The Democratic Pioneer, 1845-12-26

town, who, scampering down Market ttreet with tbe best intentions in the world were annouced as the Paxton boys, and by thit mistake very narrowly escaped a greeting from the rude throats of Captaiu Loxlej's artillery. The word Finiswas al already - ready already quivering on hit lips, but Pallas came in the shape of something and sup suppressed - pressed suppressed it. Another emanation from this iinrniti lary defect of vision was the curi curious - ous curious order, that every householder in Mar Market - ket Market street should affix one or more candles at his door before dalighl on the morning of the day on which, from some sufficient reason, no doubt, it had been elicited that the enemy would full surely make, his at attack; - tack; attack; and by no other than thit identical route, on the citadel. Whether thit illu illumination - mination illumination was merely Intended to prevent surprise, or whether it was that the valiant commander who enjoined it was deter determined, - mined, determined, like Ajax, that, if perish he must, ha would perish io the face of day( I do not know, but certain it is (hat such a de decree - cree decree went forth and was religiously com complied - plied complied with. This I can affirm from the circumstance of having resided in Market

tion, though extremely solicitout to know the event. Tho next evening the adjutant adjutant-general - general adjutant-general came in and requested her to walk up to his room, ns he wished to ask some questions. She followed him in terror, which was not a little increased by his de deliberately - liberately deliberately locking the door with a myste mysterious - rious mysterious air, and desiring her to besoated. He enquired earnestly whether any of her family was up on the night when he and the officers met. She told him they had all retired, according to his direction, at eight o'clock. He then quickly removed Iter fears of suspicion or betrayal by ob observing - serving observing "You, I know, were asleep, for I was obliged to knoek three times at your door before you heard me. I am entirely at a' loss to imagine who gave General Washington information of our intended attack, Unless the walls of the house could speak. When we arrived near White Marsh, we found all the cannon mounted

the tea and enjoy the society of its hospi- table owner. Some of the visitors, io fa fa-cetions - cetions fa-cetions allusion to her name, gave to tbe house the name of Balheheba's Bower, which it long retained. Upon Society Hill, Captain, afterwards General Cadwalladef, exercised hia cele celebrated - brated celebrated ''silk stocking company and at its foot, near the spring, he constructed a large double brick house, afterwards re placed by Stephen Girard with four brick houses. ' . - r- The old frame house was owned by Mf Loxley, who had been made lieutenant of artillery in 1756, on the occasion of Brad Brad-dock's - dock's Brad-dock's defeat. , .His reputation as a mili military - tary military chieftain was so great that be was made the dependence of tbe town in the days of the famous Paxton boys. Hit pa patriotic - triotic patriotic behaviour on that occasion, when the fear of the brutality and lawlessness of the rioters possessed every mind, it

not see that the entrance of this caverois covered with a spider's web and (hit no one could hare entered without breakiog this tissue!' - 'You are right,' answered Abner, and they retired to continue their search else elsewhere. - where. elsewhere. Then David cast himself on the ground and cried, Lord pardon' me for having doubted thy wisdom; henceforth my feeble understanding shall not cease to humble itself before the sublime harmonies of ihy creations. Lord, the smallest of thy creatures is of use to man; the spiders and tbe flies themselves, have a part to perform in nature. Lord, what thou tayest Is well what (hpUdoest is just JVoaVt Mttenger. A western edi'or assigns at a reason for the lack of original matter in hit paper, that his wife got on his trousers, aAd he he-was - was he-was obliged to lie in bed to keep warm.

rience: The farmer should be governed in tome measure in the selection, by hit situation in regnrd to markets. , la the neighbor neighbor-hood - hood neighbor-hood of large towns, where there is a de ' mand for fat multon he may profitably keep some of the heavier varieties of mut mutton - ton mutton 6hcep. In stiuationt more remote from market, it will be advisable to pay A more regard to ( lit value of the fleece But the point upon which most person! fail, it in the selection of the breed bett adapted to the character of their land- . V Of all the improved breeds, the fleece nf -. the Saxon it the finest. They are light in tho carcass, rather delicate in contti contti-tulion, - tulion, contti-tulion, and the average of American Sat Sat-on - on Sat-on fleeces it taid to be from 24 to 3 lbs.

an asylum, had to encouraged their mur murderers, - derers, murderers, who called themselves Paxton boys, that they threatened to perpetrate the like enormity upon a number of other Indians, under the protection of government in the metropolis; and for thie purpose they, at length put themselves in arms and ac actually - tually actually began their march. '-;Tkeir force, though known to be small in the begin begin-ning, - ning, begin-ning, continually incrersed as it went along, the vires acquirit eundo being no lest the attribute of terror than of fame. Between the two the invaders were aug augmented - mented augmented to soma thousands by the time they had approached within two days' journey of their object. To the credit, however, of the PliiWilelpliians, every poY-

Breathe forth the language of thy power. God of the fair and open skyl How gloriously above us springs, The tented dome of heavenly blue, Suspended on the rainbows wings. Each brilliant star that sparkles through, Each gilded cloud that wanders free, In evening's purple radience gives Tne beauty of its praise to Thee. God of the rolling crbs above! Thy name is written clearly bright In the warm day's unvarying blaze, Or evening's golden shower of lighti For every fire that fronts the sSUtl, And every spark that walks alone Around the utmost verge of heaven, Were kindled at thy burning throne. God of the world! the hour mow wuw. And Nature's self to dust return; Her crumbling altars must decay, Her incense fires shall cease to burn;