Terre-Haute Journal, Volume 5, Number 35, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 May 1853 — Page 1

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Proceedings of the Meeting held in lie I action to the Death of J. B. Porter. At meeting of the Ba held in the Court House, in Newport, on Monday, I6ih day of May 1853.10 lake into consideration the proper measures of paying a tribute to Ibe memory of the' Hon. John It. Porter, the Hon. Willliam P. Bryant was called to the Chair and Jaaic* A Bell appointed Sccreta rj,

Ob motion of E. A. Hannegan, Esq., a committer of three were appointed to re port suitable resolutions whereupon the chair appointed K. A. Hannegan. J. Usher, and T.C. W. Sale, said committee, who uponmeeiing in the Court at 2 o'clock P. M. on Tuesday, the 17th, reported throngh Mr. Hannegan, their chairman ao companied by a moit excellent and most appropriate addreus. which met with a hearty response from hi# honor Judge Bryant, ihe following resolutions:

WHKUBAS,

Tho member* of the Bar of the

7th and 8th Judicial Circuit* of the State of Indiana in attendance on !he Vermill ion Circuit Court, have heard with deep regret of the death of the Hon J. U. P»rler late Judge of the Court of Common Plea* of this District: Resolved, That while we deeply deplore the toss of Judge Porter, for hi* unrivaled social qualities which it has been our good fortune many years to enjoy, we feel thai we h»ve sustained a still deeper efflictioii in the loss of the upright Judge, the urbane gentleman, ihe ripe scholar, the true friend and who in every position and relation in life. fHied the standard of a man:

Resolced, Thai aa a scholar hi* varied and extensive learning entitled him to rank among the first. As a lawyer he had a profound and thorough knowledge of Jurisprudence as a Judge, he wa* universally i*leemcd and admired for hi* courteous •Jetties nor as well a* hie inflexible integrity, impartiality «nd ability aa a citizen he was. an ornament and nn example in the communiii in which he lived: a* a friend he was ardent, warm hearted and generous a* ii parent he was devoted as a man, he was emphatically "The noblest work of God,"

Resolved. That to tho bereaved family of Judge Porter we tender our warmest sunpnthv for their irrepairable los*.

Resolved, That wish the consent of hi* family, tho members of the Bar. and the personal liiends of Mr. Porter will erect a Huitahli* m»nomanl to hi* memory.

Resolved. That as tribute of respect lo the memory of the decried, the members of the bar iiunniitiouhiy request tho Vermillion Court to preserve these their pioceetling*. by spreading the same upon it* records

Which motion was unanimously adopted On motion ofT. H. Nelson. l£«q tho following resolution was adopted:

Resolved Th»t the paper* ofTerre- Haute Htiil this Judicial circuit, be requested to publish the proceeding* of thla meeting.

On motion of the lion. S. B. Gookins, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the Hon. I'M ward A. Hannegan be requested to furnish for publicslion a copy of the beautiful and very appropriate eulogy pronounced on this occasion upon the life and character of the lloti. John 11 Potter, deceased.

In pursuance of the above resolution, the following committees wero appointed by the ha I

COHMtTTEKS ON SCBSCRlPTIfiM FOR TUB SMC* TtON CK TH8 MOHUWKNT. In Newport, l)»niel A. Jones, Melvin P. I.oWery. James A. Dell, T. C. W'.Sale, Samuel l«. Malotio.

In Eugene, Joaephus Collett, Robert-K. Harnett, Joseph Moore. In PeifyaviHe, John N. Jones, Thomas (Bushman, 1). Killpatriek.

In Clinton, Win. P. Dole, K. Whitcomb, Lvman G. Smith. I In Heit Township, Daniel Wohigcr, Stephen Millikm. iu l.afavette, Albert s, White, John Pottit, Daniel Mace.

In Covington, David Brier, D. W. Voor(teea, 15- A. Hannegan. In Williamsport, i. .M. U. Bryant, H. A. Chandler.

In Reckville. \V, P. Hiyant, John Daivs, Joseph A. Wright, S. F. Maxwell, John G. Crain.saM .1 in TerA-lIaaV, J#me» I-arnngton. Am* ory Kinney, S. 13. Gookioa, Johtt P- |l*hor, 'jl'homa* H. Nelson, T\

In Putnam county, Henry Sccrest.

eOSiaUTTIlS^ON COSSTRUrrtO.N A.XQ CtSiG.N. Jwrephu* ColUtt, Daniel A. Jmea, Rrxin ghelby, E. A. Hannegan, Jamea Farrington.

On Motion, the meeting adjourned. \VM. P. DRYANT, Chairman, J/MKS A. Beu., Secrrtary.

Homarks of Hon. 2. A. Hanaogan, Om amentia/ tk* la tk» Vttmi&im frtmk Curt,

MAT

IT ruumi rwt Coear: In tin eearw »f my life a sm** wepieasaat u*k haa new* devolved apon «i^ The doiy «sstgn»4

MO t»v mx brethmi of tW l«r, to an»o«»c* ike dMth ef the Ilea J*** Poataa, MeJ **&*( itmCmH of COSBUHMI l'ktaa of- ^SstHet. IV thUftttta and the komm fr*-«d of l*enty at* v*mm i.Bf away forevor earA mm wb^ftw l^t IkwTperie^ I hawANifftylw^, aad with wh*»a as a lw#U»n aertlif hi*» after feealaeaee aC[*tlay,l^ wttba i*r kad kiadHer thrall *t MaiMaif, ft«a» I

ItMtr is look teak *H a stasia .toy wrl»afl»y•»•««•* *a

ftrelr rWw* threat* wtMwwe** *a **r!ly rWu* taring tit* •f""aM^ieaflit#wr~»W» tha k»aa*»ewstaal fri*«4*. erawd tfcfc* **4 tm* Wit. they taallliwea, aed tha light of the

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Mm r»«w4 few***** t»ifsad*rtsbt»»*swr«*a heiih the expression kU»eat«dia tfc*t*fo»«s eMetfcelr hear. «HM»ftfce ever exe« efer

at*-with thea«a*Wt mwi «l any

Um Kr|wt«HU IhwheewaC hla|*«ad sfMit, Ate.

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hew little dreamed I nthepydiart hoars went by, that in nwret mwrnfalnes* Vtef were (ottlof 11 the while our last tryst on earth. To a heart aa gentle, as gaftel«*e and as kind ever animated a manly bosom, Judge P^btk* united a strong cloar

to which his foadneasfor rond life and itaporsnita ga*e freer opportanity and an iacraaaad zest. On most »ubjecU of science he was iBformod, and the whole subject of anctcnt and moniera literatare was at his coatrol, As a jurist be was accomplished, and as tbe occapmut for many yean of that bench which roar honor now graces, all will bear witaesa to the faithful, the apright, the enlightened aad the impartial judge, nntiiag the happy ameaily of bearing which won the universal lore and coofidaoee of the bar and the respect and aUaciuneat of the community. How marked was his tenderness and confederation for the feelings of tho young man,on his first appearance in court with what easy and adroit benerolence he wouU reliero his emharras*^ meat, and dispel hts dlffidecce, and then at (he adjournment how kind aad enconragiug were his words, where he percoired merit beneau tha rail of modesty, and few men were quicker topereeire.

In tho domestic virtue®, he had rarely aa eqaal t&o wife of bis early manhood to whom he was attached with uncommon devotion, wan snatehod from him by death some fourteen years since, vet within my knowledge, to the ts*t days if his life he COttld not make an allusion to her without melting into tear*. Hi»children met him in more than a father's lore, he was their companion and their friend. And his tenaots are the llring and willing witness to his kind and considerate heart, las oniform urbanity and forbeararco. A* a neighbor listen to the universal roice of those among whom he tired for nearly thirty years it is the unfeigned roice of lamentation.

In social life he was pre-eminent, amid festive scenes where the heart leaps with hilarity his sterling acquirements were sided by a humor mo*t excellent aud a wit the most polUhed and varied yet •at gentle as bright.' There was the magic in his presence and his conversation, which held iu with a charm the spell bound circle. From topics light and lively, from his unfailing treasury of racy incidents aud anecdotes connected with the early Bar of the Wabash, be would pass with instant ccfcnty to converse for hour* upon subject)* grave, serious and instructive. Who amongst us is left to conrey such iustruction in conversation, or who now like him ihall "«et the table inn roar." The dark void we this day realize shall naror more be We mourn not over the proud and ostentations name, filling acontinenl with its renown, mid echoing its glories through distant lands, but in simple and sad sincerity, we do mourn the lo#* of the coinpanloa ani friend, ever ready to sympathise with our wo&i, to dispel our gloom, to rouse and enlighten our minds with the tones of ch^jiujges* and the words of wisdom-

Iu two potuts of character, aad they are strong ott**s, the nuture of Judge Posrsa was singularly

happy he was Incapable of nmllce for wrougs or injuriee, aud euvy with its horrid attendants, never for a moment chuded and tortured Uie serenity of his soul, or nttngied Its bitterness with his coininendutlons of his foliow-belugs, aud his delight in the happiness and prosperity of his neighiiors.

How singular are the dccrees of Heaven. (Tow unstable ami mlsterlously brittle is litis thread of life. It was some twelve months since that ho and I were passing a day or two at the hospltablo home of a mutual friend, according to our usual custom for more than twenty years past, Ono evening the couversutiou turned upon the tnynterio* of life and death, things connected wftn the shadows of the future, the watchfulness of the dead over tha giving, and their memory by the ilvtng in return. Our ho«t who is many years the sHiior of cither of us remarked thut ho would of course bo called to his final home, and added, will you promise to couie lo my grave, whin 1 am gone, and you shnH nm'l in this iifigborhood, and talk over the pleusaut hours aud recall the happy scenes we have passed together. We instantly responded thut il required no promise, for such would be (he imperious promptings of our hearts. Not a doubt flashed uoross nur minds, hut th it we should together discharge (lie inoujiHul and pious duty.

VJS^ -f.

Ju*ge Porter wan* a native bf BerksTirrVco'unty Massuehuselts, aud at the time of his deeth wus fifty sis your* old. $

After the completing of his collegiate course at Union College, under the tuition ot the distinguished I)r. Jfoit, he returned to his native State entered the oUke of one of the most eminent lawyers of that sue lent *nd renowned rottsmonweulth and devoted several year* to the acq uk

Hi oil of ills

profession. At the close of his legal studies in the years 1619 he removed to ludiu«a, and In the course of three or lour years, took up his residence here in VerotiMlion Couuty on the beautiful farm where he continued to reside until his death.

Theslroag and abiding pasiilon* of hUh wrt and spirit Is an unfailing title pag« of a noble soul, was his earnest and eulhusUstic love for his native State he treasured her glories iu the core of his he rt, and his eye ever i!«tsiiep, nad hi* voice trembled a* he avowed WU devotion and pointed to her imperishable monuments of reuowu.

She hat inscribed upon her roll, many of the proudeat and uobl«st twinn which this or any other land can boast, bat when her youth shall, like him, seek home and fortune iu the Weal, she need not blush in bidding them If passiug uear to pause and pay the tribute of a Maasacusctt*, sigh at tho sequestered {rave Ions R. Ponrxt.

Bof

Judge

REAST replied:

Gentlemen of/Ac Bar.—I heartily Concur in the sentimeni* just expressed, and in the resolutions offered and unanimously adopted and in consideration of the merited distinction of our departed friend, and as a token of respect due to his private and social virtues, as well as for the distinguished ability with which he so long and faithfully discharged the duties of President Judge of this circuit, the Court order the resolutions and proceedings to be spread of record, and that this Court adjourn until to-morrow morning at 8 o'clock.

GROUT

GRSfiKot?ea'8

respondeat of the N. 1*. Herald, in a letter dated on board the U. S. ship St- Louis, March IS. speaks aa follows of the group* of statues recently executed bv Greeoough, the sculptor: ••We arrived here few days since (rem Spema, where we lay a week, and a few da\ after leaving Genoa. The object for visiting this port, and bringing with us Co^l» mod ore Stringham and broad blue peoanU is to attend the shipment of a group ef »tatuary, executed by Giuenough. The figures, I am told are colossal, end the design of the sculptor waa to represent the progress off civilisation to the western portion of America. The figures, are, first a woman fiying with her babe in, her arms behind her i* ajtt Indian warrior who pettues muA has setsdl

about to cleave her *kuH, but hit arm*is eeiaed and the tlow withheld by a weatean htinter, who, with a triumphant smile, kwili Me Indian is the face, as he half turns hit head to see what erretUJkis blow, T$e

I am told in all tiifir attitude*,

group with

perfect

euted by any of our artists. The ante ef she block of graniie from whhsk tht* group

that' het wished to wwt upon entire aide of hi« house torn dowb. the labor «f beto than threw jpeara

orSvATrES—A cor*

Ilia rod!

trost when shwped that It will eafefy reach tbe spot mi which it ishiiended to uaad, a»3 nmj loRg prove ao omaoMU to the p«Ue»

aitfuui

HJIIII

The Wolf Hunt

Br TBASK FOKKE&TES.

Happily and cherfuliy as our lime passed

more galling to the gentle and refined

than acoal sufferings and sorrow*, it

*uch as would cost the lives of untried men

so securing by aid of the unerring Indian

attempt to dart across a half frozen rapid of tha roaring Matchdash, broke through the thin crust of ice which veiled the boiling torrent, and was only rescued by the energy and daring of the half breed, An oon-ge-zhig, half drowned and badly frost bitten, to suffer a bitter penalty ol pain and illness for his foolhardy rashness.

Again 'ihe Major,' in a knife encounter with a wounded bear, to which he was incited by hi& success in two or three hand to hoof encounters with crippled deer, whence he had earned among our chief* the honorable title'of iMiehk-mo-ko-maus or'the red knife,* got himself as severely mauled that he wnuld most assuredly have been killed but for the pertinacity of a small Isle of Sky terrier bitch, about as rash and headstrong as her master, in worrying the heels of the fierce grisly monster. Annoyed beyond endurance by this nggrjving process, ihe brute desisted from chawing the Major's arm in order foamy tusks on his diminutive assailant, and so gave Na-waje-wun, 'the alrong Ntream.' a chance «»f driving a rifle bullet through the socket of hi* eye into the brain which I san him do at the distance of fif yards andnithout a rest, hatting suddenly out of his fastest run. as we were both hurrying up at our best speed, on suow shoes, io the rescue.

in the main, and freed entirely from all th*|ene weather and good traveling, the trip petty caret* and small annoyaoces ot the before ua would hare been a pleasure ex civilized world—the petty, cold convention-

ren of tbe much more of tbe wilderness ,|| from ,he

Thice during the winter, bunting parties, clothes and one light plaid or blanketunexpectedly overtaken by tremendous Nevertheless at an hour before sunrise snow storms of unusnal duration, were re-

which he had already badly lacerated.

Jerto turn w.th bloodshot eves and

This accident it was which gavo rise to the wildest and most perilous, as it was the most interesting'adventure of the whole win* ur for when we got the wounded man home to our quarters and dressed his lacerated hurts to the best of our ability, we found that it was absolutely nccessoiy to

secure if not a surgeon, which impossible, at least surgicul advice and proper medicaments and beride this, in spite of all our diligence in portffging stores for winter u«e during the autumn, we were beginning to fall short ofsome articles, of luxury lo all. to ourselves almost of necessity •—ns cofToo, sugar, salt and vegetables—' not to say, what wus an actual indispensible, coarse gunpowder for (lie Indians, our own fine diamond grain had alone held out under the constant drain made qnJj,,by ot^r saw hunting parties.

duced to the very verge of starvation, nnd dark sky was beginning to whiten, we filed were preserved from it only blunderingcas- outof the camp in Indian order, in high ually upon a village ofmuskrat houses, and

lo procuro these things at this season, Was difficult by any means, and probably had it not been for ihe misadventure of our excellent and trusted, tho Major, we should have roughed iion on short allowance, rather than attempt to tramp at such a senson.

We lay midway or nearly so, between she mouth of the Mejohedash. and little settle-

rnent of Orilla on L#ke Simcoe, biit the latter „r frtvfut wa* in every way the mostacceaaible.be-

aides that ihe whole breadth of the dangerous and ice bordered expanse of Nottawasaga B&y lay between the river mouth and Peneianguishine, where alone supplies! could be had in that direction

Descending the river, moreover, there were no less than four great portages, one: of three quarter* of a mile in length and seventy feel lift while ascending it loOrillia the way lay over smooth ice-bound rice lake* for above two thirds of distance, while the course of the river wa* tolerably even, in most place*, and interrupted by only four short easy rapids around which the goods required might be convened without much difficulty in packs on our shoulders. Elsewhcrc^ over the ice they could be dragged on Indian tobogans, or hand sleighs as well as by the dogs, with two of which we had fortunately provided our*elve«, under the express orders of An*oon-ge-z:hig. who had always refused to accompany us without them.

Know very well, while cheifbe heap sWk, maybe. Tore Spring come,' soliloquiz* ed thi* worthy, now In grim self ooojgratu

her bv the hair, and with uplifted tomahawk I and equipped for a long tramp thr««ghj aiedge. the tobogans of the Indiana, and our the freset) wilderness, to the numfrers of six4 own packs ponderously loaded, with raedi-

iatioa as be was present-at our council of spent much as ihe afternoon preceeditig it. war. 'Injun think much white man not] dashing along at the rate of five miles an think 'tail 'till lime come for do, only talk. I hour over clear ice but after our noonday's Time come no know what think—then what halt at the mouih of lhai strange, boggy dol An-oon-ge-zhg thing heap, two three, marsh, half lake, half moras*, laid down in eight time long *go— then khow. No dog the m*p* s«'Montgomery* pool'—wber«. here what do now brother!' by the way, the Indians speared half a daz-

A* there wa* nothing to he denied. In all: en musk rats in their houses, a rare feast this nor any use in denying it, if there had! for the half famished dogs—the ground, for beeo,'ih« starry sky' we* greatly applaneed we had to take the shore again over a long and wexed elate and grand on the applause Dal pcrtagejlbrough the woods became rough whereupon a dram wm served round, pipe* I and difficult, and it was late before we enwere lighted, a council dt»ly# held to da-Uam|ld jusi at the outlet of the MaJchedaah bate on future proceedings, from the lower end of Lake Simoi Tbe

It waa determined auai. cm., that wej next noon brought us to Onllia, but pur* should set forth the first of dlwo, uatedf chases were speedil/ raade and iur dog

ihe best men of the party, with Iran of *the Major* new kor* 4* who hot for hit atcidetat would have been thl head aud {root ofthe adventure ......

Weaet to work at ooce, the Indians to« hack that evenicg by the light

build alight aiedge* ferih* d«(|s—tww hegef aad a gloaou* amrara keradig, to wr Um gaunt brute*, hall' Ne wtouhdh»d, half mas night's eocampmeat, wbe#« we lound cwr tiff—aad fit it with light deer aktu hmreess^ fers, which «4 bid lakwi the erecaaue* to the mi toatlect storee, serve owi amuni replenish before starting in the morning, sttll tkw, hiean the fire arms.farbish the km res boraiag. and our ceec^of hemlock boughs and axes, look ^i ihe rraow khoea. a»4 W-I ready to rtorftr* si' Here Wi fed iar more raace the packa fot e«aoh »atR, so aa to «»a ijovklf a«d hoo«rtifoflly than before—for we tain «(l that should he need&l wttfeowt had mutton chop* btrtiiled on the coal*, poeerftuiiy, and atthe eame tlifti tJl he the} taiees roasted in the ashee, and a few txKmm w«l«Wtt»i I had sawiggMlats my denski^g oa whiah were hound, et least for-j own pack. o»«r and ahove my awn peculiar ty miles of wildenieca Md to he ra*«««e«| road, *m Ik* purpoM.

OnSih, 0«f camps, too

chance of ^tumbling upon *o much as wandering hunter's wigwam, without much much probability of encountering either man or be&st on our wild route.

This was, however, if difficulty at ell

t|,e Ofour

cur8jon rather

alittes,the Pharisaical uncharitableness, thejSBOW lying every

insolent intmaireness. theodious aelfish feet deep, and, where it was drifted in the ness ol what called good society—often

rtvjnes

tame

er wheo it a

must not be imagined that we underwent on camping oat at least two n^hts on our no ills, incur no perils, felt no hardships

wav Up

difficulties for bad it been

than a toil: but as it was, the

where from ihroe to four

aoi gUUeys thrice the depth, it be

an actual and arduous labor the rath

considered, that we calculated

empty handed, and twice as many

retum

in cities who live sleek, atodok down wah below zero, no roof above our head* lofty butmiscalcuted scorn upon their breth-

laden, with the thermoneter

bul the slarry COpe

of heaven, no shelter

weather

beyond our ordinary

j|je following morning when the clear

#p„la amil]^

and

spear a supply of most seasonable, if not purevoir. most palateable food. #^4^ Wa were clad in woollen shirt* and •Once, our 'Bushranger," in an absurd

slockiogs

cheer* of our companions

their parting Cries of ban voyage and

uo|er fuu

8ui^ Qf

buckskin, with

Canada fur caps on our heads moccasins and snow shoes strapped to our feet, each man his pack and blanket on his shoulders his knife and hatchet in his belt, and hi* rifle in his hand—myaelf and Ralph Trenthara only substituting short, heavy two edged Englieh bills of the kind known as Milton hatchets, for the tomahawk, and car rytng short double barrelled caroines. lAnderson. ihe third white man of the troop unskilled in the grooved weapon of the backwoods, shouldered a ponderous double barrelled duck gun. well loaded with EteyVgreenwi*e buck shot cartriges. and had slung a heavy nxe above his pack.ns had two or three Indians, whom we had selected with especial reference to our purpose. Chingwaukonce, Mhe youug white pioe.* war chief of the Huron Ojibwas, Na we-je-wun, 'the strong stream,' and the half breed, An-oon ge-zhir., 'the starry sky,' who breaking the way led t'le band at starting

Ibr|be dog# who fo,lo£ed at a

A mile an hour was in this stage of our journey good work and it wss high noon when we reached a short portage of about a hundred feet in length, with a severe lift, however, over a rugged and broken rocky neck full of great drills of slnow. which Vve had toiled enough in transporting the tobogan vnd its load in an another hour. Here, weary &nd hungry, we halted awhile, kindled a firn, dined sparingly on potk toasted in the blaze on the points ot our knives, hard biscuit, and a dram of Jamaica, lighted our pipes and after a short rest, left the spot with more reluctance than tbe poverty of our fare would have led one lo imagine.

Henceforth, for the next sixteen miles our

wa8 for

,ed

worjt—a

shambling

trol, drag|ing along Jhe light lobogan

|adeS

with a slender supply of three day's rations of salt pork and biscuit, a modicum of rum ,and a few spare blankets, bul destined on our return to be laden far more heavily.—

We followed in due order, as usual in sin-

Sogs

le file, Chingwaukonce keeping R4xl to the shdge, and Nawagewiin banging up the rear.

For the first six miles tho labor was excessive, so much so that, incite of .the in-ten-so cold of the weather, the sweat streamed from our brows incessant for the bed of the river, on the suiface of which our road lay, was broken with rapids rendering the surface rough and full of hills I and hollows, into which the soft new fallen

snow had drifted, of «o little subslance that it gave no sure foothold even to our broad snow-shoes, and that the very dogs sunk in it hough deep.

aCf0S$ (he widfl ex.

panse of frozen rich lakes, *here the strong northwest wind had swept the ice quite bare for miles and miles, so that the surface glittered smooth and blue, in the clear, frosty sunbeams. And across this flat we sped swiftly and securely on our snow-shoes, only wishing that we could exchange them for skates, and so almost outspeed the wind that followed us.

It was not yet four o'clock, so rapidly had we sped since we struck the laka, when we arrived at our camping place, a small island known to the indians, in which not far from the lake shore are two curious parallel ridges of rock with a deep cleft between thetn. open to the sky and perfectly accessible from the Bast and West, but completely sheltered from all the wind* of heaven, and absolutely blocked to the North and South by precipice*. In this spot which, by some strange freak ol* nature, is never filled by snow drift, our fire wa* kindled, our spare supper cooked, and in a little while we were all. with the except ion of one trusty sentinel, as soundly and comfortably asleep as if we had been lodged in regular chamber*.

The morning of our following day was

cements for our,wounded friend, and muni lions, as the French wouid caU k, both of war and mouth.

With some di&cakr, we mede oar way o/a ft

full *»ooa,

TERRE- HAUTE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1853. NO. 35.

wind bad fallen, so that we were coxy enough in the forest, beside* which we had the encouragement of success. Half our journey was well done, and the second half commenced witH good otneiis. For the first night since starting, the camp fire resounded with song and merriment, and it was late before we stretched ourselves on our blankets before ihe glowing pile, beneath the liVing sl«r of heaven.

I said tee. when in fact should not, lor it was my turn lo keep watch mod feed the fires, and I was KOOQ the only one awake in the mysterious silence of the snow-clad forest, in the stilly hush of the cold starlight— ihere was DO whisper of tbe night wind amid the tree lojw. too heafSIy snow-laden to shiver at breath. There was no music in the fettered stream Only at times one fancied that a low crepitating sound, as of invisible wing*, came quivering from the North as ihe bright flickering flashes of the northern light rushed up to the zenith, crimsoned and emerald green, while as the snow below them, azure amethystine—only at times the eldrich whop of the great barred owl, as he stooped down ou his noiseless pinion* and circled with big glaring eyes around the fire—only at times the long howl of some lost Indian cur, wandering homeless, broke the stillness of the night almost fearfully. I wa»not sleepy. bul lay, a part of the time, rolled in my plaid smkingas I basked in the beacon blaze, and watched the restless movements of the dogs, moving ibeir legs languidly in their weary dreams, as if they were still at

part of the time walked about and

gazed into the moon lighted aisles of the primeval forest, or gathered wood to replenish the waning blaza, and followed the volumes of cottony smoke as they urged up, and reddened with the reflected light, aud then flashed but into broad sheets ot cracking firei

Suddenly a wild, distant, eldrich yell bu"ftt on my ears another and another—and then hideous, fiendish din, half horrid, half grot

esque, that made the very blood ourdle in howls, and now were stationary my veme*. I never had heared that hateful discord of bloodthirsty sounds before but 1 knew it, on the instant, forjhe cry of the famished wolf pack. ti"-?-

Nearer it drew and nearer—the dogs awoke not. but grew resUess. trembled and elped in their sleep. The Indian* awoke not, bm ihey, too, in their dreams heared the accursed chorus, they, too, grew restless and clutched in their sleep ai their tomahawk* and rifles. The white men snored uncohscious. And now so near came the sounds that 1 was on the point of raising an alarm, when the pack turned, ihe hateful cry grew fainter, died away in ihe distance and was lost.

Soon afterward, when the East began to lighten, 1 aroused the party, and ere the sun had rose red above the horizon, we had breakfasted and were afoot.

A little while before noon we oame upon deserted camp and ihe ashe* of a still smouldering fire, which had been built, as the lndiuns asserted, the previous evening by a party of three a man, a boy of sixteen or eighteen, and a woman with a papoose.

Phey asserted, also, though by what means ihey discovered it remains to lhii day an enigma to me, that they were Cauadian

Ojibwa of the St. Mary's inat they were short of provisions, ignorant of the site of Orillia, and the Indian village*, Marah and Ramah, on ihe lake, and were bound to ihe distant French settlements on Thunder Day.

This passed with no moro than wonder on our part at the skill of the Indian? but wonder was changed to indignation and disgust when we heard them assert thai the men had risen in the middle of the niijhl and deliberately deserted the camp and forsaken the weman, whose tracks were at least six hours later iu lime than ihofeof the men.

It was agreed alonce that An-oon-ge-zhig and should give up our packs to the rest, and push forward ou the trail at our best speed, until the light should fail us, whss we should build a fire, prepare a camp, and await the moonrise then, should the party not have overtaken us, pusji ag^injoiyvard lo ihe rescue.

AH day Jong we toiled forward, our exertion* yet more stimulated, in that we heard, from time to lime, the accursed clamor of ihe wolf pack ringing and wailing through the «iiderness, although they came not nigh US,

Toward bight we could preceive that the woman's track was becoming weak, fitful, and uncertain that she often diverged wide

she bad staggered often, and fallen once ot twice. Before it grew quite dark, An-oon-ge zhig halted, asserting it to be "no good, go furder. Squaw lie down soon—may no see her we go on trail, brothers follow^ihe die mav be. Dttild fire—moon comeJtoon, then go.:'

Thereon we halted and obeyed order*fbut so eagerly, so gallantly, had e«tr friends be* stirred themselves that our log* were scarcer ly well ablajgh, before fft*t the Bushranger uid Chingwauk once mad| their appearance struggling iu one bv one and soon after. Anderson, with Nawag^wun and the dog train

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French, all but the woman, who was an under the fierce assult* of the waives, a*

All three had taken our back track, it would tic enemies like orbs of living fire or at the seem, hoping by it to reach some settlement, and this incited us to push forward with re* doubled speed, in hope to overtake the hapless woman, who had, it seemed, no prospect but to pass the night alone in that fearful temperature—alone, without food or fire, in the wilderness.^ fj

I ,'• More wood was helped upon the fire, to attract the alieniioujf it so might be of the a* volley of all neousJy ut.vaiftc .0: t, Ko sound responded, unUl our frugal meal waa ended, and oar pipes lighied.— Then, while we Were folding counciL jtisf as are had resclved to make a cache of all our stores, halt day, aad beat li! we shouli ud had fMWfMMNMl to put war reeogtee into] aepfed them

belated wanderer, gens waa fired tin

and knives loosened in ther sheaths on all side* but half a minute passed, and it was not doubtful that they had gone away l&e lightning upon the trait of the Indian woman, which ran directly up with* rlfem while, as we lay down wind, behind the savage, (heir scent told them nothing of our whereabout.

The moon had not risen, but who cared for the moon. A long whoop from the In* dins, and each, as he could snatch his arms the quickest and strap on hi* snow*shoes, sprang to his feet and away. -Toe Bushranger" was tbe fir»t. two of the Indians next, men myself, and last, not lea^t, An* oon-ge-zhig, and Anderson.

Miles fled away like minuses, mlhat mad night race through the dreary forest, the wild wolf-din ringing in our ears, and kindling our souls to madness^,

Dark as it was not a man slippevfor stumbled. A strange instinct seemed to guide our sfepS. Mid fleet anl famished as they wer*, mad with tho hot scent steaming up before them, the wolf pack scarce seemed to nutstrive us, so kneely did the light wind bring their yells down to u*.

And now the moon rose broad and bright, silvering the smooth expanse of ihe now icecrusted snow, and the long aisles of the dim forest.

Ouward—sti'l onward—fleeter than before. Siuce we can now see to plant our feet aright! "The bush ranger'* still leads in this wild race, Na-wa-ja-wun is second now, aud Chingwaukonce the third all these have kept their start of me. far 1 was half worn-out by my last night's watch and the day's labor yet 1 still kept ahead, though but a little way, of Ander«ou aud An oou-go-zhig.

A shriek—heavansl what a shriek. It rings in my ears yet. A woman's shriek heard clear above the ells ofthe wolf pack. Was it her last? Every man halted in bis tracks—every man'* heart stood still. Another shriek, and wilker waxed the wolf-

She taken tree!" whispered An-oon go ghig, as he camo up tioislessly to my side —-Steady U9,«r_, ^jie ssafejet, oulx »H g9.U: go her." "J,

His view wns correct, and asd s'ruck all simultaneously. We had all halted, and our force wa* rallied and lined in an incredibly ahort lime. Quickly and silently we spread out into a semi-circle, of which the seemed to indicate the ccntrc, not apparently fifty yards distant from us. Tho Indian#, ai the most stealthy and guarded in their approach, were thrown out on the Hanks "the Bushranger," myself and Anderson, all armed with double barrels, held (he centre

In less t'lan a miuut, ilia Qwl~cry, from the left announced that the Indians were abreat of the scene of action aud we closed in at once, with every rifle cocked, every forefinger on a certain trigger.

In a moment the scene was before our eyes and I, for one, never wish to cast mine on such another. ,?} ,v

There wa* a clear space of some twenty yard* in diamiter, with a fliiull blighted pinesampling iu the centre, not forty feet in height, or thiokor lhan a man's body. IIow she fud climed it, heven only know*, for it literally swayed beneath her weight, and

ihey, leaped up and lore at the branches with their claws, striving madly lo scale il, and actually all but reaching her liwer limbs, a* ihey hung down from the highest fork which sho had been able to attain, there she sat, however, with her babe, secure for ihe moment, as a witch in the centre of her charmed cirole—but such a circle as the most daring witch, who ever braved him'telf, had feared lo'ericouhter.

We paused not to look at her face,'almost white with terror, but still calm and impassive or at her eyes glaring down at her fran

queer, unmoved feature* of the droll, quiet papoose, peering with it* black bullet head and shining!, dead-like eye* over the mother'* shoulder. We saw only, for the iiistam we cared only lo see, ihe

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Ar.d suuch a pack! Full thirty tall, gaunt, ragged, famished brutes, taller by half a'span inkn'our train doc*, and-which is much to say-leaner. I had read of Lycanlfyropet, man possessed of the devil—a* old Suabian legend* ran— aiid endowed with the gift of transforming themselves into v»ry wolves—teen really possessed by a deviHsh'ani'.dWaslfotfV monomania, like (hose smittendy the awful disease of spriiualUm of our own day*, clearly Ideutical with the^ Salem wiicbcrafi—and if I could have believed in possibility of spiritual fiends incorporate with f^siidisli brute#, I could have fancied these to be mad Lycanttorope*. &

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ly from the trail, as if blind or senseless, that,ijlx wolve* rolled over dead, so deliberated

One# more the otolcrf. and the sharp ergek of the tree ludtan riffre Was mixed with the fuller ring of the English carbines.

and fatal wa* our aim. But the fierce brutl'* not for thjfl turned to fTy—bu't dill tuVn to tear, mimgie aiid de* vour their own msimed companion*. Again rang three carbines, and then with axe. mo*kei butt, and knifo, we all Went inl as triad as ihey with terrible excitement.

Were I to lire fifty years I showld never forget the figure of the Bu*hrafi2er,' all blood from hhed To hfeel, With his hoknife, trampling and hewing down the snarling devHx, until af last the train dogs, wiiioh had just come up. with ibeir harness loose and broken, rushed in and glutted themselves with gore, and fed, as they had not fed before these len weeks, equally on the dying and dead. The broad exe of Anderson wa* not idle and in ten minutes not a wolf was our on tfte ground except lh,o*e which were but all was|ministering to the fierce appetite* of our fdbgs of yeilding their iitalps to the thirsty knives of our Indians'. Tf li waa my part to help our Indian princess lo d^eead frcm her fortress In the tree, and ho weak waa she that to do so was no easy

if neeesaary, all the nextiia*k nor. tw recruiting by a sip from lay woods to small parties un-]fla#^ could she recite her cruel tale.

-jnaSK. couia sue recuo ner «rnn we.

forsaken mother, The tn*Vincf of mr Indian* had npTde- brethren, *aid Swifi, in a smnorj, ill, Hhere are three on a sadden, eat ofj ihe woods their ioiaiid from the lower aad mowl *4irles* silence prorioces' to Thunder Bay: lh«f food had iwir hundred pacey of our camp, aajfuied them and her husband'ahd sfep son it woald siem! aro*e, not gradually, or by had desened the gjtti. oa ihey thought, to fits aod atarts, %nt In ooe hideous crash, the di*, honing themsefvea tbOf ul^ncuaibered, c«»n»eoffa#t«rty welrt., s»eai4 Hk ws- jjc

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ie-wvit. together.. They never were beard of more. She by For a sicond or vo. If waa dooblfal, God's grace M»d our god fortune, waa re whether th«y weve not coming down upon ,»erv«d heceetf doriag'ihai emsr is ahed the c*mft d» sikstej and rifle* were cocked it were but a wspicwa—of female

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ministry about our forest home her funnv bright papose to be the playmate of the bit* sledge dogs'and the pet of the whole band. In the spring a widow, bv default, .she luaVf mt.de so good use of her time tliat she be'came Madame Anrf-oon-ge zhig, in whose wigwam she still' presides with hospitable grace, and never as I have heard had receiv* ed one oamp-poliing at the hands or her liege lord- pi that, reader, wa* my first woll-hunt.— Never may I sec another like it, i.l if .«•

THR PRESIDENT'S RKcsrnojr.—A spectn-' tor in Washington, who writes.to the New' Yoik Tribune, was admitted lo the reception room of Presideut Pierce, and oompluins that the President* received hi* vjjitors aT together, instead of seeing them privalely. He feels bad, evidently, that the President did not give him a chance to pour some* piteous tale into his ear, for he s.iys:

Whenever an attempt would be made to' speak a word privately, perhaps by one whose competitor for the same office was in the" room, the President would expose the whole subject in a tone «f voice Ibud enough to be' hearu flftv yards."

A public magistrate that, inilead of private auditor. Very well—the people do not. care, if the backbiting and slander pf ollico' hunter* are thus nij»p«d tho iud. [Ohio Statesman?

LAST MOMENTS OF.VICK PHKSIDSNT IVIX —The Southern Republic has received l^oin Mr. F. K. Hock a kinsman of thn Vice' President—a bri»»t a ioa in' of »hj la it moments of Mr. King. It savs: 1 was |»iiel and resigned lo tho late which ho hml seen for sometime awaited him. Shortly hefore six o'clock vn Monday evening, wlnln' a few friends were sitting nioutnl hit bodside. the only onoe that ho would allow in lis sick room, tin suddenly reunt'ked that' le wa* dying. Tho watcher* arose tolheir 'eat under some excitement, when the Colonel said, be still—make no nois« lot IIIM Jie quietly II refused to have ilia bal-4 ance of his hntiavhold notiii 'd ofhi dying condition. His physioian emtio in and examined him. The Colonel »i to him,' •'Doctor, am dving. It seems us t:i u^!i I Kh%ll never get through with it. I amdin# very hard. T«iku the pillows from uinlet my head." The pilows were aooor lingly '.uken from un ler his head but, fiilbrdiug no relief. III* Doctor lurnud him from his* back on his IO, when he died^ ii. a mo-* mont."

A letter lo iho Indianapolis Journal describing the progress ol ling ). Ill stiys:r The improvements in ttie ivay of bniltlings, Atj., both of a public an.I juiv it« oliaiaofer, since my lsst visit hero, far mirpus those of previous years, both a* rasped* style and extent*.^ Among llieui I wiU buV mention the U. S. iriue Hospital, ••rioted just beside oM Fori iarborn wh'uh is itill standing: iwu alliiioual piililio sch««oIhouse*, at .i cost of 91 1,0'JU three a Kliilondl uurket liO'JsOS, casting abvat 8IJOUO eachj a oily bridewcjl, at a cost of #12 Goij a magriifioenl con it house, aornss the street from where I write, whioh cott soniet'ihi^' over §100.0011, ami is much inoie beau'ihir than llie Louisville court lious». Il i^ built entirely sf cut stoae from I, ickporl, N. ,, aud is au ornament t«• the city. Tho Tie-j mont .Hotel is a magnificent buiMihg, aiid excelled, il' at all iu the Went, only by the Burnett House, of Cincinnati, and rents for •39,0(10 per auirlim. There are 47 chur-, ches in the cHy, many ot the new ones of stono, and of fine architecture!

Cor.oNizATio.x ANNIVBHSABV.—'Hie New Vork Slate Colonizitiun Souieiy held its anniversary last evening n. Thedore Krelinghuyson iu the chair. Allusion was made, in the annual report, to the loss of the iwo illustrious friend* of the causeClay and Websler. '1'he income of the Society has increased within the last year Ifom I K,U00'lo o.vnr $15 000. The income of the pirent Society (or ihe year wis'8' $53'.000. Six'expediloiis have boeti li ted out fi»r Liberia wtihin tho year, conveytn'j! 728 colonists! The Liberia colony is in a flourishing'condition, and the cause in-gei»-eral it advancing in public favor.—iV* -Y. Mirror.^

•, AfnlrimmifHl. The MerrtJ»hi* li«j(le and Iviqtlirer cn^. lain* ihe jierijefit of bashful, el Icrly it^uilj*men, riotwiinsianding the soverity tha srtitiment relating lo young men:

A young lady of resectable family.1 agreH1. able manners, handsome person nod en-Ir fortune, who desire* lo form a mairi»*oni.iF-' connexion,and who "would ratherhe an ol 1 man'* darling than a young man's, slav"^" lake* this method of informing uileily gen tlerrfen'of easy fortune who nny be similar ly^iflclined, lhal commituications'addrcHseil to V. J. G. through the pos* oflice. willr,e*( $: oeive, prompt attention aiwi a' conf?«Hrtvtil' 4 interview will be granted, or] ,(j^gt*ir«vtyp*»' 'f exchanged, as may u, agreed upon. N

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po*e»sing an 'income less ihai

5.X)0 need apply. Tbp utter wortli|essnee* of young u»en, atuTthe extreme bis* fulnes* of elderly i»'»he young A lady's excuse Ur takmgr':hiit alep,

A mst» wealth depenaa more on mi wif*# than on hi* uvcome. Some^womVm w!i cause their hiislwih)* becomi rich on five huudrvd a yetw nthrrs can scarcely keep out of jail on five liiousaiul. ^Saving has made more foffunea* than getting one. If' married men are poor, in nine case# oui pi' ten it is their wive*' fault. "f 2

^The Du*e of Wellington'? Wdl ha* been, administered to by hi* executor* and the pe wmal propertj sworn to1 be under jCSDOJOOO.' The »iil ,vry slioft^and was, made in] 1813, on the day after he en/ored Paris'ai.tl when life waa attemj^lcd to be Isken 'by a pSstol allot

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There were strangers ifir |n «»rta of pride o^ bWh.' olT ,w«i. vtohe*. end of talents. 1 shall not rWsmea*.

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Wa never sahr a tear in Ihe eye.1 says bekhret&d writer, -bui we arereiuUided of a1 warm heart."

Johta J. Crittenden litid Lady arl ed to visit thia «ity wmj ftme ntfxt Sale Sentinel:'