Ii MALIN & SLOAN, PUBLISHERS. VOLUME 26. *int V netrp, . riz T 0 i ST TTITTITIA T TOTS. The w 4, gado drops its shadow Dark*, on tb. saaded door, dad I gaud hi die wieder", • Wbeiro so oft we're stood Went By the wisdom whore Use berries Of the rim mow large and bright, £.d too wind le lib* thy lagers, V it Mt my hair taolibt. QE tbs stars with dimples plass XIV* SW mead Silo Was AMA ,►sd the mesa's witless:as esistdes Tb• gross atomisers as Is km,. and tee forth ►tan all the gain Watch ft yews that summer sight. Woos I Ilsssood es year story Is this stiodeses shad• and Acrd 't was all for girlish Washing Thai sif hiss was turned aside, Led my baseness hears ortsbiag CY th• bsnlos, crimson dyed; /bad pia mast Imes sons their oils's, Goody drawls( diem sway; the tool losses of the entepor Illossewkwit more than dew drops Ise Oh! jOilqr womb ou t riplytgegu r „. And your v9lOll Iran leo and mot is du won of ay dud rootime, Zo thosbursh plod loot astoet Yuy ado was tb. plighttog Wbieh the angels bowel to awl try tb• pitodg• that you owe 'Alai Wu twilight', woe d ata Diu beside that window lofty When you stood, a later untie, Did the gorgeous curtains softly Shads a rum brow than mine; dad the gable dropped no shadow Darkly on the !nasals door, let the turrets frowaed above Tow, Lod the ntasatre walls leaned o'er OM they tell me she Was fairer Than the roses of her sham, V ►.r recital lased drooped nearer, Listening to year Words that time; Asa before that lofty window That bar breed lauds esreteind away. Mount sad rale, and dirst.gritee moldy*, Slumbering in the mises•light lay. Dot I wonder if the shining Of the Powell in km tisk Dlci not Loop Yon etrimply Of tbp rose I aired to maul And 0101 tn•miti , nigbrreseblag Of ber locks her whine meek dOwo, Ivor woo soeh meet mummias Li have felt my curio of brow& Sod baids this window With tins gabls loaning Von While the Moon - lig ta ' 1 Rage's PAW lts lout shadow on Outdoor, , Otton do I stand at twilight, Praying that your path say b. Glided round with all that ithrlight Which will not h. shared with anal he Nesows, Owns. Quirt allistrilm. ROYALTY OF LOVE. A TALI 0) VISOINL4 tit the autumn of 1874, the present site of timood was divided into two plantation., be _ ag to Colonel Byrd and SathAniel Bacon, mansiou of the later 'tending upon what is et tailed Shockoe's Bill. It was one of those • old insoismas patterned after the baronial .s of Old England, and since nucqukllcd upon cooonent .t spacious hell, decorated with • ruts, large parlors, with tureuture or carved it t dining hall where a batmlion could ban se-sada library with a bow window command eeittrospect of picturesque and magnificence es peal when autumn h.el touched the Celia& rj his magic pellet!. Too might scar et e maple, deep crimson of the dogwood, :be ow of the ash, and the lively yellow of the contrasted strikingly with the deep greens of the cedar, pale- and hemlock, seat • through the furcate. Below, the river • ed over its rocky bed, to spread tato a lake sheet, and was dotted with small islands, se sh-dows reached down into the earth tint -Ide Satbamel Bacon, the master of the establish :t, was a hale and handsome man with a thick it moustache, clear black eyes, and a florid ipierion Educated in EoglAnd, during the , 4.ustve struggles between the throne and the ..ilunent, be believed that popol.ii rights were tau at least to royal .way ,Nut 11,3 with his et Henrietta, who had passed a winter with tGere-nor's family at Jamestown, where she t earned to reverence the "right divine" of seversigo Fier age at the time was eigh la and although her form was o.ot what the 4phaary would have called perfect, or her face t test a sculptor would have chosen as a %no , yet there wasa winning expression in her a, and a grace of na,iveurient, that enabled her warm all who knew her. St the time our story commences, she had jest Iled a letter, from which a pnnted packet full tat floor ~dere brother, Nat," said she, is one of His evil-n” 'a letters to the privy council sent back rat London print " Setuta WWI the document, but as he read %tame over his cheek At length he ex kik, in an angry tone— *ear how Governor Birkley close his se nt of us:" umiak God there are uo tree schools *or hope we 'hall not have any these for learning bas brought diso ieresy, and sects into the world, divulged tbern,and libels against learnt. God keep us from both!" declare:" said the fair loyalist. to you call that exce'dent, girl? ilf a mind to sell my ptantation, .he North." ' Nat, you would bare your nose if you only go among the Man in, and—" laughing was interrupted by the ►tranger, who presented a letter to liesecing at the exterior, he intro comet to his sister u Mr. Rupert ,ccomac, and breaking the seal read to see yoa," said be, when he 'Poole; "and regret meets to hear of 'sj soars* of the Governor in eis luutwers. Can it be possible that Jou the* yells of the savages resound woodsy Virimans must re.ire to their there to reinsft nsta they are sealp • glad to hoar Yea talk so," replied ley, "for I have ow* a:misty to sosersocie of U. Oomoussiou Of ire it is, eigoeci by five boodred as there are oa the coatioeut " are not *skin oty brother t o take lap Governer Barithily w " ask e d with ERIE WEEKL_'-I'OBSERITEI3, "Nay, Miss; but the wintry is is danger," said the young ciao, who had already begun to admire the fair Henrietta. "It is a gravequestion," remarked Mr. Bacon, "and I must ponder over it; meanwhile, my sister will escort you to the Fulls , and to the rock where Poo* hontas saved the life of Captain Smith. At dinner time I will giro yea as answer!' Rupert Wythley was • young planter near Jamestown, wbo, with a sell proportioned per son, and a manly constenanoe, possessed a noble heart and a caltivated intellect. His ides of f. male excellence bad been formed upon a ideal of perfeetion, in which he had blended the acoom pliehments-of all the heroines of poetry and rti maoce. Vain bad been his search hitherto, but ere he had been long with Henrietta, he imagined if her qualities of mind oorresponded with her per sonal charms, be had at length found the beau ideal of female perfection. Meanwhile her brother had been thus sorely troubled at heart by the incitation to lead his fellow oitiseus. Like every true Virginian, he felt that his country was in dancer, for death was ravaging the land under the htdecins form o' savage eraelty. The force out under the emu sued <despoils John Washiogton had proved entirely insufficient, yet the Governor instead of adding to it, had rebuked them for killing a par ty of chiefs, because it injured the beaver trade, of which he had a monopoly. That in armed resistance to the indiau was seeessery, he did not doubt, but the thought of rising in arms 'Oast the will of the King's Governor rather staggered him. "At any way," said he to Wythley, as they sat enjoying their wine after dieser, "I will go to Jamestown and see how matters soma. Let the sews reach me that a single whits man bas been harmed by the savages, and I Will lead on to vengeance, commission or no commission." A long storm, at the conclusion of whiels the fords were impassable, detained Rupert Wythley a week with the Bacons. He well improved the time; for are be left, Haarlem% acknowledged that the was not disinclined to treasure up the rich harvest of affection which he laid at her feet Nay, Abe was rather disposed to become more re publican in her feelings, and to admit that Vir ginians might be capable of self government. Weeks passed, and in vain did Nathaniel Ba con urge Governor Berkley to abaud..n his scheme of detached forts, and organise a volunteer force of riflemen At last he left Jamestown in des pair, sod, ere going home, paid a visit to Henri co, where the sharp sbootors were encamped,un- - appaled by the edicts of the Governor, command ; ing them to disperse. The men soon went on parade, under the command of Rupert Wythley; but ere he had learned the reports of the serge ants, a horseman approached at fall gallop.— Ridiog up in front of the line, he checked his foaming steed and shouted:' "The savages are et. the Palls of James Ri ver, killing and plundering, Tarn out, turn out!" "Where ars they?" asked Bacon, pals with apprehension "They first killed all at the zni/lii and then cupric! around Bacon's house on the till. They say it is Pawhatan'soounoil ground, and no white men shall possess IL" ''And Mira Bacon!" eagerly inquired Wyth ley -"I beard they'd got a white gal priaouer, and meant to torture her in a few days at a grand war datum" "Bacot)," ezttlaiused Wok)ley, "do you now hesitate?" "No; no." Then raising his 'Gies until it rung in trumpet tones over the field, he uoutinia• ed: ':Virginians, forgive my hesitation. Now that my own home is desolate, can I ask you to follow me to the rescue of a loved sister?" A loud shout of 'lead oci!" made the hellos of Seems and Wythley beat high twain; nor mos it many hours ere the force welkin mo:ion. A braver set of znen never baetened to a fry The sun had set in clouds behind the - Ridge, and the woods grew dim, as the Virgitnaus approached the houte of their general. Scouts who had been sent in advance to reconnoitre reported that there was an entrenchment around the house, within which a huge council fire had been ligbsed ex utly at uterine It was evident no nine was to bo lost The mounted eleven:vs, wader the cum mud of Wythley, were ordered to sweep around to the right, while Qen. Bacon led the bulk of the force directly up the hill, against the frown ing breastwork. On they meiod, with a cantions.tread, uncer tain sa to whether their ensuing was known t o the in.reoched foe But whin they w, re wrh n about twenty paces of the breastwork, there c along from its whole front a cloud of arr iw• iog many a I rave man bite the dust. Tot which foitowed is described ar one. of deadti sr-,r fare, for no sooner bad the Virginians reached the breastwork, than a yell was given, and the rude terrace swarmed with painted warriors, each Imiring ID his left hind a blaing torch, and in Lis right baud a war club. Spnogiug into Oh midst of their assailants, the savage- doa,t their murderous blows on all sides,ofteu thru et ng th it burning torches into the flees of the whites, who could Dot use their fire-arms, se close was theeo counter "Sound a retreat" shouted Gen Bacr,n, r,nd in obedience to the brazen trumpet bin men foli back At that moment, the cavaliers, under Wyth ley, charged through the savages, and when they had passed, the infantry hastily furwed into hue, and poared in murderous volleys Again the cavaliers swept through their painted ranks, an I then with a cheer the uxtrenchment was stormed At the boil of those who first eogpred the breast work, fighting like a demon, wasVnpert Myth ley, and at the dour of the old mansion as he rode up to it with a heavy heart, he saw his own Henrietta. "She is safe! Thank God she is safe!" he ex. claimed, and in an instant he had reached her side, and she was clasped to his heart. Oar limits will not permit us to portray the story of her imprisoninent, as she narrated it that night around the family hearth stove. Destined for a sacrifice, she bad been carefully treated, and allowed the unmolested liberty of her own room. But that night was to have witnessed her immolation. A Divine Providence bad nerved ber heart, as she w■s already sum- moned to the burning pile when a scout gave the alarm cry. Then by the light of the torches; she plainly witnessed the fray, imploring upon her knees before the window, that a heavenly arm w)uld sustain those whom she loved so well. Morning dawned, and a horrible scene pre• vented itself around the house- There—where St. John's now stands--lay mangled corpses in the stiff attitude of death, and the stream" near by was tinged with blood. The wounded were cared for, the dead inter. red, and by dinner time the horrors of "grim• visaged war" no looser met the eye. The last council fire of the Indian race at James River Fall was extinguished, and the few surviving deocendants of that terrible tribe of Pocahontas, began their facers' march towards the setting sun. Sumo, insures mows. Had Bacon been de. tested he would have been shot as a traitor to his King; bat now the haughty Governor rewarded him, end he was hailed by the Virginians as their defender. Marching to Jamestown, be forced the Governor to adopt new laws, ',bleb code was tionsideted July 4, 1676—0ne hundred years to a 1117 talon ob. Owlet al she trailed Siam, adopting the Doelaratioa framed by the states. men of Virginia, began a sew era as the history of man. Tit eighteenth osstnry in Virginia wu the child of the seventeenth; and Bacon's rebellion, with the corresponding seems in Ma ryland, and Carolina, and New England, was the early harbinger of American Independeties. And where wu Henrietta, that 'tardy loyalist! Not in the stately rues d the Governor hut with the sisters of her alaseed lover, Rupert Wytbley, who had a residue* in Jamestown. Her dreams of royal protection and a noble has )and bad neighed during her terrible captivity, and she now bowed in homage before her heart's lord. Soon they were married, and returned to the plantation, which Nathaniel Bacon gave his sister as a dower. Some clouds darkened their pathway of life at first,,but they lived many years in as perfect happiness u mortals can en joy; nor did she ever forget, in after years, in narrating to her grand children the events other rescue, to add: "For all that, my dear, your grandfather did not bold the King's commission —Virginians would act for themselves." Years rolled on The Old Dominion became the leader in a great movement, and while the name of the Wythleys is remembered by many who visit the beautiful locality of their homes, once the scene of deadly sliughter, history sounds the name of Nathaniel Bacon, and inscribe his name, in golden letters, high upon the architec ture of our NAtional Pantheon. Fatal Peep into Vomits. Some Germans of a good family, on a recent oc casion, had toiled to the summit of Mount Veen ' vine, and, after resting themselves on that sal phrons bed, they delimited the steep incline to the month of the crater. There was little smoke on that day, and the scientific gentlemen began to get into danger without being aware of it.— The guides, having had quite enough of soft ashes and hard work io the went, sat on the upper rim of the crater, not feeling inclined for more exertion. So many people had gone to peep into the chimney of the infernal regions day after day without any amident, that these lazy guides preferred some sour wine, and a slice or so of lemon sprinkled over with salt—a very common comestible among the lower order of Noepolitaes. and a little siesta, to looking after the ,ouls, and bodies of those entrusted to them. One of the most adventurous of the Germain, finding' he could bear the little sulphur which -ectried emitted from the e r aser, reso l ve d to pen . etrite further; but scarcely had he placed his foot upon an apparently solid projection, than the whole crumbled beneath him and he was pre cipitated at least one hundred feet. The interior of the crater, seemed as soft as the exterior, for the first words heard from the unfortunate were that he was not hurt. In vain he tried to ex extricate himself; whatever be grasped moulder. ed in his grasp. as could not regain his feet— of this his companions above were informed.— They seemed to have become more impaled than the unfortunate victim; for, iustead of despatch. log the guide to the observatory of the hermit age fir ropes or assistanos of some kind, they stood listening to their friend below, who gave them the ides of going elsewhere than where they remained useless and spell bound. There is everything in Naples but what is requiied; sod at the observatory, although ropes must always be in request, and at least, a precautionary utili. ty, yet none could be obtained either there or at the hermitage; and the guides were obliged to go to Resit!' for that which ought to be at hand. In the meantime the sulphur began to operate on the poor fellow in the crater, and he felt himself gradually sinking, not only in strength, but in posi t ion With a wonderful selfoommand he soul - Ivace 'of his friends, being perfectly certain that he e wid not sureive that natural dilatory de( iv of the Neopolitans For two long hours d be •urvive. when his voice got feebler and fe. bl r Perbaps as he by slow degrees slid de( p er iu tuL cram-. hope vaoisned, until the voice vr.,s ereirely lost. Au occasional groan was beJ;d ; eut,, after the expiration of the above iL• ~wl“.ti all was silent. The body was many L I.llaffer r:seued by a guide, who descended two hundred feet before he found it. Of course, it was perfectly lifeless—the sulpher had suffo cated the poor fellow. A Singular Story of Baal Life A few days ago a young man arrived in this city after an absence of ten years. lie is now atiout I •ii , r4,.! years old, and when but half of his present age, be mysteriously disappears], and it wis supp“sed he was murdered Every possi. nr . y was made, but nothing could be found out hits. The police authorities of tae tune u,cd lure taan ordinary vigilance in the preuttses; and, its fact, a sta , pected party was arrested as the boy's murderer, but no proof was wh.o the case was culled up for a a n d the prisoner, was of CCM discharg- H EiLtuuiliy the matter was dropped, and ti.e case mol toe boy were alike forgotten by the p.iblic. 5 OC_ then, y..ars, long years have pas• s 1 by, no 3 the poor boy, who was suppsed to be b ea Nuffsrrog -al the hardsbips and privations of a rough sailor's life. The father of that boy, when alive, was one of he slid men of the Crescent City, in point of But he died while his son and heir was still an la4Ut, and left him in a mother's charge After a time the mother married a second bus baud, who turned out to be a notorious w)rthless, drunken, and disreputable character. The pro perty which had been left for the maintenance of the mother and child diminished rapidly un der the superintendence of the boy's step father, and seemed in a fair way of being swept of alto gether. At this juncture the mother died, and the poor boy, whose birth gave promise of some thing better, was left to the tender mercies of a step father—a Erie anything but pleasant. ' hatters were is this state when a distant re lative of the boy's moth%, seeing that the family pr,,p, : rty was all likely to be squandered by the n step father, applied to one of the Dia tr,ei f,ir letters of tutorship. While his apt •(:.1(100 in the premises was pending, the boy disappeared, and all search for him i ;ain The impression that he wu °tur dr rJ c,mc rueral, and suspi:ion wu chiefly tat,. t t, ,rd, the step father as the author of eri•a( But, as wu before intimated, proof was wau•ing, and though proceedings in the cal.c wre commenced, they were soon dropped 39 11;4. Evtntually the party who had applied to the :Di4trict Court to be app hated tutor (in law) to his minor re:ative, succeeded in his application, and a "faintly meeting, to use the legal phrase, I was called. %Whatever property remained belong ing to the succession of the deceased parents, passed into the hands of the tutor for the benefit lof the sor. It amounted, however, to only about six or e.ght thousand dollars. Durta,i the years which intervened between the app qatment of the tutor and the present time, 1 death has been busy w,th the parties emicerned. In the first place, the drunken and depraved step father died, afterward the tutor followed him to the "narrow house," sod the two securities—who were wealthy at the period when they **homed their suretyship—became bankrupt and died al ( so. Indeed, all except two of those who took part in the "family meeting" are now dead. But the minor what of kite As stated at the oomuseocement of this article, be has bat recent ly made his appearance in New _Orleans, after as absent of pose tea palik aikigar thes $1 50 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. ERIE, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15,1855, he was takes my frimelmimo' t, whom he did not know, and that after being nearly starved, he was left to die eti a little island in one of the numerous bayous imemested with Lake Pontchartrain. Ha further awes that he re mained there a day and a night, when be iris ta ken off by a coaster, and made cabilibey and drudge generally, on board a Gulf schooner. Fi nally, he &nod his way to Weir lands, as a ad lor, and now, afters strange aeldromaatio, though by no moans poetical overtimes, be has returned to his birth place in search of his patritootti-il rights. Whether he will get them or not we shall set.—N 0. Pavrtas. A Womaa's ddveature is NU'S tkppareL In passing along &.„Clissios street yesterday, 1 about twelve o'clock, Mar NA Busby, (who is always wide awake,) caught out of the queerest fish that was ever seen out of water—.nothing more or less than a woman is imam's apparel.—. The peculiarity of her shape Iris threshed the notice of the officer as she was standing at the isomer of St. Charles and Poydris streets, lean lag against the Crystal Palace coffee house, and be at once arrested her. At tat she denied the soft impeachment, bat billy admitted that she had bees born s woman, though circumst a nces bad made her a man. Woman like, she let the °goer into her coofidanee without more ado, and told him that sbe belonged to &very rich family in New York, and was a nine of a gentleman in this city. About five years siege sin fell is love with a man named Smith, aid under promise of marriage, accompanied him to Boston. She loved not wisely, but too well, as the se quel proved; for after seducing her in Boston, Smith deserted ber--and being discarded by her relatives, the only alternative left ken was to doff her woman's gear, and don the male attire, which she accordiogiy did, and took to the sea to gain a livelihood. Shipping on board a merchant vessel, she was at once installed as a cabin boy., and made three voyages to Liverpool and back. During one of the voyages the ship was over hauled by pirates, but the gallant crew succeed ed in beating them aff, and during the rencoun tre our Unripe was foremost in the fight, receiv. itsg a slight wound in the cheek, for which else was complimented by the captain. This was the hut voyage sae imams. Ou her return she left ship and look to bar keeping, at which business she thrived in New York, bet getting tired of the dill monotony attending the retailing of li quors, through the assistitece of sow of her ac quaintances, she obtained the poet of book keep er in a mercantile house in New York, which she retained for some time, but preferring a more active to the sedentary life this position imposed upon her, she again took loses, sod after making one more voyage to Europe, as a sailor before the mast, she toured herself a few weeks &woe in one of our Northern seaports. Bearing by accident that Smith, her Reducer, was in Mobile, thither she directed her steps. On reaching Montgomery, her waney gave out, and 'be was forced to walk use hundred and twenty•tivo miles. The poor girl's feet still gave evidence of the hardships she encountered and endured daring this dreary march. Arriving in Mobile, she was mysteriously instructed to come to this city and scup at the Alabama Exchange, where she was informed Stwth; who is a daguer• reopypist, wuuid pin her in a few days. While wandering, forth yesterdayin search of something to at, she was arrested by the drew Busby. Thus ended the recital of her eventfut-history. Dan Busby took her before Recorder Bright, who after bearing bit-story, told hershe had incurred a fine of twenty five dollars by appearing in main attire, sod adwooisfied her 'odors he: proper op pael as stop as possible. She, however, repro. seated to the Recorder that this was the only clothing she hod, and that she had been so long seenstcined to wearing the breeches it would be as easy for t 1,4 ltopard to change his spots or an Ethypion his sail; a for her to cast off the panta loons, and, bcirg in a good humor, the Recorder discharged her.—.N. 0. Delta Soon after open war eommensed between the Colonies and Zeeland, the Americans tamed their attention to the month of Delaware River. To prevent a British fleet from capturing Phil adelphia, extensive fortifications were erected at various eligible points along the river shores.— On a low reedy island, where the beach was on. ly a few feet above tide stood Fort Mifflin, a strong fortress built of earth, stones and huge logs . On the Jersey shore, just opposite, was Fort Mercer; a similarly constructed fortifenitiou armed with heavy cannon. Further down the river were other works, while under the lee of small islands, floating batteries commanded the river in every direction. Nor was this all, for in the main channel the Americans sunk huge chateaux de fries, or frump of timber filled with stones and logs. Upon these defences, principally, the patriots relied for the protection of Philadelphia. Soon after the battle of Brandywine, Sw Wil liam Howe, with a large fleet of frigates and store ships, appeared in the mouth of the Dela ware River, and opened fire upon the first line of batteries. 3eing able to bring many heavy guns to bear upon the American works, Howe soon silenced them and taking advantage of a strong wind sailed in one night nearly to the makes ob structions near Billing's Island. Under cover of a heavy fire from the ships the British labored to break passage through the chew ex de friar, R great exertions a channel eight feet deep aid. just wide enough for a little frigate was delved out, and six vessels sailed through. Meantime, the British army, which bad defeated Wash ington at Brandywine, rapidly neared Philadel phia, and in fact received store, from the six ships which broke through the sunken obstruc tions. With a determination to destroy Forts Mercer and Mifflin Howe seat Donop, with twelve hundred picked men to make en attack by land, while the fleet assaulted %large flotilla of American batteries, gallies, gunboats and schooners, which caused the British much an noyance. The beet was also to bombard Fort Fort Mercer, commonly called "Red Bank,'' was garrisoned by a regiment of Rhode Island troops under Col Greene, and Fort Mifflin by two regiments of Marylander:l. under Cul. Smith. Donop with nis brigade, left the British camp on the morning of Oct ober 21, and the first night rested at Haddensfield, New Jersey, ler several hours Getting under arms about midnight they marched briskly across the coun try, and at 4 o'clock on the morning of the 22d, , came within cannon shot of the Fort. They were During the sesame of 1796-7, a wealthy discOv. red by the sentry about daylight, slowly merchuut—in et:mien:l/ay with the custom of the. EIJI-11110g in the edge of a belt of forest. The times—gave a dinner party to a few gentlemen, garrison was instau , ly under arms and prepare,- among whom was a member of Congress of that tons made to fight until the last. raithough Col period Oa the appointed day, however, the A Greene had only four hundred men, he declared Lady of the house was somewhat annoyed, at au that Fort Mercer should never be surrendered. early hour, by the IL:rusiou of as o.d man at the i With only fourteen pieces of cannon, the bravo door. El.o log burn met by a seta est, he itiquircil officer heartily- supported by his gallant men, if the propritor of the house—whom we eau Mr has iiy n.ide ready for battle Ttphaui—was at Upon roet,b:ug .1 ticg,a• i Sum a stir was o.)OerVed in the British ranks, tive reply, and being furthermore inforined that and an officer riding up to the intrenchmeets, pro be would not Le at home for three or tour sours tested by a whit.: flag, made a prociainatiote— the old wag said, " W ell theuil being as I am , •The King of Ecigiand orders his rebellious here, I may. as wet, rtmarin until he comes: subjects to lay down their arms, and tney are "Please wart a moment," acid the servant, "I to the door, and phew we; what ever will Ciatif they stand haul() DJ quarter what will call Mrs T will be given:" To tea insulting message, abe will ear " The servant then ran and nailed C,l. Gr. eue replied: "We ask no quarters, nei the cuercnant or wile, who made her appearance. Cher will we give aryl" The officer retired, and The old men thsti repeated what ho had said ,U very soon a party of artillerists commenced the the servant—that being as he was there he might erection of a battery 'titbits easy cannon shot of as well remaio until bier husband came. "Wel.," the Fort. The works of Fort Mercer consisted replied Mrs T , "if you will stay, just walk of a strong citadel lovholed and supplied with through the and go back to the kitchen strong embreaures for cannon. The citadel was and take a seat." Nothing daunted, the old surrounded by ramparts, flanked with batteries; man obeyed orders, and passed through the alley there was also a ditch and abatia. Besides these to the kitchen, where he found Mrs. T. and the defences a strong masked battery occupied an servants very busy engaged in preparing dinner. ! angle of the ramparts, its guns completely raking Supposing him some old man seeking employ- the abatis and approaches. meet, Mrs. T. was free in calling Into requisttion I The battery being finished, a rapid fire wisa his services in her work of preparing diauer, and Gime:mooed on the Amerman works. The pa be was equally willing and ready to render a ll / traits replied for a time, but gradually slackened, assistance possible. "Old man," said she, "sup- and the men withdrew in small parties to the ci pose you take the bucket, go to the hydrant, and tac k', leaving a company to manage the masked draw us some water. He et once and readily I battery. Co). Donop, believing the enemy's guns complied with the request. "Old man," again I dismounted and his men dismayed, ordered an said she, "suppose you assist me a little in pre- assault from his whole forge, in two cola:nets, of paring dinner, as we give a dioner.party today, ate hundred men each. The column which first and we are much hurried indeed. Just peel a few advanced cleared the outworks with loud Monts potatoes, if you please." No sooner was the re- o f derision, under the impression that the'Amer quest made than the "old man' got got to work peel- i ns had abandoned the whole fortress; but their mg potatoes with a right good will. After all dreadful mistake was soon evident. As the tt.inge were setlicieotty advanced to release :Ifni. Hessian soldiers climbed upon the rampart in T. from further supervision, she went into her great numbers, a vtvid fire from cannon and chamber to arrange her toilet to receive her bus- I musketry opened upon them from the citadel.— baud's guests. At the pr,per time her husband It is said that nearly cue hundred men fell at came io, and thee, one us, one, came those who the first volley. A storm of grape and chain were to dine with the mon that day. In dne shot swept the glacis, while from every loophole time all arrived but one—the M. C. Mr• there poured a stream of musket balls. Tophain then began to express his surprise at As the auelay staggere d b ac k aston i s h e d and the absence of the Virginia representative, as be I dismayed, the masked battery suddenly opened, thought he would certainly have been one of the I and point blank mugs cut down the disorganised first, if not the first, to make his appearance. Mr.. enemy, and the glace' was covered with dead and T's memory, which seemed to have proved rather dying. The column of Col. Dollop assaulted the treacherous, became effulgent, and she acquainted &ate aide of the waits just at this instant-- her husband with the fact that there was an old I Charging at the head of his men, Donop led them { man in the kitchen who bad been waiting to see ov er the abatis, across the ditch and even upon I him for the last three or four bonne Mr. T. immediately repaired to the kitchen to ascertain , the walla of the fort. Here Dollop fell, badly wouoded, and his soldiers unable to endure the the "old man's" wants, when lo! and behold! terrible c who should he find but our M. C. himself ! enrage mule at eves}, volley from the citadel, turned and bd. As they wheeled, Col. Astonished beyond measure, aid with confused Miogetode, the second in command, received a utterance, he exclaimed, "Why, how came you I mortal wound. The Hessians, panic struck, fled here?" He simply replied, "I was invited to ac once, nor did they for s moment halt until the kitchen by your wife, and as I came much several miles from the seem of defeat. Under , before dinner hour, I have been making myself the ramparts of Fort MerdliT they left over four useful." Mr. 'l'. at once invited and accompanied him into the parlor,hundred dee.d and wounded turn, while the fort and introdneed him to his I only otimbr,red eight epee killed, and twenty-eight I I wife and guests as the "Hon. Robert Rutherford, woo:aided of Virginia." The lady's feelings can be bettor A s a 'Arty of Americans, under the orders of imagined by the reader than described by the a French engineer, were reap iving the wounded, writer; but the balance of the day passed off a faint voiee from among the heap of slain and pleasantly, saving the lady's absehmeet malting I mangled men called out, Whoever lon are !loam not , rre i ggemaig elm "Virginia temsaber of I me bencel" It was the ohs of ca. corm- I it% us tan to s seiabbariNg boon emir= Useful Old YwL. ?OVOID 111241.1). fund dud-4W sad %WWI Meta wu sebedy mar,aoloedy ism Raul the eitteesi died ow Lb pillow of wowo.. No mother, sobrother, is tinny den; Not a friendly ♦oke to seethe sr sheer, Not a :atoning el* yr pitying 44111. Posed dead.•dsad and alone In the Koehn' meet os s pUleie et nesse. *my • ovary day west by, While wretched and won Ise booed fee blood. Tired ands, sad loogiog to He ?modally down with the snub dad. Ronpr and sold sod won sod pale, Had warted We form and soared bli bed% Till at loot as a bed of Nom mood, With a pillow of stone, toss the Osamu feast. ?mad deed, dead sod olose Oa a pillow of stone to Me rootage mogro... Nobody heard his lats. foist soak Or know whim his tad Wart lewd to boat No warner llogonsi with soars or sighs, Bet U. Marl loocoti dews with pitying trot, ♦ad the chill winds wood with ► wailing email itiror the Wooly spot who* kW lota was toga. /mud issui--yes est aleasi That was soeseiedy mar. oeselindl i p last To Wafts the wanders/ as Lis own, And Ind a home fur the hossetese bare. Oats, when every basun door to dosed to La othildrsa, wonted and peer, Who opine the Heavenly portal wide; •h: God was nest wh ea the °erase died. THZ BATTLE OF RED BAWL •T &MAID avian': eared for, but his wound defied batman skill. In three days be died. A few hours before hi. death he said: "It is iniehing a noble car reer early, (be wu thirty-seven) but I die a vic• rim of my ambition and the avarice of my sever sip' ', The attack on Fort Mifflin by the Sect began at the moment of Donop's assault. For several hours a severe cannonade was kept by six British frigates, upon the American fleet and fortifications It was returned by the Americana in such a skillful and rapid manner that very soon two of the frig ates were set on Are by hot allot, and two others badly crippled. Finally the Egg:lab cow luier abandoned the attack, and retired beyond cannon shot. A handsome monument commemorating the battle of Red Bank, was erected in 1829 near the site of Fort Mercer. About the 10th of Novo:ober the British made *Arend attack urn Fort JLf• Ilia, which, aft , r a long resistance was destroyed and evacuated by the American forces Its de 'traction cost the loglish a heavy loss of am aad material. Tea Years Among the Ilan -Bags. , We copy tin felikrwiss interesting extract from the work, watt the above unique title, by Mr. Holbrook, just published It is seldom that we meet with a volume that affords such a wide field for admiration oa the part of every taste, "from grave to gay, from lively to severe:" Tin INVALID WITS Not the least painful of the variras duties connected with the detuction of crime, is ibe sometimes neeestary °tied revealing a husband's guilt to his wife. I anticipated a were trial of my feelings in making such a disclosure during the progress of a recent important case where the mail robber was in possession of a mail•key by means of which he had committed extensive depredations He was at length detected, and has lately enter ed upoi a ten years' term in the state prison On his arrest he manifested much solicilude for his wife, fearing that tbe intelligeace of his situation would overpower her. "She is in fee ble health at best," said be, "and I am afraid this will kill her " It was necessary, however, that I should see her io artier to get possession of some funds, a part of the proceeds of the robberies. which her husband had committed 'o her keepiog. Fur nished with a written order from the priaoner, and leaving him io the marshal a custody, I pro ceeded to call on the invalid, racking my brains on the way to her residence, for some mode of communicating the unplessast truth w "itch slam id disclose it gradually, and' spare her feelings as much as-possible. On my arrivil at the boardiog•bouae, the note was sent to the lady's room. It read as El kin': "My dear Sumu:—Will yon band to the bear er a roll of bask Dotes which I left with you? EDWIN." The lady Boon made her appearance She was young. rather prepossessing, and evidently in delicate !Kalil,. Finding I was the been• of the note, dile addressed me, expres:ing great ant priae that het husband had acne a reque3t so u n iis ui n , and with an air of indepec fence served that she did not , keiiir about paying over money und:r such circumstances to an entire stran ger " Desiring a et to mortify her nnnecessan'y by making expismationa io the presence of others. I requested her to step into a vacant room near at hand, and, alter closing the door, I mud in a ion tome, "It is an 4rxtremely painful thing for me, Mrs 31—, but as you do not seem ioclined to com ply `with pot r husband's order, I must tell you plain!) that the money was taken from the mails 13 him. There is no mistake about it He has Lad a mail i .1 which I Lary Just r...covtred..and made a full acknowledgcineot of his nutu.l.- Cu, det.r,di tiouls I ka.g ya to Lt.a this dreadtui , t with forti , ude NJ one wil t tLink less of t• i tr, account of his disuutiet: C'Cl duct I exptcte, t) tee poor woman win: Iname• diately, and had weutall pc,par,d 11,y ,cif for every emergency, but, a torvmeut after, /•bould have betel mere likely to have fallen int o teat condition, aa , t,cibutuent could ever p:oduce sod:lima efNA t, for as soon as 1 oad. finished what I was sayto , ;, site stood, posstbie, more erect than before, .3 , 1 with ~sane t her eye, ilt4,;• ono arm "skivabc," shy . spirited manner. "Weil, if be ?-1.1.3m0e the!, lae'a s. ducted fool to own it—/ Rutl4dr t." She gave up the money. Liwt:er, s , ort after, and although the reckles.,c in tl.c speech above quoted seemed to m.ise it pr,baole that she was implicated in her hiusberx's guilt, it, afterwards appearvd that this cailiuttkri "ztputife' WPC due to the impulses of .t high spir ited and excitable nature, winch sometime', as in the present instanee,hrolie away fr , Au c,otrol, and went beyond the bounds of c'irum. Such an ebullition of passion indicalcf.'„, in tier case, a less degree of moral laxity than it would hare shown in one differently constituted In a subsequent examinat,Ja of their apart ment in search of other funds .nd missing draira, a touching incident , occurred. strikingly display. ing, when taken in connection with the outbreak just mentioned, the lights as well as shades (J en impulsive character During this examination, it became necessary to investigate the contents of a well ailed trunk, and this was done by the lady berseif, under my supervision. After several layers of wearing ap parel bad been taken out, she suddenly paused at bar work, and wiped away a falling tear, as she gated into the trunk. Thinking that some im portant evidence of her husband's crimes was lurking beneath the garments remaining, and that her hesitation was owing to reluctance on her part to be instrumental in convicting him, I reached forward and was about to eontinue the examination myself, wbea she interposed my arm and said,sobingly, "Those are the little elothes of our poor baby —they haven't, been disturbed since his death, and I can't bear to move them." A lacoad glance into the trunk conSrmed her sad story, for there were the little shoes, se a rcrl•: soiled, the delicately embroided skirts and waists —all the apparel so familiar to a mother's eye, which, in its grieving remembrance of the ticpart , ed •"Staffs ant bu TlCKitrkr=lllll,ll with bu form." A similar affliction had taught me to appreci ate the sacredness of such relics, sz.d I waited in sympathizing silence, until she could corn wand her feelings sufficiently to continue the search. She toon resumed it, and the contents of the irtutk were thoroughly ezantioed, yet none of the lost valuables were found therein. A limits Ixonmen.—At an assemblage of a few friends, one evening last week, the absence of a lady was noticed, which was apologised for by as acquaintance, who stated that she was de tained by a little incident. "Ab, yes?' exelsitoed Mrs. John Smite, "end a beautiful little isaideat it was too; peigba just sine pousda and a ball" us. Sap the lovely Julie to the bewitching Fanny, why is the mw baby like a cow's tail? Away Washed, u ahoy asswired, beer. is wan liner ma Wet.. M B. F. SLOAIitoEDITOR. Us Sympathising WOlllll. The Georgia Citizen publishes the tbllooriag insinuation We leave it for tie ruder to jet* of the probability of its If we were called upon to describe Dim Dobbs, wo should, walloi . hesitation, call bar • aysepatb;sing woman Nobody was lipubiad with any malady abs hadn't suffered. 4 , 8 41te knew all shout it by **witless., and could aye. patlise with them from the bottom of her heart." Bub Turner was a wag, and ',llea one d a y he saw Mrs. Dobbs coming along the road toward. bts house, be knew that, in the absence of his wife be should to called to entertain her, he as. solved to play a little on the good woman's obos. tacit store of sympathy. Hastily procuring a large blanket, he wrapped himself hp in it, and threw himself on a so& near by. "Why, good guidons! Mr Turner, are yen sick?" salted Mri. Doobs, as she saw his posi tion. ''Ob, dreadfully," groaned tbc iliagiaszy is ►alid "What's the matter?" "Ob, a great many things. First and formai, I'segot a congestion of the brain." "That's dreadful," sighed Mrs. Dobbs. "I came pretty near dying of it ten years eons sal spring. What dse?" "Dropsy," again groaned Bob. "There I can by wpallir.,;,. with you. I was troubled with it, but finally got over it." "Neuralgia," continued Bob. "•Nobody can tell, Mr. Turner, what I ban suffered from neuralgia It's an awful none plaint." "Then again rm very rotteh diamond by lib• flazoroacion of the bowels." "If you've got tba:, I pity you," eostessesi Mrs. Dobbs; "for three years steady I was ARS. ed with it, and I don't think I've fully movie- Id yet." • • 'shenmatism, " added Bob. "Yes, that's pretty likely to go slag skit estaraligitt. It did with me." “Tmatlathe," suggested Bob. "There have been times, Mr. Turner," odd tie apepatbil l eg wi..mac, "when I thought I aimed have gone distracted with the toothache." "Then," said Bob, who, Laving temporarily ram out of h?s atom: of medical terms, resorted to a scientific name, "I'm very mach afraid that I've • got the reg%yosaeras." "I shouldn't be et all surprised," said this ever-ready Mrs. Dobbs; "I had it when I was young " Though it try with yet: difficulty test he *cold realm. laughing. Bob continued— ") am suffering a good deal from a spreisted aerie." "Then you can sympathize with ma, Idr. Tdrner. I sprained mine when I was semis/ along." "liut that isn't the worst of it "What is it?" asked Mrs Dobbs with curio- tI wouldn't tell any ono but you, Mr. Dobbs, but the fact is"—here Bob gre , anel---"l'm ofraM and the doctor agrees with me, ibat my reason te affe.•c3—:bat. in short, I'm a little crazy" B:b took breath, and wondered what Mrs. Docks would eay to :bit "Oil, Mr Turner, it is pas,bie, exclaimed that lady It's horr.blc: I }ills It 13 I frequently have F.pells of being out of wy head myself. Bob could stand it no loogyr; he burst into a roar of laughter, wttiola Mrs- Dobbs taking for a precursor of a :t.t . .ent paroxysm of 'amity, she was lcd to take a bunted Icase A Touching Story The editor of the New York News, in pawing through thrs city lately co his returu to the me tropc,l.s, was at the dept. ,)f tLe, Hudson River Itailruad, East AlLio wade occpaicied with I :ruin though uot:Lqu..?.ta oircom at.suce Says the edttor— Stlnd.oe az ;be depot, w:3 .aw a crowd of peo ple sun our ,:tog ;Li ~lien, 000 of WbOin vr,s Le:d ',dud a ;Lan evidently id this h,untle wsiks. tt . life Lk was sad, and down. ea.t. and tii.s st'uation Lad evidently ezczted th. sympathy of the persons ;Around The crowd was oho of s:,n3pathy, and not of curium, y. The eldest was a g„ir: of about tbir t,!tia summers. SLc held in her hands a cage ecnt.inlag her fat onto bird, and in the bitter tlea3 of care• crier she was weep , ng. The only r.maining thug ttitit was pcceltur about tits group, was a rough and narrow box, which might cAatata the remains of a person —perhaps this ti%e en;Liren Ti: , story wls so^fl toia The man had been r‘s:dent of Poughk(epsle To better hie eon. n, he concinied to mcve West. Re had b , Id his I.ttle estate, shd settlak,s srlfe and fir. ctiddren bad starka „oj ey left ilia 'ao,ai'a on :lac co , roin; Jf Frtday last week. "Ho L.Ld proceeded west ae far as ticeula Here the train halted, and the wife took out of tbo efts' her youngest child. list bcfere she could set on the train, tlm Carl bad sta:ted. The husband )gimped art .aced the child and placed him on the train 1 , 1.• mpted to follow She wa. bit hie End and LE'* sect drawn nn der eel eh was th.arly severed from hat • 2 a cw hours sue nezt day t!c 'e c , ..enpany turned their faces back to P w,>l.) 11,e dead wife and mother. The; L.Ad ::!:Tady reached lalbattjr, and were alone and in grief, waiting for the train down to take the dead for its burial to that sweet home she had left in health and hope only twea ty•fonr hours before. The group were emotes the lowly to itfe; but who can measure their grief?-41/..c ny Aryiu Joart Bcu, ov TUE PLAINS —We were mash pleased yesterday to receive our office a call from our young friends John W Waddell aad Benjamin W ltusvel!, who have just retuned from the plains Messrs Watideleackd /tar.: ocea the elephant, and the Buffalo too, aad relate some amusing incideutsi.i the journey, one of which may he cajoi a roular pitched battle between John Bull and an Amorican or bufalo bull Two Britisu noblemen hsvc been spend:rig the summer and fail cn the, plit,as, for tue par pest: sf eportiog. Ooe of them, mounted ort his floe dapple gray charger, at.t?, .ith bit gun poised, rode oil to a herd of tr , 041? S;ngliog tut !all victim, a Lugo bull, Abe ;et sitp tLe dogs of war." The bufElo, badiy wouatitJ, La.t.cti recover 'Dia breath Jot n i3nU halted , u After a short pause and deithetate stifle . , of his ants gouist, the eurtgetibuii charg, .1 upon the bon. sod Lie:obit tusking no u.stiuction betwitsß nolo!e and ignoble Wood. D. W" Ca" bane sad rider. Wben Join Bull rose • ~ feet be saw bia charger going at full sc:cd. a little in advance of the herd, and the wQuadeti Loll ready to renew the dreadful asstiu:t. Recollecting that he was an Englishman, and withal a nobleman, John Bull was too firm to r!treat. The Snail* again pitcl ie n again Jo4n . Bull came cltai upon the p1.1.2D. ti,ll.d and fourti. tal4s I t4e Sgt.: rroJa - e,l, wan tlte Eug'o,hmJA f oc ithe tt • that the bull we 10e encn of a dem loorat tv respect nobility, and re4.::zb,iring that ‘'disoretion the better part of valo r ," t oo k to heels and /atoll* pla,a :.au Ins to r so itt c ones possession of she susaay.—Zossinoso C) LI =I NUMBER 31,
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