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sam l. w. melton, ( r?p" " An liitlepeiicleiit Journal: ror tue irioiuuiiuii oi uie l oimcai, fcocjai, Agricuturai and toinuiercial interests of the JSouth. |lewis m. gbist, pubiuhcr.
VOL- 1' YORKVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1855. ^ jsTQ. 13.
(Original |Voctii).
Written t'<<r *lie Vorkvillc Enquirer.
THE STAR AND NOTE.
(Written nfter illness.)
my vr?on l?AYinsO\".
? " i !'0 'livinc i'i ,,i;tv of 'Jwuns." f
A creature <>t iiis own iiiiojt'niatinn :
\ cli'M of :?11 : an echo of iii-= hemf:
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\ i i k ; 111jv "j? a iwi *?
sl,?. rlie ri"?T <f Itis tlnaifthts."
Sn niitli Studrnt.
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<-ii - iu ?=<>ii?e woudrott- <Irc:im. '
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"'i. Jiit- : ** ( !I tvere IilrI< v? <?- rl?
>u!'i ? ?n?t tlr.-ti?u ;
M. If.
f did .* km* rl?e ii:in-1 '?t' l>e.iti..
And !(" > **i*- -ilcwo rif t!ic jrrave;
I Could re-ifcu fid." aiitrtii.died 1-rciti.
Bar!; f?? its ocean !?? a wave:
Hilt onward hnr there -eeiiTC-1 t??
A >tar fimt lit my future -ky.
I'-lirion* h ur-' a- wild a* ni^-lif
le;l not a terror to lay side.
Aii 1 le.-s tlie lucid moment >
When life seemed el,hinj*a-i a ti<le :
\ t o'er Mint -one a fairy ir>t?-.
J.ik" pa-"'iyii-!ii>:?ic. -feined t" ri?>at.
A >tar-mv o'er tint nijtiit <>! pain??
Ai>?1 srtft-li'MVt i. ii-ic witli t!ie Im-hSu
t
T? ' voire*. T'kin;: life again.
C tuM s-mhv tie. iVatit'e /" .
flie st.iv? iiii"i:ti'<n lit 'is II iiiie :
Tii N ! ?"?'< linkvi v '.ili Nea'.? name.
Wi.wsmuro", S C.
(Lkilind Sketches.
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THE ?BOTHER HUNTERS.
At the foot of the Ozark Mountains, where
the rocky slopes e\teiul far into the cultivated
settlements, and at no <_rreat distance from the
b .nk> of the Mulberry, which foamed and roar- i
cd a?rain>t the sharp rid ires ot iee with which
. I ? _ . 1 .
t:ie extra iruinary severe winter mreateneu 10
imprison it. two whit** hunters walked, wrapped
in their blankets, along the stream, and
seemed to be looking tor a plaee where th<*v
could cross to the other side.
They were two powerful looking fellows, as i
they walked on with their rifles on their shoulders.
and the elegantly fringed leggins, the
close'y-f.ttiiiir and careVully soled nmcasins
showed Hint they h id assumed the habits ot
.Jdm wood.-. Too were ixot of those land hunters'
who, especially at that day, had begun traversing
the western p irt ot'the M >te. in order to
find out the most favorably situated districts,
and purchase, or at least lay claim to them.
Hill.' one of them at last said, as he .-topped.
H?ur searching is of no use?you see I i
was ri?rht; the stream is here too wide for utu
find a tree 1\iinr across it, and if 1 really
went to work with my little tomahawk, ami <
felled one of the nearest plane trees, it would
not be lone: enough. lJesidos a heavy storm
is gathering behind as.'and 1 think we should
not do wrong were we to make arrangements
for passing this night better then the last; it
will be bitterly cold.
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It > WIT aillU'VlllU. inOUlill. mil ai^nrivu
his brother, cr??sdy, 'that we could not reach
the ravine over there (o-nijrht, for, in the lirst
place, we should find famous (piarters in one
of the numerous caves, ami then, besides, I
should have liked to look for hears; there are
sure to he Some there.1 The water's t>>o cold
for us to swim across, and the storm will not
be a tri'lim; one; so then to work ; here arc
old trees enough Ivim; about, and bark rool
can be easily made.'
Thereare almost too many trees lvint; about.*
Tom replied, looking all around him, ?and
those still standing seem rotten and readv to
fall I do not much like the thought of camp
iutr here, for you know the story father once
told us about such a place.'
Nonsense ' Hill, said lauirhiuulv. 'Can we
find a better campiue-place!' The little stream
runs along at our feet, there's plenty of wood
close and handy, the young frees will furnish
famous pole*:, and 'In hark there is lirst rate
for a roof.'
Tom math* no further objections ; the spot
looked r ?> i??\itintr. ami they were both soon
engaged in rais'ng. a rough shelter for that
nijrht at least, whieh eeuld afford t!u>re re iige
against the collecting storm. 1 n !e-' such *_ood
hands the w ?rk was iasil\ aeco nplishcd. and
the next half hour found l.oth under their
ijiticM> erected rot?f. watching the pieces of
meat broiling on the tire.
Ids strange how cold if has suddenly turncd,'
Tom at length broke die silence ; only
hiok. the water in the tin pan is frozen ijuite
hard, the wind hasehopped round to the northeast
; it blows con ouiulcdly sharp too.'
i . : i.) ... ' imi vunii'i] .-is he wr.itmed
l?' i. " i r
hiuiseli in ill*.' folds ot his bhiiikot ; '1
aui tired. and want to sloop, Tom. l*iy a
couple oi homrli* (.tii the tire ho lore volt turn in,
an I tin one first awake to-morrow must rouse
the other.
Miilni. ht was p.: r. ami the tire had nearly
expired, hnt tlie two brothers slept firmly, and
the icy north wind that howled over the snowclad
hills into the valley, could not disturb
their slumber. Il?.-avy masse* ol clouds had. I
however, collected together from various quarters
; darkly threatening they brooded over the
rusilimr forest, and the stately trees shook and j
ho wed their leafless branches, as it in timid j
forebodings of t lie approach inl' storm. A hrijrht
flash of l!;rutnin?? sudden I v hurst from the
black hea\oils, and a terrific pen! of thunder j
almost in-iactaiieoiisly foil .wed the messemrer j
of dotrue-lion. O.ic of the terrible winter
serais was impending-, and the unchained hur- i
lioane howled and tore tluou.di the narrow <
mountain ravines. 1
loll !| orio.I Tom. spiiii?riio:- up in horror? 1
!?!.!, ?; ? up; ,ve dare not lie down ; see how i
i!i< all ina sv ijuivor; and do you hear, there's;
one ot thrill oiMckill*' ?'
'Unllo. Uul replied, 'db be quickly threw j
tff bis blanket, 'has it caught us? lii 1 Tom. j
lay hold of the roof; I'm blessed if the con- J
founded northwester won't take it along with '
U/ .
11 is fear was not entirely unfounded, for at
the same instant such a furious blast burst from
the opposite valley that it half uncovered their
J resting-place in a second, and burning ashes i
j and sparks were carried far away into the i
I gloom of night. A lighting flash again burst !
forth from the clouds, and the thunder deaden- j
td the sound of the howling storm. Then it j
.. 1.1 . i? i /? .i ii ,i ... i
I suuoemy "cemeo as it mo wnoie carru were i
! torn from its foundations : far, far away on it '
came; at first indistinctly with a hollow sound. |
like the crash of a thousand cannons; thou i
nearer and nearer it roared, spreading wild J
and terrible overthrow and harrowiii'/ dc-sola. ,
tion around.
'Almijrhty flod, a hurricane?' Tom cried. 1
startimr up in terror, f<>r at the same moment I
the storm reacdied them. The iriant trunks. ;
which had withstood centuries, bowed like j
thin twijrsT and with one blow, that <tnn-k terror
to the heart of the listeners, the whole for- '
est was mown level with the earth by the hand ;
of the Almi?rhty.
!. The hurricane ratr? u further and further
with frightful velocity : for miles around it
: overthrew the tall oaks, and hurled them 1 ik
reeds '?? the irvound. f-.r miles around it marki
ed it" path with desolation ai d ih-"truction :
but dleuee. jrraw-like silence, followed in its
; fi"!o L.' *111 1 r I..? MM l..lr . o.irr..v ,]
; i t* v n f mil m "U i i sir ? i > * > ti'.n iv m
! tr?vs nnt a hn-ath was stirring. and til" r:dmi
ne^s of death. after this horrvin;; outbreak of
j the elements. at., cted the p. mi- heart of a mor'
tal with a im?iv aironi/.iuc ?!imlder than it had
felt even in the mot terrible fury ?.f the
? storm.
Hill had miraculously escaped. without even
the slightest injury: clinu-imr tightly t'.-oi immense
tree that had prov iou>lv fallen : another
oak that fell across it onK served to save him.
j as it guarded him the of her continually tailing
, branches and smaller trees; but now. as -ooii atl?e
first most pro-siim- danger was passed, he
jump; d up and cried, filled with terror, to hibrother:
Tout?brother Tom?do nu>wer. Tom.?
< reat C?e?el I has "llrh a terrible end fallen to
Voitr share !
?No ! it Would have bee?> well for him if that
had beer, his lot ; he - ill lived, and his Weak
voice, at no great distance. -truck the hunter's
attentive ear.
Ail-ui'-reiful Heavens!" the latter eriod.
when he had ijuiekly leap--! over a couple of
frees Jyin-_r in the way. ami. with a blading
pine-torch in his hand, stood before him he
sought.
All-tiiercifiil Heavens!' he repeated in almost
maddening agony, and covered hi- face
?rrth hi? hrtrh, ?'or ' Iw? to ftw <
corpse, with both his thighs burl- i b-neath
an immense oak, which w.i- -hatt-red from
top to bottom, lay lit- Tom. his brother, tinplaymate
of his youth, the darling ??f hiheart.
It's very cold.' the unhappy man wh:-p--red.
and looked up imploringly to the hunter,
who. apparently incapable of any further movement.
stood near him at if hewn out of stone
? it's verv eld. Hill; can i you bring me a
little firt V
These words broke the charm wtiun scein,
ed to possess his half unconscious brother.
Tom. Tom !' lie cried. a< lie threw him*'. If
; witii trroaiis on the mutilated body of his dear
est companion.
\ on hurt nie I>ill.'the latter entreated;
my arm pains me. and it is so cold.'
j 'Wait, you shall have lire?in a few seconds."
; Hill now cried. a* he sprang hastily up. die
there a minute longer, and I'll fetch some
; ashes, and then help you up?only a moment's
j pationee and in haste he fh w back to the still
hnrnini: camp tire. Ah ! ho did not notice
j the weak, painful smile which stole over the
: features of the unhappy man. as he beirired
aim to diave patience." lie hurriedly colleetJ
ed all the ashes and burtdtijj wood his arms
i emiId hold?the flames scorched his huntingshirt
and hands?ho did not notice it. and flew
hack to his brother's side; plenty of drift 1
I lav around, in a few moments a bright, cheer1
in^ (ire flared by the side of the tree, under
i whose iriant weight the poor fellow lay buried
i alive.
liill now regarded with a sliudder the tor- ;
rible scene, and niaddly threw hiiuseif on the
i tree, which a hundred men could not have
raised, and tried his utmost strength on an impossihi'U
v.
Hill!' Tom trontly beuaodh.ini, 4c??nichere.
! eome? L'ive me your hand?that rittht. And
i now. Hill?do you really love me V
A convulsi\e jrrasp of his brothers hand
answered this ouestion ; speak he v"uld not.
for the tears he had suppressed with ditiicu!tv.
su'Wilted even sound.
Will you do luea service? Tutu implored,
drawiiu: the unresi.MMir man closer to him.
A service!' J'ill whispered?:i service!
What can you ask that I would net do for you j
if ir w is in my power
You promise to d? it ?'
W hat is it?' the hunter asked, in terror, j
'Take your rifle,' Tom beared, -and put an j
: end to my siill'erinp*.'
Tom !' the brother cried, as he sprung up ;
in horror.P,,f
..? > nit,) fii iiiv* <11 fT?? iiik ' r!n> imli-iiinv I
. Ill .... I .v. VI- .... .... _ . J r>
man entreated. Bill! brother! if you ever
loved me. prove it now. l>._> nutlet me perish :
l here. slowly and horribly.
I will save you ii'it eo.-t my own life,' Bill |
cried. -1 will return to you with nssitancc i
this very ni?iht.'
That is not possible.' the poor fellow repli :
ed, sorrowfully shaking h.is head. The next '
settlement is. by the nearest road, at least tifteen
miles faun here: but the road you would '
have to take to ?ro round the neks ami ravines. I
is twenty: and if you came back, if you brought j
f fty people with you. what help could they |
.jive me? Both my thighs are shattered, and
the nearest Doctor lives in Little Bock, huu- |
d el- of miles from here, and whither we j
s:aroo know the direction. Bill, will you let i
me lie here for days, and afterward- see imports
h miserably V
my owu lift) aud you shall have it. j
w.th pleasure; but elm t require such a terrible
tiling from ine ; it must be possible to save
you?I have my tomahawk?I can cut this
tree?I can
'(.'an you cure wounds like these ?' Tom
interrupted him, and pointed with his hand to
his thigh, r? was a terrible sight, and the j
brother tell upon his knees, with a groan.
I i a11nnt murder you,' he get tly said.
'And do you call that murder? Oh, loll ! j
he continued, 'could you only fancy the pain
1 am n-tw suffering. you would take compassion ; i
?would not let me beg in vain.' j
'T will give you the riiio?lon't make me i .
my brother's murderer,' Bill groaned.
'My right arm is also broken : [ cannot, even ' '
if I would." ;
'Tom!' the powerful man fobbed, as he
threw himself hv his brother's .side, ?whal is :
it you want of me V |'
V. hat did you Ltely do to \ ?stor when 1 I
the deer had torn him soterriblv?
r <ti<a ii!iii *
Ift: was your favorite tl
Hill only answered witli sobs
Ami v<tu loved !ii:n more than me;1 Tom 1
now asked. abnosi ivprnaeh fully.
(Mi ' wh\ did f not heed your warninjrn1
ivn l:i-t i?iiil't reaehed this nuhappv -pot ' \v 11\
did I n< t avoid tin' <l?v:iy- if nves that threat i. ! '<
ed lis Oil :i! 1 -ides ? why?
-1?i 11'' the unhappy 111:111 interrupted him. t
Mo \oii mean to five ine from my torture V
I will!' the poor fellow sobbed oil his 1?r<?rlier'*
neck. They held one another in e"ld embra
ee for a |omjr while, hut when Toin tried to
unloose his hold, his brother only held him the
tighter. Day ::f length broke in the east, and
the -U:i -liorne on the chaos of wildly scattered
tree- around.
Let 11- part.' Tom whi-prred. '.? o man.'
Ile ?|.ii? rl\ pushed his ' "other 1 vk. and he '
at leii'jlh .-tood Up
Well. then, lie it 1 -eeyou an riuht? i
it i- impossible to -av< you. 1 know. to... that I
1 -hould have asked tin- same of you in a-imi , t
lar ease, ami volt Would ma have n- used urn.
I hay to tloil Ibr the !a-t time, ami jetiy too for '
inc. that in::v 'uiuive hie iIi n.tU'hr ot" i;i\ '
1 >?*. ?r' i
Hill f.ttetvd :iway t<? fetch hi.- rif.e. ' it !.?
returned in a i\*w m> inon:^ with a firm and ?
vc.V.tin st?' p With his ??uu in hi.- left hand. i
!u- -v.iin.r himself with hi- ri-liT over the atterod
trunk-, am! -.-on I aeuiit ? y i!;< -i.!. i
of hi- 11 rot ho r. Wlio looked :lfti'0! I'.'lUitl.'i v in 'ij- i
face.
I am ready the latter -a: i. with .1 -in * It.-:
i|" Hot tremble, ami < i?I reward y? u for y.-ur
ml no-.-?a'ou?!-b\ H- of!ei*t<.l him 1 i--oiind
!u?n.| a- ho turned hi- litce a war. i
Ureiher" the tenure! humor tried, in 1
tu'onv. ami threw li i 111-t-I f a train on hi.- breast '
I I'li-K ;i;'"in rhf-l* |>>.).| t'tO'h ,'1 I
mbraee. till Tom etiteivd '_.|it!y. -I lot ?; i
!:-y any bm^er \\ ith a ln.-;v 1- urn' tin hen. t
tt. r -to. 1! .11 i.i- feet, raised lii- rim- T- In- rhe.-k.
ml lay the next iimtmm utseoii-eii 11- til. 1
Ir.\ tiler lie had -hot.
What titolV h ve I to f.-ll .' >!.;:!! I d-eribe
iii.w he awoke and ]. i. <1 hr: m*h u;>oii bran h '
oil his brother - eorj.se. So that Wolf ami panther
lutvrllt not fa-ti ll their <_rree?! v teeth i:i ti:e
beloved remain heW he t- fteivd nWiV. ami 1
wre-tled with death for many mouths in the I
wild dream- of fever, carefubv nit ! by
friend*!' No I enough of this sorrowful tale. :
!li- brother - bl>.od-eovered taee did m-t loitir
tr. ublo hiiu in hi- niuhtly dream-. ( au.-e
him to -priny: in terror from his bed. ami try <
to fly?on an expedition .- oain-t *ome plunder- !
in-- ('reek-, a eonipassiniiate I idler j ut an end i
to his life, and friend- buried him where he :
fell! 1 hit :: i- mom-Ty ha- been -till retail, ml
in that neighborhood and win 11 a hunter campat
nijrht. and turn-an i,uiritiir irl oiee t- ward- ,
the -.riant trunks which un naeinirly -unimml (
him. then a irentle prayer juris the lij.s of ]
even the rou^he-t and w:h!e*t of the band
and whi-i?er-. (led preserve ute from poor
Tom's fate."
a mttdtt t tatp ovpmntr
?\. x nivxuuix> \jr %.Jiiu i va. The
following thrilling adventure is from .in
Kniilish Ma?ra/.ine : I ,
Father xviil have done the jrrent chimtu-y <
to niirht. won't he mother?" said little n
Howard, as ho stood waiiin- for his father's j
breakfast, which he carried to him at his work i
every meniinjr.
He said he hoped all the seafloldiiij;
would he down to-niuht." answered the mother
'ami that'll be a tine siuht: for I never like ,
the endine; of these trreat chimneys; it's so '
ri>kv. thy father's to be the last up."
F.h. then, but I'll u'o and see him, and
he'p *otii trive a shout a tore he -otnes down," ?
>:ii.d I otil.
And then." continued the mother, "ifall .
ifovs <.ni nijht, we are i<> !i.i\ * a frolic to-uiorr??w.
and ?*o into the country, and take our ,
dinner*, and >pend ail day in the weeds.
Hurrah 1" cried Tom. as he ran off to his 11
father's place of work, with a can of milk in
one hand, and some bread in the other. 1!is '
mother stood at the door watching hi it: a> he
went merrily whFlliiur down the street, and *
then she thought of the dear father he wna '
ooino1 to. and the dangerous work he was vn- !
rairod in. and then her heart *-t???.;jrht it* >um
ivfuuv, and she prayed to (bad to protect and
bless her treasures. *Tosii.
with a iiitht heart, pursued hi< way to his
father, and leaving him his breakfast, went '
to his own work, which was at some distance. :i
in the evening, on his way home, he went ^
round to see how his father was srettinjr on. ;
lames Howard, the father, and a number of '
other workmen, had been building one of these 1
io'tv ehimnevs. witieli in our event mantr'notu
i-iiij: towns, almost supply the place of other
uvhittvtur.il beauty.?'i his chimney was of 1
the high >t and most tapering that had ever t
been erected, and as Tom, shading his eves f
from the slanting rays of the setting sun look- ?
??d up to the top in sea re h ot his father, his
heart almost sank within him at the appalling t
height. J lie sea Holding was almost down : t
jlie men at tiie bottom were removing the last t
beams and onles. loin s latiier stood alone on
the t-'p. lie |:>iikc<t all around to -ee thatev? - ]
rv thin^ Was ri^ht. anu then waiving his li.it /
in the air, the men below answered hiin with a
iotiy, luu^ cheer, Utiie Tern ahcU'-iu^ as Ikau*- 1
lily as any of them. As their vuicjs clio?
iway. however, they heard a very differe;
sound?a cry of alarm and horror IV* . ?? abov<
" The rope ! the rope !" The men looke<
'iround and, coiled upon the ground lay tl.
rope, which before the scaffolding was remuvi
liould have been fastened to the top of th
himney for Tom's father to come uown b\ !
The scaffolding had been taken down, withoi:
i heir remembering to take the rope up. Thei
was a dead s'leiiee. They all knc.v it \vr
impossible to throw the rope up high enough
if skillfully enough to reach the top ot'th
himney; or. if it could, it would hardly ha\
lieen sale. Th?y stood in silent dismay, amide
to give any help or think of any means t
safety.
\ ii'! Turn's TTr> iv > 1 miili/1 ;in.
found the little circle, if . di/'yJ f .lit celt
insr every moment to grow more fearful, in
the solid earth further ami furthe- from liiu .
in tin: sudden panic he lost- his j essence o
uitnl. and his senses almost failed him. I!
hut his sues; he felt as if the ne> t niounn
in- must dashed to pieces on grown
leloU
Tin-da y passed as industriously an I as swifty
as usual, with Tom's mother at home. Sin
.vas always lmsiiy employed f<>r her hm-1 ?.- n::ni
children in suiue way or other; and t??- !.-?j i
In- had la-en harder at work than usual. i
in'_r readv for tin: Indidav to-moriow. Sin '
? .? I
iad iii-1 finished all her preparations, an 1 hm
ii (U-ihts were silently thanking (hid for he j
nippy i'.on.e, and for all the hiessioirs of life '
.vlieii foio ran in. Ills face was is white a i
ish"s. ami he eoitld hardlv get his words out j
? Mother: Mother! 11 cannot jet down!" '
\\ .to iad7 I ii v tat her; a?kcd ho-, mother !
Tln-v have for gotten to leave him the mpc." |
iiiswvr-d I'imh. .-till <?*:irci'lv ahle to s]i*-:ik j
Iis mother started *i?? horrorstruck. and -too. ,
if a il*.a- :l" pnralv-<? * ! ; then pr"s-iit\
hand- o\el* her :i> it' to sh'lf out tin !
. rni'lr nieture. !t;i| lir.'iithiiij a prayer to t on1 !
or help -he rushed out oftin* hotter.
\\ li.-ii she reached tlit- plan* where In-r litis
ami \v.i> ;it work. ;t crowd h:i 1 coll. ted room
lie loot lit'till* chin.now and -tood 'here iptit*
viiilr-s. ua/iiur np with faces tail ? ? -orrow. j
1 i?* -avs h.? II throw* himself d..wn" r\ j
iainicd tin v. a-Mi- 11< ward ainc .i] 11 i
- ,*oiiHi to throw* hints* !f down."
The. miinnado that l..d 1" crt'-n tin1 w*i '
iv!:!i cl'a.. h..pei'ui voice; th.'o tnunna !
hat. Wait a hit. T.ik otTtliv -tnckintrs. lad
i:id tl?i'**ivcl it. and let down tin* thread wit!
hit oi mortar. I'ocst h?*;:r me. di m '
I'lic man made a >ij?n of absent, !*.r it seen:
i :s i' lie could not speak : and takinif
u- -t' ckiiiil. unravei'fil the worsted thread
w a'tt'T 1'oW. i lit! people stood round it
r-af hh-s- -ih-nee and F' **i hriti.
vi..ii T.?m's nioih. i t*.. ! ' he \'ii .*'. an
vhv -he sent III!:! in -ii. it It;:.*. a tile ear
. liter - .ill of tw
I. t ! iwti o||?. ,101 of rite rli-i.-ad witll
' of-*oiir. and io-i p fast ;; !<! ot the .tlmr.
:*i- d -Ii to lt-r lm-hand. The I ttl- 'lirco
waviiii: d- vvn the t til chimney. ! ! w
litii- r and ;li"tiier I y tin* wind, l ilt ..t
a .ached thr > li -tivteh <1 hands that w-P
v :>?ii ti.r it. 'I ..in h. hi the hail ..I I._
while his mot h-r lied one etiii of it to tin w<?r
d thread. Now pull if tin -lowlv." eric
-in* to her hu-h.and. and -i.eoTadua!'\ ir-wciim
:'ne striiiu as the worsted dn-W i' eently up
it.stopped, the -trine: had la-ached iterhn-hand.
Now. hold the -trino f;ist. .t:td pull it up.
tied she. and the string if w* heavy and h.ar.
[o pull, for'i'otn and hi- n; .tiler h.;d !::>toti?**l.
dii.de ia.pe to it. L'li. y wet ,d-. d d uradnail*.
Hid -lowly utieoiliny from the ground as the
trin- was draw n higher.
There was hut otic coil I-ft. If !:.: ] reach
'.1 til" ti p. 'Thank !? ?() ! Til.iu'i I n>ii CX lainnd
the wife. She liiil I:i*r face in in*1
hand- in |tremhliu;:. rejoie
d 1 lie r?-pe wa> up. The :?*. ; to which it
ho.iM I.,' was there all riirht; !>u
<y >ii!<4 In f hti-?i? i beanie t" make u-e o
llie-m V?Weil|il n.it tin- terror of the p-.-t h- ui
liave -n unnerved Iiisn. as tn prevent him from
takilli; tile lieeesstry Ilieasur'S for his s::!' ( v.*?
-he ili'i not Icjinv.- tin.' tnajrie intlaciiee \viii;*!
iier iV words iia.l exercised upo; liiiii. Sin
III I tint kmw tile sliViltftll ill.it die -olllid III
iii'i* voice, mi ettliti and steadfast. had idled
him with?as if the little thread that carrier
.iin t! ? Iii.pc ul lite once more, l.ad eoiiveved
: ? him some portion of that faith in God,
ivhieh not hi :i?_r ever destroyed or .-hook in' her
rue heart. She did Hot ksiow that, a- he
vaited there, the wordseame over him." Whv
i:! thou east down. (.), my soul ? and why ar
hoii uisijuieted with me '! Hope ilnni in Hod.
"he li ted up her heart to God for hope and
liivnu'lh. She could do nothing more for her
Disband. 1 herheart turned to Hod, and resid
oil him as on a rock.
There was a - rear shout. He's-ale. moth r.
lie's sale,' cried little Tom. -Thou'st j
nved me Mary," said her Iiusbaud, tbliliiivr j
ler in his arms, lou wli: t ail.- thee? thou
eeni'st more sorry than {jdad about it. Ilu;
Wary could net -peak : and it (lie strolltr arm
if her h.u-band had net held tier up. she would
lave {nih il to the yro'uiid?the sudden joy, ;
ftor siielt <rroat Tear, had overcome her. j
' Tom." said Ids fatiier. "let thy mother lean i
in t>iv shoulder, and we will take her home. ' !
Vnd in their happy home tlu-y poured forth i
heir thanks to God for his great goodness:!
md their happy lite together felt dearer and
toiler for the peril it has been in. and for the i
learness that tie.- danger had brought them i
' to 0 "I. And the holiday next day?was it
tot. indeed, a thanksgiving- day.
As tAlt ft' TIIKY OWN.?We have ju^t j
leard a good 'nil. Not long ago. a distinguisha!
divine of this city, was walking with a
riend past a new church in which another)
Kstin'/wished Pivine is the spiritual Shephard.
Said the friend to the D. T).. looking up at
! e sp iv, (wh'ch was very tall and nut yet;
,'uiupli tod.) "IIow much higher is that going
?be?" ;
Not in licit." said the D. IN. with a sly :
a ugh. they don't own very far in that </iro:-1
f 'ti I
Distinguished divints, liked Dickens' bead-,
v' are, after ail, but baiuou.
| jjlisccllanfous ^cabing.
i
AHASUEBUS.
livery one hnsneard of the Wandering Jew.
| 'iir the particulars\of the legend may not he
I juite so well known. There are several verI
ions of it. Matthe\y Paris, monk of St. Ali
?ins, reports one which was current in the
; "last durinjr the thirteenth century. It runs
ims:?'This year (1220^ an Armenian areli.
isliop came to England, to visit the relics of
| >ints and venerable places, even as he had
ioiic in other countries. lleXhoro letter? of rc
immeudation from our lord the l'ope to the
'IL'iou.s and prelates of this kingdom. Ilavintr1
j -paired to St. Albans, ro offer up prayers at j
ic sh/ine of the Kmrlish protu* uiurtyr. he was
eeived with honor by the abbot and the con*
'. lit. In the course of hi? sojourn here, he iuuired
particularly of iiis hosts eonci\rnin<r the
ites and usages of England ; and in return
', t\ , l
e related to them many traditions (if his own
! '.uiitrv. lie was ijiicstioiied, anion? other:
i hinjrs, about that famous Joseph why has i
: rauscd so nnii-h talk ainoinr men?that Joseph
vim was present at the Passion ol Christ. bud j
. !m vet exists as a liviiij; witness of tile Chrisi
hi faith. lie was asked i' lie hail ever soiftu i
ini, or heart! ;ui\tliinir of him. An oflieerol |
he arehliishoji's ,-uite?his interpreter, a na-\;
ive of Antiocii, who was known to Henry J
piuurnel. one of tjie lord ahhut's servant s? j
vplied in the ITeiieh laimuaire, that his nia.- r
knew this man perfectly, and that he had i
veil entertained him at his own table a little '
time previous to his departure fui the We t. i
. In- Armenian - storv as to what passed he- (
Veen Joseph and our Saviour is as tollows :? ;
Vhen .Jrois was home ahe.i" l?v the Jews from
lie pi'ieforiuiu to the place of crucifixion. Car- J
iphihis. one of Pontius Pilate's doorkeepers, |
on tied him sharply hehind, sayinir in a 0011 emptui.iis
voice : Walk aster. Jesus, why i
ost 111*iii tarry Then answered the t iirist j
voh a severe add pow-rful look : I walk as 1
r is written, and I -hall rest ere loiej. hut thou
halt walk until my c'Uiiinir." At the time o? ;
he Pas-ion. Cartaphilus was tiiirty years of
Whenever lie attains his fiftieth year, lie j
.11- into a kind of ee?ta-.y, from which lie
wakes rest,.r>'d auiin to vmttli. He was ooni
v.-r?ed to the Christian faith, and baptised by
Xiiun'ia-. the same who baptised Paul, recei;
in-j in baptism the name of Joseph. Ho redes
^-.'nerallvln Armenia. Ill-conversation
- pion.-. and eiiifvin?r. I he bishops are ins
hief associates, lie talks hut little, and only
when his -oeietv i- -oiiuht by hii?h dignitaries
f the -hnreli. and bv holy persons : then lie
urious detail.- r.-pectiiiL' the* Passion
:d resU'Teetioii of i hri.-t. \e.
The 'Ve-t"n tradition ':- -"inewh.it di'Tc*r?*iiT
a the ah- ve. irid it is -uppo-ed by some to
' i.i'-re Illeielit. dthoi|oh We klloW !l"f upon
mid- This version -upposes the Jew
. h -V" 1 eeii a -h? nt aker ar Jerusalem, named
.' and that afr- r liis baptism he re
ve-! rl'.e name of !''t?tad;eus. Here is tlie
-riia' le 'eyelid, as e mtaiiied in a letter writ I
in l?'?i ?. by t'hrvs.i-toinus Puluhetis. of
h ia. ?.? one of his friend.- at Hew! :?
i: if.e year 1 "? "7. M P:ui!us von Kit/ell.
, et'-r of the Holy Scriptures. and I>i.-hop of
hl?w'rr. was a:f;'i!il:i:-_' service in a ehureli
: I!:ti' bnr2. oin Sunday during winter, when
'.e \v. most mi-erably chid, that old Jew
;w!io has wandered thriiuzh the world ever
i !,.. the Pa .-ion of Christ. He appeared
hintt fifty year.- Id. tall in stature, with loiitr
i::ir h:inui:!tr over hts "boulder-. Me remainilur:tiir
t!n? oviiimi. listened thereto
"i'.ii mto.di devotion. On K*:ivinir lht? church.
, !,e doctor entered imr-? cuiver-ation with him.
, Tim Jew informed }i :n modestly that he was
'. i-i ;t Jerusalem, where In* exercised the
'rude of a -hoemaker; that hi-name was Ahait
vn- : and that he had h.m pp-ent ad the
, *rn'-ilixi-*n t'Chri-t. Afterwards In? talked
:1m Apostles. Th. n he added, that Christ,
wishing to re-t airain-r the wall of hi* house.
n.aecount of tin? heavy weight of tile cross,
he had repulsed Hint rudely, and hade IliniL'o
, His wav. when our f.erd made the reply which
:- -o well known. This Jew was very ?juiet
ed discreet in his no. titer. If happened
r ? lmarunv one hlss-dteme. Im exel;de>ed. with
sieh. ami in a deep aimui.-h : Oh. unhnp|
ny man. why d<-.-t thuit tints ahu.-o the name
oft lod. and of H is cruel martyrdom '! If tlnu
hadst seen.,as I did. how heavy and how hitter
was the ajrony of Christ, for thine own sake
nd for mine, tin u wouhl.-t rather suffer the
rroate-t evils than hlasple irm His holy uantel'
1 When money wi.- oflfep d to him. he never
took more than two -hill'iii;-. ami of that overt
lie 4:1 vo nipart to the p or. declarimr tliat hi.*
i own wants were ever wd| supplied by Hod.
i lie was never known toi.iuirh. Whenever lie ,
j urtwed. In? always spoke the lan^rua?re oftlm
ounlrv ; thus at this time lie expressed himself
in very uood Saxon. 1 here are many people
of (jualitv who have -con this Jew in Knirlam!.
France. Italy. Ifu:t;rnry. Per.-ia. Poland,
hveih-n. lhmmark. Scotland, and ot!n?r conntries:
as also in tlermany. at Rostock. Wie
tner. Dant/.ijr. and Konijrsbertf. In the y.ir
1 ">75. two ambassadors of Ilolstien. and par'i
1 11 ?rrlv the secretarv. Christopher Krau*. met
him at Madrid. ever the same in figure, aye.
manners. and costume. L? the year 1 o(i0, hr :
was at Vienna. and in 1001 ::t Lubcek. 1
Many persms also saw and conversed with
iiini in tin1 year 1010, in Livonia at Cracow.
i)<] nr. Moscow."
Such is the 1 eyelid of Per TCwiyo !iuh.ro" .
? /// fjr? r/nsti,iff .]> >r. Like the story of St.
Veronica. it is supposetl to have had its oriyin !
about the 'M i'iiieri'-ouHMit or* the fourth century
?and if inu*t i?a\e profoundly impressed the 1
heart of the people, since it survived the times
of Luther and Molancthon. and was even revived
as an article of belief by the dissenting J
communions. W bar. indeed, could affect the
imagination more powerfully, than the fhouyhr
of this lonely man. dowered with an immortality
of wo. and condemned to wander from
clime to 'dime thrnuyh countless aire*, seekiny
re<t and iimliiiy none : and move wretched in !
the silence ot h;s deep despair than all rhe
thousands of his fellow-men who have lived
sin-c the world beyan. because
i IL?u power to (lie uisproves tbe right to grieve|
> -J ./
11c has passed, ? like a shadow, from land to j
land,'' with the ? pressure of Clod's infinite t
1 upon his finite soul." His memory stretches I
j far back, ? down the lone; generations," eui i
bracing every thing of pathos and sublimity in v
the history of the crucified Christ, whose last e
reproachful look still haunts his agonised soul, e
None can ever share in his undying grief, ami v
' therefore he must always dwell in a deep solitude
of heart and soul, which no human syni,
pathies can soothe. The beautiful, the great, t
! the wise, the good, pass over into the "silent land
but still the Everlasting Jew shall I
pursue his " pilgrimage of wo," until Time it?t>lf
shall be no more, and of all earth's count e
I less tribes he only shall be left, in solitary o
! grandeur, to ehaunt the denthsong of creation. 1
A fiction so sublime would naturally attract ! e
in itch attention and interest. \t first, it pas J w
sod merely from mouth to mouth ; then it be- w
| came incorporated in unprctcnded ballads, and !i
| in simple village story-books, such as L' Hi.? o
; .'on'r ifii ./mf if lit ifi fiinsl ('/'
| ) { ritl'HW 1(1' fit it 1/lti' J *?i
-ln-r ; and. lastly, men of treuius were l'ascina- S
ted hy its mystic grace, and sought therein tin ?'i
-uhjeet of drama, and romance, and song i<
(inctlic had tin: idea of founding an epic or !i
iiti> legend, and in the plan he has left of it in ol
his Memoirs, he tells us that he intended t? J U
have depicted the "shoemaker of Jerusalem' j
with the careless rujmir humor of old I Ian? |
Sachs. In so doing. he would certainly have t
heen obliged to sacritice much of the peculiai ft
charm which attaches t,, tht; history of the
U'anderinu Jew. as the prey of an eternal sorrow.
"IT WAS HUM THAT DID IT."
Sttch was the text fr.<in which was preaeheti |ji
a most impressing sermon on Friday last in
our city. Jluihdo; and the text was the senium ^
also, and text and sermon were the last words
of one of (iod's erring creatures. Iij
There was no organ with its swelling notes >-,|
dying away in lengthened aisles to open the n(
-erviees. there were no anthems of joy and fo
praise with which to continue the worship ol
tlod, there was no benediction sweetly break- :|l
int? upmi the ear of devout worshippers as they
rose from cushioned seats to leave the house oi t t;;
prayer: but the services was imposintrly sol- | tl
euiii, and it sank deem into the hearts of an 1 n
awe-strickr-n as<cmMy. j
\ V..> h,..a. TL I
II lUU llllll ill I'lMIU. ilUMI1 MvliU j
r iustii'f, stem justice, in the person of the exec- j
utive of the law. and in his hand the warrant 1,,
which commanded him to lwonoe the iniurv ' ?
? , . . * *
done to the peace and dijrnitv of society : there 1 ?
wore nu n of I ?,?J devoutly a-kinj: offended
ll'-aven to purify the blood-stained soul of the [
trejnblin?r victim, there was the platform, the (
trallows, the rope, the drop. and. observed of ,
all. there stood the rrin:?i:ii:, shiverimr outcast
vh.j .vas < xpit.te hi.. :ir... *y yielding up ( ,
his miserable life a< the last lesson he could j ,
read to evil-doers. That criminal was the | ,
preacher, rohed in a frock of white. Mr? by a |
black -ash. ..n>l on his brow tin- fatal cap. I'u ! ,
rinsr this dre?inir for the ^raw tin- distracted j }
i man cried ??uf : I
<?re:it <!od! I ?h ! tny <b?d .' what an end ; j
I have conic t>?! Merciful t!oil. look down on
toe! < ?li ! L.ird have mercy on my soul ! // ' r
lOO I'llill t/lilt r/o/ it.'"
To his dyi??r moment did that terrified man 1 p
proclaim that his murdered wife did not offend ' ||
him in any thine, that he loved her. and yet ! ,)
under the infernal -pell of rum had he iiubru- 1
cd his hand in her blood ; that hand with i
' which, three short months before, he had pled- '
<_'ed her his love and protection. j(*
We Inn e never read of a mure harrowing ! h
-cene than the death of Parry. lie shrieked l n
with terror and his cries for mercy were pite- j r
ous. Hut he had been puiity of one of the c
foulest murders on record, and he must die : !
the saiety of society demanded his life. He
could not escape his fate, and lie stood with
the halter about his neck and the hatchet was '
raised to -over the eord which should launch |
him with his sins full-blown into eternity, and P
there looking upon the terrible past and the
dreadful future did he raise his voiee and utter j u
the tearful warning against the use of intoxi- j }'
catinsr drink.
\ViSI the World hear and heed the words of f'
this de-p:iirin?r man? Oh that I should "
coine to such an end ! It was rum that did ?
it." Will those who daily put an enemy in i '
their mouths to steal away their brains listen i ^
to litis voice front a murderer's-rave ' Tell "
them to leave liijiior alone; it lists been the
death of me !" Wcepimr and uroanini: as iho ; a
prave opened beUi-ath his feet he screamed. 1
? lod help me ." ' Jod foririve me lirisf ' "
as-i-t nie lo|j>'!ss rhron?rh this -t nipple!" 'l<
Titis is tto fancy picture, lejt drawn, word
for Word, from the -cone in the prison. I; ; IJ
was rum that did it."?f.'h r> lup'l JlrroUl. !'"
? ? Jo
REMARKABLE FOUNTAIN. ! 1
Tak'tur a narrow path, I passed though a '*
di-usc underwood, and all at once I stood on !
tin; hanks of Wakulla Spring. There was a
basin of watci l'?l yards in diameter, almost
circular. The thick bushes w< re srroying to ;s'
the water's edge. and bowing their heads he- !
neath the ue.rippled surface. I stepped into ,
a -kiflf. and pushed off. Some immense lishe- ' ^
attracted mv attention, and I seized a spear Jo j,
s'ril;e them. The boat man laughed, and ask- '
1 P'
< (1 iiio how far below the surface I supposed ;...
thev were. 1 answered, 'about four feet."? ;
1 S I I ! < (
lie assured me that,thev were .if least tweeii\
. : \v
tv feet from me ; and so it was. 1 he water 1
i- of the most marvellous transparency. I ; J
dropped an ordinary pin in water forty feet , (.
deep, ami saw its head with perfect distinct- j (^
ne'-s as it lay on the bottom. As we approach- ! |
cd the centre, I noticed a jagged grayish lime- i
stone rock beneath us, pierced with holes.? jlU
Through those holes one seemed to look into j
unfathomable depths. The boat moves slowly !
on, and now we hang trembling over the edge i
of the sunken cliff, and far. far below it, lies ^
a dark, yawning, uiifnthomcd abyss. From |
its gorge conies pouring forth with immense !
velocity a livinir river.
Pushing on just beyond its month, I drop- p()
pod a ten cent piece into the water, which is
iher one hundred and ninety V. f in depth, and J
I saw it elea'ly shining on the bottom. This 1
seem* incredible. I think tin; water must j
/
josses* a magnifying power. I am confident
hat the piece of money could not be so plainy
seen from the top of a tower one hundred
nd ninety feet in height. We rowed on towards
the north side and suddenly we perceiv.
d the water, the tisb, which were dartiug liitiir
and thither, the long flexible roots, and the
ride luxuriant grasses ou the bottom, all avrayd
in the most brilliant prismatic hues. The
rentlc swell occasioned by the boat gave to
he whole an undulating motiou. Death like
tillness reigned around and a more fairy-set; e
never beheld.
So great is the quantity of water here pourd
forth that it forms a river of itself, tore?
nough to float flat boats laden with cottou.?
'he planter who lives here has just transportd
his cotton to St. Marks. Near the fountain
re saw some of the remains of a mastodon
hich has been taken from it. The triauguir
bone below the knee measured six inches
n each side.
The Indian name for the fountain is beaufully
significant. Wakulla means. "The
Iystery. It is said that the Spanish disco. rcrs
plunged into it with an almost frantic
iy, supposing that they had discovered the
?ng sought "Foils Javcntutis," or "Fountain
f Youth," which should rejuvenate them al;r
all their exhausting inarches and battles.
WHY DON'T HE DO IT?
When the farmer i: ho us that a gate is bet r.
and. as a time and labor-saving tixture
leaper than a set of bars, and without enllim
i a carpenter he can himself make one ; 11
>U t IIIr do it *
When he litis no other fastenings to hi
atcs and ham thiols than a stone rolled again:
lein, and in a single evening, after supper. :
>le to make a better one; U*/>y don't In. d>
Or when he sees the boards dropping frcn
is barns and out buildings, and like heaps t
ijfbish lying in jtile.s about his premises, an
?cd only nailing on again; H'hy don't /<?.- <
Or if he is afraid of the expense of nail,
id is always crying up the maxim of I;i
ranklin, to "save pence and the pounds will
ike care of themselves," and he knows thai
ic sim.! Or. Franklin also said that many
ion are penny wise and pound foolish,"and he
not careful to think of the nivoopl contain
d in the latter; Why don'/ In do '/?
It' it is a savitn: of nearly half the rnanut"
f a fanner's stock by keeping th^ni shut up in
:trds, instead of running ai. larce through
nost of the winter; Why don't I" do it?
If he knows that many of his fields would
)C greatly improved by ditehiug, and by tic
em oval of large stumps and stones; II' /
Ion the do it?
And when he knows that his pastures wou.d
yield nearly uotftfie the feed if the busho
were all cut and subdued; Why don't h~ di
it?
And if he can add fifty per cent to the proluct
of his clover fields, and even his pastures
n* the use of gypsum; Why don't he do it?
And if a farmer of fifty atresias he should)
lave use for a good corn shelter, and one of the
nany improved faiiuinir mills, and has not .<1endv
obtained both ; Why don't h> do it ?
And it' it is cheaper, actually cheaper, to
urn dry wood than green, and to use a siov<
ustcad of an open fire place; Why don? t h
ro it?
BETTER LAUGH THAN CRY.
So say we. There's no use in rubbing one'
yes and blubbering over all ills that flesh
uir to. The best way is to stand up to the
nek, and take the good things and the evil as ,
hey collie along, without repining, ahv:*\ ?
lieering yourself with that philosophical, "b:y
luck next time."
Is dame fortune shy as a weasel ? Tell b- j
go to Jericho, and laugh in her face. 1 ne
appiest fellow we ever saw, worked hard,
lept upona plank. and hadn't a shilling in
ockct. nor even a coat unon bi> back.
Do you find disappointment lurking in man*/
place ? Then throw it away, and laugh I
our own tolly tor <o long pursuing it.
Does fame elude your grasp ? then laugh f
tie fools that are so olton her favoiites. Sh
f 110 eonseoiu nee, arid never buttered ;>i? <
f bread, or furnished a man u suit ofclotb
s your heart broken by some maiden i::*
hen thank (Jod that you escaped with y u
eok, and make the welkin ring with a hear*
mph. It lessens the weight of one's lies,
muziugly.
Take the adviee under all cireum>tar?
lj.uah dull eare away. Don't he in a Im:
?gst out of the world ; it's a very good woi
unsideriiig the creatures who inhabit it. a?
about j's full of fun as it an be. You ii.-<
r saw a mail cut his thoat with a broad gi
ti his face; it's a grand preventive of suicb
'here's philosophy and good sense, too, i
mghiug?it shows a elcar eoiiscietiee am
ncerc grr.t tude for the things of life, .*
lev:itcs us ahovc the brute creation. So ! <
oes for good humor, and we put in for <
utre while the ball is rolling.
Cuflcy of Stoiiington, Conn., a <
1 1 l t
u tv.cacnu' !ii IIM nay; alter three or Ion.
tu> of widowhood, determined to ?uair.
!u tumid a maid ready, and iiivitintr a ?rr?; t
rtv, a.sked Satire Trmuhull to tie the knot
hat worthy eNpatiateii for an hour on tin
?n tract, when ttic du>ky couple dressed up
ithin an iiieh ot their iiveH, and the aW?:it
mriujt from their faee? in torrents, during to
I usual and lengthy address, jrrew restive :
d t 'ufl'v liudin^ no end near, it la t roared
it, " .Massu Trumbull, it 'pears to ute y?>u
ivc too much pciuii-rulntioii! Dccoiuitiy
can't waitc all night for de good thing?
neidcr 1*'
The ceremony wasfjuickly tinishud after th
nburst?and tradition saith, that more chum
tign, was uncorked on that occasion than ?i
iv wedding in the town before, or since.
HaT The reason why our aristocracy puts
s servants in livery is because it fears that the
utman or eoaehman may lu* mistaken for the
aster, there is so little difference h?*twe, n
lem, either in looks, manners or speech !
Take your wiic'a first advioc, aot bor seooud.