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Aecovint It but a dream; 'Tis but a single earnest throb 01 - Time's oldiron heart, As tifeless now, and strong as when It first with life did starts What MA year ..Tis but a tom Of Time's old ,brazen wheel, Or &tit a page elute the book Which death inuat shortly steal 'Tis btYt it step 'mon the r o ad Which we must. travel A few more ateps.rand we ishall Walk Lite`a weArrread no more. What is a'yeart.-"Fis but a breath From Titne'a nostrils As rushing onward o'er the earth, We hear its weighty moan; . 'Tis.like a bubble on the wave, Or dew upon the lawn— As transient as the mist of morn . - Beneath the Summer sun. . What is a year ?• 'Ts but a type Of life's eft changing scene-- - Youth's happy 4 m.om comes gaily on With hills and valley's green : • Next, met's prime,aucceedi tho Spring, Then Autumn with a tear, - Then comes old)-Yinter- , —deagi, and all . Must - fihd trieir fart here. ' • Progress. BY PARK BERIANIN. .. • , 1 y should men ponder o'er: the golden Wile—, 1 Vli 3" , linger o'er the grandeur that' is gone ! - is .the visage otthe Past • and . wan;. ' l iournful her form and bearing, tho'.: , ublime., 'nod her towers the sky loves to climb, •': I a her great altar lies the verdant moss, • . 3 , ,bing their.prostrate marble of its giclf 4 s,: ~1 I nd hiding . all all the glories of their prtMe. :" y should we, svmp ithi.ie with long decay 1 :urely in growth there's something grandir , still. " • ~ . i power that cuts thro' forest-wilds its. way— her force of tuan's uneotqu,rable• will;-- .. • h. uorclt of Progress; making , as she goes • ' he desert place to blossom asi the ruse. grilling *10(11 from the kuti,biography of tier. J. H. FtiLer . 1 The Tviolpies - . . . s early as the year 17'80 the blodk-house stockade above the Month of the 11Oek-. river, was a frontier post for the hardy eery of the North-western Territory. - -- re nature was in her, undisturbed livery of - and s thick forests, interspersed. with green down:lg prairies... Them the fojest had not, r , i,the sound of the . woodina* as nor .plow . orthe hus andman °pa v ed the of the earth. ; •Th '4l these beautiful - prai,. _ waved their golden in bloo ..to the GOd.of 1 aure ; and among the - Most ..lu.xuriarit of :. , e were those which lay along-the 'lloi.l- : :king Valley, and, especially. that 'portion it on which the town of ,Lancaster now ids. This place, for its beauty, its richnessuil, and picturesque scenery,. was selected a location foran,..lndian village.. -This af led a suitable place for the gambol of the tan,sportsmen, as well ,as a • central spot concentrating the-Indian warriors. , •. , ere the tribes of the North and West met .ounsel, and froth this spot led forth the path in different directions. ' Upon one of !•-• occasions, whin_ the war spirit moved Mthly among the'Sofis :of 'Nature, 'and the i ahawk leaped in its scabbard, and the . friends, who . ts of their ~ h - had died in the . of battle, visited the warrior in his night [on; and called loudly for revenge.it was• ;eruiined.at:the garrison above the mouth the liockhocking . river, that' the -: Indians e gathering in greatuumbers. for the pur-: : of striking a . . Glow on'spme post of the tiers. To meet this'erisis two of the most led and : indefaligable.spies were . de - Tata o watch their movements and report. . . l'Clelatid and White, L*o spirits that !heir n a iled at danger, arid as uneonquerable ne Lyban lion, in the Month of. October, one of toe lialny days of Itkian summer, . leave. of their fellows and moved on ugh the thick plum . and - hazel bushes 11 toe noiseless:tread of panthers. armed it their. ttnering and 'trusty. rinec: ; They fir:n(/ . lllpr march, ?lining the prairie , they reached that .most remarkable prom tie, now .known by :the name of Mount isant, the Western ternimatiou of which is rpeiatticular chit .of rocks of 'some lm s of feet high, moil - Whose summit; from. a tern view,k - towe,rs to the clouds and over -&the vast plains below. • When this,point gained, our hardy spies held . a position whiCh they could see every movement lie 110ians beloW in the : valley. .). . very day added a new *cession of War ' to the company. • They, witne.ssed,their ci.‘64, of horse-racing, running !brit- races, ping, throwing the tomahawk And dan ;i• the old sacheitis looking-on With their an indifference, the squaws engagetd: in, usual, drudgery, and the .children en ed iu their playful gambols: The :arrival new 'warrior '..was-.greeted - with terrible its, which, striking the mural ';f:tOet - if ,lit.'Pleasant, were drivel: back' ink,thev-a- Qll, 101 l spll tieli %Is* ase of , fro loo! ska, fro exe jug the Mo l nu I:.: indentauuns of the surrounding hills, kuciug reverberations and echoes . as if ten itisanu neuds weie gathered at a Univer s al , e. Such yells would hare struck terror • he'-hearLs of those unaccustomed to.lndi revelry,:- i o•our spies tins was but martial'in asio-- tiu, wnich waked their waichfuln*,.aud viy Str uug their veteran , courage. , Froth "r luny youth they bad. always been on , - ; - tronaer,. au d were - well 'practised .in all . • suhulty, craft, and entitling of Indian 1 rfare, •as. wen as the. ferocity ;tu r d' blood rstp_nature of - th ese. - savage . . warners. -I ey were theretor t , not likely to be eusilarell ILimit-cunning, no t with o ut: a des rate I diet, to fall victims to their sealpineknives tomahawks. On several o - c e a,,io ns ; small ies left the prairie, - and ascended the unt from the eastern side. On these oo long the spies Would. hide iti the d'eep lls: :s of the rocks on the tae-"t, and : ,z, g 4. 1 .,„ - e, their.hiding places, whe'u. their utility i } and Unwelcome ;isitors hid disapi*i_v,4l food, they depeude - d . on jerked venison' corn bread, with .witieh• their knapsacks e well stored. They dare • not. liindlei." a . anti th repr;rt , Sf (ie of their rifles would I •L 1 I , <4 l y E _ A VOTIF,D r , 4 I I OPOLIVICS, liEVS, , lt r i:Pah, TITRE / it.GBICTJLTURF,_: . S'CIPI , TCE, AND IVIORALITY , . , 1 1 have. brought upon them the • entire fOrce 'of the Indiana:ll For- drink, they depended On some rainwater which still stood in the het: lows of soinelof the rocks; but in a shorttirne this store *itt,, exhausted, and lalCleland and White:intistilibandon their enterprise or find a new ittpPlY. To accomplish this most haz ardous . enteririte, •McCleland b4ing - the old est, resolved to make the. atteuipt ; and with his trusty ripe in.his hand, and their two can , teens strudeacross his sbouilde* he 4y a circuitous route, to the prairie, ski r -ling the hilOon th north, and under cover of the hazel.thiekets, he reached the river, and taming tonlibold \ point o - * the - bill,. he found a beautiful' s'within a few feet of the riV- - er, now. known by , the name of C o ld Spring,' •on the farm lial'll. Talmadge, - Etiq. ..1161111dd • his canteens 4 l nj and . returned in ;safety .to ids watchful co pinion. It was now deterinined to have a, fr4p,li supply of water e - veryday,ancl this duty waa ~performed alternately, • .. • On oneofitliese occasions, aft - White 14 , filled• his enateens,.. he sat a few momenta watching the linapid element :wit came gurg- , ling out bf the bosoin of the earth, when the light 'soundhf footsteps caught his practiced ear, and Upan turning around lie •saiv two squaWs a fet feet of him. 1,44' turning uP .the jtito''tl, hill, the eldest sqUaw gave on e of those ar-reaching . whoops peculiar to In dians! White at once eomprehended his per,- 11ous.Sithatien. ' If the . alarm should reach the cam p or , town, he and his 'companion must I inevitably!' perish.. Self ; preservatioh conipelle hint to inflict a noiseless death oh the squa. s,lancLiaSuch a manner. as, if pos- Sible,:te are no; trace behind:. 'Ever..rapid f in thong t, laud 'prompt in action, .he Sprang upon his leliims .; with the rapidity and pow , : et cif a li n nmllgrasping the.tbtoat of each, sprang i t o ' the river. He thruSt the head of the eldes underit he - Water. While making strong e rta - to.inbmerge • the younger, who, howeyer; . 4erfuly resisted hint, and during .the short strUggle with this young 'athletic,. to'lli, ast nOnent, she addressed him in liii, \OWn lanora o ,e, thoughin almost inarticulate: . 0 . sounds. i . 1 Releasinglhis.hold, she inforMecl him that 1 , • she had beet a . prisoner. for ten years,. and was taker ;front belbw Wheeling,. and '. that the Indians had killed all- the faxinlY, and that her broth - r and, liemelf were taken prisoners; but he su -ceeded on the second night, in ma.' king his, seapei During this narralave., NV hap h::4crow et - I the elder squaw; and had let her float. tf With the current; where it would not prob. , ly, bo found out soon. • lie now (ii'reeted eight tu follow liituanel with hit übuAl.'spt d 4,,ad energy pushed far the mount; Tbeyha - • se.arcely gone half Way when they heard •th rilania cry•Soine quarter 'o f a mile (. down •the str!,earti. , It was :inppobed seine pat ty Of rtidi its, returning from hunting, struck the rive \ r ust as the body of the squaw floa ted past. • Ayhite and the girl, :'s.uceeeded in retching the .mount, where Mleleland had t. - e-a'no indiWerent •p . p*erttoi o' 4 , the :;unctim eutnutotnin among the -Indians. !. . . - . . , The prairie parties of warrierswere seen im mediatelY tostiriieti . in every dinction, and White and the glrhad scarcely - arrived„ be? 1 fore a partyl. of some' twenty. warriors had i reached the s reastern acclivity : Of the mount :and' were i cautiously and, carefully keeping 1 tinder covert .Soon the spies saw !their sward I thy foes as theyglithid from -tree' to tree and rock to _rock, till their position I wa.s-surrouiV, ded, except 'on, the West,,perpendieulat side, and ail . .hope - of escape . was. (nit off.° In this' i i >erilons - Condition nothing was left: but to sell lives as dearly as possible, .and this they :tesolved to do, and advised . the girl to escape to the. Indians and tell them ,slic had been.tai , kepi prisonei. ; She said, "N e, death . to me, , in:ilie.presetice of.my; own peoPle, is a- thous T and times seeter than capiivi;y and, slavery. Yurnish.ineiwith a gun,, and I will show you can fight tis well as die. • Thii,place I leave not: - Here niY bones.shall lie; bleaching with yours, and should either - of yoU eseape,'you ivill carry the tidingS of my'cleath to my few relations." 1 , . 1 !!' Remonstrance 'proved fruitlesiS. .. . ! 1 Tde two spies quieklyt matured the plan - .6f defence and Vigorously i commenced the at, , tack from • ithe!front; where, from•the very small backbone of the (mount, the savages had 'to advance in-Singl.tile, arid without any covert.. lie and this' neck, the Warriors aviii lea tbeine:ves bf the, roLks - .. and trees in advan cing° but in passing ane to the other they 'must! lie. exposed for"t short time, and a moments exiposure of their 'swarthy forms AICs enough fur the - unerring rifles Of the spieS.-4. The indiansi being entirely ignOtant ..of hosi many were 'in ambuscade, were! the morecati rionOlow they adVanced. !.1 ! ! ' .. . After lirai,lV maintaining the fight in front, andikeeping tile danger' in check,,,,thev dis covered- - . covered - a new. 4apgef threatening them.--, ThOirch foe now naade evideat preparations to+ attack them tin the flank, winch could be most succesSitilly done ..by reaching,au insold ted rock lying in. !One. of the •ravines on the •souiliern , iiill - side. , l This rock 4nce gained by the Xndians„ 4 they torrid bring- the spies under point blank-shot of the rifle without .the pos sibility of *tape. Our brave .Ispies,saw the utter hopelessness of their situation, Iv.hich I nothing - could avert but a prate . companion and an unerring, shot. These .therliad not, but 016 brave ne.ver!'.despair. 'With this im peding fate resting 'upon there, they contin.-- I lied calve and calculating, and as unwearied as tti, 'stninest d i re of life, and - the -resist , . anceloranumerbuSii>e could produce. -. . '. SOon ll'Oleland saw a tall i,•and swarthy , figur preparing to Spring ',from a covert so near to. the fatal rock. thit; a !bound or .two would .reat'll - it, and ill hope ;of life then was 1 tone:. He felt that all depended en 'one sin , Tie advantageous shot; and, although but an inch' or twelof the 'warrior's body was expos- Ho), and that at- the distance ; of eighty , or a hand' yards,' he.resolved to risk all, coolly raised. h s rifle to his and shading, the rec i sightdmi Irltis hand, he :drew a bead so sure that' helt . .coriseiouS l it ! I ,Would!, . do the deed. He tuneed , the trigger I with !his finger, 'the t a hammer. 'me down, but in plaCe of striking fire, -it brkikti.his flint itite many reces; and ! althotighlefelt that t ri t eh Indian must reach 1 the rock before he could r adjust a other, flint, he' proceeded to the' task with e utmost • . , •.cemPoSure; ' • • - i.. ,• . . Casting 4 E' aye 'toward'- the fearful point,. stiddenly k he-saw the warrior stretching every . mnscle for , the leap"; and s with . the agility bf the! panther he made i the sprink, .but n i stead - if .reaching the rock, .he gave, a yell,' and his dark 'body fell and rolled dowerthe steep into the valley below..He had eviclefitly received. a death wound from some unknoWn hand . .--- 4 . i - hundred 'voices reeehr.' • (reap. 'beloW the ' *ontrose, qursilag 111onting, XtbraargB, 1854. , terrible shut. It was evident thattheY:;luid loit.a favorite *airier, as well as being - disap pointed for a' tine, of the most linaparmnt 'movement»! A very few minutes proved that •, 1 • the advatitagegailuxi would he of short du ration ; flit already the spies caught a glimpse of a tall swarthy warrior, cautiously advan cing to the covert so. recently occupied by his fello..)wompanioa. Now,-Mo, I rthe attack in frentwas renewed with ineteased fury, so as to 're.qnire the incessant fire ,ofhotii;sples, . le preventf .the Indians from gaining the emi- - 'nence, andin a,short time :11'Cleland saw a ;warrior making preparations: to lea to the fatal- rock. The leap Was made, ana the, In dian turning • a somerset, .his cOrpse relied. down the Ilan towards his former Companion. Again anfunknown agent bad interposed in. their behalf. . This second sacrifice cast'` is- May into j the ranks-of their . assailant:4 i :.and . just as tlit sun was disappearing behind, the western lolls, the foe withdrew to 4s shortdis tance,l to devise, some new mode of' attack.— This . ;pile came mast seasonably to our'spies, : who'l • d kept their ground, and bravely main-, tained he, unequal tight from nearlY theinid: Alle of!this day:., . . • -i: Now Or the first tiine - wasLthe girl missing ; , and the-spies thought that through terror she had escaped to' her former captors,) or that she had be - eul killed dUring the fight, butthey were not e long! left to conjecture.; The'' ,iyirl i • was.seem emerging from behind a reek,:: and coming teL.thetu with. a rifle in her hand.— During the fight she saw a warrior fill,; who , had 'advanced•soine distance before the; rest, and while some of them "ehangedltheir'Tosi .tion she!resolved at once, live or 4to, to iliis:s ess-. herself ' of his gun, and anirnunition - = . and er r ohelling down beneath the iniderbrusll, she crawled to theplace, and succeeded * its her enterprise. Her keen and watchful eye had early noticed the fatal rock and. h.re was the inxsteritins hand by whiCh the two Wairiors 'fell, the : last being the most intrepid; and Met:a-thirsty of the Shawnee trite, and the leaderoft.lie company which killed her Moth-, er and her sisters, and took her\ anti her broth er prisoners. .. NoW,I in the west, arose dark clouds,Which soon overspread the whole heavens, and ' the elements were rent with the peals id thitnder. Ihitkiess;. deep and gloomy, shrouded the , tl - liole heavens ; this darkness greatly - einbar- : 1 - 4. ,-.., e( 1 . the spies in their 'contemplated isight eseape,: supposing that they might readily lose\their wayi and accidentally tall on ',their 'eneniyi but ashort consultation decided the plan ;:rt was agreed that the girl should go foremoH‘ i. , from her . , intimate "know ledlit! of the leciilrtieS,. an another inighl ibe gained - . y f y in case .they should fall in with any of • the parties of the s ptitpceits. From tier !knowledge of the . languffige,. she might deceive the senti nels, tiA the s:_,onel,.: proved, for scarcely! had .thev descended axiittadml yards, Wlum a IoW whist from the girl..warned them of their . dan ker. - The,spies sunk, silently on the grhund, !wirete, 1 1...:,, kr.c• loos arra tigeilien t, i ney .were to -remain .till the signal was. given by the girl to [move move on. ~11erabsenee for the . space of a qi{arter of an hour, 'began to.lexelie the most, sermons appreheasion }• Again- she' ap peared.and told them she had suCceeded to ' removimi•two 'sentinels to a I \S , llorl,' distance, who w'ere directly on . their route, The de 'scent Was noiselessly resumed, and thespie..4 ,followed their intrepid leader? ti - or\half a mile iri the knost profound silence, j when\the hark i tin. of la dog at a short distance appriSed them ,of n ell,- Jlanger. The, alai Ost si iit ul idneou s I click iifihe - spie:'s - ritles was heard. is the \ girl, 1 who t, l ated that-they were now in the Midst I of the 'lndian camps, and theirlives depended . I on thel,most profound silence,. and imPlicity \. , -following her footsteps. , ' -A moment !after- 1 ,ward,' , .ilie girl was accosted by a s4 . l .ittawi.from an, opining in her Wigwam; she replied' in the Indianlangtiage,. and; without stopping, still pressed jorward. 'ln a shori time she stopped and assured the spies that the village w:.s cleared, 'and that . they — had Passed the' greate6, t, danger. She knew' that every lead ing. pass was guarded - safely . by the Indians, and at once 'resolved to' adopt the Gold adven ture Of passing through the centre lof the vil lage, 'as the least hazardous, and lie. Sequel 'proved the correctness of_her judge eat. They': now.steered a, course for the Ohio river', and' ' , after three days - travel - arrived safe at the blockhouse; , their escape and adventutepre 'vented the Indians frOm their cor templated attach.; and the- rescued . .. girl prcved- to be thc•siter:of the intrepid Corneal ya'ardiburn,. 'celebr,ated in the history of India!' • warfare, and at the. renowned spy of captain Kenton's bloody Kentuckians. • • • 4. is. 42. i!rint it in Lettirs of A. tathe.r, whose , son was addict to•some prepensittes, bade the boy • rive n nail into a }certain post whenever he: cOunniited a .fault land agreed that a nail sh.Oulil bedrawti `out whenever he corrected an erroi.. In pro ces ortime the post was completely :filled L . • with nthls. • The frouth became alarmed at of his indiscretions, and set about liniself. One by one of the nails put,,thk delighted father commend his noble, self denying heroism, himself from his faults.. "They are all drawn — ont," said The 'boy looked sad, and there • volumd of practical wisdom.in his With-1 heavy heart he replied: .. "Trt e, -father; but tlag - scars still." • Pareits who would have thei 'grow tO Sound and healthy cbara, sow thd seed .at the fireside. Chas sociations can reform the man, at make am a useful member of P,C alas I-the scars. are there. The refo . kard, giunbler or thief, is only th , the man he once was; he is col, ,sears—dishonorable scars_; which ure his 'character as longas he lived . . " HE iII.AS NOT AN ENEMY rt; TILE Wont')." -Hasn't he ! Well, we are sorry for: him ! For he has mighty little character who has no enetnies: - is nobody who h.as.nOt got pluck enough to get an enemy. Gie,u4 rath er, as onr ideal of virtue and manlinewii one who: has many enemies—one who has candor, and featless love of. the thing he sees ,to tif; ,right. ;Thd man of earnest pu strong will, and love of principle for. its 'own sake, must have enemies. But this, so fart:lira be ing ill, is to him a good. The strong tree is more deeply rooted and fas fined -in the soil by the Vim than the summe breeze. A. man never knows how much the -, is of hini.until he has ehnfrOP t( 4 / gad bra Vefl 1)1 lt eq . ppprOt inn.. '.:-',l UicèlUtuàL Mid 'rikhe •- .• • . I- • ALLY OF i -pAgT. • Tlui two veriila joined, atid the miiniccou tast,'fwas begun.!- Of cottrae t the: ,E,liglish col- Airea.,ttritunphed Over . ito this Pe*, the merchant bore his but Whea the Eiglish.lll:iyhadiissurtted the vletury i then came the 4,olitieiiO3.,. of the catdinals ert.- hurled into. the stre:am.arnidst 'the 'sho . uis'andi deiisioni of the mole, At each Plunge grotinsissued flora his .breast. It was in ,vainihat-Emilia thing to his arm and linitiored.hltn,.ley every,f4r, to ii triiin himself.! His religious zeal overcame his prudence ' wheel sat last the figare of .the *lope, dresso - in_ • hinrpotatificUl robes,l was hailed into the tide, the l load.exclamatiOn•of agony, and horr4r • b ursti, :1' Oh ttionStrous impittty of 4, accur sed and sacri lOgidus.,king 1 souuded .04 above ' din elf the Mob. : . Itiwas enouglkthe unhappy meTchan was .!! immediately: consigned over to the. se Oar armG .' • 1- •Ip• .; - Oh sad were; those ptiionlbours! the - girl .t"O'ld•her'bead.S-4thej father piayed to all the sitint.--and then came the lain consolation which one endenvor4 to Cheat the other. They!thought. of theirtiown sunny land; its' balmy :air., its liingbettety, and that .thonght, was I • •-••', November crime with 'all its gloorti-l-the nionth that shohld hav4• , been the grade of the 'year, coming. it, , does *ith shroud:. and Orecloth;foggyi dark , 111 d &teary ; the ;lath et's . brow. numbered mare Nitinkles.thelonce black hair was inore;nearly bleached, the fed ttires.anore attenuat.(.4 4 . • - • •f • 'Andthe - dabghter youth_ isi r the • '. transparent lamp of hepe,but ink, he, the igbt.,was dins, a 1 1 I . • In 2. fear and 'trembling:the Unhappy foreig;n 7 ers 'Waited the ( - Lay o doom. 'The, marchant:s 'offence was *on4 little likely - to meet. ,with m ercy. Henry vast jealous. of his 'title as h.ad;cif the church. ; bad drawn hp •a cede of . articles, of .-belief, which his subjects • w'erekdesired to subsCribe, to he had institu tW adeurt of which he - made. Lord Cron: yet~ilV.ical• General.. fin:li.bA eTn-ri , ,s -*train 41f those : a-hese' orthodoxy rlin the king's erred was galled in question;; letther 'could the unhappy merchant hope -to: - find favor vith the, Judge, for .it was kitown. that Cronlwell wits'Stronglv - attached t the ()Towing r'efor matiOn:, and frinn the is of severity; with Which . he had lately visited some of the ad herent S.of the liernish creed.iii,his new char-, te'r of Vicar General, itkvas scarcely pf l oba7 ble that he would show4nercy to one attach e4, by find love 7 to. papal Home, Sfraagers as they, were; f : unknowing and un ktinvini•what had they not' to fear sand *hat Ar,:IS ct tc . tor 1/Ofti.: r ' Tli . e.:niorningi of trifqcarne. The fogs. of -that smal `, tuputh_sprend like '-ii,dark I veil °Ver. our north. ; There Bras was no beauty in the landscape, tie light pa the; Heaveni_ana no h4pe.,in'the he4Tt.. . . I I:The . JUdges• took their places,' a crowd of wictched delinquents came. to receive- their d' ‘ 'porri,., • We suppose it to beta .refinement of medern days that men fire not runished for th'eir.,'e,rimes,lit only to ,deter :others from cOinthitting thi!m. This court" of Henry's st - ;t•etned to thifill otherwi,s ;- there was the aura; of human passions in the . Judges,'-• is will as in the Judged. T , On-else -hand 'n ere- , ant. fear abjured his creed; ci,n another, Fiero iSfm braved all-•contingencies, courtingi. the •pile.find the stale with,pen passionated Tire, and the pile and.stake were given with unre lelititig. cruelt: • liki)enc4l; t h e re stood' at the bar an aged .• man Mid • a youthful girl i .; thd long white liair °tithe ene fell l'oosely Direr_ the shoulders; and left iinshOded a face Wrinkled is much by care ,its bv age the dat'ii-loCirs Of the other were'liaided over a countenance clouded by sorrow and *ee l with. te,ars. filie icnocl:etY of trinl•avent, on. i It seas ea- . syitti.pfove wh*t even t'he .Criminal did not atternpt. to gainsy. The ',aged' merchant av3,W - ed his fidelity\to the rdpe a's. a true sod ofitheChurch4denied tie supremacy of Hen-, rP °Veil any pait of the fold,: and thus' seared ill's oivn deem. M 1 . _ _ !There was aa awful listilltiess through the cithri—stilless,;the 'precurser of deorn—bro ken hilly by the sobs of the' weeping girl, as she. Iching to? her 'father's )Irni. - Howbeit, the expected s4ntence iris interrupted ; then cancie. al suddeni rush; fresh attendance threng eit, the court: ,!," Room' for Lord\Cromwell ! room fur Lord Cromwell"".and - the' Vicar General came in his poOp and state,swith all the insignia of office, - t assume 'his place of pre-eminence at that tribunal. Notes 'tit! the proceedings were laid *before! Lord CromWell., IO . s?as told ofithe itleaded Setitncei and he made. a gesture, of apprdbation. I ' Ai . glea m of hope seethed to dawn upon the mind of, the Italian girl !as Lord Cromwell en-' terett [ She watched his .countenance while he read: it was stern, indicative- of calm; de termination ;.bitt, - there'Were lines in it that sPikilte-inore of.tnistakeiil duty than innate era eltiv.-; Yet when the Vicar General eve his ait -eh et assen the steel entered. Emilia's soul, n . A sob, the veriest a'ecent of despair,' ran th tigh _ that! court, .And where-it met, the hntrian heart, pierced through all the cnielty and oppression; that, hrtried it, and struck up on; the naturalifeelingohatdiiide men I`roin inenste,rs. 1. i 1 I ifl'lle sound struck ',upn Cr,Omwell's. ear, his ~ eye sought thq placel whence it proceeded ; it rest44l on Emilia and her father. A strange eniotion passed over the face of the stern judthe--4 perfect stillness followed. I ' 14rd Crontwell hr+ke the Silence. He. glarked over the note.slthat had been handed to . .ibim; speakiiig apparently; to himself : ` 1. 4 trom ItakV,--a M4ehant 7 --Milan—ruined by . ° the wars—ay, thOse[Milan wars weiel ow ing to Clement's ambitin and Charles' knave :7H he loss of substanee—to England to re . claim an old ifidebtment." - `if. ard CromWell's eye !rested once more up on 'the merchant and I his daughter. lk le era Of Italy—from lifilitn—is that your birth pis6tT i • 1: 1 • !`:We are Tnscans,",!replied the merchant of,tncea,." and oh 1 141e-LOril, if there is mir'py inthia.lworld show it ',now to'fhi un hajwy .girl r 1 t il, •1 • ' 1 4 To. both orlto neither l'! exclained the girl: , a We will live orldie together r _ 1 The Vicar (eneral litiade . answer to neith err . .: He' rose fibiu l ith , ; 1 at 'A sign from I hini th i ;i , ;prriper AfrWer fie(' aced the court) ail- the extent reforminff ere drawn l ed him for )n freeing the . , par- 'as aichole sadness.-- are' there childrm ter, must itable ,as -11 perhaps ciety.; but rm iedArun- . wreck of erect; with_ ill disfig- journed.' The sufferers were hurried back to their cell, some went whither they,could, otht ers where they would not ; but all disappear`• ed I 1 • , - A. faint and solitary light.gleamed from 4 chink of the prison wall-=it came from-the narrow cell of the Italian merehant and hia daughter'. The girl slept—ay, slePt. Sleety does not; always leave the 'wretched to light. cm lids and sullied with a tear. Reader, halt thou known intense misery, and cant landntitiped unti! the veryexcitement of the misery wore out the body'a_power of endurance, and steep like a torpor, a stupor, - a lethargy, bound thee in its chains Into such a .sleep had - Emilia fallen.. :She was lying on the prison floor, het face pile, as if ready for the grave, the large tears yet resting. upon her cheeks, and over, her sat the merchant, thinking what a treas i ure she %vas anel)ad ever, been to . himHhe could ,wish that sleep to be the sleep of deith l • .. • The clanking of a key! caught the merch ant's ear ; a gentle 'step entered the prison.--4 The father's first ~thought was for his child He made a motion to . enjoinsiletiee ; it Wa. / obeyed. His visitor adtanced with a quiet tread; the merchant looked upon hini with wonder.. Surely—no—and >let should it be! that his Judge, Lord CionaWell, .the Vicar General,,stoOd before liin), and stood not with threatening in his eve, not with denunciatio4 on his lips, but took his stand on the other side. of Emilia, gazing .upon her with .nil ey4 in which pity and tendetnesA- were . conspicu ous.- 1 -. ~ Amazement bound upthel faculties of the merchant. He seemed tO himself as one that drettmeth. . .. 1 . 1 " AwOke,. gentle girl; I awake," said Lord Cromwell, as he itoopedlover Emilia. "Lei .me hear thy voice, once ;Imre, as it. sounded iu mine.ear in / Other dayS," . . - i ' The. gentle accents fell too light to break the spell of that. heavy shnber, and.the mere chant whose fears, feelings and confusion formed a perfect cliaO., stooping over hii child; 'suddenly awoke her - with the cry of "Emilia I. Emilia I s awake and behold our judge !" •. : , 1 - .- - • . . "Nav, nay, not thus - ! oughly," said Lord Cromwell ; but the sound'had alreadY called Emilia to a sense of wretchedness. She half raised herself from her recumbent posture *- to a kneeling one; shadowing her dazzled eyes with her hand; her Streaming hair falling in wild disbTiler over.her shoulders, and thuti resting at the feet of her judgej, • "Kook on me; Einilia," 8:6(11 Lord Croak-. well.; and encouraged by the gentle accent 4, slieTaised her tear-swollen eyes to his face.--4- As she did - so" the Vieari-General lifted froth his brow, his plumed ,capand 'revealed tke . perfect outline of his feltures. And Einiliit gazed as is spell-bound, Until gradually shade of'doubt, Of wondet, 4f recognition, . came . d . ie ,, r E g ‘ n e e i B i tr o, ;: • _.„1:-.;,„ t, ,,, r.r.ryttn:trilarti•A • and; priall.47 in-a yoke of "passionate amazement, s claimed i It is the .sanie ! it is - our sick • . said Lord !Cromwell, ," even so, my dear:and gentle nurse.- lie who wasthen the poor:dependent on, % - our bounty, receive ing from . your charity)tis daily bread as 'an alms, bath this day preSido over the issue of life and death as your' judges; but' fear not, gentle Emilia' the sight; of 'thee, .comes 7. the memory of: routh, .and. kindlier \ thoughts' cross-the sterner mood .Ithat lately darkened , over me.' They . whose. Yoke may influence the destiny of a nation; gradually loose the memory - of_ - gentler thOughts.. -It.- tnay be 'Providence. tint bath sent thee-to melt - nie back again into a softer nature: 'lslany . ,n 'heart Atilt. be , gladdened, that but for my sight of thee had been sad u%to death. I tfiink me, gentle girl, .Of the ilowers laden with dew and rich with . fragrance v which thou did'st lay upon my pillow, while this heart throbbed with agony of ,pain- upon it, fondly thinking their .sweetness , would be a balm ; and how thou wert.tised to steal into my chaniber and .listed to tales of this, .the y land, of mir home.- Thon art here, arid 114- hast.tbou been welcomed / To -a prison, and well nigh unto - death. Out the poor soldier bath a home ; conic thon and thy father and share it." i An hnur!' who dareviophesy its events 14- At the .beginning of tlnit hour the 'merchant and daughter had been sorrowful eaptiveis of a-prisnn ; at . its closei they, were the tre4- ured guests of a palace. • - • ,• ECLIPSES F OR . TUE YE. -IL—lii the year la -54 theri..Will be two eel; ses of the Sun, and . two of the Moon. l- . * : i 1. The _Moon will be partially . eclipsed o'`n the 12t1i, of May, .visible!asisillows: • Begining at 4h. 10m.t.grcate . st ipbscuratiOp 4h. 26611, and 61/..34m.1P. M. • . . _ Eclipse begins. 147 :degrees :52' minutes front vertex to the right • •.'. - i Digits, eclipsed 14. on the. Northern- Limb... .:. t. _4- , I • i \ The line of 'Central and Anhtdar Eclipie .; li:ring through a- portion of'4l . te • northern - part of the United States.and- southern' patt of - 14064 i Atnerica.. . -•:`, ; • . • ;. 114 Will be the - largO4t eclipse visible in the United States until the year 190 Q, when the Sun Fwill be • totally eclipsed, the centie passing . tear, Washington. • • • 3. A partial eclipse of the Moon will occtir on the 4th ot\Noventber, at 4h. llm. P. IC -T1164100n . kill rise with a slight shade on its'Northerrt • The Sun' will s be tOtallyueclipsed on the 20th of-November, \ thti- middle Oecuriog ut sh. 14m. A. M,invilil \ -.lle, This eclipse Will be 'central and.•total in' the • southern part•Of At:ric4, South and :the Southern Ocean. ; • . 1 ta n s, a \ ans. o yer ...e .thy red cow what t,t . , \ eats der; cabbage' ast n gut I \ Yell, now you kes 4er fowling-piece, and when you sees her p 0.43 her nose\ under de fence, biad der barrels is it powder and ball, And brake de tam gun ever her head: : ;Aar iThe-substance •f. the verdict of a re cent coroner's jury -on a roan, w-laa died , in ; a state of inebriation, " Deitth by banging =round a rum =shop' There tire many suc'k, AV" What's the next thing to oysters, Zebl" says an urchin' tn a roller boy. " the shells, stupid," retcirted Zetn as asked the; other day, why a ffil4te life; and arl not ahre to support, a • , tw7 , A. lady she chose to live plied,. 4 13ecause . hitsbnlid." I • IF. , er 1 1 1 1 \— 1 . . _, _ i _ , ' ' ' VORteflE .31011TROSS DEJIOO-111,AT:- r o • .. - 1, , 1 ' , l - • • UCULUOrI. I .. , 1 This isn subject wbich i has often engtnitsed my' thoughts, andnVer 14 me ansittisfiedivith my own mind for II do not believe.thO. finite mind is -elt . pable ofkcomprehending :its vast importance in moulding the, destinies. of;' men not. Only for -time, but. for eternity!, ..• - " What landiteationl - lit is titte 'culotte of i mind, the develqenientl of - the l'atental and moral capacities: God Jim give') usfertain, faculties, l .whatever "tends ito ..develop and im- lirove these ; whatever unfolds the talents, and enlarges the . capacity of the mindfor thinking and judging properly, is I & .part, of edneation.- An education. that . ,fita . n& only. ,for a, ' .perfi-. .641 .Nor-existence, is worse than uSele ; for. to fulfil its great design, 't twist preps nif.o, meet all the storrasi. and Conflicts of lie with' manly fortitude HO resignation, and'",enalile us to enter with *thity and uiefnlnesS the vast drama of . hinlan life that is.enactingin the World t.:not aniidle s'iieetatOr of its varied" scenes, but a portal:et . yet -no one is-so fool ish as to suppose that knowledgeis tObe,maiii ed alone from books.' Every event . &ad cir cumstance of our Ives i 4 cOntribUtitig In some measure to help fokward this great wofk. Na ture opens to us a' book ' , ,in whose inspired pa : , ges we may read.: - Shelunveils to us at. source of knowledge as undleSs asinfiray,.atul 1 1 u un folds to Our enrapt, red gaze theglOtiotis won- • ders of the universe. It is _a field 'in which we must ever "be h5.,. - ; though in ~ thought we can soar 'away thr ugh the regions of illimit able spade, yet all tells us of the un&earchable, wisdom and powe of a Divine Beim, Whose ways . are-above our comprehension. ;-, po our. progression in k Owledge will never cease while eternity, zrol s its: ceaselessfrotindsl,, - In contemplating th works,and. laWs l4 ' L i Ctifu . re,. ( 1, we may learn the duty. we • owe .to ! . G i odl, and to each . other:..Still, i.,'ery much "pan 'he learn ed from the writings` of great and good 'pen, of the past and prent . age. We tnay . learn from the example of some how to :oVereotn . e - apparently. insurmountable 'difficulties; ' how to sustain privationS, And bearUJith fortittide all the ills of lifel We may also learn . that good actions and virtuous irinciples 1 to meet With thei,r., regard; while the Sm ever,punished. ile have "given e: for the - cultivation or disciplinel°f i and the developeinent of those menta iti&..•which. but for'their ii Ist rue tiory everlave remained dermant. . I :1 , The .history Of !the 'rise and dovrnfal . pires and Nations, thii origin and pro the arts and.sciences,Lanethe lies o poets, warriors and.satesinen ; the a of the laws, customs and usages of tl aigl the important event* tranSpirinJ , present age of the world, which are t ,ansniit ted to us thrOugh the medium of the vess, arc ir rich -stores of i n f?rintit i on, :alm ost exhaustless. What is anatton ithout education ? Look at France! Whatlis she? a nation of blind fa natics. 'Her valeillatik , ',multitudes offer 'up 11 thaalu i ht i or r y JlOinage. Co_a tyrant,,w ogrindS - -; ,-...,-. 7 -7- 7 - ---•-. 7--- : ....? the iron rod of ppressioil. After in king so many efforts. toustain a reiniblican, form of government; all 1 , r. NA:tcling .through iivers'of blood to actievel -that liberty which .so soon has been wresfed„frOm her ; why. is it slie-can not goiern lieNelf? - becanse -her lin4ses lack the general intelligence and solid pi ciple.On which every reptadietui government. Must be based. , The people• Ilaek 'education, and are . consequently de.Stitute - of the i power fTjudg li ini , properly bet Ween the.twftieat principles Wright and vvrettg. ' • .4 - I • Look at Italy, with her ninny- skies, lofty .mountains, -and : smiling rates ;. h 1..16;4 vineyards, magnificent scenery, and forgeous Sunsets. What is She Nvitii all her, natural . resources of wealth and prosperity ? the glori ous Italia of poetry is boived beneath thesWat . of an. infatuated and higoted clergy. The lower orderS are kept in the deepest ignorance. We need not go bad; to the dark ages to see . superstition ; we can see. it •there ! Iwoneed not go to India:-to see idol worship;. we can see - itthere ! What ,a dark picture,' t behold the human Mind, which as capable, of_ . such vast expansion,.suchLixeltedi coMpr iension,' contracted by• the Palling inflitenee'.f:ignor ance and superstition, lac) the, narrow ' sphere of; bigotry . andlanaticiam. 0, .Italy re that.he ;who is thought by .yOuto - be the roy al ;representative of the ruler of the . niverse, could- reScue.you from the depths ot misery and degradation into_ which you hate fallen. One thing lie •might; : do, le,might give you the means of education. ;in a Word, Italy lacks knowledge. , . Turn your eyes but fora. momentat any of those nations destitute of. education - . or the means of general intelligence, and vhat are they ?= Russia, a nation .of, slaves al d serfs: - .1 where the lower classes ;are groundl in the dn'st by the nobles:and ' higher orders... Her cotintlesshordei are,hut the degradedlminions of her proud Einp4er. Though Nichelas May have Millions of Savages to obey hiS sovereign will, he can nevei:pominand intellect...-The mind, that God-like dower, is , net always' found 'beneath the Yo•ort , eous pageantry of ::::, t• [ r • wealth and power. I . . !• , -1. . • Look at India! let the Ganges tell its own story ; Where the poor benighted heathen of , , ter up their prayers to senseleSS hloe'l ! 'where the r mother,. stiflin n he best st feelin of her nature,. and turni g a . a eat ear to the instincts of natural affection, Consions.lier OtiOpiieg to o -. I,. watery grave. , .. . • • .l. - watery g rave. What 'though ivith - lavisli,kindnei; t • • .The gifts of God. are Strewn ; i . ... The heathen in their blindness -• I . . I . .. ~BOw down to weed and stone.' 1 .-What is lacking to elevate India in the Scale of being,-and place her on the' level with Other nations, in a Moral :and hitt:UO . 6o point of view ? \ She lacks education!: . • • 1 _ Is ignorance condueive to happinessl, - think you the pagan. who Calls unheard;, unanswer ed, • in his misery, upon' his wooden 4od, feels any happiness in making his unavailing pe titions I . Think you the effeminate disciple id the-Koran,-who dreams away half his life tin- - . der the.bancfal influence of the narc;ic drtig, -is happy I can the.puffings of a nar kilo sat-. isfy the longings of an imniortal, . indi ; I. answer, no! - a wise Creator did nbt fora' the mind of man. to ,becOntentedwith.t e gre4l-_ ling pleasures, or - earth. rHo_4id-1 la t intend that /happiness should exist • without Fa knovil \edge of Him.' But 'tve desist frent looking longer. on.s the dark Side of the picture,,,and turn from contemplating the :evil ignorance, to the:-bleat ulta*.of tl ies eduCation. - ' ', ‘. ' '. I'. ',., -. • - ' . .I.:(xik at the British EmPire ! the"un never sits on her vast &mains, her, flag floath - in'. the: . icy . regimis.of`perpetual ariow,-.,.. tidigs . n its- regal fats in the spicy breezeS.of I - their _ . t folunit 11, Siptint f!. tropics where the „no- sit; breathes .the JA* fum.trof mattes, groves ot- , ... -- :, • . , w - tinted ' fios .. .er4 her abir APl.eaa OE4, to the gale and beruqtrevery tenutnr , ithle glebe ' . the benefits of he i extensive ' c. -w " • --• 1 Sheds' Ow:retied !) , j , men 144. -. ' .. OT and learning and controleid NY: just4ndireprtable laws:_ Th e caus e` - of her proaPerity 3S 'plain It isbecause tht - 11 1 .M 31 1A, ot , ,,k.,,POeske_ RN placed within the reacti- - 4 * *lll4,thei press - disseininatea ita great-trathivingl by _zits in= valuable productions;;boolca,lialeemPaPors, places the means of infor mation and learning within the reach of eveit min.- ' 1 . Ile,r prosperity is undskiblidly owing to - the means for general 'eduCation which she posses.itts. To constitute an .enlightened na-,- Lion we must have as enlightened people.-* We. will now . glanee_ at our own glOrians republic. She is. , now in the zenith of her glory, nmodel for nations, the downtrodden masses of Europe; emulatinglher glorious ex ample are ~ endeavoring to throw off the, ty rants yoke:, We. are a free,. ;a noble people. Our territory extends over a --iast region of - , Country, east, from where the-Atlantic *ash es its rocky shore; west, .to.,where the mon arch of oceans dashes his briny waves in sui- len pride against the emerald shore. I Well . may the heart of every Ainerican beit with - exultation, as he contemplates ; his country, exhaustle.ss in her natural restiurces of NTealth, , unbounded in her natural prosperity, enjoy= inga glorious though . ,dearly bought liberty. Happy, free America !th i e tyrant has no fciot- • ~,Is ing on thy fertile shares, thou art rested and loved at home. ; tler,, 'tt ride - • triumphant on .the seas, awl the , i s'pan' - brit gled bannerls unfurled in ebe pirt.;, Our nation IS composed - of a brit 'nt , galaxy - of " thirty one stars , all moving i perfect barmo- . ny ; and - go v erned by. wise and equitable laws, framed by men eminent for talent, and-learn- ing. What country. either 'ancient or mod ern, has produced' men of equal greatness ? of such gigantic intellects, noble minds, and patriotic hearts! 40_ heroes, , , stalesnieii, - and generals, are unequalled - and retriain unsur- , passed. The people of America, for we' bfiie no castes. in 'society here' ata intelligent and . ' enlightened beyond those of any other na tion. - The means!of acquiring knowledge are placed within the reach of :every man; liter ature once guardrid with;such jealous care, is s,. - alike open to ail. I , . 1 . - : : • - Schools are instituted for tlie 4 poorest cla.- es, for the poor :a, well = the rich- mav, ac quire an educntipn, .r nd we may safely conic to the , conelusionihni, the general in telligence and repnementorthe people; is the mainspring of. our national Prosperity.. Let us re.m 7 t,truber we' are accountable to. God for our talents,.and endeavoito cultivate our men tal and moral eapaciti*' and thus enable us to prepare for a broader sphere of usefulna here, and the _enjoyment of :.true happiness hereafter. - . ' ' • .. =,-, lirifittre [evil are •v amPles Icap e ini, ht of Em ozres., of heroes, ecounts to past, in -the Susquehanna Couutyilreacher's As-- sociatio.l* - U v ASSI•r•-• ••••••,,,, .110. Teacher's Association; c ? nvened at Mont rose,-lia.the Susquehanna Academy Building, onthe - evening of Sat rd ayJanuary `2§th, 4854. - • •-• The Association eras cal4d to older bYT:Ihe President, 5... T; Scott, and 4e - Secreta be-. hag in the chair, the Association immediately proCeeded to hnsiness. - • ;After disposing of somelUcidental, prelim ivary business, the io‘usinesS Comnii z ttee re ported that they hatifsucceeded in procuring the services of S. Foster, in capa'city 1. of lecturer before the Association. - _ On Motion, the President, calle for \ the • lecture -to be ieliti ered, and,' Mr. Foster' beir.g present, inimeiliately responded to the, call by proceeding 10 - its delivery'. - The lecturer deervedly 'secured the mark ed attention of the Association. He ‘ was lis tened to with all that interest trliieh - a deci dedly praCtical, and consegiently useful ef fort is calculated to secure. ' . At the close of ti lee tar C. W. Deans offered the - following :. resolution, which-vms . unanimously adopted`', ' Resolved, That the thanks of this Associa tion are dile to Mr., Foster for Itis very able ' and instructive address. The - reading of the constit tion. was then called for, and was accordin lj read by the Secretary. All persons presetttwho - were not already members of the Association, wetenow solicited to attix their names to, tion. , - During the signing of. the COnstilution r thei AssoCiation was addressed by(C. W. D,Ol-1.-„i' on the ebjects,of the .Asseciatlen„ulso B - Ss the; Secretary in regard 'to the- erSueous sions created in the minds of Seine iu vatio!:s parts of the county, as to.thel actuated Teachers in the .forMation of this Association. • On motion a committee was!' appointed. bY the President,.consisting of lk S. Foster,•.t. McKenzie and A. 13". Johnson,'" to draft by laws ?or' the Association inc tiding a Scbed ule of business. . [ On motion it was alsa agreed that tile Schedule be ,reported to . this -nleetinz t , said the by-laws to the next 'stated ineeting of the • • Association. . - On motion' of the Business Committee, the topic - of': School Government was take up and discussed with ranch niurtal benefit and good humor. Thi meting winks addreSsed the President; E. MeKenti ,e .111" S. Foster,. W. Deana and others ;on this topic. ' On invitation of the Secretary, S.,U.Eam ilton Esq. of - Gibson, ,favored 'the .AssOciation with a very,' interesting r.nd .initructirb ad dress as tolhe nature ofits,dirties-and 1t474,e -e4iar attitude before 'the peoPle of this.coeri The Committee on by-laws nnw gave ila tiee that the, 'were.: ready to report a&hid. tle of bus' ess, and -the following Saw( 3.11 Lt was then re by B. S. Foster, e,h7sirtnst of eommittee,.., ;, ,! 'adopted by the - -Assait, 4 ion. in committee : \ he whole. t. ._.,-. Schedule-Ist." Calling of the tell. . 2nd. Reading Of Secretsty's ReFort. 3d. Miseellaneott, BusieesB l '. 4th. Appointitent a Cormnittee.s. - sth. Address.' - 2. , ' - Oh. Discussion.* - , ,• : ' Itho Report of Cominitteei., ' , .',. eth.zidisvallane3 . o Ritsinekei • -, :, ',.; - tkii,:Adjournment. , • . ,I i o . 4lnotiOa, the President aftpointol : ic*- ;Dingo to Fixfof t aio an address' to the,'pe:ol - il,i'of this corm setting setting forth - , the., iitljo4l4:Tital aims of the Association; attd, On t , ..',.tii.lit 1- ,';a - "a .'-':--,ti'-:-.i.-5. o.'!~'
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