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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?
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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'
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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,-.
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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."_
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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:*
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