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CorirucT.
Where Man Should Die.
How little reeks it where men die,
When once the moment's past,
lo which the dim and glazing eye
Ilse looked on earth its last;
Whether beneath the sculptured urn
The Coffined form shill rest,'
Or, in its n akedness, return •
Back to its mother's breast I
Death is a common friend or foe,
different men may hold,
Aroi at its !amnions each may go—
The timid and the bold,
Dot *hen the spirit, free and warm,
Deserts it, as it must,
What matters where the lifeless form
D:solres again to dust
Isere sweet, indeed, to close oar eyes _
With those we cherished near,
ad, wafted upward by their sighs,
•
Soar to some calmer sphere :
But whether en the scaffold high;
Or in the hank's ran,
'►be fittest place where man can die,
Is where he dies for man.
A Memory.
'Twos far into the night.
The lours were passing on swift wings nix/ how
Like fleeting and Shining angels did they pass
Fuming the flame of love. We gazed upon
The beanty of the dark heaven. It was
A mind to the beauty in our hearts.
!oaten were the reflected radiance
Of lore thoughts, its far depths the deep and soft-
Expansion of the canopy hung o'er
Life's glorious Eden as it swept away,
All cloudlessly away ie the night
Of earning years. Her bosom roso and fell
Within the narrow circle of my arm
Aad round each nerve deliciously they went
The minions of her throbbing heart to mime.
Ile hind dropped o'er my shoulders and it drew
My cheek . toward it unconsciously. She leaned
behead upon my bosom and looked off
Ws the starry beauty of the sky.
There Ira no cloud upon the dark Lillie heaven,
Theresa" no cloud within oar radiant hearts,
And we were happy in each other's love.
Oar homing thou& hts were almost audible
la the domed stillness, yet we spoke no word:
0 no: we :poke no word. It needed not
e utterance of words on that sweet night,
As is stood there alone beneath the tree
That bad so often thrown its waving veil
"(pleasant shadows o'er to before,
ith not a single voice but the sweet sigh
tfutors's wandering zephyrs to undo
.e reigning eolitude, and with no eyes
scotch us but bright angel's eyes—l say
tended not the utterance of words
1 , that sweet night to tell the holy love
That had come down from heaven and taken op
ts dwelling place forever in oar hearts.
gsttizonor4; fnus.
SOLOMON SWALLOW.
e Woman tamer--' Bale a Wife and
hare a Wife. ,
Solomon Swallow was a bachelor, and a
sty one, too; but nevertheless he had made
p his mind to one thing; that he was the on
"man living -who had attained any knout_. ge of the sublime art of taking care of a
lie ' All married men are dolts,' was Solo
. Dlf 9 constant asseveration. 'There, for in
..tance, is my neighbor, Tom Tangible; his
ifs maim a sort of three legged stool of him;
shoves him in one comer, and sits on him,
d walks on him, as if he was nobody in the
house ; while he, poor man, takes it as if it
asthe most natural thing in the world. Now
hat I were only Tom Tangible ; I'd first write
• series of matrimonial rules ; and if Mrs. T,
.idn't abide by them I'd submit her to the
'holesome discipline, of bread and water and
padlock; and mayhap brighten her ideas,
- aching her conjug,atduties, by the applica
•aof a good rawhide. And thered
a h again are
Everett Easy, Dick Snooks, anost morn
others in the same condition ; but I, rin
the
v that will set them all right, if they'll only
4vr my example, after I've condescended to
rare some female with the legal claim to
title of Mrs. Swallow.
trace Solomon Swallow.
, 'Well Solomon,' said a neighbor to him one
a,ring,' how comes it that you =allot mar
'
, „"„
aY, because I have not yet perfected my
tau. Yon poked your head into the noose
out making any preparations, and hence
ktEverly makes what she likes of you.—
tlgo to work logically. I begin by stud
rag Utearndite work of Zingulirazo, 'On
e philosophy of a woman's holding her
'cp.' I then read several treatise on the
rdel of bread and water discipline is making
nod Shakspeare's Taming of a
'`brow; furnished me with a few excellent
tleal lessons. And lam nowgeneraliting
••Illicirsysteeos int o one, • which shall carry
sr army in all future generations, and eon
ert the Plague of matrimony into a blessing.'
In the course of a year or so,' added Solo
my rules for the regulation of Woman,
inteod to publish it) will be completed, and
a I shall take me a wife.'
And Solomon was as good as his word, for
Te battle
age of thirty-five (feeling prepared to
to any woman in or out of the land
. 1 1 -l u-ous) ho got married. At this impor
12„itnod Solomon was a puffy, .comfortable
7,! 4 f. little fellow as you'd meet in a dirs
fdr albeit the 'brown of his head never
Nil five feet from the sole of his boots,
. 1111 of Proportion that would have dOne
•
those Alderman or even a Lord Mayor :
11 ! 3 Ygait, especially when walking with
;;rkqiu the likeness of a woman, was as
448 a Sultan's; while at, such times
t'llehaace assumed an expression that
4 , T
nol have brooked the approach of famil.
The lady whom Solomon hadchosen
"ntr half,' was apparently a lamb.
f i C it t rre, so that the', chances, were very
tife,,the would not onlyfro be a tractable
r,... 11, at Solomon would require no hnlp
No :listein to make her so.-
" ellomon had the forbearance not to in.
_
terrore with his lady's aayings and doings :on
the wedding, nor is it received that he assent
ed especial authority on the next night either,
but about 6 - o'clock next Morning, ho softly
intimated to his sleeping partner that iI Wu
time to get up, 'and' he added, 4 when break.
fast is ready, you may call
,me, • but- be sure
and not burn the toast.' j ~ , . ! .
'Breakrist and toast,' said Mrs. -SwalloiY,
' why what do you mean 0 , ~ . ' ' - f '
' Why, my dear, I mean Imidarn, that I.
lutve_
begun my system' I • : -•,. J
-- 'And won't You_get up stool'
Yes when breakfast is ready, and my stock.
in aired!' • H • , . •
1 Mrs. Swallow was about to reply,. but she
checked:herself, ns'she was ashamed te say
much to him on so short an riequaintanee.— ! .
But though-in the present instance she did
precisely as she was bid, she resolved in her
heart that it.was the last time she would .get,
up at 6 o'clock in thn Morning :to prepare
breakfast. . - •. 1- -: •
At 8 o'clock, everything being ready,:Mrs.
Swallow called Mr. Swallow. • '
' Breakfast is ready;'Mr. Swallow!
' Is the toast made r
'Yes.' - '
' ' Not burned l'. '
' No.'
'Are my stockings aired r I
' Yes.' 1 1 •:
' You'll do,', quoth l'irr, Swallow,: arid to
breakfast he went, - . hiving first received the
services of the blushing Mrs.' Swallow to as:
sist him in - dressing. • 1 - '
The breakfast, however did not tarn out to
be the thing it had been cracked up for.
The toast was done a little too mu'cit,: and
tea wasn't done quite enough, the ship bowl;
was at the wrong end of thO tray, and therol
were several crumbs on the carpet. i ; '
'These things call for improvement,' ob.'
served Mr. Swallow. , I ' : .
' The servant hasn't been here this mor ning,' '
observed Mrs. Swallow. ,
• , ,
'Servant,' returned Solomr, 4 I dis c harged
her yesterday. You don't t., sink I can afford',
to keep aservant and a wife , 00. .• , ".
- Tho lady. was again prised, and she said
nothing, bat the day wore its close before
she could believe that Mr. Swallow had actu
ally made use of the tennsi‘servant . and 'Wife'
in the same sentence. ' •
•
The next morning at 6 o'slock,Mr.S*allow
again informed his wife that it was time to get
up, coupling the remarkwittt -the suggestion
that in future she must save him the Amniale
' of reminding her of so necessary a duty..
Mrs. Swallow, howeVer behefitted nothing
by this soft insinuation, for act the moment she
either was, or pretended to be, fast locked in
the arms of Morpheus.
'Don't you hear, Mrs. Sivallow quoth
Solomon.
But alas! a slightly conscious snore was
the only revonse from Mrs. SW allow.
Now this was a ticklish pint: with Solo
mon, but he was prepared foipt. What says
my sYstem on this headr he said to himself
musingly. It says that a.lazY wife who lays
a-bed in the morning, may be profitably remin
ded of her duty by the jucliciohs applijeation of
corcon pin.' And the magnificent idea had
scarcely crossed the threshold of his brain,
than he inserted the point of 4 huge Pin Into
the right arm of the sleeper. j As might be
expected, the intended effect instantly follow
ed the cause, for the astonished Mrs. Swallow
sprang from her bed as though she had been
thrown from it by an earthquake. But alas!
her agility was too strikinglyranifested, for
she not only all but annihilate poor Solomon
in rolling, over him. but she dashed his patent
lever from the nail which suspended it to the I
wall and broke the dial into a thousand pieees.
What a dreadful dream itjaculated Mrs.:
Swallow, pressing her left hand on her worm
ded arm.
What a dreadful reality, slacinted 3lr.Svval.
low, contemplating the fragile ruins of his de•
molished time piece. • r ._
Here we pass over the interval between
this occurrence and the time the happy!pair in
question were seated at breakfast.
. .
4 Now, Mrs. Swallow, seeing-that I can't al
ways be awake to call you up in the morning,
or eat burnt roast, or drink raw tea, &i.,1 it is
time I began to instruct you in your
And what are those, Mr, Swallow?'''
'Be silent, madam, if you please ; not to
talk but t, listen, is one of the most immgrtaat
of them.' • . •
'Proceed, sir.' • . •
•
And Mr. Swallow, looked daggers at her fof
the second interruption, and proceeded) -
'From six to eight you to get upi dress
quietly, so as to create no, disturbancei t ; i light
fire, air clothing, sweep . roquis, prepare Teak
fast, and announce- the perfection thereof.—
Eight till teq wash tea-things, make beds ' •ltub
furniture and clean windows: Ten till tivelve,
go to market and prepare dinner: TwOie to
two devote to-dishwashing,: nweepinginp !and
• rubbing furniture, Two. till sir, spinning,
mending clothes and darning istotkings.l- • Sev
en, tee. Fromfhat - time till nine, a- seeond
course of mending and darning, rind then .to
bed. And thisdaily - ermirie,' madam,' 'With a
strict obse,rvanee of the rulen of
gality, •decorum 'and-obedience, may .time
enable you to:do honor to -the - choice Of hiti;
Solomon Swrllow.. . .3' •• 1 ••
Mrs. Solomon listened quietly to, la
and then mildly inquired— •
And .do you really eipeet lhis of me, :Mr
• • •
Swallow?' . - • -
- -4
To be sure do; responded her sposi:
'Then youwill be andlYdisaPpointeir, fOr -I
shall - do-no such thing: -
• •
'No •- .•
•3 - ,
-"rve a way to, inakoyom'' - • -
• - 'oo o 7' -3, .
Speen' Jocks; eliains; ao con Jude.'
'Mr. Swallow?' ; ••
Whatr
Yon - aie bratiil,'.
And Mrs. Swallow : threw Iter,self.hic)t and
looked desperate. • . ,
Now this' was Wciininx.":lla. Sirellow was
called brute by his own fireside;l6l4,lWoist
of all, by his own wife,;'•lle,==SOlOmiaitpWal
low,. the celebrated founder of
Matrimonial tibeerintions,.called.Whrutei and
by no less a person thauldra.. Swallev4.
first be Was astonished at such an OPetOnanl.;
festatioriTof rebellion to.bis:royal'wil, gad he
only looked . 'egliant tot,..*tko .116.'nettie' i
himself he saw that siiiiiethiutmruit'bel 'done.]
at ones or the fiatd- vas lost foreeer.::.
You calleitmere.brute r lktris.Swalliiirr' •
aid, Mr. &Yellow' • • = •-• •
biota?' '..••••
A' brute ? - •
mad and break things;
`'As you -
*Swallow did' raM,Vut
'4l;xtolao sre Sonata, NAM g.ttinalatatis, Mannlp rafalatP).2.
method. ;in' his ' madness,
.for he seized the
cheapesfarticle of delf that was on the table,
pin old plate with a crack in it) and dashed ,
tnto'n thousand - pieces on the hearth, as if he
was in altrem,endons_ passion. . •
'How do you like that, Mrs.,Swallosi
Vastly, lir. SWallow, try it again'
And-again he' did its (for - he had beeotne
desperate,) demolishing the cream jug. - •
"ow, said thelady, it is my turn,' rind
_ jumping up, she sent the slop bowl to join its,
tea table, companions. ,
This ofeourse wastoo much for Solomon ;
it snapped asunder the last remaining chord of
the little reason,be had left, and:-he slapped
his helpmate on the right cheek, 'but scarcely
had the echo of the blow died away ere the
indignant dame Seized `the ten pot, and shiver
a it into atonis'against - the head of thedeVo
ted Mr. SivallOw : nor was this all,-for, ho
was rolling heels over bead from the effects of
the awful collision; she plied hint with the-re
mainder of the tea traps, until there was
Seareely a brine in his body that had not - re.
'coed the shock 'of cups and saucers and
iounds of buttered toast.
Unable to carry the war on any longer for
that day,- Solomon gathered himself up as well
as lie conld,and - vowingvengeance,he stuck his
pipe in his mouth and his hands in his pockets,
and. then commenced whistling a jig 'to the
tune that the old Cow died of, looking as tho' '
he could bite a piece out of the, griddle with- ,
put setting his teeth-to an edge. His good
lady, too, being determined to follow the ex
ample ofler.lord and master - in other matters
beside delf-breaking, pkeed a :chair back to
back with Solomon's and after 'providing her
self with a novel, sat herself down and began
reading away as if there were ale such- thing
beds to make, or stockings to mend in alt
Christendom. '
Here the affectionate couple sate for six i
mortal hours, each bent upon setting the oth-
er down, and ruminating the while upon their
respective positions. Iliad must be confess..
ed.that Mrs. Swallow had the best of the bar
gain, for independent of Solomon's mangled
head and parboiled neck and shoulders, he
saw as plain as mud that the watch dial and
the crockery must be replaced ; so that the
reducing of the first chapter of this volumin.
des system to practice, must be attended with
an outlay of at least twenty dollars. This
being the case,' I might as well be hunt- , fur
a sheep as a lamb,' thought he, and with that
`lie rose from his chair, stole gently out of the
rborn, and turned the key on the gentle Mrs.
Swallow.
The turning of thekey made hei aware of
his intention; and she rushed to the door, but
it was too late:
'Not until 1 haveirept you here seven days
'dpon bread and water,' returned the victorious
;Solomon; and he went on his way rejoicing.
But alas! how fleeting is human greatness
h -in about half an hour he returned to see
'how matters stood, but he had scarcely• put
his eye to the key hole, when he began to Del.
!ow like a bull, for his' wife had torn every one
of his fine linen shirts to pieces, to make a
rope to let herself down from the window;
not was this all, for, upon further examination,
he discovered that Idle had thrown down a va
riety of chair cushions, bode, ite., into the
yard, to make her decent, safe arid easy, --
4Oh chop fallen Solomon Sliallow.
. The archives of the Swallowsl i are silent as
to the remaining -occurrences of, this eventful
day but on the very next mdrning, about
seven o'clock, 31r: S. popped his head out from
under the blankets and said, ' Mrs. Sw,allow
--dear,—isn't it time to get up?'
Yes,' returned the lady, 'and yon may call
me when you have lit the fire and put on the
kettle.'
Poor Solnmen ! there was no alternative;
so he set about the work with an alacrity
which showed that he had the dread of a bro
ken head and. demolished body or linen rim
ning.strongly in his memory. That day he
had to get breakfast, sweep the room, &e.—
The next assistance was required in rubbing
the furnitrue and making the beds, and before
the week was out he was initiated into the
mysteries of washing coarse towel.i.
Degenerate Solomon Swallow !
Nay, in after times; -when_ the little Swal
lows began to ,gathetsround him, it was whis
pered that his better half (and she was his
better half) used to employ him at yet more
deeply eoning,al offices. -
Our Naval• Heroes.
The - following are the ages at which some
of our Naval heroes attained their'commission
and achieved their renown. .. With a little
trouble the list might be greatly extended.
• Barney was 23 'shen he eonntaanded the
HyderlAlli, and captured the Gen'l. blank of
double her force: - -
Paul Jones was 40 years oil when, he. eon/'
manded the Ranger, and but 32 wheirle cap.
tared the Seraphis in the Bon Iloteme
Rich
ard. •
Somerssa LieutenantSt 23, and was blown
up in the Intrepid at 25.
Alien was 29 when killed in command of
the Argus in her action 'with the - Pelican.
Burrows was 28 when killed in command of
the Enterprise, in the action with the Boxer.
Allen W. Howard ' was 32 when killed in
command of the-Alligator, in' an action with
pirates, 1822. . I .
Lawrence was 32 when kilted in command
of the ChesaPeake, in the action'willi the Shan
nan ; 30; at the -capture of the Peacock, and was
commissioned ns a Lieutenant, when 18.;.
!Decatur was first Lieutenant of the Essex
at 22, - commaqded the Argus; when 24, burnt
the Philadelph* when 25, was promoted Cap.
tain and commanded the Frigate Constitution
at the same age, hoisted his broad pennant as
Commodore when. 28, captured the Alascedo.
film - when• 23, end an Algeria() frigate when
twenty-six. 4 ' - •
• Blakely. was 33 when lie captured the Rein
deer and Avon, and perished.in the Wasp. '
Stewart 'as a Lieutenant end commanded
at 19; the Experiment when_22, and :captnied
the French schooner Diana, of 13 guns,,was
22 when. Attaehed-to 'COnintodore Pretties
squadron in command of the Argus, and 37
when , captured the Ciquin and Levant, in
the• Constitution. - - .
Pieble wait Captain aC .SS, first;Lieutenant
of thelYinthrop at,20,., 48 and 43 when eum.
manding pfisquadroit at the ()Orations against
Tripbli, and died at the-age (048.
Balublidg,e.cOmaianded,thii frigate Essex at
28, the frigate Philadelphia - nt - 29; and - was - 438
When he captured the
Perry was a L'cutenant i 7, and after on
ly 4 years and 4 months service ; commanded
stachooner - when 24, and was', _ but. - 22, 4 the
battle of Fake Erie. ,
Warrinktea,Biddle l liall
_and Porter" Were
alll - young plea at ;the period; 0'4," greatest
titicceSses.— _ - 1 . I -
• MONTROSE PA,, THURSDAY, ;FEBRUARY 26 1 1852.
• . . tly •
" Little Bound Xi. No*: "
We do not know when we have read any. -
thing so touching as the subjoined incident:
The Philadelphia Sun reJates.that" es one
of the Police °filmes of that city was proceed
, bag along the sidewalk on Sundat afternoon,
whilst the snow was falling, thick and the
wind blowing in eddying gusks and piercingly
cold,, the IRAS of a And attracted his atten
tion. He soon found a poor:little boy'in an
alloy Standing up to his middle ilk thesnow,
and benumbed, with the cold:, _The little:fel
low told the-officer that he had been sent out
to clear away ,the snow from the 'alley. "Go
in the house," said the officer; "and- tell - your"
mother that she ought to be ashamed of her
self"; -" My mother," replied the boy, "is
dead. lm a link bound boy _lzmir."
' Poor little orphan! No kind mother Would
have 'set her own child • to' expose life and
health, even to earn a penny- with which to
buy bread ; and no human _ heart bade the
wretched,boy go forth in such weather And
Such . a storm.' The condition -of a friend
less, motherless little one, is to our mind the
most deplorable on earth, and the being who
could ill use or neglect an eivhan must as
suredly suffer—either in thisworld or the fu
ture.
"I'm a little. bound bob
,nOW ;1 alas! how
Mournfully eloquent those kw words; "I'm
S little bound boy,now." Die he remember the
time when the light of a mother's love was
continually sunshine to him? when he was
the star of her existence, when his little lips
wreathed in smiles, was pressed again and
again by her lips, and his eyes were mirrors
for her love beaming face ? he remember
the time when a place on her.bosom on which
to piilow his head was recompense for nil his
troubles, when her sweet voice, soothed him
to slumber, and the depths' of her beaming
eyes were graves for all his. disquietudes ?
Then doubly heartrending !the thought and
the Aiding that he is "a little bound boy
now;" ha cannot leap over the door-step as of
yore, and fearlessly cling to the hand of his
mother; no ! he moves with a cringing tread
within the stranger's domicile; he starts at t
smallest request, for the tones of the stranger
are cold and icy, there is no music in them as
there used to be in the voice of his mother ;
the sweet request is changed to the perempto
ry command, and he flies over the pavement
to execute the tyranical order, as if every brick
were a live coal beneath his feet.
Perhaps he remembers the time when he
hurried.from school happy but hungry, and
sure of the welcome slice of good,sweet bread;
but now when he is almost starving, he dares
not ask with the trusting familiarity of one
who knows his every reasonittio wish will be
' supplied.
"My mother is dead;" oh ! the utter deso
lation of spirit which a child must experience,
on beholding the death.cold brow of ah only,
a darling parent. He stood perhaps, by her
bedside, and felt the heavy pressure of her
hand ; heard her wild prayer, and -clung to her
cold, lifeless clay. Then, it
_may, be, ho was
consigned to the houseof harity, from thence
he, was bound uut,, God help lihn, l where the
milk of human kindness flowed not through
human channels for him; bound out; to toil
where the children of his, own Age in the
same family, where sheltered from the rough
winds of heaven, and cared for so tenderly.
The vision of that desolate child, standing
in the drifted snow heaps, the . tetrs freezing
on his cheeks, his poor hands red and numb,
his limbs all trembling f has often since obtru.
ded itself on, our vision; and that plaintive
wail,' I'm a little bound boy, now," oh! how
does its searching pathos penetrate our inmost
soul. We loOk sometimes upon' the rosy
cheeks and sparkling eyes of those near and
dear to us, and picture such a Catefor them ;
and the blood shrinks ,hack to out' heart.—
What! they sleep in the , broken garret where
the snow sift.s through? they feel the hard
hand of anger upon their
,quivering flesh ?
they pasi long, terrible days, and dark, lonely
Wald% and no sweet kiis dimple their cheeks,
no - soft, kiting arms enfold them, no heart
beat close to theirs? And yet, we shudder
while we write, such is the fate of thousands,
once as carefully reared as, they; no older, in
Years, but in bitter experience, aged—their
souls seared, blackened by unkindness; the
elements of hatred burnt into their very hearts
by the cruel taunt, and the unfeeling sneer.—
Be'Careful ye who have charge of such unfor
tunates;
. be kind to them for the sake of your
own dependant 'offspring, for.in God's myste
rious providence, they may in future-years be,
laid is the grave, leaving their little ones to
heartless charities. We had rather be deceiv.
ed, tbarili God! than turn from the Child.beg-,
gar with a cutting sarcasm, or tell it to'gel
about its business, or start brick with horror if;
,its soiled garments toneh our ungloved hand; 1
yes, we had rather ten' thousand times be, de.
ceived,and pity those unfortunates who appeal!
to us for sympathy by ,the very muteness of;
their misery—pity, and ;add them. '
• "I'm a little .bound bey;" . the simple words I
need not gesture, - nor tears; nor groans, to
give them pathos.; no, none of these. They
look sorrowful, and speak volumes by their'
brevity: Bound=to bear uncomplainingly;
bound to agonize moment by moment ; bound,,
perhaps, to hunger and vice; bound to a mas.
ter_ who knows notthe tneanino. of the vvoni
.
.
mercy.' -
Still art thou bound to humanity, poor little
bound boy,and'He who sees the end from the
beginning, has bound thee to Himself by tine
that the world may tarnish but not break,._fok
the suffering have a Father and a consoler in
Jisus 'Christ.
r•
BIECASTIC REEZTA Billy. but pretty wo
man, complained to celebrated and bOautiful
Sonhia. Aniold of the nomber of her admiiers,
and wished to know how - to get rid of them.
'Oh, my dear: was the; sarcastic reply, it.ls
veryreasy-fOr you to' dui have only to
speak. , • e .
pEr • Why, doefor,! sald'.it sick !tidy, 'pm
give me ilia same medicine that you are:
ing niy husband, :Why is that 4 , A11 right,
replied. the doCtor, *hat is. sau c e fur the
goose is sauce for : thegarkder: • - •
~„
Eir An edstor Vennont, sap, th a t a ith o #
he has 'received two doliaad in advance recent.
ly for ble - paper, be still allows-IAG child _to
PktY with other children, es tustial, _
y ou may glean knowledge by readisr,
but you thud - separa te the chaff from the wlieat
by Woking ,
~• - - -
SMilairMammo.
VT ants: M. A. vErrt.too!.
Taking the
,Storolt-tint of Him.
COLD WATER( SZETCI3,
1 A knot of idlers stood upon the end of a
pier which run's out into the . Hodson ricer, in
one of the small. towns near Albany,' a few
deysago,, amusing themselves . with 'hurling
stones into the broad'atreten, each irking with
his neighbor in cndeaier to pitch a missile
at the farthest distance from the shore; when
a tall, rugged built Vermmiter.direet from the
Green Hilts„ suddenly made his appearance in
their midst, and for awhile remained . a silent
observer of their , movements. •
Helvas,a brawitY strong looking 'Yankee,
and was very' decently clad. The. l'efforts
of the little*party .had been exhibited over
and ,over again, when the stranger quietly pick
ed up half a brick which lay near him, and, giv
ing it a jerk,-it fell in the , water - a' long way
beyond the line which had as yet been reach=
ed by the foremost of the crowd.-. At the con
clusion of.this feat a Iciudi" bravo !" Went up
tram half a, dozen voices around . him. ;
It was.n cold, clear day in October, i'md the
men, determined not,to be outdone, renewed
their attempti, but the 'Vermonter, 'Without
saying a syllable to any one . coating to pitch
the pebbles far out into the. streatmt which
seemed to annnoy one of them,..in.a green
jacket, the apparent leader of the gang, who
declared he wouldn't
h o beaten ' by aiu feller
rite strait out o' the wocxhi; no how,' and, sid
ling up, to the stranger, he determined to make
his acquaintance. '
'Where do'you come from, neighbor ?' in
quired the other.'
? wal, -I hails from Vain:taunt jest
naow:
llaint been in these parts lono, i reek's r
Wal, no. , Not edza!tly here, taut up and
daown, sorter.'
Yes, so I s'posed,
' Yeas,' continued the green 'un carelessly,
and seizing a big billet of wood, he tWirled,lt
over his head, and it landed several rods from
the shore in the water.
- ' You've a little strength in your armsMejnh
bor.' • - -
' Some pu'kins is them flippers, stranger.--
Up in aour . teown, morel) a montkagti 1 druv
them are knuckles of mine rite strut l'thru a
board mor'n a ninch.'n tiff thick !' !
Haw, haw!' shouted his hearers, thd fellow
in the green jacket laughing the loudeit. •
May be yeou don't brieve it r
' Not much, smiwered the crowd.
We ain't very green down here in York,
we ain't; said the fellow in the green! jacket,
we've been about some, you see.
' Wal,jes yeou look yere, friend,' continued
the Vermonter, in the most plausible manner,
'op in aonr kaounty we've a puny big, rivet
considerin. Input river, it is called, and may
be you've heern tell on it. Wal, I hove a man
clean acres that river t'other day, and he came
down fair and square on t'other side
' Ha, ha, ha!' yelled his auditors.
Wel, uaow, yon Fiat Ira but 1 kin dew it
agin:
'Do what? said the green jacket, quickly.
'l-kin take and heas;e yeou cress that river
yender; jest like open and shut.'
Bet you ten dollars of it.'
'Done,' said the Yankee, and drawing forth
an X, (upon a- broken down cast bauk,) he
covered the braggart's shinplaster.
'Kin yeou swim, feller
' Like a duck; said gieen jacket, and -with
out farther parley, the Vermonter seized the
hnowing Yorker stoutly; by the nape of the
neck and the seat of his pants, jerked him front
his foothold, and with an almost superhuman
effort dashed the bully" heels- over head -from
the end of the dock some ten yards tont into
the Hudson river.
A terriffle shout rang through the crowd as
ho floundered into the water, and? . .amidst the
jeers•and screams of his companions the duck
ed bully pot back to the shore and scrambled
up the bank, half frozen by his anddenand
in
voluntary cold bath. •
take that ten spot; if you please,' said
the shivering loafer advancing, rapidly Ito the
stake holder. 'You took us - for greenhorns,
eh? We'll show you how we do things down
here in York'—and now wet jacket claimed the
twenty dollars.
Wel, I reek'n you wont take 'no ten spot
jes yet, can't): - • • 1
Why ?:you're lost the bet: • - ;
Edzactly. , didn't kalkilate on &ein' it
the fest time—but I tell peon I kin deW
and again, in spite of: theloafer's utmost, to
escape him, he seized him_by the sciulfand
the seat of his overalls, - and pitched him three
yards farther into the river. ,
. .
Again the bully returned amid the shouts
Of his mates, who lenjoyed the sport imtheriSe
• ' Third time never I:ills:laid. the Yankee,
stripping- off his coat; 'Lean dow it, toll ye!.
Hold on said the almost. petrified
vic
tim.- • -
'And I will dew it, of I try till to'=inorrilir
mornint.' I -
-I give it tap? shouted, the suffering loafer
between his teeth, which , now chattered; like a'
mad badger's--' take th,oMoney.' , 1.
The Vertnonter_very poc keted, the
ten spot, and, awhe turnLif away, renialked—
•We glint mueli noguainto , utth yeen; smart
folks daown here'n York,. but we aometiruea
'.take the starch out on L'em up aour way,. arta
Vraps yeen
.try -it on to atrangerkagin.
I reek'n - yeou Won't,' he continued; and pitting
ohm broad grin -of 'goed bumor, he left: the
coinpany to their.reftectiono.' - ; -
- •
A Eirsn Sucir.,—A good story is told of U.
of •Racine, - an; indefatigable and suiessfui
spertsman,, a 44:lead shot', at anything
• in the
gape hind, but particularly fincilined on wild
geese, whose heads. were sure to saffer,lest
back of 'l4e . ilivithiiiiitag q of his ride. -
- Not - Many Seasons:l46o; our ; hero, with en
equally fein-loving friend, after spending a day
with their:dogs a.nav ! ns; were_ wending their
wayhomeward,when to ,the . evening twilight
the waggisb'eonipanion discovered the • head
andneek•of , re. wild goose, peering through a
rteighbOriniSenee:- • ' . • ,
8 1 °P . Your bp*: said 4 .and wait a bit;
baie-'biiii.jast.bank of; ho eye r .you can bet
your life ort_that.' • • •
• StePping hack - Apace; mid !fringing old trusty
tattle-face, U. blazed away.`::-
"Itallo, there l!, - fellewed - baili the" report,
What are yoniThouting.here fort •.•• Don't -you
know: the ditTercuce •hattrien We'himelfs
- o - rn flow rind isgeose's neck • • •
Twos eneugh; li - tiad shot the handles off
from 'a cora - plow; lett; b::ek - of the Oyer
doesn't often indulge, but the bi' e rneatiott
t , of
Aliatehot•will open his heart to, the erewil.e
lifiticankieddrerttser.:
MIEN
.irritteu for tkat Dem z ocrat.
Blirid Nellie.'
igssirrorren
Nellie was
Blind from 'tier entale
And to-gene ba earth's; beantins
lied never been We, •
Yet waited* blest, •
• For the spiritual. vision, • •
Looked on a riin '
Fair es Elysian. -
Nellie was fain: .. 1
Fair as aulow•wreatbs in mintei—
Aud the rose ois tier cheek;
Fonuedsho &fleets neater. '; •
But she tOer knew
Wheu oar eyes fall of kindness, .
Basked in the Iteantir,
And wept for her blindness.
Nellie win; loved
Loved on
,grath. and in ifeavea,
And.ileo pogo o$ het lift '
grighi, angets was given ; :
Scithey seated up her eyes;
That she might not inherit,
Una stain or M. amid.
To darken her spirit.
Nellie ryas hero •
' Sixteen happy summer.,
Then calmly, she died,
With her beauty upon her—
' And one lovely morn, •
Whilst opting Sowers neroblooming,
We filledup a . graye,
'ryas Nellie's entombing' . -
Binghamton, N. Y . _ - .
Motertvaa.
Prom thi, New York Stoning Post.
Surrender,; of Burgoyne.
As late as 1717 the sentiment of the Erig,-
Hall people generally was in favor of furnish
hag means necessary -to reduce the American
colonies to unconditional submission; The
king had not softened his iron determlnation to
make no terms with the Congress that[ should
even hint at independence. Every eipenditnre
was popular, provided success against the
Americans was very probable. In this state of
feeling, an army 'of ten thousand -
:men was'
placed under General Burgoyne, wo, Orders
for him to organize , in Canaundtanrch down
to meet Sir. Henry Clinton at Albany, whereit
had been arranged: thesotwe-enales-should
meet, and thus-divide the mations and eastern
colonies by...the Hudson river. '
On the 12th or June Burgoyne's advance
left Quebec, and i arrived at Fort Edward Au
gust 3d. 'Daring the marsh roads were to be
made, bridges built or repaired, and his diffi
culties increased ion every hand: 'Tbe Ameri
cans poured in from all quarters, and the Brit..
baharmy soon found that any retreat would be
danaerous, and to advance was next to impcis
sible. August 14th they were reduced to pro
visions for five days only: every foraging par
ty sent out . was sure to be cut off, and their
situation in every respect was desperate. .
1 . When the Indians saw that Burgoyne was
lin this trouble they at once `exhibited signs of
distrust and treachery.: These allies of the
the British had been the terror, on the march,
of, the Amerions4artieularly to defenceless
women and children, and they now determin- -
ed, in a body, to leave the British service. _Oa
the Bth of October Burgoyne was obliged to
leavo his hospital, with over 'three 'hundred
sick and wounded, to the mercy of the Ameri
cans. This clearly illustrated to Gates how '
desperate was the situation of the enemy, and
he resolved to press him hard to meet the' ''
Americans in battle. On the 'l2th General'
Burgoyne Made overtures to Gates„.wbo , re
-1 gaited the British to . be drawn up in their ea
' eampment and _unconditionally ground their
arms. Burgoyne !replied that this would be
iimmuissible in any extremity, as the British
army, to a Irian, would prefer death to such
dishonor. • Gates ;at last allrivied them the ' ,
privilege of marching out, with the helms of
war, and then the 4:.rms of surrender were mu.]
tnally agreed upon: and on the morning of 1
the 17th of October,. General Burgoyne, with •
his general offigera; surrendered their swords' :
to Gates. 'Burgoyne; in a rich royal 'uniforM,
was received by Gates lit the head of tho Amer.
1 bean . Camp; the former, came np within a
sword's 'length, reined' ` hp hp and halted; :Bo
goyne, raising his - hat most graciously; said:
'" The J - Ortune tf' war, Genova G a m s .' has
made, ins your
the
. , ,
T 0 wheel the eonqueror,letarning a courtly
salute, promptlY replied: ' ,
of shall always' be ready to beer testimony
that it .has not been through any fault of your
E:reelleney." . ' . '
On the 18th of 'October, 1717, Gates :•advi:
sed.COngress of the surrender; and what was
(remarkable, he wrote not nyord to Washing
'ton upon a subject of such vast importance; i
j leaving the commander-in-chief to be informed
I front common' report. ~ , -- ,
,•
Burgoyne's army contained noblemen of high' '—j • ' -
rank, and several , of. them were accompanied I - - IKTl'rho.RichmOnd Times publishes tho l ,
by their families up tollie day of surrender. I fhllowing note from a ecoresPoralent at B.
Front the statemente'ot these accomplished I chanancl Botetort county, Va.-.... "' . : - ' '
women. many - particulars were: learned' after ` A r • ' .- . -
they . became prisoners .. Lady Harriet Ackbind f f e w days ago whilst same: nun tee -
they en•
in blasting out lickestooo a short:
dis
tinguishedwas among the number , and particularly dia- -01 g eti
Lance below-this-place, fit: the *wpm. et
by her' heroic fortitude, and devo
tion to'her linsband, Major Ackland, who•was i " iia g! 3 liine4ll1 4- tbkY - 4=6 aetiaso windt
sew/wait° be .A eave, with an entrance •801130.
severely woundisl,! and left oft the field, in the
, six or eight.feet-in height, aid upwards of ono
bands of the Americans, while charging at the
hundred feet lor . ig„ with two'apartmentO In
head eif his grenadiers. As soon as the fate
of the Major became known; Lady - Harriet in: lar ge a to ne tbo- , _ ,f 1 : 111 " ligaie caithen ware and it
iitnntly resolved to go qcor to the and; enemy' 1 . 440 ' aw n° "WI; as the cross there 1 0 1 4 3 XT's '
tug, butit waasca saseh
_defaced biriba heal
attend her husband. At her earnest solicita- I
tion! General Burgoyne furnished her". with iii, 4 !Lint that it was soluvekle IhisantAhlu- Aft
flag, With whieh, in the dead of, night, atuid , n i tee "wrrr° ll ° 4 thew thiullar 6 4. 4 ^ 1 " 10 "ak
terrific storm of ra i nraccompl i e d on t y ,b y, h or i ,, chanan,Land nunie - Anown limb dlscoxery.e..• .•
servants - and the chaplain or the regimentisho 1 S umo ail the r , nitizunur With Ituttotnur Pmetule4,
approached the American camp. The 'anti- i in/MeCi liMY -til.the cavo to mate Au**
net was .so confounded by the appearance of / watch. i'' . ". . : _ ~.',
such a party; that he forbade their ad'vance for' They; found nothing: i the- first room but
a long time, and until Major Dearhora;thei what I_lllitelilreadYinenti9nadi but - 011 enters
commander of'that 'Post, was sent
-: for.- , This ling the second apartment were surprised to
gentlemanly 'officer- at' °nee pl ace d hi s oleo fliid:a "Skeleton seated on a huge, how cheat,
guitars at the disposal; o f . udis uff i s to is h o , with its beck restibl i ' ageing *ewe& ' : , 'Ors .
was in a delicate state or health, and . anee , opeoingithis chat the Mind It :y to 'coatollt
swing her of ; the 3Nsee safety
,Ilespatabiel a get ectillerfeoti c tampo, l 4 one Bide and. a ,
dragoon to inform hins. - ef The arrival ot lady 0 1,7 1 ".k''"2 " 11. ir...wz,...ra " 1 ii th e..` 447 ,...:' 111 "! .
Mulct, who would'joiti him the - aitel manilair. fold to T!".1 h ';'11 :w e ight' ' ha' w ,, 4 4 ' " I f '•
~ , ,
~
,„ - _ .
Gates himself. 'llB seriously affected with the Pu.,l lll 4,L liti r4 lgillY, 4ll " dam*. - - •:.
. •_,
ceerstie . of this wonderful imemati, slid eider. gui'w 1 1 1041 YRipi =ins mWe 'met v. nts.
ad ' her evert *Wm, , attention, add: , begged notable filial/0e; teeth, coin is stielwhick
her to look upon him as a father. !Nor t'Achl!,bPti never esSit'hnf4fe; -.- . ~ ',
volitg..4 - t . :**Etti.
land recovered, end after bra retire to Ear.
laud, often spoke of the American - eliaacter the highest highest teens:
,Clne day' at &nor, st
military chrts.the Ainerian war was dTscussed,
and the of the Americeriti'derttedi-.
Alpier Ackland defended then:tie - n=ly: , ,
A challenge and - duel ensiled. The Idej‘r
tell dead the first fire. Lady Ibirricl'i-reation, Gs
consequence, became dethroned, Sod so, con-,
tinned • for several iatostle, when . she recover..
ed.; after which _she gave het bred in marriage
to, tho chaplain, Rev, AIL lbelonel, whew. ,
eonyanied her to. the America& camp, to joie •
Major Ackiand, This marriage. on the part
of Lady Ilan let, was supposed •to be one ale.
ly of gratßudo for his kind services during her -
severe trials with the Army in America, as, by
birth and rank, she was so far his superior as ••
to Separate "him mid h er mire bay friends
forever. .
[ • Madame De Reidese?, , whole husband ma
Jl . ajorGeneril iu 'command et. the Germans -
trops, was another lady ofremarkable char
actor With three young '
ellikiree - and, h'er .
servants, she kept constently , With the army,.
In a log-house; and'vvithin reach of 'the can:
non" of - both etudes, she remained, hold-
ing . her children one whole, day and night,'
atone with her servants,While heelmsband was
at the head of his troops, expected to' ever dan..'
ger, and she in fearful expeetition every lab
uwnt of bearing of hia GAL During this event.
fel day, wounded Officers were Iwonght in and
laid down before her.; and cme died at her
side, and there the:corpse remained the whole
day' and night. Other officers lay groaning.
with their wounds, and not a medical officer' to
attend them. The distress of dune wounded
officers, for mita, !was inconceivable. . They
were within two hundred' yards QS a stream,
hut no one would brings bucket, as the Amer
jeans were ' strongly ,posted 'on - the' opposites
side, and shot down every one who approach-
ed the stream. At laat an English servant '
woman took a pail, and deelered - she tiould.
have water. As she ran to the 'streams; the,
soldiers out of regard to bee _ sex. or Boise oth.:
er cause, did not molest her; ,Thegedftude of
the officers Place& in kor lap pieces of , geld,
amounting to over thirty dollars::
As
As soon as the vas/render 'was setthed,thet ,
heroic lady, in a wagon, with three, younr
children, one an Infest, and bes_ eery:int_ w 0...
man, without any otbexatteadance, drove, up
to the American camp, ns,idm described it :-.-
"A war worn officer came up to' the. teagottk.
and took her children, and hugged soakage&
them.. She trembled herself,'so as to be zula--
ble to spenk, The officer offered his ank au4,
said: 'Madam, don't be afraid, yen are, nose
among friends.' ' She replied: "I (mitt not to
be afraid, sir, for your kindness to my ehildrem
proves that . you veust be a buster& and s fa
they: ' This officer whs evidently deeply mar.
ed at the sight of an unprotected wornan,wAti
emall.ebildrem Las few , nraiments,l-wens _
formed he. *al General Schuyler.. Before I
teamed his name, he kindly mime tome "ma,
said :.'Yon 'Toe and your ebildsin Whetter come;
and cline with me is my tent, as it will he.
moreagreeable than dining anTagno many -
officers.' - I gladly accepted his mutation s ma
Elude a most excellent ffinner. Afterwards.
Genera Schuyler invited - General Burgoyne; ,
and suite . to. hii house, and myself and inn-
band also, where we were all "received by Ids.
nobleltunily; not as enemies, bat as friends--;
General Burgoyne, a fe* 'days preriorie,has
ing burnt General Sebnyter'S mills, houseake«.
the value of wlabb wasl eine $50,000,, was..-
ecertpletety.overeoine by his kindne.e, and said.
to General Schuyler: ' YOU, sir, treat me *Me,
great kindness, after I have done you gem& iie.
jury.' Schuyler replied :' ‘0 that, Cienend.
was the fortune of w e ar: we , are now bienda."
General &Itnyler was a patriot , in
sense of of the word. As Burgoytie, adva n ced.
they became distressed for provisions. &how
ler's landed possessions were extensive and
well cultivated, and were fa danger of fan'
into Burgoyne's hands.' As. soon as Schuyler
saw the advantage his erope`ivould be to this
enemy, he sent an express to Mrs. Schttylcm . ,•
requesting her to call together his tenants, table
them into the Gelds,' and with her own handle
to set on tire the crops and blur" and ' tripe
every vistip that could benefit the enemy.
.
1 Posterity swill do this patriot justice. .11fash.
tingtonwrrote him, "Stud by the Army :tee- ,
~
I crations yet unborn will appmerate your OetT•
~ices and rewSrd your merits." 1
1 BuToyne was - a noble specimen of a roan.
He acted strictly by his' instructions, and when
1
the last, council . was called,: he stated. that eV-
cry
-4 •
, omeer was exonerated from blame for.the
. kiss of! the army; that he acme was relphisit.,
ble to I the king, as .he had never asked their
ddviee 'bet merely given them orders, which
they *re bmind to obey.. In Parliament, his
defen ; Was generous towirds,the American,..
He warned the nation that America eould•not.
tie comFered, Ile intrcidueed before - he Britt.
ish peo fie the injury . he had inflicted. on Ids
March, pon the property Of ' Mr. Sebnyler,ind .
how m ch he bind afterwards suffered in regret*,
under
.1 . 0 magninimity Of -General Schuyler•
t.i
and his noble family, while ,enjiwing their tins. ,
bound hospitality.. lilad.ame Reidesel often , ,
spoke the.abseece of all feelitig.or reflection, '
townrd+thOr new friends- on the part of the.
Seliuylr flintily.. On the Other handlthey ap-,
peered pike persons white by eature,-ready,ne ;
pable, end willing to forget as well es fontlys.