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ANGRY WORDS • .
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• . Ii that breast with passion stirred ? •
. Hark ! Is that.an angry lvord,
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•-• • !Coming forth with power to blast.
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Every thought of friend lip past,
o • Swiftly coming to des4cy
‘ . Brightest hopes of future jOyl -
Madman! think—avihilo refrain, -
Words,of - wrath aria winged with pain.
What advantage doesit brine , -
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, • 'To change friendship's Crystal spring;
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: • Where inlight divineartayed, - •
, ... Viewless cherubs'ever pl l ayedi . '
•',To a dark and stagnant pool. . •
• • 1 Where exulting demons inle! '• '. .
. What advantage to co4rode, . -
A.nd to darken:heartSth:t glowed, •• •
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With affection's hall Ow - •.11ame„ • ,
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.Monster, hide your brow 4th shaMe..
With infatuation . dire
• •, By your -words of bitter ire ' .
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. • 'Yen would have affectio+ spring, -
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_•.._,_ . ;,,.._Fanned by 'a foul detnonas wing; • .
' You would sink a poisoned dart, ~
' • ric..p into a faithful heart.' •
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• -, • Quibkly if you s.an rep in_, ,
Friendship 'treated' With d stain, - -.
Quickly erg too late . recal
Your envenomed words of gall. '
Who can say he.ever heard, -f ' •
1, Good 'come from an angry ...ord : • .
• .Angry words soon lead to hate, -
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Angry words exa.spl,::rate. 1 - 1-:' , .
If in anger we correct,
' We lose friendship and respect, ,•
Speak unkindly to the Weak, , • •
• Bitter tears tear Stain 'their cheek ;
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.Chide:with angry 'words trio strong, ,
•' They defy and stilt:go wrong... • '
If we meet a faithless friend
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if he still err, word's of wrath; •
' ,Drive him farther iioiii hisiaath, . .
, ;Angry 'words • disturb the Mina,
7Leave dark remorse and pain behind...
'Anger is a•venorn . ed thing, , . •
, . . Deadiier.than a serpent's. sting ;
Anger iin a momeqean,.; ' . , . . •
. To mend convert mail.'
Would you. tread the path of life .
' Free,frOm discord, free from strifo
. Would the dame or fiiendsilip I.IIoW
Would you cheer the: 4 e hildj • of , woe
--- - Would you break aftlictionls rod *_ r
W - g-Iti you win a son) to god
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Would you live in bornis of love.
As pure spirits live . abole?
Never speak with :111, , ,ry frown.,
Never cast the erring, down. 4,„ • h
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Never let your anger rule„( ~,-..
' Anger indicates a fool..
Swatled by anger r • 1r....n, a slave .'.
Passes joyless to the grave. .
Silvertaki, Pa. , . '.J.P. S.
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CIiVY .
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Int FIRST DUEL.,
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'Father,.Mr. C— was titlking to-day
about old college 'times, when ho and you
- were students toget.hd . at M-1-- University,
in the NOlth, and la the 'cours6: of his coc
cersation spoke of a dud cr141.1 you and
friehd ofyours fought tirhilo there.( , , Haw WP-9
it ? What crag the eauiel iit
me, won't
you
Well,'my boy ; it was one o' .those affairs
of hotior,.as they are pow, "ca9e4; Which 1
•-thought i'brave and cliivalro,uslthing to en
ter into, and for which i ariw now heartily
ash:tried. However, I 'WiLL-.,reh.te 'it to you,
and bid, you be careful - I l e<vou fall , into as
dire a calamity. as I, from the impulse
.- df my over-quick temper and
,revengeful spir
it, became entangled. Mother, o yon wish
to hear it It' This was, addr to my wife,
a clear, Ititio-efe,rl dame, now looking with
eyes of strange alarm on me an 4 her 4oy,tbis
having been the first tithe she had ever, du'
ring the course of oui. Married life,---cren
dreamed of such an adventure of her bus
hand's.
. • - 1 .• • -'N I : flight: We were told that game had ,been tance,as he lazed behind,, to fi‘ 3 44 or 5i...- 7 -
`01,! yes. I should like to know' sc lrief seen that very morning makiii.:... a range Lo- Satan walked silently, , majestically, and as if
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thing of that myself
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ward another bighla . nd, some five mile4'dis- I tired, in (.;eer ,-, e's roar, and like a well-bred
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• ' Well, tlien, here it is. 'cl'wenitv years age t ur a,' and that, without doubt; we should find hour,...Dak 11e was, (ollewed in the steps of his
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‘‘ me a member. of the Fresh Men class at, straggling parti e s or deer between, , our Feta: master,. Thus •,Ye s tro , ie along, until within
University, a calelessiTeAiess,.fearlesi stand and the 'l'oo Hollow,' sarnOther valley a hand ri.l rods of :be he'd -Se, and then by
boy- of i sixteen. My .father, God l, bless him ! between cue bills, far. 'away to the east. We some -.unacceintaLle eircuttistauce,—Satan
itresen te'd me, when I left his ropf r ,t' ree in Flor- soon finished our Chat, and started on the . i etrabed. Lis tio , •c and then a good part of his
ida, in order,lo amuse myself, inl- my leisure trail, - Satan as usual leading the way.,. - After bed?",between the legs of the already irritated
boors, fearing I might over-work mYself if I a f e w .hinadred yards
\ had been passed,. and , George, an , : - natarally enougn, down , came
had no inducement otherwise,: iwith'a
. fin%L.. 2 ,-, Satan hAtl been losi',sight"of for sonte time.; f iheyul t . 'of the rill:, upon ilia devoted head.-- ,
Bight rifie,,a'ititt of Indian-dressed deer-skin, we were astonished by:hearing fat ahead the I Mv / alter , tion INT; attracted toward the Ili. W
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powder and bullet . poßch, mid; to crown loud balving of the dog,yelling in such a.'..rimu- i
j piceuret•tpie group, fr , ..w . hearing:jam long,—
ba large, mvgifieently-mado do? which he had ner that - we were cil‘inced that game mast 1 1 loud tato(' pill] wilsieh Satan nacre , : at the
rought honie with him from Ireland, which- have been started,and that - of a superior final- rebuke, thereby frightening me, and disturb
er lie had been a year or two before. • This ity to tbat - we had been in the• habit of Al- ihe stillnesS of the night. I tinned to see die
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hound . was of a mouse-color;:with: a fine fox lowin g . On. we went, fast its we could i-eause,,:and beard .George curse the dog,—
nose, long slim legs, and ;stood Oeir,ly four a . track--• through ° the' uzider-bruSh, stealing 1 threatening to shoot him if again so awlward
feet high. His -eyes were never ti.ll, always a l ong stilly and Slily; dor fear of rousing some] Ile was now soine• distance behind me, and'
watching some object, even at hislmeals ; andi.lidden partridge or timid 'rabbit', ' before. we pickiv . irp a piece: of the - frozen crust, I de
in his geneiat reputation among the fellows, we r e near enough to draw the head'en tliem.. mand.d - whv lie stvel the hound,and !breat
he could out-run;out-scent; out . -bstany dog o,jc ; bowevnr we; went, swiftly/and Surely,-- cued to shook bim - if he didiso again, at the
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Within a.hundred milesof . M, Satan was, nearing faster and . aster tbebonnd'stry, and
.same Moment throwing. the ice at Ins head,'
the name lie bore at botne,4lnd for old re tboyell - ringingcleareratidshriller througl4tbe whieli•-luufortunately struck . him, lie bowed
utembranc es - thi s , diabolical, name followed frozen air, vibrated , against the hill-side, and his heal when be felt the blow, but the next :
hlin wherever he went: AmoaCY , tie members echOed far away. - .lust as' tie ienebed within moment I say; him bring his rifle hurriedly
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or the unacknowledged secret and sporting a few feet 'of our canine friend; Who seemed to his shoulder and draw the hammer back.
club to which I "belonged, Yelett . ' The
. Prk to be pelted] motionless, save as tOtaying, .I. squang for a stump dear by, bat before I
vi sionalgovernment,' was George , . , ,aratli- we distinctly bear4l;a inStling in the bushes, reached it, I felt in my right side a sharp, : ,
er fast and 'unscrupulous sports an, whose and saw the fiery eyes, and black _shaggy cutting pain, as if a red-hot:iron was•scorch
whole time was srieut. instead °PI. histbdoks 'pouts of a young black bear,.
.Flightene'd II it my vitals. Down I:fell, full
. length on
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• as ' it -sllc uld li"ve been,, ooo r l 4ng he wootlilr, admit I was, and sprang back a. few - feet:ap- I, the snow,and for 4 mtnnent all was dark and
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an.l .1,4.1144 qesbvction upon alt, game, "cif lon the. first 'sight, but4be manly courage of ' bloody :Leforc ins eyes. - I note felt the warm
I.laty.tver qualfity, that Crossed . is hunting
t ; Geer b ,, e 'reassured '.me, ,
and I retraced:.mf" Mood Oo . iiii ,, out gush' by gush from • the
Path. *To biluas a leader 4 could.haye.how-.1 steps. • Ile very coolly raised' his rifle •to his rwo , and made tyr tee ball. At that moment
b
.! . kl .. :n s : ubinissi Ye liotna,..;e : but as 4 shot,witlil shoulder, ftttl, as . near its I could judge Ino thought of death or dying, crossed my
4 ' °rl " ltiL - 1 ' 1 " - It'o'lvdr - ed no superior at the direction of his aim,. he pointed•tlirectli mind i all. my tuergie - q, all my thoughts, all
that time: f e
~ r I was tliere:u a -wrfect marks-I.bet ween the bea...s';t.'s eyes, and pulled the trig-1 my mind, were bent on the means-to avenge
/113“.. Strang e feats .1 could . tell you,•asto i,ger. I at-the same mothent stilled the dog, I.ll3Vself..' I hail no faults at that time : all I
tay a:u.L . and gener:tl prowess, but s° they .havol'and waited to . see the etreets of theTshot, in.:c
'e med to-remember was the cowat.dly advan;
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iir).'"4''''""l4il the P. reselit • -i '" 46 °"• • . ' tending trip buliot-tq lit, .K Li*. prioved Iti taken of tic by 2/79 fit td (Cleorz•ful"--•
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`.one saturday Morning, George came to
me. and said : Jim, there has hits been
a fine fall of snow. last evening, and the nib;
bits and squirrels; wild be plentiful' this morn
ing : shall we 'try the woods!'
. '1 gai'o him uo answer,fer a moment, and
he resumed; 'lf you do not with to go, will
take Satan and go . • .c.l
`Now Satan had great . difliculty in distin
guishing between us, as to who was his mas
ter: George assuming as much control over
him as I did myself, and the dog would fol
low him with - as little persuasion as ho wo'd
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* Well-, George, wait a moment till.l dresi
myself and I will- accompany you. .
.` I went to my room, egnipped, and started
. out, rifle on shoulder, for the piney woods. •
„"I forgot to tell.yoti in my preamble that
George i s father was ono of the Professors in
the - University,
,and. that in college 'honor,
Geurge out ranked me. the house he lived
. -in was situated within the colle‘ge-grottnds,
• and iMmediately behind tile bountlariof the
satire, iles woods commenced thick and un- .
• 'cleared. the season when the far
mers gathered, .. in buckets And • pails;
tlte. sap of the 'sugar-maple, anti boiled
the saccbarine inice until thci consist-.
ent sugar was (Attained. It was a favorite
amusement 'of ours to go to the sugar-`camps;
far away in' the woods, 'and sit around the big.
fires, and listen to the jokes of the boilers,and
: taste the steaming - syrup. It had been our
customs every day to go 'at the , evening
gleaming, and stay till itsat night, smoking
— our_short pipes, and drinking our '.Old Rye'
out of a leaf noggin ; and wo.never thought
• ourselves far frOm home, until we had left
. the sugar ImilinVis ir four-or five miles behind.
'Distant about'four miles from our domi
cil was the largt:k and most complete' sugar- -
camp in the country. Toward this we now
bent'our steps. :Satan coursed on before,.ra
ging here and there,sornetimes startinga deer
or rabbit, which -we endeavored to kill and
bag with varieth,scccess.; while on he went,
yelling and 'scouting, as if all Were but play
to him- Leisurely we 'followed, often excited
by the breatofa deer across._our path, 'but
never varyifg from our accustomed track,
save to pick up Our game,. '• ASl'Oat noon we
reached . the camp ! , And around the , fire made
in the snow. and- composed' of comlinstilde
materials of every description, we found-our
old cronies, the :supr-libilerA, and were heart
ily welcomed, as. Jest in pudding
There in ;the • snow, - some half-dozen yaris
iron' the fire, they were sitting on . branches
and logs, eating .their noon-day
,rneal,' We
I were,-of course,intite,d to pitrtake, and /nick
iy disposing of our rifles,' accoutrements, and
game, -till to work in -right hungry and 'lnas
„terly style, and did our dutr, :with • the; best
among them, our long march having sharp
ened our already gnawing. appetites.. Satan
received as much of welcome as his. masters,
and was regaled.with his. share, 'neverscru
piing to take his bit from one more thin the
Other.. Conversation now turned - upon the
state of the, woods,' and the qurintitY of game,
where it was best fonnd, and iu•the greatest
quantity. 'This camp was honored with Abe;
'cognomen of The Eagle's Nest,' it being .
the Cop-most eyre — in a long : range of lilhs;
which stretched to the eastward from us, far
as the eye could reach, and on various occa
sions the great bald, e'aghts, the illustrious
emblems of tinfliberty 'of our country; had
made it consecrated spot whereon to build
.their enormous nests. tall on the height in
the fissured betwix.t too Feat rocks,eopld be
found mosses and twigs; remnants of.the last
resting - plade of tliese , gigantic birds. Itfany
a 'shot had George and I had at one 'of those
feathered ariStociais, from . the Very spot On
which we now stood,, attd . althoUgh Marks
men of superior ability, yet neither-had been:
able to'oblige one ot them to stoop from his
nantrole,,-4111qutiptitit Countit e , Veint'a, Tljurstran orniAugpt 14, 185'0
ipeffectual or insufficient. .43-ut man propos
biZore I could briatig my title to my
shoulder the hear had disappeared, and his
traing as he crimehed the Idead gisili4es
der the. snow, could, be diStinctly heard fast
receding from his former hiding-place, while
the baying . of the dog, in Nil chase, reterbea
rated through
. the gorges as if miles away.—
Off we started, the dog still leading the wag,
and oa we travelled, till night brought us to
a stand still, : . wearie4, hungry, and unsuc
cessful. 'Satan was where we knew ,not
stiff ringing at intervals far 'off to the north,
could be heard his yell, growing fainter and
fainter as we liatene& I put . my • dog 7 call to
my mouth, and blew•the usual blast for him
forreturn, but ho came not.- Culd, %reit, and
chilled, we turned us back, resolving in .our
minds to sleep af• the ;amp all night, and go
home in the morning, In an hour, we had
reached the high ground,and conld see plain
ly the red light of the sugar-fire; looming up
"clearly and plainly in the frosty air, coloring
the, fleet lug snow-clouds with a yellow glare.
Trudging along with as much celetity as pos
. sible, we made from the woods, striking a
direct track to the clearing, which, after liar
ing.fallen in the snow a liandrad times, and
almost barely escaping rolling down the in
numerable precipiees,we•were obliged_ to pass
we reached, after the boilers had devoared
their supper. No supper ! This was a new
inducement. for anger, and our feelings at our
poor success were not the most-.gracious and
enviable. We concluded to return home,—
' supperless and tired as 'we were, and waited
only for the rising of the moon to start. Du
' ring our 'detention 'hero., who should come
Stalking into our midst,with•his ears scratch
ed,- his hide' barked ; ins hair discolored and
bloody, but our. it:Aril:id friend, Master Satan.
By all appearances he bad indiscreetly intro
duced himself to our other black eAend, the
bear;-and some nOt
.overaunicable personal
personal endearments had been exchanged
Between them, from-the effects of - . whiclr Sa
tan had hurriedly returned to US -in the un
seemly plight ire now presented. One ear
hipped rather heavily to one side, scratched
mil bleeding, the flesh almost cut through,
.-1111‘.., the other still retained the old, fashion
.ed foppish ereott , ss, enstomary to his aristo
cratie lineage. His tail, carried .on ordicary .
occasions stretched out, while running
,to - ies
straightest tension, Or curled gmeefully over
sleek and shirting, Lark. ,vas now dropped
to the ground, and hung, as ii in shramese—
betweee his iega. Varous wt.re the specula
tions of tee assembled graup, as to the final
destination of our wouuded but rattl untamed
adversary, autl.taany Wert: the places named
as 11::: find; retreat and cover of• the
Tlic conjestures, al ti.-,ugh they inspired us
with the ;lope of once again Inee;ting with 1.116
brute, and exchanging compliments pith hint
were, little adirptel to cool oar feverish blood,
now aggrevated by the taunts of some of the
bye-slanders, and by. a raging' appetite and
by depressing -weariness. The moon having
now attained a height at which it cast her
rays over the tree-tops, and lit up the forest
with her.' silvery beams, Simultaneously we
both arose, determined to make home before
we starved, to - death, or became too fretful to
be agreeable.
Tramp, tramp crunch; crunch !—we
paced it' over the tow crispy snow, which
during, lie day, had thaWed slightly, and
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-now, mince night set in, had frozetatill a crust
covered the Whole. eapanse of gi - hund, break
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creakin , ly underneath our feet. On we
-walked, unconscious of the presence of each
other, busied onlytyith our melancholy tho'ts
and desiring neither:to converse nor listen to
conversation. The moon shone clearly alcove
ais, and every object. was as distinct to the
eve as-it would have been at neon-d ae ,
Georf_;.e was walking a rod or two behind me
and at'intervals he would increase the di
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Avenge it f f lvenge it teeme d seari ng my
brain.: thes4. words seemed burninglinto my
life-blood,sceined cutting my every nerve :and
urging rice ltd acti ii. Presently this blinding
tit - passed-OR Lut the desist:, for revenge still
Lang round 'me
.with fearful tenaciousness.
Satan, nearlY, wilt] with excitement,'` always
jumping in advance at the rport of the rifles,
was flying hither and thither around
. me,—
smelling at my side, and ' , :rubbing ! his cold
nose against My.face, appearing:to know and
understand the hurt ,I had sustained, and
seemingly
endeavoring" to evince the most
perfect disapproval of. the act.. I had- fallen
near thestump, behind.. which I had at first
endeavored find shelter; and raising my
self to my feeti'although the effort -cc'est me
the most inteniepidn, I 'staggered on to a`n
iuunensedecaying log near by, falling upon
it as soon as having reached it. ',Down
most
this I .lay
ifor a few seconds, in the
feeble state,nlY3Vhole system racked With the
most excrutiatiiig anguish and, with a pow-.
erful of the 'wilt', at length raised myself to
my knees, and bevelled my. rifle across the
log. • I now lotiked around. for George. For
a few momen4 . every object, anew, trees,
stumps, and Ski; seemed revolving-about
me, and I supposed myself drowning, or rath".
.er s.wimaiing iitan ice-ocean. The moo*still
dam e brightly,! and the woods were .clearer,
than before to,My excited fancies. I leoked,
after the dizziness had passed, for several sec=
ends for Georgenselessly,but when 1 become
'n re compo.ted,- still in great agony , from the
effect of my word, I just saw his shadow on
the snow, a hundred yards ,- froin inY, Position,
and (here I determined to trait his' first mo
tion and then seed at biallet through,Lis heart
or head. Waiting tiniS I debated wheth..
to air* for thelreast or eyes. My determi
natio*was at laSt formed,! and I Mentally
concluded to direct my rifle: at his head and
kill him dead; se dead in fact, that lie never'
could explain tlitcausti or manner. !Thus- I
lay deli )erately Plotting a Murder,. the fear
of God, or what shouldcome after,nover once
entering inr.inind.- Thus I reasoned,; he bad
shot mein a moment of passion, he should
therefore. be subjted te all the afteriptiuse
ciences which necessarily: follow such au
act. The ball Lad entered my right 'side,
glanced off a-..afast my lowest rib,• and cut
through my iiver,!'l was convinced, and now,
upon reflection, I ;Stood, a, fair, almost
c iipou r the .long,.•un
journey upon w,144.1 had nOw fully
f he should liear'eottipany,lay, and t
dray, too. God . oltli - .:2;tows from who'
i lierited such fiendish passions,' Audit , r? 1
I hate and bitter IninaZ) s ity teftard: any one
who, had injured 'me but these thougts -all
coursed through my brain, - Mid instead of
stillify , the fever ‘4lrielt was now fast leatit . ,-r
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my blood and aggMvatinginy bitter passions
Reetned further irritating all tiro worse s'ecling,s
more and more. I,t seemed an age I waited,
1 but firm to .deatb,l neither spoke nor cried,
although my suffe4gs were indiscribable.--
At length I saw the upper part of George's !
be - dy bent around the stump, and then I drew •
back the hammer cif the rifle, and drawing
the -butt to my sho4lder' as -best I could in,
my uneasy position., I Prepared to aim. Up
he‘,rose quick and s'Uddertly, and the r°meat
he'ilid, so, my fingeit dreW back the t rigger
and sent the ball 1 - •hizzing toward hi- bead.
This last - effort cost me all my strong h, and
filling back on the snow, my. ears, he - art and
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very soul were. pier i ced through and through
by the most horrid liscream. of pain 1 ever
heard, and then all r•bnse vanish.ed. from my
mind, all light from my eyes, all feeling from -
my body, and I seemed as dead. I had faint
ed.l:, I
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4 One morning I awoke, as. from n horrid
dream, and remembering nothing of the oc
currences: before narrated, I attempted to
raise thy ktud- to my head, which was' rioW
aching badly, whetl discwere k l I possessed
not 'the 11;ast power of motion and could speak
no word fibove a whisper. I' made a alight
ejaculation, and before the'. word was , con.Flu
ded. George was standing . beside my Led,
tears running down ihis checks, and his eyes .
almost_ starting froM his tcad. 'God be
thanked, J im, you arc yourself again,' said he
as soon as lie discovc*l I was sensiblelof his
presence, which I could only assure him of
by a gli4stly smile, being too weak to . speak
a Word. -! •
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I . "Do you . know • how long you have been
sick : l" lin asked. •- I . :• *
• r rcillied with mi eyesin the negatiTe,and
he continued : i.. ! '
• . "You bare been subjected to all.thiS pain
and trouble by my infernal hot temper and
it. is now six weeks a ,, one.sinee I drew the
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. head on you. Yourishot
.struck . ' me on the
collar-bone'and sliv4 , red it as if it, had been.
• paper. I fell on-the Snow, and after lying for
it'short time, I crawled down
.to - the house
I. and -alarmed the inmates by my. title. 'Satan
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1-hadeen before me ; he hail yelled, and bark
ed, itn . d - seratched'at the doors until he gain : .
Led- admission, and Alain' had set up
.the Most
disinalkowlinz„ running back and forth from
are roam to the outeri'kloor, to the a3tOnish
men t and surprise of . a 11. ., They had heard
- the shots, and supposed them to be the
ne I heard
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annunciators of our ar•approa.ch, it•having
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the i'euse, i
yeti' know, ! 4ml' th ,' ey 'thong no
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more•of it, until our iong , ! delay frig!' eml
them, and- they - we're jist. Ooming to,l - k . for
us as tgained the doOrway. They jinni:all
ately sought after you and when . found you
weie . brought bere.,.fainting and . k.rfeetly in-
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sensible. The doctor was instantly .sent for,-ii
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the bullet extracted and Morn r_ ing discovered
you perfectly prostrated' with' a violent brain
fever.. Don't touch your head, it has been
Shaved and. now has no.kair on it longer.than
a pia: You must be very qUiet and makeino
exertion to move, the doctor - sap, : and you
will sooC up and around. I :Satan has en
tirely r red,.and ' He're, Satan, come and
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see your'masttr,' Located the. dog, who had
been . lying Watching Us during the whole
conversation, seemingly - ti derstanding the
whole, and as much intotied as either of
rt
us. With a leap like
.deer he sprang _With
his fore-paws .upon the - bed . nd saluted me
rxt,
With a joyful cry, as - he saw I recognized and
took notice of him, and then in , fond.spbnais-;
sion, commenced to lick my face and hands;
He seemettalmost crazylth delight, and
George was obliged to. - .dr g. him forcibly
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away.frorn'tne, in order to keep hint from
smothering me, it WS joy.
"Can you 'ever, will you fOrgiva, my hasty
act ief hateful passion I'. said
,George,
.the
'tears streaming froM hisOyes afresh and fall
ing upon my. hand, wide!' lie had
,now. be prisoned between his own ; 'hod` knows I did
not know what,l . was. doing when •I pulled
the trigger otrily rifle, and I; have repented in
bitterness of, the act night and 'day, and pray
ed and cursed myself fat this devil's work.
Jim, I will watch you, -stay dear yo 9; be your
friend, any thing for you; if you will hilt say
.
you forgive me.' 1 I:- :
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!I could not speak,' the. ,l
I.)ig tears Of pity
and affection for him wliohaii• always been
v i
In friend, Were filling my eyes and wetting
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my pillow, and my feelings Of remorse for-the
pail' I had enacted in this nearly fataldraMa,
werachoking me, and the thoughts of all the
kind and loving instanees i of friendship
George had'alwars shown - me i were exciting
• such a
my brain and heart, in snch manner thatit
was providential. I did, not; r elapse, nearly
driven, as I was, raving masl again, and ha
word could I have spoken to .soothe his an
c ' I .to
guisb had his life been at stake., tried.o
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say, 'Yes, George, I do iiirgire, you, indeed I
do,' but the words ,stuck in`
my throat, and
my only reply was a 'fitintllriressura of his
hands, of - which lie easily linterpreted. the
I • the
roam,
Just then tit doi T t . tor entered the
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room, :Mil' to my enfeet d ideas at the time,.
rather rudely reproached Gk. 'rge ter so mill
Ling ire, as weak as .I at t
just sane: This was the hist.time we e
'•spekty'Of the matter, by m utual agreentelif
Si .v. - 'Months I lay, however, he' tween life
teat!, Georg.? m only attendant, Vol
would permit no - one to, widt . upon me hilt
hinilf, and I .desired nu better nurse,) always
near .me. ' Gradually my strimigth returned,
and then he strove to enterthin me by read.
ing to me from my favor i ite 4ntliors, or Clse
col= axi iea ti I/ f'; to me -theme is - , gathered ptir ..,
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posely, of allthe village. i §lOtvly but4urefy
I progressed toward health, ~,!,,a at last was
permitted to leave my room. I MY first - assay
washy riding withi:George,,.. Who
,drove . me
with care and-anxiety far_; over ; 'to the ' Et
gle's-Nest.' We Were. better ;Trends than ev
er, adversity had drawn a ba'nd around our
hearts which no niisfOrtnne . ebuld serer , and
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at this late day George C t is , the MoSt es
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teemed and dearest, nearest, mid most . con
.fidential friend , your father possesses, as you
well know. I learned from !others part of
what I have told you, (for.he mover spoke of
,his attention,)that George, as Soon: as his bro
kenbene had been re -set; immediately eo4+
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menced to nurse me, and had absolualy
Watched at my IW-side day and might, until;
my final recovery. I have often langhed:an
joked With hun upon our many old tramp
tOgether, but wanever haVe adverted, or eve
hinted, to the bear-hunt.at the Tagle's-Niest '
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or our unfortunate return.;' 'lie beggedtne to
give hint Satan when , I l.eiti g—:-., and
could do no less than comply 'with his wish
and long the old dog, for he is now dead, al!
though,but a short tithe sinceilired with hini
tracking the deer till they, were -all extermi
nated, and then degrading himself and can
ine.l • .1.. , .
family by hunting the, timid rabbits front
the woods and precipiCes. Tbe'Rtgle's-Nest' ,
is now a cleared farm; and the' spot is sown
yearly with. Wheat or other rain, _in which
We foolish boss disgraced our iliumanity and
indicated our precocious Sens' e of honor, by
fighting our 'first duel." 1 - I . -.. n.
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The - Rivals , or the Chien; Dough;
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A curious story is related 'Of the "fierce
wars and faithful4sloves!' Of the Indians. It
is 'eonneciq with one of the iramense mounds
which give so striking a peculiarity to
the 'scenery of the prarhis. few . years
since, at the base of this wound, a chief resi
ded, whose - young daughter wads a girl of unz
common beauty, and•thia beatt'ty was but the
externahmanifestation of a„p4re and r e ioble
f•piri t.'• As a mat ter of course, She had .many
admirers among the yoting braves of her na
tion. Her nature was aboYe the arts of a co
qtiette and toying one among' them. all, and
only one, she hesitated not'l to te
: -• t..her prefer
mice be known, not only tol l the You_ rig Eagle
. who had atou her heart, but also to, those
whose suit she had rejected.
. 'Among the rejected • suitors,{ one alone so
laid it to heart as to thireirevenge. lie, the
l'rowling Wolf, was filled,' with rage, anil .
took littlepaius to conceal his umnity,though .
be I»airested no desire' for open violence. ---H
these young men were braye, both
ful i iu the use of WeaPens,: which far away in
the buffalo 'plains had sornetitn4 been used in
battle,-but while Young Eaglft „Avis noble,
generous; in spirit, and swayed hy Kwel l high
itstPulses as, a young savage tuay Awl, the.
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Arwas reserved, dark and 'sullen; and his
1 urally lowering b low seemed, after the
den had refused him, to settle into a'Lab
i scowl. The friends of the Young 'Ea
feared for his safety. life", hovreveri . was
happy in the . smiles 'onus choseti bride)
,rouble himself concerning the enmity of
• flier, especially when he knew himself to
his equal both in strength and skill.
The happy • couple I ivere in the habit of
eting at, the top of the mound , .--Youtig
le armed iirith a revolver ho had. received
:la white. "One summer evening r just as
riloon-was up, Yeimg Eagle soli& the .
Of the mound for the purpose / of meeting
future bride,for their•naarriage was'agreed
6, and the appoint l ed day was near. One
ire( this mound is nakedieck, which- fee.
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lir feet or more is almost perpendicular: 7 -
it on the edge of, this precipice is a foot-
LLii; and by it a large flat sandstone rock
isa convenient seat for those Who would_
ins
the valley, while a few low - bushes are
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dtered over a part of the crest of the
.uiel. On this rock Young Eagle sat him .
Wri to await the maiden's coming.
inl a few minutes the bushes rustled near i i
n otnd rising, as he thought, to meet her,a
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aahawkilashed by his 'head, and the: next
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twit he was in the arms of a `strong than
forced to the brink of the precipice. The
sof the two met in the moonlight, end
I / :knew then that the struggle was for life.,
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ioned as his arras ; were by the other's
p, the Eagle frustrated the 'first effort' of
tie, and then a deSperatrs wrestle,a death
-tle,followed, in Which each was thorough
s a a b d y d t e h n e e d
throat .
with ; Thu
grasp
, n, and each instatly grasping his advert
tlie o le f ft th h e an W d, dit sou - g w h as
'en,
his' eapon with the . right—the one his knife,
the other his revolver,' In the snuggle, the
handle of the knife of Wolf had been turned '
in 'he girdle,and missing i t at the' first grasp„
?se he could recover himself the revolver was
t is breast, and a bullet through his heart.
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I flash of hatred from the closing eye, and
~ 'rrn of the dying warrior relaxed'; and as
botly sank, the Eagle hurled it over the
,ipice, and in his wrath fired bullet af hul
l/to the corpse as it rolled 'heavily down ;
this not satisfying his revenge, be ran
ad and down the side of the mound, and
!I off the f 'scalp of .h i p s foe.
'here had' been mkwitness of the combat,
t he ything girl did not arrive till its ter
ition, when her lover was scalping his
in. His life was 'therefore , iu_ imminent
Yes from the justice .of the tribe, and he .
V that his only chance was to Stand upon '
klefenee. His chance arose from the mis
er the Indians, that if the murderer OS
A the blow of theavenger ofbblood---the . tffe
t tcst relative of the victim—the
_family
were at liberty to accept a ransom for the life
of .lieir kinsman. "Tbo- Young Eagle .:at:
once took the .advice .of his friends. 'Com- -
pletely armed, he took possession , of the top
of the mound, which was so shaped that
he was himself concealed; no one could ap
proaeli him by day without tieing exposer(' to
his five—and he had two devoted - arnl skilful
alliel , r which, together with his position, ren
dered him far more than a match for , his sin
gle adversary, the avenger of blood—the
broter of the Wolf. These alliel were hi s .
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brioii and a large 'sagacious • hound which
had Jong been his hunting- companion, and
had/larded him many a night when camp
ing n the piaries. The girl had in her veins
bir,
. the hood of Indian heroes, and the quailed
not. She demanded with lofty enthusiasm
to `made his. • vtife, and then, - acquainted
with , every stratagem of savage war, and
with sovery faculty sharpened by affection,and
114 htisbands danger, she Watched, and warn
ed', and shielded him with every art that the
roused spirit could suggest, and which could
be safety practised. • ‘•
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ly n
bro
tc tinu2i was
clan.
knd l
toml
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TII=. brother of the Wolf prouled about
;nigh' and day.. In: the . daytime,: : to ascend'
th e "(mild far enough; for action would be to,
- Ode° himself, helpless and. without. c.ire,with •
in th range - of the yogng warrior's rifle ;
and at, night ho could not even put . his foot
t i
upon its base without . the - baYing of • the
loun giving its niastcr warning,: He at-:
Itingtl i hit upon u.stratagem ; and by careful
obsen4ation of his young wife, who was fro-.
quent'y going and coming, that she :might
supply her husband, !succeeded in imitating
her dress, walk,. and- manner so e rceriapletely
that. hie hoped to deceive both deg and man.
His .setlielike was skilfully executed..: ' The. dog
wagged his tail, and his ma.st,er slink() to - the
avenger as his wife . When there. were only a
few-fet between them ; but suddenly. the gate
hint hound, disceiering This mistake, threw
himself with a yell upon the - ,throat of the
and bore him to tho ground. The
r , .
Lagie now deprived him or ms
nd . pinioned his arias >; but tho next
enemy ,
Yonn
powi,
t, - from an 'impulse of generosity, he
free,and sent him home armed as usual.
was the turning point , of the wage
I The shedder of blood stirreridered
to the justice of the tribe to offer a
or if that was rejected, to lay down
' without resistance. '"At the day ali
t,the parties mot in an open... space
iidreds to witness the scene around. 7—
igle, unarmed, was first scaled on
and, •theoby Ids side was laid down
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knife, with which he was to be slain
nsorn wat not accepted. By his side
wife, herhand,. in his, while.
, of old' men, were dine ivith kani ? --
ltainst them, and so near that the fatal
mid be easily , seiiird, stood the family
in \Voir, the lather at the head, by ,
mine
set hi
Thi
dram
hims 4
point
with It!
Thti
the gr.
a lar4
sat Ins
tbo ey:
Over a
kuife e
of the
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Vottunel3, 'Sumba 31,
whom the question of life or death was to 14
settled. / He *clewed deeply - moved, and - sad,
rather than reven„Tefol. A- rod blanket was
flow prodeCe4 and sPread upon the g rimed.
It signified that"blood - had- been shed wbiett
was mit yet. washed away, tho crimson stain,
rewamiug. Next a blanket all of blue was
spread over -the red one. It expressed tlFf3
, hope that the blood, might be wished out in
heaven, and remembered no more ; and last,
a blanket purely white was spread over all,
significant of a desire that n9where on earth
nor in heaven a to of tlie blood should re
main, and that everywheie, and .by all, it
should be forgiveit and forgotten.
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These blankets, thus spread `out, we re. to re
ceive the ransom. The: friends of Eagle
brought goods of Various kinds, and .plied
them high before - the father o slain. He
considered them a, moment, of silence,-and
then turned his eye to the fatal knife: The
_wife of the Eagle thrnw,.hefarnis around her
husband's neck and turned her eyes impler- :
ing,ly full on the old man's face without a
word. He he'd stretched his band towards
the knife when he met that
_look. lle
pans
edi fingets mond convulsively,but : they
did not grasp the handle. His lips quivered,
and then a tear was -in his eye. "Father"
said the brother, "he ,4ared my life:" The
old rein turned away. "I a6cept the ransom,"
he said : "the blood of my son Is washalaway.
I 5e4.3 no stainnow on the liandTof the Eagle ;
and he shall be . in the place &my son."
A Looking7Crlav-
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FOR BANNETT OF THE _ ....qiii FORA =RAIZ , .
From - the New York Herald, Nov. 24, 1635: _
The
- same thing. will occur on a grander
scale, should Mr. Seward . ever succeed - in be
coming President or placing a creature of his
own to-the Presidential Chair. Disunion would
.of course, foilor;-and the "South would at
-once require, for its own safety and the press
ervation of its property,to make.war upon.the
North. Slave properly would not be worth
holding on the northern frontier of, the South
ern' Republic Without some provison i fo'r tiler
,re-capture of runaway slaves,whichthe South
could not extort from, the North except at the
close of a succesful war. I3ut, besides the
South ; the West *mild in all probability fall
away. Divergent and hostile interests would
sating up betweeti Wisconsin and New York.'
Ohio would refuse to be governed by Massa:
chnsetts, and would in virtue of ita superior
population insist upon the Noithern &Tilt):
lie, which the smaller States would refti•te to
concede. . • _ .
From the New. York Herald, Decembei
24,1855.—Dennett's pietute . of the success of
Fremont :• -.:- - ;f1. - - - i- ".
If the last. two years have not been enotigh
to show howutterly demoralizing and para
lytic are the results of domestic agitation ott
the suLject of slayery—if they have- not sert
ed to exhibit by their influeuee, that the goy.;
-eminent Las :been - tvealened.,..hciw 'it - has
been disgraced—hovi it has been made the
plaything of foreign diplomacy_how -ithas
' alike distracted- s our councils of legislation,
weakened the executive, arm, intioduced into
our entire political system the elementio of
ariarchy--how it has arrayed section, again :4:
section, impaired the- public, confidence, and
Caused distrust and suspicion by' one tlepart- -
meat against another—if these fruits are act
enough to teach the people the folly and mad•
nets of further agitations, and of 'the great
necessity of returning to the Federal Consti
tutiori as the guide of their actions, then ex
perience is thrown away and national moral.;
ity and wisdom are utterly dethroned. •
From the New York Herald, November
18; 1855.—Bennett rebuking and impaling
Bennett:.-
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Tan SEWARD Poracy• 7 -rr MARES " TWO.
1 PARTIES AND Two Govnuasrmis.—The at s . : -.
1 tinctive SeWard• Abolition party is essentially
disunio'. It is based only on principles
whose tendeney is and whose effect' -must -be,
the destruction of the Government and all its '
interestsits commerce; its: milroads,its man- _
nfactures, its mechanic arts, its telegraphs, its
moral power,and, above all, its position be
fore- the_world as the representative - of liberal
ideas and-popular" rights. These are the sac
rifices required of tha American people to
give effect to' the UtopiarL.policy of Mr,. Sew-
anl—to hiamad crusade - against the Consti- .
tution, with a view of effecting his anti-slave
ry purposes. .
The question conies hotrie to extsting party"
'subdivisions of_pecnliar force: Can a sitars,- of the United States—an dmericancupy
any other ground than that of h9sligty to the..-
Sewarti rnovement and do his duly to ..his "
country ? • That moverniiiit took& - to a ditso
lotion of the Union. Those, then, who re-"
Bard roots and not Coitus; must see that in r"..
silty there can be but two parties in ; this
country--those who support the goveininn;
and those who seek its overthrow. The 131:. ck
Republicans occupy cue of :these extre.toi..> .
the bards,-the soils, the Amoicans,the Wh',....-z;
in truth occupy the other. If they do nog -.
if individuals of either party make the iii.
publican °tenets au arW,lp of their.ereZal,the.y .
in fact, are .Abolitionists." - '
There are; in fact, but two
,parties-thosx
who, with the Black. Republicans, attach di
rectly or indirectly, on the ouestion of•sret,T
ry, the federal - constitution, and , those" v.-ho
'sustain that" compact. ,All intermediate,
ground is a compromise between right ausl _
wrong---a Compromise which cannot be 604.-,
tamed, and which must-be surrendered as th - i . _ .
contest adiances..The constitution is the onl
basis—the terminus of all ethiCal and a11 , j044.- -
political_ dedactions from the premisea. - . ~
We have to come to that point in our d...-
mastic affairs wheu it ,is necessary,-'itid-'ohs...-.
lately necessary, to know alike our friend::
and ouneneintes.• Mulles 'are to be known - •
by these designations AS mush as i a Itr i , ,-,;i : - .
war. - On; the side, of the governmeatis Ordis
zed tha - mpresentatives of all our ,mateti4
wealth and all our productive ifidustry.tvlim,'---
tenures are found in - order,' and the faititli.ll
discharge of public dutlea. .We have at.. "--
enlisted against the agitatora the • prp. - trialli..i
or the country,—a patriotism that aeldev,lll:-.,
independence, .and- that • now as . vigiluxitlj , "
guards its hermit as ia tbe day of the Ret ; olit- '
dom.! - - ''- - .'
If ever that ba.rdeued 'Wretch lias—
emOtion-of shame,---if ever iisleh
mien of huroilation,-Will he .cot c •fe tt i it now •
When. be sees his own opiniOns,like
tearing him to pieces,' anti ronaig
away froin-the only part of bis expor t .
which preAerved hint from univereal
ilv
tion nal!