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i i . i -TBI roWESS KOT fcRU:iiTtD TO THE CJITKB lUTf) BY TUB C0NSTITCTIOX,.o rQnililTr.O BY IT TO 1 UK f i.TES, AKB IE3ERVEO TO TUi lllfE BKSMXT.VKI.Y, 0 TO TUB rEOl'LE. AmtndmthtB to the Constitution,. Article X' B AUSTIN & C. F. FISHER, Editors and Proprietors. NO. IV, OF .YOU. XX. (Whole io. 001.) SALISBURY, N. C, JULY 12, 1839. TERMS OF CAROLINIAN. The. Wwteri Crulirtin m publitbrd every !' Biti ,t Two Dollars pr tm.mn il paid in advance, 01 ' Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if nut paid before the ex- pirmttoa of three in..ttibv v.. nil) ba discontinued unul all trresii1 ire paid, jinless at thcdiscr'.'lion of tite Editors; ..; a ' failure V notify the Editors of a wish to dijiioue, t the cl of a year, will be eouider.ed t a mw ea- ifiwrtm, at one dollmtper square f iMba first insertion. 7m'n& 2 cIil1u'wcli coofinuance. "'. Court rtd judicial . -it i. - L A . 1- . .1 th above price. "v A deduction ot S5J per tent from t tin regular price will be made to yusirfy sdvert.ers. ' AiKerii.-menl sent in for publication, mn4 have, tlie number ot tiuief marked on laein. or they will be inser ted till forbid, and charg! foraceordsni.lT. ' intern sdorrwed to' the Milor un business must be jott fmii, or they w ill not lw alli-nj.-u la Ystcancous. Since I tail Wrote to you I have expired vera! mare of thooe limestone caverns with 'which the . eouotry bound, one of which, indeed, is said to eiteud, I'tke an enormous cellar, beneath the" vil lag of Abingdon, a ftHirishiog country town about, twenty mi lea from thi place ; but no cave that J jet teen compare wilh (lie natural iu.-mtd iu Scott coutily. It is vaulted pfg Way of iwn hundred yards, through & mountainou ri'lgii some five'or si hundred f.-et high. The riJ;te K like a competing mound between two jra.W hiiU. nl alx-ul the saute etcvaiioii irs ; atii a rrHK tlwt-wiudi-lhfougtt1 I bar wwxtarTrorgn " to;i'Pu these hilU apears to luve worn, JU wy through the limestone lib tbnl binds tlio two tojjviiir. The cavernous passage wjwarjyjnthe for(L..V(J-?i TTbe enttauce al the uppt-r siilo init"uitV a tan gled awamp, wherein f lliiiij lau the stream, iwi come iu.frimt ofa ruile arch, lMswujrcat height, from te irregular fore of the cl.il being tovered with viiie and busies, it ia difficult to es- tifflMeruntil you nttenipt rtro lop of the vuulu The diilnii droin a few yards from iho eutratK, till at the point where, frbui the peculiar sn.ipo oi i.il- cavern, iuc .iuuo" imm eiiher end meet iu the HfUt, it h rity JiMn han tenty feet high. The vahit tlen suJcnly ns, and becomes more lofty ndWre pnrfa iu Cmn u you emerge from the tnwMr end Fiu'tlly if Hires upward, so that the edes .of the afeblosc tbonimilres ia tha nmrcctins Ciee brthe ..tltSL , which here ri.cfrom acravelly eo'll to th8 heii!)i of four hundred fcut, sutoolli as if chil!ed by an artiA, and naked as death. . The width V the tun nel varies from fifty to one hundred amJ fifty foet, the small stream winding through ijts ceulWw "tTlre tnrwa iu the centre of the heveii stood beneath Uul stupendous argh,, watching he jrwllo wheeling around rh airy -vault sbuveTr, ' sod ye more than halt the tfeu wjj ia duep na ; Ut the place was a fuvonte retreat tor b-ars anS ' piitlicis 5 and while following Hoti bnk a ! 'w yards, I was so:ne hut startled, upon racing a giatice into a recent in the-rtK-ky bank above m-, Wf- j meet a pur of bright eye glunnifrmn the bu!es whxh sheltered the no )k... D.it tfc)fl suddel . jnent of drawing a jitd Ch'neli1nJ' ,'". unl from it covert, aui it; pr.ived"to be oidy art fiiMwswn that elid-d aloriz ihe 4ruiik of fallen I pjud arjin aad,aaiaM.jji riiraniig-sp' tii,roul the ajyieae MISS:--, fc'raaalW- y'risiTWOSitwiTiiiteTf oVi-r tfu tatiueT, but the thick lbret on either sale precluded a view fioia the top of Vlje precipice, mthm by ap-rch-fai it e.Iftf. - Tiii it was oecemry to do oo fitot. Ttie gleii, thui viiiwVdTprewiiTi'RipTrce a toeru fissure in the mnuntaio side ; but tne citasm U to sudden and d.-cp thai tlie first glance is start ling when your foot prews the eJe, and yoor sy sims when it would -juerce the shad iy gorg below. The tall saplii'? growths nf fturlf. y and hnden that spring within the dell, and lift thmr sJunJcr stem and sirkly cxJmired leavfs ?iimgly, yet faintmgly, towards the tight, sini mto Biera shrub when view-d from this e.nineiice, , while the pines and on', around you, which had Sopoared equally iiiiisnifieant whra viewed from i Mow, seem now almoi to interlace their brajwhes ever lbs gulfi '.""A ILrilftuncTdenT 1' iaiH i7E'TS i occurred here a frsr year since. ' There i cav. I etiiixu rccewi about widy in the face of t'.te -pre- cipice, wbtMO height, you will recollect, i estinj- ted l luorf) than three huudr:J few; and sshne lold adventurer determined (o be k;l down .to ex plore this fixture, - lie eatilyf-umj sioo oft hi acquaintance wh consented lo asit Vu ihe expe rimeut, and, standing on th 4edgff rf the chasm, .tMfy-jT-tn t)eTtifffl"rJdn r a reipo atrsrbed m body.?-4; ' '' " T After descending some forty or fifty ft ct.our ad taaturei dicoverei that tlie siie of the precipice ae.ved so much in wind v. that tt W Iui3fwui f him to touch the wall vi at so l.ort a di Hncc from ihe Inn. It wa 'oecesry, tlen to provide some DnimeJ in-tninwot bv which -lw 5mld h-4d on to th f-ca of tliu cliJ as l.o d:scen- d." Il i .j Kt-.'r : . '. .. " r nmfa, 'id then, after iirovi.i.i. ;!: a " E'2i f lwe fithms-siiear, much 0sJ in the adiacstu nv cm, ht ttartoil anw oo hi par!.ti voyage. Tlt "5'g appaarod to aosr it itHriK.i-en4riMeiy i'II, though the tak ot thrutn.'3 it, fiinn time I .ime, in the crevice of 1 he Wk. t the enru graduallw slackened from shove, a Ixrtii tireme ii'd exbautinz. . The point proixtjied a iuit at tamed and the patient adventurer w,., atvxit to renpthe rerard of Ins toil, Hid 'planvlii f.fl in Ihe fw-wre. when hi c.mu.ioiooa s'khiIl-H from . stvive thai Iheir roil of roiie run rit. t . 1 ! , il was loo nr,iv inj tJ Wt tlitt a sec ml lin.r- - I'!pp'iilited, when hii 'jft iK-eirted s!ni-t w tuiiis pr3-. and bjt a i-w vard id corJ i;!d have eutil,:, j ,ii (o comp!.i his paf'po.-e. H ' l given I - nuK h trouble crtC"Uiitert-d. toil ' "cfi peril to a'j-i'jii lii design waipletclt.-i-Thij reaHieJ the Ixild 'crnp.nan a, ciiojing like bat to the wall, he bunj; midway boUeen beaten ud earth ; 'and'dfterimning twt to give up hi Pint he shouted f hiaxomraiJes to sphce a grape- 'ue to tha end tf the rop The subti'ele was jatily pr'rtrured, and twine ouickly- attached more ' roe wis at i m.t .nam out from atwve. He hW now defended to far that the sheWii.g precipice ' projfxted far over his head, almost like" the flat ceiling of a chamber; but ' still his fishing spear enabled biiu to keep clone to the face of the rock, and practice nowxtauM hira to handle it with dexterity and confidence. He was at last Opposite to the cavernous vjieiiing he 'would explore, and without waiting to measure its depth he balanced hiriiself again,t a jutting point of ruck with one band while' with the other he struck his javelin at J.3 Crevice in the sidc.cf lie oVep recess beiors him. 'I'tie spear iell short, the adventurer was at once -"detached from the face of the cM to which he had ' beeii so eartfulty adlienn, and the' great angle at ; which the rope that sustained bird and been, now drawn, sent him swinging like t pendulum over the frightful gulf. The grapevine sbstrong and secure as long as threwas a perpendicular pull upon it now cracked and split, as if the fibres-. could not bear the strain, w.tile the weight at the end f it spun round in the air, and the frayed bsrk 'fell in strips upon the alarmed cragsman, a he -i-srttched-it xnie rilT.ttrKm-1he-edTjfriJeTiTeCi." ptce above him. He maintained his elf.possesioii,4to t lMiwever, while his compHnioos pulled carefully and l-S steadily 0on the fragile cable. He soon saw the , knot at which the rope was tied to it in their hand, t and a shout of triumph hailed his approach to the lop, where he was at lat safely landed perfectly ; content, one may conceive, to lurego all the plea sua that might have arisen from a more satisfae lory exiiuination of the recess, from which he had inrtile so expeditious and involuntary an exit. . The hair-breuJth escape of this civil climber of crags reminds uui of one cjuaIly J,brillHi(ihatl re- jViyed from, tho Jip oi thtt herd of itr soon aAar entering these mountains. -y-' I had heard of a remarkable salt petreenve within a few miles of the inn where I was staying, at Llrland Uan,-att4 li Tuere"wa an individunJ in ihe neigriboWinod who was said to have worked in the cavern, iu nianu facturiog saltpetre, at a time when (here was a preal demihd (or eun-nowder durinii the last war. This IlSSSXWtSlBPJ'M.Mi pJfocura as m guide. hut though - he acted as pioneor Cir me tT several wild scenes, nothing could pentuaile him to take me to this. sous, wtitcn wt.j better appear attcr i. nave given you the feature of the place as they were de scribed to me. 1 'V , , -,' . 7 Thaopeauij of 4eawnr irr West Tlifgiina," u on the side of the Cumberland mountain) but one of it branches has been traced far into the adia- ; cent State of Kitucky, and there are said to fee . several chambers of it in Tennessee. 1 have my self, indeed, in exploring its supposed passage, that pened two miles, from the same embouchure, ' paesed the dividing- tine of two pf these States. The-rrrort direct of these branches has, in former yer, teen measured with a chain ti the extent of even- uok-g. ilte ftrm of the cavern rs as re. "limrkuble as T( size, a, junt far enough witHin the - etWrnnoe lo sbnnirfi mjarknelhjrejs trt'C(; v.,'.. ju:t MMuiiejiiita. two twadrsd twMf- (two hundred ; and sixty-two kt auid to be the measured depth;) and the'Tinly mode of advanciog further, into the cavrn is by necendtiig here, when you come to a flit surface, whererm your forthcr progress1 is otr- impeded. , i be stiles of the precipice are marked here aud-fltere ty hedges rock, and the persons nitloved ifrtanufapturing tt-ne'' " '", u.'' noer eawfiecitiiiii'' ling along the. nearest highway, the place was sol dom mentioned and never resotted fo. It chanced one day, about six years since, that tlie man whom I wUhed now to guide me thither passed the mouth -of -th cavern , wnha -eowtpaoton- huwting f - ting down aear it to refresh themselvee, (hey began to recall their recollection of thoe who had worked in the cave in by-gone year, and the period seemed su recent that they thmighl it worth while to look whether any of their implement then ued were yet to be fund in the pit, determining that any of, the tool that might be left after so long a3 inter . val would. be a fair prize for themselves. ' " Eulcriig the"cavern,they first, by the light of a r pine (orch, carefully eximined the wooden laddor, . which had now been tor sixteen years txposna to the damp of the place j they had bnen madejif cedaf.'aitd Tt?.l appeared "sound," The emitiou hunters agreed hat alt wa right, and both descend- ff-1. Tbey reached li bottom in safoty, and, as expected, they found several neglected tools at ill remaining there; and, selecting a pick axe and a spade, tliry commenced their ascent, upon ihe lad dors. NThe first flight vsoon acxomplished, Wit their step hecsjne slower a they gof farther from the bottom t nd the implenieots hich thej ear- - tied rrwtd trot be MlBrrmtoWfi tiwuhetifdcm; each irsd bdf ti!tt)d ttpotT th:1arl;tor," and, of -ermine, a that became tired each was compelled to move nwre and more rarefally. 7 ' - . - Patience ami steadiness, however, at last brought ' thjin n"r Jh summit ; in fict, the upper round of the LtdoVr wa in view, when the foremost man ta kini h ill "f one more decayed than .the real, it 1 broke in his grub, ami ho fell backward with his ' y.i - "- 1 " -T...'.., .rt.'" ... .. ... - ii... iniia - - - ; --- r - " w,hr r-e!-l aud !a2d with the Wow, tail 4dl kciit his ifie htimled hoi I tijion the ladiler. The ir.itrtiiJi went c' i x;iiig to the bottom. . There ;an iauueut.of.. iiaekaeaiixklv wiu-lher.be could Iu.4aia hi ctunra.1.1, there wa anotlieof iuri.lmg d.mbl whtiher hi comrade could regain the UJder, . and hiitli were included in one mortal agony of fear and horror.' But the tailing man clutched the lad Jer instantly, nnJ Inying a frantic grip, with both Land upon the id;, they gained the fop at last together. " Str.'llg,rt, concluded tne man, w nue , hm v..tce fal'ieird at ihe end of the late, we kiwlt to God at the mouth of the cave, and swore never tu enter it more." A Winter in the far Wed. 'A- - ' ' ixTCOEsnxa extract. . -. - ' i - And thi i tlie Dead Sea, and below the dark water are the titei, perhaps the ruins, of Sodom nd Gomurrahuch s when the moke ol the country went up as lluJ smoke of a furnace.---ThJre i a la'e Ilia nothing living, not even a bird, can ever crust thi ea. But there is no need of imaginary slnric to heighten the desolation of the twite, and , as well as other travellers, can tes. . : : "--r ---- .. 1 ,...-,-' ' '' ' , ' 'v - v,. ' ! - a ". v ' " " ' . ...... ,' . - j 1 r ' - ' .'-'" ' . , . sa . . . tify 40 its itiaccuracy by our own observations. We believe, however, tlmt ijts Waters are uufnvor able to animal life; and though a shell or two may be occasionally picked up upon tha shore, yet these Line bt'ua probably brought down by the Jordon, The water is excessively bitter and pnuseous; and if, additional evidence were wuntinj, we also could testify to its great gravity, and to the buoyancy of the human body, when immejsod in it. It is only by much exertion, and for a very short time, that My wem and- remnTtr-beKw therfcMh -u. Wo went from here to the Jordon, and struck the river where tradition nays the children of Israel passed over, when they first entered the Land of l'roniiso. Uu the west side is low bottom, and on the cast a high sandy bluff, and the shore of. the river are covered with aquatic bushes.. The water was thick and turbid, and current nipid.nnd too deep to he sounded, for Jordan overflowed all bis banks all the time of bar vest." And hrce did crusathe Jewish nation, over this turbulent el ream. f oq dry ground, until all the ptiople were passed clwainiver Jordan' AnuTweTolIowedThmr rriul Jericho, the frontier city of the Canonites, where the otoplo shouted with a great shout that, the 'wall fell down fiat, so that the penpls went up into the citv, every man straight before htm, and they took the city. There is no city now to take, nor are thcVe any walls now to fall. There are a few miserablAhovels, made of rude atones and mud, and the ruined walls of a building of the middle ages, where Nh wretched Arabs burrow, rather than live. . Jericho disappeared as completely as her rival cities,hich sunk before the wroth of the Almighty. And il requires an effort to he sat taru.'d-4hat Ure theSmiracle -which atltrjcled (he eiilrance of Ihe Jews )moCiiattnJaits-4)orfonned, Kiougti the truth of the dotiunciation is before ihe eyes of the traveller: .- "L'ured lie the man before riic Lord tiatJicjti tip and buildalhtitiecMy Jer icno." . . .... : V . . .. "- - Thus speaks L. Cass, American Ministor at f- ris, who, in August, 1836, stood opon the shore of the Head N, traversed tbe irackWay ot twe Ikra. tlites throtighrthe wilderness; ahd noted tha" pladfi pflhoif pamiiiges acrosa the ilod bea. . ..-..1.. - . . ' ' ' ATI ILtlNOIBE ADVEJSTl'BB. ' - - - " ' "' It-wasa bcautifut sfterftooolrt Tlio Indian suaiiJ mer, that sen ton which particularly' iu the Wes tern portion of our country, it of all other the moat enchanting; the bright beams of the aun were tempered by the cool and refreshing breeze ' . . ' i A .1 t f l tnat ru tiled witn sou music tne parn-coiorea ion ace of the trees. All who have stood at this sea son of Ihe year on the prariea of Ihe West, with uncovered brow, will recall the beauty spread wide around them lar boiler than I catrnescribe it Seizing my rifle, I left my wrote Jonathan's log .- . t t t ' i '. ! i. .1... nut and wanuorea teisureiy over ine prang, m me direction of the wood. - Having pHssed 1hroui:h" bluB, ujioo the tup of which ieould plainly diseern the stately outlines end branching antlers of a buck, painted iu dark lines aguinst the horizon. Entering the skirts-of ihe formt onne-rnore,- crept warily rouud the hin, in order to approach unseen wii'"" huuing distance of the nhjct ol 'my puwit. Stooping hrtf, I hurried behind the'TUg ged line of rocks at the base of the hill, until I tr. ,.: xv .i -L.-ri-j:---; i.,u -,,.r 4 Ttrrwn innn. H iiuiaiiviu vnitii uiBinuia iimiu mm n,ti' 1 ixncu ins tne muzzle 01 my rme over ine ruca, t iook a deliberate aim at his side, and pulled the trigger. The quiclitiiiarp crock of the cap alone followed. Thi t was a disappointment ; but quick aa-4)OHbibte Lcjci.Tgcd.kwnd lho.rocJttaiXrembJmwiiha. gcrucs, sought for auothur cap. After consuming twice (he. time necessary, and ca tiering my p iu all direction upon the ground, I wa at length once more in a slate of preparation. My heart beat as I saw the majestic animal still occupying hi former position, t in ugB wun neaa erect, emitt ing the breeze, and darting hi Ixjliliiing glance in every quarter, unknowing ir at direction to flee to avoid the death."" Agar pointed my Iron nd fired. The noble buck ang into the air, and I sprang over the ro:k. " hen 1 readied the spot, hi limbs were already quivning. In load ing again, 1 !bortd I had but one charge in my flask i so with all convenient Dasie, as it wa aow nearly sunset, I drew my long knife, which formed an in- disponsible item in rny hunting accoutrement, and having dissected the animal which I had alolam, proceeded nomewara, . nwaea wun me sain ana two quarters, which wa all I could conveniently eany, and which, with my piece, formed, a very fespeciahte burden. Sinking into t path which V SlippinWit'Wfl1-1, 'fin.Tir m by.- iiUUAtCLUOiilO tbraagb tbe ferestj hurried on ih U. Ike spend uiy load would allow, ' Hut after consuming suflicieiit time to have, brought me out, I was somewhat sur. prised at discovering that instead of drawing near the opening, my path aeenied to become h-s du tiuct as 1 advanced, and to conduct me further in t the depth of thrforett. However; I pressed on with alacrity, deeming it sure that I should soon cfgfl. and fragging that 'to. retract; my.jtirpA wuuld ouly be conducting ine in a course directly opposite to my home. ' r, '. ''., , It was now growing quite duk iu tlie wood, by which tlie iudiliniUe cif.thj lreac,he.rou path. 1 had fidjowud was f course increassd- When standing still with doujii and uncertainly, the long drawn howl t a wolfu. came with fearful distinct. net on uiy ear. . So, suddenly it cainepit pierced like a knell "the fearful hollow of my ear, an nounciiie in torn) oot to bo misunderstood, Ihe kind of companion I should be likely lo have, alxtuld I be compelled to pass the night in the woody labyrinth a prospect which, tlrbngh by no nu-ans ajiic-able, seemed yet not improbable.--- Nevertheless, 1 resolved to proceed, ami either to nima safclv out. or brave whatever dancer 1 minlit encounter wilh a niunlv heart.- Wander ina on at well a I might in my former direction, , .j, . I. l'.L . J I soon foiinil myteil neara Drova wnicn murmur on through a shady dell, and immediately deter mined to follow it, satisfied that it must, sooner or later, cotxlact ma into the eten world once more. II was now after sunset, and so dark that I ouUl Careely see how to rick my dubious and iearful way." 1 would have lightened myself of my bur. . den, Lut iho increased howling of tho wolves, which seemed lo be yuilu;riiK in a body behind mo, warned me that il iiiiht sooti become ouly protection."- You may lie sure that these not mu sicnl but ir.ist int-lttiicholly notes tended uut to di- ; miniwh my speed or trepidation" aild I aeemod to be chafing down the little brook with all the tie ntons if Ihe ptj crowding and yelling behind me. t, Presently I could delect a discordant note among ' the voices of this infernal choir, which 1 knew hi T)rrce1o be tho'crjrTjf" trir rm'flhr-V,-lhan wluclrl wituld rather liavo met in general assembly all the wolves of the forest. Notwithstanding the increane of speed caused by the lant unpleasant discovery, it availed so little that I could soon distinguish the rustling of leaves and crack!i!igordry branches, l and prosenlly after, the measured bounds of the .panther struck plain upon my ear and to my heart. Wlienjt tstsmed lo my frightened fancy that, I could almost fool the mounter's tat breath upon rno, and see in the dark, the glare of his eyeballs, procured t temporary rcpricee by dropping one quarter of my tine buck, which I had intended fur a far diflerent uurnose. However. ! well knew' that he would dolay only to return with increased ferocity alter Ins repast 1 quickened my pace, m it that were nossible, straining every nerve with a faint hope of taming the edge of the wood before I was again placed in so dangerous a vicinity to my purposes, but in vain 1 coutd soon distinguish agnin hit lengthened boutnlj, each ono bringing bun nearer and nearer. ' -;. v c When he approached so near that I considered him ton familiar, I again baited him with my ven ison. -This I did till tuv load was gone; and, in stead ol'lieiiur ealwfwd, the fiejciLJuinial seoincd but ta"rmvesliaricne( past. Whun I had dropped the last remaining fragment, my mean ol defence or escapo see mod pftbave been exhauBtedi-; llowoyerv I Ttsiilved lo -climb with all hasle into the first tree that would admit of it, and dufend myself welt M I could . with the sole charge in the rifle. By good forluiie .-I immodialely diixrovered one which anarwered my purpiwQ very wen. :ii waa oi nuuuuug wao, nu dentituie of branches for some twenty or thirty foot from tho cround. 1 found no difFiculty iu 7' b'"" --t " " J in the country had m ido ine quite an adept at ma ny such indispensable accomplishments. , 4 had no sooner settled mys-jlf on the first bouehV K: reaoy wun my gun, man l coum near my luieac . I . "... . .1 1 1,1 . - , Qun untntatica houiidimr forward airaiii. and soon, bv the dim licht that had enablod mu to discover the tree, discerned hi form alternately ascending and descending, Icapiug high into the air, and it seomd to me, Kill twenty foot forward each time. ' It.did not in the cast puzzle hi sagacity to coraprehood that th tranche was following caim toJJfMjrjaJ "rulTcont'liwiow: for alter "runniitz several times round the tree, lie finally settled hunaolf down be neuth, and raised Web tremendowyelp that" in Kite of all m y tlormrf to man brave heart and fyietda litlro a wiwihp-ia-terror, thi Wi(h the IdrtgaOTqaaVefing cry nlhe approaclnng pack, could riot but run Jiko irorrahrough tny bloode Much lo my aMnnUhment, tha wolves seemed con' tent lo occupy the bnck-ground, 'fcTb"-- vat aoon rdaTiu)d by the annearance of another panther. -Those two formidable enemies occupied tne ground alone, while the murderous but cowardly, wolves lunk back into the wood. . 1 .,' 4 Y Upon this new arrival, the two seemed fur. short m fe-eetewirrgwrmeitiarxoriiicir." , sooB..9iie whdeS- : them-etrted 'arrd "rerrTifr; - rhained crouclilniJ beiioi w comurenen precweir - ii .1 ... ... . . I j . - . A-tr imtiu quiei, wnu my Tiue reaoy pouou. Ii wasuuii. cult to resist the temptation of firing at the remaining one, but I resolved to preserve toy last charge in cae of a greater emergency. r , ' ; " I now had leisure to plan every method of es cape Iha'C my Tnventiun' c6u1d7duvisb7Otliur Te flections by no means so pleasant would persist in intiudlne themselves. I had retained this position but a fowiiiinute when I heard slight crackle of a dry branch in another tree, distant two or three nnis iiom the one 1 wa in. 1 oarteo my eye in that direction, and there, crouched on a limb a little higher than the one I retted on. I could plain ly see the other panther in the very act of spring. ing upon me, tuick as thought i drew up my n flu and fired. The sudden glare shot far into the bo-tnm ol dim night, and lit up the wood for a mo. , uwnl like a flask of lightning--1 could faiiey it reflected from a thousand wild eye that were gleaming in anxious expectancy upon me. ; , yut. there wa slight opportunity for rt flwefion. A the panther, at the moment I fired, was on ihe - point of springing, the jmpetu ent fiirn forward ttid downward, so that he struck hi claw upon the limb where my feet rested. For a mo moot he struggled to retain hi grasp, and then foil .dying liaJbA groudTUa. oUior, f aoilicr , aqcuji. ahs-, ,,jn4Jb.ow, .iidjben Urpd pftin t similar .manner with the 6rt, "arid, I dijubted not,' with a similar in tention. A soon therefore, at be wasout of sight, I sfipped hastily from tlie tree, threw away my ri- f fl j, nnd slartod with all the speed desperation Could lend. I siiH ran down the brook, that being my only hope though my bart told me,, that even thnt.was but slighf. ' ' -leo!d eort ling-4ltHt' tlie-j Wolvf wera ogain in iren pursuit. . J- . L f. I had run on now for near a half an hour, keeping ia advance of tha wolves, who had not the coursge to attacK me, , when legato h'rd th measured bound of the pan.- il.i-r. - Mv heart stink witnio me, and t was aimosi : in desniir, when 1 thought I caught a glimpse of .the skv throueh the tree before me. I 'now traimtd every jierve, inwardly praying that this might be the case. , If it wss, I knew I wa safe; otherwise, I could ee no probable way nf ascape. The panther seemed to be aware of the necessity nf putting forth last effort, and gained upon me - even faster than before, - I could not turn to look, but I was well aware that every leap brought him Verer to mo. At last I reached tome thick fir, and one bound from them brought ine in" the npeo mubnlihb There wa a house pot fifty rod from the place win' re I was. I knew the place at a glance. It was a mill upon, the brook I bad (ol i,Wrd,siluulcd about ten miles from my uncle't houc wlteiice I shird d. The tan(her, followed ir.e half way to tho hoiihe, toward which 1 struck with all speed. Af 1 burst open the door and found that 1 was o quickly tramported from th Jmost imminent danger to a p!oeof security, the revulsion of my feeling was so powerf ul that l foil lioji.Iljiig upon the floor in a swoon. H meter, IV was nuiong finJa and larked no needful attentiun, and ihe next day Vvs ready to huut again Uking Iho prM-aution, liowrver, to exauuue my powhfri flask lx'fi'ro I Klarted. t. li. J. ..MidJIebury, Vl. Ipfil 20, law. - . A.V UNCOMMON-EA1T- , 1 . ' - lit iii4thT H of B aafyltir 1W, 1s it tCrf clever ta!a by tiwirge liunn, K.enu.teil "The? ..'.',. Lady aho Latticed vTue hero of this Isle ie the Chivalier do Vev'anconrt.f who fiods him:If a . political prisoner, in Ihe cl.atmu of an old jealous liovernor, who has wile. Ilia eseaix emje i singii. laf eumigh. y la tins pleasant abode, Vevanrourt ttnrlr-rwent thff fKoper formulary of letters, black bread, dirty' t water, &c. cVe according to the most approved ftceipfs usually in such ca. .cilia cell, which, was situlted under the pl.itf.irrd. of the keep, wa Vaulted willi solid mammary, the wall w?re ot llo , -i desjiairing thicknes, and the tour itsulf hung ap." pareiiily over aprecipice. lcae seemed loaUy . . out of the question. , , '. -m (hie nioruing lha turnkey, whose ofiice it was ;. to bring ihe prisoner his dairy TnistnihUi pittance, f ., instead of leaving him after having diwited it on ,-A , his wooden table, remained standing b fre him with his arm Mdcd, and regarding him wuba aingular expression. ' Their eonverMitioo at in general I confined to a very ferVwonf, and was Mievcr commenci d by Hit keeper. ; el ancoort was therefore not little surprised, ihclJnejrta uiu iu uiiii - - r--. ;! -; ' - - - T " Sir, you, no doubt, hive ' yur rensous fi.rl call ing yourself Mons. Laterer. t have nothing to do with that fit ftrtitfifijrtirar lie ii you nity call yourself Ppter of Paul, for mII 1 care, but I Know there he cave a tiw,l knowing . . ; i. . . ... . . - - wink With tlie reft eye,) that you are M. Theodore A (iiade Francois 1 ChevtihVr do Vevanetairf, and ' $c4jii1it 't..ilaiiM lifdic1eMi'ibi XliilUv "Wall iT-i-added lie, with an air of triumph, after moment b - silence, and looking friendly at the pruwr. ; position could bot-b mide -ueb wt-rse-irtanft wa already by the avowal of lii projKjtnantii, u ropnow t m tbe Chevalier de Vevancourt, what ' '' V good will that do you V . ;.. r ' t ' , t All the good in tha world answered the luro-1 .."J. ' key, in I low voice.5 Hark, ya, I have-been.-, f ' handsomely tippel to islst your" escape. Stop a --; minute, a I shall b thol if J am siwpecled of t!w , " . least thing, I have declared tliat ( would not meddle v ,; with the businesi one jot further than hist enfli-T ; l'"0 "ey' cient to rain my nimtty. L k you ir j' hero 1 file. ' With this," conlinoed he, M you can C it tltrough HM i those bars, the door will not be ttverjyide, be urs.'' lie pointed a. ho spoke v to one of iho narrnw aperiurtS liV wlnclt the h 'ht wra wornrtToo: iqw uuiyeon. " Aow ya see you must saw off one of. those bar, near euonjh $0 thej bottom to allow Viw to pass.',. , ; JM P'S never rniivlI'Mid Vevancourt4-tI!lluiauv--- age to gt;t through. iiut vou must have enon -h of the iron to tie tfiB rone lo.'-1-. 1'Z . "Where is itT Her answered the turnkey, producing rope ktioUd at. ittWa io,t,rdJhat i, .may Ift g. bit -tuii rself-afl. jeendy down tk-e n"tt iaywr turn -L''':'- fook "oiii." 1 nave oine rcaMM 10 uuiieve vou win . - ; find near the p.n a carriage with hore . ready put too, lud C ienda who expci-4 you. That 1 kuw nothing about 1 of course. Uythe by I forgot io jiiention, thaf there is a wt ijtinel just on tbe right of .the lowtr'-iUo aill cad j. musket. LaIL-oj,hl -through your head to a dead certainty, if he see you. However you'will choose a go, darkflight, you run ome risk, butX" . ' - - " M Good!" cried the Ciieyalier j " at all event, 1 hall not die here like a dogi. . .-..". -'- Why, I dont know," drawled the goaier, with ' stupid look, "that may happen, nevertheless." Yevancourt, iu joy at tbe prufipect ef escape, had no time to pay atte ntion to liii silly sounding ob servation of one who appeared a mere rustic boor ; he instantly act to woik, and (ool tlie wholv day. in filiiig Ihrougn thfjwir.,.: ; ,.: . X .. "Thinkinir however, that the Commandant mijrht py a visit, in person, h took care to conceal the effl-ct of In labor, bv filling the inct-rion with Ihe x crumb of bread rolled in the rust, so a to give it tho color of irou, and thon waited for a night that should suit his purpose, with concentrated iuipV lu'iica of mind. - ' ' - ' At length, during a dark autumnal night he com pleted bis eperation.-"The bar wa iH through. the herd firmly attached wvtj'and Yevancouit .nviig ".witb o diirioultyriied himaolf through th opening, waited, with Ins reel, on part of the masonry, which projected beneath the a in dow, and hi band lightly grasping ihe end of Ihe bar w hich remained, for the mtl oUcure part of the night, and that hour it which your watchful sentinel is generally ait aleep, that i, to ay, two hour before) da v -break. Being well ac. qnaimed wttk-th tfulrrrarwarcbT" us, and the time at which Ihe guard went the t rotutda, circumstance which prisoner,, even in voluntarily ti ii-fly occupy thetuicKei in ascuriain ing be. watthed- tUe-tuoutcnt . hca about throe." quarter of trwduty vi therscnrtinel nearest had H pired, and Iho man himself nug in bis box to avoid the fog, then ft ling certain that he had united all A the chance mot fivorable fur hi evasion, he be gin lo donctnd knot by knot, u.-peoJd between ' . the heaven and earth, hit clu'Cui.vj the eord with the strength of a giant. . All appeared to be going on prosperously, ha had already arrived at the last knot but one I when piMt as he wa about 10 ! t hiinelf elide off 011 tha ' earth, he thraight it would be more prudent to !ccl for the ground .wilh hit fee!, but no grouud was td befclU- , -" - ,'.' This wa not aljogeliwr encouraging, ha wt . . balled In sweat, fatigued, perpluxed, and in a tif uatioii where hi lifu dcjicnded on a mere to up; . he was on the point of taking ell the chance and leaping down, when a gust of w ind Mew off" hi hat. -luckily.be lhtu.d lor thenoie he expected it to make in falling, and on hearing nothing, a vague ' 'tUNtcion of Jiu situati in struck iii aj: I J.e legaa ' 4 , v, . r