The ladies' garland. [volume], February 25, 1826, Image 1

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IIARrEKS-FERRY, VIRGINIA, FEBRUARY 25, 1826.
VOL. 3
RIO. 3.
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T2I2S NOVELIST.
REVIE’W.— CONTI NI HI'.
FftO'! Til K Mil VO UK I O'I NT Mil c I V L A I! V 11 TIT! SIUl.
W <’ I' ll our heroes and heroines in the imivi- '
rims nl the Frenrli camp, enveloped in a (liiek
top', out ol t'uir reckouirej. and under a I > in - k 1
lire ol musketry Forlunatelv, however, (lie
I'rrnrh £ould see no lietli r tiian themselves;— i
and Ip' tracing for a tune the track ol' a cannon j
hull licit lcid just before been let oti from the ,
lort. mi low as lo bound alonp' for some, distance. 1
upon .1 !,e earth, the u hole party reached the £ar
it-on in s ih lv, and the daiiirlitcis were, once
mure folded m the arms of an atf-etiouale father.
W e. are now iatroduenl to Col. Monro, who i~
it presented u-, a hardy old Scots nderan of the '
old school, sti-rn and iollexihh' in die discharge of j
his duty—warm hearted and affectionate in his
family.
l in' two suri-ci-tiin g chapters relate cruelty
to scenes of ;i soldier'.-, life ia camp and Garrison,
and the nriroeiations between .Montcalm ami
Munro for a surrender oi* tile fnrlress. During
a short armistice, Heyward, or I )nncan, as he
is sometimes called, finds an opportunity of mak
injc known Ins wishes, in regard to the hand of
tin- Colonel s daughter, and iiis consent i- iea
tlily obtained—though the ardent lover is placed
in an awkward situation fora moment, hy tind
in<e that the, father supposed the dark eycil.
graceful and dignified Cora, was the object "I'
his affections, instead of the njcnller Alice An
explanation ensues, in which the old veteran
glances al his own private history. Cros-ei] in
lovi in his youth, hy hard hearted parents, he
afterwards married a Creole of tie' West In
dies, of wlioni Cora was horn. His wife d\ ing.
he returned to Scotland, after twenty years ab
sence and tonnd the object ot Ins alii cLions true
Ci lo-r piig-hred love, and they are mi'irie.d. and
lie- love! Mi.-i- is die fruit of this uni re, hut
her mother did not survive her hirlli. Hut to n
tui 1 to t!i- milim.y operations. The author fel
h>" ' die well known history of the criminal in
Hr. iv11 v ot (i -a. \\ t ho, h\ w lot*I? tie hr:, ve hand
ol Mur,,o wept; s i• ■ 'itired, even to tile letter
ol \\ eh! . directing his sanenC' . \. h. -li fell in
f » til. hand' .-i M u'eaim, !-v a her: it wes e m
Di'iU't tiled to M mi o, and ill- iii.r!:'. le v. i-Oih
terms oi e:)|:'lul itioti. In ilc night t,Jt .... t.. .
tie’ I'/reel! lent to till- C|p|!' 1 11 •,.. i. amt p,
ing;tlii morning of the ~, i o,der. hi npc-dn is
-epresi nte'l a' taking a solitary u dk to lie
bore ol the lakes tor meditation, when an In
(linn rises from :i bank and attempts toifischarge
Ins rille at the einninamler, %slx» saves liiinsi !l
by rushing upon the assassin and seizing the ri
lie. it proves to lie the ilouide traitor Magna,
who is dissatislled w ith the eapitulation. heeanse
tiie I Inruns, with w horn hi' is now reconciled,
and actin'!; as chief, can have neither scalps nor
plunder. A long dialogue ensues, which, we
think, is rather out of keeping, lieeanse, under
such cireiinistances, the French (General would
have attempted to stand ail'd reason with the
revengeful child'.
The morningai rives, and the surrender takes
place. And here in describing the uuutterahle
horrors of the massacre w hich followed ; w hich
has been so otten described hv Vnieriean histo
rians; and which so deeply tarnished the lame
of Montcalm, our author has again put forth his
strength. The picture is appalling, and drawn
with a masterly hand ; hut it probably does not
exaggerate the tale, for how could it ' Carver
was an eye-witness, and Belknap wrote from
contemporary testimony; and all unite in the
■■deep damnation ’ of the treacherous and
bloody deed. The result is. that Cora and Alice,
and poor David the singer, fall again into the
hands of the remorseless Huron, by whom tluw
a re carried aw ay into barbarian captivity. Here
ceases the first volume.
I In' second volume opens alter an interval
at three days. when tin1 disconsolate lather anil
loxcreamc In look tor the lair captives, attend
i'll In I lawk eye, and the tun faithful and he
role Mol lie alls. I la i in o* e\a mined the slain. and
satisfied themselves that the daughters have
been carried nil. the next object is to net upon
their track, or " trad -a task u huh is soon ac
coniphshed 11v the native skill, or instinct, of the
Indians As the trail indicated the direction,
the party result ed. after 11 auk eye and the Mo
hie a ns had held a council lire, to li'aiu upon t lie in
hv running donn the Fake in a canoe.
! 11‘re foilou s a tilouinu' description of the
ruanina' lisht upon the lake, uliii h is too 1 n,y
to he inset ted.)
I .andintr at a suitah'te point, the, pursuit is <• n
tinned o\i'!' land, and tile trail soon disemi i, d
I ltmi.itely the homes are found loose m the
u o ids, and on tin- inllotvina dai they anite in
the neijrhhoriinnd id a lariye heat er sell lenient
and dam, near which poor Ifatid i- found dis
tcuised a- an Indian, and i.i a deploral l" plight.
It.it id. it seems, had heeii Considered ht tie
Indians as h.dl an ulinf. '.mi t as consi tpa niiv
treated with all the iudnia'i-'Ui'e which sat,!',
an* accustomed to shotv to those tth i lab a no
d'T a st.ite o| mental alienation. From lJa,,d
all the particulars tthieh i-.datcd to the eaplm s
were soon ascertained, 'l ie v I. id been in • t-•<I
kindly; but -inn: their arm ,il m I ha l miy !i: ■ u
hood, the prisoners hud la a n m pci ah d. .Mas ■ l,e
lay; ''etaiiied by Mayua, ;aa! ( or:; enl I .. -if
a uc in ' a I'anderiny In He of j tela n • ., v,:: ..
camp was at no yrcat distance ii ,u. lli.it , f il.e
I inruns. and both vi'lnn two m.les , t di sn,,i
upo'i 't hi; b tla- pni-s'i. is (hen si
hid been absent on hunli.e; i o'm. |, ,
a r tan
*’• Hr' I >: ill1 •ircr.pij l;siui; ■ 11 • <1 tii-mi- f * * 11' * r |
O' tr> T! * i',j. . i. ;s: «1 ;u" j
v.i’> " Is *!.•»:;< I.)!’ C;\!T\ I! -• tin Itl liO » VC. ;
f' >11. ii i V\ til1 ill:* * 1: 1: n I , ' / 11! * <' ,tl
DaMii, is pu.’ii'.. .1 !>y ami t!i v ■
il.iri'niiii's oil «'i i r. rm u *! i«- rump of the I Imnn
m tin* char m tend a pin *ician and jmry.lrr. m-i.'
t■ • tlirm 11y Montcalm, anil ]ii> I' rrnrli rir.il ii -
him to 1 Ill-tin r 1hr drrrptmn. Monro and ( lm,
pichu'ii k an- ronrralcd in imr of Ihr ilomiri!
ol ihr hem it*, an animal which, at that dm.
Has nnianlrd hv the Indians with a x0rt, of sn
P'Tstitinus revt ri'iirr. uhilr Hawk rvr and t n
i'iii drlrrm.nr upon rerommitcrintr the camp ,,f
tin*- Di'lauai- '. This tribe. hy the live, had not
hci’ii on the recent expedition x\ till tile I lurm
and some secret j alousy existed between tin m
Heyward enters the Indian {’amp with Dam:,
and althon/h rigidly and cautiously scrutini/i '
hy the duels and Hamm s, amids detection
The reader heinir tints conducted to the i..ni~;
of a regular Indian eiicaiii[)nient, the autlim
..avails himself of the occasion, hy a skillful cmi.
bination III' incidents, to dve :i line hold pictm r
illustrative of savage life and manners, .lust ;,t
twilight, a sudden yell hrittirs all to the dm r* i 1
their huts, and a daik line, of warriors sallv If, i :
a thicket, repealing the death halloo, and hear
inir with them the. scalps of the slain, and lu
prisoners, the one of the most erect, nohle an.,
daring form, and the oilier a craven wretch
trend ding with fear. I’r. paralioiis were instant
ly made for causing the prisoner to run th.
gaunt let---Iniheaps of brush are lighted, w hie I
Maze brightly amid the surroundings gloom. in
parting a still more fearful look to the feature
of the savages. The lines are formed, men. v.
nien anil children arm thernseh es to inllirt If
Mon s upon the intended \ictim; hut lw his su
perior strength aid ability, lie avoids them stI!.
and e~cape. the ordeal, alter performing prod:
eies of strength and 'kill unhiii I. •• His per* ■
was now protected hy immemorial and .saris
Usage, until the t si hi* in eoitueil had ddilu rate
and determined on his fate.” |{\ his iml.le cm;;
a;re. and daring. mi.rein it, lie aciptiri s a pm t;. ■ ■
of respect.
1 lit* council now nsscnihlci! to t? v t!i ,i).
c! * 11»! it. Ill -ywaril. in passing into i|i. i,„|
with tin- otlic r li.ilmns, non perceives the n,,j,|,
prisoner, sliiniliuo- |,v ;i pest, calm ami 1
mill its tin- li-lit -h mns upon his features. |l(.
counters tin- linn mul pii-rrini; • -yes of I nea -
1 In- council proct-i-ils.anil the craven lii-ni! Hi
rci-il is comli imicil In instant execution tor cun
ariliee, anil In- nmiie is onlen-il to he for-ntti e
- he ha i inst tiei) front heforc tin- impetuous I h
eas, who. houi vi-r, was hv that means ihau
into an iUtihush atul caplureil. 'vs tin ehi
slow I, pfoniiuiis-eii his doom,
" I'auxinif impressively between each s-nlcr.-,
tae culprit raised his tare, in deference to th.
ether s ranli anil e-u-s. Sim me, le >rri -r, ami prior
st:-n.re-].-iI fearfully m its spcakini; lineaments. I! -
' } ■ , which was contracted with inward anmi
t;! -..Ii.i-il around mi lie persons of those v. I,-,
1 r- ;th was Ins f.line, anil t!..- lattt r emotion i. i u,
instant predominated, lie arose to tiis f , i, ;i;,:
huu.e le, bosom, looked steadily on the file,
L-litti iin.tr hnife, tli.it was she:* 1\ upte- ! ’ le, In, e,
i \-r .ble juilpr.-. Xs the weapon p.i..m! slowly
to h.s lie ei, In oim 'ini!.--1, as it ;u jov, at hat ie.
ti m.,1 - --a• t. less .cl! i! tl. .n In- leal aetieip ,i. .i
■ ei 1 f' 1 ■ ! iea\ i It f,-n le-. iai---, at 1!. - - t i t >t tin rei;
mui uuyu iliiia ism, ofi . ’’ p. I II.
Th- chiefs;hi-,1 n li.e -o -h v.
ami 1 ii > « ;.r:l -ii.il I • — a • -m .rtuuili
1' s- i• ' ;e a h-c. n ird-t. 1 ■ -.- m - nil?-chi
H-s, hoc. it, lli-vwaiil. til e, -. in :i' .