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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. ; __ - . - 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 - \ 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,”