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—
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•
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
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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
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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"