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,C3USIIME%O DOPIEOVOR,V.
GALEN U. KEENE.
raohlonnble Tailor, between the Reed flume and Drow•n's Rotel,
up Mire. CUTTRoiG done on ehort notice. 116
OLIVER STAFFORD. •
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Bookseller and Stationer. and Manufacturer of Blank Books'and
Writing Ink. corner of the Diataond and Saxth street.
J. W. DOUGLAS:3.
Itrronwet IND COUNSELLOR •T LA w— (Mice on State Street, Ike l e
door., north of Brort leo I fowl , Erie, l'a.
CO4NII'4.L H A VlilitiTlCK, •
Drit.rrts in Dry Goods, !lard% are, Crockery, Grocerien, rind For and Donimic Liquors Distillers, and Iztiinfacnirert. ot
Saleratuo, No. N, Recd llous and corner of French and Penn
Simi's, Erie, Pa.
J. B. NICKLIN,
tireeraz. and general Agency and C,Nniiiksion !amines?, Frank
lin, Pa.
RUKUS,REED,
DrAro' in EngliFh. German and Ali:near, Miran areand Cutlery,
Also, Nails, Anvils, Vices, Iron and 131cel No. 3 lived House:,
k:rie. Pa.
W. J. F. 1.11)1/11: Co.
BLACKOMITTIP, Carriage anti Wagon Ilui'dere, State Street, be
tween setentli & E,ghlh, Erie.
L. STRONii M. - 0:
Di Mr. One Door 'OCR( Of D. D. MUM. II p ttnirx
DOCT . J. L. STEWART,
Orr - r with Doet. A. Herm., Seventh near Sassnfras street. Res
wiener, on Sassafras, one door north of Seventh rt.
MMMI
r rind Ilona dealer in Groceries, Pro isione, IVines,
Liquors. Fuld, &c.. &c. Corner of French and Fifth etreets;
opposite the Farmers' Hotel, Crie.
JOHN McCANN,
Mint -ALE and Retail Dealer in Family GroCerica, Crcehery,
Clatetvare. Iron. Nails, &e., No. 2, Fleming Block, Ern.,
far The higher( price 'taut fur Country Produce. /..1.
J. GOALDING. '
M.‘ , 11.4 ST TAILOR. and Ilnbil Maker.—Store, No. 3 Reed'a Mock,
(opposite tilt Donnell Illcck) state trevt. Erie.
J. W. WETMORE.
ATTORY LI AT LAW,
In Walker's (Alice, on Seventh Street. Erie, Pa
HENRY CADWELL.
Im rorrrot, Jobber, and Retail Dealer in Dry Coods: Coicerirs,
Crockery, Elnssware, Carpetinv, Drink% are, lion, Steel,
tirokts, are. Empire BtOreli elate etrcei, fuur 'doors, below
Itrown't. Hotel, Erie, in.
Alro—AnvilP, Vices Bellow., Axle Arras, Spring , , and a geKral
assortment of Hatbile and CarFiage Trimmings. "
' S. hIERVIN Slllll.
ATIMRNEY eT LAW and Justice of the Peace—Office one door
hest of %Wight's store, Erie, Pa.
W. 11. KNOWL'FON & SON
tissues in Watelics, Clbcks, Looking Cilaebes, natio Fortes,
Isittilm, Britannia tWare,Jeweiry, anti a variety of other Fahey
Articles, Keystone MUM lugs, tour duoze l efott Brim We Hotel,
State ritript, I:rie, Pa.
GEOIWE 11. CUTLER,
ATTORNEY ♦T LARY, Girer.l.tErse Coutvy. Pa. Collections' and
other business attended to with proniptnesp
WILSON LAIRD.
Arronvtv • T LAw—Office over C. It. Wright's Store, witit i :llur
ray,lVhallon, opposite the Court llou , e.
Collecting nntlother professional btn sues:, attended to with pr6mpt
tiers and thspatch.
BROWN'S 110 TEL.
yonmexi V me Esni.s:, corner OrStnte street nut! the Public square
Erie, }: astern Western and eoutltern stage oftice.
11. A. CRAIN. -
WstorLY I ALE rind Retail dealer in Groceries. Provisions, Wines
Lawlor...Cigars, 'Nails. Detroit Ale, liniscuit, Crackers, &c. &e.
t''ecals•ile, Erie, Pa.
'F. W. 111001tE.
lirAt Eit in aroreries. l'rovisions,lVmes, Liquors. CUIliiiCA, Fruit
&C., No G, Poor People's Row, 80e street, Erie.
, W. 11. CUTLER.
Attorney k. Counseller at Law, (Inlice in Spaulding's rac
llalo, N. Y.
Cc' Meeting:tad commercial bio.iness will receive prompt attrition.
RIIYEREMCVL—A. P. DURLIN, BYXJAMIN GRANT, 1:1411.,
JOSIAII KELLOGG,
Forwarding & Commission Merchant, on the Public Dock, cast of
State street.
Mat. Sart. Plaster and White lash, constantly for rale.
J. H. WILLIAMS,
Banker and Exchange Broker. Heater in Bills of Exchange',
ceriiticatesor lleposiu.. Cal and ellver.coin, dce., &c.
Oflice,4 doors below Brlawn's Hotel. Erie, Pg.
BENJAAIIisi F. DENNISON,
A TT.RNEY AT LAW, Cleveland, Ohio—Office on Superior ,tree!,
in Atwater'x Block, Refer In Chi.ls...tiee Parker, Cambridge
' Law erclx)l; Hon. Richard Fletcher. loStalest., Bon.
Samuel 11. l'orkin....llll Walnut st.. Philadelphia; Richard 11.
Kimball, Esq.,Sd %Vali strict, New York. For testimonials, re
rer to Ihl, oilier.
AIARSIIALL & VINCENT.
Arrovrers t.sw—Otlich up stairs in Tammany hall building,
north °flue Prothotiotary's office. Erie.
MURRAYF WHALLON.
ATToRNET AND COUNSELLOR ♦T I. \V—(Brice otcr C. B. Wriglit'•
Htort, entrance one door WCSt Of state !street, on the Diamond,
Erie.
L ROSENZWEIG at, Co..
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WITOLFSALT AND RETAIL DEALIERP in Foreign and Domestic Dry
renily mane elotliing,Boolg and chow, &e., No. I, Flem
ing Block, Suite mired, Erie.
C. M. TIBBALS,
Dru ra In Dry Conde., Dry Groeeries,,Crockery, Hardware, &e.,
Na. 111 . Elleanxide. Erie.
JOHN ZIMbIERLY,
ORA LRR InGroceries nrul Provisions of all kliatio,t3tote street, three
doord north of the .: !amm.% Erie.
MITII JACKSON,
Dm Les in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Queens Ware, Lime
Iron, Nails, &c., 121, Clicapside, Erie, "a.
CA SILT MAKER Upholster, and Undertaker, corner of State and
Seventh cueets, Eric.
ELSO & f - ,OMIS;
G t ttt Forward Ink K ,
Produce . und C (s onitnison Merchants; dealers
in coarse and fine salt, Coal, Plaster, Shingles, Asc. Public dock,
si est Pitts of the bridge, Eric
Ems is J. Kll4O.
WALKER & COOK,
tt•ttllAL Forwarding, Commission and Proithre Mcrehants;Scc
mid %Ware-house cam, of the Public Brid;c, Eric.
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O ISA craft in Watches, CF
Jewelry LOOAll , Silver, Germ Co
an Silver, Plated and
Britannia Ware Cutlery, 51illtary and Fancy Goods, State street.;
nearly onnoaite the Eagle libtel, Erie,
G. !Amnia. -
& I.IIIOTIIEN.
Wirewsirsea,r. and Retail dealers in Grim, Medicines, Calms, oils,
Dye-stuffs, Glass, &c., No. 6, Reed Rouse, Erie.
JOEL JOHNSON.
PEA LEI in Theological, Mkcelaneous, Sunday and Classical
School Book,. Stationary, ace. Park Row, Erie.
JAMES LYTLE.
rAertrovArte Merelrani Tailor, ou rho public equare, a few doors
lives‘of State ewer, Erie,
D. S. CLARK,
Warms,Act •TID RETAIL Dealer In Groceries, N0'014048, Ship
illonidlery.Stone.trapc, &e. &C., No. s.llonneil Block; ErieL.
0. D. STAFFORD.
Realer In Law, Medical, school 31iseellaneous itooks 'stationary,
Ink. ke. Slate It., four doors below the Public square.
Dli. O. ti,. ElA;foTt.
assidetat Dentist; Otllee and dwelling in the Beebe Block, on the
Ban shie of the Public Square, Erie. Teeth inserted on Gold
Plan% finm nnetn nn rnter• API
inied With pure
Gold, and restored to find times.. i Mtn. Cleaned
With instruments and Dentitice s.) as to leave them of a pellucid
clearness. All work warranted:
S. DICK EIISON,
rivratclAw awn Suite toe—Office at his residence on &month street.
°Nome the Methodist Church, Erie.
C. B. WRIGHT. s •
WIIOLE AAAAA RD RETAiLdcaler in Dry Goods, Groseries. Dardware
Crockery, Glass -ware. Iron Nails Leather, Oils, &e.,,eorner of
Suite street and the public square. opposite the Cade lotel .P.rie.
JOHN 11.11URTON.
withLE.AL., AND RevAn, dealer, in Drupe. Medicines, Dye StUffA
Croecrjcr, &c, No 5 Reed House: Erie.
IiCHIERT S. HUNTER,
ItsALtit In Hats. Caps and Furs of all descriptions. No. 10, Park
Row •Eric. Pa.
BUTTER WANTED.-000 tirkius good Dory Butter wanted
in exchange for Cobh or Goods. J. H. FULLERTON.
a r iniioZ,PAlsl LE/IF lIATd al wholes/21e; also, a large a_s
iiiiwtri boritoont of Leghorn and eauanot both, Juil recei
r vei l l by.
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SONG.-A LESSON IN ITSELF SUB %II
BY mits.limutt T. EOLTJN.
A lemon in hoelfeublime,
A lesson wortli enshrining.
• fa this: •4 take no note of time
Save when the gun la shining!.
• These motto words a dial bore,
And wildolu never preaches
To human hearts a better lore
Than this short sentence teaches,
As life Is soinetiines bright and fair,
And sometimes dark and lonely,
Let us forget its pain and care
And note its bright hours only.-
There is no grove on Earth's broad chart
But has seine bird to cheer it;
Bo hope sings out in every heart,
Although we may not hear
And if to-day the heavy wing
Of sorrow is oppressing,
Perchance to•morrow's sun will bring
The weary heart a blessingC
• For life is sometimes bright and fair,
And sometimes dark and lonely.
Then let's forget its toil and care,
- And note its bright burs only.
We bid the Joyous moments haste.
And then forget their glitter;
We take the cup of life and taste
No portion but the hitter;
But we should teach OJT hearts to deem
Its•swcetest drops the stroirgest;
And pleasant hours should ever seem
To linger round us longcsti
As life Is sometimes bright and fair.
And sometimes dark and lonely,
Let us forget its toil and care.
And note its bright hours 04.
The ilarke,t shadown of the night
•
Are jinst befure the morning;
Then let us wait the coining light
All bodied phantoms scorning:
And while we're passing on the tide
Of time's fast-ebbinwriver,
Let's pluck the blossoms by.its side,
And bless the gracidus Giver:
As lift, Is sometimes bright and falr,
And sometimes dark and lonely,
, We should tbrget its pain and care,
4 1 . And note its bright hours only.
Naragansett's Vengeance'.
DY lIENgY WILLIAM HERBERT
Freeze! fteeLe, thou bitter sky!
Tito,/ (lost not bite so nigh
s benethe forgot:-
- Though thou the waters warp,
by sting is not so sharp
At (demi reinembored not!
Then heiglio! ding heip,ho! under Jut green hotly.
Mo.t lricmLhip id feigning, most loving inert lolly
One of those lovely days in the latter and of autumn so
peculiar to the climate of America that they have obtain
ed the name of Indian summer, was rapidly drawing to
its conclusion;—the suu, scarcely an hour high, shot its
level rays,lwith more than meridian splendor, over ri
wide expanse ofiountry still clothed in its primeval garb
of vii:clernes; though further down the valley. on whose
eastern slope the mellow light still lingered, the occasion
al crash of a; falling tree, the melancholy cadence of the
cow-bells, and the sharp reports of the "thunder of the l
polo-faces." told the vicinity'of li . sot dement. The stream
which wound its course in many a circuitous reach titre'
tt , e lonely glen,—here glancing in bright eddies over the
naked rocks which decked its current,—and ttere spread
ing its .stagnant moisture among feign trunks and tan!
gled saplings of the hoary cedar, till its existence could
bo traced only by a coarser giciwth of grass and water
flags,—wai a tributary of the fair Connecticut, and the
advantages its numerous iniWsite, and the rich soil
of its surrounding meadows, had horn early appreciated
by the pilgrim fathers: who, while seeking a refuge train
the tyranny of a bigotted rule - i,had not learned to neglect
the comforts of tho body, in ministering to the cravingit
of the spirit.
On tho prostrate bulk of a gigantic tree, uptorn
from its place by some autumn gust, as motionless as the
the crane which patiently watched its finny prig from a
neighboring mass of isolated granite,—sat the proud form
of the red hunter. Tho ornamental wampum, the poi
iehed armlets glittering around his tawny limbs, the
scalp-fringed loggias, and the highly valued gun, which
lay within his ready hand, no less than the faultless pro
portions, and princely bearing of the Indian, proclaimed
him chief among his people.
Though now intently awaiting the approach of the
hunted deer by tho path which hie station commanded.
there was a lurking sparkle iu his calm eye, which por
tended the lightning of his anger; a quiet dignity in his
expression, and a native grace in his carriage, which be
spoke him worthy of the preeminence ho held over his
tribe, no less by virtue of his i own high deeds and haugh.
ty daring, than of hereditary dominion. Suddenly it
seemed as though his ear had caught seine distant sound
eye lighted. as with expanded nostril, and head
erect, ho listened in breathless silence for a
,repoti
lion of the nisi, which had awakened his suspicion;—
the anappinf of dried bushes was now distinctly heard,
the thick sobbing of some exhausted animal, and ere long
the hard tramp of a wearied runner. With a caution of
movement unequalled by the agility of the wild deer, the;
Indian rose to his feet:—not a rustle of the herbage, not
a quiver of the foliage, which waved on every side, had
betrayed the motion; and so statue-like was his upright
figure, that, to a cursory glance it could scarcely have
been distinguished from the dark trunks by which he was
surrounded.
Though evidently aware of tho exact nature of the ap
proaching intrusion,, and seemingly unconcerned by tho
knowledge, his hand played with the lock of the weapon,
which Ellijay in the hollow of hie arm, and a moment
would have brought it to boar with an accuracy of aim
that must have rendered tho hostility of a single foeman as
unavailing as it was undroaded. Scarcely had a moment
elapsed when tho rod leaves of the dons* sumachs,
which concealed the entrance of the doer-path, were vie
tautly agitated, and a youth whose fair skin, brightcuris,
end full blue eye, announced an emigrant from regions
nearer to the rising sun, dashed upon the scene. The
sweat rolled in largo drops from his uncovered head; his
buff juokot was soiled and torn by his rapid passage
through the brush and briars of the forest; the blackened
locks and open pans of the postols , at his girdlo showed
that they bad recently done service, while tho bloody
spurs upon his heels gave token of a flight far differently
Com 7!!"`..V2.
..ie creek almost at a 1 3 ,72 ,, L .
We* Confir.l:oz Ms 'route with unabated dilligouce,—
though from his flagging speed and faltering steps, it
was clear that his exertions yore too, violent to be sus
tained,—whori the chief, oislessly crossing his path,
laid a finger on his shoulder from behind;-,—the touch
was scarce heavier than the 'settling of a mosquito, that
• hummed around his hasten brows, yet the young man
started as though ho had been grappled by the hands of a
giant. As he,turned to resist the expected attack, a deep
and guttural sound bunt from the lips of tbe warrior,
who in majestic calmness awaited, till the astonishment
of the other should subside, before ho gave utterance to
his thoughts.
"My brother has travelled very far,"said ho at length,
"and his legs are weary liko a little child! . Let him
rest awhile, that his heart may be strong to meet his on
' emyl"
"Sachem"—panted forth the exhausted fugitive—
"detain me not!—the foe is hard upon my track—the
aven g er of blood Is behind mo—myarms ire useless and
mine enemies a hoit;"—
"Has the pale chief taken the life of a warrior of his
tribe, that his people hunt him like a wolf from the clear
ings? Let ray brother be just. and give his blood for the
.lood he has spilt."
"Not so, Sachem," interrupted the other. with an
On 'mess far different from the deliberate and almost
scorn 1 manner of the chieftain—"in fair combat—in
self-preservation hale I slain the persecutor of my fath
er's house. It was'ilay life or his, and praise be to the
God of Battl , ik that gave strength to my arm, the car
nal surd self-seeking oppressor of his people has been
sent to just aceount, by the hand of him whom be
Atr
made an orphan."
"It is very good—my iltite brother is a great breve
—he has taken the scalp o mighty' Wlll6Oll of WO
color"
While he was yet speaking. a faint bout echoed from
the distant forest, and again die youth was atartibg-on
his hopeless race. when the rod warrior again arrested
the movoinentby the touch of his powerfu arm.
"The door"—fie said—"leaps very far, yet the dogs of
the hunters overtake him; but the cunning fox escapes
the anaret—ls my brother a bird to fly through tillsl Ni nush,
and leave no trail behind, or are his enemies blind hot
they should not follow it? Seo?" and he pointed to tlib
deep footprints on the bank of the muddy rivulet--"the
women of the pale feces might run, where the young
bravo of their tribe has' gone before: Lot my brother
travel in a %land path, and the eyes of those that chase
him shall be in a cloud. Let Lim take the moccasins of
Miantonimoli, and go up the windings of die 'crooked
river,' till the two waters make one: lot him lie in the
*hollow stone,' and after the can is gone, to Narragansett
will meet him in council."
Asko spoke Ito had divested his feet of their ornamen
tal moccasins, and was oficumhring them in the heavy
boots of the fugitive, when the cry of the pursuer rose so
clearly on the air, that it scorned but a few rods distant
from the spot where they stood. "Now let the paleface
go," he said, pointing with his musket towards the source
of the stream.
...They will slny thee. Sachem," cried the astonished
youtha.'even if I escape, thee will they slaughter for
the deed."
"Let the palefaco go!" was the calm reply, though
the fierce gleam of scorn and hate that flushed across
his dark featurosholied the quint tone in which ho spoke,
"Miantonimoit is a great chief—his heart is vory hard,
uud the grass grows not under his feet."
A shout yet nearer than the last, and the approaching
tread of armed 'men, operated more powerfully on the
mind of the young Eur'opean than all tho arguments of
his rod ally. With recruited strength and invigorated
spirits, ho darted away ou the indi . cated course, and was
intercepted frorn the view of the Sachem by the first
winding of the rugged dale, before lie dreampt of consul
ting for his own safety. Hastily but deliberately cover
ing prints of their feet on the place where they had
held their brief-conference, with dry brush and withered'
eavos-Ljust as the foremost enemy, was rustling in the i
'pposits brake — the Indian boundeill off. leaving a track
as obvious as possible to the less perfect vision ufthe.Yen
geese, runners,' with a speed but little inferior to that of
the hunted stag, and ero long had the hue and cry of
pursuit fur in his rear.
After an hour of night, sustained with unexhausted
power, the warrior paused, where tho luxuriant vegita•
tiou and fat loam of the forest—in which his loaded feet
sunk almost ankle deep—Were exchanged fur a hard and
hungry sand, bearing a stunted pine, vhich indicated by
their meagre foliate the poverty of the soil from which
they skung. halting a few seconds to mark the pro.
gress Of - the chase, ho drew the deceitful.buskius froM
his limbs, and with Weltering breath, and a step that:
left no trace behind, he sped'on his way to the appoint
ed council. .
Edmund De Roosy—the youth so generously presery
ed by the friendship of the heroic Indian—was the son of '
one of those self constituted judges who pronounced son
fence upon that false hearted monarch, who, though
perhaps deserving rather contempt for his follies, than
punishment for his faults, has bpi) almost unanimously
pronounced orate govern, if dot unfit to live. Shortly
after the „unworthy son of that unworthy sovereign had
been restored to the dominion of his ancestors, the vete
ran De Roosy was compelled to fly, in order to save his
life from the vengeance of the youthful king; and ere
many years had elapsed, by the united influenee of his
wealth and talents, had become the patriarchal ruler of
ono among the many settlements which were at that pe
riod fast rising on the "wild New England shore." For
a time the youthful colonies were not deemed worthy of
royal notice or interference; but, at length, as they. in-
creased in power and prosperity. ti governor was sent
to preside over the new state, and to assert the preroga- '
five of his master's crown: Haughty and vindictive
himself, the minister was not long in learning the secret
cause of Do Roosy's alienation from the land of his fath
ers, and backed by a royal mandato. proceeded to enforce
the statute for the seizure of the outlawed regicide. The
"stern old Puritan, confident that strenuous resistance
would be lent to the executive by his ancient comrade
and present neighbors. resisted the officers of the law
with the Caine weapon which had glittered of yore at
Naseby and Dunbar, and fell by, the hand of the proud
official. who was almost the instant smitten to the earth
by the indignant son of Crolnwell's veteran.
This bold, though merited violence was of a charac
ter too flagrant to be overlooked. The avenger of his
father's blood was proclaimed an outlaw. his life a for
fon to the law, and a price sot upon his defenceless head.
Edmunji De Roosy fled to the wilderness as a last re
source; and worn out with labor and privation, broken
inspirit. and desperate of human aid, must soon have
falleni'a prey to his inveterate foes, had not his good
fortune thrown him upon the mercy of the noble Sachem,
of the Naragansetts—who, as yet uusespicions'of fraud,
and too powerful for open hostility, hunted and feasted
with his tribes, around those usurping settlements,which
were so soon to drive the red men from the.shores of the
salt lake and the graves of their fathers.
The sliades of night lied already closed in, when the
great chief of the Narragansotts stood before the 'hollow
atone.' It was a wild and romantic spot in which, accor
ding to the simple phraseolegy,of the natives, "the two
waters made one," tho "hollow stone" forming the point
at which they met. The right brook was a nolay-hraw
-ling torrent, torte ! rock to rock 4 - -
...owu tee
r
mom which it savored the naverned mass
side of.
of granite. that named the place; tha course of the other
rivulet was of a fur more gloomy aspect; its dark and
turbid waters crept along, thick with decayed vegetation.
iiieriurrent ecareely perceptable soaking its way through
matted weeds and fallen trees. tho haunt of aquatic bird.
and loathsome reptile; between the uniting streams the
gray crag rose,tall and towering towards ,the heaven.—
One scathed and storm-bleached oak. springing from a
fissure of the rifted rock, shot its gigantic stem almost
horizontally from the face of the Witt bearing it its life
less %Wenches
,the immemorial nest of the , bald-headed
eagle..the feathered tyrant of the trans-atlantic wilder
ness. Perianth the' shelter ot the massy'irunk, and al
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most concealed by the narrow entrance of the deep
caverns that had given the rock' the appellacionly which
. it was known among the tribes of the. Atlantic shore.
Hero the warrior paused from his hard race, although
*SATURDAY• MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1850.
or ow w *RD 'ati
some time had elepied during the
and Miles ;had I passed away with minutes. not a single
sob betokened fatigue. nor did a drip of moisture hang
upon his Omen brow. Not so the paleface, who leaned.
overdone with fatig IP, and wo'ghed down by anxiety,
against ibe appointed; o utter was the exhanstiow of his
frame and the despondency of his spirit. that ho scarcely
raised his head to receives dignified salutation of his pro
server—"llly brother is welcome"—uttered as carelessly
as though act hour of pleasure. instead of a clime for life
and death. had invervoned since their last meeting
"my brother is very welcome—his po2ple aro hot against
him, but he has saved his scalp."
"Thanks to thee. Sachem. thanks, to thee. but how
didst Mont escape them. they must have been close upon
thy heels by their clamor?"
Not a word did the stern warrior speak la reply for
many minutes; 'he had seated himself beside • the junc
tion of the waters. and was iuhailing the - smoke through
the hollow stem of his tomahawk, as if the question had
escaped his ears. Alter a long interval-"Go!"—he
said—"your young men are boasters—they talk with
many tongues, but their lirn'33 are slower than the slug
gish tortoise. Miantonianolt Is a mighty chief, holoaves
the Yengeese behind him, Ass tho elk outstrips the lazy
boar."
"Can I then rest in safety here." asked the weary
fugitive, "or must I fly yet further into the wilderness;
before I find en ark of refuge for my feet."
"The great father of the palefaces," replied the chief,
after the customary pause—"ho that dwells beyond the
shores of the salt itidie, is very angry with his young
warrior!—when the sun is above the treetops his run
ners will be iu the woods!" This fearful intelligence
was delivered with perfect neitchalanee, yet when th e
stoic of the wilderneSS behold the head of his guest sink
upon his breast in,hopeless anguish, IW resumed'his dis
course, though inly marvelling at such a display of weak
ness, in **w whom he know of old lobo a cunning hun
ter. and an undaunted bravo.
"My pale brother is yet sad; ho is not a•door, to know
the paths in the forest, nor a pigeon that his flight shall
never tiro. But the great chief of the Nerragansetts
will hide him In a , cunning place, till the great white
father shall look plortaantlyou his young brave."
"Wilt thou indeed do this this, Sachem?" cried the
eager listener. "wilt thou iudeod coned me until this
tyranny, be overpast? Then do, I promise to thee wealth
such as no warder of the wilderness has ever known
before, when 1 shall be restored to the home of my teth
ers. Arms—powder—lend—and gold."
"Go,!" returned tho other, unmoved by oflo'ns of all
that the rudp.natives deemed most worthy of acceptance.
"The Narragansett is a groat chief—his wigwam is nev
er empty; the deer cannot escape the sound of his .thun
der'—his young men are very brave and happy! • Allan
tonimols is rich—he is master of his own heart, and ho
is content! But let the paleface promise that ho will
never show the cunning place of Miantonimoh to the
men or his color—let him put his hand upon his heart,
and speak very loud, that the Great Spirit of my white
fathers may hear his words."
"I swear to thee, chief, by all my prospects here, and
all my hopes hereafter, that never by
- word or deed, by
the breath of my lips or the guidance of my hand will 1
betray the secret to mortal men, and"—turuing his eyes
and hands to the starry firmament above—"may Ile
whom 1. serve, so deal with me, as I shall . keep my
plighted vow!"
Without anotherlword the SAchom rose, shook out the
ashes from his extinguished pipe, replaced the hatchet
in his wampum belt. and casting his musket into the
hollow of his left ruin, signed the youth to follow, as lie
turned along the margin of the left hied brook, with the
air of a prince to his obsequious courtier. As they pro
ceeded on their pilgrinirge, the way grew, more difficult
and gloomy; their feet sank deep into the tenacious
mire, and the tangled brush of the switinti, seeming im
pervious to tho eye, yielded a laborional passage to the'
place of safety. After keeping the course of the stream'
fur more than a mile, of which ease' st4i was fraught
with increasing toils, they readied the margin of a vast
shoot of black morass, occupying the whole bottom of a
vastbasin between the douse and tangled mountains, by
which it was environed. Thousands of acres lay flooded
before their eyes, in dark and stagnant water,—though
tho floating trunks and scattered remains of innutnerable
giant trees, showed that the drowned morass had once
bison clothed with the dark verdure of the cedar. till the
outlet of its springs had been choked, and the moisture
which had fostered their growth, became the source of
desolation to the noblest scions of the forest. The only
signs of vegetable life, that remained ou this once fertile
track, Were the broad leaves and cup-like blossoms of
the water lilly, which floated by thousands on the liquid
seam _ Far in the middle of the quagmire loomed a few
scattered islands—if them:night be called islands, which
showed solid surface or loftier soil than the surrounding
'marsh—.of white and sapless cedars, which thought life
had long since departed from their roots, retained the
semblance if not the nature of 'trees; and stood the skel
eton of their ancient loveliness.du bare and blasted de.
funnily above the poisoned waters, which had destroyed
their sate! principle. No human eye could have dis
cerned a path through the deep gulf of floating mire; no
mind could have conceived a possibility of itemise to these
oases of the swamp, save for the dark cranes which Alp
pod from stump to stump, or the duelss which wheeled
in screaming flocks, above the scone of desolation; nor,
in truth. would access have been practicable at any point
save that to which the Indian led his trusting suppliant.
A gigantic oak. the only tree. which flourished in close
vicinity to that loathsome pool, afforded the key to the
;labyrinth; beneath its shadow lay a small expanse of
clear deep water, pervious to tho limbs of the swimmer;
and into this, followed by his European friend, the war- -
tier plunged in silence; holding his horn and rifle high
above his head he struggled to the opposite margin.whore
a simple tuft of rushes furnished a clue to his further
progress. From thence a dangerous and visible path,
formed portly by nature, though improved by art, led the
explorer to the central tufts of cedars, by the trunks of
fallen tree* here moored beneath the slimy surface, and
there at . rare intervals, floating on the bosom of ths
marsh. Never. save at the dead hour of night, did
the Sachem, to whom alone, with his immediate succes
sor; the horeditaay secret was confined, venture to his
solitary fortress, mud then never, save iu moments of the ;
utmost peril and necessity. One false atop fr;, ;rl ills per
ilous causeway must have ;:ecipitated the wretch, who
made it, into as abyss too tenacious to allow the practice
of the swimmer's art, and too unstable for the tread of
man, yotguilled by a few well marked positions above the
liquid stratum, the practiced foot might tritest in perfect
safety to its insolated refuge. The spot, at which they
at length arrived, a full mile distrust from the solid shore.
was sat so thickly with the white and withered saplings
of the ancient forest, that it was no easy matter to penes
trate to its secluded centre. There, al, the expense of al
most endless labor. a solid floor of trunks h td bawl eon
strected, and covered with soil brought from the distant
shore, afforded a safe though narrow retreat from th'o ut
most ingenuity of mortal malice; and here, in perfect
safely,-..did De hooey linger, furaished with food and
raiment by hie firm and faithful friend. while the woods
wore alive With his enemies, and not a secret cavern, or
&sequestered gien.was leftrunsearched by the white set
tlers, and theititid allies. In time the irritation passed
away—the siatelfeties of the monarch wore withdrawn
from a country odious to their refined and court? tit
floms.—the settlemeists of the puritans were• left in a
measure to their own control.—end ere , long the young
Do Roosy sat unmolested in the seat of his forefathers.
Years passed away to the power of the now:settlers
increased, and with their power their rapacity and their
injustice. The Indian who had been loved as their pro
tector, and respected as the original possessor of the soil,
was uow doomed as au intruder. where he once reigned
supreme. Now treated with open violence as foes, or
deceived by show of treacherous amity as suspected
the Narragansett tribes were cheated of their an
lent dominions, or butchered / In their blazing villages.sc.
cording es the spirit of the white governor was warlike.or
pacific. t•eaoherons or cruel. Not tamely. howeiter. did
the red warrior submit to thecaprices of the European;
the tomahawk was unburied, and deeply did the paleface
suffer by the indomiinable valor. and well nigh superhu
man sagacity. of the savage.
The bright mule of Ds Roosy were already sprinkled
with the tinge of grey; the light agility of boyhood had
been exchanged for the iron strength and inflexible de
meanor of manhood, when in an evil hour,—evil for
,hin►sulf, and nil who loved him, he was appointed gov
ernor of his native town, and it, adjoining province.—
Some potty hostility of the Narragansett., or, more prop
erly, some alight retaliation for the unprovoked aggres
sion of tho' puritans, demanded chastisement. The nsit
toys array of the State was summoned to the field, the
rival•tribe or the !dolmans was invited to join in the
destruction of the blood thirsty heathea.as it was the fish--
ion of the . day to term the nosiest race of uncisllized man
' kind, that swans the 'flood or roamed the forest. A fierce
and sanguinary strife ensued, the warriors of the Nana
gansetis fell fast by the musketry of the European, the
tomahawk and the scalping knife of the savage Pcquoe;
their women andtheir children shot in their blazing
lodgCs—no isge respected. and nu sex entitled to mercy
—the new-born infant in its tree-rocked cradle, and the
hoary locks of the superannated hero, doomed alike ts
the edge of the sword—gave tokens of the tender mercy
of these %she should have learned toleration in their own
experience in that bigoted oppression, which had driven
them from the seat of their childhood to seek their God
in the wilderness.'
In one of these unmerciful affrays; so utterly had the
Nerragansetts been defeated, by the union of Civilized
cruelty with tho barbsrious cunning, that the last war
rims. and the groat chief of the tribe, wore forced to seek
their safety in separation; in different directions they
struck into the pathless forest. broken in their resources,
but unquenched in their high-souled gallantry, to heard
for a season with the wolf and the serpent. till the sun of
their tribe should rise again in its meridian of glory.
Never had the noble Indian, and he whom he bed so
generously preserved. met again after they had parted
on the margin of the Sachem's swamp; but the mind of
the rod warrior was goaded to the last extremity of scorn
and fury, when ho'learued that "the bravo," who, but
for his protection, would never have worn a beard, had
commanded the young men of Yeageeso in their last—
most fatal—onset. ' Things were in this state, when, on
the afternoon of a December day, a Pequod runner
reached the settlement aluue. and almost,breathless with
fatigue and fierce anxiety. lie had traced the great
chief of the Narragansett, alone to the edge of the morass
and his own tribe being on a distant expedition, had
come to seek the aid radio Yengeese to hunt the hapless
warrior from his lair. Ignorant of the precise spot in
which he lay, he yet had ascertained, by striking the en•
tiro swamp, that within its precincts must ho concealed
the object of his bitter animosity; and, as he called fur
the succor °ldle puritans, he boasted, with triumphant fo•
rocity—that ho would submit to perish by their hands,
union' he should deliver the mighty Maintonimoh a cap
tive, or a corpse era night should fall.
All fooling of gratitude and honor merged in the set.
fish desire of glory,—eager to secure so Oangerou4 a roe
to white ascendency, amid yielding, perhaps, to the dan
gerous sophistry which had led some of his sect to pro
:1101111C° all promises mule to the heathen null cud on
binding.—Da Itaely commanded en instant muster of
all capable of bearing arms; that they might seize the
prisoner,. 'whom therLorti had delivered into their hands,'
and set forth at the head of powerful array to hunt the
footsteps of a single fugitive, and that fugitive the pre
server of his own existence.
The wintry daylight was fast waning, when they reah
ed the well remembered tree. and hastily diipsing his
force in piquet@ round the entire swamp. Edmund Do
Roorty led a band of active and well armed follows to
that very pathway, which ho , had sworn, "never by word
Or deed, by the tvath of his lips, or the guidance of his
hand. to betray to mortal man." Not a sound was heard.-
as they proceeded on their toilsome rout but the scream
of the wild fowl with discordant clamors from beneath
their very feet. and the heavy flopping of the ensues,
which wheeled around as though about to alight on their
armed brows. When within about a hundred paces of
the thretreas, the path made a half circuit around the iso
lated clump, exposed throughout its whole extent to the,
fire of the garrison; but so little had the intruders calcu
lated to resist a score, that it was with a feeling of wonder
even more than fear that they behold the flash. and heard
the sharp crack of the Sachem's rifle. as the nearest fol
lower of Do Rooay sprang high into the sit, and plunged
headlong into the morass. which instantly engulplied Isis
bleeding carcase. Shot after stet rang from the scathed
cedars, at slow, but regular int reale, and at every dis
charge. De Roosy's band was thined, till so many had
fallen, that die earvivors, panic struck. turned to retreat
from the single foe, whoa, unseen arm had wr o ught car
nage in their ranks. Still though his best and bravest
were piked off from behind him, tlie warlike figure of
Do Rooky. conspicuous. no less by its nervous symmetry
than its more complete accoutrements. wu untouched;
—bullet after bullet had selected its victim with inimita
ble accuracy, but not one had been aimed at the majestic
person of the leader. Last in retreat, as he had been
the foremost in advance. De Rossy turned,—anoter shot
dashed down the soldier immediately before him,—the
next. terrified and weary. lost his footing, and found a
bloodless tomb in those dark waters;—with a yell, that
curdled the boldest heart, the Sachem bounded from his
lair—leaping along the slippery causeway as firmly as
though ho trod on earth fast rocks,—whirling his glitter
ing rd.* Om his head,—he steeped. like ea eagle, on
his bolayer. Though of dauntless courage. and strength
unrivalled, among his Countrymen, Do Roosy's-heart
failed him, borne down by the concionsness of guilt and
perjury. The Indian's axe beat down his guard.—strutk
the tried falchion from Isis grasp:7—hp was the captive of
his deadliest enemy! Unharmed by the velyays of the
appalled and trembling colonists, tho warrior bounded
back in safety to his place of_refuge t , bearing his prison
, cri-=as helpless as an infant if, a giant's grasp.—to under
go
t : pena l ty
ingratitudeof
and tr e as o n : Thenlght
sankheaeily down, befo r e an at
rsre.orrcvangeiheisplemayenrvitbheayy
hearts, and oars open to the smallest sound. did De
floozy's followers maintain their posts—that their enemy
should escape. thus hemmed in on every aide. appeared
impossible.—while mourning might bring some Means
of rescuing their leader. either by force or treaty. from'
his tremendous captor. flour by hour thq night passed
on, sad save one wild cry of pain or terror from the dis
tant isle, no sound had reached their ears.. The stars
were already fading in the cold grey sky, and the reflec
tion of approachingannshine dappled the distant east.—
Suddenly. a flash of vivid light' streamed upwards from
the centre of the marshi—a tall Cedar, on the Sachem's
8150 A YEAR, in Advance.
ktoommtri
isle. stood wrapped in flames. a column of firing fire:—
from trunk to trunk the red torrent leapod;with the speed
and brilliancy of lightning, till the knot of cedais was a
clustered mass of conflagration. As the first g'e am had
burst on high, a combination of the most hidious sounds
rang upon the silent night. The app: Ling not), of the
deal's hike wore mingled with tones which the awe
struck puritans too plainly recogniseTh for the voice of the
-miserable traitor. Shriek upon shriek. they pierced into
every heart and paralised every hand, till the last sparks
shot into air. and impenetrable darkness fell , upon the
scone of that soul-reading tragedy. While the ayes of
the spectators, yet gazed by the glare. sought in vain to
penetrate the gloom, and while their souls were Sunk in
superetitiuns terror. a cry from the sentry. who was pos
ted at the known tree. followed by the terrific Cadence
of the scalp-whoop, announced that another of their num
ber bad perished, and that the worker of all this ruin was
at large, unbanned.—undaunted.—unappeased: With
out a moment's pause,they broke up from their blockade
and tied, in fear and darkness. their distant homes, bear
ing, in every wind, the anguish cries. of the:r lost leader
or the triumphant yells of his tormenting conquer...—
The Sachem of the Narraganstts went forth. he rallied
his scattered followers. shouted his war-whoop throng!.
the trembling territories of his pale invaders, and when
he fell it Was by the hand cf his hereditary foe—the wild
Mohican.—and in a spot. which as the "Sachem's plain"
line obtained ant immortality ofa far less hideous charac
ter than that, which still haunts the uutorgotton scone of
"the Narragansett's vingauce."
' The Slave •lidarket at Constantinople.
No European goes Os the East with a clear idea of a
Slave-market. He has seen fanciful French lithographs.
and attractive scenes in Eastern ballots, where the pretty
girls appeared ready, . on the shortest notice, end tho
most bewitching costumes, to dance the Ghana, Itomaika
Ternetolla, Redowa, or any other characteristic pas the;
might be required of them. Or if not achooled into these ~
impression!. he takes the indignant view of the subject.
and thinks of nothing but chains and lashes, and find.
at last, that one is just as false as the other.
There is now nu regular slave-market at Constanti
nople. The fair Circassians and Georgians reside hi
the houses of the merchants. to whom many of them
are regularly consigned by their friends, and of these .it
is impossible for a Frank to obtain- a glimpse. for Om
usual privacy of the harem is granted to them. Tito
chief depot of the blacks is in a largo court-yard attached
to the mosque of Suleyman. In a street immediately
outside the wall was a row of coffee-houseia whim opium
was also to bo procured for smoking, which Is by no
means is general a practice as is imagined; and over
and behind these wore buildings in which the slaves
were kepi.. It is true that these were grated. but the
lattices- through which only the Turkish women look
abroad. gave a far greater notion of imarisonniont. ' -
There were a great many women and clsildrd it group
d about in the court-yard, and all those who appeared
, o possess any degree of intelligence were chatting and
laughing. Some were wrapped up in blankets and crou
ching about in corners; but in these. sense, and feeling
seemed to be at the lowest ebb. I should be very sorry
to run against any proper feeling ou the subject, but I do
honestly believe that If any person with average proprie
ty and right mindedness were shown these creatures.
and told that their lot was to become the property of others
and work in return for food and lodging. ho would come
to the conclusion that it was all they were fit for—indeed
he might think - they had gained in enchanging their
wretched savage, life for one of comparative civilization,
I would not pretend, upon the strength of a hurried
' visit to the city, to offer the slightest of opinion upon the
native domestic and social economy; but I can say. that
whenever I have seen the black slaves abroad. they have
been neatly dressed. and appeareutly well kept; and that.
- if shopping with their mistresses in the bazaars, the con
versation and laughing that passed between thorn was
liko that between two companions. The truth is that tho
"virtuous indignation" side o f the question holdout gran
der opportunities to an author for fine writing than the
practical rice. But this style of composition should not
always be implicitly relied upon; I know a mac who was
said by certain reviews and literary cliques to be "a crea
ture of large sympathies fur the and oppressed;" because
he wrote touching things about them; but who would
abuse hilt wife, and brutally treat his children, and bar
rios his Tamil}; and then go and drink until his large
(part was l aufficiently full to take up the "man-and-broth
er" line ofliterary business, and suggest that a tipsy
chartist was as gogd as a quiet gentleman. Of this class
are the writers who even calf livery "a badgo of eavery. , s
and yet, In truth, if the teal slave' felt as proud of his cos
tumes and calves as John feels, he might be considera
bly envieed for his contentment by many of us.
As we entered the tour-yard: a girl rose and asked
EfeMetri if I 'ranted to buy her. 1 told him to say that
I did, and would take her to England. She asked De
metri where that was, and on being told that it was lan
many days' journey. she ran away. declaring that she
would never go so far with anybody. We next went op
to a circle of black females, who had clustered tinder the
shade of a tree. A Turkish woman in her veil wax talk
ing to them. I merle Demetri tell them that we bad no
slaves in England, as oar queen did not allow it. but that
every one was free as soon as they touched land. This•
statement excited a laugh of the loudest derision from all
t he party, and they ran to tell it to their companions. who
screamed with laughter as well; so that I unwittingly
started a fine joke that day in the slave-market.
i Remarkable Case of Swimming.
We witnessed a feat. a day or two since. fully equal
to that celebrated,one which was performed by the love
sick youth of Abydos: for our Leander had, we presuine.
no amorous Yankee priestess to swim after. A young
man named Clinton Jackson. swam stress Niagara riv
er under the Falls. and back again, without lauding to
take breath. merely touching land on the other side. To
those aquainted with the Niagara Falls, and aware of
of the muscle required to gat , a ferry boat froro 'aido
to side. it is unnecessary to explain, that through the,
river at-this point is not more than * quarter of aWU
broad, yet the most lusty swimmer, from the immense
strength of the cnrrent, against which holm to struggle,
is unable to gain the opposito ahem under three. wrtera
of a mile. It is. therefore, no small undertaking to swim,
a mile and a half in the most rapid river sip % the world,
with the certain knowledge that the away gr faint heart
educes would is a few minutes =fly you iota the wide,
below, whore the river Is supported/ to, travel at the rata.
of mei-ay-eight miles an bour—jhere to bp dashed to,
pieces on the 'rocks or to. be "sucked in" the famous
whirlpool. Jacksoaparionmed the feat withont difficulty,
keeping his head mod neck above water during the wholo
(hue and never turning on his back.-_- : St. Oath. Jour.
Cr A Classic of Syracuse, NOW York. who has paid
ogle attention to salt bolo, has pnldished a book in which
Wannounces u the result of his studies, that Syracnso
is placed above a vast salt deposit. which Ls constantl2
dissolving by the 11,C1100 of water. so that at some timo
it
must certainly sink into tho earth. Tho title of his hook
is. "The Doomed City of the Valley. or reasons for ha
-1 'loving that the city of Syracuso will eventually sink, as
did Sodom and Gomorah, on account ti the quantity of
saline water taken from its base for the uses of the salt
roanufactories.!' Tho New York Toot wishes to know
where he obtainod his.information in relation to Sodom
and Gomerah: