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VOLUME I. LANCA
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TUB without^ the old man proceeded somewhat been made
IlNPAPfflHD I IK nnnn as follows: moments' s<
i n ii ii i n i in n l j Hj II li ll< n "*or several years after the interior of den beneatl
li il 11 V it 13 I Li It hhUUlill th<j 8tat<j hj|d bo^Rn tQ 8cUlo itp) Rnd 8kirtcd ^hc
IS PUBLISHED EVERY becoming quiet, this part of the country an Indian
WEDNESDAY MORNING. remained continually liable to incursions parched co
by the wild, roving tribes of Ohio. Com- powder,
panics of Indians, sometimes consisting of "Well,"s,
R. 8. BAILEY, thirty or forty, sometimes of only threoor moments' i
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. four." were riin?innilu prm?in(? ?* ' ?1?*
, -?J v?vi III va- otuuiiuIU1B V
^ noes at night, setting fire to barns and "How is i
T P P xm fields, of grain, stealing horses, and some- "Why, 3
< t times carrying off women and children, that not inoi
Two Dollars per year, if paid in ad- True, there was one petty "station" not the party.
Vance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if far from where we now are, but the scant, soon, or tin
|>aid in six months; or Three Dollars, if though valiant garrison could do little for provisions c
payment is delayed until the end of the fhe defense of the frontier beyond protect- place Sol
* J , . . ? , ing the families immediately within or a- their deviltr
year. These terms will l>e rigu ) ad- roUn(j tjie Walls, and by chasing retreat- day. Then
liered to. ing parties of the enemy to the river. It soon as the
Advertisements will be conspicuously was about the year 17?that the Indians, they get her
Inserted at seventy-five cents per square '"king advantago of this defenseless state Bess and 1
of twelve lines, for the first insertion, of the border, inc-reascd their depredations three scalps
_ to nil nlnrminnr nvtonf An#i % ? .?? *> - *K" A
VM.VMW* itnu IV nna ill llIU VIIC IUUUU II
and thirty-seven and a hall rent* for each Sprjng Gf j|la^ yCar that tliere appeared at fort and put
subsequent insertion. A single insertion the station I liavo mentioned, a man, some of the
One Dollar. Nothing will be counted whoso character and notions seemed for a- they know v
less than a square. while to infuse new spirit into the despond- "Well," s
. , . i . ' ing frontiermen. go to the
Advertisers are requested to state, m , . , - . , .
, . , . Who ho was, or whence ho came, no must let me
writing on their advertisements, the num- one J;n(?W) though his singular habits nnd you here. 1
her of times they wish them inserted; or appearanco called forth many inquiries.? than you ex]
thev will be continued in the paper until Tall, sinewy and raw-boned, with sun- than one, at
ordered out, nnd charged accordingly. |'u ;'t countenance, seamed across the fore- "No, no, I
M head with a deep scar, deep-sunken eyes, There s no<
The Law of Now?papers. "!,ic\iu of cxcilcmci.t glenm- ing any m.
* * ed with a strange, lurid fire, and dressed why, my ok
1, All subscribers who do not give ex- in the wild, half-Indian costume of the nny rate; bi
press Notice to the contrary, are consid- times, he presented a rather remarkable you to get li
ered as w ishing to continue their subcrip- figure. In spite, however, ol his looks, The old n
tions. his dress and accoutrements, there was one blushei
2. If suliscril?ers order the diseoniin- <...!?.? i.:?~ ' 1
... ? iii* cuiivennuon ana ciieeK. llo
uanco of their papers, the publishers may inau .er* whieh showed that he possessed days, to a y<
continue to scud them until arrearages nn intelligence and a breeding above the His friend
are paid. rude, unlettered men among whom he to his bliishc
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse tak- moved. canoe, and
ing their papers from the offices to which The most prominent feature of his char- he led the v
they are sent, they are held responsible acter, the one thought of his soul, seemed lay before tli
till their bills are settled, and their papers to be deadly, uncompromising hostility ?o the side of a
ordered to be discontinued. the who'e Indian race. In his ordinary tho river by
4. The Courts have decided that refu- intercourse with men he was shy, taciturn by their et<
sing to take a newspaper or periodical and retiring. Hut in moments of the ous walk of
from tho office, or removing and leaving chase and the conflict, he seemed changed, brought tlici
it uncalled for, is prima facie evidence of transformed, and tilled with a mysterious which the hi
intentional fraud. tire which rendered him an object of wony
KINDS OF der cven to tkc bravest l',e hunters
Tf\<r\ Y\ Y\ YHTroYTtT n wh?,ookcd "rou ,li* r<Kk!CS!t dari"?- The hut w
1 i 1 T> DDI \ I I A A \U"* loW intelligence, construction,
JU D X IlliV IIIYU undaunlc1d fierce energy ? f thick ,
^ w *"' *** <***> v purpose, he acquired at once, and without antl bushes
executed with keatsess and despatch appearing to seek it, that ascendancy over
At this Omco. the inimls of the simple backwoodsman, 8War(]
w hich such qualities must ever gain in any ilui
.. t , -v 2-i v.?>iiiiiiuiiiir. Yei tie sediiea, us much as . _
.1 I a .1 4 ^ a //ii -1 - - 3
? ... . . ... Uiunv |<CI IHJI
<z? r i r 11 r 11 \L UI i u. i?*,?b,vo ^ ^ f?|- ?f wwa. u *
lows, lie refused .to live in the stockade which
Ibrt, but built ltiniaelf ft little hut upon tftncc'frotn tl
urn is iiiT\*rnrT??c? niMrnvnr lbe summit of a hill nlrfuit three miles . .
Tills. IlLMLRb REV ENGL. wi.cn-1.0 pn^i ?,ostof hi. time ,.A;*ho lw
? with no society stive that of his (log. | ".s ? ,ei'
a IM'ltlW 11(1(1 A]
A WESTERN LEGEND. , ?"? whenever the alarm was given that
the foe had ero.sm.il the river, he was seen ,
MY MAUK I1NDKLU ttt tl,e ?tfttion, commanding, organizing, * B ** '
and planning; a sell-appointed dictntor, to . . , ? '
ciiap.ca i. whom all yielded implicit obetlicnee. In n.u Wl . \ '
. _ i ... the pursuit and the eonfliet he was ever . 1 ,ri ,
A raw years since, while wandering in 1 . .f . . lav ft level
e 3 ir . i . P i fo.vniost. lie sought to make no prison- "v "
mniiti of our Kentucky eounties which i .i . .i i . i torn arose t
! i . . ,i i?t* _ i i crs; death to the eneuiv was his watch- *. .
U?rder uiHiit the OIuo river, chalice caused . ... . .... . taut station
| , ,| | word autl Ins only object. \\ lien the . .
me to pass tue night in the house or one ,. , . , J ,J . , . . man exister
.. 1 , , . t ?..i hght was over, ho was heard claiming no a
ot the oldest surv.ving pioneers of l,the ,n .. . ... . f. . parent!v, n
.... . ,. , bootv, disputing with im man about his 1 :
dark aud bloody ground. lho sight ot . 1 i on in slugs
, ./ ,. , . ? , share in the conflict; but silently and un- . ,
Mich men?relies ot a departed age, and .. , , . , , , . .. 3 . . , yet, by the
, t e V noticed lie stole back to Ins mountain hut 3 '. 3 ,
memorials of that state ol infancy from . . . ... , , .... .... snort and v
.. , . v to resume Ins solitary mode of life. Thus
w inch our country has grown into its now , , J . ... . . now tl.o ??(i
... j. i i ho mMAiniiiuii came 10 regard linn with , . ,
-Morion* niaiilu u I?always possesses Tor i , , ? .... poured a nel
*" .it... . ? I* . . .1 awe and almost with superstitious rever- r ,
nit; the highest interest. I listen to their , . . r . . . scene, maki
, . ? ? i i f i . r once,and the inquiries concerning Ins past 0. . ,,
words with reverence mid deligliL I uev- ,v \ , ,, ? 1 Hivicre seei
? e , , , life, checked by his stern and austere man'I
,'re. < f ?' fwl nor, JUd a<v?v. Tl'? r??l
1 hat it IB from their stores of traditionary ' - ... the voiintr h
learning, rather than from the dull nag*. There was but one living being, beside on ^ ^
* . f historic lore, that wo can become fmlv ? ? dog, ?or ???>?? reined to entertain [n h{g f
aware of all the jsH-uliar and distinguish- j Ml,y fading ?? interest or a (lection. Ihis aljon> j)ur,
ing features of tho spirit-stirring times in was a young.hunter living at the station, um
which thoy bore ? part. ""d " '.? l"'t| ?** *? ??| ?, eveni
lln. to whom I liuvcnlluthxl. wm a fin. .a1?1' w man. life at tlio rak of In. R|1C],0(V utt
specimen of his class. Though his once ?*"' .^y sometimes suffered^ to ( *n ^
stalwart form was somewhat bent, and his join '"I^ 'I1 h>s hunting exjieditions, and to purjtH] jn j,j
white locks hung thin upon his broad ?h?rc hi* frugal meals. lJut even to him cftcn jncohe
temples, yet his body and mind were still J,uVcr "p?*? of In* past history, and ^ eomisanii
active and vigorous. His cheerful laugh, 1,10 W w?? lo? discreet ?> ?,Iud? 10 ?l- jnR to r[.|iev
the ftlddy glow upon his cheek, ami the tations ho r
....I*. ~i ::?- f I-:- -I * 1 -
.jmvi ui iim cicar, uiuc eye, mm ll,Anl* " R,j evident e
told the good effects of nn early life of Month* had paused since the stranger ?. a 1 ,
temperance and active, manly toil. In made his first apjiearance at the fort.? married 'sot
the opjtfwite chimney-corner sat the gray- Spring and summer had come and gone, . ,
haired matron whoso leve had cheered and autumn had thrown his rich mnntle ^?. R<T.< 1
him tlirough the toils of youth and man- of bright and mellow hues over the land- *" wj? In*
hood, a?.^ " now shared the peace and scape, when one evening, a few hours ere . "mam
contentment of his age. set of sun, the hunter and hU young com- . I
I soon found, to my pleasure, that the panion might have been seen ascending l'
old man both remembered well and loved and descending the long, green hills which He pause
4 to speak of the scenes of his early days; skirt tho shores of tho Ohio, on their re- w,4?T:.in
And never had storyteller, old or young, a turn from one of their long and lonely ' "a* '*
jnore please*! and attentive listener. It wanderings among the recesses of the the youth o<
wras a cold, stormy, blustering winter night. mountains, descending tho slope of a hand gently
Tho winds how led around the old farm- thickly-woodcd hill, they caine to tho ban't "Boy," In
liouse and drifted tho snow-w reaths aiminst I of the river. wIi?h> !.* ftftk
ithe window panes with a fury that made stream formed a little cove, known as the which mad
i the great fire of logs, that was throwing IIo*5e-shoe. As they were about to crow hunter that
its chccifui, dickering blaze over the room, the little pebbly bead) in order to reach few have I
t doubly welcome. the hill which rose in front of them, the But I love
As tha night grew colder, we drew our hunter's attention was attracted by the seems forci
chairs closer around tha hospitable hearth, unusual and uneasy motions of the dog, mert ago, tl
and while the young folks were enjoying running hither and thither, snuffing the looked dowi
the winter store of apples and nuts, and ai't and pushing through the bushes which Virginia. 1
the old lady quieUw knitted, and the skirted the bank with a sharp, quick is true, situs
house-dog slumberdK>n the floor, my veil- bark. and woods,
erable backwoodsman detailed many a MHa! old Snarl has snuffed something happiness,
'trilling anecdote <4 the pleasures and in tlie wind. That dog's never wrong.? yes?, all w<
tne peril* <>i tne past; oi ttiedaring of the Here, Snarl down, down, old fellow, before my cattle w
hunter, and the vengeance of the red the rod 8kin* hear youl" all, I had a
man. Tlie dog came back and crouched at hie earth, and
At length, at the earnest request of the master's feet, while he stepped cautiously who would
young folks ho told us a storv which I forward, looking carefully about for with their i
will endeavor to repeat accurate!*-, though "tracks," and peering anxiously into every ?h sports,
without hoping to convey the ebarm im- thicket. "Though
pnrted to it the simple woeds and man- "There it la, at laet," said he, suddenly, itatk*, sa
i nerritor. pointing to the ground sad turning a tig- occasionally
Without further preface than a preh- niftcant look toward bis companion. Sure neighborho.
-minary punch at the great baAlog, which enough, there were two footprints in the no W I
omt a cloud of sparks up the huge chisa- |tyi. Thev were half effaced, but the on the cont
ney, yawning like the mouth of a cavern, J eyo of the huater could detect at half-starvvl
and roaring as if in defiance of the storm once that they were quite recent, and had would wan
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IMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, GE
STER, C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, D1
by a moccasin. After a few trusted to their magnanimity for the safe- young trees, mat
jarch thev found, snugly hid- ty of all I held dear. ant growth of vi
i the thick undergrowth that "Well, a littlo later in the day than description. Fn
immediate bank of the river, this, just five Years aro? I Was ?.v #!. ? ?* ??? ?
cuooe, containing a bag of tny hearth with my children ob my knee, report of a rifle i
rn, a littlo venison anvl some while my wife wne busied in the prepara- Before ho couli
tion of our evening meal.' The sun went negro had fallen
aid the old hunter, after a few down, and darkness came on, but the air the water, and
reflection, "I'll trap the red was so pleasant that I* 4eft the door open spring into the ri
his time." to enjoy the fresh breeze that seemed mak- held above their
that?" asked his young friend, ing music among the branches of the now drifting witl
cou seo the canoe is so small great oaks before the doer. I had lent With a cry ol
e than two or three can be in my dogs to a neighbor for a hunt, and grasped his riflt
They must intend to return there was nothing to give warning of dan- would have plun
ey would have brought more ger save the melancholy hooting of an had not the stix
md hidden them in a better owl in the neighboringforest More than laid open his she
[judge they intend to commit once my wife spoke of the effect thai #!? -
: # w-wg-f ,wou ^
y to-night, and be off before mal sound had upon her feelings, but I thing 1"
ifore, I'll just conio down as laughed at her fears. Suddenly, as sho "Hands off, ol
moon rises, lay in wait until was crossing the room, I heard her utter ter?and Mary 1
e, and then I think that Black a scream of terror. I turned, and beheld "You must, ai
nyself will answer for two or a dozen dusky forms crowding into the at once! If the
to hang up in the cabin. In doorway. Even now, I can see their eyes will push across t
me, I want you to go to the glaring and their white teeth shining as lost forever."
, the boys on their guard, or the fire-light flashed upon them. Spring- By this time t
m may be picked off before ing from my seat, I was snatching down themselves in tl
rhat hurts'em." my rifle which always hung over the fire- boat, and were sc
aid the youth, "I'm willing to place, when I received a blow from stoma- her in the current
fort and warn them, but you hawk, which made that dear upon my and heavy, and
return and stand guard with forehead. A thousand lights gleamed in rapid. But the
There may be more Indians my eyes, and horrid sounds echoed in my glance that his o
>ect, and two rifles are better ears as I fell insensible. Severe as was accustomed to yi
lyhow." the blow, I soon returned to consciousness, his dictates, he ti
bovt do 111st na T vnn ?
4 ? umiui, u> me excessive flow of lowed trim down
chanco whatever of there be- blood. How awful the sight which I be- *hich had broug
arc of 'em; and if there was, held! My wife standing bound in one M Hack, Snarl!
I scalp is worth nothing, at corner of the room, the little children sob- the hunter te the
it you know it won't do for bing and clinging to her kness as if for followed them,
uirtjust about this time." protection, while the fiends were heaping look to your took
lan chuckled, and the young all my little furniture into the centre of Away, like blc
J in spite of his sun burnt the room, evidently with the intention of they started doi
was to be married, in a few firing the liouAe. Making a desperate had set, an<
jung girl at the station. effort to rise, I gained my feet, and stag which was left,
, however, paid no attention gered forward a step or two, when the strange, dark shu
w, but carefully replacing the blood gushed over my eyes, and I fell, pathway, but wit
cr.ising their own foot-prints, helpless and blinded, upon the floor. The of hunters "in a
vay up a rugged path which shrieking and sobbing of my wife and dashed forward
icm. This path wuond along children at this pitiable sight, were ming- trast between tl
narrow gorge, shut out from led with a laugh of derision from thesav- one, furious and I
' cliffs, and rendered gloomy ages, who supposed that I was dead at that those he lov
>rnal shadows. After a tedi- last. At this moment, one of their sen- the hands of tho
half an hour, the rocky path tincls rushed in, exclaiming in their own his rifle with a v<
n to the summit of the hill on language, "Fly! fly! the whites are com- clenched teeth, sp
unter's hut was built. ing!" wild deer startled
" I heard a few words of consultation. oth?r\0,der ?nd
charter in. Then ft command Wrt8 giyen in tone> j straining outwan
as of the rudest and simplest shall never forget. Then came blows and M * j /' W*
nrwl l,:,l,l U .1- " " " "
uiuuvu uj wio miricwi. i ney were murdering my chil- l,cnu Ul " I'ureu11
h of young trees, wild vines dren ! 0, Co I ? how I writhed and strug- a* he went' to
which the hunter had left un- gled, in rain, to rise! In a moment their an^ toloo6c
In front of it stretched the infant cries were stilled in death Then ita ^khard.?
for a few yards, and then the came a crashing blow, a fall, a gwLin ?~i
idicufur prmxjK-e^nr?lie'Voot flnftae^'wcrVa/fgone!?all? ,ve' ?f^
doped off Again to the river's all! not one?not one left'. have said before,
was thus a considerable dis- The big tear-drops fell like rain through *fW *quare
>e hut. the old man's clasped hands, and his strong .?.WI1 l1, "P01
0 hunters gazed around from frH,ne ?hook with agony. The young J c.ftt' but
ninence, the scene spread out man ??<! nothing, but wept. At length !rom U,c 0re,
round them urns one of almost the hunter calmed himself, and proceed- t^?n- uprooted
1 beauty. Far as the eye could : storm, and wind
died a left of hills, more or 441 became again insensible. A party ?6" monarch, in i
ind covered from base to sum- ?f hunters who happened to be in the ?*' 11 * IT*n ?n
nantlc of foliage rich with all neighborhood, came in time to snatch my I1/**6"' u
lutes of autumn. Westward from the burning dwelling, but no't . , ? hunte
expanse of forest, over whose *?on enough to take vengeance on the | lc ?"g aire s
ho curling smoke of the dis- murderers. No, thank God, that task waa .
, the only visible sign of hu- M for me ! Tim harvest n
ice. At their verv feet, ap- \ I was taken to a station. I was nurs- * *
owed the broad Ohio, rolling ed and tended most kindly, but for weeks onebedofl' uid
ish majesty, undisturbed, as and weeks I lingered upon the brink of int_ j'1
keel of the steamboat or the the grave. I wished to die; I was deliri- fi,p:r ? n
thistle of the engine. And ous not only with nain ami f?mr Kt.? ... 1
t ? like ghostly m
? i' ? ?ur;M 1 with irriefand rage, Hut, at length, good dream-land. T1
ting ??n, in hu? dying gl , lTcnlI?,Cnt and my own iron constitution seemed to clamt
,, Hood of ligU^r hewhoe 1 recovered my health wcrohere tipped
ing the ripple* of U ??? *d strength of body, but there was a in impenetrable
n a flood of molten gold. fever ftt heart, which no time, no med- whicli ran out ir
tectwas indeed glorious, but could cure. I came forth twenty Qf the cote, givii
unter in vain endeavored up- ^ oljer -Q and appearance. WKA crowned by
ing to make his friend partici- ) ^ wjw and my face wrinkled, fore8t trees that
eelings of delight and M you sec them now. Hut my change in distinctness agai
ing the whole day he had nothing to my change in soul. a still, boy
wually gloomy and taciturn, ^ w"j,0 before was too kind hearted to have whisper, as the
ing advanced, a deeper reel- ^Rrme<j a worm, was now a tiger, thirst- his position. *1
led upon his brow. >ow he ^ humRn blood. 1 thought of noth- Ajj was still, ind
le green grass, with his race ? prnyed for nothing but revenge! I ? low, rippling, ?
s hands, and returning brief, !my i?nd, and swore never to rest un- hushes that hur
rent answers, to the words of ^ ^ of tJint ^nd had fallen be- nnd an owl in i
on. At length, as if endeavor- neMh my hand. I have nearly fulfilled forth his long ar
e himself from his own medt- TQW Though I saw them but once e\M wascalii
sised his head and said, with ^ ^eir feJ|ture# Was burned into my a Curse that
ffort to be cheerful. brain, and I could not mistake or forjjpt man, forgetting
mv boy, you are going to get thpm' 1)j4V mnf, n;?h?
,,f "
.....Alone and with b*n.l. of men, over " "
Wu.h ^-Mo ly .. good (prl, rir^,^ through (Wnd X?Jwm
,V. , hunt.. 1,1. you, . ffrM- mo ia>M ,h ' ,nJ j* ,||
But these are troublous times . . _ . ,, ,C .. . tUam ?? norror ?c. na
iinjj nod giving in marriage." h* ? ,nti followed them. They brought to his n
?bcr?'" made mo a demon, and the demon has fled how soon tl
. . turned again and rent them. In iiieir unon i,u a
d, and his inind seemed ab- tents at midnight, with their wife's around A moment nv
unful recollections. them, in the battle-field, and alone in the oani j. beard ai
it that depresses vouf said (]ar|[ foreets, I have met and slain them ! r.D;d|v around I
>ming nearer, and Jiayiug his ^)oe another they hare fallen, and foj-mod the uppe
upon the old man s shoulder. B,j|l one remains?tlie moet subtle and bright inoonligh
3 answered, at length, "this is ferocious of them all; and I hare followed discernable. In
inirertary of my sorrow; that him here. He leads a band upon the steering, ai
e nio the outcast, wandering Ohio side, and I have watched and sought
}UU moo iun uuw. iic*?rr w for him day and night. They call him who, with terriftt
sought for humnn sympathy. the Black Wolfofthe Prairie. You hare ^ j0 ?ach 0tJ,e
you as a son, and something heard of him before; but when we meet i# fl^nt ,
ng me to speak. Fire sum- you will not bear of him again !" {coking fell*
lis very hour, that same sun The hunter clenched bis rifle fieretly, an Indian Chi<
f? upon a happy home in West and waa silent. His companion sat mute paj?t, and s
It was an humble log-house, it and motionless. handled an oar,
tied in a lonely spot, amid hills ^
but it waa full of comfort and ciiaptkr nr. As the boat c
That home was mine. For The boy had not sat thus many minutes, to distinguish I
ent well with me. My crops, however, listening to the low hard breath- board, the old r
ere unsurpassed. But^above in(f of his eaeited friend, when his atten. l.j m i:
'???? ... u .ng.1 upon ^ ... utraetod by'lbi ^ght of n femil- "~BT H?'?n
t.okubc*. uboj undugirl, j.r objoct (Wing upoo lb. nrer. It wm Tlunk Ood, <li
1 *irS2i^SK Ihol^bortTJingiuj toth, ??h. -hi.,
'..et Inughtnr and tb?r child- ro* WUlw ^ ^
The flattering of e female drew in the the steelier Iudi
remote from any human hab- stern of the boat revealed the presence of The youth fal
d though the Indians were hie Meter and hie betrothed. They had strong effort, qu
seen and heard of in the eons# oat to meet him on hie return from two lay motion!
>d of my dwelling, I yet felt the chaee. Jumping from the (rate to potkhed tubes ?
had never wronged them, hart hail them, bb step was arretted \j aa oo- Artie the moot
rary, had often fed and clothed onsen* whieh struck him at owes with The boatstril
stragglers from the tribe, who terror and amassment. The river beak, stere out, and o
der to my door, and blindly I Cm below him, was lined with n thicket of fellow him; bat
, a
il*ietarg|?ijri
NERAL AND T,or,Ar. ttvttti t Tnvivrm?
? w V/AXAJ JLJL. 1 JL. JlULI VV J-^a
iCEMBER 1,1852. NUMBER 43
.ted together by a iuxuri- fear they neither hear nor heed hi* com- I /< v * . 1* .
ncs atul creepers of every mand. The smaller Indian, enraged at j UjyQtttttlttttt ?0110110
om this thicket lie beheld their obstinacy, rises with an oath, and
loke arise, followed by the stepping forward, dutches Mary by the 1 - ? +
snd a single war-whoop, arm, as if to pull her froin her seat. The \ Fob the Ledoer.
i muve or speaK, me old lnmter cnn contain himself no longer. A : LEAFLETS OF MEMORY*
heavily from his seat into quick, clear report rings out upon the air, !
two savages were scon to an*l the smaller Indian, with a single cry, so. i?by evka lerne.
ver, and with their rifles leaps up and falls dead in the bout. The ; ^
heads, gain the boat, old hunter, taken by surprise, tires hur- 1 The sun shone with dazzling spleudor on
'i fhe current. riedly, nnd a halfsmothered groan from the beautiful brick buildings of A., in the
f horror, the young man the Chief, as ho springs back into the luxurnnt month of August. Every ray seem!,
and rushing forward, boat, tells that he is wounded, but not ed to shine with unusuul brilliancy, and ap?
igcd over the precipice, mortally. He seizes an oar and puches parontlv to penetrate the hearts of the met*
>ng hand of the hunter, the boat from the land. Quick as thought, J ry school girls,
ulder, arrested his stops, with n bound like that of a tigress robbed I ^ ? -
y r I vjruupu were passing 10 and fro under
>y, or you will ruin every of her young, and a tcrnble shout of ven- I the dnrk folUgo of thc trcv8 that 8ur_
geance, the hunter lias sprung into ... , . .
Id man, I say t My ses- the boat, and grappled witli his last and [?U? ,e ? e8e ? ?ou>e o in
I must save them!" most deadly enemy! I hand' ?~???vonng to concentrate their
nd you shall. Follow me But the warrior, though wounded, is j thoughts on study, whilst the thoughts of
Indians see you, they not conquered. The long, keen blade of j others were playing the truant,
the river, and they will be an Indian scalping knife, gleams an instant j There were two that had divided them*
in the moonlight?thc next, it finds a selves from those that were passing, and
lie Indians had placed sheath in the hunter's breast. But there wcref,wending their way to a sequestered
ic bow nnd stern of the is no time for a second blow?the hands grn88 plot, to enjoy n ttlc-a-lrte on the nplulling
her along, keeping of the Avenger nrc at the Chieftain's prolK.hing festival of" to-roorjow," that
t. Thc boat was large throat. The cry of" Blood for blood." ?j _ . -
. , . - , wuum us given in nonor 01 ins excellency
their progress was not rings in Ins ears! The boat rocks with ? r , .. . . , ..
young man ?>l. the terrible .Wiggle. They toiler, tl.uv ?,"V' ' J01" " W"* th?
om|>aiuon wan right; end fall with* heavy sph?h, and go down ni P' Bur? ef.ec.ng acquaintance,
eld implicit obedience to the terrible embrace of death. A sullen mwnt> t"c retinue of military characters that
irned rcluc.nntly and fol- wave, a few bubbles, and the dark waters tvould be present on the occasion,
i the same narrow pass of the Ohio roll over the Hunter and his On arriving at the spot desired, they seatlit
them to the hut. Indian foe. Such was the Hunter's Re- ed themselves beneath an oak that was vene!
stay here, sirrah !" said venge ! rable in yonrs, the elder of the two cxclaimi
dog, who would have ?? ing as she threw aside her bonnet:
"And now, my boy ? And were their bodies never found!" ? Thi? . bank sha? be m couchf
s, we have work ahead! I inquired, when the old man had finished ,r.. ?. , ?
KKjhonnd. on the trail, hi. ,iory. ru.tl,ngo.k my cnopy.
vn the rocky path. The " Yes, long years afterward, when the Thc p,(|er girl was rather majestic and
1 the tw ilight glimmer waters were unusually low, in a bed of dignified in her deportment?her form was
served only to throw drift-wood which must have lain upon the not what a connoisseur would term perfect,
idows over their rucrrruA ti._ir - -?e ? '-i-*? *
<~?v?> >vi ? t^niury, i?w nKcieum ] Doing rather of a voluptuous than a delicate.
h the firm, unerring tread forms were found by a utartied fisherman ' mould ; a complexion clear and smoothe ;
mountain land, they still locked in a last embrace. They bayo- 8mau ^ut brilliant black eyes that at time*
at full speed. The eon- been buried upon tlio summit of the hill, beamed w}th unwonted animation; teeth
>e two was great. The where once stood the Hunter s hut, and thnt vicd in whiteness with the pearl; her
naif demented at the idea there they repose, side bv side. dark auburn hair was somewhat disheveled
ed best on earth were in " And the young Hunter?what of , . . . t . ......
brutal savages, grasped him?" by tho impatient manner in which she had
ery death-grip, and with ? I am he, and there is his young bride," ,hrown H8'dc her bonnet' her cheek' " n]]y
rang and bounded like a and he pointed with a smile to the gray* P"'0' wnl now flushed with excitement, in
1 from his covert. Tho haired matron, in the opposite chimney- contemplating that" to-morrow, she would
more accustomed to re- corner. "cc acquaintances, as the conversation will
1 signs of emotion, went I looked up, and saw tho eyes of the disclose.
th the long, mensured old conplo filled with tears.? Columbia Her friend by her side wns beautiful beng
panther, taking care and Great M est. yond a doubt; her sylph-like form and merV?k
tn tlio nrim!..? I.I
n his long hunting-knife ?? ry miachevions face, revealed at once a heart
-Few were the minutes nnfetU,red b>' a care-how very applicable
i ulllII D JUiillinilltlll. arc
he covc. It wan, as we ~ ?--- r-*~ ---- Ne'er from the heath-flower brushed the
a little, pebbly place, a Lary Boya. dew."
, with hilht coining gently tit u _ ia_,, ; Her golden locks were braided and placed
? three aides. On that A lazy boy makes a lazy man, just as *> 1 .
only ? few yard, dirtanl WW ? crookod twig m.ko, ? crooked >'<" ???T W. rcinUing .n ,m.
iy a giant oak, which had tree. Who ever vet saw a boy grow up I* 1 crown ?n hue ; violet eyes that were
in some long previous >n idleness that did not make a shiftless shaded by lids of snowy whiteness, a blonde
li now reclined, like a fal- vagabond wlien be became a man, unless that would rival the lily in its purity,
utern and silent majesty, ',e had a fortune left him to keep up ap, Books in hand they seat themselves, but
ns still lifted no towards pearonccs? The great mass ot thieves eves rivited on each other's faces, their con.
1 litis natural rampart, paupers and criminals that fill our pen- vernation ran thus, the more yonthful of the
placed themselves, with itentiariea and alms-houses, have come to two .poking to the heart of the cider:
of their rifles supported they are l?y being brought up in ? Wc? Jancz { am ^ pIeSHC(i ^ see
idleness. Those who constitute the busi- ... ' . . ,.. ,
. . . , . .| * your spirits so elated this morning, I thiuk
loon had now risen in all ness portion of community, those who '
uou ?*.u iu mii i /. you are entitled to holiday to-morrow, as
Jding a glorious flood of make our great and useful men, were } . 1
euo. The ri.-cr wemcd trained up in their boyhood to he in<lu>- l? "Worn you ... ?n old acquaintance from
lailvor. The Cor waa ria- trioua. your native home.
stant hills stealing out When a boy is old enough to begin to The breeze seemed to affect her eyes as
zy azure mantle, seemed play in the street, then he is old enough s',e rephp<^:
intinels or mountains in to be taught how to work. Of course wo 14 Thank you, Nannie, I concur with you,
le nearer forests, as they would not deprive children of healthful, as it hua been a year, a long?long year, since
or up tbe steep hill-sides, playful exercise, or the time they should I saw the face of one I knew previous to my
1 with silver, here wrapped spend in study, but tench them to work, coming here. I will apply this evening, to
gloom. A little ridge little by little, as the child is taught to be emancipated from sorvitude to books, and
ito the river from one end learn at school. In this wav he will acquire obukir 1iKa#4i* An f a.mAvsAU* tkAiiJowA a a
0 , vnjvj IIWI VII ?v uivuvn wiiu?((0 to
ig it its peculiar shape, habits of industry that will not forsake horror,' an?"
a bristling array of young him when ho grows up. " A truce to your poetry from lore-sick
Mood out w,if, .(range M.ny p?r?it. wUo .r. poor let. tlie.r ^ rj yw
nst the clear blue sky. children grow up to fourteen or sixteen * * ' . . * ,
r said the old man, in a years of age, or till they can support them ??", romance or other book, Janez, that I
th moved uneasily in no longer, before they put tliem to labor, feel treated in getting jou to spoa on5
will be here soon." Such children, not having any idea of ally to inc. Now let us enjoy a pleasant
The river did make what work is, and having acquired habiU chitchat, and leave off your silly stuffs; your
plashing noise among the of idleness, go forth to imjioso upon their immaginatiou would tall froyi its lofty flight
ig down into its waves, employers with laziness. Thero is a re- fDr. 1' would refuse you a furlough, if
s neighboring tree sent puhdveness in all labor set beforo them, I may so express myself."
id melancholy hooting but ^ ^ get jt done, no matter how, is their ? Ah ! that is too true; Nannie, 'and then
i and noiseless. only aim. They are ambitious at play, w;u rentj my fairy dreams ofbljss;' if I may
owl," muttered the old but dull at work. Ibe consequence is rre<){t presentiments, my application will be
his own injunctions, 'it they do uot stick to one thing but a short ft.ce|ve<jt anj returned with a kind gentle
J he hooted this night they rore about the world, get into
mischief and finally find their way to the ,tn'
an shuddered, as the tale ppao,, or ?|iiih house. I Indulge the hope that your prescnti.
d listened to was thus With the habits of idleness, vice may rncnt may be favorable. 1 am pretty sure
line, and made bim re* _encrJ|||v< ;f not invariably, be found, that I)r. I' will treat your petition oa
nd h<i?nbridnf ? Iru?>1 a Where the mind and hands are not oc- you desire, I will esoonse behind the arras,
InA 7^1 cupi?d in some useful employment, an when yon present yourself. Dissemble a
nother, and the boat swept evil ?enil!" *?? HW,e' lo?k ^ WO*-be^?ne' #mbo<1f
the projecting point which '* *, , x ? "??1?nc*?0,y in >our countenance, aud I am
r end of the cove. In the ,tl,,e .v,,1^r , profare sure you will bo successful.
a i i habits of those older in vice: they may be , . , ?. u*ti? ? v t . . ,
t every figure was plainly . . . / I have but Utile doubt, Nan, but listen!
the Mrn, M ? gmallln- hc",en,! ,hw?'* ?? b.11 trfltag to, o?,
nd occasionally speaking ... Dbul (?..nA ? f .t..rU class. I vow I know not much of Uohanc.
in the middle of the boat, v"*"? . this morning, my thoughts of to-morrow ha*
id countenance., l?y eliwp- A la.y boy not only . ^l?y,tut demoted my mind from McnUI Philotor>.
anm, U ifforprotiT. ? d?gtm? to lm pnrenU, for it ? througli f
itood a tall and maimifl. their neglect that ho became thus. No Pny?w,
in nil tho wnrfinerr of p?renuO>o.e?r poor, in llicto time, of -Comi W. w. mn.l.pp?,b.lor.U,.
?f, with seal n-lock fen th- cheap booka aud newspapers, need let tribunal, be examine hand if deficient, a deliver
bracelets, lie, too their children grow up in idleness, If merit without doubt. I almost imagine I ace
while hia rifle lav at hia they cannot ba Kept at manual labor, let tj,# |on? stroke?black aa night withy
their minds he kept at work; make them out moon oratem."
ame near enough for them industrious acholars and they will be in 1,.Mon ,8 principally of illuatraUon.
he feature, of tl.o^ on dusuous at any business they may under- . . - - -- -
nan started as if an adder ukc in ,ife- . "eniM\ ? , ? W* DOt *c<,ult
We know of nun? boy?j-otmj men ?"h "el* got with Ami.
si'tut the Black Wolf! ?old enough to do business for themselves, ?'
10 hour is come! Don't who cannot read, and much less write 44 * will be at least able to cite oae ex?ered
between his olenched their own name*. They, too, are lazy, for emple, Scott is too great a favorite with you
sy the word; then fire at ignorance and laziness are twin brothers, for you to forget'Wandering Willie' in 'Red
ian." We always feel sorry for such young men Gauntlet,' Junes,"
It excited, also, but by a ?their habits arc for life, the twig bent They have gained the threshold?entered
lelling their emotions, the In childhood has grown a distorted tree the chapoi?but wa will not go through the
cm as kUIiim >tiiU <1,* an/1 tlioro i<t no rented v for it. Tlie* ... .... .
.light. ' ' _i,lMinc?..nd ignocinw. Think oMt, h>?k " "* wm <? ?l??l tfiMt Uwra,
lt*?lh?.hon. th. ChW TC?.g >?l...^ uk. heed that 7ou,
reform tho girU to rime and habita and character b? not formed )ik? ??** d.*mUMl of the cUm?Nanin*enwbl?
with grimf and their*.?[Palmer Journal, ak k not to b* mco, but if am tmy judge by