The weekly Placer herald., 1852-10-16

Bsasncs& &hafid hs haB Bded 9wn to poFeriS
Ay asfhe benefaeturs of mankind, inthus
bringing before the world that which was
lost to it for SO many ages. - arr,
L 1OST BOoKu CHAPTER Cd. ,
~s=i. Anain.those-days-the MISUNDERSTANDING
iana sGentiles+-stranger FROM aIfar
Ian.l; anti fhcy were aapeople of flstrange
eounEenances the cUlorofwhose skinrwas
tlike ,ilheo oaEfe4colereefb ScotchI 'snaff;eand
tshetwore long tails, likeunto the tails'of
sass janditbe fashion Of their ne therh gar
ments was iil,e untoi the faslli0n of "A sack
iftoswhichsa Chileno Puttefh ofSflour AN
hundred ipounds. .salrp ,9ann ~ iin ssrao
hur2, Aadl they livedG among themselves,
nnslieheir foodwas rice, and they did eeat
Ethessane with sticks. si7ia~ ruo Tor "oE
s. 8aeAndA they flayeda'one with another
EforJpieces ofgoM and pieces of silver, ,sbdt
they repderedn no tribute'umol Cesar 8 ~
Fg,4. sand there Iived'one edinIIsrael'whose
uanle was sqbraham, a man of fierce coufi-
tenance who sat daily in ntheinuertemple,
and he received the tribute which was rem
dered unto Gtessir ly those who sold -v'ine
and food and rsiiinent, and by those who
played for pieces Of fnohey.' h'o"HT'1w
|ao 5.%Anl when !4brahanl heard concern
ing those things which were done by that
strange people he waxed @roth, and he
opened his ineuth and spake, saying,
How long 'shailthese things be in israeli?
NAG, hAnd he arose and went forth from
the tenipe, and drew nigh unto rhe habit
tati0ns of the Gentilcs.i n1ni a' ySni ,2t'n
G'i7aFAnd about the ninth hour tile strange
people sat in their house and played a
game which no man may understand, Save
he who eateth rice and Aveareth a tail.Y9
49, yfnd even while they played there
appeared among them Abraham, aid he
seized the peices of money which were
upon the table, and lie took from them
thirty and five pieces of silver, even the
tribute which was due unto Cesar. '7'''
80. And VIXEN the Gentiies saw the
thing which Abraham had done they lifted
up their voices and cried aloud, and the
sound thereof was great even like unto
the souhdIofhn hogong. 9n' o2roraI hna
4dlO And they felruponiA Abraham every
one ofthen, and sought to take from him
the tribute whichhe had seized. sD"i'"''7if
II. And the noise of the tumut came
ssn,o the cars of'one Lewis, who was an
Essor, and he drew near unto the house
of the Gentiles.s .iasioe74n ~isl1t e1 .i,a
sf1a.1 find when he saw Abraham and
those who were assaulting him, he reas-
oned with himself, saying, Who is .4bra-
ham, that should do battle in his cause ?
and he crossed over on the other side,
even unto the house Of ap. publican. " '.'
Is. Then .abraham lifted up his voice
and cried Go! make haste! speed unto
Samuel and bid him come hence, lest be
overcome by these advcrsariesl ,...
| ID. And Samuel was gazing, at a bar
keeper through thIckrboftonied tumbler,
and when he heard -the. VOICE OF ,9abrabani
he ran; and when b, !came unto the place
where the. tEmuIt was he fell upon tbs
Gsnti|'es and .spsnqte thlsm nightly with q
staff, and, they fled, g.n upAi ar9,,.m,
,15. And Abraham arose and said, Yer
lily haye,.l |, received the tribute duelu
Caesar, and he went his way. And Sam
uel and .4braham had great renown in all
srAel.u,aihy lnh ,ilse li4 .4as woE
WoNDEAFuB Esca E'.Aaothrop Smith,
of New Orleans, few days since, while
on visit ftoithe w hite Mountains, made
a misstep over the precipice near the
FIume House, into the abyss below. He
fell into the pool, from which, by great
presence Of mind, though the water was
icy cold, and he was ehcumbered with his
clothes, he made his escape by swimming
to 'acrag Of the rock ON level with the
water. Here ne was lodged about forty
feet beneath the distance ffomH which he
f.H. IIo E.s,onoL "a ropo 'rotii,d his bUdy
aud was raised aloft, drenched and brus-
ed-4but the only human thing, we pre-