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. [Written for tho
" SPRING . IS COMING."
Spring Is doming, spring Is coming,
Wlth Its blushing flowers, and beast
Now, we hoar their buyy bumming,
Ilutoming in the trees. • '
'Everywhere their busy I;uiluning
____Blll•lndsikutontity9 trees.
"norms are springing, lowers sto 6rlt( g ing,
Gladly round our happy lefty
And the joyous bitibtore singing
: Nappy, blithe. nod gay.
Everywhere the birds ore Ringing,
•
'Verdant - grass In brightly paving,
ErSry lonely rural glen;
And MO tausie'of ito urlng,
givettly sounds again;
Tolling by Its gentle waving,
Spring has conic again.
And the fairies gni aro dancing, '
---At the stilly .evening hour -
When the moon's bright beams urn glnhcing
• .00 each sleeping llower: ,
es t tliefairies•now nro dossing
At the evening hour.
fipring la coming, spring Ia cooling, .•
Its blossom. birds, and flowers;
And the bees so .I,usy huntinlng,
Ilmnnilng 'midst the flowers: -
31errIly the hers two
'Midst the new-born flowers. .
Dickinson College,Jß6B.
letorlettfor tho
THE-•RAIN.
, Dusty lies the village turnpike, .•
-And tho up-land fields are dry,
While the river, only sighing,
Creeps in stealthy. marches by ;• -
And the clouds, like spectral drinks
in their garments old and gray,
- •
(Sweeping.tlitough the Ya.
saddone4 silent°,
.•
Feld their ,minted palms ant prey.
As their tears "of tßpderplty, --
Soft and climatal., trance the plain, •
All the , buds, like sweet-mouthed mMstrela,
'l3lendftM;lr tuneful nolvs again .
, - - With - 11m tinklingi and the sprinkling
- Of the gentle But 111 l ler rein.
Tangled Inlbe drouniy urshen
Of the 'Pa and slumberous hate,
;flow the raindrops thrill- the spirit,
theSnild Sept ilitber days; -
rourlug en the gohlen.tintssl •
Autumn splendoi-of . the leases,
Hustling through:theyellow graln.tlelds,
And the nrtnpe_'n standlsAgithes
..lbw they swell the . silver Atream
Ilow they brim the land with gleel.
SO our IIvegAIOSI brim. with pleasure,
:Pulsiuk like a living ken,
At iho clattering, and the pattering
.. Of the joyous autumn mm..
Sad)) , as when barirstrings quiver,
1133211
of doom,
Unappeased the night-wind surges
Through the elemental gloom. ,
All the inner life is winsome,
Though the outer dark, be chili;
And my passi* thoughts are fancies
Of a balm-entrauced . 'will—
I will charm the ileetmli.ged hours,
' Vey shall.fold their pinions fair;
Whiled sit and weirdly listen,
Beading legends old and ture,
To the roaring, and the faiuring
Of The noisy winter rain.
[From the Hord*ors TologmiM
Letter "%Villein by lyl.ll,lank Penn.
--During- a -visit to the -land-41optu•tment,-- we
were shown the annexed copy of aletter, writ
ten over 175-wars ago, by Williitm Penn. the
founder of our State. It appears to be the
credentials of an agent of the Society of Free
Traders, an organized body of merchants
which once existed in London, whose objects
were trade witiaanada, atlthat4eriod a cont. :
paratively unknowtr country. The "Emper
or of Canada" was supposed by the company,
to be a celebrated Indian Chief. The letter is
writteit on a piece of parchment two and a half
feet wide by three feet in length. The letters
are about an-inch in length, slightly inclining
to the right, bold and of very symmetrical
forinaiion. The first letters of the first- and:-
second lines aye large and highly ornathented,
a style which is yet kept up by..some of our
first-class publisher's, who introduce ornamen
tal initial letters to chapters in their books.
Tile signature of Penn is nearly an inch long,
with the same inclination to the right, ?nit the
letters arc not (Mite as 'hold or gracefully
formed os those in the body of the document:
=
The Great God that made thee and me and.
all the world inclinc_our hearts to love _peace
and Justice that we may live Hiendlyiogether
as. becomes the workmanship of the Great
God, The, King of England who is a Great
Prince liMlt . lbr divers Reasons grantedto me
a ‘ large Country in America - which' however I
ant willing to injoy upon frienft terms with
thee And,this I will say that the. people who
copievith me Are a- just
,plain and honest'
people that neither make war uponnt hers nor
fear war others becittise they will be just
I have set up a Society of Traderti in my
Province to traffick with thee and thy people
for your commodities that you • may be fur
laished with that which is good at reasonable
rates And that Society bath ordered their
' President. to' treat with thee about a future
Trade and have joined With'ine to Send this
•, messenger to thee with certain -presents. froth
us to testify, our willingness to have a fair
•
Correspondence with thee And what. this Agent;
' shell do in our names we will agree unto I
hope thou'wilt Kindly
: Receive him, and com
ply- with his desiros on our behalf both with
respect . to Land and Trade The Great, God be
with thee Amen. PKNN.
P ,
HILIP TueOnoltE Secre'y.
'London the 21sf• of the 4th month' - called
June, 1682. ;,
. - IlltlEi.. Very much amused have we been with
tt, letter a loving mother btu; sent us (cum Chi
cago' all about her daiiing Eddie. and his pet,
• .AltS bittOM '•' but slie - nand be allowed' to hill
the tale in her. own way: , '• • • ' ' • ''. ' ' •
~ I have been out in Indiana on mvisit, and
while•-there 1 found a beatiti,thl kitten . aviiiCh
I bought . , encrinUtight home for. a plaything
for nty:tWo 'children. 'To preventint)•,iiispute
about the ; ownership of puss. I proposed, end
'it was agreed, that. the bend of . the kitten
should be mine. She body should,'he thp haby`.4..
;-,--,--;• and- Pidie,-the -eld est. -- but-only,:three-y ears
' ..-
should be the 'sole proprietor of the' long
' ''and 'beautiful 'nal" 'Eddie-Yet her' objeefed Ut
. • :•.first to this division., as milt - Mg, hint off whit
~ , ,air. extremely ,small sitars: of, the • animal- but,
' ' Boon became recintqlett to Ate.
,diViSion, and
. finite, proud of liiii
~071,41;04., ii, rye, g .ritceed
'.teihnipiis '7116 icittein''', Wm-44, icon After,'
''' 1 IMMA 'ill pUotAatistrinalthig '4' . dreadful ,
l' l, •lo•owitig,'',:i' - raffled Ottetit 'piffle, ••t-hero,.
•••:•;ilriy stin',4ou'are , hiiitifig My , ;IMO' bi-the , kit-•
''•' itin.4 Weitre'liev'er.o.." '' • • ••' ' •: ' '•:', • :', . •
'-..,...:tt N'e I,'. n!t ; mothdY; ;I' tVool' on ,ni , own
piliVdnd 4,1d1 part natirea.i: ,
le
• ~
f(.
. :. * - ER ,;, 4 4 !prom'. Writing ivinin, poinot ly.;3i,
torn ; porn oin?riboa the following rented'
-Tot e‘ctid' ' trtt , .-,,,•..., ! :,: Tit ;I , .i+ , /,' , i
~/ / . ;‘fri. thin I .4i e toiilido , lbot.iiigOdy,ory of tii ,
4
).E,F9,91#. (1 Y,:f4.x:q 6 C.c.ct-,litthor*p.ok:iAlttitever,
papers - villa , no:•or' - two'.thrOhn'Atoo t ;anh
. :tvrap ruund.yO r foot. ' Then: driii, on .your
",;;flo4ese, then youeboots. 'Try it." .- . '-
.LETTER FROM MINNESOTA.
Letter' Write - ra—Fact ye. Panciea—The Indiana
;--Gencral Characteriatics.
Correepondoneo of the herald. i O •-••
' CROW-IVINO, April 20, 1968. .•
'Letter 'writers may not inappropriately be
divideftinto . two distinct. classes. 'Being in
fittencedify the same motives; and. wishing to,
attain the mule end- -yet we find•id hat they
arrive at entirely different conclusions., Whilst
one class Inky be truthful - in the main—the
otLeris a great measure
Unreliable. - The rensons-whythis - is so, - may
be deduced from the follo.wing remarks. The
mind is, in a great Measure, the creature of
circumstances. Early. education may warp
and distort its relative proportions, , and give'
- ;11 - bias-te'lluf: reasoning faculties—end thus'
beget Prejtidices, which unfit it to receive or
impart information, candidly or fairly; Again
other minds seem to be under the influenced
and control, of an inflated vietotts imagination
—which exactso implicit 'submission to its
waywardnesS—kuil- the necessary result, is,
that n tinge of its airy imaginings, restsuponl
every object broUght into contact with it.
Facti - asibey really- exist ;-- ttre - too -conit
muM ,
too :tame. to satisfy its longings ; or give
pleasure to its tapit•ations. Buch a mind •is
like a paper kite, 'alWays erratic in RS Spar-
ings, constantly Striving to gain a greater
lit
titude, entirely indifferent whether a t nice
marks its progress, or not. if selfishness is
gratified the preservation of integrity is a mere
nothing. '
The other class are reliable, • because .they
are truthful.. 'Always willing Ito receive in
formation from any stance, cut hied to cre
dence: Being' eontrelled . by a higher regard
for-truth than Mum; they are willing to -be
the more chniiiielS . by ' which ethers may be
benefited-and the - cause of-knowledge extend- -
ed. Believing, that notoriety is - too 'often the
reward of a sacrifice of seff-respect. Thus,
like the quiet meandering brook; impart life'
and 'vigor aLI he expense •of --identity- Ever
tilling- to be satisfied with a COMMON sense
view - Or matters and things as they 'are really
presented, and-extract rehat they humbly con-
Ve nutY be, uSeful and
Tines-we
to others, ,
as Well 118141, hemselves. Thim-we lied that per
nomi Ilnenced,by nun iyes Ijlse, these, Arnim('
only,liberia but gonerulls, and impart, infer... ,
mation,.because they derive a lively sense of
pleasure from so doing.-
These remarks have been suggested by no
ticing the rentarkalde discrepancies, that
ez
ist, in the ninny statements that have been
published - from time to time; in regard to the
ludinn Tribes, located Meng our western bor
der: On the - one nide, we.find.thetdassic We
(pence of usWirt. put 0 speech in. the mouth
of a rude uncouth Indian Chief, .worthy the
palmiest days of the Rennin Senate. Clothed .
with. conceptions that would have - wreathed tut
-additionni,eirclefron-the-bytne-of-a-eicere
exacted an -exultant 8110th. of approval from
the Athenian populace, as they were iiwayed
to and4r4 by the.surging eloquence of 4 De
mbsthenes: Poets whose Lyres seemed touched , '
by n spirit worthy the chivaltic tire of Homer,
or, the lute-like softness of a Sappho, 'have
sung in praise of their deeds of daring.. and
prowess, or the exalted character of their
Love. How scalding teams bathed their cheeks,
or stoic-like Smothered the flame which had
well nigh seared the hearnas they took a long
lingering hist, look• of the burie r place of their
Fhthers. A very: poetic thought truly; but
its all gammon, all bosh. If ever any such
I did exist, they must have died out o'er they
reached their western home.
On the other hand writers whose hearts
scent to be steeped in the gall of bitterness,
whose very pens drop venom, would fitin have
ua believe,, that nothing noble, nothing human,
characterizes these sons of the forest Libel
ing theta as blood-thirsty, and brutalized, and
devoid of natural . affections. Now this class
of writers are just as thr from the reals,facts
a's the other—and scarcely.deserve a. passing
notice. It is Singular that any human being
can have a heart so utterly depraved, or so
far forget a due regard for decency„aS to take
a pleasure in blackening with hellish malignity
any creature that can raise his Wild to !leaven
I J
anti claim a'common brotherhood.
1.19 w. propose to give a rapid sketch of the
Indians and Indian character, as presented - fe
rny observation, in a recent tour aniong them.
As my acquaintance is confined to those tribes
found within the boundaries of Minnesota, I
will but allude to the Sioux, Fox and Chippe
wa tribes.
Each tribe is peculiarlY.senacious ortribal
diqinctireness. They look•-upon all other
t tribes with a jealous distrust, and consider
'them as inf6liors. In, consequence of this
j feeling, intermarriages. are prohibited. mid if
at any time a warrior [should continct a mar-
I rine of this character without first obtaining
convent of the tribe, his life is most likely to
be forfrited. - Many of the bloody wars which
. have been waged among them, owes their origin
to this cause.. It is true that. when tribes are.
'at peace, that Matrimonial alliances are con
meted to , strengthen the bond of amity.
Again, when-11'47'443e is decimated--by-"war;-or
the more direful scourge of epidemics, and in
their wenkness feel unable to resist the attacks
of their porterful neighboys; in many cases
theyare incorporat etl into a different tribe, nod .
thus lose their identity. lint in almost every
inst tunic,
,one of., the ,conol,9l,nr-is a mutual
pledge, that eternal Phial be waged
'against the offentlingYribe. This is it prolific
source of Each 'tribe is easily distill,
.guished by some peculiar trait differing, from
all surrounding tribes. Thus, the Fox"
tribe is noted for their height, fine forms,'
erect bearing rind-prdittl'defimit Walk. Whilst
the "Sioux" aro remarkable for robust bod
ies, slightly stooped and restlessness. This is
so peculiarly in harniony,with their bad 'faith'
and low cunning, for whichi they are so noto
riously credited,- that. treachery and the. "Si
oux" are synonomous terms.
In my next I will allude more particularly,
to their social and general. habits.
Journal -. iil 1.011181111114'*
series' of slietejles of early trials and ocinir
l_cences in Indiana, some of which' are ttrtic-
Manly .rieh. The follenVing is " one of on."
A 'than tYtta fimnd deUd ime cold 'morning, ,
'with skull yilg id the, woods..-.
He had been seea the night betordeensider.
ablyintOxiCated. 'lhe,tioskwas fruaed., An
inquest ,wlis before noon Of the spine day'
fiefor'o'COroilei torined.a
hollow stioatre 7 - 7 - 16 body in the centre. Cnr
°nor
.(litlbrd—"fientlenien of the .inquest,,,
there are three things to he consideredytheo
a man epinmits suicide hy.ldiling his neighd
bor., First, diddle come to his death' by in.,
aidents? Second, did lie Nome Ills treafh
by, (wcidence?, Third, did he • collie to, his
death. by_thdhands,uf the incenilibry?+.l.9o_
at: that! body , !vetitlereen,—agd•.rettirit:loor,
verdict." The jury- coutwelled nearly five
minutes; .",We i the jury,..find ,that,, the ;de•
ceasededme,to his death by ! aeicicnet,linve
Me mach `
water:hills `whiskey, caul'
log fee&
sap - Punch thaV, when,,lhe, Freifeli
atp,t4vitimi ,bad. peen
the deeigeti 1:yr; 'the IVel,lingtolt ',monomen.to
ho rushed office
s and in kreathreeftliii:eio,foralo:4d,,to. •LOoi4.
-,l4atiMeim,the.fidiowimi
""' •' -
sqe-An old , oian,dAiig,in; ilostort;:3w/
woalleked•iflie.iyokild• Italie a, eletyalMl
aeutF , l4&44erecidestad - Itoistie l theA v. .j.)v.;
Pl.llsd.;.,,Yrrti
llie - rtea maw eaTo;‘,4l haittAeltt,A4',rBfilteer
3foti to keep those .cotifouadeZ qat:ii to yoorl
yard quiet, to-night.'!„. " .
EMI
. - ;--,..-v4o , t&- ., :' - *Or's --- ,EA'.'-','44jiiigait --- . -. omall* - 0 - - - '
, IWritten:fer the Mirada
PONVER' OF A SIIN-BEAM
, . .
• Says a distinguished Engineer—An
rail-road bridge that twill not yield the half of
an inch under the heaviest train of cars, has
.been knoWn to ri4e,one antra' half inches ,un
der the sun. licw.-potent then, is the tiny
sun-beam as it comes .silently-Anwn. froni its
horrid in the sky.! By its genial intlupnce the
' earth is' lOthed with verdure. , At its touch
the foreideassume their rich foliage, and the
fields tire deekett with Sowers. :In its trnin,
-all-is-life -andlwatit3-ratit preach-darkness'
,and deathdleenway; Aplays upon the
.bar
rem soil and plants innumerable, 'spring Mtn
being 1 - it peeps'into the garden and with one
•genial kiss, paints the blush upon the rose ;
the lily 'MA the violet look up timidly,and it
clothes theni in beauty.
" Nor melts energies -exhausted here; it steps
into the labbratery and controls the manipu
lations of the chemist ; who has not heard of
the failure of the mannikin urer to produce, be
neath the mucky skies of London, the Carmine
which he successfully made in the stna-light
at Paris '1 With' the stut,heam, the artist
paints Your likeness so, quickly anti with such
accuracy as tolangh the pencil to scorn. So
subtile is it that even the close textured glass
cannot repel it, or forbid its entrance to your
chamber.' But resistlessly it comes bringing
joy .nnd gladness to all. It enters the animal
as'well as the plant, giving life and vigor to
both. Without it the earth 'would be unin
habited and the universe evoid.
And what is this that seems so potent ? A
little sun-beam so minute, that with thecount
less millions of, its fellows that have. cheered
the earth since the - creation, the fittest balance
is not. affected. It. cannot be. Weighed wit r.
•scales, nor ean its power be computed save by
its-affects.. Surely this, is a - wonder of _won,.
does, a . miritele inexplicable. ' And yet•thisis_
but one of a host. of marvellous phenomena
that are constantly before us and upon which
our very lives depend, yet we pass them by
unnoticed. The peasant who, trudges :daily
over the Alps = looks upon those dizzy heights
and yawning elm:nos tis so many obstacles to
bo overcome and avoided.
,fie sees. no sub
limityin those landscapes which fill the soul
oft he philosopher with reverential awe. - And.
we like the unlettered rustic, become no
fn
mihar- with -ate- wontters•of-natuv that-sur—
round us, as to lose sight of their real gran
difur. • ^ - •
• When we lookaround 'us and _observe 'that
all of the-really powerful agencies of nature .
are like Caloric and light exceedingly subale,
and like th ese can - only be estimated by their
effect:4, we do not wonder at the ilinmeopath
for claiming that as by the process of attenu
ation,- his drugs are made to approximate in
form to the imponderables, their "power „ to
heal, is increased and like that ,of light and
heat_ can best be known by, effects.
ants carried into the doinains of 1;-scti
it nniy not be out of,place to close this
with a few remarks upon „ attenuations.'
When the disciple of !Wittman speaks ,of
-the power' of attenuated medicines, he means
that by attenuation, the drugs are so commi
nuted that they can enter all parts of the ors
ganism, and attacking disease in its secret
lurking places, cause its entire overthrow.—
Again, as has been said aboVe„by this process
they tire made more nearly to 'assimilate the
imponderable agents, and hence their activity
is vastly increased. Further,. this is reason,
able. for it being only the Surface of the par
ticles that can conic in contact with the tissues,
and thus act upon these, their activity must
increase in direct proportion to the increase
of surface. 'That the surface is increased by
trituration and succession, needs no demon
stration. The extent of this increase any be
inferred.from it familiar example A grain of
gold, which in the lunili presents a' surface
less than thelenth part Of a square inch, any
be beaten out so as to make fifty squareinches
of foil, and this having two sides, gives a sur
face of one hundred sqiihre inches or more
thatrirt honsand . times the surface - it- bad when
in lump, and yet this is but the beginning ot'
the enth,---Then. there ate several reasons why
attenuated medicines shonld be effective.—
They can meet disease ,just in those tisues
where it assails the organism; the vast in
-crease of- surface,' - in proportion to their ab
solutetbulke makes., them vastly more, active
than crude drugs; and besides these, their '
curative action is greatly favored by the in-,
creased susceptibility of the diseased Organ
or tistte. to the swim' of a drug that weak'
act specifically upon it when in health. Last
ly, they act in conjunction with the vital force
of the system, and therefore as their eaergies
are not wasted in overcoming_ thilf-vital'foree
beforo reaching the disease, the work is more
promptly and effectually'- accomplished titan it
could :possibly have been with prude drugs;
Allopathically applied.
Vaston,L-Ruskin, in his great work, " The
Statics of Vcitica," 'thus eloquently writes:--
!• When sensuality and idolatry had Mono their
work, and the religion of the' empire was ldid
iislecp in a glittering sepulchre the living light
Hrose—up,bet weetaZtwo-hemispheres, and t
fierce swords 'of the Lombard aml the Arab
were shaken over its golden parapets. The
work-of the Loinliard was to give'a hardihood
and system to the enervated boqywild onfeelb, •
Teilnhiiiiof Gliiistendom that of tlth Arab
was to punish idolatry, and to pro Claim the
spirit utility of worship. The Lombard coven!,
ed every church 'which . he built withUseulp
lured
,represetitations' bloody exercises;
huntingand war. TIM Ala b•banished all im
agination of ; creatures front his temples. and •
proclaithed from,their minniets,...Thoe is '
God but God.' Oppbsite in their
. charact or
and mission,' alike lit their magnifieence and
onergy, they came from the Noolllllll the
South; the glacier torrent and tholdva itietun:
they' met and contended over the'wreck of the •
Roman empire, and the very c,entre, of Gm
'Struggle. the point of pause of beth, the dead
witters of the, opposite eddies, charged with
the embrayed fragments of the Roman Wreck,
ie
Veniee." t' •
PEZIIIINA
. LOOK UPWARD.-Ffir iii the deep blue sky,
a single little , star shines ,eleat• and bright
above its fellows. Keeping tiloOf from all the
:rest,. its brightness is , the more iintrkticVa - nd
the deep blueness of the sky around it renders
it more distinct.. ;All gaze on it with - pleasure,
and wish that being so pure•and beautiful, it
May .over thus remain. •
,-
But it eloud:conies over the Shy, an euvioi
Aries iq.hidu tlu+:.littTe:kf4r .in its
shadowy I - unpile,. Jirjghiar and'brighter grows
the star. ,aidda - ther and' darker rolls the
efouds loWards it: Soon It will be enveloped
in its fields; and then' the 11011V611 « ill have
lost •a portion of their beauty. ',Nearer and.
,nearey, comes the : cloud ,and- the star Ais
hidden. 0 • . '
. .
'And .
evenll titan it 'peers forth, ' and the heavy
aloud-is litotj sit fliefen e—heldit tn. , Sernbre
'umbrae°. Angered and vexed, it rolls otr, and •
tile little star glitters Urighter_lind br,ighter.
and nit the'ellier ttatrs ., rejoice,' ibid. the tlark,
'cloud'. has point it'd burin:, '
•' '•• _
hVoliii; partice= ,
'tar starin:which Shines ppoli and,illumes our
path. .1449310uds may,gathcr avenn4,
butt.; but -THAT iiiiinCl3 On -, and.
grtiWs 61edrei , b ,
therovreuld .be
[.. ,
rich niOn ;(111.104•Y5.4
'0 ,1 ) .. man of,
wit what et alhingolfideirce was?' - "It is.;
iiiiite",reidietfanitddloeoptier, • *which - inn':
'filti Advantage over an honest
-10116 1 1 1 r'is
, .•
• „.
and'Atc,igateThgntria, •.
but, aomohow., difficult to 0 -rogolatit'",.l. ,wlten
onoo Bet "a loin,' , r • •.
MEM
CARLISLE, - PA., '-':)VEDNESPAY, MAY is; tBss:
• • AY FINLEY JOIINKON.
The human heart wan never made
Alone to linger:on ;
• To have nut one to shard its griefs—
, Not one to lean' upon ;,
It was not made to, look around
•
'.Fdr oft, that heart:which Seeks in .
vain,
.Brtme an tote tottind; ,
Turns on itself. and wertyes a chain
That nothing can unbind ;
Then let each heart respOnd itelove,
' One unto ihtfother 6
'And, look upon his fellow man
•
As upon his brother'.
Baltimye,.iild. 6 '
TILE MODEL HOUSEKEEOEII
I must be permitted tonay that there iS•one
•department of the labor: both in the city and
in the country, which woman Seeini 'disposed
to nbandom -- but which; , for her own honor and
the progress of ciVilization; she ought always
to fill. The topic its !mutely. 'but whatever
pertains to home should be delightful. Every
woman should, be a good housekeeper. -A
good ordered house is wotettflite dignity of
being Compared to a well ordered State But
for perfect housekeeping as for perfect, gene
ralship, One must have seen service in all the
subordinate ranks. In the;.present.strite of
society;
_we need not go far to Lind Malty a man
who would giVe all thciwaftzeiandpolkas that
were ever invented, all new-fiingled flourishes
upon the piano and 'guitar.. into the bargain,
for healthful breakiltsts and for dinners some
-where NOthin lb degrees - of longitude of the
appointed hour. There arelto points in our
Psalm of Life, where duty requires of a Tales
stanmoli that it should, .as Longfellow says,
'Learn to labor andJo wait,' or rather that it
should first learn to wait and then travail.
No higher,respeet is due to the greatest inven
tor or discover, titan to'the ',woman who hits
mastered the phibisophy,nfdemestic economy
and who works the- machinery, of her house
hold.wirh. astronemieal order, precision ;and
silence. In such a house inordinate :things
seem to lie endued With'
,infelligenee, and to
feel the force sif example stork the.'
heaVens, says the prophet, knoweth 'her ap-,
pointedtime, and the turtle,,And' the crane,
and the . : swallow obServeth the time of her
coining, And so it is in such a house, with
turkeys,ducks and sirloins, they know and ob
serve the time of her coming, while all un
seemly vessels of. pinto , and sc9.llcry,ats soon
as'ilteir work is throe, are like :lob's beasts,—
to their 'dens -and- and' rennin .in their
ues Such 'a housekeeper 'elevates the
Arudgery o remilfingintirthirdigrrity-of - stience-.--
II or kitchen is a laboratory,- and she is a
learned
,profesmd- - iler culinary process of
compounding, baking, roasting,'&c isScience
applied to art—to alto most useful of all arts',
that of health making strength, begetting and
101%f:illy. In all her condintehts and pre
serves, she gives lesoons In therapeutics, and
provocatives 'and relishes for which ruder
workmen exhaust Araby nifirilfe - Indian
chipelagos, she tindS in fresher and more de
licious sweets and 'savors of maul's's indige
nous coinciding. Hence, in Ch household,
there isuodisiiepsiabutalways co Pepoy. Slops
pops, and *• * * she holds to be amitnoral
ity, as they truly are. Thus swinish, gastro
nomy oflhe common table is changed into hy•
giene ; and the gross sensations of animaLap•
petite are relined into emotions' of fitness, ele
gance and happy oompanionship. Under her
roof serene sleep chases tawny nightinareS ;
and headaches. which in forty-nine cases mat
of fifty are caused by concoctions from the
larder, or the accursed - forgeries of saleratUfra
never tortnent.tou:, finality.' but tier children
-have heart loves - inkeadof hearthurms, frolics
in lieu of coitus clean bills of health for drug..
gists' bills. and benevolence towards mankind
instead of wishing all the'doctors in the Red
Sea., She puts to scorn the idea tinidthecul
tivator of the soil needs knowledge; in order to
turn the sunshine, the rt;Lin and other elements
intoprodnetions for_our cellars and our store
rooms, but whevrt-ive come to the far' more
difficult transumutation, and these very pro-
ductions are theiuselves to be turned into
brain, retina, and all , the papillte 'of touch,
taste - and smell, aye and,into vital spirits too,
buoyancy, glee, and spontaneous Atappiness ;
which are the , tokens and effluence of health;
and the process lhat may be presided over by
any ignorant slave of the South. or any haul
mai' just caught front an emigrant ship.
The husband of such n wife enjoys, in one
respect, the security of a •hereafter Oven ill
this life, for he lives where moth and )-ttst do
not corrupt. Every article of his' wardrobe
knows that it, is on ,its good behavior: 11 is
linen never dareS to be without a button. No
seam never ventures, like a passionate man,
'rip out.' because it knows the instantane
ous penalty of having its lips sewed up., How
greatly do - alt.stiar househbldi v proinoteTgood
humor, and all thosocial and. domestic virtues
and how inilOnsely-do 010 lessen the labors
pi' the Society against profane swearing.—
Horace Minn. •
EA - OLE THE FIRST-By Alfred Tennuyson
Ile clasps the crag With crooked hands,
Clem:, to the sun, in lonely lands,
Ring'd with tire azure ;world he stands,
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls ;
Ife"watches from its mountain walls,
dthundei<bolt he Mlle.
EAGLE YE SECOND—py GP Wbillikins.
With hooked claws he clasps ye fence,
Close by yo heir tlpst gazing thence
Ile spies a mice, what's gel, no sense.
'To mice beneath can't well lido ;
• Hp wetehoth from his'lony litnh,, •
Then jumpeth down and grubbelt him
,
P. B.—The . difference thoty , h only faint, /
"rwixUltal and this 1 now will paint.;
Ilia eagle , S;wild", niy eagle ain't.,
ide.;..judgM , your time I know is precious,.
as 'must he the case with so vetoed a mem
ber-olsOciely, -This case - is-perfectly - clear,
and I ktitav your learningi and
me.to argue would he net only .
-eoraste of time, but an. insult to.your-pene
.trutivalkluelt-ntight he said, but-I-Altink
not king is needed. Before any other Judge
I would Jay tiewa'the' rides of the,' kW, but ,
heieltnow they.htive . beeti deeply studied
and deeply underetodd. look around me_
,and behold an..hpathle house, ef-logs,. yet.
S.ce before me, the.spirit,of troth, . the uttpurl
chased distributor, of ilia , and the, Ohl ;tette
ineui,rliteg before 'aij? 'aimiaV visien, 'proud'
Judgei'l haihy it bottle ;orprime Mon.
onghelila. .my : pocket : he resped I
hene,;sotir
.cbaracter, all9K:m9- to
preaeat ,ef • • _
"'Verdict' jai The said. the
Judge immediately '
.•
,
IM. f3ome , year's Rtihertti woo
member :of :COngroso yfrour,,ltlinsfesippi,;7, On
Lis return, !Tun:, ,41tA. (19AtitIl t nits
,xtOiled
having taken so litthyport . ht' the de;
beiovedblegnihinz!-joff,"
and IThompotintuul.i outdo n
groat oohloowln4FOOtOlibtheAttontioP of thO
r int, re " ' 11 (0 1 1,/ 11 1 Y„ f.rlPq.dit."f • i, 4 4141(1, the .
tell . .Wlien was 0.1
atld frefluontly3ot.lont.l.74.W_liednYenl Cainet
-Ah1t . ,14 , ,,n)L.012 ? - 40:ottpotriA(It16:gtfmonridn. the:
ground add nacertamOil whero - ,thf iettor.,:inado
,the moat noise atihat place 'always minith
edin-llLittio trio to be the ,ehallotpettplaeet4.;
[Written for Or
LONELY lEARTS
And see all dkyrk aespyt.ir, • ,
To witness , scenes' of • wreteiiedness
And sorrow, pain, end tare.
THE PERILS OF THE BORDER.
While rending recently nn account ,of the
frightful massacre of several white families by
the Illack-foot, Indians, ve Were .reminded of
n thrilling event which occurred in the "Wild
IVest," a 'short time subsequent to the. Rove
lution, - in - Which a higlily'accomplished young
lady, the daughter of a distinguished officer
of the American 'Army, played.an
.part.,-_The_storSLbeing,of
ture, and exhibiting in a striking manner the
" Perils of the Border,' 'W6- have concluded to
give all!`extraest •
frdm it, ao originally
as follows ', • •
The angle - pc the right bank of the .Great
Kanawha, formed by its' junction with the
Ohio,. is called Point Pleasant, and is a place
of-historical Mote. 'Here, on the 10th of -oe
tober,-1774, during-what is , known-as- Lord
'Dinunore's War, was fought one of the fiercest
and most ddsperate battles that ever took
place between the Virginians and their forest
foes. , •
After the battle in .tpiestioti, in which the
,Indians were. defeated with great loss, a fort
was hero erected by . ,the victors, Which - became
a point of ,great importance throughout the
sanguinary scenes of Atrife which almost im
mediately followed, and which in this section
of country were continued fol.: many. years af
ter that establishment of peace which holcnow.:
lodged the United Coloniei nfrce and indepen
dent' coition.
At ilia landing of the fort, on the day our
story opens, was fastened a flat-boat of the
bind used by the early navigators of the Wes
tern rivers.
Upon. the deek, of - this boat,-at the moment
we present ihe.seene tualte• render. stood five
individuals, alike engagedin watching agroup
of persons, mostly females, who were slowly
approaching, the landing. Of these fivd; one
was a stout, aleek negro, in partial livery, and
evidently a house or body servant; three wee
boatmen and_ borderers, as_ indicated by their
rough, branzedNisages and coarse attire; but
the fifth was a young Man; some two-and
twenty years' of ago. of a tine emninanding
person, - and'a clear, open, intelligent celiac-.
paitee ; anti in the lofty carriage of his bead
—in the gleam-of - his-large; bright, - hazel - eye'
—there was"something which denoted one of
superior mind; but as we shall have occasion
lin. ho coursertf our narrative to fully set forth
-who aunt what Eugene Fairfax was, we •shall
leave hint,for the present, and tarn to the'ap-
Proaching group, which he seemed to be re
garding With lively interest. '
Of this group. composed of a middle-aged
man rani four females, with a labia fouide
servant following some five or six paces in
the rear, there was one whom the most easwil
eye would have singled out . find rested upon
with pleasure. The lady in ( uestion was n-*
parently'about twenty-years of age, , of a sled
-
der and graceful figure, and of that peculiar
cast of feature, which; besides being beautiful
itt every lineament, rarely fails to affect the
beholder with something likna charm. _
Bey travelling costume—a fine bioti' habit,
high in the' neck, buttoned' closely over the
bosom and coming down to • her small pretty
.feet, without. trailing on' the, ground—wits
both neat and becoming; and with her riding
cap and its waving ostrich plume, sot gaily
above her flowlng'curls, her appearance Con-'
trusted , forcibly with the rough, unpolished
looks'of those of her sex beside.her, with their
Linsey bed-gowns, scarlet flannel petticoats,
and bleached linen caps. •
o-Oh, Blanche," said one of more ven
eiable female companions, pursuing a conver
sation which bad been maintained since r flit
ting the open fort behind of hem, "I cannot
bear to lot you go ; for it just seems to me as
if.soinething word going to happen to you,
and when I feel in that tway. something gene
'rally dock - dt
" attat l r returned Blanchn, with a
light litugli. - "1 JO' niitAloftbrin the least-that
soniething will happen—for I expect one of
these days to reach my dear littler and blessed
mother, stud give them such all embrace as is
due front a dutiful daughter to her parents,
noir that will lie something that has not hap
pencil fur two 'long-years at.least."
•"Bnt I don't mean that, Blanche," returned
the other, somewhat' petulently ; "and you
just laugh liken , gay awl thoughtless girl,
when you ought to be serious. Because you
have come safe thus far, through a partially
Settled country, you think, perhaps, your own
pretty face will ward off ilangdr in the more
perilous_ wilderness-hot I Irani you , t hat a
fearful journey is before you! Sca rcely
boat descends the. Ohio, that does not encoun
ter morn or, lop peril front the savages Oust
prowl along either shore; mid somt of 'them
that go down freighted with human life, are
heard of uo more, aid none ever return to toll -
the title."
"lint why repeat this to me, dearlitunt."
=M=n=lE=2l
66 when you know it is my &stint either good
'or had, to Ilit.lllllt tkii...v-o-y4iti=4 ; y 7 parets
have sent for tee to join them in their neiv l .
home, nod it is my duty to go them, be the
peril what it tohy.7
•. '
".Yet never did know what ii, was to fear!!'
pursued the good wontan; rather,-proudly:.
V No," ; she repeated, turning. , others, -
.6 Blanche !Bertrand never did know what it
Was to feni,.l believe!" •
Justlike her father!" joined in hum
baud of the matron, the brother of Blanche's
mother, the commander of the station, and the
middle-aged gentleman mentioned as one' of
the party; "a true daughter of a true soldier.
Her father, Colonel Philip Bertrand., God bleas
hint for a true heart ! never did seem to know
what it was to fear—nod Blanche is just liko
him."
By this .timp•the parties had reached the
bout;; and the young loan already described
—Eugene Fairfax, the secretary of Blanche's
father—at once stepped forward, and, in a po
lite and deferential manner, offered his hand
.to-the :different females, to. assist, them on'
hoard, The hand of Blanche was the liist to
tench his—and thou but slightly, as she sprung
quickly and lightly to the deck— , but' a Close,
observer might have detected the slight flush
which'inantled his noble, expressive ;features.
Os his eye fora single instant mei horn. She
inightlierdelrhave seen it —pea:ais - She
-but there was no corresponding glow on her
olyti bright, pretty face, as alto inquired. in;
,
.the . calm, Aignified tone 'of one having the
-right to put the question,l,andlwhoJnight-ulso
be 'aware . ' of the inequality' of position be
tween herself and him she addressed:
• Eugene, is everything prepared for our
departure ? It will not do for our boat to
I spring a leak, akain,'as it did (Mining down the
'Kanawha—tor it will not be safe' for us, I am
told, 'to touch either shore - between the.differ 7
pot forts , and trlicling, posta,on.our !relate; thin
side of our destination- . —the Falls of the
l" telointtlier - aunt; - tinieltly; - ,,
tt it• will* be (I 8 molt . ntr'Yotir' lives are worth
to a foot from themain current of thn
Ohio—fer nows,reached us only, ,the other cla,y, .
thatinany boats bad been attacked thie.spring,
iticl'ativeraliosi, with all 'mi . Ware' ; • -„
• No , one 'feels more ,, coneerned . didn't; th ;,;
safe,passego of;.icliss !Bertrand than myself'
.rFplittd,,Eugene,Lk.,,deferpptial
dinee ourrhave left nothing ut„„
ai. that I thought might possibly aUd.to ht. „.•$'
securityaucl.coinfort,",:;;;E. ; , .; • ,
..I . hat, A true, temy-pereottei,knowledge,/..;,
jellied in the uncle of Blanche; tt'and.l, then.
.1 0 airfiti,''in'tiehalr of ;
There
!ttrbe au, greatellanger 4 so .long awyon,,jfeep•l,,+ J
thenuirent; het,yeur „watch must-not4e.m j nT
you. Under anyetreumstanees, oroti4l;'
. .
:protcpco whatoecop. suffer •younieltre to . 1.;
deboyeti.to either.thorol"..
. . ,
.
"I' hope we understand.o3M duty better, young lady, and it warn'tiso dead agin the or.:
Colonel,',' said one of the men,reproachfully, dons front head
quarters, my plan:would be
- el'ar. and cosy ono—l'd just run- over .to. a
" I doubt. t not." replied te commander
of the Point;' "L believe you are all faithful lininftick shore, and tie up."
and true -- mem'er „ you would not hive been '1 No, no," said'Engene, positively; "that
• selected by thengont of Colonel Bertrand for will never do, Dick--that will - never do 1 I
• taking down More precious freight than you tveulti 'not think, for a moment 1 We must
ever carried before; but still the wisest and keep in the current by-all means I" , •
the best of men-have lost, their lives by giving I - ,'•Ef you can," rejoined the boatinan; "but
earnest appeals ofhumanity. You understand• when it gins so dark as we can't tell one thing
what I mean? White men. apparently in the from Cother, it'll be powerful hard to do, and
' greatest distress, Will.-boil your boat, repro- :ef we don't rtin agin a bar orbank more morn
sent themselves as hailing: just escaud from legjeapite_of_theliest o'untriell-be-the-hiok-:-
-, IliFindians. and beg of you, for the love of • lest ge that ever 'I had a band in. Bee, Cap'n
God, in the 'most piteous tones, to - mime to. —it's thickening tip fast; wo can't See eyther
their relief; but turn a deaf ear to them.- - -to bank at all; nor the wafet• nyther; the stars
each and all of them
--even should you know is gettin l dint, and it Woks as if thar war' a:
the' pleaders to be f your awn kin; for in cloud all.round us." - •I •'- .
such a case your own brother might deceive • " I See ! I set !" returned Eugene, excited
. Snu=not wilfully and voluntarily,.peritaps— ly, 'Merciful Heaven! I hope no accident'
but because of Using goaded by the savages, will befall us here—and yet my heart almost
themselves concealed. Yes, such things have I misgives me 1 , -for this, I believe; is the 'most
• been known as" one friend being thus' used to 'dangerous part of our journey—the' vicinity
lure another to his - destruction; and so be I where most of our boats have been captured
•
cautions, vigilant, brave! and true, and may i-by the savages." p
the good God keep you allsfroni harm." . I Saying this, Eugene hastened below, where
- As he finished speaking. Blanche proceeded he found the other boatmen sleeping so sound
to take an affectiunate leave of all, receiving ly as to require considerable effort, on his
_many a tender message for her parents from 3 part, to wake theta. At last„getting . them
— tlieee'whe:held Lhem iii love and venetation ; fairlY - yousell,:lMlnfOrmed them, aim* in a
I
and, the boat - swung out, and began .to float whisper, foe he did not caret9› disturb the
down with the current, now fairly entered up- ethers; that a heavy fog had suiVeniy arisen,
on the most dangerous portion of a long and and ho wished 'their presence on deck, time
perilous journey. ' • dim ely. .
" A fog. C/101 ?" exclaimed one, in a. tone
The Whet. of Blanche, Colonel Philip Bert
which indicated Miat lie comprehended the
rand. was a natiVe of Virginia, and'a descen
dant of one of the Huguenot refugees. who r i
fled from [licit nativel pel with the
.word.;
and after the revocation •• Hush P.' returned Eugene; •ithere is no
. of the edict of Nantz in 1665.; lie had been
ne l cesSiti for waking the others, and having a''
seene.• ;Hp! and follow 1710 without a word "
an officer of mime note during the Revolution
lie glided back to the deck,' and was 'almest.
—rt warm political anlipersonal friend - of the
immediately joined by the boatmen, to whom
author of the Declaration of Independence—
mode known his hopes rind fears.
and a gentleman'who. had always stood high he In lefty in - Om esteem of :hiensseeiattis and totem ,o They . . thhitglit - , like ditch.' companion, Dd'
rttries: . • the boat" would be safest. if made•thst ,to. an
• ..Though at onw....iiine a man of wealth, Col.
overhanging limb on the Kentucky ahem-but .
Bertrand hail hist much, hnd suffered much. frankly admitted - that this could net now be
through British invasion ;
and when, shortly done without:difficulty and danger, and that.
afterille close of the war, he had !net :with a - there was a possibility-of keeping the current.
Ito hod 'tech fain to "Then make that possibility a certainty,
few nMre serious reverses,
and it shall be the best night's work. ou ever
accept a grant.of land, near the Falls' Of the.
Ohio, now Louisville,' tendered .Itim by Vir-
Oda.performed (".rejoined Eugene, in a quick 13x 7.
which then held jurisdiction over' the. c i te d tone. _ _ _ _
entire territory now constituting the Statecf . . . .
Kentucky. . . " We , 11 do the best-we:can Cap'n," was the
r . espOnse ; "but`ho man can can,
Berlin of the
u . ir , re , e , t; of this hero crookedstreani in a rOggy .
The grant hag decided- the' Colonel upon
seeking his
_new' possessions - and building tip- .
a new home in - the then Far West, and its hit night." , . . .
ly -.
A long .. silence followed—the voyagers slow
wife had insisted upon accompanying hint. en
his first tour, he had assented to her desire,
!hitting down through a misty darkness
imperulrable to_the'eye—when suddenly- our
on condition that•Blidielieshouldbe left among
bow,) eitt% f. , t i ont i mandtc, d wrr, was standing near the
bran ch 'of an overhang
her friends; till Buell tune as arplace could be:
mg Inn silently brushed his thee. Ile star_-,
'prepared which might in some degree be eon- .. felt 11 ' ) ex ten
sidered a-fit abode for one so carefully and
ted with an exclamation of alarm; and at the
teridealy reared. •
sante moment the boatman on LllO right called
Blanche' would glatllY have gone with her
,_
parents ; but on•this point her father had been 0u , t , : ...
~ . . . .
quick, time, boys ! we're hgin ire shore,
na , s . urotts death. !"' . ' . ~". . . . :
inexorable-,declaring that slie-wOuld have. to
. ,
la
o en B i e a i i i n d i f t u t w tl i t i e er -I ; 3t a ts i t i . ti tH i l s - ' l l i t e e
, s r i i i ts ot a ill ii s s e m e ,
o p f ro p p o e s r . ..
then followed a scene of hurried and anx
ious conftn!ion, the voices ofthe three boat- •
Wive character, and a rigid disciplinarian, the
matter had beewitettled without arnutnent.
men mingling together-in loud, -- quick, excited
• When Colonel Bertrand removed te the West, ta n"' .*
" push off the bow 1 " Mied one. ' I
Eugene Fairfax, as we have scent, accompan
„._"..(4,nleiLkiLittle,torgethe.r, now! 'over with her!”
ied•him ; nideetning of age shortly'after, he
had accepted the liberal offer of his noble " 1 """t
. " The Bo'il's in it f she's running aground
benefactor, to remain with him. in the capacity
en a ntud . dy bottoml"•almost yelled a.
of private secretary and confidential agent.— Isere
'On taking possession 'of his grant, the Colonel t inEti• • ' •
had almost immediately erected. a fort, and of- Meantime theladen boat wtisbrushing along
fermi such inducements to settlers as to speed- against projecting bushes and overreaching
ily collect around him quite a little community, limbs, and every moment getting More and .
—of which, as a; matter of ,course, he became more entangled while; the long poles and
the head and chief; and to supply the 'wunts sweeps of the boatmen, as they atteurpted to
of his own family and ethers, and idcrease his push her off, were often plunged, without
Witching bottom, into what appeared to be a
gains inn legitimate way,- he had opened a
...
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evniil tilled it with goods from the Eastern
marts, which goods were trait. ported by land
over the mountains to the Kanawha, and thence
by water to the .Falls of the Ohio, whence their
removal to Fort Bertrand became an easy
matter. To purchase and ship these goods.
and deliver a package of letters to friends in
Engene-haitbeetrtltriee-despatched
—his third commission also extending to the
escorting of
,the beautiful heiress, with her
servants, to her new home. This last coo=
mission had been ,so far executed at the time
chosen for the opening of our story. as to bring
the, different parties to the mouth of the Groat
Kanawha, whence the reader has seen them
slowly floating off upon the still, glassy bosoni
of ‘• the belle of rivers."
The day, which was an auspicions,..ene r
passed without. anything occuring worthy t'cif
note, until near fopr o'clock, when, as Blanche
was standing on the fore part of the deck
gazing at the tuvelY , scene which surrounded
her she saw a seemingly flying body sudden
ly leave a limb of, 4iganticiree, (whose migh
ty branches extended Mr over the river, and
near which the boat was then swayed by_ the
actin!' of the current,) and alight with a crash
upon the deck Of the bent, not more tharteight
feet from her. Ono glance- suflited to
.show
her what the object was; and to_ freeze the
blood in her veins. Thu glowing eyes of a
huge panther mot her gaze. The suddenness
of the shock which this disco Very gang her
was overpowering.' •With,a deafening shriek
she.fell upop her knees 'mit clasped kei , hands
before her breaSt:- • The panther creached for
his deadly leap, but ere ho:sprang the hunt
ing knife of
was
, Fairfax_ (who .30,0 0 he.
steersman, was the only person on" deck be,
side Blanche,) was bUried to the hilt in finis
Hide, inflicting a severe but not fatal wound.
The infuriated beast at once turned upon Eu
gene, and a deadly struggle ensued. But it
vyas a short one. The, polished blade Of the
knife played back 'and forth like- lightning
flashes, and at every- plunge- it was- buried
to the hilt in the' panther's body, who soon fell
to the deck, dragging. the dauntless Eugene
with hint On seeing her protector fall, Blanche
uttered'another shriek and rushed to his aid,
but assistance trent stouterarms was at hand:
I The boatmen gathered around, and-the savage
moister Was literally hacked in pieces' with
their knives and hatchets, . and Ettgene, , Cov
ered with blood. was dragged from cindth. his
oarcass. .Buppesing hint to be. dead..ormor
tally wonuded, Blauehethrew h e r arms around
his neck and gave way to a passionate'..burst
of grief. But, he was not dead—lie ,was not
even 111)4, with . the exception of few slight
scratches. ..The,blood with'Which he was coy
ineA, WaS the _ peltilte . Ot II& his .
_rrein;_:But_
Blanche's embrace was his—a prioelesa
sure —an index -of her, heart's .ernotiOns and
affections. .1t was to eolor his whole future
life, us will be - seen in; , the progress of our
ster
Slowly aryl. silently, 'save the ogeasional
creakolip, and
_plash of tlie steersman's oar,
the hoot of our voyagerOvesbortio along'upon
the hosoet of the current, on :the thirtl.night
of llte..voyage„-.., The hour: was waxing; tato,
pnd' Eugene, the only one natir except the
watch,: was Auddunly startleq,, . , rough
Land lning,pliookupon,ltis.,l4houMer;apeotn. , '
panietl by „the words, in 'filo gruff•voloo.of tiro.
'.. •
,
•` trdulde !"
,".l'ettar 41 , : lc: Dick r, inqUired, pigone,
starting to bis foot, • • • •
. . .
"Don A, you .8O .
fog. rising,.
that'll soon kivor, ut Up,•Mo 044:;k;014 . , Wp..W0111 . 1
ITS op) ;tnilkn , froin ; a, nigger r.
regl
,the; b94inup-, 7 11i* Winfer'py nqnio—
bili,`,bnny,, inujicula;•;kathletilii,tipoohirn of
Good heaten,l nxiliiiinted,
gitgono v looking,offoinon .titq:,,tdrotidy,inisty ,1
nratorli.„ .It,must,4nvo.eiliernitvp7 su'dclon-,
13'; , ft:nrini.loyas ;Own:, Mr,hat
to be,dono note? This Is saomethlk,ii I wan
nnt,,prppnre4 for, on,finalt n:iiigl4 as this."
all?)y,„" re
ne):„944'9r.A.,
MO- L. 4 :119 1 39:1Y.Y.11d0n1 4
_,ln 4 kio l6. lief on'P
isf4ll.pv,-)Ayi 49 ,hp, ca4R.fr - ,4ihrit,ip _ypiv
advise T" biked gilloyiktiOA,ltt,A4Sif ib ideA t e*
tone, that indicated Bonn, degree Of alarm. •
_""Why, of you waint So sheered gout the
*1 50 per aanuni ailvance:
Is 2. 00 if not paid la advance.
Non, clayey mud:Trona which theywere only
extricated by such an outlay of strength as
tended still more to draw 'the clumsy craft
upon the bank they wished to avoid. At
length, scarcely more titan a minute-from the
first alarm, there was a kind of settling to
gether, as it - were, and the boat became fast
and-immovable.
The 'fact was announced by Dick Winter,
in his characteristic manner—who added.with
an oath, that it was just what he expected.
For a moment or two a dead silence followed
as if each comprehended that the matter : was
one to ho viewed in a very serious light.
I'll get over the bow, and try to get the,
lay of ire land with my fuel,'.' said Tom Ifni
and forthwith he
,yet about :the not very
pleasant undertaking.
At this mosupt F,lugeno heard his name pro
nuunced bPirvoic& that seldom failed to
cite a peculiar emotion in his breast, and now
sent a strange thrill through every nerve; and'
hasteuingbolow ho found Blanche, fully dress
ed, with a light in her hand, standing just
outside of hor cabin, in the regukr- passage
which led lengthwise through the centerOfthe
.boat. • •
"I have heard )tomething. Eugene," she
said "Efiough to know that we have met with
an accident, btit not sufficient to fully com
prehend its nature." . : • .
Unfortmidely, about two hours ago," re-:
plied Eugene, "we suddenly became involved
in a dense tog; and in spite of our every pre
caution and care, weliave run aground:Lit
may , be agabigt • the Ohio shoreit limy be
against en island— it is tie dark' Wellan't tell.
But be mot alarmed, _Miss Blanche,"
riOdly•added ; "I trust we shall soon beuftoat./
again ; though in any event, the darkness is
sufficient io conceal us from the savages, even ..
Were they in the:vicinity." , •••
• " know little of Indians," returned
.Blanche; "but'l have always undei•stood that •
they are somewhat remarkple for their acute-'
nose of hearing; and if Midi is the - case,there
would be no necessity of their being verynear
to, be made acquainted with our locality, judg
ing from the loud voice; .I heard a. few min
utes ago."
"' I fear we've been rather imprtident;"'said
Eugene, in a deprecating tone ; "but' in the •
excitement—"
His words, were suddenly out short by, seve
ral lend voices of alarm from Without, followed
by a quick' and heavy tramping across the -
deck • and the next moment Seth ffarper and
Hick. Winter burst into the passage, .the fer
nier ' „
. .
"We've run plinn.into a red nigger's nest,
.
Onp'n, and Tom Harris already' butchered
and sealpedl''' ' ' • - • - • ---
e ttal, even neho spoke, as•ifin.confirmation
of his dreadfullntelligence, there arose
riee of piercing, demoniacal yells, ,fol
lowealtY a dead eels •ominous -
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t o o fi l t e i g l o ie li r ,s fr .is i cultist
that
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be, found in the New. York 'Ledger, the, great
'fondly pOper',' which'can be obtained at all the •
periodical stores where papers aro sold.' lie
' ntemberto ask for the , q.cdger,?!...dated. May • -
22nd, end in it you wilt find, the tuottinuation •
of thenaratire from where it leaves off here.,
It' ihere are no iiiiiit.WrEtiw - tia - offfo .. es
convenient : to where you resideillto publisher
,of the Ledger will send you.a tleP t Yr.bYtijatdi,
if you wilt :send hint ,fiya„cento .p. ?otter.
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