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THE Subscribers bare just been recei- j
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Mtclunakea their assortment very complete. !
—Among ickich arc~~
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Gins du Nap of various colours,
Rarsenett and Hitichnw bilks,
Pink,blue, white a;id straw color’ll Satin,
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ISO piece* superfine J.inen,
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rlo do. orook'd crumb Blushes,
fVillow caskets and Table rtiaur,
A variety of Millenary (roods suitable
for the season.
Heady made Summer Cloathing »
the best assortment we bare been able to offer
to the pnblick consisting of about four hundred
eqits of Various qna'ities.
BOOTS' fy SHOES.
too pr’s Gentlemen’s sewed and
Nailed •Vcllingtnn Boots
Jackson Shortens,
•Ladies prunella and f.ontlicr Bootes,
do. bl’k and colr'd heel'd Lumps,
do. do VV liking Hhocs,
rlo. white satin Pumps,
Misses and cbildien's Bootees and Shoes ot
every description,
■Ocntlemcn's black and drub hats,
do. llavnnna do. - ~
Eon? mid short handle Brooms ,
Shaker Garden Seeds.
'fire above article* with many more 100 nn
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end examine for th"tnsolvos.
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COIiOSBrs («4.)S ITI iIIUY, rOBIIR 22, I.
M hiiL'Ehh.W Bol' s,
*r H E I'll) x E E |{ s< .
j The ilifhcultie* titttl clangers to whiclt
iht: early oeitlt r.- of lJu* state ofXuw York
and those inhabiting the wesiern parts of
.New England were exposed, lrotu the
uietirsion.s ot Itidians, arui lor the want of
j those articles most necessary for their sulr-
I statei ice, are hut little known to the pres
i eat ijeuei.itioii.
3lost of the country, w here now Hour-
I ishing towns and viiiages are ecu was
: then covered with woods.
Wolves, 1 rears and catamounts were not
unfretjuenf. The Indians watched every
opportunity toatUick iheiniiahitants; tluA
w«ire nut ofl‘ their guard. Every house
was well barricaded and so constructed as
jto resemble a small fort. The. rifle was
| the chief liistrunici t on which they de
| pended, both for defence and support.
1 I'retjm-nt animosities lose between tlie
Indians and whites and some of them
terminated in the most sanguiaurv man
ner.
In the year IbO.*, a man by the name
I of Alien removed with it * family from the
vicinity of lloston to the banks of the
i Hudson, not far from where tlie modern
Ilium is now situated. His family was
j composed of his wife, his two sons’and a
relative by the tiMne ot Johnson. Doth of
; these persons were men ofthe largest and
j most muscular frames, and bore an invet
erate hatred against tlie Indians. The
brother of Johnson had been taken pri
oner and burnt by them. The father of
Mien was murdered by a Mohican chief
in his own house. The former had been
educated a hunter, the latter had devoted
his life thus far to agricultural pursuits.
They here lived in security for the space of
a year; during which time they had clear
ed and enitivatml several acres of laud,
f'he prothtee of this, with the animals kil
led m the chase, supported the family.
iLit while us this condition, they had eve
ry reason to expect an at Wick from the
ism ages. Sinnil parties were seen prow
ling about their dwellmg, and their foot
steps were distinctly visible in the neigh
bouring forest. One evening, just after
san-dewu, ns Johnson was sitting in the
door ofthe cottage, his attention was sud
denly ructfed by an object on the top of a
tall pine almost concealed within its bran
ches. It appeared tostir. iiis snptcions
increased.—Presently the sound of a d.s
tant Indian whoop was boriie to his ears.
He nnmcdiatelv eonmumicuted this inti I
ngence to Allen, wlto with ui—....
cceded to put the house in a state of de
fence. 'The asiimal in the. pine tree alar
med their fears. Johnson, was well ac
quainted with almost every custom of tlie
Indians, snatched up Itis-iiie, saying, *tlie
heathen dog in yonder tree would murder
us, had he a chance to do it. t
He neve r secs-daylight again.* lie
raised his ride—tire next moment the life
less foody of a large Indian fell tumbling
to 'the grond. Alien was al>out to rush j
from the house to take his rille, when lie i
was arrested by the powerful! arm of his !
companion,
“Jitir not,” said he, “for in less titan j
half an hour we’ll have the. whole gang,!
upon us.” ‘Hat’ answered he, “there
e.au lie no danger in that, especially when
such'a prize as that presents itself. You !
; would lose more than you would gain. !
Every tree may contain an Indian. Trust
ide, if tve survive this night we may think
ourselves fortunate.’ This war sufficient
to dissuade him from his object. All the
doors were lutrred; the straw was taken
i from tins beds to smother the enemy
should they attempt to enter the chimney;
new flints were screwed in the locks of
their rifles. Scnrerlv had these things ’■
been effected, when a loud yell issued I
from the woods, and tin; halls of more
tfian twenty titles lodgcnl in the door.
“JYcAv you will believe me,” said John
son. Send Tim into the garret to watch
their motion, and blaze away upon them |
should he see an inch of their flesh.”
Young Alien immediately was at his
post. The evening advanced, and the
moon shed her pale smoky light upon the
earth. IVot a breeze was stirring. In
such a scene as this, the imagination of
melt lesS courageous than these, would
have metamorphosed every' tree and every
stamp into mi Indian. IVo sound was
'.yard save the occasional snapping of
twigs trodden upon by the savages. They
dared not allow themselves for fear thev
would he li red upon by the inmates of the
house. At length one wits seen creeping
slow ly and cautiously towards the lifeless
body of his brother uvrrinr. Tint per
ceived this, and with a well directed shot
laid him dead. The Indians again renew
ed their fire upon the house. Mrs. Allen
received n hall in her forest, and staggered
under tit, wound, her liuslutth! caught her
in his arms and laid her on n mattress of
straw. “OIJ my God delever us” cx
i claimed she, and expired. These roused
I the anger of Allen to a degree of fa—
| ry. lie rushed out of the house deter
| mined to 1m- fevenged. lie had scarce
! proceeded a rod, w hen he fell pierced with
balls.
1 i’hcre were now Jiving persons iti the
j house; font Johnson & the two voting Al
! lens. They fifed with so inncli success
las to killer wound ten of theirad versa
ties. Mullets wi re now entering every
, “n't the Jio!;#e. The two Allens were
j wounded and fainting from the loss of
, blood. The evt-rit of file coiiteM whoHv
■depended on Johnson who was injur—
I ed. Otic ofthe savages had the temerity
! t‘> attempt to enter the ehitnnev hut was
shot ere he accomplished his purpose. A
new expedient struck tlie Indians. They
tied dry leaves hesoian-d with pitch to
their arrow heads, and sent them blazing
upon the rool, winch being very combusti
ble was soon in and unes. Keduced to the
externity, the heseiged had Imt one re
source. Johnson threw open a small door !
winch had till now In-en eoncealed, and
exhorted them to run for their lives; but
through fuss ot blood they were tumble to
move. At this crisis he rushed our, but
was opposed by an Indian, who aimed a
blow at him with hi* riile, -w hich lie eva
>lod, and in turn struck him to the ground,
lnqiroveing his advantage, he ~,.,1, t „
digi t, uupcrceived by the Indians, being
sheltered by a deep ravine. He continu
ed his course in a suotherly direction for
alout a mile, when he arrived at the verge
of a precipice; tit the bottom ofwliicli the i
stream now called Poestonkill dashed its
way down the rocky bed. A small but ]
wild cascade had formed its perpetual
course a deep gulf below the spot where '
lie stood. ‘Here,’said he to himself,‘l !
will await tho approach of those imps of i
hell, and rather than submit to their tor-I
tares, I will throw myself upon the rocks i
brln\v.' While thus in suspense, the In-i
d.an whom he had lately encountered |
stood before liitn, and said in good Eng- j
lisb, “! am tlie destroyer of your brother,!
you killed my father, if you arc a mail I
how take your revenge." '‘You are the'
murderer of my hrotlmr!” tx< f.iimni he,'
rasliing upon him with all his gigantic ■
strength. The next moment thev were
locked in e-u'li other’s arms in fierce
strife. Each eddeavofed to piling his
knife in tlie heart of his adversarv, or
throw hint to the earth. The Indian
grasped his antagonist around the waist, i
Johnson seizing him by the shoulder*, !
with one desperate effort hurled hint into
the eddying waters below. "Now lam'
revenged,”-aid be. He returned back to
view for the l ist time the house of Allen;
hut tlie house was a heap of ruins, its oc
cupants were not to lx; seen, and tlie In
dians had disappeared. With difTteulty
lie reached the nearest settlement. The l
Indians for years afterwards ns they pas- !
sed near this place, approached it with ti- j
mid and cautious step*.-—lVfumes they j
fancied they heard Ins sjiiritshrteking min- '
gleti with the roaring of tlie waiw--
‘jri "p . ..
Origin of Dean Swift's Affiliation on
a Broom ~ Stick.
An anecdote respecting the “memoirs
of Tom Jques w in reveral ofthe late New
York papers reminds me ofthe I'oHowing
—Swift was in the habit of going to vUit,
Eudy Ucrk- Jy, his patron’s consort. .She j
was ti great admirer of “Boyle’s Pious 1
Meditation,” ami used often to request
the Dean to reud aloud some portion nf
them. Such occupation, however* "’as
ton litlli; Cimgenial with, the Dean's hu
mour, and soon ho iVsolvod to revenge i
hitnsclf on I’oyle for the irksome task ■
thus imposed ujton him. In short, lie
yrotc a parody upon him which lie got!
printed and entitled “Meditations upon a j
Uroonistiek,’'—This lit* sewed into tlie j
copy of TJovde, from wnich her lady hip :
was act nsfonmd to reail. It was exactly
the same paper, type, and Xej ingeniouslv, j
inserted that no one was likely to conjee- i
titl e tlie deceit. So, the next time, lie o
pened the book at the “Meditations upon
ti l’*romn»tick,’’ which, with ti very grave
countenance,"he read aloud.
Lady—No jesting if you please Mr.
Dean upon so grave a snhjeci.
Swift—Jesting! I vow, my Lady* I read
it as 1 lind it. Here it is “Meditations '
upon a Broomstick.”
Eady—7*o it is—upon tnv word, it is a
Meditation upon a Broomstick.” What
a singular subject! But let us see; Boyle
is so full of ideas tlmf I tint jiersuaded he j
will make it extremely edifying though it |
Imiks so odd,
With great gunvity Swift procredc’d to
retid a very original eoiiiparisou between i
a broomstick and a man, and contrasting
the destiny of riankim! \\itli that ofthe;
broomstick, "This stick (he continued j
in a solemn tone) this Mick that you see j
thrown thus ignominious] , into a coiner, I
was once flourishing in tin; woods,’’ &c.,
"Oh, excellent Boyle! (exclaimed her Ea- I
dyship) how admirably lie hits drawn the j
moral from so trilling a subject. But 1
whatever, he touches he turns to gold.” j
Tlie Dean prrerving his gravity made'
signs of assent as if he quite tin reed with!
her Ladyship, anil then took his leave, i
In tlie evening her Eadvship bad a partv j
uudoneofthe first topics started was Boyle i
excelled,
“Meditation upon a Broomstick."
Some of tin; company began to laugh.
“You may laugh (exehuned her J.ady
ship) hut ‘ am astonished you should not
have heard of it; it is quite worthy the pen
of tins great moraliut.” Others however
•.entered to question its existence, when
her Eady-hip, in triumph, points out the
part n Inch they .'•aw sure enough. Have
I com iuced yon gentlemen. I see you
are quite confounded; hut to tell voti tin*
j trutlj so wa* I at first—tudeed I should
[ huve Itcx'ii ignorant of the fact, but for Mr
OL. | 2*
liJtafc iti .
; Dean Swift, who was so goo«f as to point
! *t out *o me, otdv today."
”M hat! (cried some of tlie party) wag
jit Swittl This is one of his tricks then*
; let us have another copy of IJo' le." They
| went, and looked, and looked, hot no Tie
: dilation upon a Broomstick” was to ho
I found; it was plain that the whole had
■ been interpoirted. The lady eoncealed
j her chagrin, but henceforth", she never
imposed tifiop the author of “Gulliver 'ho
reading of these edifying lectures. And
'this was what be wanted.—. Vat; Yuri
Courier and HnqMrrr.
DANIEL LAMBUftT.
This extraordinary man was born it*
the year 170D, m Engl a ad.
and was apprenticed 10 an Engraver.
1 mil lie arrived at the five of fwentv. lie
was not of more than ordinary hulk; but
; after this his size began to increase, and
unturned to do so until! ho was thirty
six years ot age—at this time he weigh
eo fifty Jtrme and upwards bring more than
seven hundred pounds. The circumfer
ence of his body was three vanls four in
ches—his leg one yard and an inch, and
his height five feet eleven inches—-and
although of such immense corpulency lie
Was stld tree from any corporeal de
fect.
Mr. Lambert enjoyed during his life
lime up to the day of hot death uniiit.T
nipted health—and whether sitting, ly
ing. or ptauding, or walking he required
no more attendance than anv r. imtnon
sized person, lie was inuch’aeciisioin
cd to exorcise in the early years of Ins life
and excelled in walking, riding and shoo
titig; and more partieulailv devoted him
self to field exercises, as he found him
self inclined to corpulaney; hut, to the
great astdfSishineut of his acquamuiiice,
it proved not only unavailing, but really
seemed to produce a directly opposite
Gleet.
In one of his excursions through a vil
lage in England, JTn which EauibVit was
about to exhibit himself, fie was nu t by u
mau with a dancing hear. One of Lam
bert's dogs taking a dislike to the shaggy
appearance of bruin made an attack'oa
the defenceless umiml. Bruen’e master
did tint fail -to t ike the part of his com
panion, and m Jiis turn, to bela
bour the dog. Lambert, being a witiiesfj
of Ihe fray, hastened with all possible ex
pedition from the seat or settle (on which
he made a practice of sitting at his own
door) to rescue his dog. At this moment
tiie hear turning round suddenly, threw
down his tin wieldly antagonist, who, froiii
terror and his own weight, was absolutely
unable to rise again, nnd w ith ddlieult v
got rid ol his formidable opponent.
Lambert-wits particularly abstemious
with regard to diet, for nearly twelve
years lie never tasted liquor, either «ith or
alter his meals, hut confined hmisclfstric
t!y to water. His manners were plea
sing, find he was well informed, affable
and polite, possessing a manly opentoun
teuanre. His strength bore' a near pro
portion to his wonderful npjwaritnce- at
one time, us u trial ol lus powers, he car
ried more than four hundred mid a half
weight, though he veg unaccustomed to
exert himself, llis parents were not be
yond tire moderate size—and his sisters
were by no means unusually tall ox
large.
ihc death of Daniel Lambert, which
took place oil Wednesday morning, the
4»st of June IcfOD, is thus recorded in ti
.Stamford (English) piper:—.“Mr* Lam
bert had travelled from Huntingdon hither
in the early part ofthe week intending to
receive the \isits of the curious who
might attend the ensuing races. On
Tuesday ( veiling lie sent a message to
the office of tins paper, requesting t |, at
as “the mountain could not wait upon
Mahomet-, Mahomet would go to the
mountain*” Or, in other words, that the
printer would call upon him to receive
fin order for executing some bundle ID
announcing .Mr. Lambert's urnvul, mid
hi* desire to sec company.
“The orders he gave upon tlie occa
sion we.ro delivered without any presenti
ment that they were to be his last, and
with his usual cheerfulness.—He wu* in
head—one of large dimensions—{“Ossa
upen Olympus, mid Pelion upon Ossu")
—fatigued with his journey, hut anxious
that the hills might he quickly printed, in
order io liis seeing' company next morn
ing-
“ Before nine o’clock on that morning,
however, he was a Corpse! Nature hfnl
endured all the trespass she could admit:
ihe poor man’s corpulency had constant
ly increased, until, at the time we have
mentioned, the clogged machinery oflilb
stood still, ijmd tlx- prodigy of .Mammon
was numbered wiMi the ad.
“He was: in his 40t|i year; and upon U
mg weighed, w ithin a few days, by the
famous I'aJedoa’s balance, was found to
he !t'2 stone ! 1 pounds in w eight (1411.. to
[the stone,) which is I(I stone IJ|b. mom
than tho great Mr. Bright, of Essex, ever
weighed. He had apartments at Mr*
Berridg. ’s, the Wagon and Horses, in
St. Martin’s on ihc ground (lour—for he
had been long incapable ol Walking tip
stairs. r
“Ili» coffin, in which there had been
l great difficulty of placing him, is Bfect 4
melius long, 4 feet 4 inches wide, and 2
! h’G 4 niche* deep: the immense substance
lof hW* legs makifls jf necesnanly almost