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VOLUME L .
abs 4th Non Signal,
Y P011710 LID eue.meso :rut YUMMY
BY CHARLES DOLSENi,
0A11*IT t1QU1te, liOne•IC*.
THOMAS MACQUEEN, Evros.
g7AI! kinds of Book and Job Prinuag, i& the
Eagtisk ed Desch tae agss, eseeeted with
meatus' •d &match.
1/OTHL$WLLL'B GRAVE.
aT 1rOSIeim e000rorT.
W►ee I breath tine cold and esti am afeepiag,
Life's fewer e'w,
Will them 1st les be say boiler eye remise
That Pea a mere t
Will thew les any Wart still ..eery keeping
OI heretofore?
" Wham the great wilds tbroagh leafless fresco
rushing,
Sad music make;
When the swollen .trams, o'er crag ad gay'
seeking,
Like full harts break,
Will there thea a. whoa Went de pair thresh.
ins
Moen far my sake 1"
MoresawaLL.
Is the camber of the Lei -mosey GAatsae (er
August, of last year, u gami•g the sesame of
which the above teem the eomme.eemeot,• mer
took occasions to remark es the shamefully ne-
glected state of that spot where rest the ramie.
of the departed p.ef.
Ilia grave, is the Necropolis of Glasgow. is
unmarked by the simplest head -stone ; sod u.
lean some remedy be applied. the stranger who
may visit that " City of the Deed," some year"
hence, will search is vu■ for the spot where lies
.11 that wag* rascal of William Motherwell. -
Ewa mow, the trek were a difficult oat a sad
inch it was fired by William Kennedy, a Rom
of kindred genies, what, se bis retire to Set: -
land fns a sa•.ra is m foreign lead, he sushi
the '• narrow dwelisg" d his brother Mrd. The
fssliap tressed in Kennedy's iniad, at this wua-
tes rthei d • woe which itemised might
justly else* st the head of her modern minor
poeu, Cooed expurgates is tb. foltowiog loses :-
Flue we • erose et his bead and his feet ;
elpriskls his sward sick the small flowers sweet;
Piosely Wallow the Poops retreat
Ever •ppnvisgly,
Ever mat lovingly.
Tented he to wetan, • worshipper sheet.
Harm sot tame theq.ttyhislt grows at his head ;
Odorous he•.ereitsblessoais will shed;
Gntefal to bira-early wands ed --who sped
Hesse, set unwillingly -
For . felt thrillingly -
To met biapeer kesn'snug the low-lying dead.
Dearer to him than the deep Minster bell,
W cods of sad cadence, at midaight, will'well,
Vocal with sorrow" he kaoweth 'no well,
_ Wbe-for the early day -
liaising this roeedel.y,
Might his owe fine free • baths?@ foretell.
GODERICHI HURON DISTRICT, (C: W.) FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1848.
visits( of the Glasgow N.crupolu that the fame
of Motherwell extended far bayed his astir
laud. sod that ins Tier-Atleatu admiter d►ia
gross liar taken elute to provide spout what,
with prophetic and, head himself anticipated ;
1 am sot sada thigh sadness mess
At times to .load my brow
1 cherished eros • foolish dram-- '
Thule Hooves, 'tis set se sow.
Tretk's sehashire bakes
And 1 awoke
, To fsel'twos tight to hew
Te Fau's decree, aid iiia my doom,
The darkness of • Nitpicker Test.
I grieve art, though a tear may 611
This glazed and vanes eye ;
Old tbughty will rise, do what we will,
But era &pia they die ;
As idle gash,
And all is bomb,
The feat is roe ran ay ;
And cheerly taw I meet me, deem,
The jtrtoess of a Naselw Teeth.
Wackily etre. melbas this terrace el graves,
Grudge act the anisette) the little be craves.
Whom e'er the mow -mound the winter -blest
Area---
T.ars-whir► devotedly,
Though all aanoredly.
Flew Gem their'priig, is the ao.l'erlat eine.
Grasmere of feeble thoughts, miss hire • shim.
Omesd with the Wilily which glows in his lism
Ytrsw-with pale sowers, when peeve metals
.bite,
Air grassy avenue,
Where spirits henries,
Chat, fes his requiem, meeie divie..
Net as • reeord he lacked' a None !—
Pay alight debt to the "roger we're known -
Proof that wee ten* he kis same bath not sewn,
With the fans perishisg-
That we are cherishing
Feelitageakin to our lost Poeta owe.
Thew bautif.l sates appeared in several
British sew.pepen tew•rde the dor of the
out year. bet we as net swan that they have
hid the east of remiss his former friesds ad
1 Mswiiti.ss of Glasgow. to obviate tie sharp
d ieigniti lr. `steins, tie• haves le bile resume
The wkiwt. h.wner, has ensiled the uMs-
t i a of maw et alb .ojr mem d (Motherwell's
poetry se this site of Om Adonis. A @Whip-
tia has loess swami is this city. towards eremi-
tes a mNwwe*t ever his r nee, for which am -
per swtnb*tiees are she bins i..rde •tQ,eYse
sad flew Tort. We would wilhngiy add ear
h.lekle *farts towards -.the (nrthers•e• of this
mhos, ad we tram that Sumas oar readers we
may somber a few who star wish to .fid their
esselesniess t. tpise .bade eslketed. We
Wye peemis i.s s ems that wbsnptrss, is
eM d
digs proposed isseeoest, *.0 be ruesived
by mu p*Nieker., sr y News. Armeas
= its sake Weedthat Ike whew Am vet pre
feet will 1..*seenfsl, and dont, if the fell...
sihissed ef M Awad pest be art shave+ by
this mwessma Mas • sdy .Int et ;maim to the
leemsty,
Neagh will be dsee m dose the lass.
• v.1. V., Pe -.
row, Jamie( swiftly over the waters ea
though it dtadewd to touch them. A few
moment& more, aed several resides shout
carne whizzing put, followed by the reports
of half • doses cushier ; but the pitchy
darkness of the might rendered it lmposst-
We teat they ,held be Owned at the dis-
uses thehad already reached hem 11e
shore, and se further attempt was reeds N
interrupt their flight. Having pulled some
three er four miles ahead, the blefw thew
is his peddle, aed admieistered t0 There -
dyke mach ride comforts as as his haste he
had been able clasM.tlsely to obtafe- .sl
exceptive • flask of rem, which to the woun-
ded ranger, was a withal. TI.. eroding ap
the maresed Ng, he r s.msd Ns voyage, int
without *within a weed ; soil Therodyke
was toe Maly with hie ewe tha.gh& end
too feeble withal to etre leech .Yost break-
ing the sidles ahs Wesectertsue home of
Ws eempism&
The havens bed Wham wrenloaded is
the causes of the atters's, and the eight
wee very Wawa& we have already mestioe-
ed. But the gisem e1 the voyage wa in
so hall degree ealiglteved, if not whiten-
ed, 1y u essxpewd securresce, which
presented o the wosedd wafer • spata-
.1* oT.trikt.g wheat, tad gra.deer. As
1dW ewer sears hile.•U to betray a
belle( of curiosity or wonder at any Wag,
tad Ma-si-.b-jus paddled slog We eases
post the eche we are hoot to demerit% as
unmoved aed steadily se though the dark-
ness had ant bees dissipated by the Yawn
glories of • heroine mountain. It happen-
ed that sass cs.paniee of the rooted &nay,
on their phasee epilog lake during the pre-
eedieg 'furrows, landed upon the wasters
shore, and kindled ewered firs to cook their
previewers ; and as our present voyageurs
dw►led 8abb•tb-day, Post, they descried
immense .res flaming high upon the lofty
eminences in the vicinity. Those heights
had roue beton been run over, and the um-
ber scorched •ed deadened by Are ; and by
long drought, the leaves, and faLle* tree*,
ad the scathed trunks of glut bemlocke
mod pion yet standing, had become m com-
bustible as tinder. From the Gresso kindled
below by the soldiers, the consuming ele-
ment bad spread with greet rapidity, making
its may from the water'smid edge, ascend
tng from cliff to cliff, to • great height. Io
some instances, the truuks of immense
trees, rearing their tops to the clouds, stood
like ea many liege columns wrapped from
root to crest is winding slats of fiama.-r
At other poise*, the ALUMS were matting
over shit ptayl g upon the broke. madame
of rocks, and through their crevices,
wherever combustibles offered, climbing
like challis linked along the ledges, to an
elev&yoe of from six to eight hundred feet.
The whole western barrier of the lake was;
for • long distance, clothed m USN. AU
this fiery eplesdour was perfectly reflected
back from the bosom of the lake, row lying
unruffled by a breath of air ; while overhead
the clouds were lighted up like a canopy of
lurid red, imparting to the whole Beene a
degree of sublimity and terrific splendour,
which can better be imagined than described.
Never wee seen a rams magnificent display
of the fiery stemma ; ad the pleasure, u
the Game. curled towards the heavens, or
were reflected like meteors streaming across
the waters, was accompanied by the cooso-
lation, that for once the work of destruc-
tion was in programs, while not a stogie
4 homes habitation was exposed, or the life
of a human being endangered. Wilitbeasta
acd rattlesnake., of which reptilesthe cient to harrow up the soul, and freeze the
mountains were full, were t1. only' living= most blood even of those the mt inured to war.
subjects of the scorching element ethic b it was the sight of mon tlaa a thousand
scalps of his cowuynen-of ones, women,
ad coiNrea--awpsnd.d upon the branches
of thetrwry many of them yet fresh, tend
sow reeking' lith bloarl, waving in the air
u trophies of tbeir wceessfut cruelties.
Disti.geisbed milieu, eminent for their
deeds es the war-paib, must atone for the
bleed they have stied. aed the scalps they
have taken, by the tonere of Ire, aggravat-
ed is every way tleit-l*gs*ious tormentors
ea. devise. The mon reflood tad exquisite
the torture, the than honourable to the
victim who writhes under it ; and arrasge-
meets were forthwttb commenced for a
great war -fast, at which the White Lynx
was is this way to be putieslarly hoovered.
•d •11 the Indians in. the vicinity were
summoned to assist at the wuguisery rete.
Nothing could exceed the wild and frantic
expressions of joy m*siife.ted by the savages
at having so notable . prisoner, and the
preparations for the feast were made upon
a scale Corresponding with the importance
of the event. The conked of chefs .at ie
jedgment, and the day of etecuuon was
fixed. Bat to the preeoaer, dc/ay was so
object, for the creel method of his con6oe-
me0t made him look upon death u a wel-
come relief.
Ayr soother be
ber of savage. bed -es cos -
i this oecoeies, and .11 those who
W ed the low of (ritnds and relauvee
by the Yastrow lag K.if., were
sspseimlly+ s.mmosed to pmrucrpmte is the
renews* te be taken. The prepanliose
having been completed, the warriors came
forth into lb* camp, horribly disfigured with
black aed red post. and comment -rid their
dhboliesl ceremony by singing of their own
•
I ms tot mad, although I ere
Thing oleo better mould
Tim I mysel(Ym, greedily
la Fame's bright page carolled,
That they ay tell
The Novy well,
Whet daises may set be geld.
No, no ! content 1 court my deem,
T1s darker el a Nameless Tomb.
The lock is their. --41. los is mise,
And yet se los at aU ;
The mighty .w of eldest tier,
1 ask when'tbey did Lala 1
Tell me tits see
Who e'er raid .Iia
Tench with Oblivion's psU I
A11 bear will mese *goal deem,
The dark.ees al . Naseies Took
Brava temple sad huge pyramid,
1141 sp.Icbred by art,
The barrow acre -vast, when hied
Madden some Nimrod'. heat ;
Each moestroea birth •
Cumbers old earth,
But acts a voioelme part.
R...lviag all to mine awn doom,
The darkness el a Nameless Tomb.
Tisd'saiee with her palsied hood,
And purblind Ilistory may
Grope and guess .yell that is this land
Some great one lived this dey;
And what i. this,
Blind bit or miss,
But labour throws .way,
For eo0•terparts to miw own deem,
The darkness of • Nameless Tomb?
That Nameless Tomb of which hewed is now
the meed of Motherwell. Ob ! that tie Niger
which .sob a fact casts a ban competnots may
be .0..aired:
LAKE ST. SACRAMENT.
■T WILLI*n L. rTol.a.
[cotrTIIIoaD Pion ova Lou.]
After the battle storm bad rolled away,
aed the ranger began to expect the return
ofhis captors. a heavier tread soon •eoouoc-
ed. as he supposed, their approach. A
dark form of gigantic mould geared from
a thicket ; but as his snaky eye disoovsrsd
the nnfortusate pre -oder, be was evidently
surprised, having bees paaaibg that way
merely by chance. A 'eeood scrutioistag
look, aed the nictitation was mutual -it
mea MM -et -a. -roe, the wounded warrior
of ohs French Mwet•ia ! The Indite
stood still for an refloat, as though deliber-
ating what be should do -then motioning
for silence, and anbtndieg our hero from the
tree, he took him upon Ms shoulder as
though be bad been a child, and trampled
ofupoo an iodise trot. After proceeding
a mile or upwards in a direction quits dt
throne from the works of the enemy• Thorn -
dyke perceived that they were approaching
the lake -but his comrades had fled, and
the last of their flotilla must already have
disappeared. The ledan now entered a
thick cluster a eldem by the margin of the
lake, in the midst of which was a small
patch of tall rank grass, where be carefully
deposited his burden-beeko.ing him to
remain in perfect silence. He then (heap -
peered.
Night was now drawing on, and the ea-
fenegs of Ttiorndyke, from Imager .red
thirst. the pais 0f u tatdr.eoed woes, &ad
the Iwo of blood, were shout insupporta-
ble. But he It.d oo r.osedy ; and several
hoers more paved be.Ttly away. At
length, though sot until • long time &Mr
twilight hod deepeasd into night, the .uf-
,fsrsr heard • gentle p;•sbteg epee the lake•
se of the paddle of ale approsmhmg ensue,
which in • sweet afterwards Shot ep
among the rushee close in to the *bora-
F I•s 0Avigat..r sprang to the lased, mad es -
Iltered the chimp of alders.
is it you, Ma-a-ah-jon1" feebly ib-
quired the ranger.
" Iltat !" whispered the savage, who es-
dentood sad eoold arab • tittle Eaglieb.
" Let -whits in.n---sgswt r
At this mems*t • reeling meseg the
b.eb wend it • *mimeo ed • mash et sere
of the dried limbo sear foists Irl iso trMse-
ly iodioMsd that there was cense ler
mleeee 0.d eepdsiloe. Is se iset5l the
him W then to his army amd is the
Mx/ was
is the anus tree *blab
his deliverer shelf .prove, 5.d be • /hi -
sad Nether*, eplleet se ret fb p -
ION mum timid tthee bithl el Ira or ter -
the fall of Tleopierega and Crown Poet, the
preclude to the captors of Muetreal, and
the 000q..( of •1l Canada, by Wulf sad
Jeffrey Amherst, se 11e foflowtag� year, pot
as ed 10 thee. dietreeelag ho.ulttii.• 1•
ore of the susses. brays In whale► oar
hero was sng•g54, and in which several
warriors lad blithe by his owe had, Theirs -
dyke was brought to theroied by an
Isdkaa s leaps( upon his sbould.n frees
toe thick boughs of a tree to which be bed
e.mee•led himself, white half • dorso more
savages sweat hoe sad overpowered him.
Hog owe rangers were scattered is the
weed, is which was • sort- of irrbgular
1/11, aid I.fere they were aware of it, hoer
cemsasder was hurried off • prmoesr, by a
swarm of grisly warriors, who bavisg ob-
taiined so great • pry* by their stratagem,
abandoned the contest at the top of their
speed, and were sow loot in the wilds id
traversing which they were the best &e-
hsanted. The Whits Lyrae had sot been
say heater' is the poo•sasioo of Ms dark
reaeten, before be discoved that the warrior
who Luke a tiger had leaped upua hem from
the tree, was now other than the Iroquois,
Ma -mi -ab -jun ; bat Thoradyke recollected
the parting words of thea foram" SIDED.
lar interview -7' literati - WauT. IAR-
WED r --sod bo presently szw that he
should obtain no favours from him on the
present bccasioe. Nay, the burning
gleams of his eras spoke u much exulta-
ties, aed shot forth rays of veogeases as
lerteeiy, as those of hu savage companions.
Vann, as we hive aeon, beco • long
time the moat formidable foe whom the war -
parties of the Iroquois had ineouotered, •
bsedred stratagems had been imployed to
take his off or, what they most coveted,
tie make him • prisoner. 1. had at length
fallen into their possession ; and they were
sow determined that the fault should sot
be thein if they did not glut their revenge
to the full. His arms were pinioned by
thongs and wishes dune' the march to-
wards their encampment, Ind when they
slept at night, to addition to the usual w-
earityof laying slender anlings across his
back, his arms and legs were made fast to
trees, to find which, standing at distances,
was the first object of search on coming to
• halt for the (light.
Their march eras in the directive of St.
Francia, in the wilderness between Mon-
treal aed Quebec, a place celebrated in the
history of tbo.e timed as the grabd lodge -
suet of the Iodises in -the French service,
fed Am reed-q+mrter. *filmier (keels, exoes -
tiotn, aed =tenths. Arriviag 6itMa hear -
tog distance of this Indian Golgotha, the
warrinrp communecated'their success by the
different whoops and cries, answering as
signals, by which a returning war -party
aneoeeeea the result of their expedition, and
prepares the lodge for their reception. Af-
ter proclaiming their own toes, which had
been severe, by raising the death -cry for
sub of the slain, they announced, by tie
appropriate cry, that they bad captured a
great cbief-Tke fi'hit. Lynx of the-Laerg
Knives. Thus apprized ofy their approach,
the savages poured forth, from their lodges
in many dark groups to meet theta -to ob-
tain further particulars of the slain, and to
exult over and Inuit the captive. Passing
through their dusky reeks, amidst the
wettings and bowlegs aed reenacts of thou
who were now apprized of their fallen rela-
tives, and by whose hands several of them
had been slain, the captive arrived in their
camp, where a spectacle met his eyes s.rfH-
war-whtope, and other hideous cries ;
throwing tbem.elves Into meencteg atu
1udee, and brandishing their knives •ed
war -clubs to a alaoser frightful and
tag to to the beholder. After • sufficient de-
gree of eseiteaaot had by there means bees
produced, the mummer mesa brought forth
from the narrow orbits in witch be 1•d
been confined, ,midst the @hoots, and
Leucite, and jeers of the nage sel'itude,
sad bound to the tree bdt standing so the
midst of the eaeasapsest fur such purposes.
Hu body bad bees stripped ul- W clothing,
and blackened with divers rude grotesque
figura', amortise' to the fancy of the artists,
and the skin of • raven was placed upon his
head. Had the prisoner beets an Indian
actirm, lee would have been required to
sing Its own dealt -song. 'Chu, if really a
loos -hearted chief. he would have done with
alacrity-boasung at the same time of his
prowess, and rot forgetting to inform hes
tormentors how many of their own warriors
he bad slain. He would likewise have
mocked at every species of refined cruelty
practised, u being tooth's' in comparison
with the tortures which he -bad inflicted
upon some of their own tnbe.
The combustibles, consisting chiefly of
pitch -pine kook and dried brush -wood, bad
previoualy been securely bound, the work
of, torture commenced by piercing his flesh
with bodkins, and driving sharp.plugs of re-
sinous wood into hs wounds. These,
when the Are ibould�take hold a them,
would render his sufferings mora exquisite.
was now so fearfully, yet so glorfoy
lighting the pathway of the Unfortunate
Thdrtadyke. The latter, teclioing in the
stern of the eaeoe, and having a soul which
kindled at the eeblime like the dry mousers
forest before him, •hatost'forgot his pains
in contemplating the webderful exbtbtuw.
But the rich pewalltng of the clouds, the
bright gleaming upon the waters, aed tbe
blasiog and crackling of the fire itself opr
the mountains were alike unheeded by the
Indian.
" What tam be more terrific, mon tr•e-
acendaatly glonoes !" exclaimed the ranger,
feeble as be was, Winslow from bis re-
cumbent position.
' Ugh !" grunted the Isdiae ; and he
paddled briskly onward, as silent and wiles'
as before.
Before soon of the ensuing day, the canoe
Uri approached ee neer the head of the lake
as to attract the ettenuos of the discomfited
army, the rear of which had just effected •
landing. The Indian thereurun pulled up
to on. of the little elands at . musket shot's
distance from the shore, and placed the
wounded ranger open the teed. As he
late him doers upon the grime sward, the
coy words he steered were these :—
" flan 1.— Whits. .Inas—Idtao—cow
or r Obe.rnisg ae� Ur nate onetime a
couple of beats puttioff from the shore,
he leaped into ban wrrryyy;;;eee,,, aed was soon oet
of ought on hie niters.
Werethe venter to acted tee elooe'y to
the umtiee to the eenetriseti"n of bus humble
ten, -begging Lord Byron', pard„0 for the
mese(se vile a sehetanure,-it would soon
swell into • volume. Shifting *ce0 5,
therefore. with the abruptnessof the drama, exnitgod those of their seeoesorm.
too hasten u"t baa* ocatastrophe. The
pl
Inn grsde,
eelty working Ihss..elvre up no the
NUMBER 9.
season. l'lumee1y, 1, wcver, • way was
mats for his recaps by the ever-atu:eout
Mu kwa-hue-u-Iia, and, as may well .be
supposed, the oppurtualty *as not 'Lef•red
to peas unimproved.
WAY TO NULLIFY A.11AD LEASE.
There is a shrewd sail wealthy odd
Yankee landlord sway down is Mains, who
is noted for driving lite " sharp bargains" -
by which he has amassed a large amount of
property. Ile is the owner of a large num-
ber of dwelling houses, amt it i* aed of him
that be a nut over scrupulous in his rental
charges wbenever be can Mid a customer
whom he knows to be responsible. His
object is always to lease ban hooses to Die
best tenants, and get the ut out farthing in
the shape of rent.
A dmunutive Frenchman called on him
last -winter to hire a dwelling be owned n
Portland, and which bad long remained
empty. References were given, and the
Yankee landlord ascertaining that the tenant
was • tun " after hie own heart" for •
tenant, Immediately commenced to Jew"
hum. Ile found that the tenement *ppeared
to wit the little Freocbmea, and be placed
an exurbit•ot price upon it ; but the lease
w•aa draws a0d duly executed, and the tee -
ant removes' 'alto his new quarters.
Upon the kindling of Ares to the house,
it was found that the chimeeys weiedo't
draw, and the, huddle: was filled with
smoke. The aieduw sashes rattled to the
A small troop of boys were likewise suf. wood •t night, and the cold air rushed In
(erect to shoot Shower of amore at low
through a hundred crevices about the house
body, from a given distance. But neither G
the strength of their bows, Mor the rirgour
of their arms, enabled the young archers to
speed iin arrow to a vital part. Indeed, it
was only founded as an amusement for the
lade, which rouldat once *erre to try their
.kill, and multiply the torn.ents of the
prisoner. During these i06ietin0s, Mad
*numerous other. which it would be tedious
to enumerate, hundreds of grim Tinges
were 6zd intently upon him, ready to raise
the shoat of exultation, and upbraid him
with being "• woman," its the event of his
uttering a groan, or showing soy indica-
tions of pato or fear. But they were die -
forthwith termteatloe of the e:pdtuoe
whose progrres hu been rapidly sketched,
served to leapint the Prw sch sad led.ans as
sseb a it dinbsaetesed the eolonrts. The
eensege*aee eras, that the frostier, airs
•:peed to their irruptii•s wen more ire-
qu.atly and cruelly baras.d than before. -
No wooer, however, had Tbordyke re-
eeewed from hie wound, thae he eras again
to the Geld, .o recuses with the err
Barre, vo. etrevee with the fete pfd Pet -
ah, old at .then the swath of Ws he
mersesseh mesa* hews seed GMnm with
either. MA whey tarty the ower. *w-
iden who MI Was porno el IM Mimes hyon
until now u000ticed. The snow melted
upon the roof, and the attics were drench-
ed from leaking. The rain pelted, and the
Frenchman found a "natural bath room
upon the cellar boor ; but the lease was
signed, and the landlord chuckled.
•• 1 hail ben vu you al call 'suck in' Tte
via .situs," muttered our victim to him•
sell a week afterward.-" but n'imporle, to
sal see vat ve til see."
Next indrnng he arose bright and early,
*and paving down towb, he,cncountered the
landlord.
"Aha! -Boa jour, Monsieur;' said he,
appointed. Although his desk often in `hie trimmest man er.
wy a vered with agony the diabolical work Good day, sir. How do you like your
proceeded, yet nota sigh nor • a 'if SIB
I
house
" Ah ! Mona eur-elegant, beanlifrf,
escaped his lips. 1!e had been bred to the, magnificent. £k bice, Monsieur, l hay' but
ze one regret."
" Ah ! wha. is that 1
" Monsieur, 1 sal hire in sat house
tree little year.:'
meet ferosies a pastes, by their yells, tied
• This wenn of wssiw •loaded is wild ad -
mod feeble( iadividal plow, es t1e
pan of the .ete.iel savers, who gardsd the
maters ; bet the .stria wee .1 the inset barr-
io( assipties, sail the ber. fdl 1 all craft
ad eu0sty sever naming them a the bold,
aed in dr wosi sly •t rem oda, and by am-
bonsea Y pmib1s it wee sell ewe warmed
Mime metlem..s..sd th,s ese.Wy he ewe-
paewf night ewes, that the tw'egeo .flame•
Men the month .f their GMeath
Indian wars fronts his youth, and well
knowing their customs, and his own fate,
be bad steeled himself for the trial, and bre
every cruelty with such unflinching forti-
tude, such unehrinktng and unchanging ., blow t.o r•'
composure, es to cxci'e the aduuratuo of1 hoc' find by tat you cal call ze Icaer,
his tormentors, upon whom he looked round , zat you tont' Id Li me ze House but for tree
without any other apparent emoucn than a
contemptuous and scornful curl of his
haughty lip.
These p•IOful inflictions over, the wood
for the sacrifice was piled round his body ;
a urny,
red Tb k lee having taken • last look
hat
years, and 1 ser mooch sorrow tor sat.
" But you can have it longer, if you
wish."
" Ah ! Monsienr, i al be ver mooch glad
if 1 can her' sat house or long as I plea's.
Eh, Monsieur P
upon lbs blue heavens above, and u much .• Oh ! certainly, sir." '
of thus fair world as he could see beyond a [res bora, .Mossiear ! ve sal calk right
the dark circle of Indians, of all ages and to your ufieee, an' you sal giro me vat you
cases, by whom he was surrounded, was call u lease for sat stasioa just so 1'ag as
calmly ezpectose the moment when bee f sal vont ze kouse. Eh, M"nseur r'
body would be enveloped in the fatal .beet " Cerisinlysir, fou can stay there your
of fire. The torch was applied, and the lifetime of roan, like.'
smoke to curl around him, when, with a .. Ah !Monsieur, 1 hay' ver mooch tanks
wild scream, •female rushed through the for tie accommodation."
crowd which was exultingly singing, and rhe old leases were destroyed, and •
yelling, and dancing about the slake, and new ,yone was delivered in form to th•
with ber owe hands scattered the combusts- Frencfi gentleman, giving him pe ion
of the premises for " tuck period cs the
lessee may desire the same, he paying flat
rent thereof promptly, rte. -tie."
The nett morning our cra ty landlord
was passing the bailee just as the French-
man's last load of furniture was being start-
ed from the door ; and an hoar afterward',
a messerrger called on hire with a' legal
tender' for the rent for eight days, accent'.
panted with • note as follows:-
the si ht of the handkerchief, knows well ".Nsasieer- I hail bin smoke -I hay' bin
Gg braw•ned-1 Jur' bin froze to death In se
ita history ; their vengeance mea at OOCC hone ant 1 hail hire of you ' for se period
as I may desire.' f hay' stay to as hones
' jis se long as i please; and se bearer of
xu will give you >e key ! Boa jeer Mon-
sieur."
It a nettle*s to add, that onr Yankee
landlord has never since been knows to
give up • 'bird in band for uoe in tbo
bush.'—Boston Tines -
A iil.T TO (HUSBANDS PL•OUsn WLT0
StoLotsu \Novas. -We have lately heard
of • lady of free epoeth who found herself
often provoked to employ her vr'uperalire
power on her husband. lits method on
such (removes., wan to take up his fiddle and
play her a tune, without opening his lips,
while she wa4 bursting with vexation. -
Her increasing nob-nce, occasioned by this
tranquil) tr, at length brought her to her
death -bed ; bnt when neat earring, else serf,
r think r routs recever eel, If thn renew
would but viewer ,se." This remedy", bow.
ever, the husband was not inclined to ad-
i.ra.•ter. -- --
bled from the prisoner in the twinkling 111
an eye. Heaving and panting with the ex-
ertion she had made, she took from her
bump the silk handkerchief mentioned so
an early pert of this narrative, and bolding
it aloft for an instant, drew a knife from her
wampum belt and severed the bands which
bound the victim -,he herself falling to the
earth speechless at the same instant The
Indian', who had stood appalled at the bold -
use of the adventure, divined the cause at
disarmed, and they immediately enantfeetd
their approb•tioo of the woman's gralulode
for the preservation of Ivor child. and the
n oble sod resolute manner which she had
accomplished her'pnrpo.e- Mts. kwa-bun -
o.kwa, It appeared, had by some means
bard, that the enamor to be executed was
the generous savour of her eon, at the Coos
rapids, sod she had run thirty miles through
the woods, o'er brake and hog and fen, to
aye him. One moment tan. er, ' and it
would have been too late. But baring as
compzuhed her purpose with the rapidity of
her journey. Mad overview with emotion,
she sank exhausted to the earth the moment
it wu done.
The whole scone of the (estival was now
changed. Tborndyke was instantly taken
Into favour •.d . his wounds dossed—a
trans tion in be fortunes rendered far easier
by -his noble We i•g' at tbo stgbe---and. the
ceremonies of the saeri6ee were exchanged
for those of joyous fe.ttrel. The Red
logit-ofUm scorning wan a woman of unu
n oel countersue', among the tithe, front
bet extnordiary force of character ; and
the death -Aimee now gave way to the pipe-
danee, which Is given is honour of strargen
of distrnetenn ; and the proceedings of l ane
de, wen ro•cluJul by • grand lust, le.
which porpoise • stag and a moose -dor
are roosted. The last course was the
bosh o/ a dog. 011 is Inch all the &rat
feasts of the Indium are conchs -lot.
But•Ithsugh thus receive 1 into fsvnor,
Tbnrodyko was not pummel t., dw,.er%
• ed • new difficulty aro@. The "vibe, m
uoe of the young warrior+ whom lin had
ebin when fast on the war -porch, new that
her Mese'• death wan to go n0•vnwged,
.4.04.d the nght of dortieg oho pruooer
as a ess is his plats. Bosh, indeed, was
her right by the Iodise Iaw, from which
there was so appeal. To lhu decree,
there/errs 11e ranee was compelled. by the
force of eimtmslanees, to sehmut for a
Tran GtsL4.—Nnt me" einem, a manias.
wa.io be celebrated a the ri;lage church •t
Rath, Mr. The minister, after making •
eery rl..gaent and touching discour.e ne the
duttc•@ and rights of those who were al out
to be united, •nJdenly esel,ieted, ' Thoth
who wish to be married. ails Orson nu!'
.id immediately after, there *hut np, above
the heads of the eared multitude, handonuie
.red ethwwsa. • crowd of yuuss gurle, *Ito
.ad understood the ren.•rk which a.•
uldresird to the rnn'rarrinj parties an a
re .roue mntatwn :0..1114.1,11who dr
tn leave the •t+te ofwere single-
bles•eJneu
s dome "nen are like tee -the real et *with
end goodnr.s to n..t pr,.perle drawn cul tar
thea til) they have Use for a •:meat Wire .a
Sot reser.
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