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MALIN & SLOAN, PUBLISHERS.
VOLUME 26.
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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)
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NUMBER 31,