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is j * , J s 4 BY BREWSTER. & SHARP. The Cherokee Georgian BJ PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY BREWSTER <fc SHARP. ■ '.,i- f f ■ RATES Ob' SUBSCRIPTION: (positively in advance.) Siiuri® copy, 12 months $1 50 Mingle copy, 8 months 100 Bingle copy 6 months 75 Single copy, 4 months 5G ADVEftTISJNC RATES, Space jjl in. | 2m. | 3m. | 6m. | 12 tn. 1 Jnch j~s2 50 j $350 | $l5O j $7 00 1 $lO 00 fW«rk3o' ftjx> | 650 I lUOO f 15 00 iTne’Tr 1W 900 I *ll 50 I W 001 25 00 roh | 16 00 j 12 50 I 16 (Xi | 25 00 | 40 00 V C.<l. I 12 50 I id 00 | 25 (Mt 13750 | 50 00 K cos | 15 00 | 25 (10 i 35 00 ] 45 00 j 65 00 Ceof. j "20 00 1*35 00 I 50 00 | 65 00 | 100 00 *<...J .' J' ... i-u ■'.. 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 VOLUME 1.-NUMBER 21. ■ 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.