Huntingdon Journal

              ' Liberty and Union, now and itorkver, one and inseparable. '
WILLIAM BRE'WSTER, 1 pntTonc! SAM. G. WHITTAKER,  | '-d'^""'*'
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1857.
VOL. XXII. NO. 21.
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aTIp a"k~6Td~v" .
'fhe followini; i.s the most atrocious produc¬ tion that over eniaimtod from tbe brains of a musty, birlorn, and lionveu-foreakeii old bacbc-
howling like so many Indians in a pow¬ wow. ^ye had no weapons of any kind, I and we knew enough of iho vile cro.tlurea i
''/[XY l,o»,^ir.»,Av«. I ^"''"'"' conlinniilly firing in the meantime j A Kiss as was a Kiss. ' from low society.    If a young tnan sees
Jyt,!' i S -t C i i il II n   —they pa.ssed down until llio rocks affor- j     Onr  readers t.hall  have lhe bcnofil of a   ihat iho religion which  in  youlli ho   was
dod no furihet prolec'.ion ivhon ibo turned ! good slory we once heard.    Travelling in-! laughl lo
. The Printer. !     Hon. Ellis Lewis,   chief Justieo of the ,ilc, is  lighlly   '.liought of | Sufireme Courlof this State, in   a recent
which followed us, to know   ihal il  would ; gj;Qjip)g   ADVEiVTDRE AT QUEENS- ¦'°   '^^  ''^'^'  lo lake the road.     But jusl as ''<>   Wwn   about dusk, Mr, K. had occasion j and perhaps sneered al, by ihe young  la. j loclure, look  ocension   lore/eras  follows
be useless 10 contend wilh ihoin.     There                                TOIVN. i Ihey were.gaining it, ycoll being in lhe od-;'ocall at the mansion of nn esteemed friend ' dies wilh   whom   he iissocirio.s,   -we   cnn ! lo lhe position of printers.    Judge Lewis was nol a moineni to lo.se; lhe savage boails'      The baiile of (iiiooi wore close upon us.    The atlompl to fight' dj.,,,   ^i,^,,   ^,,3 „„^.
The ballle of (iiioonsluwn, on lhe Cana-! *'''"ce, they were surprised by ihij Uvo In- ! who hud, ninong olhor worldly possessions,; hardly expocl  him 'o   think    ihnt   il  is ' ia a printer him.self, and knows fully how dians  who  hnd boen firing at lhe Colonel   '"'" or lliroe vory fino dauglitors.    Ilo had I the thing   for him,     Lel  none  say   that   to apjirocialo   iho value   of ihal   class of
ol llioso fearful
lor.    We publish ilus  a cui-iosily-deeply ro-1 would have been a hopeless dflair. There j flj^j^   during lhe war of Ibll, where des-' '"   '^e  morning, who sprung from an am-   scarcely knocked nl the door, when il wus : thcy   have   no  influence, any moro   than 1 cominuuily of whom ho treats : areltiiig that we nre unable   lo  accompany it   was bul one chance of escane, and we  in- i « . ,       1   ' . .       <       ' u  .
".,   , . , „, ,    ,    ,       1 , ti,u„|jt, unu vn.  Ill  i purale valor won viclory floni ovenvhelin-
with the  name oflhe unprralleled  slanderer' stnnlv seized unon it '¦ . . , .     ,
: •' ' I ing   numbers—where   was shown in the
'•To lhe tree ; let us climb this tree!" I j ,nosi conclusive manner that American sol- cried springing forwards towards a long, j di,,r.,, u„j„ the bravery and self reliance houghed and gnarled oak ; which I saw at; they can placo implicit confid
ivlio ooneoetcd it
Tell nie, yo winged winds
I'but around ;ny pathway roar,
l>o you not know some spot
Whore woinon fret no more ?
Some lone and pleasant dell,
Some "holler" in tho ground,
Where babies novor yell,
And cradles aro not found ? '1 iio lo.ud wind blew the snow into my faco. And snickered as il anawered—"Nary place,"
Toll me. tliou misty deop.
Whoso billows round me play,
Ivnow'st thou soino favored spot,
Somo Island far away,
Wbero weary man may lind
.\ plaee lo smoke in poaco;
Whole crinoline is nnl.
And hoopa are out of plaoe ? The loud winds, sounding a porpoliial iihout, Slopp'd for a iibile and spliitlor'd 'you gol eoul,'
And thou, aorenest moon, flmt wilh such holy face.
Dual look upon the girl.?.
Who with their boniix embrace,
'foil luo, in all thy round.
Hast lliou nol seen somo apot
Where muslin is not found
.-Vii.j iiilico ill not',' Hebind a cloud lhe nio'oii willidrcw in woo, Anda voice sweel, but sad, responded "Fob !''
Toll me, my seerel aoul—
ull! lull me, Hope .and Failb,
la thore no resting placo
From women, girls and di-iilb '!
Is lliore no happy spot
A\'hero bachelors aro blessed,
Wbore fomalos troubio not,
And mau may dwell in peace '? Failb, Hope and Trulh-bosl boons lu iiiorlals
bush and rushed upon him with toma-1 °l't'ned by one of those blooming maidens, I you can live without breaihing. One is [ ''No class of socieiy deserves more pub- hawks uplifted and endeavored 10 seize ! **''"', »¦'(luiok ns ihought, litre w her arms I jusl as unavoidable as the the other. Be-j lie consideralion than the Printers, Thoy him. ScoU remoiislrnled, u.\p!ainod lhe i i™"""! b's neck, and before he had lime ' ware, then, what kind ol influence il is: are ihc ireasurcrs of lhe world ; lliey aie character of lhe ensign he bore, bul to no '0 say "Uh, don't!" pre.ised her warm, I you are constantly exerting. An invila-! ""lie same lime the munificent almoners ell'ecl.    Tliey grnpplod   wilh bin?,in.l lhe ' <lelicale lips to his, and gave him as sweet   tinn in lake :i glass of wino,   orto   play a j "l^ 'lie Almighly,     They   receive  contri-
a glance might be easily climbed. I pable of performing deeds which .strike the : "l'l   ohicflnin succeeded  in wrenching his , a   kiss  ns  ever swain dusorvod.    [n utter | game of cards, may kindle the tiros   ol in-] ''"'''^"s in  arts aud science and all useful
Harry Mason sprang lightly into the tree   old World wilh  'vender.    The e,'(pedilion I sword from his grasp,    Tollenand Gibson i asloniahment. lhe   worlhy gentleman ¦vaa \ temperance or gambling which will  burn | knowledge, from every quaner of lhe globe nd aided in pincing lhe gills in a place of   Hiiled   only ihrongh llie cowardice of lhe ''''''¦'w'bei''s»-ords, and were rushing upon ; endeavoring  lo  stammer  out  somelhing,! lorever.    A je,-!l given al  the   e.ipensc of | "'"^ '''om'"ost distant nges of antiquity,—
I oompar.itive safely aipoiig ihe boughs. I j was lhe Insl on ihe ground, nnd the whole j Iroup were yelling at my heels belore I j reached lhe resi of the company.    Therg
ililia who parually composed the forci embodied in it.
Col, Van Rennsselaer, with ihioe hun dred regulars, and an equal number of
[Colonel,   when a Briiish sergeant, wilh a | "s   muoh  as  could   be, il was my broiher ^ ways, in  whicii you may show your  dis- guard, appeared.    Seeing lhe ilan- I Henry," ! regnrd   for   souls  or oihers,  may  be  the
was one momenl  of hard   breaihing  and : htia, prepared  lo cross iho Niagara Uiver   8;'-'''"''s   posiiion of  lhe Americun oihcers, !     'Pshaw !'ihoughl lhe geniloman to him-1 means  of mining-many for time and etcr-
wild exelamnlion among us, ihen a foelinn- ' 1     . .. ,
ot calm ihankfnlness for our escape.   The
night was cold, and  vve soon began lo shi.
ver and shake, like so many sailors on the
lop-mnslofan Iceland whaler,     liut there
were no murmurs, no complaining nmong
us. for we could distinctly see   lhe  gaunt,; drod men on th
on the morning of ilie i:jih of flinober ; but owing lo the insulficiont number of boats prepared, only a porlion of the sinnll army could cross ut a time. 'I'his fuel, togelher with the swiftness of the current, prevent- d llic  marshalling of more than iwo hun-
pposiie shoro, before the
auontiated bodies  of the   wolves beneath i morning dawned, and Ihev  were disco
and recognizing theirobjecl in lhe while | sell, 'you didn't ihiuk any such lhin_ handkerchief whicii still remained on the j I'ul laking her hand ha said in a forgiving sword in the Indians hand, ho rushed be- lone, 'There's nn harm done; don'l give Iween lhe combalanis, and, ul lhe risk of i yourself (iny uneasiness; though you oughl his own life, drove lhe Indians back, nnd i '0 be a lillle more careful.' conducted Scoil inlo lhe presence of his j After this genllo reproof, he wos usher- Gonural, whon whal few who remained of i ed into the parlor by  the maiden, who, as
us, and every now nnd then we could see i greal, glowing eyes, staring np into lhe tree where wo wero  sealed.      And   then.
ed   by lhe eueiny.    The lillle band, bow
his gallant band were  surrendty-od prison- ! ers of war.    Orders   were imiiiediuloly is-
er,  actuated  by   a ilclerinined spiril of; *'"*''   '^'"' '1"^  liring lo cease, hut these or-
The World Owes me a Living.
'Fhiil'sfiilir,sir!    ll doosen'l owe you
a farlhing,    Fuu owe  the  world  for  the
lisl of ils days, the warmth ofils sunshine
the beamy of ils earlh and sky, and for ils
,      ,   , ,, ,1 l'.)ve,  ufToclions,  and   friendships,  which she  came to  the   linhl, could not conceal ; , ^ -i,,     j  °   .                      .     .      have  trom your  ciiiliHieod,   young  man,
clu.^lered around and clung 10 your worlli-
ihe  blush   ihal  glowed   upon  her cheek,,
while lhe boquel thai wna pinned upon he-' I      ,     ", "    •'¦"••••''—""a •"i'^"' •• — ••• ,     ,    ,, ex . : less trunk.    For all ihese, and other   blos-
bravery, boldly attacked nnd drove the en-I'l'^i's "'^'i^-^ n"'   obeyed, which called forlh | hosoin,   shook   like   a   flower in an earth-1 g|^„,   of couniless   numbers,  you   n
ihcir yells ; lliey were loud, and long and   emy   beforo  ihem, capturing iheir works,' "^ sb"''P remunslrance from  fc'coll, who d
hideous,
I know not iiow long we had  remained .. a lime thoy sel-iuod secure ml in ibis sitiialion, f.ir we h-jd no means of as
and scaiiering iliein iu conlu.sion, uiid.li viciorv.
cerlaining the lime, whon I hoard a limb \ made by the fSrilish, led by Gen, Brook of the tree cnicking as if breaking down ; in person; bul a second lime viclory de- benealh thc weight of some  of us,  and a ¦ clared for ihe Americiins, and   tlieir oppo-
An attempt to recover the losl ground was ' '^'"'''-*   ^"'^" '1"^ ''"li'ms, who were exciled
at iheir losses and could nol be cnnirolltd.
momenl alierwards a shriek went through nonis were driven back with lhe loss of i''"'^1' u nalure in warfare with a civilized my ears liku the piercing of a knife, A i iheir General. Reinforceiiienls bad nrri-i """"''' aod officers were al longlli senl a- iight form wenl down through   the naked . ved for each party, although each wns wai- | """"g 'I"*   savages in every direclion, and
.Wl
Jll llicir briglit waiid.5, and an in Ifcareny
r.jd,"Yo
branches wilh a dull henvy sound upon ting for slill stronger forces before renew-1 the still snow, ' ;„„ i[„,  combat, when  Liouienanl Culonel ';
"O, God I I am gone !" j Scnix, who had ha:,tenod from Lewislon on !
It was the voice of Caroline Allen The { beuring ihal an aciion was inlended, and poor girl never spoke again. There was a j who—all his Boiiiors being wounded—was horrid dizziness nnd confusion in my brain now senior oflicer, arrived on ilie ground and I rpoke nol; and I siirred nol; forihe ' and look coinmand.    While orgnniznio- his
Select §(ov'i).
A VCrSGEET AlfflOWQ. VJ^OSiVHS.
Tbe gaunt old wolf, Se.inliug.Ibc place (f slaughter,  wilh his long .\nd must offensive bowl, did ask I'or food.
forces ihey were aimckod by a body of In-
whole, al ihal lime, was like an  ugly, un-
renl .lit am.     I only rameinhcr   ib'i-- ihire .  „
wcro smolberi.d groans and dreadful howls . skiruii^h—noiiviihsiunding   lhe  exertions
tho Indians, who had  already raised their | when the damsel exclaimed,  "Oh, mercy, ' roligion ; a   light  Irifiing   inanner in  the j 'I'hey dislrilule their treasure throughout tomahawks   'o  slrike   down lhe unarmed ' mercy ! .Vir. K. is  ihat you ?    I ihonghl,   house of God,  or any  ol  the   numerous | 'be  world  and  transmit  i    in  a  durable
form 10 lhe remotest posterity, li is dis¬ lribuled at a rale ps cheap ns lo bring it wilhin lhe reach of the humblest day la¬ boror in iho wide land. N'.ihing has ten¬ ded so much as ihis genernl and cheap dillusion of knowledge lo improve the condition of iho masses—lo qualily lhe industrial class lo take iheir pioper posi¬ tion iu society, and 10 fit ihem nol only for lhe profitable pursuit oftheir own occu¬ pations, but for uny other em['loyment lo which iheir country may call thein. To lhe freedom nnd power of lhe I'ress we are indebled for oui free insiiiulions to '.'s- lablish oqual righis, By Us power the di¬ adem of lhe royally 13 broken—the slars and garlei's of nobiliiy nru irodden down —and man, as man nlone, without antes- try or family connexions to aid hiii>»slands upon h'S own meriis, equal lo the prouocsi poor in England's realm. The humhlcsi, ajiprenlice in the shop raay become the President of the Uniied Slates. The raosl gifled in common sense nnd well stored in pr.iciical knowledge are found in sell- taiighl men, who have raised ihemselves •from lhe laborious occu|ialioiis, Ilodger Sherman was a shoemaker, David Riilen- I house was a watchmaker' Benj, Franklin I wus a .printer. These, and a thousand ' other instances, prove ihal the induslrial pursuits instead of throwing insunnounl-
inandod lo be coiiducied back lo bis iroeps. Gen.   Sheufle  explained    ihal   the  firing
The  Colonel  made a severe rebuke upon
quake. And when he rose lo deparl, it however, fell upon her 10 soe him lo lhe door; and it may be added ihal they there held discourse for several minules, on what subjeci it is nol for us lo say. ;
As the warm hearlod youih plodded his
deblgr. Vou have never even ihankcd God for heallh and life. Yon owe for your living. You owe for lhe breathe and for lhe strenglh yon enjoy. You I a'-en't anylhing lo your credil on the day¬ book or lodger ol  life—not   a cont.    You
the Hriiish General for emploving allies ol   way   homew.'iril,   he  argued wilh himself! , . , , 1,   .    ,   , ¦   ,,
, . .,'... ... have never laken a dollar s stock in Heav.
the massacre was stopped—not, howevor, unlil all bul about three hundn d of the Americans had beon killed or ivoiiiided.
in this wii'e :
'.Miss J. knew it was tne who knocked
at   lhe   door, or how did sho recognize me
before! spoke? And isil probable ihat, , her brother would knock before enlering ? I     She must be desperately in pshuw!
I Why if she lovos her brother ul that rale, j how   must  she  love her hnsband ?    For,
by   the  great  squnsh,   I never felt such a 1 kiss in my life, I     Three   weeks  after the accident above
en. You are a miserable, aiinles?, indo¬ lent bunkrupl, Vou (loai down the slream cf your existence like flood wood on water. Were you to sink today 10 oblivion, yoQ would not leave a bubble.
The world owes yott a living! Where is there a manly ihought uttered, 01 a no¬ ble deed perlormed! Where aro there evidences of your labors? Nowhere.— You are lounging ihrough life wilh your hands in your pockets, an indolent loafer.
uniierneath! Poor Carolii
alive !    The wolves had a frightlnl  feasl an I lliey became ra I of blood !
Il was all over in a moment. ' of their chief, who mads  the most slrenu- !     She was  lilerally eaten   ous eflurts 10 check their relroal.    For se¬ veral   hours   lhe   litlle band of Ainoricims ad wilh ihe laste   had possesion of lhe works tbey had lakon undislurbod by lhe Briiish troopa, bul con-
' fvi-as a nighl of ,Iaiinnry, 17—,      We |
When I camo fully to ray,ioIf—when the , stanlly harrassed by   a sloaily, nnromiiiing horrible dream wenl ofT—and it lasled bul j and   fatal   fire   from   lhe   Indians,   which bnd been to a fine quilling frolic about two   " """"'"''—1 slrugglod   lo  shake   off lhe ; ihrealened   lo   annihilate   them, although miles from our sellleinenl  of four  er  (ive ' "'''"s "I" '">'lister, which were clinging a-j ihey   were   invariably   put 10 fliglil wben
round me, and could [ have cleared myself' chnrged   with  bayonet.    Their chiel was
[ should have jumped down among the r.'i. j often observed-   hy   Seutt,   who  standing
lis.    Bul when a second thought , six   feel and two inches hiyh, and dressed
log houses. "I'was inlhcr late, aboul 12 o'clock, I should say—ivhou the parly broke np. Thern was no moon and .1 dull j *''" grey shadow- of huze hung around lhe ho¬ rizon, while overhead a few pnle and sickly looking stars gave us their dull light ns thcy shone ihrough a dingy cuttaiii, Tliere
Kansas   inu»l   not   be lost 10 the South. iNortliern   encroaclimenl have already de¬ stroyed   the   equilibrium   of llle sections, cnme over me, 1 knew that any aitoiiipi at : m a new   and lailliuiit uniiorm, presenled   ,.,.  ,. ,   ,|,,.,j,.,   fp^,^ „,, i,;, ij^^
rescue would be useless.   As forpoor Ma- : a promiiienl objeel at which to directlheir   c,.,,,_  ... 1 1,.,. ni„,„|, vlive S'aies son, he was wild with horror.   He had iri 1 fire.    Jjooii  alier,  a spiriied charge boing
Kansas must not be Lost to the South, The   Mlssis'ippian, an  ultra Southern journal,   in  referring  lo   tho initiaiive lor
tho  formation  ol the Slale Conaiituiion in Knnsas, nild tno lirsl 01 o|)nl ueing mo ii¬ mil   fixed, beforo which lime iiii emigranl : f^.^.^^.j ^^^^^ j,,,,  ,^1^,^,-,,^, ^.^3 niu»t arrive in the lerrilory in order lo be- ; f,„. ,,osj,jv,,|y_ we.ha'n'l loll como a voter, llius sounds the nule of war¬ ning 10 ils tjoutliern brethren :
'I'he chapter closes, therefore, on the , first dav of Aiuil next. Whaiever is done i J'*^'"''"""^'"'''°'"^''5'°""'''"^'"" Di'l J'O" j uf yourself, or allow socieiy 10 do it. A In a certain New England pai;isli, 11 dif. miHl be done iiuicklv There is no lime '^^"'''' 'bink of il I Did you ever realize ; world of snch as you would he the place ficulty arose about the location of the new for delav A crent interest is at slake. ''''"¦ .^''"''^°"''' Lave any influence at all 10 livo in iirileed ! Vou have degraded meciing-house, and the church wns rent iMoinenions consequences liaiio uiion lhe''"''¦''''1"^'" ' We believe ihul a young la- common manhood, inslead of cnobling and wilh the division. The pastor at lengih |.^.j.yl( j dy by her consiant consislent, christian ex    elevaiing it,  and in noihing  buithe   form : preached a melting sermon on the subject
ample, may exert an untold power.    Yoj   and   vulgar  speech,  are you   above  the ' of  union,   and the congregaiion were dis- i do not know the respeci, the   almost  wor- i brutes that perish.    And becnuse you are . solved  in tears.    Tho next morning Den- ' shi(i,  which young men,  no matter   how ' too lazy lo work, you claim that the world , con Jones wenl ovor early to seo his oppo- wicked lliey niay be ihemselves, pay  to a ^ owes you a living ! 1 nent,  Doncon   Shaw,  to make an earnest
consistenl  Chrislian   lady,  bo   she young |     Uon't toll lie agnin you sluggard !    The , eflorl for peace, and the following ensued: ! or old,     A genileman onoe said to a Indy | world or socieiy would nol suffer loss wero !      1 biiicon  J,—'Deacon   Shaw,   I  hav'iii
abie  obstacles in  tho road 10  preferment,
"'"'T'".""  I drink,gamble, and cheiv lobacco, but .,av -["''"-"'on the   hiiov and   lhe mind, and
nl a inislake, ,,.               ,           .       ,      .      -,      r ,     , load lo  ihal   uselul,  prncucai   miuivWul.tr
' l)r enriied vonr board.    ,A   inle   nf lumber . ,      .                 ,,               ,
1        , 1 I    "f                      ,  V     ,1   ,        11 'nal fits tbe working man for the Etrongest
^^                                  I would be of more account, for  thai  conld ,          ,   1     ,.  ,       ,
,„,,.,,          .   ,                   ',            1    I   ¦  .     r           r       r 1               1 Struggles and the highest favors,
A Word to Young Ladies,             . be  worked  into  forms of uselulness  and "^                    ^..,»..
We wish to say a word to young ladies : beauiy; bnl you will net make anyihiny An Accommodating Spirit.
d to follow Caroline when she fell, bul he mad" upon the Indians, ihty wore driven '. ^,,(,1; for a moineni nl ilio mnp. West | who boarded in lhe same house with him, , lightning to strike you or the cholera to \ slepl a wink all lasl night—and I've come were six of us in coinpany—Harry .Mason '; '^""I'l '"" sbuke ofl the grasp of his lerri- 1 from the wood where they had sheltei-ed ' of Kansas lies Ulah, with her policy as lo i that her li.^! -vns a consiant proof nf the ' take you ofl. There are loo many of over 10 see if wo can't have peace on this and four as pretiy girl.i as ever grow up 1 fi'"! sit'er. Hi,-, youth, and weiiU constilu- iheinselvos, and resirained for a lime from j African Slavery slill undoleriiiined. And | Chrialian religion. Often lhe simple re-1 sucli. Were you treated as drones are subjici of the nieeiing-houso; we musl sel- ihis sido of the Green .Mountains.    There j'i""'""1 frame wero   unablo   to   sland the . doing mischief.    The   various attacks, lo-I ghe again connecis tvith Culifornia.    Who   quest of a   ludy   will keep  a young man ; trented in the hives, you would have been ! lie the diflicully.'
were my two sisters, and Henry's sisiers, j dreadful trial ; and he stood close hy my i geiher wilh lhe fire of lhe Indians had cau j (|„es nol discover at a glonce the inauence ' 'rom doing wrong. We have known this ' kicked out of creation years ago. You I Deacon S—'Well, I'm very happy lo and his sweei-hearl, lhe daughter of onr I wi'iei with his hnnd firmly clenched, nnd Irs ' sed a sud reduciion in the number of the vvhich Slave Kansas musl exert over lhe , 'o be lhe case frequonlly ; r.nd young men j arc a sponge, swollen wilh whal you have hear you lalk so, for to lell the trulh, I al- iioxl door neighbor,   She was a downright i 'f'-'b set closely, gazing down on the dark . brave   handful   of   AineriCiins who had so ' Jesiiiiy of Ulah. I bave been kept from breaking the Sabbalb,   absorbed from soeiely.    You  dwarfed the   ways ihought you were a littlo sel in your
¦   wrangling oronuires below, wilh the  fixod   far  won   viclory   from suoh learful odds ; i     Then there is New .Mexico on the Soulh   from drinking, from chewing, jusl because ; inlellecl   given   you, and  negletcled  the | way.'
west, also  in embryo condiiion.    llodgo ; a lady whom they respecied, und for whom j endowments it would have broughl you to, I     Deacon J.—'Not at all—and as a proof her  around   wilh slavery, and wo venlure : thoy had an   alleciion,   requesled  il,     A j So efleclually   have you   wasled lhe  boon   that I atn not,   I've come this morning on
handsome girl—that Caroline Alien, I never saw her equal, though I am no slrnn¬ ger 10 pretiy faces. She was so pleasant and kind of heart—so gentle nnd sweet spo. ken, and so intelligent, besioes that every¬ body loved tier. She had an eye as blue a) the hill violet, and her lips were  like a
stnre of a maniac. It was indeed n terri¬ ble scene. Around was the thick cold nighl—and holow the ravenous wild beasts were lapping their liloody jaws, and ho'ivl- ing for auolher viciim.
and, 10  cap  the climax of their situation. ' a large budy of troops, under Gen. SheaBe
who  had
np
from Fori Ge
mile   beluw, now appeared upon lhe field The posiiion of Scolt and his command was
'¦'".to   predict  that   the  inherent vigor of the ,'fact given,
to go to church, ' of life, thai unless your hones   go to   the   purpose 10 see you.    Now, Peacon Shaw,
inslilulion will curry il there. , a request thai your Iriend -sonld   read the ' dissecting room, und your pickoled carcass , we must settle tho difficulty, and there is
Direcily sonlh of Kansas is the vast In-I bible daily, will often  be regardod,   when   asa  fertilizer   upon   some God   forsaken ^ bul   ono  wuy to do it—you must give up,
The    morning   broke   at   lasi, and our j one   of exireme  peril, yet ihey calmly a-1 jii,,, Territory, where  slavery already ex. ! more powerful appeals from other sources , spot, you will have passed ihrough life to   for I can't.
red rose leaf in June.      No wonder, then,   fi'igb'lu! enemies fled at the firs'advances : waited the approach of  the overwhelming   j^is,   nnd where it  will roinnin unless for-; would  fall  unheeded   upon   his  heart.—| no purpose.    The lobacco you have chew
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that Harry .Mason loved hor—boy thougli he was ; for we had neilber of ua seen our twentieth summer.
Our path lay through a thick foresl of oak, with here and there a lall pine raising ita dark full shadow ngainst the sky wilh an oulline rendered indislinci hy lhe dark¬ ness. The snow was deep ; deeper a great deal than il ever falls of lale years ; bul lhe surface was frozen strong enough to bear onr weight ; and we hiirriod on 0- ver the bright palhway wilh rapid   steps
of dnylight, like so many cowardly mur-1 numbers, delermined if they die' not win I cod oul hy means of unii-slnvory propa- ' Maoy of lhe genilenien whom you meet; ed has only defiled everylhing around you derers.    We wai'.ed until the sun had ris-1 victory   in this third allack, at leasl to de- j gundism in Kansas. \ in society  arc lar awny  from their  own   and the liquor you have  drank has only
en, before we ventured 10 crawl from our | serve it. Gen. Van iienssalair, deeming j Coniignous 10 ihis region and to New homes—away Irom lhe influence of pa-' been adulleialed by your miserable nature hiding places. We were chilled ihrough; j tho ballle won, hud crossed the river lo ar-1 Mexico is the Terriiory belonging to, and rents and sisiers—and they wiil respond , and been tnrned inlo rowdyism nnd pro- every limb was numb wuh cold and lerror, 1 runge the permanent occupancy of the post [ included ivilhin, the bounds ol Texas, out to nny inleresl tuken in their welfare.— ! fanity. Yon contaminate everylhing you and poor iMBSon was delirious, and raged when he discovered the approach of Sheall ; of ,vhich she hus lhe privilege of forming j We all speuk of a young man's danger touch, and even those like you, will keep wildly aboul the things lie had witnossed,    and hastened to return,  forihe purpose of j ,i,fgo m^,y gmes, j from evil associates, and lhe very   bad in- : their  children Irom  the leprosy  of your
There were bloody slains ahoul  the   tree, , bringing over lhe militia, who had nol yet |      jq^^j slavery   in  Kansas, and all these   fluence   which  his  dissipated  gentleman   teaching and example,
terrilories  are   secured lo the Soulh, wilh
the   immense,   wo will say invaluable, ut
and a few long black hairs were  trampled ¦ crossed
in the snow. i      Slricken wilh fear al what they had al
M'o had gone h'jt a litlle dislance, when ! ready wilnessed, they refused lo cross over ' ,ei„li,|g udvaiiiagos,
we were met by our friends from lhe sel- : in'o Canada, and lhe galiani men in such , Tbey will bo the moans of preserving We had nol proceeded far, belore a long j tiement, who had beconie a'arined at our 1''""'i'"'"'peril, wero left lo their fate. All ^ tho equilibrium of tho sociions in iho Sen- bowl came to our eare. Wo all knew il in absence. They were shocked al our wild , know the result. A determined assault; a momenl ; and I could feel a shudder and frightful .ippearance; nnd my brothers ' a brave bul inetl'ectual- resistance, and the thrilling lhe arms that clung lo my own, have oftentimes lold me, that al firn we . linle band wore driven over the procipi- ns a sudden cry broke from the Iipu of all,' seemed like go many crazed and bruin-sic-1 tous rocks which skirted the river, where "the wolves ! the wolves !" kened creatures. They asrisled us 10 reach i they   found  no boats 10 reoeivo them; and
Did you ever soe a wild   wolf—not one ] home : but Harry .Mason never recovered j being   pursued,   killed and scalped by the
of your caged, broken-down, show animals I from the dreadful trial.    He neglecled his ] Indians, who were rapidly lliiiining the in- __ _ ^ .__    . .  .__  _
which are exhibited for \ sixpence a sight, I business, his studies and his friends, anon | considerable number who remaiuod, it was , the  due sense   of the uwful dangers thul \ ?")'•    dissipated    fellows    because   lliey and children hnll price; but a herce, half   murmuring lo himself aboul that dreadfuM at  lengih decided  upon, afler a brief con-; threaten   tbem,   and 10 the imporlanoe of |'huuglil   H   "sinurt ;"aiid  he  did   minglr
The Teacher Posed.
A leacher asked a bright little girt, "What country is opposile us on the glubo ?
"Don't know, sir," was iho answer,
"Well, now," pursued the leucher, "if I wore lo bore hole through the earlh and you were to go in al this end, where would you come ont ?"
"Out of the hole, sir ?" replied lhe pu¬ pil, wilh an air of triumph.
A  SENSIBLE  Father,—The   Sunday
pauioiis have over him. We believe | No, sir, you owe lhe wnrld a bellcr life, il is all true ; but we believe il is jusl as j You can never pay all the debt, bul you can | true thai a gentlomiin's cliaiacier is form-1 do no belter und commute for twenty five ed, to a vory great   extern,   by lhe   ladies j cenls on the  dollar.    Do  and   suy  some-1
that he associates wilh, before he bocoines I ihing noble   aud  manly; luhor for  some j Atliys says that a gentleman of great weallh
ale, and thus saving  the Union and guar- ; a complete man of lhe world.     We think,   honorable purposo, and nol  inhnle God's ; jn Now York, but who has never cared to
ding the Soulh, ! in olhor words, ihal a young nmn is pretty 1 pure air for nothing, nnd grunt though ex- i mingle in fiisliionable socieiy. lecenlly sel-
Wliat ure a lewdolhi'-s when unlold mil- 1 much what  his   sisiers and a young lady 1 isleiice like a hog, having only   two aims i tied $1 J,UliU a year ona daughter who had
n lile—to reach lhe bar nnd dinner lable ;   married   to  his sutisfaction.    In speaking
lions are ul stake ?    What a few sacrifices   friend chooses 10 muko hiin. when   everylhing   is   10  bo savod ?    Oh,!     We   knew a  lamily   where the   sisters ihat  wo cnuld  ring out our warning voice j encouraged the younger brother to smoke, 10 lhe slumbering muss and arouse ihem lo   thinking it was manly, and lo mingle wilh
starved runger of the wintry foresi, howl ing nnd hurrying over tho snow actually mad wilh hunger? There is none of God's creatures which has such a frightful, fiend
and onl)  uvo ullribuies—to eal '.0 gliiuoiiy , of ihc subjeci 10 a friend   the other day he and drink lo druiikeiine.ss, ! remarked   ho was   willing to do the same
The world owes no such man a living ! | by his other daughlers on one condiiion- - that thcy inarried respeclable, upright and industrious young men. Hc did not care how  poor  ihey were if they were only of
ICT" "Madam," said old Bogen lo his hoarding housekeeper, "in primitive coun¬ tries, heef is olten legal tender, but, mad-
night.    He fell to drinking soon afler, and ; suliaiion,   lo  surrender.    A flag was dis- ! sha.dng for  their own anlviuion the greal : with them, uulil he became just liko ihem, died a miserable drunkard bofore age had j patched lo the Briiish commander, but was ' event in lhe womb of the future. \ body and soul, and abused the same sisters
whitened a single hair upon his heaj. ] shol down by tho savages     A second and \   «.«--  ! sbamelully.    The influence begun furlher j am," he said empliaiically,   ihrusling his | J^'^',;^",';7e",'i„alion
For mv narl I confess I never recovered   third sufiered the lame fale ; and al lengih       E»"-The lollowing aunouncemenl.says   (.^ck than wilh his genllemen companions. | fork into lhe steak, "all the laws in thris  ' .•'''.  !..<—..   J :....j    k.. .1...-1.....-r. a Californ          -	
thi.-descriplion, and their characters would
CreaiUreS WIIlCnilaSbUOUalIlgllllui,oci.u- i-uiiiiyi;ail,lo|iilicaa.iio»cii..,."....,.«     -....— ..-•..-.".- —..... ,....-,-,. ,^,,^.,. ilf 111      III ihl —  I -—^	
ish look, as this animal.     Il has the form \ from the terrors of tho melancholy circum. j Scott  deterniined   10 slop the slaughter of ; i-Jhi   l,°y"^Vndr7'f;e"llenu 1^11 '' ^'•f^"" "'''' '''' ''"'"¦'' ""'' ""=  '^'"'''"^'^ i "''"''"" '^°"'''"'">jf^';^'^';' b'"^f '''"'''•'•-" lu/- A friend of oars itae other day .,a.
as well as the spirit of a demon. | stances which 1 have   endeavored  to des-' his unresisting men by carrying a flag him-i j',^'|;'^'.,,-'   '   "¦-'   "  1 on through lhe formingyeata of characler.
Anolher and anolher howl; and then wel cribe. The thought of il has haunted me : self. Two officers—Totlen and Gibson—j ..^^jr Edilor pleas giv a very good „o. ' On die other hand, if hia sisiers are watch- cnnld henr dislinclly the quick patter of: like my shadow ; and even now the scene resolved lo accompany him. Totlen's era-; lioe of the marrioge of Itob Sikes ihat was lul and atreciionale, they may, in various feel behind us. We lurned right about,' comes at limes freshly beforo me in my vat was used fur a ilug, and raising this ' whipl for slealin in Gorgy 10 old Bill liices wnys-by enlering inlo little plans wilh and luoked in tho  diroclion  of lhe sound. ; dreams, and I jump up with somelhing of   upon llio poinl of Scolt's sivord, thoy slari    ,|'fu"J//g o|r'u"^i||v W^^^ inleresl.   by   inlioducing    their younger
"The wolves are after us," said .Mason, as   lhe same feeling of lerror which  1 experi- , for tho road above,    Keeping closo 10 lhe   j^^^^^?'^ "i,„B\hure nnd you never seed sich   brothers into good ladies socieiy, led ihetn
he pointed lo a line of dnrk bodies.     And   enced, when, more   than   half a  century ! water's edge and sholiering themselves a; iO 111 fact Ihcy wore, a whole Iroup ofthem ' since, I pas-fcd a nighl among lhe wolves, ' well  as  thoy could behind the road—tin
i'ul  in somo Poelry if you can il
OlOlIiOVD   imu gwuu  iauii.o oiii,..;..,   txxx  lut i.i      , ,.      ,     , , L    1      ,
.,   ,   .    , .    - , , . hardly help cheating somebody 1
along until their character IS formed, and- •'       ' ...... t
.ilmiuily,     Vours Ac.       ,loE MtuoiN>,        ihon a high-toned respeci will keop   llii
, ,- . J , nccosled  m  ono   of our slroets  with the
lc.." A   counlry   edilor who was drawn ,     ,-, , .      . ,   „ .,
, ,        , ,,        ,      .       words,'Do you knotv the time, sir ?' Up¬
as  a  Juror  when   he would much raliler ,- ,   , n   . ,. ,        ,   ,
,       ,       . ,, ' on which he pulled out Ins walch, and af-
have been hunting palrons or slicking type i , .      . , .       ...
.,      ,      ° ,     ,  ,. ,1   r I     I ter consulting 11, returned It lo his pockei,
—IS  said to have got so chuck fnll of law I       ,, ,  . ,     .
,..,,. ,       ,        ,     ,       . I, I coolly   replying lo lhe inleiTOgative, "iea.
by just looking on a lew days ihal he conld     .    /      ,'•''', „    ,   „'',      .'     ,
sir, I do,  and then walked ofl, leaving tha
questioner abashed al his way af of asking
the time.
SHClIiqie on, hopo ever.
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