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VOLUME V. LANCASTER, C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER L, 1850 NUMBER 33.
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PLEASANT.
It is pleasant to sit with olio's wire,
By the light of n brilliant taper,
While one's dear companion for life
I.a<>k9 over the family paper?
And now and then reads n aotig or a stoiy,
A marriage or death, or u tragedy goiy.
To feel that one's nothing to do
\ttiv to *U "I'd philosophise gravely i
murderous deed to eschew? t
Applauding the editor hrnvelv,
>\>r his tact and his talent, I.is tale.u.il his!
si i ears, !
Now waking in laughter, now- moving in tears. !
(tli! happy the man that is blest
With a w ife who run tastefully read.
Who will gixen newspaper no rest
Till its items have all gone to -*-ev',-s?
Who exclaims now and then, as she |>:-i4s up
the taper,
" \l? . il .. ..... C? I.: 1
Mi ? ???V fills' ? , ;
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Ije ]L>iUjin\ ||
[Fur tin* I ?v)iV4.<toi' Lciljror. j (
PENTECOSTAL BAPTISM AGAIN. 1
Mu l.rii' it : A.i 11?i* >n! jfrcl Iiuh l.ttc.v !
vlicilctl t??jiuc iiMciaiitii in i uiir |"ti>cr, I '
|iii|ii' \ou vi i.l ?|i? me l In- ia?or lo iiim-i t ' j
i.u ilu' en iiin1.1 iIn* l.i'ii^i'i, an extract,'s
( lining (Iii icIm, i.,ken tuna a work u?
VVMlll\ I'll'iil-lni! in lc|>l\ t>> Df. (J.ilMili j'
,,V*i v.Uom, on ii.fr Mil-J-cl of I'apt.siil.
(2l I DAM. ('
' 'On 111*.* iliv ? { 1 Viilivost, iln-n* was
l?:ij'l!.iln, Fill iin immersionActs li: 1-4. j
\iiii w I.I'll llifr il.iy ot I'l'lilt'CoM w a.? !ui- i
ly ooiiio, ilii'V were all Willi olio accoi.f mi i
one ji!.u'i'. Aii 2 mnliiciily llieic eaiiie a i
M'lin.i Itoin lieiiveli, n*> of a riislistio ru"s!? (
tv w iinl, ami il Illicit nil (In.* Iiiiiim* wiicie '
llic_v wcic sitting. Aid llicto ajijieaieil i
niiiu them cloven tongues, like im ..I lire,
ami it ?.it upon each el iliem : and the)
wi-re ail li ied with the 11<?!v tiho-t, and ;
ley;?u to speak ?uli oilier tongue*, as tlit*
spirit jjme tln-iit utterance." The efforts '
( I Iininer?icnisl.* to detrc, dipping in this '
transaction, which i* univei*uli\ recoi;
ICXed as i he Sj ii.i'm hapti-li), have pro
due-?l xiiie* i iii a.us KiM'eini- lis id' hihlica!
in'.elpietaiion. I .y the ablest <>l our op- |
ponel.t*, it is alleged llnit oil the day of
1 Vntei-okt, tl.e I hsciple* were dipped into
t!ie eiuhleiiis ol the Spirit : and while the
extraction of this ven>e from the sacred I
narrative demand* miiiiu expositi ry urge j
. unity, the *n!joined remark* will show
that this ilidi-pelisi.tde colli modi")' lias
not lieen Want in};.
l?r. Car-on allirms explicitly, that "on
the day ?f I'entecost there was a rial
bap'i?m in the tmbltms nj' (he nj ii it." ?
" 1 let lh?ciplos," he further informs n?,
"weie literal!) entered with lli.r oppcorduct
of wind and lire!'' In a similar
strain of return k*, ho speak* of "the wind
descending to till the hoi.?e, thut the Ihsoiple*
might l?o baptized in it." And
again, "they were surrounded l?y the
wind, am1 covered hy the tiro ahove.?
They were, therefore, huriod in wind ami
tire." When we reflect r?n the character j |
t . I - ?
? ! ute i.cuto aiiiuor, uic*e expressions ap I t
pear to us among tlie most extraordinary ( ;
we hf:vi? ever encountered. Only think ;
of n nil! n cot * red witli (be appearance of .
nv'VM 1* there a puilicle of meaning in i
Vlio language f Hut this doe* not form >
9tir main olijittion. When Dr. Cm rum i
represent* the wind na descending 10 fill |
l!i? liousa, apart altogether from thy ]>liil- j t
ottophy of thocate, we wc.tild rbully learn | I
the scripture authority lor igcii rvpresen- 1 I
tation. 1)ooh the Hilda state that the ' ?
boose was filled with wind ? lathe mere.I { j
penman responsible for the airy baplislr- i <
rium, which immersion genius ha* con-1.
trueted. W., reply with on unfaltering i
negative * I
The passage supplies po ground for the !
/insertion that th<} house was filled with t
ytrind, nor is the existence of wind, on the |
occasion, in evidence. The Evangelist >
simply affirm* tloit there w mm a sound us /
<?f a rtithing mighty wind ; and that the
sound filled the apartment where the l>)s- t
cipleo were assembled. lie, therefore, *
stands pledged merely for the fact of the i
soun I, ami the circumstance of i** aimi- t
inritv to the utterance of the tempest, I
without implying that there was, in renin I
ly, any atmospheric commotion, or ennse- t
ipietitly Any filling of tho.house with wind, *
On tins text the Haptist can make out no il
Case fur dipping, oil tho ground occupied t
by his modern leader; or if hp. will per <
list in immersing the Ifisciple* in Vcntccos s
lal wind, he must first provide tjiat ele- t
tnent, a solitary breath of which, no far as c
we learn from Scripture, never entered the u
chamber in which baptism with the spirit f
was administered. Whether on the an- fi
thority of '.his construction, a more adven c
turous polemic may undertake the defence j
pf a " real baptism " in sound and fire, t
mutt lie left to tiiafurther revelation of the o
controversy. r
Immersion baptism is not supported ii
yven by l)r. Carson's exposition of this i
prxt. There was, ho maintains, a u rtnl i<
, mine nu hi so uumiis in terms, lit;
hat Jliero was " no dipping." How bin- of
pilar ibe admission from a writer, many cij
f whose Lesi Jays xvere spent, in assert- tin
ng against all opposition, iliat Bartizo im
neatis tlij), and nothiut/ but <lit>f Well as
t is comfortable for the l'edo-baptist to sic
liiuk, amid the scorn so liberally pouted \v<
ipon his system, t\.al, iu the }ndgtnent of th
>r. Carson himself, there may l>o a ' real tin
kiptixm" where there is no tlippitip or no
tntnersion. indeed, wc could scarcely scl
onceivo of a testimony more forcible, as let
(gainst identifying immersion with bap th
sin. The 1 bsciplea having come togelli- wr
r, the wind, if you will, and the lire, as bit
mh'einsof the Spit it, entered the place of let
heir assemblage ; and there was admin in
stored that heavenly baptism, which had th
ecu predicted successfully by Joint, ami pr
x our Savior. The emblems came upon po
he Ibsciples; the 1 >iscipies were not din- pa
>ed into the cubh-tns. " Their baptism," to avs
Varson, "consisted in being sur- th
niit.ded with the wind, tiotrn the maimer no
a which the wind came;" and we lake cil
eave tn add, certainly not in the wnwr, foi
ii w hich the i.hseiples came iu'.o?eontucl lay
villi the wind. It language have mean gr
ng, lu re is a baptism without regard to in
uunher or mmh', ami admitted t?i be so, of
v an author, whose fundamental position itv
s, that "bsptizo ncrer expresses anptXinp im
iut moth-." An ntl nipt is made to recon- ciit
ile tlu-se contradictions, by alleging tliat, I toi
n referenee to tbo Venteeostal ctfinr.on, the .
i-rin I-aptism is nse.li in a eataclircstic, or atl
ioiii i ixv acceptation. Hilt does not this roi
iitually abuluhm tbe dogma of a " real I tr?
iMplisin " iu the embleiiiH of the Ilolv fill
spnii au l xvhere is the consistency of th
ie-eiiting for our accent alien. a real*!?. i.n ol
lie J'.>_ , and on lb?' next, disappointing lli
i>. k\ iiuusformiiig tho reality into a cu/- or
/{ A ri .sii, a rii/me of .Sj/ricJj. ? 'i'l.u procw at
Jure wo pronounce extraordinary ami nil- ; re|
11tiH i 1.1o. It bears on our tniuJ tIte im- ! "j
lessioii, tlint figure lias been summoned 11?
o i be rescue of fuel, bee a use a seal ini- If
neisioii is found iiicoinpa?ibU *ith I ?r. I>
Jiir*?>:i'? own exposition. (i:
I be correct interpretation discovers in
lie passage only one emblem of tbe Spirit, ,
not tins completely explodes i >r. ("ar-oii's ; ie:
alaelirestic immersion. That the place , S|
a as filled w ii 4 wind, is au mjxctiipiurnl j pi'
mJ groundless faticv ; tliat it was lilled i tli
nilli a certain sound, is clearly expressive , lb
>f tbe means by wliicb (ioii at traded tlio j ly
Mention o| tbe disciples, t<> tbe approach | tli
>! ibe miraculous bles-iuj*. When the j iui
l.ord makes himself known, in tbe way of | trs
uperualiiral disclosure, tbe niaiiifestation , re
s cominouly preceded by some prcparato- j to
v ciicuiustaiices of an impre?M\o cliarae- j Sj
er. 'iiiis, in tbe wondrous rpipbany wi
uade to Kbjali in llie Cave at Mount IIo ' II
el; wind, and earllupiakc, and lire sue- j in
essividy went In fore tbat "stili small! rei
>oicc," in \vlii? h tin? po phot icverentlv Iti:
recognized llit; i?11111 i: t** presence t.f la
loi?y. In like llinntior, a round as of the lei
usling ti til pes I, ptei-ides the appearance so
f those It nguea 4?f lire, in which every I tu
nan instantly percent * 11 4* appropriate gv
nil.lein of that wondtiflil gift of t? ; II
lij which the spirit tpialiflcd the coiuu.is j in
tiniieil Apostle tor the evangelization ?.| tli
he world. The sound was preparatory ; ar
lie divided tongues as of fire, constituted ce
he significant emblem. On this ground, foi
hen, we dispose of tlie last vestige of h 1 inj
atachrestic immersion ; w hile we reiterate I cli
l>r. Curst ,i*8 statement and admission. |
hat there was "a real Liptitm," though j fat
hvic was vo dipping" I lie elicngth o! set
lie aigiinn lit against exclusive immersion,! a
leiived Iroin tlm 1 Yulci-netal baptism, ad | is
nits i f no fuller development. We lire | jk>
har get I l-y l>r. Carson with confounding! w?
lungs that differ, when w e call the out* i up
attiring of tho Spirit a baptism; nut!' iui
hough the charge remains unproved, he no
ins attempted to explain it. " WaUr," tin
le says, " is poured out into a vessel in > tli?
mice 19 have things put into it. Hut the ch
x>uring out of the waive, and the applied- \V
ion of the water so poured ou\, are differ* ho
ut things. Water is poured into a hath, is i
n order to immerse tho feet cr the body, or
rut the immertion is not the poypiny.? in;
fowr, our Qmtonenlt Qoufound these two do
hings. liecaUM the Spirit is saiii to be sy
toured out in order to the baptism of the for
spirit, lhey grouiwlleaslv conclude that the Ihi
muring is the bapti*m.,t to
Such are the positions taken hy 1 ?r. sin
Jar son, ami that they are utterly ilidefeii- eai
ible, we are prepared to show, by the ou
ividynce of Scripture, respectiuo tliu b?j>- is
ism of llni Spirit. I.giihc following re- sal
narks bo duly weighed. The IViliocostal wa
lupliam does not exemplify the two opera Tli
ions of pouring and immersion Water, hii
v.- are told, is poured into a vessel, in or* elk
ler that the hotjy may lit wholly or par- an
ially dipped. T?,?i* process we can un- art
h-rstand. tha two oarfs o?' wl.i. li it t?.
iilo, are n* clear hi n tun ben in. Hut on
he day of lViilecoHt, *e encounter only pa
me |>ari of the proc**a, while tho oilier i* mi
101 merely omilletl in the narrative, but f<>r
at.not be reconciled with the recorded ?y>
acts. The [I<?!y Spirit deaccnd* in a pe- all
uliaily imlruclive emblem, nnd the l>i$ci* <?tn
ile* arc baptized In the apartment where
her had aaaemlded. What ii tho mode tiv
>t thin baptism t We are charged with noi
onfounding thing* that differ, with fail- dn
ag to diecriminate between |>ooiiiig and ba|
i nine won. Hut in ll.ii iiutauce, where ba|
? tho immenion. Whoever may have tm
en tlio emblems i f the Spirit, on the day i
l'eutecost, they descended upon the lJis- i
ilea, the Disciples were not -lipped into !*
i-m. Watoi is poured out in order to l
inersion ; hut the Spirit was poured out i
n baptism, and not in order to iimucr- I
>n. it is eas.y to perceive what process i
>uld have realize-) the Baptist view of I
is solemn transaction. The emblems of j i
u Spirit must have lirst tilled the apart- j
lit, as ilie water iapouied into the ves i
; and then the Disciples must have been .
down into this baptizing element, us i
e body is dipped into the poured out
iter. Now, the day of l'entecost exlii
.s the ilexctul, or the pouring, for both |
ins aro applied to it, while we search
vain for the immersion. The part of
e operation which consists in t ton ring
esenis itself to every eye will our opitictila
bo good eixoug.h to produce the
ri whivh consists ia immersion! (!od
-lilies ?.-) the descent of the einhletna of
r Spit i; upon the I >!scipl?s; hut Hod has
t testified to the immersion of the Dis- i
>h-? into the euihieius ol'llie Spisit. The
rvu.er, lhcrvl'--w, v-e receive as tb-e tvstiuio- |
id tiod ', the latter wo repudiate as the j
oil la 1 less Uacliilig ol man. We believe j
J'eiiteeoslal baptism, as the fulfillment j
the prcdicliou witcicd by John,, and re- j
rated by Jesus ; we reject iVnteeostal ;
lUiersioS, because there was " no dip*
ug," ami nothing, i* fact, which can bo
nhi?-*l into an act of immersion.
Oilier Sciipture allusions to pouring or
'usion, as the Spirit's haptisiu. leave no
i-iii for iinmersioii. This hanlism is in I
luce-1 in Acts xi : 10-17, as the fill- I
Isuent of the prediction by Joel; " In
e last days, suith tio*l, I will jtotir out
my Spirit ujton all ll.-sii John v : 3:1; I
c same blessing is said to he thed forth,
l^onral ox/, by the Savior, then exalte*]
the right lii*ti?l ot Ond x Chapter x :: 15,
presents It * gilt of the Holy (iliost as |
tujrrd out jti the (Leatiles am! when j
e lloly (Jiiosl fill on ihe dcntiles: xi: I
i. IVtcr rcmeuitwred "the word of the
)rd, how that he said, ^ e shall he Imp
<<! irith /In- Holy (/host
I et us now ascertain whether the pouro,
mentioned m these t ?> -*! i monies, cot UoicJa
wi?h Dr. Carson's view of lite
iif't's haj>!nu, " Water," says he, "is
ured into a hath in order to UAinerse
e feel or the body." lint what saith
e Scriptuse J ha the Spirit emblematicalpoured
into some receptacle, in order
at the candidates for baptism may he
tmersed in his influences ? On the eon
try, the baptizing element is uniformly
picsented as poured out ii/xm the vhject
he baptized. " I will pour out of my
lint v/ioii tillJttah.'" " Oil the Gentiles
is jtourcil out the gift of the Holy (ihost."
te Spirit is not poured out in order to iineisiou
; but the Spirit is poured out dimly
on the objects to he benefitted by
s gracious influences. The pouring
kes place under circumstances which
ivo mo room for iiumcrsi<5%. Dr. Carn
imagines a process, for which thescripm
affords no warrant, when he distinlislo's
the pouring from the fmptism.?
.ere is lot, and there cannot he, an 1111i?r?i.-n
into the poured out emblems of
e Sjunt, say ply beQause these emblems
c poured out upon the parlies, who rei\
4* ilttj Siririi'* liunliain 1
- | - v.-! ? " imr, IIICIC* I
rr, a baptism administered by pottrg,
in such circumstance* aa utterly pie* ,
ivie the possibility of dipping.
Our reasoning in not disturbed by the
l, that the agency of the Spirit is repremod
under a variety of emblems. As
dove, I < is said to alight; as dew, he
said to tlistil; as water, lie is said to be '
ured out or sprinkled, and so on. Now,
rare challenged to produce a reason for
plying to baptism, any one of these
laics in preference to another. Why (
I baptize by some process resembling
u gciillo distillation of tbe dew, or the
lit of the dove, aud i.s alighting on its
osen perch f Our answer is at hand,
e reject the inodo of gentle distillation,
causo the appointed element in baptism
not dew ; we adopt the mode of pouring ,
sprinkling, because the appointed cle i)t
is water, Tliia mode, however, we ,
not advocate on the principle that it
tjibolizc* the ojlpouriug of the Spirit; ,
we entirely ngrey with l>r. Carson,
at i.n emblem of an emblem is opposed ,
the laws of langungo. Our view is
it pie, and we apprehend it will not be ;
tllv 0'. v TllirOWII. The einhlamatiosl I
(pouring of tlie Spirit u|*?n the subject,
the Spirit'# bnptmm ; %% l?y not, on the ,
me principle, recognize the outpouring of |
iter upon (he nulgrrt, m wot or baptism?
c Spirit, wo rr.ny be told, accommodate* ,
irnelf to the ?mblem ; but thi? does out
net lite reality of b.'iptiaig by pouring ; |
d indeed wo ?ro awnm of no Uaptist, t
fuiuc-nt pi?*crfiij Ql?ou?h Iq dijdodgo us (
in our |MMition, 1
l)r. Carson ntlipua Oud, Uie Spirit was
urcd o?/, in order thnt tbe Disciples j
gbt l?? immersed ; but the Scripture in
in* us tbAt tbe Spirit was poured out
nn tht DittijUa ; tbuA holding forth to I j
Ages the solemn act of baptism witht
iiumeraien.
IVnteci*t:?l baptism teacher nuthoriln t
elv the great Icmmoii that immersion it ?
I the essence of the ordinance. On the <
/ of IVnleccst, God exemplified a ''real ?
pli.Mii;" but there w ma "no dipping." Tliit I
pti-m, most dignified in its.-if. ami most t
ii'iciitous to the interests of the church, *
lie Great Head of Zion took under his own
inmediate superintendence. Why, then,
J id not he who posses all power, adminis nq
ler the real baptism with the emblems of kj|
die Spirit, by a real dipping into the em- |m
Idems of the Spirit ? However we may |0j
account for it, the fact is undeniable. One
reason appears to he, that in the o>o of ea
infinite wisdom, the Christian Church, at so
the very hour of her nativity, needed an j r(t!
impressive lesson against the encroaching
tendency of modes and forms. The day
of Pentecost bore witness to God's esInnate
of the necessity of iinmerciou in wi
baptism. It told the Disciples, it tells the
world, that Jesus Christ fulfilled his promise
to baptize with the lloly Spirit, by an i,t
observance in which the act of dipping ! w
had neither lot nor part, and mode of any (>1
kind occupied a very subordinate posi
lion." ul
THE BIBLE.
Some writer gives the following analv- r,,
.-.is to the " hood of hooks," the Uible *. i s|,
U is a book of laws, to show tho/igfit J ,J,
and the wrong. p
It is a boo); of wisdom, that makes the
foolish wise. ot
It is a hook of truth, which detects all |,>
human errors. th
It is a book of life, that shows how to jL.
avoid fvenljwsling death.
It is the most authentic and entertaining
history ever published.
It contains the most remote antiquities, (],
the most remarkable events and reiisurkabio
occurences. at
it i> a complete code of laws. ?t,
It in ii perfect I ??*ly ?>t Ihviuitv.
It is hii une<]uallcd{iia??ivtive, . ct
It is h book of biography.. tc
It is a book of voyaged.
It is the best covenant ever made : the i,4
boat deed ever wri'teii. tt.
l.t is I lie lest will ever executed; the i?
best testament ever signed. j.j,
It is the young man's dictionary, and
i'very man's directory. f,,
It promises an eternal reward to the |lt
faithful and believing. j,.
Itnt that which cLowusa.ll is the An- w
ihor. jH
lie is without partiality, ami without
hypocrisy ; " with whom there is no vari cj
blenesr, neither shadow of turning." ,K
iHiordlaiuj. *
ETHAN ALLEN. ft
A good story is tolil of that raro old th
patriot. Col. Ktlinn Allen, whose services lIi
in tbo "',it^< s that tried men's souls" were nr
oniy eqiiallnJ by bis daring assertions ot lu
the right of private opinion in theological W
inatteia. A well know n divine pastor, of lei
the village church, called one evening on sit
the Colonel, and while enjoying his true sv
New England hospitality at the supper
table, the conversation turned upon church ni
matters. in
Quoth the minister, "Colonel, how does at
it happen that a man of your extensive in- ru
tluenco and information lias never seen it h<
it his duty to join our society. Von knowwe
want laborers in the viinard?especial- li)
ly such laborers as you are. Your exam- dt
pin would tend gieatly to strengihen our to
iianda and fortify our hearts against Ui?
itiro assaults of the evil one." di
44 Weil, brother," leplied Alb ;j, "I have le;
often, thought as you do about the bosi- ] hi
ncss.m.d ?>ne day 1 had alinoM mad- my i o?l
mind 11j fall into tin- rank*, l?i?t lliat night hi
I had rt dream which caused ino to give! fu
it up. j hi
' Ah!" exclaimed tho minister, " what, ?n
Jul you dream I" it
" Well, I thought I was standing ai the ra
entrance of I'aradisc, and saw a man go ?i,
up ami knock. eti
" Who's that ?" asked a voice from
within. j],
" A friend wishing admittance," wax the
" ply. fa
The door was opened, nnd the keeper
itepned out. j,,
" Well, sir, to what denomination did jn
yon belong down yonder j"
" 1 am an Episcopalian," replied the .(j(
candidate for adiuiMton. jM,
"(Jo in, then, and take a seal near the i
J jor, on the East side."
Just then another stepped up; he was n
I'rcwhyterian, and tho guardian directed! ^
liim to take a seat.
A large number were admitted, and re- ] *n
eived directions, where to Rent themselves*.
I then stopped up to the entrance.
"Well, who are yon ?" asked the guarlinn.
" I am neither. U?gh Churchman, Prea vterian,
Lutheran, CaJtnnUt, Catholic w<
tor Jew ; hut I ant that old Lilian Allen, - 1
JihI you probably have he.vd of from he- at"
ow.
' What! the rj)*9 U;at took Ticondero- **'
{a r cl?
"Tlx Minf,f'l rajiiiiil.
" All right, Klhan," raid he, "just step. ?"
n ami sit down wherever you please. w'
Att*sd to voir own Iksisrsa.? A ue
nan who had become rich hy his own ex- ret
?rtion*, am asked b/ a friend the secret
>f his success. " I liavo accumulated," inj
eplie.l he, "hIkmiI one half my property hit
y attending strictly to my own business, wi
md the other half hy letting other people's he
done."
THE HERO WOMAN.
In the shadows of the Wiseahiken woods
t more than a half mile from theSchulyII
there stood in the time of the lievotiou,
a quaint old fabric, built of mingled
ajs and stone, and eacirt-led by a palide
of wall. It had heea erected in the
nior days of William lVnn, perhaps
me years before tire great apostle of
ace trod our shores?as a block-house,
tended as a defence against the Indians.
And now it stood with its many roofs,
numerous chimneys, its massive square
indotvs, its varied front of logs and stone,
encircling wall, through which admitncc
was gained by a large and stoutly
lilt gate; it stood in the midst of a wood,
ith age worn trees enclosing its veteran
illine on every side.
From its western window you might
itaiu a glimpse of the Schuylkill waves,
liiio a Irtige casement of the southern
jut commanded a view of the winding
a<l as it sunk out of view under the
a>!e of thickly ciusteicd houghs, into a
ep hollow, not more than a hundred
n>U from the mansion.
Ilero, from tho southern casement, on
io of those balmy summer days which
ok in upon the dreary autumn, toward
c close of November, a farmer's daughr
was gazing with dilating eyes and
nspeU hands.
Well ungiil site ga/.j earnestly to the
nth, and listen with painful intensity 'or
e slightest sound !. Her brothers were
v?y with the armies of Washington,
id her father, a grim old veteran?he
nod six feel three inches in his stockings
-who.hud manifested his hate for the red
mt invaders in many u hard fought const,
Lad that morning left her alone in
ic old mansion, alone in this small chain r,
in charge of some ammunition in1)1!
1*1 1 fl.r U ! I t?? I or.n-.. ( .""-s? -1
.v. .? V.?|.U v. t .11 iui:iftUOUl
joiu the I??>.->ts df freedom. Even as
ie stood there, gazing out of the south 11
window, a faint glimpse of sunlight
an the faded leaves above, pouring over
r mild face, shaded by clustering brown
lir, there not t?n paces from her side,
etc seven loaucd rdles and a keg of
nvder.
Leaning from the casement, she lLtenI
with every nerve qui\ering with Misuse
to the shouts of combatants, the
nried tread of armed men, echoing from
e south.
There was something very beautiful in
at picture ! The form of the young
rl, trained by thes<piare massive window,
e contrast between the rough limbers
at enclosed her, and tlie rounded face,
e lips parting, the hazel eye dilating,
id the check warming and flushing with
)po and fear; there was something very
lautiful in that picture, a young girl
lining from the window of an old man>ti,
with her brown hair waving in glosmasses
around her face.
Suddenly the shouts of the south grew
rarer, and then, emerging from the deep
>llo\v, there canic an old man, running
full speed, yet every few paces turning
uiiil to fire the rifle, which he loaded as
j ran. lie was pursued by ten or more
ritish soldiers who came rushing on w ith
ted bayonets, as if to strike their victim
>wn, ere ho Advanced ten paces nearer
the bouse.
On and on ti;e old man came, while his
itighler, quivering with suspense, hung
uiui?n<>111 the window ; ho reaches the
ock house gate?look ! 1 Ie is surround
I, their muskets arc leveled at his head ;
; is down, down ut their feet grappling
r his lif.-! Hut look again ! lie dashes
s foe aside, with one bold movement he
rings through the gate, an instant, and
is locked ; the British soldiers, mad with
ge, gaze upon the high walls of log and
one, and \ent their anger mi drunken
trees.
Now look to yonder window ! Where
e young gul stood a moment ago, (juicing
w ilh suspense, as she la-held her
ther struggling for his life, now stands
o old man himself, his brow bared, his
in<l grasping the rille, while his gray
iirs wave back front Ins wrinkled and
nod dabbled face! TbaJ, was ? fine
dure of an old veteran, nerved for hit
st fight; a stout warrior preparing for
* death htruggle!
Heath struggle f Yes!?for the old
an Isaac W ampo'.e, had dealt too many
rd blows among the Hritish soldiers,
eked, foiled, cheated them too often to
cape now. A few moments longer and
ey would be reinforced by a ftrong pnr?-f
refugees; ihe powder, the arms in the
) block house, perhaps that daughter
rself, was to ho their reward. There
i* bcitKuly ft hope for the old man, and
t be had determined to make a deeperj
tight.
" We most blufl' off those rascals!" he
d with a grim smile, turning to his
ild. " Now, Bess, my girl, when I tire
is rillo do you hand me another, ami so
, until the w hole eight arc tired ! That
II keep them on the other side of the
ill, for a few moments nt least, and then
i will have to trust to Uod for the
it r
Lx>k down there and see a hand stoalj
over the wall! The old man levels
i piece?that British officer falls hack
Ih a crushed liand upon his comrades1
ad*.
No longer quivering with suspense, hut
| growing suddenly firm, llio youggirl pas- 1<
j hos n loaded rillo to the veteran's grasp, l<
hihI silently waits the result. fi
J'or a moment all is silent below ; the
13ritis.li l?ravos are somewhat loth to try II
the wall, when a stout old rebel, rillo in v
hand is looking from yauder window !? | t
There is a pause?low, deep murinurf, 1 n
1 they are holding council. ! f
j A moment is gone, and nine heads are I i
j thrust above the wa.ll at one?liark ! One i
J?two?three! The old man lias fired <
t three shots, there are three dying men, i
I groveling in the yard, beneath the shad- i
( o\v of the wall! '
j "(Juick, Hess, the riles!" I
And the brave girl passes tlio rities to
her fatiiei's grasp j there nro four shots, <
j one after the other ; three more soldiers v
I falI back like weights of lead upon the a
j ground, and a single red coat is seen slow- ! t
ly mounting to the top of the w all, his eye r
fixed upon the door, which he will force I
ere a moment is gone ! s
Now the but ball is fired, the old man t
stands there in that second window, his t
hands vainly grasping for another ritl< !? .
I At this moment, the wounded and dying >
hanel below are joined by a party of some 1
twenty refugees, who, clad in their half
rohber uniform, come rushing from the '
woods, and with one hound uro leaping
from the summit of the wall !
" v^aick, Hess, my rifle !" t
And look there?even while the veto- t
ran stood looking out upon his foes,.the n
brave girl?for, slender in form, and wild- |
ly beautiful in face, she is a brave girl a
4 Hero Woman'?had managed as if by v
instinctive impulse to load a rillo. Sbi>|i
handed it to her father, ard then loaded !
another and another. Wasn't that aL
bcautiful sight! A fair young girl, grasp- j!
ing powder and ball, with ramrod rising | r
uul falling in her slender fingers. r
Now look down the wall again. Tlio i >
refugees are clambering over its sumiu-it [
?again a horror cry, an<l auothei wou?- s
ded man toppled down upon li s dead and \
dying eou lades! r
Hut now lo<>k ! A smoke rises there, ^
a tire blazes up around the wall; they \
have tired the pa'.o. A moment, and 'lie n
holt and the look will bo burnt from its fc
see Lets? th* passage w ill bo free. Now Cj
is the fiery moment of the old man's trial. *
While his bravo daughter loads ho con tin- }
u?? to fire. He falls ; ho falls with a in us- |
ket ball driven into his breast?the daughter's
outstretched arms receive the latter, j (
as with the blood spouting from his wound (
bo topples back from the window. f
Ah, it is a sad and terrible picture ! c
That oh! man writhing there on the ^
oaken lloor, thu young daughter bending ' r
over hiin, the light from the window y
streaming over her face, over her father's ?
gray hairs, while the ancient furniture of J
the small chamber affords u dim back- j
gtouiul to the scene. v
Now hark ! the sound of axes at the |
hall door?shouts?hurrahs?curses ! a
4 We have the old rebel, at last!'
The old man raised bis head at that t
sound ; made another effort to rise ; j
clutches for a rille, and then falls again, |
his eyes glaring, as the fierce pain of the c
wound qmrers through his heart.
Now watch tlie movement of that e
daughter. Silently she loads a tide, silent- a
ly she rests the barrel agiinst the head of t
that powder keg, and then, placing her v
linger on the trigger, stands over her fa- |,
ther's form, while the shouts of the enraged
soldiers come thundering from the '
stairs. Yes, they have broken the hall
door to fragments; they are in possession
of the old block house, they are rushing
for thM chamber with murder in their (
hearts and in their glaring eyes ! Had the
old man a thousand lives, they are not j,
worth a farthing's purchase now.
Still that girl?growing suddenly white
as the handkerchief round her nock?
stands there, trembling from bead to foot t
tlio ritle in her hand, its dark tube laid d
agsinst the powder keg.
The door is buiat open?look there ! v
Stout forms are in the door, way, with I'
muakets iu their hands, grim faces stain- d
ed with blood stare into the chamber. n
Now, as if her veiy soul was coined in- 1
to the words, the young girl, pale as ashes,
her hazel eye glaring with deathly *'
light, utters this short yet meaning ^
speech.
Advance one step into the room, and
I will tire this ritle into the powder there!' 0
No oath quivers from the lips of that ?
girl, to confirm her resolution, but there
she stands alone with her wounded father,
and yet not a soldier dare cross the 8
threshold. Lnibrucd as they arc in deeds
of blood* there is something terrible to K
these tneu in the simple words of that
young girl, who stands there with the ri- .
tie laiJ against the keg of powder.
'?li?r stood spell bound on the threshold
of that chamber. 11
At last one bolder than the rest, a bra- ?
vo, whose face is half concealed in a thick j
red board, grasps bis musket and levels it
at tho young girl's breast. ?
Stand back, or by , I will fire.'
Still tho girl is firm, the bravo advan ^
cos a step, and then starts back. The
sharp "click' of that rifle falls with au un- |,
pleasant emphasis upon his car. ?
Hess, I am dying,' gasps the old man
faintly extending his arms. Mia, ha. we d
foiled tho I'ritishcrs. C.miio daughter, ?
*
:neel here, and say a prayer I or me, and
st inc feel your warm breath on in* face,
or I am cold?O, dark and cold !"
Look ! As ihoso trembling accents full
rom the old man's tongue, those fingers
inloose their hold of the rillo, already the
roopera nre secure of one victim at least,
i young and beautiful girl ; for affection
or father is mastering the heroism of the
r.omeut?look ! She is about to spring
nto his arms! But now she sees her
lunger. Again she clutches the rifle ;
(gain, although her father's dying accents
us in her cars, stands there, prepared to
icalter tho house in mitts, if a single rough
land assails that veteran hum.
'there are a few brief, leirinlc n n cnte
}f suspense. Then r\ hntrie'l sr.r:; ! far
lovvn the mansion ; then i contest en the
ilairs ; then the echo of rifle ?hot, ami
he light of the tifle bin 7.0, then those
u ilia its in tho door-way fell crushed
>eforo the strong arms of Continental
oldiers. Then lite wild shriek quivers
hrough the room, and that young girl?
hat Hero Woman,with one bound springs
nto her brother's arms, and nestles there,
\hile her dead father, his fu?m yet warm
ays with lixed eye-balls upon the floor,
FRANKLIN'S OPINION OF FREE
SPEECH.
In Spark's edition of Franklin's works.
?nder the head of Political Economy,
hose people at the North who aro crying
doud lor free speech, may read as folows:
" But 1 have been at a loss to imagine
in? that may not be construed an infringeneat
of the sacred liberty of the press.?
U length, however, I think I have found
mo that, instead of diminishing general
IxTty, slvdl augment it, which is by
(. storing to the people a species of liberty,
>f which they have been deprived by our
aws?b mean the liberty of the cudgol.
u the rude state of society prior to tho
ixiakmce of la we, if one man gave another
II lan.Miarvo tl.a ..1,1
.. ^ iiiv itnivmcu ycioviJ ?? uuiu
v'urn it by a bo* on tbe car, an J, if reicak-d,
by a good drubbing; nnd litis
without offending against any law. But
low the right of making such return is
lonied, nnd they are punished as breaches
>f the peace, while the right of abusing
*p: m? to be in full foree, the laws in ado
igainst it being rendered inetVectual by the
ibe-KV of the prers.
u My proposal, then, is to le?re tho lib>rty
of the press untouched, ?<"> bo cxer'ise
bin its full extent, force am) vigor;
<ut *o n?jrmit the liberty of tho cudgel to
jo w ?I: 'ii. 'j\tn j (hi;a. *vbw?, my foll/jw
itizenc.-if an impudent writer attack*your
epntaticn, dearer to you porhaps than
our life, and puts his name to the charge,
ou may go to him openly and break his
icad. If he conceals himself behind the
trintcr and yon-can nevertheless discover
vho lie is, yon may in like manner wayflV
him ill |Ka- niivht
J ...v V, .UU.V Il 1*1141 UCIIIHU| .
ind Rive him n good drubbing.
" If, however, it should be iliougbt that
his proposal of irvine nvay disturb the
itihlic peace, I would then humbly roeomnend
to our Icgislatom to take up tho
ousideratio'.i cf both liberties, that of tho
uess and that of tho cudgel, and by an
explicit law make their extent ntul limits ;
ind, at tho same time, that they secure
ho person of a citizen from assaults, they
ronld likewise provide for tho security of
lis reputation."
' FOR THE END OF TK08E THINGS
IS DEATH.'*
The following appeared under tho head
f "A Joint Conckun," in the Prohibiiuiiist
for April 1854 :?
A tradesman, in one of tiic West India Isolds,
advertises for sale,
Itest London Wine, and
Corns FcRtuTiruc.
To this wo now subjoin a like fact, ruenioncd
in a volume of Addresses, by the
istingnished lecturer, Dr. Charles Jowett.
A friend of his own, residing in Conentrv,
It. I., came into possession c>f the
enf of an account book, on which a poor
Irunkard had been charged with a quart
if gin a day, for five successive da; s. On
lie night of the fifth day, he died ill n
ruuken fit ; and the charge on the rumfiler's
book for the sixth day was, 41 To
're yards cl?fh, for Winding Sheet."
Muggins lias a sharp porter. This
Imp returned from the uost tliw
llier day with Muggins' papers, and in rmed
that individual that there was a
titer in the post oflice that lie could no>
ct.
"Couldn't got it; why couldn't you
et it, you stupid!"
44 There's five cents to pay on it."
44 Why didn't you pay for it f" naked
Itipgins, with indignation.
' 1 hadn't cunts enough !" replied the
rchin, grinning archly.
44 You fool!" said Muggins, storming,
here, take thir five cents nnd get that
sttor iu littlo lew) than no time !"'
44 No use, I tell you," replied the fellow,
they won't let me have it."
44 The dickens they won't?I'd like to
now the reason 1"
44 Bekase," replied the fellow, (looking
ack to see that the door was open,) 44 beaft
the letter teas not for yon /"
The chap retreated from the room and*
enlv, while an inkstand followed his nog*
ing at a speed of nhout 44