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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
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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.%
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honor to - the splendid = •eppit trfArbillikiit-
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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 - -•' ,
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withdraWn the' moit,p :.• .';•lidAtteltitir:il . 140.. ...;••
ed. threoghUntihe hall;•..illie knight:,
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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"
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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
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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
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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_
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ib'r the door; Itlid the - go
st-Oeighboting Ohlitober.
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titiii es , Bl for Anil - toil:0 -
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unitid to the Ohiott 01 bit
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