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From the Home Journal.
Talei of the South.
DT A SOUTHERN XAV.
TIIE AVENGER.
Continual from lat TTi.
The sua was sinking low in the west
when he arose. On descending to the
f?n tic man's parlor, he had the unspcaka
le pleasure of meeting with an old and
Yalued friend, just arrived, on his return
route to Alabama, for an exploring tour
through the interior of Texas. The meel-
ln wus peculiarly fortunate for A. M ,
who was determined to press matters to
in immediate issue with Orme, before he
had time to draw friends and influence
around him by association with the gamb
ling portion of the community. They
food at present noon terms of perfect
equality ; so far, at least, as the want of
counsol and aid to be derived from others
a it . lw.!j t.i4 Vi atvan.
couitt raaKe laera equm,
vers in Galveston. And. however mucii
ci t m;.,M. Iw, ..ratified in fiwlino
st meeting with his newly-arrived friend, !
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would not be greater than Orme migl
or than Orme might bo
able to command among his extemjwrc as
sociates in the city.
This friend was, like A. M , a
planter, of cool head and brave heart, and
one in whom the most implicit confidence,
in any matter, could be placed. Taking
him to his room, A. M explained to
him what is already known to the reader,
in relation to Orme end his crime, and
developed the plan he had devised for the
punishment of that assassin slayer of his
father. Ilia friend, whoso name was Lynn,
fully concurred with him in opinion as to
the conclusiveness of the prool of Ornio's
guilt, but ventured to suggest a different
mode of punishment, which was to arrest
and deliver him over to the tribunals of
the law, supporting his suggastion with
many very cogent and persuasive argu
ments. A. M ' listened respectfully and in
Hence to his friend's proposal, and the
plausible reasons urged in favor of its adop
tion, and when Lynn concluded his re
marks, made a brief and decisive reply.
lie said, in substance, that there were but
three possible ways in which Orme could
be brought to punishment for his crinrc.
and these weie by a public prosecution,
by his private assassination at his own
hands or those of another, or by single
combat on the so called field of honor.
To the first he objected, because of its de
lay, its uncertainty of issue, and its vexa
tious publicity ; but, above all, because it
would wring the thunderbolt of the retrib
utive blow from his own hand, and cause
it to be launched, if it even fell at all,
from the hand of the public, personified,
or, at least, represented by the courts of
law. As his father had been most foully
assassinated by Orme, his own assistance
being prevented by an equally foul con
trivance, he felt that what he migiit law
fully have dono then he ought not to be
forbidden to do now the lapse of time
and change of circumstances not working,
in his judgment, a forfeiture of his right,
which existed while the murder was con
summating, at least, to slay the murderer.
At til events, he claimed, as a matter of
feeling, otlethe question of right with him
or against him, to be the avenger of his
father blood, and he co'ilu not be induc
ed, for any consideration, to abandon the
claim by surrender of the culprit to the
legal tribunals.
ine pian 01 a private assassination w
atonee cowardly and irredeemably base,
nd was not to bo thought of by a brave
tnan, or to be mentioned by an honorable
one, except to be reprobated and cnn-
,T.neU- . ,
There remained, therefore, no altern -
tive but to adopt the duello as the means of
punishing Orme for his crime. This plan
would enable him, if at all, to inflict the
loiriuutive mow wun ins own nana, nnu
was, unquestionably, entirely unstained
ny the cowardice and insufferable mean-
ness of a private assassination. It gave, it
p truo, the guilty Orme an equal chance
trecape with himself, who was altogether
mnocent 01 the iAf)C,H mr wuion an expui -
nation was sought, end required, too, a
tmnporary lowering pfmself to the grade
or nil assassin opponept 1 1 since, ty tne
Action ofthe duello, it par) be waged prop-
uinjr uciwetiu ihuuj r mu
both character and station, These pbjec-
tions. however. Which no one but himself
Jad the right to urge, he was entirely wil-
ling to waive, for the sak0 of boing per-
uiLuxi io sock lire wo 01 urnw u a nur,
nd, hat the, world avera, honorable
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count, and, he hoped, to punishment, for
his crime, by a single combat on the field
of honor.
Seeing that the purpose of A. M
was unchangeably fixed, Lynn desisted
irom urging nig own plan, and promised
his hearty co-operation, as far as it might
be needed, in the execution of the one
preferred by his friend. And thus the
conference ended.
It was already dark. After tea, A
M accompanied bv his friend, wont
out in queHt of Orme, and, after a pro
tracted search through the drinking
houses and gambling dens of the citv,
found hun in one of the hitler, in w hich a
largo crowd of spectators and players was
assembled, absorbed in conducting or
watching the various panics. It had been
agreed lietweon A. M and Lynn
that, as soon as they found themselves in
the eamo room with Ornio they should af
fect complete Uliacquaintauce, but should
generally keep closo together, and never
pass out of each other's night. A. M
drew his cap down over his forehead and
brow until the projecting rim of leather in
front almost completely shaded his eyes
and the middle and upper portion of his
face. A pair of enormous whiskers, pro
vided for the occasion, gave ferocity to his
look, and concealed the outlines of his
lower features. Thus disguised, lie might
snfely have defied the recognition of his
most intimate friends.
Orme, whose passion for play was insa
tiable, bud improved the few hours of his
slay in Galveston, in making acquaintan
ces among the gamblers, who literally
swarmed in the city. As neither letters
of introduction nor credentials of any sort
are required to secure admission to the
privileges and recognition of the fraterni
ty, ho made, of course, easy and satisfac
tory progress in the business, especially
after it became known,. from his own dec
larations, that he had money, and was not
unwilling to risk it at the gaming-table
two things which make a man almost im
mediately popular among the sharpers
wno neree, wun citrus ana uice, as picx
pockets do with their fingers. He had
been successful in play at New Orleans,
and came, like a golden argosy from the
flighted with shekels, into the god
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At the moment A. M
and Lynn
Ud the room he was bantering some
F lua limit nnnnn rifaniAa Vr a mitvti-k I Iia
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very fact that he professed to bo flush of
money made them chary or accepting his
challenge ; since a full purse, in their pro
fession, argued a keen playor or a cunning
trickster, and, not unfrequently, the ac
comilisliments of both combined. He
readily found a partner, but was unsuc
cessful, thus far, in the search for an op'
ponent.
At length, passing from a banter to in
dividuals to a challege in general, he pro
claimed, in a loud, defiant tone of voice,
his willingness and eagerness to piny with
any person in the room.
A. M at once stepped forward
and announced an acceptance of tho chal
lenge. Orme cast upon him an almost
scornful look, and inquired whether he
had money or impudence to liet. Retort
ing his giance with ono of equal scorn,
and of real hate, A. M. replied,
"Yes, I have money of my own to bet,
and the skill to win yours, too."
" Well, then, get you a partner, and we
will soon see u you have cither," retorted
Orme, with a liw t forbidding scowl, which
had become habitual with him from his
constant attempt to intimidate those with
whom he played, and thus to gain an ad
vantage over them in the game, while
flurried with excitement produced by his
fierce look and domineering voice.
A. M , affecting to be a total stran
ger to every one present, inouired if uny
one of those around him would consent to
be his partner in tho game? Lynn, who
was standing close by, cried out that he
would, and added, good humoredly, as he
advanced to join tho throe, that, although
they were strangers, he hoped they would
null well together in the game.
A table and chairs were soon procured,
the stakes, small in amount, but which, it
was agreed, should be made larger as the
play progressed, wero ueposnpu, wun me
counters, in the proper place, and the
gamo began.
Neither A. M nor Lynn had ever
played for a wager in his life, and both
looked with unutterable loathing upon
the brutalizing profession of the gambler.
Unacquainted even with all the evolutions
of the particular game in which they were
engaged, and utterly ignorant of the more
recondite resources of the gamester's art,
they were no matches for their opponents,
who were skilful and practised players,
and, consequently, lost every bet. Urine,
oioipd with
success, aim iiruu wuu me
; , .,- Urr - Wllxl more
( ins1olcnt Rnli overbearing than ever. He
hidcd jlig partner, railed at his opponents,
and becnn0 fluent jn the dialect of the
I bully and the hrowbeater. At length he
I Ten,ured to reprimand A. M , in a
mogt liecl01ing tone of voice, for a play he
, . - nndo which was slightly variant
rm' t),e egtab:ished rules of the game.
A jj retorted with a severity and
,,'. u.t,ieh anrnriBed the comnanv.
ajd gt 0rme to the quick. The latter
Bnd blustered, but still kept his
, . M Tilinf, from his, threw
a wine ) fun j the face of Orme, ap-
, in t0 nimi at the same time, and in
j e . tho most gt-
tnepitheU known lo the vocabulary of
orrno, who was by no means defi-
- t Jn pcrg0nai courage, sprang from his
M ,t jor tne purpose ot avenging we
jndij.nity 0f a personal assault upon A.
" i.t mana . ...vl In tn hnnd
and aiready levelled at his own person, he
dwtfte,j( and retired at once with blspart-
ner from tlie foorr).
wm
to admit of but pu Wlo of redress, to
CLEARFIELD, PA. WEDNESDAY Al'KIf. 27, 1859.
neglect which would expose Orme to de
rision and defeat in the new and inviting
field of action upon which he seoined
about to enter In Galveskm. In a few
moments, therefore, his partner in the
late pane reappeared, bearing a challege
from him to A. M . This was prompt
ly accepted, and A. M , leaving his
address, and receiving that of Orme, with
drew from the room and went to his hotel.
In that day, and in that section of coun
try, affairs of honor was brought off with
a dispatch startling to tho notions of our
more dilatory and cautions times. The
seconds, Lynn, and the late pnrtner in
play of Orme, arranged that night the de
tails of all the preliminaries of the duel.
1 he distance ten paces ; the weapons : the
time sunrise the next mornina: tlio place
a sand beach in the immediate neighbor
hood of Galveston; the parties to stand.
or advance, to deliver, at will, the whole
or a part ot the contents of their revolv-
rs. These terms, so deadly, and which
must so inevitably produce fatal results to
one or both ot the parties, were wrung,
wun ttie utmost dilliculty, by J.ynn Irom
the second of Ornio, and, being at leiiL'th
agreed on by tho seconds, and ratified by
me principals, i-ccamo tne inwoi the tight
A. M was an expert in tho use of
hre-arms, especially the pistol, his favorite
weapon, which long practice enabled him
to uiscnarge wiui amazing quickness and
wonderful precision of aim. His courage
was of that indomitable kind which re
laxes nci'lier in the presence nor at the
prospect of any, even the most appalling,
danger; his nerves were steady, and his
confidence in himself complete. 1 1 u wus,
besides, spare in person, presenting, in the
duellist's position on the tie'd ol combat,
but a slender line or surface lor his oppo
nent's aim.
Orme, on the contrary, was bulky in
pert on, obese, and almost square in pro
portion from the sliouldi rs to the hip.
But he was courageous, desperate, a good
shot, and, altogether, a dangerous foe.
By daylight the next morning the crowd
began to gather at tho place appointed for
the duel, and continued to increase until
every posiliwn, far or near, from which a
view of the combatants could be had. was
crowded and jammed with the eager
throng.
At that day Texas of which Galveston
is the chief tnicrpot upon the gulf, was a
department of the republic of Mexico, and
tho duello was net under the ban of the
law within its limits. Consequently no
police or preventive magistracy ever inter
fered to arrest combatants and put them
under bonds to keep tho pence, as is dohc
in our day, to the preat relict ot manv a
party to a meditated single combat. The
people flocked from all directions to wit
ness a duel, and the spectacle, alike fre
quent and bloody, became almost a favor
ite, popular amusement. Tho lone star
has since been added to a constellation of
kindred states and scenes like that now
passing in review, would, at present, nei
ther be grateful to the public sensibilities,
nor permitted by the law.
Precisely at sunrise the combatants, ac
companied by their surgeons and seconds,
came upon the field. A. M looked
calm and determined ; Orme, ferocious
and eager. All eyes turned at once, with
concentrated gaze, upon them. The terms
of tho combat, which, somehow, had al -
ready transpired, and the cool bearing and
supposed courage of the parties, mado it
certain that one or both would full in
fight.
(Continued next week.)
Washington'! Island.
This beautiful little Island, the indenti
ty of which is nearly lost to the present
generation, is situated in the Allegheny
river, nealy parallel with Ilerr's Island,
and is about three miles from tho point,
nt the confluence of tho Allegheny and
Monongahela rivers, 'whore forts lu
quesne and Pitt formerly stood. Tho in
teresting historical reminiscences con
nected with this Island, lias been tamiliar
to me from mv early school-loy davs,
strengthened also dy a residence of many
years on the northern bank ot the river,
in full view of it. Tradition has marked
this Island as the favored spot were our
beloved Washington saved his life, when on
his return Irom the mission entrusted to
him by Gov. linwiddie, of Virginia, to
Monsieur Le Garib ur do St. -Pierre, the
French Commandant on tho Ohio, In
commemoration of this event it was very
properly named "Waihiiigton'i Island."
Among the papers of the lalo Wm. Wus
thotr, Ksq., one of the early pioneers of
this section of the country, I tound, some
years ago, an ancient map of Pennsylva
nia, on whioj this Island was correctly
laid down, and marked in plain, bold
characters. "Washington's Island." I al
so noticed in an old Philadelphia publica-
t ion a short account nt Washington s id
venture, and providential preservation on
this Island, and his reception by the In
dians who then occupied some wigwams
on it. At the date of this publication,
December, 1781, 'Gen. Washington was
President of the United States, and re
sided in Philadelphia. A tecent writer in
the True Pre-', with commendable zeal,
has endeavored to draw public attention
to the above incident in Washington's
life, but has unfortunately erred in its lo
cality. Washington, in his journal, con
clusively establishes the fact that he land
ed on an Island, and not "on the main
shoreone mile above the Island." Wash
ington's journal of his mission being so
little known, and so very interesting, I
herewith annex a portion of it, commenc
ing after that part where, being retarded
by the intence cold weather, bad roads
and deep snow, he left his horses, baggage
and retinue in charge of Mr. Vanbraam,
and says, "I took my necessary papers,
pulled off my clothes ' (Indian walking
dress,) and tied myself up in a watch-coat.
Then with gun in hand, and pack on my
in n hii-ii were my papers and pro
visions, I set out with ilr. Gist, fitted out
in the same manner, on Wednesday, 20th.
(Deo. 1753.) The day following, just af
ter we passed a place called Murdoring
Town, we fell in with a party of French
and Indians, who laid in wait for us. One
of them fired at Mr. Gist or mo. not fifteen
steps oil', but fortunately missed. We
took tho fellow into custody and kept him
until nine o'clock that night, then let him
go, and walked all the remaining part of
uiu nipm wiiiioui maKing any stop that
we might pet the start, so far. as to bo out
of reach of pursuit the next day, since we
were wen assured mat they would follow
our track as soon as it was light. The
next day we continued travelling until
uhik, nn'i gov io tne river about two mile
irom Mianopin s. ne expected to hive
tound the river frozen, but it was not, on
ly about lilty ynrcls from each shore. The
ice, 1 suppose, had broken up, for it was
driving in vast quantities. There was no
getting over but on a raft, which we set
about making with one poor hatchet, and
finished just after Runset. This was a
whole day's work. We next got it launch
ed, then went on board of it, and set oil';
but before we were half wnv over, wo were
jammed in the ice in such a manner that
we expected every moment our rul't to
sink, and ourselves to perish, I put mv
setting pole to try to stop the raft, that
tne ice inignt pass by, when the rapidity
of the stream threw it with so much vio
lence and force against tho pole, that it
jerked me out into ten feet of water, but
I lortunately saved myself by catching
hold of one of the ruit logs.' Notwith
standing all our ctlorts, we could not get
to either shore, but wero obliged, as we
were near an Island, to quit our raft and
make to it. The cold was so extremely
severe that Mr. Gist had some of his fin
gers and all of his toes frozen, and the
water was shut up so hard that we f ound
no difficulty in getting olf the Island
the next morning, and went to Mr. Fra
zier's." The above Island was patented to the
lute Judge Wallace, and cold by him to
Mr. Wainwright, and finally passed from
him to its present enterprising proprietor,
Michael M'Cullouch, Jr., Esq., who has
greatly improved it, and thereby effectu
ally reclaimed it from the wasting effects
of tho river. This interesting Island ought
to be added to tho Allegheny Arsenal
grounds, which it adjoins, and a marble
column erected on it, which could be seen
fnrnnd near, so as to perpetuate the sa
cred place where the immortal Washing
ton saved rns ute, when only in the twen
tieth year of his age.
W. C. Miu.nn.
Iuiiieie linrwiijh, Feb. 21, 1S.VJ.
IIaui.kt's Ton h. A recent traveller in
Denmark gives the following sketc'i of
his visit to the tomb of the great dramat
ic notoriety, "Atrip Irom Copenhagen
to Klsinore took us through two of those
royal residences that are about to pass in
to other hau ls viz: Friedensborg, ii
bout twenty-two miles from Copenhagen,
and Mariciilust, at Klsinore. Marienlust
is a desolate place in April, but most beau
tiful when it tree?, rrnrrlon nnd k.ihne
'nr. decked in Mitnmei- .mvh. Nin.i,.,l
a declivity sloping to the sea, the little
' d.nteau looks out upon the clear waters
ofa Sound, glistening with sharp retlec-
thetinns in tbn Biirilielit nnrl linnnil,.,! nn ll.o
horizen by tho pleasant hills of tho Swe
dish coast. On the side the stronghold of
Kronberg, which defends the passage of
tho Sound, rears its hlizahethan towers,
whilst in the distance behind glistens the
white house of llelmsliorg in Sweden,
crowned by an ancient tower frowning in
dark tones on the surrounding country.
The innumerable shipping that stud the
waters, increase tho charm ofa landscape,
unsurpassed in the beauty of its hues, the
variety of its components, and tie bril
liancy of its colors. Turning for an in
stant from this brilliart picture, a dilfcr
ent one presents itself. In a shady nook,
away from the sea, the eye rests on a pleas
ant grove of trees. There in a sequester
ed spot, near a brnwl'ng lim id stier.m,
standsthe tomb of Hamlet. It is a little
mound of earth on the top of which stands
asmallolicli.sk. i his obelisk, formed ol
stones neatly superposed, roseinbies a
section of a cone. No inscription breaks
the mystery ol the place, and the mind
wanders undisturbed in Shakspcarian
( reams, and such reveries as moss and li
chen can create. Tho ghost of the Prince
of Demark has never frightened tne pence
ful inhabitants of Marienlust. and to this
may bo ascribed tho unbelief of the Klsi
noro gossip,, that Hamlet ever lived in
aught but the imagination of our best
known dramatist."
Porttait op Faxnv FitrM. I met Fanny
Fern upon Broadway, yesterday, leaning
upon tho arm of her beloved "James."
lie is a tall, cadaverous individual, with
mclancholly expression and eyei askew
but with a good expression withall. Fan
ny has passed her heyday ; "no longer
young" is stamped upon that somewhat
care-worn tace. A sanqume tempera
ment, largo perceptive faculties, sandy,
wavy hair, falling low down upon her
forehead prominent features. People
meeting her even in a crowd say, " W hat a
strange looking woman ?" It is a mark
ed, but not a bad face. It says, "I have
known tome better things anguish, an
ger, solitude." It is not wholly good, and
it could not be entirely bud. It hints nt
ugliness it suggests its nobility. It Is
self asured but not vain ; proud, but not
haughty. It says, "I have lived more
years than are recorded for me." Her
daughter, woman grown, is in appearance
a fine second edition of herself. Ar. 1'.
Cor. UtiealleraLl
tPJIalf a cranberry bound on a corn
vrill soon kill it.
The Sale of the Canals.
Our attention has been di-uwn in l,iQ
subject by an article in a late number of
tho Luzerne Union, which cannot be over
looked, it appears that by tho third sec
tion of the "Act for the sale of the State
Canals," it is provided that if theSunbury
and Krio Railroad Company shnll sell said
Canals tor a greater sum in tho aggregate
than three and a half millions of dollars,
seven ty-five per milum of said excess shall
be paid to the Commonwealth by a thratis
fer of so much of tho, bonds and securities
as said Railroad Company shall receive
for the same, and pnynblo'in like mant.er ;
and provided further, "that the President of
the said Nuribury and Krio Railroad Com
pany shall make return to the Governor
under oath of such snlo or sales, and the
terms and conditions thereof as tho same
may bo made," and in the same section it
is also "provided that no such sale or
transfer shall bo made bv the Sunburv niftl
Krio Railroad Company without the writ
ten consent and approval of the Governor,
to bo filed intheollice of the Secretary of
the Commonwealth, being first had and
obtained."
Under this net, the Cannls were trans
ferred to tho Sunhury and Krio Kailroad
Company for the three million five hun
dred thousand dollars, secured by bonds
drawing mve it.r cent istfrkst Subse
quently, the Sunhury and Krio Railroad
Company sold these Canals for more than
J,.)(MI,IKM), secured principally by bonds
from the purchasing parties, drawing six
I Er CENT. IXTEI KST.
Seventy-five per rent, of this excess of
priiteiiwl, has, it is alleged, been accounted
for by the Sunhury and Krio Railroad
Company, to the Slate ; but it is claimed
by tho writer in the Union, to whose arti
cle we have relerred, that the State is in
equity entitled to seventy tivo per cent, of
the excess of interext which tho Sunhury
and Krio Company receive in tho bonds
taken from their purchasers, over the in
terest called for in the bonds given by
that Company to tho State. That inter
est excess is said, by the Union writer,
(taking the twenty years tho bonds have
lo run,) to be more than ono million of
dollars; and the spirit and honest mean
ing of tho act, demand just as forcibly that
seventy-five per cent, of it should endure
to the benefit of the State, as that the Bev-cnly-five
per cent, of the excess of princi-
IIU BIIOUIU MO SO,
J I seems to us Hint tho Legislature
should promptly look into this matter;
and also that they should make a thorough
investigations into the sales of all the lines
sold by tho Sunbury and Erie Company,
au i inn, ii, may uo Known whether thov
were all bona fide and fair toward th
State, or not. Ihil; Pamsyhatuan.
Paganism.
A sketch of the History of ilayti, in the
X. 'limes, contains the following, which
reminds ono of the gloomy superstition de
scribed m "Waikna:"
' Soulouquo owed his elevation partly
to chance, and partly in his connection
with the Vaudoux, a Bext believed, before
the revolt, to be all-powerful. This idol
atrous organization, which extends itself
lo our Muvo Stales along the Gult, is of Af
rican origin. Its god is a green serpent,
w hich is cdii lined in a cage, one side of
which Is open, that worshippers may seo
the deity. All acts of devotion must pass
through thoJiigli J. nest and Jllgh t ries
less. The meetings of the sect aro secret
usually held in secluded place, whero
thedevotoes strip themselves, substituting
red handkerchiefs lor clothing, and for
ming a ring about the box containing their
god. perlorm a lantastic and crazy dance,
under tho leadership ot the High Priost,
who, alter passing about his hat lor olfer-
ings, and putting up a petition to the ser
pent for any needed benefits, resumes the
mad orgies, until, in a delirium of fan at i
ieul intoxication, they retire to tho woods
and enact scenes of nameless horror.
The Vaudoux idolatry pervades the en
tiro lower class of the ilnytiau population
Their religion is divided between the Vir
gin and the green serpent; and in all exi
gencies they resort inditlerently to both.
til this 3t range order, Soulouqe was High
Priest ami his (jueen High Priestess.
llenco his selection for tho Presidential
oilicc, and his ability so long to retain
his authority.
Tiik Biins t'ENTENArv. In Scotland
itself, tho enthusiasm was general it
might bo said almost universal. Lord
Aidmillan, one of the Scottish Judges,
who presided at tho Edinburg banquet,
quoted James Montgomery's Impromptu on
Hums :
"lit panned through lira's tempeHtuooi night,
A nrillnini, ireinniinK Aoriuorn Light;
Through sftrr yearn he tliines from fur,
A fixed, unletting Polar Star."
He also quoted Professor Wilson's Eulo
gy : "tfurns was, by tar, the greatest Po
et who ever sprung from the bosom of the
people ; and lived and died in humble
condition." But for all this "entusomvsy"
a grandson of the poet, and bearing his
own name, residing in Dumfries was not
even invited to the festival. Reason he
was a poor school teacher. Verily, we
who rejoico so over the hundred year old
ashes of tho poet would turn our backs
upon him were he alive, with his toes
sticking out of his boots and a seedy hat
on.
B'ST'Thero is a great deal of theology in
the idea of a littlo girl in this State, who
wished that she oould be good without
obeying her grandmother. She said it
was enough to read books and pray, but it
was prety hard to mma her grandmother,
Juay" Doctor," said a hypochondraic to
his physician, "I can neither sit down, lie
down or stand up I W hat shall I do ?"
"Go instantly and hang yourself;"
was the reply.
TERMS-f 1.23 per Annum
NEWSF.KIES VOL. IV. NO 15
A New Revolutionary Story.
ONE EYED SAUL,
OR Till
TORY LEAGUE OF SEVEN.
A TALE OP HOUT1I CAROLINA.
BY DR. J. hTeOBINSON, ,
Author of "Nick VViiiffi.kh," " Buck Bi
son," M Half-Wittm Nat," "Marion's
Bkiuaue," "The Pioneers ofKentuckv,"
etc.
CrAPTER I.
THE LEAGUE OF THE SEVEN.
Seven men, coming from different points.
urging their way with great dilliculty
through almost impervious walls inter
laced and opposing shrubbery, mot at mid
night beneath the spreading branches of
a cypress tree, at u. place called Laurel
swamp, in South Carolina, in the year
177-. They gathered sticks and leaves
and made a fire. The flames, springing up'
from the dry heap, threw a red glare upon
their faces, which were seamed and dis
figured by the play of bad passions. They
wero young men the oldest not being
more than thirty-five years of age. As
they stood in a circlo around the fire, they
resembled a group of vagabond English,
gijisies, fresh from tho stocks or the whip
ping post. They were armed with sabres,
knives, pistols and muskets. Their faces
were smutched with powder, their beards
and hair long and Deglocted, their gar
ments torn by conllictand the sharp teeth
of tho cypress hedges. Tho names of
those men were respectively as follows :
Martin Vantassle. Nathaniel Herrick.
Philip Langford, Simon Arrowiwith, John
Nicolson, James pollard, and Timothy
Beeker.
Vantassle, a tall, athletic. ill-vIsaireJ
fellow, was tho leader of these fierce and
intractable spirit. Unsheathing his heavy
sabre, and planting its point in the ground
between his feet, he addressed his cora
panions.
.Won" lio said, in a hard, harsh voice.
that harmonized well with his general
prostigo, "we've met here to-night to bind
ourselves together in porpctual fellowship-
ny solemn oam ana mutual agreement.
Every man's hand is agin us leastwise,
in these parts and ours, in turn is agin
every man. We vo sworn allegiance ta
lus gracious Majesty, the King of Great
Britain and the rightful ruler of these co
lonies have touched his money, and will
do his work." - i
"It isn't tho king I care bo much ahrmr. "
muttered Nat Herrick, "but the utter des
truction and extermination of the Whigs.
South Car'liny is already more'n half con
quered. The rebel cause is rapidly growing
wcaaer, anu we n soon sweep 'em away
like chaff. It'll be strange if Nat Herrick
don't have his share of the plunder."
1-1 ! 1 .
juuiu ws an iqqjuuiuing murmur around
the grim circlo. "I was comin' to that
subject," added Vantassle, impatiently.
"i recKon i Know tne merits ot the case,
and understand the natur' of your feelin'sr
my lads. We never seed the King of
England, any of us j and if we should, it's
agin reason to s'pose that he'd sneak to us :
and to tell the truth, we care littlo about
him. I love Martin Vantassle better nor
1 do any king in the world. I fight the-
Will,, lull.ltud tltfkil o i 1 IV i a . ll f. ....... Ir i.
and I hate 'em ; and there's a prosDoct of
makin'aomelhin' by il. When we've driven
'em out, which will be soon, 'cordin' to.
present appearances, we'll be masters or
tho country ourselves. We'll have houses;
and lands, and niggers to wait on us."
"that's the kind of talk I like to hear."
said Jim Pollard.
"It's a kind of talk, too, that'll prove
prophetic," rejoned Vantassle.
"It would, if we could keen Marion und
O . ."il . - .
ouuqiier iuu, interposed j.angiora.
"Tha Mw.mn Vsv . .1 1 I. , ! 1 1
"The Swamp Fox will soon be still enough
I'll warrant vel Colonel Tarleton is nrr
his track, and he'll trap him afore he's a
week older. However, that's noither hero
nor there ; let them fight for glory who
will our motto is 'Booty and Beauty.'"
"We know who your beauty is," said Si.
mon Arrowsmith, with a loer j it is Jessh
Burnside."
" And he shall havo her. too !" said Her
rick, with an oath.
"Thank'e. Nat Herrick ! and if voi.
don't succeed with Ruth Haviland, it'll be
no fault of mine."
"And will nobody speak a word for moT,r
asked Langford. "A hundred, if you like,"
cried Pollard, "though to me it appears
like tne greatest nonsense to be runnin
arter women when there's so much real
fightin' to be done. My mistress is a bloody
one, and I find her wherever thero is n.
Whig to hang, a till to rillo, or a house to,
burn. Howsomdover, if you like Judith
Burnsido, it's none o' my business, and 1
reckon none of us '11 stand in your way.
She's very handsome, and proud as she is
handsome ; and if you win her at all, it'll
be by foul and not by fair means. I don't
want to be hard on ye, Phil Langford, but
I'm sure you can't do much in the way of
what folks call honest courtship. But
don't be down-hearted, lad, for we're
bound to aid each other under all circum
stances, and in ill coses."
Martin Vantassle drew his sabre from
the earth and thrusting it forward, held
it over the blazing fire ; the blade was din
ted and serrated with service, and thero
were rod stains upon it, The other six un
sheathed theirs and crossed thorn upon
his, when he dictated a terrible and im
pious compact which they severally re
peated. It was too profane and shocking
to be put verbatim upon paper. They
E lodged themselves to mutual brothef
ood and crime; to exterminate the strug
gling and hunted Whigs ; to give no quart
ter to the captured foo ; to pursuo the fly
ing fugitive with remorseless fury ; to com
mit every enormity upon tho defonsclrs
patriots j to rob, to burn, to outrage help-,
lest innocence.
(Continued on the fourth pn$e.