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'A — ^?S»» All IHDEPEHDEHT IVEM 'SP 1PEH ; DEVOTED TO ElTEBiBT, SCIKNCTnC, A«BI€ltTOI«AE, nuiICU, AM» OEHEHAl IKTIXiqEtlCE. ; VOL. 1. ONEIDA, MADISON COUNTY/ N. Y, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1851. NO. %, THE ONEIDA TELEGRAPH Will b« pabMshed every Saturday at Oneida, (De pot,) lUduon Co., N. Y. 9. H. FlMMT, Editor & Proprietor. A. K, EATON, Conductor of Scientific Department, OFFICE —No. 2, EMPIRE BLOCK , (up stairs.) TERMS—One dollar and Twenty-five Cents per annmri, in advance, to office and mail subscribers; One Dollar and Fifty Cents, in advaaoe, to Village subscribers, who receive their paper by the Carrier. Where ten or more copies are sent by mail to one office, they will be famished at One Dollar each, and the person obtaining the names and aendiDg us the money, shall receive a copy for his trouble. RATES OF ADVERTISING. One Square}? 8 Weeks, $1 00. 3 Months, 8.00. •• 6 \ 6.00. \ 1 Year, 8.00. • liberal discount made to those -who advertise by the year. f^p/~ All communications must lie post-patd. dtotghtni ^attrtj. . For the'Telegraph. Tfec Evening Star. Bright Sol had urged bis fiery coursers duwn The occidental sky, and throwing back, Through Hosper's gates, a flood of golden light, lie tired to rest liow beautiful the hour Of summer sunset 1 Bath'd in yellow bght, The wuving gram, rich posture fields, farm-house, And clustering village roof, green woody grove, And silver-sheeted lake, and mountnin top, rVem then some fairy land, mid whose brightscenes The aptnt hugers in \ a dream of bliss.\ light fleecy clouds wait round the setting suu Like angel spirits round the bed of deuth To bear the dying saint, triumphant to His Father's house, and when the sun retires They gather round, and form the heaven lined Drapery of his couch of state. Soon fled. The light of day, and the soft twilight, too, Was fading into deeper durkneas, when, From for awny beyond the western lnlJis Through the blue depth »f space, a star beam oiuiic Like some clear rny of hope, piercing the drop, lllnek darkness of despair, that gentle beam t*U>le on the sight How soft! How pure 1 That star t»lionc forth, scarce visible at first, niuong The penciling!! of light the sun had left To linger blushingly, nubile, upon The western sl»\. Hut ns they died .i\\:iy lucres .-<1 in lustre, and in beauty, till It scented nj« w< I lit to grace the cronn {if highest scrapiiiiu , in e, 'tivusagem That sparkled in the diadem ot tbo Ktornal (Jod. Ami white. I gaivd iuftli«n_bt A voice fell on my spiriti ear, w Inch said, In cadences as soft and thrilling as The whisperM thoughts, tliiS unseen spirits breathe Into the pAt^'s souL \Why look on me Tliou child of earth, ns on some being < f Superior gift. I but fulfil flic wilt Of lI^a*w »e»TD«de -b<>th yoq and me, who gave Tha Kl^tVc to uijLtluaing fotio, and, poiaM Inkntftty space by his oTiaipptooq^ I'cheld my rolling bulk. Look on thyself Aid tsaftrw that'nea^^^^rJn^Vreastt th*r*fces A Jfc^el of fhiniorts^worWic a ei>«aV ILave ceased to view my radiant form. The earth shall vanish, and the heavens bo wrapt TogetherJike a scroll, but maqjihall live _ While God lLniself endures. Know well thyself, Search out and train thy nobler powers to so Fulfil the course which Heaven appoints that when Thy earthly frame shall slowly moulder to lis aative dust, thy spirit may ascend To the pure realms of uncreated light Where knowledge spreads no stinted feast, and lov c The nectar of the soul flows measureless And free, around the throne of God. 01 Be wise, nor pass unheeded by this voice Of frMttdhr warning from the eveninn star.\ 0rV-*J* .*? i^L//^. REVILLO. head, and the ends of that of tho married are colored blue, and of the unwarned red. The boots are made very neatly, slender and well proportioned, the upper leather is colored. They tan deer-ekins with urine, and their seal skins are pressed in a beautiful manner, simp ly by drying and rubbing them with a smooth stone. A pair of slipptas completes the ward robe of a lady in the Esquimaux country; these are made of deer skin and neatly fringed round the tops with white rabbits' ftrr. The clothing which was shown us was made in a very tasty and strong manner, every thread used being made of the sinews of tho deer, and of course very durable. The dresses of the males are very similar to the marriod ladies, with the exception that they are lodger and rather heavier. The Danes are scattered about among the Esquimaux, and furnish them with what tew foreign articles they may want* wlrich are hunted to steel for their spears, and some few ornaments for their dresses and col oring for their hair and ladies' boots. The seal furnishes them with almost every thing they' seem to require—food, clothing, and even fuel. \ Kyacs\ are a kind of bout used by tins people, and are, certainly^ very curious affairs, four of which were brought in the Advance. They aro made by stretching seal skins over n light frame work of wood, shaped vurj much like a flattened cigar, both ends being very sharp, with a hole in the top about 14 inches in diameter. The whole length of a boat is almut 12 feet, by 1± inches in width, nnd 8 incites deepiu the centre. The boatman shdes bus legs and hips through the aperture in the about tho eighth of an inch, yfnding towards { he wrote the sweet poem the point, and it is a very fojsnidable mcaus of' me in the momma. We The ono bron defence. The ono brouj/htliome is about five feet in longth, and two^ftiohes in diameter at the butt end, and romrmg to a point at tho oth er. These whales/which are very plenty, are spotted and about the snse of a huraped-bnek whale. A white whalo with green backs wore seen near \\ Uad'oeeu pointed, to me in. the morning/ We now stood near the union of the two streams, where the poet says, 'There is not in the wide world a valley so-sweet As the \ oio in whose- bosom the bright waters meet' Tho rich variety of wood; tho still, clear, lim pid water •, tho hill and valo, in scone parts Melville's Bay. Ia this bay many ' Ji \^ and wlld » in othore li ^ lt Md 8oft > ever whale ships aro wrecked every season. Onel n,u ? n rahevfogHho *ye with some new va- captain was seen v ho had been wrecked t/lree times in our dm, 75 80 N. kit,; in the first placo losing hu« own vessel, and barely escaping with his Irfc to another and smother, whkh were successively wrecked tho same day. T KIDE-MK- R USSB, OR' R CSS^S H Moss.—This is a moss similar to that which is found on rocks in many parts of this country. Its chief inter est is that Sir John Franklin and his party, in their former expedition -lived on it for several weeks by boiling it in Water. This information was furnished by a man of the name of,Heps born, who was with Sir John, and is now resi ding at Holstenberg, near Davis* Bay. It i- said that this moss will support life three or four months. R E D S NOW W ATER.—This remarkablo pro duction was actually discovered on Grimson'a Clitis, Beverley, Greenland, lat. \78 <deg.» sec. At a distance, the tops of the cfiffs appeared to I KS u deep red color, as though the whole sur face of the snow was tho same, but upon a near er approach it was discovered to be scattered about in small spots,from ten feet square down to mere drops, and was only a light scum.— When melted it still retained its color, as it does at the present time. There seems to be top of the boat, extending his legs lengthwise, j no accounting for this very singular pbenome- while from Ids hips up arc outside. This part' nou. of the body is covered with a seal skin, made | An iceberg was ascended, and the height the same as a \ jumper,\ and lashed With draw- j measured, by the dropping of a lead ball, (not itig strings at the bottom, t o a rim round the ; a virv accurate way, however,) which was aperture m tho boat The boatman propels Ins craft with a double-bladcd paddle about seven feet in length, made of light wood, and shghth bent , tho main part about 1 1-2 or 2 inches lit diameter, nnd tlio«blade 4 inches, wide and ornninciib-d with ivory. With this he moves hi:, lioat through the water, at a ver\ rapid rate. Bv a dexterous movement with his oar, un expert boatman will completely turn his boat over, and come up on the oppo site sub', still retaining his accustomed situa tion. In tins fragile vessel he pursues his nv- ocation of spearing seajsui the roughest weath er, for whiih purpose he has a barbed spear KU'iaf inches long, made of steel and very «harp, wliuh is attached to an ivory point about 8 inches in length, the whole to a stuff se\en or eight feet iti length and '2 1-2 inchiis \\\ diameter , to the steel is attached a line, forty feet in length, made of the hide of tho walrus, and this is fasteuedjo a bladder made of the skin of a seal ujul filled with air, l)ing on the after part of the toaf. When the spear the seal, it is arranged so that it duscrt- 9*£ timed, the height judged to bo 800 feet above water. If this is correct, it must have extended under water a great distance. It was ascended with great difficulty, being very stoep, nnd neccscirry to cut a feothold for every step. In the ascent, Liout. Lowell slid down, caused by a mishap, about 100 feet, and when lie fucked hiitwelf up, found that ho was con siderably bruited hy the o]>eration. During tho tune that the Advance was fro zen up in the ice, the men and officers practised e\ cr\ day in drawing tho sledges, as they were expecting every hour almost to havo their ves- sls crushed, and their only means of oscnpe wns tn travel by ice across Baffin's Bay to the nearest ]>ort, Uppernavia, n distance of between two and three lumdrod miles^ Two sledges of provisions, enough for thirty days full rations, w as all that could be taken along, and these w <ie kept loaded and in readiness tho whole tune, to start nt moment's wnrniug. The men also hiil their knapsacks packed ready for a mo\ e Ten inil <-i a day is all the distnuco that can be made in a da\ with a sledge^—tho Ice pla net) ; but above all the ple«vmt association that this vale, however dark and deop its r\e- cesscs, harbor aqti£< WW>mov#iWrpent or ^P\ tile—no, not even flio buzx o f the mosquito is heard—made it mdike all others. Wo rode threo miles, scarcely uttering a sylable all the while; a holy repose seemed to rest on this hallowed spot, as when it first bloomed under the hand of its Maker, and imaginatto*l-WM prompted to say, as no serpent has ever cojloi here, the contaminating touch of sin has \not left its impress. * M Never did I leave a spot more reluctantly; it was a night scene winch never has faded from my eyes, and I hope never will. 'OhI the lost rays of feeling and life ipustdWpart Ero the bloom of thut valley Bhull fade from my heart' \In the deep silence, the voice of God and tho soft whisper of angels seemed to lie there. These voices naid kindfy, ' There is rnWcy yet tor poor unuig men/ It appeared hke the bow of the covenant, telling us., to look and JTO- mcmber that though this world has beeh curar cd by sin, yet a now heaven and earth are promised, of winch this is a shadowy resem blance. \ Ths borders of this valley are interspersed with gentlemen's scats^uidhere and there dot ted with the w lute-washed collage* of the peas ants; ill id the rich cluster of fiuiagc upou die bill side, upon bush and tree, almost persuade you that the dew of Hermon has fallen upon Uwm. Stranger, vUvu >ou visit Iceland, visit the Valo of Avoea. If you love God, here you will sec him in a picture that mast be road; if your stay bo limited, waste it not in docv- phenng n time-defaced stone, telling the bloody deeds of some ancient warrior, or the austeri ty of some loiig-kvcd ascuttc; but linger in this s-pot, stop^ at thu neat little hotul, erected purpose tor the accommodation of the I enter* tne seal, it is arranged so gages iisen livjin the ivory point, by the point 1 being very uneven, and covered in many slipping at the sunic iiiMaut from the stall, but j ces with deep snow and frightful crevices, i- atla. Iieil l>\ u string ,M. I floats with it, while I l'\or the amusement of the men and to occu- irtii wliuli the hue py their tune, a theatrical company was formed at the same time the T>Ia. is attached is thrown overlwinl, preventing the seal from Mukmg any further than the length of the hue, th« stati and seal are then recov ered. For killing water fowls, of which there are but few a sharp^round sulk is used, ft\!\ | '^I- to a stan seven teet in length. These spears are thrown with astonishing accuracy, rarely, if ever, missing thou - mark. Another manner, aud the easiest by far, of spqunng the seal, is bv doing it through a hole in the ice vvlreio they come up to breathe, tU*y will frequently scratch holes through the ioe from the under side, where it w several feet thick, to get fresh air; the nativ es are aecuftomod to tli and performed nightly to a large audience, us ing the deck of the Advance as a theatre, it being housed in. One evening, during the performance?, the Meccury stood at 40 deg. be low Zero, nnd the average during the day was Ytit till'} did not suffer from the mild. Tho meeting of the Waters. Among the most tender and beautiful of •T U B on strangfr; and morning, noon, and uight ex plore its never-dying ^Ijeawties of lrglit t and shade. Three times did I go through, and when I turned au.iy at last, 1 felt that 'Icould ttu} there forever to wninler aud wce[«.' From the American Aiessouger \Cod helps the M&wtvf Battalions.\ BV DEV. JOlin 8. c. VDHOTT. Just before Nnj>olcon liended his nnnies for the inv usion of Russia, some ono remarked to one of his v cteruii generals, tluit fcod^vould as the alUes of Russia, pour down upon tho unsheltered liosts of French. They sweep over'the dismayed army with whirlwind fury. Resistance is Unavailing. The drifting snow is the windingsheet of tens of thousands who, during the wintry night, freoze on tho storm- swept plains. Trol&ving storm is pitilejs.— The pioreinff ooW known so mercy. 'JTTitfsleet, which fills tho sky, and is whirled by tho howl ing wind, has no oar to hear, or heart to feel, tho awful wail of dying men, which swells louder than the roaring of tbo storm. And gaunt fiunin* and torturing pestilence come, in rushing squadrons more terrible than Polish Lancers or Mamelukes, and no solid columns or bristling squares can repel trreir charge. God has raised the heavy battalion*, and equipped therJa> and commissioned' them, and nerved them tor His dread work o f retribution, And now ho helps them, and before their stately march the array of invasion is scattered like chaff bSr tho whirlwind; Infidelity gased upon the carnage of Lodi end Rivdi« upon the battles of the Pyramids and Mount Taoor; upohthe^laoghtorat Mar- ango and A astern tt, and exclaimed, \There is no God who cares for man. Tlxs strong con quer. ' Thcweak perish. It nlatters not which is 'right or wrong!\ But iu tho flames of Moscow—in the horrors c**thoso wintry nights oh the Slams* of Ttm <F^<K ~^m%m thousands tbundin -lhd snow \thefr death-Bed, and in the howling of the tempest their requi em, even infidelity was abashed, and exclaim ed, \God has at his dfsposal battalions heavi er than man- din marshal.\ And when v thc retreating army, having strown its deikt, iiko snow-flakes on the^Oten ground, all alont'its E nth, undertook tntf ^vvfitl passage of the Ber- ^ua^as tho \dark flbwlrid- waves of tho Toy rivet were 1 bcforofrcjiajaaattW far-ehtd s^pad- n>n of tlie North Ddrrna them, with artillery and musketry-, and gleaming sabres; and pes tilence and starvation, and benumbing frost, aifti despair pertadsa-tteooamp, and the storms of winter were shrieking over their heads—in that horrible day, when alt that was merciless m£riMv% fury was combined with all that was tettiblo in the warrihgs of the elements, tho horror-stricken- fugitives felt that God was in- died twiphiff the keaiy bdttationi.' * It was on tho 23d of June, 1812, and one of tho loveliest mornings that, lv< upon mankind, when Napol magniiWont array then earth hau74Ver witnessed, crossed the Neiinen,-for the mvn^ sion of Russia. At that time, Napoleon -was on the Irighcst pinnacle of greatness over at tained by mortal mamt- And as the resplen dent mass of five hundred thousand men, with gorgeous banners, and glittering steel, and soul- inspiring munis, poured across tho bridges which spanned the streem. every, bosom glow ed with assuramte*Btid pride. \The glitterJhf' of the arms, tho spkndOrof the dress, theWui „ ,. .„ i ,, i i . i i . . i . oi uie arms, xue apicuaorvi uio ureas, IUDTOUU never loin I Jus blessing to biich an enteri»n»e. L™. . * *XL . I .. I _ i • The war-worn sol,l.er replied, » 1 hare ula .js f* 0Ut8 °f th ^M^ «»«vetsal enthusv obtvrved tint Godhdj* the heavy battalltoJ' ^ m, , d 8Ctm * 1 *» ***** Cem \ 1 P** 8 \^ rf the Insh Melodies is that known M KBTINO O F TUB M ATKRS.\ In the summi«r of 1807 ModitK ]>aid a visit to the vnk- of Avo- ca, in the county of Wicklow, where tho two rivers Avon and Avoca meet, a most lovely | and enchaining spot. This vwit suggested the made by scratching, and will hair them a loim ' *° U K w,,u ;' 1 \^ M,,ce bwen «» ** le a fevorito, • • \land wlmh has associated the vale of Avoca lie nor-* then From the N Y Times. The Arctic Expeslitlon. CUnlOSITIES DROLOUT HOME INCIDENTS. The officers and men of ,the Advance have brought w ith them many curiosities, a descrTp- tsem of which may aot Ut vmin teres ting to the reader* of tho- Tiuus, and to this end we went on .board of the Advacee vesterday, and, througk the courtesy of tho officers, and Lieut. Lorellin particular, we are able to give a more mismW aeoount than has appeared, yet ow ing to the numbs* of persons making inqui ries, and the excitement of the occasion, it is not as complete as we could havo wished. Tjhe race of people who inhabit tho country Adjacent to Baffin's Bay and its ftibuTarTds, si* ao fettle Vnown, that «my thing ht relation to them is caught tp with avislity. TI MB ar- rirak/nrnishes ns witli a sight of SO«^ Q of then- distipctMO characteriatiea, in dress and otherwise, , \life dfess of a married* lady is composed ofj svysir of-short seal alrin pants, fur outside, ex- landing, nearly -*> tks knee- joint, whero it msetA the.bopls, made o f tlr^satna 'n ^tejritd .oj • \^.\\raft IJeu^Mrtpffhoperso^.is covered wfifh a \juniper or a land of sack wftK * J hoo*fbr'tH«rlfead, and sleeves^ maite whets .with tXe et*eptio*.-of a place- -fbt the iaesWlarMs. . This is naso -made oi «enl or deer skin, and ia.tha wanner>sjSa^Mn?«» eoy r ered 1 with a fanc^icolored cotton, ik tho oold'er ancl wet weather, the ^ ls ''redo%«a -and a' seal-skin covering, *BE, piaesjd in tosteadl iThisJ composes thei whoU dress.! TI M* dr«M <s<an uajqarrisd'sady k r ojs^^fuk4xed,bj a broad.band niadaioffaa- w ^ fc *\« WMt two .and,* ^aH.jnch- eawfi^aewed.on eVchaide o/'fiuiront ^^ri im ^^K^mg; m^^e'wTkW len ginshni %m, an, ujaanutiei' .ensrby ihehasr, ^-whi<fc in^h oasesis tis*dujr^« Uw^toppf the distance and watch for them, aud they make their appearance, tl as soon as my are at jgicc •killod and secured* Tho olficers of the Advance also brought with them several Esquimaux. dogB. These animals are very docilo and peaceable in their disposition, allowing any one to handle them familiarly; but they may nave changed some what in their disposition by being confined so long on board a vessel tilled, with oivdizqd peo ple. Their appetites are very voracious, oak mg at ono meal as much as would satisfy three common Americnn dogs. Their appearance at first sight reminds one of the wolf; having a similar head, mouth and ears; their feet and tad arc also similar to a.j^tf/una wolf, but tho eyes are brighter and have a more intelligent expression (if the term may be used) than the won\ or any other animal of the kind. Their sixe Is near that of a sittall, weU-set bull-dog, and very heavy. Ono of them on board of tho Advance (a female) has long, straight hair, of a brownyih .white^ tail the same; another, (male) onTh~e back anil sides and head, is black, and tne othci'partis- Ae same as ffie female, but the hsarJis^Briorter. They are very strong, and .we wknesBed one of them break a gdod L sixed, cord which ho was tied-wlth,.itfthout*ri- pearing tp. axer* himself Much, in the,jt}IJbrf, Anothergreaicuxipaity is the skin of &,wj^te bent, ifflled by one 'of me'officers, winch mcasr nres 'cighfcfeet nine imifts *om ffp idVlp.— Kbe< Bfot of tana bear vntsnsaros twenty KMte inchwn, Jangtlfc including jthft eiaVra, and hbout fif^ubcheiwid^; the weight w^abppt 1^0 pb,unos. He was KuIed^vtfJi buck,snot,on the *th September, 'l^tf, wiiile Avv^mg in the •water 1 tttodSr tWtrtwA- df tbi- tesscl, nripeHcd tlsero! prooahiy hy euriosiiy Or Image* 1 Tftey eatijy, nw ^aged when i& the ^get, but on ^o^woundol^ ^ \ j with all tliat is charming and romantic. There is n»tin tliis wide world a valloy to sweet As Unit vole in v4()lubc bosom Uie bri(jlit waters meet I Oli' the last rays of feeling nnd lifo must depart, Ere tlie bloom of that vnllcy sbnll fnric from my lieort, Tet, it «\<»* not tii.it i. ittir< Imd slied o'er the scene Her )>tiri\«t of cn-tiil n»<l brightest of jrreen • Twas not her soft majrio <if streamlet or hilt Oil 1 no, it was something more exquisite still. T was that friends, the beloved of my bosom were .near. Who made every d«av scene of eaetiaiitntant mors dear, And who felt how the beat charrnw of nature im prove When we see them reflected front looks that we love. Sweet vale of Avoca T how calm eooldj rest In thy boeora o f shade, wrnt the friends I love best Where the storms that we feel in this cold worra should eeaae, . And our hearts, like thy waters, be mingled in peace. The vale of Avoca, thus made classic ground, thousands hare ek*oe .visited; and the touriaf. through Ireland would as soon think of ner<- lecthtg. the lakes,of KjUaroejr as \tho vale hi whose bosom the bright waters meet.\ From amoBg tho- many deccriptions of this beantiftlWt, we will'select that gtvefl' b^ an Awfgrtcwrlsory who viM*fed Ireland rn lW. It fe brief'bat eloqnenu \She says; M u It was IretKsM^ shnmlcV tw^ligH lingeV-. ing lopg, as tWh Jpth, to.draw the <u «£dn closely mfajt abngli^Je m.a fr&fii$&k»i Oils, Ic .wta^^inf «1v r jpkeju ^.&IM attained its maturity, and not a seared leaf was' spnnktad ,on.bUsU or titoe ^tqwarrt that asatn/nnJ wa »near> - ,?bc ta«,.lfiwfi mile the -jwskf was' smooth and broad, lined! twith ^/teeearinoir aatl, e pincers ofth e.ex- aaDedl MU a' nrn^b#, r anbr r ofto ^Ul 'Socatojp^prWi&'n^T^^f^ ifcleW, -heia^a^^sliLaot-dfctnrb InmJ. ' * - • „ .Ahorn p/ a ^^ t ^T^I,pnffnts.^uite -* novel, Wture*n. ^ ,^bese jwUff have a. horn extending from the 'ton of their 1ieatfloWafa;l»ry{ng t ne^j^hena a^W-then * white\ gate • with white stuue j>Ulaw, j toeniny to-tthftb' neXb ebf^gW^abttau^Hhe. glowing streaks of the setting ste-hW^sbt'Teftl the western afcy, and gprMjaroal threu^svthel that calmness which soemoa to whisper^.* silent; it is. the ¥ale of Avoca you are eater-i inf.'' m*«j<cMded adedirky^and'the^ale- miat -fmt, .and very Mxawht, na >i;grborea ! ns:^Soea^on'us adMeeting; oMft^WaH .ifby.i^ia s ^tsi 'ioria. Th*fmoAr«iis sn ^sedfteVs.' The free\under which Uooto »irt yhea With tins sentiment luspirsag his niiud. Na poleon iL-scmble'l Iii--* hc*its on tlie banks of the Niemen. It wus the most bnlli.int spectaile of military poinp und power, probaLIv, ever vvitneasod OH earth. Five hundred thousand nicu, glittering with the most formidable en ginery of war, were miirsliiilled before their eniporer, whose viry name w;ts a passport to solid strength, made the very earth seem to tremble beneath their tread, Napoleon felt, and^ all Europe felt with him, that there was no earthly ])ovver which could Stay hw victories. The armii^ of Alexander are assembled to re sist tho invade»!<J\T>ut at every point they are met and routed by tho conqueror of Europe ; and the Russians, though contending for tlie protection of their own homes, invariably flee, after a scene of awful slaughter, before tho heavy battalions of their Iocs, At ev•eryriv- J , er's side, and at every mountain pass, tho dia- couitittttd troops of Alexander make a stand, to repel the uivading army, but it is a^l in vain ; the veteran warriors of die south mow them down, and rido-imjietuously over them, as thoy march unimpeded on their way from victory to victory. In tho course of a few weeks tho domes and tho palaces of Moscow were seen glittering in tho rays of thp setting sun, and the soldiers with shouts of oxultstion rushed forward to revel in the halls of the Muscovites. Tho hmzvy battalion* of* the in vaders had trimnphed, UIK I tlie capital of the empire was in their hands. But the end was not yet. Napoleon, intdxiented with <powert stand* r u,(ho balcony o£,t#eJfc»mk^tt?iting upon resplendent spMtsclo bqfoKoJnirn^ It in the dead of night. Too uncjoudgd moon illumi nates the gilded' dome* tif two hundred church es, and discloses to his ene&antedeyefcbound- Isss expaase of-pilhtred- ps*«vc«ft,-and niagna 4 !- cent streets, and pai^,andga^oiw,andinv<!r«, all decorated with Moorish arcmtoct»ro,.and rendering tho whofe sc^no peculiarly fascina ting to ah raaginatiotr'sim' aKvoWitn dTealna orOrionte! qon.quesV . Suddenly a bright Hg^t is sceri to.shop, ( u« tho iorfliert skv. Tho cry of fire resound* throt»gKt»«Streck • Wlfli'lontf (%k»lons anVl nsetnoricigiartv nswo^lumef of fianifl wiH k^, buMfi for|hjwiUi ajUnaat .ntiVtoWn* r»> , fcrJV^? J&k.^ ^TMpsT mpest fans tho flams. And as tho galoyn- creasos to a hurricane, the whole hombh wfltt- l«nVivitlk ,llie>terrible •ormagratioii/'' fh*de- oho widft wii^ng sn*ee? o f firo envelopes^! success. In tho middle of December of tlie same vcar, a rabble route of twenty thousand men re appeared upon tho banksof the same stream, haggard, Bqualid, emaciate with cold uttd star vation, the sole survivors of tbo vast host which, but fire months before, had crossed the river in ahUhe pomp and pageantry of certain ^ 3Khi3L tlnJK miserahle band of fngi- trinmpli,. •dty. 1 »Wp^eon^<ylAom(»r3; r andtho , ! IWtmjfmil+tA^fa eeaste^ti0D,-gs>1^isUt>' 'the rnnstljisjntnn h.ofrthese htcHfikMihomi \f*i &^fi&,m#k*-,«A h ^ly ; .antasntuinjnt-; JstJiliirnsniMsji:^ rXhwvietc sesaidnifrf^eity -^and-'tbe, Ai^now^ts^vieinentiwsBs ^eerken* the. shy. Cc4d ^V^a^sj^andih<snSiana 'W; ine combine, md'^if^ a \k^km^b^Mm(* i tives, says Alison, ^arrived of the point where t^e panSjfrgO.bad been sfieeted five months be fore ; when/Hjiey beheld those heights, then crowded w«h SjdAidkl battalions, now c«ver- ed with aj miserable bond of fugitives, arid passed ths^remains of the bridges, now desert ed, wliicn then groaned under the march o f glittering squadrons,tho msguitudeof the con trast, notwithstanding their preseut sufferings, brooght to*ra,-4nto the eyes of even the com mon sordfant - Casting a last look on the shores of Metrnavsge- region*—then so ardent ly desired; since, the tweneof such grievous surfcring-'-they\ plunged into the forest, and abandoning every arjpcarnuco of military or der, dispersed like private travollers over the boundless plains of Poland.\ Tho lesson will not soon bo forgotten ui Eu rope, that God helps tie heavy battalion*.*— And woe bo to that individual, and woe be to that nation, upon whom God lets loose, in an avenging honr, his Heavy Battalljons. C OCNTRY Ciiuacn-vAaps.—Use every, means to make them green, shady, and consequently delightsome. Spare not the rick loan. Bring the trges both.shady. ; and ornamental, from the th^aSnflUary. ^ it,be a r^ipos^ jdiat though pipre bp bui one de^tspmc^spptk the whole parish, that sna shall pe before the church doors. A stranger wHh whom. We A: Somn time in the menth of May, 182«, whilo I was concerned in pubhshing the 'Ifor- thern Spectator,' a weekly newspaper* in village of East Poulttiey, 'Vermont, I waaJu* morning engaged in my garden, When- thars came to me a stripling of about fourteen years oT'age,~and inquired if*I was the man who * carried on tho printing-office. I answered that 1 vvas. Ae asked if T wanted to take a boy as an apprentice. I told him I had thought of it, >nd asked him if he wished te become a printer. Ho said he had soma notion of learn ing the printing business. Ho had come some ten miles on foot that morning from a, humble home in the vicinity of Now Haven, to make this application. I had not, at'first, paid much attention to hia ad dress—and now, turning to the young stran ger, I saw, standing before me, a light, slender torm, dressed' in the plain farmer** cloth of the day, and will a neglige not in accordance witS tho fastidious taste of Beau, Nato or BrommsL His hair of light hue,shading-upon the orange, lay tlrinly upon his broad forehead, and over a head rocking-on shoulders apparently too slcn- tlfer to support the weight of a member so ditf- proportioned to his general outline. On en tering into corrversatian, and a partial exami nation of the qualifications ot my new appK- caht, it rcqufretl but little time(to discovertintt ho possessed a mind of n o coramonordefC and M acquired intelligence far beyondhis years. ' Ho had had but little opportunity at the com mon school, but he said 'he had read sotneJ and what ho had read he well understood and remembered. - In addition to the ripe intcUjgehee majftifest- cd in ono so young, and; %hosxnhsbiictk>nhad been so limited, there_w»s rsmgle-mmSedness, n truthfulness arid common sense in what Be said, that at once commanded my regard.— After conversing with him a while, I told him to go to the Office, and^alk with die foreman. Ho did s6, and soon returned with a line ftotn. tho foreman sating ho thought we hadTbettar try tho Ud. He soon entered the o«ce,,after having-bouud himself an apprentice, for* four ydars. On Vk. firsi entering; the office, there was qutoaMjkasTon among the older apprentices and jo^pBymcn. They thought they had caught a green one, and resolvsjLsk a treat of lip. But the new-comer pcidlMMtentioa io What was passmg. He tookhi* copy and oom- posing-stklc from tlie foreman, and'stood up to tho desk- of emit, 4 intention thought and aM tho world a blank.' He had notstood there many days-before -his office companions ap peared somewhat to doubt, and the mors fjun* ones began to sniff a little of the yonng Hon. But tboy^puld not entirely forego the nntid- p«ted pleasure, of^nitiatinff their new, nissuji; so, as'lik hair ipiof* a hghter hue than As*)r thought hocamo the trade of ink and 1 types, ifpy applied the. 1 black balls' until thsy tho\ the impression would^eosne eff<uM*tbgiW.- 1 This was dono while he stood at th« dent of types; but none of these things mo^rlnta, nor did he loso a singlo e m by the opernitea. About this time tho Into Rev L. J .Beynolsiif, a sonnd, well-read theologian, and a practJonl; printer, was employed to edit and condnet ijS$ paper. This opened a desirable schoot- forir tellectual culture to our young debutant, balcs-cBBncd^hstorical, pulltltad, • M ^retur- ions questions were discuiemd, am! 'jjftain WhUe all hands were engaged at tho^fotri of' typts; snd hero tho p'urpoee for whl^ ouV yt»taisj mend 'had read aotrie,' was made^anAat.^ Such was the correctness hk memory m nude And we, may,*ay. nrcmisea wer^.r As coohwss am Uiiur a few years ago, ro- whose paicnteyipnw asldpaa forsook house o/ttotk. whose n{ anvl attractive •ttr^fXjf ihe hv ^mifam panting panshionar will seotn to spend the snttry Hn^telHioen W^Mtt^Jtt^a^ te*.-5W*et ^; : k^4ft*****V*t •swefsef tt * *0J 1 &'J Ui* '*mtf*itk> fie ut*y»iyo* ,. tadBlyj^ellrihity '*n thai thing, *1.#^tiM.ty'i»n**y faVrshe- bosriity and the iaa, Ctn^rttr Tfie following is told of tho way Dea con Marrmnar gof&dttrbrtmfsA J — 11 to^n^ifcd.d h» .hlrT^ia^ her. Bsi^P wbst ho had read, in both bmlfcal'andpro&n* historv, that the Rev. Mr. R. was'often put at fault by his corrections. He shrays Qaetsd ohaptor aud verse to prove the point ft dnV puteafcftn ono occasion the Rev. Mr. R. said that^money Was the toot of all evil, when he was corrected by the\'devil' who saftl he be lieved it read in the Biblg, that, the fore of money was the root of all evil. A small, town library* gave him access to books, by which, together with the reading of tho exchange papers of the office, he itig^ojtal all his leisure hours. He became a Rqnesjf talker in our village lyeeuni, and often wrbal dissertations. • < * • In the first organization of our village T< peraueeSociety, the question arose' \ A> ogo when the young might beoosfce fearing lost his own age might bar moved that they be received wh^sp all old enough to drink.—whioh Wr HAW, COH, lTicAigh modesi ai W into pohtical dW pohticianSjMdfew w 6nt fosluigmstrueied Views, and the unerrin #fM**t politiealeve Having a thirst <foi miM and wHhuni a'(»—aeji 5 'TheLonl'f^l
