Vincennes Gazette, Volume 6, Number 12, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 August 1836 — Page 1

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Mavy'3 Hen. - Marv wi;h her lip of' 10- s Was tiiji!iir e.Yi tho t! iw'iy im-a-1, A Ooli-U tilt!.- leo Miji.i-'-i TUf rosy i"-e ! !; Ami so a-t mi-hut -it the Hi-s IK' steals the honey ol In ki . He tv .nitons tlcre n moment li-eit'y Hi- snorts awiiv on oattliw v. Pat. ah.whv swells Pint w i n t ! , 1 imsuat''. The ras. ;!. lie has'Ict'l a Mile;! f'ht rum to in". tll wis pinj cms S.c-t im i i t' Apiil skive! - lie i'!, "to !ip.'.1!.'-: mi Avanii:i ihev should war in m in For oft a lover sti ais their kisses. Then flio.- an.l leave; a -t i mr iu limJ .' -This mnv !o wisdom. o he sine,' Said Marv, "l-ut I v. a at a euro." Wlint i-niil I I Jo? t r:-o tin' swelling My lips aihl hers ,'c! iu'i t.'! mri-t: Andtni-t Hi'', from it; l.ociv i!vel!:ti ;, I I'oihi:! llio or- p lison s'vi-t t! Tom! Inn ! iiu'-o,! ions of too smart, 1 sn-k! t!io poi..u to in v heart! sorniA. Tho Girl of the I'iuo Woods. 'Halloo the house!" said ri well diess- ') g. n):iii on horseback, as In- approached a hut ju the ei ntiv ol' a l;irjro pine forest. "What do yon want sir," said :i beautiful girl ahum sixteen, as she came to t!io door, wiih a countenance smiling, and sweet as an angel, '-('an vou direct mo the way to the h'ed Mills, madam, on I'l-h Crick.?" "Yes, sir; hut 1 lie nnid is cry inti ioatr, and niuoh farther to jro round than it is to tro ilmuioli tho lit tho lit'lds. Bv lotiuio down tho i. ars vomii-r. kecnI!!'r liio (ootpa until on conii' to a swiii"j;:i;', 0!1 IVltl shoitf ii t'lo (Usfin'-c two iiiilos. As it won!.! n quirc vi'"i to tn nnt. permit !Ht -ir, to oncn thi Ikivs for you:" so sa ino-, ; hy a book which she held in her hand, put on a neat link' Mmdionnot. ami tripped aloinr the ; Oii" patli hi lore tne Jio; se an-.I ins rmer. wnttiiiiiT her elcan' lorin, and stiew ino ler white stoekinus, she kept her clothes above the wot o-ns. until she laid her mow y bands ami arms upon the rails letting tliem ren;ly fa!l oinM'.pon auotlir, he turned to the stranger, w ho was just spuvrinir his bore to pus-, when he sevcained out, "a ratde sii;ike! a snako miss, in the o-rass snrinc ami a e vonrself:" She sprunir with the niliiv of n trichler.ed fawn, at the verv instant the bm-i' sevoi nt uncoiled himself arid m:-.d a dart at Ins lair prey, wloi cleared nrselt trem his fimrs, and let f-i!l her sun-bonnet upon the snake, as she leaped from his reach. The eentlemnn (iismountina. loaded whip, while Sophia was so much frightened, that she w is unable to return to her hut without help. He fastened his horse at the bars, and otlcred her his arm. which she did not refuse, and led her back to the cottage pale and 'r liblimr- ( 'inninu' to tin door sh iiann. lrono.ed a courtesy, an ; sat I, "I rm mmm i t - i , obliiTi'd to you. sir, and were I not alone. I would ask you to walk in and cat Mime strawberries.'' "Alone! mis.-, so much the better; with your permission, I will walk in a moment tor von appear too Ico nic, troin your Iriout. to he iclt alone m thi-j dreary tila.'Ji." "Mv father and mo ther have cone to the village about two miles oil. and mv mother will soon be hack" 'and your fa'he-r too. will he not?' lid the stramrcr. as he stnepod in at the door, and took his. seat on a bench. "My lather, mi, lias been unfortunate, and 1 Atn-w not he will ever have his liberty aeam. He wa.s once a merchant in llroadivav. New York, where! w a - brouolit ti v.nvA about four ears ao w hen my fath cr ree:o ed into the illnre about two mi'e from this, as 1 said lietore. w lin n suptiose you passed in oomin-r here, lie has 1 !one every thins" in his power to satisfy bis creditors turned out alibis property. not reserving even his furniture; l-ut there f-one creditor who will not be appeased, do all he can, and a his demand amounts to move than one fourth more than all thf rr st. he has it in his pow er to keep mv father confined, thev tell me, forever.' "Whtro does this creditor live?' Tn 'illiain street. New York." "What i his name?" "Jackson." "What is vour f;Uhcr's name?" ""Thompson" Tin ?trans"pr blushed and looked confused. "Did your tathev ever apply to Mr. Jack son turns nt, and make known h's situa tion?" ".No, sir. I believe. not; but he b.as an attorney who lives about Idieen miles from hero, to whom he sent hi notes against my lather, ordcrinjj him. a be savs, to snow no tennv: to him mv father has applied repeatedly, and leu let tors in his ehai'Le. to Mr. Jackson; but all to no purpose. Mr. Jackson savs 1v can hew no mercv he has lost enomrh hv such scoundrels, already. Hero, sir. taki a few of these strawberries we used t tret them ot the market women m New York: but hero I gather them myself, nn sometimes am obliged to carry them to uiarket mvself. too. to tret a few cents in

rdsr '.o keep mv poor fither from tarv

i. '11. , 9mt 1 ,.J4W UJTParLLU.JlBIJIM in.' turned awav her head, die apron tin to her eves, I

in;'." J I ere i put her neat w a'ld he saw her frame convulsed as ii w cejuiij;. "Did von ever have any acquaintance with this lawyer, madam'" "cs, t-ir. lie has hei'ii here I'rcipicu'.ly, on purpose to distress "s v 'lb terms iusultimr a.n 1 cruel." "Is he a married man?" "No, -'ir; anil so much the worse. A man who had. a I'.miiK of his own would not be so iiiifccliim 'as he is to tin: man who lias one." "Mav I ask w h it his terms are?" op!na del not Ilia I uiisnci lies it a. ted " a v . miss )(' ashamed to tell perhaps I can do your father some servh ness." " hv. sir, there i in tins luisia little tn'onerly willed to me when I come of a;;e, or .on married: and the hint, sir, I prcMuno will be suilieient I'cryouto Conn a conjecture, lie is ell, uojyi disousiinii in person: find we remoed iiito this dreary place as much to avoid him as to curtail our expenses of livimr. His tio niiirht be dispensed with, for the mind never jrrows old, and the person who possesses all that is estmi-.i able, siioidd never he neoleeted. but rather more highly esteemed for the matiiriiv of years. Hut when insolence and vanity appear w itli a orev head they become doubiv oll'eusix e." "liow old is v our law yer, madam?" "He is not ))?) law yer, nor ?;; lover sir. but 1 should take him to be about forty, and still is a dandy vain, illiterate, excepting in the technicals of his profession."' At this ni-",i-nl the liu'.o doj thnt lay on the chips before the door, rose up and rave a faint bark, and then wriooled hi tail. Sophia (lew to the window without irlass. and cried, my mother is coniimr. ir, make yourself easy fora few moment-" lor the sranovr was about departing. The mothershortly entered the door, quite abashed to see a o-entlenein there alone with her daughter. She was a woman about forty, elegant in her manners, tho' chid in failed attire, yd neat and tnslv. She passed the compliments due to a stranger m rvnteel habiliments, took off !ier black I'ouiiet. seated herself in an old shattered armchair, ravc a deep si'rh, and asked her daughter fora little cool water. Her countenance was pale and sad. and her eyes swollen with weepinir. "How- is father?" said Sophiri, as she handed her mother some water in a w hite earthen bowl, tremblinir, as she spoke. "Your father, mv deru-, is some better II: fever is turned, and the doctor thinks dm out ol damjer. ') Heavens'. ;aid Sophia, and sunk on a rush chair "Has lie then been sick, and we did not know ?" "Your lather lias hern very sick, bid. hut thank Heaven, he is better 11. -r n- - i .1 nnieii lu t.er. .nr., i ivman. mi, ine iawcr has been to see him aijain, and keeps urcinir ni"' suite. i am somcw itat leartui that he has discovered the way to our re treat; for thev told me that he was m (own and I thought I saw him Iookiii'j after ii., i-ti i I., me as i ascended tiie nut arid entered me woods. You may think stranr sir," aid she, aildressino- the stnmsrer "but w e liave Pecn so linrrassett so compiete"titidone, bya'wreieh who calls himself rentleman, that we fear him as much as we would a nio-iiwavinan. " i our n an r li te?, ni'iiLim, lias hoen telling me somethiiii;' of your situation, said the oentle,.:'.'l. l'i-illi' to o-o. As he stood hv tho door, the old lidy votl him quite clootly, auU tliottiritt she bad seen him before. There was something in his look, in his manner, and in all ibottt him. that bespoke the man of benevi i - i .'i ii. olence. and inspired conuuence. no war-, about thirty; neither tall nor slender; but lie was handsome faced, and when he smiled, shewed a beautiful set of white even teeth, and two lanre dmiples in ins hecks, wh ich l were lull, and tiuireti a m-.-ii i . i i . tie with thi tlnsh of health. His m; l:eU neanl, and dar:-: eyes. oae mm a k ! mili ct soiiditv, and nianlv strentli oi mi leliect. In order to srive the reader some idea oi the place w here this family re'iivd, wc thall sketch a short descnption ot it. There w as not an inhabitant du'elliiiir tor two md-'s m any direction, a;v.t im . , - i.t vill'.i"-'.' before mentioned was the ni-'uest. few- scattered huts, thatched w ith straw and now entirely deserted by a nur oed set ot t.iiuuies, w re interspersed among tin black loirs a.ivl shrub oak bushes, on pah es iiarua v c eared, w hich mad ' the country around more dreary hv lar, than it tin whole were in a state of natural wilderness: and the tiiikiinT cow bells, where i-ilf starved cattle were seekiii-r a rebel from pinohimr hunirer, chimin:! in mourn ful sounds, echoed lrom a thick nark prove not more than ten rods lrom toe op posite side of the dvel!inr. A held i: front wa.s inclosed, winch lielonoed to ; man of the h'ed Mills, six miles oil. J.x ceptinir this fold, the place was surrouiidei by a dark forest almost inaccessible. 1 isn ci-eek ran to the south, a few rods east of the cottairo, which had been occupied b a f.imilv from the Red Mills. All w: dismal and lonely, .V road from the vil lure north, passed about twenty rods, and ihen took a short turn to the cast, crossed the creek near the bars, and made a vi crooked w.iv to the Hed Mills. Here dwelt the lidv and daughter, with no other but hrr son about tw elve vears old who went almost every div to the vil lice to school, and to see his father, r was i.i the ino-i-h of ."''unc: it w

a.ijout six in the afternoon, and the stranger w as just biddiiliX ihem iiood lye, when the little dog again gave the signal of alarm, and a stranger appeared at full gallop, making dow n the path from the highway. He rode up to the door, dismounted, and rushed into the hut before the other had scarcely left the threshhold, with "how are you, madam, by (J d I've i i i i i

i Huid von at last tracked vou to vour i.m .owl , .... i.,;., i, , "t,..i . i : . mil ..u, null ill! oi 1 ( v i I i 1 1 , alehed a beau in your trap already? prettv crativ, eg id: ell, ladies, i.ve come 1'iout tlie old inisfiioss I ve hrouc-ht mv uit, made my declaration, and want vou lo plead to it. or stiller iiHhnncnt to fo iranist you by delaull. " online had one niilonieut and execution, sir, and what do vou want oi another: said the old woman with a look ol pidiouatnui. that would have silenced any but a eoxoinh. "1 want lud-ouent lrom vou, not l'iamst vou. in lavor ot mvsed, not mv ieitt so that 1 can have an execution oamst yon, to take the body, madamwe 1'iwvi rs call it a rtt. sa. "Is the la.dv i iu-;e then, and is her daiti'iiter a liebtor ler daii!ihter a i! to vou, sir. i aid the tirst rentleman to who vet halted at the Mr. 'I'ivinirham door. "liow. sir, said the lawyer, "are biev then vour clients, and on retained to dcleiid their cans". It so. perhaps a lite eaninir would be the best arirument t I con hi use on ca.ti'" m-sii-r aid the oenih inan. his black eves hashing furv, and at the same moment seized the lawyer by the collar, dragged him sprawingout of the door, and shook him till he l ied murder, which called two geRileinen just ruling by towards tne village, to his sistance. The stranger let him up. however, before thev arrived. " on have committed an assault and battery," said the lawyer, "and I wiil have you arrested immediately, and put to jail. Here are two inch w no will lie wit nesses.' J lie old lady and tier daughter iad by this time come out. and told their tory, that the lawyer was the aggressor. on will swear him clear then, will vou? mt remember, I have tne out man in mv hitches and w ill be revenged on him for our i.md.i..t." "Yillain," said the stran ger, "set that man at noeriv, insianuy. ind I'll pay the debt. How much is it?" It w as origin; lly a thousand dollars only, ut the interest and costs have sw elled the uiiount to twenty-four hundred, which is more money than vou can pa v. I kincv. Mr., and besides this, you have got to pav ine heavy damages for this assault, or sul ci the penalty ol the law immediately. 'How much do you demand for your peronal damages? "( )nc hundred dollars.' ' And w ill v ou idedge yourself (honor vou lave none) that you will not prosecute in ichalf of the people, if I pay you this sum?" I hat I cannot promise, as I am not tale's attorney, hut I will promise not to oinplain." "llutyou promise to indemiiitv me agamsi anv complaint, mat mav ie made: "As lar as i can. ueii, ii., ..i .- ,ii- ii ir, I shall not pav vou one dollar, and on mav prosecute- as soon as vou please. s to Mr. Thompson's debt, it. is so much arger hv vour account than 1 anticipated. that 1 shall not pav you the money at present." " V very good come oil", indeed. mil one of the best reasons in the world, on cannot pav the money as I thought at first but I'll plague vour insolenci remember that vou said vou would pav I'lioiupson's debt, and now I'll have you in lor it I 11 prosecute vou on iho proniIJeallv, sir. you are quite full of prosecutions nut remember unit tne promise of a third person, to pav the debt of another, are void, under the statue of "i. " i ... .i 'rruids. unless in writing, and lor a valu i!e consideration." " hv. sir, are you i lawyer then ? but I shall let you know ha! vou are mistaken" linking rather ouloumlei d. "(iood evening.'' sas the stranger to th" ladies, :md walked towards his horse. I command assistance. (avs the lawyer to tl men cion mentioned! seize that man in the name of the people." Thev prang to seize mm. and he laid them both prawling in an instant, leaped on his icrse. and was out of sight in a second. "We d have mm Vet, savs the l.ivvver to his half stunned coadjutors here is live dollars a piece for vou he is onlv ing to the Red Mills, and will be back this wav to the village some time alter dark go with me and lav in wait for him in the woods, between this anil the village." "We w ill," answered thev, "and we'll have him yet, but he is most terribh strong" "a keen, arch fellow, too." s a villi o lawyer, "a robber, no doubt a high wayman 1 wonder if he lias pistols?" "I dare say he has," savs one. "We'l o-o to the vi'd 'ge first," say thev, "and get some muskets, and some mere help, am ito in search of him. or wav-lay him for he's a robber no doubt, the people here know nothing about him.' As likely a: not there is a reward for him now in the oa.oers.' savs our lawyer, "it appears to ii i 1 mo I saw an advertisement describing ve rv much such a man. but at anv rate we'l make him fast for the present." They mount their horses and go oil' towards th village. It now began to grow dark. Sophia had told her mother concerning the rattlesnake, and although Airs, i ,w.i verv far lrom being a superstitious wo man. vet she could not but draw some fa vorable conclusions in her own mind, from the circumtanre that had taken 'place. A serpent was the simili'.U'h' ef dc

eiimilv in fact. the enemy of mankind was ca that old serpent, the (lev il. A serpent had been destroyed by ;i stranger, which probably would have destryed her daughter bul her daughter would not have been exposed had it not been for this stranger. It was in assisting him tint she became jeopardised still she might have been strolling that way, and might have been bitten by the snake, if the stranger had never appeared. At any rate the facts were the same the snake was killed by him. and w ho could say it was not a favorable omen. "Who knows, my daughter," said she, "hut that this stranger is at least, the harbinger of some good new s for us? 1 think I have seen him helon ; and his olleringin tlielirst place to pay the debt and release your father, is a strong proof that he feels more than common sympathy for our misfortunes." "I hope," said the girl, "that it may be as you predict he is the finest looking man 1 ever saw he appears so sensible so modest am! how glad 1 was to see Ii i in drag that tig'v lellovv out ol mv !ear, am I it w: our defence, for which I fear ho will uuet with trouble." "I heard them talking to gethor Sophia il tho corner of the house," savs and 1 thought they were contri ving how to way-lay him. and I am afraid thev will take his life." "Let us pr.av for his safety, and for a termination of our domestic troubles." said the mother: and kneeling down w ith her son and daughter by her side, the girl read tho evening prayers for a fund".', lrom the church common prayer book, and at the end her mother made a short extemporaneous praver in behalf id' the stranger, and as she closed her pe'.itons. Sophia pronounced .'Lnm with such an unusual emphasis, that she was somewhat frightened at the echo (if her own voice in so loud a sound. They arose from their humble posture, and at the same moment a rap was heard at the door, at w hich thev all started, and in conies, at tho boys opening the door, the person for whom thev had been addresstng t In he Father of Mercies the sn-aicer. V ) had returned from the Ked Mills. "Wo have just been conversing about you," says Mrs. Thompson. "Yes, and praying for me too," returned the stranger "which I overheard as I came up to the door." The ladies both blushed; for blushes w ill crimson tho cheeks of the purest devotional being, if thev spring from that warmth of devotion itself as the beams of the heavenly sun open and expand the buds of ihe morning rose. "Yes sir," rejoined the old ladv, "we were alarmed for your safely, and feeling grateful for the interest you seemed to take in Mir lorlorn situation, we put up our (chic pravers tor vour success, m whatever laudable enterprise vou are engaged." 'I thank you madam." replied he "I can tay but a moment where are those nsftians 1 1 tat I saw hen : "1 hev went towards the village, sir, and we fear they are eterniined to injure you perhaps thev vs ml attack vou lrom an ambuscade. Never fear that," savs he, "I am well prepared for such fi How's. In the mean time, comfort yourselves w ith the hope f belter times."' So saving he bid them oood ni'M'.i, and was on m a moment. i . i They looked from the w indow, but saw nothing except the sparks of lire, which us iiorse s snoes snuck irom tne limiv 1 . l.i- . - o neks, over which he bounded with a full allop, as they judged from the sound of us lee!. "Heaven oreserve mm, cried ie mother. The daughter looked pale, '.yd faintly uttered "1 hope so." l)i tiring this tune, the lawyer had been the v ill: and hired two more men. armed With inusi.eis. an i . i all live had plauted themselves m the piuewoods, at pr distances, to seize the robber, as thev iiii- ii i i- . i called mm. (lead or alive; i"r una uu!erst"od from another man in the village. who came wiwi ine stranger. and w oo thev supposed was his accoinpl in robicrv, as he would give no direct answers to their inquiries, t.uat the stranger womb positively be there that night. It wa.s about ten o clock when our stratv ger Iclt the pine woods og hut. and as he enter I !,,, a;i awful hick cloud hover ed over the tops of the gloomy pines, ren dered visible, by now and then a (lash ol lightning, and beginning' to wave briskly to and fro hv the gusts of wind that begun to roar among the branches with claps if heavy bellow ing thunder, lie had proceeded little more than halt w ay through the woods, when he found lis horse suddenly stopped, by two men eizing him hv the bridle, one on each side. He drew his pistol lrom his pocket. ot one. who fell, and knocked dow n tin other with tne butt of his whip, as he put sours to his horse; but had not gone but a few rods, when two muskets were (lis charged at him; the ball IV -m one w en through the top of Ids had crown, and the other cut a button from his vest, but did not injure him. U the same instant, all three sprang in the path before him, and with the butts of their muskets laid his horse over the head, and so sjagwrod bun that, with the others behind, who had m,w come up, being recovered from their wounds, thev succeeded, after :i vision stru'rL,lo in tearing the stranger from bis horse, who had di -charged another pish among them, without much oll'f ot, pud h i foma-i' most do . ; e.-!'i Iv with hi 1k.".'v

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loaded whip, and given several stvire contusions. They made him their prisoner, pinioned his arms behind him, mid led him in triumph, to the village, where they secured Liin under keepers uui.il morning. Wo shall now return for a few moments to tho cottage. In the thunderstorm w hich we have mentioned, the cottage of Mrs. Thompson was struck by lightning, and

m a moment was in a uiaze, and the son ol Mrs. Thompson was knocked dow n for dead a few steps from the door wi'hout. as he wa.s listening to the reports of ihc muskets in the woods. Tho mother and daughter rushed shrieking from the house, and the lirst object which arrested their attention was tho son and the brother ly ing lifeless on (he ground. In this sight they lost all thoughts of try ing to extinguish the flames, and the cottage was consumed with all its contents no great loss, to be sure, hut in their situation a inosl alllictive one. No tongue nor pen c-.;n describe the heart-rending agonies of the mother and the daughter. The night w as dark the rain poured down in torrents the house was demolished thev had no other shelter they were iwo miles from the v illage, or any habitation that would all'ord them any s'uitcr, and the hcrj; was still lifeless, though not slid' and cold. In this dreadful dilemma, they roue! ti the village, and cafrv the oead body with them, proceeded far before i ii! - i . lint they had not their strength was exhausted, and they were obliged to stop, h'esiiiig awhile, they took him up again, and after a few rods were again compelled to halt. In this situation, what was to be done? The boy anooarod to be warm, and might po.-.-tblv be recovered, with medical aid. Tinal'iv, it was concluded that out; or the other of them should stay, and the other should go to the village. Sophia went and left the mother. She arrived at the village, and went to the house ol a benevolent physician, awoke him from his sleep, pud in a few patir-tic words, informed loin of the dreadful calamities. He called bis servant, had his horses iiiimedia'ely harnessed to a covered wagon, took a lantern, a servant, and Sophia, lino il.c. ,-.-rii.ig'. not gruiii his medical apparatus, and made all speed to the scene of di-trcss. He found the boy with some faint symptoms of life, and by the application of the lancet, and other means, he soon began to breathe. Iv day-break they got him to the village, and they were landed at the inn where the stranger was detained as a prisoner and as a robber. Here we shall leave them for a short time, and pay our respects to the unfortunate hu-band and parent of this alllietcd family. Mr. Thompson was one of those hapless beings who possess a noble, generous and feeling heart a keen sensibility, and of course warm attachments and strong antipathies. His natural genius was by iu means contemptible, and although, he had received what might he considered a liberal education, yet he had not studied anv of the learned professions, and had not, in his youth, been accustomed to regular business, lie had, however, served as a clerk in a respectable counting house, for a few months, and hav ing some capital, though small, and being in good credit, he embarked in tin mercantile business, married an amiable and high!' accomplished wife, the daughter of a broken down gentleman, and for a number of vears a -quired property, and what is more valuable, acquired the reputation of in honest, intelligent, and humane citizen. 1? ut meetintf with some losses bv lire, and laving endorsed largely for his friends. fortune began to look sour at him. His Yiemls became insolvent he was called i . 1 1 i i upon and linaliv nao in st":i i;ivt)i"iii. II is cr. "liters thronged around him like "ravening wolves. Aliseraoiv calculated to sustain the shocks of adversity, he was driven almost to tne voriex oi ucpe mr.ou ... i . . i- i . . . and to heighten his calamities, the yel low f.-vcr entered his dwelliug. am! tore lrom his tend and Imntio bosom iri'i his beloved ollspri:'j's twt) suii-i a: nd a daughter. lie, however, :'cer a long n 1 painful struggle, succeeiied in v nai was neomeo m honorable compromise with his credi tors, to whom he had given his name security for bis friends, real his oiher cred itors accepted if what he could spare, without di: Iresr iter his family, and agreed to wait upon him for the residue of his debts, until he' could ri irieve his hisses in some measure, and conveniently pay them their demands. For this purpo-e they advised him to remove into some new iioerts, nug village in the country, and furui du'd him with handsome assortment ol e-ixids. lb I din prettv Well for two ' ars v. lion unluckily having purchased a !"ge amount ol produce, w bi.di took a sudden fill. : again became involved, and meeptitr abou the same time wiUj other severe losses had to "give ') the s-itp. Tiv i'.ighum, the lawyer, hippo lied to h New Y e.rk when the pews lirst arrive-.i and, in order to get iuio hu-iuoss, rep re seated Mr. Thompson as a knave, who had purposely stopped p;n merit to defraud his creditor. A number of credit ors sent th. ir demands to him to bo pros cented.nnd among the its', a Mr. .T.ji-ksoi io whom Mr. Thompson owed more im:'! to all 'Icrs. On hc.nrg

statement, however, of Air. Thompson, which was well authenticated, they had ordered Tivingham to withdraw his suits; bul before this reached him, so he said, lie had taken judgment bonds of Thompson entere d them up, and hud swept all his property from hiin, to the last ceut, and confined his body in jail. He h id been confined for sonic months had been sick, but was now on the recovery; but still without iiopcsof release.

His situation and that of his family was most deplorable. The minister of tho parish, a truly pious and benevolent man, had that afternoon be en to v isit hiin, and poured into his wounded soul, the consolations of religious f.ith. He had attended hiin through all his sickness and troubles, hut Mr. Thompson had never been so susceptible of pious resignation, as lie had been on that day. His foes for let any man fall into trouble, and he will always find enough ready and willing to believe tho worst of him had -succeeded so far against Mr. Thompson as to deprive him of the privilege of ihc yard, and to sco him locked in close prison; but the humanity of the jailor, let him out on parole and during his illness he had been very kindly treated by hitn in his own aprat nnnts. News wits brought Mr. Thompson, inline liaiely on hi-- lam ily arriving at the inn, as In fore mentioned, of the horrible disasters which had happened, and he felt in agony until he saw them ail vet alive which was not long, for the boy had al-mo.-t entirely recovered, and they soon .-ought and found the alllicted parent. The last stroke of their miseries appeared now to he struck yet ihev could not but rejoice and thank Heaven that theii lives were spared. They were informed too, that Tivingham, had taken a robber, and Sophia had a glance at him, and knew it to be the stranger. All were extremely anxious to hear the result. We must therefore return to the inn where we left the whole groupe. It has been mentioned, that in tho attack of th" stranger in the pine woods, by two men. be shot cue of theni down; but ihe fa'l was more the e licet 'if -,i sudden ail'right than of a severe injury, for he reci ived only a slight wound in tie liesh, the ball just grazmg the side of his head. These wen; ihe two men tirst mentioned at the cottage. At the time the oilier two men lired at the stranger, he was in the act of w heeling his horse round, in order to lind out the fate of his two first assailants, and this gave them all an adv antage over him, otherwise he might have escaped. The alarm soon spread through the v illage, that a bold dashing highway robber was caught, and to he examined for commitment, which brought high and low to the inn, as soon as the fog cleared away, and the morning sun began to show hn dazzling countenance above the tops ol the surrounding pines. Hearing the bustle, and learning the cause, the. man be lore mentioned who canio in company with the stranger to the village, had de camped in haste, and this strengthened the suspicion against the prisoner; but tho fact w as, he had only fell in company with him on the road, and did not know who he was. Of course he w as much alarmed tit what had taken place, find like a prudent man iua.de oil w ith himself, leot he might be taken as an accomplice. And now began th- scene of cxaminaif illtion. i wo jit-'it'i s were caned in one w ith "spectacles on nose," looked ama zing wise and ihe other with a huge vol ume of law under each arm, looked 'mon; w iso, ntore learned, more every thiui"-." i'wo young law yers volunteered tlu-ir ser vices m be in half of the people, besides TivIngham. I ne i wo tusiices look their eats behind a large table, and the prisoner was brought forward. The men of (Inlaw were bountifully supplied witii pen. ik, and paper, to take minutes. I'.iu the presence ol the stranger, so iiitlerent lrom what liiev n i l auuei pan ii, struck ihem i ii .i ii i bno-t speechlc.-s. His gi nteel and man,i i .-i . nerlv (leportini ni; nis open, Irani-;, and iniicce.it countenance, in which there appeared not the least symptoms of guilt or lismay; his unembarrassed and easy, af fable manners, his unconcerned and traupiil airs, exi-cpfmg when he cast from his keen dark eve ihe look of contempt af Tivingham all bespoke tho conscious ness ofiiinoiviice; and when he asked for what purpose he was called, and whether there had been any process against him upon oath, thev were all quite confounded. C'r.nrtiiJt't! nrrt rra!.-.! A i.i.vK wuvisn ion oi.n straw ok nil h vrs. Take of first black sealing wax one Ir.il'an ounce, rectified spirits of w ine, two ounces; powder the sealing wax, am! put it with the spirit of wine into a four ounce phial; digest them in a sand, heat or near a hie, till the wax is dissolved; lay it o". warm with a line soft hail-rush, be 'ore a lire or in the sun. It gives a good stiffness to old straw ha's, and a gloss equal to new, and resists wet. -- ft,The fuchm-'ii 1 thin, Hirer states, thnt after :.ll the gaoies of Air. Madison shall have, been paid, there will be a surplus estimated nt S? I bO, 000 for ih'i, Vvi'l'JW. v ioong the log-?; i.- op.b 'o IVin-'ctr.n f'ollf where hr w.v- Icra'cu,