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I)Y 11. STYLES DELL.
Term* of sul*eri|>tiou.
Till'’ Herald is printed on u large imperial
sheet, with new type, at S3 per year, in ad
vance, or $1 at the expiration of the year.—
No subsciption received for a less term than
one year, and no paper discontinued until ail
arrearages are paid, except ul the option of tile
publisher.
Kates of Advertising.
Letters of Citation, .... $3 00
Notice to D mors and Creditors, (40 days) 350
Four M.onus’ Notices, - - - - 4 00
■Sales of l* uonal Property, by Executors,
Ad ninistrators,or Guardians, - 323
Sales of Lands or egroes, by do. - - 475
Application for Litters of Dis.nitsion, - 000
Oth’r .4 Ivcrtisom ,'nts. 81 00for 12 lines first inser
tion, and 30 cents (p -r 12 lin s) for each continuance,
or s’liice occupied equal to 12 lines brevier type.
Rule and figure work always double price.
Alverusnu nts should always Imve the desired
nu nber of insertions marked u|x>n them when hand
'd in, otherwise they wilt be published till forbid and
charg-d accordingly.
yy Notice of the sale of Land and Negroes by
A t aiuistrators. Executors, or Guardians, must he
published sixty days previous to th- day of sale.
r„e sale of P rsoual Property, in like manner,
must lit publish*! forty days pr-vioas to the sale.
Nuice to debtors and creditors of an estate, must
be nublished forty days
N . ica that Application will he mad-’ to the Court
of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must
be publish'd four months.
Notice that Application will he made for Letters of
Ad ministration, must be published thirty days, and
of Letters of Dismission, six months.
JHitrfjrl, Wpti vV (to.
Commission Merchants,
Darien, Go.
May 1,1839.
Roger* vV erawe,
Commission Hcrehnnls.
Darien , On.
Geo. T. Hogers,
11. Chase.
ROBT t . W AI.SH &. OO f
Commission Merchants,
General Agents, and Auctioneers,
BRUNSWICK,GA.
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Justifcs Court for 1839.
A COtJR TANARUS, for tl *271 st District, will beholden
- vL at liif; Court House in the city of Darien, on the
‘lilt Monday of each month —to wit
Monday ‘2Bth January, 1839.
Monday 25th February, “
Mon-lay 25th March, “
Monday 22d April, “
Monday 27th May,
Monday 2lt It June,
Monday *22d July, “
Monday 2‘>th August, “
Monday k }33 September,* 1
Monday 2#th October, “
Monday 25th November, “ •
Monday 23d December, “
A pannel of 7 Jurors, will be drawn at each term
after the first.
NELSON W. CARPENTER,
Justice of the Peace for 271 si, District,
Darien, January 29at, 1839.
Georgia—Mclntosh Comity.
WUERAS, William A. Mclntosh, pplics for
Letters of Administration, on ihe Estate of George J
Nnbf , late of suid county, deceased. These are
‘tlicrfore. to cite, and ad men is i all, and singular the
kindred uinTmreditors of said deceased to be and ap
pear at my olncc w i bin the time presembed by law, !
to s oiv ause, if anylexist, why said letters should
not be granted.
Given under my hand at office tLI-- 20th day of
June, 1839. / E. ToWNSF-ND.
june 24th. (’lark, C. O.
Custom House SI. Marys. ‘
DIRECTIONS TOR NT. ANDREWS.
ISA It.
ANDREWS INLET lies in lat. 31 deg. N j
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trance between Cumberland and Jekyl Islands, have ;
ingeleven feet water on the bar at low tide; distance !
from the Light House on Little Cumberland Island, ;
North point, n!w>ut seven miles. There arc 3 Buoys j
for the entrance; one large Buoy placed just within !
the bar, in three fathoms, low tidone Soar Buoy on 1
a spit off the North point of Little Cumberland Isl
and, and one Spar Buoy in th • middle of th° sound,
on a shoal, made at the mouth of the great Satilla
river.
Bring the Light House to bear W. by N.. when
the outer Buoy will be. in a range with Light House,
and run for it till over the bar, and up with the out
er Buoy; the South point of Jekyl will then be N.
W. 1-2 \V.; alter the course N. W. by W until be
tween the points of Cumlkerland and Jekly Islands,
and abreast of the Spar Buoy off Cumberland point,
leaving it to the South; where will be found good
soundings from 3 to 5 fathoms near the shore.
ARCHIBALD CLARK,
Superintendent of Lights & Buoys.
June 18, 1836. It
For Sale.
Icg£2 The HOUBF. and two LOTS occupied
by the subscriber. Also, one House and
kot cornrr Bcriven and Second street- —
* 1 ‘ ■■•* Also one House and two Lots on Second
street, near the Lodge.
SAMUEL PALMER.
ap 16-3.
Marble.
The subscriber will furnish the Citizens of Darien
and its vicinity with Gravestones and Tomb tables,
of all descriptions, on reasonable terms, and of a first
rate quality Any persons wishing either of the
above, will please leave their orders, with Mr John
NLtchel.
AMOS STEVENS.
Darien, May 28th 1839.
Mclntosh Comity.
FOUR months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of
said County, when setting as a Court of Ordinary,
for leave to srll Bellford, a part of the real Estate of
John G. B ’ll, late of s id county deceased.
JOHN F. GREEN, ) Executors
HUGH FRASER GRANT. ( Lxe 0 “’
May 25th, 1839.
BRICKS.
H;O;W4P/ & Gr 4GS
A RE ready to contract to deliver at their yard,
A( Honey Gall) or elsewhere, Bricks of a superior
quality, on reasonable terms.
They have on hand I50?000 which they will
seU cheap for cash. They will furnish Ist, 2d or 3d
quality as may be required.
Letters addressed to them at Brunswick will be at
tended to.
Brunswick, June 18,1839. 4t.
Notice.
ALL persons are forbid trespassing in anyway
on the Tract of Land, in the State of Georgia, situ
at'd in J/clntosh county, bounded on tlip South and
West by lands of A!ex. W. Wylly, Esq. on the
East by lauds of Capt. Philson, on the North by a
Branch of the Sapello river.
Col. Charles H Hopkins, will net as mv agent.
JAMES FRIPP, JR.
Biaufcrt. SC. Jans 19, 1839. I*..
j&shb aammasar
\i;n goods.
rip HE SUBSCRIBER u just opening a fresh us
j JL sortment of select
I Conat'i- : ngDf ’.to ibllo- ii gert-clf nr.: Irish Micct
mgs; lit.n Linens; L1...11 Cutnbnc Hdkfs; Husain &
Si-iuch Diapers; Curtain do; Bird Eye do; Linen
| Table Covers; Corded Skirts; English uiul American
j Prints; French Muslins; Picnic Gloves; Fancy and
| Satin Scarfs; Gauze Suawls; 3'piin Silk Hose; black
and white half hose do; Cotton do; Footings, Edg
ings, and Insertings; Cap Ribbons; Linen and Cot
ton Musjuito; Nettings; Marseilles Vesting; striped
Lastings; I.in* n Drills, and Georgia Nankeens, for
Gentlemen’s Pantaloons. Together with a variety of
other artirles. all of which w ill he sold cheap for rash.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen, arc respectfully invited to
cull and examine for themselves,
nth 19 II W IHTDNALL.
DOI’.OV STEAM SAW 3iILL,
WILL keep on hand a largo supply of
LUMBER of all descriptions. Cargoes
will be sawed to ordtu. Five wharves arc at
tached to the Mill, anti the Lumber will be de
livered within reach of the. vessel louding. j
Apply to
I*. R. YONGE it SONS,
Agents. I
Darien, January 22. 1839.
\1: w *im \G a *i n -nut roods.
rjHE SUBSCRIBERS have received in addition ;
to tht ir stork a variety of SPRING & SUMMER
GOODS, amongst whirl, are
French Fainted Muslins
Light Prints
Check’d, Cambric and Swiss Muslins
Black Gro dc Swiss Silks
Furniture Dimity
Linen Sheetings
Table Diapers
Byrdseye and Russia do
Cotton Fringes .
Irish Linen
Dress Shawls and Scarfs
Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs
I‘ar.i .ols and Umbrellas
Corded Skirts
Silk Kid and Lisle Gloves
Silk and Cotton Hosiery
Ladies’ Corsets
Georgia Nankeens
Drillings, Vestings, &c. &c.
Which are offered on the usual terms by
J. & s. II R ENIIACGH.
Dnrit n, March 26, 1839.
I’vfsli Ilaisins, Ac,
A f, ? BOXES FRESH RAISINS—AIso,
“jul Prerved Gingvv
Scott’s assorted Pickles in Jars
Fresh (Sweet Oil, und
(Superior Imperial und Young Hyson Tea.
Just received und for sale by
feb *26 J. & S fl ROKENBAUGH.
Notice.
A LL Parsons having claims against the Estate
il of WILLIAM A DUNIIAM, late of M’ln
tosh county, deceased, are requested to hand in their
clai.ns duly attested —and oil those indebted, are
likewise desired to make immediate payment to the
subscriber. CHARLES WEST, Executor. j
Darien, April Oth, 1839.
’
Thundering Spring.
THE proprietors ofthis nuturul curiosity, respect
fully inform their friends und the travelling public
generally, that they art prepared to accommodate all
who may favor them with a call. The very short
period!vhich has intervened since their purchase,
oddi u* • a scarcity of materials, has rendered it dif-*
ficult to improve as extensively ns they desired; yet
they know themselves willing to devote their undivi
ded attention to promote the comfort and convenience
of visitors und travelers.
The water combines high medicinal qualities, con
tabling strong impregnations of Saltpetre, A/agnesia, |
&c,, ascertained from u partial analysis. We deem
it unnecessary to append to this notice, u list of cer
tificates relative to cures effected by using the water,
fm the doubts ofthe sceptical would not be removed,
und ihose who would believe, may credit the asser
tion, as such cun be proved at any time. Several
cases of violent Rheumatism huve been entirely re- [
lieved; also Tetter, Scaldhead, running Ulcers, &c. ‘
Ind viduals laboring under Dyspepsia, will expe
rience greut relief from the use of the water. It is
known to be highly efficacious-in relieving all cutane- i
ous djs n ns rt s.
It is due to ourselves, and for the information of
the public at large, to state at b in t some ofthe mineral
propert’es ofthe water; and also the nature of some
of the and is-uses which have been cured at this place.
W* are aware ofthe prejudices generally engendered
by vaunting ad vertisemeftt sos like character.
The location of the spring in Upson county, is in
a healthy region nearly surround a by large bills on
the north side of the Pine Mountain. A considera
ble quantity of game abounds in the woods adjacent,
for the delight of sportsmen; and Flint R veris suffi
ciently contiguous to afford amusement tothe angler.
Families desiring it, can find ample seclusion from
dusty streets and miasmatic regions of the lower
counties, at the Thundering Spring,* where no pains
will be spared on the part of the proprietors, to rend
er their visit agreeable.
Gaming and other irregularities wilfbe prohibited.
Good order will be strictly enforced.
Afflicted persons will have a seperate table prepar
ed if desired, where they can have all the attention
j paid hern they may require.
j The Bar will be supplied with choice Liquors of
various kinds, and attended by an efficient bar-kccp- j
RATES OF BOARD.
Persons per day, - -- -- - SI 00
Persons per week, - -- -- - 650
Four weeks and longer (per week,) 5 50
Families stationary, per month, ” - 5 00
Children and servants halfprice.
Horse per day, - - 75
Horse per week, - $3 00
Horse per month, - 12 00
Individuals wishing to remain one week or longer,
will please to make it known at the bar
JOHN L COCHRAN,
A. J. McAFEE.
Upson County, Ga. June sth 21-3 mos.
* For the information of those who are unacquain
ted with the origin of the somewhat protentous ap
pellation ofthis place, it is perhaps due*to observe,
that the great similarity between the noise occasion
ed by the spring and the rumbling of distant thunder,
suggested the name.
For Sale,
LAN UN, belonging to the heirs of the late
lion. John Houston Jnlushgviz :
100 Lots or more in the city of
Darien-—Also, 22 tracts of
Lanil, containing in all about
8000 acres,
in the county of Mclntosh, and on the wa
ters of Sapelo and South Newport rivers.
ONE TRACT in Liberty county,contain
ing 400 acres.
No part of any of those lands rc more than four
miles from salt tidewater, a ;iv>. irtion has been
olantedin Cotton,but are most <n H- valued fortlie
Pise Timber and LiglH Wood.
The re-survey can be seen.also the original grants
or extracts from the SurvevorGen“ral's office, by ap
■ ptvinyto REUBEN KING, Agent.
Darien. May 21.1839 8t
i N. B. Owners of Saw Mills are requested to look
at the timber.
UAIIIEN, 1.1111111. l l, TUESDAY MOItNINU, SKPTIHIIIIKIt 10, 1830.
UNEXAMPLED
MAMMOTH SCHEME II!
The follow intj details of a Bi.hr ml or V Lotterv,
to be drawn in December next, warrant* us in declar
ing it to be UNPARALLELED in the history of
Lotteries Prizes to the amount have never before
been offered to the putdic. It is true, there arc ma
ny blanks, hut on the other hand, the extremely low
charge ot &*JO per Ticket—the Value and Ni mbf.n
of the Capitals, and the revival of the good old cus
tom of warranting that every prize shall be drawn
ami sold, will, we are sure, give universal satisfac
tion, and especially to the Six Hundred Prize Hol
ders.
To those disposed to adventure we recommend
early application being made to us for tickets—when I
the prizes are nil sold, blanks onlv remain—the first j
buyers have the hest chance We, therefore, em
phatically suy— DELAY NOT * but at once re mit j
and train s-mit to us your orders, which shall always 1
receive our immediate attention. Letters to be ud
dressed, and applications to be made to
SYLVESTER & CO.,
156 Broadway, New York.
Cr Observe the Number, 156.
$700,000 11 1 $.300,900! ! $25,0001
6 prizes of $20,000 ! !
2 prizes of $15,000 ! !
3 prizes of SIO,OOO !
Grand Real Estate and Bank Stock
LOTTERY.
Os Property situated in New Orleans.
r> The richest and most magnificent Scheme ever
presented to the public, in this or any other coun
try.
TICKETS ONLY (20,
Authorized by an Act of the Legislative Assembly
of Florida, and under the Directions of the Com
missioners, acting under the same.
TO BE DRAWN AT JACKSONVILLE,
FLORIDA. December Ist, 1839
SCHMIDT & HAMILTON, Managers.
tSYLVESLER & CO., 156 Broadway.
New York, Sole Agents.
NO COMBINATION NUMBERS ! f 1
100,000 tickets from No. 1 upwards, in succession,
The. deeds of the Property and the. Stock transferred
in trust to the Commissioners appointed by the
said act of the Legislature of Florida, for the secu
rity of the. Pii/.c Holders.
SPLENDID SCHEME! ! !
1 Prize —Tin* Arcade —2HG feet, 5 inches, 4 lines,
on Magazine street; 101 feet,
11 inches, on Natchez street;
126 feet, 5 inches, on Gruvier st.
Rented at about $37,000 per an
num. Dollars
Valued nt 700,000
1 Prize —City Hotel—l 62 ft on Com
mon street, 14G feet. 6 inches, on
Camp st. Rented at $25,000
Valued at 500,000
1 Prize—Dwelling House (adjoining
the Arcade.) No. 16, 24 It. 7 inches
front on Natchez st. Rented
at $l2O0 — Valued ut 20,000
I Prize—Ditto (adjoiningthe Arcade)
No. 18,23 ft front on Natchez st.
R nted at sl2oo Valued at 20,000
1 Prize—Ditto (adjoining the Arcade)
Not 20, 23 feet front on Natchez
st. Rented at sl2oo—Valued at 20,000
1 Prize—Ditto—No. 23, North east
corner of B sin ip Custom-house
street; 40 feet front on Basin, and
40 feet on Franklin st. by 127 ft.
deep in Custom-house st. Rented
at slsoo—Valued ut 20,000
1 Prize Ditto No. 24 South west
corner of Basin & Custom house
streeSj 32 (bet, 7 Inches on Basin
32 feet, 7 inches on Franklin, 127
feet, 10 1-2 inches deep in front of
Custom house street. Rented at
slsoo—Valued ut 20,000
1 Prize—Ditto—No. 339, 24 feet, 8
inches on Royal street, by 127 ft.
11 inches deep. Rented at SI4OO.
Valued at 15,000
1 Prize—2so shares Canal Bonk
Stock, SIOO each 25,000
1 Ditto—2oo ditto Com do, do do 20,000
1 Ditto—lso ditto Mechanics’ and
Traders’ do do 15,000
1 Ditto—loo do City Bank do do 10,000 !
1 Ditto—do do do do do do 10,000
1 Ditto—do do do do do do 10.000
1 Ditto—so do Exchange Bank do do 5,000
1 Ditto—so do do do do do 5,000
1 Ditto—2s do Gas Light Bank do do 2,500
1 Ditto —25 do do do do do do 2,500
1 Ditto —15 do Mechanics’ & Tra
ders’ do do 1,500
1 Ditto—ls do do do do do 1,500
20 Ditto each 10 shares of the Louis
iana State Bank, SIOO each, each
Prize SIOOO 20,000
10 Ditto each 2 shares of SIOO each,
each Prize S2OO, of the Gas Light
Bank 2,000
200 Ditto each 1 share of SIOO, of the
Bank of Louisiana 20,000
200 Ditto each 1 share of SIOO of the
New Orleans Bank 30,000 :
150 Ditto Each 1 share of SIOO of the
Union Bank of Florida 15,000
600 Prizes. SI ,500,000
TICKETS S2O—NO SHARES
The'whole of the Tickets with their Numbers, as
also those containing the Prizes will be examined
arid sealed by the Commissioners appointed under
the Act, previously to their bring put into the wheels.
One wheel will contain the whole of the Numbers
the other will contain the Six Hundred Prizes, and
the first GOO Numbers that shall be drawn out, will
be entitled to such Prize as may be drawn to its num
ber, und the fortunate holders of such Prizes will
have such property transferred to them immediately
after the drawing, unincumbered, und without any
Deduction !
JjT Editors of every Paper in the TTnited States, in
flic West Indies, in Canada, and other of the British
Provinces are requested to insert the above, as a
standing advertisement, until the Ist, of December
next, and to send their account to us, together with a
paper containing the advertisement.
SYLVESTER & CO., ‘56 Broadway, N. Y.
May 23,1839. until Dec. !.
pqbsto
TO A LADY.
Ah no! alas, it cannot be,
’Tis inspiration, ’tit not art
Alone, the stream of poesy
Can flow but from the heart.
I ones could feel what once I sung,
All wildly then my numbers rung
To one belov. and lit* me.
My soul pour’d forth in boyish lays
Tue visions of i y earlier days,
1 woke—’iwtts but n dream
Yet would I dream it o’er again,
And from the times gone by,
Recall the pleasure with the pain
And and u*i the gnbM dry.
The soul’s intoxication’s flown,
And virtue from the draught hath gone,
As waterfront the spring.
The thirst it slakes, but tothe lieait
Nor joy, not grief, it can impart,
Or new excitement bring.
Vet, 1 ndy, if the iee and snow
< ts Nova Zambia's clirne,
Forbid ihe stream of life to flow,
’T would melt ‘neath eyes like thine.
The coldest heart ashamed would bo
To own the stern philosophy,
Thy beamy failed to fire ;
And more than stoic were the muse
Who, at thy bidding, could refuse
To tune his broken lyre.
And who could gaze upon that face,
That mouthon which a smile still lingers,
That rounded arm whose perfect grace
Might rivalc'en those lily fingers.
Nor gazing, own that form and mien
Might well adorn an Eastern Clueen,
Or s em to Moslem’s eyes
Some brignt ey’d Houri sent to show
To longing mortals here below
The joys of Paradise.
And snid I that I could forget
Wlmt once I felt, and once I sung ;
There is a chord unbroken yet,
A harp not all uustriing.
Beauty like thine cxaltsthesoul
Beyond (he limits and controul
Os age and care combined ;
Whilst on that form, as angel's fair,
Those speaking churn's piciure thcro
A pure and virtuous mind.
All radiant, us before me now,
Long may that beauty shine ;
Unruffled be that placed brow,
Unscathed by care or time; —
For e’en the Gods themselves would mourn
To mar so bright, so fair a form.
May they one modle spare,
To show th* nations of the earth,
Exnhingin degenerate birth,
What twee her daughters were.
THE OCEAN.
Likeness of Hcav*n a ent of power!
Man is thy victim, shipwrecks thy dower!
Spines and jewels from valley and lea,
Armies and banners are buried in th c.
What are the riches of Mexico's mines,
To the wealth that far down in thy deep water
. shinesl
Proud navies that enverthe conqueriner west;
Thou fling’sl them to death with a heave of thy
breast.
How humblin? to one with a h*nrt and a soul,
To look on thy <rreatn*ss and list to thy roT,
To think how that heart in cold ashes shall be,
While the voice of eternity rises from thcet
Yes! where are the elites of Thebe* and Tyre/?
Bw*pt from the nations, like snarks from the fire!
Th* (.lory of Athens, the snlendtr of Rome,
Dissolved, and forever, like dew in thy foam.
But thou art al uishtv,eternal, sublime,
Unweaken*d, unwasled, tw ! n brother nftime!
Fleets, terno-sls. nor nations thy “lory eanbow;
As the ’Stars first Itehehl thee, still chatniess art thou 1
But hold 1 when thy surges no longer shaft roll,
And the firmame t’s length is drawn back like a
s-roll,
Then, tiif.n shall the spirit that sighs on thee now,
Be more mighty, more lasting more chainless than
thou.
FOB THR IMItIRN HERALD.
©o-I*a-I-Ta,--Or the Indian Oirl.
On the e astern shore of a small lake with
whiclt the upper Mississippi mingles her waves,
a towering cliff frowns in sullen grandeur upon
the dark abyss below. Its precipitous height
seemed formed only as a place for the eagle’s
cyry,
“Where the proud eagle builds his throne,
And rules in majesty alone.”
Its top had never vet been reached, even by
the Sioux hunter, thesmoke of whose wigwam
curled its way where the footsteps of the sav
age dared not intrude. Above the cliff the tall
hemlock waved its darksome foliage in the
sombre magnificence, gradually receding from
the brow ofthe precipice in the ascending dis
tance, until lost from view. In sullen pride
the rushing waters swept along the rugged
base of the cliff, now dashing against an oppos
ing rock, and again finding a smooth and un
ruffled surface. On the bunk of the lake the
Sioux tribe of Indians had placed themselves
in a situation of great advantage in the pursuits
of tire savage life, hunting and fishing. Oft
was seen the bark come gilding swiftly o’er
the blue expanse of the lake, and not unfre
qucntly the rifle’s echo resounded along the
shore. In one of the iruts inhabited by an aged
chief of the tribe, 00-la-i-ta, the heroine of our
talc, was to be seen. She was the only daugh
ter of that chief, and to her nature had indeed
been lavish ofher favors. Her figure was tall
and graceful—her limbs were formed in the
most exact and beautiful proportions. —Her
long raven hair hung in wild luxuriance on
her light brown shoulders, without a tie or or
nament. Her features were formed from the
finest model. Her large dark eye rolled in its
orbit, with a soft and somewhat pensive ex-
preasion. There was a beauty and native ma
jesty about this daughter of the forest, that
could not be beheld without admiration. Mho
was ihe pride of her father. The old chief
was ambitions, and had already contracted an
alliance for his child with another old und dis
tinguished chief of his nation. But 00-la-i-ta
had given her heart to another. He was a
chief also, but one whose youth had prevented
him from so distinguishing himself as to please
the ambitious father of his mistress. Ho was
worthy however of ihe girl whose affections in
her first and native wildness were bestowed
upon him. He was young and brave—of tall
stature and noble hearing, and lie loved 00-la -
i-ta with a rare devotion. But the stein parent
forbid his suit, and chid the presun i of
Ontwa. By the ciuel mandate of the old chief,
preparations were immediately ordered for the
union ofhis daughter with the chief of his own
selection. 00-la-i-ta saw these preparations
I with an eye of cold disdain, and reckless indif
ference. The narti.ige feast was well nigh J
prepared, and the destined bride decked off
with a profusion of wild flowers seemed to ac- ■
quiesce which site knew not how to uvoid. For
a moment she was calm, but like the stillness !
which precedes the tempest, ’twas but the [
suited gathering of the storm in her bosom, ere
it burst in desolating fury. Her former vows
to Ontwa, the beloved of her soul, came upon
her recollection in maddening influence. She
rushed in frenzied haste from the hut of her
father, and bounded with the fleetness of the
mountain roe towards the base of the cliff. Her
father and friends soon missed the fugitive, and
started in swift pursuit. They were advancing !
in rapid strides towards the spot, where stood
00-la-i-ta her eye turned upwards toward the *
giddy height, as if to scan the di.hculty of as- [
cent where none had ever climbed before her
—a moment’s pause—anil the yell of exultation
from her pursucre broke her reverie. With
superhuman effort she dashed up the danger
ous steep, and gained the dizzy edge of the ’
precipice. None dared to follow the advent
urous Oo la-i-ta. With a maniac laugh she
turned, and wresting the wild flowers from her
head, threw them at the feet of her father and
hated pursuers—then rushing a few steps,
hurled herself from the awful height. That
insluut, a light bark shot through the deep wat
ers, guided by a powerful arm, for it passed
with the lightning’s rapidity. ’Twas Ontwa
that plied the our. lie guirfed the base of the
precipice in time to catch the falling 00-la-i-ta
in his arms. The shock of her fall dashed him
from his canoe, and clasped in a last embrace,
thy sunk together into the watery element.
—The father’s lamentations rent the air, and
echoed back in mournful responses, but could
not restore his lost daughter to his arms.—No
ble 00-la-i-ta! Thy name shall be revered
while virtue und greutnessjßf soul continue to
receive respect, or elicit admiration.
ALFRED.
Neveraink Cottage , 1839.
ron THE DARIEN HERALD.
The Captive Uny.
“But who is he t’ at yet ad iarer land
Remembers over hills and far away V’
All who are conversant with the early histo
ry of our country, will recollect that our fron
tier settlements were, many years ago, before
the power of the aborigines was broken and
subdued, frequently laid waste and desolate,
by the incursions of the Indians, who, not con
tent wiih pillaging anti destroying whatever
properly lay in their way, marked their foot
steps with blood, and made captives of all
whom glutted vengeance, or caprice induced
them to spare.
It happened in one of these incursions, that
a young man by the name of Bird, with his
wife and child, an infant boy of about six
months old, was made a prisoner. The quan
tity of plunder in possession of the savages,
making the assistance of the unfortunate father j
and mother important, their lives were spared, j
for the sole purpose of assisting in carrying it
off; they were shown their burdens, and di
rected to follow. The mother, knowing the
fate, which in these circumstances awt. ! her
infant; should it be discovered, contrived to
conceal it from her inhuman captors, and hav
ing wrapped it up in her burden, close to her
breast, journeyed by the side of her husband,
towards the wilderness, sorrowing, no doubt,
but invoking the aid of Him whose Almighty
arm can succour themost unfortunate, and de
liver in the greatest peril.
After’ travelling from sunrise until late at
night through a long summer’s day, the party
arrived at an Indian village, the captives be*
ing secured, the Indians threw themselves on
the ground, and were soon asleep ; but it may
well be supposed that Bird and his wife, even
after so much fatigue, felt little disposed to close
their eyes. How they might escape, alone oc
cupied their thoughts; they matured their plan
and put it into execution, but to avoid recap
ture, required even more vigilance and resolu
tion than it required ingenuity and strength to
free themselves from the cords that bound
them.
They however set out, and, with their help
less babe, which, as by a miracle, they had still
succeeded in preserving unnoticed, began at
midnight to retrace their steps; but before day
fatigue, anxiety, and the want of nourishment
so completely exhausted them both, that they
found this dilemma placed before them —the
child must be left in the wilderness, or they
must remain and perish with it. The morn
ing was already streaking the east with grey, 1
VOL. 1. NO. 34.
and they knew that their flight must have been
already discovered ; they knew, the character?
lltey had todeul with, and that to escape, there
was not a moment’s time to be lost. Distrac
ted with opposing resolutions, a sense of duly
lo themselves, finally prevailed over the pa
rents’ fondness ; the mother for the lasi time,
pressed her innocent offspring to her breast,
bedewed its unconsciously smiling check with
tears, and set it down on the green bank of a
little tinkling rill, to perish, where, as she cast
a last anguish look, after she left it, she saw it
scrambling after the flowers that grew around
: it.
The farther and mother escaped to the set
tlements, and Mr. Bird speedily collected a
large party of his neighbours and returned to
; the spot where the child had been left; but it
was gone ; and, inthelapscof years, blest with
| riches and a numerous progeny, the parents
cease-1 to weep over their lost boy.
1 leen summers had smilled upon the
I liarv His, when, in a treaty with a distant tribe
of Indians, an articlo of which hound them to
■ deliver up any captives that might be in their
possession, a boy was put into the charge of
the commissioners on the part of the whites,
j with the declaration that he was a white, found
! in infancy, upon the very spot where young
Bird had been left. He was sent to his parent?
who immediately recognized him by a remarr
kable scar on his right hand, which he had re
ceived in his farther's house.
The measure of the parents’ joy was full,
but the boy wandered through the rich posses
sions of his farther without a smile. His bow
und blanket was his only joy. He despised
alike, the dress, the habits, and the luxuries
that were proffered him ; and his mind con
stantly brooded over the forest scenes, ants
sports in which he had passed his boyhood.
Vain were all the attempts to wean him from
his native habits—and as vain the efforts to
obliterate the recolleciion of his adopted horn?
from his mind. While persuasion and indul
gence were alone restored to, he modestly re
sisted ; but w'hen force was tried, and he wa?
compelled to change his blanket for the gar
ments of civilized life, and his favourite bow
for a book, he grew sullenly discontented ;
and, at last, was missing in his father’s house,
and seen, the same evening, arrayed in the In
dian garb, crossing a distant mountain, and ben
ding his course towards the setting sun.
It was upwards of twenty years after this
event, that Mr. Bird and his wife, now advan
ced somewhat in years, removed to anew set
tlement, where Mr. Bird had purchased a tracj
of land, at a great distance from their former
residence; and while a more commodiou?
building was erecting, they inhabited a small
hut adjacent to & thick wood. One day when
the old lady was left alone, the men of the
neighborhood having gone a distance of sever
al miles to assist at a raising, she saw, from her
door, several armed and painted Indians ap
proaching her. Alarmed but resolute, site sei
zed a Imichel, and ascending a ladder into the
loft of the dw. lling drew it up after her, am}
determined to defend herself to the last. Th?
savages entered, and finding their efforts to en
tice her down were vain, laid down their rifle?
to ascend after her. But the first hand tliaf
was thrust through the trap-door was severed
from the arm at a single Wow, by the intrepid
hcrone, and an alarm being taken at the mo
ment, and the whites were coming, the Indian?
retreated, and disappeared in the woods instant
ly ; while almost at the same moment Mr.
Bird and his party came in sight.
But scatcely had the deliverers of her lift?
approached, before Mrs. Bird’s eye caugh)
sight of the severed hand, and lo! there ap
peared before her the scarred i%ht hand ofliejr
eldest son.
Such is the story of the Captive Boy ; affft
from it I draw the inference, that it is habit
that endears the savage to hi3 wilds ; that
i teaches him to love his own pursuits ; and t<r
j delight in blood and treachery; and that bet weetj
the natural passions, affections, and disposition?
of men, there is no difference, except such a?
is created by education and custom.
ALFRED.
Never sink Cottage, August, 1839.
The Common School Journal furnishes a
pleas.” illustration of the ludicrous effect of
the in ;rrect arrangement of words.
While Goodwin was collecting materials for
writing the life of Lord Chatham; he procured
from a friend a report of a brilliant speech of
the most eloquent of the statesmen of England.
Among other striking passages was the follow
ing on household freedom and fireside rights:
“An Englishman’s house is his castle—it?
roof may be of straw—the winds may whistle
around it—the snow and rain may enter it,—
but the king cannot —be dare not.”
In the work of the biographer, as the pas
sage was printed, the power of the king wa?
limited only to whistling round the easily
home of tire citizen, by this version of the el
oquent passage of tire speech:
“An Englishman’s house is his castle—it?
roof may be of straw —the snow and rain may
enter it—the rcind may whistle around it, but
the king cannot, he dare not.”
There is an old instance illustrating the com
ical mistakes which happen from neglecting
the proper positionof points.
The lady of a mariner about to sail on a’ dist
ant voyage, sent a note t<r the clergyman of
the parish, expressing the following mean
in": ,
“A husband going to sea, his wife desire?
the prayers of the congregation.”
Unfortunately the good matron w;as not skil
led in punctuation, nor had the miuister quic*
vision. He read the note as it was written :
“A husband going to see his wife, desire
the prayers of the congregation,”