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. « >| ‘ } a . : - aoe ; * ~ r. 4 . - t : + : 3 : ine | { 30 the stream. next move ack @ ilttle wa ive made if a rule not to oan my funds to strange his chains were lying on the earth beside him, for he|them into t l t d back a iit yii | | to | y fund gers

pad wrenched them asunder, though his tortured limbs’ had suffered in the effort; he was no longer to be a, gaze for the Florentines—his dagger had freed him. | } LOST IN THE WOODS.

In Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal we find the account| of 2 surveyor being lost for five days, in the forests of, New Brunswick, withovt food. The story is a thrill- ing One, and vouched for as true, After narrating the weniening for two days, the sufferer continues as fol-

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“{ had felt, without at that moment comprehending them, very evident symptoms of approaching weakness. I frequently heard the sound of voices quite distinctly, and stopped to listen. [ whooped! but not a sound

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in reply. The stream murmured on to its bed, the 3" Lh: ar ay wind rustled ‘amongst the leaves, or whistled through | Pélieve them to have been a great relief from the utter! And the bill was returned to the Extinguisher Office

Jong grass; but that was all; every thing else was silent as the grave. In a short time after a most extra- ordinary illusion occurred. My attention was first at- tracted by distinctly hearing a tune whistled in the di-

iperfectly calm and resigned te my fate.

amongst the long grass and alders; and striving to be| —and I really don’t recognise you.”

as crlm and collected as my sufferings and weakness} “I’m collector for the Philadelphia Daily Extinguish- would allow. Laddressed myself to an all-seeing and/er, Sir, and have a bill against you,” persisted the col- merciful Providence, and endeavoured to make my peace, lector at the top of his voice, producing the bill, and with Him, and place myself entirely at His disposal—!| thrusting it into the face of the debtor.

feeling assured that whatever the issue might be, whe-| “I’ve determined to endorse for no one; you may pat ther for time or eternity, it world undoubtedly be for|the note back into your pocket book—I really cannot the best, I trust was not presumptuous, but J felt endorse it,”

* You'll pay it, no doubt, Sir.”

lay down amongst the long wet grass, having} “But there is always some risk about these matters, placed my papers under my head, and my haversack,}you know ; so I must decline it, Sir.”

with some water, near my side, My weakness seeined “The money must be mine to-day y to favor the most extraordinary creations of the brain,| “ O yes, ninety days, but [ would not endorse for you { became surrounded, especially towards evening, with) week, so clear out of my store, Sir. It’s seldom I’m a distinet assemblage of grotesque and busy figures, with| pressed upon for an endorsement, even by friends—an which, could [ have seen them under different circum-|the part of a stranger, Sir, your conduct is inexplicable, stances, I should have been highly amused, Yet do {| Do not force me to put you out—leave the premises.”

loneliness that must otherwise have surrounded me, as it! endorsed —“ so infernal deaf that he coulda’t undes- really required an effort to establish the truth of my be-|stand!”

ns alone. i passed another long and dreary night; and? 4 bright genius, in writing to his sweetheart, after rom its being rather milder, had some fittle sleep, giving the address of his beloved, adds the following

rection of the river; and, on looking round, I saw \tlthough of a disturbed nature, andnot in the least re- singular superseription on the back of the letter, no

through the trees an Indian with two squaws and a Jittle boy. My joy atthe sight may be readily conceived: their canoe, [ thought, could not be far off; and I al- ready fancied myself seated in it, and quietly gliding down the river. I hallooed! butto my utter amazement not the slightest notice was taken, or reply made. The Indian, with folded arms, leant against a tree, and still eontinued to whistle his tune with philosophic indiffe- rence. | approached, but they receded, and appeared to shun me; I became annoyed, and persisted—but in vain, in trying to attract their notice. The dreadful truth at length flushed upon my mind; it was really no more than an illusion, and one of the most perfect des- sription. Mélancholy forebodings arose. [ turned a- way, retraced my steps, and endeavoured to think no

-more of it. I had turned my back upon the vision, but

as I retreated, its eccompaniment of ghostly music for #ome time continued to fall upon my unwilling ear like a death-knell. A sortjof mirage next appeared to me to

-spread over the low grounds, 80 completely real in its

effect, that frequently, when expecting to step over my boots in water, I found J was treading on long “dry grass :’ to be convinced of the truth of which, I fre- quenty feltwithmy band. My first vision was undoubt- ody the result of ‘deliriam tremens,’ brought on by exhaustation; but whether the latter arose from the same cause, or from real external phenomena, [ cannot well determine.

I continued my toilsome journey aleng the alternately fixt and tangled, or precipitous banks ofthe river, which, from being now swollen, left me no-beach to travel on. { crossed a large brook, which, mistaking it for the Odell} led me to suppose myself but a little way from the settlement, (in reality, upwards of twelve miles of) I had not advanced a great way further until [ suddenly dropped down. Suppesing Thad merely tripped and failen I got up, aud endeavoured to continue my march,

freshing, ‘Te morning of the 9th arrived, and 1 could) doubt to stimulate the postman to redoubled care and

then with difficulty support myself, even on my knees. | vicilance: Still, after extraordinary exertions, | procured a fresh e supply of water, and lay down—[ thought most likely never to riseagain. A violent burning sensation in the stomach had now come on. A few mouthsful of water

allayed it, but brought on violent spasms for five or ten , minutes, after which I had, for a little while, compara-| A Warry Depication.—Mrs. Gowden Clarke de-

tive relief. In this state, gradually growing weaker, | dicated her volume of Proverbs fron the works of Shake- continued until the morning of the 10th. During the peare, in the following style: “To Deugias Jerrold, night it rained in torrents, which, although in some re-|the first wit of the present age, these works of Shaks- spects inconvenient and disagreeable, had ina great PPere, the first wit of any age, are inscribed by Mary measure drawn the frost from my feet and hands, which, Cowden Clarke, of a certain age, and no wit at all.

“This to be sent

With the utmost speedility, And remember, my blade, The postage is paid.”

In the course of the morning [ thought I heard the! bad as his personal cenduct, appled recently to the sound of voices. [raised my head a little from the yYaine Legislature to have his cognomen changed. la grouud—all J could now accomplish—and looking’ presenting his petition ke said he was not particular as through the alders, 1 saw a party of men and seme to the new name which might be awarded to him, bat horses on the opposite sidg of the river, and scarcely a. he hoped the Legislature would give him one that hundred yards distant from where [ lay. My surprise | would go atthe Banks. * and joy were of course excessive, yet | had of late seen : #0 many phantoms, that L was quite at a loss whether to, : yt : consider it a reality or not. When at length convinced, Burlington Free Press has furnished to that journal the

I discovered, alas! that both my strength and voice were foliowing verbatim report of a funeral discourse whieh completely gone that I could neither make myself seen! he says he heard delivered in the Florida House of Re- , Ihe duty of making it was voluntarily

nor heard. All my exertions were unavailing: and my Presentatives. e a horror and dieappoimtment may be readily conceived at assumed and even insisted on by the speaker, to the ne seeing thein depart again in the direction from which ginal! wonder of the house, his utter incompetency being they had come, I had now given up all hope, and once Hotorous :—* Mr. Speakers; sir—Our fellow-citizen, more resigned myself to my apparently inevitable fate.) Mr, Silas Higgins, who was lately a meinber of | this ‘Three hours had passed, when again thought I heard branch of the Legislature, is dead, and he died yester- the sound of horses fect on the bed of the river. On “ty in the forenoon, He had the browncreaters ( bronch- looking up I saw they had returned to the same spot.—| itis, he meant, T suppove,) and was an uncommon indivi- My efforts to make myself heard were once more re- dual. His character was good upto the time of his newed, and [ at lust succeeded in producing a how! so death, and he never fost his voice, He was 56 years inhuman, #6 to be mistaken by them for that ofa wolf; °!4, and was taken sick before be died at his boarding

but on looking up the stream they saw my handkerchief, | house, where board can be had at a dollar and seventy-

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but again staggered and fell. I got up a second time, and leaning against a tree, inthe hope of recovering from what I at first imagined to be a temporary indis- position, again made several fruitless attempts to walk,

until at last the appalling fact forced itself upon me that!

{ had really lost my strength; and as any farther ex- ertions of my own were now impossible, my case was indeed hopeless, unless discovered by some of the party, who, I had no doubt, were by this time in search of me: or, what certainly did appear impossible, by some per- sons going up the efream to lumber. Under these cir- cumstances, I thought it best to endeavour to regain the banks of the river; but owing to my weak and dis- abled condition, I could scarcely do more than drag my- self along on my hands and knees, and was consequent- ly overtaken by the night and a sharp frost. I took shelter behind the roots of a fallen tree, and pulling o ry boots for the purpose of pouring out the water, and readering my feet as dry as [ could make them to pre- vent their being frozen, [ found it quite impossible to getihem onagain, I lay down excessively fatigued and weak; yet other sensations of suffering, both men- tal and physical, kept me, through another dreary night of twelve or thirteen hours, in a state which some may possibely conceive, but which [ must conceive, my In- ability todescribe. There was a sharp frost during the night, against which my light jacket and trousers were but a poor protection. On the morning of the 8th, when +t was sufficiently clear, { discovered that [ was not more than a hundred yards from the bank of the river. On endeavouring to get up, { was unable, and found both my feet and hands frozen ; the former, as far as my ankles, felt as perfectly hard and dead as if composed of stone. I succeeded, however, with a good deal of pain- ful exertion, in gaining the bank of the river, where I gatas long as I was able, with my feet in the water. for

the purpose, if possible, giled canvass haversack in W “ ‘na-case { filled with water, of which I drank freely.

The dreadful gnawings of hunger had by this time rather subsided, and { felt inclined to rest. Before leav- ing the bank.of the river, L laid ‘hold of the tallest alder near, and drawing it down towards me, fastened wy handkerchief tothe top, and let it go. I scrawled «@ few words on two slips of paper, describing my situ- wien ned patting each into a piece

gr comfortable, seeing 1 was surrounded with the most per-

of extracting the frost. The, hich I carried my sketch-' hard customer.

which I had fastened to the alder and knowing me to, five cents a-week, washing and lights ae ai ‘have been missing before they left the settlement, sur- V*S 8 Mngenious rn oe the ear yas Of jis }mised the truth, and came at once to my assistance, [ !ife had a father and mother. He was an officer in our iwas taken toa cabin built at the etern of the tow-boat, State militia since the last war, and was brave and polite; (in which there was asmall atove. They there made a and his uocle, Timothy Higgins, belonged to the revo-

bed fur me, and covered me with blankets and rucs.— !@tionary war, and was comioissioned ag lieutenant by ‘ ‘ 1a : , ‘ . They made a sort of pap with bread and sugar, which! (eneral Washington, First President and Commandes-

they offered me, and also some potatoes, I declined |i-Chief of the army and navy of the United States, who

their kind offering, but begged to havea little tea, died at Mount Vernon, deeply lamented by a large circle which they gave me, and{ went tosleep. The tow- Of friends, on:the 14th of December, 1799, or thereabout, t tried soon alter his death with military he-

boat had tocentinue her voyage some distance up the/and was bi

river with her freight, after which we returned, and got, POUS, and several guns were bust in fring salutes, to Campbell’s late in the afternoon, where I met with) Sit, Mr. Speaker,—General Washington presided over

every kindvess and attention. The house of Mr. Cam ee g reat continental . ee cogell, 4 act at oe bell, to which | was brought, was but a very ordinary, at formned our hs dant ah 99 7 e Lining io: log-house, yet with all its simple homeliness, I felt quite and good man, fie was first in war, first im peace, anc

‘first in the hearts of his conntrymen; and, though he

lwas in favour of the United States Bank, he was a friend

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fect cleanliness: and the good dame was, from long ex-' 7 apo Np 1 : perience, well skilled as to the case she had to deal/9f education, and from what he said in his farewell ad- : :

‘with, at the same time saying mine was the woret she/dress, [ have no doubt he would have voted tor the tariff shad anes ander her care: 7 ‘of 1846, if he had been alive, and hadn't a died some- | I have thua endeavoured to give an imperfect sketch time before hand. His death was considered at the

. . - . . t . ; ae oe 33 1 . lof my wanderings during the period of-five days and|time as rather premature, Gn accouns of its being bro’s ; jon by anordinary cold. Now, Mr. Speaker, such being

nights, without food, fire, or shelter from the inclemen- :

ley of the weather. My recovery has been rapid, al-|the character of General Washington, : eee that we ‘though I at first suffered a god deal, both from the re-|'¥ear crape around the left arm of this Legislature, and learaine circulation in my Rath and feet. and after par- adjourn till to-morrow morning as an emblem of our re itaking of food. {was ina few days sufficiently well to Speets for the memory of S. Higgins, who is dead, ane be ‘removed down to: the‘mouth of the river “Tobique, | died of the * browncreaters’ yesterday in the forenoon.” ‘where { found my poor wife anxiously awaiting my ar- seston

rival. I must, in conclusion, say that my wonderful es- ELOPEMENT IN FASHIONABLE LIFE, ee me ns anor aud reat Ghat God ne * A transaction in the matter ef Love and dollars of {PPOTCIEUT CO'tROSE Wa SENCSTELY PUL THO UES pat SEiee. considerable importance, in certain Circles, has just

alee transpired in our city, it appears that not long since, Harv or Hearine.—‘“I have a small bill against}two young gentlemen, seas of Mr. G—, were each you,” said a pertinacious looking collector, as he enter-| courting twe fashionable ladies ef our city—the widow

ed the store of one who had acquired the character of a} L and her danghter—the latter lady some fifteea, the former some forty years of age. To break up the

“ Yes, Sir, a very fine day, indeed,” was the reply. {union of the daughter with the young man, sie was sems ° ; ” * . : c “ le “I am not speaking of the weather, but your bill,"/to the interior of the State to school; end her

rejoined Peter in a londer key. ‘lover to Texas, where he died. ‘The ether brother * It would be better if we hada little rain.” lcontinued to court the mother until a recent date, @)- “ 1) the rain,” continued the collector, and rais-|though he was somewhat absent on duty, for he belong-

ing his voice he bawled, “Have you any money onied to the army. +your bill 2” Weill, during the young lady’s term at School she

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