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THE’ MOTHER T0 HER _CHILD.
One kiss, my boy upon thy cheeks
That check so young and bright,
And once again I’d, hear thee speak
Thy softly lisp’d “good night.”
Then rest, and not a shade of earth
Can cloud thy slumbers fair;
Dark dreams from worldly cares have birth,
And thou hast nought of care.
.0 why might not life’s silver tide
.With thee thus ever smoothly glide!

Who gazes on the bloom of May,
Nor sighs. that all will wither’!
,‘-And yet the blossoms must decay
Ere we the fruit may gather;
And lifc’s sweet morning buds of joy
Like spring-flow ers soon depart;
And thou must change, yet wear, my boy,
Lifc’s freshness in thy heart.
Pure feelings, like the flower’s perfume,
Embalm the memory of its bloom.

l\Ian’s lot, dominion o’er the earth,
Maketh his sinnews strong,

And that proud lot will lead thee forth
All ardent mid the throng.

Life’s onward path is wrapp’d in night,
And dangers are its fame;

Ambition holds an eagle flight,
And spurns at quiet’s n_aine,_

And pleasurc‘s siren songs entice,

And flowers conceal their precipice,

0 ! wilt thou w:ind_,er then, my boy?
Away; .ye idle fears-—.
‘Why shroud our sun of present joy
In clouds of future years?
'I‘here’s One will watchthee though I sleep
Where morning never shone;
’I‘liere’s One thy faltering steps can keep,
\Vouldst thou his voice were known}
Then list amid the world's wide din
The still small voice, thy heart within.

THE WIND Al\__iD THE WEATHER-
From the Romance of Rory 0'More.
“ The summer wind lightly was playing
Round the battlemeiit high of the tower,
Wliere a vane, like a lady, was staying,
Alady vane perched in her boiver.
To peep round the corner the sly wind would try,
But vanes, you know, never look in the l_vgrld’s
e e.
And so sybe kept turning slily away,
Thus they kept turning all through the day.

“The summer’s wind said, ‘ slic’s coquetting,
’ But each belle has her points to be found;
Before evening, I'll venture on betting,
She will not then go, but colne round.’
80 he tried from the east, and he tried from the

 

, west _
I And the noith and the south, to try which was

best,
But still she kept turning slily away,
Thus they kept playing all through the day,

l‘ At evening, her hard heart to soften.

He said, ‘ You're of flint I am sure;
But its vainly you’re changing so often,

No favor you’ll ever secure.’
9Sweet sir,’ said the vane, ‘it is you who begin.
\Vhen you change so often, in me ’tis no sin ;
If you’ll cease to flutter, and steadily sigh,
And will only be constant, I’m sure so will I.’ ”

For the Norwallc Gazette.
WAHGINNACU'l"S VISIT

H, To Boston and Plyrnoulh in April, 1631, to in-

cite the English to come and settle a2zzogighi_s
people on the Connecticut Iiilvcc.

From a work entitled, “Tales of the First Set
tlcment of Connecticut and of the Pequot
War,” founded on historical facts,

One of the tributary tribes of Indians. to
which, in particular, I am now going to direct
the reader's attention, lived near where VVind-
_sor, in Connecticut now stands; that is, in the
north part of the state. As I find no name for
them in history, Iwill, for the sake of distinc-
tion, call them i’lIonzco_g‘s. Their sachem’s name
was I-P71/L-giIL—na-cut.

Their situation was so retired in the wilder-
ness that the Englishhad no acquaintance with
them till the year 1631. 'I‘he Connecticut Riv-
er was not discovered, oitlier by the English or
Dutch, previous to that time. Of course, none
’_of the vessels which had trafficked with the ria-
tives about the coasts, had yet been up to trade
with the Monwogs and other tribes along the
river. Nevertheless, these inland Indians had
heard how the strange race of people from be-
yond the big water had settled on the eastern
shore; and they had seen some iron hatchets,
knives, and other articles, which the Indians on
the coast had bought of the English. These, the
river Indians were also eager to obtain, and
therefore wished for a chance to trade with those
strange and wonderful new-comers. Besides,
they were grievously oppressed, either by the
Pequots on the one side, or by the Mohawks on
the other, to whom they were obliged to pay
a heavy tribute of beaver and otter skins and
wampum, or else have murderous bands of those
terrible nations suddenly fall upon them, and
kill and rob them and set their wigwams on fire»
and thus leave those who had escaped their
hands, desolate to mourn for their slaughtered
friends, while their ruthless conquerors would
march away in safety,loaded with the spoil, and
shouting with the voice of triumph.

‘ The Monwogs, by means of the eastern Indi-

_ line, had heard very favorable accounts about
the English settling upon the coast, how the
Wampanoags and Massacliuseits had sold them
land, whercon to build their great wigwams and
to plant corn, and also made treaties of friend-
ship and alliance with thorn, to live with them
in peace and brotherly kindness, and to sell them
beaver and other furs and skins in exchange for
iron tomahawks, knives, clothes, &.c. The
flyonwogs were also told of the terrible instru-
gne ts of destruction which the English bad,
though they would not sell them ; which were

' long hollovv things, something like their great-

;st- pipes, open at one end, into which they put
game black dust, and thundorbolts about as big
pa ground-nuts; then they would point them at
any thinglhey wanted to kill, and with a stone
lil_ie_an arrow head strike fire through a small
'. hole into the black dust, which would burst out
in smoke and blaze with a tliundering noise as
quick as liglitning, and send the thunderbolts so

~ ,swift as not to he s ,, A‘, which would "kill a deer

‘fat in. great distance, l‘_ii'rieyen penetrate the solid
‘ wood of a tree.

Having received such accounts about the
English. Wahginnacut began to reflect and con-
siderwhether it would not be best for him to in
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of his lands on the Connecticut River. He was
confident that their trade would greatly benefit
his people, and he readily supposed that they
would be both able and willing to protect them
against their cruel oppressors, the Pequots. He
therefore called a. council to take the advice and
opinions of his chief men upon the subject.-
After some deliberation and debating upon the
propriety and impropriety of the project, the
most of them concluded that it would be a good
thing for them to have the English come and
settle among them. So V‘/aligiiinacut made
choice of five of his most favorite men to go
with him, and gave orders to prepare and be
ready for the journey the next morning, telling
them to paint, dress, and ornament themselves
in the finest style, so as to make the best possi-

T ble appearance in the eyes of the wonderful pee-

ple they were going to visit. Ho "decorated
himself for this occasion with his royal insignia.
He had a inantle curiously made of the fairest
feathers of the wild turkey,_so_ braided and work-
ed together that the downy ends of the feathers

‘were all brought on one side and laid down as

smooth and regular as if they Iiad so grov.=ed.--
This he threw over his shoulders and back. He
also put on a cap that was stuck full of the finest
feathers, and tied a string of fish bones around
his neck. The flap or little apron of skin that
he wore before was curiously ornamented with
the quills of the porcupine, and his moccasons
with wampuin. His girdle was also ornalnented
with black and white wampum, worked in to-
gather so as to form the figures of beasts and
birds. This was hollow, into which he put
about a pint of parched corn and tied it around
his loiiis. He also wound a belt of wampum
around each arm. His monstrous great pipe
curiously carved out ofa soft stone with a hol-
low reed for the stem, together with his tobac-
co bag he hung at his breast with a string from
his neck. His ears had been slit down and bor-
ed with porcupine quills, and were now hung
with pendants of bone carved in the form of
fish; and from the middle cartilcge of his nose
huiig one in the shape ofa bird.

The others who were going with him were ar-
rayed in a similar style, but nqt so richly. A
wolf or bear sl-zin covered their shoulders and
back; but all their fore parts, from head to foot,
were open and naked, with a small exception,
where a flap or little apron hung down from a
string girt around their lo.iiis. They all had
belts made hollow that held about a pint each.
These they filled with parched corn for their
journey. Their tobacco bags and pipes and a
knife made ofa flint stone were hung to them,
either with a string from their necks orfrom
their girdles. Their long coarse black hair was
bound up in tresses around their heads, and
stuck full of the finest feathers, and on their
feet they had moccasons made of moose hide
ornamented with black and white wanipuin.———
Around their necks and wrists were strings of
the like kind ofjblack and white beads. Upon
the naked parts of their bodies were to be seen
the pictures of such creatures as were most
agreeable to their fancies, as moose, deer, bears,
wolves, pantliers, wild cats, hawks and eagles.

\Valiginnacut ww equipped with an iron hatch-
et and a knife which he had obtained of an In-
dian from the east, who bought them of the
English; and his companions being desirous of
obtaining the like kind of highly estimated im-
plcments, tied a few beaver skins to their hacks
for this purpose. Thus being equipped and ready
for theirjourney, they took their bows and ar-
rows and tomahawks, and entered their canoes,
and paddled across the river, attended by some
others, while the bank was lined with people,
and the high priest, who was one of the largest
and strongest men of the tribe, stood and waved
his naked brawny arm with all the grace and
majesty of an old Roman, at the same time cry-
ing out with a Stentorian voice, and witha slow,
emphatical, distinct enunciation, “Man-it-too-
wock e-wa-keen—-ka o-we-mau we-ki-ne-au-
quat—quish-kon-ke-nup-pc——Ira en-thom—wus-
ham ii_au;n-wau-teg mau—go-ke-ug.” (The gods
be with you—-and give you fair weather-_-a
prosperous journey—and success to your under-
taking.) (To be conlinuecl.)

SIMQNIDES,

August 9th, 1837.

 

How to cure a tyrannical husbmzcl. -—Miss Mac-
auley in her “Lectures on Female Character
and Education,” tells her audience that wives
in tlieir behaviortowards their husbands, should
“ be not too tame either.” She relates the fol-
lowing storyin illustration of her doctrine. A
gentleman of thirty married a girl offifteen,o'ver
whom he was strongly disposd to tyrannize.-—
The mutton, one day,’sooii after their union, be-
ing, through his own want of punctuality, sadly
overdone, he threw it, dish and all, in a pet, out
of the window. The spirited little girl, his wife,
instatly took the table cloth by its four corners,
and sent it, and all in it, after the despised and
ejected mutton. '

' Whether or not the goodly pair partook on
that day of any dinner, the fair lecturess does
not relate, but only that they ever since have
lived as man and wife ouglit to live, not frown-
ingly and snapisli but lovingly and peaceably.

A good jolt-c.——A grocer of New-York, who
had set up an opposition to the whole batch of
suspended banks, and commenced paper issues
to his customers in the usual form, found his
shin-plasters returned upon him in such quanti-

ties, that, on counting over his “money,” in or-

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der to see how much he had still in circulation,
he found that he had redeemed about $100 more
than he had ever issued! T-he best of the joke
is, that the counterleits are so well executed,
that he cannot for the life of him, distinguisli
them from the genuine issues !

 

Polislzivzg‘up.-—Alniost every body has met
with a man who peddles a polishing composition
about the streets of this city (says the Baltimore
Transcript.) He is rather profuse in his rc-
marks on its excellence, and proves its eflicacy
by rubbing it on brass caiidlesticks, doc. The
following incident is said to have taken place a

day or twosince in the iieighborliood of the;

Marsh market :

“ Look here, ladies and gentlemen,” said the
composition pecllm-,' rubbing a brass watch case.
“This is the greatest thing ever discovered, it
will turn every thing into silver.”

“Is that a fact, sir,” asked a descend-.int of the
Crocketts.

“ Yes sir——look at this watch case, it was
brass just now, but it’s changed to silver.”

“ “fall, I swow E” retorted the mzlcrul, hand-
ing him a modern shin plaster. “I wish you’d
rub a little ofthat ’ere stulfoii this bill, and turn
it into silver.”

 

THE Ii ADY’Isl ’I‘ES'I‘.

During the lime of cliivalry, when young
paladins presented themselves in crowds as
caiidfilatcs for the honor and aclvzilituges of ob-
taining rich ladies in l1lal'l‘ltlg(?, and were never
disliézirlened at any test liowcver severe, which
might be required of them by their mistresses;
in these some times, wliicli happily for suitors,
are now no more, iherc lived a young lady of
rank, who was alike renowned for the antiquity
of her family, and her enormous wealth, and
enchanting beauiy. She was courted by three
brave knights at once, but neither of llicm was
to_lier taste, and what made matters more disin-
leresling, was, that their assiduilies deprived licr
ofilie moments which she would willinrrly have
consecrated to the sole object of her alleclion.—
Hildevert, the man of lie-art. was inferior 10 her
in rank, and she naturally presumed that in-
numerable obstacles would be raised as she
should communicate to her proud parcnlslhe
name of her lover; and she was firmly resolved
ratlicrlo renounce all matrimonial cngagemeiits
than wed any but liim. I-Iildevcrt was :1 hand-
some young man, who filled in llic castle of her
father, the oflice of secretary. The _yo'..n_g, lady
had grown up by his side. and be had, probably
williol.it being aware of ii, planted in her heart
the seeds of-the lender senlimcnls which had af-
terwards taken so deep a root ilicre ; nor could
she at the same time, forget. that when llCl'
fzilller. ccliforliizible. to llic. pious ciisloiii of llic
age, had quilted his domains lo light beneath the
Clirislian slundartl in Palestine, I-lilllevcri, ball
by his bravery, saved her paternal roof from the
rage ofa bandilli who had altar,-kcd ii.

During a certain winter season, when the
three knights came regularly to woo this lady,
she resolved logei rid oftheseiniporlunalesuilols
foroncc and forever.

She announced accordinglo llic custom of the
time, that a test should decide to which of llic
lliree preference was due—-a declaration wliicli
satisfied alonce her parents and lierlovers. The
lady reserved to herself exclusively, as was
customary in such cases, the right of naming
what the test should be, of preparing it ifiicces-
sary, and of being present when it was executed.
Tradition is silent as to wlietlier she consullell
lier favored lover upon this subject ; wlicilier it
was he who invented the project which she
execuled—wlielliei' she was indebted to some
ancient romance for the idea, or whether it was
altogether an invention of her own. Tradilioii,
however, has not concealed from us the fact that
she was assisted in the execution of her design by
Hildevert, and by an old fuilliful servant.

When all the preparations were completed,
she desired the first of her suitors to be called,
and addressed them thus :

‘My father has for solne lime past had his
coffin prepared. in order to remind him that his
term oflife is drawing 10 a close. To night I will
order the coffin to be placed in the hall. Put
yourselfinlo it like a dead man, and not stir at
all, wlialcver you may behold. These coin-
mands obeyed, I shall know lliatyou really love
me.’

‘ Cliarming lady,’ replied the knight, ‘ can it
be diflicult for him to act the purl ofa dead man.
who is at every instant ready to expose himself
to death for those bright eyes '1 Conilnaud
what you please, you will find your lover un-
sliaken to the latest breath.’

The young lady afterwards spoke in these
terms to the second of her suilors :

‘We have a dead man in lbe castle; the
corpse will be laid in the hall to-riiglil. ;‘ do me
the favor to watch by its side, in order to prevent
the occurrence of an accident. It is absnlulely
necessary ilial you should conduct yourself with
resolution, and maintain your post. by ilie side of
your coffin, whatever may chance to happen.
By a strict fulfillment of lliese conditions, I shall
be enabled to judge of the sincerity ofyour love
for me.’

‘b_Vliat command has issued from that lovely
mouth 1’ replied the knight, ‘lliis sleiillor iesi
my very squire would willingly unzlcrgo for zi
breakfast; and wherein can it possibly olier any
ditlioullyto one who is ready to brave death that
he may find favor in your sight ?'

The lady then look the remaining one of her
three suitors aside ;

‘I intend,’ said slle, ‘ to amuse myself at ilie
expense ofa man who has underlaken lo walcli
a corpse to night, and who boasts and piqucs
liimselfproiligiously upon his courage. Disguise
yourself as a devil ; I have a dress prepared for
you. At the hour when speclres are said lo
visit the earth. go and terrify this guardian of the
dead, and endeavor to malco him quit his posi.
But remember to inuinlain yourself resolutely
in your own, whatever may happen ; for by this
I shall form inyjudgnient of the ardor ofyour
passion lor irie. ' ‘ '

‘ \Vhal! adorable lady, is such infant sport as
this all that you requiie as a proofof my brnvci'_y
and love? No matter, your pleasure is my law;
and since it has taken this turn, slionld Lucifer
himself guard the coffin, I would make him
yield his post to me.’

As soon as night set in, a large coflin, cover-

ed with black, was brought into the castle hall.
Wax tapers, and all the appoinlmeiiis of dcaili

were placed ziroiind. The lilllijlll in wlioiii lll(‘
part liall been zlssigiicll, nri';lyl.'ll iii 21 liiicu
sliroilil, pltl(’6(l_ liiiiiself in 21 cull’-,ii iii llic pi'csciir~r-.
of the lady. null clasped his liainls lirnily lo-
gcllici‘; a <-"ur.-ili.\; ivus laid upon his llrctlsl, and
his llCZ1ll, wlzicli l‘<.‘sl§)il upon a pillow, xvns
crowiieil with flowers. The livill lint of (lculb
llisguisell lils couiilciiaiicc; and ll.'(.‘ luilynfzcr
coiisillcring him in ibis posilioii. Ullll ll.'l_‘_"l.l(‘(l lo
SllllLl(.lCl' willi liormi_' at the spectacle, gave him
slricl injunctio not to ()[)l:"ll his eyes, or to give
the sliglileslsiglis of aiiiiiizuion.

The second kiiiglit begun by doing ziniplc
honor in ilr: splcnilid supper in wliicli lic lllltl
been inviicn. lie was full ofgnycly unil spiriis,
and luugullcil liczlrlily with llic guc;=is Lu all llic
current lui:-s of -‘S-(ll'CCl'Cl‘S_ and s]lll’ll>:, swczliiug
llial froiii his youth he lincl SC()lll.:l.l at the idol] of
gliosls. \Vlicn llic zippoiiile.-.l hour tll‘Il‘-'l;‘tl, he
walked coni':l_Lcously lU\VilfLl5 llic hull, wln,-l'e llic
lady was wailing his arrival willi llic Ulll ivzirlll.-r
of the casllc. She inlliculeil in him his post.
giving, lio_wcvci', at the sonic tiiiie, full liberty
to walk or sil .-_-iill-—lo re-.nl—-in zi word, to elli-
plov liiuiself in any way he llionglii proper,
proviiliiig only that he sliolilil not lose sight of
the corpse, -"lllll that he should dcfciitl it from
wlincvcr migbi npprozicli llic colliu.

\Viicn the lady illlll the vxnrder brill rcliied,
the most jll‘(lll)LlIl(l silence reigned ilirouglinui
the ball. The knight begun to scruIini'/.e it in
every part, and at last excluiiiicrl, ‘\_Vliai will
not love render zi lnaiic:1pnble of!’ then throw-
ing liiinsclfinlo zi chair near the coflili, be fixed
"his eyes upon llic corpse. The siglil oflhis ob-
ject cnuscll nu iiivoluiilnry Slllltltlill‘ lo pcrvziilc
his whole l':'£:liie; for his broilicr siiilur, who
couiilcrfeiicd the (lead mun, ,.'.;i37cil his part so
well, and his pale and livid cou_nlen:iiice rc-
seuiblcd so cxacily that of one in vvliom life hall
become exlincl, that the most Llislruslful eye
would have been deceived. I-lis llCZlll, ion, liulf
raised, appeared as ilicugli it would ailvancc
towards the rash man who siarell so fixedly
upon him, and drag him with him lo the tomb
which already gaped for all that deaili bad lcll
him of lI‘i0l'lLllll.y. The kiiiglil williilrcw his
gaze froin the lll(lCOlIS object before him, snuffed
the lights, and begun to read an ancient liiiiiily
chronicle; and in his occupation he became so
busicd in the relalion of a seigc in some town in
Italy, that be forgot the dead man in llic colliu;
and, sliziring ilie heroic senliniciils of the brave
knigliis whose death rivellcd bis ziilciilion, he be-
came, like the first knigiil, pi'cpui'ed to push the
(‘.tl\'elllUl'C lo ils close. ‘

The lady. who, with her lover and the old
wardcr, was observing from a iicigliboring
nparliiieiil. wliut passed in the ball, began to
(':‘lllCl'l€llll son".-'2 misgivings respecting the success
of ll(‘!' <!:'ul:.i'-érii, when llic liour of one struck
loudly on his ear." Illblaiiii_y'1iic‘ 1
was ll€,'L1l‘(l in approach llic liall.

‘Io struck zi tremendous blow upon the door of
[he ball at llic moment when ibe kniglii who
was pouring over ilie cliroiiicle was eirgaged, in

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llial he might be pt-rinillcil io lake one more glriss
of liquor. and siilqkiz one more pipe of lobzicco.
So small :2 i'cqiii-sl \v:is ri‘-nrlily giriillcd-—llicyi
prniniscll lo poslpoiic llic l-xec.-iiiicii lllllll lic rlruiill
and smoked liguiii. l.l(l\'lllf_' got iliciii sull'n:ici‘il—
ly (50llllllll.lt'il lo llris pmpnsiiiiiii, be _u:ivc-. illcn.
lo iiiitlmslnliil lb::l lic llC\'(‘.l‘ lllll3ll:lt‘(l io «lo cilln.-r.
Such is llic suci'ca.liicss of mi liiilinn pi‘oiiiisl»: lliul
Ibis sulilci'l'ii_:;i.- ll is ll.u.< fur snvcil (_1‘lnvcr‘s life.
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of I’ciiii.-vlv.'iui:i. lived :1 :u:ili, \\'l.’l).\‘l? lllillllfl wzis
Lin li‘cvi'c ; he was llic _;:':iiulsnii of ii l*‘i'cncli-
man. who \\‘.'l$(ll)li__1;(.‘(l io iiv bis CUllllll'\’ nl lll(:
l‘C\':l(31llii)ll of llltf calicl ul' il“i.'llllP.~'. llii miglii
well li:lvc b«:.~,-ii lfiliilfll ill;-. l:i.~,:l of liiuiikiiill. for
lie pips.-.19.-‘sctl it plziiiililiuii (iii llic very \'¢,:rg.'e Ul
llie vallvy io\v:ml;: ilii: _lill_i_l.' illoili'liLiiiis, u plaice
nl'i'e.-l'i:gc ll)l' liliiiiizils of llll‘(l:‘i‘l‘ kiinl.

Tliis iiinii. liuvilign llilnilv nfcleveii ('llll\ll’Cll,
(ii thing by no iiicnns llll('LIllllllt)ll in lliui collu-
lry,) was _:,ri'cnlly {ll.‘ll'lll(‘Ll oiic iiioriiing {ll ll.ll.‘%§-
ing llic yilliiigesi, Will) was uboisl four ycurzi of
age-—lic (ll$illl}lt'.'Lll‘Cll :2bnnl,_.lcn o’cl:qck. The
clisli'cs:;+-rl lilinily souglil li‘.ici' him in llic rivci‘.
and in llie licltls, but in no’ ]li:i‘p('s:;. 'l'ci‘rilicd
to an c.\;_lrei1i_c degree. llicy iiliilcil v._'iili llicir
iiciglilnirs in quest Ill‘ liim. Tlicy ciilcrcil llic
woods, wliicli ilicv liezil over iviili llle iiinsl scru-
piilmlslillciiliuii. I A llioii.-:iin,[ liiiicés llicy called
him by nliiiic. zinil were :iii.~;i.v::rcll only by the
echoes of llic \\’llLlS. 'l‘llf‘_\’ llien a.<sciiilill:d
iliciiisclves al llic liiol of the Moiiniuiii ol‘Cl'izil-
zigiiicis (or Cll(‘.$llUl ll'('(‘.\‘) ivillioiit bciiig ziblc lo
bring llic lcasl iiilclligciicc of llic Clllltl. Alier
rcposing ilienisclvcs for some minutes, they
foriiicil iiilo (lilli:rcut bziiitls—-uiiil night coming
on, llic parents in ilespziir r<>fiiscil lo_ rciurn lroiilc,
for llicii‘ l'i‘iglil coiislziiiily iiicrcziscll by the
kiiowlcllgclliey ll.'.l(l ol'nioniii.'iiii cuts, nu niiiiiiul
so inpucioiis, llinl llie iiiliubilniils cannot uli'uys
zlelcnll ilieinsclvcs ngaiiisl llicir attack. Then
lliey pniulcll in their iiiiziglizililiii llie llUl‘l'l{l idea
of a wolf, or some oilier ili'cziill'ul uiiiiiizil, dc-
vouring ilicir llurliiig cliilil——‘I)ci'ii.-l«:, my poor
liiile ])ci‘ick! wlicrc zlrl llioil I‘ frcquclilly ex-
clziiiiicll llie nioilicl‘, iii the iiiosl poignant lan-
_;_;lingc-—b-.il all was of no avail. As soon as
llnyliglit appcurcll. lliey renewed llicir search,
but as unsuccc—.ssl'lilly as llic preceding (lily.
Ii‘orinlialely an lndiuii l2.llll‘ll Will) furs, coining
frnui an uiljzicenl village, cullcil ai llic house of
Le lfcvre, iiilciidilig in repose liiiiiscll'lliei'c as
llC: usually did on his traveling iliroiigb ilizit purl
ofllic country. lie was liiln-li surprised lo.‘ind
no one Lil liniiic but :in Olti .'L\:(i‘C(l‘t‘>5;~‘, kept ilicrc by
her ililiriiziiics. ‘ \Vl2(,‘l'tt is my broilici‘ ?’ suiil

‘HAS IT A DIOUTH 2’
INTEREST! NG ANICCDOTE.
The Rev. J. \Villiams, in his ‘Narrative of
Missionary Enterprise,‘ ‘gives the following in-
teresting anecdote : ' ‘

In.ilie ereclion oflliischapel, (at Bzirotonga.)
a slrking instance occurred of the feelings of an
iiiilziuglit people, when observing for the first
lime the el'li:Cts of wrilien communications. As
I liadcnliie in work one morning without my
Sllllam. Ilonk up a chip. and with a piece of
cliarcoal wrote upon it a request that Mrs.
\Villiains would send me llini article. I called
21 chief. wlio was snperiiilcliiliug lii_s portion of
the work, and said to him.

‘ l*‘rieml. izike this, go to our house, and
it to Mrs. ’i._'\’illiz‘.ins.’ .

Ile ivzi.-‘ El singular looking man, remarkably
quick in his inovcmcnls. and had been ti great
warrior ; bui in one ofllie numerous baiiles he
had longlil. lost an eye, and giving me an in-
L‘.\i]ll‘L‘SSll)lt? look with the other, lie said,

‘ Take llizill she will call me a fool, and scold
me. “'1 carry a chip io licr.’

" No,’ l replied. ‘she will not ; take it and go
iiiiliicdizucly. for I am in liaslc.’

I’ci'ccivin_g me to be in earnest, he look it and
‘.lSli(‘ll, '

‘ Wlial must I say '3‘

I rcplicil. '

‘ You liuvc noiliing to say; llic chip will say
:ill I wi:;ll.’

Willi u look ofasioiiisliiiient and contempt, he
llL‘lLi up the piece of wood, and said,

‘ llow can this speak‘! Has it a mouili l’

l llc.-ircll him in lake il iniiiicdizilely, and no’.
.-.-pr-nil .-izn lllll(‘ll lime in talking about ii. On ar-
riving zu llic lionse. he gave it to Mrs. \Villiams,
who ri.-l:i.l ll--llll'€‘V it avsny, flllti went l0 ilie tool
clicsl, wliiilicr llic cliicf, resolvili,'_{ to See the
re-slill t.-fll.ni~: l1l_\‘Slt.‘ll'Ull':3 proceeding, followed her
closely. Uri receiving ihc Sl1IlIll'C from her, he
said.

‘ .‘>‘l:i_v, clziilgliler, bow do you know that this is
wliui Mi‘. bvllliilllls waiilsl”

‘ \Vliy.’ she replied, ‘ dill you not give me a
cliipjusi now Ll’

' Yes,’ said the £lSlOlllSllC(,l warrior, ‘ but I did
nol licnrii say any thing.’

‘ lf you (lo noi, l dill.’ was the reply, ‘for it
niallo knowii in me what he, wanted, and all
you have to do is lo return as fast as possible.‘

\Viili ibis. lllC cliief leaped out of the house.
and mill-liiiig up the niyslerious piece of W()(iLl,
be run llilongli llie seiileincni wiih the chip in
one lleiiitl, and the square in the other, liolcling
ilwm up as high as his arms would reach, and
sliuuling us he went,

f__Sce llic \Vl$(l()lll oflliesc Englisli people, they
cziii/' iizukc chips talk; llicy can make chips
lalk ." ’

On giving me llic square he wished to know
how it was possible ilins lo converse will) persons
at a distance. lgavc him all the information
in my power; bui it was a circumstance in-
volved in so much mysicry, llial he actually,
lied :1 string to the chip, hung it around his neck
and wore ii for soiiic lime. During several fol-
loiviiig days we frcqiienily saw him surroun-‘led
by :1 crowd, who were listening Willi intense iii-
lcrcsl while he iiziriaied the wonders which lbo
cliip lied pcrforiiicd.

Ell.-IJUR DOW’.-VING ALIVE I
A uni var. 01-“ '1' HE “TWO ie0LLii=:s.“

By the following letter, published in the New
York Express, it will be seen that MAJoi:
l)ow.\'i.\'c ‘ is not dead but livelli,’ and has land-
ed at l<’.ocl;awny, in good liczillli and sound condi-
tion. It is hoped lhat the Major will betuke
liiinsv:lfio cxuininiiig inio ilie alliiirs of‘ the Co-
vc.riiii~.ciii’ with as liille delay as possible ;

M.-mini: I’.-iviLlo~.v, .
llockzlxviiy, ‘July 27. 1337. E
Dear Sir—.lusl aflcr day-liglil lliis inornin_;'

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lllC lllilltlll. '.-klilsl l(:‘ill'._ti llic iii_-gm \'.‘Ulll:lll.
‘lie has lost his little l)crick, and all the iici_~_;li-
bnrliolill are ciiiploycil iii iunkiiig Illlt‘l' liiiii iii llic
woods.’ II was llien I} o'clu(-k in the -'.lllCl‘ll()(:ll:
‘ Sound the liorii,’ sliiil lbe Illllliln, ‘ iry Zllltl call

his iiiiuginziiinii, in cutting his way llirougli a
breach by the side of his gallant ancestors. The.

him up suddenly by the hair. ‘\Vlio goes
there.’ be ext-laiiiictl. No answer was re-
turned; and the silence which had prevailed
since the blow was struck was only inlerinpleil
by the echo of his voice. The guardiaiii knight
seized a taper, and drew near the door V_\'llll a

be stopped, listened attentively, and was aboui
to repeat his question, when a second blow,
louder Ilian the first was heard. ‘ Come in l
lcll you,’ cxclaiiiied llic guardian knight; and
llieii Slcppcil back a few paces, in order ilial be
liiiglil keep his eye upon the corpse, which re-
mziinecl tranquil and molioiiless.

The gl,lLll‘lll'dD liliiglil placed his taper on lilC
floor, drew his sworilaiid march ‘Ll with lengthen-
ed Sll‘l(lC:3 towards the door. A lliird blow. com-
pared with which the other two were really
gcnlle. slionk llie floor, and llic devil cniereal.

ll is well known that, in ages of_ superslilion
such as Ibal in \\’lllCl.l this adventure took place.
llic devil was liriiily believed in by ilie inhabi-
laiils of Europe. The people. llic kiiiglils, and
even the priiiccss llicmsclvcs believed that lie
assunied ail S.’)l'lS of l'o_rins for llic purpose ofior-
mcnling llllllllilllll. Upon this occasion be up
poured in the guise of a lull robust nian, whose
liriii slop shook llic flooring of the hall. Ilis
powerful arzn brandished zi licavy lance; be
cast 21 look full upon the guardian knight, and
another upon llic corpse; and, spite of llic glu-
lering sword of llic former, walked firmly lo-
warlls llic coflin. The guardian kniglii llefc-nil-
Ctl bis pn.-ri valizinlly, and the issueofilie contest
begun in be tloublful, when the dead man forgot
llic part he had lo play. The danger to which
be foulill liimsclf exposed frolii llic Sltlftly blows
wliicli i'ail‘._cd by his coffin, and his cliriosily to
behold llic frliy, indiiced liim lo raise liiliisclf in
his collin, and up-"ll his eyes ; but no sooner did
he behold llie lliglilllil ligure of llic enemy of
souls, than he leaped from ilie collin and pre-
pared to flee.

Al the sight of a corpse in flight, the two com-
batants lost all courage; the devil ll’la(,lU for llic
door. and the guardian knight took refuge in n
iiei_:zliboi'iiigcliunilzer.

The young lady accompanied by the wit.-
ncsses ofliis success. enlered the hall, which rung
willi bursts of l:-iughicr, and ~re-cnlliiig the three
kniglils, who dared hardly raise llieir eyes for
sbuinc, slic rcmiliiled ilieiii of their conipacl,
and bade iliein recollect that bolli the laws of
gallanlry and knigliiliood forbade them again to
press lhcii‘ suit.

The knigbis i_o_ol_; zi hasty departure from the
castle: and Ilil'J_cvcrt was shortly yiflcrwards
unite-ll lo the object of his al_feclioii:..

C'u.rs for_ Iillcnipcrcmcc aml .5‘/izo/’.'i_22,.g‘—I;z¢lia7i
C'ulcncs.s-.——.-‘I friend of ours, who has bad ex-
tensive dealings wiili llic lriili:-ins of blississippi,
relates the following clinraclcrislic anecdote,
which he says is _iiuiliiiiliicilly llic truth. A
chief. by the name cf Glover, in some gush of
passion, lizippcncd to slay anoilicr Indian. The
invariable penalty for killing among lllCSC
primitive beings is (lctllll, and that punishment
is by their custom. to be iiiflicletl by the nearest
liicliils of tlie"rlec::iseil. These had met to-
gethcr wiih the prisoner in their charge loexecule
the last sentence on poor Glover. He asked one
favor of liisjuilges before he died. and, as gener-
ous _enen.iies, he hoped they would gram it as it

 

noise iiiziile liini leap iusianlly from his chair as;
though llic hand of him who siruck l|Ll(l cauglii’

design ofopcning it; bui, changing his purposc,,

my iiizislcr lioinc—-l will liud his cliilll.’ The
l1i)l‘l] was sounlletl; and as soon us llic fzillier lc-
lllTllC(l, llic lnrlian zlskcll liiiii liar llic slices and
stockings ilizii Derick liad worn l:l8l. Ilc l.llCll
()f(lf‘.l’C(l bis dog. wliicli lie brnuglil with him, in
Islllcll ll)(‘ll1:—«'Jll(l ilien, l‘zxkjiig llic lionsc for his
icenlre, lie clcsci'ibeu'_ a circ -\of :1 qnnrzerol :1
mile. seini-diumclor; orileriiig\bis dog lo smell
lllt eurlli wliercver lie l(.‘(l ‘him. The Cll‘L‘lC was
not C0ll'.lpl€lCtl, when the sngncious nliiiiizil began
to bulk. The sound bronglll some feebloiav of
hope 10 llic Lll$C()l'lSl)l‘;llC pareuis. The dog fol-
lowcd the scent, and blirki-Ll agziin, the party
pursued liilii \\'llll all llieir speed, but soon lo:-:l
siglil of him in the woods. llzilf an hour aficr-
wanls they heard him again. Z_lll(l soon saw him
rclilm. The couiilcnunce of ihe poor dog, was
visibly altered; an air ofjoy sccnieil lo ziiliilinle
him, and his gestures scenicil lo indicate llizll
his search hall iioi been in vain. ‘

‘ I am sure be has lllllllll llic cliilzl !’ 81$Cl{JllUCll
the liilliuii. But \‘.'ll(‘:lll(.‘l‘ llcazl or olive, was ill
present the cruel sluie ofsuspcllsc. 'l‘lie llitlizin
then followed him in the fool of a large lrec.
wlicre lay the Clllltl in an eiifccblcd slule, neur-
ly approacliiiig dcalli.

Ile look it ienl.lci'ly in his arms, and liasiily
carried it to the {llSCOllSl)lZllC parents.

Ilzippily. lllC father and iiioilier were in some
measure prepared lo receive ilieir child. Their
joy was so grczil that it was more llizin a quarter
ofan hour before they could express llicir grati-
tude lo llic l\'lll(l rcslorcr ofilicir child. \Vorils
cannot express llic nlli-cling scene. Alicr they
had bnllieil llie face of the ('lllltl Wllll llicir tears,
llicy threw lliciiiselvcs on llic noel: ofllie liirliun,
whose heart in unison mcllecl wiili lezirs. Tlicir
gralilutle was llieii cxil-mlcil lo llic llog——-iliey
caressed liiiii Willi lllCXl)l'€SSllIlC ileliglil, as llic
animal, who. by iiieaiiei of his s:i.q:icil_v, bail
fonlid Ilieir nil‘.-‘pi'iiig: and conceiving llim. like
lhe rest ofliis group. he must now slziiill in need
of l‘efl'€Slll]1Cl)l, a plentiful repusi was prepared
for him, after which lie anal his m:i.sler puisuell
ilieir juuriicy ;_ and the coriipany, iiinlnally
plcziscll at the happy event reinrneil lo ilieir re-
speclive habilalinns. liiglily (ll.-ligliletl \\lllllll0
kind lntliau uiid liis ivoiillcrful (log.

 

Niel.‘ Biddle and the Red 1i’i.i'cr It’oa'rcr.—.-1
“tell River rourer, from llic viciiiily of ill!) Big
Lick—-one of your real canizinlu-rous chap.-‘.
‘half ll0l‘::<3, linlf ullignlnr, will) a lunch of the
snapping lurilc.’ linving beard awful. iliings
about this same Presillciii of the Unite-ll Sluies
Bank, and being in Pliilzidelpliia on some busi-
ness. iliouglil he iiiusl have a look at llie animal
before his return home. Accoi'd'inQly lie ni:.ircli-
ed iiiio lbe Bzliil-1. and inquired for i‘-‘If; l3iillllG-
The clerk slioweil liim inslaiilly into a room
where, in an arm chair at Ilse tlt‘->'l<. 5111 51 I1lCC
well dressed g_eulleman. willi a smile on his
lip, and a pen in his liainl. ‘Good iiiornifig sir,"
blnudly observed ilie Presidenl. ‘ flow do you
sianil it slrai'iger.’ Sillll llic l{i-.-nliir-kiuii. ‘ Be
you Nick Billllle '3’ ‘My name is liiidllle,’ was
the soil respollse. ‘Slcunibonis and ligliiiiiiig
rods ! Ynu—wli_y, you ain't the jlions/.clr."
‘ Tlial’s a this wiili which I have sometimes
been honored.’ ‘Give us your lisl. sirzlligei'. I
thought you was 2.! venomous n.'il‘ral curiosiiy.
but yon’re us while a man as lever sci eyes on.
Good bye slranger—-I lhoughl lconld not go
home wilhout H sqniiil at yoii.' Sn saying, the
liliriler of goons clep:-irled. fully satisfied that the

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look 21 stroll. as has been my custom for so; I
plays pasl, along Ibe bcacii; the wind was bl..~v.'-~
llll,(_{ very fiesli from S. S. ‘.V., and n licavy ‘
grolling over. As sour us the morning mast
it-lczircil away. I saw an eastern built sclil_iomi'
close in sliore, in the act of lacking, and _evide:;i-
ily nearer lllC breakers than was sale. She
.‘IIllSS{3(l stays. owing lo the high seas over £i1l(.i
fsplit lier niaiusail, and Will] a desperate struggle
I up lielm, filled ziwuy directly in shore. seleciing
jin her course ilirough the outer breakers, '.l:»:
1' szlfcsl passage to land on.
«I I lost no liniein giving intelligence to the pro-
jipriclor of the ‘ \Vrecker’s Daughler’—-the life
boat lying in from of the Marine Pavilion,
and lo the inmates ofllic latter, and in the course
‘of half an hour, every assistance was at hand-
glly ibis time the vessel had slruck on the outer
’lJl’CZlli(‘l‘S, and her fore.-iiasi ziiicl maiii-lopmasl
had gone over her sides. The life-boat, the
* \VrIccker’s‘Dangliler,’ was instantly manned,
anll gallanily pushed oil“ lo the relief of dthe
siilfcrcrs. llcr first return brought a loa of
packages and parcels,‘ ziddressed to various indi-
"viduals, among which we discerned some ad-

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Nubby,’ ‘ Uncle Joshua,’ ‘ Ezekiel Bigclow.’
and other ilisliiigliislicd and endearing naines,
an axe, a cocked but and a suit of regimental-s
iicd up in a cotton pocket hankerchief, and
sundry ollier items too tedious in to menlioli.

\Ve anxiously inquired regarding the crew
and passengers, and were Iold by ‘ llie VVreckc-r.-“
lbai iiol one would leave the schooner till all on
board ivorlli saving was safely-landed, that Il;'J
sclinonei‘ was ‘ The, Two Pollies of Downing:;--
ville,’ Cupi, Solomon Jirnipci, master, from
l-lavre, bound to New York, and that Major
Downing was on board, as a passenger. You
may readily conceive iliai ibis annonncemerl:
fnriiislicil llic ‘ \Vrccker’s fDaugliler" a full cargo
back to the wreck; for nearly every man on lhe
bezicli insisted on going off lo lend a hand in
’.-‘Living the most valuable articles on board.»-
Allcr two or llircc trips, llic capiaiii. crew, anti.
insseligcis, were safely lanilell, and llllll]€Cll£llC~
{ l - (,'l)llLlU(.‘lf3tl in the P vilinn, wliure L-very com-
.l'ort was furnished to llicln. The Major. ou
l lziiidiiig, introduced Captain Jumper to the crew,
and Capt. Jumper in turn, introduced Major
Downing io such as hall noi ‘ucfore $9611 li_iin—-
zllul such :1 shaking of liaii_ds and huzzning, weir;
never seen or l‘icui'ii ofsince ilie ‘ G’-ra7lcl '1'oiccr’
limes. I am happy to inform you lliatllic Major
is in perfect licallli—und iliough he laiiiled as
wcl as 8 dock rat, is as happy as a bird. He is
now very much ciigageil in lirraiigii1gl‘iis pa-;-l<l.-
gcs and parcels. and l("llLllllg his aid to Ctlplflili
.lumper and crew, and inhzibilaiils generally, L--.
go-i.iiiig Ilie ‘Two Pollies' afloat; and as all
I)\()(,'li2l'\\'8y join in iliis laudable effort. I l)2J.\':;
now no doubt the vessel will be saved and gout-is
‘off next iicle—lier liuil is sound, lbough she has
lost iiiosl of her sails and runiiiiig rigging.

It is said ihe Major and Capt. Jumper, lmd
some words on board, a few hours before she
Sll'UCli—-alltl desirous lo learn sonieihing regard-
ing ibis inalier, in coininnnicaie lo you for ‘-llie
benefit of uncler—wriiers, and all concerned.’ 
ziskenl the Major-—bui his answer licshed me up
in a moment. Says lie. ' This i§ no time lo ialk
aboui how we got into the snarl-—let every man
lnrii lo and gel the Two Pollies off the shore ;
we shall have lime hereafter to settle other mat-
lers and how, il need be, how we put her there.
He requests me to tell you to send all his letters
and papers down here without loss of time. He
asks all manner of questions, but answers none,
so I can give you no farther infonznaiion about
European news or any thing fiirilier regarding
him, only he is well and looks ‘as natural (now

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