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HVEIIY WEDNESDAY MORNING, ’
BY HENRY HAYS;
TERMS—“.SO In Mvnnno '0: K phill \xllen six
months. 32.00 wlll he olmrgad on all subscrip
lfigfii fiififiik‘tb’lhe and or tuneup . . ‘ '
ADVERTISEMENTS and Bulinau Nouc‘dn inn-rt
od .0. Illa uanll ulna, and uvury desonfilan of
3013 PRINTING-v"
EXECUTED In the mutant winner. H Um Imm:
rice», and with the ulmoal dcapnluh. Having
Eumlmmd n largo oollocllun of Use, ms um [um
. pared lu mil-(y tho order! of our lrndn
@figitml fingtrp.
- "rm“,‘flr (hr Wall-Imm"
“was To A DAUGHTER.
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BY JULES JANKH, JIl
And mm It be. that far awn], —~
‘Amld tho Itrmger'l mama loom-r
Whom all/vho' lava Ind I" who pray,
rjm’tha MP'IJWW and, I‘oan ~
YCI; lo—fycl you, 3mm. child, ‘ "
Inc "M in my pnye‘rhric night—-
Aud and um yo?» We mild,
'ln gnom’r} green my you] Mr. ‘
l' on! how I‘m sighed liuco hm we mm,
d - And longed Ind wished your lip‘a to Imm;
‘ Kai In my dru‘ml‘l'vo omm vr m, 4 ‘
~ While thinklng onhu juyoul put
-w~‘_’lhuhwvuzeW' .tlléfiszlww w, b'ilill'» 7.
May God in [two return in you. 1
To guild and 1“le!!) puru delight”
Your son cunning yum unite
:sle Alannmngfimr "f m, hunt-
For “M a “the! one; pmyu, .
Thou {mm MI soul may no‘ur tlnpm,
Tho mud low‘ho lumrl fur (lino,
Thy tux-(lol- yum—thy 3mm "Sind—
ML M 1 or!) prtutoun In M: thoughts,
Though!- which em only bu dunuod
By hope: ufmmrojuya fur both.
And ll»; will ammo—Land u lheyphlno,
Tvgclhcr we will [not dwir blin—
TogudA-r mark m. change- limo
Nl‘Llan lllé'a “(3-ij pllgr’nnngu
(lml ynu will luul, guard and bless
My lander daughter's gonna alcpnw-x
' I‘nwn'n 1m- llmmgln this wilnlerncds,
And gqldu 1151' I've! lu vhlnc‘s pulh,
Bluuonn. Dooombcr. IR5}.
MEMORY
BY 11)!!! A ITAIIVHLLHR
Ball at (In up of lunflqht stalling
0n tho dying a.“
Hm! I: china 0! gm bcHl poulin‘
—‘ WI'YY'“? #19094» .
BM an Kinds n 9. ngght 3:33 mnnn;~’_
TLhmuih “10‘ bomb, 0’" 377711;; igfil,‘
00"" (Mush!!! of days now gone,
01: nimbuod'u memory.
A. the numb-mu from the Hun]:
“Ho at avg mu): llghl ; ’
A: tho bails when {mien tho evcn
PM] not on the night,
A, I!» nightmlndl caue to fish
Winn flu :- mi- from my I‘ky.
Pu! tho thou ll of “a" gun- by
iron Ago'a memoryr~~...._w _.
Yet Ib.: «with! In the morning ‘
Pun}: again uhnn brunt“.
And tho boll: gm I'CB\~WIIAd \umln;
To the world to wake
Soon the Mull! Illnll‘ffl‘cl] brotlhe
o’er the mountain'u purple heath;
But Um I'm-t. Ls lull in Death—l
He'hulh no ‘lhemory
Eiistoricul.
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rum: nzxrox‘a “Tntfi-rnnmns’ vuw.”
On Friday, the 30m dn'y of Jnnulry, the
President, with some mcmhcru of hip übinct.
nttcndcd the. flumml con-monies of Warren
n. mm, Esq, in tho hall or the House of‘
Represnntltivefl--of‘,,whim body Mr. Dam
but been a member {mm‘fllc Stntc‘nf flouthi
("ennui Themroceanion had moved out
with thethly. and its front hld rclchedlhc
{not of the broad stop! of tho matcrn portico,
when tho President, with Mr. Wooahfiry.
Secwtnry of the Trclsury, nmlr. Mnlilon
Dickerson, Secretary of the y, were ia- ‘
Wing {comm door or Lhasa-calamari: l
which apomr upon the portioo. At that in- 1
‘stnnt i p‘cison stopped from the crowd into
the litth open up oin front of mo President,
levelled :‘. pistolttmim, at the distance of
' pbout eightfeet. cud attempted to flro. It
won : pacuuion look. It“! the cup exploded
without firing the powder In tho burrcL-
The explosion of the cap wsg so loud that:
mny persons thought the pistol hm] fired
I hem! it at the foot or the stops, fur {mm
tho plum and x great cmwd between. In
atmfly the person dropped the pinto! which
ind missed fire, took another which“ hohl
”My ”Wk9%’”‘bis h‘ft hand, Concealed by
a cloak, love cd it, find pinned the <trigger.
It wax also a pcrcusaion‘imm, and the cup ex- ‘
plOdcd without fltiiflio powder in the bar
‘rel. ,Tho President instantly rushed upon
him With‘hh! upiiftod can», and tho man
shrunk buok‘iMr. Woodbury Aimed a blow
hat‘himi Lieutenantflodmyjot‘ tho nn'vy,
' [mocha him'down Mic was securcfl by the
bystanders; who dclivcrcd him to the officers
ofjuatice {or judicial oxamumlion.
Tho oxluiihntion took place before the
Ohio! Justioo of the Diutrict, Mr. Crunch, by
whomvhe wuoommittedhin default of bail.
His mm mm “(sodium-d to Scimithud haw
tenoolun Engiishmm by birth and huuse
”winter by crude, M: 9:35:61“ out of chiplay
meat, {nellnchuiy um! . irruciblc. The pix
tots Were examined and found to ho well
hinted : und‘fiml. afterwards, without Jail,
«am-yin; their bullets true, anddrking them
chi-5931: moh bonds u thirty feet dimnzz;
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nor oeuld any“ reason bu" found (or the two
mflurcs at the I:9lan On his examination
when“ seemed to b 6 t his 1 :o nsif
i ircrusibz to cross-examine mg witnesset-g'
who wmificd nguin‘st him, or to gMy¢3-
‘ planntion of his conductr The idea of amm
sound mi'ml stronglj {mprqaaing itso‘f‘upon
“3° public opiifion, the mnrshnl of. Hm Dis
trict infi'ited two of tho mmf‘mp'wtnbh
physiciuns of tbe'cily (DI-:Cnussin um "Dr:
Thomn's vae“) to visit him 'xmd cpmmina
into his montnl condition. They dkl so, rind
die‘follofi'mg if; the report made upon. the
case: . u - . - .
l U The codex-sighed, hit-ins been requested
by tho'mu'shal of the Distrldt of Columbia
l to visit'lliehlu'd Lawrence. now eontlned _in
I the jail of the county at: Washington for‘ '
‘ attempt to osmosimtorthe President of tho
‘ United States, with a view‘ to uncertain. as
‘ far as practicable, the» present Rendition of
‘ hie bodily health and state of mind. n‘ntl be
‘ lic'ving thst mdotnil o‘fl‘the exuminatlon will
‘ be more sfllhctory than an abstract opinion
‘ on tho. suhjcet, we therefore. give the follow
ing suteiuent: On entering his‘room wo
‘ engaged in a. free. eonvutuatiou with liinn’in
‘ which he pnrtieipoted, apparently.‘in the
most QM“!!! mid unreserved manner. The
heat ititerrogn'tory Eeopeunded mm as to his
; use, W‘lllt‘h quoatiou alone he‘spertivelymdol
elinu‘l honoring. "We then inquired into
m‘E‘maitien‘ orliis‘health for several years
plat, to which he replied that it had been
uniformly good, and that he hsd never hr ‘
bored under any mental derangement ; nor
(lid he admit the existence of tray of thole ‘
nympwms of pllyßlL'l’ll derangement which ‘
uaullly attended mentll alienation. "o ‘
said he was bum in England and came to 1
this country when twelve or thirteen years I
of ago, and that hisfl'thcr died hi this Dis- 1
(riot uMnt’sixvorrdglo. me'H since : that his 1
hither Wki n Protestant (lull. hig-xugthflLQ l
Methodist, and that he has not it professor l
of my religion, but «omfltimm rend thoßihle, 1
mid occasiouly attended church. He stated
that he what a painter by trade and had (ol
lowed that’hccnpation tn the present time;
but, oflnte, could not tlnd ntemly employ
ment, whielylml caused much pecuniary. eni
humane: with him; that .ho hm] been 1
generally tc wrote in his habits, using or
(lth api dorttely‘whexi at. wgrk Lbul'.,‘
for the hurt hrcc or four weeks; had not ta— ‘
ken my ; that he luul never gflmhlcd. ind, ‘
in other reimgg, hnd .led _a ‘r‘egulgr aml §°‘ 1
“Wming interrogated as to the cir
cumdunces connected with \he nt‘empwd
amusinntion, ho fllid that he had been do
.libornting on it for some time put, and that
be haul culled at the I’rciidcm'a house about
tweak yrevioul to the attempt, Ind being
conducted to flu: President‘s npartmmt by
the pom-r, found him in oouvcmn'zion with n
\ member of Congress, whom he believed to
be Mr. Bnthcrlnnd, of Ponmyhanit; that
i he stated to the President tint ho wanted
money to take him to'Englaml, Ind gm he
must. give him u check on the bank, and the
X’Midcnl remarked um he was mu much
vngngwl to Idend lo him-Flue must call Ino
th'vr time, for My. Dibble was in wnifing for
An interview. ,
‘ 'Wheil ankle-d about the pistols he had used .
he'slhled that his father left Wm
not being alike, about four yearn since he ex
changed um: fur another, which u‘xwll]
mtd‘md the beat of the pair : those were both
flint locks. which he had recently had altered
to pcrcmuion locks by a Mr. Botelcr: that he
had been frequently in the hnltit of lending
and firing those pistnlq nt marks, and that
he had never known them to fail going oil" on
any other occasion, that ct the distance at
Um ynrdn' the hall nlwnyn [loosed through an
inch plank. He also tit-ted tint he luul
loaded those pistols three or four thy: pre
vioué will: ordinary wire, for the purpo‘ie nt
teiiipmrrm‘nm Tie tiscnt‘iimn’mmm
of I. entered, and tlmt during that period,
they wore at all times carried in hit! pocket :
and wllcrenkml "why they failed to explode
he replied he knew no mane. When Asked
why he went to the‘ Ca‘pitnl’ on that
dsy. ~ he replied he expected that tbs
President would be there. He also ata
ted, that he was in the rotunda when
the President. arrived : and on being
asked why he did not than nttemtho sheet
him, he replied that he did not wish to in
terfere with the lit-ml ceremony, and there~
{are waited till it run over.. He also obser
ved that he did not enter thean but looked
‘ through a window from n lobby, and new the
President. nested with meinln-rb of (fungi-us
and he then returned to the rotunda and
waited until‘the President ngnin entered it,
and then paused through and thok his posi
tion in the eastpdrtico, about two ward» from
the dour, drew his [listen from his inside
cont—pock‘et, cooked “them and held one ln
each hand, concealed by his coat, lest he
ahofild itinnn tho spectators-and states,
um. 18 soon as the one in the rjght hand
missed lire, he linincdiately dropped or ex
ebnngod it, and “tempted “We second
before he wuxvlzerd ;. he further stated am
he limi‘nimed each pistol at the Predident’n
heart, nnd intended, if the first pistol had
gonqmll', and the -Prcaldent lmd fallen, to
\ hive defended himself with the sfloniitda.
> lance was necessary. Onlbeing asked it he
laid not expect to have been killed on tb
spot if he had killed the President. 110.12:
[died he did not ; ma thnt he ha: no doubt
but‘thut he would hsvo. been protoctedfby
tho spectators. He was h-equcntly‘ decay
tioncdyhethor lie lied my t‘ricndx p'resent
front whom he expected p motion. To this
lab replied than. he never. d «mentioned his
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intentidn to any one, and that ha
ticullu‘ know his denim: ; but lh
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Hb'furthei‘ ttnted, thut \xlien' the }‘rcsldeut
arrived at the door, node which he 'atood,
Bulfiltédiihl supported on the left by Mr.
\Voodhury, and observing many per-SONS in
his rear, and being himaulf rather to the
right. of the President, in order to nynid
l wounding Mr. Woodbury and “wise in the ‘
ream; he ‘stopped it little'tohis own right, so ‘
‘ that khoultl the ball [miss thmugh the bpcly of l
‘ the Pmaidcnt. it would be. received by the
1 door (tame or stonewall. On being Mked it"
‘ he felt no tl‘éiiidntioli'ilurin’g‘v, the attempt; he“
‘ replied notlthe slightest, until he fpund. the
1 second pistol had missed fire. ‘ Then uhscrvv
‘ 'ng that the Pmidcixt Wis advancing upon
Mm with an u'iiliftod cunu, he..l'eured that it
contained a sz-nl,‘ which might have been
thrust through him Before he could have
been protected byvtho crowd. “hummer! ill
- na to the motive which induced
himto, uttempt‘the'nssnsuinutiou of the l’resis
dent; he replied that'he had been wld that
thal’i'osldcnt had Caused his lens of oacup’n:
tion, Mul‘thc eohsequent loss of money, and
hellnflievcd that to hut him out of the way
{so's the only remedy for this evil ; Shut to the
interrogatory, Who told you this 1 he rouhh
not ideiitil'y any—one, But he? ffiihfirk'o'd that
his bmther-iu-fifw, Mr. Redfern, told him
that he would hive no “mire business, ‘bc.
cause he wgs-oppoeed-to the President, and
he believed Mr. Bedfetii to be in league with
thn‘ _l'residen‘t against. him. I'Aggxin being
quobfléned whether he had often uttondpd the
debates in Congress during the present ses
sion. Ind whether they had influenced him
in making this attack on the person of the
President, he replied that he dud n-cquontly
atteiided the diagilnsion in both bunches of
Congress. but that they had, in no degree,
flqcncul his action. ' . _
, “Upon being asked if he expected to he.
come the President of the United States, if
General Jacksen had fallen, he replied no.
“When asked whom he wished to be the
President, his answer win, there were many
persons in the Houseot'nepreacntutivcs. On
, being asked if there were no persons in tho
, Senate, Yea, nervenl ; and jtwos the Scmte
to which i alluded. lVlio, in your opinion,
of the Semto, would make ugood l’usidenti
fie answered. Mr. Clay; Mr. \Vobstcr, Mt.
Ollhoun. What do you think of Col: Ben
-9,3132% _Vga‘BurL-nhguwe \Vhitedgr‘
‘ On being (talked if he knew nuy'hiember ofi
either lloufie o_t' Congifins, he rcpliedihuj he ,1
did notv—ntul‘hever‘umke to one in his hfe, I
or they to him. _ On being naked what. hene- i
{it he expected himself from the death otthc i
President. he answered hmmd not rise “11- 1
less the President fell, Ind that he (vxpeetwl i
thereby to mover his liberty; end that the i
mechanics would ell be beuétlwd : that the
mach-nice Would hove plenty of work, and
thnt money would be more plenty. 0n be
ing naked why it would be more plenty, he
replied, it would be more easily, obtained
from the built. 011 heing'nskcd what hank,
he replied the Bank of the United Slntex.
On being nsked if he knew the President, di
rectors or any ot'_thc officers of the hanlt’, or
hid ever held uny intercourse with them, or
719719: 110 w he could 21"} money out_ot' the,
book. he replied no, that be slightly knew
Mr. Smith only. - ”‘““‘
“On being naked with respect to the flpCCL'll'
as which he had heml in Congress, and
whether ho'waa particularly pleased nith
thoue bf Messrs: Calhoun, Clay hiid\\'el)uter,
he replied til-t he was, because hey Were on
hip} side. He was then asked ifhie was wall
pleura with the Apctulloa of Colonel Benton
and Judge White? no said he WM, and
thought Colonel Benton highly talented. ‘
"When salted lfho was friendly to Gene‘-
rnl Jackson, he replied, no. Why not '9 He
rmxweredrbecause he mn‘tyr'nnt: 11'
told you he wen u tyrant “t lie mmwcml, it
was a common talk with the petiole, unit that
he hudruzul ll in All the, prim-pi. lie was
:15de if he could .umno'nny one uhdltad tnhl
hirn so? He refilled, no. He has asked if
heater threntencd to shoot’Mr. ’Clnx or Web
star, or Mr. Calhoun, or whether he would
shoot‘lhcl‘n if he had n'n' opportunity. He
replied, no. ‘Vhen naked if he would shoot
Mr. Van Bumu‘l He replied, no, that he
once met with Mr. Vim Burcn in the rotunda,
mul told him he wits in want of money, Mid.
must have it, and it' he did not get it, he
(Mr. Van Buncn) or General Jockdpn, inust
gill. lie was asked if any personwas pres
ent during the couversetion? He replied, ‘
that there were several present, and when i
asked if in; l'ccolleoted .0!” of them, he ra- ‘
plied; out he did no't.' When naked snnyi
one advised him to shoot General Jacknon,
ol‘Hflyt til-t it ought :3 be done i he replied,
[do not like to say. On being pressed on I
on» point, he said no one in [funicular had
advised him. _.
“He further stated that, believing thoPrcn
ideut m be the source of all the difficulties,
be m: {till flxod in his purpo‘o to kill him,
and if ludsuccohaé} purnucd the same coune,
tn put him out. of the Way ulSO—‘M‘ld dedlmk
tlutna'éowér in tlmz country pould punish
him for lmvingflo’ne so. hectuxio it would be
resisted by the powers 0! Eump‘o as well an
of Wacoun't’ry. Ho USO nutudjhut Huluul
been lqng ln cormspondonce with {[l:l36wcn
of Efimpo, Ind/flifit his family hurl boon
mmfully deprived of the crown of England,
mmlhe should ywliva to rogfin‘Tt; and
h'lomiaemd the Maiden} «the Uni
ted States homing more than his clérk.
‘ “We 'now' mm; promr Jo uchlut thq
‘ young Huh uppeargd pértoctly tranquil and
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least mo hours. The qncateons were {re
quontlj' ropt‘atul-jpt difl‘vxcnt singer; of ”w
cmminutiomnnd nit-scum] injurious formg. "
Ilia clearly tu,be seen from this 11100 an
nxnmixgation 91‘ Flu mun, that this al‘tcmpled
manssumlion ofiyho President was one of
thong: caavs 01' {thin-h hiuwry presumes many
Instances—u. diéomcdwniml ndcd upon by n
éencml MIMI-y ngninst n puhlic' mam. Law.
ronr‘o finn‘in the )urliculhr gmdiLiOxl Lo hr
'mrtmt‘flpon by what he heard muiustG‘cnu-rl
Jnckgon: rwurlunan out. of eminloylncnt,
ncédy, idle ; mentally mor d, and with “W
hon enough to argue rug _v fmxnfnlsc prn- ‘
mines. Ha hoard tho Pr ‘drnl urn-mm] o)‘
breaking up the hflmr uf ht- country}. and 1
M-l’lcwd it—Of making 1 hey mun-c! nud
bt-licvcd lt-mf produch m-litmrcsa! n’nd
bolicvcd'it—Of heing‘fi‘h’: m‘fimd believed
iMl‘lmfx’fé Kn obstacle to hclipf S and )w
-licvcd it“. And coming ‘0 Mtguhr mnvln-I|
xion from all §hcsc lam-{HIE afiemplcd 171‘
do what he—bflicvcd , the V'sutt of’things rv
quiml him to devtlko th'hk: of, the man ‘
whom he oénnidcred the catcol'ldz’idih and 1
the gcneml-vnlumily~nn@ . c solq'obslm-lu ‘
to his 019 nm! mm: “M
-luchminn of Il)§n(l.\\'ns cfidcx‘t: and the ‘
\vrcwhud victim ofu dx‘mdful dulus'mn wax.
nfwrwurda, (rented a» inmuc, snd non-r
brought to mul. But the circummnfi'o xii uh
a deep impression upon (he mlxhlo I'm-ling.
nndirrm'ml'lmy cnl'rit-d nmn' rmmha «Him
belief in a superintending I'rlviwnrc, mmivl {
funtcddu the extraordinary chic «f (“0 ;\is- 1
this in aubcvm'xofiT-mxpll Indus so «(I’6“ 1
lmndch, nnd'yhich, nflcnrnrds Brod “ix:
such rcmlinuss, force and precihiouv—misuin ‘
fire, one}: in its turn, when lovt‘ncdglght fuel
at the l’msidcnt‘fi; heart! .—~— ‘ ,
y:~:~::N:~~:~
,Tmrly in the spring ($l7BO, Mr. Alexnn‘
der Metkmnell, of Lexington, K 33, went into
the wands (talent. t 6 hunt dn-r. Ila noon
hillcd' a 'lnr‘g}: buck. Ihtl 'retuml huifie for 1
horse in order to bring it. During his ab
_Bcnce n [nifty of five Indians, in one of their l
nkulking eqmditionn, accidentally stumbled 1
on the body of the deer, and in retiiing that l
it had been nvently killed, tiny nntundly
supposed that'tho hunter wonhi wen retum‘
33,195.”; fiafl‘fltu Three imffihfihflc'
of the (leer, while the othortiré followed the
trail of the hunter, Ind wuyltid the pnth by
\ihich he was expected to return. ~
MrCunncli thinking not of dunger, rode
carelemly along the path, which the scouts
were uatching. until he had come within
view of the deer. when he wu fired on by
the whole party, andliiq hor>FleleiL While
laboring tn exlrirale hilnm'lf from the dying
animal. he wu seized by h» enemies, over
powered ;nd home oil‘ a primner. Ilia cap
tora, howev‘ir, seemed mny, good natured
‘ port of fellow“, and pertnlttul him to hermit
‘pnny them ulllWlllltl—‘Qtld ultat mm rather
extrnordinnry, nllom tl him (a refill" hixgun
lnntl hunting nt'i'uutiements. lle m-rnmpn
l med them with great Wilt chi-vri‘nlnens
{through the day, and (lisplgyul his dexteri
ty h) shooting (ht-xii): the use of the mm
fmny, tintil tht-y‘lieuyuii to regnrd hiin Willi
great liai'iialily. Hm’inglnwtllcd “Ith lx'im
in'thH runner for sun-rd day 5, they at
length rmvhul the bank of the Ohm rlwr.
Urretut‘qre the Indiana had when the pre
vention to Fund him kt night: although mft
very sequel” but on 01M evening he runon
atrntmt with them on the auhject and com
plnlned no strongly of the pain which the
cord gun him, that they merely \\ upped the
Bull's!» mgatmutlus wriitnleml harms tied‘
it. in In ehsy knot. and then hunched the ex.
Lremittesr ot' the mpe LBJ-hut; bodies. in order
MW «moving‘wiw awakening
them, they 11:7," composed” went to SlLL‘p,
leaving the primm-r to ('oon their enuwle
or. not in he pleased. ' “
Mct‘unndl dcyunnilie'd tolcfl'm‘t hiv (“wipe
that night If poisihlo, as w \h'c fuliowing
morning m“)',E9‘_‘l£‘,_°l’9§s 3L9 river. which
would render it more difficult; He theryfqm
i-y q'nhfly until midnighth iuu'xunsiy rumi
nating on the best mmnsiof nii‘ucting hm cw
CAPE-t Accident-My uniting hi's eyes in; the
.lirucliou'of his feel, they lull on tho glitlar
ing hlndu of I knifw, which had finpcd frnnr
m sht'nth and was now lying 2:41: the I'ch
of one of the Indians. \
To reach it vim bjs huntighmllioutdis
turbing ihc two‘Jndi-nl to whom he mm fas
wncd, ma impel-nib“. and it use my haz
nrdoua'tb Attempt to dnw itupwilhhisfeet.
This. hmvcver. he “tempted? With niuoh
difficulty he graapcé the blade between his
toes, Ipd .fter repented hid long continued
oflorts, succeeded "ingl‘inziug it wilhin rvMii
ofhis hands. To cut the “1 WM but the
work of B momenta nndéndunlly and silent
iy'éftfiimnng' him»)! he walked to the fire
and sat down ms Mt am his wéi‘k wan
but half don‘e. That if he should sttempt to
return home without deutmyinghis enemies,
he wouldrbe- pursued and'pro'bably overlfi:
ken, when his {Mo would be Curtain. On
the other hnud if‘fiemod Almost imlvosaiblo
fur a Hhiglo individu’l to "bnlcecd in I eon
flict\vith flvo Indimiia, cvohihough unnrmcd
a'ud Mien-p. Ho cauld 1311:111an to (ii-AL u
blow with n knife so silently and {ltfliiy4E‘
’to destroy each of his cndhiu i'n iu'rn, with
out awakening the rest. ’Thcil" glumbyru
were provorbially light ugh tedtim—-md if.
he failed with 1 single out, he must be over;
powered by‘ tfi6"mrviqu‘l. The knife ms
iherél’ora out amine ducgfiénfi‘jzlfier union'-
reflex-tin I for a Ihr munwnw he l'umu-(I his‘
,pimi: I‘l g H mm. A .
I’s 21%: or [he Infilhl} {vow “(flit-nap
the {inn ‘ Their knives mu; tomnhznvks \Vcn‘
sheathed hy tht-Jr aidvu. ’l'hchillorhc dared
not touch for fear of arousing their owncn}, .
but the former ho (inrclyliy removed, with ‘
the cxccpfidn or two, and hid them in the‘
woods, where he kifow thalqdiuns were slili
sleeping, perfectly ignorant of the fate prij
paring for than} and inking onciu each hsfid
nnd resting the muzzle on n log, within 'hi’t‘,
met 01‘ hiu victim“, and having lnkun dclihor- .
0:4; mm at. LllO haul of 6m and tho heart of
Hill/”ILT, he‘pnih'd both triggers at. Una-Same
monwnt. Both shots wcrc'fiiinlr
At the report yr the guns tin-others sprang
to their fw.glnncins wildly nhout them.
BIL-Council, who h:td"'run to Uno-‘épol. where
the other I‘lflUfi were hid. hastily Boiled one
at them and firm] at two of his enemigs who
hnppg-p ‘II to be standing in a line with each
nther. The Ig'mrcst {ell (It'llt‘, being shot
thmugthhc vpntrc of the hotly; the second
l't-il alsorbcllowing loudly, hut noon iocnvcr
ing. limped oil M rust ns p mihlq. The
fifth, the only am; that remained Unhurt.
darted oii'likc A door, with I yell that nn~
nounu-d equal turmr'nnd astonishment. Mc
(‘6nnoll, “qt wiahing- to fight any more such
mum, (nulgctcd‘hip my title than; um stock,
and made the best orhin uny to Lexington,
where he arrived in ‘two dnys.
A short lime uncrivnnln Mm. Dunhp, of
Fuyeuc, wholhnd been sgvcrnlmanllm n pris~
oner among the Indians on Mad River, mndo
“LT esmpe, andfielumed lo Lexinwton. She
n-jiorted that l. e sun-fiver Uflg‘filfiin’DOMfl
hmcmnhlu lnlc. He stated that duty had
taken n fine young hunter near lA‘x'lngiml,
and brought him ILI far-"as (he Ohm: that
hile engaged on the bnnk‘of the xiver, l
party of white men had fallen upon them in
{the night luul lulled his compgtuions, mgcghcr
‘ with the poor dcfenceless prisoner who lly
‘ bound hand and (Bot, unlhle either to escape
‘| or resist. *
521 m: 3mm}.
FORGET HOT THE AGED.
Forge! no! the nzu)‘
Young maiden. I pmy'
Though lh'mo eye 15 now apnrklihg
Thy hurt bliihe And guy. ‘
Yet limo ncrcr turriaa, ' N
“All“?! forum! may be ‘
’A mummie- tme‘ r“ ‘
Forget not the ngwi,
Young mun. In my fififlir“_~"‘
For the min of thy mglhnr, -
Thy shut, thy bride; '
(“to hood (0 (hot: sorrow”,
Lest thy lu‘mfl oqu ho lan ‘
Amid Minx"! Antl‘lxlfil,
or am: baron,
Jorge! Vlot. the Aged ‘
When sin-hum: and no.
O’mhndow my dwnlling,
Thy lplri! mu know,
.Tlml. our Falls” iu~memy
Hlmgolt qgtuhem 0“"
Thu" Mum), who fume! not
> ' The pick unl (be poor.
E’wmmm of fig: ilost-Cffitt.
TEN YEARS AMONG THE MAIL BAGS:
()I.’ M » 'I'IIN 111:0 M '1‘!) I; 01.412 1' on A
FL’!)‘("IA I. A!) ENT 0 1-“ Tlll5 rosT 01“.
“I'7th DBPAH TM}; NT.
EX 3 HOLHROHK
Mr. Ilnlhrook (who has» been an energetic
i «pt-vial agent of the Post (mice Depart
, Incnt for the lust (on years) has produced
‘l a hook illustrative of hit: clrccr M a spgcinl
3 Agent, ruplntc with amusing incidgnts, which
115 w fir" the most part come under hi: per-
Ronni ohrermiioii, and contliping much \‘Mu
-31:11. infuruutinn furihnhcnult of Uwifl‘m
i write and receivu letters. Mnhy‘of his unr
rnu'vos of the detection of mml robberies,
\VhL‘thl‘l“ committed by ppst ufllcc clerkvt 0r
‘ old—huhlonod footpads, are or exceeding in.
tor-cut, ,whichriv by no mmns [emu-med by the
(but thntthcynru subsunhdly true, (the nu
mor‘n mgiriffor fhi: feelings“ relatiomor
Enemies a! datectud letter thcivcu having frc~
quynuy imlllth him to suppress or ‘nltcrl
twin-3,) nml are told with l mtivo humor ll
nndn skill of construction which mark the
uuutor us a man of no mimn htcucy pmtcrh 1
51min. “’0 auhjoiun-fcw cxlncts. The fol~ ‘
lowing possess s dramatic iqmbtf I
CHIUJHNG Tllll CLIEGYflAN WGINIOUS TRICK
Our collection of ‘.‘ outside” dulinqucnclcl;
would be incomplete who we lo omit thgfulh
lowing cue, which was investigated hi the
author not long ago. nmlvinwhlchm 1: little
Eggxlnlty u! the humor sot}. Wu displaye‘i—
It will servo m . apecimcuof I {humorous
class of «nos, chugfilulfid‘d by xttcmpts to
defraud some corrcqumdcnt, and to fusion
the blamu of the fraud upon some one can
nccmd with tho po‘at olllcc. We find give
many lushucoa of a similar kin did. our
limits permit. ‘ A
A person of good minding in tho ooinmli
nity, whb inid'nlnim not only to «moral, but
u ruligious chamcter, WM visiting a Inge
town on tho Hudson rivu, shout midxuy lic
tween New YgrkhimdAlbmy. This pérsou
owed a clergyhm, livixig in an linen,
Connecticut. the sum of cm: mated donuts :
And one day ho called ntjtho liouaeo! answer
clergymm of his icqmlhunoo‘in the town‘
first mentioned and rcthfitcd to be nllmi'cd
the privilege of writing 3. latter than mm
cloricul creditor, in wliiehvthnmu duo that
gonllcmnn was to be ujlosed. Writing m
tcrinll veto fimibhqd. And 50 préfiired _tho
, ‘
flutter in the study uf'luS übligiugifricnd. and
‘iu his rcsmcc- '7 , . ~..
»m¥s,enmmmlmma
l gho clergyman, “ Nowms the miils ,nrc not
infwnys snfi‘, I wish to be able w prove that
f I have (wtunlit' sent theamgncy. ._‘l shall ;
i therefors éonuidcr it, a great favor "you will
, nccmnpany'mc to the bank, when I wnh to
[ übtqin a huudmd doll‘mmote for some ‘snmll
trash that “11:90, and bcnm'itncsriil‘nfif "If
cnglosc the money and deposit l'hc: lgtlu‘in
the post office.” .‘1 '
The rcvcrmxdgcntlcmqn rcmlfly nucmlqd ‘0
his request, dud went withhim to (M Im“.-
where A bill of the requin-d donuminuliqn
was obfliinéd and placed in the letter, which
\hus‘ lhcnxvnlcd will: a wnfuv, the clcrgyumn
nl} Ul6 while logking un.’ ~ _ ' 4
‘ l'l‘hey than fiént to'trhe post umte‘finfiirh
wan directly oppo.~vitc the bank.) and after
cutting “intention of his ronumnion to the
latter and [its migrant, the writer‘ uteri-of
dxza‘ppcd it into the Bfterfbor, and the two.
pcrsmm'wont thu'lr AcvurTsTwuyl. _
The letter qrrircd at. New Haven by due
course ofmaiLdelit so lmppcncd am the
clcrgymun to whom it was addt‘vsscd was at
Lht‘porll oflh-c, waiting for’ thy .nssorting of
the mails. 11:- saw the letter' thrown into
My! box, and canal for it as soon if?! the dc
liYC‘y w'thduw.ww~l opt-net}: ,
"13pm bfc'n‘mhgthc mi mm renarng‘mc
letter ht;_fuund hilxmlf requested :4: “ l‘ltnac
liud onc'humlml (lullmzxfif &«:., with which
request. he \vould (‘lwcrfully have cumptiud,
Uurru'r'one sum ctmmnmwcrmmcly, the
absence 9f the banknote ! , ‘ 4'
W—«Wr _.. ..',A. .up . .... . . .. '
- prosicript, written in”: heavy, rndc hand,
unlirte'diflL'rcnt fmm (honor the body of the
lam; ~and rc’mling as follows; .
“P. S.-I have taken the libcrt to bor
row 'this money, but I send the fink-r, so
that you needn't hhme the man what wrote
It. (Signed) Post BOY.”
The rifled document was immod’utely
shown (a the Pontmaltcrflnd in his opinion,
no Well‘ns thtt of tho clergyman, a Mug
1 robbery ha! been committed. Tho‘ht
} gentleman was advised by the Pentax-star to
Wed at once In New York, Ind confer
with the Ipecill agent. ind st the saute time
to hly ull the fwta‘ before 1h: Postmosber
Genenl. - He did so, Ind ”n. was not long be
rfore the mm huLeomme'ncod the invextigd'
fion of the suppom] rubbery.
In addition lathe poshscr'rpt nppcmhl, \he
letter bore other imhoofibns of hoving been
hm rod with, which n. firstlmght would
-~ , ~. ' " Qumramunh‘pmm. upon
I the envelop. hrnxwo wags, differing in
color. mpudy M 9193 tho other, no if
they bod been [not on hyvdnfi-rent persons.
A! different limos. ‘
Notwithstanding these npppwccsrchm
wen; circumjuupcs atrngly conflir‘ling w'th
£55 ‘ pnfims’itifi that the latter had bgcn
sogbcd. The [mstm‘ript mus un‘unnalurnl
Imi'r, fof‘ho one guilty of 01)?ng a latte:-
fur the purpose of appropriating its conmnts,
would stop to write an expluuibry pont
noript, especially M such A cDursu would in
? crew the chances of his 06m detection. And
; ‘l';th imam instance 01mm} been no
dduy of the letter to allow of such an m 1
MEE
’Bynrlsicm‘thc ofllcc where the ME"
Wu nuulcd. the agent asgcrmincd that. n.
WNW inmadmmflcuumglm
deposited, and tho‘mlmncod ago and L‘XN‘l'
1...; uh". a..- nr n... y...:........., .4... _4-
upth mail an that bcculon, cnflmli cut all
yusplciou in that quarter.
An interview was (hen htld \\ ith the rlcr—
gym‘nix “no ,u‘ltncssed mo Jnuilirlg‘uf tl’l.
latter, and from him \\ we obtained the fuels
Already scaled; ('onccnuug tho wn‘tingbf
lln‘ document, and 11:4 deposit in the letter
box m n pcrfcct dtatc, alter the money had ‘
Vbcen emlusud. heiwu ready gm! willing to |
make (mm. and had II‘L beau callcd_upon lnu ‘
.qulrl‘hgrc duncum In all 2.3310311 e filflfi‘fm i
cur” ‘f" * ‘ ' _-'~-~
In reply to an inquiry whélfiur ho 115 ml
mun: than om: son of letter paper, hc 111-
{onned me he had had but one kind m his
study fur sm’crllfinonths, wd at my request
immedintcly brought in ecu-ml shoots of it.
A comlm‘ison of this «jg: (In; about upon
fillich tho rifled episllujxn'd llQch‘ wrfite'n,
Khan-rd the the latter was a totally dllft‘rvnl
article from the first. The almpe And do~
~sigfi of the mmptmhimvflhe sheet, MN]
the shade of ilw paper, were all uulnkc.—~
f Moreen-r (ho ü max-d st the bpnk where ‘
1 the hundrvd dollar min was ollLihlggm
‘the letler'kogtniuing it, scllud. Qvurc wry
digaimihr 00 either of Umso which, appeared 1
upon um u post boy" letter. . "
_ mum thy considemfiou a...“ mimic mm,
K WIS satisfied that A gross and cgnlcmmi ble
fraud hm been pox-pumfoq by Um writer or
the lultpr, I‘lTd‘foat up time in proceeding to
the village wherpyho pcrsouggc lived. \I called
upon the Postmaster, and mule some inqui
ries relative lo the character _nnd pccuniairy
circumstances of the person in quostion.——~
From the replies made, It appeared, as l
have Alrcnly noted, that his reputation in
dw‘vcommmgitylwu good. .
..‘llh [alikmi ht ossiblo that in so
“£31113 finch 1' cguldbzscri-flsin ‘wlicthcr he
had 133 w 15385 t a hqugqud dollair note, as
he‘wouhl lmve‘bccn‘ lik‘ivly to have done, if it
was true lb!“ 110 hag! got 390 W it iu'_ the
Nov} linen letter. 5 , , " I
' Calling a: the stow which reoc‘id most of '
his custom, I introduced web)?» the ply-l
printer, made a confident of his; to some ex:
mm, and. ltflgithpt the very next dly 813 1
let thnwu w‘ific tho wreak} letter was ‘
mined, it; ‘nuthor Mi-cd‘mm‘ in payimnt
for I. bum! qf flour 3 hu‘xidred dolhr note on ‘
the bunk 9°meth the um 01' . likwdo-l
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numimtion had been obtained, 35 ,bt-fuw
\e " 1%: (at; 'fomfllQfiEQ"
7 fificrfigwu 11031235: (Shifty: fl.‘ ‘
but 331“ mu flour, and changed 3 bill which!
be supposed to be the 511 mg. 5 . few days a!-
wrwards.
' 'Armcd with these incaistnblé rants. [ln-m
cvcdéd want on the Adventurous décoiwr
m: the clbrgy. who [ml Itiempled to mnko
one member pf thggbody s'ccond In! inbou
hon to chat another. “ Hutu-(e umber!
Could not one suffice ?”~ “ A
' “ Mr. T-——," said I. mar soul‘ewpr
luninnry oomcmfiqn, " it’s n‘f‘m hm: w
mince malwrs. The flat ii. you~dul hqt
send thé many} in that New Iliv'en lunch—«v
‘ You oflurvd it the day Incl-yon mended to
mail it, M‘Mr.’ (L’s store: You see I‘m
{nun'd cut all übout it,‘po I-‘hopo yvu will not,
deny the truth or the mutter."
. ltllen gave him his 410 m, lo 'sycnrl‘ the
hundred dollars prompllj'tb ills Raw lint-ca
Enrrcspondcul, or allow me to pm". in :i
public manner, the fucks in my mutton.
Doing thus hard pressed. sud finding him
ml!J cornered, llc Coul'csged that he had [my
pun-d the letter which was rewind at Nu-w
lluvcn ——po.\;lscfipt, double “'lch and All
before he 1011. home, And that while erbsaing
thutre‘cl rmmxmbank \o the post office.
1 he mbnlilulu] this for the (mo he WNW m
l the elcrgylmn‘s 'Etmfyl ”a pivmlsén -10
‘ send lleuoury. and pretended ‘ to law: au‘f
l fvml Bn'cnjly in his, fueling; on acmnul of
‘ this dishonest wt. , ..
fl‘here is no Ulhtifl“3‘l«hh‘§ ’1'”? pfilwiding
{or thunlnishuggnt of web an ofl'un'co, but
nicqr «ljslinctbuu thin 0N kw um 30 mud
oflcn lfictc Out u wan deserved pemlgy In
those who clude the _l9BB sub‘tlc ministers of
justice. ‘ ‘
In the present inflame. the foregoing story
was mdu public by direction of the Post
mum Gwen! ; and the anchor of the (Mk.
unable to main the indignation And» con
tempt of the commumTty id which He ’IiI-cd.
‘ms compelled to nuke I huty retreat than 4?
" that port of the country.
‘ 0n the whim of maul} mmphinu wuss:
tho cnrclcqnm or outpobilicy’of post oflice
cloth. the following illultntion will he found
of interest : ’
•as STTICA- Ittt.
It Indy of very genteel und reapechble c}.-
pesrnuce called one day on A prominent New
Enghudnponnnstcr, with u lettar in h~.r
“find, which she insisted hurl been bpkeu
"..‘-1p...“ in» w ‘3O. Wt
to the Wenyrbo examined it, 3nd Ip
peunnces cerhinly seeped to justify her as
sertioxL She further dccinrcd thlt' i‘he mil
hint which clerk in the five ludbtohn 1:
1 opeh, and that he had previously served sn
ml 01' her lqttcra in the same 17:}. Upon
honing thin, th- POOWI‘ mquestedher Eu
walk inside the office, and point out the per
‘ non whom shcfiuspcoted. ‘7 ‘ ~ ' J
Such In unusual phenomena: as the up»
par-nee or a lady inside the oflce, pmduafi.
u may be suppoacd, I decided swuh'm
mung the elurkn there Isscmblcd. Nor 1: ,-
mrmtm—rfinfinishfiin intensity win“.
chpoqtnmeL-r informed thum that the [LIL
was there for the purpose of identifyiug'ilu
imam who had lmwguiléyofhféilingppt ,
he: [utters !
I -W.‘Lmaxdm 114;
‘ [mum feeling of curiosity and solicitude m
r mt: tuna wm'm mum“
each an. m dim indulged m
00an is to who thlt ib'hlebody 21.:-
might be; whom‘the accusing angel (3) mm
_wmtupm‘u I‘culpfitg‘ -‘ -'
All their oanjeotw full wide ortho mark.
Anu- looking shout {oi} mow 1b: hdr
pointed out the last man whom any one in
the office Would {mm suspected of :uch‘ mi
otfimco—«me 61‘ the oldest Ind most ruli‘blu
of their number. '
__“Thnt film person," W 4 she, indictting
_' = grass!» m 4 at wmm
pcfims‘ in making wfiwwidr my laugh,
I will certainly ,hnynfiim Arrested. Why
my letter! should alwtys be selected for his
WW. 1 cannot. imgine; h_ut if 1311 more
of then: m touchedfhe will hm» W IcL
(fight “one." ‘ .
ms MW
(11ch u greater summation mung Halfdlow
clerks thug i_n the mindmfithlojcnqmun in
cused. ngfmg for I muluch} utter she luul
afioken, be broke the 1:11:11]de silence that
followéll 'hdr ‘words,,~ by .nying ulmly .
“Mrs. 4—, .1 helie'n I” ' g* ‘
“Tint is my “me, sir...” - ,
“:hve- you concluded nut. th'lrb, Inn-J.
(In 3: - ‘ .fl ‘
"I have air, hr tlio present." : . . ”a...
’l}!hen.mm.l will aka tummy to__
inform yvu untyour husband in thé’ Emmi
onyvhqm you ought to yxpend your indignuv
tion. He bu It difimfl dim-1 than never
ll 6! your letters from 01pr wd
rend them, and utter ro-scdinWod theln
mfim Mm box, huing made cgrluih dis-x
comics in lhgso letters to wffich 119, forccd
pm to liqtcu, u furnishing auflfoimit groimd
fur his e'qufgo, qnqjustifymg'immr m’spici
(ms! lit) «mostly mqnestéd mo' hover to
disclosc‘who had opened the letters,de
should [Eve c'ontixiued to obabxto Search
by} not your munfion fancim to this
«immune in mm 11 you IV“)! to
hue my sttwlchg 'oolobonted, Iv-think I
pm pfodnce i reliim “final." ; .
>ng My djdgot ”my: this man.
but imdo t Win Tiomm mo ,
clerk mum; of sh. field. aid mm" :1"
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