Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, June 18, 1845, Image 1
II ~. WZA.S7D WEI)NEsDAt , JUNE 18, 1845 - - Tim Grrst.r or, Anteaao.—We commend this 7ek, an admirable tale under this title, written by the to Trrone Power. ILWaS kis contribution to the" Club A," a collection of Tiginal tales by a number of dis /euished writers„ polished in London several years nee. It trill probably be. new to most of our readers; thou4h it was copied iy the New Mirror in (81:3, and le elitutravl into the of the " Gypsey's Star." A truile,dittle scheme e." some one, we suppose, to 'ice an air of originality.it that paper. At all creme. it will lean a re-perusal, even should the lieretefom met the le of any of our readers; being ondiy imbued with thi genius of its gifted author. Po,ir Power! He nu on hoard the ill-fated P an on her last coyai for England and shared k tyeterious fate of the eloquent Cookinan, and nini!k, hers, his fellow-passen:ers in the steamer. Many of Power's priductions have been deserved' 'pular. The"King'i Secret," and the " Lost heir," atictdar, attracted muili attention. his ' ',Arnerita;' is the bet book of 'Pravels in this CQ • have ever seen, It did not pay, and was n 'lse, (as was well remarked at the time.) it got iciently abuse the American people and their 111 - is. Dickens and Men. Trollops, knew bone ze money out of what they wrote about u- '•:bet this market. or dn. Euglish. But enougl/t •e 3 inning into a biography, when our pmpose wias nIY to reface a tale. /STOIC I , 11. LOLL , VTIONS OF THE STATE 11),,T" 51.1 -* \NI Ponilli/1,7%." C,1);04. , ,1a...;011 trusting farts. /rad; tiorzw. biograi 'hien! bd r . ho• tr th,h, rrlniing to the bigeaw ~r ai and /will, +l. , th a trpm; 4 -rapldral desteip!ion s icrg MU* . and uti Melo gr towns in the state-4 SO 11 Xl5 Der, dew Hant.n, Dame d: Peck, 104: We have looked with much armietyle the appear- KT of this work, ever eince we heard iteopunced : at 'licit time we had the pleasure of tnakik. , .a passim; ac . tintanee with the author. This week. w: have time only for t easy op,,,ing to reccr to it hereafter. -"rho .etieral scope of work, as its Title indicates, and the it'dtor assures his odors, is not that of a history of the i t i sate, in the usual nil, and with ordinary etwouologicarrangement ; but was designed to,cuabely and prmaise its local history. ul although it eimpris,,., most of :t.e great events in history of the state, these el:mit= so located in arrangement of the work, as tosf , sociate them more nimntely wtth thou respective Iccaltics. i7s The inoterialF,.most of them, P ere gleaned by Mr. , ay in a tour of the state Made bw himself. lie spent ine time in each county, collectie. as opportunity orally and othftase &m i tt: aged PionecT and out others curious on !he subjry; of history, the facts, incidents and anecdotes, which lo has thus strung to- ether in the forte of a very'resting and agreeable snook of seven hundmd par., t..• has disarmed criti sisal- in a great degree, by fitardy admitting, that in a roll; embodying such a tuultijae of facts, gathered from melt a variety of sources, th i n must necessarily be ma t r We could have wished, jOging from a cursor: et inati,m, that a severer tiKs had been exercised in. re- rd to some portions of Oronoi history arid local gns.-. lip. It is true that there' .rc many ado ePisn.lea and rafts in the lives of indivld.als, which may be interevt ncto the inhabitants ojl region in which they °Cent- Nfl But it is scarcely d . er,rous towards the public, and is den very painful to the ;datives and friends of such la heroes, to cite their Cults, follies, or peculiarities a tnianet:t at i.hn plate in a grave historical work. so tle,igned to rix:ae a wide circulation. Beside,. 't is not , iire for a jJurr..ying stranger, to rely Upon in 'ikiiiatin which ally htli been colored by persor.al ma 'volenre:or a weak ropemity for the marvellous.— l ion the whole, howein, this. work forms a rich mine of Pennsylvania history, in . the Outpost!, of more ambitious authorliip ; and it wil have i tendency to awaken and itiercase the spirit of inoiry—leading to the preservation of inlay additional fern which may have escaped the pryin; kes of its indu:rioes compiler. We recommend it rarac , ,ly to our retiers, as a work which ought to be on ever . ; txnkhhetf itthe commonwealth. - The prevailing Lift of the age has been consulted in 'scatieriir; throughouthe work, some two hundred neat 'wood engra‘ingi—rade, gmer.dly, we am told, from drawings tiien on f.", spot, expressly for the , work. In that porti, o of the t , elt allotted to Bradford County, we obscrce il.rw. One; a wry well executed view of our 0500 Vill , -;C. taken len the hill near the WysoN. road, ou the cave , ide of se r cr. in the foreground is a T oulon of the eanalind if noble bridge:--in the Cen tre, the %, hole t illag—elitrelics—th e old darn occupied a. a Court lions!, aid tl--together wish a portion of ,the beautiful landscpe, euich from the point iif slew 1 .chosen by the alit., spripls out to the north and west .of the town. Anger eiF hese sketches was taken from the Sheshequin.rtri, oppitite Tioga Point, which f o rm s the centre of the iCuare.: rith the village in the back. ground. Withoiitatcniftg to be-hypercritical—indeed, in a spirit grateful•fr thett.mmonest attempt to celebrat e some of die riumettus hiitiful localities of our region—. -we canna bit neOmstritewith the engraver or his ar. CUL, 29,, the ~Ittre 144b+inst the caricature he has math: of the Inagnticentithe referred to. The other of the threv6actehes it the'r*idway " of Athens—well enougt of its kind ; nut an ugh there is more than ...ill :Aragon" to he sect 1 rr x thq . wide principal street, .whia rms the fore-aniatri of tho picture--we presunao . Our Ati its friends will be .ble to recbgnizelhe likeness . of their eat little villag4 'ln or rto enable our t ern to judge for themselve s of the r cter of the wor. a n d the manner in which it is exec —we hove, mare the copy-right, given be low, aO, ous extract from to t portion which relates to -our own Linty.. "Bo roan corisTr 4 , 20;4L6rat separated from Iszerne and I qm/bine - in /810, under i the nano of Ontario. Itafarch,. 1812, the count Ver. fullyorgaiii%cd for judicial purpos es, and t name was clanged to Bradford.-- rAt the sa t e time the (sums were directed to be bolds until public buildings should be I erected, a the house v. Wm. Meaus,,in To wandayto pship. Length 40 miles, breadth • 'aro* 4 . 174- square miles. • Population in ' 2O ; 11 54; in 183 1 , 19,745; in 1840, 470; e j ' esides the qlusquelianna, which ' !de ti ly through tht centre of the county, I i . . , . _ . . . . . - . . , . . . . . . , . . . , ‘ • . _ . _ , ... !..--_____________. • . . . ... , . . ~ , ~.. •_ . ~ • ~, ...... „ . ... . • - . .' •.: ,'• .. _ . •- ~-. , . .• . 1 • zAj .. „. . . .. . .. , , ~....„...... •.. • ~ .., 1 . 1 13T.E4 . . . N.. .4,....... ....N...„ . 4.. , BRA, ' F.O 1.., - ii-: 1 .:,-•,,-::,•:,,,,::,,,,,, . -,_„,, ...::,... rallEMEE!!III!!MEI T i PUBLISHED EVERY WERNESDA t h eee l - ye its tributaries, 11 7 ysox creek and ‘y el ii t mg reek on the east, and the 'Floprtvef, m e i', ad Sugar creek and Towanda creek On t h e l v st side, with several Qtreems of less noe, The surface of the county is (rite ro •vr. but there a,. no ~,,y long anti distinct raite B 'lie area of very lofty mountains. 'I , .l s ididinate chains of Laurel hill and Chestnut I th l / 2 .i. so pretnirent in other siectioas of the iii=. are here fould to be much depressed in t tc 4lit. and brokeir and scattered in imminent 4afs isolated ridges and,spnrs. There is, how reer, 'along the coarse'of the T ow neda creek, '; ( 1' iti southern btit, 'a high precipitous ridge 1 Hiretelung away towards the head of Pine reek, formerly called Burnett's mountain; vhich may iodic e the track of the Laurel hill. l'he same ridge tins the precipitous " nar rows." on the S4tuebanna, two or three miles below Towanda.' The laud on the summits of the ridges is' gently undulating, forming good grazing faros. Along the streamsare many enchanting valleys, with meadows and uplands not exceeled in fertility and pictUres que beauty by any in the state. The iii turnitt- Otis coal "formation': touches the southwestern corner of the county, and veins of from three to seven feet, in thickness are . found on the *heads of Towaela Creek. A railroad route from 'Towanda to liese mines was surveyed to 1'839. but it now il'unthers with I na! v of the other projects of tiq day. Iron is aatindant, hut not developed: and intimations of coppey have been discUrered. There are sulphur springs at 'Rome; eight miles front Towanda. Considerable pia , and other lumber is still prepared and sent to market from this county ; more perhaps that is for the real interest ofthe population, who; would derive a serer profit I , from the cultivatiia and export of agricultural produce. i i 'The Berwick an/ Newtown, or Susquehanna and Tioga turnpike road, which passes through the county, was Projected at the early settle meat of the county. about the year NIP:: or 'O4, and was driven !tirotigh the then ai ilderneas by the exertions p Philadelphians and others interested iii the lads. It was not fully com pleted until substient to 1830. The AVil liamsport and Ilduira railroad Is completed from Williamsport° the southwe'stera corner of the county, but has been suspended for the present. , .s. The branh division of the l'ennsyl. vania canal follott theawindings of the Sus quehanna to the milli line of the state. forming I a connection witlithe canals of New York.-- Most of the heavt work has been done upon 1 the line; and a imparts- has been chartered to take the unfintsied work from the state, and c o mpl e te it. Who this opening is made, .1 profitable exchatig. will take place between the sail, plaster and lim of New York, and the coal 1 and iron of rennsyvania. Previous to the rrival of the whites in thin region, the valley if the Susquehanna was on ; der the special juridiction of the Cayuga tribe of Indians, one of le great cold - Homey of the Six. Nations. To Belt of that coiiederacv was confided the chug. of a door of their " long house," as they temed their res knee in the state .of New Yck. The Sec. •:s kept the southwestern doorus the Alleghcloy, the Mo hawks the eastern . it Schenectady, &c. The Cayugas themseltre did not reside In the re gion now 13radtottimunty. It wis, with the Susquehanna vallel lower down. assigned as the asylum for Powered tribes of Mohicans, ' Wampanow,s, 'Niles, Monseys, and other tribes who had' tetitAl from the emiromlunents 'of the whites. 4,as al,O on the great tv:-r -path between the P.: Nations and tie southern tribes; and it t9alie itif•rrc (I frog! do' reply of the Cayuga chi i to the Moraviin Indians. that these now pi' ~ f . u l valleys hatbeen the scene of many a b ,dy encounter. tTradition states that 1A a :i•itxtvilley was oceurned by a tribe of that name i whir had two , mminary battles with the T , -.miila Indians, o ti l e fiat s at the mouth of Telvan la creek. 1M ny relics have been found -,fi hese former race• About two miles above Tew`andri, at the "13 ak-neck narrows," on the lei; fin k of the Sus,' . efi anna , is the resemblanre'of tisqll3's head nd face carved m the pitrpeulicular rock. .is now much obliterated by !‘the ice freslm . It is said that the crane of Break-neck was i ven to th e s e narrow s I): Sullivan's army, ' lost some cattle ar*: blt whether thet is an e connection liett+tn tli. name and die :, ilpture does not disodely aripear. The caltutte l t or pipe if peace was few years since on tie Sheshequin ti, is now in pcssession 6:f Mr. Silas Gore curiously wrought of red-st ne. as per when new ; and the Material correspoi ' , , the description giver, of the red pipe all the Rocky Mot ntanis; by George Gatlin ft In Burlington . ho Crnlitp . the skeletons.t human beings ellately found in exca a cellar. • Thet ekuncommonly lar had apparently b erut.t-posted with muc, mony and care. !Th it heads were lan ward, and theizliodi• enclosed with lar, stones: The boes ere in' a, state of it preservation. ? To Whom, tr o,wl what are caffedt e Sp! Athens on the logal Min. The Ditk de them to the Fp — ich i about 1688. - 1. Before the icon of ! their claim toll fair tv, the holy pie:leers had peneirmer the is quehanna, and Ana . da • r As early as 1750, TWAT- Commerhof and Rev. David Ziisberger'uuided by an lndi, i of the Cayuga tritie, pin=st4 lip the Suliqueh•.• na on a visit to Cnonilagat To each night's \en campment the,- gave a In me. the first-lettet \ of which was eutinto a treOby the Indians. They tarried at Tit ga, whien is described as 4 a considerable linilian foal." The same year,. it is said, '" thereiwaii 4 ieat awakening,(which extended ovet the whet Indian counttyl t espe cially on theSuSqueh tin." T4erei appeats to have been( an Initials . village, in j 759 at 'Alanthivihausing, ( %I/yet:ming') where one Pn• In the midst of these enetmraaing prospects, consternation spread through the frontier set tlements, on receipt of the news of the Indian war of 1703, which had just broken out along the lakes and the Ohio. Occasional parties of Indians front the west skulked into the Mora. vian Indian settlements to persuade them to withdraw, that they mightinake a descent up on the whites. This became known to the Irish settlement in the Kittatinny valley, whose jealousy was aroused that the Moravian Indians were in collusion with itheir hostile brethren. and the missionary settlements were thus plac ed between two fires. This animosity of the Irish at length wreaked itself upon the poor Indians on the Conesirgo ; and. the other Christian Indians were taken by the missiona ries to Philadelphia for protection. Peace at length arrived at the close of 1701, and in 1705 the Whole body,of Indian brethren returned to the deserted huts at Wyalusing. Devoting themselves anew to Him who had given them rest for the soles of their feet, they began their labors with r:•newed courage, and pitching upon a convenient spot on the hanks of the Susque. hanna, a few miles below .Wyalusing, they built a re g ular settlement, which they called Frieden shnetten„ (Tents of Peace.) It consisted of 13 Indian huts, and upwards of 40 frantic houses. shingled, and provided with chimneys and win dows. ti convenient house was erected lug the ! missionaries, and in, the middle of the broad sheet stood.the chapel; neatly built, and covered with shingles. Gardens surrounded the t tllm r, and mar the river shout '250 acres Were divided into regular pkidatiens of Indian corn. Each faintly had tlieirow hum. The 'Jury iter-, toil nil waslat some distance in the rear. During the progress of building the town, the aged, infirm. and children, lodged in the old cottages too nd ' on the sputa the test in bark huts. In tine weather they lifted up their voices in prayer and pr a i se und er the ripen firmament. It was a plea sure to observe them, like a swarm of bees, at their work ; some were building. some clearing land, some hunting and tii,long to provide Mr the others, mid some cared for lieusek, ping. Tire town bring completed, the usual tegulatimis and statues of dre \Moravia❑ stations were adopt ed ; order and peace prevailed,' and the good work went gloriously on. As one of the great confederacy of the Six Nations, the Ca) ucas kept that door of their •• long luau," it /oil) opened upon the valley id the Susqu e leini r i, aril it beralne necessary for the missionaries to seek their permission to reside within then jurisdic tion. With all the solemnity of Indian diplo macy, the Christian Indians gave notice to the chief of the Cayugas. that they had settled ve the :Susquehanna, where they intended to Muhl and live in peace with their families, if their un cle approved of it; and they likewise desired - leave for their teachers to live with them. chief, after consultation with the great council of Onondaga, replied. in a frtendly manner, that the.place they had chosen was not proper, all that country having been stained with blood-; therefore he would take them up and place them in a better situation, near the upper end of Cayu ga lake. They might take their teachers with 'them. and be unmolested in their worship." This-proposal did not exactly suit the Indians of Friedcnshotten, and they evaded an empties ence, giving the chief hopes that they would re ply 4. when the Indian corn was ripe." This was in the summer of '65. After waiting until the spring of 1776, the Cayuga chiefsent a toes sage to niedenshuetten, 4. that he dui not know what sort of Indian corn they might plant, for they had promised him an answer when it was ripe ; that his corn had been gathered long ago. and was almost consumed, and Ire soon intended to plant again." The chief, ultimately, and the ' council, gave them a larger tract of land than they had desired, extending beyond Tioga, to make use of as their own, with a promise tleit the heathen Indians should not come and dwell upon it. This grant, however, was forgotten at the treaty of 1768, when the whole country on the Snsquehapna was said to Pennsylvania. The peace of the settlement was often distur. bed by the inteodection of - rum, that , universel accompaniment of civilization, introduced by. straggling I lndians; -They .erdered ,at length 11(1 a and It is Irct as • with ine of Esq. I two attng and Past- {flat r,fect .It. date may be as. nishfortifkations it is not easy to a ROCllfaUcatiit as he time of Deno! ribed bove eer 'hes ille, onneetieut had ns. • ailey of Bradford • the Moravian 'tni lerne”t rdonk 114' settlements at ea, rted uu- El= 121:I EEO , . . " REGARDLESS or DENUNCIATION FROM , ANT gumiTER." ->" .AT TOWANI)A,, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA. BY E. S. GOONICII SON, panhunk, an Indo moralist. had been zeal ously propagating', his doctrines, with little suc cess, however, al his hearers were addicted fo the most abominable vices, and he himself was but little Miner. On a visit to the mis sionary station, Nan, on the L'elligh, lie heard for the first time tic great doctrine ofthe. Cross, and such an imprrssion did it make upon hint. that the following year he took down his wife and 33 of his followers, to hear this new doc trine; at the 'same time endeavoring. without success, to persuade the . christian Indians of Nain to remove to the Susquehanna. ['We feel unwilling to divide the following interesting account of the early missionary operations in this region. The ruins of the Moravia,, ettpleh at Wyalusinr,are familiar to the old wttlers of the neighborhood. The building was much more comphic than the ordinary In dian structures—being covered with shingles, and other. wise comfortably finished.] In May, 1763, Zeisberger, with the Indian brother Anthony, came to Wyalusing, having heard of a remarkable awakening there, and thAtte Indians desired some one who could point them tti the true way of obtaining rest and pcacp , in their consciences. Papanhunk had lost(his credit hy the inefficiency of his doctrines. Zeisherger was met. before he ar rived, by Job pilloway, an inhabitant of fusing, who spoke English well, and told him that their council had met six days successive. ly to consider how they might procure a teach er of the truth. Zeisherger was invited to be come a resident tuis , ionary among them, which, after a visit to Bethlehem, he consented to do. It appears that about this time " some well meaning people of a different persuasion arriv ed at Wyalusing." but the Indians having al ready given a preference to the Mot* taus, would listen to no (der sect. {Cow. this have been Brainerd?] The first fruit Zeis berger's pious drums in his new congregation, was Papanhunk himself, who confessed his sins, and desired to be baptised.. He received the cbristian name of John ; and another In dian, Whe had been rapanhunk's opponent, was baptised after him, and called Peter. that every rum bottle should bu locked up du ring the stay of its owner, and delivered to him on his departure. The White iradersi from the Irish settleMents at Vaxion, found the settle. ment a most convenient depot, and' endeavored to make it a place of common resort in 1766. They staid several Weeks in the place, and oc casioned much levity and dissipation among the young people. The Indians at length ordered them off, desiring that the " Tents of Peace" should not be made a place of traffic. The hos pitality of the brethern often exhausted their little stock of provisions and their only resource fur a new supply was in hunting, or seeking aid from the oldet settlements. Their numbers had increased so much in 1767, that a spacious church was erected. The locusts, which-swarm ed by millions, did great damage tO'their emps. The small=pox broke outamong them in '67. and the patients Were prudently removed to tempora ry cabins on the opposite side of the rivet. The station at Priedenshnetten continued to prosper for several years. until the year 1772. Du ring this period the persevering Zeisberger had several times -threaded the wilderness to the wa tets of the Allegheny and Ohio, anti planted new churches among the Delawares dwel ing ' there. (See Beaver and Venetian.) Among the places visited by Moravian breth ern of Friedenshuetten, was an Indian town about thirty miles above, called Tsehechsche quannink in the orthography of the mission, • where a great awakening had taken place. (This was old Sheshequin on the right bank of the river, opposite and 'a little below the present village of that name.) Brother John Rothe. after permissron dtily Obtained from the Cayu ga chief, took charge of this post as the resi dent missionary. The chief in granting his permission, gave encouragement that lie him self would occasionally come to hear the " great word"—being convinced that was the tight way. Two Indian brethern assisted Mr. Rothe, and' ; the station became a kind of chapel of vase"' tm Frietlensimetten. About half a mile from : Sheshequin the savages used at stated times to keep their feasts of siteriti . ce. On these neen sions they roved ahont in the neighbokhood like so many evil spirits, making the air to resound with their hideous noises and bellowings, but they never approached near enough to molest the brethern. Brother Rothe had the pleasure to see many proofs of the power of the word of God, and it appeared for some time as if aft the people about Sheshequin would turn to the I Lord. Smite time after, an enmity began to show itself; some said openly, " cannot lire according to the precepts of the brethern if God hail intended us to live like them, we should - certainly have been born amongst them." Neverthelesi James Davis. a chief, and several I others were baptized : The missionaries lost no opportunity of eon- I I eiliating the chiefs of the Iroquois, and olten in vited them to dine as they passed through the ' settlement. these little attenthins made a favoia- hle impression, and enabled the missionaries, in familiar conversation, to remove misappreliew shins, and allay unfituntled prejudices iv kirk hied been entertained by the theinj These chiefs noticed every thing that passed in the village, anti looked with no little suspicion mum the the surveying instruments used at the settlement, regarding them as soma mysterious contrivance to obtain the rand from the Indians. The paintings in the church, of the crucifixion, and the scene at the Mount of Olives, attracted their admiration, and enabled thebrethern to ex plain to them the history of our Lord, " which , produced in sonic a salutary thoughtfulness." In 1771, there was an immense flood in the - Sit:lnuit:ulna, and all the inhabitants at Shesbc quill were 0111:2oti to save themselves in boats, and retire to the woods, where they were de- I mined four days. The Six Nations !intim', by the treaty or 1768, sold their bind from under their feet," the brethren were compelled to seek a new grant from the governor of Pennsylvania. who kindiy ordered that they should not be disturbed. and thafhe had ordered the surveyorslan to take up any land within five miles °I Fric.tlenshuetten. The brethern hail received many pressing in vitations froze the Delawares on the Ohio to leave the tinsquehanna, and the thangerous vicini ty of the 1111 i ItY, and settle :mum ! : them. 'These Were declined Willi 1772, WilVll the iirctlwrn became convinced that the comgrei2a nous could net maintain themselves long in these parts. The Iroquois had sold their land, and various trouldcsomcdentand,, u pon thrill wer e comintinity renewed ; the comes; heiween Conttecticut men and the Indians and Penamites at I\ young! had commenced, White ;412114.1 - s daily increased. and ram was introduced to seduce the young people. They therefore finally re solved to remove to Ohio. Their exo(lua was remarkable. To trans port 240 individuals of all secs, with cattle and horses, from the Nuith Branch across4lie Alle- Eheny mountains by Way of Bald Eigle, to the Ohio, would be, even in these day's of locottio t ice facilities, a most arduous undertaking. I►' hat must it have been through that howling wil derness 1 . fortunately niost : of the company : were, natives. of .the. forest :esene is given in the language of Loskiei, the annalist, of thu ni is stuns. • June Otd, 1172. -The congregation pai iook of the holy communion forthe last time in Friedenslittetten. '- ' ' - '. 'June Ittb. all being •ready for the journey, the eon , gregation met for the last time at F.. *hen, the missionary reminded them, p_ the great favors I and blessings received from', 'ottin i this place, 1 1 , and elated•D4,,in.thisplace, up praises and tha • ItsgiYings to him, with fervent supplicationS' for:'l!iitti peace • and protection on the journey.:'''Th6Fpgipany. con sisted of 211 persons from Fried niihnetten and proceeded with great ehetirfolwg.4 -in reliance upon the Lord. I '• Brother Ettwein coed _ (pd. those who went by land, and brother Itri;; bnie by water, who were the greater numlitri; L Thls.louracy ivas a practical schnnl of par:* • g fu'rlthe missionaries. The fatigue attending' ' r zmiglation of a whole congregation,'With-g11" , le polls and cattle; in a country like North.:: . 'Mario, .can. hardly be conceived by any ; one 1w -bas pot experienced it ; much less mar " be, propirly described. The-land traveLtra, • .ail,'7o . leatlig Owns : 40, a still greater rut* :43i9k!‘cP140 C.ar.c.-(o4.lautl sustained incredible 'hardships in fincing way for themselves and their beasts through very thick woods and swamps of aonat extent, being directed only by a small path, mid that barely discernible in some placest; so that it ap -pears almost impossible to conceive how one man could work his way and mark a path that such close thickets and immense woods, one of which he computed to be about 00 miles long. While passing through these woods it rained almost incessantly. In one. part of the country they were obliged - to wade till times through the windings of the river Muasey, be sides suffering other hardships. However: they attended to their daily worship as re.rularty as circumstadces would permit, and had frequently strangers among them, both Indians and white people. who were particularly attentive to the . English disedoSes delivered by brother Ettwein. The party which went by water were every night obliged to seek a lodging on shore, and suffered much from the cold. Soon after their departure. from Friedenshunen, the measels broke out among them,. and many fell sick, es pecially the children,* The attention due to the patients:neressarily increased the fidigue of the journey. In some parts they were molested by inquisitive, (probably in Me ‘Vyaming val ley) and in others by drunken, people. The many falls and dangerous rapids in the Susque hanna occasioned immense trouble and frequent delays. However, by the mercy of God, they! passed safe by Shamokin, and then upon the west arm of the river by Long Island to Great Island, when they joined the land travel lers on the 20th Juno, lout now proceeded all together by land. When they arrived at the mountains, they met with great didieulties in crossing, them. fur, not having horses enoqgh to carry all the baggage, m ast o f th e m we re obliged to carry some part. During a eonsidera hie part of the journey the rattlesnakes kept them in constant alarm, as they lay •in great numbers' either_in or near the road. These venomous creatures destroyed sevtral of the horses, but the oxen were saved by being driven in the rear. The most troublesome plague in the Woods was a kind of insect called by the Indians Pooh, or hying ashes, from their being so small that I tiny are hardly visible, awl their bite as painful ad red-hot ashes. 'As slain as the evening fires were kindled, the cattle, in order to get rid of these insects, ran turiously towards the fire, crowding into time smoke, by which our travel-,, lers were much disturbed in their sleep and at' meals. These tormenting creatures are met I with in a tract or country which the Indians call , all place oroid, by all men." The following eirmunstance g ave rise to this name : About : t1) seats ago, anlndtan hermit lived upon a rock in this neighborhood, and tied to appear to 1 travellers or homers iii different garbs, (tighten iug some and murdering others. At length al v a liant chief was to hirmnate as - to surprise and I kill him. To this (rue account fabulous report has added, that the chief, haying burnt the her tnies hones to ashes. scattered them in the air throughout the forest, and they became punks. In another parlor the forest, the Gres and storms had caused such confusion among the trees, that the wood was almost impenetrable. Some persons departed this life during the journey. and among them a poor cripple, 10 11 years old, who was carried by his mother in a basket on her back. Our travellers were sometimes com pelled to stay a day or tern in one place, tosup ply themselves with necessaries of life. They ;hot upwards of 150 deer (wring the journey. and found great abundance of fish. They like wise met with a peculiar kind of turtle, about the size of a goose, with a long neck, pointed head, and eyes like-a dove.. July , 20th, they 1, ft the mountains and ae rived on the hacks of the Ohio [now the Alle gheny. 1 where they immediately built cantles to semi dm ;wed and infirm with the Itea!vy bag gage down the river. Two days aft, ran ants they met brother iterkenwebtcr ;lint soma In dian horses front niedenstadt, (in Beaver co.) by whose aSAistance they arrived there on the 5111 Ate., and were received wit h every ma d ; of affection by the ashole congregation." [We N 1,211 ivr a further extrzet from th;s inlereging b,%etch of licadf.rd Cowlly in .11r next.] Vc arr Growing Wr are growing old—how the thought will tin Whin t glance i, backward cast, On • kart reownilicred spot that lies • In the 'Aimee Of tlw past It may he the shimr of our early vows, h the 4uub e.t u.trly tears: But it coats to u. like .1 tar-id i>le. In the slot my t.V3 of yours. ()h. W hi t ', and tvil I are the wares that pat( OUr Fier loon grOa.lllll`.., Anil we ruba the joy of runny a heart, And the light of many.a brow ; For t frOp 0 7 *.1f tunny a stately bark • Have the whelping; billows rolled, That steered us from that early mark— Oh, friendri, we are growiug old. . Ohl in the ditintesa and the dust Of our daily toil and cares, Old in the wrecks of love 3(1 , 1 tro=t. Which row burdened memory herina. Bach limn may wear to the pasting gaze The bloom of litC's freslittes. yet, And freatna ntay brighten our latter days, Which the morning clever met. But ph the changes we have seen, In the far and winding way ; . The graves in our trath.that have grown green, a And the loch,. that hive gross it gray ! The wihters still on nor nwn may spare The sable or the gobl ; But we saw Otto stems upon brighter hair— • And friend,. We are goo, int; old, We have gained the world's cold wisdom now We hose Latrioal,to paw,e and tear; not where are the living fames whose tlow Was a joy of heart to hear ! Wc have won the wealth of many a clime, And the. lore of many a page; On where is the hope that $055 in time ihit its boundless heritage I Will St conic again when the violet wakes. And the woods their youth renew ! We lunar good in the light of tunny lottke, Where the bloom wits deep aiul blue Anil our souls might joy in the . , spring -Mite 'tali, • But the joy was faint and c6ltir , For it ne'er could give us youth again Of hearts ! that are grayling old, Suppose you wore lotio a fug, what we you tees; Ji4tAy . ..p.bF of course, C I , , Z - CO - The (tipsy pi the, Abruzzo. Tim !On sonth east wind had prey:OW . aft day, and va,t *gloom and languor over the love• ly valley of Sahnona—a spot worthy of tIO- Ing givro birth to the amlahlk NaSU ; that i• poet. N% hose glowing imaginatioritaaio . trutlront,ti •• charming agonies oflOvei whos e Misery delights:" • Waz. near to that spot still known .to the • peasantry as La Bollega d'Ovidirit that •dlts!' yonug Donna Coltman:l stayed her eager.pak. Or; to let him drink of the limpid. stream Foote Warners. Notwithstanding tire. sick en i ng oppression of the malaria. now fast pervading the heated breeze, the flush of bo o m, and happiness sat upon the maitien 4 l,breif, and the smile of youthful joy played around her pouting lips. While , her horse sucked up the vnoling draught, a voice from benedth &A nd out in a low but musical tones, •• (lentil" Donna," two several times before she could reeognize whence it proceeded: , . • " Genial' Donna." said. thwiinice,' a third time. " thing a ducat on the margin - el , GliPonfe• d'ilmore. and 111 readd - you your fortune." ' The lady now discerned the speaker where he lay stretched at fu11..-length beneath the , thick olive that shaded one side of the sprink. • ' fhs 18 110 hour to have fortune read,:' replied the donita ; •• but here's a gold zealot) for thy good wishes, for truly never did fortune mere. Here. Andreas, rein up thy steed, anti hear the coin to hint." " -- rouph it pot, Nfeeser Andrene," elMrply cried the first speAcr, nildresilingihe waiting servitor; blister thy (Milers else:" Andress instinctively started from the prof.. fared gold ; the speaker laughed, and m a sof tened tone continued : •• Fling it thnn upon the flowery turf. madd ever verdant by the waters ul Ante (r,drnorc: !line it freely down, and thy love: lady, shall never know cross again." A deep suirusiun passed over the cheek of Consmoza. '.The baron is in sight, donna," announced Andreas. **Then let us ride on." eho replied, as, with a 'look that st;innini to say, I wont(' herinorit, it n er r i ,i,, n suited, shellung the cottidowarda' the prophet ; and. ;,dying her spirited paprey the rein, she galloped lightly towards the enstello. •Your fortune is read, motto beak), and may. your star never shine less brightly than suing hour," cried the titan, springing up, and dis playing, the well-known equipment of the . Zingaro---one of a race, half bandit, half-gip sy, who were, at this period, thickly located about the wild mountain-track lying between Isernia and and %%tending from the lake of Celan° across the Alaronneand Itlatesse. In his hand he bole a situ lull nipe feet long, —this was Ins only apparent weapon ; from his neck hung a rudely-formed guitar, a long hair-net constrained his luxuriant black lock., and it large leafed hut lay back upon his shoulders, sustained by a carrots , leather strap passed across his forehead. His nether man was clad in loose breeches of dark-yellow cot ton, drawn tight below the knee ; a grease shaped leathern gaiter covered his leg nearly to the ankle. where it was met by the lacing of the rude sandal, which ba:ely protected the sole of the foot. A short closely-fitted jerkin of dcer-skin, and a very large cupa of coarse hiaek cloth, coinpleted the wardrobe of tho very pirturesquednoking L outh, who, leaning on his stall, watched the receding figure of the hcantiitil Thero was a yellow ish tint in his complexion which would bave . given a sickly character to the countenance, but that was more than cimilieracted by the lustrous brightness of his large black eyes, the redness of his lips, and a set of teeth, which, from their sta.:will and whiteness, seemed formed for eternity. In figure he Was about the mid dle height: his limbs tight and long, denoting both strength and elasticity. As the cortege 01' the baron drew near,- the youth thus minutely des en hed mo v e d roun d, the, spring, and having picked trout the turf the, piece ill gold. rapidly darted away ; and by the aid of his ppte readily clearing the - Malty Arran's which Illlerscrlea the meadow, 1113(10 lor the Olive-Llrove. which covered mite aide of the, sleep hill leatliiiq to the easlidki. This was the day of the festival of the pat.. rom,ailit °film monastery of the .'an itnziata,' :mil of the sirocco, the Poron de' ILrialva lad attends il the ceremony in cottipa. , ny with his niece. They had left the castle at daybreak. and were now returning from the' monastery accompanied try same of the neigh-- boring nobility: It was on this day; in-..the: eldirch of the Alintinciala, Conatanza had. re., covered the smiles stolen front her brow„eyee since the hour her uncle first announced, the, fend which separstill her from Luigi Conradi-, iii, her long 7 atlianced and heart-chosen It was from the hand of a Mendicant palnii;rto whom she tended alms, in the gloomy aisles of the church, she received the electric touch which imparted new life to her heart. It traS from beneath that pil,, r i n e a h oo d the glances' shot which hail kindled anew the fire of joy' in her eves ; and it was to read the letter of lore, hidden next her hinting heart. whose Imes- i n d ee d, were in decide her, fate, that she now .Porre(l 110110 . War(1 so Ireely, heedless - of, tin heat of the x ,sun or air. The.saine day was far advaneed, when the eirt' stood Ousel befiire the noble gate of the-' Cassell de Mirialra, and while tuning his gni- ' tar, the wanderer's "roostant recommendation.. disturbed tlw rest 411 the pa(11111:114 port. r who - sat within its shade. •• l't.:we..aittl q u it thy thrumming. nigne ; thou cannot i•Xpcct to Aittal alight hertt,'7'growf. IA the unmusical tittz tug what it (midst thou 2" ' • —Scimething, in cat. and e•timewlicre to slicly ter ma within-these awple wall." replied the youth, sadly ; see, you the threatening , ltOrui ' . . . . 1111"1 y nom: pow** C H A I"I'ER, rEur rougrit rmic.] EEC = MEI