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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
SEPT. 20. 
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Written for Moore’s Kura) New-l'orker. 
TWILIGHT HOUR. 
BY HATTIE HUNTINGTON. 
At twilight hour, I love to steal 
Unseen, unheard, where none are near, 
To nurse the pensive pain I feel, 
And shed alone fond memory’s tear. 
At that loved hour, sad thoughts arise, 
Of friends, by absence made more dear, 
Fond cherish’d hopes, long sever’d ties, 
And blighted feelings, cold and sere. 
Then thoughts revert to other days, 
Sweet tones are heard, loved forms appear, 
And memory tells of other days, 
Breathed to fond friendship’s list’ning ear. 
Yet, do I love the twilight hour, 
For thought, a soothing balm can briDg, 
And fancy’s sweet and soothing power 
Blunts, kindly, memory’s poignant sting. 
Turk Hill, N. Y., 1856. 
fife’? faints. 
MYSTERIES OF THE OCEAN. 
A DIVER’S TALE. 
The life of one who explores the mysteries of 
the sea, is not more perilous than fascinating. 
The charm of terror hangs about it, and the in¬ 
terminable succession of exciting events ren¬ 
der it dear to its professor. Not to the com¬ 
mon diver of the East, who can remain but for J alc * s before us, we could see the towering 
a fraction of time beneath the wave, and grope ^ orra °* tbat e b° n y loc k which had at first 
fearfully among rugged ocean-mounds, but to S iee * e( ' 0111 eycsfiom afar. As yet, we could 
the adept in this civilized mode of diving, who, no ^ be cerla * n that this was the place where 
There are a thousand objects, fitted to excite 
astonishment, even in the mind of him who has 
dared the deed a hundred times. All around 
us lay the plain, covered by water; but here 
the eye could not pierce far away, as in the 
upper air, for the water, in the distance, grew 
opaque, and seemed to fade away into misty 
darkness. There was no sound, except the in¬ 
cessant gurgle which was produced by the es¬ 
cape of air from the breast valve, and the splash 
caused by our passage through the waters. We 
walked on at a good pace ; for this armor, which 
seems so clumsy up above, is excellent below, 
and offers little inconvenience to the practiced 
wearer. 
Fishes in crowds were around us. Fishes of 
every shape and side met our eyes, no matter 
where they turned. They swam swiftly by us; 
they sported in the water above us; they raced 
and chased one another in every direction.— 
Here a shoal of porpoises tumbled along in 
clumsy gambols, there a grampus might be 
seen rising slowly to the surface; here an im¬ 
mense number of smaller fish flashed past us, 
there some huge ones, with ponderous forms, 
floated in the water lazily. Sometimes three 
or four placed themselves directly before us, 
staring at us and solemnly working their gills. 
There they would remain, till we came close up 
to them, and then, with a start, they would dart 
away. 
All this time we were walking onward, along 
the bottom of the sea, while above us, like 
black cloud in the sky, we could see our boat 
slowly moving onward upon the surface of the 
water. And now, not more than a hundred 
in his protective armor, may remain submerged ^ ie ^ aim ’ ou bad stiuck. But soon a round 
for hours, and wander, with impunity, for miles black object became discernible, as we glanced 
along those unknown regions far below the sea. at tbe rocb y base. 
Rimmer struck my arm, and pointed, 
signed assent, and we moved onward more 
quickly. 
A few moments elapsed—we had come nearer 
to the rock. The black object now looked like 
To him are laid open the horrors of the watery 
creation, and he may gaze upon such scenes as 
Arabian story tells us were presented to the 
fearful eyes of Abdallah. To him the most thril¬ 
ling occurrences of the upper world seem frivo¬ 
lous ; for, in his memory, he retains thoughts the Stern ° f a veSKel whose hu]1 la ? tbere 
that may well chill the soul with dread. Suddenly, Rimmer struck me again, and 
I am a diver—a diver from choice—and I am P°l n t ec l upward. Following the direction of 
proud of my profession. Where is such courage bis hand, I looked up, and saw the upper sur 
required as needed here ? It is nothing to be a ^ ace the water all foamy and in motion.— 
soldier: a diver, however—but I forbear. I will There was a momentary thrill through my 
tell my story, and leave others to judge concern- heart, but it passed over. We were in a dan- 
jug it. gerous condition. A storm was coming on 
An appalling shipwreck occurred, not long But should we turn back now, when we were 
ago, upon the wildest part of the coast of so near the object of our search ? Already it 
Newfoundland. The tidings of this calamity lay before us. We were close beside it. No, I 
reached the ears of thousands; but, amid the wou ht not. I signalized to Rimmer to go for 
crowd of accidents which followed in quick ward, and we still kept our course 
succession, it <was soon forgotten. Not, by us, Now the rock rose up before us, black, rug- 
however. Wfffound that the vessel had sunk g ec k dismal. Its rough sides were worn by the 
upon a spot^where the water’s depth was by action of the water, and, in some places, were 
no means great, and that a daring man might covered by marine plants, and nameless ocean 
easily reach her. vegetation. We passed onward, we clambered 
She was a steamer called the Marmion, and over a spur which jutted from the cliff, and 
had been seen going suddenly down, without tbere lay the steamer 
an instant’s warning, by some fishermen near The Marmion—there she lay up-right, with 
by. She had, undoubtedly, struck a hidden everything still standing. She had gone right 
rock, and had thus been, in a moment, de- down, and had settled in such a position among 
stroyed. the rocks, that she stood upright here, just as 
I spoke to my associates of the plan, and they though she lay at her wharf. We rushed ea- 
approved it. No time was lost in making the gerly along and clambered up her side. There 
necessary preparations, and a short time be- was a low moan in the water, which sounded 
held us embarked in our small schooner for the warningly in our ears, and told us of a swift 
sunken ship. There were six of us, and we an- approaching danger. What was to be done, 
ticipated extraordinary success. must be done speedily. We hurried forward! 
I was the leader, and generally ventured Rimmer rushed to the cabin. I went forward, 
upon any exploit in which there was uncom- to descend into the hold. I descended the lad - 
mon danger. Not that others w r ere cowards; der. Fwalked into the engineer’s room. All 
on the contrary, they were all brave men, but I was empty here, all was water. The waves of 
was gifted with a coolness and a presence of the ocean had entered, and were sporting with 
mind of which the others were destitute. As the works of man. I went into the freight 
two persons were needed, in order to explore room. Suddenly, I was startled by an appal- 
the Marmion, I had selected as my companion ling noise upon the deck. The heavy foot-steps 
a young fellow, whose steadiness and dauntless of some running as though in mortal fear, or 
most dreadful haste, sounded in my ears. Then 
courage had several times before been fearfully 
tested. 
It was a calm and pleasant day, but the 
southern and eastern horizon looked deceitful. 
Small, suspicious clouds were gathered there, 
ill of aspect, and “sneaking fellows, regular 
hang-dog fellows," as my comrade, Rimmer, 
remarked to me. Nevertheless, we were not to 
be put ofF by a little cloudiness in the sky, but 
boldly prepared to venture. 
So deep was the water, that no vestige of a 
ship’s mast remained above the surface, to point 
out the resting place of the Marmion. We were 
compelled, therefore, to select the scene of ope¬ 
rations according to the best of our ability.— 
Down went the sails of our schooner, and Rirn- 
mer and I put on our diving armor. We fixed 
on our helmets tightly, and screwed on the hose. 
One by one each clumsy article was adjusted. 
The weights were hung, and we were ready. 
“It looks terrible blackish, Berton,” said 
Rimmer to me. 
“ Oh,” I replied gaily, “it’s only a little mist 
—all right!” 
“ Ah !” he replied. 
“All ready,” I cried in a loud voice, which 
they, however, could not easily distinguish.— 
Then, making a proper sign, I was swung over 
the side. 
Down we went, I first, and Rimmer close be¬ 
hind me. It did not take a long time for us to 
reach the bottom. We found ourselves upon 
what seemed a broad plain, sloping downward, 
toward the south, and rising slightly, toward 
the north. Looking forward then, a dim, black, 
object arose, which our experienced eyes knew 
to be a lofty rock. 
I motioned to Rimmer that we should pro¬ 
ceed there. 
I cannot tell the strangeness of the sensation 
felt by one who first walks the bottom of the 
sea. I 
up- 
my heart throbbed wildly : for it was a fearful 
thing to hear, far down in the silent depths of 
the ocean. 
Pshaw ! it’s only Rimmer. 
I hurriedly ascended the deck by the first 
outlet that appeared. When I speak of hurry, 
I speak of the quickest movement possible, 
when cumbered with so much armor. But this 
movement of mine was quick; I rushed 
wards ; I sprang on the deck. 
It was Rimmer. 
He stepped forward and clutched my arm. 
He pressed it with a convulsive grasp, and 
pointed to the cabin. 
I attempted to go there. 
He stamped his foot, and tried to hold me 
back. He pointed to the boat, and implored 
me, with frantic gestures, to go up. 
It is appalling to witness the horror-struck 
soul trying to express itself by signs. It is 
awful to see these signs when no face is plainly 
visible, and no voice is heard. I could not see 
his face plainly, but his eyes, through his 
heavy mask, glowed like coals of fire. 
“ I will go I” I exclaimed. I sprang from 
him. He clasped his hands together, but dared 
not to follow. 
Good heavens ! I thought, what fearful thing 
is here ? What scene can be so dreadful as to 
paralyze the soul of a practiced diver ? I will 
see for myself. 
I walked forward. I came to the cabin door. 
I entered the forward saloon, but saw nothing. 
A feeling of contempt came to me. Rimmer 
shall not come with me again, I thought. Yet 
I was awe-struck. Down in the depths of the 
sea there is only silence ! I paced the long 
saloon, which had echoed with the shrieks of 
the drowning passengers. Ah there are thoughts 
which sometimes fill the soul, which are only 
felt by those to whom scenes of sublimity are 
familiar. Thus thinking, I walked to the after 
cabin and entered— 
Oh, God of heaven ! 
Had not my hand clenched the door with 
grasp which mortal terror had made convulsive, 
I should have fallen to the floor. I stood nailed 
to the spot. For there before me stood a crowd 
of people—men and women—caught in the last 
death-struggle by the overwhelming waters 
and fastened to the spot, each in the position in 
which death had found him. Each one had 
sprung from his chair at the shock of the sink 
ing ship, and, with one common emotion, all had 
started for the door. But the waters of the sea 
had been too swift'for them. Lo! then some 
wildly grasping the table, others the beams, 
others the sides of the cabin—there they all 
stood. Near the door was a crowd of people 
heaped upon one another—some on the floor 
others rushing over them—all seeking, madly 
to gain the outlet. There was one who sought 
to clamber over the table, and still was there, 
holding on to an iron post. So strong was each 
convulsive grasp, so fierce the struggle of each 
with death, that their hold had not yet been 
relaxed ; but each one stood and looked to the 
door. 
To the door—good God ! To me they wer 
looking ! They were glaring at me, all those 
dreadful, those terrible eyes 1 Eyes in which 
the fire of life had been displaced by the chill 
ing gleam of death. Eyes which still glared 
the eyes of the maniac, with no expression._ 
They froze me with their cold and icy stare. 
They had no meaning ; for the soul had gone 
And this made it still more horrible than it 
could have been in life; for the appalling con 
tortions of their faces, expressing fear, horror, 
despair, and whatever else the human soul may 
feel, contrasting with the cold and glassy eyes 
made their vacancy yet more fearful. He upon 
the table seemed more fiendish 'than the others 
—for his long, black hair was disheveled, and 
floated horribly down—and his beard and 
moustache, all loosened by the water, gave him 
the grimness of a demon. Oh, what woe and 
torture ! what unutterable agonies appeared in 
the despairing glance of those faces—faces 
twisted into spasmodic contortions, while the 
souls that lighted them were writhing and 
struggling for life. 
I heeded not the dangerous sea which, even 
when we touched the steamer, had slightly 
rolled. Down in these awful depths the swell 
would not be very strong, unless it should in¬ 
crease with tenfold fury above. But it had been 
increasing, though I had not noticed it, and the 
motion of the water began to be felt in these 
abysses. Suddenly the steamer was shaken 
and rocked by the swell. 
At this the hideous forms were shaken and 
fell. The heaps of people rolled asunder.— 
That demon on the table seemed to make a 
spring directly towards me. I fled, shrieking 
—all were after me, I thought,—I rushed out, 
with no purpose but fo escape. I sought to 
throw off my weights and rise. 
My weights cofrfd not be loosened—I pulled 
at them with frantic exertions, but could not 
loosen them. The iron fastenings had grown 
stiff. One of them I wrested off in my con¬ 
vulsive efforts, but the other still kept me 
down. The tube, also, was lying dowu still in 
my passage wrny through the machine rooms. 
did not know this until I had exhausted my 
strength, and almost my hope, in vain efforts to 
loosen the weight, and still the horror of that 
scene in the cabin rested upon me. 
Where was Rimmer ? The thought flashed 
across me. He was not here. He had return¬ 
ed. Two weights lay near, which seemed 
thrown off in terrible haste. Yes, Rimmer had 
gone. I looked up ;. there lay the boat, tossing 
and rolling among the waves. 
I rushed down into the machine-room, to go 
back so as to loosen my tube. I had gone 
through passages carelessly, and this lay there, 
for it was unrolled from above as I went on. I 
went back in haste to extricate myself; I could 
stay here no longer ; for if all the gold of Gol- 
couda was iu the vessel, I would not stay in 
company with the dreadful dead ! 
Back—fear lent wings to my feet. I hurried 
down the stairs, into the lower-hold once more, 
and retraced my steps through the passages be¬ 
low. I walked back to the place into which I 
had first descended. It was dark ; a new feel¬ 
ing of horror shot through me ; I looked up.— 
The aperture was closed ! 
Heavens 1 was it closed by mortal hand ?— 
Had Rimmer in his panic flight blindly thrown 
down the trap-door, which I now remembered 
to have seen open when I descended ? or had 
some fearful being from the cabin—that demon 
who sprung towards me-? 
I started back in terror. 
But I could not wait here ; I must go ; I must 
escape from this den of horrors. I sprang up 
the ladder, and tried to raise the door. It re¬ 
sisted my efforts; I put my helmeted head 
against it, and tried to raise it; the rung of the 
ladder broke beneath me, but the door was not 
raised; my tube came down through it and 
kept it partly open, for it was a strong tube, 
and kept strongly expanded by close wound 
wire. 
I seized a bar of iron and tried to pry it up; 
I raised it slightly, but there was no way to get 
it up further. I looked around and found some 
blocks; with these I raised the heavy door, 
little by little, placing a block in to keep what 
I had gained. But the work was slow and la¬ 
borious, and I had worked a long while before 
I had raised it four inches. 
The sea rolled more and more. The sub¬ 
merged vessel felt its power, and rocked. Sud¬ 
denly it keeled over, and lay upon its side. 
I ran around to get on the deck above to try 
and lift up the door. But when I came to the 
other outlet, I knew it was impossible ; for the 
tube would not permit me to go so far, and then 
I would rather have died a thousand deaths 
than have ventured again so near the cabin. 
I returned to the fallen door ; I sat down in 
despair and waited for death. I saw no hope 
of escape. This, then, was to be my end. 
But the steamer gave a sudden lurch, again 
acted upon by the power of the waves. She 
had been balanced upon a rock in such a way 
that a slight action of the water v, T as sufficient 
to tip her over. 
She creaked, and groaned, and labored, and 
then turned upon her side. 
I rose ; I clung to the ladder ; I pressed the 
trap-door open, while the steamer lay with her 
deck perpendicular to the ground. I sprang 
out, and touched the bottom of the sea. It was 
in good time; for a moment after the mass 
went over back again. 
Then, with a last effort, I twisted the iron 
fastening of the weight which kept me down ; 
I jerked it. It was loosed, it broke, it fell.— 
In a moment I began to ascend, and in a few 
minutes I was floating on the water—for the 
air which is pressed down for the diver’s con¬ 
sumption constitutes a buoyant mass, which 
raises him up from the sea. 
Thanks to heaven I There was the strong 
boat, with my bold, brave men ! They felt me 
rising ; they saw me, and came and saved me. 
Rimmer had fled from the horrid scene when 
I entered the cabin, but remained in the boat 
to lend his aid. He never went down again, 
but became a sea captain. As for me, I still go 
down, but only to vessels whose crews have 
been saved. 
It is needless to say that the Marmion was 
never again visited.— Putnam's Magazine. 
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SEED 1 
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TI “ FARMERS" be sure and buy the Excelsior Railroad 
llorso Power, Thresher and Separator, Manufactured by 
RICHARD H. PEASE, 
369 and 371 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 
Poor Kate had scarce become a wife, 
Before her husband sought to make her 
The pink of country-polished life, 
And prim and formal as a Quaker. 
One day the tutor went abroad, 
And simple Kitty sadly missed him ; 
When he returned, behind her lord 
She slyly stole and fondly kissed him ; 
The husband’s anger rose !—and red 
And white his face alternate grew ; 
“Less freedom, ma’am!”—Kate sighed and said, 
“ 0 dear !—I didn’t know ’twas you.” 
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E3 VE TES. C3r3FL EJ13 T5T S . 
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Balsam, do 
Black Spruce, do 
Hemlock, do 
Arbor Vitae, do 
Our assortment of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses ' Dahlias, 
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Our Wholesale Catalogue, No. 4, is just out of press, and 
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President Toledo Nursery Association. 
Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 25, 1856. 34Sw3 
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TIT FOB TAT. 
The peculiar disadvantages of farming near 
populous town may be illustrated by an anec 
dote, related by a near neighbor of Mr. Ri_ 
den’s .-—“One day,” he said, “just before bar 
vest, I met a fashionable gentleman -with 
large handful of ears of wheat, taken from my 
fields. I saluted him respectfully, and ex 
pressed my admiration of the beauty of the 
heat. ‘ Yes,’ said he, * it is truly a fine sample 
and does the farmer great credit who grew it 
acknowledged the compliment, and asked him 
from which of my fields lie took it. After he 
had pointed it out, he assured me he alway; 
liked to take a good sample home, as it amused 
the ladies. Upon this, noticing with admiration 
the beauty of his dress coat, I asked him to let 
me look at the skirt. He readily did so, and 
quietly took out my pen-kuife and cut a large 
piece from the tail. The gentleman bounced 
and swore, but I told him I always took sam 
pies of cloth, as I found they greatly interested 
my wife. I added, that lie had no more right 
to take ray wheat than I had to take his coat 
and that I wished the public to he impressed 
with this truth, for when thousands of people 
visited one’s fields, and each took away some 
ears, the losses annually were very great.” The 
same is true of people who visit printing offices, 
and take just one paper to look at. 
One of the Public Spirited. —“Jimkins ask¬ 
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contributions for the widows of the United 
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licks gathered up his coat tail in a halo of fine 
cut glory and went forth. 
A tailor, while traveling on the lakes, was 
lately asked liy a Yankee, where he lived, 
what his business was, ifcc., to which he replied, 
that he lived in Toledo, and “that his profes¬ 
sion was sitting on the smooth side of poverty, 
and jerking cut the cords of affliction.” 
A coiffeur at New Orleans writes on his 
cards “ Mermaids’ hair dressed on the shortest 
notice, and a large assortment of false tails for 
comets always on view in the show-room.” 
An illiterate person once sent a note to a 
waggish friend, requesting the loan of his noose- 
paper, and received in return his friend’s mar¬ 
riage certificate l 
Some “fast youngsters wear blue coats and 
brass buttons. This blue is indicative of their 
feelings, the brass buttons of their manners. 
We once heard of a dog who had a whistle 
which grew on the end of his tail. He always 
called himself when he was wanted. 
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ability is presented an opportunity for the realization of easy, 
rapid and honorable wealth, seldom afforded. 
Forfurther information apply to D. M. SMYTH, Patentee, 
Office of “ Smyth’s Patent Platform Scales,” 
347 60 State St„ (Cooper's Building,) Albany, N. Y. 
FAIR OF N. Y. STATE AG’L SOCIETY, 
At Watertown Sept. 30, aud Oet. 1st, 2nd and 3rd. 
The Annual Exhibition of the N. Y. State Ag'l Society will 
bo held at Watertown, Jefferson Co., Sept. 30th, and Got. 1st, 
2nd and 3rd. 
The Rome and Watertown and Potsdam Railroads will carry 
stock and articles free ami passengers at half fare. The Lake 
Ontario Steamboat Co. will carry stock and articles and passen¬ 
gers at half fare. The Hudson River and N. Y. Central Roads 
will carry stock and articles free, with the usual condition of 
payment when shipped—to be repaid if stock and articles are 
returned, ownership unchanged, with Certificate of Exhibition. 
The arrangements at Watertown will be of the most satisfac¬ 
tory character, and provisions for stock upon the ground, such 
as to enable the owners to have them upon the ground the week 
previous and during the Fair, iu comfortable quarters with 
plenty of food. 
The stock and articles passing over the Rome and Wa¬ 
tertown Railroad must be sent the week previous to the Fair—as the 
Road will, the week of the Fair, be exclusively devoted to pas¬ 
sengers, and Trains will be run as often as may he necessary 
from Rome and Cape Vincent to Watertown, to transport pas- 
songers intending to attend the Exhibition without delay. A 
very choice herd of Devon Cattle, and superior Short-horns and 
11, refords, are already entered for public sale,— affording an op¬ 
portunity never before given at our Fairs of purchasing the 
very best stock at public sale. 
Entries may be made at the Office on the Show Grounds the 
week previous to the Fair—or with the Secretary at Albany, at 
any time previous. B. P. JOHNSON, Cor. Secretary. 
Agricultural Rooms, Albany, Aug. 23, 1856. 347w4 
FARMERS” be sure and bny the Excelsior Railroad 
Horse Power, Thresher and Separator, Manufactured by 
RICHARD II. PEASE, 
369 and 371 Broadway, Albany, N.Y. 
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