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July 26, 1851. ___ The Northern Star, 3
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THE SEW ARISTOCRACY . ' A title once eorjld only show The = igi'S of noble birth , . Ajid men of rank were , years ago , The ureat ones of the earth . They deem'd it pst the crowd should shrink Before the cap and « own ; They thought it wrong the poor should taint , And right to keep them down . These were the days when books were things " The People" could not touch-Made for the use of lords and kings , And onlv meant for such . To ^ orK the loom , to till the soil , To cut the costly gem—To tread the round of daily toil , Was quite enough for them .
Time was when just to read and write "Were thought a wondrous deal , Fortno ^ e who wake w ith morning light To earn their daily meal . The r oan , a more submissive slave , The leas his head-piece knew ; And so the mass from habit gave Their birthright to the few . ] j ! ow look , abroad , the light of truth Is spreading far and wide , And that which fills our English youth Mast shame onr ancient pride . 'lis mind alone can wield the sword , In spite of wealth and rank ; Ihe artisan may face a lord , - "With thousands in the bank .
We scorn not those of high degree , For so ' twere wrong to do ; But poorer men as rich can be , And quite as noble , too . The prince may act a gayer part ; But he who works for bread May have , perchance , a warmer heart , And , perhaps , a clearer head . Then grieve not for "the good old times ;" Behold a brighter day ! The causes of our fathers" crimes Are - wearinjr fast away . Before the Pen , the Press , and Rail , Must old opinions fall ; The mighty project cannot fail-Then aid it one and all !
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JRecolleclions of Scenes and Institutions m Italy and the East . By Joseph Beldam , Esq ., Barrister-at-Law . - Two vols . London : Madden . Mr . Beldam went np the JRMne , and passed through Switzerland and Italy to Malta , Alexandria and Cairo . His purpose was to have ascended the Kile ,. but the lateness of the season prevented him ; so he made a journey across the Desert to the most remarkable spots
of Palestine and Syria ; closing the tour by a visit to Athens and Constantinople , The style of the book is pleasing and gentle , —occasionally it is even poetic ; but the matter is by no means so fresh or important as we should imagine might even yet he presented by a tourist , who , following a route so often described before , at least in separate parts , should have carried with him either a shrewd turn for observation or a large power of general reflection .
Among the numerous persons our traveller fell iu with was a gentleman in the service of the Pasha of Egypt , who was supposed to be an European renegade ; and this encounter gives rise to a liberal consideration of & curious subject . It has fallen to my lot on more than one occasion to associate with renegades ; they belong to a class whom it is almost impossible to respect , because it is impossible to believe in their sincerity ; and men ¦ who are disloyal to their Maker can give no guarantees to society . The most favourable construction of their
conduct is to regard them as utter unbelievers in revelation ; as men who hold religion to be important only as an instrument of government , and , concluding all religions to be equally false , give the preference to that which has the strongest hold on public opinion . It is so obvious that human laws and sanctions unaided by conscience fall short of their object , that the ambitious and unprincipled of all ages have recognised the political necessity of religion ; and hence , where they have not found one adapted to their purpose , they have even set about the invention of a new one .
Toltaiie , in his play of " Mahomet , '' puts this sentiment into the lips of the false prophet" II faut on autre cuke ; il fans < Ie nouveaux fers ; II faut « n autre Dieu pour l ' aveugle univers . " It was curious to know what opinions were entertained on this subject by the astute effeadi ; and though I could not directly put the question to him , I was enabled iu the course of conversation pretty well to ascertain them . They corresponded with the ideas ahove expressed . A semi-barbarous people .
he maintained , would submit to no laws which they did not believe to be Divine ; and rulers are not only at liberty therefore , but obliged , to make use -of the popular superstition whatever it may be . In this view of the case , he considered that a diversity of religions , in the present imperfect and variegated condition of human society , was a positive benefit and not an evil . At the same time , he freely ad uitted that Christianity was the most moral of all religions , and would one day become universal .
The progress of religious liberality in Turkey seems pretty much an affair of situation : in remote places , the people , if fanatical , display their fanaticism ; at Constantinople they are more restrained . It strikes ns , however , that there is one great change going on—the women seem to be under less feeling of restraint . The following incident occurred ' at Constantinople , and it could hardly have taken place under the old regime , when a fanatical Moslem lady would scarcely have addressed infidels . The scene of the incident was the Mosque of Solyman the Magnificent , which our traveller had been visiting with a party : — .
On coming out of tbe gate of the mausoleum , we were met by a Turkish lady and her daughter ; who , astonished beyond measure to see us issuing from the sacred precincts , stopped Pittaco , and desired to know our nation and religion . The answer being unsatisfactory , the inquiry was communicated to us ; whereupon Lord Bernard Howard desired the Dragoman to inform her that we were " all Christians . " Still the lady was unsatisfied , and wished to he informed more precisely what was the nature of our religion . As our party represented not only different- nations , but different creeds also , this might have been difficult ; and the Drag .-man was -again ordered to say in general terms , that we were " Believers in the-iblessed Jesus . " On this , tbe " yasmac" which partially concealed the lady ' s face was sufficiently withdrawn to exhibit an excited
countenance and eyes beamins with animation . ¦ *• Yes , " she replied , "but we alio believe in Jesus . Jesus was one of the minor prophets ; but our prophet is Mahommt-d , the last and the greatest of all . " She was evidently an enthusiast , and continued to descant for some time on the prospects of Mahommedanism . She Vaid that the young Sultan was not competent to the task of government . She then spoke of the disorders' of the times ; and tended with the consolatory assurance , that the period was approaching" when all things would be rectified , " for in thirty years , " she added , " Jfcihommed himself will appear on horseback to set the world in order . " The little girl who accompanied her appeared to be very impatient during this conversation ; . and Pittaco afterwards told us , that she was repeatedly imploring her mother to leave the " Giaours" and come away .
The author being interested in the question of the Slave trade , had resolved to take the opportunity of an expected interview with the late Pacha of Egypt to urge on him the suppression of this traffic in his dominions . The Pacha having left Cairo , however , about the time when the interview was to take place , Mr . Beldam paid his respects , instead , to Bakie Bey , the acting governor , and addressed his remonstrances on the Slave trade to him . Prom the following account of the conversation , we should imagine that the Bey was more than a match for Mr . Beldam , —and , in fact , contrived to bamboozle him : —
We began the colloquy by expressing , of course , alltho interest we felt in tbe wonderful country we hid ccmc to visit , with suitable ecconinnis on its . great and improved resources and capabilities . The bey politely acknowledged these compliments . Th " conversation then turned on the vast importance of commerce , especially with the interior of Africa . The bey's assent being given to this also , the subject naturally went on to the obstacles that stood in its way . 1 'ere I felt quite at home , with the information I had received from our Darfour merchant . I stated , therefore , that in the opinion of the regular traders , both native and foreign , there was no hindrance so great to legitimate com-
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merce as the slave trade ; and that , however much individuals might profit by it , the revenues of the pacha must materially surfer . It was the pacha's interest , therefore , to put it down . I \ ods of approval from tbe bey , as I proceeded , showed that he understood my observations ; which were translated , notwithstanding , by the man in office , and again formally assented to . With a further view to commerce , 1 then took the liberty to suggest that intelligent young slaves should be educated and sent back to their respective countries , to sow tbe seeds of improvcriicnt , of which the pacha wouid , hereafter , be sure to reap the harvest . It was now the bey's turn to r " eply , which was done through the same official medium . He
acknowledged , in brief , the truth of all that had been said . Sone could doubt the value of a commerce with the interior ; and the report of the Darfour merchant was entitled to credit . The slave trade must certainly be a hindrance to every other traffic , and consequently , injurious to the pacha . But as for the plan of educating slaves , and sending them homesingularly enough !—it was the pacha ' s own benevolent idea ; and would , he believed , be speedily carried into execution . So perfectly agreed were we on the siave trade , that tbe " conversation now became general ; the favourite Oriental topic—the speed of the railways—coming first , of which I gave bitn such an account as" made him shrug his shoulders with affected surprise , though of course he
knew all about it before . He then expressed his warmest gratitude for the many attentions shown to a brother of his who had been staying in England . While we were thus mutually offer ing civilities , and the bey was acknowledging his sense of English hospitality , pipes and coffee were undergoing our grave discussion ; the servants appearing and disappearing in the manner I formerly described . At the end of the second edition we rose and were conducted by our host to the bottom of the room , where we took our leave ; we to our affairs in the city ; and he , smiling of course at his own dexterity , to the official duties of the divan . Bakie Bey was a well-favoured man , of an European complexion , with quick grey eyes , and a remarKaoie subtle aspect . During the whole of the conversation I was conscious of the lynx-like scrutiny we < vi > n > undereoinr ? : and I entertain no doubt betook
it for granted at the close that we had been thoroughly gulled . It certainly was too much to expect sincerity on such a subject as the slave trade ; butwe were not more imposed upon than our neighbours . ' Shortly after this reception , it seems that several of my former colleagues obtained an interview for a similar purpose with the late Ibrahim Pacha , then on a visit to this country , who treated thsm to the same good natured expressions of sympathy and approval . That account appeared in the public journals ; and it is possible that our own story of the old Pacha ' s benign intentions might have " obtained the same wide circulation—as intended of course by his astute representative—had we not fortunately discovered , almost immediately after leaving the citadel , that the whole had been ingeniously invented by our host for the occasion .
Mr . Beldam agrees , upon the whole , with almost all other writers on the East , that Mohammedanism seems to be waning in the chief centres of population there , and especially at Constantinople , —that the condition of the Oriental nations under the rule of the Turks is everywhere most wretched , —and that Russia , through her instrument , the Greek Church , is gradually extending her influence into this part of the world .
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The Scalp-Hunters j or , Romant ic Adventures in Northern Mexico . By Captain Mayne Eeid , Author of 'The Eifle Hangers . ' ThreeYols . London : Skeet . 'The Scalp-Hunters' is full of fierce life and feverish interest . M . Henry Haller , the hero , who writes in the first person , going to St . Louis in ' search of the p icturesque , ' joins there a part y of prairie merchants trading to Santa Fe—men who , dressed like so many D'Orsays , wore white linen , diamond studs and rings—the finest cloth g arments tastefully cut—and who drank Madeira at twelve dollars
a bottle- ! All this changes , however , when they are out of the city , and traverse the wilderness , and we see them hardy , daring , energetic fellows . They undergo a total metamorphosis . In the course of the journey Haller comes across one Seguin , a ' scalp-hunter , of whom some horrible exaggerations are told , but the title still indicated his profession . It should be explained that the scalp-hunters of Northern Mexico are a species of land pri vateers , who occupy themselves in the task of exterminating certain mischievous aborigines , and who receive head-money on every victim or adversary scalped . Of this goodly
company Seguin is the leader : —a superior , melancholy , mysterious , tender-hearted man , who , like the Bravo in Mr . Fenimore Cooper ' s Venetian novel , is debited with crimes never committed by him , and whose main object in joining these expeditions has been to discover and reclaim a daughter stolen in her infancy , and made queen over the savages by whom she has been adopted . Into the hands of this Seguin falls Haller the hero , when he is smitten by fever ; and having fallen in love with Zoe , one of the daughters , he agrees ^ to join his father-in-law elect in a scalp-hunting
expedition , and in search of the lost daughter , upon some new information received latterly of her whereabouts . She is finally recovered , after danger and difficulty ; but to the unhappy father ' s anguish , she has lost all recollection of him , and become , as it were , innately one of the tribe with which she was found . Care and attention , the solicitude of the mother , and the unceasing watchfulness of her sister Zoe , tend to rouse up the faint and almost dead recollections of the past , and they are rewarded by a recognition which makes , what to her seemed a mystery , all plain .
Such is the plot of this novel . The following extracts will g ive an idea of the style . Our first is a description of tbe prairie traders —a class that will , in the course of time , be superseded by Asa "Whiterey's Pacific Kailroad : — There was a party of gentlemen stopping at the hotel , who seemed to know each other well . I might call them a clique ; but that is not a good word , and does not express what I mean . They appeared rather a band of friendly , jovial fellows . They strolled together through the streets , and sat side by side at the table d'hote , where they usually remained long after the regular diners had retired .
I noticed that they drank the most expensive wines , and smoked the finest cigars the house afforded . My attention wasattracted to thesemen . I was struck with their peculiar bearing—their erect , Indian-like carriage in the streets , combined with a boyish gaiety , so characteristic of the western American . They dressed nearly alike ; in fine black cloth , white linen , satin vests , and diamond , pins . They wore tbe whisker full , but smoothlv trimmed ;* bnd several of them sported moustaches . Their hair fell curling over their shoulders ; and most of them wore their collars turned down , displaying healthy looking , suntanned throats . I was struck with a vraisemblance
in th 8 ir physiognomy . Their faces did not resemble each other ; but there was an unmistakeablc similarity in the expression of the eye-no doubt , the mark that had been made by like occupations and experience . Were they sportsme n ? > o . me sportsman's hands are whiter . There is more jewellery on his fingers ; his waistcoat is of a gayer pattern ; and altogether his dress will be more gaudy and super-elegant . Moreover , the sportsman lacks ' that air of free and-easy confidence . He dare not assume it . He may live in the hotel ; but he must be quiet and unobstrusive . The sportsman is a bird of prey ; hence ; like all birds of prey his habits are silent and solitary . They are not of bis
profession . ' * Who are these gentlemen ? " I inquired , from a person who sat by me , indicating to him the men of whom I have spoken . " The prairie men . " " The prairie men * ' * " Yes . The Santa Pe traders . " "Traders ! " I echoed , in some surprise , not be able to connect such elegantes with any ideas of trade or the priaries . " Yes , " continued my informant . " That large , fine-looking man , in the middle , is Bent—Bill Bent , as be is called . The gentleman on his right is young Sublette ; the other , standing on his left , is one of the Choteaus ; and that is the sober Jerry Folger . " " These , then , are the celebrated prairie merchants ? " " Precisely so . " * * * I wear a
huntimr shirt of dressed deer skin . It is a garment more after the style of an ancient tunic , than anything I can think of . It is of a li ght yellow colour , beautifully stitched and embroidered ; and the cape—for it has a short cape , —is fringed by tags cut but of the leather itself . The skirt is also bordered by a similar fringe , and hangs full and low . A p air of " savers" of scarlet cloth cover my limbs to the thigh ; and under these are strong iean pantaloons , heavy boots , and big brass spurs " A coloured cotton shirt , a blue ncek-tie , a broad brimmed Gat » yaquii hat , complete the articles of my every day dress . Behind me , on the cantle of mv saddle , " may be observed a bright red
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"Mackinaw" a great f ^ - , on J ^ occasions , bed by night , aud my great cOh . ,, f it through there is a small slit in the lrfiflu . ., { , „ . weather ; which f thrust my head in cold or > - ' " ^ j have ami I am thus covered to the ankles . * - -Hired . s : iid , my compagnons du voyage nresimiliifiy *»» ' -et There may be a difference of colour in the bntn * .. or the leggings , or the shirt may be of other mate * rials ; but that I have described may be taken as a " character dreea . " We are all somewhat similarly armed and equipped . For my part , I may say that I am " armed to the teeth . " In my holsters I carry a pair of Colt ' s large-sized revolvers , six shots each . In my belt is another pair of the small size , with
five shots each . In addition I have a light rifle , making in all twenty-three shots , which I have learnt to deliver in as many seconds ef time . Palling with all these , I carrv in my belt a long shining blade known as a " bowie knife . " This last is my hunting knife , my dining knife , and , in short , my knifa of " all work . " For accoutrements I have a pouch and flask , both slung under the right arm . I have also a large gourd canteen , and a haversack for my rations . So have all my companions . But we are differently mounted . Some ride saddle mules ; others stride a mustang ; while a few have brought their favourite American horses . I am of stallion with
this number . I ride a dark brown black legs , and muzzle like the withered fern . He is a half Arab , and of perfect proportions . He is called "Moro , " a Spanish name , given him by the Louisiania planter from whom I bought him , but why I do not know . I have retained the name , and he answers to it readily . He is strong , fleet , and beautiful . Many of my friends- fancy him on the route , and offer larce prices for him ; but these do not tempt me , for riiy Moro serves me well . Every day I grow more and more attached to him . ily dog , Alp , a San Bernard , that I bought from a Swiss emigr 6 in St . Louis , hardly comes in for a tithe of my affections .
Our next shows a feat of skill in the camp of the Scalp Hunters : — I had returned to my blanket , and was about to stretch myself upon it , when the whoop of a " gruya " drew my attention . Looking up , I saw one of these birds flying towards tho camp . It was coming through a break in the trees that Opened from tho river . Ifc flew low , and tempted a shot with its broad wings , and low lazy flight . A report rang upon the air ' . One of the Mexicans had fired his escopette ; but the bird flew on , plying its wings with more energy , as if to bear itself out of reach . There was a laugh from tbe trappers , and a voice cried out— " Yuv cussed fool ! d yur think ' ee kud hit a spread blanket wi' that
beetle-shaped blundcrbox ? Pish . '" I turned to see who had delivered this odd speech . Two men were poising their rifles , bringing them to bear upon the bird . One was tho young hunter whom I have described . The other was an Indian whom I had not seen before . The cracks were simultaneous ; and the crane , dropping its long neck , came whirling down among the trees , where it caught upon a high branch and remained . From their position neither party knew that the other had fired . A tent was between them , and the two reports had seemed as one . A trapper cried out , " Well done , Garey ! Lord help the thing that ' s afore old Kilbar's muzzle , when you skuints through her hind sights . " The Indian just then
stepped round the tent . Hearing this side speech , and perceiving the smoke still oozing from the muzzle of the hunter ' s gun , he turned to the latter with the interrogation , " Did you tire , sir ? " This was said in well accentuated and most un-Indianlike English , which would have drawn my attention to the man , had not his singularly imposing appearance rivetted me already . " Who is lie ? " I inquired of one near me . " "Don * know—fresh arriv , " was the short answer . " Do you mean that he is a strange * hetc ? " "Jost so . He kumd in thar awhile agone . Don't b'lievo anybody knows him . I guess the captain does ; I seed them shake hands . " * * » " Did I fire ? Didn't ye hear a crack ? Didn't ye see the
thing fall ? Look yonder ! " Garey , as he spoke , pointed up to the bird . "Wo must have fired simultaneously . " As the Indian said this , he ap > pealed to his gun , which was still smoking at the muzzle . " Look hyar , Injun ! whether we fired symultanyously , or extraneously , or cattawampovsly , aint the flapping o' a beaver ' s tail tome ; but I tuk sight on that bird ; I hut that bird ; and ' twar my bullet brought the thing down . " " 1 think I must have hit too , " replied the Indian , modestly . "That'slike , with thatar spangled gimcraek , " said Garey , looking disdainfully at the other ' s gun , and then proudly at his own brown weather beaten piece—which he bad just wiped , and was about to reload . V Gimcraek or no , " answered the Indian ,
" she sends a bullet straighter and farther than any piece I have ever met with . I'll warrant she has sent hers through the body of the crane . " " Look hyar , mister ; for I s ' poso wo must call a gentleman ' mister' who speaks so fine and looks so fine , tho' he he ' s an Injun ; it ' s mi « hty easy to settle who hut tbe bird . That thing's a fifty , or tbarabouts ; Kilbar ' s a ninety . 'Taint hard to tell which has plugged the varmint ; we'll soon see ;"' and so saying , the hunter stepped off towards the tree , on which hung tho gruyn , high up . — " How are you to get it down , " cried one of the men , who had stepped forward to witness the settlement of this curious dispute . There was no reply , for every one saw that Garey was poising his
gun for a shot . The crack followed ; and the branch , shivered by his bullet , bont downward under the weight of the gruya ; but the bird caught in a double fork , still stuck fast in the broken limb . A murmur of approbation followed the shot . These were men not accustomed : to hurrah loudly at a trivial incident . The Indian now approached , having reloaded his pieco . Taking aim at the shattered point , cutting it clean from tbe tree ! The bird fell to the ground amidst expressions of applause from the spectators , but chiefly from Mexican and Indian hunters . It was at once picked up and examined . Two bullets had passed through its body ! Either would have killed it . A shadow of unpleasant feelings was visible on the
face of the young trapper . * f Without saying a word he commenced wiping out his gun , with that stoical calmness peculiar to men of his calling . I observed that he proceeded to load with more than usual care . It was evident he would not rest satisfied with the trials already made , but would either beat the " Injun" or be himself " whipped into shucks . " So he declared in a muttered speech to his comrades . His piece was soon loade'd ; and , swinging her to the hunter ' s carry , he turned to the crowd—now collected from all parts of the camp . " Thar ' s one kind o' shootin ' , ' said he , " that ' s jest as easy as fallin * off a log . Any man kin do it , as kin look straight through hindsights . But then thar ' s another kind , that ain't
so easy ; it needs narve . Here the trapper paused ; aud looked toward the Indian , who was also reloading . "Look hyar , stranger ! " continued he , addressing the latter . " Have ye got a cummarade on tho ground , as known yer shotin' ?" The Indian , after a moment ' s hesitation , answered " Yes . " '' Kin yer cuminarade depend on yer shot ?" "Oh ! I think so . Why do you wish to know that ? " " Why—I ' m a goin' to show ye a shot wc sometimes practice at Bent ' s Fort , jest to tickle the greenhorns . 'Taint much o' a shot , nather ; but it tries the narves a little , 1 reckon * Hoy Rube ! " "D — n yur . What do ' ee want ?" This was spoken in an energetic and angry-like voice , that turned all eyes to the quarter whence it
proceeded . At the first glance , there seemed to be no one in that direction . In looking more carefully , among the logs and stumps , an individual was discovered , seated by one of the fires . It would have been difficult to tell that it was a human body , had not the arms at tbe moment been in motion . The back was turned towards the crowd , and the bead ' had disappeared , sunk forward over the fire . The object , from where wo were standing , looked more like the stump of a cottonwood , dressed in dirt-coloured buckskin , than the body of a human being . Iii getting nearer , and round to the front of it , it was seen to be a man—though a very curious one—holding a long rib of deer-meat in both hands , which he was polishing with a very poor set
of teeth . The whole appearance of this individual was odd and striking . His dress—if dress it could be called—was simple as it was savage . It consisted of what might have once been a hunting shirt , but which now looked more like a leathern bag with the bottom ripped open , and sleeves sewed into the sides . It was of a dirty-brown colour , wrinkled at the hollow of the arms , patched around the armpits , and greasy all over : it was fairly " caked " with dirt ! There was no attempt at either ornament or fringe . There had been a cape ; but this had evidently been drawn upon , from time to time , -for patches and
other uses , until scarcel y a vestige of It remained . The leggings and moccasons were on a par with the shirt ; and seemed to have been mauulactureu out of the same hide . They , too , were dirt-brown patched , wrinkled , and greasy . : They did not meet each other , but left a piece of the ankle bare ; and that also was dirt-brown , like tho buckskin , lucre was no undershirt , vest , or other S ?^ ; ° n 6 seen , with the exception of a close-fitting cap which had once been catskin : but « bo hair was nil worn off it-leaving a greasy , ^ . ^^ "S ^ face , that corresponded well with the othoi ^ partsi ot tho dress .. Canf shirt , loggings , and rnoccaspns ,
looked as if they had never been stripped on , - nee the day thev were first tried on ; and that might have been many a year ago . The shirt wMoprardisplayin * the naked breast andL throat-and these , as well as the face , hands , and ankles , had been tanned by the sun , and smoked by the Arc , to the hue of rusty copper . The whole mmi-clotheai and all-looked as if he bad been smoked on l' ^ Pose-His face bespoke a man of sixty . 1 bo teatuie were sharp and sotaewhat aquiline ; and the small eye was " a « k , « iick ,. nud piercing . Dm n ^» * m black ami-cut short . Hi * complexion had been na-
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totally brunette , though there was nothing of the - xenchman or Spaniard in his phvsioanomv . « e vas morai likely of the black Saxon breed . " * * £ rZ > P msxcor as i , bl , ve . -o old fellow sat err . ^ " ' , ? ,, is he ! , d between his knees-^ mg . mui abling . ai . dgrowjinir , like a lean old „ . ' ~ > ' 1 * T » S disturbed in " hig meal . " Come in ¦[ ' til ° i T / nt i'e a bit ' " continued Garey , H % L «» t - rreafcy - * * " -. What do ' eo «"» - ' ,. » t e J " 9 . u" -ed , going up to the trappy ' , - ^ nnt ) ' 0 to hold this , " answered Garey ; OhJ 11 ^ Ium a ™™ l white shell , about the size of a' wate- ' s P eeies of which there were many sti ' sweei ' over the ground . "Wt a bet , boyee ? " « ' s 0 / \ i . « « not . " « Aint WaStin' yur powder , are yur ? " "I ' ve i'een beat shootin ' , " replied the trapper in an under iP-no , « by that ar
ii'jun . The old mart looked over , {(} where the n n p ° lD ? ia « vras standing erect and majestic , in all the pride of his plumage . There was ' nd appearance of triumph or swagger about him , as he stood leaning on his rifle , in an attitude at once calm anil dignified . * * The smoky carcass moved anay , with a slow and regular pace , that showed he was measuring the yards . When he . had stepped the sixtieth yard , he faced about , and stood erectplacing his heels together . He then extended his right arm—raising it until his hand was on a level Wltll His Shouldei ' -and , holding the shell in his fingers , flat side to the front , shouted hack— ' Now liill-ee shoot , and bo d-d to yur !'—The shell was slightly concave—the concavity turned to the front . Ihe thumb and finger reached half round the circumference ~ -so that a part of the edge wag hidden and the
surface turned towards the marksman , was not larger than the dial of a common watch . * * Garey , drawing a long breath , planted himself firmly—the heel of his loft foot opposite to , and some inches in advance of the hollow of his right . Then jerking up his gun , and throwing the barrel across his left palm , he cried out to his comrade t"Steady , old bone an' sinyer , hyar ' s at ye ! " The word s were scarcely out , when the gun was levelled . There was a moment ' s deathlike silence—all eyes looking to the mark . Then came the crack—arid the shell was seen to fly , shivered into fifty fragments ! There was a cheer from tho crowd . Old Rube stooped to pick up one of the pieces ; and , after examining it for a moment , shouted in a loud voice ;— " pium centre j" Theyoung trapper had , in fact , hit the mark in the very centre—as the blue stain of the bullet testified .
Captain Eeid has evidentl y made tbe Transatlantic novels of Mr . Fenimore Cooper his models , and a powerful writer of the same school , though with more exaggeration in his style than the American novelists .
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . We are glad to report , from time to time , the progress of the lectures at this very crowded Exhibition of Science and Art , feeling convinced that whoever may pass a few hours there is sure to go away with some valuable fact derived from the lectures or other scientific sources of tho Institution . Mr . Pepper is still engaged in delivering lectures on the gems at the Crystal Palace , his present subject being " tho Pcavl and the Ruby . " The Professor- commenced by observing that the pearl was neither a mineral nor a crystal , but an animal
concretion or deposit , taking place in a peculiar kind of oyster found on the coast of Ceylon , and also in other places . After many interesting details , a beautiful specimen of the pearl in the oyster , lent by Messrs , Hunt and Roskell , of Bond-street , was handed round , and the analysis of the gem being carried out at the . lecture-table in a i-ve ' ry simple , but truthful manner , showed the composition to be carbonate of lime and albumen . Mr . Pepper then proceeded with tbe ruby , and concluded by describing various useful applications of alum in the arts and manufactures , especially to dyeing and calico printing , and other processes were ' praotically illustrated , much to the satisfaction of a very crowded audience .
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. The Kohi-nor is now called the " Knave of Diamonds . " Good Thoughts are as useless as good dreams , if they are suffered to remain thoughts . Passbngers are now conveyed by steamer from Newcastle to London for seven shillings each . Bkttkr to be brought up at a good mother's knee than at the feet of a Gamaliel , The EXHiBiTioN .--The total receipts of the Great Exhibition to July 1 th inclusive , amounted to £ 275 . 316 12 s .
A New Desion . —Mr . J . Blakeley , of Haliax , has just registered a design for a railway ticket preserver . The Westminster House of Detention is now known by tho more aristocratic title of . " Somerset House . " . Manchesteb . Fr . ee Library . —The subscriptions for a free library at Manchester now amount to upwards of £ 9 . 000 . Hibernicism . —An Irishman in Philadelphia has discoritinned his newspaper because he never received it . ; Con . —Why are washerwomen the silliest people in the world ? Because they put out tubs to catch soft water when ? t rains hard . ' French Ballooning . —The French Government has prohibited any further balloon ascents , except for scientific . purposes .
Speaking —A man often regrets that he did speak on certain occasions ; very seldom that he did not speak . The corporation of Limerick is the oldest in the United Kingdom , being twelve years older than that of London . Flax Growing in Ireland . —Government have granted £ 1 , 000 to defray the expenses of public instructors of flax growing in Ireland . " Ratbbr Green . " —A servant girl was asked by her mistress to " string the beans , " when she replied , " that she would as soon as she went up stairs and got a needle and thread . " Slanderers are at all events economical , for they make a little go a great way , and rarely open their mouths except at the expense of other people . In Paris the soldiers of the Thirty-third regiment continue to be insulted by the workmen and others , for having formed part of the expedition to Rome .
. Insult . —Whatever be the motive of insult it is always best to overlook it ; for folly scarcely can deserve resentments , and malice is punished by neglect . Baron Haynau has purchased in Hungary , near the'fheiss , a large estate of-nearly 6 , 000 acres of fertile alluvial soil , at the price of £ < k . sterling per acre . ¦ . ¦ - ¦¦ : . Novel CoNTRiBUTroN . —Amontttberecent contributions to the Great Exhibition iFa loaf , baked in Perkins ' s Hot Water Oven , measuring two feet ten inches long , sixteen inches wide , and weighing thirtysix-pounds eight ounces . A Word to the Marrying . —Let thy liking ripen before thou lovest ; let thy love advise thee before thou inakesfc choice ; and let thy choice be fixed before thou marriest .
Cossciescr is like a bee—use -it well , and it will give honey—use it ill , and it will put forth a sling . —Puritan Gems , selected by the Reverend John Adey k Widower . —Tbe Hindoo Intelligencer announces the death of one of the seventeen wives of Dinnoonauth Mokerjee , which melancholy event consequently leaves the said Mokerjee the seventeenth part of a desolate widower , Russian Jews . —Some Jewish capitalists , driven from Russia by late measures , against their race , are endeavouring to purchase large tracts of land for the formation of Jewish colonies in Hungary . : Caution to Promising Lovers . —The Law of Evidence Amendment Bill , now before the House of Lords , renders the evidence of the party promised admissible in a court of law , to recover damages for a breach of lover's vows .
A great mind may change its objects , but it cannot relinquish them ; it must have something to pursue ; variety is its relaxation , and amusements i s repose . A Man in Petticoats . —A New -York paper says , " A man was seen near Broadway , on Saturday morning , in petticoats , and with a bonnet on . When asked by the police why he wore this costume , he replied , * My wite has taken my clothes , and 1 have taken hers . '" Sad , but True . —Cowper remarks that "the colour of our whole life is generally guch as the thiee or four first years in which we are our own masters make it . " A Wit . —Sir Walter Scott says that a pto es ' sional wit is of all earthly companions , the most intolerable . lie is like a school boy with his pockets stuffed full of crackers .
How to Pusish as Ekemt . —Hannah More said 10 Horace Walpole , " If 1 wanted to punish an enemy , it should be by fastening on him the trouble of constantly hating somebody . " Jenny Lind . —Barnum has acknowledged having made 500 , 000 dollars by the Jenny Lind concerts ; the Swedish Nig htingale herself has realised 350 , 000 dollars in the United States ; the net proceeds of- tho ninety-four concerts being nearly 1 , 000 . 000 dollars . A Miser . —When tbe rich Miser , Elwes , who left about a million of money to be divided between his two sons , was advised to give them some education , his answer was , ' Putting things into people ' s heads is taking money out of their pockets . " A Good Sentiment . —Governor Wright , of Indiana , advocating the establishment ot a common school system in that State , says- " If vie do not pay for the education of the boy , we shall surely pay double lor the ignorance of the man . "
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saw" S' ° uth ^ ' ~ T 1 *** *•*» " <«»» says , At South hgremout , three ladies have come out in their fathers' clothes , out of sheer im „„ S e we presume , m not getting their ' bloomers ' . W Ine gentleman who saw them thought I mi v lool ' od very pretty , notwithstanding their clothts didn ' t ' ' -ei very well . " "Very Caxdid . "—An Oxford student joined without invitation a party dining at an inn . after which he boasted so much of his abilities that one of the party said , " You have told us enough , of what you can do , tell us something yon cannot do , " " Faith . " said he , ' I cannot pay my shure of the reckoning . "
' Sleep , like death , is a great leveller , " said Mr . B _ !—t yawning , as he closed a large volume just before retiring ; "Plato , while asleep , was no greater than any other mortal ; ergo , when I ' m asleep I ' m as great a man as Plato . "— " Was Plato when asleep , think yon , yow eoual in every respect ? " asked his friend . — " Certainly . "— " Then he must have been an awful snorer , " "Proof Positive . "—The Star-spangled Banner puts a disgraceful insinuation in the form of a fact : - "A friend of ours never seats himself at a table where sausages firm a portion of tho food , until he has taken the precaution to open the door and whistle , If one or more dogs respond to his call , he seals himself and makes a hearty breakfast of sausage meat ; but if no dogs come , he always confines himself to simple bread and butter . "
Things Lost fob Ever—Lost wealth may be restored by industry-the wreck of health regained by temperance—forgotten knowledge restored by study—alienated friendship smoothed into forgetfulness— . even forfeited reputation won bv penitence and virtue . But whoever again looked upon his vanished hours—recalled his slighted years , stamped them with wisdom-or effaced from Heaven ' s record the tearful blot of wasted time?—Mrs . Sigournev . How Nations can acquire Wealth . —There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth ; the first is by war , as the Romans did , in plundering tbeir conquered neighbours—this is robbery ; the second , by commerce , which is generally cheating ; the third , by agriculture , the only honest way wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground , in a kind of a continual miracle ; wrought by tho hand of God in his favour , as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry . —Benjamin Franklin .
Printers have an honourable employment , and one that the first men have filled ; an occupation which is , to all who will be true to themselves in its pursuit , the path to honour and eminence , Lord Erakine was a printer ! franklin was a printer ! Beranger , the celebrated French poet , was a printer ! Thiers , the distinguished French historian , was a printer ! Printers have become our State Governors , they take seats with our Senators , and , as leading editors , have wielded pens that control the destinies of nations . Tub Trousers Question . —What edict gave the men leave to wear trousers and coat ? The dress of
our male ancestors was the petticoat . The men of the east , from a remote period , wore what would be called among us , a female garb . Moses wore It ; St . Paul , and Paul ' s Master , wore it ; and the clergy , to this day , wear an imitation of it . In China , where the same customs have existed from a period that makes our western antiquity a thing of yesterday , the men wear petticoats and the women trousers . It appears , then , that the sexes have changed dressthat the men have handed over their petticoats to the women , and taken the trousers from them . What edict authorised this ? That of fashion . And if Jashion restore pantaloons to the ladies , what harm ?—American Paper ,
Ruptures Effectually Curep Without A Truss!
RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CUREP WITHOUT A TRUSS !
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 26, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26071851/page/3/
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