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I , : • • :, . .. , . _. .. •..-• , • ..-.,- .....„ ~ 1 , . . . ... .. .. . ... . ~& 1 . . . ._.. .... ... ~ ~ . P4ll4°P I 1, • - i .... ,- t . . - ' i • , _ • • . .. . i i „ . • • -'. ; .._, grititeo Entry. WHEN I SAW Hwk,ErNELLY- HOME. In the sky the bright stars glittered, On the grass the moonlight fell ; .Hushed the sound of daylight's bustle. Closed the pink-eyed pimpernell, • As a-down the moss-grown wood-path--: Where the cattle love•to roam— From Aunt Patty's quilting party, I was seeing Nelly haute. Jetty ringlets softly fluttered . O'er a brew as white as snow; And her cheek—the crimson sunset Scarcely had a warmer glow; 'Mid her parted lips' vermillion, White teeth Bashed like ocean's foam ; Alawarked with pulses thiobbing, As I saw sweet Nelly home. When the Autumn tinged the greenwood Turning alt the leaves to gold, In the lawn by alders shaded, I my love , to Nelly told. As we stood together gazing • Oa the star-bespangled dorrie, How I blessed the August evening, When I saw sweet Nelly home. White hairs mingle with my tresses, Furrows stand upon my brow,. But a love-smile cheers and blesses Life's declining moments now; Matron in the snowy kerchief, " Closer to my bosom come— Tell me, dost thou still remember When I saw sweet Nelly home? 1 50 From Me Home .16ursial. SONG OF TFIS SETTING-MAGIILVE 121 GEORGE P. MOR IS. I'm the Iron Needle-Woman Wrought of sterner stuff than clay; And, unlike the driidges human, Never weary night or day; Never shedding tears of sorrow, Never mourning friends untrue, Never .caring for the morrow,! l Never begging work to do. Poverty brings no disaster Merrily I glide along, For no thankless, sordid master, Ever seeks to do me wrong: No extortioners oppress!me ' No insulting words I flreacl-- I've no children to-distress me With unceasing cries, for bread... I'm of hardy form and feature, Fur endurance framed aright ; I'm not pale misfortune's creature, Doom'd life's battle here to, fight : Mine's a song of cheerful measure, And no under -currents flow To destroy the throb of pleasitre Which the poor so seldom know. In the hall I hold my station, With the wealthy ones of earth, Who commend me to the nation For economy and worth, While unpaid the female labor, In tha attic-chamber lone,, Where the smile of friend or neighbor Never for a moment shone. 31y - creation is'a blessing To the indigent secured, Banishing the -cares distressing Which so many have endured: Mine are sinews superhuman, Ribs of oak and nerves of steel-- I'm the Iron Needle-Woman Born to toil and not to feel. gdertrti Dids'aitaity. While reading recently an account of the frightful massacre of several white families by the, Black-foot Indians, we were reminded of a thrilling event which occured the*" Wild West," a short time snbaequeni, to the Revolution, in which a highly accomplished youngiady,l the daughter ora distinmished o ffi cer of • the American Ar 1 my, 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 an 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 callc4 Point Pleasant. and is a place of histolical note. Here, on the 10th of October,ll774, during what is known as Lord Dunmore's War, was fought one of the fiercest and most des perate battles that 'ever took place be tween the Virginian's and their forest foes. After the )tattle in question, in which the Indians wore defeated with great loss, a fort was here erected by the victors, which became a post of great importance throughout the san,uinary scenes of strife which almost immediately followed, and which in this section of the country were continued for manyi years after that es tablishment of peace which acknowledged the United Colonies'of Atnerica a free aud independent nation. , At the landing of the fbrt, on the day our story opens, was fastened a flat-boat of the kind used by !the early navigators Of tie Western rivers. Upon the deck of this Uat, at the mo ment we present tha scene I 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 was - a stout; sleek negru, in partial.five7, and evident lyji house' or body, servant t . three were ebotiTto the , ?HileiPles of DIP aei4iergeg, qqa - tho isseolintio4 giteNtilke qqa Veins. PerUS of the Bordei• kill; Di giv 5 4v_ 440 1. 1 %4 I :I:DAY, ifficsr 20, . 185 s. boatmen, and borderers; as indicated by their rough, bronzed - visages and.coarse• attire;' but the- . fifth was a young man, some two-and twenty years of age, ota fine commanding person, and a clear, open, intelligent countenance'; and in the lofty carriage of his headin the ghutru of his large, bright, hazel eye—there waesome thing which denoted one of superior mind; but as we shall have occasion in the course of our narrative to fully set forth who and what Eugene Fairfax was, we will leaie him for the present, and turn to theap preaching group, whom - he seemed to be regarding with lively interest. Of this group, composed of a middle aged man and four females, with a black female servant following some five or six paces in the rear, there was one whom the most casual eye would have singled out and rested upon with 'pleasitre. The lady in question, was apparently about twenty years of age, of a slender and graceful figure, and of that peculiar cast of feature, which, besides being beautiful in every lineament, rarely fails to affect the beholder with something like a charm. Her traveling costume—a fine brown habit,' high in the neck, buttoned closely over the bosom and corning down 'to her small pretty feet, without trailing on the ground—was both neat and becoming; and with - her riding cap and its waving ostrich plume, set_gaily above her flowing curls, her appearance contrasted forcibly with the rough, ( unpolished looks of those of her sex beside her, with their linsey 1 bed-g owns, scarlet flannel petticoats, and bleached linen caps. "Oh Blanche," said one of . the more venerable of her female companions, pur snip., a conversation which had been main tained since quitting the open fort behind them, " 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 laugh, " I do 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 due from a dutiful (laugh , ter to her parentsand that will be some thing that has not happened for two long years at least." " But I don't mean that, Blanch," re turned the 'other, somewhat petulantly; "and you just laugh like a gay and thought.. less girl, when you' ought to be serious. Because you came safe this far, through a partially settled country, you think, per haps, your own pretty Mee will ward off danger in the more perilous wilderness— but I warn you that a fearful journey is . efore you l Scarcely a boat descends the Ohio, • that does not encounter More or less peril from the savages that prowl along either shore; and some of them that go down freighted with human life, are heard of no more, and none ever return to tell the talc." "_But why repeat this to me, dear aunt," returned Blanche, with a more serious air, "when you 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 go to tbem,,be the peril what it may." " You .never did know what it was to fear !" pursued the good woman, rather proudly. " No," - she repeated, turning to the others, " Blanche Bertrand never did know what it was to fear, I belieVe !" " Just like her father I" 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 soldier. Her father, Colonel 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 Blanche's fattier—at once stepped forward, and, in a polite and deferential manner, offered his hand to the different females, to assist them on board. The hand of Blanche was the last to touch his—and then but slightly, as she sprung quickly and lightly to the deck—but a close ob server tuiott haVe detected the slight flush whict mantled his noble, expressive features as his eye for "a single instant met hers. She might herself have seen it—perhaps -she did—'flat there was no corresponding glow on. her own bright, pretty face, as she inquired, in the calm, dignified tone of one having the right to put the question, and who might also hav • been aware, of the inequality of position between herself and him she addressed : " Eugene, is everything preparede 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 he safe for - us;.- I am told,. to touch either shore: between the different forts and trad ing posts ott our route ' this Side of our destination,—the Falls of the Ohio." ' "No, ineed r rejoined her aunt, quick ly, "it will be as much as your lives are worth - to .venture a foot from the maid Current 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 feels more concerned about tlie , safe pasange of Miss Bertrand than myself," replied Eugene, in a deferential tone; "and since oar arrivathere, I have left nothing.ondone that I thought might possibly add to her security, and comfort." " That is true; ,to my. personal knoWl edge," joined in the uncle of Blanche; " and 'I thank you, Mr.: Fairfax, in be= half of my fair. kinswoMan.. There will, perhaps," he pursued, "be no great dan ger, so long as you keep, in o the„current ; but your watch. must not be neglected for a single moment, either night or day; and do not, I most solemnly charge and warn you, under any circumstances, or on any pretence whatioever, suffer yourselves to be decoyed to either shore !" ," I hopewe understand our duty better, Colonel," said one of the'men, respeefully. 4 4 I doubt-it not," replied the command er of the Point; "I believe you are all faithful and true men, or you would not have been selected by the agent of. Colonel Bertrand, tor 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 un derstand what I mean ? , White men, ap parently 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 plead em to be of your own kin; for in such a case your own brother might deceive you —not wilfully and voluntarily, perhaps— but because of being goaded on by the savages, themselves concealed. Yes, such things have been known as one friend be ing thus used "to lure another to his dei truction ; and so be cautious, vigilant, braVe and true, and may the good God keep you from all harm I" As he finished speaking, * Blanche pro ceeded to take an, affectionate leave of all, I receiving many a tender, message for her parents from those who held them iiroVe and veneration ; and the boat swung.nt,and begin to float down:with- the current, now fairly enter.ed,upen 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 Huguenot refu gees, who fled from their native land after ' the revocation of the edict of Nantz in .1665. He had been. an officer of some. note during the RevOlution—a -warm pa' litical and personal-friend to the author of the Declaraticier 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 ferred • much, through British invasion; and when, -shortly after the close,of the war, he had met with a few more serious reverses, he bad been fain to accept a grant of land, near the Falls of the Ohio, now Louisville, tendered him by Virg inia, which then held jurisdiction over th e en-. tire territory now constituting the State of Kentucky. The grant had decided the Colonel upon seeking his-new possessions and building up, a new home in the then Far West, and as his wife had insisted upon aceom panying him' on his first tour, he had as sented to her desire ; on condition that: Blanche should be left among her friends, till such, time as a place could be prepared which might in some degree be considered a fit abode for one so carefully and tender ly reared. Blanche would gladly have gone with her parents; but on this point her father had been inexorable—declarinc , that she would have to remain at the East till he should see proper to send for her; and as i he was a man of positive character, and a! rigid disciplinarian, the matter had been I settled without argument. When Colonel Bertrand removed to the West, Eugene. Fairfax, as we have seen, accompanied him; and comfilg of age shortly after, he had accepted the liberal offer ..of 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 immediatel erected a fort, and' offered such inducements to settlers as to speedily collect atoned him quite a little community—of- which; as s, ,matter of course, he became the heat and - chief and to supply, the wants of his own &rally, and others, and increase his gains in a le.' gitimate, way, he had - opened a store, and, tilled 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 Falls of the Ohio) whence their removal to Fort. Bertrand became an easy matter. To purchase and ship these goods, and deltver:a package of letters to friends in the . East, bkgene had been thrice_ dispatched—his third coungission . aldo fiteztded to the escorting of the beautiful heiress, with her servants, to her new ho ne. ll'his last commission had been solar xeci4ed at the tithe chosen for the opening. ry of our sto, as to bring the differentparties to the month of the great Kanawl a, whence the reader has seen Ahem sl %sly 1 13 eating. off: upon the still,, glassy bo om of " the belle of rivers." The day, wich was - an auspicious one, passed witho t any hing occurring :wor thy of note, nail n r four O'clock, when, as Blanche wstanlling 'on the fore part of the . deck zing at the lovely scene which surro uded her, she saw.a seemirw ly flying body suddenly leave a limb ot e a il ,s gigantic tree, (whose mighty branches ex tended far a rr the aver, and near which the boat w• swayed , by the action of the current), a d alight, with a crash upon the deck of the boatr not more than eight feet from er. Og r e glance sufficed - to show her , what the object was, and to freeze the blood in her veins. The glow ing eyes oft a. huge panther met her gaze. The suddlnness of the shock which this discovery gave her was overpowering. With a deafening shriek she fell upon her knees and !clasped her hands before her breast. Ilhe panther crouched for his deadly leap, but ere[he sprang, the hunt ing, knife, :)f• Eugene Faitlfax (who with the steersman, was the only person on deck besides Blanche), was hurried to the hilt in his/ side, inflictinga 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 hotly, who soon" fell to the deck, dragging the dauntless Eugene with him. On seeing her protector fall, Blanche uttered another shriek• and rush ed to his aid ; but 'sistance from stouter arms was at hand. . The boatmen gather ed round, and the, savage ramster was litterally hacked -in pieces with their knives and hatchets, and Eugene, cov_ered with 'blood, was dragged from under his carcass. Supposing him to be dead or mortally wounded. Blanche threw her arms around!bis neck and gave way to a passionate burst of grief. But he was not dead—he was not even hurt, with the ex ception of a few slight scratches. The blood with which hp was covered was the panther's, not his own. But Blanche's embrace was his—a, priceless treasure— an index of her heart's emotions and af fections. It 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 plah of the steersman's oar, the boat - of out voyagers *as borne ! along upon the boSo i of the current, on the third night of the voyage. The hour was waxing late, and Eu g ene ; the only one astir except, the watch, was suddenly startled, by a rough hand . being placea upon his shoulder, ' accompanied by the words, in the gruf voice of the boatman : "I say. Cap'n, li re s trouble !" What is it, Dick " iinquired Eugene, starting to his feet. i " • "Don't you see that's a heavy fog ris ing,.that'll soon kiv r us up so thick that we won't be able to ell a white man from a nigger ?" replied the boatman—Dick Winter by name—a tall, bony, muscular, athletic . specimen o his class. - 1 " Good heaven ! - ed Eugene, looking misty waters. "It very suddenly, for ago. What is.to b• something I was not a night as this." " It looks troublo returned Dielt; " bu sartin, and 1 s'pose the best on't." !c) there is_!" exclaim off upon the already must have gathered 11 was, clear a minute done now? This is prepared for, oa such b .• ap n, I'll allow," t we're in foi't, that's we'll have to make "But whitt is to you advise ?" asked excited tone, that i be done ?—what do Eugene, in a quick, ndicated some degree of alarm - Why, Of yott w the young lady, an. r'nt so skeered about, it warn't so dead a,gin d quarters, my plan easy one .I'd just ntuck shore, and tie the orders from he would be a cl'ar an run over to the Ka up." Eugene, positively_; Dick—that will nev think Of's-rich a thing e must , keep in the ,S. "N 0,,. tie," said "that will never it., er do! I would no, for a moment N! current by all meal " Ef you: can," rejoined the boatman; "but when it gits ea dark as we can't tell one thing from t'd her, it'll' be powerful hard to 'do,' and e we don't 'run a„ain a bar or bank afore morning. in spite of the best o' us, It'll be the luckiest go that ever I had a hand in.. See Qap:n--it's thick ening up fast; we j can't, see eytber bank at all, nor the ha r nyther; the stars' is gettin' dim; and ii 'looks as if thar war a cloud all rand us. ' - " I see ! I see!' i returned Eugene, ex citedly. " Merciflil Heaven!, I hope no accident-will befall us here----and yet my heart almost tnisgives me !--for this, I be lieve; is' the most dangerous part of our journey—the vicinity where Most of our boats have, been c4ptured by the savages." Saying this Ene , ene ta.stened bzloW' FOUR CEFIeSi TER8L5...51.55 PER r where he found the other boatme isleep-i. ing so soundly . uS to require cons derablit. -, etrort, on. his part,, to wake the ;',...:At.,: , last, getting .them fairly: rotised be iu.o., .• formed them, almost in a whispe lor,he,-. { did not care to disturb the others that: a :: heavy fog had'suddenly arisen, and he.. _ ; wished their presence on. deck, ~ mmedi-,... ately.. . I- “A fon., Cap'n ?”- exclaimed - 0 tone which indicated that hen= the peril with the word. "Hush!" returned -Eugene ; no necessity for: wakin , P e' the othl haying a scene. Up! and follow out,ti word!" ' - ,11041ided back to the deck, A l most immediately joined by t men, to whom lie briefly made k hors and fears.' ,They thought, like their that the boat would ba safest if to an overhanging. limb of the shore; but frankly admitted t, could not now be done without d and danger, and that there was bility of keeping the - current. ' ,, Then make that possibility a ty; and it shall.be the best nigh _ you ever performed!," rejoined iWa quick, excited ton 4. _ , "We'll do the best we,can,CUPN,',..was the response; 'abut no nian can be.sartin of,the current of this here crooked stream iwa foggy night."_ • : F A lonz silence followed—the -*l Toyag,era; • . slowly drifting down through I.9..tattsty darkness impenetrable-to the eye-I—when, suddenly, our young commander - 1 who was standing near the bow, felts the ex tended branch of an overhangini c ithiabg• * lently brush - hiS face. He started, with an exclamation of alarm, and at thelsame moment the boatman on the right called out: "Quick, here, boys ! we're dgin the shore, as sure as death?" . Then followed a scene of hurried • and anxious oonfusion, the - voices of the three boatmen Mingling together in loutt %nick, excited tones. - "Push off the bow " cried ono. - "Quick ! altogether, now over with her ! " Shouted. another. - "The . it ! - she's — Tanning aoTound here on a muddy, botto*'!' most yelled a third.. - .1 - • • Meantime the laden boat was brushing . : along against projecting bushes and 'river reachinc, limbs. and every .moment get. tiny more and more entangled while,; the long poles and sweeps - of the boatmen, as they attempted 'to push her off, Were of ten plunged without touching bottom, iq to what appeared to be a soft clayeymud, from which they were only extricated by such an outlay astrength as tended still:7 more to draw the clumsy craft npoh the • bank they wished to avoid. Atlilength, scarcely. more than a minute freni the first alarm, there was a kind of Settlitig , together, as it were, and the boatibe.e• e fast end immovable. - . . The fact was announced by Di&. ter, in his characteristic mann added, with an oath, that it was jai he expected. For a moment or dead silence folloied,•as if each headed that the smatter -was. On , . viewed in a very serious light.. get over the bow, and the.lay of the land with nay i feet; Tom Harris; and forthwith he Alt the not very pleasant undertaking. At_ this• moment Eugene heard .his name pronounced by a voice that,seldona. failed to escite L a peculiar emotion in lila breast,. and now sent a skatw through every rierve; and hastening._ be-., low, he found Blanche, fully dressed, with - a light in her hand, standing jtkontside. of , her cabin, in the regular passage Which led lengthwise through-the centre-,ef the boat. "I have heard somethin e ,r , gitgener she said "enough to know.that we have met with an accident, but. not sufficient to fully comprehend its nature' _ "'Unfortunately, about two :nours,agor replied' Eugene, "we sutidenlybegaine.in: ; volved in-a dense fog; and in spite of our: every precaution and care, we hive rot. aground—it may be against tlie Ohio_ shore—it may be against:au Mlincl— , it is:" so dark we can't tell. = But be notalarin-_: ed; 'Miss Blanche," • he hurriedly added; feast we- shall soon , be afloat itgain-;.. though in any eyent,_the darknesi ficient to conceal ifs from:: theysavages;.; even Were they in the 'Vicinity." " I know little of Indians," teturnesl Blanche; "butfl have'always understbed-::.. that they 'are somewhat rerdarkable, for their acuteness of hearing; and if such be the case, there ,Would be no necessity of their_being Veit near,Ao'be made ac quainted. with oir_locality„ judilog from a the, , louli fe* "I feir we've been rather 'imprudent,". said Eugene, in a deprecating tone; "but, in the excitement—'--" His . words-were suddenly cut nhorti several loud voices of alarm fronalwithout, followed by a quick' and heavy trampling across _the - dick; and the-nest!theme:* ` ~~ - ~ ' - • MEI , -11 MEM i~- :.~ °z e. in a :•- receded /there is. - , rs; now,: e -41 p.nd was Cows his .Vanion, de fast • ati this itE l culty possi- liceFtain work- Minna °- who t whai two a ;ppm ; to bo. W giVr said about
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