The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-07-21
TuE GArH-By Notary of Cupid.
TRAGEDYIN rHE WILDERNESS
BY WASHINGTON IRVING.

On tint 2lsi. Bonneville and his party
en- mprd amidst high anu beeling cliffs
OF .daraIed ell. sandstone, bearing the
serahiaaee at tower, castles, churches,
add uriIhsd cttlss. Al distance, il
Vas scarcely possible to persuade oneself.
iaal she works III arr &err not mingled
viii these fantastic freaks III nature.
ln-y mad received the name OF Sron's
blnlis IRON a melancholy Circumstance.
a anubsr ri years since y party we're
drscr ',aa The upper psri If the river In
can,es. ahen their FRAT harks were over
turart aud ali their powder spoIled.
T.,,tr f. nerng ttrs rendered useless,
III were I'm BIZ Ia pro 'ure fsod by hunt
iag--.at4 ID drpt hi upon rp"ls and I'D
r. T. i,r subsistence. Ai.sr suffering
eAnenels from hunger. they arn'ed al
I.a,im - FnEk, saall trihatarS ot lie
n hra~aa, about sixty miles above the
cl.is Just mentioned. Here one NJ the
T. oy the name III Scot. sas taken Ill.
an .,- companions rame To halt, unul
h. shapid recover health aud strength
sutIir1en' tn p oceed. While They we're
seaeh.ng round ~ iurst ut edl lie roots,
thrv q, scuesrrd fresh usu of Whlle
M g. VINO e. deadly but rerenti, proceed
Ell t...n. " hat was u be tianr. By
fuf.rl march they might "yerlske tbs
par, 4,d thus be abe 10 rearh the settle.
mrnts ~ -a'ety. Sholid they lInger.
intv .i}zAt all ,sertsn III famine aud rx-
heu<u.nt. Scut1. however. was incapable
oil . ....,ns; thts we're TOO teeh.e 10 AID
hi. 70 -ard. aud dre .ded that such
C : auld prevent thelt coming up anh
IT,. aware parry. The, Determined,
lurt n a1aAjun Ium ID his iale.
Acro's,' .giv. under pr tence It seeking
t4.,t, a4d such ~Impi-s ~ mIgni be Eff
carto.> ~ nts maiady, they destreJ
hs.n. I'd has,apea forward upon The trail.
ines eucreedrJ IN overlaking the party
81 whach tney Sere in quest, but CON-
eaIed their lal,alss deserlon of Scott, |
!. Jag tna, he Hat died OF disease.
3a me ensuing summer. these very
sdaats visiting the-e, parts in CON-
pr with other. came suddenly upon
ii bleached bones aud grInnIng skull
81 a human sk"ieion, which, by certain
s-is taey recognised for the remains nf |
.sc,,l. This Was sixty long miles from |
:4e > are snsrr they had abandoned him.
aid appeared that the wreschsd man
mad crawied Ihat immense distance be- |
TIRE dealh yuG an end 10 his miseries.
The wHd aud picturesque bluffs in the
ns- borhoad ii his lonely grave nave
ever s,ace Sssrne his na:ae.
IA .4neriean Rebeced. TIE noble cou'
rage d.s, ,ias Ell BY SCOTS Rebeccasln DIS
novel oi Insanhoe, when she stood upon
The tower, FROM winch she declared she
would preclpisste herself II followed by
the william who desired 10 rob her OF her
honor, has been more than shaded by
the sacrf,.e VI Young girl, near Hart
ford, Cum The facts are gwen IS by
= cen,lenaa, and are as foiiows:--fhe
son II a respectable paper maker one day, |
les weeks ago. finding Tie young grl
aitnde,i 10, ii the dinner hour In the up.
D. in Of tie paper mill, entered and
ioek ID The door. seized the gtri, aud en-
4 red 10 accomplish his iarquinian
pa, ,,o.e, when Tue girl sprung fr"m his
srasp; and approached the edge oil the
seu.t lie which opened into two chambers
beneath. a distance Of thirty feet. The
Goa ardly miscresnt was about advancing
a. -ecmsr The heron again, when She tx
e .. .s,~i: =. !pare, str, To advance one step
.ses ards me, and my death be on your