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PARTING.
(n i ' , Mac arc times when hearts arc sad,
And sprits feel dejected;
When sorrow's shadows cold and dark
Upon us are reflected;
Dut naught the hearesideep Giant eau move
Like parting with the tines we love.
•
'Tis sweet. when friends together meet
And luring hearts are blended;
But ah! how swiftly flies the time—
How soon the hours are ended.
And when they past, and we must part,
How sadly throbs the lonely heart.
Herrick; Pa.
(For the Bradford Reporter.)
fragments from a portfolio.—No. 5_
SensationS of the first Man after the Creation
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH-
BY RO3l CO
I recall to mind that moment, full of joy and
conaiston, in which I perceived for the first time
my singular existence. rknew not where I was,
er whence I came. I opened my eyes—what an
increa=e 'of sensation! The light, the celestial
vault. the verdure of the earth, the transparency
et the waters—everything occupied and excited
me . and gave me indiscribable feelings of pleasure.
I believed. at first, that all of these objects existed
c. ithin me. and formed a part of myself. I was
myself in this new-born thought, when
I ruined my eyes towards the Star of Day; its
~,lendor hurt me: I involuntarily shut my eyelid,
.a•ttl :ell a slight pain ; in that moment of darkness
I ;care I,that I was losing my being. . .
Afflicted, and setzei.l with astonishment,. I was
on thts•great change, when, all at once,
iteit,l sweet sounds. The song of birds. and the
nurmitting of the breeze formed a concert, the
•are; IMilte,: , Sl3tl of which stirred me, even to the
of illy soul: I listened a long time, and I
so, 1 ivrsuaded rrt sell that this harmony was in
iiiyce'f. Attentive. and wholly occnpied a ith this
:sew kind of existence, I was already forgetting
; 4:ll—t:.a: other part of ' my being ulaielt I had
known ti , st—when I re-opened my eyes, and Joy
faii% fotrd myself again in possession of so many
I-1:11ard oblects ! My pleasure now surpassed all
1:,a: I had telt the first limo, and suspended fc.r a
wi..e :he charmniz effect of the sounds.
I fixed my raze on a thousand different objects :
I f -oon rercei%ed that I could lose and recover
~., s e"4, t rets at will : api.l that I had the power of
..esArn:i mg and reprodiking, at my liking,this beam
par; of myself. And, although it seemed to
me immense in magnitude, both through the van
n'y of ;;;Tht. and the variety of color.: yet I thon,:ht
eat ererything was contained in a part of my be-
I began to see without. emotion. and to hear
n: !lout uneasiness, when I felt the freshing. cool.:
ress of a gentle breeze, watch brought to me most
Ileticious perfumes on Its wings, inwardly enliven
-1-_ me, and giving me a sentiment of love for
?se:f Agitated by all of ,these sensations, and
o,yre-sed by the pleasures of so be.auttful and so
atd an existence, I arose, all at oute„ and
;t myself carried by an unknown power. I made
I,ot one step ; the novelty of my situation render
ed me immovable; my surprise - was extreme;
thought that my exigence was escmpi:l2: the move
ments winch I had made. had confused the objects
about me, and I imagined that everything wa, in
disorder.. I laid my hand upon my head; 1 toothed
my forehead and my eyes; I surveyed my body :
my hand then appeared to me to be the pttncipa
ogzan of my existence. What I felt in that part
was so distinct and so completer-and the posses
mon of it seemed to me so perfect in comparison
1;i1 the pleasure that light and sounds had given
me. that I attached myself entirely to this sub:slan
t:a part of my being; and I perceived 'tin: my
leas assumed consistence and reality. Ererything
:;:at I touched, seemed to return to ray hand (Cel
-1 In: feeling.; and every touch produced in my
a double idea. It was not long before I per
ce ed that this faculty of feeling was distributed
tamuzh every part of my frame ! I soon b%.ail to
recognize the limits of my existence. which had
appeared to me at first, to be of an immense ex
ten:.
I 'had cast my eyes over my body, and I judged
to be of an enormous size, so that all the objects
wtoch bad struck my eyes, in comparison with it,
appeared to me but luminous points. I examined
rn?self a long time, and regarded myself with
- much pleasure: I followed my hand with my eyes,
and observed its motion. :1 had the melt crude
and strange notions about it ; I .thought that the
motion of my hand was only a species of fugitive
existerice,—a succession of like objects; I drew it
near my eyes, and it then seemed to me larger
than all the rest of my body and it catt.sed an infi
nite number of objects to disappear from my view.
I begah to supoet that there was illusion in That
sensation which came to me through the mediom
of my eyes. I had before perceived distinctly that
my band was only a small part of my body, and
was not able to understand how it could be aug
rhented so as to appear to me of such au exces
sive size. I resblved, therefore to trust only so the
sense of touch, which had not, as yet, deceived
me; and to be on thy guard against all other ways
of feeling and - seeing.
This precaution was useful to me; I set myself
again in motion; and I was walking with my head
, raised and turned towards the sky, wheal hit my
self §gitly against a palm tree. Seized with ter
rer rlaid my band upon that strange body : I
;ridged is such because it did not sender me back
teeing for feeling. I turned myself away from it
wits a kind of horror, and then I [Perceived for the
r.-st t• that these scar fonletikin; cuttide c: me
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More agitated by this new discovery than I bad
bean by all the former ones, I had difficulty to
reassure myself; and after having meditated on
this event I concluded that I must judge of all ex
temal objects as I had judged of ffie parts cf my
body—and that only the genic of touch could per
suade me of their existence.
I thought, then, to touch everything within the
scope of my vision. I wished to touch the sun; I
extended my arms to embrace the horizon, and
found but an airy void.'
At every experiment which T attempted, I fell
froni surprise into surprise; for - all objects seemed
to be equally near me ; and it was alter, an infinite
number of trials that I learned the necessity of
serving myself with my eyes, in order to guide
my hand ; and, as it gave me ideas entirely difier
ent from those which I received through the sense
01 sight; and my sensations not being in harmcny
with themselves, my judgment thence was only
more imperfect ; and the Whole of my being was
as yet to mysell oil an existence in confusion.
_ Profoundly occilpled with myself--witti what I
might be; the difficulty which I had just 'experi
enced humbled • me. The more I reflected, the
more doubts presented themselves to me.
Wearied with so many uncertainties, and fa
tig,tred with the exertions of my mind, my knees
bent under me, and I found myself in an attitude
of repose. This state of tranquility gave an in
creased quickness to my senses. •
TROLIAS
I was seated in the shade of a beautiful tree;
some fruit of a deep vermillion hue, in the form
of grapes bung temptingly down within reach of
my hand. I touched them lightly, and they in
stantly'dropped from the branch, as the fig drops
when in mature ripeness. I seized one of these
fruits ; and I imagined that 1 had made a great
conquest; I landed myself l iar.possessing the fac
ulty of being, as I perceived, capable of holding_
in my hand another being. Its weight, though in
reality scarcely to be perceived, seemed to me au
animated resistance which I took pleasure in over
coming. I brought this fruit near my eyes, and I
considered the form and colors of it. A most de `
licions odor caused me to bring it nearer; it was
almost to my lips...with long inspirations I drew
in the - perfume; and I tasted with long draughts
the pleasures of the sense of smell. I wastieli, ht.
fully filled with this scented air. My 'notch open
ed itself in order to inhale; and then re-opened to
take again the luxurious draught. I found that I
possessed an internal sense of smell far more del
icate than the former. At last I tasted it. 11=hat
a flavor !—what a novelty^ in sensation! Until
then I had only pleasures; taste gave me the su
perior sensation of delight. TI a conviction of en
. laymeut gave itirth to the idea of possession. I
thought that the substance of that truit had become
mine. and that I had the faculty to transform be-
ing,s
Flattered by this idea of power, and incited by
the pleasines I had felt, I plucked a second, ard a
third fruit : I did not grow weary of exercising my
hand to satisfy my tas:e; but an agreeable largnor
possessing itself. hole by little, of all my senses,
weighed down my limbs. and suspended the activ
-1:y of my mind. I judged of my inaction by the
faintness of my thoughts and my dulled sensations
rounded all objects. and presented only feeble and
ill•defined images to me. At that instant my eyes
became useless and closed themselves; and my
head being'no longer supported by the strength of
:he muscles, bent down in order to find ' , import on
the tail Every thought was defaced from my
rninil.—everything disappeared from my view.—
be track of my thoughts being m'erropted, I lost
all consciou.neF:s of my extelence. That sleep
was profound; but I koow not whether it was of
Ion:: duration, not having as yet the idea of time,
'and. not being able to measure it. My awakening
was 'on!y a second birth, and I merely perceived
last I had ceased to exist: 'Phis annihilation which
I had just experienced. gave me a sense of fear,
and led me to conceive that I could not exist al-
ME
I had another uneasiness : I did not know but
that in my sleep, I bad let go some part of my be
ing.. I tried my senses: I tried to recognize my
self. At that instant the, Star of Day, on the close
of its tt onrse. extinguished its brilliancy, arid seem
ed to lase itself from my view. I scarcely per
ceived that I was losing the sense of sight, so grad
ual was the change; I existed leo much to be
afraid of ceasing to exist; and it was in vain that
the deep obscurity in 'which I found myself re
called to me the idea of my first sleep.
Herrick, Pa., August, 'l9_
Paserun's Parr orrice Leourn.--Bir. Cist.,at Cin
cinnati, recently tripited Washington, and otcourie
all ancient and curious things were looked op.—
He says : . .
I was shown by the chief clerk in the interirr
department of the Post Office, the flat Ledger
opened by the United States, daring the admin
istration of Dr. Fankrin the fing Post Master General
in the service. It is a blank book of some three
or four quires, very little superior to an every day
blotter of:the present age but sufficient to hold all
the poet office three or four years from
the establishment of the office in June 16, 1775. 1
observe ,Dr. Franklin charges himself with one
year's salary from that dale--SIOOO. It serves to
give a forcible impression of the peNprotes of this de
partment since, that all the entries ate made in his
own writing. while otitis time there are over one
brandied and twenty persons employed in various
capacities in this department
THE FIVHAE HEART.—The velvet more grow up
on the sterile rock—the mistletoe flourish on the
eaked
min--the pine and cedar remain fresh and fade.
less amid the mutation of the dying year and, Ilea
yens, be praised ! something he:muftil to am, and
rands' k the soul will in the coldest and darkest
hour of fate still twine its tendrils around the mai
tiling altars and broken ambits orthe . desolate to.t•
pier. c: the human heart
PUBLISHED. EVERY WEDNESDAY, AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH.
►op cling to the mouldering
RJOG.ULDLILSA OF DE..WNCLATION FROM ANY WARFEL"
(For the- Bradford Reporter t
A SCENE OF EARLY DAYS.
I=l
(The how of nos setae to oun living in the townsh/p of
FrankLut, about one ante end a bait Awn tba Towanda creek,
and near where the actual tnuuntouon look ploce.l
When back I look on forty years
Old scenes thus spread before me,
'Tis there I find, brought to eny mind
Undaunted scenes of glorjt.
The country new, and settlers fele,
E'en settletnents were scanty
With here and there a rude log hut,
Much like the Irish shanty.
Those hots of logs. and rude retied fields
Contained their earthly all;
Yet were content and onward bent
Although their means were small.
The older hands cut down the trees . .
The younger trim'd the boughs.
And when the sun rank in the west
Then-hunted up the cows.
A chubby boy just in his teens
The Hero of my story,
A daring feat did thus transact
Which ended in his glory.
While at his task a hunting cows
And through a thicket peeping.
There he espied on • most bead,
Two pretty kits were sleeping.
What do you there you little elves
I think your worth a grabbing;
So took them both into his arms
, To bear them to his cabin.
Those little kits both seratch'd and bit
And kept a constant howling. -
And soon a dismal noise was heard
An older one was bawling.
Withnut delay soon found its way,
' And bounded to before him;
Spit in hi% face, cat like disgrace.
With looks not much imploring
Our hero bawrd. the young kits squaird
Enraed the old one growling.
No one was near to shed a tear
Or :top the dismal howling.
And now so reed, and forelv serateh'd
One ktt he threw its mother;
Take that yourself, ron growling elf,
. And I will keep the other.
Contented now each party grew
Our hero home d.d scamper,
At, bosom burn'd when there he learn'd
That he had caught a panther.
The panther grew. oar hero too
From chubby boy to yeoman,
With panther pack upon his back,
He turned a panther aboeman.
Many a day, far—far away
His money grew by. measnre,
Then thone,ht of home, no more to ream
He sold his little tre..vilie.
Thus sixty more adds to his store
Alsa a hunter's trap,
A log chain too, both rod and new
He laid upon his back.
His home he sought. his lands he bought,
And paid for with his treasure.
Indn.trious wages crown all his days
He lires in ease and pleasure.
If von would know, bow wealth can grow
Oar hero has an answer
All I have got, fell to my lot
By catching of the panther.
Monroe, Pa
FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF FLECTRICTTT.-41 a piece
of amber, electrrm, is briskly rubbed, it acquires
the property or attracting light bodies. This cu
rious power excited the attention of Thales of 311-
letns; and from the investigations of this Grecian
philekso,,her. we must date our knowledge of one
of the most important of the natural forces--Elec
tricity.
114 an ingnir'ng mind had not been led to ask
why does this curious vegetable product attract a
fea:her, the present age, in all probability, would
not have been in posses-ton of the means by which
it is enabled transmit intelltgcnce with a rapidity
which i 4 on:r excelled by that of the " swift wing
ed messengers of thought." To this age of appli
cation a striking lesson does this amber teach—
Modern utility would regard Thaler as a madman.
Holding a piece of yellow rein in his band, rub
bing it, and ,hen picking up hits of down. or catch
ing floating feathers, the old Greek would liave ap
peared a very imbecile, and' the cui bone genera
tion would hare laughed at his silly labors. But
when he announced to his school that this amber
hell a soul or essence, which was awakened by
friction, and went forth from the body in which
it previously lay dormant, and brought bock the
small particles floating around it, be gave to the
world the first hint of a great truth, which has ad
vanced our knowledge of physical phenomena in
a marvellous manner, and minlistered to the refine
meats and to the necessities of civilization.
INcossrrmicr or Mks —We are all prone, in
adversity and diiapointments of our too sanguine
expertationr, to bursa out in complaints against fate
and her whims, naiad fortune and hereaprices;
while in eases of success and prosperity- in our
understanding, however unexpected and nrifiirseen
may be such a result we boast of our distretion, our
wisdom, forgeri-es that in most cases the failures
arise from our own indiscreet and precipitate ac
tions and word§ and that success emanates from
liana who reigns above fate, and who in his iruicru
table wisdom toms the wheel of fortune, and guid
es it often for our welfare when we imagine it to
be for our misfortune.
Swan pztetical genies, liner being OA a tigit, pen
ned the following MS, :
Men brandy think, la serer dunk.
That girls at all can tell it
Th_) . don't suppose A woman's nose.
Was ever made to smell it.
:loot here, Pete" said a knowing darkey,
" don't siandsdar ots de Railroad !
Wby, Joe t"
DM if de can owls datrnonfeb yours dey tint
it am de depo' and rim rite in.^
. P ' It
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, Newspaper Palming,.
•Nowspaper patronage is a curious thing. It is
composed of as rnainy colors as the raiubow and is
as-ehangeuble as a chatnelion.
One man subscribes for a newspaper and pays
for It in advance he goes home and reads it the
year round with theproud satisfaction that it is his
own. He t hands in an advertisement end pays for
it. This is news-paper patronage.
Another man says, please put my name on your
list of sulreribers, and goes oft oithout as mull as
buying said pay once. He,asks you to advertise ;
but says nothing about pay..for it. Time l'as's,'.
your patience is exhausted and you dun him. He
flies in a passion, rerhaps pays, perhaps not.
Another man has been a subscriber n long
He becomes tired of yon and wants a c• antre
Thinks lie wants an eastern paper. Tells the Post
master to d6ceutinue, and one of his papers is re
turned to you marked " refused." Paying np for
it .is among the last of his thoughts, besides he
wants his
time
to send to an eastern pnblislier.
After a time you look over his account and see
a bill of " balance due." But does he pay it freely
and cheerfully? We leave him to answer: This,
too, is LeWspaper patronage.
Another man lives near you—never took your
paper—it is too small--don't like the editor--don't
like the politics--too whiggish, too lncofoeoish, or
too siirnething else— yet goes regularly to his neigh
bor and reads his by a good fire—finds fault with
its type. Occasionally sees an article he likes;
begs a number and saves halls' dime. This, too,
is newspaper patronage.
Another sports a fine horse, or perhaps a pair of
them—is-always seen with whip in hand and spur
on foot—single man—no use for him to take a
newspaper—knows enough. Final yhe concludes
to get tharried—does so—sends a notice of the
fact with " please publish and send me half dozen
copies." This done, does he ever pay for notice
or paper! No; but surely you *don't charge for
such things? This too, is newspaper patronage.
Another man (bless you it does us good to see
such a man) comes and says, " the year for which
I have paid is aboutto expire, and I .want to pny
for another." Ile does so and retires.
Reader, is not newspaper patronage a curinui
thing! And in that great day when honest men
;et the reward doe to their hor.esty, which Fay
you of those enumerated above will obtain that re
ward? Now it will be seen that while certain
kinds of patronage are the very existence of a
newspaper, there are other certain kinds that will
kill a paper stone dead ,
Reader, in which class of patrons are you!
THE LEXURT OF TILE RoMIN TABLE—The text:t
ry of die table commended about the period of the
battle of Actium, and continued till the reign of
Galba. Their delicacies consisted of peacocks.
cranes of Malta, nightingales, venison, and 'wild l
and tame fowls, they were also fond of fish. The
reigning taste was for. a profusion of provisions ;
whole wild boars were served up, filled vi ith va
rious small animals and birds of different kinds.—
This dish was railed the Trojan horse, in allusions
to the Iniese filed with soldiers. Fowls and game
of all sorts were served op in p}ramids piled up in
dishes•as broad as moderate tables. Mark Antho
ny provided eight boars for twelve guests. Cali.
gula served up to his guests pearls of g-eat value
dissolved in vinegar. Luculhas had a particular,
name far each apartment, and a certain scale of
expense attached to each. Cicero and Pottipey
agreed to take supper with hem, provided he would
not order his servants to prepare any thing extraor
dinary. He directed the servants to prepare the
supper in the room Apollo. His friends were sur
prised at the magnificence of the entertainment
He then informed them, that when he mentioned
the name of the room. his servants knew the scale
of expense. Whenever be sapped in the room of
Apollo, the supper always cost X 4'250. He was
equally suriptunus in his dress. A Roman Prxtor,
who was to give games to the public, requesting to
borrow one hundred purple robes for the actors,
Luculito replied that he could Ivid him two hun
dred jibe wanted them. The Roman furniture in
their houses corresponded with their profuseness in
other respects. Pliny states that. in his time. mom
money was often given for a table than the amount
of all the treasures found in Carthage when it was
conquered by the Romans.—/Li,:fs Itercianr3
Maguzuie.
hortair asti liasecc.--Tbe water at Maekinaw
is very clear and very cold ; so cold as to be al
nico* Unendurable. A gentleman lately amused
himself by throwing a small gold coin in twenty
feet of water and giving it to any Indian who
would bring it vrp. Down they plunged, but after
descending ten or twelve feet they came np so
chilled that after several 'neon ti tiay gave it np.—
A YaLkee Wending by observed that if he would
give it to him for getting it, he'd swing it up quick
er than thought, to which he consented, when Jon
tuhon, instead of plunging in as expected, quietly
took up a setting pole and and nipping one end in
a tar barrel, reached it down to the coin and bronzht
it up. and slipping, it into his pocket, walked off to
the amazement of the lalran divers, and the no
small chagrin of the donor.
An Irishman, on aneves;r en this country. took a
fancy to the Yankee girls, and wrote to hes wife,
" Dear Norah These melancholy lines are" to in
form you that I died yesterday, and hope you are
enjoying the same blessing. I recommend you to
many Jemmy allouke, and take good care of the
ehildren. Ffolll your affectionate husband tdl
death.'
Sartaracrtos —' Weil, rat, be didn't quite kill
you !with that brickbat, did be !"
"No, but I wish he had." .
" What for !"
" Faith, so that I could sea tan htitig, the Til
lau►
Al Incident at Gee. Marisa's ramp during
the Rerlatiehary War.
The war in South Carolina wear, a bloody and ex
terminating one. The English retries, or loyalists
—Carolinians by birth—!o their shame be it Pahl,
commenced the game of puttying to death, the a lint
orimaners thee took with unpralleled ferocity. Nei-.
Cher sex nor age were spared. Whole plantations
were bnmt, and the owners hung upon orkthe trees
before their own doors. The whigs did not long.
submit to this, but commenced a a err of retaliation
Bloody e.rors and wrongs were...committed on both
soles, murder and revenge were synonymous terms
and the strafe was mutual. To the credit of Mari
on be it said, that he never hung a wry - when in
command; except there was full proot that he had
been concerned in a murder of a whig. Then wo!
to the poor wretch. Par.lou wab out_of the qta...
lion.
The knowing incidentts pertaining to the dispo-
sal of a notorious tory named Itinclimaroind rela
ted of Major Castleton, fitrni;iarly eanert -" Mad
Jack," who had been sent to Marion 1r ith ieipatch
es from Gen. Greene. On presenting !Le papers,
Marion greeted the Major with wsmile saying.
" 1 perceive that the bearer of these letters is
Major Castleman, otherwise " Mad lack." You
see your fame has proceeded yrnt."
" am Major Castleman, air, and my poor ser:.
vices have received greater fame than they . de-
serve."
No, nn," answered Marion laughing. " I have
heard from the lip. of
.sorne of the littlish officers
look prisoners, well as from our friends, of the
wild exploit of a certain Major Castletbn, who went
into Taleton's camp on the Congaree, in broad day
light, passing hitirelf of as an officer of the new
tory levies, hob-gobbedwith Tarleton himself oi er
some old Nlxileirh at dinner, pumped .everything
out of the usually J ; cautions Ifittish officer ku regard
to the next :campaign, and was ilissmissed horn'
camp under a military salute, with a present or
Tarletou's own pistols. But come supper is ready.
My little stall is absent on an expedition, and we.
will !all to
lie supper consisted of stewed and broiled ven
ison, beefsteak, corn hoe-cake, and roasted sweet
potatoes—plain but sax.awn:al and relishing fare 'o
a couple of hungry men, for Castleton had tasted
nothing since breakfast. Their drink was a small
flask of whisky ,mixed with the' cool sprint.; water.
They had ncaily finished their meal when a fine
looking officer entered the, teat.
‘•ah ! just in pot-luck time, Middleton. Draw
up your stool, lad—there is plenty left. Major Cas
r;elon, Lient Middleton, my officer of all wink sec-
retary and adjutant."
Tne lieutenant bowed, took his seat at the board,
and ate with au appetite that denoted a !nig; fa 4.—
Haring satnlied his inner man, he turned to clari
on and said,—" Thank God e have got the
scoundrel."
• " Thank God, indeed ! Where is the ,ory wretch?"
"tinder guard, with hands and leet - lie.L"
•• In half an hour's time," said 3larion,;grinding
his teeth, " there will be one less murderer in Car
olina.
Call all the officers iu camp together, and
bring out the prisoner. Summon the witnesses—
he shall hare a fait trial.`'
• Marion paces backward and forward, his dark
eye lit up with usual fire. He stopped 4bruptly.—
I , Major Castleton, I request you will as judge ad
vocate in this ca... • Knowing none of the parties,
yon can serve impartially , and you w ill see a speci:
men of our stern justice.'
Fire or sic officers came into the tent, anal a row
of benches for the court were ranged ouside It
yet wanted a quarter of an hour of sunset. It was
a strange wild place to decide upon, the life or
death of a fellow mortal. The pri.or,er wasbrought
in front of the 'coda, his bands pinioned behind
him. In truth,•his lace bore the brand of Cain—a•
bloated, swollen one marled with severity and
cruelty in every lineament.
" John Ilinchman," said Marion, in atone and
with a look of disgust,
.witrat have you to sa) for
ourself.-
•• I hope ye ain't - agoin . to murder a prisoner,
geceral said the tremb:ing
Murder yOll ! The orttn e are here—pro
ceed to trial, gentlemen, said Manon to . the beard
of officers.
The first witness was a I:oy of tender years, fair
to look upon, and gentle as a gill. His father,
mother. and eldest brother had been hung two days
before by a band of torus ander the command of
the prisoner. }t was a case of base .brutal murder
—for the boy's unoffentling parents were merely
whigs who had never taker' any active part-arrist
the ton, bur bad only sheltered some (muds of
their Own way of thinking. The evidence teas
clear and conclusive that they were hung by order
of tll ruffian prisoner. The boy's evidence was
corroborated by that of a slave who escaped and
witnessed the execution of his master and mamas
hem a clump of Junipers. There was no defence,
and 'a verdict of guilty, with a sentence of elect)
(ton at mindown, was brought in.
Mercy ' mercy ! as you may wish for it your
self, General Marlon screamed the mumble
wretch.
4 , Contaminate not my name by mentioning
said Marion. in a food voice "At sundown you
die ! Only two minutes more of life remains for
you. Look your last upon the tree-tops andthe all
but faded sun. and make your peace with God —.
Take him away, men, and throw the noose over
one of the upper branches of yonder black oak.—
When the gun fires, string hini.op !"
They dried the miscreant away, screarniw'
with terror, and the roostmg birds rose from •eir
lairs, iningltog , their diskordant tries-with • yells
of the now abort-lived wretch. rope was
thrown over the branches apd-- noose placed
ILTOIMOUS neck. The sun w agvvry a pin was
fired suit up he want • •••• - in the ! A few
struales of body nod' cont.4tions of connte
since, and then • was ever.
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".Major Castloon, you hare iviinesged7rahl the
General, " a Apec . intett of the justice of " bfark4:Tl
Before the sun had ,fairly risen nex mor.ig,
Alarioa broke up tue,earup..sending forward the
main body of Mi• band tinder (lorry to unite With
()Irene, taking with himself:two hund.ed picked
men to surprise a ;Br i• outpost at Parker's Ferry,,
by a forced march ottiti& hundred
LACXAWA !IN 1 VA L.r.v 7 —Ttie Carbondale Demos
crpt gives the fallowing gratify ins description ofthe
delightful Lukawattna Valley atnd its thrivintril-
Jars.
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That portion of Lackawanna valley embracing
the townstrips of Carbondale, Blakeley Provi
dence and Lackawanna Valley embraced in Lti
irrue County, about 28 miies in length, embrac
ing the townships o rnreen field Scott, Benton Abing
ton, Newton, Covington. Idle:win, and stein anew
toirrsiiip to be called andiwm , from the two fattrf
adjacent on either side. The townships embrace
perhaps less than one third of the territory of Lni ,
erne but contain at file same 'time thiebti t s.s.l3,-
000 inhabitants. Extensive and almost inexhats
tible deposit, of Coal abound from one extremity of
-the valley to the other and it most ultimately wlrear
ern resources are fully developed, become one con•
tinuous village. The agricultural business of tha
district have made thriving villages of Centreville
and 11 % tle Palk in Providence township and Alpha"-
ton Centre in Abington taavnsizip. The be
gining already made in the' Coal and Iron business
have introduced and ballt in, the thrivi.:g villages
of Carbondale ; with 7000 inhabitanti; Archibald.
with 1100 inhabitants. -These villages are all of
recent date..etpecially the two later, and are orgy
evidences of the , population and business which a
general development of resources must introduce.
The Washington Railroad rapidly advancing toward
completion in the lower portion of valley will in
troduce men of wealth into that qnarter. Dunmore
a new valley located upon that Railroad in. Prov• •
iderice township, will soon become a place of bus- •
incis and im . portance. This is Lackawanna Val
ley:
A RFCTIAR ST•rE 74 clever corregpentient of
the Yankee -Blade. writing from . Alabama, is cm , -
ponscble for the following, wheal ought to be , ete
reolypeil :
C. was a cute "Down caster" —a. real live Tan.
kee--always ready for a joke. and hard to beat.—
He was one day in a country bar room "down
South," where several persons were assembled,
when one of them said :
" Mr. C. if on zo out and slick yinar penknife
into any thing when you come back CIF tell you
what it's sticking -
n Yer can't do no such thinz," responded C.
" I'll bet yon ten dol!ars of it "said the other
" %Val, I rather guess I will have to take that 'ere
bet : here eapligg, turning to the landlord, hold
stakes ; and 11l e'en inst make half aunt...horse in
a
less than no time."
The parties deposited an X apiece, and C. went
on his mission, but in a short time returned, fay-
4 ; Well, neighbor, shat is it stick in in I"
" In thf handle," replied the Southerner as he
reached out his hand for the stakes.-
"Goess not: jest wait awhile," Fall the Yankee.
as he held up the handle of his knife, minus the
blade. " I kalkerlate the blade can't be in the
handle, when it is driven clean up in an ole stump
aside yer road out there."
Jonathan of coarse won the Wager, and •tbe
Southerner sloped to parts unknown, amid roars of
tang . hter. •
-PayErr Dl:rminoss::—.4ririfrators —A small,bn
tly of men miistlythree in number, seleited by tyre
quarrelsome neighbors ; to - shire in the abuse which
they had previously heaped ently 4 , s on each other.
Cornyti Corrsans —A species of relative very
much thought of by thrir ci'y kLi--during hot and
wckly 5Ca50115.
Coapc-ty_-4inciatusn from Sambo to his
Gieud rt.4er to accompan) him.
AptrynictUts —Men iu high places trying their
hand at a bartr.ain."
Emlotter —A g06).1 natured simple hearted M
icas', who engages.%) pay his neighbor's debts, al
though it is more than he can do to pay hts own.
Gropes.—Wine served up in pills.
Hat —An article ut-ed very extensively topreveat
the cold,:from entering at broken window panes.
taw 21-013, la!
Prison —A dwelling house which differs from
all ethers in this . burglars never break m but fie
quenily out.,•
Protrx4:tron.—Knocisn; a crop flora a bey s
Ehoolder.
A REIS= T 4 -TOR TV CA UFOS:IT& FE7LP. -A
friend Rho has seen some service in camp life, of
fer • tho' ifflicted thr
Gotic rr AzoNE_--We find the foliar:lg sing:-
lax announcement of a marriage in the Bahimore
Assts. We hope the gentleman- may ha'e a fine
time of it Judging from " cause and effect," he
certainty will not . have marry A n. w, brass to Is
nub Ins . slumbers:
ItasTied, co the IStlkir.e..„ by !be "Rai. L. AIL
CniaLtz W. Ae..virisento, an aids city."
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