_ _ At- t 04-64,1 ^C , D. A. BIINHLEICEDTTO! AND PROPRItTOII VOL. NOT OH THE BATTLE( FIELD JOHN "To all on the ,hetta-field fighting for my dear ountry--thet wotkkt not be hard."—Tee Nrighbure. 0 no, no—let me lie Not on s.tieli of battle when I die Let not the Iron tread Of the mad warhorse crush my helmed head hk to'dkr reeking talks, Thst I have drawn against a brother's Be in my hand when Death Thunders along, and tampion me beneath His heavy squadrons' heels, Or gory (Woes of his cannon's wheels. From such a dying bed, Though o'er it Nat the strips of white and red. A hd . the . hold •etigleirrirdra The elustorod stars upon his wide-spread twinge To valide in my sight, 0, never lot my sPirit take her flight ! I know that Beauty's eye --,- ,a• Is all the brighter where gay penanti fly, And brazen helmets dance, And sunshine flashes on the lifted lance ; I know that barite have sung, And people 'shouted WI the welkin rung, In honor of the brava Who on the battle-field have found a grave ; I know that o'er their berms Have grateful hands piled monumental stoura Some of those piles I've seen : The one at Lexington, upon the grow Where the Brat blood was shed That to m.y country's independence led ; And others, on our shore, . The "Battle Monument" at Baltimore, And that on Bunker's hill. Ay, and abroad, a few more famous still: _Thry_.Tamh,” Thrunisiooles. That looks out yet upon the Grecian sob, And which tho waters kiwi That issue frnm the gullet Makilibl. Arid thine, too, have I acen, Thy wound of eiuth, Pairochia, robed. in green That, like a natural knoll, ttbccp climb and nimble over, ac they stroll Minium' by some urban',l boy, l'imn tin! margin Of, the plain of "I'riy Such honors grace the bed, I know, wherron the warrior Isys his heed, And hears, us ebbs out, The conquered flying, and tho conqueror's shmtt But tut his ryes sgrow dins, What in *column or n mowed to hills What, to the parting w6l, , 1 lie mellow note of Wale.? Whet 010 roll (H Bruins I 10 ; lat me die Where the blue heavens bend o er me lovingly, And the sort atlllUner As Agnes hy me, stir,. my awl white hair. And from my forehead dries The death damp au it mithere, and the skies Seem waiting to receive My soul to their dear depth ! Or let me leave The world when round my hid Wife, children, weeping friends arc gathered, And thti calm VlMit` or prayer And holy hymning shall my soul prepare To go and beet trot • With kindred apiribs—siiirits that have blessed Till' human brotherhood, Dy labors, cares, and counsels for their good.. And in my dying hour, When nches, finue, and honor have no power To beer the spirit up, Or from nilips to turn aside the cup That ullinust.drink at lust; 0, h me draw ram . sitters% from the past Then let my soul run hack, With peace and joy . , along any earthly track, And we thin ■ll the seeds I hitve weltered there, in virtuous deeds, Have ap`rung up, and have given. Already, fruits of whicet to taste in brawn! And though no gram), mound Or gnuair pile six 'tie heroic ground Where my romaine repose, Null will I hope,—rairl hope, perhaps I—that those Whom 1 have rumen to bless, The wanderer mehtimed, the fatherleae, May stand around my grave, With the poor prieoner, and the poorer stare, And brembe an humble prayer, 'Jut they may die like him whose booed alx, moo daring there. FLOWERS Flow**, Flowers! the poetry of earth, Dupulaire, pure, and wild ; With what a strange delight they fill The wandering mirthful child. How passing beautiful they arc On youth's unclouded plain, And yet we 'comely know their worth Till life is on its wane. Then grows their love a deeper thing, As our lone pathway tends Down 'mid the witlicrimi plants of hope, And grave. of buried iriends. (From'le Christian World THE LITTLE BTEP.BON ST XII. AMSLIA p. IV 'MITI I haw • little step-son, the loveliest thing alive, A noWo,„sturdy boy ,ishe f anti yet he's only Ace Ills smooth cheek bath a bloomy glow, his eyes so black as jet, And his lips am like two rosabuds, all tremulous and wet. His days par oil in sunshine, in laughter and in song, API careless as a summer rill that dings itself along ; For like a pretty fairy-tale that'i all too quickly told, Is the young life of a little one, that's only five years old. He's dreaming on his happy couch before the day grows datk, lie's up with morning'. my ray, a.singing with the lark Witeneer the downs are freshad, where'er the anew is green, With light . locks waving on the wind, 61i4eify corm la seen. Amid the wattling March-winds, amid the April shaiiene, •, • wadderwith-the ringing birds, arid blossoms with the limners e - • ' He cares not for this stnuterheat, humus not for the cold, My sturdy littler step son, that`, only five years old. How touching 'tie to sea him clasp hie dimpled hands in prayer. And raise his lit Is ro face with reverential air ! /low simple is his eloquence! how soft his accents Ur When pleading with the King of kings to love And bites us all, ' And when from prayer he bounds "Way i n unto eence and joy, . Tho blessing of a smiling God gcom with the sin less bor. A Ittlo lambkin of, the flock, !lithi ll the girior'd Is Ite , my lovely step-eon, that's only five Aerial fliairsi not told you of pur biota, that in the emu. ' - tncr hours, Sten& In its simple modesty half hid Mori, the I have not said tutu* word about. our mines of wtfigs--,„ Our treasures are this little boy, contentmeut, POnce and health t • For even a lordly r 411, totygatt " : PlLem ' asuiotllgr Without thc gush of his glad voice. the gleams of his bright face 'And wily a courtly pair, I wean, would give their gems „tend gold, For a noble happy buy like ourM souse four or Oro jvdro 0 . • A. ID A N F f .D - THE SOFT ANSWER. MY Y. fr.. ARUM give Mtn law to his heart's content, the scoundrel !" said Singleton, walking backward and forward, in an angry state of excitement. "Don't call harsh names, Mr. Single ron," said lawyer Trueman, looking up from the mass of papers before him, and smiling in a quiet, benevolent way that way that was peculiar to him. "Every man should be known by his true name. Williams is a scoundrel, and so he ought to be called !" responded the client with increasing warmth. "Did you ever do a reasonable thing in your life when you were angry I" asked Mr. Truman, whose ago and respectability gave him the license to speak thus freely to his young friend, for whom he was en deavoring to arrange some -business diffi culty with his former partner. "I can't say that I ever did, Mr. True man ; but now I have good reason for be ing angry. and the language I use in refer-1 epee to Williams, is but the expression of a sober and rational conviction," replied ,Singleton, a little more calmly. "Did you pronounce him a scoundrel before you received this reply to your,ikat letter f f " asked Mr. Truman. "No, I did not ; but that letter confirmed my previously formed impressions of his character." "But . I cannot find in that letter any ev itlence proving your late partner to be a dishonest man. lie will not agree to your proposed mode of settlement because he does notsee it to be the most proper way." "Ile won't agree to it because it is nit honest and equitable mode of settlement, that is all d Ile wants to over-reach me, and is determined to do so if he can 1" re sponded Mr. Singleton, still excited. There you arc decidedly wrong," said the lawyer. "You have both allowed yourselves to become angry, and arc both unreasonable; and if I Must speak plainly, I think you are the most unreasonable in the present case. Two angry men can never settle any business properly. You have unnerssardy increased the difficulties in the way of a speedy settlement, by wri- , ring Mr. Williams an angry letter, which I he has responded to in the like unhappy temper. Now, if lam to settle this busi ness for you, I must write all letters that in future pass to Mr. Williams." "But how can you properly express my views and feelings 'r' - "That I do not wish to do, if ybui'vieerri and feelings are to remain as they now are —for anythieg like-an adjustment of the difficulties, under such circumstances, I shimld consider hopeless," replied Mr. Truman. "Well, let me answer this letter, and af ter that I promise that you shall have your own way. " 1 shall consent to no such thing. It is the reply to that letter that is to mod ify the negotiation for a settlement in such a way as to bring success or failure ; and I have no idea of allowing you, in the pre sent state of your mind, to write such an one as will most assuredly defeat an ami cable adjustment." Singleton paused fol. some time before making a reply. He had been forming in his mind a must cutting and bittei-rejoin der to the letter just alluded to, and he was very desirous that Mr. Williams should have the benefitof knowing that he thought him a "tricky and deliberate scoundrel," with other opinions of a similar character. Ile found it, therefore, impossible to make up his mind to let the unimpassioned Mr. Trueman write this most important letter. "Indeed, I must write this letter, Mr. Traction," he said. "There are some things that I want to say to him, which I know you won't write. You don't seem to consider the position in which he has placed me by that letter, nor what is oblig atory upon me as a man of honor. 1 nev er allow uliy man to reflect upon me, di rectly or indirectly, without a prompt re sponse." uThcre is in the Bible," said Mr. True- man, "a passage that is peculiarly applica ble in the present case. It is this—.A. soft answer turned' away wrath, but grievous words Stir up anger.' I have found this precept, in a life that has numbered more than double your years, to be one that may be safely and honorably adopted in all ca ses. You blame Mr. Williams for writing yen an angry letter, and are indignant at certain expressions contained therifin;— Now is it any more right for you to write an angry letter, with cutting epithets, than it is for him I" "liut, Mr. Truoinau"--.. "I do assure you, my young friend," said the lawyer, interrupting him, "that 1 am acting in this case for yourbenefit, and not for my own; and, as your legal advi ser, you must submit to my judgment, or L cannot consent to go on." "If I will premiss auj to use any .harsh language, will you not consent to lot me write the letter l" urged the client. "You and 1, in the present state ot ydur mind ; could not possibly come at the saint conclusion in reference to what is harsh and what is mild," said ~14Ir. Truentan ; therefore I cannot consent that - ton shall write one word of the itiroposed reply—l mufti write it." "Well, I suppose, then, I shall have to ‘Vheri will it be ready ?" "Come this afternoon, and I will give yO.O the draft, which you can copy and sign. • In the afternoon' Mr. Singleton-tame and received the letter prepared by Mr. Truemen. It ran thus, after thedate and formal edthests- 441 'regref Mint my proposition did not Meat your approbationi.= The mode ofB6l - I suggested was the result of tt careful,considuration of our mutual in, thiSts. , lie kind . .enough to suggest to Mr. Truentan; my lawyer, any plan which you•think . Will lead to an early and arnica. We *status:mitt, "• You may rely upon my • . At' 4 o Meets his 'approbation." "Ts it Pussthle,.Mr. Trucmai, that you ex poet me to sign such a cringing letter as Unit 1" said Mr. Singleton., throwing it down, and walking backward and forward with great irritation of manner. , what in uur uttiectiuit to it?" GETTYOURG, PA, FRIDAY EVENINGLJULY t 3, 187. replied Mr. Trueman, mildly, fur he was prepared far ouch an exhibition-tor feeling. "Objection ! How can you, iikisnch a question'? Am I to go onmy kitees to hint, and beg him to do me justice. No! I'll sacrifice every cent I've got in the world first, the scoundrel!" "You wish to have your business set tled, do you not?" asked Mr. Trueman, looking him stead4„.in the face. "Of course I thi:-:honorably settled I" "Well, let me hear what you mean by an honorable settlement." "Why, I mean"— The young man hesitated a moment and Mr. 'freeman said, "You mean a settlement in which your interest shall be equally considered with that of Mr. Williams." "YesAfertainly, and that"— "And that," continued Mr. 'freeman, "Mr. Williams, in the settlement, shall consider and treat you as a gentleman ?" "Certainly I do; but that is more than he has done." "Well, never mind. Jtet - What - 4 past go for as mach as it is worth. The prin cipal point of action is the present." "But I'll never send that mean, cringing letter, though." "You mistake its whole tenor, I do as sure you, Mr. Singleton. You have allow ed your angry feelings to blind you. You certainly carefullx,,, considered before you adopted it, the pro:posed basis of a settle ment, did you not 1" "Of course I did." "So the letter I have prepared for you states. Now, as an honest and honorable man, you are, 1 am sure, willing to grant to hint the same privilege which you ask ed for yourself, viz : Mato!' proposing plau 'of settlement. Your proposition does not seem to please him ; now it is but fair that he should be invited to stale how he wishes the settlement to be made--and in giving such an invitation, a gentleman should use gentlemanly language." "But he don't deserve to be treated like a gentleman. In fact, he has no claim to the title," said the , young man. "If he has none, as you say, you profess to be a gentleman, and all gentlemen should. prove by their actions and words that they are ,geolle-men." "I can't say that I am convinced by what you say; but as you seem tuliebent on having it your own way, why, here, let me copy die thiug-ana sign it,' said the young man suddenly changing his manner. - it.There,„uoty," he added, passing across the table the brief letter he had copied, "I suppose he'll think me a low spirited fel low,-iifier he geti that: but he's mistaken. After it's all over, PR take good care to tell him that it dant contain my sentiments." Mr. Trueman smiled, as he took the letter, and went on to fold and direct it. "Come to-morrow siternoom and I think we'll have things in a pretty fair way," he said, looking up with his usual pleasant smile, as he finished the diwction of the letter. "Good afternoon,Mr.Singicton," hcsaid, as that gentleman entered his,odice on the succeeding day. "Good afterncion," respondeddie young man. "Well, have you heard from that milk-and-water letter of yours ? I can't call it mine." "Yes, here is the answer. Take a sea and I will read it to you," said the old gen denim. "Nell let's hear it." "D . RAR Eooox :—I have your kind and gentlemanly note of yesterday, in reply to my harsh, unreasonable, and ungentleman ly one of the day before. We have both been playing the fool; but irou are ahead of me in becoming sane. I have examined, since I got your note, more carefully the tenor of your proposition for a settlement, and it meets my views precisely. My foolish anger kept me from seeing it be fore. Let our mutual friend, Mr. True mau, arrange the matter according to the plan mentioned, and l s.lwl most heartily acquiesce. Yours, &e., THOM AR , W 1LL1A,11:4." "Ile never wrote that letter in the world !" exclaimed Singleton, starting to his fee k "You know his writing, I presume," said Mr. Truman, handing him the letter. "It's Thomas William's own hand, as I live I" ejaculated Singleton, °menacing at the letter. "My old friend, Thomas W il liams, the best natured fellow in the world!" he continued, his feelings undergoing a sudden and entire revolution. ”IYhat a fool I have been!" ..... "And what a foCkl I have . been !" said Thomas Williams, advancing from an ad joining' room, at the same time extending his hand towards Singleton. "God bless you, my dear friend !" ex claimed Singleton gasping his had. "Why, whatitas been the matter with us both r'. "My . young friends," said Mr. True. man; one or the kindest hearted man in the world, rising and adianeing towards them, "1 have known you long, and have always esteemed you both. - This . pleas ant meeting and reconciliation, you per- Calve, is of my arrangement. Now, let give you a precept - that. will make friends and keep friends. It has been my motto through life, and I don't know that I have au enemy in the world . . Iris, "II soil answer turneth away wrath, butgrievous tords 'stir up_anger." \YEAR A Sitt.s.—lVhielt will you smile, and make others happy, or be crab bed and make every ono around you raise-. ruble? The amount of happiness you Can produce is incalculable, if you shoW a smi ling facc—a kind heart,--and speak pleas. am words. Wear asmilincenuatunace-- lot joy beam in your eyes, anti !ern grow on your fOrelicad. Tbore no . joy.liko theta/4440rings from p.kiral act ur pleas , ant decd—liud you may feel it al. night when you rest, ,Itt morning when yoi l t rue., and through all the day, when about your burnoose. "A smile; who will raftwe a smile, The sorrowing brearit - to cheer I And turn to love the heart of guile s And cheek the falling tear A pleasant wade for every Giro, 0, 'tie a bleared thing Itwill Thee of rare erase, And sputa of beauty bring." ""FEARLESS AND FREE." THE MAD WOLF. A TALK, OF-THE- ROCKY MOUNTAINS. In the month of October, 1833, I was k on my return from a trapslng tour on . Green _River, the gland Colorado of the iVest, in eonipany with three companions, one named Alexander, a half-breed—Ver boneour, a Frenchman, and an Americdn, named Worthington. After a long day's tramp, we halted in a neck of timber, up on a tributary of the Colorado, immediate ly bordering upon a wide-spreading prai rie ;• and having here pitched our tent and tied the animbls, we started out to recon noitre the neighborhood surrounding the camp ground. The country we had been travelling over all day lay immediately in the path of the roving bands of dirapalto and Crow Indians, and the former tribe was the white mates in v etetate foe. Cau tion, therafore, counselled us to examine the tracks imprinted around us before we ' esigned ourselves to security and repose. Having mounted a willow-covered ridge, near the eneami Nient",l desecnitEriiitii a small valley on our right, and had not pro ceeded far before 1 descried smoke issuing front the covert. Carefully approaching the spot I soon discovered a numerous war party encampment of the Crows, and as they were friendly to the Company I be longed to, without hesitation 1 entered-the j circle seated :wound the lire. ' All seized their weapons with a general exclamation of "June! when, informing them in the' ' own language that I was "Little it olt—: a named cold'erred upon me by ;twat chief ' of their tribe when I sojourned at their vib Inge—they immediately remembered me, and all signs of hostility were stayed be tween us. After a friendly shaking of handy and a ifrort smoke of the calumet, I obtained all the information I needed rela- , tivo to the Arapahos, and with pleasure learned that the war parties of the Crows had driven them far beyond the southern hunting grounds. The chief of the party, and a number of his braves accompanied me a shortdistance on my !thin], and when we parted, it was with mutual expressions of friendship. On arriving at camp, I found my companions awaiting my.coming. Each reported their observations, and the information Vhich 1, imparted was receiv ed 'with general satisfaction. It also con firmed their several reports, all declaring their search yielded no sign of hostile foot steps. Every preparation was now made for a night of uninterrupted repose, and every thing promised the luxury. Our wearied march, with the unecagintr watchfulness . necessary ro - e us down, until a night of unbroken sleep was look ed forward to its the greatest boon cir cumstances could (antler upon us. A foe would not approach us in the position we occupied, with our friendii:thi•erows post, ed in such close proximity. They were nearly within hail—certainly within sound of our guns. A final examination was made of the lariat ropes which confined our animals, and then a short smoko—the trappers' greatest luxury—was indulged in ; after which, spreading the buffalo robes, we dropped off into a slumber that needed no artificial aids to prolong Wits soundness. How long we had lain in sleep I know not ; but, all at once, with a suddenness which started repose into Hight, I telt my self jerked from the robe on which I was resting. My first thought was that lndi ans had attacked us, but the light of the fire discovered my antagonist to be a wolf, who had seized and still held me fast by the left hand. I had ho weapon within my reach, so, without hesitation, I struck hint with my shut fist, and delivering the blow upon his grinning muzzle with all my force; broke his hold, but, in cluing so, lacerated my thumb against his tusk. The whole wati'but the work of a moment.— Alexander, who lay nearest to me, aroused himself, and, no sooner was 1 released front the infuriated beast, than it seized him by the cheek. lie choked it off, when by this dine, Verbancour and Worthing ton, having secured their knives, rushed upon the animal. Each inflicted wounds upon him, but both were bitten. With a, howl which curdled the heart's blood, our ' assailant tied, and disappeared in the dark ness. This sudden and violent intorrup- . Lion to our slumbers was not endured with Christian meekness, nor commented on in I those choice epithets which bespeak a de-' lightful surprise. On the contrary, we all indulged in a few bitter expletives against this nocturnal visitor, and, having thus in I a measure appeased- the wrath within us, wiilittstily bound up the wounds we had received, and once more forgot our dan gers in the oblivion of sleep. When morning broke, all sallied forth, in different. ;Erections, filled with revenge ful purposes against the wolf, believing lie would lurk in our neighborhood. But, al loran extensivesearch, we had to forego the promised revenge, and vent our anger iu declarations.of what we would have done if chance had only, placed Itiin . witlint gun 4ops $p my sawn I again encountered 1114 Crow party, the chief of Which inform: ed me that a mad wolf bad visited their I camp the night previous. Ile had been driven off, however, beforo lie ,Itad bitten any of the party.,. This intelligence chill ed my blood with,a horrid apprehension; and when he added that the animal fled in the direetiiMcf our camp, I felt meted ho had been our fierce vaitor. With gloomy forebodings Of coming ill t returned to my . companions, tultp were peparing for a start. EvOry tiling being in readinesthwe doped the cam ping ground, and, holding Our way down the valley, came upon .the great Cow trace, , where, diseoveriis the tyacks. of a !urge party of white wont We followed Amp altct,tall in with trapping itartrof the, pi orth.Amicrica u Fur fitiuminty. Frain* them I pbtatotel some whiskey and snit, Which 1 applied to.my woundi, and WO. sissmi companions to use 'the entine,pre caution' litititnated that the animal which ; bit - tiOnight be rabid. They laughed at my fears, but after, as I thought) sufficient 'bamusing themselves about my woman it ' , dream of a wolf-bite, 11 Checked their mirth by imparting to them the informs don I had gained front the Crows. Hav ing, however, runiutenecti amusing diens- . . selves at the etpense °tiny %min a noir it of bravdo they_ colnittued, . J was . _ toyed byaliteseniinient of coming evil, and rig. hibited it no doubt in niy• countentatec.— Moreover, between dread of the **lda I hadived,and chagrin at their ill-timed merri t . I was influenced to drink free-- ly of t e liquor. My stolid air of intlitter -0 enee, together With my cottlinnedlibations, ithanied them, for I was habitually tempe rate as regarded drink—but the reverse in passion. An outburst of anger on my tinri would have bean perfectly- natural, and have ahttised them—but my troubled coun tenance; with the quiet despair of my no tions, made them uneasy, and they Watch ed.,..me with. interest. The liquor first made keen.my, sensibility. then imparted a reckless indifference, which was followed by the stupor of deep intoxieation ;. and wrapt in its attendant robe of deep obliv ion, I - fovot the previous night's etteoun ter. The songs and adventure related a round the camp fire on that night were un heard by tneand both _companies .were prepared to separate in the morning before they aroused me from mydeep sleep.. All the painful feelings of intoxication awaked with me, and, stnpittand sick, F made my way to a brook beside the halting ground and laviarmy fevered head in its cold wa ters. Ileni 'Worthington, one of my eom panions,separnted from us and joined the other eaten:my. Bidding him and the mit er party ndiett, we turned our horses' hen& and again took up ner line tit march teethe Laramie river. IVs were in a region where danger lurked in every' bush, and where the footsteps of human beings brought hostility almost as safely as the clouds betoken rain. Thus far, through the whole season of trapping, we hail es caped unhurt, and wore returning richly. laden with the spoils. But while successfully avoiding the sav age foe, a hidden one was at work in our midst more terrible than the Named war riors of the western desert—morn appall ing in its promised fatality than the tortur ing knife of the ruthless red man. Ily dtophobia, in all its panoply of terrera, looked out from the eyes" that surrounded inc, nit& I.thotiglit the madness was relleC. ted back front ins , own. On the day we crossed the ffache-a-la- Poudie river, a colt, on which we hail strapped some lightartieles;betrayedsymp toms of the malady, and for the first time wo had finite! out that lie had been bitten. Alexander and Verboneeer had fastened their guns upon his back, to relieve them selves of the burden while climbing the riv er banks, and now • with , disimry they- ob served him break loose from the. "untie to which he was attached, and with a yell of terror fly front the stream we had just eras sed, the foam gathering around his mouth: lindicating with certainty the cause of his' frantic actions. The arms he bore away were necessary for our protection. 1, therefore started in pursuit—but the mad animal being lightly laden, soon left my jaded mule far behind, and, dashing over a hedge to our left, ire I reached the print-' ontory was far out of sight. Misfortune appeared to have thrown her mantle over us, and, to a dread of the disease which threatened Cis, was now added the loss of weapons. Confirming our course down the borders of the Laramie, which became frozen over by the continued cold weather, we approached the North Perk of the . Platte, and while in its immediate neigh borhood, fancied we observed the colt qui. etly grazing in a plain before us. Leav ing Alexander who complained of being ill; in the tentr'Verbonceur and Myself started in the pursuit. A flicker of hope stole about our hearts, that this indeed might be the runaway animal, free from hydropho bia, which hadfled, by the close proximity of a boast of prey, or' had been only stung to momentary madness by some venomous insect. AsAve neared-the animal, all hopes th,ql-41istance and our ar dent wishes had converted the - hump of a buffalo into the senablani-e of a pack. w filch on nearer approach resolved itself into its real diameter, and east us hack again into ' a state of despondency. At this moment ; a cry froth my companion who was point ing toward camp. directed my attention thitherward, and the next moment I beheld our tent on fire, and the half-breed flourigh inrf around his kead a burning faggot.---! We instantly- turned our horses' heads, and hastened with all speed toward we approached he started off the pack mules with his brand, and when we 'reached the! spot all our worst fears Were confirmed— he was a howling mad-mart. After a violent struggle, in which . he in !liked several blows upon tie both, we suc ceeded in securing his amis, and having bound him upong pallet or skins, we droilit stakes into the frozen ground and there tied him. 'While ho raved and howled, ill the savage in his nature made predominant by I his milady, Verboneeur and myself sat Weighed down- with horrid dread, and were contemplating each other with rear,' Clueled Y htflield it Wild - eitpreadion Mel eyes, and no doubt he'Observed thegarge in mine. Alexander, in the mean tithe, re covered from his cormulslori, and in tones of earnest supplication besought us t o end his torture by sending a .bullet through big His supplications but echoed MU' thoughts which Wore entitling throtighMy inied-1 was meditating suicide with' the conhiess of a wretch whose cup of des. pair W tilledto the firl4 and the tide of which ! but lingers on the brim. Another, and an. other convulsion followed!the progress ofl , the disease upon potty - Alexander; .in Itigt terrible paroxysm' he tore one arm look., from the chords, and with g howl began to! rend it with his teeth ; when we secured! the limb he_tried to seizehia*boulder ; this I we prevented by placing a *trap aerosi his fore head, and fastermig it-on Oath:gide with' stakes—he now bit his lips with.fury.and the foam 114 'dyed gathered about them itt his agony, whiltilhe pupil of his dark eve shottreiand:the' talL - Which a few gays previous was white as the snow upon the hills. assumed a hire as red - as blood. 'All other dangers vanished before this one the savage foe'no longer inspired fear, and he Would have been welcomed to a cotillikl* which promised for us certain death. As the sort of that day of sorrow went down, the half-breed's paroxysm becalm' more vi- IMEMEI olent; and. seatifig"outtelvea bettideiiig rude rimuentin_gotichoytuetwelied him .. through the gloom of night. Morning, - at...length dawned, and we were rejoiced thin with its drat blush the spirit of our ?comrade I fled, leaving his tortured body to its long sleep, - Alexander's knife had been carded oft by the colt with the 'qua, and the amount of arms between -us Was one rifle, two knives, and a pistol; of these my compel) , ion bad but a knife for his share, and I felt 8016111 y glad; for-ho was-an athletic man, who, atmet, in madness would slay me in a moment. I therefore clutched the Wee. pone.. I possegkell'Oitr an eager gripe; and watched my. comradets motions with painful vigilance. -We rebid not bury Al wonder's body, the earth being so-frozen that we could not dig itwith our knivegove therefore, started-down the riverwith the intention . of cutting. a hole through the ice .and depositing it in the ettenun out of the reach of wolves. , Verboneenr first corn. menced-..zuuingluit-lind_tutt-succeedetl-hi making a crevice before he snapped his blade oft about- midway. Thin_ aceklent at any time while in the ofokintairis, Would have been looked upon , as a great misfor tune—in our situation it was viewed as a frightful calamity—a loss which rendered us weak and helpless in - defence and which it .was impossible to replace ; • and yet par adox writ may seemEwhilktgrievetlil re joiced, for while it diminished the number of-our- trestiions, it rokthini .my _companion i of the only. dangerous One he had. left, and one I had looked uponwitli dread. I rep resented to him the'neeeselity of carefully preaervintthe other knife,' and he silent-. et]; we therefore cencleded not to risk it on the ice, but folding- Op tint remains of our dead companion -In a - buffalo - robe, left it upon the prairie without sere:dusk with' , the winds alone to murmur his dirge. So perished - the first victim of the mad wolf.- When we again started mycompanion asked me for the pistolin my bolt and the knife in mv - sheath; Whieliltd argued Would he a fair envision of the weapons,-and I had no good reason for refiteing- hint, nth or than my wakeful finks; b ut tptitlitint Off with efanteithaft wkihont ,plane them in proper order before I r_egigned them. He funded and we jetirtioyed . On. After obserilni his - eatiniehattio for-some One' 4 begim to ktreonetirede.4l looked., calm and undisturbed, and'his step display ed a firmness grud - deeilskin width I believ ed could only belong to health lii hotly and mind . . While thus growing ht hope and co.nlidenett, and when on the very eve, of yielding. up a weapon to- hitn i e /wolf fiowl ed -in our immeiliate-ntieborhoOdrehd+ could see him shudder.,,the rimseletrof*his lace edntract,.and, his eye marmite en natl• stud lustre, whiles low groan broke from hie heaving chest. I hugged the weapons in my possession with `increased eager% . nets, and clung to them with a tenncity founded upon absolute fear, for I conjec tured, that the seeds of the dread malady which carried eft' our half-breed rompan.. ion *ere making themserves manifest in Verbonceur. In crossing a 'small branch which emptied into the Lartnnie, tagain watched his features, and all the syrnp. tome of hydrophobia 'burst forth in , it,par.: oxyam, unmistakable iq ita dltatact. lie instantly rushinl 'upon me,.Whett with the heavy %Mr' Pf. MY.igg ifelkt4 Wald:Met) less--ttiy rears hail' made me - Hereulei in strength—and then leaping upon hie 'senseless body . l hound him with a ktrial rope so tightly that in‘ Vent he' atrugglid for freedom. I ant down beihre him *iith my teeth clenched, and listened unmoved to his ratings and prayers for death-4.1. like Aldiiiider, besought - me to despatch him—bat finding that his supplications. [did not move tee; - he broke Into horrid lin. precatioda and threats, swore that he Would kilt me--that he would tear one with his teeth, and, bound as he was, rolled his body towards me. I hold hint down to the earth, and he again reliii - Sied ,into dreadful convulsions. My despair had now no lower depth, I looked upon my remaining comrade and shared in 'his agony, for I expected that inevitablems fate my turn would.fome next: and yet,,witit . this holierineymg dt my heart some Un known power of the human will held back my hand when I would have-yielded to my comrade's entreaties for death. • • At times the resolution to despateh him and follow it up with my own death, was on the very eve of being continuity:tied, when a whisper of hope would Ind me to firmly Stiffer on. Worn' Out nature eetild anti se bear up no lohger without reprise, and se wearied 4 7 08 I in mind and body, that al.' moat uneonacionaly I Sunk into sib mho'. While the fire at my feet grow "More and mareilinc r -my-veicses Wandered away in a delightful &elm to the Amide of my Ati hence, anti the' Wikimatit of tifti trapper's lire f its ninny perils tind'hardaliiris t incited away in the soil-sunlight of an auttimn sky, which , seemed - to throw its golden beams twee my far off home. There the settler atnoked hirpipsinleetteirrAthrhohifehold slumbered in peace, and the morning sun awoke him'td enjoyment instead Of fear. My dream had taken the hue or tug impel and wishes. While , my itenses Were thug Wrapped, the report of fire-arms (Repelled thu and net knowing,for a moment Whether-it was a dreatn ot reality, I sprettg to iny - feet - Mill felt for was gene I 'stood for • motneut canceling ;my thoughts. and' p:nttly Waiting' lb feel the egret's of the wound, bat Ym inmsationt of pain ntaitifestitot •itself i a" brand tront4htfinitniltleting fire and held it over mrcorttitaition t all was tolved et'a glance —he had his straggles yeleasetl one arm, and a lueitl lit interieniitg, Vorboneeur had &avid the pistol ' front my belt, while slept, slut hir egoey by his etre hand." 1 vio:is now ularte—:fat In thei Wildernesii —a d/eadful apprehension of the poison being hi my veins ever present to my thoughts—and tints seated in darkness by my dead oompanine, my heart bowed down and my mind cheerless an 'did gloom'stir. otind ing roc, I yieldedio the feelings which Nbere preying upon my manhood, and wept ke a child. Morning at length (hit fled, and Wow lily dead rump:mum up, as we together had pleviuthdy bestowed the lint TWO DOLLARS PER 064. NEW SERIES--N tititim; I mounted n'mnle, and With the pachianitnals permed my solitary My march was one of indifference; and I with a kind of kellsli daring, I plunged through every stream inipeding toy prof gresi, and drank freely of their waters, in. siting as it were the madness I was Sure would come. My progress was tedious, difficult, laborious and fall of hardships, but at length, almost worn down,t arrived at our trading post on the North Pork Of the. Platte. When I presented litytelf to the commander of the post, he dirt noire cognise my gaunt form and seared visage, thifferhig, both of body and mind, had so stamped my featutes, that I looked like Rome escaped maniac, and the uneasy pearance of my sunken eye made old friends look upon me with stispicionthet , thought I was crwd. Whop I told In:) , story and showed the tvotmns upon - My hands inficted by the rabid tvolf, and relate. tett the death of my eolurades, they shook their fiends with doubt, and I could heat it whispered among them that some - dreadful 'affray had occurred between us resulting in their death. Others suggested that the savages had slain my me minions, SIM that through suffering alohe in the wilderness, I had become insane. All these doubts worked ttpon my troubled mind until rea iton• did,indeed totter upon its 1110)0. A few days after my arrival at the North Pork post, an express rider arrited, who Ittal passed n night in thenamp of the A merican trapping pant', our companion, Worthington had joined, and he not only heard per encounter with the mad wolf I relatet4hut the fact of his having the mat udy -dreadfully confirmed in the death. of Worthington, who perished in their camp Wider all the certain syniptoms of hydropli: hie,' My story being thus confirtned and' painful 'suspicions removed, I lilt a change in the tone of'my mind; fears which had harbored there began to diminish in julep ! . sity. and no symptom pf the much dread ed malady appearing, hope grew strong Within too. - This preduced a correspond- , ing improvement in health, until gradually the marks of my dreadful march disap: meed from bath form and (eaten, ~.J.ltaye.ofteanium nitileavorqd to Assign' a cause for my escape, anti have int fre quently been led to attribttle it to thy free use of liquor and salt, at tint meeting with . the north-western trappers—tombinett t they nullified the poison. Pitmen years have passed since the adventure, and witlig . thankful heart! chronicle the fact that no vestige of its effects remains, except the vi vid recollection of our night encounter with .the-Aftt L. Fqf of the Prairies! . • TILE, EMANCIPATED BLAtEEI OH' JAMAICA We had an opportunity on the last Slib: ballt i or learning some interesting facts lit refatiort to the'EmaneiLtated Slaves of the Glint' 1 of Jamaica, front a discourse ered in one of our Ow churches by the Rev. Mr. Ittorsitsw, who for maity,years .has been among these sons of Africa as rt. misstonary. The present colored population of Ja maica is about 400,00‘1 1 / 4 --the *bite reek dents ttf the island numbering only about 50,000, The colOied population for the Most part consists of the slaves Who were emancipated by the llfitish act of August, 18381 the remainder--the browns as they are calletibeing the offspring of the eonn . eubinage which' s() universally existed pre vious to emancipation. Mri Renshaw captained, sntisfitetorily, ono or-two factstonnected with the hose.. ness of Jamaica, front which inferences have been drawn unfavorable to the change whieli,has taken place in the condition of the working population: There had been a Wink off7for instance, of about 33,000 hogsheads of sugar, in theexports trout the island, The inference, drawn from this fact, that the negroes had become more in , dolent tender a state of freedom s was nut fonntied in truth!. The degrees had now many more wants than *hen they 'very in their degraded condition as slaves.-- TlTcy now used sugar themselves largely. Allbwing them , 15 pounds a heml annually , Wore than they formerly used, it Would more . than make good the delicincy in the exports. The decrease in the valtte Plantation property, too, bed been adduced' as no argußtent against the tenditibiriif freedom in a pecuniary point of view,— Tina decritase,. however, was .clearly Re counted for by the exchange in the policy of England in reference to the products of its colenies s .frOM that protection which amounted to 11 prohibition, to free trade,. which • gave the augur of Jamaica no pre. forenee - in the English market, Since emancipation, the legislation'of the coldrif bad entirely changed, as regards the,colored population. Many ol ' the same gentlemen were still in the governments it was true, but they were now as kind and cottaiderate towards the negates, as they once were necessarily cruel. An itapre: , ved System of prison disCiPlire had *lt adopted;a lunatic assylnat had been es + tablistreil, at an expense of .100,000; a bundant provision had horn made for en. lightened medical attendance upon the 10+ boring people ; public schools hail boon es. tahlished ; a general interest, in litte,.was manifested in the welfare of the laboringg. population, and alt public measures.luoked io the amelioration of their condition, A great change', :mil att entirely aponta , ueaus One, had idsu taken place in the mu rals and manners of the white population. 'riot to emancipation. marriage was vir, wally prohibited by the etiations ot sock, ty, and, eoneubionge NHS uniteraal. Ind temperance and other vices generally pre. voiletl. Now public sentiment regarded marriage ati honorable ; ctowtsbinago had. to a great extent, disappeared. and the pito ciples and practice of temperance *aro commonly 'cherished. The prejudice lo gainst color had been almost tottiirely re moved, The brown elassi once prowilmak uow took a position in .society. 'hot *aro found in all publio stations, kWh is the-legislative tra i l-judieisl branches 01 . golerament. There was in fact nu disc•A• tinctimi as to cempletion, and no bid: u 4 that account to die bowl reciptueiiies $O4 amenities of life: The change in the condition of the 4.4 grin," had been ♦ei/ great—no much so that it hail ni.eraltt/ a' , a hhitliminis lo A ••%4 • 7 *L-,41,10t ig#l o 4 4o ±q , ' f 4-4 ' .a iwp +y~ :^ ~'~t~
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