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I Alld o flutootalle efJ Importiwil WIDOW • • Tobacco, Prult, Irisb, Oil, aod Avesta . .111•• o. liostwU Block. State street Vie, JOHN W. A YMCA. and krtail Dealer Ln all kinds of Fancy, ' , fa , * and Litning Chabot, No 4 Key MA IRJ4ltat alla Lay, • Lai ra an Tammany Flail building, `• • 4.4•1«, to 14 •cible itenUlle4 Wbi.key.lsk tbe t:. BAHR CO.. t Wheqoailo wad RwWI , at Xo 142 'trip. F'sk - - - P %RK ILI.. t%li f.r Concert*. Le...tures, sad Public. 4.1 tb. PIO% Rcacitbtro at thpliazklag - R. Rood Hoorn Eris. Pa. 0 1.1).• `°'• M ' , Area/v..od Retail Scsiers to 6144 • thr cheakeot and beet Bev fu ••• • n ..r w t near Koch, Zvi.. PL. • t • •,..r laa i r *al.( lot fittalf, (arm or casellani- ityutrelf ft . VISIKAillme Jr, I ~,,, —One* in the mar of , .tro44, trip, Pa. All bastaaaa la and faithfully ate...oiled ta ,st - -- 1) "E iv 2 - . I s ir ze..z_ 1/11. O. • - 4,14 Dwelling in month Pant Ran. itruil lune 1.114111,e- July 10, 1868. 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App's, or Atm&lom's Valley, &i willed after Absalom Looney, the first white man who gazed upon its sylvan bounty, lies upon the waters of the Blue Stone River, in Virginia, at the south• western pert of that State Under the shadow of mieity hills, with a climate as warm and genial as the Bermudas, a ant rich and yielding, and an expanse of scenery, almost unrivalled in its immediate neighborh.xtd, it was no wonder that this valley presented the strongest induce meats to a few of the struggling and hard.work. ing settlers who had !andel on less inviting soil. Among these were two families, named Moore and lying, who removed to this beautiful valley in 1775, each having large families of children to support, and finding it difficult and almost lin peti,thle to raise for them the ordinary means of subsistenOe. Here, however, the difficulties seemed to vanish at once; and the rude log cab. ins, inhabited by the two friendly families, were the abodes of more real happiness than is tat u found in the palaces of the great Here, in a abort space, they became the own• ers of many horses and cattle; and the abundant fields of the delicate Virginia white corn, the ea• tensive tobaece patches, and the abundant pas. ture laude , attested to their growing prosperity For miles along the half made and irregular roads, extended thick shrubberies of the fragrant peavtue and sweet myrrh, and vr,ld loses and the white flowers of the older perfumed the air with their sweet odors. I=l I= James Moore was a true, good, Christian man. Every day on his tended knees, be blessed God for letting his lines fall in this goodly place; and the aspirations of his bean were, that his chil dren might live out their lives here, in undis turbed serenity, far from the !snares and tempta tions of the busy world. .1 . 4111 Ivins counted eight children, and .James Moore ten, when they had lived nine years in App's Valley, and happier sod better children the sun never shone on Sometimes, it is true, they would shudder sod cower at the thought of the hands of savages which w ere se b=teln Stie borders or the State; and the gentle mothers would turn away their own pale faces, when they were spoken of, lest the little ones should gather new terrors from their looks still they had been bore so long, and no iu• trusion having ever been wade on their prenit sex, that they naturally gathered eiurage with each passing year, and when Mary Marc was sixteen years old—a fair, gentle little maiden as ever graced such a sylvan abode—and baby Mar garet was just beginning to walk ib.tie, the law. ily had attained almost teimpleto security. The boys of the Moore family were .trong, hardy, brave and courageous; giving good and efficient help to their (allot, and emulating the. y o u ng ions of John 'vine in every enterprise of athletic labor or sport. Circumscribed as ihey must necessarily be iu the mean, of education, and be enjoyment of society, they were never thelees, neither ignorant Our lonely in their se• elusion. Tu Mary Moore, e-pecially, ktriwledge came appareutly by lutuition, and ale imparted it us all around her. Her days were devoted+ to the work of the household in which she miasma her mother; but the law evenings saw her teaching her brothers and those of Martha tains, who was her friend and almost constant companion. Of these broth. era of Mary, James, the neat to her in age was the meet dearly loved. Fur him and baby Mar• garet, Mary wad have given up her life, if re quired, without a murmur; and although kind and good to all, the choicest of ber gifts—the finest fruits, the most delicate stockings which she spun and knit, and the whitest of her cloth, when it came from the bleaching ground—were alwsys . for these two She bad given the last polish one morning in ironing a blue and white striped linen suit which she had woven expressly for James, bad careful ly turned over the broad white shirt collar, End daintily wound his shining curls over her finger, preparatory to his setting off for the mill, with a peat sack of corn, on the back of Brown Peggy, who was thus named out of compliment to the baby She looked at the handsome lad with an expression of love and pride; and a feeling as if be particularly belonged to her, came up in her heart more distinctly than ever, on that morning She lingered at the door, until she saw him ride down the bill, turning round to bid good by in his own free and affectionate way. Nor did she quit gating after him natal a clamp of trees quite hid him from her sight; and even then she wao only recalled by a laugh from Martha Ivins,whs bad been wakihiog her. "Nay, now, Mary dear," said the good.hamir ed girl, "obe would think that Jemmy win de parting to a far off oountry, instead of simply riding over to the vial Why, you are as thought ful and silent. as my mother is to, dal Pray, what has oome over you all?" r i Mary looked up to Mrs. Ivies, who stood at: the window of the log house opposite, and saw that.she had a sad look, such as she never saw her wear before Almost mechanically, she fol lowed Martha in, saying, as she did so: "I cannot tell Martha, but I felt a terrible sinking of the heart this morning—l think &their calls it a presentiment—that I cannot amount for. I could not tele to see James go away this morning; for, although Peggy is so eure•footed, still I could not help feeling that an accident might happen, even to her. Bat don't tell moth er that I feel so, Mrs. tying," she continued, "for I dare say it is all a mere notion." Mrs Ivies could not reply. She too bad bad the same presentiment of coming evil, all 'kat 'morning: and she longed to see the families to gether, the day's work over, and all in safety.— Mary returned to her ironing table, but there was no bright polish on the clothes, no strength in the band that held the iron; and two or three times the sat down and turned so pale that her mother bade her leave the board, and lie down on the old high backed settee. Mr. Moore came into dinner, and "the boys came with him. They sat down at the table, but one seat was empty. "Where is James?" be asked. "Surely he must have some from the mill. Go, and look for him, William." M. 1.. Low. I V V*IMAM, "fie has not °owe home yet," said Mrs. Moore. "&t still, Willy,you seed sot go. He will emu eetme, adore iamb keep the dieser hot FOUND DEAD They found her deed One snowy riewsiss is the open sbeet, "" Her sold dwelt renting on the puny sheet Amend bar ■peed. And on her Lips • quiet mile reposed, As Inn sleep, Wes weary dream had cloned Sba inapt the lair, bud "deep; Death's seal was on her brow, and aka had paned, Ti nod and maduing, to hew home at last, Leaving no Mend" to weep, io% on ones to coma at nonet hours To 'prickle on her bosom tears and dower. No warm and pale hand Clasped her in tenderness, as in the night She went oat gently from thin world of light Tato the abadowy Lad, No earthly watcher Ilseetwl at her stde To beer her Wet low murmur whoa she died Bat d 44 stse di, stone No not ►loo.• Ow Prtend kept watch with bee OW fetal. Void, one I oirtag Smile wa• near The deoulate unknown. One hand of moony led her o'er Death's fo►tn tutu the better laud to Mende awl home eke BY MAKY A. LOWSLL for biro." ((Very strange," said Ms. Moore; but apps reati be forgot all about it, for he was soon ea• criin dimming a new-feehioatia plough with , who had been reading of the novel inven tion, and wished his father tamed to Jamestown to get it. Dinner was finished, sod the afternoon wore slowly on. The father and sons had returned to the field, and Mrs. Moore, busy, at first, in mix ing oornoskes for supper , did not aeon to think more of the absent one than onee in a while to look out of the window and wonder that he was detained so long. Mary, usually to) waive. and industrious, lay all the afternoon upon the set tee, with her hand over her eyes, as if suffering from hea4aehe, but in reality weeping. TIN sun was almost down when she sprang from her bard couch, and ran out to the field. "Father," she said, trembling all over with excitement and terror, "father, do for the love of !leaven, go and see what bas become of poor James. Perhaps ho is drowned in the river; perhaps, 0, father, toe Indians-." She drop. ptd lifeless to the ground as she spoke. Mr Moore, now thoroughly alarmedi told the youngest buy to call his mother, then ,shouting to lions and his boys to join him, they 41l moun ted on horseback and made their way to the mill. The miller said be bad delivered the meal to the kpoy almost immediately tie had sot waited louger than I.) reactive it, place it upon the horse, and was oft "Uood kleavewl Mr Moore, I remember now that my tittle troy came in at the seine moment that James left, and began telling me that be saw an Indian miming up the river in a uauoe. was buoy and thought he wan mistaken, as I knew he never caw one in his life." Mr. Moore shook his head mournfully. Flow could he go borne and bear this news to his wife and Matey. flow could he return at all, with out his son? lie motioned to John Ivins to gn d.iwn the valley and search for him, and Jobe understood him, though he heard no sound from his lips The ,earth was iu vain, but an empty canoe lay ou the bask of the river, and a horse's footsteps were; plainly seen embedded in the soft earth, quittlinto the forest; and the night shad_ ows were Ming too deep far any farther exam• ination, until they could go home, procure lights and reinforce their party Every man and boy in App's Valley turned out, with torches made q( pine knots, and scoured the wood wherever there was a bridle path; but without effect, sod thenceforth Tear and imeourity were their cow panions day end night James - Moore did not return, and the absence of the horse precluded the ides of an widest, since the animal would have found his way home. There we only one conjecture, and that pointed to the !admits. [lns strangely hid that sad event changed the whole aspect of the valley!— Mrs Moore and Mary were worn to shadows with anxiety; and the little children of both families, who had roved at will through the fields, were now shut up in the close- houses, and soon began to pine fur the fresh, sweet air No ono bad any heart to work. The fie'ds exhibited traces of careless tending: mud. it. ate...44' 0 1b wheel and the loom“ were silent from sheer in ability and,want, of siteenstli to guide them , war ., tem or Three months of this oppression berm and Ildesitnde; and the heats of There Bummerinereasing in unusual intensity, subdued all who attempted t work, to a state of utter weakness The -ltf of July—it was then in 1796--opened upon, them with a glowing heat, stranger thau arty! preceding morning The broad, red sun buti i i in the heavens like a hall of fire The field s wire dry and parched, and the e a rtle stood in tie muddy brooks, sod seem ed piteously to ask or water One by one, the boys, Willy, B. 'her and Jobe Mote, (slue ote, up i . free the ti !Id, and itrow themselves nailer the she It of a large tr , e, riop in the gr-lis Their fatlier-soou Olowei , and then Mr li.tris and his solve an I b. f ire keg, every member of the two (seek , . wlB not up,ti tie. green, vainly trying to get air, except Martha tvina and Mary Moore, and baby Margaret' • , Suddenly a wild shoutAras beard, And Mary pepping through a crevice , in the *all, for she dared out go to the window, saw a party of In dians surrounding the group upon the greet:l.- 811,0 ring in every limbs, she lifted a hoard from the floor, under which was a hollow cavity that served them for a eellar; and with Martha and the little out, she suAght, its shelter, and repla ced the board as well as she was able. She Beard moans and shrieks, and knew that the savages were doing their terrible work; awl after a long time in which she had succeeded in kinetkiag Mararet to sleep, she heard the Indians enter. T ey passed round through all the rooms, and i at last they seemed to be all marching out again, with a slow, heavy tread that shook the floot,ail• though, with the exception of the board &beim her, tt was:composed of timbers. Their weighty wad awoke the baby, and finding herself in the dark, she btgan to cry, even though Mary put her band on her little lip, to arrest her cries, and tried to hush her in her arms It was too late.. Ihellndians had heard that first wild cry, and had turned back; and when the board was lifte , a group cif frightful looking objects stood l &bow . their hiding place, and dragged them rude y from it, and out upon the green. Mrs. Moore sod:four of the children were tied to the tree; three others, with their Esther, lay dead up on the grabs. Of the lying family, none had escap e d death, except Martha. ' It was well perhaps for the poor girls, that they passed into temporary insetoolelity, other. ' wise insanity must have suoceeded this terrible sight. When they revived, ebb was in the arms of a stout savage, and others were driving Mrs Moore and the'obildren aleing before them, while baby Margaret was slang iiudely across the shoulder of one of the tallest the tribe, the child lying, or rather hanging 1 . e one dead.— The( horrors of that day were e ffieient to quell thelstouteit heart, yet the poor ildron endured it With a fortitude that man fight equal, bat never 6urriais John, the giros , apparently, of the four who were tied with e mother, gave out , first, and be was left dead b the wayeht. They hod now eotere.l the forbst, and the cool shade reviled themi, Margaret held out her lit• tie arms to Mary, to be taken, Pita the Indian who carried the obi, interpretg her look of fear avid disgust at imself, held her out to Mary, with the expression of a demon ppm) his face.— She took bee in h arms, and fiat that moment she saw the infant head droop, and a terrible shadow or bet littlo brow. „lift cunning blow ei cl had Wen , the p‘eing of the !child in Mary's or arms, and; o ,ly the bCwutifial ills* of what Mary bad leved,scr well, wu there.' Baby Margaret bad gone where bar eyes would "'continually be hold the Father who is in beavuu;" and the be, reeved sister was compelled to be thankful that the little innocent was at rest; shred from a more terrible fate. , Jas., sobild of four years, clang as closely to her mothir ha the savages wauW allow her, her white lips quivering' with fear, sod her ayes turned sway frets the frightful sights artesad her. Mother and child dragged feebly after their raptors, and whea suture Gould beer so further eiertioa, they were both despatched. " aly God, Meryl" shrieked poor Martha loins, as eye watched the "stages making allege ire t t of d Waves and branches, "whit eta they be go'. o dor M harped abodderro . Aly' away, for she bad beard 'of the horrible - sactis of the t he sad trembled lest the living, ketrell its the dead, 11 60 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. ERIE, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBR 25,1858. were to feed the &nee. Bat, oae by one, the captives were alldisposed of, not:piing the two young girls. They held out watil they reached the camp of the savages, part of the way being by water. Their captors had come up Sandy River, and their canoes were ready on the beaks. The few thin garments worn. by the maidens, were tattered by their long walk through the woods, and their feet were torn by the sharp rocks. Never surely were there two so sorely to be pitied. They who bad died were's& and et rest; but what horrors might await these helpless maidens t When they arrived, they wore put wader the care of the squaws, who immediately separated them, thus cutting off their last gleam of comfort or consolation. Both were set to the lowest and hardest tasks, and as they were darkened by the sun, in their long journey, and were now obliged to wear the Indian costume, because their own clothes had literally dropped to pieties, they were hardly dis., tingaishable from the young females of the tribe. Certainly no one would have recognized sweet Mary Moore in the bronzed maiden who waited upon her lords like a slave Here she spent several years, each of which was harder than the last. A morbid indifference to life, a mechanical performance of her tasks, a recklessness of offending her masters, probably hoping that they would be tempted to end her miseries by death, denoted her state at this time She had lost the feeling of terror in the supreme aeosation of utter weariness, that weighed heav ily upon her soul as well a• frtine. A morning came this reminded Mary of the one on which she was captured. A fieroe heat burned the grass around the tents, and the breeze came scorchingly to the parched skin, like the breath of fiery furnaces The Indians succumbed before it, and stretched themselves about lazily, at a distant*, under what alight shade they might find. Even the squaws rested from their almost interminable pounding of corn and cooking of venison, and !tilled into gecuricy about the cap . tiva of so many years, they seemed not to think of Mary, who, when all wore asleep, wandered off among the shrubbery that grew not far from the clearing. Suddenly she saw a face peeping through the laurel hedge. It was no Indian, of that she felt secure. Four jean sr, Mary would have at. tered a joyful shriek, and perilled herself and others. Now she was aub