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I . | # ' v • ‘ - *; St trill b* Keo jduti AQr lpuptr the cheapest in the coapty. k® leave in !ta the ■ public to de itiy rcqupat onr .friends . through-, f “«»*« Alia/'ns »e hate ? them <»n reacUiy obtain a dub *ttbena-pw^W By the'aboye ia emphatically As to its merits oide. Wecarnei ont-tha county Uo doubt each < aloeumonmu or tax SkJiut llaetrj. SOSG OF THE DYING BOY. Mother, mother, let me kim *Hte Once again before! die; Let me claap my emu around thee. On thy boeom lie. Earth is fleeting, Cut decaying From my weaiy, weary sight— Dearest mother, let me kiss thee £re 1 bid a Loso “Good night I" Ah I how sorely it doth grieve me, Gentle mother, thus to know That*l may not lire to cheer thee When, thou art-oppressed with wo. Thus to leave thee, and tor ever From my home and friends to part; Every tie of love to sever, t That hath bound my hopcfUl heart. Ohl’Us painful, very painful, Thus to meet the silent tomb: Torn flour all that’s bright and lovely, To endure a fearful gloom; forced from ail the little pleasures That have joy’d my youthful mind— Innocence, and love and-friendship, Every cherish’d thing resign'd. Hark I thd little birds arc singing Sweetly now their evening lay, See) the glorious sun is setting. Oh) how beautiful his ray) farewell, all ye lovely visions, Beauteous nature, fare thee well; Longer I may not behold ye. Native earth, farewell, farewell! Mother, mother, I am going To a land of peace and rest. Where tha bitter tear of anguish Never dews the aching breast; Where the son), escaped for over from it* tenement of clay, Beams irradiate with tha splendo.r Of a bright eternal day. Mother, mother, I must leave thee; See, the clammy death frost now, Herald of the. King of Torpor, Standeth fearful on my brew. Ah! the beauteous peaceful haven Of that blessed Land’s lb sight— Mother, mother, Jesus calls me, I must go—Goodnight! Good-night! 'o&tlcrt tub perils of the border While, reading recently an account of the frightful massacre of several -white families by £he Clack-foot Indians, we were reminded of a thrilling event which occurred in the “Wild West/' a short time subsequent to the .Revolution, in which a highly accomplished young lady, the daughter of a distinguished officer of the American Army, played an important part. The story being of a most thrilling nature, and exhibiting in a striking man ner the “ Perils of the Border,” we have concluded to give ah. extract from it, as originally published, as follows : The angle on the right bank of the Great Kanawha, formed by its junction with the Ohio, is calljed Point Pleasant, and is a place of hispwical nqte. Here, on tlm 10th of December, 1775, during what is known as Lord Dunmorc’s War, was fought one of the fiercest and most desperate battles that ever took place be tween the Virginians and their forest foes. After the battle in question, in which the Indians were defeated with great loss, a fort was here erected by the which became a post of great importance throughout the sanguinary scenes of strife which almost immediately followed, and which in this section of ,the country were continued for many years after that esta blishment of peace which acknowledged the United Colcn.es of Ameiici a free and independent nation. At the landing of the fort, on the day our story opens, was fastened a fiat-boat of the kind used by the early navigators of the Western rivers. Upon the deck of thus boat, at the mo ment we present the scene to the reader, stood five individuals, alike engaged in watching a group of persons, mostly fe males, who were slowly approaching the landing. Of these five, one iyus a stout, sleek negro, in partial livefy, apd evident ly a. house or body servant; three were boatmen pad borderers, as Indicated by their rough, brQtuied visages 4and coarse attire j but the fifth was p young man, some two-and-twenty-years of age, of a fine commanding person, and a {dear, open, intelligent countenance j and in the lofty carriage of his bead-in the gleam of his large, bright, hazel eye- —there was some thing which denoted pno of superior mind j but as we shall Lave occasion in the course of our narrative to fully set forth who and wpit Eugene Fairfax was, rye will leave him for the present, and turn to the ap proaching group, whom heseemepto ne regarding with lively interest. ' : Of this group, composed of a middle aged man and tour females, with a black female servant following some hye of six paces in the rear, there was one whom the most casual eye would have singled out and rested upon with pleasure. The lady in question, was apparently about twenty XpjWh of pge, of ’a slender and graceful WWf ewt offtatore, bemdef being, beautiful in ■ every •^•■>V''W%NWVWVvVVW BT C. B. T7! : : ■ ...... , - ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1858. lineament, ’rarely fails to affect the be holder with something like a charm. Her travelling costume —a fine brown habit, liigh in the neck, buttoned closely over the bosom and coining down to her small pretty feet, fithont trailng on the ground— —was both neat and becoming and With her ridihg-cap and its wavin’" ostrich plume, set gaily above her flowin" curls, her appearance contrasted forcibly with the rough, tinpolished looks of those of her sex beside her, with their iinsey bed-gowns, scarlet flannel petticoats, and bleached linen caps. u Oh, Blanche,” said one of the more venerable of her female companions, pur suing a conversation which bad been main tained since quitting the open fort behind thein, “I cannot bear to let you go; for it just seems to me as if something were going to happen to you, and when I feel that way, something generally does hap pen.” , “ Well; aunt,” returned Blanche, with a light “ I dp not doubt in the least that something will happen—for I expect one of these days to reach my dear father and blessed mother, and give them such an embrace as is duefrom a dutiful daugh ter to her parents—and that will be somc thing that has not happened for two veal’s at least.” “ But I don’t mean that, Blanche,” re turned the other, somewhat petulantly; “and youjust laugh like a gay and thought less girl, when you ought to be serious. Because you have come safe thus far, through a partially settled country, you think, perhaps, yoUr own pretty face will ward off danger in jthe more perilous wil derness—but I warn you that a fearful journey'is before you! Scarcely a boat descends the Ohio, jthat docs not encoun ter more or less peril from the savages that prowl along e|ther shore; and some of them that go down freighted with hu man life, are heard ;of no more, and none ever return to tell the tale/” “ But why repeatithis to me, dear aunt,” returned Blanche, with a more serious air, “ know it is my destiny, either good or bad, to attempt the voyage ? My parents have sent for me to join them in their new home, and it is my duty to °-o to them, be the peril what it may.” & “ You never did; know what it was to fear!” pursued thej good woman, rather proudly. “ No,” she repeated, turning to the others, “ Blanche. Bertrand never did know what it was tp fear, I believe I” “Just like her father!” joined in the husband of the matron, the brother of Blanche’s mother, the commander of the station, and the middle-aged gentleman mentioned as one of the party; “a true daughter of a true 'sPldier. Her father, Col. Philip Bertrand, God bless him for a true heart! never did seem to know what it was to fear —and Blanche is just like him.” By this time the : parties had reached the boat; and the young man already de scribed—Eugene Fairfax, the secretary of Blanches father—at once stepped for ward, and, in a polite deferential man ner, offered his hand to the different fe males, to assist then! on board. The hand of Blanche was the last to touch his—and then but slightly, as she sprung quickly and lightly to the dfe'ck—but a close ob server might have detected the slight flush which mantled his noble, expressive fea tures, as his eye for a single instant met hers. She might herself have seen it— perhaps she did—but there was no corres ponding glow on her bright, pretty face, as she inquired, in the calm, dignified tone of the one having the right to put the question, and who might also have been aware of the inequality of position between herself and him she addressed; “ Eugene,: is everything prepared for our departure ? It will not do for our boat to spring a leak again, as it did com ing down the Kanawha—for it will not be safe for us, I am told, to touch either shore between the different forts and tra ding-posts on our route, this side of our Falls of the Ohio.” “No, indeed!” rejoined her aunt, qiiick ly; “ it will be as, pm eh as your lives are worth to venture a foot from the main cur rent of the Ohio—for news reached us only the other day, that many boats had been attacked this spring, and several lost, with all on board/’ “ No one feds more concerned about the safe passage of Miss Bertrand than my self,” replied Eugene, in a deferential tone; “and since our arrival here, I have left nothing undone tliat I thought might pos sibly add to her security and comfort.” . “ That is .true,’ to wy personal know ledge,” joined ini the uncle of Blanche; “ and I thank you; Ui. Fairfax, in behalf of my f.iir kinswoman. There will, per haps, he “ be no great danger, so long as you keep in the current ; but jrour vi-ateh must pot bo neglected for a single moment, eithef night of day; and 4? mb I most solemnly charge and you, podcr any circumstances, or on juiy Sretcoce whatsoever,; suffer yourselves 1 to e decoyed to either shore!” 7; .. “ I hope wo understand our dhto better, Gofenel,” said one cm the men, respectfully. 1 clouhJt it pot,” replied the eomman d.or ofiFe'Point; £ I believe you ate oB faithful and true men, nr yotr would hos [independent in everything.] have been selected by tjie agent of Colonel Bertrand, for taking down more precious freight than you ever carried before-} but still the wisest and the best of men have lost their lives by giving ear to the most earnest appeals of humanity. You under stand what I mean ? White men, appa rently in the greatest distress, will hail your boat, represent themselves as having just Escaped from the Indians, and beg of you, for the love of God, in the most pite ous tones, to come to their relief; but turn a deaf ear to them, to each and all of them, even should you know the pleaders to be of your own kin ; for in such a ease your own brother might deceive you —not wil fully and voluntarily, 'perhaps—but be cause of being goaded on by the savages, themselves concealed. Yes, such things have been known as one friend being thus used to lure another to his destruction; and so be cautious, vigilant, brave and true, and may the good God keep you all from harm!” As he finished speaking, Blanche pro ceeded to take an affectionate leave of all, receiving many a tender message for her parents from those who held them in love and veneration; and the boat swung out r and began to float down with the current, now fairly entered upon the most danger ous portion of a long and perilous journey. The father of Blanche, Colonel Philip Bertrand, was a native of Virginia, and a descendant of one of the liuguenot refu gees, who tied from their native land after the revocation of the edict of Nantz in 1605. He had been an officer of some note during the Devolution, a warm po litical and personal friend of.the author of the Declaration of Independence, and a gentleman who had always stood high in the esteem of his associates and cotempo raries. Though at one time a man of wealth. Colonel Bertrand had lost much, and suf fered much, through British invasion ; and when, shortly after the close of the war, he had metVith a few more serious re- verses, he had been fain to accept a grunt of land, near the Falls of the Ohio, now Louisville, tendered him by Virginia, which then held jurisdiction over the en tire territory now constituting the State of Kentucky. The grant had decided the Colonel upon seeking his new possesions and building up a new home in the then Far West, and as his wife had insisted upon accompany ing him on his first tjti-, he had assented to her desire, on condition that Blanche should he left among her friends, till such time as a place could be prepared which might in some degree he considered a fit abode tor one so carefully and tenderly reared. Blanche would gladly have gone with her parents; but on this point her father had been inexorable—declaring that she would have to remain at the East till he should see proper to send for her; and as be was a man of positive character, and a rigid disciplinarian, the matter had been settled without argument. When Colonel Bertrand removed to the West, Eugene Fairfax, as we have seen, accompanied him; and coming of age shortly after, he had accepted the liberal offer ot his noble benefactor, to remain with him in the capacity of private secre tary and confidential agent. On taking possession of his grant," the Colonel had almost immediately erected a fort, and of fered such inducements to settlers as to speedily collect around him quite a little community—of which, as a matter of course, he became the head and chief; aud to supply the wants of his own family and others, and increase his gains in a legitimate way, he had opened a store, and filled it with goods from the Eastern marts, •which goods were transported by land over the mountains to the Kanawha, and thence by water to the Fulls of the Ohio,, whence their 1 removal to fort Bertrand became ah easy matter. To purchase and ship those goods, and deliver a package of letters to friends in the East, Eugene had been thrice dispatched-—his. third commission also ex tending to the escorting of the beautiful heiress, with her servants, to her now home. This last commission had been spfar exten ded at the time chosen for the*opcuing cf our story, as to bring the different parties to the mouth of the - great Kanawha, whence the reader has ; seen them slowly floating off upon the still, glassy-bosom of “ the belle of rivers.” ( The day, which was an auspicious one, passed without anything l occurring worthy of note r until near fpujr o’clock, when,' as Blanche was standing on the fore part of the deck gazing at the lovely scene which surrounded her, she saw a seemingly flyin <■ body suddenly leave a limb of a gigantic tree, (whose mighty branches, extended far. over river, and near which the boat was then swayed bv the action of the current,) aud alight with a crash upon the depk °f pojt more than eight feet “pm her. Qno, glance sufficed to show her whajk the .object was, and to freeze the blood in her veins”.* "The glowing eyes of a huge panther jnet. liergaze. The slid denness of the shock which this diseoyery &ye her was' oveipdwering. With a shnei ihe fell updo he* i&es and ebsped he* hands hefcre hlr 6rea& Thd panther crouched'for his deadly leap. but ere he sprang, thS hunting knife of Eugene Fairfax (who, with the steersman,' was the only person on deck besides Blanche,) was buried to the hilt jin his side, inflicting a severe but not fatal wound. The infuriated beast at once turned upon Eugene, and a deadly strug gle ensued. But it was a short one. The polished blade of the knife played back and forth like lightning flashes, .and at every plunge it was buried to the hilt in the panther’s body, who soon fell to the deck, dragging the dauntless Eugene with him. On seeing her protector fall,-Blanche uttered another shriek and rushed to his aid; but assistance from stouter arpis was at hand. The boatmen gathered round, and the savage monster was literally hack ed in pieces with their knives and hatch ets, and Eugene, covered with blood, firas dragged from under his carcase.’. Sup posing him to be dead or mortally wound ed, Blanche threw her arms aroubid his neck and gave way to a passionate burst of grief. But he was hot dead—-he was not even hurt, with the exception of a few slight scratches. v The blood with which he was covered was the paflther’s, not his own. But Blanche’s embrace;was “is a priceless treasure ; —an index ofher heart’s emotions and affections. If Was to color his whole future life, as will be seen in the progress of our story. Slowly and silently, save the occasional creak, dip, and plash of the steerraah’s oar, the boat of our voyagers was borne along upon the botom of the current, on the third night of the voyage. The hour was waxing late, and Eugene, the only one astir except the watch, was suddenly star tled, by a rough hand being placed upon his shoulder, accompanied by the Words, in the grug voice of the boatman : ‘ “1 say, Cap’u here’s trouble 1” “What is it, Dick ?” inquired Eugene, starting to his feet. “ Lon t you see thaf’s a heavy fog rising, tliat 11 soon kiver us up so thich that we won t be able to tell a white npm from a nigger ?” replied the boatman—Dick Win ter by name—a tall, bony, muscular, ath letic specimen of his class. ~ “Good heaven! so there is!” exclaimed Lugehe, looking oft upon the already! misty waters. “It must have gathered verysud denly, for all was clear a minute qtgo. — ’W hat is to he done now? This is Some thing I was not prepared for, on such a night as this.”. “It looks troublous, Cap’n I’ll allow,” returned Pick; “ but we’re in for’t, that’s sartin, and I s’pose we’ll have to make the bpst on’t.” “ But what is to bo done ?—what you advise?” asked Eugene, in a quick; exci ted tone, that indicated some decree of alarm. °L MVhy, ef you war’nfc so sheered; about the young lady, and it warnt sodeddagin the orders from head quarters, my plan would be a cl’ar and easy one—l’d just run over to Kuintuck shore, and lie up.” “ No, no,” said Eugene, positively thkt will never dp, Dick—that will never d 6! I would not think of such a thing Tor I a moment! We must keep in the current' by all means!” ' ! ‘ *• Ef you can,” rejoined the boaitman; “ but when it gets so dark as we can’t tell one thing from t’other, it’ll be powerful hard, to do; and ef we don’t run agin a bar or bank afore morning, in spite of the best 0 us, it 11 be the luckiest go that ever I had a hand in. See, Cap’n—it’s thick ening up fast; wo can’t see eyther hank at all, nor ihe water nyther; the stars is get tin’ dim, aud it looks as ifthor waracloud all round us.” “ I see! I see!” returned Eugene, ex citedly. Merciful Heaven 1 I hope ho’ac cident will befall us here—and yet my heart almost misgives me!—for this, I be lieve, is the most dangerous -part of our journey—the vicinity were most of pur boats have captured by the savages.” Saying this, Eugene hastened below, where he found the other boatmen sleep ing so soundly as to require considerable effort, on his part, to wake them. At last, getting them fairly roused, he informed them, almost in a whisper, for hodid not care to disturb the others; that a heavy fog had suddenly arisen, and he wished! their presence on deck, immediately. “A'fog, Cap’n?” exclaimed one; in a tone which indicated that he comprehend ed the peril with the word, • ,!, I. T “ Hush 1” returned fiugene ; “ lhsfe, is n 0 necessity for waking tho others; and having a scene. Up! and follow me, without a word!” ; F 1 .. He glided back to- the deek, and- was almost immediately joined by the boatmen, to whom he briefly made known hiis hopes and fears. “ :' They thought, like their conipanion; that the boat would be safest if maae fist to an overhanging liinh of the Ken tucky shore; but frankly admitted that this could not now he done without difficulty anddangpr, and that there war a “pp&hility df keep ing the current. > 7 j;?.--:-::-. f.i’ 1 F “Then make and it sballbe the beshnightfs work you eyer|«iipmi®i a quick, exoi^ ! tdhs. : ' j”; : ; “We’ll *** the response;hut no man ‘eab he eartin EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. of the curran tofthis hereorookedsfcreui in a foggy hight” A ioog silence foUowed----tKe Voyagers slowly drifting doton through a misty dark* ness impenetrable to the eye—when, mid* denly, oar young commander, who win standing hear the bow, felt the extended branch of an overhanging Dmls stfeitty brush his face., He started, with ah ex* Clamatioh of alarm, and at the sanfe mo*, mcnt the boatman on the right ialletl httti “ Quick,here, boys! we'reagmthe shore, as sure as death P’ .... fheh followed a scene of anxious confusion, the voices of thethreh boatmen mingling together in loud, excited tones. Push off ttic bow!” dried one;,. . “ Quick! altogether, now 1. over. with her I” shouted another. “ The de’il’s in it! she’s running aground here on a muddy bottom I" almost yelled a third. '■ \ Meantime the laden boat was brushing along against projecting bushetf add over* reaching limbs, and every momentgetting more and more entangled, while the long poles and sweeps of the boatmen, as they attempted to push her off) were often plunged, without touching bottom, into what appeared to bo a soft, clayey mud, from which they were only extricated by such an outlay of strengih as t&jhded still more to draw the clumsy draflf up6n this bank they wished to avoid. At length, scarcely more than a minute from the first alarm, there was a kind of settling to gether, as it were, and the boat became fast and immovable. The fact was announced by Drck Win ter, in his characteristic manner—who added, with an oath, that it was just what he expected. For a moment or two a dead silence followed, as if each comprehended that the matter was one to bo viewed in a very serious light. “I’ll get over the bow, and tty to get tl\e lay of the land with my leet,” Said Tom Harris; and forthwith he set 'about the not very pleasant undertaking. At this moment Eugene heard pis name pronounced by a voice that seldom felled to excite a. peculiar emotion in his breast, and now sent a strange thrill through every nerve; and hastening below, he found Blanche, fully dressed, with a light in her hand, standing - just o’utside of nor cabin, in the regular passage Which led lengthwise through the center of the boat. “I have heard something, Eugene,” she said, “ enough to know that we have met with an accident, but not sufficient to fully comprehend its nature.” ; “ Unfortunately, about two hours ago,” replied Eugene, “ we suddenly became in-; volved in a dense fog; and in spits of pur every precaution and care, we have run agiound—it may U {gainsttl^Ohipshore 1 —it may be against an island—it is so dark wo can’t tell. But be not alarmed, Miss Blanche,” he hurriedly added;' “I trust we shall soon be afloat again; though in any event, the darkness is sufficient to conceal us from the savages, even were’ they in the vicinity “ I know little of Indians," returned Blanche; “ but I have always understood that they are somewhat &markiWe "fo* their acuteness of hearing; and if such is the case, there would be no necessity of their being very near, (o made ac quainted with our locality, judging from the loud voices 1 heard a few minutes ago." “ I fear we’ve been rather imprudent,” said Engepe, in a deprecating tone; “ but in the excitement—”V , ' His words were suddenly cut short by several loud voices of alartn from without, followed by a quick attd heavy tramping across the deck; and the next moment Seth Harper and Dick Winter burst into the passage, the former exclaiming: “ We’ve run plum into a red nigger’s nest, Cap’n. and Toni Harris is? aheadj butchered, and> scalped ?' : And even -as he spoke, as if ini; confir mation of his dreadful intelligent,, tfcere arose a series of demonia cal yells, followed by a dcadanct ominous silence., So far wc have followed the lovely he roine and her friends’ in thin adventure ; but the foregoing is all that we cap pub« list fa, pjfr columns- - The balance of &e narrative', can only be; found ini the JJew' York Ledger, ihe great.' family ‘ piper,’ which Can he obtained at all the periodical stores where papers are sold. Remember to ask for the “Ledger,” dated May 22d. and in it yon will get the continuationof the narrative from where it leaves off here. If there are ho book-stores or news-offices convenient to where you reside, the pub lisher of the Ledger will send you a copy by mail, if you will send him five, cents in a letter. Address, Robert Bonner, Ledg er (C)ffioe, 44 Ann street, New York. ThU story is entitled, “Perils of the Border,” and grows more and more interesting aa it goes on. ® . Spurgeon says of a prayer, that it is the rope of a belfry ; pull it, and it rings the bell up in: Heaven. Keep on pulling it I and though the bell is up so high you cannot hear it ring, depend upon it, it can be heard in the tower of Heaven, and is ringing before the thronepf &pd, who will fpveyoa answers of peaceacpopd ing to yourfeith. - vv ’ v I * • .3* « * HO. 16, •>