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(For tile Bradfoed Reporter )
THE LEAF-AN ALLEGORY.
Bright was the day, and calm the lour,
And rai- the scene when I was horn
All Nature smiled;—each opening Bower
shed dewy fragrance on the MOM.
All seemed to gladden at my birth ;
Each passing zephyr stole a kiss;
Inane was waked a soul of mirth,
And my fond bosom danced with bliss.
Each warbler to me seein'd to sing.
The dancing stream I thought my friend;
The hours passed by on_plessure's wing,
Nor thought 1 pleasure e'er could end;
Ent suddenly a dark'ning cloud
Crerspnead the sky, and hid away
The laughing sun-beams, that, 'tilt then.
Upon my breast did sweetly play.
Then deeplLterrifietl was
&mall as quickly as it came,
That dark, portentous cloud passed by.
And left the sunlight Tree again.
Then first I knew that jby must end.--
That - pleasure cannot always last--
That lights and shadows e'er must blend.
And "brightest hours are soonest past."
Quickly the spring -lime sped away.
• And summer. with her eye of flame,
'And all her beautiful an - ay,
Passed by, and Autumn came.
The flowers began to droop. and die,
The leaves around grew deathly pale,
AnA eentle breezes that came by
Wafted them down to yonder rale.
The silvery stream, still bright and gay,
Catteht some upon its bosom bright,
And laughing as it danced away,
Bore them forever from my sight.
Then a 1 the feathered songsters fled.—
] heard no more their melody;"
I saw around the silent dead,
And knew that I must die.
N. n• perfectly resigned, I Wait
patience for the appointed hour,
When I, with all must meet my fate.,
And leave with death my native bowel',
I know the white snows will descend,
And he my winding sheet and pall
I ko•s. the stream I thought my friend,
W/11 gladly ee me fall.
Herrick, Pa.
Honorable Position or the Free States.
ihr Contrast—The following article from the
Age—the democratic organ of the sterling
ar„l indomonable Democracy of Maine ; merits
mare than a*sill attention. Pt conaprities in a
brief space—the impregnable ground upon which
;he free States have strood, throughout all this con
t• wersy... cm the restriction of Slavery. They de
mand what they deem constitutional and right, but
nt the same time s with that true patriotism Which
o.'oanid characterize republocar.to, they are wo Ilan= to
shble by the decision of Congress. This is right—
tne contrary those who assume to be the lea
den oldie Slave States. fierier& Minuet:able things.
in one breath---they are voting. ut Congress fur the
rstabliskment o/ Sinewy south. of 3*. 3b., and then
in the next, declare that of Congress e±ercise the
power which they thus concede they will secede
from the Union.
Forttrnately, the Prop le of the South are not in
.', •itrinated with this humbug. They are Amen
call, and republicans, and when the Appeal is Made
'hem, we hare no !doubt that they will scotch
he ;raitors and nullifiers with the same black odi
um, which the people of the free States have heap
on the members of the Hartford- Convention.-
I‘. e aunt s,:iy to every perion, whtg or democrat.
te
Ln the controversey concerning slavery to the tet
t:tones. the ~,u th has no ground. con•titutional or
en.noa"!^.'- s'an•Liipcm. Its attitude on that ques
l'on is as 'l' '''n! doctrioes are untenable.—
Not satisfied with :he compromises of the constitu
tion. it seeks by an unwarrantable construction to
es en,i them. sr es . to secure the permanent .spread
of,iara} over one halt of the territors of the Lamb,
in opposition the wi;, of the nation, and against
the irJ+hec of the pe,ple of the territories. Instead
cf ezar•i'n:Lthe ir , l:.utian in the light that the con
rri:ar,!, it as a state institution, existing
.in
1..719e of state authority solely, the south seeks to
nat,onn.l.ze .1, to make its existence eoniernainous
tr'th the leeiclative jurisdiction of theTederal
insiats that it can be circumscribed
ac scare authority circumscnbes it. It goes up
', .".• as‘uniotion that sbzreiy is indigenous to the
te"irari Aoil—that whereever the daa of the Union
Ibtre also may the sable banner go, without
•• , - n r.Arance. with no power in the national arm
rat tt. advance.
•f.. ;rand : southern idea is, cot what is really
`rue• ins: the territories of the Upton belong to the
i:a.es as tenants in common, with equal rtfih's of
' 715- rsh,p in each and all; but it ts. what is not
trim That they belong to and are held in trust for the
Teal benefit as joint tenants, of two greatemsgib
rre enf•les, existing in the form of two distinctive
crises of states. knowntas free states and elan states
to he es reed by, or apportioned out between. Free
d to ani s',arery, in equal parcels. And because
ef the national legislature is manifestly
c.ttpuied to this fanciful conception of the southern
bran,-les :cried to enlarge the empire of slavery ;
vie fearing also a congreasional af f irmation of the
rt-elistits; law of the land wenchinr dells Question
e' affirmation made necessary by theerwabrdioary
mftEnr : op s of the south; why. a certain portion of
th:Yalric sons of that region. think to fright"
C - irir, s from its "propriety, by threats of lawless
r '''"ce• by menaces, of treason to ifie conattution
itti, laws of their country—by empty gasconade
0. -, cr• re, v.' . roz the eut,harity of the general govern
`-• 1 , 4 tr.; rot furee," and to the last estretotlY•
ray :he hollowness of their pretensions. by
'rat.nr their claim to the" arbitrament
`1..".• • • • ,- prftentartret of the liihoie nation. subject
la ati r eal to the conetantional trtbuoal.which.os
' ':••en• , rra n zed. cannot be suspected of enter
latz tir any bt as in fame of the northern view of this
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"We trust That Congsret will not softerits action
" levf .l goe.i , on to he afall indanced by these %unit,-
'' rebeillon and disunion. for it the
.r the majority is thusi, be frmittrateil—if the
• lr .rit•eu..a t action of COng4Cll is thus to be detea
'''6—'hents a death blow ,ItJ ortce•intlimed upon
' re`pre , entarire system. add the levslatiumor the
e ""! sohreted to the domination of s.onthero mob.
"tnrr. ate the rtchts of the north at the mercy of
It mpertal rill and pleasure."
A stax should rto twee make his honesty a boast
tat a woman shocad her virtue. To speak too
liscki of either renders theta pserts. 'eatable.
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It is the Southern members of Congress who al
ways demand comproritises, and the Northern
members who always make them:,—and by corn:.
prozoises, we are to understand concessions
amounting to the actual surrenders of - powers. ad
vantage and equitable rights. The compromising
spirit which prevails in the Senate has been already
shown by the organization of its committees, of
which all the really important, or the mots linpoi
tint, ones have been unconditionally ceded to, the
South, and ale now in the hands of chairmen and
diajorities consisting Senators, and, in many In
stances, ultra Senators, from slave-holding States.
Let any , one look at the constitution of the follow
ing six leading dommjtieer, and then form his own
opinion as to the extent of the tyrannical woes
sion of the North, of which Southern patriots com
plain so bitterly, and _the necessity that exists on
their part of breaking up the titian, to escape a
state of things so oppressive and so degrading.
fi.rwo, Ma.
Foreign 11_, . Foote
Mo .lifisg
.ficiatiollS. Bento ' n, .
Manguns.N. C
'Batler,S. C. Dradbnry.Me,
Judiciary. Downs, La , Dayton, N. 3
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BerrienrGa.
r Davis, Miss. Greene. R. L
Military Affuirs. Borland. Ark. Shields, 111.
Dawson. Ga.
Ttilee, Fl.
Saw/ Affairs. Mason, Val
Badger, N. C.
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Butler. B. C. Douglass. Dl.
Territories. Underwood. Ky, Cooper, Peas
'Houston. Tex.
IMason. Va.
Pistr:d Columbia , Vales, Fl.
Berrien, Ca.
We mention the Committee 'on the District of
Columbia, not that that committee - is important in
itself, but 'because the Southern gentlemen deem it
so, professing to believe the North has a deep laid
plan to blow op the South by abolishing slavery in
the poor relics of the Distnct ; this aforesaid plan,
as well as the disposition of Congress to vote for
the free soil proviso. (which Congress has so often
voted for before, althorn any body being hurt there
by,) being the two inexpiable wrongs, the mere
apprehension of which the Hotspuns And Boliarlib
of the Waste thveatens to revenge by dismember'
ing the Union, and are already punishing in ad
vance, by reducin,i, the legislative branch of the
government to a state of anarchy. With the Com
mittee organized as above, no bill for abolishing
slavery at the seat of government would ever get
before the Senate, were it seriously contemplated.
which it is not, to bring forward each a bill in the
House.
TROIA AS
The free States are complimented with a single
member of the Committee oh Foreign Relations--
and this at a critical period of oar forewn affairs.
threatening a rupture witl. the most powerlul state
of Europe . that ta,.upon questions of peace and
war, at such a period, the voice of these States,
embracing two•tbirds of the *bite freemen of the
United States, is not to be allowed to enter the
Committee room.
Is the Judiciary Committee formed so that the
South may, if it dames, report adversely, or smoth
er all aciion, on the Cali'Pantie Constitution! Was
the free State Senator, Douglass, az-socMted on the
Committee on Territories, a ith Butler of South
Carolina, and Houston of Tem., that the Territory
of New Ider,ico should be extinguished by being
recommended atraV to Texas t The South,loo. 1.,
through the majorities it has on the respective
committees, to control the military and naval af
fairs ui the United 'States. Really. it would seem
from these facts sy that the Southern members, of the
disunion and treason faction, have much reason to
complain of ill treatment; and we ought not to
wonder, perhaps, should they refuse to allow the
House to be organized until the compromising spir
it softens and agrees to :rive ap thb invariant com
mittees acre also.—Philodelphia _Corti Ameritan.
Brar?lrrL PrtA TER .—Lord ! bless, and preserve
my husband ; let his life be long and blessed com
fortable and holy ; and yet me also become a great
blessing and comfort unto him, a sharer in all his
joys, and refreshment io all his sorrows, a' facet
helper for him in all the accidents and chances of
the world ; make me amiable for crer in his eyes,
and very dear to him. Unite his heart to me in
the debrest orlon of love and bolinera, and Mine
to him in all sweetness, charity, and compliance.
Keep from me all ongentleness, , all discontented
nrit,, and unreasonable and uoseasonableness of
passion and homer ; and make me humble and
obedient. charitable and loving, patient and con
tented, 'ireful and observant, that we may delight
in each other according to Thy blessed word and
on.finino e, and both of as may rejoiced in 'Thee,
having:our rortiou in the love and service of God
for over.—llisi7 Montagu.
CoxicnA rum.--In a lemon in ranging the sen
tence, u Man cunning in capacity of bliss," &c., the
word courting comes ti. a pert - young miss of four
teen to parse. She . commences hesitatingly, but,
got along wellenough„nutil she was to tell what
it agreed with. Here she stepped short, but the
teacher said—re Very well, what does courting agree
wish r
Ellen blushed. and held her heal.
d' Ellen, don't youAnour what that agrees vrith
" Ye—!e.—yes, sir."
tS Ellen, why don't yoli-paritethat word ?
What does it agree with?
Bhwhing kill more, and stammering, MR ear
" it--e-grees with aN She girls, air!"
A cotensporary announcing the massive of ati
edits', says be was always of the opinion that edi
tors had just as good a right to same flume alan'r
daughter as anybody else
'hales Robertson 'died recently in Carroff coun
ty at_tbs Nte of an hvadnosoir *re* yours
and servo months.
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PUBLLSIEED EVERY WEDNESDAY, AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., PrY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH.
The Cespnagskir Split.
111csaaa. Enrroasz—Not long since I heard a per
son who possessed some knowledge of Agricultur
al Chemistry, telling some fanners and others, that
a large part of the solid substance of trees and
other, vegetable productions, was derived from the
air, or rather, that part of the atnrophere called
carbonic acid, and that this acid, or gas, was pre
cisely like that which issues from a barrel of fer
menting beer or cider. After the man left them,
they began to espreas their doubmabout the truth
of his theory. Says one, 'tie all nonsense, the vi
sionary dreamings of a book farmer. tes, says
another, if his doctrine is true, what's the use of
manure, muck and composts that be talks so much
about. A thinl one observes, when he can make
me believe that the moon is made of green cheese,
I shall believe his story about trees being made out
of the steam that fires out of the bunghole - of a
barrel, when the eider is working.
Now, Meters. Editors, I cannot think any of your
residers are so ignorant, gut still some of them may
not have isken_pains to investigste the subject as
they aught, either from a belief that ii4iSnot neces
sary for a "common farmer," or that chemistry is
too intricate a study for the tiller of the shil to trou
ble his head about.
Webster. Ms.
To while away an evening, and perhaper, to
throw a light upon the subject, I forward you the
loltowing, with the hope it may in some measure
stimulate farmers to a mure familiar study of agri
cultural chemistry. Of its importance there can
no longer be any doubt: it is a matter about which•
there " are no two ways."
The atmosphere we breathe and in which plants
grow and live, is composed principally of a mix
ture of oxygen and nitrogen gases, in the propor
tion very nearly of 21 of the former to 79 of the
latter, It also contains as a constituent necessary
to the very existence of vegetable life, a small per
tentage of carbonic acid, on an average of about
1,2500 part. At first view it would seem impossi
ble that this apparently sm,ll amount of carbonic
acid should supply - about one half the solid sub
stance to all plants that annually grow upon the
whole surface of the globe—bin when we recollect
that tie atmosphere not'only entirely surrounds the
earth, but extends in every direction about 45 miles
—" and if the whole acid were collected in a stra
tum dr bed occupying the lower part of the atmos
phere, such a stratum would have a thickness of
1 about thirteen feet ; and this would be spread over
the entire waters of the oceans,
~seas, lakes and
rivers, the deserts of sand, the frozen r eg ions of
the poles, and in fart over every part and place of
the globe that does not yield a vegetable growth,
and by ►he wisdom of the great Contriver,.this gas
is, in innumerable waye, returned to the sir as fast
as abstracted—here then nor wonder ceases. Now,
from .10 to 50 per cent. by weight, of all trees,
plants and vegetables, and in tact all the pans of
plants which are cultivated for the food of animals,
or of man, consists of carbon, and unquerrtionably
most of this is derived from the air--althorn„th there
can be no doubt that a small portion is taken in by
the roots, mixed with water, and some of the in
organic substances that are in solution—but this
was also derived from the
Bright, Ind.
Miller, N. 1
Miller, N. I
Shields, 111.
The leaves of plants are their longA, and they
have the powers of taking in or absorbing horn the
air the carbonic acid, and in daylight this gas is
decomposed, but much more rapid and energetic
in clear sunlight. This gas is composed of two
pi . i,..lportions of oxygen and one ,of carbon,, and
when decomposed in the leaf, the oxygen is' set
free and escapes into the air—the carbon is retain
ed, and in obedience to to mysterious laws of
chemical combinations, is made to form a moiety
of the endless variety of wood,
_fruit, seeds, &c.
&c. that grow upon the earth.
In proof of this, I will ogler the follovring ilia,-
nation. We know, if we take a given quantity
(by weight) of well seasoned wood and distil it in
a close vessel, or burr it in heaps covered over so
as to exclude the free access of air, wood-cbarcoal
is left behind. When this process is well perform-I
ed; the,charcoal awl weigh from 40 to 50 per cent. 1
as much as the wood did. The charcoal consists
of carbon, with a slight aiknixture only of earthly
and saline matter which remains behind when the
coal or carbon is burned in the open air. When
this charcoal (or carbon) is burned in the open air,
it combines with the oxygen (which is separated
from the nitrogen) of the air to keep up combus
tion, and the whole of the coal enters into combi- 1
nation with the oxygen and forms carbonic acid— I
or, in other words, carbonic acid denims of oxy
gen with a quantity of efile:oaf disioired in it, and
this is precisely the gas that escapes from a barrel
of fermenting beer or cider, and in this condition it
is fitted to be again taken in by thole:vet/tot plans
and reconverted 11110 wood, fruit, seeds, km &a.,
and this process has been going , on without i n te r _
miss:rich from the first morn as tune down to the
present day . .
Perhaps it may seam somewhat mysterious to
many or all, how this elastic invisible gm' can be
converted into wood or other solid substance, but
it is no more wonderful than many oilier of its
combinations. - Every 100 lbs. of pate marble or
limestone as taken from the quarry, contains in
mond numbers 44 lbs. of this very gal; by sub
jecting the marble to a strong - red heat, this gas is
driven off, and leaves but 56 lbs. of lime.
.In this
town there is a pearl - anti factory. fri every Ind
lbs. of pearfash the manufacturer sends to Bouron
there is 3.9 lbs. of this vas combined with 68 lbs.
of caustic pearlash, or to place it in- another point
of view, in sending 70 lbs. of pesrfash, 22 lbs. Of
it is car b onic acid. The pearlash is taken to the
distill' ery, and ammo:aid carbonic acid is made
to pale through it, when:another portion of the acid
is made to combine, sti l e the 70 lbs. of pearlash
some oat 92 lbs. of saltiCratus---that is 22 lbs. more
of this gas is fixed ire the pearlash. Et the distil
leries this gas is diseggiged tom die Pohismi *ad
water while feementibt preptnitory to fts taring
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(Proiii the Doom euttivatOr
higriatiliwel Chemistry.
distilled into spirit. Now ; ran any on s. tell how
this 44 lbs. of gas got combined with 56. lbs of l
lime, so as to form WO lbs. of marble ? or how 44
!hoc of carbonic acid entered into combination with
48 lbs. of caustic potash to make 92 of saletratus?
If al:ion:id of charcoal is burned in a clove vessel
of oxygen gas sufficient to keep up combustion till
the whole of the coal is consumed, there is neither .
gain nor loss in the weight, the pound of charcoal
is dissolved in the oxygen, and the gas weighs a
pound more than it did before combustion com
menced, end what is still more strange, the I vol
ume or bulk of the gas is not increased by the ad
dition of the pound of charcoal or carbon. The
quality or nature. of the gas is materially changed
—being converted into carbonic acid. Pethapsoo
one can tell, or perfectly understand the " modes
operandi "of the above, but of the troth of the
statements we are as confident as we are that two
And two make four. It is well known that lichens
and mosses will grow and thrive upon the solid
rocks.. Aaron's rod and, some other plants will
flourish and gain is weight suspended in the air.
The roots of a hyacinth, when the bulb is placed
over a glass vase of water, will descend into it, the
leaves and flower stem will shoot upwards, and in
a few weeks an abundance of beautiful and fra
grant flowers are produced; during this time the
TAW. is not changed nor any manure aiDed, and
Ostpts the whole plant when in bloom will weigh
twice as much as it did when placed in the vase.
Now from what source do these plants draw their
growth but froir`ths air ? But some may say this
is on woo ) s 'II a .1e to satisfy them ; then we
will tak it upon a Itf \ rger one. We know, if we
Lail rra
after crop from a gis en piece of lanti
take pi ,
without quieting any thing in the form of manure,
it is yearli impover i shed till at last it will scarcely
produce any thing. The reason of this is, we cat -
ry from the land all that is derived from the air,
and all that is drawn from the soil, the inorgame
parts of plants, which are just as necessary as the
carbon ; the soil thus becomes destitute of its part
of the fends nec e ssary to carry on the co-partner
ship—but the air is always solvent, ready to meet
its engagements at sigh t, and contribute its full
gusto to proportion with the other part of the joint
concern, and no farther. Bat if this impoverished
soil is sown with the seeds of some kinds of trees
and they v e getate and grow, the longer stand and
the larger they grow, the richer and more fertile'
the soil becomes. II this growth of trees had de- 1
rived its whole food from the soil, it would have '
been poorer than when it was planted ; but as that !
is not the fact, we can-come to no other conclusion
than that the food for the carbon of the trees was
drawn from the cat borne acid of the air, and the .
other organic substances from the air—water and
the soil.
Why the Ocean is Salt.
The rashness of the ocean has usually. been re
garded as a special provision of nature :o guard i
against certain inconveniences which might oilier•
wise have resulted. The presence of so mocksa- •
line matter in solution, depresses the freezing point
of the water many degrees, thereby Jiminishigg
the ihingecous facility with which fields of ice are
produced in the polar regions. It has been said
that the WI is uretul to chezkrog evaporation. and
also thrd it aids in preventing the corrupting of the
water by the accumulating of animal and vegetable !
remains. 'Without for a moment questioning the
incidental benefits (mm the circumstances under
rbecursion, ar,l which, in one case at least are
quite obvious, it may be considered as more an in
evitable result ot the present ilispersitlin of things
that a special arrangement e x press! y intended to
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fulfil a certain obiect.
The rain that falls upon the earth is due to the
condensation of aqueous vapor previously existing
in the atmosphere, and which is supplied in a
great part by evaporation from the surface of the ,
sea—The air of the latter, compared with that of the I
land being very-great, neces-sarily scr„,„perhasts„,,,to
furnish this requisite extent of evaporatingitir r face
This water as is well known, isperfeely Ash and
pure, the saline constituents of the ocean ; having;
no sensible degree of volability at that ternmature
at which the vapor had been raised. No sooner,
however does it teach the earth. that it becomes
cortarninated with soluble substances which it
meets while flowing on the surface of the ground
precolming beneath. it is thus that the waters of
springs and rivers invariably contain a greater or
less amount of alkaline and earthy salts, which
all eventually find their way into the sea, and there
lis uo channel for their return. The seine condition
of sea water is bat au exaggeration ot that of or
dinary lakes, rivers;and springs . ; the materials are
the same and of itecessity so: the ocean being in
fact the great repository of all soluble subtances
- which during innumerable ftes, have been sem
ted fry a process of washltig Many the land. The
case of the sea is but a magnified representation of
what oemrcs in every lake to which there CS no
outlet except by evaporation. Such a lake is in •
variably a salt take. It is impossible that it can
be otherwise ; and it is curious to observe that this
condition disappears when an artificial outlet is
provided Esr the waters. ft will 'be remembered
that Vat" ?fatness of the ocean is very far exceeded
.by thatot several' irAsnd takes of the kind de_renb
ed. • That of Mil, near the t",:aripian, and the Dead
Sea, in laden, are remarkable examples.—Piers
Pktioroply •
A RaTiz. Annclevir —Frederic the great was
very fond Of a disputation; bat as he generally
terminated the discussion by collaring his wag°.
chit and kicking kim, very few of his guests were
disposed to enter the antes against him. One day,
whets be was even more than usually distro.ed for
an argument, be asked one of his snit, why be did
not rentore to express bis opinion on some panic
War questioo. "It is im i possible, saw, majesty;
was the reply, trio to:preser ars opinion before a
moveireiwirbe has sorb Wong cantiedons and
who Imo sad think Wolk".
Lowe that Fades Nat.
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ALALs! F know Time brnapjJecay.
And Beauty!—even thine—must lade;
Who ran expect the charm.. t,t !lfay
When winter's blasts tie Gelds invade?
Bat mine's the Love that will outlast
Th* stormy as the nanny hour.
AAA cline the elos.rr, thriumh the blast
S/uill on it waste its reNtless power.
There's still a beauti. of the 'Mud.
Watch blooms erten all the re..t are gout.,
Oh ! may its fadeless wreaths he tvottid
To bind our mingling souls in one.
Then shall I cherish in this breast..
Thee—Aorely dow'r when' rnoped and fading,
Thy 'grief 111 share or 101 l to •rest.
And shield thee from the worn', uphraiding.
Deeds Katmai.
The deeds of reasonable men,
As if engraved with a pea of iron grain.
And laid in /linty rock. they ataad unchanged;
Written on the various pages Of the past—
Ifgood. in rosy characters of gold;
If bad, in letters of etudictive fire ;
God mug forgive—but cannot blot them out.
The !Manatee of Cherry lailey--Ileart-
read* lucidesits .and Cruelties.
The next year, on Wednesday, the 13th of -No
vember, 1778, Cherry was attacked and
burnt. Seven hundred Indians and tortes and& it.
ish were the perpetrators of this deed ; who came
from Niagara by the way of the Chemung river, as
descnbed in Pachin's Narrative• and salon up the
Susquehanna, under the eumcnand of Brandt and
Butter. •
So sudden and unexpected was the onset, that it
was review bie to notify the inhabitants, who, in
tune of danger could tly to the tort, tint Me gun,
the report of-which was known as the alarm
was employed in its first shot at the enemy. Many
outrages, bornble to relate, were committed here
and there among the families, who, if they could
have reached the fort, would have been saved, as
that was not burnt.
The wife of the Reverend Mr. Dunlap, a Tres- ed the plea for her life, In AI the eloquence that
byterian clergyman, was found :lead and scalped, tears and trembling old age: worn flown With• El
and an arts of her b o d y h atta „, g on t h e l i m b of an rigne and hunger:eau/I inspire, btu was repulsed
apple-tree. A Mr. llirghey Mitchell, and insPfarni I with the same brutal g,e as before.
ly, nut having time to reach the fort, were alf kill- f Now the die was cast, hope had disappeared for
ed except himself, who fled to a hedge-fence, and .ever : the fogs and gloom of the grave began to
there laid hid in full view of the butchery of h is gather mond ; the Indian snatched her tfpih *ger,.
wife and children—the last of which was a huh: intending to :Wake abort work, as hid patiCifre was
child about two t ears old, which on beholding t h e rprite ekliansted ; but at this horrible moment,-Gorl
honk! faces of the Indians painted in the most appeared in his providence. if Bri•ish serreant had
frightful Manner, turned away and caught hold o f mercy upon her. bought her of the Indian, carried
the leg of a tory's pantaloons, looking up to his face her to Canada on his Own horse, and thus stie es
for protection. But instead of showing pity, an d caped the knife of her adversary. This ivonian's
saving it, he spoke to an Indian standing near, to name was Nlorfirr, the sister of Captaic fiar'per,-the
kill it, which he did at one blots; of the tomahawk. mother of Moore who al the same time was
1:i the midst of the murdetintt and conflamation carried to Canada. coniti3d 'and married by Capt.
Of the place, as Brandt was stindin_t be the Powol• of F . " l Xlabtara. " stated by o ` l2 ' Padj in,
ins ruins of a Votn=e,iii,t reduced if, ashes, l n,lv,g f is ins. Narrati re.
sha r ply a bout him. he di-covere.l. eighty or 1 But re,iibrilivc finally overtook this But
e hundred rods from Lino, a hoose nith loer , ler ; for in a skirmish nn Canada Creek, in Mont-
whsch as )et had e, , cailed the flames of the gene-
tat ruin. Instantly he spieng, dett.r.s the field anti
pameirthe woods whtch nearly hid it I:om obey•
ration, and fearlessly entered In wiQiout comp',l
- any such introduction. Here he found a
woman alone with five children, the wife of a tory,
who at that nine was not at Chet-1y Valley, whose
name I think best not to divulge :.he sat spinning
at the little wheel. in as composed a manner as sf
nothing was the meter, while the sharp ring of the
rifle, with the loud blustering noise of the musket
tr.re wilidg the death knell of her acquaintances.
Bran 1. tn•utz, A -:.h her s:uotdi:) aUJ iodider
enre, ‘641 e.l, •• livd A otnan span
out,; here. vt ael every. here c..ur net.4llbnrs are
ir, t ,, !e:rd ha tie Indian, - !: • ' - .Sne replied, "I did
n o t ihi:,l; myself in 6411.4-_ , I, as we are the kin='s
people , biu.now I Ise.:-.:33 to be alarmed, as possi
bly the Indians mar not be able to distinguish ;
Oh, if I conk only see Brandt, he 'Would help me."
-4 I am Brandt,'' sard he, •‘ but it is out of my pow.
er to aid you, as there are .many Seneca Ledians
here who are not under my control, and kill both
friends and foe., not cari3g to make any distrne
tion, as all FCalpS 1001;„ alUke to' ttiem, the
saute price at Niagara.
.411 this was said in a moment., ii t h.le she flew
here and there. doing she knew not ivhat ; her tee
lings being quite lively, now that her precious self
was in danger. Brandt said to her, "Take your
children and crass that creek, and hide in yonder
hushes," Sul wiiiie pcitiling her to spot, five
Seneca Indians came running that way. " You
are lost,'" said Brandt, "it is irrTru - s...ilde for me to
save you!" She screamed, :Otri ! mus: I and the
children be murdered •r' • • Spring into that bed with
your children, acrid hel and cover yourselves en
tirely over." She had scarcely done so, when the
five Indians, the fiercest of their tribe, came up
„yelling,, and painted horribly. Brandt had placed
himself at the door, with his back against one :post
and his foot against the miser, with his hatchet
ieuck into the post abate. " You csunotenter here.
(said be to the chief, who wasa monstrous radian]
there is no one here but a poor ci:k woman, and
she is on the king's side." "0 yes, they are all on
the king's side new," said the laconic chic and
rushed by into the room. •r) tell you [said Brandi)
t'sis crpmari who lies here tit That bed JUL.
famished me ar.d ; rty men wide food many a time,
and she shall not:4e 'bun." Where then is b e '
husband r said the warrior. c: Ile has fled, and
gone across the creek . 1 ihov7.iti t Fa a" a .7.l,rilrltO
o him (aid e hen I came to the door
which the firs /Indians Janed on in that tirrec
'alit', hoping soon to,find him. ,
Now as soon as they were fairly oat of sight,
Brandt stepped out of the house and gave& yell as,
Will as the scream of a. panther Directly there
Carne naming five of his own Indians to the house.
er pave T on any paint," said ha, "that I may ma*
this woman and her children for any own z. , At
first they said no, when, so great was the 'anxiety
of the woman, that she sprang nut of theberlf, *hete
abefaid hid, with espreentlge horror, while" Brandt
was deceiring•the Seneca Indians, and ofiere4 to
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have a puce On out of. liar 'ltOrtl,rar *soy
a hire, so thuf she and her thilarinnttdilbaiiiaikr
pd with the bleed.
But soon one of them said he had found.arlitde,
when the mark of Brandt was set upon theAtetts
his min, which nu Indian dare obliterate, iitgirh
-aved the woman and her children. ThisWirt:tio-,
man iR Brandt, hot% ithstauding she WM, on the
king's side as be might here haVe e.wdy obtained
si t sc alp s , trhietrtrcohl hare borer:iglu hint forty
eight &Altus at Niagara, or have giveli them over
to the Senecas, for the same purpose. •
But such was not the eharacternf
a~vu•tate in this attaCk on Cherry Yalley, relliough
bred on the bosom of softer usages, An &has
wider his command had talien , prisoner ir feeble
,dd woman, and fitsrlittg : after travelling a - *UP,
that she contd not hold ant, having waded a: creek
which was deep, her clothes had become froaen,
her 'Webs stiff with cohl, So that site could nal stand
up, told her to prepare for death, as that he must
kill her, because she could mkt go fast enot l ol.
She pirml kn.: her file and tte=ertlrr be carried to
Butler, who she stuil would have mercy itpdm•her.
The Indian consented, and taking:her np; earned
her to Buller, where the.poor wertran pleadTur her
lite, desiring to be permitted to return again to
6serry Valley. But the inhuman wretch. replied,
ahhocgt streamibg tears admonished Prim of the
anguish of her soul; " let the Indian t• you and
have the benefit oflour #Calp. you are old enOugh
io die, what do yo wish to.lise longerfor?" Here
he turned frottl her'. • • . •
The Indian not srtllitig. to lose the bounty, carri
ed her attain to the woods, sas as he went; that
h e roost k i ll her, as she conld not walk, and it he
should let her :o she would starve before she eciold
reach Cherry Valley. Agum she renewed hersup
' plication to be harried to Bailer once moie, as she
t knew he rro•'ld save her life ; it could not be that
he woul‘l suffer her to be put to death "7ilteu eight
dollars would redeem her. Again the Indian cour
t
plied, and carried her to Butler : here she renew-
gomery County The year after the ma...;snere of
Cherry Valley, with a party of our men from Otse
go, and some friendly Indians, he fose his life, in
freeing bekne them, as they proved too hard for
him. Ile had, as he suppox:ed, obtained a MA.
clew. distance from the :tuns of the whip, when
corning to an open place on a rising ground, he
tome) round and in a very ridiculous manner in
Fnised them by gemicalating ob:seenely xi ridi
cute. This act %vas •tecntry a fricnal . i Inltanyrito
happened to be in advance of the pin - suing Foot}-,
and very near to Bonier. when ha beard him hal
lootitg to the rebels. as he called them, and saw his
Ictw-li‘:etl demeanor. In an instant the Indian foul:
airs, and frost 2ris • rifle, u Inch nerer missed ita
mark when tlarecte-I rutht, Ilene a vengeful Mallet
exactly to the part of his body whiTh he had referr
ed to the whigs iii his ridiculous behavior, whin)!
wounded 'him bw.lly. lie fell ; int Indian in a
moment was beside his victim, When Butler called
loudly for iiii.arters itiarters! "Me give you poi-.
tors,'' sahl the Indian, " Me give you Cherry ;Wi
ry it -saner'!" when he began to hack' ltrn with his
tomahawk in various pans (4bis.bocly, tin coming
to his head lie di:ißatebeil L;:-. 1 1 at a blow. Thusen
-1 Jed the life of a tutor to his country, fordt should
not be forgotten tAtt he was au .-.l.merican, brought
np on the Mohawk river, but in the Itgvoltition
took arms against his country, under the auspides of
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Sir William Johnson.
Ilrst cuarrnEvn T.—it 13 not Christianity mere
ly to :tire assent to a creed or a set of dogmas ; for
tnis is often dntie chile character "reinains'An
changed. The devils bet:eve and tremble. tt,
not Christianity merely to be baptised-, to partute
of the eucharist, to fubtnit to rites acid ordinance n
of the elinirb: for this A not neceasardy attended
with a character. Hut plainly, it is Christiantirt to
be imbued with tbe spirit of Christ, and to liY9
he lived. This ;S the peat Mea--Christiartilyis-st
life. Not a mere outward life. bat an inwinJ 'spii
dual life. The instant life is the power and prin
ciple; the ontwrap life . the'etrAnttfimt—the deyel ,
opntent—the fruit. Creeds and dogmas are a foci
cal constnxtion—a theolcvieat science. Bites rod
ceremonies are symbolical institutions. 'This lice
is the reality. The most dicersei forms of •charic
ter.--the good and the bad may. crbite in thetbeiter.
fllly &cr. Snn of character—only the good wide iri
the Chr:stain life. The unity of the lite • therefore,
the liighesr navy ; nay, the only' real and men=
3 -, rk E-i7ge;4l•l
Goon GIIACICYCL—An ecetsuc loner arm eist
tires appeals to his tender-healied dale:net rota
ranting wrack —"Terribly tra;tic al, and sultlitnefy
retributive win he the course pursued by me if yen
do not instantaneously place thine alabaster lipsto
mine, and enrapture my immortal soul by imprila
ing atmelie sensations of divine bliss upon those
indispensible szigoirsers of the &Min phyil‘n
tny, and kindly to allots me take m
depeituie trtirnt)thit everlasting sublirxiffy 'di
thriCis gift:Wu - ins *emends Nanci ttinftid.
Bums ere tte poor noun's music; dosrem the
Irv? man's poetry
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