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: > I M I N C U r M v i c ■ i ■■ ■)7 Hobatok « alien V O L U M E I . F O R T P L A I N , T H U R S D A Y , A P R I L § 0 , 1 8 5 4 . N U M B E R 6 . a n d P r o p r ie t o r * . “ S ilen t a* Hnow-dalse* y e t p o te n t a* T liu n d c r .”—G H apla. i’or the Mohawk Valh ilF E 113 NOT A Icy Ilogistci'.l D R E A M . BY IIAKXAU WADDELi:,. Eaiih’s scenes are fair—and life, by cave umnarr’d. Oft wears the pleasing aspect of a dream. ’Twas dewy m o m ; I saw a lair young child, Upon whose sunny brow Icn summer suns Had ever gleamed iff gladsome radiance, Heside a crystal streamlet gleeful sport. Not fairer Wixs the flower, crushed by her tread So thoughtless, than the hue of her fair cheek; Nor brighter were the glitt’ring pearls of morn, Tlmn light reflected from her joyous eye. So fairy-like she ever glided on. Her form oft min-ored in the stream below, That as I gazed melhought her not of earth. And when I listened to the tones that fell. Like waves of harp-like music on the ear, I said. Life is a gladsome, joyous dream 1 i'! florted on. Team samlefs bank 1 sc ree the sjime fair lapse of years had only served to tint Time rertle>». fiortefl on. Tea passc< Again the streamlet's bank 1 sought, and ’neath A spreading tree the sjime fair being sat. The lapse of y Tlie shades of clnsfring beauty ’round her brow. 3 printedrinted c of the Heamed with a milder• radiance,adiance, allll repleplete Her eye, oft lifted from the p page To read the softer language of the stream, radiance, all replet ileamed with a milder r a re With light reflected froni a joyous heart. 5 met her in the halls of gayety— How bright—aye, and hoiv beautiful she seemed 1 1 saw her tread the dance’s giddy maze With witching gi-ace and form aerial. And I’lst’ning, then, to spirit-stirring stmins Of music from the festive hand, raetliougbt X breathed the atmosphere of fairy-land. The crowd retired,—and to the midnight couch ' The maid I turned. Sleep, gentle, calm, serene. Had o’er her breathed its balmy influence. While placid as an infant’s was her brow. TJien lonely muaing on tlie.se .scenes, I said, Life is a dream—a bli.ssful, happy dream. Time restle.s.s fleeted on. Two seasons fled. I stood beside the limpid stream alone. IPliere was the being I so oft had met? I asked the flowers imculled; they drooping bent. And streamlet sadly murmured as it pa.sscd. I sought her dwelling then, and on a coueli, Prom wliicli the beams of day bad just withdrau-n, She lay. Hut 0 , bow chauged, bow sadly' cliauged! The flush tliat rested on her wasted cheek, Tlie light so .sfrangely' gleaming from her eye, X’roclaimed that Death, dark angel, hovered near. I saw the Last, sad breath come feebly' up j And os the tones of grief fell on my ear, I .said, is Life a dream ? I saw the lone Eeinains laid gently in the quiet grave, And listened : hollow sound of rattling mold, And Preaclier's voice proclaiming, “ dust to dust!” Tlien from that fearful dejith a voice replied: List not to siren tones—Lifc’s'nof a dream! An awful, .stemreality it is, •E'eu thus, in by-gon e days, 1 loved to di-eam— And thus to dream is sminy youth too prone, 'Till fitful cliange, oft harrowing to the soul,' V/ake.s kitidlyr fritmthe dangerous franco; Aye kindly, for itis not meet the mind, With energies expansive deeply fraught, Should dormant lie, unsought and unadorned. Oh, when we ponder on live preciou.s gift— withith God'sd's divinityinity impiesscdpi'Csscd a our souls expand with lofty aims, Deep asinnittons, pure, exalting thought. The mind w Go div im How .should our souls expand wotli h ' Prompting to deeds ennobling and suhlime. Bo this our aim, this all our being’s epd, 'The mind, the living soul, richly to gem. injen of tbi.s work we say, \Itfiniehedis\-., Wlien mind a kingdom gloriona yvehys made, Tire sou! a temple meet for spirita puro,— Who, who, our wealth can, estimate, or teTl? The >niserhoa.>itsliT.s lieaps of shining dust, ■ X The king the glory of liis regal dome, 1 1 ^ The distant deep its bed of gljtt'ring peaiXs, The eartlr her mines embosomed deep, Tiie glowing «mfthe splendor of hja hemMSfr. And moon her sllvei-y hue and spm'kling trahr-*-. But what are faese compared with fadeless ywiatth Of pricele-ss gems frem. wond’rous realms of TIwuglft'?^ The miser’s gold gAws d jm~ki|ig’s gioiy fades— ’*■' Deep yields its im m i wealth, and eav|h l)fr m l a ^ Suns set, moon, but for a season are, 'Whilemind, as i^i^lglnal, immortal is ! Then let us toiCwhile strength of Yontii femains j And should the shades of hope deferred Our hearts enshroud in flarlvsome waves. May thi.s but urge us on to bolder strife Por as the giant oak rears not its head In proud defiance of the tempest’s wrath, ‘ Save when its youth has been assailed Bypofeejjfcan*. of strengthening northern blast. So will the mind unfitted be to cope \Vith storms of time when age comes feeUy on. Unless in early day it buffets well The angry waves of dire discouragement. Uur hopes are h igh; we boldly dare to aim A t excellence exalted, and perfection true: For He before whom every knee shall bend, Said, while on earth, “ E ’en aj|^p\y Patlier is. So he ye perfect all,” lifelsMuf a dream! \We too must try its stem realities; We too must ope our chamber doom to Death, And we ere long nmst in the silent street, A lodging darksome, solitary seek. So may we live, so think, so act, that when The dew of Death fast gathers on oiir brow, And ’round our heart we feel its icy chill, tV'e may in glow of fond remembrance say, JL ife's not a Dream ! it is a glorious Eeaiity, emblempf life eternal! P ort P baik S eminaby . tFroih Gleason’s Pictorial.] ONE SH O R ’T Y E A R i vBY n. HAKDY, Short year, O, who can tell vVTiat changes time will bring ? .The flowers unfold their petals fair, And all without be gay. But those We bve m dearly now, May then have passed away. Misfortune’s tide may roll Blopg, And cloud the noble brow; And tl» t are iron sonmw free, May then in sadness bow. ■ The iutare may aU height appear, A» one imclonded day s And efottda n » y gather dim and dark, And heanty fade away. may now dream golden dreams. Pirt wt CM scaiwd* A im tia To realms of brifhter day. [From The Wavorly Magazine.] --- OR TXIE --- Lone Star of Nacogdoches. A JTAIiB OF THE WEST. BY T. n . WniPPLE, ESQ. ti’agedy of Nacogdoclies,, ; uantic incidents whicli led and the Imving a direct, and jaowerful influence in the commencement of that struggle, does my short hi.story relate. Without further preface I will proceed with ray “ o’er true tale.” • ’J’oward thele settiietting s sun, somesikorei^ht miles fi'om Nacogdoches, at the foot of a sloping hilloclc, on w'hose base and summit waved the cotton plant and sugar cane, was the hacienda of Juan Costa. Surrounded with the nch fields, a village of nice white- wa-shod negro huts, just convenient, the sweet fragi'anco of the orange blossoms wafted to his senses on the wings of every zephyr, and blessed Avitliliealtli, wealth and his daughter Inez, who Avill not pronounce J nan Costa a happy man 1 Descended from Spain’s most haughty cavaliers, Juan exhibited in bis own nature many of bis progenitor’s various character istics. Tall and majestic in form, swarthy in feature, revengeful iu his passions, a faith ful, most devoted lover of his native land, and also of his adopted one, he was a true Spaniard. Compelled to flee their native land by the continued and never-failing pursuit of a man, high in authority, whom they liad in some manner incensed and incurred his hatred, named Marcia, Juan’s fore-fathers had selected Texas for their new homo. It resembled .so much, in many respects, their native iSpaiu, that from one generation to another they had liold possession of the first location selected, hbd the roof that sheltered Juan Costa’s fetheV, still sheltered that father’s son, and his family. His wife had departed for a fairer and happier land, but he Jia4 stiE tW danghtar 4n her the dearest, most beautiful antioipfltiDns aud sympfathies of his heart was ceutet- ed. 'The wrongs afid su fl e ii n ^ ^ his adopD edland, and the mhumafiltf^ bis new countrynttan, Juan Costa beheld with Ibelinga of the' deepest cbminjscmtion and pain, A Spaniard is ndt often foimd oec! ..... . “' bol<-.„. aufering countij,'Juan j< the sufthrers, IIxs boldness, and his unceas-^ ing exertions to raise a force to cope stc-r cessfully Avith Santa Anna, and his minion, Don Pedras, commandant of Necogdoches, had prompted the tyi'ants to Iceop watch ful eyes on him, and watchers and spies on his every moyeinent. '• The crimson rays o f an April eA'enIng’s hvm were just tinging the cotton-fields on ;tho hill-top, and bathing all around—^^tbe hacienda,?the shiatbbery, and the*garden, in its goi'geous colors. The A’csper bell of an ancient nunnery, close at hand, sounded solemnly out its lazy chimes, and the deep- oning sbadowslidosed graduajly around, proclaiming ' ^ That night, sable goddess, from her ebon thronh” was about to “ Stretch forth her leaden sceiitro o’er a slumbering world,” The family of Juan Costa was drawn around the hoard, partaking of their even ing meal. The group consisted of Juan, his daughter Inez, an aged female relation of Juan’s, AA'ho had, for many years, taken the sole charge of his dwelling, and its do mestic atfairs, and a junior brother of Juan Costa. Carl and Juan Avero the last of their name, the last of a long line of chival rous cavaliers, Avho had, many years ago, flourished and died in fav off Spain. Inez, the last of a long list of Spanish beauties who had captivated the hearts of all true chevaliers in times past, Avas a beauty igu&ii Muauty, jieuuer a p4iiegmauc a auty, nor a giddy French beauty. IS purely a Spanish beauty, She tall and slender in form, but exbibi voluptuousness -of contour^ and taper of limb, which, in conjunction with her bru nette complexion, and dark, wavy ripglets, served to stamp the seal of livingW auty on hey brow. There is a peculiar sfmethinff in the Spanish and Me;idean black eye, that Ave find in the eye of no other n ation; es pecially in the women of that counhy do Ave find it. There is a piercingly snai'p, and lightning-like glance, at the same time softened hy a mellowness of expression, which, in moments of pleasurable excite m ent entirely changes the expression of these organs. When a t rest, the eye has a certain dreamy, celestial cfisiacter, and it is Md----cei'tafflly/baya nopenmnal experi ence to c o iT o W iteiW h a t it has the fas cinating power of the ha^iak, attracting the heart o f thftsli«wr sex with irreriatible pm|rer to the Jfl tl» how and gi in g the m an p w i n d e r his h 4 h t captive, Donna Inex had a pair of dtose celestial h’t% sightless god-—he with I mean— eompeft. to sdbender his her ’ «, which, as t h ^ took in the group anr- nding h w isfter’s h o a r^ sparkled with smht o f the pleasant pietnvie^ ( C a rtdid yon see aigr^hinf of the unteeis in rourw andeiistf to-day f M p - th o u a ^ a&mt pid-day, Iheerd the report of other pieees beeUeethe noiee of your isirtiiif m s ^ ’^ d d Inan Costa, as h t A sk iahad M pealC iido • gohlel a portisii of Ha own rldk wfae. Yes, W O ier, paadjif a i m iha M of th e m o n a t a w M lies to f ieH w A ] miles, I came across a small detachment.” “ Were they armed and equipped for the contest!? Had they selected a loader?” “ I saw but two together, and they Avoro, ns it seeraod, only stragglers from the main body. They said sometliiiig about irouhlo and dissension among the volunteers, and no election of ofllcers!” “ By Saint Miguel!” said Juan Costa, strildng the solid table Avith his clenched baud, “ they’ll spoil eveiything by this de lay ! I must go immediately to them, and them to come to some definite 'eiy thing by this liately to them, i\ persuade them to come to some defii conclusion—appoint their leadem, and se lect the day when the siege shall be open ed upon Nacogdoches!” “ Father,” said Inez, anxiously, “ don’t go to-nighit! W ait until morning! There are so many evil eyes upon you cveiy mo ment, BO many spies on your every step.— Do wait until morning! I fear some dan ger to you, my father; do stay!” “ Silence, child! Woiild you council your father to fear the dogs Avbich only dare bark at bis heels ? Nonsense, Inez!” said bo, softening his impulsiv’e manner a ...... ............................... look. “ I ’ll butt return again to little under her imploring look. “ I ’ll bu visit the volunteers, and : you aftei’ quieting them !” “ Shall I accompany you ?” said Carl. “ N o ! Stay you Avith Inez, and mother Inez, dear, bring me my Obedient to her father’s your prot( t cloak and SAVord!” isli, Ineznez left Paolo; they may need your protection.— Avisb, I the room to obtain the desired artich No sooner bad she disappeared, than, si) dooi's of the apa . . . Avitb the hated Don Pedras at their head. ultaneously, the tAVO dooi-s of tlie apa nieut, Avhich led to the open air, Averc burst 0]jeii, and a file of ^Mexican renegades. entered. Whispering a Avoi'd in the ear of one of his folloAvers, the leadei* advanc ed tOAvards Juan Costa. The man the leader had spoken to at once seemed the door tliroiigh Avhich Inez had departed. “ Juan Costa,” said Don Pedras, Avhen within a fcAV feet of the one addressed, “ you are my prisoner! In tlie name of the Dictator, and in the name of the General Govermiient, I aiTest you !” “ Never! never shall it be said that Juan Costa peltled himself a prisoner to any man—much less to thou part of a man. Dun Pecli'a,s, without a struggle!” At that instant he snatched a SAVord from one of the Mexicans near l}im, and AvaA'^ed it over the head of Don Pedras, avio I was compelled to fall hack a step or tAVO. No one dared to seize the armed Spaniard. Stand back, ye i-nflians! The one avio I laytlkltertRi itU me until' th^ eaiwe of this outfflgo is explained, shall difl. ■ Though Ave are u'nder a Dictator, a Santa Anna, and al^edras, I, as an American citizen, will esisting, and wiithont a eause. Stand b a c k ! the & st to advance is a coi-pse |”^ The renegades watchctl the eye of their leader, and did not move. ’‘in a n Costa,” §aid Don Pedras, and a sconifwl smile wreathed his quivering lip, ” yon know fnll w ell the crirne tor which yon are’arrested! Treason ‘ to the p'owevs thatbeJ Aiding and abetting an am e d resistance to those legally constituted pow ers I la this not enough, forsooth ? One thing more, Can 1 bring it to' your mind ? Or, /shall I jiroclaiin it aloud ?” ” Spealc it out, miscreant, I have no secrets, methinlcs, AA'hich, spoken, would scare you set of cowardly rnflSaus, My crimes Avill not appal them !” “ No, Juan Costa!” said Pedras, making, at the same moment, a private signal to his men, “ I ’ll not speak it aloud, but I’ll hiss it in your ear whfp resistance shall be out of your power!” A simultaneous rush of tlie aimed men upon Juan followed. A few ineftectual blows, and he was soon poAveriess, hound, gnashed his teeth in impotent fury. A knocking Avas then heard at the door through Avhich Inez had disappeai'ed, and a voice cried, “ F ather! father! what means this noise and confusion? Father! father! do an- sw'er me ! W hy is this door fastened ?” The father immediately recognized the voice of his daughter, and an involuntary shudder shook his stalwart frame, as the full amount of her danger entered his “ I ’m a prisoner, Inez,” he said; when, by Don Pedras’ orders, further conversa tion w’as rendered impracticable by forcing a gag betAveen his teeth. Then did the demon, Don Pedras, exult in his po-wer, He stooped to where Juan Costa lay almost choking with frenzy; he hissed the name “ Inez,” in the ear of the father, Immediately, as if by magic, «Tuan Costa ceased his ravings; he lay calm and motionless on the carpet, Again the de mon ibent his body until his lipa were close to the prostrate man’s oar, and his hot stim - ■ - - osfa, your ( . ^hter 3 to remember the motionless on the carpet, Again the de ntil his lipe w n’s oar, and breath stiiTed the old man’s grey hflu “ Juan Costa, your daug is indeed sly!ly Doo you chance to remember the day X proposed for her hand, the day I pro- love ! D day I proposi . ^ , pc^4 to make your daughter mywife f-r'w. Do you reraemperymir words, Juan! Yon do I Well, you rejected my pjDffeMdhand, and all my wealth. Doii Pedras, Gom- maudaut o f Nacogdoches, and Prime Min ister .of the Gpyeromental Powers of Mex ico—me, you rejected I Now, this is the oftier accusation I have to bring against you, and it shaU receive a puuishmeut ter^ ribie enough in ifself to satisfy’me^ even. Think y# yww tower t i l l eopssnt to heooine mymieWesa, now f ^Norisri/I peseesi her though h—H itaelftvemleegoed wHhyoiM^pdMt me I Doyouheariui,lttau Oostar J w i l la a k i li ^ t t y —halhw lhar AndaMrilWnmaiiiewd wW^wmdilie word in th* CstWs ear, and hMighed $ dtrtlish keiid, jiid oenmM>ei ded the W liiloef UedMtssdlyfNilMM Ueatrug^ glod nwisUywMi Mnhesda. and a l f o ^ e o i f v W f V l y r l i m 3 i IM r t w m tig h ^ bottnd, and Ida t a g iweiMW. ’^ I ^ t h e prisonsito theends*' cuiw him under thtoH o M Don Pedras, to one of lijs mou. “ See him safe before Santa Anna in tho morning, for on Ills appearance depends your life from tliis moment. If ho escapes, you siifibr.— I will remain with Divego, and, porclianco, Avo can catch tho other Signor, who, I see, has escaped us this time.” As ho said this, Don Pedras gave Juan Costa a look that he alone could inter- Carl had decamped through an open windOAV, at tho opening of the scene, and fled toAvards the mountains, hoping to ob tain assistance of some of the volunteers whom he had seen during the day. Be tween a file ofai-med men, Juan Costa was marched off. C, the feelings that wrung his aching heart! None but a father can compreliend the agony be endured ! j V s the measured tread of his men died away in tlie distance, Don Pedras pointed to the tAVO outer doors of the apartment. “ Divego,” be said, “ guard the entrance as you would your lifo i Permit no one to enter, until I return. And be entered the room Avhere Inez had been all the time confined. As llie Acllaiii entered the dark apartment, for the sun had long been down, and tAviliglit had come on, Inez knew him, and knew him to be a villain. Turning the key ill tho lock ho took it out again, and put it in hisqiocket. Donna Inez shudder- “ Inez,” commenced the demon, “ your father is in my power ; oath jioav the cluiins are fastened to his limbs, and bo Avends bis Avay to Santa Anna. Do you Avisb to see him free 1 Then hearken. Cnee I sued for your hand. I was rejected. Agiiiu I reiicAV those oftbrs I made then. Be ray Avife, and before liigli lieaA’en I sAvear, your father shall be fr eed from bondage, and Avalk forth unconstrained aud unfettered! W hat say you, Inez ?” As he spoke, he had gradually approach ed the place Avhere she stood, and Avas close by her Avhen he finished. I’hrough tlie dim tAvilight her eyes shot forth deadly glances, and her fair broAV contracted Avith a frown as deadly. Even Don Pedras she, Avith her delicate, rosy a stinging blOAV in h is face. “ T/iere, you have a Spanish girl’s ans- Aver to your insult. Take your otters, and your odious person, also, from niy pi'eseiice! Rather a \ ould I die; rather sufter torment after torment, death after death, than be come your wife I” “By heaven 1 an insult! I will not suf fer it Avithout a return I Yom* punishment is at hand, girl. Your father is in n ^ poAv- ev J a u ftyoirl --yfill imprisQU in tnfarm&J and claw in love, • Y ^ *. shall be my— Y-ha.l |i» 1 h a I” ' “ ' • A shoFfcflri'Wggl#-^llf;4ppe4 hevm h% armS/ and tbep m ^ was’i^n c o ^ro u g l^ out die lonely bacien^. ^ ;; CllU p toi'X Ir, ./r/ ' “ Jti peace tUeva’sxiotWng so bepomeaa aawofleststflluesaaiidflinmiljtyJ' - Bat when tlie plast of war blow* w w oara^ ^ . Then imitate the acUop of the Ti{?er 1” W ith 63 ’es tearleSflrgTa^y, fixed as t& s e of a corpse j yet fiashiiig a double pfjrion of luminous nre, Inez-mbuntcd. a h o w h a d huiTied away Avildly around thercouHiy,— She halted at every house, no niattev wheth er American or Mexican, and rehearsed, in tones ofthrillibg horror, herfather’swfongs' and her own, AH timid modesty, all ayo - maii’s u'eakness had vanished. -From her ijy language, the facts of the damning deed- ing bosom,, aud show/ the ravisher’s- hand among the nning deed. ]^ e bared 1 and showed the livid her SAvellii marks of mazes of diose azure veins, along the siir-. face of that expanse of snoAv, then, so pol luted and soiled; but before, as pure as the gleam of angel’s wings, And wherever the beautifnl Inez wander ed and told her heaii-rending story, a deaf ening yell of wrath and execration, a ring ing prayer for vengeance rose up to HeaA’- en. “ freedom for the people 5 A'engeance on the tyrants!” was the cry. The popu lation of both races and of all classes flew to ai-ms. The 25th day of June ay U s ap pointed for a meeting of the volunteers at the hacienda of the iraiirisoned Juan Cos ta |— “ I/H)k on /lim tbroagb bis dungeon grate— Feebly and 00 I 4 , the morning light Comes stealing dim and late. As if it loathed the sighU’ STAt o f J u n e ,- ^ m n Costa’s hacien da bore the. same, lonely aspectj and all the fields around were brighfone/i by the morn ingng ra\Yays pff oldld S q I.. In the distance the i r p o S q I rumhlmg of carriages and the tmmp of horses might have been distinguished. The negroes, in their little village of white cot tages, were in great h«»tle mi excitement preparing for some mommitous /atcum- stance, wnioh apparently waa about to epme Here, cme mlgbi have been seen flum- ishing up the. and bariel of a > xurty firelock (bathe* not seen the for end neglected cirve-lftifo, Then eiw^er of fixed determine^n, es if td iey^*^ef though our foeMaiwkhl^nnr hearts am goed-^we n il fighi fee Mherty T Soon, newlsoes nppeMredon the soenei on* one they around the hecMMwi, un to the In frt«iof the oor- eind ninMHnde nf l i i iflnBne^ IPwaneand n ^ e s i m t t t f n m jiwyd IftioiNi Ciiy T inni OartnV kraftar iMdekrtr thwe hid hem w w e ln#iieiini' el the mhmteein, emiMied of aneh e jm i k f of dhanotersf oetfeni^ netwes, md dispositions, this is no matter of great won der. Besides, they had no leader, No one mail save tho absent Juan Costa had. iiifluouco and friends OJiough even on that day to elect him to that responsible post, and be Avas a captive in the city. On tlio 25tli day of June, these troubles Avore in a measure broached again ; not-. Avithstandingtho burning d eshe every man’s heart bad to wreak vengeance on ibe op pressors. A t one moment it was discussed, pro and cou,. as to the manner of attack. Then av I io should lead, \and who should not; and the assembly bid fair to break up in confusion without coming to any definite conclusion, Avben apoweifully built man— a strangor to all there assembled— w ho bad just entered Texas, from the States, mount ed the porch, aiid uncovering bjs bead aud allowing bis long locks to float Avildly in the morning breeze, he s a id:— “ I am a stranger, but am also a man, and I OAve my life, soul, health, body, hi piness, all—all, to a woman. My motb< And if I turn a deaf ear to an innocent Avoraaii aslring aid against a villain, may both God aud my mother curse me. I have seen Donna Inez—who amongst you has not seen her, and heard not her sufterings ? one, and, should you all stay be- Don Pedras, and to plot aimed raAdsbers of our The short speech of the gigantic stran ger was received with three tremendous cheers; and then a genei’al shout, that seemed to shake the solid earth, gave ut terance to the first peal of the revolution of Texas. This Avas the geneml cry :— “ AVe Avill go ! Death to the tyrants 1— Death to the oppiessovs 1 Freedom for Texas! aud the giant shall lead us 1!” Aud there Avas hoard, for the first time in the land of the Avild oak, a name destin ed to become an echo to the throb of every heart, and the beloved of all, the name of TrroMAS J. R usk . The next day— the 26 th— Rusk led his rear troops to the assault, and Nacogdoches Avas stoi'ined at every poiirt, against fearful odds. For moi'c than four hours the car nage Avas dreadful. Dead and Avounded — thlleu, and dying— gi'oaning and pray ing. Shouting of soldiers, noise of mus kets, belloAving of 'cannon, and the sound of drum and life, mingled in one aAvful overture of Avar’s music. Rusk AA’^aa ever found Avhei-e the light Avas the hardest and danger the greatest, cheering on his bold men Avith his clear voice and good eXam- Avives and danghters!” • The eA'oning after battle I The moon ,^hone forth over the plain, and lighted the AptiU’ned faces'of dead men Avith a silvery light. Many noble forms, Avbicli a few boqrs ■before bad been animated by feeling, sense and soul, upAv laid stretched on tho earth never more to rise in life. Many a father lay beneath the moon’s cold rays, many a brother, husband, son, friend. All men alike; no distinction made betAveet old and young, rich or poor,feeble or strong 1 ^ Death, the great ieA’ellor of all earthly distinctions —^Avas in their midst. Silence rested on the battle-field. The distant hoAvl o f the praiiie Avolf and the sighing «f the gentle CA’cning breeze, serv ed only to render more melancholy the gloomy scene. The silence was broken by the stealthy tread of a femalCf Avbo e\'er and anon stooped to turn up some conceal ed face of tlie dead to the moon’s pale light, as i f in search of some particular peison long tho slain. Suddenly she shrieked, ihrill, piercing shriek, and fell insensible on the blood-stained earth qt the side of a Side irpse. She had found hevfffther, by side, as they had died in .the straggle, lay Juan Costa and his persecutor Don Pe dras. The' body of the liAuiig but uncon scious daughter almost touched that of her dead father, but shrank from that of her enemy. Having been liberated fr om his dungeon for tiial jnsfe as the storming of the city pf his fricuda commenced—^liis guards flew to the wails to assist in defending the city. Juan Costa armed hiraself- and flew to the stilfe. He mingled in the battle, and fought bravely beside the gigantic figure of Rusk. His eye glanced aronnd the scene in search of his enemy, and atlastTested on the fig ure of Don Pedras. They met, and fought as desperate men 'will fight. Don Pemas the more expert SAVordsman of tlie twain, gained the victoi'y--hut vietoiy no long* Tho giant Rusk, with % single blow of his clubbed musket, laid the senseless coipse of Don Pedras beside that of tlie persecu ted Don Costa-Tstheir life-blood mingled on the green sward, the blood of the per- geoutov^iond^pei'se^uted. ^ Carl Costa took Donna Inez froni the .dead body of her fathei aihi the battle field, a maniac! The inpulse that had borne her up through the periR of battle and strife had left her, and with it fled her r e a ^ , She raved aud rtrug^ed, and tried to put an end to her ftiisefable existence— it could not be called life-*-but timely in- terferenoe prevented the deed. Years afterwards, wlfoU Texas was freed fertile yaH*»^tbe Iwt of her noble race-*: m »sntle, nncon^lainlng, TOelanchply, erazy kweTotar,” Around tb«r 'vicimty of N»- cOjldoebes, she lingered fell many a day, m<d /mug h^songf of wild, hoart-muain p tlm lfefenliii[ muldtude,to wh<^ each one knar her Mstory* The people »H loved her, owl aidled her ^ vwn n o w » f w ojr NW w im ow*,’’ AfeW vords about the Cbwt Bwdt, and * l t« 5 5 l e tiiw of Ids l e e ^ nnny i t NMoffioohe^Mii |Ki|ni}iii^ } m fo n t on m o iw m if withimt eve* a lnin- '* ” i, o N M i i i e h t i •iW y ellipse, o r i its splendor. Li vain, for three yearn, Gen. Santa Anna demanded his arrest; Mexico had not Boldiora enough to take him, and in 1845— 0 he assisted to chase the last Mexican from the country of his adoption, Afterwards he amassed At fortune at the Texaii bar, and.wascliosen one of the first senators from the “ Lone Star State,” Avhich post he may hold through life if he wishes. Rusk is the only public man in Texas Avho bas never engaged iu a duel | and for this single reason, so honorable to himselfi he had not a personal enemy in the Avorld. To conclude—-he is a Titan in physical the veiy centre. B V R X E li A M V E . An English sailor, named Jackson, spent two years among the natives of the Feejee Islands, in the South Sea-. From the nar rative of his adventures Ave quote one pas sage describing a burial alive. A. young Feejee mau Avas ailing; ho had lost his ap petite, and fearing to be reproached by the Feejee beauties for being a skeleton—sliamo being an unendurable emotion—resolved to be buried alii'e. Jackson tiled to dissuade him from the sacrifice in vain, and the scene noAv to be described followed:— “J iy this time, all bis relations had col lected round the door. His father had a kind of Avoodeu spade to dig the grave Avith, his mother had a ncAv suit of tapa, his sister some vermillion and a whale’s tooth, as an introduction to the great god of Rage- Rage. He arose, took up his bed and Avalked, not for life, but for death, his father^ mother, and sister folloAving after, Avith sev eral other distant relations, AA’hom I accom panied. I noticed that they seemed to fol low something in the same Avay that they folloAV a corpse in Europe to the grave (that is as far as relationship a'nd acquaint ance are concerned), but, instead of lament ing, they Avere, if not rejoieiugi acting and cliatting in a veiy unconcerned Avay. At last, Ave readied a place Avlierc seAtoral graves could be seen, and a spot Avas soon selected by tlie man av I io Avas to be buried. Tbe old man, his father, began digging bis grave, while bis mother assisted her son in putting onjLncwAaparm^d-tfairgiTl^lIis' sis- I d y A m besmearing him AA’ith vex'million and lamp-black, so as to send him decent into the invisible world, he (the victim), delivering messages that Avere to be taken by bis sister to the people then absent.— His father then announced to him and the rest that tbe grav'e Avas completed, and ask ed bira, in rather a surly tone, i f ho was not ready by this time. The motliev then nosed him, and likcAvise she sister. He said, be fore I die I should like a drink of Avater.— His father made a surly remark, and said, as ho ran to fetch it in a leaf doubled up, “ You hav'e been a considerable trouble du ring your life, and it appears j’ou are going to trouble ns eqUalfy at yonv death.” The father returned Avith the water, Avhich the son drank off, and then looked Up into a tree covered Avith tough vines, saying he should prefer being strangled Avim a vine to being smothered m the graAm. His fath er became excessively angiy, and spreading tbe mat at the bottom of the grave, told tbe son to die “ faka tamaqUa” (like a man,) Avben he stepped into the grave, Avhich Avas not more than four feet deep, and lay doAvn on his back Avith the whale’s tooth in his hands, Avhich were clasped across his belly. Tlie spare sides of tho mats were k ped over him so as to prevent the earth from getting to, his body, and then abqut a foot of earth was shovelled in upon lijm as quickly as possible. His father stamped it immedi ately doAvn solid, and called out in a loud. Amice, “ Sa tiko, sa tiko” (You are stopping there, you are stopping there,) meaning “ Good bye, good bye,” The sou ausAvered Avith a v eiy audible gi-unt, and then about two feet more earth were shoveled in and stamped as before by the loving father, and Sa tiko called out again, which was answer-, ed by another grunt, but much fainter.—. Tho grave was. then completely filled up, Avhen, for curiosity’s sake, I said myself, Sa tiko, but n o answer was given, although I ^ - j-eally did s - ' ’-------- rcfslyPYg* In A tlan tip . From an interesting article on Iceberg-s iu the Atlautic,—encountered noAv by al most every ve.ssol going across tbo At!an- quote from the “ Philadelphia idger Every ship from Europe brings accoimls of an unusual quantity of icebergs in tlm Atlantic. It is probable that tlie north- Avestorly Avinds, AA'hich have prevailed in this latitude to such an extraordinary de gree this winter, liaAm raged-also in tho Artie circle; have set the ice fields in mo tion earlier than common: and have filled the Atlautic with drifting bergs and pack. The origin of these ice-mountains w’as long a subject of controversy. By some persons tlie berg Avas tliougbt to be the re sult of months of finezing in the open sea. attributed historian sides and m the vallies of Artie mountains, and afterAvards pushed forward exactly as glaciers are, doAvn the slope and along the gorge. As these A’-allies eventually open to riie sea, the field of ice is finally prQtraded into the Avater Avhere a part of it breaks oft’, at last, by its oavu Avoigbt, and is float ed iiAvay. The early navigators, seeing these enormous masses, called them in their na tive tongue, “bergs,” or inountaius, and by that name they have been known ever Not unfrequeiitly large masses of rock, Avbicb are frozen up in the glacier on land, are borne off Avitli tbe iceberg. As the berg melts, they drop aAvay, and sink to the bottom of tbe sea. Geologists tell us that the large boulders, Avhich are often in the interior of this conlineiit, hundreds of miles aAvay from primitive formations of a simi lar character, Avere thus transported, at some far distant period, Avhen most of America was still a vast ocean. In melt ing, the hergs often assume the most fantas tic shapes. Some look like floating tOAvns, fancied, or 3 earth crack a little on the top of the grave. The father and mother then turaed back to back oh the middle of the grave, and having drop ped some kind of leaved fr’bm their hands, walked aAvay in opposite directions to a annumg stream of watm' hard by, where they and all the rest Avashed tbemseRes, and made me tvash myself, and thes we re turned to the town, Avhere there Ayas a feast prepared. As soon as the feast was ovrer (it being then dark,) began the dance and uproar which are alw'ays carried on either at natural or violent 'deaths-. All classes then give therasehes up to excess, especi ally a1^ unnatural deaths o f tins sort, and create all manner of uproar by means of large bamboos, truinpet-sbells, &c., Avbicli contributed to the general noise ■which is considered requisite to drive the spirit awp”- and deter him fi'om desiring to dwell even to hover about his late residence. S ize o f qoe G ubat R ake )?. — 3^ke latest measurements of our fresh water seas am tliesej The greatest length of Bake lUpmaor, is 535 nfiles; its greatest breadth h 160 miles; mean depth OOfffeet 5 BfeTurion 621 feet; .area^fiS,000aqiiatemiles. The greatest length of Bake Miobigan is aoO miles; ite greatest breadth 1 O 6 milea? mean depth000feet; elevation OSt feet 5 area ga^OOO square milea. The greatest length of Bake Erie fe 250 milaai Its gimttart hrikifft is a o m il^i its mean depth is fast j^efeiation 556 feet; area 6,Ooa sqiiom miles. wmi 0,olio s q m mifes. Avith toAvors, pinacles and forts. Some bear the shape of gigantic castles. Some recall tbe fairy descriptions of the Arabian Nights. The temperature of the Avater being loAver than that of the atinospbere, they melt at tbe bottom faster than they do at the top, and finally turn ov^er, convulsing the deep for an immense circle ai'chiid, Und imper illing ships that happen to be near. The play of light on these hergs is, at times, indescribably beautiful. At other times, however, tbo ice mountains move siuToimded Avith fog, tbe offspring of their OAVii evaporation; and on such occasions, AVO to the manlier Avbo is not A v a rned in time of the damp mist he sees settling down around. After traversing our east ern coasls, and assisting to make our springs later tliau tbuse on tlic Pacific side, tho bergs are melted down by the gulf etreara, or borne off in greatly reduce/l bulks to the coast of Reland, Atdmi'e they disappear forever. Goon R eport . —^Elder - ^ fulfilled bis appointment at the Chiistain clmrch near Cbarlotteville, and Avhen he took his seat tbe Pastor of the chui'ch rose to make ■ a fcAV remarks on the subject No sooner than be bad done so, about fifteen of bis disaffected bretbern and sisters left. When they bad arrived at the door and Avere about to step ouh their Pastor congratula ted liimself that lie bad preached for sev eral years with much sucecss, yet he al- Avays had doubted bis ability until then ; “ but noAV,” said be, “ I have no longer any doubt, for a man that can cast out fifteen devils in fii'C minutes must be a very smart man,”-^:Bt0omviUe Mirror,. L u n f e n o u s M xschibe .— ^Tlie folloAving “ droll incident” is related in the Knkhtr- boc^er, as having occiircd to a h u ly of h i g h spectability in Brooklyn ;— “ The lady has a charming little boy, — observing, imitativ'e and activ'e. Tbe very obsei. p, .pbilfi bad noticed the postman constantly leaving letters and moAiiig off quick; and I he thought it would be a very nice thing to -■ become a postman. So he one day went to his mamma’s esevutoire, and took out some twenty-five or thirty letters, tied them and sallied forth, leaving- one at ' bor bought her an open letter, Avhich she said somebody had left at her door; hyt what was her astonishment, when visiting hour avriA'C/l, for another, and another, and another lady coming in, all bringing open lottera, until her ample parlor was com pletely crammed, Yon need not douht the mirth and fun groAV fiist and ftyimis, as each lady entered Avith the same tafe, and the little postman Ava^ elated beyoiid measure to find ivhat a capital peatman h e w a s ; but, tbe best o f the fun Avas, tfiat 'every lady, one and all, asserted she had not unfolded or read one Anmi'd,oli| no, not they'hKliefl am far, far ahm'e mying' into other ladies’ letters, The fair lady to Avhom the letters AA’ere a d d r ^ d , is fortunately the mother of a lavg#.aud lovely family, and tho let ters Avere fiom early friends, schoolmates, &c;” ATpoeioys .OnoEtTY,--—The J.oumUh jDmumaf repdrts * p m near Sligo, Oldham county, Kentucky,in whieh a man named Amor and hfe second wife, were m^'ested ............. .... ' isbimd »v4 _ - yearn old ---whom they had beaten, kicked, scalded and. starved in the most inhuman Thq husband did not 4 m y die nb»r§t, h u t »4d h!s wife did it^ and he eould y o t « uk Irol her. The ehtld was taken from them and they'twfe allowed to go, Th* iiest — '-ing the ifeild died feom the iihft-eat-. it had teoeivcdi but Hm had morpii ahioonded, and have hwn WfMted, The Governor E e n tui^ ha* offered » wwiTd of 1*00 for th* apprehenfiicuof tk* crtiil wfetchoo.
