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j THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. ? I VOL-. 10. CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA. JULY 18, 1849. I THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. F PUBLISHED WKKKLV, BV T. W. PEGUKS. 4>V\ Frbtto the Laily's Dollar Magazine. I LOVE T!1K GIRLS!' 1 h?ve the "girfct? I love litem all: * The gay, tho lair tl?e sad and meek ; Their oycs of blue thai skies recall, Or those so dark that love bespeak. 1 love litem alt in silks arrayed, Or decked in homeiv trim ; '^brdbery cnehalh charms displayed, 'Silks ne'er enhonee, or shreds bedim. - - *1. 4' . i love* them all?for oil 'can smile, ? And speed the glfiotn from brow's 'that tire ; - . . i?.i. c? . i ,..:i Alid ail meir ua,?jus lur ujuuu |<|(|, To pet the babe or caws the sire, E?ch hatli a heart to feel and throb, To 8barc onr w oes or pleasant hours ; Ttf Jaugh our gl?p, or with us sob, And call its own our lights and showcir, .-^ **<*10.- | (J^m nJ]?| Jovo their joy, Their romping bouts nnd c*rcle*s song; ^ And could not look with frowning eye Upon their freaks in gleesotire throng. I* i lore the:r laugh, its siloery peel, For it jirocln'mis life can be bright; % That sunny gleatn can sweetly steel Amid the gleam of this world's night. I love tbcm all?and who does not ? * For all 44 creation's Lords" have known lu Buffering while* or dminal lot, Tho soothing cares which are ihcir own. Ylicn lore them all with all your might. And evil thoughts which souls degrade, Of sorrow** pung with venonied bite, Your hallowed hearts will ne'er invade. From the Democratic Review. CAPTAIN DAN IIENR1E. "HIS ADVKXTUKES WITH MEXICANS, INDIA ANt> WOLVES. < Every body remembers the famous < cqpe of Capt. Dan Henrie at Ettcarnacii This reckless ami daring ranger has pro! bfy passed through a greater number of p<?i tjusartd singular adventures than any oil tuan of lite same age in Hie service?thou one of the most light-hearted mortals li the warm sun ever smiled upon. Yet has a careless knack of getting into the m< despei ate scrapes on every possible ocoasit and then, of course, he fights his way t again with the most dashing gallantry-. 1 It is one of Dan\> curious adventur while a ranger, that. I propose to relate no I shall endeavor to give it as nearly as I c remember in his own way, as he refatec to me ; though I confess, it W ill be very dti *M?h. if not impossible. to preserve the rti W,*"T *" . ? ? tWSS of his rattle-pate and peculiar iiiann ft was before he joined the jllter cXperiitii and while yet with the rangers, under t tommand of McCul lough. Dan, whose excellence as a gide was xV known to the captain* wad despatched him along with three others of the troop, h spring expedition, towards the head v t$rs of the jfucccs. This was in the ea Winter of the year before the Mier expe lion, and the Mexicans was in many xvs anuoyidg and thrcaliiing the weak sett mentsalong lite river. This state of thin had encouraged the Indians, as well to ma veiV l>otd descents. McCullough had His first arrival given them both a severe I ton, upon which the marauders had tak the hint* and nothing fdHller had been hen ffbm dither party for several months. U Willing that his tnen should lie in camp toelt a olace as Corpus Christi, with not hi to-da bill to drink drfri carouse, the prude captain of Rangers had thought best to d? patch all the most restless spirits on tours observation in various quarters. B''sid tiid asp ect of affairs in that part of Tex generally* had begun to seem rather forloi ted seeirted to call for unremitting vigilam Dan and his companions had reached t foot of the mounthills in which the wesle branch of the Nueces lakes rise, withe meeting With any other sort of incident th those which arc common to prairie trav Here they formed their camp, and as th itad yet discovered no signs of Indians, Was concluded that they would take ea his own course the next day, and after tra eling as much ground as possible, return camp and report, and if it should then a pear that no sign had yet been discover by any of them it was agreed they wot spend several days in a regular buffalo hui ing frolic, as these animals seem to ahou greatly in this region. Accordingly th were under way quite early, each man f lowing the bent of his own humor and la ey for the time. Dan had been traveling a leisurely sort of way until noon, when came upon a scene of s ich remarkal beauty that he involuntarily stopped toga upot It. He had?scarcely without oosei ing?followed up the branch of the Nuec until he now found himself at its very he spring. In trout of hi 11 a bold a br m Kintairi stood out somewhat frc tb! '- lain, at the foot of which he had be rid 'r all the morning. The front of tl m aintain was almost a square of perpen Cut r. and looked as if it had been cleft frc crest to foot by a bolt of thunder, and hu cd from out the ranks of peers. The hu masses of stone with which it seemed bi were seamed with a sort of eccentric rc< larity, and evergreens were rooted aid these seams. As tlie eye descended, tlx masses became more broken, and assum a fantastic resemblance to the lines and for of Gothic architecture in decay, while fr< the prairio level sprung a broken arch, c aide of which was perfect in outline, e the other concealed by the over-hang meases of evergreens and shrubs. At a < laoce this seemed, the arched gateway o me huge cavern, f ut when he approa ed it* ha found the rock slanted to give it tdtatauec, the appearance of shadow. | stead of an enormous cavern, it proved to I ' be a recess or slanting niche, some twenty I feet at the bottom?from the back part of j .a which, a bold spring burst a little aWvc the | level of the prairie, and rushed down and out from the shadow, rejoicing over the i _ white sand, until it sparkled in the checker- I cd sunliglit beneath the over-hanging ever- ! green outside?then it coursed away toward ; the chain of mountains and Wound|about their j feet. All off to the left, and beyond this re- i maikable mountain seemed an interminable ' ' ' ? * i ? ? :J_* ' j sireicn 01 roiling prairies, over wmcn, amiuM j clumps of cactus, were scattered herds of ! deei, mustangs and buffalo, in view at once, i Dan has not much poetry in him, but he could not help being both astonished and en chanted by the strange, wild loveliness of this scene, lie slid from his saddle and , stood leaning against it for only a moment , or two of wrapt contemplation, when the habitual instincts of watchfulness peculiar ! to the ranger, caused him to change his po- [ sit ion and turn his head. As he did so he | perceived one of the dr ives of mustangs {wild horses) moving slowly towards him. i They were a long way otr. ami there ap- j poared nothing peculiar about them?but it j j served to remind him that he Irad a short : ! tune before seen the unshod tracks of horses j ; unu minus moving at u ^an>>|y, <> mm, though they might be nothing more than ' mustangs, yet the simple fact of their going ' at a gall?>p, was itself suspicions of another fact orso-either that they were the tracks of Indian horses or mules, or of mustangs j thai had been chased or otherwise frighteni ed by litem ; so that whatever of eucliant> tnem lliere may have been for liirn in the ! scene, it now gave place quickly to caution, ! ! as his head turned rapidly from side to side, with the habitual manner of the old spy.? llis eyes now and then fell upon the advan_ ciug drove, but not with any consciously defined suspicion. At length thev disappeared slowly down a long valley, like the sway of the prairie undulations, and were out of sight N3 so long that he had quite forgotten thern, when suddenly they approached again on this side, moving directly towards him, at a es- swift gallop. He bounded into his saddle as >n. quirk as thought, supposing that, may be one >a- or two Indians who were mustang hunting ril- had Iain in wait for his herd, in the deep grass ter <>f the prairie valley, and were now chasing gh them with the lassu. He urged his horse iai behind one of the many clumps of cactus j he around him, with the intention of laying in >st wait to give these dusky wild.horsc hunters i in. a trial for their scalps as they went past him. j >ut As he changed his position the figures before him became more distinctly defined es against the back ground of the sky, for they w. j were descending towards him I He saw ?o I what sent his heart into bis throat 1 that each I it animal had an Indian slung along its side bv (]i- ?>ne hand and foot, holding to either horn ut ci- the saddle! This is a common trick of theirs cr. in approaching an enemy by day-light, on jn, the prat ies, and it is difficult of detection at he i a distance, by the most experienced eye, as | they ri Je close together, and no part of the ell body is shown above the outline of the horse, j bv Dan was off in a twinkling ! The tables j on were very suddenly turned, as ho had exia peeled, it would now require the host he rly knew to save bis own. It was well that he j <li- could trust his horse, for they had got so i tys close to him that Ins escape at all must lie a j le-! matter of sheer speed?he must run away | igs from them or be run through by them. "To ke j be or not to be," was the question how with on I poor Dan, while he desperately urged his I c.s- good horse with qu:rk and spur, So soon en I as they saw lum start, the rascals had wheelid ' ed up into their saddles again, and veiled n- ; their warhoop, like exulting devils. This at was a sound which, though it came to his ng ears somewhat softened by the distance, was ml by no means calculated to diminish the enjfl crgyor urgency of the calls upon the speed of | of his horse which was made by Dan. He es, | glanced furtively over his shoulder, and saw as ! that they were spreading out over the prairn,1 rie with the intention of hemming him ;e. against the mountains, lie instantly perhe ceivud that his only chance was a desperate rn run for an elbow of the chain, which, if he ml j could reach and trim first, he thought would 1 - . - 1 jn secure his scaip tor me presem, as arouuu u el. the wood became heavily timbered, and he ev knew they w uld not follow him into it for , it fear tliev might come upon his friends. It cli was a tremendous race, for the Indians knew iv the advantage as well as he, and Dan vows to that his long curly heir began to sfrtfightcn [p. and lift his cap upon its ends before he reached cd the point, they pushed him so close arid lid hard. By the skin of his teeth he got hv H-1 before they sot rounded him, and now he nd | says his hair fell as smooth and as slick as if ev ' a pint of bear's grease had been poured over j hi. I it; but not until lie had reached up and taken i in- down his caj) to waive as he sli uitcd back at in thern in derisive triumph, and (lien darted he ! beneath the fricndlv wood. They left him jle here as he expectecf; but as this was most ze evidently a dangerous neighborhood he con-v eluded it would be safest not to tafry here, es, bdt get out of it as fast as possible, for there ad was no telling what new whim might take nd ! these fellows when they had spread around )m on his trail and found him to be alone ! So en away lie went through the woods for five or his j six miles without halting. The hurry arid ? - r U. - U<wl tal/*?n linn rifl* liic (J i- necessities ol his hciu iinu i?.w.. ...... ?.. .... >m course back to the rendezvouse of his com. irl- pailions. He now first discovered this as ige Ire emerged from the timber upon the lilt prairie again, and found himself far enough F(|. away from the course of tho stream. He ijjfr paused but lor a moment, to collect himself 2se and try and get back the true idea of his di? icd j rection. Thinking he had it, he urged his ms ! horse into a swift tun again. This was kept >ni up for several hours until night began to ino close around liiin, and his horse to give unind mistakable indications that he must have uig rest before he went much further. He iis- came at last to a small rivulet trickling along 1 ,l. of a deep. rou<zh cut, and as ne supposed in mu oh- direction of the west branch of the Nueces. , at He had passed the camp far enough he knew ]n. but this would set him right if he followed it up when day-break came. So he selected a small piece of meadow ground which was covered with musquit grass, and well protecled from vicVv by the great clusters of cactus v\ hich surrounded it on three sides. Here he stripped hfs faithful horse and turn, ed him loose to graze, and then laking for ' a supper a hearty draught of water, threw himself upon his blanket to sleep. He had lost his provision wallet in the chase and it was more thai he dare venture upon to shoot game, for fear of betraying his hiding place, and though hungFV enough, he was fain this time "to go to bed supper, less.'' He thought of home before sleep i came, of course, and wished himself there most heartily, that lie might attack the well- 1 stocked poultry, the contentsof which danced ; iu most tantalizing visions before him during ihp whole nhrht. This was too much a common predicament, however, to make any very strong impression upon him other- I wise. 1 IJe was mounted and off earlv next morn- I in?, and was somewhat delighted to perceive lhat his horse was considerably gnuntcd by the ye-lerday's hard work and the some- 1 what narrow commons of the night. However. he now moved on with something less ( of a hurry, as there were -no indications of : pursuit apparent. Following the rivulet, he 1 soon reached the West Branch, and turned op this with a brisker movement, spurred 1 by the cheerful hope of soon reaching his 1 comrades and guiding thetn safe. In an I hour he was hi sight of the ground, and put hi* horse into a swiit gallon in his eagerness ",W *" " C I r-f 10 pass over (lie interval quickly. Oncoming lie saw, instead of his comrades, the dead 1 body of an Indian warrior lying across the very ashes of their camp-fire, all gashed and hewed with bowie knife cuts. All around the earth was deeply broke up, with the evidences of a desperate hand to hand struggle. The breech of a rifle, he recognized, and a number of arrows, with a broken lance and shield, were scattered round. He felt a choking sensation,and his blood ran cold at the sight. His comrades had been surprised, no doubt, by the same party which had pursued him' hut with what result it was impossible for him to teil certainly though he had little choice but to believe and fear the worst. Amid the multitude of the tracks of unshod horses, he could distinguish the few ! tracks of their shod horses. There was no (race of their bodies in the hasty survey he had time to make, and it seemed very strange that this dead warrior should be Itfi I) hind, so contrary to their well known custom! He followed the trail for some ! time, with gieat caution, hut could make no discovery, except a deal of blood on the ground, until towards noon, when rising the j comb of a steep ridge he looked down in the plain below, upon a large body of In. dians encamped about a mile distant. This : was a startling sight, and they perceived him at the same moment. Mow he felt he would have to run tor his life. One glance, as he wheeled, was sufficient to show him 1 warriors mounted the horses of his dead friends! J le did not dread a race with the horses of the Indians so much, because his horse svas more than a match for the best of theirs, but the horses of his comrades was | as swift* and in every sense, as good as his I now, tliev were to be turned against him. I lie cursed the rashness that had induced him j to fol o\v up their trail, but this was u > time j to paiise for regrets?lie was olf, down the [ hill, at the best speed of his horse, already somewhat lagged, would raise. All depended up hi gelling hack to the timber and loosing th mii! He could hear their pursuing veils, distinctly lor a moment, and this i was no syren's music to draw him back! lie liitd a guM mile the start, but this was < no grout mailer, if. as he supposed, their horses were fresher than his own! He had 1 riot tune now to feel anv alarm bin only that ihere was hot work before him, and and he | had it to attend to. ilis object was to get out of sight as soon as possible, for he gained a great deal by compelling litem to run on I his trail, lie strained his horse tremendously, and succeeded, for when the sudden burst 1 of their voices came to hun. proving that < tliev had readied the comb of the ridge, he I ...I-,.,I l,n/>lr lull oolllll not ?? ? it |lf litem. I I?ii#f\^ti imvi\ .. .. w..? .. .. lie felt a link; light about (lie heart now, arid had lime to think something of his best course, li seemed a forlorn chance for an escape?Ire was over six miles from timber. He suddenly remembered that lie observed, lor several days past, a heavy smoke otF to- ( wards the south, and looking now in that direction, saw it tiding the whole horizon with gloomy masses, which seemed to he rising hut a few miles off, observing that it wsrs not very high. Ii instantly occurred to i him in his extremity, for he-felt sure from the action yf his horse that he would not last much longer in the hard rdn before them, that the safest course for him would be the most desperate, and this was to make I directly for the approaching line of this fire and take his chances of being able to force [ his way through it alive. With such a bar| rier between himself and the Indians lie was | safe. Acting upon this strange alternative, he urged his horse steadily towards the fire. It was not long before he met the dark advance guar! of the smoke a9 it rolled along the grass, and rode beneath its stifling shelter. the fire being yet a mile off. lie was now securely enough out of sight of the Indians, and springing from his horse, proceeded to prepare himself for a trial with the fiery sea. He cut his blanket into pieces, with one of which Ire blindfolded his -r.nil.n.. Im in n livicn lino about | IIUIS^ illlUIIKJI no IIV.V4 (it u ivwww -"?K? ! the lower part of its head, enveloping the mouth and nostrils. lie then enveloped his own lace in the same material. The blanket was coarse and ict in air enough to sustain life for a short time, while it kept out the smoke. He could hear the yells of his pursuers seemingly close at hand. lie was now in utter darkness, and mounting quickly, headed his horse directly for the lire. On he went, not knowing where; the reins were tightened, and the lash and spur applied with the en'ffgy of desperation. Hotter and hotter theair became, but on he careered blind: and hffldlong. The fire has struck him with a roaing surge! His hair flames critply, andgtle flesh of his body seems to be burning! The frantic and panting horse attempt to shy, but no, the fierceness of the agonyhas turned that rider's arm and will to irai. It cannot shy?the poor horse! On. 01, scorching thro' the stifling blaze! A few bounds more and the terrific surges are pascd! The fresh air has met him He lore lie envelope from his face and leaped from he staggering horse upon the hot grounu The blanket is torn away from its mouth, and the animal begins to revive quickly though itjshivers and can scarcely stand fir mortal terror. lie is safe' He has accomrished an unparalleled feat. He hears fantlv above the crackling and roar of the retirng flames a howl of triumph from his puriucrs, who imagine that they have driven him into the fire, and that he is burnt horse ana all. He makes a feeble attempt lo answer ihein defiantly, but can scarcely hear his own voice. Stunned and gasping to recover the use of their almost stifled lungs he and his horse stand side by side, upon that blackened plain, without moving a step, for more than an hour. But the perils of the day were by no mean? passed. Before him as far as the eye could reach, there was only one charred levelled, smouldering waste, which had to be crossed before lie could re?eh any water for which both himself and horse were now almost perishing. He started on at last, taking his course at random, for one seemed to his bewildered sense about as good as another. He did not ride at first, but mercifully led his poor horse, until the heat of the ground and the still smouldering stubs of grass became nnsufferable to his feet, and then he turned to mount. He now, for the first time, looked r i ?_ L:. i at the animal careiuny, ann 10 ins norror, saw that every hair upon its body was cone, and nothing but lite bare skin left, and that so badly scorched in places, that it came off to the slightest touch! This was dreadful enough, but water, water, lie must have, or they both would die. lie sprang into the saddle, and urged the wretched creature along with the last energies of his sinking life. In an hour lie had begun to grow dizzy, and the blackened earth swam round and round, and tossed l(ith to and fro. Now a stiange noise was about liiin, and as the lifting waves nf the earth would seem almost to leap up into his face, he would catch glimpses of huge wolves careering on them, who would turn up their fiery eyes to his, and howl at him with red hot open mouths and lolling tongues. Suddenly Ins horse rushed down a steep bank, and there was a great splashing. Water?blessed God, water! He tumbled from his saddle into the cold delidous fluid. In an instant his senses had returned, and lie saw himself surrounded by thirty or fbrtv prairie wolves, some of them swimming in the water af:er him, while others sat upon ihebinkof the small lake, as lie now discovered it to be, and howled fiercely at him. He struck those which were nearest with his gun barrel and beat them oft', while he had time to draw his heavy knife. One of them had seized his passive horse, who while it was endeavoring to puil liiin down, stood still and drank?the long eager draughts. He split the wolf's hea I with his knife, and soon sent the rest out of the water, yelling with their wounds. I??it those upon the bank only howled the louder, and they were answered near at hand and from afar by hundreds of others, who were swiftly gathering in at ihe well-known rail to a banquet. He now remembered that these wary and infernal brutes always collect in large numbers. to follow in the wake of a great fire and tear the carcasses of those animals that are killed, or band together, to chase and drag down those that come through alive, but scorched, blinded and staggering as his poor horse. They became very savage, with blood, impunity and numbers, and verv few creatures which have escaped from the hungrv (lames can escape !rom their yet more ravenous jaws. The creature at olh er times, is utterly contemptible for its cowardice, but he shuddered when he called to mind the dreadful stories he had heard of their deadly fierceness at such limes as this. " My God!" ho moaned aloud?" wasn't it had enough for mo to pass that hell of flames, hack vo ider; and have i only escaped that to meet a lain a thousand times more hideous?" He looked at his horse ; the animal was now, loo, refreshed, and began to feel conscious of the now danger, as it gazed aroun'd with staring eyeballs upon the eager and swiftly gathering crowd that howled along the shore. He snorted in affright, and lilted his head with a wildly mournful neigh, that seemed to poor Dan tho most piteous that ever rung upon his ear before. There was some connori uiougn, me j horse had life enough left in him to make one more run for safely. He mounted, and after having fired his rifle with deliberate aim, into the thickest of them, charged ri??ht through at lull speed. They leaped at his feet, and j attempted to seize his horse's legs, but the ani- 1 mal was too mortally frightened for them to impede his way for an instant. Through lie { trampled, and away across the prairie lie flies, snorting with terror, and moving with as great speed as if perfectly fresh, and away, too, in pursuit, swept the yelling herd of wolves.? Tlicy were more than a hundred now, and seemed increasing in numbers at every jump, for as Dan glanced his frightened eyes around, he would see them straightened out with speed, and their mouths wide open, coming to join the terrible rout from every direction over the prairie. He looks behind hiin ; they were close upon his heels ; the great part of them, particu. larly those in front, and who seemed most fierce and ravenous, were scorched nearly naked, and wijh the white foam Hying, their long red tongues, their fiery glaring eyes, they presented the most hideous picture of unearthly terror that ever mortal lived to ho chased by before, unless by tho horrible phantasmagoria of madness 1 lie fired his pistols back at them, but it made no difference ; they only yelled tho luud ? 1 u:u er, and came on me more tiercciy, nmic ?.d joined their long train for cadi one he had kill, ed. If bis horse should fall or give out, they would both bo torn to fragments in an instant! This appalling conviction caused him to give all of eve and nerve^lhatjwere left in him it the mortal fright to steadying and guiding hi.' horse, for the only hope now lay in him. He soon perceived, however, that be was leaving the pack far behind, for there is little compari eon between the speed of a horse and that o the prairie wolf. He now began to feel*jsomething of hope and'as the frantic speed of his horse placed ye a greater distance between them, the unimag inablo dread seemed to be lifting from his life Now he. could hear their yells, and could bareM rlijitinuoish far in the rear' the lof>2 snake-likf train yet moving on through in the relentlesi 'chase over the undulations of the hare plain He sees timber ahead, and shouts in ecstacy o joyful relipf, for then he himself at least is safe He can climb a tree?and in the delight of tha thought, ho has no time for thinking that hi: poor horse cannot climb trees ! The horse sees, and is inspirited too?for all creatures on the prairies there seems to b< a vague feeling of safety in the sight of ihi woods ; But alas ! poor horse ! They havi reached the timber, hut scarcely a hundred rod have been passed over, when the poor hors< gives out. and after a few ineffectual efforts stil to obey the urging spur, can only lean again; the trunk of a tree, and pant and groan wit exhaustion. Dan ascends the tree, tying th lariat of his horse to one of the lower limbs He then loaded his arm6, in the forlorn hope t defending his horse*if they camo up. All wa ttill n? dpath. but the loud panting of the poo horse. He ascended higher, to look out fc the approach of the woh'eis, for he had a fail1 hope that they had given up the cease. Bi alas ! his heart sinks again ! There they com< the long, yellowish looking train, and severs large while wolves have joined them now.He knows well the tameless and pitiless feroci ty of these red-eyed monsters, iind feels that hi true, his noble horse, must go! Now he ca hear their cry. They are in the woods. Th poor horse shivers?looks back, and ut'fers tht wild and wailing neigh, as they rush upon Mr in a body. Dan fires down among thiem, bi what avail is it? In a twinkling, his faitbfi horse is down, and has been torn to atams.The halter ot the larriat hangs empty besid the tree. Now they lie panting around th foot or the tree, with their fiery eyes turne wistfully up at him?for the horse had bee only a mouthful apiece. Whenever he makt a movement, they rise with eager yells, ac leap up towards him, as if to meet his fall.' Dan says, that in the utter and dreadfully hopi less desperation of his position now, a grotesqu sort of humor possessed him of a sudden, at! I he commenced deliberately firing down at th red glaring eyeballs of the white wolves, ar would roar with laughter, and fairly danbed uj on his ticklish perch with glee, when he sa the creatures tumble over with a shrill deal cry, and then the whole pack rush r,n it an ; tear it into shreds in an instant, with gnashin ?M? tin nmneiwl liimsfllf in this WS I Ul ICS* 1AO WV%J <? uw ... for an hour, and made them tear to pieces, i this way, one after another, every white we that had joined Ihe chase. This sport deligh ed him so much that he became careless, ar commenced falling. He only saved himself 1 dropping his gun, which they seized and alrao tore its stock to pieces before they discoveted was not eatable. I saw the dents of the teeth in the barrel afterwards. Darkness was coining on, and they seenu not in the least disposed to go, and he felt th; he must tumble out from the faintness of hut ger ar.d fatigue, if he was compelled to sper another hour in that tree without food, tl had become entirely reckless now, and loadt up his pistols, determined if he must fall, to brit; death with some more of them. Suddenly I heard a distant yelling on the prairie, like th which had sounded so dreadfully behind h flight. The wolves sprung to their feet in I body, and with pricked ears, listened. H looked out towards (he prairie, and could fain 1 y discover a large buffalo bull plunging aloti over the plain, surrounded by a herd of wolVe who were tearing him al every step. He cou even hear the low bellowing of the creature agony?another victirri f?and his thirsty gua dians started to join the chase. One after or they went, while those who staid behind wou turn their heads to look back wilfully at hin and whine and lick their dry chops. When ti chaso came in sight though, ofl* they started i a body with savago yells. He fired his prsto afier thern in farewell, and killed one of tb hindmost dead, while tho other with a broke shoulder, kept on yelling with the pack. H knew he would be safe now ii be could get fire kindled before they returned, if they did t at Jill. Before they were nut of sight, he hs reached the ground, and with trembling eage ness proceeded to light a fire with the help i his tinder bo.<, which every ranger carrios. H soon had a great fire blazing, and then cuttin a piece from tho last wolf he had killed, pr< ceoded to roast it for food. When he had ea en, he tell so much refreshed that he could no proceed to make provision for the night's res He. gathered a great deal of dry wood an built a large fire in a circle about the spot h had selected to sleep upon. The wolves cam hack in about an hour after he had finished h arrangements for the night; but he now fb perfectly secure, for though he could see the hungry eyes shining all round the oulsicie of th circle, and they kept up a continued boyrlin all night long, he laid himself down and sle| soundly until morning. When he wdkeif u] the wolves were all gone but one or twi i eraunchinff at the bones o! yesterday's feas I """ 0 * I lie shot one of them with his' pisiol, and mar a breakfast o{ it. He picked up the gun, at found that though much torn, it could still I used, lfc now took his course, and started foot it into the settlement. After a week of a most incredible buffering, he got in safe, at saw nothing more of the wolves, or of his cor rades, who arc thought to have been carried < prisoners, and afterwards murdered by the I dians on their attempting to escape. Dan wt sick of a fever for several weeks at Corp Christi after he got in, and raved incessant about wolves. A good joke is told of a young couple 1 ding home from church after their marriao The day had been cloudy, and the youi man seeing the clouds break away, sai "I hope we shall have a little sun." Tl young wife replied very honestly, "As f mn I should rather have a little daughter. What is better than presence of mind a railway accident? Absence of body.' Punch.' j PROCLAIMING THE DjEC^ARtfHOjr i Being seasonable, we tr&afJf to i from ibe New York Star, an nccountotiJwxjifS > rumstances attending the reception of the Decy laration of Independent by the j^tfoe?l& - army. To revive the history of bygone da f days of patriotism an d devotion Lo rights?serve* well to stimulate.imitation in those ascending , tho stage of action. Gre*t things ore be&xft t us, and stout hearts, strong arms, and devotion . ?o right, should mark those qrbo are destined to . conduct our country tHrough the J&Vrls gloorifiag f around : . , , i In April, 177$ Washington, having driven s Sir ffnt. Howe out of Boston, came to New . York and make our city bis HeadunarterS. f fart or the time ne resided at toe ora Douse the corner opposite the Bovr-ling Gr?|SO# JMMK t Jonas Bartleri's hotel, the M Wasbijpgtrt*,* awt s rirt of the time at Richmond Hill,, then a <n?g* .ificent building, situated on the crest of ft bigli ? piece of ground, overlooking the North Rhwiu e On the afternoon of the 8lh of July, 1778,' a the Commander-in-Chief received from John R Hancock, President of Congress, to nlfidil s notice and copy of the Declaration of the Fourth,* r and the following letter : ./ ? II 44 The Congress, for some time, it their attention occupied by one df the.most ?. h tpretting and important subjects that cottldpna^ e sibly come before them, or any other asMrnl^f . of men. Although ii is not possible tofisMM* >r the rnnseouences of human action*. ret rl Lf s 'nevertheless, a duty we owe ourselves Mttfpea* ir terily, in all our public counsels, to decM*## ,r the best manner we are able, and to leave ilto it event tu t hat Being yho controls all things,** tt bring about his own determinations. Itoprcss?, ed with this sentiment, and at the same time fildl| ly convinced that our affairs may take -a towfe - favorable turn, the Congress have judged # i. cessary to dissolve the connexion btUdti is Great Britain and the American Colonies* and n to declare them free and rxpBptwtiwtf e States, as you will perceive by the enclosed it Declaration, which I am directed to tfMMtoip? n you, and to request you will have it prndtimsitf jt at fhe head of the army, in the way year shm jl think tn^st proper. John Hancock, President oi Con^f^' e Accordingly General Washington issued ibiC o following order, which we copy from an (Mddfcpfil^ d orderly 066k, bearing date July Jftb, ri " The Continental Congress, impelled by, tke* :s dictates of duty, policy, and necessity, hare he#a id pleased to dissolve the connexion wbich subsist-. - ed between this country and Great Britain, aai >. to declare the United Colonies of North Anser-, ib ica Free and Independent Stater. TW ic*ei*r id brigades are to be drawn up tbis evening, ?u le their respective parades, at six o\]och,/wma id the Declaration of Congress, sbowm? Ad" p. grounds and reasons of this measure. is to he w read with an audible voice. The General :h hopes that this important event wili secve ? id fresh incentive to eve# officer and?oHh?rt?' g act with fidelity arid courage,' as knowing that ir now the peace and safety of the coutttrr <te^ n pend, under God, solely on the success ofctfir ilf arms ; and thaii now he is in the scrvic t. State, possessed cf sufficient power to reward id his merits, and advaifcb him to the ?y ors of.a free country. , ? st By order of the Commander. in>GUa? it R. H. Harrison, SecretaeyT* . ir What patriotism is breathed In ererylhWWf Hancock's communication and \V&wngUiitV :d orders. In the answer of the letter to airi). at cock, he thus announces how the kcoamutpW* i. tiori was received by the army: id A'Rw Yotf?, Juiy 10,1TW. [e Agreeably to the request of Congress, I cans.' ;d ed the Declaration to be proclaimed bnfbre all. ig the army under my immediate command, and >e have the pleasure to inform,them that ttt# net-. at sure had their hearty assent; the expression of is both officers and men testifying their warmest a approbation of it. I have transmitted a. copy le to Geiieral Ward, in Boston, requesting him to t. have it proclaimed to the Continental troops hi' ig that departriiqnt. .... -c ; s, 1 have the honor to be, dsc.j . Id . f Gkorob Wasringtos^.* 's Cfn the evening of the 9th, after the 0dclar ration was read, there , was a grand iilutpinale tion among the diilerent brigades, Tbe South-. Id em troops wore mostly sta'tioned in tbeoM. fort n, and stockades of what we now term tbe&atte-, le ry. . Tho Now England troops were quafefeved n in the lower part of \fa'iden Lai>e, GoveipaipcV Is Island, and Brooklyn,.. The New Yora Brile gade was camped in 44 the field," now known'as n the Park. There was great rejoicing. that le night, and many officers complained of bondn ..I., noil mnrninrr nivinit nMhllhlv til tllSM iw* UUllC ut * t mot Hug-f w " **?j% r* - ?w,.. .. . ? , 'ft .' I 10 mg no temperance societies in those days. ld < ? .1 .. . .. , . r- We no not know where we have met the' !)f following, but a more beautiful, thrilling,' lg and pathetic piece of poetfy vte never read:* t. On a log sal a frog iv Crying for bis daughter; . t. Tears lie shed till h'is eyes were re4 id , And then jumped itAd tbd wattf? io And drowed himself. i? The Pittsburg Mercdry, recorc&tjf tha )' marriagh'ofa Miss Holmes, President of the 0 Martha Washington Total Xltftiiienfee Sog cietv? to a Mr. Andiew Horn,'appends the Pl following': l}' Fair Julia lived a Temp'rance maid, " And preached its beauties night and mom; !' But atill her wicked neighbors said,. j She broke the pledge and took Harm, id _______ * A Chinese widow being fnt?h<^ farwhig 1 the tomb of her deceased husbattd, a'nef be\ j ing asked the cause of -so singular a ntfode of n. showing her grief, accounted for k by say tr incr. that he had made her pronkiao .not to 111 n. marry again while the mfhrt^ of the tomb as remained damp, and that hi it dried venr us slowly, she saw no great harm in hiding the ly operation. An Idea.?A western paper, speaking of ri- the extravagant gestures of some of our ;e. lawyers, says they "punctuate their words ig with punches." lie "Take care of yourself, my dear, said easy or Joe to his spouce, as he prepared Aet sup". " per for his usual ramble. "According to appearances," answered the deserved wife,"! in shall shortly have to do it, for nobody else ? will." * Joe staid at home that night.'