been known to J*»y
ibe existence of a future aja**i and at a superfi-cial
view, it ii»— indeed appear (hat men who
are capable of reasoning with profound sagacity
upon ordinary matters, ought to be ibe best qual-ified
to scan the mysteries by which our stale is
environed ; but the truth is, these things are e-qually
hidden from all lo whom (Jod chooses,
that ihev should not be revealed; and men who
•re reputed wise when they undertake to dip
r.USS matters which they do not understand, argue
with all the weakness and imbecility of Iho most
finite mtnds.
The immortality of ihe soul is of so great value
that if we could form any thing like n proper
•estimate of it—if we could have ihe long train of
our future lives with the one hundredth part of,
ihcir brilliancy revealed to us, we would be lost'
m admiration and in transports; the affairs of this
world would dwindle into insignificance ; and we
mi"ht probably be induced to regard them wilh
contempt. This is doubtless a reason why the
glories of the future world are wiihheld from our
•jew. HIIIIKKT MANS.
Aid to Ireland.
GREENSBOROUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, APRIL 3, 1847. NUMBER 52
Anecdote with a Moral.
When Charles the Second chartered the Royal
Society, it is narrated of him that he was dis-posed
to give the philosophers a royal, but at the
aamc time a wholesome lecture :
" Why is it my lords and gentlemen," said he,
■ thai if you fill a vessel with water to the very
brim, so lhat il will nol hold a aingle drop more,
yet, putting a lurbot into iho water, it shall not
overflow!"
Many were the sage conjectures I thai the fish
would drink as much water as would compensate
for his own bulk—that ho condensed the water
to lhat amount—that the air-bladder had some-thing
to do wilh the phenomenon—and a hun-dred
others, which were propounded and aban-doned
in their turn, much lo the amusement of
ihe merry monarch. At length Mr. Wren, (af-terwards
Sir Christopher) modestly asked :
" But is your Majesty sure that such would
be the case V
" Aye, there," exclaimed his Majesty, smiling,
"you have it: always, gentlemen, find out
whether the thing be true, before you proceed to
account for it:—then I shall not be ashamed of
the charier I have givon you."
The Song of the Sword.
A PARODY.
Weaiy, nnd wounded, and worn—
Wounded and ready to die.
A Balder they left oil alone and forlorn,
On Ihe field of battle In lie.
The dead nnd the dying alone
CoulJ llieir piuetact and pity •fluid;
WbiUt ...ill A sad and teriible lone.
He eang Ibe aong of Ibe iword.
Thai ihv Americans are the most sympathetic
people on earth, is limply shown by the fact lhat
iliis is ihe only nation on earth thai has thought
of sending succor to starting Ireland, and succor
—in national measure, hos been raised and sent
by prompt and earnest popular enthusiasm. Rus-sia,
France, nnd Germany, aro richer than we,
Tiud nearer lo ihe sufferers. Thuy have no tie of
blood, or hu>gungCi to draw them to ihe charily in
question, it is true. But their rights and dignuy
have been far more respected by Great Brilian
than have ours, and they aro not insulted, as A-rnerica
continually is, by the contempt of the Brit-ish
Press, and the taunts in the speeches of the
Kent-King of Ireland. All influences considered,
thoN is more to check a national sympathy be-tween
America and Great Bruian than between
Great Bri'.ian and any other couniry of Europe.
And yet what nation of Europe has sent a stiver
of assistance to Ireland I
Rich John Bull has two poo; brothers, Sawney
and Patrick, and, Pat being at the point of star-vation
on John's own estate, Yankee Doodle, who
could look on at the rich brother's slow charily no
longer, has sent over to his relief. Not wishing
to figure as n tributary to rich John, however, h
did not send in his own name as Yankee Doodle, I
but simply as a brother man 10 Patrick. (And !
for this last point of delicacy and propriety, by the '
w«y. the press should thank Mr. Buckingham .
ihe Senate Mr. Calhoun, and Ihe House of Rep-resentatives
'ohn Quincy Adams.)
f/omc Journal.
Beautiful Imaginings.
A recent traveller gives an account that when
lie was walking on the beach of Bruit, he over-took
a colored woman with a tray on her head.
Being asked what sho had to sell, she lowered the
tray, and with reverend tenderness uncovered il.
Il was the lifeless form of her babe, covered with
a neat while robe, with a garland round the head,
and flowers within the little hands that lay clasped
upon its bosom.
"Is thai your child?" asked the traveller.
"It was mine a lew days ago," she replied,
• but the Madonna has it for her angel how."
"How beautifully you have laid it oulT" said he.
"Ah!" she added, cheerfully, "what is lhat to
•lie bright wings she wears in Heaven?"
Fight! fight! fight!
Though a thousand fathers die;
Fight! fight! fight!
Though thousands of children cry;
Fight! fight! fight!
Whilst mothers and wives lament;
And fight! fight! fight!
Whilst millions of meney are spent.
Fight! fight! fight!
Should the cause be foul or fair;
Though all thai is gained is nn empty name,
And a tax too great to bear;
An empty name and a paltry fame,
And thousands lying dead ;
Whilst every glorious victory
Must raise the prico of bread.
War! war! war!
Fire, and famine, and sword:
Desolate fields and desolato towns.
And thousands scattered nbroad.
With never a home and never a shed :
Whilst kingdoms perish and fall.
And hundreds of thousands are lying dead—
And all—fur nothing at all.
Ah ! why should such mortals as I
Kill those whom we never could hole!
"I'is obey your commander or die—
'Tis Ihe law of ihe Sword and ihe Slate.
For we are the veriest slaves
That ever had their birth ;
For to please the whim of a tyrant's will
Is nil our use upon earth.
War! war ! war !
Musket, and powder, and ball;
Ah ! what do «» fight so for ?
Ah ! why havo wc battles at «tlt
'Tis justice must bo done, they say,
The nation's honor to keep :
Alas! thai justice is so dear,
And human lifo so cheap !
'I'is snd that a Christian land—
A professrdly Christian Stole,
Should thus despise that high command—
So useful and so great—
I lelivered by Christ himself on earth
Our constant guide lobe;
To " Love our neighbors as ourselves,
And bless our enemy."
War! war! war '.
Misery, murder, and crime,
Are all the blessings I've seen in theo
From my youth lo the present time ;
Misery,murder, nnd crime.
Crime, misery, murder, and woe;
Ah! would I had known in my younger days.
In my hours of boyish glee,
A icmh of us misery ;
I now had been joining a happy band
Of wife and children dear,
And 1 had died in my native land,
Instead of dying hero.
The Monkeys in Procession.
A traveller in Africa was one day astonished
to observe a vast procession of monkeys march-ing
over a plain, with countenances indicative of
the deepest sorrow. There was the little frisky
green monkey—but his countenance waa grave
and wo-begone I there was the red monkey, and
the baboon, and the chimpaoze, and all seemed
full of grief, as if some great calamity had be-fallen
them. Instead of the leaps and frolics and
grimaces usually seen among this fourhanded
family, they marched forward with long and reg-ular
8tf>ps, to a grave and solemn tune, sung by a
choir of appointed _howlcra. After marching a
considerable distance, the vast procession, consis-ting
of many thousand", approached a low mound
of earth. Here the head of the train halted, and
the rest came up and arranged ibcmselve, around
the mound. Then the whole troop tol up a most
piteous wail; then some of them began to dig in-to
the mound of earth, and pretty aoon tbey dis-closed
the half decayed skeleton of a monkey.—
This was raised upon nn altar, and then all the
monkeys bowed down to the bones, and paid
them reverence. Then one of the most noted
of the monkeys, a famous lawyer among them,
stood up and made nn eloquent address. The
monkevs, apes and baboons sobbed, and sighed,
and howled, as the orator proceeded. At length
he finished, with a pathetic and sublime flourish,
and the congregation shed tears, and wiped their
eyes, and then they laid the bones in the ground
again, and then they heaped up the earth over
it to a vast height; and they reared a monument
upon it, wilh an inscription setting forth ihe vir-tues
and services of the dead monkey, and then
they all went away.
After the multitude had dispersed, the travel-ler
wont to the orator, and asked what all this
meanl; 'whereupon he said, that rt wus the cus-tom,
with the monkeys, when any one rose up
among them of supreme sagacity, or superior ex-cellence,
to envy and hate him—to persecute him
and put him lo denth ; but after many years they
llways dug up Ihe decayed bones and worship-ped
them, lo testify their gratitude, and repair
their injustice, by honoring ihe memory of the
monkey that they had reviled while living. This
sounded so ridiculous to the traveller lhat he
laughed outright; but he was soon rebuked by
ihe monkey, who spoke gravely aa follows: "your
mirth, sir traveller, is ill-timed, and shows a want
of due reflection. We monkeys are great imita-tors,
and in this matter wo do but follow the fash-ion
of our betters. Some monkeys have travelled
as well as you, sir, and they tell us that mankind
usually revile those who are remarkable for good-ness
or greatness, while they are living, and of-ten
bring them to a premature grave, either by
persecution or neglect; but afterwards, when
their bones are decayed, they make up for their
folly and injustice, by paying great honor to the'r
memory, digging up their remains, singing
hymns, delivering orations, and erecting monu-ments
over their ashes I"
Women. •
Women are better than men. What sacrifi-ces
»rc Ihey not capable of making; how unself-ish
are they in their affections; how abiding in
their love! They enchant us by their beauty, and
charm us by their conversation. They odd grace
and a softer coloring to life, and assist us lo bear
with its asperities. In our youth they are our in-structors,
in sorrow our comforlers; in sickness
the sweel beguilers of our misery. Whatever rs
rough they refine. Whaleverof ruggednessthere
is in our nalure they polish or remove. They
are the only divinities on earth. Alas, that so
many of them sre fallen divinities. But who is
it that makes them so ? Who is it that lakes ad-vantage
of their weakness, when lhat weakness
should be their best claim to protection I Let him
answer who abuses them. Among the various
beautiful traits of their beautiful natures, that of
maternal love should be noticed with peculiar ad-miration.
I have heard of women haters, and am
l(>ld lhat such a class of beings do exist. But
surely they who hold the sex lightly, and who
are accusto^'d to speak of them in terms of re-proach,
can never P"e heen spectators of tho
watchful lenderneas, the anxloi,'.' solicitude, dis-played
in a thousand touching incidents, u. a
mother fcr a child. They ean naver have wit-nessed
the self-sacrificing devotion to her offspring,
her patient anil even cheerful performance of the
mnny laborious oflices ol educational training, or
their tongues would falter in the utterance of one
word of detraction.
Musical Uiiis for Cows
An accomplished nnd somewhat romantic
French lady, on visiting1 the chateau of a dis-tinguished
nobleman, says. " I have heard for
the first time, an admirable and enchanting sound,
which, if generally established, would add an in-expressible
charm lo the other beauties of a rural
life. This was no less than an inconsiderable
herd of shining cows, each with a musical bell
attached to her neck, attuned wilh the greatest
nicely of several octaves high and low—forming
a delicious, yea a kind of celestial music, the
sweetness of which has a powerful effect on the
imagination, and cannot bo listened lo without ex-periencing
a sensible emotion."
This, Mr. Editor, the farmers may say is all
gammon, and will produce no butter and cheese;
but allow me to tell you it is practicable, and I
have but little doubt that many a gentlewoman
after reading this, will huve musical bells attached
visit Ihe denth bed of one of the faithful. 'Ihe
people slond uncovered ns it paaarrl, Such en
event bat nni occurred in England ;i ice ihe reCtf
maiion. In Catholic countries these erremooirt
are common.
ORIGIN OF THK TI.IIM nrst.iN.— I'he city ol Mo-sal
stands upon ihe right of the western hank rf
■ he Tiefis, opposite to the site of anrieri Nineveh.
"All those cloths of gold which at caH •Mu-lin»',"
save Marco Polo, "are tf the nionulurlure of Mo-sul."
Il is very probable that the city ol Mosul,
being at lhat lime one of the .principal centre pom
of eastern commerce, may have five", the appel-lation
to various productions ol ihe loom, conveyed
thence lo Ihe Mediterranean.
I.ATE EIBOPCIS HEWS.
The steam packet Iliberniaarriveil.it Boston
wilh dates from England to the 4th of March.
Ireland and Irish affairs eWltloiM to be ihe
thief topics of interest, nnd Famine yet stales
uuchecked through the lind.
The corn market hod slightly nd/anced. Cot-
Church Melodies.
ton hod decliued about id per pound. Con-to
her cow,, and lhat the milk maids will employ p|aims „c |nnde ,„ lhe •« lhol so imlch U.M
them in tuning ibeir voices to many a glee over I praj,, j8 ,cm from ,1,0 United States 10 Trench
their well filled pails. A beautiful herd ofcows,' than to English ports. Large, orders it is said
with iheso harmonic bells attuned with art, graz-1 hate com« oul °.v 1,l(" "earner. Very large)
ingon their sunny green slopes, inlerspet.ed '. ?DiPm<,n,
J
s of V in fur ■M'"*' a"d F«**hy-
C r j 1 , , . been mode at Constantinople.
with copses of wood, and sylvan clumps, could ( Thl. ,r;,h p00r are emigrates in great num-never
be observed by a lady of refined taste, wilh- hers, chiefly to Ihe United States—- tw/arlun-out
awaking associations full of interest and of' autrlu," remarks a London paper, "iliey are
the highest gratification.—American .0K.icul-' <>r«ho»e whose loss will he severely Ml," as they
iurisl. possess some pecuniary means. Landlord! »'"
_ I aiding their peasantry to emigrate. I-'rancc and
mi >■ Germany are menaced with extensive emigre*
1IIC MOOn. lions to America.
O'Connel is dying of dropsy. There are few-
There is no limilotion 10 the ingenuity of er deaths from actual starvation in the large
man, if we may form an opinion by the discover- ■ Cl"": bu',I,B *u"Ti8 .... ' ,-'.. '. ■"■" intense, than ever. HundSreldi*s a"r"ed''.y"ln' o e%tr£W"i.
les which ha*, been elicited since the completion 1 day of slow starvation, of dysentery, and fever,
of the immense telescope of Lord Rosse. In Iho ihe consequences Of insufficient nourishment,
coarse of an examination of the moon by the aid Among others, the papers have the following
„.,,.. of this wonderful instrument, the following facts ' P««iculars: Schull, County ol Cork. Feb. 'il.
,ak. ing8 beau- we.re...asc,ertained, :—ll a.pp.ea.re.d llkt a gbl.b,e of 1 LErr3is—*f1,J0X0J0'!p%e£rs&onsJChaveJ2alre2adiy. .pZeerlUsntedal Iinn
, do we givo , moltensilvcr, and every object of the extern of one ]£„], a)one. Dublin, Feb. 29.—As the judge,
The old, solemn church melodies—they are ol
lilt Church what floors are of the fields : a fea
lure, endearing, specializing, and ma
tiful lhe whole. Not in •»■?• indeed
them place and culture, associn.."? *■» with ; hundred yards was quite visiblo. Edifices, there-' of assize advance on their circuits, especially
' *"m OH" I1l1iWate!•W?.!'( f>oro,* o—fi ltlh.e e- i■ z -o.- noff Y\-""o-•_r"kl. M*\—t i'. ,n..s..>.ier-, or even of■ l hI e I! I-Ihe souitLh nnJd w-e-s■t , iilhey seem> .SItmrulaclki ■t■r•i.>t•|<) •nwt! w, *,, , nn VI lilt; 1 ■"— "•"**■< ■•■>•* ..*-*• >4ivi ■»•■ -..-.-— -----
L.ant to lhe i luins Of Wliitby Abbey, might be easily perceiv- al lhe le"ible condition of Ihe country. Mr. Ser-na.
ani 10 MM j ,.;.„.J h„, ,!,.,„ ,„„. „„ '. geant Stock, who opened lhe commission for the
i•sitrrej o01f gnoooodu, «c«d if ihevj had existed-—out mere was no apIp'e'a™r - ofewL-imerick1 , in adJd1ress_i:n..g_ t.1he Ag.rannndi
The last of the Monteziimas.
Weary, and wounded, and worn—
Wounded, and ready lo die,
A soldier Ihey left all alone and forlorn,
lln the field of halite to lit;
The dead and Ihe dying alone
f'ould their presence and pily afford ;'
WliiUi thua wilh sad and lerrilik- lone,
(Oh.' would that rheae truths -weie inora nn.
■BCvy known.) .
IIOSMIK lhc8onB of thcSworfl. ' . '
SET Rri.cs.—The man who intends to fegulalo
' his life by set rules, will find before he has trav-elled
far along its path lhat thero aro but few
When, you see a person continually barking rules which are not changed by '-circumstances or
•tand abusing those possessed of influence..yo» persons.. _W« like to see ■ rmui'nothedged in'by
»»>'kl»o* that liken dog altb^forte/tlwttiv.hej >u>t> but'tinting as lie goes along, to- git*-'ail
blrtM hjrrisr- U- riti'te!.:ub. J,:. nri<U'.*«tr. thwr eluru U lhr> pathway.
I ':•■ .
An officer of tho U. S. army, writing from IV
cos, (Mexico,) says : " Yesterday 1 spent lhe
greater part ol the day clambering among tho ru-ins
of Pecos. I wandered through the forsaken
temple—magnificent in ns decay—I scrawled my
name on its walls shot a dove in its doorway,
and wrote my journal in a niche above the well
where a lire was kepi burning for mo,L ih*n
three hundred years. There are many legends
our devetione, and blending with them our 1
of celestial things ; even as things pie
eye, Got! has ordained theirs a ministry ui guuu,. *- 1 ••— ,'1"""'" 1 county
and they enter and abide in our hearts like spirit, ance of that nalure; neither was any indication of jnry, said : •• No doubt lhe limes tie fenriul and
ual monitors. ,ue r,'slcnee of water, or of an almosplierc.— I alarminrr in tho extreme. Every Fact that trans-
Very miracles, in truth, are wrought at times There was a vast lumber of extinct volcanoes, [ P'™, and all the judges who have gone on the
by them. 1 have heard . sailor lell how he could j -oral miles in breadih ; ...rough one of „,em &*£$** flttdTarth'have £.
trace the growth of all his holiest affections to a 'here was a .mc, in continuance of one about one of,hc ;,,„„ ca|amilous description that could fall
solitary strain of sacred music. He had been at: hundred and fifty miles in length, which ran in t upon a nation."
variance wilh his kindred, had left his home in 1 straight direction like a rail-Way. The general \ We have information lhat thl constabulary re-anger,
and. regardless of .in or shame, had mark- i appearance, however, was like one vast ruin of, Ports from Ireland stale that the number ol death,
ed h„ wander^, .,hi,misguided impulse, had \ n-re; and many of the piece, of rock driven £* }gj£££^**$to'I
dictated ; when once, after long years thus spent, °"1 of lhe volcanoes, appeared to be laid at vari
in a strange land and amid a jargon of unknown
tongues, he caught lhe echoes of a sacred and
familiar tune. It thrilled upon hi, ears like mag-ic
; and before its note, had died away, there came
thronging to his heart so many thousand blesse '
ous distances."
The wonders of Electro Magnetism.
I frightful amout oljifly thoUUBld permHI.
LBTTBB nto.M A VOLUNTBBK.
The Writer of lhe following went Trim
*™^ I Surry county, N. C, (o S0111I1 Carolina, lust
W e spent a very pleasant hour on Saturday, I fell, and while Ihere joined n company of
recollections of home, and childhood, and beloved r" ,ne room °f"r. lioynton, in witnessing sev- volnnlcrs lor llie Mexionn vvtir. Tho loiter
ones, ihey forced tears into his eyes. The little j crnl interesting nnd novel experiments in electro-. was sent lo hit brother, now rrMiient .in
homely church, with iho village green encircling mngneiism. For inslance, we saw a piece of \ Ncwbeni, Va., who Ibrwi.nls It lor ptlblien-it
around-ho saw it like a reality; iho nuiet Ilron weighing some four or si, ounces, suspended ' """• "i. Tiler Il.ttl lust friends mid ucqiiuiti-and
lhe sanctity within, the murmur of praycr I in the air, resting upon nothing either above or £??1"^W "** h*Ve "" "PI""1 :"'>''"
and benediction, and the singing of lhe sober | below'"' ^ ci.lur side, and depending for its'"
choir, uproso ideally about hi-n ; and hi, father I"*"1""1 l*V T°" " tu"'fm of ''""'City. In
and mother nnd little sister,, heretofore recalled Iilnoluer e«perimer.t, a smaller body wo, sus-in
bitterness, came smiling up. as well defined ' rcnuc" '" hlW manner, nnd while thus de-and
just a, beautiful a, ever they had seemed lo ■lacllcd from "" *l?iDl° influences, performed four
him of old. I 'bo"81"111 rotary movements per minut- They
His heart was changed and softened ; he could , mn •"••*••> ncw ,0 ,lie company, and the lalter
nnt visit his accustoned haunt, lhat night; on ls cblm(,J 'o^ new lo thescieniificpublic.
shipboard ho was sili-nt and dispirited, and not Syracuie Star.
until they gained his native ohore, and ho hod
oougln ilic homestead nut, and exchanged forgiv-ing
words and mode redeeming promises, could
concerning iho founding of thi, same I'ecos, but he be <|uite himself again.
ihey are all so interwoven with the fiction com-! There used to frequent a little counlr" church
inon to traditionary '.ales, that the truth cannot be
ISLAND of Lonot, < i. if 11 .Mi (ICO, ?
Feh'y 14th, I--I7. \
Dear Brother:—After a f:i ei-n days'voyage
we arrived at tbit Island, where 1 >-' regimenla
from different pan, of the I nfted Rimes are col-lecting.
We had a toui'h vovnge: two Morir.s.
It is almost impossible to describi the -ceue;
somo were praying, some cursing ■-: I swearing,
others so badly scared they had 111 minds of their
own. As to my own pan I thought ihosc that
were born 10 be shot would never be drowned.
The waves would freanenily cover the vessel,
'.hen again there would come srine waves that
Living on 1 lie Water.
Mr. Williams, in ''iiiectnros on the Domes1 ic hwhetllllte mountains which would lift the ship
L,.if.e,o-f,l.b.e C. hi.ne.se, stales„lhat it is e,wslimaterQd [' t"idIfe*,I1h.0e'n"n°pfotntel.b.**o«t"h'er0,"s'i1sk!uernnm,g: ^all Tihe"m0e'"n'.
found unless il be in i!ie hi«roelyphict which cov.
er Ihe ceiling of trie crumbling temple, where re-pose
the bone, of the descendant, of Montetu-raa.
I will relate one as it was told to me :—-
When Mexico was conquered and Monlezuma
murdered, many of Ihe royal family lied, and
passing into New Mexico, built the city and tem-
„ , emvi uitii upon
in.Massacl.uselu,abeautif..!:,11|f.crazedgirl,who " °PP0SI"' Canlon-""'. less lhan I except a few. and ihev
«Otlld follow tho motions of tho choir as thev a.— 1 MH,U i"""! "*• on lbl! »'<>'er.-Their habi-1 and Marvel lhat they
,0 wistfully, and pore
book with such earn
wero so bn.lly
n .).- -\ inls .-ii
1 ruitcd
there
1 m,..r ' . 1 T '"6!tations aro n kind of boats or floating botwta, I ^'"h*D0 «bance to cook for two or ihreo dm.-.—
.1.2V Kymn' wbich "e ""»"•«in w»» ia« «»rtt. The fty.w'™ T", *77 0",bw".!\ ",,,y "*•" ;t wondering eyes, she was , ».,. , , , killed bv the shocks ol the sluti. I he 1 vrpnis>i.«
never unobserved. Bihhet lloovveedd lthhee sswweeeett SSccrriin| .u- nd,am°6" •*«* P1™ •»• »'»• U»*W is no ex- ,„.« frequently seen play in, ,nd thi M,,..-
ral verse and solemn tones, it wa, said, as she
loved existence ; and while other music oftentimes
excited her to frenzy, t chant or Ihe singing of a
pie of I'ecos. In the grand plaza ihey du( three hymn composed and toothed her always. Il was
deep cisterns, all communicating wilh one anoth-er
by underground passages. In thesa cisterns
they kindled fires, which '.ever went out for more
than three hundred years, indulging lhe vain su-perstition
that Monlezuma would again visit them
before the flame expired. It was only ten years
ago that Qov. Armijo put a stop lo their devo-tions,
and caused the (lame 10 bo extinguished.
Only a peculiar kind of person wa, permitted to
feed thi, lire, for they supposed that if any onoof
lhe profanum vulgui descended into the cistern,
he would be immediately swallowed by an im-mense
serpent. One year's labor over the tire
generally proved fatal, yet as fast as one devotee
passed away, there were found many willing and
anxious to supply his place. Hut disease and
the wild mountain tribe of Apaches havo lopped
olfallthe royal scions but two, and these have
gone far beyond the Kio del Norte, and have re-kindled
lhe flame over which will expire in a
lew short years, the last of the Monlezuma,.
As the rivers, farthest flowing,
In the highest hills have birth:
As the banyan blondest growing, -
Oftenesl bows it, head to can!),—
Bo the noblest minds press onward,
Channels far of good.to trace* .
Bu the largest hearts beOtt duwuwaiJ,
'.'iKlmj uii '.in- human race.
touching to see her with her pale face and strange
spiritual eyes upraised, drinking in the deep rich
harmonies. She had her own peculiar prejudices,
withal, and when "Old Hundred" or •• Corona-tion,"
or any other grand old tune wa, sun", her
face seemed actually illuminated.
It is as sweet loo—lhe music we are wont to
blend with Sabbath worship by the social fireside
as in the church ; we love ii every where, for it
will so linger in our hearts, nnd its influences arc
all so strong and pure, it is ever unto us as a liv-ing
presence, whose ministries but sanctify the
time,and make themtnos'.spirit glad.—Saturday
Courier.
NAVIHATISO AOAINST Tin: WIND.—Gardner,
in his travels in Brazil, relates an expedienl by
which his Indian guides succeeded in navigating
against a violent wind down one of the rivers of
lhat country. They went ashore, and culling oil'
a considerable quality of branches from the trees,
which there grew in abundance, they tied them
lightly around.the middle Wilh a cord, one end
of which they attached lo the canoe. 'I'licn
steering for that part of lao stream ttaMre the cur-rent
wa, iho strongest, ihey threw she bundle
overboard, which, froia itt green slate, sank jus,
below the surface of the water, ami being thus
secure from the influence cl the Wind,, the cam*
was cjinvJ r ip.dly denn tbv stream.
pense for ground; and Ihe boats are built cheaper | tine of our company wot buiied in Ihe mighty
lhan houses, and nol so exposed lo the depreda- deep.
tion of thieve,. Each of these boats usually con-tains
ihree rooms. In the northern parts of the
country, whero the boat, would bo injured by
ice, this practice is not very common.
It is reported that one ol lhe ships wa- lost in
iho Mexican coast and lakeii by the Mexicans,
the Captain killed nn-l hi, heart cul oui and put
up for a targe'. // e trill fwi/ llirm fo{ that.
This i.-dnnd is nne of the pretiiesl placet in thn
„™. .. . 77" , world, about a mile S'lUare, ihiehly sel with
" Hie world isn looking-glass, nnd gives back shrubs of various kinds, lemons, India rubber,
lo every man the reflection of his own face. Frown and polinelto, wilh vines so thickly matted tlml it
at it. and it will in turn look sourly upon you: is impossible to pet nlom.
augh aland with it, and ills a jolly kind com-panion
; nnd so let all young persons take their
choice."
The leaves which autumn's tempests wither,
The birds which ihen take wing.
When wintry winds me past, come hither
To welcome back the spring.
When we lie duw-i of .1 night lite scorpioni
and crabs ernwl over us. I have mode 111', !"■ I
in the top of an India rubber tree, out ol Ihe w ty
of lhe iiwrcta.
We catch plenty ol fish. In bruisinc about
: the coast, I lind in.i.iy curiosities and shells ol t.ll
'hind,. I have not ink und paper enough lo tell
[ of nil that 1 have seen.
1 I am getting well of ihe influenza which hna
made me very sick, no I have nothing 10 do but
nay bo np- ■
.. a tic uniaiiiu PJMHI^ Ol A "'
now
possesses a greater degree of elaslici'y and a great"
er Power ol resisting the alternations of heat and
cold. .A chronometer wi't, a glass balance siirinc
was sent lo tho 1W: Sea. and exposed to a com-petition
wilh D':,c oilier chronometers and the re-sult
ol th« experiment was 0 report in favor of lhe
chror.oruo.ter with the glass spring. • .
BraoULAa Movr.MENT.—What all the excite-ment
in Kngland for lhe last fifty veers could not
bring nboui for the Roman Catholics, the cli.iu-'
ges iii ilje Government church, under I >r. Pu,ey,
I 'ireet
GLASS.—It is difficult 10 foresee to what perfec-1
tion the manufacture of glass may be brought ,0 , or cur'05'1" s-and
to what purposes Ihe article may yet be an-I ™ S0 lu'rl'""" """ ' m',»l rl'""
plied. The balance spring ofn chronometer Is |Jro5",° •b«'Nineiy-si« Boj ,r... m 11 giineot,*
)w made of glass, as'a suhsiiiuie for steel, and lnn vrl"'01"'"''''' 'i,v" '''■' '" "'"' ''■"■'' ■ ' •'
usessrsaErenterdcRrveofrldtticihi nn.1 •> I...-., ' l.r«ma,n your , IcCilonale hrnther-,
bave-rcry rranquilly and surprisingly introduced.
It is tuled in an English papet thai iho blucha< -
W.M I'.. I M'JIANK.
Mr. JAMBS II. UNTIIAMK. . •■ •'■ ■'-'
The plane', .>lercury, may nowbereen t-.i-;,
the naked eye, from.abi 1.; suA*sel until halfiiasl
seven, three or lour.degrcetlbc low IVDIU, atui it
little 10the right.
Lyelrihe godlegist, aeserti inot-'ilMM is motw
coal in lhe ,uigle.Mate of Hi,,,.:, ,;u„ m ^ j;,.
rope. ' ■"
A sInp-o«ii. r •: !-..• •;.
, .KHIto the l.ivi, t,.i„( ,„.
nst .. 11 ■ arrn-d -hn • •!, n„- :.•„.,.,..,. •.,, .,... u). ; ,. l( . ^it p)
cently contributed
••'-• 1 '• pan of ihe
wsscaitiviir:.pidiytfae,nilK'jtream. :m Cit>i*, •'.ii;^t.ih„..{J|Wt,MI,,v;,M.|ii-: VM.,.-..,:.., ,:,c tlMI „,-