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SI I UC. EltT'8 1WTKXT
TIHtS M irhiiie h is n.iw been tested by mure
A than ihiny families in this neighborhood, and
'h.ia Riven entire satisfaction. It i o imile in its
-construction, that it cannot Ret out of order. It
contains no iron l tut, and no -ptinasnr rollera to
pet out of repair. It will do twice an murh wash
ins, with less thnn hall the wear anil tear of an) of
the lite invcniiiiu, ami whit is of (troater in.por.
lm.re.il costs but lit 1 le over half its much as other
washing machine.
The niihm riber has the exclusive rich! for Nor
thumlteiliind, Union, Licnming, Columbia, Lu
zerne, and Clinton counties. Prire of single ma
chine B. H. U. MASMSK.
The following certificate s fioin a few of those
who have these nntliii.es in use.
iSunbuiy, Auq. 24, IS44.
We, the subscribers, certify that we have now
in u-e, in our families, "Slunreit's rVitent Wsh
in a M irhine,"uiid ilo not hesitate tvin. thil it is
a moat excellent iuvenii n. That, in Wa-hing.
it w ill rave nn r than one hall the uul labor.
Tl.al it d.ii a ii.it reiiiiie more than one thiril the
usual ipumtiiy of so p innl water ; and that there
is n.i rubbing, an. I const qmnily. little or no wear,
ins. r trarinu. Th.it it knock nlTno buttons, and
Hint the finest rlo.h. s, sucfi sscnllur-, lace, lurks,
frills, Ac, may be w;is! ed in a ve y churl time
without the lei.i-t injui , ai d ill fai t without ny
.ai'pa.ent wear and (far, wh.atev.-r. We ihercf.ir.-
cheeifiillv ri unend it to our friends and In the
public, as a most useful and In Kir saving m-irhine.
t:il.Kl.i; W. HkULS,
A. .IOKHA.N.
t ils WKWER.
Ills PLE SA.NT8,
(ilUEON MAKKI.E,
ll.ni. (iKO. I WUI.KER,
UKN.I. MENDUIfKS.
XJIDEON LEIiSENMNH.
TIran's ITotki., (form, rly Tremont Hnu-e. No.
110 (,'h. siiut siuei,) Philadelphia, Kcpleiiibcr
Slst, I H 1 1 .
I have um iI Shuircrt's P.ilent Washing Machine
in my hnue upward of rip-hl month-, and do not
'hi ciiate to tny that I derm it one of ihe mo t use
ful and valuable labor-saving machines ever inven
ted. I formerly kept two women continually oc
cuued in washing, who now do as much in two
oays as On y then itiil in one week. There ia no
Wear or tenr tn washing, and il regimes not more
than one-third the u-tml iiiimlitv nl soup. I lixve
ha.l a number of oilur in .chines in my lam ly, hut
HUB II or lliriliy riiin-iitii m r.nj iii.uk i"t i
.a He bn.ile ., L 1, ,rf ,,o.. ihat 1 would Hot I
lu without one il they t.houl.1 coal ten lmes the
.Jirice they ares.ildfor. DANIEL DEKK.
' .
B.2SST FE1T1TE?. & CO.
Manufacturers "f '
UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, ami SIS SHADES,
A'o. 113 Mm ki t SlriH,
I li I I a 1 c I p li I a ,
NVITE the aitentioh of Meichji.ts, .M.uii)f.i
JJ Hirers, Ac.. cVc, In their vti y extensive, ele
f ml, new stock, prepared with gre:it rsre, anJ of
li reil at the lowest p.osihle prices fir cai-h.
'i'lie princi.e on winch ibis concern i establish
d, is t.. coiifult l he miituul mti icst of tin ir cu-lo-nieis
an. I tin melvi s, 1 m .nufiictui nig a g.snl r
4 r e, sellins it Ht the low. at piice bir c..sh, and
. rea i7.iti) ihc.tr own r inuueiatiou, in the amount of
s. saml qti ck renins.
P,.sr. m-imk in ex ti.m-t il I.- facilities for m innfac
lure, iliev are pirpaipd to o.ily orders to anv c
t ol, ami r.si. c fullv m. licit ilie atr..n:igc of M 1
4'h.ir.l, Mki.iiI iiiurt rs and Dea'eis
(Xj- A lame aoriiiient of the New Mjle Cur
tain I'lMHMlK
Pliilad.lpbia, June 1. 1814 ly
KRXZOT EL,
I'OP.MI'RLV TltKllOT IIOl'Sl
Ac. ll( iH Niiut Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
. rTHE M:Usn;lHER. recently r.f
yJk A Readme. P would inform the pule
jjlf 'jl Ire llist he has fitted up the above rapi-jLUllS-lci
'ID. a. ..I eoriM iiieiit i sUMlslunent. and
will always he r. ad lo ei.trrl in vi-ilors. His es
l ibliFhe.l repuiHiiou o the liue.it Is h..pe.l, will
efl'ord full aurnce, Ihst his giiesla will be sup
plied wi li ewiy coinf rt and .rcouini-sltiion ;
wbila' his bouse will ! c uiiluc nl u -tier uch sr
iMUeim 1 1 a will scen e a ch .r i ter f. ibe first
responsibility, awl smi-lactory etileilammcut for in
diviiu il- and t on I e-.
C'liaiue for buacdiuK fl iierd.y.
DANIEL HERR.
ri,iUdel,,ii. May 25, IS41 ty
' To Cotui.i-y .lli-rchants.
Hoots, Shoes, Iicitmets, Leghorn and
1'nlm Leal' Hats.
(;. W. & L. H. TAYLOK,
at lie 8. ll.cttrmr of Murki t nml Fillh Sti.,
riIIt.ADEI.PKIA,
OFFER f..r a e an t xlensne ut-oiiiiuul of the
al.oe si'u l s, all of ubnli they m II at unusual
Ij low piice. mid p.iili' tl. il invite tl.e (tlculioii
of bun m vikiltiiu li e riti. tn an I -nn nati n of
their stock. (J. W. Ai L. U. TAYLOR.
PtuU.lelphin, May S5, IIS44. ly
I.IK.I iitlt S.1 1. K.-'lUe binuli f.nm
ctil.iitiiiiK atiou: 100 ai res, aU.ui 2 nn e
alh.ve Noitbum r.l ,nd, ..oj.iui nu Umla of Jie C
Ilurlon, Jo n Lehou and olbeia, will be ao'd
th.ap, if apphca i"h i made ..oii to ihe subseiibrr,
funbury. Aug 31. H.B. MAS.-LU.
LiX SI'.i:i The higlict price will he
given lor Flas Sued, by
Aug. 31. 1844.
H. B. MASSE H.
C'OTTAUB BIBLE!. Five copieaoftiie Cot
' Line Bible, the cheapest book, ever published,
containing the commentary on the Old and New
Testament, just received and for aale, for six dulUra,
,y June IV H. B. MAS8ER.
FOREST VILLB
iiit iss i:igiit DAY CLOCKS.
riHE subfCriber baa just leceived, for sale, a few
X of the above celebrated Eight Day Clocks,
which will be sol. I at very reduced prices, for cah.
Also, i.Uietior 30 hour Clocks, uf the be.t nuke
and qi.nbty, which will he sold fur ra-b, at f 4 60.
Also, superior Biabs U0 hour Uoks, at f 00.
Dec. 2, 1843. H.B. MAUSER.
The Great Kn;llah Rail Rnnil.
TheCrent Wpatprn Railroad in England, ia
the rrn. piffantic work of the kind in the w orld
I and wore it nnt for the onward prnrrrena of the
ntp, it would hardly be exported to have ita par
nl el in our day, in any country. It ia not on
ly of jrrrat extent, and made to surmount the
most formidable obstacles, btit it hi of the moat
stupendous proportions, Ftirpassins every other
Riil Rond which tins yet been built.
It extend across the Island of Great TlrflBin
from the Thnmes to the Severn, from 1indnn
to Bristol, a distance ot U8J milea. TheRail
Roads of Great Britain and the United Stiitm,
with the exception of the New York and Erie
Road, are 4 feet RJ inches wide, Grpat rx
pense has hppn incurred to prpvpnt hifjh ffradrfi,
and with the exepption of oneprade nar Bris
tol, which ia feet per mile, the fteepeal
irradieut is 151 loct pr mile, and this is but
a short distance. There are 43 plinea,20of
which are ascending from London towards Bri
stol from 2 to 8 leet per mile. Twenty-two are
deticeudinf; towards Bristol from 1 J to l." feet
per mile, 1 for a chort dir-tance fi'JJ leet. There
ore 14 levels. To reduce the line to these
planes, required deep cuttings, hioli embank
ment and 8 tunnels, Tl.e cuttings nre.'H feet
wide at the level of the limb, with hanks
il"P'iig from 3 to 1. The aveniye rost o( The
earth work w.is 40 cts. per cubic yard. The
Siilford cultinu, measures Wi tHMI cubic ynrds,
costiiirr sji'JKI.OCKI, nd the Siiltord embankment
fcal (HKI, coting n much larger sum.
The Box Tunnel is the largest Rnil Rond
or Canal Tunnel in the world- It is 31'.'3 yds.,
or, over 1 miles in length. The clear width
of the tunnel, at 7 feet from the bottom, is 30
feet, and the clear height over the rail is 23
feet. The eastern cnttinsj contained l..r33.000
cubic yards, costing S;fV.3,-J(K). Where the
tunnel is lined with bricks, the sides ate con
structed of seven nnps, the arch of six r:ngs,
, . - , ,
8(1,1 t,,e "nv" ' f",,r ''''P"- Thefounti-t.lu
30 feet in width. At the eastern entrance, the
surface isGOJ leet alxne the level of th rails,
and at the western entrance CI feet. The lull
was less than 3(K) feet high. There are 11
shafts fur airholes, varying from 04 to 'Ji)3 tert,
tVotn the rail road to the top ot'the hill. They
are 'St feet in diameter, and lined with brick or
stone masonry. The brick work in mortal cost
Al", and in cement, lfi ?." per cubic yard, in
cluding the excavation for brick work. The
total exeavition of the tunnel, which consisted
of freestone, and I'roi-stnue and marie, wns 21?.
('(Ml cubic yards, coaling, exclusive of the 11
sbutts and the arcliinj, more lli.ui f(itHl,(KHI.
As two sets of in -n could work in eiich sh.il't,
n isr! one set at etirli end, nmkitig twenty four
sets of men and as each set of men consisted
of sixteen, ten miners and six fellers at eneh
lieadinir, 3S0 tnen rntild woik at a ;ime, cr se
ven hundred and s x'y men (Hiring the day and
flight. The tunnel and sbatls were Commenc
ed in lSlfi, and finished in June, 111, nntnn e
five years. The quantity of powder used in the
tunnel for blastitiL', w as one pound for each ri
bic yard of freertoiie, coslinff about jWIMl.tHH)
Three of the shafts, thu deepest ones, were
worked by strain engines, and the others by
horse gins, each shall having two gins driven
by three horse. In one slialt were two en
pines, one. for rnising and lowering the materi
als and the other for pumping out the water.
Such are some of the facts relating to this gi
gautic tunnel, which cost, including every
thin?, more than 1 fMKI.fKH), and employing
more than 7(H) men, nearly five years.
There are, besides this great tuntit'l, several
others; the Brislmton, IUH) yards in length;
another nur Bribtul, 330 yards; and another
-Mo yards.
There arc severnl viaducts, the principal ol
which is one ovrr the valley tif the Brent, eon
constructed of brick w ith etone iinpoct.-, cornic
es and caping its length is Wi (eel, height 1.
A bridge at Maidi nhead, ?fiS tftt long, and 5i
feet liiir h.
The land enclrwu tor this rail road averijes
liacresa ir.ile, ciMHurH.tKH po i-ids ster
liig.ore.Witl.:IKUHHI: and thewh.de road
coil more than J5,M.W,ur iSrjti.4K,tKitl.
The want of risim prevents tis from going
more into detail in reference to this unpen long
wi rk. It cost nearly ns much as all the Pub
lic Wmks of IViiiis) Ivuiiia, nml cottlJ only
have been constructed in a country uf great
wealth, and connecting such a phceas lliiMnl
with lindon, the rtutest city of the world.
liar, Argus.
BisaUTiPi'L. Invention. The Newark Adver
tiser says that Mr. Crane baa recently added a
nother ingenious conirivanco to his Twelve
Month Clock. Il ehowa now the day of the
month, and also of the year, and exhibits the
Sun and Moon rising and setting every day in
the year with the utmost undeviating accura
cy and regularity. The Moon i the revjlvea
in her orbit ia made also to revolve upon her
axis, showing every day with equal accuncy,
her different phases. The apparatus used fur
this purpose is exceedingly simple, and is by no
means liable to ret out of order.
! null In otltnde.
The enthusiastic tem,ieramenl oftho violin
ist, Ole, may be easily inferred from the pus
sinuate character of bis musical compositions
and perloriuancps. We bav only to add thnt
his mind is no Ipss characterized by simplicity
and singleness of devotion. He tsalmost boy
ish in his enjoyments, while his expression of
them is as impulsive as the breeze, and ipnte as
refresh in if.
IC'lTo. his mental city still befop;rrpd with
Irinthmism, could step from the daily swept
trottnir of the tourist, and dare the mud ol thp
American Bottom,' to gaze through the 'lik
ing Glass Prairie' windows, opposite, it is not to
be wondered at that Ole should be equally ea
ger. The afternoon succeeding hi t second conrprt
here in St. Ixiuis, tire impraving bust of the
horseman, clad in a particularly light and ele
gant summer frock, and mounted on a no less
spirited looking horse, was seen to dash off from
the 'Planters'',' precipitate itself down Market
street, and jerk itself tip as suddenly, opposile
Phillips' Music store. Bull speaks Knglish ve
ry well, but still there is something of the
'Dutch,' about it, as the St. liuis Satirists
would say .
The Prltnrip, Mistelir Thillips vat Vay
vas I go to the I't liarii .''
Our advertising friend and, by-the hyp step
in sod see his splendidly conceived alteration
opened his tpiniut eyes and remarked, that Mr.
Bull certainly did not think of riel inir twenty
miles on horseback, within a few hours of sun
set, loa spot devoid of habitat ton, or even shelter,
with a thundering storm gathering in the west,
moreover !
'Yes, I moast sec the Vhmrir, and just now,
I have play two nights in the hot room, aud i
want air. I have got nothing but gasp all
her -,' touching his broad chest; 'I must see the
Prharie.'
W ell, but,' said Phillips, you'll have to slay
out all night !'
'Veil, I shall see the Prhnrie. in the night'
'There's a devil of a storm coining up !'
'I shall see the I'rharie in the storm.'
'But, you've gut a (bin coal on!'
I can see the Prharie vitisjt any coat,'
In short, it was spiritually an Migatn move
merit on the part of the musician pr m.m'io
at that.' lie could not watt liir a party that
might be arranged next day; he irotrftnot per
suade his usual ronirfion rti i-nyre to stay
out all night ; and he thoultl not compel his
setvaut ; the lit was i u him, and the Solitude
of Ihe prairie' he was determined to enjoy Soli-
lary and uloiie.' He procured a vast amount of
tinuiti llioibte information, whirh he caul ye'
to paragraphtcally, galloped down to the ferry
boat, ro.le twice round thu engine apartment in
the centre by way of getting nvrrin, and u a
only stopped by the sudden halt of" his steed as
hi eye cntiirht the riht of a piton-rnd. Dav
waned, nijht fell, the storm held its revel till
near morning, the sun rose beautifully, 10 a. m.
saw the streets dry, and about meridian the
anxious friends of the musician w ere made hap
py hy his re-appearanre drenched, dried and
bedracrrrd, but his eye filled with libt and h'
heart with music, as ustiil ; he shall tell his
adventure himself;
'Y'es, he vas fine fellow, dat horse, hn oive
three kick ven he leave the fehrrv, and I feel
jut like him, I five three kick Ion! No, d.rt ,,,
know any road, but every body tel.! n.t, fn ri'ht
on, and I o. Very tick mud to be sure, but
I don't mind mud nn the prharie. I ride on,
and after pond w',ile come to ever so many
roads, and I a8 bother, but I link tn mvsell my
borso has nue instink, and let him go; and vat
find out he tink just like me he take the tick-
est mud tis), and I goon acjain ; and when it got
pretty near dark, I come out on the prharie all
wide beautiful fine grass -flower so tunny
bird all sing sing I feel lioltt as if I c.Mild
jump up and lay di-re, and my boise be feel
just like me again, he jump up, too, and den he
sni'.T the gras,,iud k ck up ml his behind, and
gn'.e hf-he-ht-t e ' Veil I lauy h ut him vher
ry iniKiti'li, and get down to let h in eat dat fi.ie
gras whilu 1 liten touiltlie sounds, nml look
at de birds, O, dere vas one beautiful l.ttle
kind all black, vid red bend, yellow vuiys
and I vas surprise to hear to tunny il.tl'i rent
song. Veil I vulk nvay, and vul you ttuk ! if
dut horse fine itinlitik be run right after me
and rub tne nil aver ; just aa if he like tnc for
give him de grass t and be look tne right in de
lace, and den he go 'he-he-he-e e !' again. Veil,
he 'muse vherry mootch, sud 1 forget dat it get
dark till I feel de rain, and den I say to tny
borne, now ve go home,' and 1 ride back back
back but it get quite dark, and ve have to
valk to keep in de mud. Veil, I keep in de mud,
for I say, vhile I keep in the mud, ve'ts ull
right! but after long time, I no leel no more
mud, snd I Vas tear I vas lost Oh, yes, I vas
vherry vet. It rsin all do lime, but the clouds
vas so beautiful, vid de lightning I snd the thun
der roll so grand and my hone fine iiutink
he st up to look, juel like tne I Oh, yes, I vas
Come to 1 ttle hotie, at lnt vherry nice penp'e
Vid nothing to eat, but Vat I care, my hore have
belly full i.rfine grass, and lirk my face ven I
put him in tie shed, and I go to bed up funny lad
der dat 'muse me vherrv mootch, tis, only I
vnke up all stilF in de niifht, fir tny chamber
have vherry jjo'sl vindow but no fhiss in him,
so I valk shout till tliyltrrht, ven I have joy to
see de sun rise and my droll horse go 'lie-he liC'
e-r-e ' for good mornintr !'
'Oh, yes, I know de prharie look better ill
fine vetither, but I say to myself, if 'tis beautiful
in April it must blrijrh' in May, and t'lorious
all time ! It the mud vns tick the "rasa vas de
richer ; if de storm not come to make me vet, I
vas not see the liuhtninu ! and if I not t'pt stiff
in the lint I vas lie awake discontent in the ho
tel. It vas beautiful trip ! It make me Ihiil'Ii
ven I link ; and that rascal horse, ask htm and
he say 'lir-ltr-lir-e-e-r,' too.'
We Ijbvp rot been 'drcssm? up' this story ; it
is the musician's own: we only wish that we
could present his mixiure of sitnpl icily and earn
estness while telling it. ''Buz' may find 'ser
mons in stones,' hut it is very clear that they
must be Iinnilan stones; it lakes an Ole mil a
Jnhiniy Bull to find music in the mini of tin
"American B ittotn " St Louis liipult.
Ah l'srlllnt Interview lit tlie Alllmlll
I'l Lull.
(ireen, the Reformed (r-tnliW, reeetit'v inadi
an excursion ibrouh tlm Auburn State Prison
He gives the follon ing necounl of his interview
with a murderer :
"On my return to the prison i ffke, I wns in
trodured to the ch iplain. Rev. O K. Merrill,
which reverend geiil'eiimn informed roe that a
man by the name of Wyait, then confined in
one of the cells, tor t hu murder ot (.onion, on
the I'illi of March, in the Auburn Slate Prison,
had confessed to him that he had lived a gam
bler several years in the South and West, and
lie would like I sin uld call uisin him. 1 ac
couiiiiied li nil to the cell of the mutderer
The dour was thrown upon its grating hinges,
w hen the reverend gentleman introduced me as
an acquaitilati-oot his who had truvelled South
several years, and thought that he (Wyatt,)
would be giad lo converse w ith htm. He said
he was happy to see me, and asked too '.o he
seated. After a short discourse, relative to the
d .fferent classes of men then in confinement, I
a-ked him what he followed in los travels
throtiiih the South. He told me L'snihltng. I
asked hiiii how lonj; u had been engsfed in
! that nefarious business 1 lie said twelve or
I thirteen years. I in-kod h in if he. knew tuiun
gamblers ! He slid he did,
j -ked him if he en r knew one by the mine
! f Jreen. He said he did. I ii-kcd his name,
I He snsweted 'Jnl.n ;' said he knew him in
j 1:?' 3, J, and ft, and saw bun in 1-1J in St.
I .oil is. avked him it he was intimate Willi
(iieen. He raid In-kei bun as one I'atnbier
knew another. I a-ked il I tiiVored him. lt.
Snd if I W 'tlid stand in the Imlit In- w. ,, t. I,
tne. I il nl so. I e said I looki-d It'ne the man
I told hint I was Ihe nun, l,i t,,,t never
knew hini by the name o! Wyatt. He said I
did not t that Wyatt vas not his real mime, lie
then told me 8ne,,.ri which was not his real
name, and )u-'e.l me il I did not hear of a man
heinj n, ordered near St. Ijouis, hi the year
14 and of two men being arrested, both trieil
and convicted, one having a new 'rial granted
him, the other beinir hung. I lold hi in tliat I
thought I bad. He saul he w js the man lhl
had trie new trial grained, and was ucip.nlted ;
'and,' said he, 'liny hung the wrong uiun ; lie
was innocent ; I am the guilty man ; but they
hung bun ami cleared me.' 'But, says I, 'you
were under a ditlerent name still, at that tune.'
He said, 'Yes, hy none of these names do you
know me, but my real name yon are familiar
with. Vi ur name,' said he, 'I knew in the
year lSl'J ; the gamblers Called ymi John, but
Jonathan is y.nir real nuino.' My curiosity was
highly e.xc.ted at tlje slr.tnge nianaenieiit uf
Ihe murderer. But yon may iunjrme the in
crease ofii when he told nu his real name.
I hsiked at the murderer and Could scarcely
b.'lii ve my nW'i: eye ; yet he tood In-liire nn
a I Villi; marvel. have pledged secrecy a to
bis real name until after his cxecut mn. I in
terr.ioated him on h's lir-l step in vice, an I
bow he became so burdened. He t"!d me to
remember tl.e treatment he h id received from
tlie Lyncher' liirh at VicMmrg. I did, b it my
eyes could scarcely credit reuliiy. I bad known
him in 13', 3 4, and in the early part of '35, as
a barkeeper in VieWlmrg. He was never a
shrewd card-player , but ut that time he via
considered an inuflent,ive youth. The coffee
house he kept was owned by North, who with
four others were executed on the olh ol Ju'y,
lSoVi, by Lynch Law. Wyatt and three others
were takeu on the morning of thu ?lh, ktrtpped
and one thousand lushes given to the four, tar
red and leathered, and put into a canoe sud sot
drill uu Ihe Mississippi river. Il makes my
blond curdle snd my flesh ijiuier to Ihtiik ut the
suflering cumluiuQ ul these unlorlunate men,
setsdrittcn the morning of the 7th uf Jj'v,
wi'h the Smiling sun upon their mangled bo
dies. 1'ivo died in about two hours after they
were set nfioat. Wyatt and another remained
with their hands and feet bound forty hours,
suffering more than ton true can tell or pen de
scribe, when they were picked up by some
slave iiejrrues, w ho started the two survivors to
their quarters. 1 1 is companion dietl before they
arrived. Wyatt survives to tell the horrors of
the Lyncher's lash. He toM me seven murders
bad born isconioned by their oiimercitul treat
ment id him, mid one innocent man bung. I
know his statements tube true, for I had known
him before and his truth in other pr:icu-
lers cannot be doubled. He murdered his se
venth man, fur which crime lie will bo execu
ted." The Hanger's Adventure.
A corresxndent of the Knickerbocker, after
desci ibmg a visit to the residence of a very old
gentleman, Dr. Bl ink, in the Western part of
Massachusetts, relates the followinn details of
nn adventure, during the old French war:
'At nineteen years of B!?e, he joined the ar
my of the provinces, that in 177") essayed to
take Crown Point from the French. He march
ed to the lakes with Col. Fphraitn Will'atns,
than whom a more gallant man never breathed
the air of New F.iiolatul. The doctor (ought
under his command at Lake (ieorge, i n the me
inorable eighth of September ; saw, or inin-
g tied he saw, the fall of his brave leader; and
quite sure that he put a bullet into the French
officer. Mons. St. l'ieire. The next year he
j iiiud linger.-.' company of Bangers, and was
stationed with a parly of them at Forte Ann,
not tar frimi vi here Whitehall now stands. But
ai '.ti it day it was a "dark and bloody erotind ;"
a frontier station in the forests, which were fil
led w ith rival savages attached to France or
F.nglnnd.
One day, in mid-winter, eight rangers, with
a sergeant, were ordered out on some service;
the doctor did not know what, but probably to
seize some straggling Frenchman about Ticon
ileroga tir Crown Point, and brinff hi.ntothe
lort, for the sake of obtaining intelligence.
I v was hinisi If on the party. A narrow road,
or rather path, led northward toward Canada,
and they followed il lor several hours. There
had just been n heavy fall of snow; nil the
pines nml hemlocks in the forci-t were loaded
thick with it ; and as the nOcrnoon was still
ami clear, oti'y occaional (likes or li jht mas
ses dropped lYntn the burdened boeghs like fea
thers. Tbesecireii'nslnnees ws-re stamped on
Ihe old man's mind, seeming like a constantly
recurring dream. The rangers waded in In
dian file through the .-now, and n danger was
apprehended, a 110111 was placed botne rods in
ndiHt ce, one ,, each flank, and another behind.
Tins la-t wiif, the doclnr hiutsclt, 'and this was
Ihe .iiii I carried,' said he taking a short ilea-
V p ece Iruiii a corner. I hey saw no signs
of Ihe enemy ; there was no sou ml but the note
it the little 'chick a-dee-dve,J so fu miliar to the
pine w i nils in Ihe winter.
At length they deocended into o hollow : the
frozen sheet of Like (ieorge lay not fur on to
the left, and a steep hill on the right. The
ground a short distance before them, was low
and swampy, and a liitte brook had spread it
self out on the path, making a frozen space,
tree ironi trees, ucros which their advanced
man w is now slonly (rumpling, crushed his
b. Kits into the ice and water at every step.
He paused suddenly, turned shurply round, and
g.ive the low w histle appointed as the signal of
alarm. He ha.l st en the tracks uf uiiny mocu
sined feet in the fresh snow beyond. Thote
was not time to think ; the loud report ot a gun
broke the stiluesu. The ranger gave a shrill
scream, leaped four teet into Ihe air and tell
Hit. InsUutly the Indian yell burst from the
wimds on our right and left followed by the
stunning mule of more than fuiy guns, and not
a in in ot'the rangers but one ever moved alive
Iro n the sp.it whore he stood transfixed with
surprise ut tliosuJdcu death of their Comiade.
Tint man wis oi.r hero, whoso position, far
behind the rvM, save I mm. He remembered
the panic felt at the fierce burst of yvlls and
n.u-ketry, nn. I the smhleti ru-h of the savage
swarnt t'r in their ainb'i-'i, upon his fillen com
rudes ; and, in Ibe net instant, that his me
mory could recall, he wns (lying back toward
the fori, l heard sharp, sud. len yelps be'iind
bun, and glancing back, t-a w twoludiitns bound
ing oil his track. He ran a mile, he should
think, without turning or hearings single sound;
then turning bis bead, saw an Indian leaping
silent as a spectre, v tthin a few rods of him.
With admirable coolness, ln turned tpiick'v
round, and raisins his gun with a steady band,
fired with such good effect that the Abenaki
pitched forward to the ground, and his shaven
head ploughed lip the rimw for yards, by the
iinnu'so 'f his headlong pur nit. The y. nine
Soldier turned snd fl. d again, and as be din so
he heard the repnpr of the other Indian's gun
ol low ed by the loud loinun n? of t 'P l I .
No alert and slluitivo were his faculties, that
he obecrved where the tullet struck upon a
loaded bough in (rout of him ; scattering tl.o
glittering particles of snow. ,
The path now led downward with n strrji
descent ; at the bottom sn nncient pine tree I; :. I
fallen across it, whore sharp broken branch'--
rose up perpendicularly from the prostrate ttttvk
four or five feet from the ground, blocking tip
the way, like n Sristling chevnux-de frise. Tin
rangers had previously turned aside to avoid it.
There was no time to do so now. The doctor'
limbwcre small and light, but as active n-a,
deer's, and the Indian's tomahawk wasclo-o
behind. Without hesitating he ran down tmt
sprang into the air. Hisf t caught, so that lm
fell on the other side ; but l.e snatched up h.s
gun and ran again. In a moment, he hen I
a wild and horrid cry, and turning ns I e ran u j
the opposite hill, he saw s sight that has tnur
dennl his sleep for tunny a night. The dariter
savage had leaped like him, but not so well ; lm
hid tripped, snd one of the broken btsnches
had caught and impaled him on its upright
point, passing upward into the cavity of his.
chest ! lie stw the starting eye-balls, and the
painted features hideously dislurted, and paus.'d
to see no more.
About sunset the sentinels of Forte Ann si w
him emerging from the woods, runumg as if
the Indians were still behind him. A strong
party sent out next morning found the bud es of
the rangers stripped, and frozen in the various
positions in which they died, so thnt tl ev ap
peared like marble statues. On a ire clo e
by, the French officer who commanded tlie A
benakis bad fastened a piece ol birch bark, in
scribed with an insolent and triumphant mes
sage to the F.'iglish. The bodies of the two
Indians hail been removed, although the white
snow around the o'd pine tree retained i.ief.
tacahle marks of the tragedy that hid been en
acted there, and was beaten hurd by the mora
sins of a cruwd of savages w ho had gathered u
hunt that place.
The taste of wnr was enough for the doctor's
mart ml zeal. He did not take the field nnin
till twenty years afterward, when he came to
Washington's camp at Cambridge, arme ' wA.i
probe and balsam, instead of a mubket and pow
der." (liitktloui anil Anwer.
OMITTKU H WKUsrilK.
Of the I'rimuri) I'lunt iits
What is the earth ! The mother of uli- v.
least so the ancients 7' 77-s and consequei t
ly friend of the lobormg classes.
What is air ? A four-part glee, with vuria
lions, the w itids are continually singing.
What is water The objetUoiial part i- '
giog, found iuo.-t.y in jiuiiijis, not apptuvoJ k
by surhrrs.
Of r.Lincntr.ry Afinilirs, Clumicul I'n'f r-
tit s, i c.
What is steam ! The headstrong clu! ! of
fire und wutcr, frequeully known to blu h..j a
rents up.
Wbnt is gas .' An clement of city ecortoi.iy,
rather irregular in its habits, frequently fuun.1
out in the streets at unseasonable hours ; a!a,
the inflating princtp e discovered generally in
ball.xins, circus advei tiemclits, an J political
speeches,
Whut is percussion The sudden c.ititact
of two adipo-ie hmlies, round a corner.
What is chemical analysis The science
of detecting the presence of foreign matter,
turnip in cbaiiipuigne, Iri.-hnieu unottgst ttree'
sweepers, &c.
What is physiccl analysis ! (lunging tho
extent u( fat on a fellow's ribs w ith a boivio
knife.
Of Aritkmrtic,
What is simple addition The joining ot
one or more mattets which increase the vnV
of the original.
Example. To
add
Result :
To
add
Kesn't :
John
f-'int
Ma;
Major John Sm t
1 hogshead of su-i
i " sn:i. mm
1 I hogshead of
What is compound addit'ou? Where t1
junction of one or moro matters mako tbc t
lal indefinite.
Ex Add, (in wedlock) Tlioinn B. n'
!' Miss Anne S.i.
Itesult: An in definite nu hIht ut iudivi.ii.ai
Wha is subtraction ? The taking of or
thing from another, by which ths originals
ter in value.
Fx. from Cip'aiu John Tyl.
tike) P.csldeiir
Bemains : Plain Jo'
What is division? Tin placing ol a inn'
units agaimt a number ol number-, bywl.
the latt.-r diminishes in value in pr iporl....:
the value of I ho former.
Fxamples 1) vide man and wife by i
some hou-emni I Result J.'sloiilv !
Divide all the officers by ull the Ue.,! a
Ucsull uiury disuipuintmeuts,
Jli.tton 1'us