Vincennes Gazette, Volume 3, Number 5, Vincennes, Knox County, 13 July 1833 — Page 4

Tin: i.ihat film. i,a.iii:n"t. BV KRVANT. An Indian girl was sitting where Her lovt r, slain in batlt, slept; jjt r maiden veil, her own black hair, Came down o'er eyes that wept; And widely in her woodland tongue, This s id ami simple lay she sung : I've pulled the scattering shrub that grew Too - l'e above thy sleeping head, And broke the forest "hotisrhs that threw Their shadows o'er thy bed. That, shimns: from the sweet south-west, The sunbeams might rejoice thy rest. U was a weary weary road That led thee to the pleasant coast, V.'here thou in his serene abode, II .is met thy father's ehost; Where everlasting autumn lies On yellow woods and sunny skies. -Twas 1 the broidcrcd moc'sen made, That shod thee for that diMant land; "Twas 1 the bow and arrows laid Besides thy still cold hand Thy bow in many a battle bent, Thy arrows never vainly sent. Willi wampum belts I crossed thy breast, And wrapped thee in the bison's hide, And laid thee food that pleased thee best In plenty by thy side. And decked thee bravely, as became A warrior of illustrious name. ThouVt happy now, for thou hast past The long dark journey of the grave, And in the hm! of light, at last, Hast joined the good and brave Amid t be flushed and balmy air, The bravest and the loveliest there. Yet oft, thine own Indian maid, Even there, thy thoughts will earthward stray, To her who sits where thou wert laic?, Ami weeps the hours away, Vet almost ran her grief forget To think that tiiou dost love her yet. And thou, by one of those still lakes Tint in a shining cluster lie, On which the south wind scarcely breaks The inrio-e of the sky, A bower for thee and me hast made Ut ncath the many coloured shade. And thou dost wait and watch to meet Mv spirit sent to join the blest, Anil wanderine w hat detain my feet From the bright land of rest, Dost seem, iii every sound, to hear The rustling of my foot tops near. From I'ic 1l'antie Souvenir. Tllil l'lilST HOK.V. BY hICHAHU FINN SMITH. Concluded, j "The revolution no'v broke out with the blind fury of the enraged lion goaded in the arena I iva known to hp an inflexible partisan nf the unhappy king. 3Iy pride was proverbial, and my name was abhorrent to Ihe cars of the populace I was among the earliest victims they had marked for destruction. It was about the . ..ii . l .1 1. 1 . I u close oi me nay mai '""- fore mv nalace. The evening was as calm and beautiful as this I was iu my library with my wife and hoy, who was reading to u, and as 1 looked out upon the setting tun, until that moment I had never experienced so full and vivid a sense of the bnliimt scene. What sight is there in nature to he compared with the setting sun! As I gazed, a new pulse was awaken ed in my heart, that throbbed wilh ecsta 3v at the wonders of cieation. I turned to mv boy. whose eyes were fixed on the illuminated horizon, and they were tilled with teats of delight, such as few mortals are permitted to enjoy. 'A noise was heard in the hall. My name wn repeated, and a few moments afterwards the door of the library was hurst open, and the ruffians rushed in. Their leader was a wretch whom 1 had been the means of bringing to public punishment, for an offence against the laws He no sooner behf Id me, than he checked the fury of Ins follower, and exclaimed, Be this act of vengeance exclusively minel1 He aimed a blow at me with his drawn sword, but before it fell, my boy ran between us and received it on his Jiead. He fell senseless at my feet. The monster again raised his sword, and as it descended, my wife rushed forward, and 'he next instant was prostrate on the body of o;r sou I w as roused to desperation at the sight, and. seizing a heavy chair, aimed a blow at the ruffian, and rushed into the midst of his followers They fled in amazement to the hall, and I followed as feailessly as the eagle in pursuit of a rloc! of sparrows. All sense of danger vanished; my reasoning faculties were absotbfd; the animal was goaded to fury; and even instinct had lost its influence. I kept them at bay for some time ; at length 1 received a blow from behind; I fell (o the fbor, and 1 know not what followed. "When I revived it was quite dai k, and all was silent. I strove to get upou my feet, but 1 had been beaten and wounded, and found it impossible to sustain myself. I sank exhausted in a stream of blood . The clock in the hall now struck eleven Unable to walk. 1 dragged my wounded body along the floor towards the library The: door w;is open, and the moon shone calmly into the windows. My mind was on the rack to know the fate of my wife and child. As crawled over the thresh old of the door, 1 beheld a mass lying in the middle of the room. The light of the moon fell but feebly on it, and my vision was too dim to catch the outline. As I moved towards it, 1 heard the distant roar of the infuriated mob. In an agony I drew nigh to ihe object, and discovered il to be tli bodice of mv wife and eon.

The sight nerved my miml with desperation, and imparled renewed strength to my wounded and exuausted frame. I turned their facts upwards, the light of the moon fell n them They were ghist y ga.e'i on them hut tor a momeut, when throwing my aims around the body ol mv wife, 1 rai-ed her and stood erect. Her head fell upon mv shoulder. I ie

moved the Moody hair that hung over her face, and kissed her cheek. It was as white and as cold as marble. The touch chilled rr.e to the hean; my strength fail ed me, and I sunk to the tloor beneaih the weight of the hod y. 'I had not remained lone in thi situa tion when 1 heard footsteps in the hull, and immediately atter I perceived a limine steahrtr past the door. "Ihe work ol beL'tin." J cried. A second figure followed, and then I heard the sound of my massive family plate, as they threw it into a basket. The sound drew me hack to the world ngiin. I shouted, and they fled leaving the treasure. What a sordid tool is man! 1 felt a sense of joy that my dross had not yet been taken from me, although I would frpplv havp Mven the wealth of Peru,

J . oflurlit. and then a man aiueared at the door, bearing a dark lantein O -T e was ivr.tniipfl in n cloak, and as he held the ' r " w ' light at arm's length, so as to thiow it into the room, he looked about cautiously until his eyes fell upon the spot where was lying. IJe approached, and wretch - ed as I was, the love of life was still strong within me, and I trembled for the miserable remnant of my existence My fears were idle. It was a faithful domes-, tic, who having tied with the rest when the mob broke into my palace, now came to learn the fate of hi master. "He raised me from the floor, and after placing me in a chair, turned t the bo dies. As I b. foie saio, the vital spaik was extinct in m wife, but my son gave signs of returning animation. 1 duected the servant what applications to make in order to rev me him The means were!

again to enjov the feelings that were rnine, crior, and my siricKen uean ieapeu mm as I gazed' upon the setting of the sun. joy nsl beheld the land of my birth reced "I kept my eye turned towards the hall,iin from my view. For a moment I felt and as 1 heard the street door close alter jas though I had cut the bond asunder that the plunderers, I perceived a feeble flash 'bound me to my load of accumulated

at hand, and in a short time my poor boy ;went down, the gathering clouds in the opened his eyes again; but instead of ihe! "est foretold the coming tempest. The light of intelligence, a wild glaie oow!sea, which had sported through ihe livebeamed from them. Had they remained long day as a harmless child, now raged closed for ever, dear as he was to me, Las a maniac who had just broke his bonds might h ive been happy jasuuder. All was speedily prepared to " The servant carried him to a place of enable us to weather the storm. I stood concealment, which was an obscure house, upon ihe deck as night closed in, and as I where a fuend of the faithful fellow re looked abroad upon the waste of waters, sided. 1 remained where he bad stated, "my nul rejoiced as if a new world had me, unable to move. He left the lantern ju-t been cieated for it to traverse. 1 had on the tloor, near the body of my wife. 'shed for action, and there wa9 a world The stream of light fell full upon her 'of fuiious and unceasing motion around countenance, while every thei object in. me I was fit to live alone in tempest the room was obscuiely cecu This was :and gloom. fearfully distinct. My eves were i lveted i "For hours did the winds and waters upon it. It was impossible to avert my contend for our destruction. Every plank gaze; and I sat motionless as a statue in the ship was strained, and the stoutest The flickeiing of the lamp created a j heart among the crew was dismayed . 1 change in the fixed expression of her face, j held my boy by the hand and felt no terand the muscles seemed to be in action. ror for I had nothing to lose IdescendSuch was mv state of mind that I could jed to the cabin, and, among of hers, beheld

Iscaicely breathe. Mv sight was (hm, and . . . , , . .... .T. .i I bent forward to satisfy myself that there was still rea-on to hope. I imagined that

I saw her lips separate, and heard a sigh senseless, hanging around his neck. he proceed from thrm. Her diess seemed 'sight mote me to the heart, and as 1 beto move, my e)e ball9 ached w ith strain-1 held the misery that encompassed me, I ing, a smile was now on her ashy lips, felt, as did Ihe prophet on his voyage to she raised her hand, beckoned me, her jNmevah, that 1 was the cause of all. I eyes opened, she arose and stood erect I hastened on deck, and in his words ex before me. 'She lives; thank God, ehejclaimed 'Take me up and cast me forth lives," 1 ciied, and lell backward in the into the sea; so shallthe sea be calm unto

chair. I heard a voice as I tell. "The joyful delusion was soon dissipat ed.. My servant was now standing beside

me; I turned a hastv glance towards thejlH;u 1 "on"1 nave ,eal,t,f' "Verooaru nan

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body, but it was silent and motionless, and ,J,M 9Al,uia lum "u,u U1 uie auu re precisely as when the. seivuiit left me. stra'necl nic lie supported me to the houe where he' "The ship labored through the night, had earned my son. and again returned gioaning like some mighty creature at to the palace for the body of my wife,; the p- int of dissolution The sea rushed that we might perform the last sad offices . through the crevices on all aides, and on over it with becoming decency . Uut hejtrying ihe pumps, we discovered three was too late. My palace was surrounded; feet of water in the hold. The ship was by the mob, and he could not enter. jnow unmanageable, floating like a dead "1 pa-sed a night of sleepless agony, 'm;,?9 ,Jl,on ,he surface of the sea. AH raving for the hodv of my wife. Dreath ;l,,,s lime ,he g,00fn of n,ghl was around less as it was, it was still the dearest ob- us' an(l unseen danger is always more ject to my heart that the world contained. 'appalling to our nature than that which About day break I heard an uproar in thewe ihohl appalling. Many on that street; I arose, and looked out of the win jmShl "''ured the pangs of death a thoudow. The mob was passing with carls,;8"0,1 ,ol,, aml are llv,nginto which were thrown the bodies of j "AH hands were driven on deck, for those who had been slaughtered the night 'the sea had taken possession below. preceding. The heartless demons laugh-1 Among the rest were that father and his ed and sung as they moved on, and cvenjchild. His countenance was calm; resig those who were mounted among the dead nation was depicted there: while the fair to drive the carts, joined in the horrid , being who clung to him looked as if death glee In the last there was the body of a ; had already more than half performed femal? l)ingabove the rest. I was siruck'his office They stood mute, not a word with her appnel; I had seen it before. 'escaped their lips, which was strangely

Her face was turned upward?, as if look-jcontristed with the confusion and uproar ing for the spot to which the spirit had' that prevailed. As the morning approach-

ascended, and as the cart passed immedi-jed,

ately beneath the window where I stood, t I recognised the features of my wife. llow can 1 descrihe my feelings at that moment! The power of motion forsook me, and it seemed as if the circulation of blood had been checked, and respiration suspended. My ideas were confused, and my mind was not yet awakened to a full sense of its misery, though it labored with a consciousness that no situation in life could he more awful than that in which 1 stood. True, the stab had been given, hut what is Ihe pain which accompanies the stab, compared with the sufferings which follow and poison the very fountain of existence! I continued to t'aze after the caits, breathless and motionless as a Mauie. They drove along the extended street at a rapid gait. I saw them lash their horses, and the morning treez niougni io my ear the demoniac songs ol merriment. S!iil I gazed after them, for!

there was one ohject that engrossed the

whole faculties ol my soul. I saw it move jp and down in the hindmost cart, as the liiver urged his horse rapidly forward. At length they turned down another street and disappeared . The spell was now bioken. nnd J fell senseless to the floor. Well did the man of woe. exclaim, 4 What is man that thou dost magnify him!' since the fairest works of God1:? hand, in this wot Id, moulder and mingle their dust wilh the basest things of his creation. "h a few weeks my son was restored to health, hut the light of reason was ex tinguished. We left our hiding place, disguised ourselves, and commenced our wanderings. I determined to leave France, with ;he hope that a change of scene would create a change in my feelings. There was some relief to he obtained from coustant action. We walked to Havre, withott stopping at a human habitation, and took passage on board of the first vessel we discovered lying in port, without even inquiring its destination, for it was the same thing to me, so that it bore me from fiance. Two days we remaiued in port: l was wretched and restless: but on the onrning of the third we weighed an . . .1.1 .1.. j :iU j misery "Anong the passengers were a father land his daughter. She was not more f t jthan sixteen, and as beautilul as any thing jof earthly mould i9 permitted to be. The morning was fair, the ship sailed gaily, !nd tliose two remained seated on the deck, apart from the rest, reading, and at dimes singing lively French aiis, which !she accompanied with the guitar. Every look of the father betrayed that she was the pride of his heart, and that the mea uie of his happiness was full. What :earthly tie is there so pure and powerful as that which subsists between a father and a lovely daughter ! 1 continued to gaze upon them, and my whole soul eutered into the feeling9 of that father. I then looKeu at my poor Mioi noy, ana contrast ed them wit!, my own. "The. dav p tsed away, and, as the sun that father and his child, whose lives 'g;ive so fair a promise in the morning, he ;n his knees praying, and she, almost you; tor I know that for iny sake thi9 great tempest is upon you ' So fully was I impressed wilh the truth of what I spoke, ill i i iii a heavy sea heaved the vessel on her side, :inri the sweeping suige passed over her. A wild shriek of terror mingled with the roar of the waters, and when we had efficiently recovered, we beheld that the father and his daughter had been washed overboard. 1 looked out on the rising billow, and there they were ascending, hcked in the embrace of each other. They attained the ummit, and in a mo ment descended into the chasm on the other side. The waves propelled us forward, and again I saw the bodies rise, h was but a momentary view, and they disappeared from mortal eyes for ever The light struck all on board dumb, while each anxiously looked among the crowd to discover who had perished. All had escaped save those two. There were imong us those who did not fear to die; tUeie were among us tho!e who wished tor death; and yet these were passed by and e hnppirst, those to whom life was

as a cloudless day in spring, alone were

selected to perish. And why was this? Let the most favored and eelf-sufficient that treads the earth aoswer me, and think upon himself. 'The sea bore the wreck onward, and afiei a lapse of several hours we found ourselves in sight of Calais. A signal was hoisted, and shortly afterwards we beheld the wreckers coming to our relief. We were landed in safety, and the wreckers returned to gave what property they could from the wreck. While 1 stood upon the quay and beheld them, one thought en grossed my mind. Why was it tht,of all of us, that father and his daughter only perished? "Years of humiliation nnd suffering have elasped since that time. 1 have asked bread from those whose tables groaned beneath the luxuries of the earth, and been denied, and, half famished, have appealed to the wretch who lives on common charity, and he has divided his last crust with me. 1 have stood in my rag9 before those who have sat down at my table, and whose hearts my hospitality has lightened, and they would not know me; and I have supplicated for food at my own gate, and been driven thence bv the pampered menial. Oh God! I fear that I am not the first who has met with similar treatment, even while 1 reposed within, surrounded by every luxury. If so, I bend before the justice of thy decree." "Driven from your own gate! when?"' cried Antoine. "This day Within the last hour." 'You astonish me. Where?" "Here! from the gate of this palace." "Ha! are you the count ?" "Yes, 1 am he; and if you doubt the truth of what 1 say, tear up the carpet, and here, here in this spot, you will rind the blood of my wife still red upon the floor." He stood erect and stamped upon the spot The deformed was bu9y in examining minutely every part of the room. A gleam of recognition crossed his countenance, as he stood in front of the window facing the west, ar.d gazed upon the setting sun. I He fixed upon the same spot and assumed !lhe same position in which he had stood 'years before His father watched his movements The young man pressed his ihand upon his eyes, drew a deep sigh, and scarcely articulated, "How sublime and beautiful! How blest are they who, after a brilliant career, can, like thee, thus 'calmly and unclouded retire from this world." ! "And a thousand times more blest are j they, my boy, who thus descend , conscious that like him they will rise again wit?r renewed strength and undiminished spieuuoT. I he young man gave a vacant smile as he looked towards his father, but return ed no answer. That smile froze the hope that was budding in the father's bosom. ; "Lome my son," cried the old man, "it is time to resume our wanderings." He made a hasty approach towards the door, and the deformed slowly and mechanically followed without raising his head. "Stay," cried Antoine, "here let your wanderings terminate." "How mean you?" "For the sake of that unfortunate, your days shall close in comfort. He was a j friend to me in my boyhood, when I had few friends. I was of mean birth, but he j overlooked the distinction that society had raised between us. His acquirements were extensive; I became his pupil, and while he strove to scatter the seeds of knowledge iu my mind, I could not remain insensible to the virtues of his heart, and I trust that the impression then made is not yet obliterated." "Even as thou sowest shalt thou reap," ciied the father, embracing his son. The mendicant gladly accepted the hospitable jotTer; and closed his days, surrounded by .every comfort that weulth could procure; and as he contemplated the scenes of his Jpast life, he felt that countless blessings i may be heaped upon man, and yet a sin gle dispensation, which may not accord with his wishes, too frequently embitteis life and perverts every grateful feeling, though that dispensation may have been designed as a blessiog of the greatest magnitude, and would have proved such, had not his erring nature defeated the views of an all wi-e Providence. About a hundred years ago, a zealous!

preacher dt Glasgow, used to emplov his ' its """"ence, removeing those troublesome irrieloqu.nce to animate his flock against I tatior1,s' u,'V h acls as a constant stimUant to t viir ..n t i ?i ii. l- i coughing, ft eases pain, and induces rest to an LOUIS XIV . "O, Lord, Would this piOUS emiricnf degree. Persons afflicted with pulman exclaim, "he pleased, of thine infinite monary complaints, bleeding of the lungs, Lc.t mercy, to take this haughty tyrant of spasmodic asthama, palpitation of the heart,

France, and shake him over the bottom - lcc ..: Kt crnrtoT.nr.l l.i k;m ' in dinna let him fa' in." I VC" I I 1 I f ym w v- M"l V j UlllUU ItV 1 1 1 ill I (1 Original Anecdote A gentleman lately called on one of his servants, and lold him to go to the house of Mr. , and give his respects, telling him that his master was unwell, and could not visit him, according to promise. Wishing to ascertain how the hoy would deliver his message, he asked him what he was going to say : to which the hoy replied, "Master says he is tick, and can't come to your house tonight; and you will please to send him his spectacles ' Love's Labor Lost. A serenading party the other night, after having played before a house for nearly an hour, were politely informed by a considerate watchman that 'no body lives there? Patient Lad. "Ren,'' said a father, the other day, "I'm buay now; but, as soon as 1 cat' get time. I mean to give you a flogging." "Don't hurry yourself, pa,v replied the patient lad, "1 can vr&iT :'

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