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TOW "TLEDGEn TO NO PARTY'S APBITRARY SWAY, WE'LL FOLLOW TRUTH WnERFF.R IT LEADS THE WAY." BV ST 13 VISAS tBAA. RISING SLA, IADIAAA, SATURDAY, JIXY 12, 1831. VOJ-VMIS I.--KO. 35.
THE Sl.EF.PEKS. BY MISS MARY A.N.N BROWN. TViev are sleeping '. Who r.rc flopping ? Chiliiron, wearied with their play, Vot the str.rs of nitil are pectins;. And the sun hath sink away ; As the dew upon the blossoms Blows then on their Hen-Icr st-ro-5o as light as their own ho.orr.3, Balmy sleep hath conqncrM thorr. Thty are siee,v.nc; : Who are sleeping ? Mortals compas-ed mum! with woe Tvelids wearied out with weepinc, ClosM are o'er their tron'.iles now ; And that short relit I" from sorrow, Harras-sed nature li:ill sustain, Till they wake again to-morrow, SftrengthcnM to contend with pain. They arc sleeping! Who are sleeping? Captives in their gloomy cells : Yet sweet dreams are o'er them creeping, With their many -colorM spell. All they love a-:iin they clasp them, Feel asain their lone lot jovs; Cut the haste with which they srra'p them, Every fairy form destroys. They are sleeping! Who are sleeping ! Miers by their hoarded pold, And in fancv, thev are heaping Gems ami pearls of price untold olden chains their limbs encumber. Diamonds seem before them thrown, lut they waken from their slumber, And the splendid dream i; flown. They r.re slerj ir.c ? Who are sleeving ! PaVc a moment softly tread ! An-dons triemis are fondly kerpnVigils by the sleeper" bed ! Other hopes have all forsaken One remains tint slumber deep ; Speak not, lest the 'lumberer waken From that swott that sating sleep. Thev are keeping ! Who arc keeping ? Thousands who have past away. From a world of woe and wec. iiii. To the regions of decay '. ?afe they rest, the i;reen tmi" under Niching brei 70, or niii'ic's breath, Vinter" wind, or summer's thunder, Cannot break the sleep of death !
wholly ignorant of whai had been going hand. Both were again repeated, the on in "the Indian village. NordidJen- third and last time. Immediately after,
ny say any thing about the aiiair. bhe lom stepped up te his wife, a young had come, she said, to beg a coftin and woman of eighteen, with an infant in a winding-sheet for her son. 'When her arms, and another little child, two the sun has reached its heigh!,' she ad- or three years old, standing by her side, ded. pointing upwards, 'poor Tom must and presented to her the bloody knife. die.; The lady did all the could to which till now he had kept in hi? hand, comfort her, and gave her u hat she re- She averted her face to conceal a falquested, without suspecting the ar- ling tear: but recovering herself, turnraneen.ent she had made to save, the ed, and took it with a faint, forced smile, rriminal's life. 'But how lone must His sister was sitting by the side of his
the citlin be?" she inquired. 'Oh', make wife, so wholly absorbed la grief, as to thorn to suit mv si z:." Jenny replied, be apparently insensible to what was
'and they will answer very well for passing; her eyes vacant, fixed on some
Tom. distant object, it was a perieci pitiuie
Soon after she had left the lady s of wee.
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house, a messeneer arrived m haste His pipe he gave to a young oroiner,
from i he camn. and informed her thai who struueled hard to conceal his emo-
Jennv was about beingexecuted by the lions. He then drank a little whiskey
Indi.i'rv. She now hastened to reach and water, dashed the bottle on the
ihp nlace in time to save the doomed eround, sung a few words in the Choc-
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ictim; but Jenn), the moment sue saw taw language, anu wuu jumping,
her carriage commsr. at a distance, dancing step, hurried lo nts grave, ms
doubtless imagining "hat was her ob- gun was so hxed, by the aid ot a young
ject. standing by her grave, caught the sapling, as to enable mm Vy take his
muzzle of the gun, the prepared lnstrti- own me. io one, nu nau utumcu mrnt of her death, and pointing it to should take it from him. These pre
her heart, entreated the executioner parations and ceremonies being now
hU flu! i- Ho obev-1 completed, lie trave the necessary touch
ed. and she fell dead. to the apparatus; the gun was disc bar
l).irinrnve- vcars after this, Tom was ged, and its contents passed through
treated with sneers and contempt by his heart. He instantly fell dead to the
the friends of the old man whom he had earth. Ihe lemales sprang to tiieinc
murdered. Thev said to him: You less body. Some held his nead ; other
coward; let our mother die for you! h"s hands and feel; and others knelt at You afraid to' die, coward.1 Tom could his side. Ho had charged them to show not endure all this. Some time after- no signs of grief while he lived, lest it
wards, he met a son of the old man should shake his resolution. As f ir as lmn I p li..r! mnrdt red. on the bank possible, thev had obc ed. Their grief
HISTORICAL
Tiic Association had in the mean-
lime despatched other travellers into
Africa: Horneman, who perished in
1810 by disease at a town cn the Niger,
and Mr. Nichols, who proposed to start
from the Gulf of Benin, and d;cd there
of fever. A German named Roentgen,
was despatched in 1803, under the same auspices. He reached Mogadorc,
but was robbed and murdered a lew miles from the place whence he set out.
lhe narratives of Riley and Adams,
both Americans, are next in orucr.
They both survived a slavery in Africa.
The Lxpeditions sentout by the lm-
lish Government were not more fortu
nate than those of the association. A grand enterprise fitted out in 1816, was divided into two parties, one to descend
the Niger, and one to ascend the Congo, the last commanded by Captain
Euckey, and the former by Major Peddie, with numerous attendants. Most
of the officers of the Congo expedition
perished. The captain, the zoologist,
the botanist, the geolgist, who accom
ranied it, fell successively. The other
party fared better. Major Peddie died
early ; his successor m command, Lieut
Stackoe.survived them onlv a few days.
The miserable remains of the party re
turned in lhe fall of 1817.
The next enterprise was conducted
by Messrs. Ritchie and Lyon. The
former died at Fczzan, and the latter
returned safe. Major Laing and Capt
Gray had a little while before made short expeditions into the interior, and
returned without loss of life.
The important expeditions of Den
builds her nest near the throne of glory; and there beholds with rapture, those eternal mansions, from whence sin and sorrow, fear and pain, are forever excluded; where peace and unify are violated no more; where righteousness,
and jcy, and felicity, reign triumphant; where Jesus Christ the Savior of men.
welleth in glorious majesf', and by
lis own immaculate presence, consti
tutes the joys of angels and men in
leaven. Contemplation is the bee that
extracts the honey from the flowers of
paradise; by it we can converse with
God, solace ourselves in the bosom of
i beloved, draw joys from the wells of
celestial pleasures, tread the path to-
rest, and view the mountains of eternal glory. Why then, christian traveler.
art thou cast down in this valley ot fears; ascend the mount and view the
promised land: mount up as on the
wings of eagles; take a transporting view of the heavenly world, the glory
of the King, the joys of the church tri
umphant. Let all thy thoughts be
where thy happiness is; and let thy heart-
be where thy treasure is. I hough thou
dwellest upon earth, in a land of cap
tivity and exile, let thy conversation he
in heaven. llcsl. Christ.. ldv.
of the Mississippi, ten miles from his was restrained, till he was dead. It now uim anj Clapperton, accompanied by
INDIAN TRAITS. 1 his is the title of an interesting work, contitnting the 7th and 8th numbers of the "Coy's nd Girl's Library,"- published by the Mesrs. Ilarpe:'-: of New York. We think the following extract-, illustrating fomc of the traits of the Indian Character, will be read wi;h interest. "We shall now relate, in further illustration of the customs and feelings alicady spoken of in this chapter, a story related of two Choctaws, by a respect
able Anioriean hdy who was herself an eye-witness of the scene she describes. " 'Jenny,' as the whites called her, was the wife of a Choctaw, who, about thirty ycats ago, murdered an Indian cf his own tribe; and then fled over the Mississippi into Louisiana, where, however, he was overtaken and killed by his nursuers. Jenny, with four or five
small children, of whom the eldest was rill.! hv the whites 'Tom. in his
own language, Hocktanlubbee, afterwards moved into a tribe in the neigh-
l,nrbood of St. Francisville. Here, a-
monr other new acquaintances, she met
ith n wealthy American lady, a widow
who had compassion upon her, and o(. ton r",;,ct.d hir wants.
After she had lived here a long time,
hom. and for some cause unknown, now burst forth ui a torrent, ana incir
i it.. I 1 I I I.;. I r.r:.vl.- lininnt fitini; wpre loud :ind
(prOS)aiuV III Itau ueJU HIS Ji me iji.h l nil ie iva mm it.ii.v - eimcnto'r.) plunged his knife into him, undissemMed."'
giving him a mortal wound. He returned home with indications of triumph,
brandishing his Moody knife, and with
AFRICA.
The death of Richard Lander, the
. I ,licr(ivrror nf the crrr:it PeO.iTanhlCAl
out waiting for inquiry, co fessd hat of he I ad done. He told his Indian f r cnJa I min,erous victims that he would J?ca who have perished in the attempt to coward. I have been told, sa d he, . rp JC nlerior of Africa. Accounts 'that I (car to die. Now you shal see fht by the late Lnglish packet state that I can d.c like a tnnn.' A weak. - - . Uc
r a'nnwc" i j j-" Tin -1 several hundred miles up the river, viled to witness how he could die. lb.; rommcrci.il
was on the Sabbath. Twelve o'clock, " - o Monday, was the hoar which he an- podi t.oiu ;?
pointed for this self-immolation.
Here,savs our informant scene was presented which baffles description. As she approached the place, Tom was walking forward ar.d back again, still keeping in his hand the bloody knife, wlrch he seemed to consider, as the duellist does his sword or pistol, his
Dr. Ondnev, and Mr. Tool, were the
next in point of time. The journal of
their first voage is familiar to most
readers. Mr. Tool and Dr. Oudney
died on that iournej'. Clapperton's sc
cond voyage was accomplished by Dr,
Morrison and Captain Pearce. Their
servant Richard Lander, was the only
survivor; the others died successively
from lhe eflocls of the climate.
Major Laing, the next victim, was
assassinated m the desert.
The French Traveller Caille was the
immediate predecessor of the Lander
in their first successful tourney.
He returned in 1828. Their firs
journey was terminated in 1831. The
second has added the name ot Ktchara
a hitorv of unexampled mortality.
j k . I .-VV'IIVt JV-v ....... .. ---- Since the first feeble attempts o. the Lander to tius iong Hst of mortality.
Portuguese and iMigusn irauiug On looking it over, and marking with panies to penetrate into the interior, j hjw fcw CXCCpti0ns the attempts of
down ihrougti me numerous eiieu.iii travellers have been fatal to them, one fitted out by the 'African Association, cannot mit wonder at the pertinacious
spirit with which the attempts are re
peated. 1IISTOUY.
Demetrius restored freedom to the
and the Rritish Government, how few . iUmi nt the most of the travel-
badge of honor. With all his efforts to K . survivea a second attempt. i :t K J : .--.l m-irL- nt an I ... r i ..i:ll l;,;nrr
tonte.u h, mc ui:eunuu ...,..,, . i ijallie and Jonn L.anuer aic sun n b' agitated mind. The sad croup present, , , .. wrillij nc.t ue suiDrising if
consisted of about ten men, and as ma- lhey&shouid f0How the example of their Greeks. Ail were grateful; but some ny females; the latter, with sorrowful prejecessorSj and renew their eiForts were so much so, that they made themccuntenances, were employed in making J0 sharc a simiar fate. With this fatal selves his willing slaves. The honors V. over-shirt for Tonvs burial. The o5pcct before them, there have never they heaped upon him were of a kind men. all except two brothers of Tom, ' n nersons ready to embark iKat degraded the givers, and made
r nreten LsmoKiiiJineir " 'CJ)",U' tho mo nnHert.ik'iiff. A moie ic- ii hem contcmpviuic. iu..v.o v.. ...
apparent unconcern. Several limes markable evidence cannot be found in nrfl conferred. Afterwards others were
THE FEMALE HEART. There is nothing under heaven so
delicious as the possession of pure im
mutable affections. 1 he most felicitous moment of man's life, the most extatic of all his emotions and sympa
thies, is that in which he receives an avowal of affection from the idol of his heart. The spring of feeling, when in
their youthful purity, are fountains of
unsealed and gushing tenderness; the
spell that once draws them forth is the
mystic light of future years and undying memory. Nothing in life is so pure and devoted as a woman's love. It matters not, whether it be for a husband or child, or sister, or brother, it is the same pure unquenchable flame, the same constant and immaculate glow of feeling, whose undeniable touchstone is trial. Do but give her one token of love, one kind word or gentle look, even :f it be amid desolation and death, the feeiings of that faithful heart will gush fortii as a torrent, in despite of earthly bond or mercenary tie. More
priceless than the gems oi uoiconua, is
the female heart, and more devoted, than the idolatry of Mecca is woman's love. There is no sordid view, quali
fying self-interest in the feeling. It is a principle and characteristic of her
nature ; a faculty and information whicn absorbs and concentrates all the fervor of her soul, and all the depth of her bosom. I would rather be the idol of one unsullied and unpracliced heart, than the monarch of empires. 1 would rather possess the immaculate and impassioned devotion of one highsouled and enthusiastic female, than the sycophantic fawnings of millions. Iiukcer
TUE AVEST.
Tom who was now twenty-uvc years Tom cxirnined his gun, and remtinea ,lislory of the unconquerable spirit of coveted, and then demanuen, anu jieiold" unfortunately fell into some dispute ?i,ent IIls ravc hd been dug the cnterp.i5e than the eagerness with ded. Heat length obtained i!te title with an old Indian, of which the result bcfor and he had laid himse f which lhe pares of the dead are filled ofKing; and even his. old father, hen was, that he murdered him on the spot. Jown in ;N t0 see jf xl 3UUed as to length immediatcly by zealous competitors ne:uly eighty, accepted the diadem. demanded L. u.,n-,dth l. iku rich- nf marlvrdom in the cause Demetrius, at first atlab e, at length
in satisfaction, and a day was soon ap- w, hJ sWrt waa compleled, and of kn0wledge. t , became haughty, and difficult of access.
Pointedforinflictingpui)i;cpu:iiSiimiu , d j to him, he immediately put it Qur own countryman, ueuy.i u, une aaj, w;i "T"s of his crime. A large assembly was anQlhcr cnt, lhe only one he the first adventurer, on this held, sent the slreets as in early life, the people
collected on that occasion, including an h , drew a . of calico sleeves oul aftcr the establishment ot me urn- nJoiced, ana too v .e the friends and relatives both of the h tied two black silk hand- ,sh 4Afl ican association.' He arrived m,M,ccd. Petitions were proposed,kind-
murdcrer and the murdered, and every , - ft round cach shoulder, crossed Cairo in August 1778, and died mere ,v received, ana wrnppcu ... ...
shortly after. llopo reviveu,
thing was now ready for the expected I the hrc;tst and wrapped a third arterution of Tom, who silently awaited . . . . His on ha-r was tied
Jii file in the midst of the gazing , . , riKuOI. and he had a yard
throng. The executioners and the in- or on ench arm? above the elbow.
cr
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ri .oa i Alr.l .itcas. WHO pen- hu 'rlf d. UUl aa ue; uu-.vj
etratcd but a little distance and return ie opened his robe, and shook the meed to Tripoli, abandoning the. cxpedi- morial3 in the river. v Kin Philip, at one period of his
. . r i iU I . i l: I .niLinii nnlihnn Irnm
...... :c. rr- I Tk 4l,;r,l wa Alaior IlOUlOli, uic rpl fn. aecimcu i '
, Jenny, was seen pressing eagerly Ka.id sang thedeath- Brifh Consul at Morocco, who under- h5s sllh.ecs. An old woman urging ' . r. i ci. fnmnri . I lircu iniotiie uu-i.v "-. h ,. . . , ... . Idm. hft said he had no lime
a n - rN r a iii viii' in mi, i in it, im i it't' ii.'i
.u. r.,h;., After hcine robbed by (o attend to such applications. Vhi,
IIIC V"HI""'" -
ttruments of death were beside him. of e:icc went roUnd thrice.
. . . l; r rti.i moill-l " ..
,i ...!...--..,. .1 S icramc onvaru. '"VJ" . , i r...t:rU
luroucu 1. 1 , .. tnn(T. in word, renocrea in r.iigiiso,
and addressed hersfi. io . . . Dc(l(h cPProach(SS
of the deceased, and to the company at hrce. 'Poor Tom is young,' she said,
, ,Kr.rnnt IWrt.he was h.rn''saidshe,ldoyoii continue King:
Turn wrllt rotina anu lUCi'luur, m - - . ' " , i. I.: ...1
. i . i ':iu...r..0r!nn nrrspnt. abandoned, and perished ol hunger and The reproacn buu .... v.. .,
HOOK Ia!l(l5 Hlinei.; r- I"" ' .
This done
'he has a ifc, children, brothers ms- k - - - of hig . n91. tcrs all dependent on him for suol- hile he neu. celebrated Mungo Paik followencc. AsSor mo, I have only a few ed. The story of his first voyaf which daysatmt,andc..ndobntl,tt!e more cl, see me.' commenced in 1795, well known, for'myftmilv.' 'Nor U this she U . hen ; o , ) e rcturned safoly to England after an ndded. turnm- to the chiefs v. ho were Hi neigh or aid, i , , hpcc s Ills 5CCOnd
J ... .. I . rt....fyf I Hill leMllii w ... - , I
t ii.. ln cl nnnrM ivo nr three
days in enc'.i weetc lor receiving pen lions. Boston Cenltucl.
present; 'it is a shame to take a new you going , . b -
garment (meaning, lhe Lie of a young .a.u , .. Tom, wi,l jou The large person) for an old one. . irl.n, iho. friends of the with him,
Whether the company agreed with not w,m. t - f tilential infl
y. . . . i I ........... in i nil ki neu, him .--
COXTEJI PLATIOX.
alni Rranard fitly compares content
pillion to the eagle; for as the eagle in
tier asctMil iasiens nti c t
her in tin? view o. ...e m.u.t,, u ..e-. .
11V
id fatal voyage commenced in 1 805
expedition which he carne
melted away before the pes
Of iWrtr riehl Luropeans who of r.gUteousnes , ana u.e ,. ...u .
l.t.-ktv I .-V v. V-vWl.l
r" T,:, : , , mo. contemplation is al
ted away nuu.u me; , . - Q
of the Afiican cli- w.ns looking ai me g.onesu.
. . I I. J ...rflf ;,tltk
. . ...i i I 1 Will uu ii "ii " v I . i i r. n ...I ilwml I IIP. Ill I'll lliu iinni""'"-
.i ii.- ri itmn ni i p. (lorrnscd witc i.iw " . ... -n i ..,.i ,;ii, i:, h.p on v were leir.ai vi r .
tnci ii... - - .. : i r, ren ned. io. I w in i m" h j . . . , .
. . .-.! ! . 1 I ... I t'rtll.
dispo-c l to he sati-nea wuu un in J
sacrifice, her ot.cr was .n .u,, demanded his death:
. ii -v ri iinr t r nrrn.irn u r 1111 u . .
Hours auueu -;. - !iorPslcd. and
i ii.ic nierv:il she repaired to a l wno -
few
death. In this i n te ry a i s i n: i vy.w mi . . " ."r thc:T honor and duty
. f i. or L-inri rinnn.i ip Anirr- i.ivp. tuiiMin " . ...
Ol iiv- " ' " i , .
ildr. which was not very distant, concerned in . T f Denham and Clappcrlon ascer- efness ot mina
etness of mind and gladness of spirit
is the cetcT.oi enu iu
The great West is indeed the cita
del of American freedom, ine fe-""-
ous spirit of human liberty will giow
the briehtestand linger there the long-
est. Vheii demagogues uavu uu....
alized the people, and anarchists nave
subverted the free and happy govern
ments of the Eastern confederacy, uit-
heroic genius of America win suriv and reign in the powerful democracies of lhe West. Far removed from the
enervating influence and the emascu
lating luxuries ol anomei ucfec.".. - rinm!cnlArP. ihe inhabitants of our vast
and faithful western territories are do
luded by no foreign pretension, united by no aristocratic designing, and overawed by no arrogant autocracy.
Amid the glorious manuesiauoi.a u.
Almiehly power and nenincence w .i.e.. nature unfolds around them, they stand
lhe uncompromised freemen oi a ricu and beautiful world. Their mighty
rivers; the vital arteries ot aiaies, unlimited in their range of affluence and
power; their bright and oeauu u. ci.- "... . A1.1 nnl crlail-
mate their genetuus some harvests, their capitols, temple and household hearths-all are their own inalienably. Beneath the boundless Heaven, they neither owe nor render worship unto ought but the uncreated, the illimitable, and on the wide, earth beneath their feet, they know not the being who can demand their fealty or task them to the performance of the proud oppressor's will. American Jfrtgiie. A fashWablcTa'irrrc, from which every lover plucks n leaf; tha thnrn are left tor her Mure husband.