The North-Carolinian., 1844-07-20

never have his daughter till he, ehe fa,her,)
dsuoh,ar. dog, cat, cottage, bee-hives and ali,
win her dowry Of almond trees to boot, set
out .ome fine morning to beg the young Vine
dresser 10 accept them.
Poor Maria grew thin and pale, aud
Gu;.enus looked little better, turning all his
won,..a tests into sighs. and even interrupting
hi. work to sit and look towards tho said al /
,ard trees. which formed beautiful clumo |
on an ..ceut upon the other side Of the glen, |
shelterine the best of Autonio's bee hives,
and composing a pretty dowry for tho pretty
Maria. which the father longed TO see in the !
possession of the young citizen.
Que morning, after very sultry night. as
the Door youth sat endeavorins to catch a
plimose of her in the direction, he observed
that the clouds gathered in very unusual
manner over the country, and then hung low
in the air heavy and immovable. Towards
Messipa the sky looked SO fiery that al frat
he though, the city was fire, till an un-
usual heat affecting his own skin, aud smell
| Of sulphur arising. and the little river ut his
| feet assuming tinge Of u muddy ash color.
| he knew that some convulsiou OF the earth
was at hand. His immediate impulse was to
cross the ford, and with mixed anguish and
delight. again to find himself in the cottage of
Antonio, giving the father and the daughter
all tho help in his power. tremendous
burst of thunder and lightning startled him for
moment; but he was proceeding to cross
whom his ears tingled, his head turn a6 siddy.
and while the earth heaA01UUSeath AIs own
feet, he saw the whole opposite side Of the
gulf lifted up with horrible deafening noise,
then the cottage itself, with all round it cast,
as he thought, to the ground, and buried for
~ro, 'Tho ydv yo,,th f,rt he first tiUOe in
his life, tainted away, aud when his senses
returned, found himself pitched int" his own
premises, but not injared, the blow having
been broken by the vines
But, on looking in horror towards the site
Of the collage up the hill, what did he see
there? And what did he see, forming a new
mould, furlongs down the side Of the hill, al
mos, at the bottom Of the glen, and in his
own very homestead!
Antonio's cottage. Antonio's cottage
with the almond trees, and the bee hive, and
the qery cat and dog, aud the old man him.
self, end the daughter, (both senseless) all
come, as if in ,he fathers words, to beg him to
accept them! Such awful pleasantries, te
speak. sometimes take place in the midst o
natures deepest tragedies, and such exquisite
good may spring out Of evil.
For it was so in the end If not in the inten
tiou.-The old man was together with hi
daughter he had only been stunned by terror
super=,itious'y frightened by the dreadful cir
cumstance, if not affectionately moved by III
attentions OF the of his old friend, and ,h
delight and religious transport of his child
Besides, be thought the cottage and the al
mand trees, aud the bee hives, had all com
: miraculou<ly safe down the hill. IA phenome
non which has frequently occurred 10 thes
l. n lcf1 \ than
y, on which bees feed, were almost all destroyed
:" his property lessened, his pride lowered; an
- 7, when the convulsion was well over, he cor
scented TO become the inmate for life Of Ii
" y cottage Of the enchanted couple.
. He could never attain, however TO the il
- nate deicacy ofhis child, and he would som,
~ times, with a patient sigh, intimate at the t,
~ - BILE what a pity it was that she had not ma
" ried the rich aud high feeding citizen.
:, such times as these, Maria would gather or
y of her husbands feet between her own und
~ the table, aud with squeezs of it, that repa
~ :" him ten fold for The modification. would ste
" ~, look at him, which said, possess all whie
il is possible for me to desire.
ed vt is caculat that about 40, 900 souls perish
e. IN this convusion In the greatest OF all the Sic
er Ian earthquakes, that of 1888 the earth shook b
.s four minutes, and overthrow almost all the tow
Oh the eastern side Of the Isnnd.
og The INSTINCT OF DIsclPLlNE.-Vario
" methods Of sheltering The men from the en-
" my's fire were tried but the enemy, after
as time, moving part Of their guns, so as TO
u tack the division in flank well Us in fro
ell the field pieces Of the English being disable
ns and the men beginning to lose courage,
IL retreat became advisable, if not inevilnb
II A single Illustration Of the instinct of dis
pine marked this movement. The grenade
}" of one of the Company's batallions were
az halt near the gate; but, seeing it open, III
e. marched out into the plain, quickenipg tn
pace at every step. Sensible that to call af
to, men in such a state Of feeling would OF
slf' have the effect Of adding to their fear and dr.
to ing them into wild and disorderly flight. M
Coliaud followed and passed them, wh'
stopping suddenly in front, he cried I" Hal
"f- The men obeyed the word Of command, for
OF ed according to order, turned, and foiio~
liui the officer who had thus recalled them TO du
90 The retreat was subsequently, conducted
IN good order. Thornton History of the b
'or- ish Empire in India.
An invalid sent for physician, the
she Dr.. Wheelman, and after OBTAINING him
nan some time with description of his pal
aches, ETC., he thus summed up -" N,
one Doctor, you have humbugged me long euo,
ia with your good for nothing pills and VOL
way, less syrups; they don't touch the real difficu
per- | wish you to strike the cause of my aimer
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