ast p N On/ t DcCottunt 6aritson, Proprittors. citictf Vottrß. THE DISI-VTERRSI) WARRIOR.. lIY WILLIA.V.C. BRYANT. Gather him to his grave again,. And solemnly and softly lay, eneattt the verdure . of thetPlain, The . Warrior's scattered bones away. Pay the deep ri.:Nente tivnglit of old, • -- The homage of man's - heart to death, Nor trifle even with the mould Once quitketie4 by the Almighty's breath. The. soot bath hallowed every part ; That remnant of a martial hrow, Those fibs that held the mighty heart, . That strong arm—ah,'tis strengthless now. Spare then, earth's mouldering fragment spare. Of God's own image—let, them rest, Till not, a trtee . shall speak of where The awful likeness was impressed. Fur be wits fre,ber from .the ba.nti That formt.4 of eartl. the human face, Anal to the elements did stand,. In nearer kindred than our race. In many a Ilona of lustiness lost, Ia tnanti• a storm has been his path, lie bid nim not from heat'or frost," But met them and defied their wrath. Then were they .kind--the forest Lere Rivers mid stiller waters paid• A hibutelo the net and shear, Or the red rider of the shade. Finits Q n the.woodland branches lay, ileots in the shaded mould below; . lie stars looked forth to teach his Way, - - The still earth warned him of his fUe. . -- -Vnohle race ! but they are gone, With their bold forest wide and •deep, And we our homes upon - Peids where their generations sleep. 'Moir fountains slake our thirst at noon, lion' their bills our harvest waves, Our lovers woobetwath their moon, 311: let 115 spare at leas: their graies. THE, E EXLVG HEARTH STOYE. C:a (11 v ho:a uv± gather tound it, For the -toiling day is done, ,And the gay and solemn twilight • F o ll o w s down the golden sun ; Shadows len7theu on tine pacemens.- . .Staiks like giants through the g!oocci, Vander past the dusty easement, Crt;ep aTttunil the fire-tit roixin ; pray; the. curtains, close the shutter, What care we furwitui;.sprite's tie! . . .. • What care we for outward seeming, • Fickle fortune's frown Or smile, i • •,, /tit Aati. , •?l , l? . d y •i love i s 1. - e • tin i na ? „ow. :ifitl }no, ir, ,1 ipt, ill.. beg,uile - .- 'rt. put4p one of t, ' i `te a roof-and p a lace, ' \AR;r4“ l, `it, , itig s i - ilie rvasant to the kin„` '''''• , 'are p ;la iii n g frorn life's chalice - . t ' re .,, lr ilublires tlmt, enchantment bring_ Grates are nr oning,mO , io flowing . From th9s lips we love the . best— Oh I the jot'; the bliss tit knowing, . , There ire Learts ou which to rest. . , - Hearts that throb with eager gladness— ,' • I.le7r!s that'echo to .onr own— u hat rare attel }taunting sadnezts :tdirtgle ne'er in took: or tune. „Care way trend the balls of daylight„ •Sadticf-tn haunt the midnight weird 9nd wit6hirrg ' strings the fziowine heard:-stone's dower. Altar of our ferlin , r3, • • Childhood remetn beret] di:the, Spirit yearniti , -;tt, rt.17.-ettiings, ingnottnl round thee twitte. ittisctilanams. For the Democrat. A StIORT SERMON. To Whom It May Concern. Wake . ! wake up ! I s.ay, you idle, .aleepy drone 9, dozipg away in enervating sies las your golden - Do you hear -I Wake up ! scratch open- your eve r • lids, and !ook ab,ont you. Why, you're tountled I nod well you may be,for the whole .toneliinery of eieetion is in utotion,wbile'you, miserable, wanton time killers are wrapped ; in the thread bare'garments of ind.oienee:and Rousi3 op'. bestir yourselves, and look about fur something to go to work - at. • oil' that, slug,gard's coat, - roll up your shirt- OE'sleev'es, swallow a .dose of ambition elixir, summon all your energies, and garbed in the working-rnan's panoply, rush head foremost into some field of mental or manual labor. done of your grumbling neither. Welk a: will and a purpose. Don't. sit' down and brobd over your disappointments and ill fort une.• You'd be dunces to do hat I Sour looks . and'repining words CaiiViinti vinegar sweet, nor .plack the. thorns and thistles from life's -rugged pathway. if you ire a little . gloomy and sad at times, never mind it.— Don't let the shadow of despondency linger. . for s moment upon your countenances, but Iteep - thtsunlight of happiness and content= meat always playing thereon. Wolk ; walk! if you would be smelling nad somebody in the World. Keep doing Dm% stop to bi \o your finger. nails, and sulk, be,,au.e of your .iteighbors prosperity. No none of that. Envious people 'are never hap py_; but gather up . 'your skirts, rally your powers, and imitating the example of the suc cesful, dab onwart4resolved to conquer or get . floored: Ikon nuke Cboumalaries and fDbasrala vris of molehill=, nor he afraid you'll Tail 0 . secu.rinD yourobjeet. Turn topsy-turry - V' cry, atuuabling4lock you encounter in your gangway. Don't be'4fraid oferitiee, neither, many of whom are weal, addie-hmined crest tureF,--without mind enough to fill the most I,,n.bklp that floats on* the ocean 1?r time. • n r. W. T Ye grumblem,idletsand hypochoruiriacks, I speak the truth when I tell you to rouse up and go to work if yowl would be somebody worth looking at. 04140ur ears and hear me. You're lying right failiend square across the rail road track that leaU : s to the goal of human devel3timent and perfectibility ; and if you don't get up and push ahead . out of the way, the locomotive car of Progress will run straight over you Ye narrow-souled, hide-bound disciple; of . the defunct" one idea" philosophy ;—ye who, are opposed to the propagation of liberal principles, whether social, moral, or political, let me drop a word into your bearing tsum pets. You've gut to boost yourselves, at once, out of the slough-holes of prejudice,and cease worshiping that powder-pc'mted Couservatism, or henceforth' be laughing stock for " Young America." Your antiqua ted‘notions wont go down the throats the go-ahead-actives of this steam-and lightning age. You essay to fight against innovation ; but improvement laughs in your faces, and snaps her fiinzer at you as she whistles by, leaving you,- poor, miserable victims, floun dering among the bogs of old Fogyisin's quagmire. 3ly friend% we are nil fellow-travellers, bOund for the Depot of Eternity. dE-cula pean diSgnosis, Hydropatby, Idortop-attic, Kinestpathy, Ilydrogienopathy, Alopathy nor any other " opathy," " ipathy" " apathy' or arcanum in the nomenclature of Theram tics, can rescue us from the embrace of the 'Mighty Destroyer ; and if wts are tot exceed ly careful, the grim monster will have •us in his arms before we have chiseled a record worth perpetuating ; before we has 4 perform ed a tithe of our allotted deties. Itoese,then, and preparelourselves for conflict I Inau gurate a new crusade against superstition, bigotry, error, social and political demorali zation. Society needs a universal overhaul ing and purification. Begin this noble work at the right point, by Self-reformation. Don't be guilty of preaching public abasement, of cryiug " stop thief 1" when you are up to the neck yourselves in the mire of degradation and criminality. We've got too many such brawle.re already. They're clogs to the wheel of progress, excresences upon the bodies po litical and eclesiastic. There is no more philanthropy, nor heaven-born spirituality in them than there is in a donkey. They ought to be gathered together in a separate COMM.. Vtgratml.nea among them, , else put in a tread-mill, or transported , to Botany Bay. .3y friends, you aright not to squander your precious moments faShionable ty and stupid inaction. You know "it is bet ter to wera out than to rot oat;" but you needn't do neither. If.yan are temperate in all thingq, your declining, years, instead of brinzing you sorrow and pain, will be prolific of happiness and peace to your souls; your transition from time to eternity sweet as 4 ' the_ ,dying glories of the day." Procrastination is a time steak; says the poet ;so don't put off till to-morrow what you ought to be doing to-day. Improve the ever present wore and them will be no mis-spent to-sorrow. The moments you fritter away in idleness wad di.sipation will rise up is judgment against you hereafter. Thogres.t Artificer of the Universe, ,who spake into ex• istence this wonderful globe, and fitted it up for your at cotornrxlation and comfort while t.ou sojourn here below, has formed you with minds capable of admiring, appreciating, and enjoying the magnificence dills handiwork-, and if, rider favorable circumstances, won disobey the prompiings of your better nature, refuse to investigate the theory of God's mor al government, depend upon it, sooner or la ter, you will rue your negligence and mulish perversity in sackcloth and- ashes. Yon can not violate with impunttr the laws that gov ern your moral; intellectual, and physical being. For every infraction of said laws there isa penalty attached, and if you con tinue to add transgression to transgression, rou will not only experience all the horrors of physical infirmity in this life, but in the life to come, after this" mortal coil" is shut ' fled off, you may have to settle an . account that will make / rut guilty- spirit tremble worm titan did the limbs of heathenish old Belshazzar when be beheld the mysterious hand writing upon the wall. In conclusion, I trust yon are all 'folly im pressed with the responsibilities resting upon you as members of community. Every man, woman, and child ()Lyon exerts an influence for good or for evil, for weal or for woe.— 1 You are each, individual units composing the mighty .aggiegate of Heiven-created in telligences ; and were made for some lofty, beneficent purpose. Don't attempt to thwart the designs of Omnipotence by reveling in sensuality, ignorance and sloth ; by endeav oring to chain the drive-wheels of that stn pendant engine that is bearing us onward to ' a glorious destiny ;, but nerve your souls 'for action ! inscribe 'i - gxcelsiorissiinue upon your banters ! grasp the fak.hion of Truth ; and colors flying, march forward determined soldiers in the ranks of•Prognas ion's unconquerable as my ! Sunny Glen ya. Eames, whose subeeriben very loudly that be did not gire *mei for their inoney,t42ld them comp] th .`if the? dittictiind 44096 in the piper had bet* read the Bible, wiach be had doubt v 99.14 be t‘mn far them, " WE AIRE ALL EQUAL BEFORE GOD AND THE CONSTITUTION . ".4ames Buchanan, Dentrast, u.s.ringaitna o • ountg, genn'a, Tkarstrair, 'O,torning, tune _ 1867. - From Porter's Spirit of the times. A PERILOUS ADVENTURE OF' A YOUAG LADY,; OR A Night on Lake Winneplsseogee. BY CLARA AUGUSTA. Evening set in cold and grey. Until noon the sky had been clear; but as the sun de clined, a thick leaden-haze had obscured his sickly light,and appearances gave•promise of the coldest night of an unusually cold sea son. The up train on thee----- Railroad was detained by the immense drifts of snow, which formed upon the lines; and it was put nine o'clock when the puffing locomo tive came slowly and laboriously up fo the depot at A-,.the northern , terminus of the route. As is usual in the country, as well as in places more thickly settled, quite a little com piny assembled in be principal room of the building, to talk over the severe weather,and diseu.s the probability of the non arrival of the train that night, With the first sound of the ominous whistle, the narrow door of the depot was crowded - with the anxious beads, each striving to pierce farther into the darkness than his neighbor. The usual variety,of Ntssengers alighted; each one was anxious about his batgage, and each One particularly certain that it wits in just the place where the freight-master protested it was not ; but as it is with only one of this motley assemblage that we have to do, we will pass the others silently IT. She was a young lady. our heroine, and wos dressed• with extreme elegance. Spring inhastily to the platform, scarcely touching the hand of the conductor, she gazed anxious ly around her for a moment, and then made her way to the window of the office, which was pushed back to allow the official within to receive the express boxes, and separate the mails. The man Ep!rted as her low .rnitsical tones fell on his ear. "Can you tell me the distance to Wolf burn 1" "Twelve miles, warm ; and no passage there for fire'days; roads completely blocked up!" and then was turning away. She put out her hand to stay him. "No passage I—it cannot Ise ! I must be in Wolf bninwithin four hours, sir ! My mother is dying there." " Sorry—very sorry, indeda l but it is an utter impossibihty to think of doing such a thing ! Why, Inartn,the thermometer stands at 10 degrees below zero, this minute and 'twill be still, lower before midnight!" "I know the cold is intense ; I dare say the way is replete with danger; but tu . S. muther—tne mother who brought me into ex istence ! is dying there and I must go to herl" the voice of the young girl became choked and broken its she ceased. • " use` a case ladmit. • but cm use to tnL j . 6 ,A AvOlf burn to-night—the coach road is impassable as the Alps, and the only track is across the lake ; but neither man nor beast could live on that bleak route half the distance I I aiu sot ry marm, but I only speak the truth, about it. . The pale face of the young lady blanched still paler, but her voice waS firm. "Cold and perilous though it be, I must go to my mother. Were 1 sick she would move heaven and earth, but she would stand ; by my bedside!! I cannot let her die, and I. so very near ber,and vet, not in her presence ! I oust go, if I go on foot and alone." " Rash girl!! it would be no better than su cide to attempt tke passage of Winnepisseo I gee on such a night as this even with a strong horse and experienced guide; and such can- 1 , not be found, who will brave the horrors of the night, for love or money !" "Lady I will go witb'you rand the crowd parted before a tall, finely built young man who came hastily to the side of the young girl. "I am utiknosvo to you, and my sta tion in life is humble; but if you will trust me, the confidence shall not be misplaced r lie removed the cap from his head and stolid elect and dignified before itera strikingly , handsome youth, clad is a rough. garb of grey. There was the fire of a lofty spirit Darning in his deep hazel ey e,and around the clasically carved lips dwelt an enpression half stern half tender. The clear blue eyes of the lady met. his fixed yet respectful,gaze, search ingly—she put her hand in his. "God bless you, sir ! There is one true heart in New Hampshire! I will trust you r' An expression-Of pride and gratitude swept over the young Man ' s face, and betelina his bead low ,before her he said—" In half an hour I will return fur you," and with a firm elastic step, by left the depot. The young lady dropped into a seat by the fire and covering her face with herhands..be seemed lost in a painful reverie. The listless "hangers-on" about the ' place gathered to getber in a little knot before the office win dow—there leas a new subject to discuss. " Fool . enough is W ill Argenseti to under take the crossing of the lake to-night! He'll be frozen stiff 17 exclaimed an old man evi dently the oracle of the company. " And the gal l—it's a shame, though, for she's a sweet lookin' critter ! Heaven pity het, and take care of her ! for shell need somebody's care before the night is through!" 'She's in good hands, though," said a third member of the coterie, withdrawing his pipe ~s . . - his mouth as be spoke, " for Will's as node a lad ever breathed the air of Hemp shire! He knows every inch of - the Winnie, as well as I know the road to the mill ; and his horse is a powerful deal more intelligent than many human folks, anyhow r • "Argensen sill do well enough if tbere ain't a squall ; but it strikes me the sky looks rath er hazy, and depend upon it, this lull sin'efor nothing!" said a fourth peering anxiously out into the darkness; " and if there should be a squall—a regular ' white eye,'--then— tben—'and the speaker's involuntary shudder finished the sentence. The men drew closer together, as if for mutual protection, and there was silence of a few 'momenta, broken at last by the old man who bad first spoken. "Only last winter, poor Henry Bleecher was frozen to death on the shore of Rattle make Wand ; and then just a week after wards, poor Captain Deer—been on the lake all his lifetime—got bewildered in the squalls oi l / 4 and died omit there all aj e in the dark and cold, and his folks settin' to daylight ex i pectin' biter I Oh, it was a ul—dreadfol to think of! but notbin' to what it would be if' a woman—a young, tender,benutiful woman" —a teat, wet the hardy face of the old moun taineer, and he tamed to dry icon his coarse LandkerchieL ~~~. At this moment the brisk jingle of slaigh - bells was beard st the door, and before the eager listeners could spring forward to open it upon the new comer, Will Argeusea en ered, wrapped in a buffalo robe. " I am ready to attend you to Wolfbarn, if you still think of going,' he said, addressing the lady. She arose quickly at the sound of his voice, and accepting the large blanket which the ticket master kindly ofterred her as a further protection against- the inclement weather, she followed - her conductor out into the dark, piercing night, and was lifted in the sleigh which awaited them. Argensen wrappad the buffalo closely around ber, and attaching the large glass lantern; which he had carried its ilia hand, to the frdat part of the cutter, be sprang in. The horse was a large poytefful built animal of dark iron grey, and his fiery eyes, as well as his long slender neck, bowed him spirited as well its strong. The eager crowd of idlers left their warm quarters by the inside stove, and gathered around the sleigh and its occupants, -some expostulating on the madam of the twin iu setting ote. on such a night—otters Wishing -them -God speed, and amid the murmured aclamations, they drove off. - - Half a mile on terra firma, and -the- hor-. se e s feet rang sharrand clear on the solid-fie of the Wintepisseogee. The summits of the tali, blue mountains, which rose on either side of our travellers, were shrouded in an bi- . penetrable mist, and the light wind which blew waA insnificient - to, break up the clouds of rime that filled the air. Little or no'conversittion passed between the two, so recently thrown together. • Ar gaeren was occupied with thouelvs of the perilous undertaking before them ; the lady, with sad images of her 'dying mother--dying without the kiss of her only child to smooth her passag,e, throughthe dark void . betwetiir time and eternity 1 -- With anxious eye, the young mountaineer scanned the thickening air,' and the terrible thought would flit across his brain—if the slOalls should rise. • Needy four miles of the journey was pass ed over in safety. They. had reached the dreerit part of the road, and darkneer be came almost palpable.- Mountain black as Erebus completely willed in the shining I track of ice, anti by the'pitehing of the cut.' I ter, and the careful progress of the horse, they knew that drifts of snow and bilges of.; ice costructed the way.- The wind steadily increased, and cut the ta"ce like a sharp ici cle. The breaths of cur travellers congealed ' almost before they left their bodies, and the nark sides of the horse 'were covereewith a feathery frost. • The cold became i n tense, permeating the thick buffalo skins as if they had been mere cobwebs, and the iteVitate frame of the youn g vit.l was chilled tbrot 4 gh. Brarkl9- she" .iter o . urittbir shivers that involuntarily stole over her, butt itrgen,ere l,it . the effort, and drawing hiserrrn around her, be said,in a low earnest torte—".Teady we are stmogere, but it is no time to stand for;ceretnorri,-when one is freezing.! Sit as dose tome as possi ble, and lay your face here upon my breast ; the wind is rising to a gale, and the squalls wililre upon us ere long 1" With one powerful hand he guided the horse; with the other one he held close to his side the little, trembling form of his trim-. pauion ; and the noble grey, as if feeling that everything depended on, their reaching the end of their journey before the breaking of the Squall over their heads, tore bravely, for ward. In vain !in vain !in rain The mad wind I bore along the ebon clouds with the swiftness of lightning, and scarcely more than five 1 miles of the way had been passed ere it bunt upon them in all its fury. • The dreaded " white eyo" enveloped them. Hail and mi nute particles of frozen snow, in thick- contin uous sheets, blinded the eyes of the brave' Argensen, and shut out the dim, overarching sky The hdrse drew up under the lee of a wooded Wand, and could be induced to go no ftirther. Argensen clasped both arms about his parented companion, and awaited the progress •of the storm. Heavily, and 1 mere heavily slit homed upon his shoulder, and at length the fatal truth , rushed over him with appalling force—the sleep that invaria i bly precedes death by freezing, was upon her! He sprang up wildly. ".For the love of Heaven, awake! Rouse yourself I To sleep, is death !" 1 A-faint moan was the only response. He 1 tore off the buffalo robes which enveloped, her, zard vigorously chafed her cold hand., ' - and breathed upon her - Icy lips. For a time be feared that be held only death in his anus hut at last, be the dim light of the lantern, he saw a. Hash steal over her face, and her eyelids slowly unclOsed. " is it my.tnother holding me r site said, dreamingly, then as if remembering all, she drew herself away from the arms that sup ported her. Argensen soothed and encour aged her, until the storm broke and tho clouds were swept away. A few faint,strug gling stars burst through the billows of va por, and like angel s eyes, looked doiru upon the wide desert of snow. Two. hours they waited there—two hours of agonizing am pense—ere the noble horse could be made to pursue his way. With more than a brute instinct, be knew the dangers of the way in the thick darkness and storm, and refused to subject his master to greater-peril. • As the wind sunk to rest, and the sky be came clearer once more, our travellers went on, and atter= hour's swift trot.they artiVe4 , i safely at Wolfburn. The necessary nquiritte being made as, to the whereabouts of this young lady's mother, Argensenpove her to the house specifled i and yielding to the urgent solicitations of his fellbw-voyager, be went ih with her. The first question of the afflicted girl was r answered in such a manner that the warm-, blood flushed over her cheek and brow, and a fervent " Thank God !" burst from her" lips. " Mrs. Hunting is better, touch better l `:. said the lady whom Miss Huhtiagdoa - 1:1- dressed as aunt" and Julia—for that was the name •of her who had„put to such a. trial the courage of Williarit' Argensen—advanc. ed towards,hice, and laying both , her hands 1 in his, she burst into a flood of tears. Re took both the hands and pressed tbe.ro:' to his lips. It was all the reward ha asked— ail' site sought to giye. fr • fir fr One yeal. liter, and in one of the most splendid residences in Boston, there was wedding—the f rom was Willianr t Argetieea —the bride Julia Huntingdon: That eight CUETWI of horror bad become the parent of a love stronger than death—more enduring than life, and before that love. the haughty pride of Julia's mother bad melted away like snow before the sunshine. The 'noble young moun taineer, for the sake of that love, left the hills and valleys be loved, Wand in a celebrated University, his mind already rich in the rot al.gifts of Nature's God, became refined - in the flames of heaven sent knewledge... They are very happy now in their gorge ous bowie—that fair yoing wife and noble husband ; and often do they bless the fortune that causd them to pass that night on the Winnepiseogee. THE TRAGIC WEDDING. lam no professed story wntev, but there are many I have listened to in the early times, when the red man _vainly strove, by wreaking his vengeance on the defenceless settlers of our frontiers, to gain the ascendan cy gone from him forever. These tales are invariable interesting; first, because they are full of thrilling incidents, and thed again, because they are true, The story of the Tragic -Wedding is one among the many I have listened to from the lips of so old friend of mine, (a pioneer in the settlement of Northern Vermont,) during the long winter evenings of 1854,—when banishing from mind, as much as possible the dogmas of the learned commentator I betook myselfto a fireside, and gathered profit and -recreation from the old man's narratives. "dust fifty years ago this very night," be gan the old_ man, one evening,. - 4 on this identical slim, wheie 'Squire .I'—'s house now stands, occurred a trageay, tbe remem brance of which fills me with horror. It was one of the most cold-blooded transactions that in all my residence in the wildernesi, of seventy years, that ere: came to my knowl edge; it the region round _about with consternation, - causing mothers to hug more closely their helpless infants, and hardy men took up their sans and swore. vengeance on the heartless perpetrators. Listen I will tell it to , you. " A few of the more daring and hardy se4 tiers of bees= dimatisfied with their situation there, removed into this then wild and almost unexplored region, distant about thirty miles from , any settlements; and find ing a fertile soil'and advantageous location, built themselves log houses, and made clear- inns: Things went on protperously with teem and they lived with but little fear of the Indians, as none except a stragling bun two, had been known to visit the cinity since a battle between a -large party of settlers and the tribe which located them selves there occurred, in %bids the Indiana were signally defeated, and more than half of Oeif number slain. ' lbe settlement far:lai c ," ..no — weTcr76l.4ol l shellutnitigfi l ift seem, miles. My elder brother and sister were amg the number . AmOng ter course .them as a mat was a - fair sprinkling of lads andi . asses, of whom Mary S— was a nal 'venial favorite of old and _young, and the belle of the settlement. She was my young friend, a girl ,that was a girl—not one of your sentitriadal; pate-faced, wasp'-waisted, dainty fingered Misses of the,preseht time, but a bright-eyed, blooming and laughing brunette, who could spin tow and weave cloth.out of which her dress was made. Oh, she was a charming girl; and wherever she went, happiness followed her footstep's.' her guiltless heart shed its kindly influence all Around her, imparting to all who came in con tact with her, kindred feelings. "Jack ll was exactly her counter part! brave, generous,intelligent and enter prising; a perfect model of a man in char- - acter as well as forth, As there was always a rival among the young beaux of the settle ment, in striving to gain the favor and ap probation of Mary, so among the girls, each strove to gain the favor and approbation of IJack. The knowing ones among th e old folks planned many deep schemes for entrap ping the young couple into alliances best suited to their own particular interests; but Jack and Mary, disregarding the ,interest.* of others,' had taken the matter into their own hands, like sensible young people, as they were, and in spite of the plotting of the old ladies they bad eoine to a perfect understand ' ing, and formed an intimacy which nothing but death could sunder. ' ' " At the time. of which I speak, this mat ter had long been settled, and all the neCes-, sary arringusents made fur the wedding of the " likeliest couple in the settlement," as the old ladies - said * which was to take place on the annual thinsgiving. . , " Thanksnig, vin according to the worthy governor of b the province, came, and young and old gathered together at the capacious (for the time) house of Capt. ---to cele brate the nuptials of John. and M ary ; and . ample were the preparations for the feast. The worthy parson - from the next settlement was there also, and by his side was another Personage, with whoth in these fastidious times, it would be deemed a sacrilege to as sociate the- mart - of ,God—l mean the. fiddler. But things aint now as they were : then: All was joy, all Was gaiety. Ah, little did those gathered them dream of the awful fate that awaited them ! . "I was just twenty-two, and having mar vied my worthy wife—peace to her moulder• ing ashes—only a few months .before, I was unprepared to go with my brother and sister, at the outset, but was intending to follow them as soon as my affairs could be arranged. I-had been out a week or two trapping sable, and knowing whet was to imuse off, .1 Made it in my way to be resent. The gaiety of the party was at its height. The ceremony was just being performed. The minister bad , pronanced the solemn words, . 4 , whom God Ep i path joined together let no nun piit mender," iiiie kiss was exchanged, and 'fliers irowd ing around the happy pair with es;itigrattli dens, when a yell, wild and htdeonsiVent the air—the deadly Whoop of the estrage Indians: / 1 1'errible Was the consternation' of all faces, s notneut before radieui whit happiness, Ire itaised is so spiny of hOiccif ter heaven. l n instant the doors were beret . . open,' Ad ' l sageSfter sevage, with' glittering Aniisti And mmabawk, rushed in to thailaughtel. "The hidamis•yell of the savages,: :the shrieks of thidyiog, they, rill Itt.pq MS 0 . the present doil, I saw 'the blond, tottno• hawk deny, tWskall' of , 044.1a44 si he saltily -entlessieed to 'protent'his . bride. 1 hood ber 41141 altriek as the. 'deadly. knifi pierced the bosom of *lately Dilly. I saw my sister fall dead at- my feet, I saw the _ . .-, i * .. ' ,.. - :::,-.: -.' -..,.-,,:-.::: •••=,:,,,.!: - : ~' ~1 . : ". i . .: ::' .•-•:.....' :,.,.,,,,,,...410.„...,..i,.._,:;.,.:.:,‘..-.:,. 41....._:,..i.....,_.,..,. ... .. T .. .. .. .. ... , . .. . ... . ..,..._, ...u._ ~. .. , ~;.,..............:._...::. .. .. 1... • savage's arm uplifted._ I felt a stintaiiig blow sad kusw co mere. ".Haw long I remained insensible, I,bave no means of knowing.. I awoke froth a fear. ful dream. I was nearly washed and cover t eyed with dead bodies, to which cittrumstanise I probably owe my lift. With a Struggle I extricated myself from the deaCupon and around me and stood upon my_fust. The sun was shining high in -dm havens. 0, horrors! what a sight met my eyes! There in their blood lay every one that had formed that bride! party ; trokis soul had escaped ! How was it. that I was alive! _ I put my hand to my head end felt for- my scalp ; :I found the fracture. I had been struck with the back of the tomahawk, only stunned, and being coved by my Mends the Indians neg lected to scalp me. "One by one, I examined the bodies of all, to aee if life was remaining in any. I found two ox three whom the savages neglected, to scalp; but non* alive. The sight was too much for human vision. Coming again to my senses, I hurried from the dreadful spot, stepping over the mangled corpses of my sister and brother, and bride and bridegroom in the embrace of death. I passed to the nest, death , bad beenthere too. The smoking ruins of Wiens told but 100 plainly the tragic story; there was not . 1k living being besides me in the settlement tz- "When 1 think of that awful night, of the horrors of the morning- as I awoke to semi• bility, my blood curdles in my veins, and my head swims. From that time 1 swore vengeance - on the red skins. It has Jong since been accomplished. Not one of, that tribe lives to tell the story. • . TILE LADY'S TEST. During the time of chivalry, when youfig palpdines presented themselves in crowds candidates for the honor and- aivantaie • obtaining rich ladite in marriage, -and wets never disheartened at any test, however se vere, which vies required of them by thdir mistresses ; za :hese same times, which hap pily for suitors, are now no more, there lived a young lady of rank who was aliketenown ed for' the antiquity;of her family; her enor mouewealth, and her enchanting beauty.- Bbe was courted by`th/es brave knights at once; but neithar , of.them was to her taste, and what made matters more digressing was, that their isiidUity deprived lei' of the Mo. inents she would willingly hare'.-devoted to the sole object of her affections,- HiWaren,- the man of her affections was inkior to lief in rank, and she' naturally prekurtied tbat id numerable obsutcles *hold be' raised as 'don as she could cottituuniciattf td It r proud pa , rents the name of her lover,; bat she - ski firmly resolved rather to remit:lna all metrli itibr____ ,irl,. igitell" ,lTua t M lta nmu.r'7'4 l )lll man who idled, is the castle' 'of het fatw. we &nce of Secretary. The young lady bad grown up by his side, and be bad probably without buiug aware of it, planted 'in her heart' the seeds of the tender sentiments which had afterwards taken so deep a root there: nor could she at the same time *rt., that s e when her father comformab e to- the pious custom of the age,had quit his domintors to fight beneath the Chri stian standard at Palestine, Ilildevert had by his bravery sav - l ed her parental roof frau! the rage of banditti who had attacked it. \ • - During a certain winter season, *hen the three knights Came regtilarly tir - vioo this ladyi she resolved to get clear of these importunate lovers at once, and forever. She announced according to the custom of the tine, that . . It teal should decide to which of the three the preference was due; a declatittion which . satisfied at once her parents and - her' iiivett. The lady reserved to herself exclusively the right of naming what the test shoal be, of preparing it, if needing, and , of being pres ent whets it was extunted. Tradition, how em, has not concealed from in the fact that she was assisted in the execution 'of her de sign by Ilildevertoind an old faithful servant. When all the preparations were - completed; she desired the first- of her suitors to be called and addressed ]liar thus: . " My father has, for some timis bad his eof fin prepared, in order to remind-him that Ma term of life was drawing to' a clo.* Too-night I will order the coffin to bet plaCed in the ball. Put yourself into it like a desi man, and don't you stir at all, Whatever yoti - may behold. These Commands obeyed, - 'I will know that you really love MIL" "Charming lady;(replied the knight) can it be difficult fur him to act the part of s dead man, who is'at every instant ready to expose himself to death for those bright eyes! Command' what you please, you will firid your lover unshaken to hisolast breath." The young lady afterwards sixace in these terms to the second of her suitors: • " We have a dead man in the castlembose corpse will be laid in k the hall to-night; dor me the favor to watch by its side, in order to- - - prevent the occurrence of any accident. It is absolutely necessary' that Ton conduct yourself with resolution, and maintain your,; post by the coffin, whatever may chance to! happen. By a strict fulffirrsent - of these eon , - 1 ditions, I shall be ambled to judge of the Shp: cerity of your love for me." " What command has issued = from that lovely mouth ! (replied the knighti) - Tbid slen der test my very squire wcasbi wittingly '-` , hn-. disrgo for a breakfast,: and Wherein ten tt pos4ibly offer any difficulty to . - one who is ready to brave death that he may find favor in your sight!" The lady theri took the remaining -ems of her three suitor's aside: - - "I intended (said 4114 to mow **self at the.expense of a inan, who' has undertiken watch a corpse to night, and who boasts and piquet himself prodigiously upon hiteoursge. Disguise yourself iit a devir c and •.1 have a , dress prepared for lOW. Atthe ,hoirr whew spectre's •iire said tOr visit the aarttrit go and endsavot to make Lila quit his piet. • But re meta& to maintalw 4oinserf rautintaly hi your own, - whatever, stay hares ; ihr tty Jebel! lbws my judgOneut - mew, your option for use • • 4 Whit 1, - o.orablilddy slot %fent sport we this at you *Am of ray brav ery andlowif yogi' pleasure - is lair snaelike it has -taken . this !ern, should Lucife r himself guard the - eof/bi . I . would make hlin yield lariat to 'sift!" • 'As soon 111 flight Set in, a: large acs g oo. chid With bleak, web brodght ` lnto this owls : - .Wattspeseed• all the spvoittnigsta of death', were placed iroand.' The whose the bet pert witeurigied, arrayed - ili a liar ehroudi pima. bitoseaf Is the coffin.% P . .:• : . •-,. ' ~..% . : . - rn-,-, ..,.,... ~ . .-:. ~..-z.,.:1. - -.., ' •-•3, i15 M5e11°53651"..4 pubir a - -.t.J: - ..r - --1; , -;.:-:.-:.: - - -, - • ':•';' , '- - ..'-'-'.::',;:i'-'4, ' .:' r. ‘---- '•1 th•prisettetrof - ,the'L • . yk,.A4' , - . im elarti : '4 ,. ha - nds dinslytothem. -vo l ugg i re . -.-- -:',' c 1.- cid hti beadi 1,.:- Cm- : ar', , •• .: arowsed witkloWt-f':.ltatitnit,•t"l.entiT.i;s-;,Z• - death tiiestek s a d din 4 ::. star maildst4ig - hiell•diht•.'elineiditrAtilli •--i= l'i 1 .1 . 4111 11 teigning-tri ithistiderwi harretir* '11114•11.•••• - • 7 :4 *lit, ogre h . iracetrict i jatietteetaiiktigreptes ::: 2, q t his oCgtvelitie t algae pt lithietieti;.: 1 .:')„ The - second knight helm Li:O'4EOlOV . - :1 honor to - the splendid = •eppit trfArbillikiit- ..Z4' 4 been invited: :Se irriariniE4ol474lMit--:;'.41 it . and-lingbed.beartit l :littiteitestirit '''`',•,„ 1 guests at the entreat. - of:-.0reepate-ittitif;'firi sprritowd•sWearing: • t frossAhOrill,*iit-.,1 belittsealhid - atA4 . :/:e(jghtaitier-Attitiett.: '. ,- ,-,.,4..1 as the appointed heir rosPrii•liktiknonli . ;; i -. . -- ageourir . loWitids the' I ' - :.tiptiii*--lbs4iikr- , i?. was awettlitir hit aniv ilitliribirigliotin*,'„ - 2. of the.nattle; -SL. coed •• himie;bialt*H.: . giving,Fhommveriat o tbe ,ii **Alt .tibee.:• -. ty to wallt•oP.set itill_ . ;::teeditit ".11:-*4 ,•,. em ploy . tidied( in ani a ink...ininftr --;Zr providing . only thatlii - .0014,iitA . of the Corpse ; and that it - ;ilmiitCditiitiAtt ' from whoever might -ap• . ; • ... Cklbe OW - -•' , ... • • ... • - .. -Their when the lady' ad th•*•4ot bad :;,.=: withdraWn the' moit,p :.• .';•lidAtteltitir:il . 140.. ...;•• ed. threoghUntihe hall;•..illie knight:, .„-iteiptd -...---. to scrutinize it. is every. part t •tat St '114:441` claimed, .." What -*ill .. not...Krec - : 'fetid* •• : man capable Ofriliett threelatnaisit into - 1:•* . , a chair near the - ceftin;hCatiiid i . ' he tiltp: . . on the corpse, andilimpt - of , aria • - obAN. ••• caused itikinkoinntitr* tidditr.firpervidelitia" .L whole frame t:for:hts .- brtitlier--. - initer o 7-414 ..-'. Counterfeited • theTdeid ain .ri . itleyed lihtliht •-. so well his Pale ind-:-IliVit atilfh• - resettibted that•nt on•ftrerhoWilte hitint-- Come , ex ti ••• t, So 'MOS'. thit . thOteiditnittisit." -, • fill eye duld berni:dritieirect - '-'•. - Ireiliesid;tek. - -. Yell r • - -!. istipeared as thottithit`• ; • ill.. ... M. ''. • to Lard the rash .maze • iiiilts..-•. edti *4 ltlittitid,dreithiff(, •• _ :',• -, r40 . - the tombs tibia already f oe 11l - that t ie -- death had left hith.tilitheitsol :`,l'~ : '. !. withdrew Might's :froutLAth': ` - •j,;:ii • before On ;.. snuffed - Oa _tit' : '.• : 'begtix:;:lir read .in anaientifamitf , - i-.- 4 . • - ,llda. .' Occupation, tur &soli its ski busied le - *CM*. * 6436'4 ar seiger-uf softie town in Italy , he. forgot the dead Min .in hie- conk ;' atid :Oh*. . tagtheheroic sentimen ts o •07 - . '' . -'f th • brave ' ittrght• whose deeds riviteil , h is -• attentionitirhiaattei: likebe frsthnighl,'priptredle poll die ad. venture tins ciose. Cotami The tadfi who, with ber lover - warder, was obsentingi" Crops :si` WikciOns apartrireni.; what passed in, tls'brilkbftfOlici, entertain some misgivingsrespecting nese or her strategernt *hest tkkfatt; OS* struck. loudly an the ear.; 'bandy this knight was hart to ipproipliTtheiiilL lie *tick s . tremendous Moir 4 401 of theluill at the very Ea of breach b; the side of . hisgrillitlitniesittef - The noise made hioilustai 4 l 7 ll* fur - char, as though the hand. "f hint had caught him soddenly by- the Yr - goes there I" lie.esolainie&-;:No returnediand the itielliawhloh j f the blow, was only interrupt( of his TOree. The guard* s taper, and drew near itt! of openiug it—but chime • pedslistenedattentiyely- lieved that he assumed Al' ig ,„„et •* tfirtii,.* `' , the purpose of fomenting - .*7 - 71 , . lag -- \ this orfertiori hp reppeanal - *4 ~- .. -' tall nuftt and robust , whore aria • --,• '. . the flooring of the bull. : e pti -,.: Areli-\ \ braddietted a heavy lani*aird-bit •• - *irk N "'f lit. full of fury npoa drain& ' ' • ' ' alai A another npon the telp3ll; hi 11,11Wit*It - glittering sword. of* fo =.b•:.: 'firmly towards the , Pritl -. ~. kni g ht defended his postti. Iliteriblit alow the issue was doubtful, *he *; *hi - forgotAwhat he to play. .14-4Pagrk , %ft *blob le found tumuli ea ~,.`friagt.•.iillal ' sturdy - blows rattled dy_hii dafill i i - Spa bit esuriohty tobehold , the fray - indauettAkti. Arli2 -,' 'raise bites& itilis coffin . iipir . D.l4 alai.. but no tootterdid Ire kebol , einy, of fouls - than and pr pared to flee. tlio'siglit, of a catpso coinbatiiitts colitts_ i , - - ib'r the door; Itlid the - go st-Oeighboting Ohlitober. • • Theliiititlady, :11ii0113 Ottor of ter surdsoh. ente red' *Kink With bOritd of lan th'e i,htetlaghtiii who , titiii es , Bl for Anil - toil:0 - title isohtritcri mid We 01 btStb theithielnitilbtiyy' ' feithede - ttottif+li 161. , The kaighte toOkstbasty the dude; andlfildevert. ti unitid to the Ohiott 01 bit tuna, toP - '--• `s_zil:.:-.7 tacosl thwiiinto-01 11 %lan talla a an:47_4 foie with a younkisdy tat realdeonst nal& hiOgariPilikant' nondnat44l bit - Weft Ihn *it aWtAet, ant AW MOW ittat Pkoroixtfi pfoanreArikfit‘ his distUy wbi tufenie44llai jot tebJlild Amnia St:poi tix:v iris empitylkh of **46 1 410" on* lAA* aud wimktairibly out man* coup!, --4 . 2& - r' 7.; c 1 .,,:: L,L: f _ ;~r. 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