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Colt In (ho CuHcnNU.
Wc find the following inlercsting anecdote illuMrnling ihe value of n recent
American invention In nn EnglMi pnper ol the IBih February :
InDnghcslnn a young Lothian chief being severely wounded drrlng one
of th'c JrcQuenl rcMinsof the Itubslnns took refuge in n ruined sakll in order
lo apply bandages to his wounds. "While thus employed he was discovered by
!.! r iw.iv .tumonnied dracoons. who immediatelv Rave chn.se on his
tal'ln" flinlit. Being licet of foot for n short lime he outran them during which
tlrnosuch i of thcin as had their carbines loaded fired at liitn Ineffectually. Hav-
infr crossd Otic of the flexible bridges common in that country and which was
over a ranidjprrcnl at the footafn mountain the fugitive finding himself una-
ble to proceed much further and having time to put his arms In order stood at
bav under'a pr feeling rock. With yells of delight and uplifted sabres the
Huhsians approached the bridge. The foremost nearing him cried "Yield
dog!" "Not whilst I have twelve lives at my girdle" cried the undaunted
mountaineer. .... u
The Russians in the icar laughed loudly al he boast; but he in advance tell
"dead pierced through and through by a bullet nearly at the feet of the Lcfghian.
Thescmnd soluler Mumbled over his deiid comrade and as he rose received a
shot which caused him to fall severely wounded. The next seeing the same
weapon which had tw ce be?n discharged still pointed rushed on : but to the
surprise of the Russians a third shot was fired at him: untouched however
he Was about lo cut down the Lesghian when a fourth discharge scattered Ins
i...tno nn i tin rnnkv nnriinpi. nntl his liielpss bodv tumbled into the torrent be-
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'luce oft he uussians nad now innen. - w rm (ievn 01 a pisuh i una
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that spcalcs.sb ofien 1" cried the survivors to each other. The Lesghian still
stood firm merely folding hi pelisse of sheep's skin round his lefi arm. ready
m rpplve a blow a prccHitlion not unneeded since now two Russians abreast
werft on the noinl of assailing him
cautiously than their predecessors
Certain of their prey these advanced more
This lime two deliberate shots brought them down right and lefl j each fell
liiercr-d near the region of the heart. The remaining soldiers were amazed.
'rtiP T.M?thlnn. faint with loss of blood and feeling his strength fast ebbing
now drew for.h nnother pistol a movement unobserved by the enemy and rap-
Jdlv fired three shots at the group of Russians some fifty yards distant at the
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veffect wounding one of the dragoons in the shoulder. " Let us fly" they cried j
"'ii is the evil spirit of the mountains; he would kill our whole nrmy.'-
Accordingly they precipitately fled just as the Lesghian sank down exhaust-
ed at the foot of the rock At a diMnnce they ventured to look back. " It hath
vanished in trm mist" cried the superstitions Muscovites.
The Lesghian chief was succored by some of his own people and ere long
recovered from his hurt as did the wounded Russian. At hisbrid.il feast some
four months after the pistols which were a pair of Coil's le vol vers and were
a gift from an American traveller Capt. K to the youihrul hero of the
Caucasus were handed round amid the general benedictions of the parly. 1 he
bride is.snid even ty have kfcsed them saying " Ah I my Dehemet were all
' the brave Circassians armed like thee there would not be so many tearful mai-
dens and bereaved widows in Daghesian." f
The Russian prisoner soon reconciled by kind ireatmenlto his position has
find the cruel horsehalrt removed from his heel and has often cleansed and
loaded these identical snerimens of the fatal weapons destined to effect such a
revolution in the warfare of the world. '
Thelory of the "devil's pistol" was long told among the simple Russian
soldiery t when conversing on their weary march as the winding column as-
cended some interminable mountain or when the grateful Samovar (kettle) gave
promise of tea at the close ol their day's journey. Now the partial iniroduc-
it'nn nf iIip nrm nmnnrr the officers has. in some desree. dissinated the telhn? el-
fcct of the storv but many still devoutly believe that the young Lesghian chief
was no other th"nn the Prince of Darkness himself out on a sporting expedition
for the express purpose of bagging Russian soldiers.
A JIio " Bfikll " U the habitation of tho cnstcmCauca8u. It Is constituted of unhewn stones
ftcmentea with clay Instead of mortar. .
h$ f tA tuft of liorsc-lmir li commonly Inserted by tho'Clrcasslnns In the heels or their prisoners
lln order to create suoh a degree of lamenqss as'.toprevcnt their escape.
7' iThb simplicity of many of tho lliwlan soldiers; Is almost touching la Us childishness. It Is
""against tho Czar that wo arc making war no( against these unfortunate beings I
Mineral Kcsourcos of tho South
) The JCnoxville Register has an interesting article on some late discoveries
which show that there is one continuous vein of rich coppe'r ore between the
Polk county mine in East Tennessee and the mine recently discovered in Car-
roll county !Va. These Virginia and Tennessee veins have the same direction
North-Enstand South-WeM the same dip the fame surface indications and are
in. the same chain of mountains. In the Tennessee rein the miners have re-
cently reached the yellow Sulphuret of copper which is regarded as an infalli-
ble indication of the inexhaustible extent ot tne mines and also their incompa-
rable richness. A new impetus has consequently been given to mining opera-
(lions ; and two weeks since there wete sales of three quarter sect ions of land
at abqmSli2?0000. About 5000 tons of rich copper ore are taken from the
mines monthly netting in nil ai least half a million of dollars. This amount
will -doubtless be much increased when the shafts thai are being sunk shall pen-
etrate the rich Sulphuret.
.tBut these cornier developments the Register says are not the tenth part of
the indications or the very great value which is at some early day to be attached
id mineral lands in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia and which is to fur-
' niahfncvv sources of profit for the great artery of the Virginia and Tvnnessee
Railroad and for Ihe diffusion of increasing wealth along its whole line. In
nddUion to the zinc lead marble gypsum &c of that fine section of country
: there ate rich mountains of iron and coal to be opened up and brought into he
great laboratory of human enterprise. With the abundance of coal and iron
- mid the great improvement in its manufacture it is estimated that pig iron may
; benade al a cost Qf little. more than fiva dollars per ton so that on the comnle-
t ion. of the railroad in construction the actual cost of the iron will be in New
g? York less than S20 per ton in Charleston less than J? 15 and in Cincinnati les
iKnh $10 and yet thousands of acresof land in East Tennessee where this coal
uand'iron abound may now be purchased for less than fifty cents per acre. In
-time capital will find out these opportunities for investment iu Virginia and
.Tennessee and mighty will be the results of a development of their teeming re-
sources. Come what may the destiny of the South must be onward and how-
ever lowering the horizon with the black storm of fanaticism and aggression
the South is blessed with nniurnl resources fully abundant to give her prosperity
.at)d strength rind complete security against the machinations of her deadliest en-
rfiernies. The. spirit of enterprise and energy is waking i)p the South and we-al-
Jifready see a brighter day Ip her history. Let her be true lo herself and to her
?sTdmirable natural position and a magnificent destiny will be accomplished for
UctJlichmond Enquirer.
' f Ah Affecting: Scene
' One of the rapst affecting scenes that has taken place in die police court since
its organization occurred yesterday morning. After the business of the morn-
ing was over a middle aged American lady appeared before Judge Spooner
anu requested uint ne wouiu senu 10 tne nonse ot ueiuge ner two sous cne ageu
ten and the other eight years. The two little buyn were presente.1 to the Court
and beler-Vokingboy3 we have not seen before in this city. Al the request of
the Court she mnde the following plain statement which in its delivery exhibit-
ed'lhc true feeling of a mother and the sad duty she was compelled lo perform :
t . "I came to this city in 1830 where I have resided ever since. In 18421
' wns'marrled to Elisha Rettick from whom on account of his dissolute habits
and a refusal lo'mainiain his family. 1 procured a divorce in June. 1C53 since
-wliicb lime I have not seen him por don know where he is. I have had four
For the Texas State aiuotlc
rar.iphr.iscd Prom AI. F. Tuppcr
In the heart's sweet jrnrden
Growcth a fragrant liowor :
Deep-rooted delicate it is
Yet stronger ccry hour.
The gentle dews that wntcr it
Aro solitudo ami thought
Absence and mom'r.v cherish it
Willi lusting vigor fraught.
There's mngic in its beauty
And mngic in its smile ;
It cuii the willing eyo nttraet
Tho willing hu;irt beguile. ( fl
Affection's radiant sunbeams (
JAre teiitly o'er it shed
"VVIiilu hope with fond solicitude
Raiseth its infant head. '
:Tis lovo n volume in a word
A whiilwiml in a sigh
An ocean in n tear-drop '
Soft rnithenng in the eyo.
The lightening in n glnnce
Kxtntic in its tlirill
Causing the quickly beating heart
Willi ah what jo to fill.
It is a sweet idolatry
Enslaving nil the soul
With unresisting gentleness
Holding supreme control; '
It is a spirit nngel like
To mortals kindly given
Beautiful and holy pure
Having its birth in Heaven.
' ' Beheld the pale geranium ' &
Within the rainbow pent '
How yearningly towards the light
Its tender leaves are bent
Ee'en thus affection's rosebud
Just opening fondly tries '
Bending its every swelling leaf h
To gaze in those dear eyes.
And every blushing petal
Would bask in that sweet light
Bcuentli whoo ray 'tis gladsome day (
Without dark dark night
Love seek another's happiness
And toward the one it grew
'Tis ever chaste and changeless '.-'
Constant fond and true. v '
( The Home Mother.
Some one writing for the Masonic Mirror has drawn a charming picture of
a home-loving child-loving mother:
" We must draw a line aye a broad line between her and the frivolous but-
terfly of lashion who flits from ball lo opera and party decked in rich robes and
followed by a train as hollow and heartless as herself. She who forgetful of the
holv task assigned her neglects thosii who have been given in her charge and
leaves them to ihe care of hirelings while she pursues her giddy round of
amusements.
" Not so our homcmolherl blessings be on her head. The heart warms to see
her in her daily routine of pleasant duties. How patiently she sits day after
day shaping and sewing some article for use or adornment for her little flock !
And how proud and pleased is each little recipient of her kindness.' How the
little face dimples with pleasure and the bright eyes grow still brighter as mam-
ma decks them with her own hands in the new dress she has made! How
much warmer and more comfortable they feel if mamma wraps them up before'
they go to schodl I No one bui her can warm ihe milts and overshoes or tie the
coinioriersarouuu ine iiccksi r
" There is a peculiar charm about all she does the precious mother. "They
could nol sleep ; nay for lhat mallei she could not if she failed to visit them
and with her own soil hands arrange them comfortably before she slept 1 Her
heart thrills with gratitude to her Creator as she looks on those sweet blooming
faces and when4neir prayers are done imprints a good-night kiss on each rosy
little mouth. It may b too a tear will start for one little nestling laid in its
chill narrow bed for whom her maternal care is no longer needed. It sleeps
though ihe sleet and snow descend and the wild winter winds howl around its
headr it neeas no longer ner tenner care l A miglitier arm enlolusit! It is
at' rest! She feels and knows that it is light and bends meekly to the Hand that
spell the shaft and turns with a warmer love if it be possible to those little ones
who are left her to love. How tenderly she guards them from every danger
and with what a strong untiring love she watches by their bedside when they
are ill 1 Blessings be on the gentle loving home mother. Angels must look
with love upon her acts. Her children shall rise up and call her blessed and
the memory of her kindly deeds will enfold her as a garment."
ehjldren one dead andjhree living these two b.iys and a little girl about six
ypRrVof'agCv I have no means of support but my needle. I have tried lo raise
. inV. children an they bhould be raised but whenever it is possible the two bovs
run nwav. and the oldest one will take little things from the neighbors. I have
.sent them lo the Fourth street school and instead of going they are continually
. -'playing truant. I have done nil I could and can do no more ; 1 would williog-
lyjiuipjrt and proyide for them but I cannot govern them. Judge it is haul
lor me. to part with them but (heir Interests compel me to do it.''
tier narration was nsi"nea 10 wim oreainiess attention by an in the court
room and frequently the-tears which ran down her cheeks evinced her feelings
wihin. When t.he had concluded iheboys burst into tears and the younger
fvjlplly exolafmcd. " Dear ma I don't do l." Here followed a scene thai beggar
ed (lescriniton. me mo ner sariK into a c nair and burst into a Hood ot tears.
' nvtiile .her. two prodigal sons wept blUerly. Every eye In the court-room wns
moslened and ihe court overcome )elt the bench and -paced the floor. The
bdys plead but the mother replied in deep anguish l MyuYar sens it is too late"
u&no'Mnc scene uecume more ana more miming. Alter some minutes respite
Jthe court retnnrked Mint it was ihe most ad duty they ever had lo perform ep-
nralea kind mother from her children but the th'sk cnnld not he avoided. The
-' bovi wjere then sentencet to be confined 1n the House. of Refuge until discharg-
ed by due course of law. The childicn were tiiken out to tlint Institution by
be. Mondial trie toother accompanying .thqm to take a final farewell. The rules
. ofjhe jnMituiipn y HI not permit her to .visit them oftener than once a month.
'"rfNtinnaft GasiUe.'
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- Buffaloes. 4
' - As an item of news wo olvo an account as relntod to us bv Col. Ynualitin.
of tho number or bu(Tnlos killed annually within tho bounds of his pgenoy
. .. -where the American Fur Company aro operating and trading with tho Indians.
. t He.says ho has tukensorr.o noublo to ascertain and from the best information
jf fiflifaa get he oslirnaiea that tha number will not fall short of four hundred
' j ih'oojanu. Ho eays not less tuim 100OfJQ bufl'aloo robos. have been shipped by
the two companies trading within his ugonoy during the last your. 100 000 aro
Wustrovfcdr and u. number used by thu Indians to make their lodzes. Thuv aro
v1. eSaP!r'l- 1o "S Hl very '"euro to prorerve lliorrjrom tho severe winter
'" . Lara'o jiunibors of tho buffalo freeze or starve- to death in tho winter in the
enowibn'nks whlvli arts found in the drifts offronVflve o ton feet in depth and
iiinimli(r ol tuo m are urowiieu in .crostlnrr ilm JMriiriuriiiVi
A Beautiful Picture.
The man. who stands upon his own soil who feels that by the laws
of the land in which he lives by th law of civilized nations he is
the rightful and exclusive owner of the land lie tills is by the consti-
tution of our natnre under a wholesome influence nut easily imbibed
by any other source. He feels other tilings being equai more strongly
than another the character of a man as the lord of an inanimate world.
Of this great and wonderful sphere which fashioned by the hand of
God and upheld by his power is rolling through the Heavens a part
is his his from the centre to the sky. It is the space on which the
generation before moved in its round of duties and he feels himself
connected by a link with those that follow him and to whom he has
to transmit a home. Perhaps his farm has cotne down to him from
his fathers. They have gone to their. last home! but they can trace
their footsteps over the scenes of his daily labors. The roof which
shelters him was reared by those to whom he owes his beiti"1. Some
interesting domestic tradition is connected with every enclosure. The
favorite fruit tree was planted by his father's hand. He sported in
boyhood beside the brook which still winds through tho meadow.
Through the field lies the path to the village school of earlier days.
Ho still hears from the window the voice of the Sabbath bell which
called his father to the house of God ; and near at hand is the spo'.
where his parents laid down to rest and where when his time has
come he shall be laid by his children These are the feelings of the
owner of thu sojl. Words cannot paint them; they flow out of the
deepest fountains of the hearts; they are the life-spriti"1 of a fresh
healthy and generous national character. Edward Everett.
Interesting to Postmasters.
We announced a few days ngo the passage by the House of Repre-
sentatives of a bill regulating the pay of deputy postmasters. This
bill was introduced by Mr. Olds Chairman of the Committee on ihe
Post Oflice and Post .Roads and passed without amendment it is as
follows:
Si:c. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress Assembled Ttmt in
place of the compensation now allowed deputy Postmasters the Post-
master General be anu he is hereby authorised to allow them com-
missions at the following rates on the postages collected at tlmir re-
spective offices in each quarter of the year and in due proportion for
any period less than a quurter viz : on any sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars sixty per cent.; but any Postmaster at whose odico
the mail is to arrive between the' hours of 9 o'clock at night and 5
o'clock in the morning may be allowed seventy per cent on the first
hundred dollars; on any sum over and above one hundred dollars and
not exceeding four hundred dollars fifty per cent. ; on any sum over
and above four hundred dollars but not exceeding twenty-four hun-
dred dollars forty per cent. ; and on all sums over twenty-four hun-
dred dollars fifteen per cent. ; on the amount of postage on letters and
packages received at the distributing office for distribution twelve and
one half commission may be allowed. Every Postmaster whose com-
pensation shall not exceed five hundred dollars in one quarter shall be
allowed one cent on every free letter delivered out of the oflice except
such as are for the Postmaster himself. But the special allowance
now made by law to the Postmasters at New Orleans and Washing
ton City shall not othqrwise be either increased or diminished. Each.
Postmaster who shall be required to keep a register of the arrival and
departure of the mails shall be allowed ten cents for each monthly re-
turn which he makes to. the Postmaster General. Eacli Postmaster
may be allowed two mills for the delivery from his office to a subscriber
of each newspaper not chargeable with postage : Provided That to
any Postmaster of any distributing or separating postoflice whoso
commissions may be reduced below the amount allowed at this oflice
for the year ending the 30th day of June 1821 the Postmaster Gene-
ral shall be authorized in his discretion to allow such additional com-
pensation as he may deem proper such compensation to date and be
allowed from the 20th day of March 1S53 : Provided further That
the commissions and allowances authorized by this act shall be sub-
ject to the provisions of the forty-first section of the act entitled "An
act to reduce into one the several acts establishing and regu latin" the
Postoflice Department." And all acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed
this act to take effect and be in force from and after the commence-
ment of the next fiscal quarter after its passage.
This bill will afford a great deal of benefit to Postmasters through-
out the country but it lacks somewhat of being just what is demand-
ed. We suggest several amendments which would add still further
materially to increase the Post Office revenues and operate too to
increase the compensation at all the offices :
Circulars handbills and such like should pay letter postage.
Daguerreotypes packages of goods medicine mechanical imple-
ments &c should pay higher rates than letters.
Money packages too should be charged higher than letters. Post-
masters ought to be remunerated for the extra labor of rernsterinn-
Ijrji anu ueiug more careitu 01 uiera.
Postage on all letters should be prepaid in stamp if practicable
.in Great Britain.
tj?A liberal discount ought to be allowed to parties purchasing a hun-
dred or a thousand stamps or stamped evelopes at one time.
Postage on newspapers and pamphlets received at Post Offices from
the publishers should be greater or be removed entirely at present
it is hardly appreciative.
All printed matter passing through ihe mail except to bona fide
subscribers should be .prepaid in all cases.
Fix the scale of commissions as follows per quarter :
On Si 00 seventy-five per cent.
On $500 fifty per cent.
On $2000 thirty-three and a third percent.
All over that sum twenty per cent.
On letter postage distributed fifteen per cent.
Let the law be retroactive applying to the fiscal ysar from July
1853 to July 1854. Montgomery Advertiser.
''fuTrhbe(rfl of thorn are drowned in .crossing thu Missouri 'river in largo herds.
umKn&rh'X? -r rr?t
Capture" of a Russian Vessel.
A letter from Waterford (Ireland) published in the Tippernry Ftee
Press gives the following version of the seizure of the Russian ship
iNoroen :
" We have had an affair here which might well be called ' serio-
comic' partaking iu some degree of tho warlike and the ridiculous.
It appears that tho report of a Russian merchant vessel being seen off
the coast caused our revenue cutter well manned and armed to pro
ceed immediately out to give a good account of her. Ilirh expecta
tions of a rich prize cheered tho hearts of our jolly and gallant tars
who tho moment they hove in sight gave her a shot in the locker'
soon after boarded her and hauled down the Russian flag "iviiif three
cheers for the Queen and a stave of Rule Britanta' in prime style.
The captain of the brig quietly submitted to his conquerors and unre
sistingly allowed his doomed ship to be 6teered into port. What a
singular circumstance Hint tne nrst bloodless victory over the Auto-
crat of all the Russias should be thus achieved within the view of the
old urbs intacta? No wonder that feelings of exultation and pride
should predominate; but alas! they were only of short duration ; for
when tho Russiau Captain found it convenient to make himself in-
telligible to his captors they discovered to their great dismav and
disappointment that they had only caught a tartar' who had cuu-
uiugly the night before struck u bargain for. both shin and nnrcm wiiii
"a Waterford merchant far n sum said to be under-three .thousand
I hounds steriinor." ' . " . "
Men arad Women in America.
The ideal of the man of America seems to me to be purity of inten-
tion decision in will energy in action simplicity and gentleness iu
manner and demeanor. Hence it is that there is something tender and
chivalrous in his behavior to woman which is infinitely beeomin"- to
him. In every woman he respects his own mother.
In flie same way it appeared to me that the ideal of the woman of
America of the woman of the new world is independence of charac-
ter gentleness of demeanor and manner.
The American's ideal of happiness seems tome to be marriage and
home combined with' public activity. To have a wife his own house
and home his own piece of land ; to take care of these and to beautify
them at the same time doing some good to the State or to the city
this seems to be the object of most men ; a journey to Europe to see
perfected cities and ruins belonging to it seems always to be a de-
sirable episode.
Of the American home I have seen enough and heard enough for
me to be able to say that the women have al'. the rule there which
they wish to have. Woman is the centre and the law giver of the
homes of the New World and the American man loves that it should
be so. lie wishes that his wife should have her own will at home
and he loves to obey it. Iu proof of this I have heard the words of a
young man quoieu : j. nope mat my wile will have her own way 111
the house and if she has not I'll make her have it !" I must however
say that in the happy homes in which I lived I saw the wife equally
careful to guide heiself by the wishes of her husband as he was to in-
dulge her. Affection and sound reason make all things equal. 31iiS
Bremer.
Amusing Blunders.
The National Intelligencer publishes an extract from a letter dated
Paris March 28th in which the writer (an American) says:
Our citizens are. here in crowds and present themselves in grent
numbers to Mr. Mason for presentation to the Emperor. At a recent
levee our good tempered minister at the head of some thirty or more
of his countrymen said to the Emperor as he stopped before the
group " Permit mo to introduce your Majestv to my countrymen they
are nil Americans." This turning the tables by introducing the Em-
peror only created a smile ; but one of the group committed a much
more unfortunate error lie was a New Yorker and had been it
appears personally acquainted with Louis Napoleon when in former
uays ine lauer was in tliat city. Of this in very bad taste he re-
minded the Emperor and then added : -'I hope to have the pleasure
of again seeing your majesty in Now York." This was almost as bad
as tho speech of a lady to George the Third " that the thin"- she most
wanted to see was a coronation."
hounds sterling
I wish the ladicshad the privilege of voting said a politician
tho other day. Why said a bystander do you think your par-
ty would gain strength thereby ? Not particularly that was tho
reply but it would bo interesting to electioneer with theni.
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