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MIL.L.EDGEVIUL.E, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1831.
no. 21 of m. XU.
O’ rhe IIkcorokr in inilillslied weekly,on linn-i own faculties, and
enck Htioet, between Wnyne nml Jefferson, nt Three „ ronn - p a ««inir „ liiil. I i i _
ijlliim per nnniiin, payable in nilvance, or Four l)ol- j S rt ' u J’ s j 1 assln g » P ar, .V I head one say :
rs, if not paid before the eiul of the year. | ' P |( * y ou cv cr hear a lellow get such a
AnvEnriJKMESTs conspicuously inserted atlhensu- , skinning ?”
collected in the fire and other means resorted to by the
family, we had recovered sufficiently the pow
er of speech, we informed them of the distres
sing situation in which we had left a fellow
upposed.
that
St.
shirt, “ can you tell me the name of the gen
tleman who has just spoken ?”
“ You are not a resident in these parts, I
reckon said he of the riffc.
“ I am a perfect strangerreplied I.
“ That is well seen,” rejoined the hunter,
otherwise you would never have asked that
question. What man in all Kentuck could e-
ver have brung tears in my eyes by the tin-full.
but Jo Davies /"
From the Illinois Monthly Magazine. | I had seen in the guise of a hunter, the
THE PATRIOT’S GRAVE ihighly gifted Joseph Hamilton Davies....and
Mr. Editor—As your Magazine seems to ''i™, the obscurity of a log cabin, one
be devoted to Western literature, I hope tile , . ® 101CL ' S 'j i y r . ts °* » '“an who has sel-
following sketch will prove acceptable. As ) 1b * e ‘ , m e *“ ll 1 ” in generosity of
.. t heart, or manliness of character.
gazetto sixty days previous to the day of sale
Notices oftlie sale of personal property must hegiv-
ra in like manner, forty days previous to the dm of
lain. Also, nolice to the debtors and croditoreof an
estate must ho published for forty days.
Nolice that application will he made to the Court of
Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be published for
rotJH months. . .
All business in the line of Printing, will meet with
prompt attention at the Recorder Office.
Letters (on business) mtisi he post paid
a classical production, no merit is claimed ,,, .
but it is thought that the facts it con-1 , , bu8,,,eM . a S a,n callcd
me lo the West. Anxious to view the im
provement ol this promising country, 1 ex
pended my journey to the beautiful valley of
At that period the population
tor it
tallied, will be interesting to those who love to
—Catch our manners, living ns they rise.”
In the year 1810, business called me into'the Wabash,
the lower part of the State of Kentucky....that ! had „ot extended a great distance up the ri
part which lies South of Green river, and ; vcr . Here and there, even as far up as the
which, at that time, was but little advanced in > Mississinawav, was seen the Ion but of the sut-
improvcnicut or population. One day....and ,i cr on pub'l, land, but the country was
a very hot day it was...,the rapid approach of generally sparsely populated. Il was the
thunderstorm, induced ine to rein up my spring season; and ao country ill the world,
wished to accompany the two young men, who
immediately prepared to set out for the unfor
tunate sufferer, but they refused, inasmuch as
we were scarcely aide to walk, ami would ne
cessarily detain them, and could give them
very little assistance towards finding the place,
as from the drifting of the snow in heaps, we
could not be able to distinguish the way we
had come. They called their sheep dogsj and
lighted a flambeau each, an;! taking sonic
blankets, in which to wrap his body, started
after him. After the sons had started, we no
ticed particularly the uneasiness of the affec
tionate wife. At every little interval she would
open llie door and look if her sons were eotn-
ing. One of us put our hand on the vacant
mantle, on which were piled some books, anti
taking down a small pocket bible, noticed,
written on one of the blank leaves. “Present
ed by Joshua Jones, to his affectionate wife, on
the anniversary of their marriage," and show
ing it to the other, we both agreed that he un
doubtedly was the sufferer whom we had left
behind, yet we mentioned not our impressions
to the family. We were invited to partake of
a repast, that had been accellerated oil ourac
count, and as we were about sitting down, the
knew it in a moment; and I could feel n shut!-* I had recently lost several of my intimate
der thrilling the arms that were folded close bachelor friends, [hy marriage, I mean, not
to my own, as a sudden cry burst from the lips by death,] and the loss began to make mo sc-
of all of us—‘The wolves....the wolves!’ ] rious. I said to myself—“I shall bye and
“ Dm you ever see a wild wolf....not one of bye, bo tdone, in the world, with no body to
your caged, broken down, show animals, which
ttre exhibited fur sixpence sight, children half
price—but a fierce half starved ranger of the
wintry forest, howling and hurrying over the
care for, and no botly to care for me.”
I promised myself every day to think of
the matter in good faith: and 1 generally ond-
, „ . ed by hinting to myself that next year would
barren snow, actually mad with hunger ? ! do quite as well.
There is no one of God’s creatures which has ! This kind of dialogue with myself, which
such a frightful, fiendish look, ns this animal, the learned called soliloquv—I kept up till my
It lias the form as well as the spirit of a de- 3'Jth year !
“ Another, ami another howl....and then we
could hear distinctly the quick patter of feet
behind us. We all turned right about, and
looketl in the direction of the sound.
"‘The devils are after us,’ said Mason,
pointing to a line of dark, gliding bodies.—
And so in fact they wcro..,a whole troop of
th cm....howling like so many Indians in a
A fool at forty is a fool indited.”
I had nrrivod at that inaturo age, w ithout a-
ny attempt at marriage, though I had made
love to hundreds in the way of gallantry.
It was growing squally : 1 at length one fine
afternoon, determined to make a desperate ef
fort and offer myself to Sophia E. a charm
ing creature with whom 1 had lieen acquaint
ed for many years, and who now reckoned a-
Bteed’ at a log tavern,... the little town, o. . presents a richer sectary, or more diversified I lady went to tho'door, and "seeing he^^n's Vd-
Thottgli a stranger u, the country. 1 coud at landscape, than the valley of that lovely river, I vance with the bod? recognised the features
once discover, by the signs, that something at this period of the year. Along the path I by the glare of the’ orches" uttered a sh ek
more than common, was going on in the vil- which 1 pursued, one small prairie, skirted and Ml on the floor. " ’
lie was brought in and
iage. A large number ol people, were crow-1 with the finest timber, and covered with a pro-
ded round the floor of the tun. Horses of all ! fusion of beautiful (lowers, succeeded another-
sky's, colours and conditions, whose equip- and the eye was continually refreshed with
meats were as various as themselves, were ti j the graceful stream and its clear waters. The
ed to the branches ol the lorest trees, that still • richness of the grass, the beauty of the forest
grew upon the public s. t i> ire. The occasional j the mildness and brilliancy of .lie sprin^ wca-
dtscliarge ol a rule, indicated that some ol the j ther, and the enchantment ol tlie whole scene,
company were “ culling the centre,” for half- i induced me to linger lor a time in the wilder-
jmts; while others, who had •• the best quar- Less. One evening I reached the cabin of
ter nags ,n all Kentuck,” were.prancing them one of the most remote settlers, and learning I the sons, which supported them while there
up and down the streets. 1 lie conversation , that the battle ground ol Tippecanoe, was but; was any hope of restoration, and enabled them
o those around me induce . me to believe, that a few miles distant, deter,timed to visit it- calmly to use every means in their power for
h .»t h l . 10 V S |T‘a" “i 'V 3 I?” ' Allowing morning, early, 1 reached their father’s recovery, sunk under their weight
scat of backwoods just?, c ; and had a doubt j the spot, consecrated to the valor of our conn- of woe. and they wept aloud.
* * ‘ “ ‘ ' tryinen, and having tied my horse to a bush,
nt the skirt of tile prairie, ascended to a small
plain ol table laud, in the form of a horse-shoe,
where
■ Many n valarous deed nns done,
And ninny a hell.I Inid low.”
Hut lew vestiges of the battle were remain
ing. Here and there the bleached skull of
some noble fellow on the grass; and more than
I stumbled over the logs which.had
remained, the stentorian voice ol a sheriff', is
suing from the door of a log school house,
with the usual “Oh yes! oh ye- ! oh yes !”
must have satisfied me, that it general settle
ment of the rights of mrum arul tuir.n, was a-
bmit to take place. I felt a curiosity to wit
ness this scene : and having disposed of mv
portion of my corn bread and bacon, whieii i
t-'iind at a table surrounded by a promiscuous
throng of jurors, witnesse
md on a bed before the fire, and friction and
fomentation with hot liquor, and in line every
thing was tried to tcslore him, but to no pur
pose. The mortal numbness had seized his
botlv, the chill of death had frozen his vitals,
•he heart was stagnant, and to beat no more.
The voice of lamentation filled the house—
The loving wife ami daughters mingled their
istressing wailings, and the manly nature of
. p pt
\\ e endeavored to calm the agitation and
sorrow of the distressed family, though they
•sorrowed not like those without hope,’yet
their grief was violent, and though the hour was
late when they retired to rest, yet the sobs that
ever and anon broke the silence of night, in
dicated the absence of repose from the eye
lids of the afflicted. We watched the corpse
till morning, which was as calm and beautiful
; r, '’"’T ' snitors .lawyers once stumbled over the logs winch, had as the day previous had been tempestuous and
indictees, spectators, and country officers, 1 harmed par of the temporary breast-work terrible, and fitly represented the calm and glo-
eo,iclu.led to spend t he little tune l had to re- j (brown up after the battle, and have since been rious beauties of that eternal world to which
mam, in personally viewing the dispensation scattered over the field. At an angle of the the traveller, wearied with the storms and hur-
uf justice, in so rude a tempi
111esJ uTiiieweu." a i o
-mall plank frame, a little raised above the pun
encampment, and wheep the carnage had been
greatest, was a slight mound of earth, scarcely
it stood an oak Tree, on tue*v«r~«. ^
otters J. D- were rudely curved. This was
only memorial ot one of the most favorite ot
Wtiicky's sons ; for under that mound re
ed all that remained of the chivalrous, the
onerous, the eloquent ami highly gifted “Jo
Dams.” IND1ANNA.
—
THE WESTERN TRAVELLERS.
• » * * * * * Alas!
Nor wife nor children more shall lie behold,
Nor friends nor sacred home. On every nerve
The deadly winter seizes ; shuts up sense;
And o’er his inmost vitals, creeping cold,
Lays him along the snow a stiffened corpse,
Stretched out and bleaching in the northern
blast.
The following account, Mr. Editor, which
I received from a correspondent in Cape Gi-
cheon floor. The clerk was placed at a sma,
table directly before him. The members J
the bar, were seated around on temporal
benches, made of rough planks placed upon
Plucks of wood....but could not be distinguish
ed hy their appearance, from the people wlto
rat with, or stood around them. The usual
forms and ceremonies ot opening a court were
tone through, with a celerity ami precision,
that would have astonished a Westminster
lawyer. ***** The first case on
the -7 civil docket wn3 an action of slander,
brought hy a father....an old soldier and an
i arly settler—as “ guardian and next friend,”
tor words “ falsely and maliciously uttered, j
published, and spoken,” by (he delendant,
“ of and concerning” the plaintiff's daughter,
a lovely girl of about seventeen. On the cal- |I received from a corresp
ling of the cause, a person’s name was meuti- rnrdeau, will no doubt bo found interesting to
oned, Which I did not distinctly hear; there j most of your readers,
was a bustle in the crowd ; and alter a lew mi
nutes of pushing anti elbowing, an individu
al appeared, who announced that he was ready
to proceed, as counsel for the plaintiff. He
was a tall, athletic man, of about 30 years o(
ago—with a fine, manly, intelligent counte
nance—dressed in a hunting shirt ot
powwow. We had no weapons of any kind ; ! bout half my own age.
ami we knew enough ol the nature of the vile An ancient philosopher, whoso memory is
creatures who followed us to teel that it would j tlear to all seholars, says that is the fair ditl'cr-
bo useless to contend without them. There j nice ; that the husbands should
was not a moment to lose....the savage beasts
were close upon us. To attempt flight would
have been a hopeless affair. There was but
one chance of escape, and tve instantly seized
upon it.
“‘To the tree....let us climb this tree !’ I
cried, springing forward towards a low bougb-
ctl and guarded oak, which I saw at a glance
might he easily climbed into.
“llarry Mason sprang lightly into the tree,
and aided in placing the terrified girls in a i
eond time, and retarding the stream, plsedfl
her safely again where he first found her, ob
serving with a good iratured laugh, “An yon
love your moorings so well, hearty, amok*Any
binicle but you may lay anchor there to eter
nity.”
The above is a true bill. The lady has
grown wiser and less sensitive since this lec
ture on squenmishness was read to bet; and
site frequently amuses her friends by relating
the anecdote.
be double the
wife’s age. I have a great respect for the an
cients.
It was almost sunset—when I stalked up
Broadway, in deep meditation on the subject.
At the corner of Cortland street, whom should
I meet but niy very idcutical charmer, nud
looking too morn charming than ever.
(£7^ You will observe, that I was in love!
I hailed the meeting as an omen of favora
ble augury, and joined tier at once.
Now Sophia E. was a girl of excellent
Two men travelling about the middle of De
cember last, from St. Louis to the north-west
ern part of Missouri, fell in with another tra
veller, named Jones, who was journeying to
wards iiis residence, which was about 00 miles
this side the destination of the other two.—
The air became more raw and chill, as they
blue, trimmed with yellow fringe. His face proceeded northward, and the snow tell in con-
lmre those indubitable marks of genius, and | sidcrable quantities, at intervals. W henwith-
those traces ofstudy anti reflection, which can- j„ about two days’ ride ot their home, the |
not be mistaken ; while his fine form born evi- co ),l set in most Intensely, the wind rose in all j
tleiicc equally strong, of habitual fatigue, and its fury, and beneath its howling blast the not tin
exposure to the elements. 'I pass over the in- sturdy trees of the forest bent like tao skiiiler j and fe
cidents of the trial ; the evidence, which fully I ozic
deep
ricanes had gone to dwell forever. In the c-
vening llie corpse was interred in our corner
ppy assufatirfc"6t , TTH 1 'ptnTrefj7avibg"or rJt
surrcction of the just, when mortal will put on
immortality, anti death be swallowed up in
victory. On the following morning we left
the disconsolate family, who would have glad
ly detained us, as grief finds always a partial
relief in the sincere condolence even of stran
gers.—Balt. Minerva■
—:ooooo:—
FROM “ t.F.GF.NDS OF NF.VV-ENGI.AND.”
A NIGHT AMONG THE WOLVES.
“ The gaunt wolf,
Scenting the place of slaughter with his long
And most offensive howl, did ask for blood.”
i “ The wolf—the gaunt and ferocious wolf!
How many tales of wild horror are associated
with its name ! Tales ot the deserted battle
field....where the wolf and the vulture feaste j
together....a horrible and obscene banquet, re
alizing the fearful description of the siege of
Corinth, when
1 On the edge of a gulf
There sU a raven Happing a wolf,’
amidst the cold and stiffening corses of the
fallen ; or of the wild Scandinavian forests,
where the peasant sinks down exhausted amid
the drifts of winter, and the wild wolf-howl
sounds fearfully in his deafening ear, and lean
forms and evil eyes gather closer and closer
around him, as if impatient for the death o!
the doomed victim.
settlers of New-England were
then their yells....thcy were long and loud,
and develish.’
“I know not how long we had renmlnpil in
this situation, for tve had no means of ascer
taining the time—-when I heard n limb of the
tree cracking, as if breaking down beneath the
weight of some of us; and a moment after a
shriek went through my ears like the piercing
of a knife. A light form went plunging down
through the naked branches, and fell with a
dull and heavy sound upon the stilf snow.
“ ‘ Oh, God ! ] am gone !’
“It was the voice of Caroline Allen. The
poor girl never spoke again 1 There was a
horrible dizziness and confusion in my brain,
and 1 spoke not —and I stired not, for the
whole was nt that time like an ugly, unreal
dream. I only remember that there were cries
and sliudderings around me; perhaps I joined
mired her lovely face and little foot, iter
ogttish laugh and rosy iips, &c. but 1 had
never yet even squeezed her hand, except
place of comparative security among the thick j sense, as women rttu—and of a very pretty ro-
boughs. I was the last on the ground, and 1 mantic turn withal. Iliad for sometime ad-
the whole troop were yelling at my heels bo-
lore I reached the rest of the company.—--
There was one moment of hard breathing anti
wild exclamations among ns, and then a feel
ing of calm thankfulness lor ottr escape. The
night was cold....ami we soon began to shiver
and shake, like so many sailors on the topmast
ol an icoland whaler. Rut there were no mur
murs—no complaining among us, for we could
distinctly see the gaunt, attenuated bodies of
the wolves beneath us, and every now anti
then we could see great glowing eyes, staring
up info the tree where we were seated. Anti
HIMSELF A HOST.
An English Bishop was making a tour toTi-
sit his dioecase. The weather being extreme
ly sultry, my Lord descended from hia eat*
riage to enjoy the cool nir in a wood by the
side of the road. A curate sorrily mounted,
passed by him; the bishop asked him where
lie was going. ‘To Farnham,* answered the
poor curate. ‘In that ease, sir,* replied the
other, in a tone ns if he would be condescend-
‘I beg you to. call at the first inn, and or
der a good dinner to be provided tar me.—
•Will your grace dine alone?* said the curate,
who possibly expected an invitation. ‘Cer
tainly, sir.’ The poor curate was a man of
wit and fond of a joke; ho felt his delicacy
wounded by the nature of the commission
with which he was intrusted, and to aTengc
himself, he desired the iukccper to prepare a
dinner of three courses, and an elegant desert
for twelve distinguished mcinb?r$ pf the cler
gy, with the bishop at their hedd. •
The prelate on his arrival was'not a little af-
tonislicd by so many preparations ; but what
was his surprise when lie saw the bill of fare
that had been ordered. lie rang the bell and
ordered up the host, whom lie addressed in an
angry mood. ‘How could you suppose that
one person can have need of such an abun
dance of provisions ?’ ‘My Lord, your mes-
oneo or twice in a kind of romp which goes senger announced twelve persons to me at
for nothing. I least; the bishop of G—That is
I offered myself to attend her to her door, jttclf-’ ‘The dean ol Salisbury.’^! am
Is
which she most graciously accepted; and J dean.* ‘The prebendary of Winchester.’ J am
whether by invitation or not I do not remem- i be also.’ ‘The vicar of .’ ‘It is |.» ‘The
her, but I contrived to slip into the door with bead of the college of .’ ‘Still that is
her, mid by, I know not what manoeuvre, 1;myself.’ ‘The —‘Stop, stop, J
know all the rest o f the guests.—You may go.’
side of her on
fairly anchored ntyself alon
the sofa.
My hour was come ! “Lie still my heart,"
said I, hut it began to thump. I have been
always troubled with excessive sensibility.
1 however contrived to turn tlio conversa
tion upon love, in some runnel about way which
may go.
— :oooo:--
BANK OF VENICE.
Money was wanting to the public officers; i
the Doge, having exhausted every other finan
cial expedient, was obliged to have recourse
to a forced lonn r.o~ mng f onnlnnt rtiti-
w ould" be foolish to repeat. Suffice it to say | zpns > c:lc b being required to contribute ac
tant after boating about the hush for the best I cording to Iiis ability. On this occasion,
part of half an hour and talking of admiration ! *bc Chamber of Loans (/.a Camera deg’ im-
and regard, and esteem, and nil that, I edged ! pTetti) w as established. To this Chamber
in a hint that I was in love with herself! j the contributor were made creditors, at an
The lovely creature grew serious, and lis-1 annual interest of 4 per cent; a rate far bc-
tened in silence. I ventured still further, and 1 j ow 'be standard of the age. These creditor,
made a regular declaration of love—a thing I i process of time, were incorporated into a
never had done b«fure.. i talked of esteem j company for the management of their joint
long cherished—of passion suppressed but j concerns, and thus formed the basis npon
unconquerable. 1 made a formal tender of my which afterwards was erected the Bank of Ve-
"! I offered myself! The deed
heart and hand
was done!
otill no reply !
lug this terribic
Imagine my feelings dur-
mouient of suspense!
with ilicm—nml that there were smothered I seemed an age that she sat there withdown-
She was literally eaten alive, the waives uau »- - • < - v **-.- r —-
n frightful feast, anil they became raving mad description, she looked up, and referred mo
ndth’iho tn«tc nf blond. ' to her mamma—her dear , mamma, who was
The early
blast the ' not unfrequently incommoded by the numbers
o slender | and ferocity of the wolves, which prowled a-
r ’ and the limbs, hurled from their trunks, | round their rude settlements. The hunter ca-
sustained the ni'vnt if'‘and Toft the pretty cli-I were scattered on the ground: the fleecy ally overpowered them, mid with one discharge
with the taste of blood.
“ When I came fully to myself...when the
horrible dream went off—and it lasted but a
moment---! struggled to shake off the arms ot
my sisters, which were clinging around me,
mid could I have clearctl myself, I should have
jumped down among the raging animals.—
But when a seeontl thought came over me, I
knew that any attempt at rescue would be use
less. As for poor Mason, he was wild with
horror. He had tried to follow Caroline when
she fell, but he. could not shake oil’ the gtasp
of his terrified sister. His youth, and weak
constitution and frame, were unable to with
stand the dreadful trial; and lie stood close
by my side, with his hand firmly clenched and
his teeth set closely, gazing down upon the
dark, wrangling creatures below, with the fix
ed stare of a maniac. It was indeed a terri
ble sccue. Around us was the thick cold
night—and below, the ravenous wild beasts
were lapping their bloody jaws, and howling
for another victim.
“The morning brokevit last; and ourfright-
u! enemies lied nt the first advance of day
light, like so many cowardly murderers. We
were chilled through--every limb was numb
with cold anti terror—and poor Mason was de
lirious, and raved wildly about the dreadful
things he had witnessed. There were bloody
the most ancient establishment of its
kind, and tho model of all similar institutions.
The method in which the above named loan
jt ; was repaid, is believed to be the earliest in-
Stance on rccoul • < ’-»lut fiintllnff *LVqfffm nntt
; the first example in any■ coflWft
! Instance of the Segacity of a Dog.—The
; , —- Delhi Delaware Republican relates the folio*'
her only surviving P ar<? n , f , '! ing particulars of an unusual occurrence said
tunc, ruse and .ripped, li > • • ) : to have happened in Sidney, Delaware coun-
ro ° , "‘ _ .11 ,~,c l >\ On Wednesday the 4tli inst., a little boy
\\ as I not in cxtacy ? * J e I“ cd | „f six years old, son of a Mr. Pooler, wan-
witl, the suddenness and '• rl ' y jf rl > 0 ; dcre(l from hom e, accompanied with a dog,
t.ons. I bad not time to analytel:hem. though >nd ^ |||mM , f in the woo(lg . Though the
some minutes had elapsed, when the good old . gl diU , searc h was made from day to
lady entered the.room , , day by a constantly increasing number of pco-
blte reached out her hand in a tr y m - .* jt wag not unti | t j, L . s un day tallowing, m
mil maimer; I led her to a seat on the sola. 1 aftern00 , lhat lie was found, between two
tol'l lier ' V1 "' what coolness I could command, ^ lnik - 3 distant from his father’s hotise.
what had taken place. She did not offer to , fee |ing of anxiety was produced in
uliich though strong
anti forcible, did not; on clouds, nnjesti
During all this
striku mn n^extraordmary. During all tins, 0 f blue was discernable oil the face of hea- and solitary night, far away from the dwellings
the manner of the stranger in the hunting V cn, and day put on the appearance of gloo-jof men, they were terrible from their tandtsl
shirt, was distinguished by little else than an my .fight. Unable to proceed on horseback and ferocious appetite lor £’ of th(J
appearance of indifference ; nut when he rose through the meeting trees that crashed togeth- j I Ktve h a “ . ^ u)
ti make the concluding address to the jury, C r above their heads, they dismounted, and on ; wolf, from he M of somet of the old «ettlen
every eye was fixed on him—while the deep f oot pursued their doubtlul way through the of \ ermo i . ‘ I Witnesses of the
silence; the suppressed breathing, and theca- darkened forest, unable to discover the path,, the language of on. ot the witnesses ol
eer looks of tho audience attested, that a sense a s the snow had covered it and rendered it in- j scene .— . , ,
of the presence of a superior mind, pervaded discernable. Scarcely able to endure the in-1 “ ’Twas a night o(Januar).m IJ
interrupt my hurried ac , eents ; ”"Zr ha bohal^of the liHle adventurer, in Sidney. Mo-
done, she very deliberately _ informed me that Frank , illf u„ a d illa a „d Huntsville,
her daughter had been for six months t.n B a H ed ffom wb|ch towns wcre collected on the last
to her young cousin H. but that she should day more tllan a thousand people. It appear-
be always happy to sec me as a friend, &c. . ^ ^ , h had pri8Sed , wit . 0 within a few
&c. with a malicious emphasis on the woru »>, - e( , t of hjn) ; and t | iat he had secreted himself.
1 isdfiaar
as you may suppose
say I.
—moon:—
LOVE.
A late Pittsburgh Gazette says—an instance
lias been related to us hy a trader, & we have
seen the squaw in Pittsburgh, whose husband
was so passionately enamored of her, that sit
11c said he eat berries
and leeks, and that the dqg once went away
and brought two deer’s feet and gave one to
him, which might have helped to sustain him
ROM AN T*C*SUI C IDE.
A Trench paper mentions that two lovers,
the young lady 22, and the gentleman a year
stains all around the tree; and two or three, ting one day opposite her inher j 0 ider, put a period at once to their existence
long locks of dark hair were trampled into the | mg "n her supposed bea >, > ; and their love by discharging each a pistol at
snow. started up, and seizing her by th ? "® 8 *' W “ M , he forehead! The cause is attributed to *n-
“\Ve had gone hut a little distance when! his teeth, while she without opposi i . The lady, it is since stated, lias recov-
we were met by our friends from the settle- j monstralion, ^"'{‘ to'L ow the cause of this I ered; ‘he ball not having fracfllred the scull,
ment, who had become alarmed at our absence.; desiring afterwards m knew the cause ot^ tins . T , )U geutin)Cllta | suicide may he thought very
moon—and
The orator commenced in a low tone voice,, pos.t. on to steep " a “ ^TnabTeta ' tYullgray shadow or haze hung all around the
and recapitulated the evidence, in a style of 0 f them. At length, finding lnm una hnrivmi while overhead a ft\\ pale and sick-
colloquial brevity and plaiuncss-yet even in spea k, and his whole power ot body overcome , 0 VoouVn- stars tTnve us tholr light, as they
doing this, there was a something about him, , as , t were by sleep, and judging fioni tl ‘ e r i 1 y throu»h aSlingv curtain. ^There were
that convinced the spectator, that tie was more own feelings that the like must soon up-1 shone th ^ ' Mason an ,i my .
than an ordinary man. But when he began to , on them, they determine ‘ ’ |' and f 0(lr a3 pretty girls as ever gttw up
warm, and rise with his subject—when the fire endeavor, if possible, to tna ««.»•,„» i n I this'side of the Green Mountain. There were
began to tllumme his eye, and Ins voice swel- ; some habitation. Night was just sctt.ng .n.! this .de of the Green ^ ^
led out in its fullest tones—when every sen- and death m its most appai hng form «,are , ^ * h t , the daughter of our next door
tence was filled and rounded with rich thought .hem in the face. Surrounded with all the ; sweetnean, u. . B , .... ,
Tliev assisted us to reach our homes; but others might not. At tlle s: " c ' ^ ‘ expuision, strong mental effort is always
Harry Mason never recovered fully from the! Edging that he never had the least cause of to the task.-Cfcar. Courier,
dreadful , h" He neglected his business. Iiis I jealousy from any part ot her behavtour. 1 -.-oooeo:-
studies and his friends, and would sit alone! An instance happened two weeks ago, of: p op0) t h e greatest of all the English Poets,
for hours together, ever and anon muttering I‘he height ot this I’a^on whcre .t ^ gave a preference to the tallowing lines which
m himself about that horrible night. He fell 1 posed there was t ome reason. An lnoian, ( h j somew lierc met with on an old paint-
o 5 ta dng soon affe , and tiled a miserable well known in this town to the traders, was representing the passing of the Red Sea.
Tor my own part, I confess I liavc never Hy on the western hank of the Alleghany, in ,
entirely overcome the terrors of t‘ 1 ,ho ' ntfnn
ly circumstance which I have t
bras, . I Wlmt limits can almighty goodness know,
“He that hangs or beats out lirnin*, j yvhen seas can harden amTwhen rocks can flow 1
“The devil’s in him if lie feigns.’ m ^, m
Polish Heroes.—Rodonski, one of the rich-
— powers, lie spoke ...
the delicacy, and the amiability of his fair cli
ent—of the helplessness of woman, and the
sacredness of female character—he described
her parent as an aged warrior, now trembling
on the brink of the grave ; and the traducer
he spoke....i ::snot tell how....but all who
heard him shrunk and trembled, under the
fierce, and bitter, and overwhelming phillipic,
oftlie indignant advocate. When he finish
ed, the s-eexss of his effort was shown, by a
tiiumphaut verdict, from the jury, and by the
indignation, the tears, and the acclamations ot
the audience, who rushed from the house
when the orator sat down, as if unable to sup
press their feeliugs.
I followed them out. The charm was bro
ken ; tho people had resumed the use of their
The" wind whistling, as if it were from the four I gentle and sweet-spoken and so>(telligent
sonic time, their eyes observed a light Irom a
little hut, that, together with the sheep cot
and stable attached to it. tvas the only mark
of civilization for several miles in this dreary
solitude. We approached, said the narrator,
and knocked at the door. A quick nimble
the only response, and the door mi-
an eye
were like a read rose leaf-In June. No won
der that Harry Mason loved her—boy though
he was....tar we had neither of us seen our
seventeenth summer.
“ Our path layihrough a thick forest of oak,
w -iih here myl-tacre a tall pine raising its dark,
full shadow’ against the sky, with an outline
• The
step was ine °"^,' c ^ u, ‘^ a ,r a i;; ared pnd rendered instinct by the thick darkness. ‘The
’ 0™S’. d frozen «».«* -V » >-» «*
eagerly and with the utmost pleasure attended
to by the family, which consisted of tho wife,
two sons, and as many daughters. When, by
anti we hurried on over the white pathway with
r a pjd steps. We had not proceeded far before
a low, long howl catnc to our ears. W r e all
describe. The thought of it has
like my own shadow ; and even now, the whole
scene ponies at times freshly before me in my
dreams, and I start up with something of the
same feeling of terror which I experienced
When, more than half a century ago, I passed
'a night among the uiolves. J. G. W.”
—:oooooo:—
rtiOM TUB NKW-VORK AMERICAN.
OFFERINGS”—By a Bachelor of 45
OFFER THE FIRST.
“Henceforth let no man woman wed!”
Shakspearc.
iAlt! niy dear fellow, if you would enjoy
life take the goods the gods provide you—get
married, live respectably"—was repeated to
me in nearly the same words by one of my in
timate married friends, for several years.—
Whether he got tired of repeating it, or whe
ther things nt home grew riot quite so plea
sant. 1 don’t know—not I! but he left it off
at last.
His lesson, however, had made some im
pression on me, before lie gave up repeating
it; and I gradually became addicted to think
ing of “lhat infectious subject,” as Thomp
son calls it-
FROM THE IlOSTON TRANSCRIPT.
» AS YOU WERE.”
During the late war with Great Britain, (be
fore Squire l’eterson was Commissioner of the
Boston,J a dashing belle, who is now a good
wife anti an aff ectionate mother, foundtaer pro
gress suddenly arrested as she passetFdown
Court street by a flood which prevented her
passage to the opposite side walk. She paused
to consider her situation, and anxiously look
ing towards the desired haven, when an ho
nest Tar, with a canvass hat and blue ribbon,
inscribed—“U. S. Frigate Constitution,]’bore
up and reconnoitered her position. Without
any apology, or land-lubberly ceremony, he
encircled her waist with his muscular arm, and
wading, knee deep through the water, landed
lady Sensitive on the opposite shore. More
vexed than grateful, our belle curled her pret
ty lip anil said,' “ You aro an impudent fellow,
Sir.” “ Belay that my dear," said Jack, “ by
the powers I’ll make all fast again." Suiting
•lie action to the word, he lifted h“r the se-
cst proprietors in the Ducliy of Posen, had en
listed as a cannonier in a brigade of artillery.
In the heat of the late glorious action he was
dangerously wounded. The Commanding dE
ficer seeing him fall, ordered him to be 1 . Carried
out of the ranks, but the brave soldier, per
ceiving the momentary inaction of the artille
ry, roused up, bleeding from head to foot, and
pointing to the cannon, “Friends,” cried he,
“ to the work, I am not dead.” Rodonski has
received from the generalissimo the military
cross.
Inflating the lungs.—A t’rench paper states
that a still-born infant was carried to M. Pos
tal, of Paris, for dissection, who conceived t^e
idea of inflating its lungs. The experiment
was tried tar a few minutes, when the air re
turned warm, the blood began to circulate,
and the child was sent back alive tpT^apa-
rents. A surgeon at Lyon* recently made,*
similar experiment with complete success.'