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tr »« 4 ,. m m èà :UawC ¿.;;, i «fffifesjflii CO., JT. Ï.; SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30 ,: 1865 ; N O . 3 6 ; The Opeida Dis X, H. ïtTRDY. 4 -DJ A £ # » . 0 0 p ê r JACKSON, Proprif oft PTJB33I8] IED EV ERY SATÍTRDJ l 'J f, IN ONEIDA, IN.- Y. - — ~. ¡ --- i ' . •] I . . »■- Office in M erchant’s E x change, 3d 8t< r y , CÒKNBK OF M ini AND CHMTNUT STB. , l . . Annum in. lAfdvanpej <bj- t , erwise, #2.60.: ] ^ > ! _ _ _ No pap sr discontinued until all arrsarag* i are, aid, axcept atjthe option of the publishers, j, ' \ jiJtprJes of ¿mrxMTiaiJrctt ¿DTaaijsiSQ 1 iquiijeT.\^ AiquareiV’. .. JfOolumnj.. \J^Oolumn •'YCoiumn,.... Slxteen.llnea of «olid ¡»alter or less ssaks on« 'at the ratei pre. Legal jidvertlssments'Inserted ’\ S r B w S [ i Cards,in Card Column.not excejsdihf ‘ ^ B u i f n ^ N o U c e s V x i l l be lnslrted-in the. 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One of tho bloodiest battles during the recent grsat war was, .the storming of Donelsou . tfhat to consideri i tion gaged. Noi were mont, Mill and a few sii Confederate is, when taking in en con- he numbers, either of the tending arniihs vetdr&ns. Those upon the Union aide had fought at Bel- Spripgs, Wilson’» Creek, ght'skirmishes, while the i had participated in the] same engagements. Still, a large por tion of either army had uev^r stood before the Jead||y [missiles of the foe. And-yet, ail ing those three days of carnage, ‘there_ were performed deeds of Spartan valor, or, placing them in a more modern comparison,-such as were enacted in fifty desperate battles ^vhich occuiked after j the troops be came familiar- with steel and blood. . The Confederates held the’-advari-, tage of position, being intrenched.in a series of works, situated upon a high bluff, flankilpg- the Cumberland river, extending ii ..distance- of five miles, while the Fdderals had '’another advan tage, .whici paralleled this.) That Consisted of ithe gunboats which could reach the .‘entire line^of the ¡forts, do- in'g great ekecuticjn, they could not be • 3 / wak while in return seriously injured. the J, Before tljo commencement of war; there stood j of Dover, on the Cumberland,- .cottaiie, Which ty. . its -«yccnpants aged about and a datig ily emb'rac Ron; whose had son, l-v 1 st above the’village neat. a. par agon of beau [ were] a mother, Ififty, a son of, ’twenty-five, iter of cd the name been in the eig.htë’eii.) The fam-‘ Union ' cánse. The alw was Gilbert Harri- requently, offered a Confederate service; ays fifiràìy declined, commissiot which he-had ayowing -his sehtiijnetits iu a respectful and decide d ^nianner. His feelings thus becan Is^gepèrally known, to the Army, but the family wereséldcm mo lested. ’ Whenever they- were so, it was]hy rijifiians who ar.e always to be found in ji rge armies, no matter how brave' ¡and patriotic'the most* of the troopsrmig ht|be. .But the , family of the .Harris jns werel permitted ’to re main at th eir home, only subjected.to a promise- that, if the army of 'Grant should .move upon thé fort, Ithaf Gil bert would withhold any information he might Ipossess; with regard to the taking, hp summoned the assistance of his. band. It was rumored toa^Gen.Grant-was marching across the country from the Te&neasee to the Cumberland - to at- tack the “fort, and that the gunboats .were coming up the river. ^ 11 The day bad .been one of those'un pleasant February days so replete with a mixture of snow;' mud, rain, -ani: hail. But the anxiety of Gilbert Har rison Would not perrilit him; to re main at the cottage.' ;He took his course along the muff until he hat reached'a point abc .ut.one mil^ above the fort. Here he’ ort distance down tint of the curve, the upper works o could see but a., sfa the river, on a acco and it would not Answer to approach closer, lest lie should 'arouse suspicion, or be seized for being in the Confede rate lines without permission. The sister had felu almost as great aii anxiety in the com: ng fight as did the brother, and wrapping herself closely in a large shawl, s ae followed in hié track. She had nearly reached the spot .where thè brother was standing, although a clump of trees hid.him from her sight. I Suddenly she'was confronted by a.mpn'whom to her ap peared a stranger. But there was something about him so repulsive that she recoiled apd attempted to fiy his presence. But he seized'her roughly, and endeavored^ to place a bandage, over her mouth t<i prevent her from giving any’aiarm.- But already a. sin gle cry had escape! her. , In an~ins.tant .h|5r brother was by her side. He seized..,the ruffian by the throat and hurled In the fall his disguise fell from his him tó the earth. head and face. “ Robert | Niche Is !”,exclairaed maiden,in surprise. -T “•Yes, at yours tfie villain, risiug “ Brother! brother!” shrieked Mat-’ save .me from this ruf- the service)” answered ^io, “-save me fiati !” “ Most likèlv hè would do so if he could,” réplied Nichols, ‘‘.but yòu see that' it is not poss:ble the for him eyen to áttempt.” glanced at.the pros- forra of hei broth- make Thie;poor sister trate and bleeding er; Near him were those who belong ed to Nichols’ ba id, exulting over the the very momen} fell, under the, blow one of the ruffians from behind; and man to the earth The blow hadrrendered him senseless fallen-victim. At their brutal chief given by^Gilbert, bacPafiproacbed struck the' young so suddenly that mask fall from tli he did no.t see .the villain’s face, and and informed that he would jre might „position, be ¡looked upon as á ’spy in case-he- gave anyv:and would be* treated as a spy if.caught. IJhis promise wasgiven, as Gilbert felt that it would de dishon- „orabie to take advantage of the knowl edge he h a i gainjaclWhile protected át his'lnme. . ]| '■Residingi near the Harrisoq cottage -was a maul of most viciotfs disposition, by the [name of Robert Nichols. He had considerable wealth,.and consé-« quent influjence. But it'jonlfy reached to. those iwhii were congenial spirits. He wAs almost a stranger [in [the neigh borhood, Ibaving arrived there] only the fall before the'battles and his wealth consis^ed'in’a liberal 'display.of gold, which hé’scatteredIwith »prodi gal hand. t ’ ' i • At the breaking out„of the war, bp was loud in denunciations, of the Yan kees, but refused to enter] the Confede rate Army unless he was given somg important-command. This was refused him on’ account of his general bad char acter. His nexi move command of his was t,o organize a own, which consisted i* * - |V He 'dignified them Rahgèrs, while worse than most of a dozen men desperate as himself ‘they by , the name of were, indeed, of the guerrilla-bands and. bushwhackers ¡which were des pised and punished ’aliku • by -Federal and Confederate. But the depreda tions committed, by these rangers could’never' be traced to- themand so they escaped,] although the 'com mander at Donelspn had made con- siderable-effort to discover the marau- knöwn oi ders. The, moat [that was them was] that 3 their captain’s name was RobeH Wilburn, a iferooious-look- in'g person. He! had frequently been could ;never jbe’’ intrapped. each I expedition these, men seen, but Bi^,uppn were thoroughly disguised, so that ¡when at -their homes they 'were‘ not recognized] j. Probabjy a month before the fight,' <Nicbolsf [; had -| s|een-' Mattie 1 Harrison and' became enamored of. her. r .He visited :th|e cojttla'ge -in the absence., of ‘h'er brotheF. and'made ¿ proposition to the mother for the handfof her dangh- ter, ¡She | gave him a positive refusal; Not satisfied vnth this; however] he j-o gain posseuion of har b i force.], And to succeed’in; the under-' 4 ♦ 1 * * * 1 1 Ì he remained’unrecognized. Thè agony Of phe sister .was greatj and-she threw herself across her broth er’s body, uttering pitiful moans. But she was*raised ufi. Looking into th face .of'the villain'] she exclaimed : !■»,* Villain, why -lid¡you do that.murj dèrous“act??-’\ ' - That I might have no one deeply interested in you* on earth, excepting myself!” , *‘,Is ray mother dead?” - ’ “ No, but she is powerless.” ’ ‘‘-Whatiare yo ir intentions regard ■ ing-.myself-?” “ You shall soon'1 learn; In thè mean timelyou will accompany my friend to a place of] safety, while I at tend to your:broth,er, for I see that h-3‘ is recovering.” • ^ “ Wliat do you propose to do with him?” . ' o j / .1 “ Convey him to camp, where I shall denounce him as a‘spy. He will be ex-ecuted to-morrow.” 1 a “ Beware, Ro|)ertNichols, beware! lama woman’,, but you will, yet -find that I will y;èt bs avenged, most terri bly, if you further harm my brother.?’ The'villain ladghed,. and then Com manded his .men to go'forwaid. Sijx of them, with Mattie; as their prison er, moved on, waile Nichols and half a dozen others remained'behind.^^s soon as his victim was lost to viewyie' said: | - “ Now, boys, off with your disguis es; We must go into „the fort witlh this man.” • “ For what purpose ?” At the same lime the question was asked, huge whiskers were thrown aside, and.0 the band appeared* quite changed. ■ “ For the purpose pf convicting thie man as a spy; [you- must swear that we captured’him at the so.uth side, the fort, in cónvèrsatioii with t Yankee officer«!, who-fled at our aL proach. . He attempted to do the same, but. b eW dismounted we pver- took him. Of course, hè received fhei wound in an attempt to defend him self. .W e also'sawhim give the pffi- cers what appea red in tbe-distance to. be like paper»?., But; wher^is my Wjig and whiskers?” - A searcb,for tihera in, every direction proved fruitless, and their loss .was' quite a mystery.’ ' 0 . ;| It became1 necessary for the party to act-with7 consider able caution. Thjey come from below the v make their story rea- venture too far wotild large number ¡of as .a re- must appear. to fort, in .order -t sonablo, and to be -dangerous, scouts were -hovering about. It quired nearly t be whole night to > ac complish this. Some 'little time before daylight they (¡¿rae'tipon the Cohfeae- rate pickets. | Relating their^tory, they were conducted] forward arid into the outer works, halfway up the de- clivity. f, | i-,.. ,/ ^ Here a drumhead eourtro^tial, was at orioe formed. - The oominandet mf ’¿his work-knew Gilbert, Arid t lie pledge of his honor that he would furnish no information to the Fédérais. He also recognized'those who brought him in as people who resided in'than vicinity, Although they did not béióng tò the Army,0but 'he doubted'not 1 h a t’their i sympathies wire with .the -Corifède- : ‘»tes. It therefore became h is duty, to tend the despositions .of thes ì witness- 38, together with the j, eenten çe of the 30urt,.to. headquarters for approval. . The battle raged with fur; r.. all that 3ay. This occupied the attention of the Commander so entirely-; that he' eglected to sign the docàn ent until inattention was directly called to it pwards evening. *It was then dis- iatclîèd lb the oafeir'Vork, ^ »here Gil bert was. confined, awaiting .he carry ing out of his death-sentence. It came, and the prisonbr was march ed out to die;' .A temporary scaffold had been erected,1 and the fatal rope ,was around the neck of the condemned riian.. The Commander askod him if he had anything, to say, when he re plied : ■ “ Yes.- I am nò spy. I wah not cap tured as reported by these men, in conversation with officers of Jhe Fed eral service. I was standing a]?ové the fort gazing down the river, when my sister was attacked by a ruffian. ' I sprang to ber defence, and was felled to the earth by a blow. I know, not, How long I remained senseless; but when I recovered, these raen were conducting me through th 3 . wood, I knew hot whither.” “ 'Do.you know either of these men?’’ asked the Commander. “ Yes.. ‘ I know them all by sight.” “ Has anÿ^one of them a reason for especiaUpite toward you ?” “ Ilfeii'eve Nichols has.,” ‘iAvhat reason ?” « My Brster refused and spurned the offer of his hand.” . ‘Do you see before you 1he person who attacked you'r siste^” “ I think not.”- “ Have you any reason. t(J> think the others are your enemies ?” ' “\Yes they all know me Union* man, a°d hence hate “Most likely,” answered “ But you have been fairly the evidence of the, witnesses to be a me.” the, officer: J,ried, and. must be with' that received: Let.the work be done.” In a moment more, poor Gilbert would have been .suspended in mid-air,- Jb'ut a, series of most - tefrif c and defi ant yells rang out,-and’ below' were 8eeri.the flyiug Confederates and the pursning*Unic>u troops .................... -. Returning to Mattie Huvrison and her captors. When they parted with t ieir leader, they took thçir way Qup th î ’ Cumber land., They traveled nearly the whole night when they were met [by a-party ’of horsenden. They were halted at once. j - . “ Who are you ?” âsked .thé com mander of the squad “ Confederate soldiers,” |was the re- p!y- “ What are you doing girl ?» “ She is a spy, and we have taken he!’ a prisoner.*’ * i “ Then you are headed ini the wrong direction; So about face, and back to the fort.” ; * “ But they are fighting there, and we have orders to take\ h 3r to Nash ville.” „ j Mattie here gave ber ou n story. In a moment more the sir were bound, and sne-was released. Placing her up on a horse, they started in their return toward the fort.- ' The dî,y was Well advanced when they arrivîd uprin the scene of action. Daring several hours they had heard' the booming of the great guns and the roar ol musketry. Just at dark, they arrived in a strip of wood near fhe outer fort. ’ Here ;tney waited for a time, when* the brave Illi nois, Iowa, and Missouri boÿs, which armed the brigade.of Gen; C. F. Smith, came thundering through the timber^ charging the. mass es who op posed them. Onward' they rushed, with an impetuosity Whiçli defied o’p- )08ition, breaking the ranks o | the en emy, nor pausing till the outer work, where the execution w'as a bout -to take jlace; Wjas fully in theiij possession. Some of the brave men dashed to the side o£ Gilbert and he was released. ^ Mattie, felt an unconquerable desire ;o enter the fort in the hope of finding 1 er brother. She went forward with ;he chargingcolunin, nor dfid'the sheets of glaring flame, and deadly hail check 1 er for a moment, or cause a thought of fear to enter hek mind. Thé sister’s deyotiori caused her to t link only of lei; brother’s peril. She reached the interior of ihe work in safety,!»nd„was soon by her broth er’s side. «Nichols- was. there, top ; iè trembled in spite of all his efforts dared they would. “ Then place these upon the tilt |in.” Mittfe produced the ' wig an#! vhis) kefs which she^hiaid’ secured after'i ffichr olsthrew them off. Nichols was sei seid, arid when-the articles were placed upon him, he was pronounced to be Ro aelrt ^Yilbur. . ' , . “ Let tbeleader of the murdereis be hung at once,?’ exclaimed the .¡Com mander. “ The other’s shall be pro|)- erly dealt with.”- •* It was the villaih.ranger that sw ing. upon the scaffold, and not Gilbert Har rison. ' r ] 1 THE STORY OF UHEVY OHAOl!. through.Lord Percy, so that be never spdke mqre. • • Then an archer of Nojrthumberland look aim at Sir Hugh, ¡with a white swan’s plume, and the next moment the knight fell from his' saddle; and’ the plnme on the arrow\; that stuck-in his breast was no logger wnite—but red. j- And.so.they went on till evening; ana still the- ¡Hattie >was Doit done. ac- We take the following spirited count of the.Chevy Chace, that.begin ning of long years of hostilities betw»fen England,and Scotland, from “ Stories from Famous Ballads,” anew chill’s book, by Grace Greenwood. It will interest the larger as well as the .lit ;le folks; j dearored to girlj but ..she ;o appear calm. ’.He en avoid the ^ait0 of. the minted hïm but; saying : That’ is thé villain Robert’ Wilbur,. th,e terror of the surrounding cQun- ;ry, and ,the murderer- of many inno- cent people, and the] pesolator of many peaceable homes.” [' “ Robert Wilbur,”.ecWed the vil ain, with a forced laugh. “ I am jtôô well known fin this wicinilty for yon to make that pass current.” > Several1 who knew him.vouched, for- the truth of his assertion^ i - , ‘ ' “ Arethereany here *w ho would rec ognize ¡¡Wilbur if they saw ¡him?”! as^ced M attie.r; : ' ’’ V],..!*' ‘' Stw aljsteppqd forward' and 4«- It was in the reign of Henry the Six th of England,, and of James the First, [of Scotland, that the hot-headed Percy, Earl of Northumberland, made a vow, and swore á great oath,.that he; would hunt for three good days among t le Cheviot Hills, in jspit^ of his Scot ih foe—the brave and mighty Earl, aud all bis clan. He declared that. ìe would kill'the fattest harts’of alft ie forests, and carry them away to fesst upon in his grandf castle. When tl ìe bold Douglas heard this, he laughed,' iu a grim, mocking way, and sent t ie Percy wòrd to look tor him, also] it the merry hunting. Lord Peroy came out of, Bomboro, with a company, of’ fifteen hundred archers, and began the chase amoi g the beautiful Cheviot Hills, early on a Monday morning, in the golden au tumn tune. By noon they had killed a hundred fat deer. . Then they blew a loud b i- gle call, aud all came together to. 'see the quartering of the game. Then tl e proudLoicfcPercy said : “ The’doug 1 - ty Douglas promised .to meet us her », to-day ; but I knew full well the brag gart Scot wfould fail to keep his word,” Just then, one of his squires called his attention to a sight which quickly ebauged his opinion of the Scottish chief. ¡ Down bploiy, in TeViotdale, along the borders of the Tweed, came a hq.i t of full-two1 thousand men, armed wi’t i bows and spears, bills and brands. As soon as they came near to the hunteru they cried jout: “ Leave off quartering the deer and.look to your bows,’ for never, siuce you were born, have yoi had greater need of them thap now. ’ The Douglas node in front of hi 3 men, his white plumes dancing in th ì wind, and. his brazen armor flashing in the raid-day suri; and when he spok i his voice was like a trumpet—so clear and strong, and threatening. “ Ho! there,” he cried; what men or whose men are .y.ou? And Wh<¡r gave you leave to hunt in Cheviot, spite of me?” , ^ \ Then Lord Percy, with a1 bla'ck frown, and a voice like thunder swered: _ “ We will not tell thee w&at met; nor whose men we are ; Hrit we wili hunt here, in this ^hace, in spite of thee and all thy clan: We have killed the fattest harts in all these forests, and we iutend to take them home and make merry wi|ih them.” “ By ' my troth !*’ answered the Douglas; “ for that boasting\ speebh, one or the other of us must die this day ! Biit, my Lord Percy,! it were a pity to’kill all these guiltless men in our quarrel. We are both ¡nobles of high degree, and well matched, so fet our men.stand aside, while we fight it out.” t ■( The Petcy agreed to this ; but neith er his nor the Douglases men’ would consent to «stand still while their lords were fighting. So the English archers bent their bows and let fly a perfect shower of in an Then they fonght by the moonlight, Until the night \winds sighed - &Hout them, and skieswept still tears of <rew, and tHe timid, little stars glijftfe down 'upon them through tnc‘M;oah- ing trees. . , 1 ’^'2 ' In the morning it was foun'd ithat.of the fifteen hundred archers of England there were living but fifty-three; and of the tw,o t housand spearsmen of Scot land but fifty:five, and .these were \so weary and| wounded that, they 'gave up ^he fight. ' •. When it was told to the Scottish king J[ames, at Edinburg, that the uo'ble Douglas had been slain at Chev iot, he cried, “ Alas! woe is me! for there is not and never .tvill be such an other captain in all Scotland.” But-when the word was carried to. King Henry, at ¡London, that Lord Percy had been kjlled^at Cheviot, he said, “ May ,God have mercy on bis soul! I have a hundred captains in England as good as ever he was!; nev ertheless I pledge' my life to avenge thy death, my gallant P ercy!” To fulfill this angry vow, he- went to battle against the Scottish king, and iriade the lives of six and thirty of his bravest knights,0 and many hun dred gentlemen and soldiers, pay for the life of the Percy. 1 Soon the Soots avenged themselves ; then the English ; till it seemed that, there would be no end to th,e fighting, and bloodshed, and sorrow that came’ from that hunt in Cheviot Hills, most often called “ Chevy Chace.” For century after century the descendants of men who fought there were^,at dead ly strife; and few, I fear, were as no ble foemen as the great Douglas and the Lord Percy. - ? At last they forgot that the first; cause of the quarrel was a dispute, about the right to kill a few deer, be tween twb chieftains who were recon.- ciled in .death, and they went on hat ing, and robbing, and killing one an-“ other, fighting all the while, in ¡the. darkness of ignorance, and supersti tion, and fierce wicked passion's. But after a while God sent a better day, to England and Scotland, a day <?f knowl edge and true religion; and by its light those men saw that they were brothers, flung- down their swords,- clasped hands, and were at peace for ever. . T^ ree R emarkxble ^Wfoovs.-^A Nfe-w York correspondent «writes’as fol lows: Rounding the Fifth Avenue'ho- ¡tel corner] a few days ago, I met |ust at the Uroad$ay crossing of Fifth ¿Ve- nue? the(,t$l, -handsome, and!, stately\ ¡wjdow of’ Johp J. Crittenden,« Shje ¡waBTooking, in splended health, was. magnificently dressed, and attracted -the atfention of many who did. Inpt knoWhei by*her personal ¡appearance. Mrs. Crittenden is still a well-preserved woman..She had hardly disappeared do wn Broadway; before ! was surprised to see another distinguished lady-pass in. the opposite „direction, going «-rip Fifth ayenue., She was not so well pie- served, nor so young, but still a notice able lady; Sh'e'was once the wife of DartiH.-W]ebster. „As this iady'wefit up'Fifth'avenue, a nbless distinguished lady passed-¡down fhe street inberioar- riage,~rMrs^ Qen. phillip-Kearney iHjat was] a- magnificent woman in .respepfc- ito appearance; with much natural beau ty and a good deal more that was ar tificial] Gen. Kearney!, it>;willibe re membered, left two widows—each of whom.was designated in his wjllas-Hia wife*.- ■ THis, was his second wife, form erly a Miss Maxwell] [daughter p f 1 a former collector of this p5i-t, and a!di’s* tjnguished- merchant. Thei first Mrs. Kearney.-was. Miss Diana Cuthbert- Bullitt/of. Louisville, Ky., sistef \'of the present collector of the port of New Orleans, and an estimable lady. While ¿he •was- still: living, .Kearn[ey saw and^dmirGd Miss Maxwell and sjba admiredj.himr' The two went to. Eu rope-together, and, after being gone about a year, during which a suit for ¡divorce-from «the first Mrs.\ KearnJey was prosecuted, and obtained by some means;-.returned and were, married. Wbeb'-Kearhe.y Was killed, his.estate was left to his second wife, with* a provision of $80,000 to Mrs. Kearney, nee Bullitt,-and the same sum to each of h,er .children. -Mrs. Kearney nee, Maxwell,” is living here in fine, style, Sbe is eaid-to be very charitable, ¡and takes great .interest in the welfare/of\ soldiers and their families. She.[is a beautiful.woman still, and much court ed and jadmired. >. \* — • - ------- - ----- j* How to C ut and T rim ’P ork )— •The following directions, says th’e' Bal- timof Sun\ may be found us'efurat the ' ’’ ’ g season, to such of our readers as are “ able\ to go thé whole hog : Have the hog laid on .his back stout table. i ou arrows,* and the Scottish spearsmen and Scots both drew their swords, and fought face to face and foot! to foot. And so began one of the most terrible fights the sun ever looked ijipbn. Soon the Douglas and the Percy [came to gether, and fought till the blood spurt ed through their armor and sprinkled all the ground around them in a. thick, red rain. ' ' - , At last the Douglas cried: “ Yield, Percy, and I will take thee j to orir, Scottish King, aud thou sbalt be no bly treated, and have thy ransom free; for tliou ¡art the bravest man that I have ever conquered in all my fight ings!” , i , ’ . “ No,” replied .the proud Earl; I have told thee beforehand I tjell thee again, I will never yield to any man living; so' lay on!” 1 ‘‘ Just then an arrow, sent by ajitont English ¿roher, came singing , sharply1 tHrough th e air, and pierced deep into the breast of the Douglas. He gave one cry,[ “ Fight.On, my merry men, while you may; for all my days are over !” and then straightened] himself out and died. - • ' j ‘ Lord \¡Percy took the deajd. man’s hand and-.said “ wo’s, me! «to have saved thy «life T would have, parted yvitirimy^ lands; for in ill the country there «was/not A- braver, or i] better man!” As he stood there lamenting, a Scot- knight,. called5 S ir HughrMbrit- ’gomery, oarae, galloping up on »¡ swift steed, and drerre hia dear S ho b t n b s s o f T im e in D r e a m s . One of the most remarkable phenom-c ena connected with dreams« is the shortness of time needed, for their con summation. Lord Brougham ’says that in dictating a man may frequent ly fall asleep after, uttering a ,few words, and be awakened by the àrnan-, uensis repeating the last word, to show that he^as written the whole;” but though fiyb or six seconds only , have elapsed f bet ween the delivery of the sentep.ee and its transfer to paper, the] sleeper may have passed through i dream extending through half a life time. Lord Holland and Mr. Baggage] both- ¿onfirm the theory; The one] was listenibg to a friend reading aloud, and slept from the beginning of ,th$ sentente to the latter pari [of the sen* tence’ immediately succeeding; yet, during th]is time he had- had, a dream, the particulars of which 'would haye taken? pore'than a quarter [of an hour to wrijte. Mr, Babbage drjeamt a 8nei cession of events, and woke in time to hear the concluding words of a friend’s answet to a question he-had just put to him. One man was liable to feel ings 01 suffocation, accompanied by & dream of a skeleton grasping his throat wheriever.be slept in a lying posturje, and had1 an attendant to wake him the moment he sunk down. But, though, awakened the riiomeut he began to sink, that time.snffided for a long strug gle with the skeleton. Another man dreamt that he crossed ¡the Atlantic,* spent a*fortnight in America, and fell j overboard when embarking to return; yet his sleep had not lasted mòre than ten minutes.— The Header. * ' A n E ncounter with a P anther ,—• .A young man named Hill, of South Granville, Washington county, had- a singular encounter with a panther,-the other, day, while hunting for 'squirrels; His. dog began barking at [the mouth- of a cave, and came, out of the opening: bleeding, as if having had aijtnssle with’- some animal. Hill determined to “ see it out’’—so he procured a lantern' arid: axe, and rereniered the, caye. For fif teen feet he had to crawl. [Then he was’ able to stand up* Tie proceeded, fifty feet furtlfer, when be saw the eyes; of an animal glaring at I Mm. He poked the gun, which the stranger seized itr bis mouth j he fired j the animal made a rush, but a blow with the hatchet fin-; ishejd him. The question then .Was to get -hira out., ¡Dragging w'as practiCa- ble/juptil he^got to the narrow spot, when He had to eaU,forHelp, and i't re-. quired, five or ffix« p pull the captor and captiveto Die open, air. It proved,. to the'great astonishment ofiMr./Hill] to be a panther six ;feet long.'. \]Tbe hunter said he vrouh Prather: fightgeb- els thaH^^^uridfertikq potherAnohajob. Clean the carcass of .phe leaf fat.. Take off the feet at the ankle joints.^ Cut-the head off close to> the shoulders, separating the jowl fi-om tbe skull, and.open the skull lengthwise on* the under side, so as tb reftiovel the brains jfally-. Remove the backbone in its whole length, and withra sharp 'knife'’cut 'off the shin—th'eri^the] *fat, leaving only, aboutl one-half inch of fat o,n the.spin al column. The middlings or Bides are, now cut from between the quarters, leaving the shoulders square ' shaped arid the hams pointed;or it may be rounded to, suit yorir fancy. The ribs .are next removed, partially or .en tirely from thè sides. The; trimmings or fat from the hams, and flabby parts of the-sides, are rendered rip With the backbone strips for lard. The sausage meat is cufc off from the leaf fat and ribs, and other lean pieces'are used for the' same purpose. The thjck part* of thè backbone that lies Hetweetl” the shoulders*is called the chine; it is cut from the tapering bony end and Jàttjer part called-the backbone by way oi- dis tinction.\ The backbone used while fresh«;- the chine is better after Heirig smoked. - 1 ! T h e 'H id d e n L i f e . —Among the workings of the hidden lifer Within us which we may, experience but 'cannot explain] are there any morq [remarka ble thari those mysterious mpral influ ences constantly exercised, either for attraction 01 ^ repulsion, by one hpririan ( beipg \over another ? In the ¿inkiest as in the -nfos^importaut affairs of. life, how] startling,'how irresistible is their power ! How often we feel anid' know, either pleasurably or painfully, that another is looking on us, „before we haVe ascertained the fact with our own eyes.- How often we prophesy „.truly t'o ourselves' the approach of .friend or .Or enemy just before either have, really appeared,. * How strangely and.abruptly we!be\c.pme convinced at a firetrintro- dncitiop,‘that we shall secretly love this person and’loathe that,' befoVe’ ‘ekperi- ence,hasguided us with a siri'gle fact in relation to their cjiaracters. 1 ir.m R ules fob the j ournet of L ife . — Never ridicule sacred things, or what others‘may .esteem, as 'such, however absurd they may appear to yon. r‘ Nev er show levity when people are en gaged .in religious worship. Nefrer re sent a supposed injury till yod 'know1 ¡he yiewSarid motives of/the [author. Always take.the part of an absent per son, who is censured- .in. co.napany, so far asTruth and. propriety ¡will, admit. Never affect -to- be witty, ¡nor- jest to wo.nrid the feelings of another^ Say asTittle as possible aboutyourself and those who are near yon. Aim at cheer- fnlne&i without levity. NevferObtrude advirieunasked. Never Courtthe favor of the rich. ¡by. flattering their^Mces or vanities..’, Oq,qU occasions hpye intros« pect the.(end of-life and.futime.good. .-1 >« 0 • - - ^ - — • An agedjlady -Mm«d. ]Tynde?ll, died in:¡Pougbkeepsie] and was .Hmied by orders of. her ¡son the 'PUm.?,.* «PY» alraort^befora- the;.body \waflf.coM. 4 V i ri * ? ..•ri..
