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A weil-dressed.man, who rides a- handsOmi: nair, is aiwayi 'Sure of a Warm welcome it Publid hone all 'the weed 'Onilriend sobs found himself-in a' neat,, parlor, with :flowers. in..mies. the Anatel piece, end- the. blinds, for it .was a warm -sum, mer'.s afternonnfearefully closed, 'While' the op'en•windowi 'permitted a free eurrentof air to dreulate.thmugli the apartment. : The waiter remained standing. neat the Vol the A Rem Inv a fair and youthf Who dwelt among the . , Al her true native air, And gentle as .the ever The light of love was There clotted the mint Gay she ;tilled her ha l ier ifwas music. Mier _ with 3 pleasant smile th And her light brow best impel, bright as your around Any onlers, sir?' No-yet stay; whekeatne in that handsottie pony.pluieton I saw stalulin• g in'tbe yard? ' vA lady, sir.' - • • Ah 1' v A young widow, sir? 4 . Bahr ' a She's very handsome, sir:\ • Go along, and shut the door aftef you: hint; " I tend the traveler, testily. '- 4 A woman and widow! , he‘soliloquiSed, glad I don't know hers 1' am ;certainly I very fortusate to have attained the nge of for tv without any feminine- entanglement.. Indial pendent pecuniarily—net ill-looking, 4 think .11 must admit that I should make. hatthoie I , buiy-bodies, the match-makers, call o: , grand catch. That, Thank my stars!rye' presen - cd my' independence and content so fat; and • not; likely" to succumb now. :No, no!. Jatir Tearopion was born to live and die auold bac'h- I elor. : And now for the „newspaper My: horse is baiting.' In the meantime another horseman had'al.: 4lighted at, the hotel, from a. home reeking with ' swiiatrnd literally unable to put ono foot be. PrellitSOier. , • ar to hostler--an Irishman—made his nde...r=a yohng man, fashion /lAziardew when n td t h h e lr b d ate h 'l' a d u., ol 'a 1 'attired-- put. my ,zmuo na. •the stable, and loved 1:1 4 . the best you can for her.' ' end lovely'th'oid have ti Otill I Ilisthet Travers, ail' "she in reh horn thee." ' • • 1 - 31ethunght Ihe - ' q'm'afraidso.' • - , Whatituade you .erowd her so.' dmomeh me. 'Hush 11/ N A 4 d oi vr : - hem p Of thy heart indulge uot tiyig„agr.; Bill; show the gentleman into the For chide with death. 2 ladles' parlor; he wants.to see 3lrs. iret ' Bell!' said the - young Woman, rising to le good and just Mourn t meet But what's the matter with you?! win Providence, has takei . ;l C ° thi ng'• l3ell—E l othin V , Something is certainly the matter.. YAM I lit IT' a' in fieaven Sh ."ikt -* e4t 111iwiled' and excited:, Farther Earth-41° frail 1 i rye' been riding hard.' - The rade it ertn of li fe, ail That's - not all. 0, tell tne what has hap lo many cares ird trouble, petted.' Igner with inteis ila‘that; 'll must be brief, then, for lam pursued.' Her pathway and lit a; m g / starry gleaming , wh o loved her well ; a The love they gave. The lam of time; bat Had faded from her ch , The life•light had zone ad touched her, and a Ifie‘seal wet set. Aron The shroud cramp:lc , Her dwelling place. 4. And is 1 hie 1" Ira' To this. .Aro no: e'en Ate they no talisman The subtle archer's er Why did then set th) Cherished one, when life ',Pursued?' 'Yes. You know that fellew who insulted you in the coach the other day; replied :the, young man. Well, I have been on his track more than a week. I Met hini today in, the street, and gave him a confounded horse-whip' ping. I handled him very roughly,.l'm afraid, He instantly got out a warrant - against and not wishing,to be dragged into court till I was ready, I mounted my horse and gave the officer. the slip. Perhaps I'd. betterhave wait-' ed and braved it out; but having taken this step, I'm bound to baffle them. To-morrow I'llrsurrender myself. Now, Bell, if your po-- ny . , Mil take me to my uncle's in five minutes, I'M your ludn.' C 'Poor ChsrleY couldn't do it,' said the lady. l • Then I'll make another arangement. I By and-by, Bell, I'll see you at the villa.' \ From the drawing-room the young man' rolied into the stable. . . ' Pat,' said he,.' give me a, horse--a good one.' _ - • , , . Sorra the horse we've got in the stable, ex cept this black and that belongs , to a gentle man who emne here just afore yeez,. Ocb, but he's a good one, 340, yer ' 'anner; to a .•, • - . I'll borrow him; said Traverse, jumping-on his back. 'Tell lid! , to drive the - gentleman to the villa, and be shall'have him again. • ' But, yer muter rremonstrated the hostler.. In vain. Traverse had,set spurs to the • horse, and was off like n thunderbolt. !0, wirra! wirra I wiper said'the hostler. I What'll become uv me ? : l'm ruined and undone intr . eV!' Shortly afterward, 31r5,... Leslie rang for her i phaeton, and at the same time Mr. Campion, the old bachelor, ordered.his horse. • The po ny came round 'to the front door,ind the young widow stepped lightly into the phaeton;and, I took the reins. , r . All right,' she said, nodding, with' a smile, to Patrick.- Giveldurhis head.' • 'Och! it's all wrong, my lady,' rfplied the, hostler, keepingtight hold of the rem.. Your carriage can take two inside. Very. well; but 1 came, alone.'- • You've, got to take a_ passenger.' What do you mean ?' . 'Och I warm! your brother's been Stalin' a heree.' 'Stealing 4, horse?' , ," • Yis : this gentleman's, and he said you were to take bite to the villa to get the horse, back I. • - • - ' .• ." Very , singular? said the widow. •- • Bat William always was very eccentric.' _ At this crisis, Mr. Campion appeared.! . 1 31 y horse ready?' „ • Jump in, sir - . • didn'trome in a carriage.' In oid yeez r shouted the hostler. . " • Take a seat beside me..if you please, Sir,' said the - widow, with her most fascinating kien, where' Cara iS 1301, a Caanot eater." Long !mined up Aadwhen I turned again 1.. 1 In buy care and strife, m Mora gloomy than before, One half its charms. We And all the glittering page Thu @brow hearts, are tu And death a - Mutely end Yews have passsi And often yet, in pensive hick or thtt lest maiden- Whom 'mere almost. aria Bcckto this cold, cold wor //tura, Pc.. I My, lt*l - ']L'vewit Father suureme ! Thou H To Toee we Low Now, wletu tho labor of th. Devoutly Dow. From age to oze unchanzi All good Thou ar! Hallowed and 'holy be Thy In every heert IVlenlitegladaom upon!' . Thy 'mile Ira. th Now, ES the darker!. ;nth Te fee! Thy ea: Night ipmetl3 her shades Arever past; Si), o'er on!' fault's Thy toy A vei l may cast. Silence and eletp,senr he, Not - swevtlistc So every fear that struggl Shall Faith can Thou thre'die dark With eye of for AZIli Thou wilt wake The hiile ntaiee muyeschheart its en Ai life expends Aze , find the triumph of i In Thy commi, ltillgar an( Coto. It I haa.a k 000 eras s Do youthiak rd ;sulky giro.him some come .. . , . .. ... ...... mai . Ilr.-Cntapion approached - the. step Apirre the . .meaning uf. all - -'thin,- when -, the ; hostler,: seizing him with a .rigorous - .hawk Ownet him into the ;phaeton,: while the pony, , s tartled - 'at the movement, ashed off at A run, '...,,. ;:.- .: I. !Poor -Captain Campionl '..kleie cviiiii--..tdtua . final- A confirmed 91d„Xeicheloriliodilvah- - ducted by , a faecinatiag...yoUng .Wideiv.:. The captain-had to lend 14s;amstance,co the'.latly. in -nuMagiug the pony4Whe.Was shortly'sethic! , IIA to - his, usual slow and cpiet pees.", and Oen, - A after thanking hereompamon for his amistane4 • Mrs. Leslie told timthat. in 4. Seta Minnteelle- ehould.be put in. postale; of. ie-het* which: hid been borrowed by' a ,gentleman. : ' This was all the tiptanatipn- that. ahe -vouctied,..«. - re required, in tutu, - Ii•- - be - :teede : :se4 1 44tifiti With the tome ,of her—compationi.ifter .otint --her - ''-' - - •- - --- ' " 4-- '. --- ^ — iii: ~.5---,;..!, - -, , ,,,,......,,, - -• . : - i -.. . :.- -.. , '' : - '77'7::1 , 1',,1i,) . :,, • .:, - ~., • -•-• Refuel If Iliad ea animal avert D° Y 0 !hink ehastis 1:c1 give him some oat' any followi n n, t x of Julys celeb7atie la College, located . of G a T R! 1, DIES OF GET "IP ° OM; but never , bet the ,;Pond; soya : ll 4:irs elioold.be „ minutes the captain bebn te . .".feel nimewt more aiseaseur att, he began rather to! Giro hie . position. ; neYet• sat sonear. n'Peritty wothin Vida litti; . and ):le. • ofiti aitellitiiiplr*Wheil,: if the' Mokiritity was so pleasant; fora feWnionierits,rt:Constant •eOmpantonShif . (m!ghttiet pro%e as When her. attention „wee_ etigagetl upon. her pony he had •an ,opportunity to, study. het •fetu ! !fires...Her large, •derle•and eyes seethe tO•be literally eWiniiiiing'inliituid-hie . 7 6e,", —Hee cheek ••ulur Ss se Wail blciorning' 'aS tin) Ithriny.;sidpof-i'•peacit :lice. profile, Vas attictly, Gire.eian,- and .her ; parted, : lips - showed a .t'O‘V of my pear sns White as . t .snow..- The 1 delieate 'of iriperfiriffiri=serieri:sed in trench lid,- closed upon:- the retni i •and tip of a:dainty:boot indicated aloot that •ettk : dmella mighthaveearied. ,- ; ,• , Do you. live•r# from here, madankt the Captain; '• •, • • " • &Not •terffh.r.•r ;The-' pOny'itily'perid bis pate ifyon ate in a. hurq; ,••• • • Not for the world. ; -,..The paoa 4Pptns•;cl be *lvry. tist one. _ ' -•• ' • aide* ;ttiened `these -Vitehitio. itziek 'e'ves of hers upon the old baehel6r,ancrsintled. 'lli-was . '<wer with 'hint,: - '•When • lie•sprarit - tiut 'at.the gute,ofthi.i Cilla."atra.toucheti .the :fairy I lingers of the . twidow, : .us he • assisted her' to. alight, his hearti'ai irretrievably lost • redacedold' gentleinan,' - in' a 'tireSsin,g, gi ! Ari i received them atthe hail door. • ~ ' friend; Cs Litairt' . Campion,-uncle;said the...widow; Excuse me for ri ij'iterk happy' to ;see yen; sir,, said the. Old,' gentleman._ • Walk 1 ! )--vi-411f dal:', - ST.-ery,' said' the Captain. ,- -And' indeed -hiS hinks.Sebnied:tO eorrialaut-atd the stater ent,for lip wee'ne rend as ri• peony.: : . the old gentleman _wore soon chatting titether fainiliarly, and.the for ! Mor felt himself teiripletelY • at, Caine: ' _After halt an 'hour spentin this manner, his best- ex.; ensedliirnself, and the -old -bachelor • Was left •-• • . sleri .A 'dreamy reierie . was .interrupted by the iMind of voices In hall. The • Captain' ea :sily recognised the widOW's, and a giance-thra' the half-opened doer showed to him , that. her cOlnpanien was a very handsome : young ;pa. .ti,e7ipaii • ;- Th - PA • Ith ere, ear , Bell' sat e young man, 'don't scold me, any more. won't do so' again,' promise you., Give "me a Kiss:' A hearty.smack followek , It was a vents ' ble, gem — un eliss—the captain saw and heard it. A Paii„,r , shot, through. his heart. ; 'The; only woman Toad ever lore, he said to himself. And she's engaged.' • ;.The Widottk . tripped into the room.' If she was pleasing In her carriage-dress, she was perfoctly bewAing in her drawing-mom at ' tire.' Campine ould now *see the whole of that delieate,lfairy foot.' - - • ' •My deir sir, said. she, '" your horse is at TPur servlte.P 3 l.' •• 1. • • . ' Quarmicntmese,f '• But,'slio Added, cop' willsitnyAnd...take dintier: - Withiii,lby.un@e will bC very much ~latified, mid I shall be highly pleased..: • The coquettep thought Campion. 'I., am , Bliged to „you, madam,"hehut I have , another efigagenienV ''Then we eannut holier to'detnirr roii,sir. , lint - you Must first alloet me to - ptesent you to my brother.' The handsome yOung man had\ ,now, made his appearance,: Mid sl ook. hands with the bachelor. " - 'I Thifs the horse - thref;rr.aptain r said the Widow.inughing, The young aim apologised N and explained the circumstances whck had impelled him to take the liberty. I ani very sorry, ho added, 'that we cannot improve the amluaitance thus , casually - made, by enjoying your compan3r,nt dinner. Ima sorry you are otherwise , engag ed. . Why as to that,' said the iaPtain, drewintr ofrhis gloves ;' your effer is tno tetoptingand Heel compelled-to accept it. I $o his horse ) was .remanded to the_ stable and ho stOpp!to-dinner.. .Aften dinner.they .had ,mptic, s fot 31rs. - LOtlie played imd Sung Charmingly. • Then he was persuaded:to' stay to tea ;:and tri , the evening the finnily rambled in the gardon rind. the captain. eecured, &ten Minutes felt ' -tete: with the viidosy, iri_ stittnik. hOeSe;'imergreivn Withildaderin,iines i and inhabited it teas ten ,o'cloek -when he mounted his horse to re turn to Boston,'ltnit it wosi bright:moonlight, send he wag remantialy inclined., - ii 1, - The!next morning he rePeated hie and ihe'neit-L:Mid the next.: In! short, the: epieode, Of the borrowed horse prodliced a declaration, and though years-have passed away,-the.' cap. Min luis.no occasion.to' ; regret _his -ride • with the•Widoit; in'tbe,pony phaeton. f. The Girdle of Fin. 1 THE lower counties' of Now Jersey - ore pro verbially.barren, being covered with immense forests of pi ne, interspersid with Cedar swamps. Dieing the dry summer Mouths, these - latter become parched to an e alba that is incredible, and the occidental contagion of a firebrand kften wraps immense 'tracks' of country in game& The-rapidity with which the 'tont:far gnitioh, When - once; kindled, spreads - 'through, these swampt. can scarcely be credited except by those whnitnow_ how thoroughly the - Moss and twigs are dried up by the heat of an Au: gust sun. Indeed scarcely a spot can be poim• ted out in West ilersey, which has • not, at one time Or ;another, beer ravaged by a conga gration. It was but a few years since that an immense tract of these pine barrens was on fire, and the citizens.of Philadelphia can rec. olleet - the lurid appearance of the sky at. iht,, seek at distance of thirty or even forty miles from the seine either conflagration. The • le. gendarY °historic& these wild counties is full of flaring deeds and hair-breadth escapes which have been_Witnessed during such times eiper. il., One of these traditionastaries it is j our I purpose to: Felate." . The period of our tale I dates tar beck Into 'the early 'history of the sister State, when the country was even, More' thinly settled than at present.. , - It was a sunny morniag in. mldenuimet, when ti,gay party . waskisembled iloor. Of a neat house'hi oiled the loWer; counties,' of New Jersey = Foremost In the group stood .tallsoanly path, whose frank countenance once attracted the.eye_• By his side Vas a bright ,young ereature,sparently about eigh.: ;teen, years'of age; Whose golden tressee were a fit tyrpe'oftbe sunny beauty of her counten-_ once: but now bet soft blue eyes- tare dim with tears, And she leaned on the shoulder'of ber, mother, wbo warrappstentry , Sgalty effec ted; The dress 'of the .daughtit:etel kit atit• '*ide of lave:taking, told that shd was bride, going forth from the bona - at het thildhood," to . enter:Mill tteutaitr untried spherS'„nf life. I The other umbers et.the group_ WEIS eiarra! posed of her father,h4 brothers and sisters, and'tho bridemen and; id4Maids. "God bless vou, my ughter;and have yen in;:his holy ii4epine- said the , father, as <he gave her ' his last e rase-" and -now , fare weflr'• - ' . , : .-- ~..- , .. The'last kiss was ven t the test parting word-vas - said; the I long' look had beeif tea, kept'. and; now . :the- rlditt ,- -party-' wa's being whirled, through the rest in one.orthe sWeel est iiiorpings of the tweet month of. uly,l ). It Was indeed ii'levelkdaY.,' Their way !ay through an old fon4which was So rarity tray elathat it had..beconte overgrown•Widtgnis's, among which, the t o liißkf .4etv,drops.,l glittering in the morn sim,,were scattered like jewels ou a - nionarth`i'muntle; ' The birds sang !eerily in the tree's, - Orskihild gaily' from 'braneh' to b nme h, whge_the gentle sighing of the wind, land the tcess4tnal tauttnur. of a' brook 'cros sing the road, itdd4 to the mthilaratinz. idle- Crites •nf the' heur. The travelers were all young and' happy, grid so they gradually forgot. the sadness of theltuting hour, and ere 'they lied-traversed many miles s the green- arcades of that lovely old * forests - were , ringing %yid! merry laughter: Spidettly; however, the bride paused in her inndeent -mirth. and, while. a shade -of palenzsa Overspread - her cheek, called i:the attention of her husband to a dark black cloud,,far off oh tlairbotizon, nod yet giao-. mier - and denser thee the darkest thunder i cloud. Tho forest is dr...fires" , was Ids instant ejaculation; 4 thinlo-ou not so, Charnlez r , and he turned to his groonisinan. but the windls not :towards us; and the fire must ho mileifrom our course. Thew is no need for alarni; Ellen,'" said he, turning to thO bride, hishistO. 1" • But our road lies altogether through the forest,"-she timidly ,rejoined. "and you know there isn't house .ar cleared spate for "Yes—but my •dOar sis,SO long- as the fire I keeps its _distance, it matters not . whether-our road is threagli the.fiarest or- the fields. We will drive on briskly, and, before - noon, you will laughat your 'fears. Your parting from j' home :has, weak en ofvour nerves. s • - No more was said, and for some 'time the I carnage proceeded in: silence. Meantime the conflagration was evidently. spreading with I great* rapidity. The dark, dense clouds of smoke. which had at first beett seen hanging. •only in one spot, had, now 'extended in a line alone the horizon, gradually edging around so as: to' head-off the travelers. But. this. was I done so imperceptibly, that, for a long time, I they were not aware of it,i - and they had jour. flexed at least half an hour before they saw i then% danger. - At length , the bride spoke spun: • - "Surelyidenr EdWaid," she said; addressing her husband, "Abe fire! la sweeping,- around a-head of us:-i have heen watehing it by yoa der blasted dhae,,andOati See it slowly- creep acres's the fratik." - . ' Every eYe.wasilly-turtied..in.-the diP ection in which- she pointed--and -her brother;l who was driving, involantatiit checked t'le hoises. A look of dismay was en each, coun tineneU as, they saw the wordi of the bride I Verified. • here could bone doubt that the fire,had. Materially changed-its bearing elite they bast spoke, and now threatend to Cut off I their escape altogether, - "I'Wish, Ellen, we' had - listened'- to . your fears. and turned back half an hour ago," - said 1 the brother ; "we had better do it at onte." _ 4 Ged help us--that is. impossible V! said the i husband looking, backwards ; " the taro. has cht'off oar, n rent r It was as be said., The - flames, 'which' at first had started at a-point several mils dis tant and at right angels to the road the party • was travelling, had spread out in every direc tion, and; finding the swamp in - the rear, of the travelers ' parched - almost to tinder -. by Alio drought, had: eitended with Inconceivable ve locity-in -that quarter, so -that a dense -cloud of smoke, beneath which a dark lurid veil of fire surged and, rolled. eampletely . eut off any_ re: trog,rade m - oveinent on the - part of the travel . - cm: - This voluine flarne,litoreoier, was ev identlymoving rapidly in pursuit. The cheeks, even of the _Male members of the bridat s party, turned ashy pale , at' sight "There is nothing Vitro but push saidthe brother "- Yet eleir th'e' road before The fuii . :fesclieti ' - "And if. I,_remember,7 ,said -the husband, is .a roadlranching ofr to the right, scare hair, mire i•head ore can gain ihat easily When we shill be safe. Cheer up, El len—there is no daager. .This is our wedding morn--let me not see you sad? The horses werdlnow urged. forward at a brisk pace ; and in a few minutes the bridal party reached the iiross.road. Their progress was now directly frain the fire; all peril seemed at en end ; end ithe,spiiits of the group rose in proportion,tci UV! late depression. • Once more the inerryl, lasgh was heard, and the song rose up. gaily on'-the morning. air. The con ! flagration still .raged behind ; but at a distance that placed all fear at defiance; while in front the fire, although edging down towards them, approached at a pace so slvty that they knew it would not reach the load. until perhaps hours after they had attained - their journey's end. At length the party subsided again into silence. occupying themselves in gazing on the magnificent spectacle presented by the lurid flames, as, rolling their huger °lames of smoke above them,l they tuared down, towards the traielers. ; ". The forest Is as dr34 husband ;",triever IMP tio . rapidly —ll'h° fire .. 4 died Lamy Matra, and it mites. _Little did you 1 turning fondly to his br this morning, that you cape -Soak peril:* _ ''Aod, I.live, the .1 suddenly exeLduted the fire has broke out o ing down . t)n to us lijce mercy on us!" • Helspoke with an en• sthrtied bin hearirn he uttered„ But when ecGon of his quivering, from the two females,* ted husttiod turned ash self; but toy ter who 7'o 144 own life. A fire, dn tit* bad started to life i right; find; ns thet wind u the-tames *Tern neet f .;; , towards the road which traversittg, tosuirtg, Meal they drew near: ,'' , 3 • Mite 'taster, forlfia fe sake-oil the '5,,. lop I,' exclaimed the hue d; as he comprehee, 43.1 d the icamineter o f danger. ' VA brother.lcade Ito : wer, for he wel i tri e w th e ,l t foßfal el , but lA:Wiped tbc . 2 -..:, , ',.....;.....-..;.:.,;.........,----',"-• -- -:-. ...,*- . -2 111==11 AI, .:AtTGI . JST, :_1 1 '18.61; '.':, . ~ „ 'horses into itinh. ' Thetliaise flew along the - narroW forest-road witli'e'rapidity that neither of the party had_ ever heroic witnessed ; for, even the animals themselve&seemed .awarc of :*ir peril, and - strained every. sinew to escape from the fiery death "*hied threatened them., 1 • 'Their situation was indeed terrible,' - rind ronmentarily,becoming more,precarions.r_ The fire, when first seen, was, at least;a mile; 011',, , hut nearly etini-distinat ,froir a point ,in „the road the bridid” pa,kty was traversing;'and, as liecOrillagrationiwept'doiCii triiiirdi the read twitlva . ,velpeity equal , tothat pf the: traveleni it soon became eyident.that, they-would iMve, barely, time to pass the fire ere it swept,aeross. the road, ititis'ivitind,4 all, dseapes 1 . Zia' !'saw this; brit the females were now Tend. : i yzed with fear' .' ,l onlythe husband - spoke. ' "I.'llBWe—tor God'ssake, foster rho hoar. rely. cried_ : " sue-.you not that the fire is mak. inrt for, ynder tali pine! We shall not be elite to . r0:01 the tree fifst, Mikis we go res. ter." • ' • - ' ' - - ' - • will Ali my bestrsaid the brother. lash, • ino stili ;more furiously the ,foaming, ,horses. "oh, Odd!. that 1 bid turned haek when El , len' wished me!" . On came the 'roaring. , fire—on in 'one . Miss of Aurae—en With a velocity that seeined'only , equalled by that of the flying iturricane.,., Now the flames nought, the lower limbs- of a tall tree, and in an instant had hissed to . its top—. noWtheahot Out their forky tongues from one 'lin& pine 'to another far across the intermedi ate space—and now the. whirling firewhis , tled,alung .the. dry grass and moss of the swamp wttli a rapidity which the, eye could scarcely follow, - -Already the fierce heat ofthe ' conflagration began . to be- felt by the tray. elers, While the horses; feeling the increase of. warmth, grew ,iestive and teiified. The peril mumen tara rialy increased. Hope grew fain. I ter. behind and on either side the Conflagra tion roared in • pursnif, while the advancing , flame in front was cutting off their only ate mie .of escape, 77zey were girdled by fin , ! Faster and quicker roared the flames towards the devoted Party; mita at length despair 'seized on the - hearts of the travelers. ;Pale, paralyzed, silent; inanimate as - statues sat the females; while the !maimed and brother, lean ing forward in the carriage ana urging the horses to their utmost speed, gazed speedhless ly en the apprmching 'flames. Already the fire was within a, hundred yards of the road a.litad, and it seemed beyond human •probabil ltv that the travelers could pass , it in time. The husband gave one last agonisino glance a his . inanimate Wife. When again he 'looked at the approaching-flames,-he saw that during that, momentary glimpse -they had lessened their distance one-half. He could already feel the hot breath of the fire on his cheek .1 The wind, too, suddenly whirled iltiwe with fiercer fury, and in an instant the forky temples of the aVanting conflagration had shot across / the road, and entwined theinsemselves around the tall pine which had been the goal of the ,traveler's hopes., He sank hack With a groan ;1 but the brether'S eye gleameid Wildly at' *the; sight, and, gathering the reins tighter around I his hand,, he: made one last desperate effort to.. force the horses. onward ; and with one mad leap, they lifted the tairiage•frout thb ground as if it had been it plaything., plunged into the fiery furnace, and the' next instant had slid through - the -pass:. - Charnley, gave, opelook backwatds, as if to assure himself thet they had, indeed-escaped. He 'se* ,the • hind mass 'of fire rearing' and whirling across-the spot through• they had darted -but a moment • before-; auk-Over :come. with mingled . gratitude and . awe, -he bowed, his head on his breast, and ponied ,out an overifowinetioul in thanksgivings to the Power which inti saved them 'from the-'most dreadful of deaths: And long afletwards, mean who traveled through that charred and black ened forest, pointed. to ,the meliorable . scene where-these events..ocentred, Mid . , rehearsed the thrilling feclingi ofthose niiri hatl - :been encompassed-by the Gram or,Ftat., . S. B. CILLSE. Esq.—Sir:—At the earnest •. • . !solicitation of many friends of Temperance tithe .to e listened with pleasure to your very ep.. . propte and eloquent address, delivered tit tle Temperance celebratioil in Springville; Jo ly_4tb„and , believing its publicatiori Would sett(' the great,canie TeMPerance, We, re- Ape:tinily solicit a Copy pr publication. sincere regard we remain ' • Yours " 'Fraternally."` • P L .tl 4 rf RICIIARD' Asnatcs, ' " Or.tvrt S. S..Pnovnn, • - - . Pntnii 3fosritosr, July 9,1851. C 1 icrtaritftl- 7 Your suggestion. that publication 'of the Address delivered by rite, at your place, on: the AnniverSary of our National . . , Indeendence, would perhaps serve the great eause'of Temperane, induces me to comply with your request; for to that cause; in both heart and hand, I have long been Pledged. 31eUrS, PICICRATID, W. 8.-11,anaucs and others • 'ADDRESS" rATE : NDS AND. BREMEN t— • t .Tbfeci quarters of a Century ngo, this, day. :mins JEFFEnSpz, that „man of wisdom and . evotion to Ids hountiy, the greatest patrio t nd statesman that ever livedi-penned the red instrument which has been .rend in our , resenee; having the,hlghAnd glorious object f separating the then , thirteen weak . end fee. le colonies from their' parent country, "whose vninny had driven'thein - to suell a seeiningly . , espernte course; and forming Independent •taten:-a nation by theinielves, Inse! upon hendanftntifte reek of Republieamism,ieeking 3 nly the test good' of the many. Upon this Lay too, seventy.five years :Igo, came by those" irty.six veterancmen—men :whose hearts were :warm hi their - eountry!s cause, r -whone 43:4tyna even then ilmt:lng fresh , from"their oundeand subscribed their names to the-sa rid ;scroll, Pledgini to , both other'theirtivea, heir` : fortunes, an&theiranered.lonor.,. High ennobling,was.the. 91101 gr•thoso ,ment mir hearth' were aid with zeal:and,devotioo: • eirmiemy's,Nrrongs.fuid, grieved _them; haft ound'and traMplad -they! tow In-the• dust: heir stifferirige 'se due* imeadurable; d yet they would suffered toar•• om hthor than 44-up firms against their %' • Cr aid t pair hearts almost failed Ahem, en tile: ate/ . "-0 4 ns ,tlbont - to` be takon tad as potvder,S said 'the eoittiagratian travei inot -have teen kin- already spreaci for ink, Ellen,R' hi said, ei 4 ` - svh en tre staited ould so narrowly a ril 13 noCyet over r brother. " See—see °Or right, and iscorn , h r ind f God hove that would have 4t the fearful .words folleired the 'dip. ger, a shriek." hunt le thettetially coney. fie, not for- him. I dearer to .than g the last.few min. Ithe 'forest to .-their fr6m that .quarter, d: sheeting down nprty -,),V115 4414 thtMdering as BPhiNGViLLE,4III37 5, i 851.. Yours very truly, - S. B. Cussr.. NU — liBE - 11 ,1 3'2' . . . .. . ....., . .. . . , . had they looked :only . at Alleiaselves, they i horror strickeu,And tremble, foe. their : beloyeet ~‘1 would havel suffered en—stdreredon—until enuntry.,,. On, the day" of Elections in our own; the' grave intd released :them; :but lot thi eye I;outitry,,Men are Often - seen staggering ,up td extended'along , tleWn the'pathWay of futurity, ~tlie'.ot4lS, with - trettiblitig hind to depoSit voli4 int and saw their childreu,.and.thildren',sehild,o3,lthat have' been boright wittfA glast.of Neer i - : : :1 still more oppressed, - , and, :redden dowa he- i their; Yete t e5,..46 - :tatsely gained,. urny: perchafit4 . ‘,•• neath the, Iran heel 5f the ,enemy, then, and have.eleiated Some no very lieSpeetable am. •a not tilt then; did - thee r tesolve -, that; Amerievito it most ihipOrtant - station.. , This id-n gross. " 1 should bo to their p . miterity, aitlO6 inherits-ace; ifiustitnee Of . Brittery—ten thousand times mire • and to carry out their_ high resolve, brought i,basc time' Whet! the at meise ce er a pil,kied w . itti their lives, their tr. ti;ures,. and their All, atidttneney,.. ~..linosteiJii.itantly'ive see some mans ta i i told Bitun ,a, willing,.s:lcrifice, upon. :the ones ife;totio46r ig_ii , ! . .iliiiltience; 0.4 we *i'''' .- WI COMnienralMr. of.their eviintry. . One_ slitiue;utl'diir i tO 6 disci ties that It thus. stalks abotad.iin.: . i ,...., 1 joY Went'Op.fitint oitr land.; and thui . Was•ualt.l":tiitilested i 'oh!' 'that' is . •uriWorthy. r .::anwe,riky r;; A i r lere'd in the.niortilni , of. our, tiatiinial eiliteitia. I the ttiime•of huulainty, that can thee' OrOffet. II.; ' Soon . tvili . .stiiitideethie teesiliel - akru,lind;theAhe cap of heattnent: to rob a poor unsug. I ;,, brave - men—Men of strinig nerve! and noble I pecting men of that dentist beet ......hiselectivif 1 94( hearts, left their : plow and t•ulksluip i buckled I franchise. Working in the &a:kJrailing Mont . , e •Y I on theirarmor, and set out for the battlefield,l viper.like,.fi-st.te charm—then with eyea 'dart: r . ..7,' to defend the rights they.had so recently es. i ing tire, and a hiss upon its tongue, it Artistos i. 4 sorted; and show to, the world that the,Declu- 'its tenutuOmi fangs in its ansairNeting, viethic I . ration was not a mere tram:;'t .;vere liitran„ee it'strikes cuniiingle ; and strikes tolgairt. IV 1 . 4 -- , strange indeed if hearts such asp. tined aud tempt it holds out any thin,g, end every 'thin‘. t', .subscribed, tide sacred, instrument. should not ~.rduriteart can - Call for; gold, promotiumrank i lid; triumph ; 'arid they did triumph, and tine Ie EaLl • ./.111114r t otitne, i 3 tee 'gond— to thing too- rictrit tllx perched open our Capital. prettily. watial 1:1'i If yea win how 'iovillitglastiumentfto.do its tle; wings from the.pines of Maine to-th; diluent' bidditu : Around the Ballot be*,4o aerie . party . par fields of Georgia. Just teas the eause of their putpit e-. this peculiar species of bribery 4. 4. espousal. and. a WASIIINSTON ,Wl - 4 .Sheri ; to trays eitcere, basely robbing the Eledotor , cit 4 Or lead on their forces. They eouquered, and m: that sacred right,' handed--down from their e --ii.ra their happy And favord dei,•;:endents, ; 1 refitthers, and guaranticd• by Our - Cumf.l.us Ao note liV6 in thel'enjoyment Of 'their ' r,tiOritiS I duly - When ‘n see that Priceless, been, that - ihn achievements. Those veer:tns haVe hmg sint:o l was pnieltaSed . With the 'blood arid' treasure of 44 left these shores of time, but brightly they l'ao'nely hulk spirits, thus doilid. thus 'trout..ltal live in Memory, their names and characters I pled in the dust; when we see titan so devoid Pril deelte& with all the radiance, the able histori-1 of all honor end humanity; asiti' take from his 14 tuna pen can give. . . ~.: , 1 neighbor the right of•extn'essing.his'orilniomall iet ". This day we meet to eclat its our nation's the grantshrine of our liberties, til lia;wondet -' 3l 'Birth-day: tee meet too in another capacity that we coattn Inquiring took Heayeetvard,te.f e than that of Citizens: we come witlfotir h:Age, see s whether Geld tt . Satan, reignS titipienter 9.4 and our Banner, waving. to the breeze,' the, is it a wonder,' that at such 'times the trutips. I r . standard ittound whjeli we are proud t0 . ..ra11y,: triot - trethbles foi the safety of his totintry'l* let bearing forth to the world bur sacred . Motto !, 'rhen; how -befitting Is it,•since thiarto.; lanced 00 which binds us together.... We value to ecle:l now striping the very.foundations of age gcnid in: 'brae as SUNS '.of Tztirmittet, • pledged' to:1 eminent, that we should meet on this dev,thti kii, battle manfully;'notthe fees of Great Britain.laneiverssre of our nations birth-day, , alike •trP 1 ,.)0t but even a more dreadful enemy,;...nie - whose. celebrate Liberty, mei . TemPenince fts Hand On ruthless steps have invaded our fireside circles, maiden. .It we .troulguard well the tree o tiie„ andeut doWn the noblest And proudest works Liberty ,and ' what true atriet wouldnut'spend t t of an all-wise Creator. . - .• . his lift!rblood, - to pros roe it unantlled; 14 44 ' But seven years since, were mettnen front ruitist destroy the canke4 Worn!, thatll:taws , it NJ every portion •or our country, asesmbled fur -its foOts Iwo. must bre,„ek' down" the, strong itt, one object ; the organization of a national - ar. holds - tad salle, tint' Ntifidations of its direst my against this.dirtst toe; a Nationati)ivisioa enemy. . ... . • _ of the sons of Temperance: Their purpose, alike with our revolutionary fathers, wag high and exalted'. They had seen the deuolating effects of Alcohol, sweeping like 'a. contagion, thousands to the tomb annually. The, peat- est and brightest intellects ; the most bill i nt , ornaments of society, had been shattered. and ; prostrated, in the gutter; the most refinedinor- al sensibilities had been blunted and destroy- ed ; and the fondest of earthly hopes ,blasted , and ruined. He had entered the Domes: I.: circle, 1 1 and made desolate the once happy . heart that i moved about free and gar: oh! is he not. a de -1 i-roan—a Dzisos black and dire, who can thus', desecrate the Moat' sacred - attars,:and - pollute I -our, hearthstones - wlth Ws -foul steps,?: Is . he i not an enemy whose tyranny we'ithoolddier.d:l i and whose progress we .slionld impede with 1 the most determined Opposition !, Is he not 1 an enemy that need national organization ofl the must effective kind; to battle him success fully! ' The; founders of oui%ltistitution- saw, allthis, nay, .many,of them la?t it: add . their] PlidanthrOpic hearts and energiesof purpose I brOught forth the'standard Under - which thou ' sands'tind ten thousands' are imiv''hattling.—, i Here beford us are many warm hearts pledggd: to the work, and with the veterans'of 76, ate ready to stake their all upon this our comaibn j altaW Who sball say, that. Our one cowmen] object is not as great as that which rboandto- gether the signers of "our Independence - or the brave hd.:itted .Polanders who straggled , tor. freedom ?t %VC:Wage n.War, d.fierce _ and un compromising war, even as they; Whi.ther Our l triutnphs shall be as -great 'or not; we • have Falreadv achieved much—very tnueli-und as a .irewa i rdove heai- blessings ascend frotn:.every,i roof in ,our land.. Husbands restored fo, their wiiiiii Mien . to their children ;'talent and enterprise to society: enough' siirely to inspire , us all with a new zeal--'-a new entlinsiasin; • : , Brit upon looking, about I find that %sal are not alone is thin conflict ; our eyea•meit the Dnuogruns of 7.'pairsa4ain with, theft 'swil -1 ing faces,, ,kind hearts, Mid "generous. symPa. thies." - 'Thee toe here enlistedunder the Bart: neeof Teinperance, and - their' stindriftl ' floats • i to, the breeze- Ladies how can wo express the cordiality with which __ you are welcomed to our tanks.. Your. energy—your' fidelity hhould inspire us to greater tenon. Yon as sist in d Battle, not of orals; not of dashing steel and booming cannon; not of sanguinary . conflict, and ruthless carnage; but a _battle : of moral influence at a:I times n'tni,ghty weapon; but mi g htiest when %Tielded by the fairer sex. And well can she bated this enemy, for 'upon her 'are visited his-greatest wrongs.- _Her "hit robs of her dearest. treasurer, her,husle nil's so: ciety and love ; ,he takts from her children a kind and happy father_ find gives iristeada Potlr miserable= brute:' he di - Arai' her 'liho L.at I hopes ; where her heart - hld -pictured - 'inn) i-• I ness supreme, there rises a charred_ and black ' coed _waste, with scarcely one greed leaf ' of beautV for the saddened heart to cheiiih. - Our. Revolutionary mothers Wept for the slain, hut were comforted, that they died in a holy-cause: and recalled, with.. pride. the noble form and feattites; the generous and high beating heart hi' the lost; but those who weep f t the slain of the 'Sparkling bawl,' and stinging Oder which lurks within, VITO eomfortltitq, ena'n6. rat of light struggies.through the nhadows. to glimmer sweetly on the aaltl... The lerm and features of the poOr deldded vietitas, ..lieccine 1 distorted" and. repulsive, :and the ,fery ,brutes would almost !bathe him; and yethe is bound to the, purest and hest; by the strongest of hu man ties. The lofty. Intellect hss gone; and, the generous and noble heart, inetaphp;ed to a fiend. - Oar - ancestors !ilaid for their kladred 'end their homea; and the, thought or the loved ones Around tho fireside: nerved their hearts to endurance, and incredible achitrements, And we their desiendOts'fold . our handsidly, I while a far worso-enernt,:tharl-Britain, -and "a More.barbirout on.. _then, the .allied savagea, has been ravaging:&efiresideseinelts, andthe honies-of those wer+love; itthiesily alaying.by a_worse thrui:JnidriirilitfbntheiyiTthe_rnobteAt of -AmerienWitenit acatlilag;•,aa. -- iiith ..ii 'CON' suming.fireilhe,Peerts'of.her.; foie daughters;E and placing rep the fivftiCkir,inlivy; of AM-. hOod, oft times the histidnf. Infamy and *ham% and such waiitlatikti6li - ottOt as life's 'early_ 1 Moro - should tielierknkii:'"Tharik Heaven the 1 limit. is tinst-:yea,iliti•fintit le tskot When', these d ' ' 1 dota iltions.movePa,no o : earneo 40 an 1 indefatigable waifare;. '.-. :,.. ''-,- '. =',- ;... , ~ Could Of foretotinve Ilea tha. inany staifia upon'obr state cad national eacitcheans, trade ' by black Intemperance; tliey -vattld.,t Ott baik And: stich,'felloW Citizens, is. the object , of o_, the hand now before you: members of a Opal ,!t and %%ide-spread order, But why alit& pm- lie. rade 1 Why all - Uhlfortitell, like an army, ready' il, for battle. It is lsedadso we ate all engaged 1 in one eonnuOu &Ilse; the cause of all Wee' ! kind ; .tee, are all going: to battle, and - Weteell 11l our colors as much as the siraded force, Pro* pared for sanguinary conflict., We hate lifted. our Banner, brethren, and rallied berieath it 1 and shall we suffer its bright Mai fir be 'N I J. graced? Shall it not proudly wave until all i shall be free front nu thraldom of the tyrant 4 ti Until it shall not darken en intelleet, or throur I a. shadoW of traturr over a - honto on the, earth 11. (1; &Inch, almadv.. horvc. - we done, and:vet -rul,wa look forWard', the:conflict. thickens ;:but in Our unlon, we are a fegirni ot Strength; and neve: , Will we sound a.retreat ttntil the efiethril cols ,I ors nit struCk, arid the donttat yielded. Read - Upon' 'that Barilier—see tile golden letteiii bright in , the Midday sun-4erid—,Lbvs;Ptint: t isr arid Frotratr—with inch a Motto for our ' tvatchword, - how can tvefail. LOW., Prarst qi .and Tpzprrt-- r ilore, Parity and. Fidelity -, 1,, I Lore fOr our fellow tOeri— t ilove that anal I ; ,ahosi our _warn: :and SymPatinz:nt hrarts.:4t Zosi ' that shalt Ali upon the, beart of the,self-litih., - ing and deSidsed inebriate,:is rain 'upcii thd parched and Arid 'desert' alwakeidug new bops ' end energy, and strength to cast front .him.his galling fetter?, affil rise - in them:deity, of free . dom, Onto adore to his _WontudiAneein 'ftoeiety -a lore that shall rivet leate the - returning': g i . , Wanderer to Rtent the dark torrent alone" List i liiS ever near to wateh, encourage and inisiat.--* . As intm-4ta citizens; We have :not att a ined to .! the full appreciation of thii amitilhent towaida .i, l ; (fur fellow .. men.: larly eonflicting;intereste i,aceiti tn.:usurp its realta ; 'but not hen-:-.not tit this noble I ' cause d 0.,, We bring, aught `; of, the .1 1 strife of life. • We meet as : brOthers,,,bandi4 .. 1 fora gleriout . Purpose :: the intrigues et the ;Assigning-politician: the cool, calCulating." and Ildesigning propagation of , evil, sordid selfish-• 4,ness, should not be: tinitifig . us; .for Putfir lAOD is .inscribed: on -, Our- Banner 4-41=1- , of purpose—Purity of life—puritY In all our, itandat t find to do. Fidelity cornea neikt- - -rfulelity;riAts ; l'ly put last for if love and purity. leid,,fidelity i 'mill ever fdliow: faithful to buyouts; faithful i to our st,:ndard ife will eivi - tei while ltife . is the guiding star and Pdrity the reignitit plied ,- i ens 'of , enecatide. - . i --- • !.-, ..- . l v What heart doce- fiat teat proudly: tatty i i as we.grazc tiiion. our national colors? What 4 heart does not trill to the martial notea r thatik • remind us of b}-gone days of strife I ' %Vh& sr among us deeS'not 'rejoice. to know that we are' free. and mighty , nation i What butt th ( does not become reverential nit the' name of # . Washington is uttered 1 Where in the" worlds td !History Wefts ever mole glorious victorissWen W ,) than in the Struggle, fot independence 1 , Whit in ! heroes of Cins,sie days were covered With a il I inure hrilllant - faMe, than those who imtnortal• ized themselves t - lly Brothers, our eiiiise 14 p i holy and just-the Conflict befofe us la thigh. ty ; and yet I dannot allure on with lintels hopes of fame. I cannot hole out before' your isospiring gaze, the laurel wreath, nor, promise i 1.10 yottr names trill ever adorn the' pages of c i History, or vont' virtues vver be. celebrated as a I how - we tdebrate. But, oh! 'there shall 1,4 H 4 1 bright wreaths, woven for you in many. fir : ,. . 1 1 i hearts: The prayers of many' noble spirits i l l ! you have blessed, Anil daily aseend, and hos di tettirned upon'you, iii I:leo:Inge more to -be 2 desired than the Mighty conqueror's fame.. : . . Aircitos or falbits,--An auction of names. •-• tied !allied used - to tako_place annually at BON - i ylon;' In every district, sayithe historiandbirr . , . asiembled on n'eertaittAay ln every year, all I' the' ' •e '' b ' virgins-a mamsgen le age,tho meatbeau - , t fill were . putdiK and those'who bid the moat Money gamed pdsseision of her. - The ascent - sne•ln'eppearancd follewed, and - the 'Mai* gratified themsclvea-With hantisomi:wlirekee,, , cording to.the length ot their pulses:. : Bes , plea! It .. beemi,_there 'were 'aomectudiett. Pitt` whom .110 nlialierwas likely to be tiffereilL yet - _ theise `-were-s-lbilikituilans. : When all 'One- '', beautiful Virgins, Rays the historian, Weresold#. ! the - erier ordered the nseit deforthed to Atari - ; 1 np,', mid etter;•4 - lied • openly-deinatidetryskes j :would-Monthtirtmithrstsmallr acme obi itiat 1 at lengtivarnaged to the me nwho trottld be ' 1 satisfiedlvith- the least. _:.ltrthleVay the mon.r . • ev. arising from theilpedeonle'BeTved as e par. tiort p "thosit_Who wereeither of : disagreeably lnolte, or Who hatfoiliei;lntpeifeetlenia, ;; nit eusicemplevallid about Owl - tidied' veinblir to m O n it. :‘ ~ •.: : .'• - • __,.,.,„_, ~,...„.t,..,.....,-,..- : ' . 41-4. ,, ,,Tve4t-irk , a , =• -,-.--:.' 1::::•...=g;.-;.,f::;.: - ..? - -.
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