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friell l #l4 Oberuer.
A. P. DUIfiLIN - & CO. ,PROPRIETORS.
U. I'. 11 - 1.6A1 - 11. - UditOr.
ufTICE. CORNER STATE ST. .4,13 PUBLIC
SQUARE. ERIE. •
TER3IIO (IF TUE PAPER. i
.Pitt •,I` , - , ribrrs h . ). the cyrr,,,,, et.Ot
'd : ~. 141. Or :t1 the office. in n arnne..e, . 1.56
; . II n..,1 r. 41.1 in n..!‘ :tnee„ or within three MattoB treat the lime
uf 011..er 'Lam:, t. 9 &Ala= Will toe eharneit
3,...i All CWIIIIII/flit dellolll , Si it 4 i.e puet purl.
;.„
RATES OF VERISING.
rnrr!• not exiesdiing I, iii , one ). , 83.00
- tine >quart. !OA)
.
..... .I'.U.. diS. six inentits. •SAO
..
fit.. do. three innnths . , ,
fl.nd
Thatnient advenisehienti.:so is per tare. of Ulnas till...l{of
1.-, :. , t the beet Itt.e:tlGll: tr. cent.. for P. rh ,aii. vie,,t ~,...rt, ,
7 - yr ari) adreni.cr., havetht.. pri silo= of rh.ingin4::t ideasnre.
~ I •1 t, tin& air allo%cd-to Occ•iP) Wore khan tV 4 0 . 0 /. , afro asd la
tt,ie.red iul , it • r iorseinflate hasher:v. .
.-Voverti...uient , not ICaring other dattliOns. will he &alerted tali
CA bill and . charged accordingly.
Po.tJmgag DtIL'42.O7OA'Y
WM. S. LANE.-
Attorney and Clown .llor at Law.
Fe% JunofT.l6,,tattty and Navy l'en,dno. !Smutty Lotndc and
:1:111,4 tor roe a-ray. and all (Met by lrre eattu*ted to the shall
rerel.t. prond.t. and Litthful atte.dtnn.
tc`..ce tu Wrifbro Muck va :st4c aired, over J. if. Fulleitnn'a
Erie Oct.
•
i LA141)4: 111. -4 01'.
irst
%Creoles,' r .ed et il Dealer in 1.4), Go4A , ,l;rocetio,lfar !ware.
laqucr.4, Flom Yob:bolt e... eoruei of tzate street, mail vie
i'ti f /le Ilflare, near the Court Louse. .1
as MHO( LAIRD.
_.__ .
GAL EN 11. K E ENE .
ra , hional.le Tailor, betnt art. the r ., !..1 te.:ol-e and Erowiis Hotel,
up, stairs IeVIVING done on abort notice. ltd
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, 1 O LIVER
Dookorr.er and Etatiwmr. and Ntitlufacttrr IA niailk tiOuk+ end
Writing I ult. cotter attic I o:unt2o.l an t_ 4 rticth ...it not -
, _ "-
.IW. bOU (41:ASS,
Arroancr AND torliceoa :mile Street, three
(Icor@ tiortb of Brown's Hotel, Erie. Pa.
CO/CIPI 4;, - /IA VERITICW.
Prlulsts il. Ur} Goods, Ilyd% are, Crof kvri, Groorncr, ntni For
eirti 111..1 Dcgotvtie Liquom. 11111.1 Mantriumrs of
al
Reed Llouse , it! corner or iteue rows
stree,9.
W. H. LUTLFJt,
Au rt••'y- & Corra•ellvr at I.aw. (lithee co t. Erie Halt, comer
of • aitt.& Lloyd rtretPt., Itialato, N. Y.
cuustiberelai two tel•-•., n 111 freeiVepro2upt =emus).
Kr r t RP .o t.:••.—A. P. Ht Br to on.. ..r,
-
.3 B. N ICKJ: I
‘; and geucral Agenci• ;laid Coanute+io:s bush:leas Frank
•i„,.
Rl.lC.4Ttr,fu. •
I/I.r: a in Etat: eah, Gerzna n and Aulerkan Hard% a maw] Catteryi,
itvt, IRA and Steal No. a Reed &Sunni
1:.1e, Ih.,
%V. J.
Dr o - c-urrna. Carr:a;u• cud %V.lva Bu;Hers. Sla;e Street. be
, i ,, ~,. i , , ',maw .4..E.ght h. Erie.,
— ;
_ __. ._______.
• I, *. ,/L. STRONG. M, D.
tu t:. : , c.inc Door vicar u: 1[ . .?. It. Wriztu'a .tore. up stairs.
DOC T J . L S'T EWAR T.
Orr: , a tt fali Thnet. A. Itri- rsr. Scßellth pelt rtrisionfro , Etrett. Res
r, ou 6..rra4as, our door north, St . I'llol
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C. St Gl.b;
. •
%v.,' r...., r and Retail dealer itt ON • tie...# Prot':own,: Winr....,
.1..,, ~,,, Fr,la, L.r.. &e - L'priter ut Vrettelt aud (reit) tF•ttccl-r.
r, l.;iir the raruter,' llottl, Coe. . .
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• JOHN -McCANN,
%VireLlat, and Re 60 De.aler in Faintly Groccricit. Cruektry.
Iron, &e., No. 4, Fleming 11110,:h, in,, Pl..
fAr The highest mad An' qoantr. Produce. if
• J. GOAL ~*
Molt, m•vcr T411.e . r.. and Ilalitt 3jak7r„;.41,-,re, No. a Rptdis
En=
J. W. I%' - k. TN4 It
ATTORAEI" AT LAW,
In %Volker'. 011iCO. OD Se % eufh e4treer.: I:, re. Pic
EMI
ElsatY CAI)%% }_:Ll„
IM e.‘eTt 41.1 Retail Denier in Dry 1:066, Groeerie,
' are, Cat; el , n 4:. Itur4e rae, kun. N
s. &e. Emmet' 1-. Lores elate, Mrtv:. Ivut efetts, L•el.Ae
Ws Betel. Erie. P.a.
11.. icci-,Fa_liun Aral.S.sprilig,..aue a geccral
tiu.-rtiverit of 'Riddle :sod earn:lle ,
S. MERVIN S.Slll'll. °
113..R,EN 41. LAU' and Jui•iiee of the Peace. nu I :twt. Ifct
th, t4lrrie %halm' Life InAutatic.•!•Cottipany nhce 3 &tors
nest oiltirgbit l'a. i.
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-W. 11. liN()Wl.'f().N & JON.•
lisicras in Watcher. Clock.. Lou*.iiie Flan. Fortes
Lamps. Britannia Wale. Jewett}. and a.area F Inc,
A titticii. Getstune Utia!dine, tour doors felon Bro. 0. Hotel.
Slate !..lfret, Erie. P.
• GEORGE ti. CUILLai
Arroaltv.r Al LOA. C Ira rd, Frio Count %. l'a. Collections an d
whet Nouns,* attended W n rah prounitnesi dna di-nateh.
_
Sit()lVN , s ifO'fEL, •
root m I.: Tarr F.aot a. corner of Slate street and the Public square
Lrie. Eastern Western awl Southern °awe..
W. .NfOOKE.
llrLt.ra In ftr o enries. tViiii , ..l.igitur , .Caii•hes, Fruit,
ke., No 6. Not reopPs Row. Marc street. Et
JUSIAII KELLOGG.
ruraard n & Couu,sir,ioh Mete!Lau!, uts the Public nook, ent4 f
Slate st met. .
Shit, Plaster and %lint.. constantly for Eat,.
.1. 11. 1V11.1,1A315,
RlnCer and,Eaehanre Rroier.
lorafie, eertiOentes of illeme:ste,'
I Htirr.l doors below Prawn's
F
Aalntt•ET AT LAW. levilaud..
in ‘l , llstersitloek. Refer to
LOA S'ehool; lion. Richard rk
sa now, H. Pork ins. 111 Wain!.
IVall.stseci,
6•r to it's.. °ewe.
MARSHALL
Arrimirys LAW--(itticesip
of Mkt Prothelpputry'i off.
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DIITR RAY .V
perfoltmET ear .o.ki.tow AT I
Stere. - eutianc e one iloor'.Clp
Erse,
I. ROSEN
Avtiol.rtALe •lln RCTA,IL Di:Alkali an Foreign and Dltneotte Dry
readnode elothing,Boois and Shot*, &e.; No. I. Flew.
ins BtocA, etase *met. En,.
B BA I,S, •
Dr: tie' iet Dry Cowls. Dry iaroceric!. Crockery, Hardware. Ike.,
No. 111. I'llemppide. Erie.
• .
JOHN ZIMMEILLY.
oa.wLit inaroremies and Pros I..kons Of all kinds, Bqte street, Ode.
doors north of We Diamond. k:rre.
SMITH JACKSON.
DEALIIII in Dry Goodp. Groerrit.r, hardware. Lturrne . Warp. lame.
• Iron, Liseal*lde. Enc.. Pa.
1LL,1)01 R lIIL E:T ,
rAeinT . Macrit rptiolster; amid Cridertoker, orncr(t of Plate nt}4l
Secrikth strecto. •
KELSO S:. Loo3lls.
.1 14 :
priztat.Turward tug, Produeo ant extuni.on Mete 43111 1 : H ea.ef.
In roar*. and Master. Shingles. Jct. Public duc k.
met ..do of the laitlge.
V.P141.1 .1. K j W W. 1.0. t,
WALKER & COOK.
GEN:m.t. Forwaxduig. Communion and Produee Meretrant.: sec
pud Ware-hou.e , eu.t of the Public Bridge,tric.
- G. LOOMIS • • Co.
i i
DrA Luz in Watcher. Jewel y. Silver. German Silver. rimed and
Britt nn IA Ware Cutlery, Hilary and Fancy Gouda. state .tre I.
nearly opposite the Eaftte Intik. Erie.
C. LOO .4 N. T. 11. A 1 .1' v
IARTER & BROTHER,
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7--
Losidit du Retail dealers iu Deur, Iledie I nes. Paints, oa.,
Aye-.tuffs. Glass. &0.. No. e, Reed Mitre. Erie.
JOEL JOHNSON.
lta.ze■ in Tbeoknoral. klistellanrous. Sunday arid Cla+*ieaL
r•clwol Book*, Stationary. lc. Park now, • •
. MM ES LYtl, E.
rAItft.RASLIL Merchant Tailor. on the public equate. a few doors
new of State suer Erie.
D. S. CLARK,
init)l.lO , ALN AND It AIL Dealer in PrOVPI4O4#. Ship
Chandlery. Saone'are, 4k.e. he.. So. 5. Donnell Erte.
•
b. D. SPAFFE4I(I).
Dealer in Lew. kted.ral, school Miseetlanparta Hooks .iattonary.
Ite. &ate rt., four door* below the Public square. • 's
DR, Q. L. ELLIOTT.
Den.tisti Whet and dwelling-inditeßeelrßlaek. on the
Lard aide of the Public Square, Erie. Teeth huoirtell on gold
Fiji.te; from one to an entire eett. Candor; teeth 1111e4with plink
• SW, and restored to health and tesefulnent. Teeth cleaned
**SA Instrainents and Denuder so as to leave theta of a pellucid
elevroess. All work warranted.
S. DICKERSON.
alta . Sranaon-015ce at has residence on Seventh street.
opposite the et Odin Church. Erie.
. H. BU RTON.
mr•ntimu l MID A r lOfiNrAitc beide/ in Drugs, Medicines. DYI SWOP
Groeeee, Re. Na li. Reed Mule. Ene.
ROBERT S. HUNTER,
Dpfu fe Fbu. Cape and Tars of all deseriptiose. Boa% Pitt
~.1. 7 .0w 'Noe. Ys.
LdICE lot of Honne4.joel received per Taproom by
Juue t. 7. H Ift'LLERTOX
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THR PLIGHT . OF .TIZE.
)I A121M11.93/1 ULM!
Why files the time so fast?
. Days, months, arid veers OM. he,
Aniteaeh looks shorter than the last.
And swifter seems to By;
On viewless wing rushing on.
To join the flight ofnges gni%
Their silent course they ply. \
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At seemed, when we were young. \ ,
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k'; Time lingered on the way. \
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For hope like any wren, sung
The live-Iteek summer thy- r -
Oh! sweetly sue: of promised bliss.
Too bright fur snob is world as this—
' . Too beautiful to stay. ".
And then the winter night.
So lively and so long,
When round the fireside, Waxing bright;
Went merriment and son:
Long were the hone—for we were th4ll
impatient to be happy men
And join the busy throng.
Holies radianea on the:heart.
la. 3 out)) supreinc!3%blest.
1 . Can transitory jo3s impart.
Tho brightest and the best.
The ills of tiro Como all too. soon
Atad why should cloud.; otti.tcufe tho noon
That war.ns the tunthful breAtt?
When life's ydung dream is o'er.
And fancy's tires deck.
And hope's tilusions charm no more.
Dior chide-the linger !lc der.
Then time sweeps on inged bpoed.
Or like a thief with noiaders
Steal atistor rears away.
Fled like ai-dreem "s the pig. -+.l
je)uus Lonsiort
Our loniniooki we backward cast.
And think on days of oar.
Brood o'er each scene injoi- or wo.
Till we grow old—before knJw.
That we are yoing no inure.
TilE DEATH WARNING.:
A Legend of Ssco Island.
BY PIM"' B. ST. JOAN.
Or ill the great centres to which .etrange charac
ters a4i attracted, Peri- is perhaps the mast remark
able; tiery much, apdarentlx, lb/cause of the OLlCOlt
giement given in it fu original talent. Cleiet and
enterprising Americans are often met there. One
Whom I lately encounterAd proved to bea p.casa i 1 'L.
d
and c.taversable man, We cht.nc,id to get upyin •
tha sniiect of aupei•titition or, rather 0 speak m ire
fairlyien,matters pertaining - to what has been c 11-,
et; the Light.eide of nature. • .
"I expect you love a yarn; 11l just give you one
which is get.uine.',' I'm not a superstitious man, but
the crintrary. I.oit 11l give you an" item of Lew
i i
count y fancies Wbich will amuse you."'
I s all not preserve the ,energetic words of my
Amer can Irwin], as some of them would be difficult
of coimprebenrion in our part of the, world; but I
give llfie feitts' i iii his narrative exact!: e s they we r e
told. ! • ' , -
'Sato •
is a e.nell town et it very short ("stance from
the see, in the State of Maine, famous only wit Ifni
a circumference of I few miles, in connection with
'the Ztatir.ador &herb-and also as the nursery of an
indostiffous, hard-working set of shipwrights and
fishermen. In the early history of the State of
mention is made of Saca , lslenff as the site
tdiau %Wage; but local tradition - gives More
!Mails relative to the ejection of the Red
:um the plate. But with dna I have noth
ing to do, except incidentally, as will be seen in the
tour e of my narratite.,
, . .
Abel Jacks, my informant, was the son of a work
ing shipbuilder of Saco—se pushing, industrious
man; who in times of thriving business, and when a
presi'og job was on hand. wonld work eight days
without taking off his cloth?s, He live.] in a house
just ithore.the town--.the frant of which faced the
island which mated the river, variously known as
Cuth and Sae., !eland. Abel was liis'youngest son.
and St the lime we speak of,- • young man - of twenty.
Ationt cdozen yards distant from their,reeifence
aes an old, tumble-down shanty, which had been
abandoned fir many years. A murder had been
committed within its walls a lone time ago, end'peo-
Oe tiiid that ever since, noises were heard - at mid •
night aroispd its rum!—a troubled cry of conscience
fiord the criminal.. No man was ever found bold
eto.og,h to reside ini it again, until a poor widow,
euriii by name, obtained leave to make it her home. _
Widow Ctirtis s A as - superstitions anVearful as 760ve
her neighborsJ.—perhap.i even triffre 50..--foihe arm.' and a
ty belieVed in death-warnings. The once glad trio,,h- i her hal
I
et' nine children, she had lust eight, and before 1 hurryi
the eal news reached her, she
el . weys had a/Wirn- 1 rapids.
ing'.. It is true that her sigits and tokens came very It was
Much oftener even than bed news; but as bad news toward
aid conetiines follow her hints from the other world,
shelled sufficient reason for belief. She found her
self at last with only one child, a daughter of eigh
tieh, who waspt service on Chth Island, in the
' hoe of Squire Sheen; and to be near this beloved
chiid, the widow took op her quarters in the haunt
:ell slumty, which to her seared heert lnd now no
riots. ,
Mr. Jacks wits kind to the poor a idow, gave her
some furniture, and assistance in various other forms;
and she was grateful. A'gnat part of her time was
split in the bduse of the shipwright,, whose son
Abel was warmly attached to her daughter Martha,
%Ito was iodeedlo be his wife thit tary fall.. For
sore months thsovidoir had been quiet and happy:
rho thought of her child's advantageous marriage
'bed driven gloomy ideas from bei head,. and her
chsierful state of mind the assiduous kindness of the
.a4ks had also tended to promote.
pas afternoon
. 11 tremendous !tons 'tattled the
geed people of Seco, and tilled thew) with alarm.-
13a0 river wile lined with saw-mills, the owners of.
which frosted their timber and' 'Osaka down by its
waters. But' just above the tows s' huge boats iy
scion/the stoma, to streak the rafts, sod to protect
the bridges, which connected Cuth island with the,
tsrioshoroo. Owe is the reisssoey sf arse freshet
bed carried sway do booms sad given pause to
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1850,
weight of thriller, which coming with ter
!epee against the bridges, had utterly de
hem. The storm ton thisoecasion was fel
, the rapid awelliug of the river, and aboul.4
he boom - gave way; ihe mountains of planks
brought down by the lentaition rushed
11.
rough, and all COMMUOICIniOD (between the
d the town was Cut off. The timber plung
rresitible force over the falls below the is
tying the bridges, away with it.
ar of the blast:Ate rtishiug ofthe wild wa
crash of logs,' the plunging of masses' of
the two cataracts, the running to and fro
aple, all roused in poor Widow curbs feel
rror Ind alarm: and about sunsei she came ,
house to old Jacks, and told him that she had
I a death-warning relalivOirli‘r last chili.
f interned down he? pallid cheeks, and her . ,
ien was Itat of a intken-heart4i tvoman.--. 1
I Jacks and Abel tiolight to comfort her in
issible way. They tried ridicule, they tried
but all in vain; the widow still declared she
rd the never-fa iling warning.
what was it llifer suddeitly cri d old Jacks.
a screech, like this cry of one i pain . ," re-
the %est
ri6o v
vitro Jed
Zoned b
o'clock
tad log
ability t
!staid a
ea with
land, co
The
ter., th
wood o
of the
infra of
into th-
receive
Tears
whet,.l l
Both ul;
every
reason;!
hag he.,
EISMI
aA I
plie3 t
-
le widow. ,
I h, woman, you beard the Pcitlawl of Cull' is
.he newer fails to howl with the tempest,"
1 who, pray, was the sq.raw 'of Cott' island!"
1 acts drew the , widow to the table, lighted his
lured out a glass of beer, id ! after evigor * nua
.
"igen his' story. Before the settlement of the
en round the borders of Saco river, the h
is inhabited by a whole tribe of Indians.—.
(4(4 of the - namo-of Cuth, wishing to es
saw and timing milt in the place, bought
: of the Indians, wh , t, on the receipt of the
elnuoey, decamped in accordance with their
OE
land.
"An
Old
PlPei '
hem, b
White
tang w
An old
tatotieh
t Eit
r a
. . .
word. Olt 1( .... 1 then crossed over to the island to
select 1
tl
spot whereon ho wished to build; b..“ to
his act obi meta he found an aged cyan., who re :
fused-t giepa •
.She - declared that in; the general
distrib lion sh had_been left out, and demanded a
share ii the pure se money of the white men him
self. uth gave he a bottle of rum, which she ea
gerly t died. and then leaping into her canoe; hur
ried acmaa•to j.iin her tribe. But whether the rum .
had effected her head, or whether age bad rendered
her linihs too weak to contend with the current,
could not be kneiwn,. but she was drawn intoibe
rapids, hand over the falls, where of course she
drowned. From that Coy the island point was be
lies ed le be haunted by the squaw - spirit; and there
will scarcely a man, woman or Chilifill SliCO; bin
would dklare having heard the moaning of the old
crone belfore and during the storms.
441far'
e," said the widow Conk when old leek.
tied, "maybe 'tie the spew has even me
•
'pine'
had cots
every 111
tense, Mother ;artist all nonsense ap
y.• And )et I ari:_bound to believe inghosts
ain't isuperstiti ins,- nohow, but I've been
. .
Oise night I was at work till late at the
rkry; and after work _I Joined a merry -ma :
t was past twelye when I started home,—
ing was squire and straight until I got to
near the churchystrdt then I distinctly heard
ling of a silk dress beside me. '.'Gorse out
' said I. "and no poking fun eel:rte." I got 1
er; and away I alabbes in the buslies.with a
kory ..tick; all lA . :it° good. The rustling of
i.. still ts close' k; roe as ever. I wet in a
lit rae with myself I do owu; but I heard it 1
euoug ..
g \lic
.: At last I came to the bridge; and /
ow - t ae of the plank stuck out beyond
to Save ' ing off. AV hat do I see but an 1
w waiking along these ends beside me r in
ilk. morning- gr e rn. / "Good-night to you,
cks," said he. I returned his, politeness;
began to sell neerli of Saco town, and of
dead and gene thetie twenty years. He
surprised wben I told if .. tbey were all d
and at the end of the bri. , e we eepa ed.
idow Curtis,7l know I did • all IV and
Sam lacks knows precious II t i tters was
there, It was nothing hut lane, nil deceit,
was the cry jou heard. Clic u old girl
!all Iright."
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"X ,n;
flumtne
tin). I
1
.t be widow was notssati-fied. The old
stories rather excited her img,inttioa, and she .
elared that every instant aXe felt more sure thin
Marth was gone. Abnyt midnight she started
towardi home, and Abel *eat along the water-aide
with her, to say • few unit of comfo rt.
4 sDid you bear air suddenly said the poor
motheri - "If that as not Martha's rniee it was her
spirit.",
Abel
so clew
The ni
shone
tt Et
had it rd the try; it wawa Ariel of despair,
', so z t;tincl, no man could hesitate or doubt.
h was now calm aril still, and the itoon
ghtly over the whole scene. A boat lay
I within an indentation of the river, stthe
luau's feet. lie gazed rapidly round: Jost
le point of the island be saw a small canoe,
rson standing upright, in it—a woman with
ds clasped, as if in prayer. The canoe was
I g down the stream, though not yet in the
A lover's glance is not easily deceived.-es
Martha! ,To leap into the boat,to posh out
s the canoe, and, to begin rowing with the
of midgled lave and despair, was the work of
e instant. The widow sank down upon her
n the bank. .
mao,rd
young
enert
sing
knees
The
jtist be
in tbei
pull
wain
noe
I river was wide, and the current strong. while
ow were the rapids.' Abel was almost with-
inittlence, and sonn found, it necesaary to
• -stream to avoid being snaked in.' When
e turned the bow of his boat aims, the ea
t
a not more than fifty yards above the spot
he lay, and was coming with extrema ve!oe-
CIIIM
I rage, dear Martha,* cried that young man;
is at hand." •
'topped my paddle., nbel, rbilLgettirqg ma i
wig.'
ek the esnoe with your bids, deer
em ii the water. Every inch rained ii val.
:nt going too quickly, Abel. You ram Dever
. .10 that nay drat 'bother au the bask?"
lit,. Martha," replied Abel tolerably', at lb*
sal polling vigorously. 0 1isit silent* new
two 'baste were drawing near, both
lonia; down rapidly as the rapids. Martha
a light bark eanoe,.whieb ahem% oa the
sf the water. A few 'missies mare, and
and Abel woe parallel to each etlipr at •
of a done wile. Abel leepsid feet
lace
"It
vitae
W.V.
Ws.
E
'and looked around. They 'were t vithin thirty feet ILOTS . REVENGE.
of the rapids, and two hundred o the falls, in the
very -middle of - the stream. All hope of Abet's :P. 7 L:_/ _i 1.•.',A.8.2...A T:. WA
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catching the canoe ,{,snow gone. , She, it seemed,
could nui lit ,i 1 IT 81 .V41:41711 ii.....4a, a.
be vs& They could only be lust to
tether. Thelyoung man tosed at the moonlit isle, Fr "'as
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`weds al,' on the 21st of Septembe r,
-the shore; his father's home the aged Mother kneel- 1834, a a knglish w -brig; which had been fit-
I in on the
ehei , e; It b i le cm jade ; tad h is mot h er led out, In he suppression smuggling, was lazily
stood motionless near{ the threshold of their house. creeping ng over the hen monotonous swells
_ just off th - oast of Galsway, ,d on nee deck was
.."Martha," cried Abel, lei voice calm and collect
e', though husky," wild emirate end spirit.— being ells ' *I a scene of somewlia mare thin com
iDee-tninute, and w o rt, phrhaps fur ever . Rouse man in. r The day' before, she ad captured a
all youy courage, thof ypur mother and your fu
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small b ;lad with contraband erti together
tun husband, end Its the tthoughte mir ,. the en-_ with an o min en a boy, who had char. ; .of them;
s 4
arty of a man. Lie down quickly in lie canoe; tie cult,
the cap ib of the brig, whose name was
stip end move not. The fillis swellei
bY therein,
had ordered that the old smuggler should be tto
and tile white rock is hidden. Thai ils a dear girl! hose. TO this indignity the oldiltuan made a a tit
Mote not for your !if ! Adieu!" ' • resistance—and in the twat of the moment he had
far forgotten himself as to strike . theceptaln a blow
Nu more Words w re ‘ sietken. M i rth. , as she
was bid, lay at full le gib i ll h the bOtto .of the slight which laid hit; upon the deck. Such an ,iasult to an
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bark canoe, and the n xt in tint was s ekelintu the lEnglish officer was past endurance, and, in punish
rapids. Round and round iseat the trial boat;
an d
! meat for his offeece, p.l
, dewed to dip. the smuggler l beta con
then, entering theceue of the quick-Mtring stream,
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ird yard arm,
it darted slung, and was knit sight of Civet the falls. A single whip,was rose at the'starbot
and all hands were called to witness the execution.
Abel pulled like emaimamlSOr the shbre, guiding
his bust ifightly up the stream. • , The rope was noosed and blipped over the culprit's
"My child! my child!" cried the @relied mother, I head, bad the running end was ove thropih a small
as he leapt out upon the bank. , - ' 1 hatch-block on the deck. ' Until this moment not a
word had escaped the lips of the buy. ',Ue trembled
'414 !" said his father, severely, "What have you
done with Menhir ' aehe beheld the awful preparptiOns, an 4 as the fatal
.
"Father, stay me not! Martha is in the hands o f noose Was passed and drawn tight, the color amok
hie cheeks, and he sprang .forward and dropped up
providence. Wider me, and a tows minutes will
decide her fa t . ' -, , 1 oo his knees before the incensed captsiii;
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The mother and Abel's whole family ran with•the "Mercy, sir; mercy." rt
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young man along the shore 'followii the portage "Fur whom r aslod thd officer, while A contempt
t '
of the fells. They soon rehelied the kin which
nous sneer rested upon hia lips. ,
lay the best used by the daft* fur fishing under the "For that old rose whom yob are abontlikkill : "
cataract. As Abel expected, the high tide tad thd ' "He dies, boy." ' • .
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"But he is my father, sir." '..
great volume of waters considerably I lessened the 7
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height - of the fall which was also wider th an usual. • "No matter if he were my own father, sh i t mln
Who strikes an English o ffi cer, while in theiperfordt
"Wiere is mi childr' cried widow Curtis once
* - l asso of his duty, must die." ;
more. .
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• Abel made ntl reply, bill leaping into the boar, "But Ire was manacled—he was instate:l, sir,/
pulled across the stream. The two falls, one on urged the boy. .
each side of Cuth island, made of chum a very • "Insulted!" repeated the Captain; "who insulted
strong current in this • pert •d 1 the rival, het where him?" . •
the two currents met, the one euuntera6edthe other, "Feu did, sir," replied - the boy, n•hile his face was
1111 the volume of hater heists - very; great, tlßva fludilod with indignatinn• ''
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backwaters ensued, One gcliag back •to the island
point, the other tywahong shove. Abel pulled for
the still water in the cmstrei sod in a i kw minutes
had the intense satisfaction; of seeing kite trail bark
canoe lying motionless us the very edge of the eddy.
. "Manlier' he cried in slow, armited voice.
No avwer wee given, ati%i t it a few ,ninotes - more
be was .long !die. There a e lay in the pale moon=
Tight, as cal,n as an infant on' its so ither'e -bosom,'
but to all itlpearance lifeless. AtErl llfted ber bur
rlediyn 'VIM bbat, and spriakted beef marble face
with water. A deep.sigh, slew wailing sound - of
t
pain, and then a burst of tears and I nghter, pro
claimed the victory of yoiltb and Lunar over death.
"Oh, Abel, bow , have I bzwa ;asap" said the
trembling agitated girl, clasping heir lover's two
hands. '
"By thy Courage and trust in Prot
Martha," replied Abel in a lew woe; a
simple,unsophistitated children of watt
with the roaring cataract on each aide,
sky above, prayed le the God of their h
I :Let,us go to my mother," said Ms
instant's pause; and Abel,' without a
strbek out fur the ;shot's". The istseti
most exciting we e. Tears_ aid q,
thaulti and htu ter, were strangely
each other', d hee the whale party ri
Jacks' ho se.
It ap eared that Martha, knowing !her mother's
cha ter, and aware of the influenee of a storm
u n her mind, hacdielermirred, as soon as the moos
ose, to cross offer and re-assure the widow as to
tier awn'sgfety: She took •her mastea's bark ciao',
an&start int a good way above the site a of the bridge,.
began polling across. When well i 9 the stream, a
beam of wood heckod her progress. 'Btger to push
it from her pat' , she let go her pad 4; which she
bad forgotten t o fasten on tie row a, and they
fell into the stream. She caught des ratelly at the
snag, but in vain; and then she gave t • wailing cry
which her metherind lover had both heard.. I
011 Jacks warmly commando& !there presence
l',lninil in giving the advice he did, butsfar. more
th• calm courage of Martha in fAlowing it, while
all ` felt thanromder soil circutestaneel, the escape
.was next to inirermious.' Gild JecicOnsisted on
Martha's returning mo more toseervice; and taking
upon hiniself die duties of patilarchi — decided that
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the marriage should be celebrated tw months soon
er than was originally intended.' week later,
Abel and Martha Wene man end vrifq and, to judge
from their present BOLO affection and genuine
\hap
piness, they t;ve neve for gotten their one terrible
trial. Abel !Oats to tall "a story, but says that
now it Is in my bander he au!nds a goad chance iof
bearing, ftWe wen that in printri • propiteay
which I:berebyiprove tube torre4. Old Jacks_and
the widow are now dead, and Saco large place;
but . thoogh nor worthx etre* have baen now fodr.
teen years married. they remember, iaa , if it were
yesterday, their own legend of Saco ledstrigfc
Dark Hours.
There ere *pre, ihirk hours %hall ark the\bis
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Amy of thebrigh whole moo
tk el
in soy orate' Millions of the past, per ape, has th
sun stone brilliant ail the, time. A there hare'
been cold stormy day. is every year, .r bet could be
seen or heard, for touching somethior that cheered
the spirit, orAgratided our desire forllie beautiful.
And yet the twist and the .sbadJows of the darkest
boors wer i edissipated. • algid flitted awai. Thi cru
elest of ice fetters hare bees broken sod dissolved,
and the most furious starak soon home its poorer to
harm. 1 .
And what a parable is all this of hennas life, of air
inside world, where the heart, 'orbi t al its destiny
labors. Hers, too, we bayetbe orerebadowiep of
dark hOnri;sod•rmay "(told blest shills the bean to
its very mire. Rat what memo it. 1' Man is born
a hero, and it is only by darkeessand storms that
heroism pins its greatest and best development and
illestratloe..-the, it kindles the dark cloud into
bins of glary, and the storm bears it more rapidly to
its destiny. Dae:pair not than. Never give up
while , one good power le yours, use it. Disappoint
meet will be 'sallied. Mortifying failure may at
tired this effort and that one—but may be bowel,
and etniggleee,ebd it will all work *ell, if out in
time, then in eteveity
'"Get up, sir, sod be careful you (Imp get tiresome
trimmest," said the Captain, lu t a eavage lone.
The old man heard this- ipPeal of his son *ad is
the lest words dropped from the lips of his captor,
he related his bead, and whiles look of the utmost
defiancepassed over his feature's, he eiclaimuLl.
"Ask no favors, Robert. clid Karl Kintc\it can'
die as well note as at soy - time—let them do the
worst." ) .
Then turning to Captain Darutt, hecliangsd his
tone to one of deep supplication, and esti—
"Do what you please with Me. sir, do not hetm
my boy, for he ban done ao wrong. 1 ant ready or
your lenience, and the sooner you finish it the bet
ter." ' c ' , • .
"Lay hold every man of youi and stand by to run
the villain up." • • . 1
In obedienceto this order the men* ranged them
selves along the deck, in& escono !aid hold chile
rope:' Robett ilk
Kiutock looked rat at his father, and
then he ran bits eyes alongthe lined men who were
to he his executors.' But not lone sympathising ,or
pitying look could he trace. !Their face t s were all
haid and cold; and they All appsfarsd anxious to con
stubmate their murderous work. .'
Nene', dear
nl thesil two
re knelt, and
ni the placid
-arts.
rtha, after an
'pother word,
g C.lrtned a
editions, and
ingted with
turned to old
t•Whati" exclaimed the boys while a tear started
frutri his tremblime tid, "is the!re no oue even, who
cap pity r •
'Robert
with him." shouted the ; Captain.
'Robert buried his face. in hie hands, and the next
moment his father was swinging at the yar i d arm.—
Fit heard rho 'passing rope ancl the creaking block,
and be kaser that he was fatherless!
Half an hour afterwards thejboy knelt by the side
of a ghostly corpse, a single prayer escaped his lips.
Tbeu another low, murniuriug i sound came up from
his bosom; but none of those whoatood-around knew.
its import.. It IA as a pledge of deep revenge. .
Just as the. old man's body slid from the gangway
into the water, a viOil flub of lightning streamed
through the; hebvens, and inl.another mir.ute -the
dread artillery of triture sent fcrrth a roars° long find
1 loud that the men actually tilaced their hands to
1-eir ears, to shut out its deafening power. Robert
liintrick stetted at the sound, Ind what had caused
dread is others' bosom sent a thrill of satisfaction to
his own. 4 •
. 0 0h, reecege! revenge!" he, muttered to himself,
ita be past his eyes over the !foam-crested wares
which had already risen beneOh',the putter of ihe
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sudden storm. • . ,
- The darkness 'Lad come ed quickly , as did tl,e
storm and all that could be diatiuguistre,l from the
deck of the•larig, save the b4mking yea, was the
fearful, craggy shore, es &eh 'after gash of . light
ning illuniiimted the heavens.
"Light, ho," thouted the Man forward, and the
nett moment all eyes were turned to A bright light
which had Suddenly flaahei up among the 'dist:int
rocks. • 'I . 1 -
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The stitid,hadnow reached its height, and with
its giant power it setthe ill-fated brig directly upon
the surf-bound shore of rocks and reefs, and every
face, save one, was blanched with fear.
In vain did the; try-to lay the brig to the wind,
but not a sail Would hold fur au instant, until a'
ngtli the men managed to grit tip a fore and main
storm-itaysifil,' and then the btigistood for a short
timerarely up against the hearing set. Bet it
was ev mit that even almuld sh'e succeed in keeping
to the atindsahn must eventually berdriren ashore,
for the pow e of the in-setting wares w.is greeter
than that oft
wind: ' '
"floyollo yoo w what light that isr asked the
canvas, aa be es holding onto the main rigging
It\
to.keep Ins feet:
"If my * sir,", replied '
"What is it there I
' , qt. marks the eat
which lies in the back
••And can it be entered
asked the captain *hit
hie face.' 1
,uO, yes, sir; a large ship can enter \ there."
Med do you knew the punter ' V '
"Yee, sir; I 1100 front my whole life, on this
mist, and I know Orrery tetra ii it.'"
"Cu toe take the btit is-then is this storyt
"1 - as sir," urgers& the bey,',ehtie a Amp lii
eitet• from bie eyesi,
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harbor, sir,
t • ,
shot across.
U, i. Advailos;
NUMBER 31.
"And witljou do it," eagerly asked the captaio.
, “On two conditions."
"Name them quickly."
"The Brit is, 'that you let me 'go In ' net sod
the next that yOu trouble nose of the s r i - s4glets,
should they happen to be there.," - '
"I will promise," said the captain. "And-iiith
set about your 'work. But mark me, if roe deceive
me, by St. Georl will shoot yo u on the mostrot."
The brig was neat; before the wind, and Robs
ert Kintock st4ion himself on the starboard for
yard-arm, front witene his orders were passed ..
ro the helmsmen. The bounfing vessel soon curie
within sight of the raggid and' the bean of
every man leaped with fearful thrills as they were
swept past a frowning rock which almost rend
them at they passed; .0a /flew the brig, and thicker
and more fearful became the rocks, withal raised
heir heads on every side:.
•Portl7thottlei the boy:
"Port it is."
"Steady—so."
"Steady it is."
"Starboard—quick?"
"Ay, ay, starboird
"Steady—so."
i.Steitly it 'is." •
it: this moment ressel swept on past an over T
hanging elifg and just as a vivid flaSh of lightning
shot through the 'hearens, and revealed all the hor
rors around, a Weil shfittrt war beard front the young
pilot, ankin a ciNuoi..eif eye e - were turned towards
hint. Ito' stood upen extreme. edge of the yard
&albeit' himself by the left: 'ln a motoeut more he
crouched himself down like 'a tiger after hie prey,
and then with one leap he•leached the projecting
ruck.
"Revenge! ravager was all •the doomed moo
heard, and they were swept away into the boiling
surge beyond.
"Breakers! a rerfft screamed;he men forward,
j." Starboard! quick!"
But 'twas too late!' Ere the helm was half up, a
!ow tremendous grating Of the,brig's keel was die
, tioctly felt, and ;the nisi instant came a crash which
•sounded high aloes _the elements. and the heavy
„masts weticswesping away to the Reward, followed
is a few moments by large muses of the ill-fated
vessel's wreck and cargo.. Shriek after shriek went
upefrom 'those doomed• men, but they were in.oo
- grasp . ' of a power: that knows as mercy . . • The
Storm King took them all fur his own.- .
t The next morning a rwall party of wrecker* came
down from the rock's, and moved along the *bore.—
It was strewed with ftagments of the wreak,
here end there ware ecattated along the bruised Ud
mutilated f Jrait of the diiip:s crew. Among the
party was Itubett Kintock, and eagerly did he
search among the &Moly' corpsei, - as though there
I was ()nape would htve•fo'ind.. :At lebgth. he supped
land stooped over one, upon • the shoulder of ems
%ere two golden epatilettes.: 'Twat the etptai
Of - the brig-the murdirei of his father! 1 4 ,4 boy
placed his fOot opals the prostrate Liddy, and *ldle a .
Istrange lightbeamed from his eyes, and a shudder
passed over his countenance, he mutteretti—;
"Fattier, you are fearfully reviinged."'
The Dvy spoketruly. Peetftil in its conelainiort
and fearful in its consummetion, bad been that
Revenger' !-,‘ .
A• Bad Bliesse."‘
Wethave often had °cattalo's to' lament the epi
demic referred to by our couinsporaryjanise Doo
dle, viz: the diseased memory so prevalent fib cer
tain classes of spciety. Weak judgments, Sleepy
consciences, and . various other infirmaties, mental
and moral, are common enough,: but these abort
memories are of distressing frequency. --Ehrrso-,
temporary,ssentions a few examples:—.
'Ns is a przud family in the neighborhood of
Washington square, whose heads cannot 'remember
such a personage as a grandfather en either side.-..,
The offspring nf parents inheriting home. erected
from the proceeds 'of quick medicines or patent
blacking are almost equally afflicted with shorter;
memories atilt: hardly recollecting who their fathers
were.' Faibionabltkitiiens who hive spent a wbole
summeramost agreeably it o midst of a setssibl*,
and cordial society in the co n Sy, are never able to
tf)
recognise a soul of them meeting them 'gain
next winter in the City:
"There is, u-toiVo, a very flue aristocratic gen
tleman of farillne, .made by judiCions investments
during the early part of his life • In ow clothes and
reputable haberdashery, who seems 4ite at a loss
hair be came by his property; but is rattier of opin
x
inn that it was kcrired from en accident eutailaiient
in the family." r
We have heard of the ' , still more remarkable case
of a chaining girl, who unhappily lost her memory.
so entirely, in consequence of her father touching
*50,000 itiorsrich and Worcester in a month, as
iv:forget whole circle of wan than a dozen of the
•hlearest thli very day eheheard .
I% Organ. .
"Cali You Bat Craw."
take,slshopacb bas been crowded so much Oa
summer, tint% tit facts houses about it were filled
with visiters. Orate of the worthy farmers In the
vicinity- had been worried almost to . death by his via-
Hers. They fotindifiult with the food. This.. 'wit
bad, and, that wit bad; there wawa way of piess
ing thew: - . _
"Darn it, what a an; I cap eat anythiag," . said
Isaac.
"Can you,eal el.° 1" raid obi of his roan board-
ens. .
'Nes, I kin sat
"let you a bat,"
The bet irm ma.
ed, but before servi,
with a good dose co
to thtcrow. I3e t
*tray. "Yes,".o*
bile and an awful II
of nausea.) I kin '
banker arter
ME
id his itielt.
, a crow eittiht and nicely rout
-1 g op, they toutrised to season it
Scotch traufr.- Isaac sat down
• a good bite and began ti chow
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he, "I Ida eat crow, -(another
tc;) I kis - sat row, (;iympunas
at crow, but I'll be domed
l if I ,
seats bolted'. i .
: .. bit. tobe t
TA
An liishOwn; wh . w•as-rery otar , 'iiiWit to fight
%dad. insisted tint e abc-Id etan# ' jpose peower' to
bis setag9Dist than this other did to leo, et 4 Mil th e y
were both to fire at the same twee: This boatsSiridan'a
wilieg a tat man wh• was going tslight a thin see. that
the hater's slim figs* ought to be eholkodoll the Owes
pity penes. and ltallballet hit him satsithr tleettalit
tiro, kyle to go for itothing. .
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