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CREASED IN PRINTING! BLEED THROUGH I S W T I H E W I'- w . ciiAV'tour WI5BfI>®W:., I HAIlIUSOaf Sl’AiVSJBSr., j Pabllslteva und Proprietor*. VOLUME I. “ Silent u« S(iow-fluUoK y et potent o« Tlnmtlcr.”—Cliapl».' ~i 0 ETPLAIN, THUKSDAY, JUNE 22,1854 NUMBEK lav y,0.cfs Jljpilratnt. [P.jr Iho Muliawk Valley Kogiater.] NA'l’iritE’S OIIATOUV. JIV UI38 HANNAH ffAnDKLL. I saw a Leing beauteous in form, Whose ev’ry movement teemed with aylph-llke grace ; High to heaven her head ranjestie rose, With wavy lucks llowlug in sofh igh to heaven her head With wavy lucks llowlug in softest breeze ; With sweetest odors redolent her breath. Her eye the dazzling light of lustrons star, Her smil Vying in all the wondrous grace ice she stood, Of fairest bust from chaste Italia’s hand. Hat when 1 sought to learn from whence, she came, Or were she goddess born, or angel guest, No lute-toned voice wius there to answer aught. I turned aside to weeii- for I had lowly knelt And rev’rent worshiiivd at a voiceless shrine. E’en thus, metliinks, were Natnro though sublime Tn rarest grandeur, yet devoid of speech. Then might the graceful brandies liend and wave ■Jlecking with fairy mien from morn till eve, And llow’rets send their sweetest I'mgrunee forth ; Mount rear its head, grey witli the weight of years. And forest chief nod in the (itfiil lireeze; The ocean yield to sea-god’s silent tread— bun, stars and ailv'ry moon suspeuded liang. And man, with god-like nden, might proudly sway Jlissilent imu ' I o’er earth, and air, and sea. Tilt e’en expiring Nature breathes lier last* Jlut they would no true sympathy enlist. Wake no emotion, call no worship forth, And Nature were, with all her glory, nought ■ But sculptured mass from Arv lutect divine. 'fhe soul, enr.xptured by tlie tlinlling tones That use to diariu the sate d ear, recoils At sndi a tliuuglit- trembles at sncli u doom, The earth a void and darkness on the def-p. Tlu-sim at Odd’., (•oinmuiul came forth at morn, Itctiied at m.gau- plie e lu Liiiiu’s train, All silent still, Imt not devoid of voue. This sluiid.eii-d in the dflln aiid forei-t's deep. Till man, all glorious, looked upon tliescene. He softly tiiuehed the bhUkti spriii.g, and voice, Divini ly modulate, stole tlirmigh the air, Tlien Eature u^e in all liei la-.iiity r.ire, Olorioiisly gruiid -awfully soldime. And thus sl»e lugeLs our ravifliu-d gjwe tteday, aVud fr-mi her luyiiud loiigoi-w {loin's elonuem c. Aye, not a muntuir of the breeze, m ihe}i, B it strikes tlie hearUriogs i.iul lesj.on.ses wulie.-, Tlie eblld’s uu.-todied look luul silent tear, Moves to Its will e'en us fb iiio-U.ei.c.i; 'I'lio m itlier’.s ii lit .ipjic ii lool lerveot {ir.iyor fioing to tbvonc diuo t, aeeeptaiu e liud. 'I'lio li.iz'/iug insert, briiyiiig, low-iiv lord, Or m.-n, w ai re’er In* lie wiUi oigaiis inu, Have eudi the power to wake his native stinln, Hangu.ige, metiiiuKs, is one griiad nisirumenl, AVitii ehoi'ds us.iigiieil to eucji peeulmr gmde. Add poud riiig tlms the urdmit mind asjnres To greet a day wlieti nil these siaU r Uiuids May he unite, aiul tongue a one .siringed lyie, (in which each U'einlillug Imiid may :-Lillfol play- Nature’s sweelet-toriit.irs ure in liei bovvcis, Bleiidiiig strange poe. y' w itli tloijueiu t. The twiligiit lioui a plaiutUe hudm-s.s wakes Within the soul, moved ly tlie uu lliug strains TlmtsorUy bieilhe from wiiviug leaf uud llowir. The deep toned tlnmder, and Miu lempe-t’s nar, With luy.die words subdue'eii' li latent Iboopbc Til humble bondage ’ueuth tbe'i I'nlliiig e.ir. (}u stand beoiile Nhigaiu, and siiy, jr thou cun’st think oranglit save its proud tones, Thil.so tongues have eaeh a {lower to lull the seiiso 'To weave a fairy spell ’ronnd cv'ij l.eait. But tljoi o’s a voice vvith charms more jiotent ntill. Binding the vvilUngsoul with mien all grace, And breathing llumghts eiidutBcd in word j of fire. •The gushing of a soul tlmt warmly glows With tunirresLsympathy hir Innuun woc— bold meeliiig soul in tlioiiglits sweet iiiteivliungn, oitc direct from (h d. This, tliis, the /tumun I've seen the stuliliorn heart yield to iu sway, d eyc.s uuuhed to vvee{i have sought a lomd. It rends tlic veil that shrouds the mourner’s soul, And kindle,s genius’ Ilres in glowing minds. And this is Nature’s noMes/ elo(jumce. H need's no luisliug hcmlds to proclaim, I ^ J w e! h i ’Mi ' boldly ii«pro.=aeil it Blands On; ev’ry look, and toiie, and whispered thouglit. Eloquence loves nut luMuiant climes, B«t seeks the sterile sands, and barren roclcs, The fprest caves, the surging deep, and wildest haunt, For this the or.vtow of nations nide, E;SceHed the liigheat boasts of mmlem years; With nature oft commnulug won, her grace Of gesture, power of voice, and depth of thought. JRemoBthpnes’ proud worda were full of w'eiglit, Carv.cd.iw tkoy were from gianito caves and rookB. He told them to the raging floods vvlxose waves In. ^jealod jfoapt fortned lus grand fludienco. yh« I n d ip read the wateFa mysUo tiionghfa. sepbyidB sigb apd tlmndor's awful roar •, Talked with the fleecy clouds, the trees, and flowers, Bo BiSokc—and from li'ls lips flowed nlodnencc. ifpiencc. thehe soul O, there’s, a power within that draws t » Tq love the thrilling tones of liufnari voice j WJdle rolling suns proclaim the lapse of years ./tnd starry watchers measure night’s dark vault, Thehe glowingowing souloul wiltilt pantforntfor eloquence.loquence. And those who thus havepovvei power to mould the heart, T gl s w pa e ‘ ■ ' ■* ‘ -e To melt with burning laya of tboir words, Shall newer rfi’e—they stand on living rocks; Their cla^isle heads, reposing on the clouds. Shall with an endless halo over glow. Tijen strtve, O, yonth, foreloquence of speech f fQtiikiU to play with matcblesa pace the lyre Whose topes wake melody in ev'ry hearti fli# favorsdland will fllalmsreiong your powtaw*. Deep, hitter, biding wroqgs, oppression* d»ro, , / > Call Imidly even now for qmo.k redros*, ^UaU clanking chains grate in the freeborn North, Or .darker clond rest on the Libyan shore? Shall sllv’ry, northern moon and twinkling idara Pottr their sad beams o'n liberty dethroned ? Shall evening zephyrs stir the loek.s of slaves, ornlfitrn Forbid it, Youflg resolve y mo kis8 tears from cheeks once free ? And rosy mot Forbid it, i , To stand for tight, for justice, honor, (3od I Btrive not for power to please the iptplng crowd, To move the listless ear with flow’yf words, To weave a garlpd for yonr fading brow, To pjsick down laur«|siie»idy ThU were» efrlfe unworthy Wghhorn tbongijt; This were an aim at which to hlu»h~< jjpt for a power to aid the human race— To light the Area of hope, of joy, and peace. On hearthstones now desert and desolate— To loose the mind's dark chains and prison gates, A jf to set the hoavenbonv captlvp ftm J NMterAtnfaikn virtue, household #•*>, And lead the ■wend'rer to elyslan HeWSt Tllia vdor Youth,and yo» shall win a dealhtfssfiflier A'cvnwn nil mdi»n* with gbtterijjg stfin. A m m m ' m m di«KtlBK jonr furm mUBUr: triinlW'wm ehfiit |*wr gjoriowi, f {ft, 4ai- #!Nf PW g>m p a r f'oftmt AN OI.T> EirON'llEU bICBTOII. It was Into ill tlio mouth of Octoher, of the year 1781. The auii’a last rays vvure falling on a dcsolato muimlain rulgo vvlncli coveietl vvith huge heniloeka and aouihio cedai.s, frowned down on the luihuleiit wa- 8 o f a largo creek, in oiio o f thu ujijier counties of the Slate. A few rods atiovo the mouth of the creek, three caiioea ivcio drawn up Leliind a rocky point at the base of llm I’idge. Near thoic a single savage was .seated upon atrimk of a gigantic tree, which had appai'eiuly rolled down from llio side of the lidge and stayed its thunder ing comae on the brow of the bank. All an,un(l tlie clpld of the forest was a sav age winderness. Foit ---------- lay mile.smi miles down the rolling river, into whieh, the tributary, svvolkm by recent rains, nisli- ed like a iiipid; but, on the creek itself, fiom its mouth to its source, up to that time no white man liad dared to raise his hut. A late invasion of the Indians had de- stoyod the seUletneiils lower down iho liv er, and tor three du^ ’s mareh from the ndge, along the bend of the gieut stream not a singleigie iiiliabitediiliabited spotpot apjiciiied i s a to glace tlie wild. iSiich, indeed, had c.\isleil a few days— nay, a few liouis before; but the solitude over which the eagle seieam- ed was now eomplcte to where llie luniilet .stood, the red iiiiui had left dust, gore aiul ashes. (Ill rushed the aiigiy waters, iimv bi-aiingon tlu-ir smlui’e an nproijtrd liee, mid now ihesvvtillen ciucassof u deei,— Dreary beyond conception was the pro.s- pect to a Sll'Uligel’.s ej e, n» the sUli .salih oii ilint .savage hceiie, on vvliieli the bl.md air ot the seeoiid .dimmer seemed wasted in vain. Still the liuliaii gazed iminovalile lowaiij the tiirtlier slioie, nittil, as the slais came out, and till! twilight ileepetieil, the shrill eall ot the .sleeti was lieniil tioiii llic Idlest. What would a lioise do them in ihc wilds, tar lioUi the liaiiiitsi.r its li dcr i A luoiiieiit mole and llie, i|ne-.tiun aii-.\veifd, as a .a oinl liuliiiii ein-\g<d tioin the Woods, awkwardly leading a high lu.Otled eli.-iiger, wlioiii he ajijn .iied lo diDicillly to I'esiniiii. 'ihetc liavc gieat i was noihiiig acUially nngrnceliil iii llie al titude of the vvilil man, as he hung the clu.ier to the littad ol‘ his eliaiger; slill il plain from his aetioiis that liis haiitl was lar more lamiliar vvilh the toiiiiihawk than the bridal u*m. liiu noiilo uiiio..ii, over wlioBe body the savage with super- Huuua eaie hud slvap]ied Uis own blanket, seemed, too, as he Hung his erest in (he air, to despisi'd such gmdiaiiee. As soon as they e.inie faiily tioin among tlie tiees, upon the gras-y hank he ieau.d lepeaU-d- ly, anil it was not until the Hist Indi.in had given his aid, that ho was Hnally lelleieif, ami left to graze, for the night. Even tlieii, after his eom[iniiion had entered in llie woods, the soeoiul savage still lingered by his booty. Looking with deligliled eyes as the beast crojuied the lietbego, lie ],at- ted liis aiclieil neck, and spoke sooiliing words to liim in biokon English, minglerl with jii’aises of his lieauty and stiuiigtli, in the indiiiri tongue ; while the stallion, snuH- ing at the painted and half naked lunn ho- sido him, tossed his head toward the stroam milking the rocks ring with his shrill, qncr- eloiis neigh. The scalp of his rider hung at llie warrior’s girdle and as Iho hand of tlie latter fondled with the grey foretop of the steed, the Jong curling locks attached to the scarcely dued skm mingled for a moment with the (lowing mane. After an- nother caress, and an mj miction to eat and sleep, llio second J ir I uui strode into the forestf and mingled with his follow braves in the camp. The party at the fire was now complete, t-vvelve warriors in all, each with a sulller’s cap and bolt. Stretched upon hoops of twigs, dangling from the branch of the pine, trophies tom from the heads o f wo men and children, were drying iiulicw ind, and at the foot of the tico, ou a bod of dead leaves, a white woman sat bearing a worn out child on her knees, Pjuched corn and venaion lay in lier lap nnhoedod, kindled in heaven. Y e t from the moment in which she bad been made captive, ho indignity bad been offered to her. When her stiengilr gave out, a waviior had carried her child in crossing the streams, care had been taken to prevent her dress fiom being wotted and every assistance^ consistent with the speed ,tt whichhich theyhey traveledaveled hadad boeyoey vendertndered a w t tr h b re intheH ight. A t one blow she had lost on h town. There she si^ton the last year’s leaves, dread emblems of her fate—her face hidden by the boy’s tVock-^her hands clasped on her bosom-^porhaps stMfwfied, perhaps asleep, Gorgkl with hloou and cumbered with spoil The slayei? of her husband and, children having finished their meal, stood aiQimd the fire, within a few feet of the old pine anfid the dark branch es of wliich the light smoke crept peace fully as it once curled around the eves of the settlor’s cabin, Apart from their bav- bavian dress and their warpaint, an observ er might have looked in vain for ft trace of their exploits, in the cairiage of the vic tors, Tnere was no exulting over the cap tives—no boasting of scalps wnn in tbe fight or m a ^ o r e f the light flashed up on each wild face aUd waving scalp look; and all strongly in keeping with the scene, Ir they spoke, their Yomei were low nnd eilra hki that i# AwiftB in ft !nu«ng fit by hit ftha yftb ftft )«>k«d ftl fhi fikkw iif hlftjsi ihm h their cftiup on the war path, it is almost snporf remind the reader Unit their quiet v lorflnous to was that of sated tigers. At length two o f the party began to plenisli the fire; two oiher.s moved off Io the guns, and the adjudged owner of the ho«8u drawing his knife, stepped towaids the captives. The woman neither lifted lier head nor spuko, ns the Indtim selected and cut a sapling to vvhieli lie fastened her armsbeliiml lier back. Jlo then took up tlie child and pointing lo the. lire, said^— “ Dome, fire, squaw— sleep good— Injun no liurt,” 'J'lie poor creature in silence obeyed, and a quilt and u blanket, part of tlie plunder of her own house, having been thrown on the ground— afraid to speak or to weep, yeVgliul at heart tlmt Imr boy still slept— lojveating a prayer to limself, she vvilh dif ficulty laid her aching form by the clream- les.s cliikl. Thu wairions then vvriqiped tlieniHelves in tlieir blankets, and lying down on each side of the ])risouei.s, (jiiietly disposed tliumwives to sleep. Fatigued vvitli their long march, they were soon lo.st ill iiiiconheion.sne.ss ; and ” l i e who tem- ju-rs the wind to the shorn lamli,” speedily sent the healing dews lo the motlier’.s ihrob- biiiig heart. it was iiearl}' an lionr after all was quiet around the (ire, that another wild form siulidenly appeared from behind (ho bank. He was altunded by n second Jiulian guide, mid the two, after gazing aroiiiul them for a few moments, stole to the point and close ly examined the canoes. I liey then crept on llieir liiimls and knees to the lioivse which vv ns also subjected to o clo.se scrutiny by the clear starlight. All at oiiee, the mii- iiia), rubbing Ins nose, against the taller ainl llie sloiiu-r of llie two uttered a slinll undlslioit neigh, liolh ligiii'es iiistunily dio|.])(d iiiiioiig’ till' Wild gia.'--’, and em-p- lag nil ;i-lioit di-lauce, where a lew large .-MoUes weic l\iiig .sealleled over the .soil, leliHiiiied ileiJi’c.l} iliulioiil,S.S. '1 hey had lialdly diaw li a .seeoud breath, hefoio the iiiasti'i ol the lior.'-e wiisat Ins siiK*. He luokeil at. his blaiilvels and liusleiiing.s, and olfeiied him a handful of maize, but tin* biufe luiiiiiig away, la.bided as iur as bis tlieilii-r Vroiilil peuiiit l.owanl.s the spot v.l.e.e il(f I'oi iiii.-s VM-re concealed—tlieii uUeuiig lliiU peculiar huniul by whieh iiis •'[lei'ii u.-iitly their lecognilioii of some Imiidall oljeel. It was Well, pelliap.s, ful Uie Indian, th.tl be kiievv little ol llie ani- iiiaLs iiaiiiie, for a lew paces neaier the stones Would have bioiipiil: him npuit his ibei, whose bands grip.d ilic liaiHile.sof tlieiii- tomalmwks. As it was, however, lli«3 tt V . - ** t.Ftn » ifiC sliiLe dee[icr ill the gruiuid, and again eounueiuUng the hoise luliis pasliiie, went yawiiiiig baelv to Ids slimibeis. JSeulmr (4 die pro.-^iiaie liguies moved for some mo- nieiiius. At lust both lose simiilialeonsly to llieir knee.s and a wlnspored coiifeieiice look place. “ T iiey are .soiuid erunigli now, Mmisee,” said the taller of the two in good I'kiglisli : will go up to llieir Iho and see how mmiiy seiilps they mimbor, and vvlieie their ii arc afraid, yon can go captin,” said the guns lay. “ No good, Caplin,” replied the other, in tllie bioken dialect, “ dcm no .sleep right dat horse keep Ingun eye o]ion.” “ Aye,” leplied the first, \llio red skin’s lieaiit IS vv lapped up in the beast, of vvhicli he knows abuiil as mncli as a sailor does o f a saw mill, lie ’ll sleep now, after his last look, for 1 saw him gape worse (liau J)ick Biownleu at meetin’. i ’ll have a look at their camp— if you stay here.” \ You oilier, \ mo go,” \ W ell, then,” said the first, anlhoritive- ly, \ lay down your knife and lomnlmwk on this flat stoiio, and tbllow me, like a wolf Uailing a flock of wild tnikies.” JJivesting themselves of tlieir weapons, they now began to creep towards the fire, making a small circuit to avpid the lioise, whidi iis lliey moved again commenced to neigh, The hindmost stopped and seemed inclined to lotnrn, but seeing Unit his com panion— who, as the veadev may have al- veady Burmjsod, was a wliito ecout jii the Indian costume— ^kept steadily on, ho also resumed his course. The liist was a fa mous tVoptier-man, and the other his wild attflicho, Of pot Indian, who followed him like a dog’s fidelity and vigilance, 0 » they crept, pgst the horse, and qyoi ’ the grass muil the foremost reached (ho bush es on the very skirt of the woods. The greatest caution now became necessary, ns the crumpling o f a sere loaf, or the crack of a dry stick might have betrayed their presence, The Iiidinn hud heen iruined to such perilous advenunesfrom youth; hab it and keener instincts had made the scout at least his equal in this sort o f roeonnoit- eriug, BO that crawling upon their faces, they had actually reached » position from which tho fiontler-mftn communded a view of tlmt he was dcsirpui to see, when the rattle of ft snake withia a few feet of the fire, admonished tlmm o fiiQ W dunger. Both lay still as the seuseles# trunhftft*'ound therm, g iving the deudly reptilet an oppor tunity to escape, with a slight rustling of the Jeuvos, the next momeut showed it was not slow to effect, Foi tunutoly the Indians slopi like death. A few moments.more of iatense suswnse followed, when scout raise cd his head And begsn tpscflutbe The pet Indian his hair fiom be hind,, and ftt that momeptone of thfisjeep- evs turned in his blunketf without however alely examined Ins position s«d Monsee, after ftijotber pnll, turned trail and crawled hftcltt fairly cowed hy the iron nerves of the 'white men, 51ie lattw carefully poled the plsce where the guns werf |tlftoed| nnd If counted the numher of the sleepers, ijiis ftowtht wiWiVfft to thft pfteH ftftd thft bnuifili wliiire ih* idlpi weredfrmg. The fire iMped op iiM filrolly oww e«eb - the owl hooted among the trees; the .shrill and the ufton repeated horse’s ncigli souiiiled ruin rully llirough the trees. More slowly, yet with as little noise as the snake itself, the scout turned and wound his way out among tlie bush. Here ho encounter ed Monseo, who foaling that the captain discovered, had rolunied with would bo (heir vvenpous. Both went back to the jioint and turning up tlie river for half mile Birnck into llio woods. The Indian now imitated the Kourid of a jay, which was immediately answered, and they soon eaoie to a fire around which live men were sitting rillo in liimd. “ W hat news, captain?” asked one of the party. “ 1 )el avvarcs,” was theloeonic rejily. \ How many 1” “ Twelve. Are yon ready to start?” \All riglit and ready.” Cover up fire thou and follow Indian fashion.” The Captain of the scouts now received Ilia own riile, and trailiiig their own guns the party started, stepping in each other’s tracks, the pet Indian in the rear. They halted at the point, croacliiiig behind the great log, the Cajitain having deleiiniiied to snniiise the enemy at (lawn. Hiriet wall'll \va.s kept, and iluiing the niglit the warrior who jiaid such attention to the horse visited him no le.ss than five times. Monsee offered to steal up ami tomahawk him hill this piopositiou which perhaps lie inteiulcd as a sel-otf, against his having deserted the Captain at the enemy’s liie, was sternly declined. The Captain set sumevvhat apart from (he re.st, ihiiiking, peihiqis, of the many tiinc.s he had hiaved and escaped death by the liaiid.-i of tbe savage I'oe, as be gazed by the glio.slly light of the moon, which ro.se. at twelve, at that dark Hinge of vvooil within which liie canq) Hrc was still burn ing. He. bud no advantage over liis men in this lespecl, however, as (hey were all feiuivviied iVoiilier men well versed ill Indi an warliire. Whatever might have been their thonghl.s they pre.serv ed jierlecL si lence, until the uitaiii waned and the ?.tais began to fade, in the quiet sky. Their li lies weie eaiefnlly lejnlined, their Hints sharjieiied, ami led oil h} their Captain, one. by one they stole fiom the point lowiinls iho wDods. The hor.se was now down on the gia.s.s, (piiet enough, ami the night hawks wliieh Hyiu tlie twiliglit llilled past them a.s they stealthily ciitoied tlio forest, and took their stations within good gmi- .-hoL ofthe binouldei ing lire. The last lialf lionr was mi/i of jiileiise. e.xp.-ctalioii, even totliose Imnly'veteVans, tne'ne.i.es ul u fiimilar skiunisli. I'lio Captain stood bo- liiml ibo veiy tieo wheio the scalps weio suspended. hloiisec knelt close bu.side him, where the enemies guns were placed — his eyes glaring like a wild cat’s, ami a slight lioth oil his lip. hlow ly, and as il to .-^pili out the momenm so teiiildy long to the aveiigois of hlood, ami so liiief lo the .sleepeus, ihe .siiiuky light of dawn crept in among the silent trees. Each wiuiior loosened the halo .et in his hell and cock ed his gun lock. Still the. Imliaus, feeling the effect of their last day’s march remain ed quiet on the leaves. The Captain’s swarthy face glowed like healed iioii, ami with a cm so on his luiigiio, on the slng- guids who would not aiise lo llieir deaths, tearing some Indian tiiek ho was about to give tlio sign lo rush on them vvitli tlie lomuhnvvk, when Moii.soo touched liim. At that moment the owner of the horse cast off liis blanket, and rose with an nmlible gi nut to his feet. The rust immediately followed, hmUlling uiouiid flie cmbeis, and liu.ily stretching their limbs, little dreaming—imp.Bof daikiiess as they vyoio — that seven blight guns were in a right line with their hearts. A shrill whis.le rang among the trees— seven triggers were pul&d at once, and live warriors tell, with out an eftbrt to save ihumsolves upon the binning coals. Bhonting his war cry, the Cajiluin rushed from the tree hatchet in liund; but so biiddcidy did tlio romninder of the savages disappear, that no one felt the edge of his steel. Before tlui smoko of the guns had lisou no one avub in sight save the dead I When the poor Woman looked up, see ing that Captain in his usual wai’dress, she could harilly comproheud as ho loosened ■ ’ “ On lioaiing hud been afraid to shed. Pursuit was made for a short distance, hut tlio fugitives wove too woh acquainted with ihoir forest to bo pyerfaken, and the party soon collected-again around the fiie, The dead bodies n e ie then pulled out of tbe embers and scalped. W doing a yell from Monseo, who was eomo distance oft', drew the Captain' and two of hjs men to tbo spot whore fiesh tracks of blood told where ft woundod Indiau bad passed. The B'fiil WftSAIPlJy foilowed for some Inmdved yards, when it stopped and tho pursnei’u wore ufi faulj;. Moiisce, nqw imitated tljo strange whining cry of a young wolf Who had lost the pack. It was answered deeper in the forest ftfid, grasping their tomubuwks, they rushed in the direction of the loimd, Agsifi they were ftt fftfilh wid again tbft allying cry WRs given ftpd ftnfwered, dii» tiw® olosor than heferor After a, moment’* nearcli, % triumphftfrt yell from Monsee led the p«rfy to ftn im mense hollow log, into which the;^m'iBpled mouse hollow log, into which thft imp hft^ cicfit 8tftU<|hing hi* mood with leave*. He' w w dragged out, with little ceremony, find ftt ft ign from the leader Monsee’'iitepped''*nio»o~ to hi* face, hriDdiihinff h illo m ih iiJ f i u S irik*!” JMiid tk« uttdatmtftd' ill h\i ^ 9 ** I ftm ft wurrior fthdliftft# yon may leave.” gnaw the bones that his dogs \W imtdoe* he say, Monsee ?” demand ed the Captain. \Him say him know him bad dog. Cap- in whom ihu out- tain,” answered Monsee, n ting speech of the prisoners produced no feeling save contempt, though liis piide left liim to conceal iho taunt, fiom his white friends. \1 believe you lie, boy,” said llio captain, indifferently. “ But take bis scalp— vve have no time to lose. The man, who was shot through (he breast, received the blow without flinchirig, and after stripping him of his savage jew elry, povvderlioni, belt and oilier arlieh-s, (heyscaljied him and left his body to the ravens. They then returned to the liie, and after breakfasting, and colleeting the scalps and the plunder, five of the party embarked in the canoes, witli the woman and liur child, Soon after they flnived at Fort V -----------, the scout and his Indian iViond came in witli the honsi?, and two more scalps which they added to their string on their way down the river. young and at- whom lie had been huiiie [Prom tlio Detroit Daily EiKiuirur.] T.ONCI fU E U I S U i a n U E V E N a K . Tbe Idstory of jinisjirudenco embodies among its ureliieves many a tale of love, of sorrow, of blighted affection, of bitter, remorseless peisecution, and of long clier- ished vengeance, which needs not the. jien of a Warren nor a Dickens to invest it vvilh every altiihuto of startling interest which can mink llie wildest naiative of fictii.n. In the year 1885, there came into (lie country of Liqjeor, a Herman, from tlie province of Wurlemberg, by (lie name <if lilrieb, bringing vvith liim a tractive, wife, to years married. 'J’liis lady, when a gii I, bad been a belle, in her little ncighboiliiKiiI, in Wurtemlierg, and had been .sought in mar riage by more than one anxious snilor, and aniuiig llieiii was one Damn, by whom she. was eoiirled, and lo whom she had exten ded .such cneouiagement as led hiin lo lix his iiH'eelioiis iijiou her, with all the. fervor of the Ceiinan heart, T)amn was a man of iimi.snal sireiigih of mind, of stern and impiessiv e demeanor, of great depth o f feel ing, but, as the. sequel will sliuw, of (be nio.st inqiliieable disposition when bis ani- mo.silies had been nroir-cd. He loved llie girl vvilh (hat inleiisily natural to men .so consliluted, and imviing few or no alliiiities with otliers, owing to his reserved and mo- disjuiHiiion, he commenced by lavish ing his lioiiis of leisure, and the eariiiiig.s her lover ill all respects, the girl w.TS attrac tive, Ibiid of sociot)-, and mistahlu in her iiHbetions; and when the wedding day eame, to whieh Damn had long and impa tiently looked forwaid, as the eonsnmalion of his bli.ss, after the wedding gut-sis met, she. (old him that she loved him not, and never coidd he his. Damn sold his esialc, and removed at once from tlie scene ol diS- comtilurc to a distant province. Time passed on, and (he lady was again wooed and won by a liglit-licarted and comely yoiilb, her former hiiitor’.s superior in jieisoiial appearaney, luit Ids inferior in wealth and intellect. Ills courtship was now followed by marriage, tlie ncv\.s of vvliieb reached the self-hanislicd T)anm, rou sed every latent feeling of rage and jeal ousy of wldeh his strong heart was eaimblu, and ho till lied to the seeiio of his former happiness, instigated by the sole desire— for revenye ! He skulked about (he iieigli- horhood, lying hid during Iho day time for the most part, but watching every oppor- tiinily to way-lay and destroy his rival.— At lungih tliey met in a wild, narrow moun tain pass ; a deadly and fierce struggle took jilace, at tlio termiinilion of wliieli Ulrich was left upon the ground slain, as his as- sasin supposed. iMiun fled, and Ulrich, recovered and returned to his wife, pale, bleeding, and faint. The officers of justice sought for Damn in vain ; ho had fled to EnglfUKl, where ho spent the next si.\; years of his life. Tlio circumstance had passed away from llio public mind, and tlio parties most inter ested had ceased to think of them, or to feel atiy nppreliensions at Baum’s retm n.— Five years passed on, and the married coup le, with tlieir children, Joined a party who woie emigrating to America, and settied in (he county of Lapeer. There they resided in quiet comfort and happiness for three years. The wild fai'm had began to as- legan to .sume the appearance of cultivation—the log-house to be encircled with creepers and flowering shrubs -the wdiite-haired children played around the door—the old German liontid lay watchfully at the gate, and the truant sweetheart, now a comely ma^tron, lay in Angnst, 1838, a knock was he at the door, which was answerd by the wo man, who, upon opening it, mot face tofaco iier old suitor. The recognition was mutu- jd—not ft word wa* said between them, but while th® heart of one of them sunk within ]m fiom very fear, that, ef the other wa* roused toftfremiy, which made jtsoif manifest in a wild gleam of long pont-iip vengeance, The husband was absent, Jmving gone window* barred, ft *lceplc8*, tearfrfl, trem^ Wing wfttchcr, ftwaitca hi* retuvn, He came not, and hjs step never again orossed diRt threshold. Freglioly ope year from thMlnm of fhe QCCUtTenee, 3U8fi narrated, Mr, Thorn, an old rssidept of Lftpeerou'nty, c walking, upont f balmy Spndfty holders •of bfift of thd*« b«RUtlw httle lakc!i| which M r n i m m m ihft fiowftfT opontnift ujson thftbaftehjuftl } m m ■ i i a tft RftftfttiW fiir hft apfftaranci' be followed up the steep bold banir, wliicb i overhangs the lake, and upon its verge, foiind the body to which the skull belong ed. A jury was sumnionrl to the spot, and the remains were at once identified by (he half-frantic Widow, whose wounds were opened afresh, by the discovery which shut out forever the last ray of Impo which had lingered in her breast for a long year. Tlie cause and manner of the death of the murdered man were obvious, by an ex amination ofthe skelolon— a rifle ball pierc ing tbrongb the vertebnl column from be hind, had passed out through the breast hone. The murdered man hml never known who Dvwhatliad took ids life. Ife lay as ho fell, upon his face, with Jus undi.scliiiig- 0(1 ritlc resting by lii.s side, ami iijkhi lii.s bleaching skeleton, the himling iHmelqbelt, knife and powder liorn, which lie had bro’t from the old country, Aiilimm liad deep ened into winter, winter had brightened in to spring, spring had blossomed into sum mer, jet, there lie lay, within three miles of his home, unnoticed and undiscovered. Ujion the discovery of the body, Damn was arrested, and his trial, which was v^eiy long and arduous, in conserjnence of the ne cessity of taking all the evidedeo through interpret CIS, was had before the Hun. Chin Ics VV. Wliijjplo, at the Girc.iiit Court for the county of Lapeer, in Manh, IS-IO.— The jirincipal counsel engaged in the case, were Hon. Uoter Morey, then Attorney- General, Hon. A. H. I'Jan.scom, Hon. T. J. Drake, Hon. E. H. Tomsond, and Gcoigu W . Winser, E-^q. Diii'ing the twelve diiy.s, occupied l»y the trial, tlie prisoner Damn remained inqaissivo and unmoved thrungluiut, except when, ujjon permis.riun being granted iiy the com I, the bones of the mnulered man, whicli lias been wired together and placed under a covered table, weio suildenly drawn out at tlie very feet ofthe jirisoiier, when a dent li ly paleness ovcnsjiread his face, and a stioiig iiiul involuntary bhuddor pa.s.sed through hi.s frame. I'he evidimci', as may be gathered from (•going sketch, was cntir .btaiilial, llicre being wlii.reljy to connect tin; pribuiicr with irely circiim- llie foregoing skcl here being no diiect (cstiiiiony, lie pribuiicr with the dentil of Dlrieli, and the jiiiy found them- vic'r ; ami giving tiie ‘lit of tile, bli 13 ' which the ucciiiYi'iice hclvc.s unwilling to coii' nuluiiipy jii'iboucr ilu* licuciit of doubt Ir blight I'ouiidi-'d, brought ill, idler a lengthy coii- feullalion, a veidicl. of Kor (zi inTY. The ]iribomM' left tlio court lioiiHc, amid a (le<‘p and thrilling bilcncc, and was iic\er more been in Lapeer comity.— [Jitlroil Itn'juin-r.\ A l.lUlo fl'iciiuli Uoiusmcc. ,'eS])oiideiit of the tJoiirier an iiislaiice. of ciTuiicoiib I'lio Paris coirei & Enquirer gives identilicatioii, sucli as will occur in ca.ses of unknown pcr.suiis deceased. A man hav ing been discuvenl in the, act of theft, blew (Hit his brains. His body was taken lo tlic. dead lioime, wlievi' a woman recugiiized it as the body of lier iiUbbaiid, who liad been absent t\So days. .Iii.st when she had com ]ileted the ii.biiiil dedal at ion in writing, her husband was bionglil into the ollice, hav ing been met eiilci mg liiu own lioii.se by the policeman sunt to idoulify the jdace o'' re.siJciice of the deceat.ed. Another slill mure remarkable ea.se i.s re lilted, whieh happened a few years since : The body of a drowned man was .simi larly recognized by lii.s wife, and also iden tified by the lebliiiiony of some halt dozen of bis iiiuat intimate Hieiid.s. The body was given up to thu wife fur burial and the sad duty was duly porfonned, A year afterwards the lady was again mar- iied ; and six months after that the real hus band, who had passed eighteen months In prison for some crime, and was now di.s- chiii'ged, made his Rpiicareiice, Having become a miserable vagabond, and wish ing to draw a pecuniary advantage from the awkward position ot his wife, lie commen ced action for the amdmeiil of the second m’arriage. The wife entered a convent to await the rc&idt, The doei&iou wasietar- ded by the law’s many clelays, and before it came the liist hiishand died and no mis take, The wife umnurmeriiigly paid tlie funeral expenses the second time, em eigej from the convent, and took definitely tbe natne of the second husband, w hose sueiety she'could now enjoy without futber moles tation. ^ Huw to Wanli l.iu‘0. Tlio following mode of wasbing lace we find in an exchange, and republish it foi' the benefit o f our fair readers; The difficnlty of lace washeil right, es- peciallj' out of a groat city, is great. Eve ry lady should know bow to wash her own thread lace. If any fair reader is ignorant of this art we can teach her in a few W'ords. Let her first rip oft' the Jace, otiiefnlly pick out the loose thread, and roll the lace very smoothly and securely l ound a clean black bottifi pievionsly covovefl with white linaey, sowed tightly. Tflck each end of the lace with a needle .and thread, to keep it smooth; and be careful in wrappngnot to crumple or told in the scaflops, or poarlings, After it is on the bottle take some of the best svyeot in the suds, with a string iound the neck secured to, the ears or handle of the kettle, to prevent its knocking or hveaking while over the fire, Eet it h oil m fhe ends fox hour or more, till the lace is clean and white all thrawgh. Brain off thh ^ud*, fthd fiiy it o» the bottle jp tha sun, Whftn drvrei moya fhe Idoe fi’om ihe hottla n«di roll li round I* whitetrtbbm I* iw [Pruin tlio nnlliinoi''e Run. June 12 .]* Mavrtnyc «i’ OajHi.m lijcnrt'or*.’ MATiiuAm!! OF G aptvin Itv.xnEns.—A' B xt OF R0XIANC15.—It is lelatiidby “ Hod crick,” the Baltimore correspondent of (lie Wiii^hington 8 tav, that Captain' K:yndei.>, well known as president of tjio Empire Glnb,” in New VYxrk, and now an iS(*. ii.rn’v ftmpiro oflicei' in tile (Jiistoin Iloiise, arriyedin 'Baltimore, on Friday evening from tbe north', accom panied by a bciiiilifnl young hiify. Jni- mediately after being liooked at BnriUmi’.'i the cajitain uiulerluuk tbe task tif Jirocur- iiig a iimriiage lio.ense, Tlie bour being late he found it quite diflh'illt, and ngt, nn- til after 10 o’clock P.lil., did success crown bis effoi’ls,' Fortiimi, bouever, evenlmvlly smiled, a.n she alwaj’s does, njiou those oil Jme’s er rands, and tbrongb a friendly officiah the document was jiiocurud. (Soon after tliis tbe captain and bis in tended, xvitb tbe gentleman who was aroused fi-om bis slumb(5r.s to jn’ocuio tbe legal certificate, apjicared at tbe Hesnlencc of tbe Itev. 'J'boma.s J, Stock- wlien tint bapjijr pair were unit- loly, inseparable union.— ton, ed in wedlock’s lioly, The bride, wboso name is (or was) Miss Pheebe rihortwcll, seemed IniTbodiii blnsli- cs. Sbeis represeuted asyoung. beautiful and rich'. Tbe cajitain went tbrongb (bo covemo iiicH like a .soldier; and at tlie conclusion, when the knot bail been tied jnneb strong er than a .shoe .string be gave tin; bride au “ all fired” salute, and tbey retired (u Bar- nuih’,s. It is.smmis('d (bat Iheiv is a bit of romance aboullbi., affair, wldcb intisl affoiit, the cliicidulion of future, days. M'aJ' llieir lionej'imion nex'cr sot nor he Obf.ia\'ied eveii by a partial eclijlse. “ Uoderick” adds lliat (he bride and groom intended visiting W.ihiiiiigton on .’-^uiuiday iiiorning, but: iiii.sscd even tlic late (rain of Cars. A Ntiv q,niliiliig’>n«iiHi. Tlie M k h lym Fanm r describes R new quilting fraOie, wliicb economises space, and if it works as well as is claimed lot i t it iiiiiht be jniiclicidly .’.-dmired by the ladiesi It is comjiaiied to a table fianve two and a half f’t-el wide by nine aful rnilf loilg. T\V(* or tliive inch Hcaiilliiig jilaced eight-square^ or round, is incd for the side rails. ()n tb<5^ ends ol' tlic.se i.s rinuh ft uiund tenon, ono and half inebus in diameter, and one ineli longer than llie. ibickncss of tbe end rails at tbe shoulder of the vail, on 6n6 end ot eacli a siiKill w ray wbsel, fmule of CaStiron, ov thick sheet iron, may be nailed tO' the end of the tenon. Tb« tvlicel is about Ibnr iiail-vod, .should bo alaaic.d to tliO end ot llie frame,so as to play on tbe wmy wheel. .Yloiig the side Vails a iJrip or list ot clolb Is nailed, to wliieli the nuilt is stiebccL When the qiiiil is jiuf lugelbcr, how 0110 rtide to the. li'.ling of one mil and roll item .so far that the olher side of the ipiilt may ho la.steiie.l to the oilier rail, and the work i.s readj'. A.s fust .v.s .pulled, u l l tip the. wray wheel and dog, holding all in its pbice.- 'J’he flame i.s light, j.oiialile, and takes hut llUlo .‘ipuee compared to the old fash ioned, long armed coiili ivnnees. Jiurtii A\-io Worker. fulim i i.ia moiintuci'. T( is a miitfevuf gra\e doubt Riib many, wbicU of the two jiUitessions, tbe law or anctioiiee.iiiig ('lubodies iiioru t'.il''nl in ( ’'alilbntia. And aiielloii.-er thus bebl forth. \Next 1 offer you a jciir of boo's, made, especially for Sau J'’iaiiei.M'o, witli beeh long ciiongb to rai'.'' njt a man to the Houft- h’y eiwure against being carried over l y a bind slide, hgs_ wide enough to carry two revolrias and abqwie- knifc And (lie njipcl'H of tile Veiy bcsUmnio leatlin’. A man in lliose boots can ffiuyt? as easy as tbi* Btafu t 'ajiital: who .•-ays (\veii- ty dolhir.s,'’ a nimrie.l man ought Iff buy a jiair to kick bis wife’s sweclbcart v-itb; all tbe lax jiayers ougbl to buy n jeur to kick the council with ; c t e ij l o.ly m.igbt to bare a pair to kick the L.'gislatm'c w’'\ ' ‘asy as tbi* Btafu t 'ajiital: who .•-ays (\veti- lolhirs,'’ a nimr' ’ ’ ' ' ' ,ick bis w it ayers ougl cil xvith ; e _ pair (o kick the l-.'giKlatm'e with'— < uk | tlicy willbcfonii'l of asNi®tmiec lukick tlm bucket with, ebpeeinlly, if (bey slionld kick at being kicked—ton d(>lUu'.s for k^g-s, up- jiers and sol. ^ ! wbib* ^ouD and ni'serable souls at that, are bringing twenty tlumsand dollars in Sacramento ! gone at ten dolla'.fa ! CiiEAU L iving .— It is a curious clrcum- stanco, tliat while wo areb'ere coniplaining of the dearness of piovisiona, iiPWiddiu, the seat, of war in Turkej', with armies all aroiind consuming the prodne s of tbe country, they were tmld at the tbllowing prices on the 25lb of March last: YVinejier .......- . . - i - Bread, 1 , Best beet; best cuts, (iiiu pfefffff pei” jb. jfgg.s, very deai’, a fiivibing eatu, A fat dno'k, eight petice, A obit’ken, three penee, A goose, six pone©.; A fib, ttnkey, twelre jjence. A roasting, pig of l b lb s ,, two sbiUlngs and oiglu pbftce. Other things in JH’OPQD tion,' )n llie zmui 01 ruuieo (not. i ejic quart, one jumny stnrKng, d, loaf of 2 lbs. 3 q rs., one jvenijy. ■beef best cuts, <in| pfefffff pep l Brigham Yormg in^ his address tb bia peojile, speaks thus of bis aulboritjb ^ \ I Ifflve no fetu* whntever of F imklln excusing mo fiom ofliee, and saying that, RBOthev frum shall be governor tbi* HW' ■'VY^e hfive not got a Territbriai Govern ment, and I am and will lie Governor, aftfr m pi>vi4T eoft hinder it miU the fhenl Ah to yield to another truth about that,” gew tor JUcHifias, m m l m wbitf i* im ^ -i*
