The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-05-21


h.A bsa carried on. 1'he sadkkn manual
sAlstation ot bis brutAesinJaw threw him
oG hs balance. and in . mo9,snt be- was
OVERHEARD. They heard The hsAsy rpksh Of
his fall. before they could be said to have
sesn him iall. 1he yacht Wa procesing
swiftly sloag--bat Il was instantly stopped.
The utmost comternaiiou now prevailed
Il wss nearly dark. bat Fortescac Vas known
10 be ~ excellunt swimmer, and startling a.
the accident WIS. they ialt certain he would
regain the wxsei, They could not se him
They lstesui They heard the sound of his
han1s and kst. They hailed him. An an
swer wss returned but in faint garghns
voice, and the exclamation "Oh God J"
struck apoa their s~rs. In nm instant, two
0r three. who were expert swimmers, plung'
I'd into thn river. assi svaan towards the spot
whssn the exclamation had proc1isd.--
One Of thsn Was within an srms length Of
Fortescue-he saw him--he was struggling
and bufsetting the water beiorc he could
he reached he went down. and his distracted
friend beheid the cldying circles Of the
waves just over the spot where b. had sunk.
lie divci aftrr him and touched the bottom
hut the tide must have drihed the body
onwarls, for il could not be found
They procesSisd " QUE Of the nearest sta
tons where drags were kept. and, having
procured the ueoessary apparatus, they re-
turned to the fatal spos. After thu lapse Of
above an hour. they sucossici in raising the
litelss body of their lost friend. A u the usual
rcmclies were employed for restoring sus-
.ls.l l.s.t xatt NIL
now parsucsi the remainder Of their course
tn London. in mournfal silence, with the
corpse Of him who had commencei the day
Of pleasure with them in the iulness Of
health. of spirits, and Of life, Amid their
sincere griel, they could not but rctoct how
soon one Of the joyous twelve hail slipped
out Of the festive cirele
The months rolled OH. and cold Dcem-
bcr came with all lis cheering soaml of Kind
ly greetings and merry hospitalitics and
with il cane n sof,cneI recollection of the
fate Of poor Fortrcue eisren Of the twelve
assembled on the last day Of the year, and
il was impossible not 70 kel their loss as
they sat down 10 dinner. The very irrgu.
larity Of the table. six on one side, and only
five on the other. forced the melancholy
event upon their memory.
1here ARE Few -orrows 80 stubborn a. Ia
resist the unitsl influence Of wiDr. cr'le
Of select friends. and sason of pr~pec
tive gaicty.
A decorous sigh OF two, few becoming
CALCULATIONS. and an instructive observation
upon the uncertainty Of life, make up the
sum Of tender posthnmous " offerings 10 the
MAKES Of poor George Fortcseuc,' as they
proOssled To discharge the more important
duties for which they hal met. by the
time the third glass of champagne hal gone
round. IN addition 10 sundry paaiioos of
fine oil hook. AMI "cnpital MADEIRA. they
hal csased 10 discover any thing 81 very pa-
thetic in the inequality Of the two sides of
the table, or ~ melancholy In their crippled
number Of eleven
The rest Of the evening passd off very
pleasantly IN conversation. good humorcd
enjoyment anil coayiviali,y, anil il was not
til towards twelve O'Clock that "par George
Fortescue was again remembered.
They ail agrrsl, ut parting, however, that
they had never lasssd such happy day,
coagratalsting each other upon having in.
stituted ~ delightful meeting. and prom
ised To be punctaal 10 tleir appointment the
ensuing evening. when they we're 10 ccie-
br.tr the new year who's entrance thy
had welcoinfd N bumpers oi ciare' a. 'i@
wafcbman bawkd past twelve "chTk
benAth the WINDOW.
They mt accordingly, and their ga'e'y
was without alloy or drawback. II w@
only the iirst time " their assembling. af'rr
the death Of "T'oor tcofge fmpsone, u.A'
msde The r'.'od'esuon % " Iaahui pf'
thcagh but iew honfs ',an % '""sssnNo, ~ "s usy
took theif ~n's ~ W" 'aoT " e~No' "s
been tbe'r @'g'nsi nam,er' a'a a. y AZ
vere tbsrs tnaf hal ever '~'n "fIsT"' u"
br thre
! II is thus m every th'nR' 'be bf1 ume
man enters prl-e''---'he hfs' '"ok az '''
thor ~ritf~-thr nrs' painting ~ af'.'' e.'
ecu'rs-the firss hA',ie gefsfa' wins nay
the hrst time rogue y hanv,n-l vi rv'
ten rofe may psos'de -cosn Pr'"H'A~''
even II that esSssnoey with MI W Ahss-
ns~s of charaessr.i difhr inc"neeiFai''y 'r"m
their hrst r~PfItion. Ihfrr charm
Ssll, a novelty Afrs~h"s*~' dssgia' 'hsle
arahs fron the hrst apIsararr~. hsngi"y
always enoep'ri, to Il renernisre'i-) ~hleh
~ art ef csreum~tsos can imIAr' 10 me
ssond And Il = ti'e SAM 10 All w darn
% traits ID hfr- Ihere . degr's ol po'xI'
socy AMI anguish IN thr hfsi assanhs ID ar
ro~. which y never 'oaDi ai'efsari. IN
every cssr 4 y amply 'As' 'i'e 'Irs' no cog,
u caS kssings has trsa ,Akf'' gu A''
that Il can prssf IT, rss,nf-i
several Jar have eiAi,'d, s"i oar e''''-
IN "ss ~ ~ " - -,
rsA - they mshi apey e"Hish :" eA,su
With scsreiy any Isfesi,,i"T ei1Aigs' pay na,'
ssss tas~ cAs~ "s 'l. diai.f a. Al lA-I, ~h'sh Wy