The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-04-26

IfiSHteu dHu cOniuse Tue animals aUu Dlrus
of i'll omen, we then and there so truthfully
classified and described. An uproar among
'em equal to the satanic chorus Uf
G spirits that are culled
Out of regions under earth"
followed, each species giving vent 10 ils
feelings in its own ernacular-SIMIs lab.
bering, PoRpoIsE blowing, Owls screaching,
and the Shanghai Lord, how he "crow.
ed" Then came pause, during which,
unlike the pharisaical church-goer, who is
iu the habit o. Sundays of distributing the
different parts of the sermon 10 others and
applying none TO himself, each one of 'em
owned up-h,t. Iudeed several not classi.
fed look home our I" life pictures" 10 them.
selves, among whom is ZADoco in the
"Democral" of the l4lh inst. Though pre-.
tending 10 disregard our descriptions by pro.
nouncing them " erroneous and absurd, u
and "ludcrous arrangement Of the ration.
al and irrational" "emana,ing in (not from
eh y some morbid brain" his "Reioinder'
clearly demonstrates p sensitive place was
probed-and deeply too. We cannot help
il. He has thrown himself in The way, and
should we
g. skin and film the ulcerous spot
And leave the sore unheaed,"
il may teach him 10 be more eautious in iu.
ture how he volunteers fighting tho battles Of
others.
But ,eho is CUvIER-thst daring Ishmael
that would raise his pen against the faith
ful" What kind Of looking "animal" is
he! Is he "byena," man, or devla Rest
easy "b'hoys,''-perhdpS he has been
G. chiel among We takin' notes
AM faith does prent 'em,"
or maybe his ' vision" is so acute that he is
able 10 follow you, enshrowded as you are
by the darkness of night, and point you oul
so plainly that all may know ye. So ma Ike
the best of ii.
THE DREAM.
The old clock had toll'd The hour OF Nine
Feeling The somniferic pressure of The fin
gers of Morphia on our eyelids, we retired
10 our couch and were soon ia the land oil
Nod. Bui while weown TO thesoft impeach.
ment of indulging, on certain occasions, in
copious pota'ions of Young Hyson-thal
'uuloosener of tongues and univener of
wit''--the herb" of China, we aie frank to
declare it is only when we are Obliged 10 be
up o. night, in which case we avow that We
are more legiimalely employed than the
tribe Of "ZADoc" who are addicted 10 con.
gregatins for "plotting some conspiracy
when honest folks should be sabed; and fur.
ther, that upon the night in question, oul
only lballou was
| Water cold and uncoct
! With heat or other mixture"
! Nor was our "btain" made delirious'
9y the fumes and expressed juice of that othe'
herb"-To BAcco. From lis deflement,
we are happily free.
But soon after refreshing nap had T" "lait
its soft attachment on our Senses" we found
our imagination playing some very singular
autics again. The subject that occupied il
was vapid and worthless it is true, yet unlike
the majority of such dreams" which are
found quite difficult to collec, on awaking
we remembered this one with vivid distinct
| ness. Here it is: -
We were taken-we don't remember how
some distance West of our domicil-wt
don't say how far--and led into a chambe
where dun light was burning and lon'
"creature" setting with pen, ink and pape
before him, aud by his side the +" Dream o
Cuvier !" But ugh! ere we could surye,
him minutely our nosirils were filed will
the fumes of the nerb" narcotic, which il
dark pitchy columns were rapidly assendiu;
I frsm his pipe; and 10 avoid personal contac
with the bountiful streams of saliva which
ever and anon were elected from his m outh
we found it convenient not TO crowd too clos
10 where he was perchiug. Alter havia:
secured safe position, and with the precau
ton 10 apply our 'kerchief 10 our face I,
preucnt delirium,n we courageousy main
tanned our ground, for 10 analyse the birt
before US we were determined before back
ing out. Al this moment, its eye resting OF
the sixth division of our "Drsam," il NUT
ters-
"Mr. Cuvier" classifes me as q SHANG
Hal. Curse him, my name is "ZADoc," ant
I'll have revenge.
1t pauses, perhaps for breath, or ii ma,
be 10 drown its angry thoughts in blank ob
!vious-smoke. Al any rate thicker cloud
ascend, and while these are going up, w
mentally observe, thou art mistaken "a
DooP IL thou vast in the medley gathering
the other night, thee escaped our notice
We did not allude 10 thee, much less give
thee classification, Though thy "peda
extremities' are long enough, thou art not !
SHANGHAI. The species would not own thee
Thee could not "crowh TO save thy beaulifu
neck. Thy veraacular is "gabble," lout
and boiserous at times Ills irue, but a gable
nevertheless. Thy rank is among spe'
cies Of the omiIholosieal genus not very
particular in their habits of feeding--we
mean the Turkey BuzzARp. .r
Finding onfself in such close proximity io
a "bird o'Prey," We kept our finger on the