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t a. Xil£ CiLORUIA TIIKKOr IS rUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY, gy B. <*ar«l*»er 1 J. L. Bull, ( Editors nml Proprietors.) At THREE DODLARS a year, if paid in advance, or FOUR DOLLARS, if not paid j until the end of the year. Advebtiskm*ntb will be conspicuously inserted at One Dollar per square, (15 lines or lass,) the first, and 50 cents for each sub sequent insertion. All advertisements handed in for publi r-ition without . limitation, will be published fill forbid, ind charged accordingly. ,-aics of Land and. Negroes by Execu tors, Adsunistrators and Guardians, are re cuired by Lw :o be advertised in a public I Gazette, sixty days previous to the day of saie. I’he sale of Personal property must be adver ist“' in like manner forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate mist be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the 1 'ourt of Ordinary for leave to sell Land and Ne roes, must be published weekly lor four mouths. . All Letters on business must be post paid to insure attention. JOB PRINT [NO. (iONNECTF.D with the office of the J MIRROR, is a splendid assortment of tf-£>2s And we are enabled to excute all kind of lob work o the neatest manner and at the short est notice. IB^SUREL3* of every description will constantly Uej>t on hand, such as Attachments, Justices’ Executions, do Summon*, Jury do Subpoenas, Clerk’s Recognizance, Scieri Facias. Appearance Bonds, Oa. S.i. Declaration—Debt, Declaration—Assumpsit, Sheriti Deeds, Tax Collector Executions. Blank Note*. <Ve \civ Cosn'aikkiofi House. r« > HE subscribers have as <> 2 X soeiated themselves to ■ , gethcr as COMMISSION MERCHANTS, under the name and style of cfOIILV SP. FITTS A* Cos. Thev have purchased the commodious WARE-HOUSE and CLOSE STORE, ) iteiy occupied by Jentigati, Laurence At Cos where thev will receive CO l ION or ROODS iu store, and advance only upon cot ton in their possession and under their con trol. Their charges will be a* customary. The business will be conducted by John D Pitt*. We solicit the patronage of the public, and are prepared to give Columbus prices for Cotton. JNO. D. PITTS, M. J. LAURENCE. Florence, Nov. 10 33 ts .1. B. STARR, FORWARDING AND COMMISSION MERCHANT , St. Joseph, Fla. January 19, 1839. 7 DRY GOODS. fTHIE subscriber having recently rcplrn- A ished his stock, invites ins custom ers anil the public generally, to ctill and ex amine lor themselves. His goods arc new and well selected and he is o lie ring them on as good terms as any in the market, ilis stock consists in part of the following: Woolens, Sattinetts, A variety of Broad Cloths, Circassians, Merinos, Bombazines and Boiubazettes, Red and White Flannel, A good assortment of Hca fly Made Cloth t ag, A large supply of BOOTS and SHOES, gentkmkn’s aRo I.AntEB SADDLES, BRIDLES AND MARTING ALS. Crockery, Hardware and Cutlery , With a variety of other articles suitable’ to the season, which he lakes great pleasure m ottering to his customers and the pub lic, at his new store on the North side Cen tre street. Jan 12 40 THO; GARDNER. NEW STORE. nn HK undersigned having associated A them selves under the name and style of Harvey tc Chastain, otter for sale anew and well selected Stock ot Goods. \\ ares, and Merchandize, Iroin Charleston, viz. Broad Cloth, Sattinetts, Kmeriietls, Merino, Silk Lustring and Mattronas, French Muslin, do Ginghams, do Prints, Scotch Ginghams* Anew assorted Stock «( English and A merican Prints, Furniture Prints. Bonnets, Hats, Shoes, of all kinds, Bud es, Saddles aud Maiting.dcs. Besides a variety of oth er articles too tedious to mention. \\ Licit will be sold low tor cash or undoubted cre ditors. The public are requested to call and ex amine for tharnselves. JOHN P. HARVEY. MORGAN CHASTAIN. March 26, 1 8 9 50 THE SUBSCRIBERS have just re ceived a select lot of GROCERIES, which they offer on reasonable terms for Cut. ROOD &TALMAN. ,&*>c 13 37 (f THE 11 IK ROB: gt HOMAS GARDNER has just receiv- L «and a good supply of White Lead, Linseed On, Lamp Oil, Sperm Candlas, And Soap, Which he offers to his friends and the public cheap, for Cash. Jan 12 40 C \BINET FURNITURE. George h. & wm. j. willers respectfully inform the citizens of Florence and the surrounding country,’hat they have permanently located themselves in Florence, and are prepared to execute in the most neat and workmanlike style, Side- Boards, Bureaus, Tables. Cliaiis, Work and Wash Stands, and Furniture of every description used in this seetiou of the conn try. They flatter themselves, from their long experience, that they will be able to give general satisfaction to those who may favor tht in with their patronage. 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 gro to me in Hamburg S. C. or lodge him m some safe jail so that 1 can get him again, shall have the above reward. T. G. SALDAVIA. 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 the 3d, 4th and sth ; in Lumpkin Gth, 7th and Bth, and from thenec by my house ami Win Porter’s on liis return to Florence, ev ery week regularly, thereafter. Any solvent gentlemen who will make up n company of 12 mares, shall receive the 12th th- season gratis. T. W. PEARCF. March 12 48 ALABAMA LANDS FOR SALE. XT half 9 14 30 . S. half 4 14 30 N. half 8 14 30 N. half 7 14 30 S. half 7 14 30 S. half 6 14 . 30 S. half 11 14 29 S. half 20 18 28 S. half 34 19 28 N. half 36 19 29 S. half 36 19 29 W. half 29 16 26 * N. half 6 16 30 E. half 21 22 26 ’ ' E. half 22 13 08 N. half 33 20 26 S. half 32 18 28 W. half 26 15 C 4 S. half 29 16 25 K. half 2 18 25 Any of the above Lands will be sold on term- to suit purchasers, by application to John 1). Pitt.<, Esq. Florence, Ga. or to the subscriber, at Macon. July 26 18 J. COWLES. £»/ hNE day after date 1 promise to pay Jernigan, Laurence & Cos. or bear er, Thirty Dollars, value received. Interest Ist January last. Eeb’ry 24,1838. [Signed] A- SPRADLIN.” “Oue day after date I promise to pay Jer nignii, Laurence & Cos. or bearer twelve 18- 00 Dollars, value rccriv Interest from Ist January last Feb. 24, 1838. [Signed] A. SPRADLIN.” GEORGIA. t Personally came Stewart County. \ before me, Franklin Cowan.aJ. P. in and for the county and State aforesaid, Charles H. Wa ren, who made oath that the original notes, of which the above are true copies, were placed in his hands lor collection by Jernigan, Laurence A: Cos. and that said notes have been lost or mislaid. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this, 20th April, 1839. CHARLES 11. WARREN. FramvLi.n Cowax, j. p. 2 LOST OK MISLAID. ITIWO promissory notes of hand, given JL by Absalom Spradlin, to the subscri bers, one for thirty dollars, the other for twelve dolla.s eighteen and three fourth cents, both dated February 24ti 1838, and due one day after date, with interest from the Ist January preceding. The public are cautioned against trading for said notes, and the maker thereof is forwartied not to pnv them to any person but ourselves, or Charles H. Warren, J. P. JERNIGAN, LAURENCE Sc Cos. April 15, 1839 1 It Dr*. Walton & Hariri*!;?#, H HAVING associated themselves, in the Practice of Medicine & Surgery, respectfully offer their Professional services, >o the Citizens of Florence, and the sur rounding country. Their charges shall be regulated by a majority of the Physicians of Stewart County. One or both, may always, be found at their office on Broad Street, lately occupied by tbe Georgia Mirror. March 25 1839. 50 Blank Dreils, FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. ©a* Asjas. uo, asm PROSPECTVS OF THE SOUTHERN LITEHARY MESSENGER. TIHIS is a monthly Magazine, devoted chiefly to Literature, but occasion ally finding room also tor 1 articles that fall within the scope oi ScuxcE; and not pro essiug an entire disdain oi tasteful selections, though its matter has been, a- it will con tinue to be, in the main, original. Parly Politics, and controversial Theol ogy, as far as possible, are jealously exclu ded. They are sometimes so blended with discussions iti literature or in moral sci ence, otherwise unobjectionable, as to gain admittance for the sake of the more valu able matter to hich they adhere: bu> whenever that happens they are incidental, only , not primary. They are dross, tolera ted oulv because it cannot well be severed trom the sterling ore wherewith it is incor porated. Reviews and Critical Notices, occu py their due space in the work: audit is the Editor’s anti that they should have a three told tendency—to convey, in a condense, form, such valuable truths or interesting in cidents are embodied in tin works re viewed, —to direct the readers attention to books that deserve to be read—and to wan hnn against wasting time and money upon tha large number, which merit only to be burned. In this age of publications that by their variety an multitude, distract and o verwhelmn every uudiscriniiuating student, imcartial criticism, governed by the views just mentioned, is one ol the most inesti mable and indispensable of auxiliaries to him wno aoes wish to discriminate. Essays and Tales, having in view utility or amusement, or both; Historical sket ches —au.i Kemimsenles of events too raiu ute for History yet elucidating it, and heightning us interest— may be regarded as forming th" staple of tin work. And of indigenous Poetry, enough is publish ed—sometimes of no mean strain—to man ifest and to cultivate the growing poetical taste and talents of our country. The times appear, lor several reasons, to demand such a work—and not one alone, but inatiyt The public mind is feverish and irritated still, from recent political strifes; The suit, assuasive influence ol Lit erature is needed, to allay that fever, and soothe that irritatiou. \ ice and folly are rioting abroad :—They should be driven by ••xlianant rebuke, or lashed by ridicule, in to then fitting haunts. *cnorancc lords it over - an immense proportion of our j.eo pie:—Every spring should be set m motion, to arouse the enlightened, and to increase their number; so that the great enemy of popular government may no Longer brood, like a portentous cloud, over tire de.tinies of our country. Vnd to accomplish all these ends, what more powerful agent can be employed, than a periodical ou the plan of the Messenger; if that plan be but car ried out in practice? The South peculiarly requires such an agent, luall the Union, south of Washing ton, there art hut two Literary periodicals! Northward of that city, there are probably at least twenty-live or thirty! Is this con trast justified by the wealth, the leisure, the native talent, or the actual literary taste of the Southern people, compared with those of the Northern 1 So: for in wealth, talents and taste, we may justly claim, at least, a' equality with our brethren «nd a domestic institution exclusively our own, beyond all doubt, u fords us, if we choose, twice the leisure for reading and writing wiiich they enjoy. It was from a deep sense of this local v ad! that the word Southerm was engrafted on this periodical: and not with any design to nourish loca prejudices, or to advocate sup posed. lueal iuteiests. Far fiom any such thought, it is the Ed.tor’s fervent wish, to see tne North and South bound endearing ly together, forever, in the silken bauds of mutual kindness and altection. Fai from meditating hostility to the north, lie has al ready drawn, anil he hopes hereafter to draw much of his choicest matter thence; and liappv indeed will he deem himself, should his pages, by making each region know »he other bettor contribute in any es sentia) degree to dispel the lowering clouds that now threaten the peace of both, and to brighten and strengthen the sacred ties of In ternal love. The Southern Literary Messenger has now been in existence four years—the pre sent No commencing the fifth volume. How far it lias acted out the ideas here ut tered, is not for the Editor to say ; he be lieves, however, that it falls not furl her short of them, than human weakness usually makes Practice fall short of Theory. CONDITIONS. 1. The Southern Literary Messenger is published in monthly numbers, of 64 large supei royal octavo pages each, on the best of paper, and neatly covered, at $5 a year— payable in advance. 2. 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Editors, by copying this prospectus and udng ;> paper of the same to the office, •dial! receive sh« Visiter foi one year. 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' vH»‘4l vba rm Pn»fie gnaft' wpuft