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Thev have purchased the commodious
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.1. B. STARR,
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St. Joseph, Fla.
January 19, 1839.
7 DRY GOODS.
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A variety of Broad Cloths,
Circassians, Merinos,
Bombazines and Boiubazettes,
Red and White Flannel,
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A large supply of BOOTS and SHOES,
gentkmkn’s aRo I.AntEB
SADDLES, BRIDLES AND MARTING ALS.
Crockery, Hardware and Cutlery ,
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NEW STORE.
nn HK undersigned having associated
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and well selected Stock ot Goods. \\ ares,
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Broad Cloth,
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Merino,
Silk Lustring and Mattronas,
French Muslin,
do Ginghams,
do Prints,
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MORGAN CHASTAIN.
March 26, 1 8 9 50
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Cut.
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,&*>c 13 37 (f
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gt HOMAS GARDNER has just receiv-
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they have permanently located themselves in
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April 9 52
S4OO Kli WARD.
•gvj ■> AN AW A V from ihe subscriber,
-H-V/ on the 21st of March, ult. ane
gro mannanied STEPHEN a car
peoter, by trade:- -said negro is a
hout five feet 10 inches high, and is aboti'
forty years of age. dark complected, speaks
very quick when spoken to, and has a large
scar over liis left eye, and another on his left
shin occasioned by • lie kick of a horse,
lie has a small white speck on his right eye
and is a very intelligent negro, he has. no
doubt procured free papers from some white
person I purchased him from Mr. David
Price, of Stewart county in the fall of 1837,
mid ,e has no doubt gone back to Stewart
countv, where he says he has a wife and
children When lie ranaway he had on a
new beaver hat, a pair of old boots, ? red
flannel shirt and sattinet pantaloons, and he
also, took with him a bag containing many
other diff- rent kinds of clothing. Any per
son who will apprehend and deliver said ne
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m some safe jail so that 1 can get him again,
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Hamburg S. C. March 24 183», 52
QUIDNUNC.
T HE season having com
i menccd on the first
/ 'W > , of Man !., th's horse will
t - /ft,, stand at Lumpkin and Flor
ence, each, alternately, three days at a
time. Persons may know where he may be
found, by counting the days which he re
mains at each place. He was in Florence on
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March 12 48
ALABAMA LANDS
FOR SALE.
XT half 9 14 30
. S. half 4 14 30
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S. half 6 14 . 30
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S. half 34 19 28
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* N. half 6 16 30
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’ ' E. half 22 13 08
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GEORGIA. t Personally came
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20th April, 1839.
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Dr*. Walton & Hariri*!;?#,
H HAVING associated themselves, in
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From the Louisville Literary Neics Letter.
Oneko,
OR, REVENGE AND GRATITUDE.
A Legend of Kentucky.
ST PIERRE.
“ Their (the rtftnlment and de
sire ts vengeance are excessive ana implaca
ble. 'lime can neither extinguish nor abate
it. It is the chief inheritance parents leave
their children ; it is transmitted from genera
tion to generation until an occasion he fouud
of satisfying iX."— P. Charlevoix’s Journal
• Historiqued’un Voyage de I’Atnerique.
It was midnight in th* wilderness. Guar
ded by a warrior, the captives sat beneath a
tall oak. At some distance, crowding
around large fires, could be seen the wild
and clad forms of the savages, and ever and
anon their loud rude laughter and their
joyous yells reverberated through that dark
aud solitary wild. They were a bloody
bana of Shawnee*, from the banks of the
Miami—led on by their fierce, relentless
chief, Oneko, whose depredations aud hor
rid murders had called forth the vengeance
of the neighborhood. His hate for the
whito-man had been written in letters of
blood, and some inys'erious wrong had led
him from the batiks of the Miami, into the
heart of Kentucky. One cbjei t alone seem
ed to influence his actions—Revenge! Why
he made the wilds of Kentucky the scene
of his vcngPaßCC, the sequel will show.—
The cry for tnercy had b«eu answered by
the yell of death--the agonizing scream of
the matron, us she beheld her helpless babes
writhing in the flames that enveloped her
cabin, had been hushed by the deadly tom
ahawk— the sturdy pioneer had been found
scalped and murdered in his plough furrow,
and the rising village had become the funeY
al pile of its ill-fated inhabitants! Dark,
gloomy, relentless, and bloody, Oneko’*
heart had become ax'iron. Age, sex, con
dition, were alike disregarded. He looked
—-beheld the colour and butchered! His
deeds of blood, however, had awakened the
wfltes to a sense of tbeii danger, and lie
perceived that he must depart. But his
dearest object had not been accomplished.
In the vicinitv of a prospetous little vil
lage. which has since, as if by enchantment,
swelled into the populous—*the beautiful
and bustling Ville de Louis— -Stood a large
and strong, though roughly built, edifice
of stone. It was the residence of Courtney,
an old and early settler, whose prowess was
well known and appreciated in those days
of terror, when the blood of the white and
the red-men was commingling and satura
ting the plains of the “dark and bloody
ground.*’
In defiance of danger, and apparently
with a desperate determination to succeed or
fall, On»ko, in the dead hours of the uigl/t,
with his warriors rushed upon the unguarded
habitation of tho aged Courtney. They
butchered all who resisted, and, hearing from
the ttames of the mansion the old man and
his only daughter»they lied precipiately into
the depths of the forest.
Aware that they would be hotly pursued,
the savages for three days, rapidly wounded
their way through the wilderness, nor stayed
tlieir march, save forfood and water. Aged
and infirm, the unfortunate Courtney sank
under his hardships, nri the night of the
third day, and was unable to proceed tart her.
His sweet daughter—weak and’unused to
fatiuge—stiff endeavored to console her
aged sire, and Oneko, se.ing that his prison
ers could travel no fariber, and satisfied that
the danger of pursuit was past, determined
to halt at the spot, to which, in the opening
of this sketch, I hare directed the reader’s
attention.
And now—-while the fires of the late In
dians slightly dissipate the deep darkness of
the uiglif. and reveal by their red glare the
wearied forms «f those wild and bloody men
-—let us turn to the prisoners.
Cold and callous; dead to every noble
and exalted feeling must He the heart of the
being, who could gaze upon such a scene
UAiwaved. An aged father, and a lovely
daughter? Hein the winter of his age;
infirm and bent down with the weight of
years. She; beautiful as t|ie young ex
panding spring flower, and just on the verge
|of womanhood- she okj raau exhausted
by fatigue lies locked in sleep; but the ?nz
louv daughter sleeps not. On her gentle
bosutn is pillowed her aged lather’s head,
and the scattered locks ol silver, that; tos
sed by the night wind ; have fallen over his
pale lorehead, are wet with the teais ol that
lovely being. What a contiust is- there
Old age in the arms of youth-the coin ain
ironed heart of the Indian murderer; ano
the sweet tear of filial afhetinu .
Mr. Courtney, before ins emigration u
Kentucky, had married, in the ••Old Demin
ion.” one of the (attest daughters ol tJia
hosj itable land of noble -ouls. Ol an ad
venturous disposition and excited fy th
piuwn’g ucscnpuot’S of the Vrst i
Eden,” he disjKised of his estate, and with,
liis lovely wife—joining a patty oi emigrants
lie penetrated the western wilds. On reach
ing the banks of the Ohio, the emigrant
had the great good fortune to tall in will
Col. George Rogers Clarke-—the mentto.
of whose name awakens in the breast of the
Kentuckian a thousand glorious memories.
That gallant officer was tlieu at the head of
a de'achment of slate ttoops, on his way
against the posts on the Mississippi. Court
ney and his companions joined him, and de
scended the Ohio. During their slow and
tedious voyage, an incident happened which
is necessary to he known in this humble
sketch. Near the spot where now In pride
and beauty, the hilt-circled city, Cincin
n;u ( rears its roofs and spires, the emi
grauis landed. A small party of them wan
dered some distance from their friends.
They thought not of danger, until sudden
ly they beheld the skulking forms of a large
body of Indians. Small in number and but
badly supplied with arms, the adventures
were about to retreat, but tlicir savage foes,
with their wild yells, rushed u-onthem. A
fierce contest ensued, daring which, Court
ney (who was one of the party) acted with
a bravery which won the admiration even
of the savages. He was the foremost in
the contest, and already his hunting knife
was dyed with Indian blood. At length,
overpowered by tiUinbers.tlie whites began to
give way. The Indues pressed on. At
this juncture, an Indian boy ; probably about
■six or eight years of ge, was seized by
one of the retreating party. The deadly
knife w;w raised, but Courtney, rushing for
ward, stayed the stroke, aud grasping the
boy he strode on followed by the enraged
savages; whose fury was unbounded, wlien
they beheld the dating action. The prompt
arrival, at length, of a large body of the
troops, saved the remnant el that little par
ty. The savages were dispersed, and the
emigrants, mourning for the loss of their
nunioer, proceeded on tbeirvoy >"«. Court- I
ney still retained his prisoner. Clarke, hav
ing readied the falls of the Ohio, left upon
a neighboring island the families who had
accompanied him thus filr, After the re
ductiou of St. Vincennes, Courtney moved
from the island to tlie spot on which he
reared his house, and from which, it has
been seen, lie was taken by Oneko.
Laura Courtney; low in her seventeenth
year; had been educated by hsr accom
plished mother, whose death a few months
before, had been the first sorrow her ysung
heart had ever known. She was betrothed
to a youth, whole bravery, virtues, and per
sonal attractions had won from her the affec
tionate avowal of her love. Nor was
Charles Butler (a relative of the famed and
justly admired Simon Kenton) unworthy
of the beautiful Laura. But now. Low
were their young hopes blasted! As slit
thought upon her absent lover, and gazing
upon the venerable and time furrowed fea
tures of her sleeping father, contrasted her
former happiness with her present misery,
the big tear of sorrow sutlused her eye. and
the sigh of anguish heaved her gentle no
sum.
* « • • *
A deep and awful silence peivaded the
scene. Fatigue had bound doyvn the sav
ges anfl, unstinted sleep holered over
them. Even the most trusted warrior, whom
Oneko had placed as a guard over the help
less prisoners leaning against the oak. sluin
bersd. Still, though weak and utilised to
fatigue, the anxious maiden, with wakeful
vision, bent over the cal i but hagtrard fea
tures of the dreaming Courtney. The fires
of the Indians were gradually waning, and
as ever and anon they threw a fitful glare
over the scene, the shadowy and waving
fortn3 of the forest trees, ssemed to the eye
as spectre* of the wilderness, while the
midnight wind, moaning long and solemnly
through the dense thickets, struck uponth--
.ear of Laura as the wail of death. Sud
deuly the maiden started. .She saw as the
firo revived for a moment, the pale counten
ance of her father darkened by the shadow
of a moving figure. Trembling, breathless,
and wiih a chilly senaation. she ventured lo
look around. All was darkness. Not an
object tret her strained vision, save the tow
ering form of her sleeping guard and the in
distinct outline of the warrior-band as they
lay around their fires. Chiding herself for
a girlish fear she returned to her watch.
Scarce had she done so, when there was a
quick liebt step upon the grassy sward, and
ere the maiden could raise her head, the
w rin breath of a inan played u|hhi her
cheek and she caught the hurried words.
“Miss Laura? fear not.”
She started—turned, and beheld the bend
ing form and the dusky features of a young
Indian! She could iiave screamed, but lie,
quickly placiag his hand upon his lips, poin
ted to the sleeping guard and warned her to
be silent.
“And is it you, indeed, Oswone ?” «he
said in a low voice, “how came you-here ?”
Oswone for a moment raised himself,
looked cautiously around, then, bending
down, he said in a Lia'l whisper.
“On rlie night that the house was burned,
1 rushed to the village, and having given the
alarm hastened back in time to mark the
route which Oneko took. I adopted ihe
garb of my rare and followed. This mor
ning I joined the troop, told them 1 was a
Shawnee just escaped from the w hite men,
aud have had the good fortune to become a
great favorite with the chieftain.”
“Tell me, Oswone.*’ said the anxioy*
Laura, “where is Chari#*; I mean But
ler.”
“He,” returned the Indian, “at the hear!
of about twenty horseman, is in pursuit ,jf
Ooelio, but he must have lost the trail or he
would have been upon the chieftain long be
fore this.”
“Oh, Oswone! why. why -tltd yhtt lertAr
before them 7”
i “To save you and my father ft cm the
tomahawk !” leplied the youth, “for, Laura,
he is my father. He, though a whit> mvi
and the Indian's foe. has been a father to ir e.
He saved my file—lie has reaied ir:e from
boyhood; he has taught me the mysteries
of Itisrace and called n>e his forest Child,
,<nd shall 1 now desert him when thus, in his
old age, dragged from Jus triends, cut off
tiotw his kindred and surrounded by bicod
l.iisiy foes? Never! never! I«u, too,
l.auia, have been kind tt me; you have
tinted Oav one as your hromer, ano," con
tinued the youth, in a louder and more ani
inatui tone, “may the orphan Indian be
accursed by the Saviour ot the white man
nd the Great Spirit ot his own race if he
ver torgeis it . Hist !” and lie again low
red his voice as the guard moved n stlessly
hi his |nst, “I must be gone, bleep as
nnch as you can now, for to-morrow night,
| lionld Oneko halt, you are to make your
escape. Be caretul aud do not ivince signs
that you know me.”
“Generous, noble Oswone!" ctied Laura,
and pressing his hand she burst into tears.
The young Indian, himself atlected, turned
away and was soon lost in the deepniu'g
shades of ths forest.
At break of day, the Indians with their
prisoners recommend cdtheiijmarch. They
entered a large plain. It was a May mor
ning and the clouds wiiich the night before
had obscured the heavens and shut out the
fight of the moon, were dissipated, or lay
in grotesque shapes upon the far horizon,
leaving the broad aud beautiful expanse
one spotless sheet ol blue, whilst a soft and
gentle breeze, floating on the morning air,
fanned with freshness the leveled temples of
the prisoners. The savages were in high
spins ; they laughed and yelled and gam
bolled as they rapidly wended their way, and
nowand then sent their v.ell aimed arrow*
at the nimble squirrel. Laura and herfather
looked on. but eye followed the motions
of but one, who appeared the most active
and the most joyous ot that dusky crowd.
It was Oswone. Clad in the wild costume
of his race and mingling with that bloody
band of savages, that fleet-footed and active
youth was not recognized by old Courtney,
as the Indian hoy whose life he had saved
and whom he reared to manhood with alia
father’s fondness.
Once whilst atrial of strength and swift
ness was being contested between the young
Indians and the most fained of Oneko’s war
riors, the chieftain himself paused to see
the issue. The loud yells of the savages
told how intense was their excitement.
Laura hfrself forgot her situation, and all
thoughts of suffering were merged in the
interest which the scene before her pro
duced, and the eyes of Courtney were light
ed uj> with the fire of former days, as sud
den exclamations of “well done!” “nobly
eluded!” burst involuntarily from him.
Oneko’s eagle eye was fixed upon the active
aud delicately moulded youth in silent ad*
miration. Low gutter*! sounds escaped
him at several times, and when, at length,
li**bchcld Oswone victorious, his counten
ance wore for a moment a proud and ad-,
miring aspect. But as his eye glanced upon
the excited and animated features of his
aged prisoner, a deep frown darkened his
hronzed brow ; his expansive chest heaved,
and a horrible expression of some dreadful
internal emotion appeared in Lis counten
ance, as he hastily strode up to Courtney
aud said in a meaning tone,
“Old man ' Oneko once had such a sun!”
• ♦ * • •
Th* tiny passed and the shades of night
once more stink into the forest glades.
Still onward the troop proceeded until near
midnight, when they reached a spot, where
to his chagrin, Oneko was obliged to halt.
1 have stood upon the ground whore that
wild band aad the unfortunate prison ’rs
stayed their march. If was at the conflu
ence of the Licking and the placed waters
of ,l La belle Riviere." But what a charge
has a few short years wrought. Then to
stand upon the bluff, in the angle formed by
the meeting of the Licking and the Ohio
shores and gaze upon the surrounding
scenery, the wildness, the aw ful stillness, and
the dark obscurity of the place, would strike
the belio'der with awe. For miles the Ohio
presented to the eye her bright surface,
shaded by the dense, forests that crowned
her shores, while the deep hut sluggish wa
ters of the Licking, stretching back and
kis-ed by the bending boughs of the aged
sycamore, were lost in the darkened recesses
of the untrodd -n wi dernetis Opposite, on
the northern shore of the Ohio, the willow
groves, the ragged and wood-crowded cliffs,
and the dense and almost interminable for
ests which darkly frowned over “the beauti
ful river.” were as wildly beautiful! i’et
the spoiler was there, though the only evi
dence of the whiteman's presence were a
few log cabins and a rude and temporary
building, known as “Fort Washington.”
which stood amidst the wilds of the far
west; the house that held the red mau's
doom. But now. 1 spirit of the red man!
stand now upon that bluff, and what do yon
behold! The forest, and the children of
the fsrest have patsid away! The ruggeff
shores of the Ohio echo no more to the cry
of the Indian, and her placid bosom no more
is rippled by the swift passage of the light
canoe. The sun which daily rode proudly
in yon heaven and looked brightly down upon
the roaming red man and his forest home, is
startled to see no more the sons of the
Great Spirit! The red man has disappeared,
and vet he sleeps not near the graves ofhi*
fathers! Where rolls in-majesty the united
waters of a thousand streams; the baiffitig
Mississippi, and the headlong Missouri;
there seek the grave of the departed Indian!'
•Stand once more upon that bluff', spirit of a‘
blasted race ! and mourn the fate of your
nation. You stand within th* precincts of
a young and flourishing city*—look to the
right and lo a growing towns with it* roofs
and the frowning walls of an arsenal stand*
b#fore you ; and opposite, on the *pot where
stood that lonely fort, behold the glittering
spires, and the s) leadid buildings, and the
thronged street* of a mighty city J A l * 4 *
the Indian fias turned away forever; he ha*
gased hi° last upon the home of the father!
••• • . O
It had b«n the great object with Oneko
to cross the Ohio tl.af right; a d< termma
| tion staange and unacouotubl* to his warriors,
; and fraught with danger, a* the spot to
! which his wishes were directed wa» qrithio'
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