Western Statesman, Volume 4, Number 7, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 26 April 1833 — Page 1

D. S. MAJOR, Editor. Our Country, our Country's Laws, and oar Law's Supremacy, C. F. CLAKKSOrV, VrlrAcr VtihlWv, VG-LUiliE IV.

THE OUTLAW OF THE PINES. A VOIZE TAi.K OF THE REVOLUTION.

B" A. II. SMITH,

men to the Crown,' when an unfortunate whig chanced within their power. The DcriOil of niv tali Hint mlmir:ildir -iliil-

in U.e au.umn and winter of 177G, ated for their operations and industrl the people of New Jersey experienced ! ouslv improved.

?(-? ptNit-e ol the miseries of civil war.

improve

I must now

introduce my reader to

is an English falsehood intended to dis

course us.

AM:"- ; "jikkj oi trie Kevo ulioaarv ; ii,.. , e - e. t .. . . .

4 i; j ,i , , , ' i'- interior ui a larm-uouse, not many f",;- "U,d l-u:"p' "Hhe royal stT-mics f,.om Trenton, upon the high road vice 6o saamciully transgress the laws , fading to IWdenlow," and within view! of ni.manitv. or i ho H f ,.;.;!: ..i i . .

' -u i oi t it I e aware. I be nnnenrnurp nt i

wn.ire,aw.ien m tneir march through (hins,s denoted comfort and ease, if not the J.rseys boasting o the conquest wealth. Before an enormous hearth, overt.. rebels, as already achieved, upon wi)icJl burned the remncnt of a

'CHi ; mighty fire, sat four individuals. The

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i i;u ;vnui;i'3 r v o l IP i o (u.ifK lint .1 l , i j i. w y ic vtMoms. jjiu . dock i no not wish lo create unneccs-

ae outrages commit-1 S;iry uneasiness hut th

'Indeed, Nathan, I fear it is true, more particularly by what is reported of their suffering state,' said Hannah. 'Does thee? then I have it on my mind to follow the boys, what dost think, Hannah? and show them how an edd quaker can fight, they say the young ones do pretty well.' 'Oh Nathan, how thee talks.' 'Iam in earnest, Hannah! If I were sure Fagan would not pay you a visit in my absence.'

Footsteps were heard advancing up

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i i i i ioiu urif. i no un 53 ui int.; party

and suneranuaicd ' inr. r.i-.r.;.r (!,..t .1;.... i rlaimed Amr

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.ui,uiu .mum ciitct.'jo, ,,tv .Mn-lhftwo! . (;.!, (J.iaKnc" 'l-ct me see, said iatnan, as wi

"helpless 'vonun,

rr.en. ! .j.-y were

nf.mii entiy serviceable to the irood ! r

cau-e

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ioi'ii irt uie oiisomsoi me

e ( lock hud just J t-ne avenue from the road, the party indi-j 'There they are at last,' er

er relation, except a capacious mouth,! "And, tlsee'll never lorgive tin; Ilesand lips to match. She refused to sians thy sausages and pork." associate with either negroes or Indi-j "Forgive not I. All my tiice s.-.s ans, considering herself as belonging sages, and buckwheat cake?, ready to neither, and indulging a tovreigu j buttered and all for theai'arc yclier contempt for both. Her tavoritc terms ; varment." of reproach was "Injin and Xigger,''' The tiring having continued Mm5 and wiien thev failed separately to ex-! minutes 1 hough l?ss in volleys than at

press her feelings, she put the two to-; first, gradually ceased, and all was qui-

pettier, a compliment always paid tne ; et, as if nothing had happened to disHessians, when she had occasion to turh the deathlike stillness of the night, mention them. A party of these ma-j Yet, in that brief half hour, tho fate of rauders had, on a visit to her master's the continent was decided the almost house, stole her fall's store of sa usages; j desperate cause of the colonies was rethenceforth she vowed eternal enmitv ' trioved the tide of misfortune was

to the race, a vow she never forgot to turned back upon the fn-

-a long and

earcriy ex-! tne uav oi tier aeani. jicaiiu! siruiTi" remainea; nut iron tiim

The strangers ate their repatt, s!:ow-1 night the friends of liberty ceased to in any thin but confidence in their ! despond of succes. Thev iscrs S'jc-

itl

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V Will 1H V ) ' . 'K r' I "l 'KIVlVl III'&.I iJt I lllll ll H I 1.7ViV 1 I tv. I .i-.i t. . v n ii . .... I i -l1! i v v, wv - - m

Another a: J more patriotic i i i.u,m,,iivrt,i i.-!l VioniL ho mtwoil to n wiiulow which 1 nm rcsiim' on iiis shoulder. D'lriir with the smile of heavea on their exer-

I UH Utll, JUC,IIIj'IWttU4 ilH'J lUClill 7 - - ;--! - - i

hitherto peaceful and indifferent inhab-

waitinat that late hour, some unusual i commanded a view of the kitchen door,! the whole meal, he who called him-tdf tions, thy conldnot tail.

event. P.eide a tahlo. oo wbirh In v tli.M at which a knocking had commenced. , their captain, was uneasy and re.-tless.. I trvmen, children oi a ra

It-liov

was uneasy and re.-tless.. ! trvtnen, children of a race of

some time he appeared to b'i en- jit is "your no less arduou? and

mancer W;i3

lout (he! the company, sat a handsome old man ! other, whose pinioned arms proclaimed j gaged in a very its coin- of about sixty, whose ruddy complexion. lum a prisoner. His sons were not in j household, who

gemenis c car eve and erect form, bore evidence " party: and as t:ic persons ol tne tot tne kuci

lor If..; iniure government ol-lhe Colony, j t0 mi active spirit, ar.d unbroken con-; strangers were unknown, and the guise jing to the d that spird was hu-il v at work, gather-1 stitution. Though his dress strictly ac-!f m,nt' was often assumed by Fagan, j much satUf itZ fresh vigor fro in every new instance j corded, a physiognomist would have ! our friend was not 'easy in his mind !:ow ; anxiously r c.J hn.tality. Silently, he.t resolutely i doubted his adherence in nil things, to ' lc'- His firt idea was to feign deaf- who answc

conn-

patriot?, cvMiallv

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" '- nn. MMoiioas aiiiiv oc-:r,i MU,mJ,. boou-saiul nppi L'-wiirl- ,if! ne couia uistmcuisli six men, aim an- cor

s.u lu o '..: Loiiiiii. aimosi wnnout i lie

sii.ido v of open opposition, and its coin-' r.fU.t r,l,l.. ...l; him a nrisoner. Tlis sons were not in ' household, who occunied the other end ! vour fil'iers. at so fearful a cost achiev

ii ' , 'i hitkui i tim;j. i uuu r v.u uii'irA u i r -

makiiig his arranr,'ments rl.-.r ovr nn.l r,r..,-f f,-.. m u.m,,.,. ! the rartv: and as the Dersons of the i of the kitchen a scrutiny which, ow-1 ed for yog and your sons

r. r..pn!,t: nf i ' . tx i .1 n t'sr f , nra;fl ri'n t'm i K o r t 1 1 r-f

lai kness. could not yield him j The attention of Nathan was diverf-

iction. He then whispered I ed, by this first incident, from the even!

the

and antrrilv- with

rercd in a uoei'd

ins men, obstinate

nv iiii.a wis organized, an-J prepar-1 1!

fil -or irk-.-.:rrect:oTi at the proper mo- I

:he rules of his sect; and a patriot would ! nes' 5)ut 'ond knock, loud enough j fashion, that eviden'ly dis.easnd him; -.ave resrretled to see the strength thatl'0 wake all hut the dead, changed his! till finally raising from his seat, he bade

!v,f r,. 'i he victories of Trenton and I frame exhibited, devoted to the Ullage'1 intention he raised window and hailed Frii.c. 'on, were received as the signals j rather than the defence of the soil. In ! the men: j

enemy, (creed to retire ! truth. Nathaniel, or as he was eencrally

called, Aathan Lolhns, had been d;s

owned hv the meet in

ior action, i lie enemy, u

upon hvw Brunswick, found himsclfat every t-n of his retreat watched, op-

po; f"J, aad purued by the maddened j Inrilies since the

vcor.iar-ry ol hew Jcrsc-v.

iiine ti-rth, the militia of that Cohnv

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'Friends, .vh.at's your will?'

r mm to is ! contest, favoi ingtoo much of t lie 'world's ;

v i ways;' and especially for encouraging w;

them follow, and scarcely taking time

to thank Nathan for his food aud lire,

passed out of the door and made hastily

little refreshment of fire and food,) from the house.

uVToll now, that beats mc!" said Na-

he and his comrades looked at

(lent entertain them who iro to, each other in astonishment, at the ab

rupt departure and singular conduct ol

eting for divers irrcgu- i ! i f y on please; we have been faron duty, I UV coninicricenienl of the ! alK' are 'ia'1'" fro7-er and quite starved.' j than, ;

fei.tm.eo its riiaracter. and under tmir his t wo sops to join the army. Though' i '" hut you will not refuse a little. their guests.

f.ivorite d. r,(;on. Maxwdl.did goodjiJealt with' after their fashion, and i refreshment to poor fellows like us, this j

'That are a queer lark, any how?"

fcvicr. i hey never forgot or lorgave. j proud rather than convinced of his mis-' col'J '"."m; tlHi would be as much a-1 responded .Joan, " it beats all natur: the oppression or the oppressor, and I deeds. Nathan retained the dres m in- i inst the principle of your society as I "The Iniins"' said Ann, "if that is

: not lagan or some 01 i:is gang,, never j trust mc! why did you not eive'em a

hihited a most jealous regard for the1 ttiamc you; JNathan Lolnns is i shot, the larna! thieves ; principles and character u( the society,: 100 vrell known as a friend to the coun-j t our household troop were too

when assailed by those who it rather i,r)" aRd an "or.csl man, to aid a reiu- j ?ad to yet rid of their visitors, to inter

ne?dfl no other incentive to bring Ihcmj r,ers and opinions in which he had been; vvar'.ioC;,; fifhi thus lenrhinK tl;e iava- educated, and upon all occasions, ex-i 'Th

ce's from Trenton?"

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.c oiiecierM-e o! a people, their

kuiu und

r a lesson, winch Ihev mgut, at less cr.st. hnve learned from history, that to

rf-1:i:i fl n

nil 1 1 . v. u

Muxiior.s nvj-t I e set ured, by

eq'J-t:i: le tteaimer.t. At the period of mv

arrry a. in almo:-f ;i-e.eeuil posfe?.-h r. ci ii. JtTscvs, from Burlington to New York. Washington, u ith the remnant c.f hi disban-iing army, had retired ovcr the D laware. Fail Cornwallis, in

complacently terms 'world's people,

i i

"t- -."o to. ii. i rnpt their retreat. inc. house was se-

'"''? I'ie oh! iox well, whispered one : cun.(j a;-ain and the men hai

4 the

no.

ii'linjuished from that 'sinjiul.it lv rifl-

(orv, the roval j ed handful, who ohev the. disci li no of

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i rienos. jt was in expectauon ol tiie' "ooine, Uienu, inane; nnsie anu iei u. i some u litem were an

retniai oi these young men from the ar- n, we arc aiaiost iamisncd, and liave w hen another knock al the same door mv, whence they were exnected to he f-r to iro before sumisc, i wc may j li'di-rut them as one man to their feet

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' KI'J UUlllxl 1(U1UI LI tlihll iicu

turown

j themselves down before the fire, and el u.5 j some of thorn were already asleep.

" ...1,1 Ann TT!m

Mill.

discl-.arged for the winter, that the farhi-! change place? with our prisoners here,. On en

ly wailed at tne unusual and ominous

UL1U! L. rilU3t. li

rat. iff prematur contempt of his ene- j hour, above recorded. ): order to avoid j c,'t wnat does toy party

mv, talKf d of 'keening the ving s peace j the notice of the Hessians at Trenton. ! side the rive

they had chosen the night to cror.s the; nose, if river, and had been exnected at least an ! '"Oh, we r

' i

in New Ji rsev, w ith a Corporal's guard,

:.nd l.ad disposed of his troops, with rr.oro re to their comfort titan scemity, -or (he winter, in Btrrlingfon,

V ! . ': -. Tn l.f ii-i A-

to a neighboring (arm, presented himself, breathless from haste and almost

iig.u under the iiosMans J dead with lear. u hen he so lar re-

covered Iiis speech as to he ah! to tell

re minute men, sent from! his story, he proved to he the man

''Oil

i ra

tc 1. ;i.er.

him to rir'sts.

hour before. The ether 'Friends' were ! within, by Capt. Smalleress, to seize! whom the pretended militia men had

females. Hannah Collins. Nathan's ! this deserter don't you mean to let j brought with them as a prisoner, ard

:c, till spring j companion, was a fine looking portly i us in?" j his captors, nothing less than Fagan and prosecute and old lady, we would sav, wore it not! Nathan closed the window and said i a portion of his hand. They had that

It was late in strict! v against the discipline for ladv "I don't know what to make of these j niirht robbed five different houses be-

:all

lie cold for the season, va?Uhc was: though we must, lest off.-r.re ! men Amy

shouli come, designate Friend Hannah ; maKe haste and bung their guns, but ware

the boys: iell them j fore thev attempted our friend's. A-

that his sons were, from home.

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as an old :;o?nan. iiactu i no matter j Keep tnem oui oi sigiu, w uere iue win j ine) expecrea to iinu uie oiu man uufor her other name was in her fortieth! be hands."' j supported, but having gained admission year, and stood in about that decree ofi As the command was obeyed, and the! into the house, they were surprised at , .- i . - ,i r .i ... . tji i i 1 1, r I.i (.i .i i.i.; 1

e i l m raw at ci me reguou relationship in me ianniy. iMic was prim. : unee 3 oaog ioeo, i.iuoies s uu ioe iai m, ; ine appearance 01 uie . loree auuiuoiini

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f ..!..; ; y I tt loo free ssa pe lr the more 1 complacent, kind-!iearte.I and sin-deJ appeared, ami placed their guns behind 1 m".n. r agan, however, was bent upon

U 'prrato followers of King George, or and now on a v isil to "Cousin Hannah.'! the inner, their master unbolted the 1 completing their enterprise, in spite -of

i-ir others u ,o usurped his autnority. as ! Amy, Nathan s daughter, comdeted tiie ! outer loor and admitted five of the I opposition ; but his followers obstmatea pretci.ee for tie most disgusting vio-i partv now assembled, and was an ani-! armed men the prisioner and one of I ly refused. At the foot of the avenue, ht.ee. and .,feii!i:.ies murder. Of the I mated soccimen of that verv inteieslin;'. I his captors remaining without. Na-i a bitter quarrel ensued, and mutual

l..'er class, thc rii'-sl terrible, and Mil! mischievous and simple hearted class of j than thought this unnecessary of so cold ; recrimination, Fagan taxing his men i :n n, bored in the tradition of the young women, who dress plait Iv when ' a night, and a little suspicious J with cowardice. But the fearofpur-

ua eui.llv s( verc, and tne troops rarely t'i-Kil f n m th' ir quarters to vi-it the it !' ;!-. This i-rsnitc would have been r-pvs!,jp.c l'- the harrasar d inhabit?. nts,

,r,i 1: e withdrawal c.f the regular

:nur(5v, was one Fagax, the leader ofi they cannot help it and marry out of! "Will not thy companion enter also."

"bont iweniv re.ffi ms hose perfect . meeting, w hen they please, wliciher j "No thank you ; lie guards the prisir:s lisil.dii v to the crdinr rv f-ars and ! 'friends consent' or not. &hc was dad i oner. '

i' ' la g-, of liijirifiiiitv , made him the lit in strict conformity to the letter of the j

arli a I toil.

rhood. If naiureilaw; there was no forbidden color, or!

, fof s

'ver nrr!!( , A ;1 ,-uel wretch, without 1 unlawful earmenl. but made so as to in- The cold will be good for him.

a sint'le ndvctmoiMrait in his charac- fringe its spirit as far as she dare, by a! ''I must say," quoth Nathan, 'excr

-.1 1 in . 1 .-.I I

icr. I a fa:

suit silenced them at length. Tha next question was, how to dispose of their prisioner, whom they had siezed in one

"But why may not the prisoner too?" of their "affairs," and for want of some "Pshaw, he's nothing but a deserter, means of securing him, brought with

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irere v. .is 110 in- certain riameiess m 1 aiiemcni 01 ineiw,-"-u ,,n " .nua w hm, jj.i.-i

J' i. -!m' romance about his motives or ; materials, showing to great nd vantage a t endurance, "thy conduct neither he

ld deeds. For the nlcas'ire of my read- p( rfect figure and most winning face, comes thy nature as a man, nor nor thy

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er? at r he

d the si;, r,..s of mv tale,l w'hi for quaker girls are but mortal women '; calling, which should teach thee more

; leehng 1 11 lake tne poor ieiiow some-

Amy and her ftthcr sat in silence, j ll,,nS to c:lt my'ii. watching with eieal apparent anxiety The old man had reached the door

the pi ogress of the fire. The two cider j on li'3 merciful errand, meaning it i

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r:: ! a ' er n. li lt Ma?: nc was ac-i aiior an.

d l.y 10 noetic hafied to the race,

d bv 10 iiodesiivtd conlumel'

lo sitni lv inbbed f r gain, and muniel

d o r, ,, , robberv. 1 rauition, . adic-s were in conversation which, how

which h.vts 0 dwell upon tin- hones-y;OV(r? w;,8 principally carried on by lime, when he who had acted as leader j ef 0 i-v s aid the g.MiMo?iiy of outlaws,!. Cousin Rachel, and did pot seem par-f the party, sprang from his chair, and h hand.-d down no deed of his to re-i ,j(.lIjary to jritfrest the mother, whose j Pacing his hand on his host's breast, hrve the blackness of his name: and j (1j01- w;iS frequently attracted by j pushed him rudely back. '"Stand back id-tory ps-urcf. us that 1-c posM-ssed n ; the t read of passengers on the road, orj back, I say" and then in a cooler qaditv j;, urH:n with the Consairs ty tj)(- j,,,, which sounded like human j a'r "and mind your own business if nd Ma-, irenis d model n romatic.p, lut j voices in the distance, as it gently moan-; 3'0'1 ore a quaker." J-ieii ((,;. ;(-(. aiid lh ir guilt. 'I oe hid-j t.,j through two or three pines which There was a momentary struggle in .-piece . f ibe haul vasin the pine i.t0od near the liouse. The former was! Nathan's mind, whether to knock the Inrn t,s 'New Jei sey. and they thence , discoursing of some meeting, at which fellow down, as from appearances he

easily might, or to yield, in obedience

f;om the people of the country. Aim-, tJ ji0pc noti,ing ias happened to the liphed i. -tan e of violence upon yjTl hoys,' interruptel the father, rising from

rticn. :.n J 1 yen mer coii ikh, mu in!flheir pnw.r. had rendered them tie U rrc r of ad d;isfs, sexes and ages, 'dill, in ,onse.p' ce of the unhappy late 0 1I10 rn.intrv, overrun without

them. Fasran. as the shortest wav

propesed, as he had before, to cut his throat; but the proposal was overruled as unnecessary. He was unbound, and upon his solemn promise to return, without giving the alarm, to his own hom, one of the hand returned him his silver buckles and a little: money they had abstracted from his chest. In considera-

l his scat and walking to a window, which

looked towards the river.

'Feihaps, father, they have failed

eing protected by the Lngii'h .rtr,y, Ihev u i.'otndv escaped the punishment

due 1o their crimes, i he wmgscn .ig1 d their doing to the r. dit of the tones Hiid re fu-'eo but the calumny was undeserved. The robbers were against both, and fivored neither. They plundered a lory in the name of Congress ud Uie Continent, and were true Miege-

to cross t lie river, said Amy, 'it was choaked w ith ice at sundown.' 'The boys would not mind that surely those laz.v Hessians have not ventured out this cold night.' 'Something may have made their stay necessary, if it be true that the army has almost all deserted, they cannot be spared, and would not wish to be. I hope not; but I don't believe it; it

tion whereof he made to the nearest

true, to satisfy his curiosity at the same! house and gave the alarm impelled by

instinct more loan any ibmg else neing fairly frightened out of t lie higher faculties of a reasonable being. The above relation was interrupted by an explosion of fire arms, which broke suddenly upon the clear, frosty night, and startled even Nathan. Another and another followed before a word was uttered. " What can that be? It must be at Trenton." "By jingo," exclaimed FJnathan, forgetting in his excitement, that his master was present, "if I don't believe ourmenain'l giving the Hessians a

salute this morning, with ball calragr.s there it goes again! I say, John it's a piert scrimmage." In his anxiety, Nathan forgot to correct his servant's profanity. "It must be but how they got over through the ice without wings " "No matter zackly how, marster, its them, I'll warrant; them's hard plums for a Christmas pudden, ha! ha! they get it this morning, thera tarnation lies-

of the l ight; but was soon recalled to the pnrsnit of the robbers, and the iclief of their victim; who, from their late prisicner's account, had been left in an unpleasant condition. His men being despatched to collect aid, Nathan now remained with old Anne, the sole efficient defender of the house. He was not doomed to wait their return undisturbed the indistinct sound, as of many feet, was heard rapidly advancing

along the road to LordentO'.vn.

"It's them Hessians,''

Nathan thought rot it was not tha tread of regular troops, but the confused rush of a multitude. lie hasteued to an upper window to reconnoiter. The day had begun to break, and he easily distinguished a lrtre body of mc-n in Hessian uniform, hurrying along tiva road in broken ranks. As t'.ey came nearer, he perceived many individuals, half chid, and imperfectly equiped. The w hole consisted of about sit: hundred men. Before their rear was lost behind a turn in tlv road, another bidy anueared in rapid put suit. They

marched in closer order, and morft regular array. In the stillness of the morning the voice of an officer could be distinctly heard, urging on Ids men. They bore the well know standard of the colonies. It all flashed on Nathan's mind Washington hci crossed the river, and was in pursuit of the. routed foe. The excited oU mn for

got his years, as he almost sprang down stairs to to the open air, proclaiming the tidings as he went. Even the correct Hannah, who had preserved her faith unbroken, in spite of her husband's and son's contumacy, and the, if possible, still more particular Rr.hel, wera startled from their usual cor.ipcso-fe, and gave vent to their joy. "Well, now, does thee say so;" said the latter, eagerly following the of hert to the dovr. I hope it is not unfriendly

to rejoice for such a causa. "I hope not, cousin Rachael," said Amy, "nor to be proud that our boys have had a share in litis glorious deed." Amy was left to herself, and broke loose upon this occasion, from the bonds of Quaker propriety; but no one observed the transgression except old Anae. "That's right, Amy Collins; 1 like to hear you say so. How them Hessians J ... 1 .1 - 1

can run tnetarnai r.iggars iney s'eat sassagea better than they stand bullet. I told 'em it would be so, when they was here beguzzlen my buckwheat cakes, in plain Ei glish; only th ouil indish Injins couldn't understand their mother tongue. They're got enough swuliuwen without chawen, this morning. I wish 'em nothen but Jinerel Maxwell at their tails.tickling 'em with continental bagnets." "That friend speaks my mind," said Elnathan, with a half sanctimonious,

half waggish look, and slight nasal

to his prineiplc. "It was strongly on his mind," he confessed, to prusue the former course; but prudence conquered, and he quietly withdrew to the upper end of the apartment where his men

lounged on a bench, apparently half a asleep, and indistinctly visible in the light of the. fire and one small candle, which burned near the strangers. In the interim, the old cook had been summoned, and had arranged some cold provgons on the table. "Old Annie," as she was universally called, must be introduced in form. Mie was the child of Indian and mulatto parents, but pos sessed none of the features of her dark-

twang.

eian niggers

"Mine, too," as devoutly responded a companion, whom he had just brought to assist in the pursuit of the robbers. The whole familv had assembled at the door to watch the motions of the troops. The front ranks had already passed down the road, when a horseman, at full speed, galloped along the line of march to the extreme right, and commanded a halt. After a few minutes' delay,two or three offirers.followed by a parly carrying a wounded man, emerged from the rank,and approached the house. This was t o much for the composure of our late overjoyed family; all hastened to meet their wounded or dead relation, but were disappointed agreeably the brothers were indeed

of the party, but unhurt. "Charles boys w hat means" (CONTUICVI) OK rou'fii HCB.)