June 11, 1858 (4 pages)

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Pens of } . i L$ FIONERY! iB B I ed ge Cards, Card . } i Fancy } Note, } pers, Xe. Ne. xt . ; Wholesale and Reiail. fitwenty 838 ; NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE Ui, 1858: YANKEE COURTSHIP. alight laugh, “I do not doubt in the BR ALICE DE VERE. Cottage by the hill side— Time, near unto dark, Dorithy beside the tire, Waiting for her spark ; Old man by the el:imney, Realing Boston ; aper; Old .ady near the table, Makiug Sal a cap or Some other peculiar kind of garment. Very cold withont, and Wind a shrieking—howling ; Owls up in the orchard, Out, perhaps. a fowling, Rap, tap; at the kitchen door— Dorothy looks pleasant, “Jonthan.” she whispers slyly, ‘Rot meif it sn't, Or some fellow that J don’t want to see. Deors is open—"‘Jonathan t Why. how du ye do?” “Well, Derothy, 'm puty well, A seein how its you.” Old man stop his reading, Old woman qnits the sewing; Both remark to Jonathan, “Well neow, how its blowing, There’s going to be seme tall weather, yet, I sweow.” Salutation over, Jonathan ismum; Wi-hes, over sundry times, ‘That he was “‘te hum.” Old folks getting sleepy, "Gin to nod the head; Dorothy suggests tl.at they Had better go to bed— Anda prodigy ous giin lights up Jonathan's physiognomy. Cid fol’ s snoring souncly, Yo. Rg folk cose cygether; Jonathan aud Dorothy i Taiking ‘bout the weather. j Jovan is thiuking How to) opthe question; But his heart ts thumping so, ‘ Can har ly keep his vest on, And his tongue cleayeth to the roof of his mouth. Dovothy looks slily— Kucw’s there's something coming ; Looks uround a: Jovathan— He feels much like ruuning, “Dearest Dorothy,” he says, And his heart veats faster— ““Spose that you sud I would go Down to Paisen asior, And get licks din theeve: a ung bends of matrimony bad bed bal * ™ * . a * Years hav ssc away, and Down witeie the adcy ’ Tir uway from city, Syre acer ety Bav Star ds a littie cote, White as snow .n Ma eh; Jonathan aud Dorupy SitoM, Oa the poreh; And halfa dezeu white headed youngsters around them : . THE PERILS OF THE BORDER. H HSAMLIW nae ; oa SS, While reading recently an account of RY, MUST Al. INSTRU . the fightful massaere of several white S UTEERY, GOLD]. * oo¥ Goons, &. has} families by the Blackfoot Indians, we the largest stock ever 3 were reminded of a thrilling event which cecurred in the “Wild West,” a short whicha highly accomplished young lady the daughter of a distinguished officer of the American Amny, played an importaut part. The stery being of a most thrilling nature, and exhibiting in a strikiue manner the “Pe:ils of the Berder,” we have concluded to give an j extract from it. as originally published, las follows:— inj jhe angle on the right bank of the nawha, formed ly its junction hio, is called Point Pleasant, place of histerical note. Here. on the 10th of October, 1774, during iwhat is known as Lord Dunmore’s War, was fough ene of the fiercest and most . desperate battles that ever took place between the Virginians and the forest foes. . <Afier the battle in question, in which the Indians were defeated with great . loss, a fort was here erected by the vie j tars, which beeame a post of great importance throughout the sanguinary seenes of strife which almostimmde ate ly i followed, and whieh in this section «of ithe country were continued for many i years after the establishment of peace j which acknowledged the United Colonies of America a free and independent laation, . a3 At the landi our story ope ng of the fort, on the day : s, Was fastsned a flat-boat ofthe kind used by the early naviga‘ois of the Western rivers. Upon the deck of that boat, at the moment we present the scene to the reader, stcod tive individuals, alike enjgaged in watching a group of persons, mostly females, who were slowly ap. proaching the landing. Of these five. =} one was a stout, sleek negro, ia partial ilivery, and evidently a house or body servaut; three weie boatmen and boriderers, as indicated by their rough, b-onzed visages and coarse attire, but the hth was a young man, seme two-andtwenty years of age, of a fine commanding person, and a clear, open intelligent untenance; and in the lofty carriage of his head—in the gleam of his large, j bright. hazel eye—there was something . whieh denoted one of supeiior mind ; but jas we shall have occasion in the course of our narrative to fully set forth who . jand what Hugene Faiitax was, we will jleave him for the present, and turn to j the approaching group. whom he seemed to be regarding with lively interest. . Of this group, composed of a middlelia the rear, there whom the . ost casual eye would have singled out jand agsted upon wih pleasme. The jiady iu question, was apparently about Was one yeas of age, of slender aud . . gtacefal tigar:, and cf that peculiar cast of feature, which, besides being beauti* . tulia every lincament, rarely fails to afifeet the beholder with something lhkea . charm. Her traveling costume—a fine brown habit, high in the neck, buttoned closely hover the bosom and coming down to he jsinall p.etty feet, without trailing on the . srotud— was both neat and becoming ; and with her riding eap and its waving ustrich pluie, set gaily above her tlowjirg curls, ler appearance eoutrasted ‘ucibly with the rough, unpolished . looks of thuse of her sex veside her, with . their liusey bed gowns, scarlet flanne. . petticoats, and bleached linen caps. . ; “Oh, Bianche,” said one of the jmore venerable of her female compauions, . pursuing a conversation which had been . inaintained since quitting the open fort . behind them, “f cannot bear to let you go; for it just seems co meas if sume. thing was going to happen to you, and wheal feel that way, something generally does ha; pen.” “Well, cuat,’ replied Blanche, with ? y aged maian four females, with a black . female servant following some five paces tine subsequent to the Revolutior, in him—and then but slightly, as she sprung . boat to spring a leak again, as it did . not be safe for us, 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 froma . dutiful daughter to her parents—and that will be something that has not happened for two long years at least.” “But I don’t mean that, Blanche,” returned the other, somewhat petulently; “and you just langh like a gay and thonghtless girl, when you ought to be serious. Because you have coine safe thus far, through a partially settled country, you think, perhaps, your own pretty face will ward off danger ia the more perilous wilderness—but I warn you that a feaiful journey is before you! Scaricely a boat descends the Ohio that does not encounter more or less peril fiom the savages that prowl along either . shore; and some of them that go down freighted with haman life are heard of no more, and none are left to tell the tale.” “Bat why repeat this to me, dear aunt,”’ returned Blanche, with amore serious air, “when you know it is my destiny, 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 tu them, 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, “Blauche Bertrand never did know what it was to fear, I believe!” “Just like her father!” joined in the husband of the matron, the brother of Blanehe’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: I, eady deseribed—Eugene Fairfax, the secretary . of Blanche’s father—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 Bianche was the last to touch quickly and lightly to the deck—but a. cluse observer might have detected a slight flush which mantled his noble, . expressive f atures, as his eyes fora single iustant met hers. She might herself have seen it—perhaps she did— but there was no corresponding glow on her own bright, pretty face. as she enquired, in the calm, dignified tone of 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 everyihing prepared for our departure? It will ot do for our enming down the Kanawha—for it wil! I am told, to touc! either shore between the different forts aud trading posts on our reute, this side . of our destination—the Falls of the Qhio.” “No, indeed!” rejoined her aunt quict. ly; “it will beas much as your lives are . worth to venture a foot from the main eurrent of the Ohico—for news reached us only the other day, that many boats had Leen attacked this spring, and seyeral lost, with all on board.” “Noone feels more concerned about the safe passage of Miss Bertrand than myself.” replied Eugene, in a deferential tone; and since our arrival heve, J have left nothing undone that L thought might possibly add to her security and comfort” “That is trus, to my personal know!edge,” joined ii the uncle of Blanche; “and T thank you Mi. Faiife x, in behalf } of my fair kinswoman. ‘There will, perhaps,” he pursued, “be no great dan. ger, so long as you keep in the current; . but your watch must not be neglected fora single moment, either night or day; . and do not, . solemnly charge and wart you, under any circumstances, or on any pretence whatsoever, suffer yourselves to he deeoyed to either shoie.” “T hope we understand our duty better, Colonel,” said one ef the men, respectfully. “I doubt it net,” replied the commander of the Point; «1 believe youare all faithful men, or you would not have been selected by the agent of Col. Bert . rand, for taking down more precious freight than you ever earried 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 understand what I mean? White men, apparently in the greatest distiess, will ha.l your boat, represent themselves as liaviog just eseaped from the Indians, and beg of you, for the love of God, in the most piteous 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 vour owa kin: for in such a ease your ow brother might deceive you—not wilfully and voluntarily, perhaps—but because of being geaded on by the savages, themselves concealed. Yes, such things have been known as one fiiend being thus used to lure another to his destruction; and so be cautious, vigilant, brave and true, and may the God keep you all from harm!” And as ke finished speaking, Blanche proceeded to take an affectionate : j of all, receiving many a tender message for her parents from thosé who beld them in love and veueration; and the bout swung out, and began t> float down with the current, now fairly entered upon the uyost dangerous portion of a log and perilons journey. ‘The father of Blanche, Colonel Philip , Bertrand, was a native of Virginia, and adescendent of one of the Huguen-t refugees, who fled from their native land, after the revocation of the edict of Nantz iu 1665. He had Leen an officer of some note during the revolution—a warm political and personal friend of the ! t author of the Declaration of Independence—and a gentleman who always stood high in the esteem of his associ ates and cotemporaries, Though at one time a man of wealth, Colonei Bertrand had lest much and suffered much, though British invasion; and when, shortly after the close of the war, he had met with a few more serious reverses, he had been fain to accept a erant of land, near the Falls of the Ohio, now Louisville, tendered him by Virginia, which then held jurisdiction over the entire territory. now constituting the State of Kentucky. ‘The grant had decided the Colonel upon seeking his new possessions, and building up a wew home in the thea Far West, and as his wife had insisted upon accompanying him on his first tovr, he had assented to her desire, on condition that Blanche should be left among her friends, till such time and place could be prepared which might in some degree be considered a fit abode for one so carefully and tenderly reared. Blanche would gladly have gone with her parents; but on this point her fathe had beeu inexorable—deelaring that she would have to remain at the East till he should see proper to send for her; and as he 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 of his noble benefactor, to remain with him in the capacity of private secretary and confidential agent. On taking possession of his grant, the Colonel had almost tmtmediarely erected a fort, and offered such induceinants 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; and to supply the wants of his own family and others, and mmerease his gains in a legitimate way, he had opened a store aud filled it with goods, from the astern marts, which were transported by land overthe mountainsto the Kanawha. aifd thenee by water to the Falls of Ohio, whence then removal to Fort Bertrand beeame ai easy matter. To purchase and ship these gonds, aud deliver a package of lettersto fiieuds in the East, Eugene had been thiice dispatched—his third commission also extending to the escorting of the beautifal heiress, with he: servauts, to her new home. This last commission had been so far executed ai the time cho-en for the opening of om 8 ory, as to bring the different parties to the mouthof the great Kanawha, whence the reader has seen them slowly floating off upon the still, glassy bosom of “the belle of rivers.” goods The day, which was an auspicious one passed without avything occurring worthy of note, until near four o'clock, when as Blanehe was standing on the f repart of the deck gazing at the lovely scene which surrounded her, she saw a seemlingly flying Lody suddenly leave a limb of gigantic tree (whose mighty branches extended far over the river, and near which the bort was then swayed by the action of the currents and alight with a crash upon the deck of the boat, uot more than eight feet from her. One glance sufficed to show her what the object was, and to freeze the Llood in her veins. Tha glowing eyes of a huge panther met her gaze. ‘The suddeniess of the shock which this discovery gave her was overpowering. Witha deafening shriek she fell upon her knees and clasped her hands before hér breast.— The panther crouched for his deadly leap, but ere he sprang, the hunting kuifeof Eugene Paifax (who, with the steersman, was the only person on deck beside Blanche.) was buried to the bit (in his side, inflicting a severe but not fatal wound. The infuriated Least at once turned upon Edgar, and a deadly struggle 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. Oa secing her protestor fall, Blanche uttered another shriek and rushed to his aid; but assistance from stouter arms was at hand. ‘The boatmen gathered round, and the savage monster was literally hacked in pieces with their knives and hatchers, and Eugene, covered with blood, was dragged from under his carcass. SSupposing him to be dead or mortally wounded, Blanche threw her arms around his neck and gave way to a passionate burst of grief. Bat he was not dead—he was noteven hurt, with the exception of a few slight seratehes. The blood with which he 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 affections lt 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 splash of the steersman’s oar, the boat of our voyage was borne along epén the bosom of the current, on the third night of the voyage. The hour was waxing late, and Engene, the only one astir except the watch, was suddenty startled. by a rough hand being placed upon his shoulder, accompanied by the words, in the grutt voice of the boatman : “I say, Cap'n, here's trouble!” “What is it. Dick?” inquired Eugene, starting to his feet. “Dou’t yon see thar’s a heavy fog rising, that’! soon kiver us up so tlick that we won’t be able to tell a white man from a nigger?” replied the boatmau—Dick Winter by name—a tall. bony, muscular, athletic specimen of his class. “Good heavens! so there ist”? exclaimed Eugene. loohi og off upon the already misty waters. “Lt must have gathered very suddenly, for all was clear a mmnute ago. What is to be dove now?— . . . . . . This is something I was not prepared for, on such a night as this.” “Tt looks troublons, Cap’n, I'll allow,” returned Lick, but we’re in for’t that’s sartin, and I s"'pose we'll have to make the best on’t.” “But what.is to be done?—what do you advise ?” asked Eugene in a quick, excited tone, and indigated some degree of alarm. “Why, ef you war’rt so skeered about the young lady, and it war’nt so dead agin the orders from head-quarters, my plan would be a el’ar and easy one— I’d just run over to the Kaintuck shore and tie up.” “No, no,” said Eugene, positively; “that will never do, Dick—that will never do! I would not think of such a thing for amoment! We must keep in the current by all means !” “Ef you can,” rejoined the boatman; “but when it gits so dark as wecan’t tell one thing from t’other, iv}l be powerful hard to do; and ef we dew’t run agin a bar or bank afore morning, in spite of the best o’ us, it'll be the luckiest go that ever Thad ahandin. See, Cap'n —it’s thickening up fast ; we can’t sce eyther bank at all, nor the water nyther —the stars is gettie’ dim, and it looks as if thar war a cloud all round. us.” “I see! [ see!’, returned Eugene, excitedly. “Merciful Heaven! 1 hope no accident will befall us here—and yet my heart almost misgives me!-—for this. I believe, is the most dangerous part of our journey—the vicinity where most of oitr boats have been captured by the savages.” Saying this, Eugene hastened below. where he found the other boatmen s!eeping so soundly asto reqtireconsiderable effurton his; art to wakethem, At last, vetting them faily roused, he informed them, almost in a whisper, for he did not eare to disturb the others, that a heavy fog had suddenly arisen, and he wished their presence on deck, immediately. “A fog, Crp’n,” exclaimed one, in a tone which indicated that he comprehended the peril with the word. “Hush !” returned Eugene; “there is no necessity for waking the others, and having a scene, Up! and tollow me, without a word!” He glided back to the deck, and was almost immediately joined by the boatmen, to whom he briefly made known his hopes a d fears. They thousht, like their com] anion, that the boat would be safest if made fast to an overhanging limb of the Kentucky shore; but flankly adrtitted that this could not now be done without difficulty aud danger. and that there was a possibility of keeping the current. “Then make that possibility a certainty, andit shall be the best night’s work you ever peiformed!” rejeined Engene, in a quick, excited tone. “Weill do the best we can, Cap'n,” was the response; “but no man can be sartiu ¢f the current of this here crouked stream ina foggy night.” A long silence followed—the voyagers slowly drifting down through a misty darkness impenetrable to the eye —when suddenly, onr young commardei who was standing uear the bow, felt the extended Ianech of an overhanging limb silently brush bis face. Ie startled, with an exclamation ofalarm, and at the sume moment the bvatmen on the right called out: “Quick, here, boys! we’re agin the shore, assure as death !” Then followed a scene of hurried and anxious confusion, the voices of the three boatmen mingling together in Joud, quick and excited tones. “Push off the bow!” cried one. “Quick!” altogether, now! over with her!” shouted another. “The devil is in it! she’s running aground here on a muddy bottom !” almost yelled a third. Meanwhile the laden boat was brashing along against projecting bushes and overieaching limbs, and every moment getting more and more entangled; while the loug poles and sweeps of the boatinen,as they attempted to push her off, were often plunged, without touching bottom, inte what appeared to be a soft, clayey mud, from which they were only extracted by such an outlay cf stresgth as tended still more to draw the elumsy e:aft upon the bank they wished to javoid. At length, scarcely more than a minute from the first alarm, there wasa kind of settling together, as it were, and the boat Lecame fast and immovable. The fact was announced by Dick Winter, in his characteristic manner— who added, with an oath, that it was just what lhe expected. Fora moment or two a dead silenee followed, as if each comprehended that the matter was one to be viewed in a very serious light. “Tl get over the bow, and try to git the lay of the iand with my feet,’ said Tom Hanis; and forthwith he set about tae not véry pleasint undéitaking. At this moment Eugene heaid his name proneunced by a voice that selcoin failed to excite a pecuiiay emotion in his breast, and now senta strange thrill through every nerve; and hastening below, he found Blanche, fally dressed, with a light in her hand, standing just outside of her cabin, in the regular passage which led lengthwise through the centre of the boat. “LT have heard something. Eugene,” she said, “enough to know that we have met with an accident, but not suflicient to fully comprehend its nature.” “Unfortunately, about two hours ago,” rephed Eugene, “we suddenly betame involved ina dense fog, ana, in spite ofour every precaution aud care, we have run aground—it may be against the Ohio shore—it may be against an island—it is so dark we can’t tell. But be. net alarmed, Miss Blanehe,” he hurriedly added; “1 trust we shall soon be affoat again; though, in any évent, the darkuess is sufficient to cenceal us from the savages, even were they in the vicinity.” “JT know little of Indians,” returne WHOLE NUMBER 399. — Blanche; “but I have always underble for their acuteness of hearing; and if such is the ease, there would be ro made acquainted with our locality, judging from the loud voiées I héar® 4 few minutes ago.” “T fear we've been rather imprudent,” said Eugene, ina Ceprecating tone; “but in the excitement——” His words were suddenly cut short by several loud voices of alarm from without, followed by a quick and heavy trampling across the deck; and thé. nett moment Seth Harper ana Dick Winter burstinto the passage, the former exclaiming : “We've run plum into a red nigger's nest,.Cap’n, and T'om Harris is already butchered and scalped!”’ And even as he spoke, as if in confirmation of his dreadful iutelligence there arose a series of wild, piercing, demoniacal yells, fullowed by a dead ant ominous silence. So far we hate followed the lovely heroine and her freinds in this adveuture; but the foregoing is all that we publisn in our columus. The balance. cf the varrarive an ohly be found in the New York Ledger, the great family paper; which can be obtained at all the period ical stores where papers are sold. Re member to ask fos the “Ledger,” dated May 22d, and in it yon will get the continuation of the narrative from where ji eaves off here. If there are no bank stores, or nevs offices convenient te where you reside, the publisher of the Ledger will send you a copy by mail, if you will send him five centsin a letter. Address Robert Bonner, Ledger offiee, 44 Ann street New York. This story is entitled “Perils of the. Border” and erows more and more interesting as it goes on. GUBERNATORIAL. We congratulate our friends and neigh bors of the “Great apon thé lstinguished consideration with which they have Leen treated by our voble and m? gnatiimous Governor. Compe ‘ent as he feels himself to govern the State convicts; and the other scoundrels in the Southern portion. of the State, he has long felt nis inability to extend a sufficient quantum of his benign infla ence over the awiferousand grain growing regions of the northern domain But he has relieved his mii:d of care in this matter; he has likewise done justice tothe. Noth. Unlike Burnett, Bigler, and Jolnsoa, who dared the task of governing the whole State. our piesent Executive has detérmined to share his toils and his honors. He dane it, aud Heaven, ‘Tehama county and Nome Lackee Reservation sinile upon Hallelujah! Huzza for the immortal saddle maker, and per-diem-troubled Governor Lewis! Let ascend t»> the “* blue Heavens abdte us bent, ” f-om Mid Creek to Mount Shasta? Law avd Order, Lecompton, Nigger Bills and Wellerisms shall live and #Hourish onder the Sub Gubernatorial administration of sthe patriotic pet of the amiable and pardonable ovecupant of the other Chatr of State. Ha! ha! hooray for the new Sub. Gov. Gh! that we just new this “highly important” officer’s powers and duties. We wonder if he ean pardon, Weare troubled to know if he can eall out the “Milishy’? and sign (and pay) bills. We “burst in ignorance’ not knowing his salary and who pays it By the kindness of Governor Lewis’ private Secretary, we are provided with the annexed copy of his Sub E-xcellency’s Inaugural Message. It was delivered before a coagiegation of those whe first came under thé notice of the Gow. upon his receipt of his Cominission. We condense it as follows. Nort}? has hom.— shouts LN en Mellow Citizens and Diggers: Tam Governor.o’ these parts, you. bet!— Me and Weller has jist got this here State right whar Kelsey had the hen, L ain't no dog-on Black Republican, ef I was borned in Connecticut and raised on shad. No indeed, Me and Johnny (meaning Weller) has allers been on the ‘est kind of terms. He knows my, influence with yotiand the ballance of the boys round here and he Knows how te play for the Senate when old Gwin's term is out. He has come to divide on his office with me and you bet, I’m bis'n. Yes Sir-ee; all the time. But I must talk to you Injfts. Homo-dee. Hey-da-dee, Hy jum eodelly! £ stand before you on this “pfoad oeeasion”? as my. friend Pom Spiken would say, chock full of fne and ardott and Reservation whisky. Hi yu muék-a muck, Boston tilicum, hi butt close, wee cum tux! Hi yah! You sarvey akerns? You sarvey giasshoppers? You sarvey me and Vince! (Cheers from otd Wah ca-tah, who thinks it is grub time )— Well me and Vineeis in. He writer uy letters, and [ voté his way, and hin aud me is good Enjins. Sarvey that? I'm Sub. Gov. and if IT ean’t play ny game out then you needn't expect P% ever git to go to Congress. Phat fats me out. God and liberty. : LE. J. Lewis; 8. G Delivered at Nome Lxuckée on this day of grace, Monday, May 24th. 1856. Buite Record. fF A Pennsylvania editor says : “Somebody brought one bottle of soup water into our office, with the request te noti¢e if as lemon beer. If Esau wae green eno gh to sel! his birthright for + mess of po:tage, it does not prove tint we will tell a four-shilling lic “r five cents.” RR A A A A EF The steamship E-icsson, sometime stnec announced fo 4n éxcursion to the Mediterranean, ani éastern cities, has been withdrawn. ‘Phe excursion has been inde: ncely postponed, and very probably in consequence of a wane of sufficient patronage for such an enter. d . prise. ‘ stood that they are sumewhat remarka.necessity of their being very near, to be * cl hn elite: BSAA Dihvtacs vias bie Ga See Oe see 2 PTET OE na cr DB e >

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Deors is open—"‘Jonathan t Why. how du ye do?” “Well, Derothy, 'm puty well, A seein how its you.” Old man stop his reading, Old woman qnits the sewing; Both remark to Jonathan, “Well neow, how its blowing, There’s going to be seme tall weather, yet, I sweow.” Salutation over, Jonathan ismum; Wi-hes, over sundry times, ‘That he was “‘te hum.” Old folks getting sleepy, "Gin to nod the head; Dorothy suggests tl.at they Had better go to bed— Anda prodigy ous giin lights up Jonathan's physiognomy. Cid fol’ s snoring souncly, Yo. Rg folk cose cygether; Jonathan aud Dorothy i Taiking ‘bout the weather. j Jovan is thiuking How to) opthe question; But his heart ts thumping so, ‘ Can har ly keep his vest on, And his tongue cleayeth to the roof of his mouth. Dovothy looks slily— Kucw’s there's something coming ; Looks uround a: Jovathan— He feels much like ruuning, “Dearest Dorothy,” he says, And his heart veats faster— ““Spose that you sud I would go Down to Paisen asior, And get licks din theeve: a ung bends of matrimony bad bed bal * ™ * . a * Years hav ssc away, and Down witeie the adcy ’ Tir uway from city, Syre acer ety Bav Star ds a littie cote, White as snow .n Ma eh; Jonathan aud Dorupy SitoM, Oa the poreh; And halfa dezeu white headed youngsters around them : . THE PERILS OF THE BORDER. H HSAMLIW nae ; oa SS, While reading recently an account of RY, MUST Al. INSTRU . the fightful massaere of several white S UTEERY, GOLD].. * oo¥ Goons, &. has} families by the Blackfoot Indians, we the largest stock ever 3 were reminded of a thrilling event which cecurred in the “Wild West,” a short whicha highly accomplished young lady the daughter of a distinguished officer of the American Amny, played an importaut part. The stery being of a most thrilling nature, and exhibiting in a strikiue manner the “Pe:ils of the Berder,” we have concluded to give an j extract from it. as originally published, las follows:— inj jhe angle on the right bank of the nawha, formed ly its junction hio, is called Point Pleasant, place of histerical note. Here. on the 10th of October, 1774, during iwhat is known as Lord Dunmore’s War, was fough ene of the fiercest and most . desperate battles that ever took place between the Virginians and the forest foes. . <Afier the battle in question, in which the Indians were defeated with great . loss, a fort was here erected by the vie j tars, which beeame a post of great importance throughout the sanguinary seenes of strife which almostimmde ate ly i followed, and whieh in this section «of ithe country were continued for many i years after the establishment of peace j which acknowledged the United Colonies of America a free and independent laation, . a3 At the landi our story ope ng of the fort, on the day : s, Was fastsned a flat-boat ofthe kind used by the early naviga‘ois of the Western rivers. Upon the deck of that boat, at the moment we present the scene to the reader, stcod tive individuals, alike enjgaged in watching a group of persons, mostly females, who were slowly ap. proaching the landing. Of these five. =} one was a stout, sleek negro, ia partial ilivery, and evidently a house or body servaut; three weie boatmen and boriderers, as indicated by their rough, b-onzed visages and coarse attire, but the hth was a young man, seme two-andtwenty years of age, of a fine commanding person, and a clear, open intelligent untenance; and in the lofty carriage of his head—in the gleam of his large, j bright. hazel eye—there was something . whieh denoted one of supeiior mind ; but jas we shall have occasion in the course of our narrative to fully set forth who . jand what Hugene Faiitax was, we will jleave him for the present, and turn to j the approaching group. whom he seemed to be regarding with lively interest. . Of this group, composed of a middlelia the rear, there whom the . ost casual eye would have singled out jand agsted upon wih pleasme. The jiady iu question, was apparently about Was one yeas of age, of slender aud . . gtacefal tigar:, and cf that peculiar cast of feature, which, besides being beauti* . tulia every lincament, rarely fails to afifeet the beholder with something lhkea . charm. Her traveling costume—a fine brown habit, high in the neck, buttoned closely hover the bosom and coming down to he jsinall p.etty feet, without trailing on the . srotud— was both neat and becoming ; and with her riding eap and its waving ustrich pluie, set gaily above her tlowjirg curls, ler appearance eoutrasted ‘ucibly with the rough, unpolished . looks of thuse of her sex veside her, with . their liusey bed gowns, scarlet flanne. . petticoats, and bleached linen caps. . ; “Oh, Bianche,” said one of the jmore venerable of her female compauions, . pursuing a conversation which had been . inaintained since quitting the open fort . behind them, “f cannot bear to let you go; for it just seems co meas if sume. thing was going to happen to you, and wheal feel that way, something generally does ha; pen.” “Well, cuat,’ replied Blanche, with ? y aged maian four females, with a black . female servant following some five paces tine subsequent to the Revolutior, in him—and then but slightly, as she sprung . boat to spring a leak again, as it did . not be safe for us, 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 froma . dutiful daughter to her parents—and that will be something that has not happened for two long years at least.” “But I don’t mean that, Blanche,” returned the other, somewhat petulently; “and you just langh like a gay and thonghtless girl, when you ought to be serious. Because you have coine safe thus far, through a partially settled country, you think, perhaps, your own pretty face will ward off danger ia the more perilous wilderness—but I warn you that a feaiful journey is before you! Scaricely a boat descends the Ohio that does not encounter more or less peril fiom the savages that prowl along either . shore; and some of them that go down freighted with haman life are heard of no more, and none are left to tell the tale.” “Bat why repeat this to me, dear aunt,”’ returned Blanche, with amore serious air, “when you know it is my destiny, 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 tu them, 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, “Blauche Bertrand never did know what it was to fear, I believe!” “Just like her father!” joined in the husband of the matron, the brother of Blanehe’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: I, eady deseribed—Eugene Fairfax, the secretary . of Blanche’s father—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 Bianche was the last to touch quickly and lightly to the deck—but a. cluse observer might have detected a slight flush which mantled his noble, . expressive f atures, as his eyes fora single iustant met hers. She might herself have seen it—perhaps she did— but there was no corresponding glow on her own bright, pretty face. as she enquired, in the calm, dignified tone of 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 everyihing prepared for our departure? It will ot do for our enming down the Kanawha—for it wil! I am told, to touc! either shore between the different forts aud trading posts on our reute, this side . of our destination—the Falls of the Qhio.” “No, indeed!” rejoined her aunt quict. ly; “it will beas much as your lives are . worth to venture a foot from the main eurrent of the Ohico—for news reached us only the other day, that many boats had Leen attacked this spring, and seyeral lost, with all on board.” “Noone feels more concerned about the safe passage of Miss Bertrand than myself.” replied Eugene, in a deferential tone; and since our arrival heve, J have left nothing undone that L thought might possibly add to her security and comfort” “That is trus, to my personal know!edge,” joined ii the uncle of Blanche; “and T thank you Mi. Faiife x, in behalf } of my fair kinswoman. ‘There will, perhaps,” he pursued, “be no great dan. ger, so long as you keep in the current; . but your watch must not be neglected fora single moment, either night or day; . and do not, . solemnly charge and wart you, under any circumstances, or on any pretence whatsoever, suffer yourselves

to he deeoyed to either shoie.” “T hope we understand our duty better, Colonel,” said one ef the men, respectfully. “I doubt it net,” replied the commander of the Point; «1 believe youare all faithful men, or you would not have been selected by the agent of Col. Bert . rand, for taking down more precious freight than you ever earried 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 understand what I mean? White men, apparently in the greatest distiess, will ha.l your boat, represent themselves as liaviog just eseaped from the Indians, and beg of you, for the love of God, in the most piteous 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 vour owa kin: for in such a ease your ow brother might deceive you—not wilfully and voluntarily, perhaps—but because of being geaded on by the savages, themselves concealed. Yes, such things have been known as one fiiend being thus used to lure another to his destruction; and so be cautious, vigilant, brave and true, and may the God keep you all from harm!” And as ke finished speaking, Blanche proceeded to take an affectionate : j of all, receiving many a tender message for her parents from thosé who beld them in love and veueration; and the bout swung out, and began t> float down with the current, now fairly entered upon the uyost dangerous portion of a log and perilons journey. ‘The father of Blanche, Colonel Philip , Bertrand, was a native of Virginia, and adescendent of one of the Huguen-t refugees, who fled from their native land, after the revocation of the edict of Nantz iu 1665. He had Leen an officer of some note during the revolution—a warm political and personal friend of the ! t author of the Declaration of Independence—and a gentleman who always stood high in the esteem of his associ ates and cotemporaries, Though at one time a man of wealth, Colonei Bertrand had lest much and suffered much, though British invasion; and when, shortly after the close of the war, he had met with a few more serious reverses, he had been fain to accept a erant of land, near the Falls of the Ohio, now Louisville, tendered him by Virginia, which then held jurisdiction over the entire territory. now constituting the State of Kentucky. ‘The grant had decided the Colonel upon seeking his new possessions, and building up a wew home in the thea Far West, and as his wife had insisted upon accompanying him on his first tovr, he had assented to her desire, on condition that Blanche should be left among her friends, till such time and place could be prepared which might in some degree be considered a fit abode for one so carefully and tenderly reared. Blanche would gladly have gone with her parents; but on this point her fathe had beeu inexorable—deelaring that she would have to remain at the East till he should see proper to send for her; and as he 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 of his noble benefactor, to remain with him in the capacity of private secretary and confidential agent. On taking possession of his grant, the Colonel had almost tmtmediarely erected a fort, and offered such induceinants 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; and to supply the wants of his own family and others, and mmerease his gains in a legitimate way, he had opened a store aud filled it with goods, from the astern marts, which were transported by land overthe mountainsto the Kanawha. aifd thenee by water to the Falls of Ohio, whence then removal to Fort Bertrand beeame ai easy matter. To purchase and ship these gonds, aud deliver a package of lettersto fiieuds in the East, Eugene had been thiice dispatched—his third commission also extending to the escorting of the beautifal heiress, with he: servauts, to her new home. This last commission had been so far executed ai the time cho-en for the opening of om 8 ory, as to bring the different parties to the mouthof the great Kanawha, whence the reader has seen them slowly floating off upon the still, glassy bosom of “the belle of rivers.” goods The day, which was an auspicious one passed without avything occurring worthy of note, until near four o'clock, when as Blanehe was standing on the f repart of the deck gazing at the lovely scene which surrounded her, she saw a seemlingly flying Lody suddenly leave a limb of gigantic tree (whose mighty branches extended far over the river, and near which the bort was then swayed by the action of the currents and alight with a crash upon the deck of the boat, uot more than eight feet from her. One glance sufficed to show her what the object was, and to freeze the Llood in her veins. Tha glowing eyes of a huge panther met her gaze. ‘The suddeniess of the shock which this discovery gave her was overpowering. Witha deafening shriek she fell upon her knees and clasped her hands before hér breast.— The panther crouched for his deadly leap, but ere he sprang, the hunting kuifeof Eugene Paifax (who, with the steersman, was the only person on deck beside Blanche.) was buried to the bit (in his side, inflicting a severe but not fatal wound. The infuriated Least at once turned upon Edgar, and a deadly struggle 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. Oa secing her protestor fall, Blanche uttered another shriek and rushed to his aid; but assistance from stouter arms was at hand. ‘The boatmen gathered round, and the savage monster was literally hacked in pieces with their knives and hatchers, and Eugene, covered with blood, was dragged from under his carcass. SSupposing him to be dead or mortally wounded, Blanche threw her arms around his neck and gave way to a passionate burst of grief. Bat he was not dead—he was noteven hurt, with the exception of a few slight seratehes. The blood with which he 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 affections lt 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 splash of the steersman’s oar, the boat of our voyage was borne along epén the bosom of the current, on the third night of the voyage. The hour was waxing late, and Engene, the only one astir except the watch, was suddenty startled. by a rough hand being placed upon his shoulder, accompanied by the words, in the grutt voice of the boatman : “I say, Cap'n, here's trouble!” “What is it. Dick?” inquired Eugene, starting to his feet. “Dou’t yon see thar’s a heavy fog rising, that’! soon kiver us up so tlick that we won’t be able to tell a white man from a nigger?” replied the boatmau—Dick Winter by name—a tall. bony, muscular, athletic specimen of his class. “Good heavens! so there ist”? exclaimed Eugene. loohi og off upon the already misty waters. “Lt must have gathered very suddenly, for all was clear a mmnute ago. What is to be dove now?— . . . . . . This is something I was not prepared for, on such a night as this.” “Tt looks troublons, Cap’n, I'll allow,” returned Lick, but we’re in for’t that’s sartin, and I s"'pose we'll have to make the best on’t.” “But what.is to be done?—what do you advise ?” asked Eugene in a quick, excited tone, and indigated some degree of alarm. “Why, ef you war’rt so skeered about the young lady, and it war’nt so dead agin the orders from head-quarters, my plan would be a el’ar and easy one— I’d just run over to the Kaintuck shore and tie up.” “No, no,” said Eugene, positively; “that will never do, Dick—that will never do! I would not think of such a thing for amoment! We must keep in the current by all means !” “Ef you can,” rejoined the boatman; “but when it gits so dark as wecan’t tell one thing from t’other, iv}l be powerful hard to do; and ef we dew’t run agin a bar or bank afore morning, in spite of the best o’ us, it'll be the luckiest go that ever Thad ahandin. See, Cap'n —it’s thickening up fast ; we can’t sce eyther bank at all, nor the water nyther —the stars is gettie’ dim, and it looks as if thar war a cloud all round. us.” “I see! [ see!’, returned Eugene, excitedly. “Merciful Heaven! 1 hope no accident will befall us here—and yet my heart almost misgives me!-—for this. I believe, is the most dangerous part of our journey—the vicinity where most of oitr boats have been captured by the savages.” Saying this, Eugene hastened below. where he found the other boatmen s!eeping so soundly asto reqtireconsiderable effurton his; art to wakethem, At last, vetting them faily roused, he informed them, almost in a whisper, for he did not eare to disturb the others, that a heavy fog had suddenly arisen, and he wished their presence on deck, immediately. “A fog, Crp’n,” exclaimed one, in a tone which indicated that he comprehended the peril with the word. “Hush !” returned Eugene; “there is no necessity for waking the others, and having a scene, Up! and tollow me, without a word!” He glided back to the deck, and was almost immediately joined by the boatmen, to whom he briefly made known his hopes a d fears. They thousht, like their com] anion, that the boat would be safest if made fast to an overhanging limb of the Kentucky shore; but flankly adrtitted that this could not now be done without difficulty aud danger. and that there was a possibility of keeping the current. “Then make that possibility a certainty, andit shall be the best night’s work you ever peiformed!” rejeined Engene, in a quick, excited tone. “Weill do the best we can, Cap'n,” was the response; “but no man can be sartiu ¢f the current of this here crouked stream ina foggy night.” A long silence followed—the voyagers slowly drifting down through a misty darkness impenetrable to the eye —when suddenly, onr young commardei who was standing uear the bow, felt the extended Ianech of an overhanging limb silently brush bis face. Ie startled, with an exclamation ofalarm, and at the sume moment the bvatmen on the right called out: “Quick, here, boys! we’re agin the shore, assure as death !” Then followed a scene of hurried and anxious confusion, the voices of the three boatmen mingling together in Joud, quick and excited tones. “Push off the bow!” cried one. “Quick!” altogether, now! over with her!” shouted another. “The devil is in it! she’s running aground here on a muddy bottom !” almost yelled a third. Meanwhile the laden boat was brashing along against projecting bushes and overieaching limbs, and every moment getting more and more entangled; while the loug poles and sweeps of the boatinen,as they attempted to push her off, were often plunged, without touching bottom, inte what appeared to be a soft, clayey mud, from which they were only extracted by such an outlay cf stresgth as tended still more to draw the elumsy e:aft upon the bank they wished to javoid. At length, scarcely more than a minute from the first alarm, there wasa kind of settling together, as it were, and the boat Lecame fast and immovable. The fact was announced by Dick Winter, in his characteristic manner— who added, with an oath, that it was just what lhe expected. Fora moment or two a dead silenee followed, as if each comprehended that the matter was one to be viewed in a very serious light. “Tl get over the bow, and try to git the lay of the iand with my feet,’ said Tom Hanis; and forthwith he set about tae not véry pleasint undéitaking. At this moment Eugene heaid his name proneunced by a voice that selcoin failed to excite a pecuiiay emotion in his breast, and now senta strange thrill through every nerve; and hastening below, he found Blanche, fally dressed, with a light in her hand, standing just outside of her cabin, in the regular passage which led lengthwise through the centre of the boat. “LT have heard something. Eugene,” she said, “enough to know that we have met with an accident, but not suflicient to fully comprehend its nature.” “Unfortunately, about two hours ago,” rephed Eugene, “we suddenly betame involved ina dense fog, ana, in spite ofour every precaution aud care, we have run aground—it may be against the Ohio shore—it may be against an island—it is so dark we can’t tell. But be. net alarmed, Miss Blanehe,” he hurriedly added; “1 trust we shall soon be affoat again; though, in any évent, the darkuess is sufficient to cenceal us from the savages, even were they in the vicinity.” “JT know little of Indians,” returne WHOLE NUMBER 399. — Blanche; “but I have always underble for their acuteness of hearing; and if such is the ease, there would be ro made acquainted with our locality, judging from the loud voiées I héar® 4 few minutes ago.” “T fear we've been rather imprudent,” said Eugene, ina Ceprecating tone; “but in the excitement——” His words were suddenly cut short by several loud voices of alarm from without, followed by a quick and heavy trampling across the deck; and thé. nett moment Seth Harper ana Dick Winter burstinto the passage, the former exclaiming : “We've run plum into a red nigger's nest,.Cap’n, and T'om Harris is already butchered and scalped!”’ And even as he spoke, as if in confirmation of his dreadful iutelligence there arose a series of wild, piercing, demoniacal yells, fullowed by a dead ant ominous silence. So far we hate followed the lovely heroine and her freinds in this adveuture; but the foregoing is all that we publisn in our columus. The balance. cf the varrarive an ohly be found in the New York Ledger, the great family paper; which can be obtained at all the period ical stores where papers are sold. Re member to ask fos the “Ledger,” dated May 22d, and in it yon will get the continuation of the narrative from where ji eaves off here. If there are no bank stores, or nevs offices convenient te where you reside, the publisher of the Ledger will send you a copy by mail, if you will send him five centsin a letter. Address Robert Bonner, Ledger offiee, 44 Ann street New York. This story is entitled “Perils of the. Border” and erows more and more interesting as it goes on. GUBERNATORIAL. We congratulate our friends and neigh bors of the “Great apon thé lstinguished consideration with which they have Leen treated by our voble and m? gnatiimous Governor. Compe ‘ent as he feels himself to govern the State convicts; and the other scoundrels in the Southern portion. of the State, he has long felt nis inability to extend a sufficient quantum of his benign infla ence over the awiferousand grain growing regions of the northern domain But he has relieved his mii:d of care in this matter; he has likewise done justice tothe. Noth. Unlike Burnett, Bigler, and Jolnsoa, who dared the task of governing the whole State. our piesent Executive has detérmined to share his toils and his honors. He dane it, aud Heaven, ‘Tehama county and Nome Lackee Reservation sinile upon Hallelujah! Huzza for the immortal saddle maker, and per-diem-troubled Governor Lewis! Let ascend t»> the “* blue Heavens abdte us bent, ” f-om Mid Creek to Mount Shasta? Law avd Order, Lecompton, Nigger Bills and Wellerisms shall live and #Hourish onder the Sub Gubernatorial administration of sthe patriotic pet of the amiable and pardonable ovecupant of the other Chatr of State. Ha! ha! hooray for the new Sub. Gov. Gh! that we just new this “highly important” officer’s powers and duties. We wonder if he ean pardon, Weare troubled to know if he can eall out the “Milishy’? and sign (and pay) bills. We “burst in ignorance’ not knowing his salary and who pays it By the kindness of Governor Lewis’ private Secretary, we are provided with the annexed copy of his Sub E-xcellency’s Inaugural Message. It was delivered before a coagiegation of those whe first came under thé notice of the Gow. upon his receipt of his Cominission. We condense it as follows. Nort}? has hom.— shouts LN en Mellow Citizens and Diggers: Tam Governor.o’ these parts, you. bet!— Me and Weller has jist got this here State right whar Kelsey had the hen, L ain't no dog-on Black Republican, ef I was borned in Connecticut and raised on shad. No indeed, Me and Johnny (meaning Weller) has allers been on the ‘est kind of terms. He knows my, influence with yotiand the ballance of the boys round here and he Knows how te play for the Senate when old Gwin's term is out. He has come to divide on his office with me and you bet, I’m bis'n. Yes Sir-ee; all the time. But I must talk to you Injfts. Homo-dee. Hey-da-dee, Hy jum eodelly! £ stand before you on this “pfoad oeeasion”? as my. friend Pom Spiken would say, chock full of fne and ardott and Reservation whisky. Hi yu muék-a muck, Boston tilicum, hi butt close, wee cum tux! Hi yah! You sarvey akerns? You sarvey giasshoppers? You sarvey me and Vince! (Cheers from otd Wah ca-tah, who thinks it is grub time )— Well me and Vineeis in. He writer uy letters, and [ voté his way, and hin aud me is good Enjins. Sarvey that? I'm Sub. Gov. and if IT ean’t play ny game out then you needn't expect P% ever git to go to Congress. Phat fats me out. God and liberty. : LE. J. Lewis; 8. G Delivered at Nome Lxuckée on this day of grace, Monday, May 24th. 1856. Buite Record. fF A Pennsylvania editor says : “Somebody brought one bottle of soup water into our office, with the request te noti¢e if as lemon beer. If Esau wae green eno gh to sel! his birthright for + mess of po:tage, it does not prove tint we will tell a four-shilling lic “r five cents.” RR A A A A EF The steamship E-icsson, sometime stnec announced fo 4n éxcursion to the Mediterranean, ani éastern cities, has been withdrawn. ‘Phe excursion has been inde: ncely postponed, and very probably in consequence of a wane of sufficient patronage for such an enter. d . prise. ‘ stood that they are sumewhat remarka.necessity of their being very near, to be * cl hn elite: BSAA Dihvtacs vias bie Ga See Oe see 2 PTET OE na cr DB e >