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' From the Arve 'ark Tribune.
7117 A OLD Lti3IIITT BELL—JuIy 4,17:6
B. J . I.F.LOOM
!co F.lt Wag there, when the solemn prayer
Arose from the Patriot bond,
Who stood in their might, for God and the Right
Of Freedom throu l ghout the land.
Ind the Old Bell rang lilt on the Summerair,
:;pirit ; Justice hciaroth our prayer.
ertentynlow were the words that flowed
From heart to honrt that day.
Ind hand grasped hand, ae the Patriot hand
Prepared them fur the fray.
Ind die Old Bell rang out so loud and clear:
hir lives for our Country ! wo know not fear
From mountain and dell, at sound of that Bell,
Came tho hardy children of Toil;
From valley and glen, sprang tho old sturdy men,
And 6'e :eolith left the plow in the soil. -
And the, Old Bell rang out o'er the mountain afar,-
And tho l children of Pence beeame veerans in War,
f,rm as tr rock, they met the shock -
_ Of - England's serried band,
1:1,1 bark from the coast, they swept the host
Of the Tyrant from out the land.
And the Old Bell rang out through the forest tree:4,
AI the star
, Silaligled Banner was ilung to the brerzt
And the tope that fell, from that "Liberty Bell,"
Shall .weot over land and sea,
tho Atm and Crown, shall tumble down,
And Nations all aro Free.
.11il the Old Dell spirit shall sweepthro' the world
1,11 t h e Banner of Christ hl alone antliascl.
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rl)c Canton* Scrap,
11IE AU mon. 01 "OLD HICKS, TIII 6111)1. ••
Or.? bright morning= most of the men were
a mustang drive, a number of boys—chi I
•rn bf my nearest neighbors—had collected to bathe
a pretty little basin, formed by an eddy of the
ktr opposite my house. I hoard thoir Wily yell,.
u,lrtag down my gun—a procantion gluon a-,
',vial, before going 01//, as putting oo my car
ailicd listlessly down to the ricerbank io look at
tr..
Thorn were five houses %%Rhin half a mile alio% q
:l before me. The women, with their sun-him:lets
-. sere tripping across front one house to the
to pay neighboriY gos,ipping vi -its, the house
yigged lazily along behind them: the goats
frisking and hiitting each other out-ide the
—meg: a man, pltittighing, was whistling a ol'epv
aidelay; groups of cattle in fight here reclining
the grass, slowly grinding away at the everlast
z cud, and the thin wreaths of opaque from
chimneys were clearly tilelined against the in
c.,,tly brilliant transparency, of J.llO
r. The whole scene was the tery ideal of quiet,
Minus repose.
remember being particularly struck with the
i'py and harmonious calm that had (aliened over
r sometimes stormy home. and, of thinking how
7fectly the poet's dream might be realized—how
-want here,
Funity.day goat dftwn,
Tu it nod mune it ithjoy:”
suddenly, the sound of a gull caused me to
-rn int . head.
The tir.st object that tOet my view wii, the
nz ploughman, Scampering, ns if fo r d e ar lift.,
htd home, yening rt'a-
r on. around the . 1120sC distant house in sightt, I
iii distinguish forty or fifty dark riders, who %s ere ,
al'oping to add fro with great rapidity, gathering
-,ether our horses and miles. I sent on the warn
.
cry nt the top of my lungs, to the women: and,
' , Li such consternatioit, shrieks and splashing as:
'Pre ass among the littl ' camp, in - tile water, you
;ri reucciae if ever yeti rave seen a bald: disc
art among a conve ' docks.'
I called to the boys to run to, toy housel which
a( Aim f o ur hundred paces- ~IT, for I saw }some of
:it Wants were corning ton anis us at full spd:
.w.l the little hillow,s bintliitir , (lie %%liter front their
&wing hair, some stopping to pick tip a shirt, - and 1
':.,ere bare as-they came into the world, scrambled i
.:3 the bank and plied their tiny feet. sciamblitir! all ;
,'.,..' Any te the picketing. One or tat o of them
:Lis nut some distance in the stream, and were de-
.(c..1 by their fright in getting up the bank, so. that 1
'tale time they reached use, the Indians as ere lib
'''to permit them to escape to the house unaided,
;,il but for my dun, they aa bull] hale lost their
:/..alps,
' 4 The foremost Indian galloped up very, (dose, het
0n raising my gun, wheeled to avoid - my El": and
lt th env face turned toward the savage, to keep
' at * bay—the little fellow, ultnost frantic with
:vial, clinging to my legs'-1 corric4itecil my bti(Fk
aird.retreat to the braise. The Comanches will
*J3 , rn rash upon an Amerienn-=whe has a !Tim in
`_odiad; and shows by his deliberation that lie is
ierfutly cool—until he has fired; after that td•ev
r.:1..nolo ) upon hint before he can load allalul. It
%therefore, very easy to keep a number of them at
"t'rY respectable distance by-raising your gun as
!to slalnt wheneVer they come to
Vow of-the sav L arre rascals had come
, e,
and were circuling.around use, ~, g, by
''e'r yells, clarnars, and threatening gestures, to
aw-my fire. I was•aware that if! fired, 1 might
sure of instant death, and so backed slowly and
'l'l4 on toward the picketing. The little boys
'l'g to me so desperately with their naked limbs,
'''eriously to impede my progress. The saaagNs.
tt2 tufts of horsehair streaming, from their limbs,
12 'i circlets and plumes and gaudy feathers fl ion
lig from their heads dad the manes and tails of
'.l horses, whooped, yelled and chattered, their
' , I lances against their white shields of boll's hide.
'' l %et scudded to and fro around me with the swifts ,
*sit of sea-birds; becoming more and more eager,
adelooitig their circle nearer as I approached the
Nisi. 1
MY gun, fortunately, was it double-barrel. I
''il they would make a fink/ and desperate at
'''i,r to prevent my escape. 'e were now wit It
.aiglity rods of the - picket stiles: the main . body of,
0 Indians had nearly' reached us, and there was no '
=e to lose.
Tau Indians, who seemed to take their position
tql,the design of maintaining, it, were between us
tithe stiles. I walked steadily towards them,
teled my gun. They then swung themselves
. 4 1 behind the bodies ..of their horses, leaving
""hind exposed but the leg by which they clung
the saddle. I told the boys to run toward them,
h ten'llog to fire as they raised themselves in the
"ad l l ,, to strike; but the cunning rascals were watch
taz me from under their horse's necks, and seeing
th at nwy Must
,catch it if they raised themselves to
`hoot; vviely started their horses on, shooting se;ver
tt iarros a Without changing their position, and
aa . unding the bils considerably.
'aw my young chall.ges reach the steps, and - now
' d ye 11Y• time an run for it, for fifty Camanchrs were
'AMiiii ristn:nyipac9s of me, thunderinvont at- full
'Peed. I started for my,precious lire. There ivas
a general howl and rut% 4oward me from every side
7 . 1 , 0 d - :1 felt the prick of several arrows,. _lt was
cY tiventy paces now 'to the stiles. I wheeled
':ld fired at the neatest; a few desperate bounds, and
"t fret was on the low stile, when a lance whizzed
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past my ear, and quivered in the post, while a (leaf
fling, furious roar burst from every throat. I faced
about again. The foremost Indian was within ten
feet, standing in his saddle stirrups, in the very act
of plunging his lance at me. Quick as, thought I fired,
in his faced and leaped or rather tumbled over, the
stile ihto my yard. When I picked myself up, I
heard the hoarse gnashing of their disappointed rage,
and the clatter of retreating hoofs.
This was a pretty •close graze, Nothing saved
me but the last elirg,e of my 1(141111il double-barrel.
and, us it was, several of their confounded little ar
ron s were sticking about me for meingutoes.
The whole scene, tong as it takes to give you an
idea,k)r it , could not haveocenpied over ten minuets.
;hut in that paltry fraction of time, how fiercely vivid
was the transition trout the very poetry of rural
qulet to the stormy awl terrible reality of savage.
I,,,war: But this was not the lust of it by a good
deal.
1 climbed to the top 'of the stiles again, after
binding my gun, jest in time 'to see the scalp torn
trom the head of one of our men who was returning
train a hunt, on foot, and was so hard pressed as to
I be compelled to foe his rifle. lie bad been instant
' I y borne to the earth by a dozen latices, in full view
of his on it house." Their fail u re and Joss it: thy case
:bad greatly inf4iated them, and, although poor
Thompsm had been steady and coal, like a veteran
• frontier's-man, as be was, yet they had rushed tipon
him in a body, determined to have a scalp if it cost'
waarrior. . •
II did, too, and one of their chiefs' at that; for the
eve and nerve of the gallant fellow did not fail him
'i ti that fearful moment, when they closed so tnadlv,
1 dashing around him, that their lances met, grating,
in hi.: body. A chief, whose lance first touched
him, tninbield stiffly forward amid the tram p ling hoof,
and the hunter was avenged. One of the women
made a very, narrow escape, and was only saved by
the courage oi her dog, %%lie sprung at the nose of
' the eamanche's horse, and matte the animal shy jost
it., the rider was about to tran-tix her, as siiu was
climbing . the picket stiles. She got over sal, ad
n
the,hatfied rlscal pursued the gallant dog into the
river, it here it al-u fortun'ately eQeapeil, flinch to my
gratineittion. During these seene i s, a portion of
[Mir nonibt:r had been busily engaged in collecting
all our nudes and 'horses that were looseon the ;trai
-1 le, and now they started after the frightened and
n',l-, VI he were tearng all' like mad in the direction
th e y w h.he i l theta' t i , gut. 1n a !fTY minutes they
were out of T might! tii\
:1 all was still for a little while
,
' as before; bit M inn itely we hid .tot been so silly
'as to turn out our laorite riding torses, and in a
short tone there m.as a gathering, in hot haste, of
till the men who wet . ' at brine. : They gallope,tl up
. to my house in every threetion, rifles in hand, with
but brims. fipiing eyes,,and curses, deep-breathed,
between the irteeth, eager to be led in pursuit of
vengeance. Still more fortunately, just as we-were
starting on the trail, tqe very party whivh had been
absent on the mustang drily, came, breathless and
foaming, tip. It seems they had :net with the Ca
nutriciw trail, and suspecting what hail occurred, had
run flier- horses in at full speed:i With a few hasty
words, explainulig the extent. of the mischief, and a
w i l i r shunt of vengeance for poor Thompson, we
w ereoill on the chase, numbering thirty determined
inen. - ! .
01 course there was no difficulty in tracing: the
trail. which teas asjmroad as a wagon road through
the g . rfl:,-; :111 , 1 1% et billowed at the boil pace of our
liar: es: for our success in coo l ing pp with th em a ll
depended upon the speed of our animals. As we
swept by the farm of old Hicks, one of the .earliest
settlers, oho had posted himself on the eery out
skirts of the grant, the grayhaired veteran was seen
urging his horse across the field to meet us. As
he approached We could see, by the eagerness of his
gestures, that sometloug was wrung. We halted
fur an instant and the glare of ids eyes, and the
ashy pallor if his rigid face, as he joined us,, were
even mere eloquent of his ten ible news than the few
o rd., he e l ib difficulty g asped out trout bet‘‘ec:.,
his clencht d teeth.
`•11y cluldren!"
"great Godliwllichrl'
"John and Mary! they've carried theirs
Nuthing was apuben, but, betiding forward with a
pert et tn,,wl of fury, the rangers lashed their horses
like madmen. Sitch - i'lflll.lC , lolll.lWilS - 1 , 1111 . 1e1 , ?1111W
cal
culated to arose a:delirium of wrath in their 'fiery
natures. In' addition 'to the other outrages, these
two children had been torn from their old parent to
be fil g1 ., 1 la to a horrible captivity in the distant
unless he could reach the brutal spoilers be
fore the, had gained a covert. No marvel that hor
ses were go:vied even wiwn . faithbilly at their winos,
slag,.; that sw ofsit rein, o re butte I along lostor:1
temple.., arid curses and yells burst at internals front
thirty drawnhps, as the image of those for young
children, wriMing iu the black, naked art»s of n fil
thy warrior, would rise up befere t,s. For every
Inidy loved little Molly Ific,cs, 'with the' lint-white
loci..' a nd J o h n ny was a second 'Benjamin, thechild
of his old age,' to the hardy pioneer.
As he rode in front, which position he maintained
with nil the leading eagerness of the younger 111C1f1-
11 , 21 s Of the party„with his leiitur'es stilreoed and e.l !
I n k e ye,: tisod on tde distance h(fore rho, and - hi,:
lore , white hairs s' reaming from los uncot erol head,
ilimegdit I had never looked upon a inure striking
picture of stern, mute agony. It Wad enough to
have strong the lierves of a dastard • to reckles dar
ing. one Molt at that' old l oan.
The trail was leading in rho direction of time dens
est portion of the Cre-s Timber, were too, among
Brooded ned broken ridges, the hen 1 waters. Of the
Trinity took their origin, breaking nu!inerons springs
'from drum gorgs; and in this rugged and extensit.e
tract we Supposed they would endea'vor to conceal
Afiemselves by throwing us i off the. trail.
suers we were scudding beneath the shade of, the
tall forest. There was. no undergrowth, but the
r-Imaft-lik6 trunks rose dark 1111 a 11:1113 to a corisidern
b!e height, traveling long open I lsfirs bet ween_thent.
A chill of awe came over us at this swift transition
from the sunny e\panse of the prairc to the solemn
gloom of the, great natural temple. .
Contrary to our expectations, the trail, instead of
ditg.trging north, towards the hills, kept on west, di
rectly through the belt of Cross Timber. These
Indians hate an unconquerable aversion to the brush,
and our hopes were greatly, elated to find that, true
to Ihis irisuuct, they were keeping in the open woods,
and probably niaklng for the plains beyond the deep
,
IMO A. The course offered us um'cli greater assur
,
mice that we should be able to beep the tlllll, and
finally overhaul them. But it was- nearly six
miles across, and our reckless haste was beginning
to tell upon our horses; se that . wlth.all the tumult
and intensity of our exeilement,•we were obliged to
check our gait. For several miles weemitinued
gallopiug down those dim,_leal-fretted aisles, r
the old man still retaining Iris position in front,nev
i'u fur an instant turning his eyes to the-right or to
the lett, staifing fixedly ahead.
I fuddenly he raised' himself quickly iii 11:s stir
rups, and with a sharp, shrill shout, "there!'
pluug
ed the spurs into his horse. I looked ahead and could
distinguish ol)jects gleaming swiftly past the trees
far befor!e us. With a shout that made those tan
gled arches shit er again, we all followed him. The
wild . whirl of maddening excitement was beyond
any description. The men fairly shrieked with the
- exultation of savage joy. Our horses caught the
spirito and seemed energized with . supernatural
speed, as they fled by the trees so swiftly, that the
trunks seemed to run into each other, and to form a
continuous wall. Now and* then, through :at wide
° v eiling before-us, we would get a bill but momen
tary v:ew of the spotted horses of the foe streaking
across it. Then such a-burst, of shouting from our
• •
In this way the chase had continued for several
miles, without lessening materially the distance be
tween us, and we were beginning to fear that our
horses would fail us even When the old man, point
' ino , ahead, laughing out' with the exultation of a
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SATURDAY MORNING], OCTO
fiend; and, as we swept past the object. I saw it was
a horse of one of the warriors that liad droppedlY
from exhaustation. How the met yelled at this.
sight!
Their horses were giving oar; and we were sere
y l
of them. Another! and yet another! laid by the
I
trail! I saw one of the 'warrior s , o foot, running
off through the woods! But on! ot! never mind
him! the mnin body is Jtefore!
Spddenly we burnt upon the dazzling light of the
prairie. There they are. The wholehp(ly of them.
within a qmtrter of mile, strurig wintlitig along the
deep grans like a great snake.
The clamor of pursuing wi l l
more ‘errible to a head of exha
our shout to thoae. (tightened ilk
See, how they took behind, 'I
what to (10.
Ha' they snake to the thither, again. The rnpid
tramp of the avenmer's dread tuns, too. They are
panic-stricken. The' old man, «I I, the , nnyarthly
wilderness of hie mien, lopki I enough liken phan
tom of wrath to Strike an army vv hi t terror. They
rush to the edge of the timber, arid throw themt.el
ues in frantic hurry front their horses—some bead
foremost.
We, too, hati ng dismounted quick_ r thtin thought,
the binch tubes nre ranged, and the Antoon hurls
leaden bail [Anon!! them before they reach the trees.
Such startffering and tumbling; but not a sound from
them. With clubbed guns we rushed alter the old
man, in the timber; and now the Oruggle is hand to
band, and foot to foot, with We lithe, desperate
wietehes.
They turn at boy a moment behind the clivert of
the trunks, but the fury of our charge overbears
every thimr. For a moment the ruSt ling of strop"-
;ling feet, the Mill ring or crnshi»g binit s, the bin'
groan aml heavy fall, are the only sounds thet. break
the awful silence; and then the peal of our ‘icturi
ous shout piocirions that they are tlyimr.
The pursuit is continued ir some distence, but
they are too swift for us, and one after lawither of
the members of the scattered party. running and
exhausted, make their appearance on thel prairie.
"The children! the children! Haiti they been
seen'!" I shouted.
• "Here they are!" replied a dc i ep voice I'l4 seine
distance in the woods. 'ff
We all ran in; and never (bail I forget the scene.
At the foot of a large tree the old man was bending
over his buy, who had, been pierced by the !wise of
a Comanche, mid lay pleading fur water, writhing
liken trodden worm. Little Mary, with large blue,
tearlegs eyes, that looked_ as if they would never
wink again, stood by him, holding his hand. The
shattered and bloody gun of the yid man lay: on the
ground by him, while his nearest neighbor, a tall,
powerful man, stood off, in respect for the sacred
ness of grief, gazing upon the group with dimmed
MI!
There was a heavy pause. The old man looked
up with blood-shot eyes, saying—
'•lVater, men! water! water!"
We had all been so Much shocked by th 2 scene
as to have lost our presence a mind for the minuet),;
but instantly, as lie spoke, a men spiling off
and ran to where our liorses bad been left, for their
water-gourds.
The boy grasped one, with a famhdied eagerness
it is i.npossible to convey, and drank copiously. In
a inomem the.f.oior began to return to his blue !Ips,
and light to his ghzing eyes.
• This convinced me that his wound was not sn des-
Orate a we hail avumingui it • iLzarn
was the lance leaning against the tree, withlt he red
stain upon its blade fur several inches; and i that we
thought was cor,clusivc enougdr.
As I was stopping to bathe his feverish temples.
and examine the wound, little Molly turned her qui
et eyes upon my face, and said, with a Solemn inno
cence that thrilled me strangely—‘"Phe bad NjAms
wouldn't kill me!" as if she felt that grievous in
justice had been dune in selecting Johnny
i !in-tead (
of her. 1 could not tesist c l atching her, while "the
hot tea N burned over my lids at this ttmchisig exhibi
tion of forcretfultiess'nl self in the sisters's l i love. —
On examination, the wooly] halted bad enough to
be sure. There was nothing for it, however buCto
- prepare a litter to get him home. This the men
soon did At ith twigs and botiltlo robes. wit cli the In
dians had thrown away, together with all their arms,
in the flight.
Poor little - boy! his plaintive moans were tlcry dis
tressing. The rudest of the men, with all the
of tight upon them, seemed to be greatly tutived,
and gentle Moily was carried wlth a cons l iderable
tendtrnes•4 as if the crowns of all the world had
Wen her heritage. Sittings, incogirrooost unionl
is man! We are stepping over the corp,al of the
skim A few minutes betore,_these men h t ad been
than starved tigers for blood, and their eyes
were now moistened at, the sight of these tWo cho
- and their old father. ft is a custom, Ileter de
viated from by the Camances, to kilt their 'mile child,
as iwthis instance, they say, with stern fPiesight,
"Ilia one future waraior out of the way!" 1 , For, as•
their "hand Is," emphatically, "against every man,
and etery man against thetn, all mankind are alike
their enemies: hot there is tco much sava„ , w i chivalry
among, them ever to kill or misuse a female prisoner,
a thing They never have been known to do. They
will kill them, and take their scalps in attacking 'a
town ur settlement, but :then they have once spared
them as pi isoners, their persons are forever after
wards sricrt•tl.
del ide nobility 0104 the-,
Jerr. is u va , . Jen! rude.ty
1113 ItelleS Slid if they should ever lea
well they will be far the most formid
MCC have yet had to dispute the pm,.
tory with. That they have not t (were.
superstitiMts dread of fire-arms is th e gid)
why we are still able to cope with them at
advantages.
We. learned from little Mary's story that
dians hat mg herself and brother in cha
when we rushed into the timber.' after theA
a e , and her brother wero standing hand i
only otie struck him down with the htneA,
her onmolestal. "Tar bud Nuns wouldn't',
We had lost two wen in
. the t•kirmi:sll,a
timber, and hail sex eral wounded. There!.
Indians that we knew to be slain. We,
all our horses and mules,
and,in addition,
forty Indian horses witlo all their quaint It
melds. f. 4 oine of these horses: were noble
and most of them curiously and beautiful'
Our return home l was a pi.inful blf•ndin
ness and triumph; but it was- a prodi , ionil:
UA all when we heard, next morning, thal
}
ny 'was doing well. Indeed, in about two,
had almost entirely recovered.
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RANGINGII.IALW...--A curious impe lin-tent to
the indiction of capital punishownt exists in .Maincr.
By a law recently enacted the Goverimr I as to re -1 '
mire official notice of the capital convictio t i of
prisoner from the clerk of the Supreine Court. The
clerk iria case of conviction refused to send the
certificate, on the ground that the law gave him no
compensation fur the act. The convict Was accord
ingly remanded to prison to await the arrival of the
warrant, and there he has remained ever inec , - the
Governor having no official knowledge of his con
viction. The present law punishes murder in the
first degree with death, but the executive may not
issue his warrant for the execution within one year,
a nd of co u rse not until he shall have received official
notice of the conviction. Meanwhile the
_convict
is.kept in solitary confinement and at hard
foi the case of Coolidge, convicted last spring of the
murder of Mathews, the executive has been legally
informed of his conviction. All is su far regular.
But here a new question arises'. Is the Governor
obliged to istoe his warrant at all? Some say yes,
others no. Under these circumstances there will
not probably be awe execution- in Paine until the
Legislature shall have defined the meaning of the
law and rendered it imperative upon the proper firth).-
tionary to afford to the Governor the official informa
tion acquired.
: CVO N Vir A /2. D
E=
We rise from the perusal of the life of this great
man by his son, with a deeper gratitude, a warmer
veneration fur his character. His disinterestedness,
his noble heroism acrd pure integri. y, shine out with
unsullied lustre. We feel a hearty reverence Lind
affection; are proud that such a man espoused our
cause, and freely a/cord to him the bigli honor of
one worthy to bet, Bed " The friend of WASIIINO
TON." Kindred in spirit, in aims, in hopes, one
tempered the ardor i d the other, viewing him in the
light of a dear son; the other reposed trust in, and
almost worshipPed he wisdom, greatness.and virtue
o f-his guide, his example, hisiinire than friend!
Marri§d at the age of seventeen to a lovely and
high-born woman, in the year 1774; in the summer
ot '7G I.:Voyeur) was stationed on military duty at
Minx, being then MI officer in the French army.—
Dining One (Inv at the house of the commandant of
that place, with the Duke of Gloucester
turned-upon her to
tlre,l itig of England,) the couVersatibu tured'upon
'American affairs. ITlie details were new to the
young i)larquis; he t listened with eagerness and ilii--
wrest. ! The cause seemed to hint just and noble,
Irmo the representations!of the Duke himself; and
before he left the table, the thought came into his
head that he would) go to, AMerioa, offer his ser.ices
:o a people \mho were struggling for freedom and
tiodepeMlence. prom that, hour he could think of
nothing but this chivalrous enterprise.
' The property of Lafayette being at his own dis- 1
posal,in annual revenue of nearly two hundred
I thonsand livti-es, he was enabled to pursue in thiS
respect his own heroic inclinations. ' His,yoiithful
imagination was fired with a thirst for glory; the
dnuling vision off, conquering and establishing a
nide country o‘er the sea to be the inhabitation I
home and resting-place of Freedom, so dear to his
1 lOfty and untrammelled mind, became real and pals
liable. Recollection of the glorious past, its re
publics told their ancient splendor, arts, lettErs;
poets, orators and warriors arose in his memory, and
combined nab the cry of the oppressed which sound!
ed in his ear, above the beoiniug ocean' which rul l
'led between, "tixitig his firm resolve."
Born and cradled in an atmosphere oppressed and
laden with aristocratic influences; brought up iri till
lap of luxury; milted to the object of his flfreetiOnSi
rank,' wealth, power; all those blandishments which
they throw around men, so binding to the moral vi i
sion and high purpose; and so inclining the posses
sorto turn a deaf ear to noble promptings, were q I
...afayette unheeded; that cry for succor was never,
stilledf it would inlhis heart he obeyed. The sac-I
rifice was made—sill the ardor of his feelings to him
no sacrifice—but a tremendous one in truth; one I
wnielt we feel with a thrill of gratitude, and shall
i feel to ill generations. '
On reading those ardent letters addressed to his
young wife, breathing the most romantic and devo 7
ted love, we cannot but feel this. He thus writes
to tier when fairly off at sea: '
"'How many fears and anxieties enhance the keen
anguish I feel in being separated from all that I love
most fondly in the 'world! How have you borne my
departure. Have you level me, lees? Have yen
piirdoned me? Have you reflected that at all events
I ; m ust equally have been separated from you: wands
ering about in Italy, druggiog on an inglorious. life,
surrounded by perlsons most opposed to my projects
a-mi liliatTmn vr sta-.•,,.. 0 . - .--.A..it .L.-.- ....43.....;...... 41.1
nut prevent my experiencing the most bitter grief
on 'quitting my native shore; your sorrow, that Of
my friends, my child, all rushed upon my thoughts,
and my heart was torn byla thousand painful feel
- I could not at that ins.ant find any excuse
fur my own. conduc'T If you could know all that /
have suffered, and this melancholy days o that ,I haVO
( passed while flying from all I love best in the wuridil
Must 1 join to this affliction the grief of hearing that
..oil do not pardon met That you love me less? I
,ho [ll4 feel in truth too miserable. But I need not
fear this—need 1, my dearest level . ' - 1
,
The career of Lafayette is known to every &lilt.
On reviewing some parts of it, we may perhaps feel
a shade of regret. Always the friend of true liber
ty, of free institutions, yet with limitation, with
conservatism and, n ith 'order. The lives ,of the
Kingpin! Queen, placed in his hands, were nut by
his decision, firmoes4, and forethJuglit saved. Yet
I
in speaking of theM, he says: ,
ves never sounded
nAed klerlan
111ey are uncertain
" The King and Qtiez , n, their lamentable Tate
only allows me to pride myself on some services I
have rendered them:" proving that no self-reproach:
fel visiting:3 mingled with his regrets at their awful
lac. "11, — he says in an earlier day, "I have mit.
ereod in the path I am pursuing, forgive the rlinsioil
of; my head, in favor of the guou intentions and rec
titude of toy heart."
‘VASIIINOTON'S love for Lafayette forme one of
the softest and liIPSt beautiful traits of his august
character.
"lie came," says the Marquis, (by which name
he was exclusively designated) on the occasion of
his severe illness, "every day to inquire after his
friend's health, but fearing to agitate him, he only
conversed with the doctor, and returned home with
tearful eyes and a heart oppressed with grief."-.'=
When wounded at Brandywine, General Washing
ton said to the surgeon:' "Take care of hirer, as if
he were my son, tal i I love him the same." Ile ex
vresmcd for daring his illness the most tended
and paternal anxiety.:
•il ow i s it possible," exclaims Lafayette, w hose
love and vetieralionl knew no bounik, "that li' should
not have been warmly cher ished hr his' disci p le; he
ohs, uniting all that is good to all that.is. great, is
i. % en More sublime from his virtues than. from his
ttileutse Had he been a common soldier, he wbuld
bite been the bravest iii the ranks; had he been an
ob curl citizen, all neighbors would have respec
t pit hiui. With a heart'and mind equally correctly
I l turned. he,judged bH) of himself and circuinstan
-1 c.:•4 %%ith strict imp: rtiality. Nature, whi!e crea
ric;.; him expressly 'for that revolution, conf e rie,d nn
honor upon bersFilanil shiii w her work to the
realest possible miyantaize, She. canstiinted it in
nett manner that'etich distinct quality would have
idled in producing the end required bud it not been
astained by all tln others."
What a noble tribute, and what ajust one!'
-e Ca
aril to il~c silica
cheriiv uur
of terri
,iine their
lie reason
MEM
t the In-
At- lin
left
[ kill me!"
ttiong Silt'
I r ivereilen
recovdt
, sec tt rod
nc;( tre •
unimak,
tun r It t (I
r of F, ncl-'
relief to
t lie Julio
[wool its l_‘
ER 21, 184,5.
o rs the KnickerUcker.
lONS OF LAV
Fru
RE CGLLEL
IMI=
The, recollections of my early childhood most
fra'wht with joy gild delight arc& , those of the %I:zit
Goneral Lnyfayette to the Unite I States. Well
do 1 remember the" splendid paavatit of his entree
into the city. And after beholding, in all its pomp
'oll4 length, the - prdoession, being t imid over menTs
s houlders, in 'Ai' '4ll - k,' to look ttp the beim volent,
beaming, happy face of one I had been taught to
revere. Afterwards too, the honor,l'esteemed it to be
taimn by the hand Of this great anil brave man ' my,
fieart beating proddly beneath the ribbon-badge I
o ore, stampod %Nub his features, and with a 'Wel
come to the NatiMi's , Oh? happy day for
me; thrice happy; ihriee glorious to him!
fayetes march thrMigh t he count ry, in its whole
length and breadth; sins a grand ovation. His path
way lay literally ot•er tiowera. Wreathes crowned
his brow, triumphal arches Overshadowed him; and
as he moved tin thely were showered upon him by old
and young; by Malden. and child, and'matron. Ills
noble deeds; lieroi youth and mild and serene even
. ing; his trials, mi'r. , fortuness, imprisonment and es
, ea p a fortitude, vlrtue,constancy and WE Lcoattt,'
%sere sung in verse from the shores of i the Atlantic
to the farthest rearlt of the Father of Waters. A ,
generous grant was made him by government,,and
its noble vessels-conveyed him as if proud of their
burtben.
A carila,gc draWn by, four cream-colored horses,
o il as driven up to the door of a neighboring city.—
From it plighted the.nution's illustrious guest; his
son, GlionGm WArYGTON, and two - ardent friends
and admirers. T ie plain dress, gentlemanly ap
pearance, and animated countenance of Lafayette,
on whici
very stri
ons wor
be efface
MIR
Kings
pagentry`
wars la('
have drn
benighic
Inurelba)
sal, spun
the inapt)
and min
their gro
WEIS nev
111
ViMile
gaged on
EEO=
iu bi 4 bo
tering du
dropping
DEEM
but tinall
streaffi
Vot, you goini,
inquired tie German b
" ways Sato,
mit the p t milt We n
to take n good ties o
if.we go m we will to
tonbrella,inri
!time We finish our vie
us to take some butter
fI The old umbrella ha l
sions received on the
ty. One,half of the
whenlit Wns hoistetl,l
brero ovel• its owner.
into the limit on sondri
11l shape ;1
er it wit
stretched
ted State
the "gin
this tune
covering
one of th
watched
euhiting I
before th
George, t
" Vell, t
ever I see'
so nice a !
Just ti)
" bookiyou, you, v
in thomiet are you sit
Who are •cm? What
I am going to c
Sam:
"You're _n e:ectiow
squatter.l
"No. r/
way for IL.
MEI
§. NVlri
squatter.
"All n .
England:
"
awful b g
ETBII
()r1;. (1) :e 1111 :I n
" On I
in,' maitli;
" 1 Fll4
answeredl
"ilev I!
quired,
"Good,
you show
I'm n
a (lay thn
when I hi;
natnr," tbry ginerally I
"Are you a Taylor
"No, bly itunder,"
"Do v.in go in fur
" Well; I elletdate
buy fur th l i c,e
"What! do y ,up
the arli.A.
"No Sir," shunter
Betsy and the children
in" to get along with t
five centi a bushel."
"Goad bye, Filch to
Sam; "they are the be.
such )r floated oft As
tors Afoice reached bin
was---• -
"Hurrah for (114r1
pi and me and Bylaw:"
Honnintat AtfE3IP
AND SUICILM.—A, most
was perpetrated in the
Saline, county, on the
ces related to u< are a
Baker, a man who hi
izen of the eminty and
ed by his neighbors t
peaceable owl Lind in
cest nous t u ts-ion for It
ttiont. 2.2 or 23 years
young woman—mid
brutal desires: which t
ed, until OM day upon
lion occurred. Ile de
miesion, and deli
daughter, loaded his g
not submit that he win
in the evening, he de) I
upon the young lady,
feet otf the left side
the Yining lady survki
lug her reason - and far'
to relate the brutal co
her, and (lie horrible
on her person. Imm
the fatal wouni upon
aermis the field a slum
Li gun in his hand: it
wards, the report of a
he, had gone, and senrc
morning, he was foot
human father, stung
his hellish purposes tG
Of his k)rtlilli ;OM, to
by placing the gun ul
muzzle alguinst his
means of a slick prep
Baker was about 5
some five or six child
extenuating cireunist
in his proper mind, IA
trated this hdrrible e
Tai; "No-PART Y '
at Warrenton Sprint
Brent made a most h
concluded with the
Lion of the Whig t
1840, they had decei
They not do it again
f the old woman
dens drowned: and, i t
the ricer had been&
erable companion fu ,
with fishes. The cdt
distress, and quaintly
ter set the old man
who,, In 1840, had do
ty," "no principles"
old man again.".
bunliontutie vas I so legibly written, was
•ing. And Ow introduction, a few courte-
Is, his kind-and gracious looks,•will never
1 from my me nory.
have visited ings and more ostentatious
`been display d. Victors have come from
den with spoil q, and the zealous populaco
kged their eh riots through the crowd of
I worshilipers, who scattered incense, while
A . encircled th it brows; but Such an oniver
aneous nut-bret of Arational Gratitude,
Ise of million., as, of one undivided heart
I, cherished,. transmitted, and grown with
Isth, during, tto hip se of near fifty vear,=,
cr before seen )r recorded on history's page.
( 'TAKING Tint; MISSISSIPPI."
t !oak Rpreidv.)
(Prom the .t
Mr. Sum Sto
the great p
thermion slum !
It, a eery uua
at the ta l i
,anchor to rlt
;of n squatter
~letgo,andil
)c well, the lutist, now en
!towns of the Ms ...is-di - NA,
l i -ly i !hating down the rher
i mfortable shower came
i pat
fmeta when he was abqut
tell tho pieture,:iliw estab-
Ife hesitated s' montent,
lii boat swung around in the
to piettie him mit dor rain?
/minion.
iut I'm going to pictur' him
re now about at the right spot
j that odd !coking . cabin, and
le it. So, haul out the old
1- a sketch. Pertain:- hy the
g he proprietor will invite
nilk with him.
1. by certain violent concns
ip, become_ quite a cariosi
quilebories were gone, and
kiting like a wo begone sum-
The pitching_of it carelessly
/ occasions had introduced
' itivroof; aid, taken altogeth
apology for a shelter ever
ign citizen of the great ilni-
Tver ;worked away .beneath
to fini4ed his sketch. All
tutu the top of Ins cone-like
I of Dark tinged water throntrh
I wn his neck. His German
iith intense interest, as if cal
artist's clothes would hold
k. When lie had finished'
L rolte forth in admiration:
Aylightm
the sorriest
l over a sover
1. Sam how
~hnni' until
ailloe.it
floured a 1100,
hol-F, arid (
his stream
ow much ill:
y Mould Ic
IC German,
,ans you soaks more rater den
take you von week to be
ns shust now."
lorn shore hailed them:
'lll that awful ugly hat: what
in' out. thar in the rain for?
are frou goin' to do?"
irnra.: the Mississippi," Paid
for a little
' pefore. I
id dry nave
MEM
rer, you?" imptired the
aid Sam, "except in a sum!,
nal benefit. lam going to
MEM
,y own Indic
liver. "
ar you goi
to take it tor inquired the
lEEE
said Sam, "and over to
ttf yott ca l
t , ,b, and sot
do that, you'll hey to get an
yourself ut the mouth to drain
I , "I am drawing it off now."
‘d 1133 nod down the shores two
0 shouted back—
•," says Sat
l quatter look
tines, and tin
t see as it g
e draws it t
pitinting
Ithe artist.
lou got toy c:
is much lower—your FUCI-
I ff dreadful slaty.".
Alksissippi, my - friend,—
bin eliaiketl down?' be in-
m, "and t•ou too."
' said the ' When
,nglish fellersjest tell 'em
tner-1 kin line more corn in
machine ever invented, and
oin bullock down to hmhin
!link lightnin is cumin."
nunf inquired Sam.
Ilya lie.
answered S
by thunder:
I:tic to thew
4issippifcre
tiny Yunkei
totythin,—:f
'0146., then?" ingtiii,ed Sant.
mt, strhoger, though he's the
t.houted he. •
curt Van Buren?" continued
the Fereamer; "1 supper/
and tniglity tight i.crew
'loft, with CUCII otdy tm.etity
Betsy and the children," said
t candidates out;" and rising
he'sped onward the - sqnat
once more, and its hurthen
I •
Jackson, the oh! 11issisi-ip
.
AT Sitoucrios--•Nruanwt
revolting ;And cruel 111111 der
neighborhood, of • M arshull,
I•llliiitist. The ciicuu.stait
tollows:
is been for many years a cit
who has aluays been regard
s a correct and worthy mail,
his family, conce(Led an in-
Cidlighter Elizal.ieth, ivied
a most worthy mild modest
lade aftempts to 'gratify his
iedaogliter Ostinat;ely reSist
which this hurriblb transac
ermin .0 to awe into sub
ely, ;the presence of his
n and threatened if she did
Id shoot her. About o'clock
boratel'y discharged his gun
lie_ whole contents taking ef
in the legion of the liver;
,ed about eight hours., ietain
ult'es of speech lung enough
o//duet of her father towards
rung whiehhe attempted up
, diately after he had inflicted
innocent daughter, he ran
distance from the houce, with
something like 'all hour after
' gun was heard in the direction
In bele.; made for him the next
id in his field, dead. The ki
t)y reMerse, or disappointed in
as driven by the consciousness
shoot- himself;—which he did
on the fence, and placing the
breast, - and discharging, by
ared for the purpose.
tears'old, and had a wife find
en. His crime i 8 without tiny
Imes: lie wan a sober man and
hen he meditated and perpe
ime.
I'myry.—At a ent meeting,
s, Fauquier county, Va., 11.1 r,
ppy and amusing speech,.and
Mowing capital hit, in Musty's,-
.thies in 1840 and 1848: In.
ed the people, and why should
it 11848? -They reminded hint
ho had lost her husband, who
the midst of her lamentations,
gged,and the body of her yen
,und in the mud, covere d over
lady wiped may - the tears of
remarked,"that they bad bet
• gain." So with the Whigs,
ne so 'wets with their "no par
rap; that, they trace i'setlthe
NUMB
- -
T.LIE VETO POW,
Mr. Caskia the eloquent champi
in itichmond,, Virginia, thus poW s
the attack;of the Whigs upon the •
"I want a hero," my Lord'llyroM
mon want, "• "I want an issue," e
party, and that is no 'uncommon
either. And on what have they p'
sue? The taking of the'veto pow:,
tutiun of the Minted States. It
they have now come before the pe
tryt adil their, denunciations of t
monarchical featured our govern
front every stump, and to be read
per. From :the very spot on wh
distingnished4 leader of the Whig
bark go so far as to say that he
_tl
word "prFsident" taken mil of the
the word 'king' put in its place.
Now, continued Mr. Caskia,
that Washington and Madison—at;
hie old.men, after so long hiking tl,
tunes, in opposition to monarchy c
veto power, 'this hideous grionin,
the form of government-which thO
for 1 reverence them, and 'they u
cans. But I know most positivel
it in the constitution, by an - una
014 they did make it a distinct an
tore ni that constitution; anal tha
there to be used by the executive, !
matt—as their own use of it whilsi
idential 'chair, plainly showed. '
doubt. that the veto is the despotic
thing that, it is in these new days
The veto a monarchical principle?
' lea! history proves it one of the I I
lures in the constitution; for the
stance of its use by any Preside
'been sustained by the people at th
tions. It has been Idtened to,the
King. There is no more ma-nlit.
veto of the English constitution a
American constitution, than titer
colOr black and the colorwhite. I
solute veto, to be exercised a the
of any he or she who may ha e bet
i
God burn in ' the purple, and am •
though Oat of a flirt or a fool, hi,
the crown—the other is the qua]
people's serv'ant, placed in the prel
the people's legal representative ,
and which, even then sinks into
people's voice should they choose
constitution says to the men who
gross of the United States, you sht'
less pin have such concurrence a,
about the measures to be adopted,
your whole numbe'r agree about t •
ity of the some thing: Money is
our purses. It shall not be done 1
!you Liu continually raised by can
minis alone and not the minds of 1
, The 'majority lIIIIFt, be so strop . l
I to inchtle two-thirds of your who
1 must obtain the concurrence of
Ihe government, the executive.
E.ery power to be exercised
such power, consistent with their . ,
the better fur the people. SuppH
to decide about the sale of your e;
in your absence. You might co
the sole discretion of any',tarie mr
lent you might,-be of his honesty
And in such- a ase the requisitio
iness prudence, would be more Ili
you CO order it, that the consent
son, say your commission mercha,
necessary; Brit suppose (feu wen I
an declared that not only the co
ov4rseer and your merchant shou
the sale, but also the consent of 3
party, In whose hoilesty and ante
relied. You then would be prone
dent man.
Tin.: In►sn Ite►.tst; BILL—Ca
fluently advocated the Irish Relie+
feeling and liberal spirit in which
11231
'IEr It is a national calamity and calls for na
tional contributions. The starving millions have
no Egypt 'where they can go and 1?•iy corn that they
may.li‘e and not (Itch . ' From ourlgranary of abun
dance let us pour forth supplies. Ireland has strong'
- claims upon the sympathy of the I United States.—
There are few of our citizens who I have not Irish
blood in their veins. The country has sent out a
large portion of" the emigrants who here added num
bers to our population, industry and, enterprise to
our cipitr.l, and the elements of power and prosper
ity which ore doingg-thin mighty work, from the At
lantic to the Pacific, that is alretu y exciting tliO.l.
mind ion of the Old World, and w II stimulate by its
example the exertions of the New, Our population
of Irish de:•cent have fought thebattles of the coun
try with as much zeal and braver' as any class of
citizens. And from the heights of Abraham, where
Montgomery fell,, o the %%ails of Monterey, their
bio:, ( 1 has been poured out like water in the cause of
liberty. We can now fiend to : I reland, not indeed
what she has sent to us, her children—those we can-
not part with—but food for their relatives,, our
friends upon whom the hand of G l odis heavily laid.
I sh4ll lend the bill my support with great ?lea-
Stire. 4
i
TAyr.on CANnv'.—Thetvitty editor of the Chro=
not vi? makes the following good
Consolation has come to the Taylor whigs at last,
A young Yankee has.proved liimrielf °the boy for
the hour." lie has brought into the Market some
Taylc•r Candy. Yesterday lie camt With it into
State street, about high "changet ( "Taylor Can
dy! Thylor Candy: Here it is gentlemen, walk
up." The great childred who &einent that street,
with faces lattefly as long as hoe handles, looked up,
as much as to say, "what? have y ou got some real
Itough end Ready old Zach Candy! that's your sort,
lets have :mine." So they flocked around the lucky
boy, tk ith their cents, and soon every big baby of
them had a stick in its fist, and (Writ they look ,so
pleased! Bat lo tind behold on b eaking their aticks
of candy there was the name of General Taylor in
side, in the candy—then didn't tl!eir eyes stick out.
Iluorraw I hoorraw!! 0, the good t me is coming boys.
Av IixLIICKI' Styiipatsn.—A pil
,icy, during . botanic lecture, t.
discovery he had made nI a very,
of the nettle, which, he informed
sessed every other property ef
it did tint sting. A wag in the
ily changed the specimen, and i
mon nettle in its room. "Ye
said the prntessor, "that it, doe:
then applied his hand to it, and
meta he added, "d—rt it, but it
Some or the CUSS exchan .
Taylor hasn't laid down a aulitai,:
•ti slander! Don't lib say in hid
.1 hove laid it down as a principi
opinion!, or
,prejudge in any way
ties of the country, nor to promi
would not do *were I elected to 11
United States." [Chicago Tribe
•
A lIINT.L-"Doe4 yutit arm p' i ain Om much girt'
asked a young lady of a gentleman who had seated
himself n'ear her in a mixed assembly, and thrown
his' arm across the back of her chair and slightly
itouched,h•'. eck.
p o, , 't does not, hut why do you ask?"
"I nolk :twos considerahla out of place sir,l
re died she;• all.'' The arm was removed.
121:?' " quite tooebad of you, Darby, to say your
wife's worse than the devil." 1 " please your
reverence, I can prove it fret)) scripture. j Did'nt
your reverence yesterday; in 'your sermon, 'tell us
that if tve resitthe.devil he'll 'flee frOm us, now, if
1 resist my rife;jshe flies at me,"
R 23.
vn of democracy
rfully alludes to
to power:
'says, "no ancom
' claims the whig
'ant with them
I tched as their is -
: r from the consti
l's with this that
ipie of this coun
iat power as the
l ent are pow heard
n every newspa
tit I stand, did a
.nrty a few weeks
isired -to see the
cunstitetion, and
I cannot think
d those other no
eir lives and for
old hay e.pot thin
monarch,' into
drew up for us,
erz , true -tepi:ill
• dint they did put
l in-nous vote too;
prom inen't felt:
they did put it
Ind not to be dor
fitting the Pres
most therefore
and toonarchieal
declared to be.—
- Why our polit
ost popular f6a-
C is not one in-
it whicq has not
succeeding glee
eto of the British
nee between the
l id the veto of the
is between the
he one is an ab
irresponsible will
n by the graco of
od whose brow,
ze the jewels of
lied veto of the
idential chair by
call for its use,
the earth at the
o utter it. The
ake up the Con
n't govern us un-
one yourselves
hat two thirdS of
ejustice and util
to be taken from
a mere majt>ri.
es affecting your
'our constituents.
and 'decided as
,e number, or you
!nother branch of
over the people
facient exercise,
one of you had
.tale, to be made
;unit that sale to
'n however con&
and intelligence.
of ordinary bus
'-
arty fulfilled, did
some other per
t should be made
farther than that,
currence of your
d be necessary to
l our friend, a third
Iligence you also
peed a very pro-
voted and elo-
Bill. Mark do
he urged its pas-
I.fesser in a univer..
lult great pride in a
uncommon species
' the euditory, pos
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