i
i k
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Vefs
Prat/41.4:14.' .firoviehad Wordi
• Ole/MOS.
/Wh ere I a mt,!llll± halls arc gilded, .
Stored stith pretarei o li
n tight and rare
gains; ordeep raelodi raigia
Float, upesh , th‘'perfamed air ;•-•
Nothing stirs the ° dreary Spence
Sare the Melancholy sea, ,
Noir the poor And humble cottge,
..Where file trotddloo . . .
Where I am, the
A nnie shining,
And the FLY* windows glow,
Till their armorial shadows
""Stainithe Outdo fil3ol below
laded Autumn leaves are trembling,
On thsmithered jasmine tree,
Creeping round the• little easement,.
. ' • Where I faln be!
.hero I am the ,daYs are passing, ."
O'er a pathVaty stresin with flowers;
Song and joy and starry pleastmes. •• •
'Crown the haPpy,.smiling. hours:
• . 'Slowly, heavily and e•adlyi-
Time and Weary Wingspust flee;
Marked, by pain and, toil and'sorrOw;
CiVliere I fain would be
Where I tun, the great and noble, • •
Tell nie' of renown and fame, '
Atid the red wine sparkles highCst,
To do honor to my name
;Far away a place is vacant, •
i g By an humble•hearth for me; i
' Dying embeCs dimlY show it
Where I fain would he! • -
Where I am are glorious dreaming,
Science,
Science, gemns, art, dirinc, it
• And the great niinds\whom all honor
• Interchange their thoughts with mine
A few simple hearts niv waiting,
Longing, Weaiying for•ine,• ,•\ -
Far away where ! tears are falling,
WhCici I fain would be I -
, therF,llawall :think me happy,
• For so well,/ play tny,part, •• •
• None can guess m.hb smile around me,
How far distant
,my heart : •• 1
, Far away in-A pier Cottage, •
Listening to the dreary Sea, •
Where thettrei of - my life aro,
• 'Where I f .would be!
'.1.,T40 - 4QP-Ske;f,6o,l!l.
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.1 . REVOLIT'riONArt — AbVENME. '
Ile leading events' of the war of Independ
eaeiz are • familiar . to 'every American ; btit
rnaav incideu*: . fitll of interest and . adventure,
yet remain to'be diSeloSed. - - 'There are those
yet living - Ache -member the*folloWing . sto
.it . •
The„Amerlin 'authorities found much dif
ficulty- in dispoSi ig of their prisoner*: They,
had no pasts rep larly fitted for the purpose;
end they Could;suggest no he ter means. for,
w Mal
securing them; jthan to place e under a
guard in a- thickly settled part ipf.thc Country,
Where 'the Inhabitants were* most-Occidedly
hostile: to tbe
_English. -The town' of Lancas
ter,- in PentisYlVania; ( was Oneof those select
ed for this' purpose. The prisoners werecon;
lined' in barracks,' enclosed - with a stockade
rid . ~vigilantly guarded.: • But 'itt spite of all
precautions, they, often •disappred 'in an un-,
accountable manner, and nothing Was- heard
. of, tann .till , tliey,-- had resumed their place in
the BritiA iiinty. . Many- and- vatiouti were .
the eoujturct as to the -meaus of their' es
rape; the . : Officers Inquired and investigated'
in vain ; the,eountry, was explored, eo pur
• psi the s.oldiers.shook their beads, told
of fortun c-tel I eks,. pedl ers, arnr.suo characters
. who badheen - Seen -at intervals ;* and sundry .
of the more credulous could think of - nothing
but ‘supernatnial agency ; :but whether main
Or spirit weal the conspirator, the Mystery
was unbroken.-
- . When tlri. becarat.eknown to Washington,*l
he sent. General Tlaten to take this response-.-.
151e' *charge,-. TitiS *energetic...4E6er, after
. ex %
,hawsing all reSoumes,• resorted : to stratagem.
Ile .- as convinced , that, as. the nearest British .
Post 147 ts more th:in a hundred-miles distant,
th'e• j riSt;ners.lmtist 'be aided by Ainericans .!
.ift'it here' the stispicion_ should fidl„he could*
nbt evro ec , njecture,.. the reproach. of Tory- .
isni mng . ahnoSt unknown in that region.—
Baying been; trained to'. Meet exie.encies of
, b
...
this-kind, err a distin,riaisheil*eareer as colonel .
iita . the British army, his Plan.was formed at
onceOind he rommunicated it to an officer =of
ins Own; -upon whose talent he relied fop its
' 11 (Tes$1 1 1 exeputiott *This-was Captiiintee‘ ~
.n•tio , ;e• courage and:ability fully justified the"
EtiectiOn: •: i • !- '
the secret! plan concerted betweegifthm.
was:this. lt was to . .be given out that Lee •
was absent -On'farlough or. command: - He,.
meantime, wits :to . 'assume the dress of a.. Bri
t ish*prisoncil,-a
-nd, - having provided himself
.with information anda story of Ilia capture,
- . u - as to be-thrown. into the barracks, Wherehe
Inight gain the confidence of the soldiers and
join. them.. in a plan . of Soape. i . ..T10W well
• qaptain Lee - •Sustaina his- part may he` infer-
red from the fact' that when be had disappear
ef . and pl4d,hiMself among the prisoners;
his . own ofe t kvaand 'soldiers saw him every
day- without i the least suspicion - . The
, Person
te4lxim Lain indebted for most of these pat
- teularS. .vra .the Intendent Of - the prisoners,
..- and faMiliar with .1...ee,.4 but though compelled,
to seehiin often in the -discharge of his duty,
'he never penetrated-,the':: disgaise. Well it
was for Zee.that - hiSdisguise,Was SOConiplete..
• Had his associati.....4 suspected his pnrpose to
bet!ity . them; hie hishistory. Would -have beeRPITI-
Ifrom4 in vthe proverb, '". dead linen* tell no
-tales." .y! I.
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a_ 1 ,
For many days lie remained, in this situ I
ton, makin* no discpveries whatever. Are '
thought he, Verceivi4 at different times,Ans
of intelliggier : between the prisoner; and an
old woman,,, who was allowed ,to bring fruit
for sale withinthe enclosure. She was known_'
Ito be deaf and luilf-witted, and was therefore
nci' otject c.f suspicion. It was known that
ber RRI had been disgraced and punishedin
the Anieriea • army, hat she had never be
tniyed \ any i mice On that account, and no
one dreanutd hat she could have had t 4 P ( Yw R `
il li
er to doinjurytif she possessed the inlL-4-
4.ee watched her closely, jazt - f saw nothing to
confirm his suarileion4. Tier threlling eras
si,out a mile distant, in a:wild retreat, where
'be B hared her tniserable quarters with A dog
and eat, the finmer of whieli mounted guar4
over her man!iiimi, while the latter encourag
,td superstitiouri fears which wor e equally,ef.
fectual in keeping yisiters awer'
One dark, stormy night in nutumn, he'was
.I Yhig awake at. midnight, meditating onAhe
llterprise , he had undertake* which
the beginning' it had recomineaded itself
to his romantic diaposition,lhad TiQW lost all
.its
,tharrns.' it? Was one 4 'those temPests,
which in o4r climate so often luMg-upoti the
Path ()f the depating year. - His.eompanions
,s(l..nt f•ounilly, but the tvinit- which-shook the
/building to its fotmdationand Ihreii heavy
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- Wakeful. --- All :Zit 'ottee" . the doer was gently,
oPeried, Sid, ifigiire Mairedailently. into the.
.reom. "If, - was'-too -to o divlcte,observe its mo::
'1144 -nitir.o*ly,• blit-hf:Ould see that it stoiip;
a towards' one of the' Sleepers, . whO immedi
ately r ose, neitit apPrOaelted him and touch:
.
ed him: - jeti the shoulder ;• • Lee inimediately.
=started -up ; the ..figUe then allowed kslight
gleam from - a. dirk lantern to pass Over hie
him, . and iii ha did so, I ry hi, spered - impatiently,
" not the. man—but otne V' '. It then oecur.
red to • Lee that this Wita, the opportunity he
desired.. The unknmin - Whispered to him to
keep
.his phiek till . atiodier•man Was eallea;
but just at that mometiit, sonienoise disturb
edhint' and,: Making. i sign to' Lee- to folloW,
ho moved silently but;:ofthe -mini.'
~..,. •:
• ,They found . the - &Or l i:if:the houso unbar
red; and a. Sinail part ot the knee fenioved,
where they:
.oiti without molestatien;
the sentry, laid' retired .tea shelter Where- he
thought - he could guard Ida 'post without suf
fering from . the rainy Tait Lee - sawi that his.
conductors 'put the . mselves• in preparation' :to
silence-,him if he'-sheuld. happen to address
thenf...• Just -.:Withoitt! the' fence appeared a
stooping • figure, wrapped in a - red cloak, and
„Supporting itself' with a large :stielt. which
. Lee at once perceived could be no otherthan
the. old fruit woman. - .Biit the niost profound
silence was observed ; a man came outfrorn
.a thicket at ki, little distance,..and joined them,
the Whole party. Moved on under the guidance
of the old woman. At first they frequently
Stopped to' listen, but Iliaving heard the - senti- - ,
nel's cry; • " all's . well,l they. s.cemed reassur
ed, and moved with More confidence than be
foie.•
-' . - - . .- , • •-- ` • •
.'
They Soon ame ' near to her cottage, un
. der•an 'overhanging bank, where a bright light
.was .shining out from alitile window upon
thervet and droopiuo 'boughs that hung near.
it.; The "do.. ' received them graciously, and -
they entered . r ' • A tablet-as spread; with•some
coarse provisions upon 'it, and a large jug,
which one of the soldiers was about to seize,
when the ni*WhO Cenducted them withheld
him. ; -. -"No,•"'suid be, . " vir. Must first.'pro-.
'coed;to husiness."• :Ile then - went to a Small
- .closet, from- Which 'he . 'returned with what
seemed Ito have been, originally, a 'Bible,
theugh'nowit was. wein to a mahogany col--
or .ltd spherical - fern - 4, „While they were
hie' this, Lee had tinie to examine his corn- ~
perilous; one .of - whom was a • large, sniet
looking soldier ; - the other, a short, stout man,
with mueli.,the aspect !of a' villain... -: They ex
amined
liiiii in 'turn;and - as :Lee had .been
k )
obliged-. formerly
, : to ' unish. the 'shorter Sol
dier severely, he nit some . thisgivings when ,
the-fellow's 'eye rest uponlim:- T -- '
heir con
rested
ductor wasa middle- ered, harsh-looking man * ,
whom Lee had never seen before. ' ' -
.....
As no time was to 'be lost, - their guide ex . - ,
plained to th em . in few words; that before .
'he should.. undertake is dangerous enterpriSe,
be should require of t em to swear upon the.
Scriptures, not to,m. - e the least / nitenipt . to
1
.esipe,' and never to reveal the cireumstatices.
or agents lit the proceeding, whatever might
. befalLthern. ' The soldiers, however , insisted
on -deferring this , m - c,. till they3md form
ed some Slight.acqual tanee with th'e contents
t.Fr
of tht.t jug ,' and expre. sed their Sentiments - on
the subject rather 'taction than Words. z -- In'
this,: they - Were join d 'by•Lee, who by 'cilia
time)iad begun totemplate. the - danger pi
la
his enterprise hi ala w and, unpleasant piiint
of View. . if...he Wei; .to he compelled. to •ac
company hiS party t Ne*-York, his disguise --`-
Would at:once be det .ted, and it- was certain -
that he would be ' ed as a spy. He had
il l
supposed, .beforehand, that he should find no
difficulty ' in. escapi s ' : at any• moment'; but
he . saw -that: Ihzir nductor hd4 prepared .
arts for them, - -whic • they were 'to use in tak
ing thelife ofany on w ho sh o uld - atte m pt Ao
leave. thei - e--and th 4 . the - oath.. He might •
possibly have rel .
. r • him Self from its.ob-,
ligations,.• when it. I . , eneceSisary for -the
. interests of - his eo n try ; but no. honorable
man can-well bear be driven. f* an emer
gencY, in .which' he ust violotean oath, how-'
ever relnctently it : as t aken.. He felt that
there - was no retrea
,zug, when there came 'a
heavy 'shock, as if sitiething falling, against
Abe - sides. r of the hon; their practised ear at
once deteeted the - al mi. gun; and their con
ductor, throwing.* d . wn the old Bible, which
he had held all 'the ' hile . impatiently in his
s c,
hand, directed the partY to follow him in Close '
order, and imniediately quitted . the hour 2 e,
taking with him hialdark lantern. - '
_ . They. went on 'with grad despatch; but .
not without di ffi culty!, i Sometimes their foot
ing.wonld give wit3 , l On some sandy batik or
slippery field; and W i hen thei rpath led through ;
the..wotals, the Wet boughs dashed-heaYilY irt
•their theca. - tee felt he' might have deserted:
his - precious companions . While they •were in
thii;. hurry and alai 14i; but he felt, that; as..
let, he ' had made iio! diseove:ries ; • and how
ever dangerous'- his - Situation. was, he- could
-not hear to confess that he he'd not nerve to
'carry it .through. ii' he went,' therefore, for
'two .• or- three hours -!and was beginning to .
- slink with Clive, w en the barking of u--dog
brought , the party t a stand. :Their conduct
7er gave a low whi• tle,whieh was answered , '
'at no great, dist:ln . .. l and - a figure Came for
:wardhithe-darknes. who whiSpered to their
gnide;',Und,then led he Way up to a building,
Which seemed by. th shadowy. outline, to be
i
• a :!:large ' stone. barn 1 They - entered ' it, and
,were severally - pl, in small , nooks *here
they could feel 114 the hay was all around:-
them, epept - on the side of the `call., . Short=
ly. after, some pro isiOns . ' were brought to
thetn with the same silence, thd it Sigui
fled to /theta that !ey Were to re.maineon
cealed:through. 'the iwhOle \ -of. the - coming
_.,..
Through & .crey c.v in the wall, Leelt ar ti:
r t
discover', as. the da i came ou, that ,the
was attached to a a all farre-hijuse, yeiwas
so near the-house•tha4 he .could overheo the.
conversation 'whiai . Was carried on .about`the.
dour. • -The Mornin,ig.l rose -clear, - -and itlwai,
.evident_freni• the . herSeinen whO oCcasio . y
galloppcd up. to tlie I-dodr., :that the Coo try
was alarm: . The • farmer. gave short and
surly replies, as _ 'if unwillingto betake off
-froth - his labor ; • bu file - Zither initiates o the
honse:were eage.i. in eir questions, and, from
the answers, - -Lee.ga ': red - that, the meimS by
•whieli . , he and, his . tnPaniOrts . hid es4ped
were as . mysterious as ever..!..- .'
--...• The next night; -' 4en. aft Was quiet,
resumed `their' m . . : and explained to Lee
that,.. as he vine vit . ith-theta in: heir conspir'-
acy andwasseciden liassociated with**
in their eseape;the • should take the precau
tion to' 'keep . hina haorp ' them just hehind
a
the guide. ' Iteattb fitte d
~ with . outoppaq iti i.mi,
'though thr ' -- --iikdr Ad.'
.41;1 .118 anango
ed the dames in
served from the
they did not m,
the Delaware, butt.t
so-often that he.4con
"THE WILL . OF EgEO
ee.. ; l
t
'1
. 2.
*Ca considerably lessen.' sprang n n his ' , adversary - :with the intention
prof his escape. 'He oh. 'of Wrel3oll' the Pistol from :his hand ; ' t4he
.. ~.
ireetion of the - s t ars that other mica upon; his guard, and aun with
f e
i nt a direct' lino toward such pr on, that, had the pistol : heen hsrg
hf7 Changed their (aurae. ed with 4 bullet, 'that 'moment woul hive
Knot asleeture at what been his last Out, it. seemed that the On
, 1
raTZUZI
LE 113'111E G-11,ThiAH
MONTRON,
point they !intended, to :. striko.the river.
endeavoralliwhen_ arty peculiar objept appear
ed, to fi,x it in his memory as well at the da i tk ,
,ness would permit; and
.sudebeded better t an
:could = have • !been expeeled,. eonsiderilig • ho
agitateistataln.which he traVele&• -- • -
. ' For• several. nights they heat lon in. '
Manner,- being delivered over to different ' ,
sons, from
.tame "to- time; . and JI,S 4e co d
gather from, their ! whiSpering conVersati n,
they . Were regularly employed on oceaSi - us,
like. ;the Present, and, well rewarded , by e
British for their. services... 'Their employ meat
was full of danger ; i . and though they seen d
likedesperate : iner, .he -.9mild 'obServe t at
they. never remitted their precautions. They;
were ..ceneealedi by - day in haritS cellar .
eaves 'made: : l for, the purpose, and Sintilar ra
treats, : and 'One I. day • *as passed .in 'a tomb;
the dintensiens-of .Which had been; enlarged,
and . ' the inmates,. if there had beetf:auy, ban : .
"ished to Make room 'filr_the lit ing:l The - bp
-ry. ing 'grounds. were, a favorite. retreat, and on
-more occasions than one they were obliged tc
resort to sUperStitions alarmS to,remOve in
triiders upon their path ;- their sliecesS ft 11;
justified the..e.sperimeat, and, unpleasantly ii
uated as •lie was, •i 4 the prose et :of soon b,
ing .a ghost lihnsel4-he 'could mit avoid !au..,1
-lug at the e*Peditidii with which' told and yo
1,
fled from the fii.r.eiedapparitiens tinder elo i
,of nighti, wiihnig 6') meet such enemies, . i
Ajar, in the Iface- of . day..
.. ....-.• ' 1
.. 'Though the distance to the Delaware;-
n'ot:great;-il4..yliadlitow been twelys_day,
the road, ay • such ;Was th e yigilance and
pars; ition prevailing thronghout tlie:couni
that 114 alMost despaifed of-elfeeting ti
object. - Thl .coMltictor : grew. impatient, i
Lee's' coinpaniens,l at least One Ofthem,'
cattle ferociOns: 'Acre was,,as we have s
something .u f npleaszint • to him in the gial
of this
,fellow
more
.him; whieh bee:
More . ..and more fierce as they 'Went on ;
it did. not Appear whether it were owhi.
'circunistanens or aetual - snsPieion.. = It so I
petted - that, I ow the tWelfthnight, Lee
placed in a amrn, - while the rest. of; the pa '
sheltered themselve - s in the call6.r of a li
stone church,- whew they . could talk and
with more f*Lx.xlotni both hecause the.sol4 ,
of the church was nOt•oftcli disturbed - even
the Sabbath—and
. hecau se the proprietors
.not know , that illegal handl had - added a
lar to the cOuv'emenees fir the building.
The party • were • scat t ed 'here •as the
broke, - and the t .light, which struggled in
crevices opened tit the purposci, ShoWt
low room about twelve, feet square, with a
damp floor. and lar4 , ,e . patilies of•v, - hite niclulil
. upon the walls. - :I - finding,
.probably-, that the .
pavement afferdedi no aecomrucldatiens for
1
sleeping, the worthies Were seated each u xni
a little . au. , k which seethed like . these used fo r t.
gunpowder., llere they. 'were smoking pipeS
with great diligence, and,: l at intervals notidis
tant,- applying a huge canteen to their motitha,
lrom..whiCh l F :they' drunk 'with upturned ices
expressive f ' soldmn Satil,Ection.- \\ hile
they were thns - cngiigedi the . short ; sOld ier .1•-k
-ed them -inl .a careless. way, if: they. knew
'
whom they i . had in . their party. -' - .The otners
started,. ana tWi - thestr pipes from their mouths
to ask him t;Vliat he inelmt. - "I Mear,"aid.
he,
a that We are honored- with the co:npally
-orCaptainl . L.T, of l .‘ l.i rebel army.; The !Ms
cal 0n0... p . ashen nine, athl "never mistiook
my . man Mill eh I had a debt of that kietii to
pay. • Nowt I shall ;have my revenge." 'l` H ,
'- - 7- - 7 r4,6 others hastened to .express theirldii4
gust at his, feroeitY„ saying, that if,as he .said,
their companion was an .kineriam:officer all
they -had t4' do •was to watch him' clesely.-4
.They Said 'that, as he had come among theni
uninvited, lie must go with. them to N ew.,
York, and tiikethe consegnenc*; but m u-,I
time, 'it vqt4 their interest not to seem to sii
peet 'him, otherwise he might give an abrni,
, itt
Where.a.s , it , was evidently his.intention t> go
with, themtill they were readyto umi3ark'for
New-York. . 'The other ~ persisted . in saving
that he irduld have hit revenge with his. (411
)I
hand, uport, - which the, eOnductor, draw' g 1
. pistol declared to.him that if he saw
,the eas
attempt; to I, injure Captain Lee, or anon
ductigi-hichl Would lead , bins: to suspecti.tha
his disguis4..... was discovered, be:would Ilia
moment shoot • him threughthehead. I.. The.
seldleri
.puti, his hand upon his knife wit h an
omii) 0 - 11 S SAINVI ' upon 'his conductor; bu see.l
ing that he had to - do with someone wh w
likety to b as goaas his word, he res rain
1
ed. simnel and begun to arrange son ru
bislt to Ser. -e„hinilfer. a bed..' The oth Sol
i I
did, - follew0:, rhi . S - 17‘.!xample, 'and': their ' , uid
witorew, llocii itig I the- door after him 1
3 i,
?Ilia' next' nightqbay went On as usua , hut,
the manner of 'their conductor shon=e thatl
there '. was inore . danger than. before J-1 fact,
lia 7 ,a.iplaind . -to I the iiarty that the were
now.,• , •not fin.; froth the l)claWare,.atid
: opt . , ..
to reach it - cfore 'midnight. -, They Ofk r lS ion- •
t.l
'ally heard the report of a inusket, Whiehseem
ed • to. indiCate that sortie movementas'go
ing On in the country. • TM's s' arms ; they
quickened their steps, and it was not . ] g be
fore' they saw : a 'gleans of , firoad elea light
before. the n '; sue .as i reflected lion calm
;Waters ever ; in th darkest night.', ii
ed up to it m,ith deep silence; there w reva.
riot's emotiti?ns in ]heir breasts; Lee was 11 . .)pH
ing for an opportUnity to:escape . from an !en-1
terpiise wYiO-, was grouting. too Serious , ands
and
the
. princi . o&ll objects of which *ere a 4
ready
:the oilers' were , anximis lea sonte
aecident mfght . have happened to the bOat on;
which they depended for crossing the siratni;
• When they came to the-hank ther :were
•no traces of a boat . on theivaterii,l,:-, e rcon.;
ductor stc.)Od`, Still for. a moment l in' '
....,y;
but, yet-N:4IOOAP 1 himself he Said itswiS pos ,---
• sible it .might ha •e been secti r redlower down
the. strewn, and,l forgetting every thin' o el.s,e,
he, direetel' the largersoldier to; acconpanyl
him, and, giving. a pistol to theotheri hei whis.i
peril, " If . the rebel • officer attempts to :be
tray, us, shoot Idni; if not, you will not,' for :
your own i3ake„inake any noise to'shoW .alipre'
i Fe ar e - ,:" In t.lksatne iustan(they-depeted,
and Lee• Was leftalone with the ruffian,.
He had befare I Suspected ' , that the rellow
,J- , •
knew.hini4 , now doubts were changed to
o
'e . rtiintyat, once.' Dark aSl,it was, 414;4:am
' ed as. if fire, flash O from. his ecy•,-e, now that he'
faltAhat revenge IN%* inhiS piver. .1..40 was
as. - brave as 'tiny, ?Meer in the:arm : J-OM', he'
,vas,utiartioi4:44l:.though hew&s strong, f his
adversary lwas #.o . ...ninreloWerfid. , While
he staid, .tunegirtain ;•,what'io'.d6, the cell O w.
seemed et:trying ; the - . p.tispect . of, reienge; - as
he looked Oponl him v.i,th a ' , steady ye.— . —
ThOugh .tha officer 'Stood\ to appearan an,
rimired,the sweat rolled in heavy,.dro :fioia.
his brow. . •ild soon took hiire.soluti, , and
- -in nth
,,,
SOURCE,' HAPPINW OF THE PEOPLE T
$4
.111iTR,SIPAT; . ''ll*
.:15 5 : 1
. . _
_di** .hail trusted to the sightQf his Weapons.
to rendo the use of _them unnecessary, and
had therefore loadeolthemonlylritii powder;
SS- it . 111'38, the shack threw Lee to the; ground
but :fortunately, as - the .fellow dropped the
pistol ; it fell Where Lee could:reach it, and
as his , sdterlary stooped, aral-Was drawing
his :knife from !his- Loki'was able to
.give - him, a stunning -bl . ovr. tb immediately
dire*. himself 'Oen_ the scslisiOn, and along
and bloody' Struggle - they Were so.
nearly Matched- in bireogih and- adviuttagai
that neither dared uneletieh - his hold for the
sake of grasping the. knife; the hloOd gushed•_
from. their months, and tho,:tionatoat would
"lave probably ended in favor:l:if-the assassin;
when steps and .voiees were hoard advancing,.
and they found, themselves Ittuials-Of
"party 'of: eountrynien,. who -*era arined flit
the Occasion,. and -Were; scouring the hanks
of the 'river. They were for4ly torn apart,.
- but so eldianito and- breathless, that neither .
could . make any esphination:o and .they- sub
nuitied quietly to the disposal of their captors.
The party . armed ,thunqyra* though:
they had sueeee ea in their atLinp4and were -
'sufficiently triumphant on th4peeaSi on, - were •
_sorely . perplexed .to . detertnitie hoW to
. dis- .
pose of their. Prisoners. ~, A fter :some discus--
sion,
.one of ..them proposed tO. throw _the de-- 1
vision upon the wisdom - and jtadmient of-the
nearest- ,Magistrate.; • .They igeording;ly' pro
ceeded with their:prisoners ;to his manSion,-
and called on - him to iise.andattend to busi- .
ness.: A window was hastily : thro*nnp, and
the ju s tice 'pit forth his' night capped head,
and, with more wrath than beame, his digni
6. ordered thera off; and, in -- ;requittat for -
their calling himout of bed in the Cold, gen-:
eronsly wishCd .therr . in the ivarrneSt, 'place
. which - then .7xxxiarredi, to .his Imagination.—
However riatiiiice_ was in vain; he wai
eenapelled to rise; and as soon as!tho :pris
oners were brought, befere him, he:ordered
them to -be taken -in irons to thet'Prison at
Philadelphia...;_Lee improved the opportuni
ty-. to take the oldgeritlennui asides and told
him
, - whe' he Was and . why he was thus dis
guised ; the justice only interrupted him with'
the occasional inquiry , "Mostdonel" When
:he had finishelN.the magistrate told' him that
his Story 'was irery well made; and told in • a
nranner- very Creditable to bis address and .
that he should. 4ive:if all the Weight 'which it
seemed
. to reqUire. - All Leosreineristranci
were unavailing.- • •
- As soon as they were fairly lodged:in
on, Leo prevailed-on the jailor to carry a note
to qen. Lincoln, informing. him, Of his condi
tion.- The Ge4eral -received it 0- he-was
dressing in thO. 'morning, _ and i mmediately
_sent one of hisnids to the jail. That officer
could riot believe his eyes when he :saw Cap.;
•thin Hia Uniform, 'Worn out when he
assumed it, was now hanging in rag` ,";about
him, and he had not been shaved for a fortnight ;
he wished, very mainrally - ,•_to improve 'his ap
pearance before piwo_ptinghithself))efore the
Secretary of Wars but the ordersiwere per
emptory to bring' him: as he was: 3The gen
eral loved a joke full" welt j , . lb; lktig_hteri wos
hardly exceeded, by the-report Of hiS ow
non ; and 'lone:and loud did 4o.laugh that
day:.
r . ) -
eir,
kip'
lbe
lay
tro'
id a
•r -
THE LAST MOMENTS OP BPSTHOVEti;
-- _ ON THE DYING SWAN. ' .
.
i Ile had but One happy moment in is life;
and that moment killed him. . • i . - •
1 ,
• He lived in poverty, driven into s litude
by • the contempt of the world, and y the
natural bent of a disposition rendered harsh,
almost savage, ~ by theinjustim of his contem
poraries. But he wrote the sublip . le4 music
that ever, man jar angel dreamed.. He Spoke'
to mankind hi his divine; language, and they
disdained. ,to listen to him. He spoke: to
themes nature speaks in the celestiallarmo
ny of the Winds, the waves the singing of the •
birds amid the Woods. :Beethoven was• a
prophet, and his utterance was frern God. ' . ,
'And' yet,was his talent so disregarded, thilt
he was detined more than once to iiffer ,the*
bitterest -agoa)- of the :poet, the artistitke
musician. Ho doubted his c•wn geniu4.., -
Haydn_himSelf, Could find for him/no bet
ter praise than in ,ying 7 - 7 4 . He is aielev,.'r pi-.
anise . . ! --,
-Thur t was it said'of Gericault-'-i, He blends
his colors • well:;' and thus ortoethe--‘ He
has a tolerable style, and he commits no fault
in orthe•gmphY. 1 : .
Beethoven had ';'but cbe friend, and that
friend was ltuminel..„/But poverty and in=-
justice . had irritated him, and he was seine
times 'unjust :himself. He quarrelled avith
Hammel, mid;forn, long time they ceased to
meet. To crown his raisfortunes, hebecaine
_
completely:ilea ' . . ,t .
:ahen Beethoven retired to Baden, where
he lived, is6rtited . and sad, in it house
that scarcely= sufficed for his neces..4ities:—
There his' only pleasure was .. .in wandering
amid the greeh alleys of a beautiful. forest in
the neighborlsziod of the town. I Alone with
the birds and ;the wild flowers, he would suf.
•fer himself to give scope to his genius, to com
pose his marvellous symphonies, ,to apprcach
the gate; of heaven with melodious accents,
and to speak, aloud to angels that language
which was too beautiful for huinan ears, and
which binned ears had failed to compre
hend.. t t ~ •
But in the Midst of his solitarY dreaming,
a letter-arrived „Which brought him back, des
pite himsel to the affairS of the world, where
new griefi; awaited him. A nephew whom
he had brought up, and to whom he was at
tached by the:gd offices which be had him
self perforined for the youth, , wrote to im-'
'lore his uncle's presence at Vienna. He had
bei - xnne implieated in some disastrouslousi,
ness, fn3in-whloh his elder relatiie alone wild.
release him. - 1 - ,--.‹ .... , - • ''- , • '
Beethoven . :set Off,,k journey, upon his jouey, and
compelled by the necessity of eopnomy, ae
cornpliihed part of the distance :op foot.—
One evening he stopped before ..the-giite-of a
small, meanLlooking house, and solicited shel
ter. He bad iyet 'several leagties',to traverse:,
before reaching Vienna„ and .his strength
would not eitiaile.hire to continue 'any long
er on the •road.
They received him with hospitality ; lie
partook of their supper, and then, was instal
led in themafter'S chair by the-fireside!
When the !table was cleared, the fiitherof
the fiimily *Se arid opened an old
.elaveein.
The three sons, took each a violin, and the
mother and daughter occupied thenaseles in
some 'domestic ,work.. The Lathe; gav the
ley : ' note, mid . all four began playing with
that unity and p • ion s , that inrialt,e, nhis,
which, is pecnliar only to the mtople o Ger
i:: ti
many. It. see that they were beep y in
terested in what they played , for .it whole
ie
souls were blithe instruments . . e two 4o
men dekistedifrogt their occupsti ' to listen,
and ,their gentle couiteisotoes ex pi t &esse4l .the
emotions of their hearts, • I '
;
1
this was .t . ha. only 81
• alit tako:ln *ha t . was pus
!a har a singlo nbte,.. .41:
f -*their perfojiiianws, frit,
ha oeeutanti t and tho fir:-
:r
features. !.. .. - • ,
- ! To observe :al
:that! Beethoven I)
. •
Spg, . for -he
• tUd .1
*mild only ; judge ,
the Movenient of
tlui animated tip'.
..Ifihen .they
others' :hands w'
theinielvei on a• , i i
thel Oungi - girl th 1
MO a - arms.: '!1
Sul • together ;• i,
ilfte*ts . ; they
1
their enthusiiasm
eyed were. filled
Monnted . te their
d . finished, they . shook - eae
. IY, as if tai eongratula
n mtnunit
I i y - of happiness, en
1
w.bersetweeping into he
-it they appeared to eon
i ey i resumed i their- instru
rnetteed again. This tim,
reached its ;height ; thei .
with tears, *pnd the col°
cheeks,, i,.. : .
. idlßeethoven,_ ' I am ver
i take no part! in the delighl,
nee, for I - also love music
I (MI sodeaf that I eanno
. ~c, ,t me read this musi •
n you such SWeet and' live ,
i
fiiends;
inlappy that I e.
which you eiperi
butt' as you "scso
10* any sound
Ivld n eh prOduces
I Omotions::
-.;
tVpr in his hiuid; his cy .
reath came sort and .fist
I.ho nnusia , and burst irit t
itsUnts had
iovclysymphony in A.
oily _surrounded hini,.wit
andSurprisb: .For sinit
-
-ulsave sobs iMpedCid
raised his be4d, and',said7"-
-file. took , tic
g,r4r- dim ; his
thell ho dropp
tears. these p:
tilleigretto of Bee
The, whole' fa
signs of .euriosit
moments his con
teranee ; then he
' I am_Beetlioyen
And they inlet
before him in re.
extended his ha
scil, them, • kisses
they-knew that ti
whp,was greater
i
,ver l ed their heads and ben4
.. .1
loetful silence. , Beethoven
r- - 1 . ,
idsi to: them, and they pre
,,.41 them
r; and-Wept -er the; fu,
.ey had amongst them a - Ma
than a king. It -.
r,a4
I but, his army acid 'emb
ther, the tnother, the i .. ouii
e lirothers.- , All at . vnee h
tting down t& the daveciti,,
ngimen to take Itp their v ."..
If Performed the piano•pi
'are. Tile performers we
ever Was musk more diyi
. ed. Half the night pass
e peasants listened. Tho e
ants of the swian ! I.
polled him
.to accept his ow,n
. - the night 1 13ecthevan Was
red.: •He , rose.; he need"'
rth; with naked. feet , into t e
taro was nithtding a mai* p
winds. sigh4<ihrongh i e
;
1 rees, and moat along, . e
lies of the Wood, . He remaip
andering ihns!,ainid'tho,:eisel
c• morning ; but when he 're;
'aseihe was seized with i.titiey
- t to -Vienna f?r a physician.
chest Was found to have de-'
i in two day 4 despiteovery
to doctor said ffiat Beethoven
'. -- - f . - -
t; Itfa was every Instant ,eh
m. -. ‘ ,I-'. .. • /I
n his bed, pale and sillferi4,
thlilt was flum4el=--Htimntel„,-
ly friend. Re had.'heard -t (jf
oVen,' and lie'l eat* ' ti; hi;na
. oney. But lit was :too late.
speechlesS ;,4n41, n .: gptteful
~t he had toz.b4stOw-upott- his .
1
.1
Beethoven hel
ed them all—the I
girl, and her thrt
rose up,, and,
signed fo the to
°His, • and hirns
of ',this chiy'd a
',alike Umpired;
or better execu
away thus, and t
were the last am .
The father eon
bed: but duritil
restless and fev
went f
;country. Ali nt
harmony.: the
branekes.Of the
avenues and glad
-ed:sorne hours
dews of the earl
turned to the ho
chill.. They s:
Dropsy
Dropsy on the
dared itself, an
care and skill, - ti '
must die. •
-And, in true
Bing fast from h
As he lay upa Man entered.
his s old
_and o
the illncAs of Bec
with succor and
Beethoven was
smile was all tha
friend. •
-Hummel lur1;
aid o
ee an aeoustii
veil hear a
and re t.
.1 i
i tt
.
Beethoven seemed reanimated ; his Cy es
shone; he strugOed forutteratiee, unfl gasped
—=' Is it notitru4 Himmel, Mall h4iive some
W Th e4t ese 'aft .v e/P ere all h i t ' lait,, / words. ) His qtes . - ' gi.o H w
fixed, !li‘ mouth fell open, and his spirit pas.
sed away. i ,
Th u buried him in the little cemetery!of
,DObling. - , I
„ .
t hiwayds- hiin,.and 4 by the
instrument, enabled peetlico
cn 'ikords of ills compassion
''' 1 . IntereOing Preientition.
• We are pleas 'd to state that our esteemed .
old frictid, Mni Partirigton,„ liasi liken pre;.
sented•with a raf F ve corn broom by'-ber grocer,
a , 4 a mark of es tern for the-prompt manner
in which she has paid up her bills. The pre
sentation•was made- in the frOnt part of the
shop amid a crewcLof orange baskets and r•
gar barrels, nnthe ceretno . nia.l was marked
by peculiar int rest, as . was the' n skirt of M i .
Partington's d esS with an ; - estray puff. of
The r, handing'flourhanding' !the -broom -at
gz i ,ce
arm's length . ver the conriter,_ addresse d- her—his eyes fi led with testa; and his month
filled with - half an orange—as follows: 'Take
the broom, mein, and with it the assurance
of 'my disting,nished. consideration.' Mrs.
Partington, too the broom in her'lliigers, and
.
with evident en otioti, said, at the ganici time
leoking at Ike, iatho was:peering wistfullydn
to the orangebasket,. "I thank you for the
broom r and I.shall never: forget the douo-
nut.' She meant the. donor and Ike said
she did say so 1;. but the' groelr, Who will a
zs.
'l7„rosSer man, thought ditferenil v., The broom,
on one side of the handle, be"ars on a small
_ . . .
yellowish paper, the inscrip
zen. corn, bro Oms, made and
'a- Harvard society, and fl)r
generally.;' and on-the ()th
in. • The; wo'Om was a lieau
groceries; to ,worth, aid th
iyard . .s 'got round,' that ah
ork shillingal. for the. bro o M
yvniation . Ivo all a 'fra
ibel that had its origin in th,
Boston * Post- •
square piece of I
tion, " Half
warranted by
sale, by grocers
er--n i othing
tiful dibute'of
story.whicli at t.,
1 114 'paid tivq
and that tl*pr
• au outrageOs 1
meanest clvy.
• . iW . ilea and Tept
These t , iJio t pies are pro: Orly put in 0:
nection at ;the head of our paragrapli (says
the' BestonTo ) since, as. the logicians shy,
1
" the latterlio naturally frOin the formiir."
As tathoa 4nd une are nearly Opposite.siles
of. the same thi g, so. Women k-ry-as easily
set
they litugh,lan , we.are inclintd,to think, en
joy the latter diversion quite as much as. the ti
former. The lluxury of wo,r, as some setiti
nientalist dalls it, is to them a satisfaction
I
even more, to se. than'that of making a leiv
'er jealous kir rival -envious..' Sometinie.s,,
indeed,. eryhig becomes an; evil, (a "erypig
evil," of eon ,) like any other amuse. le '
when it is Ind' lied in to emcees. --Tea . .1
doubt, may be "run into' the i ground," w •,
is certainlyi" !Tying the thing too far;'-
'l'et, except for rtul, heartfelt igvie4 hail n
dyes, whetlitr lack or bluei are not
_ . 4)
spoiled by ive ping. ' As, water always ti
its lefel,itbq la hryraal fountain !lewdly'
lac% itsdf---i"
• wise prov isidd-of _nature,'
the moral b#ll say. 'When, a man cri .:
is either laid p affliction Oit‘--:drunk. `tut
fortunately! w Men elm weep without ...! e
or ebrietyi I.et em: weep, i To dam a -a
nude" eyeifividd be as untd - as it BO id
i..
profane. taet her cry ,• if s "likes; she ` '1
feel the better or, it, and look none the w;,o
Takeaway *r " fi ghts," if yOu will; but 'dn
i
deprive heir o this most beautifiil and , va in
ble "wattipri 'lege? II
.. • !
!EME
UE ~xn or
/UPTON /LITIVIEY.
• A I'ALE WAY B 4 I § I !--
1
Where Ripton-had_beo the early -part
of xbe, evening, it-would-nod-have (I's y
either forlimielf or k '9116 else'to' 11; it
isiherefore fair to" infer, that,* h is
he had -been as usual "abent. , in
spots." The- fact : : is, ho has a hobbylwhich
like many bobbies, is apt to-throw its rider.
Although temperately dis posed, ;such
inquiring nature :of his pliilosophiel
that, with a vicirperhips,to the ultiniate ben
efit :of the human race; =. his is continual.
ly experimenting as tothe effects' of aliskolic
stimnlants upon the human frame. It,isprob l
able therefore, that on this occasion having
"imbibed:to much' of the enemy" neat as imj
ported, he.liad walked fofth to qualify itby
a stroll in the rain. This however is irrele
vant, : :where he was is, the .point at is-,
The raln'eame down hOtivior. than
A solitary watchman, trier° amphilmo,
his race in general, tfaw seen 'wending
.through the puddles; thinking,, ifhe
of the clii:k-oinforts . Of those, wh,,
ah, left behind;, arid. of that happy pt.&
nature irhich roidersit writ .bittk fatal
bufyoung-goslingS: . . Dodging. bet,w
4top9,.:was", : out of the qt eitioni- so lies Manfully; onward, Until he stuniblei
something which Iny:likv a,lion,.:Or n
of wet clothing,. in his path:
1,.'.' Why, hello 1 .:--;-.what 'do ,y ,'.su. e
I,Vhen.it's biled; and the .
i skin's inek,
said. he;.iccovering himself, and giv
(obstruction a shove with; his foot: ‘,
this `without ing'ens ?' continued he,
metaphorical manner, peculiar to men
profession when they 'for nake&
and uncooked facts. • 1 ,
it was Ripton Rummy—in.-that tridepen[
dent;condition which places men beyond the
control.of circumstances, enabling thein to
.sleep quietly, either on the pavement, or on
the track of a well travelled railroad; and to
repose in: despite of rani,, thunder, a gnawing
conscience, or the' fear of a ,loemonve. It
was Ripten Rrunsey i - saved from hoihi float
ed away solely by the saturated con'den 'of
both his internal and external man.
' It's a' man,' remarkS4 the inve tigator,.
holding to a tree withins, right hand, aslecu
rieusly, yet cautiously Pawed Ilipten with
his-left foot. ' It's a mar 4 who's _turned - in,'
outside the door, and is takin g a sneeze on,
the cold. Water' principle: Well,l say, neigh
bor, jilt in a friendly waY,',Aidded he giving
Ripton a prodigious kick as an evidence of
his amicable feeling—A it, y ou don't !get' , Up,
you'll ketchna nagee or the collar-and-fix-you.
Ll'p with von, Jacky Dadle.' 4. Ir •
s • - Ripto;ils condition, as before hinted; was
beyond theerdinaryimpiilsesto human action;'
and he, therefore endnred- several 'severe
digs*ith the foot aforesaid, withoututtering
more than a deep-toned I grant ; but; at ; last`_
the sharp corner of the boot coming in' con-.
tact with his ribs; he sirddenlv turned over
in the graceful attitude of a frog, azidatruck
out vigorously. Like Giovanni's faithful
squire, he proved himse fan adept at swim
ing On land. Ile 'handied! his arms and
legs with such dexterity', that beforelhiSprcig
ress could be arrested; 'he was on the curb
stone. The next instant' hkird him plunge
into the swollen and roarinir s 'kennel, and. with
his.bead sticking als3ve. he water, lie buffeted
~
the waves with a heart f ellaitrovpry. ,'
• • The boa.'sblowed• up, and them that ain't
bile[l - areal] overboard 1 4 splutereitheswim.
mer, as ho, dashed the [ waters Abut, and
seemed almost strangled with the quantities
which entered the hole in his head entitled a
mouth, which .was sadly 'unacquainted with
undistilled fluids—' Strike out,, or YoU're gone
chickens ! them as can't swim ; must tread
Neer, and, them as can't tread water must go
to Davy Jones! 'l..et.gb my leg L Every
man for himself!Phre.le-e 1 breso-e! -Who's.;
got some splatter( ',el,-' 1 . J,
k i 4 3 l
The watch looked ori[ in . Tent admiration, -
but finding. that tLe aquati gentleman did
4 :1
not make Much headway, a ; d that 'a proba
bility- existed of his going Out of the world in
soundings and by. water, a way evidently-not
in conformity to his desires, the benevolent
guardian of the night thoughtpmper to inter-'
pose ; mid bending hi self to_ the lwork, at
i•ii
last sue:eeded in re-es abli hing Runisey ;on
the curbstone.. ; • .[ , •
'Ha!' said Ripton,l.aftergasping a Item min
utes, arid *ringing the water from his. face:
and hair—'you've saved me, and [ i'y-ou'll be
put in the ndwspapers for it by way [ of solid
reward. Jist in time4-Fd been doWn. twyst
and if I'd gone agin,•Riptori Ramsey-:would
a atayed•there—once more 04 the last and •
the nearest gits it. Only think-4ny eye 1.-
how the shads and mitties ; would -- a'[. 'ehaWed :
drown ' ain't nol fon an
me up ! Getting
, d
e
after.you're drowned it's •us. Misriflkrings
:Mutt I had, and my raUfferi igs what 11,11 he , to
had is enough to make ti 'feller ery; .only ;1_
ain't got no harikereher, and my - , sleeire'rn so
wet it won't wipe rod . ." 1 , \,...,,
' Yes, yourveun ' stud lit; charley, ' s'spo•
sing the fishes t "haS been betting on elections,
they'd have -invited' the other,fshes to eat you
for oyster suppers,--so much majority' for
. sturgeon-nose,•or a Piptoit litimsey ' , supper
o for the company—why n t'? If ,wo ketch
CI the fishes we eat them; andiflthey ketch uk•
i•
la'they eat u[S , —lnte all ;woe 1• 1 1
e But the storm [again began" to hoWi t and as
Riptsn evideully did not understand the ra
tiona.e of the argument, the -,iliehnarin Jest
.
lus poetic sympathy fer the Jonah of gut
gu
ten. Even had he heard the 'fishes calling
for `Ripton Runiseys fried, 4 Ripton Thmise.ys
stewed, or Ripton Ru' ys .on a chafing
dish,' he would have felt i different about the
matter, 'and ; if asked how e - wiarld take him,
would undoubtedly have id, ‘RipenAtirrn•
rne
soy on a wheelbarroW.' • :[
.. 'You,must go to the watch-house:';
`What fur must 11
~ Ftitch: atong the- Ira-.
mane SOciety'sapparattis furAhe rii•eovery Of
drowned indiwidoortlathern's what I want'
-I'm water logged. Bring us one eithelar
- gest kind of smallers---a tnudiler firll [of liran
i dye and water, without-no Water in; it. '' I've
0 no notion 'of eing did&ill out of the sweets
[ h ofrny interesting sitivatio4--I want the good
- imi—wrap me an a het blanket and: ray me
Le by the fire-qtrt hot hyiekS to my; feet, fill
i n me [up with lots toddy, and then go aWay•--
li That's the, scientific touch; and-it's the only
a- . warrai to be brung, 'to, because when I'm
kg' drowned I'm a hard ease. , . 1, 1.. `‘;
le The Charley PromiSed 11, if Ripton Would.
t, accompany hin [ r. The so delOicas was. bey
d lieved, and the ' hard reastr was lodged in the
0 = receptacle - Tor such as he, where pefore -he
I s - discovered the deception, e fell into a, pro;
1 1',found slumber, which lasttill , ritorning:-H, , ,
ill
lie examination, was as [ lbws 1 , .1 ,
•[ ' Where de yon live :V` ~i 1 it -- .
[7 ' l'm no ways petieke -4—iist, li-liere, it's
~,
cheripeit and Most convert eat. The cheapezt
_ . . .
MEM
. ,
kind of liVing at i to''''my apt.
wivriWit
isettY-fi0A,4.,-t9fte :9P90
In-:winter, ttoAiesmiiiLii.-49 ,_ B lw
if yon'llgtve - Al,slll YOt ll . 6 4
*heuthe snow ' s on thogroinid:l,l4•4•,
_ itt-,• - w,
Miter' . smiles: and the:grass lit" . 4: , _
~, , r,
_li k e , . hoppergrasse- - Tho - fiLet •
•uk*y . 4 . _ .
tion: isn't none °cue ittoPt. 3 4 , ..pr.a"--
hurtsitay isystO ; so l - go
jobs_fee a fip 4:sl. a leyy,,,Ws to geth,43; catnip :-
tea and, bitters regulaiMit 'for, d0. .,, ! ,
cent liiing, ifje doethit 'tiro -a l'
, iati.,,i.. : .
_, 2 J,!'
hang the city = —rUral felieity 1011 •I• tiyi , „ . ,
is the ; thing, after .. 2ali-iiMuP •.b ~ /
and apple whiskeYls always:good o ,aiettkii
ly - constitution and a mad of' itlevittod, •
turn of'mindi' - -__ _ ;-,.`'. o'. •:,_ , -1:,1- : •• •7•;-',•--
'Well, I'll send 'you - to •310Y7. ' erliAltlittf- -
son— iluite,rural. •• .. • ' • • • )1,-.: - -1
-; The 'smindof that awful" wordy - : . ! t e ei. - '..
_..
For 4,0 the very marro* ‘ot-ItiP - I - itilterthEi • •
rest' of his class, while,. *ring/his soul it, :his''i ..,-
s!cinit4;ihe =carries his•liOtrtr. L
.. 10- ~•-.- did..,skri
his- nose; and to his hoot l'il 1. . 1. 0 ,J tibe 11 4 t o w ol ~
from every Pari Of blis franc mt rl II 'the, ' 1.,
ei.4.0 'blazed with a lurid and ! e Iliistim,
den' '-
-apprehended - iniso apoplexy. .. The ituft , .!-•,
der Ot: his 'countenance. grew-'to :i.'cli 4•' Bl *-'. -•
tha . the wai,no m :,
mistaking the,: '• iii;g: fila t ,,. 1,.
turn of. ho iiise. -.To See beford lu ii ,iite:;. '
Was , obliged 'tj'y Squint • direfalli; ; id -.)34 as II , 11O.:: ,--
'beggar in Gil Blits did his Caibint; he:." : ,- tbitrit'i
himself udder the neeessity - of r:- i i i :-Ttilli Uri"- -- 'l . ,
thendous gmboeis on the•eleik's i ".•• ! - :;• - iihilif ,i
cocking his eye at,lais-, ho nor.';-- - 1 . =l-, ,-.',
~.1
. •Sliamensin I' Atammere4;4ipton,-. 7 s otteli t - ' ' 1
ouch,' / UoW don't, that's "a Cleverfe lei. - Arch' f
street was all well etioUgh—plen • ei of 4 .- o i . -
ok and conversatiOn to improves bapi J r % ut-ry 1
Miamensin 7 -scandaylus ! Why •they 'elap....i.
yon right into a bag as.soot' as 'Ot• ge :in t
_._
side the door, jist as , if they had ioUght ,y . ox
„-, '':
1 .. y the bushel, and then,'ly - wa of finishing
~.
your education, they lug you oi g aidi . np. ' 1
1 ( i
tt you into , a rooni , where_you • ter see no. --: J
t 'lig nor nobody ..:_ It's j ilt: •• - -,. i :.. ) 6. maa::: I
• -4'm be baggedif I go_ , t 0 lit • .1 , i -: •ii, I'd •• I
rather he in the Mondry, ani i be 841'red• :-. 1
pp - with a long pole twenty:time s a, clef,. 10' i•
as to came me for-to growl •to• i i nal , the - i
the - company. • I ain't potatoes , i be pitt - imi' I
to .:a' bag 7 -b ow the bag!' ,- .: 1•• , t ,.- -;,-; I
' There's a help for if, Riptci'i ,; you! i f i . i
,
a' vagrant ' and yo u ; •3 1 1U"i't •bu taken :Oro. , i
Of.' ::
~ , ; - •• " -:,-.
:. • I
_„-- ' i •
4 That's What I like.; but i". 1 , i ,, a . mititif
no sort of a way. of taking rate i •f • • "maw- 1-' ,
he's - i a dead robin or.a shot e't. 4;11. for- .1
being a•vagroM, - tes - tdl owing ti ;#y viiald_ y-
constitution, and beeauSe Loan 't i.Ve MY bit:: 1.,
ters a n d (intuit, tea regular.
,_ ; t z friVfi-the: l ,
laiv, r here",s/at you; Being - aju. I. :or a Miy!" I
,-
or,or, any thing ofthat sort's :••• -..i lum doiniirith.
at - leatnip'tea ; it. don't hurt yo r i . .0r.,-,
strain your back; but list try a- . • ,it: ' • i
.. _ • -, 1
ings. Stones, or piling .19gs, : and ~ u t d 0
. o'4'
,whdt's what without being , Put i,' 'lagf\.' --- -
`Never - mind,''Saidlßiptort as he itiati• ofini , • i -
ducted from the offiedleverY di! i• 1!,.. , , mud,
in this world, Perhaps I'll` be =. _ up*une.
day on a benchto ladle oUt :cot '10!* ,;
loafers. some
knew's? • Then - et - zaeibe i e i
r
1 a holt of some of the chaps • , i made ilitriik.i c.
me; sin/ rd. ladle the law ou to them:' - 'BO '
hot tgey'd not send thtir - platel: kr. - mortill
' sou p in wherry. 'l'd have sa whAa, bpcket-J,
ful ef 'catnip tea alongside, am th e way *494 !
would ketch thirty days, and th irty daYillti "1
top lef-tiult, would inako -'enagrin!like iiteisj.'l,
ea - First I'd bag all the leye, itet '!
the, I'd bag all -the - mayors, 14 sew: 'oil -',
!ip. Charcoal 4vtches. , '.. F.- .. '
Scene:in a Railroad .Car. , . °
- The Seats of the•car were= ail 00000011÷. 4
;
crolvded. None or - our - cars wi li yet were
\ full so, of course, thei [
house, - or; - _heel s!. itoN
pedh for are. - -, • ;:- _-• -- - • ei c i
Not wishing to - disturb those wheitterelor ,
the Jear, I was intending' to : staid,;but eiOut!: •
tleman up' at the fai. Old arose and insisted-' . ' f
upOi mY taking his seat. Bei*.very tir - Al i
I thanked him' and obeyed: • . I 'r . • - .. ,I - '--- -21- •
F'resently ; ' t! lady, Much' you ger , - groill.i,
Prettier, and much better d ''• tit; thy , ~ ..,
sel4•_eutered. Not lesS than o ; gent eaten 4• j
arose instantly , offering her a e at,:,.' s She!, ,-:•!,
smiled sweetly and mudreeto l ;itia liank = .l '!'l
ihg the gentionant,Whooffere4 ltte noaresti.. -
Sea to her, she:Seated herself with- pi• - ..• „1,,
graof manner. _ She hadTt i g_thoie Weal
lie heel I ;
el was alWays
.ptiMt touchingly
1.. e
sweet and expressi:ie.
, i t ,
.1
i l,
_little afterithicl young 'beau ; had taken -,/
'her .elit, 7, poor waman,• hialtlri very thini
. f
and very pale, with that hOga•Jind. emit,
worn. look that peverty, -and ; ity,' 4,;,,tuid \ •
bard labor always_ give, camo'int. ,:She 4' .
have been- one of = those ' pooris*Stre#o _
who work like slaves,'•and,starv . e :i n t r u. , ,t4rif \ '
bor She was thinly end ni , dal_
..' 4, - . ‘..
...geerned weak and exhausted.. , She -,She #s„d evil
de6,tly no sixpences to throw aW , did earn
into bite the ear not-10 stand, bui•-, - rest r cwhilt
she was helped_ontin her, journey -' L
. - 4 -
of
While she:Was meekly stan 9 i N f r . u*
~
moment, none ot the gentlemen. Vito& offering to.
rise, Raphael'i' angel, with wee; reproving
eyes, looked on those who' hods° officiously'
offer'ever i a seat, and seeing one o f` thet4 -
attempt to move, and just'as ' Mysc _ .was
13
ai
rising
. to give the peer lady Iyi pl she
l e
are - and. insisted ' upon the, w Tan taking
her t seat. . : - - 6 - '
It was all the work ofibut a omens ; =_and
the, look 9rgratetful surprise el old vOntait;
gat© her, and s the glance - of 8 pity:tkO
beautiful' girl .. beatowedOnothe • than-!ks stio
yielded -her seat,. and the Ovid n't otert
mS iii- •
lion of the - broad c loth individd IK who were'- .
Mapifestly put to sharee,- - 111 w,, -to I#o•btrii.'
sistibly interesting- and instrn o. , -
=.
no :of . these same broadelO ,pir . eat.BrB, sk),-
i
parently overpowered with co - iton t kot up,
an d
left, the; ar and , niphaers took his
vecanffseat. •
.'
lis way
ought
m No
isio'n of
to none
en 'ole,
strode
over.
bundle
11 this
ofi .
ng the
Ila . t's
in that
of his
truths
,
LNFLI.TX .1111 , MIAGRASIL--90 1
M .the 6kl word continues. ,
' force. :We learn *pin th.
;Inmissionori of- emigration ;
number of aliens , who arriv
1m the.: Ist of January lastto ;
was 87,!,22, ,boing an w iaereaso ,
theisame rioa la.st'year, c •
.thiii month is already - lanierit
dufring-an equal of length tiro
h
co tions. A . striking i t eatUra
,tu iit, lathe.** increase hut
e cut of einigratieti;and. wkie
- done,: - sinee the year 1052;
other. ' By many. interested .11
of the . eonntiiy,thiti "eiretunstai
- w4ir gratifteatien . on. account: ;C liktg ilifinetteo - W4ieli . the :0
~
eiart.ltpe-A: eii/pothen 'For
Irish inunigiation greatly tirip
iu .1041, the , Germans
s sudd
from 70,883 to 1:18;126,irt IS
rthelrish slightly itt , thet baOk
,
- \ '
ins,
tal
4-- l'' ~,-'-' 7re - r- - 1
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.tranile494
ith
ka auguiat , "..
lioo for tha
tba_t• 48- ,
as • - port,•
z.:.iPYOrf
i; - tiOn
in *9
iiith.felkez=
1,
I Itoseds In
-
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! • ik..yisvired_
tiba,
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ders44,.eilf