Huntingdon Journal

              " LlBEBTY AND  UnION,  NOW AND FOREVER,  ONE  ANO   INSEFARHBLG. "
¦WILLIAM BRE'WSTER, 1 SAM, Q. WHITTAKEII,  J
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1855.
VOL. 20. NO. 41.
Mtd Ijoetrir.
~ JMONLIGHT ON THE"^GRAVEr
It shinoth on tho quiet grnve
Where wcnry onoa huve gone. It wateheth will, aiigelie gazo
Wbere the dead are loft oluiie. And not a sound of busy hfe
'l'n the still gnive yard comes. But poacefully the aleepcrs lie
Down in their ailent homes.
.'Vil silently ond solemnly
I', thi'ow'eth shndiiMs roun.I, And every grave-atone balb a trac.j
In darknesa on the ground. Illnoketh on the tiny mound
Wbore a little eblhl is laid, .lud llgbtetli np thc noble piio
Which hunioii pride hath made- It falleth w-ith nnalterid ray.
On the simplo nnd tho aloi-ii. And showelh wilh a solemn lighl,
Thn sorrows wo inust learn j Ittellotliof tlivl'ledtlos
On which ita beams have shown, It evhlapereth of heavy henrls,
Wllich "bi-okoiily, live on."
It gleaincth whoro devoted ones
Are sleeping side by side ; It fallotb where the niai'lon rcsl-i
Wbo in her beauty died. There ia no grnvo In all tli'o eiirtli
¦fbat moonlight bath not seen. It giizolh cold and pasalonloss
Where agniiy hath been.
Vol it is well ! Ihal ehniigeleaa ray -\ d.'oper Ibiiiigbl ahonld tliroev, M'lion iiioi'l.il love ptnira forth  the lido
henrd one mention his master's name. An. xious concerning the situation of his mas¬ ter, Kit stepped urouud tlio corner, and tho window heing fortnnaloly the one near¬ est lo hint, he was thus enabled to henr pretty much all that was said-
'¦Sfou then think, Oliver, that his chan-
i ces rro small ?'
1 'Yes, for this reason. You know well that Chige   has always  advocated violent
Mary rose and enlored the  house ; sho       For some lime, the  desire of th. did not wish to be seen weeping- Of course   gentlemen to disencumber each other  of no one could hlaino her   for  weeping con- j any .luperfluous umounl of hlood that they cerning her cousin- Would not her lender I might possess, was not gratilied. i heart have made her weep for  the danger       Al length irritated at the length of the ofany relation ?    Ofcourse ! Tobe sure ! j contest, Stirling made a furious  lunge  nt
Tom was only n second or third cousin, hut
—hut- Edwards had ordered   Kit  tn como  to
him when he had soon his master. But measure, and ns this is the first case with ] us he did not expect him back for two or whom he can proceed to extremities, you three dnys, he had come homo like Mr, may rest assured that ho will not spare I Claxton lo make preparations for his .»tny him.' , in the provincial cnmp.    He had accideu-
his antagonist, whicii was parried, and Groy, before Stirling couhl recover him¬ self, pierced the fleshy part of his arm,— Grey stepped back.
''Tis, a mere scratch," cried Slirling; • to your guard '
Scratch though hc snhl it lo be, Stirling
livo-     'Now suppose,'continued Stirling,'that While ho was iu tho act of concealing her j ouk, on nn elevated piece  ofground, a a man desired to escape hence at any time '. uudor the floor, a molher's  fi'olings ovor- J short distance from him; the scene of ac-
lo-morrow evening, for instance,  it  could came her ; she nrose seized the infant, but ' tion shifted, and he remained   undiscover-
be easily done.    It puts me out of all  pa- was nfraid that its  cries  would  betray its   ed nnd unsculped,  nu  anxious  spectator
lience.    I must seo Gage about   this  re- plnco of concealment.    Sho hcshnlcd, ga-   of the battle',
missness.    It might be tried this evoning zed silently upon it; a  momcntury strug-       It ivas now midnight.   The savage band
to be sure ; if thc man gnt ont  he would gio bciween duly and afl'ection took place,   had after taking all the scalps thcy could
be easily caught again, sinco the barracks She ofice more   pi-essed   her child   loher   tnid, left Iho battle ground.     Morgan vvas
are close at hand and soldiers aro continu- bosom, und kissed it with impassioned len-   .sealed  at   the  I'oot of the oak,   its trunk
ally running lo and fro; hul I understand derness.    The infant, akrmcd at the pro.   supporting his head.    The rugged and un-
tliat Gage has detorniined lo  remove  the fusion of teats that  fell  upon its  cheek, i even  ground that   surrounded  liim  was
soldiers to quarters nearer the neck, so as ' looked in its molhor's fnce, thl'iiv its little   covered with the shiiu, th'j once white anil
to havo theni closer  to the rebel  for- anus around her nock, and  ivept aloud — : projecting rocks, bleached by the sun and
ew hettor.    Already had  ho began  to j cos he was about to say, but he corrected 'It's a pity,'said the   first  voice,   'for 1' tally seen Kit coiuing along the   road, and ' grow faint from losj of blood, and he saw    himself—'so as to have   them  neater the nover snwa man fight like him.' | had immediately ordered liis horse and gal-' plainly that he could  hold  out hut little | minute men.    Uul supose,  now,  lo-mor-
'IIoiv is it thai Stirling has taken such a ! loped over to see him. ! longer.    He  made   two   feints   quick us I row evening, when the jnilor, who by thc
liking lo nnn !
'lie told me that he  had   saved his life
in the courso ofthe fight.    He did not say
how for ho wns evidently in a  hurry, and ' was coming from head-quarters.' 1     As the .speaker ceased. Kit heard a door ; thrown open and  a   hurried  step  In the i room.
'Great God ! Stirling,   what's  thu mat-
Hor ?' e.xclaimed all.
"In the name nf Heaven, Eliza, release the Irain fur centuries, were crimsoned with child, or be losl !" said the husbad, in a | the blood that had warmed the hcirl and soft, imploring tone, as he lorced the infant , animated the bosom of the soldier, from his wife, haslily took up hisgun, j The pule gliinering of the moon occii- knife and hatchet, ran up lhe ladder that j sionally throw a faint light upon the man', led to the chamber, uad drew it after hini. . gled bodies of tho dead ;   luen  a  passing
Kit told hiin what hc had jusi related to , lightning, the fir.st at the breast, the second 1 way is a ivea k tnan and a great   coward ; Mr.  Claxton.        _ at the throat, then pierced his  collarbone ^ brings this prisoner his   supper thai the
¦~^iT~ as if it were pasteboard, and  iinniedialely j prisoner was to preseut a knife at his throai; In a moment the door u-as burst open, and I cloud enveloped all m darkness, and gave;
h^t^'"oT'^'\'Vr     d"v i afiorwards the sword of Grey  flew   lliirty I and say:'If you speak a word you  are  a   the savages entereJ, additional terror to  the  feeble  cries   ofa
I'hldl on^heVound hta scalX"i-d tl^^^^        I feel into the air, than dropped wilh a dull, j dead man,'    He w-onld be dumb as a post,        l!y this time  .Moi-guu   had  secured his , few slill linc-ering in  thelast  agonies of Each looked to ann, nnd stream, and plain, i [jgayy so„„(] jipoii ll,e turf. j as deaf, too, if required ;  the  man  could   child in a bag and lashed it  to his   tack, ' protracted death, rendered doubly appalling
Tim'nl'fo!'aml'poTntci^^^^^^^^^ i     Stirling placed his foot upon it, and sal-; rifle his pockets, in which  he  could   find , and  then   throwing ofl' sonie  clapboards   hy the hoarse  growl of the bear, the   loud
In ili.'l'iuua stril'e lheydari<lycloscd,-S'o/(. I uling his crest-fallen antagonist, wiped thei keys  with  which   he   could   unlock  his   from the cabin roof,   he  resoiutely  leaped j howl of the wolf, and lhe shrill and varied Grey's quarters were sustained, by   his j blade and returned it to the ,scabbard- j chains which done, ho might gag and bind ' to the g.'ound.    He  was assailed  by iwo | notes of the wild-cut and the panther, feed-
own request, opposito  the  jail;  from  his j     Had Stirling accoiiipli.shcd what  he   iu-   the jailor ; then changing clothes, he couhr I"<l'U"s.     -i^s   lhe   first   approached   ho   inu on the dead und dying.     .Morgan ho-
'.Matter!' gnsped a voicu so inarticulate-' room h'j had a fair view oi llie prison,  S'J ' tended. Grey would   have heen   killed.— ', sally forlh, lake duwn tho warden's keys-,   knocked him down   wiili the   hull end of ; held the sceno with heart-rendering  sen- ly that it could be scarcely heard—'matter!   eager was he to bo near   the   man ho   ha-   The thrust was nimed  at  the breast hut' nnd let himself out.    Xor would   that   be   bis gun.    Thc otjier advanced willi nplit'-• salions, and looked forw.ird with the sym-
lias frien,!
oh.'lh
lliiil
lis ini sbnde of ;
h the starry sky.
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I —This is tho mailer. The niiin who sav¬ od my lile this morning al the risk of his own, is lo bc hanged like a dog three days hence.    1 told   the   general   that hc  had
saved my We ; I begged, I   besought him ' that an officer in full dress uniform of .Ma- almoston rny knees lo spare his lifo.    He   jor of grenadiers knocked.
r was he lo bo near   the   man ho   ha tod, and gloat over his prospect of a dead-. sliglnly parried  by Grey;   it  inflicted   a   all; I'or doubtlc.se, the prisouo
painful, hut otherwise not dnngerous orse rious wound, ns the surgeon now pronoun, ced it. The wound'i »f both were bandaged and
ly vengeance.
It was  al the door of this house, at the very time that Kit arrived  at Evergreen,
who would be waiting at one ofthe wharfs suy a warf opposito to Charlestown, for e.vample, who could carry him siviftly across to  the   open  country.     Heigo !  1
ted tomahawk ; .Morgan  lot  .''.ill   his gun, ; pathy of despair on his own oud. und closed in. A large nnd ferocious looking bear,cov-
The savage luiido a blo'.v, mis.scd, but i eted all over with bi'jod, now approached severed the cord that bouud the infant to j him ; he threw himself on the ground, and his back, aud  ii  fell.    The contest  now , silently commended his soul to Heaven,
Stirling, by the assistance   of his  friend's ; must decidedly speak to Gage about  tlii-s.   became warm and fierce, and was carried ; and in breathless anxiety awaited his fate.
1 Select Caie. rilE RISINCrOf76.
answered coldiv—
Grey says thut ho is one ofthe most daring -^    rebels.'
-'1 left him. Had I stayed, I would have struck him lolhe earth. Apropos of Grey,' he added m a calm tone, making a striking contiast to his former e.xciied one, 'Oliver can I .speak to you privately ?' —..oee.'— 'Certainly,' said the one addressed.
(coN-riNUEP.'; 'Shall we go lo my room ?'
'See what a hero tho Bostonians make of      The other   acquiesced,   and  Kit again JOU, Mr. Kennedy,' said  Stirling,  laugh-   heard the door open and shut, illg, who had determined   not to  leave his       He wailed yei lor some time till he heard
SHB rrxiaao's ssad shox.
nv SMITH, Esq.
"I'is impossible,' Cupt. Stirling. Capt, '¦ door was opened.
'Ye.s, your honor.'
And Dennis retired.
Rightly conjecturing the object of this visit. Grey came down dreasoJ, us the other, in full uniform.
Oliver bowed lo him ceremoniously, his champiau remaining on his head.
Grey held in his hand ; not on account of the higher rank of his visitor, lor in afliiirs of this kind, ihough one might wear lhe insigni a, and being of a higher rank, the circumstances of the  case   di
'Is Cnpt. Grey in V he inquired, as the | g^,,,^ „,|,5 euubled to walk to his  quarters,   A man could escape as easy as you please.
whilsl the indoinnible pride of Grey would I Again Stirling paused, still Kennedy not allow him to accept of any assistance ' said nothing, but slightly smiled, saying, whatever, though the drops of agony on , iiueliglbly as a sinilo could—I uiidei'staiid his brow and an occasional  tottering stop,   ynu,'
showiug what he was sulferiug.
card
CHAPTER VH'.
uld recall a ylsiou  whiel
now friend til! he wns safo fiom the ven¬ geance of Cirey, who wa.s following the company,
'I hardly think,' an.swered the prisoner, 'that theio niauifest.ilioi'S of feeling w-ill recommeud me to your general.'
'True,' answered the other, and he rontinued his march thoughtfully to tho prison.
'Heiu,' suid a soldier nt Kennedy's side, 'tal negro vill make hi'scl'as tam   trouble-   escape from do pris'n ?' some as vas tat tnm rebel .\ltuck.' ,     'How V inquired Stirling.
Tom looked negligently in the direction I     'S'pose now Captain, I   wasto   makea Ihal the Dutchman pointed to, but started   mas'.'
Uflhe recognized his faithful Kit. He saw;      'A mas ?    Why,  what the  deuce is ii that he w-as watched by Grey, and fearing ¦ mns that ho ivould see Ihe slave made a warn
I di'oamed, Porebanco In sloo|i, fur in ilsolf u thoughl, A slumbi'i'hig llinught is cnpable nf years. And ounllos u long lilb Inlu  one Iionr. Bgioa.
ll the reader has no objection,   we  will pnss through tho  prison's ptideroiis   gale the street door open,   and   looking arouml   ponsed with that respeci duo by  an  infe- | ,v),en we will lind ourselves in the  couit, saw Stirling come out and   wnlked swiftly   rior to a superior.    Hut   for tbo   time bo- | ^pg,, which opens the door from the   war- away.    Kit ran after him- ; ing, Oliver was Grey's guest, and the lat-   ,]g„'s i,o„se . as we havo  nothing to  do        __ _  _ ^_
'Cap'n .said he, when he had overtaken | ter showed him this courtesy on tlmt nc-j (here wo will  keep nn to  the  next  gale, ' hy,;, Mr. Kennedy,'he mided, sqiieozin him,'is .Mas'rTom goin'to  bo hanged iu   count, ^ _  ^       „..,,.„    „'which opens virtually into the prison— ' the other's hand ; you go from here to a
The step of t on the stairs.
Stirling sprang up, looking ludicrously dololul, aud Kennedy was serions as acon- demned man ought to look. Jnst ns thesu changes w-ere brought about, lhe cell door was again opened.
'The Governor's oiele-rs are, Capt. Stir- hug,'said thc man,'that no person, save the miniElei-, can remain with thc piisoner over ten minutes
'Very   well,'  answered  Stirling,  goo
three days?'
'Yes,' said Stirling surprised ifid you heav it!'
Kit told him frankly.
'Don't you link, Cap'n   that
he   might .
ing gesture. Grey lurned eagerly lo the tii'nifioanlspot, bul Kil had  disappeared.
'Cnptnin,' snid Tom, nddressing Ster¬ ling, 'there is a slavo of mine in the city whom you saw with me, I suppose, this morning.'
'Hlaek ns Erebus, and strong as Hercu¬ les?' inquired the I'aptniii.
'Exactly so,' said tho otlier.
'Well, I saw   hun   in  the   cowd,  just
'One oh dose lings data man puts on his faco  and   makes  him look  like anolher
'Will you lind him out, and if possible lot liim come and see me V
'Certainly ; I •viil do everythiug in my power to promote your comfort, Kennedy, the devil take the Mister, and will also nso what little infiuence I possess at head-qanr- tcrs to procure your release.'
• Thunks ! Capinin, said the prisoner, grulefully- •! merely wished tosend Kil, 10 my uncle's, to lel him (and ke wns nh'iiii to suy Maty und tho namo stuck in his lliroat) lo let him know that I am safe.'
'Eor the proseut,' thought Stirling, for he was pretty sure whut -stops Gage would take in this ofl^iiir. 'He shall come lo. night,' ho said aloud-
They wero now in front of the prison.
'.My friend,  Cnpt. Arthur  Stirling,  of; ^y^. ^^^i,  ,^,,^  ,i^^  ^^^^-j^^,  ^,^  „^„.  j^.^, .
Where , His -Majesty's.lhe regiment ofwfantry, de-; ^^^^.^^ ^^^.^^ j,^^,,^ ^^ ^j^,^^^, j„ ^^.^ ^^ ,„ „,^
: sired me to visit you to kuow if you  would j ^^j,^ ^^.,^^^^ „^^, ,o„;|,.„„^j prisoners  lay
' do him the hoaorof crossing swords  with | i,^,^^;]^ jfonej.
him, if possible, this evening?' j     Kj„„pj     ^^^   ^„,,„_   i|,„u  ,,   ,,'.i,t,
'Nothin"', Mui- Oliver, would   give tno i     ,      .,       .  ,. ,   ,      ,     i    i   u . ii
°'      -> ' = ,   I pale ; the night belore he   had   been   told
greater pleasure than to cross swords with .
your friend, Capt. Stirling. Both the | lime and the weapons suit me, but Capt. j Dalhousio will settle with you the necessa- ; ry preliminaries. Tohim, therefore, al-| low me to refer you.' I
Oliver bowed and departed ns ceremoni- j ,nan.' ; ously as he had enlen'd.     Decidedly there ;
'Ola mask !'taid Stirling, smiling- isnn   advantnge in   civilizaiion.    A   man I
'S'actly so. Well, deu, s'pose 1 was to ' comes tosee you on an affair ofhonor, and 1 mak a mas' liko my own face, and I was ' you converse as calmly and politely as if! to go to the pris'n, and Mas'r was lo put ho were the bearer of an invitation to a j on this mas', nnd dress hisself in my clothes . ball, instead of one to gn out and let your j **">'
he is as tall as I is.     Well, den,  we could   vhsitor's friend have the honor   nf cutting j "'" -       i      ,
chani^e clothes and Mas'r could get out.- ' your ihroat, or blowing your brains oul. «'"¦'"'? '""I ''«'^" '^^•'"' '''^" f'V. Pl"-';"
Eh V '¦     At four o'clock that evening. Grey,   ac  I ""^ '« '^'¦'" "P"" I'lm, and had obtiiiiieid fur
'Kit !' cried  Stirling, admiringly'  'you | compauied by fiis second, proceeded tothe I ^im every luxury that money could aflord, are a noble fellow.    Hut stay !' a  sudden ! rendezvous, where he found Stirling  nnd ', »"" ""-' I'f'sou laws nlloned. thoughl seemed lo strike him.    Have you i Oliver, with the surgeon's of the I'oi mer'; a knife or dagger belonging to your master i regiment, awaiting  them  with   the  leas
on with knives only. Tho robust and atii- : Tho satiate animal slo'wly passed wiihout letic -Morgan at length got the ascendancy; ; noticing liim. Morg,in raised hi? head, bolh wore badly cut, nnd hlod freely, b-at 1 and was ahout to olTer liim thanks for his i!ie ,stabs uf the wiiiie innn were deepe-r, ' une.xpocte-d presorvatioii," when tho cry of nnd the savage foil to the earth. .Morgan . a pack of wolves opened upju him, and hastily took up the child und hurri-s'd olf. ' awakened him to n senso oi' danger. He The Indiins in the house, basely enga- i placed his hands over his eyes, fell on his ged in drinking and plundering, wero nol ! face, nnd iu silent ngony awaited his fate, apprised of the contesi in tho yard until ; He now heard a ntstliug in thc bushes ; lhe one that had been knookcJ down gave ' steps approached, a cild chill mn over tigns of returning lil'e, and called tliem lo | him. •Imagination, was actively eniploy- the scoiie ol action. Morgan was discover- ' ei; doalh the most liovriblo awaited him ; cd, iiumodiateiy putoUod, and a dog put i his limbs v.ou!.! in all probability bo lorn upon his trail. Oporatod upon by fe-'lings from him, and ho devoured alive. Ho ofa liilher and n husband; he mne-l with ' fell a touch ; the vital .spark was almost ex.- al! the speed of a hunted slag, and soon j linguished. Anotheii', touch more violent oulstripped tho Indians, but tho dog kept than the fir.st, and he was lurned ovei-.gTho iu cl'ise pur.suii. Finding it imp'itsible cold sweat inn down in torr'.'uts ; his hand.s to outrun or elude the cunning animal ! were violently forced from his face. Tho . trained lo hunts of this kind, he halted moon pas.5ed from under a cloud ; a faint and ivaiiod till it caiivj within a few yards ' ray beamed upon him, !iis eyes involunta- of him, fired nnJ brought him to the rily opened, and he beheld his wife, who, ground. ; in a scarcely audible voice   exclaimed:—
".\'y  husband ! my  hnsband!"   andfell
that he was to die the death of a murder¬ er—as Stilling said, the death ofa hound! And in two days 1 He, who two days hence was to be hanged !
There is no man, be he a Bayard or a Christian martyr, can contemplate the change from death to lile, from his house, whether hovel or palace, lo tho drear cold, and silent grave, with feelings of perfect security.
lie is indeed a pitiable object who can I die, not regrelling a tingle thing that 1 leave behind.'
betler pl.ace, n-liere 1 hop
again.    Good-by ! God bless yon !
Stirling'departed, tlio door agaiii graled on ils hinges, and Kennedy was agai'i alone.
So surprised was he at the hcginning of Stirling's speech, that, hairing the greeting al his entrance, he had nnt uttered a sylla¬ ble.     He now slood    tcazing at    tho   eloor   on bis view • bU siun   nnli'l-eiit'd bii f.nr,-    ,-     i .        . - ,        ,     ,-,,-   ,-,11-                ,    ""i"^*-''™'"'s'I'-l' q'li'-i^'^'ii-o. Uls lcar-=   frye];..    An  alteicalion soon took plnce; throngh which his friend had jutt passed,   increased, and tho most  ag"  '-'   -         '
In a short time he reached the house of his brother, who resided near Bryant's ' Stntion, at  Lexington,   where he   lolt tho
."Morgan now learned from his wife that
child, and the brotners   left  forthe dwell- ^f^<jr (he ludiaus entered   the  house they Illg.    As they approached, light broke u p-   fou„ J 3omy spirits^ of  „.|,j^,,   1,,^^ ^^^^^^
At length, rousing hhnself from his rove rie, he began thoughtfully lo pace his nar. row cell ns much as   his   cli.iin permilled.
CO.NCLI'DKU NUXT WLllIC.
SEbcellaueous.
A THRILLING NARROTE,
James Morgau was a naliveof .Mary¬ land, married at an curly ago, ond soon nf¬ ter settled near   Bryant's  Station,  in   tho
if Kentucky.    Like mist  pioneers , and his left hand lay on   his   favorite dog
mill and s ofu'ricf.
gonizing appro-: ono of ii,(,^   received a   mortal stab and heiisions crowded upon his miud. ^ Emer-   fell; Hm blood ran througli the floor on her.
Believing it to bethe blood of her husband, sheahriekedaloud, and thus holrayed the place of her cnncealment Sho was in¬ stantly seized and hound- The party, ai'¬ ler setting fire to tli'3 Iiousc, proceeded to Bryant's Siation.
flu the day ofthe battle of the lilue Licks a liorse with a saddle and bridle rushed by her which she knew to bo her husband's. ¦ During the nction the prisoners wero left unguarded ; made their escape and lay con¬ cealed beneath some bushes near tho bank oftho river. After the Indians had return¬ ed from the pursuil, and loft tho battlo- ground, she, wilh some y thor persons who escaped with   her,  delermined   to make
gmg from the cane-break, ho beheld h house in names, and almcst burnt lo the ground. ''My wife !" ho exclaimed, as he pressed one hand to his forehead, and grasped the fenco with the other to sup¬ port his tottering frame. Uo gazed on the ruin aud desolation bofore him, advanced a few p'aces andfell exhausted to the earlh. Morning came; and the luminary cf Hea¬ ven arose and s'.ill found him seated ncnr the expiring embers. In his right haml he held a small stick, with which he was tracing the name of "Eliza" on thu ground.
'Now, said he, 'Kit, suppose a  boat, or ' side, tho to',vn was just I'ar enough   oil to i "''^''-'f^ ^""^ ^''^J '" '•"¦'''¦ -V""''"' ""'' '" ' a canoe, that would be better, for ills swif- j render movement's indistinct. i ""«¦ "^'""S ''"^ ''°P'^^  "^ ¦"=*  Parents,
ter, aud less linble to attract notice ; sup-j Much as has been snid, and will con- pose, then a canoe with four or five ofj tinue to bo taid, concerning seconds in Tom's friends waa to be lying at one of the i an aflair of honor, a man will stand by wharves opposite Charlestown on the night   and look ou, and perchance see his friend
o! day nfter to-morrow aboul seven o'clock, Your master by some .accident   or other
Stirling pressed hia   friend's   hand,   and   might bo there.    Do you understand me?' speaking some words lo thejiiilor,tho pow        '"- ' '''-'"    '''" '" ''" " "    "• "• ¦ -'
shot, knoiving, too thnt he was, lo a cci¬ tain e-\'ont, the cause of his friend's death, Bul look again.    Could a brother be more
I the beasts of prey. After searching for : sonic time, nndalmost despairing ofsuccess ; she fortunately discoverod him.
The party of C'ul. Logan found Morgan I and his wife, and   restored   theiu   to their
t of which was strengi honed hy a handful ,
llo hud promised to call this day, but he had not yet arrived. |
about vou V ' possible patience in the world. I     K''"i"'Jj' "as waiting for him ; he de- ; ^t the VVest, he had cut down lhe cane,   by his side ; looking   first on the
'Yes, .M.as'r,'said Kit,  drawing u hun-j     The spot chosen was  a retired,  f|„ie.t I S'^ei'lo send n letter to  Ins  mother.    He j i,u||t ^ cabin, deadened the  timbor, enclo-, then on his dog, with evidenl si'^        _      ^ _	
ting-knife from his breasL 'I brouirht this ! place, where they would nol be liable to j'bought continimlly eif her, and he trem- sud a field with a wonn fence, and plant'jd -Moigan arose. Thc two brothers now i .„,a,,ch foriheir frionds, nnd if on the field, with me when we left Evergreen, early ' interruption, nearly opposite to Charles- T''^'''"'"-''=°"^"''''''^'' ""^ pr^'able ofrect .^g^o corn. Il was on the 17tli of August, nnde search, und found some bones burned : ,,,,univing, to save thom if possible from this morning.' ilown.    A hue of shrubbery screened them j'hal'his blow would have upon her.    He ,1782,    The sun Imd  descended ; a pleas-   lo nshes, wllich    they   gathered together |
.Stirling took it, I from the main, road, whilst on   tho  other j ""= a"0"ly chihl i^his   brother  and ^two., a„t breeze was playing ihrough   the sur-j and silently confined lo  the m'jlher earth,
''"''' '"  ""¦''"''"'j rounding woods ; tho cane bowed  through   beneath Ihu high spreading branches of a
'"   Its   infiuence nnd the broad le'aves of corn i venoriible oak consecrated by the most ho- him uere their aflections centred. waved in lhe air. ly and pure recollections.
'Mother, mmher!' gt-oaned  the  cmide-       .Morgan had seated himself in tho door j     Several days aficr this, Mjrg.tn wns eu- i ffj^.n^jj^ iheij infant mid their home.
mned man, and ho burried his fnce in  his ' of his cabin, with his  infant on his knee,   gaged ina dosperato   battle attho Lower! '    —«	
Iiands and wept. j His young nnd Iiappy wife had laid aside   liluo Licks.    Thu Indians came off vict'i-!     —Sally Jones says when she was in love
He  remained  so  for some  time.    He | the spinning wheel,   and  was  busily en-   riously, und tho sureivmg whites retreated ,''"^ f''''''''*¦ '' she was in a  luund, with R shook   olf his   feeling,  and   regained   his i gaged in preparing the frugal meal.    Thut | across the Licking, pursued by the enemy    "''"" •''^ i^ars comiug bolh ways,
  calmness.    Hardly had he done so, when | afteruoon he accidentally found  a.   bundle   for a dislanco of six and   tliirly   miles.— 1      Mrs, Partiii'-'linrexpresses  great  ap-
cTrefu'l than is that  second?    How  anx-j'''e i''''"''•^o''-^f l''*"^''" "acked on its hin-: of letters which ho  had  finished  reading I James .Morgan was   among  the   last who ' prehension that "he people  iu California ously he scans the inountitig of the  wea-1 S"- »•"' Stirling eniered.    ^ : to his wile before he had laken his seal in . crossed the river, and was in the rear until , „ill bleed to death as every papershe picks
Stirling shook the captive's hand warm- 1 the door. It wits a correspondence in which   the hill was descended.    As ho beheld the : „„ announces "another vein oponed."
ly ; then, as he heard the door shut,   and   ihcy had acknowledged »if early  and  ar-i Indians reappear on   tlio ridge, he folt Ins i —'¦ «-•«.-»	
the fo'itsteps of the jailor upon the stairs, | dent attachmenl to each other, and the per- ; wrongs and recollected the   lovely object I     —'^¦-' a bachelor get a soratch upou his he threw himself cavalierly upon the  mis-1 sual left evident traces of joy in the   faces erable pallet, aud said, pettishly— I of both, the little iutniit too, seemed to par-
•Decidodly, Imust speak to Gago about uike ofils parents kind feelings, by checr- the miserable wny that this prison is guard-j ful smiles, playful humor and infantile cd-    To be sure, tho outer gale  is  strong ' caresses.
enough, but theu thn keys  ofit  hang  in-      Whilo thus   agreeably   employed,   the   plied thc tculping knife, llic warden's lodge just a.,  carelessly as | report of a rifle was  heard;  anoihcr fol-       At this moment .Morgan looked up  and The crossed blades gli.slened in the rays   ihose of his spouse,  though  of  fur moru i lowed in quick succession. Morgan sprang   recognized the  haiidkcroliiel  that  bound oftho  declining sun.    The   combutants j iinportance.    The  first shu L  out  u   mnn 1 to his feet, his wile ran  tothe   door, und   the head of the savage, and knew it lo  bo ^ were well matched.    Stilling wua  consid-   from life, the second fromthe pantry.    By   they simullaneously exclaimed 1 "Indians,' ; his wife';.    This added renewed ttrength ered   the    best fencer in  his  regiment, i the wuy, speaking ol pantry, can't  you i The door w-aa iuslaully  barred, nnd  the   lu hi,s body, and increased his  activity to hiusad)  nil faithfullv   ont  awav   iu his   P'osiiect of escape, she   wept,   but  it waa I but Grey piided himself on his skill in  all. commclaten hungry devil with some snack : next inslnnl their Icars were realized by a j fury,    lie   quickly    threw  his left  aiiii memorv Kit look his leave ""'¦ wh g'''-''^'      * manly uccomiilishmenls ; indoed, 'twas on-' —a but,cuit or two, und a piece of chicken,   bold and spirited attack of a sniall   parly ' nround the Indittu, und, w-ith a death like
Leaviug the prison. Kit   walked  do vu       -^^ K'' ceased, the noi.^e of   tho horses'   ly on the nssurunce that he wasn'i tryo   in ; O, I beg pardon, you aro iu pi.^on !" ; of Indians. i gras.i, hugged him tn his booom, plunged
Ihe slieet to thc Neek  on   his'way homo   bool's was   heard   approaching   thu   gate, | ihe use of toil thut Dalhousie conneuted 10 |     Stii.ing puused I'or an instant, and Ken-]     The cabin could nol he succcisluily dc-i his knife into his aide, and  he expiicd in ngain,    .\3 ho passed by a  window  near  and C.eorge Edwards  was   seen   coming | act as his second, lot Stirling'n skill  wns ; ncdy   .jsting his chin on his two  hands, j fended, and time was precious.    .Morgan, '''is  arms.    Kcleiuiug  hi ivliicli a nuinber nf officers were fe.itcd, hc . swiftly toward thnm. i proyerhial. ', started hut tnid noth.ng, cool,   brave and prompt  .'0011   decided,—   i'ayngc, .Morgan  craw|.-.|
'Ki 1 Mus'r    It take dis chil' to do dat! Vory well.    Xow bo off and give Ken of guineas, he departed, and Kennedy pa.s-, nedy's message;   your   master's  life is ns \ po„, how he tries ils lemper, half-doubtful sed undor tho gloomy gate for the first and ; safe as your  own.    But iniud, dou't men-1 ,vliether he shall throw aside and try   an the last lime, , tion my name, aud be careful   to get cau
Kil came to see him as Stirling had pro- j tious, brave, nnd trusty men.' misod.    Theaffectionate slave wept for joy I     'All right,  .Mas'r,'said  Kh, und witha ns ho kissed his master's hand, but was in- i scrape and a blow, the black joyfully pur- thgnant when he saw tho  hnnd-cnfls, and   sued his way out oftho city, carefully sup- the chain that hound his ancle. , pressing as enjoined the name of Stirling,
'It's a sign Kit,' -said Kennedy, finiling, ' and his rauk and statiou- 'thnl they tliink me dangerous.' j      Mary listened with feverish anxiety.—
Aflor numerous messages lo .Mr. Claxton : When Kit mentioned that Kennedy was to nnd Edwnrds-(tlie name of .Mary wus not' be hung the duy ufter to inoriow, she grew mcmioned—'She carei nol for me,' ho pale as deulh, and-sank almost lainiing on r,aid to himself, nnd this   reflection   made   n chair,    llut  when   Kit   meniioned  tho
other ; and then, when he places his man, I not a chip can be seen aboul the ground ; the snn is jilaces as far ns posaible be¬ hind his prinoidal, and having provided,, as hc thinks, against all emergencies, the word is given. I
'.Messieurs, to your guard !'   cried   Oli-1 ver.
of his afl-eciions. XU urged his horse nnd I ""^'-'' ""'^ " '' '""' '"^ ''^'^ ^'""' '" ""> ""•''"' : pressed to the I'low. While in the act of ; ''S'" i 1^"' when a married man appears I leaping frnn. his saddle, ho received a rifle | "•'"' '"^ ''1'*'='^ «J.^'^> ••' "voilen face and n '¦ ball in lii^ thigli and fell; the Indian spraug
upon him, seized him by the   hair and ap.
headache, it is only said tfiat   he's fulleii inlo a litlle ''love spat.'
I'll   frum  the under  n   fm .11
—The poet Holiii.v; describes  a hoard¬ ing-school very truthfully in thc following lines : I     Tboy sent her to a siyliili school, ' 'Inns in ber Ihiiloeiitb June ;
.\iid irith her, oa ibo rules required,
"I'w'i towels and n spoon," 'I'hoy braced her buclc ogoinat n boanl.
To nmku hor slraighl uud tall ; I'hev laced bor up, and ataivod ber down,
l-'o muke her light und small ; I ho.i piaell"'l ber I'.'et and singed Iicr hair
-fhoy screwed it up with piis— '111, ncier inortui MilTercd mur-; 111 |'..'iiaii'.'C for her sin..