Indiana American, Volume 2, Number 34, Brookville, Franklin County, 22 August 1834 — Page 2

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Ki;VS OF TIE K WEEK.

Arkansas RobbersErpedition against Arkansas baniiti twenty prisioners taken Administration of Lynch' s law. Our peaceable town presented, last week, more the appearance of a war camp, than the ;ibode of peace. An expedition composed

mostly of our chief citizens, "thrice armed, their quarrels being just," set out from this place to take or exterminate a gang of lawless freebooters, infesting the Arkansas shore of the Mississippi for some hundred miles, who have been for several rears past, committing continual depredations upon the lives and property of individuals upon the river and in the state, and becoming nt length so bold as to require the measures adopted by our citizens, for the preservation of their lives and property. Their last depredation, was seiz

ing, some twelve or twenty of them, a1 flat boat owned by Mr. William Mitchell, of May's Lick, Kentucky, laden with flour and whiskey that stranded on a sand bar about 12 miles below this town ; one or two of them standing over the boatmen with levelled rifles, while the rest plundered the boat, and took off, in other boats, what they conveniently remove.

Horses, negroes, cattle, and every species of

property are their prey; and such is their adroitness, and so impregnable their marshy

skulking places, as to make their detection almost impossible, burying themselves when pursued, in the almost impervious canebrakes.

ihis last audacious wuulesale robbery, arouscd our citizens, many of whom have suffered by counterfeit money and property stol-

" en, to march against them armed with rifles.

The robbers held their head quarters about . 23 miles below this town, at a place called the

Shawnee village; thilhtr about thirty of our citizens went, fully anticipating a warm re

ception, but returned without battle, atter bur

ping two or three crazy cabins, bringing with

them eieht or ten prisoners.

The next morning, the citizens of Coving

ton came in to the nnmber of 41) or 50, glori

ously armed, determined to carry on a searching operation among the canebrakes. Ac

cordingly they boarded a flat, well provided

with blankets and provision for the campaign,

and floated down the sell-same way as when

they went to fight Packenham. After scour

ging the country for a day or two, they returned with 12 or 15 prisoners, some of whom were engaged in the robbery, some known to

be rogues of a deep dve, and and others ref

ugees from justice. Scouting parties were kept up for a week, returning daily with vic

torious trophies of fresh prisoners or recover

ed property. T. wo or three guns only were

tired by the party, at some ot the robbers as

they were "breaking' for the canebrake. One of the boatsmen, that is supposed to have

stranded the boat in order that it might be plundered, was found dead in the canes, whither he had lied, the victim of dishonestv,hunger

and musqmtocs. 1 hey were brought before

Magistrates who sent seven of them to jail,

some w ere cnarged,and no proof beinc found

against four or live of the most noted villiains

! renerositv and urbane deportment while ta

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king part of our citizens to the village lree ot

expense. Capt. Miner, of the steamboat Tennessean, also brought our citizens home from Memphis

free of tharge, for which, together with his

kind attention and gentlemanly deportment,

he will receive their warmest taanks.

The citizens of Memphis w ill also receive the best wishes of those whom they so Gener

ously and hospitably entertained w hile among them. Randolph Recorder.

glhem, they were very politely escorted to Arkansas by Sheriff Calmes and some

amon

back

cf our citizens, and under its shady bank were 1 l; l .a 1 . - ...

fo ucngiucu hi nemg me nappy rcccipicnts and backers of Lynch's law, as to pipe and dance most melodiously. Indeed they 'discoursed most eloquent music,' which fell upr on our car softened by a voyage across the wa- . ler of upwards of a mile. After being amused awhile in this manner byour Sheriff, they departed on thier way rejoicing, with feelings not soon to be forgotten. One villian named or pronounced Geno, after being stripped for the dance, howled and begged so pitifully, that, although his back bore evidence of his having danced around the whipping post before, he was spared the lash, and taken back, as he promised to divulge secrets of impor. tancc. But finding he could be of little ser. rice in this capacity, he was suffered to return to Arkansas, where his fellow robbers, for his faithlessness and cowardice at Lynch's altar, stripped him, tied him to a tree, and gave him a "smart sprinkle" of th.; 1 ish themselves. Since, this same Geno, with a companion, robbed a lennessean, about thtrtv miles from this place, about ,$20, and tied to a tree and whipped nint severely they have been pursued, but without success. The district of Arkansas being to sparsely populated and wild, that justice cannot reach these fiee-booters; and it. is said that even the country olhcers participate in the profits of the plunder. One scene occurred in the expedition which bro t back the days of Rob Roy M'Grceor, aniong the Highlands of Scotland. The second excursion of our citizens the robbers prepared for, and had somewhat concentrated. 1 o reach the Shawnee village, the bank is to be ascended, and a norrow defile cut through the cane to pass through. While entering this lane, the gentleman in advance discover, ed a man in ambush, who instantly uttered a shrill whistle and a dozen unseen firelocks were as soon heard to spring back their locks. The gentleman knowing the man he saw, spoke to him in a manner that Induced him to risi with -lis companions, who were determined, they said, in case of being harmed, to kill all they could. It it to be hoped that the robbers may have all been taken or driven off, as our citizens are determined if compelled, to take the law into their own hands. Col. Stephen W. Foreman, a noted counterfeiter, who broke St. Louis jail about four months since, was taken nt the village, and the sheriff of St. Louis county came and escorted him back to his old lodgings. Much credit is due to Capt. Johnson of the steamboat Kentuckian, for the assistance he rendered in taking the prisouers, and for his

From the Richmond (Ind.) Palladium. Fatal Effects of Lightning. At the village of Newport in this county, on the evening of the 13i.h instant, two women were killed by lightning, and a number of other persons severely shocked. The particulars of this distressing occurrence are given in the following

extractof a letter from a respectable citizen of

that place, to his friend in Richmond.

Newport. 8th mo. 1S31.

"Dear Friend Last evenine between cisht

and nine o'clock, we were called upon to wit

ness me most appahng scene that ever occurred within my knowledge. A stroke of lisjlit

g tell on the house occupied by Jehicl

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Hull, (brickmaker) recently from Cincinnati.

whose wife lay sick of a fever, and many o

the citizens were there wailing to see her ex

pire; and painful U relate, the electric fluid

siruch. iwo oi me numoer down to rise no

more; and in something less than one hour, J. Hull's wife expired, making three persons in the same house corpses. The two women

struck with lightning were sisters to J. Hull, one of them w ife to Nelson Rail and mother

of three children; the other a single woman

17 years of age. The lightning entered at

the comb of the house next the chimney,over

the gable end and passed down a stud, sphn

tering it to atoms without moving the weather boards, but when in the bed room below

the garret, it thrustcd off the ceiling and seemed to pass between the chimney "breast and mantle board, broke things on the mantle shelf and shattered the chimney piece very

much. One of the women was sitting near

me door in a chair, the other near the fire place; the one next the door f which stood

open) was much bruised, her skull thought to be broken in several places, the skin cut through In various places, perhaps done by

the broken boards. The skin of the' other

not broken, but both struck lifeless. UTIinm I ... .1

,re'u wib oeverai in mc same room though not injured more than a severe shock, except John Hull, their brother, who had th

skin broken on his ancle, probably done by a

Brumal, vuc man was sitting near tiiem in

a chair and thrown over and much shocked

though he soon recovered. In the adjoining room where the dying woman lay, were also

a consiaerame number who were severelyshocked. On the upper floor a small girl layon a pallet with hei head near the shattered

ceiling, also two or three other children on a bedstead, close to the same ceiling, and mar-

teuous to relate none" hurt, tho7 the bedstead was thrown some two feet from the wall. The clothes on the two women were burnt before they could get w ater thrown on them, so that the skin on their breasts and arms came off.

It is truly a distressed family."

preparations for which, consisting, at present,1

in the pulling down ol large and commodious houses, arc now in active progress for one of the corner lots and buildings, (already demolished) Mr. Astor is said to hove paid the enormous sum of $G5,000. To shew the grand

scale of expense which prevails here, I state a few particulars, gleaned from good nuthority.

The rent of the City Hotel, is .15,000 per

annum; ol the American Hotel $9000; of

the private boarding house, in which I reside,

S5000, and ot a single room in Rroadwav, oc

cupied as a liarber s shop, KM). How vast

must be the rental ol the whole city P

A New Invention. The Taunton Massa

chusetts Whig, stales that a trenlleman in

Boston, who owns a large chemical establish

ment, has discovered anew species of fire.

which produces a most intense heat. It is

produced by the mixture of tar and water,

tviuimis Kina oi iuei, a steamboat can pass

the Atlantic, with the greatest safety. The discoverer declares that he can carry "a steam-

ooat lrom rrovidence to Jew lork by using

this fuel, for five dollars. It is said that the invention of the cotton gin doubled the value

ol every acre ol land in the Southern States

and we are of opinion that the discovery above

mentioned will double the value of the steam

engine. It will be especially important to

the engines which are employed upon rail

roaus, aim will lemovconcot the irreatestol

stacles to the general use of locomotives upon

our common roads.

But who 5 so selfish as to thbikof none hut

umself? Who will not have an eve to the

utelligence of those about Jiimc Who will

not regard the innocence, peace and elevated state of society, which comes from dissemina

ting knowledge; and that cheapest and most

general .dillusion ot knowledge, the circulation of the newspapers? Ah! do we reflect

sufficiently how important an auxiliary of vir

tue it may become?

Again we ask, who will not take a little

pains, or exert a little influence to qualify men

!or the exercise oi their rights? Who will not

in this way do something to strengthen the

harrier which freedom has thrown up in the

western world against the ravages of despo

tism.

But, above all, who is there can bear to send

his offspring upon the world unfitted to take

an activo part in it, and limited in the power

oi being uselul to themselves and others? I he

young of either sex who are ignorant of their

times cannot come in competition with others.

Small indeed, in comparison, is their chance

for exaited characters, or success in enter-

pnze.

Beer. The following receipt for making small beer for this hot weather is too good to remain so little known. For making 3 gallons of beer or one pail full, take 1 quart" W. 1. molasses, 20 drops oil Spruce, 15 do. oil Wintcrgreen, 10 do. oil Sassafras; till the pail with hot water mix them well let it stand until it has become blood warm then add one pint yeast let it remain 10 or 12 hours bottle it, and in 3 hours it is fit for use and first rate.

From an interesting letter written from New-York by one of the editors of the Charlston (S. C.) Courier, we make the following extract: "From Philadelphia, we came to this great theatre of life, business, bustle and pleasure, taking the steamboat to Bordentown, N. J. (near which we saw the fine mansion and grounds of Joseph Buonaparte,) the rail road 30 nulcs to Ambojr, and the steamboat again through Staten Island to this place, accomplishing the whole route in about seven hours. Here we have been since Monday last, enjoying the various sights with which the vast metropolis charms the eye, and excites the wonder of the stranger. Here the world itself almost seems to be congregated for people of all nations, including the resident, the passing traveller, and the recent emigrant meet the eye in every direction. The shops m Broadway spread out their tempting stores in rich and varied profusion, and seem to concentrate the wealth of the world, and form the very mart and shrine of fashion, at which pilgrim hosts of tiring beauty are constantly making nurchases, and paying devotions and their cash. The Battery and Castle Garden on the one hand, with refreshing breezes and brilliant spectacles, nnd Ni bio's on the other, with enchanting concerts of vocal and instrumental music, and grand nrmtfrhnimi

geants, invite enjoyment, after the labours of

uic uay, ana uobofcen, on the Jersey shore, iraW?.giC.IWds' intenl on like errand, to the delightful promenade, through its green walks and under its refreshing foliage. Ommbusses, exceeding a hundred in number, roll incessantly over the paved streets, administering equally to the purposes of business and pleasure, adding to noise and bustle, and forming an object of such prominent attraction as to cause New-York, not unaptlv to be term!

ea -me lity of Uninibussct." The spirit of, cnterprize which animates the citizens of

xiew-iorK, is commensurate with and on as graud a scale as their city. As an instance

"i mis may De noticed, the great I . to be erected, on Rro:ilx-

It will rite. The Temperance Emnori

urn tells a very good story of a little boy who

was exhibiting his trap, baited and the spring

set, reaay to entrap the mouse. The good

lanuiauy, patting mm on the head, said don'

put your hngers m Bob, it will bite. The

little fellow threw it down instantlv. How

few are there who have the prudence of this little fellow, who instead of listening to the

caution and saving one finger, will hunt for the trap and thrust in the whole hand. So is it with every one that visitf the dram shop and tastes of the liquid fire within. He is

meddling with a trap that will surely bite, The dram-sellers inst nn tho l;nanfiK:.Un,n

who are spunging more of our citizens of .their

hard earnings and robbing their families of

the very bread that sustains life, are putting lV.l ; Si. . ...... O

men u.igers into a trap mat will most assuredly bite and the Hon. Town Council, nn.

der whose authority the dram-sellers retail the poison are thrusting themselves into a trap that will bite hard yet. Look to the trap gentlemen, you are setting springs to catch your own fingers. Fall River Monitor.

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THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED. There has been much conjecture respecting the manner by which the memorable Figure Head was decapitated. A laic numberof the Dowing Gazette gives a very full and satisfactory explanation of the whole affair. It seems

mat jack uowing was the innocent cause of

this much to-be-Iamcnled disaster. The following is his story: "I got into Boston the day afore this dreadful thing happened to the figgcrhead, and I had to be in Portland the next day to get out the first number of my paper. And so"l was kind of worryin round to find the vessels and the steamboats and the stages, to see which way I could go the quickest, and I went all round the wharves, and jest at night I went over tho bridge to Charleston, and went down into the Navy Yard, looking around to see if 1 could find any vessel going down to Portland. At last I see some thunder great vessels by the wharf, and I thought I'd go and hail 'em and see if they eouliTnt cary me. So when I got along prcltv near 'em I looked up to the middle one, and I declare I cum pretty nccr jumping right out of my skin, for there was my old friend the Gineral standing right up on the forward end ont. You see I never thought any thing about the figger head, but I thought it was the real old Gineral that I left at Washington, and how he cold get there afore me I could'nt guess. I called out to him. and says I, Gineral is that you; how are ye; how in nater did you come? I thought he seemed to culler n little, but he did itt an

swer me. At last as I stood looking at him

uis neau Kina oi seemed to begin to move up and down, and he looked as if he was trying with all his might to make a bow tome. And I'm pretty apt to think that he gim his neck sich a renching, that it worked loose a little, and duriug the storm that night it's a wonder to me if the wind did'nt blow his head off. So there is nobody to blame about it." NEWSPAPERS. "Intelligence is the life of Liberty." An American and not fat.

should, respect him more, and pity him less, if 1 saw him with a nespaper, although destitute

oi a coat or breakfast. What could be a more noble spectacle than a freeman, who would sooner deprive himself of those articles which we call necessaries, than to remain ignorant of the worlds history in this wonderful age." On the other hand what is more abject and base than to throw away on vicious indulgences, an hundred times the price of a paper, and for the want of one remain unqualihed for the discharge of our public duties. The history of the past age is Useful, but the history of our own time is indispensable. Men who undertake to stir without it wil grope in thick darkness; and will be unable to jude with accuracy of public aftairs, and will be responsible to their families, their country, and their God, for their refusal to acquire knowledge. Tk- l.:- .

ahc uiMorj oi our own limes is a matter of

peculiar concern to us, because it is the age of astonishing changes too, that effect our dearest laone.- ut thc history of the present

mnccrns us more, cspeccially because

MURDER. A murder was committed itPioua on Wed

nesday evening last, about nine o'clock. The

particulars, as detailed to us by a person who

was present a lew minutes alter the act was

perpetrated, are briefly these: A citizen of

1'iqua, by the name of Arstinostall, hailed

a man who was passing in the street, and requested him to stop, as "Ac wanted to give him

some consolation. ine person stopped as desired, when Arstinostall advanced to him, and laying his left hand on the right shoulder

oi me otner, immediately stabbed him in the

breast. 1 he knife penetrated the heart of

the victim, and he fell to the ground, and al

most instantly expired. Arstigstall ran in

to his house; but was pursued by a couple of men who had been witnesses of "the scene of

death, and arrested, and carried tojail, where he now lies. The prisoner stoutly denies the fact of the murder, although taken in the act,

ana msavows anything like a previous quarrel or misunderstanding with the deceased. The person murdered was an Irishman, who had been for some time employed as a laborer on the Miami Canal. Springfield Pioneer. From the Carlisle (Pa.) Volunteer. Many of those who advocate a jXational Convention, contend that it is nothing more than the Committe System on a larcre scale. JMmii.

ted. Then let us see how the Committee Sys-

lem is uiaiiiigeu. uo me voters in the different townships, generally turn out at what is

cantu uiu delegate elections f So far from it. . i At.. . . '

mat nui uuu in ien uiKes any part in them. In most instances, aao manage the whole concern; and these few are interested individn.ils. either

i. 7 .-u ' " as me tools

oi otlicc-holdcrs. 1 inS is well known rn

the fact. How then would it be in a JYational Convention, where thousands of miles would

uavc to be travelled by some of its members

at an expense too, not easily to be borne by most individuals. Who then wotiM th

tend? None but such as have an rmrrtnt;

of favor or interest. And to such fern th ,W

linies of our nation would be submitted,regardIcssofthe popular will. If in a county, the people are too careless to attend to the proper

luiiiiduuu ut a conniy convention, is it Jikelv I. ... :n At . J

mat iucj win iuK.e upon memseives a sreater l . .1 ... L . . t A. ..

vufuii, w vieme iMmonai convention? Riot at the Five Points. This rplfbmt.

ed haunt was yesterday afternoon the theatre of a continuation of the bloody and disgrace-

iui riots wnicn Kept our city in perpetual turmoil a few weeks since. A mob of from three to five hundred was congregated there during

.....o. . auciuuuii, uu soerai ngiits took

pi.tie xne roiice VJnice was

tilled bv hauls made from thc

and

repeatedly

rioters bv All r

vigilant Police,some of whom were liberated on security, others committed, and some clearly established their innocence of any participation in the riots. We trust this fresh

breaking will be properly met by our munici

pal rtuiuoruies, ana promptly suppressed be-

iuie u Mian nave time to generate spread. Working Man's Advocate.

The following description of the sufferings of Lafayette when incarcerated in the prison ofOlmuti, is extracted from an English pa-

lie was seized upon in neutral rrr.i j

from the month of AueusL 1791. w:-jli:-

in cold subterraneous, solitary d

pnved of exercise, of air, of the light of heaven, of all intercourse with human beings. Stripped of all his cloths, before his being plunged into his last dungeon at Olmutz,

gy nave in tromers and waistcoat made of sail cloth endurinc in thnf a:

tion the memorable winter of 1794, destitute of every thing refused even a knife and fork. finI fnA Binnit . . ti .

77. , tomioris auowed to felons.

"""fe"" l" 'T . 'uaw ium miserable mattress, the relic of his Russian prison.

(KrThe Governor of Louisiana has issued

nis proclamation lor an elecion of a Member

oi congress, on me luth day of this month and the two following days, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Edward D. U lute, elected Governor of the State. The lion. Ifpnrx Inknmn I . .

. ""eiy eiectea a reprepnfnfivo m f - r i . .... .

ww.....w. ... v.vngii.ss irom mat aistncit,is the candidate, and we believe the only one. .A tic-lorA- Enquricr. We'learn that the Steam Boat Cavelier on

her passage up to this place took fire, and so

ui.mueu bvtcrni passengers, as to induce them to jump overboard. Seven or Eight of whom . 1 1 T"V - '

weie urownea. uaxia Hester formerly of

mis place, wc icarn was among the drowned. Ycu-Albany Gazette.

In case of the resin-n-s ,.r c

a 1 ' i i . - .-. . .-t.,

before the assembling of the ncYf r 1

n .1 At . a . . V-UI r-,

...in .ut greauy to oe wished for tion cf vast magnitude will present if?-

...v- rv.(. w Guiana, wtio is to fill hi x

uu noi Know mat our coming J . will have to elect a successor fi?r lT has oecn supposed, from intelligence x-l received, as I herefrom an auUicn'-V ' that the abdication of his ScnaorhiV?r' matter within the limits of probability'" event, (should it occur.) will be occasc , the fact, that any measure calculated t,i ' per the west, nnd more particularly thi S-"" is prostrated beneath the President's V . that our Senator belipi-os u i. 0,; '

acme oi lniatuation, to return a post when i can be of no sen ice to the people, fl is i

juinvaia la .uiiiuiuuu oy me tact, that , late Card put forth by Senator Tipton toil people of this Slate, give them a w;, the business which came before ConW'' its action during the past session. 1,

At T 1 . l ' ,v- '"lid, ndrew J acicson with an ungloved hai-d his veto of the 20,000 bill, approprii' render navigable, our Wabash river. Should the event above supposed occ the people should look around, and see wlt er they could find a citizen, possessing essential qualifications, for that exalted ; tion one, in the possession of the ncce quallifications of patriotism, talents, deciX and more than all, the rare virtue of FIR1 NESS, should be selected by them. should select a man, the very antipode of ator Hendricks, whose Senatorial career,1 been a tissue of tergiversation and mm gency. They should select a man, the al pode of Senator Tipton, in talent and Fr ciple,one who would not vote this year for Bank, and next year against the Bank; but individual, who with firmnpss an fu..,

would advocate those great measures, on

sutteaaoi wiucn, me very vitality and pr perity of the nation denends. Tho,- x '

r ; auuB select a man who js so far clear of the trJ mels and gyres of nartv idnl.it rv nA :J

inous man-worship, that whenever a measi

Deanng on the people of this State, she present itself for deliberation, that he cc. cut himself loose from the leading stringpartyism, and spite the thunders from the pr idenlial Vatican, would give it a fearless vocac-. Such a man, as the one, whose c!; acter 1 have delineated a

in our land, and a desideratum in our naticJ

councils, jver since the demise of Sen. Noble, who forms a bright excerption. ; State has been unfortunate in the i linir,

Senators. Men, destitue of lallcnt, FIE'

iii,cv, ana sound political principles, I filled our Senatorial scats. For the con ' ation of this assertion, look at Hendricks, i voted, declaring that the reasons oftheSc tary for the removal of the depositee insufficient, and voted that thc President not take upon himself power, in the rcmc of the deposites, not- warranted by law. ! in the first place declares the removal ar and in the same breath, declares that the: son making the removal did not violate": law. How is this? A. takes the chattli; B. and applies them to his private use. has to say whether the caption is legal ot legal; he says that A's taking was illegal: still A. did not violate the law. The consistent Senator or his friends, c not elude the form of Ihia rpnsnninn-.

saying that the act he declared illegal""'

me occrciary s, and that they were disti The President gives the contradiction to he says, "I take thc responsibility." "1 moved the money, not Taney."

I account for this vote in this wav: Tar.

was not President, and had not the popular

oi Jackson, therefore, our Senator savs,o

is cuilty, nnd the other is innm-mit. He

intimidated from the performance of a L CI . j "11.

senatorial auty by the uMultus instantis tvramiu,

Is such a man fit to be Senator? Look tec

the Cards he publishes to the people, at rlrkfiA nf Pvprv nucinn T of flip

one. Does he give you any opinion of

unit, un mc jLuposue question: . ioue. a truce with him. Is Senator Tipton

more consistent! In 1832, when the can: Afoa CfT ProcMDnt a.AA Va MTfttoA fnit

Bank bill, Jackson vetoes it, it was sent W A At . i J .J

to me senate, and Tipton votes lor itsj sage notwithstanding the veto. Now, he t

against any measure likely to benefit Bank; and I learn that Ac will now vote off the Bank. Wonderful consistency! Indiana Scntiri

. A heavyjhowcr. So great was the fak rain dnrinrr n clintrnr in Phil.irlelnhl.

. - .. ..WW V , AAA A. ". 1 Thursday afternoon, that in the neighboij of Tenth and Vine streets the depth H

ter was suiheient to sail a boat, and em the dwelling houses in the vicinity were undated even tn f h nnrlnr flnnrs. A cul'

has lately been constructed in Vint strc1

DUt tne apertures appear to be too .W admit the quantity of water that fall dur. a heavy shower.

' Cholera, in Canada. By ofScial rett it appears that the deaths in Montreal ! the appearance of the Cholera there.

12th, to the end of the month, (20 daysj 573, of which 101, or 1 in 53 of thepi

tion, were by cholera. The disease was -1

ting m violence both at Montreal ana

bee, but had appeared at Toronto, L'.

several other places.

IVorkintr Mill's A

o

" Time may retrieve every thing hut a

XrSZlsclimsarcvuroxn.

ing can retrieve time.