Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 22, Number 47, Vincennes, Knox County, 31 December 1831 — Page 4

for the Token for 1832. OPENING OF 'HE SIXTH SEAL. BY THOMAS CRAY, JUN. And I beheld when he opened the sixth seal Rev, vi. 12. !f stood above the mountains, and I saw The unve iled features of eternity. The affrighted earth did quake. The moun

tains reeled, And heaved their deep foundations to the day The island melted in the sea. The rocks Toppled, and fell into fragments. Lighting shot A fiery glare athwart the ruined wcrld. Chaos returned agaiu. Th extinguished sun. Hung black and rayiessinthe midnight air. The moon became as blood. And oive by one The everlasting stars of heaendid fall. Even as the fig-tree, shaken by the wind, Drops her untimely fruit. All light was dead. The heaven, th eternal heavens themselves, that stretched, Bkroud-like above the earth, were rent in twain, And vanished like a scrall together rolled. And men did vainly strain tin ir aching g;tze Into the lurid gulf, that mocked the space. The yawning space of the departing sky. The city was a desert. Men aghast Fled from their rocking habitations, out Into the fields, that gaped and swallowed them. The prisoner spurned his earthquake riven chain. And flu g in horror his freed arms toheaven. And mendidcast themselves upon the earth. And hid their laces; and they prayed and died. The living and the dead together lay; The frantic mother, and the perished child And men did gvovelin the parching dust. Crawling like set peiits oor their kindred dead. The crowned head, the lowly and the proud, The rich, the brave, the mighty, bond and free. Trembled and hid themselves, and shivering crept Into the den, and mountain caves, and rocks; And in their moral horror, lifted up On high thrir hollow voices, and they prayd, Y- mountains fall on us and ye, oh rocks' Hide us ay! crush us from the face of Him Who sitteth cn the throne, and from tb Lamb. For, lo! his day of vengeance is arrived And who can hope to stard?" CU1 BONO. JWOM FRASEI S MAGAZINE. What is Hope? a smiling rainbow Children follow thro' the wet; BTis nor here, still yonder, yonder ever urchin found it yet What is Life? a thawing iceboard On i sr a, with sunny shor; Gav we sail It melts oeneath usWe are sunk, and seen no more. What is Man? a foolish baby, F ghting fierce for hollow nuts; J)1 'n miing all, deserving nothing O - sniali grave is what he gets. Arom the t w Ftig-lawi Magazine. HEVOLUTION AUY ADV JS M'UIltS i u 'tiding t. v 1 1 1 ol lot aii I.idejendencc ate familiar to every Ameiica'1.; bu' mm) incidents lull ot interest and dven ute, yet remain to be disciosed There are ihse yet living who remember the tollowmg stoty: Vhf: American authorities found much difB ul;y in disposing of their ptisoners T;y ad no psts regularly fi;ted lor the purpose; and they could suggest no better means for securing them than to place them under guard in a thickly settled piit ot the country, wh-re the inhabitants were mos cLcidediy hostile to the Eg lish The own ol Lancaster, in Pcnn evUania, was ol those selected h;t this purpoee. The prisoners were confined En birracks, enclosed with a stockade, and vigilantly guarded But in spite of all precaution, they often disappeared in an unaccountable manner, and nothing tva heatd of them till they had resumed their place in the British army. Many and various were the conjectures as to the means ol their escapt; the officers Inquired and investigated in vain; the country was explored to no purpose ; the soldiers shook their heads, and told ol fortune tellers, pedlars, and such characters, who had been seen at intervals; and Sundry of the more credulous could think of nothing but supernatural agency ; but whether man or spirit was the conspirator, the mystery remained unbroken When this became known to Washington, he sent Gn Htten to take this responsible charge. Fnis energetic ofKt.r after exhausting all resources, resorted to a stratagem He was convinced that, as the nearest Uritish post was more than t hundred miles distant, the prisoners muM be aided bv Americans; out whee the suspicion should fall he Oou'd not even conjecture the reproach f Toryism bfing almost uoknown in that region. Having been trained to eue.t exigcrrit a of this kind in a distin guished career, as cornel in the British mm; hit p'an waa formed at once, and jani'ntir.icjted to an officer ol his own, Cipan whose talents he relied for its cucletufyl execution This was Capt L-e, tthote courage sr.d ability fully justified ibc selection. ZLis secret p!aa ccQCcrud, between

them vras hU : It !o t Riven out that Lee whs absent on furlough or com mand Hi, meantime, was to assume the dress of a Biitish prisoner, and having provided himself with information and a story of his capture, was to be thrown in to the barracks, where he might gain the confidence ot the soldiers, and join them in a plan of escape How well Capt Lee sus ained his part may be infeired Itom the fact, that wnen he had disappeared and piaced himself among the prisoners, his own cfricers and soldiers saw him every day without the least suspicion I he person to whom I .m indebted for most ol these particulais was the Intend ant of the prisoners, and familiar with

Lee; but. though compelled to ate him olttn in the d'st harge ot his duty, he never penetrated the disguise. Well it was for Lee that his disguie was so complete. Had his associates suspected his puipose to betray thtm, his history wouid have btten embraced in the proverb, "dead men tell no talcs " For many days he remained in this sit nation making no discoveries whatever. He thought he perceived at times signs ol intelligence between the prisoners and an old woman, who was allowed to bring fruit for sale within the enclosure. She was known to be deal and half witted. and was therefore no object of suspicion T was knowu that her son had been dis giaced and punished in the Ameiican army, but she had never betrayed any malice on that account, and no one dieam td mat sie could have had the power to do injury if she possessed the will lee watched he closely, bu- saw nothing no confitmhis suspicions Her dwelling was about a mile distant, in a wild retreat, where she shared net miserable quarters with a dog a:d cat, the former ol which mounted guj'duver her mansion, while the latter encoutaged the supeistitious fears, which weie eqjahy effectual in keeping visiters away a One dak stormy night in au'umn, Lee was lying awake at midnight, meditating on the tmetpiise he bad undertaken, which, though in the beginning it had n commended itself to his romantic ds position, had now lost all its charms. It w;s one of those tempests which in our climates so often hang upon the path ol the departing year His companions slept soundly, but the wind which shook the building to its foundation, and threw heavy splashes of rain against the window conspired with the state ot his mind to keep him wakelul All at once the door was gently opened, and a figure moved silenily into the room. It was loo dark to observe its mo ions narrowly, but he cou!d see that it wa'ked towaid ore o the sleepers, who immediately iose;nex' it appioached him and touched him on the shoulder. Lee immediately started up; the figure then ai lowed a slight gh am from a Oaik lantern to pass over his fate and as it did so, whispered impaticn ly, mot the man but cornel" It then oc cut red to Lee that it was the opportunity he desired I he unknown whispered to him to keep his place till a other man was calltd: but just at that moment some noise disturbed, him, and making a sign to Lec to toiiow, he moved aiienlly out of the room. They found the door of the house un bat red; and a small part ol the fence re moved, where they paseed out without molestation; the sentry had retired to a sheitei whtte he thought he could guard his post without suffering fiom the rain; but Lee saw his conductors put them selves in prepatation to silence him if he should happen to addicss them Just without the fence appeared a stooping figure, wrapped in a red cloak, and sup porting itself with a laige stick, which Lee. at once perceived could be no other than the old fruit woman. But the rroM profound silence was observed t a man came out from a thicke' a a lit le distance and jointd ihem, and the whole party moved onwarM u u.r the guidance of the old woman At fi &i they h equently s'op ped to listen, but having heard the senti nel's ciy, "all's well,' thev seemed re assured and moved with more confide nce than br fore They soon came near to her cottage under ai overhanging bank, where a bright light was shining out from a little window upon the wet and drooping boughs that hung near it The dog re ceived them graciously, and they entered. A table was spread with some coarse provisions upon it, and a large jug which one ol the t-oldiers was about to seise, when the man who conducted them with held him, No,M said he. ''we must first proceed to business " He then went to a small closet, from which he returned with what seemed to have been original ly a Bible, though now it was worn to a mahogony colour and a sperica fom While they were doing this, Lee had time to examine his companions; one of them was a lrge quiet looking toldier, the other a short stout man with much the as pect of a villain. They examined him in turn, as Lee had been obliged formerly to punish the sho'-t soldier severely, he felt some misgivings when the fellow's eyes rested upon him The conducter was a middle aged harsh looking man, whom Lee had never seen betore. As no time was to be lost, their guide i xplaim-d to them in a lew wo"ds, that be lore he should undertake his dangerous enterprise, he should n quire of them to swear upon the sciiptures not to make the lest at'empt to escape, and never to reveal the circumstances or agents in the procteding. whatever might befal them. he sn'dii is however, insisted on deferring this tntajura till they Ud loraied

some slight ifquaTntEPct with that conttnts ol the jug, ar d txpitssed theirci

timents on the subject lather by actions than words. In this tl ty were jou eu by Lee, who by this time had begun toccn template the danger of his enteiptize m a new and unpleasant point of view It he were to be ..mpel!ed to accompany his patty to N Ymk, hi disguise wou.d at once be dt it c td, a d it was certain he would be hanged as a spy He had sup posed betorehai.u, that he shou'd find no difficulty in escaping at any rnomti. ; bui he saw their conductor had prepared arms ior them, which they were to ust in uking the lite of ary one who sh&uid attempt to leave them and then the oath. He might possibly have rcieaseo himself fiom '-is obiigatior s. wnen it be came necessary for the interests ot his country, but no honorable man can well beat lobe diivcn to an emergency, in which he must violate an oath, however reiuctant v taken H felt that theie w as no tett eating, when there came a heavy h ck. as ol falling against the sides (1 the house; their practiced ears at onct detecttd the alarm cun. and their Ion duclor, throwing down the o d Bible, whKh he had held all the whiie lrnpa tiently in his hand, directed the party to fellow him in close order , and immediate y quitted the house, taking with him bis dai k lantern 1 hey went cn with great despatch, bu not without difficulty Sometimes their 49 looting would give way on some sandy bark or slippeiy field; and when thei path led through the woods, the '.wet boughs dashed heavily in their faces - Lee tett that he might have deserted ms precious companions while thty were in this hu:ry and alarm; but he felt that as vet he had o ade no discoveries; h howe ver (iangeious hh situation was, he couid not bear to confess that he had not rrerve io carry it through. Ur he went, there lore, lor two or three houis. arid was be ginning to sink with fatigue, when xitt baikiog ol 0 dog brought the party to a stand 1 heir conductor gave a low wins tie, which was answered at i o great dis lance, and a figue came lor ward in dai k ness, who whispeitd to their guide atu then led the way opto a building, which seemed by the shadowy out '-it e to be a iarge barn. They tnierto it. at d were severally placet! in small icks when they couid feel that the hay was all a round them, except on the side ot the wan. shortly alter, some ptovisions ere brought to them itb the san e ii ence,and it was tigr ificd to thtm thai they were to remain concealed thvougl the whole of the coming day Through a crevice in the wall Lee tould uiscovei a- the day came, that the barn w as attach eu to a small farm nome tie was so 1 f a w near the house that he could oi theai the convei sation which was carried on about the door. The morning rose tltar, ant it was evident from the enquiries o h rstman, who occasionally gallopped up to the door, that the country wa a I armed. I he laimer gave short and su i eplies, as if unwilling to be taken H 'V liom his laboi; but the othet inmates oi the house weie eager in theii questiors and from the answers Lee gatheted that the means by which he and his cc mpan ions had escaped were as mysterious as ever. The next right, when all was quiet they resumed t heir march, and explained to Lee that, as he was not with thtm in their conspiracy, and was accidentally as souated with them in thtir escape, they should take the precaution to keep liu bttore them, just behind the guide He submitted without opposition, though the arrangement considerably lessened the chances in favor of his escape. He ob served, fiom the direction of the stars that thty did not move in a direct line to ward the Delaware, but they changed their couiseso often that he cou'd not conjecture at what point they intended to strike ihe river He endeavored, whenever ar y peculiar object appealed, to fix in his memory as well as the darkness would permit, and succeeded better than could have been expected, considering the agitated sta'e in which he travelled. For s2veral nights they went on in this manner, being delivered over to diff' rent persons, fiom time to time; and as Lee could gather from their whispering con versation, they were regularly employed on occasions like the present, and well rewarded by the British for their services Their employment was lull ot dan ger; and though they seemed like des perate men, he could observe that they never remitted their precautions. They were concealed by day in barns cellars caves made for the purpose, and similar retreats, and one day was passed in a tomb, the dimensions of which had been enlarged, and the inmates, if there had been any, banished to make roomtor the living. The burving grounds wtte a favorite retreat, .nd on mete occasions than one they were obliged to resor to superstitious alarms to temove intruders upon their path; their success fully jus tifiti the experiment, and, unpkasantU situated as he was, in the prospet of soon being a ghost himself, he could not avoid laughing at the expedition with which old and young fied from the tancied apparitions under clouds of night, wish ing to meet such enemies as Ajax, in the face of day. Though the distance to the Delaware was not great, they had now been twelve days on the road, and uch was the vigilance and suspicion prevai ing throughout the country, that thty almost despaired of effecting their object. Here our conductor gitvr impatient, and Lee's

companions, it teas! enc of them, become hu - kus Thtrc was, as we hate &.,id.

something unpleasant to him in the glan ces of this fellow towards him whirh. became more arid more fieite as thtv went tn; but it did nut appear whtther it wa& f wing to circumstances cr actual suspicion It so happened that on the iwedih night, Lee was p!r.cd in a bam, whiie the real of tie paity sheltered then. selves in the ctlier ot a little stone chuich, whtre they could talk and act with n.ore freedom, bo'h because tt e solitude of the church w&s not otitn disturbed even on the sabbath and because even the proprietors did not know thut illegal hands had added a cellar lo the conveniences ot the bunding 1 he parly were seated here as the day broke, and the light, which snuggled in through crevices opened tor the purpose, showed a low room about twelve teet square, with a damp fioor and large patchis ol white n ould upon the walls. Finding, probably that the pavement al oidtd i.o accomrru dation tcr sleeping, the wor ihies were seated each upon a lit tie cask, which seemed like tro-e user. lor gunpowder. Here they were srook log pipes with gieat dinger ce. and, at nacivals not distant, applying a huge canteen to iheii mouths, from which thty diai k with unturned tcts expressive or solemn satisfaction. While thty wen thus engagtd, the shoti soldiei asktd thtm in a careless wav. if thev knew whom thty tud in thtir paitv? I tt olhtts started, and took their pipes from thtir mouths toask him what he meant "I ii. tan, " said he, 'that wt aie honored with the company oS Capt. Lee, of the icbel army I he rasi at ontt runishtu me, and I never mistook my n an when 1 had a debt ol that kind to p&y. Now I shall have my revergt " The others hastened to express theit disgust at his feiocity saving, i l a- ii.a he said, their companion wa- an Amen can officer, all thty lu d to do was vvu c: him closely 1 hey said that, as he hfcci come among ihem ui t. vited, he n.tst go with thtm to New Y k and take tht consequences; but meantime, it was ht ir interest not to seem to uspct him otherwise he might give an alat m, wheie as it was cviden ly his intention to g with tht m nil thty were ready to embai k tor New Yt rk. The other ptrsisitd in raying that tie would have his revenge wi'h his own hard, upon which the cn ductoi , drawing a pistol, declared to hin hat it he saw the least attem, .-t to injure Captain l.i e, or any conduct v hich w u c lead him to suspect thai his diguie was discovtrtd, he would that moment shoot him ihiough the head 1 he sclditr put his hand upon his knife, and wi'h an on inous scow 1 upon his conduc tor, but sei:ng that he had to do with one who was likely to be as good of his word, ht testiained himself, and b gat. to atrar.gt some rubbish to serve him for a btd 'I tie other soldier followed his example, and their guide withdrew 1 he next night they went nn as uual but ihe nun er of their conductor showed 'hat thcit was more danger than betoit; in tact, he explained to the pa ry that tin y weie now not tai from the De it ware, and hoptd to reach it bt fore midnighi J hey GCCdSioi ally heard the t port ot mni-kct, which seen ed to indicate tl a' some movement was going on in ti, coumiy 1 bus warned, thty qoickentCi their steps, ai d it was rot ong betore they si.w a glean ol b: ad lear tight be lore ihem, such as reflected liom ca.n waters, even in the darkest mght 1 hty moved opto it in deep silence; there were vatious tmotn r.-s in their hieastt; Lee was hoping for an opportunity u escape from an enterprise whith'wa gtcwmg too serious, ard the principa objects of which were aitrady answered; the others were anxious lest son e aco dent might have happene d to tht boat on which they depended tor crossing the stream When they came to the bark thett wtre no traces of a boat on the wateis Their conductor sto d still lor a rm-men in dismay; but, recollecting himsell. tu said it wfs possible it might have bcti seemed lower down the stream, and, for getting every thing else, he ritectcd the larger soldier to accompany hirn, and g'p ing a pisto' 'o the other . he whupertd, "if the rebel officer attemp s to betray us, shoot him; il not, you will not, lor you own sake, make any noise to show where we arc " In the same instant thev Heparted, and Lee was left aionc with the ruffian. He hsd before susprcted that the fel lo,v knew him, and now doubts weie changed to certainty atotrt Da k as i. was, it seemed as it fin flashed trou hi eye, now he felt that revtngc was in t is power Lec was as brave as any -ff.c in the army ; but he was unarmed, i.nd though he was strong his . dvnsary va still more powerful While he vord uncertain what to do, the tel'ow se mtn cnjryingtht posptctot revere, a i looktd upon him with a c y eye 1 hough the officer stood o ap eaiaict tinn o ed. the sweat rolled in l.tavj dtoj s Irom Ins b ow He soe-n took l is rts lotion and ptang upon his adversary with the intention of wres'irg the pito 'rom his hand; but iht other was upon his guard, and ain ed with such prerisnm ihat,had the pivol been charged with a bullet, that moment wou d have been his last But it seetrod that the cmductor had trusted to the &;ght of hi- e .pons to make the use ol them ubneaiy, and I ?d the re lot e It aded the m t n y w ith powde ; as it was theshoik threw Lee on tht gtcund; bat fortuuMclr, as tbo kllou

dreppe d ihe pistol, it fell where Lee coclC refceh it, ar d as his tdveisary s'foped, and was drawing his knife firm his br.. cn .Ltr was able to give him a sturir g blow He immediately thre w himseif up. on the isassir; a long arid bloody strut

gle begat; they were so nearly n atch ed in strength ai d advantage, that neither dated uncteich his to d lor the sake of giasping the ki.ift;the b ood gushed Irom thfir mouths, and he con. bat v on d have ptcibably ended in favor of the assassin, when sti pi ana voices wtre heard advancing, aid they tour d trtrrs Uet in:ht haids, o f party ot crunttvrr et, who were- rn ed lor the occasion, ard weresceuriig he barks of tie river They weie f cibly to n apart, tut so exhausted ;r.d bieathless. ihat r.citf.tr could make ai y exnl anatien. ard tlv submitted quitt y to the disposal o? their t aptors. 'Ihe party of the armed ccurtryrrm 'hoigh thty had succeeded m their attempt, at d were sufficient y riunipt ant on 'he occasion, were sorely pcplexed to dettrn n how !o dispose of tl e r prisoners. Af-rr Mn e discussion, one ex them proposed toth-ow the d Cision upon the wis.df.mo! the nearest n agistttc. They accoulingly proceeded irh their prisoners to his mansion, al out two utiles distant, anl calltd on hin tn ciisc ant: attend io business A wirdow was hastily "hiovri up jnd the Jlv'tc pot for h his rug t capped hear', ard with more wiath tt ari lecan e hisdignoy rrdeied tttm e ff; and in e qutai for t eir calling 'him u ol bed in the warn est place whiih ihen cccured to his mjgina ion However, r Msraoee was iir; he was enn peilcdto rise; at . a '- n as the nnsorers were hruchr fffrrA him, he ordcitd thtm to bt uken ia irons to the prisoners at Phi ade ph? Lee in proved the opm turi y to t; kt 't o old gentleman aside, fnd lo'd hin wo he was, and why he was thus c'icguis 1; the justice m y 'nterrLj ied I in win ihe ccairl3 irqniry. n ost dcrt? When he tiac' fii ii.lt d the magistrate iclci h'm that I. i story was vtiy w ell n td, ar J to'd in a n anner very creditable to Ha address, and that he should give it ail th weight which it seemed to r quie All Let's temorstrzrxes were unaai'ir(r As soori as they were toirly lodged in piiscn, Lee prevailed on tre i?i.'rr to f2ry a note to Gen Lincoln, it forn ii.g hirn t his cot diti. n. 1 1 e Gi ncsi teceivrd it as he wes dressirg in the motfiir-g. ?nd immediately .ent or e of his aids to the jail. 1 I at r fT.ci t would not believe f ii eyes when he st.w ( apt Lee His uniform, worn out vvhr n he assur ed it. w& rowhangit g in rags abc ut him ard ha hbd rot been shaved for a fortnight; ho wished, vety tatuial'y, to in prove hit appeararc- befote pre srntmg himself be ' e the secretarv o A at; but the ordert we re re" mptcty to btirg him as he raj. 1 he Gene ral loed a jc ke full wc I; hi 'aughtt r was hardly c xcreded by the report ol his own earner; and long 2uJ loud did he laugh that day When Cap Lee returned to Lancaster he in n ed:a ly atte mpted to retrace the ground; t.nd so accuiate, under ill :he unfavorable circun sarces. had hcR is investigation, that he brought to justice filteer persors, who hod aided the escape o' British piictiers It is hard y rieceva y otfr-e who krew ti e fate of tevolutif nay office's, to state tl at ho received for this lo r ji d' us and eff ct ai undertaking, no rewa'd whatever P SPRING AM) SUITER GOODS, Hap ji-st rti:c i ivfd a rrrLY or Foreign and Domestic DliY GOODS. Amongst vhich are the vnn t j)u!ttrfs and tatf."t ttijfo Calhols, CiGiiAii; KoiETf Cassia r.itr?, 6ic. He hns ,'ilso rrreivrsJ GRCCEIUES, IRON. CASTINGS. SALT TAR. He roped lully solicits a coutinuanco ot pui lie patren:i2C Vinrenncs,M'ty 17, 131 15-ti IY F.li I'nz i .d, living in Washinjtra township, Koox ccuiitv, Ii di.ma, an HUN GH AY MARK, mixed rth czf :)at,k 3 years old, her rint fore foot wniie dark mane and tail, 14i hands high, apfnaised at So.by John Fiirhurst and Ada's. Smith, before me, A. G. ROBERTS, j p. Df-c. 3. Hm,. 46 :t m0LlTJO,V CP PAl.lKl-KSBZP. riMIr. p.utr trwtiij imtieiio ..isi'.r g tn 1 d. r th. hrn. ot RUhLL & BROK.v - t!o ih diss. lt l l uritiMl t oosent. AH j i m s Ud ii.g claim ag tinst the Ute tu ni, r r re tiK'-tt f: t? p. tsent tliem t H. P. B;ok tv h r st-tt!'. o i t. iiid all imui incUrbu-d it are I q.. ' i to make pay inent to i.ka, who isdulv auth ristil t" seMtlc the san e. HLNRY RL'l'LL, II I. bHUKAW. Vircenne. l)tc 1 31. N. R-H P RRliKAW. grateful t- e .e n e to inJoi in for the St pUtM-Orl-tritnn t tin-1 te tu iu. am: tne puoiic ei --tliv tl..t the I.U'ii es ill be CfH tn uid at h- K! stain'., by him, vheic he hc cs, by lict :ifet-' i ii, t ii r it. a e oi.tii.uanee of , f . - l) 19 46 - ot aiiiuju tor kUiUCt.O Oil hand and iwr ilc at thi Oaicc

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