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STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY 13, ISGS.
VOL. 2C.
NO. 4G.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
TERf3 Two dollars a yen r in advance and if
ji.u.i t) i.re me end oi the year, Imo dollars and
No p.tpe'discontinued until all arreaiages ore
except. -u the option of the Editor.
lt7A'l ertmeinents o f'nnp uimrf of riot.l linen)
es, on or three insertions l 50. E.-h additional 1 SIMON MYERS.
4ncrtion, 00 cents. Longer ones in propoition.
JOB IMtlWTlNG,
.OF ALL KINDS,
Executed in t he highest riyle of the Atl.andonthe
most reasonable terms.
Drs. JACKSON & BIDLACK,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
DRS. JACKSON &. BIDLACK, are
prepared to attend promptly to all calls
of a Professional character. Office Op
posite the Stroudsburg Bank.
April 25, 18G7.-tf.
The undersigned has opened an office
ths purchase and sale of Ileal instate, in
Fowler' Building, on Main street. Parties
having Farms, Mill?, Hotels or other proper
ty for sale will find it to their advantage to
call on me. I have no agents. Parties
must sec me personally.
GEO. L. WALKER,
Ileal Estate Agent, Stroudsburg, Pa.
.A. Card.
Dr. A. HE EVES JACKS OX,
Thysician and Surgeon,
BEGS TO ANNOUNCE THAT JIAV
ing returned from Europe, he is now
prepired to resume the active duties of his
profession. In order 'to prevent disappoint
ment to person' living at a distance who
may wih to consult him, he will be found
at his office every THURSDAY and SAT
URDAY for "consultation and .the perform
ance of Surgical operations.
Dec. 12, 18G7.-1 jr.
Gothic Hall Drug Store. ." JLm
u - ? i To amt. ofDogTaxrec'tfof
W lllinill IIoIllllsllC'lcI, ; Geo. Fable, iatc Treaa'r, 339 91
Wholesale and Retail DniffgisI.ToanI1'- of Doff Taxes ree'd
r
Constantly on hand and
forj
sale cheap for cash, a fresh sup-
ply of Drugs, Medicines, Paints,
Oil. Glass. Putty. Varnish. Ker -
oseoe Oil, Perfumery and Fancy Goods j
also
Sa1i, blinds and Doors.
Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal
purpose.
P. S. Physicians Prescriptions care-
fully compounded.
Stroudsburg, July 7, 18G4.
NEW STORE
JUST OPENED WITH
NEW GOODS.
Buy jour Dry Goods of
K. F. & H. D. B U S H,i Medical Attendance on
! Pricnnera
r if t. ni .i a-
c-orner oi ,'iain o- ncsinui mreets,
(Next Dior to Washington Hotel,)
STRO I'D SBUR Gt PA.,
AVho hate received from New York
Philadelphia, the
The Largest and Best Selected Stock
...
is market, consisting of
Dry Goods,
Dress Good,
Silks, Shawls,
Cassimercs,
Satinets, Broadcloths,
white Goods,
Mourning Good, I
Shroudings. &c.J
.FRENCH MER1NOES, (all color?)
EMPRESS CLOTH 3,
ALPACAS,
PLAID & PLAIN POPLINS,
SHAWLS, (all stylet)
BLANKETS,
COUNTERPANES,
BREAKFAST SHAWLS,
BALMORAL SKIRTS.
WOOL CAPS & HOODS,
UNDER SHIRTS &, DRAWERS,
LADIES' VEST. ,
&e., - &.c., &c. -Sole
p gents for the
Odessa Patent Collapsing Skirt.
full assortment of HOSIERY, GLOVES
.and YANKEE NOTIONS, too numerous to
mention.
A full line of
f ARPIXV FLOOR OIL-CLOTH AND aATTIXG.
All of which wUI be sold at the lowest
poesiblc prices. '
ftJ; . t
vV" Butter and Ecgs taken in exchange
for goods.
, R. F. BUSH,
. 11. V. BUSH.
May 2: 167.-1 vr.
MKUAL STATEMEKT
not
or the
fitly
'COUNTY FINANCES.
paid,
nr
Treasurer of the
County of Monroe, in Account Kith
said County, for Receipts and Expend
itures, fur the year ending January
7 th, 1868.
IR.
To balance due the County
on settlement of account
for year I860, 155 87
To amt. received of Sheriff
Henry, for fines and Jury
-Foods,.. 123 49
To amt. ree'd from "Sons of
Temperance," for 6 nios.
rent of Jury Room, 12 50
$296 85
for To amt- of Redemption Mo
nies reed on Unseated
Lands, 303 14
To amt. of Redemption Mo
nies ree'd on Seated L'ds, 20 94
359 09
To amt. of County Taxes
ree'd on Duplicates for
the year. - 1863, 27 35
I Do 1865. 442 90
(Do. 1866, 6931 59
Do. 1 1867, 13385 25
20787 09
To amt. of St Tax ree'd "
on Duplicates for the
year 1853, 49 39
Do. 4 1857. 80 00
Do. : 1861, 16 77
Da I8fi3, 21 93
Do. 1865, 65 08
Do. 1866, 132 79
Do. . 1867. 412 27
778 28
i To amt. ree'd on Duplicate of
j Special St. Tax for 1863, $22 09
Do. 1864, 60 99
92
740 01
-1078 92
90 67
Balance due' Accountant,
j :
!
$23542 81
!
j
.; . . cr.
By Payments as follows:
P'd SL Treas'r on ac't of '
SL Tax, . $1477
Do. Special St. Tax, 70
54
64
1554 18
Grand and Petit Jurors, $1461 50
A5ses5er,
75o 25
Constables' returns & att.
Court,
E. S. Penitentiary boar-
171 80
134 58
i ding State Prisoners,
j Inquisitions on d'd bodies,
Ijcal Bounties,
: County Bonds,
! Boarding PrLoncrs,
j Elections,
! Clerk of Sessions,
! Bridge View?,
30
4500
2074
333
473
132
18
74
00
97
45
02
88
50
Work at Public Buildings,
Books for County Offices,
Fuel for County Building,
Mdze. " "
Insurance Tax on County
Buildings,
97 53
141 85
79 15
123 39
6
119
21
5
153
50
20
00
00
55
I For Sea I ps,
i District-Attorney,
I .
Court Crier,
(Refunding on Ca Tax
Duplicates,
19 19
Redemptions of Unseated
Lands,
180
35
12
50
and County Auditors,
j Clerking for County Aui-
j tors for yelr ir366,
; County Scrip,
I Commissioners Clerk for
15 00
3 50
390 43
64 65
j 166 &, 1667, .
I Expenses of holding Co.
Institute,
I Expenses of establishing
boundary line between
Ross & Hamilton tsps.,
Laving out State Road
from Naglesviile to
Sterling,
95 27
17 63
12267
! 375
(Bounty Taxes on Uncated Land,
' i f
1 68
16 50
Commissioners1 Counsel. . A
S. Burnet, 75 00
J. B. Storm, 10 00
85 00
County Printing.
A. O. Grcenwald, 281 62
Theodore Schoch, 221 50
Greenwald &. Mcllhaney, 124 00
627 12
County Commissioners.
Henry Heller,
345
341
125
93
00
25
00
00
! Wm. Adams,
Nelson Hefilefinge'r,
IJoLu Williams,
-904
Commonwealth Cases.
Comth. v. Jny Gould, et. al.,
Other Comth. Cases,
County Bridges.
1524
98
69
42
Fennersville
Bridge,
$29 58
566 77
11 30
14 74
, 12 00
'470 00
15 20
277 19
57 13
2 00
27 94
1374 45
351 24
330 28
30 43
90 00
2 00
tr ci
iSmileys.'
'Bushkili
Shoemakers
Tobyhanna
I Slate Factory
JllaWk-S
j pS?inoaP.
Pencils
Phillips
'Tron
! Spragueville
Henry ville
i Gregorys '
Deublcrs
Kerr
Trry Trc-
44
44
70 74
2 00
9 00
28 5G
94 08
12 42
u
-81404 86
Cash paid out of Do Tax
for loss of sheep.
Commission on receiving
$23,452.14 a2i per cL $580 30
Do. do. paying out
$22.3 90.60 a21 per ct . 559 91
477 75
1146 21
$23542 81
Balance due Accountant,
$90 67
Examined, passed and allowed by us,
January 7th, 1868, finding a balance of
$90.67 due Accountant.
PETER GRUVER,
SAMUEL R. BOSSARD, V Auditors.
E. B. DREHER, .
Statement
showing the indebtedness of
! . I r .
i ine ouni7 :
Due Commonwealth
unnaid State Taxes, $7280 45
Outstanding Co. Bonds, 4368 00
Do. da Checks, 601 44
Note held by Gideon
Burritt for borrow
ed money, 2000 00
Deduct,
$14255 69
Unpaid County Taxes, $6235 46
Do. State do. 480 05
Do. Dog do. 344 43
rico 99
Actual indebtedness of County
over assetts,
7145 90
SIMOX MYERS, Treasurer of the County
of Monroe, in Account with Smithfield
and Middle Smithfield Townships, for
Dog Taxes received and paid out during
the year ending January 7th, 1863.
TDK.
To amt. of Taxes received during
the jear, $146 60
CIS.
By cash paid for loss of Sheep
in said Townships during
the year, $68 25"
By Commissions on $140 60
a5 per ct., 7 33
75 59
By balance due said teps., 71 02
$146 60
$71 02
To balance due raid tsps.,
Exi mined, passed and allowed by us,
January 7th, 1869, finding a balance of
71.02, in the hands of the Treasurer, due
said townships.
PETER GRUVER, -
SAMUEL R. BOSSARD, V Auditors.
E. B. DREHER,
Statement showing the balance due by
Collectors on County, State and Dog
Tax Duplicates.
cor.vrr taxes.
Collectors Names
Henry Boeder, v
Valentine Dech,
Charles Shafer,
John Snow,
Oliver D. Smith,
John E. .Snyder,
Year.
1860
44
1861
1-63
Townships. Dal. due
Hamilton, $ 7 10
Barrett, 29 41
Stroudtburg 23 68
Price 1 02
Paradise 30 34
Stroudsburg 337 01
Birrett 5 67
Eld.cd 7 07
Barret 61 50
Eldred 201 82
Hamilton 831 46
Jackson 134 63
MSmiihf.eld6l4 59
Paradise 45 63
Polk 19 75
Price 23 51
Smithfield 121 12
' Stroudsburg 459 67
Tobyhanna 210 65
Tunkhanock 157 11
Coolbaugh 100 70
Chenuthill 101 61
Polk ' 163 75
Pocono 105 20
Ross 255 74
Tunkhanock 25 29
Tobyhanna 112 79
Hamilton 487 82
Smithfield 4 16
MSmithfie!d384 27
Paradise 131 00
Jackson 109 00
1865
4i
David Pice,
Anthony II Borger,
Jacob Itmelinrt, 1806
Anthony H Borger 44
Cha8. Bossard, 44
John A Singer,
John C Strunk,
44
44
Francis Keller 44
Chas. Bartholomew 44
Perry Price 44
Godfrey Transue 44
Henry D Bush
IVm. Adams 44
Hrnry Kcenhold 44
j Simon Gruber 1867
j Francis Kre-ge 44 ,
I Chas. Bartholomew 44
John Alleger 44
jDivid Roth 44
j Geo. L Altemose 44
Robert Warner 44
15; Wm. McNeal 44
00 ! Martin Yetier 44
! Jno M Vannuken
Charles Hilgert
j Charles Brock
44
44
jJohnE Snyder
i Jacob Price
A H Borger
Stroudsburg 574 36
41
Barrett
46 89
Eldred
Price
231 19
'25 34
$6,265 46
STATE TAXES.
Valentine Dech I860 Barrett
$45 86
12 CJ
60 95
John Snow : 1863
Price
Parsdiee
Tunkhanock
Barrett
Eldred
Hamilton
Jackson
M Smithfield
O I) Smith
Henry KecnhoJd
I David Price
33 34
27 35
17 33
85 78
10 01
30 K)
1805
1KG
'A II Border
jChas. Bo.-sard 44
j John A Singer 4
25 John C Strunk .
; J L Rhde . 44
Siroud 10 61
Siroudeburg 35 00
Paradise 9 17
Tobyhanna '7 65
'Tunkhanuock 2 50
Price 4 18
Uuolbangh 1 44
Chesnulhil! 3 40
Polk 199
Pocono 4 24
Ross 5 07
Tunkhannock 84
Hamilton 15 87
Jackson . 2 93
Eldred ' 8 48
M SmilhflJJ 10 94
Henry D Bush 44
Fracis Keller 44
, Win. Adams 44
j Henry Keenhold 44
i Perry Price '4
Francis Kresge a
C II Bartholomew 44
John A liefer 44
! David Roth 44
; G L Aliemose '4
Win McNeal 4
Cha. Brock 4
! A II Hrgcr
Jno. VV Vunauken 44
;Cha. Hilgert 44
'Jacob Price 44
44 ' Paradise 3 08
44 Barrett 1 00
Rir'udburg l!) 69
44 Tobyhanna 1 18
JE Snyder
Robt. Warner'
1?0 05
Paii fincc sctt'c.nent.
Smithfield
Kresgeville
Ransberrys
Stokes Mill
Stony Run
Marshall Creek
DOG TAXES.
Wm Myers 1864
John Stiger 44
John E Snyder 1?65
David Price 44
Wm. Haney 44
J L Rhodes 1S60
Jno C Strunk 44
Jacob Rinehart 44
Godfrey Transue 44
Jno M Vanaoken 1867
Smithfield
Tobyhanna
Stroudsburg
Birrett
Hamilton
Stroud
M Smithfield
Birrett
Smithfield
M Smithfield
82 00
17 50
20 00
4 00
22 37
56 50
44 00
32 61
41 00
24 50
$344 43
Statement of the County Commissioners in
account with the County of Monroe, for
the year ending January 7th, 1&68.
Dr. Nelson Heffleflnger, Cr.
To cash per Checks By bal. due last set-
$329 50
tlfeinent 79 50
Balance due 50 00
80 days servi
ces at $2 50 200 00
379 50
$379 50
Balance due $50 00
Dr.
Henry Heller,
Cr.
To cash per Checks
$333 00
Balance due 33 50
By bal. due last net
ment $ 83 00
100 days servi
ces at $2 50 250 00
29 44 1 50 43 50
$376 50
$376 50
Balance due $33 50
Dr.
William Adams,
- Cr.
To cash per Chack
$341 25
By bal. due last set
tlement $ 93 75
97 days servi
ces at $2 50 242 50
$341 25
Dr. John Hanna, Cr.
By 20 days services
at $250 $50 00
Examined, passed and allowed by us, Jan
uary 7th, 1863.
PETER GRUVER, )
SAM'L R. BOSSARD, Auditors.
E. B. DREHER. )
CHAS. 1IEXR Y, Sheriff of the County of
Monroe, in account with said County, for
A year ending, January 7th, 1563.
DR.
To bal. due on last settlement $123 43
To Jury fund Piphcrr. Bush 4 00
44 44 Miller rs Marvin . 4 00
44 44 Shumery is Fenner 4 00
44 44 I III I rs Hotoro 4 00
44 44 Poore r Houser 3 00-$ 19 00
To Fines
Corn'ih rs. John Keller 1 00
r.t. Henrv Kintz 10 00
vs. Wm Staples 10 00
4. vs. L M Dutot 10 00
44 rs. David Frederick 10 00
44 t. Daniel L?ntz 35 00
44 vs. Benj. Hannu
10 00-$S6 00
823,3 43
$13 42
Balance due County
CIS.
By Paid County Treasurer $1233
Fees in Commonwealth Cases.
Com'lh vs. Maurice Kallihan $1 20
v$ Haines 1 20
, 4 T,. Gould 1 20
" vs. Kibselbach 1 20 $1 60
By serving 264 Jury notices 79 20
Commissions on $6 fines at 3 per ct. 2 53
215 06
13 42
Balance due the County
233 43
Examined, passed and allowed by us, Jan
uary 7th, 1868.
. PETER GRUVER, )
SAM'L R. BOSSARD, V Auditors.
E. B. DREHER, )
January 30, 1563. 4t.
Fur ilie JtlTeiMHiian.
DREAM-LAND.
BY A. D. BIRUCLL.
I dreamed and boyhood's scenes again
Re-blessed my fancied 6ight,
And all the pleasures of tny youth
Returned without a blight:
The pain and care of riper years
Were banished or forgot.
And I was free from sighs and tears
As if I'd known them not. -
I sported by the river-side,
And by the cottage door.
And in the orchard gathered fruit
As I had done before :
I did not pause to ask of Time
If he would mar my joy ;
And little thought I then that' aught
My pleasure could destroy.
I
The present was my only thought,
And this was happiness;
Tho morning came with sweetness full,
The evening but to bless:
My life, as gently as the cloud
That floats across the sky,
On gracious winds was borne along
Nor knew the slorui-god nigh.
O, how that dream did waken up
Old memories of the past!
How it did call to life the friends
Who long had bei-n at rest !
Their long.familiar face I stw,
Their words of love I heard.
And my full breast with ull the scenes
Of other daya were stirred!
O, if such dreams would throng my brain
Whene'er I sank in sleep,
I'd almost pray to spend my lif
In slumbers long anJ deep.
And 1 would into drcum-land go
And leave this world of reul,
Content to spend my fiuio below ;
In dreams and the ideal. . , .
Wateh Gat, February, 1808,
Captain C. O. Popplctou of Chicka saw
count, Iowa, is reported to hare raised
w r ' V t
4l5f bushels of oatcs on pis and a half
arret; a little uvcr O'J bushel? per acre
Tor the JefTeisonian.
THEUNION VOLUNTEER.
II Y II. LAXGFORD.
CHAPTER XXL
COURSED BY BLOODHOUNDS
Colonel Camcon passed a year in bond-
The
days aud months lingered
slowly on, and no hope of release ever
came to gladden the solitary sunshine
within the vicinity of Macou. Hundreds
passed the,ir days and nights in misery
and privation as well as Austin, and
pined away to skeletons under the trying
effects of hunger and confinement. He
bore .it with a firm heart, and lived in
I hope of a better future. Pew dared to
uazara ineir lives in enecting their es
cape, as the utmost vigilance was being
kept to prevent any effort, and a strong
guard constantly on the alert to shoot
down any who were bold enough to make
the attempt. They were huddled together
in numbers in small enclosures, filthy and
unwholesome in the extreme: and the
j contagious diseases from time, to time car
ried them away by scores, making room
for others equally unfortunate, who had
escaped the slaughter of the battle-Geld,
and who came there to perish by disease
and suffering.
3Iacon, during the war, was a military
prison house", kept, and constantly stocked
by the rebels with the human plunder of
many a disastrous field. It was one of
the chief rendezvous in the South for the
stowing away of officers and others who
were deemed to be dangerous abroad;
ai.d when once thrust there such an
event only as the surrender of General
Lee otild tend to their release. The
prisoner's locality was surrounded, or en
closed by an immense planken framework
guards placed on every point where es
cape was possible, while on the outworks,
sentiuels were fixed at short distances
from each other to facilitate any alarm
that might be given in the event of at
tempts being made from the inside. The
greatest watchfulness was imposed by the
authorities, and their precautions had full
effect they murdered by plague and
famine quietly those whom they dare not
get rid of" in a legal way, or bring the heavy
chastisement which such bloodguiltincss
must necessarily merit upon them by an
enraged and insulted soldiery.
" Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place! "
Austin's first year of privation was
over a year of sadness and inactivity;
of thought and hopelessness Camillia was
a year older perhaps stricken in beauty,
and robed in the weeds of widowhood
perhaps dead, unlameuted and forgotten,
and he left alone, a stranger and an out
cast. If ever a smile was at Ids lips
:r. : i i v: : i. -
I -
ii u juji (,;juucucu iu ilia cyu, ii Vi as mo
one hope that kiudled theru the one
bright load-star which burns through the
blank night cloud of the future, and
: points to a grander destiny as we contem
plate it. He was glad at heart whenever
her image awakened thoughts of a better
day, and nourished the dream as if it
were on the eve of consumation. He at
last conceived the idea of making his es
cape, and' he became thoughtful, as he
found out he must have an accomplice,
and one willing to undertake the risk at
the most hazardous point. On the east
ern corner of the cuclosure, and running
parallel with the high Toad, gurgled a
deep stream some cigthty or a hundred
yards iu width. The sentiuels were posted
of necessity a considerable distance down
the angles of the fenccwork; and on a
dark cloudy night one could let himself,
by means of a rope, into the water from
the extreme comer without attracting
notice from the guard. Autiu had con
ceived all this, and concluded that he
would make an attempt. With these
thoughts in his mind he soou fixed on a
companiou and arranged his jdan so as to
catch the first opportunity that might
present itself. ,
The night' was dark and cloudy. A
dizzliug rain fell during the afternoon,
and now threatened to pour dowu with
greater violeuce as darkness set in. The
wiud in fitful gusts, sighed loudly thro'
the forest trees, and gave iudjeation of a
fearful storm; and the gutirds, as they
tnufded themselves iu their heavy cloaks,
eyed the heavens with suspicion, aud
sought a place of bheltcr from the ap
proaching tempest. It was now uear
uiiumht
"Alls Well" was vocilc-
uted from cue post to auother, when the
report of a gun rang loud aud sharp in
tho lull of the elements, and the 4 relief"
started from their nap and hurried out
iuto the storm. Another gun broke upon
thr. wind ' nnd another. Austin cluuir
! to 'the coring of. the wall 'and looked
i down. The thanu roared below- iu surl and
"foam, aud the wjld current howled as it
chafed over tho brokeu rocks. His com
I panion had descended, aud his weight
jerked the rope from Austin's hand. A
cry of tufiering rose up from the dark
abyss a death-cry; aud tho fiash from
tho scutry musket cuabled tho nervous
Austin to descry the uufortuuate adven
turer mangled on tha rocks beneath. A
mild terror Ecizcd his senses, and he
shrauk backward in time to avoid the
bullet frou the gun of the other tcutry.
lie dared not look down again his
heart sickened at the spectacle there;
anl the deep uproar of the . rushing wa
tors sounded dcafeuiug iu his cars. -
Pang! bang! .bang ! -r- a half dozen bul-
! lets whizzed at his ears, and loud iaipre
! cations echoed from -the inside beneath
where he cluu
with Hukcniug sensation,
awaited him on cither
li-hf frjia the tcutrv'.-
f Certain death
tut the
gun enabled him to mark with some pre
cision the rocks whereon his companion
lay. Tfce thought invigorated new life
within him, and again he drew himself
over the eoping and looked below. He
heard nothing but the hoarse surg of the
waters it was black as chaos not
even a shadow rcsted'thcre be could
define nothing, and he paused
There was a tramp of feet very near
him almost under the spot where he
was suspended. He swung himself with
one effort over the wall and remained so.
lie strained his eyes if possible to disera
where he should make the fatal drop
all was blackness a terrible void, and?
dim in its own treacherous uproar. He
placed his feet firmly against the wall,
and turning his body round, he pushed
hiajself iuto the wild vortex of the troub
led waters. A hoarse unearthly noise
grated in his ears, and he was thrown:
upon the foaming surface, and carried off
on the current with fearful rapidity. To
strike against a rock, or fallen tree, he
knew would be as fatal as the dangerous
descent from the wall. lie managed to
get himself iuto the middle of the cur
tent, and in a few minutes was borne a
considerable distance. . lie was an expert
swimmer, and Leingthu3 far, plunged fron
the current and grasped the undergrowtli'
which oveihung the bauk. lie dre
breath for an instant and then with somo
agility, clambered up the ascent and hur
ried into the darkness of the forest. He
leaned against a tree exhausted, and be
gan to consider what he should do next.
After some hesitation he determined to
keep the woods until satisfied that be
was beyond the reach of capture.
The storm began to lull towards morn
ing the clouds were black and lowering-;-yet
gave no symptoms of a renewal. Aus
tin toiled slowly through the brushwood,
over rugged and craggy hills, and into
the stony depths where the floods rolled
in murky blackness. Xoon came, and)
now weak aud hungry he stopped sud
denly and listened. His heart almost
died within him he heard the deep
bay of a hound in the distance, and the
sound became more distinct as the animal
came nearer. Presently others joined in
the wild death-cry ; and the solitudes of
the forest answered back with a hundred
echoes. To rause anv longer would bo
j fatal, so he looked round for some means
j of escape. A ledge of rock, clothed with
! the moss green tributes of many a hun
dred summers, rose perpendicularly franiJ
a deep ravine, and lay embedded in the
sloping bill; so that only the top was visi
ble fron the hillside, while behind, the
broken strata of rocks were upheaved in
rugged outline, entirely bare of trees and
destitute of soil, or vegetation. Prom tho
mossy crag down to the basement was
some seventy feet; and Austin conC-I'J-d
he had found a redoubt, scarcely possible
of being assaulted. He climbed up the
bastion, and having armed himself with
a heavy cudgel, set himself in such a po
sition as to have free exercise with his
right arm. At some distance before him
lay a large opening in the wood, and he
continued gazing in that direction, as tho
savage cries were sounding nearer. Every
moment they became more distinct, and
at last, a fierce pack, whining miserably,
and Euielling as they ran round every
clump,. tree and rock, brcke'through the
opening, and redoubled their hideous out
cries as they approached the ravine;
Austin nerved himself for the encounter;,
aud clenched his hand firmly round
his weapon. They came on with a simul
taneous yell, and as the foremost sprung
to the crag, he ingeniously seized the ani
mal on the point of his staff and hoisted
it. into tho raviuc. They could only
reach him by springing from the top. Au?
other, and another whirled down lifeless"
ou the rocks. Two more remained, and.
they, with starting eyeballs, glared down
savagely upon him. They ran to cither
tides alternately, whining and baying
hoarsely. Austin watched their movc
mcnts with feverish excitement be ex
pected they would continue there foe
nmp tli;v nnd if o. his fate was as cer-
Itaiu as that of the dead animals below.
Ile thought of throwing bis weapon in
hopes tf disabling them in some way, but
desi.-tcd aud awaited their spring. Still
their fierce cries filled the ravine with'
voices, aud eagerly they rau round and
round the crag with savage rapidity.
One mounted the rock and prepared to
mako a spring, but with a cry bounded
backward, and toA to the forest th.
other followed, and now Austin brushed
the cold perspiratiou from his brow, and
drew a loug breath. They-coursed the
woods round for some distance, prolong
ing their yells to n wild unearthly chorus,
and made again for their prey, but foiled
they deserted the viciuity of the ravino
soon after, and Austin, as their cries be
came more indistinct, felt somewhat re
lieved. It was evening before he thought of
quittiug his painful positiou; and nov
he jtood upon the steep hillside, uncon
scious of t-he best path to pursue. llo
wended his way slowly in the same direc
tion he had takan iu the morning, resting
often, nnd plucking tho wild fruit to re
Hove his hunger, or drinkiug the water
which freshened tho long yellovrgrasscs
in the valleys. .Midnight found him on.
tho stage road ta Charleston, aud h
raised his heart in thanksgiving to thak
Providence- which had so miraculously
preserved him.
( To le cou't in ued in our next.')
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