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ftK JJLatfttQ* . HARPERS-rERRY, VIRGINIA, SEPTEMBER I, 1827. MO. 12. VOL. £ ri'BLISlIKI) KVhltY SAITIttlAY tVEMMi, 15V JOHN S (JALLAIir.U. TKHMS. — One dollar and fifty cents per annum, payable at tlie expiration of the lirst (juarter, of one dollar and twenty-five cents, to be paid at the time of subscribing. Payment in advance, from distant subscribers who are not known to the pub lish. r, will invariably be expected. Should pay ment be deferred to the end of the year, will be required. *,* 1'os'age on all letters MOST be paid. 1 THE REPOSITORY. M.w ims romc.Yi. non i.l. The following extract is taken fiom the manu script of a Historical Novel, now in preparation fur the press, by Mrs. Di mom, of Vcvav, Indiana — The incident is given on the authority of a gentle man who had spent twenty years of his earlv life a prisoner among the Sliavvanese Indians, anil who knew the celebrated Tecumseh familiarly as a bro ther.—[Saturday Evening ('hnnir/c. “ TI\( 1 MSF.H was returning, slowly and thoughtfully, from (lie chase, when a shriek, us ol natures last and most dreadful exlromitv, hurst on the stillness of the forest lie turned, arid beheld, through a vista of the trees, a party of marauding savages, loaded vv itli the spoils of war. A female form, whose lair though faded countenance, bore a strong contrast to the swarthy and painted features ot the savages that surrounded In r, had jus! fallen to the earth, exhausted with fatigue and suflrring. With one hand she clasped a lovely infant to her bo som . while the other was raised to avert the tomahawk that glittered on her closing eye.— Hilt vainly!—the dreaded instrument was sunk deep in her pallid temples, and the sulferer al ready struggled with the throes of death, while the babe, now spotted with its mother's blood, was torn from her hist convulsive grasp It shrunk with instinctive lear. as it raised its blue eyes to the dark, distorted features of the war rior ; hut lie gave a loud vv hoop of unimaginable horror, and, grasping its little feet, swung it iii t it. sm\ m hip ;tir, ns m* ppron*uru it miiiii cd tree. to complete its destiny. Oik* moment longer, am) its unstained soul would have flown with the passing spirit of its mother; hut the murderous arm, as it was drawn hark for the last fearful blow, was suddenly arrested, and a calm, hut impressive voice hade the savage stay liis ruthless hand! And who thus dared to use the language of command to the ferocious and independent son of the forest ? Was it the aged chief, whose voice resounded in the coun cils of his nation ? or the warrior, whose proud front wore the seals of battle? No! it was a stripling, who stood before them, loaded with the spoils of the chase ; his olive cheek redden ed with the glow, his eye radiant with the fire ol youth But 1 he impress of native authority sat on his polished brow ; and his slender form was drawn up with the altitude of command — The leader of the band quailed before the glance of his calm but terrible eve ; and quiet ly yielded up the gasping babe to the extended arp of the £ tripling. “ I "ill give you liese,” sail) Tecumseh, throw i:iC his load of Inn at the (Vet of the subdued warrior, “ and the’child shall be mine.” He received a ready tisent to the proposed ex chantie ; and. turning away with a look of unut terable scorn, directed his exclusive attention to the littf- victim he lad rescued. Its face was vet purple, and its hauls still clenched in its a irony ; but the aeeeris of gentleness attain tranquilized its fi ature-,, and it soon Raised. ' without fear, on tiie bijAu fae.e. of its deliverer, j 1,1 "" 11 liomrw.'iril ;— hi- lovely burden hut ad<V.j frPS], olasticiiv lo la- steps, ami Ik- advanced w:.|, pa(.P', (||] III.- moans ol (lie hungry halm |,is pro gress lli> ihfii laid it on a hcd vf moss' and hrinirini; a pleasant from a m'ighbo.;nn- hom'h. i h‘d his famishing charge with i(- ldovJ \(. 'crhad 'IVcuinsi'h li lt a purt'r pleasure tlian that which warnirtl In- hoar I when the poor m. I flint, as he ht'iit over it u ith anxious care, smil : nl like a cherub in hi- face. A glow of holv feeling Ihrilletl through his whole frame; anil the ai)«re] of mercy, like rhe pillar of fire that guided the wandeiing Iraeliles. wenthefore him in light. through ihe darkness of the forest, lie reached the \ ilia ire. and ] mica canw forth to j meet him She looked for the -laugl tered vie lim ol the chase ; ant), started with surprise at lit holding an infant locket! in living; slumbers, I and clothed u ill: the tints ot a pale me mine; sk\'. Hut alas ! its coldim ringlets were stained with j blond, and \nnca at once conceived its melan choly history “ 1 hare hrnuj;ht Von a gift,-’ j sait! I t ciimsfli, la_> ing llie sleeping innocent in the realty n.■>•*- ■ Ctl,., ..... jv.---' --1 ' t,jt i-an tillering tit for the daughter of Otukiska.— j Look at her. \ mica ! she is fre-h from the hand I of the (drat Spirit, and pure as thve snow (lake j that falls from ki> high dwelling. Take her to j your heart ; amt let your affections cling around her. like the vine that embraces and strengthens the t< nder sapling. C herished by the daughter ; of the red mail, and ignorant of her ow n nation and it- vices, her spul.sfgall retain its whiteness, like the snow on ihe mountain precipice, where t:o foot can tread. HemcVved beyond tlie breath of luxury which withers the pale daughters of her people, like the mists oTihc green pool, -lie shall grow up fiect and healthy as the antelope, arn! learn to imitate the proud arts and active employments of the Indian maid. ’ “ V unea obeyed : 1 tin i:i ta lit was joy I mi l_v la ken to a In' a rt whose affections gushed like the rills of spring ; and boundless tenderness sup plied the place of the delicacies it had lost.— Healthy, animated, and beautiful, the hahe, to whom thoy'gave the name of Hglurec, grew up unconscious of misfortune, and regarding her foster family with the utmost fondness.— The prediction of Tccuniseh was verified. No mark of a feebler race distinguished the Idue eyed daughter of adoption. Reared in all the gloom? magnificence of nature, F.gluree rose above the sickly fears and ideal wants of civili zed existence Delicate as the tenderest flower that reared its fragile head in the lap of spring, she hounded through the forest, piid the roar of winds and the howl of beasts of prey. Her (air falling shoulders, which the scorching sun of revolving summers still failed to embrown, were early practised to share the heavy burdens of the native fettf&le of the forest, Egluree wove the wampum in a thousand forms ; she hunt the twanging bow ; anil with long slender fingers, paddled the tottering canoe over th* rolling wave." THE NUN'S BURIAL. When we follow to the tomb one who lias none of iIn’ sympathies of the worhl lojluster around her, and whose grave must be watered by tears from eyes thj^linvc never beheld or known the object creating their strange grid, a cause fur such sorrow is to be sought for amid other than common causes. When the spring oozes up from the parched desert; when a!i around it i- dry and desolate, curiosity and in (crest are awakened to ascertain the origin of this phenomenon. There came across my path, but a few days since, a long train of*fum ral pageantry, follow ing the. dark hearse and the cold corpse. .She was a nun—the prayer of Avc Maria, and the voluntary, yet severe penance—the slow alter nate. march of day and night—these, these had long been her silent but solitary companions— she had none beyond the wails of the convent, who could be a witness to her virtues, or be come interested in her fate Vet virtue and pi ety, among whatever religious denomination they may be found, whether they exist in the I’r.Oi s’ H.t nr Catholic Christian—whether the form be wrong, yet the substance bo religion and devotion to (lod, will find a tear in the eye even ol the stranger, when it leaves this woild for its heavenly home. Every one belonging to this city has seen a little Catholic chapel situated in its environs,in a mo t h< auliful spot, and shadowed by a clus ter of aged elms. The long procession, as it wound round the acclivity in order to reach the list home of the living, lit up a-, it was by the lingering rays of a setting sun, following the re mains (if one who hail lor years ' lived for God alone,’ was of itself a lesson more melancholily touching to the heart than the most studied elo quence, the most pathetic appeal of the human tongue. The coffin was carried into the church, and its interior and exterior thronged to listen to the chaunt and the services which were to ensue previous to committing ‘dust unto dust.’ There, stood side by side the emigrants from all nations, the young, the old, the beautiful, and the brave; and all collected—not to pour out their tears over the partner of their lives, the oilspring of their affections,or the companion of ! their choice—hot to render the homage of sor row to departed virtue As the chaunt of the » rrquicscat in pace’ arose, I could see the big tear start from eyes that seldom have wept.— When the jaws of the tomb were closed upon l the dead, still it seemed that many were tempt