a ep EE RAP dem Tee Ve ae Ste ea ben gang 7 ren oe eI AE Tren tpn a NOSES Sits a aaa eit Lhijerees a ne ee pes _ When the winter bloweth loud, _ 20) And the earth is in a shroud, ; Bitter rain and blinding suow ge? »¢ Dimming every drain below ; weoes® geo) Gheerily ! cheerily ! ce - There is e'er a spol of green, i sere od » Whence the heavens may be seen. @bpaleid BS ei Hi - When. our purse is shrinking fast, "eheccia And our imend is Jost (the fast!) . And the worid dota pour its pain ya gbharper than the frozen rain ; oy G2 Cheerily, cheerily ! There is stil a spot of green, .; Whence ibe heavens may be seen. Roce 2 eee ' Let us never greet despair, . o» While.the li-tie spot is there: »; For winter brighie.s in May, » Andsullen night to sunny day; at So, cheerily, cheerily ! i Let us seek the spol ol green, - Hopeful patient and serene, » Whence the heavens way be seen." é ee Coes Househitid Words. ao. 2 2 REAKPAST WITIL THE BLACK PRINCE | oe going ten and abhalf, the jee oe braces and top-gallant bowlines | ecked, three reefs out; the. ship lying wn to the land-breeze, but the' water iodth as a mill-pond. Lt wasa fine weather €! ing; the sun gone to bed, the moon ¥ fe were not far trum Cape St. che iol ars eceecececcacesce eée Cet a eecceceocececeeeoes 66 Be pate od Mole, and standing portuward ® alond the west shore of St. Domingo. Na- * vas lay tar to leeward, and Cape Tiburon | @ Which is Cape Shark--was jong out of © sight astern. a : Ahead sailed the Sybille frigate, flag-ship r ilome Popham, commander-to-chiet on the West India Station, and our design was to pay a visit of' ceremony to his sable najesty King Christophe, whuse dominions stituted the "horthern portion of the is- andgg - ' " earrying much sail, our little sloop of r kept up with the frigate, and we entered : roadstead of Cape Henry at the time adicted. Those of us who desired li, ré allowed to join the oificers of the ille, and at seven A.M. we were ail esent ata grand parade of the garrison, whicii numbered three or four thousand ees (2) © Cee eo @ag oOo & -- f 7 ul = % od o ae < i Ce Se Gh ee BE OF aS ne 5 'But who was Christophe? One of the -« most extraordinary people of his time. Be é*had a black court, and. maintained an or- * thodox Red Book, with a" peerage," and a , Ministry of able men with French titles, es such: as the Dus de Marmalade, and the © Comte de Limonade. But these miuisters were saved much trouble in administration _ of, affairs by 'his Majesty's own wonderful capacity for business. Politic, astute, he bee was oink by many an European mon- arch. de drew the string rather too tightly, ag after events showed. But his reign fol- > lowed that of the bloody Dessalines, one of whose generals he had been. +1 found all the world speaking French in his dominions; for as all the world that has Bh ard of 'oussaint 'Ouverture knows, the negro kingdom has been based on a French giony. . Buildings, fountains, fish-ponds, oe all were French. 'I'he royal its MR OS EDS ER ee a aD may d ae a 2 faa ky * pala were the Tulleries in miniature. Lt had its gardes de corps, its sentries en grande -- tenue,; tts-parade ground, levelled and in the "trimmest order. 'The town, however, seem- to be made up of the remains of former rrandeur--a place of melancholy squares Guha | grown-stresis, now half in ruin. 4 nthe old times St. Domingo was tropical A --s_-- Papp eng P pe Henry rides, Cape Fran: eois--little Paris, having for rival only Fort Royal, Martinque. I speak here of the northern portion of the isiand; for the south- eastern is. Spanish--that is to say, Spanish SS ¢. Lhe southern parts of the. island, broken nto rocks of fantastic shape, covered with ~ foliage and luxuriant verdure, and gladed down to the bright sea in park-like beauty, presenta matchiess picture to the eye-- "Were it not for the heat of climate, fatal often to the "new-comer from Hurope, and "the living' things of tropical danger that sw haunt its waters and its earth, St. Domingo ' "Would be an Eden. I have still remeim- © brance of Aux Cayes and Isle de Vache ou " the south-western shore, aud a day's ramble "there, "Phe! weather was not oppressively hot, for is was early in March; but as | ®Avaiked along the 'shore--sprinkled, as it was, with "sunbeam shells '--the water looked "so clear and inviting, that 1 deter- mined -on-a plunge. 1 got into one of the "deserted 'poais, and pushed off into' the calm and tideless sea, here could be no "danger i bathing so close in, and [ was pp ready fora spring overboard in five feet water, when a shark swam, finsup, be- et ae tween the boat's nose and tfe beach, close un erme. "Thank you," thought 1, "for »-showing yourself. 1 think I will not bathe Sto-day,my friend" | Nb landed again, and rejoined our party mquabiine time fo witness a.strange bubbub. _ they, were hauling in, the seme, a great _ commotion was inside--lish jumping in every "direction, and the water was lashed into "foam by some great fellow. An alligator »-was~-entangled-in the net. We. happened to be near the. mouth of a smal! stream : eS ~""~which these creatures frequented. 'The net | y 4 4 © was landed, and ihe beast despatched. by the third lieutenant, who struck it on the head with a hatchet, fracturing its skull. It bans a-curiosity:: We were. then new. to. the West Indies, or we certainly should not have _ taken it on board. 'he smell of musk emit- ted»by the carease was so strong, that the abomination was soon slipped intu the water © After such experiences, we learned to think fe ree et Mee a a vey lea 4: Of English parks and hills, and little English © trou BE a SUE Bi "seemed tame to us in co beauties of the tropics. I shall be spinning my yarn into a tangle Jomnot-mind:~ -With-leave I will go back to seven Ai M,.and be witnessing a grand tinge Royal commanded. He was a stout Ing 1 s uniform, a Grimson y, White leathers, oots; all , dismounted parade ; f cavaliy on : . id brigade. There earcely so much gitter as there might a s, not browned, were Was 'governing Hayti with more wit than | im perial circles. roved to be a young one, of about nine, "feet long, and was afterwards taken on board ams with respect; they no longer e to us in contrast with the richer: Pie of the garrison of Cape Henry. The. fry boots? all trom wop to. toe-- - bovtt, face and lace--shining in the bright. wore the brass helmet of the French heavy horse, with its red hair hanging down behind 'and finished with a tuft in front; high boots, yreen coats, and crimson breeches, with black belts. 'They had muskets instead of car- bines, huge spurs, and the long straight cavalry sword hooked up for marching.-- Altogether they looked very unciean and rusty; but fierce, dangerous, and service- like, every man black as a cloud full of thun- der. An English officer of Highlanders near me, whom we had brought up from Porte-au-Prince, affirmed that the wheel- ings were precise and well executed, the | trumpet-calls exact, each point of war beaten on the drums, and the whole thing admira- biy done. The troops seemed indeed to live under strict martial law, and went throug a parade in mortal terror. Their adjutant and in- 1 structor was a Prussian disciplinarian of un- bending severity. The parade over, and still before break- fast we were summoned to be presented to their majesties. The transition from the noise of war without, to the repose of gran- deur within, was very noticeable. No man could have gone better through the whole ceremony of the presence chamber than Sir, Home. He was a dignitied as well as an in- telligent officer ; who, while he sacrificed nothing of position or. rank, yet conducted every circumstance of his visit in such a manner as could not fail to gratify the king whose guest he was. He may have had 'some little difficulty in keeping so many sailors, most of them young men, in hand; but altogether, he had no great reason to complain of us--and he did not complain. The Queen and the Princesses Amethyste and Athenaide stood in rank as at St. James's drawing-room, having dames datours and maids of honor in attendance, pages and lords in waiting. For the satisfaction of my fair readers | have great pleasure in stating that clear muslin over purple silk or satin was the general wear. All were in grand costume, and the men covered with em- broidery. The marvellous things that had been done by the Court friseur that morn- ing with the negro hair made it impossible for us to confine ourselves to wonder at the wigs we saw. Chmistophe alone 'was plain- ly dressed--that Is, by comparison. 'here was a quiet display of regal circumstance about his Majesty that was a little striking. He seemed to have taken Napoleon for his model in attire, as in many other things; wearing the dark green chasseur coat, white kerseymere knee-breeches, and purple mo- rocco boots to meet them. He had thesil- ver cross of St. Henry, his own order, on his | breast; no other ornament; and he was carrying a three-cornered hat under his arm. Thus, then, the royal family of Hayti, held a reception; officiating at it. with a French grace, surrounded by a court bril- liant in costume, and equal dignity and res- plendency of paraphernalia to the whitest of Having backed myself out, and again edyed myself in amongst those who had the entree, 1 became the observed of a maid of honour, But I had eyes only for Christophe, and at him 'I was gazing with a stare more sailor like than courtly. Mademiselle de Limonade, the brown and lovely maid of honor, took upon herself to school me. : " « Eh bien, monsiewr, comment le trowvez vous ? «And I had seen the great Napoleon, then How? when? where?" she wished to know." « Tt was on board the Bellerophon, at Ply- mouth." « And what was he like? how was he dressed." "Por all the world," I replied "like his Majcsty, except the boots; because when I saw im it was after ainner." "The deuce!" exclaimed Lady Kathar- ine, laughing--but that surely wa not a 'courtly word--"so you have no mosqul- toes then at Ply outh?" The lady left me to tell the Queen as [ supposed, that Iwas the man there pre- sent who hid seen Napoleon. From her Ma- jesty he had passed to Cristophe, and In- ierrupting a conversation w th Sir Home, made to him some laughing communication --Apropos to his boots no doubt--and told her story perhaps with embellishments, as a giance al mysell and a smile from ihe king implied. Breakfast was prepared for us ina spa- cious room, and eaten from the most superb English china. There were two tables. a separate ene--round which was the royal family assembled being placed apart from the lohg sat-out, where the black peers min- gled with their white acquaintances. At the first table sat the admiral at the king's right hand, with one or two highly favored lords, and as many ladies in waiting ; amongst whom figured the damsel who had favored me with her attention. The entertamment was--except the Coalbrook Dale breakfast servyice--in all respects French. Light.wines were there in profusion, claret of the best pre- served fruits, and more substantial though at the same time more mysterious products of Parisian cookery. Ofcourse, too, there was delicious coffee. I sat down between two dukes whose titles I failed to catch; though one sounded like De Bossu, and over him | upset a bow! of brady fruit, in turning quickly to the elbow touch of aservant. Great was the discom- fiture of my noble friend, who struggled in 'yain to remove the syrup with his doyley, from yelvet cuff aud gold embroidery, and continually muttered, in terms. fortunately unintelligible tome, what L have no doubt were maledictions on the awkwardness of all seafaring people. The king soon him among the ladies. 'long coats of pink and green, with cocked after this rose from table, and. all followed | his example, when my thickset neighbour De Bossu had to suffer the stifled laughter and condolence of his peers--and a great deal more pity from the peeresses, who gathered around. I was quietly informed that my friend° was avery peppery man; and finding all my own endeavours after peace to be quite vain, 1 departed leaving We are apt to laugh at some of the St. Domingo titles. Let me observe that the "Comte de Limonade-was Minister for For- eign Affairs, and wrote state papers that would have done credit to a Metternich. These' dukedoms and. countships were de- rived from extensive) districts, containing tine estates of the same name, and as large + as some German prine'palities. We did not Muskau when he Rabat ad open cE S OE RE ev ete Be BE sce sa get 2 Reker a pecans = : supe x ies = schinee a an HTN Se ease pR MEET é See ee ae ee ce AT gale els mince Mal Dh eae see ARIES TGA eerie Rd aS eas we wns ere cathe aecee ae 4 <e taree i by PES Ck BRS : -- ; ; : eS A Mliscell aneous. buth-pricks, roiten-stone, and heei-ball. Vhe laugh at Limonade, who is not more given A VaR PSMA dragoons were most férocious-looking fellows. | to such puerilites ? : ae ¥ a 'Oue Spot 'of Ceci, "Dismal the rattle of their harness grew," Dessalines--prince of cut-throats--hav- A 2 eek Sate ic. : as they marched past at quick time. They | ing swept the country of every French soul; | sense. Hayti lay then at the disposal of Christophe. He did what white men in like circum- stances have done; gave to his nobles lands --and let the commonality occupy where they might. He did also_ what white peuple have not always done, instituted col- leges, and established Lancaster.an schools over his kingdom. It was arranged that we were to go to Sans Souci the next mornmg--there were several royal chateaus, and one called Delo- ces de la tKeine--but the Sans Sowct was the gem, and at Sans Souci it was proposed that we should spend a day. Nine or ten carriages accordingly waited for us at the appointed hour each with tts noble owner In attendance; and into a handsome chariot drawn by six horses, I stepped with a bro- ther officer. The vehicle was the production of Long Acre, and the silver mounted harness seem- ed of modern date. In other respects the set-out was old French; the postillions wore hats and tails, and jack boots. They car- ried enormous whips; which, however the brisk looking bays were not likely to need. The men bowed to each other, smiled, spoke Jasmin and La Fleur, caressed their horses, and m unted with a "ca, ca!" and a " hola!" So away we went. IT need nat describe our visit to Sans Souci, the Haytian Balmoral. We were told of a strong fortress among the moun- tains filling the horizon in which the cour- tiers fabled that there was a royal treasure to the amount of sixty millions of pounds value, no more and no less. We wandered» with black maids of honour over lawns smi- ling with the richest and softest beauty. We dined luxuriously from tables covered | with the finest damask, and set out with a profusion of rich plate. We were served by footmen in the royal livery of blue and black, with thin shoes and silk stockings. When the cloth had been removed, though thirty years have passed since then, I still remember the grizzled head of Christophe as. he rose to speak; and being overc me with some thought, passed his hand before his forehead, and sat down while the breeze was sighing audibly in the thick foliage out- side an adjoining open window. We left Hayti after the stay of a day or two, and were I believe at Jamaica, when a vessel from Monte Christi, a port on the northern shore-of St. Domingo, brought im- portant news. This was two months after our visit to the Black Prince. My captain crossing over to the side of the deck, where I was and holding a letter in his hand, told me of Hayti being in revolt, the govern- ment being upset, the king dethroned. Christophe had been seized with illness; poison had been hinted at. His English doctor prescribed for him in vain; and, while he lay thus prostrate, a revolution broke out. It began with the mutiny of one regiment, the ringleaders of which were immediately shot 'he flame, however, spread. The Englishman was offered untold riches, could he but.enable the Kine to sit his horse for one hour, half an hour, ten minutes: in vain. Christophe was able only to think, to plan, and to give orders from his couch, that never were obeyed Partial risings too place amongst those who had considered themselves hardly dealt with. Pillage be- gan, massacre followed. The royal guards poured out of their barracks inte the great square in front of the palace--Christophe's proposed ten minutes might have brought them to him; but they joined the move- ment. Obnoxious officers were sacrificed upon the spot, the Prussian adjutant being the first to die. The Prince Royal was forced into the ranks; his uniform having been first torn from his back, but he him- self was only maltreated: for being popu- lar they did aot kill him. Christophe, lifted into his carriage from a back door fled at a gallop to his mountain fastness. The garri- son of that still remained faithful. The Queen and the Princesses escaped on board a merchantman,which carried them to England. Amongst the domestics of the palace, there were as ever some devoted people, who perilled gladiy their lives to save thelr master and his family. The mountain hold proved to be no shelter for the king against a host. The country rose, the troops followed the flying monarch, and he was soon surrounded in the den to which he had escaped,. by a mixed muititude. Christophe saw then that his hour was come; merey was not to be expected from rian band. He was summoned to surren- der, and replied by. discharging a pistol into his own heart. So he died. The mob sack- ed his treasure tower, and if they carried away property worth sixty millions of pounds somebody's nest must have been very warm- ly feathered. Asa man and aking Christophe may have deserved his fate; but as a giver of good dinners, whose politeness and whose cham- pagne I had apprecivted, he is remembered by me to this day, as a man whom it was surely barbarous to crush. -- [ousehold Words. The Religion of the Russians. Public attention being very particularly directed towards the Russian nation at the present time, a few remarks regarding some pecullarities in their manner of worship, &., which probably are not generally known, may be interesting. Whenever a Russian passes a church, his custom is to cross himsellt, [some do so three times, accompanying it with bowings.] In every room in their houses an image or pic- ture is placed in' the east corner, before which they uncover their heads and cross themselves on entering. : The churches are filled with these their re- presentatives of the deity, and itis very cu- rious to observe a devout Russian kissing tne toe of one, crossing himself before ano- ther, while to another, he will in addition prostrate himself, even with head to the ground; the latter is also. very frequently done at intervals during the celebration of their services; but their churches are al- ways open, so that if any one wants. to pay devotion to a particular image or pic- ture while no service is going on, he can do SO. 'in Nicholas, some only appreciate, the 1m- a rugged populace and a revolting Preeto-' The Russians also believe in relics, in their ellicacy in healing diseases, working other miracles, &c. Notwithstanding this, a very short time ago, a new relic was found in the south' of Russia, and a courier being im- mediately dispatched with it to the Empe- regarding his operations in +urkey. when told his errand,] exclaimed "sway with the relic! it is time to put an enlito such non- Would that this vere to be car- ried out. But their superstijjons seem too deeply rooted to be done away with in a short time. Morn, Noon and Night. Morn calleth fondly to a fair boy siraying, 'Mid golden meadows, rich with clover dew ; She calls, but-he still thinks of nonght save play- ing, And = the smiles and waves him an adieu! While he, still merry with his flowery store, Deems not that morn, sweet morn! returns no more ! Noon cometh--but the boy to manhood growing, Heeds not the time--he sees but one sweet form, One young, fair face, from bower of jasmine glowing. And all his loving heart with bliss is warm ; So noon, unnoticed, seeks the western shore, And man forgets that noon returns no more. Night tappeth gently at a casement, gleaming With the thin firelight, flickering faint and low, Bv which a gray-haired man is sadly dreaming O'er pleasures gone as all life's pleasures go; Night calls him to her, and he leaves his door, Silent and dark--and he returns no more. Nicholas, Emperor of Russia. BY A RUSSIAN. One will perhaps be astonished to find that a man who entertains very decidedly lib- eral opinions, should judge the I:mperor of Russia in the way [am about to do. I have only one word \to utter in reply. In the sharp and ardent struggle which the po- litical events of 1830) brought on between the radical principles of which the French Press is the standard-bearer, and the purely monarchical principles of which Nicholas is the most sincere and enthusiastic representa- tive, the Emperor of Russia, seen from a dis- tance, has been not a little ill-treated by his adversary.. le has appeared to the radicals of the West under a general aspect, and-- in the theatrical attitudes which belong to his office. Consequently, persons haye only viewed him in the light of the obstinate Chief of the Holy Alliance--the exterminator of Poland; and, with the aid of the French Con- stitutronel's metaphors, they look upon him in imagination as a Russian Bear--an Ogre of the North. I grant all that to be very natural, and a perfectly allowable mode of attack. But for myself, if I am hberal as far as opinions are concerned, I pass my life with the other party. 1 do not believe in things from their point of view. And while, peror who is four hundred leagues away, f appreciate the man whom I have every day before my eye. They be hold a' myrth ; T see an individual. 'They pass judgement; I bear witness. Hence our differences. With this preface, [enter on my subject. Under an absolute monarchy, and under a government so personal as that of Russia, in order to be well acquainted with what is called the politics of the country, it isan ab- solutely necessary preliminary to be acquaint- ed with the person and the character of the Monarch. 1 propose to sketch his principal characteristics ; and that description will be the subject of this letter. Nicholas is still a magnificent man, al- though he begins to feel the frst slight at- tacks of age. He is intellectual ; but 'his intellect is deficient in the extent of its range and scope. He has--whatis tolerably com- mon in Russia--the intellect of the Greeks of the Lower Empire. He is affable, and exquisitely courteous. Tt may even be said that he has the coquettry of politeness and social tact. It is the mat- ter of course, moreover, that the members of this family should be coquettish on some point or other. Alexander was coquettish about his person and dress. No exquisite could be more particular about his costumethan the late Em- peror was. Je carried his nicety so far as frequently to leave the ball-room for a min- ute or two, to change his shoes, or retouch his hair if it happened to be a little disarranged. Nicholas also has the coquettry of the mind, and of frankly urbane manners. 'To this feeling must be attributed the improvements which he introduced into the police and the municipal arrangements of St. Petersburg, and particularly the favourable reception given to strangers who visit that capital. Nicholas delights to do the honours of his Empire; and, above all, be likes to receive the French, whom he dislikes in the mass, regard- ing them asa a revolutionary and thoroughly republican people, but whom he esteems in-+ dividually in respect to their intellect and character. After the conversation, in which the Em- peror wonld be sure to give proofs of dig- beyond all expression if he could detect in the countenance of his visitor the least symp- tom of surprise and esteem. convince an adversary of his person merits would be for' the Emperor a triumph which would give him as much secret satisfaction as the occupation of Constantinople. In private life, Nicholas is good-natured parade of those domestic virtues which are sometimes assumed as a speculation, in order to acquire popularity. everything and everywhere. 1 re feats are performed away from home. An idea strikes him, and--presto! he jumps into his carriage. i$ U fifteen leagues, and Soon reaches the boundary of his empire, arriving at Berlin, Vienna, or | Munich, at a moment when he was not in the least expected. I vastly like these journeys, which he performs with extraordinary rapidi- ty ; butif they are importantin his opinion, in reality they are completely fruitless. Nicholas feels convinced that he has made a clever hit, when he drops like a thunderbolt on the capi- tal of Bavaria; there are, neverthele ss, a few shrewd lookers-on who know well enough that the flash is as harmless as summer light- ning. the same medium as others; I do, not behold |. , slightest, sign of resistance. Such is the ordi- tary position of the Emperors of Russia. 'hey have nothing to contradict them; and nity and good taste, he would be delighted | To be able to |. and simple; without, however, making a He doesnot affect 'But his real Tn three hours he has travelled With many useful qualities, Nicholas is deficient in those which make the warrior. It is not that he is ignorant of military matters, ----far from that ; he is very fond of the army and perfectly understands its details. He is learned in regulations, equipments, and dress; he knows the names of the officers, and the history of the regiments ; gives the word of command in admirable style, but has none of the genius of the great captain in him, There is nothmg about him of Napoleon the Con- queror, but he would have made Napoleon an excellent minister-of-war. It has happened to the Emperor of Russia to receive a broad hint as to his own military incompetence, on two great occasions 5 first at the Balkan, where he was not long in finding out that his presence was more em- barrassing than useful ; and secondly, during the campaigns of the Polish insurrection, when he was obliged to abdicate the com- mand to Diebitch and Paskevitch. In short, if Nicholas is only a moderate warrior, which is commion enough among princes, he has the good sense to be conscious of the fact, and not to pretend to the title of first captain of the age, which is a much rarer circumstance. To the' consciousness which Nicholas has of his slight vocation for the most important branches of military art, Europe is perhaps indebted for the peace which she has so long enjoyed: aptitude had turned his activity in the direc- tion of warfare, he would have commenced, in 1830, a struggle which »would have soon | become. general, and fatal to himself; but, having been compelled to renounce the glories of battle for those of diplomacy, he prefers to maintain the contest against the principles of freedom in the Cabinet rather than in-the field. his policy, therefore, will always be threaten- ing, but will rarely venture beyond a threat. No one doubts that, if-a decided Diplomacy is the pride of Nicholas ; Besides, he is 'equally at ease, both prac- tically and theoretically, in the exercise of personal government. He is idolised by the people--idolised is the word, for the love they bear him is more nearly-allied to fetishism than to real affection.: He has enemies among the nobles, but, as it would cost him but.e single word to deprive them of fortune, liberty, and. life, no.one dares to stir, or evince the $ . . Jupiter Tonans is not so complete an emblem of power as they are. was found one morning strangled in his bed. aychy, kept in check by reicide. TI J Lanmamann tl ; Farmers' Girls, BY H.. M. LADD, Jp in the morning, just at the péep of day, S away. S up stairs, Vashing the breakfast dishes dusting the parlor y chairs ; eggs at the barn, vleaning the turnips for dinner, spinning the ( stocking-yarn, 'preading the whitening linen down on bushes below, > ry ata tansacking every meadow, where the red straw- 7. | berries crow + "7 itarching the "fixens" for Sunday, churning the showny cream, Linsing the pails and strainer down in the run- ning stream, 1] . ey . eeding the geese and turkeys, making the pump- kin pies, ; ogging the little one's cradle, driving away the flies ; ieee race in every motion, music in every tone, 3eauty of "form and feature thousands might covet to own, N : * : . sheeks that rival spring roses, teeth the whitest of pearls -- Jne of these country maids is worth a score of of your city girls. New York 'Tribune.' (From Household Words.) MIGHTY HUNTERS. (Concluded from the last Week.) -. On the same journey the hunter again fell hort of meat; for one day he sought game 1 vain, without coming on a single track. )n the second day he saw. Wapiti deer, but ras unable to get near them. That night, ired and hungry, he dreamed continually of elicious feasts and hospitable friends,. and any burgess-like simplicity as a means of de- coying fools and noodles. ple whom he hates or despises. that of of the Empress." 3 r-|ror at St. Petersburgh; on his arrival, his Thy | Majesty [expected some important news SDR eR Ge eens Wel ase ol S wees ota = LG ott AOR Bees ea i Gagne Big ea ei5 i nt a ee cet we ea = ru) sure, the. ew Rasen Neate short ; ley iS el ES Ti ae ieee for he recentl, be personally manife ( Yaa * ; CONS RR tot I have said Ni- cholas is. frank, and that he abhors every kind of hypocrisy ; he even has the opposite jiffered less. from hunger than on the second fault, especially when he has to do with peo- ay. He was upheld by the confidence that He employs poner or later he would fall in with game. himself during his meals, and drinks tea fre- \t length he came upon the fresh tracks of quently, which he sometimes makes himself. eer, zig-zagging, as they do before lying : Lis family have very little influence over own. | Hesays: " Tremained perfectly still, him, although he is not without affection for ioking intently, with eyes sharpened by hun- | the Empress, who. was oncea handsome wo- er, at the copse; something stirred in. the man but who, at the time of my writing this, has illows--it was a deer gomg out to feed ih a singular caprice--a passion for dancing. iost fortunately he 'came on toward me, With her it has become an incurable mania; owly feeding, until he approached to' within and she cannot listen to the shortest strainbout one hundred yards, and stopped. al played, even on a hurdy-gurdy ora flageolet,rew up my» rifle; but he: came still nearer, without immediately beginning to dance, Shezeding slowly forward, uatil scarcely sixty has pretensions to excellence in this a¢com- ards off, when I tock a steady deliberate plishment, which are in a great measure Just-10t, as he turned his flank towards me,. I ifiable, for she dances very well for an' Em-eard the bullet crack against his shoulder : press. Apropo of this subject, the courtierse rushed a short distance back, 'and tolled used to say, when Mademoiselle Taglioni'syer in the snow. ~ Wood was close at hand: great success was mentioned, --"She dances, made a fire, cut, boiled, and ate sparingly' divinely; her style has some resemblance to! a little venison; fed my dog; then made ( : * _-- ropesof the deer-skin, and dragged the car- Nicholas is endowed with prodigious ac-1se to:my camp of the previous night, cook- tivity, but he wastes it uselessly... He isin-l.and ate an enormous supper, smoked my cessantly in motion; 'because movement ispe and slept comfortably." . bis te dn the third day, having had no solace" but necessary to his organization; but his labor, is almost always futile, if not utterly vainaradise on the Yellow.Stone River ;. built. He is.not the arrow which cleaves the air tomself.a boat. of -bull's. hide,. with,..willow. strike the mark; he is the whirhgig whichames, to carry. his baggage, spoils, 'and at spins on its own axis. © At St. Petersburgndants ; manufactured a shirt. and.breec] : he puts his hand to everything rapidly, but deer-skin, and encamped and enjoye i ' ork | without intelligancet He finds time to busylf. 'If1 wished to shoot from horse back, t classes of men, exc ape ithe patronage of all himself with' blitical matters, the arts, plea-ride of a few miles afforded sport iy ihe t of Conus sted in raked all the more hungry and disappointed. pipe, he hunted hard without success, and At length qitucs its sats ' ' soe eae pics. < ends soil there were plenty to be had,. ith enough 1 ys and labor to afford sport; grosses corves '(wild sheep) were to be seen balancing them- ¥ is 0 'For twenty selyes on the tops of clifls as I sat in my own camp ; lots of pheasants were handy on the prairie, antelopes were constantly bounding past, and many a prowling wolf received a bullet while feeding on offal, cunningly dis- posed to tempt him. 'The dinners of the Yel- low stone carhp would make a European epl- cure's mouth water--buffalo tongues and humps, elk meat and venison, antelopes' livers, wild mutton and cat-fish, which is a sort of miniature fresh-water dolphin, white, firm, and rich, marrow-bones of buffalo bulls, with a fair supply of coffee and sugar ;? bread isnot mentioned. | - Nolqya', But our hunter could find no grisly bear. Their fresh tracks were found, but the mon- sters were gone. 'This grisly bear, when full grown, measures eight. feet six inches from muzzle to stern, and about that size round the body, with feet eighteen inches in length, armed with claws five inches long-- a lion cannot be more formidable. One day, having shot a fine buck, he heard Dauphin, a French Canadian, one of a party he had joined, ery loudly, " Monsieur, venez | ici !? (Come here, Sir ') and, looking up, saw him disappearing at his best pace over the brow of the hill; Palliser, following with his rifle, beheld a bear standing on his hind legs staring about, while Dauphin, con- cealed behind'a rock, was industriously snap- ping a pistol that would not go off. _ First master and then man took a shot with the same rifle ; and then Mr Palliser, in spite of the remonstrances of Dauphin, followed the enemy into a clump of trees, and finished him. "Ele was young, only in his third year, but he measured five feet four inches from the rump to the muzzle, and had he been full grown it would certainly have fared badly with us." The next grisly bear adventure was with a five year old female with two cubs, who chased Boncharville as he was washing his carbine at a river. "J 'at first: ran to assist my companion ; but, seeing the bear at fault Lrushed back to secure my horse, fearing that, on smelling the bear, he. would gallop off and be lost on the prairie for ever. See- ing me run, the bear charged after me; I rolled the halter round my arm, and prepared to face her--had my horse flinched I had True, Jupiter 'Tonans 'ithe past has always' gone on in this way, and the future will probably continue the same. 'The Russian. Government 1s absolute mon- 'The bow- string is the Russain liberty of the Press ; the other liberty of the Press is the better of [training the milk in the dairy, turning the cows 'weeping the floor in the kitchen, making the beds srushing the crumbs from the pantry, hunting for a good . sportman who does not gloat over his victims with half savage exultation. known. as-above indicated, js. lished in Toronto. within, later than the First day in size and appearance, to be at | Missionary Record or Christian much superior to either in sty] the subseripticn list will warrant, : »Church-Membership; amon, greatest possible extent; hose bounds to the erclusi other characters, without ot Membership of existing 'Churches: ledged Christian Character shall eo only passport, at.any time, and the pe "at all times, to every munion worthy of the Christian name: may believe" in'Christ, even'as h ' > ° . at . aac ' : : h Mr. Palliser reached.a, hunter's}:. The promotion of Religious, ner and Sogdal im provement, un of Divine Revelation.submitting e BANS measure to the test 0 Gospel B every move and | > ) The distinctive an are such, as-to claii been lost--she rose on her hind legs; then turned aside, and followed ber cub. I fired through the bushes, but only hit her far. back in the flank, on which she stopped, wheeled round and round, tore at her side with her teeth and claws, and allowed me fortunately, sufficient time to load again; my ball was hardly down when Boncharville cried out. " Gardez vous, gardez vous, Monsieur, elle 'fonce encore" ('Take care, take care, Sir, she is after us again!) and on she rushed. I had hardly time to put on my copper cap as she rose' on her hind legs; I fired, and-sent my bullet through her heart. She doubled up, and rolled to the bottom of the slope ; but we did not venture to approach until we had ascertained she was dead, by pelting her with sticks and stumps. After this Dauphin,, with a stick and coil of rope, set out to catch the young suckling bears, but they fought so hard that he was obliged to kill one, and the other bit and scratched so that the old hunter was glad to let him go." Mr. Palliser was not content until he had the largest of which he says, with his usual - " He rose up, displaying such gigan- me. I croaked again like a bull calf: he came cantering up slowly. . I felt I was in for it, and that escape was impossible ; so cocking both barrels.of my. firelock I re- mained kneeling until he approached very near, when I suddenly stood up; upon which the bear with an indolent roaring grunt, rais- ed himself once more upon his hind legs. Just as he was balancing before springing on me, I fired, aiming close under his chin ; the ball - passing through his throat, broke the vertebra: of the neck, and down he tum- bled floundermg like a great fish out of water, until at length he reluctantly expir- ed. I drew a long breath, and felt right glad atthe successful issue of the combat." _ And here we may as well end the hunt- ing adventures, of which we haye given only a few. Many amusing and pleasing traits of the character of the author are un- consciously scattered through the nar- rative. 'The self-possessed manner in which at New Orleans, having forgotton, the name and street of his hotel, and, having wander- ed into a house by mistake, he receives a candle through a narrowly-opened door from a white jewelled hand, and retires, to be awakened the next morning by an offer of ivory-backed* hairbrushes from a lady who turns out to be the wife of a friend--such is the hospitality of New Orleans--is delight- ful. So is the ball at St. Louis, where he rushed into a kitchen, and made pretty Madame Zoller leave the cooking, and come up and dance the Sturm Marsch Gallop with a pair of shoes 'that | kept continually coming off. If he has the toothache and cannot eat venison, he goes down and kills a buffalo bull and feasts off his marrow bones. Then he 'finally embarks for England with a menagerie of one black. bear, two bison calves, a deer and antelopes, after being indebted to the bear for defending his chum. the antelope, against | the attacks of a great mastiff in the streets of New Orleans. . And so we take. leave, of J ohn Gi ee _ THE GOSPEL TRIBUNE, : PROSPECTUS. : - The first number ot' a monthly paper, to be 1i0.a few months, and not of July, 1854. Phe cae least equal to the Observer ; and as - cag, .,DISTINCIVE OBJECT: _ 'To enlarge the limits of "Commahion and & Christians, to 'the and: to. circumseribe | on, if. possible, of all. her wise disturbing the | ustitute the: rfect. pesspor Communion ana Church € prayed. ¥ > ¥: " < = . . - GENELAL OBJECTS: ©. ee ~f Principles. = 'SUPPORTERS: slqdoa "haf | ABS general objects of te-9 ' ort after buf. see OF oped, Oe | bale 1 stat « qe S ceths a6 Was ee co 0; if to stalk Wapiti deer, ie nek Pre-requisites of Co bership, than ackno: ling those wedded to othe manion and Church-inem- ed Christian Character 1} " ed withgreat pleasure that i nd here it is reco istrict accordance. wi ties, their tice of every class, have shot three more of these grisly monsters, of 16 proportions as almost made iy heart fail | bled in a Convention in the United States. will be shown to scheme, as we have no enemies of our race. favorable to the measures 'will send in. tbeir names (post: Delany, or Rev. Wm. Webb, Pits . ) tsburgh, Pa., that there may be arranged and altached t ihe Gall Jive' names from each State, 9 oO ao% erro) establish .a position for. ourselves. -othink of, but far more glorious to proposed. to. be pab- f. e.and execution as} © * Jefferson Miller, . till acknow. | "HSGe: dy Gould Bias, M.. "that the 'world | --}-99SJohnson Woodlin, o». y Ligg | "POs Moral, Intellect- |" der the guidance fi itis manne : ¥ 1st amosisetit! - tendered, thus' far,. a vs the 'encouragements | the above general claims. igi agen + snaae4 ORIGIN AND. PROGRESS This movement has long been a yavof th GosPsL vartnetive object of the GrosPet | erties 5 eS carefully, and, personaly the denominational aspect of Religious aie es, --th 'yeciprocal bearings, ae ae relations, and the stele of ee | ( ization 0 3 5 at | fluence on the evangetizaln nf dn eae | is. position as Publisher of the + Teas nan Pas robably afforded him the eat as sible facilities ft personally testing the pel i c his positions, and for the attainment 0 certain important information, but little of which he ha previously been. able to obtains All bane pipet Fired, however, that no undue advan age Bas ever be taken of the frankness and candor ¥ which Christians of every name, oo eae Se contemplated. as well as skep- freely expressed theit convictions in the presence of the poepdace porteur; the capacity in.which the Leaves ot still extending his observations through Canad and the neighboring States. a CO-LABORERS : ; Of distinguished worth and of -- | literary ability, are already secured in the sewers sections of Canada, and in the States of the A- merican Union; and arrangements are now in progress, to obtain from living responsible writere in Britain, important assistance 1D the develupe- -- ment of the Tripune's Mission. : y tel TERMS AND NOTICES: 5 |, The Terms are One Dollar per Annum in ad- vance,--otherwise 'T'wo Dollars; it being found hat one half of the Subseriptions, not paid in ad- vance, are worse than lost. Editors--friendly-- will render assistance by noticing this Prospectus. All parties willing to aid, may ai once commence, soliciting the names of Subscribers.: Two books' --the Scripture and Lacome Manuals --tully gilt, and the Paper one year, will be forwarded to. the person who first sends the names of ten Subseri bers; and one of either of the books, in substantial leather binding, or the.. Paper one year, to every one who sends ten names. Subscriptions and all other communicalions for the Paper to be sent, ~ post-paid, marked Money, (if inclosed) and ad- dressed, Rossrt Dick, Box 411, TORONTO. Sermons and Lectures, promotive of the Tarr BuNk's object, will be delivered by the Pubiieher, throughout the Province as frequently as shall be found compatible with his other duties.) (Signed) ROBERT DICK, Toronto, March 25th, 1854. CALL FOR NATIONAL EMIGRATION CONVENTION OF i gpa COLORED MEN, To be held in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 24th, 25th and 26th of August, 1854. a f ¥ 5 Men anp Breruern:--The time has now fully come, when we, as an oppressed people, should do something effectively, and use those means adequate to' the attainment of the great and long desired end--to. do something to meet, the actual demands of the present and prospective necessi- ties of the rising generation of our people in this country. 'To do this, we must occupy a position of entire equality, ot unrestricted rights, composing in tact, an acknowledged necessary part of the ruling element of suciety in which we live. The policy necessary to the preservation of this element inust be in our favor, it ever we expect the enjoy- ment, freedom, sovereignty, and equality of rights anywhere. For this purpose, aad to this" end, then, all colored men in lavor of emigration out > Hemisphere, are requesied to meet in CLE VE-aF LAND, OHIO, on TUESDAY; the 24th DAY | of AUGUST, 1854, in a great NATIONAL | CONVENTION, then and there, tv consider and |, decide upon the: gtdaf and important subject o emigration from the United States. j No person will be admitted toa: seat in the 's Convention, who would introduce the subject of o Asia, Africa, or Europe--as our object and de-, a VE This restriction has no referencé to", Canadas. betore the Convention. va | All persons 'coming to" the Convention 'must bring credentials properly autheniicated,-or Di verbal assurance to the Cominittee on Crede ' ttals--appointed for the purpose--of their fidelity g to the measures and objects set forth in this Call; as the Convention is specifically by and for the friends of emigration, and NONE OTHERS-- and no opposition to them wiil be entertained. -- The question is not whether our condition ean be bettered by emigration, but whether it can be made worse. If not, then, there is no part, of the wide-spread universe, where our social and poli- tical condition are not better than here in our na- tive country, and nowhere in the world as here proscribed on account of color. : ee Weare triends, too, and ever will stand shoulder to shoulder by our brethren, ahd all-our -- friends in all good measures adopted by them for the bettering of our condition in this country, and surrender no rights but with our last breatii : but -as the subject of emigration is of vital importance and has ever been shunned by all delegated as- s-mblages of our people as heretofore mel, we cannot longer delay, and will not 'be durther baffled ; and deny the right of our most sanguine friend or dearest brother, to prevent an intelligent engniry to, and the carrying out of these measures when this can be done, to our entire advantage, as we propose to show in Convention--as the West Indies, Central and South America--the majority of which are peupled by our brethren, or those identified with usin race, and what is more destiny, on this continent--all stand 'with 'open arms and yearning hearts, importuning 'us in the name of suffering humanity to come--to make common cause, and share one common fate un the continent, Vs _ The Convention will meet without fail, at the time fixed for assembling, as none but those fa- vorable to emigration are admissable = theretore no other gathering may prevent it. The number of delegates will not be restricted--except in the own where the Convention may be cheld--and- there the number will be decided by the Conven- Hot when assembled, that they may not too far ex- : ceed the other delegations, 5) + deal e The time and p.ace fixed for holding the.Con- veulion are ample ; affording sutficient time, and a leisure season generally--and' 'as Cleveland is now the centre of all directions--a good and: fa- vorable opportunity to.all who desire to attend, Therefore, it. may reasonably be the greatest ao-- athering of the colored people ever before assem- ; Conve is Colonizationists are .advised, that no favors them or their. expatriating -- sympathy with the st, North and South set forth in this Call paid) to M, R "All colored men, East, We Wemust make an issue, create an event, and ji is glorious ~ Rev. Wm. Webb, ant Nap. M. R. Delany, Pike Wwe bies we to : 'Yhos A. Brown, eee ae crn qesh io segukl ani La: Latlawitins;.... .. Patlehurah, Pa _ Samuel.Venerable | shat Pan Join Withams "" eeiices s ADT, Ea wleingyo'l od) jan'h doylon S.-W eSanders(u od ob cei, ne 1s adie BARS 'Rev A. R. Green; + Py L.Jatkson, et et Bae PRES Hee Maloney, Obie MA Tou jest ial GoHarper,o 5; «|. Alleghany Citys Jonathan Green, E Aiea? i id cry? A Ss desig oid to. ztotetign 'BYR Pafteh seo laokadies 2 Samuel Bruce, ..... s ad Se S el. orale wuney. DL ME Clark, "wees Cee ORM. Summer, = 805° V8 Waal cove hae tes I 38 Risa ess! vinaiod ga ian | ea york + ee pt ae James M. Whitfield, .. Jobo. N Sule. a. 'Stanley Matthews,' : HHMH) 20 sash LW Sipiinern 4 « = : = GROCERIES AND CROCKERYWARF- diate "RB. TO: «rEg 4999 ale tess J iN ES Haslam ch JUDBALER Nas youu T qiokl + Ho. of gaifiage ae os 0 Sialeal oft ig aatig 814 pUNDAS 8T Lh nen SR IS yee . LONDON, 'C. W. ubseriber has made the)" ie TripuNe his spe> of the United States, aud opposed. lo the American 4; Golonization sheme of ieaving, tae Western | : : = = : bre, Ss ut emigration to the Eastern Hemisphere--either to @,y, termination is to' Consider our claims to the Wiest yp indies, Central and South America, and the, Yy personal preterence, or individual enterprise ; | bil 2, to ihe great question of national claims to come, oF