Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-04-10

and after long preface in reference 10
'speri,s' in general, and the 'sperit' of the
the night before in particular, she gave cir
cnmslantial &C count of her short ride swid
de gemman, as thought all de time, as he'd
had Miss Emma safe in dar. when it was
dis ole niggar arter aI.' Nothing could in
duce her TO believe, how ever, that The s,ran-
ger she saw on the frs. night, was the same,
and no, 'spert.'
'Massa Frank she replied solemnly, yon
needn't talk. knows speri.s when sees
EN-. ! want born on ole Christmas day for
muffin. Missus knows how warn her, and
tole her all bout it., an hopes it'll be u
visitation to dis here family, not TO make
light up such awfulnesses. Dey nebber
comes cep, in 'ticklar times, and t}ey IS ub
all sorts and denomina'ins seed one once
atore when ole Cornwall's was in dis eoln-
try and my ole Massa, bress his soul, was
out tieh,in de rebboulion. was a night
smart gal den, dough it was mighty long
ago, and goes den to ole Katy, my mam-
my's grandmother what was blind, an tells
her, and axes her wodder she sees j, too.
An she say, child you'll hab to walk wer-
ry slraigh, in dis world Gaze you is got de
awful recommendation ob seein sperils. Eve
KEEP sharp look out eber since, and nebber
forgo, cep. las. night
| sWhy, did you forget then p asked Mr..
Fon,aine smiling.
why no didn't forget zackly, but ar,er
know'd ii was human man, and no sperit,
dat sIung me into da, carriage, kind Oh gin
TO think, dat dere want no speri.s no how
and felt right peert aud sassy like bout it.
But den Ico.ch'd it; for jis as we was a
gwine ober da. little bridge, de sperit comes
yes, Massa, j, were de spert as shore as
dea,h-an he fotched me dis here lick and
stove in my shoulder and de last ting dat ]
says is da,'s what | gifts for my onbelieving
imperance!' And thus she went on read
ing them homiIies on 'speri,s' without in
lermission till the arrival Of the Doctor.
Everything tina. skill and the kindest care
could suggest was Of course done for this
faithful slave: and Emma remembering the
disinlerested affection which had saved her
from this accident, attended night and day
to the old woman's comfort and relief
Ludy was long time confined TO her room,
bu, at length she was able to sgit about a.
gin,' as we'll as ever. At the last accounts
she was still alive and residing with her
.baby > who, cured Of all romantic folly by
this saIuary lesson, had later in life bappi-
Iy married, and settled in the neighborhood
of her father. Ludy is still firm believer
in apparitions, and The least doubt express
ed on the subject in her hearing, never fails
TO bring on. this story 'ub dat SPERiT.'
GEoLoGY.-"Geology is history Of the
mineral masses which compose the earth,
and of the organic remains which they con-
tain" This department, Of knowledge is
comparatively Of recent origin. About the
beg ginning Of the sixteenth century, some
scientific minds in Italy were turned TO the
OF this subject. Their atten-
lion was arrested by the fossil shells found
in great abundance, in some parts of that
land Of ''slory and SONG" Not content to
collect and study facts, they Immediately
theories; and it was not ill philosophers
had exhausted the whole vocabulary Of nom
sense, ,ha. they became sensible of their fol-
ly, and commenced investigating the pheno-
mena Of the earth by the induclive method.
Towards the close Of the seventeenth, and
about the commencement of the eighteenth
century, we date Of a new era in geological
science. From this period j. has steadily
advanced. One important principle after
another has been established, till a. length
geology has assumed her appropriate place,
the brightest save one, Of all the gems in
.he diadem Of science. In the magnitude
and the grandeur of lis objects and It's prin-
ciples, astronomy is by far the most sublime
theme that can enchain the faculties Of the
soul. But "next to the study Of those dis
ant worlds which engage The contemplation
of the Astronomer" says DR.. Buckland, sit
is clear that the largest and most sublime
subject which can occupy The mind of man
and by far the most Interesting, from the
ne ersonal concern we have in it, is the his
tory Of the plane. on which we dwell, of the
many various changes in organic life ,ha.
have followed one another upon its surface,
and Of It's mulliCarious adaplions TO the sup
por, of its present inhabitants, and ID the
physical aud moral condition Of the human
race.
PLAYING THE AMlABLE. Amorous
Young gentlemen should be cautious Of bor-
rowing poetry. A lover was once whisper
ing expressions Of admission into the ear
of his mislress-and borrowed sen,i-
mental strain from Phillip Sydney. When
he paused from failure Of recollection, the
lady sad-.'Prav, sir, 90 on. The next