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OFFICE, CORNER _STATE ST. A=te PUBLIC
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• c i TrAnts oF rut PAPER. :.
ray citribers by the erzr, zit 1
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fl) in 114 o, :11 the:4:er. in Meaner: L !
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1.30
3._c le no: 0.1,1 in advance.or withle thiecinwiptlis from the time
ntsulecji :bine. too doilnre will te chared. , . . *
ti-rnii couiwynicationsuiset be postpaid{ . .
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RATES OF ADVER TISING.
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fiarde not. exceedtag I I utes,tne ) earl
• Ode boon re 10,00
- do. do.— Ili :noodle, •., 8,60 •
du, do. three month*, , *1 • 3,00•
Thath tent adverii-ettle nts..so cents perviaare, ortifteen lines Of
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leaf. ” '
th , dr tor.ert.orr. cents for each tartmequent Insertion.
r 'l"ertrik ad •enh.er e have the pH Ode.,:e n • ehatari ag al pleasure.
',at at no tune a e allowed to oocup) Wore flan 4boarildthetr, and e•
3r I , pailei in At, slarceirle &stmts.'s.
Ad% cm -twitted'. hofhavi4othcr direction', *di be ineened een
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'Urbi , l awl charged aeconatgly. ,
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WitoLcs•crz In lietnit Deafen. in Dry, Good
!liquors. Fluor. Fiall.'esillke... corner
Pura - r square, near the Court House.
I,i, 5,, , ,,t..aah. • . k
t I GALEN B. KEE.
Fa,lionatele Tarkir, '.etproesi eat RCNd fill,
cerriNG done cm abort tic
,pLivEtt
- Tookarl'cr and Bkationer. apcl Maniac:n-000T of Blank Books kind
Mrilter of the jtdmond ail. *Stull strett.
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ATTOZWILY ACID COCVSZLIALPS. a T
d , ,r. north of Rivulet.
COMPTON RAVE
PCILERS IA Dry Gon,`t.. Hardware. Crock(' . Groceries. and For
and Vellie.llC I.loi rt, Uitullrrr. id 76Innutiourers of
r 4 alera sus, 10. r. Seed Uotd.e, and corn • of French and 'Penn
mrcets. !Ale. Pa.
W. 11. CUTLEIN
Attorney la Counsellet at haw. Take NO. 2. Erie Uall, COMO'
of Vain & Lhyd agrtcv,.ll,s.: tlj.. N Y.l
C4teetinit and euninuneinlinwin,q) vcdl nireive promptsiten ion.
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.1. /I NicKwy,'
Brartti. and general Agency andti:ocainusoon Matrices, Frank
lin, Pa.
. . iturcTitc:ED,
D.Arut n Mom Gennin nmfAnwrienblinidirnreand Cutlery,
A 146- r4214,411/1 4., Vkno, Lron and Ileel No. •• • Bowes
f.rsk. Pa.
W. J. LIDO E
11( 4 r re,ser4ns. arnage 9 hJ Wagon Dui/
tv, rel. 10. Chl it Eighth. Erie. ' •
L. S'IiONG. 111.
or, no`F one Doer n est of C. B.,wri7,ht's'
O /111
re,rt irk
11 — )0C1r. J. L. STr.V4RI', ---r-
Orrir r a th Wet. A. BEe se, Seventh neat tkookafraegart.t. Res
ope door nonb of fAecesith
C. SiEGEL:
tyro!: r. and Retail Jeer m Grocer&4l". Provierzon9.
lAquort, Frifn. &c., 1:e Comer of Focuch FilthStrects,
oipesne the It rimers' Hotel, Enc. . I
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JOIIN McCANI`f. , -
IL'unt.PN!,x an 4 Road 'Dealer in ratudf oceries.. Crockery,
taa.Pn are, !kn. Nude, No. 2, Fletui Ilku•pc, Erie,
ihri.Luflbret pew. paid for Csl4' tr Produee.),
J. GOALDIN
Maar (1.0.7 T.O oi. ZrIZI nab,: Nlaker.-4.7,
(oppoaAtettiq' Donnell Block) etit Ftr
WE MO
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Waitter • • 0. eev,
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71( :iind Retail Ora(er in
Croc Kt.() ( tp—n hze, tlrr Hata%
• Fpik.•. rmptre :gores 61. ctr 6
11r0%% Erie. PD.
l(clion Arthg
i•nortinent 14.1+F^_ and Catriare Trin
S. NI ERNISIvidt
ATtiolevr:" 112.1 Jo.ijcv of the
piftllle 311.1tU• !fife liunrance
.'pt yt ‘VriOns SLOT!. WV!. Ca."
I:ICNOiVi.TON
Clarke. Looklng
and
Kei.tvtle ittaild,thgsi, four •
Staie Street,,thie.
c. • C,UI ER, • •
Arrettsre Girard. :•se Cdrir4. Pa. Colleetlovit and
other haisuleoir attended to te , th prlannt car and di.uatch.
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IV,I L§ON LA ii
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ATT ..TT I•AW-01fre 4 4% t 4 C.
rns Whnlion. oppo.u3o the Court [Wu
CoUreting itt:otherpruCts.,touel townie*
ncso Attddt2TatrlL, _
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For.m 'Ar Tut Z., nye. e orn*r of Staten
Elie. Eastern Wehern awl Southern p
• ,13. A. CICAL
Wool mutt nod itcniii dealer in Gmt
Liquorn.engars. Nails, IPettnit
eaponle. Erie. Pa.
TA W. :1100Ri
In r;
reerrlri.. Pravi.imm. Wines,
k.c..,N0 S. Poor Peupk , * Rove, Stare
JOSIA H
roiard i n k Coutruintion Merchant. at
utle street.
'oai,Valt. linger and Whi
11. "I ELI A
Rnnk r and "Exchange Br, rt., 11F-de
Dna.. eeritdeitt" of I poAte. Goff' a
Infice.4 doors below Brown's Uotelti
BENJAMIN F. DE.
Arrneorrt AT I.Aw. Min:l4tind.Oht•
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in Atwater's Mork. Refer to, Ulfrf .1
Lan SoIcool: How. Richard MI c .
14amoel 11.torkito.. 1111 Walnftl t..
X1mh. 111 , 6 1.. 5 3,Wa1l attest, No Y.
•ter ton'''. office.
ARSHALL & V I
hrro.nrnivr tiavr—Odiceup grains in
ncmh of the try's office!. Cr,
— RUR RAY *if \
AYINIR‘rf VITO VOtierul.R •T LAW
entrance one done west of lita
1.; - ItUSt SZW
Irtioticrivr Alit IL OKALIRS IP 1,
Ge/01.1. • read) M2CC Clotlitug.Boots and
log Block. ficate Atet..t. -
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ticht - ri in Tory . Dry Groeerker. C
No. 111. CitenisatV Erie: - •
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Pr Attu innroefrlee nef‘Prowtrexelof 0
,kx,re north of the.Distsonet Erie.
JACK
OR &tilt In Dry Gooflp. Gme&ipp. Hard
Iron, N ttl. Cheijimde. EA •
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• WILLIA, KIHII.ET•
Chi/MILT MAIM I.l4lohroty, and Vamicrirker. corner of r lan
Nertatk merle. ErK
KELSO ar, LtSl
Curri...T. Forwarding. Produce and Cos klerchnntat dealer.
Boar !.
in roa arid fun aali.Coal. Plast er,Oic.tublic shock;
%nal side of the bridge, Erie.
tow-in J. Kju.sni,
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Bu .At:M. C • I
~...aig. Coutuniminn lan :Prr
_ -aouite east of the Politic Br ,
' . G. LCK)StISVCd.
Pr turf in Watcher.. leweirli, Stlverletatas Silver. Phaled and
Ihrilannie Ware CulitTh Military en Fancy Goods. Staie street,
nearly oppbstteibt Eag'e Hotel, Mei
G,' 1
Looms. T. M. Arnie
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J • WALKIpt 8u C,
Gittntah.L ronlwardittg. Couttutonieta
and Wan-boon east of the Public WI
CARTER & Bit
TViwitxviata and Retail dealer" in 0 1111
Preirlailk.Rramt. to . 4; Seed F
JQEL JOHNS ,
iltAttiii . a nnological. Namellartoo
sraoot llootf. atauoaary, ie. Park I
JAMES LYTILE.
TAWSIO DIA Merebatit 'rano/. on Ine tublhe eliaater a . II e v 44 , 11 s
net or State steam E,rie. ' '''
i I. 8. CLA ' K.
- rutspat:i . .tirn urratt. WSW to Gilweciries, rrcrrisions. Rap
!ie. onhalutHr,. 4 Stone-ware. kr.c-Sce., No t 5. Bonne! Block. Erie.
-..- 0. D. BPAFF RD. ,
school Mbrei mous Books statlocary.
*ars bekrir Pdblic sqvire.
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*—Ottee at tn• iftidenee on Smith Areet,
Chute h. Erie:
JOHN H. 8U TON.
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i Wnountata Alta laran. desier in Dr kots. Ykriklara. Dye Wadi.
f Growls,. ALE- NO. 5. Reed Moine. ligie.
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*BERT 8. HUNTER.
3 DiALIZ is lilito. Cyr .sad Furs of all 4flowtipdoes. Wo. *Plat
Row •File. Pa, •
BUTT WAarni).—.lN Mins iini r inisiryJinses wanted
in exchange AN COIO Of WSW 1 J. 11.11.11,ER7'01e.'
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jrcirt. Eric. Ca
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ry Corer..ici ir:toeeripii,
arr. hon.:zit , Su:..
met, f.r ds.X) s, beitiw:
Sprirtv, and a general.
nu ngs.
Peace. anJ Arent (Sr
.nspany—tATtee 3 dot,
1a5.4.1., Nano Fort&
fi varlet) of Other Fancy
llockaw Broavu'it 11041,
Store; With 3t
ottcodeti to with pro
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t et an d the Pt.b!k tc}saie
line utter.
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~roviiions. •
:uai, Crackers, ke. .
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Limpors , . eandits, Przil,
nett. Erie. ! 1
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We Publit DCek. eligir
lotly for side
'Fish. ton
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in Riff. of .Exchnt;.
a sliver tutu. &c .,
re. Fa. t
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ce oo Superior iirrT i.;
slice Sarker.eambri
u *We st..Soston; Soo.
ilaiiriphiar Richard H.
For teetlatoolaia, re.
CENT.
ITannuany Hall bullditigt
TLON.a
e over C. R. Wrisglits
street, on Mc Dimon.;
& Co.
irelPilk.to.l Domestic tor?
.Itttes,/ke.. No. I. nese.
4cry,; flardwast:. be..
k indik Plate street, *tree
w.
• re, queens Ware. tame.
Pa.
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Produce MesellantiOet
'e. Erie. ' ,
HER,
•! Medicine., Paiute, Oi ls
Erie.
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!Sunday aid-assika
Pw. raw.
ort
. dwelling la the Beebe [Hoek. on the
itere, .I.lrae.i Teeth flurried on Gehl
sett. Vari.xtv teeth ani4 with pute
•alth and uilefulneve. Teeth denied
'Juke/a ay to leave thew ors pellueld
ranted. • _
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A LOVE SOHO.
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4i wit° aleeps upon MP heart.
Was the' - first I to win it;
Ilihe who sleeps /upon my breast.
. , Ever reigns within it; ,
• She who kiss.* oft my lips.
' I Wakes! my :rannert•bleselng;
. 1 She who este Within myn, inns.
' . , ' Fee)* tf l lsitconstant fh:essi sig.
"'ther daYirthan these shall comer.
Days t at may be dreary;
• . ho re shall greet sta yet. • •
Hoare hat may be weary; •
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Still that heart shall be thy home.
Still that breast thy pillow: • •
Still those Upraise( rhino as ell ci
As billow mei:toll bilkiw. •I ;
Sleep. then. en my happy heart. , •
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Sines sty lore blab wen it;
Dream. then. on my loyal tit•lisit•
None hit thee bath done it;
• And when age. our Wools *ball change.
• • ' With its wintry Weather.
~. May we in the self-same grays
Sleep and dream togeiber. •
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MARY ;ROCK,
. DT piaci - B. trt. Joss.
Tun Rock Family had emigrated to the very •ve •
of. wild Indian lifi a . when the recent war beta -"ti
the United States and Mexico burst out, an event
a hich while awakening prosPects of fierce strug •
between the Oat ripublics,,aroused 'dandle ho, -s
ndkiassionstif the'swarthy: Indian tribes that . -
pie the frontiers o f the tobtanding powers.. :r
-tainpredatorythabits characteristic of this family, h d
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. riven Captain Rock from the easy neighborhood .1
Dickenson'a Bayou, and from all others, one of •r
another, until at last he found himself far nes , r
than w s generally considered safe the Spaniel . k
and its troublesoine tribes of Redskins.
This 'me the old man, his wife. on and dung -
ter—th other n having remained with her husband '
had to • ild a hOuse, instead of Liking posession f
One abande\aed by . former proph ti
etors. They c
the mouth of a deep gully,
, and the,,verge-of a den .
forest., Their hut • was, is•ushat, , blocke of wood
t ! .
rudely put, together; and their energies had th
time gone i so fir as to!induce. the cultivation of
email field ' of maize, This excepted, 'their who
existence depended on hunting sod fishing. Mar ,
who, it ace s, had become more' slim than who I
knew her, was all the . mere indefatigable inhere ti
suit of the game afforded by the fertile and happy
plains of Upper. Texas. She and her brother we
ceaseless id their endeavors. to track deer, Wild to -
key, rink pat ridges, arid supported their family e -
lively. The old couple did absolute nothing. b t
ii
eat, .lok,'lloop and stodge,' utterly rgettul of the r
former position in society.
I
I A little while before the outbreak of the let. w a
the Roeks i became aware of the presence of a neap
bor . A till :.oung Kenintkien, passionately fond
si a ild life, suddenly located himself .withina m 1
of t eir'abode with a sturdy assistant from bia.o' i
ii
land,.four' negro 'slaves, - a dozen horses, a herd, ,
cattle', an a. wagon. Ile erected' a solid fret
hou,sie, an called his place Snowville—his name
ing given l out as Captain Snow. With - pesos a
tranquility, kis farm .would probably soon bare
the •ientre of a neight2rhoCid, and ultimately the a
of a town. But 'eat pestilence, more deetructi
than cholera or plague,. wad coming; Texas was
,i.„
can of of a terrible war.; - 1 .
• A 100 -ii Captain SnOw - bad -settled himse
built, his h use, and set hie fields going, he thong
it. bilt. rigs t to 04. a t i lit 6 the Rocks, despite
piratlcal haracter which! be had beard of t
around al ut Galveston. ITheehief things, bot l 4
er, which Arndt" hitt On...itie.occasicin of his via)
were tbi, Wretchedness of their.stxwk, the willful ,
. . _ •
parents, the indatitry Of the - children,
d beltuty of Map Of a freak and so
Rion, he Made fiends with young ft!)
600 0 became the inveriabl.ecomparilon
tare of th
the matur.
aide dirpo
and very
Myd sister le , their huotings andcwand
einsequence alas natural. Had she
ty female within a hundred miles, 111
won the heart of atty . youth, not alrea
lby her simplicity, truth and sineerity.!
The brothe
T
been the o
'would hau l
eoebeined
ow, in l'or.ontl, was over head and e
d was also tha aceepted.lover of M
was agreed on all sides, that inunidiat
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size barren they. should freight a
Caps: in S
hi lora ) e
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Rock. It}
slier the ,
Itarious goods, LA d going down, to the
married. 7]
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vii was eliie4 ',neat in bunting,
d riding, *lien 'the various parties C
with their
dements,
, - The in
boating
cereedAve re licit engaged in .necessary avocatiobs. his friends to retire . /Is found t . camped in its
Captain. Now heard wit a Sounding heart of She very ' centre, we ll concealed, their horses 'grazing
war, but ii murderous ropentities were wheilly with itheekled rent, and a small fire.
quelled ' b 1 the sight of
,i ary, whom be loved th 1 rasp ob more wood," said Capt. Snow, as
all JIMA or di a single-minded, ,honeit end f he came up; Ale varmints have seen us, and the
backwood man.. Still be could apit dikest him f sight of our cat!, may keep them in good humor . 7
p l o
of regret t not partakingkf the dieters-of the x 7 I medal. their scCuts are spying ne out this very
r l i
petition, tad to divert his mind, proposed to_ he. minute." , And hiefesplained.all be had heard.
.brothen . end sister' a week's butting in the bas 10 A hasty mail but an ample one, was taken . atorce
regionii,iiigher up the country. }Loh frankly lie- and then some portiod -of rest. wail snatched.. in
qeiesseil;l and one iy tsey deed the Rocks, with all the cm4tees: security of
etentel. 1 their Irish blood, slept soundly until two hours be-
This t me, all the le vpv .fore daylight, when Snow Yowled them • cp. • The
heist wbi Snow ea Each ad botees were saddled in silence, a moutbfo,of corn
a Ole, l a Powder born vs, a flask cake eaten. Snow then doled ant touch I *moll
of native whiskey, 11;ry,: on .panekin full of brandy, half of -which they drank,
this **ilea, was iculine a While with' the other ' half, Treed with water,
cestame
e s bee comp happier,' they washed the joints of their horse,, their mouths
more sprhtly; or . eothust- and ears. Then they piled egresi quantity of wood
aim of prairie life. deep gal- on the fire, and then mounting their horses, rode off.
lies, eking heaving and be.. Not a word was spoken, while Snow, who headed
Beath dill shadow of thick woods. Tne erode along i the party, forbore to press the horses, reserving their
in the morning until they found a' place for sport, , strength for sudden emergencies. They soon entre-
Mid then baiting, lit a fire, shackled their ho se e, and ,ed a beaten trail in the' Wrest , which they followed
Maned op foot in search,of game, sometimes filth- 1 until dawn. The night had been dark, without
\
er, eometirnMi separate. -When success erciv!ned ! moon or stars; and when the gray morning broke,
their efforts 4 or when night approached, they return- i they found that their imperfect knowledge of the
ed to their camp and supped: After this operatim k 1 country bad deceived them, and that they were get-
Which laltbe_pralries is a very dangerous one, the tang away from home. They retracted their 111411
Made s miiiiiir attack on their whiskey-gourds andtm i hied by the lofty sm o ke of their own e re , no t w ith
bacco pciecbes, sad after a little gossip we:Levi ' Intention ortolan/IP so far lreek„ but oT gainiog
to find**. Mary had , a, little but, formed of Ottei a
IN trail which led / across e vast open prairie in
end theiiihnekgs,t4.brothirand affianced kali . the di of bow. - Presently the skirt of the
babel kimpiag us aloth . side. wood rottehod,,aadiukT were as the her Ode.
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SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9, 1850.
Thus they wandered for more than a week. and
none thought of turning back. When the wild pas
sions of rapine and alaughter and murder, 'al most in
sepamble from savage liKi—which has generally all
the faults of civilized life, with rcarcely any of its
virtues—are kept in the back ground, a wandering
existence in' the virgin Woods and fields of America
an inexpressible ebarm. They all felt it. To
catp at night beneath trees hundreds - of miles from
bi n
houses and Men, is a - thing which excites romantic
feelings in the rudest, and none of the trio belonged
quateto the rough .Cast. Capt. Snow bad received
"owe education, and Mary Rock bad learntd to read
before r left the country. They had thus some Com:-
mt topic of convetution, and their excoraion gain
ed - oubled charms.•
me evening , a little aftet dusk, bevinefilled an:
ed
ring the day to find asuitable encampment in an arid
plain, they had turned back . towards that whish they
left in the morning, They had ridden pretty hard-,
awhen they came to the dry bed of a torrent
W ch they' had to cross, their horses \ were vety
ti d.
I reckon, ' said Cipt. Snow, "well not cireum
ve t Dicks Perry this night. lily bore is getting ,
cra ky like, and trails his legs like an old mustang."
idilushr , said_ young Ruck, in I low tone..
.'fWhat's up! "' whispertd the other in an equally
ca ions manner. ''
Ifoutig Rork pointed di
,wh ch was thick with bu,
t , and at se me considerabi
a e seemed reflected faintly o,
le f a larch. The fi re itself wal
s i
den, and would have been admirably
for an accidental opening in the trees.
" logines t —redskinsf" observed Capt.
you and Polly slopetrway to yonder clump ,
and hide away spry, while I creep down to h
tiles, and look at their paint."
With these words, the.lientuCklandcatended frc
hiwborse, took of his cloak or poncho; and dfveatin‘
hiself of his rifle, pouch, every - thing, in fact, but
'his to
it
ugh pantaloons, flannel shirt, mocataine. sad
hunting.knife, began to descend the stony bed of the
-river. Mary and her brOther rode away with every
precaution, leading the third hora4 between them.
Snow moved with all the ,itealth and caution of
an Indian warrior. Hel bad fired three years with
tbeCherokees,ind semi their arts and contrivances
in the profession of . Ma' -staling. , lie now roused
all his recollections. he neighborhood of India ns,
might be harrilese, but t likewiee might be danger
ii
oust and the safety of his affianced wife' quickened
the young man's ,blood, but took nothing from the
admirable coolness of his hesd;which was as fertile
'in expedients Its that of a bachirood lawyer is in
abuse. It took him nearly an hoot to reach a little.
hillock', behind'Which lay the tamp. Snow now
scarcely breathed. The spot he occupied was rough,
and filled bythorry basher. It was abont twenty
yards from the-dangerous vicinity of the fire.' Slow
ly 'sod gvaiely he raised his head, and then his eyes
fell upon a party of nearly a,hundzed Indians in their
hideous war-pilot. Soma were sleeping, some smo
king, while two or three were on the watch. One
of these stood within dome yards of hint, leaning
against a live. His side was towards the Kentuck:
ion, and his.eyes were fix' on vacancy. Oace' he
turned quickly. in the dire 'ion of Snow: but 'the
darkness, and the scout's otionleas position,' made
him see nothing, and the white man could continue
his survey in peace. t Tbf king lances of the Indians
leaning 'against trees. showed him that the wairiors,
werecavalry, and this circumstance made his heart
boat. He bad .koped that the horses of his party,
wouldhave given him a certain imperioritY over the
Indians, which he now saw did not exist., With
this conviction he was sb,nit to retire, when a young
lodien moved -aside the tree' near the fire, and ad- .
*anted into the centre of the opening, until be stood
before the chief, who was sauteing his red clny pipe
with beeci - ming gravity. t '
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' "Pale faces!" said the young man, after the usual
.pause.
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"Ugh!". replied the chief. • . .
"Three." continued the young man; "one s quaw
—two warriors. Squaw dressed like a irarrior;
her voice soft end sweet like a pale face girl. 7
"Ugh!",. n i id the chief. "
another'peuse ensued, after which thejoung tan,
haring explained that the white party was tired and
weary, ind could not go (sr, the chief of the war
party ordered hip to take a dozen Warriors about
dawn indintack them. The HoWling-Windirun
tell his reply, and they satftlown.
Captain v SnoW was now amply satisfied as to the
nature of the IndMaya*. They!were Caaanchei,
the Arabs cif thigreit prairie wilderness, outlying
In' the woods in tbs,hope of cutting off voNntifir
parties ping to Mexico. Using all his caution he
crept from his dangeroigs post, nor deporiodfrom his
noiseless walk mail half a mile distant. deo
made boldly for .tbe clomp where tie had advised
,
,
; 1
ri" ONWARD «.41
n the bed of the torrent,
I 'es, find overhung by
h distnneithe i btaze of
he silvery branch--
1 completely hid.
1 Cancedied but,
' ' now.
trees,
t. -
It was of the rolling character, covered: with lofty
high 'grilse, and entended far out of sight. A heavy
cloud in, the distance, hanging over the edge of the
horizon, showed that in that direction the prairie was
on are. Towards this the trio rode slowly, in a line
which Prpmised to leave the rig coodagnitioh. which
svairbeing formed, to their left band. - '
"Whip handsomely!" suddenly exelsimed Snow;
"the varmint ire on us!"
At the sank moment the war-cry of the Indiana
was beard in all its horror from a bundiied screech
ing throats, and the long lancers of the Comanches
WeMe seen waving in the disthnce. The fugitives
ao gave whip and spur, ind'the borlie l o bounding
at rapid pace, and for a short time the` succeeded_
in leading the Cartranches; but - their ong lances
weirs never out of sight. For hours tbiy rode bard
ovqr.the plain, until they were not more than two
miles distant from the crackling,- snicking, blazing
high grass, which bore down towards them like i
6ery avalanche. To their klt lay a stream of water
tq their right a level award, which bad burnt same
Months back and was now covered with short turfy
grass. Near its edg3 grazed a number of wild horses,
which presently raised their heads as they approach
chfer this mode of escape they bad preferred to try
ing for i ford.
"The reptiles"' inadenly exclaimed Snow, veining
in Lis burl*. "Do you see them horses! Well,
'veil one of them has an Indian devil hanging by
his side, ready to catb us! I know tLat trick a mile
off." •
The Mexican todiens. by means of a throng mend
the saddle, and a peculiar stirrep will hang for hours
beirlde a hone, which•wid thee appear to be gallop
ing of its own enema - over the plains. The trick' is
*tally adopted when flying before superior forces,
to guaranty their bodies ,ham armies. and bacts.
Capt.".gcow leellted an:lonely arounil him. The
parsurers wers'ibont a mile behind ',them, the am
bushed Indians oboist a lialf mile to ,their right,
while at shoot an equal distal:cc befora them was
•• Ore. • 1 • . , r
1
We hake Unlit choice," said he calrely..."My
frien • Iwe must do a dreadful bold thing! The hor
ses wi be a little akerry 'like; but a qack eye and
a cool he . will do it. We must ehoo ti the - Prairie
Am" - 1 ,
- The Rock had heard of such a thi n g, but they
stood amazed A the'very thought. gJ. Sonar left
diem no time for &mien. The Concealed Indians!
finding themselves dkicovered leaped into their sad-'
dles, and bore down u CI them. -hut they remained
uniamiced. The three hi 'tives were boldly edgaged.
they hrd placed their po er flasks :Cut of the reach
of fire; they had wrapped the rifles in ;tripe of their
tern-up cloaks; and then, Aerie' Caref4y and Ugh. ;
tly boUnd their own .Clualis, they ;tot b4dages over
the eyes and nostrils ef the he' s.l They then
iinunte& again, the ludiani being clo upon them,
god made for tbe.rampart.'ik awoke flame that
by between them and life. .
1 , '
t. The line of fire 'was about three mile& lont. The
..-
.airie, composed of reeds and grass, damp wt re- .
- tat Mats, did net bum with that ligigbing-like a
pidity which leave& no chente of escape. It borne
quickly, but Steadily, and Sndw remarked that in
some places smoke predominated overflame. Just
before them 'a bay .clump of bushes bent high and
brightly, but to the left of this a thickl Wail smoke
seemed to indidate a swampy expane where the
fire had lets purchase . They were m vie: rapidly;
i
the Indians not two hundred yards behi . d th em, along
the line of flame, and the Caihanches were yelling
with delight. They gainned groundCvery mieute
on the fugitives, apd saw no chance' of Magni for.
them. '
"Close yotr eyes and follow," suddeely cried Cap
lain Snow, seizing the bridle of IllarY's horse, and
plunging headlong into the thick smoke of the smoul
dering swamp. The atmosphere whieh• for a long
time bad been oppressive, now becanoe absolutely
suffocating. The noise was inferniti. Crackling
reeds, hissing damp busks. Miming gratis, a black
vapor that choked and blackened, war all thit they
could distinguished, with a sense of intense heat, and
then a black plain, covered with chaired wood, with
smouldering heaps of char Coal, lay before them.=
They bad passed with the }east possible amount of
injury. A fei burns, a ecorebitg sense of thirst,
feces as black as negroes, was all that had ensued
from this desperate and daring act. Snow pressed
therhand of Mary in silence, and then examined the
horses. They were irreparably loan Their leri
had suffered burns, which , wand render much fap
therjourneying ithposvibte; but they were compelled,
despite their , frightful state, to erre them on ageit
at . their fullest speed.
.
A howl, that Snow knew toe well, Warned him of
a new danger. The'brisaire wolves lot the,- moun
tains were upon them irt. vast, droves. r The animate
follow prairie fire in ses;eh of, the carcasses of deer,
turkeys. rabbits, beret', tic., that perish in the flamer,
andeolleeted in inch force, , becOme roratidable.4
The wretched' horses inslfinetividy darted away, m i nd
the fugitive bead Made 'torw wood shoat live miles
ilfr, which had been spired from the fire, vase near
the trees being too dempond too @bort to bore. As
they rode, they leavened Mks and soistole, and took
their hag* powder horns from the many siwatba-which
had protected damn. Several times they baked and
fired at the furious beaste , which to the number of
about fear hundred can* on behind them: Their
shot. told, and a general . halt: Animal that the
eakke Wore' engatekl in &roaring 'their unlucky
companions. At length the wood wee reached, and
while - by i immoral discharge, they ; fel. •in insult
eheeked the advance of the hungry brutiailary,
bed,a tree, took .up the areis, provisions.' and other
trope, and was then followed by the heart men.—
The,horees galloped sWay, and.becanwr4,instandy a
prey to the savage white woll/es.
It required so hour of absolute repose *sable
Air fugitives to tack over their ',Ohio.* They
then its sod drank sad smoked io unease 1 smoth
er half hour, when ell were sagisiestly eared,
to -hold a council. The wolves . were • what
aroand tbe tree, which` iias lofty and th di, and
seemed determined not to abandon their pre . But
the -backwoods trio laughed at them. The chief
concern was thelosit of their poor horsey , lid the
prospect of a tramp home. Thep were n ow pret
ty secure from the Indians, who belleee# them
to hare perisbed in the dames, and wit. would
choose a road removed from the track of the confla
gration.' •
They ipolis ISMS ties is a lee topers
r ____ -- -- -- - --
howling Of the wolves becante intolerablb, aid d Cap \
lain Snow ,and young Rock resolved to rid them
selves of the -nuisance. - They descended to , the,
lower brancites -or the tree and kaiketildown. A
fearful rill from a hundred throats Igremd ttem;
and the u - petit of thellong banging tongueS, Scree
eyes and savage teens of an many tniatals,*wOuld
have- terrified any btit men inured fo dangers and
hardshits. A quick l e ley from their revolving
five-barielled pistols dr ve the jackals liac . lrati in
stant. :Snow was pef d over a - large Ipila of
leayes driven toirether by the wind. Obthis he'
pidly emptiedsa grxici handful of po.wder.. -MIX
I se
the lighted tolrapo from his pipe, b Same
4l was pro
uced, and thill ming MOOS dropped ti ihi wolves
returned toalie charge. 4 Thet‘imals retrisated with
terrific yak as the leaves tool fire and the gun
powder fiaihed, and then kept at a respectful distance.
Young Rock'now leaped down, flung some .wood on
the fire, and, joined by his !party, soon bad a fiery
rampart refund the tree. Within this they rested
and dressed their wounds, or,mther burns.
• The next day, after, sixteen hours of repose, the
whole party started on foot. The wolVea, which
only collect: eollect'in dangerirus iumbers on rare occasions
had die reedover the black and smoking plain.—
Weary land tiresome, wee the journey through the
forest, through swamps, along dreary interminable
plain,, with berm r'alcs on their shoulders. They
rarelr fired .a shot, eating: sparingly, and at long
intervals,for the cracleof fire armebad now become
dangerous. Tetl,t &ye they trampM along, and on
the morning, of .the leventh they were within a
mile of the dwelling of Capt. &sore. Tio . or three
smart repot{! of guns made them pncit up tbiti' r
ears, quickly followed ; as they, were by the duller
report of I ndan,the fuslie. The trio pliingid into the
thicket. looseisedibelr rides, and advanced. Ten
minutes brought them to the skirt of the - wood. .
The buildings of Eloorville were a' little more
them ] a hundred. yards distant. The Indians lay
'boa fifty yards to their left, i telClnd'the wagon and
•rti r mack frame. Quick is. tlttroght, finals; and
his 'companions fired, and Shen, Sikh a teed yell,
4
„rushed across. Taken in flank,lhe savages sought
the ~cover of e wood, and made no effort to pre
vent the junction of the whites. &roe found that
his bons' bid been blockaded two days :by the In
dian., but' iliat.hlikilsiristant, std four negro slaies
bad; made a very spirited defense: Miry was
alarmed aboet her
,mr.rants; but during the day any
movement was impossible. 1
They accordingly 'rested until night, meanwhile
making every preintiation for further it:Thistance;.
andrisrkness once set in, Snoieville was abandoned
to two negro slaves.' Snow hail always been kind
to his blacks, and ,they accordingly. The
party, of six-crept ott handl' and knees. thrituh a
maize field, and thne;gained a trail-that led to th
hotf se of the' RoCks.l . A . huge hlize soon inform._
then that the 'place , was buruing. Mari fe etch
.. . ,
at heart, And .darted feiward. She •we o. ly ri
m. ined within thellsounds . of pruden - .4t '44 ex. :
ert otts of bet , ,lorer. They soon stood it he mouth .
of 'gully, and the ; scene, - illuminated by the We-.
at
zi. : hut, wasireseahmkimalts gravity. , Old '.
an his wife cowered down by two,posta; thelndi
a . were pnrparing for the torture; they were at
le i twenty in numher. But the whites hesitated
not. quick volley:re - veiled their presence, and,
then on hey 'rushed, But befOre they bad gone
half the mace thiptd couple were imeng them,
with lattiantins in ; their hendi. • A retreat was
beat at . once; d berore the astonished savages ra \f
lied, -the pale-faces commanded the entrance of the
galley, and tetrea in good order., The magic
reputation , of the W tern rifle kept the cauninches,
at a repectable diens.,, . 1 :,.-
'Teri days more were ey,. within - their post, but
thin the Indians gave up th . siege. • On the fifth day.
the wh'ele party was count' the wagon; drawn by
'oleo, Contained all their valuitsiand on the top
old Rock and his wife. The rest rued as-an esort.
Their destination was a country tw hundred miles
'distant', where Captain Snow was to united k to
ktary. i They were ' married; end the juitied by
four- enterprising finding, the bold back (admen
agatttentered the wOderness, and returned t . fieir
old residenee. A village was formed, 'and C ...tain
Snow was at once chosen as sherifF. The corn .0.-
fifty was small, but full of pet'scveratee; and thou
they have suffered a -little! from Indian attacks,
courage and induitry soon"repaired the damage;
Hand Mrs. S o t cow secret' in a fair way of presidini
wee a considerable town at no very distant period.
eace is-now restored, and a wife and mother; [he
heroine of this narrative has given up the no.. dic
habits of Many Roetc. •
I ' , . . True Bine. .- 1.
' 4 Quebec correspondent of the Boat. is Ranger,
tills the following awry of a Yankee, ,
, isho had been
"all *wind," at that;.place: . i ~
... The Yankee apptisae.bed a grnnp of English gen
denten in front of a; Hotel, and ' titsurishiztif a recl
1
handing, observed: . • ••
1 .
' t•Wall, I've been .iH•nsund•and I've concluded we
don't vrant ye."
, 1,
An En Halve:len addressed Min with: :"What do
you think Ithe Citadel?" .
i "Oh, tt wouldn't make anything of taking
that; he'd antr•Eifteetr miles down . 'the river end
Starve thein out." ' . .
i "But it is stocked with three years provisions,"
replied the other. 7, ;
1 wWetl, he'd stay rive, then." •
• 96 it, Anito-Sa4n, thought we. ..,
,
1./'
SaM ti Jacinto became Respettai ,
tAko, Kiirof Siam, being awakened from sleep,
td saved .from assaysination by, the braying of an
spcommamled, in the ardour of his gratitude, that
all mankind should be called asses. The story tells
us that wbetMver on amksdor from China came
to thepiamese Court the master of ceremonies pro.
HMost potent Lake, absolute lord of the
universe, king of the white elephants and keeper of
the sacred tooth! a great Jackass from Chloe bas
come to speak with pier majesty:.
It has lately been diseovered by some the Bes
tow (platelets, that Jenny Lied eat; &jab, walks
end sleep" precisely like other people.. Who'd a
thought It.
ar Tim frost saw a prsuy Floater, and sought to
marry it. KWitli thou?" said the nest, snubs
Flaw Witted.
$1 53 A TMAn $ 11:•411vaase.
•
Not quite Up. to Ben t' 1 ' '
.
Old Quiz wet his patient and +pi le.r. .
A plods from ber anon*-Soz to draw: • . .
*You're I'4li:rous e ! hear." aria the Doctor.
-Pir hazing the be t Mseestiaw.'
How eliarming the flout box you wear:"
',.• 'Tilt ni hat your service:* she' cried. i
"Nay nay. at is too bad. 1 kciare i .
\
To -
,ire hot me beside!" ..
,
. 1 The Wil y 4
Bay, if you want to becomelissolote and depna-,
-red; it you desire to be young in earl' and. oli IN
crime; if you want to become odions \ in the eyo of
all respectable Men, keep the company oftWers
and lionLarourid the runt shops.":-
,Iyoutg if yip should be s caned by.t,ht: sift e
aliairoad; if you wouict be 'ghted bribe Sir, l i t),
-ab
horred by the pure; if you w Id be Anarited by the
finger of scorn, and written els aspoe doomed to
infamy, patronize the gay gi palace and keet the
,i2ompany of the fiends who dwell therein.. .
' 14an, would you provoke the'enmityof your ted.
ilestroy_your influence, annihilate your credit, hi
your buisiess, disgrace your kindred. -beggar testi
family? then tarry at the cup, and ftenuent the
shop. . ,
. x _ j
W , rinin wOuld you sink to a depth'ordegradation,
whence scarcely the illimitsh:e-reach ist the Oti
oirielOt-arm eno,pluck you;. would, , you obliterate
all -- thai makt-s you lovely; all thatatisimulatu you
to the anges; wniil4 you stand in -God's fair sue- .
light ~a thing 'foi - scorn to. poinCthe finger 'at;"
witold you become an object to snake tite• &eh creep
ant the hair bristle with boirorldrfisiislcidsid? '
- Mortal! would You pervert your noble natuluil
your sublime destiny; abase your curlouraad woo
dcrful body, ruin your divine, mind, , degrade your.
Face, abuse and defy your GA? drink alcobef?
These directiotts are infallibly; they are copied ,
from the I'harmscoper3ia- - of, Hell. lirandyalpktly is
the dominant school or practice, and •
the only Pr•iscri ption that 'Berson to glutib• glee to-,
verge of Death, and ti ei; the boundless appetite
of the Grille .— r; Y . rgars. .. .
lbs.
-The following are a few of the ebarantarscoasing
under this bead: .
The jealous tnin—whooisons his own banquet
and-theniests it.. ' •
The miser—wito starves hinaself.to death tillithil
heirs may feast. N
The mean man—who bites off his own pose to •
spire his' neighbor.
The apgry man-..who sets his own housi on firs_
that be may burn up another's.
The slanderer--rivhd tells tales and emit his As
einy a chance to prove him a liar. t •
The self concealed Tan. -who attaches MOM COs
sequence to dignity than to contmQ sense.
The proud man—who falls in the astinsatiota of
sensible observers in propOrtion as he rises ia.. l his/
own.
The envious man—who cannot lenjoy lit. and
prospenly,becatise others do.
Map dishonest man=who cheats' his- g
own
ore vita* thin he dues his fellow seas.
ilingulak Case.
• It is stated In an English paper, that a lid is Leg
horn was lately amusing hiriecif by puraning "Dus
zi•n; millers," as they are called, when anotherty- •
ing in :n opposite direction came te,ith ascii ieloeity
inorhis month; that it remained fixed is the , throat
more than a quarter of an hour, after which it sec.:
ceede 1 in crawling int the stomach.. Be dreadful
was the teest.tint, pr ea, that the by, , Sestinued
retching for nearly t ty boors; and he only es
caped ult . /ibis life, o ing to the greet fere of a
Otedieal gentleman.
It should' be genctifil known that* small ,quat
tity of % inegar will geperally destroy immediately
•sny insect that may fjnd its way into the stootacl.°
ifnd a little sailed oil will kill any insect tat *lay ,
liter the ear.
A Strange Bank
' While Van Amburgh's collections:was War*
New Has en, not long since, theeltehatit complete:
ly envelppa I in a huge blanket, reaching nearly to .
the groUnd, was very leisurely engaged in pickin g
. . . ,
up
,with hi + proboscis, the en d of wh'icti wait obly
i.
exposed a riew, the fitgitire . straws of hay which '
vere sea teed about the streeter.obserting which e
of riu exclaimed, "Be jab's! ate whet sort o'
\ii that, sting hay with bis tail?''
\of 'caul e 5....—
i is that, sting hay with ni. ~-.
(17" way up in Vermont; a long thus ago, an .
Irish •Eic.. 7 had spoiled a, lot al\ eandlee, by" Gatti(
theta fall into a . holgehead of rain water. The pa- ',
tience of heristreis gave way 'entirely under the
disaster, sod s , .retired to her roots in is pass*:
While trying, 6 occessfully, is calm her excited
n ,,st,it
feelings, by taking violent exercise in the rocking
chair, an odor more netrsting than agreeable u
sailed
'-
hecannose, and can ed her to exclaim— . '
"liercy sakes, Bridget, what Is the matter nowr
"Nothin' ma'am." replied; Bridge, "I Only but
the candles in the hot. oven for to dhryv
A '
SLIGIMAR Casts .— Lucas ' '., SOlkof the Bev' moos
Babcock died in 11011114 Mass., on the Bth fast.,
aged twenty-two 'years. ' For nearly dye years the
deceased ley_wi..hout being moved an , Each, et a
change of clothes being made. This cosild not be
done without piittingliint in the greatestagony; and
i n t h e opinion of Itioirt twenty physicians who were
_consulted, withont causing, death. The original
cause of this painful condition was probably. abniti
eeese,•43ed by hit making a Isis-step of slide, on
the brink of • precipice, Where nothing but a small .
twig or bush, saved him from instant &implies.
sa
bast'
07 A sayi4tat old etaid ,a perly
married friend, IT, ssw one of her hashilide
shins Warms the beiVand exclaimed:
"Oh, awry, a man's Shirt on your bed! melt , a
thing ow!ay bed would site Ina the aigbe ware!"
Very niers" responded tbe Adele the
also was inside of ii."
O 7 An Irishman writing froircalitorate, layef.
—lt'e an elegant country. The bed-bags an aaPbig
its dinner pots; while the 'iloas ire used for crowshee
creels with...ane hop and they are ortw o with twee,
their backs.
(tr• Somebody says: tee 6141 memo triable* a
busy man—thin we knota to Whist. Elbow us I
Weise man than the editor, sad yet be it fatuous
if be has no inept than one "devil" to Mobil hitir
especially aphid "copy" is obetti
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