Indiana American, Volume 16, Number 7, Brookville, Franklin County, 11 February 1848 — Page 1

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Mo OUR COUSTRT-OWR COUSTRT'S 1ST ERESTS- AXD OUR CtVVTRT'l FRIEXDS. BY C.F. CLAKKSOX. BKOOKVILT.K, INDIA VA, FRIDAY. FEBKUAIIY 11, 1S4S. VOL. XVI XO. 7.

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A TALE.

MAY 31 ART IV, OB THE HONEY DIGGERS A QREEX MOUNTAIN' TALE. (COSCLCDKD.) Why, my little friend David! is this you here hut crying! how Is this? and what is all this going on here? rashly asked Ashley in surprise . God bless yon, Ashley,' said Mundle now rushing out of the house, 'the very man of all others on earth I have been praying most to see! I fiat coma with ma, I have a story for your ear, ud there Is not much time to be lost in telling, u you will think yourself, I presume, when you bare heard it So saying and taking the arm of oar hero, bewildered at what he saw and heard, led him aside with little David wiping his yes, and still unable to speak for his emotions, followed them close at their heel. While Ashley was thus engaged his companion of the road had entered the round piazza which ran along the front of the house, and seating himself on a bench, sat apparently scanning the different facea around him, and listening to! such remarks as fell within his hearing, as if!

will'm? to rather the cans nf'i eommntlnn .Jedto a single vibration of the deadened air.

tnong the people without concerning himself sol far as to make any direct enquiries respecting it. He had not been seated here but a moment, however, before the former rushed by him into the house and hastily bespoke a fresh horse of the landlord to be saddled wiih all possible despatch. ,in

The horse was almost instantly at the door; ,uu"-allon8 01 a tnunor storm much longer while Mundle with a stout assistant, who had wanUn?' Every moment darker and broader in the mean time time got in readiness for a start, j sheets of TaPor ro9C UP majestically from the now rode up and calied on Ashley to mount west' casting deeper and more lurid shade over as the latter was about springing into the saddle !the earlh and soon the low deep peals of muthU lata travelling companion stepped quickly iter,ng ,hunder cam booming on the ear, Inp and touched him on the arm. jcreasing each instant in loudness and frequency. "Doyouleave me. sir?' said he with inm'Th' company, now, beginning to observe

earnestneM. . . . 1 must,' was the quick reply, I have just learned that which will urge me to the settlement much faster than you would wish to travehbutlshall mi you there to-morrow good day air. 'Nay one moment let me but ask whom your unexpected Intelligence concerns?' Myself.' No others?' 'One.' The young lady concerning whom I enquired?" 'Most deeply.'

Enough! I attend you-landlord my horse lury 01 a tornado ' but two miles now, Instantly. j our horses will stand it in the freshening breeze But your horse he will hardly keep pace!,et us c,ear the woods at least, before the temwith our fresh ones.' pest strikes us.' And they again applied the He shall at least try it, sir,' said the stranger : W'lip and SpUr and PUt lheir horses uPol In a determined tone, as he now received his TU' horse from the expert waiter, and sprang into ! Learin5 them ,ier ,0 F on as they may, we the saddle. : must now return to our long neglected heroine In another moment the little cavalcade were t0 f0""1 ,!' occurrences at Martin's. Slowly eUttering at full gallop up the road towards the to her Passed the anxious day, which was dessettlement followed by a wagon containing an- tmed l l,w cf her ever Wi,,e known b' other assistant and shrewd David with cords and thename0fMiiy Martln- The fenoon was Iron handcuffs to bind and secure the prisoner mostIy occ"Pw in making such scanty preparer prisoners. ations as Mrs. Martin chose to direct, for the reBefore following them we will pause an in-iCptin f tb "mpany at the expected ceremotant to bring up the events of our story as thv "y IU th evenin ln aU of t,leso- MT asoccurred at our village before Ashley. nnex". ,B,s,ed with 80rt orunntural alacrity, but with pected arrival. ias P00'1 a ''Bre' of composure as her troubled David it seems had proceeded directly to the feelin wouU l,prmil her to ,ss- As noon village on leaving May that morning. On arri- afProache3 she P1 very moment to hear vinn there, still at a very early hour, he imme-' ,ramP,inKof horses at door as the fruits ately went to search for Mundle and Johnson, ' f her n,essaPe' which Bhe opposed must have the executive and judicial functionaries of the' Wn deUvend hours before. But noon and aflaw to whom he applied on his previous visit to ternoon came but sti!l no tiddings from the viltheviliage; but both of these gentlemen had rid-: IaRe Were heardno Bie"sof MT messenger den out, and to his great vaxation nobody could r lh succeRS of m n""? were discoverable, tell where they had gone or when they would re- ft''11 "n Vaiu,y did she Ftrai'1 ,,er Rcl,in2 s'ht turn. Without the least thontrbt of vil.!:,.. towards the woods in the direction whence the

. jrlu,n iv this disappointment the trusty little messenger ...... - & awaited their coming many long hours in an a. ny of impatience and. nxLy ' And it w not til. about noon that he caught a sight of them epproacning. lie Hew to meet and detain thfm ! ion the road until they had listened to his whole tory. 'Well, my lad, Mid Mundle, after he had satisfied hlm.tr by many now readily answered questions, -you have now told yonrslory as you .... jj-.-t . ' ' i.uuiu co o nave us oeiieve it, though I see vou were not to blame for not doing so the other day 1 .. ... ' ' i nave nad some hints or th s money diein? un . . J " f 6 US P Ulfni hrrnra nj ....l.J u... i' there before, and suspected monkery; but pood God! Johnson, would you have believed there could havebeen found a man in Vermont cuilty of the baseness of M ft A 1 h has all the claims of a daughter? Thank heav- ..... , . . . . 6 n. however, there is time enough yet to stop all this, by just cairine my eentleman bride- ..... - room and his friend before they dream of such' ... .... . .. RCCOm modal inn. Cm.. . J: then make out. war. Un. T ti u . . . 1 Will va ronKv .V i U.r : J j " ,BurJi nnu TOU. mv hnxr fnrr- t.nn.. J a do Jn , .I T V ir . " coten dinneri for your faithfulness to that no - We cirl ' ' After an hour spent in waiting for and eating Ws dinner, and another or two in looking up forms and writing a warrant, the dilatory justice! as aoout bringing his labors to a close, when

, , ... , i" r--- - f. in came the merchant holding in hi. hand, two d suffering the affair to glide along to the very counterfeit dollar, which had just been padur of consummation? The more she reflect-

at his store bv a man frnm XT armnnA aa(tlimant ' j ..av.M as v.a rr IV" VI11U 11 and demanded a warrant for his apprehension ! before he left the place. Here was an interruption that was not to be avoided, and David, who had determined not to leave the ground till he aw the sheriff on the way, and who watched the slow progress of the Justice with the most resistless impatience, as he now saw them drop the business which was his only concern, and proceed to this new case, lost all control of his feelings aud fairly cried with vexation and disappointment After a while, however, which eemed another age to the poor boy, both warrants were finished, and the sheriff dispatched to wrest in the first place the last discovered candidate for his greeting favors. But, though Mundle performed his duty much more expeditious than the other, it was yet nearly five in the af ternoon before he had secured the priconer, pV ted him in the custody of others before the court t the tavern, and got released from his charge In order to proceed to the settlement which he as just on the point of doing when Ashley rode op to the door. Wo will now follow the sheriff and his potaee proceeding on with furious .peed to a more intrstipg seen, cf action-

Proceeding with all the speed they conld urge, I

being led on by Ashley who was bnrning with imnatience to reach the abode of his neriled mistress before forever too late, kept several rods , in advance calling loudly and repeatedly on the ' rest tocome on; they had not go,e ha,f their distance before their horses, now re-king with , sweat and covered with sheets of foam, began . v g...u v uuiv.-a dily suffered to relax, Hold! holdup! Ashley,' exclaimed Mundle, 'this will never do; we gain nothing by it With this speed, and in such a stifling heat as i

,:t J I 1 1 1 fill r . rwmrB rAmi rir as ak r h i I . .... ' and sultnness. And now although the sun had . been for some hours obscured by a deep haze slowly gathering over it, the heat was painfully , vwuirooi l ud at lliu? I it rtf I III: ffll HPompn a T7. i ' rpi a U'Jj i ery moment to grow mirky and suffocating. Not ! 11 1 a kafen of the ever trembling aspen, respondwhl,e tlw birds 581 Pant'Dg. listless and mute on the boughs scarcely moving at the nearest approach of man. And nature seemed sunk into one of those lethargic calms so ominious in the warmer latitudes, of the coming tempest Nor, j lh present instance were the more palpable jtfle approaching shower soon came on the top of! i 1. t i. . . , ;""""S" which gave mem, over the tops of t intervening ioresi, an open and unobstructed jTiew of lhe horixon- 0e broad black mass of nPheavingclouds lay directly in front, round on either eido to the north and south as . ine yecouId reach; wUe in the centre of mis leariul rack a huge column of vapor doub ling and edying like a seething chaldron, was rolling with the blackness and rapidity of the smoke of burning pitch. Heavens and earth!' exclaimed Mundle, glancing at the scene before him, 'in fifteen min utes that terrific cloud will burst upon us in all 1.1 r . . ... succor was to aPPear' ,0 ca,h 8 B"PrT .nnrnipKii.. 1......., O Jo ... i 1 aPPrca-g Norsemen, but I, and 3, o'clock -ll they came not. Perhaps they -hbeen led by David r.nd in the wood j . . . . . . . . . iu uio rnve wiuioui rnmiiKr inin tho riaoin. 1 . . , . " aireaay secured and on his j 1 - l . . ' way back to the village, and the thought this , jhope, grasped though for a while, relieved her. . . mS M m 01 by "PP-rance of Gow himseif. j come to prepare and dress for the ceremonr. T... ... f . . . .. I . 1 o........ mmn aSunie ehe had bran to dress herself for thn rntiimnr i ... . -1 Jj. j tn h.. ..... ) ..f,,ii ' tening the door, flung herself on her bed in an ; - ...o- , 7 ' Y r g " P' 'mpened ny j painful consciousness that the crisis was now , p : ,r . j t . .... I at hand when she must yield to her fate or spee- ' Jtl j .1.: . . -. ... . - . y -V- 78 ' . .. lT fT! T TV V. 5 1 ' 1 1 ii 1 1 1 1 in 1 1 1 ii tr Mil ii fi nn in inn eunnaea ai than am nn reiving tor he extrication, ( sue boou rouseu nerseii ano summoned all her ienergies for deciding what course to pursue on that fearful emergency. J Could she trust herself to carry into effect one of the alternatives she to carry into J ,ha rtUtd on in failure of Gow's arrest, that ! ... , . ... '. i denouncing him and tesisting the proceeding. of tho ceremony? Could she command her feelings sufficiently to do this should she not be eVerawed by Mattin and his wife? And even .bould she make the attemnt would ih KnrJ gam credence, after her keeping silent so long, ed on this project, the more did her resolution waver. She had a female friend who had not long Since married and settled on tne road a lew miles north of Harwood settlement, and her res - olution was soon formed to attempt to escape from the house and try to reach the residence of her friend that night. Scarce had Fhe formed this resolution before casting her eye up the road she beheld in the distance a man approach- ..

... iiiuca nwic auu our uowsorop oeaa un- .ic naU uui piureeuru jar souiti, ana wholly cut off his retreat Mean der us, and yours will be the first to fail, see! ' however, before the occasional rustling of bush- j while the noise on the mountain every moment howhealready falters!' A moment's consid- j es and the crackling of sticks and brush break- J grew lou.ier and louder. The drep distant roar eration convinced Ashley of the justice or th. J g "nder the tread at some distance to her left, i as of pouring torrents, which had for sometime sherifT. remarks, and they all immediately re- j apprised her of the presence of some one appar- j leen heaH.uow became mingled with n tremenIaxed into a moderate trot. It had been through- e ntly endeavoring to keep pace with her for the 'dous crash of falling forrests, the hiding, sm-tsh-

ing on horseback, whom, rrom the color ol nispursuer uui a ..un .iiMance oeu.ua ner, cespair( ntm. nt hlf,n rro,lhe h,mvanri, horse, she instantly recognised to be the minis-j for the first time, sent its chills to her heart what d-r of im5inaiion so dull that he cannot ter who bad been engaged to officiate on the OC- But while standing on the brink of the dashing better fill up for him.rir a p.cture difficult for cession. j flood, which at every wave rose higher andV" to d. lineatef Now aware that not another moment was to be : higher, hesitating to commit herself to the rag- I 11 !' ""' heautunl balmy mcr,,in?.

lost, she seized a common bonnet and cautiously letting herself down from her window which opened Into the garden glided through the shrub - berv swift and noiselessly as the wild bird stealing to ita covert, slipped through the fence and j t nterino-a field of tall grain immediately beyond, escaped unseen toward the woods in a northerly direction. On reaching the woods she paused a moment s . to glance at the clouds, which were now beginning to heave up over the top. of the mountains in nntt masse a. accompanied at short intervals br the low, short and scarcely perceptible rum-

bling of the distant thunder, affording indubit-

able evidence of the approaching storm. But she hesitated not. What to her feeling the terrors of a thunder storm, to the scene she had just left, in which, but for her flight she must soon be the principal acto, PauLg no longer than to decide how ehe should best shape her course to avoid all observation from the road -.j " n1""""" uu me .'gin, anu revem becominir .ntan.M nd 'WiM,,t .1. - i-. r. - - hid cepui oune wuuerness on me leit, sue now . plunged into the woods.and keeping just within the borders, pressed on with rapid steps taward har ucltnillAit Cli. I. .. I . J r. nn rn ns rii unirm it rr ni of una a -J a i ,- , , ' . f a glimpse of his person over her shoulder, as with qmckened steps she pursued her way, the alarming truth flashed across her mind. It lnofl I- r

nuo me qllu II I II I HTK 111 I 11 V . Ill nn ma noI.A....ul.I-J 1.1 i .

r w " viw man piio l"d seen in the cavern, who was following her. va..a.u.gw. me runty mat nigni, and ,.U8 c ..,.... reireai, was waning at a

tnAVt:At 1 a sign was given. It was while in concealment,

v...c.c. ola..u, ,ur a signal irom uo as soon j where the terror-stricken girl lay concealed and as the knot was fairly tied intending to depart j her no less affrighted pursuer, a few yard besecretly from the settlement the moment this low was running to and fro, vainly looking for evidence of the completion of their infamous de- some chance to escape. Anon it became rai.i.l-

patiently watching the promised signal that he bove, which growing more luminous and Jarcaught sight of May gliding into the woods but zling every instant, soon gleamed fearfully along a short distance below him. Though he soon the bubling pond, and flashing broad and bright conjectured from the course she came, that it over the opposite mountains lit up the whole could be no other than their intended victim, he ampitheatre of encircling hills, from the darkyet suspected not at first her real object; and ness of midnight to the splendor of noonday thinking she msght have come to the woods for j Starting upon her feet May looked around her the purpLse of obtaining some favorite shrub or , in mute consternation. Nearer and more deafevergreen to deck her room for the occasion, I ning rose the tremendous din above-roaring

1. m . t i viug nowever not to to se this advantage that he might dog her to the house where the fit d for the night, and return and apprise his accomplice of the place of her refuge, he redoubled his exertions and succeeded barely iu accomplishing this part of his purpose as far as the pursuer and pursued were permitted to proceed. But to return to the wretched fugitive. II r ing been nurtured among the mountains, and ac customedfrom infancy to exercise in thtir invigorating breezes, her naturally active limbs ... i.,u..ru .u emMicnyaim capaoii.ty ot cn-: during fat.gue, which are unknown to females Ol IlLl.T ' " msenl WWIK-Y- t leemg like some ,Me",r"lu ""'t"' "l '"en lame i-etore a

..esmrerea ner to proceed some way before it crashing, and grinding along with concessions occurred to htm that she was actually escaping that made the solid earth heave and bound bethe.r net. Unwilling on account of his own neath her feet, when down came the avalanche safety to cause any outcry which he was fear- with fearful velocity towards her. In another ful she might raise if he made any attempt to J instant the mighty mass divi.iin-on the solid detain her by force, he determined to get ahead ledge beneath which she stood, b. gan to rush of her and endeavor to frighten her back to the j by her on either side in two vat, high, turl.iJ house. But in this he soon found himself baf- : volumes, revolving monstrous stones and hurlfled, for instead ofbeingable to get before her i,,g trees in their progress, and like some launch, he founc it d.fllcult.so rapid was her (light, even ) dividing with amazing force into the receedin-r in overtaking and keeping her insight. Resol- waters of the pond-while at the same time the

, ...r pari, er nanus . Jul power or the avalanche had spread around his lips beg,,,, to quiver, and waving hand mutethrust easerlv forward, and her lnnsene.f 1. ti.. i. .r.i . . ,. I i.. ..

' -- disordered tresses streaming wildly behind, she

bounded along over log, rock and rivulet, with : She saw how narrowly she had escaped death, ! ed her in their amis, or buried their ficw in her a rapidity which fear could only have excited, j and sl.edevoutly thanked heaven for her preser- husom, with no otli-r ntt. ram e than their vioand winch the delirious energy of desperation ; VH,i,in. A f:lint rmn issllillfr from rf)0rt djs. . ,.Ilt soi,,,illg us tUly M l in the nmta em. alone could have sustained. While every glance , tance from where she lay. no v reached her. It brace or turned away to hide their streaming which at tunes she hastily threw over her shoul-, WM ,he poor wrvtch kUo ,ia(i cawd a), ,,.r lra,5 I tl.ar:,. Tl.e men stoo'd by and looked on with der at the fearful visage forever peering through ,,ow lay wounded and buried beneath the top l"s boisterous manifest" ions of emotion, tho' the bushes in hot pursuit behind her, added a j ,f the same tree that had snared his intended . the biff tears were seen startimr down mnv .

fresh impulee to her exertions and quickened her speed. The thunder now burst in terrific peals over her head tall trees n prooted and hurled to the earth by furious blasts, or shivered in the fierrelv mii-eiinr .r l;l. ril' f 11 u.l i . ",,n rraSmftnts aronnJ ,,er" but 8,'8 V not .n hp. pnllKPHia rn!n nnn.. in Aa t. nl ... A j -."ft v. ...c i.j;iivt iimj;, . ..... . . , , . ner course-u.e rain poueeo in deluging torover her drenched person; yet, she heedjt not; but catching the big drops in her unrcnea una as inev prt'aiiiiiiv npnr nrpr nr J l i . i j j - am, ourning orow; sne ned on-on, regodless of all exposure and forgetful of all dangers but one. . . ... ... ... . " "W ' ' ' lM tlement she, just as night and clouds were fast combining to spread their dark mantle over the . . -. .,o..u .u. i"i"-.) to the road. Here nausino- an instnut in dmiht . w ,rt ,r In H tn 1 1 ne.rs bn..a or in pursuance of her original determination she - -j ..-. . b- ... 1 : . 1 . l. ... r . I ......uy caugiu u.e .orm o. ner pursuer, who had strunk into the road some distance below her and thus cut off her chance of return, xt. l ,r . S .. ?r. . . 1' n:mn nn ima man trt a t-i i- rinc iiniimn rii-m ' ' aoout two mues distant with no other means ot oisiinguisnimr ner way man tne occasional nasnes oi iignming anorueo. Although the rain immediately overhead had now sensibly abated, yet the deep earth jarring roar on the left, as if from the incessant pouring of a cataract, told that the storm was still spend Ing its force with unexampled fury on the mountains. And the proof of this soon became visi ble to our heroine in the rapidly increasing torrents that came rushing down the steep acclivi ! ties, overflowing the road and threatening at ev"y step to put an entire stop to progress. Ar - riving at length at the northern outlet of the ; valley where the mountain shut down so cose to the pond as to leave little more than space for ; me roau to pass oetweeu mem, sue rame anreasi j of one of the mountain ravines whereat ordi ; nary times a small brook crossed the road. It ( wasnow swollen to a mighty river, berore which j no human strength could have stood an instant. l o auempito pass uus sne saw was but ma.lness j and as she heard the splashing footsteps of her I ..... i . ... . i i- .. j. ; ing element, or the scarcely less dreaded power, of the pursuer, a flash of lightning revealed to ( : her sight a shelving rock, that stood aloft from the road and screened from tt by intervening . boughs, so as to afford her, she believed, if reach- ' ed unseen, a good concealment from her hide fatigable enemy and a sale retreat irom the waJ ters which Were rising around her with the most frightful rapidity. Making directly fo- the hill I M- . .l. .i.h.i.. and scrambling up th. most ..anting rock, at j the foot with the exerting energy of despair, ; she gained the place and dropped exhausted on the spot, jnst then another fih partially reveal

. ed to her sight the form of the old man hurrying

by, and ruining up to the brink of tl, str'eam i,.i i. r. i . i , ... h stream Recoiling from the view of the threaten? an I imn-i-s-bla torrent, and throw!- one wild rlaneo around , him, in'which .Z? TJT victim; and al arm for his own safety seemed equally minted, he h-.stilv r-.,i...i !,..!, !.. Butbefor lh,l n,...,l '. - .i ....... . . 1 - me roaa: i utj?. 1 1 if ' :t ipr nir nn. tndni .1 r ! ' r- --'em , .lirrs clou. e, as if suddenly burs; ing through their opposing barriers, in a mighty torrent rame rushinjj down a corresponding ravine, at a little ditancc I to the . . . .... .. ; . i - , . . . .,uu,,UMUrwuaa Clianging volumes of w.:W. a.J the slo.v, henry wLermiUing jar of vast bodies of matter ;, k, " Nearer and nearer ".u t .... l4U v iur run n , uniiuiHi ana snnnir R"Btn,niTit .-. i . ; foundations, as with gathering innetus of the , mighty mass came rolling down thest.-ep si.lA : of the mountain, directly towards lliA ;tmt l. j ly light, as from some steady kindlimr hit. - forest around and above waved, shook, toppled l nil lla-flll rrRll nil lliu rnrl-e nr., In. It.i.l tl... I saw, she heard no more, but sank sinned and senseless on the ground. And passing from the insensibility occasioned by the shock into a profound sleep, which, without u full recovering of j consciousness, immediately stole over her, the! moment her overstrained faculties ceased their exertion. She lay till the great struggle of the! elements was over, and the sturm passed by. j At length however, the slowly awoke The dreadfal tumult that last assailed hr conscious ear was now hushed, and all was still save the sieuoy rusning . t the Clminished wnters. Tlie j Mars sh uie out brightly, giving her a dim view of the wild havoc and desolation w hich the feari iic uuim oi a largn tree lay uirectiy across the rock within a few feet of her bend. victim. But before lie had time to .mini?!- in the minKl.drmot.nn, hi,l, . , br;ff ov,.r ,,,.r liiar.l voices. rreMiiily liln, ap.uarnt on tli n.m,t.d ;.i. ...... shore riircetly nfainst her. It r.0- pau.cd in in 1 -".. ' " "n M, mii'I .1 hi ll ir I ill .j s. ..... i ... Knowpnutruinil!. colirM.f , sonu. olle r,.lrr.(I ,m,(,v hn iiamr Iti-i.l.-. - ... . I ' -' ' n.d .he hear ri;"iw F.lse ,hv did ihc .one, f,h-,t -ice o-m. th,,,,,. everv .ffn S,"r"?', i I ............. .imi, . ASIIM. j call camo nfrain, 'May: uy t.r. a.i....i aii., ,hr arli,tatt.d ; ,b,,;kl I1 ., asIli,I 1Ilfrranr(.. I the men sprain- mi sliore ami in a miiimiit nmre me a claiiied in the nrnn nf hrr lev. .., "OT. flni-e mnr. .ml r... ..... I--. .: .. scene rf' r , e " ' e . (h - wp; nf (1 J ; :,.i,i ..... a viire rinrc-Riui for ir.e t ....... .k..... .... .1... -."..i-.tu .nn en-oancii Martin, 1 ...o,u,,i , Uer.i.e me .i,nPI.0,ntimiit .r 1 ,ne excited and .-nraced lover. bitr.iinir inn. the '.. ., ,... , . , no"e. t the head ..Mm comramnn, jnse a tlie .... . . . ... ; ......-( r...... ... ii. ...d.ll- iur 11 1 - I l. I 1 .nirii ml inmntr made but a moment ht Core, that In. nfTinl.ro , miMill.? tin aodlii r0ncreni.1i The niter discomfiture nf Mar- ... i,...ia. e a, mi nnin.K. u .er Ian. and detection at the. ve j interruption of iheir plan and detection at th orcon.timmatnr the r loon..:' Tlirr,.n.i,r,,v;,in -fc.o. . hcin.i.d and i, m ,he .P,V The bi.t. r .ipl.raidii.ir. laPd hv A.hl.yon the head, of lhe r,liIlr ,,,rlnkini. pairi ftr ,,lrir , toward, mm, ami itieir oiiri-.i r rrorltv and wick, -"- ........... r,. o. ,e,ra.,op. 1 fl. ,(i thr m.iKhj,ors to ,om. r hi,h it a. P. po.d ,w pOTt tivl had fl.d rr n-f..Re. The i h"'e 1,i,:h he I "" r.t l:X::V:n,:i:::' blank di.may and acony of heart that over helmed him on finding that no .me had .en her. and that he ash.ltered by no house in the aetth-mrni' The prompt rail, in.r of the tart!ed inbal'itam. ) The prompt raii.in? of the startled inhabitant. ! . J ;'"-'"C r '' ""r direction a. .hey ..v i """r r:!"? ; nig,,t.. , h. ,.,,,; nf' ,i. di.act.d lov.r ; on comity to the fearful ruin. ..r me avaiancbe. a. ti.e m.-i.iuei..nff in.in-ni tnat -ne miqnt ue buried beh th. m-bi. Iia.ty return and procurement of ITIL 3-, rTo"v 'ih.T'ihiin. -V no.om lhl. 01cov, ry r ,',,r ,,. c,..-. Uil .he ,K ,i, r, i cf hea.t Su.hin: haPI.'.ue.. .ih t.ch be and n.a companion, bore back tbc l.....s Tr y, toother i,h the dyi,, .. retch ho had c.v... rd h r misfortune., to the nearest hou.e f..r i-etipi. f on m fUmmy viltnn'nt lic dr,nU,in? r,T!l(.r, of ,he ,rmr, ... ru hl of pra and praii. lay i.ro.tratc ith the earth. Fci.cn on rcry .ule had been -T "!''' """' 1 n.e or ti,c r.vm. t, and their scattered material, l.-iv strewn at random orer the blackened herbage of the tale. Each soli- ' tary tree of the open ground., left fr shade or nr- ,,,., ,j been hurl. d to the earth in the fury .T the blat. And many a veteran hemlock or princely pe f the .urrouudinff fore..., ho.r gi.nt f.m. hd withstood lhe powit of the t'lvmrtttt for eentuJ f ,mBirmorl ,he f.mUi,r gMr, of lh(. WOO(1.mpn mrtine from their hemes, had been rent by lieht- - nintw mthwn byiU inh,nJ .rt Un

r r to be seen: hile fur in .b M... j:...- . .... of the avalanche d. n tl.. ... ,v"''"" 'be walls of the hou.e a an rcemblcd r P in ,he,r brnncht th nt together. 1 ner '" "". ""' "" ln, .at Gow, 1, .vi,y ir"",a a",, c,,"e " R'""-Ud by one f , ou, . '. '" P' -at M.-min and ......... .1 .v. . " ' .t dejott.d'y ,!,e floor. ht.ninf m.rkly. iih .Irrp t) ba.fm.-nt of d,mr,,.r i . . . ... to the remark. f , he c!, r,Mman, h. h ? maimd thi-mich the night, wa. nv mil.Ilv .i ....p..... .1 k . . . - s ....... ,m tne wmn5 or the d.c.ption hi-h had l,n ,,nuti,d i,P, n him in l,i.linK the irc..mtanc.- .-f the Pr,.j-c,,d marriage i ,l,e ad:a:iTrm ;f ? b"" - n. l'""-. hut the pn-at hrinmi.nn ofiLiiiir inrh art t. c..m,....p...r mif ri itiU'tl orph, de'r L'r ....i..n ....im,e ,!..,., ,.,, k,er .l,,th ,,,,T th.ir..-lvl. had aancti.,md. and -d a m . horn nt mh. Tf.tlint hat lu-hnd hrav,-.!. and h, o l"" rr"i'iy met d.ath in trvinc to avoid the fate i ! pe.,ive.v against the window stood the' I handsome sir,m ., . , lev n .1,. ' ,t V.T1. .. : I i - . ni . nu, lunurii 10 one VPl knew his business or even name. .,,i th.u ., , . . , ' p"( the whole night taken a deep and active interest in the serel, f. r.... now listening to the words of the minister. o.uiiid in me vaney, dressed to the humble dup-s of the man now j irons before them. ,) nn -.:..,-..,..,' still going on. , ,.t.TO wa3 Tresent a distant hum, as of the mingled voi ces ot 1 ' 1 1 ' 'og witti rapiu steps down the road, reached the ear, of the Innntf nut-anna ,. . . 1. ! . . . . company, it came nearor and nearer; and all exceptUowand his guard, now hastily rose and went into the yard. A HUH nf i inu scattered confusedly along the road, according to their different powers and dispositions for speed, were flying towards tue house, hea led by shrewd David many rds in advance, exulting, shouted with all his might, 'May is found! May is found! They are coining! they arc coming!' And the little fellow now reached th anxiously expectant group at the door, and poititingto two appro idling wagons in the distance, Ml down in utter exhaustion, and gave vent to his overflowing emotions in a burst of tears. j 'Thank God !"e.clainied the stranger, the first to give utterance in the general emotion th.it seemed to spread sympathetically from the boy to every person present. 'Amen and to him be the praise,' responded the minister, iu the deep and reverential tones " " f . , i of hU office. The foremost wagon traveled much faster than the other, and being ron.-iderably forward of it, had by this lime approached to within a short distance of the assembled company, now 'composed of nearly all the inhabitants of the . settlement, awaiting his arrival in breaihles Hl-ncc. It contained Ashley an 1 the recovered fair one. She looked worn and much paler than Usu .l, otherwise, calm though tlicuKhtfaI. Her . lover hfted her from the carriage, and advanced 1 with her nt his side, would have spoken, but ij irrseuifii ner ;o me company. 1 lie jemnles ! rushed around and bv turn, rm'.v.kil v -1 manly cheek, as they siiently gized on the moving scene bifore them. While this scene was xUn otlt.r wani drivell bv Mundle.and ' . . . ., . . " , , containing tho wounded man stretched on a bed : l',e l101'0"1 of the vehicle, the latter person , . . .. ...... . lnv;lljr Wn brougIlt 1v ,lis earn,,st re . . . . . ' " o . l.-"

' b"H -biti-k Wt marked ibe r,ful,.k

was now slowly p-is-ed into the yard. to the arm of her lover, with a countenance .Bring out a'plw, or something to make a!ra.ii:,t with smdes .., Wn- "b,U holste,' id ,I shenff, in the tone of one ac-' Mi- Harwood should no, choose to release Mr.

vUSlUIIIPtl III CO ililliilllll. 1 1 1 1 4 Illlfir WrlP!l IJ ivt. . i. .... .. . i a . i i ... . ' I -v"dently near his last breath and has something to c:n. I.f..r.. 1, l....,.o i.A ..i.i r... n ,-, ... . . ! .., U lit , l... 1 . ... A .. 1 t. ... ' ' e. . io.il' iu 11 I in. uui. ue.i huh nn. nrnifr lik" ise the P'- Gow. that they may 1)0 r01lfr0Ilt,(1 , i ni ...... : t i "ee urucrs iwiiij; promptly auenued tc, w.e wounded mai . nin was carefully lifted from the w ami piae?,i 1:1 an easy position in the ...... . wagon ami place.l 1:1 an easy position in the open air. lie first pressed his hand to his forehe ld, and then opening his eyes and looking slowly round oil the counten inees of those stauuing 1 111 men me I y atjoul nim, saiil calmly j ! !,... ,wr ..... ,!,. .... . ,.'. i.. ' - - ' ' who inuiwd f,,r Mart,,,, and seemed to l;lKR a" "uten'st iu ner late. Is he now present?' a l . . The gentleman thus inquired for, who had luthertn ctr.,l l.v . i. ti. fpeclalor of Uu lhat passed, now stepped for'It is so,' said the former, after lotting his lan - g'd eyes rest a moment on the face of the stranger; it is even as I suspected, Mr. Har--rrmr.' ou can my name, sir,' replied the stranger, closely scanning the pal livid features of the man lying before him. 'You call me rightly, lint I .,,.1 .,,.. -n... .. i i . but I do not now recollect when or where I may ..un i.-uiuTi Bunipui viuui: i Mi.o have met with vou-' ' 'Do you not 'remember vour father', former S''t for this s-ttiement and the adviser and protector of vour Youthful errors?' 'Colvin, excl.iimej the stringer in surprise,' .Colrillcan ,hja be Richard ColvinT' ' j Al lU ",-",k,n oC "'" a" the oldest' settlers stepped up and bending over the man looked intently in his face. 'It is,' they presently exclaimed, 'it is Colvin, lulttlh, , ..i,,,,.. 'You say truly,' rejoined the old mm, after a pause in which he seemed to be collecting hi-, failing energies to speak further. 'You ay tru - lv of the wnlched object before vru changed ,nJ d but , chanoed in person Uianinpuilt! Franklin Harwood, iu May Martin, the girl be. fore you, behold your own daughter:' 'My father?" uttered May in surpris. Her father! exclaimed many voices at once, 'Her father!" also shrieked Martiu and:his wife. at the same instant. 'Can this gentleman be my father T eg lin timidly asked May, looking up inquiringly to Ashley. It is the gentleman of whom I spake, as we came along May," replied the latter. 'I thought) I half suspected something like this. And - why so near a tie? bee,' he continued with

, T , haDd 0 the 8Pectator8' na pointing irom the features of the father, to lne JauR"t,'r- see. did ever, mirror that mellow. while it truly reflects the landscape-did ZeZ .t.i ' , . " 80 "Jld "arwood, now stepping IIII HIKl tiff tta . r iL .' ' " '"i.'M""u lac unres.si.ng ana P'iea girl It IS even so: it run he nn nSthan the too lontr nn!.i..1 -l.:u - l i iniurW. thoth lawfnllv w.I.-J u' t .... . .7 ' irUM at tllH ailstllf inilJ mnmen. i. j r , l,!ac " heaven to lorgive and ,n l" P'" witnessing of this late union of father and daughter. And if, l,e continued ' with an T.ntin.. . i ,-r i r . ,0 w " , tnCT " 1 M " r" ,7" uo tins, what sa s my f.nrcliil.l of earth 7 ' A necl f,,l"e brok through the startled tears of the daughter in rei.lv. 'I-t me proceed ' said the wnn 1 . I kn.w-I feel that I In ve but a fw mo n f ur. JT . " bn nioiiienta ! 1. r. . ' , , lmI,rore ti.em in undoing misrliluf T I. .,-. .i. i ' now brieve ...... .,,,.u, ... , . ' ' "3 1 can, ill rmciy none. 1 ou men and owners as vou have ,l,,.. . , , I ..... ... t " . . ""-"'. j 4 Kave you lalse and worthless titlei to the lands which von - ii ... . - - - In ; uu within a row months brIonipd tn tl J " u , OlIU A II fj 1 f. .!...... .., " . . ""--- rll .ciiisiipam, as l accident v earned, ,i - i , ' Irn"? P-eT",ed 6irL WUld l eaven I had remained ignorant of the fact, for I Z, I..1 1 . . M ! iu my second onence against vou. Not content with having once defrauded ou the price of your farms, and proved treacherou, to my patroil, to whom I presented these buds I) Mtvnrl . .... I.. .1.:. . ' . uu mis account, and owing to family troubles and growing infirmities never afterwards enquired about them or em. ployed others to look them up; not content with this double fraud, I laid a plan to rob you of all t!ese farms at a blow, or make you pay for them again, by getting them into the posession of mv associate, and young pupil in crime, your prisoner, by means of cercing the unconscious the owner intoa marriage with him, before the will in should become knowu here, or .he enpr sed of Nor was this even enouc'i for m": I mnit ti u.i . ' fihha arg.su.ofm.i.y fr0 n a numS-r of i Z 1 ;;5;;;; 'To 7 my rr"i' an pq"" snare in all tile bootv t lined bv our - " "y uur ! Ked t.llllQ .,r li!a -11 -it. , , .... ,., , -iru.nu smii in Helping yon to discover a fancied treasure for the effecting of which, I scrupled not to e you to the Uw ' ' ' u " 118 1 lw by burying for your finding, ; a few c.mnt-rfeit dollars of mv own ,!,; a .i oy now i.aving fre 1 v pnnfiw.l nil i .. . . . . ofT-r for inV airravate.l i.ili.rln I.. :.. - ,. . V, ,, J """""s tne liinoci'iice of the deluded men in possessing. , . , . .. .. , ' ' the Talse com, and in restonnj: the rood monev , t t- uu UK" v taken rrom them; mv share of which vou will , , . ", , ' lind iu my pockets -th-rest hhotit tl.e prisoner, ii. ... ,, , . l"1'"who I hope wul speedily forget his leson, of. i i r . . wickedness I have tan it it . m. n.l L. 'S' dom from my niei iiicho! y fte. And as to your liud, I can only recomn e id yo-i to the mercy of their now righful owner, Mr. Ilarwood, her nat-

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. fc " I , ' "CT':"" 6!;,:,c,n2 81 I 'My ""me is Gow, -aid ihe.tr.nger, riding up Ashley, for him w.io, I .uP?o, ! soon to be to the door, without offering to dismount Yoa her IeCu proprietor.' .eMr Bnd j . J It is but right, said Ashley, ,Smm-ri..s and p.rreive. know, me; and well may she rememcor.ed at the evident aliiisi.,,, cf ,l,e l,t sp-a- b.r rne anH my former injuries. And for that ker. d endeavoring to withdraw l.i, ar,i from reason I have presumed to call at your door.I.Mfa.r partner, "it isb.it right, but honorable, ., ask npt to fof j Bnwort,,v. and t that in this strangely hering aspect of affairs, fl)r lnvf,eIfl perhapS) 1 phoaM thaukfu, j

i Hiiouui leiiiiqiiisi, jo .ui.'g iiarwood, as we must now call her, nil claims she limy have giv- : en me as May Martin.' j BlIt sl,r,nsipg. n. ieJ M ey,n ig I J II ts I J 9 ....iii-iii it ! ..t. i r ... i . . . . . . : iiMllrv irtlill II IS I II If Ti'm ilir trt AT w irt.i.7' . - P. - . ,.a..,,. . ' 'At least May,' rejoined the lover w ill, startl;,,., ...,.1 ...,:i .... t . .. . " Inf. nun. . 1. .J ... . a urn itinse ill iu nsKfltin n iT.in n n nI 'And it will not long b- withheld.' said Har-w-00,,, w ilh a ,,H,k. .Vollr ,.,, M,. '.t ...... .. . .... .'r. .isniev, nas contirmed the lii"h- ')" favorable prepossions I had conceived of our character, awl even without I know not that. nnr.irier, ami i veu without 1 know not that ...... . I should ever have attempted to sunder those whom Go.l has so evidently put toge vidently put together.' 1 Whole this tender scene wa enacting most of tue siuers, asionisne.i and thsimyed at the, un'wnwU i.,f..li.,Mne. .!,. U..J I t 1...J withdrawn from the spot in silenee, and were 1 - ' ...a i i i i a ..... . sian.nng in tne nacK ground with hiunH and, disconcerted countenances, leaving the happy little Croup of father, lover, parson, shriff and litle Uavid.about the only persons wh ose int-r- ; ert, was not unf.vora.dyaff.e.ed by the deveL ' cpement, by themselves indulging iu the joyom emotions to which th. occassion gave rise and he three last named especially, giving v-i,t to Wiling... pion. ej-mla, and half; si'i'pressea exclamations oi uni.ounced delight t according to their respective character.. Their attention was now arrested however, by a faint nrmii frnm lli.nl,l m.n Th.v mr..l I.- ....! Cro fron' the old man. t. " - . ... j .... nuu just breathed his last. The falling of somebor"v, follo ed by the loud shirek of female ithiu the house now suddenly struck on their I staitled ears. All rushed to the ot.cn door. -Majtin lav weltering I. is Mood ou the floor ith his throat cut Irom ear to ear, and writhi rp in the ..eonie. of death, w hi. h in a paroxysm of re;nrs-.shame and desperati ,n, his own baud had afflicted. 1 Ten years had ro'le ! away, when one day a j meek looking and plainly dress-d stranr, ... ' j Horseback, w..s seen wit!, a hesitating air to .turn into the same ar.l where once theclosi.ig , of our t-Ie took place. A Lrge two story .building, with corresponding out bouse, now occupied the former ite of Martin', dwelling A sturdy young farmer, periiap. twenty, was in me now improved and nancsome yard, teach ing ruddy boy, of the probahle sg of t-ix aud j cig I t years, to shoot with bow and arrow. ' "! I k who at present re i Je here?' timiJIy acked t'le stranger. 'Ja.'ge Aslily,' w uitlie rp!y. And these pretty boys are they hit They are, cir ' I once knew somethig of the people of this vai'ey; and I trust I shall be excused for making Mime enquiri-. concerning them. How is Mr. Ah!y eetemed in the wcrh!

'Esteemed! Humph! the very first man in the country!' And your name may I ask it?' Oh yes; David Butler never ashamod to tail it in my life. And have yon not a farm too, by this tim, from your own earnings?' 'Hardly from my own earnings; and yet I have a bt of the finest land in the aettlament, and I'll tell you how queerly I got it lou know.thatisifyouheardofit, that about

1 Uti vr. . .1 - .. . . i - " "6" was a Kind of uu turninr j here and change of owners-well Mrs Ashl.v that nowis.Go.i bless her noble heart' J' this lot outright for service, she ftnri T ... hltl- Iur service, sne fancies I ren- ' , ' thiS fraCas; I could tell j you all about it, but I .oppose you have heard ' of the monev .!iin,r .r.:-i T h.. .i,. u .... .... n,vUI- . iUO ume ool not after. What became of the oecupanU who lost their farms?' Whv, Mr. larlln. tun v.: .u- .. . r i . .... 6 j i uciujg .no Deat rved, Ie a sensible man. cui ins tnroat on the SDot and tln.ii.n.. J ki 1 ;r, . P0'; the jndgo and hto " "r consiuenn' it would be .... limn a r . i . 1 ... I. . ... . . no more ! "ru- . " . V" ,arm . ..110 iiiuncy uiujor ran , 'il 11IB H UH' turn nt f k t Ilurl; and then-farm. """'u no i , ior an too wiU,J-f the valley fell t. him; beside, hi. father-in-law dyidg soon after, left him all hi. sad. We . hn rln r..i j. .... ' nroDertv that i- hn... h,irr -. .u LI L 1 rather . t- i, " "'u 'uu I WhnM? JlT' 7Untlt' ' ' 'Do you not recollect rue? Why, no; and yet seem, to me I've Men yoar mortal phiz somewhere. You once had good reason to remember me; and I wish I could say with you, that I bar. never been ashamed of mv name. I am Gow.' Gow! Gow! that same Gow? wh-o-o-rah! 1 y, es, that I have had reason to rememW vnn . vourcomin hron-Ht m tl,,. ... j i.md. which I wnnlT) ha t llw J! ' '"j" . i t.,.j ...m .... .n....... t, ... , . ... .. i ..ir. iuiier, i trust man thoM j which 0Iire w m he. Mr. J a!"- in the 1 -A. ; j r . ' rionr fur one mnmnt A middle ar;ei gentleman, with a political ' , , , T S " b-inir interruntod in I.U rJ n k.n.:i a i. j . " ..a,.uB,.i0 j oung matron, .ome years younger than her husband, with a chubby u di k rvru i n I i ll I in tier nrrr. I... . ... ance a little in the rear of the latter. ,n-, . n -At .u . 'u hat now, David? is the house on fire, or . .1 . i , what that you make such an out crv 7' .vi i , , , 'Why, here is one of the seven wonders of ,t,arM. n , L. wonu"r 01 thewond! Do you know that c nt ernan?' Tl,..,u .u'x.,., .u-.,.f. a... . i i u ..i.muu-iu, a inuhinz oaca a sien . .. ual"-""T. And vlllcn.r. .Am...!.:..- 1. .1. . i,..uA Iscan't be!' .aid theUttfr a slight frown pusinj over hts brow. once directed to this spot, for the lessons hero received in the awful death of my associate in crime, and my long imprisonment that followed ' frn, .. h- v s-'---'ZZT t VlZ' , ir-pi-p me mMll. 1 tr. Jt nf nlitbtn. m. .. - ... . J . . ..v. inf onr(m Tltir- ll tl . I f.f ITi. liar tim tt m Biv V Ft 1 h b ' some oisxance out ot my course to see you; to I J ' . . " hal forgivpn; w'htch my God I humbly hop J ma nrly -nw.nTy .f hto 1 exiem.ea 10 me .o utterly unwonny 01 ni. reriorin a Out V fn .nil J.nn mv nnrn antll f A mmy rcies. Can you. sir. fortrive all the Iniurla I intended for vou?' ; 'Freely ' renlied Aahler vUihlr touched .1 rreeij, repuea rtsiuey, visioiy loucueo .1 the deen abasement of the other: 'freely, from 1 mv heart ' ! 'And yon deitr lady you, who hive y.t j . more to forgive?' i .t . . . 3 " mni iuo ivrii.cnan ui ! God ...d my husband, it shall not lone be ld , that you luck the forgiveness of Mrs. Ashley for . an offence committed against May Martin vou have it sincerely. Dismount, sir,' raid the Judg; 'walk ia and dine with us.' j 'Nay it may not be it may not be, worthy people. However we mav fortrive or .n r pect, there may U associations connected with individuals which must render their prenc. . ever painful. It were better that I tirried not; , but ere I leave,' he continued, riding up clo4 j to the door step on which the couple now ' ... i ... j , ,- . . .. .... iuuu, nan f si'iitcj ins ianu 'i wouM take a j hand of each in token of peace and .. ,h 1 of for. ivenea..' ' His request Wing complied with, he lifted bia ' tearful evea to bMrnino..l..H -;tU wi.utterance Oil. my Father abovn! who could forgive m, vilest of the vile, and blesa one so utterly sin- '. ful an l lost, wi.i tbou blew and protect th thy servants their little one. and all that i. . theirs; not only in the thing, of this life, but 1 in that light and love which U our only durabU I. j UM....W happiness, and hereafter our heaven.' Casting one long and mournful look on th. happy piir.anj bnwiug a mute farewell, he .lowly rode away, and was seen no more. ITA meeting of Whig", composed of mem. bers of the Legislature and other citlx-us, wa. held at Harrisburgh, Pa., on the 19th ult. which declared in fivor of. Whig Convention, and also, that Gen. V Infield Scott is their choice for the FresiJeucy. There was a Urg meti,iC of the Whig frieu.is of Gen. Taylor held in Ilarriabnrgh last wis-k, at which it was resolved that the written declaration of alt hinent to Whig principle, mide by G.u.Taylor, hnd inspired the fullest confiieuce, and hi elvation to the Presidency ira!t re--orn-n-n-i?l.