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April 16,
A FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
How many, many things there are--
As through this world we crowd own—
Above,'around, both near and far,
Decidedly we're down on.
And, inasmuch, as freedom here,
Of speech to all's extended,
I hope, at what I have to say—
Nu one will get offended.
But shcu!d the "boot" go lightly on—
If I your "corns" should tra to plc—
Why, face about—own up the corn--
Become n good example.
For many, many things there are—
As through this world we crowd own—
Above, around, both near and far,
Decidedly were down on.
I'm down on a/rarper7—kaaviths men—
Who think it smart and funny,
To take a "country genius" in,
And "do" him of his money.
Ni wonder that the country swains
Distrust these -fancy" -winie,"
Or dearly lore their rural homes
And ttdamn" the "cussed cities."
Pm down on those religious men—
Those bigots—so short sighted
As to believe all other sects
Are sinful and benighted.
No matter what your virtues are,
If you regard them lightly,
The devil's got you by the nose,
And he will hold it tightly.
Pm down on consequential men—
These petit "public feeders"
Who cock their noses scorn!ally
At all but "party leaders."
In fashion's "best" they strut the streets,
With feelings “awful" nightly,
Assume an air that seems to say :
'Here coined young God all mighty
down on ihose strong.minded dames,
Who, 'thong the men would cridie
Much sooner, far, than babies.
With di e,ses brier, and high,hceled boots.,
They tsue from their houses,
And bravely sport along the streets
A pair of "domhitt" truwsers.
I'm down on that peculiar race,
(I scarce know where to place 'cm)
Who daily throng the Avenue,
While womens' shirte/.1 encase 'em.
A mouse upon each upper lip,
Their feet in cramping gaiters;
Their creditors are usually,
But little more than waiters.
I'm down on many other things,
But. I've no wish to !ire
The patience of your readers cut,
Nor yet excite your: ire
But one thing more please let me add—
Since I have lit the taper—
I'm down on all who hay n't sense (cents)
Enough to take a pup,.
Liliaccll tci U 5 acic~tiolt .
The Heroine of Cumberland
For nearly twelve years the bold and
couragous inhabitants of Cumberland Val
ley had been subjected to constant attacks—
many of them of long duration and attended
with disastrOus consequences—from various
Indian tribes in that part of Tennessee.—
The Creeks and Cherokees, particularly,
persevered in hostile demonstrations, and
were indefatigable in their endeavors to ex
terminate the settlers, who were regarded as
intruders upon the rights of the red men.—
At the time of which we write, the popula
tion had increased to about seven thousand
persons; one thousand men being in arin.i to
protect the rest from savage fury.
Naturally feeling desirous to bring about
an amicable understanding with the Indians
Gov. Blount, in the year 1792, held a "peace
talk" with several influential chiefs of both
nations. They professed a willingness to
live on friendly terms with their white
neighbors, and a treaty of reconciliation was.
effected without much trouble; being brought
about principally by two Cherokee warriors
of distinction, who were so earnest in their
protestations of amity that the settlers were
completely deceived. The latter were over
joyed at the pacific termination of the inter
view. Those who had been accustomed to
going out only in large bodies, now walked
abroad morn boldly, with but a tithe of their
former watchfulness, rejoicing greatly that
the long night of war, with i s attendant hor
rors,.was about to be dispelled, and the
bright sun of peace was arising upon them
with healing in his wings. There were,
however, among tho dwellers in Cumber
land Valley, a few old men tvhoin long ex=
perience had rendered familiar with Indian
character ; and these persons were wise
enough to distrust present appearance. and
to place but little reliance on the rumors
concerning the pacific intentions of the sav
ages, which daily reaChed their ears. They
'poetical Qepartnient.
Things I'm Down On
eMZMI
ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., MAY 17. 1854.
shook their heads gravely, and averred to
many an incredulous listener that the Cher
okees and Creeks maifested too much eager
ness to spread and confirm the report of
their friendly intentions towards the whites.
"It's my opinion," said one of these vet
erans, whose name was Wilson, on the day
when the orders of Gov. Blount fur disband
ing the rangers reached the valley, "it's my
opinion the governor don't understand the
nature of the Cherolse-s ; and if my expe
rience is worth any thing—and von know I've
been acquainted with the habits of the red
skin:3 for a long time—it wont be a great
while afore he'll be sensible of the mistake
which he has made."
"I am fully fif your opinion," replied Ma
jor Buchanan, to whom these words were
addcvf:sed. ulfov. Blount has been fatally
deceived, a 4 the inhabitants of this peaCeful
valley may too soot luarn to their cost. Look
around you; Wilson, and me what
you tee."
The old man's eye wandered over the
valley fur a few inn:twins in silence.
soo," he an: , weard, "many cabins, and
the smoke curling quietly from their roofs ;
but that isn't all. I see also many half-cul
tivated fields, with men and boys busily at
work in them without any thought of dan
ger, as though peace had - come in real air
nest. Now if Provid , mce doesn't stretch
forth its hand to avert the danger, there
wont he many of them cabins standing in a
month's time ?'
'You express exactly toy own feeling,' re
plied the major ; "and I confess that my
mind is painfully agitated. The fighting
men are now on their homes at the differ
stations, scattered over Davidson and Sum-,
tiler counties. Our station, which is near
est the point oldanger is,left unprotected. The
country is lulled into a fatal apathy by the
pleasing song by our wily enemies.
Th,! conversation %vas interrupted at this
point by the appearance of a very fiat , look
ing woman. In person site was rather above
the ordinary proportions of her sex, but her
remarkable, symmetry of form amply indem
nified her fOr this peculiarity, providing it
were in any manner considered unfriendly
:;rte; 11 , r tarn! cauld not perin,`,.. e r"'ine,
sidered so handsome us others less strOi
marked with th , indice.3 of a resolute char
acter ; but if . ru'oby cheeks, black eyes, and
an express icn of calm, quiet good humor
could impart any degree of beauty, that
beauty teas undo nialily hers. This lady was
was Maj. Buchanqu's wife.
The coeversation which we have already
given, it should be reinarked.toek place near
the Bate of what was then known as Buch
anan's station, which the recent order of
tlev. Blount had deprived of its defenders,
The good lady had evidently heard a por
tion of ‘% hat had been said, for she approach
ed the parties, and remarked.
"Do net speak your fears, Mr. Wilson, in
the ears of the more timid among us ; for to
increase their fears would be to decrease
our chances of escape. There is one thing
that can save us, sir."
611 you hnuw One thing that can save us,
you know 1110 re 01;111 [ do, and I'm now go
ing on to my sixty fifth year, and have seen
all kinds of troubles with the Cherokees,
Creeks. Shawnees and other binds of
painted creturs. Now, ma'am without mean
in' no disrespect. to you or the inujor, I'd like
to be informed what that one thing is that
can save us."
, Well, my good neighbor, I will tell you ;
and depend upon it, it has saved mote than
one station front destruction, It is courage
friend Wilson," returnA ]Nlrs. Buchanan.
Wes, that's an ex , ...!:1.0e th ing where there's
danger, but you se,' 11.11. the idea prevails
here in the valley that it isn't greatly need
ed at present,' added Wilson.
'There is something else that you did note
mention in connection with courage,' said
the major to his wife ; mut that is pruilence..
'True courage is always marked by pru•
donee,' she replied.
'You aro
. right there, Mrs. Buchanan !
exclaimed the old man. 'The real gener
wine courage is' none. tof your headlong, har
ant scarem sort, idlers a rennin, into dan
ger with no thought how to get out of it.'
'Come,' added Buchanan, here are three
of us ; let us hold a council of war.'
'War indeed when there'inobody to fight,'
rejoined Wilson.
'The rangers have gone home, it is true,
but you know there are several men left in
the neighborhood who can handle a rifle
with skill,' said Mrs. Bochation:
'lf ive could only induce them to see
things in the right light,' replied the major;
but they will not, and that danger is the,
greatest which approaches without being
suspected or feared.'
'1 ant Well aware of that, husband, and
therefore there is more need of ellbrt and
discretion on our port. Yuu see that our
friends now begin to go out alone, without
caution, and lutist of theta design taking their
wives and children from the station to their
cabins, so great is their faith in the prates
unions of John Watts, Anacate and others—
savage leader's in pay of the Spanish gov
ernor of Pensacola—whose asseverations
are as hollow as. the winds. The station
must not be abandoned. The women and
children in, this part of the valley must not
pass a single night outside of the sheltering
walls of the fort, for soon we shall hear the
war-cry all along the border. I have thought
of an expedient that may perhaps avert in a
measure the force of the blow that is des
tined to fall upon the white settlers. On
various pretexts I shall invite all , the men
capable of bearing arms to spend a few days
at the station, and endeavor to keep them
here until the designs of our foes become
fully developed, and the country is again
thoroughly alarmed. lam now going out
among the neighbors to put my plan in prac
tice,'
With these words Mrs. Buchanan walk
ed away from the station in fulfilment of her
benevolent design, with the full approval of
her husband. whom she had previously con
sulted in relation to the course to be pur
sued. At the distance of half a mile from
the fort, there was a small stream flawing
from the adjacent hilts, :upon one side of
which was a thicket of alders, while on the
other there was a dense growth of maple,
oak and elms. The stream was rendered
passable by a rough bridge of logs. Mrs.
Buchanan had .just crossed it and was hur
rying forward, when, from the wood allud
ed to, there suddenly emerged a savage fig
ure. Our heroine, who sustained an un
doubted reputation for courage, was notwith
standing, much alarmed. She suspected
that concealed close at hand was an army of
their red enemies, waiting only a signal
from their leader to pounce upon the defence
less inhabitants of Cumberland Valley.—
She thought of her own children and loved
ones, and for a moment stood paralyzed
with an agony of fear which none but moth
ers may feel. The Indian advanced, and
thus addressed her.
I am called White Otter, and the white
woman need not fear. I have not come to
do you mischief—if I had, I should have
come at the head of a great army; but no
army is near. I see you look to the woods
as though Indians were hidden there ready
to rush with their tomahawks and destroy
you. No, no ! White Otter no come for that.
"Then why are you here ?" asked Mrs.
Buchanan, recovering her presence of mind.
and bn ' .biv.council
wearing gifts from the Spanish governor.—
They talked much, and made speeches
about the people of this valley."
'Have they so soon forgotten their prom
ises to Washington ?' exclaimed our heroine
very indignantly.
'Bad man's memory short,' said the Otter,
laconically.
;False knavesl they have broken their
faith even while they wear the medals
which Washington gave them.'
said so to Anacate, and he took off his
and stamped it into the earth. The great
war council have planed a secret expedition
and mean to cut off all the whites at a sin
gle blow,' resumed the - chief.
'But where were von ? Are you not.a
chief in the council of the nation ? Did you
not also receive honors and title from the
president ?' resumed the lady, with warmth.
White Ottor opened his hunting-shirt and
displayed a medal, covered with various sig
nificent and characteristic . devices.
'Per shame !' cried Mrs. ,Buchanan, 'to
wear that and be called a General,' (for
Washington had bestowed upon White Otter
the title of General) ; "and then prove a
traitor to the trust placed in you by Wash
ington !".I.'he red man frowned.
.My white sister,' he said, 'does me injus
tice. I spoke in the council and reproach
ed the lead rs of the expedition for their hy
pocrisy ; for the Great Spirit is not pleased
with deceit. I taunted them till they were
angry and Balled me the white man's friend.
Since the council broke up I havo been
watched, and it has been with great trouble
that I could come hero without being sns
pected. Anacate and John Watts are cun
ning as foxes, and it was chiefly through
their means th;t: deceit;ul pence ru•
mors have spre:ll over thv cx:tvry, dee.iv
ing the govern,: an , l it!rn
away the I have . come zu warn
you of the dao4r, fur I have heard of the
brdve white woman, and did not wish her
to. perish. Do not betray me. I have no
more to say.'
'1 thank you, White Otter, and warning
shall not be lost. I have heard that you
scorned to kill woman and children, and now
I believe it. In time to come the name of
White Otter shall be spoken with reverence
by descendants of the white nation : for do
you not perceive that this vast country will
finally pass into the hands of the pale faces ?'
'Yes, white woman, yes,' said the chief,
with a sigh. 'Everything I see and here
tells me so. The various tribes of red men
will be scattered as the winds scatter the
dried leaves. The name of the Cherokee
will pass away as the cloud, before the ris
ing sun of the white man's prosperity ; the,,
Oreat•Spirit has willed it so. Only their
fame will remain, and oven that will perish
after a 'season.'
Mrs. Buchanan made no immediate re
joinder, for she perceiVed that the Indian's
chest was heaving, and his feelings were
touched.
'When will the army under Anacate and
Watts attack us 1' she asked, at length, in a
more respectful tone.
.Don't know—don't know,' he rejoined,
almost fiercely. .1 am no traitor, white wo
man. Go and provide for your safety us
best you can. I can do more for you.'
Mrs. Buchanan was turning away, when
he called to her.
'Stop ! here—take this, and when you see
the
. men who carry hatches and knives,
show it, and it will, perhaps. save your life.'
While the Otter was speaking, he took a
belt of wampum from his waist, and cast it
at her feet.
.No, I will not take your wampum. I
will run my risk with my friends and neigh
bors,' she replied, heroically.
A scowl of displeasure passed over the
face of the Indian:
'You have children,' he said, folding his
arms upon his chest.
'0 yes, I will give it to my life daugh
ter, and tell her the humane chief,—White
Otter—the man who is faithful to Washing
ton—sent it to her.'
.1 can stay no longer : betray me not, lest
my name be remembered with contempt by
my people. When you look out from your
cabin and see Cumberland Valley in a red
blaze, recall what I have said.'
The chieftain turned and disappeared.—
Mrs. Buchanan picked up the wampum,
and sped on. her mission.
She discovered, however, that her task
was . not an easy one. The settlers, wearied
out with previous alarms and fighting, and
earnestly desiring peace, were quit ready to
imagine that it had already come, and that
halcyon days were now really before them.
It may be asked why Mrs. Buchanan did
not tell them what had passed between her
self and the chief. We answer, because
the effect would have been quite different
from what she wanted to produce—for each
seeing there was no organized force among
them, would consider destruction inevitable
and attempt to fly to some other part of the
country for safety. Such a general, helter
skelter flight would have been as fatal as
the descent of the enemy in its result, inas
much as they could easily be slain by their
watchful foes, and that without any resist
ance.
ing among the inhabitants, (nu norucem iL
wise to alarm them, and so, with his wife's
co-operation, resolved upon the plan which
has been made. Both labored hard to man
the fort, but only succeeded to a very limited
extent ; for atter the expiration of three days
spent in constant exertion, a dozen men
were all they could muster; and they were
intending to stay but a few days, being al
most wholly inanorant of the lnajor's sus
picious, and of the dangers that menaced
them.
Beside the men mentioned; there were
about a dozen women and children gathered
at the station. Anxious nights were those
which followed, to the brave Mrs. Buchan
an. Sentinels were posted, and three per
sons waited with feverish anxiety to hear
the war-cry of the Creek and Cherokee.
That night, feeling restless and anxious
the major and his wife remained up, walk
ing about the fort, examining the arms and
casting searching glances through the; port
holes.
While thus employed, Mrs. Buchanan's
eyes fell upon an .old blunderbuss of ample
size, quite rusty, and evidently long out of
use ; this she'loaded with her own hand, put
ting in a handful of rifle balls. Just after
midnight, when the sentinels were getting
sleepy, the horses were heard clattering in a
great panic to the fort; the Indians were
driving them in fur the purpose of deluding
the whites with the idea that only a small
party of horse stealers were at hand. At
that moment the sentinel fired and rushed
in with the cry that the savages were in
sight. Now ensued a scene of terror that
would have proved fatal to all at the station
had it not been for the major and his heroic
wife, who succeeded in arousing them to ac
tivity by their own fearless bearing, and en
piraging words.
The blows of the enemy, already falling
on the gate, admonished them to action.—
Springing to the port-holes, every one who
could level a gun, greeted the assailants with '
a shot. While encouraging the men, Mrs.
Buchanan saw that the blunderbuss she had
loaded had not been discharged, and giving
it to a stout Irishman, bade him fire it at
those trying to cut down the gate. He did
so with excellent effect, and loaded again,
pulling trigger with mechanical precision
when the others did ; but unluckily it mis
sed fire, notivithstanding which the innocent
Elibernian continued to load, putting one
chtirge upon another, going on in this man
ner until Mrs. B. came round again.
'Here, Patrick,' she said, pointing to a
cluster of Indians, making another desper
ate sally upon the gate ; 'here is a capital I I
chance for you to display your
'And Pat O'Connor is the boy that'll do
the right thing, ma'am. Now by the piper
that played afore the ark, I'll show ye how
they do it in the ould counthry.'
And sure enough honest Patrick showed '
how it was done, for the carbine went off,
and he was sent to the opposite side of the
,fort, flat on his beck;
NUMBER 33.
4Ah that is a smart gun,' said Put scramb
ling to his feet, 'for it kills at both ends.'
But his shot told well upon the enemy,for
the next morning John Watts was found
leaning against the gate pierced by many,
bullets, stark and cold having probably re
ceived his death from the blunderbuss.
The settlers fought with undaunted cour
age until the bullets began to fail ; and then
a murmur of despair was heard. At that,
crisis our heroine appeared with a fresh sup-.
ply, and was greeted with cheers of enthu
siasm. She had cast them by the aid of
several other woman, during the fight. The
spirits of the men soon revived, and they
poured forth their destructive volleys with
such rapidity, that after two hours and r
half of hard fighting, the enemy retired with
a yell of disappointment; and thus was
CutnberlandValley saved from utter destruc
tion. Had Buchanan's station been taken;
all that part of the country would have been
given to the hatchat and the devouring
dame. The attack was most disastrous to
the Creeks and Cherokees, for they left
many of their best warriors on the field.—
When they learned the number of persona
constituting the garrison. they could scarcely
credit it, and were greatly mortified.
Lovely Incident.
What parent, on reading the annexed ex
tract,-can fail to reflect on the lessons it sug
gests? flow important that, when the pa
rent has departed, the example left behind
may be such as the child can be thankful fort.
To train the budding thoughts of an artless
child is one of the noblest offices that father
or mother can fill. Truly bath it been said
that "out of the mouth of babes and suck
lings" strength hath been ordained. What
could give greater strength to that widow.,
ed heart than such a scene with her little
daughter.
She knelt, at the accustomed hour, to
thank God for the mercies of the day, and
pray for care through the coming night
then, as usual, came the earnest "God bless
dear mother, and"—but the prayer was
stilled ! the little hands Unclasped, and a:.
look of agony and wonder met the mother's
eye, as the words of hopeless sorrow burst.
n t nf Ih P tropelimr child •"I eon
little lips had been able to form the (tear
name, she had prayed for a blessing upon
it ; it had followed close after mother's name
for he had said that must come first ;
and
now to say the familiar prayer, and leave,
her father out! No wonder 'that the new
thought seemes too much for the childish
mind to receive.
I waited for some moments, that she
might conquer her emotion, and then urged
her to go on. Her pleading eyes met mine,
and, with a voice that faltered too much al l ,
most for utterance, she said : mother, I
cannot leave him all out; let me say “thank,
(Jul that I had a dear father once !" so_
crl g ., I , o d keep him in my pray
ers." And' so she always does, . and my
stiicken heart karneJ a lesson from the
loving incenuity of my chid. Remember
to thank Oid for mercies past, as Well as to
ask blessings fur the future.
The Old Negro's Logic.
A Clergyman a s ked an old servant his,
reasons for believing in the existence of a
God ; "Sir," says he, "I see ono man get
sick. The doctor comes to him, gives hint
medicine; the next day he is better; he
gives hint another dose, it does him good
he keeps on till he gets about his business.
Another Man gets sick like the first one
the doctor comes to see him ; he gives him
the sante sort of medicine ; it does him no
good, he gets worse ; gives hint more, but
he gets worse all the time, till he dies. Now
that man's time to die, had come, and all the
doctors in the world cant cure him.
•One year I work in the corn field, plow
deep, dig up grass, and make nothing but
nubbins. Next year I work the same way;
the rain and dew comes. and I make a good
crop.
'I have been here going hard upon fifty
years. Every day since I have been in this
world, I see the 'sun rise in the East and set:
in the West. The North star stands where
it did the first time I ever saw it : the seven
stars as Job's coffin keep in the same path,
in the sky, and never turn out. It ain't so
with man's works. He makes clocks and
watches ; they run well for a while, but
they get out of fix and stand stock still.—
But the sun, and moon, and sturs, keep on
the same way all the while. There is a,
power which makes one man die, and an
other get well ; that sends the rain and keeps
everything in motion.
What a beautiful comment is here furnish:
ed by an unlettered African, on the lan
guage of the Psalinist ; 'The Heavens de:
clare the glory of God, and the firmament
sheweth His hand-work. Day unto day
uttereth speech, and night unto night shew
eth knowledge.'
rir Take the hand of the friendless, smile .
on the dejected, sympthise with those in,
trouble, strive everywhere to diffuse around.
you sunshine. you do this you will 136
I. sure to be•befievolent: