,stteci Vottrp. The Serepade. Wass, lady, wake! for the moonbeams are glow. log In light and-in beauty o'er forest and bill; . , Th e fair Housatonic. is noiselessly flOwin'gi , • Where o'er the green meadows the sight-dews diitil. The cool breath of evening. shall murmer around thee, And s bear on its wing the sweet incense-1)f flowers; Then shako off the, fetters of sleep which have bound thee, • And - breezes shall waft thee this offering 'o ours. • The sunshine ofhopo no dark sorrow has 'shroud ed—, • Each note that thcu hearest shall tell thee of Joy . For the heart. whose vonng life is still pure - and unclouded Is a world of delight which nn fears can destroy. But if thou lovest better the language of sadness, If sorrow 'has - blighted the litipt;s that Were dear, .• . , . _ still; in moments of grief, as in moments of glad- ness, 'Tis • music has power both - tb soothe . and to • • cheer. . . . l' • - ' . . •, , .. ten wake, lady wake! 'mid ,the quiet.of even . " Forget, for a moment thy cares and thy woes; This word, in its beauty, seetneth like heaven, So holy and calm in, its,breathless repose. Nor drain from thy hart the illusions that bov. .Their sweetness, froin•Faney's too changeable • ray Enjoy 'what thou canst while it's-near, for to-mor , J r W its light and efaiantment may. Nanisl; away. From Dick en's thiesehold Words A 4, the parlor window of a pretty villa near , Wahon : on-Thanat , s sat., one evening at dusk; an old man and a young woman.' The age of,the old man might be some sevkity while! his (oinpanion had certainly not reached nineteen. Her beautiful -blooming face and active, light and upright figure W e re in strop:* ; contrast with ihe worn counten:mce and bent friinie of the old. man;' but in his eye,' and in I corners of his mouth were indication; of a gay :,elf-confiiieuce, which age and suffer ink had damped, but not extinguished. "\o use looking any more Marv," said he; neither John Meade nor Peter Finch will by ' here bei.‘re dal k. 'Very hard that.. when a • sick uncle asks his two nephews to 4•otue and • sie hint, they can't come at o4ce.. The duty s imple in the extreme,--onir to help,me to ; die, dal take what I choose to.leave them in ; my will; .Pooh ! when I was a young man, I I'd have have done it for my uncle wirlr the ntmist celerity.: But the world's getting ; quite heartless!"' - Oh, Sir , Q,,Said Mary. • " And what dues•Oh, Sir ! mean r said he. "D'ye think I Shan't diet I know, .better. A little more, and ther'ell be an end-.to old I Billy Collett. He'll hiveleft this dirty world. for a clearer-1.'6111e great "sorrow' "(and. ad-- vantage) of his, affeetionaie relatives! 'Ugh ! (Aye me a glass of the'•docter stuff." The girl poured some medicinepto*a glass and Collett,--after having contemplated. it for' Ia moment With infinite disgust, managed to met it down. . I " I tell you what, Miss Mary Sutton," said ;lie, "I don't by ony means approve of: your I" Oh, Sir' and "Dear Sir." and the rest of it, i - when I've _told you bow -hate to -be called .Sir 'at all, Wily von couldn't, be more re spectful it s you were a charity girl and I .a beadle in a go:d-laced bat! lone of your nonsense, Mary Sutton if you please. been your lawfulguardian now for six months and you "Ought to know my likings and diS .; likings." 'Mv poor father often told rue - bow roe dislike - d ceremony," said Mary. "Your 'poor father told yon quite right,"" . (said Mr. Collett. " Fred Sutton was a man iof talent—a capital fellow . His only fault was his natural inability to keep a farthing lin his pocket. 'Poor. Fred ! he .loved ll'm - sure he dtd. He . bequeathed me- his mi lls- child—an' it isn't e.ery . friend : who would do that!" -"A kind and generous protector you Lave been I" "Well, I don't know; I've tried not ;to be a brute, but I dare say Uhave been. Don't I -p‘.!!tk roughly to you sometimes ? I t -given voll good, prudent worldly advice about John Meade, and• myself quite disa gr'eeable, and like . a :guardian? .Come, 'eon fttss v*)ove this penniless nephew of wine." "'Pe - Rill/I)6s indeed tr said Mary. "Ali, there it id" said Mr. Volleft. " And what liusinesk has a poor devil of an artist to fall in love with my ward , i. And what busi ri'vs3 has my ward to fah 'in . love with a poor dexil of an *artist ? But that's Fred Sutton's dauziner all over: Marti> I two nephews? Why couldn't you fall in love with the dig= creet one—the thriving one? .Peter. Finch --coniderin . he's an-attorney—is a worthy young Man. lle is industrious in the es ;rem:,, and at nds to other people's btiSinem only wh , --n he's paid for it: He despises i,en tnnent, and •alway looks to the main chance. But John Nl i e;oe, my _dear, Mary, may spoil canvas f 6 r ever and not grow rich. He's ail for art, and ' truth, nod social -reform,. arid , .. I 1 rpritual elevation, and the Lord knows what. :Peter.Finch will 'ride in ' hts 'carriage, 'and N , 14 , 11 pow' John Meade as be trudges -on ;foot?" . The harangue Was here interrupted by a .. flug at the gate, and Mr . . Peter Finch was ati pounced. Ile 'had se.A . treelv' taken his seat when another pull at the bell was heard, and r„loh n Meade vita announced. Mr. Collett-eyed his two nephews - *it'll a queer sort of a•smile, while they made speech ,s expr e s.siv e of sorrow at.the nature; of their NWt. 'lit last, stopping thetti, - . " Enough boys, enough !". said be: Let, find some better subject to discuss than t. 11.; state of an-old man's health. 1 . , wan't kow a little wore abut you both. I harn't ieen much of you up to the present time,and, for anything I know you may be rogues or fool," • _ John, Meade, ,seerne4 rather to wince un der this address; but. Peter Finch sat.' calm iind confident... "To put a case now," said Mr. Collett ; . 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" I quite agree with youl Sir," said Mr. Finch; " perfeclly agree with you. The val ue of their labor in the initrlt is allthat la borers can pretend to—all that they ,shOuld have. Nothing acts more Orniciously than the absuril extraneotis support called char ; „ _ • Hear, bear !" said Mr. 'C,ollett.. "_You're a,elever fellow, -Peter. Go On,,nly dear boy s , rr e, o on . "What results from . .clia4tble aid .?'" con, tinued Peter. "The value Of labor is'kept an . unnatural. level. State: ehatity is state robbery piivate charity is wrong." "That's :it,. Peter!" said;'; Mr. Collett.— ‘• What 46 you think of our philosophy, John ?" i . "J it! I don't believe it said John. "yoti were quite' right tro r, mi4e the • man shilling t I'd have given• him a shill-. ing myself;" "Oh, you would- 7 -would ?" s: r. Mr. Ccdlett. You're very .cetierous with year shillings. 7 NVould you fly in the face of all orthodox po iticltl ecovny,-you Vandalr -•.,‘ Yes," said John i t as the John' in the face Home und destroyed whit had. be c ome a fals e lw,.4l iind a "Inds:nice." • "Poor John said Mr. Collett. ". We shag never inake anYtlling , of him, Peter.— Really, we'll better talk of isomethiiig John, tell" ti 4 about tW last new novel." Theq(Oni-eri-ctrl on lariuus topics Until, the arrival of tub invalid'sl early bedtime Taped, uncle and nephew.: foe, the night. Mary Sutton seized an opportunity the next• morning after .b . rea,klast to speak with ,; • !treade: alone. t . sa id sLe, "t 3:) t hi n k. r „,, re o f' . t our. ow - n ilitt:ue't--ef milt. interest. NVlla t cieca ,ion fOr you;to be s'o violent, la-t night, ;Ind contradict 'gr. Collett so shockingly :‘ I saAY Peter Finch liuglkinl; to hitnielf. John, you inu,t be inure careful, br 'we shall , never, be married." • : • " Well, Marti' dear, Jo ray said John. ." It was ,that, confo . tthded his chain. of iron maxiMsollat m•t,le iuc Ilc . out. keberg,-Marv." • Thatik uot"." said Mary- 7 - I,ut 'au iceberg' duals—tbitk of that, .1431m..-- 7 .- ! IZemerul,er---every time vou otfead Mr. Col lett, vo - tt please Mr.Fitieb" ] do :" suite John her that." . " It _. you would buly try to be a , little me:, 1 and hard-hearted,"! said Marv.; "just a little, to beoln with . .. • You"would oy sow - ) to ' . rs. l inl t ' 1 - 1 conquer; Juhu—and You : desei]re. to conquer: I • " May I gain rni:v deseris, thitn r - s:ti.l John. " Are you not to bJ m y lovin • wife, 'Mary I And are you not tb i sit at neelle-work to my studio while I paint my great, historical Oc tole .? How can this Come ,itolpas-s if Mr. Col lett will do nolliim , fun us ,tll I - 5... ?" ii t " Al), how izh.;ed saki lliary. " Ilt here is our friend Peter Finish, coming ilmf the gate Imp his_walk.•l :e you togezbj 1, err." And so.sai-ing; she, w ithdrew." . .g. " What, Meade I" said - P4eil Fine!), as he eutereA.-'"Skulking in di4s on a fine inbrn ium like this;, 1 I've bet-n iihthrough the vil-- zs . • ' . . lager Not an I lugly place—put wants looking, after sadly. jt,load . s shaiilefUllY muddy ! Pigs allowed to walk on' the botipath r • . . " Dreadful. exclairric',Tohn. .. ; -: t i , - "I say---i•ou'uome out pretty strong last night," saidrPeter.' " Quite defied the old man !. But I like your spirit." - "I have ; no doulit you do ! " thought Jahn. - " Qh, ‘.ben 1 %W:i.i a yon;11, I was a little that way myself,'" said Peter. . 4 ,' 13tit -the ;, world, my dear Sir—soon cures , us of all mantic nutinns, I re,riret, of cours e, to , the poor people miserabie.; but' What's- the use of regretting ? It's no part of , the busi ness of•the superior classes to "interfere with the laws; of supple and deinand ; poor peopie *must be tnisetabfe. What can't be - .Qure , l must be endured:' • ,_ , " That is to say," - returned John, ".whavive can't cure, they must.enAure." " Exac t Iv' so, ",said Peter . Mr. Collett this day was too ill to kayo his bed. ,About noon he re,pisited to see his nephew's in his bedr , Jurn. They found him propp(li up by pillows, looking very weak, . but' in e-o - od spirits, Its usual. . . '". Well; boys," said fic, " here I am, you -see, bronght to au anehbr at last !" ~ The -doe tor ‘villibe here soon, I 4uppose, to shake hi.i 'head' and write recipes. H umbug,,my bov! do as : nine for thein li Patient.ear) sei ytts, I - be: lieve. as 'doctors can do for them , they're, all „in- the ((ark:together—the only difference. is that thd patients grope lin English; and the 1- doetOrs grope, in Latin r ' . : " You tire topiistreptiCal, Sir," said John . . Meade. 1 • .'"-- '•,..- • ..., " Poch l." said Mr. Collett. " Let - Us chatlfg* the suljj'ect. - I Want your . advice,- Peter and John, on a, matter that concerns your inter, ests. Ftti going to - Juake my will today-4 I nd I don't know -, : how - to act about .youi .,•,, sin„ Emma Brig ,•n. Dont- ths4race . d ui, r tuartiv . i ng . an oiltn. 1." • .• ••• ) 3 .. "An ?titnan!' excla• ed John. -, '• "A vulgar, shooki g oilman l'" :mid 'AI4 Collett, f‘ a' wretch :ti: o -not only sold.Oll, but. tf:ottp, candles, turp.*.ntine, blacl - lead,- and birch brl.oms. It Was a dreadful blow to thi filthily. i lier, poo4,orainimother never got. Ovgfit, and a tnaideti aunt turned - Methodist in desigttr. Well' ! Iriggs the - oilman died: last wee 4., it seems, and 'his widow. has u tit; ten to me.; asking for assistance.. - Now, have thOught of lea t ing her a hundred a yeat in my will: i What o‘., you think of it i_ VIII 'afraid she don't de-si..rve it.. What righthad she to mank against the advice Uf her friends i .What have ;I to do with her misf-orttines?” - 1 "My mird is qui e'made up,i' said Petei, Finch.," no notice ought. •it.o be taken of her She'tnade an obstinate an unworthy inateli and 'let hir abide liet cdaseqUenk,:eir' .„, - " NoW for your'opiniot4 John," tiaid Mr. Collett. j . .-. : . j - .- . i . " Ulna my word, I think I must; say the sane 'mid jobn tMeade,- ()tieing hituself up boldly for -the part of toe worldly;-man.- -" What right bad ! Ale to inarry—aalyou oh , 'erred with 'great sustiee,iS r ir ? -Let her abide ,TORNAL-j-DEVOTED TO POLITICS, NEWS, LITEIIATUR, 26,GB.ICULTITAE, SCIENCE, : A.ND MO . . : . . 1 the - consequences—as yott.• .. very prOperly re marked, Finch. Urn's bli e carry• on the oil ! man's business ? I dare say it will support Iher very well," .- • . • Why, no,!' said Mr. 'Col!ett : 4 '.l.3ritacs died a hankrupt, and his widow and child'ren ! are destitute." , . "That .does not alter the question," said Peter Finch. Let. Briggs' family do. some thing for her." "To be sure I" said Mr. Collett, " Briggs fmily'_are the people to do something . Mr her. She musn't expect anything from us— must she. John "D,stituto - , is she? said John. " With children too I Why, thig is another case, sir. You surely ought to notice lier-4o assist her. Confound it, Pm fur letting her have the hundred a-year." , " Oh, John, John I What a break-down r said ME Collett. "So you were trying; to folk w Peter Finch tlirouol Stony Arabia, and turned hack at the second step I Here's a brave traveller for von, Peter! John,John, keep to your Arabia-helix, and. leaVe . sterner ways to very 'different men. - Good ,bye, both of you. I've no-voice to talk :My more. I'll think over all vou have said." lle po*:setl their haMis..and they left the roeni. The old man was\too wt-ak to Teak neN3 day,and in three days after that he calm ly last. . •As soon as . the funeral was over the will wa.i read IT the-eontideniial man of.bu,iness, who had altlays attended•to Mr. Cellott's af fairs. The group that 'sat around hint I.i.e -serve4ta deeorotts a'prearance ; a nd tlie . usual;rreamble t o cite w ill hay ing heeu listened to with breathless attention, the titan of business -read the folh-iwingtin a clear rot :e . " I betinenth to in nieve, Ennua Brig .notwithNtantling she shocked hyr 'family. by marryiniz an oiltnan, the_ sain 4.1 f four thous and pounds-; being fully persualki that. her lost ditpitl-,'if she - Could even find it again, would do !wadi); to provide her with food, or Olothinz, or shelte"r." Jahn Meade ei»ilol i and Peter Finch ground his teeth—hut in :t quiet, re , peetable wan : . Per. • The man.of bu , iness went on .with leis reading% Ha.% in , f always heh the opinion that wo titan shy ahl be renderef a tadonal ;amd inde pendent`being--and hat dull - .con:ikle2red the fact that society prneticAllvdertioi;..l:4,r the right of earning her own herehylme imeaih to Mary Sutton, the otily chili of my old friend Fro4lerick Sutton. time i-unn of ten thouF , •,:tni ponn:ls, .which will enabie her' to marry or remain single, a 4 slw'inay . prefer." John Meade give. et prO.ligi(or: 1-tart upon hearing and Peter •Finch :rro.mmpi his teeth , again—but in a tnamin“r hardiv respee tabre. Both, however, 6'y a •vii.,knt effort, kept silent. " Yes ninon : ••• [ have !laid some att4ntion to the char act 9r of Inv nephew, -Jobb Men.l , , and have been grie'..eti to find him moch pos,,e,•:.sed - with a f,...e1hr.0f philauthrophy,.and with a enee al Irefe7ence fur whatever, is noble at d true, over whatever .is base and fake. s these tendencies re by no mean: such .a , •• can ad ranee Um in the world, I bequeath* him the sum of 'len. thousand pound;,--hopini*-- that he .will.thus — be kept out of the Ivorkhouse, 'and .I.te enabled to, paint his great historical picture--;.-Which, aslyet ' he has only talked . about. . - i . ,t As for my otlnir nephew, Peter Finch', be views ail thite4sin zo sagacious .and.seltitdl way, anal is sr; certain to . !Yet on in life, that I should only insult 'Mtn- 17y ofte'ring an aid he does not 'require ; yet,' from his af fectionate uncle, and entirely-as' a' festiniOrty of admiratlon fur ids mental acuteness, I ven ture to hope that he'-will accept_a bequest- of fiveltundred. pounds toward thi completion of his extensive library of lav,-14.301n.:,"- How Peter stormed, and called names--how John Meade brolz.3 into ddele rintn of joy-,-dn.i:v Mrtry Sutton cried first, anti then .langlied,-and than dried anal laugh ed together; all the‘e. matters I shall not at tempt to describe. Mary Sutton is now MN. .1,;111) her lmsband aetnallv begun . the grefit historical riielure. Peter Finch hus taken to di , counting hill, and bringing aerions On. them ; and drives, alit-Int. in his Cronrbam already. - • Montrose, Saspillanna ottitttr, Vfnit'a, Elptrsban Tiontiis`, lugitst - 2, 1855. The man of busitie , s- weia . on with his r.e:rd- Frotonallou's Piet.t763l. A Tate of the First Families of Vir= • gill la! DT XIEN. PitIILEY rooni Li the antum of 1674, the present site of giehmond -was divided into two plantations, belonging to Colonel Byrd and Nathaniel Bacon, the mansion of the latter standin7 uplln what is now - called Shockoc's Hill. It was one of thowfitie old mansions patterned aftt;r the baronial halls of old Et t : , land, and since unequalled 'upon this continent. A . spacious hall ; decked with portraits, large par lors with furnitute of carved oil:, a dining hall where ft battalion could banquet, and a library with a bow. window commanding a p rovect of picture-quo magnificence, especial ly._w hen an tutu has touched foilage with his magic pencil. Tito bright sestlet of the maple. the deep crimson of the dogwoOil, the m e llow brown of the ash, and the lively yel low of the Chestnut, contrasted strikingly with tile deep et ergreen of the rcdar, pine acid'' hemlock, scattered through lie . fore Ats. Iklow, the tiver'foatned,over its r..a,;ky bed, to spread, out hit') steee, and was dott,ed with' small islands, whq=o. shadows reach far down into the earth-tinted e. Nathaniel flacon, tbe master t lislituent, was a hale and handsome a thick black moastaelie r clear LL and 'a florid complexhin. . Educated land during the tire throne and the parliament, lie thAt,popular riglas were.equal, at vocal sway. Not so his sister lieuri had',passed a winter with the'flOverit iv at -Jamestown, ivbere sbe. had le i reverence ',the right divine" Of h reign. 111 age at ibis time was s.lx teed; - and although her form Was not _voluptuary would baVe'etillo:l p er f ee faeri, ono. that a be ta iptoT would have as it, motlel t yet-there was ~a ivinniu! :don in her eyes awl a.. grace iu meats that ehabled her t charm knew her. At ,the• time when our story coo she . , had just opened a letter, from printed packet fell to the floor. "'Here, brother Nut,!'.said she, "is one oil his excelleney:§ l letters .the privy council, sent back in good London print. .Will you rend it?" Bacon. took the document, but as he- read it a flush came over his cheek. ,At length he eiclaimed, in an angry tone: "Hear how Governor. gerkly closes his ac count of us." " thank God there arc no free schools nor printirig. and I hope, we - shall not +lave thee hundred years; for learuin as blii3ught disobedience,:and Iteresyothd . into the world, and printing .has dint - q - n, and libels against the heat government; God keep .us fronf both " "Excellent, 1 de:Aare!". said the fair lop alist. " - Excellent! do you call that - excellent, girl ? have half a mind to sell my plant - talon and remove to the North." ' ".Ah,. brother Niit,,you could havee - vour nose frozen off; - even if you . only .go among the Manhattan Dutchmen, and 1. Here the lfiugliirg girl was interrupted by the entrance. of -a stranger, who presumed a letter b Mr. Bacon. Glancing ht , the ester nor, he introdoccol the new comer to his ~ sis ter as Sir. Rupert Wythley, of Acconiacj.. - and breakin. , the ,seal, read the contents. '1" - • "I ant happy F.l - 2e, your'," said he, when he had perused the epistle,."and regret much to' hear of -the comse of the governor in dis banding the volunt.ers. Can it be poss•si[de that at this time, when, the yell of the savage resounds through our Woods, Virginians must retire •to their plantation: , , there to remain until they are scalpcd C' , am glad to hear you talk so," re- Plied Rupert WythLy, " for I. have come ex pressly to request -'our acceptance of the commission of getwal." Here it is, signed try over live hundred as brave- men as there is on this ,continent." " You surely are not asking my brother to take up- arms ag;.:inst Govvinor Berkley's will r said Ilenrieutt,- with a smile. . - "Nay, Miss.: but the country is in danger," said the young- man,lwho,:dready had tkg,un to admire the fair He rietta. "It is a grave ;pest-ion," remarked Mr. Bacon, "and I must 'ponder. over it ; mean while, my si; ; ter will eseort You to the f a ll s , I and to the .rock where Pocoliontiv's preserved 1 the life of Captain Smith. At dinner time I will give y ou my ans‘':er." ' . Rupert Wi Utley was a wealthy young plan ter near JamestOWn, who, with a well propor erson and a wady countenance, pons-. essed a noble heart and cultivated intellect. His ideas-of finale excellence had been form ed upon an ideal model of perfection, inwhiely he had blended the accomplishments of all the heroines of poetry and ;mance: Vain bad been his search hitherto, but ere he had been long with Hem:etta,- he imagined, if her- . qt alities',of mind corresponded to her person al charms, he Lad, at li:ngth, funild the Luau ideal offer ale perfection. ' Meanwhile ; 4(er brother had been sorely troubled at -heart by t e invitation to - lead fellow citizens. Lik.: every true Viigini . - y an, he felt that the cout(try• ' was iu danger; fur death vx,Xitiravag,hig the laud iindel• the hideous fortes of savage cruelty. The force out _under ICaptain ?ohn Washington had. proved entirely insuflic ieut; yet the governor, instead of adding to it, had rebuked them fur killi.ng a party of Chiefs- because it injured the beaver trade, of which he held -amonop - oly. That an armed lresistance to the Indi •ans was necessary, he i did not doubt, but the thought of rising in arms against the will of the king's governor rather 14agrre N d him.. "At tiny rate," said he to \Vythley, as they sat enjoying their wine after dinner, " I will go to-3 am s..stown, and Is. ee °Low matters stand. Let the news reach ine that a single white -man has been harmed, by the savages; and I Will lead you on to Vengeance ; commission or no commission." . ; I 1----- - - - A long storm, al the conetusfcin of which the fords wein-iinpassable, doted Rupert Wythley it week with!the Bacon'ti. He well improved-the titne, for, ere he left, Henrietta acknowledged that she was not disinclined to treasure up the rich harvest of affection which he laid at her - feet. Nay, she was rath er disposed to become more republican in her feelings, and to admit that Virginians .might be capable of selttgovernmeut. . W ee ks p a ,sed, and in vain did Nathaniel Bacon: urge Ooyernor Berkley to abandon hisselleum of detached forts, 'and anthurize a volunteer force of rifl e men. ' At last he left Jatiistown in ileipair, and, - ere going home, paid a lAA t to I.leurieo, where the sharp.shoo ters were encamped,. unappallod by the of the gbrernorcomin3nding them to disperse. The men soon went On parade, under the command of Rupert Wythley; but ere lie bad beard the 'reports of sergeants, a liorstunau approached at full gallop. Riding. tip in front of the line,.he checked his foaming steed,and shouted " The savage are at the falls ofjamesl:iv- - er, killing and plundering: Turn oat'. Turu out:" . ". Where are they i" a4:ed Baton, pale with 4pprehension. , "They first killed all at the milk, and theU eanTed around Baeon's house on the They say it, is Powhattan's council--ground, and no white- man shall possess it.' : " And . Miss • 13acen eagerly inquired Wythley.- . " I heard -they'd got a white gal prisoner, and meant to torture her ina few days, at a gran,' war dance.' " Ba6m,"_exclaimed Wythley, do you' noW hesitate No! no Then raising his voice. -until it rting in trumpet-tones over the field, he continued; " Virginians, forgive my hesita tion, Now, that my own home is desolate, can I aid: you to follow me-to the rescue 'or a loved sister ?"- :A- loud shout of " lead our made the hearts of Bacon and Wythiey beat high again, nor was it many hours ere the force was in mo tion. • A bLver se: of men never hastenato the fray. The sun had set in clouds behind the Blue Ridge, and the woods grew dim, as the Vir ginians approached the house of their gener al. Scouts, who had .been sent iii advance to reconnoitre, reported that there was au en trenchment around the. house, 'within. which a hnge council-fire had been lighted exactly *at "sunset. It was evident no-time was to be lost. _The - mounted cavaliers, under thee3lw, raand of Wytbley, - were ordered to "sweep around to.the right, while General.Bacen led the hulk of the force directly up the hill; "against the frowning, silent breastwork: , On the Aggiz& ii; , with cautious tread, mi. e estab- MEE i'~•es. 111 Enz. bet vk ("ell r eltit. to tta, who fatni trned to tr SOYU at ei.,h -b -hat ibe , or her `selected expres- r move- Il ho 'lnences, Wel/ A . . . , certain whether their coming - was knoWii 't6'l the entrenched, foe. But when: they - were 1 within about twenty paces of the breastwork; ~ there arosefront its whl'de front a cloudof 1 arrows, thaktna Many is brave man bite the dust. The scene which followed is described . as one of tleadly Wa'rfatie,' for no sooner had' the Virginians reached'the breastwork than a yell was given, and the rude terrace swarmed. with painted warriors,: each .bearincr in: his left hand a blazing pine' torch, and in. his right a war duh. Springing into the midst of theirtissailants, the savages dealt their trtar• - • derous lilows oh all sides, often thrusting their burning torches into the fitces of the whit e s, who could- not use their. fire-arnot i 'so close was e 'encounter. • - i ' " Soh eat !" shouted. General Ba con ; an ience to the brazen 'truM pets, his . back. Al that moment the cavaliers under Wythley, , charmed t4nglt the savages, awl when, they hat passed, the infantry, _hastily formed into a bile,, loured in murderous.- volleys. Again the cavaliers mowed.off a swarth of the now ' discomfitted savages, again ,a sierm of iron hail Swept through t wir painted ranks, and then, with a cheer, tse entrenchment was stormed. At the head of those who first entered the breaSt oyork, fighting like a very demon, was Ralpert Wvthley, and at the door of the old trumion,- as he rode up to it, with a heavy .. heart, he saw his own lienrietta.- " Safe! safe ! : Thank GA she is safe !" he shunted, and in aninstant he had rcached her side, and she was clasped td his heart. - Our limits will not permit us to pOrtray the story of her imprisonment, as she ttarrat ed it that night . around the family *earth stone. Destined fur a sacrifice, she had been Carefully treated; and allowed thetimmilested liberty of her room. lint that night . Was to have witnessed her immolation. A I,),lvitte Ptovidenee had nerved - her heart, though es-. cape appeared impossible, and sale ‘Vas.al ready sumtnoned - to the burning pile ‘‘lien a scout gave . the alarm cry. .Then; b 1 the light of the torches; she plainly, witnesst,til the: fray, imploring, upon her knees before - the, window, that a heavenly arm would sustain those whom :die loved so well. Morning' dawned,, and a horrible scotte.p're-, sewed itself around the house. There— where St. John's Church now stambi—lay -mangled c , ' irpses in the stiff attitudes of death, and the stream near by was tinged • with life blood.' The wdunded were cared fo'r,-, the 3 - lead interred,'and by dinner time the horrors of grim -visaged war no 'longer, met dui eye. The list couneibtire of the Indian rate at James River Trails was . extinguished, arid the few surviving .dee,cridants of the tribe ,Of Yo- cahontas began their funtiral inareh Mivards the setting sun. , Success ensure:: success. Had Bacon been defeated, he wc•ul,l have been shot as a trait or to hi; king; but now the haughty gover nor rewarded him; and he was hailed by the Virginians • as their defender.. ...Marching to . Jatnestowuje freed the g,oye,rnor. to adopt e .l new laws, which code : was completed July" 4th, 16743—0ne hundred- years 'to a day be foie the Congresgf of the United States, adopt ring the declaration framed by a statesman of Virginia, began a new era in the history of man.. The eighteenth century in Virginia was the •child of the seventeenth; and - .Bacon's rebellion, with the corresponding scenes in Maryland, and Carolina, aNt New.'ngland, was the early harbinger of Ainrican pendenc'e. • • ; And where was lienrietta,--that sturdy loy alist' Not in the stately Saloot4.of the guy eitior, but. with the sisters 'of hpr eflianced. lover, Rupert Wvtltler s - nho had a resi&nce at dainestown. 1.1 - erdreams•of royal protect ion and a noble husband hail vanished dur ing her terrible captivity, and - she now bow ed in . homage. before her heart load. Soon they were married, and returned i to the plan tatiou, tthich Na th ani4' Ilacon gavti his si;s , ter as a dower. Sortie .clouds daikeued•their „pathway of life at. first; but the lived many years in ;is perfeet . happiness as fnortals can enjoy ; nor did she ever forgk in after Years iii narratin: , to her grand-eliildren the - events of-her rescue, to ad(); " for all.that,.mk dears, year grandtather did mot- holds the king's Virginians would act for s( ves." . Years rolled on. The Old .Dotninien:" be cOme the leader in a great moven - lent, and While the name of the Wythleys i, rememb-. eyed by many, who visit the beautiful - locality 'if their • home—once - the scene. of 'deadly slaughter---,history sounds the praise of:Na thamcl Bacon, and iuSeribes his name in ". o - dtm . letters, high upon the architecture NAtional Pantheon. • ' . . *this tale is based upon one of the most im portaat. events in the history of thn "Old Domin= ion," and. embraces allusions to her earlier histo- A !Attie too Punctual. A SKETCH' The`hour was faSt approaching for the de partureof the New }raven steamboat from her berth at New York, and the usual crowd of passen : , ers, and friends of pass.etigers, news boys, fruit-Yetelers, cabmen and dock loafers. were. assembled .On and about .the boat. We were gazing at the motley group, from the foot of the promenade deck stairs, when our attenti . 6n W:l4 attracted by the singidar action of, brown Yankee, in "an inimer , e wool hat, chocolate colored coat and piitcloons, and a fancy vest. Ile stoc.sl near tii star board pad,,Tle-box, and scrutinizing sbarply every female rho ( - Nume on board, evcry now • and then eonstdring an 'enormous sity:rl,ll!l's eye watch, which be raisell ;front the ic Lahti of a capacious rob, - by . means . .of po:xyrful steel chain., :after mounting guard in this manner, he dashed furiously down the 'gang plank and ttp . the Mtarf, re-appearing almost instantaneously, with Hushed fat -0, ex pressing the Most intense 'anxiety. This se ries of operations he pil...rfOrtned - seyeral times, after which he rushed about the boat, wildly and hopeies.sly ejaCulating : " What's the thier'er day ? Wonder if my repeater's fast ? What's the eapin . whar's the steward ? wheels the .tnate? whar's the boss that owns the . . 1 What's the matter, * a ir!' we: venturod to ask him, when he stood of for a momeut:' Hain% seen nothin' of a gal in a bhie sun honnet, with rowhite Canton 'crape shnwl-- cost fifteen dollars -Pirik gown and .brown boots, hey ? come abrerd. while, 1 was •lookite for the cap'n at the pmt end of the ship,lwe ye! hey . ?' • 'No such person has come' abonrd.'. Tormented lightnint ! then my wife be' LAY. sererOned.; : married her .ymterday . . All her trunks and !mine are aboard, under a pile of baggage a: tall as a Connecticut steeple.—r 4'he darted black ni7geils.ays he can't • hand it out, And I I won't leave my baggage any, how; *My iwife—only think bn tit—was -to havq•eonie on board at half-past fdnr, and here: it's mist five. _:,What's become of her I She can't liave eloped. We haint been rnar ried.long enough for that. - You.- don't think she'S. been 4bdtieted, do vd'mister r Speak! ensurer ! want ye ! .0! T l 'm rtiiin' diStraeted ! What are yhey ringing that bell for ' 15 the I shiri afire 11 . . • .nir. : 'lt is signal for. departure—the first The!second will ring in four minutes.' • Thund4r! you don't -84y so Whdr's the Cap"n r That gpntletnan in the blue coat. A The Yankee darted to the caPtitin's side. ' bap' stop the ship for ten minutes wont:. ye ?", n . I can't do it, sir. 'But y6tt niti , t, I tell von. - 1711 . pay you for it. :Hew' much will ye tax r 'Teeny not do it.' • CaVn, Pll give y'ou- - tew . the Yankee. . .. „ . The cfplain shook.his,fiead. casci:Ll°gTo. ti'iat. `lll give ye five dollars and a half—and a half--a 'd a half t- be kept repeating dancirig about in lids agony, like a mad jackass on a hot iron 'plate. . . ' The boat starts . at five precisely, said the' cliptain, }shortly, and turned away. , - ' 0, you stunnv Uarted'hetthin r mnrmer ed the Yiankee, almost bUrstln into - tears.-- ' Partin4 matt and wife , and we just one :day martied. l - . . . . ' At thi c k moment the huge paddle wheelsbe; - ganropaw the water, and` the walking-beam descebdil heavily, shaking the huge fabric to her Cent e. All who were not going to. New- Haven vent ah•iore. The hand; bean to haul in he gang-plank : the fasts are aheady 1 Plaid; 1' routed the Yankee, - eollarin; one of the hands. Drop it like n hot pots. oe, or 1.11 have ye in the dock: ' yo—kyo ! shouted the - men in chorus, as they he: on the gang way. -- ' Bhutlap, you braying du yelled the 1 inaddemld Yankee, •or their'll be an ugly , ~ spot of vora. .. s . . . But the plaulk - was got aboard,and the boat plashed past the pier. - . .. . 1 ~ I.nl an Instant the Yankee pulled off his &oaf, flung his'',-hat beside it on the deck, and,rush ed wildl, to the guard. . . ' ' Are you drunk or crazy ? cried_ a' passen l ger, seiz4ing him. . . ' I'm gloiu' to fling - , - myself into the dock and switn 'ashore ?' . cried , the .Yankee. :,_.' I_ to usen't leave E...'airy Ann alone ia-N'ew Verk , City.. Y'pa-may divide the baggage among ye. Let rue go !1. can swim: .I . le.strirgLrle4 sO furiously that the .conse quences (If his- I astmess ini 7 flit haVe jpeen fatal, pad den .livery otsutlden apparition chanted his pur p .; pretty young woMan in a blue bonnet, ANlhite Canton, erne shawl, pink Bess, and broairt boots, came toward him. The Li bro‘'vn Yankee utter:x.l one-.stento-, rkin shot, of 'Slairy Ann :',elasped Snits in. gpite of her 'struggling,, and kissed her heartily, right before all the ikasse - inters. 'Where did rou come from,' he enquired,. • ' From ;the. fad i ( - 4 ; cabin,': answered the bride. ' You told me-half past four, but I thought Rd make slmre and come.at 'four,' ' A littte too pun teal '.,' said the Yankee.-,- '• But it's 411 right no:v.. Hallo. cap'n you can go ahea4now. I duu't. care about stopping. Come nigh l osing the leissage mode} and the baggage—t-Come nigh getting droWned, Sal rv; all - along Of von=—Gut it's all right now. Go Ni ahead steainboat 1 Rosin 'up, , there, firemen ! Darn the ex'perise 1' • • : . - . . When- the sun set, the loving, cu.' ,e were seen seated on the'upper deck, the big. brown Ylankee's'arm eM:irelin? the iil,unler 'woman in the bluebonnet 1 8 Ild pink dress - We be lietethey-renechd their .destination safe and sound: • , •"! 1 . _• . • '_f Capt. santuel Etrady . and Cornplan ter. Many of the:wild-legends- . of border, strife and Indian barbarity that_have been enaeted along thc,shores of the Allegheny.. and Ohio, dave never been rescued from the dim and fading retnembrance of past. ages. But' oe- . casionyiy . a story of thrilling-- interest is snatched.from the lingering. records, of,.the red man. . . Tla story I and :thou( to relate, I- received from an old - Indian pilot of the gheny.-- It ' years ago WI I] W that stern old chief Complam . ‘ er. remains now repose in silence and lonetbiess on the-banks of that beautious river he loved so wi l l 1,) was in his glory. HIS tribe tin - tin:A - OM' tiny len~e :hill unbroken forests al;mg it: hands, tettless, un molested .and free. • . ' His people,wereliostile to the whites, and • never lost any opportunity to lie in .ambuslt and seize the lonely voyager is he descended the river, and comit,: Bleu to the stake - and the torture.. But. the Watchful; shrewd' and deadly foe of Comphinter :opt the whole 4 tawny race" was th-e•indomit:ible and fear less .Captain Samuel Brady. This r veteran pioneer and Indian hunter .was ono of th 0.50 noble specimens of the hardy foresters who plunged fearlesslv into the interminable for t-ests that then oversipreiel so large a portion of the western States. - a Like _Daniel Boon, 'Lewis Wetzell, Simon Kenton and others, who made Indian hunting a pastime; his deadly-hate of the Indiitii, ,and his bitrning pas-Sion for littsnting their' down, amoented . to a : monomania.. This hatrod,was iwoeusequenee of the wrongs .they '.had tlieted upon his family,-his. father, , Capt. Brady, and his brother having fallen victims •to the tomahawk and scalping The scene .of the, present story is at a Ware known to :boatmen and raftsmen as . " Brady's Bend," red • where • now the.. noise. and bustle of a new manufacturing town call, ed the "IGreat•WeStern"..resounds along the' shores that then echoed only_ to the war whoop of the savage or the panther's scream. It is st - bend 'in the river of nine miles- in length (salted the "Nine-mile Bend," and is scarcely ball a mile across the . . neck. Hero in this bend, Complanter,returued from some successful inroad-upon - the whites,•'and 'secur ed several prisoners,. by -tying them to as many trees, while his'aviarthy and:'. hideausly painted followers were busy in Making prep! .erations for the , faggots and thep teoure., The stake was - erected . and the fliggOts, pre pared with alt•the'coelness and reflneMetit oT lindianbarbarity. • It was'abtatittiftileVening; the,stin wag just sinking behind - the lofty hill feinini 12,-:.:,Xtitinbtt:_ll. . . upon - the opposite shore.. 'Calmness thrown.its oily wand upon the Allegheny's cry etal tide. and it slept. - Thefull found • moon, just. bursting through tho distant blue, cast its mellow. beams upon the sleepingfiver, and danced .upou its Placid The melancholy pf . the-whippo44 from the adjoining th@et, fell-sweetly - i z u**' the ear. The victnii4.ireie Imbotind and led. to the place of,torture. At this moment a yoke high up argong the frownitto. rocks brat loomed out fro -.the thick: hemlock ,_that crowned the - bill Oiiosite, hailed. Cornplanter iri - the Indian_tongne, informiog him that ho was ,an!lndian warrior, jnst, returned -from 'tile, war-path with a goodly - iiumber of pris-, .! He desired that the ceremonies °fillet tor- ~ icire might be suspended until he could ford the river and join .them, when' tlUiy, would' celebrate the occasion With usual, demoustra- tions of sarame :rejoicings., To this Coqi i'plAnter conseaed. The flames were eltin- Lgo Ailed that had been kindle 4 rand .the : prig , ~. . , .. on rs again bound to the. trees:- . - .-' -- -'-• • . n the meantime, Brady; for if was he who t, ha 1 deceived the wily. Indian, With.l body, of.' in n, moved silently-up:thn- river to a -place kn. wn as "Jrnby,s Ripple," and-there ford.... . - int. the riVer, drew - his men'.,np across-Aho . . nelkof the,bend, and moved n oiselessly. down - --• UpOn the savnges. So cautious' was his .lip-,,' rpach that4lie Indians were.ceinpletely - lent-- is 0 t from . retreat before they became , nlarined.,: .IBrady's men hemmed them in: friga . behlitd,-. • wlile.the Allegheny . rolled 'in-- frot* , The . ..... . Aritontlmation to thesvage's.otiii§4fipri* . gn was comniunicated by a -- .deadlfdise arta 'tram his unerring rifles. The ixidiani4eng t.. willi desperation, but were overoowered'; ' all killed or taken prisoners save the chief-co m pqnter, who finding - himself . '" alone, phinged into the -riVer,..and swam for,the other shore.. • 'llieing a good swimmer, he reniained.ier eril minutes under .water, but as.he rose ~for breath; he -was _greeted • with` 'a , shower" of . - Inillets. In this way, alternately - - - swimming . , under Water :IS . long as ho s could hold' his bifatli,, and they rising -to-the surface; he ea,' caked unhurt., and - reached the other „shore ini safety, secreted •himself. bellied .a, large . . st;inding'rock. ' . , !The prisoners were aeon's° unbound, and'. .11P joined in the jollification and-joy •: at the . 1 tiiiiely and unlooked for release.. The- rock tilt shielded Cornplanter.from Brady's .bnl- • lets was pointed out to me by -the-old , Indian inn recent trip down this river. - It-is known , asithe " Cornplanter's flock," .The -old Itil dilin gave me the story with. ,a - gad and de 7 ... jected countenance, - in broken English., ••- i , Alas !what a change! where then • the , shemiy tide of the beitutious Allegheny parted only.to the swift,skininiing'canoe ,hoed 40 ._ the will voices that - came out of the dense, :. dark forest, now i l s heard the -shrill- wbistle of the steam pi pe and rushing of • the tnighty , 'steamer. Vhere the tawny savage then re-,... °lined iipo the shady banks _ from - his pursuit: - i i of the glee :the. panther and the bear, or rest-.' . ed from A war-paik, is . now I the' scene 93 • "life and activity.. , . . ' The tall forest has receded before the. ad ' vance of . civilization, and given: plait©: : -• to.. firm; beautiful villas and bustling toWns,--. The Indian, too, has passed away ; hilt ii few, alid . they .but miserable, - decaying relica,..ol: *hat they once- were, are now occasionally seen; thedeseendants of the - proud race` that - once goal& call-these bill; :,and groves,. and l - rivers all their own.' :Alas'? in. the .langua e! of the poet..: 1 • . :•. :• ' --' . L "Chieftains and their tribes have perished,, ' Like the t hi c k e t s w h e r e the y grew." : - . itystcal Mortt ity. . . The word of ffteeitie Janguage„_ or . in . implied direction; commands ii, life ofternper ance in feed and . bet'citige, a itiiet' restraint' ni}on the licentiOus Appetites; regularindititry and labor, cleanliness of person 'and apparel, . and ohseryanee of frequent days of rest: ',The general moral sense. of mankind has beengiv-; en to these rules an .indepeirlent 'sanction: . New, - although the result of such physical' tnoiality not the; sole object of its injunction in sCripttire, nor a re-nll the coniequ aticeselearly. foreseen, where unaided.` moral . Sense,. enjoins it, ,;.yet yet the i - ure teridenek_ofsuelt• observances, is:to bring the entirejicKly 'to. the •sPite where all"- its: . parts "of bland and bone and nitride, of sensitivenerve..mid . organic functions, Are 'cit. , . R. 4 in their separate and. mutual. - action; to , .rivn the frame its Itiglicst powers ef strength.. and endurance, Mid fitnesifor thispetmliar • purposes of existence'; and in . the mere nhys~, stall cionsciousness of this healthful existence, - - there is a physicaf . liappinesi. - _ isnotinere.:- ly tile absence - of pain ;:and nueasinesk hut- a po-itive feeling .of buoyancy and exhilaration. just in proportion as - those laws are. not i.,i,se.t.‘'etl, • there is a torresPondiloss' of their vsivial re wards, - and :a gradual sinking into sufil . i ling . and . .disease. Even as We walk the . streets we tnedt with illustrationspf t•::l4li (*sit retne.—llere heh,Old pntriatch, whew • s..o:k of vigor three-Senile and ten years hardly to , Flare impaired: His - Oteot feint; firth step, .his elastic linibs,•-114 undimmed ,ease, are so many cert iii‘ates ofgood•conduet4 ratlwr, so.matiy jcivels and- ,orders . - 01 - no, bitjty" with : Which • nature.,ltas., honored-, hnu - ; for', his fidelity. to her - fair complex., kit; showi 1.14 i t his . blood 'has - ticert-Aoi . - -rtiPted ;.his pure 'breath, that. 'lie has 'darer- • yielded his.tligestire apparktui for a I itOes cesspool ; .his exact:language and I:vow:ap prehension, that his ,brain has nOer been stu,' pelied . ' by the poi soesof the distiller or tobacco- Eidoying• his Towers. to o;e:highest, h 6 (Jai - pies • red The poiver• of enjoying- them. .13eSpite-t moral' 'Of -the school-storv, he ',has ilaten is cake. and -kept :441 draiius.the cup of . life, there is tio. lees_ at, the bottom. His organi will reach the ':goal: of existence together. Painlessly :natdle huins (loam. in its socket, so, will he - expire ; and a -little... imaginatkei convert. him into another Enoch4 . :tiaufplanted..frotn. earth to a better world 4ithoOt._ the sting of death. ' . • jrar NICE got it.for hooking . dat turkey last bight...lifter knows it. Poinpy.—l didn't hook it,.. - Waret de turkey miter's I Well. AiretTinasierit Welt, :eat'-de turkey; didn't I I Well. . Ain't de turkey part o'rue t ain't ;got: so, inuoo turkey, but ain't he got more Tugger,. 1_ tell ,ye de turk e y-only changes Owe% - . • jar Memory.presiilea over ,tbe " .pant-.: &o. Lion presidea:over the:present: . . TheArat. lives in a nob temple hungiwith gloriou* trophies; and lined ,with tom b; the otlter has no Aline but duty and Wivalka thei earth like
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