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ADrerrisstnitlrs one, 011ar per square of twelve floes. oi
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cry subseqoent insertion. * llbentl discount will be toade'tri
the who advertise by thecyeir.
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POPATRY.
Rllll4 - 61.
To the li .:l ,asic of Mozart
BT:: DELTA.
GONE art thou, hilouthful sweetness,
TiMe's short elka - ngeful voyage.o'er;
Now thy imanty iii completeness .
Booms on Heafen's unfadixig shore :
What to us is life ehind thee I
Darkness and Aespair alone!
When with sighs We seek to find thee,
Echo answers ninon for moan !
Not imwinter's stormy bluster
Did'st thou dra4p impale decay,
But mid summer llzht and lustre
• Pass'd to Paradise away—
Yes ! when,-trined,itta rapture only:
Sang the birds thong the bowers,
Rapt from earth tis leave us lonely,
Bliss was thine and sorrow ours I
Mourners, solemn vigil keeping,
Knelt in. silenee,;ruund 'thy bed;
Could they deem glee only sleeping,
When to Heard thy spirit fled?
'Yes: that spirit thdn was winging
Upwards from itP. shell of clay,
-6-nardian angels rand it' singing-r
-.4Veleome to tki realms of day!'
, Less when Eve's shadows darkling
Shut the wild it veers on the lea,
Than when Dawu'l last Star is sparkling,
Silence draws oiir thoughts to thee—
Thee—who, rlbedfin. light excelng,
Stood'st a ser:l4 by the hearth—
Far too bright for fn irtal -
Far—by far, Wel good for-earth! ,
Fare-thee-sell,: mit rack . of gl.zy
Shows where'er thy steps hare been,
Makin,, Lie a lorily store,
Earth a rich, ronftantie scene :
Dim when Duty's -ay before us,
As the magnetlOtarts
May thy pure starc,kgiowing o'er%ais`.`"'•'
Paint the path ttp Heaven and,Thee!
Frnm tat Naunnal Era .
'WO .D$ OF MOPE.
Dreamers? wake' t from your revery-
Sleepers ! rouse ye from Your sleep !
Wrong and Vice, hi virtue's livery,
Round ye like the serpents creep!!
Fix your glances db futurity—
Lo ! where beaMs the day-spring bright :
Ye may yet know jpy and purity--
Darkness may lie changed to light!
God sleeps not, thiMgh sleeps flumanity—
Mires he still its Fire and\cloud:
Heaven is not a vest Inanity-L \
Earth is more tlian mankind's shroud!
Good is in our rack, though hidden—
Peaee
is mimlitiek far than strife •
Earth may yet beade an Eden—
Heaven be reached in mortal life 1
There is nought stihigh and holy,
As the Hope which conquers Zan :
In yourselves, ye crushed and fowly,
Lives the powei to rise again !
Trust not that whlch startles reason—
Good can ne'er 'le gained by ill;
All that chains, orb clouds, is treason :
Nought is powieul but WILL lr
Would ye read tilt eternars mystery?
Like Bartimeua view the day !
Eyes that best diicern God's mystery
Were anncanted first with clay. • .
Gaze from well-dOths up to heaven,
A•nd ye see the stays at noon
Thus to lowly see is eiren
Reason's best ?d richest boon!
Not one grain of ittarth's material i.
Ever was, orl be, lost— • l i
Aud'shall man's 'eat soul: Ethereal, li
Be to dark obbVion tort? • - •
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Boldly speak, relliWint, Raper!'
Truth's appealtanust moll , on •ig 1 :
Each great word4eaeh feeble whiseer— I
Once breathedhlut, can NEVER DIE! I
• NIGANNE. .i
Ifatermon'a Exchange, Philadelphia, Sept. ri
MISCELLANY.
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BACIIELORB.-4; Jo hnson thi D
losophy'of a ma rri in a few wide: ' , A i
_married man: sip age
has many e
alraetelorlias pl*,anres.' Cutting ltirnsf4,
off from life's meal and most eiquisite eilyyt
meats, for fear .of same trifling aunoyance,lP
emulates the sagacity of the , wise-acre whfi
amputated let to 'secure himself fr 4
dorns
LOTZ. we - love
our mode ; .at len t lio
Ways; at sixteen, O res at twenty, ouraweet
head; at twenty4tve, our .:wives; it fort'
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er- A eelebra wit was' asked why
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did not marry a'yoling lady to Whom he:w#:
attached. , 'I Anoir not,'sbe 1;9110, ' except
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Ai TOY'S DAUGHTER.
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, tale el' amp Altaketrk Valley In 1728.
" he 11L
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o haw Iti —7— - •
k Valle Y, and indeed the whole
country id;trued by the Five: Nations, was
the **tut. 'ftsnceessive wars, from the dis
ail,
covety slowu j itti the American Revolution.—
Thesis, the ',fore, no Section of the United
gtaies so rielt in historical'incidant as the Val
ley OfiliklUsallawk and the contiguous territo
ry the treser—introduction to life of Brant,
p. 1, . - i
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"he inhaldtantslof this Valley were nee
essaiily an armed yeomanry, watching for
themselves, aid standing sentinels for each
pther in turn-l—harrassed daily by conflicting,
rumors; now ladrnonished of - the approach of
the foe in the dight by the flames of a
iteighboes hou,Se i or compelled suddenly to es
cape from. his approach at a time and in a di
rection the leAlksti expected."—Life of Brant,.
Vol. 1. p. 315;
I
, • CUAPTER I.
i
Logo before the breaking out o'f our war of
' "ridependence, •iome parts of the
...Mohawk t-al
ley had been settled lay a population of varied
character. The cool and phlegmatic Garman,
I the sturdy E glishaan, the warm-hear`ted
Saoichumn, an the ',Witless, active, enterpris
ing-son of the' amens, had found their way to
this rich, fertil4 region, and plantpd their houres c
here upon t•lit outskirts, of civilized life. A
few villages hail started up, and settlements '
were scatteredlo ...groups for many miles alonf: i
the river, •whicti•klerived ;its name from one of !
the boldest
,trues of the Six NationS. - The!
Indian receded las the white man advaire:d ; j
and to this and the mixed character or the in
habitants, was probably owing that here was
1
the theatre of 6 me of the !fiercest encounters
known in the Pd'evolutionl •
The brents 4f our; sketch tranSpired in one j
of the Most weatern of these settlements. The
inhabitants wek principally from the eastern !
c dollies, and c Sequently whigs ; but one or 1
two emigrated rom England, and were known ;
totbe friend;y t the royal cause.
Toward the rose of ai cool day in March,
1778, a yowl , r
an stood in front of a lo:
i n
dwelling in the :ewer part of this settlement, •
lea:ing careleat f upon a; richly . . mounted rille.l
re
A matron in die lire was upon the thresh-1
'm id, apparentli admirink the ;m anly form of;
her 4 son. I . . r /
' Where now,ljames ?' 'she asked..
'O, ram goi'k to the upper part or the set- i
Clement' - 1
' Yes; and toisee Sarah Hart, . why do soul,
not say ? I'm Veil- I fni yOu will k4t, into some
trap yet with 'Oat: old t4ry of a: father ; and
you know too, ptineral Carlpton,w soinewhe. l
in the yalliy.' i! , . 1
' neneril Ca Teton comes as a kpy from Can- ,
ada, and liwould be glad to meet bini, for I
heard fro ni Jokbstowu a day or two ag6 . thati
General kleyfOette had ',offered fifty gainsas ,
for his cal . ,'urej But von know, mother, tilith 1
Jack—via re 41 the dog? Here, Jack'' he;
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shouted, nd lisenn the noble • animal came;
bounding to lits Side. :` Yon know, mother,
when Jack is al o ng, I am prepared against any
surpris•
Yo lt
and Jalc k would,make a poor fight a
gamst dozen f Branfalndians.' .
'- '.lt'sit ' oo 'earl for than.' . 1
' i Well—may ite -so.' :
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• James threw his rifle on . his left shoulder,
and instead of `!taking the road, struck across
the fields for the forest, followed by his faithful
. og, end •the eyes of admiring mother.
re's a nob boy' •god bless him !' she ex
claim • d, as theiforest hid hint . from her view.
A : t :lit snew lay upon the ground, and
when Jam , . Harper—f or that was the young
man's Maine, .dice fairly entered the wood; he
exhibited the t* .e habits of the borderer.—
Passing quiet] . an. leiskirely along, he exam
hied every tra . .an - (4-print ; now following
with his, eye, no far as l'sion could reach, the
fresh trail, till Isatisfied it as that of a 'settler,
and hgarti tryi* to Start; his '. . after some an
imal that appeared recently to .. ce passed. •
In this manger he had walked, . erhaps two
Mlles, when beicame near a clearing hat sur- ,
rounded the house of one of the settlers. The
building, fihe most in the settlement, was : on-1
- irtructnd of lo; and therefore less fitted
resist. the atta sof the Indians, than the stone
[
dwelling erect, by many of the German t t
resi
dents. ni. the Talley. Ityasicareely a hundred ,
rods from, the testi on pne side; while on .el
If
other, htretche , for some distance, the .elds,
rendered, fit fo . cultivation by, the in stry of '
_.,, „, 1., t 1 • ~,
man. „ c 1 ,
Dr4Aght,ba4 n,i2z l n faiiHriNra
,;,:.o1 - - -
,;,:.o r0,1 , -- --. r le e
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.. ~ sT, i • through the
tree tops, making the plet e ,beautiful indeed.
it Was'the re 4 hour fo meetingat the tryst
.
m g pliee . .., Seating !" . elf upon a log beneath
a larger tree,Harper co , meneed, whistling the
,air ; . Godillav4the Eine.' The dog composed
himself qemtiv at his master's feet, looking up
iojtki face with 'an intelligence that indicated
lie wati no uniipteresteLeti!pectator in, the scene
Harper no* ciat toilet's glances in the dime
lion of the dilingoteg e*.pectingla reply ti
his siOal fm' in that quarter.- , ,None caine, an
lte,*flient,ed tt e skin Still Were will no an
sirenlatairan hour pissed in this way, ai
tie too* hi s eye to'cilicit -the:ippearanse o
sinus! inie, to jio Pure:. •
i , ,TiFkl'said Ile ' the dog lxmodpi opin:1;• •
anistliefilap,lnid lilkingi3 as if airtut there w .
something MI% ' Jikek r old f4ow! surel
Yorrriiistitisleannot forg et the ' .time: 'All
nooight : 4ol4le;_ wine tory ,plotting the
likelkonnneti; . 11134 145 knows imt her lathe
limy* i iillthe Secret of Carleton's hidinzpiace
'
Chit , ' 'bntioAgialts , ,liealC•day comecame:;
in : itho, re ' 7 / 4 4 4 i- fliri* 4 . Isietiasoin
ti
'tediii /1: 1 1 1 4 ''ltniethii .."- steno or a ailrere2
, olieriinter. - Mr. liarto the- proprietor,• 111.1
exam an
leaniast forty4ve, ot, dark comp] • '
,
MONTROSg
quiet demeanor,. By his side at ape -
medium :height, engaged in earnest con •
tron, while redlhatr, quick, impatient ton,
restlessOss, indicaled a fiery rasbneSsian
gpvernedltemper. There was also an ex
sion of lqw, cunning in his light gray qe, ;
liarlidisigreeable and repulsive. The d.
ter, asmTrig
a girl of eighteen as ever
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s
dened the - heart of a parent,- or made a 1 ,
ache, wad engaged, with her mother i .abon
domestiOffairs.
' Thet4 is little use in talking to me,
Sudo., aid .Mr. Hart ; 'I do not wish t
gage in the quarrel between the king and
gess.'
But iis your duty to the king.' •
'No; ihe quarrel was none of see
and I lied much rather enjoy the qui
IMme, titan endeavcr to earn laurels 0 ,
field.'
' 4 Thetrl'am to understand that yon w
desert tl4 king.'
'Not by any means.'
But you wm't join his other loyal
ironaintzlining here his rights and your
t!' My rights hare nut been disturbed ;
tell you again, I do' not wish to take p.
this wart;
' Tuenl say to you, that you act the
of a—'
' Hold; exclaiined Mr. Hart, in a tone
with a Ida: that made 'the sordid bein .
fore him `rittail.
Snyder felt that he had - gonetoo far, a
his object' was to gain the active coupe
ofhis lr:st in favor of, the royal cause, it,
°tend hith, he for once choked down his w
and sou Otto appease the lion he had pa
roused,;':
Do tot, misconstrue my language,
Hart ; I only *ish to serve the king
down aga)n, and listen to me:
-'At thi:inoinent the signal of Harper ca
the ear of• Mr. Hart.
Hark l' said he, stopping and assnmin .
attitude pf a listener. ''there is some
whistlinglin the woods back of the house.'
''Tis TM strange circumstance, as Ish
judge,' replied Snyder; 'some settler, pr
retuOing from his work.'
'But listen ; that is an air we are not
to hear in'these quarters, or my ears tel
the tmth!.
h There *es a pause, and in a few minhtes
the notes 'Ounded clear upon the night airj
Its God save the King,' as I live:lex-1
,Maimed ;S3} - der.
b`Trud ',i and therein lies the mystery.' for
esides otiz'selves, I do- not know another lot-al-
Ist withid,imanv miles.' ' •
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1 •-.D0.n4 gl put, Mr, Hart—do not go put. •
There's s4anething, wrong about it, depend pip
on it. •Bilt hark ! the sound is dying away af- 1
ter ail ; 'tiffs as I said—some settler returling
[hetne.' •l t
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!there might have been one at least that cbuld
have - g.uoiised the errand of the person tom I
had thus dared ti whistle a loyal air in a et-';
, tlernent ciim posed mainly' of Whigs. Sarah had
heard the;isignal some time -before, buttio ood
chance ofihred itself ro obey the summing ; 1
and she l'as exceedingly pained when the dotes
died atra - . in the distance as they did.
‘SnvdeOlid become too eager in his object;
to be tarriedfrom it by this slight interop
tion, arid he 'renewed the attack with increitsed
vigor. ;! '
• Therwill be different times,' he resutted,
iiiewing Ills chair closer to his guest; ' different
times, Mrl' Hart. the coming summer, fromhat
we had last. The rebels made much ado ver
their capture of Burgoyne, and the retr tof
Colonel St,.. Leger ; but they will have dill ent
persons to deal with this season. They i will
not hold Sway in the valley much longer.'
' I hardly understand you.' •
'Then4 will 'explain, said he, speaking in a
low tonea.nd glancing around as though ap
prehensife some person might be in earshot
who ought not to hear him. - 'General Carle
ten has'lleen among our friends in the : lower
part-of t4e Talley some time, trying 'to make,
arrangerdents for restoring there the kin's'
rights 41.4 our own.'
' Wha(! Gen. Carleton, from . Canada?'
'11.114d, -bush ! speak lower l'
, ' But Ore you not deceived ?'
' No— 3e was at Johnstown but a few days
a'Fo,' anOli oyalists there have resolved to
01 him iti . 1 their power.'
'l3u hat does he propose ?'
.o Wino. a force 'from Canada, and with
o-operation reduce the rebels to obedi
4. f. , •
' well! ,
exclaiined Mr. Hart. -*
, and striding
d
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.g
, n. forth ;
th a : . I pvject. ' . •
• .r- advantage, and deterOinea
• Mr. Hart ; and - none
conceive it. And,'
drawing from his
his something
t Talley.'
1. in Si
.m.
diene•
' W
from his•sc
must ow.ttaa
saw
to folloW'it up.
Bold!' and feasiblt \
but a brae man would
continued he, rising, ant.
pocket n,!'slip of paper; hei
from Cot Carleton himself.'
To Me
fi To the friends of the king in t
:Mr!: LWrt took the paper and read h
knee. !The contents' seemed to displease
Ile lipeaks of the recreancy of those loyal
ists whOidid not take up arms the last'season
for the king. I And he soya, too, he will dea
-1 troy erefvitebel settlement here, and hang er
eirebellbefore his own door, bat what be will
re•eotottlei; the vallef,t
• Ile
he should.'
r Ile AtYs, too, that Capt4xl'.ltrant will aid
lure wit a largo Indian twee. That bloody
*horrible! tell you l Peter Snyder,'
I t.. elaginaflinging the paper froth bim,his eye
liaittoglisith fire, engage in no.suelt tran
iSactiinsLthe kiniscattso does not demand.,
; • .'Tberi t was a storm rising, but . Snyder again
lebolted4own lids anger as best he.could. Tor
in hourlonger he labored to'vecure Ids object;
ftjuld her We will leave bite to titlie op'another
tour imriative.
•
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THUtaDity,
15,47.
'CUApTER li. ;
The time to Harper, waiting there 'neatb
the trysting tr ee, passed heavily indeed. Ma
ny were 'the reasons Suggested to his mind for
the non-iPpearaiee of her whom' he hoped to
meet.; yet each onesih its turn , iras dismissed
as—improbable and unsatisfactoi - Y. He rose
and walked away, repeating the sigx,ml as be
went ; half inclined tb i 'believe his, stay was use
less; but* would Pot do—his heart drew'hiin,
back agaitt to the spot. ' ,
The stay of hie affecticm 1 'for the Tory's
daughter, partoo . pot Of the strange or marvel
lous. They oft !met at the merg-making of
the settlers, and t arper pleased WO the frank
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and open hearte girl' had witoed, and won.—
He was avarm Whig,' and the father of Sarah
was as well known to;.be favorable to the roy
al cause, though he had hitherto declined ta
king anypart in the War: During, the year
before—that of I777ver memorable in the
Mohawk Valley for the fierce struggles that
there took place—Harper attempted -to win
him over, to his country's cause. They came
to high words, the heated feelings of the time
hardly allowing temperate discussion, and Har
per was turned from . 1 .%1r. Hart's - deor, forbid
den the house, and Sarah told to forget him
forever I : The yonng heart however, is full O:
hope : it ever looks liirward with'eonfidence to
brighter skies and - happier days. SO was it in
this case. -.. :
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For more than an h'our Harper remained at.
!his post. The evening was nearly spent—the
moon, at first in the meridian, had declined to
wards the western horizon: Fully Satisfied
that longer to reamin;was folly, Harper resum
ni; rifle and slowly walked towards his home.
Sad thoughts were 'crowding through his mind.
Somehow thh faihire Of the Tory's daughter to
meet him, turned Lis attention to-the condition
of his country. All that interest, . wealth or
power could do, toVards crushing her, was at
tempted. • Her sins, 04, on whom she bad a
right to lean, were many of them, ready 10 be
tray and raise their arms against her. True,
she had so far maintained the unequal contest
most gallantly ; and hef noble spirits could
turn with pride to the fields of Lexington .and
Concord, Bunker Hill and Saratago ; ;but in
the future new elhudsiwere gathering, and e
ven now another situ* seemed ready to burst
over tleir• heads. , When would this -end ?
Would the right prevail ? Not fora moment
did he doubt the linaltriuroph of the colonies,
but through how many; more fields of blood
must they wade before that were accomplish
ed ? lie paused, leaning against a tree ; and
a man though he 'was; could havewept for his
bleeding c.ountry I Tras hearts like his that
won the bi.ttle iulthat olden time !
How long he stood; thus, he could not tell,
nor how lntig he Might have stood, had not the
uneasiness of Jack aroused him from his reve
rie. Ile wps juniping filo. upon his master
.I,— , startin g ' back upon thseknath—every
minute repeat.;.. el ,;,,,,,,n with Suigwar man
ifestations of•joy.!
'Jack :'—Fur 4 moment the •dog, stopped
and gaz -d earnestly in his face. And then a
nother sound reaehedthem through , the wood.
'James !'—lt Was faint, but thrilled through
the heart like the; topes of a lute.
'Go, Jack !' Andlaway bounded the noble
animal with the speede of light, followed scarce
ly less slowly by his Master.
'Sarah!'
'James!' •
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Again they were nnited—and together slow
ly returned to the old trysting place. In a
few moments tzarida hal explained the cause of
her detention, and Harper was in possession of
the plans and inonrions of the royalists, so
far a.Onyder had made them known to his
gnat.
'l3ut did Snyder finally prevail upon your
father to join their ?"
'No—and he gpt inta a great passion because
he could not.' •
'Did he tell where Carleton is ?'
'Do you know where the fetter was dated ?'
'Nor
'Did you see it at all ?'
•No, no, no—Why how fast yon crowd ques
tions together, James."
'These,plu.tterA mn4 be attended to.'
'My father'—
'Shall not 13e harmed, Sarah ; had we no
worse fuel to (mil country than he is, there
would be less raise t!d . sorrow. Then Gen
Carleton Says he Iwillihang every_ reb
his on-n door, but what he s
of the valley again
ous
o not' ; talk of these things now
James.' . i
'They 'are sad, Limon., to think of, but
sailder still is the reality'. And if Brant is to
harass us the next summer, it will be strange if
the war is )2ot bxought to the door of every
one.'
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A. Shudder ran thr'Ough the frame of the fair
girl as she'recollected the harbarities of the
I previous summer. '.. - " .
'Oh Vtis dreallfuljr She exclaiMed, covering
her eyes With he. hdads, as:if to shut out the
fearful vision ;. and ao'you i remember, James,
the little girls that were shdt near Fort Schuy
ler while ;gathering herri' es `4' .1...
'Retribution. Will •Hurely dome - for suck..aets,
arah." '/,'i . i- . • -- •.,• . . • 1
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' t willir—sutidenty. her - 46,4' and manner
ehan dil`'and2reiw linen James, 'lWould I
never y: 4 till itionstm 4 s-wete-drivea from i
My count : ' , 1 .- -'. •., - ~,. ,:. - '-'. ~1
'Yon aide a''. obd, 'brave girl, and , the most I
wish is, •that nillitmerican,Mert-htut the! .same
feelings: But let ui talk no, Moro of these
things oe'W.' 1 '': . I ' - 1
Fearftd. as w . thiitmtio, Aiiiiy-tonnif Mk
ny.thingS:ais fre tftil'ef- cOntrOreatiori . as ' 04
~ dangers - that ' irOiiiatioili the."-:litiii'll('it .
strange4for ill 't isketrtingerlit our . " bOfitiee
than tholeffecti ' th4'loliteli . ltr .heittii' l P
Many . weri the hingeseia , in': t iit'' islioit
_'.',balf
hOur; - bUtisie bb - Uot'''Wit ' dri4: l !lOU,- 'Mattson
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that :hangs-over thews nor , frib Ithi: ti hie s'o?
porting came, Iv itrefattetri t lifiiiitottihOwltda .
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By times ;Vl* ' • —.. tiight ! !' !vas .pud--12$* Of-
P s.':l
,711Pr'"• - e possession
be s very valor-
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ten the last word was utte ed, •onlfteloe fol
lowed b3rTanotheand how earnestly .re
peated the;(4l-tolti , tale of-affection. They
parted—Sarah to j return to her . ~home,] and
Harper to retracehie steps , down the settle
ment. •
CIIAPTER frr.
Near the centre of this , little.; settle m ent
stood the oni t yoritte Imildlr4 ia.ip 7 tle •ptm
-1 ertyof i Jco
i t .el*ie) il asgeed tn4,true
a whg es ever sustained Ent country S epuse.- r , -
Ha had beetiiin'the - brittlkelf OrisliiirY; ithia
_at
the raising tif „the seigeiol Fort .Sebuyleil and:
won a 1 4 1 .i'antkta,tion Tor Itiasery and peMobi -
A darin g , ; and r his house Was . the acknowP
edged head quarters of the Whigs... -
,
,Scarcely hid daYlight" diiiirled It the least
the following' morningt•wleni Haipei was ten
(ling „his steps' toward :Abe ;dwelling of Ivan
Schatnei„ He met a4tearty welcome,. and&was
soon alone with his hest. In as ,fe* worts as
possible, he comniunieated what he liad gleaned.
ned
plottingfrom Sara" of the arid intentions ol• the
tories. The honest German, war, aroused in a
moment, and the fire that bad gleamed ordy hi
battle, burned once again with unwonted! in=
tenseness. . I
'Pratit's In'us, ch ? • Der tuyful l' 1,
• 'But not on word:now, Von Schauteti do
you whisper owhom we get this, informs `on.
The feeble who aid us in this way, should lev
er(7
be harmed in a hair of their heads b'l our
agency.'
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'Feder Snyder !---he von' scoundrel I , put
der. Kummitty of Safety must,know all:about
it.' - i•
'Yon are right; we must immediately' lend
this information to. the Committee of Sa . ety.
1
You have a good horse in your staltle a a a
trusty man to lack him ; get theta ready while
1
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"To be Shure !"—and away, went Von
Schamel on his errand. Soon he was head at
the
,head of the stairs, in another part ofi the
house. ,
"Here ! Shon "? Shon ! come den, upiJ
wid
you, you son of a lazy lout—up *id yoti !--
Get out de•gray mare; put on !de' saddlq !
and do you hear ': Get de pistcilli ieady.', •
John bestirred himself with a will for lie 4 Saw
plainly that. is master wasiii earilrist. ''t Idle
things were in preparation, Harper .wro to
the committee as Ulan's: i •
To the Comnlittee,of
.2 Safei
"We have learned Crew goodiintit'iDrity t hat
Col. Carleton intends to descend On. the settle
ments along` the Mohawk this' siring With
,a
force from Clanada,And endeavor eirregaimpos
session of the Valley: 13raitt, with an Indi
an force, is e te aid him; and hp ,is trying t 4 get
the tories remaining in. the cMantry, to join him
also. He has even attempted to - win dab e
rents in this little settlement. 'You Can rely ;upon
these faets, whieh we thought 'best to' commu
nicate. • i " i
"James Harpei."
John had completed his aitangements the
horse was before the door : the pi Cols Wet e in
the holsters;.and Von Schamel was examining
to see that every buckle was attended to,l arid
every strap properly tucked in its Own Lai).
. 'Get de prbad sword, non.'"
'Raaly'—the man John Was front the !eas
tern colonies,:) 'but I reckon II abet-It want it.'
• Dunderation ! do as I pill', mityer Phori
tan notions. , And
..1 tell y.on."to shoot de !lust
man that dries to stop yotr. Nriythur ont
you spare de 'mate, shes gout pottom asi can
stand it! '..
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John had mou'Aed and watready to receive
the letter and instructions of arper,, when the
thundering of a-horse over the froien and! but
partially cowered ground, attested tlieitat ten
don. Soon ': the horieman•tarned an angl in
the road front the tutpfr part, of the settleMent
and was ridiiiig arld'kgallop towards them.
'That is SztvddiT exclaimed Ilt i Mper. ',.
'So it is, and he's in a hurry—prat now i've'll
send kin: to ;der Koarmity!. • - •
Snyder-vitae on, and in a few Moments he
was riding directly past, when Von Scliamel
hailed ,bim. '
1
" Hallo ! glop there! you ta . m rascali.. , s-
But instead of obeying, Snyal
horse to•greaterspeed,mnd -
row, The tipirit
tip, and ord,il
ed•ia
rgeti his
fast, like au ar-.
Sehaut4l vas
.Olin', to dismount, he vatilt
r‘aaddle, and started after Snyder at
speed: • - r• • I ~'
'Away tbey.went, pursuer and pursued. IStiy
der was well' mounted• r —be. rode A large, and
powerfuldniiail; but Von Schmucl evidently
backed a beitst of more mettle. ‘‘ The Speed
of thought '!, was in her limbi, and' he dashed
after the fugitive like the wind. Snyder was
ignorant as caus,e of the '• pursuit, htit he
k'new there ivere papers alma litn.that should
be kept froth the hands of the' Whigr. ). His
personal saftity was also et ske, for be,,veri
well know that if caught with - Col. -Carleton s I
letter in bilpossession, he worildlie verilike-'
ly to be &nit- before the •Cominittee of Safety'
to undergo . an Otuninatiou that might:tw i t And
at all to' bis 'Wishes. .; •
6n— on- —' t ley spe . 4' l The whole
oue .
bo *
ld
had by this joined : Harper a the man
John to - witness'the race. - ' f:
•There -they are i' . exelairle d 'John asil they
emergedfr+ behind a Irefullnearly a nulti: 'off;
stretching ttway with tire utmost-elfort..,ltWal
--by--by holteAlbert •a pistol'—do' - YOli ,see
the smoke If- , tleyder - bid beoer.iiific .ui),'for
theold iles4-18-Oroper:good-griti!,:i .-i -= 1 ! H. , .
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AO,BIANi IN liEil, LIFE,-The Cilipid'
ChitirdereftirtliSh443 aWith the Moab' .iiiei
bit !of a romance :1— 4 '-' '" r -.- ' ' ' ' ' '
' . About tvi, elle 5 3 # 1 0 , ' 4 iquiiiieni einan'
• • .
whose want we for , .ats* to mention : re el mg . ni
i
at interior county of Kentucky became . limo.
t en ..., Ls faliingin ye is usually tirmedLiwith
11 t
tinkflatight4 OE II P4tbYUieraiiiel' - laito
WatraTtitellbjrtbo Iflrfgul-b4e l i: 'girt :t''. -
young man inning .w i t o4 1 4 , t4Inguien _ j
having tiothingtO . iidi 'iraliii o
daiiry andlresoletiors 14 aft was' -
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iiiritii . :i;, i' , ',. :les:, 0 , 11 the , NTealttir! met.
e'. nt. To a motile . tsa chagrin and , . fir -
. , ititniCtit; tlibliron , - youttiTitttifie tan of
:cbildhOod4Liaddhviilieyiiit4ol4 - 14Y 4 =-.
1 ring:which , : ti)nd , , olword*as ! ,l 3t ead, o f hi t i l .
:1. iyent,t9,tkOil: .t
I h tidickalennylps4 J ad
, : ptyer,, , ii4 tciic,i 5nt391
"._,4oed:iine
.e poseessiial an ! enense4i o ni. Tn I the
:an tiiiVOntiii i a VF3 , btlAa
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d died a poor! bro en heittedEninii;l leiivini
,i 4.,
i:':wife. and:4l4*M ; r de ctidahkrlioni,the color;
.iities, 9f, 0 6 AFPT,4-, , , , tv7*, , peywiri. . 2 g
, 1 1 4 in7ealt.h: A. c..tF. lovAf.pr,rsuinined
▪ ilitillio '6 . 44 yiinitrui . voliS; an two _ "days
4 the retiiial'oVtli' e . wiiideiiii l iii i :o his
*chciislitdilltrol f , to ti4lillyttiiirialoitlter.
' i* btautifulaTt tcsnlitaild'illearligal eitorld
r!tili,is
.the VOI4I 4 , 4'0., k TinSI'VO 1 .
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'. -:• -`,riviii the'',:naieneirOliiiiadaV sti;4l. .
11144, oittol4ll4-41t li...VOßhglitAgliffpl:
w* tF C . -, - ;'0 1 1 0 ,0 4 0 4 t OCYPOtOPPYPF*-Proge
.I;thong4we'iad sAniont4Wy midci-
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ei be ti' tateelatieea eniintry y. scleol, l *e!
. a.ubtnotWe . 'had2'Ratintiecelieplieioriv
fr i in. thechicif.iommitee-m 0 ..; of . ait - idiseure
(I . ' triet iathestate.Of Alaipei.an intitati,*"to
fl .-b our i!iTgi4-.0c.0Xq.7.* 1 th i s -3" . 4elioful'
ly, , ecoptiid'il task; at c*i,...dellers amonth,
w th' the enCii.ide pri4ilege - Of!'flieetaairiiiind
w t h eist ehargc, - * - - - : ~-1 .
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One fine, , bkight; -cold:1-Mondtly•morniiigwwe
To ind ourself.-ea : the !cello of!. action... -.lli.,Was
in a cedar swamp, on.* back. or flOrthorn
sire of a blaekand barren range of bills `Called
A. pleton iidie,;'.'-an'appropri!te tinirie"Wieept
fo L the Niple.ir All the houses and -Liiildilgs
in 'the place weEit'built bfings,with the - iieep- •
ti in of the respectable eat .of . learning,,,, ; peri
w , :ich we,WeretO have he .honor to preside.
At nine 'o'clock ye • took'' Or: ' our' 'Tijiikeittal
d. k, and Wiltli:beelitoiit l graVity . 'pkeittrigaied ,
o i reode OflaWs.l ' . ., 1 -, -: !':•.-'
. The usual
-exercises f.gee.ding..andi-spelling
b king been giMe_thlou 11. with. .we .begaa,.. 4 4
a dour flock rather un 1y... 'Mail &par
(k ,
se d one: "Please;-,sir„ lijiPeak't ir tfaid . iia
ot er. • Of eottraeia - itnirit ,, extreme' , , deibee,"ite '
. j. ciliate .and4nake filen& ecall,WataYie,per
mseion. .. Thafpomenf wetly:ere ~domli„kr.
Iz..' 'ery schoTar was' up, and eyery . toOgne.. 4 wr
lo; se, !may I giput 1. , ' Idtv -1.---**o4r—
ri, ay' rapeak.'cl' - ',i-Xityl : spek.l'''iiii :'elf-- r ivere
g ! 'ng out oral! were :'speaiing. ‘. Thbs- Fliteliied .
tfe ; first day::: Nigig, r,igver .i;deseonded, , ,o2,,,a
W:, tier map. ji.- . .Fi.e,sought °Mr boarding 'ldailo
: i and Whit aria:lke:l al% Ilevel, ehnopl ir p
ita, ge as i'ifaiyti 'east` snow ~drift, 'Catania; .
o e room andlii attic, 'stone fire)=-plice iiiid .
h ' 'red eouplelandlen childkO, of all-Sl7,eetiite
dig and, two eats,.,. : • ;. 4 -.
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At suppqvall•partiesaurtkamded„tho,,,ta- .
be. It consisted of tek,sw . neteneci iyiCipr-
I I , Sses, fried ji4ii',..dini boile4otatoes, andcern •
' b eh& baked:to the hardueis of a -'ilbek,: 3 l ,-. Bat
';. .e tea was musty, the huttilt:Wagiancid;Afid
U '7potk--w&nev.ef,sat,--por44-;-so in': apt A*l
- pt in the: attic, TO *Met s. l .,ase eplidligli.,
, e
ai l . of the stones that proje4iikfieinitlf4ldni
n,y : s S.o ended our
,firat, day, , ' ':.
The secOnd - 64. . Arose'; :early, w0 1 1t„ to
S i uire - Lezitiiken's to boaidll 7:11- iaiiii et"-Ethe.
s Me•materiel'and dimension!: -'llreakfatita&
• pork and rye.e.affee, 'anctlutterillins4-.10
hag's fat., Carried our : dhu+r,to .gT,001,00,1
J.l,',nse'iii our pocket c it consisted, as We fanid
o.' opening it, of two slices of - rye' bieed,With
p.'rk fat spread bettreentheM, as ii - eubslitiiin
fo ' hater: - At sehoolfotind the seholarsirOrae
t an eyer- r whipped: six boys Audt : leur v ls
a.d got whipped o if, andi,,thFeWa..entr. jPto'
a . now hanky ' ' I, - ', ' '
' I Third der.y.'i - l'ire'We - ten - cat' inventna.
A the earliest-.dawn• e fled -itia Idifeei ( Callifat
ur& ?
ll' pc. ; 'and ; flinch-need had we ,• of , -bope: - I W4
h ye nevekhehrd frerp, that, Oace.,, since ;;
11 N'e t! 1 4,-1700 1 .1 - dMT9X I .-°O.Td, i?fol
w, at country. we ,•I(ed. ever,,
to ,pt at ;idled keeping.''
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-L.- 1 fil'oill;',
. • 7 A 40 'l. *ilif/ITi -, ',:„ ;i 4 -` Li '
A iOrei .; '''O4siliriiideiii, Oil' : ,?Ii uii 4 i•-, Ylf c
a. • iisitellaibe,nnising ' iuequole• , wnly o A r.
i ow& '-'.. ; :,,, Cl' ~` ~,,l• i ; - I , : 21: - ..:4 ,i,ci-A,;),1 , /
Ine beautiful :day we • were sane brisltill
t fur from ilipPtraits tof , ,Gilualter, ~ .:::-/.1)1,46i
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p sseng'ers were ,Felk that.. day, and., • !n.r, . k 1., ,1
hl, fine, spirltS: Our appetites were i i i very ' •
far
a.(, ire ecindifieii and we ' looked' feiyr'i'd'tty" - ti
di nor - with. a :emit tiaintelloitnalYe,gernesi.: •
T ' a time • mile, and we iwent*the table,-,de
li ! litil,i.it4 the, prospect t bifcri4ligii*Arif'4 Oft
c&ntrp WaS an , innense. t*44;ofpor,tp,,,aqd,.ol4
~ ntents'sent itp - a refreshingi .idpi. . virf 'were
Si Tn seated, find' ' ring fo"partdke- iiielt':
w en , elan !,. for t - - Exmotations otlitiell.
tly good 3.::: , E; _skylight above thitabytliot•
b en left opet,i;:for the' sake ,ipf -vOOll4lO
.07 ;
fortunately ; .- ii. :OR, same ,n 1 9 1 4C 4 t; 1AP 1 49-19f.1•
t e live iteek:cif `tb - esli•p . Weito.•fit#4,sineution.
t e deck,- an&cine 'of't it iiiiil!er,lViitotillitill
tl • pig, niaking , a';liii ett,' didpped plump - liitiO
ii soup!, „,..linaginn,tl „neeite„tl, , ,,s.The p ot s r . o i r . 4 .
m t e
i al luul npy,6,r. c!1. ta. 0149 , -.... , upaggofir.
iv 'e se'eiety , ,VOOcin.e.4 , b7,qp.ii!,sapa Akreit .
e, relisiftius 1 intilidneti,' `Hi s -, sued - ap
..rinee,iiiiittlie alteady , tul '' diiiiiCiAi)tituiriii
i
d - h in every ;direction: • No •a faca.lkoif4voit
as left unvisitedby:Abe kolitturo. - onr : ,,,enp
1 t ' ittt 4 : 26ll ` } joing','''ttlitiritsVitt'Afili l the fullest
a Mare, .TlA - S - 4 1 pkiLiudge,018 . 4106 -4 irheiti
Ok,yoll:l4_4aot - 011.4! iltiel_ UtiCißfrfile Itig i
c ufs4a6wii hjilliCer..)iuti,oo : llB_,lVll w - ett
•''efri iiplitiiidih - o.'*itli.o4:iiit'S _'of iciois ti
l eki
• ii., iiiitti vrtiteb . thi , .Nofito, isii - nnot - , , nit
ost ridiculous objecii how** , iistl - 14-.NiiM -
ttinfteeetunotr-of this' scene: -. lJisittit" ..' I t ,
'' ii not laiwein'aillinbitirtititi4'. .''leer ~ ; , : . 4 1'
1 MI . uni4 - iiiialtiag "4,14 - fraxat•'•o *,',.''
' ' II - th ---
4 - • ' a 1 any i'oti 11 *lick.
° — ' 4,!‘,.R F--# ll s . :gtOnk .. ' ~ _ ,
4 490 m4 2 , o f,#‘ l l. 3 4.ferf.q ( Ai i i**4o,,
i d r :iiiii
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iii i : e li t t hi tli ii - e: i tilb 1 3. - Tu icA7. - lii : : 141 4
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rlfsiot re:i
i tie nt vi lobli iiiiii , : ho tii y..o4j apF6ri mmets :hatili . k., , 1 ,... : :::
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f ilm
'itiblo . 'lrtios ~ we went - it, wash: oil. TR. ,
F. inio -- tiiii 4 * d a170 11 .. Pii:lni 4 a. PF ' 4 . l .°4°'t
us'lb anoth e r` ifiape.. - , : - ''' - .z. • ~.
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