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II J / W I N D B U & 8 TANSBL, Pwpiietor*. . 1 A ( E J O l i l P A H I I O H F O m I ’l l I ® H O M I E D. 8 . E E L lO e a , M t o r , V O L . 2 7 * F O E T P L A I N , T H U E S D A Y , S E P T E M B E E 1 4 , 1 » 5 4 . ™ » * » « H $ l,O D A i i l E . € \ t M q l l e g b k r . P U B L I S H E D W E E K L Y . Weutrnl Iti Politics anti Xlcltgloti. Ilovoted to IJic Wows of tUp Day, , Xiltcratiivc^ Btlncatlon, Ag>-’lci»ll«*’«» Pootirjr, the Arts and jSclonpcs, dfe. &tJ. Tina EgargrKii wlU be fiimMied to pffloe apfl wiaU saJjscribers ftt #1 i»ai'Inyariftblytn T« village BobscHtwa wlio Ijaye tlie papcF Jcft ftt tUeir door, U 'iSt jkt M y pemn rnnmg m m suteciibew, accom* paiiyiiig $10, will receive one copy extra, , j s r All IvCtters and Cownnmieatlona addressed to Wendell & Btansei, (poet paid) wiU moat with prompt atteotion, P a tes of Adycrtlsliig t $40 00 J5 00 a 00 fiO 25 Oxft C'OM'MN for one year, Quarter\ \ I sipiare, *• 01 lajgansrotices inserted at one Insertion, - ’ * fur each mihs«p)ent insertion, the usual rate, \§mU €m\xtx. [Foa tns JH okawk Vi-cuxT R soi » t *»> pppsarB slilP. Selttaii pwirai. lErffiBlIfiSi roposl; ho voso, laid aside his viho, and stood ivitlj his arms folded, as if awaiting hor The Rescue of the Penningtons. AN AFFiaCTINCf STOttV OP INOIAW BUAVEttV AND INDlAlf GltA*m J»ES. I. X, nOKOAN, Tliero is a joyoas fairy, gtrewing flow’rs in on Ijfer voice j,s Hweetest music,— Her HinUe aa bright as day, * Tliere is a star that’s ahlning, TJirough deep’ning sliades of nigW ; Its rays, the gloom dispersing, Mahe all tilings glow with Jiglit, There is a gowV that Idoasoma )3ac)i day upon t)«‘ eartli; jfcVesh bnda are ever op’ning, ^ To give tlieir fragraace birtb, The flow’rtbat iiloswmis dally— Tiie star so brigiit to view - Tlie kind, the joyous fairy, fs Priendsliip, pare and true, Bxetpr,Jfr Yf IFmn tbo iJostmi {hiltivator.j triiE oos«i)(?. Didst ever hear two talking dames, Whenover they together meet, Whether it be in quU-t lanes, fir in tlie busy, iaisliing street, Tlmy ckat of nil tlm varions tilings, lis i s i i ? ; knows not iww to tt^mh a Hfhnm 1 Siie wlilps her scholars, some too much, Wjtltor Vemihigton wiuj a young Eng- Jishmao of respeotehlo im rm tn g o , hut decayed fortune. Determined not to en dure-the cold neglect which the decay of hik family had heaped upon him, he con veyed the remains of a once largo property across the Atlantic, Though the spii’ifc of the colonists had not then hurst into open rehellion, yet the confined fu’o hurnedhut the more intensely, and only waited for some small vent to consume the fabric of Briiisli usurpation. Walter saw the sub dued resentment of a free people, on the repeated vioUtion of their rights, and aigued well of its consequences, fi’hongh ho admired the spirit of indepciuloncy which animated the breasts of tho Amori- eun,OUU, still theJU feelingsUUIUlgS ofI anU linglishman had been taught tho land of liis »uir M l U H predominated in one who had been taught to look with pride upon the land of liis hirth—to revere the laws and religion of that country in which his fathers had lived and died. Contrary, therefore, to his original intention, ho removed, as it wore, to tho wildoi’tiess, determined 4o keep nioof from the disturbances which it so(#ed must necessarily ensue, Jiis place his arms folded, as if awaiting queries, “ Where is my hushand now—• what is he doin^—has ho heon wounded ?” said tlio wife in a hreath. “ He hath taken tho scalps of tho enemy, and is un harmed,” replied the Indian, “ The Croat (Spirit watcliies over the fiiend of the Bed man; before tho setting of another sun, he comes with the warriors of my tribe—they come too lato to save—^but the Oneldas love vongeanco, and tboy wUl have it.” W hat mean you?” said tho agitated wo man, “ I have hoard that tho enemy are oxpoctod; is it true ?” “ It is true—the blow of thoi tomahawk will ho the first signal of their approach; the swiftest toot of my tribe hath come to save you. Wo must lly—-bo roady—porliaps even now it is too lato,” While the wiu'rior was yut speak ing the Well known war-hoop buret upon tho oars of the afiVighted inhabitants, I tho yell of a demon througli the stillness of niglit, ‘ ’ ■ ’ his rille, seigo tho horror struck woman, at tlie same inomont that Butler drew his awoid to oxo- cute his horiid threat upon the child. Both wore stopped in their course, A hall from tho riflo of tho Indian pierced tho lieutenant, and in a twinkle brain of tho tho grasp of a powerful hand was upon Butler, and a tomohawk whirled round his headi Tho soldiers started hack in aston ishment, no one dared give assistance to tho wretch who watf writ)iing*in the grasp o f his powerful opponent, from whoso ap- giross—a ponranco it was evident that the least tli movement on their part would instantly decide the fate of their - toiTi’hlft mnmnnt tlin dnnr leader. In this terrible moment tbo door was opened, and Brandt strode u] ” “ ' ontorod Cherry Valley on Ihoiv return, \ lout noon tho snccooding day., Walter, disconsolately pi’ooding over his misfortunes, had fidlon far in tho rear, and as ho came up with the main body heeded not the smiles with which som young warriors regarded him,, ceedod withith a heavyeavy heafteaft andnd weary but pro- w a h h a w foot '^hon spot whore he fancied ho might the ashes of his murdered family, toward, ti weep over A soft hand upon his arm arrested his pro- : soft voice in his car thBlle'd through every artery of his started, with a mixture of astonisi hody-—h onishmon Jlis place of resi- pot oil the baiil! of the Mohawk, and near which the fioui must necessarily ensue, deiico was a beautiful spot on tbe banks coming into their neigbborbood eitbtir to coax away tbeir laud, imr 1 tliem in their bargains, Walter’s P> Sonus other, 1 , never yet T)a*BniaJleronesJalieiK*V ..... . . , . . i ’Jift larger oncsi'liaaltl limallii w i m « well, there, I do declare, 'Lk queer,” . Miss (iulg break:, out, with amtin^ voice ; Oh. ’tfcj I really na’cr ili'l bfar Uachtaisa,’’ His. I. uct Piy re.|o|na, Aa tbo.io tliey tell of peacon I', 1 Ifja wife, wliciie’er a ecat slio wants, Mnsbbag, end all siibniiiaann be. And even Uicifa ivtimfi, pcnmrm F The gossips now tlicir tongues emjdoy, Ui eliarglng l>ca<-«n J», wMi htamo, And slanders pare, without alloy, They heap upon bis Hpotictwmime! And, tbim each neighbor, in bis tarn, Ministers, laymen, all alika, Deceive,i bis part, till they adjoiivn, Of calamity’s vile, witli’ilng blight! E o n q n -E C ij^ iao w o N ^ . Kow dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood When fond recollection presents thma b> viewl The Hm Kmwatwad,tlw pigs in dm wild. ftllthsy le nw«k I poor Jitt)j ' I reinemherwlthplessiufl my gmnd-father’s goggles, WJilcli rode so majestic Ptriuldlo his iioss ? And the hanwjw, oft mended with towsitrlogs and That nl'J holly, now free from limwoos. And firesh la my heart Is tlic long maple-wood pile, Whera often five worked with heetle and wedgo, (Striving to whack up enongb to liiat for ft good whim, AndWringbecapomyoldftxebftdnoedgm And t l ^ was the kitcimn, and pomp tlmt stood Amlffinld cider-pitclier/ no d<dwg withmit f The old brown eartheu-pltcber, the »05«tlft-cjftctod Tim p S a S liig • wdoing witlmnt.' .«And there watrtlie seiwol-Imnse, away ftom each TWIm^sck^WftPW would govern with ahaolnte W h o ta S iiw rnyfritiirogfio/ Pftdln»»s4 spalb And ”wliahid me like War-as fthoot every day. I remember tlm Jaddar tlmtswimg in ths ppsagft, Which led to ths loft in the peak of tlm hoof 5 _ Wtmra my grand-mollwr Iwng up hor pwmpWn mid To keep them awsy from tlm rot and the ropiiss. Mot now, far removiid from tlmt nook of crwtkm, * Kwotions of grkt big m tcft’kettles swell. • Whan f^ncy mro baclr to my old habitation. ! » ■ ' The poor] W k MggT AnvANog.—BBi'hgps therP ii n» higlmr im o f o f tlm wcollmmy o f miw Ih s n t h l s f Thfili to ft mi»4 property cultivateil, wh«B Dver Ik howificd is little, Tbe roiwl i» eoii\' tiuuftlly Iftboying to miviwce, step, by gtep, through simoessiyo g m d a th m o f exeelleime, towiiffl pMfiifttion wWeli w 4im1y seen fit ft grmit though not hopwlesg ilistftnca, fliia which wa must ftlways w cftu never ettein *, hnt tho pursuit rewurfis itself 1 ona tfuth toftohes ftiwtfeaii ftu4 m e stopfl ii always locremilng though nfttui'C mn my»t ha T w h s m i o m pjftttftifi, .... ...... ..................... . ^ ^ iiffb—minutiB of iw ’ soeiftJ vlrtuas. Ihuua rt4h)»lft thftfts fswiftiiw ujjfiqhutflir which ftvu hiffc out of wftuy Bw’s ufttHPftSi but I hftva fcMWft tbft hrurn, the InteJIactu)^, the elo- fluanti tha hwggftrtf, tti« wngh, ?>#¥•? 1 nevolfttfoo )in4 M u g tffMhit tbf tri- Alxif islilng City of Utica now stands, altectionato wife, and her infant child, Were tbo only eompauionfi of Walter, to the eoliimy, but romantic situation, wbicli be had chosen; and the tbrid husband thought their society snifieieut to beguile liis houw of tetljousness, Living neiu’ a tribe of Indians, who tliougU subdued, still eher- jslicd hostile feelings against tlmwliiles, ho bad at first < some solicitude witli regard ,to their proximity. On this account li was very particular in all his dealings with them, and they soon perceived that his ob- was neii defraud tliem in their bargains, refiutatiou was therefore bigli among an ignorant, but discerning people, who were accustomed to the imjiositjons of their win to brethren, and only hove them tlu'ough a sense of their own weakness and tlie power of their oppre,ssors. His infiuence was so great, that when tlie revolutionary struggle commenced, by his persuasions the Oneida tribe were prevented from lilV ing the hatchet on either side, and were content to restrain the impetuosity of their young men, looking on, for a season at least, as spectators, Walter, in the moan time, cultivated ft tract of land given him liy tho Indians, a reward for his services among them aa a kind of agent. Being sensible that the Oneidas could not long remain in a state of peace, lie set about demrmining on which side he sliould tlirow tlie weight of his infiuence; he did noi- iong remain in a state o f suspense, aa he was naturally inclimwl to favor tlie cause of liberty, though we will not pretend to say but tliat tlie possession of certain lands by ft tenure, wbieli tbo British wore liable to consider of little efiect, iniglit have some influence in his determination, Be this as it may, tlie Uneida tribe, notwithstanding artful solioitfttions of Brandt, the ceJo> ied Mohawk, - - - of tjie polonists, Our Bpro was now in Aiitowka started, and cauglit ” They come sooner than I. ex pected, we cannot escape,\ ft-Yon will not leave us,” exclaimed the distracted mother, clasping her unconeipus hoy (o Jier bosom. “ Ton must not leave us.” “ I will not,” said the warrior, ” tliey must pass over tine body of Antowkabuforo Ibey can reach those inulor Ids prutoctioii.” One of the inmates of the family, in the utmost constevnation, rushed into Mrs. Penning ton’s room with the information that Uol. Alden, wUlt a dctaolimen from tho garri son, liaving incautiously ventured beyond their entrewcluncut, hud but cut oil to a man, that no quarter had been shown, and that escaps was impossible. \Ilu ld ld m it would |jc so,” ruuttered tbo Indian, as the teiTlIied woman explained to him what had been saiid in his native tongue. “ I told liim that I had seen the track of the enemy and counted the number of their Ibotsleps, lu.it he would not hearken. The ;iou of the Jlttigle hath tlie eye of the father ;—^hut ho knew it not.\ Ho saying, tlie Indian I’csumed his pipe with tho most stoical indiileronco. Yet, as repeated vol leys of musketry, and the animating cry of tho war-hoop wore hoard from a dis tance, there was a slight twitch of his fea tures, .whifili spoke some little impatience of Ids corifiiiod sitwaliou, hfra. Peuniiig- tou weeping, satTior hoy upon tlie knee of tlie warrior us in a place of security, and retired to supplicate tjio Bather of Mercies tor his futur# safety, In the mean time, tho Indians under the command 'of Bandt and Butler, having slain Uol, Aklcn. and Ids detachment, through their neglect of the caution given ' ‘ ' ’ocoeded to attaolc tho and gazed intensely for a moment upon tho female form before him, then sprang Brandt strode up Ihe apartment, “ W hat forward and clasped her ropoatodly m his moiwfc tin's?” exclaimed he, casting his eye arms, as if to assure himself of the reality, upon Butler; “ what means this Autowka, Oh I it was too muyh to recover at once tlirough tlieir neglect c them by Autowka, proi fort, animated by the tallied. But they had to do witirmim wko were determined to die in tlieir eii- A 1-v >-V-VA ^ $ri 4-11Ik A-l-k^n-k 4^ i'1 k y\ the i/MH ai.'M.f myfioort,<i.wHa wf .pifiriui', tliP Cele brated Mohawk, openly doelarod in favor of tjm colonists, Our hero was now in a very critical situation; several ncighboi'iiig iribes bad been induced to Join the Biltjsli standard, and n predatory war was imme diately com'menced against their brethren, who had dared, contrary to their example, to lift tlm hatchet against tho Biiglish. Walter knew that his mmily were liable to every danger in tlieir miproteatod situation, and he determined to remove them for tho present to ft place of more seenrity, .Ho made known his intonliims to tlm Indians, declaring that he did not himself intend to loavo tJmin, and only wished to remove his cldUl for A wife ftiid short time, Tlie Oneidas consented, and a party of warri ors conducted his family to Oberry Valley, wJwre the Aiperiaans lia4 ft fort, Waltor felt that ft great weight was removed from his mind, p ho plpod his beloved wife In ft comparAtivciy secure situation—yet, ns he folded Iwr to,his bosom in a fitrowoll embrace, » feeling of presentiment come over him, whl-'th he nouid not well account for, and in a mclftnoholy mood he returned with his wftrrfom to pform the duties of his station a« a chief of jtbe tribe, It was ft v0y dfsagraeiiWe afternoon, as Mrs. Bennington threw open the Cftsemant in the hoiw where she resided, looking out upon tbe drewy prospect with fit dis consolate expression of cowntewmee, ilie hftd; not heard ftom her husband for many months, end it w p Bwnoied Biftt Brandt, Mmmimiml by Eiptate Butlar, ftt tp# head of ft Iftrge body of sftvftgp, wp marching to the ftttftols of Qlierry Yftlle|fi A thqnsand melancholy idep rnshed over her, AS site thougiit of the lofelinesi of hep sitHfttion, while httie Walter wp making TOFious eports to reseh her knee, wonder« why^ ids mothor looked so sorrowful. ing why his mothor The boy hplscgyeely Attained his pmpose before ha sot up ft Joyful sUonfc, and point ing out of the window, exclaimed, Look, Mammft f' A smile of pleasure ree fid the fiowntfiiiflTiee of the mother, before , log out of the wii Man - ■ he fiowntfiiiftnee of the mother, m ibe rm o g n fm d ft large Indian- who was ap- proAohing with rapid strldei in the dirop- lion of the house | he entered without newmony, and in a moment stood liefbra hop, « Antowke,’* said she, in the Indian tongue, \ r»y hnsband I” “ lie is woli.” This WAS enough, and nht immediatoly proceeded to prepepe ftome food for the wurrtor, wJm on his eutrunee hwl token Walter in hia ariw, u p p r ‘ w i^ the nrehin’s to OcmHl tos aavege forces O o u ^ wis spent anmng white meu ; i stance of my comicotiim with thou tbit a proud spirit stirring in my boat trenobments mther tlian yield to the infa- nioiiH Butler, whose friglitful nxiimple ren dered his savage foiccs doubly feiocic as-sault, The Americans stood tbeir fire with the utmost firmness; they retunicd not a shot, but vomiiined in porteet silence, until the enmny had Apnioaolied within ft few yards of the entronchments—suddenly tlie dcftth-liko stillness within the fort was broken by the word of command—fire! A lieftvy disnlrnrgo of musketry drove di rectly in the laces of tho assailants, from men who were not used to miss their iiim, the savages rolled hack like tho tide from the shove, Again and again were they urged forward, and again were they met by tho same sudden, dfcadly disenargo, The Indians!, unused to this kind of wnifavo, began to nmnnor, and Butler proposed to Brandt that they Nhmild immediately pro ceed to phmdev the village, pretending to upon Butle r; “ what means this Autowka, my enemy ?” “ H a !” replied the Indian, 0 tlmu knowesfc him who hath faced thee twice in battle. Brandt, hour mo, I came lu'ther to convey this woman and child from danger, hut I eaine too late, Tills coward would have murdered tho boy be fore tbo eyes of its mother; I have pre vented him,\ “ Autmvka,” replied Bmudt, “ thou hast done rightly, release thy hold of the wretch; the woman and tho child are safe.” “ Dost thou doubt my word ?\ Autowka slowly relaxed bis bold, and But ler sank, gasping, into a chair, Ooward,” said the Mohawk, speaking in tlie Eiiglisii laiigimgo with which ho was familiar, ” thou art a disgrace even to savages; wJiat could prompt you to such a diabolical deed ?” Butler, somewhat revived, at tempted to falter uu exoHSe, but ho sternly inleiTiipteil him. “ (to with, thy followers, let tho shrieks of ravished woman and the cries of dying children no more h».j heard; vou know my authority, disobey me and 'Oil shall feel it,\ The miscroanls coweveil »efore iho glance of the stern commander, and gladly availed themselves of permis sion to witlidraw from his i>resenco, Brandt,” said Autowka, us tlu^suldios re tired, “ though the blood of the white man is in thy veins, yet thou hastoo-day shoivu tho firmness of an Indian chief. Sliouldst thou Un-turo mo at the stake, I would do thee justiee, “ Autowka,” replied lie, “ I told thee (hat Uie woman and the cliild were sale; thou art also, though mine it was too muyh to recover at once both wife and child— tho joy of the father was almost ovorwholming, as he blessed, again and again, hia smjfiug son. But there was sometliing to he told him which would sadden hia lioart—ho was yet to learn tho price at wliich tho .beloved ones kid boon redoomod, Tho brave—tho faith ful Autowka—was now dying from \ wound received in their defence. Tho vindictive Butler had seen how Brandt disposed of his captives; »nd with a trusty companion immediately followed them, determined to gratify Ids revengeful spirit, Autowka, enoumhdrod by tlie holp- leaa beings under hia protootion, was easily overtaken, Feaiful of alarming tho Indi ans by tho discharge of their pieces, the pursuers proceeded silently in advance o f tho fugitives, and sprang from a thicket upon Autowka, witii an intent to seqnve ''lut tliey know not his strongtli. with them, and tho sand and sheila of the deep in one confused heap, But once more tlm light of day shines in upon the soovots that tho sea has so long kept, and the ocean renders np Its charge, at the behest of men who claim the hidden treasures. As of old the savage ' nations consecrated a groat ontorpriso by tbo sao- rilico of living beings, so this exploration :ery sepulcln'e has boon aecom- deaths, and tli of the watei Pffuil mtk lUIigw OE 'I'WE ftADDATII. The Oroatorhas given us a natural rostoT rative—sleep j and a moral restorative— Sabbath-keeping; and it is ruin to disponso with either. Under the pressure of high exoitement, individuals have passed weeks together with but little sleep,, or none; but; when the process is long continued, the over-driven powai's rebel, and fever, doliiv um and death comes o n ; jior can tlie nat ural amount bo systomatioally ovutailed -ithout corresponding mischief, The Sabbath does not arrive like sloe learned the lessor ones, But long and dilh- cult labor has accomplished the task of the aeavohors, and their zeal has been reward ed. By the courtesy of Messrs, Mann, Veil <fe Oo, an<r the gentleinon in their office, we wove yesterday shown the results of the en terprise, as far as they have been revealed, ^, ........ .. and a molancholv story they tell, The dressing ns as intelligont beings, our Oraa- coin which they obtained from the wreck tor asaure.s iia that we need it, and bids na, Avitbout oorrosj: does not arrive like aloep.w Tbe day of rest does not steal over us like the hour of slumber, It does not entranoe us ahhost whether wo will or not 5 but ad.v C circum- III. I telt a proud spirit stirring in my 1 I turned to my red hrethren, and ahjniml the blood of my father, ” My (.momics luwo enemy; I, myself, will coiiduot yon Avith- oiit the viihigo, Uionco seek your safelyas yon may,\ Mrs, Benninglon, nnuttorahlv nfi’oeted at the magiiauimlty of tho warrior, placed, her child in hia anna. “ My hoy must thank his preserver for his own and his mother’s aafety,\ The little folloAV looked np with all the Icai'lesa confidence of hia ago. It Avaa a look that went to tho son! or Brandt; he bent his face to the check of Ihd smiling infant, Ida eyes glistened, hut it Avas a mo-_ menlary Aveakiiess, and he restored him to’ hia grealfnl mother. “ I am called cruel,” S t « r j \ , K , u itu M y friiv f v irt'd i a i i l : ' ! f suplicnto tho Groat Spirit for thee, that thou mayat he received into the parmliso of Indians.” Those wore the last words of AutOAvkft, We Avaa Imried on the hanka of tho Moliawk, and there Averw those who visited hia grave, av I io ehevislied in their him, But they know The Avarrior broke like a lion from tl hold, and at a blow, Avhieh needed not re- poatal, brought one of them to the g round; tlie dirk of tlio other was in his side, Tho dastard then Had from iho fate of his oom- paiiion, Autowka did not inform Mrs, Beimington, Avhose agony during the mo mentary conilict cannot be described, of tbe Avomid ho had recoiA’od; but feeling Unit he alionld ha nuahle to pweeud any groat distance fartlior, gave ner to under stand that it Avould bo projier for them to remain whore they Avero, until the next morning, as the Oiioidas would umlouhtedly soon enter Oheriy Valley; norAvaait until having returned hjs charge to the village in aafety that, throAving himself down upon ft blanket he informed hor, very uneon- oernedly, that ho Avas about to die. The Avarrior lay in a kind of slumher as Walter entered the apartment where lie had been placed by the care of Mrs. l-oiinington— the grateful husband, much nft'ecled, np- proachod and took his hand. Autowka started and looked np. “ I am glad to see thee,” said he, “ but it is unmanly to av < though thy religion forbids it not, ^ and child have been restored unto thee— for tlmu hast been my friend and the friend of my tribe. Optnlhsi would have scorned take -z’ i-!~ — . to’ think that tlio garrison might ho drawn out by this maiiamvre. The half-civilized Mohawk ewt ft look of iiimterabla aeorii upon his coadjutor, as he gani his assent to tlie proposal, and ordered Butlev, wllh the few tories nndor hia command, to tho van of the savages, that they might, ns he drily observed, prsvetit any mmocessavy crnulty, Mrs. Bennington returned from her closet Avilh a mmd sonwAvliat composed l she had committed herself and her child to the protection of the Almighty } and it was with a degree of calmness that she board tho screams of the flying inhabitants, , Wee now return to Vvaltor, who was and saw t lie smoko of the neighhoiing known among tho fudians by the name of Autowka sprang to^lils feef White UWfif. Wie Oneldas liftvlng obtain; at these suirc indications of the ............ . ..... o f the savages, took his rifle ftmn approach its place, and stood 7 o r a moment, as if doubtful what cpW’Sfl to pursue. “ Bmndt has been known to spare the nfiproteeted wife of the wbito man,” said he, after a pause; ” the preswoft of the Oneida, who bath twice meed him in battle, nmy cause hini to take the scalps of those under his pro-t teetloib” The warrior then oftrefully ftd^ jhsted Ufi arms and insinuated Wnwelf behind a bed, which stood In the room, so that the ourttdns* efibctually screened his prson, Aft the shputs of the savages in^ cressed, drowning, as it were, tlteslirieks of their vlatims, TMrs, Bennington clasped her infant oloser and closer to her bosom, waiting in an agony of suspense the a p pearancs of those whose tender mercies were oruel, In a moment the door was writ, and In rushed, n o t a horde of sav ages, hut A well dfessed offlotr, «t the he»d of a doisen partisans. Mrs. Bennington, mmawlmt wtdved at the appearanoe of a pfiwion t» Ttrltlsh nniftipm, wft* about to supplteftte his nroteotlon, whan w am proawfld her with a sneering look, wliich suited «ast nf bis fiiatuies, spewing, at taka hei % tew a tewnent, while 9| sabel on Aft point of my WWftT' HHW 0184 ttIVWa IU», from tho densly inhabited cmmtrloB of Bu- vopo, and bound for the broad prairies of _ , onr fair laud, to reaching which they now ior. Having nvoceeded looked witli hopes stimulated by a pros- loyond the village, their porous voyage tliua ftiv, and a choerftil vc’ his stops, and gur ftigi- ijaimc upon tlie good ship beneath them and hor oxpovionced crew* As they stood there, the yomigrlhe age- od, the parent and ehiid, sexes and condi tions all mingled in the pursuit of one oh- Joot, the seeking a new liomo among stran- gei'fi, in ft clipie of ivliioh they absolutely knew nothing, tliose ill fated emigrants: tbought little of tlie perils of the deep, nor conjured up any visions of the ajternftti' so soon to be presented to their bewilderi ed Intelligence of the movemente of Bmndt, wore on tbolv nmroli to dafoat his designs, Walter, however, anxious for the safety of bis family, and fearing lest they might be too' late fev resoue, dispatehed Autowka, an Indian held in great estlma-' tten by the tribe for his strength and swift- nesii,’ to convey his wife andittldfeom the soene of danger, Autowka gladly undeV’^ took the’mtssjon, md ’pt’ ' to Uheiipy VRlIey, I ...... . ....... irehb diseovered thftt be was in the m r of tbe enemy, Taking, therefore, a eircultoua route,* he eierted his utmost speed. Yetj as we have aeen> ha was but ft few moments in advanee of thifee, The and* piwse4fi\d on his It wat not long time strewed about the yet smoking ruins of their haWlationt The dwelling of his beloved wife was entirely consumed, and the husband in vain MMcbed fer the rfl^ mains of those whom he thought lost fm** ever, In the bitternete of hia spirit he vftwfid a terrlhle revenge, and at the head of the Ofiftidfls nommenaed aswiftiniwulti __ but it was ft’uitless—the enei^ usd in^ the laiffii rime, to hia iieutenft'ntjwho sFood proved the night, and the Inman% after directly bihtod Wro,»Bymy felth.Jftek, ppufng their Back for the greftter, tbaprfe^w e m a B i have se#n-a real ^ W refW to ptoi«fh ! part day, refeaed to prooeed. Tlieir .. Uhwfthmateued and huMn vain I and he was oL_ , ^ .. Myi,toi«tfiiiihift i t ^ Th#,iM9ri«in reiuA^ tone] Tliirtean yeara have rolled ftAvay, Avitb Bioirjoys and sorrows, their hopes and tears, their anticipations and disappoint ments (heir fruits and their ashes, since hiiiiHclf, however, jminediately, be contin ued—” Bardon my seeming violence, I cannot think of other times—of tho days of my youth—of the sudden blight Avhieh came over my prospects, hut there is a raging in my brain, and a lire in my hoart, My course has been like that of the whirlwind. I have not always spared tlio tender sapling Avliidi henj; and bowed on my approach, hut deemed it avovq meet that notliing sliouid remain in the desolat ed traelc of my fury. But I have never slain tiro child before the eyes of its mother. Autowka, take tho hoy upon thy hack, yon must speed your way,” Autowka took the ohiUl, and Bmndt supported or! rather bore tlie tromhling mother through troops of rioting savages, who gave way on every side at the sight and command of their stern loader, Ilavini ft short distance beyond the A ^ , . fioudnetor rojraeed his steps, and gur fugi tives pursued their way. W now return to Walter, who was erican and part French, ' right American eagles is partly Amor H uixac $1,200, in bi’h and lessor pieces, Avas deposited in the Hol lister Bank, and about tho saino amount in gold, which has booh burned and discolor ed, but without loss in value, completes the tale of porfoot coins rescued thus fur, By far the greater amount of treasui'o is probably coutalnod in the unshapon mas- sea of metal which have been taken from the mud and ashes in the bottom of the Imll. Those present tho -appoamnee ,o( having been melted and droppeddnto wa- roYoaling their intrinsic worth. liouleanx of five tVane pieces, Avhich hav ing boon slightly tipped from the perpen-? dioulnr, are soldered togothor hy fusion, and in one case we upticed a gold piece with a single link of a Indy’s Avatch guard adher ing to its edge, ns if placed tbere to sus pend the Coin, Two pork barrels are fill ed Avith tins confuBod and agglomerated material, mueli of it in bits like shot, and W'oighing, nltogethov, some sixtoon hundred pounds, Beside this, tlmve are many puundB weight partly melted, and clinging together very ourionsly. At a rough osti mate, if the metal prove only silver, avq should say that $2,000 of troasuro has huon recoA'ured, Avhich, with the avails of the machinery, iron, &c., will xuake a hand some return for tho outlay, Oiir article is already so extended that we have room only to advert tu tlie other valuables that have been brought to liglrt, and which, oven jnoro than the money, seem to cany the mind by ass iciatton, hack to the owners of it all. The household (joods, tho little familiar artioloa of proper ty that flo directly point to homo and its Joys, and tell (he tale of sorrow so plainly, wwtehea, Avith the hands pointing to the hour when they stopped forever, kidA'os, even tho little pipes that Avere in tho pock ets of the dead, all act as silent historians and romembrancoa of the awful evontruml seem, by their familiar look, to take ns back t. once, to the day and muineut Avhen those ho used them Avorc liimied from life Into a death aa hurriblu as imlooked for,—ila/- fa lo JJm o v rucy, nummii! JuMiuNW n«AU XJ-rtOA, N. Y^.- notieo its roturn, and court its renovation. And if, going in tho face of the Orontor’a- kindness, we force ourselves to AVork all days alike, it is not long till aao ’ pay the for-. felt, The menttd worker—the man of b u s - ' inoss, or man of letters—finds hia ideas coming turbid and s I oav ; the equipoise of hia faculties is u pset; groAva moody, fitful and capricious; and with hia mental elaS'- ticity broken, should any disaster ooouv, ho subsides into habitual melanoholy, or ii\ self-dostruotiQn apeods his guilty exit iVom a gVoomy world. And tbe manual 'worlmv —the artizan,tho engineer— toiling on from- to. clayj;-, and Avoekov«. tou week,a, them brightn ter, and are of gold and silver, in bm o oft- ses perhaps, with the baser metals mingled day t. mu mm w v wec ir urign iiiAvith them, and only by their groat weight intuition ot his eye ^cta hhmted, and, forv, JJng their intrinsic worth, -getful ofethoir ounning, his fingers no ion- gor perform their feats of tAvUikling agility, lior by a plaatAo and tunoftil touch, mold - dead matter, or Aviald meohanio poAver; but mingling his life’s blood in ids daily drud gery, his looks are promaturty gray, his ge nial humor soura, and alaviiAg it tiU he haa boeome a morose ov reokles.s man, for an oxtra eftbrt, ov any bfiuk of balmy foaling, jie must stand indeheted to opium or aleo^ hoi .— N o r th JSriH^h jReiww. m to v c a iT H . UTTnni.ii! .luMiuNW n«AH UnoA, j N. Y.-— A largo croAvd Avas attracted to tho Oneida comae one day last Aveekj to Avitnoss the feat, never jierfurnied in (his vicinity before, of jumping fiAmlmiulrod hmdles, three I’eet ami lAvo inches iiigh, in five miles, Avllldn fifty-five minutes, Tim folloAving Avas the Mickey 5 First mile in 0 time madetic hyy U Miekey; First mile in 0 80, second U 80, third U 40, temrth U 64, fifth 10 8 ; tola), 64 42-^18 seconds under (he time allowed 1 To clear the hurdles a „ ,„ w m |hai,.• . £ , « s Averc borne uAvny ft'om onr Avharves, one bright Bummor evening, to the joyous ohecr- ing of friends ashore, amid the flaunting of bannova and accompanied hy (he bust wishes of hundreds of spoelators—oroAvd- ing fowtu'd and lower deoka were soores on seures of foreign people freshly arrived ■' ’ ’ ' ’ luted countries Fuiwell filfe I mv ssnsoa swjm, 4u(i tSe wodil U growing tV Tlaougiug sUailows cloml t! 'la advent of (tea iiw ligUt, bilco the advent of tbe nigbt— Colder, euldor, colder atlU, Uinvard stuiila iv vajior oldU f Htroog tUe earlby odor glows-— I smeb tbo mould tdawo tbo rose! Welcome Info! tbe spirit strives! HtrongUi retnrua and bopu revives ; Cloudy fears end slmpcs forlorn Fly lllte shadows at the morn,— O’er the eiu'tb lliero comes a bloo Bunny light for snllen gloom, Warm nerfuTue for vapor cold- I smell the rose above Om mould 1 wm.\iA9 necp. ........ by the (mm- . That boomed thete w ioBaly hcRch, and towed the hoaai of tlte yiaritois m tbft trii«»« trial wirit dewit pi'O-' while the Free’s. Mickey’s gait was steady and pace as systematic as pgssihlo, His gross was watched with interest while jumping was going on, hut there Avas no oxeuement until ho cammencodon theliisl quarter, He came in on a run, and after reaching the Avinning post, fell into the arms of his ft’ionds exhausted, He soon rallied, however, and appeared before the birmina- tion of the sport on Uie couiie, loeking as fi^esh «s ever, An extravagant wife is Avorse than a pos- (Jlenao, Hite flflte ft man up with as little vemoTse as she Avonld devour an omefet; she 1 b one of the domoatlo plagues sent to punish the whole fraternity bf hnsbantls,— *)M «!'“ 1 2 r t deal < .il.»n m'thL. .m her femily, she must hi treated Just n« the ... ............. Ilie eliolei’ft miwt he itary jneasures must I’cquisitjon to neutralize liloisncfis, Hev lavishness must he so soon to ho prpented to their hewildered minds, of a death hy the demon Are, or a nnietep amvo heneath the waters of. the lake that looked so plaeid and so innocent of danjpep. Thni she went off, with hin- nemstreaTningi ilteeri »tosonndlngi mwe phtylngi and mM^s|ipally pmnghjd the#ho^ som of her Rdopted elejnenti Th« peertesft and nnvfyftlled evafti that n'as to hear the palm ftom Ml contestants, pelfe were some who aamo to the wharf too late, and these wem greeted hy derisive shouts ft’om those on hoard, end many a oontereptmis tt'wSf” i .wp titfs Biiff pA*3 f : * x a s : * « i a jw swells, knaw H fer ft hfteon of death and woe, and want shuddering to their fimichai to await the morning with Its fell revelstlons of disaster, Thirteen yewi hive passed away sinoa theni and wan| another eidamityhas ohsoured, with its dark story, and details of thftt, dreadful night, tor thirteen years the ashes of the Brie’s dead have heen washed h; resisted hy tho iteong arm of conjugal an- thority, ■ , ' QpiTi HuAmMOPi.YTA good deaeon, making an official visit to a dying ncighhor,' who was a tory nnpoihflar man, put the usual question i ' ' ‘ y 0 t, Avilling to go, my friend f” | ft Oh yosi” said the aiek wan. ’ “lafnglftd oMhat,”'said the deaeon, «tor all the neighhoii are willing.’” LiBiteAwan RfHMmi Q’Bmmt,^Thq femily of Smith O’Brien reoelvad ft letter Mil, Hmitli Q’BriPii, and otoer tolativest will meet the liberated exile at Btusselsi whom it Is prohfthle he will re^de, Oh Ws dying bed} said to hii daughter, ” Yon. will avoid much pain and (anxjetfi if yon will loam to trnit ail your cfti’es fn Gocl'a hands, * Oast all your em*es on him tor ho pamtii tor you,’ Bm if you merely go and that yon oast your oai’l ttjteh him, yon wifi come away with rite load i^h ye«f ihguWeis.” ? Hm.FTtmmiiBa UNmimaTiAN,—Live for Humu purpuao in the Avm’ld, Act your part well, Fill up the measure of duty to oth- urs, OunJnet yuiu'solvea so that yon’shall he missed Avilli somnv aaicu I yahi are gone, MnltitndcH of onr spooioa arc living in snoU ft Bullish manner that they are not likely to bu vuinuntocvod after thuir disappearanoa.--— 'riioY loHAUA boliind them searccly any traces of thuir uxistencu, but avu forgotten almost as though tliuy had nuver bcuii, Tlmy are, Avhile (hoy liyu, lilcu uau pebble lying hnob- servod aiimn^ a million on the shorn ; and wbun tbuy tfiu, they aru like tlml Baniu peb ble thrown into tlio sua, AAdiich Just ndfies the surface, siiiks, ami is forgotten, Avjtbonti being missed from tbo bcac.b, They am nuitbur TcgroUud by the rich, Avautod by the poor, nor celubratod by tlte learned,-A Who has huun the butter of tboir life?— V’ho baa been tbe wurso of tlmir death ? Whosu tears have they dried up ? 'Wbosoi Avants supplied ? Wfioso miseries healed ? Who AVonld unlmr the gate of life, to read mit them to exisioncu ? or Avhnt face avou UI greet (hem ba<*k again to our world Avith n smile ? Wretehod, nnprodvicti\e mode of existence? Heltlshnesa is its. oavu curse ; it is a starving vii'u. The man A\hu does no good, gets, none, Ho is filuA the heath in (he desert, neither yielding fruit, nor seeing when good comeiu—a stunted, dwarfish, miserable shrub, M ouau On.MUP'ri3n,—'There is nothing whieb adds ao tmudi to the beauty wui ppAver of ft w an as a moral obaraeter. It more to be desired Than anything ckr on earth, Ho servile fool, evonehing sypo- plmnt, no tmacltepous honor'-aeulmr, ever bore such ft oharfloter i the pure Joys of rigivtemiansss never spring in such a par son, If young men hut kncAv^ hoAv much , (I good chftracter would dignify and exalt them, how glarious it would make thw prospects even in this life 1 ncvaiv almnld wefind them yielding to the gmvefitogan^ hfliftfecrn iwrpoacs # human nature, To Vmmn i*eiy iipofi good name of your anccstmi. Tiwusanda hftvc fi\mt the firime fif fife in ygifi fipfip of those whom they e^led friends-^and thonsimds have starved heeanse they have ft rich fetlteri Bely mdy npoi the good name which ia made hy your own exer tions, ftud know that the heat tViend you cfth have i» imeompierfthlc deterroinatton, united wifli dccisicm of character, PiimaTrAN GHAUTtf,-'—Let the love of ymiv hrethroB he ai' firh within yon, eon- auming that WJfilsonesftthftHft so eentrary to lt,pd k wnfttwftl tomfni h m m your thonahte m work to atony hm to do atheti goori i let T»wi he }we» intense withift ymii nnd e*tendhw Um\t to doing gwd to the annla nnd hndw of ynnv hrethwh m toey need and yen «w ftWe,-r
