FN Stitt miting ‘krttlj. EARLY BORDER SCENES Our readers have doubtles9 noticed some years since a narrative of the retnarkable es• cape of Johtrilarris from being burnt alive by the Indians, on the spot whole Harrisburg has since been built. That publication was the means of bringing to light several inter resting incidents connected with Iltu•ris and hss Wife, one of those pioneer• mothers in wirem the danger and exigencies of the fron tier life develop° the greatest degree of dar ing compatible with the exercise of that sound judgement which is of yet greater importance in the sphere of existence. Harris, as has been stated in the narrative referred to, wa, , a trader among -two or three savage tribes. whose headquarters seem to have extended along the West branch of the Susquelinnint, ev.m in this day of improvement embracit.g same of the wildest mountain river scenery in the United Stntes. The wolf and fox still dispute posses'sion of extensive inlets in this region with the settler, and even the panther and the beta• are occasionally tracked to and Shot in their retreats by the hardy mountain eers, who vary the toils of .husbatolry with relaxations, as they deem it, of the Shaw, rendered here by the character of the court. try, the most arduous species of it in the world. One of these tribes, believed to be the Mangles, an off :-hoot of the Delawares, had built their wigwams and settied their families at the junction of the North and \VOA branch es of the Susquehanna, on the site of the pres ent village of Northumberland. The towns of the othets reeLded fat they into wilds along the West branch. It will be recollected that a chain of posts was es:told:shed during the provincial govern meta of Pennsylvania, probably in . 1756, - by Governor Forbes, extending from Philadelphia to Fort Pitt, near Pittsburg. (inc of these yea Where Harris resided, who occupied a trading house, laid hod rendered himself in , tl.use early days, acceptable to the Indians, who found 'it a great convenience to trade theirveltries fur powder, lead, and such other things as they needed in their own neighbor hood. Here lie had brought a plow, the first over seen on the banks of the.. Su tinehanna, with other implements of husbandry, and made a little clearing sufficient for a kitchen garden, and here was born John Harris, the founder of Harrisburg, believed to be the mil) individual ever existing that laid out a town at his birth-place, and who, as the first child of white parents. received from that circum stance a giant of 400 acres of land, offered ns a premium by the proprietors, fur the set- Vement west of the then frontier part of East ern Pennsylvania—Herks and Lancaster coin"' ties. After Braddock's defeat, one of the British officers on his way to Philadelphia, called St Harris's station for the purpose of staying all night. Through the neglect of the persons 'hose duty it was to attend to closing the port holes at sundown, they had been on that day left open. The officer was engaged in conversation with Mrs. Harris, with his bad. the port boles and she facing them. In this position and looking - over his sholder, she heard the click and saw the dash of a rifle.— Without any exclamation or surprise, or say ing anything to interrupt his disclosure, she leaned to one side where the candle blood, and blew it out The next day the officer fell in with an old Indian chief and his attendant, who acknowledged'to him that he bad aimed at his life, but the weather being drizzling his powder bad got wet and the piece huii fire ; and he was unwilling to repeat his tire after the candle was extinguished fur fear of injuring Mrs. Harris. At a somewhat later date, when Pennsylva nians had extended themselves West of the Donegal settleinent, in Lancaster county, an•l had formed a settlement on Paxton creek, the the Indians began to entertain great fear of being finally expelled the country, and con certed measures with their usual secrecy, for extirpation of the whites. Having ascertain ed that they collected once a week for religi• ous worship, they made their arrangements to attack Paxton meeting house, and cut off all the inhabitants at a single - blow. They rendeivoused in 'considerable numbers at a spot West of the Blue Mountains, and poured in on the settlement through Miinada Dap, about fifteen miles from the Susquehanna, with such celerity and secrecy as to station themselves in the thicket around the meeting , house, without any suspicion 'having been formed by the settlers of any sinister designs. They had, however, missed one day in their r-ckoning„ancltakenSaturday in place of the• Sabbath, for their ambuscade. As the ,usual hour passed without any of the whites ma king their appearance, tho Indians began to suspect that they had in some way or other. bean put on their guard, and fearing injury to themselves, they broke up and made their way home without less•of time, and as quiek• ly and as secretly ns, they found the!r w.ty . iteto 11,e settlement. Tl.e 11C t tie ber and character of the tracks around re vealed to the settlers lire threatened danger, ns well as the hostile intentions, generally, - of their savage neighbors. A council was held on the spot, nod it was determined to des patch Hanis, with some forty others, well nrtned to visit the Indian villages, and ascer• tain if possible their purposes. The.•company set out next dny, and on reaching the towtron the opposite bank of the Susquehanna, found a war party assembled in entinen;puinted and arrayed with war clubs. This, of course left 110 doubt of their hostile designs, but in the fticei•of these signals the Indians disclaimed any unfriendly feelings toward their white neighbors, and nsserted their pacific intention, the design being if p-s -slide to put them'off their guard. The party of whites reposed no confidence in these pro testations, but prepared for Hieir return, their road being well known to the Indians. They had to cross the river some distance below, at the mouth of a little creek, where Selinsgrove is now built. Harris had withdrawn for n short distance from the camp, and was re turning to it, when he met an old Indian whom he recognized as an individual that had once been indebted to'him for his life. The savage without halting his head, or even glancing at Mork, for he was aware, on ac count Of his friendly feeling to that individual that he was narrowly watched, passed hint, and in a hurried manner said' 'John Harris don't you cross the river !' After• starting for home, Harris mentioned to hiv company this warning, as he under stood it to be of a meditated atolmscrole on the other side, and suggested the propriety (.1 goin down on the West side of the Susioe henna. The party generally judged it rather a decoy to induce thorn to rush into 'danger, which they supposed was actually on that ride. Hollis then explainvd to his friends She relation in which he stood to the Indian, avowing his conviction that he wasAncere, and appealing to the party whether they were not convinced that they owed it to their thn•' rough preparation for battle that they had been permitted to leave the Indian camp.— Instead of following the friendly advice, the party, however, were obstinate, and rather ! than separate from them, Harris against his! better judgment, accompanied them on their route. Scarcely had the first boat in which they crossed touched the opposite sly .re; when a destructive fire opened on them from the bush es NI hieh lined the batik. Harris was the only one of the party that escaped' to tell the tale, the residue were either shot clown in the boats or overtaken at a disadvantage. He swam tre river three times to baffle the pur suit made iu his case. Ilnrris generally rode n horse• which 'mnt! w(11 linow,n to the Indians. On another nc• elision while the whites and Indians were on unfriendly terms, he had been' with a party of settlers hunting on the side of the river, who had imprudently, by some circum stance, become separated from their rifles The Indians aitacked the party, after detach ing a few warriors to intercept their retreat by a narrow defile. The bank of the Susque• henna is very precipitous in that region and this afforded the otrly opening to the ford op posite the settlement. Harris was as usual mounted, and making his way down to the pass, when he found himself confronted by an old chief, well known to him as Indian John, who stood in the pathway with his rifle raised to shoot. Ile was compelled to risk the shot. Leaping instantly to the ground he ungirthed the saddle, held it by the girths twisted. over his arm, and vaulting on his horse's back, stooped forwards, raised the saddle, and holding it in front to form a shield, lie rushed at his enemy at the top of his speed. The Ind:an Sprang to ?no side, disconcerted by the sudden movement, and, fearful of missing, reserved his fire. As soon as Hart is passed the foe, he swung his saddle over his head so as to form a protection for his rear, and pursued his way to the river.— The Indian fired, his ball taking effect on the saddle, the rider and horse escaping unharm. ed. 4)ne of the party Whose horse had been shot down (a little Dutch doctor,) had reach ed the edge of the river, and when Harris overtook him there, bogged with such earnest ness that he would take him on behind; him, that Harris could not resist his entreaties, olthough fearful of encumbering his Progress through the water with the added weight.— Ho was mmotingly taken rn behind, but they had hardly got fifteen yards into the stream when a ball struck the doctor killing him-in stantly. The Indians were at the hcirse's heels, and the humanity of Harr:B, in place of endangering his escape, had proved the means of saving his life. A short time before the massacre nt Paoli, Harris's house had been made a depository of powder, to protect it front falling into the enemy's hands in case they should penetrate into the Lancaster set Cements, It 'was i torol in the garret of the building; one barrel hay ing been tinlyetttled Oil' left !ei.en 1, , r retail ne , •re I •t • gire:Rob (liijnplMo, lulled to, bqd been sent up to get some grain from the loft,. - arid having occat;i,•n to set the, candle down, stuck it into the open powder which ho took to be flaxseed. Fearing an nc• cident, Mrs.'llarris followed, and comprehen l ed the 'danger at n glance. lleyroving him simply for staying so long, she took the can die between her open fingers, end slowly with drawing it, pointed out to him the danger he lied escaped. Such was his alarm at the sug gestion, that he ran to the stairs, and in his agitation, made but one step to their loot. During the d'irh hours of the revolutionary struggle, when public credit wee nt the lowest ebb, end Congress had appealed to the public spirit or the Amet lean people for aid in con tributions of money, provisions and clothing, Mrs. Harris left Harrisburg, at daylight, with One hundred guineas, ell the money her Itty baud. had on dinnd at the titne. end chengitig her horses at Lancaster, thirty five miles on the route; rode in that evening to Philadel ; phis, being one hun tred miles,in one day, and paid the money with her own hands over to the comtnittee eppointed Congress to re eei:ve it. Such w.,s the patriotism of that 3tigrllunrouti PULPIT F.LOQUF.NCE 111 the life.of Jahn Flare!, n renowned dis senting preacher of Englnd. it is said 'one uf those omens, which are supposed to announce future eminence, accompanied his l'itth. A pair of nightingales made their nest close to the window of the chummier of his mother, and with their delicious notes sum, the birth of him, whose tom:ne sweetly proclaimcd the tblit.= which give songs in the night I cannot assert that the oratorical distinetb n of John C. Poirriswas preceded by any Fuel incident, lint it Ins seldom been my fortune to hear a more melitluous nod seductive speaker In very early life, a stiff lent in Washington City, I heard the famous Surnmeithdd, n young Me thodist itinerant. Ills face and form were of womanly, almost of angelic beauty. A divine lustre beamed from his eyes. Ilie clear, full, sonorous voice, fell like the tones of a trier n tain ball one moment, and, anon, came crash ing, thundering down, with terrible effect on the startled masses, forcing them to cry aloud and crowd together, with -uplifted arms as though from shelter fn m an impending ava lanche. His eloquence shook sin from its citadels and dragged vice and fashion from their 'pride of place.' The sensation he pro duced was tremendous. Multitudes followed his footsteps. .Its a field preacher he toweled alongside of Whitefield; but he soon went down to the grave, consumed by his own tire, and called th a higher :There fir some inscru table purpose It is related ,of flossuet that, when he pro nounced the funeral sermon of the Princess Henrietta nturdescribed her dying ngonies, the whole audience arose front their seats, with terror in every countenance. When Massilon ascended the pulpit, on the death of Louis XIV., he contemplated for a inn men t the impressive spectocle,t he Aripel dropcd in black—the magnificent 'mausoleum raised over the bier—the dim but vast apartment filled with the trophies of the glory of the monarch. and with the most illustrious persons in the kingdom. lie looked down on the For geous scene beneath, then raised his arms to heaven awl said, in a solemn, subdued tone, 4 .lfmfreres Dieu seal est grand!' Cod only is great.' With one impulse, all the audience arose, turned to the altar, and reverently bowed. When Dr. Hussey preached at Waterford, on the small numl er of the elect, he asked whether, if the arch of !leaven were to open, and the Son of Man should appear to judge his hearers, it were 'quite certain that three— that two—nay, trembling for myself as well as for you, is it certain that one of us,' ho ox• claimed in a voice of ihunder, 'would be saved?' During the whole of this apostrophe, the audience was agonized. At the ultimate interrogation, there was a general shriek, and some fell to the ground. M. Bridaino, a French missionary, and the peer of the most renowned orators of that eloquent nation, preached a sermon at Beg nole. At the end of it ho lifted up his arms and thrice cried in a loud voiee„,o Eternity! At the third repetition of this awful cry, the whole party fell on their knees. During three day consternation pervaded the town. In the public places, young and old .were hOard cry ing aloud, Mercy! 0 Lord, Mercy! THE ESCAPED 'NUN.'— We learn from the Christian Union that Miss Catharine Bunhley who escaped from the sisterhood at Emmits. burg, Md,. last fall, and a narrativeo , :if whose history, &0., was prepared some time since, and at Ittr request was injoined just as k was ready to be issued from the press, because she said she had not been pounitted to see either the manuscript or the proofs, anti sus:' petted the publication was designed to injure her, is soon to come before the public with a Dew zwrrative prepared by a person well qualified for the undertnhing, cutler bee own A DIALOGUE. DELECTABLE•' AND DEAIONSTRATIVE `lsaac, have you paid the printer ?' inquir ed an old lady of her husband who was de lighting the family circle by reading a fine looking newspaper—(excuse our blushes, for we editors nre as modest as maidens ) 'No, Relte . ecn, I have not,' answered the old gentleman, adjusting his spectacles—'but you know it is only a trifle. 'rho printer, I see gives n polite dun, but they cannot mean me ns I situ one of their friends, and at all event.. my dollar would be a trifling: moiety to them ' 'Well, Isaac, if all their subscribers were to say the same thing, the'poor fellows would starve, unless they could,,con f jurt ,-- their types into c rn, and their press into n flour mill.— And surely, you as their friend, should be more punctual in pitying them, besides it would show your attachment to them and the good cause they advocate.' I tlmught of settling my subscription when I was in town last.' said Isaac wincing from the rub, ‘l4O the money which I received for my produce was better than usual, and I dis like to part with it ' 'Certainly you could not pay them in bad MEM tNo, my dear, but sometime I am obliged to take uneurrent paper, and I prefer• paying debts wilb that when I gait't get it off-- 0, these banks, •rtheso banks ! Any way, that sort would suit the printer just as *ell as they don't keep it long. 3!y neighbor Jenkins said he passed off some on them that no body else would take and they did not re fuse it ' 'Shame on you, Isaac,' exclaimed the good 01 l lady—'you would not, I hype, imitate the exam' le of that miserable fellow, Jenliens. why he would jew the parson out of half his tlipend and pay the balance in trade.' 'let lie paid the printer, granpa,' interrupt rd a little flaxen miss, who stood beside he gratplfather's krifes ; call and pay them, said the old gentleman, nettled—:for an article I read in their• paper the other day, was worth twice the amount of the subscription.' 'And you know, grandma, you said that the piece about counterfeiters saved you twelve dollars which you would have taken from the Yankee pedlar,' again interrupted the .little girl. 'Yes, it did so, Mary, and for that when I go to town, I'll pay soff my old score, and the next year in advance in the bargain ' Mr. Isaac kept his word like an hon est man. And whether because his consci ence smote him about the uneurrent money, or because he was convinced of the excellence of the arguments of his amiable spimse and rosy checked grand-child, we cannot-say ;he that as it may, we assure our readers that our pocktt tang wiih that tangible proof of friend Isaac's probity and patronage, until we paid our debts. Now we feel if the good In dies in the town and country, and throughout all creation, ns that most veritable nonde script, M:ijor Jack Downing, would say, only knew how the heart and hand of the poor printer gladdened nll , l warmed by the wel c ,me salutation of such a matt as Isaac, they would read this paragraph to their husbands, and say in the language of the good old book Go and do likewise.' A VF:uMoNT Junta: —ln Vermont they elect ornamental judges, who are used as a sort of ballast for the bench. An old follow, a few years ago, was elected side-judge in one of the county courts of that State, and as he was not well versed in legal lore, be called on a friend of his, who had served in that capacity for a number of years, to make some inquiries con cerning the duties of the office. To his inter. rogatories the reply was: 'Sir, 1 have filled this important and honorable office several years, but have never been consulted with regard to but ono question. On the last day of the spring term, 184—, the judge, after listening to three or four windy pleas . of an hour's length each, turned to me, and whis• pered—'C. isn't this bench made of hard wood?' and I told him I rather thought it was.' GREAT FIELDS or• WILEAT.—TIM celebrated traveller and agrimiltural writer, Solon Robin son, a few years ego, prounced the farms of Messrs. Henry K. and Thomas Burgwin, on the Roanoke, in New Hampton county, N. C., the best between Canada and ,Louisiana.. We learn that the former has a field of 900 acres of wheat, which good judges estimate will yield 20 bushels to tlttylcre, or dB,OOO bush. els in all, worth at present prices about $60,- 000. It Is said to be a most beautiful sight. Mr. Thomas Burgwin has a field of 000 acres in wheat, almoSt as good. Those gentlemen make, besides, largo quantities of oorn, oats, Itotr—Fayetterville. IM„ A " Down East" exchange says ',Stomach pumps are in use at till ritilroed cries to den!• the yassetigers of ant• alcohc,l 'ley hare in 11,rin ; This is to save the rr4ikli. 'Dm Under tiic li,;tice ft , r irnu Tun REV. SIDNEY Smurn.—A 'Decided Sell: —Lady Culebs bad a great passion for garden and hot house, and when she got bold of a celebrity like the Rev.•-Mr Sydney, was sure to dilate upon her favorite subject. Ifergera niums, auriculas, her dahlias, her carnations, her acacias, her lilies regia, her ranunculus, her Marygolds, her peonies, her rhododendron procumbens, mossy pompon° am& rose pubo. semis, were discussed with all the flow of hot house rhetoric. " My lady," asked the Reverend wit, you ever have a Psoriasis Septennis"?" (This is the medical name for the seven years itch.) '!Oh, yes! a most b•e-a-u tiful 'one gave it fo the Archbishop of Canterbury! Dear man ! and it came out so nice in the spring! p:-;l`^ A story is told by the California Pio oeer, of a faithful old member of a church in Massachusetts who was food of exhorting { ' lie always commenced by saying that hewas quite unucli, nod did not feel nt all like spVii'll; ing in meeting, but would say a word, and then give way to his brother 15.'; nod then be would go on roaring loudly and swinging 'lds arms, for nt. least an hour. At the conclu sion of one of these harangues, " Brother D " slowly arose, and in a most solemn voice said —"T should•be amazingly interested to hear our friend once when ho was in full health." This finished the meeting. A MOST Mcr.tricitoLy CATASTnorur..--Yes terday morning, about four o'clock, P. M , a small man named Jones, or Brown, or Smith, with a heerrin the hole of his trowsers, com- - - mined artie by swallowing a dose of suicide. The verdict of the inquest returned a jury that the leceased came to his fact in accordance to his death jte lefives a child and six small wives to lament the loss of his untimely end. In death we are in -the Midst of life. Uri A boy seven years of ag,e fell into the Connecticut river, at Iloydenville, a day or two since. and was rescued by the Hey. Mr. Conk. On his way lime, n par on remarked to him, —Yon got pretty wet, ditrnt pm?" "Ves," said the little one, "hut the man that, came in after me got as bad a ducting as I did!" 119„, The following is alarming evidence of the progress of the photegraphic art : " A lady last week had her likeness taken by a pliotographist, and he executed it so well that her husband prefers it to the original." Ardichics. AM I M'CLINTOCK , to yr,fi•s.,,r tiatlim) and Sur,z,•ry in tin l'ldladtd- !Allot of 3ltslicine', and Acting. Pron.ssor of Mid one of the Consultind Ph) si , lotto of the Phil adelphia Ilt•spital. . late ,:.ember t.f the Na. th om i d,..ttelation; mend er of the bioladel :-•ttclet v ; mom Lrl of urgi. ',Iljo•Zo• ; 4 . 111k . r1y l'ondr ht. and Protessos of Anatomy and :surgery in Castlettni 31edi cal College. %to niont atol also. l.ttr Prol e -, o r o f A,. ritonly and Pllsittiogy in lieckshire 31ctlical institu tion. Putstield. al a „ aibtas'lately introduced in a popular ilnan, several of his write preseriptd•ns f`r the principal n-r this dined,. 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Cloths, cassi- morel:, cords, cottonades, ac. ke. a full absortnient and very low• In price cAnprrixus AND MATTI NOS. An entire nee• stock of three ply, Ingrain, cotton and ventilate carpotintr, bought very 'cheep and be sold very loo•. Also white tin! colored Mat tlngs. Itehrl'A AND SlielES. A large `LTI , I‘ yet•lloinen's Loots. fliori :111,1 •.311••••••. filtonilliw, to phi , t 1,•• 411 o 1 " 111 of v 11;t1 1 have Oil 1‘.11%•1 hi that huo• ut 11l i,, i ••••'. \. l .1 1. 11•1 1- f'• "R looltl. II 1. , 1. 1 o 111 c e li tL I ‘,...( 1 ~,,11•11.•• , f • 1;1., .1 1 1 ilt (!?,1 •t•,0.1 11 1..• =MI =