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The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-12
All Quiet along the Potomac
Tonight!
PWiished By request.

Nil pui, along the Potomac tonight!
Except. here ana there. . stray picket,
I. shot whilst he walks on his beat 10 and FRO,
BY a ritlcman ! il in the thickct.
lis nothing private or Two now and then
VIII not count n the news of the battle:
~. an officer lost. only one of the men
Moaning ont all alone. his icath-rattle.
Al u,:r along the Potomac tonight!
Wn,rc tie ~uIriier- lie peacefully dreaming.
ind their tents, in the rays of the clear AIT
(tumn moon.
And the light of their car'pf..s cleaning;
\ irymulou- sigh as the gentle night wind
Thyo' the sorc-t-!clvcs slowly is creeping.
While the stars up above, with their glitter
ling eyes,
Keep watch DER the arn..y while sleeping.
There is only the sound of a lone sentry,,s
{. he tramr- from the rock To the fountain,
And thinks ui the two on the low trunGlr-
[bcd.
Far away in his cot on the mountain.
lis m,rskct falls slack. his face. dark and
Igrim,
f,ro,ys Gentle with memories tender
N he i.lut.e,s :, prayer for his children asleep
lnt, their mo;hcr--may Heaven defend her
III, moon seems to shire on as brightly as
[thcn-
tTbDt uiriii when the love yet unSpok'n
! Leap d up to his lips, and when low muir
(nur' d VOWS
We're pledged. to be ever unhrokcn
Then. drawing his sleeve roughly over his
| leyes,
IL. dashe= Off tears that are yelling.
! And gathers his gun close up to In. breast,
As i. 10 keep down his heart-swelting.
He masses the fountain the blasted pine tree,
And his iootS,rp i tagging ana weary.
\'r, onward he goes thro the broad belt OF
flight,
To the shades Of the forest go drcary. .
iIark. was i tn night-wird that rustlcG
. lthc leaves :.
Was il mooulirht 50 wondcously flashing :
) It. luoh'd like riiie-.Nh. Mary. good bye
El'or his life. blood is ehbiug and piashing.
> Al! quiet along the Pctomnc to night
No sound. save, the rush of the river:
! While soft falls ,hc dew on the face of the
[dcad
The nj. k is OF duty forever!
lis nothing-a private ortwo, now and
[then
viii not count. in the news of the battle;
: Not an officer lost. only one of the men
. Moaning ont. all alone, his death-rattie.
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Hsyl,sf'5r,

nH,k"n mp at :hr Brown place. on Red
river. - miles below Shreveport. on
or about tb" 18th ct October. tw" mare
mules. Of small size on" about l2y"ar- old
no marks: the other about q years Ola,
branded with the iirrlr" ; on the let shout
der AMI hip The owner j. requested !"
come forward. ray charge. prov" properly
and take them away.
\ VI MARSHALL.
rl.h I.G. +,Il
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I'D. GRS. DEPT. TRANSMITS, :
Shreveport, Nov. 18th. 1865. J

I'D. GRS. DEPT. TRANSMITS,
Shreveport, Nov. 18th. 1868.
4 prLIC ATID\S for invitation +" APP
II rr,.r before the Army Medical Honrd
will l.. mndc to the Secretary OF ar
through surgeon .Jho. NJ. lladcn, Medical
Director of the Department.
The applicants Will sta" Their names
f..hristiH' nmi suTnnm") III tuil, age,
icpcti. of time they have been III practice,
in what school they graduated and when,
anu the position applied to', whether
Surgeon OF Asst. Surgeon.
The applications must IN all cases ''' &C. G,
companicd. by testimonials rs to moral
thnractcr. and not hy references.
Hy command OF
ii,ir- GES l.. kIRi:V SMITH
:. :. ANDERSON.
t-s't Atj''. General.
T.Hts. Louisiana aud Arkansas phr"r'
,,,I,li.t -fx ,r.,.l- nov. IS
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of Jmo. II. Heath

.<ty., 81 LOuixinHu-P0rtM ri QUO
Io-M i0N .iUdicI I'Str'"t f""'I.
" Office j. hereby given that W. W.
y Go"fgc. adm { OF saii snr'cNNi"n' h":
M. day Il ed in my nifir" his 'r~t annual
,.c,r,,u, H. administrator and a petition
PRAYING that tie sam" hc h"m"l"Gatc".
And unless opposition tc mad" thereto
in ,iic tim" prescribed Icy i.w, said account
Will Ice hum"lugntci a. prayed t''I.
Given under my hand and seal q. "tiicc
This .G,h day of N"vcmhcr. l-i3.
4. H. LEONARD,
dacl-Jtur,IGd &c +.
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Aid aud Relief
NOTICE!!

A Ny person having IL" BOOKS OF the
\ Monroe Register Printing ONCE, IN
their possession. are requested to nan" tnen ,n
to the undersigned said books were
brough, TO Shreveport hy MI. ; fuircfnld'
Foreman of that Office: says he passed them
over to Dr. Bradley while ii, Tins city IN
which case the Doctor may hay" ~l' 'ht'''
here with some person, as th'! '""'''' w
founa. ,a.
n,coltf i T STORY. News Once.
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b@..icr %. Chr. or r':n. < l.nT'r, /

s~.acu o. CIR or r';r. < tnr'Y,
D="AETHF>r TEN. f'i<'..
Shreveport, 1t. Han. L. f-Gi. !.
-, enable thi- Department TO rcono1aizc
| til" u-r of tn" limited >upliy O. car
,uI-" Taper on hand. make az drp'a! 70
the .S,,'" and Parish officers AMI +" ia" cii
lrn-, to furnish the .. :. Laboratory.
Shreveport. with ~ue! on +. :. Congress
.null Documents o. other paper. a. can pc
spared. AMI NOT I-cw >" va!uail" for other
purposes. The !ra:rS ana paper can b..
use! for buNJliHg The cartridges.
II information i given. II" books. &c.
vii! h" sent for. and payment made tor
-amc Ahcn required.
TI.D%. G.. RlfETT.
| Maj. < Cid. q rrd.& Art y. y. :. Vi.
! .lu~ =
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Pant, and Jackets to he sr.afi.
I5D FOR ti:r Covers: n:Gaft.

DEi;-ONS who ar" d"-irou- of making
/ up Clothing vii! please csli at the
Clothing Bureau. ". II. HAYNES.
Mi. a ut. Clothing Bureau.
Shreveport. Jan. " It.
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. SO REWARD.

r DST ON he 9Th Of November. in o.
Il near shreveport. pair at gold spec
taclr.. They were in - tin cas". iiu'"l
having on i: the nalu" "f J. Ruin. MAI -hali
Texas. Tho finder VIII hc rewarded WIT!
city dollars by sending t!c'n to the Ma
hall Republican Office. IjInS
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God moves in II mysterious way. HIS
wonders - perform.
Men the aged and irtirm i'y II natural
process pas. away, however sai. II Is an
cXpcctcI cvrut--rbc result OF natural laws
Bit when the Young and strong. with pros
poets bright and hoI"- hmoyant. are sud
DENLY cut down. III the very hudilng OF
lie. It is t. providence though designed tor
wise p,glnsr,. which can never he under
stood til reverted by the light OF eternity.
SrcI! was the fcath of AMBROSE CHAP
MAN. son us = -. 6. nul &. T.. Chapman.
he died July i. i-i;::;, aged - years n'nc
months and - days. Though young lie
was WEI known and with whom tie %
nl. we've tiuui!iar Tie writer knew him
well IS II sp, he was 'iu itul, KIM. and
| inspired Tie + gf,i'y with life. Is -I.upi.
| he wa. obc,ii.r,. respectful. But the thing
most TO ,l.. admitted in his character, ana
which rc;.ycs the mos pleasing rchert'on
is that lie was Il christian. IN March las;
ut prvtructcd meeting at tbs place win
n number Of utL".S. his scioulnlatcs, he
rrotcssrd religion and joined til" church. OF
,h;cii lie was a constant attendant. ever III
III, place a; the ..sarcr end cas-, meetings
CWil lis >cl.ooiui;.t" initiate h. cN'rnr.'
I'm thi,5 HLt It +, W short EIoi. rs and Ms
christian c,i;..,c !, wound to ac'oSc, and il,
is c.4-d 20 II position in tho urror chluci
!;r:r,I:,ph:,rt. wAr.c IL lcU:.iom al i"Ncd "n"
= luraiy anticipated b! ih".c ic:i TO mourn
hi. los. JOHN PIPES
Peasant IliI la Mug. 81. i-6@.
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HEAD QUAR'S. ALLEN'S BRIG ADE,,
Shreveport. La. January ,. ls"l
S.lk ~ Senior surgeon OF III" briG"Hc
> voyI viii Immediately cni"r upon liz"
,lutits OF your office, aud make this place
your Head Quarters until further orders:
Ey ordered Brig. Genl. II. w. ALLEN.
T. MMrENBrts:GEH,
tid-dc-Camp.
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LOST.

Flat made composition metal >nt. key
n about two inches long I've hr''r
win hc libraily rewarded by t"a-.n+ II NJ
this Office ur Ia ,,.,.,
dec loft. llI4-iH - -
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;so..fs. Simpson, Assc.icuecG.

WILL Civ" particular attention to sell
" lug Real ESTATE. slaves. and ether
property. [jane-G
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a. CCN{lSTTI.Ef 10 ia" .Ia! in
y IT,. c.tr ct Shreveport. Parish Of
q. CadIo. u wr.ru MAN. OF black color.
about -iN feet high. one upper tront in"'h
ont on the right side. aged a.'"Ht ~ !"HH'
call. lis name LEWIS. and says he belongs
To Jack Crimson. Tarrlnt county. lexis
The owner or owners oi said ~l''N" are
hereby notified To- come forward. prove
property. pay charges. and take him away
or lie will be disposed ota~ tn" law urcct~
a,ry2-y; j. W. NAH. T.. jailor.
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Hob Printing

PLAIN lND FANCY.
CDLORED. BRONZE ETC
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Sny Glasses Wanted!

Liberal price will Ice paid for good
4 .ny glasses. on presentation nj th"
rns, Gaarternn,tcr's office IN Shreveport.
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.\OTll'.-.

lL.pcr-oH, are hereby caution i against
y taking away AN coal from my pace
ia, f,,uInc. or J. ". Wheaton.
d.. , - O.. !. WELLS.
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Texas. Lou;-iana aud Arkansas paper
t,ubli-n -iN weeks. nov. t."
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S,!ctp-s;SN "-asr.

- .<tgi,. ofLonjNiG0n-P"t'yh # t"""'
IN ION .j"ds"'9i bt>f|'~ t""ri
80. 90.
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EI.t(;i LAR.

November 9th. 1863 3nh
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-10-11

The MODEL or CoppERnEAD Sg-
pIrIoN.-B Benedc, Arnold, on tie
20th day Of October, 1880, Issued the
following:
Proclamation 10 he Cit'@eas and Sal
dters ofhe United .Saies:
You are promised liberty by the
leaders Of yenr affairs, bat is there an
individual in the enjoyment Of It, sa-
wing your oppressors Z! Who among
you dare to speak or write what he
thinks against tie tyranny which has
robbed you Of yoar properly, impris-
ons your sons, drags you 10 the field
Of battle, and is daily deluging your
country Witb blood .
Your country once was happy. and
had the prodered peace been etnbra.
ced, tie last tgo years Of misery had
been spent IN peace and plenty, a0d
repairing the des8Iation Of ths quarrel,
that would haye set the interests Of
Great Britain ard America 10 true
light, and cementei their friend hips.
! wish 10 lead chosen band Of
Americans 20 the attainmcnts Of peaes,
liberty and safe,g, tie first obi .cis IN
taking The Geld.
v hat Is America bat a Land Of wid-
oHs, orphan and beggans But what
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-10-11

A BArrLE-FLAG IN TnE HANDS
or A METHODIST BisHoP.--The re-
ceai session Of the Piusburg Annual
Conference OF the Methodist Protest
ant Church was characterized by an
incident Of patroiic and thrilling inter-
est Bishop Simpson followed the in
trodactorY exercises with a speech an
hour and a half long, without manu-
script, 10 which he held bis vast au-
dience Of cultivated Chisian gentle
men, spell-bouid, Under bis discdssion
.ot the four questions "Sball our
Government be swept from the Earth ?
Can We be divided into two or mo
Governments; Shall we have new
form Of doyernneot2 Isnot the Ma
tion TO rise oat Of is present troubles
better frner and more powerful -
During tie whole of tie address Of this
wonderful oraorthe assembly,i ia deep
silence, lung upon their lips, save
when applause was struck out Of them
as with blows Of magnetism. But a
scene ensued in the delivery Of his
Teroration, that viii make this Con-
ference memorable to every one who
attended Il An eye witness says:
Laying lis hands or tie torn and
ball riddled colors of tie 73i Ohio, he
sprke Of the battle-felds where they
had btcn baptized Ii blood, and de-
scribed lheir beauty as some small
patch Of azure, filed with stars. that
an angel had snatched from the heav-
enly canopy 10 set the stripes 10 blood.
With this description began a scene
that Demoihones might have envied.
All over tie vast assembly haudker-
clieis AMI bats were waved and be-
fore lhe speaker sat down the whole
llirong arose ~ by magic influence,
and screamed, aud Shouted, aud salut-
81, and stamped, AMI clapped, and
wepi, and laughed u wild excitement.
Colonel Mooly sprang 70 the top Of
bench and called Tor tie Star Spang-
iei Banner, which was sung, or rather
shouted until Tie audience dispersed,
as il bad 20 di.persc."
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PRESENCE or MIND.-There i,
nothing like having ones wits abou.
one in The hour Of peril, to which enc
II is above all things necessary thai
people should cultivate a habit Of keep.
ing themselves cool and facing small
evils steadily. Some years ago, IN,
dy bathing on the coast of Cornwall.
got ogt OF her depth and was carried
out by the tide. The people ON The
shore were in fulter, and did moth.
ing to save her; but she herself knew
that she could float, and SO she threw
herself on her back, determined ia
utilize Aer sole power to its utmost
a young shipwright hearing what had
happened, and being strong swim
mtr, came down TO the beach, stripped,
and began 10 swim after her. After
swimming upwards OF a mile he came
near her, but before touching her he
asked if she had presence Of mind 10
do precisely what he told her TO do.
and promised that, on that condition.
ne would do his best 10 save her. SIZE
gave her promise, and the carpenter
came close TO her, told her 10 place
her hands upon his hips. which Size
did, and then swan back with her
towards the shore. Both tiese peo.
pie had their with about them. and
were both saved, The Birmingham
DAILY Post records an instance Of
cooiness equally happy, though differ
ell ~ circumstances. A canal-boat
at W. Kerliampton, was capsized on
Monday, having in the cabin the cap
tan's wife and three children. 10 all
appearance their death was certain.
when a boat builder, seeing What had
occurred, ran into the water, and leap
ed on the bottom Of the boat. at the
same lime sending friend for his axe.
As soon as be got il lie placed bis ear
close y The boat, and ascertaiBina
why're the woman and children were.
SCI 70 work to cut through lhe timbers
OF tAree-inch oak, and in ten minutes
made an opening through which tiny
hand Immediately grasped tie broken
iimbers. As the hole increased r.
size. more hands were leld %. TN al
last the bole was wide enough to "a
nit the egress Of the baby ten mouths
old. In twenty minutes from The &C.
earring Of the accident. children and
mother were ali rescued. The pro-
cess was simple, bat no one though, OF
it except ihe man who had bis wits
about him.-Eagiid Paper
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- FHaattA aAa w HtHAHasA 81 tf'EA AtfA
nilelY more miserable than tongue eau
express ] give my promise Of most
atiectionaic welcome to all who are
disposed 70 join me in measures nee.
essary to close the scenes Of our afllic.
lion, which must increase until We are
satisfied with the liberaity eli tie
mother country, which still offers d.
protection and exemption from an tax
es but such as We think iil to impo.
upon ourselves .
BENEDICT ARNOLD.
Oct. 20. 1880.
The traitor here makes eight poi Is
against the Continental Congress, and
Washington. the Commander in chief.
First--1ha, freedom of speech and
Of the press has been taken away.
secoud-That property has been
taken and appropriated.
Fhird-fhat illegal imprisonments
have been made.
Fourth That odious conscripdons
have been imposed.
Fiith-Ihat peace, which might
have been had, was refused.
Sjxth-That the FIRST objects IN IA,
king the field have been abandoned.
Seventh-That the country has
been deluged with blood, and made a
land Of widows and orphans.
Eighth-That ii is necessary to
join him, in order to close those afllc-
lions ard return TO prosperity.
Now we defy any man 10 make out
a more complete model Of copper
head harrangue in. 1854. Take any Of
the set speeches, we do not care which.
Turn, for instance, TO that made by
lloratio Seymour, in Milwaukee, an
extract from which we published last
Monday. His points are as follows,
and We use his own words
First-"The freedom of speech and
OF the press has been denied us"
Second-"It is your property, the
property of Northern tax payers,which
is confscated.'
Third-"Men have been torn from
their families and locked up in prison,
and women too"
Fourth-"Men are told that they
must leave THAR homes, and deyote
themselves 10 war;"
Fiith-"The policy of the Admin
Istration has placed hindrances in the
way of the Union"
Sixth "The Administration has
entered upon settled policy danger.
ouS to the welfare of the country"
Seventh-''ln Gods name,are there
10 means by which we can save the
lives of husbands and brothers Z"
Eighth-"We nominated McClel-
AN shat we might restore prosperity
lud peace TO the people"
Thus are the points made by Ho-
alto Seymour against the Admins
ration in 1864, identical, point with |
'oint, with those made by Benedict
Arnold against Washington and the
Continental Congress, in 1880. We
zee precisely what Mr.. Seymour
meant, when, toward the close Of his
peech he asserted sour views came
rom our fathers They are the views
Which the Tory fathers, through their
Executor, Benedict Arnold, bequeath-
q to their Copperhead offspring.-
Y. I. Times.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-10-11

"a range Of mountains, near The line
Of California. 4 party Consisting Of
Mr.. 4. W. Glen. his wife aud children.
bis father, +. H. Medley and wife. ana
Mr.. George Weston, leh the town u
aurora on the 26lb 81 Joly, foratrip
to Bridgeport, where lheY expected Is
arrive at 5 r. NJ. and whore i portion
Of The party were TO attend i hall ii
the evening. they started "a s was-
on drawn by four horses. The morn.
ing was fair and beautiful. bur ram
commenced falling. AT three o'clock
the team was travelling up a gorge or
guich in the bills about twelve miles
from Aurora Al this moment a cloud
burst at the head Of the gorge and
emplied itself into it. filling il 70 The
depth Of fifteen almost Instantly,
When the party saw tie Geluge
coming they jumped ont Of the Wagon
and attempted 10 escape, the vehicle
being covered delaying them SOME
Mr.. Glen, Senior, succeeded in reacll-
ing the side OF the bin and clung 10
some bushes until Tie torrent passed
BY, which was in about ha an hour.
leaving 10 water in the gu,ch Mr
Medley threw lis left arm around his
wife AID supported her until tile re-
slstless torrent tore her from his grasp,
and her body was aftrwarl found
lodged in tree six feet IRON The
ground. Mr.. Glen held up his little
girls, five and eight years old, until he
was dashed against a mass Of rocks
and stones, when both were lost and
Glen narrowly escaped. Mrs. Glen
was the last TO leave the wagon. She
jumped for the side Of the hill, having
a child Is months old in her arms. -
Weston, who was at that point, seized
her and attempted to drag up, but her
dress giving away she was swept away
and drowned with her child. The
body OF the mother was found near the
spot, but the children were swept
down below. The inpetuous torrent
bore in IFS course large trees and rocks
weighing a ton. The wagon was
dashed into small pieces and the four
horses killed or drowned.
The locality Of this occurrence is
from five TO seven thousand feet above
the level OF the sea, and the papers
from which this account is condensed
express the opinion that the cloud
which burst, either came in collision
with another cloud or with the top Of |
The hill. AT sea, when there is dang
er Of their engufng a ship, they are
burst by means Of cannon. a SIM
liar case occurred year or two since |
in the coast range Of mountains near
Los Angeles, California, when two or
hree persons perished. The his o.
rians Of that State make frequent mem
ion of cloud busting. In Wilson's
beautiful sketch entitled The Bap-
ISM" in Lights and Shadows Of Scot
ish life, an occurrence of this kind is
lotieed, where some brutal soldlery
who had come TO arrest or murder The
Joyendnters were swept away.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-10-11

tsH VIZ %"t = 1855 ftNet HtA
smiling counieuaneu. fling down the
road besi5e many thousand men.
who'e lives we're iu his keeping
Az AaygNruRE IN 4 CruurERr.--
A young priest, once wishing 10 show
lis courage AND the conttmp,ous light
ia which he regarded all supershtous
notions. laid considerable wager that
he noull walk 10 The cemetry IN tbo
dead 0. ihc night, and hammer natl
into a certain part OF The inner wall
Leaving toe town az the stated lime
be proceeded straight 10 The place, and
arrived there perfectly satisfied Of his
ability 20 perform The louely task he
had imposed upon himself Adyacine
into the inner circle, he planted
small ndder with which he was pro-
yided against the wall, and, before
proceeding further. he looked leisure
y around. Tie moon was shining in
full beauty, and her rays, tipping the
leaves 81 an tie trees on one side or
The circle, and she'd subdued light
on every object Immediately around
our adscntorer leaving the other side
Of this portion Of The cemclry. into
which the moons rays could not7pen-
citrate, IN perfect shade. Spite ofeye-
ny wish 70 the contrary, the poor priest
could not but feel kind of underlined
dread at the awful stiffness, as he slow
y ascended the ladder, his knees be-
gan perceptibly 10 lremble. Deter
mined, however, TO execute his pur-
pose, be fixed the nail and commen-
ced hammeiing loudly, his perturbed
spirit deriving comfort from the re-
yerberalng sounds thus created.
Quite reassured when this work was
finished, he rc-turned il order TO de-
scend, when pulling his foot out to
place il on he ladder, he felt his cape
pulled from behind Too terrified 10
Try and ascertain the cause be made
several attempts 10 dsengage himself.
but the more he pulled the faster he
seemed 10 be held until at last, ex-
hausted with the efforts he had made,
he remained passive from terror. The
whole cemetery seemed 10 be whirl-
ing around him. The collins appear.
cd to be leaving their narrow cells,
and their Ids bursting open be tancied
he saw the ghaslIy inmates grnning
al bin. In vain he tried to call out
his tongue refused TO frame a single
word and thus paralyzed by fear,
bis senses entirely lorsook him, and
be fell 70 the ground below, where he
remained IN state Of unconeiousness
until discovered by a friend many
hours after, who, fearing lhat some-
thing had happened, came, aecompa-
med by others, 70 search for him. He
slowly recovered his senses, but spoke
little. although the remembprance of
all that had happened remained I'M.
pressed by terror on his mind. Not
Slthiandiag lis friends pointed out to
him the rent in his cape, which, hay-
ng cauahl on the nai when he turn
"a round, was torn as he fell from the
adder he smiled incredously ana
gradually, till he died, in the belief
hat what he had Witnessed was pnn-
shment for his daring to boast on snch
! subject.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-10-11

THg LARGEsr CITY.-A very err
roHeoas idea is prevalent regarding
the largest city in tie world many
confidently asserting ihat London is
lar snpefor 10 any other both IN Size
and ia number d inhabitants Bus
such il not tbe case. Jeddo. ihe cap
lol q japan j., without exception. ibe
largest AID moa popui5us ely 10 the
Worli i contains tie vast number
q 100000 dwellings, md : 100000
q human SOILS. Many u the streets
are nineteen Jafan serIs 10 teng'h,
Which 3 eqa'Yalem p tgeHiy iwo Ia.
glish miIes.