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'THE. CO-M»TIT».Til?<H* : , HOW xi-rr, ;*vrji & .. ... -\... ; • A. TBALL, PUBLISHER. LOWVILLE, rested; as thon|fo i fearing^i^lK'ry ,6V the JU (Original Story. fbe fete Co, \jsi iPnWished every Wednesday Morning, in folk HaU BaiHinw, \over J. O'DOSSEIX'S Cloth g Store, Lowville, Lewis County, N. Y., tut* SJer the £ilicoml management of N. B. SYLVESTER. .The Warrior and the Student An Original Poem recited befort the Lewis j County Teachers' Association, »t their Annual J. A. TEALL, Publisher and Proprietor, j Meeting held in Copenhagen, on the 28th day — < . * ^ M. > I _ • * ^T\ __. 1 Art _ n ^^ ^* «•*« fc J ^^h To who'n all orders and communications hould be addressed. - Terms.—Oue Dollar per annum if paid Krictly in advance; in all other cases, $1,5'» per tnimrn wilt be charged. KATtS OF ADVCBTISISQ. \Fourieen line*, or lots, make a square] \ square 1 Week , $0,50 \ \ 2 \ o,75 \ \ 3 \ 1,<\> 1 \ S~ YPItnthf S,' 1 \ X » 6 \ 5,'* 1 I \ 1 year 8,oo •One Fourth Column 3 months, 7,<K) •Oue Pounh Column 6 months, 1O,M> \ \ \ 1 year. 15,(>t> Third \ 6 months 12,tN> \ lyear 2H,IMI Half \ 6 months 15,nn \ 1 year 25,tM> ' Column 1 \ 5ti,m» Legal advertisements inserted at the rates prescribed by law. of December, 1856, BY Srettuso W. HAIH, Esq. Published by unanimous request of the Ex- ecutive Committee of the Association. I san a youth of burning heart, From friends, and all he loved, depart; I saw hi» aged lather'3 form Bowed down by many a winter's storm. Bend o'. r his son in blessing. His mother knelt in tearful prayer, His sisters sadly weeping there, Their broher's form caressing ; And though his soul with hope burned high, Sighs heaved his breast, tears filled his eye. The scene is changed. Those tears are dried, And in the strength of manhood's pride, A falchion dangled by his side, j A dark plume waved upon his crest, | A bright star gleamed upon his vest; And firmly now a faithful band, The true—the chosen of the land, jU U S I N K S 8 C A K I\) S . ' Aromid their youthful leader stand. -- He let! them on the battle plain, X. B. STLVtSTEB, I Strewed with the heaps of mangled slain. Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Low villv.Lewis And seas of blood, and scathing flame County X. i. ____ * ? The Conqueror's wasting hand proclaim. CORNEIIUS E. STEPHENS, On! like the potent earthquake's shook— ATTOEXET & COUNSELLOR, Lowville, Lewis conw ! On ! like the lightning's vengeful stroie— ty, NVVj _^____ On ! wht-re the blaze of cities rose, IH. M. SMITH, Hardware Merchant, Lowville, Lewis Co., S. Y. CEO. S. CASE & Co., Manufacturers of Boots and Shoes, and dealers in Leather, Findiugs, &e., Jte. nlj Lowville, Lewis Co.. X. Y. Telling a conquered people's woes. On ! On!! and bowed before his arm Was manhood's pride nud beauty's charm. The scene is changed. The herald's call, The banner streaming from the wall Proclaim in you imperial hall, r. o. RIGCS & co., 3)etf3er1n feon. Stoves, and every discription ot ' So:ue high, some gorgeous iestival. hardware, at Turin. Lewis County X. Y. nli> t. C. DAVENPORT, .^Attorney and Counsellor at Law, opposite the Bostwiok House, Lowville. Will attend to all business in the line of his profession. nl ;P»ys the highest price for Land Warrants, and To lurnish pomp and luxury attends to all Bounty Land Claims, at his j i'or Lint the hero of my theme, Office in Lowville.The idol of a nation's dream. minsirel wakes his softest strain, A crown adorns that haughty brow, And sovereigns bend iu homage now. The great ot earth, the high, the proud Are there in low submission bowed ; While earth is searched from sea to sea, ^Attorney X. Y\ vUle. CHAS. D. ADAMS, ?y and Counsellor at Law, Lowville, j The {.oet racks his fevered brain, . Office directly over the Bank of Lo«- | To please the ear whh gemle art> .Particular attention paid to collections, and | Or.soitly flatter his j.roud heart. conveyancing. ALBERT BUKLL, Justice of the Peace, Lowville, will give his ear- nest attention to collecting debts, taking atii- davits acknowledgments ic, nl E. S. ITIERREL, Xttorney and Counsellor at law, and Solicitor and Councel'oc in Equity. nl Copenhagen, Lewis County X. Y. BARNES, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, Martinsburgh, Lewis'Coautv S. Y, At the Office formerly occupied by A. H. Barnes. V* EO - L - BROWN, n l HARRISDX BABNES. , CiEORCiE GILBLRT, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, (lallagher'r Block, (up «airs) Carthage, Jefiertou County , T ST. ' nl lortst - Changed is the scene. The pageant flown, The niinstre. and the poet gom'. bhrcudid is that gilded throne, Whiie o'er that brow the hand of death lias passet', and the faint ebbing breath, And the lasc, deep, dying groan Blent with the mourner's stifled wail. Are borne u{.on the Auiunm gale. And as ihe btu's dctp toiliugs fall, i To j oader aucient ,\l}Quv iiaii They moved with measured tread. The Bishop sadly prays for him, The choir pours iorth a requiem, For him the haughty dead. Aud now beneath yon Abbey shade That brave \ouug Knight 10 rest is laid JOHK DOHi, Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye-1,,. Stuffs, Window Glass, &c. Also every van- ° Uu i.. tlie silent'oiiib Tune shall vou ode and worms consume. And iueu, as years 3hull on ward glide, ever lived, or dit-d. «ty of Family Groceries, and Pure Wines and Liquors for medicinal purposes. Lowville, Lewis Co., X. Y. 5 A. FOOT JR., Dealer in Boots, Shoes, Lsather, of all Kinds, and Shoemaker's Findings in great variety. Cash Paid at all times for Hides and Skins. Jtartin3burgh, Lewis Co., Jf. Y. PI . -11. SHRAKTB, /Fashionable Hair-dresser and Shampooner.— J#iK J>ot Razors in order,and keeps the best quality •iar »4c • Perfumeries of all kinds. ' Shop over Benedict & Baker's S;ore. nl LowvUle, X. Y. JAUIESB.REED, •, Wat eh Maker and Jeweler, Dealer in Clocks, Watehes, Jewelry &c, &c. Shop two Doors South of the Baptist Church Lowvirie, If. Y. \Si B. P«ticnlar attention paid to Watch and vClock Repairingl WTW. H. IIELMER, Hanu&cturer and dealer in Cabinet Ware and .Chain of Durability and Finish. All orders :for,Work executed in the neatest and quickest Sh -possible hiann<r. Sho Shop a ,N. Y. a few rods below the nl \W\. lli-dson Stephens, Attorney, *<*•' LOWVJLLE. tEWI^jCO., N. T-, OTTICI—in 2d gtorr of Poig's (Bank) BIJBCK. WOObWOBIWtflOTEL, l connty, N. t. The Subscriber d hi H Utt fJKIJS* -aJ^vv 10 ^/v»»\»» •^•»» •» ^ — -^ — --- determined this |««e shall be second to -- - •* —;*Dd«nwbo favor him with ily dealt wit\ Proprietor; HOITSF, * S.MAS PbrtejrsiiJitfendTOce BBgkagei«OTrejied,toand from, W^StW^W^eeo^f Stage* honsefor all routes leading frpm Wa. gre co iTeyed to- mnd from the d 1 Ca»n«ge« furnished on snort hZ -uli nl Y From his ex boriitew, the proprietor con lMMdf aWeiojrapply ttsrelemand the P*»»C cmmrilr wjtb the best accoromoda **^ ' THOJIAS ATWOOD There was another, fair in form, Of mind as great, heart as warm. And hopes as bright, that longed to be Kemembered to eternity ; Yet sought he not a Metor's wreath Upon the gory field oi death ; He rode not iorth in pride and power Where war's dark clouds and thunders lower, Jut in sou.e lonely rustic bower, iVhere none might come to chase away The thoughts he cherished day by day, And when pale Luna diu.ly shone Jpon the flowery plain, tS ithin that arbor dark and lone, Amusing would he remain ; studied by the dying lamp, While midnight dews fell chiUand damp. The scene is changed. Years passed away, And brows are silvered o'er with gray Where once was hope, and passion's gleam, And ) outh, and beauty's radiant beam. And earthly hope, and fortune's dream Are buried in the grave, for many an eye is dimmed with tears, And pleasures now of other years Are quenched in Lethe's wave. But him, the student, time has brought Honors he never dreamed or sought; And now wher'er his path, may be, Hen bow the neck and bend the knee, And Utt the heart and thousands raise Their voices no win grateful praise. And wave around his brow a wreatn That braves the power of time, or death. The scene is changed. His labor's o'er And his fair face is lit no more By the bright radiance once it wore. While fairest flowers of early spring, A thousand hands with sadnew bring, And gemmed with many a hitter tear They scatter round the students bier. - Yes, lifeless now that god-like form, That speaking eye^tbat heart once warm, And still, that tongue, whose eloquence Was truth, and freedom's proud defence, Cold, hashed, in everlasting p> For the Lewis County Banner. frier of fiooi; T-OR TOK—. SIEGE OF FORT STANWIX. A legend of the Mohawk. CHAPTER I. ^rT wa« at the close of a warm and beau- jL tiful day towards the last of \July in the year one thousand swen hundred and seventy-seven, that two men could be seen in deep and earnest conversation. Around them, in all its pride and solemnity, tow- ered the piimeval forest ofthe new world, its\straight aiwJ tapering shafts shooting heaven-ward, until a thousand branches bent gracefully together, weaving their quivering life-full foliage as it were into one web. and outvieingin beauty the most gorgeous fabrics ofthe Persian looms. Softlv ami gliinuwringly the warm sun- light stole through the pendant leaves, resting for a inonutit on the golden moss that covered th • rich soil below, ami then, as the cool breeze swept murinur- ingly through those long and silent aisles of nature's- temple, dancing over budi and fern, and the sweet and fragrant flow- ers which had followed fast upon the star oyed violets ofthe departed spring. Although centuries of summers had breathed their balmy breath over the feath- ery tops of those giant oaks and graceful pines, yet upon those whom we have pre- sented to our readei, the witching hour and the poetic influences those silvan shades had no effect. |g^ attack of some unseen enemy* His Companion was a-ti^t, ^arikt per- sonage of saHow corriplexiptj-dull, lieavy eyes, and a forehead tfcg|%io{tedl>ack al most to denote compteto; idiocy. There was, it any expression' to hi» cohntenant*, one of the coarsest and inost brutal kind, and only when a glejiHlJjf'cuijning played across his features' and tfphted up for an instant his dull, leaden e*e, did he appear to possess the least spftft of huniaiijty W y«>st had partially attaehwHiflnselt tcrtlje c'anse of the loyalists, though probably elevate him above the brute,- -He was liab- ited in the guise of a hnnttor—his dress consisting of a cap of undressed deer-skin, a heavy woolen jerkin confined at the waist by a broad belt and buckle, and leg- gings of brown leather. \I tell you, Honyost,\ went on tlie speaker, with increasing vehemence, \that Gerard Drowning, when he sets his heart upon attaining an object, will attain that object, cost what it may. His path was never yet crossed by mortal without his presence b^ing felt, and now the proud Gabrielia shall live to be the abased mis- tress of one who once'in good faith offered her his hand in marriage, and was spurn- ed like a verv hound ! You at least know how fearful the price of rejecting the friendship and incurring the hatred of Gerard Browning; and as surely as the giant trees ol God's forming stand around us, and as surely as- He who tnnde them dwells in Heaven, shi*Il sh« live to repent, aye, in ashes and sackcloth, the indignity she headed upon me, wh«n I like a basj one of the imtet igndrant fneri in the whole valley .of the &oliavk,' appearing, scarce half removed from Complete idiocy, there was no small share of natural ' shrewdness and canning in his character. Living up- on' the 'exti«ine ^borders of civilization, his been more with the Ii:di- ans than white men ; and tradition affirms that they Kiga'rded him with that myste- rious reverence and awe with which they are* inspired by fools and. lunatics. < Hon- like the cow boys of West Chester, he cared little which side-he served or plun- dered,- so long as his services vere wel paid or the plunder met his expectations. That he was really bad at heart need not made known her decision. But Gerard- Brow ning was not pp^ 4#~$je}d y .so easily, and it was only after repeated failures, and at last a hanghtv command never to Seek her p-esence again, tha.t all t'.ie fiery pas- sion of his natnfe'was-aroused^ and hede- terminei. to win her, if not by fair and open means,-by any that lay in his power. And as he himself remarked to Honyost, when once he set his heart upon attaining aw object, that object, was-attained though it cost the life-blood df h>V dearest friend. And this latter characteristic, however natural, had been fostered from his youth up. Wealth had-strewn her golden stores over his pathway with no niggard hand— wealth hud taught him-to look upon eve- ry being of God's image as but slaves to his l>e told, but love of gold had fixed its hold j passions—wealth Imd ministered to everymet so firmly u -on him that I.e wi.u d have j caprice and whim of his mind—wealth, braved almost any danger and committed almost any crime to po;s ss it. It was that which &har]>encd his intellect, anil set to work all the crafty cunning of his nature. The length of time we have taken to no- tice some of Honvost's peculiarities was fully occupied by his companion in arran- building on a soil already too rank, had brought forth fruit, who e fiagrance even alike the -thirst trfHh'e 1 __. v forest, and th&. sleek .pride \\qf^pjtt ^ ji yard—after floating iheilightcan^pfiUijf savage, and the rude boat, of thesed»qu«» ing'white-roan, came rushing aiid ifomtf- ing over a huge- barrier .of-'rofcfcSJ ? tftjfc stretched their water-wornfi'ohte 1 acpoii the channel, forming a natural dam abpyck Here the water, after wreathing itself int» a thousand strange and fantastic foraa, sending forth silvery clouds foHni such a height that the setting'sun : ed down its ovient fingers, .'and! V them with all the hues ofthe rainbdw,,fo£- ming showers of sparkling rabies'4$ at ri- val led the most gorgeous • dream of ,tiie Arabian Knights, it whirled itself gaily forward nearly two hundred feet, wbereijt another fall of considerable less .ex- tent, there meeting with no further impe- diments, it flowed smoothly onward, and n, had ma<!e hin one or whose hatred were alike fatal. Although nearly three years had passed, Gerald Browning still cherished the hope of revenge, which the decided and final re- fusal of Gabriel la to become his wife, had ice even was lost far down the ravine in the\.qW- i whoxj ering leaves of the poplars «hich lined hiscominnn\cation so that the ob-j given rise to—still cherished the hope of a tnse mind of the former might readily i bitter retaliation, and never for a moment g asp it; and with slow and energetic tie- had the fire of his hatred waned from its livery he commenced, occasionally paus- pristine brightness. Circumstances indeed ing to make more plain those passages had iuteivuned, and prevented him from which the repeated questionings of lion- carrying out his long cherished plans— vost clearly showed he did not couipiv- i circumstances over which he could exer hend. ~ 1 c 'se no control ; but now the hope which As it may not be deemed necessary to I time had rather strengthened than dimin- utid cowed dog. sued on my bunded knees] repeat verbatim the communication of Ge ished was to be fulfilled, and the object for at her feet. Yes,\ he continued, turning ' rard Browning to his companion and tool | which he had professed a love stronger which haunted ! ! » s lace from his companion, and commu- but only the substance, find as there is j than all other human ties, was to become mnoh which it is absolutely necessary for a sacrifice at the altar of his ungovernable the reader to understand, we shall eudeav- passions. or to bring up the stray threads of our nar- j Oh, the inconsistency of the human rative'into one woof in as few nortls as ' heart ! In moments of pride or passion, our conscience as a faithful historian will j we reject all advancement from those we admit, and in tlie next chapter push out j would die to win, and follow their foot Per- \' n g w ' c ' ' himself, \yes I shall be spurner, haps their sonfs were not destitute ot those H»o the supplicant; and the proud Gabri- fi .er perceptions which enable us to ap- j y!la sll » 11 look with ten ' or on the 0!l e f.reciate that which is leautiful and enno- whllln sll(i Pseuds to despise, as a traitor hhng, alike in nature and in art; or, per- iiaps they ha.l become satiated with too to his country. Bah ! what are a few ragiuuftins before the power of a^disciplin- long gazing upon the scene, until it had J « d »\»?> an \ what tlle !>»>' ° f the become familiar and common-place to :hem. Be this as it mav, they had drawi nental Congress to the overflowing treas- into the broad stream of our story. steps with a hatred that ends only in ti t It appears that some two or three years grave. We bar the door of hope on om- it res of England's kino-? And Liberty l! before the opening of our story and just Own heart, and wrap the cloud around rs, hem Be this us it mav thev hid diiwn e g g y j p [ •losely to-ethcr. seated 'upon a fallen lo<- ! ••• tl^ry of'visiouary poets aud philoso-1 Iwfore the breaking out of the American j and crush the springing up of tender affec- >vhich age had tufted over with soft and .ielding moss, and the younger and finer inoking was communicating something to his companion, which, to judge from his earnestness of extuvssiuii and gesture, must have been of va.--t importance, while his companion listened inteiitlv, occasionally dropping in a word, or nodding his head as the speaker paused, for his approval or to take breath. As these men arc to figure somewhat p While nations o'er bis ashes weep. Time wear* iway; year after year nliers.\ And yet, and yet, I loved her once, j Re-volution, Gerard Browning had met fit ] turns, because in doings and would—, but it \matters v.ot. 1 kaU- j the house of Robert Livingston, a wealthy her now, and the flame kindled ou my j inhabitant of Albany, a Miss Lester, H heart's altar, bums but for her ruin, for | niece ofthe family then aud there upon a i-evengo, which shall be none the less fear-1'-i--it. The parents of Miss Lester reside.! lul because of the love [bore her once.\ | at some distance from the city of Albany, \What did y- say, Leftenant ?\ asked are largely in the following veritable history, and the reader, if he has the courage and patience to follow it through its many win- dings is to form a somewhat intimate :te- quaiutauce with them, it may be necessa- ry to iutroduce them more particularly to lis attention. The first whom we have introduced as ipeaking, could not haxe seen over six md twenty years, and was dressed in a uit, half military, half hunter. A felt :iat, whose broad briin was tacked to the rownon one s-iie, and garnished with a :oal black feather, i.i tie style of the old English cavaliers, was carelessly pushed back from his brow so as not to interfere with the near approach of Lis lips to the ear of his companion. A frock-coat of dark green cloth, decorated with gold lace and other iusignia of military character, was unbuttoned and thrown open at the breast to allow the cool breeze free ingress, displaying a ruffled shirt bosom ot the fi- nest and whitest linen. His pants were ofthe same color as his coat, and like it, was of the finest texture ; a single cord of gold rnnning down the seams on the.outer sides to the knees, where it, and the cloth it decorated, was lost in the ample tops of heavy military boots. A white brown belt of tanned buckskin was buckled around his waist, from which depended a sword, whose handle was of solid gold, and of the fi and most graceful workmanship. Everything about him betokened wealth and iniiuenee, and though his address Was tar from prepossessing, it gave assurance to the most casual observer that he had not been deprived ofthe graces of a. thor- ough education, and the refining influences of good society. A follower of Fowler, would not> have argued ill from the, expanse,of brow which his hat so carelessly pushed asjde,,and just i h b f h hd j resting on the back of his head, exposed 4 t h hlfi^^li^b^ y y Honyost, who had lifted his knee into hi* long, awkward hands, and sat poised upon bis haunches, gazinsj at h.s companion with a conutenance os\great perplexity. \What did ye say, Lefteiiant ?\ \I said that Gabriella Lester shall lie mine,t o g'l I have to wade through . 1 o<! to my kne-.-s to gaiu l:e:',\ was the almost angry reply. Honyost moved uneasily upon his scat. \Wan! he said at last, \that's easy miff to 'ay, but not so easy to do;\' and Hon- ost turned his perplexed coint;nance up to his companion, waiting patiently to have solved what to him appeared $aeh an utter impossibility. \To will, Honyost is to do. The weafc- est of us by eoncentiatii g all his powers ipou a single object, can accomplish won- ders, while the strongest by dispersing his powers over many, may fail to accomplish anything. Remember that a little drop >f water by continual, falling, bores its way through the hardest rock, while . the fierce torrent rushes over with a bubble and an uproar, and leaves no trace behind.\ \Waal niebby,\ answered the still more perplexed Honyost, to whom all this was as mysterious as those fearful words traced on the walls of Babylon; by the burning hand of old. \Mebfey ; 1 s'poseyoii larnt many fine things when you was down to Albany there gitting yonr larning and edi- cation, and studdying for to be a lawyer; and folks does say as how yon can read out of books as has' got awful ai'tioked- letters ite 'era.\ And Honyost jsagely shook his head, as though suspecting nec- romancy, of donbtiug the great efadition of his companion. \But he .continued, \I don't see how jon'r^going to/git the gal, so long, as she's said ag'tn and , that she wouldn't hajee.ye.f'. of the numerous branches that then fed the Mohawk, or as it was termed by the Iioquois, the Owahnahdahgah riv- er. The personal charms oi' the young Uuly iu question, to which were added a'! the graces of mental-culture which those rude times afforded to a female, immedi- ately eaptivated the heart of young Brow- ning, who, at the time was reading law with an eminent jurist of the city. The i'ather of Gerard Browning was one ofthe most influential and opulent men of the Mohawk valley, and had been closely as- sociated in official affairs with Sir'Wil- liam Johnson before h s decease, and his sons-in-law, Guy Johnson and Colonel Glaus, who lived in great spleudor at and around Johnstown. Indeed, traces of their splendor still exist, and if the poetical theory which Longfellow so lieautifuftv holds forth in one of his minor poems be true, the dusky form ofthe mate of the knighted Johnson, and martial forms clad in the panoply of battle, and savage war- riors rustling with plumes, glide over with uoiseless step through the <liin rooms, and haunt each cranny j.n 1 nook of S r Wii- liam Johnson's castle. It is no pleasing task for the historian to lay open the secret springs and work- ings of Gerard,Bro« ning's character. An only child, naturally proud aud haughty, ho had been indulged in every capri.ee by a weak,,, fond mother, until all govern- ment was out of the. question, and ulti- mately assuming full power, he had re- vered all laws of God and man, dictating to his parents as .though, they were little children, • No pains, no. meausthat wealth could procure, had been spared in giving g a spice of wickedness. in<l,uciad-Srpwn.jng cjuote this Hnr\ smiled at the w s^ om- e a the q^^jpp ^ pariion. '^We have need ^oify|uf favor, good Honypst, bnjtj!ani«?peWse !< ^iih thai di lM^ld assistance your com , j Bis 6ttne to:**e# tovi i» dear, Tre«u re din y , Th«b»re we traced the life .n AM . ' itLj^i'j 1 *'—J- LJ '•HA'JL f in carryiiigont that whichis already utiglady.whii>.hadbutlittle mor$. pereanal and mentai passion stirred his dark soul, yet, to. the ^thnking olHni' 'f$ ft iiP^ $tfm oneconfidentofsnecessj! he;mado :V*«K a-aih*wMu and it was w yet with decided firmness, that mob one of the we inflict pain upon the one who fills 0111 thoughts b\ r day, and hovers in gentie dreams around our couch by night. That Gabriella was wholly unconscious ofthe danger which surrounded her, need not lie told tl:e reader. To l« sure, at th time of Browning's final dismissal, she had heard a halt muttered oath of venge- ance, which, however much it may have ellectcd her at the tifRe, had been wliojh forgotten in the events wbich had trans- pired since that time. Having thus made our readeis acquaint- ed with the, situation of affairs at the open- ing ot our story, let us return to Geran- Browning and his co:npaiion. Tl e for- mer was not ignorant < f the rsccndiiuy wl.ioh the latter ha I ohtaine I over the su- perstitious minds of the Indians by the misfortune attending.his birth, if indeed being born a fool ever proved a misfortune to Honyost Schuyler; and knowing al>< that he was connected in some mannei with a small baud of savages which had accompanied General Barry St. Leger into tin-valley of the Mohawk, he hoped by operating upon the well known of Honyost, to induce him to engng8'-f he attendance of'Yenutekauah, or War-Club, as he was more commonly known to the whites, the leader of the savages above mentioned, and at the dead of night to break in upon the hous# of Gabriella Les- ter, and bear her away captive. The plan was one that could not fail of success, as the .parents of Gabrie'da were standing -upon the extreme borders of the grave, and she,had no other prbtectortieai her bnt a twin -brother,' almost' an weak ; irtfid' effeminate as herself;-' Tb be sure-' she had another brother, hra»re and; daring as a Kon, for AVlibra a dozen Indians in fail hiui a thorough, classical and Eiiglish ed- ucation, and after .graduating'at IJarvard, bdkd Alb t Jie had;.tfl,ken[npj,hi8-abpde ,at .Albany, to- fit himself for the .bar, under tlie supervis- ion of a .popular^lawyer, at which time he first made the acquaintance of dux. he- roine,, asijas\ tsssff stated rabove. From '^V^j- •*'w 1 '• 4-• i* 'tf-^'^'f', ed through ther/whois\ of. the Mo- hawk, byime«ns6fhis:wealth,:an.d, us his * nditig' access to\ the most re- and'opeu fight,- hardly. liHve been a p mateh.-bntlie was- -with•: General2 llerlu- meri toAvh'ose standard were'fiocking all Whom' fea» or th© king's gold- did not'keep •back,: ''All-tha>remained for him to do was*to see'ure the services of Honyost: Ohe'thing'however there was-which the g the just vengerfnte \bf/6afirietiaV'6Kfer brotherf atid it^as : only 1 witli fhe f repeat- 4'd assurance of ;Bfd*ning : that : he ; wbald rri0dii»tf and that '6Kfer repeat- 'd assurance of ;Bfd*ning : that : he ; wbald priotect'him from alj ^H 4 te l ted'ta act : tlie p g the holy twii^Ht? daffi^i^i'htb. l ^^^ sat a blue at tl>e A pair grace- its bai.ks. Upon the right side of the stream -i young man of scarcely twenty summers, watching with dreaming eye'the fantastic shapes the bubbling water was continually forming itself into. A passing stranger would not have n< ti ed t e ; outh \n ques- tion, so stiii he sat there on the crimson moss, his back supported by a. massive rock, and h;j hands folded in listless ina^ tion upon his lap. His form was very slight and delicate, and the peculiar fas'K- '.on of his dress added if anything to the effeminate character his whole appearance displayed. It consisted of a frock of dark cloth reaching midway 'twixt his thighs and knees, and confined .vaist b; JI narrow belt of k-athe 1 . of pants of a Jaik color set off the ul ease of his nether liniks and displayed to fine advantage his small moccasin-cov- ered teet. Add to this a smalkcap, deco- ated with coid and tassel, pished jaun- t.ngly back trom bis fair brow, aud ajlow- ,ng a wealth oi long sunshiny hair to go straying o-.'er a broad colla - , white as dr.v.- JII snow, and you have tome faiut idea of Jie youth in question. .Meantime oid Sol had been drawing nearer aud nearer the Western .horizon, tn J the tiees had slowly leigthei:ed out clieir shadows until the young devotee was inc.uJed wi;h:n tlu.r .oapass, as though to admonish him that nigiit was close at hand/ i,nJ that d u g.-r in t .t sinj e of tie .vilil beasts of the loiest, if not in the pi< W .ng rod man, lu.ked i i the wood Jirough which he must pass ere he could reach his home. And the warning of' the was not unhe/scei 1 , for,- hastily iioin his recumbuut p..sit r, tlie youth cattan enquiring look at the sun, and then contemplating ior a moment.the wild aud beautiful scene bstb.e-him, tiirrf- od reluctantly, and stiuck into the The air of quiet and romantic lemtv, the solemn st.llness nubroken by a sound, ;pr bird and beast had sought tle'ri nes- ting places, and the gathering shadows'of night with which to people thi S3 !onganti si eut aisles ofthe foixst w t:iairv a-.id gro- tesque figuivs, caused ihj iec-t ofthe young- ster to lay, for ihe essence of divine beau- ty which is enshrined even in tlie breast of a savage, surged l:ke the waves of the ocean to his very lips, and persa.'ei h}» >vhole being with au indefinite feeling of loveliness. And this peculiar leeling was quickened and made doubly-activfe by^the consciousness that the shadows of night were fast shutting the scene from, his view, and that be must forego his; lonely;ram- bles, and with the lov^don.sof hi&lieatt, seek si greater place of security than his own home afforded. The sqn had irl orV tbre entirely disapppa e', and the tw uk- ling stars had made their appearance f^r up iu the blue heavens ere he : reached the edge ofthe clearing that Burruuoded- tts home. . ' . ,'- . % (To be Continues.) : '; ' hini/and'with i'htb a^pV Boman Katnw,t .;..4l They teU-a-good-stoiy-of-two bachelors down\E^stwho^ lived a'.sjrt. of caL-and^-dog ' fife to their neighbors,, 'discoinfp:' 1 * i>L •rood many years, but who, had iarap-meeting,
