is indeed his writing!" When she read it
the tones of her voicd went to the heart.
I was moved, and I 9id to her, Well
Madam, throw the letter into tho fire; and I
shall have no power to punish your hus
band." She burned the letter and was
happy. Her husband is now safe; two
hours later and Jic would have beon shot.
You see I lovo women who are gentle and
unaffected because they resemble you.
Adieu, my beloved Josephine, I am well.
Napoleon.
Fascinations of the Rattlesnake. When
1 was a boy about thirteen years old,' says
Mr. Willard, 'my father sent mo out into a
field to bow some briers. 1 had not been
long employed when 1 discoverd a large
rattlesnake, and looked around for some
thing to kill him; but not readily discovering
a weapon, my curosity led me to view him.
lie lay coiled up, with his tail erect, and
making the usal noise with his rattles. I
had wiewed him but a short time, when
the most vivid and livelv colors that imagi
nation can paint, and far beyond lha powers
of the pencil to imitate, am-ng which yel
low was the predominant, and the whole
drawn into a bewitching variety of gay and
TUfa3inii forms, were presented to myleyes
at the same lime my ears were enchanted
with the most rapturous strains of music,
wild, lively complicated and harmonious, in
the highest deetee melodious, captivating,
aud enchanting, far beyond anything I ever
heard before or since, and indeed lar ex
ceeding what my imagination in any other
situation could have conceived, ltetimy
nslf irrcsistablv drawn towards the hated
reptile; and as I had been often used to see
ing and killing rattlesnakes, and my senses
were so absorbed by the cay vision and rap
turous music.I was not forsome timo appre
hensive of much dancer: but suddenly rcc
ollecting what I had heard the Indians relate
but what I had never before believed of the
fasinatinc powcrof these serpents, I turned
with horror from the dangerous scene but
it was not without the most violent eltorls
that I was able to extricate myself. All the
exertions I could make with my whole
strength were hardly sufficient to carry me
fiom the scene of horrid vet pleasing En
chantment; and while I forcibly dragged off
mv body, my head seemed to be irresistibly
drawn to the enchanter by an invisible
power. And I fully believe that in a few
moments longer it would have been wholly
out of my power to make an exertion sum
cient to get away. Peter Pilgrim, by Br,
Jiird.
ter ho dioppod senseless on ttio floor. lie
was immediately carried into a private a
partment whero every humane attention
was paid to him, and proper restoratives
applied, but he relapsed from one fit to an
other, and at last, on unbuttoning his collar
and throwing open his vest, tho man proved
to be a woman 1 A medical man was soni
for and at last the young woman was re
stored to comparative aclf-possession. Con
sciousness, however, only increased her ag
itation ; for strange to say, she recognized
in the medical aiteiulnnt a friend both of
herself and husband for she was a mar
ried woman 1 An explanation took place,
and it was duo to stale that the owners of
the establishment unhappy woman, and,
without a moment's hesitation, returned the
check, which was subsequently admitted
to have been sicned with tho name of her
husband.
FROM BEYOND THE
MOUNTAINS.
ROCKY
Jl Faxmer s Daughter. A tew years
ago, a farmer living a few miles fromEaston
sent bis daughter on horseback to that town
to procure from the bank smaller notes for
one of 100 dollars. When she arrived
there tho bank had closed, and she endea
voredto effect herobject by offering it at
several stores but could not get her note
changed. She had not gone far on her
return, when a stranger rodo up to her and
accosted her with so much politeness, that
she had not the suspicion of any evil inten
tion on his part. After a ride of a mile or
two, employed in a very social conversa
tion, they came to a retired part of the road,
and the gentleman commanded her to give
him the bank note. It was with some
difficulty that she could be made to believe
him fn earnest, as his demcanonr had been
so friendly but the presentation of a pistol
placed this matter beyond a doubt and she
yielded to necessity. Just as she held tho
note to him, a sudden puff of wind blew the
nolo into the road,& carried it gently several
yards from them. The courteous knight
alighted to overtake it, and the lady whip
ped her horse to get out of his power, and
the other horse who had been left standing
by her side, followed. His owner fired
pistol, which only tended to increase the
speed of all parties, and the young lady
arrived safely at home with tho horse of the
robber, on which was a pair of saddle bags
"Whon these were opened, they were found
to contain, besides a quantity ofbank notes,
iilteen hundred dollars in good money.
The horse wa3 a good one, and when sad'
died and bridled, was thought to bo worth
at least as much as the bank note that was
atolen.
LADIES SOMETIMES GAMBLE
AND WEAR THE BUEECUES.
We see by an exchange paper that a sto
ry has been published in Nw York about
a certain lady, who lives m the habit ot tro
uuehting a hell in the lower part of the city
in disguise, and who was said to have
lost 1500 or $2000 there. The truth
tho matter was doubted at the time, but
adventure recently occurred that tends
tjonfirm tho belief that the fair sex do occa
sionally, and on the sly, indulge in the bane
ful passion of gambling. For some weeks
past, a man of youthful appearance, wear
ing mustachoes, was to bo seen as an occa
sional visiter to a well known house
Park Row. whero he played with various
success,' but for moderate stakes, At
lengtlii on a night, a week or two ago, he
teudered s check for two hundred dollars
to tho banker, in an under tone requosted
counters. It had been remarked that he
scarcely ever spoke butjn the same subdued
manner as he was recognized a frequent
visiter, and appeared to be respectable, his
request was at once complied with, and for
a time fortune seemed to crown his specu
lations. At last, however, luck turned.and
he Inst all, His agitation had been contin
ually increasing, and on losing hia last coun
An Indian chief to whom importunities
had been addressed, with a view to induce
him to remove to a position farther west
than that occupied by his tribe, resisted the
application upon the groundthat the cupidity
of the white man would soon even reach
that spot however distant, and that it would
bo as well for his tribe to wait their inevila
ble extermination upon the soil within whose
bosom its lorelatliers had been deposited
The argument was pressed, and with a view
to render it more probable that the new
home to which he was invited would never
be invaded by tho aggressions of tho white
man, he was urged to a consent to a remov
al to the delightful hunting grounds beyond
the Kocky Mountains. " It is in vain,
said the sou of tho forest, with a mournful
and touching eloquence; " neither mountain
nor flood can stay tho march of the people
who have usurped the dominions of the
red-man. Even now tho cabins of tho
whito settler mingle with the wigwams at
the foot of those distant mountains, and the
red-man is fast retreating before ihe faco o
the intruders, Soon he will bo driven to
scale them, and take up his abode on the
other sida and yet the while man will fol
low and persecute and destroy him, until
the dying shriek of the last of the Indian
race mingle itself with the roar of tho Pa'
cific ocean."
The prophecy of the savage chief is rap
idly approaching its fulfilment. The Rocky
Mountains are no longer -a barrier to th
white man. He has taken up his abode
beyond them, and even now, from the dis
tint regions on the other side of the stupen
dious chain comes a voice asking that the
laws which govern the rest of this nation
of white men may be extended over the
dwellers upon the very shores of the Pa
cific. A petition of this nature from the
inhabitants flf .the Qrerpii terrUorvvas ore
senled in the Senate of'the U. S. and the
day is evidently not far distant when that
territory, of whose very existence a large
number of the people of tho United Stales
are probably ignorant, will claim her place
among tuc contederated States ol the Union
In Ic3s than twenty vears, in all probability
the whole ol the territory ot the northern
and Southern boundaries of the United
States, from the Atlantic to tho Pacific"; will
be under tho government of separate sove
reignties, owing political allegiance to th
l'cderal tiovcrnment ot the Union.
The mind contemplates almost with dis
may, the immense extent ot this vast tern
tory its boundless physical resources-
stupendous political power and the gran
deur of its position in the family of nations
when in tho enjoyment of peace with
the world, and in the careful and industrious
cultivation of the bounties and blessings o
Ijod, it shall have gone on to swell its pop
illation to the extent of the hundreds of the
millions, which it can sustain to cement
its widely distant sections by rail roads and
canals to instruct and enlighten its people
to draw more closely together the bomb
ot political and social union, until, at length,
it exhibits tho whole hemisphere of North
America, as one nation, united lor its own
welfare in peace, and united against whom
soever may assail it in war.
Whether the vices and infirmities of hu
man nature will allow such a consummation
it were in vain to prophecy but an ardent
perhaps an over sanguine - patriotism,
wiil over take delight in anticipating it as the
destiny of tho Union, that now stretches
its undisputed territory from the Atlantic to
tho I'aoihc taeas. Halt. Vron.
THE GROWTH OF A CITY.
The rapid march of tho West is without
precedent, rt least in modern history. Vil
lages, towns and cities are starling up, as
with the power of enchantment. Delight
ful farms aro taking tho places of praiiics
and forests, while Civilization with all lici
attending ministers, continues to crowd the
red lords ot the to: est back into still more
istant and remote regions. A little longer
and tho poor Indians will have disappeared
from tho- face of the earth, a conquered,
ruined, and forgotten race. The hum of
cities rises up, whore in by gone years tho
moko ol the rude wigwam was alone per
ceptiblc, and millions of human beings will
give life and animation to tho rich valley of
the Mississippi, and the shores ot the
Lakes. Wo cannot, however, better illus
trate tho truisms and prophecies, than by
adverting to the growth of a single city.
In 1831, Chicago, Illinois, was a rude ham-
ct, in the west, with inhabitants scarcely
uiiicicnt to entitle it to the appellation of a
village. Only seven years have elapsed,
and look at her now. She has a population
of G000 souls, and her commerce amounts
to from 80 to 100,000 tons per annum.
Nay, from Juue 7 to November Glh of last
year, no less than 137 steamboats arrived
at hsr wharves, in addition to 24l other
vessels. She now publishes a daily paper,
which teems with all tho evidences of trade
ind prosperity, while tho population increas
es with tho lapse ol every 24 hours, fao
much for the origin and progress of a " Ci
ty in the West" of these United States.
Wc arc yet only in our infancy as a nation,
aud the close of the 19th century, will find
us with a population ol but tho imagina
tion of tho reader must fill out the picture.
Saturday Uron.
From tho Pittsburg Manufacturer.
PROSPECTS OF FEDERALISM.
It is amusing to observe with Vhat car
nestness iho federal patty is laboring to pro
duco union and harmony in its heterogen
eous parts. One would suppose from a
perusal of their leading papers, that they
really bejicved in the possibility of defcat-
mg the people m the next Presidential con
test. 1 hey seem to Hunk that the only dif
ficulty they have to overcome is to settle
the question as to who is the 'available'
Clay or Harrison. This question however,
appears to be a mountain in the way ot a
' better organization of the whig party.
The Pennsylvania Antimasons, Aboli
tionists, and Amalgamationists, have stole a
march on the wings, and already have their
man (Harrison) in tho field. They will
shortly hold a state convention lor the pur
pose of nominating a Harrison and Webster
electoral ticket, to the suppdrt of which
they are determined to force the Clay men
This arrangement by no means pleases the
other portion ot the party. Already the
DEMOCRATIC CELEBRATION".
Tho immenso procession of the democ
racy through the streets of this city, struck
every observer with astonishment andawo.
Nothing over comparable to it was over be
held by the oldest inhabitants. It seemed
as though the entiro population, men; wo
men, and childreiii had " turned out," as
the phrase goes, to celebrate tho unprece
dented and imperishable victory which tho
republican parly has achieved. It seemed
as though the boundless wilderness of
streets had been converted into one great
circle ot joyous and triumphant concourse,
"still beginning never ending." When the
utmost stretch of expectation had been ex
pended upon cavalcade after cavalcade oi
horses and illuminated carriages, others and
yot interminably extended others met the
astonished sight, in superb and incalculable
array. 1 he moral effect of this procession
upon tho beholders must have been most
impiessively solemn. It demonstrated be
yond all question, no doubt, that the freo
and unchained opinions ol tho population
of New York aro vitally and essentially
democratic, whatever advantages the anti-
republtcan party occasionally gain over it
by secret, subtle lrauu and ielonious machi
nation
To give some idea of this tremendous
tide of human beings, it is proper to slate
that it was led by a cavalcade of S00 white
horses and their manly riders; by the most
accomplished bands of music that tho city
could supply, and was then followed by
thousands and tens of thousands of the
true, hearted people the bone and sinew
the livings limbs, the exalted hearts, the c
tcrnal stability of the land. There could
not have been less than 18 or 20,000 of the
people in regular procession, independently
of the scores of thousands of pcoplu of ail
ages and conditions who thronged the side
walks and followed in a rushing stream.
New 1 ork Neio Era.
From tho N. Y. Spirit of tho Times.
Origin of Bots in Horses, and Cure.
Ford Hudson, La., Nov. 23, 1838.
Mr. Porter I have observed lately muc
speculation, as to the origin of the grub
1 have read this evening Mr. Mitchell s ac
count of his experiment in the cure, an
after tho animal died his experiment
killing the worm, after taking it from tho
stomach of the dead horse.
As it should be our object to do all th
good wo can to mankind, I feel it my duty
to give to the world what I think a certain
cure for the hot or grub, without common
ting how they find their way into tho hor
so'a stomach, or how they aro formed
is enough that such a thing docs exist as
bot3 in horses, and that it is important now
to get rid ot them, when wc ascertain our
horse is affected by them.
plunder' The mate Mr. Whilri
tho captain fall, ran to his assistance, un
armed, was attacked by the nail.
the captain's cutlass, wbunded in th.
and several other places, and' fell oh a
dead body of the captain. One man jump!
ed overboaid and was kil ml K ,u J. F
There were muskets ami m:'
tho armchest in the top. The men station!
cu uere commenced a fire- on the native,
two others gained the top by the forest,:
one being wounded n the act of gfll,ing u
Some of the hands jumped below for arm?
thero being none on deck, , and attemntsd m
.i-tjau, w,u uulift wincii was in possesion of
i.w iiciibs. in uiu UUUrSQ 01 . . I
minutes, they succeeded in driving the nu
lives from the deck, with the assistance of
tho men in the foretop. During this uV
u ccniei was m the cabin rummagiWoJ
plunder, thinking the natives were finishiJ
iiumc nau so ciieciuaiiy begun Joy
Hunter one of tho crew, went aft and sarf
tho chief jn the cabin, he jumped down,
armed with nothing but a hammer. Thi
chief mado a blow at him wi h , ti
which he partially parried, but received i
on his head. They then clenched, and ia
the scuffle Hunter stabbed him in the fore"
head with a knife, which broke
an inch of the handle. This, however did
not kill him, he fought hard and was finiy
shot by the people from the deck, which
ended the affray, the natives imin r
taking with them the muskets and powder
uu uki.iv, uu mo uuai wiucn was towing at
the stern.
Tho survivors of tho crew immediately
got tho brig under wcieh for I,nl,nW
where they arrived the next morning the
body of the chief was thrown overboard.
On the passago another chief was found ia
the forecastle, who was killed and thrown
overboard.
They obtained assistance at Lubouk to
work tho vessel, and arrived atliava, wheti
iiiu mvwiiiiiu was lying aiu l Al, on Tuw
day, May 6th 1838. Captain Eglestoncl
the Mermaid, rendered them every aesh:.
anco in his power, and sent his mate oa
board to take charge of her, and with Mr,
Cross, tho missionary, sent Mr. White up
to Rava with his effects, and furnished the
wounded men with every thing necesjarj
for their comfort. Mr White came lo
Manilla in the M. and was left there qui:
crazy.
Capt. Hutchins was buried at LabouH'
the club with which ho was killed
straight, about 5 feet long, tipped with lin
net. There was a report at the Fejee's thit
ino aicriuaiu had been taken by Ihe nalmi
and all hands murdered, Should such a it
port have reached the U. S. you may m
tradictit, as the M. sailed from here on Fri
day for the coast."
Clav whip' begin. to murmur at the cavalier To make the hot or grub let go his held,
manner m wiriuji their "favorite lias been give the horse a quart of molasses or dis-
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235
On Saturday the gentleman who were
appointed to make fair division of the real
estate of the late George Lonllard. finished
their labors. 1 lie property consisted of
upward of four hundred houses, stores, and
blocks of property in the city, and is valued
at upward of three millions of dollars. Af
ter the same was completod, the fivo heirs
drew by lot tor thoir parcels. Tho estate
of Jacob Lonllard took ono part Peter
Lbrillardone Mrs. Robert Darstow and
neiec one Mrs. John G. Coster and broth
er, one and the other lo a sister, the name
wo did not hear.
It will be recollected that Mr. Lorillard
died a bachelor, leaving his property to his
nephews and nieces. Sumo of the heirs
boing dinsetisfied.thoy contested the validity
of the will, which was declared void by
the Court of Errors. Ry this decision this
immense property will now come into use
in a much more advantageous manner for
the public, than if the will had been bus
tainsd. N. Y. Expr.
thrust aside, to make room for the valiant
hero of the red flannel petticoat.
A glance at their prospects might restore
peace to their ranks, and show them the lot
ly of disputing about an available. We
will put down a few of tho states in which
there is not the slightest doubt of success of
the democratic candidates for president and
vice president, and then ask the opposition
why they teaze and fret themselves for a
candidate, when nothing but disgraceful dc
leat awaits him, whoever ho may be
Wo will begin wiih the good old Key
stone Pennsylvania may be relied on for
UO.OUU majority lor the democratic ticket.
New l ork is regenerated " the sober
second thought of her citizens is always
right."
Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi,
Alarrliinu Michigan, Virginia, South Uaro
Una, North Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas,
Georgia, Now Hampshire, New Jersey and
Maine, are all safe, and will most certainly
give majorities lor the democratic candt
uaies. no siraiagem or arrangement can
deprive Martin Van Buren of the electorial
votes ot the states hero set down
It i3 impossible that the opponents of Mr
van wuren can ever unite on any one per
son for president,. The Southern whigs
declare that cither the president or vice pres
ident must come trom a Southern state;
while the Abolitionists of the New Eneland
and middle states will support no man who
is suspected of upholding and countenanc
ing slavery. Whey, then, do the opposi
tion fret themselves about a candidate, who
will be rendered conspicuous only by the
defeat that will overwhelm rhim. They
would act a Wiser part to follow the advice
of the Wheeling times, and permit tho elee-
to pass without ollermg any opposition.
solved sugar, with a quart of sweet milk
in thirty minutes you will find the horse at
ease; then pulverizcd'of eighth of a pound
of alum dissolve in a quart of warm water,
and drench your hoise after which, in two
hours or less, give tho horse one pound of
salts, and you will find the bots in tha dung
I have never failed. . I think this is after all
the speculations and cures I have seen, the
only thing that will to a certanty remove
the bots.
Tho molasses and sweet milk cause tho
hot to leave go and pray upon the sweet
niug the alum contracts him, and the salts
passes In in ofi.
Hespectlully yours.
JOHN C. WALKER '
.ucciueiu. i csieruay, aoout noon, as a
gentleman named Yearick. about 50 yeais
ot age, was about to cross Third street, at
tho intersection ol Branch street immediate
ly in front of ahorse attached to a dray, the
animal suddenly became friglhencd at the
approach of a fire engine, rushed upon Mr,
Yearick and knocked him under his feet.
We rogret to say that ono of tho wheels
of the dray passed over one of his legs and
broke it in two places ; his forehead, and
one side of his head, wore also much in
jurod, in consoquence, as is supposed of the
horso treading upon it. Ho was conveyed
10 uiiru sireet nan anu ur. dome sum
moned, who gave it as his opinion that he
was not seriously, althouh severely in
jurod. Mr. Yearick, wo understand, is a
man of large family, residing in Union
county, Pa. He W3S formerly a inembor
of the Legislature, but is now engaged
the mercantile business, Ledger.
in
We saw a letter a day or two since, an
nouncing the deith of Mr. Pollock, of Ro
anoke. Mr Pollock was a highly intelli
gent gentleman of the old school, and prob
ably one of the largost slave owners in
tho United States. We heard a gentleman,
familiar with his affairs, say twelve months
ago, that they amounted to about 2,000.
He ownod also large tracts of the richest
lands upon tho Roanoke, Nense, and Trent
besides extensive possessions out of North
Carolina.
Wilmington (N. C.) Advertiser
SAVAGE MURDERS.
A correspondent of tho Sunday News,
writing from Batavia, gives tho following
extract fiom the log of the Mermaid., of
balem, from tho I-ejeo Islands, giving the
particulars of an attack by the natives, on
the British ling David (Jgilhy.
"Uaptuin llutcheno, of the David Ogil
by, had made preparations to establish a
fish-house at Barctta, and had landed soma
articles, and had others, on deck, ready to
send on shore. A man called Rava Jack,
was to carry it on, whilo tho brig was on a
cruize. The ). U. was in tho act of get
ting unuor weigh, anchor a peaK, were
hoisting the forctopsail, a great number of
natives on deck and still more in canoes a
round her. One hand was in tho foretop
sail, overhauling the rigging. Cant. Hutch-
ens was on the quarter-deck, with his cut
lass in his hand. Funnolaugy, tho Baretta
chief, behind him, near the tafl'rail. It is
supposed the plot was conceived by tho
cuiei on mo insiani, as nuniDcrs oi tno na
tives had hold of the topsail halyards at the
time, l lie chict had a club handed to him
from a canoe at tho stern, and as Capt. II.
sung out " Doiay tne naiyanis, ' he was
struck by the chief on tho hoad wiih his
club and foil dead instantly. The chief im
mediately jumped down into tho bin for
AMUSING INCIDENT.
"Th fiitiowftizr fcrr.uafnif l'ricltfcnt occt?-'
red at Cambridge, at one of the recent trial
for the election of a member of Congres
in District No. 4. A colored man, a pretij
zealous abolitionist, who is in the emplo;
of a merchant in this 'city, who resides ii
C. was told by his employer that if le
would like to go over and vote ho would
write his vote. The colored man, suspect
ing some trick, declined the offer, bat said
he would go to the 'oflico' and get one.-
11c went to tho office of the Liberator, am
asked some one in attendance, for an aboli
tion vote. The individual, not understand
ing him, but supposing Iho was jestisci
handed him a conv of the Liberator. Oa
hero immediately walked over to Cam
bridge, and presented himself at the polls.
On announcing his name, and on its being
checked, he very gravely deposited ins lu
crator m the ballot-box, to the great amuse
ment of the spectators. Afer. Journal.
TRAVELLING AS IT WAS.
Tho following brief accounlof a journcj
from New York to Now Orleans mads iii
1800 will bo read with interest:
" April 3d, 1800, left New York, in fa
ry boat for Jersey City. Took two lion'
coaoh and got to Philadelphia the 4th da;
at i r. jvj. iett i'luiaucipnia neau""";'"
hi u uiio nurou ciiuy, wim -y
(Vii r.qnnnDlAV ntlia.a a nfi-lvnM til ft All Ui
. . . .1... r nn.nr
uavs lourncv i rocn ino lureoia i
ior eignieen uouars, a uai uuat,
.i 1W Or eaM
n .:.......:.!.. i. , A unt mi-en L
UUdllll" Willi IIIU LUIJUlit. J...
ventures and escapes from great peril. .
land and water, we rfnhed Natchez Bi
fifty-seventh day after leaving Pittsburgh
ltfntw ("li-lama nilir In ll,irlpfn (laV'S thCl'l
ter, having been from Now York on w
innrnnv niirlitv.fnnr ilnvs. which OUf ftW1
.
in rVAltr I Iflonno env fln Biucuit"
voyage. My own personal cost on the
lift Ci in cum inln 1 OT 1 Iff 4Ji7.
fPL. : ntu hit rnjue"-
i nn Nninn innrniiv i::iii nun
IA in .1 ... AunUnjan u.
a contrast!
a r t . ii t At inn uati"
-JUIi lUUlif HIT 4WIUH1VH - .pH
em, succeeded in collecting
almost
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nniit n tun nnatfv nmniini uuc v
tution in this country.
nf n?e.
A uoy, about niieen W1 : h
recently irieu in me vm.u. , . .
United States, holding its session'
Louis, for robbing tho mail, and conv
In consequence of his youth, He "
sentenced to ten days 'mpiwona-