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DIRECTORY.
STATE GOVERNMENT.
Jatn«*s M. Smith, Governor.
M. V. Barnet, Secretary of State.
J. W, Goldsmith. J.’omptrollrr General.
John Jones, Treasurer.
- .-Me PR nt n him, Ltbriiti-an.
John T. Brown, Principal Keeper of the
Penitentiary.
Gustavus J. Orr, State School Commis
sioner. .
J. N. Janes,..Commissioner of Agncul-
Hre. , .
Thomas 11. Little, State Geologist.
JUDICIAL.
BLUB RIDGE CIRCUIT.
M**l B. Knight, Jmlar.
C. I>. PhiHi[>s, Solicitor General.
lime of Holdioff Court.
Gbrroker —Fourth Monday in Fcbrti
<tr, anJ first Mondiv in August.
Conn—Second Monday in March and
Mavenibcr.
IHwhon—Third Monday in April and
•vcond Monday m Seplenflier.
f'AMNiN—Third Monday in May and <>c-
Mher.
Forsyth—-FiM Monday in April and
fourth Mondsy in August.
GiLHKij- Second Monday in May and i
October.
Lumpkin—Second Mond.ty in April and ,
tr*l Monday in Scpt<-mb< r.
Milton—Fourth Mon-lay in March mid ;
third Monday hi A moist.
Pickens—Fourth .Monday in April mid
••ptemberj
Towns--Monday after fourth Monday in
Mar ami October.
Union'—Fourth Monday in Mav and <)c- ;
«<»hcr.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
C. M. Met ’lure, Ordinary. Regular colirt |
fcr»t Monday in Varli month.
J. W. Hudson. Oh rk Stq>erior Court.
M. F. .Morris, Siu riff. ,
E G, Gramlii|g, Deputy Sheriff.
J-nfi' U E* Trett«n'rer.
Wni. N. Wilson, Tax Receiver.
Joseph G, Dupree, l ax Collector.
Wm. W. Hawkins, Surveyor.
Wm. lUnipley, Coroner.
JUSTICE COURT—CANTON DIS.
jj|k jf'.M M if"
Joseph E. Hutson, J. P.
ft. F. Daniel. N. P.
H. G. Daniel, L. C
TOWN GOVERNMENT.
W. A. Tewwley. Mayor.
J. W, HuHmml Recorder.
James IL Kilby, Jalwz GhU, J. M. Hsr
4la, J. M. McAfee, Theodore Turk, Aldet
im'mi.
COUNTY’ BOARD OF EDUCATION.
James O. Dowda. President.
James W. llmhon, County School Coni
mls-iiuner.
Prof. James U. Vincent. Examiner.
Joseph M. McAfee, Allot! Keith, Joseph
J. Maddox, John R. Moore.
Meetings quarterly, in the court house.
«KROKE& TE.it HERtJ’ ASSOCIA
TION.
Jxmes O. Bowdn, President.
M. B. Tnrglc. Vice-President.
CM McClure, Secret ary.
J. W. Attaway, Treasurer.
John D‘Attn way, Censor Morurn.
Prof. James L\ Vincent, Association Cor
r«Mp>mdent.
H*jpd<r nwHihgs every aec«md Saturday
month, nt 10 ». in.
RELIGIOUS.
Rapt’iAl Church, Canton Gu., time of
•arviet’ fourth Sunday in each month.
Rev. M. B. Tuggle, Pa-tor.
M. E. Ch itch, time ot service, preachers
ka charge.
Rev. W. (». ITsnson. first Sunday.
Hev. B. E IxNUHjttcr, second.
Rev. J. M. ILrnlin. third.
MASONIC.
Canton laiook, No. 77, meets first and
third Monday nights in each month.
James A. Stephens, W. M.
M. McAfee, Secretary.
Rixks No. 252, met is first and
third SaiiMxltys, 2 p. m.
C M. McClure. W. M.
(>. W. Putman, Set retary .
GOOD TEMPLARS.
CiXroN Loim-K, No. IIS), uieete every
Aatunlav. R p. m.
R. K IxaHM'Uer. W. U, T.
James W. Hudson, Secretary.
GRANGE'
On Gm tirungv Jit*. Can too Ga.
<hdi. Ma-rer.
JL-.'fh M. MeA6T
®l)c Cljerofcec ®eorgiati<
From the Sunny South.
A FIGHT IMIER GROUND;
OK,
Struggle Against Odds.
A TRUE INCIDENT OF UPPER GEORGIA.
[t'onrludrd ]
The object <’f greatest importance to us
at that moment was to escape from the
cave at ontT, ami to make for the white
settlements with all possible dispatch. Tl
was thought to be safest to take advantage
of the panic of the scouts, and rash out s
though in pursuit. Y his we attempted, b t
had scarcvlj- reached the open ground
above when a .‘rack from a rifle, followed |
by file war-whoop from several Indians,-
disclosed Ihr fact that we were already sur
rounded by n considerable number of infu
riated savsgt-s, and that esCAjie was impos
sible. In this extremity, we were forced t<>
again take refuge in the cave. We had no
sooner done so than an overwhelming
sense of our desperate condition impressed ;
our minds: for though in the matter ot
defense we were almost impregnable, we
were effectually bagged, and must finally
succumb to starvation it not to the assaults
of the enemy. What to do in this emer
gency was truly a grave and perph xjng
question. . Black Watt, who was in symp -
thy w : th t’:e Ridge party, then not in very
giryi o-.ii-r ’a uh a majority <>f the natives
would not probably attempt our rescue. I 1
was th< n tore plain that, if we tscaped, it i
could only be 1-y some rare foituitoiis even; ;
for which lh< rc seemed no ray of hope.
During the entire d»y, an occasion d i
whoop appliz.ed us of the arrival ot others
lo strengthen the forces of the enemy. ■
Once, mid r cover of the dnrkn< ss, Siapio
ynh approached stiflieiently near to hear
their conversa'ion, ami b urned th it iheir
plan would be to guard the mouth of Hie
eave night and day until starvation forced
Ils to sm render, when we would be burned
at the stake with a grand jubilee am'
dance. My In Han friend seemed greatly
depre-S'd, thoiu-h he uttered no word of
complaint. As for myself, I had bycn so
often in desperate straits that 1 did not de
spair, and. c< n c what might, resolved to
syll our ti'cs •!< nrly. 1 directed Stq’K'yttb,
to keep >i careful watch nt the mouth of th»-
cave, while 1 proceeded lo examine the in
terior ap-iT’ments with a view t > ot-.r <l--
tense should the Indians take ns by assa’d -
I had advanetd in a tortuous course, it
sceine I to tne, al>out one hun<hcd and fifty
yards, when I came to a narrow defile
which aseend.-d rapidly torn considerable
distance, m.d, turning iilirupllv, entered a
larger apartment. I at once decided upon
ill's as our strong! old. IJy barficmling the
narrow entry nt the point win r</ it nuub
llie abrupt turn, we could «asily keep <>fi'
with saf-ly to our-elves any nnnilx r of the
enemy, wh.lst we could keep a light wi'hin
and yet be out of view of the a] proaehing
party. I reported the discovery to my
friend, and we at once s t about the work
of fortity -ng «>ur -!roi glioid. There xvas an
Hbtindanof loose ro> k at hand ot any
size desired, and we soon had the p scire
secyrely blocked, leaving a hole o: ly 1 tge
enough for one msn tn enter, and with a
l«ree rock so adjus ed that it could in a
moment’s time be rolled against the open
ing thus ’•Ft.
AVc then carried into our inner chamber
the wntiflded Itidlah, and ti< d him sccttre'y.
thinking he might po-.aib’y be used as a
hostage in the last extnunity. We also de
posited then-in our arms, amtmmitiou,
waler, supplies, etc., and :i pole about hvrhc
’ret long, which we had found in the rso-,
and which would be useful ns a lever in
prying rock, e'e Having thus establisl el
ourselves, wc felt that, f>-r a time, at len-1
wv were tufe. Unfortunately, our ration
were scarcely enough for two days, and tn
thlt wm ottr gravest concern.
During the entire day, following upon
our discovery by the enemy, no one ven
tured to enter the Cave, Gut al night nrniiv
came in and prowled about tn cwry direc
tion, as we dared not make a light. Know
ing that wc were now on the defensive,
and auxi ms to corce d our wberealiquts,
they grew bo.d. and were frequently very
near us, but we kept dose, and tn case
reach of our chosen strorgho d. Ou .the
following morning, n large nqmber had
taken position in the first hree c h unlH-r a
the bottom 'Ve could he r btl’ conid m»t
sec them, us they kept back N hind the pro
jecting rocks, and in the dark reerswrsof
the huge natural vi-slibule tin re existing.
They tried by whoops, taunts, and y« Us, to
provoke us to reply jor to iiuhw us U) Mrs,
that they might ddfiniMy loOite its. Fail
ing in this, they made a man of racs and
placed it by a pile of combustible material,
which they lighted by means of a train of
|H»wdcr. I would ins'auUy have sited at
this object it S- quoyrh had not stopp ’
me. his better a< q taiutnnee with Indian
tricks having enabled him to drket the
fraud. Othet devices were tried upon us,
but as yet w> bnnt <nec, .-a.
When night arrived, additional numbers
entered the rave. They grew ino-c and
! more venturesome, and we w ere forced to
I fall hack to the very chair of our fortiMctl
i chamber to avoid collision with them. Al
length, they he / '3iue quiet: a seurd
CANTOX, CHEROKEE COUXTY, GA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1875.
Virtue and Intelligence—The Safeguards of Liberty.
war heard ; so much so, that il seemed all
h id retired, or were wrapt in deepest slum
ber. Here again the sagacity of my Indian
comrade led him to divine another trick,
• nd he cautioned me accordingly.
The sti'lden cessation of their wh >< ps
and demoniac yells, the pitchy dnik-ios.
the profound stillness, with a consc-ousn -ss
that we were surrounded by numbers of
luiking devils in the act, of springing some
deep and destructive plot upon us, produc <1
upon me, I confess, an impressive sense o(
impending < vil, which, though almost over- '
whelmingly fell, cannot w’-. ll be describe 1
O tr suspense, however, was ol short (Jura
t on.
Suddenly, ns with a meteor’s flash, a
: number ofsavagr-s sprang fr mi behind a
low, projecting arch into the large chamber,
with arrrows wrapped in turpentine rags
all a-blaze, which, as they rush'-d across the
large ante-room, they shot from their bows,
j lighting up the entire an a about us, and !
i exposing us to view. Simultaneously, with
| the fire from our pieces, a fhimber of shots
• were fired at t s, and fifteen or twenty sav
i ages, with yells of triumph, came rushing
■ toward us. We li'.d scarcely time to crawl ,
into our fortified chnmbet before they were •
at our very heels. In the eagerness ol pur ;
suit, one ' t their number had the temerity |
lo attempt an entrauce after ns. He was
<|/k-klv di-prttehed with a shot from tnv
t;is\>>l. The yelis of iage and revenge which
! foil- wed upon this wen terrible. Then all
■ I>< came still naain. They were doubtless
i ho ding a council, the result of which was
j tn effort to pull away the locks which we ;
i had | 1-ced in the pathway, whereupon we j
gave them another lesson which taught i
[them cxci eding caution tlni<af!--r, as we
fired through a crevice, and wounded seri - [
oitsly another one of their party. They [
then deteimined to staive us out, and so
informed us. 'They even piled up more [
rucks in the way, lest becoming maddened i
and recklrs«, we should attempt the deeper i
ate alternative of fighting our way out.
And now c .me our time of dei p and so’- i
emn reflection. The situation s< cmc-d tru y [
desperate and hopelos. Our rations were j
[ nearly consumed. The air was damp and [
[oppressive, and we began to f.< 1 sensibly i
' dint phyGeal dejire-sion which invaiiably i
[ follow extraordinary anxiety and excite- j
nient. Then- was nothing lift us to do !
So long as there was place for action or et- [
tort, our minds were in some degree div- it'-d ;
i from a full realization of the situation. Bn j
; now we ! egun to awake lo the uttir hope- [
i h ssnc.-s of our condition. \S’e were bodily j
entrapped, buried alive, in a deep, dark, !
subterranean vni.lt ! The wounded Indian, '
whom we had hoped to make useful as a I
hostage, wus still inacusib’e, and would'
pr> b ibly die. It was douhiful !f Black j
[ Watt could help us even if apprized of our
situation, and there was every probability ■
[ th it the traitor Walcgah, of who-c enmity j
i ho had no suspicion, would mi.-Jcad or ke< p '
him ignorant as to the facts of the case. It i
could be then only a question of t me as to
, our doom. Our rations were nearly all
■ < on-timed, and there was no possible hop-
o. returning or of mercy on the pai l cf our i
enemies.
As these sol- inn n’ d painful reflections
; came over me from lime, to time, 1 expe
1 rienced a rapidly increasing weakness of,
bmlv and depression of spirit. Regarding
onr death 0 as nspetdyand f -regone con
cn-ion. I enden vore-.l to resign m.is-lfto the
! inevitable, aibl to pr- pare my mind to meet
the Judge of all the earth Yet, I - Otiid
: not refrain front falling into that retrospect
i of life common to tin s'- who for the first
i ni'are brought to realize that the sands
of lif- are marly inn down. The seems of
the past came in rapid review b< fore my
mind. I thought offricmls faraway whom
I should never me again—of a mother,
kind and devoted, from whose afleclionate
embrace 1 had, a wayward and thotighlless
youth, torn myself years ago. and whom,
alas! 1 should nefir again behold on earth
As a voting man, it was natural to regret
so early a separation from the pleasures of
life and from the beauties of the external
world. And shall I, indeed, never again
gaze upon the az ire sky, the forest, and the
lieautifnl landscape, or list to the music of
the babbling brook ? “Seed time and har
vest, w inter and summer” will come, but,
alas! nevermore for me. The sun will
: shine again, but not for me. Not f»r me
will bi- “rising and level beams melt the
pale mists of morning into glittering dew
: drops.” Not for me will he biighlen the
earth with bis n anilide glory, or dapple
1 the clouds of evening with his varied and
gorgeous hues. Such were the sentiments
that occupied my mind during many long,
dreary, wretched hours. In theso ti s of
d pression, I Would sometimes prostrate
m\ self upon the ground ami groan i i an
: gui-li spirit. But my Indian comrade, with
that stoici-m for which his race is prover
bial. »it silently an 1 sppirentiy unmoved
by my side. Sect: g this, I woul i oceusion-
1 a ly chide ntysdf for weakness, shake off
I the gloom that oppressed me, and walk lo
and fro across our underground chamla-r.
We had no nuans of judging of the length
of time thus occupietl. Save the feeble rays
from our lamp, al! nr ’ttn l and about tw was
dark, gloomy and dismal, and toour chafing
and !;vh»!c«N spirits, the hours se*nned inicr-
min.ibly long. Although inured to danger
and a cus’omed to perilous adventure, I
had never b< fora experienced so great men
tal un i physical exhaustion as th- n came
over me. Nor had I ever supposed that
any condition or circumstances, however
appalling, could thus have unstrung me.
In a gn at degree, doubtless, the lack of
nourishment in connection w ith the loss of
sleep, and the oppressiveness of the atmos
phere contributed to that condition, but
greater than all was the total withdrawal
1 -(‘that invigorating influence which hope
givxs to the power and energy of men. And
lo think of the thoughtlessness, the insane
folly, the madness thus to sutler ourselves
entrapped, when we might at least have
; dh-d in a noble and manly conflict for life
Were thcic but a single ray of hope or
chllltce lor action, I would not repine, nor
should any cowardly impulse weaken my
strong right arm, even in the last desperate
■ grapple of deat h.
Under such circumstances of mental an
guish, men have grown gray in a few’ hours,
and ofltimes reason has been dethroned.
“There are moments in which we live years,
. Moments which steal the roses from the
! check of health,
■ And plow deep furrows on the brow of
I youth.”
But despite these oft-recurring paroxysms
of gloom and despair, I still had my rally
ing tils Hil i perambu'ations.
At length, in one of these walks, my at
tentii ti was directed to the fact that the
chamber we were in seemed to be terminated
by a huge rc k. A sudden gleam of hope
sent the blood rushing tumultuously to my
i heart. What if there should be a continu-
I ance of the cavity beyond this rock ? Might
1 there not be, alter all, some avenue of es
[cape? Even if it should re-enter the main
i chamber, it would be infinitely better to
'■ lose our lives in a (badly conflict with the
savages than be entombed alive, and to die
: iitglorioudy by the slow and horrible tor-
■ t urea of starvation. Quick upon this thought
; I snatched up the lamp and commenced to
| examine the ground about and beyond the
• rock. I took the pole 1 and tried, but found
: no cavity, and my heart began again to sink
: with n me. I cast my eye around and no
i tie htln-r »-fn!trn««iit*, the
: walls of dirt, and there were evidences
: of recent caving. Then it occurred to me
' that as we had reached this point by a con
j siderable ascent, might we not be nearer the
surface above. The position of the rock was
; not that of permanence, but rather detached
i and recent, as though it had rolled down
against the wall of the chamber. Whence
I came this rock ? I examined it more care
| fully, and no’iced on the dirt which ad
' hered to its surface, an impression as of a
[ round body, in which was a piece of bark
■ from a root. I cast mv eye upward, and
. there discovered an object which sent a
thrill of joy lo my he-iit. It was an exca
' ration, correspoding in size to the’roek, and
there across t!ic center of it, was a root as
larg<* a° a man’s arm, with a piece of bark
removed—the identical root from which the
rock had fallen. I suppressed, with difficulty,
[ an exclamation of joy, and stepping, or
1 rather bounding toward Sequoyah, I -.-rasped
his arm, and wc approached the t ck I
pointed to the impression on the rock, and
then to the excavation and root above He
i uttered the word “Wahi” an exclamation
common to nearly all the Indian tribes, and
■ a perceptible gleam ot hope lit up his swar
thy visage.
It was evident that the external surface
was near at hand. But how shall wc pen
etrate the earth above so as to escape ? was
the question. I had already forn ed a plan
i in mv own mind by which I felt sure we
i might make the opening, but how to reach
it after it was made, I was at a loss to de
termine. To the roof als»ve us was about
fourteen feet. The rock at the bottom was
alanit five feet in diameter, and the pole we
; had brought into the chamber xvtth us was,
ax stated, about twelve feet. We could
1 sharpen the pole with a tomahawk, and use
it as an excavator alx>ve, standing on the
liottoin as long as wc could reach, then,
perhaps, finish the job by standing on the
rnek.
1 made known my plan to Scqnovab, to
which he uttered the single word. “Good !”
and knowing the tact and shrewib.css ofthe
Indian in pl ms and devices, I asked him
how we were to reach the surface above. lie
nanained silent a few minute* in deep
thought, and I also pm my wits to work in
an t ffort to solve the problem as to the plan
of escape after the perforation was made.
Whik I was yet undecided Sequoyah
sprang to his feet, placed one end of the
pole upon the rock and the other upon the
root, and turning to me, remarked :
“Itig hole, high up as can. crawl up pole,
get on root, dig more high up, stand on
root, make Steps like well; make little hole,
peep through ; if tlark.no come, wait; then
big hole, cr twl out, gone—ugh
I accorde d with the plan, and so, the
{Mile being sharpened, we w ent lo work with
a heart v grxxl will. We commenced a shaft
(directly upward, l»eing careful not to weak
- cn the root at the dUcc where it p-netrated
the earth on the side opposite the point of
entrance. The earth proved to be soft, and
we made favorable progress at the rale of
‘ perhaps a foot an bonr, resting each other
frequently, but keeping constantly at it.
The root proved to be very useful as a sup
! port upon which to slide the pole in the act
•of punching out the earth above. In two or
three hotus’ time we reached a point where
! it became necessary to stand on the rock,
[ and soon ntr Indian friend got upon the
' root, sitting a-straddle, an 1 pushed on the
work. Soon, small roots and pebbles began
to appear, indicating that the surface was
near. A ramrod was tried as a test, and
i it ascertained that we were in one foot of
the surface. We grew nervous with excit-,-
ment and hope. The excavation we had
made was two and a hall feet wide and six
feet high. Eagerly and vigorot-sly the In
dian worked for a short while, then mere
cautiously. “Hold!” said I, fl'C suddenly
the pole pushed through the upper crust,
and a gl-tri-ms beam of light from the exter
nal world penetrated into our dismal prison
vault, where no ray had ever entered since
the e{)och in the uncounted ages of tin: past,
when these hills were upheave 1 by cirtU’s
convulsive throes! Nevvr did I appreciate
the glor;ou» light of heaven before !
‘ God said, ‘Let there be li rht
Grim d irkness tell h's might,
And fled away ;
Then startled seas*and mountains cold
Shorn- forth, all bright in blue and gold,
And cried ’Tis day .' ’lis day !’ ”
Such were the sentime its which, with
exuberance of hope, came willing up from
my soul, as I gazed al the blight beam
from the upper and outer world !
It was now deemed prudent to svapend
the work until night, lest we should be dis
covered we did not know what time of
day it whs, nor at what part of the mo-in
tain we tv-re about to make onr exit. So
w*' desisted for the present, rot venturing
to enlarge the orifice, and reclined tor rest
We had long since consumed the last ra
tions, but had been too intensely interested
in our work to think of eating. We had
however, drank water freely, during the
last few hours, and were now without food
ordrink. Wc began to fel th * pangs of
hunger, but the hope of speedy (-scape serv
ed to brace us up, and we patiently waited
f-r the arrival of night. It s- emed to h<*
very long. Wc feared i<> s’c(*p lest some
[ thing nifg'd happen to thwart our plans
[ Our Indian prisoner seemed slowly reviv
i ing, lint was yet unable to sp tik AVe
could hear the noise and convers ition of
the Indians on guard a‘ our prison door.
They expressed the opinion that we could
not hold out longer than a day or two, an 1
spoke ofthe fun and enjoyment Ihf>y vo-fl l
have in burning and torturing us at the*
stake.
AVh- n at length we perceive 1 by the
star that shone through the opening above
that it was fully dark without, Seiptoyah
again resinned work, using as an excavator,
instead of the pole, his hnn'ing-knife. Tn
a little while he had enlarged the op -ning
to a s ; ze sufficient to protrude his Lend. In
my impatience it seemed to me that he was
too slow, and that his Indi • * nature made
nim over cautious, and I ns just about
t-11 ng him to get down and I t ■ come,
when he startled me by a low hi-x - f warn
ing. lie hid protruded his head, and was
not only astonished but alarmed at what lie
saw. There, in twenty-live or thirty steps
of the opening we had made, was the
i mouth or main entrance to the cave, and
1 directly between us and the mouth was a
squad often Indians sitting around acatnp
. tire, and not exceeding twenty feet from
the perforation out of which we must es
cape. That they had not det e'ed the
noise of falling dirt, or heard our conversa
tion, was not less strange than fortunate.
As soon as Sequoyah made this discovery,
j he stuffed his hat in the orifice and detrend
j ed to my side and made known the facts.
We had now another important problem to
solve, and one of no ensy solution. The
hole must be made larger bes >re we could
get through it. This could not be done
without noise We must work in thedaik,
also, as the light ot onr lamp, shining
through the opening, would bi-extremely
liable to attract their attention. .And, even
supposing the opening complete, it would
be scarcely possible to get out without be
ing seen. And though it was probahi- the
one who first made the exit might chance
to escape by trusting to bis heels, the re
maining one would almost cutaiii'y lie
caught. On the whole, we felt licit the
situation was exceedingly critical.
After thinking over it fora considerable
time, we concluded that our most prudent
course was to wait until they should all fall
asleep, as would probably do in a few hours
at most. We waited |>*ui ntly as we could
for about three hours, when Sequoyah again
ascended to reconnoiter. This lie did with
exceeding caution. The Indians were still
awake chatting and smoking, and the light
of their camp-fire shone plainly around and
beyond the opening wc had made. Enough
ot their conversation was heard to learn
j that they had sent off for the rclativis of
the Indian#, to tie present tit a comc ii to be
held on the morrow to decide upon our
fate. As these several parties were expect
ed to arrive during the night, it was proba
l>le that their canqi-tire would be kept burn
ing, and that no time would occur w: en all
would l>e asleep. Under ih-sc circum
stances we felt, in no small degree, a sense
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■ of tliat sickening gloom which disappoint.
[ tn *nt often brings to the stoutest heart.
[ What was to be done ?It would not do
i to suffer the night to pass without an effort
al escape. We both became silent and re
flective. At length I said to Sequoyah :
“Can yo t think of any scheme by vfluch
the outside ptity could be drawn away from
their present position ?”
To which lie answered :
“Ugh ! white man idea good 1”
After further conference upon this point,
we fleci-'.ed upon a plan, in accordance with
which S qnoytih commenced toAiarley with
Hie guards al onr prison entrance relatite
to the terms of surrender, etc. They pro
posed tn compromise the death penalt v so far
: as to ]et off Sequoyah with banishment from
the nation, in case the wounded Indian wm
given up alive, but in case of myself, I mtißl
suffer the torture. I thereupon offered to
give a ransom of SI,OOO for my life*. This
we anticipated would lead to a conference
of all the braves. A few would favor It,
while the friends of the killed and wounded
would be hard to satisfy, and a squabble and
considerable delay would result. It worked
out precisely as we had surmised. Th*
outside party were notified of our proposi
tion, and a council of all the braves called
to meet in the large entrance chambef at tho
bottom ofthe cave. This was just the thing
we wanted, and my comrade quickly as
cended to the opening, and looking out,
found that all had retire-1 within. And now
the work was pushed with all possible vig
or. The opening was soon sufficiently en
larged ; I handed up the guns, which Sequo
yah quickly pitched through the hole, and
then sprang out hims If I followed,he as
sisting nte with his band, and we both can*
tfous’y, but rapidly, moved off across the
hill, and made our way with #ll possible dia
-1 patch to Black Watt Adair’s. Wc arrived
i about one o’clock, awoke him, and briefly
told him all.
As wo had surinnc- 1 , the traitor Wahle
gali had kept him wholly in the dark in re
gard to the siege and desperate strait*
through which we had passed.
PrLi’tT Power—After nil tint is said
I about the pulpit as worn out, it remains
I true '.’iat it is the only means which the
I mass ot our people have of getting any
i thing like a knowledge of what, the Bible
j real’y says, and by far the n*ost powerful
| m-mns of producing and deepening religious
i emotion. Il remains true, too, that earnest
and faithful preaching was never flocked to
by such multitudes as today. It will bo
a long while before lite gospel of science,
[ oranv other, will bring together such crowds
! as Sunday after Sunday are found iu our
churches. For, after all, tnan is a religious
. animal, and somehow it seems as if, in spite
i of all the demonstrations that il is dead,
' nothing else is so living in its power over
him as the story oflhe love of God in
Christ. The intense interr st in religious
; subjects, the marvelous things t' at have
b en seen of l ite months, the very antago
nism so rife on every hand, all enforce the
ncc -.-sity of seeking, by every means in onr
i power, to strengthen the ministry of the
AVord atnotg ns.
Undeceived. —It is pleasant to see with
; what trusting and confident feeling a ch ! l!
i will listen to promises. Having no thought
I of deception, thinking no evil, they have
i that perfect trust that is necessary to our
happiness. But alas, a few years suffice to
undeceive even the infant mind. Parents,
| nurses, kindred, friends,everybody, arecon
i stantly tilling it untruths, promi-ing toys,
I playthings, privileges, etc., which they nev
er expect to give; and thus a child soon
learns to lie and look upon promises as of
!no great importance. Soon through life;
we go on making promises and breaking
[ them, tilling barefaced falsehoods and ex
; ctising ourselves on the plea that others
[ have deceived us. How pleasant it would
I l>e if we could feel that vihat every one
i promises would be fulfilled ! Bat, instead,
wc have, after years of trusting, been deceiv
-1 cd, unt'l now we expect every promise to
be broken and arc seldom deceived. -[Grif
tin Sunday Press.
i A Dubuque medical student has come to
| - T ries by reason of his remark ,1? technical
knowledge. The young woman to" whom
! he wns attached, one morning received the
following note: “Deal Angelinc—l am
; sony to inform you that in consequence of
a circmn.-cribed sultcu'aneoiis inflamma
tion, characterized by a jointed pustular
tnmtir suppurating in the center ofacurun-
1 cuius, I am unable to enjoy the pleasure of
' your company to the Hipjodroine. Ever,
'dearest, thine—Augustus.” She read it;
she rushed to hi- home in ag<»ny of appre
hension, and found that he had only one
i ot those things of which Job had so many,
When she returned home her sensible moth
] er told her that she had better drop that
t erudite young man ; if he married he wou’d
doubtless be.-gar bis family by buying Lat
in Dictionaries and such. The maternal
j advice was followed ; and now A. suffers
‘ from something worse than a curunculuß
L Tribune.
An Irish editor who said that absentees
w -r- the curses of Ircimd, added that his
’ unhappy country swarmed with them.