Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              PITTSTON GAZETTE, AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL. 3 ftMlij Jirinspnprr-- C Drnofrh to Zims. literate, falitra, tlrr JEimantilt, Jliiniag, Htajwniral, anil %miturol SntrrcstB nf tjrt Cauntnj, Sratrurtinn, antra®, kt. )---«hib Mara f!trJtmnm VOLUME 3.--NUMBER 45. P1TTST0N, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE ,24, 1853. WHOLE NUMBER 1 49' THE1 PTTTNTOV fi A 7 PF I mo so yourself. Coins I will economise I children out of doort! My husband has flllolUii UXl/jLiX j I _n ot|IP|. ,(,ingg. just look at these dinjjy, : lost his heolih, his character, und his repu- black closets he half agreed with her , tion. lie became cross and abusive to Sasqncliaua Antliracilc Journal ; os K|,e opened the dismal places; I me, whom he once tenderly loved. He PUBLISHED WKEKLV by shouldn't wonder if they were tilled with turns me out of our wretched hove! into U M RICH ART 8 H. S. PHILLIPS. I rats und vermin. Now let's go upstairs ; j the cold and the storm ! He comes homo ' "see how the paper is patched ; and worse, j from vour tavern infuriated like a demon. v.ia Wat */ 'V i Qnj more of it, there ia but one upright : My once kind and atniuble husband, and ' ' chamber in the house. Mother's last words the tender father ts a madman when he is T«i to mo were, do.get upright chambers, for i in liquor. He beats me ond my children Cvata will be r.inrCe4 if nDi pftid * ithiu ii»« y«»r. they look so pretty when they are well -cruelly, and threatens lo murder me. Oh! ! furnished. And here in front of the house don't give him any more liquor !" and the V" of nn ■» t"i ihnv iiwcriimw; js a wretched hole—" ' tears gushed from her eyes, woile the land. MlTWBStJ-tirltCKKTi. ;n),IHtC.III.Ir..fe»CTy«lll.«.!qlD.|ll . ,) . • IT ! . A | II ' iiwrilon. aCkiCtnc|i»u tothua» ,»ii" Wvwito " Hut in summer,' put in Henry. ; lord stood speechless. Toriixmouiiijor On, . "Oh! I know what you would snv. 1' In the midst of these entreaties, which lot WMK.-«W»liitrb .■• I«l wlUt our.w.iiniwiimem | • .; _ , iiteiecu-a j.m' Tvi-n, Wii'ji suppose tiiere is water there sometimes, ! should have broken a heart of adamant, a i.,. mre y o , (|ie year j( w|jj |;e a lnost rje. ] mon stepped into the bar room, and with ] testuble sight. Then the trees so close to j the vacant stare of nil inebriate, moved j the house ; I've always heard ihal tiees ! toward the bar. Instantly his pleading ' make a house very damp and uncomforta- I wife threw herself between the man and blc--no ; I'm sure you won't try to inako ' the bar, and with one hand against his ! mo live in such a place, alter all the com ' breast, and the other stretched out implo : foit I've been used to. Come let us go ' ringly to the landlord, she said, "Oh, don't !—for really, I am quite melancholy aire a-! my dear don't drink! You'll break my : dy." heart!' ond, bursting with agony, she Henry reined the key, only half con turned to the landlord, and said, "Oh! 1 vinced by his wife's reasoning. He loved don't let him have it! don't ! don't!" And her ; wanted to make her happy ; but jiAt i while this scene was passing, heart rending starting in life, how was he lo maintain i and awful beyond the power of dcscripstyle and extravagance ? He liked the lit j tion, the landlord walked deliberately out tie collage, but » ns persuaded bgainst his from behind the counier, ond taking the ! belter judgnunt to refine it. * I woman rudely by the arm, said, "This is About an hour after, a plain carriage no place for women 1" and violently tore drove up, and a sprightly young man lift- her from her husband, and pushing helled a sweet blue eyed girl to the ground, [ out, shut the door against her.. He then | saying as he did so, '' now prepare to be ] went behind the counter, and placed a botj disappointed." ~ ' tie of liquor upon it. The wretched ine " I am not in the least with the exleri- 1 briate staggered up, drank his dram, and or," sho exclaimed pausing, "oh how placed a piece of money upon the counter, cunning; how neat! what a fine place lor the landlord wiped it otT complaccntly in a garden ! and lliose little trees—nnd thin lo the drawer, and the drunkard passed wilderness of rose bushes ! I declare, I out, maddened with the draught, to renew never was se pleased -with anything in my hij brutal attacks upon his defenceless wife life. The door looks like what I have and children. seen in pictures of old country houses, nnd Nobody defends such barbarous cruelty oh ! do look and sen the vines clambering as this. No one apologizes for ii. All over every window ! When ihey ore Ion. | agree to pronounce the landloid a brule.— ded with blossoms and the roses are out, it Uui there was one fa'cl deserving special ; will seem like Paradise." attention. The whole transaction was un" The entry is rather small and low," ■ der the sanction of law ! For the sale of remarked her husband. ' every glass of that ruinous liquor, which " Oh ! not a bit too small ; nnd nsto low \ had reduced an honest man and a c°od cit- From Cisl'a Cincinnati Advertiser, Border Scene* on the Susquehanna. hostile feelings towards their whftfe neigh, bora, and asserted their pacific Intentions, the design being, if possible, to put them off their guard. The parly of whites re. nosed no confidence in :heir protestation?, but prepared for their return, their mule being well known to the Indians. They had to cross the Susquehanm; some distance below, at the mouih of a little creek where Selinsgrove is now built. Harris had withdrawn a short distance from -the camp, and was returning to it, when he met en old Indian whom he recognised as un individual that had once been indebted to him for his life. The savage, without hailing, or turning his head, or even glancing at Harris, for he was aware that on account of his friendly feelings towards that individual, he was narrowly watched, passed him, and in a hurried iniDnner said, " John Harris, don't you cross the river!" A Surviving NeW-Zealand Chief's Reminiscences of Captain Cook's Visit. naturalist, it is supposed.) made signs to barter for file skin, and producing a large, roll of calico, and unrolled a considerable quantity—quite a heap. He then took ft ICnif'e out of liis pocket and cui it off, making a sign for the mat to be handed up." " Instead of bring obeyed by Marc to. ahu, as he should have been, this thief made u sly use of the proverb, Te uri a Maru tu ahu (the son of Maru-tu.ahu), in order to let his companions know his bad intentions. Erom the Ntur Zealaiuter, Dec, 15. Our readers have daybtlrss noticed in the Advertiser, some years since, a narrative of the remarkable escape of John Harris from being burnt alive by the Indians, on the spot where Harrisburg, the seat of government of Pemnsylvania has since been built. The publication has beea the means of bringing to light several interesting incidents connected with Harris and his wife, one of those pioneer mothers in whom dangers and the exigencies of a frontier life develop tho highest degree o! daring, compatible with the exercise of thai sound judgment which is of yet greater importance in that sphere of existence. Harris, as was stated in the narrative referred to, was a trader among two or three' savage tribes, whose head quarters seem to have been extended along the west branch of tho Sujquelianno, even in this day of impiovement embracing some of the wildest mountain and river scenery in the United States. The wolf and the fox still dispute possession of extensive tracts in this region with tho settler, and even the panther and the bear are occasionally tracked to and shot in their retreats by the liardt niousilainhers, who vary the toils of husbandry with relaxations—as they deem it—of the chase, rendered here, by the character of the country, the most arduous species of it in the world. One of these tribes, believed to brt tho Mutioies, an ofT. shoot of tho Delawares, had built their wigwams, and settled their families at the junction of the north and wes| branches of the Susquehanna,von the site of the present village of Northumberland. The towns' of the others receded farther iuto'lhe wilderness along the west branch. We have been favored by the Surveyor- General with permission to insert in our columns the following graphic commnni cation intended to bo forwarded to a London periodical, as an accompaniment to a sketch of the celebrated Maori Chief Tan- F.wA. We have seen the portrait, which Is an admirable likeness of 'Old Hook Nose,' and we have no doubt that boCh it and tho narrative wil! be regarded*with much interest at home. " They were but too willing to take thA hintj and striking their paddles inip the Water mode for the shoro. The disap. pointed naturalist disappeared from the, deck for a moment, and returned with, s double-barrelled gun, with which he took a steady aim over the bulwarks, and fired, at the retiring canoe. " In I he excitement of the paddling the extent ol the injury done by the diccharge wus not noiioid, for Marc-tc-ahu hod scarcely altered hts position, but upon reaching the shoro ho was found sitting, nearly dead, upon the heap of calico, which was dyed with his blood, and before ho could he Ijfipd out he expired. The ball had entered his back. A great meeting ol natives took place to investigate the matter. They came to the agreement that he had deserved the punishment, and that his death should not be revenged upon the strangers. They said also that os he had paid for the calico bv his death, it should not be restored, but that he should keep it, and they accordingly wrapped it round him as a winding-sheet. That he had stolen, and was killed for so doing—one for the other. Thai he should not be depri. vrd of that for which ho had given his life; he should keep that for which he had paid. Captain Coo* and others landed Foon afterwards, and traded as if nothing particular had happened,'' Auckland, New-Zeat.And, Dec. 8, '63 Sik : Ah some of your readers may feel interested in knowing that one of the na. tivcs of this country is still living who jremembers I lie visit of our illustrious coun. trvman, Captain Cook, I send you a sketch of the only surviving indivjdnal 1 have met or heard of. lie is known among the natives by the names of Hobata and Tanewa, and more familiarly by the Europe, ans as " Old Hook.Nose." He is a chief of some importance, and has always evinced much friendship to the set'lers. I saw him Julely, when on a visit to the newly discovered gold field at Caromandel liarbor. As soon as he heard that gold had been found on his land, he was ihe first chief who came forManl to meet his tlxcellency, Lieutenant Governor Wksvabd, and to make ariangements for the Europeans to dig for it. Upon my showing him some specimens of gold which 1 found on the river Waiau, claimed by him, he said that he should now be conient to die; that he had lived many days, but that this day was the brightest of them all. He did not seem to value the consideration of the gain it would be to him so much as the thought that his land, the place of his ancestors, should be the first to producc gold. He glanced at the time-honored peak of Motu Tere, (Castle Hill,) and turning then to the selling sun, appeared to commune with the generation he had outlived. I could not help thinking that lie (VIt lie had well performed his duty in guarding and protecting the boundaries of his inheritance during a long life—a task of no easy accomplishment among the warlike tribes of Nuw-Zeoland in former days. POETRY. After starting for home, Harris men. tioncd to his company this warning, as he understood it to be, of a meditated ambus'cade on the other side, and suggested the propriety of geing dcrwn on the west side of the Susquehanna. The party generally judged it rather a decoy to induce them to rush into the danger, which they sup. pBscd was achially on that side. Han is then explained U his friends the relation in which he stood to tho Indian, avowing his conviction that he was sincere, and appealing to the party whether they were not convinced that they owed it to their thorough preparation for battle, that they hatf been permitted to leave the Indian camp, instead of following the friendly advice. Tho party, however, were obstinate, and rather than srpaiate from them, Harris, against his better judgment accompanied them on their route, THE INEBRIATE'S CONVICTION, BV T. C. I ShorfW uuM acquaintance. bo forgot, n.l never It brought to mind Came,! T:i ilsys of " uulJ tang syne ; think what was our lot We ll tnko no ,i of kiiiilmss first, uh! litng syne j UVU ijusiT, to quench our burning thr jlnis of us « /tailored not hMiiu sil Iri days of yore, when we wore young. Vt'licn every heart, and every tongue VVaik free fro;u art anil guile ; It. days of aulil lang syne V.D drank no cup of kiutiiKbrf then In '.hose good d iy» we hud no km C'i Uucchua amlihv line water, rparkl: fir,an llit well Bright water, pure and eoht Scarcely had the first boat in which they crossed touched the opposite shore, when a destructive fire opened on them from the bushes which lined the bank.— Harris was the only one of the pnrly that escaped to tell the tale, ihe residue being either shot down in the boats or overtaken at n disadvantage. He swam the river across three times to baflle the pursuit made in his case. I8priflginj ftnJ gutftiiii; It ran sc leur an J lDoM It will be recollected that a chain of posts was established during the provincial government ot Pennsylvania, probably in 175(5, by Governor Forbes, extending from Philadelphia to Foit Pitt, now Pittsburg.— One of these was where Harris lived, who occupied u trading house, and had rendered himself, in those early days, acceptable Co the Indians, who found it a great conven. iencc to trade their peltries lor ponder, lead, and such other things as they needed, in ihur own neighborhood. Here ho bro't a plow, the first ever seen on the banks of ihe Susquehanna, with other implements of husbandry, and made a little clearing sufficient for a kitchen garden, and here was born John IJurria, the founder of Harris, burg, believed to bo the only person ever existing that laid out a town at his birthplace, and who, as the first child of white parents, received from that circumstance, a grant of four hundred acres of land, offered as a premium by the proprietors, for ilia settlement west of the then fcontier part of c a-.tr rn Pennsylvania—Berks and Lancaster coumics. 9 mill licit nholmoitn: element, That then our thirat was aked Your obedient and hnmMe servant, CHARLES VV. LIGAR, A Perfect Wife. r hfnlt'i nnd strength w ere never kj Our with (iiiino ne'er quaked rroi.ri bovhool up to youth Tat sb we grew in ccurse of time Edmund Burke, the distinguished ora. tor, presented to his wife on the anniver. sary of their marriage, his idea of "ft perfect wife," which is supposed to be ft true portiait of Mis. Burk'er h is cer. tainly a lovely picture, worthy of the pen of the author ol "The Essay on the Sub. lime and Beautiful." The following pas. sages are extracts: An J then from youth to iminhao'lti jjr Strung in the tovc of truth ccilings, in n collate like this, they ore izen lo the lowest degree of suffering and quite appropos. Now did you ever see a 1 infamy, lie could produce a "/icinxe" from quainter, plensanter little parlor—jiiit the ; the of justice, under authority solemnly plnce for your mother's nice, old-fashioned i conveyed by grave senators and assembly, furniture. The sofa shall be there right men, signed by the ISovernor, and bearing between those pretty little windows, and , the seal of the Stale ! the chairs here Btid the table there ; won't There was no reJress in law for this il look so eosty and Comfortable f* she ask-i suffering lady. She had been robbed of ed, her blue eyes sparkling with unalloy- her home, ol her comfort, ol her ed p'easure. j and the blight ol* despair had been thrown How could tho young man help kissing over her whole family ; but the law prothat pure innotfent brow, upturned to hint j lectrd the destroyer, and left her to enso lovingly ? | ditre her anguish without the hope of re•' Now the kitchen," she cried clasping j lief! her hands ; " there ! just what I Imped ! ' The people of that State have changcd Irs just a bit of old times as I thought it ' the law on that subject since ; bo that the would be. May be you don't like the j rutnseller cannot take away the home of brick hearths—but I do. Atony a trolic the helpless, or ruin a man with impunity, have 1 had in grandmother's kitchen ; this ; Have theij done right ? Harris generally rode a horse which was well known to the Indians. On another occasion, while the whites and Indians were on unfriendly terms, he had been with a party of settlers hunting on the west side of the river, who had imprudent- Iv, LDy some circumstance, became separated fiom their rifles- The Indians attacked the party, after detaching a few war. riors to intercept their retreat by a narrow defile. The batik of the Susquehanna is very precipitous in that region, and this afforded the only opening lo the ford opposite the settlement. Harris was as usual mounted, and making his way down to the pass, when he found himself confronted by an old chief, well know n to him as Indian John, who stood in the pathway with his rifie raised to shoot. Ho was compelled to risk the shot. Leaping instuntly to the ground, he ungirthtd the saddle, held it by the girts twisted over his arm, and vaulting on his Worse's back, stooped for. wauls, raised the saddle, and holding it in front, so as to form a shield, lie rushed at his enemy ot the top of his speed. The Indian sprang to one side, disconcerted by the sudden movement, and, fearrul of missing, reserved his fire. As soon as Harris passed the foe, he swung the saddle over his head, so as to form a protection for his rear, and pursued his way to the river.— The Indian fired, bis lull inking effect on the saddle, the rider and horse escaping .unharmed. T1 e tempter came wit!] »To!.!in*r the iToniir' rthfiil face, Tho following is the account he gives of Captain Cook's visit to Mercury Bay (VVitianga). Vith 11 .InJ i rnvJ ovemcnta full of grv ■cr droll. From what he says respecting his own age at the time, it would appear that he must have been about I'i years old. " VVe thought that Captain Cook's vessel was a iarge kind of whale, aud the men on board were gods, When we saw them pulling with their backs to the bows of the boats, we thought they must have had eves in the back of theii heads. — When the natives saw th'c salt pork which was used on board, they thought it was the flesh of whales, it was so very fat.— For some lime 1 was afraid to venture on board, but I did so after some of tho men had returned in safety. Some other boys went with nie. Cupt. Cook spoke very little, less than any of the others. He seemed to tuke most notice of children.— (Ie placed his hands on our heads and patted us. By making signs he got ovr men to draw a large chart on the deck with charccal, of as much of the coast as they were acquainted with, which lie cop icd on paper. He appeared most anxious to learn everything respecting the shape of tho land. As regards the North Cape (Cape Maria Van Diemen), the men took much trouble, by signs, to explain that at this place their '/Writs, alter death, took a plunge to ihe realms below. Captain Cook seemed much puzzled by the explanation used on this occasion. He gave us the first potatoes wo had seen-r,a double handful. These we planted, and in three years called u great feast to commemorate their introducticn, at which, for the first • time, they were allowed to be used for food. YVUtl th| fi rc, " Tho character of 1 Ll:,J! " She is handsome, but it is beauty not arising from features, from complezion, or from shape. She has alt three in a high degree, but it is not by these sJve touches n Heart ; it is all that sweetness of temper, benevolence, innocence and  which a lace can express, that tows he* beauty. She has a faee that just raises your attention at first sight; it grows- oh you every moment, awJ you wonder it did not more than raise your attention oi first. He t. rfibncntH plonC*jl will our heart* '.it iheui full of force; Not dreamed the joy, which wine iinpi\ U followed by remorse. After Biaddock's'flefeal, ono of the Britisli officers, on his way to- Philadelphia, s!0|Dfe I at Harris' station, for the purpose of staying uli night. Through the neglect of the person whose duty it was to ulletui to closing the port holes at sundown, they had been on tlint day left open. The oflicer was engaged in conversation with Mrs. Harris, with his back to the port holes, and she facing them. In this position and looking over his shoulder, she heard the click and saw the flash of a tifle. Without any exclnmaiiou of surprise, or saying anything to interrupt hi* discourse, she leaned to one side, where the candlc stood, and blew it out. The next day the officer fell in with an old Indian chief and his ultendant, who confessed to liini that 'he had aimed at his life, but the weather bo ing drizzling, hi* powder had got wet, and the piece hung firo ; and he was unwilling lo repent his fire alter the candle was extinguished, for fear of injuring Mrs. Mar- Our si:i: rai«C] tl eiichnntui'-iil to our lip«- vcrf entranced ; AnJ lb Ijjh we took il lirst !Dy nips, is like it, only a smaller edition. There | —  she used ,o sit in a corner like that, and i 18 RELIGION BEAUTIFUL? her smiles always looked so heavenly !— D Always! In llie child, the maiden, Ihe This does make me think of her." ' j wife, the mother, religion shines with a " Do you like the closets ?" asked her holy, benignant beauty of its own, which husband, ilirowing open tho doors. | nothing of earth can mar. Never ygt, "Oh! 1 like everything. Yes, it's rn- ! "'as 'he female character perfect without t'ner fortunate they nro dark ; the flies will , 'he steady faith of piety. Beauty. intelkeep nut nicely. Indeed 1 like every, j 'eBt- wealth! they are like pilfuUs, dark ftl thing," she added, running up stairs ! "we tlm brightest day, unless the divine light, can get a little new house-paper, some j unless religion throw her soft beams brighter than this and paper tho stairway ; "round them, to purify and exalt, making and here we are, clumbers small, and cot- uvicc glorious that which seemed all lovctaged. Most people like upright chant- j 1 infss before. bers, but don't you think it's pleasanu r to | Keligion is very beautilul—in health or hear :he rain rattling down llie roof? Oh ! i sickness, in wealth or poverty. We nev. supli dear, "Inug little places; not at all j cr enter the sick chamber of the good, but ungainly, and looking nut upon such a de- J music, seems to float on the air, and liciuus prospect. Besides! hern's a joyful ' 'be burden of their song is, "Lo! peace surprise ; n pond ! that is, il will be ; *oh ! here !" I am glad; just in front of the house, too! Could wo look into thousands of farr.i-ihe prettiest spot! And when the trees l'es today, when discontent sits fighting are all leafed out, and Ihe birds singing on sulleidy with lile, we would find the chief tho branches, right close to our windows; causo of unliapplness, want of religion in and the garden and meadow are in full i woman. bloom of summer ; oh ! won't we be Imp- j And in felon's cells—in places of crime, py t" I misery, destitution, ignorance—we should " Her eyes have a mild light, but thet' awe when she pleases; they command like a good man out of office, not by authority, but by virtue. Soon fait AbJ no' we court the herfi Produi iy copious droughts. " Her stature is not tall; she is not made to bo the admiration of everybody,  happiness ot one. The thorn* uglD wc know—full will we knC V,'e still to Cl«s;«r;ilioi) iltiuk The hell-distilled d-w, " She has all the firmness that does not exclude delicacy j she hus all the softness that does not imply weakness. While totterin the infernal brink Our awfti/ elate we view Oh i comrade*. nil, da*b down tin " Her voice is a sott low music, not formed to rule in public assemblies, but to charm those who can distinguish a company from a crowd ; it has this advantage— you must come close to her to hear it. Let not its f aotaf nt longer o'er the soul, k its huftFul rDign, Djtl: hWd tiuld ijuaiiitaAce lD« forgot, An I never brought to mind? •' To describe her person, describes her mind ; one is the transcript of the other; her understanding is not shown in the variety of matters it exerts itself on, but ia the goodness of the choicejshe malces. " She does not display it so much in sftying or doing striking things, as in avoh ding such as she sought not to say or do. No person of so few ye«rs can know the world better • no person was ever left corrupted by tho knowledge. " Her politeness (lows rather from a nat-, ural disposition to oblige, than from any rules on that subject, and therefore never (ails to 6trike those who understand good breeding, nnd those who do not. No we'll rC gbin (hat hiipfy lot Enjoyed in " auM Irtugsyne." Philadelphia, June Tt!», f853. iur rraHKW8JMBc.w3Wprri.»ii uiw »w i n ■— iw Di i One of the party, whose horse had been shot dowy (a little Dutch doctor,) had reached the edge of the river, and when Harris overtook him there, begged with such earnestness, that he would take him on behind him, that Harris could not resist his entreaties, although (earful of encumbering his progress through the water with the added weight. He was accord, ingly taken on behind, but (hey had hard, ly got fifty yards into the stream when a ball strrck the doctor, killing him instantly. The Indians were at ihe horse's heels, aud the humanity of Harris, in place ot endangering his escape, hud proved the means of saving his life. jm wm mmm. At u somewhat later date, when Penn. sylvaniens had extended themselves west of the Donegal settlement, in Lancaster county, and had formed a settlement on Paxton creek, the Indians begun to enter, tain great apprehensions of being finally expelled from the country, and concerted measures, with their usual secresy, for tho extirpation of the whites. Having ascertained that they collected once a week foi religious worship, they made their orrangements to attack Paxton meeting-house and cut ofT u II the inhabitants .at a single blow. They rendezvoused in considerable numbers at a spot west of the Blue Mountains, ond poured in on the settlement through Monada Gap, ubout fourteen miles from tho Susquehanna, with such celcrity and secresy as to station themselves in the thicket around the meeting.house, without the least suspicion having been formed by the settlers of any sinister designs. They had, however, missed ono day in their reck, oning, and taken Suturduy instead of the Sabbuth for their ambuscade. As the usual hour passed by without any of Che whites making theirDjippearance, the Indi. ans began to suspect that they had in some way or oilier been put on their guard, and fearing injury to themselves, they broke up and made their home without loss ot time, and as quickly and as secretly as they had found the way into the settlement. The next duy the number aud character of the tracks around revealed to the settlars the threatened danger, as well as the hostile intentions generally of their savage neighbors. A council was held on ihe spot, and determined to despatch Harris, with forty others, well armed, to visit tho ludiui: villages. and uscertuin, if passible, their purposes.! is '.iiis l!ie co'.lnge you outfit to bt,itulifiil —tli ur, dmr lite, ! I] " The Nga Pui's (the tribe living at the Bay of Jslauds and Ilokiangn) have asserted that they were the source of the potato, but this I am happy to say is not the case, we were the true root in this matter. The speeches ot our chiefs are still handed down tP us—the speeches made upon the occasion of that great feast. list a very s!iublCy place Lea 11 ox a at tile doo mid Marion ■t and her luisluinJ uligiiled CnliD- ! " Wo ore happy now }" said tier hus- beiiwld in all its most horrible deformity, •CyC - Vou know its just j band, thanking God in his heart for his the Iruit of irreligion in woman. jfrinp, the kaves arc haiilly out, and the - cheerftil little wife. "'Ve are happy Olrf religion ! benignant majesty, hjyli 'oso builus ooly budding. \ ct you may . enough now, dear Louisa !" on thy throne thou sittest, glorious and exarm somo idea of how it will look in thei As they wore ridine home they passed i atoed. Not above the clouds, for earthsummer; sco '.he vines traiued over the ' the new house on tho hill. j clouds come never between thee and the ' Look at the garden sjkjU here j n There!" exclaimed Louisa, pointing j truly pious soul—not beneath the clouds, -ttlhcr neglcijUd to be sure— towards it j '-how much belter our little j'or above thee is lieaven, opening through . home will be than that Miflf, ornamented « broad vis'.a of exceeding beauty. I, added his w ile, p|oco. 1 pity whoever w itl live there ; no ! lis gates is the splendor of jasper and areakmg in upon bun; '• I should think shade trees, no old-fashioned corners ; be- 1 precious stones, white with a dewy light \\ hy, there's a nciile tu»h—und such sides," added she, roguishly, turning to her 'bat neither flashes uor blazes, but stendlmiserable Utile stunted trees; and ctruw— : husband, "two linn lred dollars to spend in ' ly proceedeth iron), tho throne of God.— litter, and old hoops rather ueglefltcd.— comfort, is something of a gain! Ah ! | toners bathed in refulgent glory ten And thu door—how old-lCi»hioiiC U and ug- wp havo made much thibist bargain." ; times the brightness of ten thousand suns, ,y ta:.c caic—1 am sure you can hardly , {jow Irue t|l0 0jj prove,i, that «C w in re ' yet *oft, undazitling to the eye. jtjna upught u: this narrow, low studded tho spider sucks poison, the bee sucks ho- And there religion points. Art thou ittle .iiu. 1 attest low ceilings, gounirv ncv." j weury 1 it whispers, " rest—up there— »r no country. And iliU bit uj1' * - • C«) m ' VVI love "She lias a steady and firm mind, which lakes no more from the solidity of the female character than the solidity of marble does from its polish and lustre. She has such virtues as makes us value ihe trulyjgreat of our own sex. She lias all the winning graces that make us love even the faults wo seo in tho weak and beautiful In hers," " After Captain Cook went away we saw another paity of Europeans, who got spars .of Kahikatea (Podocarpus excelsus) from the liver Thames, and after that a larger vessel than either of the other two came to the Thames. On taking her departure she fell in with a fishing canoe which had been driven out to sea. The wind was so strong that, after taking the two young chiefs on board which it contained, she could not again make the land. «imlo'v E and thcr but—:" A short time before Ihe massacre at Paoli, Harris' house had been made a depository of powder, to protoct it from falling into the enemy's hands in ease  should penetrate into the Lancaster settlements. It was stored in the garret of tho building, ono burrel having been uuheaded and left open for relnil purposes. His negro, Ileicules, already alluded to, had been sent up to get some grain for the loft, and having occasion to set the candle down, stuck it into the open powder, which he took to be flaxseed. Fearing an accident, Mrs. Harris followed, ai:d comprehended tho danger ut a glance. Reproving him simply for staying so long, she took tho cnndle between her open fingers, and slowly withdrawing it, pointed out to him the danger he had escaped. Such was his alarm at the suggestion, that he ran to the stairs, and in his agitation, made but one step to their foot. ' Ra idr ncglocteii; Dodge says that an editor while at. tempting to throw himself upon the indulgence of his readers last wet k, fell through and was taken up in a stupid condition. " The two young men wero taken to France, and in about two years were bro't back in another vessel, which, at the same time, introduced pigs." - - . -bit of a pailor, "*•••*' - forever." Arttiiou sorrowing -eternal lardly !arg« enough to turn about in—I A Maine Law Argument. ; jov." Art th(W weighed down with MB. lan't #sd 1 won't Mo ! Now let me see A Thuii.ung Scrnk.—A lew years ago, merited ignominy ? " kings and priests in be kitchen; on, horror. she exclaimed j says a correspondent of the National In, : that holy home." Art thou poor? "the lolding ujp her hands, cither uoljpina not, telligencer, I ivas in company with a gen- j very strret beforo ihy mansion shall be Dr designing not to notice the expression ol ; tleman who had just returned from the ci- gold." Art thou friendless ? " the angels jneasiuoss that sat on her husband s (ace ; j ty of L.t in New Kniilnnd. Ho said ho ' shall be thy companions, and God thy ' look at the hearth—-of brick as I am ! put up at a hotel, and for a while took his Friend and Father." alive, and lakes up bait tlic floor. IJig.h seat in the bar room. The door opened Is religion beautiful ? We answer, all windows, too. how I hate windows— | suddenly, and n female stepped in. She is desolation and deformity where religion and such a pattern for paper ! It makes j was the very picture of agony—her hair J is not. me nervous ;rD look nt it—criss cross, like j dishevelled, her dress negligent, her eye j *———»»ni»  spiders'crawling over a web; now Ilenry, j unsteady, ond her movements eccentric.— j (£T A printer named Russell, was ■yon can't expect me tp live here !" She seamed to hesitate at first, but at ] knocked down in Cincinnati, on Thursday Her husband, a fine, manly looking fel- ; length, gathering courage, she moved up night, and robbed ol-rrihirty cents, all th'u low, half sighed ns lie answered—" I sbo'd to the bar, and said, "Landlord, don't sell money lie had about him.—StiH. bo very unwilling to submit you to iucou- j my poor husband any -mora rum. You Served him right! What right has a venlencPs such you seem to dread, buti' have ulready ruined us ! You know that printer with Ihirl-/ r.cnlt in his pocket to there are only tin's and the new cottage . before he began to oome to your bur, h« venture alone in the, street ? Foolish fel/ibove on tha hilt- Tint van know is was a tobcr -man. lie was a« kind a bus- low—guess he's leam'l a lesson. three hundred dollars a year, two hundred j band.as any women ever hod. We had a — —— more than wo should pay for tius; and good home, a good farm, and every com- "Sophia Maria, did you (Woive my let. .then the expenses fort. But you sold him liquor until ho ter ?" "1 did, Frederic," "I wrote it in "Oh? Henry dear! Jop't . ga talking had no moro money to pay. Unbeknown hope of raising £ Humf." "Vou«uoceedlibant HxponneS'; your business is so good, to me, you got a mortgage on his farm; ed, then, fori puj Hon (be fire immediateir srf 11 vnrrnnl n told you sold it, and turned mo and my helpless l/.y„ . 8C?" 'A gentleman,' it is announoed, 'is one who promptly pays,for his newspaper.' What truth and simplicity ! How brief, an J yet how complete ! The following story of an act of theft on the part of a native chief, named Maru. tu-aiii;, at Mercury Bay (VVitlanga) at the time of Cook's visit, and the subsequent adjudication on it by the natives, tends to illustrate the strong sense of justice so conspicuous among them, which they still possess up to the present time. It also how much mischief one bad man may produce under such circumstances. Some bigots would much rather hear a man condemn religion altogether, than speak harshly of their own particular sect. During the dark hours of the revolutionary struggle, when public credit, was at the lowest ebb, and Congress hud appealed to the public spirit of tlio Ameri. can people for aid in contiibutions of mo. ney, provisions and clothing. Mrs. Har. ris left Harrisburg at daylight, with one hundred guineas, all the money her husbund had on hand at the time, and changing horses at Lancaster, thirty-five miles on the route, rode in that evening to Phil, adelphia, being one hundred miles in one day, and pain the money with her own hunds over to the committee appointed by Congress to receive it. Such was the patriotism of that period. TIib Shoe business In the town of LvciD must be good, fbr not a pair are made "and got ready for market before they are soled. " Among the natives who went to trude with Captain Cook's ship was Makuiuahu, a man who wh always stealing. He was- so bad a man that if any young man was found stealing, he wan, as n proverb, said to be the son ol MaRu TU-ABtr. The words were quite known in tho neighborhood. He went in a canoe, with eight other men. He eat in the middle, four were in the stern, and lour in the bows.— He sat on a dogskin mat. When he got alongside the ship, the gfentleman whose business it was to collect the flowers of trees, shells, and things of that kind, (the ' What's the Hews ?" asked a loafer, on going into a hunting office. "Two dollar* a year, in adVanoe, ' was the reply. It i* scarcely necessary tp add that ho subscfi. bed on the spot. The company set out next day, and on reaching the town on the opposite bank of the river, found a war party assembled in council, puinted, and armed with war clubs. This, of course, loft no doubt of their hostile designs, but in the face of these signals, the Indians disclaimed any A treo was blown down lately by a strong newspaser puff. The roof of ;h« printing offloe suffered- much damage at the same time, Church—a place where women go to worship God, and critioise tho fashion*.