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The cour!s have decided that refusing to take a newspaper or periodical from the office, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is "pri ma facie" evidence of intentional fraud. From the New York Tribune. Childhood. Bl' C. D. STUART. It seems but yesierday 1 stood A child among the golden flowers, And heard the music from the wood -.- : ., The song-birds greet- the Summer hours. A gentle, and unsinning child, Whose heart was free from grief and care. On whom the sunshine softly smiled Nor left a stain of ruin '.here; But yesterday and now I tread A pilgrim o'er the sandy waste, c rr; The flowers in blight the music fled Nor left an echo of the past I Such is the fleeting pace of lime, ' Which only mars the fairest page ; Since innocence is Childhood's climei - i. , And sin and sorrow come with age 0 could we live those years again4 For ever live in Childhood's light, ; Unknowing what is grief or pain. Like summer blossoms young and bright. Ah, beautiful those vanished days, When life was linked to golden hours, And all our thoughts and all our ways Were mirror'd in the summer flowers ! k f!ll 41ttn.w Dotcom MI illil. ness. BY L. MARIA CHILD. The highest gifts my soul has received, du. ring its world-pilgrimage, have often been Jbe- fctowed by those who were poor, both in money ar'd intellectual cultivation. Among these do nors, I particularly remember a hard-working, uneducated mechanic, from Indiana or Illinois. He told me that he was one of thirty or forty New Englanders, who, twelve years before, tad gone out to settle in the western wilder ness. They were neighbors; and had been drawn to unite together In emigration from a ennui-.,! ..:. r : - - : . . t. : . -wai uuny ui opinion on variuus ouujctis. for some years previous, they hadbeen in the tabu of meeting occasionally at each other's tause8, to talk over their duties to God and me, in all simplicity of heart. Their, library wb the gospel their priesthood the inward ''h- There were then no anti-slavery socie ,le; but thus taught and reverentially willing 10 learn, they had no need of such agency, to dUcover that it was wicked to enslave. The flbri8 of peace societies had reached ihis se eded band only' in broken echoes, and non 'distance socieiies, had no exigence, liot W'h the volume of the Prince of Peace, and warts open to His influence, what need had 'v of prea'jhbles and' resolutions J r "'ch in spiritual culiur.e this little band siart- t(Jlor the Far West.' TJietr inward 'homes pre blooming gardens ; they made their out Warl in a wilderness. They were industrious ?nd frugal, and all things prospered under their -anus. But soon wolves came near .the Iyd, ln,he shape of reckless, unprincipled advenlu Itrs believer m force and cunnine. who acted STROUDSBURG. MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1845. according to their creed. The colony of prac- ncai Christians spoke of their depredations in terms of gentle remonstrance, and repaid them with unvarying kindness. They went farther they openly announced : 1 You may do us what evil you choose, we will return nothing but good.' Lawyers came into the neighborhood and offered iheir services to settle deputes. They answered: We have no need of you. As neighbors, we receive you in the most friendly spirit.' 4 What will you do, if rascals burn your barns, and steal your harvests V We will return good for evil. We believe this to be the highest truth, and therefore the best expediency.' When the rascals heard this, they consider ed it a marvellous good joke, and did many provoking things which to them seemed witty. Bars were taken down in the night and cows let into the comfit-Ids. The Christians repair ed the damages as well as ihey could, put the cows inio the bam, and at twilight drove them gently home, saying, Neighbor, your cows have been in my field, 1 have fed them well during ihe-da, but I would not keep them all night lest the children should suffer for their milk.' If this was fun, they who planned the joke found no heart to laugh at it. By degrees a visible change came over these troublesome neighbors. They ceased to cut ofi horses' tails, and break the legs of poultry. Rude boys would say to a younger brother: ' Don't throw that stone, Bill ! when 1 killed the chicken last week, didn't they send it to mother, because they thought chicken broth would-be good for poor Mary? I should think you would bo ashamed to throw stones at their chickens.' Thus was evil overcome with good, till not one was found to do them wilful injury. Years passed on and, saw them thriving in worldly substance, heyend their neigbors, yet beloved by all. From them the lawyer and the constable obtained no fees. The sheriff stam mered and apologized when he took their hard earned goods in payment, of the war tax. They mildly replied: ''Tis a bad trade, friend. Ex amine it in the light of conscience and see if it be not-.' But while they refused to pay such fees and taxes, thev were liberal to a proverb . 1 in their contributions for all useful and benevo- lent purposes. - At the end of ten years, - the public lands, which they had chosen for their farms, were advertised for sale by auction. According to the custom, those who had settled and cultiva ted the soil, were considered lo have the right to bid it in at the Government price, which at that time was ten shillings per acre. But the fever of land speculation then chanced to run unusually high. Adventurers from all parts of the country were flocking to the auction ; capi talists in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, were sending agents to buy up western lands. No one supposed thai custom or equity would be regarded. The first day's sale showed that speculation ran lo the verge of insanity. Land was eagerly bought in at seventeen, twenty-five and thirty dollars per acre. The Christian colony had small hopes of retaining their faring As first settlers they had chosen the best land ; and persevering in dustry had brought ii into the highest cultiva tion. Its market value was much greater than the acres already sold at exorbitant prices. In view of these facts they had prepared their minds for another remove into the wilderness, perhaps to be again ejected by a similar pro cess. But the morning their lot was offered for sale, they observed, with grateful surprise, that their neighbors were eyry where busy among the crowd, begging and expostulating : ' Don't bid on these lauds ! These men have been working hard on them for umi years. Du ring all that time, they never did harm io man or brute. They are always ready lo give good for evil. They are a blessing. to any neighbor hood It would, be a sin and a shame to bid on their lands. Let them go . at the Government price' The sale came on ; the cultivators of ihe soil offered ten shillings, intending to bid higher if necessary. Bui among all that crowd of sel fish, reckless, speculators, ?wt one bid over them! ivithout an opposing voice, ihe, fair acres re turned io them ! I do- mil know a, more re maikallo glance of evil overcome by good. The wisest political economy lies folded up in the maxims of Christ. With delighted reverence, I listened to this unlettered backwoodsman, as ho explained his philosophy of universal love. 4 What would you do,' said 1, if an idle, thieving vagabond came among you, resolved to stay, but deter mined not to work ?' 4 We would give him food when hungry, shelter him when cold, and always treat him as a brother.' Would not this process attract such characters? How would you avoid being overrun with them V ' Such characters would-either reform or not remain with us. We should not speak an an gry word, or refuse to minister to their neces sities ; but wo .should invariably regard them with the deepest, sadness, as we would a guil ty but beloved son. This is harder for the hu man soul to bear than whips or prisons. They could not stand it ; 1 am sure they could not. It would either melt them, or drie them away. In nine cases out of ten I believe it would melt them.' I felt rebuked for my want of faith, and con sequent shallowness of insight. That hard handed laborer brought greater riches to my soul than an Eastern merchant laden with pearls. I repeat, moneyis not wealth. From the Hartford Times. A Lost Boy Foitcid. -The following communication gives the par ticulars of the capture of a child of Mr. Ammi Filley, in Michigan, in the year 1837, and his recovery in Tolland, Massachusetts, about the first of January last. Mr. Filley was a native of Windsor, Connecticut a son of Mr. Elijah Filley, of Bloomfield, quite recently deceased. Mr. Filley has called upon us, to vouch for the truth of the communication, which was written by a friend of his, intimately conversant with all the facts connected with the lost child. In consulting the tales of romance, and pe- rusing ihe many and various works of fiction that issue from the public press at the present day, none will be found more full of interest, or tending more to display the wonderful workings of a superintending Providence, than the re - markable incident in the history of a lost child, recently reclaimed from the western savages by its bereaved parent In 1835, Mr. Ammi Filley, of Windsor, Con necticut, (having in 1834 married a daughter of Capt. Wm. Marvin, of Granville, Mass.,) re moved with his family to the town of Jackson, in the stale of Michigan. In this town, then a wilderness, he located himself, and by his in dustry and economy, he soon found himself in possession of a productive and profitable farm, and by the accession of sealers the town be came populous and flourishing. Although in ihe vicinity of numerous tribes of savages, and often visited by wandering families of the na tives, yel all was peace and quietness, and eve ry ihing conspired to render iheir abode pleas ant and happy. On ihe 3d of August 1837, his little son, then a child five years old, went out lo a swamp in the vicinity of their dwelling, with a hired girl, to gather whortleberries. The swamp was in the direction from Mr. Filley's io the dwelling of Mr. Moutii, the father of the girl, whither they expected to go and spend the night--and the scene of their toil wa about a mile from the house of the former, and some twenty or thirty rods from ihe house of the latter. Hav ing satisfied himself with' picking berries, ihe child exhibited a desire io return, whereupon the girl conducted him to the road, and placed him in the direction to the house of Mr. Mount not doubting as the house was in plain sight, and only a few tods distant, but the little fellow would reach it in perfect safely. The girl re lumed to the wamp, and after completing her supply of berries, went home to the house of her father, and found to her astonishment, as well as that of the family, hat William had noi arrived. ' Notice was immediately given thro' the settlement, and the whole population rushed at once to the assistance and relief of the al most distracted parent" Day and night for mote than a week, witnessed the praiseworthy exertions of his neighbors, and the whole coun try in every direction lo the extent of more than twenty miles, was searched. with untiring vigilance. Every pond and stream of water was examined and dragged, and every rod of uimu atiuuiiucu nil many sucutSSIVU Uilva, but no trace could be discovered of the absent child. As an inducement to continue the search, notice of the event was published in the papers, and Mr. Filley offered a reward of two hundred dollars for the recovery of the child, dead or alive. As suspicions were entertained that foul play had been practiced by the Indians, in quiries were made of the different tribes and families in the vicinity, and pecuniary offers tendered to their chief, and influential men, and Mr. Filley himself traversed for months the "wilds of Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa, but his efforts proved in vain. No discovery could be made and no tidings had, and he returned to his heart-broken family, with the reflection that their little William teas lost. For seven long years this stricken family en dured the agony of affliction which seldom falls 10 the lot of human nature. "Months of vanity and wearisome nights were appointed to them. If the shaft of death had smitten down this their first born son, and they had passed thro' funeral solemnities, and had seen him laid in the grave, lime would have lempered their grief and mitigated the anguish of their bereavement. But the painful suspense, the awful uncertain ty that hung over his fate, was an abiding sor row, which time could not soften and earth had no balm to heal. As time rolled on, hope be came extinguished, but William was not 'forgot getten. The mournful event with its aggrava ting circumstances was a coroding canker upon every comfort of the family ; a fatal disease seized the mother, and she sunk into an untime ly grave. Since the decease of this wife, Mr. Filley has visited Connecticut, the place of this na tivity, and while here, by a rnysterious course of 'events beyond the comprehension of human wisdom lo fathom, his long lost has appeared, and been restored to his fond embraces. It seems that the lad, before reaching ihe ' house of Mr Mount, was overtaken and kid- naPPed by a band of Ir.a"s. "" lheir j wanderings happened to pass that way. In this ; km-ly he lived, and travelled with them in all jtheir migratory movements, from the lime he i waa captured until ihe autumn of 1843. About this time this family visited Albany, N. Y., and while there this While child was discovered among them. The municipal au- thorities of the city becoming acquainted with the circumstance, at. once caused . their arrest, and took measures to compel them to disclose the means by which they became possessed of the child. . They were alternately flattered and threatened, but no disclosures could be obtained, as they seemed resolved to submit to any pun ishment, rather than make any communication by which the paternity of the child could be ascertained. They were therefore discharged, and the child very humanely put in the orphan asylum. Subsequently, in the spring of 1844, Mr. L. Cowles, of Tolland, Mass., being in want of a boy in his family, was recommended to this place, and furnished with this lad, whom he brought home , with him to his residence in Tol land. In the month of December last, by a. moat marvellous concurrence of circumstances, the facts in relation to ihis boy, so far as con cerned the transaction at Albany, came to the knowledge of Rev. Dr. Cooley, of Granville. The Doctor, having frequently heard the cir cumstances under which the child was lost, irfl mediately communicated tho intelligence he had obtained to Mr. Marvin, the grandfather of the child, and he, without loss of time, made known ihe tidings to Mr. Filley, wlio was then with his friends in Connecticut. From the knowledge thus obtained, Mr. Filley visited Mr. Cowles, in Tolland, wi'.n whom the lad then icsided. Although time and. exposuro had somewhat obliterated the lai.i- features of the boy his per sonal appe0.rap.ee was the counterpart of other member?; of the family. His size, his age, the compJexjon of his eyes and hair ; and all the prominent characteristics indicated jhose of his child;, and upon appealing to a known scar upon his hand, and examining an indubitable mark in the hair of hjs head, his identity was fully re cognized, and in the joy of his heart Impressed to his bosom his long lost son. From iho stury of the boy it appears that he has constantly resided in the same. Iamily,.wlii'ch consisted of four Indians Paul Pye and Phebo Ann Pye, his wife; Martha Ann Pye, tlieir daughter, and Thomas Williams, an inmate of the family. They adopted him us their sou. and he was taughi and believed th:it Paul ami Phebo Ann were his parents ami Martha his sister. He supposed himself an Indian buy, and was not aware of any difleretice. of com plexion ur distinction of nature until his dt-iiV-erance at Albany. He has an indistinct recol lection of attending school, bui when or where he knows not. This seems to be the only remaining fact in his memory that lie can recognize as having transpired prior to hts capture, and he does nut seem to associate this with any other fact indi cative of his home, except thai he did not go to school with Indians. The first place which he remembered to ham visited was Green Bay, of the scenery of which he gives a faint, though correct description'.- lit travelling to that place they probably cither went or returned by water, and he reniemberi going in a steamboat. He accompanied them, in all their wanderings, and was used as a men dicant io supply himself with clothes and thej family with food when their indolence prevent ed their obtaining it in any other way. -- In tho summer they made their peregrinations back and. forth through Michigan and N. York; and sometimes visited Connecticut, and at on period encamped themselves for several weekt in Sionington. In the winter they generally quartered themselves in wigwams, and lived on small game, such as rabbits, skunks and bull frogs, the latter of which they considered a rich, repast. Occasionally they made a few baskets, wi u which they sent William to the nearest grocery io barter for whiskey. He recollects living near Detroit, Ulica, Bro thertown, Catskill, and Hudson ; and several months at Hinsdale, N. Y. In all their wan derings in winter and summer, he travelled barefoot, suffering in winter from cold, and all times from hunger and fatigue, but the kindness of his Indian sister, as of a second Pocahontas, took unwearied pains to mitigate his sufferings and make his captivity endurable. Although he cannot recognize his new friends .yet he rejoices thatiie has found a permanent home in a land of civilization, and all the par ties feel to render their grateful thanks to tho Author of all good for this marvellous dispensa tion of his providence. JoEiatlmn aud the Pedlar. A Pedlar was through town yosterday offer itig for sale stamps for marking linen, and the like, and indelible ink. He showed his wares to a country wag in from of our office, and par ticularly praised the virtues of his ink, when Jonathan remarked : " See 'ere, mister ; if you put this 'ere ink on paper, can a fuller aerate,! it out ?" 44 You might, sir'answered the pedlar ; "but it would be like scotching Tom Noax oui of Tophet you'd ha.ve to work for it." 44 Wall," said. Jonathan ; "darned if I don't buy one, c."aus.e some covey hooked one of my shirts oft' the line last week, and if I can only work it to. print ihis pesky picture on it, nobody wontjaro to wear it, and then I ratther guess they'll conclude to fotch ii hum." Jonathan bought a stamp, and 44 wehthiV way rejoicing " -'' ' 1 ...---J ,i. Poetry. The Key West Gazette has a correspondent who calls himself the Key West Bard, and the following is a specimen of hia style: j - Of all the girls in Key Weal, The most amiable and the very het, Is she whom 1 aw yesterday dres'd In muslin de lainu."1 Her eyes are loft and very blue, ller figure is good and temper too,., And then she never has the blue Devils or any pain. Abuses are never remedied till actually un. bearablo. Liberty has been called the daugh ter of -the mountains she ought rather to ' lie styled' ihe daughter of commerce ; fdr her bost and most useful rights have been founded arid defended by states embarked in irado.
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