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BOYER SON.
September 7, 18.57.
Hanover B. Railroad.
!TRAINS over the 11 mover Branch. ILtilro;nl
AtlrlV :
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Gettysburg. April 'J, 1855.
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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.
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AVADIAMERY.—. I Iiss Lotas.t. Kin larrl7x
' LLS : 100g* &O jut° rot the ladies of town and
e k
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Md nag in all its branches, in West Middle
str afew doors below Mr. George Little'l
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towiiixPleuse calt mad eee. [apr. 21, '56.
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1
4 1 ,44 quality, and low rates, at
, .
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DEI
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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
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Sons iu arrears after Aug. with will be charg
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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,
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1 , Nor. IG, 1557.*
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CHEAP WATCHES &JEWELRY, whole
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and Jewelry Store, No. 9 North &wad
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Gold Lever Watches, full jeweled, 18 carat
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Silver Levers, full jeweled, $l2 00; Silver
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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
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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
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CEAP DR.E.SB GOODS.— You will lad
the handsomest and cheapest Ladies'
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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
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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
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TWO 'DOLLARS 'A
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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
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