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PUBLISHED WEE K if BV A, SMITH, GLEN1# FALLS, ?i. X.., Ay ?W.O DQlj^SlI}' PER ANNUM, PAST ABIE HALF YEARLY. THURSDAY MORN J j\'G, SEPTEMBER 10, 1829, NO. 37. [Froai ttie N-'W-Vori. Critic,] [ T H E S Q U A T T E R . ^ TALE, BV A COUNTRY SCHOOLMASTER, CHAPTER IV, |t imputation and strong oireuiriRlance, A-|,icli t-uil directly tu the door of truth, IS ill gw.-you. satisfaction, you tiuiy have it J Othello .>. relating this story, I have so far com- 5tl with the spirit of the Hornlinn precept I have plunged into the middle of ah j-3jand perhaps the reader will notv be (liiv to learn something of the previous lory o f whom we lelt in such fearful cir- nstances. In doing this I must twees- lily be brief, for my n arration has already, fended to a much greater length than fs anticipated. |t was in a beautiful village, not far from town where,,as 1 have told my readers, [m at present engaged in the honorable useful profession o f teacher, that Will- H'oodville was horn and educated.-— ■s father died while lie wa9 j e t in infancy Id his mother shortly after followed her Inner to the grave. T h e o rphan boy was Iceti into the family o f his paternal uncle, whom lie was educated with sedulous |re,and whose fatherly solicitude his o- Ininig faculties promised richly to repay, Is uncle had a son, o f neatly the same fe tilth William* hut o f a widely different Imposition. The one was nil openness and peerilj; the other was cunning, artful anil orose:” dm o n e was naturally intelligent, L«j applied him self with unremitted utten- >n lo his studies, to repay, us far n s he ■i\hl the almost paternal c a r e , which he Icoived;- while tbs ojlier wfos slow of lmpreheiiston,und inveleratcly idlo'in his finis- . . , The clergyman of th e village in w-litch fey resided (poor man! I remember - him [ellwand often have vye Imil our. ganoe of kekgamnion.together) had o n e otil/tlaugh [r, tl)e‘ Tuir Eleanor, 1 will not pause now tdl the reader' any minxite parlicjiUirs inarming tills benuliftil girl, nor relate hy of the interesting anecdotes with fhieh my intimacy with Jter father led me bo acquainted. L e t it suffice lo say, jatshe was ns much superior to the rest of ie village maidens in mental endowments, in personal comeliness—a n d in the latter ispret no o n e pretended to vie willl\her Pei,,possessed in an abundant degree o f nil hose qualities which render females such Ibjects of admiration and love, she— ami lie alone—appeared to he perfectly uncon- cions of h er charms. Sucli meek, unttf- ictcdloveliness, such intelligence, sucli* Irvttcity,-—innocent vivacity—such readi- less o f wit (harmless wit, never exerted lo wound the leelirfgH o f any -erte) and such lonlinual good Ifunior as poor Eleanor pos* fessed, seldom indeed full to the lot of a [ingle individual. Il-w o iili seem as it in icr composition, as in live Rhodian's mas- lerpiece o f mimic art, every admirable |ua!ity that we meet with singly in other jersons, had been happily mingled b y tin- lure with a liberal hand. I. l’roin being her schoolmates, William Sc ummy disreputable affairs, and finally went to sea. When heat length returned to Ins iifcdive village, bis.f'ailier: had been forsoine- tirane dead, a n d lie now became the sole in heritor of h is large property, dirt the sttfl- npssand'tfahquiliiy o f a country life, since lii^s wandering propensities had been stitnu la ted b y aft^sxcursioij^d'oreig.tt-pai ts, was le=Jis tliatfever suited to bis taste; and quick ly (lisposingvofftiis property, he resolved to iitevdst tiic jpi^c.eeds in sorne iiiotiied infji'tu-; ticoii, where, without any care of it might yield linn a regular income, if ’ / . It was on the evening of the day when-tiie laand speculator, who had purchased his es calate for less than h a lf its vvprth, had paid fi.sm lbe sum agreed upon, that Juim , con st: derahly inebriated, was seen entering the luouse of William \VopJville. William in consequence of the hostility winch his uo- c3c, during the latter part of his life, enter tained towards -him, had been lelt by him vwithout any resources but the excelieiu e d it. calioii—that best o f all resources— which Ifce had received; yet not dispirited by ibis csfircum$tance, but, oh thd contrary, only iu- v-igoraled, he set out with ardor m die pio- l«ti$sion of the law,*fQr which his ptcMous M udies had prepared Inin. At the iinie to w h ich I have now brougut my narrati ve, he iaad been united to the lovely Eleanor lor about a month, and they were enjoying, in L-hc' little and romantic looking collage urvlilch they had chosen for their ubode, the t-ull fruiuon ol hytneniul bliss. There was Slothingrenuukable m the scene)y where ’their house was located, and nothing par ticularly .beaulifill m the neat little tlwel- *ing itself; yet it invariably attracted the at Mention of the passing traveller, and often nvon from the dusty cit, as he journeyed by *1, an involunlary wish that be might witli- •tlraw hmiscll from the turmoil o f the metrop' '•ohs, and bury himself in .the u anquihzing •obscurity of rural retirement. •I have frequently marked how utterly ■vain i t is for even the most graphic pen to „3jlvo .an adequate delineation oi the Uctfu- -lies o f i.iaturel XI1 c CnmmouurU scenes*, the bills, the slopes, the verdant meads and the thick and rus.luig foliage, every where to be met with beyond the din and hustle of o u r large cities, have charms which can nol b e transferred to language. The poei uml ihenovelest cannot paint in the color ing o f words—‘‘in the landscape of a lay” —live gorgeous clouds o f sunset, the clear warm heaven at noon, the limpid stream as it gurgles and ripples over its pebby chan nel in n thousand gay meanders, singing & frolicking along, as if it were endured with consciousness, and was sporting away the sunny hours, like a happy child. A single rustle of the green trees,_as they spread llieir cool shade over the weary traveller, & quiver with the passing breeze, like a young maiden at the whisper of her lover, has music in its small tinkling sound, which poetry with all its high Teachings cannot describe. _ As 1 have said, there was nothing par ticularly beautiful in the abode of William W ooduile; yet I have no hope lo convey to the renuur an accurate idea of its Units ol loveliness. Tfic hoiibc was a small, modest munsiun, situated on the very summit of a iani’s secluded residence. .SinV|C-his‘ Re turn from sea, he had AeVef aLtitneS 'cAtru- ded himself in the s o e i:e^^fE leanor, pre vious to ller inarriage^.afidiliiakl borne liiln- sel f ivilbstioE (hat at ivhs’obliged to exclude house. Tins circumstance l i b q ^ ^ P ^ ^ jikiicb ' talk’ in the village; ,;(as i i k i i ^ ^ ‘iL.couritry town, what circum stance of a private patuie does nol?) and some o f those par*si|es,. everywhere lo be found, who coin : # i h c company of John be cause h e Kad^p^iiy^bf; inoney, instigated liiin towevcnge-ffifejhsjUlt. ^ At last, incited by the loud vauntings of bis associates. Who w e re free to say what they would have; done, (by the way,' I have always noticed that those w h o are first to boast how they would have acted in the situation of some •other aggrieved person, are by no means the, readiest to averge their own injuries) incited by these, 1 say, aild inflamed, with tfmi deplorable cause of incalculable evil, elm, as they grew up, became the suitors-igertile acclivity which rose gradually, from of Meaner, and openly avowed their at—(the road. Its exterior, o ral least such purls of i t as peeped through the honcy-3ucklcs and oilier running vines which, at some sea sons of the year, almost covered it, were as white as “ the snow-flake ere H leaves the cloudf’ .At one end of the edifice a groie of g narled and overarching' oaks ‘‘spread widellicir everlasting arm s;” \vhHe, at the Other, the eminence, descending with a more abrupt declivity, and thickly covered all. the way with a youqg growth of pine trees, was 1 avediitTire''bottom by a brawl ing stream, which dashed over the obstruc tions that impeded its progress with the noisy wrath of an impetuous conqueror.— Hut Us velocity, after il had passed the roughness ofiliis ravine, soon subsided, & by the time that it had reached ilicjowland, on the opposite side o f tjie road, u spread itself o u t into abroad sheet, as silent and motioiiTess as inust.be the most torrent-like conqueror atTast> Around the borders ol (he little lake thus formed, was here and (here a willotv tree, whose pensile branch es drooped over the glassy surface of the water, as if, like the fabled youth of old, enamored with their own relleclion. Be yond, at some distance, the billows of the non mciv..,. SpUiid danced and sparkled in thp-sunbeams Partlv from the circumstance of bis r^e-ja hile the steamboats and the white sails ol ircied suit partly from tlte abundant peril- ilieslonps and other vessels winch iorever idarv resources which hiss doting parent— gliding along its surface, gave much addi- who wa* very rich — supplied him with, asn.d'uonal loveliness to the p r o jec t, more than either, 1 suspect, from the prom p-j It was at the twilight hour ofa lovely day tiii-s of h is natural disposition, John so-oiiiihal poor John Thornton was seen walking gorvo bc ! e\y dissipated; took a share in (along with an unsteady gait towards W.ll- lar.hmenl; though 1 have always thoughe thnl the latter was ns much incited liy a spir it of rivalry, as hy any real affection. T h e [preference of Eleanor for IV illinr*? wos* [manifest enough to those who untlcrslantS jibe operations o f the human heart! though-, [ol course, khc meant not that i t should b e [shown, but love will peep out, and betray [t he secret q f the breast where h e has taken | up |iis abbfle, either in a gSance o flh e e)vr , [or a.smile on the lip, or in a softly module.- F trd sigh. Ai length, when suitable ^cclai-- I alions Imd been W d f j tfic blushing gir~l 1 acknowledged her attaclnanent to t h e nn«e cousin, and in the kindest and most deh - calc manner, dismissed the suit of th e otls- cr W i l li a m was delighted, and John wtc.s exasperated; and here was the beginning o f trouble. The latter soon found occasion t-o faden a q u arrel on bis foster-brother, nttd the foolish boys weye only prevented by line interference of parental authority from se*t- : fling their difference “in a n honorable mn»- ner ” as the sprigs o f faslrionable life m is name duelling. The uncld’s affecfion from this time grew lakeWarm tow ards William, and John found good moans “to widen the breach drink, John took a solemn odtlMhut if his cousin William married Eleanor, he would make him deeply regret liis successful ri valry. The marriage, as the reader lias been informed, did take, pi ace', however; & the threat of John, after having been talk ed o f for a few days, had almost passed from memory as the vain blustering of an intoxicated bully • William, who, previous\ tcFlvis nmTriage, had received some intimation o f his cousin’s hostile intentions, now resolved, as be saw him approaching, lo receive him with such kindness as might serve to disarm his wrath, mid bring back the softening recol lection of their schoolboy days and early companionship into his mind. But the inoroseiio-s a n d uutrnctable inveteracy ol his rehilivv frustrated this design. 1 will not dwell on the particulars of (his interview, as they afterwards came to light during the minute investigations of u legal tribunal. Let il suffice to say, that the con duct ofJolin was of the most abusive and ,irritating myurO, until lie finally,went ao fiir to ('.nst aii iicsuit upoh Eleanor, Which the patience of mart ftourar'iiorBf5<5lfr'”At »d th s r f h e r liu s b a n d V iiri^ tiii< itniinntMT nf hiV emisin’s fnllv. itated uv the occurrences o f the evenine. his unhappy cliaiaS of his* cousin’s folly William’s color mounted to his very tenr pics, ami springing towards the delinquent, lie seized him by' the neck, and ordered him to leave his house. A struggle ensu cd; but W illiam's form was athletic by na^ hire, ami indurated hy cxcicise, and lie ea sily succeeded in thrusting his antagonist lo the door. Tim Intier, unpcrceived, had lakrn n knife from his pocket,A'just ns Wif limn, by ngreat effort of strength,raised him from the tluor, and was in the act o f throw ing him beyond the threahhold, be receiv ed”from the infuriated man a slab in bis side. But he accomplished hisobjccij tititl his feelings were too highly wrought for him to be immediately sensible of the wound. Ashamed ofhaving suffered liiin self to he so exeiled by the desperado, lie now loft the apartment by another door, with the intention (at least il was so slated on the trial which ensued) o f enlnning his agitation during a solitary walk. He had not long gone when the report o fa musket broke the stillness of the tught, nnrf its loud revcrbcTations were repeated from rock to rock, till at length the sound died away, like the far off mutterings of thunder. The report startled Eleanor, the ruffled state of w hose niind rendered her easily susceptible of fear. An indefinite present ment of some dreadful evil passed, like a cloudf over her soul, and caused her to tremble in every limb. She had started from her chair, and just reached the door by which h er husband left the apartment, when it was thrown suddenly open, and the object o f h e r anxiety, etneared with blood and pale a s a statue, stood before lufr. llLk is m urdered!” cried he, as be sunk into'a chair, and covered his lace with his crimson hands. “ Murdered!\ ejaculated Eleanor, her throbbing heart telling her a t once who was the victim, and her eye, with an apprehen sive glance, seeking that of h er husband. “ Yes, Eleanor. I ^vaS walking with a rapid step through the grove in the path which tve have so often trodden together, when* the report o f a musket aroused me from my nnplensa.nl meditations. The un usual occurrence, and at such an unusual time, impressed me with strange forebo dings. 1 rushed to llie spot whence the sound proceeded, and there, stretched out in the brond light of the moon, and in the last agonies of dissolution, 1 beheld the un happy Thornton, lie recognized me as ! approached bun, and in a voice which yet sounds m my ear, faintly c ried--‘ Woodville I forgive you—1 have deserved 'h is at your hands.’ 1 tore my neckcloth from niy ihrout. and endeavored to staunch his blood but While ! was y e t busy in this effort, be breatheef a scarcely audible groan, and stif fening o u t before me, with bis eyes fixed on mine, left ruts bending there over an uncon scious corse.” ' “ Was there no trace left by' which the perpetrator o f the horrid deed may be dis covered,” asked Eleanor. “ None. Whetv 1” discovered that (he wretched than bad breathed his last, jl rose and looked intently around on the moon, light,prospect; but all nature slept in tran quility, a s moiioidess as the body before me. Nof a moving object was-to be seen. While 1 was thus gazing and listening, the rusljjng of a faotstep-i'iuhq woods drew niy atlention;and immediately plunging in, in the direction of the sound, I thought to dis cover the’miscreant. But it proved to be David, like myself, attracted to jhe spot by the report of the gun. He vVas terrified when I told him the murder that had been committed, and proposed that tve should instantly leave the spot, lest we should be seen thSIe and suspicion should light on us. Although 1 fear not such an event, for I trust my character is above suspicion, yet the very natural suggestion of His timid i'niiid Imd the effect to induce me to return to the body, and repossess myself of my neckcloth;dest, being found there, stained with the ‘victim’!* blood, it should lead to unpleasant suriplaes and inquiries. Here, Eleanor, put it Out of sight— the blood Up on II makes me sick\ But an hour since, that blood, was flowing warmly through the veins of a relative; he sat lieTch) this i^ry chair; and, for a drunken license of hia longue, 1 thrust him out of my door—I p re cipitated him on detail.” “What is that, Eleanor?” continued W il- liatn utter a pause, as h ir e y e fell on some thing that glistened upon tiic carpet. She stooped* to pick it up, . “As 1 live,” resumed lie, seizing it from her hand “ ’tis Thornton’s- pocket-book.-*- How came it hore?*’ “It must have fallen, from him during your straggle,” said Electhur;, who pcrceiv-' dated by the occurrences of tlie evening7 “Yen, yes,” said he again; “ put it away. YVu will give it, on the earliest opportunity, to his legal representative.” And after ho speaking, he fell into a reverie, from which he was not orou^pd before the silver voice of Eleanor h a d u v i c e summoned him to bed, [To bt continued.] lltirman Pm k h m n ts.— Burman punish ments are severe and cruel. T h e lowest in the scale is imprisonment and fetters, the number o f the latter varying, according lo circumstances, from one pair up to nine. Then follow mulcts, flogging, multitation, condemnation to the perpetual slavery of the temples, and various forms of death, mure or less cruel according to circum stan ces. Decapitation is one o f the roost fre quent of these, but embowlling is not un common. Drowning, burying alive, and thrown to wild beasts, arc occasionally had recourse to. On the !kJth qpuanuary, 1817 four persons were execiUeu at Ilagoon for robbing temples. Tlmre abtlomens were laid open, huge gashes were c u t in their sides and limbs,laying bare the bones; and one individual, whose crime was deemed of a more aggravated nature than that o f the rest, lmd.a stake driven through his chest. Tiic Bunnans commonly suffer death with the intrepidity or indifference o f other Asi atic people. One gentleman rejjorts that lie had seen a deserter cal a banana with his bowels out, after the executioner had' performed more than half his task; a n d a- nother, also an eye-witness, stated that a woman condemned for a murder to be thrown to a tiger, deliberately crept into a cage made the savage a shi-ka, or obei sance, was killed hy a single blow o f the animal’s fore foot, and immediately dragged hy him into the reCcss of his d e n . It must however, be observed that the Bunnes sel dom condemn women lo death. ‘‘The sword,” they say “ was not made for wo. men.”— CrawJwiVs Embassy. — Util Of . —A writer in ilw New Haven Chrnn- icle -ayR i tie w.-rU- uul o f nrp the wor«t in the language, vihetl one ia out o f patience arid out r f iiions-y. He says his wife tells him, ah'* is out o f iiigaxunf- ; nut <</ iN-ffi'e the next; out o f to* tin* nvxi; out o f (lout ihe next; and fin>Hy »ut of Hjiir'u i. Til*, words we think, »ra v.*ry good w-irds, ar.d d#-nidrdly the bust in the language, Alien i ne is vut o fili bt; out o/Troubir; and nut o f jaii. If a man baa a stnokoy House nnd u scold ing wife ,out o f doors is no^bad pl%ce. GRIi-.F. QriefsHouid be tho instructor (if the wise; -nrrow is knowledge tlmy who know the most Viij-l mourn the il. cpest o'er\tile fatal truth, t h e tr< o.of knowledge, is not that of file. \
