Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-07-24
CIARKSVILLE TENN DLY- a. 1857 4. Z. g

found silence Of the night air as they mo-
lved through the dark shadows Of the for
est. Stretched upon the ground, with no
other couch than blanket, reposed the
warlike form of Jasper Climbing vines
trailed themselves into a canopy above his
head, through which the stars shown down
softly. The faint flicker of the expiring
,embers of fire fell athwart upon his
countenance and tinged the cheek of one
twho bent over his couch 1t was the
smooth faced stripping. She bontlow down,
as if to listen to his dreams, or to breathe
into his soul pleasant visions of love and
happiness But tears traced themselves
down the fair ones cheek and fell silently
and rapidly upon the brow of her lover.
! A mysterious voice has told her that the
hour of parting has come; that tomorrow
her destiny is consummated. There is
one last, lone, lingering look, and then the
unhappy maiden is seen to tear herself
away from the spot to weep out her sorrow
in privacy.
Fierce and terrible is the conflict that on
the morrow RACES on that spot. Foremost
lin that battle is the intrepid Jasper, and
ever by his side fights the STRIPPING warri-
or. Often during the heat aud smoke,
beams suddenly upon the eyes of Jasper
the melancholy face of the maiden. In
the thickest Of the fight, surrounded by
enemies, the lovers fight side by side
Suddenly a lance is levelled at the breast
of Jasper; but swifter than the lance is
Sally ST. Clair. There is a wild cry, and
at the feet of Jasper sinks the maiden,
with the lifeblood gushing from her white
bosom, which has been thrown as a shield
before his breast. He heeds not now the
din, nor the danger of the conflict; but
down by the side of the now dying boy he
kneels. Then for the first time does he
learn the STRIPPING is his love; that often
by the camp fire and in the swamp, she has
been by his side; that the dim visions in
his slumber of an angel face lowering over
him, had indeed been true. In the midst
of the battle, with her lover by her side,
? and the barb in her bosom, the heroic mai
den dies ~'* ~ ~ ''
Her name, her sx, and her noble devo-
ton, soon became known through the corps,
There was fearful group gathered around
the grave; there was not one Of those har-
: dy warriors who did not bedew her grave
with tears. They buried her near the
river Santee, Sin agrecn shady nook, that
looked as if it had been stolen out of Para
disc"
H. MAHoMEDAN MERCANTILE MORALITY.
A mercantile firm in Salonica had bills
to large amount on the principal inhabi-
tants and merchants of that place, which,
with their books and parpers were des-
troyed by fire. On the next day promi-
nent Turk, who was lagely in their debt,
went to them and told them that, having
heard that their papers had been destroyed,
he had brought copy of his aceount.with
them and fresh bills for the amount due
them. This example was followed by all
the Turkish debtors to the firm
How many Christians, under similar
circumstances, would 90 and do likewise
i CHRONIC RHEUMATIsM.--The London
Lancet contains the history of series of
cases of chronic rhematism treated sue
cessfully by DIR, OConnor, oneof the ply
siccians of the Royal Hospital, London
in number of cases under care in that
institution, by the use ofsulphur and fan.
mel bandaging. Thenew anasthetic agent
am ylene--obtained by the distillation o.
fusel oil and chloride of zinc has also
been successfully tried in Kings College
Hospital, London, in producing insensi-
bility during surgical operation-the pair
seeming to have been entirely prevented
the patients seemed in state of semi-con
sciousness, and recovered very promptly
without nausea. This amylene has beer
known tc chemists about fifteen years, anC
is light and volatile liquid; its vapor il
, much less pungent than that of chloro
FORM although the patient must inhalc {
larger quantity
i, LITTLE GIRLs-There is something in
I expressibiy sweet in little girls Lovely
I. pure, innocent ingenious, unsuspecting
full Of kindness to brothors, babies, an(
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