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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6,1846
Ty Oar Agricultural readers will find, on our fourth
pi p, several seasonable articles appertaining to the no
ble s cience which they fallow; Ind froes-ashieh they
perhaps, gain both 'instruction and profit •
[Written for the Bradford Reporter.) •
Forth Trees and Flowering Shrubs of Bradfoni
County.
wooamAo t. spirt. that ttee."
Misses. Eorroas.—ln the forests of Mir county, na
ture has distributed her trees and shrubs with an un
spininghand. This variety arises in part from the flow
of our noble river, which brings from its distant worm!
the seeds of numerous trees and plants, and deposits
t h em along it shores ; but in a greater degree from the
diversity of soil which is consequent in a section so bro.
km with hills and valleys. Few are acquainted with
the forest scenery of our tonnty,andstill kwerappreciate
its beauty. To the traVeler, whose road leads-idong the
valley of the Susquehanna, the border hills look like
escarpments, beyond whose summits there is nothing
inviting to the eye, nor scarcely • fit place for man's
Wade; and yet some of the broken uplands of our coun
ty far surpass in the beauty of their scenery, the mast
Winning situations in our valley, and with the same
cultivation will become equally productive of those anti_
sirs which supply the necessities of ram The scenery
of our valley, though ever beautiful, has yet in it some
'thing of sameness. It is not that sameness which pro
ducts satiety, but it is the same river winding its serpen
no wry through fields richly cultivated ; here having
-la banks thickly lined with the over-hanging elm, the
,lni,lithoughell sycamore, the silver maple, and the fra
!kratit tulip, then hastening from its shady retreat and`
...woothly winding its way along fields where the sun
.:ticsi flowers-find a home on its bank. Its islands, Atm,
Ire ever the same beautiful fairy spots, whether the wild.
wood gives them thiacest shade, or whether its deep ver
dure is brOken by sunny spots of flowering heath or
sanding grain.
There is too, in our border hills, a variety that is ever
thenging, yet ever pleasing. Sometimes they rise with
gentle slope, with the declivity broken by cultivated
fields' am! patches of green woods. It is here that the
at, the chestnut and the hickory flourish in their Init.'-
, rznee ;—sometimes they rise precipitated steep from
the river bank, and even throw their projecting crags so
in over its bed, that
"It seems en infant's touch might urge
• Their headlong passage down the verge."
Yet eren among these crags nature has . planted het
etergreens, and the pine and the cedar here bow at the
tddiug of the breeze, and the wildest Eower as it clings
to the deft rock, smiles as sweetly, and yields as rich
perfunte, as though it grew - in the garden of royalty.
Then again some mohntain stream With its deep dell
breaks in upon the scene, and leaps from rock to rock,
is if straggling to devour whatever obstructs its course.
"It seems some mountain rent ind riven
A passage fur the stream has given,
But though the sun is o'er the hill,
In this dark spot 'tis twilight at
In these liecludedellens, the hemlock, the laurel, the
rse-lny and the ffy honeysuckle, crowd themselves fo
lder, as if to hush the murmurings of the stream that
mu beneath their shade.
This noble river with its thousand meanderings, its
shady banks, its verdant fields and its fairy isles; these
sloping hills, these rugged cliffs, and these wild dells, are
Susquehanna scenery.
Beyond the border billed aer valley, we have scenery
u varied, antryet, more beautiful in its wildness; for
here is found the mountain lake deep in the bosom of
the hills—the rugged cliff over-hanging the forest so far
beneath it, that it looks like a green copse at its foot:
And here is the proud old forest too, where nature
reigns u tbsoletteas when it Wu trod only by this bound=
ing deer, or the light foot of the Indian.
la these forests which seem to gather trees and shrubs
to suit their own soil and situation, may be found many
?ecies which are as ornamental as those more costly
and lets hardy. Among these wildwood trees and
shrcbs that are now in bloom, is the juneberry, the fly
^ honeysuckle, the sweet-fern, the wild plumb, the wild
cherry and some others.
The June berry, (Aronia Bolryclpitinsj with snow
white flowers has en enlivening appearatice wherever it
news Sometimes it is a mere shrub, hardly noticed
except while in bloom, bet in open situations It often
fai ts a handsome tree, growing to the height of thirty
feet. and having a shape some like the tat maple. Its
°alters are in clusters, white and hetminal on each
Innrh ; and as the flower decays, its white silky teases
shoot from around the foot .of. its s:alk, at first closely
Lidol, but eon expanding to a broad shining leaf. Ar
meamental tree, the Juneberry is worthy of S place
, thand oar homes, for it adapts itself to any soil that is
el, is show, in its bloom; and graceful in its foliage. In
the month of June it hide purple berry which is eatable.
There are a number of species of the Aronia, besides
the A. Botryapium, mid some of them are probably in.
6 eenious to our county, but I arrtnot familiar with the.*
Among these are the medlar bush, Ovalia,jblVady
thc alk Savuintaj and perhaps some others.
They belong to the eleventh class and fifth order of the
Linnean system, and blooms in April and May.
The -1 1 Mecum is a genus of small flowering shrubs
that grows in the dells and upland thickets of our coun
t,.' Of this genus we have the fly honeysuckle; or twin'
417 Ciliatum.) This is • small shrub with
lellewiro white flowers, which , grow in pairs. Each
f" " has a little horn or knob at ins 43141114 its (milt
small tan berry, which grow in pairs the same as
the flowers. Another specie! is swamp twin belt (I.
emit..„) In this species, the flowers ant yellow, and
t r " m Pans, but each pair of flowers has but our germ,
'II Produces but one berry. The leaves of this species
digs from the first in being longer and narrower,
ete-eer hear-shaped at the base like the fly honey.
441 e. The root of this shrub is cathartic,and its lardy
stem 6 hard and bony. The X. Ylosteum Wrongs to the
dui and first order of the Linnean system.
The sweet fern is another genus of which we have
ht " n ee 'Peeks, Comptonia Airplenajolirk) It is
naafi shrub now in bloom, flower green, leaves long
deeply Parted. It grows on hills and rocky anat.."
'lmo, from one to four feet high; and has not gained fa.
b en ornamental shrub. In medicinal qualities it is
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i',o" We giVe place to the following communication
With pleasure; and would ask for it the respectful at
tention of waits, for the valuable advice and seasonable
admonitions it conveys, and the well known integrity
and uprightness of its author. One of the first prayers
that the lisping tongue of childhood is to be taught to
utter, is " tend us not into temptation;" and parents
have not metered that prayer, nor performed their duty
to their offspriiig, whin they have carefully guarded
them from every corrupting influence. One of the most
prolific sources of vice, as our correspondent urges, is
the idle and Contaminating company who are ready to
share the leisure moments of every boy ; and who would,
in time, spoil any child. For •
"Vice, though a monster of such hideous mein,
That to be hated needs but to be seen ;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with its face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace."
The youthful mind soon becomes accustomed to the
vulgarity and profanity of associates; until it is no long
er repulsive to hear the come of our Maker taken,in vain
or so "familiar" with scenes of vice and crime, that it
needs but little inducement to plunge madly into its
depths.
Minns. EDITORS :—Allow me through youreolamns
to ask the attention of parents, in this borough, to the
allowing paragraph. We see every day exhibitions of
the "school of vice" here named, such as fill .us with
melancholy forebodings relative to many of its pupils.—
appears to me that if parents, in a place like this, owe
any duty to their children. it. is to keep them, as much
as possible at home. As things too often go, a few bad
boys are the teachers of half the rest in the village.—
The consequence is, that numbers, who otherwise might
have grown up to respectability and usefulness, tum out
the pests of society; and many who appear toasty short
of this, are nevertheless kept entirely back from the at
tainments requisite to make them valuable members of
society. Parents, prove yourselves the friends of your
children, and train them in the way they should go.
For•-rsur 07 Vice.—Mothers, if you would train up
your children to be useful members of society, keep them
from running about the streets. The great school of
vice is the street. There the urchin learns the vulgar
oath, or the putrid obscenity. For one lesson at the
fireside, he has a dozen in the kennel. Thus are scat
tered the seeds of falsehood, gambling, theft and violence.
Mothers, as you love your own flesh and blood, make
your children cling to the hearth-stone. Love herbs
yourself; sink the roots deep among your domestic trea
sures; set an example in this, as in all things, which
your offspring may follow. It is a great error that chil
dren may be left to run wild in every sort of street temp
tation. fur several years, and that it will then be time
enough to break them in. This horrid mistake makes
half our spendthrifts, gamblers, thieves and drunkards.
No man would raise a colt or . an ox oomph a principle;
no man would suffer the weeds to grow in his garden
for any length of time, saying he could eradicate them
at any time. Look to this matter, parents; see, more
especially, that your children are not out at night, loiter
ing around some coffee-house. Mothers, .make your
children love borne, and by all means encourage them
to love you better than all other human beings.
Raub inn Cosa est° °isms—The following " rules
and regulations" which we cut from an exchange, con
tain the substance of all we could say to correspondents.
They are short, but very pithy—in particular the last
one. These rules observed, will almost ensure the pub
lication of an article, and what ii more desirable to the
writer, will secure its being read:
1. Have something to writs about.
2. Write pliin—dot your i's—cross your ra—point ,
your sentences—begin them with capitals.
3. Write short—to the point—stop when 'outdone.
4. Write only one aide of a leaf.
5. Read it over,'abridge and correct it until you get
It into the shortest space possible.
6, Pay the postage.
How calmly sinks the parting sun!
Yet twilight lingers still,
And beautiful as dreams of heaven
It sleeps upon the hill.
Earth sleeps, with all her glorious things,
Beneath the Holy Spirit's Wings;
And rendering back the hues above,
Seems testing in a trance of love.
Round yonder rocks, the forest trees
In shadowy groups recline,
Like nuns, at evening, bbwed in prayer
Around their holy shrine.
And through their teasel the night•winds bloW
Sd calm and still—their music low,
Seems the mysterious voice of prayer,
Left echoed on the evening air.
And yonder western throng of clouds,
Retiring from the sky,
So calmly move—so softly glow;
They seem to fancy's eye
Bright creatures of a better sphere,
Come down at noon to worship item;
And from their sacrifice of love.
Retuniing to their bottle above.
The blue sales of the golden sea,.
The night-areb, floattA high,.
The Hower' that gut uptm the heavens,-
The bright streams gushing by,
Are Using with Religlow=deep
On' earth and sea its gloried sleep;
And mingle with the - darlight rays,
Like the soft light of parted days.
The spirit of the holy Ere
Comes through the silent air,
To feeling's bidden spring, and wakes
A gush of Omsk there ! •
And the far depthsof ether beams
So passing (sir, we almost dream
That we can ties and wander through
The open patter of trattleas blue
Each soul is filled with glorious dreams,
Each pulse is beating wild,
And thought is soaring to the &dna
Oleo*, undefiled!
And holy aspirations'start
Like blamed axles, from the bears,
And bind—Cot euth's dark tiei are tiresti-7
Our sprits to the gates of Mena !
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, AT TOWANDA ; BRADFORD COUNTY, PA.; BY E. 0. & H. P. GOODRICH.
(For dle Bradford Reporter.)
A PARICST
Sabbath Evening.
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M 0 I U.
Solemn strikes the funeral chime.
Note or our departed time.
As we journey hero below.
's Moue" this pilgrimage of wow
Mortals now may drop a tear,
Fur mortality is here;
Bee how all its trophies wave,
O'er the slumbers of the grave.
Here soother guest we bring,
Seraphs of celestial wing;
'Round the funeral altar come.
To waft a friend and brother home.
Lore of all below, above,
Fill our soda with truth and love
As dissolves our earthly tie,
Take us to thy Lodge on high:
The Blockhouse—A Squatter's Story.
[coNcLoDED.]
We felt strange at first when we found our.
selves shut up inside the palisades, antrtinly
able to look out through the shim we had Oft
for our rifles. We weren't use to be Con
fined in a place, and it made us right down
wolfish. !'here we remained however, as
still as mice. Scarce a whisper was to be
heard. Rachel tore up old shirts and greased
them, for wadding the guns; we changed our
flints, and fixed every thing about our rifles
properly, while the woman sharpened our
knives and axes in silence.
Nearly an hour passed in this way when
we heard a shouting and screaming. and a few
musket shots : and we saw through our loop
holes some Spanish soldiers running backward
wards and forwards on the crest of the slope
on which our houses stood. Suddenly a great
pillar of awoke arose, then a second, then a
third.
" Cod be good to us I" cried Rachel, •' they
are burning our houses." We were all trem
bling and quite pale with rage. Hark ye stran
ger. when men have been slaving and sweating
for friur . or five months to build houses for their
wives and for the poor worms of children. and
then a parcel of devils from hell come and burn
them down like maize stocks in a stubble field,
it is no wonder that their teeth should grind
together, and their fists clench of themselves.
So it Was with us; but we said nothing, for
our rage would not let us speak. But present
ly as we strained our eyes through our loop.
holes, the Spaniards showed themselves at the
opening of the forest yonder, coming towards
the blockhouse. We tried to count them, but
at first it was impossible. for they came on in
a crowd without any order. They thought
lightly enough of those they were seeking, or
they would have been more prudent. How
ever when they came within five hundred pa.
ces, they formed ranks, and we were able to
count. They were eighty two foot soldiers
with muskets and carbines, and three officers
on horseback, with draft swords in their
hands. The letter dismounted, and their ex
ample wail followed by seven other horse-men.
amongst whom we recognitied three of the ras
cally Creoles who had brought all this troub:e
upon us. He they called Croupier wai among
us. The other four were also, Crenles, Ace
diens or Canadians. a race whom we had alrea
dy met with on the Upper Mississippi, fine
hunters, but wild, drunken, debauched barba
rians.
The Acadians wets coining on in front. and
they setup a whoop when they saw the block
house and stockade; but finding they were
prepared to receive them, they . retreated upon
a main body. We saw them speaking to the
officers as if advising them ; but the latter
shook their heads and the soldiers continued
moving along. They were in uniform of all
colors, blue, white. and broWn, but each man
dirtier than his neighbor. They marrhed in
good order, hevertheless, the Captain and offi
cers coming in front, and the Ac dims keep
ing on. the flanks. The latter however, edg
ed gradually off towards the cotton trees, and
presently disappeared among them.
" Those are the first men to firick off," said
Asa, when he saw this manoeuvre of the Cre
oles. e. They have steady hands and sharp
eyes; it once we git rid of them we need not
mind the others."
The Spaniards were noir within a hundred
yards of us.
" Shall I let fly at the thieting incendiaries ?"
said Righteous.
" God forbid !" replied Asa. "We will de
fend ourself like men, but let us wait till we are
attacked. and the blood that is shed shall be at
the door of the aggressors."
The Spaniards now saw plainly that they
would have to take the stockade before they
could get at us, and the officers seemed con
sulting together:
" Halt!" cried Asa, /Ude*.
Messieurs les Americains; said the cap
tain, looking up at our loop•holes.
• What'd your pleasuie ?" demanded Ada.
Upon this the Captain stock a dirty pocket
handkerchief upon the point of his sword, and
laughing With his officers, moved some twenty
paces forward, followed by his troops. There
upon Ada again shouted to him to halt.
" This is not according to the cuatomd 61
war," said he. "The flag of truce may id
vanee, but if h is accompanied we fire."
It was evident that the Spaniard's, never
dreamed of our attempting to resist them ; for
there theY stood in line before is, and. if we
had fired, every shot mudt have told. The
Acadians, who kept themselves all this time
snug behind the cotton trees, called more than
once to the captain to withdraw his men into
the wood; bat he only' shook his head con
temptuously. When, hoitrever, he heard Asa
threaten'to"fire, he looked puzzled, as if he
thought it just possible we might do as we
said. He ordered his men to halt. and called
out to us not to fire till he had explained what
they came for. '
Then cut it short," cried Asa sternly.—
You'd have done better to explain before you
burned down our houses, like a pzek of Mo.
hawks on-the war path."
"REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER."
Smoak Ode.
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As he spoke, three bullets whistled from the
edge of the forest, and struck the blockades
within a few , inches of the loophole at which
he stood. They were fired by the Creoles . .
who. although they could not possibly distin
guish Asa, had probably seen his rifle barrel
or one 'DIMS buttons glitter through the Open
ing. As soon as they had fired, they Sprang
. behind their trees again, craning their heads
forward to hear if there was a groan Or a cry.
They'd have •done better to have keein quiet,
for Righteous and I caught a eight of them, and
let Ely at the same moment. Two) of them fell
and rolled from behind the trees, and we saw
that they were the Creole called Croupiei, and
another of our horse dealing-friends.
When the Spanish officer heard the shots,
he ran hack to his men, and shouted out "For
ward ! To the assault !" They came on like
mad at the distance of thirty paces, and then,
as if they thought we were wild geese to he
frightened by their noise, they fired a volley
against the blockhouse.
Now then !" cried Asa. " are you loaded,
Nathan and Righteoup 2 I take the captain—
you, Nathan, the lieutenant—Righteous, the
third officer—JameC - the sergeant. Mark
your men, and waste no powder."
The Spaniards were still some sixty yards
of; but we were sure of our mark at a hundred
and sixty, and that if they had been squirrels
instead of men. We fired; the captain and
lieutenant, the third officer, two sergeants, and
another man writhed for an instant upon the
grass. The next moment they stretched them
selves out—dead.
All was now confusion among the musket
eers, who ran in every direction. Most of
them took to the wood, but about a dozen re
mained and lifted up their officer. to see if
there was any spark of life left in them.
" Load again, quick !" said Asa in a low
voice. We did so, and six more Spaniards
tumbled over. Those who still kept their legs
now ran off as if the soles of their shoes had
been of red hot iron.
tVe set to Work to pick out our touch-holes
and clean our rifles, knowing that we might
not have time later, and that a single miss-fire
might cost us all our lives. We then loaded,
and began to calculate tvhat the Spaniards
would do next. It is true they had lost their
officers ; but there were five Acadian' with
them.jand those were the melt we had the
most to fear. Meantime the vulture"
and turkey-buzzards had already begun to as.
semble, and presently hundreds of them were
circling and hovering over the carcasses, which
they as yet, however. feared to touch.
Just then Righteous, who had the sharpest
eye amongst us all, pointed to the corner of
the wood, yonder where it joins the brushwood
thicket. I made a sign to Asa, and we all
looked and saw There was something creeping
and moving through the under-wood. Pres
ently we distinguished two Acadians heading
a score of Spaniards, and endeavoring, under
cover of the bushes, to steal across the 'aped
ground to the east side of the forest."
" The Acadians for you, Nathan and Right
eous, the Spaniards for us," said Asa. The
next moment two Acadians and four Spaniards
lay bleeding in the brushwood. But the bul
lets were scarce out of our rifles when a third
Acadian, whom we hail not seen, starteiktip.
" Now's the time," shouted he, before they
have loaded again. Follow me ! tie will have
their blockhouse yet." And he "Prang across
followed by the Spaniards. We gnashed our
teeth with rage at not haiing seen the Acadian.
There trere still three of these fellows alive,
who had now taken command of the Spaniards.
Although we had shot a score of our enemies.
those who remained were all together, and
now we had them on each side of us. But we
did not let ourselves be discouraged. although
we could not help feeling that the odds against
us were fearfully great.
We had now to keep a sharp look-oht ; fot
if one of us showed himself at d loophole, a
dozen bullets rattled about his ears. There
were many shot holes through the palisades.
which were covered with white streaks whete
the splinters had been tore off by the lead.=
The musketry had apriad thetnselres all.along
the edge of the forest, and had learned by et
perience to keep closh to their cover. We
now and then got a shot at them and killed four
or five, but it was slow work, and the time
seemed long.
Suddenly the Spanidrds set up a loud shotit.
At first we could not make out what was the
matter, but piesently we heard a hissing and
crackling un the roof of the blockhouse.—
They had wrapped tote round their catridies
and one of the shots *had set fo Ere the Heft
boards. Jost aas we found it out, they gave
three more hums, arid we saw the dry planks
beginning to flame, and the fire to spread.
•• We must put that out at once," said Asa.
"if we don't wish to be roasted alive. Some
one mail get up the chimney with a bucket OT
water. I'll go myself."
" Lei me go. Asa." said Righteous.
" Yon stop here. It don't matter who
goes. The thing Will be done in a minute."
He put a chair od a table and got upon it,
and theft seizing a bar which was fixed across
the chimney to' hang herds upon. he drel
himself up by his arms, and Rachel handed
him a pail of water. All this tide the flame
was burning brighter, and the Spanierde. get
ting louder in their tejoicing and bursas: Asa
stood uffon the bar. and raising the pail ahove
his head, poured the later out Of the channey
upon the roof.
" Mole to the left, Asa," said Righteous:
•. the fire is the strongest to the left."
" Tarnation seize it." cried Asa, " I can't
see. Hand me up another pailful."
We'did so; and when he had got it, he pot
his bead out at the top of the chimney to Fee
where the fire was, and threw the water over
the exact spot. But at the very moment that
he did so. the report of a dozen muskets was
heard.
4. Ha!" cried Asa in an altered voice. 4 , I
have 'it." And the hams and bucket came
tumbling down the chimney. and Au after
them, all covered - with blood.
" In God's. name, man, are you burl 2" cri.
ed RaChael.
" wife." replied Asa : keep quiet.
I have enough for the rest of my life, which
will not be lung; but never mind, lads, defend
yourselves weil. and don't fire two at the lams
man. Save your tead,.for yob will want it
all. Promise me that."
•,Asa! my beloved Asa!" shrieked fie
chael. " if yqu die, I shall die too."
" Silence! foolish woman ; and our child.
and the one yet unborn! Hark ! I hear the
Spaniards! Defend yoUrselves, and, Nathan,
be a father to my chiidreh."
I had barely time to press his hand and
make him the proinise he wished. The Span
iards, who had doubtles guessed our lose.
rushed like mad wolves up to the wound,
twenty on one side, and upwards of thirty on
the other.
" Steady !" cried I. " Righteous, here With
me; and you, Rachael, show yourself worthy
to be Hiram Strong's daughter, and Asa's wife;
load this rifle for me while I fire my own."
" 0 God ! 0 God !" cried Rachael, •t the
hell-hounds have murdered my Asa!"
She clasped her husband's body in her arms
and there was no getting her away. I felt elad
enough myself. but there was scanty time for
grieving: for a party of Spaniatilft, headed by
one of the - Acadians, was chute tip to the mound
on the side which 1 was defending. I shut
the Acadian ; but another, the sixth, and last
but one, took his place. Rachael 1" cried I.
" the rifle, for God's shake, the rifle ! a single
bullet may save all our lives."
But no Rachael came, and the Acadian and
Spaniards, who from the cessation of our are,
guessed that we were either unloaded, or had
expended our ammunition, now sprang for
ward, and by climbing, and scrambling, and
getting on One another's shoulders, managed
tO scale the side of the mound, all perpendicu
lar, as you see it is. And in a 'minute the
Acadian and half d dozen Spaniards. with ax
es, were chopping away at the palisades, and
levering the wattles which bound them togeth.
er. To give the devil his due, if there had
been only three like that Acadian, it would
have been all up with us. Ile handled his
axe like a real backwoodsman; but the Span
iards wanted either the skill or strength of
arm, anti they made little impression. There
were only Righteous and myself to oppose
them ; for, on the other side, a dozen more
soldiers, with the seienth of thdse cursed Aci
that's, wete attacking •the stockade.
Righteous shot down one of the Spaniards;
but just as he had done so, the Acadian tore
up a palisade by the roots, (how he did it I
know not to this hour, there must have been a
stump retraining on it.) held it with the wat
tles and hianches - hanging round it like a shield
before him, guarding off a blow? aimed at him
then hurled it against me with such force that
I staggered backwards, and he sprang past me.
I thought it was all over with us. It is true
Cat Righteous, with the butt of his rifle, Span
iard who entered, and drove his hunting-knife
into the next; but the Acadian alone was man
enough to give us abundant occupation. now
he had got Into our rear. Just then there was
a crack of a rifle, the Acadian gave a leapinto
the air and fell dead; and at the same mo
ment my son Godsend, i boy of ten
years old; sprang Icirward, Ass's rifle in
his hand, still smoking from the muzzle and
touchhole. The glorious boy had loaded the
piece when he saw that Rachael did not do it.
and in the very nick of time hid shot the Aca
dian through the heart. 'Phis brought me to
myself again, and with axe id one hind and
knife in the other, I rushed in among the
Spaniards, hacking and hewing right and left.
It was a real butchery. which lasted a good
quarter of an hour; hrut then the Spaniards
got sick of it, and wodld have done so sooner.
had they known that their leader was shot. At
,last they jdinped off the mound and ran away.
such of them as could. Righteous end I put
the palisade in its place again. securing it as
well as we Could, and then, telling my boy to
keep watch; ran over to the dther aide, where
a desperate fight was going oh.
Three of our party, assisted by the women.
were defending the stockade against a score of
Spaniardi, who kept poking their bayonets be
tween the palisades, till all our people were
wounded and bleeding: But Rachael had now
recovered from her first grief at her husband'i
death, or rather it had turned to a feeling of
revenge, and there she was, like a raging ti
gress, seizing the baydnets as they were thrust
' through the stocadm add wrenching their' off
the muskets and sometimes pulling the
Lets themselves out of the soldiers' hands.—
But all this struggling had loosened the pali
sade/ and there were one or two opening/ in
them through which the thin bodied kninisids
pushed on by their comrades, were able to
pass. Just as sle came up two of those cop
per colored Dons bad squeezed thernselvei
through, without their muskets, but with their
short sabres in their hands. They ire active
dangerous fellows in a hand tussle: One of
them sprang at rue, and if it had not been for
my fiddling knife, I was done for; I had no
room to awing my ale; bui as he came on I
hit him a blow with mr fist, which knocked
him ddivn, and then ran nair knife into him,
and jumping over his body, snatched a mus
ket out of Rachaet's hand; and began laying
about me with the but end of it. I wad lorry
not to have .my - rifle which *as handiet than
those heavy Spanish mosketi. The women
Were now in the way—we hadn't room for so
manc—so I called out to them to get into the
blockhouse and load the rifles. There was
still another Acadian alive, knew the fight
Wouldn't end till he was done for. But while
we were fighting, Godsend. and the Women
loaded the rifles. end brought drem out, and
firing through the stockade, killed three or
four, and. as
,luck would hale it. the Ara
chan was amongst them. Sn when the Span
iardii, who are just like hounds, and only come
on if led and encouraged, saw that their leader
had fallen, they sprang orthe mound. with a
Carajo I Malditos I" and ran away. as. if s
shell had burst amongst them."
• The old squatter paused and dreW a . deep
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breath. He had forgotten his usual drawl and
deliberation ; end had become animated and
eager while describing the stirring incialita in
which he had Edirne so active a part: Whed
he had - taken breadth lie continued.
leouldn't say how lung the fight bitted !
it seemed Short. we were so busy, and yet
long, deadly long. It was no joke to have to
defend tines life, and the lives of those one
love beat, againit fourscore blood-thirsty Span.:
birds. mid that With only half a dozen rifleii
for arms; and a few palisades for ehelter.--.
W hen it was over we were so dog tired that
we fell down where we adv, like, overdriven
oxen, and without minding the blood which
lay like water on the ground. Seven Span
iards were lying dead within the stockade.—
We ourselves were all wounded and hacked
about, some with knife stabs and sabre cute.
others with musket shots; ugly wounds
enough; 'some of them, but none mortal. If
the Spaniards had returned to the attack they
would have made °short work of us; for as
soon as tree left off fighting and oor blood cool.;
ed, we became stiff and helpless. But now
came the women with rags and bandages, and
washed our wounds and bound them up, and
we dragged ourselves into the blbekhouse, and
lay down upon our mattresses of dry leaves.
And Godsend loaded the rifle and a dozen
Spanish muskets that were lying about, to be
in readiness for another attack. and the womeii
kept watch while we swept. But the Spaniards
had enough. and we saw no more of them.—
Only the twit morning, when Jonas went duwa
the ladder to . teconnoitre. he foiled thirty dead
and several others wounded, who begged hard
for a drink of water, for that their comrades
had deserted them. We got them ep into di
blockhouse, gni) had their wounds dressed, and
after a time thee were Mired and left us."
• And were ou never attacked again ?" said
I. I wonder at your couragb in remaining
here after becoming aware of the dangers you
were exposed to."
We reckoned we had more right than ever
to the land after the blood it had colt us,,anci
then the news of the ftgbt liad got carried into
the settlements, and up as - far as Salt River ;
and softie of our friends and kinsfolk earns.
down io join us, and there was soon enough of
us not to care for twice as many Spaniards as
we had beaten off before."
While he wail speaking the old squatter de.
scended the ladder, and led tis out of the forest
and over the ridge of a low hill, on the side of
which itood a doien log hduses, which cast
their black shadows on the moonlit slope..
We found a rough but kind welcome—few
words; but plenty of good cheer—and we
made acquaintance with the heroes and heio.
ines of the blockhouse aiege, and with their
tons and daughters. buxom strapping &meld
and fine manly lads,Tankees though they were.
I have often enjoyed a softer bed, bit osier I
sounder sleep than that night.
The neit day our liaises weie brought round
from the swamp, and We took our departure,
but al haidships. hoWever painful to endure.
are pleasant tb look back upon so I have often
thought With pleasure of our adventures in this
prairies, and recurred with, the strongest intei;
eat to old Nathan's thrilling narrative of the
Bloody Blockhouse.
Scraps Of Scientific Information.
SAL has been distributed over the eakh witi
a capricious hand. In Catalonia, Spain, therei
is a Mountain of rock salt, rising to an tleva
find of 663 teat above the level of the surround
ing soil, which a circumfeiance of about 16,006
feet !
In Aettaean there is said to be two whole
mountami composed entirely salt.
There ie a salt track in Niissmitt, along the
Missouri river, 80 milee long and 45 wide !
In Virginia, immense under ground masses
lie,deposited, which, with that out cropping in
hills, wmild supply the World for many ages.
In Net+ York State the innumerable de
polites of immense salt beds, from which are
annually Manufactured million. of barrels of
salt,shovlr that sufficient salt exists hi thin State
to furnish tfie world. Hui, on the other hand;
it ii so srarde in the interior of Hindoston„ as
to fetch 02 cents ti pound; and in the west of
'l'hihet end Abystiinia, it is SO valuable as to
Vass (of
THE METALS.—Copper is of i raddiah color.
sonorous, malleable and brilliant. It may be
alloyed with most of the other metals. forming
some of ihe most beautiful. useful and durable
alloys that is known. It is soluble in either,
sulphuric or nitric acid. and 'furies beautifu l
blue mite's.
Nos ni of all metals the moat useful, and ii
the most extensively tided in the arts. It be-
comes very makable by being heated. and is
capable et being wielded a heat far below ittti
toeing poi Ct. It is attracted by the Magnet
dud it itself rendered niagnetic.lms a great
affinity for oxygen, and is readily soluble ie
Bride.
TIN IN a White metal. similar fii appeaianee
to Silver. but very fusible, and math!y tarnishes
by exposure to . the atmosphere. It ii alloyed
with copper. anti with the fusible Metals ; and
is readily salad° in Heidi.
4NTDIONt iiof a dusky color, not extensive
ly 'used in a Metallic elate, except is the eom;
position of piithing type.
has the pecultsr property of ten=
derinc other metals fusible by beitig alloyed
with them. -
together four parts of
bismuth, two of lead and olio 'of tin. •Phis
compound. or any. articles made d it, may bei
melted on a paper over a lamp, without scorch
ing the paper.
Melt together in a crucible. tbiee parts of
copper with one of sink. ithe,alloy Will *O4
common brass.
Dias°lye Winer of onpi, in hot sulphurie
acid, and afterwards evaporate! the acid. a
beautiful Sr; state of comtpeia blue vitro/ wil
be formed.
Dissolve some ofthelart experiinent, in lei
ter. and dip therein'ilinife blade. or any cla
peace 43( iron, and it wilt be initautly olive
with rained evper. •