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THEIK)NG or STEAM.
llamas& um-down- with your iron bands;
Tie Satre of your curb and , rein.:
For I scorn the power of your pun'y hands,
As the tempest scorns, a clam I
llow I laugli'd as I lay coneeal'd from sight,
For many a countless- Lour, ..
At the childish boast A:nun:oar' might,
And the pride of human power!
When . l satyr an arms upon the land,
A nary upon. the - seas,
Creeping along a snail like band,
O r waiting the wayward breeze;-
When I marked the peashnt timely reel
With the toil which he faintly bore,
As he feebly turn'd the tardy wheel,
Or tugg'il at the veary oar:
When I measured the . pantine courser's speed
The, flight of the carrier -dove,
'As they bore the law a king decreed,
Or the lines of impatient love : —
I could but think how the world would feel,
As these were outstripped afar,
When I should be bound to the rushing keel
Orehained to the flying car
rfa, h, ha! they found rn,. e at. last;
'They invited we foillizat; length,
And Lrusled to my throne with a l'tta n d e r.
• blast,
And I laugh'd in 'My iron strength .
Oh ! then ye
. saw.a wondrous change
On the earth and ocean wide,
Where nowrurgery armies range, •
Nor wait for wind an tide. .
,
Hurrah! hnrrali !Abe tvater's o'er,
The mountain's steep decline ; •
Time—space—have yielded to my. power ;
The world—.the world is mine!
The rivers the sun bath earliest blest,
Or those where his beams decline;
The giant streams of'the queenly West,
Ana the Orient floods divine.
Tha ocean pales whe.re'er I swaep, •
To hear my strength rejoice,
And the . monsters of the briny deep
Cower, trembling at my . voice. • .
I carry the wealth and-the lord of earth,
The thoughts of his god-like Mind ;
The'wital lags after my thing forth,.
The lightatng, is left behind.
to the darksomedeptbs of the fathomlessraine
My tireless arm duth play,
the.rocks never saw the sun's decline,
Or the dawn of the g i loriona day. • •• .
bring earth's glittering jewels up
Flom the hidden care -below,.
And I make the toirtain's granite cup
With a crystal wish -oertlow.
lAlow . the bellows, I forge the steel,
lc. all the thops 'of trade ;
I hammei the Ore and turn the wheat _
Where my arms of strength are made.
I manage the furnace, the mill, the mint—
I carry, I. spin, I weave;
And all
,mv doing I put into print
On every Saturday eve. \
rce no muscles to weary, no bregst to decay
- No bones to be laid "on the shelf,"
And soon I intend you may "go and play,"
While I manage this world myself.
But harness me down with your iron bands;
Be sure of your curb and rein : .
For I scorn the strength of your puny hands.
As the tempest scorns the chain !
,Alistellattants.
From. Stutip'sMagazine:
A RA riv. F - E VEXING.
A plea:ant little_group was gathered round
Uncle Ned's domestic hearth. He sat on one
side of the fire-place, oppos%te Annt Mary,
Ivho with her book in her band, watched the
childrenseated at the table,sorue reading oth
ers sewing, all occupied but one,
a chili of
large growth, a young lady, - who, being a.
guest of the family, was suffered •to • indulge
in the pleasure of idleness without reproof. ,
Oh! I love a rainy evening,' said, little
Ann, - looking up from her book, and meeting
'her: mother's smiling glance. his so nice
to sit by a good fire; and bear the rain, pat
tering against the windows. Only I pity the
poor people who have no house to cover
them, to keep off the rain and the cold:
And I love a rainy evening„ too,' cried
George, a boy of twelve. , I can study so
much better. My thoughts stay at liome,_
and don't keep rambling out after the bright
1130013 and stars. Ify heart feels warmer,and
I really believe I Jove everybody better than
I do When the weather is fair:'
Uncle Ned smiled, and gave the boy an
approving pat on the shoulder. Every one
smiled but the young lady, who, with a lan
guid, discontented air, now played with n"
pair of scissors, now turned over tho leaves of
a book, then with an ilbsuppiessed yawn,
leaned idly onher elbow, and looked into the
tire,
And what do you think of a-.'rainy even
ing, Elizabeth asked Utrete is k t.L . Ls.h.ould
like to bear your opinion a 150.% ;,
'I think it ever dull and uninteresting,
answered the. lal ways feel so stu
pid, I can hardly keep_ myself S wake. One
cannot go abroad, or hope to see Company at.
home,
_and one gets so tired .of seeing the,
samelatres all the time. I cannot imagine,
what ;George and Ann see to admire_so much
ilia disagreeable rainy evening like this'
.! Suppositig .I tell you a story to enliven
you?" said 'Chicle Ned.
4 0h l yes, father, please tell us a story r
*Zelaitned the children, simultaneously. Lit
tle Ann was perched upon his knee, -as if by
Magic, and even Elizabeth moved her chair,
as ifescited to sotne degree of . interest.—
George still beld,his book in his hand, but
his bright eyes,sparkling with unusual ani
mation, were riveted upon bit uncle's face;
I run going to tell you a story AISOUL.4
talny evcrung: said Vtrcle -
Ohl • that will be
_so pretty r cried Ann,
clapping her bands.
,Ent .Elisabeth's: couri
tenanceiell below zero. It was an 'ominous
ann, .
unciation. - -
`‘Yetti,;:eieltin!ted Uncle Ned, 1 / 4 ,rainy•even--
irsir: , But thouglitluutis ,darker that — 't
4, -
viAlCii_ritir Arguate tbe sir :were tivrefieg
abroad and the rain fell vier' vier met faster
-„ , _
the rainbow of my life was drawn most beau
tifully on those dark clouds, and its fair
colors still thine most lovely on the sight.—
It is longer however, the bow of promise, but
the realization of my fondest breams.'
George saw his uncle cast an expressive
glance towards the handsome matron in the
opposite comer, whose collor perceptibly
heightened, and he could not forbear ex
claiming
Alt ! Aunt Mary is blushing. I under
stand uncle's metaphor.
She is his rainbow, and he thinks life one
long rainy day. ,
Not exactly so : I mean, your last con
elusion. But don't interrupt me my boy,and
you shall hear a lesson, which, young as you
are,l trust you will never forget. When I
was a young man, I was thought quite hand
some- 1 Pa is pretty as he can be now,'
interrupted little Ann, passing her hand fon
dly over hiP manly cheek.
• Uncle Ned was not displeased with the
compliment, for he pressed her closer to him,
as he continued:—
' Well, when I was young I was of a gay
spirit ) , and a great tiiorite - in society. .The
young ladies liked me for a partner 'in the
dance, at the chess-board, or the evening walk
and I had reason to think several of them
would hove made no objection to take me as
a partner for life. Among all my young sc-.
quaintances, there Was no one whose com
panionship was so pleasing as that of a mai•
den whose name was Mary. Now, there_ are
a great many Marys in the world, ito. -. .,y0u
artist not take it for granted I mean .yoirr
mother or. Aunt. At any rate you must not
look so significant till I have finished my sm.
rv. Mary was a sweet and-lovely girl, with
acurrent of cheerfulness running through
her disposition that made music as it flowed,.
It was an undercurrent, I•oweeerodways gen
tle, and kept within its legitimate channel.
never overflowing into boisterous mirth or
unmeaning lenity. She was the only date-,,b
-ter of .her mother, and she a widow: - Mrs.
Carlt2n-such was her mother's Dame—was
in lowly circumstances, and Mary had Done
of the appliances of . wealth and fashion to
decorate her psmon or gild her home. A eery
modest competency was her portion, and she
wished for nothine• mote. - I•have seen ben
in a simple white dress, without a single or,
nament, unlese it was a . natural rose, trans
tend all the gaudy belles who thought,by the
attraction of dress, to win the admiration of
the multitude.. But, alas, for _poor - human
nature. One of these dashing belles so fasci
nated my attentian, that the gentle Mary
was for a while forgotten. Theresa Vane.
was indeed, a rare piece of mortal mechan
ism. Her figure was the perfection of beau
ty, and she moved as if 'strung upon wires, so
elastic and springing were_ her gestures. 1 i
never saw such lastreus hair—it was perfect- I
ly black, and shone like burnished steel—andf
then such ringlets! how they Waved and rip- j
pled down her beautiful neck! She :dressied j
with the most exquisite taste, delicacy, and i
neatness, and whatever .she wore assumed a
peculiar 'grace and fitness, as if. Art loved to
adorn
adern what Nature bad made st, fair. Fat
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what charmed me most was the. sunshiny
Ismile that was always waiting to light np
I her countenance. To be sure, she sometimes
I laughed a little too loud, but then her laugh
was so musical, and her teeth so white, it was
impossible to believe her guilty of rudepess ,
l or want of grace... Often, when I saw her it,
the social circle, so brilliant and smiling, the
life and charm of everything around her. r
thought bow happy the constant companion
ship of such a. being would make me—
whatbrightness she would impart to the
fireside of home- e what light, what joy to the
darkest scenes of existence! : _
Oh ! Uuele,' interrupted George 'laugh
ing, if I Were Aunt Wary. I. would i not let
you praise any othe- lady so warmly. You
are so taken tin with her beauty., ou have
forgotten all•about the rainy evenin'
Aunt ,Mary.smilecl, but it was more than
probable that George bad really touched one
of the bidden filings of her wornan's , ,,heart
for she-loooked down, and said nothing':
Don't he impatient;' said Uncle iNed,
and you shall not be ebeatdd .out of your
story. I began it fur Elizabeth's sake;_ rather
than yours, arm I Fee she is wide awake.—
She thinks I was by this time more than half
in lore with Theresa Vane, and she thinks
more than half right. There had been a
great many parties of pleasure—tiding par- .
-ties; calling, parties, and talking parties,—
and summer slipped by almost -unconscious
ly. At length the autumnal equinox ap
proached, and gathering clouds, northeastern
gales, and drizzling rains, succeded to the
soft breezes, mellow skies, and glowing sun
sets, peculiar to
. that beautiful season. For
two or three days! wasconfined within doors
by the continuous rains, and, I am sorry to
confess it, but the blue devils got complete
posse , sitni of me One Strided upon my
nose, another danced upon the top of my
bead,, one pinched my ear, and another turn
ed .sotnersetts upon my chin. You Jaugh
little Nanny, but they are terrible • prettres,
these blue gentlemen. and I - eould not endure
thin any longer. So the third rainy even.;
puton my overcoat, buttoned it up to
my chin, and taking my umbrella in my
hand, set out in the direction of Mr. Vane's.
Here thought I, as my fingers pressed The
lateh, I shall' find -the moonlight smile that
will illuinine the darkness of my right—the
dull vapors will disperse before her radiant
glance, and this interminable equinoctial
storm be - transforrned - into a mere vernal
shower,.tiaeliingt away in sunbeams in her
presence.; My gentle knock not being appa
rently heard, I stepped" into the anteroom,
set down.my titnbrella,.took off my drenched
coat, arranged my hair in the most' grace
, ful manner,and;elaiMing a prisilege to which
perhaps, I had - no legitiniate right, opened
thedoor of. the family sitting room, and
found myselfin the presence of the handful
Theresa!
Here Uncle Ned made a very provoking'
pause.• : •
6 Pray go On. How was she dressed 1—
And was she gladtosee 'our assailed him
on every -side.
liowiras she dressed repeated be. I
am not very well skilled in the technicalities
of a lady's wardrobe, but I eau give yon the
general impression of kir personal - appear
ance._ In the firxt place, there was a jtimp.
ingep, and - an of hand sliding step towards
an, opposite doov u tts c=entered, but'a disobl!.
ging chair **sin the way, and - was Jos
king-my lowest bow-liefora she bad an oppr;-
, tunity if disappearing.. Confrased -sod on jr-.
tined the 'scarceir returned nal salutation,
K WE AUE ALL EQUAL 'BEFORE GODARD THE CORSTITIGTION.It..Iiames Buchanan.
Montrose„ ,11.51111e1111111 otottittrr, t)urshl Darning, Agit 4, 1857.
while Mrs. Vane offered me a chair, and ex
pressed in somewhat dubious terms their
gratification at such an unexpected pleasure.
I hare no doubt Theresa wished me at the
bottom of the Frozen Ocean, if I might judge
by the freezing glances she- shot at me
through her dark lashes: She sat uneasily
in her chair, trying to conceal her slip-shod
shoes, and festively arranging her dress
about the shoulders and waist. It was a
most rebellious subject, for the body and
skirt were at open warfare, refusing to have
any connection with each other. Where
was the graceful shape I ',had so much admir
ed 4 In vain I sought its exquisite outlines
in the folds of that loose slovenly robe:—
Where was those glistening ringlets and, bur -
rushed locks that had so lately rivalled the
tresses of Medusa. lier hair was put up be
hind in a kind of Gordian knot, which would
have required the sword of Alexander to un
tie. Iler frock was of toiled and dingy silk,
with trimmine•. of salloW blonde, and a faded
fancy handkerchief was thrown over one
shoulder.
y -
'ou have caught nie completely en • dia..
habillie, said she recovering partially from
her embarrassment; Out theevening was so
rainy, and no one but mother and myself, I
never dreamed of suchtjgtillantry as this.
She could not disguise her vexation with
all her efforts to conceal it, and - Mrs. Vane
evidently Shared her daughter's chagrin. I
was . wicked enough to enjoy their confu
sion,- and never appeared more at ease, or
played the agreeable with more signal suc
cess. I was disenchanted at once, and my
mind revelled in its recovered freedom. My
goddess bad fallen from the pedestal on which
my ititagination, had enthroned her, despoiled
of beautiful drapery which had imparted
to her such ideal loveliness. I knew . that I
was a favorite in the frnilv, for I was wealthy
and independent, and,iperitaps, of all There
sa's admirers, what the world would call the
best match. I malicibusly asked hen' to play
on the piano, but she iniade a thousand excu
ses, assiduously keeping hack the .true rea
son:- herdisordered attire'. I asked her to play
a game of chess, but She bad a headache, she
was too stupid; she ttever conla do anything
on a rainy . evening! I .
At length I took my leave, Inwardly
bleSsing the moving 'spitit That hod led me
abroad that night, the spell which had.s so
long enthralled my senses might be btoken.
Theresa called up pile of her 'lambent smiles
as I hade•her adieu.
iNtNer again on a rainy evening,
said a! e, Sportively lam always so wretch
ed dull- .1 believe I! was b . Orn to live among
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the sunbenms, tbe• m .l oonlight.' and the stars.
Clouds will never (I,d for me.'
Amen ! I rilen4 responded, •as I closed
tife door. : While eras patting on- my coat,
I overheard,withoutlthe slightest intention of
li :ening, a passionate . esclarnation from Iny
Ther'i,srt : - •
'Goof gracious!*other wits there ever any
thing so unlucky ? I never thought of see
ing my neiglib)r's:dog to-night. If I have
not been completely-caught.'
I hope. you Will mind my advice next
time,' replied her mother in an ngrieved tone.
I toll yciu not to Sit down in. that slovenly
dress. I have no doubt you have lost him
forever.
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Here I made god my retreat, not isi,-11-
in , * to enter into thepenetratia of family b
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crete. -
• The rain still continues]. unabated, but my
social feelings were very far from being damp
ed. I had the curiosity to:make another ex
periment. The evening was not very far ad
vanced, and as I turned from Mrs. Vane 'S
fashionable mansien, I saw a. modest light
glimmering in theidistatee. and I hailed it as
the shipwreked mariner hails the star that
guides him o'er oceans foam to the borne he
has
.left behind. Though .1 was gay and
young. and a passionate admirer of beauty, I .
had 'very exalted ideas of domestic felicity.—
I knew that thereiwas many a rainy day in
life ; and I thought that the person who ~was
bora, alone" for Sunbeams' and moonlight,
worffd not aid me to dissipate' their gloom.— I
I bad moreover, a shrewd suspicion that the
daughter who thought it st sufficient excuse
for shameful perSonal neglect that there- was
no one present loft her mother, would as a
wife, be equally lregardless of a husband's
presence. While I pursued' these reflections,
my feet involuntarily drew nearer and still
nearer to the light, - which had been the load
stone of my opening manhood.. I bad con
tinued to meet Mary in the gay circles I fre
quented, but I bad lately become almost a
stranger to her home. ...Shall I. be - a wel
come guest ? said Ito myself . a s crossed
the threshold. Shall I find her en dishabille
likewise, and-discover that feminine beauty
and grace are incompatible with a rainy ev
ening!.l beard a sweet voice - reading aloud
as I opened the door, and I.knew it was the
voice which was once music to my ears.—
Mary rose at my entrance laying her bock
quietly on the table, and greeting me with a
modest grace and self-possession peculiar to
herself. She looked surprised, a litte embar
rassed, but .very far from being displeased,—
She made no allusion to my estrangement or
ntlect, expressed no astonishment at my un
timely visit,notonce hinted that being alone,
with her mother, and not anticipating
vhitors
she thought it tinucceary to wear the hi-
bilirrients of . a lady: Never in my life bad I
seen her look ed lovely. .ller dress was . Nr
fectly plain, but every fold was arranged - by
the hands of the Graces. Der 'dark brown
hair,' which halo natural wave in it, now
uncurled by the dampn e s s. was put back in
smooth ringlets tiepin her brow,
revealing a
face which - did not consider itri beauty .wast
ed ilectiuse-a mother's eye alone rested on its
bloom. A beautiful cluster of autumnal roses
placed in, a glass vase 'upon the , table, per
fumed the-apartment, and a bright blaze op..'
on the hearth difflised a s p irit of cheerfulness
around, while it relieved the atmosphere of
its excessive moisture.: .Mrs. Carbon was an
invalid,and suffered also from an intim/dim
of the eyes.. Mary had been reading aloud
to her from her . favorite book. What do
you thingjt.was 'it was a-very old frill=
.ioned otui indeed. No - Other than the Bible.
Arid Miry was tiot..tushamed to have such it_
fastioriable young g entleman as I then wan ;
to see *bat
to
occupationled been. Whit
. a -cacti-aim to the see:n.)l)3lo just 'pitted
=flow I toadied myselffer the infattiatien which
- - liisdled - ntie . to . posrets the artificial graces - 4f a
lie
:beno - this pure child of nature drew:
' 'my chair to - the •: table, • and,
.entreated - that
they 'would not look upon me is -stranger;
bat as' friend-Osnxiousto be restored to the
forfeited pritiler3 of an old acquaintance.... 7
I was understood in a-moment, and without
a single 'reproach, was admitted again to
confidence and familiarity. The bourn I bad
wasted with Theresa seemed a kind of mes
meric slumber, alAank in my existence, or,
at least, a feverish dream.
' What do you think of a rainy evening,
Mary ?' I asked, before I left her.
'I love it of all things:. replied she, with
animation.. There. is something so bornd
drawing, so beam-knitting, in its influence.—
The .dependence which . .binds us to the world,
seems withdrawn, and :ritiring - within .our
selves, we learn more occur own being.
Mary's soul beamed from bee eyes, as it
turned, with a transient obliquity towards
Heaven. *She paused as if fearful of unseal
ing the foutains. of her heart. I said that
Mrs. Carlton was an invalid, and, consequent
ly, retired early to her chamber, but I lin
gered till a late hour. Nor did Igo until I
had made a full confession of my folly, re
pentance, and awakened love; and, as Mary
did not shut the door in my face, yin - may
imagine she was not sorely displeased.
' Ali I i know who Mary was. I knew all
the time?' exclaimed George looking archly
at Aunt Mary. A bright.tear, which at that
moment fell into her lap,showed,that though
a silent, she was not an uninterested auditor.
- "Yon haven't donelather I' said little Ann,
•in a disappointed tone. * i thought you i
were going to tell a story, You have been
-talking about yourself all thCtiine. '
- ,I. have been something of in egetfst, to be
sure Illy little girl, but rwanted to show me
dear young friend here bow much depends
on a - rainy evening. Lift is not all made of
sunshine. The happiest and most prosperous.
must have their seasons; ofgtoom and dark
ness, and woe be to those from . whose souls
no rays of darkness emanate to gild those
darkened hours. T bless the God of the rain
as. Well as the sunshine. I can read his mer
cy and his hove as . well in the i tempest, whose
wings obseltre the visible glories of his -trial.
Ilea, as in the splendor of the rising sun, or
the soft dews that descend after his setting
radie,te.e. I began with a metephor. I'said
a rainl;ow .was drawn on the clouds that low
ered on that eventful day, and that it still
continued to shine with undiminished beau
ty. Woman,. my children, was sent by God
to be the rainbow of man's destiny. From
the glowing red.; emblematic of that love
which warms and• gladdens his existence, to
the sielet, meltitig into the blue of Heaven,
symbolical of a frith which links him to . a
purer world, her blendieg virtue?, mingling
with each other in beautiful harmony, are a
token of (sod's mercy here, and an earnest of
futere blessings in those *regions where no
rainy evening-, will ever come to obscure the
brightness of eternal day. .. ,
LEGEYD OF XETV 'EXG L XD
BY JuLIN G. watrnErt,
"Shrieks—flendisb yells—they stab them
in their sleep."
One hundred years ago !—the hunter, who
ranged the hills and forests of New England
fought against other eeemies than the brown
bur and panther. The - LuSbandinan, Os
he toiled in the plain, or the 'narrow
crearing, kept closely at his side a loaded
weapon: and wrought clilligently and flimly
in the midst 6( peril. The fit:Tient : crack of
the Indian's fine was heard in the still depths
of the forest-the death knell of the unwary
hunter : and, - ever and anon, the flame of
some devotid-farm house, whose dwelhas had
been slaugh:O4ed by the merciless foe, rose
_redly upon the darkness of night time. The
wild fiery eyes of the heathen gleamed
through the thick underwood of thelore.st,
upon the
_passing of the worshippers of the
only true God : and the war-whoop rang
shrill and loud under the vets walls of the
. sanctuary of prayer.
Perhaps no part of New England affords a
wider field for the researches of legendry, than
that portion of Massachusetts ITay, formerly
known as the province of :quire. The fero
cions Norridgewock held his sem council,
and there the tribes of the Penobscot'-went
forth with song and dance to do battle upon .
the white 'man. There, the romantic and
chivalrous Castine iminared himselt in the
foresl solitude, .and there the high-hearted
Ralle—the . mind gifted Jesuit—gathered
together the broken strength of the Norridge.
'rock and built up in the great . wilderness a
temple to the true God. There, too, he per
ished in the dnrk onslought of the Colonists
—perished with many wounds,- at the very
foot of the Cross ; which his own hands has
planted. And there the Norridgewoas fell
—one after another, asking nor giving 'guar-
I I ter, as they resisted the white spoiler upon the
threshhold at their consecrated tilace of wor
ship, and in yiex" of their wives and children
is
The followingone among many Icgends
of the sttange encounter of the White Man
'and the Indian, whieh'are yet preserved' in
the ancient records and traditions of Maine.
The simple and unvarnished narative is only
given:
It was a sultry evening towards the last of
June, 1722, that Capt. Hermon arid the East
ern Rangers urged their canoes up the Kene
bee river in purutit of their enemies. Four
hours they_toiled dilligently at the oar. The
last trace of civilization was left behind, and
the long shadows of the skirting forest met
and blended in the middle of the stream, which
wound darkly through them. At/every sound
from the ndjscent shores—the rustling wing
of some night-bird, cr the quick footsteps of
some wild beast--the dash of the oar was
suspended, the ranger's grasp tightened on
his rifle: All kite* the peril of. the enter , '
prise; and, that silence which is natural of
Jeopardy, settled 'like a cloud upon the mid
night adventurers.
Hush—softly, men I" said • the watchful
tlertnon, in a voice which scarcely rose above
a hoatse whisper, as the canoe swept' around
a rugged promontory, "there is,, a light,
ahead I" • *-
An eyes were bent toWard the shore. A
tall Indian fire gleamed up amidst the great
oaks, casting a red and strong light upon the
dark raters, For A single and 'breathless
moment the operation of the - oar was sus
pended, and every ear listened with painful
earnestness to catch the welbknown sounds,
which seldom failed to indicate The pro•
pinquity of the savages.. But all was now
silent.. With a slow and fainCtuovement of
the oar, the canoe gradually approached the
suspectisl spot. The landing: was.alTe4ted itt
silence. lifter moving cautiously
.fOr a con
siderable distance in The dark abadosi; the
'party at length ventured 'within the broad
circle of the light, which at_ first attracted;
their attention: Hermon 'was at their head,'
with an.eye and a hand, quick as the savage
enemy whom he sought.
The body a of fallen tree lay across the prab
As thelangers were on the point of leaping
over it, the_ hoarse whisper of Hermon broke
the silence:
" God of heaven 1" be exclainied, pointing
to the tree. "See here P'—'tis the • work
of the cursed red skins!"
A smothered - curse growled on the lips of
the rangers, as- they bent grimly forward in
the direction pointed out by their
.terri
mander. Blood was sprinkled on the rank)
grass, and the hand of a white man lay on
the bloody log.
There was_ not a word spoken, but every
countenance 'worked. with terrible emotion.
Had the rangers followed their own desperate
inclination, they would have hurried recklesi,
ly onward to the'woik of .vengeance; but the
example of the leader; who had regained his
usual calmness and self-command, prepared I
them
. for a less speedy, but more certain
triumph. CautiOusly passing over the fearful
obstacle in the pathway, and closely followed
by his companions ho advanced steathily and
'.cautiously upon the light, biding himself and
his ,party as much .as poisible behind the
thick trees. In alew moments they obtain
ed a ful view of the object of their search.
Stretched at their length around a huge fire,
but a convenient distance from it, lay the.
painted and half-naked forms of twenty sa
vages. It was evident from their appearance,
that they had passed the day:in one of their
horrid revels, and that they were now suffer
ing under the effects of intoxication. Occa
sionally a grim warrior among them started
half upright, grasping his - tomahawk, as if
to combat some - vision of the disordered brain,
but, unable to shake off the stepor from his
reuses, uniformly fell back into his-gentler
_ _
The rangers crept neater. f As the} bent
their keen eyes along their well-tried rifles
each felt perfectly -sure of As aim. They
waited for the signal of nettnen• who was
endeavoring to bring his long musket to bear '
upon the Lead.of the most disthut savage.
"Fite I" he at length' exclaimed,- as 'the
sio , ht of his piece interposed full and distinct
between his eye and the wild scalp-lock of
fi!e Indian. " Fire, and rush on
The sharp voice of thirty rifles thrilled
through the heart of the forest. There was a
groan—a smothered cry—a-wild and convul
,iVe movement among the sleeping Indians.:
arid all was again silent. •
The rangers sprung forward with their
clubed muskets and - hunting knives; but
their Work was done. The Red Men had gone
to their last audit before the Great Spirit, and
no sound was heard among them save the
gurgling of the hot- blood frog their lifeless
tiwoms. •
They were left unburied on the place of
their reveling - -a prey to.. the foul birds
of the and the ravenous Leasts of
the . wilderness. Their scalps were borne
homeward in triumph by ths successful
rangers, whose children and grind-children
shuddered, long after, at the thrilling narra
tive of the AfIDNICUT ADVENTURE.
HO TV S.J.N - D'USKY WAS . SAVED
• F.R.O2IIFAMINE.
One of the most agreeable duties of jour
nalism is to chronicle the heroic deeds of
these • whom chance or unusual natural de
velopments have rendered benefactors. to the
human race. It is it part of our legitimate.
province to rescue such individuals- from ob
livion, and by enacting the part of a histori
an, to . hand their names and the record of
their achievements down to the admiration
and gratitude of future generations. The vil
lage philanthropist, or the benefactor of a lo
cal community, is as much' a part of the his
tory ofliis time as
,the - heroes of a State, or
as the sacred geese whose gabbling at the
'rock of.Tarquin saved Rome from the horrors
of a sack. Our duty in the present instance
is to relate a similar occurrence, which trans
•pired much nearer home.
Years agone, when the course of trade ran,
in a counter direction to what we now be
hold, owing to a severe drouth, the city of
Sandusky underwent all the horroriof a pro
tracted fctuaine. The water on the bar at the
mouth of the 134 y, was •so low that vessels
were unable to reach the port, and there Was
noland transportation at that time which
could be relied upon iu case of sudden emer
geney. It appeared as if - Providence had
forsaken the place eutirely, and that its in
habitants mast soon petish. For days and
weeks their stock of provisions had been
gradually disappearing until all Was gone,
and their obiy reliance was upon the fesv : fish
they were enabled to obtain from the waters
of the Bay, and an occasional meagre supply
of game from the neighboring forest. •
At the the time of which we write, the
woods in the vicinity, and, in fact, through
out the Western Reserve, were frequented 'by
vast numbers of wild hogs, which obtained a
bountiful subsistence and grew fat upon the
shack which -every' where abounded. The I
hogs were doubtless °strays, but the sparseness
of the population in the interior; and the
rapidity With which they multiplied,' render=
ed them strangers to man, and extremely shy
of his presence. During the drouth, of . which
mention has already been -made, large droves
orthese.anirrials wended their Way to the
lake, in the neighborhood of which they con
tinued to remain. -
Sandusky Ilay, in particular, was a 'favor
ite resort for them, in the waters 'of which
they were accustomed to wallow,after slaking
their thirst. Those who are acquainted with
the locality of whicli..we speak, will remem 7
her the annoyance to . which the earlier settlers
were exposed, in the
.shape of fine red sand,
Which covered the beach, and which, In high
wind, was not only exceedingly 'troublesome,
but dangerous.
.Thousandi of hogs, in cOn
aequence of frequenting this spat; became to
blind; but still, with
.all .
.the: cunning
Which ItelongslO thiri perverse race in' their
natural state, they Continued- .tocelude the
.
-hunters.
One day .when the famine in the city was
at its height, and when it was apparent tluit
even the strongest must - suenuMb, Joe B—
took down his gun, and resolved to ake a last
effort to tanne.his wife and little ones from a
fate the most horrible of which the Mind lie 4
any conception. All day long had tbeiiaunk :
en eyes and shiiveled hands implored him
fot byead-- 7 and„ alas the knew ,too 614
not within 'the whole eity wati'there, mouth
ful to be' had, - though he viere,fo in -a
change thrice its - weight in gold. Nervtal'to
desperation. by this reflectioL, but still With
feeble steps, be took, his Way to the forest, re
solved not to return without relief in some,
shape.
For a long time he travelerfin vain, trav
ersing milelt of weary- pathway, without so
much as seeing a single evidence of animated
nature, until he was on the point of yielding
to despair. At this moment- noire , as- of
approaching footsteps, arrested his attention,.
- and he paused, with every faoulty" rendered
keen by hunger, to listen. Nearer and near
er came the trampling, and just as Joe, to
sateen himself from observation, took, shelter
behind a tree, a wild hog emerged from a
thicket, advancing directly towards him, fol
lowed immediately by another and another
still. The hunter, trembling with excite
ment, raised his gain- but"suddenly paused
with astonishment at the singular phenome
non before Lim. The drove (for drove it was)
was approaching him in Indian fileand head
ed directly for the Bay. The secondhoar
-held in his mouth the tail of the first, .th e
third that of the second, and so on, to the
number of sixty and., upwards ; 'each was
holding fast to the caudal appendage of his
predecessor, and all were being led by ,the
foremost of the drove, and he being the only
one that could see, was* tbus cenveying his
afflicted companions.
The hunter comprehended the scene in
moment, and instantly decided. upon his
course. Raising his gun deliberately, ho fir-
I ed, and severed the tail or the leader close to
" the roots. Ilia affrighted leadership, with a
loud squeal, bounded intda thicket, and dis;
appeared, while his companions came to a
dead halt. Joe quickly divested himself of
his boots, and crept stealthily up to the first
of the banal, who stood quietly holding in his
mouth the amputated tail of his former cony
doctor.
This the bunter seized, and commenced
gently pulling upon it: First, one, hog star
ted, then another, and another, until soon all
were in motion,'and, without pausing to test
fora single instant, Joe led them quiitly into
a. bilge r en *near his residence, where .'they
were soon slaughtered, and the city was, say ,
eil.—Bufalo Republic.
THE
Within a few months, no less 'than foltr_
persons have mysteriously disappeared from.
New York, some, if not all of whoin,, his
feared, have be.cn murdered. On the 15th, of
November, Mi.. Charles E: King, left • the.
counting room - of Messrs. Pettibone k Platt, -
No. 228 Pearl street, where he was employed
as book-keeper, with the intention. of lashing
bis friends in Waterford, &iralega county,
Y. Y. Ile never reached hislriends, arid not
the least clue to him has ever been obtained,
although no means have been
.left untried to
discover his fate.. He.carried a gold Watch,
and must have had $BO or $OO with hint on
the day of his disappearance. Ile wasii" per-,
son of good address, and bad been.cOnn!e:cted.
with the Cincinnati Gazette and with the Al- -
bany State Register. •
Mr. Erastus De Forrest, a young man who
inherited al ou t • $25,000,a rri ved in New . 11ik
from Watertown, Conn., , on the 13th of.Jah:
Ile stopped at the 'Metropolitan .11o:el, and
was last seen there on the morning of Wed
relay, the lid]. He had about him a val
uable gold watch, and some $5OO in money.
It is now two moths since he disappeared;
and no clue as to bis fate has obtained.
Whether be was murdered, or whether, in
some attempt to pass from South • Ferry to
Fulton Ferry , by the Aver side, ho Tell, into
the river and was drowned is,still a mystery.
, The next case, says the Nei? York "Times,
concerns a Brooklyn family, though the miss- -
ing party was a Penns Ivanian, Mr....lattn . es
A. Waddell, drug mantifactuter;of Commerce'
street, South Brooklyn, sent his son, a lad
.of
seventeen years old, in. May last, to manage a
farm in Pennsylvania, a few miles from the
Lackawanna Station on the Erie. Railroad.
The son had been living there with a laborer
named McGurk,untilrecently, when the father
left New York for the farni, (Feb. 13,) but on
arriving found his son missing, as well as .the
laborer: Suspicions was at once fixed on Itic-
Gurk, as the son .had frequently complained
in his letters of illAreatnient from Min. 'Every'
availahle means have been taken by his 'fami
ly to unravel the mystery, bit without suc
cess until ono.day last, week, when :Mr. Wad
dell,'senior, received a telegraphic despatch
front one of the officials of Milford jail, (where
the man McGark, is held .on su,riteien of
murder,) requiring his presence there inure
lately. The summons was, of course, obey- .
d ; and it appeared thatAloGurk offered to
~ ake a confession, which soon- converted the
ill lingering hopes of the poor father into an
agonizing certainty of his son's fate. Ile was.
told that all further search was - useless—that
the borhad heen shot. in his bed; and the
body together with the sheets on which he.
lay, had been burned and the . ashes deposited
in a creek close by the house., MeGuik, how
'ever, denied all participation in the: act, -and.
charged another with the.. horrible . deed.
The accused was. arrested; but was subse
quently .discharged for . want of 'Sufficient
testilnotiy..
In the fourth eke, : John E. Vedder, a-resi
dent of Chicago, left.the Metropolitan Motel,
where he had been stopping_ for.severat days,
on the 4th ult., and has not since been herird
from. - 'When about going out, at IC o'eloCk
in the morning, be mentioned incidentally to
the office . clerk that he was giiiing .tel3rocrk- .
lyn to collect a sum Of slo,oooine.hint there;
but did not mention.the names Of the parties
from .whoin he
. expected .to receive the
money._ As yet, no clue= is known to 'exist
which may lead: to the - discevery of his fate: .
Veddeiswoa mastic:nen of property! oa
cupied a respectable position in.aocity, and,
of regular habits. Ile was formerly engaged'
in the forwarding lisinessort, the
_Erie Canal,
arid for Several 'years past hat resided at the,
West. Taking thori as apeeititeni, Now York,
is not particulite• safe Thin- to *idol's.
Strangers who - bare looney Owl. tbeni,, On,
not be too careful.—;•Bicknell's Repor!Or.
Tux New SzsissTrow DESlllOlTira AGENT.
—4he new agent, Ainylene, for the -resew.
tiou of pain during surgical operations, has
been recently used for the first, time at-the
Bristol General linspitakßoglatid t and with
complete success; 'The operation - was one
well calculated to test'the'powers . of the : drug;
being Chopert's.amputation of theiuOt; Mut
surgeons at the Dristol.'.flospital. soak; of the
insensibility 4,1 6 in underthe- an 27,4 4 0 - 44,4-,
infi,Peiteat;: .says _ thatiti aroisthatictet . .- ,
feats are, 4 shorter'duration than th ose; ,
of
-
Till Ciifitil ' iitt r t- z
NESS AT. ifASIII:nit.TON;;;RE.,,,
PORT OP TAW tti:OilitaTTAFX:'-','
The Committee- appoiu eti - to'rbal_to
vestigation into the_ganseq
the ItTational:
made a &por from. wt1411.-Ire tithe
!O .?'
I¥n extranti:
From the testimony of Dr. j..C.,11e+11. a -__
Cornelius Boyle, :we, learn 'thrit'thedlifinsof,"' - _,
made its appearance about;the_lattie epa,4--nt '''-'- -:
the month of January, awl coritinuade 4 larilit -
the severe weather, Wet ~4 eeareed for 06' tele
two weeks during =id weithei in' , Firbialieye,.- - -_-,• - • '
owing, as they suppose, to ;the , _ house - , being-, ,-,-11 , - , - 11 .
then better ventilated; .atid;that it,,, again; baj.e.--.-.t. --
cot/Avery-rife during 'the cold -Weatheregtnee,e-e i
returned on or abnut - the fi rst of• Mara. * . -e '• : e. --
This disease, 'a.cordiug , to DrA 3O / 4 ei*all,'": '.
different' from the,ttreal (erne
,ot, diet treti; .-- i.
Both of these physicianS intim ui,,A40f...Ah0 . :,- -
attack came on suddeulf,generally: ntirlYe'l*
the morning, that the operations 'Were 'fit- -,- ,
quest: and thin, light colored,- and friistyeeet , ,
yeasty. According to Dr liall, vomiting ._
came on When the diarrhea wakeheclo4l4 - ' '-
vice verear The thirSt was eseallYgreat - s ank.. !'-
the patients often desired neid d - rinkfC' Irsetlir'.'2,
of these physicians further -teitify -thate:*4 - ..e.
disease was never cured at Once - baV ceetitin• ' i
ued to return at sh'ort interval;forkreOMfitte '
,`•-
erable length of time. A removal .fro me Art
hotel did 'not ~ein, to ecintribrrtOleefinreiaryee
~ •
ery of the patients; as the disease ',WiLVldakee ; -
latter continued as 'violent and foiaslinits-* - ' -
time as among those who confined eitreehae, --.' -,
' building. Thera,was no evitietree,inetbegeeee - '
~:'• '
pinion of these gentler-4r e of anything ; ; lilts, ;
mineral peison having'been taken into Alte, .
..'.
stomach ; there was no• evidence of the iti' -`
damnation
ilamation of the ietestines. Both cilineift- . 4ii,
i regarding the did mdse as one -Of a. bleed: - pile.
son," produced by the inhalation..okrs'..treie..i
onous iniasm„
. g . nerated by animal and:74 4-2
atable deedmeTeseoti, which` entered theleatete . -
through the sew &conneeting with Milk
[ street sewer.: te ; r - • . - - , ` . " .- ' - '",'''. - ' - ' t
Ai a further corroboration :i f this friete*ere
ere assured - .that a peceliee and offeasieree
odor pervaded the premises, and . 3virich,,,wase - , -
more decided in the hallS thaiiiii the ii;at'EQ":. -
e elosete. 'this odor caused one Of the' feheisie' - -
cians to-become - nauseated: The' donatin-;
tion of the "
stench-trap . : at.', the corneefot '"
i f Sixth street and. T,'euneylfeteia Avenue, by:e
preventing the gas from eecepiere, i i 4 e 4 e.
street, is considered ~• the - principal -tante . Of - ' , -
the noxious gesee passing into the 'Deltas' of''
j I the hotel. The boiler in the 'Cellai n, iteciatil
ing to Dr. - 11;p11, ~aided in distribui.,inge the:
I noxious gest*. theoagh . the. building. .-10.. e '
room (second .itory)- Not:O.' in ,which the l =__.' _
committee examinedthe witnessee,n tegistem ' ..
WAS f 011.1 1 ,1, which was said to ,communicate-: '' ----'
with the eelhir, and from this- an.` efforts - 1* '
odor cotibl i.e dietinguisl. ed rentering,„thse et --
room. Two' of the eominiuers have.freq,uente e: 4- '-
i v recognized the offensive oder,:epe)tei- ot - , - ''-
try Drs. llall and Basle of different pnitit'ar -- - :---..--
the building: - - - .'-- . -- -T --- • _
i , The committee sought in vain forevidenia 4 ~
of the water or food having ; 'been- polionoti'-‘:I 4
I by weenie or any other mineral -aubstane.et ee -
Drs. nail- . and BoYle. both state thitAltey
,i .
I drank the waZere- - --Dr.lllll . says " friefylpiih.:4'
1 out being affeeted . by it." " Joiephe Gatitiee: -
I chief cool, and Alfred. F. Geis, 'steward;botk-
testify that the water wed , when the dieeme
. appeared for the seecnd time was not'qua:,,.. .
same as that, used When the'disease was . pte ? .., .
alent in JanuarY and' early in Fehrtia4c'llfe
latter asures us that the water-tank•lShailC - '
of brick and lined with slate, UomPletelyt _
~"
closed, so theta rat could trot heve poirsibly e e
entered the tank. • The steward ferthertstates e i
that when the disease: first appeared; it:ilier z.
suggeetion of some of the boardees;'• a: fresh "'=
supply of cooking Utensils, of tea, angar;'tit-- 1 .
fee, flour and milk were obtained.:
_lte ? - ns - ee-i„,
sorts that the copper - vessels • Wgr.e well ; lime,i ee '
awl perfectly clean, and in better orderethenl- 7 ,
..
he had ever seen theia "heft:4e ' he had; bieint'e
house,steward of the Revere Bostou'll,ai five`
and a half years.
- 'One of the greatest tsufferers seems ter-heeep-e. .
been the chief cook; he was: (40 efithe , 44,,,_
attacked by diarhea ; he, continned Aujineire e:!
it, more or less, fOr seven weeks; :,loreetinies,
twenty Operatione - per day; although not: eityi .- .
jeet to diarhea. . lie sleeps in the horteeetai '-,
avoided water as much reveioeiitele, rand, lire.
pared his own fend. None but the cook; grog !
pre.ent when the feed is - .tieing. eirepared.
All the cooks (five 'in iittmlier) have been - -
- sick; and according to the' statement'Of iltii.''!
tGoss, there was much siekness....anitinethrs
servautsescMuch so, that at one e ‘Airee.,Ahne;
regular duties of the house wereinteteeptA l ee
W. P. Joa*srote M. If.; -
C. -L. Cotelfere -
Cites. F. - Fonda:M.. D.,' -,-.:',' `;' -3
- \ . - ' . ' - .,..ojeimeeleee-!..lie:
Mr. Chapin, the postmaster -at..springfieTd ee ,
Mess., writes, that havilg contrefetedil ..
iedirr'e f e -
ease et the National flotetearly,in 'Mariii,beil,,,,
Ifni Suffered severe-and prOtrack‘d'itidlit*' :-
sition therefrom. - I'- -- e-- - - - ;::' :?"-`'‘-•
The hotel:hes since been elesed - .• ~
• : —,----e-sere-, ease -,-. 1-‘. ~_ -......-: , - ,'-••.... e :e
.104 Baines Ledge re e --Tlreni isler•Agiers.:„;,7,
istan, a country .- abbundieg '.'• iii - .legeide,' ; ', -
one tie this - effect t That- SitalT entitedinto ii: l •=:' - .-
compact withhthe - peOple to teach ether* e6 , 4 : 1 --,
cultivate : the, earth". and- bring forth: itreftaitaiker.e
the produce to be divjded hettreen7thni*, Thkii, --
propo4tion being aceeded te, - : the soil rasi:.., -
prepared by the labeteri et 'the . yeaphi:;:fitalir i ,
then 'fir:One:o - 14e steedi - whiehin'fithisciiiiiiirOc 4 -":'
of time - earner up earnita i turnips:sainll l -4thiiirl4 )
vegetables." the triklue . nt , ,whiell lie behehtleiterAT . _.
ground, When . qv; time of div,igon-afihari4.,_,-
the ignora n t people tc'olc. 1 6 4t• - : 4 44 0 14 1 :***-,- ,
Anita - tilo•stii:taee: , Disoottiring:ttitfillifijikk ,, ;
they -- eetloplairied%icittdlf. '`Bitaelitiiiit Milt -",„.." f'
lamentings with soni:th4tlinglitaitir* . , : z
them,_ blandly, promited•AliaCie e - ‘464t e tieee l e...ee
different next. year.;
11 1 6pe9p . ler'7-ete:ipittilA7;.:.
all - the Prcancebineath.theisell*lie_" . E1ik4:114:;,.• . ;
this tirtie•soiterit itherit;lni s ifei,ntalthnkrnikt
graitchez'obtain4Wall' 3 ‘the filiflO4'..rituA , - ' . i
atere.trialciid igain haVinjgfTithimi.taiiitbilraK:
share !nit ; paclpss.:t*Ati:;;,--- - ... - -.; ,-,.,:_: -,::-' , :-I ''it - i:.:-: -
pi 4 legend has. fkitner;l-:6lititlie*Alttla.-
any-seed in the - lininniih4itit_hat lirinkikti . i4L2,t
an frule bi . ilia', growth of ' , fillet luiffiiWTs:j4
hi :melt la the gatm, , ,-;::_ ,7 - „ - :..;,ii - .';', , -.,4 -, -- ‘. , '.:`fiJ. 1 -L0t,2.4
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