Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              r)rV.-t -- ■ ' W, »■D ' ' ■ TTTTtr" " tl' T I', ' T 'V ■ • • ..... v:., .  AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURN „tn io jho*r l i7-yi »yD * AL.. itj ni nU'lLfl ■ . \'J 31 ttMli) „yrtti3)i3(itr--(Sttwttii to Jjtws, I'itmiturc, fjjr JtawfigJWrrliniiiriil, nuit Slgrimltaral Snttnnfe nf tjjf (Cnnntnj,3i«tnirtinn, amiumtiit, fct.')~€mo JDallnw jptt tamn,; In f Mttiuh til* nw— VOLUME 4.--NUMBE11 € P1TTST0N, FAiil FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1853. WHOLE .NUMBER 162; ——■—a—mmrnrnmmfml stretched afiroiS (be fcanal, or Chd ,ie ear, like the skin of a drum, 'iinlulaiions of the air, when they •nst it, throw it into a mate of vii corresponding to that of jhe sound* which vibration* of the tymparansmit'ed along the ndtf»efd(tt passages, called the labyrintl) to ory nerve, thus producing,WW Jn of sound. The tympanum .-adily perceived, by th8 aid Qt an it, without causrh'g pain, lifted jm U perforated, the hearing is though (ho air is the moat useful I sound, yet it is not the oolite- wood, metals, and almost ices of any density 6f texture' ily transmit stfund, but evqf MR ire readily and perfectly, lg Under water if w -»i! il y itnn ME HTTSTON GAZETTE, for nine';y French nnd Spanish muskets.'* Carletcn and I shOok our heads incredulously. The Yankee signed for us to follow liim. led us oul of (lio 'jlockhouee, and thiottgh the Mockade, to a grassy projection of the hillock. "Ninety Fieiich and Spanish musket*," repeated he In h fifth voice, and weighing each word. "Qpposed to.tliem were Asa Nollins, with his three brothers, lit) hrolh-, er in-law, a cousin, and their wives. He fell like a brn-ve American, as he was ; but not alone, for the dead bodies of thirty foes lav round the blockhouse when he died. They are buiifd tlicfe," he ridded, pointing to a row of cotton trees a short dis- ; tnnce off, which, in the pile moonlight, might have beon taken foV he spectres oi the departed ; "under those cotton trees they fell, and there they arc hurlfcd." The old squatter remained for a short time In his favorite altitude, his hands crosscd nn ms'ntte, rind his chin resting on them. life soerr.ed, to be summing up the recollections of a time long gone hy. We did not care to interrupt him. The stillness of the night, the light of the moon and sfnrs; that gave tho prairie 1 yip's: before us the nppcarance of a silvery 9ea, the sombre forest on either shlo of the blockhouse, Of which the edges only Here' lighted up by the mobnbearne, the vague allusions onr guide had made to some fearful scene of strife and slaughter that had been enacted in this now peaceful glade—-| all these circumstances worked upon our imaginations, and we fC It unwilling to break the silence that added to tlie impresive beauty of the forest scene. 'for ynr rifles were tO use against bears and on Ihoir territory, they will be sending wolves, and redskins, and not again*! troops to dislodge us." Christian men. Upon this, clown they Asa's words made us reflect, and we cnine again ; we brought out a calabash held council together" ns to what was best of real Monongaheln. and after they had 10 be done. 1 proposed ihat ivc should taken a dram, they got off their horses, build a blockhouse on the Indian mound, and came in ana ate some venison, which . to defend oursolves in, in case we were atthe women had got ready. , They were tacked. Creoles, half Spanish, half FrefiCh, with i "Yes," said Asa, ''but we 9ro only si*, a streak of tlve Injun; and they spoke a and they may send hundreds against us." sort ot gibbering not easy tci understand, j "Very fruD," said I, "but if we had 0 Hut Asa, who had served with Lafayette's I strong blockhouse on the top of the mound, division in the 'time of the wat1, knew ! that would be as good as Bixly, and we Frciicli very well;*atrd wlion thoy had j could hold out against a hundred Spanish eatqn and drunk, he tried to moke a deal | musketeers. And it's my notion that if with t'nem for two of their It was we give lip such a handsome bit of ground easy to see they were not theltind of men ' as we have cleared, without filing a shot, that dccent lolks could tPado with. First I we deserve Co have our rides broken en tlie Union as with an earthquake ; the gl'. rious Union of our country, cemented together bv strong commercial and social lies ; they have spread iho try of disunion throughdtit llie land, with' so loud a voice as to istartle its great defender and expounder.hang upon hi* words, with breathlew at teniion listen 10 his thrilling appeal. He is winning tor himself a brilliant fame—a wreath that shall always cluster around his name, wherever it is uttered,'to the end of time ; and he Ik also laying up a glorious treasure in the garners of that world tha' is'unsi'en and eternal.' which ia iube of' and thtD strike agi b ration, iiifl body nu i) are winding (he audi to the acnaalioi may be • inatrurm. thetympan defective A3D giisqitctmiitt Anthracite Journal lTUUSIIKIJ Wf.F.KI.Y BV tJ. M. RICUART 8 H. S. 1M1ILL1PS. bjfo ireit tldt »f Main Strrrt, ttcimtl tlnr) of the Uttrt" «/ Ifuntr Jr /»W. If they wore nol blinded by fanaticism tliry couid easily see thai 8s an institution, cannot at (lie present day; be nliolixhpd. It is utterly impracticable. It must die out, as it is now doing, by de. grees ; it is an ingredient that has too long and closely been interwoven into the groundwork of our country, lb tear it assur.der now would only bo to sever the chords that bind the states into one glorious compact; them but heed th» word* of the departed Webster, Union note and /nr. ever one tind, msepemb/e tnc" our country is safe,, disregard thern, and Heaven only knows what will be the CotiSequeiiccs. We wish with America's greatest statesman, w ho has since closed his eyrs in death that when we clip, it inny be when we can feel that our gloriops Union Is safbi when no civil strifes shall mar the peace ■ and prospeiity of our noble republic. That our eyes as ihey close in death, may look forth upon the "ship of Mate." nobly mannt=d und governed, sailing on in majesty arid honor towards thb haven of prosp't'iiy. ; ■fu.-GAMTTK fc )» f"1'".'**1 Tfiflff* |M»r nnuuui. Iwo Uollnrn unit PMy (JotitM will be chargi!q If not paid within tho Rt» naper will b-j dtaoonllotied until all •rrmrp8» are paid Advkhti«k*kht* are Inserted at Onk lloi.- la a iHJr miutiro of fottlroen Urn* throe Inierllowi iiti lTw*!rr*-riTK Uehts mlditioniilforevury aubMtjuent Insertion. A liberal deduction to thorn whoadveitw* for ilx monthior the w hole year. Job WoaK.—Wo have connected will* our i 11 well selected m»£ortnujut Jon TtVI Whlni will *?n~ bin into cxecut«,ln tho Mttit »tjl« ovitji variety of priming.  From such an example we see how fatal is the error which has gained such prevalence. We behold a mind which ia capable of swaying men at pleasure, and whose delight it is to elevate his fellows from grovelling tastes and debasing sins to a brighter and purer walk un.der the care and lavor of the Almighty. We see it long enslaved by a fatal error, and for years pandering to the whims of fops, and bowing in submission to the tyrant, Fashion. Hut finally (he night posses away. It bursts the shackles that had weighed it to the dust nnd risos to a place in that bright (jalaxy ol siars wliosc fr.me is deathless, and whose influence is D terniil. Hu(R vehicle c hicte. V all aubst8i will not r vcy it m •ir. POETRY. lhey would, and then ihey wouldn't; which horses did wo want, and liow much our own shoulder*." Asa, however, did not seem altogether would wc give, We offered them thirty-. satisfii d It was r.Uf-y to sea that lie was From Arthur's Homo Ottelte. five dollars for their two best horses——aricT a heavy price it was, frtr nt that linlo money was scarce in the settlement. They wanted forty, but ot las; took ihe thirtyfive ; and after getting three pails driTnk upon laflia, \vhicli they asked for to wet the bargain, as they snid, they mounted two upon cacli of the remaining horses; and rode away. Wc now got on famously with our field.*, and soon sowed fifteen acres, of maize ond thinking of the women and children. Then said Rachel, Asa's wife, C-| calculate, and ! oughtn't lo say it, that brother has spoken like the son »f his father, who would bo scalped ten times over before he would give up such a mighty brautilul piece of land. And what's more, Asj, I tor one won't go back up the omnipotent dir:y .Mississippi, and that's a fact." •'Rut if a hundred Spanish soldieis cajnc," said Asa, ' and I reiktm ilifey will A belWu..( nearu lalnt ly, tliougn distinctly in the air  if the head be put under the watery it w,ill be more distinctly heard. Dr. Frankljn; having plunged hia head under water, caused a person to atrike two stones together beneath its surface, and heard theaound distinctly at the dUtance-of more than hal# a mile. In ealm weather, a whisper may be hear J across the Thames. We are as'-' sured, on good authority, that the unaaaisted human voice has been heard from Old to New G.braltcr, a diatance of ten or twelve milea, the watchword 'All's welj," given at the former place and fieard at ih# latter, In the famous sea fight befweerj the English and Dutch, in 1672, the sound t*f cannon was heard at the distance pi two hundred milt s from the plate of  In all these cases the sound passed over water, and srr.ooth bodies form favorable channels for sound, as, for example, the surface ol ice, snow or water. M* dreams. BY MARY Ji WKTHISRBT. Hod lie listened to tho treacherous mid. giving* that formed their birih and stistenancc in public opinion, earth must have lost one of her shining lights, humanity a spirit devoted to her elevation. Lone and ardently Jie toiled. The slow daik days ol many years beheld his praiseworthy struggles. Olten when weary with hislalors would an evil spirit seem to hover around him, nn«f wl isper in his ear, "Fool ish mortal, wriut profit do you seek in return for your puny endeavofs ? Genius nevef inspired your soul with her glories, never dtsclosed to you the golden mine oi etfernal truth, or taught you to strike therefrom beautiful and polished shafts of tho't —Eloquence never touched your lips with her fire ; nor has nature marie you graceful and commanding in action. What, then will your labors avail ?'' Dreaming, dreaming, ever dreaming, Thus my early year* were paused, Till by Hitting, dark earth-shadow* Was my dreain-sky overcast, And a whisper from the Htal, Woke me from my dream al lust. Dreaming ever, dwelling ever On that misty Shadow shore, Dwelling in the Fancy castles, Hope had huildcd long belorc, Wund'ring with the living shadows. All that beauteous dream-Iund o'er. tobacco, ond then began clearing another ten acre field. We were one davat work conic 1" '•Ruild the blockhouse, man, lo defend She, loo, is linker! with the Woman's Rights movement, and into it she draws many ofihe male advocates of abolitionism, to liolp them roll on the ball of human proiriTss, as they* call it. DC this movement sufficient has been written and saiil to make ihe very mention of it disagreeable to the ear of any lover ofgood order. at this, when one of tnv bovs came run "ourselves ; and wlieu o;r people up nt ning to us, cryina out, "fill hi r ! father! the redskins !" We sn.'itchcd up our riflps and I|ustei)cd to the top of the little knoll on which our houses were hu.li, mid thencc Salt Hivcr nnd Cu^iIxmliitul lieur that tin Spaniurds ore quarrelling with us, I guefs tliev won't keep their hands crossed before them." jlStSH, Dreaming of a glorious Soul-life, Unto high aspiring* given, j4ttd I struggled with my earth-chains, Till I thought my fetter* rivph, Then I dwelt within that Soul-life, AS the angel* dwell in Heaven- "Did you ever float down the Mississippi?" unkefl Nathan, abrtipily. As ho spolte lie sot down on the hank and made 11 sign to us to sit benido hiin. wo saw, not Injuns, but fourteen or fifteen Creole, galloping towards our clearing, Hollering anCl sltntiiing like madmen.— When ilicy were within fifty yards of up, Asa went forward to meet ihein. As soon So seeing us nil, eveu the women, thus determined, Asn gavo i.i to our way ol thinkine, ni;d the vC rv same day we bfrjun tl'Q blockhouse you now sec before you. The jvujls were all of voulig cypress trees, und Cve would liuve roofed it with the same wood ; but the smnllc.-t of the cypress u«ra (ivo or !«*«*» ttrlHi, untJ ft1 \\*hs no Of alt the different species of fanaticism this is the most revolting and unsuccessful. To think that womnfi, refined and delicate women, should seek to enter the arena of public life, is against nil reason. Enough lias been shown Ijy. Uuu progress ol itio movcrtienl, thai its adwCiMcs consist of a few unblushing mnscrfftno females who jinnl for fame, followed by n few feminine men of the weaker sort, that are soelung to effect thiC revolution in society. "Did you ovor float down the Mlssiasip- Dreamllig of (l WlUMul t.ove-land, And a heurt-hoine, O, how fair! Where the ever beaming Lovq light Cti8aail ttis dtupott, Arid thfc long lliinhstcered fohging* Of my heart found answer there. pi?" ns iIipv sow filrp, one of ihein gulled out, " i ficro is the thief! there is the mail who iDtyle my broil it lioejui l'' These evil whisperings 1:6 chased away by imniiser application ; and putting on the armor of energv, and spreading anew lo the breeze the banner on whose broad (olds was inscribed his watchword, ' Perseverance !" he marched forth to the vie- But {he most accurate experiments pri this subject are those which were made by M. Colludon, in the Duke of Geneva, it! the year 1820. M. Colladon tamed a tin pipe to be laid across the lake, the pipe being under the water. A bell was then rtln£ berfeath the surface of the water at ojid end of thfe pipe {he so tin d ot which was distinctly heard across the lake, at the other end of the pipe, being a distance ot nine mil«jCf. "No, we came up it from New Or leans hither." ••That 1s rtnildng j the si ream Is not half so dangerous there as above Nntelw"/.. We camb down,—six roert, four women, n id twice as tnany children, all the way from the inoutli of the Ohin to the RC 8 riror ; and bud work WW htiH of it in a crarty t/'il boat,'to pas*ihe rnpids, and avoid the  banks, und snags, and sttwjers, nnd t»hCi'- evurthe devil the'y call thoiii. I calculate ive wern'lsorrv when we left the river and look to dryland again. The first tbfng we did was to make n wigwam, Ittjin fash ion, wiih the branches of ("ees. '1 Ills was to i-lieUer Ihe women and children. Two remained to protect them, and the other lour divided into two parties, alid set off, one south, and t'other west, to look for a good place for a settlement. I and. Righteous, otio of Asa's brothel's, took ihe southerly track. It was no pleasuring parly, thill journey, but a right.ikiwn hard und dangerous expedition, through cypress swamps, where snapping turlles were us plenty as inovquitoe.", and at every step the cougo and mnerusin snake writhed ubout our ancles. We persevered, how. ever. Wo had a lew hundfulu of corn in our hunting pouches, and our culubuslicD well filled wi|h whiskey. Wih that and our rifles, we did not want for food. At length, on the fourth day, we came to an upland, or rolling prairie, as we call it, from the ton of which we imd a view.lbat made onr hearts leap fyj joy. A luvely s-trip of land iuy before us, bouudfftl at the further end by a forest of evergreen oaks, honey locusts and catalpas. Towards (lie north was a good ten mile of prairie ; on the riuht iioml a wood of cotton trees, and on the left the forest in which we now are. We decided at oucc that we should find no bwter place that litis to fix ourselves ; and we went back to tell .Asa and the others of our discovery, and to show ihem the way to it. Astiinl one of his brothers returned with us, bringing part of our traps. They were as pleased with the place as wo were, and we went back to fetch the rest. Uut it was no easy matter to bring our plunder, arid the women and children through the forests and swamps. We had lo cut pMlis through the thickets, and make bridges and rafts to cross the creeks and marshes. After ten days labor, however with the help of' our axes, we were at our journey's endj We began directly clearing qr.;l oulling down trees, and in three weeks we had built a log house, and were aLjle to lay i down lo rest without being disturbed by the wolves or catomounts. Wo bnilt two more houses, so as lo have one fir each two families, and then set lo woik lo clear the land. We had soon shaped out a couple offields, aten aero field for maize, and one hull" tlie size for tobacco. These we began to (ligiOnd hoe ; but the ground was hard ; and though we all worked liko slaves, we saw tlioro was nothing to be made of it without ploughing. A ploughshare we had, and a plough wo easily made—but horses were wanting ; so Asa and I took fifty dollars, which was oil tlie money we had among us, and set out to exploro the country for forty miles round, and endeavor to meet with somebody who would sell us a couple of horses, and two or three cows. Not a clearing or settlement did we find, and at last wo returned discouraged, and again look to digging.— As the ver_V;j\r/U day after our return, as we were toiling'away in the field, a trampling of horses was heard, and four men, mounted, and followed by a cnuplo of wolf hound?rcamecantering ovor the prairie.— It struck us that this would be a famous chance for buying a pair of Worses ; and Asa went to meet them, lo ask them to alight and refresh. At the same time wn took our rifles, which were atways beside us when we worked ui the fields, and advanced towards the strangers- Cut when they saw our guns they set spurs to their Horses, and can(ered off To a groalef distance. Asa called out to them not to fear, Asa mode no answer lo lliis, but waited iii/fll mey came nearer, when one of ihcm rode up lo him and askid who was the cliW in the settlement. easy matter to split ilietri. Ho we were obliged to use fir, which, when driid by u few days sun, burns like tinJir, Uul we little thought "hen we did so. what sorrow ill.iso curscd fir planks would bring us.— When all was rC mlv, well arid solidly nailed and liamoiertvd together, we made O, 'twas rapture, dreaming, dwelling, On that radiant, love-lit shore, Where rCiy young heart'* wild devotion, Found an idol to adore, And my soul wns thrilling, tilling V\ith a joy unknown before. And t(,c fjulck ldood started ijuicker Hushing, blushing, lo ntV Check, And I strove to find n language. That my eeslaey could f|«.ak, Vainly strove ; for lintel language, Angel spoken, were too weak. ''There is no chief litre," answered Asn, 'We are nil equals und free eitin • zona. The station now allotted to woajen U»ri seends that occupied by man. ll train up the boy who iC to bo the man ol ufier years, and mould his mind to her idea of u noble and just bring, such as his Makor designed htm to bo. What nobler station can reasonable woman desire ? None — It is hers too,- to educate and fit the girl who, iu after life, is to bo the cofnpariion of the boy, and w ho will ihcn fill the stalion she herself now occupies.- How worthy of emulation is an example ! How does such a man stand forth among his fellows, stamped with the seal of nobility. lorv "Totl have slo'rn a borne fropt our friend Monsieur Croupier," replied the other, "and you must give it up. I ii chimney, so ihsit the uomcn might cool; if nicessury, and ilien laid in a u'ood store of Kitms and dried bC ur's flesh, filled the | meal and whiskey tubs, and the water tasks, and brought our plough and u hat ; we had most valuable intotho blockhouse". We then planted our paiisades, securing ( litem firmly in the ground; and to each ether, so that It miulit t:ot be easy to tear | them up. We left, 11s you 8*0, a space of ' five yards between ihe house and the stockado, to have room to move about in. An j enemy would have to tiiko ihe pulisad; s before ha could do any ji jury to the house ' Itself; and we reckoned ili'it with six good )ifies, in such bauds us ours, it would lake u pretty many Spanish mutkcieers to drive us from our outer defences. ■ lu six weeks all was ready ; all our tools and ra;ions, except what we wanted for doily use, were earned into tho fort, and we stood looking at the work of our bauds with much sitis) faction. A-a was t!:e only one who 4eom- I,ei nil those who arc setting otlt on a life which thfcy hope to bring to a distilltinguished nnd honorable closf, always keep In miiHl the truth that success is cer. itrtn it they are persevering. Th*y will conquer i f thev faint not. By the glorious example of a Demosthenes, of a Cicero of a Pitt, and of a Webster—by the light of :ruth and reason—by all tho theories of philosophy—by the experience and history of aces—by all their dctDiresof honor and usefulness, let ihem be encouraged to press forward with untiring assiduity, with a firm resolution and a fixed purpose, and the full consummation of their highest hopes is riot onlv sure but unavoidable. Wood, earth and iron also appear to tie o°od conductors of sound. The Looting of a watch, placed at one extremity a long beam of limber, or the scratching oiti pin, may be distinctly heard by a person Who places his eftr at [he other extremity of the beam, although these sounds could not be distinguished at halfthat distance in the air. In like manner, the trampling ol fee can be heard at a greater distanoe the ear is placed close to the, ground.— Hence savages sloo£ dWn and clap theii oar to the ground in order to discover the approach of enemies or beasts of prey ; and it Is well known ".haj dogs discover,the approach of a stranger in this v is also a good conductor of tr the boiling of a kettle, tfrar "fs that all ?" saw Asa, quiet)v. " No ; you must sIkiw lis Ijy What right yttu huul nil '.liis territory." "Ycried hull n dozen oilier?. will Imve no stran«jcM mi oijr-ljuuting grounds ; tIk; bonis iinfl eoiiirnr.s nio got. "wo Itisht rsto twine around tho lioart of her husband all :hnl is lovely and good of her own disposition, so that in the cares anil duties ol life she mnv sustain and cheer him iu bis many trials, ll is lieiB to cheer him up when lie returns from his daily labors und seek to thiow a sunshine aiound his heart by her kind words and affVicur.n-ate smiles. These are what he can udmtro and he will no: slight iheiw. Thus I dreamed, njoyous blunder, 4 To Ihisc heart-consuming iVnri.; And nicthought jriy joy-dream bri«litcr»«d— Ah! ;twns mirrured back by tears. Wailing in llie durk recesses ijng scarcer ihan over, and as Cor llm bufliiloos, they are clinn ( xierininnlcd, And nil I lie ifffic Kiev up re talking, iliry kepi leiuijug aii'I galloping about liko mud. "Tlit! sooner ihe bears and cougars arc kj'fttl, ihe belter," said Asa, "the laud iD not for dumb brutes, but for men." Of tile swift approaching vent*. And tliey came ; their coming witnessed Alt my dreamland beauties fade, And my eiry, Hope-built e»«th* Were in speedy ruin laid,— PfoiT the fearful Reul triumph* tn the havoc it hiu nradc. Wqrcrstkk, Jaly 1th, IS53. The Creoles, however, persisted tliat tve lir.il no ri«»lit to hunt where we were, and swore ivo should co nivty. Then Asa asked them » hat iij;hl tliey had to send us (m ay. 'I'llis seemed to cmbarras* ihein, and they mut'ered together; so that it was easy to see there ivus no magistrate or anv person ol authority iliem, but thai they uere a set of tcampj who lia.1 ooaie in hopes to frigfiti n us. At last they said ihey should inform the governor, nil(' '"1R cominoud.int at Niitchilotfhes, and the Lord knows who besKJrs, that we had oome and squatted ourselves hen', and buil: houses and eleafed fields, and all without riyht or permission \ and that wc might look out ! So Asa began to loso patience, and told them tliey might all go to the devil, and that if Ihey were not off soon, he should be 'apt lo hasten their movements. 9 way. I rot sound. Thus Jibte fn the air *Dy placing ope ' and appljlag j suspend apoinging the ends the ears, give he mediuni of heard equal tcf ir't Home Ga- t. l. r If she wore Co mingle, like him, in the busy iiironof public life, sharing alike .with him its cares onJ trflubles, think you »he could as culinly mid as aflec'ionately administer to his comfort as now ? (Jjm moil sense answers, No. The warm and tender emotion* of her loving heart ivould become dried up and blighted hv coming in contact with the coldness atid conoeit of the world. ON SOUfcD. r - - — ,  may be distinctly heard end of the poker on the vetse BV HAKI.AND COLTLAS it to the ear. 9a, tilso, if w ker by two strings, arid, bi of tho strings in contact wilt the poker a blow, through tho strings a sound will be thai of a great bell,—Arth "The Old Sqniittcr's Story. ed enst down ' i've u notion," said ho, "that this ! blcokhoii.se will be a bloudy one before I long ; and what's more, 1 guess it'll bo the ; blood of one of ua that'll rciMcn it. I've a notion of it, and of how it'll be." '•Pooh, As.i ! what notions be these !— Keep a light heart, man." And Asa seemed to cheer up again, and to lorget his gloomy fancies ; and the next First Article Due of (lie most important uses of tlio atmosphere is the conveyance ol sound.— We are indebted to the air as a medium fur Conveying to-us the sound of each other's voices, and all the melody and harmony of music. Without the air a death like silence would prevail through nature. This lac: is rendered apparent by the philosophical instrument, called th'fe air. pump, by the use ol which we are enabled to remove the air from beneath a glass ve» sel, called a receiver, and producu a vacuum, or space without air. By experiment, it is found that a bell rung in the vacuum otlhe receiver emits no qound what •ver, and that we aro rendered seiisfble 6f th« sound just in proportion to the quantity of air which is admitted into the receiver. .. i TALE OF FOONTlEIt UFS. zelle. In a recently publinhed Knglinh Book, calleil "Adventures in Louisiana,'' we find the following harralire. The writer, while wandering through the South went he fell in with "OJJ N»Umm»," a Analyze the heart* oI these female reformers, and you will find that they have lost all the warm feelings and gentle affections w hich are necessary tomako home ha pny, and seiitT forth from it upright and honest sons, and worthy daughters. » _ _ UOW TO EDCCAfB A MAW OF BU3.'NB8. _ In tho education of a business Man, il must nefer be forgotten that his future life will bo a life of action, and not oi study. Great care must, therefore,'be taken that the health be not impaired in a strife of uteD less honors, that the feelings be not suffered to grow over-sensative in recluse contemplatiou, nor the mind lose its spring and elasticity .under a bad otourpbersome. apd unpartical learning. It has been »aid tha at least one-fourth pi the students ofcollep es leave them wilt impaired health j full one-half are too sensitive to bear rude jos. tliogs of the world } and, perhaps, two-thirds of the balance hafe AoiVie defect t'fiat wo'fild seriously mar therir happiness and usbfulr.ess. It is wonderful how many parent; spend money which they can ill spare, tc unfit their 90ns for all ftrtur6 usefulness A collegiate education 6anhot be recoirmended, and if attainable, is not desirabfe' A counting-house it t ie business man's college. When the you h'i e finUJied hii COU* ' •' or f an k by C he t ever Yankee squatter. Among tUe various.injererfing day we returned to working in the fields ; but as we were not using the horses, one of us used to patrol ten or twelve miles hack wards, and forwards, just for precaution's sake. At night two of us kept watch, relieving one another, and patrolling about the neighborhood of our cleailng. One morning we wero at work ill the bush, when Righteous rode trp at full gal lop. places pointed out liy Nathan, was the ruins of Un old block house. Bui wc will give the story in hu own words— Woman's sphere is emphatically at home. Here she is the queen, if she only rules by love, and not by fiar. We believe her superior toman ; audit is by heD influence that she is to pariicipata in the affairs of public life. A good wife can influence her husband to good motives, she can turn him. bv her reason, into the right •path ot duty.— Waterly Magazine. "Do you sec that ?" said the squatter, seizing my arm iitiil pulling tne aside, whilst he pointed to a dark object which at that distance at:d ill the moonlight, ha J the appearance of an earthen wall ; ' do vou know what that is ?" "I mustJiavu my horse back!" screanied the Creole whom they callfd Monsieur Croupier. '•You shall,"" replied A.*a, ' bolli of tliem vou return the live and thir'.v dollars." "Ii «ns only fiiteen dollars!" cried the lying Creole. , . "An Indian grave, perhaps,,' replied I "A grave it is," was tlie answer, "but not of the Redskins. As brave a backwoodsman as ever crossed the fylississippi lie* buried there. You are not altogether wrong, though. 1 believe it was once an Indian mound." Upon this Asft tailed, loju*, and we stepped out Irom ntnongsl \\j4 cotton trees, behind which we hud been standing all the while; and \D Uin Creoles saw us, each with iiis rifle on his arm, they seemcd rather conlusi d,'and drew back u little. ' Here are my comrades," said A»a, "who will all bear witness that the horses were solJ at the prices of twenty dollars lor the ono and filleen for the other. And j i| any one says the contrary, ho soys t'lut ! "They are coming !" cricd he, "a huh dred of them, at least!" Tlie same effect is experienced, in a partial degree, in a rarified aif ota the top of uiouutains, and in the car of a balloon. M. Saussurc observed, on the top ol Mount Blanc, that a pistol fired off did not make a greater noi.Cc than n child's toy in a room. At stiob elevations, travellers tan with difficulty hear themselves speak. The sensation of sound is produced by a vibratory motion communicated to the air by tlio diii.idiug body, which is conveyed to the eaf in undulations or wuveso/sound —That vibration attends the production of sounds may be observed by placing the finger and thumb to the upper part of the tlirowt whilst singing 01 speaking. Indeed, when a body sounds powerfully, as a large bell, or the lowest siring of a h'arpsiohord, we can percoivo that it actually vibrates, and oven in case® where the vibration is impcrceptibio to tho r.8'keiT wo mat detect it by li e microscope or by some olh er artifice. 'i;.ua, if a glass be filled with •water,- and their struck, its vibrations will be rendered evident by the undulations which they will communicate to the water. A small beadsuspenrted.at tho edge of the glass will show its vibrations in a still more striking manner. So, also, if a bell, while sounding, be touched with lh« finger, the vibrations Will be ft n mediately stopped, and tho sound at the name lime. Oenius and Perseverance. C0.NCI.UDED NliXT WEEK. An opinion lirts hitherto prevailed, niid still has its believers, that any mail's success iu life depends mainly upoh the natural capacities with which his mind is endowed. Nothing can be moro erroneous than such an idea. Where natuio makes one great mind systematic earnest effort make thousands. What is true genius ? It is merely ordinary ability seconded by perseverance. To bo sure a cer tain quickness is observable among many, when young ; but where persevernr.ee is lacking, the quick and forward scholar never rises rtoove mediocrity. On the. contrary, how frequently is it the Case that the thick-head plodding urchin has pressed forward, and surmounting every obstacl*. reached at length the summit of tha hill of science. Again, the idea that genius is absolutely essential to success, has deterred muny a youth from making any attempt to stand high among man. to mind one whoso brilliant talents high ambition, rinvf above all, untiring energy, promised a place, FANATICS AND FANATICISM 11T 8. HEKBRTtT I.ANCEY We had walked on while he spoke, and I now distinguished a hillock, cr mound of earth, with nearly perpendicular sides, surmounted by a blockhouse of unhewn cypress trunks, o( a solidity and thiokness upon which four and twenty poundurs Would have had some difficulty in making an impression. Its roof rose about ten feet above a palisade enclosing the building, and consisted of stout saplings sharpened at the lop, and muck in the ground at a very short distance from each other, being moreover strengthened and bound together with wattles and branches. The building bad evidently been constructed more as a Clace of refuse and defence than as an hattual residence. A ladder was now low. ered, by which we ascended to the top ot ihe mound. There was a small door in the palisades, which Nathan opened and passed through, we following. The blockhouse was oi equal length and brcadthf— about forty feet square. On entering it we found nothing but the bare walls, with the exception of a wide chimnny of sun baked brick, and in one cornet wnsa largo wooden partly imbedded in the ground.* "Don't tread on that board," said the old man, solemnly, a* we approached ttye spot to examine It, "it's holy ground. "How holy ground 1" "There lies beneath it as brave a follow as ever handled axe or riflle. He it was that built this blockhouse, and oh rid termed it the bloody blockhouse—and blood v it proved to be to him. But you shall liear more of it if you like. You shall hear how tig American rifles were too many No period of lime since the days of  atn has boen so prolific of fanatics anil fanaticism as is tha pro ent, and to such an extent, too, that it is really alarming to contemplate them in connection with their future progress. On every side of us they have sprung up, and their advocalps, of ail classes and sexes, are raising their voices in behalf of them, and in denunciation of the better rules of life and prosperity. le of preparatoiy education at • schoo irat'o sertiijiary,' under (lie cbatgt lD!e instructor, who ttaches as much onversation, as by a prescribed courte, hoald go into a couniing house, vhatnay bte his Itfttirfe ( Ccupstion. It Irf e that he will' leai'n order, method, and1 lience, and acpuire o knowledge oflifry the bu'sntess oflffe. tl h there I hit »ill; learn the value of titrie/ and the pe of money—two very ?mp« ftrfnt things enow. Whatever of conoe C 1 e may 3 brought from the Village  i rubbed out ol hfm. H6 I6arri8  ibmit and to be patient—to eV" _ if without anger, and to J' ' with L'ood-humor. V,* ™ D his wits"abbCft hU* w de6ide q.iicklyy ave accurate 8D and. truthf,ul »£D to learn there «re J™' ™{u: in an * coWrting-hoUsc educa; Wljj tDo of advantage to evei'y many his fututo occupation maybe, inorrnl education need not be dweM i. Thia is especially a work at self- Vation. No one's principles can be sd temptation proof,-but thoae whiOh result of (curate coftventiob, and tor ih repeated aatirificee have been !. As ability to Commtrnioate varied practical knowledge by conversation, piali Aoation that especially fits malt tCv teaoher, it should not be overlooked !!* - ' ' - of oh*.—Fr«eCilty's Traaiix* which is not Irite." "Lari/agi/" roarcJ Croupier. ''You shan't slop here lo call, us liars, and spoil our limiting ground, and build houses on our land. 11 Is excellency the Governor shall he lold of it. and the commandant at Natchitoches, nrid you shall be driven away." And the other Creoles, who, while Asa was speaking, appeared to be geltiug more quiet and reasonable* now became madder than ever, and shrieked, and swore, and galloped backwards and forwards, brandishing their fswling-pieces like wild Injuns, and screaming out, that wo should leave the country, the game wasn't too plenty for them, and such like. At length Asa und the reft of us got angry, and called out to them to take themselves off, or they would be sorry for U ; and when they saw us bringing our rifles lo our shoulders, they put spurs to their horses and galloped away to a distance of some five hundred yards. Thero they halted, and set such a screeching as as almost deafened us, fired off some of '.heir o!.l rusty guns, and then rodo away. Wo nil iaughed at their bragging and cowardice, except Asa, who looked tho tfuT.K*en women (not exalted, noble-minded woman) has joined her voico in the tumult nnd strife of these fanatical assemblies".— No woman, possessing tho affections and kindly feelintrsr which our heavenly father deBigrfed that they should, would so far forget her station in life ; her duty to hqr husband and children ; the duty she owes Iter own sex, as to mingle in these scenes. There sre Abby Kelly foster, Miss l\oUy, I Miss Anthony, and many others well* known to the public, as charoctcrs whCr' figure extensively in these fanaticisms.— 'fliey havo raised their voices, and dvnourtced such men as Clay and Webster, while they were just on I ho verge of the grave, ■ mon whose names shall live when these fanaticism shall be forgotten forever ; denounced them as unworthy of their country, as men who had disgraced it. Wliar have held up Wm. Lloyd Qarrisonas a man more to be honored than Washington the father of his coilntry—as a matt whoao memory will outlive his. fsnot this, I ask, almost fanatical insanity 1 and yfet they preach it every day.— Yes, woman's voice proclaims these slapders upon a free country's noblest statesmen and defenders. Thty Flare locked' " Among the lew, tho immortal nnmtfii' That were not home to die." But (he notion took possesion of his mind that ii'e hy) no genius, and a cloud ccnie over hi" prospect's. lie became "Knight ol the Shears," and followed his leader, " the fashion plate," until ho caine convinced that thirty years of his life had been mispent, in consequence ofan erroneous supposition. Immediately (to commenced a course of reading and study. No obstacle could withstand his progess, no frown could daunt, no ridicule affect him perseverance has been hid Watchword, and alter years of toil he is now one of the moat faithful watchmen of Zion's towers. Wherever he raises hia voice to warn and lb' guidie, an' excited- and aoxwua audience The vibratory motion of the sounding body communicates a series of undulations to the air Which surrounds it, which iD"- probagaled" in all ifireCiions, »Vs'«s on Water when we disturb tho snWh,,e88 °" its surface by throwing in The auricle, oretfteriy* eppetrrs to be formed for tfttf purpose of grasping and gather'."* W the undulations or waves of xrtind from the sounding body, and of reeling them through the canal to tlx? ear drum. The tympanum, or drum, of the ear, is a thin, transparent membrane fear some fiarm will comc of this," said he. "Those fellows talking about us in iheir own country ; and If it 8des » tfie ear# of the governor or commanding officers, that we have settled down is ft be a K  llio seleclinr totf B~_