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CHARLES F. 11:EA.D & H. H. _FRAZIER,' EDITORS, . MONTROSE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 141e...)ritp
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Frost the Musical World and Time&
Xoonlight on the Sea.
- 1 0 Come at night, when all is calm,
Then, dearest come with me, '. •
'That we may feel the witching charm,
Of moonlight on'the se&
The stare are on the deep below v
And in the skies abevei
O come and thus shall be the gloir
That lights our world of love.
0 come amid the hush,ot night, •
Then, dearest, come with me, ~
And you shall taste'the sweet delight
Of moonlight on the sea.
No billow curls the ocean's breast,
No cloud is in.the ski;
0 come and thus shall be the rest,
-For which our bosoms sigh..
- come,in such an hour as this,
come, dearest, crime to ins;
'There is a sweet end tranquil bliss
In men - Might on the sea.
When stars are on the deep below,
And in the sky above ;
Then come, and such shall'be the glow,
That ligh ts our world of love.
The Son 'bine Song.
BY PLORI?4Ct pLitcy.
A little child of three bright years, '
Undimmed by care, unstained by tears--
From whose pure soul was not - yet riven,
The niusic,of its native heaven--
Implored and pleaded, oft and long, '
"Oh, mother, sing the Sunshine Songl"
The mother sang full many an air,
The gay, the sad, the sweet, the rare,
But none could please the listening child,
Who shook her head; and sadly smiled,.
.As one Ito chides a grievous wrong
"Oh, mother, sing_the Sunshine Song!"
"Alatl" the mother's voice replies . .
While tears dropped. softie from her eyes
-4`l know it not—l never heard
'The Simshine Song, my singing . bird r
Yet still she pleaded oft and long, -..
"Oh; mother, sing the Sunshine Song!"
Spring came, and ere its reign was past,
'Lle child's sweet life was ebbing fast;
And through her long, delirious hours
Her dreamings were of bees and flowers,:
Mingled and saddened,.all u(gin -
With-pleadings for die SunskineSong,
Hours passed :and on her-neater% knee ;
The child lay Vying; suddenly
She clasped her little hands—
"Oh, mother:hear, those shining bands— •
The tune . Pre waited for so long— •
Alother,they sing the Sunshine Song." „
The lifted hands fell feebly down ;
!Death's white hard rested like a crown
'Upon her brow.; in holy dace . •
Iler face was tke an ungel's face,
And she had joined the seraph thmr.g
Who sing, in Heaven, the Sunshine Song.
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DT REV. 401 IN TODD, D. D.
Some of the most, beautiful scenery to he
found la this or any land is to be found in the
State of Maine. _ fier rivers arc gieat itnd
numerous, her mountains lofty and imposing,
her sea-coast iron-bound and rough, boldly
looking out upon old Ocean, 'as he sweeps
'along with tides and storms, and saying—
Come-on, sir, and I'll give you a hearty wel-
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come;' her inland lakes- •still sleeping
in the wilderness, are large and magnificent,
her valleys are warm and fertile, and her for
ests have yielded to none in the world for the
abundance and peed ness of their thrber.—
Even mow, her rivers send out salmon and
lumber for the use of every part of the na
tion. At a very early period in the early
history of our country, settlers began% push
up her beautiful rivals, and drop down sin-
gly, or in small groups as they liked. She
was a wild province of MassaCtlasetts then ;.
and her population, -grapplino" with all the i
• hardships of the wilderness, and'of hersevere
climate, vras -very spar'se. . Far tip-, - the en- i
chanting Kennebec, at Avery early day, were
two fin - lilies who had .emigrated from the
came neighborhood,, and who had long been
faithful friends. Old Mr. Redfield liveditia
comfortable, but no way imposing, log house,
•on the t an k s o f the river. lie was a kind
hearted,
benevolent man, never believing the
world to be wiclced enough tochest
though almost every seek taught him the op
po,ite doetrine. He labored -hard, was a
good_hushand and father, a warm hearted and
humble Christian, and loving all men much,
and his - God more. He honestly earned
property, but eauid never make it stick to his
:fingers. His wife was's noble-hearted wo
.man, who had relinquished brighter prospects
that she might be happy with the mss of her
choice. And she had been happy. One by
one their children had 'sickened and in, the
wilderness, and they bad carried thein to the
little -Ckpening in the forest which they had
cleared for a burying place. •It was the first
be had made after . reaching his new home,—.,
the briers and weeds were not allowed to re
main there. At this point my story eom
. menus. 'Mr. Redfield had reached the age
sixty or more. His was ten years
-younger. Only one child remained to them,
a staid, sots's, qulet, yet courageous boy,
of
about ten yea's of gage :, and he went by the
plain name of Daniel Redfield. . -
SOmewhat further up the river was a house
of greater pretensions. It was built of brick,
gambrel-roofed, and was surrounded by fruit
trees and gardens, spacious barns and out
houes. It stoddin a pleasant galley under
the shadows of a lofty mountain. .The vale
had been cleared up, and the fields of wheat
and corn, rich meadows of grass, caused the
passer-by to si4 and gaze, and say, 'Squire
Ordway is - well to do ha the world.' The
'Squire' was a men, who like his neighbor
Redfield, sins honest and WA, but in Tiorld
ly-wisdom he was far his superim They had
both come into the wilderness poor; butane
was rich, and the other still dwelt under the
shadow of Atte, i bill of wealth„ eritboat'being.
able to climb it. Its golden sends ',ever
seemed to roft. down near him. But the
'Squire' was qp early tad late, and the num
who sold him a . poor article, or ,a bad lot of
lumber, and salmon not of the first quality,
musrget up early 'in the mortfing to do
Mr. Ordway had a large' family of boys--
They were not so pcdiabed,, for they had Lo
rough it from their infiukey: Mutual
deuce and and common privations klub the
seers of of the forest to be read Aar taw act of
if
kindness .which a; ilei g hb et .• nee d s and no
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kinder neighbora'than the•Ordways could be
found'on the Kennebec. - The. parents were
proud' of their boys; for none could prostrate
the forest, get out. the timber, logs for ,the
mills, twat the moose, or catch salmon, with
More 8017;1f:tin they: But the pet of the
flock was an only daughter, about four years' .
old. She' was the youngest and last child—
wild as the- forest . blossoms about them, and
as beautifUl too.• Little Susan was the idol
of the family. The father and mother early
discovero that she was 'a remarkable child, '
app the boys received it as a fact. not to be
questioned. Hence they gathered flowers in
the spring, berries and fruit in the summer,
nuts in the winter; for.' Little Susan.' - Hence,
it, is not to be wondered at;that as she grew
up;'.she 'band; a-will of her 'own ' and7that her.
little foot came down with a decision that
was unbending. 'a . • ,
As the two families.advanced, it was plain
that the Ordways were to increase and grow
wealthy. It ';was clear that the Rediieldsnev
er , would. Daniel took `to books.' . Not
that he disliked work, but he yearned i for
'knowledge ; so that there was not a book in
the whole region of whose contents helwas
-tot a master. Happening to light upfl:ti a
stray . Euclid, the parents wondered much
over,the beautiful figures-.whieh he drew over
the white birch hark gathered froth the for
est. Every pitch pine root which he found
was carefully saved to give Lim - list for
°study after the labors of the day. At the
age of seventeen, the fl'i'er 'ct I)aniel began
to droop. It was evident that he must die.
Like a wise man, he had set his'house in•or
der i and the. only regrets 'Which he had on
the conviction that he must die, were that he
lef4js widow and child's° poorly endowed.
But he knew the promise of Vied to.be faith.
fill, and his eye of faith did not.gro w dim.
.4 re% days before he died Squire Ordway
came t , pay his friend a -visit. They had•
never qparrelled, and had no malice to over
come.. ' .They had lived and loved like broth , '
ers, and the tears which-they , now shed were
of the ttue [il ireney of the heart.
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1' I dtin r ot doubt it,' said the dying man ; J
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doubt not that you will d vise and encourage
the pout? woman asa bro her would, and she'll
need it.l I have my lit : e farm paid for, and
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the cowl and the pony • itt that's all, - neigh
bor. And then, my bo , Daniel! I've tried
hard, perhaps not so faithfully as I ought., to
wean him from his books ;.but it's is him—
and •fireeould'ot. burn it 'out of him. What
can be done for him and with him! -
'lt's
jest a
to bite
he mu
Can.'
G.) bess you for thht, James Ordway.—
And if he: don't' feel grateful. end , thank - yau,
sure you are that you have the 'dying thanks
of a dYing father beforehand,
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' Who ma tell but that, , like one of our
own rough legs which we send down the riv
er, afid m'tuchis worked .in toa beau tiful houselt
PoitOn, ite may yet become womethink that
will honer us aII.'
• • Su said the friend and neighbor, and the
eye.of the dying man kindled with juy, and
/lupe was to cheer him,ind faith to strength
en him; and his last interview With his old
friend was one of deep Onsolation. -
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The gOod old man wbu ried in the little
gave -yard; .and the de p snows soon laid
their white sheet over ' n, and the winds that
sighed through the lo y forest, tolled his re
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quium. In a shotst me, i 3lc.. Ordway went
to see the nearest ;mated mind in the' re..
gton—a humble tn . ister of the gospel—who
liveclin a poor shanty - about six miles off
through the woods, and who had follwed his
sheep there to kep them from thew Ives.—
The 'goOd man was echo , and
,a finished
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with a Smiling face ; told Mr.',Ordwayi to send
the young 'man without fee iir reward . He
promised to do so ; but the Squire hid occa
sion in go . that way often, and it was noticed
that he always stopped, ostensibly to inquire
aboutiliis protege, but in', reality to drop a
Lag of potatoes, a quartet of beef, a few,yartis
ornantisL or something to add to the real
ccimfdrt of the minister's family_
_Daniel was a good'and profitable. pupil—
Twice a meek on bis pony, multi, did tip go
to , rocift , eOtTld never without stopping 4 Mr.
Ordway's ik moment—since he must, needs
go past his d^or. It was soon . found that
Daniel cotild in a measure compensate Mr.
Ordway, for he now gave , lessons regularly
to 'tittle Susan,' as she was still csillcd , tho '
she was now fairly •in her teens. She had
never manifested any very great love, for
books, but under Daniel's supervision she ae
inally. had studied and made rapid advances.
It isimposaible to tell why, but young Miss
do so sometimes. They become apt schol
ars. ,
Time moved on, or else our story could
not.' The Revolutionaiy- 'War, had broken
out and raged. The call of the infant nstion.
invoking the spirit of freedom. had penetrat
ed even the wilderness • and the young Ord
ways had every, one dropped the axe, left
their clearin ~ and gone to join the army of
Washington Young :Redfield had complet
ed This tulle e course within a few months—
by the grew' efrerts and economy of his Wid
ow& mothe , and the kindness of her hus
band's old fiend, when the college was bro
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kini up; by tie war, and the' students .seatter
ed. Daniel bad- returned home to consult
his tooer and his friend, Ordway, whether
or not e tibould not join the army also. It
was.a ouhtful question; for though he was
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a gotid hunter and a dead shot with a rifle,
vet talk to one, but if be got hold of a book,
the enemy might charge And vide over him
ere he knew it. The widow felt that she
'could not have hits_ go ;.—be was her. all t --
Kr. Ordway , hesitated what to advise, and
'little Susan,' now eighteen, and as pretty
and as auttioritive as ever sbe was, declared
it was a shame; that be ought not, to go and
leave Hs aged mother; that it was lonesome
to haie everybody ofT; and that aka was al
most' milv to enlist and &teatime a soldier
' het•serf ratter duke stay there in the woods,
so lonely I '
While this grave question was undecided,
'youngirtedfield, one morning, took his rifle
and went up the Kennebec, to bunt for moose.
A mouse is a large species of deer. If my
readera never saw one, they have to imagine
a rountl, fit bone, ent his tail off short, put
lan ass!s bead upon him with immense horns,
somaAnes weighing ninety pounds—give him
long, deelli legs and hook and you .halve a
pretty good enoose.- They weigh as much—
' and often 'more than a horse, and stand a#
much Itber from the sieved, ..Dsnlel went
no use trying, thy old friend. It is
itTuraltor him 49 study as fora trout
At a fly. Study be will, and study
t, and I'll pruthise '-to aid him all I
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itp , the, river, but night calite and he . dttil not
.e.turrt. Thi.4 gave no uneasine s s.
But after be had been gone two,-three, and
four days, the -mother's heart began lo grow
alarmed.: There bad been a great - tam and_
if alive and well why had he not comic back
She ce gilt old Shag and went dOwn to con
sult
M . Ordway. He at first thought the
young an had been unsuccessful, and had
detertn ned to hunt till he had get a noose.
Susan eeted to laugh, and 'said undoubt
edly & found moose enough, but probably_
had thrown a book at them inste/id of shoot
ing; for bet% part she had donbt be was
looking up the : books which he had thus .
thrown away P At the same . thrie, the poor
girl stopped her sewing, her lingers trembled
.Mr. Ordway procured an Old hunter,
and they scoured the forest in search. They
found his trail, and follMved it up to Moose
head Lakeovitere the Kennebec breaks out
so wildly and so unexpectedly. frci.m that ma =
jestic lake. There he had shot. a moose, which
was lying on the edge of the water where it
fell. There they found his huntiku , knife, as
it dropped carelessly,.but no fir ther rs could
they trace him. The shore of tit. wild -lake
was stony, and no marks of the feet could be
seen. •in vain therShouied, kindled fires—
and fired their rifles ; the echoes came down
from far up the Fake, but no other response.
Had he falleti into the rapid river I r —they
could find no trace of him.
After lingering and searching a couple of
days they returned towards home. -occasion
ally firing their rifles, each in rapid succession
—the hunter's signal—hoping, though. faintNl
ly, that he had reached home. Bet no, "he
was not there. - it was a profound mystery. 1
The widowed mother was almost crushed by
the misfortune. Mr. Ordway sent .all the.l
way to the.army, to see, it by any; possibili-_1
u.,, his sons had seen or , heard from young
Irdfield . ; but they ,had not. They had ex
• cted he would have joined them before this. 1
So it continued to be a 'profound mystery.;--
The:mother made up her mind that he had
fallen into the river,_ somewhere, and was,
drowned. 'Ordway nearly coincided with
her opinion! . As fur Susan. 'she d'dn't, and
she wouldn't believe, weak as Ini. was, but I
that he knew-emit:oi to keep out of the wa
ter, or at least to
. rise up after he 'wits dead,
and float I. What her theory was she,never
told; but though she felt, bad enough; it was
not the Choking grief - which the Certain
death of our friends always brings. The-old
hunter averred that there. was a mighty spir
it by the name of Kinnio, who owned -that
lake, and wlio sometimes destroyed people i
who came,to•his hike alone.- His home wile
on the mountain in the middle of the. lake I
(now called Mount Kinnio,) where he carried
his victims. andlite them halt roasted! And
he consoled the mourners with the assurance.
that he had no 'doubt - they "could find .some
of the young man's bones the next season—
thrown down the mountain !
' . . Young Redfield had been lost,but not for
gotten, about two years, when a suitor, eve
xy way preposseSsing., presented himself at
the ' brick house,' and in -the' most proper.
way possible, offered his hand. and heart to
Susan. To the - surprise of all, she civilly de
clined both. The young man besought her
parents to intercede for him.. They did ' IM,
and to no purpose. He then sought the aid
of the widow Redfield, and she had a talk
with Miss Susan. To her supprke, the girl
would talk of nothing but-her son Daniel, his
habits, his ability CO swim, his.power to take
care of .hirnself. To her own amazement,
positive Susan didn't and7t-mildn't believe he
was dead, or ever hadbeen. The widow al
most' forgot hererrand, and went home, blam-
Alt her Self for - indulging hopes on
. the whim
of's spoiled child. But she went to work in
right good earnest to find Capeeno, an Indi
an, who came in those parts. After great
Search, Capecr.o was found,'and told that Miss
usan wanted to see him very much.
Cape.eno was a Canadian, of the Loretto
ribe, and though his people were in the ter
tice of the British, and were fighting - against
ihe Americans,- yet he had' remained in the
(vests. Of Maine, and had not takes up the
atithet on either side. Ile - had received ma- .
y kinanesses , -,s at the ' brick hour , :,'
ai r t lit
te ' S;use 7 was a
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great favorite with him.—
e went to her, and long was their secret
talk. Every day, for three days, did he come
find sit and smoke, and listen to .the persua-
Lions of the ' cede squaw.' .At - last he seem
ed to conic to her views, for, on receiving the
best blanket from her own bed, at-pillow case
full of flour, a new knife, a huge pouch of to.
bad(,
a flask of powder, and a'strip of lead,
which:the naughty girl pulled from the roof
of the house with
. her own hands, he left,
struck into the.woods; and was seen no more.
The next stOrtn that came, told that the lead
was gone, none knew. Who . Teould steal- it 'I
Jnst at the Close .-of a sultry summer's day,
tWiiiifficers-were walking arm in arm on the
heights of Quebec, discussing the news of a .
late 'victory which Washington had obtained
in New Jersey. - They were amusing them
selves at the.whipping he was to receive, cal,
dently mortified that -the boot bad been an
the - wrong foot of late. -
' What would you give for hialieck,' said
one, ' should Lord Bowe catch him V, .
. 'Just as much ail would for the necks of
all congress,. when we • have once subdued
them,' said the other. . . .
' Howe thought he had the ragged army of
.Washingtoo once so henimed in, that he could
tot escape, but in the morning he. was not
there; the theatre had - , spectators, but no ac
tors.'
as Virgil says, though I've forgotten the whole
quotation,' replied the other.
With your honor's leave,' said a, voice
near by,
" Fuit baud ignobais Argis,
Qui se credebat mirua audire tragnedoe,
In vacuo ',setts" abuser plawsorque theatre,"
as llorace, not Virgil, says.'
' Who are you `l' •
• Pm your hosier's huinbla sezvant.
Oh ! my young friend; the prisoner wham
I begged - tof the hospital, and gave him
unusual privileges, even, ben he won't give
us his Hord ' thathe won't run away, if be can
Well, I stand corrected as to my quotation
and my author, though I should neveeexpect
a -backwoodsman to be able to quota the clas
sics. But why have you so long refused to
give your word, and be treated as - a prisms&
of war
Because, sir, I ant not a prisowof war.
I was captured far froni the seat of war, a
peaceful citizen, by yoor, Aired judians, at .
Moosehead Lake.' -_ -
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Fur! non ignobilis Argis, '
Qui eredebat reagnas andire tragaellos..'
/We shall not dispute about it. While I
feel sorry-4 r you, I shall take care that you
dd'not get hway'
'You hale just ack,nowledged, sir, that we
do sometimes escape when you least expect
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The ofFicirslooked at each other . and pas
sed on. The young man wailer! alone. He
was pale; sad, and evidently in poor health.
From the lofty heights of Quebec, at the sun
down beat the drum, he cast his eyes down
on the glotious St. LaWrenee, and then turn.:
ed eastward, and smt his thoughts thick and
!list through the almcist . interminable forests
that lay in That direction. ' lie had reached
the parade ground, and curia making his way
to. the prison yard, when -At baud_ beckoned
him behind the angle of the - wall.
war.t see you.' . .
• Who ''a!re you? lt, is so dark I cannot
see yea.' b a -
' Mc knoW yOu—know your mother, know
Shag—km 4 brick house, know Susa. How
long 'filre - 4)or shut up V. . .
. :: .' Perhaps twenty minutes—perhaps fif
teen.'
• Good. !Me walk this side street, you
'tether. ,
.14.epheas 'me, on 'me, and go where
me go,'
`The - Indianshtiflled off; saying aloud,' Yan
kee mail - mlur, say whip me, lie catch me, me
get canoe, hello find me.' So he had the ap
pearance et:following him in hot resentment.
Down the hill he went faster and faster, till
he reached he St. Lawrence, where lay a ca
noe.. In it stepped the Indian, pointing to an
ther, which lay near and pushed off. The
Young muntleaped into the , other, and pushed.
after him ifs if in a race. Down the river
they Arent a little way; and landed beyond
point Levey. - They, leaped ashore just as'
they heard the alarm flow] ded froJp the heights
,across the river;signifying the eseape of a pris
oner or 3-sOldier. . The Indian paused a mo
ment, aad.listened and said, " White man
make too n)uch noise, too much parade—lose
trail while he drum.' He led the way among
the bushes, [as fast as the young man.could
follow. }lbw far they Went that night, the
prisoner Itn'ew not. When
.morning
_came,
they were - by the side i of the river, just be
low some beautiful falls; , For more'. than a
Mile'they had waded i 1 the river's edge, so
as to conceil their footsl
eps. Here, just ult.
der the fall.", was an o !ling -trout the Water
which led into the txtvit. They crawled.uP,
p
and were sewn on a platform, high and dry,
with a sufaiency of lig It. The young man .
was.greatli exhausted, and lay down leaning
upon his elbow. The I)•xliati sat before him,
his•ft;et curved up under ! hitn, (pedibits intor
cia,) bolt up-right. 1114 bead was shaggy--
with hair t.g. ()nurse ail(' turning gray, like .
the mane af.gt moose. pis only clothing was
1-a dingy :red 'lshirt, andltrouses of untanned
deer-skin. His moceasms were the skin of a
moose's hind leg , cut off a little' below the
off a
- seW(.7'.l .u p at
.one', end, and drawn and
fitted .to the foot while green. His teeth
were mostly gone, and he looked, as he was,
a tough, short, powerfnl . creature, afraid of
nothing, bitying - nothing to.make or lose.-
1 They gai.cq at each other in silence a while ;
at length Redfield said,i' I have followed' yoti
all night. II have put My life in your hand ;
now, who. are you, and what do you want of
me ?' I . .
-: ' You 'fr'aid of me V . .
' No. If I had been, I should not have fid
lowedyen. And now, it you ain't the evil
spirit, who arc you I' ' --
• 'Six* . we meet Loretta Indians; they no
hurt you. 'Me run,. then you no can say who
Indian be.' ~. -
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' So. you want to run if we are in danger,
and leareltie to my fate, and that, t00,....50
that you can't be known 1'
- The Indian looked fierce - for a moment—
and drew out his hunting knife. The young
*man 'kept his eve carefully on nip. From
the bottom of tae sheath, there retied out a
small pieoe of paper, which he handed to the
young matt. • He unrolled it and read:
' Should this ever Meet the eyes of D.. R.,
let him know that -the bearer is trustworthy.
Follow. him implicitly._
_Susan o.' .
v...., 1.21."Balli/111 upraegup, sae caugns use
Indian by the hand, and almost shouted ques
tion upon question. He was ready to g(!--,i
-felt strong, could travel all day, and then fell
back exhausted. The Indian gave him some
water; and ten some dried venison from his
wallet, and bade him ,lie down and sleep till
night, if he could. Redfield- did so, but his
brain whirled. In a troubled sleep he now
dreamed of home, and then of his prison, then
of Suskp Ordway,• then he heard the alarrn
bell, at the voices of men pursuing,_and the
baying - of bloodhounds hard after him, and
then he would awake and find it was the roar
Of the falls near him! So he spent the day.
At night they came out of their cave, fol
lowed the course of the beautiful Chaudiere
- River, up towards its bead waters:' This
charming' valley was already occupied by
the French population,. and they were coin
pelted to travel by night, and lie by du - -
ring the day.,- Their progrcs.s was necesisaii
iy slow. On the fourth day thelndian crept
out of their covert, and saw several horse
men coming towards them. He knew fit
stantly that they were British soldiers in pur
suit. They were on shill iibOut haifa mile
dike - tit, and had to deseendinto a valley,and
rise another hill beforetthe,y reached him.—
He gazed at them
_arnestly, tilt they de
: seended the hill, and.iben he sprang up like
a cat. He made the priioner -run to the
roadside and climb gp into a thick evergreen
far up out of sight. He then took off his
moccasins and hid them • then he turned his
red shirt,*and it was ye llow; he turned his
skin trousers; and they were a kind of dirty_
green. He drew a cap so close over his
head; that it almost made the bead ache to
lookitt ix. ' Then he sat down sender the tree,
and very composedly began to smoke. • The
horsemen came up to him at a brisk pace,
and surrounded him with piiitols in hand.
Move a Ilia. you dog of an Indian, and
you are dead. Shoot him if' he moves.'
The Indian smoked on , • iitently not able
to understand - a word, and an unmoved as a
The commander then interrogated bini in
tiho are you r
Lorene Indian.'
What b
. are you here for ,
' Ile run, catch prisoner; have - Luck blank
et when catch him, _
' Men,' said th e 'officer, ' yew say Leret
tea sent out 1 this fellow don't look as' .lt he
~......-
could run much.' -i I 1
' Yes, sir, halfellatee were stet, •ou but
this fellow —. l .---7.4
You say you are after a prisoner. Now
speak the truth, or our pistols will make
daylight shine through you. What was the
prisoner's name'?
Redfield, Captain say.' .
And who do you suppose went off ,with
him I wish I could meet him V
' Indiani say strange IndianCapeeno--
start matt--no bigger as I. He bad Indian
—steal away prisoner.
Where are the rest of your runners'
The Indian pointed ton smoke that was ri
sing up among the .trees.. The soldiers - put
up their pistols, came. into a line, and went
away. • Poor Redfield- hi the tree breathes
easier but Cupeetio kept on smoking as un
moved as if he had been in no 'danger.—
Whether the smoke which he saw really did
rise from the camp of theiorette rungers, he
did not-say. But he 'tektite Chaudiere, and
struck throirgh the woods. in a direct line, till
they reached the De Loup, (Wulf River,)
whose channel they, followed all night, only
stopping to listen as they heard the bowl of
the wolf, or the crashing tread of a Moose.—
They then went to the head-lakes from which
the Chaudiere rises. Here they paused and
built a bark canoe. The cedar for bOwsand
linings, the birch for the bark, and ?he spruce
roots fur thread,. were all to be found in abun
dance. They went through thermighty for
ests,' and lake's which give rise to the great
Petiobscott,..killing' Moose, and catching trout
for food. The Indian\ was surprised to find
that the young man would stop every seventh
.day, and read all:day from a little book, and
,no persuasions could move him. He wonder
ed, too, what made him read that little scroll
of paper so often, which he had broughtln the
sheath of his knife. They then struck the
P.enobscott, carrying their canoe frotnlake to
lake, and from lake to river, till they. came
down thar.Zriver to
. a g:eat island, opposite
which there came in a little, brook. Up this
-.place, - they-turned; and'after one more:carry
ing they struck the upper end of Moosehead
Lake. MA' beautiful, how beautiful! Its
three days more, early in the morning, the
Widow. Redfield looked out at her door, and
saw Capeeno approaching. with a stranger be
hind him. - She shaded her eyes - from the ri
sing stm a motneat,and then with a ,scream
.of agonised joy, fell to the ground. When.
she awoke, she and her son were weeping in
each' other's arms. That very day the
took •Daniel--nothing loth—to the 'brick
house. Susan - was glad, and was ashamed-to
Ibe glad. She latighee to appear indifferent,
I and wept because her emotions .must have
some vent. She appeared to know very lit
tle about his' deliveFence; but Capceno went
r away 'with a new suit. of clothes, a-new rifle,
and I Itx)vr not what besides.
for r
• Pshaw! Susqn ! You need not blush—you .
redeemed a noblp.fellow from captivity, and
yuu found_ that he not only made a great and
a good man, bux-a good husband, as you did
a devoted and noble wife.
First Trip of the First Locomotive in Amer-
113
William Warts, esq. of Carbondale, Penn.
communicates the following paragraph, clipp
ed from an old newspaper, to the Carbondale
Transcript. This paragriph confirms th , i
statement of R. F.. Lord, esq. published in
the Port Jervis Union, a few weeks since, and
apparently settles the question as to whom
belongs the credit of hiving run the first lo
comotive steam engine on the American con
tinent:..
Mojor Horatio Allen, the Engineer of the,
New York and Erie Railroad, inza speech
made during thb,teeent festival occasion„gave
the following aceoutlt of the first trip
. made
by a locomotive on this contincrit
"When was it 1 . Who was it? And who
*Wakened its energies - and directed its move
ments? It.was in the year 1828, on thsi banks
of the Lackawaxen, at the commencement of
the railroad connecting.the canal of the Dela
ware and Hudson Canal Company with their i
coal mine,—and he who addresses you was
the only- person on the locomotive. The dr- .
eumslances which led - to my being alone , on
t i cir l itut t
e were Zhe road had been
hemlock limber, and rails of large dimensions
nptched on caps placed far apart. The tim
ber had cracked_. and warped' front exposure
to the sun. After, about 300 feet of straight
line the road Crossed the Lackawaxen Creek,
on. trestle wizirk abOut 300 feet high, with a
curve 0f250 to 400 feet radius. The isupres-
sion was very general that this iron monster
would either break down the road or it would
leave the track . .at a curve and plunge into the
creek. My reply to such apprebecsiona was
that it wasytoo late to consider the probabili.
ty of 'such Occurrences, there was no other
course but to have a trial made of the strange
animal Whichlaid been brought here at great
expense ; but that it was not necessary that,
more than one should be involved in its fate;
that I would take the first tide alone, and the
time wonld come" when - 1 should look back to
the incident with greatlinterest. As
. I placed
my hand on' the throttle-valve handle, 1 was
undecided whether / uoula.nove slowly or ..
with a fair degree of speed, but believing that
the road would prOve safe, and preferring, if
we did go down, to go handsomely, and.with
out any evidence of timidity, 1 started with
considerable velocity, passed the curve over
the creek safely; and was soon out c 4 betting
of the cheers of the vast assemblage. At the
end of twaror three miles 1 reversed the valife,
and retanted without accident to the plow of
starting, - riaving thus made the first railroad ,
trip by locomotive on the Western Heads
phere.
A Womsn's IDEA or Hiertrtass.-.--A rady
correspondent of - the-Boston Times gives her
ideas of 'perfect bliss' in the following para
graph:-
- I'm a'weman, with a wonian's weakness,
end having a good constitution, can bear a
great deal of happiness! 11l was asked my
idea of perfect bliss, I should say, 'a fast
hors; a duck of a cutter, sslenty of buffalo
,robes, a neat-fitting overetrawith.a hiutdsome
man in it, and este Madam Walsh's little
French bonnets! If that wouldn't - be happi
ness for, one lifetime, I'm glen to conviction
as to what would
ligrA shrewd little fellow who has iat
begun to read Latin, astonished bis masterhy
the following translation. Vtr, at man ;
a trap. Virgin, a man rap
EgroMiss Dobbs says that r the sweetest
line she ewer reed wits be Single's paw
Written in =leases on , the-frvet at6op.
FRAZIER & SMITB, PUBLISHERS=--NTO.Iii
Rail the Ohio Journal of .geseation.
CIVIL POLITY•
It is highly important that some instruction
should be given in this science, at least to
the older pupils, in all our 'schools. The fol
lowing is an outline of the introduction to the
:4ourse which has been given for Some time
past in the-Public High School of Columbus.
etym. Potary teaches the elements of polit
ical science. The elements cif this, like. most
other sciences, consist mainly of definitions,
- which must be thoroughly learned and clear.
ly understood.
L LIBERTY.—As the . term is here em.
ployea, liberty is freeedom from restraint':
it is classified as natural, civil, political and
religious liberty.
1. Natural - liberty is freedom from all
restraint except such as the laws 'of nature
impose.
2.. Civil liberty is freedom from all re
straints except such as conduce to the public
good. •
3. Political liberty is that deveu of se
curity with which a
. government guaranties
to its subjects the enjoyment of civil -liberty.
4. Religious liberty is freedom from con•
straint in reference to religion and . religips
worship.
• IL LAW.--Lato is a rule of action c when
prescribed to free-agents, it is a rule for ac
:ion, or a rule in accordance with which they
are required tp act. Law is of four kinds: .
the law of nature, revealed law, the law:- of
nations, and muncipal law.
t'
1. The law of nature is, 1. ,The will , of
the Creator, as indimted in his works; or, 2.
It. is the rule in accordance with which the
powers and agencies of nature, act; as the
laws of gravitation, of motion,- of crystaliza
tion, etc. Under this head are included the
laws of inorganic matter, of vegetable. life, of
animal life, and those natural leis which are
universally binitng on the human family, as
individuals or nations.
2. Revealed lam. i% the will of the Deity
as made known try himself in the Scriptures ;
it includes the- moral and the ceremonial
law.
3. The low of maims are those titles
Hhich define the rights and preseribe the dtk.
tics of nations in their intercourse with each
other_ These are 'of two kinds: 1. The nat
ural or common law of nations, .which is
ba.:ed upon the principles of natural justice.;'
and, 2. The postive laws found in compacts
or treaties, voluntarily made between inde
pendent nations. '
'The following are some . of the rights re
garded as a part a the n a tural laws -4 Fut
.
dolls
Every 'nation has a right; •
(1.) To be deemed by every other nation,
equally sovereign and independent.
(2.) To choose its own, furm of govern
ment, and 'to change it AT will, provided the:
change does not affect is obligations to other
governments, or to-individual creditors.
(3.) To regulate its internal policy. •
(4.) To dispose of its territory as"' it may
proper.
(5.) To use its own discretion in making
commerical or other treaties, and td, encour-
age or prohibit commerical intercourse with,
other nations.
(6.) -To the exclusive use of rivers flowing
through its territery,=of all inland bays and
navigable watere, and the adjoining Seis-eoast
and its waters, to the, istance of three miles:
from the shore,
(7.) Custom requires vessels sailing -be
yond the jurisdiction•of their own country to ,
be furnished with passports. •
These 'are specimens of the decisions of
natural justice On this subject, and of the laws
which are regard as binding upon all..na
tions. The country • which should violate
them,would forfeit its claim to the protection
of the laws of nations, and to the respect of
the civilized World, and become liable to be
treated as 'a common enemy.
nilnternalimull law , or the postive law of
tions, consists ,of ageeerrients., leagues er
treaties., tbetween two or more sovereigns or
nations..—These are of various kinds; as,•
treaties ofpeace; of alliance. offensive and
defensive -- ; for settling disputed boundaries ;
commerical treaties postal treaties of agree
ments, etc. These are binding only upon the
contracting parties. • I _, •
4. Afuncipal law is a rule prescribed by
the supreme:Tower in a State for government
of its citizens. It may be referred to three
heads.; common, constitutional, and statute
law. E_
common law consist those customs and
rules to sitlf.ch time and •usage have given the
sanction of lau,;.its principles are to be found
1_ mainly' in the records of pourts, and the re
ports of judicial deeisionS.
Constitutional law co nsists of the require
ments and prohibitions - •a the Constitution.
. •
Slatute law is the, express: written will of
the Legislature. Statutes 'are binding only
when enacted in due form, and in accordanee
with the Constitution; hence the Constitution
is sirrior 'to the acts of the LegiAnturc ;
but - statute law is superior in force to com
mon law; . •
;Laws may be classified; as, mandatory,
commanding what shall be dope ; prohi6ita
ry, forbidding certain acts; or permissive',
declaring what. may, be done withoutincur
, .
rieg a penalty. • • 1 .
Laws are also classified as, civil, criminal,
_martial, commerical, etc.
111. • Govzaisuzstr.---nilions. This
term, is variously defined. is, (1.) The
exercise of influence or Authority over indi
vidt)als, states or*.nations. , ,(2.) It hi, the
power which enacts, executes and adjudicates
the laws. .(3.) It is the whole body, of con
stituted authority kt a_state or nation.
2. Applications of the 40:74. In the com
mon slee.of die term, we speak of (easily,
sehoolpnd church government,; • in the civil
sense, of municipal, state and national govern
ment.
2. Forms. There arts three distinct
forms of government: Ifonarchsy. Aristecra
cy, .and Democracy. Monarchies, are alma
lute or limited, hereditary or eicetiye,. An
absolute monarchy is called a desp6tism or
autocracy, and the monarch, an autocrat.
Democracies aro Ore or reresentatiye.
.Repesentittivs democracies are generally call.
ed Republics s some aristocracies Are also
- -
4. Dpartme,te. Evert government,
whatever .4s km; irmslot of throo' deg**
Matte i the legiatekieloexecutivt, and ludic-
IV. •
Before prwebdilictor examine oqy
olds o acrp,odier toriri artafrAtizteht;ifrek
II
INS
follojing dermas:ions - ust he tho
mit*
learned _
Sovereignty is supreme poWer 9
i "VI, -
- ..
ent nations, whatever their form' ( A govern
ment, are called savereigniiesi. , - . -'-.'
4 COnstitation is the fundamental. 11111110(
a'nation, and determines its farm nrsorien
,
ment.' ',
,
A Bill is the written form` of an act, PIO'
posed for enactment by a Legislature.
An ft.ct or Statute is a laW.which has -basis
duly enacted. ,
A Retrospective Law: is'onewhich•act.S.up.:
on thiligs already.done.
4.v . 'vat facto .
.Law makes an act, criiar
nal: which was not Ito when it was peg:awl ,
A Charter is an act creating a corporatio#
'Or separate mun‘cipal.goverment.
A. Corporatiosk is a body politic; hivitika
common seal. Banks, Railroad and Turn-
Pike Companies, Colleges, etc., are isitpets;
Municipal means relating to a any".
Lion; when contrasted with national,, it may
refer to a State. - -
Sufrage, a vote. Ballot, a, written cote,
or ticket. Franchise, a particular privilege;
as elective franchise: Citizenship, the
right to enjoy
,the franchise of a citizen.--
Naturalization, the act or process by via*
a foreign lr becomes a citizen. -
Quorum, such a number- of; any bairns"
is necessary t!) do business: Majority, More
than half. Minority, lolls than half,
rality, n nuTber greater than other- per= -
receives; as, a plurality of votes..'- ,
A legal tender is the offer of such an iirthik
as the law requires, in payment-of a debt.
Tarces are, contributions imposed by the
government upon individuals-for , the ; service
of the 'State.
Revenue is the money raised for the uses
of the - government; it may be- 'derive from
Various sources.
Duties, Imposts or Custom* are sums is ,
quired by government* to be paid -on good*
imported or exported. .
Tarifr,, a List or table of duties required ,ts; ,
be paid upon goods. a • ,
A Court is a place which justice is ju; :
dicially administered. • - • •
Jury, a number of men selected for'the
purpose and sworn to- inquire into a' matter
of fact or try a cause. A. Petittriiir usual;
ay consists of twelve men ; a Grand Jury,
(in this State ) ) of fifteen, .twelve of whom
must agree in a verdict. -
_, Aen . roner's Jury, or Jury of inquest, is'r,
one summoned by a Coroner in a case °feud-.
den or violent death. '•
A Verdict is the ems 'raying, or answei of
a Jury.) ) ' •
Jurisdietion is the extent or limit of legal
power.
An Indictment is a written accusation *rt.\
crime or misdemeanoripresented upon oath,
by a•grand jury. • , •
Judgment is the sentence of la*, pro-.
nounced by the court. - -
A Reprieve is the temporary suspension a - -
the - execution 4,r a sentence,
Impeachmeq is the public accusation- of
-•— • -
Crime or misdemeanor is an act antwait.
' 7 -ted r or omitted, in violation of public lairs.
Murder, lifinsraughter, Homicide, Aram,
Burglary, Robbery, Incest, Duelling, and
oral other offenses, are included in this list.
I. - Treason is levying war against the United. '
States, adhering to their enemies, givingthem:
aid .and
-comfort. Rebellion, - 6 4 pett -and
avowed renunciation / of the government tO
which one owes allegiance. Secession, h a
Atithdrqva l from competion with a. tderal
govertupent..- Aevolution, is a radical thane
in a goik•ertimer•`
Tbo of ig =tint ht,
wilt-do w... /At to edo
and ii4aught, ag. he will
twit or unravel his chain 0r4.,,c0rd. If the
dog is chained r and the ehain_l*oines jitney
way jammed between things lying abotti, or
twisted upon itself, the animal drags hard :tit .
it, away from, the zoint of entanglement, per
haps increasing' the- evil=becomes alarnied
—cries
,out, and „never thinks of slackening
the ehnini and turningbank to see what the
cause of the inconvenience fa. -..: Not so with
tie ourang-outatigi the moment such an ac..
cident occurs, he deliberately - sets about:put.
ting-matters to rights. He does not dreg ~
away from the point of resilamie—doeis:not '
insist on running forcibly counter, but 'fishnet- -
ly slackens his.chaiii, Elsa huMan being sratdd
~
do under - the. - like jcircumetanees, end -goes .
back to see what' occasions the 'obstruction.
If the elmin has gut entangled with a : lox or
any tether article of furniture, he disengages.
it; i(it has becam'e\twisted, - litLcOnsidersi the
matter ; and untwists IL '. • '
We had in our possession a' dog
'the
shepherd breed, which happened . to be ieir
ii
up one day, when a friendi called, us *
who mai eating it bun ; ; a piece of Whi
threwlice
44
to the animal. .It on the 800 be .
fop) him, a few inches beyond the reitift el
hisOutstreiched,fore-paw. After seTerid in--
effectuat efforts to get at it, the dog, to our
surprise; turned round, and . scraped the bread .
within,- his reach by his hind pals. 'Vhitz
was* pnaee - ss of reasoning; en adaptation et
to to an end, like that eibibited Ity the
ourang•outang mentioned in , the preceding
, ,
ParligraPk• - ' -- -
AIIIBRICAN VINETARDIL—ItOben Buchanan,
of Cintinnati, Nye that he:lld year from
Vineyard 140.000 euttingi, and tbinki that
the whole number scild in one nensonlrould
nUmber 2,000000 and 300,000 stocks. MAL
looks very midi - like mabinethe,olll4*lny
the'land of the Vine. - -
PIEReel KANSAS MESSAOI4 13 40110111114)Sd
in every quarter' where independence slid
manlirms is net esrtinet. • The • Nevi Tor*
Evening Post, siatch' supported - Pierce -
he rresideney, regards 4e _Mealy .as=s
pkee of insufferableiinsol#* -
,
iserAn esehsngo -paper, m ire „
p9risous- were frost, bitt:ett` during the` 2. - „ t„
severe ireather.limpatim.
to know the, best remedies._ ; Iritt
alum and water mentlonwl as so
•
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eombination s And 4101*-47
practical ' tittriiiqtaliC Mork'
Working.farmer, states tkektissosalusd
kr% vophialatik,lll4o - Uttitid, fkiikaOriP
, t
littiookar‘ot3siO hundred'.
fifisiataidUWL tatiritlistiWea•-
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