♦.,P. DIFULIN •coo., Proprietors.
VOLUME 23.
brie (Werilii Vstrutr.
A. P. DURGIN & CO., PROPRIETORS
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07a - E7CORNEIi STATE
ERIE. ST. AND PUBLIC
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1:11P)op *001:4*4(0:V1
CARSON GRAHAM.
krITIVET AND COUNAELLUIR AT LAW, iu George A. Ellicloffier,
cat tide of the park, Erie. 34
JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN,
:TANEY ANL, COL XAELLCAZ AT Law, No. 154, Third Streo,
r , arbiirgh. 34
JOHN W. RIDDELL,.
T TATAS AT I.Aw.-1.116ce, Fifth Street, between Smithfield
and t~reot streetP, Pitt. b.lrgh.
VINCENT NIMROD tic CO.
,ritcrttuts of Store e, Hollow Ware; Engiuee.- Machlately.
Ball Road Car*, etc., tktate St.. Erie l'a.
THOMAS M. AUSTIN.
( Late of the fires of G. Loomis 4 Cu.)
Clocks. Watches. Jewelry. Silver Spoons, Musical
tAmitaents, Looki u: Glasses, Lamps and Fancy Goods, whole
ale and retail.
JOHN GOALDtNG,
visa? Tatum, and Habit Maker—Shop on the east side of
:3Latesueet. tw•o doors itortp of Eight, and ailjoiaiug J. El. Rib.
in k Co . * Cabinet IKate-Itooto, Erie, Penna.
CLARK & METCALF. "
gneissic and retail dealers in Dry Goods. Corm% and Dry
;Treaties No. 1 Reed House.
WILLIAMS dr. WRIGHT. •
nit.. Collectors and Dealers in Gold and Slayer coin, nova
la moat), Land Warrants and eertitieatesolDeposite. Also
Slut Dr:lits cm the principal cities of the Union. and all parts
of die Oid Couot ry Cur sale. °dice. Williaine Block, corner of
irate-st., and rublie : 4 quare.
1 L IYILLIAIII. IP. I. Wit TONT.
_ J. G. & 1.4111.L5.
,i.irirLts and 'Wholesale Dealers in Groceries, Wines, Liguori',
e .—Also, Foreign Print, Nutt*. Pickles and Pickled °go
vt., Lo!,tere, Preserves, and Ilermetricaily Sealed art.itlcs of
rrety de!cnyuon always on hand, No. 3, William's Block,
{mess , opposite Brew n's New lintel, Erie, Pa.
16 M 111.3. NCI% Nork. 11'w. 1. Mir.r.s, Buffalo.
.s,,,receiving in their season. Oysters in shell, (rout J. O. Mills
tel•st , Sew York, which will he sold Wholesale at low prices
A. C. JACKSON. Agent, Eris, Pa.
L.V.TRIAN & SLOAN.
rr res nt riassieai, School and Miscellaneous Books, Blank
eqat toiler', and Printer's Cards, No. 9, Brown's new
Erie Pa.
I,llrl a. F. /WAN.
T. W. 11100fiE,
II in nroeeriet. Provisions. IVines, Liquors. Candies, Fruit.
Hie r below Loomis & Co's State street, Erie.
JOHN B. COOK,
i.t.tt In Staple Ir. Farley Dry Goods, and the Greaten variety
Store tu the City. Glares Bide, Erie. Pa.
STERRETT 4 GRAY.
rosins. Jut,lters and retail Dealers is Wet and Dry Groceries
put - loons, Produce. Foreign anti, Donsestit Fruit, Wooden,
11Vol. all Stone Ware. Flour. Fish, Salt. Glass. Nails. Pow
ter,Moi, Cam Safely Fuse, Ice.. French Street. oppo
,a the tied liome. Erie. Pa.
—*alearu and t'.l sal Boats. VetoelS, licgets, and Private
ilaulirs supplied with any of_tbe aboutturticies with
and very dien p it
WM. S. LA U.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
FIVE o.er /Aaron's store, of North•Eaat comer of the Pub-
DOCTORS tik:E:BE & STE:WART..
rtrysiettais and Surgeons. " °Mee and Reridenees—
Tecihk 6.1.6a11111
-te hou.s troui to p, A. 14; Ito 2, and !Ito 7. P.M.
♦ ILLSY, K. D. J. L. arrtWAIIT, 11: T.
JOHN HEARN & CO.
ill'iltDl4/1 and Commission Merchants. dealer in Coal,
.r, FlOl, and ageut fora daily lioe ot 'upper Was &el' miters,
I. bock Era Pa.
LIDDELL & Co. -
DArrus, 'Manufacturers of Iron FeIICC. Miamboat
en. at tltate, between 7 ti and Stk. burets. Erie.
AMERICAN ,EXPRESI - COMPANY.
Orrt. Rel,lloVed to 80. 3 Recd Block. State Street.
racern Express clo.cs at - 111 o'clock, A. M.
••31 o'clock. P. M.
•
o. D. rrrrr onn. Agent
GORGE .1
(I.aie of Ow firms of J. !learn Ir Cu..)
awn, and Commission Merchant. Public both, Erie, Pa
le , in Coat, Salt. Fish, Flour and FlasuOr.
• D D. WALKER
PriAillee and Commissioa Merchants, second Ware
La.q of the Public Bridge. One Pa.
raiers i u Cual Salt, Plaster, Stucco, Fisb, Lime and Lime
Iran. Nair. S Lovell, Castings. &e., &c.„ with unsurpass
climes fur stomoug eraser by Steamboats, Propellers.
- .tics, or b), Rail Road.
W. H. KNOWI,TON;
•uakerand Repairer. Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry.
:al Instruments, Loot mg Glared' and other Farley Goods.
^door %%est of the Reed House. 17
ARBUCKLE & KEPLER,
min Dry Guods.-Groeetiet, Hardware, Crockery. &e. - No
"err,. Block, State scree. Me. Pa-
DR. C. BRANDER.
riot cud Bradrox—Ofike at biz residenie on Eighth
becweeo Fowl awl Holland. Erie. P.
M. SANFORD do CO..
Gold. Silver, Bank ?rotes, Ilnfli, Certificates of De
af— Siiht Exchange on the principal cities constantly
Of6ce in Beatty's Block, Public Square, Erie.
T. HERON STUART.
Ptirsicis it—Office, corner of French and Filth
.11,mer Moses Koch's store. Residence on Fourth street,
e UNA east of Vie old Apothecary Hail.
RUFUS REED,
cu in English, Gem= and American Hardware and Ccticry;
Anvils, Vices, Iron and -Steel No. 3 Reed House,
ta.
.its,Jobbers, .011 to Benin Dry Goods. Groceries.
'An), Glzatsare, Carpeting, Hardware. Iron, SIAM', Nails,
&c. Empire , Stores State Street, four doors, below
~n'i Noiri, Erie. Pa.
r‘rds, ie es. Bellow r, A tie Arms, Springs, and a general
id of Saddle and Carriage Trimmings.
MERVIN SMITH,
•LT AT Law Rad Justice of the Peace. and Agent for
e e•'wnc Mutual Life Insurance Compauy—Othex 3 doces
4 Wright" store, Erie. Pa.
GEORGE H. CU'I'LER,
IT LAM . Girard, Erie County. Pa. Collections and
IL_lnais attended to with nionintness and dispatch.
JOSIAH KELLOGG, •
& COLLIICIINSIOCI Merchant, un the Public Dock, east of
k ;creel
fah. Master and White Fish, constantly fix. sale.
I. ROSENZWEIG & Co. .
11ALZ. ol‘D RETAIL DRAILEILS 111 Foreign and Dimmar.tie Dry
ready alarm Clothing; Iloou and Elrod, aae., Zlo g
• street. Elle.
.ALL & VINCENT,
479 r LAW—Office up stairs in Tanustauy Hall building
dune Prothonotary's ogler. Erie.
MURRAY WHALLON,
41 Li X D CO C L.1.0a ♦: LBw—Otbee over C. B. Wright's
eniraoce one door west of State street. on the Diartond.
TIBBAJ,S, & HAYES.
tu In Dry Goode, lot Groeeries, Crockery, Hardware. &e.
' I. LOA Kew
SMITH JACKSON,
!I in Dry Good,, GrocerAHurdware. Queens Ware, Lime.
&e., 111, Cheapside, Eri e, Pa-
WILLIAM -RIBLET,
AHi Uj!hohner, and Undertaker, earner of State and
-, Elle.
CARTER & BROTHER.
"'`used Retail dealers In Drugs, Med kin, Paints, Oils.
''''zuat Gilts ke No 6 Reed HOW* Erie.
JAMES LYTLE.
, LILr Nterelum t Taztor. on the puling .are, a k'w 41 : 013
cute street. Erie.
JOHN H. BURTON & CO.
"L RETAIL ileatersin Drugs, Medicines, Dye Stun..
ke. No. 3, Reed Douse. Erie.
Id
. CHAPIN. RESIDENT DENTIST-09We on
the south side of the Diamond. Pre doors east of
the Crie reasonable, and all work
wart-
in June 19 1819.
__IOTT,
sent Denustt °See and dwelling .ou the
South slide of the Public Nun te, lat dam' East
of the Erie BaDk Budding. Teeth lasettedow
Gold Plate. front octet° an elKire sett. Cori'
,tll with pirllielkii.and tertorimi w bealib and Ilar,
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POUR STANZAS. •
IT WILLIAM ALirlirl IVTLI/IrE.
The days grew strange, the nights grow noel.
The bees hate left the closer.
The maple dnoppeth in the pool
Its shady summer cover.
All day the swallows soitthwerd
AU night tho wind Oche dreary.
And through the thin over ii
The moon looks waji and weary.
The criip loaves rustle; on the path
That sloped' to the meadnw.
The oak beside the hly pond _
Drops down its' naked shadow ;
The bared bough; at eventide
Upland fell keep swaying,
And doleful sound" through valley wide
At lonely hours are straying. .
.Three months ales to warm the' heart;
And then the chill frosts after— • •
Three summer moons to dream of boys—
Some ninety days for laughter;
And then the south doth end his reignt:
The north wind Blip our dreaming—,
The shadow dreppeth once again. ,
To sad Love's empty scheming, -.
Thera is no strip of sonttoor blue.
Bat winter clouds blow over ;
There is no strip of sodden tarT
The white snow shell not cover ;
No pleasant thing but has its sad
When sunny days,are waning,
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N. note of music for the lyre '
Bat audit& complaining.
Front the Knickerbocker Magazine.
THE MIDN)GHT EXCURSION.
A Legend of the Valley of Grand River.
IT LKWIB J. .11ATIVI.
The valley - of Grand River,, the largest in Mich
igan, is perhaps the most noted for the beauty of its
scenery which cannot fail to awaken the interest
of the traveler, especially when viewed in the lu
minous, balmy atmosphere of the-Indian Summer;
when the rich gorgeous tints of the foliage of the
nearer upland trees, c4ntrast so delicicately with the
dOrk green of the far-off bottom end timbered lands,
or the pendent branches of stately pine. True, its
beauty is of that quiet, dreamy kind, so perfectly in
accordance with the soft langunr'of the drowsy air;
but this renders it none the less pleasing; it is just
the scene for the imagination to - revel in unrestrain
ed; leading the beholder back to the time when the
foot of the white man had never paced the deep ar
cades of the cool forest, nor his eye drank in the
placid beauty of the gentle river, nor his ear listen
ed to the grand, i swelling,:anthem of the waving
pines. And at such a time, when he contrasts the
appearance of the , m4rhte, unbroken forest of the
past - with the smiling hamlets and villages that now•
meet him at every turn of the road, has he not felt
the conviction that this great, almost magical
change, had not taken place ' without noble daring,
long privation, severe toil, .sad disheartiug distils;
pointment; in fact, all of thettrange anti beautiful,
in incident and adventure," hich constitutes ro
mancel •
Twelve or fourteen years ego, when the now
lourishing young city of Grand Rapids was but a
'trading post for a few straggling Indiana, awl-con
taining, all told, hardly half a dozen buuses: when,
for miles up and down the river but one or two white
families were to be found; a single lone log house
stood near the present village of Lyons, tong known
to the early inhabitants as the "Genera Place."—
With but two exceptions, this was t-he only house in
the township; and, though Inhabited by a family of
"half breeds," (as those having a stale of
r lndian
'blood in their veins were celled) 'era!, nevertheless,
the most considerable trading post and general stop
ping place in the country. • •
Irr those days, as the houses of white settlers were
so distant from each other, that a . day's journey was
usually required fur one to , visit any of those he
denominated "next door neighlic:rs,' every person
was expected to keep open house for the entertain
ment of all travelers or other persons trho passed
that way, expecting to be, in turn himself accom
modated, at any time he chose to return the call;—
and few regretted ever availing themselves of the
kind hearted hospitally of the hardy settlers.
Few in numbers, and unable to see each other,
from the remoteness of their several places of abode,
more than half•a-dozen•times a year, at best, when
they did meet, one can. easily believe, the greeting
was a warm one; and the evenings passed happily
in the enjoyment of those social pleasures from
which they had been so lung debarred, -the jovial
settlers taking "no note of time," as they puffed
away at the friendly pipe, and told long tales of the
hardships, sufferings and privations of each since
they last met; how "neighbors B.'s provision bar'll
had gin out, and he'd been living on tater tops and
what meat he could kill for the last six months;" or
bow "ohl gill A. had been having the ager, and his
folks pickin' up a livin' out o' roots and yarbs;" or
brushed away the starting tear, as they learned -for
the first time the death of some old companion or
trusty friend, who had perhaps, been under the sod
for six months, and they all the while ignorant of
their loss.
The speculation in land, which bass so greatly re
tarded the growth and prosperity of many of the
western states, was not as yet over, although slow
ly subsiding; and men were frequently called upon,
at all hours of the day and night, to guide the in
quiring speculator to some section already fixed up
on, or to point out the best mill or probable county
seat in the knowledge 'of the pioneer; and it is nut
a little remarkable, that more than one-fourth of
the whole sections located, no matter how absurd
the expectation, were "probable county-seats." SO
eager were the contending parties, whenever one
portipn of land happened to be selected by two or
three different individuals, or was supposed to have
attracted ever so slightly the eye of a rival, that no
pains or expense were spared to hunt it out, ascer
tain the section or township, and register it as µlo
cated" is the Land Office, in advance of *Pumps-
Or thosc who Were int* frequently employed Ni
SATURDAy MORNING, JAATARY 29, 1853
Ibis meaner, A. It. Bell, then a young end enter
prising liswyer, beeame perVps as well known as
any; and nu doubt laid, ).11 his pureouit as "laud
hunter," the basis of his future eucceps in life. In
fact, he appeared td have a natural , tulent ..hat-way,
and could point the inquiring specolaior to half Or
dozen sections in a !row, in any givpn township, no
matter where, each pr all of which he wao ready, for
a sufficient compensation, to warrant as the location
of the future count-seat, or the site of a manufac
turing city; and cOokl, u lien liberally rewarded,
plant his foot on the precise spot of ground where
the corner stone oft, the future city hill would be
laid. The bluff , hwartiness of his manners won at
oboe the confidence; of his hardy companions; and
his extensive knowledge of ;be surrounding country
made him en invalWable acquisition to the exploring
parties who penetraited into that region of the wil
derness.
.
Late one afternoon, being called upon to find a
tract of land lying liome oistance up Maple afar,—
which empties intd Grand aver at the village of
Lyons, be peneeeder) to the Genera House to find a
companion to accompany him on his expedition.—
Here be found ama named Jackson, a half breed,
Who lad often accoponied him before, siding in a
el
'kind of brown study) over the fire, whose services lie
engaged; and a boe:was despatched ror a man namL•
ad Hunt, one of if+ earliest settlers of the village,
who, !t had been asoerteiried, was intending to pro
ceed in the same irection, and whosetcompany
would make up quite a plea*nt party. -
It west cold, bittir told, dreary night, in mid ,
winter, for the night ! had set . in before their arrange
ments were completi, and the two sat over the fire,
spinning yarns, siping from the brandy flask, as l i
cosily and 'comfortab y as if they expected to turn,'
into a warm bed, rat br than attempt a long journey
thrOugh the dark for at, occasionally, as they grew'
more and more melt.
_and merry, bresking out in
the wild chorus elan
lay in deep drifts, b.
open until after it
e bank• wood swag. The snow
t the river,. having remained
• &Ws, - was fsaa•a smooth. and
J the pair drew on their over
r throaty; took down their ri
plenishing the bowl; await-
glassy as a mirror; a
coats, muffled up the ,
firs and skates, and •
•
'e arrival of "Hunt..
bringing in with him a greet
a gu4truf frosty air that made
ez in spite of their rugged
ed with impatience t
At length he came
quantity of snow, an.
his companions shi
Games.
"Tell you now,
exclaimed, as he k
shook the ettoor frooil
cap and coat. 4 4 11 e
a long pull at.the Be
Though the comer
Jackson was o b ser,
allots was kept ap•with spirit,
by his companions to pause
, stracted, during the last few
g rallied about it, he laughed,
effort, and appeared half in
t. The sly winks of his
first at .bimself,viiii then a:
4,11 t: his olij.ctionA, whatever
came in a few utiareats the
sudfienly, and grow
momente; but, on bei
though with a sickly
dlioed to rennin at 11.
companions, however,'
the brandy flask, fiver'
they were, sod he
gayest of the party.
It might be that he
rale; 6%4 if _so, he •
breast, aid. his coasts
, hemselves arise all stipend
iheuries.uf ipiritual hu
es they will At the numerous
.d accounts of fore warnings,
or p!tr:luineun ; but, there CO
i'
'P reasonaciegrouuds,
I.es sometimes, in mercy, par
-1
fitment the vale 1)1111 hides the
Men who considnr
tioqs notion's, all exii
preisions, may smile
and well authentieat
fortibudinv, and Finl
thou who firmly beii
too, that krovidenco
mit men to lift fur I
myslerifiul foture; t
fixed fact, bat rather
and indefinable jeell
which the person die
ow' spprehensiont.
Binding on their g
edge. the party .ped
woods echo with son•
ry laugh. The moonwind rged heavily through lacked some howl. of being
si f h
dosen, and the the nak
ed branches of trees, t at glittered like fairy giants
with the pendent Isis s, dashing and crackling be:
!teeth their flying feeVwhich left long, white, un
dalitting lines upotij its sorties now clearly re
vealed as they, kept alhag in the centre of the stream,
and soon growing vague and indistinct as they ap
preached the shadows' of the gloomy shore. The
solitary howl of some startled wolf, or the sudden
rending of a frozen limb, were the only sounds to
cheer the - mon their lonely way, save the dead sough
ing of the night wind:in - the thick forest, and the
sharp rattling of the *icy boughs.
Mile after mile hadbeen traversed, and the party,
at first so noisy, had; sunk into utter silence, save
the:ringing of their skate irons. At first, Hunt,
the most sensitive had shivered, then grown less
noisy, and was finally altogether silent, save a mut,
tered yes or no to the remarks of his companions ;
and the others soon fullowed his example, occasion
ally slapping their 'hands violently together, and
drawing in a long; shivering.breath. The cold, at
first severe, had now become intense: and the moon
already on the wane, was occasionally hid by dark,
sombre clouds, whose silent shadow., like dim giant
spectres, stole over the wintry Iced-cape, changing
it alternately from bright light to intense darkness:
Bell was last to yield to the influence of the cold;
and by this time Hunt was grown drowsy, and had
fallen behind. Recourse was had to the brandy
flask, and fur a few minutes the men aped un with
renewed vigor; bet the false beat of the liquid slim.
ulant soon evaporated, and they were spin cold
weary, and silent. Doubts as to whether they had
not passed their place'of destination began to be ex
pressed ; and finally -notwithstanding the remon
strances of Bell, the leader, the other two determiu.
ed to return, unless they redched the end of their
journey, an old empty log hut clo-e to the water's
edge, within half an hour at farthest.
The scene had grown wild in the extreme within
the last few minutes. The stream was here mush
narrower, and of course the current was stronger,
and boiling beneath the ice like the muttered tones
of some imprisoned demon; and the steep, bled' batiks
towered high above them, almost shutting out the
glimpses of moonlight they occasionally had 'Jack-
SOO Oftglid to have i return of kis gloomy &mind
isgs; sad his isompsifoo notices, whomever bums-
Ed ideitd tbem,ttOhis fruitier wanta wild, 'Stitt
lITONWARD...&J
ye, it's a smasher—it h.
had' his betels together and
his great shaggy bear-shin
luck!" hs added, - as he took
ail a presentment of coming
pt the secret locked in his
es never discovered his mu-
t little is known or felt as a
s a dreamy, rtrirbid impulse;
g of impending danger, into
plunges in spite of his shad-
*tering skates . C. the water's
merrily away; -making the
and shout, antrjeat,and mer-
led expression, contrasting strangely with the cold
glitter of his-eyev, which were of that jet black hue
which eVeVps here distinguishes and accompanies
the vl ighteet tincture of Indian blood.
Juu st a lung bead in the river, there is a vhort
socc'ssion of tipples in the water, marking what is
usually calleJ a rift, or ,rapids ; but the river was
now frozen oter there, and was about three feet in
depths Immediately above the rapids there is a long,
low island, and the ice about the lower end of this
was covered with snow.
Fiu4ling. they could not proceed on the channel
I they had at first chosen, the trio turned back, Jaak•
son leading the way, and attempted to pus round
the coot of the 61(4, into the opposite channel.—
Jackson who had just been drinking from the flask,
dashed fearlessly ahead, although Bell earned him
to proceed more cautiously; and Hunt followed with
as little prudence,_ for the intense cold had rendered
him reckless of consequences.
Suddenly the ice cracked, broke short off; and
Jackson was plunged into the water breast-deep,
and the cake which had broken under hls weight,
being on the upper side, turned up slowly, steadily,
again his breast, with the force of thecurrent, and
swept in; remorselessly unde'r the ice: Pet a spa
metithis hands grasped the edge of the field with a
convulsive and desperate gripe, but it cruinbled he
neathbis weight, and his last hold on life was bro
ken forever. He uttered no cry, made no desperate
struggles, but turned his eyes imploringly upon his
comrades, with a hideous' smile, Which they can
never forget.
Huai,. who had advanced tt o near e the edge of the
yawning gulf, slipped suddenly in, wivh a wild, start
ling crz ; but Bell, grasping a tuft of willow's to
*Lima himself, extended to him the muzzle of his
-gun, and, grasping it, he was drawn from his peril-
MIA potlition.
itectiiling from the side of the yawning dreadful
chasm, the pair gazed, awe struck, upon each otter,
and then turned their faces down stream; in the faint
Lode
,o Bing something more of the victim au sud
denly, borne from them by the relentless waters.—
w r
As they zed,. just where the water,over the rapids
below a shallowest, the ice was seen to heave and
bend up rd, as if by the application of some giant
power beneath, and a hol!ow, pent-up cry•of distress
swelled 4d reverberated from the cavernous depth,
then died away into the low dirge of the moaning
wind, and the hoarse, mocking laugh of the impris
oned Imam.
- Rooted i llto the sput, with eyes starting with hor
ror, the ttlito tented their feces on each other a mo
ment,-and then fled the spot. The wild, low howl
of a startled wolf swept mournfully after them nn
the nightair, from the bleak, shadowy edge of the
forest.
For wterhile they steadily proceeded down stream
in SibCl casting fearful and restless glances et
the g inkird limbs of the gaunt pines, as they
stirred Ming wl4l. But. Hunt's clothes
were freezing to his body, and bec.nning sostiffihat
he could hardly use his limbs. His — blood iglu
through his veisii sinikishly, and grew icy cold.—
Bell noticed this, and at once dripped off the want
tunate.mait'f coat, and . reTlaced it uith his own
warm one, forcing a large draught of_ brandy doWn
his throat. This revived him, and they sped swift
ly 03 for nearly an hour; but the cold was intense,
and, with his wet garments, it soon became evident
that unless relief was alsortlY obtained, Hunt would"
never reach liome alive. Recourse was again bad
to the now nearly empty Beak; but in pulling it from
his pocket, Bell, who had himself grown numb and
stiff, let it slip through his palsied fingers, and it
was dashed to pieces on t)le rough ice.
The men became sensible that they were freezing
and their last hope - was gone! To. add to the hor
rors of their situation, the moon had gone complete
ly down, sad the night was pitchy dark, for'heavy
blaclt clouds obscuredeven the striigg/ing light of
he stars; and they had forgotten the windings of
the stream and were totally ignorant of their where
about. Dismally howled the wind through the dark
forest, as if-sounding a dirge over the form of the
already lost nee, or roaring with wild glee over the
prospects of two fresh ViCTiMa.
To remain motionless nsa sure death; to proceed
was almost utterly imposaibla, so stifThad their frii
zen limbs become; but, pate and staggering, more
like the wan spectres of a horrible dream than liv
ing men, they Lulled on. Scarcely had they pro
ceeded a dozen rods, however, before hunt declared
his utter inallity to proceed any further., Poor
man! the death chill, with its fatal lethargy, was on
him, and his companion in vain endeavored to rouse
him to farther action'.
What was to be done? To lease the unfortunate
man where he as would be to expose him a cer
tain prey to the cold grasp that was alieady upon
his sluggish heart; to carry him seemed hopeless;
but Bell d , termitied to try.
Lifting his insensible brother upon hisowd broad
shoulders, with weak, numb limbs, but a true, stout .
and warm heart is ever beat in the brawny bosom
of a western yeoman, he struggled on. The bluff
banks towered high above him, dimly revealed by
the light of a few stars that gleamed through a mo
mentary opening in the clouds.
Either he had miscslculateJ the distance travers
ed by the party in ascending the stream or the'speed
w ith which they had returned. Turning a bend in
the river—was it a star that shoneliefure him, with
a clear, mellow ray? No; it could not be; it was a
light! Shading his eyes with his hand, be gazed a , '
aloment intensely forwaid, and then, with a cry / Of
joy, sped on with renewed energy. A moment, and
the high bluff banks were passed, he emerg4 upon
the broad surface of Grand river, and the / Wide pra
iries struggling into the dim light, all White with
the sheeted snow, lay spread before i,i(m; he s tood
once more before the old well knoirtyGonero Place,
the door swung open, he ervered With his burthen,
and was saved.
Lung months after, when spring with her bright
dowers and glad sunshine cinched the - earth in
fairy mantle'again, an I / ofdian announced the die
cnrery of the body of a / Whlte man, in en old' tree
tooolylng in the river/some miles up stream; a dep
utation of villagers iroceeded to the spot, and the
remains of the v4tim of the midnight excursion
were decently ' , ried.on the banks of the biautiful
stream.
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. i survivors of that horrible sight -eV*
yet alive• 'id qns of them has bit satisfaction of
knowi that his exertions 'tartni'thsr NfatvPhia fel
lbw. .Neithe r will suer Tofiret• tilifftilitlints takes
itted, -
Texas of our is an astonisLingly prolific
cottntry. Every field stands luxuriant, crowded; so
that it can scarce wa re under the breeze, with corn
or.ingsr, or wheat or muter). Every cabin is full
and overflowing, through all its doors and windows,
with white-haired children. Every river and creek
is alive with fidl. The whole laud is electric with
lizards perpetually darting among the grass like
dashes of green lighting. We have too mach prai
rie and too little forest for a great variety of birds.
But in horned frogs, scorpions, -tarantulas and cen
tipedes we beat the universe. Every body has seen
horned frogs. You see them in jars in the windows
of spotheciries. You are entreated to purchase
them by loafing boys on the levee at liew Orleans.
They lia%e been neatly soldered up in soda boxes,
and mailed by young gentlemen in Texas to fair
ones In the old States. The fair ones receive the
neat 'lockage from the podt-office, are delighted at
the prospect of a daguerreotype—open the package
eagerly, and faint as the frog within leaps out, in
excellent health, upon them. A horned' frog is
simply a very fiartnless frog with portentous horns.
It has horns becsudo et:ffrything in this region—.
trees, shrubs, grads oven, has• thorns—and nature
makes it in keeping with all around it. , A menni
erie of them would not be very. expensive. They
are content to live upon air—and can, if desired ]
live, lam told, for several months without that. -
Tho Scorpions are precisely like those of Arabia
—in the •hape`of n lobster exactly, only not :mere
than borne three inches long.-. You are very apt tä
put one upon your face in the towel which you ap
ply thereto after washing. If you do, you will find
the sting abOifttqual to that of a wasp.-nothing
worse. They are far less poisonous than the scar-•
pion of the East—ia fact none except new comers=
dread them at all.
But the Tarantula! You remember the astonieh
ing elasticity with which you sprang into the air
•that time when you were just on the point of putting .
your raised foot down upon a snake coiled iu your
path. You were frightened—through every fibre
of your body. Very probably the snake was as harm
less as it was beautiful. Spring as high, be as utterly
frightened as possible, when you just avoid stepping,
on a tarantula, however. Filthy, loathsome, abom
inable, and poisonous—crush it to atoms, before you
leave it!, If you have never seen it—know hence
forth that it is an enormous spider; concentrating
in itself all the venom and spite and ugliness of all
tither spiders living. Its body is snme'two inches
long, back and bloated. It enjoys the possession
of eight inches lung, strung legs, a red mouth, and
abundance of stiff brown hair all over itself. When
standing it covers an area-of a saucer. Attack it
with a stick, and it rears on its hind legs, gnashes
at the stick, and fights like a fiend. It even jumps ;
forward a foot or two in its rage, and if it bite into
a vein, the bite is death. I havebeeu
_tufa of.s • list- 1
tie Tuultit the-bite
one on hoard a steamboat. Discover- ,
ed at the lower end of the salute, it came bopping ;
np. the saloon driving the whole body of passengers
before it, and almost drove the. whole company,
crew and all, overboard.
- r
.The first I saw was at the house of a friend. I
spied it crawling slowly over the wall, meditating I
murder upon the children playing in the rioom. Ss
cessively prudent in regard to my fingers, I at last,
however; had it safely imprisoned in a glass jar,
unhurt. There was a flaw in the glass as well: as
a bole through the cork by which it could breathe,
but in ten minutes it was dead from rage! , SUon
after, I billed three on my place, crawling about
ground trodden every day by. the bare feet of Illy
little boy. A month after, I killed a whole neat of
them. They had formed a fern.ly-circle 'under a
door-step, upon which the aforesaid little fellow
played daily. had fie seen one of them, he would of I
Coors) picked it up as a remarkably promisinLtoy; I
and I would hate been childless..
I was sitting one day upon a log in the waods
when I saw one slowly crawl out to enjoy the eve
-fling air and sunset scenery. lie was the largest,
most bloated one ever I sew. As I was about io
kill him I was struck with the conduct of a chance
warp. It, too, had seen the tarantula, and was fly.:
ing slowly slowly, around it. The tarantula recog
nize) it as a foe; and throwing itself upon its hind
legs, breathed defiance. Fur some time the ws ,
flew around it, and then, like a flash, flew rjglit
against it, and stung it under its bloated b9,1 4 ,y...-
The tarantula gnashed its red and venom,/ jaws:
and threw its long hairy legs about in an/impotent
rage, while the wasp flew round and round it watch
ing fur another opportunity. Again/and again did
it dash its sting into the reptile, and' escape. After
the sixth stab, the tarantula ac.Kially fell over on
its haul:, dead: and the wasp/after making itself
sure of the fact, and inflicting a last sting to make
matters sure, flew off happy in having done a duty
assigned it in .creation. /In an hour more, a colony
of ants hod carried it dow z n piecemeal, and io?osited
it in their catacomb / s.
But the deadlivit and most abhorent of all our
reptiles in Texat Is the centipede. This is a kind
of worm, from/three to six inches long, exactly like
an enrnaona caterpillar. It is' reen, or brown or
1 yellow-eome being found of each of these colors.
As its p r ime eencoes, it has a long row of feet, horny
claws rather. Imagine that you walk some night
access your chamber floor with naked feet; you put
'our footatpon soft something, and instantly it coils
around your foot in a ring, sticking every claw up
to the body in your foot. The poison flows through
each claw, and in two minute you will have fainted
with agony; in - a few more you will be dead. The
deadly thing cannot be torn away. It has to be cut
off; and claw by claw plucked out. Even if it
crawls over the naked . body of a sleeping, person,
without sticking in its claws, the. place - wit! pain
the person for years after-.at least so I have been
told. .
I hate seen these things ill which nature corks
up her deadly
.poisons—aften; yet I have heard of
few casesin which they have bitten or killed any
oue. The Kind Being who makes the butterflies to
be abundant; in the same loving kindness, mikes ell
deadly creatures to be scarce.—.lrtitur's flame Ga
tells.
Early in the spring of 1780, Alexander Arennnel
of Lexington, Xi., trent into the wants, ton foot to
hoot deer . Mood) 1014 a large hnoir t 'inel return
ed
boloorrof hottoti ordee to bring % in. 7 llur
i 40 Agent* a petty of five Indlens o on on of
Texas Reptile's.
The &cape.
$1 5,0 & YEAIL, in Ad v ane•., •
Itheir skulking expeditions, accidentally siumbloidion
I the holly' , of the (leer, end
_peyceiving that it haft At
, cently been trilled, they naturally supposed that lb,
hornet would snou.ret urn to secure the fiesh. 'Three
of thee), therefore, took
. thcir stations within close
I ride shut of the deer, white the other two followed
1 the trail of the hunter, and waylaid the path tly
I - which he was expected to return. . ' -
hreonneil, thinking not of danger, rode carlessty
! along the path, which the scouts were watehini s
until he came within view of the deer, when he was
fired on by the whole party,'ann his horseitilled......
/ While laboring to extricate himself from the drills
animal, ho was seized by his nemiee, overpowed,
and borne off a prisioner. - His captors, howerlieb
seemed a merry, good natured set of fellows, and
permitted him to accompany them unbound—and
that was rather extraordinary, allowed him to re
, taiu his gun mad hunting accoutrements. lie ee
-1
companied them with great apparent cbeerfulumlb
through the day, and displayed his dexterity by
shooting deer fur the use of the company, ,until thiy
i began to regard him with great partiality, Having
traveled with them iu this maunor for several da a
they at length reached the banks of the
liereto;ure the Indians had taken the:. _
to bind him at night, although nut very securely;
but en that evening he remonstrated with them SP
the subject, and complained gar •14sogly of the pain
Which the curd gave him, that they merely wrapped
the buffalo tug about his wrists: and having tied ,it
in an easy knot, and then attaching the extremeties
of the rope to their own bodies, iu order it prevent
hie moving without awakening them, they very
coatposedly went to sleep, leaving the priseeor to
follow their example or not, as he pleased. -.- ..
Mr. M'Counel determined to affect his escape that
night if possible, as on the following morning thrjr,
would cross the river, which would render it mon
difficult. He therefore lay quiet until near add,-
night, anxiously ruminating on the best means of
effecting his object. Accidentally casting his eyes
in the direction of his feet, they fell upon the glit
tering blade of a knife, which had escaped (rpm its
sheath, and was now lying near the feet of one of
the Indians.
To reach it with his hands, L without disturbing the
two Indiana to whom he was fastened was impost
ble, and it was very hazardous to attempt to draw ii
np with his feet. This, however, he attempted.
With much difficulty he grasped the blade betweesi
his toes, and after repeated and lung continued of
forts, succeeded at length in bringing it wlthiti
reach of his haeds. To cut the cords was then.thi
work of a moment, and gradually and silently'fx-
tricating, his.person, he walked to the fire - entreat
down. He saw that his work was but half done.---:
That irhe should attempt to return home without
destroying his enemies, he would assuredly be pur
sued and probably be overtaken, when his fate would
;be certain. On the other hami, it seemed almost
imeo•sible fur a single individual to succeed in s
conflict with tire Indians, evert though unarmed - and
asleep. lie cpuld no; hue lo 0111 blow o th IL '
knife so silently and rewires-1w dealt e i ohs
of his enemies in turn, without awaking the rest.—
Their slumbers were proverbially light, ,time,
and if he failed with a single one, be m st - i te
ancrft4to
bly be overpowered by the survivors. ' knife .
was therefore out of the question. After Lesions i
reflection fur a few momenta be formed his-plan.
The guns of the Indians were stacked net ar
fire—their knives and tomahawks were sheath by
their sides. The latter he dared not tottelt f r feat
Of arousing their owners—but. the former care
fully removed, with the-exoeption of tw and bid
them i't the woods, where he knew he Indians
would riot eft:ily- find them. He th i returned to
the spot where the Indians were eti sleeping, per
fectly ignorant of the fate prepari4 for them, and
taking a gun in each hand lie rested the muzzles
•ctime, and having
, one and the heart
zers st.the same.
A short time afterwards, Mrs. Mulap, of Fayette,
who had been several months* prisoner among the
Indians on Mad River, made her escape and return
ed to Lexington. She reported that the survivor re
turned to his tribe with a lamentable tale. Ho re
lated that they had taken a fine young hunter Deer
Lexington, rind had brought hirn safely as far awthe
Ohio ; and while encamped upon the bank of tho
river, a large µarty of white men' had fallen upon
them in the night, and kil'ed his companions, to
gether with thu poor defenceless prisoner, wbo lay
bound hand and foot, unable either to escape or re
sist!
Gipsy Delusion&
A gang of gipsies recently visited Anne Amidst
county, Maryland, and while in the vicinity of Prisis
tul goat office, Capt. Robert Perry, a gentleman of/
considerable means, was swindled by one of tbegi
out of $lOOO. The gipsies then :eft the neighbor
hood, and removed to Washington, andtheßepritilto
of that city, tells the following singular atorrbf the
mode in which Capt. Perry was swindled :
One of the gip,ies, an old woman, told him theta
treasure of enormous value was secreted on his farm,
but refused to ditclose its lodation unleis he gave
her eloco. This sum was procured,,lated in a
trunk, and locked, the key being giyen to Capt. Per
ry. In three da) s, the gipsy returned, and she and
Perry had an interview alone, Tfre trunk was open
ed, and the bundle aes found exactly as it had been
placed. Ile was requi r ed then to go upon bis knees,
m order that her incanta(nis performed - over the
trun k en d money might have their full effict,*.
IVhile so engaged her cloak fell upon the trunk, bet
she quickly replaced it upon her shoulders. The
mysterious procreilings being over, Perry was call
ed to examine the trunk and found it all right i be
ie-locked it and , pocketed the key. lie was now
to'd that the wotk was done,. and that on the ninth
day she would return, and it the money, etc., in the
trunk were-ell right, she would be at liberty to point
out to him the exact locality of the treasure on his
farm. The 'droll day came, but the Om' did not
appear, and after nailing a day or two longer the
trunk was opened, but the bundle in which the
$lOOO VS3 placed, was found to contain only soul
200 coppers and a few leaves of tobacco! The-gip.
ay had substituted this bundle, for the one contain
it¢ his money. Capt. Perry followed the gipsies to
Waelitogon, and,had several of them arrested, btit
was 'ulable to Identify the woman by whom be yea
deserted. The house they occupied was searched,
and, tied up in handkerchiefs, rags, and in kettles,
boxes, etc., the officers found. large quantities Of
gold arid si:ver coin, amounting. it is said, to Weak .
823,009.. - Capt. i'kv identify mono of Ms
money-4he treftilijiortioit of it haying been in is
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others rprsog 0
hein. bi'Conael,
other rides were ,
nd fired at two of
standing in a line
dead, bei fig oboe
Le second - fell also.
'ering, limped off
r. Ths fifth, die.
rted off like a deer,
terror and adios
. to fight any MOTS
au the stack, and
,gton, where be ar
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