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A kf.w years *ince, while wandering in MHiM of our Kentucky counties which Imrder upon the Ohio rtver. chance caused me to pass the night in tlie house of one of the oldest surviving pioneers of 4,the dark and bloody ground." 1 lie sight ol such men?relics of a departed age, and memorials of that state of infancy from w hich our country has grown into its now glorious mania o I?always possesses for i me the highest interest. I listen to their words with reverence and deligliU I uever tire of their simple loqunc ty, for I feel i that it ? from their stores of traditionary learning, rather than from the dull pa go ? f historic lore, that we can become fudx aware of all the peculiar and distinguish- j ing features of the spirit-stirring times in which they bore a part. lie, to whom I have alluded, wr* a fine IkAOl mon /"if Ills nlnoa Thrt..--!. b ' ?|/WMMVU VI 4* VIIIM. M IIIB Ulirt' stalwart form was somewhat bent, ami his white locks hung thin upon his broad temples, yet his body and mind were still active and vigorous. His cheerful laugh, the rhddy glow upon his cheek, and the , * quiet gleaming of his clear, bluo eye, that told tho good etVeCls of an early life of temperance ami active, manly toil. In the oppoeite chimney-corner sat the grayhaired matron whose leve had cheered him through the toils of youth and tnan hood, and who now shared the peace and contentment of his ago. I soon found, to my pleasure, that the old man both remembered well and loved yj to speak of the scenes of his early days; and never had storyteller, old or young, a anore pleased and attentive listener. It was a cold, stormy, blustering winter night. The winds howled around the old farmhouse and drifted tho snow-wreaths against k ? itlie window panes with a fury that made It the great lire of logs, that was throwing Cits eheeiful, flickering blaze over the room, ' doubly welcome. As the night grew colder, we drew our [ chairs doeer around the hospitable hearth, and while the young folks were enjoying the winter store of apples and nuta, and ine oki taoy uuieuy knitted, ami the houie-dogelumber?R>n the floor, my venerable backwoodsman detailed many a t'irilling anecdote of the pleaaurea and the peril* of tho past; of the daring of the hunter, and the vengeance of the rod man. At length, at the earnest request of the young folks he told us a story which I will eu Jeavor to repeat acc urate!- , though > I without hoping to convey the enarm imparted to it l?y the simple words and mani ? tiers of the narrator. Without' further preface than a preliminary punch at the great badklog, which rot a cloud of sparlu up the liugo ehirutv ney, ya trning like the mouth of a cavern. %t I TO LITERARY, without, the old man proceeded somewhat I as follows: 11 "For several years after the interior of d f ataf A 1> n ? ! A?- * A I _ ' wiv ovnvv iinu UV^JIII IU I'Pj AIKI WAS 8, becoming quiet, this part of the country n remained continually liable to incursions p by the wild, roving tribes of Ohio. Com- p panics of Indians, sometimes consisting of thirty or forty, sometimes of only three or n four, were constantly crossing over in en- s< noes at night, setting fire to bams and fields, of grain, stealing horses, and sometimes carrying off women and children, tl True, there was one petty "station" not tl far from where we now are, but the scant, s< though valiant garrison could do little for p the defense of the frontier beyond protect- p ing the families immediately within or a- tl round the walls, and by chasing retreat- d ing pnrties of the enemy to the river. It 8( | was about the year 17?that the Indians, tl taking advantage of this defenseless state E of the bonier, increased their depredations tl to an alarming extent. And it was in the tl spring of that year that there appeared at f< the station I have mentioned, n man, s< whose character and actions seemed for a- tl while to infuse new spirit into the desponding fronticrmen. g Who ho was, or whence ho came, no u one knew, though his singular habits and y appearanco called forth many inquiries.? tl Tall, sinewy and ruw-boned, with sun- tl hu.at countenance, seamed across the forehead with a deep scar, deep-sunken eyes, T which in moments of excitement gleam- ir ed with a strange, lurid fire, and dressed w in the wild, half-Indian costume of the ai times, lie presented a rather remarkable y< figure. In spite, however, ol his looks, his dress and accoutrements, there was 01 something in his conversation and cl man .its w hich showed that he possessed di an intelligence and a breeding above the rude, unlettered men among whom lie tc moved. ct The most prominent feature of his char- hi ncter, the one thought of his soul, seemed la to be deadly, uncompromising hostility ?o tli the who c Indian race. In his ordinary t! intercourse with men he was shy, taciturn b; and retiring. Hut in moments of tbe o\ chase and the conflict, he seemed changed, hi transformed, and filled with a mysterious w fire which rendered him an object of wonder even to the bravest of the old hunters who looked upon his reckless daring. Thus uniting to suj?crior intelligence, undaunted courage and fit roe energy < f purpose, he acquired at once, and without appearing to seek it, that ascendancy over the minds of the simple backwoodsman, which such qualities must ever gain in any i?; viiiimiiitij. vei ne wmiim, as mucn as Q, possible, to avoid mingling with his fellows. He refused .to live in the stockade ^ fort, but built himself a little hut U|?on ,fl the summit of a hill about three miles distant, where he passed most of his time 4, Willi no society save tlnit of his dog. I tut whenever die alarm was gi\en that . the foe had crossed the river, he was seen 111 at the station, commanding, organizing, ^ and planning; a >-eH-nppointed dictator, to whom all yielded implicit obedience. '? 3 the pur-nut and the conflict he was ever j fo x'iuost. lie sought to make no prL?on- ^ crs; death to the enemy was his watch- ^ word and his only object. When the tight was over, he was heard claiming no biKitv, disputing with no man about his share in the conflict; but silently and unnoticed he stole back to his mountain hut to resume his solitary mode of life. Thus the woodsmen came to regard him with awe and almost with superstitious revcr- ^ ence, and the inquiries concerning his past ^ life, checked by bis stern and austere manncr, gradually died away. There was hut one living being, beside bis dog, for whom he seemed to entertain any feeling of interest or affection. This ^ was a young.hunter living at the station, and who had once, in an Indian battle, saved the old tnan's life at tho risk of his own. This l>oy he sometimes suffered to | join him in his hunting exi>editions, and to j share his frugal meals, lfut even to him , he never sjtoke of his past history, and ^ tho boy was too discreet to allude to iu ti CHAPTER It. Months had passed since the strnnger made his flrst ap|>earance at the fort.? Spring and summer had come and gone, n and autumn had thrown his rich mantle ^ of bright and mellow hues over the land- * ov??jn-, niicii una evening, II ICW HOWrS Ort ^ et of sun, the hunter and his young coin- ^ panion might have been seen ascending and descending the long, green hills which skirt tbo shores of the Ohio, on their re- * turn from one of their long and lonely wanderings among the recesses of the j mountains. Iiescending tho slope of a ' thickly-wooded hill, they came to the han't of the river, where a sud-leb bend in the t stream formed a little cove, known as the * Uo -se-shoe. As they were about to cross h the little pebbly beach in order to reach f' the hill which rose in front of them, the 1 hunter's attention was attracted by die ? uuusuat and uneasy motions of the dog, r running hither and thither, snnffimr the I air, and pushing through the bushes which ) kirted the bank with a sharp, quick * bark. ? "Ila! old Snarl has snuffed something I in the wind. That dog's never wrong.? J Here, Snsrl down, down, old fellow, before * the rod skins hear youl" I Tlie dog came back and crouched at his ? master's feet, while he stepped cautiously i forward, looking carefully about for ] "tracks," and peering anxiously into every 1 thicket. "There it is, at last," said he, suddenly, i pointing to the ground and turning n sig- < niftcant look toward his companion. Sure 1 enough, there were two footprints in the i I Mid. They were half effaced, but the < Ifo eye of the hunter couAa detect at 1 I once that they were quite recent, and hpd i ULsmt COMMERCIAL, LANCASTER, C. H., SOUTH Ksen made by a moccasin. After a few noinents' search they found, snugly liidlen beneath the thick undergrowth that kirted the immediate bank of the river, n Indinn canoe, containing a bag of arched corn, a littlo venison and some owdcr. "Well," said the old hunter, after a few | loments' reflection, "I'll trap the rod coundrels this time." "How is that!" asked his young friend. "Why, you see the canoe is so small liat not more than two or three can be in lie party. They must intend to return Don, or they would have brought more rovisions and hidden them in a better lace. So I judge they intend to commit lieir deviltry to-night, and be oft' before ay. Therefore, I'll just como down as Don as the moon rises, lay in wait until ^iey got here, and then I think that lilnck loss and myself will answer for two or iroe scalps to hang up in the cabin. In io mean time, I want you to go to the >rt and put tho boys on their guard, or Dmc of them may be picked off" beforo ley know what hurts 'cm." "Well," said tho youth, "I'm willing to o to the fort and warn them, but you lust lot me return and stand guard with ou here. There may bo more Indians inn you expect, and two rifles are better inn one, anyhow." "No, no, boy; do just as I tell you.? here's no chnnco whatever of there beig any more of 'em; and if there was, hy, my old scalp is worth nothing, at ny rate; but you know it won't do for ou to get hurtjust about this time." The old mau chuckled, and tho young lift hlllfillO/I it* e?vi?n -of V-..? - ? oj'iiv vi inn oian minit icek. IIo was to bo married, in a few ays, to a young girl at the station. His friend, however, paid no attention his blushes, but carefully replacing the inoe. and t rising their own foot-prints, b led the way up a rugged path which y before them. This paih wuond along le side of a narrow gorge, shut out from 10 river by clifls, and rendered gloomy y their eternal shadows. After a tediis walk of half an hour, the rocky path rought tlicin to the summit of the hill on hicli the hunter's hut was built. CIIAITER III. The hut was of the rudest and simplest instruction, and almost hidden by the lick growth of young trees, wild vines id bushes which the hunter had left unsturbed. In front of it stretched tho reen sward for a few yards, and then the -V-~r*ir Jo?n, forming an allost perpendicular prwpitr, at The Toot ' which it sloped off again to the river's ink, which was thus a considerable disinccfroin the hut. As tho two hunters gazed around from lis lofty eminence, the scene spread out idow and around them was one of almost ideacribablc beauty. Far as the eye could ach, stretched a s*-a of hills, more or ss abrupt, ami covered from base to sumlit with a mantle of foliage rich with all le varied hues of antuinn. Westward iV a level expanse of forest, over whose >ps arose tho curling smoke of tho diiint station, tho only visible sign of hulan existence. At their very feet, apurently, flowed tho broad Ohio, rolling ti in sluggish majesty, undisturbed, as i>t, by the keel of the steamboat or the tort and whistle of the engine. And ow, the setting sun, in his dying glories, ourcd a rich flood of light over the whole ene, making the ripples of "La Belle iivierc" seem a flood ot molten gold. The prosjiect was indeed glorious, but ic young hunter in vain endeavored upn that evening to make bis friend particiate in bis feelings of delight and admirtion. During the whole day he had icmed unusually gloomy and taciturn, nd as evening Advancod, a deeper melnchoty settled upon his brow. Now he it upon the green grass, with his face | uried in his hands, and returning brief, ften incoherent answers, to the words of is companion. At length, as if endcavor>g to relieve himself from his own mediitions, ho raised his head and said, with n evident effort to be cheerful. "And so, my boy, you are going to get tarried soon, they tell ine? Well, well, ou needi.'t blush so?Molly's a good girl, nd will make a hunter like you, a rtrstnto wife. But these are troublous times 0 be "marrying and giving in marriage." ml ! remember?** lie paused, and his inind seemed aborbed in painful recollections. "What is it that depresses you!" said lie youth coming nearer, and layiug his iand gently upon the old man's shoulder. "Boy," he answered, at length, "this is he fifth anniversary of my sorrow; that rhich made me the outcast, wandering >unter that you see me now. Never bcore have I sought for human sympathy. )ut I love you as a son, and something eems forcing me to speak. Five sumners ago, this very hour, Uiat same sun ooked down upon a happy home in West Virginia. It was an humble log-house, it 1 true, situated in a lonely spot, amid hills ind woods, but it was full of comfort and tannines*. That hnma was mine F/w rear*, all went well with me. My orope, nv cattle were unsurpmeed. But, above ill, I bad * wile who waa an angel upon larth, and two be bee, a boy and a girl, vbo would have made a desert hapnv vith their sweet laughter and their child' ah sporta. u Though remote from any human habiatioa, and though the Indiana were Kxawonally seen aad heard of in the leighborhood of my dwelling, I yet felt ?? fear. I had never wronged them, bet >n the contrary, had often fed aad clothed lalf-starved stragglers from the tribe, who vould wander to my door, and blindly I AGRICULTURE : CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY trusted to their magnanimity for the ?af< ty of all I held dear. "Well, a littlo later in the day (ha this, just Ave years n|o> I Was seated b tny hearth with my children oh my kne< wliiln m?r ?? 1 J *1-? - .. ?.,v uy >? Iiu nno iniWVU III UIB prepare tion of our evening meal* The nun wen down, and darkness caraa on, but the ai was so pleasant that I * 4eft the door ope to enjoy the fresh breeze that seemed mal< ing music among the branches of th great oaks before the do*r. I had ler iny dogs to a neighbor for a hunt, an there was nothing to give warning ofdati ger save the melancholy hooting of a owl in the neighboring forest. More tha: once my wife spoke of the effect thatdii tnal sound had upon her feelings, but laughed at her fears. Suddenly, as sh was crossing the room, I beard her utte a scream of terror. I turned, and behel* a dozen dusky forms crowding into th doorway. Kven now, I can see their eye glaring and their white teeth shining a the tire-light flashed upon them. Spring ing from my seat, I was snatching dowi my rifle which always hung over the fire place, when I received a blow from a toms hawk, which made that tear upon m; forehead. A thousand lights gleamed ii my eyes, and horrid sounds echoed in nv ears as I fell insensible. Severe as wa the blow, I soon returned to consciousnesi owing, no doubt, to the excesaive flow c blood, llow nwful the sight which I be held! My wife standing bound in on corner of the room, tbe little children sob u: 1 -? - uiug itiiu clinging to her kness as if fo protection, while the fiends were heaping all my little furniture into the centre o the room, evidently with the intention o firing the house. Making a despcrat< effort to rise, I gained my feet, and stag gered forward a step or two, when the Mood gushed over my eyes, and I fell helpless and blinded, upon the floor. Tin shrieking and sobbing of my wife ant children at this pitiable sight, were niing led with n laugh of derision from the sav ages, who supposed that I was dead a Inst. At this moment, one of their sen tincls rushed in, exclaiming in their owi language, "Fly! fly! the whites are com ingr 44 I heard a few words of consultation Then a command wns giren in tones shall never forget. Then came blows ant shrieks. They were murdering my chil dron ! O, Co I ? how I writhed and Strug gled, in vain, to rise! In a moment theii infant cries were stilled in death. Thei came a crashing blow, a fall, a groan SrVr all! not one?not one left'. The big tear-drops fell like rainthrougi the old man's clasped hands, and his stronj frame shook with agony. The vounj man said nothing, but w ept. At lengtl the hunter calmed himself, and proceed cd t 441 became again insensible. A part; of hunters who happened to be in th neighborhood, came in time to snatch m; body from the burning dwelling, but no soon enough to take vengeanco on th murderers. No, thank God, that task wa left for me! \ I was taken to a station. I was nun cd and tended moat kindly, but for week and weeks I lingered upon the brink c the grave. I wished to die; I was deliri ous not only with pain and fevor, bu with grief and rage, Dut, at length, goo treatment and my own iron constitutio: proved victorious. 1 recovered my healtl aud strength of body, but there was fever at my heart, which no time, no mcd icine could cure. I came forth twent years older in feelings and appearance My hair was gray, and my face wrinkle* as you see them now. Ilut my change i body was nothing to my chnngo in sou I, who before was too kind hearted to hav harmed a worm, was now a tiger, thirst ing for human blood. I thought of notb ing, prayed for nothing but revenge ! sold my land, and swore never to rest un til the last of that band bad fallen Ix neath my hand. I have nearly fulfills my tow. Though I aaw them but one each of their features was burned into m brain, and I could not mistake or forg? them. Day and night, summer and win ter, alone, and with bands of men, ove rivers and mountains, through forest an morasses, ia all shapes and in all disguis< i nave iracaed and followed them. The made ine a demon, and the demon ha turned again and rent ibem. lu did tents at midnight, with their wife's aroun tliem, in the battle-field, and alone in th dark forests, I have met and slain them One after another they have fallen, an still one remains?the most subtle an ferocious of them all; and 1 have followe him here. He leads a band upon th Ohio side, and I have watched and sougb for him day and night. They call hit the I>lack Wolf of the Prairie. You hav heard of him before; but when we met you will not hear of him again !" The hunter clenched hie rifle fierceh and was silent His companion sat mul and motionless. CHAPTER IV. The boy had not sat thus many minute however, listening to the low hard bread ing of his eiUted friend, when his attei tion was attracted by the sight of s fiunl iar object floating upon the river. It wi the large boat belonging to the statio and rowed by aa old and faithflil negv The fluttering of a female drees in tl stem of the boat revealed the presence bis sister and bia betrothed. They hi wu" w w inoei nun on nw murn iro the chaae. Jumping from the gram I bail them, hia atop waa arraatad by an o eurrenoa which struck him at onaa wt m4 amaanacnC The rirer baa hi below him, waa liaad with a thickat VL, GENERAL A HORNING, DECEMBER 1,1852. j- young trees, matted together by a luxuriant growth of vines nhd creepers of every n description. From this thicket he beheld y a thin curl of smoke arise, followed by the 3, report of a rifle and a single war-whoop, i- Before ho could move or speak, the old it negro had fallen heavily from his seat into ir the water, and two savages were seen to n spring into the river, and with their rifles held above their heads, gain the boat, 0 now drifting with /he current. it With a cry of horror, the young man J grasped his rifle, and rushing forward, i- would have plunged over the precipice, n had not the strong hand of the hunter, n laid open his shoulder, arrested his stops. 44 Stop, rash boy, or you will ruin every 1 1 thing T I e " Hands off, old man, I say 1 My ses- 1 r ter?and Mary 1 I inust save them!" J "You must, and you shall. Follow me e at once! If the Indians see you, they 1 A will push across the river, and they will be 1 a lost forever." i u By this time the Indians had placed 1 n themselves in the bow and stern of the c boat, and were sculling her along, keeping < r her in the current. The boat was large y and heavy, and their progress was not ri rapid. But the young man saw at a p glance that his companion was right; and s accustomed to vield imnlieil nlwxlion # I -- ^.v.'vv ^ his dictates, he turned rcluc.nntly and folf lowed liini down the same narrow pass < - which had brought them to the hut. b " Hack, Snarl! stay here, sirrah !" said - the hunter to the dog, who would have r followed them. "And now, my boy, r look to your tools, we have work ahead !" f Away, like bloodhounds on the trail, 1 f they started down the rocky path. The e sun had set, and the tw ilight glimmer which was left, served only to throw < ? strange, dark shadows over their rugged 1 , pathway, but with the firm, unerring tread I a of hunters "in a mountain land, they i 1 dashed forward at full speed. The son- 1 - trast between the two was great, Ths . one, furious and half demented at the idea i t that those lie loved best on earth were in . the bands of tho brutal savages, grasped i his rifle with a very death-grip, and with . clenched teeth, sprang and bounded like a wild deer startled from his covert. The i other, older and more accustomed to re- < j straining outward signs of emotion, went j as swiftly, but with the long, measured < tread of a pursuing panther, taking care < as he went, to look to the priming of his t rifle, and to loosen his long hunting-knife r in ita scabbard.?Few were the minutes ( ) (though they seemed like hours, to die ' iuuui) nc incj iuivi^vu ujiuh ulS Mnuotll r level beach of the cove. It was, as we have said before, a little, pebbly place, a few yards square, with bills coming gently 1 down to it upon three sides. On that I .!j. f . * - muu iurinesi, uui oniy a lew yards distant ? from the shore lay a giant oak, which had been* uprooted in some long previous storm, and which now reclined, like a fallon monarch, in stern and silent majesty, ' with its giant arms still lifted up towards ? heaven. Behind this natural rampart, the two hunters placed themselves, with the long barrels of their rifles supported by its trunk. The harvest moon had now risen in all its splendor, shedding a glorious flood of r light over the scene. The ri.'er seemed * one bed of liquid silver. The fog was ris'' ing, and the distant hills stealing out " through their hazy azure mantle, seemed ' like ghostly sentinels or mountains in " dream-land. The nearer forests, as they J1 seemed to clamber up the steep hill-sides, " were here tipped with silver, here wrapped * in impenetrable gloom. A little ridge which ran out into the river from one end y of the cove, giving it its peculiar shape, |* was crowned by a bristling array of young ' forest trees that stood out with strange " distinctness against the clear blue sky. ' " Be still, boy !" said the old man, in a c whisper; as the youth moved uneasily in his jKisition. "They will be here soon." All was still, indeed. The river did make * a low, rippling, splashing noise among the bushes that hung down into its waves, and an owl in a neighboring tree sent ? forth his long and melancholy hooting but * all else was calin and noiseless. y 44 Curse that owl," 'muttered the old a - ... * 1 man, forgetting his own injunctions, "it was just that way he hooted this night ' five years ago." '' The young roan shuddered, as the tale " of horror he had listened to was thus J brought to his mind, and made him re* fleet now soon the same fate might fall '' upon his sister and his bride. d A moment more and the low splash of ? oars is heard ; another, and the boat swept ' rapidly around the projecting point which formed the upper end of the cove. In the bright moonlight every figure was plainly " discernable. In the stern, sat a small In0 dian, steering, and occasionally speaking to the two girls in the middle of the boat, n who, with terrified countenances, lay claep6 ed in each other's arms, as if for protec 5t tion. In front stood a tall and magnificent looking fellow, in all the warfinery of an Indian Chief, with scalp-lock, feath ~ en, paint, and silver bracelet*, lie, too, handled an oar, while his rifle lay at his fte?. As the boat came near enough for them *i to distinguish the features of those on i* hoard, the old man started as if an adder t- had bit him. ^ "By Heavens! 'tis the Black Wolf! * Thank God, tho hour is come! Don't h move," he whispered between his elenched teeth, "until I say the word; then fire at ? the mailer Indian." of The youth felt excited, also, but by a strong effort, quelling their emotions, the m two lay motionless sa statues, while the to polished tubes of their rifles gleamed like o- fire in the moonlight lh The boat strikes the shore, the Chief k, steps oat, and orders the girls to rim and f fellow him; but Insensible with grief and ND LOCAL INT fear they neither hear ror heed his command. The smaller Indian, enraged nt their obstinacy, rises with an outli, and stepping forward, clutches Mary l<y the 1 arm, in if to pull her from her Beat. The hunter can contain himself no longer. A : quick, clear re|?ort rings out upon the air, ! and the smaller Indian, with a single cry, leaps up and falls dead in the boat. The j old hunter, taken by surprise, tires bur- i riedly, nnd a hnlfsmothered groan from i t the Chief, as he springs back into the j 1 boat, tells that he is wounded, but not c mortally, lie seizes an oar Hnd puches I r the boat from the land. Quick as thought, r with n bound like that of a tigress robbed j of her young, and a terrible shout of ven- j . geance, the hunter has sprung into the boat, and grappled with his last and J most deadly enemy! Hut the warrior, though wounded, is j4 not conquered. The long, keen blade of 0 nn Indian scalping knife, gleams an instant j in the moonlight?tho next, it finds a s ihcath in the hunter's breast. Hut there v is no time for a second blow?tlic hands g of the Avenger nrc at tho Chieftain's p throat The cry of" Hlood for blood," v rings in his ears! The boat rocks with ^ the terrible struggle. They totter, they fall with-a heavy splash, and go down ni ^ the terrible embrace of death. A sullen n wave, a few bubbles, and the dark waters v of the Ohio roll over the Hunter and his Indian foe. Such was the Hunter's Re- e vengt! n " And were their bodies never found?" I inquired, when the old man had finished his story. M Yes, long years afterward, when the waters were unusually low, in a bed of d drifl-wood which must have lain upon the n bottom for half a century, two skeleton b forms were found by a startled fisherman n still locked in a last embrace. They have- 8 been buried upon the summit of tho hill, ^ whero once stood the Hunter's hut, and t| there they repose, side by side." , " And the young Hunter?what of , b " I am he, and there is his young bride," ' and he pointed with a smile to the gray- P haired matron, in the opposite chimney- c corner. s. I looked up, and saw tho eyes of the d aid couple filled with tears.? Columbia jnd Great West. y ??? r ^qutli's Dfiinrtiiifiit. Lacy Boys. A lazy boy makes a lazy man, just as sure as a crooked twig makes a crooked a tree. Who ever yet saw a boy grow up \ in idleness that did not make a shiftless ? 1 * \ A 1 - - 1 * vngauonu wuun ue Decani** h iuuii, uiiu'ss t he had a fortune left him to keep up ap, pearenccs? The great mass of thieves ( paupers and criminals that fill our pen- , itentiaries and alms-houses, have coine to , what they are by being brought up in idleness. Those who constitute the business portion of community, those who make our great and useful men, were trained up in their boyhood to be industrious. When a boy is old enough to begin to play in the street, then he is old enough to be taught how to work. Of course wc would not deprive children of healthful, playful exercise, or the time they should spend in study, but teach them to work, little by little, as the child is taught to learn at school, In this way he will acquire habits of industry that \s ill not forsake him when he grows up. Many parents who are pGor let their children grow up to fourteen or sixteen years of age, or till they can support them no longer, before they put thrm to labor, Such children, not having any id. a of what work is, and having acquired habits of idleness, go forth to impose upon their employers with laziness. There is a ropuUiveness in all labor set before them, 1 * ,1.rinttAr Knw i. t - <MIU tu II UV/iiC) liu niMm i Hv??t 19 MBVII only aim. They are ambitions at play, but dull at work. The consequence is they do uot stick to one thing but a short time; they rove about the world, get into mischief and finally find their way to the prison or alms house. With the habits of idleness, rice may i generally, if not invariably, be found. I Where the mind and hands are not oc- ; cupied in some useful employment, nn < evil genius finds them enonglt to do. They | are found in the street till late in the eve- , ninn, learning the vulgar and profane habits of those older in vice: they may be seen hanging around groceries, bar-room* and stores, where crowds gather, but they are seldom found engaged in study. A. 1 n Kam la Anlw a Ku/1 Kill /I ins?J UVJ I!? Iivv xrnt j * wj | VN* a disgrace to his parents, for it is through their neglect that he became thus. No parents, howevr poor, in these times of cheap books and newspapers, need let their children grow up in idleness, If they cannot b3 kept at manual labor. let their minds be kept at work; make them industrious scholars and they will be in dustrou* at an^ business they may undertake in after life. We know of many boys?young men ?old enough to do business for themselves, who cannot read, and much leaa write their own names. They, too, are lazy, for ignorance and laziness are twin brothers. , We always feel sorry for such young men ?their habits are for life, the twig bent | In childhood has grown a distorted tree | and there is no remedy for it. They I must pass through life as they have lived ?in laziness and ignorance. Think of it, yc? ig reader, and take heed that your habits and character be not formed like | theirs.?[Palmer Journal. y. y a . i v*- * iMVi ELLIGENCE. NUMBER 43 Cmmiittnirfliions. Fok the Ledger* LEAFLETS OF XEMOITso. i?by i.vka i.erse. The sun shone with dazzling spleudor on he beautiful brick buildings of A., in the uxurant month of August. Every rny seemd to shine with unusual brilliancy, and ap? mrontly to penetrate the hearts of the mcry school girls. Groups were passing to and fro Udder he dark green foliage of the trees that surounded the College ; some with book in innd, endeavoring to concentrate their houghts on study, whilst the thoughts of therswere playing the truant. There were two that had divided theft)' elves from those that were passing, add .crejjwcnding their way to n sequestered rasa plot, to enjoy n letc-a-tele on the aproaching festival of" to-morjow," that rould bs given in honor of his excellency iov. M., from which was anticipated the lcasure of seeing some acquaintances, aDong the retinue of military characters that rould be present on the occasion. On arriving at the spot desired, they seatd themselves beneath an oak that was vcneablc in yours, the elder of the two cxclaimlg as she threw aside her bonnet: " This mossy bank shall be my couch, T1 is rustling oak my canopy." The elder girl was rather majestic and ignified in her deportment?her form wot ot whnt a connoisseur would term perfect, eing rather of a voluptuous than a delicate lould ; a complexion clear and smoothe ; mall but brilliant black eyes that at times earned with unwonted animation ; teeth hat vied in whiteness with the pearl; her ark auburn hair was somewhat disheveled >y the impatient manner in which she had hrown aside her bonnet; her cheek, usually >alo, was now flushed with excitement, in ontemplating that"to-morrow, she would ee acquaintances, as the conversation will inclose. Her friend by her side was beautiful bcond a doubt; her sylph-like form and merf mischevious face, revealed at once a heart nfettercd by a care?how very applicable rc the words of an immortal bard : Ne'er from the heath-flower brushed tho dew." Her golden locks were braided and placed round her sunny brow, resembling an imperial crown in hue ; violet eyes that were haded by lids of snowy whiteness, a blonde hat would rival the lily in its purity. Books in hand they seat themselves, but yes rivited on each other's faces, their conrersation ran thus, the more yonthful of the ;wo speaking to the heart of the elder : " Well, Jatiez, 1 nin really plessed to see pur spirits so elated this morning, I tliiuk pu are entitled to holiday to-morrow, as lis seldom you sec an old acquaintance from your native home." The breeze seemed to affect her eyes as she replied: M Thank you, Nannie, I concur with you, as it has been a year, a long?long year, since I saw the face of one I knew previous to my coining here. I will apply this evening, to be emancipated from sorvitude to books, and enjoy liberty on to-morrow?'bondage ia horror,' an?" 44 A truce to your poetry from love-sick Julia, you are always poring over some poem, romance or other book, Janez, that I feel treated in getting you to speak rationally to me. Now let us enjoy a pleasant chit-chat, and leave off your silly stuffs; your immaginatiou would tall froyp its lofty flight f Dr. 1? would refuse you a furlough, if 1 may so express myself." 44 Ah ! that is too true; Nannie, 'and then will rend my fairy dreams of bl^ss if I may credit presentiments, my application will be received, and returned with a kind gentle yes." I indulge the. hope that your prescntU tnent may be favorable. 1 am pretty sure that Dr. P will treat your petition as pu desire, I will esconse behind the ams, when yon present yourself. Dissemble a little, look sad. woe-bepone. omhodv <rrtm melancholy in your countenance, mud 1 am sure you will be successful. * I have but little doubt, Nan, but listen! heavens! there's the bell toiling for our class. I vow I know not mueh of Uphane, this morning, my thoughts of to-m Arrow has distracted my mind from Mental Philosophy." M Come Jane*, we must appear before the tribunal, be examined, and if deficient, a demerit without doubt. I almost imagine I see the long black stroke?black as night with, out moon or stars." Tho lrunn is nrinrlnnllw r\T ?! - ? ? V 1 J of the sense of tonch, if wo do not acquit ourselves with eclat, Intrust uot with discredit." w You will \>o at leant ublo to cite one example, Seott is too (treat a favorite with you for you to forget*Wandering Willie' in 'Rod Gauntlet,' Janes." They have gained the threshold?entered the chapel?but we will not go through Mm routine of interrogations. We iamgine the black mark waa not entered against them, a naught waa a tid with respect to it. Jantz remains after the dismissal of the claas?Nan* els ie not to be eeefl, but if ma aney judge hj