*Colin fterritsott, Profriitors.
~elc
The light al home! iitivr bright 3t /„
lx lima
When evening -shades arourid•os fall;
And troll - the lattice far it gleams,
To love, and rest, and comfort all.
%Viler) wearied W4tli _the toile of day; _
.
And strife for g lory, gold or fame,
How swept to
_seek the quiet way,
Where loving .lips will liepe our name '
Aro* the Jight at home.
When thretighlhe dark !tad stormy night,
-The wsyward wanderer hettiewani hies,
How, eheering is that .twinkling light,
zWiiiehOroughtiMPorrst gloom he spies;
At•is the light at home. He feels •
Thu:loving hearts will greet him there
And safely through his bosom steals
The joy and love that banish care
Around the light at home;
Tho light at home! when'er at last
It grikkts the seattran_through the storm,
31eift.ds.no more the chilling blast
That his manly form.
Long years upon the sea hare fled,
Since Mary gate her parting kiss:
But the sad tears' which she then shed,
Will now be paid with rapturOus bliss,
Around the lightst home:7
The light at horse! how still'and sweet
It peeps from yonder cOttagedoor-
Tic weary laborer to greet •
When the rough toils of day are o'er!
Sad is the soul that dues notknow"
The bies4ings that the beams impart,
The cheerful hopes and joys that flow,
Anrblighten . up the heaviest heart
Around the light at home.
listellantins.
THE HUSSAR'S' SADDLE.
Can the bmceim of union be composed of nne
qual gems!
[Parrot Tales.
Old Ludovic Hartz always revrded
itaddle with the deepest,%-eneratiou, and yet
there appeared nothing about it capable of
exciting his idolatry. It was Turkisl - sad
dle, old - and deeidy stained wi - at blond; yet
to the bare Lndovid it hcalle i d a tale of
other days, when. he coring ard'eut, enthusi
astic in defence of his country Orst drew his
s word• against' its enemies,
He had been opposed in battle to the hos
tile invaders of his native Dungan., and
m irry a inisbelievirg dog had his good sabre
smitten to the earth. YariOns had been the
fortunes of the war, and too frequently was
blorc of the Holy Cross dimmed by the 1n. , :
tare of the triumphant -Cresent. Such . sad
disasters were seldom alluded ta:rby the brave
thwisar, but he loved to dwell on the success
ful actions in Which he lit.d been engaged.
It was in one of those fierce combats that,
eat off suddenly frbm his party, he found
himself surrounded by four infuriated Turks ;
" but the recollection of you and your angel
'Mother," would Ludovic say to Iris datnAt3-,
" nerved my arm. I was assailed by all my
'opponents. • -Dow three fell I know•notl but
severe and long wus iThe - confliet with the. last
, of vity enemies; wimae. -powerful : arm was
raise:J'amains . t me. Already; I saw my wife,
a mourr7ful_widow, and my . child fatherless;.
- and these .dreadful thoggirts . , infusing fresh
vigor into my arm, I smote the infidel dog to
death and-hurled him .from his steed, and ri
fled him as s lie lay. At this, moment several
of the'enemy appeared in sight; but I was
too'much .exhausted to renew .the, terrible
convict ;lly gallant horse lay wounded and
.in the agrtnies of death. I threw myself on .
.the Turkish courier and forced him at his
utmost speed until I rained my squadron.—
The saddle was steepe'd in. the blood of my
foe, and mine - ming'ed with it. When a ces
sa;ion of hostilities permitted the troops to
rest for a while.friinn the horrors - cil war,,l
hastened with thertreasnre, which during the
eamplign I had squired, to my home—
purchased those fertile fields around my
dwei:ing, and forgot for a while, the miseries
of war:" ,
_ -
. ,
The good old Lthlovity wortid here prose. ,
lle still retained a - lively recollection uf- his
lost wife, and he cbuld not bear to relate the
circumstances of her, illness and death. After
that sad event, his home heeame hateful to
and resolved afraiu to ericrage in the ar
duous duties of a_soldier. The little. Theresa
vras into to,i ti mHiv . -of t his
brother, and there. aftek the :lapse of
lune years, Our hussar found h>a a .blooming
elutr., .- iit
Ludovic arrived only tamet d os e hi s
brother's eves, - who on his death-hcl, enteat.
', ed him to bestow Theresa .on liii . t.. ll l T son
.
when they should have attained a pn? r. age .
Grateful for his almost . parental cart „f his
child, and moved by the situation ty h: l3
brother, whose heart setrared to lie belt ! . on
She union, LodOvic promr4ed that whenit,is
daughter should have — attained" the agritqf
eighteen; she' would become the wife of K.
provided ` Karl himself desired the .connectiik.
- at that time ; and satisfied with this proarisil
the old man died in peace. . -
This entragerneut was coneealed from The
rese, but. it was -known to Karl, who exulted
in the thought that the prize would one day
be hi:t: With low :habits and coarse.turn of
. mind, the delicate graces of There.sit had no
charms for him ; he' loved her not, but lie
loved the wealth. that .would one day be hers,
and which he looked on with a greedy eye.
The thousand softaud nameless feelings which
accompany a tca6r a i nd generous passion
. ,cvs,:re unknown - to li:arL, It was a hard task
41. 1 1ita to attend his gentle mistress . ; nor did
ire ever appe.ar di-posed to plarf.he part of n
- lover, ,except when some other seemed Melia
c.4 to supply his place, - - - ..
Ii wits at 4 rural fete - given by Ludo -in:
-his wighltrirc at the termination of an abun
dant harvest,' that Karl first chore openly...l:r , ',
assert his right. - Ile had taken is for grant
ed that be sheulil open the dance.with Tht .
• .
:on
What - then was his indignation, when
,on entering _the Apa ettneut where. the-guvls.
were assembled, - .he saw ThereSa's - sleoder
. waist encircled by the ann of a young bursar
sAncl movinl,r, in the graeeful Waltz. The evi
dent 4.tilienority of his .rival,- Whale well-knit
limbs, firm, step, free and martial air, formed
oet .
AT ,m6mA4',:
a : strong contrast to • his own clowitlsh'figure
and awkward gait, - .only increased - his • ire.
and.in violent wrath ,he ndvanced .to Theresa,-
,
insisting on his right to:'dance. with her,-:-;
Theresa' :pleaded her engagement; he per.
isiated, - she refnsed his request and laughed at
his :Lagar. Ilebeekine;violent 'And
The
_hussar interfered, awhile quarrel lame so
highiis to draw Lud . ovia the spot.
Kati in a voice almost choked with passion
laid Liwgrievances before him. Theresa, in
a tone of Itiignation,complained to Ler fath
er of hia insolence, and appealed 'to Itini
whether, she • were not at liberty to select anY.
partner for the dance, she thought-proper. •• •
You have no such liberty,'- thundered
Karl;" yen are lily betrothed Wife.,and ; as:
such belong to me alone.' - •
Tharesw cast upon him it istriile full of acorn
and.contempt, but .it faded as she•iooked at
her father; and .adeadly paleness pverspread
her countenance as She inquired:
' Father, does this man speak the truth P
'Ae doe=, my child,' wits the reply ; and•
she dropped 'insensible rtt his feet: -
The yOung hussar. now- knelt down beside
her, pa, , Siouately, kissed her fair forehead, and
rabang.har in his arms, ham her to an aj
joining_apartment followed by the father and
Karl. _".l'neresa- slowly revived. At first'she
saw .no one, and breathing: a low sigh, She •
murmured, It wasall a horrid dream ; nn
an g uished groan :startled- into perception
aTiti_agony. She looke(1 and saw. her
father stantlitte berme her with folded arms,
and a countenance clotnlerl with grief; Karl.
also stood near with an exulting smile ;• and
the hussar knelt Ireiide her, lint his face '.was
-buried,* his.liands. She then found it was.
She turned to her father.
Father, is there no Impel'
mv honor is pledged r • -
She turned to the hussar, and placed for a
moment her cold Lands on hie; then rising
suddenly, she threw herself at the fe,ti. of
Karl. • „
'Oh Karl, bare mercy I I loco anotherL- •
you do not leYe
.• By all the powers of - heaven and hell, you
shall•lne mine, Theresa?'
' I appeal to my father.'
'Will your faller' violate his promise
the dead I' I
I will hot,' said Ludovic with soleMaitc::
.` 7 hen, There a,' ex.l . rne.l Kali,' with I
fiendlike exultation, nu power on earth shall!!
save you from be;ng mine ;' and - saying thus
he left the house. - • • • I
Theresa atost , from her knees' lint] threw
herself into her:lot-eels arms. The presence I
of her father was no restraint on her pure
tenderness. Her tears fell first ou his manly !
coilletenance, but his agony was too great 1
for that relief. Ludovic was-greatly moved,
lie. approaehed them, and endeavored to
eaten their.efiliction, and he related under
what eitnninslitncts his promise had been
given, but hi concluding words. ' that he •
must hold it sacred,' threw them into a new I
paroxism of grief. • 1
weeping Theresa, !* iirt) TOW.t part—air'. e au
we survive this cruel blow 1'
No; said Arnhold,.' :no; I cannot -- leave
without you, let us once more entreat your
father to have pity on us ;' and the yontlnfe,i
lovers threw themselves at-his feet.
Aunhold,"-said Ludovic sternly, • tliou ! art
a soldier and ask me to 'arm-h ,my honer r
Audi - Old felt -the appeal ; -he started up.
raised the weeping Therese, cut off with
sabre one long, bright tress, embrilined
kissed her, placed her iu her father's .anus,
and tied.
Every pa-sing day ciraied with it some
portion of the forti:u le - of• Theresa, as she
sew the near approach of the period which
was to con-ign her to a fate so dreadfel.---.
I Three little weeks lay between her and misery.
Ledevie endeavored to soothe her, but she
refused to be comforted. Even had her al
-1 tio'ns teen disengaged, Karl.wotild have beep
distasteful to her but with affections placed
on another, tine idea of a union with him ap
peated iusupporteble.
My dear child,' would Ludovic sac, inter
rupting a passietrat burst of A%
hat
magic has irtrbold gained le n...session of your
heart r
'• Ile is a hussar,' replied Theresa.
There was; something -in this reply that
moved Luda6c. - Ile "recollected that-he him-
Self had imbued the mind of his daughter
with sentiments of respect and esteem for the
charactei"of a mad soldier; and conscience
reininded him that he had . too of:en exalted
the :profession of arms over the peaceful and
i unobtrusive occupations - of the husbandman.
Was it wonderful, then, that Theresa should
I have imbibed somtehing of this spirit, or that
1 she should have yiehled her heart to one %din
EvOssessed the courage to defetsd her, and the
tenderness to - soothe her under the affliction ,
of life I . Arnhold dwelt near them, he had
• i been the eat ly": play mate of Theresa, and to
gether they bad often, with gown cheeks
and sparkling eyes, listend -to the warlike ex.
Oohs which the-good Ludovic delighted to
Inarrate to . them.; and to these• conversation , .
I may be attributed the pasdonate desire of
1 Android to adopt the profession of arms.—
; Accustomed to see them play together as chit-=
1 dren, and liking the society , of the generous
'arld'spirited boy, Ludotic forgot the danger,
when their childhood passed away, of their
affections Assuming a totally different-Char
acter.- It wai so, and Luduric now Saw,with
deep grief, that his daughter was unalterably
i k 'ttaelred - to the yeang soldier.- .
If Theresit was unhappy, her fathar was
reely less so. Ile. blamed his own impru•
• d gonad, on contrasting the •clinracter of.
, WV youths, a violent conflict between his
1 rgiai 8 and his duty arose in his .breast ;
butt • stern _honor of the soldier triumphed,
auD 3 earned himself -bound to complete
the sac 'ite. linable however to endUre the
sight *fir grief, he carried her to the abode
' of i you tr a
io female friend, who formily re•si
, ded near-An, but oil her marriage' had ii
moved tort tlige'distant about sixty Miles,
from tive - dwk:ng'of Lutloile. • There be left
Theresa, after tteeiVing . her rosin= proinise
that she would Vie w t tlithe day before that
on Which she 4. ld e onsOete her eighteenth
year. , "Father.". Vie said, . With Streatping
eyes. "I have uevetNi•-,ceiied you, If I live;
I will return ; hut Ad sot grieve. too deeply,
sliduld - my heart i;roalf, - 'in this
~struggle"
The old . hussar dished'• s - way. a. tear-. which_
strayed down liiisearr i L nd sunburnt cileet,
embraced his child, an -,parted. .' -, .:
\
Time wore gradually ay„ strait Instil°
day arrived which was to.. , al•Theretuerr fate,
It found her in a state of te , id despair. Ex
hausted br her previous strut-ries, all fereliti.r a
r,
6 ,4!"041.11tE : A.LL PICA. ItERODE GOD AlliD THE COhhTiTIUTION. 99 -4.4ainevi Ruldrinatt,
'We
ietmed to be dead, I. ? ut her mint) "'Was ~,,awalte
nd% -new surging: A friend: arrived to
conduct berto her father. The good Ludo
'vie apparently lay: on'the bed of death ; and,
with bniathless itupatieuce, 'netts.% ptirotted
her jonthey, - •
On her arrival; her father'i F la k room was
not solitary.. TIM detested Kail: was there,
and there toci,*iwthe Vouthfulilinsir.
"Mv yhild,".said-. Luilovic, "my days are ,
numbered ; my fate must soon beitlecitled, and.
51851 yours also. To thy (lying brother IFOI -
cc "promised that on this day I would off
er you to his soli •fo'r his bride. Without
fulfilling my.engagetnent; I I could' not die 'in.
peace---even .the, .graoe - would alioni • nie
rest, .Can you sacrifice yonnieif tw toy future.
repo , e
3 •1 can-1 will--tried tl,e unfOrtunate The
resa, 'sinking on her knees so help me bear,
efl.
"Heaven Wecs a dutiful child r A/lid Ludo
vie with fervor.• ''Marl draw near."
- Rad obeyed—;Thitresa shuddered. '• - •
"Kai 1.7' said 'acidotic, "yoa. say yob love
my child ; cherish het , .l conjure you, as you
hope forfuttire happines.
. A you will .
possess a treasure; but I most warn vou,
will bring you but one portiricif4ily -posses
sions
• Karl Started, retreated , a few. sleoß- -•
"That, Lowerdr," .!..10:mtinued - • Ovie.
"wh!cl. I /00k upon 'as : tny greatest, earthly
treasure, - I give yoUlstith my daUghter.
Karl, fielicre me to luitei - o:ne tirtnek Alas!
alas ! yon know'uoti tlbe Petra sins *!;ieli hate
hate sullied my life' s -- the rapine , — the mur
der—but enough, of this. I hate confused my
ghostly father i 'and hate obtained absolu:ion
from the dark cataleigue. but on'theia-inditbsn
that - Theme all my Wealth - to .the church; as
tin atonement fur my transgressions. I could
not forget I was a father--I pleaded the desti
tute stateof ruff child : I imp!ored, I entreat
ed At. length ; wrun,,, ,, from the pious father
his cons-ent that I'slipuld_ retain my greate.-t
freilhine for my Theresa. I chose my saddle.
lieepit, dear - child, in remembranee•tsf an of
f.c:ionate 'father. And .tint, Kali, you are
satistled.to relinquish worldly goods for' my
sours health h Are tau; content to take my
daughter -alai this portion 1
•"Fool 1 .7 exclaimed Kati; "doting - idiot !
how dare you purchase exemption, from pun
ishment at my expense! Your wealth is
mine--y - pur possessions should be the portion
nn- bride,. I will reclaim them thoso
avaricious monks., and tear them (win the at
ter !" -••
9. - ou . cannot—vla dare not rrepliksl Ludo.
vie, raising his voice in anger; ''my agree
ment with your father had reffetence
. to
daugter ouly—tny wealth formed no part of
"Driveller--,dotard r vocifernfel ' Karl,
"think you that I will accept n portioniesS
bride ! :You tnu•t seek some other foul r...
your puipose--I renounce, L "cfte l d Arnhold . I
"Give lt.t'i•fiZql , ll and protect - her 'O% hile life
,T 4.
Is in my b o dy ; Give her to me, dear father ;
and s hen she shalibe the loved u.if e o f m y 1,,,..!
soni, I will live for her—at. and die for her."'
Karl larro;ed in unckerv. -Von value
life brit li,:htly," said he, "when you talk 'of
sacrificing it for a woman ; I never knew one
worth the trouble of winning, and least,of all
There.:, i
The young* hussar laid hi, hand on his sa
bre, Theresa thtew her,df between them.—
' At the 'same miment Ludovic sprang from his
c :ouelt—tor the covering from his head—
snatithed.his saddle -from where it hung--sei
zed Li, sabre—with one stroke laid it open.
and a stream of golden ge;ants,oriental pearls,
I and spaik lit? jewel, fell orpf he cattle. 'Wretch!
I worm! Tile clod of the earth ! • art thou. not
i justly punished! llenee, ieptilel fly befo r e I
l forget that thou art of wt blood!" Ludovic
r al,ed -his sabre, •and the dastardly Karl fled.
without daring, to give utterance to the im
precation which hung on Lis colorless ips.
Trampling under font the costly I , ewel ,
which lay strewed aroun ',Therein rush d for- I
ward and embraced her• father. exclaiming, 1
' - is not this a dream'? are you indeed restored i
to In-! c::n thiShlissbe real r' .
"For d me, toy child,' exclaimed Ludo-
r,
vie, "the pain I . have
_been obliged t e g i v „
iropezentk heart. !if v • ellbrt to . ruallp . that
wretch' resign his claim to your hand hill been '
sirccensfrd. Grudge not that a part ct o i e utrt)
store - has been appropriated to the IrrAt,
Chnch ;riot to purchase a forgiveness of the.
sins I en - tit-oersted, and of which, thankHear:el
en, I am guiltless, but tote the blessed•tneans •
of saving you frour a nrrserable fate. Kneel
dorm, my children - ay, support her, Arnhold
,::'-lay her innocent head on your bosom, and
recei•e the benetliction-of an old LUssat."
5w .........._
THE OUTPOST.
A TALE OF 'PEE FRONTIER
• Towards the latter part of cf the year 1751,
the French,- aided by rns...t bodies of the Hu
rons and. Irequoi. Indians. had be„..(sun to make
thernselres very disagreeside neighbors to the
British and Ameri.:an colon;es in northern . _
nud the northwest portions of
New York tgiatethe French by their cu
e:to:if:hum:it...9n the frontier, and tim.lndians
by their numerous forays and , savage barbriiitv
to ail who were unfortunate enough to fail
iuto their bands.
To put a step to .Iliese'ao.ressive proceed
ins numerous liodieS, both r. of trite regulars 4
and the colonial were: di-patched 10
the several points assailed ; and amoor the
•rest a COI. henry lanes, with a company of
thirty men, was ordered to. occupy a small
Outpost, or log fort,, which, at. that perh t d
stood within a few miles otthe north fork
of the Alleglienny river.' • ' .
- :'laving: .srrived 'safely - at their quarters=,
the little company set about righting up the
Old post to make it, as
,cornfortahle as cis
eurntatice,s would porinit; this being done.
and- order once more restored, sentries were
placed nt 'the points of the station,' while
the strictest vigilance wrsi both enjoined and
e4ercised.by day and night.
• Asnonggie 'Virginia riflemen-olio Lad vol•
unteered info the PorriPany, Was a tall, Manly,
fine looking : yotink,:fellcivr,Ao from fatal and
sintering skill -as a inarkstuarti -- had . receive()
the "oreewhwt awe invpiriug 'tient de plume
of,—Death.., But with Nrhatever, justice,
this !
name had been applied o,l_lJim for hls.skill,
his diSpoicitinti certainly . ' entitled him tci. fie
t;uch -terror. itpre,ading epithet? • 0:a :the coa
-1 frame, {fie was the very life of th4i company..
ills fiat fund:of mother -wit.--large social
prppertrititm E rsed „constant good aatare, ffn7
dered him'a general favorite with_ the men ;
while the never failin stuck V -game
, , 4
E,firintil, Tl)utsban ',Morning, ,rpttnitLer 2-1, 1857.
his slid enabled bin to .stipply tyre mess ta
ble of the officers with, not-only recommend
ed him to their good graces,but caused 'many
it 'tittle •4;bort corning" of his to be winked
at and. passed over in silence, which other
wise perhapti.he might not have got .over so
easy. •
The company bad not been stationed at
the fort mole than a week, ere. Death, in one
of his excursions fir game, diseOveted that' at
a small fartn home, some' three: miles from
the fort, there lived aCertain Miss Ether
Stanhope, whose oral . in Leautv and . amia
ble(plalities. he I;ad never seen 'before. • And
to render himself' still more certain of the
fact, he called on the following day inkier
.i:over Of the prettaki of having lost ikip pow
der flask.
— fkitth' was invited to come again, by-
Farmer Stanhope, who happened to be from
the Sallie 'parish 'as' the' father of our. hero;
and We'tie . ed . haidlyadd that-the invitation
was 'both eagerly and joyfully accepted, and,
as.often n 4 eircuMitances - would permit, com
plied with.
The Seoo - tfd,week l'rer this oceurrence•took
place, was marked by two events which, tho'
both etTeCting the Welfare or the littlu etnnmu
tiicv at tliti fcirt , Were: of Widely ""different
de
grees Of iniportanee.
The first witi*dila Death 110 either sod
denly' lost:all his skill as s marksman, or alai
the game . had ternoYed to_a safer and more
distant neighborhood, for the officer's larder
Irad . beeri found sadly - wanting in the items
of wood me' ks, black cocks, ptarmiga,'
fur the week past—and the second and most
important of the two events, was, that -in
regular succession, four sentinels had disap
peared from the:extreme left line, wi thou:
leaving the slightest trace to elucidate the
mystery of their disappearance. •
_ This circumstance struck such a dread in
to the breasts of the company, that no one
could 'be found . willing to .volunteer to take
t':e post—well knowing that it would be like
signing their own death warrant to do so;
and C.J. lames, ;tot wishing •to wilfully sacri
flee the lives of his men by: compelling them
to go,•enjoined citable catii,n on the re
ruairider of the sentinels, and left the post um
oennpied fora night or two.
Two of the reconoiteting, partici bad been
dispatched i•ff round the neighborhood in the
hope of finding some clue to the 'mystery, or
of obtaining sere clue to the enemy, but
they bed each of them returoNl as wise as
they started, with no reward fur their trot&
le :are weary bones.• •
It \tB on the third niOit of the desertion
of the post that our hero. Death, was return
jug' front visit to Statihope's farm. The
moon was up, but her light was
.nearly ob ,
scuted t,v the dense masscs of clouds whiell
at every few ":tninutes were driven by a pretty
stiff breeze.:riier her faeO; while the huge
tm.., l „ t ys t r ee p t i,n full leaf, cracked and groan
11 e'r talf f - ftrms to rind fro
their branches.
titur.-Leiss4ol4 - approaetted" within a itun•
'died Yardi of the termination of the forest
that skirted the small oxen space in which
tl.e fort stml,• when he suddenly - paused.
cronelied du'wn on his Nandi and knees.crept
cautiou*: forward a few paceS. having re
ntained in this po:ition for several miuntes.
he stealthily retreated, in the manner he had
- advan(,ed ; - and plungine - into the forest at a
point considerably lower down than where
be had intynded•to leave it before.
' Ct l Innes sa reading alone in his private
apartment when. an orderly entered and in- .
formed hint tliat.' one of the men wished to,
speakto - him.
`Send him in.' said the Colonel; anal the
next minute our -friend Death had entered.
anal made his best bow to the: commanding
• W e il, what se'mpe 'hare- COO into
row ?' said the Colonel, when he saw who his
v'sitnr Wll.
'None, Colonel: replied Death ,
have come to ask a favor.'
Let us hear it, said the Colonel,' and we
then see !what we
Colonel it is simpi I this—if _Tau
aitl puf the ' titles" under my cc - unto:MA to
night, and let me occupy the deserted post.
•i will not only c.lesir up the mystery of the
&entries, but make the pr.it tenable for the
Cowie!
But. how: sat,' the Colonel in intense sur
.
ptise.•
I guess, Colonel,' answered Death, 4 yon
had better let the have the men, and — order its
off, and ,I'll tell you the whole affair after.—
I- proinise you that not one shall receive even
it scraleli. that is if they follow my directions
implicitly.'
• You are a stiange man,' said the Colonel
'kit I think I will let you have your ew't
way this time. When do you want to start. r
iln about an hour's time,' ' answered the
elated Death. -
'Very will, I will give. the necessary or
ders, so that You can start when :rOll think
broiler, . And, what is more, if you perform
I all that youhave promised, and don't cause
i me to repent havinglinmored yon, you shall
I have Nor Campbell's place.'
Hector Campbell was a ht.:lto but very
head-strong Scoteliman, who-had occupied
the po4t of Lieutenant at the fort.. In a sud
den freak of daring .he volunteered to stand
sentry at the fatal spot:from which three sen
tinels bad already . mysteriously' disappeared
and be paid for hieraslinesi With, his life.
' Now, my lad-,' said Death, as in about an
hour after his conversation with GA. Innes,
he apprOstelied . the'deserted fiost at the head
of a dozen rilletneti who bad been temporari
ly placed under his orders. ' 'I will tell ypu
;that we are going to do: . The• long and
stint t of the'ill-tir . is simply tbi , ; it's air_ang
of them cussed; thievitiglroquoi4 that have
e irentuve.nted And carried ofl our-lour men—
shooting tbetn with their rifle*.
'To-night; as I was returning to the fort,
Us.laldertly thought 1 beard.the sound of sev
eral 'yokes, and creeping on my bands and I
knees towards the Spot,, goLnigh enough to
see and hear that about olie 'dozen Iroquois
were then, and arratvsi ra
nor their'. plan to
ry .i .
surprisethe - fort to-night--intending to steal
Inllitpon it. by the, point their cussed- deviltry
has rendered so easy of- :terms, ronly:mov
petl hang enough to learn . this,' when. I hurt
i'letfoft' to, the:ColOnel, asked him to piaiej
Yon at rpy_diSpal ;' and here we are, I did
not sac a word: to hint . about - what- I hail
learned,tieing wont,
if poisible,the
• rifies y Shonld l have all 'Ole ho . itor of extertni
eating the 'varlets, 'And now I ask you, are
Ipi wilting and' ready to follow..itty orders.
I Efery -man cheerfully :.tuswerej iu the af-
Ilrmati‘e!, and with`quiek pukes., and san
guine hopes, the little company again tnoved
forward.
The poet consisted ore long narroti space;
bounded on each side by a rocky,-ahelving
bank; while its eitrnie end. was
.closed it by
the dark and Imtenitralile looking forest.—
The bank on each side of the pads wits thiek
cOvered with brush and • uudefikood i and
anning these. Death noir carefully concealed
his men, taking cite fo \arrange them so that
their fire 3, , .;0u1d cross .each other, and
theni nit to fire nntil li had given the sig
nal'; and after they had fired,' nut to stop to
load, btit clubing their • rise "to jump down
and tilifsh the struggler in-that manner. •
With steady alacrity each man
,took up
the liasVassigned him ; and in another. min
ute the spot presented
. the samiir.lonei. still
and solemn appearance that it had worn-pre
viotis to their arrival. •
The little company began to 'grow very
impatient, and Death himself feared tiiev ei
therraed of making the attack, or else bud
eha'nged their plan - of attack, when suddenly
Eris quick eye detected the form of one of his
crafty foes issue from a crOuchin j' ir position
from the deep shadow %bleb ; the lofty trees
threw far up •the pass.
Tbiee, six,'nine, twelve, thirteen,' counted
Death, - as one after another they emerged in
:single file limn the wood, and, with quick.
cat-!ike stealtbness of. movement, advanced
up the pass; their rifles in . . trail; and their.
faces and bodies iendered . st;ll more hideous
and ferocious looking by the grotesque mark
lugs of their war paint: On they came swift
luil silently, and all unconscious of the
fate that Awaited. theta: • -
• The'foiemost of the hand,who:.e command
ing s:atue, wooli-teeth.calai, and eagle tuft,
at once proelaitned him .as the chief, liad 'ad.
vaiteed until ho was directly OppoAite of the
hush in which I kenth was • bid, when hit
ter, with star:ling, distiticines stiddenlr imi
talc(' cry of a itiglft owl, and discharged his
Eight of tl:e Inklian3 fen bv the volley now
. pdured in upon them ;. but. strawre to sac;.
pae of the live that Nor full, was the chief
that Death had aimed ,at. This unn.unl
event was !:ilia to
.tire., breaking of the
br,in e b of the bm-lron w h ich-he had steadied
h s arm ia firim*, at theinoment. he discharg
ed. hi piece, thus rendering harmless hi:
oaten% ir. , e !meeting aim.
Utteting an - tmpteeation at his luck,
Pe:oh rptattg down the batik with his cow
patlions. and with one hmund reached the
side of the froptois chief. - They grappled
lnd both fe!l heavily to the ground, clasped
in a fearful embrace, and darting'glances- of
sti-age.hatted at each other bent ath their
kttilted and scowling' broWs.
Beep (dr! . Shoutv(l Death, as he saw one
or two of his companions in the'act of stoop
ing down to as , ist him, li.eep otr! and if he
Un t ariorr"l: l l ,V - !'''!"' --.-*:---:.,--" - - ' * 2 -"u l3 "—sn's-'
ram advantage over. the other: - At last the
head of the Iroquois suddenly came in con
tact with the point of a reek that protruded
from ihe . .bank, , -tintrnig him so that. he re
laxel his vice.,l;%e gtip of pelth,s throat ;
and the latter. thus rele:Net!, springing to his
feet,,finkhed his career by bringing the heavy
brceeh of his title with sledgehlimmer force
down on his head,
The temainin• four Indian's ]tad been like
,wise dispatched ; and the vietorionsdflemcu
(none of whorl] nal received any Wt.un.l
worth mektioning) no . tv set tip such it shout
of triumph fir :Lei'. %lett,: y; that the echoes
-of the old woods rang . with it for minutes sif
ter. .
.
As Col. (tines had prornisel, Death was
promoted to the vacant post ofTeutenant ;
and CAW, dear reader, we beg to inforfo yo u
that our hero and the uncompromising vet
eran, General Morgan, of revolutionary noto
riely, was one and the =ante individual.
About a fortnight after this eventful night.
Stanhope farm became ae s, e:ie of as' much
mirth, good eating and -drinking, as could
.possibly•be di posed of during twenty four
how s; and although we think it will l;t ,
Amost superduous to do so, we will add that
the Cause of all this' mezry inikingt- was the
marriage of the beautions Hester Stanhqe
Ito lieutenant Henry Morgan.. 1 -
' but I
LIFE FOR LIFE.
A Sketch of the Revolution.
•" Pallier, is there no - horn for hitit ? Is the
Geneial hiArtje-s as to condemn szi
noble, so brave,-so younz, to die without oJer•
ey 1"
These• words were used by a pale, tearful
girl of great beauty-, in the middle portion of
the Revdlution which gnve freedom
. 8. home.
on our own. lovett soil. Daring that peri(d
e. ben cruelty vins but too prevalent with. both
parties—when toties, American boir. were, it
pos!-ible,•moro relentless and cruel than the
liiiihish troops,
- The father, a noble looking matt cof Middle
age, turned a glance out •of the window,
Whieli opened towatds Lyng Island Sound;
the green waters of which could Le seen
, parl7liog beyond a gre4V - thalfronted his
dwelling, 'near Hurl ' Gate: '' He turned to
this to hide from. her his . emotions, for she
was his only child, and he feared that her.
voung heart would break when he told her
all ilk: sad net - vs that lay so heavily on his
Iti•strt:. .
'. Speak, (*alert tell me, is,there no hope! I
I will go myself, and, kiieeling to the tyrant,
will plead for the life of him whom I loons
only woman can.love l" -she continued.
`,• Alas t my child, mercy 'i,i• dead within
the Drill-If general's breast—hie heart is cal
lous to pitty ! I have risked much by pleading
fir liins,hitt fur yonr sake, would Le almost
willing to die in Nathan's pliti.4l:"
' " Cruel; cruel fate! 'When is lie to dial
There mac be sOme, hope of his rescue. - Ire
is a - .favorite with- Washington, nadir'', is at
White Plairis‘. I will 0.:,o . to him I" •
" Ala , I dear child, nerve yourself - for the
news. - It is already too late l''
"Dead, (Na l" shrieked 'the poor .girl.
"'Oh! father, say' that it is riot so l'' ,
~rtts,-, mr 'child—l cannot f. lie was
hanged at , autaitte, - and"was even iefu4d a
['bible to look at era lio• was summoned to the
.
1 presence,pf his Maker l'' ' .
Pot a moment that Poor girl stood silent;
not a tear cattie from he large eyes; hut. a
wild lightillumed -there • -a flash as bright as
fire itself gathersd . Qver both face and brow--;
she clenched her fair bands together until the
1 nails seeitied to enter the flesh,. and with a
cold, better tone, she cried— . .
" Lil' FOlt Litt ! I f.hall be revenged—
yes, deeply itVeLored !"
..
"Child, dear child, be calm," said the fond
parent. -- - - .
" Fat her,..l atn calm—very! calm'. Calm as
Le is, almost. - But I - swear that he shall
. h e
revenged, if•my own hand 1:84 to reach the
tvrant's heart that sealed his doom! I loved.
oh! hoW I lured him—and were not our be
throthal vows pli!rhied I A will - fief. as a
widow—as the widow — of *a soldier should
aut r‘
. •
".4dear"child,yoil will bring ruin upon
'our h:rds!"
• "*'.l.'sot upon youtsja4r; but to me, what
- is ruin now I But, I will not he rash. I will go
to my. room,and pray and think—think .ofhim
who now lays cold in death ii" • - - •
. _
She turned and left the ruorm, whilst the
father .4iill:stdod looking front the win:low,
out upon'tle waters, which were clashed - with
a rising stornr, and the trees., which already
began to writhe beneath the force of the ris
ing-kale, like sonic bilge giahts wre-tling with
some LitlfOrsCell power.
Meanwhile his daughter had gone up to her
room in one of the cheerful gables of the.old
fi,liioned Ifollse; and, forgetting to pray in
the mad-tumult of her wronged - heart, was
also gazing out upori‘the slot in, whicit - Wte;
nut -moie will than the tumult within her
o•vn breast.
From her elevated petition she could look
over the treetops and the seried clotubvaS,'
like a battling host, enshrined to the charge,
amid tu:phurous flame and smoke, they ruse
and spread athwart the ski. She coul I see
the eddyng of Hurl Gate tossing with whirls
the foamleaps, white as drif ins'incw, in the
air—the bteakers tumbling' up againsi the
Idaek rocks, as if they would-hide their dan
gers- front the mariner's view.
'Suddenly the bootnittg soutid - cf - a cannon
was heard, and, as S he !mike(' upon. f Ile Sound,
-the ra w -that a ship of-war had hove-to above
she narrow Gorge of the Gate.- A signal for
a pilot was flying at the foretop, and the ha
ted cross of Sr.• George flew kola her spanker
gaff:
•
W ith one wild cry of fierce delight the fair
girl bonnded from the room. ••Ltze. f'oll
Lti - E---igathau Hale shall be • • • d "
enge :" f.e!
cried: • -
Nyb a t . w as he r id e a? Within another rooni
iii the house was the clothing Of a brother,
who long since had been laid to rest beneath
the sod ; and to this room she thsli and soon
was ar!ryed in a suit of such ClDthing as the
young - Men generally wear when they go on
it to : ding- - exp e diti o n. Without hesitation,
she cut :t the long glossy. tresses .
front
her head; and, in a bri e f period ; bore the at,
vearance, of a young man of eighteen, not
mo:e than her Havin. , made these,ar
rangements with a !avidity that only dei*
rate resolve coald cause, she instawly left the
home, pus n-z ;down the aysn(!, ye
t a storm, yrt:s
the person of l is accotnplished dauglitei.
Hurrying &own to a boat-ilpuse, whi c h
fronted the avenue, Shd . lOUSelcl dye of Itto~e
,small light skid's wil:ch are still the. m Met o f
the pilots of Hail Gate, hoisted a smallsa p ,and
in a f w , nts was oit up at alt‘e :ingy
waters, running upon. he last of the flit d
its I:eely and boldly as if she had been in: a
out ..14, instead of so small and frail a
Lott. it was no new thing for her Co be upon
the water, being reared so clo , e to it, mei
hundred - of times bad she been tlusliing evol
those waves, but never peifoips in such a gale
ss that. Yet cooly she steered her tiny
waft, avoiding the dangerous whirlpools and
rocks, and liettdincr tdWaid the frigate, which.
impatient fir pilot, bait already fired :moth-
et' gun.
leN9 than twenty minutes from the
One she matted, she had httred a?brrl;-i.le of
the man-of-war, and having caught the line
c ist out to her, and fmtened r.lte .Lott, had
na)itutea the res.:AN side, and tO6tl upon
tfie qnarter-deck, in the presence of the c
'minder. • .
. I Are yoU a plot r .a4tell .the latter, im•
patient iu tone as well as look.
I am, sir ;' Na:i t
' .he reply,
"Yoring for scroll Arusine:s. - Could VOll
tyke us through llorl t"%ate l" ' •
"As well as my Ember, who has I,eri a
pilot here these thirty
.years!" was the ready
reply.
" tVhy did lie not come out, insfead o f
sending a boy like you ins blow as We:ll'2l6
this 1"
"BeenuSe he k laid up with the rhennia•
tism, sir, and then be knows that I c-in pilot
you through as well as he can. Sir llenry
Clinton knows me. sir i" -
All, does be--wells that is all right. Can
we bear. away yet I .. .
-
-"No, sir; not for ari .hOttr-=till the tide
runs ebb." •
"That is barl--this gale keeps rising. , Is
there no anchorage hereaboutsr -
"No, sir; not within "twenty miles -ab,ive,
where toil: , anchor would bold:"
"Then we Must go through!" - ..•
"Yes, sir-as soon as - the tide comes. I
would not risk it tot; for if the.ettrrent should
.catch you on tidier bnw, you'd go on the
rocks,.sure I" - .- . . •. •
"That is trite, young man. Let me know
the earliest moment- Unit we can go through."
".Aye, aye t sir!"
And while the 'English commander turned
off' to speak to one of his Offleers, the patriot
pilot cahnly,Whent to' the main •grinwav;.aiill • ATO" The Philadelphia Sunday Areren4a
and independent Journal, in ~ noticing 7 the •
looked over the side as if* watching for the
change of 1,104 , Communidation 0 . ... 1 'th° Democratic Slate'—
Committee tothe .peniocratte candidate foe;,`'`'
Ilut 'what was passingin her heart then ?
There were between three and four hundred Governor,•says.:— .'-• • - •\• • . • "4-
souls' in that fated vessel.. She had lost the "The C"riniCateo. are, we ttinli, - sensible la. •-,
their conclusion., There are Alen 4f, windy
only loved thing, beside her father, en earth,
when Nathan lisle wits hungris a „pc on that orata" -who go throughPoli.licallfurraign!, •L
and acquire. thereby. an irnense reputation
morning. She . was not thinking how many
for orator! ail talent, Put who mak have 'no -.
hearts would be broken by her intended Act;
she was not thinking of the . mothers and more brains, comparatively sper4tti; than-,
• The effect of adopting the 4unaping'... '
sisters, and wives in . England, who- would parrots:
soon mourn for her deed—she was only think- e1:1A(974-6f the South would be' to,glyeAriswi.
tag that soon, very soon, she would join lt:.ut noisy, frothy, ''''uPerk' l4l ,*Put e r s v .4n ' atat 4 ;
trerree tr-i'Which they are not just(eistitlea -,..
in the-spirit fund, and that dearly would his
Goad governor) sew , e, •adrienistratilre ability
loss be averige'd. • For her oWn life she cared
not, thoti:dit net--•—not even did - she think of inrormhtiou and Pawl/64 w;;ul4 tot . eiiirsti;_.,:
that :worshiping trailer, who sadly paced his overwhetillo• l l -4• clacks"' and . 'err..ilifiskor% : :
rooni, believing t h a t sha_ivaa praying f or men wutritt.,tie thrust into Ttibtio.;iiatikiiiii
patience to hear her lames. . • . . . -
morel 'et!t_:us illi7,_JY!.(.. l .: o . , ;f4euity.ot. InUdnit;
44, Meantime, there svere those thtee.or ((Mr . filentlY. kholit nat!iingr , *0 - ozp.,lllaiiiiiiew
hunred hearta beatg with: •gls,anqss Or ttuturpOrtaut ideas intOa:4iiittititdo;or iacjia4 -
the y .
had got over n low , - nturliiirkenin"4 voyl .Tbe action "Of the Ifetrineintio"Statii:ettiimit•'• '
age and- soon would be Ruchliied itrfront o r, tee was a.*ises.one. lhaf. - doy :'haa g nisAt
theshores thatleeeked so tovely.in their sheen 1 when- . a - ten
,or hpeep: - .:nioutee..:spimis oaf At •
theet o the !te „ m , t: l o ,o, hev; 1 political piattorm,,at a amiy . rneeting, *Kt*
of green, even
ered
over thito. , .
.., , , .. I accepted as a proof dint the speaker laititikic./
At list, otter
lOoking'towarAs -1.6 li:lmik in, : ii.Y.Ptlittucul Purexperience," -•- '• ' '"' . i i
_ . • • --,- '
13d4m,f14, Pinth.r.::3ll-::::::
- - .
whiell she was born—nod she knew it Wonld
be her last lOok:--ehe turned and Went its the
coinniander rind_said . •
" The tide is slack, it :Changes suddenly'
and we had better file away at once." . .. -
The commander-gave the necessary orderx . -
to his lieutenant, and-the next-int:Mei:it - the
main topsail, which had been laid aback,
traced . .irrottnel; the head Sheets eased awat„ .
and the vessel headed for the narroichannAl
whew a thousand crafts, have, ere ~thiSi laid
their oaken bones; '
As they approadhed the. 'cliahriel: and Salk
the black rocks, the whirl/0001e-:, the taunt
ing breakers, dashing Itigtion': every hand;
the Akers and. crew looked anxiously- out
upon the danger. But and fearless
seemed the young pilot,that re-assurance had
a home in ev.try heart---so clear above the
gale his bugle-like voice sounded, as he gave
his orders, " Port, jrteady Peint
&C., &c.
. .
They were More than half through. -.The
tuinbling breakers or the ptintititiottl and
" hog's :back' bad been passed -; . .'u : fovr,haa-t
tired fathoms more, and-_,they. i wonld 'be 'Safe
from every danger. *Then ane'44.litak gleaCe
toward heaven, and the disguised girl Cried t'
. "Port—porl ! Hard 17 - 'T. ,-
' The helmsman -obeyed:- the VeSaet,eased:
off befoi-e' the 'wind and flew on with.encatner. - ..
la ted speed, for a inomeart, end no'ruorel
a crash, which; sent her tall S.pars
over 4ei toAtii—and sent - her crew reeling- to
the deck—she bronght up on a'bugts 'rock,
near the perpendicular Sherettrthe rightAhen,
.antid the - tush' of warers, the Curses.ef'offico 4
and the she,:ts of frightened - men, wit.e, heaFd
the pilot' tibriii . eery : .
"If one Of you s - urviVe gol tell
Your British general that - NA'rtraN - az.al
AVENCIF.Ei, and that by a woman, too.l
sink ! andinay•my curse vro
And hefore a band could reach h& j had.'
ibex-At ished it,- she leaped -into the eddying
tide:t:and ere. She sunk; the proud frigate;
with-its shivered
_spars and
.sails, its flag still
flying; and its arew stout men,. was going
down into the "colil i • dark waters,-And - The
marderell hale wasaveriged I •:-
And thus dais brief sketch gs elo , ied,:- .- :The
guns of the suken igate: rust beneath_the
tide ofllurl Gate ; but- 'the memory.: of_ the
Patriot Tilot lives in . more than one breast
. .
vt. . -
LOsT rlis, 1.1 A I Nerfok_paper .
hfs the folio aing, story
i Osgnod and Johnathan Aiken were on
opposite sides . of p,A; tie-I,last Fall,
,in Grui3dy.
County, anil Ole between .1 10 i
- were rtinniug for Cts:trgregt - iierisons baying
and desperate: One d..:4 COOL
the. st rn ) 1, • U r i, IN 1 I c‘se b c ..dt i - ppj •
itwll4 ;therefore. hang
tnhiq of hi s i n di, 7 „,:ion turneu . A . 4i a ii.
Whereat rohnalhan grew' red in his Itw
I t t.d looking Cyr a . rucinaei.t. at the bare and - l°---
venerable tread of his opponent," - ashed.•if • lie
-to) 11.1 say %%hat he thought of him !_ •
S.:tv on," said Uri.•
“Well, I-think yoit haven't one : in :your
1.1.!..J, and never hatilthere',heen one seratets i -
IN/ around 6i) the outside, ttyitig to ,getf ie,
la has•se.ralched all the hair off, • litit t ‘,-it's
never zot ia, and never . .
Al)erntby . , the celebrted, pysiciatt, , .was
never[ inore . displessed than by havin,g.- a.pa- :
tientletnil-n: long acconut. of : I trotiblei. A •
wuniiin knowinft loge 'of the lo
,!oniti, IMving burned herhand,_pailed at his
house. Showing Lim herhand;:She
"A burn."
A poultice," quietly answered the learned
doctor. 'T •
= -
The neat Sad J.e returned and said,, "Bet-
"Gontintle. potiltide,'' •
In a.week .he made tier last call,
.and 4er
li ceell was lengthent;il to Three woids. -
" your fee I" -• • •
44 ..;0thin2 . ,"5q1d the gritiefOr iAlyiainin "you
are the must isomah I ever wcit
VALCA.DbP itscirrs.- 7 -To prevent bt ail
cattle--,Cut their legs off above their - roofs.
To make yellow - butter—Work jrt - it sOra p
ed carrots and pounded hatter cup floweru
.Ta fatten hog? : ---Own a risCmtlt. .;.-
:To care barns- 7 --If of western hogs,
in.whiskey and stry.elMine; if of 'eastern,
hog:: smoke 'em. •
To make a go . 64:•pirliert. 7 --Gel a good ,wite:
To raise puultry- 7 -Call. at your neighhort
)outt • s - aid at night ' time. - • -
tar In 1.3 rhana,lllinois, Mr*.Nash,wliosehtis-.
band
. kad 'beep in the habit bf getting drank
at the dOggery,,of one Cummings, notified the
keeper that if ho gave her husband:- any.
- more liquor,-*TT would (mash up, his •6tiati%-
lishitient. - Ctuntninaslteedeil not the. *null:
ing i and
..I\lil4. Nash - braVely retlentneit- her
word,-and did gp the job with sutihearnestiless.
and determination, as to etieit:tbe admiration
of the entire .erowd of spectators...__..:
- „-
Why is the letter LI lilce cure Ns deaf
ess I . lieeauk it . makes gieeirkectr.-
t...?"' A . bad thought and tOrrulitrnaplar ate
alike - in thii; ogpeet--the sooner both ace MS
of 'our: 4eadi the .better..
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