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SOL. MILLER, EDITOR iSD rrBLISHER. . THE CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION. TERMS $2.00 PER IXSZU, R ADT1KE.
VOLUME Li WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1857. Z 77" ' NUMBER 9.
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THE FAMOUS 7ICTORT.
BT ROBERT SOVTBEY.
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With wneder waitiaf eyea!
"Sow tell all atoat Ilia war.
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K erutto lieh.-'Gtjpereried, .
Who pe ito Frock ta roat;
Bel whal ttoy killed each ether for,
I eaald aat amB aaka aal:
Bat ararytodr ii," aotk to,
"It arai a faawu TKtorym
"Thar ati it waa a atoekiac lijlrt,
Aftar tto W1I araa waa;
Bor ana ttoaaaad todiaa tora
La ratUa( la tto an;
Bat thior lika ttoaa roa kaow ataat to,
. Atrf a faavu TMtwy!"
Craat araiaa tto Duka af Maribara' worn,
Aad aar road Priaoa Eofaaa"
WTit, a vvrr wickad mi or,"
Said Ut'la WiPwhaina.
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"It ra a faaoaa rietatr'
"Aad araryboT praiwd tto Duka, ,
U'to aach a xht did aria."
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WrMr rauvknt."
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4t waa a fanNMti VKtorrT
Stltrf Cnlr.
THE PONY CLUB.
A TALE OF THE BACK-WOODS SET
TLEJffEBTS OF GEORGIA.
In the midst of m denoe pine foret, on the
western side of the wretched road which former
lj led from CUrkirille to the Falloolah Falls,
about three miles fmta the above named rillape,
there stood, some nineteen or twenty rears apo,
sheal log dwelling. This buil ling, which has
long since disappeared, was ered then in a ruin
ous condition. The clay chimney, through the
cracks of which smoke as issuing in every di
rection, seemed scarcely able ta stand upright,
and the hut itself, from the rottenness of many
of its under timbers, leaned considerably to one
side. A worm-eaten shutter, suspended on one
hinge, swung lazily in the breexe, ever and anon
maliciously creaking at the door, which having
no hinge at all, was reclining indolently against
the side of the bouse. A new shingle roof, how
ever, (which, by the by, gave the hut the appea
rance of a seedy old gentleman in a new flaxen
peri-wig,) and the bright red clay which had
been insetted into the chinks, evidently within
a week or two, indicated not on'y that the cabin
waa ased as a place of residence, but that its
proprietor or tenant was taking measures to de
fend himself from the winds of the coming win
ter. In front of his cabin, towards the sunset of a
bright November day, were three persons, seem-
ingl? very intent on different ooetrnati-ina. Of
these, the elder was a man. who, though deci
dedly past the prme of life, displayed the iron
frame and mnsrnlsr limbs of one whom a forest
residence had inured to hardship and ffctigne.
Attiraal in the common bine homespun of the
country, with an old broad brimmed, low crown
ed white felt hat stuck tideways on his head, and
the stump of a pipe that long use bad blackened
and polished projecting from his month, he was
potting together the part of a rifle which be
had disjointed in order to clean it.
At a tittle distance from him fine-looking
lad, sixteen or seventeen years of age, was shar
pening an axe, while a negro boy tamed the
grind-stone. He had been for some time busied
in this occupation, whistling, as be worked, in
concert with the merry little black-faced urchin,
some well known backwood air. Occasionally,
however, as he raised the instrument from the
rtone, and pressed his thumb along the edge, as
if to ascertain the degree of keenness it bad
arrived at, be would glance his eye restlessly np
and down the road, atad then, peevishly repla
cing the axe, would whistle mare vigorously than
before.
For an hour or more these three beings, seem
ingly the sole occupants of this dreary looking
place, had toiled without the interchange of a
ingle word. At length the eldest rose from a
bench on which he had been seated, leaned his
rifle against the wall, and eyeing it with paren
tal fondness, exclaimed with a half sigh, Ah!
then art almost gone, Snap. Thy jinta are git
tin crazy now, and ricketty like. Yet I reckon
thoa'lt last out tcy day. We are gittia old to
gether: I feel iti Snap I feel it in all my bones
an sinews. For a moment after the 01 Fr
ance of these sentences, he stood gazing at this
; well tried, friend, evidently saddened by the
tbooghts it had suggested; then looking up at
the sun, the declining position of whieh in the
heavens seemed to surprise him, he tamed to the
lad and said
' Why, what on airth can keep the Squire so
long? I railly doubt he ain't comin. The shad
ows are a stretchin themselves out for night
Did he say he had anything particular to do,
Frankr
Ho, nncle,' replied the lad, ' he was split
tin wood in the orchard when I seed him. At
first he said h wouldn come. ' Ton may tell
Daly,' says he, that I ain't going on any more
sich Tom Fool errands.' But arte rw arils he said
he'd changed his mind, and 'nd be over as soon
as I. was.'
' Darn the crittor. This, is always the way
with him,' said Daly, speaking slowly, and with
the whine so peculiar to the backwoodsmen of
America. ' He is the quairest animal to man
age that ever I did see. He's jist like a heavy
stone on a quarry side; it takes a mortal power
of men to move bim. And he's jist like that
rock again, for when once be gits goin, aothin
on airth kin stop him.
Why not let him bcT asked the boy.
' We've quite hands enough to de the job with
out him.'
We hamV replied the uncle with some ir
ritation of manner, so there's no use tanun
about it. Tom Cooley is worth any three of the
gang. If be don't come well git neither hone,
nor mare, nor money this night. In fact, I'll
net go.'
But I will,' said the boy. I'll go along
with Mop, and Dove, and the ethers, and see
whether we can't do without the Squire for once.
In all my life I never seed sich a loiterin old
brute. ' Here, Abel,' (to the negro boy,) ' put
the grindstone sway, and throw some wood upon
the fire. Sometimes he won't; bnt he don't
seem to know all the time whether he will or
won't, lie's worse than a mule in the studs, for
coaxin or beatin will make that go: and he's
more contrary than a young gall that don't know
her own mind; and gits ugly at a joke, and kis
ses yon for ahrashin- . He ain't no good, uncle;
there's no two ways about it.
' Who is that you're a white-washin so,
Frank V asked a short, thick-set, brawny
limbed individual, who, unperceived, had joined
the party. Dressed in clothes of a dingy clay
color, his long red hair partially concealed by a
raccoon-skis cap, to which was appended, by
way of ornament, the bushy tail of a bldBJk squir
rel, his face nearly covered with a thick sandr
beard of j ferteVtoV gmwthrwc- presented the
appearance of an angry satyr, as he stood beside
the somewhat startled lad, and bent his eye, for
he had but one, frowningly upon him. ' Harn't
you hortcnrd.tliat tongue o' your'n since the
moniiD f continued he. Your teeth's young
er thin your tongue, my lad, but they are wiser;
they keep within your mouth.'
I was speaking of you, Squire, said the lad
undauntedly. ' It's a God's blessin afl the Pony
Club ain't like you. 'Twould take a twelve
month to get them together if it was.
At these words the blood rushed violently to
the Squire's face, and for a moment he stood
hesitating whether to reply by word erblow: but
it was only for a moment, for, with a smile of
contempt, he turned to Daly and extended to him
his hand, saying, The worthless cur makes the
mwl noise at a hunt.
With a laugh of sarcasm, Daly warmly shook
the hand that was offered him, and said, 'Well,
Tom, I am right glad to see yon, though, 'tis
true, your comin ain't none of the quickest.'
Why, what's in the wind now?' asked thi
Squire, as he leaned bis rifle against the house,
alongside of Daly's.
Yon don't seem to think there's much,' re
plied Daly, drily. ' I send for yon in the morn
in, and yon come in the evenin, a draggin your
self along like an old hound arter a weary day's
chase.
I feel like one, Ned,' said the Squire deject
edly. The fact is, I ain't quite well to-day;
for dreamin of one thing and another and I
ain't much of a hand at dreamin neither I
couldn't sleep all night, and somehow I feel pla-
guey down in the mouth to-day. Besides, to tell
you the truth, I am almost sick of this Pony
Club. If all the fellows were like yon and me,
you'd never find me loiterin nor laggin by the
way; but the game they strike at don't suit me.
It don't Daly; it don't.
' There's game enough to-night, Tom Coo
ler,' said Daly. 'There's lota of horses, 'and
some of them uncommon ones, to be had fur
the srvkin; but its neither horses nor mules that
I am arter; I've got something'better in view.
so come with me and I'll tell you all about it.
Frank, if Shattlin or Dove, or any of the men
drop is, tell them I'll be back in a minute or so.
Thus saying, he moved towards the forest, and
the Squire, having taken up his rifle, followed
him. They had not proceeded tar through the
thick underwood, before they entered a narrow
path, along which they walked in silence, tmtil
they reached a small but rapid stream. Here
Daly stopped, and after looking cannons j around
in every direction, said in low voice
If you'll join me to-night, Tom, we may
make our fortunes.
' How so? asked the Squire.
' Jist you locate yourself on that atone,' said
Daly, as he seated himself oa one of the many
rocks that strewed the spot, 'and 111 tell yoo.
Do yon remember a Kentucky chap that passed
through CUrksvirie last fall a eetlin horses and
males? If I ain't wrong, you bought a erittar
of him that didn't turn out so well.'
I just do remember him, replied the Squire.
He was smooth-talkin, roand-faeed, bine
eyed, sandy-haired sort of a nan. I gin him a
hundred and twenty dollars for that beast, and
she wara't worth fifty. He ain't comin back this
way, is he?'
Yoe. shall hear,' replied Daly. A week
an I Darned through Augusta. Twas court j
day, or parade, or election, or something of the
sort, and the town waa vaeomnrso full of folks.
Arter strolfin about a bit for I had no thin to
do, and disVt know nobody I tamed Into the
Pbonix to git a glass, and there I seed this very
man. He was doia nothia bnt signing receipts
aad takin money, and his bat, that he bad fixed
between his knees, was actually cmrmed full
efnote.
Who's that? says I, a steppia up to the
landlord, techin my hat, ' He's pickin op mo
ney like a bank. Some thundering big cotton
specklator, I guess,'
No, says he, 'it sin't It's John Boon,
the Kentock dealer ia horses, and mules, and
crittun of that sort; aad sometimes he drives
over a lot of swine.'
He's made a good trip this time,' ears I.
If he always polls in money like that, he'll
soon make s fortune.
' 'He don't git that every time, or any thin
like it,' says the landlord, though he does a
thrivin business. You see, last year was an un
common bad year for money. The people were
hard -up, the crops pesky short, and the banks
wouldn't accommodate; so Boon, he couldn't
sell anything, until he agreed to take all 'gponsl
ble notes, payable in twelvemonth's time. In i
day or two he had sold the best of his critturs,
and now he's gittin paid for them, and for what
he brought this year too. He's pickin np a doa
ble lot
Ah, I see,' says I, ' I see bow it is. lie's
gittin cash for past and the present. Do yon
know, landlord, I think he's lucky to do that
for l and that when once I take a note from a
man I never git cash from hi at afterwards. But
has he got many brutes with him now? If he
has any rail good horses and moles, be may do
uncommon well in oar parts.'
'Where may that be?' axes the landlord.
' Why np in Habersham, to be sure. Up and
about Clorksville and the Naukisee Valley.
You've heerd tell of old Thompson the Naukisee
planter, harn't youf
I never seed him,' says the landlord, 'but
I've heerd tell of hi in many a time. They do
say there's no end to his money.
You see him now, landlord,' says I. 4 1
am old Thompson, that has the finest bottom in
all Naukisee. There's more acres in it than you
has bricks in your house, and the whole of the
airth under them is pretty much about one solid
gold mine.
Most uncommon glad to see yon, says the
landlord, a shakin me by the hand. I'll make
yon known to the trader. Boon, nays he, jist
step this way a miniU'
Wait a bit,' says Boon, ' till I put these
papers away snug.'
Well, the landlord and I, we kept talkin on
while Boon was a pickin up his money. I kept
aa ajre on him all the while, howsomdever, and
I seed him a sinoothin out hundreds ornate, an3
rollin them np and putting them in an old casa.
As soon as be had done this, he tied up his book
and fhoving it into his pocket, he came op to
where the landlord and I was standin. Boon,'
ay he, I want to make you known to Squire
Thompson, of Naukisee; the richest man in all
Georgia- You havn't been down in his parts, I
reckon.'
No,' says Boon, I've never been so far
into the new sottlcment as that. I've been to
Clarksville, and I'll be there again in ten days
or so.
Have you any good critturs, Mr. Boon?
axes I.
' Yes,' says he, I has. I don't think I ever
had a finer lot of horses and mules. You'd bet
ter go and see them, Squire.'
No,' says I, ' I can't stop to-day. I'm most
positively obligated to ride in half an hour or
less; but if you'll come dawn to Naukisee, you'll
find money plenty, and horses and critturs
scarce." -
' I'll be there. Squire,' says he, as sure as my
name's Boon. You may expect me in a fort
night, or, perhaps, a little sooner.
I will,' says I; and so we shook hands and
parted.
Yesterday, Frank and I were squarin timber,
just the other side of the village, on the Augusta
road, when who should come by but the same
chap, with whole string of horses and mules.
So I sets Frank arter him. He Collared him to
Clarksville, and Urn't all about the crittur's
movements in no tfme He's on his wsy to
Naukisee to meet me. He's bargained to put
np his cattle at old Rowell's pens. There's only
two fellers with him. Rowel! is too old te be
worth much, and his son is too young for any
thing but hollarin; so there arnt but three and
a haif to manage arter all. Do you think we'
can do it, Tom?
'There's you and I, and Jim Cooley, Dove
and Shattlin, Mop and that spindle shanked lad
of your'n, seven of us. There ain't a doubt of
it. But are you sure, .Ned, that be has that
money about htm?
Frank says that if he has one dollar in his
pocket he has fifteen thousand in good bank
notes, replied Daly. i
' Fifteen thousand! exclaimed the Squire.
' That'll be something more than two thousand
apiece?
Aecordia to my reckonin, there's six thousand
apiece for you and I, and three for Frank, re
plied Daly. The others needn't know that he
has any, for these traders don't often tole their
cash about with them.
How will you keep it from them? asked the
Squire. By 'twill be aa awkward job for
all three of us. If ever they get wind of it.'
I'll manage all that,' replied Daly. Ill tell
the boys that you and I owe this feller s grudge.
They'll never interfere; and while they content
themselves with a few horses, well pocket the
cash.
You shall do it your own way, Ned,' said the
Squire. ' Til worth fUttn somethia for. But
I suppose you are sore of the borsT
They all promised to be at my house to
night,' replied Daly. 'Dove and Shattliasaid
they'd eome up this afternoon. Now I don't
want them to know that we've iad any talk to
gether, and therefore you had better atore on.
Peter Flat ia at home, andU give you a glass of
brandy aad a seat.'
' It's most likely IU go over to the village,'
said the Squire; 4 but anyhow, IU be with you
before midnight.'
Same thirty years age there existed ia the up
per part of Georgia, oa the borders of the Indi
an Territories, a small bead of desperadoes,
arhose wild deeds aad daring robberies rendered.
them the terror of die early settlers. This fra
ternity, which wore (he appellation of 'the Pony
Club,' probably because they' confined them
selves to the stealing of horses and cattle, con
sisted of seven mesnbers, whose names were so
scrupulously eonceaad, wbige meetings so se
cret, and whose robberies 10 skilfully conducted
that the borderers esald never discover by whom
they had been deprived of their property. Pos
sesses of large and fertile tracts of land, quiot
ly ' located ' in the midst of their neighbors, they
seemed te be wholly absorbed by their agricul
tural pursuit. At a distance rumor reported them
as rich; and in their immediate neighborhood,
in spiteof the rudeness of their houses and at
tire, they bore the' character of respectable and
thriving farmers; and not unfrequently were
they.solcitcd to aid in searching for the horses
which they themselves had stolen, and the cattle
they had driven away and sold.
It is trie, however, that in spite of their pre
cautions from time to time, suspicion fell, now
on this aid now on that member of the club;
and occaionally it was whispered that Mr. This
or Squire That, ha! sold ten times as many hor
ses, or twtnty timos as many cattle as he could
possibly hire reared. But it invariably happen
ed also, tint withzt a week after the circulation
of any such scandal, the suspected party him
self became a victim of the Pony Club. His
fences were pulled down, bis domain entered,
his cattle misting, and Lis good names to the
confusion of the malicious, was instantly re
stored.
Lest, however, it may occasion surprise that
men of property should be engaged in such trans
actions, it nay be remarked, that these exploits
not only suited the wild dispositions of the bor
derers, but that, baring no market for the sale
of their maize, and other products of the soil,
these animals, which they drove to a distance
and sold cheaply, supplied them with money.
With this brie explanation I will proceed with
my narrative.
It was near midnight. A huge wood fire roared
and cracked in the chimney, ia front of which
were seated some' bait a dozen men and the boy
Frank. Daly, who was the acknowledged lea
der of the gang, and told his talc for the first
time a false ore unfolded his plans, and issued
his orders, and the prty were only waiting for
the appointed time to start. Within reach of
most of the men" was a pine table, on which
stood sundry drinking cups, a jug of peach bran
dy," Tarpe r-j rt Maryijiwl ebxec9t and ire tra
snuffed candle, that was making vain efforts to
force its way through clouds of smoke which
issued unceasingly from seven pipes in fJl ope
ration. The silence which had for some time been dis
turbed only by the whiffs and puffs of the smo
kers, was at length broken by the Squire, who
suddenly exclaimed, in allusion probably to
omcthing that had been said before
' No, Dove, the Pony Club, as it is carried on
now, duu't suit me. It brings ug in neither fun
er money.'
Whose fault's that?' asted Dove. 'Why,
Squire, it takes more time and trouble to git you
out than to collect all the rest of the gang.'
At this remark, which accorded so much with
his. own opinions, Frank laughed boisterously,
and jaid.
That's a mortal fket, Dove, if the devil spoke
it.' . .
With the quickness of thought the Squire
aimed a blow at the boy, which luckily for hjm,
he evaded; for Cooley 's arm was none of the
lightest.
Darn you, you long-legged, wiry saplin,' cried
the enraged Squire, as he sprang to his feet.
' I'll put a stop to your talking this very night.'
, ' I ain't afraid of yon, Squire,' said the boy,
sneeringly. You are stronger than me, that's
a fact, but there's many things will equal a boy
to a man, if he's only got the pluck to use
them.'
Thus insolently defied, the angry Squire was
moving towards the -boy with the full purpose
of chastising hjm, when Daly seized htm by the
arm and said.
' You shan't strike him, Tom. He's but a
child yet, and no match for you.'
Why the , then, don't you thrash his
impudence out of him? asked the Squire, as be
turned furiously to Daly, from whose powerful
grasp he had vainly attempted to free himself.
This is the third time to-dar that he has insult
ed me to my face. Let me go, I say ; I'll thrash
him in spite of you.'
You won't,' said Daly, firmly. ' If he's to
be struck, I'll do it, but no man else shall. He's
all I've got of kith or kin, Tom. You must
kill me before you beat him.
No quarrelling so quarrelling shouted
several men at once.
' I ain't quarrelling,' said .Daly, .who never
theless maintained his hold; ' but he shan't beat
the boy.'
With a sudden and unexpected jerk, the
Squire shook Daly off, and before any one could
interfere, he felled the lad to the ground by a
single blew. With the spring of a tiger, the in
furiated Daly leaped en the Squire, and seizing
him by the collar and throat, hurled him violent
ly across the chamber. The two men were now
thoroughly roused, and a deadly fray would with
out doubt, hare ensued, had not the other mem
bers of the dob thrown themselves between the
combatants with cries of 'Shame! shame! Be
quiet, Daly; I'm astonished at you. Squire?
Shall a boy's tongue separate tried friends V
asked one. Or spile our night's work V asked
another.
For a moment the men gaxed sternly at each
other, and their passions seemed to subside as
rapidly aa they had risen, and the Squire
stretched out his hand to Daly, saying,
They're right, Ned; 'we've knowa each
other too long to baeonte s "rangers at a boy's
bidding.'
Without a word Daly accepted the proffered
hand, and a sincere reconciliation took place. It
was evident, however, that the lookers oa did
not think that either of the men could forget
what aad passed; and a constrained silence, in
terrupted only by aa occasional whisper, suc
ceeded. The lad, who was slightly bruised, sat
sulkily bv the fire. '
A half jux hour or so had been spent in this
uncomfortable way, when Daly arose and left the
room. In a few moments, he returned, and, ta
king up his cup, he emptied it, turned it upside
down, and said, I guess we might as well be
off. At this remark the men sprang briskly to
their fee, and. taking possesion of their rifles.
stood waiting for such fuather orders as their
leader might see fit to issue.
' Dove,' said he, I want yon, and Shattlin,
and Jim Cooley to go by the road. You kin ride
through the village and see if there's anything
astir there. As the moon is uncommon shiny,
you'd better stop at the bridge, and put wooden
shoes on the horses. Tom, and I, and Frank,
and Mop, will go through the forest, and wait
for you at the blasted pine.
The moon was shining brilliantly as the party
left the hut
- ' Whatever we do must be done in silence,'
saidthe Squire. ' I'd almost as seon steal hor
ses in the day-time, as by such a moon as this.
Somehow, horse liftin', is like courtin', the dark
er the night the better.'
At this remark from the Squire, who bad s
reputation for gallantry, the men laughed, and
then, dividing into two parties, as Daly had pro
posed, they started on their expedition, three on
horseback, and four on foot.
It was nearly half-past one when Daly and his
party reached the blasted pine. The riders had
not yet arrived. Taking the Squire aside, Daly
said a few words to him in a whisper, and then
proceeded by himself to the cabin to reconnoitre.
Creeping on his hands and knees by the pens in
which forty or fifty horses and mules were mo
ving at large, he cautiously approached the hut,
through the chinks of which a light was shining.
Drawing near, he perceived that this light pro
ceeded from the fire which was still burning in
the chimney, and which enabled bim to obtain a
full view of the party within. It consisted of
only. three men, who were sleeping, two on
benches, and one on tho clay-floor. Neither
Rowell nor his son were there. On a table, in
a corner of the room, were four pistols and a
dirk.
On returning to the pine, he found the. whole
gong assembled, and briefly stating what he had
seen, he developed his plans, and began to pre
pare for action. Ordering the Squire to take up
a good handful of pine-straw with which the
forests are everywhere strewed, he drew a tinder -.box
from his pocket, and quietly struck a light.
This opcrr.ttoTr-pcrr. i'uici?, tie jnorcil VtH K
men to the hut, and stationed them at different
distances from the door. Wait,' said he, in a
whisper, until they're a little scattered, and
then spring on them.' With this remark, he re
turned with the Squire to the pens, which were
distant from the bouse some thirty yards, and
having leaped the fence one of the zig zag rail
fences, so often noticed by tourists they seized
the first horse that they could quietly lay their
hands on.
As soon as the Squire had wrapped tiie pine
straw around the tail of the passive animal,
Daly handed him the tinder-box, and telling him
to wait until he had given a signal, he caught
another horse, led it close along-side of the
fence, and selecting a large, heavy rail, he gave
a low whistle
Blowing the tinder into a flame, the Squire
applied it to tho straw, which being of a highly
inflammable nature, instantly took firo and
blazed fiercely. For a moment the animal stood
still, but no sooner had it felt the scorching
flames, than it began to plunge and rear furi
ously. At this moment Daly lifted the rail to a
great height in the air. and then brought it down
heavily on the spine of the bono that stood by
him. With a scroam of agony (one of those
shrieks which are rarely heard, but when once
heard arenerer forgotten,) the broken-backed
creature fell to the ground, writhing. The ruse
was succesrfail. Starting from his sleep, and
exclaiming 'By , that rascally stallion
has broken loose again, and got among the crit
ters.' Boon rushed frpm the hut, followed by
his men. In a moment they were surrounded and
secured.
Take those two men into the cabin,' said
Daly, ' while Cooley and I fettle our acj-junts
with this chap.'
Firmly convinced that the Squire and this
man had quarrelled, the men, who made it a
rule never to interfere in a matter of this sort,
conveyed the two assistants into the hut, leav
ing Boon ia the hands of the RufBians.
Come, Boon, give us your money,' said Daly
in a whisper to the trader, who was extended
on his back on the ground, while the Squire
sat astride his breast, with his knees upon
Boon's arms.
I haven't a dollar about me,' said the man, 'I
left it all at Clarksville.
'None of your lies,' said .the Squire, gruffly,
'If you don't shell out oa the minute, IU wipe
your throat with my bowie-knife;' and he quiet
ly drew the cravat from the man's neck.
If he won't give it up quietly, said Daly,
lull him, Tom.'
Kill me no, no, for God's sake, don't kill
me. The money is in my side coat-pocket; take
it all, 'tis a large sura take it ail, but den't
kill me.'
Drawing the ease from the pocket of the
trader, Daly shoved it into his own; and
saying to Cooley, 'Make sure work of it,'
stepped back to the feace and seized his rifle.
Do you remember me, trader? asked the
Squire of the terrified wretch; is the moon
bright enough for you to know me again?
I don't know you,' replied the trader, as he
fixed his eyes wildly oa the Squire. .
You doa't,' and I suppose you can't remember a
man named Cooley, that you sold aa infernal
worthless erittur to, last fail V
You're got my awney,' groaned Boon, 'what
more do you want T You kin. pay yourself for
many such eriUurs out of it; and I'll say noth
ing about it, so help me God, FNron't-'
'I don't intend you shall,' said the Squire, as
he placed his left hand ea the forehead of the
trader, and sought for his knife with the right.
Oh, don't kill ma V prayed Ue wretch, 'ary
bloed will hang heavy oa yoo don't kill mx. I
bve a wife sod little ones 4on't, don't
His pleadings were ia vain. For aa instant
the knife gleamed in the moonlight, and then
was drawn rapidly across his throat, and his
breath rushed out with the gurgling bloods-
There waa one convulsive struggle, and all was
over. But the Squire's triumph was of short
duration, fur at this moment the sharp crack of
a rifle was .heard, and he rolled, by his victim, a
corpse.
Startled by the sound of the rifle, and the fall
of his companion, Daly threw a quick glance
around him, and caught a glimpse of the person
of young Rowell, as he dashed into the forest.
Innocent of the death of Boon, conscious of bis
own treachery to his companions, and fearful of
detection, Daly lost the presence of mind, and
cool courage, for which he was remarkable, and
shouting to his companions, rapidly and thought
lessly retreated homewards.
(CeaWitneit next wetk.)
UTiscrllaittauSa
CTDIAN If AMES.
' Ye My they all tova aaraad awar.
Thai aabkt nea and arm;
That thair light canoe, bara aaaiabad
Froaa as" tto Mad waaa;
That "mid tba forMti wtora UVy roamej.
There rtcfi a aaatrr'a aheat;
Bat their aaaw ia aa year water,
Ya mar sot wab it oat.
Tia where Oatariai bitlowa.
Like Oeaaaa rorfo iaearled;
Where atreaf Niagaras dreader wake
Tbe echo of the warld:
Where red Miaaoori brinreua
Rich Inbaiea from the Wert;
Aad Rappahannock eweetly alee pa
Oa green Yirriaia'e broaef.
Ye fay their cnae-like cahiaa.
That eloatered eVr tho vale.
Have disappeared aa withered leaver
Before the Aataran'a gal;
Bnt rheir memory lireth oa yoar hille.
Their brpfirm oa yoar above;
Yonr everlasting rieera apeak
Their dialect of yore.
OU Masaaehasottj wean it
Withio her lordly crown.
Aad broad Ohio been it,
Amid hia yeang renown;
Coaaectieat bath wreathed it,
Wtora her ejaiet kbliage waree.
And bold Kentneky breathe, it boare.
Throng ail her ancient erret.
Beautiful Tribute to a Wife.
Sir James Mackintosh, the historiaa,-was
married in early life, before he attained fortune
or fame, to Miss Catharine Stuart, a young
Scotch lady, distinguished more for her excel
lencies of character than for her charms. Af
tcr eight years of a happy wedded life, daring
which she became the mother of three chil
dren she died. A few days after her death,
the bereaved husband wrote to a friend, depict
ing the character of his wife in tho following
terms :
"I was guided (he observes) in my choice
only by the blind affection of my youth. I
found an intelligent companion and a tnder
friend, a prudent monitress, the most faithful of
wiros.'a mother as tender ss children ever had
the misfortune to lose. I met a woman, who
by the tender management of my weakness,
gradually corrected the most peraieious of them.
She became prudent from affection, and though
of the most generous nature, she was taught
frngality and economy by her love for me.
'During the most critical period of my life,
she preserved order in my affairs, from the core
of which she relieved me. She gently reclaim
ed me from dissipation ; she propped my weak
and irresolute nature ; the urged my indolence
to all the exertions that had been useful and
creditable tome, and .she wa perpetually at
hand to admonish my heedlessness or improvi
dence. To ber I owe whatever I am ; to what
ever I shall be. In her solicitude for my inter
est she never for a moment forgot my feelings
or my character. Even In her occasional re
sentment for which I but too often gave her
cause, (would to God I could recall those mo
ments' she had no sullenness or acrimony. Her
feelings were warm and impetuous; but she was
placable, tender -and constant. Such was she
whom I lost when her excellent natural sense
was rapidly improving, after eight vears struggle
and distress had bound us fast together, and
moulded our tempers to each other; whea a
knowledge of her worth had refined my youth
ful love into friendship, and before age had de
prived it of much of "its original ardor. I lost
her alas ! the choice of my youth, the partner
of my misfortunes, at a moment when I aad
the prospect of ber sharing my better days.' '
A Daxctsofs Boimt. An eminent English
physician says :
'I have to lament the great increase amongst
the female part of my practice of the dolereux
ia the forehead, loss of sight, and great suffer
bg in the ear, induced, I firmly believe, from
the present absurd fashion of dressing the neck
instead of the bead. surlng the past month, I
bare been in attendance trprm two lovely girls
with tie dolomx ia the forehead, and several
others with similar complaints. It is high time
the frivolons bosmet of the Tjreseat day should
be done away with.
Attidotz to MoaorrroM A certain precrea
tKe to attacks of -sn-qutoes, black files, ke., is
said to beglycerine, 4 oz-, oil of pe)permirrt,
JL drachma, oil of turpentine 4 drachms. The
face, hand-, in Cct all parts exposed, to be rub
bed with the mixture. This was given to me
by sa eminent American physician, previous to
going Into the State of Maine on a bunting ex
pedition, I never knew it ased withct.1 perfect
success.
To Rzsroas Cot-oa n P surra. little
alum dissolved in rinse-water will restore greea
or black. A Cttle vinegar added to rlnsc-wster
will restore red- Oii'o CuItuOr. r
Passion arc racks that urge1 Tom t errefess
their secrets.
ftlsefitl into mws
AworirT er Food Nzctssasv to Emails Mrs
to Rcstsr Peua Cold. Referring to the. late
lecture of Dr. Kane, giving aa account of hia
poiar xpl9rations, the New York Evening
Poet says :
'An opportunity has thusbees given of testing
the ability of the human body to resist a tem
perature of seventy degrees below, for several
months together. The Doctor and his party
were enabled to do this by an immense consump
tion of animal food, the ordinary daily allow
ance to each" man being six or eight ducks, or
an equivalent in several pounds of the fat seal.
Shortly after the discovery of the compound
nature of the atmosphere by Priestly, Crawford
broached the theory that the animal heat of the
body Is maintained at a uniform temperature of
93 degrees, by aejns of a liberal consumption
of food containing carbon in excess, as animal
food, where the cold ia severe. The most beau
tiful and brilliant series of experiments, prose
cuted by Liebig.'were those intended to es
tablish this theory, which they do most suc
cessfully. 'In this connection, the experiment of Dr.
Kane and his party, in showing the kind aad
amount of food required to enable the human
body to resist the depressing influence of a COB
tinned low temperature, for a period of time
longer than any other recorded, is of the highest
practical value.'
Excess in Eatino. Sydney Smith declared
that the longer he lived the more he waa con
vinced that the apothecary is of more importance
than Seneca ; and that half the unhappiness ta
the world proceeds from little stoppages frora
a duct closed up, from food pressing la the
wrong place, etc 'The deceptioa,' he says, 'as
practiced upon human creatures, is curious aad
entertaining. My friend sups late ; he eats
some strong soup, then a lobster, then some
tart, and be dilutes these esculent varieties with
wine. The next day I call upon him. He it
going to sell his house in London, and to re
tire into the country. He is alarmed at his old
est daughter's health. His expenses are hourly
increasing ; nothing but a timely retreat can
save bim from ruin. All this is the lobster ;
and when over excited nature hia had time to
manage this testaceous incumbrance, the daueh-
ter recovers, the finances are In good order, and
every rural idea effectually excluded from the
trind.' In the same manner, the witty essayist
goes on to show that old friendships are destroy
ed by tovted cheese, and hard salted meat has
led to suicide.
'SrAtx tiiz Rod, Sfoil the Child.' In Dr.
Dibbin's 'Bibliomania,' 1811, 1 find the following,
to which I call your attention, as being a curious
result of the diligence of a calculator, and the
cruelty of a school-master : 'A German maga
zine recently announced the death of a school
master in Suabia, who, for fifty -one years, had
superintended a large institution wtth old-fashioned
severity. From an avesage inferred by
means of recorded observation-, one of the
ushers bad calculated that in the err tree of hia
exertions, be had given 911,500 caning, 131,000
floggings, 209,000 custodies, 156,000 tips with
the ruler, 10,300 boxes on the ear, and 251,700
tasks by heart. It was farther calculated, that
he had made 700 boys stand oa peas, U00
kneel on a sharp edge of wood, 5,000 wear the
fool's cap, 'and 1,700 hold the rod. How vast
(exclaims the journalist) the quantity of human
misery inflicted by a single pet verse educator !
Nottt.
Ccsxroa RpmnTie. A correspondent of
the London Medical Circular vouchee for the
relief he has experienced ia the liaeral use of
lime (fresh lemon) juice, whilst laboring under
the paroxysms of rheumatism. By repeated in
dulgence ia the above simple acid, for the space
of three days, avoiding all stimulating liquids,
the most confirmed rheumatism win, he says,
relsx.'and the tone of the muscular and nervoua
system will be restored to its usual character
The fact was first established by the circum
stance of the Jews being, ss a general body,
scarcely ever affected with the above disease,
and this particular exemption from the malady
under consideration, as effecting the disciples of
the Hebrew persuasion, was, and has been at
tributed to the very free Indulgence whieh the
above people exercise in their dietary cotammp
tioo of lemon-juice.
IIijiLTt!. With regard to ex erase, judge be
tween th following extremes :
A fox hunter eaa get drunk every night ia
the year, and yet live to aa old age, but then he
is all exercise and no thought.
A sedentary scholar shall art he able to get
drunk ooce a year with impunity : but then be ia
all thought and no exercise.
Now the great object is neither to get used to
too much exercise, nor to be all thought ; but
to enjoy his pleasure with a sprightly eea-oa.
The four ordinary secrets of health are early
rUing, exercise, personal cleannneavntl the
rising from the table with the ,""rh -crop
pressed. There may be to-rows ia spite of
these ; but there wilTbe less with them, aad
nobody eaa be comfortable without then.
To Maes Glosst Ssoet Bosoms : We find
the following receipt for prod raring the gloss oa
shirt boaoma. concerning which we have been
questioned by a lady co-respoDdent t
Take two ounces of fine white gum arabie
powder, put it ia a fitcher and pour ea it a pint
or more of boiling water, according to the de
gree of strength ymuiire end then, after aar
Ing eovered it, let it stand all night ta tbo
morning pour it carefully from the dregs into a
clean bottle, cork it trp, and keep it for rwe. A
tablespoonAd of gum water stirred la piat of (
starch, made fas the usual manaer. will give to
la was, either white er printed, a look of sew
Bess, whea rjothin- else esa restore there tit
they have beca waahecT. ' . .- r--.
Tsra Drrrxaxr-ca. A liaodeome wewi
pleeres the eye, a god woman the heart ; the
ine ts s jewel, the other i to-tr--irr.
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