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From the Knickerbocker
MY HOME.
Dear home of mine, my tranquil neit,
O'ershadowed by the wing of' love; •
Where youthful hearts found quiet rent,
And peace came like a brooding dove.
Dear were your pleasant rooms to me,
With ceilings high and fall of light,
When first, in days of careless glee,
I entered here, in bridal white.
Dear were your windows, opening wide,
With glorious view of streem.and hill;
Dear the bright hearth at eventide,
'With one beside me dearer still.
For then a boy, with eyes of blue,
Crept to his father's willing knee ;
And one with eyes of darker hue,
Weary with playing, slept with me
It:seemed that grief had passed us by,
So smoothly 'floated we along:
Scarce had we cause to heave a sigh,
And home was fall of joy and song
But ah! our cup of woe was filled,
Filled to the brim in one short day:
The little forms we loved were stilled,
The childish spirits borne away.
Death dame, a dark and fearful guest,
And said "The FLTIIEII neetleth these !"
Then clasped them to hie chilling breast,
And hushed - them in eternal peace.
With'silent lips, we laid them down.
In one deep grave, with tearless eyes,
Believing each would wear a crown
And strike a harp. in Paradise.
And dearer now each pleasant room,
since Sorrow sits with Memory here,
Where flowers, in spring-time's early bloom,
Heavy with fragrance, strewed their bier:
And where the silent echoes sleep
;Of voices like a silver lute ;
And where we sometimes wildly weep,
• To think they are forever mute:
And where we waited long in vain,
In spite of knowledge, when the door
Slow opening. gave us ne'er again
The sound of foot-steps on the floor.
And where we sit beside the glow
Of evening fire, subdued and still,
And hear the drifting of the snow
That shrouds their grate upon the hill
Alisrtltantous.
LNCIDENT 1N THE WAR OF 1812.
At ;he battle of Plittsburg, in 1812, during the
din and uproar of the heavy cannonade ort lake
and land, there appeared before the commanding
officer an unknown It-ditto, clad in the wildest
savage costume, covered with war paint, and arm
ed tothe teeth, who gave information of the ap
proach through the woods on the south bank of the
Saranac, of a considerable body of British, accom
panied by a small band of Hurons, or Canadian
Indians, who acted as guides and scouts. It is well
known that one column of the British army, under
command of General Brisbane, had approached
Platisburg from the west along the Deekmantown
road, to the north of the Saranac. The American
army was now entrenched on the south bank, in the
angle formed by the river and lake. It Will, there
fore, be reac:ify understood that the approach of
this new force wontd place the Americans in a
position onfficiently critical, to say nothing of the
dangers to which they were already exposed.
The information brought by the savage was too
important to be wholly slighted, and came in too
suspicious a manner to be wholly trusted. The
officer, therefore thought it hest to intorregate the
mmenger
"Who are you, my friend 1" said he.
" Mohitatt," was the reply.
" What is your name?" .
Stockbridge Hank," answered the stranger.
• " Where did you come from ) , and why are you
here pursued the officer.
"Indian came from the Dutch rive're 7 " replied
he.
" But why are you here, I say!"
" Why are'the triihgoes in the woods? can the
captain tell me that?" replied the savage, hie eyes
flashing fire.
" Does anybody know this person's! asked the
offieer, turning to the bystanders; bat no one re•
plied, for no one knew hitt.
" What do you want ate to do, then''! said the
officer to the Indian, still suspicions.
" Take ton; seven, ten - soldier!' Tepliet the
savage, op both hands, and spreading his
fingers. " Me take 'ern aid Wait for Itlingoea in
the woods.":
" He's right, by Jove I" exclaimed the officer.-
-" The men are too few to have an ambush laid
for them, and we need a piquet of that kind.' The
ted•skin mast be triendly after ail Lot Mlle pick.
ed aten headed by the corporals go, with hirn; bat
let them to watchlut.and keep on theirgOard, and
let me be informed of the find approach of an cue•
in in that direction?"
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Theofricer turned away. The'uteri werikquickly
detailed, and guided by the Indieriohey took their
silent tray in the woods,tip the south bank of t he
.
Swam, down which the.riewliontilis force ware.
Ported to be coming. They,moyed, lertintti raPil•
ly for about a half an hone, when-the 'lndian began
to proceed with more eantion, and to listen , for ev.
cry unusual sound that ditOrbed the roma. Atlas'
Potting his ear close to die ground, - he listened for
& moment, and, the; quiekly: rising he Made $
lipid sign to theteoldterktnixttalul then:waives tog.
lion,hboring thicket which :bordered on. a small
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the.irtmlr. ofa fallen tree. He, had enjoine4l l Pon.
them not to fire or make anyriolae until they ahauld
receive from him a certain signal. For. Dome dis•
tance forward of Me place where he lay the woods
were tolerahly‘olearand underhushed,:and a kind
of path which skirted ,the bank, of the riser crossed
the creek near its mouth, about , ten rodafrom where
tike sokijera were. conceafed. From the positiop
theindistioccupied i this pass wart ,ia full view.—
In order to cross the stream,.any,one going along
that path bad to descend about tun feet,almest.per
"pendicularly ; so that while he. Was in the 60 of
-the brook, he could riot be seen by dme. who
should happen to be any distance behind.
The soldiens had_not remained in ambuslkloog,
when by a quick sign, the snout gave them to un
derstand that some one, was apprciatthing. They
soon saw an Indian coining at a. rapid but silent
pace along , towards the crossing. He had but just
got clearly in view, when at a distance- of about
two rods behind, appeared another, and sto on to ,
the number of seven. They were all-in war paint
and armed wiih - rdiea. and tomahawks. The sol
diers were all attention to the movements of their
guide, expecting every moment to receive the gig.
nal to fire. To their surprise, however, they saw,
him lay down! his gun, and draw from beneath the
log a long powerful bow, and a body of flint-head
ed, sharp pointed arrows. He then turned him
sell about under the log, until he faced the pass in
the creek.
The strange Indians appeared to move forward
without the least hesitation or suspicion. The fore
most of them on coming to the creek, dropped at
once down to cross it. At this moment the guide
was observed to draw in his bow with a quick and
powerful effort; and so rapidly as almost to elude
the sight, an arrow was spend on its mission , of
death. The stranger was seen to drop in the mid•
dle of the brook, and no cry issued from his mouth.
Quick as lightning - the Mohican adjusted an arrow
in his bow, so that as soon as the second Huron
dropped down to cross the stream he too was ob
served to reel and fall without a single groan.
In the same manner was the glint and the fourth,
and the filth Huron pierced as he leaped into the
fatal ditch. They were so close to each other, and
the whole scene passed with such miraculous si
lence and rapidity, that neither of them had observ
ed the tate of his comrades until he met his own.
The sixth Indian, however, being a little more be
hind than the others, seemed to be somewhat ear
prised that he did not see them in view on the op
posite bank. For this reason he descended into
the gully with s little hesitation. He was immeff
ately aware of the horrible fate that had arrested
their steps and silenced their tongues. He endeav
ored to recoil, but it was already too late. A fatal
missive was also on the wing for him—he was
struck with the rest, but riot with immediate death,
and he had time to raise into the depths of the
forest one of those appalling yells of warning and
of rage which announces among the people of his
race, the presence of mortal danger. _
The soldiers look upon this fearful scene in as
tonished silence, entirely by murderous magic
which took place before them. When the silence
and spell was broken by that warning cry, they
expected to see the wood swarming with hostile
savages. None, however, appeared ; and when
the echo had died away, they looked in vain for
the seventh and tasty! the Homes. He had van
ished as if swallowed up in the earth. No trace
of him was visible—no sound of retreating footsteps
were audible. The Mohican, however, still kept
his position behind the log itself, but with his fiery
eye bent in quick and searching• glances in almost
every direction at once. He wail obviously at fault
as. well as the rest. No one dared to move or
speak above his breath. There was something
awful in the Mysterious arta sudden aisappearance
The silence continued for some ten • minutes,
when the sharp crack of ,a rifle was heard, aud the
Mohican sprang to his feet with the blood streaming
down one side of his face. only exclamation
was an emphatic o Ugh I" In an instant the fatal
bow and arrow , were again in requisition, • and his
face toward the Indian, he sent another arrow on
its mortal mission. The soldiers heard a slight
scrabling overhead, and on looking up they raw the
Huron falling through the branches of a neighboring
tree. Into this he had headdress to ewin,g himself,
unseen` by his enemies, during the momentary
confusion occasioned by the warning cry ot .his
companion. From that perch he had • soon diecor
ered the lurking place of the tiohioarr, and bent
upon vengeance had immediately fired at him,
without considering, and perhaps without caring,
Whether or not enemies were near. The impm
dence cost him his life; sod withal, he had only
succeeded in inflicting upon the Mohican a slight
wound, in the temple.
• The scene, however, now rapidly changed.--
Shortly after the report of the rifle, the distant but
heavy tramp of a body of regular troops were heard
approaching through be woods. They, too,plung
ed into the fatal pass, and met with a like but not
equally btoeilleis reception, :by the soldiers in am-
bush. This, lime it was the rifles that did the bail..
new • The advtuicing colume s however, wassont.'
posed of veterans, who for a &armaments• seemed
to push 'forioprd into the abyss where their' eon.,
rabO and Pau were,lyi4. Wounded tsiul dead :
but as they were ignorant of the strength Of tbe
concealed enemy, Jind +Mold hardly even tell from
what diSection the danger emit , they 'finally beat
a retreat and drew off into the %acid's' again.
The check Wasidithareolild have been desired.
Thai force was not engaged during' the bailie of
.Plittsburg ; and after jearniniilledieaturoutttelif
.the day s 4t mule a precipitate ; mireaknortbwerd.in
4oCanada. • . - -
it wits nciticed•fhat es soon - :'as the•sevenilanre
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,ituthist ininesi in thifray.:". Shoilly,after the firAig
isomateseekhe diesppetitedelantlat not aecom•
'patty the isoldiemt back to thesamiy. IThe next day
again,hefeterthe officeri,ic -
centred m at the timetolliiii arrival' in the camp,
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EVERIT SATURDAY AT TOWANDA, N ANFOI D cotiirry, - PA., BY E. O'NEARA GOODRICH.
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but wil . ll the addition of!evea ,blp9dy aegglie much.
.:61 1p iukbelt, anti with -the wat,pOnt waetied front
Wiliam). His missicm seemeato be acconiplysbejl.
,
He was thanked for hie services, and received, a
promise of a:liberal roWard. T0..a1l that was veld'
he remained a, silent listener, awl .only pointed to
the glorious trophies which he , wore, seemed
. to
signify that they were sufficient compensation. In
truth the Huton was his hereditary foe, and he had
been fighting instinctively - far the'tradition of his
lathers.
Afterthis second visit he was never again seen
in the army. sun of this exploit *as long the
talk and the wcmderol the army.
Josephine.
The subject'of One narrative was barn the 24th
day of June, 1783, - on the island of Martinique,the
very'day on which the treaty was .signed which
surrendered the island to- France. Her parents
drew a favorable augury from the circumstance ol
her birth happening on that day. The hours of. her
childhood were indeed bright and Runny, and the
jeyoumess which was habitual to herfourb seldom
left her in the darkest hour of her calamity. She
was fond of flowers, and Botany was her favorite
study. She was very skilful in embroidery. She
ever treasured up her mind full- of useful knowl
edge, both from-reading, experience and conversa
tion.
Josephine was sixteen years of age when she
was married to Alexander Beauhamais, a young
nobleman of great wealth and considerable latent
and influence. He took an active part in the po.
litical=affairs of France. At this 'time Infidelity
reigned almost universally in France, and the great
est corruption prevailee among the nobles andligh
ei courts. Josephine had been married but a short
time, when cunning and artful women tried to sow
the seeds of jealousy between her and her husband,
and they succeeded so far that he endeavored by a
legal process, to obtain a divorce; but the court
decided in her favor. Days of -trouble and sorrow
now began to darken around her path, the wound
she had received sank deep into her heart, and in
the midst of her troubles she received letters from
het friends at Martinique, requesting her to return
again to the home of her childhood. She accepted
the invitation, and petitioned to her husband for the
privilege of taking her son with her; this he reins.
ed. Cruelly separated trom her husband, and be
reaved of her son, she embarked-with her daughter
Hortense, for Martinique. Her-husband soon alter
repenting of his conduct, wrote several letters to her
earnestly entreating her to return, with which she
compiled, and was cordially received by him.
The French Remolnfirm was now in full career.
France was divided into two political patties. The
Jacobins, who were composed of the moat vicious
and reckless of the state, headed by the blood-stain
ed Robespierre; and the Girondists, who wished
to establish a republic similar to that of the United
States. The Jacobins gained the ascendancy; then
all the leading men belonging to the other party,
were without mercy guillotined. Mr. Beauharnaia .
having ardently espoused the liberty party, he was
together with his wife, cast into prison. 4hey were
is a low days dragged befo e the tribunal of Robes
pierre, and there had an examination of a few mo
ments on a trial for life or death. The senter ce of
death was pronounced upon Josephine and her hus
band. The husband met his fate upon the scaffold,
and she only escaped by' the timely death of Rob
espierre.
It was while she was confined in prison that she
displayed her true character. She wrote cheering
letters to her husband, and-by her smiling come.
nance and kind words, she inspired hope in those
around her s and governed there, as well as , ev,ery•
'where else, over the heirts of willing subjects.
At the tall of Robespierre, Josephine was fibers.
ted from prison. • In two years afterwards she was
married to. Napoleon Bonaparte. The, history of
the reel of her lite is linked with that of Napoleon's.
1790 she became the, wife of the First Consul : or
France; in 1804, Empress of Fiance. During her
life she passed through all the different changes a
woman could pass, and hr them she exhibited the
noblest. traits of character. ,
Whether we view her as theAmighter of a plan•
ter„ among the negraes of the West Indies; or un•
der the withering course of a jealous husband i or
a prisoner under the authority of a tyrant ; or in the
lowest dregs of poverty; or rolling in affluence and
wealth, or as theErapreso et the proudest tnoruucb
of modern times, or when she was forced to be se
parated from him she most, loved, she is the same
gentle and kind hearted Josephine She was never
beard to complain of Napoleon. Her love for him
was unbounded ; she shared with him in his 'triple
and difflcultiel, and v as always ready with . her ad
vice, and she had a greater influence over him than
all other persons besides. Even after Wilivomed
himself from her, he would go to her for counsel.
And he afteriiarde kaid at 'St. Helena that be was
indebted to Josephine for,the few happy moments
he had spent on earth. Napoleon absorbed nearly
te,r:vrtioleffinitg,ht; her last winds were altered in
a.prayer toi him. And had eite lived anti) his se--
ccmd exile, she undoubtedly. would 'have gone.with
him. - Hot !is not 'hut decreed."'-On the 29th
4ay.ortiiioBl`4, o, l (*Phine
tuul.passed away. T
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kindnessisappwistettentrthathis friendship was
not bestowed upon you in vain.
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Falling a Rival.
ifThe critter looei me ! Ilniciw she loves me i"
said Jonathan Dontikicins, as he sat upon the corn
field fence, inii4iteting on iheCotirse ol his true
love, that was funning . just as Shakespeare always
`said it-alathefroughly. "If Sukey Peabody bait
iaken a shine to that gawky, long shankedi stain
mirin', shy critter, Guietjust cause he's a city
icr, she aint the gall T , Wok her for—that's sartain.
No ; it's The - old ofrolkti.—darn 'thestetigly ' pietUres I
Old Mrs. Peabody was, altars a dreadful highirtut-
Iln' critter ' full ol big notions, and the old ptart':a
big, soft head, driven around,by hi• wife just as our
old one•eyed rooster is.drove about by our eantan•
kerous five toed borkinl hen. But if] don't spile
this, fun my name tint Jonathan. I'm viral
down to the city by the railroad next week, and
when I come back. wake atiakes !bare all."
The above soliloquy may verve to give the read.
er some slight idea of «lay °Oho land," in the
pleasant 'rustic village where the speaker resided
Mr.lortithan Doubikine was a young farmer,
well to do in the world, and looking out for awife
and had been payiog his addressesTo Miss Susan
Natio?, the only child of Deacon ' Elderberry Pea.
body of that ilk', with a fair prospect of success,
when a city acquaintance of the Peabody's,. one
Mr. Cornelius Gusset, who kept a retail dry goodl
in Hanover street, - Boston, bad suddenly made his
appearance in 'the field, and had commenced the
(I cutting out" game. Dazzled with the prospects
Of becoming a gentleman's wife, and pestered by
the importunities of her aspiring mamma, the vil
lage beauty had begun to waiter, when her old lov
er determined on a last and bold stroke to foil his
rival. He went to the city and returned ; of his
business there he said nothing,not even to a pump
ing maiden aunt who kept house for him. He went
not near the 'Peabody's but labored in his cornfield
and garden,' patiently awaiting the result of his
machinations.
The next day Mr. Gusset was seated withlhe old
folks and their darter in thq,best room of the Pea
body's mansion, chatting as pleasantly as may be,
when the door opened and in rushed a very dirty
and furious high woman.
" Is it there ye are, Mister Cornelius 1" she
screamed addressing the astonished Gusset. " Come
out of that before I fetck ye, ye spalpeen ! is that
what ye promised me afore The praste, ye bathan
eager. Iltonin' away from me and the ander,
forsakin' yer.larful wedded wife and Fannin' !after
the Yankee gals ye infidel."
" Woman, there must be come -mistake here,"
stammered Gusset, taken all aback by this sudden
charge.
" Divil a bit of a mistake ye sarpint. Oh, wir
'wirra! .what is it for the likes of ye I sacked
little Dinnis McCarty, who loved the ground I trod
on, and all because ye promised to make a lady
of me, ye dirty thief of the worruld ! Will ye
come along to the railread station, where I left lit.
tle Patrick, because be was too sick wid the small
pox tocome any finder, or will ye wait till I drag
ye 1"
" GO—go—along," gasped Gusset ; " go—go
and I'll follow you."
He thought it best totemporize.
" I giv' ye tin tninits," said the Virago. " If ye
ain there, it's my cuzzin, Mr. 'Middy Muigrudery
will be after ye, ye thief." And away went the
unbidden guest.
Mr. Gusset was yet engaged in stammering out
a denial of all knowledge of the virago, When the
parlor door opeged, and a little black-eyed, hatchet
laced woman, in n flashy silk gown, and a cap
with many ribbons-perched on the top of tier head,
invaded the sanctity of the parlor- •
" Is be here 1 7 ithe cried, in a .decided French
accent. Then she added wills a scream, Ah
men diet! le viola ? Zere be iP. _Trains monster !
Vat you run away from me &two tree year, I
nevair see you, ntivair, and m: bean broke very
bad entirely."
" Who are you P' cried Gusset, bis-eyes starting
out el his head, and shivering from head to foot.
• " He asks me who I am. -0, ladies ! 0, you
ver respectable old gentilhomme hear him vat be
ask " . •
" Who ! am, petfidel ah I'm your vile ,
‘ I never ,see you 'fore—a' help.me Bob I" cried
Gusset energetically.
" Don't you swear l" said Deacon Peabody,
" of you do, I'll kick you into fits, by golly ! I won't
have no profane or vulgar language used in my
hintse.o •
o,'biess yen ! bless tow! respectable old man
tell him he must come-Viz Tell -him I have
spoke to zeCon lade. Tell him—'• sobs interrupt
ed tier utterance.
• , "At'n a pesky bad business sai4 the aeacon,
chafing with unwonted ire, " Gusset you are a
rascal." , , • •
" Take care, Deacon Peabody, take caret! said
the unfortunate ishopkeeper.- • .
. 41 Lretuttrked you' was arascui, Gusset. • ,VOn've
god and married two wives, andthaVere'effat bur
glary, of I' linow tall/ thing %chit -Revised Sa
toots- _
• " Two trite's-I' 4 shriekethhe Frenchwoman. •
" Halt a dozers, for au6ht I know to the contra
• "
Now' 'yoa, clear, put 'Amy hodsei
,go
,eivay to
the station;and clear ont.„intis Goatora tivou'! bev
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" But deacon, hear me 2 " •
le I-don't wine ittolearye, ye salpint 11l cri
deacoai atopping•hit ears with
" Marryin' two wives, anti-corninAcintini titian]:
Go long ! Clear out
Eveh ffie; who kialindined to pat in .
a' kiciitlin ther'titilfritstatirsiletieed. , lathed
ftiim b inlioiroi, and iti: , tateilleiptir:lie'lled
or
•
::Thai iaelib ;
sitinitiob 71 an Mien'Sdains' Peibrk
itillitte,'abiviataviatiken
i ,41/ife liiirbest;
and driving his last geliihtuneitektie his'SunclaY-
go•to•nieetingithaise: • He reined up end sixosted
liello;tnice'! get in and take a Tide t"
u Don't care it I doe Jonatbin," replied the .
young lady, taking a seat. - • • •
I stry--yoo; saldlottatbrut grinning, ilthat 'ere
eitifellur'S turned out prititY pup, rant he
It's dreadful. if We ;,tnie," repliekthe young
I
Too hid a nattow - eactipeti ?Paryit 1" ptmstiffr
:the old fattier. ,
Indeed,"ihe answered.
•' But he warn't never of any account, any way
you could fix it,"
Well he wamq," replied the 'young, lady:'
, Is What do the old folks think about it V'
" They train% said not one word since be cleared
out."
" Forgot that night I rode you home, from sing
ing school PI asked Jonathan, suddenly breaking .
off.
"No 1 - hain't" replied the young lady, blaship,g
and smiling of the ,sanfe, time. ,
" Remember them apples I gin you
"-o,yes." • • !i .
" Well, they was good—wasn't they 1"
" First rate ; Jonathan." .
" Got ahull orchard of them kind er fruit Suk e,"
said Jonathan suggestively.
Susan was silent.
" Galang t" etclauned Jonathan, putting the braid
on the black horse.
gi Have you any idea whine we are going to go,
Sake
. •
" Providence. And you don't come back till you
are Mrs. Doubikins, no how you can fix it!Susan."
" How you talk, Jonathan."
" Darn the old folks !" cried Jonathan potting on
the strap again. 4S Ef T.was to leave you with them
much longer, they'd be tradin' you off to some old
feller with hall a dozen wives already.".; `4
The next day, as 111r.'and Mrs. Doubikins were
returning home ill their chaise, Jonathan said con
fidentatly
:
" May as well tell you no* Suke, for I hain
any secrets from you, that Gusset never seen, them
women afore the day they came stompin' into par
house and bowed him
,out. I had though. Cost
me ten dollars, by thunder ! I leached 'em what to
say, and I expect they done it well. . Old Gusset
may be a sharp store keeper, but if
,he expects to
get ahead of Jonathan Doubikins he must get up a
plaguier sight airlier a' mornings." .
Pete Whetstone, of Atkanaas, was once traveling
on horseback through the interior of, the State, and
called one evening to stay all night at a littfil log
house near the road where entertainment and
post office were kept. Two other strangers were
there, and the mail driver rode tip pabout darfc—
Supper being over, the mail carrier' and . the three
gentlemen were invited into a small' room furnish
ed with a good fire and two beds, which were to
accommodate the tour .persoes for the night. The
mail carrier was a little, dirty, shabby, lousy look
ing wretch, with whom none of the gentlemen lik.
ed the idea of sleeping. Pete Whetstone eyed
him closely, as be asked:
a Where do you sleep to-night, my lad 1"
" I'll sleep with yon, f reckon," lisped the youth,
"or with one o' them other fellers, I dont, care
which."
Ihe other two gentlemen took the hin', and oc
cupied one of the beds Together linthediately, leay.
ing the ether bed and the confab- to be enjoyed by
Pete and the mail boy together, as best they could.
Pete and the boy both commenced hauling WI their
dude, and Pete getting into bed &lit, and' wishing
to get rid of Bleeping ,With tire : boy - ,remat4ed,very
earnestly--
I' My friend, I say beforehand, I've got the itch,
and you'd better hoe get in here with Elle,' for the
disease is catching."
The toy -who war just getting inlcr bed, too draw
ed out very coolly—
Wal, I reckon that dont make' a , bit o' differ
once to me; Pre had it.notir for nearly these seven
years ;' and into bed be pitched with Pete, who
pitched out tti as great a hurry as if be had waked
up a hornet's nest in Ihebed. ,
The other two gentieMen niared, and the
boy, who had got peaceable possession of abed to
himself, drawled oat— ' -
1 4 Why you must be a that of darnel fates, !Tina'
and dad's got . the,'eailekt a heap Wutth than Ile,
and they adept in dun bed last night when they
was here to - the quiltirs'."
The other two strangers were nbw in a wotite
Predicament than Pete had been; and bouncing
from their nest as el tbs house 1344 been on fire,
stripped •and shook Itheir clothesi put there on
again, ordered their horses, andthough it wasnear
ten e7elOok, they all Afiree feft, end rode , +era,
miles to the next town btiforti they slept , leatieg the'
imperturable mail cattier to the bliss of actatebing
and• sleeping alone. , I , " •
EM
" I'm going to the village." . . I •
" No, you aint ; you're 'going long with , me."
if Where to 1"
Pete Whetstone, and die Alall Boy.
Many of the editors are now debating whether
wife, is hely. .When-they have lanixed' at sat
isfactory enneinsiarr on the point, We- can thenfini
a subject for thetr gigantic intellects, whether a:hus
bind is ateptlemin.l.-,-1
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ter : A 1 00,01143 1 P
ed 111413 frith paper, eoneludee in ihtiellovitegig
ifieroniinanner.:-,eg This. extmthitlinarynranlett itp
children behittil Mm 'bet hiibtieht'r,
et] at the same time,"
.1
ii4L a
ia fultimr.r6-The bestsrgdment II init luxult m m4'. f t;eklipindl4o- - trfare*:(6 O the ' 6 - t al. 9#oolll which
iigpiry, it.: It, it il*kied,,4o*,,li Atei ; iokotii . : epiii-
Vounded.o6wollidiOls,whicirm'ean, l 4 Whomshalt
be poor." - -..• [ - . '' ' 1
In pereoftatappearance Marion presents a strit.
ing contrast to most of the officers in oar army.. it
is a curious fact that the Generals of the 'highest
grade, in both armies,daring the revolutionary war
averaged nearly- two hundred pounds in weight,
but Marion was a very small man, and of diminu
tive proportion every way.. He wee not only short,
brit remarkably thin,:Hiscenntenance was swarthy
and gra.e in its expression and his eye dark, sot.
emn and poetic. Extremely plain in his dress,
and still plainer in-his manners, he did not strike
astranger very forcibly. Reserved, silent, 1 tfll
dom spoke, except when, necessary,-and then ex.
pressed his thoughts in the most direct and simple
language he could command. These peculiarities
increased Ike' mystery. which hitt_aitions threw
around him and doubilese added much . influence
he held over Ida band. Cool and trust he went on
the . 'most desperate '
mission without ' excitement—
as calmly throrigh the fight, and , then: in
the same compesed manner drew off his men to
their dark and lonely enoamptnent. Seemednitea
ly destitute of passion. - He- possessedneitbarre:
venge nor thirst for glory, nor power'. ,p!t:lihilt*ell
no fondness - for the table, but wasdikalistenitritis
a hermit: Even the women had MO influence over
him, like one wholly absorbed on one great object
to be , accomplished. Drinking his water and
egar.-enough to keep any Kan thin— eating Wit
coarse hominy or rice—with the canopy• of heaven
for his shelter and the swamp for bis retreat, he
fastens grnself upon 'Oar • affeetiont !Ind intereitti
with a firmness nothing can shake.
Living in Lawless times and among roues and
boisterous tnen. he retained all his delicacy of reef
log, refined tastes and seropoloos virtues. Moving
in an orbit °this own; he, Wash ingtco, wad
beyond the influence of othens,...and seemed free
from the common frailties of man. •
Wl(bent pay—Warttit even the hopes of victory
—hunted from swamp to swamp. and chased . Ito)
length and breadth• of his State, he still snuggled' on
to keep alive the waning flame of patriotism in
the hearts of the inhabitants.
Binding his meu to him by love rather than hi
commands, he would let them disband to their
homes r no Security but their single promise wag
never broken, atufthe lovelhese Siam testis bore
him, is one oldie most touching incidenti in Tiid
whole career.
As a partizan leader, Marion bad no equal. Oni
cannot point out a detect in laim,nor suggest a good
quality which he did, nut possess. To sleepless
vigilance he added an energy and perseveran6a
that nothing could shake, atid to bravery which
never deserted him—a prudence unmarred by a
single rash act: Provoked into no haste, beguiled
into no procrastination, unetated by ancient, undis
courag.d by defeat, he baffled every plan his put/
*Ceram take hitn,'atid kept the field in the very
midst of his feel. Fora long time the only patriot
who dared to lift the standard of freedom in his na
five Mate, be bedame the object against which the
British directert - all their efforts. Yet they never
disbanded his corps or hrote his power. The name
of Marion became a spell-word with which to
conjure up the republicans and frighten the lodes.
Seeking the recesses of thetwamp day by day, and
stealing on his foes like Ifie panther by night, his
swift horseman came and went like the invisible
stroke of fate. Nb precaution could escape his pen
etrating glance, ter d'oncealthent furnish a securi'y
against his deadly riffs. He soemeA omnipresent
to the enmgerieJ, terror-stricken loyalist's ; and
wuen they deemed themselves ofest, he was oft
en nearest. And yet not a vies sullied his " erm
ine character, No ferocity was mingled with his
Courage, and no cruelty accompanied' his fierce
onset. Neither the btrbarities_cif hitt enemies of
the treason of his friends conk] piovottebim to
justice, even the clamors of his own followers were
unable fo . swerie his just soul from the path of in
tegrity. Given In no excess, he asked no share of
thr pltindef, and never nxed• the tkiiimi ha points
ed to satisfy a single eel&
His patriotism was as puce and lofty as his elm/-
enter; and for his sufferings and losses he neither
. asked nor expected remuneration .' Ftiticonnt ry he
loved better than his life, and' liberty was dearer_to
him-than all things of earth besides. Wealth,. rank
ease Safety , all tank beneath 'his, Confity's
and hks'ee.ortedio'arin at notbirig bet' its interests.
He was seldern seen " • -
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RIMEDIEW
A► Sketch of fisuloves LUO:
His followers were worthy °thins, Bold, tear
leSsl, true as'steel'in the hour Oraanger the closed
'around him with a faith and devotion that excites
our admiration and claims oar love.
THE MATEILIIKONtAL RELATION.-Mitittilo4 is fir t
'a sentiment, thein . ft matter of fact;imd &tatty a un
ion or revaliqou or interests, obllgtion, aspirations
and affeciioni
- This last sums up the problertilithlch most soon
be • solved, wbeii:' the parties tome to discover
Whether the elective t fliniiiea Wain highly chosen
or not ; and itibit Sire triattshed as Well as paired ;
.or,lit their charsatenetio elements lire so discord
lard and heteiegarieMis that there' it no more tend
.l,7; . •
ency to coalesce than oil with 'enter, or felinity
with Tbis exploration of tastes, temp.
PM, ated4tal#lirs t is the crux ol_rnatrAmony. At
ter ibis anted may tome end orenceAreCetMilitMen
isttbmissieni hartherty and ending where- it should
Itt4ve *44 4 1'4'
~ ier:e;'WereVls seldom or never
occur iitiAtteol4 o.iouro l :4liF4 Ilis*64 in -
eienttouples than-in new thatlmust be, witnessed
tbeleattiitdesialo,4;ty; irst' triumphs of
wigs„ bfqin'telt golierreiiiiit
sweeter.'
IffI=IIIM
: cf aPc. o3 ! t ie/aPitai l :l4Piaaa. fc: a
patient;-"acimenAttetecadMilieir to; panktlese,
thekt'tbilduab - evdixid*Wrake ii is rgygiabry.ft ft And
same ibilqcrtt;li -
.phed dw lady, woui soon m eit efeo.
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