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'WJtW A T^T?>sW7TfTT T? T? A WVIfTO TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM] '' t xx an pniox o it uin jn x*. 1* t?' i? ni'iiitirAia viaiiiAN'oii." [PAYABLE IN ADVAW^fe BY DAVIS ^ CREWS. ABBEVILLE," S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1859. VOL. XVI NO lT - . 1 1 ... > , |, n i ?. i in"' y i j ii iihi * in , ?? mi Wfrin From the Warerly Magazine. | croft, and that tl 1CV wora tintv r?li*v I ?1.2? 'Pi.~ ?-- ? . t- ^ * ' 1 '* ' * '* -* AN ADVENTURE ON THE ATLANTIC. 1)T QKO110K R. KIN'GSMILT/. It was ft beariVifnl morning in tbe bloom'!ng month of May, 18?, that the good Nhip Falcon sailed majestically out of New i Vork harbor into tho broad Atlantic, j bound for tho distant shores of okl Eng. ; ^and. A9 she got farther out into the j fceft, and as cno object after another on the 'American coast disappeared from view, the ^assehgers (nbout fifty in number.) gathered iheiWselves on the deck, in groups, and Borao to take a ''last fond look" at tlie declining shores of, to many of them, their ; "native land. i 'I selected ;i spot where I could admire tlio scene and give indulgence to my feelings without beiner interrupted bv mv fel ?ow-passengers, afcd lliero with moistened 'eye and aching heart I gated upon the fleeting hills of that much loved land, the land where I was born. Aa thus I stood,sad and painful thoughts "Occupied my mind, and questions, which toaught but time, that works out all things, could give to mo an answer, rose in my mind and carried mo back to fondly Remembered, endearing scenes of a dear old home buried in the vr.lleys far, far beyond the towering lulls that were so quickly disappearing from my view. Would I ever again set foot upon that ian'l which I vras leaving each moment farther and farther behind mo ? Would I over again cross the threshold of the dear old house, tho house whero I was burn ? Would I ever again clasp my aged parents to my bosom, or was I destined never to I'chold them more ? My mind ran back lo the fondly loved scenes of my childhood the school house, the ul-1 dominie, thu grassy play ground, tho companions of my youthful days ; all, all rushed quickly through Tin- memory and made the dew of borrow rise into mine eyes. I knew that tot that very moment, rs always was their wont on such beautiful evenings, my tinrc Wspriukled parents, if in heahh, Xvou'.d be sitting at the cottage door enjoying the cool refreshing atmosphere of an evening In Ms ly, conversing perhaps of mo, their only son, who was frv away from tJ'.em on the stormy, uncertain bosom of the deep Atlantic, with U'.t a te\v frail planks between me and life. As thus I stood I was startled from my reverie i?y a lemaie voice near me exclaiming in earnest sorrowful ncc.cnts, "Happy, lovely li.nd, farewell and turr.mg lo see from whence ibc Voice ?>Veceeded, I pc-r'ceived at a short distance from mo two ladies whom I had not before observed, engaged in the same occupation as myself. I at once conjectured them to be mother ?nd daughter ; from tho resemblance which they bore to each o! her, and Irotti their general appearance. The elder one wits a iniddle-aged, pleasant-looking, ladylike woman, nttiicd in deeping mourning, While her companion war. a lovely young creature, with a blooming countenance, the very picture of health and good nature ; her raven black tresses hung in graceful curls down upon n paiv of shoulders of alabaster whiteness, and of the most beautiful mould ; her eves Wnrn dark am! unlike moat black eyes, thcv had a mild expression in tlicm ; the lashes were long ami silky, and upon tlio end of tliem there hung a pearly tear. 'Mother,' said the young lady, and I recognized the voice as the ono that had broken in upon my reverie \ 'take i> last look at the American shore, for the gathering darkness will soon have shut it out from our view.' 'My sight is not like yours, Riy child,' replied the elder ladv, 'for already has the land disappeared from me ; and as tho hight air is not gootl for us'Iet us enter the cabihi* l^ey left the ttecK?fi.yid in a few moments more darkncfi^b-jul stolen over tho .bosom of the hjighty deep and shut from my view mo uiaiant.shores ot my native & tand ; bo, following- tlio example of my . . - .fellow-pnsiengor^ t went below. For the nekt* fojjr. or five days all Wbo were not ntcUBtomed to nailing were confined to tbeir berths by that disagreeable >i 1- - i ' > viuuni Dow oivnuw, tuiuu^ll WlllCfl ail must pass who wish to enjcy a trip on the foanrty billow. But ns they became Accustomed to the molion of the vessel they became convalescent and made their appearance on deck, until in a few days all were entirely recovered and were eDgaged in forming acquaintance with .their fellow-' Ija^ngeifror endeavoring to gat up some excitement to enable them to pnss off the tiro* which hung bo heavily upon tbeii liands. . I had been fortunate to make the ac quaintance of several of our lady passen "gen, ?a very desirable thing by the Way whether on water or land,) and amongs them the two I have already described tc . 1 T * - i A ' _ . 1!* .1* t wuojniiouna io ne an jingnsii lady and ' tier daughter, a Mrs. and Mis: Bancroft, From what I could glean o iV ' 9 . v . ,their> history by -convening with them,'! found th*l Mri. Bancroft wa* a widow j#r>.,hi?bAn4. having died about eighty in^yitba.beforc,, that ehe and 'her dattghie had been t/aVetliJl^lq^iijerica^ wbithe they had goue on $ie deiaiae of Mr. Bran J .. ? " | their native land. Judging from their i manner of travelling, the number of servants thov had and their general appearance and conversation. I ^onjcctured that they must be wealthy, while their :man\i'p.r betokened persons accustomed to move in tlie highest circles of society. TfceTe was ft young man on board with tvhoin I became acquainted who gave his name ira ilenrv Dalton ; ho was a fine looking joiing American ; with honor, honesty and bravery stamped upon every linement of his manly face ; he was a printer by trade, and having a great love for travel, ho was about to gratify that love by a trip through the British Isles and ! whatever other wart of Euronu lie could find employment, a:id prosecute his travels at the same time. lie had journed through the greater part of the American continent, and had seen nearly all of the ifiany natural curiosities with which our continent abounds, lie was possessed with great descriptive and conversational powers, and could therefore picture to his listeners with i accuracy and case the many magnificent ' sights he had witnessed. j Dallou had formed an acquaintance with j Mrs. Bancroft and her daughter, and spent | a great portion of his time in reading aloud to them, or like Othello he told them 'the story of his life, eve:: from his boyish days to tho very moment that tlicv bade him | tell,'all of which the lovely Fanny Bran? j croft, like Desdemona, 'with a greedy ear ! .1,., ~,.a ? a ...i i.:~ ?- ? > - ' I uv<uuiw. .iiiu ins aiui\ uumi; uouu, she gave for his pains .1 world of sighs.' j Olio morning after we l.ad been over a : week out at sea, I went on deck 10 take a j look at the stale of the wentlicr, which during the night had been a little stormy. There was not much of a sou running, but it was chill, heavy morning, and a very j thick V.'.ist, almost approaching t?.? rain, j was fn'.iiiutf, which was by no means plea? j sant or healthy. I stood for a moment on ; deck and was just thinking that d-own in the gentleman's cabin was n much more i comfortably place, when Henry Dalton, j with Fanny lirancroft by his side, saluted me with a 'good morning.' 'Why, M?iss Brancn/t,' I ^ar'., 'you will certainly catch your death cold if yoa stay i on deck in ihir. heavy mist-.1 J 'Just the vevy thing I was VctliV.g her,' j said Dalton, 'but I can't make her under | stair:1, that she is running any rink.' i 'There is a risk, certainly,' replied Miss : Bancroft, 'to one of delicate constitution, or i one Vvho is not used to it; hut to tne vHio j am Messed with health ami strength ; who j was born wiihin sound of tho roaring bii| lows, aiul who have been used since my j childhood to the ocean's pray, there is not i the leant danger in the world.' j '1 suppose you think, Miss lvrancrcfV I j sai-.i smiling, HhaL because you arc a Bri! ton and l??ni within sound of the rushifcg waters, that water may almost be considerj ed ar vouv native element.' I 'We'.l^ yea,' she replied, 'Water isconsidi ered by ti* Britons as almost as natural to us to live upon as land ; in fact it is the natural protection of onr happy isles. But Shakespeare describes o?jr position in that [ respect when he says? '! Ii5s prcfiioup gem act ill the Hen, I Which 6crvcs it in tiio cfttce of n wall, Or ns a moto defensive trt a h^nse. Against the envy of less happier land".' Then why ought not we Britons love water when it renders us such great assistance ?' i Most certainly you should love it, Miss Brancrofi,' repled Dalton, 'but at the saine time you should fear it ; you know its power, you know what it ttiay cause, and therefore you shoul not place yottraolf in danger of boing injured by it.' 'Well, gentlertien,' she Said, after a pause your advice is good and given for thy welfare, therefore I will follow it to gratify you ; and in fact my cloak is beginning to lell quite Heavy with tlio tuist, bo I shall go below,' so snying the young creature bounded off, little conscious of what a dreadful misfortune awaited her. Sho'Was soot) out flfoiir sight and hastening along the deck lo the other end of the vessel where Dultoii and I were standing. She arrived at the stairs leading below and was just about going dowti wheo a light breeze carried tlic handkerchief out of her hand and blew it into the tiggitog oh tho larboard side of tbfc Vessel-, about three feet above the deck. Instead of calling one of the sailors or male passengers to i get it for her-she hastened after it I There was no one near.her at tlie time, neither did any one see her, nil who were on deck being At tha Oliver cud where ?>als ton andt were? To roach the spdt where the handket-chief was caught, a person would have tc . climb a railing that ran all around the . deck, about four feet from its outer edge, , and ouUido of that railing there was nothi ing whatever to keepsporsou from foiling > overboard lfthetf oneo lost tfcnir _ ? i and it wn# especially dangerous when the ? dcck was wet and slippery, as was the ease f that morning, ,f:. .> f9: [ Fanny readied tire railing, climbed can t tiously over it, and stretchiifg Qtil hei , hapd ?Ue seized the hftpdk^rcbief, Jtfid &* r just turning to retrace b?r step* wbeo h$ . heavily on the. decis lengra#Ue^ Vtlth-lhi mup. Aiiu vessel, umorumnieiy, was lean- < ing to that side, and having nothing 16 hold on by, tlio unfortunate youug lady rolled to the ee.gc, and then with a frightful, heart-rendering scream, she was buried in the waters beneath. j( Dalton and I heard the piercing shriek, j i ano hastening to sec from whence it had ^ proceeded, wo were horrified by seeing > i ! tho young creature from whom we bail ! parted buL a few momenta before strug ! i | gling to sustain herself on the surface of , 1 tho briny deep. ! < 1 In an instant, without a moment's ' < : thought, Dal ton pulled off Ilia coat and ; ' boots, ntid without uttering a word lie ^ I jumped ih-a railing :jtid sprang madly into i j the sea. He struck the Water near tho be j i | ingfor whom he was risking his life and with i ' a few poweful strokes he reached h^r just \ \ as she was sinking. There were several i < i life preservers laying on tho duck near me < ! < ! I seized a couple of them and lor.sed them j l into the sea, and then ran to where 6everal j i ; men who heard Mhs Bancroft's scream were ; < 1 lowering a boat ; into it I jumped with ! several others, and in a few moments were i ! on tho water. i i ! Though but about five tninUtcs had j ! elapsed IVotVi the fall of Miss Bancroft into I ! the water and the loweiiug of a small < i boat, she and Dallon were a considerable i _ i t j uiawuiVV HSluril, U?|[lj5 10 UIO BpCCU ai | ? ! which the Falcon was going st the tiwe. j ! The news of the Accident was soon spread ' ; throughout the ship, and as we pulled 1 | away from her side the passengers eninc ' hurriedly on deck, and the vessel wr.s stop- j ' ped as soon as possible. j 'Pull, my men, for your lives, we may , 1 ! yet save them shouted the mate, the ok !y ofiicer of the ship wilh us, and who was ' j standing up on the after part of the boat ' j steering. J | We did pull, and strained every nerve j 1 in our exertions, until the boat almost < 1 ' leaped out of the water, and every mo j I ment brought us nearer to Dalton and his j ] j now unconscious burden. He had fortu- j (lately got hold of ono <?f tho life prcser- 1 ! vers which I had tossed over after him, i | and it was bv that, that lie sustained him- ] ! . I i self on the water, and it required all his i I | strength, even with the assistance of the j I ' me preserver, 10 Keep uiinsen ana Me Uej iiig lie had in his arms from sinking. i We ha<l gut to within about one hun{ <lred yards of the pair when I observed the I j male's cheek turn palo, and I thought they ' j had sunk, (for buing rowing I of course had i ! my hack to them ;) but such was not the 1 | Cf.se, although it was something equally i ; fearful, as his words told in, that caused < ' that cheek to pale. | 'My God, there's a shark !' exclaimed I i the mats, aud a cry of horror broke from i all in the beat a5 they heard the fearful i : words,' and he is a making straight for j them, too, continued the mate ; 'so pull ; with all your strength my fellows > a Tew i more strokes will fetch us along side of them, and we must be there before the shark, or I hey arc lost.' ! A ihrill of horror ran through my frame | but I spoke not, and pulled on with renewed exertion, ns I thought of the fearful death that might bo the fate of my two friends if wo were a moment late. All of i the others, actuated I suppose by the same j feeling, strained themselves to the utmost J and wo quickly neared the pair whose life was in such imminent peri!-. The shark is down, my men,' said the mate ns wo approached D.ilton, 'but here we arc at them now, so pull them in before he can come up, and wo will save them I yet.' J We wcro now elosc upon D.ilton, and several of us pulled in our oars and prepared to pull him and his burden in as wc came along side of him. i 'Take her, take her first,' said Dalton, a6 ! :?i i-:-- *? * * I ui ua ncicvu mm uy mecoiiiir 10 drag j him in ; if you pull mo in she will drop tfut of my arms, for I have not strength lo hold her.' Wo look hold of the unconscious and apparently dead yoUng la-Jy and lifted her out of Dalton'a arms into tho boat, and then laid hold ofDalton. We had lifted him partially out of the water when a sharp cry of pain btoke from him, and we saw the body of the ravenous shark in the water fcolow him ; wo pulled him hastily, hut alas I we were too latek for both his feet ttere gone / Wo stopped the flow of blood-, which boweVet was not very great, and struck out for the ship ; by the time we arrived i tbftre, Dalton was a& unconscious as the i being for whom ho had risked his life. They were handed carefully over the aide of the vessel and conveyed to their berth, j where they received every medical attenI ! fnn. t]iAro Vmtnrr fr>r4iinal/?l?* ^ #11?1 ?v..| ?-v... wvi'i^ ivivwiinvvij ?ua to UICUICII1 i gentlemen on board, and in a short time i they were both returned to conseiousndsfli Miss Bancroft's healtbjr constitution [ withstood the effects' of lhe accident; and i in a few days alio was able to leavo her > berth, and she then attended with the most i sister)/ care and attention _tojtiio wants of her gnllRot preserver, a? also those of hor Ktrfco wss eoufiu^ %,%r"bej(th .through r illneiw braagt*tm by- the ewnt*ment *nd r ism | daughUrV. unfonilun^ accident. low condition, uerun, mat u was thought by us all that In; would never recover. But wo were mistaken, for, owing no doubt to the unremitting attentions of tho three mcdionl men, and tho gentlo sisterly care he received fiom Miss Bancroft, he gradually mended, so that tho dny before wo reached England Iio was suflloiently well to be carried on deck. Whih: he was sitting in tho declining rays of tho evening sun, Mrs. Bancroft, whose sickness was of short duration, enme cr. deck and took a neat by Uio side :if her daughter's preseVver. 'This is a moment, Mr. Dalton, that I have been anxiously looking for,'she *aid, after h few casual remarks, 'as I wish to speak to you on an important matter.' Dalton bowed and sho proceeded. 'This unfortunate accident, by which voti have been maimed for life, and which same so near proving fatal to you?' 'Would that it had,' broke in Dalton in ? (losponceiu tone ot voice, Mid looking iown at his feetless liml ?. 'Wliat, are yoti scrry thai you live ? norry tlint God preserved your life wlien in such imminent danger ?' 'No, madam,' *iu replied, 'I do not exactly rngrct that I live, l.ut I do regret that I lid not die wli-jn at the do^r of duath. Might I not as well bo Blumberiug in the Jeep bosom of the unfathouabio ocean, as lilting as I am on t'.r.s deck maimed for Lhe remainder }f my existence ! Might I not now aa well be numbered with the lead as with tiie living 1 What is the ivorld to me now, or what am I to tho iv-crld? Nothing but an object foV its pity.' 'Say V.ot so, Mr. Dalton,' replied the la'y 'there arc those Who will assist yovl and ittenJ to you, as if you were their own. li was 10 h.ivo initic, :ur. Uaiton, lli.it you i?ked your life and suffered your unfurlu aale accident ; then it is my duty to repay you fur your loss, .13 far iis lies hi ttiy power. I am wealthy in this world's jjoods. I am possessed with far more than [ require, and more than I ca'.i, unless Iftvshingly, expend. I also cttn command power and influence amongst some of the lifglicst men in England. Now, Mr. DalL011, itll this is yours if you wish it \ all my nfiuenco and my riches aro at your command, do with them as you choose.' 'Thanks, many thanks, Mrs. Bancroft, :or your very liberal offer,' replied Dalton ; but however croat rour riclip.s nrn I mn?i respectfully decline all or any part of them. My trade is 6uoh I will be able to work at it yet, and so long a? I am ublc to do so 1 :an earn sufficient fur all my wants.' 'But you will not be able to gratify your love for travel,' said Mrs. Bancroft. 'I beg your pardon, madume, I am still able enough for that also, and in fact for all my wants ; I requiro no assistance whatever.* 'But I cnunot take no for an answer, Mr. Dalton,' continued the lady, determined to help Dalton in some way or other ; 'you must lake something ; if you do not require assistance then you must rcceive something from mo as n gift.' 'I cannot agree with you there either, my dear madanie,' said Dalton. 'And is there no way that I can help you,?nothing that I can do for you?' Dalton did not answer her. 'Come, man, think,' she continued, 'is there not something that I can do, some way that I can recompense you for the great loSs you have sustained i Come, speak.' 'Ye?, tliero is one thing, and one alone; replied Dallon in r\ low voice. 'And what is that ? tell me, that I may gratify your wish.' 'Tho hand of her for whom t haVo suffered,' replied Dalton. 'Ah !' said Mrs. Bancroft, sttiilingj 'so I have struck tho right card at last; ! thought I would be able lo recompense you in some way or other. Well, Mr. Dalton, I am suro no one has a butter right to Fanny's hand than you, for if it were not for you she could never be any nnnV t1t/?raf?trA rnn Kopo mir get hers mid alio is jours:' 'Thanks, a thousand tbartks; Mrs. Bancroft,'said Dal ton, as the lady left hit side and wont below. About a half art bottr afterwards 1 Was walking the deck When I bbserved Fanny Bancroft sitting by her preserver's aide. They bad tbeir beads bent down and very close together, and wore apparently engaged in conrersftiion on some vdry important matter, for they spdko In very low tonesj and Dalton'b words generally made the color riso to her cheeky and tnade her dropjier eyes to ibe floor. T 1 A u 1 I .. : i ui course i uon i preienu u> Know wuai these two were converting so earnestly About, but I do kno w that when we cArried fralton beloW that evening he itas in better spirits than he bad ever been since tile unfortunate accident. . Next day we catered Liverpool harbor, $nd having business to transact which would not ftdttiit of delajri I bade flktettell to my fellow passengers and left thri shi^ *. * 1 * f.?.< i Jlwi . QtvjpfVf . J* s (\ About tbree months afterwards .1 was ^lanoing raj-. eyfea carelessly over thi column* o? a London paper, when they fell upon the following par^ag^yrbicl^] 1*53' ?RlcJWliule degree ot pleasure : Mariied at the residence of llie bride *6 mother on tho 8th instaht, by tho Rev. , Mr. Henry Dalton, of America, to tho beautiful, TveAlthy and accomplished Mias Fanny Band-oft, ouly daughter and heiress of the lato 'George Bancroft Esq. Four years later I a'Ccfdeutly fell iT. with Dalton ; ho conducted tue to liis home, a princely mansion in one of thtj fashionablo residences of the groat metropolis. A | tlaxened hnired boy tureo years of nge j eported through the rooms, aud the rt deJ vant Fanny Bancroft fondled a beautiful j babe on her knee, tho whole *ceoo diaplay| ing peace and happiness, and Such indeed i was their lot. DaltoU was happy, he had j all he cou'ul wish for, and he never Regretted his uulucky though lucky voyage across the Atlantic. Fashionable Women.?Au energetic and A.I !. .1 - ' : iruujiut writer utu9 sums up IDO unhappy lifo of fashionable women : Fashion kills more women than toll and borrow. Obedience lo fashion is .1 greater transgression of the law of woman's nature, a greater injury to her phyaU-al and mental constitution, the hardships of pover ty and neglect. The kitchen maid ia hearty and etrong, when her lady has to be nursed like a sick baby. It ia a sad fact that fashion pampered women aVe almost worthless for all the good ends of human life. Tliey have but little force of character ; they have still loss power of mora! will, and ouito HS litlln nlirsicul pnnroc ? i ? - r"J ?" &: Tliey live for no groat purpose in life?they accomplish no great ends. They are dollforms i*i the hands of milliners and ?ervnnts, to bo dressed and fed to order. They dress nobody ; thov feed nobody ; they instruct nobody ; they bless nobody. They set no rich examples of virtue and woman" Iv life. If they rear children, servants ahd nurses do all, save to give them bru!v.? And when reared, what do tlm children amount to ? Who ever heard or a fashion able woman's child exhibiting any virtue and power of mind for which it became eminent ? Read tho biographies of our crreat and coofl mpti niul ivninpn /->no O o * "vfc of them had h fashionable mother. They I nearly all sprang from strong-minded women, who had about as much to do with fashion, as With the changing clouds. If the day of mercy find us graceless, tho day of wrath will find ua speechless. Bo willing to want what God is not willing lo g'.vo. They who in spiritual things will be their own carvera, will surely cut their own fingers. Men may perish for be'hg setVAnU that are unprofitable, as well as for beirtgsitthei* that are abominable. We Bhould take as much delight in precepts that enjoin holiness, ns in nrAtriiono f ?ooiim ^iviuiovo wainv lin|/|JlliCaat That man's leginning in religion was, too often, hypocrisy wLosc cud w^^aposWo must choose between the golden cliain of duty and the fierv chain of dark* nesj. Sin hAs brought many a believer into suffering, and sufftiring has kept many a believer out of sinning. The wheat and the chnff may grow together, but they shall not lie together : ' Uo will thoroughly purge his floor.' it.. -i:-l -r If.... aiii.il uinj uuu uiti umi 01 our lives move with correctness when it is set by tho rays of the Son of Righteousness; inhere ate tttany who blllsh to confess their sins, who do not blush to^??rrtmit their ainsv Some will ttdl Btiettt ovil, and yet will be so; Others would seertl good, and yet not be so ; either get oil into your lamps, or throw yout lAthpi aWay. tie that sins againlt light will at last Slrt a way his light i if thy light do not put sin and the world Undet* thy feet, it will nevet put a crown of glory bn they head. Werb It htit for iin? dtatit bad bevcr a beginning; and, were it ntft fot death,sin had never an endingi Grace iH our hearts is liktt tHe start in the heaven, shining not by its own apian- j dor, but by the borrowed beam* of the Rnn of JjighteonaneM* | To bleta God for tnerciu Ik the w*Jr tb incrtaAo them; to blew God for mitorfas !b the m*y to retbdVe theft; *"* l/: pehtecUtion Wires fWW yWti ft life yttU 1 cnnnot keep, it bettow* eporl Jon a life you tthftttt ltigfc ' r? ' "Why ft A wre?Uing itt&tch the loiUt moral of al h content* t Bec*u*? it U 1 / ^3"$ t A ' 4 W ' *** * - Wliy -aboqld: sot Jffnt F*pp?r* b* ifwm , eauN tffay -turn. tho- p^flor into m-tap. ? - fcAIDEN ^ARfclOB. No strugglo in the history of the t?ovW has produced nobler instances of beroisn than that of our own glorious revolution Tbe achievements which light up the ex pause of that deadly conflict like stars ir the firmament, put to shame the melodra m.it:c heroes of Greece ; indeed, it ia no loo thuch to say,th.\t every mountain pasi haa been a TTherraopylie, aud every batth plain n. Marathon. Occasionally the deeds of ftar have beei lightened by that sweetest "of all passions love; and it is a tale oT love and patriotisn we have now to tell. Sergeant Jasper belonged t<5 tba* iftos famous of all heroic bands, Marion's Brig ade, where his valor and talents soon wol hitu distinction. Among oth'er darinf ueeus, iiis rescuing our ling at Hie t)atue o Fort Moultrie deserVifcs to be mentioned. Ii the hottest fire of tho conflict, the flag c the fort was shot away, and fell withou tho Fdrt. Leaping over the rampart, h< seized tho Sag, and returned amid th cheers of eveu tho British. For this darinj deed, Gen. Rutledge presented him with sword. Liko many other families At that tim< his was divided on the great question. Qi older brother took the side of the English and served in their army. Out of affectioi for his brother, and a wish to examino iot the strength and condition of the eneinv he resolved, with another patriot soldiei Sergeant Nevrton, to pay the British cam; a visit. His brother's position in it enable* him to receive his tVvo friends without an suspicion of their being apiea," and the were enteVtaitiftd foV tVro ot llirtie days wii gteat hospitality. \Vliile thoy weW thtts engaged, .1 arn.il jparty tif Americans were brought in prit oners, and as they had deserted from th British, nnd enlisted in the American rankt their doom would have been death. Tlii the brother of Jasper assured him was t be their fate. With them were the wif and child of ono of the prisoners. He distress at her husbands approaching fat 1 u~.1 ai _ i... 1 * e T n ? IUUCIIUU iue iiumauu uenri UI jasper. V>OL tiding his purpose to his fiioud, Sergean Newton, they bade adieu to ^Aspfci-'b hrotli er, and took tlieir leave. They had n sooner got out of right of tho thai they made a detoiir, stretched across th country so fta to etude nil suspicion, shout they tnoet \vith any British soldiers. It wn& the custom of the English the: to send all the prisoners takeu in that quai ter to Savannah, for trial. At a littl spring, about two miles from Savannal Jasper and Newton secreted themselvc awaiting the Arrival of the British escoi with their prisoners. It had oct'jred to per that as thxiV hiust pass this spot, it wn very probable they might h:ss here to r? fresh IhielilselVtJs; hull tiio \fcoody nature c the spot. would favour a resclie. After sortie hours' anxious suspense, the Brt'tv ibfe CSttoH With their prisoners approacl Tito glirud fcaa lett ill number, and armei The corporal, with four men, conducte their captives to the Water, and told them t rest themselves Fol- an ho\lr, at tho aam time giving them Soltle provision*,. Th sergeant then told the itten to jgl-ollnd llrmi and seat themselves. The prisoners thw themselves on the earth in hopeletedespaii Near to the wretclied man sat his wife am child. Two of the men Alone kept thei arms ns sentries. As tlic rest of the mei wero filling their canteens with water, ja? per and Newton came stealthily from thei ambush, seized two of the muskets tha were slacked, shot the two sentries, an* rushing upon the others stunned them wit! the buts of their weapons. Deprived c their arms, the others abandoned the cob diet and fled. Releasing the prisoners, they escape across the fiver to the Americans. But the it)ost romantio incident in tbi brave man's life was his love for Miss Salli jjjt. Clair, or, at she is termed in our an nals, the l^aiden "Walrior. This was beautiful Creole girl, who retliHied (lis pai ion with a purity acd ihten&ity selddf known on onrth; When he Was called uj on to joib the defehdbrt ttf bis cBUhtryj be grief Was unbounded Tbeir bolir of pati ing caraej attd Aftet- the tendereat of adieu tbd gallant fttJldlei* sprang upon liTs Hon and jdinbd hii regiment. Scarcely had tfa adUHd of bit horeti'a feot tlltt'J tlprtH the ail than bef fotMhtib brain Suggested the plai of jdihitig bet- ldVer by dHlUtihg; hi tb same brigade. Sbe reaoWdd td pdt hi project in immediate operatldrt. Secilring a auit of male attire about h< Own awe, the Sobered hfcl- long and jeti rlnglWA, dl-eased bfer liair like * in*n;?, an purchasing a hohte, felie Bet off ttofie dH\ nftef-i ltlbnfe, to otter her sehricdS to the hi ble MeridH; tier offef Wft8 nctJeptetfj kti A lithtf, itiHW 0 tripling #iia fddfti id. tfe cdt-ps to Wbieh hot- I river bdfongttil; fa Contrast tjet^ebh thtJ singling,.. *tui the men, in thfeif uhcdtltll gntbs-, theft- itiaasM faew, embW^fte^'Hfttf by su ad rafOj ttiu indeed' itfikibg, feuk tibt wi^e io eagefr fbt> tb? battle, b* to ind 51td fatigue^ su the (ait- faoed bty found that hii energy of &h?t*oU penetrttttl ner dt*fuhe; %*> .. ''... "V ^?j$ - - ? The romance 6f lier tfiCfcAtion increased ^ the feiTOBT of her pMslon. it V*s Isre'r Ao' light to T-$ect &at oukno#n to bitt, shd Yras \>y ^aia side, watching oV?r him in th? hour of danger. Sbe fed her pataion by 1 gating upon him io the hotir of alomber? hovering near biifo when stealing through 1 the awamp attd thicket, and be)t>? al#nrs 5 ready to arert hunger from bia beat}. 9 but gradually there stole a melancholy presentiment over the podf girl'a mind.-? 1 ft a l.o<1 ?VW? l-.a-l * ui>uu iwimcu wun n'Oipes deterred ; ' the tvar Was prolonged, ftfcd t^e grouped of b'eitift restored to bluft gteW more and more ^ \inceYtairt. !But nOW lalie felt that ber dream of hap))iue3fe cdu'.d never be realized. She becA'fce convinced that dea'tYi wAs a\jouI to snatch ber away from bit tide; bat the ^ prayed that she aiigbt die, and he never ^ know to what length the Violence of be* Y passion had led ber. t It waa an eve before a battle. The n&p e had sunk into repose. Tbe watchfiret were e burning low, and the slow tread of aentu ^ nels fell upon tbo profound silence <sT Ifcti . night air, as tbey moved Mirotiali tfcn ?J?rVr shadows of tho foVost. Strotdved upon the , ground with nb other coilch thAb abUhket, 3 reposed tho WftrUke form of Jaspar. Climb ing vines trailed thenUelrea ititO a conopy q above hit head-, through wMch the star* 0 shone clown softly. The faint dicker from -f the expiring embers of a firo fell AthWaVt r his countenance, and tinged the oheek of p ona who bent above bin cdttch-. tt vras thfc d smooth fncod stripling. She be'dt )b\V down y as if to listen to his dream, or to breathe y into his soUl plensaht Visions of love and h hsppiueas. !>\it leafs traco themselvel down the fair ono'a cheek, and fall silently \\ but rapidly updto the bVoW df her lover.?) A mysterious voice has told her tbat the e boar of pAUing has como ; lb At tomorrow i, her destiny is consummated. There i? one a la>t, long, lingering look, aftd theti the tttto lmppy maid in soon to tear herself away e from the apot, to titit her sorrows ill :r privacy. Fierce Arid tertibife is the ctib^ict that oft ^ thte ttior'row VAgtfc <}? U\'e Spot. Foreiftost ( in th'6 b.vAIfc !s tliVa intrepid pauper, and eVet by hia aide lights the stripling warrior-. n Often during the heat and tho amokd, o gleams suddenly upon the eyes of Jasper j the melancholy face of the maiden. In thd thickest of the fight, surrounded by enea mies, the lorera fight side by side. Bud* _ | uemy a innce is levelled at the b'reut of | Jasper, but swifter than the lance is 8aUl* St Clair. There ii a wild cry, And at thd r feet of jasper ainka the tttrtideri, with tbd t life blood gushittg Trdrtl the white bosom-, ^ which had betel) thtofth as a nhielJ before his breast, lie heeds not now the din ndt thti datigei- ot th& 'cohflict; but down by ' the sidfc of tlitt dying bdy he kneels. Theh fot the 6^St tittle, does he leAhi that th6 y stripling h his I'dve; thai the dim visions l( in his slumber, of an angel face hovering l# aboVn hirtl; bHtJ indtiteti heett trile. tn th'd j midst of the biittlt^ Willi her lover by heir 0 side, nbd the bafb still in her botoitt, thd ? heroine ittAideh dies 1 I e Her battle, her Rex; and her noble davo?, tion,?oori became kndwH through the corps*, v "there was jv tearful group gith'ertod aroUnd r. her grave; there Wai hot bhe of thOsft J hardy Warriors who did tidi bedew he* gravd r with team, fliey itUHed her near thtt n river Santee, " in a green shady nook that looked as if it had been stolen out of Parit j dise."?fcotilahte of the devolution. it d God on the Sea.?I must confess that h no one thing impresses me so much with a >f sense of Divine order atici goodntesft iH i- the material world, with the conception of a stupendous machine which the Almighty d wisdom has designed, and which the Almighty ji6wer Iceepis continually in opera* it tiott?as the WtfttdtoUs, benificent, Wagnifi. e cent system of exchange between the lasd i- and the sea carried on throbgtl the pipe* a of the Attot&phere, attd Veitti itiAl ttrotM the |. n?uit> uuur 01 ogiTcn, tms raigniy wneeL n thai Ibrns this way and thirty and kn^f > ibe pnlse of every living In motion. >r ' A great waste,1 ii thii teipihle of w?t. ler thai ebafes c iktt Veked feerraootheal la ^or lies ?withttiitt? Undet- a tropic afcy. 10 $ut fat- inland the gteat hmt of oototi* to nehli pstitt folr ttft bltmibgv Alld stately fblrr, tista aigh for it all their leave*; afctl tt td-toorto* this olitlying elettifcht that qoivie eWtl like HidlteH lend or dashed iti featk-t ery foatti,kal tiiasoended upoh ibe lltWtl* ttf Of England-,.ttie VlneJWda of the tthin* >t- and the wheat fields of the We?t. tfc has y touched with tender tftdtaeu the wide prii* id tie, and It opeti& its flowery lids, more in* rs f.umerABlts tttutt the of heaven. The y tiitmbife plabl llfta tip fu grataftil httad. d its though it ML Hod's cafe fbf *ttd the Lo Orchard end the gii-clfetl btatthe Kfch itete behae of thaiik?giVing where it hiu pa?ed nlotjg;.' fhft little brook babblee With Jot fe ttver lis h*W filled oup; And Missiilippiaod in Grottoes back among their hidden feprhife, ib lend Up their great voioea ih eiultatiofc. lif fenithevaat wheel keep* tnfrttihg, and* ae tt '** jfc ttiokied fVotb the rbfck, dabgied Kke a JK4i?*ib #Mtt JrtAiy--gmMifr the film mm\ Jr ifc^?.. ?. i