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take comfort only from congenial associa
tion. . . ... . ,
The disguised white man still ieanea
gainst the projecting rock, with folded
arms and eyes fixed intently on Tallu,
with a mingled look of love and triumph.
“Listen, Night-Bird, to the love song
of your kinsman. I heard that a gentle
]> >ve, from my own parent’s nest, had
fiown to the mountain for shelter, and
that an Indian chief had warmed it in his
breast. I thought it was a syren’s song.
I heard, then, of the mysterious mountain,
where the foot-prints of the spirit agent
are printed in the rock, and which the
thunders and lightnings guard from the
( ye of man. The spirit of the white man
within me said, go and bring it down
from the mountain. But, when I came,
and saw the Night-Bird, I forgot the
Mountain of Doom. My eyes watched her
in the twilight, at the grave of the Spotted
Fawn, and my spirit told me that our
destinies were one. The Indian hunter
took the white maiden to his breast. Let
the Indian maiden take the white hunter,
and the pale faces of the low grounds
shall not take away the lands of the
Cherokee. What says the spirit of the
Indian maiden ?”
Tallu rose up quickly, and approaching
him, laid one of her small hands upon his
arm. She led him from under the rock,
and, turning towards the summit of the
mountain, pointed upwards, and said :
“The Great Spirit lives above the
clouds, but in the midst of the thunder
bolt, He has left His footsteps on the
rock. You say, the spirit of the white
man has sent you to the Mountain of
Doom. Listen to the voice of Tallu.
Whenever you bring the footprint, taken
with your own hands from the mountain,
then will Tallu know that the spirit of the
white man must govern the Indian
maiden !”
The Bounding Beer and Tallu separa
ted from the white man, to meet him
again on the banks of the rapid Terrora.
If the white man was successful, he
was to claim the hand of the Indian
maiden, and, at the time of the corn
dance, the nuptials were to be celebrated.
The solitary grave was left to the
green sod and dried leaves, and the soft,
spotted fawn skin flapped against the
rock in its loneliness, speaking its lan
guage of remembrance only to the sigh
ing winds.
* * # #
A September sun shone bright on the
waters of Terrora —the terrible. The
banks, in many places, precipitous and
deep, in one bank sunk almost to the
water’s edge, opening to the passing
stream the gorgeous scenery of mountain,
forest, and grassy doll.
The rich hue of the crimson maple
mingles, in beautiful contrast, with the
dying green of summer verdure, and the
deep yellow of the horse-chesnut leaves
combines harmoniously with the dark hue
of the oak.
The coru harvesting was over ! and
men, women, and children, were here, re
joicing in their national games. Some
were playing ball, some running for
wagers, while others were shooting at a
mark with bows and arrows. Even the
children were imitating these games, and
taking their first step iu the art of Indian
manhood.
Some of the cld squaws took charge of
the packages of dried venison, prepared
corn, and roasted chestnuts, provided for
the feast, while the young maidens,
dressed in their brightest colors, collected
around Princess Tallu, who stood apart
from the crowd, and near the water’s
edge. Not far off, tied with a small rope,
made of silk grass, was her light bark,
with its long tapering paddle.
Here the stream was wider and
more quiet, and, adapted more to the
necessities of man, was sometimes forda
ble. Beyond and below, it narrowed
again, and made a sudden turn, just before
it entered between fearful chasms, down
which it was precipitated through a
mountain gorge.
But the sky is brilliant, with its clear,
bright robe of blue and silver, and the
autumnal forests are arrayed in gorgeous
colors for the bridal ofTallu. She stands
a Queen among her maidens.
Ihe bright glittering beads again
adorn her whole costume; while, added to
ib is a scarf of golden hue, confined
around the head, with an eagle’s feather,
and hanging in long streamers behind.
The white man comes with the foot
prio t in the rock, chiselled from the
mountain’s summit, and the astonished
Indians feel as if their spirit has vanished
belorc the spirit of the pale faces.
Tallu looks both lofty and resigned to
Ucr fate ; but she says she must , like
tiie maidens of Cherokee, go alone, and
gatlier the rich flowers of the mountain
murel for her bridal, before she can give
herself to the arms of the stranger.
They crowd on the bank, and gaze at
her,, as she stands in her light canoe, and
guides it diagonally across the stream, and
below the ford.
She has reached deep and rapid water,
but the boat touches the rocks, on which
the clustering flowers bloom in rich mag
nificence.
She gathers and places them around
her; and still further down she goes, that
she may gather others seemingly more
bright and fresh. Now, her bark is filled
with the bright offerings of the Kiver of
Terror, and she stands among them the
brightest and the most beautiful.
She touches her paddle, and her bark
is in the current of the stream ; and now
the expectant crowd are ready to welcome
her to shore.
But why is this ? She rests on her
paddle, and looks upward to the skies ;
and a sweet voice of song is heard,
mingling with the sound of waters.
She passed out of sight behind the
sudden turning of the river; and then the
conviction rushes on the minds of all, that
her bark is in the rapids of the terrible
fall !
‘‘Tallu-lah! Tallu-lah!” resounds along
the shores of the terrible river, and echoes
from the fearful chasms, as they try in
vain to outstrip the rushing bark ! On it
went nor touches the shore once aerain,
and mingling in with the mighty roar of
pent up waters, was the sweet Night-Bird,
singing—
“ Come to the bright waters,
Come thou with me;
Nor let them, love, take thee from sweet Cherokee I”
[For the Banner of the South.]
The Price of Victory.
BY ELZEY HAY.
There’s a flashing of arms on the mountain side,
A clashing of swords on the plain,
And the flowers that grow in the valley below,
Are flushed with a crimson stain.
Where harvests once smiled, stand the fearful array,
Os hosts in their battled might,
While the rolling of drums, and the roaring of guns,
Are echoed from hillock to height.
The wolf in his lair waits with ravenous jaw,
The vulture keeps watch from afar,
Till the feast which is spread on the field of the dead,
Is ripe for his venomous maw.
The sun sinks to rest iu a sulphurous cloud.
That hangs o’er the battle-stained river,
Whose crystalline flow is polluted with gore,
As it rolls through the red-tinted heather.
Then the shouts of the victor ring out on the night;
The din of the conflict is stayed;
As the vanquished sink down, and are pierced on the
ground,
By the conqueror’s pitiless blade.
But high o’er the victor’s exultant refrain,
Comes the dirge that no peans can smother,
Yet little he recks that the blood in bis tracks
Was wrung from the heart of his brother;
And little he cares that the rights he has won
Are based on the wrongs of another,
That the freedom he gave to the son of the slave
Was bought with the chains of his mother.
’Tis nothing to him, that the sorrowful wail
Os widows and orphans ai’ise;
Nothing to him, that the blood of the slain
Lifts a silent complaint to the skies.
It is nothing to him, that, where fair cities smiled,
Is the home of the owl and the wolf;
The fame of his victory will live through all history
lie’s conqueror—that is enough.
No matter, that others are wronged and oppressed;
These pay but the price of their crime;
In the world’s code, ’tis might that alone makes the
right;
Aud failure is ever a sin.
No matter, the laurels that shine on his brow
Will dazzle the world’s giddy throng;
Os the side that has lost, men require the cost,
But a conqueror is ne’er in the wrong,
Yet there’s One who hath said, “Not the race to the
swift,
Nor battlealway to the strong;”
And, perhaps, in His code, it will one day be proved,
E’en a conqueror may sometimes be wrong.
A SINGULAR STORY.
A Little Girl Three Years of Age Car
ried off by a Lear — Marvellous Re
covery of the Child after Searching
36 Hum's.
[From the Mason County (Mich.) Record.]
We have to record a very siturular
deliverance of a girl, about three years
old, to her parents, after being carried
off by a black bear, and a search of 36
hours through the forest by the excited
parents. The facts, as near as we can
gather them, are substantially as follows :
Mr. Henry Flynn lives 40 miles east
of this place, at or near the lodging
camps of Mr. Ludingtou, and, we believe,
has charge of one of the camps. He
started one morning to take a horse to
pasture, about two miles distant from
the house, and, as he was ready to start,
his little girl appeared and seemed very
anxious to go with her father, who, in
order to please the child, put her upon
the horse’s back, and let her ride a
short distance, perhaps 40 rods from the
house, where lie put her down, and told
her to run home. He noticed that the
child was standing where lie left her,
and, on looking back, after going a little
farther, saw her playing in die sand.
He soon passed out of sight, and was
Mgifif ~m fil mmm,
gone about an hour, expecting, of course,
that the child would return to the house
after playing a few moments.
On returning- home, he made inquiry
about the child, of her mother, who said
she had not seen the child, and sup
posed he had taken her along with him.
On going to the spot where lie left her,
he saw huge bear tracks in the sand,
and at once came to the conclusion that
the child had been carried off by the
bear.
The family immediately gave search
through the I‘orest, which was grown up
to almost a jungle, rendering their
search very slow. All day these anxious
parents searched for some trace of their
child, nor did they stop when darkness
came on, but remained in the woods,
calling the child by her name, and, with
aching hearts, would listen, with an almost
breathless fear, to catch some sound by
which they could discover their lost dar
ling. Morning came, and their search
was fruitless.
A couple of gentlemen, looking for
land, came to the bouse, and, being in
formed of the circumstances, immediately
set out to help find the child. They
had wandered about, and as they were
passing a swampy spot, where the un
dergrowth was very thick, they either
called, or else were talking loud, when
one of them heard the child’s voice. He
then called the child by name, and told
her to come out of "the bushes. She
replied that the bear would not let her.
The men then crept through the brush,
and when near the spot where the child
and bear were, they heard a splash in the
water, which the child said w ? as the bear.
On going to her, they found her standing
upon a log, extending about half way
across the river. The bear had under
taken to cross the river on the log, and,
being closely pursued, left the child, and
swam away. She had received some
scratches about the face, arms, and legs,
and her clothes were almost torn from
her, but the bear had not bitten her,
only the marks of his teeth being found
on her back, where, in taking hold of
her clothes to carry her, he had taken
the flesh also.
The little one says the bear would put
her down occasionally to rest, and would
put his nose, up to her face, when she
would slap him, ;*nd then the bear would
hang his head by her side, and purr
and rub against her like a cat. The
men asked her if she was cold in the
night, and she told them the old bear lay
down beside her, and put his “arms”
around her, and kept her warm, though
she did not like his long hair. She was
taken home to her parents, who could
hardly express their joy at her safety.
The bear has been seen lurking about
in the vicinity, it is supposed for the
purpose of yet carrying off the child.
• he supposition is that it is a female bear,
and, having lost her cubs, came across
the child, and adopted it. Steps are be
ing taken to capture the bear.
College axd Convent Agency. —We
invite general attention to the card of
Mr. Clias. I). Elder, of New Orleans.
This gentleman is well and favorably
known in that community, and offers his
services to Parents and Guardians in
giving information in regard to Catholic
Educational Establishments in America
and Canada, procuring letters of intro
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missions, Collections, and orders of any
kind for Catholic Institutions. com
mend Mr. Elder’s Agency as a very use
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ticularly at the present time.
The London Register, of June 27th,
says :
“Mr. Kiccioti Garibaldi, son of the
curse of Italy, is again in England, and
is sending round the begging box once
more, in order to provide funds for
another attack on Koine after the Summer
is over. Curious to say, that, although
in England money and hospitality are
lavished upon the cause of treachery and
humbug, we learn from Rome that several
English Protestant gentlemen who reside
in that city, have declared that, if another
war of robbery against right breaks forth,
they will join the Zouave corps, and fight
as privates iu the ranks.”
advertisements.
NOTICE.
STOLEN, from the subscriber, on the night of the
14th instant, a Black Mare PONY, medium size. She
is iu good order, very heavy mane (the mane lies on
the left side), long, heavy tail, has a lump on the back,
caused by the saddle, and a scar near the tail, caused
by the bite of a mule.
I offer a reward of FIFTY DOLLARS for the thief
and the Pony, delivered at Edgefield Jail, or I offer
THIRTY DOLLARS for the Pony alone.
MARTIN MACARTY,
Lott’s Post Office, Edgefield Diet., S. C.
July IC, 1868. aug l*
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just suited to their wants. They should be provided,
if Catholics, with the recommendation of their Parish
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Long experience warrants the undersigned in
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