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MITE Porry Fire Insurance F.t1:19,15C.--etTects iii xt.rance4 iu nuy p - trt of the State, agaiust I ~ a 4 by tire : prioletitly adapts it!, „pr—itiunA :.1 its resource 4: allOrils Ample incloninity, owl priscoptiy spljusts hishe•i. Lum.istsoiiiii ix repre.e.ito l in tip. L'ooiril Als:ia4ers by .11 in. 3lioirs M'('LE.k N, 1., 0. <Mee of SI /1. Stellean, a. ) 4.ri IN,u. New Firm. ,4111.1 - t;ROI:E1U Jr. CON FgeTl /NS. 1 he under.igued hare pnrcha:44.l the (:ru m•ly 0( E. 11. lI.N.NEIIII, on the Nurtlrwet. corner of the Inamuml. formerly occupied Ly B. Kurtz. where they invite he ettenthm of all w'm may wish Ilrnteties, (;,sisteetissii.s. Frutt*--Coirte. Tee. Sag4r. 11u. I i'ju .Saf i clareh. ',la. Spices of 411 Liml4, .I'.moil,h4 a ;:iie as -1%, ktlant of hUhAil% Tobacco, S.;.ltrN. Snuff, ate. L..7l"owitry Pruduce Lu ca in e eachanselur BOYER SON. September 7, 18.57. Hanover B. Railroad. !TRAINS over the 11 mover Branch. ILtilro;nl AtlrlV : Fcr•t Train teas ed 4411./Ter at 9A. X. With 111,se:1gers for York, iliKriz!barg, (' I o 1' too a1.“..-intte• le Euve.p.si fu.c. there it; 12 u: St ',,iYirlit i retiin liestnit at 1 P. W. With and interate.liato pia ( elk; siva 'Sturm Nritli flui.ft•engerri front Y"rk, J.. LEIB, lou r 30, IA:o7 Tailoring. SKELLY respectfully infurn24 his uld. " • customers and the public generally, that tunitittues th'e TAILORIA'G Dear l(r8 uIA Ptand , in S .uth B tltimure street, where he will be happy to accurninadate all arias 'may patronise him. All work entruste,l to ewe warranted to fit un I be of must ulAtautial wake. Thankful for past favors, lie solicits 7. continuance ofpohl.c patrunage. le.The NeW York Spring and Summer l'ashionz are receil ed. Call and bee them. Gettysburg. April 'J, 1855. Diamond Tonsor. TOIIN W. TI P VON, Yoxhiotiobte Barber " , awl If iir A es.ter, can nt all times be fouati prepared to attend to tho calls of the peck at the Temple, in the Diainonl, ad- Joir!tairitie County ituildrug. From long ex perience, be Jiatters himself that he can go through a the rani;fications of the TussoRIAL Daelaratair with such an infinite degree of skill, !if will meet with the entire satisfaction of *lt *law way submit their chins to the keen ardeatuottia razors. He hopes, therefore, eh& . Aisatteution to business., and a desire i, tie 'I yin werit as receive, a liberal ne. oh public patronage. The sick will be r ir atusided tii'at their private dwellings. aelititbarg, Jay. ti, ISS. tf AVADIAMERY.—. I Iiss Lotas.t. Kin larrl7x ' LLS : 100g* &O jut° rot the ladies of town and e k con 10,04, she is now prepared to execute Md nag in all its branches, in West Middle str afew doors below Mr. George Little'l stores. Wbrk dune cheaper than el•ewhere in towiiixPleuse calt mad eee. [apr. 21, '56. GAS BUILNEKS.—.I...,acw and excellent •slalauf. - Cont 4tores, for Puriur or Cham ber 'uss e _lt is especi.aly intended for chum bers;as it consumes the put, and thus removes one of the' objections to the use ut cual. A soutillSof eent wilt burn fur 1t boars without rogalatisle. Call and see it. BHEADB& BUEHLER 181/- - S, Carpet Bags, Velioes, &e., of 1 4 1 ,44 quality, and low rates, at , . SAMSON'S. DEI 1110BACCO -4 SEG ARlVef beat brands, and 1 Outbid' insiy low rates thou high times, ag, tigigNoar, Proviaion and Cauvery Store of G.ILLESPIE & TUOMAS. l'ailsons desiring to lay in their 41 11 R I tetsply of Cml, will paean send datiathaposonos, as it taw the furnished' sbas fru= she Yard.— , Oartele6o l o 00°1- • 13 4 1:1 § BCAhLili. BY H. J. STAHLE. 407 YEAR. Desirable Farm, T PRIVATE SALE —The undervigned, having removed, offers at private sale, his FARM, situated on the 3fillerstxwo road, one mile from Gettysburg, adjoining /ands rif Emanuel Pitzer, George Culp, and °than. containing 125 Acres, neat meas tire, having a two-story DWELL- - ING nocsr, Bank Barn, and - , other out-buildings, thereon, a Orchard of good fruit, with a well water at the door, and an excellent miring convenient. . There is some Woodland, and ',large prupur don of good Meadow. and more •:arl be amis. Persons wishing to view the property are re quested to call upon either Joel B. Danner or George Chritsmar, residing in GertrsSnre. J. N. BrRICEt. Dee. 7, 1457. 4t Desirable Town Property, A T PRIVATE SALE.—The subscribers offer at private sale. the valuable proper of Rev. KELLER, situate on the N. W. corner of Cliambersburg and Washing ton streets. Gettysburg. The im provements are a lame Tsru-story 1111 Brick Dwelling ROCS?, a large three story Back Building—the. whole coincidently arranged arul to good repair; a Frame S:able and Smoke House. There is an excellent rain-water cistern on the lot, and the hydrant water is piped into the kitchen. The garden is productive and there is it variety of choice fruit trees un the 10. The western half of the lot being va cant, affords an eligible building site. If the property is not sold by the first of January it will be for Rent from the first of April next. Apply to M. k W. Mee LEAN, Attorneys. Dec. 7. 18,57. 3t Valuable Town Property, FOIL SALE.—The undersix,tted will sell at Private Sale the Dwelling and L o t ~f Ground occupied by him in tit tlysburg, front in Si) feet on Carlisle street, running 142 feet to an alloy, anti within a few feet of the R a ilro a d and Passenger Station.— , The house is „ large Two-story „. Brick Building, with Basement, mil other improvements. As pur chasers will examine the premises, a full de scription is unnecessary. The property one .of the inost desirabli in the borough for private residence or business parposll. For terms, &c., apply to • JACOB AUG It IN BM: 011. Dee. 7, 1.957. 3t Caution. LI. persons are bereby warned and notified LA not to trust my wife. DELII,A BITTINGER, on my account. A separation hating taken place between us. I will pay no debt. of her contracting. JErzrzh W. BITTINGER. -.Franklin tp., Dec. In, 18:57.* Caution. t LL persnns are hereby warned and nnti • fied not to trust my wife MARGARET Mr- Es s on my amount. A separation having taken place between ue, 1 wilt pay no debts of her , contracting. ADAM S. MYERS. Dec. 7, 11357. Littlestown Railroad! THE Sisth 3lonthly Instalment of Fite Dollars per Share on the Stuck subserils ed, will be due and plyahle to the Treasurer of said Uompany. on the 281 h day o/ Dee. next. By a Resolution of the Board of Direc tors. passed un Saturday. July 15th, all per- Sons iu arrears after Aug. with will be charg ed iuteeest at tlio rate of one per cent. a mouth on their back payments, in accordance with the Act of Assembly. E. F. SllOlO3, eretary of the Bucvd. Nov. 30, 1557. td N. B.—Any of the Di;ectora will reeeipt for payments on Snuck. Edward Mclntire, QIIIVEIOIt for the county of Adams. Office in Liberty township. Pula-Office st.blre4s, Emmitzbury, .ILL 1 , Nor. IG, 1557.* Send For It. Tug most superbly illustrated Matatine ever published in America, is the Decem ber number of the Cososopolituis Art Jour containing over si4y splendid .Engrarings, and giving full particulars of the benefits of the C.ismupoli tan Art Association; tiro dollari a year; single copies fifty rents. Specimen copies will be sent to all persons who wish to subscribe on receipt of five postage stamps, (15 emus.) See advertisement beaded, " beat Prospectus," in this paper. Address, C. L. DERBY, IL:cum; C. A. A., Proculway, Veto York. sir Apo, to T. DirrEstiss, Honorary Secretary, Gettysburg. LDee. 7, '57. Stauffer & Harley. CHEAP WATCHES &JEWELRY, whole sale and retail, at the Philadelphia Watch and Jewelry Store, No. 9 North &wad street, comer of Quarry, Philadelphia. Gold Lever Watches, full jeweled, 18 carat eases, !2.8 00 ; Gold Le pines. 10 carat, 824 O 0 ; Silver Levers, full jeweled, $l2 00; Silver p'nes,jewels, S 9 00; superior Quartiers,ss7 1)0; Gold Spectacles, s.r‘7 fine. Silver do. $1 511 ; Gold Bracelets, $3 00; Ladies' Gold Pencils. L 00; Silber Tea Spoons, set, *ti 00; Gold Pens, with pencil and silver holder, $1 00. Gold Finger Rings, 37i cents to $6O - ,Watch Glasses, plain, 1:1'} cents, latent 18i; Lunet 23; other articles in proportion. All goods warranted to be what they ore sold fur. STAUFFEII...t HARLEY. On hand, some gold and silver Levers and Leptons, roll lower than the above prices. Oct. •.Itt, 1657. ly LlTuvEs:—Every variety of Cook, Parlor, ►7 StMon and Office St)res can be seen at the Ware litiom of Sheath & Buehler, in West 31. d lle street. Oar Stores are all pur chased iu Philadelphia, and will be sold cheaper than they eau be bought at retail in the eity or elsewhere. Call and see them. SIIE.kIiS &BUI.:IILER TumBER.:--.1 0 hand a supply of Lumber, I of best quality. Orders fur any amount e.tu be tilled. Yurd on W.Ashinztou street, nelr Railroad street. IHEADS & BUEHLER. F — --- RUITS and Confections, nice and fresh, just front the city, to be had at GILLESPIE & TLIOMAS. CEAP DR.E.SB GOODS.— You will lad the handsomest and cheapest Ladies' Dress Goods and long Shawls in wwn at the store of GEO. ARNOLD & CO. 0001 C STOVES I—Four styles of Cook Btoures—she Noble Cook, Royal Cook, William Penn, and the Sea Saell---thr sale at the Ware Room of SUEADS & DUE U_Lk.: . ARLOR 0001C-..This Stay • is especially P adapted to 'Pining Boom and will re ayakeilit itself on thasoore of exitiosey and °Dave/Seim ,It is very oreatneehl. Cali aad seo it. . SUEADS 4 . THE' -COMPILER glemerratir, g(tulo anti famil4 #ournai. CI CI GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, DEC. 28, 1857. De i'oct's Coillei% SONO OF VIE DRUM sr c. a.-rescirsi.. We can hear their heavy tramp, As they leave the tented camp, With their banners proudly floating as they cwx!e; AO the tramping of their feet :With the Otta ofthe palpitating drum, With the drum, dram, drum—palpitating drum, the echo of the palpitating drum. Add the Weaning of the' hors On the swelling air hi borne, While the Me is loudly ptali*g as they come ; liut the valleys, far and near, Lend a more delighted ear To the echoes' that are rolling from the drum, To the drum. to the drum, to the drum, dram, drum— To the echoes that are rolling from the drum. The inspiring violin Gires a pleasure 'mid the din Of the dancing feet and merry voices' hum; But the soldiers' trampling feet Find for nye a music meet, In the rolling and the trolling of the drum, In the drum, drum, rolling of the drum, drum drum, In the rolling and the trolling of the drum. And the trumpet ringeth out, Like the soldier's victor shout, Which the terror-stricken foeman maketh dumb; But the palpitating heart Finds a solemn counterpart To its throbbing in the beating of the dram, In the drum, drum, drum, drum, drum, drum, drnm— To its throbbing in the beating of the drum. Loudly sounds the rolling gong, And the bell whose echoes long Set the hills and valleys ringing where they come; But there is ne'er another sound Roaming the ambient air profound Like the monotonous echoes rolling riots the drum, Like the monotonous beating so loudly repent ing the rolling of the drum, Like the monotonous echoes rolling from the drum. On the battle-field of life, With appalling dangers rife, Beats it louder as the perils closer come; From the cradle to the shroud Thus the heart is besting loud, Like the stately solemn-palpitating drum, Like the drum, like the drum, the palpitating drum, Like the stately solemn-palpitating drum. liie sloqj Zook. THE SKELETON ON THE ROCK; Or, Eight Pave from the .1111oola of Life NY JANIS SKIS, ESQ., ♦OTHOS Or TH. "DARK DAYS Or runaDuria.," ETC! PAGE I.—Tits LOCALITY On the great national road between Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and Cum berland, Maryland, the traveler passes over two mountains, known es the Big and Little Savage. Except in the beauty of the scenery, which is of a wild and picturesque character, there are no other features in these " savage " hills, than that which belongs to the nature of the soil, apd the giant-like formation of ite,,neekasmuiJissees. grier,however, to the march of int- PravB4 l o l t,,land the enterprise ,of the people, which have thrown over hl/1, inotmtaioranik valley, roadi r canals, and .telegraphic, modes of communication, this portion of our country presented quite a different aspect to whet it does at the present day. The deep walleye, high towering mountains, whose sum mits play hide and seek with the clouds, and interminable forests, the resort of the wild deer and bear, gay . e to it all those characteristic features which render the American forests, in point of sub limity and grandeur, equal if not super ior, to those of other countries. We might probably interest our readers in a description of the wilds of the West ; but, as the pen is but a poor substitute for the pencil, and both fall so immeas urably short in eketehing the reality, that we will be excused of the task of attempting to paint that which is so far beyond the reach of art. On the ex treme height of what is called the Lit tle Savage, stood in the year 1829, a rude log hut; this was before the road, (which now winds its way around the base, and up the sules of the mountain, like a huge serpent,) was made. Then it was a wilderness, yet a wilderness of gardona---for up the hill side and down the deep valleys, the violet and the wild forest rose bloomed in their pride of beauty, and shed their perfume on the perfumed air; the birds at morn awoke the slumbering insecte of the wood, and with their happy notes Made all things musical; the bee on the rose, hummed in steed concert with the ciwir ; and when-st night their more time' throats and plaintive strains were heard, they sounded as requeinis of departing day. Muoh of the wild character of the scen ery Mill remains; but perhaps the most remarkable, aparttfrom the natural at tractions of these mountains, is that of the skeleton of a num, which to this day can be seen on a projecting rock, over hanging a small stream which meanders through the deep valleys, and loses it self in the waters of the roaumtic Mo nongahela. For seventeen years and upwards, has that skeleton rested upon the rook. It has become a part and portion of it; in fact, it looks as if the sculptor had chiseled iteentorf the main b9 4 Y , of tbe Om% nnd ist) it there as Ipechnen of his art There is 6 karial Ell "TRUTH Ti MIGHTY, AND WILL PREVAIL." history connected with these bones— one which has thrown a charm, as of fear, over and around their immediate vicinity. It is indeed a wild and fear ful spot—blasted oaks surround it; the tendril vines which were wont, in their pride, to cling so fondly to their stately lords, the oaks, now crawl away, cling ing to the earth as if in dread. The Wild flowers bloom no longer there, and the gaunt wolf whose bed was beneath the rock, howls afar ofri The voltam, too, have long since deserted the place —the flesh oftheir victim is gone, and• the spirit of the table rock no longer spreads his hatnum basest there Yes: high up on that lone rook, blanched by the storm and the tempest, and baked in seventeen summer's suns, hardened even unto the consistency of stone it self, are to be seen the bones of one whose name no longer dwells in the memory of man t It has passed away —for the tenth of crime is oblivion ! PAGE 1.1.-Tuit OLD MAN-DAV:MR Our story commences on a beautiful evening in the month of J une, 1840, in the log hut alneady alluded to ; at the door of which sat, on this occasion, an aged man and two young girls. The man's age was probably sixty ; and al though his head was silvered o'er with the " messengers of time." yet the cheerful look and well built frame told a life of temperance and of health. The eldest of the girls was not more than eighteen, and the youngest twelve ; they were both beautiful, possessing all the attractions of youth with its health ful glow and bloom. These are the at tributes of innocence and truth, around which virtue delights to linger, and "sheds its halo there." The present, to them, was all bright—the future all sunshine. In that wild lone spot, the paradise of the mountain, could an ac tion or thought beyond truth exit ! arc there not poisonous insects in the choicest plants r What spot is there on the habitable globe that has escaped the pestilenee of rico? : It goes forth as if ou the Wings of the storm and tempest ; it. careers o'er the earth, and blights the glens of the world The human heart, like the fabulous flower of the East, nurses a serpeut, which passion warms into life, and whose sting is death! Beware, my fair readers, of the indulgence of a thought which is not allied to virtue. The old man's band rested on the head of his eldest child—his grandchild —for these two lovely eaeutures were the daughters of the old man's first born—his only child; she died bequeath ing them to his charge. "lda—listeu to tuu-1. promised thy mother to watch over thee, and I will do it—listen—l speak but for your good. Nay, droop not." " Speak, dearest Grandfather, I wilt obey thee, and have I not ?" " There spoke my own dear child —in thee, Ida. She lives again for inc." What would you, Grandiatlker r" "Ida, that wan has been Been near our but ; it is a lone, wild spot, and he can have no business or cause to linger in its vicinity. It bodes uo good to thee, Ida, and to me—but no matter— I am too old to act the champion ; but I am yet your guardian, your father— listen to me, Ida--avoid that max, there is danger in him." ' As the okl man spake, a deep blush, whose crimson hue was not the tint of conscious innocence, passed over the cheek of Ida! She looked up,however, and replied : "I have avoided him, father, indeed I have." • PPrornise me, Ida—nay swear, that from this ..titae, forth you will not, see nor speak with him-.-nay, frown. not, I speak a one having the right so to do. - I can read this man, lean trace in the dim perspective Ammer of crime, as the past appears to have been one of guilt. Nay, ill my dreams I see him crossing my path, and before him on the green sward dark shadows pass, orint owned with blood. Daughter. I tell thee, dreams are the forerunners of eveuta an our lives; they come as shad ows, but remain with us realities. Ida, will you swear?" " Dear father, do.„not proioso an oath, why should Ida swear? would you doubt her truth ? No, no, do not propose an oath; we are happy, and where virtue is crime cannot come." " True, my child, I am a foolish old man ; but why is this man here—hero amid the deep forests—has he told thee, child :'" t "Ho said he camo to limit the doer, and had left his companions at thu foot of the mountain." "I like him not; men's faces are the maps of the human heart; those who study them, and trace their lines, can read their inmost recesses. .1 left the city years ago, because the mapped world told of hidden crimes. The gib bet was erected in public places, and the whipping post was the chief orna ment of our pleasure grounds. A moral pestilence was abroad, and the air was heavy with curses. I came here, 'pur chased this piece ofground ; 'twits here thy mother died—you, my dear chil dren, have been my o nly companions for many years. here, amid the wild ro mantic beauties of nature, all has been sunshine, all happiness. Mark !do you wit hear the long whip-poor-will, as he wings his flight down the valley; are such sounds heard in a city? no l And see the last rays of the sun, how beauti fully they gild that long lane lined with forest trees, it looks like the pathway of heaven; but the air grows chilly, come in, my children,. the creatures of night are abroad, and the woods are ustuticaL Ws shall be happy, my ohii. Brea.,, "And are wo not happy, Grand fothag!" , . . "My heart disq pot beat in tialson with nature, feel a depreasion pf spir its ; there is danger somewhere-per haps to your poor old Grandfather. * * * Our readers can readily imagine Aileen° such es wo hare describ ed ; if they have never been on the mountain, or witneeeed the sun's gliding down o'er la and valley, or listened to the night ,breeze as it comes up from the event of the forest, hearing on its bolointhef- musks of birds, insects, sad eia•iamtinio and picture, soitietluag of the su blimity and beauty of mountain scenery, if the admiration of nature has been atone exeited by reading. Books are the pictures of tho world 1 Thew as night conies on, a pQrtioa of its nest pervades the heart, the tall trees loselhcir shape and form, and mingle ‘vitli • the objects of darkness. The forest seems tCdark mass, and the strange sounds Which come from it add to its solemnityand gloom. The breeze sweeps along hissing tlirough the long gruss,a ti d !mien like conveys its strange sounds afar off in strains of unwritten music. Suddenly there comes a calm. The moon rises up in the distance, its silver rays are poured down upon the earth in a liquid flood of light—the breeze is lulled to deep---a holy silence rests o'er all the earth—fitting welcome to its vestal queen. The voices of earth arc hushed, the music of the spheres alone are heard. The moon arose high er and higher, and as it peered over the tops of the forest trees, the dark form of a inun was seen upon the green in the shade of an Cu'! oak. lis oyes were fixed upon the house. All was still, not a sound was heard. Hai k the opening of a door, a female ferns appears---she gases cautiously around, a motion is made, so slight as not to be heard, and the door is closed, the little space between it and the gate is paasod —the watch dog growled. Thu wolf is abroad '. The figure of the man now moved, his step was like that of the panther, slow, cautious, and hesitating. lie stopped near the little k ale leading in to the garden, where perfumed floweis planted - by her hand, looked fading in the silvery light of the moon. Ile gazed , on that little pasture, how lovely, how' like the Eden of old, se beautifully paint ed by an inspired pencil. There never was an Eden without 3 serpent. Per fection, only exh A ts, when like the seulp- Lured marble, valve heeds nut the up proaeh of the tempter. The stately oak, though its base be the home of serpents, spreads forth its branches, and thrives in its purity and strength re gardless of the enemy so near it, as if' embedded in roses, for the fangs of the serpent tooolt not Ow roots. At the gate stood the man, against whom Ida was warned. The moonlight (1:11110 down ' upon his face—had the old man read it correctly ? For a moment the eye of. that Mtn quailed, for it rested on a holy and se, calm scene; in that half averted gaze, the boy spoke to the man ; it seemed us it' it called up other days, and mirrored the past to his view. lie thought of the times passed away, fled, gone Po-ever; he remembered his boy hood's home, and memory peopled the scene withilliyug fortne,—but then came manhood's vision, and its dark elOud obscured that of oyhood—he clutched his hands together, gnashed his teeth. and felt and looked the fiend again.— The mop of his Auld was again upon Ala face. ,"It is peat," be muttered," the_ dream of childhood-comes too late, my deathly_ (z earth must be accomplish, ed.° lila' and' the stranger Met. tile oatk had not been , etdounigtered ! PAGE 111.--Camia. . The year 1831 was remarkable in the tinfoils of crime, for s system of rob keries, the. operations of which exteral edtoaluioat every.part of our country. A regular organization of men was us tabliahed, portions of whom were sta tioned in the mountain passes,,and like the brigands of Italy, laid every way farer under contribution. The effect of this system was felt not, only in the com mercial, but in nearly all the social re. lations of life. Robberies became nu merous and frequent, and as they were carried on with a chivalric spirit, a de gree of romance was thrown round them which we regret to say, found favor with the public. Our readers, at least many of them, remember what a degree of interest was manifested for the flute of Porter, the mail robber i and tile ex traordinary exertions made to save him from an ignominious death. Nay, to such. an extent was this unreasonable feeling carried, that. a most deserving and meritorious manager of a theatre, lost his life* in his exertions to obtain, not only all the information in relation to the robbery, but a correct view of the scene where it occurred. So chang ed, however, is the system of swindling at the present day, that men who ex ercise the greatest amount of cunning, or talent, it, does not matter which, in accomplishing their ends,are considered smart, and looked upon as being worthy the confidence of the people for almost any office, which it, is in their power to bestow. Progressive as we are in every branch of art., and becoming every day more intellectual, the minds of men ex-1 void with their increase of knowledge, and thus every thing, even unto crime, is done upon the most gigantic scale, The strength of will is kept equipoise with the vigor of intellect. Cheating has become a science, and *round which the aristocracy of law has thrown its *Mr, Samuel Chapman, Lame of the Walnut Street Theatre. He died In 1850; hls death was oteasiosed by • fall from a hone, while sketching the locality of Porter's dar . ng rob bery.ef the mail, at Tamer's Lea*. Tee piece was produced, but in one week afterwards, Mr. Chapman was buried in Itonaldson's Cemetery, and a nest monument, *tied by his friends to his memory, Mat remains e tribute of their es teed; god kis well known tank sad Mummer as ismess S gestientsm sod so • 114.4. .1% • •.1 a • t ^ 7.1 • . , CI TWO 'DOLLARS 'A -TEAR most daniewoos iollaence. .As much as these thaw are to be lamented, the remedy is to be fouhd in impartial legis lation, and when the exereiso of justice is in accordance with the mareh cif im.; provement, evident in sit departments, it is to be hbped that no-distinotian till be made between the swindler dammed iu silk, and. the rogue in rags, .Tiut we tigress, lot us proceed with another ge. PAGE IV.—Tga Reasza's Casa. On the borders of a small stream which washes the base of the Little Savage 3founti►in, surrounded by a duster of old oak tror►s forming as It were a barrier, is to be seen oval to this day, the mouth of a cave. The opening is through the solid rock, whe- ' ther formed by the hand of' man, or caused by some convulsion of nature, has so far defied the ingenious observa tions of the naturalist to teal. There are, • however, strong evidences of its having been widened by the use of mod. ern means, and the conclusion is that man has improved what nature's self made. Passing through the entrance, which is several feet in length, you reach a wide space, a kind of saloon ex tending some fifty feet right and Left; another passage wad• beyond leads you into a room of an •• hiong shape, the sides of this room u►e rugged rucks, some of' which ;inject out several feet, forming as it were seats, or rather benches, so arranged, as if made so ex pressly,•and yet the whole formation is nature's solo work I Alongside of this room is a smaller one, and what strikes the beholder at►on entering it, with the utmost astonishment, is the almost per fect resemblance of a bed, hewn as it were out of a solid piece of rock ; the most striking peculiarity is, that it has the bolster and pillows, and which aro so arranged that at a small distance it woola be difficult to discover the illusion. Thich of this- phenomena of nature still remains, 2110 when the writer of this visited it, some ten years ago, t h e •• rock bed" was pretty much iu ap pearance as we have attempted to de scribe it here. Lot us now convey' our readers into this tnive; it presents some what a different appearance from what it did when idle curiosity prompted our vi,it 10 it. It was night, dark clouds were roll ing away clown the mountain's Side, and mocking in their whirling career the glimpses of the pale moon. The air was heavy, and electric tires shot along the heavens, and the distant roar of thunder told an approaching storm. Different, however, were things inside the cave. Aln rge lamp was suspended from the roof of the first room we hare described • the light from this lamp il lumined the passage way, and display. ed the whole of the icterior. In tits were :several' tine horses, already saddled, also a small four wheeled carriage, somewhat resembling th e more modern carry•cl. On the wall were suspended several finished pistols, hunting-flasks, game bags, de., to., along the wall; on the eastern side were several rude beds, and a table in the centre, extending n ear ly the whole distance of the left wing of the room, upon Which were the remains ()fit recent' feast.. Not a lii7ing creature, in t h e shape' of man Woman or child, was visible-,—tie tread, and oc casional neigh of the .horses alooo dis turbed the sdenee, which MOO with in. This sllcnce,' . howetier, was butimo miobtary, *or from the tuna chamber Came the sound of voices, and from the high toner+, it appeared as if the.partica were match excited. 'As mach of. the interest of our pages is indentified with the chief of these then, tnto the room we now introdnee oar readers. The sight was one well calculated to enlist the at teeth's of the observer. At the head of a table stood a man whose age could not, be more than thirty years, his man ners' were those of a gentleman, and his style of dress after the most approved fashion. His features were well formed, hair black and curling round his ears, eyes sparkling, but restless. denoting doubt and dark suspicion, if not con scious guilt. The eyes are sometimes the windows of the heart—at least the medium through which crime is fre quently seen to look out on the bread earth. He held in his hand a glass, and was standing up, as were some fif teen others—his companions. " Now, boys." he exclaimed, "let us drink to the memory of Porter, the mail robber." The toast was responded to by all— sore one—the silence of this man was marked by the chief, but not noticed at the time. When they were all seated, and the glasses replenished, the chief spoke : " llow comes it, Gomm, that yon refused to drink the sentim3nt I gave ? It was to the memory of one who while living was the boldest of us all, and died without peechinr Was he not the best amoilipt us?" " If he was, captain," replied Gerson, "then we are bad enough—Porter has his deserts." Ila! would you Flay so of mo ?—for know—listen, mou—aud thou, white headed viiliun as you are, that I was with hini—it was [ who escaped—" " YOR BIN.---" "lam Penteet*--aye,and I left him to his fate, with that whitt-livered coward, Wilson—l led, and while you were rusticating here, 1, under an assumed name, ventured with Porter'to rob the The company lookod surprised--Gar son WAS silent. "weak, Garcon—let not the dead mar t l e festive board, speak !" - "Why should I speak, would it not be of the dead; aye, ntrt him atone—.no, no, bat of one other: He is gone now, Ist it pair' *Olighosny i*lt Poem. yzylliot puie—oppii4 mf r ' ' • ' 'Li>irn ttiton ,~ that he was the sedu cer of my child; my Marian; sleeps yonder—. aye, in the robber' ng ground. I 09. ea. koinw ibi ; s,. not of her ; V taA ; Is la •• owe no 10 in w . th us an munAirk--;/** - ira a corn ananitx;'" _ True, true, but, yet, al* **my child." - 1‘ Aye 1 yoe lay a Woes ois lay as much as toasty, she Ras too fbr ns—the girl in yonder room isnot year child, yet her fate is 3ferian's." " And mark mo, captain, her seducer's fate will be evni worse than that of Porter." NO. 14. " lla ! ah !--a prophet—a prophet," was the general exclamation. " Silenee,men—l. hear the signal—no more of this nonsense—to businrait,„Au tIVIe ft*oll'are preparing, I will vial ol t - m y rose of the Little Savage." [Cenelvoiox next week.] Alasough Andrew request as to the mode of his death was not to be granted, it was thought be-430 let him remaiii in neeertainty on the subjects tr. tie sn. ewer, therefore, was returuttd to his note. On the morning of the, .2a he maintained a calm demeanor, though all round him were gloomy and *ROM. He overt rebuked Mit servant for4hed ding tears. Baring bronkfastel.L 110 dressed himself with care in the full uniform ota. British officer, viffirriih tie had sent for, and accosting the offieerx on guard—" I am ready," raid he, "at. any moment, gentlemen, to wait upon you." Ho walked to the place of exe cution between two 'subaltern officers, aria in arm, with a serene connSenance, bowing to several gentlemen whom he knew. Colonel Tallinadge accompanied him, and we qnoto his words. " When ho caine within sight of the gibbet ho appeared to be startled, and in4iiiked, with some emotion, whether ho 'Was not to be shot? Being informal that the mode first appointed fer.bia' death could not cousistentty be altered r he ex cluirned, ' How hard is my fiter. , bitt immediately added,. 'it will soon, be over !' I then shook hands with him under the gallows. and retired." While waiting near the gallows nntil preparn tions were made, sayttanothar authori ty, who was present, be evinced some, nervousness, pdtting his foot on a stone and rolling it; and making an .effort to swallow, as if checking aa hysterical affection of the throat. All things being ready, ho Stepped into the wagon; appeared toshrinic for an instant, but recovered himselfzustt exclaimed, " It will be but a momenta- , ry pang."—Taking off his fiat and stock, did opening his shirt collar, he deliberately adjusted the noose to - kis neck, after which he took oat a hand kerchief and tied it over him ayes.— Being told by the officer in command that his arms must be- bound, he drew out it second handkerchief, with which they were pinioned. Colonel Sciimmel now told him that he had an opportu nity to speak if he desired it. His only reply was, "I pray you to bear witness that I meet my fate like a brave man." The wagon moved from under him, and left him suspended.—He died almost without a struggle. He remaini3dsei4- pended for 'about half an hour, during whibh time a deathlike stillness pre vailed over the surronading multitude. —llia remains were interred witius a few yards of the place of his execution whence they were transferred to Eng land, in 1821, by the British Consul then resident in Now York, and were buried in Westminter Abbey, near the and monnment which had been e to his memory.—lrving's Life of George Washington. We take the folloWing rich moms' from one of Dow, Ir.'s short patent ser mons-- " Man looks upon life just. as he looks upon Women—therti is no living , with them and he can't live without them. • Ha will run after them, and rather than to be held ho will loose his coat tail and character—kiss them for love, and kiss them for leading him into trouble. So with life. He partakes of its pleasure*, and he curses it for its pains; withers boquets of bliss, and when their Woe aoms have faded he finds himself hi. possession of a bunch of briars, which is all owing to a little incident that oc curred in Paradise, when man was as a tree toad in a thunder storm. He was told to increase and multiply, and accordingly increased his cares am) peopled the world with a parcel of can didates for perdition, and I am one of— them. A Cool Husband.--A gentleman in Arkansas, was married to a young wo man, and after four months of connu bial felicity, was presented with a black baby. Ho called on his lawyer, and asked his advice. " All right," said the man of the law, " let me have the pa pers, and you shall have a divorce, in stanter !" "Oh, hang the divorce," replied the gentleman, "I only *ant to know if I can sell the cussed nig ger." Vaccinating Dogs to Pretest Distemper. —A correspondent of the ModicatTi ince says ho had lately been to see a patient in the country who is master of a pack of hounds, and he found this gen tleman's huntsman vaccinating a litter of pup pies, as a preventive against distemper. The huntsman said he had done this for some years past, that the success was quite complete, and that the practice was becoming general with huutainet).. —Dr. Johnson wits once talking with a gentleman, who shook his hash-- gravely-, and said ho could not the fore° of the doctor's remarks. To which Johnson retorted, "a r ia my bitaitiese to give you. arguments, _nut to give, you brains." celebrated lawyer. of Beeteu, once concluded an eloquent btu to the jury against thw- :kniones, " fie bansi his arm to ilkuvren•sad lOW the sugar." Stir Th e man who ate h dinner with the fork. of a - river„ have been enAtay.or ing to siiin a Inociataia tap, 'win St bad* IL now dead gregiokorista grifoi chief. seieei Low major Am ivy uwi bile Pow. o=l
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