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DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN RIGHTS, DEMOOlR @G NWS, ~4RATURE, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS. As. s. G. RICIAnsoiN, Editor. Tr Wi. j. FRANCIS, Proprietor. * Advanc et Anuj VOL. IV. SUMITERVILLE, 40'4. OCTOBER 9, 185. NO. O. 'I'wo Dolars in advance, Two Dollars and rifty-cents at the ex.iration of six months, or Three Dollars at the and of the year. No paner discoitinuad until all arreara. ges are su)id, unless at the option of the Proprietor. LlTAdvertisements inserted at 75 ets. per square, (14 lines or less,) for the first and half that sum for each subsequent insertion. 03The number of insertions to be mark d on all Avertisements or they will be published until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. 0TOne Dollar per square for a single insertion. Quarterly and Monthly Adver tisonents -vill be charged the same as a single nsertion, and semi-monthly the same as new ones. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, anal Communications recoimendimg Candidates for public offices or trust-or pulling Exhibitions, will be charged as Advertisements. 0' Rev. Fasn.aagcK Rajsat, is a travelling Agent for this paper, and is authorized to receive subscriptions and receipt for tote same.3 MARY ROCK. BY PERCY B. ST. JollN. [he Rock family had r migrated to the yerge of wild Indian life. when the recent war between the United States and Mexico hut out, an event which while awakeniing prospects of Bierce struggles between the rival republics;' arouserd also the hopies and passiotis of the swarthy inli.n tribes that people the frontiers of the conatending powers. Certain predatory andI weatelering hab. its already allueldta to (in previous story) as chameteristic of this foinily, haud driven -Qptatuin Rock from the easy 'ghh1 }nod of )iekunson's Bayou, Tr ill others, one after anothe.r, untdilttst li founde himself fur nearer han was dh ily considered safe to Pi t' s d its troutrstnte tfribes of- tf Phut time the old man, his wife, son 4 anad yspghter-the other having re. mna l ' with her husband-haud to build a house, instead of taking pos. session of one ahanoned by former proprietors. They chose the nnuth of a deep gully, andt he verge of at dense forest. Their hut was as usual, blocks of wood rudely put togethier ; and their energies had at this time gone .o far as to induce the cultivaetion of at small field ofmaarize. 'his excepted, their whole ex ist ence alepemhed otn hunting and fishing. Marv, who, it seems, hade become more sli m than when I knew her, was the more indefatigable in her pursuit of the game aftlrdeld by the fertle andt heppv plains of' Upper Texas. Sie and her brother were ceaseless in their endeav. ors to track dheer, wild turkey, ndl par tridel s ; :anI suppredr l their fiantil v af tirely. The ola cooph;ae die absolh::elyt nothitg but eat. dtrink, I'' y ani melode, utterly t (rgetfu Il oftheir faramer posi:an itn society. A little wtiile l-fore the ou:bre'ak ;.f" the late war, ti laocks beca'aew aware of the presence of a netighbor. A tall young, Ke'ntuielian, pan zionately (nn'! of* a wild life*, sultenly located himself' within a mile of their ah otit' with a stmir. ly assistant trati his ownhi la-l, fah' ir. gIr slaves. a dl. :, horses, a head of, cattle, atael iia wagoni. lie erec.tedta so ~l. idt famae hiouise, eted*a his placee Snow-t' vi ~-his nae ein give o. ut tas Cp ( Snmv. Witahlpeace'andh tranqutility', tis fiaum wtouhe preobablly scoon heave baeen thle cenitre. oh ia neighhbor'hoodt and ultioattety the site of a towna. that ta great piestihence, maore dlesutructive ttia chioler a or* pl agie, was comainag :Texas wams the clause of a ternblae war. As soona ats Ca pta Sato w hiadt setth-ad htimuself , butilt his, hious~e. atnd stt his fields goineg, he t hougttt it butt right to pay a visit to the lnocks, tdesplite the pii. rut icial chiaracte'r whIichd h lad haard of them rouaand taboau tGialvastoin. The1 chtiefihingu, however, which struck hitm onat the occasiont of Itis v isit wee 't te wret tcdness of t hiir taho I', thte will tful diotsge oft te ya retnts, the id last ry of't the - hlldrena anad the atuureal beau aty of' Ala. ry. Qf a franatk anad social d tispiosit ion. lhe mande friendls withI younlag Iock; & vea y soon bectamre the inivariabale comaniuon of thae tbrothaer anda siste'r ini their huantt intgs and' watdit ngsit~~ . fThe cont~sequaeaice wvas i ntatra. ] adt shte notd ent thaeaon. lv ei-mlale wvithiaa a hundatredl mailes, Ala. r'y woubt hiavae wVon theP teart of tany yotuth lnt iatreadv aehaitned hby ttar simpalityt, trtht, and sincerity. Catp taita Snowt~', in at mottha, was oiver heatd coitedaI tover tof alatiss Itoc k. It as, tatreedt on tall sides. thiat iaaanedaiataely fre'igh t a heaiit with I heir va riotus good s, and goainag doawnt to tthe settlemtenats, be TUho intte rvtal wt'as ch aitefly spentt iin when ti ttt ig vriaous pta rt it'RverOnee(rnted we ,nt hgatgede itt n'cessatry av~o~a - titolt. Captaint 8anow thearad with a tetintg hteart aif thae war, butt hais attai. .te:..m S r nejo it tti wee o wthotltv alellI. ed by the sight of Mary, whom he lov ed with all the ardor of a single-minded, honest and frank backwoodsman. Still, he could not divest himself of regret at not partaking of the dangers oftho ex pe. dition, and to divert his mind, proposed to the brother and sister aweek's hunt. ing in the bufibo regions higher tip the country. Both frankly acquiesced, and one morning at dawn of day they start ed. This time all the hunters rode horses, the very best which Snow could pick from his lot. Each had a rifle, a pow der horn, a bundle of corn cakes, a flask of native whiskey, and a hunting. knife. Mary, on this occasion, was dressed almost in as masculine a cos. tume as her companions, and never was happier, more sprightly, or filled with more of the enthusiam of prairie-life. Their journey was uip deep gullies, along heaving plains. by cool streams, and beneath the shadow of thick woods. They rode along in the morning until they found a place fit for sport, and then halting, lit a fire, shackled their horses, and started on foot in search of game, sometities together, sometimes sepa. rate. When success crowned their ef forts, or when night approached; they returned to their camp and supned. Af. ter this operation, which in the prairies is it very serious one, they made a so her at tack on their whiskey gourds and tobacco pouches, and afler a little gos. sip, were glad to find rest. Mary had a little hut aways formed of boughs and their cloaks, the brother and tl.e af fisneed husband keeping guard on cach side. Thus they wandered for more than at week, anl none thought of turning back. W het the wild passions of rafp ine, and slaughter, and murder, almost inseparable from savage life-which ,has generally all the fault of civilized life, with scarcely any of its virtues are kept in the hack ground, a wandler. ing e-xisterer ' a. ibhe '.arf a woods and fields of A oeri:a ha! an izt.-.pres;*Jj charm. The tali i! t. To eisnp at night beneath trees, hundreds of niles from houses and maen, is a thing ut hichi excites romantic feelings in the rudest, anad none of the trio belonged qua:itt to the rough cast. Capt. Srnow hatd re eeived soane education, and Mary Rock had learned to read before 1 lelt tle: country. They had thus som'e co. mein topic of conversation, uind their ex. cursion gained redoubled charms. '-Whip hatdsotmely!' suddenly ex. claimed Snow; "the varmints are on us?' At the same monent the war-cry of the Indians was heard in all its horrors from a hundred screeching throats, and the long i.miicas of the Cotnaamaehees were seen wavitg in the istance. The u. gii es ntow gave whip and saur, and the horses bounded along at a rapid pace. and for a short ttame thev succeeidedl it le aa'ing thae (om:taanchiet-s, but th- ir Ihtg lbanses teare never out of :ight. For four hars thev rode ha-rad over the pl.tian, uantii they were t ata ore than two miles distant from the crackling, smonkinig, hbhzing. h'g;h ".rass, wvhh-b bore" down Iown-a .lthem bike a luierv avalan n he. To th let a f: hc. a streatmala a f'wa ter, to thair right. a lvel sward, whieb had bees, burnt soma moniths back.:'l was now e-avered with short turfy graa-.. Near at edge graz.ad at ntumba ea r of wilt! hort~', wuhaich prasetly raisedl thaeir headas as they- atpproat-heda; thr this mtth.a of ' espa the'y had) preaferared toa aryog for a tord. "lThe repftile-s!' suddenlay exctltaid :Snowv, reitaing in hi-a hee. "I vona'a seae themit horasa's? Well, t*'erv ''ae ofi tthema hat atn nian~a devitl htanging by~ hais sitde, radt, v toa cattch us!i I hI now thatr tuiek a mtile oaf.' The Mexian Itndiiansa, Iby, manis of! a thong roaunda thea saddltie, atal a pacutliar stirrupa~, wili huntig for hourats besilde a hiorsa-, wvhich wuill thaus appear. to be~ gal. lopinig of its own ttaccoral o)ver theo J pains-. Th'le traic-k is usalhly ada opted whaena lyv ng Ibefabre- sup~t ear fo rc-es, to gaaty their bodies from arrows iatnd bullets. C2aprtain Snocw lookaed anxious-ly iaouad haiam. Tlhea paursua-rs weret abotat a maile btehiund thema thet ambuaasheda In. diiants aboutt a hatlf a amila tao their r-ight, wvhile a at abIouat tat eqjual distantce belbre them wats thea lire. "WeY have hattle chioiceo,' stail hae cualmitly. "M.aly frienads we taoast doa a dlreadfual hol thaingt! The horase-s will Ibe a little skeary like, butt a quick eye ad a cot! head wall dlo it. Wo miust shtoat the prairie.f(ire.' ''Te R~ock s hadt hard n such-l a tg, lbut theay stood) aaazedl at tht vertv tought. liut Snuowa. left thaema nao tiamie totr re-flectioni. The conmcealed! lidian, finalinag thIemstelves d!iscovecreal, lea pat! inito theira siadleis, anda btort dowan upotn I ttmt - Bua they reatitnead uunnoticed. 'Te threte fugitivyes weret butsi ly en. ggated Th''ley hiadt ptl aed thir i powdler. lsks out 6f reach of thea fire; t hity hiad wvrappt~ed dteir rifles in stripe of the tort tap cloaaks; anad then, halving carefully' antd t ightlIy btountd thaei r ownt clathesic, thaey tiedi htatdages. over than eyes randa nost rils of the horses. Tfheni they amounatedtt again, thIo Intlions beinag c-lose tiotn them, ari min for thn rnmnne-t of smoke and flame that lay between them ni nd lif(. 0 The line of fire was about three miles ong. The prairie, composed of reeds d Ind gras,, damp with recent rains, did h tot burn with that lightning-like rapid. ti ty which leaves no chance of escape. i [t burned quickly, but steadily, and H Snow remarked that in some places 1' smoke predominated over flame. Just C before them a lofty clump of hushes ( burnt high and brightly, but to the left )f this a thick black smoke seemed to ti indicate a swampy expanse where the it ire had less purchase. They were ri moving rapidly, the Indians not two i hundred yarns behind them, along the a line of the flame, and the Comannchees t were yelling with delight. They gain. -d ground every Ininuto on the fugitives, and saw no chance of escape for theim. a "Cloco your eyes and follow," sud. 'I lenly cried Captain Snow, seizing the c bridle of Mary's horse, and plunging P headlong into the thick smoke of the f' I' snmouldering; swamTrp. T'he atmnosphere, it which for a long time had been oppres. t. sive, now became absolutely sull'oca. a Ling. The noiso was infernal. Crack. it ling reeds. hissing damp bust es, flaming it grass, a black vapor that choked and e blackened, was all that they could dis.- a tinguish, withi a sense of intense her.t, then a black plain covered with charred . wood, with smouldering heaps of char- it coal, lay befiore them. They had p is a sed with the least possible amount of in. u jury. A few burns, a scorching sense t| rif thirst, faces us black as negroes, were all tint had ensued from their desperate and daring act. Snow pressed the hand of Mary in silence, and then ex. umined the horse-'. They were irre parably lost. 'Their legs had sufii're-d a burns which woubl redrer nich firther il journeying impossible; but they we e. i compelled, despite their frightfid state t lo ureic then on again at their fillest r Speed. dr A howl, thaLSnow !..ie wv !ar, will, n w.rarm';y hii or 7t reoe da.nnger. The . .avaige' wolves of the iut iniTis %v-re, e pon them ill vast droves. 'T'hese ani iails folIotw prairie tir's in search of iihie arcasscs of deer, turkeys, rahhhits, t iiures, &c., that perish in the flents; a :ful colleuted in such force, become for. mihale. The wretched horses instinc. avely ulated away. and the fug itive bau made for a wodI about five miles c )i', which had been spared by thie tire, thes crass near the trees be'ing t'odamp a mil too short to hrn. As they rit. Ihiey loosenied rifles arl pistii s, and t(o.,k Ihieir huge powder horns fli r fmi thin.i l T swathes which had protectel them. ;, Se'veral times they halted anid fired at lie furious beasts. which t) the nrher it ,f alout four htudred came ~in ht limnd Ihem. Their shots told, u nd a genera!l halt showetd that the caieloa were en. ml taed in ievouriig their unlucky coim 'amions. At length the wtiold was 1e ri.chee; aial while bv a gen,-rt I laiirg., they fior ten ini'ta t helke--i 'i- r :lvanc' of It, tung ry brutes, , r7:" : hgiiIed a tree, t,-h nl hte ;urim n I tsien , :ued ether trais , l t".... ! t I d1:t'e I, e - teenrv nn-n . T1;." mar. pv a rey to the ..va g e' v.hite w..lvees. h It require : 1 hour ,tf - l ..'I t e r," e" I en l ie the flugiti to tik i over thil r )tttttlin. -r ilt" itli'ith t '.11 it 1 I~ )t ti- in.-T hey tra thn ,. n ld a ku h d in s .i' for athi!r .mn hor e, inuit iifm' th,- tr--, wiliib twa ~ttv on t hmii i, rd sita .h~ia.rminedh hi~t aj, Abandiin vthep y It he bie . t..d 'ernl~il was ith . l o imo theis r i.jiii hos.s Tinth there nitw pr~ieroturi from te a Ihi. , wi iN be dievt.a lhen tii ihiiiv perished rinfte yhanls, and tu heia wotbk j IiThey and oke son..:h e r in iiI a t > t ,Ie at ket th hrwange Is' th wne-, bct limi I toeleab-lit~, andiCa an .n11'wth and ,fthe fireanjce Thy hsh uended oa maoln dthry oa trtd raihdm -l 'te. speti thi they rotg, hani toges, hd mhimils woudhavrterrifed anyb. 'men iirdt dangeflr sxtoe haurdh ip,. i<ver ta ~lae pint of startesdriven(1 toe wthune wshio Olu!d anli~o il (hlbrngu unbers on x:ire < casions, hall dipersrd rer the 'black dhd sinoulderinig plain. i'eary nn-tl tire.4ine was the journey rough the:forestithrough swarnps, along cary and, ir.tcrftinablo plains. with a .avy rifle en tireshoulders.- They rarely red a shoZ,'ontirj sparingly, and at long ,tervals, fotrthe ernek of fire-arms had )w heconte dat erous. Ten days they amped aliqg, ait on the ,norning of the evenith they w e within a tnll oif the veilling of Cap in Snow. Two or three nart report of uns :nar'e then prick ipl cir ears, gitic y followed as they were by ic duller .1 rt of. Indian fusils.' The io pilunge ini the thiwket, loosed their fles, and a aned. 'f'en iinutes brought ent to the kir of the wood. The build gt of SnoWvil 'were a little more than a indred yarllsh listant. The Indians lay :out filly yAp to their left, behind the a:ion and' ioui-stack frame. Quick na ioiht Sn WAnd his conijiitions .firod, il then, wgbla loud yill rushed neros.. aken mi ilahtthe savages sought the ier of the wood, and made no effort to recenPt the 1I' tion of the whites. Siim tnd that hit bouit[e had been blockaded vo days by ithe ndians, but that his assi ant and thlefnegro slaves had made a pry spirited onQczce. Mary was alarmed otit her pa4'4s; but during the day any movernent W6 mpossible. They accorri gly rested ui 1 night, miking meanwhile Lery prepa n for further resistance; id darknesst j- set in, Snowville was landoned tett negro slaves. Snow had Iways been k to his blacks, anl they e-ted accordi , The party of six crept i hands and. ees through a maize: field nil thus gaiti !trail that led to the htuse f the Rocks. 'huge bhze soon infirmijed toue that thei co was hurniig. Mary rat sick at ha ;and darted forward. She ai only resti ned w . :I the hunua, of rudenco by tijexec .iims of her lover. 'hey soon stoat ,athe :imith of the gulley, id the scene, muia;; J by the blazimg hut, 's revealedI it gravity. Old ock ndl his wife " red down by two poist.: ue Indians we r:. rw the torture; ley were at.e z t her. I:t. te whites ie uick vtIley rvented thei ent on they fulhed. Dut meo half the istance tha me hafthem. iths Indiaq A ruthsg. :'> cA' '- l~ tatnhah I savages r;a!,ibet, ith l':lo(eface t ctntan. rd the entraw t!d L- t.( -uolley, and retire:t .I in 2pod order. The i at-e repa :in: coof te Western r.lh kept tie Catiiuinclhees at resi:eet'ul distaince. Two days nitre wrr they with.n Iteir e't, but then thec lid tins gave up the -ige. On th- fifth d: , the wihoe party is limitnn'; i. . w ,.n, drawni, by 'ixe.t, inr iduitth,' .-, ran'i on the top Ni Rick c. ' ,. Th rest .rserved as al ecort. Tf' t - (t '! 1n wa1s a ,renoy to h.:'nlre~t .' . . -- , " .rr Caiptain n wi ws 1t \-;r':. 'lt'y 're* mtarrietd; :.ml-t - '. ; - t.i tur en'. !rpra:in:g i tiase , ith, "' I backw.s !N -111i :rn or' ered the w er e-, and return. I to their oil restlh ei . .\ village was .rmed, ant ( .tan uti. ntw was a. once qen as sheritt. i'he itrunitt: yal was 1:11, hut ilri 'f p'r.--e er:tn. e; an.i t)hongh icy hiv. stitlbr.l a I.tle tr.itn lad.a:1 at -ks, courage ttad i t'':'rv Si n re'iaired wf damtag.' amst Isirs. Snow rrn il fair ",y of pret;s. oi'ver , enh-!'ra!.hl- t'ownt no v :, dn~t Itr 1 I't h- - itum r,".,:o tht , trr-m -.:r. h.:.- '' en o th,.- no r i ti .\M ary itoi k. t.ht .vi , l t i a l tl 1r"u1t, h '-v t. 1 1 . ,- 1!h:- I t: he i t lt i s i l:.. a . -h .:ntiI .ti hit, n t ui 1!.lo ,. t1..v i It ''It il1 I1: '1,1..I ~ It ifi' a.! r; i pr. iti I . t i i : n . itr. . t . ' h .! iii h i tit il l' ' lt' "!! -i v i.! dd:' Ip : h' :.."- ih -te uhl t t;rf noti totli u.! fryii tnt -,it.r. ah i'tyti hi l:-u..e . itun'rn + rev nI ih 2 statd yo'ny ! cii n, 'vh 'obr. ini t. I t'o " , r ih tn-i hour to reach a little hillock, behind P which lay the camp. Snow now scarce ly breathed. 't'ho spot he occupied was rough, and filled by thotny bushes. It wis about twenty *,ards hiorn the dangerous vicinity of the fire. Slowly and gravely be raised his head, and , then his eyes 'i"ll upon a party of near ly a hundred Indians in their hideous war.pnint. Some were sleeping, sone' c smoking. while two or three were on the watch. One of these stood within three yards of him lenningr against a tree. His sidle was towards the Ken tuckian, and his eyes were fixed on va cancy. Once he turned quickly in the direction of Snow; but the darkness andl the scout's mnotion ess position made him see nothing, and the white mint continued his survey in peace. The ling lances of the Indians leaning against the trees showed that the war. riors were cavalry, and this circum stance made his heart beat. lie had hoped that the horses of his party would have given him a certain superi. only over the Indian-. which he now saw did not exist. With this conviction he was about to retire, when a young Indian moved aside the trees near the fire, and advanced into the cent re of the opening, tntil le stood before the chief, who was smoking his red clay pipe with becoming gravity. . "l'ale faces!" said the young man, after the usual pause. "UJh!"' replied the chief. . "Three," continued the young man, "one squaw-t wo warriordc. Squaw dressed like warriort her voice soft and sweet like a pRTe face girl. "Tghit said the chief. Another pause ensued, after which the yoting rnan, having explained that .he white party was tired and weary, and could not go far, the chief of the war-party order. el hin to take a dozen' %arrioers about dawn -". attack themn. The llowlng-Wind rutelfreet-ply, and sat down. Captta St(w was now amply satisfied s tothe natup f ~the Indiani tribe. They were Comarte ,'they Arabe of the: ai Jii'he'oi 6 uctt' ning to Mexico, Uuing all h eaution, hse crept away from his iangerous post, nor departed fron his nmisaless walk until half a (vi!e distant. lie then made boldly for tel uup, w% here le had advised his riends to retire. lie found them cramped in its very centre, well concealed,- their hirz'es grazing with shackled feet, and a sin:ll lire. "I leap on more wood bog," said Captain Snow as-hIe came up; "the warmints havt seen us, and the siglet of our canp imav keep them in gaul-hnmeor. I conclude thirir s.couts are spy.:1" out us this very mutnilte". Anid he expla.ned all he hail heard. A hasty meal, btit an ample one, was tak. enl at once, and then some portion of rest was smnatched. Indeed the Rocks, with all the careless seenrity of their Irish blhd, s ept soutndily unti two hours before day Ibght, when Snow roused, then up. The horses were s:oldled In silence, a nouthflti of corn.cake eaten. Snow then doled out to each a sinalI paneikin fll of brandy. lIt! ci wt ihl tl r 1---ie , wi'e witl t ' oi!"r h ji nxed wi h w;ater. they waslhed ih, lolnt o(f It hmir hori-en; their minth:s. ;,td eur.- Thn thy ple iled a {rrat qun:t!ity r w" d t nt ilh. tr, ani :neo ntin' th ecir i a wi:.1 wa... then, white Snw, -h . b e-., the i re icn h . r. ' .re- \ un the r s enicth for iisudte n .1. i( . ' y :n" ; Woere d :, heat. I,- n e - .' c'' . u i ho 'he- ti e- r.w: " :ii 't I (' ' , t the ': 't',' rv h il.1' ,Ie :{ ' : d:: ,tn. T : I ,ht h-otl heent da r:., w.: ee tiore,., 'l;~ a i wh,-n ihl tl-av .nr* i'ro e l t hey : no ej cth the ir' n't Ii I: hI e ei~l a' he o e ~ry h-id te. c i- ' U-0 their in;, ew. wt-re ii eti thef .w y .m * h o.e Th-'-, re.rac di thf..f -p Ig d i . , ci h sovas of the r. I r e in- w e th-- m vt-eti l- fty ein: i'~~ ofihe the..od ir w;s isejd ai tir. hey S ihe huee i-l ron. Iteewas of th rli. n:.: i ch ieart- ;~ eie~ter e i ieth l tct hir r o, atijii. 'fo.r,-nded ic hut o uleht. A b--. ' ;s. te a t h m~a~ h~ i n iutii ove er teI ?ere oif her hoiz aon, :h ed et haet in t~he i e e te poc.rairwis lon tre. niw whwh' ro lnised I~i to e t thce asti* co:nh riiamntwichi was, hie n.g frinzcedto enir A iith~ liv uai ci the r.-Th workhcodte l'es. reciounts the~b te!iwnIi l ot ofa~ tod irtun wh Iebclei has k to'tei L ie ui ha young lo , id *oe ~en~ year I f :ele, i h e, wasatlionen~L ni h nmhes:l an yono.i;I' 1-: n n hlie allu into the iver whnci. i~.hot ti the uiy ci. lai. rendanii jume andv wset lorunat ny clothes by irge o the lraion wr 1f the. rs. r e. they witd ib ~oth han loigst tei hte wciithe a, bat ee, - c Thcer t o oheri of this yeicg lt.ntli thank \iiited hh baoy an mat'li b n, wh preent,:ly rh-o)paid the. xparke h*ottrel in terinithomihehd ei vmi. lg r mth batb k. I - th t odr If the piernes to h5 thear.ting ulbl, w tow Ielhid sved, anl'igshient t mhn liene tio hu~n nundd to hiesat. lon w 'inityn adiit his lxinedtiC th ~ad andh-manhtold lanriide ao that'the young ldwhshehehdaedwiedt ay the expenses of his jouarney to I.ond o 'he fortunate young tatan imnt ditely tade his preparation and started.-Galig - is s Messenger. Another Grace Darlitig, On the 1st of the pres-nt month ti. vife and family of Mr. Samuriel Chener csiding at Kent's Island' Grand Ala inn, were alarmed by cries of dl.<tress n the water, the catse of which they vere unable to perceive from the den erness of the fog. The mule portion f the fauily now heing away with the* >onts, there was nothing available but at mall bout of eight feet in length; the. :rie still continuing' irs . C. and laughter a (young girl) holdly coot nit - ed themselves to this frail hark on heir errand of mercy, and guided by he cries, proceeded from one to two niles from the shore, when they discov. rcd two mn on a raft scarcely cupta. ano of sustaining them; and with no mali danger from the size of their boot. nicceeded in rescuing them, from death. They proved to be the mate and a sea. man of the schooner Atias, from (arre's 13rcnkwater, N. S.. anti, lad been wrecked on the Mlur Ledge. Capt. Gates and two senmen remained on the rocks, the raft being unfit to support them; and by their cries attracted the utten'. Lion of AI r. lrpnhart, who rescuel then from their perilous situation. Insta tace.s of this kind, at all tines prnioeworthy. Cniniend themsrl v-es to our admiration. when perforied by women unider such cirenmstances of danger, wit- deserve its their best reward the publicity of the act. It will be rciwm ieredl by most ofour renders, that at fatw years since the worla resontel with the name of (race Darling, who, with hter father, (a fisherani t.) haid tie intrepidi. ty to push oft' in a boat andt rescue s .v oral of the crew of a vessel that had been cast away en the Goodwin Sands:, England,-for this act ofdaring the no. bility of the aind vied to do tl~t maiden niono,' 1lt paers throughout the,; " hth n ,eVar. nfiit, a, sfy i intint was erected to her mimory. Hae ' have an net, performed in this Province', equally intrepid; atnt we hope to see it noticed in n more ibstiittiil way than :i newspaper is capable of doim. [St. John (N. B.) Ncews. Ascent of Mont Blanc. The following is a detailed ace: tnt, from (alignati's Messeanger, of the recent aa. cent of Moent Bliane :---"Ve have received the following froma a correspondent at Chaamounix, dated the a.:h ult: 'Great ex. citenent was caused in the tivn of Chamounix on the morning of Wteinesday, the '2 th, in consequence of the departure of Mr. Gretton, late 5t F'usileer-., and Mr. Richartids, of the county of Vex~ord, Ire land, w ith a party of the brave mouwntain. eers of Clhaniounix, for the purpose of as eenmdtg to the summiitt of Moat IBamc. Crowd,: atssctnb!ed to witness the , st.:tr, as tit h:iirltons nuat *re ..i i, : a:hv-a s :-- w1 welj knon,:. 'ho iun-l"ds hn~l ng :Cftis - r~'' wtti;iho and hat'!e vahluab!es bna'i. ta.y *i.t two get'ltfleea made thei1r w',l l t n I e pared for the worst. (ireat ..atx.(ty v. is exjpre-st-'d it 1nany:a1 a face . th' I x 1...-!, he aldl by our twd counatrvaten, d.a;a-.r '-! in tit's tharest at Ilh-- toMaL ' l1 t ahteo eit .it.. The, a:.--er s :tirwis a-:copan::J w ' .rc.t pars, .is ". ;' have : ..,4 ut t g t. i.loping tt.ik. tr :re, ' ,{ ar. - h raii s liet ' , he . :r'" S alt'm t a ereav.ae o. abi .u'tf,. tiutm wvh.ch tao haumaaun tr, A\ nighat 4i:s tat be p~a eOad a th coi. tra1 i :ai apous :a ave to he p med'~ wheare~ .t. wN rt c allb spolateft lest. that)--tis aof at-. z'nitw stin-i 'l e e t ain 'no~ti'an. ami hurt part n to t'terniityv, as w:'a Il ethcse - .e yearst h;::ek when a somz:.ar ..tteant -.. as 'nde At :1 o'clocik thle repoart a). canti. it t 'h:anoaatianx aiiiah annun ehat tunr aalvo tant? cotuntrymuena hid g-unted the f Iraand' .'. lets, lhe roc k oan nh i':hI they were to t . tp thtear <purtenrs'. tor thet ht~a. The' i*. at tv altl w~;ts OecIteleat; ntllinga (. e...t . - :higla~tt te ini the town,. 'I in i-;egae the ait we't recvrded withl atn coas .a aerversi. .\bt i I o'clickI, tha- to.r e. a-. mgi ;away froni te sttainut at the hFathl a thle AIlpi', thle tattle bhunl were seeni to -ae stlowly apaprowinag the top, andt, a tew ni a. tates aften, the repaart of tannaonti mi Chta':n aaiux :ttiananeed the ntadeurtakirt 'smt e.g. tiemt ~'~t t:- im onr vew, aid w! 5:.''; tn.'th Ii ' ataret tof titemiti t .hou~t t alf-pta ' a.e\' n a Ma , whlent, parecededta tay the hos.t a Ch~tami aa'a iltae, an acttarra. I eta t'' lhacks oti som te enithun -it-e Frena-ie'he It -a weare r'ceivedt at the IIota-l de l.a adre., w ani bond c-haeers, liingi~ ot c'antnon, a al psrtes htionts tot dhghlt att their safae retrin. 'The gtiader, gave great ptratiae to bthtl gendtumen liar the cetamneaes and e~u c .age theay dwaphtay A Tia 'ar. I tatN.- correspondlitent oaf the Ne Yoerka * erabai, wr-ting fromt Paw, sauys:-Th'IIere, is in 'a ris fai thbe hast iv waeeks, a IFrenchli lea'r, r'eo t y retfrunet tromt Africa, wh'o haut. jli(atempaion ta the streets, a. anniligeninnm, who~ follow.s hianlake a doag. Thneanai. of thte ani~na I En ir, andl never hav'e 1 seea moire spltena. didl spechneitn of the king o af the iorest. T'hnnghi I did nout Ihe miteh toi be no ih1is vi-td mirj~ajety, I ventturedt he othelir iaight to ipproach him, anid, haorresco referenst ha' Ti-kedl eff hand as a dog would dto. 'IThe~ F'renuch prouverbi stays .that "iwe aua nio: palay w ithI fire,"' and I tedt' one ofthens~ d tys the lion will tinid htiswikdi unture, andi lajke omne horuvi deed, Fulton's first Steam Voyage. w'ncty vrnrs since, nore'or less--for i A :arnot fi the dlate with rrii-e certainty--f ormed a tr!vfelling arqIaiititltee, tiphn a 'team Laot n .on the lttidnn rivejet, 'itth . . zentlemuan who, on that otccasion,', *elatdd A' me anime incidentH of the first voyage of * Fulton to Albanv, in ls steam bo ~the termont, w hirh I have never mc titit lsewhcre. The rentlemnan's natne I tvd. ost; but I urged him at the tine'to pubJ h wvhat he related; which, however, so far an I khaw, ie has never dune. I have several timies repeated the fscts as they old to me, and have benn often re eil se. eure thetu from obliviou by tang 't etm to the press. I chanced, said my natratnt, tn-be it Al, hatty sit business, when Fulton arrived there, in h'; unheard craft of, which every body felt sr tnch interest in seeing. BeA ing ready to leave, and hearing that thin craft Was to return to New-York, I repair. ed on board, and inquired for Mr. Fulton. I was referted to the cabin, and I t here found a plain, gentlemuanly man, vholly alone, and etangcd in writ i. Mr. Fulton, I presume. Yes, sir. Do you return to New-York *ith this boat We s!hall try to get back, sir. Can I have a passage dota-n I You can inko your. chanre with nos, sir, I inquired the amount to be paid. and af ter a moment',, hesitation a sum, I think six dollars, was oned. The amount in coin, I laid in his openI hand, and with hid eye fixed upon it, ie remained so ir.rmo. tin!err that I supposed there might he a miscount, and said to him, is tharright, sirl This roused hit ns from:a kind of reverieg and as he looked tip =itmIne, the big tear Was hr nirng in his eve, anti his t'oice falti'rerl as he said, excuse . .sir: haitt meimory was huy as I contnp tizedl thigs the first pecuniary reward I harke ever re. ceivel for all tmy exertion4 in asiapting teainm to uvigaton. I. wnu'd duly cogn mtemt:orato.the occasion over, a - bottle of wine with vo but I am too poor, even for t hat, just now ;.yet I trust . .we may most again when this will not. besO. The voy'ae to New-York wai ta esa. SIknow, arnd, 6.tn making Mr. Ftiitan'sflee larly plying be'tween1e i , eny, I took pnrage upon nittb tot' for the latter ciy. The cabin, hi that day, was below;- and as I walked its^ length, io an-! frn, I saw I was very elsely observel by one 1 supposed a stranger. - oon, how ever, I recal'ed the features of Mr. Fulton, but, without disclosing anyself, I continued tny walk rind awaited the result. At latigth, in passing his seat, our eyes met. when he e sprang to h s feet, and eagerly seizing mV hand, exclaimed, I knew it must be you, for your features have never escaped ne and although I fam still far from rich, yet I may venture that bottle, innt Itwas or dered, and during its. discusdion, Air. Fut. ton rant: r:.hly'.but vividly eveihis expe. rience of the world's coolness, and-sneers, :.td of 'he hopes, fears, disappointments, and ditIll'lties that were scattered through his whole career of discavery, up to the v, ry p'-nit of his tit.a, crowning triumph, at wit.. he so Study fet he had atftst ar rived. In rev;ewing all these. lie said. I have a*;itn and anhii: r'-cal:ed the occasion and !uie inrid: a of ot; first interview, at Alha. nr : and i -.ver Im-a I done so withaut itMt reo'ewigt in my unod,. the vivid einrtion it *i.:lly " in..e. Thit seened, and ?till n:".es seem,.. the turtng pont of my detiny --he d.i:g lor '.e: w.en light and dlark-. nces, in ;ay Career upon earth; for it was mity Iirst reconionr of my. usefula m8 the events eoupled whhI the . steam niavguiti-a dkwn as to be reenIouted, by tma niy--anid such ats Fultona there related1 tvere the~ early appireciations, by the wirhd. of a-* dlise:>very which ht-is invaded all water, cautsinj a revo.uto: in) natvigahtiOhi whicih his alitost laerahy brought the ~'ry ends oil the ea th in centact.-Thufal Commer ciil.tducr/iser. ttit .--A re..pr rntmakmg~ the hair spring uplot ther des-ert c,'es of 'he intellectual glot, o nmeihe rotund of the papers. Gheerl Twigg', wn&'se headl is aiid lb un l;vinz nonumien. i~ ts etlicac'y, is. the re ported inventor of hie artitle. IerVe.thie receipt: '()te draihim lia sutphnr, hialf drachn sntear or Icau, foir ownnns rose water* well ixod and appb,-d twice a dy. i t his o cisi sa ii is. initlbble, ,~ mar. . voi? thaut Generatl Twigga should hiavb be. I comn9tid in .loxico, or6 he lhved itt an at. mosn me ts!phw r an d lreipteatly esposod h mieelf to showe s. o. key'. .'lfo bo sulre hd was inot titch a~ictedl to rose water: that bein~ r n articlegnet included in the 'outfits of our htero's. ;It mt be the idrn cratet' t hat does it; (or we arOqguitemure that leadl and. sufp~hi' never nmakte a bravo nian' haitr standt ott the entd.--S/ar. Jlrvcrtn von rTwo tuoe4nf 'nAS... Il'rd Lodsaly, it lis traveJ, t~es, tat IL'ypht, he srumrihe- ot, a mlwt mej~oed, hy its hietoglyphicest v thoundr years f a the twummy,)' after it weiah t n Sone of its closed1f I e'waitt interes~ted it tI fare' thak~ ihait ihra , tt.ldJi niy's baid, plat it'VanS sunnasi1tIi~ edl the rait a '* '% no eni i d Snits aii tin ti - uge 'fa ha etonshment and jo . the rt i~ forth aM * m: