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' TO TIIE lllllDliiiitt'' .'.
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Flow on : fl o w oe, thonrocklirtael!
kreest where all else is:free—.
C a l m as that siormless restinglilace
' vTh e ile image sleeps upim thy face,
'AI though on. earth one scene were Oren;
Oct and4asfair;as Heaven; . • I ..1
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lhenmooih as the plain, though rxiountnjn:l..
• hildlof the Highlands, flow on, flow 6111. '
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Od i tf the Highlands, arceind.tbee lie '
_,. .
-whew fame may never die: 1 1
;:re Where-glows our etiuntrfsfrrels 1 ,
iY•iirines whose' flame mar ne'er expire,
trittil bbliiimf's wave shall roll v`
,t .•pu'er the wave where sleeps the Pol l
i, ed isatriot tongues pronounce with I
sha ..1
i
~.-., '4ornon's sainted chieftain's; name: I 1
weetstrearn !. how oh, when evening
$ pion the towering. crow-nest hung, !' ,
nclshed its deep, ,deep crimson skowi
1 oll..the - variesl scenes below, I •
"Howhoft. I've gazed, and deemed the 4r4ile„
ure Nwas some seraph's gladsome sznile;
tiding with such unearthly light,
A scene so beautiful and bright. •
,::Gay..itrearned its rays on flood and fell, , I ,
tiOn -granite cliff, and wooded dell; .
k'ew clotaLs the western verge that friniefi,
VVitth anunless varying litiesWere'tfligod t
While distant Newburg's slender spires,
fl;eented glowing with unearthly fires,
And the far Caatskill's lofty height
Were bathed in floods of silver light.
!Grim sinned old Panam'a storied towers,
OM Clinton's mounds and cedar bowers,.
nd mouldering Walls, and ruins gray,
.piduha bright/3- in that evening ray;
eW'ettitadly siniled the Traitor's Home, :.
ts• . ;lend its dim, its gtave-like gloom,.
if Hist Sun like mercy came
E °lighten even Arnald's ahame.
•
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' aell i 124 rays most cheerly, where ! i
,
i.. ,
. • nation trains her youth ttowar war;
tere Ringgold, loved, lamented name 1
; f'
plea irod the path that led to Curie, ', I :
' 2 Andßarbor, gencrons and brave, ''
, ~
',. ;'`ned wreaths that decked his soldier's!, grate,
i- Then foremost in the gallant fight,
e fell on proud Monterey's height.
or can ye give, West Point, to fame, .
5 nobter, or more spotless name,
.!' hiin Irwin's, dauntless, kind and true; .
or whom a nation's tears are due;
--, hoieleart, though soft as coyest Mad!,
~ et tamed the foc,of Floras' glades, l'
' ' And on Re£4loll Palma's field,
';-, teep drank of Mexan blood his steel 3
:child of the
Did e'er in summer sunlight - gleam
ti '0 nobler on its azure breast
r 'er wore God's image so inquest;
•ed by ties that bind thee fast
; 0 thalamic, and the past—
• seliest of all the streams of song,
of, dm Ilighlarlds, flow on, flow On
,lhi9cclian! .
VOOTSTEPS LN THE SSOW.
A Tradition of Christimaslight.!
TIT GEO. LIPPARD,
was, i4ark and dreary night, sixty .
ovirs ago, when, in an incieo farm.
p Apt rises along yonder shore, Van old
inn his ehildren had gathered around
ithristmas hearth.
was a lov_ely picture.
did man, sitting there on the „broad
, the full glow of the flame—his
a true old matron, by his side—his
13, a band of red4ipped maidins— !
with forms just trembling on lheirerge
hood,—others warming and. flushing
the summer,morn' of wonianbood
• warm glow of the fire was upon
locks of the poor old man, and on
Lace of his wife and the young bloom
fair daughters. , , ; 1,„
oni, on that dark night.,-fin: tt, was
itut cold—while the peewit* sky
inbeie and the sleet swept over the,
: D
:the elaware--have drawn:; near
t.house Window, and looked'in upon
'fames hearth, And drank iii, ; •the
• 'of that aceite-,—you wouhiciMress
,tho,t ihoUgh this world has many
!centlis---intich of the strangely!
►jio" etry—yet there, by that hearth,F
arlibrightened, .and burned. that,
whieh is most like heaven, the
have al beard the story or the 4 till
~. eFood L ott the - gallows , epilirtatediril
to the lips in _blood--sttxl•
g At the preacheea prayer /
gien„tbe„hangmani! When sud.,
,he,,sfooOyith, the rope about. !tit!
ie 'hen& sunk—a• single, burning,.
..fpwrollertdciwa hiSeheek l .
aalthinking,'',:saill he, in a , broliest
or ,the—Christmas
nin
bou
ma
die"
*otueut; wh e nthe Pre4o l o',
WITT , --w* even the, hangin*
thoughc'efigue over;
~ jieFt of di* i3lue IvAell a fa* t
OM! , in- 44 1 .0.144 fa .
Litiittmas file:
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said
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downi.bis far bilk.bands wain-
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Inal
He is:thinking:elite- absent ~one—his
• attly• brliTe.hoh.who hits been.gone from
0 . 1 1 21 •7hauspferAyear. .
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t ut bark I ,F,...#a as the thoughfeomei over
3 311 Atte' tifeticeiffilitit ire-side' iiibrolten by
i faint eil-=ii,faint:liioan, heard - over the
\ sreit - of initiviiirrim, afar.: , • - .
, T,heolffmainigrasps a lantern, and with .
L at Yaa,
,_,ng-girl hy,, his side, goes out upon
I a dor* iugyg,.
, Lisilt - ther4 us following the sound of that
' 1 ciari;'they- etiliwiftly overthe frozen path ;
)1 *ihelantein:flashes over their forms
;o erAfew: whpe., pacts , of., frozen snow—
'le
• le heyona 'II is:darkness I
Still that,metin, so low, so faint, - so (fedi).
t i
old man's eye,
t: tit t l ii it l i-t i • n e g t! o n O rreet the B O t ir h - e f:
t ere, •in. thedanow—they bend down, be
a -his / . danghter—they. gaze upon that
sight. . • 1, 1 „ „ - ‘•
"
It is a heinan ttiotitep painted in the
sn4ii, : ptiiiited: in button blood ! ~-•
'l' My ehilo' whispered the old manorenn-
Ohiosly, " nor pray to Heaven for Wesh
iktoni, Fob' by ` this' footstep, stamped in
bfopd,), judge l that his army is passing near
.i.hib placeir,ll • - -
L Still that olinif-quiverS'on the air! 'l. 1
Then the* man -and' the young ! girl,
foliowing thtiie footsteps stained in blood-;-
one—two--three---four—look, how the,lre,d
tokens, crimspn the white - snow !—follott
ing thriSe bloOdy footprints; go on till they•
reach the' truck, beetling over the !liver
shore. •!!, - Il
There thetiatitern light flashes -over! . the
form of a hair naked man, crouching dpoin
in the,rnow4freezing and bleeding to den*.
• The old nfau looks upon that form, chid
in the raggei ;! uniform of the Continental (gr
itty, the stiffened fingers.grasping the batter
edsmnsket. it: . - _ .
He called l lto7hiro-.:the young girl knelt,
and you may be sure there were tears in her
1 eyes—chafed her brother's
,hands=eie,
they were 'Offload . cold ! And when she
could not wiirm theta, gathered them to
young rbosurp, and wept her tears upon his
dying face. 1 .
Suddenly} that brother raised his head 4.-
he extendeff . his hand towards the river-1
“ Loos, 93E11E, F.,,TI;EIt !" he said in his
husky voic4 l
And . bending down overthe rock; the el d
man looked , '!ihr• over the river.
ME
There, tinder' the dark sky, a fleet ofboats
were tossin* amid piles of floating ice. iA
fleet of boats bearing men and arms, and
extending . irregular lines from shore !to
`shore. . .
And'the Jest boat of the fleet--that beat
just leavingithe' western shore of the Dela
ware;.the Clan:tan saw. that too, and soul—
*rough thellar,kness—yon tall form, balf
nuffied in Wworrioes cloak, with agray war
horse by his side.
Was not jhat a ktrange sight to see at the
dead of night, on a dark river, under a daik
er sky 'I 1 .•
The old an turned to his dying son to
ask the meat ing s of this mystery.
" Father,,' grasped the brave boy, totter
ing to his feet—" Father, giv.e me my Mus
ket—help me on—help me down the titer
—for tonight—for to night--" , ...
As that word was on his fip he fell. De
fell, and there lay stiff and. cold. ,Still ton
his lips th'ere hung some 'faintly spoken
words. ' '
The old:ntian—that fairgirl--bent dowd—
they hstened . to those swords—
" To Rig t-.-WASIIINGTON, T.LIE- BRITOII
—to night—:-TRENTON !"
And with that word gasping on his
" Trenton r:,4,died,!, •
The old mantlid not know The meaning
of that word,ontil the next morning. ben
there was the sound of musketry to the
south; then bounding along the Delaware,
came the Mar of battle.
, .
Then, the uld:patt, with his fife and
-children, gathering
,rotind the body of that
dead hay, keen the meaning of that single
Word :that had ireinbleann his lips-4inow
that George Washington hadhurst upon the
British camp in Tar en ! • • .. .
Alobat.mras a merry Christmas party,
which the. thitish officers kept in the torn
of Trenton raixty-nine years ago—although
it hi:trite, that t011ia! party tame an uninvi
tedlttest, inne , Mister Washington, his tall
clad army ! Pad dertain.bold Jerseymen I •
Would that I .n3ightAinger here, and pic
ture the•great deeds of that mornitte'sitty
nine years alp: - - ."
Would that liatgbt linger here, ;upon the
holy ground -of TRENTON. fb , .' 7 -.' - '''' .'
-4,-voi-itmal holy ground.- _Fort washere
in :40,404p,4pyr,,of.thir.....4epAytjon, that
qeUrge
. W .. , Washi ngton giade.one stout and.fak
i
lint:biome - in tfie name of that Declaration,
which fift y= I held - Uteri had - prOblaimed in
Ao-- , old - -?-0 • House of - Philad4phittaiS
month, he 'l,3' :.,:,: ~.... .; • -.; • .:, t':.
`Then, ifrat_§tatagotieitt.AbelliecOauf
Freedom,. t Whiehjbepilgilins of all climes,
may,cometpi . worship,., than, is .. the „battle
gintind . Of "Biennia : 6e 'fain pieeia-i-thele
rtistilein offreidotirilLtti Whiat'f.liaCltildren
Or LibeityilrinnletiOtiliriieniny ' , ikon:it=
look-upon lb.) twist - opal of Abe mighty dead 1
14rink40A.Pferiisp-70wd,thrir tears:
:It was 'a dark night.,' hi t ' it tho;firlnglettM, of
; - niiiintrtSherg"ntee !the' tOrin of , •George
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his sister's tenrs v hut is soul had gone , to
yonder heaven. there o l c oloitt the Martyrs or
Trenton and Bit et Hill. - -Saturday
;Courier:. f.
FULTON'S- ITS'ir, VOYAGE.
• Whatever relates 1 the intredueticin into
use of that power trhieli' has becoine the
muscle of the world] moving its entire nia
chniery, must be of tle deepest - importance'.
The, voyage from Ifa , ' York to Albany, of
t l i
the firat steamer, ope ea the door to n prOg
ress fort the human "ace, equivalent nt one
bound, to the march bf ages. The history
of that voyage, we c i te not" haw minute the
detail, must be Of ft fling' interest. It was
an experiment, in lie success or failure of
which' the 'comfort and prosperity-of a great
fraction oftnankind vere interested.
We lint recently seen in the Chicago
Journal, an article b! Jahn Q. Wilson, Esq.
4
of Albany,. 4 iva • himself a passenger
with Fulton in the first experimental voyage
—a minute observerif all its incidents, and
an Intelligent witnes of all the facts attend
ing.that ern in the d stinies of our race. It
is appropriately publ shed in a paper printed
b
at Chicago; place hid), but for the anni
hilation of time and pace which steam has
achieved, would, in It probability have had
no existence.
A short synopsis co l f the legislative pro
ceedings relating to fteam navigation, pie
cedes the' personal reminiscences of the
voyage. •
As early 39 the year 1787, the legislature
of New York, passed an act for granting
and securing to Jui; Fitch, the sole right"
and -advantage of making and employing,
for fourteen years, t h steamboat by him in
vented. 1
In 1798 that act vias repealed, and simi
lar privileges extendto Robert R.
(Chancellor Livings:
ton, oft! e Stute,) provided that
e/1
he. should, within tw Ivo months, give such
proof as should satisfy the avernor, Lieut.
Governor, and Survkycir-General, or a ma
jority of them, of hithaving built a boat of
at least twenty tons apacity, Which should I
be propelled by stenni, and the mean cifl
whose progress_tlimilgh the water, With and
against the ordinarylcurrent of the iludsoti
River, 'taken together, should not be' lea
than four miles an liiimr, in which eremite
should have the exclusive privilege forth
term of twenty,yearsi; but that he should tit
no time omit, for thl space of one year, to'
have, a boat of Suchconstruction plying be
tween the cities of New - York and Albany.
In 1803 the preceding act was extended
to Roht. R. Livingston and Robert Fulton,
for twenty years from the' fifth of April of
that year, and time fpr giviitg the necessary
proorrequired by the act of 1708, was ei
tended to two years. At the time these acts
were pasied, and pt tticularly the last one,
the privileges were elmsiderecl about as val
uable as if the lenishiture should now grant
the exclusive right o making and using- a
machine to fly through the air. The tteatn
boat project was then fitimaliarly denomina
ted the " Chancellorts kobby." The legis
lature Were willing to gratify the Chancel
lor's whim, without any expectation of pub
lic or private benefit!
It would seem froiii this that Fitch prece
ded Futon; but the 'latter made up by tri
umphant success fir any delinquency in
time. The rate of sleet! designated tts, the
ordeal of legislative r rover, seems ludicrous
, enough now, when finir and twenty miles
the hour is reached. ' ,
Judge Wilson res
York when Fulton
tied in the city of New
vas .building his hoar,
ibr on the stocks. She
,
raft, and excited much 1
;little ridicule. When
Ind the steam engine
hs also looked upon of
t built to float it. A
Work mishi the Man
reservoir b ' ack_ of the
ue people at large the
idden mystery. Curi-
Lted. When it was an-
York papers that the
the foot of Cortlandt
aif o'clock on Friday
, September, and take
, there was a broad
the inquiry was.niade
enough to go? A
lichring that heintend
l 'him t . in- the street,
: thy life in.such a con
is the most fearful
by father ought to re-
IF riday -morning came,
lhouse-tops,. and every
0 from which a sight
t
sere filled - With specta-
and frequently saw It
was a queer looking
attention and not a
she was, launched,
placed in her, that w l
a piece with the boa
l
few laniseen one at
hatu►n water into the
almshouse ; but to t
wlinit thing was a h
osity was greatly -exc
pounced in the New
boat, would start fm 0
street, at six and a 1
morning the fourth
passengers to Alban
smile on every face
if any 6ne ivould be
friend of the writer i T,
ed to venture, n - ecest
"John, will thee risk
c.erwl I tell thee S.,
!gild fowl living, and
strain thee." When
the wharves, piers,
•" coigne of ; vantage
could be obtained, •
tors.
There were twelv , berths, and every one
Was -taken through o Albatiy. The fare
was seven dollars.. 411 the machinery was
uncovered and expled to view.- The per
iphery orthe balance wheels, of cast iron,
some four or more inches square, ran just
clear of the *rater. There were no outside
e i
mguards;.thelwater a d balance wheels-- be
ing-;supported by tl eir , respective shafts,
whieh projected:or the sides of the boat-'
The forward part as covered b a deck
which ,tlr9niect, shelter to the hnn 4s. The,
after part:was .fitted in a rough manlier
for Passengers. ...T , entrzuliteinto the cab
in was from the,,sterq, in front of the steers
man, who workedsa filler as in: auordinary '
sloop, 4Blitelkagirtkerissued :from the chin'.
neY, steam hisaed•frobt every - ill-Sued val,ve
and CreVieCtir the; eligine.,' Fultowlimself
Wal:there.F ., Hicrettirlutblyclear and - sharp
vnie; l waslieard i M
sboye the hu-of the-mal-'
titu And theilnoiae4f the-engine ;-•his step
was,CPutillint, , aud , decidedl;-be heided'ilot
thleerfahutes; don* . or: sucasmivof those:
by * , WM/ bb . Wet. itukmunded. r 'The: whale'
Ice a combided,:had in itlinlbdividuality
end' an interest-whit-souses but once, end
inntnieudiefed - iirwinrii. ,:, - , ,t1.- .. 1: , :-::- ,!I
I ,,,When,-, everyth i ng
.as readyolardenipne
'araaaatinsaaitiasc lbeboat*awall 40111 7
from dam witirit:aaAbe tam& apfilteriartrt
'lO4 war fairly and e r! azeigliAlierth arosavadq
a huzza asiten thousand throats never gave
before. I The passengerirreturned the cheer,
but Fulton stood upon , the deck, his eye
flashing with an' unusual) brilliancy as lie
surveyed the crowd. Re felt that the. mag
ic wand ofi success was waving over• him,
and he was silent.
When coming up Haverstraw Bay, a man
in a skiff lay waiting for us. , His appear:
ante indicated a miller; the paddle wheels
had very naturally attracted his attentiou;
lie asked permission , to come on board.-4
Fulton ordered a line to be thrown to hiti,
and he 'was drawn alongside; he said
dittmit know, aboura mill going up streani,
and cache to inquire 'about it. One of the
passengers, an Irishman,. seeing through the
simple Minded :miller-at a glance, became
his cicerone ;, showed him all the machine
ry, and ?the contrivances hp which one wheel
could be throirn out of gear when the milt
wns required to come about.' After finish
ing the examination; said be, " that will do,
now shOw me the mill-stones." " Och !"
said the other, " that is a secret which the
master," pointing to Fulton, "has not told
u s yet; but when we come back from Alba.
ny with a load (Wawa, then, if you canteen
board, 'you'll see the meal fly." Dennis
kept hip countenance and.the miller left. '
As ute passed West Point, the whole gar
rison 'Wps out, and cheered as we passed.
At Ncwburg,h it seemed as if all Orange
county shad collected there; the whole side
bill cite seemed animated with life. Every
sailboat. and watercraft was out ; the fer
ryboat from F,ishkilLwas filled with ladies.
Fulton was engaged in seeing a passenger
Unded,' and.did not observe the boat until
she bore up nearly alongside. The flapping
of a pail arrested his attention, and,. as he
turned, the waving of so many handker
chiefs-,bnd the smiles of bright and happy
faces; struck him with surprise; he raised
his.hat.and exclaimed, " That is the finest
sight we have seen yet !"
Fulton, in his letter to Barlow (22d Au:
gust 18074 adds to these reminiscences :
" My s.tearnboitt voyage to Albany, .mul
back, Itas.tUrned out rather more 'favorable
thanA calculated: - , The distance to Albany
is one, hundred and fitly miles. I ran up,im
thirty-two hours, and down in thirty hours._
The latter is just five miles an hour. I had
a light breeze aginst me the Whole way go
ing and coming, so tiro no use was made
of my sails, and
. tbe voyage has been per
formed! wholly by the power of the steam
engine: I overtook many sloops and schoon
ers beating to the windward and passed
them es if they had been at anchor. 1
" The power of propelling boats by steam
is now fully proved. The morning I' left-
New York, there were not; perhaps,
,fifty
persona in the city .who believed 'the boat
would ever move one mile an hour, or be of
the least utility ; and while , yke were putting
of lrem the wharf, I. heard . a number of s,al:-
castic remarks."
It is, well known that at the end of the
voyagc,,a eertificate of its .full success *as
given, which we publish in connection .With
the above. Judge Wilson is now the only
survivor of those who joined in that certifi
cate ; ithe last one, we believe, now living,
who Was on board that boat, whose journey
was of more iraportance to the Union ithan
any other since the days of Columbiss:l—
Friday morning, at eighteen minutes
past eleven o'clock, the NOrth River! boat
left Now York, landed one passenger at tar
rytowa, (twenty mi(es,) arrived at Neis ,
laugh Isixty-three miles) at four o'cloCk in
the afternoon, landed one passsenger there,
arrived at Clermont, !(one hundred miles;)
*here' two . passengers, one of whom was
Mr. Fulton, were landed, at fifteen minutes
before two o'clock int the morning, and ar
rived at Albany 'at twentyleven minutes
.past eleven o'clock, making the time- twen
ty-eight hours and three quarters ; distance
one himdred and fifty miles.. ._
" the wind was-favorable, but light; from
-Verpinuck's Point to Wappiuger's Creek,
(forty aniles,) the retnainder of the way it
iwas.ahead, or-there was a dead calm.
" the subieribers, passengers on board of
, this boat on her first passage as a packet,
think it-but jifstice to state that the accom
modations nod conveniences on board 'ex
ceeded their most sanguine expectations.
" Sclah Strong, G. 11. Van Wagenen,
Thoratts Wallace, John Q. iVilson;Jolin P.
I Anthatiy, - Dennis 11. Doyle;! George .:Wet
imore,; Wm. S. Rick, J: Bo au, J. Crane;
J. Braiden,;Stephen N, !lonian. •
"Albany; September sth, 1807." •
We cannot forbear two • other extracts
from Fulton's letter ; the first is a wonderful
prophecy, long since realized beyond the high
est hopes of him who made it. the' Other is
another proof how seldom men know' the
real Value of their own Acts—at least really
greati men.
" 4 will give n , quiclt and cheap convey
ance :to merchandize ,on the Mississippi,
Misseuri, and 'other great rivers, which; are
now layiqg open their treasure* to the en-
terprise of our countrymen."
"-However, I will not-admit that. it is half
so in portant as the torpedo , system or de,-
, I '
fence and.apack." . • ;
. The "torpedo system" Could -not have
coveted the land with prosperity, and. made
An empire of,, the Welt,. •as I the steamboat
has one. gvery hear is-adding confirma
tion to Fulton's prophecy of theleSult of his
boat, as an • abiding, practical benefit; and
blessing • to • mnukitid;. while the , torpedo
would le forgottealiat fur; being assobiated
with his' name. -• •
hopekhat Judge Wilson; viill , 'OnTish;
if in bis power; Othee details of ia-
CerSinfroacasion/Fituteciragaziii.i.
Wholie4 ilithielle iii it .I
'Here is a stumps!. i (rota die - Healle ll4
(Me. Jounapi. , : i ,t• 1,, 1 .,, ,' ....1 , . 1, .'. t 4 . i' ,
-' " "arida"' 104 ki. OM bushings:PP,
'T ii *aloultmaxim, tut its' applieticei
r
is, times questionible rVe 100 ~IT
teen itapplied to the friends:of temp ,11W
,blip *kw, Mkt *pie kola:Whilst rim..
" everiinawdrink- who-ishooliesitt4ye
0 1 1 114 "itecaobodes tasiaesilint:ldstawp.”'
.' 1,
MEI
ME
ENE
'I -Well, thnsight!..wit v ,as: we;
aper, perhaps !it: niust- l be ) !
rce the people - to be sober t
tings.foi nine, we'll ::shut
n
liome,tand,go toibed. ~, H-•i
€. Oa. our:way,weiteard sttre em
6 in a low lookiog„building and
'dirt the shrill cryofpuider wis his+
great twilled lir andloundiw gr,it i,
ti fellow with. blqod-shocey _ — mai
wife and children witlifitn. ' ;ric ks
Pre wrenched the wea 4p4- rims
urnbled him into it , ..er,, roni •
us loo . drunk 'hi sikricateli ` — ' - ii ,
,
~ e Raked hitnit;hiii - hietiieit thy .
duct? " What is i,blit tolYti V' 4
r lefevery manisistndiiis ow busi
i We eleare4r home, and -
etit
AbouttwoViliive o'clock i the
ive were agrakened by - ll' gr t . ru
the street. There ~were lou isve ,
pries of / " take him .off—.4'S tabb
Fe,ran out and„forind, tli `or fo
!nen all intoxicated. They ad ,
ing billiards. or some other me ,
4 bltng house, Whiter line ho r, , ari
been stripped of their tonne by ,
lui * d: a good deatfuddled wil - the
b very savagelfituar, andfe font
relied by the way.' We v tare
'bat the place where they ha bee
e shut up, but,oue of them odigt
lied, ‘,4 let ever/Irian: min. his-c
Bess." , • g [
I So we went again to bed. D
i Next morning we went - tolipay
l' Higher than ever," said we, s Ima
1 1 Oh," said the treasurer," tl tow
so much to pay i for paupers.?
, " Well but that has tiled so
hers I , ' We Biked 'an 'old .e . zeu i
ould be done by striking at ihhe r
Inatter? . " Perhaps there . fi ght,.'
l' but then people generally! b ink
to let every man mind his o" n'biu
1 While we were at dinner t at d•
woman, dirty and cadaver* , ea
Oar. She had two -childr , wit
tagged as herself. She beigg i col
tpld clothes--auything. - /.Slut id it(
tory, because she had be* then
huently-before,, o nd told all t the
tin of the hank. We , inq' ed
ase,,and was told that it w, s pr
row dinner'we met the 110 in i
ad'asked hint why he di not
rinking and pa•to work? ha
hink he •said— r -why, "let eer y tt
is own business! "' • -
- -1
: laving a note to pay at th
flays, we hurried. back to mi l
ton to turn over the leaves'n
to see who owed tuoney,that :
eked. There was Tom
arked-G. T. (Gone to -Tea.
nod, but took to drink; and'
ebt.
Lhßill Swizzle owed s7,r ~
' mi.) ; but was formerly , cooSi,
te drinker—Used to pay!f;
ince sold his ! farm` and We,
Id row ; and was his moll.
dr in that line; • fell througlik
ilothing. i d'
Ezekiel .Swig owes $8,74;
t ectatble; had ;property, dead
brivent, farm ii possession df
SUld him hiii rum.
~ •
I - Sam Cocklitil, died of .deli
Owes • for three years, lostgli
giumbling and :drinking.; .4
ttoe. Can't ask them to prifr
I Well thought we, perhapS
(Avery man should attend' to hi
and (Avery
let that of other People[;itt
p to pay our note in the bun
Have we not some busines-
1 • 'A Female Cra 1
iOff the coast of Californili,]
rties distant, bearing- neitri
oint San Pedro, which is
33. deg. 43 , min. N., and . .
eg.,14 min. W., will be fop
. d, called bythe Spaniards "
his Wand was - formerly in
i offensive, indolent race of
f n
Aubsisted dlmost entirely u.
Itiicley caught from The rocks,
hey were it listless, quiet
h they found in the sand
4 , 110 seldom had cominunica
iTthe litimanifantily, and wh
ants and fe' cares.' • ,
About the year eighteen
gliteen or twenty; the Russi.
tfttlements at! the. North, - lan
Ind a party of Kodiac India
ose of hunting the sea, otter,
Reriod, abounded in - •those<
,
Tarty rema ined on the Wand
tiro years; apd were the me,
t e seeds ofidiseuseiand coat:
s unsuspecting: rind unsophi '
nts. , i- , ~ , i . 1
&nue:ten:Or twelve years a .
remt. theliediacei , this tri , .'
. iminished to about twenty o •
: als when the Governor of t,
.1* dalifornia nt over 'a sin&
I , °vet' thein'i o theinain.' ,,
, In:the I ;boat; which w
itb the .1,14 ,of this , : people'
1 ightiterhami in number) t
1 the:vesse4 'Which' Wei Oh c •
. t. efbinne , ofitheiriiativity lif
,!. the tribernot fir ridianced
lel:kinky Itlnte i ll hen °in -ther
.hetorder bad been-giveti•to
wre ;1. theia it i tut dipPed.i .
L . t, wits.rili g'inv theN- fon •
Is
--; king Ow ht mil
' ith the itigiehleoff thi k r, ,-..,-„
l '' , . IrYcoeug lisdlOoosiskagts •
' , nn,the insptiat Of Own •
• kit left* ttgliaidiiif ,
t a avollutiudinii . toifilikleitint
• into:lltl4}oproinive. -
ii '
, .
1
watioi - v.***Let:iduN - #
guar*. C o o o 4eith the
:Half COittimir . • - i":' : "7.1 do, ' 4
o *.qllilit*z : 72 ,, ,!:;:t-7 ‘ i
iiti44o4 , „VisW3-i --,.de ,': •"; ,
, . AlllAtitelodi4#oiitii. l ,,;*
4itei'M1t:44V 3 i'5 ,,, ...: , ' P
*tier h tet,t4iieferiii*de' -.4'
a • -
OEM
shorei. 2 4thertinitiii 'Jilted" lii‘Whitt 4 o4 l .,kt!
g hs '. l F it4iit iO"gelintlook 0'he;0 4 40 641) ..1"
help-mate i'ati&dttity, ga ring iround nee
fotindterlienittg.inantlef,::,. etlii:ditil '
. 4
wavij in tin instenidisa ti . ed ftiliatielinet
theisight aline-mann* ' '-nniUlninin4ing •
conipasib l isi." , :;:,= .- ,i, ;,.... f- , .. =...::: 1 `..-t}-.1.1 - 4.11.,-.,1:!..,).
The *easel !weighed all hot,' - spread bee
canvass 4i initju t forti4ir h our!! ' thigl i ii n .
*
.panto ttineinbiltbitintie ' Prieboleiteete
landed on; :Point San Ped n,,lionselenintid
forlorial. , -;;',T: ~.:., , i,, , , i ,,:.-... P, - • : r -:1.-, 4 ,„ .:;.., j
• 'Froth tliottbnitrtnithe - iinNi4f "Angie
not dead,- orinis net kik** Itiltei*isigh',.
teen , ' . ' 'bite reside d= One„lon'66 101 i
f Salt Nicholas, this!fa illerititioi t ltler
mitnatA4filielitrsuritey 't - ; z Slte4rtifeired •
1
to part even with her chose m",4tikitei=
er every: humantie.that c ulebe ,bitiding s
rather than leave
-the Imo) of lierbii9i-.. - ..'' '.
that lonely:little isle; they. had been to!'her
a world, Which-she , Cared of to - granuls ,
for' the -aboda il -civilized' Oaf,' 1 1 0' 'in, - Its
prinnisett H
hicurivi.:' ‘• • • I 2 `'. .' l '-' 1 i;""!
d -, Sioce inurl-Crusee - . has . becomititlieinila
mon:itch - A:the Isle, San ikticholnihitaibetiti
visite& perhaps '18[1)0 ',two' tt different tints* '
by different individuals; bi t there shnhite
l
eoutiniteditoitetound; n - Ito diaPuteiher
right4•:,alone,,politary and luken.. '1 : t Ir.-. '
Her dress, or, - .ooverini,- is coinikikid of
11
the skim'. of small - birds; W Ich she 'Ai With '
stones, - and-tiews thetirto her ,- With l aositi- '
dleicif belie anckthe light In ews- - tifilte:htit"
seal,. B°l,ll4U:tees - found de d' aritongstlAtie
1
rocks'. Her naly food: is' shell4fisli Of the
-muscles sitecie, , ..with• now Ond.then n' still
smaller fish, which the surisometintekthfrAr '
on the heath: ,She never' inairia
. litig in
one spot.;' butis constantly ntleringeround '
the. shores of the island, sle - ping,- which ehe •
li p
seldom &tes t ; infsinall cave and Crevieei of
the;rocimi,:: --: 1 ,
Durine,the last few y nt, itt'hiti been
very {Meek tco. obtain an communication
with her, I, At the approalt of the 'white
men she flees, as from an evil spirit; aid,
the only Way, to' detain her, is by running'
her down,'- you. would 'the- wild Vat of
the mountain, lot the
,young fawn'of the
plain's,
s l, ;. • .;% l j -• :' '
, .
' Tho :whalave seeirher,atthe latestpn ,
' riod,.repon, that sheappeqs to have kitten'
knowledge of , language ;."ttlitit she imake! .
only ItTild;noiite, altogetluir inhuinaif and ; -
when taken and. detained ~ hgainsti her Will,
becotnes4rightened-andlestlearr thae , the
moment she is liberated, s e darts off, and
endelAvioriVti) . secrete heittelf in - the wild '
grass, or among the rocks !trhich hang over
the never`ceasing surf. „ . ,' :- :
Eiest kiideavor has bee
.Made, and:if&
ry indneemeit'offe6d, by ifferentiridiiidu
als t o prevail, upon her t o leave they island,
but in viib. — •The drily EM S she appears
desirels ber'nivit little isle
~. her 11Mt hope,
if she, kii 'any, iii to finisher jOiniteY Mane,
She Ifni ,- tio,avigh ' now, t beat agiii,",the
sweet 'niiiiia - or - spedch.' ts . tiOan& i ,iii lit
longer' trinsid to her .'eai 'l 'lad, - ni fia:,r,. civil:-
ized man;-his tameness is 1 liocklOg.eient() .
1
dorniant Senses': . ' • = -
e
laid,,
*Jr ibis .
IC, e t aneot
the belt
ffiCe, go.
so,
the
us rack
mid the
i
: , ' We
1 brutexif
ling his
ty,chair.
!Um and
•h,iclt he
tipeedilY.
uch ion
iid he,—
ess 'I"
o 4ed.—
ornmg,
pus In
ring and
ing ine
r young
en! play-
a gam-
Naving
lacklegs,
were in
nd guar-
to say
ought - to
anti)! re
vq
ur taxes.
is this Ir
has had
a:ntyoutfr
tl,caig
said he,
it is beat
nese."
e ,
i ne poor
the
her as
victuals,
t tell her
too fre
. a
bout her
ty, much
f t very
r drunk
he could
children
Going
ihe'street,'
leave off
do you
9 mind.
ban
of.
;our
ugh
kes
in a few
• and be
g
81.
tote col
owed $7,
ad been
I away, 0
TUO
'To all Uppearance, ibis, is,strOng t healthy •
avid cement to be alone.
.Hi l lit 'coil ricen- I
cite hertb ietliit, wtiii ,e. it. etnijeetnret-- ,
Humanity ' bY, hope that 'ontentMeiii.iimy
continue.
, he hers, to the est hour; {or the '
is deitined to lie down an . 'die alcne,nn the
cold'shore of her isolated i me, with no cino
to - administer to her - last w. nts, anirticine to
- cover her -cold body, vvii.6 :the Spirle,ithill
have lefethe'clay. ,
Bin-thisstory of our ritscvoi, :elicsei
mate, conipanion' Of her e ly life; lititiyet tO
be-fold. 'He :saw her for t e last time d sts we
have stated , when she at , .aldne on the
shorei* of own isle ; w ten 'the ,Wni with '
himself tind= iiis
: eorwitni , ns was dtuthitig •
through the wild surf, that brcike in iiiiintert
rupted eiteeession againit the.*Ns wine!!
encircled 'An resting phi : of his - t ! , 0 4
~
and Which. he_ *is then ' eavini foreir r.-
With the re mnant of the family groin .40!
.1. 1
NieltobiV ., onr hero
, wii . slon ed ut..S'il: drily rFf: '
and there:left, with the ' o hers whOtadl44 ,- .
eompaidedinin; io 'find a °mein ilitiehinii
of strangers: ' • '
San -Pedro; it may be n own, is a 1;len),t )
barren; bluff point; runnin out into, ih; blue
waters virtberviei fi e,.Oe , hich no -,,kertlUre
is to be seen; 'dud' but on , issiittijy:nixid
~of
man,. riiii4 airiid4t the de l'ationwhiiiii T
rounds it: - , Tiiii Pueblo, e last: Angel - ls
situated iiirtektitie,' dis h nt,, waft ones.., i
house 'betWeen - the'inie, *n the point int -
those - of the_.lawit.' . 'Tlie fission UEfittilqa-l.
loVed st
a mode
paper;
o trade ;
Custom
good for
wa:
ered.
:r' Li
t in
rges
110 '
quite re
estate to
once,
and
he .;
an who
=1
tremens,
perty by
ry
. prt
y
nyt
ight that
tsiness,
but who
=
ini
matterl
, n Atlas
Bost
e.
From fh
two de
-Ist from
latitude
I'
•
ude 118
.
mall Isl.
Ibolas.
by nn
ns, who
h, which
I muscles
e beach.
f beings
ith others
1 but few
;~
int
nbit
lndi
n fi ♦
And
:oft
E
!; bun I
• ns, •
d. 01
red. and
oM theii
thie
the , Our
, at that
s. This
ore than.
'sowing
I amongst
• dinhab.
~
a o
tion
tient
e'depart
• become
. .
I partment
, !land re-
er tl
ha.
!thin
, e d
ives
barldn
g
e ens or
.1' them
Iti from
',,
‘,h* One
and
lot
tq a l t il!if
10i' th 6,,
, rf, - then
tat `i;ire;
the nicf
bealf
ad:hal;
1. ; 6 . lowthii
1 e
(so
can
y t
ver
in •
Abe
'
briel lieii'yat farther ',on one% dirie fir flute
leigues; i,. wiliere; ai that ti 4iiiiglit il,: , .f'S!itjl
perhaps thicker fouilinn' r4d:celtiert P e
„,J.
But otirliet* air• he'm y, fie 'eallen„,neiee.
left" , the I, beaeh 1 on iihiel hei; , initainjedl--.
;Alone and fritindlesiy the lie - r : etaitises);_lt
isolated beingoill lifw ten' ottoen . ,,itinite thi
fraMe..; True it Is , that 'era . tun es
indueedi4uiit ditiee Or tte e' foicid i olei fr ial, .
tare, es fiir rupthe Pueblei l and qfiLiliii tuW . _
sioni`of Son . Gaiiriel; lint eitlitals;,l,4 441
as:at libeityviOtinied'ini i • 'reilihteti r htiP,Ohl
bf
station on the - 'eh, or rxed'hiniielrthillie
nieltewhich hu g iiniiiii.'iliCraiiiliiit
there'be migh iiliiiiyii . " keeli t iOiiiliiiii,
outeast,•nsit w `re'iand 0 , nitanilypli,:iiO4,
sun wasioint . m. 0 . :, itit ' ble
. )33.0114fiktiit
on thato,elestiaitithquilt . iiiiii l ikißoYho viiit
eniluirizonv ti' 'Metiers'fifeft tiii ktlo,llit6i
poialed to - the .) kbutite ; ittiiptufekt,,ll,o6# '
of his untisity;l: ' ‘ l. '''''.. l '-' '' l , -. -:` . ?7' . ''; , ; , ,,,,,,, ,i,v. ,,
..
1 With" 4661 i)4 3 s,iiii ,ipcititiß-.l7nnll:g
hittUie"tiffiehip ub4itti , c 1040,kgai,Prin
Ouselegii'ilitfl Giiiiiiiie* *ims..i.iliglot-r
pjuinitf:kif cot ' wifiiiii - iciusescß,l4/N44,
or it fewipettee. rpttlkp., .pg-IttMeTi - r '
lo p
1
,no studiously ,kvoloca a . Ig-Mis-tir4
all iiitiii iiimiti - Jitittrhii r i iif,,P!1%41 ..,
ht to ilietiiiid l ige.lc,„ ifiqlitr,
di4, l wiii:fitiiiiiu;O:lifrik-, : ,1 , 0 10 1 0k1
1
ki'AlrailWiniff ii:bisiiic , !tp IL , 1 ,. li t kio,l4,
'
OE4O c .
iiiiiody iii* 6 00 1 09 . 1 1 *94,04ital
itivietiskiiiiut r i'iti'i 1 bfitle ilVtifill
were, in 'the w hite . ft, • Ale eurkiii*
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