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From the To/itu and Sourui/r for 1 V
TO A NA M !-'j.i:n>4 one.
La nr, we never met before
Within the world’s wide space;
And ye! the more ! gaxe, the more
I recollect thy face!
Each feature to .my mind recalls
An image of the past,
Which, where the shade of memory falls,
Is sacred to the lasi.
lint she, whose charms in thine 1 trace,
Was not, alas ! oi earth;
And yet of mure than human grace,
For Paltry gave her birth :
She haunted me In son lit streams,
And burst it pun my sight,
When through fir* pl--.isaul laud of dreams,
My spirit roved at night
Lost id*d ! why <]i hr ihoii depart!
O, let thine earnest ev e ■
Ab trac ion! vision: though tliou art—
One more my -oni surprise!
Flic comes! a fair and Innehafg girl—
Whom happy, does ae seek!—
And raven etu is tli dr hnks unfurl
Adovvu her blti hing cheek.
1 Ter Gr •eian lineamentsare bright
With beauty half divine;
Fhe ii ‘a pha'ttoniof ch light,’
I {er dark eye- a e—like thine !
Lik<‘ hers thy form—thy voice of glee,
Which happy thoughts attune,
Sweet as tli’ cn braking melody
Os singing birds in .Time!
I clasp her hands in mine once more—
I an again a boy '
Tne past shows nothing to deplore,
The liitur- is ad joy.
Vi e wa nler liirou .'i des uTed halls,
We chuib the wooded height,
We hear the roar of waterfalls,
And watch the eagle’s (light.
We stand wher - -onset colors lie
I poll a lake at vest ;
And O what clouds of Tvrian die
Are sloping down the w >st!
And close ah >ve the pnrp'e pile,
The evening star appears,
AVitile site who elmercd me with her sniil •,
Now tries to hide her tears.
Enough! the spell is at an end,
The pageant float; away,
An I 1 no more inav idly b oid
At Memory s shrine to-day,
1 turn to the *, whore beauty first,
That shape of love renewed,
AVakiug emotions that were must
Long since in solitude.
T turn to tliee, and start to see
Again tint face and mein,
I’hine eves’ expressive brilliancy,
Those c'l sos glossy sheen.
T>vo visions have wavlaid my heart—
A false o*ie and a true;
And—by the light of truth! thou art
The lairer of the two.
’ .»■ J ■■ ■' ■ *■
Absence of Mind.—A most unfortunate instance
recently happened in our city. A poor gentleman
went to the cupboard for a dram. In a state of
mental alienation, he swallowed the contents of a
bottle which contained oil, used for turning light
hair black, lie instantly commenced changing
j'olor, and has since Inome a most perfect negro,
the deep grief of his beautiful and devoted wife
i s absolutely Heart rending.— Cin.paper.
Hood Measure—A man travelling in the coun
,r.v, asked another the distance to a certain town,
'■md was told it was ten miles off— after proceeding
■' few rods further, rur traveller met a boy and
nß ke,dhiinthe same question, and was answered
'aat the distance was seven miles, whereupon he
thought the hoy intended to quiz him and rebuked
him sharply for givin gTtitn wrong informal ion upon
'm subject, but the bov insisted lie was right, “*vl
•ad no doubt the gent'emtin would find the dis-
T uice seven miles, iro./.f mtusare.
31T13 CmiMTI O'CfS,
From the To/.:m for 1857.
K ATRINA SCli U V L E R.
A TALE OF THE TIMES OF CHARLES 11.
By the anther of Normon Leslie.
Concluded.
In a gorgeously furnished apartment of the roy
al palace, tlie heartless and ungrateful young inon
areh stood coldly turned a .nay f otn a kneeling sup
pliant. It was Morton, -no longer arrayed m the
modest garment oi a needy artist, but glittering in
tiie gay dress of a proud cavalier.
‘1 protest to your grace,, cried the kneeling
youth, ‘that no slave ever served his master with
so true and zealous a heart as 1 have toiled for
you* majesty. 1 have exhausted argument and
entreaty. 1 have sworn myself forsworn ; I have
called every oath to my aid that 1 acted but
as your friend, and that my own soul ever
has been, and is irrevocably another’s. Vainly 1
have striven. Flic is indignant, outraged aud m
vmcible. The splendors oi a throne have no more
dazzle for her heavenly mind than the humblest
flower-wreathed cot in England. Against your
majesty she pours out such fiery scorn, such
scotching contempt, as nought but my own eyes
could convince me had ever lurked in the suit bo
som of such a dove ! I fear your grace has at
length found that fabled creature—a woman en
throned in her own virtue, infinitely above the
reach of avarice, vanity, or ambition.’
•Colonel Lovelace’ said the sovereign, with a
quiet sneer, ‘lias rendered liiinseit too attractive
in the eves of beauty. Henceforth, 1 shall choose
more appropriate messengers. Wore you, my
«m successful in enterpriz.es of war, as in
those of love, your powers would claim our more
cordial approbation.’
‘My sovereign,’ cried the youthful soldier, stung
to the quick by this allusion to a certain ill-fated
attempt for whi< li he was noted before the restora
tion, and reddening to the top of his ample "brow:
T can but disclaim the suspicious which your
maiestv has been pleased to insinuate, and to hope
that your majesty will no longer retain in your
service one whom you cannot either love or
trust.’
‘You are the master, my lord, of your own ac
tions,’ said the king. ‘ You may come and go with
out hindrance front me. it was your own oiler to
present'to me this obstinate Dutch wench, who,
by’r lad.v, might deem hci dtoi blood honored by
a touch of our hand. -As for the insolent dame
who guards her, bv (toil’s life, sue shall feel our
anger, and Ivl the saucy young tiling herself
beware lest our patience be too ?i rely tried. For
vou, Sir, should you fancy other climes mere at
tractive, than our foggy island—a threat w inch we
understand has mor. than once f.tiien from your
lips, vou can seek them at your earliest leisure.—
The'king of England can yet govern Ills people,
and peradventiu-e win tire fealty of loyal men, and
even tile favors of lovely women, though his army
and court lie unenriclied with the j resettle of co
lonel Lovelace.’
The youth, lofty as twenty kings, fire gleaming
from his dark, large eyes, and crimsoning his man
ly cheek, his heart bursting with grief, rage,
shame, apprehension and mothered love, aud the
scorching insult ot ins master f -it burningly
through till, unbelted the sword from Lis thigh,
and laid it i.t silence upon the table. At length,
with a voice tremulous with d< ip, yet mastered
passion, lie found calmness to say :
T understand your grace. '1 he sword which
has leaped forth gladly to the light in your sacred
c.m.-e, with tiie bloo I of vour enemies sca e - wiped
from its blade, lies before you, masterless aud
idle.’
‘lTetter thus,’ said Charles, coldly, ‘than by the
side of- .’ lie paused; and the youth’s heart
feit like -ice in his bosom.
‘Enough of this, Sir,’ at length resumed flic
sovereign; ‘vour departure is your own choice,
not ours. But hearkye! colonel Lovelace, as to
the blue eyed Hollander, 1 will have no tampering,
no plotting with her. Aspire not to her love.—
Seek not even her presence. W e will ourself un
dertake the task of melting her obduracy. Mark
me , Sir. Meet her not. Look not on her—
speak not—nav, dream not of her, or,’ and he as
sumed a sterner air, and made a motion with his
linger across his throat—‘that high head of yours
mv lord, shall be humbled, as those cl your bet
ters have been before you. Enough, ’Fir. IJegone,
we would be alone.’
The youth bowed so low that his features were
hid 1 -n from his master’s gaze, and then withdrew.
But the veins of Percy never boiled with hotter
blood.
‘Not dream of her ?’ echoed the panting lover—
‘By Earth. By Heaven! Is it for this 1 have
been a tool, a slave— a panderer ? Accursed be
the King. Let lightning strike him! Ever be
his false breast the throne of fear and mis ry. Be
tempest* around his head, and volcanos beneath
his feet. May treachery attend his every step,
and torture ma'rk his every hour. Let his fame
rest only on his nation’s hatred, and, long ere he
mn the Natural circle of his life, oh may the thirs
ty blade of midnight assassin, no baser—no more
cruel than himself, drink the foul blood of his en
venomed heart, and be the deed hailed ami sancti
fied with the praises of all mankind !’ ....
lie paused, aud as his high cinder subsided,
tears, scalding tears, leaped to his eyes and fell up
on the turt. .
‘Kate too, my gentle, rpy beautiful, mv adored.
Villain that lam ! What has this Cyprian court
made of me 1 There teas a time when l too was
pure. Oh, my past boyhood ! Had* 1 met thee,
celestial being, but a few years ago. Would 1
lent myself to the hellish purpose of luring such
an angel into the grasp of the devil! f urse hitn.
Curse, him! 1 will see her. .
Lit my head roll in the. dust! Let it.. Is it
for me to tremble now f Some hope l cumins. 1
may repent, confess, explain and sue sot paidoll.
Shewdl spurn me. Right! she should do so.—
Yet I can aid her escape, reveal her danger, toil
the plans of this royal Lucifer, and oh! perad-
FLORENCE, GA. MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1838.
venture, lost though I be myself, a pitying God
may make me the instrument of saving this bright
innocence, of crushing this serpent’s head—of
guarding the paradise of my exquisite Kate, from
rite wiles of Satan, even although I be forever
banished from its Elysian groves. Yes, I will meet
acr.'
Wrapping, therefore, around him the folds of
a eloak, which he had hastily seized ere he rushed
forth upon his mad design, he proceeded, scarcely
breathing for the tumultuous beating of his heart,
to the abode of Katrina, lie entered. The very
hand of death seemed to strike hitn as he procee
ded. The well known apartments were abandon
ed. ' A peasant rudely informed him that the fam
ily had disappeared, no one knew whither. Not a
letter; not a note; not a word of parting. Tiie flow
ers she cultivated—the vines she nursed and loved,
still bloomed upon the garden wall. But Kate was
gone. Whither had she disappeared ? Had site
lied? Had she perished ? The King!—At this
dreadful thought, rendered more fiendishly fright
ful by his perfect knowledge of liis cruel and licen
tious master, the distracted and guilty youth felt
his brain reel, and with a ghastly look at the spot
where last he had seen her tearful eyes directed
reproachfully towards him, he fell senseless upon
the ground.
It was several years after the incidents above re
lated, in the mouth of August, 16C-4, that three
armed vessels, hoisting the (lag of England, floa
ted slowly into the harbor of New York, then in
possession of the Dutch. Only fifty-five years had
rolled away since Hudson had, for the first tune,
entered the bay, and explored the river. Since
that period, the Dutch had once lost and regained
possession of this beautiful country, which they
now quietly enjoyed under a grant made by the
States’ General. Van Twillcr, Keift, and Stuy
vesant —names (alas! for their sterling virtues,)
now consecrated only to the lovers of humor and
laughter, aud resigned in turn, and the last now
guided the affairs of the peaceful and lovely set
tlement—a tranquil village, a rural retreat, shelter
ed from the earthquakes of the Europen world.
To this little abode the arm of tyranny seemed
scarcely able to reach, and here had lied, from
priestly and kingly wrath, many that were noble,
brave, and lovely, cheerfully abandoning the great
world, for domestic hnppinees and political safety
a.id liberty. The peaceful citizens, who scarcely
knew the meaning of the three warlike intruders,
were too soon informed that Charles •!., the sel
fish and dastardly monarch of Great Britain, had
sent these messengers of death, to deprive of Kb
■ rty, even the iiappy and harmless habitants of this
remote corner of the globe. The town surren
dered, and New Amsterdam from that time assu
med the name of New York. Colonel Nichols,
the cotmnauder of the expedition, having satisfac
torily arranged the preliminaries of the treaty, lan
ded with n party of men, and otic confidential offi
cer as a companion. They were respectfully
quartered in one of the beat mansions of the town,
and the hospitable family, however coolly disposed
to regard the instruments of their unjustifiable
subjugation, still extended to tiie two distinguished
officers, everv mark of respect arid attention, Col.
Nichols, absorbed in the in * rue of his vespot s.
Iri I tes, yielded himself up to his official cares and
duties, while his companion, a noble aud manly
youth, whose prepossessing appearance soon won
him a welcome, was left at leisure to amuse him
self by examining the strange country, to him
so contrasted with the luxurious elegance of Lon
don. j’he stranger was of a deportment sad and
gentle. An air of melancholy marked him for one
thoughtful beyond his years. Tiie opulent citizen
of whose h*s pitality lie partook, had awarded to
hitn a large room, leading into a parin', and thence
a small, but well stocked library, and here lie was
wont to spend his hours, during the week of his
sojourn, when fatigued from his long rambles.—
One day, seated in this secluded retreat, the mas
ter of the dwelling, with a respectful knock, ap
plied for admission, and addressed his guest:
‘You must excuse me, sir. I am a plain man,
and an old man; but 1 mean well. 1 perceive that
you are of a solitary turn of mind, and 1 have
therefore thought you most preferred being left to
yourself—otherwise 1 should have oftener sought
your company.’
‘lndeed, my kind friend,’ replied the soldier, ‘I
highly appreciate the politeness and delicacy of
vour motive, and perhaps. 1 have been selfish ami
rude in my retirement. In truth, 1 have scarcely
been presented to your family.’
‘Why, no, sir; no: and thatwasmy business her .
My wife, you must know, has a wedding here to
night, and nothing will serve but you must be in
vited. I told her the gentleman doubtless cares
nothing about us; and our little hopes, and fears,
and weddings, and all that. Ilow should you, sir,
a great traveller; and they say also a great lord.’
‘You do me injustice, my kind sir. 1 will with
pleasure attend tiie festival, and the happy pair w ill
possess no sincerer well-wisher than myself. \ ottr
daughter, I presume.’
‘Yes, sir: no, sir; that is; not exactly. We
love her like a daughter, sir. But she is only an
adopted one; a kind of ward, your lordship.’
‘Well, in either case, present my best congrat
ulations. 1 will attend with pleasure.’
‘Ah, 1 hear her voice; and there is my son, the
bridegroom, too. He is coining in. My sou,
your lordship.’
The usual obeisances were paid. The garru
-1 us old father withdrew. The bridegroom con
versed a few moments, with such calm self-posses
sion, as implied a peaceful and happy mind, lie
was a plain but fine looking youth, evidently with
out much’refinement of personal manners; but
still, about him, there was something which, com
manded respect. His eye was bold and unflinch
ing, and his manner that of one who feared noth
ing hut doing wrong. As he withdrew, a female
voice of musical sweetness, half murmuring a low
air, caught the ear of the stranger with a magical
effect, lie turned quickly. It was repeated. He
reased to breathe, and a paleness, as if he were a
bout to swoon, crossed liis features; but l:e re
mained firm and erect. The door opened. A
levelv form darted into the room: a face of sweet-
i ness never to be mistaken or forgotten. She star
ted ; a glow of joyful surprise flushed the stran
ger’s, cheeks, as he exclaimed, ‘lt is; it is Katri
ne ! /’
Ami those once impassioned lovers, whose nuns
had been interwreathed, w hose lips had met, who
had felt the beatings of each other's hearts, stood
now distant, separated, silent. Seas—years had
been between them.
At length Lovelace, trembling with a feeling,
half agony, half rapture, approached and knelt.
‘Morton,’ cried his once fond mistress, pale, but
with a c Tones, that rung the knell of his hopes,
‘rise ; you kneel to the wife of another.’
lie clasped his hands. ‘Kate, I still love you.
1 can explain all. Years of repentance.’
‘Sir, said the girl haughtily, and, as she spoke,
every vestige of embarrassment disappeared, ‘mis
take'me not again. Kneel not, nor assume the
language of a lover. lam this day to become the
bride of another. He and his virtuous father
know my past life,even to that frnitfu peril in which
v< a involved me. Beware, sir, lest they recognize
in you the profligate w hom I have taught them to
hate.’
‘1 confess; I tremble; I repent;’ murmured
the abashed libertine.
‘Mr. Morton,’ rejoined she, ‘if that be your
name, let us quietly understand each other. You
met iu ine an inexperienced and idle girl. I lov
«d you.’
‘Dearest Kate!’
‘But 1 loved what I thought you u-ere, not what
you are! When your true character was betray
ed, that instant, love perished, and gave place to
indignation and horror. With reflection, every
partiality for you has utterly passed away. 1 know
you, with all the virtues you fancy you possess, to
be full of vices, the worst; the most incurable.
No woman can love truly, who loves a libertine.
None can continue to love him when his mask is
torn off.’
Nay, Kate; yon do but mock me,’ exclaimed
the youth, maddened by the contemplation of
charms lovelier than ever, ‘this must not—cannot
he.’
‘Unhand me, sir.*
‘I will account to your guardian and your would
be-husband, Kate. lam rich, great and powerful.
I seek tit* longer your ruin; 1 will make you my
wife. 1 will plant your brow with diamonds. \on
shall be as a qtmeu iu England. 1 am reconciled
with my royal master. Beautiful, celestial girl;
you must, you shall be mute.’
‘Never; even if vou cSl'ed me to the throne.’
‘Nav, th“n, endin'.tr v>, one heavenly kiss.’
Unaccustomed to re-train the wild impulses of
his nature, lie clasped her to 1 is bosom, in spite
of her screams, when an iron grasp upon life shoul
der dragged him violently back, and a rude blow
rung upon his forehead. Aghast at the insult, lie
looked up. The calm luce ol the sturdy bride
groom was beat sternly on him.
‘lnsolent knave; coward; villian; draw!’cried
rim enraged cavalier. I -mg all presence of mind.
‘Certainly, said the other, coo’y. In an instant
their bright blades ghatied in the light, aud the
clash of a deadly contest rung through the room.
Twice th“ desperate sword of Lovelace passed
through the skirt of his opponent. But self-pos
session at length coped successfully with blind
fury. The w eapon of the frantic Englishman flew
from his convulsive grasp, and its exhausted,
breathless, arid IdretKrgn aster, with one knee on
the floor, lav utterly exposed to the death he meri
ted, and had striven so arduously to inflict.
‘Spare him!’ cried Katrine, ‘lie is unworthy of
thy noble hand. Stain not the day of our union
with the blood even of a vidian.’
‘Take thy life, Englishman.- I would have giv
en it unasked, Thee and thy base master we d«s
"p!se alike. Back wMI: ikee to the corrupt court
of England, and tell the royal despot, that our fair
land is peopled with women who despise tyrants,
and men who can punish them. May heaven one
day grant that the chains which thou and thy eom
pee/s have now laid on us, as a people, be spurned
from our independent country, even as I spurn thee
from tec side of this lovely and beloved girl.’
He touched lightly, with his foot, the breast of
his fallen foe, who replied by gnashing his teeth
and wiping tiie drops ol sw eat from his lip and
forehead.
In a few davs the three armed vessels sought a
gabi the mother isle, and the half reformed caval
ier doubtless found means, in love and wine, to for
get the merited lesson of K \trina Scul vler.
An unusual degree of Good Bcnsr. —A matrimo
nial affair was related to us a short time since, so
fraught with correct judgement in all the parties,
that w e deem it worthy of insertion in our columns,
and advise it to be cut out by all welKregulated
families and preserved amongst the precious things
of admonition. The facts were these:—A vouug
gcntlonv i of very unexceptionable character ad
dressed a young lady of equal good standing, ini
mediatelv after the completion of her education.
She consented.'-’J’he young gentleman, flushed
with success, repuiied to the father of the young
lady, and his consent was also obtained. kite
only remaining duty was to consult the mother.
This he did nothing doubting. On breaking the
matter to her, his request was answered by an in
terrogatory to the follow ing effect:
i.yir, _—, do you imagine I have respect for
you or not ?”
“I could hope you do,” was the reply.
“Your hopes are not in vain: hut that very res
pect constrains me to withhold my consent on this
occasion. You are aware my daughter has been
at school since an early age,.and consequently she
is whollv ignorant ofhousehold duties. My opin
ion is, people should never get married w ithout a
prospect of promoting their happiness thereby.
The entire ignorance of my daughter, m the par
ticular alluded to, would, iii all probability, wound
her pride, and give a disrelish to lrer changed con
dition. While, therefore, I cannot, in the small
est degree, object to you as every way worthy of
my daughter, a regard for your own and her hap
piness, compels me to withhold my assent until
she shall have been fully instructed on household
duties.”
Vol. I.—No. 111.
She further informed him that not more than
twelve months’ delay, w&ukl be caused thereby
The young man, with equal coed ,-er.st, bowed
iu joyous submission, and returned to Ltsfatr to
announce the result with feelings nothing abated
towards her, hut, if possible, With more .ove to (ho
mother. The daughter approved the decision,
and engaged in her new duties with becoming /‘‘ ti
ll' there be another such mother and daughterrin
this world, we should be glad to know tlicir resi
dence.— Wet ample a Sentinel.
ROMANTIC ADVENTURE.
A. few days since the family of a merchant, re
siding in one of the great commercial towns of the
north, was thrown into a state of the greatest con
fusion by the sudden disappearance of the young
est daughter. It appeared that the young lad.y
had, on the morning of the 2d itist, left home at
an early hour, intending to visit some friends who
resided on the Side of the river opposite to that
on w hich the town stands. Hastening tow ards the
pier to take passage on board one of the steamers
which constantly ply to and fro, she was delayed
on her way, the lock gates of the dock (forming
the bridge) having opened to afford egress to a
vessel outward bound. The ship being at length
towed into the basin, the gates were closed, and
the crowd pressed forward to cross the bridge. A
rope, w hich hail been attached to the side ol the
vessel, anil likewise fastened to a post on the pier
head, being at this moment suddenly jerked; came
with such violence against the ancles of the crowd
as to cause their instant subversion; the lady be
ing oti the edge of the pier was unfortunately
precipitated into the water. A rush was made to
the sjHJt from whence -he had fallen; a rojie wa»
thrown up, but a gentleman, with great presence
of miml, uumiudful of the fearful leap, “accouter
ed as ho was, plunged in,” and managed with dif
ficulty, to keep the lady above water till the arri
val of a boat.
Landed at the pier stairs a coach was procured,
and in a short time the gentleman sat down liis
dripping charge at the door ol' her father’s domi
cile. In tiie evening he called to inquiie alter lit r
health, next day lie repeated his visit, procured a
private interview, the parents being out. The tol
low ing morning cam ■ but no lady appeared at the
breakfast table—the bird bad flown, and, as miaht
be expected, father and mother were inccnsolate.
Things remained in this state till the evening of
the (ith, when tl.c arrival of a letter informed the
family that the lady was quite safe, she having, in
token of gratitude, surrendered her hand anil tor
tune to !.< r deliverer. The worthy merchant, dis
pleased at the step, was satisfied to find that his
daughter's husband was no needy adventurer, but
the possessor of a tolerable income. This nov el
and speedy mode of procuring a partner for litc
has, it is reported, caused >o great a sensation a
tnonc the spinsters of the town, that many who
have long languished iu vain, have lully determin
ed, wheu warm weather may come, to try the etn
cacv of a batli, but have also taken the precaution
to order cork jackets to lie made, the use ot w hich
might prevent fearful couse juences, should no
knight deliverer appear.
A Broad Hint and n /’roper Ttelul.e— At a
social entertainment some stories too wonderful to
be true were related by one of the company. A
pausr'occuring in the conversation, another indi
vidual of the party commenced by aaying : “Gen
tlemen I w ill now tell my tale. In a village lived a
butcher, who had the curiosity one day to view
the adjacent country from the top of the church
steeple, and, for that purpose, he was escorted, by
the clerk of the parish. Soon after they had
reached the top, the bells began to ring, which
caused the steeple to rock from one side to the
Other with such velocity, that the butcher, unable
to bear the effect, (which completely addled Ins
brains,) leaped from the top ; but reflecting on the
risk he ran in alighting, he suddenly drew L s knife
from its sheath, stuck it in the wall, and lucre hung
dangling by it like a hat on a peg, till some persons
having obtained a ladder, kited him down.” “Thar
must be a lie !” exclaimed the person who before
amused the company so much. “And, pray what
have you been telling all the evening ?” said the
other. The first speaker was confounded.
The lodgings of a Dandy were lately robbed ol
a pair of stays, a smelling bottle, two pair ot art U
cial eve brows, and a white surtnut, in a puci.i t of
which there were three fine letters, written to him
self, in his ow n hand writing.
In the days of the blue laws, a shoemaker was
condemned to be hung for some crime; but on the
day of execution, it was discovered that he was the
only person of that trade in the town, and could r.ot
possibly he •pared. A weaver was bung in In#
place, as they had u plenty of them.
Anecdote of the late Sir Edmund Nagle. —
When a young man travelling in a post chaise up
Shooters hill a higliway-man rode up presented his
pistol into the window and demanded liis money
or liis life. Sir Edmund then a very atldetic man
seized the arm of the ruffian, twisted the pi-ao]
from it, dragged him through the window, and pla
cing him beside him to keepli m quiet, ordered the
post hoy to drive on. r ] he humble .‘■•applications
of the highwayman were answered with. “Be easy
boy he easy wont hurt ye.” Still the conscience
stricken robber kept pleading, till at length the
chaise reached the Oaptnius lodgings when he
handed the fellow out of the coach, walked him
np to a garret, and locked themselves in. lie
then took oti his coat and Naitl. ‘Now sir, 1 neither
mean to hang you nor hurt you, but i 11 just give
vou a broth of abating, whi-T havin a complKlied
lie opened the door, bade the robber be vti, and
the next time lie stopped a coach, to rap at the
Window and ask if l’at Nagle was inside, before
he ventured to poke" his pistol into it.
The Tuccoe falls in Franklin County, Georgia,
are much higher than the falls of Niagara. Ihe
column of water is propelled beautifully over a
perpendicular rock; and when the stream is full it
passes down inau unbroken sheet. But lew Amer
icans even know of the existence ot tlus romantic
spot.
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