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CJtARLES P.'RtAD & H.' H. 'FRAZ iIER, EDITORS. .
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A Lay of Rai Life. . !
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"Some are born with4Wpoden spoon In their
mouths, and some with —Goldsmith.
" , Some art born - with:gni rings in their noses, and
some With silrer bnes.7--Sitrersmith.. -
!Who ruinedrineere I lima ham, 1 .
Sold very aere,grassNir corn , .. -
And lett the next , heirlitrforlorn
My Grandfather.
Who Said my Mother ww no nurse,
•. And physicked Me and
„made me worse,
: Till infancy becate ampse? '
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,My Grandmother. 1- , - I.:- • ' , •
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i o left me in my sqVCnth'vear ,
A¢comfort to tny
,inotherllear,
And Mr. 'Pope,,
the overseer?
My Father.
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Who let me starve. to : buy her gin,
Till all my bones - came through my akin;
Then calledme tug!, little sin ?",
1 ' ' !Ey
e.;Rho said my mothbr was a Turk,
AUd-took me homl 7 -;and made me work,
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Out managed halriny meals to shirk? 9
icy Aunt..
Who "of all earthly things,",would
"He hated otheril-,b' rats the 'most,"
And, thereforenle feel my post?
I- • ,P., , • 7 1 My Uncle.
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n r , W '
ho got in se - a .endless scope,,
And always lair' , ,td, my d o o r ,
'. Till many a hitters.' g I bore?
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My cousill•
Who took me luinie when mother died;
Again with father4O reside, • I ,
Black shoes;cleali'knices; run far a4:wide?
SteprOther.l
- marred mYliealthArchin jeyr7., l
And when I played cried "'what a, - hove 2"
; Girls always heeto over boys—
Yiy Sister:
Who. used to sha' in what was mine.
Or take it all did e.intline,
'Cause I was 6, - .w.lkt and he was nine?,
My Brother.
Who stroked mv.l.lead, arid' said "Good lad,"
,And gave me slifrence,"all - he had •"
• But at the stall the . , coin . was bad? I
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My Godfather.
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I t - rho.'gratis, sha4gd . tny'oeial glass,
-lint when misfortiOe came to Vass'
Referred me to tlp,. - .4 - nunp? Alas !J
. - . My Vrieiid:.
'lhrougb aU t 1 is is world, in brief,
,Who eter sympathized,witlf grief,
'Or shared myloylly.sole relief?
Myself.
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LEMKE. FRO REV. 'H- t aTES SUP .
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DRAT: BROTHER ::. 4 -4 aril writing from -the
lofty regions of the ,goodly mountain *of Leb.
anon. ;This' little ,„villaffe is lliiity-sis•hun
dred ,feet above die sea, and at this Season
the air is as cold tis it is in Molitrtlse o'n the
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first of 'April. , I eanie up with Dr. Haskell
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from Beirut on Satniday, intending to return
to-day, but we artl*ather-bound, and must
remain through tVa, day, at least. It rains,
and ,
;vet it does notrain. You cannot distin
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guish the rain- dropS- as they fall, yet very
thing is , completely • drenched. '`We are, so
high that the elpudS; ... are around us' on ;every
side, and we cantiOe.see ten feet befOre us
:when we walk oiii,,: The wind blOws and
'whistles' through? +casementa just as it doeg
at in sto - itn ebruary, and I feel fir
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: more at' home. th 4. when melting under the
`burningl sun Id Bef,rut. When we left Bei
rut, on Saturday morning, the heat' was i al-
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.inest ntoierau i le O as we ascended the
mountain, the teinpe.rature diminished, until
, we find itl almost necessary here to wear our
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Thus a vondf&ful country. The ride
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'from Beirut to thisi:•l_montain village, is one
of thrilling interest.: Follow ine for a few
minutes, and 1.01 re-ascend the mountain
-with yclu. Willi - Ors. Lyons is preparing
it lunch l for Dr. H the rest of us, we will
examine, our intetting Arab horse.He is
. a slender; lam, Strasi-fed , creature,
'with - a
meek eye and eviOnt marks of age, and ern
inenf usefulness in.lhe past. Thistiddle is a
good Arab - saddle, in that_ it will' not 'l3e, tie
! cessarY to change it, but the stirrups, alas,
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i suggest unpleasaiat! meinoriet of Nahr el
Kelb, of which I 'Wrote you recently, t and I
immediately mine
put in their k ,...ce. _ The .
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sun is pouring down with intense fervor, and'
.1 prepare my white felt hat by winding a
large linen towel mound it, ti . la Whim, and
Placing a folded linen handkerchief oil; the in
side of the crown. :I, This affords good protec ,
Lion 'against the helt, and we'set out with our
white 1 lumbrellas - ,riding.through -the narrow
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paths shaded wltb hedges of prickly pear,
dodging' this way .140 that.to save ourselves, ,
; from being impaledtn the sharp spires which
. project on every., side.
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.-, A r passingover the wide` plain, through
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orange, mulberry and olive gardens, delight
ed with the beautiful flowers whioh wave in
~. the gentle breezelexhaling a delightful ,fra
\ genie, we begin ',the luountain ascent. • As
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you look apwara, , you` i see hundredinf ter
. race-rallarising one altroye another,—Lsquare
. atone houses, distant convents ertibewered in
deep gredfoliage, and range after nufge of
rough limestone - mountains rising in ;the dis
tanoe, until' the 4ofii ,horizon terminates in the
snow-crowned 'Jebel Soorem • '
Do not be alariried at the roads. .1 Before
...'" youlcame to- you Syria, wondered why the:
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people here.never` use wagons or wheeled
i vehicles, You-r-lvondier celiaes now. This
-!- great stone ' h4 once the bed of a Mountain .
tort, and nor , flooded with water when
ever it rains, is a ;very good road, compared
wi*' - eiimethot:y9ti will'Sea; Noss we cross
- a short bridee.' _.Your horse lea
I .. . - . . .leaps l up the
rugged done steps, picks - his,way among :the
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in. - bridge arehiteztUrehere, plunges doWn the
opposite side,— and you are , ]safely across.—
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As you ascend,-the road' i*!ft narrow ; ditch
worn in the liinestone by
.the tramping of
horses and mules:, and JustAtide
,enough to
admit your hOrse's feet, and' then it . winds .
along the _edge: of a preciple - e, where a false
step Wont ,precipate- you, into,. unknown
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depthl :
TheYeen e ry grows ..more ! aud more' wild,
the road more difficult, the rocks 'niore
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rupti and if you areot all given to nervous
:ness Or fretful anxiety, here is. ample scope
for yOur natural impulses. .IT-Ou -ride on caii
tiously, yet:you soon find . your horse to un
derstand the road and the dimeult placei so
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Much better than you 'do; that you let • hiose
• the bridle; hold steadily the pommel of the
saddle, and trost: tollsagaeity of the faith
ful animal. His su re-footedness fills you
'with amazement. -Down. the precipices, 'up
the crag rocks,. leaping, sliding,
.6nward,he
goe,s with such precision thatyou forget,dan
ger and surrender yourself to the enjoyment
of this magnificent, scenery..
At mid-day we stop at a . Kahn, where a
crowd. of traveling Arabs are seated on the
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ground under the:shade, enjoying.their pipes,
coffee'and Coarse black bretid. Sonic of them
were more intelligent than the rest,and after
• an interchange of salutions, took .their seats by
VS, its an, expression of go od Will and kindly
feelings. We told them that
s we could sp.cak
Arabic but a little, (shwei) and. they sat in
silence until we took oUr departure.
• Proceeding - still up : the
,'Tn'outitain, we
passed immense,beds of iron
~ ore, extending
on both sides of the road for i half a mile.—
The ore 'is of a dark rich .color, containing, as
I should judge without testing. about 80 or
90. per cent of pure iron: These beds show
no signs of hiiving been wrought, and their
alMost in,accesible positiouxenders it at least
doubtful .whether they ever ,will be. 1(a
passable road Were constructed to Beyroot,
iron could "be, made, with mederate. expe'nse.
The.limestone,.necessary, underlies almost
every .inch ofgrowid in SS-ria, and there are
veins of a toleiiible bituminons coal' among
the 'Mountain: valleys. When Ibrahim Pa
sha Was governor of Syria, between 18`28 and
3840, he linp&.sczed the natives into the. labor
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of working-the coal mines, though to but lit
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tle profit, ' The coal, eontahis too umeksul
pliur forgenerating steam, and theveins.are.
very -thin, -but I have no : doubt that* Amer
ican company would construct a stationary,
motive power °ad railroad; up these . m . Curi .
taro gorge§ in a 'very few months, and devei
ope the re - sources of this "goodly mountain"
1 Lebanon.
The rock' scenery of Lebanon sprpasses .
anything I have 'ever seen.... In one. Spot the
strata hate been thrown into a vertical posi
tion.and-the rough points 'project about ten-
:project about
or fifteen feet af‘ove the surface, forming an
- obstacle which oe -Would ;think snitoient to
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interrupt all pro e , ess in that direction. _ . Yet
this famous Darn us road passes directly
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'through it., and our horses picked. their way
through With- astonishing dexterity;, not 'e;;en
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missing a, step. • - I! i.
' . I would gladl invitei;vou. all to join our i
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company - . as we ipproaeh Bliamdtin. It
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stands on a inc Fain. abOut as high - and steep
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as Eik Mountam, - and infinitely more. stony.
You see . it first from the opposite mountain,
a'
nd the village in the distance looks like a
IoW-walled stOne castle. • To :reach it, you
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must descend 4 mountain over stone steps so
steep that you sktry :willingly. dismount and
lead
~ yoUr horsa.to.theibottom. Ascending
the hill by a zig-rag rocky road, which is ac- .
tually beyond description, we entethe town,
I which . isiliterally founded . on. a rock. -,Our
guide conducta. UF te llowadji
. Benfon's,-
where we are most Warmly 'welcomed.• by
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,Bro. B.: and . his excellent wife. . The house is
:one . story in' height, built of large blocks of
. : Stone._ There is no mortar in the Walls, and
the only protection against . the wintry storms
-is the thin coating of Plasier on the i inside. of
i the.walls., When: the wind blowb severely,.
it-is almost impossible to live on .the side of
the house next to the 'storm.' Such a house
is pleasant enough in be summer, but when
the snow and "rain are l driven by the gales of
wind which whistle o,.er. : the height* of Leba-'
non in - winter, our mlssionary friends
_expe
rienceno 'little discomfort. •
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I was •no less surp!tsed than . gratified to
find waim-hearted, intelligent. Christian iron
here in the:mountairii, wbo can appreciati the
feelings and
. trials of the inissionaries.'who
come among them.. .It was interesting,, too,
to see men who havepassed through the fires
of persecution, and: now stand erect in the
dignity of Christian , 'snauhood. A Christian
profession cogs something in llouni, Leba.
non. Let any one,ihtrivever influential or
promising, leave' the: i religion of -his fathers,
and the whole tide of_ popular feeling turns
against him. All of the brethren present
have - passed through tbe fire of Opposition
and - bitter• enmity : friends have foisaken
them,. envy . and slander have been armed
against them, and y_et they stand firm, un- .
moved by all the devices of the Evil One.
- At about half past eight, we accepted an
invitation to attend an, Arab . aceddiny. .
have already given You a description of a
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edding in Beirut, but this was somewhat
different, as it oCciirred, among the fellahin,
. or
.kboring, classes of the people. When we
reached the house, we were shown 'into the
men's apirtment, .where the bridegroom sat
is etate,.F.vaitiog the horning of the:bride.--'
The marriage: always takes place at the house
of the bridegroom, and the brought
to him by her relatives. Pie bouse of the
' 6 [Pra2z[DpKi AKE) 2ooßir a©,p,0107 oLavii - Eraiv amo'wQ(ciA kac-st
bridegroom is utterly deStitute,,of windows,
and as the, smoke of the fire mingling with the
smoke of a deziiii pipes, curltzd gracefully
toward the ceiling, the effect upon our lungs
can be better 'imagined thawdeseribed. : Be.
fore the bride . arrived, ,coffee was prepared
and served, pipes werePaSsed around . , and a
little round table, about ten inclie;l7o; 1, was
set beforeWs, containing:a dozen. smallplates
of confectionary; roasted 'peas, seeds of, the
pine-edne, and raisins. "'We . sat on the floor
in the corner, on the right hand Of the bride
groom, but neither the dignity of, ourlaisition
in being 'thus honored, nor the excellence of
the etitertainment,. could reconcile - us to the
awkward wearisomeness of sitting cross
legged on the floor. Great was our' relief
when the bridegroom was sent tor .to meet
the bride. We followed him oat as we best'
could, and selected as good a poSition as pos.•
sible to witness_the approach of fair one.
The glare.of torches - and . lanterns, and • the
shouts cif the crowd increased as she rode up
toward the house. She was dressed in White,
closely
. veiled with a white veil, and. sat'
astride of the horse. Wheirshe. , approached
the house, she. threw. a pomegranate to the
bridegroom,
.whci. ate a part of it, and then
followed a singular seene. ! 'Before this, how
ever, as the bridegroom came out to meet
the bride, thecrowd.ra.V:ed the cry, ''' Behold
the bridegroom cometh !" just' as:was done
in this hind two thousand years years ago. Then
the male relatives of the bridegroom and 'the
female relatives of the bride, began to-ex
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char4e compliments in the most extravagant
style.' It was a•contest4iir the superiority.
On t e would sliOnt for a minute, pouring forth
a 'flood of Arabic with a: volubility which
was utterly amazing to me, and , the crowd
v. - Quid burst into a corresponding' shot
: of
laughter, when the same process was reheat
ed : by the friends. or the bride. .The'light of
the torches illuminating the scene, gave quite
a singular .efrec . t to' the countenances and
dress : of the crowd, and the bride. seemed
1 like:Some sheeted spectre in the 'midst of
dancing men and women clothed, in all tha
grotesque costumes : of Syrian fellithim.—•
i. When the bride entered the house, we fol
-1 lowed, and' took a position in. front of the
bridesand groom, to witness the ceremony.
There were.no windows in the room, and the
. ceiling Was so low that Dr. Haskell and 1
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were, rather fearful about' knocking our. bats
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against thebaMs which support the roof.. The
bride'stood .on the right hanCi of the bride,
: groom, and'it- seemed to me far more appre.-
pi late than 'the custom which .prevails in
America. The right hand of the groom 'is
the_ place of honor and dignity, and who has
. a better . elpim to such honor than a bride ?
Dr. Cox once, remarked this very thing, and
you may assure him . that- his view 'on the
I I Subject is - tigely rational, and judging from
the manner in which old customs are pre
served here, eminently historical: IMmedi.
ately above : the head of the bride hung a
large cluster of fragrant onions, stored away
for winter's use, and Arab ideas of Propriety
seemed not at all offended by-such a singu
tar juxtaposition. The odoriferous vegetable
called forcibly to my mind the language of
the poet: "If you have tears, prepare to
shed them .now." The Gteek priest who
officiated was a little fat man, with mus
tachios and whiskers, clothed in an.old cluni
sy =black cap and gown ; arid as he rattled off
the Marriage service in 'a galloping, nasal,
sing-song style, you would have supposed
him reading on a wager, to see how.many
Words he. could utter in the shortest possible
time.- After reading until he was out. of
breath,'he handed the book to one of the
men standing 'by, who read on until the
priest recovered himself, wh9-he reSumed
in a similar strain. Taking - two silver rings
about like hapktn rings, be placed them on
the heaPof the bride and groom, exchanging
:one •for the other several times, muttering
"in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost" in a tone which was proof enough
that he neither knew nor cared for the char
acter of the Being whom he thus invoked.—
He then tbok a glass of wine, and gave each
of the persons now married, three sips or
drops of the wine, in the name of the three
persons of the Triniti—a mostbl g s.sphemous
and fOolish custom, as some of the more en
lightened natives themselves testify. ? At the
close, it is customary for•the crowd to seize
the bride and groom and carry them around
the room with shouts of laughter. At. this
time, however, a young man who is a rela
tive of the bridegroOm, and has been some
what enlightened with regard to the nature
of true religion .and the proprieties of re
spectable society, addressed the crowd in a
most dignified and_ authoritative manner, com
manding them to" break uP this foolish cus
tom," for they would ave no -More of it in
B'Hamdun. The old. priest stared through
his spectacles, but the young Man was obey
ed, and good order prevailed. Before leav
ing,' we were permitted, as "a special favor, to
see the bride, whose veil is generally not
raised for nine days. Poor girl, she looked
as.if she had lost all of her friends, and was
undergoing martyrdom. Her eyes were clos
ed, and her ]sands drooped as though she was
aware of ,thePresenie of the Howadji and
Hakith. We returoed home at teno'cloek.
-I wonder that Mese . people live through
such scenes: During the whole everting that
small eloie room" was.filled with the smoke
of " a resinous gum which the priest burned in
a-censer as !iecense. •At times it was almost
* impossible to breathe. The smoke was:
thick etiongh to choke - one refit accustomed to
it, Led the grey grim prfmt seemed to eke
IVIQNTRO,SE,sII - IUR§jJAY, .MAY 4.1*.
delight in adding new fuel to his fire, so as
to compel every one pre,sent ! ' to inhale the
abominable vapor.. "-Under 1 other circum
stances, I should have feit incenses at such
cOnduct, byt'our only daOraewas to bear it
in patience. As Dr. Haskell and I passed
outjhe Arab women exclaimed to Mrs. Ben
ton that we were ,r " tall and noble stature,
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the very cutting oil' of ~erfei c tion." They
admire tall men, and were nut at all modest
in expressing thgir sentiment. Do not sup
pose that we felt at all elCvated on hear-.
ing this remark. ' The yery!beggars in the
streets, instead of asking an alms, will-invoke
ten thonsand' blessings lon your head, wish
you lung life and prosperity,ipeace and Plen
ty, and take it fur granted that such a ihow
er of good wishes will bring its legitimate
return.
After such 'a day and eVening, we Were
glad to retire to rest. On Sabbath morning
rz, . is
.at nine o'clock, 1
.went ;
with! Mr. Benton to
,
the Sunday School, *Fere II talked :to the
children 'and he. interpreted iniy remarks. I
never saw-children give better attention Or
recite their lessons better than those. little
Arab boys and girls. Some of them are
very bright and Interns rit, and repeated sev
eralpages of Scripture. Ad, numerous ques
tiens in the Catechism with Out hesitation.—
,One little girl, Katarina, repeated the hymn,
"Awake, and sing the song at - Moses and the
Lamb." She is .a bright-eved child, about
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nine sears of -age, and has ris - fitir a .complex
ion as any of the little girlri in the Montrose
Sabbath School. As pueve not yet Ikea
here three Weeks, of course it'was dillicrilt fir
me to read the hymn as she repeated it, but
the beautiful English Words were fitmiliar,
and it was most interesting . ' and delightful to
hear such 'language frinir these dear children
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in Syria.- . I told Mr. agent4,rn to promise the
children that when - I.le [ lira the Arabic well
enough, I will translat'so'irie of our sWeet
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hymns for children into the Arabic, so' that
they can sing the same little verses which- the
children in 'Anreriert si )g.* I became. reach
interested in little Kat i arini, and asked Mrs.,
Benton to tell me more ahout her. She is
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the daughter of the wealthiest man in the
village, EliaS - Subbyerj•whi, becarrie .a PrOt
estant.ahout two months ago.. - Katarina has
been interested in 001 truth-fot-srime time,
and thoirgh at the limn
-orgy
.. eigh t years:old,
was accustomed last su*er to tell the Arabi,
children- . thsit .T .,she Was a Protestant,' though
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they would - all turn again#t her.' and call. her •
every kind of 14d ira'ne. i It w.a.s very hard
for her to bear Such sometimesabuSe; and sometimes
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she Would talk back t,o there:but more
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cently she has beeomt. i .softened and subdued
in her manner, and rieverspeaks an unkind'.
word • any on. A short time since, the!
Greek servant girl in her father's family ask
ed for some one ito teach er totread, and as i t
she •conld not go to sehotil 'Katarina offered
to teach her. Of course he is very young,
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and is expose4to grett
to temptations and dan
gers,but she seemsstrive to glorify her
Father -in. Heaven. onel.day the old Greek
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priest met her in the street had asked her
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why she did not`go . to confession as the rest
•of the Greek children do: She replied that
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she would not go to prieit who had never
told her' anything bu Bei. She could go to
Christ and confesi. The priest then said
that her. father and t e rest of the Protest
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sins ...„,
ants confessed tneir sns ;to Luc. Benton, and
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wrote them on papr which 'Mr. Benton
placed in rat.hOles n the wall. Katarina
knew this to be a foelislisle*falsehood; and told
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the priest so. He t en ',asked her: how the
Protestants confess. She replied that they
confess as the Lord J4.ti s tells them to—
quoting to him the language of Scripture,
(Matt. 6: 6,) "But. t ou when thitit prayest,
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enter into thy closet, and where thou hastshut
the door, pray to thy Father which is in se
cret, and thy Father
, 5 , :116 seeth in secret shall
reward thee openly.) ' rile old priest was
confounded •by the readY,•truthful answer of.
the child, and turned aWayi •
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The- people. in Sylia all wear . the red cap
(tarboosh) constantly. . i u : neVer see'a man,
woman, or Child without the cap: The chil
dren and their teacher.a keep their caps on in
the
_Sunday . Sehool, l ;n4 Mr. ~Benton. preaCh
es 'With'. hiS red ca - on. ' •li;*is the custom_
here; and in Syria custom is law. In Amer- I
lea, it is the custom o take off the hat: here '
they take off their s ocs and keep the hat or
cap on. The littre• girls wear the same kind 1
of cap with the bo„.s,•and many of them sit 1
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cross-legged on the nches or on the.flOOr.
In- the portion o the country assigned to
this station (B'Hamfitt!) there are nearly one
hundred and fifty villages, and around Tripo
li there are more than here. The people ask'
for schoirls,and vrh .. h school is established'
the missionary has
. right to visit the village
as` often as he pleas l s, and the people regard
•
him as a benefactor. -, I feel .very much en-'
~
.. benefactor. I
couraged by the.intere . :ew with the Sabbath?
School in thiS little . mOhntain village. There
is ititelligen - Ce.amot g the young and old, and'
there is far mOrie'of susceptibility' to religious
impressions than II hadexpected to find.—
Sabbath Schools are !practicable:in 'Syria.
They are practicable everywhere. Children
love to unite in 'these hallowed : exercises,
wherever they* are. lAtr i rerican
,and Syrian
l!
Childieit'. are far more alike in this imspeet,
,
than-one would stippOse. -The only difficul
_,-
ty - hereiis.to induce the.parents: to send their
children P and to Proide them with suitable'
teachers. - . The teachers .here, are the , young
men who teach th e schools among the 'Mu.
,
sea during the yeetlr- 1
. ' I 17110
• -
a, It. J*BB4P.
.
A - . 11 land to keep silent &he did - not wish
lia e hie' brains btown out, they led him'
wad for several miles, the other man with
h 'me bringing up the . ear,' • until they
ihtd the robber's hut, hich had been
ov, ; ,
ls cted of light. to and covered - with
irk, where they halted , and forthwith en
red upon 'an exatnination of their benty.—
fte . ascertaining the amount, Lewis - turned
' • cClelland and - smilingly said he was
not the bird they had bee n . watching ter,
IV - theless these were ' 'Pretty rich pickings" .
ids a and- his associates, were amply - Om..
'ns. ted thereby for their trouble.. Cornier
id (inety then proposed they should put
IcC elland alleging todeath, as a reason that
he wereset at liberty he would inform on
le a nd might cause•theur arrest; against
:hic i .Lewis. stoutly protested and at the'
.Sam `time handed to McClelland his watch
and en dollars, saying . that would Ferry him
hack to bia.flunily and friends. .
-
T is „done, preparatlons were. made by the .
rob ers) i tcestart with the tunnel' taken froth
Mc lelittnd to some place Where they-would
deposit -it for greater security, and he-.was I
told !het if he offered to moVe_from the spot
heti e their return,- his life Should pay the,
fort'a
it - ids temerity.,. That they. intended
'to r - tern has ;Always been doubted, and it has
bee judged, and With very- good reason, that.
thei object was to indtice - hitn to remain there
dui. ng part of the. day, whereby they would
hael
gained ample time to get out of harm's
'we leifore he could' give the alarm and - start
any body in pursuit.. _, In order to make sure -
wok; however , they produeed . a pint flask
fill d With whiskey and ordered hi to drink
ere ly, thinking - no doubt that by-s 6 doing be,
a r an unaccustomed to strong drink , . would
sou ,jail. asleep and might, not. awake . for
ma yiitOs... - 'McClelland thought the liquor
.7.01 l wined some deadly poison- and the . rob
re .were taking this 'neared to, get rid of
lin ; and knewina he was in their ,power. and
,_ h,. if his death had been resolved - on all his
Persons who _ have traVell - 4 the turnpike 1 pee "lei"- for life would be unavailing, he con
between•McConnellsburg ml7flit! Clo,..sings I
. e i ti ed to die With as little pain ..as possible,
of the Juniata will ! remember Reamtir's tav- lan therefore, to their great surprise, drank
ern on the eastern slope of the mountain and th entire contents of thellask: Fortunate-
Nyeum's on the, western, the intervening dis•- iy, .however, the liquor was not poisoned :
on c e being about eight miles, which former- bu , the robberS thinking th it prisoner liad - ta ,
.1y presented little•else to the eye than scrub- het' enough. to answer all tl eu purposes, now.
oak thickets, interspersed with roelts'and lef , after ordering hinuto ie down in a air
fallen timber, with here • and there., a slight - ne of the cabin. -, , . • 45
~,
_
opening.. through -which the cattle Ifeeding relelland WILS now atm e. The incidents
during the summer hail trodden paths which of he morning - clustered round his - mind - ,
served the hunter. as a guide an d Ip asa g e ' an his distress was indes ii.bable. Within
when following the game along -the' fitoun- Ith space of a few hours - al ..his earthly hopes -.
thin range in winter.' It was, - indeed, ,ai ha been blasted: Hegiva, \not only beggar-•'
gloomy road, with nothing to break the 'mo• 1 - ed, but in all ' 4ikelihood (Thorned to die, per,
notony, save, perhaps, 'occasionally the caw- hal sin a sew moments, aw - • - y froM his friends:
i
in of the crow as she hovered- overhead, or
111 an, kindred, where his b dy inight - becprrie,
. the sudden bomid of a 'deer aroused from I '. l Ifo for vultuits and Wild beasts'and - his', e..
lair by the noise of approaching fooltsteps 1 qu era should . -be the.win s as they passed
and the. lonely . traveller, as he wended his. ho vling over his,',lileachin • bones t „Ile.pie
way Slo's.vly up the steep :ascent, now urging to ed to hi mself,,the disires'of his' faniily con- •
his,jaded steed to greater effort, and now re- se, went upon his sudden ,Ind mysterious dis
lieving it by leaping' from the Saddle and - tap 'ertrance, and their frui. IeSS- cenjecturea - .in
walking by its side, would long_ to gain the
.re - rd to his litte, and. i hen -,ran . with' his
summit,wherehe might, proceed more.speed-. m nd's eve over the pages of theirs future his
- ily and_with more comfort to himself and-his to'y, v, lamenting their d - eklate . and forlorn \
animal. _, i co idition as they should he- drifted without
On ascending
,thc.monntairr feom the west, an earthly protector on life's. wide ocean, toss
one sees now on the south side of the -.turn- ed by the wares hnd'exp oed tci-the ten lest. -
pike a patch of cultihted grcuind, embracing
-B t he felt adinorrished- - t6 dismiss these-re
several acres, which has • been • cleared for , a id
All. tions and turn unto others. 4 - tiery iino-,
number of yenta, but was a dense forest at m ott he expected, to . feel -a deadly. stupor
the time to which our story has referenee.— c. - ing over him, and ev4r , and anerehe cast
It was here, imMedistely opposite the clear ed 1 hi` eyes - upon surrounding objects•to assure
field, that Lewis performed one of his most hi self that all was' pot a dream and that het
daring exploits, and which led to his .arrest, w___ still in possession of his reason. Such
and subsequefitly cost him his life..' • Ise ' the intensity of .hts feelings that it' cow
' It appeared - •frotn what transpired after- to aeted the effects of the epieita which be had
wards, that Lewis had received. intelligence s. allowed, and impelled by - thet.love of life,
from some of his gang,. of an individual-car- w ich clings unto man to his
.last oents,
rving a large sum of money going estward 11 ventured to ascend to he roof of the shan
on horseback, and that.' Lewis And, •!wo asso. . col and then east enquiring looks far into the
ciates were on the look-out for him ,l ready to fest, anxious to. 'ascert 'in whether the, rob
make an attempt at - securing the rich prize bar s had' actually taken . their departure or
whenever it came within their reach. .From ether they-were still loitering about, await:.
some cause or efitter, however,- that individ- i g his. death. -
'I nI slight opening, in the
ual's`departure, was delayed;- but' : about the -
ds at the distance . - of half ta mile he at
.time designated by Lewis' spy, a I Mr. Mc- 1 gth espied them, pressing on 'with all pos-
Clelland, a merchant in Pittsburgh; started .
for Philadelphia to purchase goods, '
travel- - s lc speed, mid id a nionient ' his resolution
ling on horseback and having . - in his saddle taken to attempt hie . esearie. - Mounting .
h horie he entered a ravine •ne.ar by, which
bags some twce thousand dollits iasilver.e-- h judged must lead hire, -in the direction of
'He liedgot to Nvcilin's on Sunday evening, earner's 'and - then urging the, animal for •
where he remained until the next morning,and rd as fast as the nature of the country per
thenl early prosecuted his - journey, - thinking to itted, he kepOra the ravine,' leaping over
breakfast at Reamer's. As he was walking leks and fallen trees; and inert incredibly .
I his horse up the mountain and when he had
.• i sort time, reached, the point he - was aiming
proceeded ,several miles, he elpied v some •
f r i ,Where he gave the al, m.anclurged Immo
„distance-ahead, a man, who wore al slouched d. ate pursuit. -
bat and an ill-fitting, soinevilhat tittered coat, ~,. •
~. •
.. t h at - • ~ .
- . • i
walking rather' awkwardly, his body!inclined ... ev eleay h ere remar n among Aneee •
en who _e : ploy . most - of their
forward, now shooting diagonally Across the. ' ' c ki s .w .. °° , ds m . ..
!.. main hunting and nstung,• Sunda I S not
I road, and then taking up and balaOin g . him
self, moving on again in a - straightl line. As nerally'Teverended as it:should” - be, ariffif,
, ill 'therefore- cause no itrprise to learn that
McClelland•neared him; the Men - once .or
,When Araelland arrive' at the tavern jest .
twice looked .nround, exhibiting-la
.pair : of ,
t entioned, hafound •the i te.soine half a dozen
blackened eyes, ' as if he had beer 're
.r.more of ragge .mo n enters,
- CI - tt'• ' who had -
cent's -engaged in a fight; and . IsfeClelland.
, ialled in for their :".bit erg"- preparatory to
inferred from his, whole conduct end appeir
ailing into the wends- n.'quest
.of genie.—
ance that he had been in company' . drinking
ci rnier were they ado acquainted' with
and got himself handsomely putenteled,With
t eso
' robbery that - had -
. ben committed
,than.,
out having:been sobered by the operation.—
ey volunteered to t; in search of 'the rob-
As they approached -the summit, geclel land -
.era, and in a few , ixionents had all things hi
gained upon th e fellow - , until the poinu we
eadiness and set out, 'resolved to do their..
have been endeavoring to describe --he leas'
est. '-- • • -- ' .
about.passing l him; but at 014: moment, end
The hunters had a:general knowledge of
. before he. suspected any danger,l. ho fottnd
. he topography of the outiteins, - and direct =
. ;
himself dragged froni his horse, the druttleen
d - their steps. toward point same tliStnnee
man, as he had- takeh him (~to..ile, 'having
d that designated by M'Clelland as, the
sprung upon him at abound, Whilelin the same 'eYtln ..
instant a man, with a cocked. pistol jumped Ina where he had-last- en. the robbers ;..ha.v..
ng reached- which, the - .divided into two par
' up- from eitharl - side of the road„ the one,seize
1 •ii and' some diStanee part, at in this. or-,
ine . .the horse's bridle and. the Other coming
e• e had not proeeeded' 'very ' far when they,
to the. of his leader, Who was no '. r• • - "h '
'other than. Lewi- himself and, syto •ha as spied , spied the objects t, it se a r ch , -. y whom
hey we seen likewise. at tine crime instant-e- .
slimed -this diSguise to prevetit.sespicion.—
clhe robbers tried to escape hY. , rnmeing,,but
The two who, had been. lying hi wait -, were.
efore they could 'get beyond : the reach of the' .
Conner and connelly—and there can,- be no
doubt but some one .ofrtha gang had s unters'-xillea, Lewis w .weandixl by a ball;
'McClelland th e day or evening -before:
and one of theethers . Hied, ;whilst the third:
Ird.
that they had .prepared...themsel yes, dyeing escaped unhairried: ' LeWis 'Was .sceniedind
the night to attack hilM the eexteiday. ...lad Carried to Bedford jall,l'hueafterwarda, made
his-esdape and was•purauedi •alid 'Whilst row.;
he tarried at •Nyeurifs until' , later' to the-dey
and perchance got some compel), ing' himself across _the West - Branch' of-. the:
, he would
Simusquehanne.isCesseeev;was , shot dead-by
most likel y have been. permitted to : pass . un- 1 .
e of his purs uers.net, :,?
... „ •
~ •...
~.. . -
;molested, and • the counterfeit drtinkar . d,Wh0,..,;. L e wis .l
ted
th t
he
Ind
with painted, eyes arid -tattered germents,he ..
d While in
. ptison * Lei sta . 3 , h.
.ad'
staggering along the road,*ould seam- concealed- . . .
..
a large sum Of rtiOney node!. nfoOk
ly- have been thought of again. • L -
.., , . el' . 'd' th
==the specie in a .. vcss
„en e bank_ bills in
- . west of
a bottle—neer a stna4-st*etn on ..lie. .
The spot vas well chosen.- by,' the robbe rs . .
for ho accoMplishrncnt of. their purpose,-- .
the Allegheny inountnt*V
and alter his death':
On thi north side of the read, inr a distance: diligent Beare :w _
h - ` was for lhotreastareiby.'
of• • ••
at leeStrequarter of a Arnie * the woods
.. ,
different, sons an d 411' nt but.
t. . i ere places—
-Ist-ere-More open hero than et airy other point it is net, ne,
k wn ti - lat'l has.pier :been,. fotink
b hint is that .it had twele.
on . .jhe , .-mituntain ; , and .whilsti . McClelland and, : thom...,w . 0 Y__ isy.sc
associates
~ , .. . ,
' .itiebarried:. off. by .. two of •: the :Men .amotig moved by . - . o . tne . t , l.:ei 1
th&thielietei: his horse was. galloped,: liciire 44' is the
at full -.' i Had _Lewis' ewii, rain_
_ . ."9
...., , •,,.
; 1 Ebro ' --1 ': - • '..
obe 'rlisht - Aribinel 'and übjeeteu -.to a 'proper_
90•^- -!lik' the °Pen. s.l?e'e? f'') apt t ... e' • - '''' '' he *ght bilis . '-• li Vett': an
pt
training; Int
oet'citaight l - -aboulil any person 'Chance - to co urse ;
.. , . ;
. 1 . ,
to Imbsellend hislemi r and beenuse
paso along - Ike -toad: Having 1 commanded honor.
. )
i-• • .
I4lets 40, Bkefehm
.
- • Prom;the Inditina (Pinnea.) Register. ' .
1- • .
LEWIS, THE ROBBER.._; •
- • Lewis witshomaster-spiiit of
.• a gang of -
~
. bay
- , ,
highWaythen,wno liVed by lobbing ti*ellers t e r
and committing:depredations upon residents, Af
chiefly betWeetr Chambersburgh and Betiford to
where they; harbored in the forests. -of -the ~ i
mountains. I They Were a terror to the Om- Ile'
-,
munity,
generally , and western merchants who trnvell- am
ed.on horsebak 'armed themselves po
'k
,
wnen going to the east, so-7as to be prepared an,
to repel au attack, and ism : . greater. security, Mi
sometimes l,went in companies.' It was un4 if
.derstood, or at least believed, that sonic
.Of. the
Lewis' -band- were: stationed in 'Pittsburgh; w'
where, by 'mixing in genteel society, mid be- '.;
in unsuspected, they would inform them
selves of the time when the merchants Of that
place and trOni parts filrther west intended
' to:Makel:heir seta-primal' trips to 'Philadel
phia, and ‘,-ould then. gtiol means to cOnvey
the intellig i enec. , to thebtacecunplices along the
'i ; ' ' •
road. , , .
, • 1 1. I
Lewis_
vilts a young man of bardson . le ap
pearance amid agreeable address, (lac- it, was
said he supported his mother and; sister& up
on the fruits of his unlawful . pursult..
,Ilis .
s i
,more irhuiediate as s ociates were Conn r and
-Connelly, ;who, at the tune of which - , e are
ni
speaking, 'kept amongst 'the gorges of :Side
. ling:Hill, 1 Where,• !at a distance of, several
Miles faun the public road, they bad erected
'a shanty, which was well supplied with pro-
visions and other Comfbrts, whither ;Lewis,
after remaining. abobt- -Bedford and Bloody
Run as long as lie could do so
,without ex. ,
citing suspicion, o r until he had 'receii i 'dd Jet- ,
tern which-he expected, would -i-CSort and*re.:l i
' ,main for days and weeks, ennceitting meas-f c
ures for robbing some :u»suspeCting it:ravel-1 I
let or for obtaining a : booty in Some other:l b,
- ,
way. 1 - • . !• : II
.
FitIAZIER . ,& SMITH, PUBLISHER S - 21 1 , -V - 4 - .2.; 14i .19
to'
on
the
rea
con
ful in his day and generation • but , ving •
penchant for the romantic and latileia ' *hire
he could indulge his I pasifonS I,ititont Oil:
traiut, he became alienated ' from' - . lnt
outcast and a by-*ord, and - in. his. , --- we
have but another proof of ths irtithr magi of .
:I
E.
proverb that:" the ay .of ; t ert .-.‘_,
...,_
or is 'hard."' .
PREMAT
The baste which rine people m.: sifest,tO
write their friends' obituaries ofteogi :es: rise.. .
to grave mistakes which_wohld - be I dicrods .
were it not forthe solemnity with *.,.. the
subject is invested:. . :ln the - year.l: ' while .
the cholera wassaging in this City, ! .• - who .
died of the epideallic were sometimes buriO•
with an indecent haste and lack of ceremony,
which, under! other circumstances, the public
would not have tolerated, - Late one after.
noon an honest citizen- wan just sitting down
tte
to his dinner and praparitig,to rest ; , r the ,
fatigues of the day, when his dream of, cow !
fort was suddenly interrupted Eby : th , ringing
of h .He ks door bell. , . Went to-thed r,". and
aired:
was met by a strange face, Whieh,se Med . - to
have some connection with udead - "it i 'tvith .
all the paraphernalia: of hasty !burial `whiciiii
second glance told was stationed in front - of
his dwelling. The unexpeeted;isitor tempt 7
ed some apology, but it wasi im poss ible _ to
conceal the fact tkat he hadcalled on unpleas
ant. busieess—in fact, to transport
,e master
Of the house to the 'nearest cemeter ~ Whoise
synonym—the place appointed fo :.all liv
el l
ing—seemed Judd - lyo to haye aired an
interpretation which was - probablY, e ver' con , .
teinplated by the ps i mist. 1
The ,gentlemen irefuied, icertnit
some show of reason, to'enteirtbeev
least,"le-added, till after - dinner,,‘llll
ed to discuss that meal with what'
might.
__ 1 1
Not long ago, a dead body via.:
t he water at - Alexandria; 'Virginia.
been recognized'-and claimed by t
a citizen as.thecorPse of herd husba
borne RV t he` travel with due sol e
lowed.by the widow and children
habiliments of woe. ,Several 13a:
wheii the husbandind ' father %d'
._,
had just been celebrated, suddenly
iri the full enjoyment gheOtti. : T
with which he waslgreeted,*d- h
learning what had eccurred,',ioay
ed.. The 'sequel of this strangest
terininate so "happily.
~The sexton
had run up a large hill' "for funeral
which the city authorities refused
and the consequence was that the
ly had to pay for his own burial. _
, More recently, at South: Bost n, a XlifitT
stepped off from the Old' Cokin Railroa d
- bridge into,. the 'Water, - and i was; d
owned.
From papers found (mills Person t was sup
posed. that he vira,..44o,Trenchl boot, alter : orla,s
il
fitin
resided in Philadelphia'. A. tele raphierifie
patch was'accordinglyient, to his
. ily, in
forming them of their bereiv,eme t, imdeask
ing fur instructions. respecti4 th ispasat,Of
the body. The . Boston authoriti receiVede
prompt reply froni the' reported _dead Man,:
stating that since, according to t hiNit ofills
belief, he was alive and well,: the might ..*
the present suspend 'all solicittt alxont ifs
remains —N Y. Post l' . -
- , Paraniage.of •Tti •
from the The . following, fix:•ra the pen of
Thompson, Ave find in the editori
i
of the Green *Moutifain Freeman ' -. ~, .-
The circumstances of the union. rom which,
sprung the illustrcius Atherican . Statiamap,
Thomas4efferiOn,.; have never,: it, think; -
cept in such generlit - terms as w ld 'convey '
no definite - idea of their pectin character,
yet reached the eye of, the; public
.. ,But hav-
ing learned them from the i aged eight:tore, of
Mr. Jefferson, daring a forme . sejourti in--
Virginia, and:being well - 4onvin' of their _
.entire troth ,"- we will- venture' ta' late theta
- for the amusement of our readeri. ~ - :-,
Mr. Jefferson's fitther Was poet., hut an in=
dustrious and intelli,gent imecha . nip; and as,
society Was constituted in Virg' ia, be was
wholly excluded' froni ' the, ranks" f - the aris
tocracy, and could 'have hid no pe of for.
ming a family connection With th to, but for
the follewing accident: .- . - . 4- ; -
One of the - pioud iind, lorill Bandolphs
wishing Seine repairs tobe made - n the
Of his inansieti and having, eerd - of the -
-young • carpenter,t ieffersen, wh resided' in
'the sada), palish, ant for 'lint 'to me and do -
the work.. In this family there ere sever* -
beautiful and acComplished de hters. Who
were the acknowledged belles;of i t4i, pert of ,
t iers
the country ; while one of the 84 ' were - BO',
far' ehind the rest,either in Seco plainer - its,
or the faculty of showing off' advtuittige,
thet.she was subject to the most mortifying
neglect by the ye l ling men who . rouged the
establishment; -bein,g generally 1 ft at home,
while her more favored-sisters w: retaken off,
for the constant, mounds of partie and pleas
ure excursions int vogue tutong he wealthy
families of the place.' - I was dering One of ,
these instances. oi,tieglecti tharyeang defer: ,
son happened to ..be at week:on the steptciind
the respectful attentions (he. then :hid an pp-
portimity of paying the slighted girlse atrong.
ly affected her with .thelcont k rast with t hose
is
sho had been aetistanied":tO ieoivelioth ill ,
.other.young 'geritleineftlwhe `were admitted,
to the house,:th4 - "ber:actk) . tat- reviated
i
to the
, quick eye of the mlatiou ,youligqmel- .
Charlie a conditicm,Pfb . rt which,he thMNht
'he, Might iiiiiircife toed' antage...t And acting
on that belief, - he peri*ered, - and - "tto well
profited tiko bisl, opportanities e that wain a
few days-al:nettle' engagers t [was formed,
and a: runaway. Match concoct ~and,:carried,
into, effect.' Theie was, b@ iosiir •t 1 terrible
rumpiis - kicked tip - by tbe pier d Itandiplphs,
Whe,n it was, discovered duitone' f the family
had disgrsce,d them and herself :Ile theyes : .
teemed it, by runningaway,wi , and mare
rying - a . poornrchanic.. •But- Inciing,Abere
tati
was no help. for i,#,_ and 'lettrA',oing upon,enqui•
ry that the yOung man was at - mart as . be,
was bold, the;y,at ling lt O ist.dl % the truant,
daughter - wall led them in- --
to the Piinily and give theta t Cie' pafiffno
--FrQm this match sprung ‘Te.
sons. and
.seVeral. daughiem a Pi
like Thos. Jefferson the uhsque
and President, Strikingly inherit
-Wawa tharacteristies -and 'entel
father, andthelaher , pafitlthequ
and Commoniplacestriaak-the
, „
A'cor f rep - fionlielifotithe
reedoioiiiitAtit*3 . eisetgoi!tir:i
a cage o€ messenpr
E 111111
ly: with
ehiae, st
,ret,nrn.
I Ojai ht,
wife -'Of
. a ~ t t'yfalt
,
I Plth
the
Tetiiiaed,
e : iurprite
4.:mi: - .*t
, e, iron gin
-not
I,
it
expenses,
to allow, ,
an-actual
iti;D: ni
.14Slunies
beliere,,Awa
rifSll l 3hottl
tPi t ate— an
• ttioltitel.
iiiseed iho
naiiu TiTes,
itik to carry
/1 UM