Western Times, Volume 1, Number 34, Richmond, Wayne County, 18 April 1829 — Page 1

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Devon, which has tocn termed, and it ni.iv hr added, justly, "the garden of I'ng hind, upon such an evening, a group h;ul as-cmbled around one of the fishermen's cottage. The habitation was built in the true style of the old time, when comfort was the principal object of the projector. At either side of the door ere scattered the line, and nets and baskets that betokened the calling: of the owner, and the h crman wast iking hi farewell for 'he night; i f lis happv , loving family, who wi re bidding -j, "(iod ?iol"m' ) i v. nge . A old man was leaning h.s arms on the railing, ar.d talking to an in-

j tcrcstmg cnl whose hand y upon the

Hi'M-i -:n ot a younger siMer. The !mjI tiirnan. dicssetl in his ronj.Ii jerkin, an.! ! irgc hoot that leached far ahov e h:s kmc, was in the :trt rf kissing a little rhnuh, win eemed half trrrn'f .1 ;it I e me eltvateilsi lnh as the f.tl.n 'i

while the witeund mother, w ifh I er intar.t il

i.uii l' on hf i lap. was looking anxiously upoa In r hu-'i and a she hreathf d the parting Meting, and the rraverol hi aj- re-

gentle (Ipw to no'jriVli, or as the rain to op- weeping; thinking of his beloved home, press. From that hillock which overlook- and hoping that his place there might not ed the ocean, aemhled their mingled .be forever vacant. The waters in a short

prayers that Ciod would i.ot leave them

desolate.

I'iie fisherman, the object of their hopes

lime subsided and he was enabled to

stretch his chill limb and then to warm them by exercie. Soon the rock was left

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and tears; had been verv successful ln- tlrv as before, and the fisherman knelt

ring the night, wnen at chiy break as he down upon that desolate spot among the was preparing to return home, he tcmem-jbillons: hid his face in his hands, and bered his premise to bring with him some ,prai-ed,and blessed his Creator; his I're-ea-weed to manure his potatoe v;tt'd be- server! hind his cottage. He was then'ch -e to j (), jt TtS tj,0 ncl! known bark of ,is t. cs v.hich were ,.nl (!s-ce:-,hle i low r i'-T-I ,!? th-.t he heard ul..-,ve the waKr; he pulled for them, jumped on,v,;Ut.; , !U1.,(her TiOment the creature -bore, farmed the painter of hn boat to au. i,rking his j.ale cheek. He w as sajothng prut of a rock, and took his boat !NrH. he was a ed . for his own boat had hook with him. He collected . sufficient teucr.cd the shore, and his own boy iv'as in

pj iTility e. the weed, rut :i hi-eagerness to obtain it, he w.mdereil from the land plu e. when he he aid the bo liily hal1 ing and x. I uming that the i nter w as ! "-e. lie ra-I.ed inslantli t. w nils the

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iuu. i mi. un.enatuean.i in .iro. Anting i,!;ltigcT. at one m i;u nt ab.uit t- plurgc

i ii'it- i't. ii ti tau across m :io'-nier:, and the linton that was to pne light cr the m.-cn 'eparte., rnmp'etrd the pioijp. if weft-pt a tioble .ewfi.iitul lnl dcg. some tep in ad ar.ee if the p irt . w iti hing f r the n" to ron.mrri e hi? r.. arch to a kind f pi r where the A, ri uv! hi bo were to embark. ' dood ! i k . g,rul luck'." xd umed the old in in;

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I tinr.tiu; 1 arkt.-.u d ;n I forward, howling! feat fullv, a-i if i . a h:, master"? I

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to the wafto join him. an' the next) picking the fice and h mds of ti c child, is if he fotetw that for him h. protection.

weuni he nvt needed . The t':-iif rm in peireived at orire the dept r;.te nature of hi ;iu i.io i .. iidt

his arm! lie had drifted to the land and

hdd eai! found those who rowed hard for the chance of saving his father's life. Now homeward, homeward! he exclaimed. Homeward homeward echoec the child, and Neptune jumped n.nd barked nt the aelcome sound. The fi-hci man's family was all supplie. iim:r I'nnidence upon the hillock that otfilookrd the ifeep, when the oi l man :.iT?'d iijion his knee and exclaimed, ' We a;e heard! there is a speck upon the (lis':.nl waters. ' Yher. where?" was crimed bv the group; ar.d he pointed out what he hoped to he the itb-fiit ho.it Thev eagerU strained their ee. hute-'uhd see nothing.

The Mills. Nt. James Reed-ide, mail contractor, between New York and Philadelphia, in a statement to the public, gives the weight of the mail generally, between those cities, at from 16 hundred to 25 hundred pounds; anil weekly, when (he Chtistian Advocato is published, COOO pounds additional, cr 7600 to 2500 pounds. How loi-g will it take for the mail to increase to n bulk, that it will require a railway for its transportation. JncL

he kern- was coming m r pidlv.an l hi

hopes of escape were at ; .i end. when he i ii ' ,Vu moments howeve-. all perceived perceived that hi hn. in an oVort t ve 1 : " 't w C i.o;'osd.!e to tell the dithe o.irs, had let one" of them fall .vt r- ri w Ii . h it ,.Uf e lay . loard. 'd'alhrr, father," exclaimed the Then v is the agony of -upetio: it conpoor lad, "wh.t hall 1 do?"'- tbehnatwa tir.ur d, lo-w e or, I -it a shoittime, a boat

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ed parent c oi 11 scarcely hear the wn!s

an he c ih . .I out to luin :i louil a he c. r.l.l I :t n r i o a man

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!o folloxxing, he trudged along to the o-cean

ncii'.g toxxards the s. they could c'earlx bow, w avirg his hat

the fa'hcrle" laboxehis head, and -o -n after the well

fate t'lat he ikown bail; of Neptiiiv w a borne 1 1 them

The t imdy rushed to the

ing boat that bore the luhl in eril from fx'r-emit d the rule pier, and the loud

j!ii:;d partner and his rhddr.n. ....!, w !nt- to trn4 in t;. d,t!ie father of th j!i'igahr went, w.th his bo u ho -k on hi fc then -t.-od icsigned to tl e

-! u. i. r. iu(iog .xeprune t elare. and In? frit awaited l.im. and watched the diift I., the bror

the fatal rnks. He had ofieied a brit

With the eaihcit dawn of mondng the ! pr:M Pr ttj the throne of metvx . when in an

ndierman family were atir; the elder

eitl w i budy arranging their little par-

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instant, a light broke upon l is mind.

"Goo I God !' he exclaimed, d niav tt be

.saved. With the energx nt hop hat

rt;ikfit table, and the mothpr prir.tdit-o-! . .i tl s ir ! r f.p, a

.etore the Urc the clothes of her hu-band jstoncs around him, and heaj cl them r-.j

and her boy. An hour passed, an1 she

idly upon t e lngbet ledges t f rook; it

of the chlT, and preji ired to str; i-tence: but-1--! filled h , coiisidei' 'il xta- .lie

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;!e t a rvxx en he o-a' Id a!) e his pre-erx e

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u.a of the li-heiman w ac ;uicw ered by

the 'Mvolroce. welcome." of hi father, and the ahr.o't inarticulate "thank God" of ! is w i to. And now all was joy and happiness in

no ',, w hi re ii if nrfj i.rt-a -o n.ura v retbi dne-. the tislu-t man. his boy, and hi-1! g. w( re safe 1 1 err. the penis of the gieat leep, but be xxould i etuin i.o ansxver to the ma ix jiie!ion. as to what had detaini d h::u -o longbexond the usual hour of be re'urn. "Wait, my wife."' said he. 'until we have d rested and refreshed our-

-e:-. es n-.d .'ti sfiall know all, hut heloie w e do eit.'ier. let u- hies God for his niercv,foroutof great danger hath he pre served aie.'1 Never was there a more sincere cr more earnest pra v er offered up to the (lives of all goodric?:, ti.-.n ascended from that humble dwelling. .t;d xv In n th e i.-her-inan had told his tale, hoxx ferxentlx tiid

At a wedding in Germany many years since, while the company were playing "hide and go seek," the bride concealed herself in the garret, in a chest, which had one of these spring-lock?. She was searched for in vain. Afler a 1 mg time the chest was opened, affd her remains discovered, wrapped in the bridal vestment. From th; Jl'erdspn'rt (X. Y.) Oiscncr. TYPOGRAPHICAL WIT. Vexing accidctit And Printer's Legislation x'raordinay. On Saturday 1 rt, after working off the outward form of this paper, and washing the same, oreparatory for distribution, on raising it from the trough, four columns cf the matter in the first pag1, composing a. pait of the bpex-ch of Gov. Van Curen,

tumbled with a crash into pi mingling

m one contused mvs the different sub

jects with wtnich it was composed.What a Sight was here! Our cnlunvi? rumbled info a massive lieap-a "w ;a c k of vi'it'cr" and a crush ol'tvpe! In c( m-mitte-of the whole, the matter wa- relet n d fo our fh;as;i di-tribuling c r:niittee, in sucii case in ide and provided; who, grinning horribly, nt-.red mi the du if b of his tflkc. On Mot ii.y he reported progress and xvished leave tc set again, which was granted.

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Tin: riSiLiaviN. It w as calm an ex enir.g a ever came m l.eaxrn the k and the arth xxete tt.tn.pnl, as if no storm fp;ra the one I exr r hstuibed lh rep e of the o'Jj-

md irn the ocean I v a? get is if

' 1.,-om had never betrayed a u no 'i v icr had exir sunk to death in item 'rof The sun had gone down, and the i .-ixr tt.ibht wouid hate iei;;ned over ...c, but in-the moon, which rose in her 'd oibed l.cautv, the qi.e n of an illimitao world, to smile upon the goodly things if, and to give a radiance ami a glorv ' dlheshviie upon. It xxas an hour 1 a Mfut that led the soul to the c.on- ' "n iation of lien who nexer r.ea-cd to it'lioxr r ihe work he has made, and ' '. ptotfcting care di"pla)H it !f alike va the tclid l m.i and the trackless ' '' of the ih ..eiifid sea. i- i ,: Vriiw ( : of fho roM.nfy o(

grew form what uneasy that he had re- J u :l, j,, 0(.,t u oudei ful how he rnuld have

mamed anroa.i ncvonu lae u-ual period or I gmhei ed so many in so short a lime: but

is return. Another hour had elan-rd.iiie Almiehtv gaxe strength to hr a, or.

when she said to her father, "Fa.er. go an,i he was laboring not for hie fr.erelv hut out to the hillock, and try if you ran sec i beings stdl .iearer to lorn He "then

hi sail uton the w ater he s, Idem stav? ,noualed toe in'.e he had ho , od. idai tod

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our o long wiiFn uie -f a is cairn ana m boat book nnni v m one ol the crevices

weather fair my little boy too xx a n t ipnte well lat night, and this alone should

have hastened him h.me.

The old man went forth, and r nc !.yo;,r

hi grand-children h llow c d lnm until the j.ead. trrrTnr detorrot ed

m'tber w is It 1 1 alar.e, rocking the i adie , (e . The waves vr o ivt i

of her uncor,riou hale. Attfrtlie lat.e boat h -.HM.ortf d !,:m

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would ceitainly be soon born". j.;o- ixnl On. on, t :.. it a-i -;.uh..ad '' -it.. 1 grant il'."' - ud she. and he sprke gently, but m.-re f- .niullx than if it had " ' '

in a t t.e ot deep ar.xietx -'-he rever wa r r, ar.,n,I us tlp-tiu. A p'.x,s..onit max x i an;r but on. e, and that xva tx hen ,r:ir5,r,J bn wai-i, and be then prax.d he saved tbrrrpw nf the ship M arv anl . th.a it might go r. h. -'.er. 'a. n ou.it

when the whirl nl lie Mnkmg veselli?.d ramC Ulu s-l.r.ui u is x.ei. e ivere 1 ' ,4J .huolAf. Paring the Indian' ii i . I., t : . , , . i i . " I

wti. rag., maof v ... . hope d.ci w,t:,r. Inn . an., re thought ct ,v.,r j,, N'cW "a, Hand, it was cust it. i

xg am Mi'1 -tuii-M t in .tu.iui .in. mi,-- nitnM'W no loii'-er, nut ol viom xvno xxt ie

t .1 ti e clot! e belore it, and pouretl sr n e so dear to b:m his x ife. t-is . bd lien, and h t w-tter into the tea rup. till the ns J uher it was fi a !de-Mi g on them J.ir-.kl it remained untouched. that 1" then im doifd He ix en ' htill on. The w.-s now oaring to his meridi- ori on ,( came ;'nd he was freed to raise . , f : oi,;. x I'.cn once moie the fimdv as-i i..o.l t.-. L .r... ... I . ,r . t.iid.h- frm..

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; .., !ed in their bund le dwellingthe death-h.s lea-on m almo-t gone, h.s ! 91 or,t'l thc ,do;l bc,"K 3,ra,'J ol 1,1 prop of tlie whr.le wa watdmg. Thry ' luoath grew feeble, his limbs ehill; he ' He, therefore wcr.t out alone, sitdowntoa checrles meal, the eats at vt ted. and his piaxers became almost i ,n'' from home, to hoc his corn, lie

t iihcr M!e of thc wife remaioina vacant gurgling murmurs. The blood ruslied to hoxvi ver, kept his gun alway3 within

m was me oniv inuivmuai v. no;1H lt ,. hiseveliaU- glared as ii t!iey reach ana removeii il Irom tune to time i . . 1 . .... .. .

ind hoed around it. line he wa

thus at wcik, there came a pheasant.

,1.1-t time on thn -.r ta-.t w .--:!. ofia be and sat upon a solitary tree, that Flood

wretched! Ilorni le images were i.cioreij,, his field. Hail took up his gun,

wder

and

thought no more of the

mittei. After the rlo6e of thc war, some Indians were passing through thc town, wlien one of them stepped up to Hart. 'I 6ee you 'fore now." W'hen did you see me,' says Hart. uL)ont vou know you hoe earn, way down by de river? you hoe little ways den you 6hoot bird, you move your gun. Well, I dare loo, I sec you shoot well, ycu load ijuick. I say, by nn by, I shoot, I no kill y ou, Whohl" (Putting a finger to either bide of hid head to show how Hart's bullet would have gone through) I no shoot, l l.e still 1"' Philad. 5our.

ry for those who labored at a distance from home, to go oat in comp ar ie-, a. d work for each oilier .alternately. In the town of F ir.n:;ir;ton, o:ie Hart, a h Id man, aid an expat marksman,

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of water. W'c have wandered cut of our path n-.nny a time to r-alch the course of r-ome vagrant slrearrilcf, winding now into thc d'fp phad.,and thca flashing out into thc sunshine, and look' ii g like a happv nnd blegsed thing rejoicing in its beauty. A1 d the srrcoth lake, tranquil as the tky above it, ai d mirroring the trees that lean alorg its bank, is a ftht which we never contemplate, without feeling our heart yielding to its ir fluerxe, and cur passions sii king down into n quiet syn patl y with thc tranquility around tis. JJui the sea, xvitn i(s great waves, f t; dki.'fj I Ae o many giant, up to the fhore, losiieg their xv' tte crest I j-J, -,gaii st .he eve lasting rctks, ard c. IV g to acli other in the toi rs ( f an tai'h-

: tjO.t... . rt ii M.r,oi;,g m :.f:r t.m. t iV : en s l.':e irrpr:cnrd fpiiils, has to us r. ! peculiar fascination.

rue way to t;;l mt. A ycueg prut, on r aching the door

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I peatcd to anticipate no evil but he ha-Lvo,,hl ftart from their socket He ebed ; ;til finished hi" In eakfat and went forth, them with an ef.i. 'id tho?:ht for Ihe i

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I The noon whs rapidly p.iing, and the

;n had already given token- of the glory

of !n depattnrr, when the fUhermnnV ti if having lulled her infant asleep, went herself to the hill that commanded an extensive view of the wide spread ocean. All the little houchold fclood aemhied on ihe spot, but no boat wa -een upon the waters. nothing that could cive hoje exrept the apert of the waves which looked too placid to be dangerom . Their rlcpp dreid was no longer concealed and while the old man paced to and fio, looking earnestly at brief intervals, ov er the lonely sea, the mother and the daughter were sobbing audibly. "Fearless let him be whose trut is in his Ciod'.' reclaimed the Cither. The sentf nee was uttered involuntarily, hut it had its effect. "Av," (.aid the mother, 4 he id ax trusted in God, an 1 God will not forsake him now." po you remember, Jane" continued the old man, 'diow often Providence was with me, amid thc storm and the wreck, when help from man were far otf, and would have been useless if near?' And they cheered and encouraged one another to hope thc best, hut to j-ubmit to thc decree of Heaven, whether it came as the

him-eadi swell of the waves seemed as cokeiJ cvcry wav, ,O0J; out lls poTV ifthe finals xx ere forcing lnm downward-, Lon .,ut a "hulhA into his mouth, r and thecr. oMhe sea b. U xxas like, their H(, . yells over their v etim. Ife was g ipmg, , , . ., , , c . i. i ..i ... i.';. . ;" uibtant and thought no more of

choking, for he 1, id not strength to keep

his head abive the wax es, eveiy moment they were plashing over his head, ami each cor, v ulsive -tart that followed onlx aroused him to the consciousness, if consciouness it could be called, that the ne?t plunge would be Ins last. Merciful powets:! at thc moment w hen the strength and spirit of a man had left him, and thc cold shudder of death had come on, he. felt that the tide rose no higher. Ilia eyes opened, closed, and a fearful laugh Moulded the waters'. They eddied in histhroat.and the hubbies floated around his lips; but they rose m hih''; that l.c knew; again and again his bosom heaved with a deep sob, as he drew in his breath, and gave it forth anew in ngony. A minute hai' passed since the salt f.-a had touched his lips; this was impossible if (he tide still flowed; he could reason so much. He opened his eyes and faintly murmured forth, 440h God be merciful." The llow of the ocean had indeed ceased; there he still stood moUo::!; but prsying

Ancient Russian Tombs. Near Tanisky are extensive ancient buryingground?, where vast treasures are dug up. The sepulchres appear be those of warriors. In some of the vaults, a body is found in complete armor. Gold and s.lver i.nages of deer, were also found. .'ht'rrQnv Irrvkt

iti tiic word of fod in cily hf-, i o i; intcrprcied what the mm s.a:d, that the employments of the thealrt: led to l.cil. I he thouyht haunted him; made cease frcquetding such amiiaemej.ts ; he liccarna attentive to the concerns of the soul, and was afterwards a picachcr cf the ("lospcl. ' ii ii ii ! mmm m im i m FARMERS' DIPAilTlliNT.

TO 1 AIt."IlItS. Gather all the peach s, apples pears which fall prematurely Irom our free and arc techinically called wind and boil them for your swine tlrem a little this side of lb gravity, or so dispose of t' troy the worms they ' wise the plague of w aught that I know entailed on you an Your hogs will give them ever coil. They cit of it as a r acid of their ly to place every hog clnrgc m ' feed yo J 6oak, l of it, food ferr' she

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