▼•1. v.
By Eu F. W. Andrew*.
cf Randolph and Ftcoad slttcts , (up-Mtairs.)
\ COLUMBUS, Cit.
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A JOURNAL OP AGRICULTURE, NEWS, POLITICS & MISCELLANY.
AS LITTLE GOVERNMENT A. POSSIBLE 5 THAT LITTLE EMANATING PROM AND CONTROLLED BV THE PEOPLE, AND UNIFORM IN ITS APPLICATION TO ALL.”
the rents, whichcvincedtheditficulties ot'hercau
tious movement as with faltering step she thread
ed the dense forest. Here, one whose tear# of
grief, at the recollections of the convulsive strug
gle of a father, husband or brother, who had fal
len by the way, the death-damp on whose brow
she had not time to wipe away, fell afresh, as
the reality of her loneliness and bereavement
fastened itself upon her. Frightful stories ac
companied this influx 6f strangers through the
by-ways of the city. The tales of “hair-breadth
escapes,” mingled with the descriptions of the
COIsimiBUS, Georgia, Thnisday Evening, September 13, 1849.
timates to belong to tbe characters involved. for
such an exit from the scat of war, l hese ptf
cious boxes must have had a destination, and the
river possibly, under the circumstances the only
outlet. Now*it will be remembered, that the
river-craft suffered extensively during the ca-lUf
stage of troubles. Here the uncertainty—-not
to say hazard—of navigation, was a very sert
ous barrier to that mode ol escape. OT,
unhappy wight of the pilot house— which I f||3
target of the unerring rifle—and it could* ’ jpj,
)ie called a trial of skill to ’ jjjggj
ternoon rambles was well understood, as well as
her •ptnehant for lingering about the wild scene
ry where we last saw her, and to this well known
habitude, we may attribute the seeming indiffer
ence of the family until a late hour Palpable in
dications of disquietude overshadowed the brow
of the aged father, as tho heavy hours of night
came on apace. When the delay awakened re
flection, there was Hut one way of accounting for
the. vacant yj in his daughter’s accustomed place
at tho bedside. He was keenly sensible to the
which a sit l rafte reins would
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safety? How was it possible to remove the still
breathing woman ? So well acquainted with the
customs of the Indians, onr friends could not
possibly misinterpret this demonstration. They
knew that no circumstance of human suffering
could appease the exasperation of the savage,
once enkindled, or divert them from a determin
ed visitation of relentless butchery. They dared
not think of the indignities which might be
heaped upon the sufferer herself if she and they
should fall into their hands, as they now stood re
i lalHp/o each other. These indigniies would be
for the purpose of >•’ >e
overpowering. The hideous war dance wag th
j usual prelude to some characteristic barbarity,
j and it was a source of gratification to prolong
I evidences ot fiendish joy, so long as the easy
; victims were known to be wincing under tho
, j terror it inspired. The precise character of tho
i lingering sufferer in Melbourne’s house was
I ; known to many of the .band—the nature of tho
i disease they knew with what affection she wao
’ watched—they had informed themselves of the
. total absence of means or persons for defence,
:! up to a late hour ol aware of
• ; the anguish they < 7 with
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