Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, November 09, 1860, Image 1

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"CIIRONirLE; estilli.!:. 1 in IS I" Vv'linle No., f65.
0 X. V.OKDEN AND J. R. COKNELir S.
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LEWISIWRG, UNION CO., I' A., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9. tSCO.
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u ..ne'poiiJruw of til Mar A 1 tirou! '.J ! i(u ce bail upoo U bU iuCrifM,D t-J "The Week H T" Ciiivtd Vl!?;tS
T ( r.litari-il Tin Tt!!lA Crand Kri. TanaV & snl.fMiM moriiiniPDt with their rar.oo&fM lai-htd tu boards
li; v. ut via jjuiii'iiut i iul amuii 1 i - - -
Al.L-Ai.os;-iiti;E, Aug. 23, '00.
Time will uot allow a detail of thc nil
Dy interesting historical an J personal
events which leap to my pea's end in thc
rich and p pulous valley of the Mohawk
riviT. We pass the Sauriuoit bridge,
"11 u is ihu devil, tin mil iive
fr im .b ,., a i.'ight Ano::& thu wolves.
i 1 i uuw-
I "I!.-i.-WHi.4i Ml!,.. ,. nn t-"r !.:.! tU !..!.
of tho enterprise and Iiberali'y of iLc swurg on their bacris, rr tbeir lazy lords, iaiii,uu,.il.uiiin.n.ii.i I tor, with a strong accent on the "can."
State tf New Yurk, ar.d ,.f il.e s.gcity ' selling lasketa end legging food aud , .t.j i.u u.. .u.uJ.'-mt. , ,.lhc.r(J u .,ur 1Vc, in tl.e riD 1-
r,r,,l r.f li..vitt (;:.. ,n .t il.it "eider:" aud we drew much amuscmeut ! "Mike, what kiud of ui"Lt would tbis fail " said I, as I cau;;h'. sight of the eve-.
time Governor of tie State." l- iotin? frun their ttcu.pt tu use tbe wotda aud be f,.r fire .bootic ?" (aid tba Duetor to ; D1ou(.g rapu!!, ! of lb. m, ,.t 1
tv a til L;j ii lua ulucr wa point it
d)Q."
Uirg ! snan 1 J rhc pistol, and I beard
a t!iu:p on the r.vtsd, as Ibe poor fellow
tLrt-w away ti.e u..v u' le? weapon.
il li on, l'ukc ; toLe heart, uij dear
am Drolablv not exact as to the words, lut ; l.iuonJa" fount;
ould ffive more Tit cr.e ef those rlutrs la the fctate. J he ua:ne ia f aia i j Mt
If-!''
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lilt iOITJJUJ;
Licit I: t t.lliUli. d
:vr .be wtrui-cateo timlir. not long uce ; fif otber Ca0a, crcctl!r, tbaU f..r ,tl- ru?- a swamp or n.ar,h. Tbe w-lley fuu'b Oi
. . broke down aa two ralway tnib. going ot w,ji(.u our oaui;smiltic3 ,re uow Sr.cc i a ceutra! point of the Iro-.
rppoMte wajs, pres-td upon it at once- : laf m!d Qvcr t y. w,cro the "c.Minc.l fire" was tfltn ;
causing much eufftfriug aod tbe lure of; WLziog by rail along tlw dead-levcl ('...bud, and where wis a dense p-pulation. .
many pu ciuus live?. We cross tbe Oris-: eoBatf contrasts somewbat with mbnt ' fti-j were costly hostile to tbe American!,1
Uoj, tot fir from tbe bloody defile wbtre etcen-d tip-top traw!ic, by ''pui-'u- an i t. rv cbinsiou-i to oar V.'hig fjtbers. t
ci-loats," 'JO and I'O years s.-o. 'it,.--who
traveled rs, eijrlit vr tea loil.-- an
Lour, thought it fist work, auJ l.-.k
witbsotiiecunten.pt cn re.-pec'a'jle '-i:-je
beats." which, bavit. more freight and
canin tr.'. i fur a weei oi travel.
'Su-so," replied M.ktf, Wlloot look
inj nri.
'1 am g 'iti,;, I think." i u.au ef too 1!..
No answer. Mi'ie put on the mealed thus.; eves r-'iiu
" That's no deer," iid IVkf, "m c'-t-ea-foot
cvu'.a k i r t!. t ii.i-f..;i that
;ty. I wuu.-l riti.ir s e il.v u't'.t laut?-
M.iUtlt.'.-o lt.--l el-
A. b-j iH ; k':.
. ..... ... it i
;:,muruM;i nm ibe Lravc low-Dutch Geueral, lleikimr,
tl'-i with
: r ti n (.!.'' i
r.c.ivcd Lis death-wouud from the Tories
and Indians, and lost so many men, iu the
lltvoiution. Within fi.'leeu miles of I li
es, we reach tbe village of Home, which
l.".ks as if it might Contain ccar'y lu.'.'UU f.ffer fces to change, were n-.-s.-narily
i un..Lii;r' u
t -re,
1 t!t Kltlj,
lLtiabitants. od tbe site of iort sranwix.
'ir, ("f Kevo!u:iuuarj c.-lebrin) built iu 170b
1 he 31 .hank, cuming lioiu the Loitb,
litre turns piare easi, aLd empties ii;to
lie lluJsou aud on ihc Wis', a tii .rt
distance, Weed creek runs into Lake Ou-'
li.'.a, which is ill miles bug and 0 or fc
Lija.l, and tuip'.ies into l.-ke Utari .
tlr u'u the Uw.go rivtr. Ih.s shorl
r.ver diains a larfje tract of c-.ui.try, eui-
s!.i.ir. Yet th-it in: decf loota iti'n bad
i s advautaes and c. mfurts to pce-pe nat
ia a hurry.
(.)., the l".':li April, ITT!', a detu-.-h'neut of
J.i Atu.tictts frutu the Mehawk attwked
;:.v u-.u ia;;j l-tivl.s, routed the warriors
i.-' ri, t urot-j their binidinir-, and n-luri.-
e.i it!...ut tho i;-.-3 of a in. it. T!.'' .-a:i:c
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Jrur, ti-ll. .-:ji!:v::i C.UVl.-CH iU ilt.ilautl
hwaitiiv atiti t ie 2 t.ry o! tjs n ':') '
(r at least of the Ou-.n Jajt i-) as a hli!-
moce"..io, an i drew oC the other. ; I saw ia the inky dtikuc-". ai,.rl . u-,
"P ) yu think we ?au kill anything?" . another pair cf eye?, anl tw "r 'l.r.-e-':;'pJ-,c"
replied Mike. . j airo on tue lift. The truth fished on
''L'oiuj, Chaxlie. let us try it for a little n.a. The tuti'.'.j ' f the d.;r, th-i rrux-
while.
This was nil a ru"C on the part of I'oke,
in order to mak; l kt tn.nS i"ir great
hunt was au un". inedila!' 1 alf.ir, and
tii.rety itcrea'j the glory i f tillir-i s-
Lai t
.-i be
was ti'
l)f a cjuI day you could read
!ecp R iihuUt any j ir .
of locks ou this long level, i r hard onts
anjwber?. Hit, hot das and 1)11.!?,
what a j.urgat. ry ! what a hive for gnats
and inUMi'iit 'Cs '. and bow tho "fever'u'
ag.ir" did ? em i-. rise visibly along that j
moist bee-lino 1 'i i.e Hallway sought the I
Hit; ttatl
in'all t!.
s-vc t:..
i O 'i. . 'i I..:'.'..: r'l
V. ijelivV' r l': t'-
ii. ! A n i co i
land hf i: u tr.ivt
tieili-'.ions t"
iried.
unity in tin
rind was
.:. 'ii, and .
o i.;.p.
V I::.', a ehaii;
t igi.ty-i i.e jears
i; -.i.t- I t ) every
fawed ficedy
ii.,; L Hi mliiies
i .r-hmton se: t'. a
1, l.'.w iv ;oM his au-
; :a!. d by ih realiiii s !
l :i.ll; V, .
Ljt;sr3 cf Gas.
inu.h suae. It
r.-.eu us, diirin - t'.-i day, that Would
try liie-hum iiijt thai ui;;ut. It prjuiisi-
to l-i a ci-mdy night, winch was of great
a-lv utaw, u) it prevented tie game in
seeiiig uu thiu i i the L'ialers, and at !.e
sa.ne lijie Iei.iitr-2J their fyes more . 2 e
t.ve wh.a ci; j.-ed to lUi tcr:h ;:gnt.
V.'e bad evju goae S3 far as to make cur
piich-t ino t .rehes, and the. whole prepara
in.u was compl-.t?. It sas a i-ariy of tw
i he llje'.jr and myvlf. There nould be-
rather more intrrcs: la g-tt.r.g t.ie gam-
iui'7 of t': 9. i'.d-f '.ll, tSa re.iie-snss el
lLo.a La'.eful c; e-, a.l g :7 uij the clue
the w -jives ...I-; ar..nt. 1 u !
A w.:r 1 to l'. kf, and the i-ffi-r tru rx
('allied, hid v sio. l s':.i f r c i:-':l-J-tion.
We trie J i.:-.v n mr fin;
Ljt it -s L' Us , ih.' were sainrat-. j
l b Water. V.'e !-.'::.id I'jKal J the Ca tup,
but I a our c-iiiuri .u ) f-r.; -t ti.e dirt e
t)!:, it is e.-T fn 'TcT to aT tk
'l!?.r', l it -.v . :i ih tr heels a littla
1. 1 r. ih.n n-ii. I a:u tr.ibin a foot of tba
Leii I.' U'l O dear I"
At in. n. ui-sf, I tbiogbt I saw
lih: fl..-i..itg il.r-iug'u the foliage. A
in. ii.-M m i-, I was tare of it.
'i'ok-, I'ok.-, they are ejuing HID9
one i- coining "
Where; wh-rc ? O dear, I a't turn
my heal lest I fall o3."
'Tnere th.-v cjrr.e : I sc tbem tbrea
toret.ts ;
A J
'G.-.d Ideas thcuil 'I beard Toka say,
Mntly.
I w-5 aTr ill be wns faint. ng "ITolJ
on, I'. ke," I said, and, tereamin to the
n, I cii!;i ca thea to hurry. Un tbey
eiaie, at a run. I recogniud them as
tn-y cime nith their torches flashing
through the wools; they were Jacksoa
scene, our tfrca was alr.tfst Lurnt our let and Lis rneo. He had been 10 our camp
that die, aad the rest cjuld be easily di- only the day previous, and told us he bad
v.nfd. I a siecp f .rui in thisneighborbood. '-Qiick,
e v;ere s anding, at the timo, under a this wav," I s'a .uted "the woUrs ! tba
grove of small j.ecaa trees, and at that in- ivrs !'' He ar.5ercd me. How bles
siant a low s't 'rt r n Lard, from the std a thins was the fouud cf a human
T j L 'jilt-en the in.
t:.
th i IjV? near n, l.ke the c .ugh
Toke did not say a wcr i ; Lut, dr-pp
of a d -2.
; v .;c la cur treessity .
', d.r the trees we were in.
They came ua-
t - . ... ... I l . : 1.. .1. ... M ... I. rtn .1. - 1 I. r.f ... ( t.u I. II ', k..a ,M H t hIim
brac.ug Oneida, lliioudaga, Uiisoo, . .auc- 6ame emootb, even r..uie, cast up bj, .Nature While gas, tor liluminaung urp .sc b fi,e.4u.ioting wA well known, aud we Luew ' i, ets over bis bead, wita an agiiny f r ' are the woiees ? ' be shouted, ia bis sten-
T
;i;i..-n lwn-1 :
t rt- '-r.it a
Or Star cnD Cljron'ulf.
Mt:aY. ;V.'. IMi
ut
' ateles.O JsCJ1Cayuga,SeU.ca)Crc'oked,aud
; Cai.auUaigua Lakes. Uonie is thus ou the
' summit level between the Lakes aud the
Ueeau, being 4:15 f-.et above tide at Aiha
: ny. About ITh'i, the Western Naviga
u .n Company'' made a short canal be
tween the Mohawk aud Wjd creek. This
was deemed, both before and af:er the
Revolution, naruie's ouu Lighcay for a
water CtiuiniuD!C4'.ion, st.i was cjiite a
'carrjing place" for a !i:ne; Lut toe Os
wego and Mohawk rivers are unsu.tcd and
insnlheient I r the iaamensc trade and
travel ot our day.
Tne region was bon'-n d, in the summer
i f ITS!, by a visit lrom the immortal
W AsntNoT'iN, a comj aniv l by (j .virnor
li bulieiE t. L1MON '"U have a Vk ," is
U ashing:, n arie, ". f that tract .V coun-
..! X .rthutub. riaii-1, l'a-k r iry wliieii is sa much c.l.htated f r the
aul c-'W O'irti'j of I'.-ntre ttr i.ny of i s s ul and the biuuty of its
rv t..r ra- s.iua:ion," as well as lo s-e the I r;s and
toe sires of iu.pert.int batliis and treaties.
Ih y went as fr north as Tieonder-.gi
days s.nec, a tt:gt.t, iive.y
t-n -:-ars, pi---.i through
,jiug to Ar.msbur, u ff'j'tt, '-y
..-. fr m Ilittg r, in Miinc, -ihe pr
iiviDg beeu safely delivered from
,: -.t 1 1 A;- tit.
S Tae West llrinch has shirel well
. r.-rtiors, re.-pi.tlv. l'.igl- r
'. I' ll L-ek
i.rc mil. j,
ik.-n -ot-'-- -iot,
There's u. ore g '
of ('..ar
il1 uuioer gromog.
Skk Toash Old "Srjcts."
Evl l';.-Ci", at Wa-!iin'oii d-ir-
2 tar t ;t ot tt.C 1 UIM'L i.T V ALLS 10
fW V. .11 ot
for travel; and the necessary draining,
cutting down the wood for fuel aud letting
iu the sun, have made thousands and
thou-ands of acres of dry Ian 1 which I Used
to see iu dark, dank swamp, d-c:u- -1 jes
tilential and worthless. Lire f-rms of
grazing aud graiu !at.it, with fine improve
ments, and the Lu'.u if inlustiy, bow
greet the travci-.-r, where Wire si lately
scrubby woods full of the sot.g of the frogs
aud the owls. The vegeia'ole deposits of
ui.kntwn centutiis make a soil neb ia al-:
most tverv thing rcn'iiud to eiitei iuto the
stoui .ch ol mau cr Least.
Thtre are many '-.-ruiNr.s" through this
region which Lave a local celebrity f.-r
medicinel (('laiities, aul ti.-3 't loei.ia iul
phur," and the '-(.'lifioa" ia Outario cjuu
tv, are knowa abroad, due "Miipbur
.-' rings," in an open w lods, I think iu
O .sc., iu self aud othercutaitoUsly-afil-c;-ed
urchins were once ex. led to, on a fo i-oiag-
wewash.d iu its wiiten, wh.eh;
pr. eipiiatid a su.pnury otor, antl uaa Col
uinversaliy conceded to Ite a ji.-ai "imsii- .
luiioii," it must not b9 forgotten thar :
harm and death, as well as litjnt and prof- '
it, sometiraes r-e.-u'.t fi'-ia its use or misuse. !
A c.rt-aiu pro-irtia-i of g-is ciinjleJ v.hU
common air forms au ixpl-i.dve latxtare
which, when ignited, proiuc.s ctcadlul :
e '..sf fjU:;nces. t-uch an accident c-carred
r.-ci titty in Kogtaud ; and tho'ig:i s fir -away,
the warum" should cot pa.s unheed
ed by uny who usj this serviceable aud
r.l fd:eut, hut fjwtiful agent. "There had j
which I ha 1 never gucn mm tbe- Ka-t,
credenj?, elevated h.tiise.f to the crotch, j
about tea feet lrom the. ground.
; 1 did L t Want to do auvthip j of the
; klud, of course n:t ; I w u d rather hive '
placed my back ag.net a tree, anl won a
-.ioii-'Us d.-a:b iu tattle agaiust my tumor
ous foes; lut, alack 1 for a bad example, ;
, 1 dropped the lor.-h, that broke iu p.r.-es
iu fal.m.', an i e'.a-i ing the nearest tr-.-',
r t .1 ft the 1'UIM'L
r-.f. 1'rc. .AN, s-ruek a i
i;1.: it.. :. h" u.f ruled th- 1
".It le e.nsii.rtd one of his moth, r's
I,0p'-e, fince he was born on Ilri--a
s il bef.re the Americans obtained
.:.t I'i'pecdecec, and bad never f rt
ra al.eg'ane-, cr been t,aturaliz d '.
3 t:e?amei k-.-n," the v. ur-rahie M.-ssrs.
.:..tr, Straw 1-riJge and J-h-.iTer (and j-i-r-tf
others j of Lewi-burg are also hound
3-.it Sri-ain, and it might be w under-
ut t'j-y ar never ciiied on to show
"tvp-rs," cr ebalirt-g-d with the fact
it '.i-:; were h rn ou'side the I'l.-ion,
t-ri-f re natural sulj -cts of Her M
;J a' i-.t whose pre LcesSur's crown they
J an-.
ad Crown l'oint. then to icbi-nectada i n od..r cf ''Arabv the blest ;" Lut we took
and as far west as Wood Crc.k, thence to borne j ilts of tbe lio-nd, k-ft it iu c 10I pie-stye muiure
ihe O sego Like (which is oue head i f cellars, drank it p-nuri. -a and tuose
the f-u:iiiehanu) aud its p rage with qjentlv thetelo Were relieved of ihe severe
nee that the Mohawk a j .urney of . Oil miles, -tiekiing propensities ( I the i-piutrmts .
mostly ou burseba. k, thr. ugh nn "uustu !- SvitACl'siU is the modern name for "Salt
ied wildtrness." Washington sjou after l''iut," which, with the adjacent Tillages
wrote of this trip that it gave him cularg- 0f Gedles, Palioa, and L.verpiol, must
ed views if the importance of the inland comprise 50,000 people witj-.a a circuit of
navigation of the new empire; aud it ten miles. It lies at the south end of
d iuLt. ess stimulated his well-known sub- Onondaga Lake achcettf water say two
stn-ient efforts for tbe water connection of miles wide by five or six long, having Ged
the Chesapeake with the Ohio efforts al- des on its south west, Saliua on the eas,
iio st iuilicctual wLen compared with the and Liverpool on its north-east border
vast success cf New York. ' the latter village bavin' a charming lo.k
The L'i.ngest Canal Lv:vel in tbe fIOm tbe Railroad under the t-( a sam-
wc-rid is said to be tLat, commencing be- mer's sun. Syracuse issaid to n.- growing t
low Utica, extending west nearly to Syra- faster than any other iulerior city iu
CU5(; almost frrcu'y milts without a lock. ; State, and vie9 with Utica and it
the
hestcr
!1 .wever, we "reck in" the These figures well illustrate tbe high, uni- ia the extent of its traveling raminjatiocs.
t of oar IuJepcndenee by form stretch of land between the Outario (Its "underground railroad" has a "nation-
iins. Most of this al" rerjutation unsurpafscd.) The bu;lJ-
be would not go with us so constant a
tunrer scorn- d so prinii:i7e a snare as the
one we piopcstd. Tbe negroes we did
not atit, for Ihc fewer ia a party the bet
t.r. t'.i, oae of us taking a gun, and the
othir earning a torch, wc lett toe camp.
Tl.? beys were chuckling tfg-the-r as
tLey wa'ched us go, the d 'gs healed be
cause they cva.d cot gt with us, and
M.kc .'ive one of Lis expressive coughs,
tnat saiJ as pia.niy as words, ".Now lor it. i whieb La; p.T.ei t j Le a mtuium sii-; guta
We rtre toon outside the glare cf the tree, s-ou scrambled up t a place ef sa'e-
Leeu au e.-ci; e of gas :a this house," says caTjp-fire, the little creek was crossed, and ty. Lucky it sas for me that 1 L id that
the account, "and when a candle was our .,r, h C ..-bed brightly on ths tapciit.g t.reh ia my hand, for when it foil, it lay
lighted in the cveuing, ia cxplo.-:jn Oi i ;rUnl;s cf the pine trees, the climbing 'scattered around the Lae of the tree, s'l.t
place. The door and the whole ef the , 1ocl) 3UJ the broad-leafed plants that fl.ekeritig and f.i-b':- g in the darkoc.',
windows of the house were biowa cu', ar.u grew by tbe pools of water. There was and the aaiaiaU tint had surr'-uud 1 u-,
three jersen.-, who happened to be iu the n0 walking in the pine woods, ; as they saw their prej csca(ir.r, rush d
r .om at ihe tiaie, were teverely it jurcd." : ecre wa3 no sound. Oace in a long while forward with an an -ry n- i-e; they n
If you tid the gasescaping ia your bouse, a BluJ.ai;i craae, disturbed in bis wander- the glowing embers, tnd Leli back jost
htiv- the pipes rxamiucd a:d ri paired itn- jgg would t-e seen stalking away, with long enough to (tiuitt my e-c.pe. As I
his red high head in tho air, liiie a sentry j urew mvse.f up oa tl. j List limti, a ru:h
on duty ; or tLe sudden moti&j of tha ns of gratituae passed ov . r h y s ul, an 1 my
dorbru-u would tell ts that seme of the feelings were ai warm l a child's. X th
mauy little barb j iins of the wood, that i ir g could be sn.-n, I r the s-.ti-.br" f rr-t
gambol most wheu u.ea do sleep, had 2 d shut out the lir.ie there was iu the atru:s
from thi.t unusual spectacle cf a moving (here, but I heard the pitliting t-f f.ct
light. L'ut no deer rewarded eur search; beneath acy f r res.., J:ki fj.intg rain,
no h. ar shov.ed us bis heavy coat. j Unk a'l-a f.rwaid they came and went,
"t-'aith," fot-i ibo iocfor, "chis romin- nvi rrt'r iit-r sounis ami ctiim;-tr tr?ti
irucit a matej. i.e car- .ui. t.a is iujf, (lC prom. naJe is getting soinewuat long. ma.Jj the biael: nif lit alive with im ig.niry
tractui.le, ct.s-ij lious, but don't let ;t ct . "i'Link of the deer 1 otic buck will pay ; sbapes. I wondered bow it fare 1 with th
tbe start ef yo;. j us." I Doctor, yet dired not call, for thi ur.c-.-r-
This "j 1st lighiing the gis a little,"; "Fudge! if there was no one to laugh. ' tainty was less fenrful than the reality
reminds us of a recent Muement in a City at us, 1 would have turned back lor.g ago. i might he. I pictured him falling, dragged
rat-r A lady who b-d pre'.ared for a ', u'Te Uie ,he gun, and you t?kc the light." Luck from bis half attained r.fj.-, anii'i
l ,' , ., I ace'.:rding!y, we changed positions I ' vid. d amon;; the hungry rack; and the
v.age to Luropc, catue baei from the: ihe tLe tjrch before me, : very noises Lebw might be the mumhliL"
f'ont steps of her house, and lighted a j-f, ; , euch a rjilDCcr tuat jt W0UtJ throw the ' of bis bones,
"jost to see if her bonnet was right" light ahead as much as possiLle, aad none 1 WI!. . wU..ta.Um .htt.w,,
and forgot to "turn t'3'' aeaiu ! When on our persons, and the Doctor reeiived .vs .i.-.tji.-j ia.ruii.tii j..t. tt..ir co..-s:r aa..
c ..w . ..i - -i.t .i .t i , -
th y came buck frttu their voago, ber . Lie jrua, au- iona mj ,..aee u.i -ei.j A. Ipngttt ( saa,Bi,0a courage aud
".leoe loid" had a '-nice little bill of
oG to pay fir the gas burning io that
chaui'o. r "the whole Lie. ed time" they
were "prosp ciii. ;" iu the O.d Woild 1J , and bad come into a grove of lower tim-j i.(jJW 8r8 j03 jet bry V I called acd that when you discard tbe Southern
. - ----- - -w-. , . - - iter, 'ihe lon moss drooped into curtains, ! ..t ' Disut.i -nis's y u will find mil. iocs of
CiiiCB lauLtiiaS. j the odor of Ibe magnolias burdened the j .,ft, thar.k tbe Lord 1"
The certainty of the approaching tri- : ir 8n,l every minute a denser copse would j ..vba't a dvgrajeful situation to be in.
ump'u ol the Republican patty is already , furCa us to turn aside frorr. our route. j Bnj .f .re t1 p0, out f v
d-. veu pmg the iihee-huuting mania. We i "Hush '." whi.-pered the Doctor, sud- j ..j ,f ( C1., ()r'lr k. r j
I. I. i.t f or . fTi !ii..h : .t. .tt ...!! or fc .. i . . . r '
'"'"J ..-w ----- u.u.,., . .......... , ... Jf tls ,rt. i ;-it I I.e H ... S
no utatelj. ..ctcr lesvc a j t ri gas ..aiu
ii. in your chamber, unless it is turned
down to a very SJaa'.l point. Some acci
dent might happen at the gas woiks, cut
t.n:: ou the pressure fur a moment, and
rutting ou jnr itfthti", nd, the dilneutty
i,.;!i removed, the j -t Would flow out
a 'aiu to s'jff icate yoti, or produce an ex- ,'
to hinw v iu up wnc-o you '
Lindane! tUaueil Ly my person, i ue uigQt i .'i,i a. l..v- V
had become stiii darker, aad a misty r.in j Mii0j.0 wa, the rcsp-ns? more
. commenced failing. V.'e bad left the Line ; gra.eai l0 cir ktJ ajuuj la tiie
woods, alter walkioj a couple of miles, ..... i
to.-, m tines.
'ire's ffi"p Fm IT.-i liUJiiin all lis
toy.". nijhl." eaicia-in d a negro who ac-c-nipaiiivi
Jacks -n oa his search.
1 l, ohei rtr-utiil, ar.i there was Jack-
n's 1 g C ek of sbe:-p, staring blandly
at u, in the tr-- s, and at their master by
turns. It Lad be- n t iietr f-yes we Lad
.-en ia the urknessl And there was
J ickon f. e-sawiog rn a fallen tree hic
coughing and laughing and crying by
turn- and there wero tbe necroes, anl
they called in the thorp, "Hal bo! ho!
Oil, law s a-majsy, did I ever ho! hoi
bo' wolves, ob, laws a-m assy V
I'oke slid down the tree be was in,
picked up his coat tail, that bad been tora
i If by a Lr-kea limb iu bis Lurried ascent,
siaciig:
-oh. tr.st I tsj tfc w;n rf a (loTe.
Cfn-ls cr Del a wait.. Tb eotnp!ef
r:tur. s if li e c -tsus j i-t taken in tba
estate if liii-.w.re Wave been published,
1. tu wh o, w- l.-ara that there were in the
.-.t-. 1 1 . :,i- tr--e p r- ls, ard 1:05
- ! 1 111 Ills ii.'-. ihit ins altogether ;
11' it.'.T .ia.i.ings, !j.-.ol families, COCtt
f .in.-, 0 1 "i s.avo ociitr. There are 1151t
sle. s i Xe-.ve-siie c 'un'j, hod in Kent,
l ii"! .a .u.-. x. la taere were in
Neiveast.e '-"T. Keut hi;!, and tussex
IZl'J total L-J)i). There Las therefora
lee a a general die-reuse of slavis ail over
the f'tate, r-.achii.g in the aggregate 4S5.
The t tii i- crease in the population of tba
S-nte i l'j,15. The interest of the C13
slave owu'-rs overrides thosO of 110,000
feci inhabitants I
Gen. Sam IIocstox has recently beea
making a strong speech against tbe Diea
ni mis's. II; tells his fi iends ia Texas to
fight the Republicans, and adds:
'I'u', if d-. feated, rtmember that jour
government is w. rth more than a victory,
X orth.
1 w ul
II. v e
i;.'i i
i
is rous-.-d into such rcttrnatural activity tail, '-there's s deer.'
can a.O:
st T-. ae.j me
-iiaititd up, r
ieo i:.t-y Jam; ;
caogut, u. coat
iter Ji.Miin "card'' all little d.lucul- and Sustrichanca reg
- .. .an s r, am ao-oncd and natural- was, as you wou.u fui p se, quite swampy ings to be seen in passing arc uoi r-u ti- every 1 ur year-, toe grcares: curse conncc- ; i was ijst wondering at tuis ansenee ot : . i i
1, .1.-, .-. . . . . 1 . I. it- . . . f - t t I... . . t .. . n. -.... 'l'K..M.,n.lj ' .1 . , I I .... ...... I-,.- I, -a I. ' .
. u. esa.e. land. It waa, as we reau, mo ursi part u. stantial anu cosuy as iu imuj i....s, .... tu i,eu i-u. c.iil.. ,UULT) aLJ CUUIJ uu ai-.-uun. i... 1 tail arid tore it en'irelv . n.
; :t tLe uiost cm-.rkahle and thought- the Grand Krie Canal which was comple- there is a great appearance of life, and a of aciive meu abaii.Iou their legitimate bu- was a rare thing to go a mile in Florida j "Viimh up bighir, tbeu."
-iig r--r,t'. interview was that ia ted-that r-rand work, now enlarced and ' pornlatioo reputed to number 31,000. sm.ss iu the eager bopa of mining some- ; wuhoot seeing one -I can't; the tree is so small that,
ryL
e I . I
-.. Li
i-iy t.i li.i.t your battles,
ia-- d- p -.f my blood for
-.. d
us fi.a
.-i-i aggression,
ti . t outside of
ia i: at d f ar it."
on between th
Ii'eie Aitarfst of deepened iu its whole ler.b from Albany You know that salt is tbo "staple" of IT -, ! , ' . TT.n" 1 ' when 1 get any Lighrr, it bends over and
: - , i i.T-j iit.a iiiiiii- iiiii i tj i l i C" . 3 u$
st.-bs of Great li.-iiain, and I'.Al.ril o Duffalo, about Cd5 cr S50 miles. Tbe , Syracuse "salt-makiog" its speciaii'y. , v jt
-nAM tte .'alter, one cf tbe actors feasibiii'y and importance of this marine There are saline springs throughout this j r Bl.
:ne ccuc- a.'
iy ihe withdrawal f.'Oiu them
i r even months, of men whose
"Hush ! it ba3 gone now; but wa will j i-Haven't
lets tne iloio oh dear !
;ee it to a moment aja-.n.
jnt your pV.'t with you?
bat;--r Hill battle, still bale and union were graped by the men of tbe rfni,.n, but no works except ou a sma.l el,i rg end lubor w.,u.d a .d largely lo tLe j e a.
Mt tte g j oil age of KJl years, Revolutionary era : its rcsutts have made : fMIe at Mont. ZJma, and on a large and Mai -I our national w-a.tn. i.ut wnrss aod evpccration.
tig no damage on bis visit from New Ytrk the "Empire Siate"-witbout increasing scale here. The salt water is iu. " -r a..e,e . . . . y...
. " ... .,, . , , . , , . ; '"-'"-'"o " dm - oa olueial support, instead or upos . mg with bis fiug-T a little distance to the
-... tome l0 Acton, Maine. Allu-, it, Pennsylvania and irguua mtght both pumped from wells, and 4a to OS gmoas ittll.Mdlul tL,ri,u.Si .Licit is 1, 1: ; but tho luminous spot was gone be-
- ..t nc, r crr.wds wbo tLrr-nced to or cither Lave been its rival. J Le cigan-, cf it will maSe a bushel oi pure fair, w ut.e . . . 0 mui,v, e.-neciaily of the : Lre I bardiv it -t my cvis oa it.
Try and shaet ou-.', and it may ftightea : j r
iut.n V LI. tis s.ui! of tbe journals
whf i. s-..t.;..a-ursarc plenty, are com mend
ing tLc ti.vcibUicnt f.r cai. mg the gold
d....r ji-c s and re-coioicg thcai into
eagles. The Governmtat could not do a
ci 'iet imp di'ie act if it were to try. The
gold doi.ar piece is the only coin which,
i. t 's the cjuutry from Leini: Qjoded wild
l......l .... t rx t.-,n tiAft. In ti.srlv : .
JUl'.i UU l. wv.m .u vvj , .v . rn ' I
'O, dear me; there ar hundreds of! Ad old Jacitson man s reasons for going
them. Ju-t It. k a: theiii beiow." i f. r Lincoln : "lst. Ha was opposed lit
;:rf rt bece
t a p itinils
mine too fond of Roy- the main agent of its pr- iccti an and com- l,v boilir.tr over hot fires
taere be stood one of tt.e l an- plction, are (..fhcuit to be comprehended,
ms-sns who, c-5
"'. f.c?-to-fac, E.rce
h''l-.--..dril!cd tra.
vfars a;-s, ni ide now that tbe work has troved so Useful.
-istai.ee He was the idol of the Sia'e, and in 112
I ,. t 1 ...... .!. Ol .... IT..
..j-s t i ii.s it-fai wou ir--m me pet-pie ine j.teciorai uie
I looked Jot-, ao 1 sur..y I c ml 1 s?e
adiivj if tli ia 'i'n.y w.re t..deai!y
li e gry w .if, f r, in spi e i f the datk-iie.--,
I c -uid one-e iu a whih: detect their
motions irora their light coals.
i'uke fagge.red that they wcro phaD
tom wolves, aud d cl-rcd they weie ail
whit?.
Ail the fearful stories I bad C7er read,
Secession, and so am I. 2d. lie was
rpp--scd to Nullification, ar.iso am I. 3d.
lie was opposed to the SUvc Trade, and
so aia I. 4th. Ha was opposed to tba
eifcnei iD cf Slavery, so am 1. 5th. Ha
was opposed to cationaliziag Slavery, aud
so am I."
camo coursing through my brain snow-
i ip-e of the Prince, the O.d Rev- tic mental, personal, political aud stati-'i- Hi;.! f -,1! or.s of sea water are ri quired to voutur ttien of the c uu'ry. And then Wc were in the very place fjr deer. A
"Mr tiiasantlr t.i.1 i-U .'r.i.l .,1 LtB ,.f Pr'A'rrr ("iivTr.v rh t. .-i ,L l'lna ..It ia r.rn.lnpf l 1 1. ..n. ur.. t h bear t burn iu-s and the i -al- ' heavv wind fail lav rinbt ahead of us, and ;
. , . . . ........ . .. ........ I. nut ..I I nr, . . i. n. . ; . . i v.. .. -.- ... it trn nrat. n r. 1
nd coarse salt . ousi.s m i.n-u in. a. .-.j c,w" ""- i ,ua "t",.;ia " .
... l - ..... ... ..r r,--.l -,.il.. ...I- . I.... .1 I f... ..I:...-..,, e ... .-,.. Ir. k..rii
ly !ar evaporation, frames with low j; -; ciilicJ) se!s io . gr!4t caca,uplr.ent. The Utekering light
roofs are made, to ro.l over tho vats or uf j m,a.3 ,ne shadow move back and forth
pans su'tjected to the sun's rays, in time , e l;vej , ,D(j around Washing- j with a spectral tlfeCf, as though dancing,
d 'avished b
r:i-r!.d f.thtr, ( t na-ural great- f r President, against James Madison : tLpse roofs salt sometimes erystaliizes and seen offict-huuiers Ir ui ev
:.r..l . .. - : i r ..i,:..
eir. i i . f .... o e ... .. .. i . . . .... 1 i.t . ... i.. : , o-t r. .. e .... . i.i..i. ruuD rr. nuu t'l an ..wjo. w.v
... a.-nuonii, i.iu' duu tr.. uuc tea. e .tu .3 luiuatuioic . i.rrmnrrn. inrMiuun.uui.in ... n.- . . i ,., .,
"taes-h. .,;.. ,.f ,i.. i..f..,.4i n.m-. ..rm have Huowu many men u .uiueta uj iaai moicaie me u.-.-e a ej, , fi.ar-maddened mother, and maoy
uiuu .v.. ' " . . m i "-c" ' ' ' : their fruitless search for office, and scores . tr09 shot would bring us the prize lor our . lia .sh.3eJ in lhe ttrrora ! r.w,,. wha WM teeentl. kBB, bv a
!y dr.n,, " '"S C?0' 0g' ' S ' eCtm"S l-ninon hchool ti b.yoe, driving tbetn about i wh) Uve oeen seriously injured by their j labor. It seemed a long time ia coming , ,f ui,,!j,. of fer?er. U'ere we to be tired nub in P.ke's Peak, said drinking was
f, '-'"struck the brightest System ihe opponents of "Clinton's Rig ships without anchors, and ' sweetenmg f,lcC(.ssfui application, and hardly a doz.-u ! again. n out by their devilish paienec ? Was one ' jLe ciu53 of bis rain, and that he waa
to the J,ri-i.a cr .n '." He was Ditch" prevented bis re election as Cover- j the tea" with fresh-water nowise profitable, j ti,a: in the long run Lave made anything j "That deer must be very shy, whis- j ?.ng ,0 re;:cte ano-.her until we wearily r jrJ0k when be committed the deed for
' 'he su rr- l j- r .. 1; arg -j ne. "There," nor. Rut be manfully p-rsevered iu bis I h is stated that people have hire bored ; out of their success. We have seen scores ! per-d the Doctor, just above bis breath. ft.iDt0 their hot, tainted jaws, thus to be w-,:cb be died.
-U P,lDOt-a CLlUir.JIlV .. ,rit f Bt.ddinP the ScwUard navi- i r,f, f,.,, without tludinir tbe f.-sail or rock ' who came there with elated hopes, and I Tbenext time I saw it E.st. I j into oblivion f I . .- Zr. T
Ti(t,- . . i-.. - e ., . u , , II-.. i , . . .1 i- . ..,..,,. . iheir last available dollar invested iti the some distance ahead, and tnere were two, I shouted, ia the hope that some one ; In Oen. Jacison s msjwiry over
. fc . c
atrve man, but bis sup- and thus gaining the pioneer artery fir j The salt mines
--.5 ft..
rery part of Ihe j by any sound. Eery moment I expecteu j th(,S3 r,ro.ier: Bai h .ari t'ie ,hr:ek of
le grades. We , to see again the two phosphorescent stars , ,he cbi; turown fro:n thc eicigh by its
, be ruined by f that iudicate Ihe de;t's eyes, aud then Ibe j f,.ar.maddened mother, and maoy old!
Genehocs. The Board of Tru-.tces of
the University at Lewishurg, at their last
ses-icD, resolved that all stu.'enta who ara
tbe sons of Ministers, be permitted to at
tend thc differtnt schools, at Laif the reg
ular tuition price. 2l:itnuinn.
ne increased m strerg.a. ; u.;00) , lej, anJ jcsi hopeful, at but jusi before I could point them out to
of Poland are .oO, and ,urb(.j allj aDxiUU3, then de- my comrade', tbey bad disappeared. Prts-
now sucu au tne trade anu travel wnicu u.s j.iopue.ic tne-se oi j.penes .vu icev uci j. .-u m.i sound -ut and tiualiy oroacu spirneu anu : entiv, we saw II ou oue biu-oi us.
.' tTeu's, Seemingly immense- visiou al least measurably comprehended ; niay q-iite probably be enough salt iu tbis , hearts.ire or embittered to the utmost, and "Charlie, thais a will-o'-the-wisp, said
rt iu p-iiut of time, with our he triumphed over the obstacles of nature, ! mu,e to "pieserve the Uoiou" from pulre- i at length leave almost beggared and nn- puke, iu rather a, subdued tone, "or the
;'5 ' T y-aung Prince will have f i,oraac, and of personal and political : f.ciou far thousands of years. ' successful. We have known many a man devil ; who ever heatd of a deer going
rk0af'V,UChhMr0fMy be saw ,b. work in! O-iondag, West 11,11, a..,,!, south of j Jf ITlxamiuing Job, losee wba, man-
' rf t-diuTr-tit. "l , '""-r ,Le fu!l ,ide c'f fucf jl opt-ftion ; and , the City, was formerly tbe cat of justice, j tU m()re than W1S poS5jble t0 milkt ner of m.iU J0J1 .
:Sj1 Ji-it to V ";WD'D died serving bis fourth term as Governor ' which was removed to aod swa'lowed up ; t out (lf tne position be aspired to. "Perchance it is some spirit of a depar-
l iapmssiua ef th 'n'w or'f '"the uf I0U S:,i'e "h"se ff'1 600 "e J aud lost sight of in Syracuse, (after a "big ; Jn ail seriousness, we believe that more ted buck, leading us a wild chase to de-
i . , . ri . i ... . h n.Morj .r an . ,. . . . 1 .
" Up'tl a millarr-li r. ion
ji't and beneficial of au V
';iei Lis po-iiion.
Memory seems to embrace the time 1 fight" lo which your
. To Pararaplis.
."----j--- ! ' ... .e- -ox-.
when, iu good sle.ghiug, the farmers of Lur2 to New Rerliu, aud lrom the latter , earueu as ,.rou y ...
.1 T i i i i . i-n . - i eto from one end of the country to the other.
Oaoudaga would take loads of wheat loO t0 L.,.16turg, bore no comparison,) whose , , jourse!f (
miles eastward to Albany, for the market streets cover ihe thiu-wooded "woods' so jj.,,,, mtllcr .hat, so it is Useful
"' ViKMiixT -11,. they afterwards lound al "Salt t omt, , llLy tetn. between this point anu my E:VC j, an yoar energy, ability and in-
Vt , mere iu tbeir sieio on now Sytacuse, which, with Rochester ic. bo hood's borne is the "Reservation" for ; dustry, and develope whatever of manly
'J ,e'i last, tLe SUJW being ti.-e or i.-.. have all been built mainly by that the handful of tbe Oaond iga tribe yet rc- character there is in you. You may
Canal. Its completion was aa occasion of j m.ining-a fine lot of land, which they make yourself useful toyourpartyandiney
"There it is. rieht behind me, as I
live !" ejiculatijd the Doctor, in evident
trepidation.
Sure enough, as I turned my head, I
saw tbe two bine lights that indioate the
rnfloi-tinif Icnse of the eve. The Doctor
. o -- ......
mi --ht hear me ; but what go"d to sh -ut : Joha t-Jnucy Adams iu I'ennsylvama, was
ia that midnight forest ? 1 heard a voice ' 5l,iUi vote ihe largest majority w
it was Poke eay ing bis prayers. 1 iis-; given by Pennsylvania to any PrtsidcutuI
tenei devoutly, but could offer none my-. candidate.
self. j TWJt.. hiogUod ladies recently mounf-
Whenbe had fiaiihed, I callt-J to Liin. d Uf suu.ai,t of Pike's Peak, a height of
lie answered faintiy ! , . ;a a five days' trip, during
"What is il f speak qiickly; I ean't j wa'jcll t,y flch li st eight pounds of flesh.
Kr.1.1 nn ni.ii.rt lnnner '
"Fira vnur ni.tul : do Irv. it mav brine ! "Ask Cit purse what thou should buy.'1
some belp, even if it does not kill." We a-k.-l oars, the other day, what wa
"I will try," answered Poke. .hould bay. bat echo most perversely
There was a momentary pause, aod tbfn didn't answer "b'i' at alL
tbe sharp crack of a pistol was followed bj j ,, Wfrieod that
nn N.ntjin.T ill m i.iiiii-ii ii't.ii li.T . ... . ...
., r . t ... . .. . ...i the IianCrt 1. 1 t.a.es
jjj lue aaasu j. saw a oae, u ...cm, - - ; ,
nwi.t ..t3 l,nninrr i.n to l!l li'PmOSt 'or'
hrt.nr.fi nf T.snn.r srin. that li.-l. Wltu
J I 1 - - .
has ' ic-lpi"J b'i
and is not Laudsouie, bat look's auii-
a'oie.
'-tBEIE, m OCT'-BER We
:;,af..rl. . .. .. , V " n'uca v.jHciug, pe.o.jis, s .u, setaica .s. u... e ---- . .: , , n0DJination, but rest
'"isnvi.r.i i f ij tir . T II. wt i.i t- .1.1 Lai.. . -J er o
our donieftiie improveiuenta. I r;ciiil to I Jat passed tbroogb, Iihougli tbe vices aureij tj.at - bepffiog aiid sueiog for the
w..-anaif fn L.Ttmn a 1 1 inf?-$er vfi r and
1 ' C'Hlit...- , tl 1 1
rr, vhirb Lad becu niwd iu ; mioJ tii0 P"Pular 8ctu of crocer warei i of lle litc are learoed first. We child-, offi(.tS miliQ i,9 gn you are early prepar
D lh:ft !:.... I, .:. '. f.r t-a nd dniinf? fitrvict". made Derhars rn hxl not the fear of "ludiana" Xiow ! lnS tonrself to become a
aw-awuiju. iuniMic o . r 11'
' ; in Eog'aad in Locor cf this event. Each) csa.s?n aaung the rieirg race, for every i a fiiaeite. icraiitvti l.fpu.ncan.
o . w -i. i nut. ui ut m iiiuiil; ' "t -
as taking aim, but I noticed it was not ; ree aj,r
very steady, lie puneo. me nigger a
dull snap announced a miss fire. He pull
ed tbe other trigger it snapped in the
same way. Tbe gun was wet with rain.
"Was aoy thing ever, so provoking?"
said Pokn,as (ha ej"ea vanished ia tbe
dukoefS.
load of fruit
tol
clous
heavy I Veial fi-. '-r uatls. to protect h fingers
With tbe report of tbe pis- ; frfMll , r(.u,s ,.,c, Jmt c coru busk.ng, a:
amai. ' iae . st luveutuns cl.r.iuic.eO-
ol. there was a scramble among the vora
. e . k.. .hp ei I not
was crew as our . e. , j ---- - -, ..,. r,. r.m.uoiDtion wa
g, away permanently, and were He a. a , u .afc,
moment. ,
"Fire the other barrel, dear Peke, but out ebowiog.