I a Ann Jittimptp,----10etiotth t ittnititxt, (Ektratitat, ligrituttart, urtxnt and et unit itforniatinit. E. BEATTY, Proprietor. N 1! SURGEON. Minktey7. 7 ect,_neur the Post Of. Ire() to use Galviiiiism treatment of Puraly• tmatie rtaetions, but from its upplicntionto disea - ks. Relict has ieted id, a number of °thou. WILL Perform all oPorations upon the Teeth. that are requi• ouch ps Plugging,, 8.. e; or will restore the loss of them, by ttsortutg Artificial l'eeth, front a single tooth to a: full sett. 14rOitice on Pitt street, a few ours south of the Railroad Hotel. Dr. L. is ah• out the last <ten days qf every month. . ...4. CA - *D. • . • • in k :R. , '..l• W. IiENDEES% Surgeon Dentik NY informs his former pat Its that he has re: rued to Carlisle, and will 1) glad to attend to all ell!, in theiine of his prof •scion. ioet3l zionze minaaa.rasem, Ak 7,T0 RNE Y AT LAW:=-Orvies, „In the tl. house of Miss McGinnis, near the store of • A & \V Bentz, South Hanover street, Cerlisle, Penn's. IEIO O -5 0— . • CARSON C. STOOrtEi ATIORNEY AT LAW. Office in the town lately occupied by Dr. Foster deceased: • - rear 31 '47 ivz. zza4witosl3, 7."roRAY AT LAW, gill practice, in .411. the several gourts of Cumberland colihty. OFFICE. in !Ohm Street, in tho recut) forther y occupied byL. G. Brandebury. Esq., A TTORNEY 'AT LAW. ( 4-las RE MO \TED Uis MB& to Beetent's" Row, two oors front Bprkholder's Hotel: [upr 1 CaMOTLGII EGE, _JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. OF- Ffbe at his residence, corner of Main street and - the -- PnblieSquare, oppbaitenirltholder's Hotel. In addition to the dunes of Jut-ti,e of the Peace, will attend to all kinds of writing, salt os deeds, bonds, mortgages, indentures, aridcs of agreement, notes, &e. . Carlisle, ao 8'49. Plainfield Classical Academy, FO 3111.11 S WEST O,F CA ct LISLE. The Xinth Session will COIIIIIICIiCV on dlo.•\ D.ll', :Yovcn+'•er 4(h, 3 i cenaequenco of imreasing patronage u il_ large and I:01111110th edifice has been erected, rendering of the most deairalile, instittpions in II The various departments am under if competent and. tail hial instructors, a .ideavor will be mads to promote the intellectual improvement •of smiler) , surrounding iountry is beautiiiil and and the in intinion sail - wit:in ly distant teem town or'yillksp to prevent evil associations. 7u I . IIIS - $5O yor , Session (Fire Montlio.) I'o[ circulars wiili lull information address R K RU RN S, Principal ' .Pldinfict,l P, 0., Cumbertuud County, l'u. ociTso . Fre.sh Drugs, Medicines, &c. *Etc. .--; . I I have 'just received-from Philadel. phia and New York very extensive 3-' additions to my former stock, etnbra °tog nearly every article of Medicine ' now in use, together wjth Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Turpentine, Perfumery, Soaps, St utoncry, Fine Cutlery, 'Fishing Tackle,— liruhes of almost every description, with an endless variety of other articles, which I um de termined to sell at the VERY LowroT prices. ' All Physicians, Country Merchants, Pedlars Td - nrhors. lire rcs Impell”1“, .....-•••---.- • - trird - orters. are respectlulty requested not to pass the OLD STAN I), us they may rest assured that every artfele will be sold of a good quality, and upon reasonable terms. 11a$ 10 Extensfcre cabinet Ware-Rooms. 1. - )OBEIZT' It. 8:111L.liY. successor to ‘Vrn. 1 . C. Git,s.oll, CABIN ET- .11,LA Elt & - DP:ItFAKER, North Hanover street, Carlisle, would respectfully inlurm 'lie citizens ol Cer:isle and, the public generally that he now has on hand a large assortment of nZw eg- aml elegant FURNITURE, consisting in part of Solos, ,Wardrobes, Card and other Tables, Bureaus, Bedsteads, plain and lancy Sewing Stands, &c. manufactured of the best materials and quality warranted. Also a gene ral assortment of Chairs at the lowest prices.— Vein:tan Blinds,' made to order and repairing promptly attended to. il* -- COFFINS..made to order at the shortest notice. and having a Olen. did Hearse he. will attend flinerals in town or country. fr...7 - llont 'ergot the old stand of Writ. C. Gibson, in-North flano'ver street, a few doors north of Glass's Hotel. Sept , t-ty. , , It. B. AUL EY. Extensive Furniture Rooms TAMES It:WEAVER would respectlully• el - call the attention of Rouse Keepersmod-the public to.his extensive stock of ELEGANT FURNITURE. including Sofas, Wardrobes, Centre and other Tablas: Dressing and plain Bureaus and every (Alps article in his branch of business. Also, now on hand the largest as sortment.of CII I IRS in Carlisle, at the lowest prices. .0 - Collins minket tiro shortest notice und'a'ffearso provided for Innards. He solic its a call at his .2stablishtnent.on North Rano, ver.street,.near Gless's HOTEL. N. R.-Fur chore hired out by the month or year. . C tilci slarch eo. 1850.—1 y illi atectioneeping ...11:11subSeriber 'wishes :o inform his friends in town and country ~._ • ' .. ' 1 37 that ho has commenc -ff 'tx,i..... ' , "ti ed the above business %40:4% ,, 17 0 ,i 11 .1, , and,wiil attend to sales t li ViekirLli I / t-• in town and country on rr -•-,:- • :4014 the rr est reasonable terms. fie can tie Wand at the Hardware Store next•door to eeott'a Tavern in North Hanover Street. augl4 CIEORGE Zd BRETZ, URGEON DENTIST—wouId respectful. -ly inform the public that he is now preps' , ed to perform all operations that. the Teeth that May be requited. ArtifiCial Teeth inserted, f limn'a single tooth to an entire set, upon 'dm, Ititestand most approved principle, The .pa= trot - lege of the public is respectfully solicited.— v He may be found tit the residence of his bro. V titer on North Pitt street. Sept Ib, 1850. -411:=31751*. "ZAILD. `.I•P EP) c.o,7.crihor would • respoctfully inform IdsAriciatio.c..4;ho_publimgencrally.thel..he has ,ust ope.vg i t no ' t y• tritarE , R AND COAL f w doors emit • A_RDIIWIreAt 4110 . 9 t A Aleuts j 4 j? uki 98 4 0 .,; Warehouse, whet' ; ho Itas ,uptl ws4kee l.constently. on ‘ifind Oret'rate enortte,c„ - w sr p l r kinds of pen p i4u .PdFlank said sll 6: 1 I tfr !uncle PistOlp 'of wilich to will r.cll low rt."' c ash '7 „., April 3, L6SO. JOHN N. A ItMS`ll.t . ' 10 - 1" 1 . 1 9 6 9tumiceicne.to ,cr pur o tioca cio a county dicutu it Propel to igifi,rip ,the pubtiq.,o4f the sta. meetings of the -Boerd.of ceumiscieuers will be 'hold on dm tecottil extd dumb Mo.ndayp of, t opch mcoPttl, gt - whkh Brno any patriot* •'having ihppineas . 1 41 id Iso4ll, Actese l t Ahem ' Aloe Of4co to Car, talc: ' 7 7 - 7 - Dyeing- e.nd Seouing, WILLUM i 4 Loutheti Stie6t, near tko Cogego,,ayoo Locker(' raid Gentle siev app ar io, all ootoro, rim! %unlit* ull work 1.0 0 %Its 015giOry. °rho iv 4.6 Aim, &IP(' ctfully vinicited. flop 2 . - - . .. . . . THERE ABLE TWO TRIMS, BLUTH LORD BACON, WHICH MAKE A NATION GREAT AND "PitospErtotrs,A FERTILE BOH,'.'AND BDSY WORKSHOPS,—TO WHICH LET ME ADD KNOWLEDGE • AND tBEEBOAL-- - NiBhop Hall . . . ••,... , -,. llope'd radiance in the heart, • In youth supremely blest, - 'Can transitory joys4repart,• • The bilglitest and the hest. .Tlie7lllfercf life come nil no seen ; Aiiil - Whysnhould clouds ObSellre the moon Tl.at warms the youthful breast 1 • . — HlVhcrf e iire's young drc Mlle/ 'or, A rulTancy's fires lleenir • And hopes illusions . .charin no more, Nor chide the lingering day; Thus time sweeps on with winged speed. Or, liken thief, with noiseless tread. Steals all our years away. The Rock family had emigrated to the very verge of wild TinlipArlifo t when the recent war between the UnitceSla f tes and Mexico burst out, tin event which while awakening pros pects of fierce struggles between the rival re publics, aroused also the hopes and passions of the • swarthy Indian tribes that people th frontiers of the contending powers. - Certain predatory habits characteristic of this family, hail driven Captain Rock from the ensy - teigl. - borhood of Dickenson's Bayou, and from all others, one niter another, until ho found him self far nearer than was generally considered safe to tlio Spanish peak and its troublesome tribes of Redskins. • • . • This time the old‘man, his wife, son and C te) des r—the other having remained" with her Inial;nit —had to. build a house instead of ' told 0. 7 m smon of one abandoned by former propric ''"s. They chose the mouth'of li deep gully, an&tlie verge of a dense - fare - St. "Their hut was, as usual, blocks of wood rudely put together; and their energies, had this time gone.so far as to induce the cultivation of a small field of maize.. This excepted, their whole existence depended on hunting and fish ing. Nary, who, it. seems had „become more slim than when I knew her, was all the more indefatigable in her pursuit of the game af forded by the fertile and ha . Mins of U - per Texas. She and her brother were cease less in their endeavors to trdek deer, wild turkey, and partridges, and supported their family entirely. The old couple did absolutely nothing but eat, drink, sleep, and smoke, ut terly 'forgetful of their former posiffen In so ciety. A little while before the outbreak of the late war, the Boats became aware of the pres ence of a neighbor. A tall young Kentuckian, passionately fond of a-wild life, suddenly lo cated himself within a mile of their abode with a sturdy assistant front his own land, four negro slaves, a dozen horses, a herd of cattle, and u wagon. Ile : erected a solid frame . house, and called his place Snowville— his name being given out no Captain : Snow.,— With pence and tranquility, his farm would probably soon have been the centre of a neigh borhood, and ultimately the . site of a town.— But a great pestilence, more destructive than cholera or plague, wits coming; Texas was the cause of a terriblt—War. S. ELLD :Whin street. Cnrlisle. As soorias Captain Snow, Lad settled him self, built his house and set his fields going, heillim6t.it but right to jay a visit to the Rocks, despite of the piratical character which he had heard of them around abtiut Galveston. The chief things; however, which struck him on the occasion, of his visit, were_ the wretch edness of their abode, the will dotage of their parents, the industry of tho' children, and - the matured beauty of Mary. 'Of a frank and Sociable disposition, he made friends With young Rock, and veay soon became the inva .riable companion ef, the brother and sister in their 'huntings and wanderings. " The conse quence fees natural. Had she not been the only female within a himdred miles, .Mary would" have won the heart of any youth, not already enchained, by her simplicity, truth and sincerity! Captain Snow, in a month, ' was over head and ears in love, and was also the accepted lover. of Miss Rock. It was a : greed 'on 'all sides, that immediately after the maize harvest they should freight a boat with their various goods, and going flown to the settlements should be married. A S SEVER The interval liIII3 chiefly, spent in hunting, fishing, boating and riding, when the various parties concerned were not engaged in.neoes sary avocations. Captain Snow leksd with a bounding heart of th&war, but his murder ous propensities were wholly quelled by the sight of Mary, whom ho loved with. all the order s of a single-minded, honest and frank backwoodsman. Still he could not divest him regret,at not partaking' of the dangers of 'the expedition ; and to divert his mind; pro posed to the brothef and sister a weekta hunt ing in, the buffalo regions highei4p the coun try. Both frankly acquiesced, and ono morn ing at dawn of 'day they started, This'timo, all' the hunters vido_liorses, the ver. :! best , which Snow could piok from his lot. Doh n'',ll4 a rifle, a powder horn, a bundle of corn-sakeo f A tiisk.of sabre. , Whiskey, And t i buniiniklinifo. Miry, in! this occasion, waS dyessini ip almoot .fis masculine n- costume as her oompnio",""6rPriivili haPPler , moro sprightly,: pr filled with mox:e ' of - the eifitinical . aimt, of pvairio Itfe, „Their journey w as deep gnlliefi, along, Itotiving plains; by soot streams, Aml beynatlA top sluidoiv., of thick 13Drtril. THE FLIGHT OF TIlilE. I= Why, flick the time so feel Days'', months, end years gilds hy, And each looks shorter than the lest, And ewifler seems to fly. On viewless wing still Inching on, To join the flight of ages gone,, Their silent course they ply. It seemed when we were young. Time lingered on the wily, Fair hope like nny syrem sung • The live-longistionner day— Oh ! swertly sung of promised bliss, C- .4• ' Too bright for such a world as this— • Too beautiful to stay. And then the winter night, , So lively and vo long, When mend the fire-side, blazing bright, Went nterfluient and song. Long were the hours—for•a•e were then,, Impatient to be happy men, . And join. the busy throng Fled like a dream o'4 past, The jnyous banquet o'er. Our lunging looks we backword cast, And think of days of yore. Mood o'er each scene.th Joy hr woe, Till we grow did—before we know nh w That ore young ito more: SAti4- IFI Alft Y R 0 UK. -lOC. rt.:llcl' D. aT; JOIIS CARLISLE, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 9 1851. woods. They rode along in the morning until they found a place fit for sport„and then halt ing, lit afire, shackled 'thiiir horses, and stia - e - dini - Toot in search of game, sometimes together, sometimes separate. When success . crowned their efforts, or when night approach ed; they returned to their camp and supped.—, Afterthis ,operation; which in the prairies is - a - very dangerous one, they made a Bober at tack on their whiskey gourds and tobacco . pouches, and after a little gossip were glad to find rest. Mary had a little hut, formed of boughs and their three cloaks, the brother and • affianced husband keeping guard oil each side: Thus they Wandered for more than a week, and none thotight of turning back. When the wild passions of rapine and slaughter and murder, almost inseparable from savage life— which has generally all the faults of "eiviliied life, with scarcely any of its virtueir—are kept in the -back ground, a wandering existence in the virgin tyffe)ls and fields of America has Yin inexpressible 2 cloned. They all felt it. To . camp at night beneath trees hundreds of miles from houses and men, is a thing 'Which excites romantic feelings in the rudest; and- none of the trio belonged quite to the rough cast.— Captain Snow had received some education, and Diary Rock - had learned to read before I' left the country. They had thus some com mon topin - of conversation, and their excur sion gainedaU.fthled eliarms, Ono eve lie • 4ilittle after dusk, having failed during lligi: day to find a suitable en campment in' aii.4trid plain, they, had turned back towards that which they left in the • morning. They had- ridden pretty hard, and when they had , come-to4he-dry- bed-of -a_ for rentwhich they'llad to cross, their horses were very tired. C7?.\ VI reckon," said Citpt, - . - 11Sr(Liw, we'll .net eircumvo4ick's Ferry this; niglit." My is gettinevianky like, and trails his legs an old mustang.'' .vt "Hush!" said young Rock, in, 4 . 113 w tone. • "What's up?" whispered the oilier in an equally cautious manner. Young Rock pointed down the bed of the torrent, which was thick with bushes, and overhung by trees, and at some considerable distance the blase of a fire seemed reflected I faintly on the silvery, branches of a larch.— The fire itself waia completely hidden, and would have been mbuirohly concealed but Dir an accidental opening in the trees. ' ngins ! redskins ! " observed Captain Snow. "Do you and l'ol?y slope nway to ,yonder clump of trees, and hide away spry, while I cretin down to the reptiles and look at their paint.. • With these words, the Kentuckian descend= ed from his horse, took of hiseloak or poncho, and divesting himself of his riflo, pouch, eve rything, in fact, but -his tough vantaloons, raoccualco4..,o4l.„huptifft„ :began to- descend the stony bed of the river. Mary and her brother rode aWay with every precaution, leading the third horse between them.- Snow moved with all the stealth and caution of an. Indian warrior. He had lived three years with the Cherokees, and seen their arts and contrivances in the profession of man slaying lie had minted all his recollection. The-neighborhood-of-Indians-might-be harm less, but it likewise might be dangerous ; and the safety of his affianced wife quickened the young man's blood, but took nothing from the admirable coolness of his head, "ivhich was as fertile in expedients as that of a backwoods lawyer is in abuse. It took him nearly an hour to reach a little hillock, behind which lay the camp. Snow now scarcely breathed. The spot ho occupied was rough and filled by thorny bushes.. It was about. twenty yards from the dangerous vicinity of the fire. Slow ly and gravely lie raised. his head, and then his eyes fell upon a party of nearly a hundred Indians in their hideous war-paint: Some were sleeping,- some smoking, while two or three were on the watch. One of these stood within three yards of him, leaning against a tree. His side wail towards the..,Kentucklan, and his eyes were fixed on vacancy.- Once ho turned quickly in the dirmition of Snow ; but the darkness, and the scout's motionless posi tion, made him see nothing, and the white man could.confinue his survey in peace. The dong lances of the Indians lensing against trees, showed him that the warriors were cav alry, and this circumstance eade his -Teart beat. Ile had hoped that the luQes of his party would-have given him a superiority o ver the Indicts, which he saw did not exist. With this conviction ho was abOut to retire, when a young Indian moved aside the tree near the opening, until he stood before the chief, who was.smoking his . red clay pipe with . be - coining gravity. Pale faces!" said the young-man, after the usual pause. "Ugh!" replied the chief. "Three," Continued the young man; "one squaw—two warriors. Squaw dreshed 'like a warrior ; her voice soft and sweet like 11 'pale face girl." " Ugh I" said the chief. • Another pause ensued, after which the young man, having explained that the white party was tired and weary, and could not go far; the chief of the war party ordered him to take a dozen warriors alnut dawn and at tack them. The Howling-Wind grunted his reply ; and they sat down. Captain Snow was now amply satisfied as to the nature of the Indian tribe: They were Camechos, the Arabs of the great prairie wil derness,,outlying in_the-woods in the hope of cutting Off volunteer parties going to Mexico. Using ell his caution ho oropt from his dan gerous post, nor departed from his noiseless walk until half n mile.distant. He then made boldly for the clump Where ho had advised his friends to retire. He found thoM camped in its .4crY' centre, their horses grazing with shackled feet, and a anion fire: U Heap on more wood ? ". re said Capt. Sno,' . , - as Ito camo up; ' , Nilo varmints hOo soon us i , and the sight of our camp irsit kpop theim in iodd.litlnior. - I con do tho sabots aro spy 4 ing us ont at this do ' And hO ox i ho had hoard. • " . -; - . . ,A hasty meal, but an ample one, was 'taken I atone e and then some ; p• • of rest, was ; kluiatirK ndscd . with all ooreio s i Ity, of • their Irish 'blood slept j soundly u• • .talo'hours hafore,daylight, when Snow rousod them up, Who honks wore sad- MEI 'dled in silendc, a.mouthful of corn coke eaton. Snow then doled -out to each a small pinekin full of brandy, hid(' of which they, drank, ihT3 they washed their, horses joints, mouths and ears. Then they piled a groat 'quantity or wood on the fire, and theuMounting their her sesTode off. Not a word was spoken while .Snow who headed the party forbore to press the horses, reserving their strength for suddenemergen cies. They soon entered a beaten trail inthe forest, which they followed until dawn.. - The night had been dark, without moon4r ,Stirs; and when the gray morninebrokeObbifound that their imperfect knowledgeofAii.coun try had deceived tlforn, and that they I#4e . get ting away from home. They'retramid their .steps, guided by the lofty smoke of-their own fire, not with the intention of getting so far back, but of gaining another trail yiltich led across a vast, open-prairie in the .dir4tion of home. Presently, the skirt of the , wood was reached and they were on the hugo plain.: :It. was of the rolling character, coveredtith lofty high grass, and extended .out.. of ight. A heavy cloud in the distance, hanging over the edgibof the horiion, showed that in.that direc tion the prairie was on fire. Towards this the trio rode slowly in a line which ,promised to leave the vast conflagration, which was being formed to their left hand. • " "Whip handsomely!" suddenly, exclainied Snow ; the varmints are on us At the same moment the war-cry of the Indians was heard in all its terror from a hun dred screeching throats, and the lung lances ortheCatnanchts - were - seen---waving -in- the distance. The fugitives now gave whip and p'ta putting their horses at a rapid pace, and Yetkilhort time , they succeeded in leading the fttnanches ; but their - long lanee - uwerre nev out of sight. For hours they rod hard over plain, until they - were-net -mor4 i , than -two miles distant from the orackin4t smoking, blazing high graits, which bore dettn 4 towards them like a fiery avalanche. To their left lay le stream of water, to their right a ':evel sward,: which had burnt some months bank and was now covered with short turfy grass. Near its edge grazed a nuinber'of wild liorses, which presently raised their heads as they approach ed ; for * . thismOde of escape they bad prefer- red to trying for - n - ford. The reptiles!" suddenly e4eleimed Snow, reining in his horse. "Do you HOC them hor ses? Well every one of thorn hes an Indian 'devil by his side, ready to catch u,„5! know thht 'trick - a' mite off." The :Mexican Indians, by mean 4 of "tt thong Amid the saddle, and a peculiar; 6th:l:l4c-will haiig for hours beside a . 'horso; . Which will lt thuS appear to be milloking of it.i own accord over the plains. 'The Arlcic is , IV adopted. hen4.47irik Laf4,....a,arraii?-40 :.t.A4atini ty their bodies 'frbfri iiiiliets:ls , iCatt. Snow looked anxiously around him. the pursuers were about a mile behind them, the ambushed Indians about half a mile to their right, while at about an equal distance before thCm was the fire. , "We hirce but little cliche,'" said he calm ly. "My friends, we must do a dreadful bold thingl_T_he_horseaLwill_bu-a-little-skeery-like, but a quid]: eye man cool lie - a - d will do it.— We must shoot tie prairie fire. The Rocks hod heard of such a thing, bu they stood amazed at the very thdught. But Snow left them no. time for reflection. The concealed Ituliaiiiiiiitllng:tlientrelv - 4diS - doVer.: ed leaped into their saddles and bore down upon them. But they remained unnoticed.— The three fugitives were busily engaged. They had placed their poWder flasks out ~of the reach of fire ; they had wrappbd their rifles in strips of their torn up up olosks; and then, having carefully and tightly bound their own clothes, they tied bandages over the eyes and nostrils of their horses. They then mounted again, the Indians being close upon them, and made for the rampart of fLmoki3 and flame that lay between theM and life. The line of fire was about thro miles long. The prairie, composed of reeds and- grass, damp with' recent rains, did not burn with that lightning-like rapidity which leaves no chance of escape. It' burned quickly, but steadily, and Captain Snow remarked that in some places smoke predominated over flame. Just before them a lofty clump of bushes burnt high and brightly, butte the.leftorthis a thick black smoke, seemed to indicate a swampy expanse where the fire had less par chap: . , Titty were'ploving.rapidly, the Indians not two xndred yards . behind, them, along the, c dr an lino e, d the Camanches were yelling with ‘ 'dolight. They.gained ground every min ute on the fugitives, and saw no chance of es cape for them. "Close your eyes and follow,", suddenly cried Captain Snow, seizing the bridle or Ma ry's horse, and plunging hoidlang • into the' thiek'smoke of the smouldering swamp. The atmosphere which 'for a - long' time had been' oppressive, now became absolittely suffocating. The noise was infernal. ' Crackling reeds,lds: sing damp bashes, flaming grime; a black va por that choked and - blackened,,was'all' that they could distinguish; with souse of intense heat, and then a black •plhini covered4cith charred wood, with shouldering heaps 0:, Ow coal, lay before theiii, ! Xil,ey4tlpassittyilk the least possible injuiSi#, tew imps, a scorching sense of thirst, faces as Welt es no-. gross, was all that had entitled from. this , des peratis- and daring rapt.,. Snow pressed, the hand of Mary .1 . 11 . 0110m0, ad then ?sprained the horses. Theywere irrepsrohly lost, Their legs had suffered burno, irhyit render much, farther journeying, impossible ; but . they Were compelled, despite their ;frightful _tats, to urge them . on again'at their fullest speed. ;-=.A. howl, that Snow Hum tee well, Atrued him of a now danger. ;The savage, 'wolves of the mountain upon theta in vast droves. The anhnals followw.prairie fire in, netwolt r oe carcasses of per, turkeys,,rabbits, hams, &c. that : perish : M . 4;e llantes, , andeollectedht such forcei,kocoMe formidable, The,vviebabed her •ses. instinctively doxted away, and the:fugitive band made for o- Wood: ablut.flve miles 'oil, which had boon quad' Crania.) br.o, the grass neer the trees boing' toe damp 'end too short toburn., fa; therrode,lheY loilsened rifles and pistohg, and took their huge poWder. Ague from the many swrithsWhioli had protected them. Several times they..halted and fired at tile, furious beasts which to the number of a }int four hundred camo•',on behind them.— Their shots told, nnd~n genernl J ~alt showed that the-caiotower‘e engagedindevouring their. unlucky companions. At length the mood was reached and while by a gene'rel discharge, they for an instant checked the advance of the hungry brutes, Mary climbed a tree, took up the arms, provisions, and other traps, and was then followed by the weary men. The horses galloped away, and became instantly a prey to the savage white wolves. - It required an lour of abaolute.reposo 'to enable the fugitives to talliever their position. They then ate and drank and smoked in silence for another half hour, when all were sufficient ly recovered to hold a- council. The wolves were h9Wling around the tree, which was lofty and thick, and seemed determined not to aban don their prey. But backwood trio loath &Eat them. Their Aid concern was the less their poor horses, and the prospect of a ':tramp - home. They were now pretty secure from the 'lndians, who believed them to have iicrished' in the flames, and who would.choose ettiad removed from the track of the confla giation. They spoke some time in a low tone, until the howling of the wolves became intolerable, and Captain Snow and young Rock resolved to rid themselves of tho,nuisanco. They descen ded to'the lower branches of the treese and looked down. A fearful yell from a hundred throats greeted them; and the aspect of the long hanging tongues, fierce eyes and savage teeth of so many animals, would have terified, any but men inured to dangers and hardships. A quick volley from their revolving five-bar relled pistols drove the jackals back in an in stant. Snow was perched over a large pile of leaves driven together by, the wind. On _this he rapidly emptied a good handful of powder. -With the lighted tobacco from his' pipe, a flame was pranced, and the burning moss dropped as the wolves returned to the charge. The animals retreated" With terrific yells, as the leaves took-fire and the gun-powder flash ed and then kept at a respectful distance.— Young Rock now leaped down, flung some wood on the fire, joined by his party, soon had a fiery rampart round tho _ tree. :Within this they rested and dressed their woundsor ratb,, • er_burns:. , , The next day; after sixteen hours of repose, the whole party started on foot'. The wolves, whiclConlfallect — in dangerous numbers on rare occasions, had dispersed over the black and smoking plain. Weary and tiresome was the journey threugh the forest, through swamps along dreary interminable plains, with heavy •f rifles on their shoulders. They rarely fired a shot, eating sparingly, and at long intervals, for the crack of fire arms had' nor became dangerous. Ten :days they trampoT along, and bn the morning of t,"ff:± eleventh they rtare within n mile of.the dwelling of Capt. Snow.— Two or three smart reports of guns made them prick up their ears, quickly' followed as they were by the 'duller report of the Indian fusile. The trio plunged into the thicket, loosened their rifles, and advanced. Ten minutes *nal them to the skirt of the wood. _The blindingß_OlLan_OM.lllsl._W_Cra_ll_liitle_ MOW - thamit - hutfdred yards distant; - Th — if Iff- dinns lay about fifty yards to their left, behind the wagon and corn stuck frame. quick as thought Snow and his companions fired, uhf then with a loud yell, rushed across. Taken, in flank,- tho- savages sought-the -.cover of the wood, and made no effort to prevent the junc tion of the whites. SnoW found that his house had been blockaded taro days by the Indians, but that his assistant, and four negro slaves had made a very spirited defence. Mary was alarmed about her parents; but during the day any movement was impossible. They accordingly rested until night, mean while making every preparation for further re sistance ; and darkness once set in, Snowville was abandoned to 'tiro negro slaves. Snow had always been khid to his blacks, and they noted iEcordingly. The party of six crept on hands and knees through a maize field, rind . thus gained a trail that led to the house of the Becks. A 'huge blaze soon informed them that the place was burning.7,MarY felt sick at heart, and darted forward. She was only restrained within the bounds of prudence by the exertions of her lover. They soon stood at the mouth of the gully, and the scene, illu- Minatedaby the blazing hut was revealed in all its gravity. Old hock and his wife cowered- 1 detm by two posts ; the Indians were prepa ring for 919tortuke ; they were at least twen-, ty in number. But the whites hesitated tot. A quick volley revealed - their preSence and then on they rushed. But before they had gone half the distance the old couple were a mong them, with Indian guns, in their hands. A retreat was beat at once; and before the as tonished savages rallied, the pale faces com manded • the entrdnce' of the . pulley, and're tteated in good order. The magic reputation et the Western rifle' kept the Camandhes at a r iMeet distateeful. Two daysmore they were within their posts, but then the Indians gave up the siege. On the fifth day the o wholo • party was mounted; the wagon, drawn by 'oien, contained all their Valuables; 'and on the top old Rook and his Wife. 'The rest served as an escort. Their deatin4ion was a country two hundred' miles diatant, where Captain Snow was to be uni ted to Mary, They were married; acid then joined by four enterprisindfamilies, the bold backwoodsmen again entered the wilderneSs, and returned' to their old residence. A vil logo was formed, and Captain Snow wan at once chosen , sheriff. The community .was small, but full of perrieverande; and though they have suffered a little from Indian attaelZe, courage anditulustry Snow the dam ago; and Mrs. new in a fair way of presiding over a coneider, town at :no the- Peaoo.restored, nnd . wife and mother, timlnFoine of thip,nairative cas given up:tln4onijatio jiall)46 iif )4,tvtv Rocs, - IforLord'oaernarvon clefinttcl "timber" • as i 4 an excrescence' on the 'fain) 'ortlie earth, plated there by, Prcrtidetioo for .the payment of debts," • . . pe-A Quackadvort!sos to cure, among ;other inotFablo diseases, 2tinrcobozzaris,:Ab dolkader and Ilippopottimuo. 31liott1lattartto. SOMEBODY'S FATHER, BY DM. BTOWB, THE omnibus was slowly pursuing it way up one of the long hills that:lead to the pat skirts of Cincinnati, when the °Mention of its various inmates was directed to a man big by the road ride, with flushed and swollen face and trembling limbs, who vainly strove to raise himself from the earth, muttering bro ken and incoherent sentences, and ever and anon falling back into the dust, which had al ready plentifully begrinied his face, hands and clothes. Some of the passengers gazed on him with a contemptuous smile of pity, some with an expi•ession of loathing and disgust, while a few of the coarser sort on the top, burst forth into expressions of vulgar derision. "Go it old chap," said one.., " Tr:) , it a gain," sle another, as he made fruitless attempts "- isef: " Feels pretty limber, I guess," said a third. , ( 4. little boy about fire years old, was stretch leg his neck to watch the sight, and joined unhesitatingly in the laugh sot up on the out side. " Hush, hush my: dear 1" said a gentle wa mon by his side, "don't laugh, Henry—that man it some poor child's father,.l suppose:"' The boy seemed to feel at once the force of this appeal, for he looked with astonishment and sorrow into his mother's 4ace, and seve ral passengers, appeared by their thoughtful '\' air,.toltave felt the force of the ge tlettpperd, and looked more as christians a onld look on the fallen creature they were leaving be hind. ' - And there indeed was somebody's father as the gentle voice had said. Look with us in side of this low and shattered room, and there you see a pale and faded • woman sitting up sick and feeble by a decaying fire, striving with trembling.hand and failing eye, to finish a piece sewing; her head is weary and giddy —the room often seems turning , round and round with sickening motion, and her hand often stops and trombes as she still urges her ,needle-door needle 'slender and feeble as her ' self,'and like herself the- only relittliee of those helpless ones around her. On the floor, sits the baby often pulling at her dress and rais ing his hands in dumb show to try to make her feel that :1104 weary of apparent neglect, and waute to find a warmer seat in her lap ; while two wistful looking children, are gaffing from the door as if expecting something,' and weary of delay. " Vary do take up Benny," said tho mother, after vainly striving to raise him, "and keep him a little longer till I finish this week and then you can carry it up to rs. at al get the money for it, and yoti,11: . 11 have something good for supper." "Oh dear I why doesn't Father come," says the-girl, as she takes her little brother from -the floor. "Ile told us- certainly, that he would be back in an hour, and bring the med icine for you, and some things for us ; and ho has not, come ba - 81: yet." Tiro woman - ax_pericuts - lfall taught her why ho has not come, but shb only says, "I know ho meant to come home before this." At last the boy steals in silently and pale and standing behind the mother's chair, says apprehensively, "oh mother be is a coming —but he hasn't got anything for us I know." The mother has guessed as much before, and the tired hungry children leek with a discour aging and hopeless air from their 'mother to each other, as the door is pushed.widely open and the man who laid by the road-side totters in and throws himself into a chair. No child goes to him. When the unthink ing baby-puts out its little hands, its Aster checks it with a "hush - Benny, be still ;" they all know 'that his father is no father now, and _thatAliero is no safety hut in keeping out of his way. And yet that man left his house in the mor ning with as warm a heart towards his ohil dren, with as solemn a purpose to withstand temptation, as sincere a desire to provide something for his own, as men could have; that man is naturally warm hearted and affec tionate,' proud* of hih suffering wife, and fond of his children, and only this morning he premised to that sick, heart-broken wo man, that ho would begin a now life. Ile ivent out from his home honestly meaning to come hotneDvi tli _Comfor ts_for_ his _wife_ and little ones, and to make a cheerful evening fireside. But yet, In his work-shop, among the com panions he daily meets, he has been assailed by temptation too strong for him—he has yielded, and this is the _result. MAN AND WOMAN. M—Man is a Marvellous and' Matchless Model 'of Mechanism; a Mutable Mass of MisanthroPhy; Merry Midst Mourn ing, Mournful Midst Mirth. , Man' Mars his Mundane Mission byy — Mixing in Monstrous Mummeries, Mindless of the Meek Monitions of his Mighty Master, Madly Misprising his Mild and' Mederate Mandates .Mid the Mani fold Manifestations of the Multiplied Mercies Meted out by his Maker. Muse,- then, ,Mis guided Mortal,, on the Magnitude Of thy Mis demeanors, Mind not the Meretricious Mohr- nations of MaleVolent Ministers; but Merit the Meed of a Merciful Mission. • W—Woman, . Who Whilome Was-Wrought upon by the Wheedling Words of the Wily ono, sindo When tho World Woops.o'er its. Wicked ness.. 'Wanting Women, the Woild Were - Waste and We - Wending-eur.:Weary Way thro' i l tz Wilderness, Would Waft our. Mailings ' te the - Winds and Wares.: Woman, Without thy Wins s omo Ways, Wealth IVere • Worthless, a Will -ce the Wisp. 'l'ho Witchery of thy" Woo 7. ingWords Work Wer;ders like the Waying of Oleo Witard'e Wand; Witness' thy Wearilbee Watohings o'er the Wounded and Wrotohed, Withstanding OurlWaywartinetis through-Weal or We. Wanton Wadlors on tho Wane,- Writh , ing Mader Wrinkles, may Wage thetWarfare; but the Wise Weleome and Worahip „ TonAcco;.—liev..John. Pierpitnt _neon tly livered a lecture against the use ef tiduloootl Boston. • It ie doedribed. as havitAittert 0.4% Q. oquent and witty productiont 18. FACTS FOR THE eIJRIOES. A drop. of stagnant water, upon being ex -aminetH3y-tvparrerfulailereseek-vitillbe onn inhabited by thousands, upon thousands of an imalaules, each swimming with.as much free dom, as a whale upon the ocean. Their mi nuteness is extraordinary, some being not more than 1h,0,000 part of an inch in length; that is, an insect one inch in length would bear the same proportion to ono of them, es a giant one thousand feet in beightwould bear to a man of five feet. Yet, diminutive as they are, most of them have mouths ; . many stom achs and of,these last, some possess between forty and fifty. The variety of their shapes ifftt;nly amazing; one is along, slender thread, another a serpent; some are round, some are • oval, others triangular; one is a thin fiat plate, another a net-work of seeming seeds; one is shaped like a funnel, another like a bell; some have long and scarcely perceptible tails, others, in the place of these, have two thick appendages like' horns. Some change their dimensions at pleasure ;' at times they extend to immOderate length, then contract tonlmost nothing . . Many are opaque, while others arc so transparent ,as to be scarcely discernable from the fluid they inhabit. Singular, too, and various are their motions; some swim with the velocity of an' arrow, others more slowly and with apparent diffioulty ; some seem to exist in perpetual rest;_others revolve with incredible' velocity on - their centres; un dulations, leaps, oscillations, successive whirls, 'in 'short, all - conceivable modes of progrelision ate practiced by them. These animalcules have been found in the blood of the frogE4 and I ___the salmon, and in the fluids contained in the eyes of fish ; in the waters of streams flow-big in mines at the depth of five hundred feet be low the surface of the earth, and in 'those of springs upon the summit of Mount Sinai.— Some small fragments of ice found upon the ocean, upon being melted, were discovered to contain fifty different varieties of microscopic shell-fish. The minutest specimens of shell fish have E . diameter which does not exceed 1-30,000 pat of an inch ; and yet, in certain localities, they, form ,a subterraneous strata many fathbms in depth. It is said, moreover, that, although many of these. are parasites, ' living -linen larger animals, they are them selves inhabited by others I Nor are micro scopic insects confined to the waters; many - Varieties have been foland in' the eoliths of a common — graMiof-sand; each leaf is a colony of insects grazing on it'llao oxen in a field; the white sugar upon raisins and figs affords a , home for millions, and each tooth is a world busy* with life. The surfaeo of onr bodies is covered with scales, like tkoae of a fish, ono hundred and fifty of which can be covered with a Biagi grain of sand. One of those scales Covers fir .undreci pores, yet thrAugh openings so mi na the sweat exudes water through a. sieve. ow wonderfully small must ho the particles of that fluid, which can find an out let through openings, 76,00 G of which can be hidden by one grain of sand I The finest anti smoothest needle, when examined by ti power ful microscope, looks like a rough bar of iron; -but the.sting of a boo, viewed through a glass which' 'magnifies a fine needle point to the breadth of a quarter of an inch, exhibits ev erywhere the most beautiful polish, without the least blemish or inequality, and ends in a point too fine to be' visible. The threads, of a fine , lawn seem coarser than the yarn with which- ropes hro-mado_ fcf, anchors; bat .the web of a silk-worm, or of• a spider appears as perfect and smooth as when viewed by the na ked eye. The finest and most delicate lines made by the engraver, are found to bo rough and ragged on their edgeg; but not a single appearance of this is discernable upon the dots and lines with which nature has adorned the bodies of the insect races. How do the most finished productions of man fade before the perfections of nature's handiwork?—Arthur's Home Gazette. • HORBODAOK RIDING IN MADEIILA.a--The Hon. John A. Dix, in his recent Work, 44 A Winter in Madeira," gives an amusing account of ri ding on horseback at Funchal. For 80 cents an hour a fine horse can be hired at any liv ery stable, together with a man as attendant, who follows on foot; and when you desire to ride filet ho catches hold of your horse's tail and is drawn along! In this way ho prevents you from running away from him. - Mr. Dix says that the horses soon become accustomed - o-these human appentlages r and that the .. .41,.- . 1 ws have a way of 'making the horsefopisS.. : or low, as they desire,-in spite of the ',.,., 8r M . Dix says, that for ladies,,,this as rj4e. tion of horse and driver, is a 'great convelittl enoe. Therneed no other attendant. He is always ready to render any assistance; if the horse looses a- shoe he has a, hammer and - , nails in his pocket to replace it.. It is not eff ort° fanoy a more ludicrous speotaole than a ~ lady riding through the" city at full gallop with a man hanging to the tail of her, horse; . - bitt, such -scenes are of , hourly occurrencejn - Fundhal, and the eye soon becomes accustom- ed to them. „ i nmost:mucus Hurancoonn.—We find in,the Jrniekerboder Magazine the following aneodote, told by the veteran Matthew Carey, of a 4 .dis. tinguished judge” hi` onnsylvania: .He stole his grandfather's fan,' and cover ed it for n considerable time in a mud.puddlo. Having disguised it as completely as in his power, ho sent it to the Historical Society, With an elaborate description to prove that it was the wing of a bat. . It was received, with duo solemnity, and a iota of thanks passed to the donor. A debate aroseas to the species to which it belonged—and a committee of sev en was appointed ascertain whether it was tho wing of a Aladagasear or a Cartada bat:—The tcommittee eat three weeks, and after•consul ting Buffon's Natural History and Goldsmith's Animated Nature, they riportef that •it must have , belonged to aNadataseir bat:" :'.lt ; was proamineed th"o`groatest'onriosity in the Mu ' sewn eicepta large shoot of brawn paper width he had •hung hp in the ctdmtioy sOd'ivith soot and dirt„ and palattal upon the Sooloti aP part of Q Brahmin'e abtrt I" )> 'A bee 'Uglisti mit*in arkenkillg of eel : Felted tgfateei'ae.Yek ttit la the land, of we ft*" and tkinly peopled groyeyordet"
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