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TOW AND
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Wetmestrap inorninp, November
THE TRovr.
*1 - Ass tc. V. coma
The Frost loOked forth one still, dear night,
And whispered, "
.Now I shall be out of sight ;
So through the valley and over the height
In silence Fit take my - wag.
will not go on like that blustering train—
The wind and the snow, the hail and the rain,
Who make' so much bustle and noise in vain;
But I'll be as busy as they."
Then he flew tothe tnountain. & powdered ks crest;
Hein on the trees, and their boughs he dressed
In diamond beads ; and over the breast •
Of the quivering lake he - spread
A coat of mail, that it need,not fear '
The downward point of many a spear, .
That he hung on its Margin, far and near,
Where a rock.could rear its head.
went to the wind r ows of those who slept,
And over each pane, litre a fairy, crept
Wherever be breathed, wherever be stepped,
"By the hcht of thb moon. were-seen
Most beautiful things': there were oyeers and trees
There were bevies of birds, and swarm of bees;
There cities with temples' god' towers; and these
All pictured in silver sheen!
lilt he did one Ching that waP 'hardly fair—
•lie peeped in the cupboard. anct (fading there
'That all had forgotten for him to prepare.
Now, just to set them a thinking,
l'il hue this haske3 of frmit," said he.
'This costly pitcher I'll burst in three;
And the glass of water they've left for me
Shall "tchick!" to tell them I'm drinking"'
A DDRESS.
Delivered before the Wyoming Seminary,
BY HON. GEORGE W. WOODWARD.
THOUGH situated in this retired and far•off valley,
tiii: school keeps an eye on the movements, of the
VPat Norld avouch the ever present telescopes of
of the newspaper press. A judicious selection of
rewspapers is provided for the daily use of the
Ow they may keep themselves informed
of .he pmzerss of events, not only in our State : but
ticouzliout the nation and world. I make distinct
:neat:on of tins fact, because I consider the ar
raii:tement most discreet When your sons and
Jai:titters are returned to you with valuable acqui
sionrs rn literature and science, you want them to
know something of the practical operation of the
principles they have been learning and some thing
of the actual condition of the stage of life, which
they are to make use of their attainments. How
, ha:celtil this life for which you educate yourehil
hen—how modified by the astonishing progress in
arts and sciences which distinguishes this age from
pa , t :iges--by the revolutions in governments,
11iicli are 4:lifung , the political and social relations
tic people like the scenes ot •a drama—by the
.li3ft.fveries and improvements which Anglo-Salon.
;_verprise is pushing into every department of
, '..H1 , 21 ; and how are the minds of sour sons
t .I.lditers to be kept up to all this progress?
by newspapers. When the mind is wearied
„tt air conjugation of verbs and the mysteries of
well- stored journal 01 the times is
nut sly a
4 ,,,irn to blunt the pages'of tottering pain
'Jr c.t.tu ;tie mazesof the atudene• brain,"
l•u: is a mirror which Shadows forth the outer
"-Li, and teaches him, in the seclusion of Ins
~e,,, i , f•ar what he has to prepare.
Why are not newspapers more patronised in
iimilies and schools! "To the making of books
'here is no end," and no business yields fairer prof
-1,, or a surer fortune,. titan .book-publishing and
book selling, whilst newspapers, for the most part,
languish on half ps). And yet, what are the books
n nil which art ricer-worked press is flooding. the
,ind ? Take those, for example, that have been
published in the last twenty y ears. Assemble them
((he 1 a:4 library—read them, and weigh their
'nerds. and then burn them up such as are foolish,
cious, erroneous in facts and doctrines, or worth
-sf as adding nothing to , the pre-existing stock of
);anwledge; and how large a library, suppose you,
'rea'd rein in ?( If this conflagration were super
, , tetyled by sdt,xnd morals, sound learning, and
400 , ! . .10,e. it would be a huge Ere, and waujd Mil
an:tam the country more than the combustable
`'silts had ever done. Profoundly grateful for t h e
• ea..innal enfirribution that is made by some mas.
er mind In the profe,sional learning or the general
.2eraluse of the say ; I verily believe • that society
trcold he more o ibe, more prudent, sad sole hap.
:7, ti Ringo reduction—l mean -a very large re
. :Jciion:: were made in the present rate of book ob
e alma, and if the talents and capital employed in
•:.e busniess were directed to more useful objects.
Ile evil of newspapers is, transients and if they
'um mo.e. generously patronized, their' quality
staskibe improved. I know of nothiugthat would
Rune effectually arouse tht editorial talent of the
'"tnity 10 its best exertions, than the general intro- 1
'hiatu s of newsp..pers into schools, and, the syste
:uatic employment of them in tire work of educe
:An. What are they but pictures of daily life! and
',by should not the real be displayed to students
white they study the abstract and the ideal 1
Here We are, in the midst of the Ifith century ;
lad, viewing the world from jinx stand-pOiatls 111 e,
zrad is apt to be absorbed by Ihelaw:lliintAm-Sl:esa
ttrywhere apparent in the arts of We.. Waco° .
ue the slow chirography in wi tithe orations of
veto and the poems of VirgilW re
published, in
e Augustan age of Roman litoolloOrwith the
"tam -press of our day, that utatopil thought with
`-' riptdity of its conception—de ihr roads and
"nia,ger, not of an earlier period - in the IllOorliPl i
4go ty, but of the 17th cetitury,*eke4o,
_etbi,ltie
minable pencil of Macaulay, ititg:the wiondethd
41 , Wes for intemommunication that now mciataiw 1
u lland and in this.country'—Lo' i; - tlie,,kitel*l4 4 :*. 11 #_ I
. 2 *4 to be dignified with the name of eintrier, W3th
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4vofship, as areseetlleity, that waiuthalintiOaai
iy which we call Pr .>
- But, to a dunrelthal mind; there. id wertethih%
more impressive
_than all Mita, iu th Vo - 4 2 :bnt
steady tread of the musses of greu omieff
dein and eelfgoverument.
What means this present tumult among the tui
tions! Why heave the billows of popelhr'entino- •
lion so high? What ails tho ancient riinailfies of
the world, that ;hey are tottering to their falLp The
jure -di V ino •cif klngsandlitiesta is just as tree now
as it was in the' 11th . century, when Lit availed - to
keep limn in " Odd order." The swords and bay
onet of standing, ;zanies as keen as ever, why do
they not keep the peace? The blood of aristocrats
is as noble as it ever was,—why doers not subject
man to toil and bleed for them, As formerly, in ur.-
11Ni:firing devotion The absentee landlord. needs
every drop of sweat in. the peasant's brow, to palm
pisrlis dogs and mistresses,—and why is the liba
tion, so long and generously poured otit, at length
beg,iniiing to be withheld! Jefferson spoke of the'
"agonizing spasms of infrfriated• man, .seeking
through blood and slaughter his long lost liberty,"
—and his words explain the great movements
which ore now agitating the world.
But who taught man he was entitled to liberty I
From the despotism of Nimrod to that of Nicholas,
tyrants:have taught nothing but passive obedience;
and, when popular rigivs have been in any degree
regained, they have been rung from reluctant sov
ereigns, as were Magnu Charta, the Habeas Corpus,
and our own national independence.
Whence, then, cattle the light that is now pene
trating among the down-trodden masses of Europe,
and which is destined, at no distant day, to pot an
end to absolptism und to serfdom throughout the
World
On Mount Sinai, amid thunders and lightnings,
fire and smoke, and the sound of trumpets, God
first zave the world an alphabet, and a written rim
tud by his own immediate instructions pre.
pared Moses, the first great schoolmaster, to .teach
!e people to read. Before that time language was
spoken, but not written; or if the understanding
were addressed through the eye, it was by means
of hieroglyphics, or picture writing, whichexpress
ed a series of ideas by representation of visible ob.
jects. "The alphabet, on'the - other band, is a sy's•
tern of sounds, primarily, rather than of thoughts;
and instead of employing characters as multifari
ous as the inherent objects to be pointed out, it
makes it visible, by the combination of a few tie.
ments of sound, every idea which the mind is ca.
pable of : concei v ing; ." The most learned writers
agree that this alphabet, the constituent staple of
the Hebrew language, Which his been - the foun
tain from which all other languages and dialects
have flown, was beyond the wit of man ti invent.
Going, then, directly to the root of the matter,.!
hold that the alphabet ; and its sequence a literal
language, are the grand renovating agencies of the
world, and that these were a direct gift from God to
man. Despise not 'hits theory ; my friends, on a:-
count of itskeeming Smallness. - .
Consider every hefanning. hoer small it is and feeble: '
Ganges and the rollutOttsoissippt, sprung of broults among
I it tnountait. ;
That ye...rarer Of • thousand years. was over a 47301. seed,'
A ro's marble Roam at Shepherd's cuud4.u.lt hovel .
A gn,rk is on the tropic sty, and it .grovveth to die terrible
tornado ;
An upple all fats to see destroyed a world °Copula.
A te rol,rboll.c 13 horn—, t Is Attila. scourge of the nations!
A scenting yea lefne tor d.rth-7-it is /nos. the . E.avier of trier !"
How this gilt of a written language elevated the
Hebrew mate, and spread ' from the magnificent
court of Solomon to pagan nations, carrying with
the Civilization and rational , liberty, and ameliora
ting. OUT commoubumaniT, it is the office-of lista
ry to tell you, and I have no-time now for histori
cal analysis. But you wilt find that its diffusion
amongst the masses, in every` Ag e and *Country. an
der whatever name and dialect, has tended to their
advancement,,not only in the arts of life, burin the
apprehensiOn of personal righlig,and in the science
of government. Beading tOuces comparison and
reflection; audit is the - beginning of the eod of
infant/fed , tyrrany; whetherinCtiurch orState, when
'the rnuititude am guided to intelligent reflection
upon their rights and dufies. They„will not tie.
long in discovering, that, from thenature of things,
they ought to have a WOO in the government on
der which they live ; and this conclusion will be,
fortified by the example of the Israelites, .who,
though a.peculiar people, having Deity for their
law giver, were called upon to submit to no laws
till approved by thentselveser their reareseinailves.:
This fact Stands - net itiorninehtlion the pagiol, ai r ;
creel history, to justify and encourage, In all time,
popular forms till,cntemrheni.."And'eft qrafitif f of
goVeritritenS originally pinViilelffer.ihat: People
essentially republican,- in which 'allthe *tures,of
a free-state-ate discernible.- Theirmenambr ma'
ariaiter-thought of their own choosing, 'bet, •e
then, it was a iikitecl tionaittlY, "andliitt 'a
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Thus, ot4 . beueficeteXteattor, in giving usta
written
. langoage, with ittreohottesnativantaiee Sod'
comforts, not ooly_gatiat Pi a' 'Oiele Of
(bribe notation oftheSeart ,pfl4tih'ido-4
al man ; but game as- also•:at the AMIE lib*, 4the
limits and'outtines of a-*ut orgoietunteut' for
commitaitiee; Wtitekthi.ol*o ttie kre#l4l.4o*-
melgal.Pfinclide 4;4 1 tfes gav,i;aoßesi. 4:90-
sent of the governed.
But man him eirer tjlb d Atid,rreeM,thin gip s
of,G9d: -rfie,t4 l o l %)illvf Preilid upon 40:r.e*.
—the rich upon the-poore Power hiltbeellatiNditig
from the many troths few-Ateriewifirri,endliMl;
edit intt-14228k050 and tirlOnlis4,:'P3l4,4 as
knowledge, 4 64 l :9 o knema.
been confinedio ptivileged clammy and the.peolge
have:been maim t invettinidni:biteitni kept in tit:,
Ofiore: Ik* 1 k e 04 1 4 ,- . 1 0#0 40: 1 4
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inonefehie' emeethnedeipwilitheifilk •
lithe refined *farm wha the , ptide and anthir%:'
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4 109 4-maßyclotlia-wgh power, woala =par! on
his fellow-man. Accordinvoshis triatear, the corn;
rnonsuanr.wartm chante r atutrbelcmged to the es-t
tater and was bound t*the scrviceef his lonlAike:
any brute beast. Somewhat modified in the eats.:
Ling governments of Earopo, tbe_principles of this
m
syste the, hase, and:forth the'„foititaatkM:rif
every throne on.the,eartli-.-and beneath*, classes'
and castes into whictrsuriety-issdivided, anti: the
thenancefuliiery,'attd thralddm 'of the toiliV mil
lions. So sadly fi,arl:kMgil Oita Priejtri.ourrpoliz.
ed and perverted the heaven -Qom boon AA:Jitters,
in•the medieval age, that a nos-power- was need.
ed Irrscaner the hoarded -lighf iirrlong 'thepeople.
John Guitemberg, of lidayelei, teas theinstrument
chosen of Providence to friMish this new power;
and the art of printing, discovered about thrk gear
14 S, gave wings to written laainage.
_ln the
words of Larnartine,- 4 : Printing, that unceasini,, l
outpouring of the human mind, - was to the people
a second revelation. Guttemberg, Without:know
ing it, was the mechanist of the •insti 'world. In
creating the communication of ideas, he had user
ed use independence of -reason. - Every letter of
this itlphabet which left his fitigerti, 4 eobtained in it
more power than the armies' of kings, and the
thunders of pontiffs. It was mind which he furnish
ed with language. These two powers were the
mistresses of man, as they were to be hereafter of
mankind."
1!IIEM1111
Feebly and slowly struggled these powers at that,
but the Protestant Reformation soon attested their
actual progress, and an unchained and open Bible,
diffused among the people, and widening its way
as it went, woke np from its long slumbers of the
dark ages, the consciousness of Mist,, and reveal
ed to it the dignity of its origin and its destiny. As
a consequence of this reanimation, inventions and
improvementain physical life were multiplied, and
rapidity of productive labor purchased increase of
leisure—and to the laborer's leisure a printed lan
guage was now given to him to read.
Taking root as our nation was in such a season of
transaction is it strange . that established institutions,
maxims, and usages, all designed to support unna
tural distinctions among men, and to oppress and
keep in ignorance the many, should be sat aside,
—and that we should recur to the great, everlas
ting but long forgotten truth ; —" that all are created
equal- . —that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable rights—that among these are
lite, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that to
secure these rights, governments are instituted
among mee, deriving t h eir just powers from the con
sent of governed— that whenever any from of
government become destraCtive of these ends,
it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it,
arid to organize its powers in such form as to
theta shall seem most likely to *fleet their safety
and Itappine.a..!" Our countrymen who asserted
these glorioos,varieties were not of the privileged
ctasies,—they were not the well born and noble—
they were common people, whom the written troth
had made free. I spoke of the treading oldie ma..
sea °meant to their rights. -and to self-government,
Bella; the magnificent step that was taken by our
fathers ! What a constitution, what a country, have
they bequeathed to us! ! And now t the bread,
the'bright,the ever-increasing fight of their example
adds itself to the other means of illumination that
have ;sprung from and associated themselves with
the alphabet, to cheer and direct the trends of free.
dom in the Old World. Schools, colleges, the press
the pntpit, commerce, and the ads, all belong to
the same catergory of means—all have had an
agency, and are now. exercising an influence in
the enfranChisement of man. The worst enemy of
proud tyranny is lrghl. The strongest bond of fra
ternity between individuals andaations is light.--
•
" God said, Let there be light—and-there twat/light "
There was the sun in the heavens, and the alphabet
on gaith. And he 14) more meant the ono for
select and favored few than he did _the othei. Both
came broadcast from his hand, and all -his , mental
creatures have alike title to both. Bad the school
master been more abroad - in .Europe, and had the
common mind been better enlighteped, Poland
would not have perished letneaththe-hoof.the Bus.'
sian, mid Ireland had long since- been - hapq= and',
Islorwould lintriCit, •
after' ioellrni the ,Tet4'
nuisances of the. Tuileriee ' ilwitio...liftedlier: mailed
arm against the repolikarrisrn of Rome. She would
rather have illustrated her "fraternity" by hafting:
the Itomantro,their -0 1ohOostli*et: the:Ron 7
garisa pattigts Jo theirleoveteskatakarAll-taari4nt.t
depeadeneei,-..Neverthetese,thateira itaieff.tthera;
endlrrik faith is large thak , it latrerittie'
t34 q° ViA; ' , Orr;
iu)..nme,......_: - ,-Aupilkicre'." . 4y ma, Pi r surge
she became a republic—throughout Enroperthe
press is becoming mere - bold againitabln of gr.
etettriWilifiMefiyttrierkito s titi@ecin7,
itietneti.4giVlog !fel l ' i;„lt t etirjeittliait4entidie
‘c4lPotteur.is2esifefilladitt light of We- along: his
plairwayi-1-bavir Wei that all Stircipi.will'lerbe(
silfoWeti6 o l - 0 1 .0 4 . 4. -
the 0344**PegiOtihe commookiiii;d: 400*
Witty itisres didialitetretealtexiati*tha Assoc.
and ieftliithifair;*
4,4:,jd.posmikeio;44oll4thviimoOtt;
that werwaamelry antivisit Aiseardiibit (random
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To this every' people ereentitled. -I have no
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.Gritr i &chrred
,in. South Wcf l Prn 141 ,4 , 01 1 7 l not - tnathY, earn a
-Medea% aro ghsaned Iron). a. report of the Wale&
- MarrSilmoreAtereardet.--.The writer of .the
says that he 1r hiittset4 411.'14 heroine r iati 114 r
;10, pia 4, 4 the wincip.4,erents. relaled are „up
JeCord,..in,the „archives -of - the Circuit .Court. of
Jasper ere- ' a , a ' '
On the 41th of July, it 10,1he'lyfieher? 4:Jits . pdr
were all its motion. The pewit - in the bad
madca requisition.for dheir whole:ince, and ac
conlingly, full two bemired,' completely armed and
equipped, assembled at the coati 'house,' as the
po4nt of departure on their desperate , expedition.—
They _were all well, dressed mounted on strong.
servicesbleborses, and might be termed altspeet
, able locikirq set of in fortht bark irddds---t
Their captain, ,John Nape,
„ partieidir . ; was .a
splendid fellow, at least in physical- appearance.—
Tall,grai;eful, and cemmanding,l. he was fined to '
adorn the drawittg footdati well' as the battle' field,
and one of„these changeable ,brio; s so .numerous
in the far west, where. any profession may be as
sumed at all without preliminary training. He had
been first a bee-hunter, then a Methodist Preacher,
then a ,doctor, then a lawyer. He was nO4 "a fight
er,'t and on account of his astonishing prowess in
this new occupation, had recently been elected to
the captaincy of the lynchers, in the place of a pre
decerser killed.
The company left the court house, which, on
the frontier, is the inglie Hall for all sorts of meet
ings, and Set out on their campaign at two o'clock
in the morning. It was a fine sight to see diem
skimming away over the green sward of the level
prairie. their hunting shirts streaming in the wind,
and their guns glittering in the sunshine. Many
spectators, collected to celebrate the glorious day,
witnessed their departure, and many predicted
that they would not return as they went. .
As fur the lynchers, themAelves, they seemed to
abor under no gloomy apprehensions, as.the fol
lowing conversation (swam to aftenvnals in court)
will show.
Tom Harker.—Well, captain, do you think Old
Silmore will stand up to the sticking point this
bouts
Captain.—No, by J— and General Jackson !
(His favorite oath.) Haie we not whipped him
three times already, until there is not an inch of
his hide, from the neck to the heels, that does not
bear the deep scars of our hickories.
• Barker.—Nery true captain : but then they say
that he now keeps twe.ve loaded guns, and as
Many pistols, always by his head, and .swears that
he will never be taken again alive.
Captain.—l don't care if he had fifty cannon.- 7
The old rogue is a coward, and a coward would
not fight if he could be armed with thunder.
Barker.—Yes: but they also say that pretty Mary,
his your daughter, has been practising lately,
and can shoot nearly as well as her lather. May
be she will take it into her head to giro us a pop of
powder and lead. .
AI ;Mir intelligence Captain Mays turned pale,
and ,
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rawing a long breath, which sounded very
simil r to a love sign, answered in a softer and sad,
r3 i r
der ne--T
u hat a pity that such a beautiful creature ar
Ma should be the child of a thief and counter
feiter,"
Batter.—l am told that she used to be your
sweetheart. ,
Captain.-1 loved her as my own soul, and am
satisfied that she loved me uutil I joined the lynch
ere, and then she never would speak to me again.
But that must have been the work of her infernal
father, and have his scalp for it.
Batker.--They say that she can easily cut off the
Lead of a hawk with a . pistol at ten paces.
Captain.—That may be all as you say, but yet
she Mid never do harm to auy human being. She
is the most tender hearted woman ever God created.
wish you could have seen her weep at the death
of her !into spotted - 6*p, which was torn to pieces
by ibe.dgs, 0 1 . 0 44
liarkerd—Thashsno , stm Parson -Brady you re
member;atiMS 666. da y -ever his dead horse,- and
the'next day Iring'aeV'ctscdter for calling VIM
trOidSuianer. 7 !„„,,Tearsenit as Berea{; a humbug as
smiles, and twouldn't trust either as far asl could
thrcks itlecksmith'stinvil But tell me; captain,
ta, itth inctiore 4 ,lf rrati tAji,
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iwou t go: we have whipped Lim Sin itte•hat. osig.
I;skiortstbislokkliOdletittp taigas - Oho
'l .i fi tt 6 t ili * ° l lll- :
iio s ikurowsmutp r or; "
While the lynchers, are on the way, let as antic
`ipate~tbeir goal, sinit view the position of theit cue
; ImiskiA.l4;glasOic.soiibein. book of Spring lii
fisor4 eseboironot in the abode of a clomp
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dad of hurattilitikad segithetr hht - P,rrttf,
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wh , :iiiiiEffloo!'faii*iii_utkiakyff. Igo 06.
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fiction iu ii molar coort'ot justice. allAtinfiinie`
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date of the visit of the lynchiaTikateiitilifeieri-
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hu,had:givgu ip pasmen4,for ammo uf a'averk—
The pcpu4s,or,x,ll?p,part othe gate were. positive
againsttiFi t nrnbttiece,nezno .4,7lntnee for hi-
v 43 4 41 12.; 1 3 41 1 09.. 1 4.9-~4M4 , l4.etegfbc!dy•
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therupti ei,p.9 1 4,01t 3 -. 11 0? 1, 4,6ls,FimafrY, al ho SW4"
that rate
o priahlt n amprin,r,449 ) priaaner at tine bar
bad staid otrAtA,l4,at ins . ,bgtm.4.ll4 that in the
t . 4osqing, alked . , out of the pito,
Silmore exclaim/if looking, _towards slier vu4lic
`, l .l s ldelt * 4 I4T ievFilLY has Joel tti*PockPl
bookt",and sunning us Jheplace picked it up, when
it was fuen+ to .. contain Ave thousand, defiers in
bank bills-Ithe same „then 1110111r91 its court--
That the numbers were taken down . by witness, at
prisoner's request, and an advertisement inserted
in the Spritigfield_sie.wspaper, Aria an accurate ac
count of the finding." This was conclusive, and
the Accused accordthgly received am acquittal.—
What a rogues ausx was betel—what fertility of
inveittica-to lose bra, own counteeeit money,
and then find it in the presence of .a credible,
wit
nesey so as to have proof for spy contingency.:
The lag cabin of Silmere, on that bright 4th of
Jelyi before specified,. presented indubitable tokens
of preparations for some cxpected dancer. The
door was shot and fastened with strong wooden
bars on the inside. Several port-holes, with the
black muzzles, of guns bristling,through their aper
tures, might be noticed in the talk as well as
doors. Within, the scene was worthy of a painter,.
Intently watching ,towards the eolith, through a
small crevice left between the loss, sat tne couo
terfeiter—a slight, well-favored grey haired man
with restless,, rolling, and very bright black eyes,
and a disagreeable puckered expression about the
corners of the Mouth. Standing close behind him
were bis wife 80 eldest daughter, Eliza, boat in
tea.rs. But that Freature of grace and beauty, the
sylph-like Mary; whose charms formed the topic
of wonder and admiration for the whOle country
round, although not yet six teen, neither trembled
nor wept, but constantly examined the guns—saw
that their breeches were properly supported on
chairs and tables, and that their. deadly dark muz
zles were pointed directly at the gate. She rooked
at the prirnicg, in the pans, fixed fresh caps on the
tubes of the pistols, and laid bowie knife and
hatchet in places to be handy for sodden use. AU
this was proven on the subsequent. trial. And yet
still there was no appearance onuses! emotion per
ceptible on her countenance, which was mild calm
and sweet as ever.
Near noon a column of horsemen became visi
ble in the south, moving rapidly forwards on the
even prairie. The vision of ominous peril affect
ed the inmates of the log cabin in diflerent ways.
The features of the counterfeiter grew pale as mar
ble. The mother and Eliza uttered suppressed
cries and'entreated him to seek safety in flight
across the river.
" Never!" exclaimed the lovely Mary. " Nev
er run from such a band of murderers. No, dear
lather, defend your own house, or die! I will
help you to defend it or die with you."
In a few moments their foes were at the gate
They alighted, hitched their horses to the palit4r,
and were in the all of entering. The gate was
fifty paces from the house.
'4 Now, father, is the time to fire. Let ns shoot
sure and quick," said Mary in a low and calm
voice.
But Silmore. was in no state, of mind to heed
such excellent advice. His courage bad
. vanished
in the exact ratio of the enemy's approach, until
he stood pale, trembling, and powerless -as an in
fant.
Why do you not shoot, father?" asked Mary,
with flashing eyes, as the lynchers rushed through
the gate and hurried on towards the cabin, and the
mother and eldest daughter screamed outright with
terror. . ,
The father could not even answer; but sunk
down, quaking on the floor.
' Then let MS abbot," cried the young herniae,
spnnging to a gun, as the savage men advanced
half way from the gate to the cabin door.'
.! No ! no !" articulated. Silmore, in tremulous
tones, so faint as to'he actively an audible wbis
per; and, at the same instant, the mother and Eli-.
za caught Mary, and by main strength, with con
siderable dilficultyvprevented bet from firing—an
act that„ t under the circumstances, would live
Cooke I l ikik.madnUss ; for what. aktgbt. be despar.
• in * e P...2s7 . ; l,- Ok i AAil s i Ell ' indffo„9 l
'die; 4106everaSili 7 kgrkJa 014 i 4 le:kl!" 1 !.
bile tsme s 'ba:W:Ote,Tswei.illoYo 4 for I ° 6° 9.
tin a moment tWiS door was beatennlions its hinges.
The avenpuieiateted stini'qiuttt the quivering
counterfeiter foithi]bikvi:ilointiSfizs. foilowtol, af
Mr, arnicalliogs met ;Milts most piteous -tones for
The prayer Was offered rn vain--offered to ears
as deaf to entreaty atthe adder's, fo the charms of
music.
"Let us bang the wretch to Me first b!"
shouted Captain-Mayo..' t • -z
w:timi first.limbl'i_onbood two bon
dred voices.
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of this to . yonder swinging limb white I fasten*
other
. end in a noosikroondlie - iillairt's neck; and
then t ;witonl give wiikimsitzbiiii*itefiKst;=
taithini 0 wutagVaiii aiii,,o auiea . ow - adis .
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captain, atitet taiu - kniatelleiLotrzlheii facedte'
foitilliu;And claspetl their rums je
knees..
the command watt executed; and las dm* nido
marauders bore thede off, the b..^trrvidt-EZ.rearirtiq
ittereyl9 'and Eliza added, "come; . mane a s istei
firy, 'arid be 4 the earaitii An'
loved yo so well, perhaps: he I.yilk4e.ar you:"
4litys, owed pats and glanced hie eyeirrowanli
the phi,
,No one however was to bc-seein there
and die t per ascii - arms again Apt
" /Velcro ready?' ingoiiv4,l, the -chief, looking
into the tj:ee above him.
' " Mercy r feebly, whispered the. ; eoritihrifeiter,
an terror pail - rally renewed the povier of speech.
MeTY.:.- I; !rtitd the mother. ar.d ;Elhncieveral
rods I Went from-the awfolspot,
All voidy'!" said the e.iCcutioneits
. perched in
the magnolia, tighteningth'c irate "cord.
"Then," But the captain's voice wan drown
edin those !Creams for i' mercy," and by a sad
den shock of air more terrible still; and far More dif
ficult to vritireana.
nik orn ! tfootia I.'" loud and heavy, two rep orts,
tharioared elintbst to g ether, pealed- Trim . the door
of the log cabin. The girl Mary hair begun her
Work.
The commencing sentence died on the captain's
livid lip. He Yell to the earth ; a ghastly corpse, his
head torn to pieces with bullets and buckshot, for
the heroine had taken ahn with a double tarelled
gun 'and had gave the enemy Mott; loads at once.
Boom !boom !" sounded two• others as the pan
id-stricken lynchers fled away intbe most hopeless
consternation, leaving on the bloody field besides
their dead captain, many others badly wounded,
ind many of their weapons -behind them in *tile
flight; indeed, so thorough was Mani, thafthey dar
ed not retool to their horses,. or to bear oft their
stain - , - until they had first sent back a committee
of neighboring females to crave permission, in the
humblest of terms.
hi the meantime, the short, sharp creeks of Bev
erai rifles were heard: Mary was endeavoring to
bring down the two lynchers in the magnolia, who
hanibastily ascended fiigher up, and,hidderi deeper
in the thick foliage—themselves now crying. ibr
"Mercy" in their tam.
Through the interposition of the counterfeiter,
his' wife and the eldest daughter, the back woods
liffegavk' was finally induced to spare the the rest, •
The news of this tragedy created, as may well
be conceived, a tremendous exciremeeg and led
to the abolition of lynching der ever in the land of
Jasper; for the people, everywhere are always
certain to take sides with extraordinary bravery ; and
although the friends of the indictment returned by
the grand jury against bhiry Bd/store for the murder
of Mays, she- was acquitted afterwards on- trial,
amidst the acclamations of five hundred speck:afire.
MuCh greater interest vas manifested` in her favor
owing'to the general belief, that she was not ap
prised of her . flther's felonious practices. The fe
male members of the family had been popular aft
the while, even when the counterfeiter liimself Was
universally execrated.
As we are not dealing in fiction but naked una
dorned truth proven and sworn in a court of justice
1 we cannot gratify the reader's curiousity by any
ladditional particulars as to the - subsequent history
of Mary Silmore. The writer shortly afterwards
emigrated to Texas, and has not heard'sinCe aught
from one whose beautiful imaee rise, up often be- 1
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fore one eye of memory.
Why is "truth stranger than fiction?" Because,
truth- is from the wild passionate, living heart, whiter
fiction is forged in the cold, erafly intellect: The
one is wrought in figure; at fine ; the other in the
embroidery of frost work.
Tree Pescoce.—The newtsl disposition of the
peacock is selfish and gluttenons, and it is only by
pampering this weakness that he man be persuad
ed into obedience and attachment. He is vain, and
at the same time ungallant. He is far trout man,.
(eating the politeness and-attention which the com
mon cock shows towardebia mates. The peacock ,
will greedily snatch from the mouth of his hens
those titbits and delicate morels which .the cock
would either share with his favorites, or 'yield to
them entirely. The p4ten, in mtern;tares less
for ber lord and master, and is more independent
of him when the breedtng season Waver. She then
regards the misplay of his tail, his pciffinp and
sunitings, and all the tattling of his guilts, with the
coolest influence. Na does he seem to - cans about
her admirstioci, or to make all this exhibition of hie
antaelkm to - seeare her notice, but ii content if he
can get some astonished hen, or silly, bewildered
duck, up a corner, to wonder what all this fan is
about. Like other vain cosconabsyhe :expects the
lady to intik. the 'first advances. - Although wet
atonally-cruet; the pearock is shy of fthtirig, peel
tieulafwhenin full plumage; not do they-so fre
quendy. engage with tick other-air - with teal cif M T
ferentispecies, soar drakee, dockit, out
of feather, was seen to testi rep ithker bourestitig
'ginvith a musk drake' . but, had it been in 'fall phi
tcriO, It timid not haie Siloam fight id all. 'Their
protiible team elf life is 1 or 20 yeati. They may
be
it:shines potato at nine menthe old. if fid
tees stilida be abut up together with nny t tat Or
thitiiii# - fiti4l been is the habit' of associating
nithAutin;nedled'eisctlithe same. U inane&
alone; thejidni.:—lfg. Garlic ' '
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hea r coate d egaod- goo d-. Wry.. Hemel 1 6 1111 41 1 41
bothhka hompottl7-we-have, his Wool for it...ead
NM* , large gadetlinabe Wks ea abet:kaput eu
ortoopabnU kog. The f mike, seized ao iv of the
60 6 Mllit tog% end dm be& kk, be mt.& Tar.
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