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atittLs7:overy.sAbsequene .itisettion t . arenty 7 ,five
ee,o)3,l'lterger adiertiseTents char ged in the
Aame,propoition. Those not,exceedirmien lines,
will be ! chtirged, sev4nty-fi,ve cents,. And, those
making six.lines or Jess, three insertionsfor 50
larYA liberal deduction will.be made to those
who advertise by the year.
rr Office ire'lltnnellon' . Bl., one door East
ofthe llermiiit i ßfformeil`Vhurch, nearly
ohoosile the “Prieden6bothe
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LIM/itch'Chunk Motel.
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.„! Th e s ub s c r ib er s ta ke
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,i , - i this• ; mettiod 'to inform
tli • A‘titizt4s'iif Mandli
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.... Er ..), • m 9 l v ipc,lni the public
';7,l_, , ;- :,•'l4 . 4, , ,enetitl;' that they
imittiluiji _ '.,: htive rented rind now,
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tavern-,stand.of Mr. Alexander . Ste•dilkiiii;sin
March Chunk, so extensively known as the
..111auch:Chunk Hotel,
which' has teen . reined in, the most comfort
ableltiritt fashionable manner. ' They have
occupiA" , tho". same - froml4liii• , first of Au
gust hist,'Und they •willrrittke:•• it their busi
ne-skto add many other improvements, to the
con*enit•nce of those .who may favor them
with their custom, and make it equal if not
superior to•anY 'public house in the place.
Their :poi will be;supplied with the choic
est •of' tiquors, there Table set with all the
season acrid!, and their Beds are all new
.
and clean ; in short. neither trouble or ex
pense Will be saved; to accommodate their
customer,Sinh
'-te yetY.best, manner.'
stabling 'is large and convenient:;
with ihe hydrant water 'in the yard. and an
attetitiire ostler to attend to Customers.
They taint tleiestkeneous exertions to nc- •
cornodate those who may favor .them•with
their calls, will be the means of 'bringing
them numerous netv - customers.
ESSER &PETERS.
September 13" 1849. 11-4 m
TAVERN,FOR RFNT.
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The well known Tavein-stand
‘i'•,ll - 11 • . is Owed fur rent. sign of the
. 1 4 • • Black' lirorse9 •
4m the public road, leading , from Allentown,
.to Bethlehem; about!fine.Mile from the ' Le
-high Biidge, in Eltintivei . township,' Lehigh
county.' Thu Elmise 'ib 'twd story,'Con veni
witty situated; with•Oliod Stabling,
and ex
•cellent water springing out before the door.
For further particulars, call upon the • u
46i:sighed, who resides near the Tavern.
•' JOSIAH KLADER:- . t
Janniio, l l7 7 ' ' ••• ' • -
Aefecitoit :Fruit Store
,oyster' House. •
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is & STET!„ns; respectfully inform
their friend's', and the : public in general,
that they have' lately : purchased the Good
Will‘iFixtures,'Soc,,of, the Ronle.4. ;Rea
dy! Oyster Housee.4ce, Cream, .paloon, and
confectionnry.'-Estahlishment, lately, kept by.
MOsiris, Stetter and• George, in the. building
formerly occupied' by. the old Northampton
go: the: corner. of, Alarhet Square and
Allen Street; in, the Borough of AllentoWn.
f irlie.V KW' prepared to'serve up oysters,
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i A'6 l itiiiit.fashionable , City styles, at the
s Orui#"4li4oilti ,>it';
. i '. , :erter/,, PoissSted,:"Suitoedi Stewed; *Sc.,
Atat3o4,ikej, t0ri 4 644; Tripe, :6le, Po rier,
Aeliee,'4l4 6th:er . Beet, difewl.'4-c:;'
oillietitcceittm;9oitions,ioll be such, that
iboso*hcoVill:give'Allegi , a social call, will
iiettlitiverthife'illtabliihriientaissat,isfied.
.414kiyimilt,thiiKby,ptrict'attention to bu
441M**44fICKKIII9CPakrnPtiionelLtileY will
104., yi44l4o.lAiilll#lllllreq;:. patronage, :for
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poetical I/Department
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*The tales,of,old,,thakucrycd the bold, t
Tu'deedsc;f love and y.
That Wolre
,thc* sigh , or dimmed the c•Ye c
Of innocence and beauty•
Who heed.them now chilling brckv
And - colderfrearts - riPpire:them
Fqrgct the lays pea"ioi
As those who once could love them!'"
Around the hearth, with honest mirth,
• , Our fathers gathered dailyi
• 'Twas good to see how merrily
_ The moments passed,and gaily,
The jester there, inspired by cheer, •
• . Would teil his quaintest story;
While minstrels came,•and•sang:the frame •
Of those enshrined in glory. .
Thoite tales of old were often told
By'pilgrim, monk or &air, '
Who sung of war, in regions far,:
\. Where valor might asitire: .
Ofgallant . cieed, witere once , achisvetl,
'A host could not repel
For themes like these our sires' would please
And they Ante could tell them !
• (From iloGlen's Dollar Magazine.)
The Deseits of the East.
The'stretch beneath the burning sun
Vast waves of dreary, unthrill sand;
Forlorn, as though for evil dune
They were of instice, blighted, banned
Across, those:wilds the caravan
Moves slowly on its toilsome way,
And weary beast, and fainting man,
Droop in the scotching light o s f.day,
The pulse of life beats feebly there,
Seems dying in the'suit'S' fierce glow :
The palm•trces and the fountains wear
Alone, proud Beauty's pump and show
And few the fountains welling up;
• No woodland birds build there the•nest-- -
No wild flowers bloom; tie brazen sky
Maintains alone its majesty; •
Enchained it holds the boundless sea
Of Wining:kW:ciao - 6 trbieast
• ; • • . •• •
A soul bath proved as sad a'waste
Beneath the world's fierce blaii and. blight
A spirit o'er its sands has paced,
But vainly watched and prayed fur night! .
For long the withering sunbeams fell,
And dew 'and silence w'ere delayed=
TIM spirit drooped—and died a pall
M' hand above the dead has laid.:.
The dead, dead. Hope I stroire to bring
Onellower to deck its , lair young form.
Alas ! the Simoon aped to fling
Its sand above the heavemborn
I cannot weep above that couch,
I inky dot waste my tears on sand ;
Bdt I will "guard my dead—nn touch
Shall rest on thee, of human hand!
Thon wert so frail, sweet friend, yet stayed,
,When all had fled I chiefly prized.
My heart's longsilence bath betrayed
How,thod wast loved—how idolized.
we must meet.agatn, dear friend !
We are not mortal, you and I !
But wilt thou know me when on high
I shall forget to weep and sigh"
And wilt thou Men be mine, sweet friend 1
Thou wilt not answer ! thou art de . ad !
Alas and I hove idly plead!
Alistellancous Zelertions.
The act of dying is technically termed
"the agony ;" but the pain of dying must
be distinguished from the pain of the previ
ous disease, for when - life ebbs, sensibility
declines. , As death is the final extinction of
corporal feeling,, so numbness. increases as
death ,comes, on. The postration of disease
like healthful fatigue, engenders a growing
stypor— r a sensation of subsiding softly into
a coveted repose,. The transition resembles
What maybe seen in' those: lolly mountains
whcise sides 'exhibit every clinnate in regu
lar gradation ; vegetation luxuriates at their
base and dwindles in the approach to the re
gicuts of snow, till its feeblest manifeatation
is,reprittsed by the cold. The 'So-celled ag
ony, can never be more, forinidable than
when the brain is the Issue go,and the mind
Pieserves to the end a.national cognisance
of the'stath of the body. 'Yet persons thus
situated commonly attest 'that there are few
things'in lift less painful than the close. "If
I had - strength enough, to'hold a pen," raid
William , llunter, "I would write how easy
and delightful it is to die.".. Willis be dy
ing.rtsatd,ffikniece of. Newton' of, Olney 'lit
is a. pleasant thing - at die.;" "The very
eitpiessicr,', adds; her uncle, "whiCh inlet h
er friend of mine'ntade on her death
bed a feiv,yeart "Tho' ame words
have frequently' been .. 3ittertiCtinder similar
gfrculyrsutrice*...
. 44aytt'ir~ to, ire , OfilmfinAi4ol9o ;or the'
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Thee - Talei of.01&',
Pain of Dying.
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tepance and gestures might in,many cases,,
suggest that, however dead: to the external
world; an interior sensibility 'still tiiiniined:
But we have the evidence orthoe‘Vhorn'
disease luis left at, the eleventh hour, that
while their supposed - eafibringeivere pitied
by their friends, existence was•a blank.
WhereVer there is sensibility,' virtual death
precedes death itself, bud to die is to awake
•
r wor
The faculties survive, though, averse to
even the. faintest efrort, , a n d they •badly. tes-.
tify in languid , andlbrOken phrases, that the
torpor of the body mote.than keeps pace
with the inertness of the mind: .The same
.report is given by those who have advanc
ed to the.borderof the country from whence
no traveller returns.... Montaigne after his
accident passed •.for. , a corpse,. and the first
feeble, indiCations of. returning , life resein
bled some_of..thp..Corprnonest.o.ymOodtP_Pf
death. But his 'owrifeSlit:igs . iiret s thoe of
a man who is dropp ing':iato:the sweets of
slumber; and - hiSlortging :WirsiisWards blank'
rest, - and- not - for - recovery. "Methought,"-
he says, '"my life Only it fing'tipon inv . lips;
and I shut my - eyes to'fielti tO:thrtist ft out,
and took a pleasure in'langtfiShini rind let.•
ing myself'go."' • In'inariy of these instan
ces, its in the case of stupefaction, there are
appearances which 'welutve'learnt, to asso-
date with suffering, necaubetonstantly con
joined with it. •• A cold . 'perspiration be
dews the skin; the breathing is harsh and
labored,, and'aiMiniines, especially in deli
cate fmMes,..delith is, ushered in by convul
sive movements which-look like the wrest
ling with an oppressive enemy. But they
are signs of 'debility
_;and a failing system,
which have, no relation to : pain.
There is not any sittintion in which stea
dy minds and sweet dispositions evince a
greater superiority over the hasty and sen
sual part offpnankind ; but self control ad
apts itself fiNhe'ordinery exigencies of life,
and if surprised by evils with which it has
not been accustomed to measure its strength
the firmest . berve and the sunniest temper
are overcome by the . sudden violence of the
assault.. Unless the understanding is affec
ted,.irritability and waywardness .constarit
lYsl minishierlp.xnatie aert.htisstimuto.thx,
Wisdom an d uty 0! patience, an d there
soon springs up, with well-ordered minds,
a generous rivalry between snbmission on'
the one hand, and forbearance on the other-
From the hour that sin and death entered
into the world, it was mercy that disease
and decay sh'uld enter too. A sick-room
is a school of virtue, whether we are spec
tators of the mortality' of our' dearest con
nections or experiencing our own.
To be shot is the easiest mode of termi
nating life; yet rapid as it is, the body has
leisure to feel, and the mind to reflect. In
drowning, the struggles at the outset are •
prompted by terror, not by pain ; in the ma
jority of instances , a pleasing languor suc
ceeds; without. any sense of suffocation.
. That to be frozen to deatlimust he fright r
ful torture, many would consider certain
from their•own experience of the effects of
cold. But here we fall. into the usual er-
ror of supposing that the suffering will in
crease with the energy of the agent; which
could only be the case if sensibility remain
ed the same. Intense.cold brings on spee
dy sleep, which . facinates the senses, and
fairly beguiles men out, of their lives.
The most curious example of the seduc
tive power . of cold is to be foend in the ad-
ventures of the botanical party, who, in Ct.
Cook's first voyage,
were caught , in a snow
storm on Terra del Fuego. Dr. Solander,
by. birth a S Wede; 'arid Well acquainted with
the destructive deceits of a rigorous climate,
admonished' the party, in defiance of lassi
tude, to keep moving on: "Whoever," said
the doctor, "site down will 'sleeli•—•.aed • who
ever sleeps will perish." The doctorspoke
as a §age,•but• he• felt like a. man.' In spite
of the remonstrances of those whom he had
instructed and alarmed,,:her was the first to
he down. The sa:ne .was; repeated a thou
sand times , in the famous.. retreat from
Moscow. , - •
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Worse than the halter, axe or, wheel, was
the fire, which, as typical of the flames of
hell, was employed in the blindness of 'the
ological fury to consume the foremest of the
pilgrims to,heaven. The legs, of Bishop
Hooper were charred, and hia body scorch
ed, before he was fully enveloped in the fire
which A wind blew aside ;• nor.was • it till
the pile had been twice replendished that
he bowed his head and gave up the ghoit.
A similar misfortune attended Ridly. An'
excess of fagots hindered the flames ascend
ing, and,his extremities were in ashes when
his body was unsinged.. Ridly yielded
slightly to the dictates of nature, and-strug
gled at the height of his prorected..anguish..
Hooper remained immovable , itipthe-stake .
which bound him. ' t For 'tbree quarters of
an hour his patience' was proof against tho
fury of the flames, ulid, he , died et length es,
firmly and quietly as . a Child , in' bed.
But the painef burning is of fearfulintensi
ty, and the meekendOnmesefthese'beroes
at the stake, riiiii:,thel,triumph et,mied ; ever
the tortures o f
T,,lm'Aritd; the Hope, the=,pparter of
th gam their •bedieitto-be„, burnt ?
riikliVNlllK!or• til?iiteOte4o',.*eill: the
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, Ything man,' said ho, when I first visit
ed this , town, there were only three
,families
living in•it. You, who now live in - easo
can never know the hardships, and perilous
scenes through which the earliest settlers,
passed. ,'Come -with me,' lie continued, , and
I will show you the exact spot on ‘vloh
the first hut ever, erected in this town
I followed silently, until the old man
reached the bottom of the, west side of Paris
Hill. •
There said he, 'on this spot was. erect
ed the hut. I shall. never forget the first
time I visited it, and the story I was told.
'What was it V I. asked.
I will tell you. When the first settler
moved here, his nearest neighbor lived 20
roller distant, in' the present down of Rom-
Lord, and the only road between the 2 neigh
bors was a path that he had cut through the
woods himself, so that in case in • want or
sickness, he might get assistance/ . One
spring,
I think it was the third season after
he had settled here, he was obliged to go to
RumfOrd after proviiions_: He arose early
ono morning, and started 'for his nearest
neighbor. People of the present day would
think it hard to make a journey of 20 miles:
for a bag of potatoes, and: on foot too r but
such was the errand of:the first settler. He
arrived before noon, was successbiLin get
ting his potatoes, got some refreshments and
started for home. But it was riot very ea-
sy to travel with a load of potatoes ' • and, fin
ally at sundown he threw ofr his load,` and
resolved to make a shelter, and spend the
night. • I have been with him to the exact
locality of it; it was situated just the other
side of the stream on which are mills, in the
village known as Pinhook in Woodstock.
He built a shelter, struck a fire, and took
out of his pack a piece of meat to roast. Ah !
young man,' continued the narrator, 'you
little know with what relish a man eats his
food in the woods ! but as I was saying he
commenced roasting his meat, when he was
startled by a cry so shrill that he knew at
once it could tonne from nothing but a cata
mount.' .1 will 11001 telate it to you as , neat .
as 1 can in the language of the old settler
him.4elf. • •
.1 listened a moment, .said he, and it was
repeated even louder, and it seemed nearer
than borate. My first thought was for my
own safety. But what was Ito do? It was
at least 10miles to my home, and theie was
not a single human being nearer than that
to me, I first thought of self defence; butJ
had nothing to defend myself with. In 'a
moment I concluded to start for home. for I
knew the nature Of the catamount:too well to
think I should . stand the least chance to es
cape, if I remained in the camp. I kiiew,
too, that he would ransack my camp, and I
hoped that the meat Which I left behind
might satisfy his appetite, so , that: ho would
not follow me after eating it. , • ~.
• .I had not proceeded. more "than' half, a
mile before
.1 knew by this shrieks of the ap
imal that. he was in sight the camp.'l
doubled my'speed , content, ..'that the tiepin
should have my supper, although .I deelar,
ed that I would not have run if I.bad' . my
trusty rifle vvith•sne. But there con d. be no
cowardice Arny running,. froin : ,,n mluriy
ted catamount, donblyfunoue, piobattly;
being hung, and,. Za with nettling tin 4
amid be called, a weapon saVepocket! .‘- • • •
h a d i4 m oi rri pp e e f i eaal;Out 4 44*
. P • h ' ilatf`heatinetothint
of tilits4sp- Ost er
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=
113M11
t hßanasterpiege:z,,9thq,painsarentiarper
for h tjnie , but rip* are at once soagemz
inglina so tong., OK - aggravation, hovvey.
et, Was wanting, whicY the .
of kitowledg'ein paini6M, Weheleive;
commonly`supposed to have'baonged tb'the
patitilment. The weight of , the' body' Was
borng by a ledge, which projected from the
middle 'or the upright_beam,-and-not-by-the
liiiagiand feet, which'wereprobably found;
unequal to the strain, The frailty of man's
frathecomeeat last to be its own defence;'
but enough remained to preserve the pre
eminence of torture to tbo cross,' The pro,
cess ef nailing was ,eqUisite torment , and yet
worn ; in Whin ensue d„ than.,in the actual in
fliction. The spikes rankled, the wounds
inflamed, the local injury produced a •gen
eral fever, the fever a most intolerable thirst,;
but the , misery of mKetieiEL to the sufferer
was, .while - metre& With crony, id be festen
ed idii - riosition which did not . permit him
even'to writhe. Every attempt to relieVe
the' uscles, every instinctive Movement of
anguiSh,- only-served to drag the lacerated
flesh, and wake up new and neuter pangs ;
rind this torture, which must have beerrcun,
tinualty aggravated, until , advancing: death
began to lay.it to sleep, lasted on average
two or three days.—London Quarterly Re
view.
Chased by a Catamount,
I was once told a thrilling adventurer of
the first settler in Paris, Maine, with a cat
amount. Although I cannot relate with the
'ively effect with which it was told me, still,
I have.erribodiedthe facts in this sketch.
had been on. a hunting excursion, and
as I w.tie.returning, I fell in with that oft
deseriliasitersonage, the oldest inhabitant.'2
lie : kircdry accosted meytind I gladly enter :
ed into conversation With him..
t:.
'-' . NEET . R.,:A.LIN POLtTICSi.
more of nip fearful enemy, "began urslack
nay.pace,,and .thoughtll had nothing to
fetti..' had left behind two pounds of meat
bier and pork, which I hoped had satisfied
tlfeifigvious monster. Just, as I had Come
to ilir4nclusion that I would run no rude,
and astonished almost atilte. distance I had
traveled io so shortsa • splitty)Etime,--Iwair
- electrified - With — rorror to
_ltear . the ' animal
shriek - again. . . •
I. then knew my worst fears were realiz
,ed'. The beast had undoubtedly entered the
'catitp;end ate what he could find, and their
had scented my track and, followed me.. It
was about three miles from my 'log cabin
and it had already become dark. I'doutitled
speed;my but I felt that Itniist die: And
such a death ! The reeccillection • of that
feeling comes to my mind as vividly , as
though I new the animal was, now pursuing
me..' But I am. no cowant.thotth rabotorn.
in pieces, and almost to be,eaten. by:a .wild,
beast,.was.horrible.! , '; •
• 1- I;.calmly.unbuttoned my .ofmk...with, the
determination tolhrOvited before,thobetiat
'should approach 140,Jtoping thereby to gain
advantage of hint* Ot! time.he Would looae
in fearing it to piece s . . • • •
...
.AnOther shriek, and teased the, gar.-
meat behind me to the path. _Net More
than.fivominutes elapsed before 4 1 heard
shrill cry as he came to it. How that sheielc
electrified me ! 1 bounded like a dem'. But
in a moment the animal made • anOther'cry;
which told me plainly 'that the garment had
only. exasperated him to a fiercer chase.
'Oh God ! said I; end I must die thus !. I
can, I must- live for My' wife antrehililien . ,'
and I 'ran even faster than I had done before
and unbuttoning ray waistcoat, I dropped it
in the•path es I proceeded. . The thoughts.
of my wife and children urged ..me to des
perate speed, for I thought more of the un
protected state than the death I was threat
.ened with, for should I die what would he
come- of them.. ' . ,
..In ti4nornent, the whole events orMylift;
croivdetl:toiny•brain. The hot blood' cours
ed thrtieg,Winy veins . with 'tot:reit - Vs fOite
Thecatartititit shrieked louder • and louder,
V I LP • • ••• • ' •
canie, until I fancied I could . hearhia bounds.
At last I came to the, brook ;, which you, see
.yonder, and it was doubled ; the size which
it is now ; for it was swolletyby . the:iecent
freshets and I longed to.'cool. thi4 fevered'
brain . in it, but I kneiV dint ivoeld• beitta,cer
tam..death to me, as to , Alio- tlierelaWs of,
the beast. -.With three botitidel , ,gained the
opposite bank, and then I &Mid... Clearly see
a light in my log cabin _which was not more
than 100 rods distant.'
had not piebeeded but a ihortAiatance
before I' heard the plunge of the catamount
behind me. , i leaped with more than hu ,
man :'energy',' for it was new:life or detitht,
In. a moment 4he catamount gave another
shriek, as though afraid he should lose his
prey.,!: •
At the same instant I yelled at the . top of
my lungs,to my wife. In a moment I .saw
her approach the door with a light , in :her
"With what vividness that moment comas
back to my, mind. The catamount wde .
so far , from me as I was from my house . :' .
.dropped my . hat, the only thing.' could
leave.to stay the progress Of the beast, the
next moinent I fell postrate on the floor of
my clivri cabin. • • • • • •
- Here - the, old settler paused. and wiped
the big drops'frimii his venerable brow, ere
he cohtinued ::'• • • • •• -
"HO* long I• lay where Hell I 'know net,'
but when I was restored to conciousness,•l
was lying on my. rude'couch. and my
,*ire
was bathing my head with col& water, and
my children were gazing anxiously atane.
My wire told me as, soon as T fell she imme
diately-shut the door and barred it. for she,
knew that "was pursud, but by wheirfand
what she kuewnot, and as soon as I•had fel-• I I
len and the door : wasclosed, a fearful spring
was titade upon it t j ba . t,thb'deOr was strong'
and well barnicf,' and 'withstood the spring
of, the 'animal:. • i )••• :I, ' ~•• ;; ...-
Aisoon as I:fully recovered, .I knelt and
offered 'the most fervent. prayer., to thel.Al
- ' ever passed'•mr:l44,..or: ever
wilt'itgain.r..My•family and:myselfshortly'
retired but no sleep - visited me Wm:night. In
the morning; when:my, little scin, i six year's
.olOtteld'xie• that he saw, tlie,eyeli. - ol.the colt
leolig. , in itt.the •window ..in: tha:night. „.I.
kn • - the catamount bad been watchin g to '
i
gal , admittance ;' but our wirkdolys, yo u „will
peNeivsi, are • not large enoulk.tu- ReFfr4, a
catarnOur44 o enter., , .., i'L ~, 1,•,.:,.: '.
- • '
"Wiienf-1.0 0 4 4 : •'illiq ,tho4 l fis'ltlie''sieli
morning, I vas: horror-struck ar'ini'iltered
aP.l ) earance• . .MY Nth', %itlio liiiiiefOre is'
bit* 'as itildfikti,y;,y,q..oa4Scriapiii biii:
‘‘'' . .‘'filit'i!iePO.Y,? ll , l 43o*.tV - YMialitiptigh
I . kV° ei,li9Yo l . a; TerfigOod heSliksiticei I'
shady 'never ver ffp*Akc,:eff4dite iii' fright
exPeOwleS4 4 ,9niii . ong„iglifdmit irk :s OITA:
stotikirl.. ) t '., ....-,,,,.-.,,!.., : ..., 4 , ,
g0....,,,Punr4311,Y41'?1:405'3,1
tht .09?,fatliet raise,
on - to land ? mwal,ihloeiti hapkitia
tad(' graqB7b°Pe°9'b°g*KlF4B4uMbie-buisi
Ind,Lpon*other iefOta
l ' ao4 a ..dob*breasi# 4 o.l.l'Pe#'`fight.. ear
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Destruction orlittaktribfFiffikiii
During the es rav 4 '
aged the towns •of SoutlV
made a deicent upon , Geascrif" q ,Phe
ish in habitahts had descried,the•Bucittainiete•
at sea, and had fled, carying withithenrintint
of their plate and jewelet—LWthuirdwidne- 4
canieslanded they found but one 4
and the old friar remaining, Thq friar Was'
just issuing , from the porch. or. dia. ciltprelis.
to make his escape, when the-it:lde Winded', :
the -pirates *ere laid upon and' when
he recovered from the fright which , the",
grasp occasioned him, he foundhimself tied , .•
fast to one of the pillars of • hie' church,
his savage , captors thronging.- around• , him
with inflamed countenances r and angry - get- .
tures, demanding of him to show where. he
had concealed , his trensurei. The friar,.
however; by this time havinggainedktremd•
courage, answered - that he had:nettertStire'Vd
and that the:church was.poor mid hadnoth-.
ing.to conceal. ,IThis,however;didirlotittat-,.1
•isfy the 13neeariniers,. andmithidursest.they, - -
threatened him with tomtit:e'enit deathlinie, ,
did .not veal..„,„ But the filar lettniineit rot,'
oluie, and the - pirafeeflnellY : telling htttu
that they wthild•leeve him , to , liii - reflectidne
for a while, tuned their . attention pow . a t 6;
their Indian •prisoder.. •••
By signs 'he swifledilii , lheitir this ; he •
would conduct Orlin' to t a''plciii` hick in the •
country, where they would find some liatify;f
The Buccanniers were not , slow in•frolloning.:
and after leading them' over barren.liiihi ant- '
through fertile vailbys for ahout,iieven:milea
he at , last stopped Rube entrance ofirliitge
cave, but whose mouth. or. entrance' was • • -
closed up, and from the sounds which. thqy,
heard within, appeared to be guarde4..-_The ,
Buecanniers thinking that the ndiatr,
betrayed them in , a trap, :turned , with fury -
upon but he s'oo'n , nutdb Item; ' uUder- '
stand that the cave was full of jewels and..
money, that he was not aware Meek woptdl '
have been• occupirdy. But . expeCted:- on the
'contrary, thia those' who had concealed-the •
treasure there would haie leftit, under - rheic'-'
impression .that it`was safe' and' secure from
even the remotest knowledge of the pirates: •
` , l...fstrAiLinformed them that't a .could'
,Ornnaatiir-kire"-
MI2MEII!!!
—..—....__ ...
not inclined to suffer the prise to e eidetkeir ,
grasp. They,
,therefore,tailed •.on thole'.
'within to surrender, an the answer. thiti• .
received was the discharge, of It-fOr argue.
busses through one of the fissures, of
m the-,
stones which blocked up the emeriti, iiik '
however, did.. not deter them', Altkongli: •
with the loss of several mien,: the Metall.. ,
niers at length , succeeded , in. pinirg,,amontt, t ,
the' mouth; a quitetity of brushworti,:oa,,
other combinable Matter, to :Which tin - % to r., , ,
.fire to, and waited the issue pf their t naho._; ,
man plan.. A few: more volleys limo with
in, and all Was ittill. "The 'Mates thlnkng .;
that the suffocation from the stitoks,..ipoll ,
. '
done its work s and feeling the gollimal aft; '' '
veralmost within, their graip, Ititheir ,liirj'
mart to clear away !he Bur brands arid:
force an eerninci, but at iiirment a fear‘ :
ful explosibri btirst upon tiieiriqiiiii, the cover ' '
before them seemed .to part:tir ito'verreatri ~
Ire, and then to close again as the fallieg.
rocks, and torn up earth sunk intotkotewse4-:
ing gap. The victims Whoin•iiitttltrqgtit,.
to destroy,had:assisted irr thi t ttOrk i ptlettllt.„.'..
thernselvei, and rather that; !heir' iikbAles,
should triumph overtheir carpselttethe,6s
session of their, wealth, hatLfire,oll4m-kif
powder, and,thus in tbeigoiliiiieideatk,
had.; foiled the purpose of the liateil MOO.
Two of the Buccaneers , wbo,were is.ad.
ranee'Were killed by the explosiort,,stqiire
rage,of the rest rose to fery,`„ast tketleisr, ,-
buried before them, thespoiL whicklititra,
moment before they had ' felterphWe ttf4eit •
curing': littring,no other object 00,'Whlek ,
to, wreak their rengenince; they"iiniikt hit*
sacrificed the Indian • on:the appt; hid ',licit
the pOlicy of - ietaining kire':ari:a'gtridri,t'olif;
their return to Guasco restrained them.: ' - t i
Again disappointed the' Bliecaneets4e4
tracted their ateps to the eke rch. tibertitki,yl
Itr.d left the friar.' Here, witira, few:44mpg..
wine tvhich they found, in the tosm oo lhey
held a carousal through the thole : -night. s :
The aisles, apd Arches , resoufideCt j e their ,
shouts and,obscene songs, mingled vigri,i,kikk
imprecations on the hound ~eccole*tici. , ,,
~
whom at intervals they tortured, kjr_prp2ifier
I him with tkeir bayonets, in' order ,ito 'lnitta
hitnreveal where he had hiddektlike rida•
urea of the 'church. ' But it tivitstilli;i L ri*,in, •
theTriarcontieued firm, and the nue.-4riedte 1
after.tea ring .00 the pavements ef,theiatitier44
and demolishing, the alter, ,gave evei4.lo 4
search, 111410,tegtled_Theiriselv,tep entirelmr,
th'eir.,Wildleyelty limn 1, morning., ~4414.4 4
da,wn 'ot,Anyo , hindieg the AndiltsVO4.l •
ler; besides t4e friar,sedileevißll4 4 , .
to whatever fate might " befaitherio • .o,` ,i,
t o
tre
suedfoith to Make's More 0004% _ 1!
ination, of the town, : "Theyitusclekle 'tit ;UT'
•taining some, sheep and coup t
Ili
inconsiderable boot), the liteelq:: A I ii,
PflttofPecteceklhMlnkt„rilVali 4f
town in prnx:e4,!..F,e.el—Wf or i ! 4.. !
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