THE STAR OF THE NORTH.
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VOLUME 9.
THE STAR OF THE NORTH
19 PUSLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MOIXKO BY
R. W. WEAVER,
OFFICE— Up stairs. in theneu brick build
ing, on the south side oj Alain Street, third
square be'ow Market.
T Efl M 9:— Two Dollara per annnm, if
ptid within six monlha from the lime of sob
eeribing ; iwo dollars and fifty cents if not
paid within the year. No subscription re
ceived for a less period than six months; no
discontinuance permitted until all arrearages
•re paid, unless at the option of the editor.
ADvcaYYSRMCNYe not exceeding one sqnare
•rill be inserted three times for One Dollar,
•nd twenty five cents for each additional in
anition. A liberal discount will be made to
those who advertise by the year.
gliacetlan cone.
now to PRESERVE WOMEN-
The following is too good to be lost. The
•utbor deserves a monunient whoever he
may be, and we hope he will get his deserts.
It ia a capital article, full of good practical
tense, and we believe it strikes at the "root
of the evil":
''There is nothing in the world that we
think so much of ss we do of woman. Our
mother ia a woman—wife, sisters, pretty
cousins, are women; and the daughters will j
be if (Heaven spare them') they live long
enough. And then there ie • love of women
111 general which we do not deny. A fine,
magnificent specimen of the sex, full of lile
•nd health, a ripe red cheek, and flashing
eye, is something that does one good to look
•t as she illuminates the humdrum side
walks, and every day streets. A North Riv- \
er steamer, under full headway, with colors
flying, is rather a pretty eight—rather stir
ring snd inspiring, and we pull up our tired
nag to see her pass and admire the swell she
cuts. Comparatively, however, the steamer
•inks into significance, or some other very
deep water, by the side of a well kept, well
dieased woman. There is no rubbing it out; I
women are the the ornament, charm, bless
ing, beauty and bliss of life—(men's life,
we mean, of course.) And means that can
be devised for preserving them shonltl be
publicly made known. They are different I
from any other kind of fruit. You cannot |
pickle them. You cannot do them up in
sugar and Bet them in a cold room, with a
paper roaked in brandy over their mouths.
You cannot put them up in cane and seal
them up air light, without injuring their
form and flavor. Now, as men are so de
pendent upon women for life's choicest bless
ings, a proper mode ol preserving them be
comes of great moment, and we are sure
that the public will tbank ue for an infallible
receipt.
Have the feet wall protected, then pay the
next attention to the chest. The chest is the
repository of the vital organs. There abide
the heatl and lungs. It is from the impres
sion made npon the organs through the skin,
that the shiver comes. It is nature's shake
—the alarm bell—at the outset of danger.—
A woman never shivers from the effect of
cold upon her limbs, or hands, or head ; but
let the oold strike through her clothing on
the chest and off go her teeth into a chatter,
and tba whole organism ia in a commotion.
One sudden and severe impression of cold
upon the cbest has slain its tensol thousands.
Therefore, while the feet ate well looked af
ter, never forget the chest. These points at
tended to, the natural connections of the
dress will supply the rest, and the woman ie
ready for the air. Now let ber visit her
neighbors, go shopping, call upon the poor
•nd walk for the good of it, for the fun of it.
Kaep away from the stove or register. Air
that ia dry or burnt, more or less charged
with gasses evolved by the fuel, i porion.
Go up stairs and mtke tna beds with mit
tens on. Fly around like mad, and ventilate
tba rooms. Don't sit pent up in a little room
with double windows. Fruit will not retain
tie foil form and flavor in air-tight can*
Neither will women; they need air. If the
•hivar cornea on dating these operations, go
directly and put on someibiag more about
•lie cheat.
Again, do not live in dark rooms. Light
fsdee the ourpet, but it feedathe flower. No
living animal or vegetable can enjoy health
iudatkness. Light is almost as necessary
at air, and a brown tan ia far batter, even as
• matter of beauty, to sickly paleness of
complexion.
Tboe much in "regard to physical meant
for preservation. There are moral means
no leas important. Every woman should be
married to an excellent man. Marriage it is
♦me, brings care and weariness, but it ia the
ring that is worn that keeps bright, and the
"watch that lies still and unwound that gets
M of order. The sweet sympathies involved
dn the relations of tba family, the new ener
gies developed by new responsibilities, the
new compensation for outlays of strength,
brings about a delightful play of the heart
vutd intellect, which, in their reaction upon
the body, produces an effect that ia nothing
less than preservation. Than, there ia a high
er moral power than thla—one whioh we
•peak of eoberly and honeedy. No one is
completely armed v against the encroaching
4 Ills of life, who has ia the heart n'o place for
religion. ITSe calmness, the patience, end
the joy and hope that are ip possession of the
woman whose heart is right in its highest re
lation, can never fail to preaerve and height
en every personal power and charm that aha
possesses.
Thete I yon have the receipt. Some of it
is in sportive form, but it is not less sober
■ruth. It hss within it the cure for many a
disease—the preventive for more. It might
be made longer; but when we tee ha pre
scriptions universally adopted, it will he time
re bring forward the remainder.
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 6. 1857.
AN ACT
Relating to fits of Abltrntn. Justices of the
Pence and Constables.
Sac. I. Be it enaeted by the Senate and
House of Repreiantativea of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority
of the same, That from and after the pass
age of this act the fees to be received by
aldermen aad justices of the peace ebait be
aa follows:
For'informetion or complaint, on behalf of
;the Commonwealth, for every ten words, one
cent.
Docket entry or action, on behalf of tha
Commonwealth, ten cents.
Warrant or mittimua, on behalf of tha
Commonwealth, twenty-five cent*.
writing ah examination or confession of
defendant, for every ten words, one cent.
Administering oath or affirmation, three
cents.
Taking recognizance in every criminal
case, twenty cents.
Transcript in criminal eases, including cet
tificate, fifteen cents.
Returning same to eoort, for each mile,
eircular, actually traveled, to be allowed in
only one case, at each session of the court,
three cents. r
Entering judgement, on oonviotion for fine
ten centa.
Recording convictions or copy thereof, for
every ten words, one cent.
Warrant to levy fine or forfeiture, twenty
cents.
Bail piece and retnm, or eupercedas, fifteen
cents.
Discharge to jailor, fifteen cents.
Entering discontinuance in cases of assault
and baitery, iwemy cents.
Entering complaint of master, mistress or
apprentice, '.en cents.
Notice 10 master, mistress or apprentice,
fifteen cents.
Hearing parlies and discharging complaint,
twenty-five cents.
Holding inquisition under landlord and ten
ant act, or in case of forcible entry, for each
day, to each justice, one dollar and fifty cts.
Precept to sheriff, for each justice, fifty
oeuts.
Recording proceedings,to each justice, fif
ty cents.
Writ of restitution, to each justice, twenty
five cents.
Warrant to appraise damages, twenty cts.
Warrant to sell strays, t.wemy cents.
VlißTram to appTnißcr ffWtITV, TWVtVVy COTTTB.
Receiving end entering return of appraise
ment of swine, five ce.ns.
Publishing proceedings of appraisers of
swine, fifty cenis.
Entering action in civil case, ten cents.
Summons, capias or subpeena, each, ten
oen's.
For every additional name after the first,
two cents.
All witnesses' names to be pnt in one snb
ptß.ia, unless separate subpoenas be request
ed by the parties.
Subpeena, duces tecum, fifteen cents.
Entering return of Summons and qualify
ing constable, ten cents.
Entering capias and bail bond, five cents.
Every continuance ol suit, ten cents.
Trisl and judgment in case ot defence
made by defendant or defendants, twenty
five cents.
Entering judgment by confession, ten cts.
Investigating plaintiff's claim and entering
judgment by default, fifteen cents.
Taking bail, ten cents.
Entering satisfaction, to be charged only
when an actual entry is made on the docket,
five cents.
Entering discontinotnce, five oente.
Entering amioable suit, ten cents.
Entering rule to tske deposition* of wit
nesses, five cents.
Rule to take depositions, ten cents.
Interrogatories annsxed to rules for tsking
j deposition*, for every ten words, one cent.
Entering return of rule, five ceots.
Entering rule to refer, five cent*.
Rule of reference, fifteen cents.
Notice to earh referee, five cents.
Entering report of referees end judgment
thereon, ten cents.
Written notice to a party in any case, ten
cents.
Execution, fifteen centa.
Entering return of execution, ten'centa.
Scire faciat in any case, twenty cent*.
Opening judgment for rehearing, ten cent*.
Transcript of judgment and certificate,
twenty centa.
Return of proceedings or certiorari or ap
peal, including recognizance, forty cents.
Receiving the amount of a judgment be
fore execution, and paying the same over, if
not exceeding ten dollars, ten cents.
If exceeding tec, and not exceeding forty,
dollus, twenty-five cents.
Exceeding forty dollars, fifty cents.
Every search where no service i* render
ed, to which any fees are attached, ten cents.
Entering complaint in writing in case of
attachment, and swearing or affirming com
plainant, fifteen cent*.
Attachment, twenty cent*.
Entering return, and appointing freehold
ers, 'en oenta.
Advertisements, each, fifteen cents.
Order to sell goods, fifteen oent*.
Order for the relief of a pauper, each jus
tice, twenty cents.
Order for the removal of a pauper, each
justice, fifty oent*.
Order to aeixe goods for the maintenance
of wife and children, twenty-five cents.
Order for premium for wolf or fox, or oth
er scalps, to be .paid by the proper county,
fifteen oenta
Every acknowledgment or probate of deed
or other instrument of writing, twenty cents.
Taking and signing acknowledgment of
indenture of an apprentice, for each inden
ture, twenty cents.
Assignment and making record of inden
ture, twenty centa.
Cancelling indenture, ten centa.
Comparing and signing lax duplicates,
each justice, fifty cents.
For marrying each couple, making record
thereof, and certificate to the parties, two
dollara.
Certificate of approbation of two justices
to the binding as apprentice of a person by
overseer or direetors of the poor, each jus
tice, twenty-five cents.
CsrtUloate to obtain land warrant, fifty
cenjp.
Swearing or affirming County Commis
sioners, Assessors or other township or coun
ty officers, and certificate thereof, to be paid
by the county, twenty-five cents.
For administering omh or affirmation in
any case not herein providing for, ten cents.
For issuing precept to lessee in landlord
and tenant proo -edings, justice, fifteen cents.
For hearing and determining complaint,
and all other services rendered therein, fifty
cents.
Fnr recording proceedings therein, each
twenty-five cents.
Fnr issuing and receiving returns of writ
of restriction, including entry thereof, eaoh
justice twenty five cents.
Sec. 2. The fees for services under the
laws of the United States, shall be as follows,
namely:
For certificate of protection, fifty cents.
For certificate of lost protection twenty-five
cents.
For a warrant, twenty-five cents.
For commitment, twenty five centa.
Summons for seamen in admiralty oase,
twenty-five cents.
Hearing thereon with docket entry, fifty
cents.
Certificate to clerk of district court to istoe
admiralty process, twenty-five cents.
SEC. 3. Thai the lees to be received by
constables, shall be as follows:
For executing warrant in behalf ot the
Commonwealth, fnrty cents.
Conveying to jail on mittimus, or warrant
arresting a vagrant, disorderly peon,or oth
er offender against the laws, (without process) I
and bringing before justice, levying fine for {
forfeiture on warrant, twenty five cts.
Takinsj tba bode into auitfl.lv on iS'flimn
where bail is afterwards entered before the
prisoner is delivered to jailor, twenty-five
cents.
Serving subpoena, ten cents.
Serving summons notice on referee, snitor,
master, roietram or apprentice, personally or
by copy, each ten cents.
Executing attachment, thirty cents.
Arresting on capais, twenty-five cents.
Tak ins bail bond on capias, or delivery of
goods, fifteen cects.
Notifying plaintiff where defendant has
been arrested on canias, to be paid by plain
tiff, ten cents.
Executing landlord'* warrant*, or serving
execution, twenty-five cent*.
Taking inventory of good*, each item one
cent.
Levying or deslraining good* and celling
the came, for each dollar not exceeding thir
ty, five cent*.
Fnr each dollar above thirty, three cent*.
And one half of the aaid rommioeion shall
be allowed where the money i* paid after
levy without eale; but no commission shall
in any case be taken on more that the real
debt, and then only for the money actually
received by the constable, and paid over to
the creditor.
Advertising the same, forty cents.
Copy of vendue paper, when demanded,
each item one cent.
Potting up notice of distress at mansion,
house, or other public place on the premiaes,
fifteen cent*.
Serving scire facia* personally, ten cents.
Serving same by copy, fifteen cents.
Serving role end interrogrloriee in attach
ment of exeeotion, twenty eent*.
Exeeuting bed piece, twenty cent*.
Traveling expense* on an execution return
ed nulla bona and nnn eat inventua, where
the constable nee been at the pltee of de
fendant's last residence, each mile circular,
thiee cents.
Executing order for the removal of a pau
per, fifty cents.
Traveling expenses in eeftHemoval, each
mile circular, tan cenia.
Traveling expenses in all other cases, for
each mile circular actually traveled, counting
from the office of the justice to the plaoe of
service, three oenta.
For making returns to the court of quarter
session* of the proper oounty, fifty cts. esob
for one day.
Mileage for same,counting from residence
of constable to the cocnty seal, to be paid
by eounty, three cents per mile cireular.
For appraisement ar.d all other services,
under exemption act of 9th of April, one
thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, one
dollar.
For serving precept, and returning same
iu landlord and tenant proceeding, twenty
five cents;
Executing writ of posseaeion, and relurn
ing same, fi'ty cents.
When the rent shall be received from the
lessee by the constable, aucb commission as
is now allowed by law on writs of exeeutioo.
Sac. 4. That the twenty-sixth and twenty
seventh sections of the act approved Marob
twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred
and fourteen, and of tba third seetiou of the
act approved March twenty-eighth, ou* tbou-
Troth and Right—-God god.oar Coaotrjr.
I sand eight hundred and twenty, in relation
| to penalties for tekisg illegal fees and bills
of particulars, and hereby re-enacted and
tbeir several provision* ex'ended and made
applicable to all violations to this sot.
See. S. That the provisions of this act
shall not apply to the city of Philadelphia.
Approved—the nineteenth day of April, A.
D.jOQe thousand eight hundred and fifty sev
en. JAMES POLLOCK.
A REMARKABLE NARRATIVE.
Mr. WiHiam Baily, formerly of Lycnville,
Ogle Coonty, in this State, called upon as
and related the following thrilling and re
markable narrative. From bit description of
places and thingejßtifh he saw, we are per
fectly satisfied that hi* statement is correct
in every respect. A gentleman from this oi
ly, who has traveled over tbe country he de
scribee, assured us''that no person who had
not visited these plates and witnessed what
he describes, could aver have related what
he related. He converses in several different
Indian languages, and appears to have paid
close attention to what he saw passing around
htm, during his sojourn among the savages.
He looked well and hearty, and with the ex
ception of hia hands being torn by some
wounds from a tomahawk, he seems to have
su flared no damage. He left on the cars last
evening for Logan Couxty, where his moth
er reside*.
Mr. Bail) left here lome eighteen months
ago with a party of niee persons to engage
in driving teams from the Gulf of Mexico
lo the Rio Grande. They landed at Indianola
and hired lo a man by the name of Rnse to
drive team lor bim. They drove to Nuces
river, and camped there. -While aslee, their
mulea wete stolen by the Indian*. They pre
pared tbe next day to follow them, ami came
op with them at sunset. They saw six In
dians, fired and killed them all, when they
were attacked by about three hundred, who
were scattered in the woods, and who imme
diately fired on the while men, killed all but
Mr. Baily, whom they took prisoner. They
then look him back to the wagons, which
they plundered of all the arm* and ammuni
tion in Ihem. They look two boxes of Gov
ernment, Colt's revolvers and rwenty kegs
of powder. The prisoner was stripped of all
his clnihing, and bound hand anJ foot upon
a pony. They then started for tbeir encamp
ment in*'the Witcbstaw mountains, which
place they reached after eleven days' bard
tiding. , e . ■
Tlrey remained ebeut a week, and
then started on a robbing expedition lo attack
a train on tbe Santa Fe road. They remain
ed about five days wailing when a merchant
train came alnrg. They proceeded to sur
prise the train, and killed every person with
it, took the goods and mulea belonging to
the train and started for the Kickapoo settle
ment, tradeJ off the mules fnr ponies and re
turned to the Wilchalaw Mountains.
The prisoner was kept strictly confined du
ring the night with pieces of raw hide, by
the hands, to a limb of a tree, a* nigh up as
he could reach and stand on the ground—
During the day he was allowed to lie down
and sleeps few hours. During the time Mr.
Bailey was with them tbey went on five rob
bing expeditions, taking Itim always along
with them. The last merchant's train th*-y
robbed they took two men prisoners who had
bravely defended themselves till their weap
ons were all discharged, and who had killed
twelve ol the red ekins. These two were
then taken and tied lo a stake and skinned
alive. Mr. Bailey was placed close to them
and compel'ed to witness this horrible scene.
Every time be would close his eyes, they
would punch him with spears and bayonets
until he would open them, and look on this
picture ol revolting horror. They then took
the skin reeking with warm blood, and slap
ped bim around tbe face ith it, covering
him with blood, and telling him if he tried
to escape Ht<* should be his fate.
One of their excursions was against the
United States mail wagons They killed the
five men with them, tore open the letters, got
, out the money, and after cutting out the pic
ture from the bank bills, threw them away.
They kept all the newspapers that had any
piotores in then*, thtowing everything ate ay
thai was not embeWshad. •
Fot three nights sttsi tt>they did not lie
him up, bat kept guard over him. The third
night they had a big war dance, and in the
excitement forgot Mr. Bailey. While danc
ing around their fire in front of the tern, he
crawled out under the back of.the tent seiz
ed one of the ponies and escaped. He was
soon missed, and was fallowed for five days.
At the expiration of that time they came so
close on him that they Bred at him, which
obliged him to leave his horse and take to
the mountains. Fortunately, he found a
small cave just large enough to crawl in>o,
in which place he remained for a day and
a half, the Indians being so near him that
he could hear their footsteps as they search
ed for him.
He remained iu this position until he was
assured his pursuers had left, when he
emerged from his concealment, and made
a straight shoot forth* Kickapoo settlement,
about 600 mi'ea distant. In about a month
he reached the longed for point, where he
hoped to find friends aud assistance. Nor
was he disappointed in litis. He was kind
ly furnished food and clothing by the Kick
apoos. He had subsisted for the whole
month previous to this, on birch roots, which
he dug with his hands on his lonely march.
While with the Camanches he was fed on
the raw horse flesh. Not a very pleasant
diet, truly. The Kickapoos treated him very
kindly, and showed him on bis long journey
to civilization.
After leaving them, four days' journey
brought him to the Chickasaw's camp, from
whence he proceed to the Choctaw nation,
who treated him in the most hnmane man
ner., He journeyed on to the Shawnee na
tion, where he was welcomed to the best
they had in their lodges. Leaving them, he
next reached the Cherokees, and then made
for Missouri, which State he made some
twenty miles north of the Neosho. From
thence he came to . St. Louis, and then to
this city; having traveled constantly and
steadily on foot for over two months.
As stated before, he left he re last evening
for Logan county, where he has a mother
anxiously waiting his return. Mr. Bailey is
a young man, about 22 years of age, and
born on the sth of July, our nuviooal day of
Independence. He says he is an independ
ent man, but did not feel so at the time he
was witnessing the horrid murder of his fel
low men among the savages of the Far
West. After eignteen months' hardships
aud privations, he finds himself once more
among civilized people, and in a land of
peace and happiness. We should suppose
by this time he would be glad to locate in
Suckerdom, and "roam no more."—-Spring
field Republican.
A Night of Terror—A Swedish Slory-
VBOM THE GESMAN OF GEO. DO RING.
I should in vain endeavor to describe the
feelings I experienced at that moment
Many years have passed away since thai
lime; 1 have gone through much that was
calculated to try the soul; but never had I
feelings equal to these. The purest joy at
the deliverance of my sister took possession
of me, and with it the feeling that I had sin
ned against the greatness and goodness of
the Almighty. I felt the utmost contrition ;
I dared not apeak to Axinia, whose confi
dence in Heaven had never for a moment
forsaken her snd who at this moment, and
with a eteauy voice, was offering thanks
for her merciful deliverance. The snuffling
and rattling cf the wolves at the door roused
me from (he train of thought into which I
had fallen. Rosko had the presence of rnind
when he ran back lo set the horses off, arid
thereby gsve Ihem the chance of saving them
selves, to snatch lantern from the sleigh,
and bring it will; him inlo the bnl. VVe r.ow
began to examine the interior, to see wheth
er we were in safety ;'apd as we did so, we
heard the low growling of the wolves, who
continued jumping against the door, and
eUmilillg Dp egeHMI 111* wimlowi ; hut fortu
nately I lie windows were fattened with very
strong shutter*. Mud walls surrounded us,
and a bank of earth was built Bgainst one
tide ; a little half rotten straw laid in one cor
ner, and by the side of it lay an invaluable
treasure, a heap of firewood, sufficient, in all
probability, to save us, during four and twerty
hours, Irom the severity of the frost. The
old servant lost r.oi a moment in making use
of the discovery. A most grateful fire soon
flamed in the middle of the room, the smoke
from which went upwards and found an out
let at one of those openings in the roof which
usually form the chimney in these hunters'
huts. 1 nuw breathed more freely, and could
look more calmly upon my sister, who had
tat down quietly upon the earthen bank, and
was engaged In endeavoring to restore the
fainting lady's-maid, whom had Rnsko pla
ced there when he carried her in. With the
help of some spirits from Rosko'* flask, she
at last succeeded ; and we all gathered around
the fire, the beneficial effects of which soon
gsve us new life ; and while we listened to
the savage growling of our fearful enemies
outside, we congratulated ourselves upon
having escaped from them. The French
woman, now that the paralysing effect of the
feat had left her, began to describe, and how
she had expected every moment to see one
Of the monsters spring into the sleigh and
swallow all up. I sat holding Axinia's hand,
in mine, and an expression of unspeskable
joy might be seen in the facet of us both—
Old Rosko alone appeared unmoved at the
favor which fate had shown us; he aat look
ing with gloomy thonghtfulness into the ri
sing flames; his brow was knit, and from
'lime to linte be ebook hi* head. Suddenly
we now heard, resounding from a distance,
so loud snd heart-piercing a cry of pain, that
we looked at each other in astonish {pent, and
Axiom crept close to me, tr Ait niety. 1
had never heard a sound like it before; it
could be the tones of no human being that
pierced the air with to much strength, and
I knew of no animal the cry of which ft re
sembled. It toon ceased ; but the piteous
complaint, the complaint, the heart-piercing
distress of that tone, continued to sound in
our ear*. Rosko bad gone uneasily towards
the door, and was looking through the crack
in it. It had now become stiller without,
and it appeared to me that the growling and
howling of the wolves no longer sounded
so directly into our neighborhood. Old Ros
ko came back lrom the door, and he must
have seen in the expression of my face an
interrogation as to the shocking and unnatu
ral tones we had heard.
"Poor Alexander! all ia over with him!
The yonng beast was full of courage and fire,
and no doubt fought his blood-thirsty ene
mies bravely with hi* hoofs; but he was obli
ged to give way; the numbers were to great
for him. Yestir," continued he, "that dread,
ful cry announced to na the death of your fa
vorite horse. I have heard this tone which
pierced to the very soul, on the field of battle.
It it peculiar to etrong, young horses, which
part hardly with their life, and struggle with
death to the last moment. I will lay any
waget it went easier with Cynthia; the ia
i weaker than Alexander, and older too. Bat
I this mnoh is certain, that the poor animal*
have become a prey to tba wolves, which at
this moment are engaged in their horrid meal.
Tbey will toon return, however, more blood
thirsty than ever, for this slight repast is suf
ficient only to stimulate their insatiable appe
tites."
The old inaa had truly spoken. We sat
still, and aa if waiting round the fire ; and a
few momenta only bad passed when we (gain
heard the feet and the panting af the wolvet
close ontside; then they came bursting
against the door and window abutters; then
the growling became louder; and we could
find that, with newly axeited rage, tbey were
trying to olimb up the door posta and the
mod walls in order ro get upon the roof. We
were in the moat anxious eospense. Oar eyes
were fixed on the opening of roof just
above ne, through which when, a puff of wind
parted the cloud of arpoke tfhidb'went up
from our fire, the star-lit heagMhUooked
brightly down upon us. of
smoke was just about to twirl when
tbe lady's-maid ul'.ered a shriek Md, point
ing with her finger to the roof, fell sjtecltless
on the ground. A fearful sight was before
us! Four wolves' heads, with bloody jaws,
and their tongues hanging out, showing their
white rows of savage teeth, were ranged
round the edge of the opening, and looking
down, with glowing eyes, into the Ifismek be
neath. Seen through (he smoke as we saw
them, they looked like demons. At this un
expected sight, only Rosko retained his pres
uncfl of mind. He threw a fagot into the fire
saying, "VVe have nothing to fear from these
four; they do not like fire; it dazzles them,
and they will not be able lo see ug," But
suddenly there came a loud crash io the wesk
rafters of the roof; three of the monsters dis
appeared, but the roof gave way under the
fourth, and hung down within the cabin,
while the creature endeavored in vain to
cling to the ratters which kept braking round
it. It was very evident that it must toon fall
into the flames beneath.
"Away from the ft re !" cried oIJ Rosko to
the two females, who, terrified, fled into a
corner. Then he turned to me and ssiil—
" Now, shoot! Send a pistol ball into the
fallow's body; take a good aim—hit sure!"
He seized '.he gun himself, and stood by
with it ready to strike a blow with the stock.
We heard the creature eroaning with fear.—
It was of unusual and fearful size. I obeyed
mechanically the command of the old ser
vant. I look a true aim, fired, and at the
same instant the animal felt into the burning
pile ol vtfood beneath, from which flew on
all sides firebrands, burning cont wi .piulu
I started back from the flames; but there lay
our enemy bleeding, and rolling itself among
the firebrands, howling horribly and pileoualy
with pair.. Kosko kept his place coura
geously ; and after having raised the slock of
his gun once or twice over hia head, and
brought it down again each time with a heavy
blow, there lay the beast dead before us, its
limbs stretched out stifl from its body among
the burning wood, which, being all wetted
with its blood, gave forth a smothering steam.
Rosko, who had always his wits abont him,
polled it out of the fire, and dragged it into
the further oorner where he left it lying say
ing at the same lime that he hoped it would
be the only visit of the kind we should have
during the night; "but the day—the day,"
added he," in a low tone of voice, "will bring
ua more of such customers than me shall be
able to master."
These words had reached my earsonly;
Azinia and the French woman looked anx
lously np to the roof, to aee whether any
fresh danger threatened us. I drew netr to
the old man, and ied him far away fiom Az
inia towards the wolf, as if f wished to ex
amine it; and then 1 asked him, in an under
voice, what were the fears he entertained for
the day, as I had been in hopes that, when
morning came, the wolves would forsake onr
place of refuge, and betake themselves to the
depth of the forest.
"And even if that mere lo be ibe ease,"
said he, gloomily, "of mhat use mould it be
to ost Tbe horses are dead; and horn is a
weak, tender female, like Mademoiselle Az
inia, to reach the outside of the forest on loot?
Iu the midst of our endeavor, night mould
overtake us again, and the wolves would
know well wfaara to find us. But any hope
of the kind is vain. When the wolves have
assembled in such an enormous mass at they
have done here, they are not ainuu 01 nay
light. So long as our stock of wood holds
out our fire will protect us from any attack
from abovs; indeed, I do not think another
of the monsters will be bold enough lo try
the roof sgain to night; but by daylight the
flames do not make so powerful an impres
sion on them. We must lammon all our
courage and all our strength for whst ray then
happen, and prepare to delend the woman
and our own lives lo the last moment. But
it will be of no use—of no use," added he, in
a tone growing fainter and fainter—"of no
use at all."
1 had placed my whole confidence on the
return o f day; I had already imagined thai
we were aafe at home in the caatle of my
father; —bat now all my hopes were destroy
ed—now, for the firat time, our destruction
appeared to me to be certain—and again all
the horrors of despair took possession of me.
I did not dare to go near Axinia, lest she
should guess, from the disturbed state I was
in, what was the truth as to our fate; I wished
it to be kept from her as long as possible,
that she might continue to enjoy the feeling
that she was aafe until the danger was really
near. The hours passed anxiously and pain
fully by. Axioia had fallen asleep, and lay
reposing like an angel of peace—like a child
who knows nothing of the danger which sur
rounds it. The lady's maid, too, exhausted
by her apprehensions end bet exertions, had
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fallen imo a kind of disturbed slumber or
stupor, Irom which she ever; now and then
awoke in affright, raised herself up, ann otat
ed tseemly at the hole in the roof, and then
sank down again, seemingly (insensible, f
looked at Aainia, and as I saw bet smile in
ber sleep, it pierced me to the heart; t fait
oppressed within me, as if a heavy load lajr
on my breast, from which I could not get free.
In the meantime, old Rosko silently went Ou
keeping op the fire, and appeared to be think
ing seriously about our position, although ho
did not communicate his thoughts to us. Ho
was tighten what he eaid to us about the
wolves; not one of them appeared again
during the night at tho opening on the roof;
but their scratching and scraping, and posh
ing against lbs door, their low growling and
their running backward and forward round
the hot, continued the whole time.
It is not surprising (hat even st this length
of time I should rfcmember accurately every
particular of what we had suffered ; the dan
gers of that moment were such as would
make an impression upon a whole lifetime,
however long it might be. Before, Rosko
told me what he had most to dread, I have
longed for daylight to return; but now I
could have wished the night might be with
out end. But bow senseless was such H wish,
for what could we have gained by it! In
stead of being lorn to pieces by the wolves,
we should bare suffered the lingering death
of starvation, or at best have been frozen to
death! I now felt without hope, and per
fectly desolate.
The stars became paler, the twilight ap
peared above us, the flames of the fire be
came less bright and the day broke. Azinia
slept on ; the frightful howling of wolves,
the increased energy which was evident in
their movements around our place of refuge,
did not waks her; but, st one time, I saw
that her lips moved, and that she was speak
ing. and I drew usurer to understand what
she said.
" Fear nothing, Cassimir," said aba softly,
as if in a sweet dream, "God is watching
over us; a deliverer is nigh !"
I cannot describe the effect which these
words had on me, and how they instantly
filled me again with hope and faith. I sud
denly felt myself influenced b) a supernatu
ral power. 1 felt quite calm with regard to
any future danger, and seizing tbe bend of
the astonished Rosko, I exclaimed iu a cheer
ing lone:
"Courage, faithful Rnsko! We are too
good lo serve as food lor the wolves; a deliv
erer is near."
And he was near. He appeared in the
time of our greatest need, when the fire, now
grown pale under the light of day, no longer
scared our hungry pursuers, which now clam
bered upon the roof in such numbers that it
threatened every moment to fall in upon ua;
and as we looked up we beheld twenty pairs
of savage jawa wide open, thirsting for our
blood,and longing eagerly to devour us. Az
inia had not awakened ; shealept as soundly
as if convinced that the angel of God waa
watching over her. My whole being appear
ed now to have resolved itself into faith in
oor deliverance. I looked no longer at the
savage growling forma above; I looked into
tbe pure and innocent face of my sister. She
smiled and moved slightly, and then awoke
crying:
"He comes! We are saved I"
At that moment we heard lbs report of filly
shots in the forest; a loud hallo and the bark
ing of.dogs resounded tbiough the air, and
' the trampling of horses' hoofs came fast to
wards us. My sister and her maid started
up ; we heard oor enemies scrambling down
Irom the roof, we heard the howling of the
aoaltered wolves in the distance, and tarn
cried:
" We are ttved !"
Rosko went and looked through the split is
the door, and said:
"Tnere is a wolf honi; tba wolves bavn
fled, and the hunters are just breaking out of
tbe wood."
Ha threw the door wide open, tod we
went out inlo the space before the hut; free
dom waa again ours; and we had the joy tn
see at the head of the troop of horsemen who
bad ihus rescued ua, the frier.d whose house
we had left when we started on our journey.
How is it possible to describe the delight of
our meeting, end our thankfulness! We now
relate in hasty words the fearful circumstan
ces of the night; and OUT friend told us that,
shortly af'er our departure, news had been
brought to bis castle that a heard of wolvea
from the bouedlese forests of Lithaoia, had
entered the forest through which we bad lo
pass; that they bad already committed grsat
destruction and devastation, and that the in
habnante of tbe immediate neighborhood
were prepared to begin a general attack upon
them. He bud been seized with the greatest
alarm on our aocount, and bad seen in a mo
ment all the danger to which we were expo
sed. He had assembled around bim all those
who were capable of taking part in a hunt,
and waa just about lo hasten after us, when
several landed proprietors in the vicinity de
sired to join his title troop with their follow
ers, and lo accompany him in the chase.—
These new-comers, however, wished not
to set out upon the expedition until the
next morning ; but our friend's energetio de
scription of ibe fearful situation in wniob we
were In all probability placed* at length pre
vailed upon them to make use ol the moon
light night for tbe endertaking; end thos were
we saved Iron a fate at which the iinsgina
lion shadders.
OT A man named John Scott died sud
denly in the Methodist Church, at Calais,
Me., recently, during the services.