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VOLUME XVI.

CAPE MAY, N"E"W" JEE8EY, WEDIsTESOA-Y, JUKE 32, 1870. - i *i - . '

WHOLE NO. 786.

Ocean ¥ro Mist Btrsttrr. SIBISIp xjucu ft win Farmera' Tools, HuJnn, etc., Cspe May. Bough A Soui, So s. Del. At., Phils. IHxon, Sharplam A Co., Fertilizer?, 50 south Dok At. Phil* bo* B Willi i*i. C«po May. JEEE H Towjtiexd, " " ■nor B Bcntu, Coon Haw. ■ Mclueb, Cape May dly. ■ Gut, Camden. ■Hnm, cor tub A Locust, FhlL W 8«tb, 10 Washington at. C M Baiaowooo, Decatur at, " B D Edmunds A Son, Cold Spring. ■ V da via, 41 Day at- Maer York. W G Ruoaua, 5 Mansion St. Cape May ' culnr Lxacm A Will, Cape May dty jgouuwi, " Jo* Hootek, eu Market at, Phil*. 1 H Sttrrn, Decatur at. Cap* May. J P SLOAN, Jackaon el, " eowiarx A Lawrence, 2nd A aar> krl sSTPhO*. Joa bchsllekoeb, Landing. Geo nn.tnrni, Jackson at. Cape m. Cnlfuun B C Socdeu, Cape May city aterauM* wnisiANa, Hand, Warn a Co, u Warn A bldbeoas, C sepsis N C Phtce A Co, PerrysLCapo May Jane h Smith, Court Hone. Pbicb A Oo\, Ferry at. Cape May Macket w ty^aita, Dsyfasvilk. Db J T LEANINiif Coort lioua*. laaaaau dra. Mabct A Mbc-ray, cor. Washington A Decatur aU. Db* j 8 Kennedy A Sob. Cape May WM M Wilson, 90S Market at W. G. Rooam, Agt Earth Onset oo. bUi ii A W abr, Cape May dty B d Edmunds A so.\. Geo hlldbktii. M Wn.UAM.a, Drnnltvill,1. j a* Walton *i£«S Walnut aCP. I visa bbo*, 337 X. 2nd aL Phlla Leach A Wane, Jackson at It Willi ANit, Dennfartlle leaco A Waee, Jackaon at. R D edmund# A aox, " J oil* "ob A Hooheb, Jankaen at V C Pbicb, Phrry aL M Wiluabn, Deontarllle. lbalu A Ware, Caya May ii FredEM-Hs, Camden. E K Foarr»** A eon, '! McMAEiWa Hotel, Jackaon atom. John McMaklo, proprietor. "Cottage By Ux Sea," JKO Femux. "Areh slHoosx" Phlla, c. Locke. "t'atied 8 tales HottL" W sinui eL, Phllada. E P STlTEa, Manatee «L, Cape May. I II Smite, Decatur Job* W LYC*n\ Case Mat Mctval Fool J W Ly KATOKALrLm Rev Joa Htrataltt, Aamt for tbunty X 8 Ooebox, Agent Continental Life In*. Co., 8. Searltle, X. J. J bee B 8crsllenobb, Landing. M Williams, Deoatovtlk. D A XaWTOB A Co., MUltiDo, ■*4l*tas* Daa J 8 Kenmedt A 6ok, Cape May. Drug atom Dre. Marey A Mscray, Washington A Db Clabk, New York, Loudon Bernl>a Lemt, us x 2th at, Phlla, Life Preaerver, etc C C Ruokjcs, PhUa; Ague Oure Mas. 8 ilawkini, Washington aL Maa M A Binder, Phlkdx Jane h Smith, Court Hoax UBO W Seite, 10 Washlngl* at. 8 R I.riiLAx, Chp* May. M wRUArTc:;. B*anMcBw,S£dK Drxox, AAArLESa A co. P .llada ilssisSmat' ss?K(w£?Kys&s«. Mm » LSI H!£j tn P i ll llBBMEBtr a'bro, Jiakaon at e pstir^hcir»tsk-'rdi,cfepa r ,

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|| MIIJ^nOCK. BT TOIIN TBIPOD, ANTKiUABIAN. 1 "Dear Pop, don't be *o croea!— Deal talk ao—pleaae doa'tf'aaid8axT ' Jaquea, Imploringly, to bar lather. " Don't talk *ol But I VB." I tell you that I wool have thai coxcomb coming to the houee any longer— that 'a eattled!" cried Captain Jaquea; and the point of hie awonl-ecabbard came down hard and decidedly an the floor tjj ae he aald IL "A counter-hopping, in money -grabbing, aop of a fellow," conI J { tlnued the captain, atorming np and JJ down the room, "akulklng behind hie l » dry-gooda, when be ought to be with u hia company op duty at the llnaf!" „ ■"Sow, Pop, dear, you koow he CatttbelpIL What'a to become of kia "• bualnoae?" rm " Buaineaat bualneaa! Wbere'a my ir. bualneaa wherv'a lulf of ay men', ata bualneaa? We let our bualneaa go whefl the enemy h at our doore; ao ought Harry Alden. But, oh, be'l a 1 K merchant! A merchant! Ob, yea; ' and he'd rather let htt country and j the dty go to t)» doge than hia buai- j ~ neaa. Where win bii bualneaa be when our old enemlea, the Briliah red — coals, enter New York? Where will yon, and I, and all of u* be? He's belonged to the Bluaa for the but throe years, and now, when the company — has the honor of. being onfered to garriaou MlU-Bock, Mr. Harry Alden U among the mlaalng. Ho 'a all very well for dm*- parade, but fbr active _ eerricd— bahl" " You an unjust. Pop. Liatan ooe L nvwnent 1 am certain that Harry fully intendQo join you soon, but there _ la really something Just now to detain him that— "Something! What la UP' r. " Wan, I -I- — » and Soay Uuahed and atammemd wofully. "Ah! bah— nonaonae!'' burnt In the — captain "It's too lata fbr him now. IT itrika hi* nana from theroll. Dday: wo dont want him. Butall Hi • • i ' la neither here nor there. At I aald j before. I want you to goto Mike-Hock — with - me, Suxy, and to go this very , „ day. So be ready at four o'clock.'' , " Oil, me this afternoon. Pop?" re- ! it piled Suzy. "Why, what will Aunt ™ Annie do herein the houae aD alone ■_ whlk I'm away?" " Don't bother about Aunt Annie. \ a We'll leave her and the real of the teu- ' dcr aex to garriedb the dty and— pro- 1 tact the dry-gooda!" answered the aar- j * " Hal ha! Pop," laughed Soay, with a aort of merriment; "and what use j can you make of me at Mlll-Roek?" " I'U find um for you, never fear.— ; Keep you out of mlachlef at any rate." j 1 * sab) 'V1 captain. Sory reflected but an lutant, and then accepted the alluatioa. She , twined around her lather's arm lovh- lugly, and cried— "Oh, 1 have IL fop! I'U be your ootnmlaaary and qnartarmaater. Itt the very thing; |u«t what , a I'd like. And, Pop, yon know that big gun you've mounted at IbHSr l™ you were telling us of It yeeterday?" " What, -Old Pop,' aa the meu have christened tt?" I "Yea. Well I want to hear Old <r. "Oolong, girl! Xext thing you'll want to take command of the fort your ■ J " Belt" I" " Very likely,'' replied Huzy.— j — "Now kia me, and IT go and get. ready." "Mind— at four," aald the captain, and, after a paternal kia*, be hurried away. IL '' Sozy Jaquea was a maiden of the mature and nnromanlic age of twenty. She was may, ripe, ami rare. Rare, became, with all her filial piety, the | t*. badawlUof her own— hecmaic, with] " all bar iasewieecv of nature, she poe- , aaaeetl a ' back-action" of Christian B. conscience; and because, amid the strict con vcutionalitle* of a aemi-vil- ~ lege life, In loCant Xrw York she dared aoaiatimaa to step out to lha line nf Sba .waa may, In the fhn bloomof health, beauty, and vivacity; and ripe IB •very' ware of her flazru coria. In ■» in every supple and undulating swell ' afber womanly grace. Her father waa of half Dutch, half ,s French Hagoeaot descant: a good " ' stock, from which onany of our best Xcw-Torken boast their Wood, and an ^ an center or connection of Mr. S. J. Jaquea, of Fourth avenue. Ills pipe WBi not tlx neuwfrel of Wouter V*U "k Twlllcr, nor his frame of the unwieldy *»• make of the trnbreeked bmgbera of jJ Xcw-Armateidatn. He waa rather a Knickcrhoeker of the stamp of Hardtopping Pete, Wolf, bold, and decided. - Hi* costume indicated the period of which 1 write. He was clad In the , uniform ofaenptata of Mew YotkartillRy lulSM, Captain Jaqtm, at the tlme 'of the £ known aa the last war with England;, m. bad organized a onmpany of volunteer ['I artillery In the dty of _Xew Yoek *T called the Bluoa, The etirtv Bltwe, than rivaled In popular favor the more !!1 arialacratic crack corps known as the Iron Greys. While the Grays warn detailed to hums duty, the Bioca sought at boenreMe service oo the exterior deft- fencre the dty. j, Eariy hi the war a system of defences ~ had been arrenged acre** fhe n ir.beru — part of Sew York island, under the — euglirewiag of Geezers! RwlfL of the _ I'nivod -Itatre reguisre. Them works S Mtaefe-J from the East river t> lha

ll, and Fort Fish on the weed, with I tlx Black-House spanning lha road a between them. The fortifications were 1 alio the immediate flvftn 1 1 of the on- II — ly practicable paaa through the hills, I zy then, as bow, known aa M'Gowen's a Pass. , » „n Still farther to the weetwmrd eon tin- a ib ! sod the Uoe of earth works, hsre snd ' there supported by a stone tower or a h vl i rcdoubL uatll they ended ou the North a ae ' river, near Manhattan villc. o or ; AU these lines, with their supports, n g, were intended aa guards against thd a- enemy's sxpectad approach from tlx c< id northward, and some of them sliU cz- ll t, 1st in the Central Park. :h But of Mill-Rock: fat us apeak of ii that. The fort that raw crowned tt h ic U gone, hut the' rocky islet is still da . there, unaltered, in the integrity of it* n eternal foqpdatiao: UlBeairabfa fbr ly building alter, and uncuvrtef by real■a estate agents, aroand.ib on *11 sides, A ;o rush Ux ftes tkfer of God's .water*.— m Between lu baton helfncre and tlx sc i shore of Manhattan oh the wcaL rolls h i; a channel deep enough for navies to o< id ride, while a mUo*! breath of surging C ,j. wares ebbs sad flows betrrena the rock fa jo sad the Long-Itlaud shore. •d The perilous preUbtOtts of this mid- w ,U water liermltage .may ha realised in pi r- this, that tt fa the moat northern and o the bodcleal outcrop of these dangerous Z y ledges, known in honest days as Uoilr- Gale, and In later and softer times as II I* Hurl-Gate, lu smaller dependcories, ih jr ; In a spreading and dceaitful train, lie re at short distances to the southward a! i and eastward, and *re known by tbo fa ,0 names of tlx LlUfaMiU-Roek, the Me- a! J gre Hinds, Iho Hen sad Chicken, t Flood-Bock; the Gridiron, the FQdog- to n Pan, the Pot, and others equally sug- 1 gee tire of tlx M/lrnx around. j gi On placid summer days, those oar- ' si d row rocky tablets lift their calm' faces ' 0 to the sua. fall of " sound* and awent a: e alas, that give delight hut hurt not." at r. But rippling all around them, there , ! suipeoted. Dread forces from the up- I. j i per air and I rem the treacherous deep « k ! lie la continual, wait for human lifo V j and hope. And when storms ride high | in heaven, and the sea answers from y I lis depths below, then, of these crags lu it! might Ferdlnard of the "Tempest" si * Indeed sztfaim— " Hell la empty, and' fa ! all the devils are here!" 1.1 On the centre of Mill-Beck had been w ,. I reared a fort or tower, mounting two cannon, and here Captain Jaquea had II f. < fur some time' been stationed, with a re ] section of lifa company, to defend the A h i water approaches to the city against m m I the expected advance of The British fo 'flort. It waa at the close of tlx sum- ,1 _ nier, and every late advice had tended te ,, j to confirm 'h* Wluf shasm, attack liy j land and sea would soon be tMfle upon fo g New YoA by way of the Sound. In- ,, deed rumor bad several time* kbrmod K the captain by nows that a Urge fleet ,1 had actually passed into the inland wa- fo v ters and were feeling their way down ^ toward the dty. Strict watch and n, l( ward ware therefore kept by the garri- a| son from their eyrie, at MUHtock, nnd fo M the captain waa eareful to viqjt the w ,0 neighboring tillage of narlem every w day, to Inform himself of the latest „ J news from above, and to inspaet the „ section of hfa company which had been w ,, statlooed In tlx vllfaga under a Ifanssti- q j snt. MlU-Bock sraa In this continual n ! fever of war's alarms at the time of _ j Sozy Jaquea advent to Its walls. rt t Doubtless Sony was entirely eon- d, sclous tital six was in some sort a 0 3 prisoner, but sho determined to bo a ^ ,j prisoner of love ami hope, and pro- u care! til to maks Ux beat of her altua- a tioo. So, within a few days after her u ie arrival in thefbrt, sheltad IhBy install- n cd herself as a general hooKktrprr, or „| g' rather chief of tlx commissary and quartannaster's department of the ^ garrison, end bad already, by iho cap- ,, h : tain's pertnisahra, been dabbed "ser- g I gerot" by the men. With a bualnoss- * ! like dispatch she bad gone Into a po- P. ' lioe of th* whole premiere, had given u j th* bomfaproofa ao air ofhalMomretic |, nr comfort, had a polish pat on the cnok- j of parade on top of the tower to be „ smoothly grarsled, ami had even pro- p greased ao fares an oeeastooal inspac- h , tion of arms ami accoutrements, * .u "Pop! look there!" aald Suzy, on j i One. day —"Did you aver ate such a ,f fright aa that I*eta Komsen in on par- » ud •*** . ! . "What's the matter with Pete, jn girt?" asked th* captain. j , "I want him to bars his shore elesn- r ' ed, and hfa hair combed, and hfa belt- > L plates polished," cantinaad Sazy , . "That's righL Anythiagefas, tar- , of gaanl?" the c^*ata,}ootatyv; ; g "Yes.' frmlth, there, has no cocksdc, , j and hfa renarel's hant and rusty.— i d' And Mark BUas' old sabre has nomas t edge on.thana ecraw-drivat. I waat i he him to- to — „» t lr. "Tngetltimdyfogactloo," mggeatrd the captain. '"Bra**, girl! looking „ he <*t for the enau^r, I e'pae-. Xareymt , ■- hav* a squint along the sights of oil , : Ifopoerasfonjlly." .' v "Why ant? Of aU thing* In tlx t . world, I should like to hear old Fop ( _ roar soma eraertng. Can't you fet me , • touch him Wat sunset? ' . . '•Gsn-lhc done, Suzy dear," replied , Un captain. "Contrary to order*. — , ,u Mast bold auto oM Pop tin the enemy . n heasre in sighL Ttsqr may aonx any , , motnooL you know. Pop's leaded to | tin muzzle, M^Btad right up tlx dian | nel, and fsrouBkl do tr. fee him speak : i „ without ositaA We'd raises ganarsl i_ alarm. W^ta.ML girt. You assy , bare a chaace onodhr than you like - :ks »*j. kha1 I «nnrt! >- ^ ^'z^^ngnSnd0 1 '

Tn*reaz*adm» ' ' ' i sad loaded, and aa many sword*— i Then there's the bran six pounder <n Ux fall, and *OM Fop' an Ux rlghLi and If the enemy should hears In sight why, we esa Naxu sway, and then loac "Sure of IbaL girt?" asked the cap. lain, somen hat Impressed by Suzy'i earnestness, 'as he looked anxiously , Ux water toward Ijarlem, and rather dubiously up Ux channel. "Sore, Pep! But here's Zip Jnrt back! Did you bring the randfas this time?" "Yre, Mfaz-Suzy! Debox fell down ' de -boaL" replied Zip, touching his hat, aa he stepped up ou Iho parade. "ABd the brimstone for the i matchce?" "And dc brimstone, too, Mht Buxy." ' 'Did you bring me a fatter fern Aunt Anne?" pursued Susy. "No, Miss Soay. Dc soacniastcr dare's no mails lo-d^r' De carrier stop a tit at <le Bloat-Houee over dc Boston Road; be frtnka some of t {food brandy wU de soMiers: git drunk, and loss dt mail-hag." i "And my letter In IL of coarse. I i wish I had that Calo ben!" cried Sony, i pettishly. And what about th Utai lights. Zip?" inquired tlx capitis. , '-Captain Jones say la habtxne left. , sradWrer to tic qiartcrmaater at , dc Block -house for 'euij' | "Then, Suit, rementier to send Zip | after thorn to-morrow. Jt won't do to i without night sigmla In case of < A sudden thought Jul then seemed to etrika Suzy. , ! "See here. Pop, herds Zip; he's as good a soldier, and can isndlta ramrod t wall aa any one. You can just tako i ! Kane, along with you, too, i and paddle away to Harleta. I'll keep everything snfc. " "WeU—-- ' AtiAtli" captain, hrelt..iiugf ' fl'vv hnlf a mind fa risk IL— t me sec. Mow, hit no one land j without the pass; d'ye hear! Ilyitaaear MlflJOfo wordr' - c "Yea. yes, Pop! Vigilance! Union!" "And if anything out of the way i happens, hoist the red tlgul oq iho i One of the men will bep watch , 1 " And if we should sight Iho enemy, | we'll make "Old Pop' rear!" , "That's lL-«nj Ism! So that's settled. 1 Here, Zip! tell tlx nxn to get the gig i ready, sad to be ready tbcuselves.— < Andharkye. ZIp! I'm going to hare ] "my daughter and ysu in charge ofthc for an hour or two. Remember, ; In command and has the conn- j terslgn, and do you ofay her orders. " iVVavy well sah!" rcpied Zip, pullhfa foretop. „ "Now burn me, 8uay. out good-bye. | everything snog till 1 return." ■ "Never fear, Pop! Mlleltock will , the Gate against all foe*!' ' ; In a few minute* Japies and bis i wore seated In the gig, anl four oars soon bore Thim scroti the I and swift westrrt channel, to- , ward Dentonfa PolnL It the foot of i what It now One huntrtd-andxigh'.h < street. : Reaching th* jofttt, they pres- , •ally disappeared up tie little creek, I which then afforded a ptsaage np to the i Harkui landing, oolhe Jnaoftha preaent Third amine. UI. Foe half an hour afl-r bar father's Suzy Jaqoei stood looking the bsttlemeouoireBtlssaljzsrmround the narrow area on top fo fort, or antra pxring, with an earnest gaze, ihriWHfa river towards . city, as If some «oe til there whose •l«h. k"' "I do wonder what that llarrj fa about," eoUloqnisod .tint peoaire Suzy. "fterefa m«e than a week sod I Karoo", seen him not heard word from him. May fen Aunt Annie ' enclosed a letter from him hi that lost mail-bag. Bat I half believe he lores drygoodt better than hedea me. ' Pro s good mind to Are that big gun and alarm the city. That would be ' to bring him out here to hfa dnty. ' no!— that Wont do. If he came Pop would send me tack home again. Taint. any weal Itaigh he.1 1 That's always the-wny:" Then Suzy pasted a tnorosql In her ' round to huh at the fishermen. aerora! Ashing boats floating lazily off to the westward, near the shore. And looking down the ' river again, she otacrved another— a ' white skULgfaamiug In lha suBUght tt skimmed up the stream, from ctty- ' wards, cloaaljr hugging the shore. As If tame near to the other fishing boat., wlxn Marty opposite Millrock, Its • was stooped far an InttaoL its ► was turned to the eastward, aad 1 ass mad to b* slowly Npprexching tixfort The occflpaut soon laid dawn bis ! and threw out hfa Ashing tacklC 1 apparently to tint oo hit afternoon's I sport. Ridiqg the sntvse quietly (or a while, he U leaf teemed to bethink r himself of eooe other sport, for he sooo ' oot hfa white kerchief Ilka a ° sign*!, fluttering it foil to lha breeae. • traded the curious eye of Mazy. She - conscious of hoing quite a coospir daua dgum on the walls, aa snu from ' tile waters. Was she Ux object oft he » Ashermsn's paatoahx? j "Zip!" she suddenly cried "bring mo I I the glaasr' j' "Y«ri Mtal!" reqifad Zip, hasloitog r .lm to the bombproof kllctxn, sad - 1 tixa hnrryteg up. *1 "Pshaw! the tefattape, I moan!'' ® j rrfad 8uzy patiratiy

i she vanished hastily below into her - little bomb-proof chamber. Only a i moment passed, when she reappeared - with paper and pencil. Allowing the k white nel* paper to flutter fo ran instant 1 fa the wtad, as If to declare her inteo0 linns, she laid it un the brood parapet, and Indited aa follows: "Dear •' Thus far and no fsrth- » er. Suzy paused. With a woman's 1 caprice, she suddenly tore up the pa- ' per, flung it* pica-* over the wall and cried— "Zip!" Zip emerged from the ' kitchen. "Is there any salt left, » Zip?" "Dear now. Miss Suzy, d* captain's ' forgot de salt!" * ' "Any fresh fish?" "And do flsh too. Nuffin bat pork 1 for supper." "Well, see here. Zip. Do yon sec * ' that boat— the while -klff off there?" 1 "I does, miss " "Whose boat is It?" "I dnnno, Miss Htrey. Strange boat. Dunnode boss." ' "Wen, take your boaL K" to that I fisherman and tell blm that 'Miss Snzy I Jaques would like to buy some of his fish if be has any to sell, and tell him bring them right away to the fort. Can you remember thai?" "Sure, Mfas." "Thru go ou over to-iiaricin Lane and tell Johnson, tlx grocer, to give yon a small tack of salt for the garri - > sou. After thaL go up to the blockand hand this order to Captain 1 tlx quartermaster, and get 1 the blue-light* mentioned In it; then j back. Can you attend to all this I earwully?" "Sure, Mfas Kuzy. Bnt dc Lor! j 1 and leave you Ixre all alone?" "Never mind that. Zip Tbo cap- 1 ' fain will he back soon. One thing ' more; fa there any fire fa the alove be- 1 ' low?" "Plenty hickory coals. Miss Susy." "Where are the linstock*?" J isn't goin. to lire 'Old Pop.' Miss J "Not unless I are the enemy fa the ' channel Zip." "Brcea your heatt. Miss Suzy, don't ' you be fa a hurry about dat. Dele's hard maul to trabcl for dat nr Engilah fleet 'fore it gits to Mill-ttock. ' it come* round de pint oh de Island— dsfs Nigger Pint; den it must 1 Into do Pot, and srter dat into do hind when It sails Into de Gate ! oh Hell, den's de time to hang 'Old ! 1 Pop' into Masrn John Bull!" "Very well. Zip; I'll remember. Jump Into yonr boot, and, mind ' go to lha fisherman flrtt." ' 'De fisherman fust, Mias Susy; " In n few mlnuu* Zip's swarthy j were pulling away from Mill- ' Hock, and be soon reached the while ; skiff of tlx kerchief. A brief parley with tlx fishermen ensued, and then sped on Ids way to tho Harlem The fishermen quickly laid aaidn tackle, and with a leisurely stroke pulled towards tho rocky Islet upon whoso battle oiculcd walls anxious i Suzy stood waiting.® The skiff circled rather cantlnnsly to the northward, , as it came nearer, tlx cambric > from tlx fort waved ll In hasten round • to tlx eastern landing. Possibly Suzy was not unwilling that It should bo tiros hidden by tlx fort from all u'jscr- ' vii lion from tlx Harlem shore. A manly voice soon floated over the ■ water, uncertain and eauti - is -"I ' bare no paaa." > Suxy 'a reasuriug reply. ' As the- skiff roandnd the northern I riplefa of Mill-Rock. Suzy flew, on kiTe'a wings, down Iho steps to the r eastern pdrtal of the fort " Welcome, • Harry." i "Suxy. dear, b It Indeed you?" I An embrace a hearty, honest kiss, > such 'as sparkles from foil hearts, t brimming with youth and love. ' "Coux, Harry, Pop's at Harlem, i ■ and I'm the garrison." > "What! you alone?" : "Yea! No! you're my recruit, j • Coux, follow me!" a Ascending to tho ramparts, Suzy : ' went into s rapid explanation of the , said tiiat Pop would not bohack, "abe ; r know." till dark; that Zip would likr- • ly fake bis own time to return, which - would bo "some time;" thSl If the ex- 1 a pectcd reinforchments of "three re- » crulU and the pork" came to tlx land - ■ tag opposite, they could be area from : tt tbo walls, and then Harry could re- , gain hfa boot hidden by tho fort, and * he's fisherman again, 'floating down , the river, and nobody be tho wiser. « AU of which waa donbtlcos "after tlx s manner of woman," and had the merit d of being good logic and excellent Down on the parapet sat the youthfa All lovers, and what was lhair comL mBttion? O youth! 6 lore! O Joy! * What did they say. In that focg, long hour of unlooked-for rmnlon? k Well, well-a-day! Wears growing * old, "and ao are all tiny who were berocs and heroines fa 1814. Bat age e- cannot dim the unspotted purity of 1- the heart's a wert memories, nor quench * the glow of the golden paaL fe So pure, ao gUitrful, so golden apod ™ the hour that circled with the son tofa ward the was tern hills, and left those two happy spirit* ou Ux walla of Mtll- » Bock, to number the minutes with the Inert-beets! id Meantime Captain JaquSa, after landing at Haricot, had detailed hfa P« crew on reruns erranSt, and had him- - wdf soeuplsd the afternoon in military tbusiarM at the eatnjw ou Harlem riata* and aloag Ux tfaas toward tho north rlror. Bauuufag toward may, .ng, he stoppri at Harlem yiDage, Hi ami dropped in for a moment at. the

IT The "rude forefather* of the 1ama i*t" had hero gathered fa unwuntad J numbers on that afternoon. Humors " of the appearance of tlx enemy's floct 1 in lxng Island Sound bad spread 1 '' through the village. Such reports : • had before prevailed without * officiant . < cause. lint now the signal station, ' along tho Connecticut shore liad ao- I 1 tually telegraphed the news; to tie: headquarters of the commandant at - ' Harlem. Every moment waa export- " ed re bring tidings of the Immediate • vicinity ofthc enemy. ' The prevailing excitement wasaufii- : ' 1 cient to detain tho captain, and, for- j 1 gatfol of Mill-Rock, ho mioglrd_ with j 1 tin- group of villagers, soldiers, .and j 1 old acquaintances till long after sun- 1 ' Some one then tuggestisl that in 1 ' a half hour the moil ceach from New ' HnYen would arrive with the latest rt- 1 liable amount* of the situation up the ' Sound. 1'robsWy the captain tlioli„lil | 1 duty deniandnl that he shoukl stay ' t and learn tlx precise state ol alfairv. ! ' rather than fats, and thus cut hlui- 1 self off from all Communication with!1 tlx shore at dial critical hour. I'ro- ' * hu'ily he relied too much un tho nrriv- ; 1 nl at tho fort of his reinforcement of I "the recrnlts and the pork." and on ] ; ^ tlx vigilenuo of Suzy and the garrison. ! A t all events, bo decided to wait for . . the mail coach, and contented himself E with sending his crew to tlx landing. 1 ! witli order* to have the gig ready on ' . (' his arrival. I It seemed a long half hour; but at j ' | last tlx clattering wheels ot the mail . ' I Were heard fa Ux distance, and the J | to the porta] of Ux tavern. It was j frill of passengers, who were luimr. ' gathered around. Their quick and ' I brief replies asm sore-id to t>- J | circles oflfaUixrs, and spanlili dren- ' | fated through lha tillage. The. n*ws J i British thvL, they said, witli several 1 | thousand troops aboard, liad antetnl ' long Island hound early that maro* .fag; thoy were sailing ou uoinnltated ' | and without stopping; tliey were pro- 1 bolily only twenty miles from Ilarlem Hell G.U,- and would probably aUon.pl 1 B landing thai very nightI These direful tidings were snfficianl 1 to si-t tho captain and svervhody via: ■ ' toThc reimtn' ' and iwcrM fa' "hi- for's 1 . j and tlx Block- 1 !ou». on tbo Boston ' ) rami. | Tlx captain looked at hfa watch ' 1 o'clock. And still worse, when Is • ' ' , looked at th.V In-avcus, ho fonnd that n 1 , heavy storm had gathered fa tlx west. > 1 aad was even now overhead. Tin ' , case, however, admitted of no ilci.iv, ' and lie luufenal at a ilbuhle quick up to the Luidfag at One Hundred and ; 1 . Tenth street, where hfa crew were ' ' awaiting him. ^ [ Tbo September aim of that evening had gone down behind a heavy bond I of clouds which were rising rapidly . from the western horizon. Llko tho 1 r heavy masses of long Unas off a vail ' f army, tlx dark phalanxes advaixrd along Ux sklea. sending their skirmishera ofthc blast ahead, In rolling dust ' s upon the bind, and lu Dosing billows ' . on tlx sea. For a while the changing loplcta of the gloom gleamed In ; brief edgings o( golden QghL Tlxn as tlxy roiled the sun, and as the day . wont out, there cams fitful flashes from 1 a their depths and the distant roll of B the storm's ertOlery. But In tlx zenith above Mill-Rock tho svenlng stars conw out, and shooa „ calmly and brightly, while the youthful pair on the parapet dreamed on, J - heedless of tlx passing houA. At length Snzy began to gaze anz- , ionaly over tho stream toward Ilar- ' - fern, wondering at Ux prolonged abi scncc of Ixr father and of her nteasenper Zip. And when the storm-clouds " j now gathered aloft, and the thnndar y | rolled grandly fa the upper heavens, e i the startled girl rose fa real alarm. p| - '.'Lfeaz,-! aha sal A. ill- fees nasi x ! tiling may hare happened to Pop and : hfa crew. There fa danger in these h I waters, with tlxir many hidib-n rocks , , and whlrlpoofa.'1 v ! "There fa no need of alarm. " urged I.! Harry. "Calm yourself, Suzy; I n j think wo couM see their beat if it were ' on the river. There! sea that flash! 4 j now It lights up the waters! There n I fa nothing moving on them. Tlx capr tain ha* been probably detained bv lB unexpected busintas, and will not vanH | tare In the fiazt until the storm has ,( passed. Be soe. It rains; the storm is upon us! Had wa not tatter shelter j ourselves below?" a. ] "No Harry; I have charge of Ux j, , fort, you know, and It will never do ,K : for the commander to go below In a •form. Bat spread that tarpanlin jg orar tho breach of 'Old Pop.' It will j keep lha vent dry. and give us a snffi- — j dent shelter." So this coarse of tro. lore, which wc bar* seen running ao smoothly under the snmracr-day's sun and tlx evening stare, w*s now having Its fajj. ovl tabic r«d>..» of lot* In a thunderM storm. IP Vary cosily, Qarortholoss, were our tnrtk-dores, sbeltored ondcr the gnncarrtag* of "Old Ihqi," peeping out at the storm through the leu Hike opener fag of Ux tarpaulin overhead. And fis very landerty, for son* ten mlnntcs. n- did Harry soothe Ux anxious forebudry mgaofSnzj, while the rain and the :ra blasts pxluxl and howled like- iafurialhe d damans round tbo fautkmenfa uf o- the flirt. p. The hurricane bad jnst now lalk.1 he for a monxoL » if gathering force for *B a OS. xxanlL who. Susy, pre ring

- tlx Hilling floods, and appanmtlyglasr1 ing Cram Ux sratars to tlx aouthward i i ' uf lbs fort. t With ooo impolaa they both rushed ' I out from their abator to tlx southern | , 1-arapoL and as Ihrv reochad fa a gust ' i of wind bore to their startled car* a >' , distant but ilhtinct "Hallo!" from tlx . ' poial of the lighL j ' •'Tfa Zlp! 'tfa tlx Mne-llght! IW l ! Zip! hit boat fa dashing on Utile Mill- 1 . ' Buck!" cried -uxy. , "No!" crinl Harry; -tbo light fa j steady and ftrthor off. "ris station - . fc»! He's safe! He feu, hron . thrown on tlx Negro Heads and fa on- ; T-i explain the numier of Zip's pre*. , ran on the Negro ll.ads, ae must , the progress of his errand to the block-bouse. After arriving there, he . punctually obeyed hfa onlcra in ol'.lining the blue- lights from tlx qnarj nnastrr. After that, he sflught a redorod ero/Vww of hfa, nanxd Cato Alexander, who was tlxn tlx ralcrer [ or sutler of tlx emu piny garrisoning , j tlx t—L All tlx old ks of that , day will rememlier Colo, as well as the | fin.- brandy and goad cheer which were ■ j l"ft of hfa- surroundings. Onto was thiol, and it wa* his flrst rslre ! «» a imbUc character. 1 lu Cato-s canteen Zip f.iurul himself at home, and amid the innsraofelilckpie and old French brandy ho »oon became so delicioutly bewildered, that , In didn't care a pfatareco about Mill- , Ib-'k. Gradually, sleep came to hfa ' tviicf. and tlxn Cato, having hfa. ! comfortably stretched on a bench, kindly locked him up In tlx cnuleeu. ' It was long after dark, before Cato again liethought himself of his Uuprfanno.1 friend, and hnslniod to awako , him. Itrsumfag hfa inskit of supplies and »towtng hfa blue llghfa safaiy in his iarkeL Zln h*.i — I n— -.u .idarknesa towanl bLs butt, which lay , ill the creek, a half mile higher up tlwn , tlx captain's. Zip, too. •-in tlx gathstorm, and made g,»«| -ay with , oars down the cnxk, jeissing th* landing where tlx captain's Ism floated. only a few minutes before the latter . reached IL Zip there-lore was but lit- , IU abend of th- captain and hfa crew , ou tlx way to Mlll-Kock, and around ts.lt. of them the storm gathered darkj ly and swiftly. Then a veil of Mind- , lag rain •lashed down so thlftly over 1 MiO-Bockl Where waa Mill-Bock? It Lid iioalsd- gone— amid the ! deluge of the slorui and th - frisking ( ' eddbs of tlx Gate, -ir.-ich u|»m I !x rowed on, and nt last mured tlx. , , Sound gullied him to the fort Blind- ' ■ lis- riging .-liildran, until on.- lulglity ; b-ap id" tlx surgi* dashed away ill* un:* !|«|. with a erasl. betwren two rocky J he.ufa. Zip found hliiiH-lf sire 'tcbrd. nnbart, In the Isqtnin, and after a nn>- ; incut's reflection he s.illbsiulzed— | " It's do Nigger Heads, sartin sure1! WslI, well. Oh Zip, you're safe je» , "now. It's ebb tide. Now set on your I nnd Jea wait until yon can Tho Negro Heads are n group of a , dozen or more sharp point*, barn at , water, nnd about three hundred . yards south of Mill-Keek. Iranxdlate- , between them and the later, Little , Mill-ltock shows a hold face of a few • yards of area. Zip calculated thaL , after the passing of the storm, hfa helf to would soon bring hlin rescue from the fort [ As he sat crouching just above the f roaring wslera'hfa car cingltt voices . on the wind— then something lik* the , dash of oars -then a loud hallo!" " Brews dc lor! It's dc captain's . boat!" cried Zip. In op instant ho had fllut and steel . out of his psckcL In another, on* of , brave Zip's blue lights flashed over the i "***■ r It was, indeed, the aqitain's lew I , dashing right onward with its 6rew to apparent destruction. w "jmk out dsssl" Tip th-Ul-f j j "it's do Nigger n«tds!" c For one moment, Ilk*, a phantom. „ fix captain and his crew whirled Into tho blue glare, and then shot swiftly ,1 past tlx danger. The next moment a J bright light shone to the northward. e It was high In tlx air— U was on tbo ,• wall, of the fort, and the utptafa knew t Ids position In an Instant. y Bat there was no elianos for 1dm Of y reach the UghL The racing eddies dashed him, Uka an arrwo, right on to M the Intervening crag, aad sent lha boat , and crew crashing high up on Ux snrT face of Little Mill-Rock Safel Yea, they were all safe as they B could mo by tlx light from tho fort, 0 flashing dimly through tlx storm. • It was Stay's brave thought who had iiuu provltcd s beacon fa the way of a flamII ing brand from tlx Are below, with i l_ sumo brimstone added, when she flrst I heard Zip's hallo. h Hoarse voices through the ilorm!— I_ The captain and his men shouting to ^ the fort, and Harry aad Suzy replying, j. while ever and anon Zip Joined fa from _ the Negro Heads with hit wild yells nod Mm Are. like a very Uepbfato,r pbelos In the midst of Hell Gate. The storm was now beginning to ,t loll somewlni, and tlx watery floo.1i came down felllOlfl In volame. Th* j frequent lfghtillllg ftaslKsi could show , a wider stretch of surf row the Git* ,1 add could reveal a longer reach of the ' B fhaunel to the eastward. Captain Jal. qnes aad hfa men were taking breath after their tfferU, and all on the rocks and In the fort asenxd to be contriving j as to the swum of rescuing the cast-s-ix "T*8 Just then, a prat broad, togthencd flash nf Hgh^fag Itt op the water* and IS bfoo.t^s-etiSL^Bv awayaorifa -

J . HfL Tbo captain saw them. .Zip "Miii-ltock ahoy? Look «»!.'.' '• shontcd the captain. - Sv! the cue- . ' my! Mak-.- ready!" ' '" j "John Boll's a Solum'!" ydfad »n. . SitzyN quick enf *nd eye drew her . attention in the right direction and in ^ j Use right morncnL _ I Old Pop rottf i-Oiitiaual the - " | ciqEaln the more excited by bis bebk»» captivity, nod tlxn with one ' m;*h£ M1 Into" the ulr. be rvwrod 'I .rt ' and came twcaihita, tlx slippery surf-toe ofthe rock., hoar's brand was y,q nghtwl and . r"r Th" "^Wfa wa. stripixd ( from the breech of the gnu in a urn- ' mcnt, and the next lustaui Old Pop ' remiwh rivaling the Ibnnrler, and sent . * *,or,n 01f,h"t ""varels the apjiruaching vessel.. The ccbor. iff u« report Int.! sotnx1 'y ,IW awav; When off tlx Westward * heavy gun . final fro,,, u,„ |j00>1. E "'"Tiled, aocom pooled by a Volley of * mnaketry. Tin-n another aad ansti). er gun replied, till the artillery from ' every nvlnnbt and post or th® Ifo,. * across tlx Island to the North Hirer had opened on the enemy. riigtul rockets, too, began to light th.- air: distant drums beat the long roll; the afarui sprenil away down into i ,h" d'J- Waking the church hells, roasing out the guards, and putting . "t whole town h, commotion. Cuusterna tion »-i»l tlx heart of every citizen who. hail anything to lose Those who hadn't seized tlxir finduiks. It was only when Captain Kam Swart- , had »"cresol«i in parading hfa floiw Iran Grays (the ,7th regiment .,r ' ito If*'' Uu'1 n^r'k''bv! New York felt ' The mure nf the alarm and firing 'at ^ from a different, though a siiuultanrous n-gimcnl of Westchester lurlitia were I at titat tlnx sncamiml m. jhc plain*, i a mile or more north of the ilk,* House. Near the Illuck House, aw] Jnst outside" of Fort Clinton, were sia- ' tinned a company of voluntoen, coui- | mal.de, I by Cupt.uu (afterwards Colo. iiei> fo oil lxwiir Tin. gcntleuiau ran of tin old conrb-oixehivnlrlcdays. Among hfa votootMf* n,-n JJeui. Turubnll; .on of a half ymy Brilfab •Ma>jr then rvsiifeut here; Arthur. , 1 well-tirown hitter. .Daniel M'L.ren, aftunrarsl I'n->ldont of tlx Loaterd Banking ami In. urji.ee Co., ; of JrtMJ city; and Privates Gulre,. Wtu. Rtwl <> S. Jarksuo, btilldcr; ' brown, rap maker, and rijvirhawk. ' There Vr-r on. hundred and tin mm in tlierompany. ,.I who ■• itduy sss-ra [ Jolly yuuiq; hutclii-rs. "f V"! c-v-ti-rn ii! vision of the lines, up. ' tlx availing, liad bethought hiuiselfof seeing that tlx — utiQi i. and detacli* aferL Mounting with his .ufl; ho Isfl , the ramp daring tlx. storm, and gal- ; loped toward M'fiowan's Pass. * The garrison at the Block li.ms., 11.1.1 the camp outside, expecting all »fe tack, h id duly fi ll their rcsponslMUlj un.1 had pushed tlxir nitt-posts well forasrd. Amid tlx darkness and the ' storm, tlxir - ntri.s suddenly beard . tlx galluplngofharecs anil tlx rattling of anbrea. The enemy were evidently , upon them. A sootinsl fired Ufa jflcsx , • The outposts followed with a volley, " and rushed fatck upon the grand guarel. . ^ Tho grand guard retreated upon tlx pickets, and the pickets and all rushed /•elf mtll Into tlx Block Ilousc. Tlx cavalry followcsl fast, and reach- * cl tin* gale. "Beady!" cried Ux offlcvt lu comnutud, to hia gunners, as lx watched for the while of tlx etxmy's eves "Who gpea there!" . "Grand rounds!" was tlx reply from * "Noyoii dim't! Flra!"a»d so tlx tlx lUock House fired, but iuikly over I I the heads of the "grand round*. " . a It was not until after tlx artillery oCtho liixaan^ tlx hells of Ibo cily , had taken up Ux alarm ihnl Culmn-1 '• W.nl aaiT "Tili'staff VereCui^reco - gnlxcd; and. It was tlxn that Uito ' Alexander sagely nmarkud,in the immortal words of perry, "We hab met ile cnamy and day am mm!" i. VI. • id "Weii, to Mili-Kook agalot Tho w artillery had osaaed firing; the lines became quiet; the bells ond tbs paapte if down town were soothed 70 silence. - H Better than all, the ator.u had passed lo away, and by the light of a young kt inuon, tlx Fort and tBs neighboring re rocks, • with their occupants, Ixcanx visible; while the white capa of Ucll--y Gale were plainly subsiding Into nothL Ing more than their usual threatening It roar. n- The enemy's fleet, sr what had hu-u " l- smn of them were tro lougur afl-izt in the fa channel. Tlxy hod either bseu sunk st by ths shot of "Old Pop, " or bad ruu j ashore on Hxlicfs Point- Evsrything f, | Captain Jaqncs now ts-coino imporm ■ lunate for his release from Li Ufa MillUs Bock, and halloed to the fort to sural 0- suex of the men In a boat to his reelo "Ays. aye, sir!" a strange and yet Is somewhat fiunlltsr voice replied to fix m. captain's tummons. w It was now an'anxisus moment fis to the two hirer* in Ux fort What if x ■ tlx captain's wrath should in round 1- 1 st the sight ufllsrry, and atthakavwih ! ledge' that he and ggfy had bean tlx is : only garrison to Mill-Bock during iff lEiese evsoifal hours! Truslmg howa- ev-f to the fortune at war, which had ] that Vrenlog been so r*r ficvoreU.-, od | Harry soon coma pnlUng hit wfl.liid ! 'Uff among Ux ursokcrs, not iu ,i ile pfaLug up Zip front hia craggy prech. rl- , ha than safely cmbnrksj the raptain at and hfe men. and tanded thrtn m, th. bt ' hearh of MlU-Bock. Suzy very so- m •n fMM