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Statesville, Ni C, Friday, August 24, 1860. ,
No. 381
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For jhe "Iredell) Express.' .
One Link Gone. .. ,
Well, spurn my proffered frjentlBblp if you wfll;
JUMnrn the trifling gift I ent to you
Still sealrd, -unread, aa though you neror knew -
The one from whom itcsimn4-oh ! subtle skill,
A vmman't skill dis.ocraliliiig and tmtrup.
A.vn say ynu do not wish to jinow m- raoro ;
The barefacti truth wore btttc.r than a M,
- To tell & lain ydu cars not to deny ;
T "only wish you'd said as mifch htfirrr,
For thit my eyes might nipt have bem so dry.'
And do not think my hart is rent and torn :'
Once it was tender to a wtniin..'s tmile. '
But now 'tis hurdenrtl to ru woman's vriUt ; . 1
A hearicr blow it wight unharmed lifivp-boinc,
or row tbje thought of (Viendnliip is reviled.
No, no! T scarcely feel one poor repri-t ;
And yet- niethhik I'd like tlie world to know
' How you and.1 were friends long tiiuf ago,
. M'ln:n ' were young topetlifr yuii fergct
I tvr-ou, that it was rmlhj or no.
All. IlirHe old rho)1-fty rVNp down in ray In art
" I've-;r-.uvl n tablet to their memory,
All thii k wit'i nanu's who-i lovo will n-n r .lie ;
And. tiHi oft, lmt tear from my rye will start
For some who yonder 'ninth the willows lie.
T.xlay one name angrav'il tliiin yt stenlaj- eve,
Ih lilotted from njfy saf red tihlet there;
.Tin 'mr'I-.'twre bett'-r Cir to tear
f)iie tendril from iiy h!irt, tliau Bit and grieve
, That woman can .be fain as; well m fair.
V,x, Rood-bye; the wortlfnllit frommy tongue,
Ari'thuiiKh it were.a cominbr. word to spoitk ;
Aud yet "gootHiye" ha 6ulii.l.m-tiiy n chee k
As fiirn-i tliin-, and waiimer hearts hrv-- wnni ;
"l iwell tljHt ym and I nir 'nut so wii!(, i
In 1 not ak a ldeiiins nn'your'npnd,
. -'Twould only make ne; 'A-oyn fladi from yonjeye;
A lightning that I dont care to try;
So like statue, nld, and djunib, ami d' ad.
- .f'nlm and unmoved, 1 nay, once mire go-xl-byi.
An I it shall Ve forever! We may m.t .
'Mid thosi? old nceo"S where u have met before,' .
liitjiauj?litCHn nowo )' memory's b )lt!l door,
No link of recognition shall. ie gi-eet,
We have b en friends but we are sojpo mir-:
' Vork, Abk. ''7. IStiO.
I'. ('. Cam. Ton.
. - For the '"Ire lell lCxpreas.-
A Joniney to the ''Pinnacle."
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Tlie 'Pinnacle" on the P-lue Riflgc, in
McDowell, N. C., is "'eonfiderel by tar the
liilicst iioint on tlifit cvlc lira led chafn of
lmnintam. Inriofd, many persons, think it
is ficiircelv Riihonliiiate'to ;"Tlu;, Black'" in
h e i h t . w 1 1 i 1 c 1 1 e iev pr (e n t d i'r o m 1 1 ve s u m -
nit I'tlio former, if not i)Hro sublime, is fnl
y eqfiul to that ' presented j from the la'ttcr.
hi lh :7tli ft'-J..ly, five nt the Siloam.-, stu
dents, among whom was the writer, took it
. into their hemln thst a wight's .lodging oii
tlie ' 'Pi.u nnele",'pii Id .be' a very romantic
thing ; and. accordingly, at. 9 o'cloc k on that
niorning, they pet out on' Jiiot, r"a. innirl uiul
.qtiijipd according to- law," determined at
an hazards to speiK'l a tiight on the Bine
Ridg -4-about ten miles dintatit.
FtT six miles our path lay along the banks
of ii email creek, on cither si le of whv'h !o uiv
d gigantic dill's ; while, overhead the dense
foliage met, forming a natu'ral' Arcadle.
through whose green, vault scarce a ray of
the sun penctrattd. makingour walk through
. this solitary gl$om 'exceedingly pleaean-k ;
i'.ut it was not JiJvvays eo:-i On lea'vi.irg the
fctrenra that had been so faithful . we beiran
the us ent cf a rugged mountain, so 'steep,
that it. was necessary for 113 to re-it frequent
Jy, Formore"than,an hour we lalloie 1 hard
getting up this place, step by step, when at
last we gained tlie apex, which, luckily, 'prov
ed to he a ridge ascending 'gradually to the
summit' of the '.'Pinnacle, 'j' which was yet
more than two miles , -distant, and seemed
towering among the' cloudy. We pyshed on
'f speedily 'as" our. iired-jlimbs would admit,
scat ce'y looking back, o pager were we to
reach the eummit.TBut it was evident that
! we could not hold out much longer regardless
of the demands of nature. We were getting
tliH-sty--alrea ly we hal heard the cry for
water from more than one of our party, aid
now wq were all clamorous for if. WateiJ !
water! Millions for water-: liut in -vain.-i-nothing
save barren 'rocks ami a dwarfish
growth of Spnice and Fir could we find,
When on the -verge ol'dispair we chanced-to
observe a few water lilliea about some large
rocks on .our right, and soiiie'distance below
'is.'i Like a parcel of'insane fellows we rush-,
d for the sjot, tumbling; over everything
that obstructed .our way, aM to our infinite
delight found water in abundance, and p irer
iUan any crystal. After slaking our tnirsi
- and eating lunch4, we began' t'.ie ascent, of
the Pinnacle uronef, and at 5 oVU" k, P. M..
ear whole party clambered upon the capping
stone. The victorv was oairs the wish of
our souls was gratified our highest expec
tation's were more than 'realized ; and with a
feeling akin to disd vin did we gaze on the
world beneath.- And siifch a scene Such a
.magnificent, sublime seen . I f. el my inn
bility to tell of half the awful grandeur. A
round us, as far as vision extended, naught
could bo seen but mountains-huge,.- piled on
.mountains with whose grey peaks the very
clouds were familiar. W were entranced
w rapt with wonder aw e trieken ! It seem
ed as though we were in tie presence -pi the
Almighty ! for none but tlie hand oft Almiglif-
" . ty. could." rear such hige, monuments ; and
they will perpetuate hia glory while time
" ' lasts. " Jf ' ' !
A few niilesXorth-Eastof us "The rlack'
and "Mitchell'Peak" rose still higher,
completely shutting out our view, in that di-
" xection. rartothe West, and N)uth. we
.could faintly discen. the dim outlines of. the
AHeglvanies ; East of us kretched. tar and
wide, one.extended plain, whwse surface seem-:
ed as emooth" as ' the broad prairies of the
- West. In every directuni we could see'some
thing that would charm the fancy, something
calculated to cause expressions of admiration
to spring, spontaneous. from the heart, for all
had been heaped together by the hand bf
God. But soon our atention was -called
i away from admiring the jsublimitics of Na
ture. A deep rumbling-i'flike a rising knell,"
and a cloud dark as midnight hovering oyer
"The Black," epoke to us a terrible language!
It wa9 plaiii that a storm was inevitable ; and
equally plain that it would be wise in us to
seek a shelter as soon as possible. Ojfe 'of
out oompany said he knew of a "Rock House"
not far from the , "Pinnacle," and that lie
thought he could find it on the South.' Im
mediately we began our descent, hut ere we
were halfway down the ('Pinnacle" proper,
that ominous cloud, borne on the wind stood
6ver us, and in an instant more a flood was
turned loose upon us. We W no earthlv
chance for shelter, but had to take it ak1 it
came, in drops large as bullets, and every one
that hit us went to the skin. Regardless of
the tempest, we continued our search for the
"Rock House," and fouad it, at last, when
nearthreemilesfrom tbif'Pinnacle. .Thank
ful for a shelter of any kind, at such a time,
, when the elements are at war, we entered
' the Cave, thoroughly bedrenched and very
pototnee;
nearly exhausted. Just at this time the sun
beamed forth in splendor from, beneath the
murky clouds; illuminating every hill-top
and mountain peak with a firy red light, that
seemed to us almost a liqnid. This was the
frandest sight of all, but short of duration,
n a few minutes, the king of day was, lost a
mong the wilderness of mountains far to the
AVest; and the shades of night, assisted by
-tbdark clouds, soon-began to gather thick
over us. ' It was then that the romance of
our adventure assumed some other name.
There we were ; in a cavern on the sum
mit of the Blue Ridge, with not a dry thread
upon us; our matches worthless, and a'Chill
October wind howling around us. - Is it won-i
derful. kind feadeil, we should feel slightly
spotted? But firekBrc must have, or wesliall
purely freeze utiles we put into . practice
Davy Crocket's jmn)e of keeping warm, un
der such circumstances. But then, there are
no trees here, wtha. h?dy forty feet without
a Limb it ii all hriihbery. We must not
freeze here ; if we do, the people of the "Old
North State will harujy do us the honor to
hunt our bodies andj bury Ibem, Mitchell
like, on the top of thie "Pinnacle." We are
oor fellows, and as Ti hiattcr-of course,,niust
"ivo'l little pig or ill,'." This bit of speech,
from one of. our party, brought us to our
senses, and we set about trying to obtain fire
in good earnest. While some were rubbing
two pieces of hard wood together, Indian liish-
ijuu, diners were irving to siriKe nre in some
powder, which, fortunately, did not get wet.
All was useless, and we were about to give it
up, when suddenly there was a flash, leaving
a spark or two on some dry leaves, from which,
with great care, we soon kindled a most glo
rious lire. Never wore a set of fellows' more
rejoiced; and gathering around our cheerful
fire, tar above the habitations of men, we
congratulated each other.on our good fortune.
The" atmosphere; was "thin arid bracing
not a sound from the slumbering world reach
ed us, to disturb the profound stillness of
that memorable night with us; and as the
elouds vanished from the sky, "The moon's
pale light shone soft o'er hill and dale," pre
senting a scene of languishing I'oveliiess alto
gether too transporting for the pet) of a proe
writer -to touch. Towards day, we snatched
a little troubled sleep as we,reclined on the
stones in that gloomy careen, lmt, ere the
mornitig star we were up to feast our- eyes a
f'resh upon the beauties of nature. Soo'n af-,
ter sunrise we;returned to the capping stone
before mentioned, but dense rising fogs, and
clouds rolling beneath us, materially obstruct
ed our vision. ! Considering our aim accom
plished, we thought it best to hasten down
before the clouds should gather ep dark a
rdund us as to render traveling dangerous.
Acting upon this idea, with all possible speed
we pursued our journey downward, and by
tvj'o o'clock on Saturday arrived eafely at
irome. NAT.
Augnst'lsf, 13-GO.
'For the "Iredell Express."
Jrwsrs. Editors: If I do notjresspass too
much upon1 your space and patience", I will
indite a few items from the "far west." In
none of the papers taken at th is office, do 1
see any account of the condition of the crops
in eastern Texas. This -appears to' be an
unpropitious year to Texas. Last winter we
experienced tlie severest cold and the hard
est freezes ever known here, which destroy
ed the prospects of many by :their stock dy-.
ing, ami which also destroyed nearly all the
wheat, ' Now, in addition to this, we have an
unprecedented droutn, which threatens a
famijie in eastern Texas. Never Hid our
crops look finer, and the prospect of abun
dance better th;n they didearlyin the spring:
but alas! they iiave all gone," and only the
pajrefed stems tell where once waved the
-"greeju ocean corn.'' We had no rain from
the fourth of March tjntil the thirteenth of
this (J.July) month, and some of our neigh
bors have not yet been blessed with a show
er. The roads in Texas, during winter, are
made of mud, and in summer, beds of ashes.
Wurmer weather has seldom been felt in this
State, than has been experienced this season.
On Saturday,' the 17tb inst,, the 'thermome
ter indicated 'one hundred and twelve degrees
in the coolest position in the houses, while
it 'ranged between that and one hundred for
nearly two weeks. ThefV was a constant
breeze blowing from the south-west during
theientire time of this heat, but instead ol
coolirig, it secured to scorch like the fatal,
simoons of Africa. Com is now selling nt
two dollars and fifty (tents per. bushel, and
flour at twenty dollars per barrel. If navi
gation open, soon we will be supplied from
New Orleans, which is the onlv chance tor.
the destitute. A fatal occurrance took place
here two davs since. A farmer, who had re
served a quantity of last year's corn, refused
to sell afany price to a neighbor, who being
pressed for the necessaries of su'bsistatrce, re
solved to go open!, with one or two others,
and take-the corn, when the proprietor shot
two dead in his 1st. With a season -wo. will
yet make a fair crop of colton. Amidst all
our calamities, politics .are running high, and
much interest is taken in the prospects of the
different aspirants. I notice some of the pa
pers still, speak of Sam. Houston as a candi
date, but I hear but little said of it. Our
Senator. Wigfall. "passed through our town
today on his way home, where he will take
the field for Breckinridge and Lane.- It is
time the. people of this State were fully arous
ed to a sense .of the danger of the increasing
power of the Abolitionists. It is believed.
from the fatal evidences we have, that there
are more of that class in Texifs than in any
other Southern State. Two weeks since there
seemed to be, and no doubt was, a concerted
plan to burn all the towns-in' the-middle and
northern parts of the State. No less than
eight or ten we're set on fire at tne same time
of the day. and- five or six nearly entirely con
sumed. The nourishing town of Dallas,
seemed to suffer mo.-t ; all the stores some
seven or eight in number two hotels.
j nd the post office were entirely consumed.
The people, during the summer, have Iieen
dealing very plainly with suspicicAi.4 charac
ters, and this is their revenge. It is: quite
evident that north and north-west Texas is.
thickly sprinkled with Abolitionists, forli is
there that emigrants from Indfana, Illinois
and Missouri settle. Their intention is to
have the-State divided, and on the Douglaa
principle, come in as a free State, but that
time will never 'afrive, I am sorry to give
this picture of the most promising State in'
the Union, but would suggest that we may
never again have such inconveniences Iron
cold and drouth. Lands will no' doubt be
some cheaper next fall and winter, and it will
be a favorable time to perchase. Thisisdes
tined to be the wealthiest and most proWic
of all the States. Our rail roatis are gradu
ally extending from the gulf and navigable
rivers, and when they once'eheckerthe State,
she Avill feed millions, and greatly influence
the price of breadstufls. .
As regards polities, we think, it will be
closely contested at the presidential "election
between Bell .and Breckinridge, I do .not be
lieve Douglas will get a ticket in this Stat-e.
. : - MAC.
"Jim I believe tha' ISam's got no
truth In him. '
'You don't know, nigga; dare's rri ore
truth in dat nigga than alLthe rest in
the plantation."
'How do you make dat? - ' -
'Why he never lets any out.'
Blue Eyes Behind a VeiL
BY LUCY A. RANDALL;
Mr.. Edge was late at breakfast
that was not an unusual occurrence
and he was a little disposed to be cross
which was nothing new so he re
tired behind his newspaper, and de
voured his eggs and toast without
vouch-safing reply, save unsociable
monosyllables to the! gentle remarks
of the freh-looking little lady oppo
site, to-wit : Mrs. Edge. But she was
gathering together her forces for the
grand final onslaught, and when , at
length Mr' Edge had got down to" the
last paragraph and laid aside. the read
ing sheet, it came.
'Lear, didn't you say you were go-,
ing to leave me a. hundred dollars for
my furs to-day ?' ; '
'Whajt furs?' (Rather shortly it
w as-spoken.) . .
"Those new sables, dear; my old af
fairs aroVgetting shockingly-shabby,
and I really think" r-
'Oh, pshaw ! what's the use of be
ing so extravagant ? I haven't any
money now. to lay out in useless folijcs.
The old ones, are good enough for any
sensible woman to wear.'
Mrs. JEdge good, meek littfe soul
that she was relapsed into obedient
silence ; she only sighed a soft, inward
sigh, and presently began on a new ;
tack.
'Henrys will you go with me to my
aunt's to-night V
'Can't you go alone.?' .
'Alone! How would it look ? Mrs.
Edge's "temper for she had .o ne,
though it didn't very often parade it
selfwas now. fairly roused. 'You
are so neglectful of those little atten
tions you used to pay me you never
walk with me, nor pick up my hand
kerchief, hor notice my dressy as you
once did.' "
' Well," 'ja- fellow can't be forever
waiting upon the -women, ? can he?'
growled ilr. ldge.
' You could be polite enough to Miss
Walters," last night, when you never
thought to ask me if I wanted any
thing, though you knew perfectly well
that I had a -headache. I don't be
lieve you care as much for me as. you
used to Jq 'J' .
And Mrs.i Ede looked extremely
pretty, with! tears in her blue eyes and
a. quiver on the round, rosy "lips.
'Pshaw,' said the husband, peevisb
ly. 'Now don't be silly, Maria.'
' And in the stage, yesterday, you
never asked me if I was warm enough,
or put my shawl around me, while Mr.
Brown was so affectionate to his wife.
It was mortifying enough, Henry 1 1 -j
was indeed.
'I didn't know women were such
fools,' said Mr. Edge, sternly, as he
drew on his overcoat to escape the
tempest w"hich he saw rapidly impend
ing. 'Am I the sort of a man to make
a hinoy of myself, doing the polite to
any female creature ? Did you' ever
know me to be conscious whether a
woman had a .shawl ;-on or a swallow
tailed coat ?' . .
Maria eclipsed the blue eyes be
hind a little pocket handkerchief, and
Henry, the 'savage, bainged the door
loud enough to give Betty in the kitch
en a nervous start. '
'Itaining again ! . I do believe we
are going to have a second edition of
the" Deluge,' said Mr. Edge to himself
that evening, as he ensconced his six
feet of. iniquity in the southwest corn
er of a car at the City Hall. ."Go
ahead, "conductor, can't, jou? What
are you waiting for ? ' Don't youee
we're full, and its dark already?1.
' 'In one minute, sir,' said the con
ductor, , as he helped a little woman
with a basket on board. , 'Xow, sir,
move up a bit, if you please.'
Mr. Edge was exceedingly: comfort
able, didn't want to move up, but; the
light, of the lamp, just ignited, falling
full on the pearly forehead and shin-
ing golden 'hair-of the new comer,, he j say, Maria, you shall have the pretii
altercd his mind and did move up;: J est 'furs in New York if you'll only
'What lovely eyes!' quoth he men-; keep quiet you shall, on my honor.
tal.ly, as he bestowed a single acknow-1 The) terms were satisfactory, and
ledging smile. ' ' Mariai capitulated who wouldn't?
"Beat violet blue ! The very color
I,admire most. Bless me ! what busi
ness has an old married man like me
thinkinr. about eyes? What would
Maria say, the jealous little minx ?
There, she's drawn a confounded veil
over her fade, and the light is as dim'
as a tallow dip I But those were pret
ty eyes !' ' ;
The fair possessor of the bjue eyes
shivered slightly and drew her -mantilla
eloser around her shoulders.
'Are you cold, Miss ? "Pray honor
me by wearing my i shawl. I.don't
need it at all myself.'
'No trouble not a bit ;' said he,
with alacrity arranging it on the taper
shoulder ;KaQd, then, j as the young la
dy handed her fare to the conductor,
he said to himself, what a slender,
lovely little hand ! If there's any
thing I admire in a woman it's a pret
ty hand ! Wonder what kind of a
mouth she's got ? It must be delight-
ful if it corresponds with her hair and
eyes. Plague take that veil I
But 'plague,' whoever that mystical
power may be, did not take possession
of that provoking veil, so Mr. Edge's
curiosity about the mouth of the blue
eyed damsel remained ungratified: :
'Have you! room enough, Miss ? -I
fear y oil arfe jcrowded. Pray si t"a lit
tie closer me i a , r- -
'Thank you, sir, was the soft reply,
coming from behind theTeil, as' Mr
Edge raptttrously reflected -'like an
angel from Jhe gloom 6f a dark cloud.'
And his heart gave a loud thnmp as
the pretty shoulder touched his own
shaggy overcoat in a nestling sort of
way. - '
'Deqdedly this is getting rather ro
mantic," thought he, and then, with
an audible whisper What would Ma
ria say1?'
The rest of that long, dark, Tainy
ride wajs delieious, with that shoulder
pressed against hi, gwn -How gal
lantly he jumped up to pull the strap
for her by some favoring freak of for
tune it happened to be the very street
where he intended to stop. And un
der all circumstances, we can hardly
blame him, when the car stopped so
suddenly that she caught instinctive
ly at his hand for support, for the
squeeze he gave the plump, snowy
palm ! j Any man in his senses would
have done the same it was such an
inviting little lilly.
Out into the rain and darkness our
twro pilgrims sallied, scarcely , more
than able to stear their course by the
glimmering . reflection of the street
lamps on the streaming pavements,
r 'Allow me to carry your basket,'
Miss, as long as our paths lie in the
same direction,' said Edge, courteous
ly relieving her of her burthen as he
spoke. ; 'And a n d maybe you'd
fmd less difficulty in walking if you'd
just take my arm!'
Weil, wasn't it delightful? Mr.
Edge forgot the wet streets and the
pitchy jdarkn,ess lie thought he was
walking on roses. Only, as he ap
proached his own door, he began to
feel a little nervous, and wish that the
lovely incogrnta wouldn't hold on quite
so tight. Suppose that Maria should
be at the window on the look out for
him, as she often was, how would she
interpret matters? He couldn't make
her believe, that .he -only -wanted to be.
ppolite.to a fair traveler. Besides, his
iwecpimg declarations ol the morning
she would be sure to recall them.
As he stopped at--the right number
and turned round; to bid the blue eyed
a regretful adieu, he was astounded to
see her run lightly up the steps to en
ter likew f.c. O-tajtiVrrfs Apiono I ire
burst iafo a chilly perspiration at" the
idea of 'Maria's horror.
'I think you've made a mistake,
Miss,' stammered he, 'this can't be
your house V ;
. But it was too late she was already
in the ; brilliantly lighted hall, and
turning round .threw off her dripping
habiliments and made him a low cour
tesy. ;
'Very much obliged to you for your
politeness, sir.
'Why ix's my wife gasped Edge.
'And happy to see that you haven't
forgotten all your gallantry towards
the ladies,'-pursued this merciless lit
tle puss: "her blue eyes (they were pret-
tyyalljtiaia, dance with suppressed
roguery,.
Ed looked from ceiiing & floor in
vain search for a loop hole of retreat;
but the search was unavailing.
'Well.': said he. in the most sheep
ish of jail tones, 'it's the first time I
ever tl'as polite to a woman in the cars,
and hang me it it shan t be the last.
'lofii see, dear, said the ecstatic lit
tie lady, 'I was somewhat belated
didn't! expect to be -delayed' so long,
and hadn't any idea that I should meet
with sin much attention in the cars
and from my own husband, too ! Good
ness gracious, how aunt Priscilla will
enjoy ithe joke .
'If you tell that old harpy,' sai
Edgei in accents of desperation, .'.
never ishall hear the last of it.'.. -
'Very probably,' said Marifpmost
provokingly.
, 'Nqw look here, darling;' ? said Mr.
Edge jcoaxingly, 'you won't say any-
thinji will you? A fellow don t want
to be Jaughed at byall the world.
I
j And that is. the; way- she got those
nle-ndid furs that filled the hearts f
all bejr female friends -with envy ; . and
perhaps it was what made Mr. Edge
uch 4 scrupulous, courteous husband
ever after. - ,
' f - : :
- ' The Bible.
Ou; of the Bible have come all pure
moralities. . From it have sprung all
sweet charities. It has been the mo
tive pjower of regeneration and refor
mation to millions of men. It has
comfcjrted the humble, , consoled the
mouriiog, sustained the suffering, and
given! trust and confidence, to the dy
ing.. The wise old man has fallen a
sleepiwith it folded to his breast. The
simple cottager has used itfor his dy
ing pillow; and even the innocent child
has breathed his last happy sigh with
bis finger between its promise freight
ed leaves.
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'Bell and Everett in Pennsylvania.
Fo: ty counties of Pennsylvania have
been jalread v organized for Bell and
Everett, including some that had r.o
Fillrabrerganizatioh in 1856, and the
work goes bravely on- -A great ratifi
catiod meeting has beencal.ed at Lan
caster. ' -' --!'' ' -'
Two HoursV Siegs. ; -i V
A SKETCH OF THE REYQLVTJOX:
BY EOBGE .MARTIAL. ,
It was past the midnight of the
13th o f August" (commenced m j
grandmother,) 'But though the river
was in front of us, and the forest
stretched for- miles behind us, and a
way ta thp'righfr arid left, I could hot
catch even the sight of a leaf, or the
ripple of thej water, so sultry and hea
vy brooded the darkness around usi
'I had not been in the Best of spir
its that day ffbr it was th,e time when
we drekdedV fevery hour, to hear of the
bombardment of NewTof k; and though
in the house tof Thomas . Oakleyffir6t
hoiism'to mv fathpr . T had rnthirvtr tnl
J. , 0
terror and dread that day that I could
not help fearing lest some evil had
happened to 'my parents, who were
still m too city.
'As usual, with the sleerjless all j
sorts of fancies teased my braiixF jMyj
room, like all the others,' was large, '
and furnished in tne style that now
seems so quaint to your young eyes.
' ihe chimney-piece was tilled with
porcelain', curiously wrought into illus
trations of Scripture. The bed and
furniture, that had all been brought
from England, was tall, dark, stiff,
and carved ; while the walls were hung ,
with sombre family portraits. And
as I lay and wished for day, the tiled
figures seemed to move and glower at
me in the uncertain light that came
through the loophole of a- window ;o
while;! thought the eyes of the por
traits were, one and all, fixed on me
with a solemn and warning stare ; and
so it happened, that" I had heard the
old clock strike one, two and three,
and was just falling off into a doze,
when there came alight step gflon the
hall ; and Cousin Grace called, in a
strange, scared voice outside the door:
'Helen, Helen !' ' ' . ' .
' I was up in a moment; and out to
where she stood, looking like a spirit,
with her'ashy face, and fair hair fal
ling all about, her ; " and I remember
the thrill of astonishment with which,
spite of my fright, I saw that she was
already dressed; and held in her hand
a powder-flask. " .
' Put on your clothes as quijekas you
can, Nellie,' she said, in a voice: ihat
trembled Hf bu wa-ar
ingnerbest to be calm. 'Brant's men
are coming and father wants, us all
down stairs " '
'Brant's men! It is difficult to
make you understand the horror with
which that name was pronounced and
heard; or to express the' terror .with
which, as I hurried on . my clothes, 1
thought of Grace ,nd myself in the
pdwer of these mefciless savages.l No
Wonder that she trembled in every
limb, or that Thomas Oakley and his
five stalwart sons, men not easily daun
ted, looked pale, as they moved about
in the dim morning light.
I don't know as I have spoken to
you before of Thomas Oakley, a man
over six feet in height, and of a noble
presence, with agrand face that looked
as if it might have been chiseled out of
marble, ana nair as wnue as -snow,
though he was scarcely past his prime.
We have no such men now-a-days. I
have his portrait in, my little cabinet
yonder ; and you may see there Ithat
he looks as he was a kindly and no
ble gentleman
' As for his sons, they were like
himtall, strong-limbed, fearless and
devoutly attached, to their stately mo
ther,' who was preparing breakfast
while they fastened the iron shutters
of the lower windows, and barred the
heavy doors
It's a shame to route you out so
early. Nellie,' said Mr. Oakley, a3 he
noticed my pale, frightened face ; 'but
if we don t cat our breaktast now,
those rascals may not give us a chance
to get it at all ; and, to my mind, after
a good cause, there's nothing like a
good breakfast before going to a fight
' I wish Mark was here,' said, Grace,
timidly.
'No doubt,! pussy but-i ve senx-ior.
him. .You Yost, " the half-witted lad
that brought the news, has gone on af
ter him -and:the volunteers, who jwere
' to start for the camp to day ; and if.
we can but keep the rascals at Day tut
they come, we may give them a good
peppering as Jthey deserve.'
'Ay, if! but, oh, that dreadful un
certainty. The house was of stone,
and so strongly built, tfiai.it was doubt
ful if they could either Taise or fire it.
But who knew what else might; hap
pen ? , How many of that fair family
would. gather around the board to-morrow
morning? Al 1 children j it was
a dreadful day ; but I think the hour
before the attack was the worst of alb
" 1 It was not to be expected ! that we
could cat much breakfast ; but hurried
as the meal tras, it was hardly over
when one of the boys- whom Mr. Oak
ley had posted at the look out called
out that they were coming, ana steal
ing along the- woods at the right, as it
they hoped to surprise us. - j- J-
f At once the men hurried with their
rifles to the; windows of the second
story :
; whiles Mrs. j Oakley, pale, but
still ohtwardly calm, motioned to us
to follow, and hand out the powder.- j
V ' Then came a dead silence: : 1
Book but, Simeon,' said thie father,
. tA ns rriAt h
knaves are about 1 i I
4 Posting themselves areuhd !iie
house, but under cover. They tnjlik
to catch us napping. There's a !nin
coming this way, now he why; f$Sh
er, it's Walter Van Cuyler.-' ' M;
We all started.- The meanirlgof
this sudden attack wa3 clear enocgh
now. :.
Van Cuyler had been a "professed
patriot and a warm admirer of Ojtaje';
and oh his rejection "By her, had gtjfiie
away, vowing vengeance on tne vcHile
family. ! -.;-..;
'The traitor,' muttered Mr. Oallp.
'It is.he, then, that has brought '4$jP
this swarm of ' hornets. What M4iie
dfoirig riowi Simeon'! f '
,4. 'He has been trying 'thcwindowSitio
See if et are fastened. "Now: It&ia
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'The wards were drowned in a s$res
of thundering knocks.
'Mr. Oakley went to.bimeon,s mjt-
4ow. '.- ' -;'!
'Who knocks below there V
Walter Van Cuyler ' !
What do you want V ' ! '
'Food, rest and shelter, Brant's tftn
are close on my track. Let mS:&h
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quickly. . itfh
'The sharp crack ot a ntle, and pe
words 'liar atid hypocrite' werejffiis
answer. A fierce yell arose fromriEe-
hind the Hay-stacks and out-bUildiM S,
as twenty dark forms rushed roisvtMW,
Dranaismng tneir -weapons- anu nyvg
at random, while as many more bv-
eredon the outskirts of the woodih,!
Within the house was perfect m1- !
ence. broken only by the low jvw
i i i l .:';,
boys,' of Mr. Oakley, arid the roarof
the six best rines m tne county.
Six down ! A man.for each bullet.
Good !' said the exulting voice ofjMr.
Oakley. 'The powder, girls,' and we '11
give 'em another. l;
'A shower ot bulleta that ratted
like hailstones about the windows'mt
short his words. Mr. Oakley pi'eld
up some that fell harmclcssly tiffQie
floor, and laughed. - . .. .
'Tire serpents are kinder tharfl
thought. They are going to keep ;us
in balls as well- as Sxercise. So nuifch
the better, for we liave none too ra&fiy.
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iow, uoys., 1 r - ' slf
' Another flash and roar; and .again
the voice of Mr. Oakley. ?l;
'Fire steady, boys, arid take ggpd
aim. Don't waste powder.' ,. Yf
' dead.,silence ensued. h r
'They're- cowed, father. They're
sneaking off to cover,' exclaimed Bism
eon. . - ' . f j
' Not they! they're only contriy&ig
some new deviltry. John arid Mat
thew, round with you to the bacjkjof
the house. Grace my. God! wlire
did that shot": come from,' a3 jwih ,a
sharp cry, Reuben the eldest, lefirjed
three feet up in the air, and fell r
ward on his face, stone dead? jfir
. "'Mrs. Oakley sprang forwarded
threw herself on his body. Idie r
haired eldest boy was her darg.
Another shot camecrashing thrrih
the window, and. bedded itself dejp. in
the opposite wall. ' , ,- "
' Aim at yonder tree, shouted Mr.
Oakley: 'I saw the gleam' pf arfle
stock among the leaves.' . Ji
' A third shot, whizzing so se
past us as to make us start back ;?i8nd
then our rifles' answered,' and a Jrk
bqdy went down, and' struck witli a
heavy 'thud' against the' ground, j -
'lie's silenced,' exclaimed Mr. Oak
ley with a gleam of stern satisfaon
shooting across his face. 'But "see
none of the rest. Where are thejtWd-
ing
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'Father, father !' called Grac.l in
an .agonized tone.
Mr. Oakley ran hastily into. ? he
back room, where.' she was. - A.'lpal
wart rnan in a hunting-frock,' ait so
bronzed as to ma"ke it almost doubtful
if he were white or red, had siting
himself from an adjoining tree 6"njl to
the balcony, and was trying, to ".force
himself throriffh the little windo- ,
'As Mr. Oakley rushed forwahe
drew the banting-knife that hehtfore
in his belt! but seizing the sharp; glge
in his bare hands,, the infuriate if till
er wrested it from his grasp by f jiUi.n
strength, and plunged it up to tehilt
in his breast
'A fierce yell, and a harmleslvol-
ley from those in ambush, reeved
this new defeat, and then came another
of those ominous pauses r .
' What can -they, be about V np;ter
ed Simeon, who was again at thlook-out.--They
are piling up haand
brushwood. Jhey surely can't ?dfeam
of firing the houseT. " , ' '
'The door, the door ! gasped pface.
Oakley, who had regained her
MK.C tuiupujuic. i lie mu uai.)i.i(iij.
and she began to draw the bolfc,
.'Mr. Oakley hesitated, for t.task
wm hna of danger : but there ':'& ;UO
time, and chairs sofas, Ind taC.Us.were
nued ud at a short distance itm the
door; in what wa3 really a fonailajble,
barricade, guarded, as it was, blihbse
unerring rifles. The smell -Sj the
burning woooVand the BmQK ttat
filled the hall, now grew" alriiosntol
erable; Mr. Oaklev placed uslfii lthe
staircase, and exhorted his to
stand close and take good amv A.
portion of the. door fell in M'Oab
ley raised his rifle ; and Walt$tVan
Cuvler. who waa.the first to spring xn
sUggered, and fell hack with
gin uas mure mi. luiiu w
must barricade the hall. JlL i
Never mind the shatters saMaMirs:
riirble
The others swarmed in like? bees, . but
a second and: a third of those deadly ; .
volleys brought them to. a standi ; No ,
man cared to expose, himself, to jsucb.
certain death. ' . J
Give 4cm another, boys, we'll'beat
'em Off yet;' but a mute shake of the -head
was their only answer.' The pows
der was exhausted, Fox a moment, a
deadly, pallor overspread hia face ;
the next nia voice rang Out, clear and
firm as ever: . t U
.'Close up ! Draw your knives PWe
will, sell our lives as dearly as possl
ble'"; ji. ' - - ; . - .( '. . j.
Come on;, their powder is buti
shouted a man, who with a balf rlozen
others,, had succeeded in . scrambling
over the barricarle,- and was-TnaMng
his way toward the little group. ; ,
' You'd better be careful. Oui wo
men have their knitting kneedlesyet,'
retorted. Mr. Oakley, derisively, , , .
VWe'll take care of you. and the wo
men both,' returned the rnffiali, aiming
a blow at Simeon, that brought him Xo
the ground. -
'A' spasm contorted Mr. Oakley's
stern features for a moment ; and then, "
with a strangled sob, he threw himself
headlong on-his assailants. V ' ' f
'Kill him-cut him downe1 tie .,
devil ! shouted a dozen voices; but at
this moment arose another and a dif-
cry. -
'THe rebeb the rebels are oh us'!'
as thundering . on'-trampling the cow
ardly ivr'etches down unaer the horses
hoofs - came Mark "Warner, with - his
iigut-iorse troops, in an instant all
was- confusion. No one' thought' of
anything but flight, arid 'the enraged -Americans
mowed the flying tones
down like grain. , - ;'' :
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' Then burst forth all the emotions'
solon pent up. i Father and- sons
threw j themselves into one another's
armsjl Grace fainted, and" Mrs. jOak- 1
ley's-stoney eomposuro melted into a
flood of hysterical tears'. '
' Ours was a joyful, and yet a sad .
house that night for though' wo had
been delivered, as it were, froriv thfr''
very jaws' of death, yet the bodies of
our dead were with us. Ah, children!
children ! these times were sad' timet;
trying times ! There was' a wed-;
ding afterward between Mark 1 a hd '
Grace,; and I danced as merrily as any
of them ; but poor Mrs. Oakley Tore
mourning 4 th.ii-oTlier days i ,nd
the last words on Heri lips were ihe
names of herimurdered sorts. V And,
greafly affected, my grandmother 'tool
off her spectacles and wiped her eyes.'
Baron Eenfrew and Hew York
1 Aldermen.
The New York correspondent of
the Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch, has
the following rasping criticism of the
genua Common Couneilmen, as exhib-
ited in that latitude:-. - '
"As to the Baron ftenfrew. under
which title th,e Prince visits us, ; ah I
what'a time he will have of it here I
He tdesires to be received here as "a
puvic gvuuemaii, w oe sure ; OBI
what on earth can our political master
spirits know of "gentlemen ?" Our
city Fathers are chiefly selected from
the lowest w.alks of life. L Few of them
can utter respectable English. "Some
are j small-potato butchers ; nine of
thert are drinking salodn keepers or .
corner grocery dram-shop proprietors;
not a few are still worse, and have"
their homes in brothels,- faro-banks,
cockpits, &c. When such? specimens T
of American greatness" - get hold of 1
af main of distinction, they button-hole ;
him jn a frenzy. They stick" to him
like a shoemaker's wax -plaster. They
blow! their horrible breath in his face
at every mement. aNo spot is ! sacred
fromj their intrusion. They pursue
theiij victim to the death, and if noth-.
ing else will do, carry a bottle of
chanipaign .(at city expenses) under
each! arm, in the belief that with such
an introduction they may be endured.
I piliy the Baron, ',pon honor.'
The Carnival of Blood in Texas. V.
Ajletter writer at Houston, Texas,
gives the following : ' " '
Since my last, this place baa been
comparatively quiet, but one or two in-
significant shooting and stabbjngaflairs
having taken place ; though accounts
fromj the interior have all alongbbrne
a sanguinary hue, and a jnlnhurous
odorj. Texas appears to be in the niidst
of orie of those strange and unaccood-'
tabl9 moral epidemics which take-their
risejin causes beyondthe reach, of hu
man: understanding, and . culminate in
scenes of blood and terror. In looking
over! the State papers for the past six
weefs, l nave noucea more.inannjty
case of ghootfng and stabbing, to say !
noth'ing of depredation by the Indians.
As a marked necriliarltv of the blood
Tettlbrg mania in Texas, you mtist have
notiee'd thiB infrequency of appeals to
the code of lienor by "which disputes
are jtetuca in Southern States. . Kegu
lar due!s are events of rarj& Occnriienca
in Texas. "dflSeultics'J being usually
What shall it profit a man lf e
prints a paper a whole year and loose
his'ubscription ? - , - . i ;
- flWhat is it makes ice cake, Mike?'
6ch, Larrp, but its stupid you are.
Why, don't ye see, they bake them in
a cbirid oven, to Be sure. P
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Ope day last fall aman cradled
three acres of wheat, and; that night
hisi lrife riot to be outdone by him crad "
led three babies.
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