Preble County Democrat, 1857-01-08

. . t . ,, : , . . w':tMJj3:!-s tu:'!u'; '""1 1 "S1 J11 m to t,ic J.5"lfc" t of the victim1 the family were1" at liber liberty - ty liberty to accept a ransom for their kinsman. The Young Eagle at once took his reso resolution, - lution, resolution, sustaiued by an advice- of his friends. - Completely armed, he took possession of the top of the mound, which jfjis so shaped that while he was himselF concealeu, no one coulct np- proach-him by the bay without being exposed to the fire; and he "had two de- I voted and skillful allies, which, togoth- er with his position, rendered him far; more than a match fur his single adver sarv, the avenger of blood tlie brother Wolf. These litre ajKftTon. he,, imI.ToHi-'- anting companion, and which had guarded him many a night when sleep sleeping - ing sleeping on the prairies. The srirl had in her veins the blood of ;ind sho nnnili'il not. Indian heroes. Phc demanded with lofty enthusiasm to be made his wife, and then acquained with every stratagem of savage war, and with even faculty sharpened by affection and her husband's danger watched, and warned and shielded him with every art that the roused spirit could suggest, and which could be safely practiced. The brother of the Wolf prowled about the fortress night and d the day time, to ascend the mound Far enough for action, would be to place himself, helpless and without care, with-I in the range of the young warrior's ri- fie; and at night he could not even put foot uponifs base without the bay- j ing of the' hound giving its master war- ninr. At lcnsrth he hit anon a strata- gem and by a careful observation of his young wife, who was frequently going and coniins, that she might supply her husband, succeeded in imitating her dress, walk, and manner so completely that he hoped to deceive both man and dog. His scheme was skillfully execu executed. - ted. executed. The dog wagged his tail, and his master spoke to the avenger as his wife when there was only a few feet between them: but suddenly the gallant hound ,. ii- . . l , ,i i uiscovereu nis lnistaKe. and threw li:m- ... . , ,, , , , . self, with a veil, upon the throat of his ST11 and or? hu" to, tht. ?rd J.he ounS gle now deprived him of ha wcaPon; Pioned hts arms; but the next moment, from an impulse of pneroeity ,u-' eCt M"! Bnd sci't hh" Home, uriucu as usu i u;s was tile lurnui" 01 the sav l J i o 1 1 t it (hll ... ... ... . . ... .. n.. , ...... TV" " J?i '- down his. life without re- sistancc. At the day anpointcd, the . . . 1 1 . parties met in an open spa.-.1, with uun- ', , . r , areas to witness tne scene arounu. lie ., , ,. , ... , Kaglc, all unarmed, was first seated on he ground, then liv ins side was laidieasi. down a large knife, with which he was be slain if the ransom was not ae- ; ecpted. By his side sat his wife, her hand clasned in his. while the eve- even of old men, were dim with tears. Over gainst them, and even so near that the fatal knife could be easily seized, stood the family of the slain Wolf, the fatherland at the head, by whom the question o! life and death was to be settled. He seemed deeply moved, an 1 sad rather than revengeful. A red blanket was now produced and spread up in the earth. It signified that blood had been shed which was not yet washed away, the crimson stain remaining. Nest, a blan blanket, - ket, blanket, all of blue, was spread over the red one. It expressed the hope that tlie I blood might be washed out in Heaven, j and remembered no more; and last a blanket purely white was spread over all. significant of a desire that nowhere ; on earth or in heaven a stain of the ! blood liould remain, and that every ; where, and by all. it should be forgiven i and forgotten. Th?se blankets, thus spread out. were ' . . 1 mi ; .t . x l receive me ransom. i ne menus oi j to receive tlie luigle brought goods oi various l kinds, and piled them high fafher-pf the slain. Heconsi before the lercd them a moment in silence, and his eye to the 1'atal knife. the Eagle threw her arms then turned The wile of around her husl ami's neck, and turned her eyes imploringly full on the old man's face, without a word. He had stretched his hand toward the knife when he met that look. He paused, his lingers moved convulsively, but they did not grasp the handle. His lip quivered, then a tear was in his eve. Father," said the brother, "ho. spar spared - ed spared my life." The old man turned away. ' I ac accept - cept accept the rausam," he said; "the blood of my son is washed away. I see no stain now en the hand of the Eagle, and he shall be in the place of my son." C-'i.We don't believe the folio'. ng story, we don't, not i word of it. The writer goes beyond all compass all reasonable compass,' as ralstan says, in draughts upon our cacdnlity : 'An old deacon in Yankee land once told us a story, lie was standing one day beside a frog pond we have his own word for it and saw a large garter snake make an attack upon an enormous bull frog. The snake then seized upon one of the frog's hind legs, and the frog, to be on a par with his snake-hip, caught him by the tail, and both commenced swallowing one another, and continued this carnivorous operation until nothing was left of either of them.' ! ! i , lav. In ; far , : : ! ; ; ! ! ; j ; i

A curious story is related of the "fierce wars and faithful loves" of the Indians. It is connected with one of the immens-' mounds which give so stri king a peculiarity to the onirics. A few years since, at the base of this mound a chief resided, whose young daughter was a girl of uncommon beau beauty, - ty, beauty, and this beauty was but the external manifestation of a pure and noble spir spirit. - it. spirit. As a matter of course, she had ma many - ny many admirers among the young braves of her nation. 11 . . ii-. . arts ot a coiiuette: and loving one anion - ,; - ,i , ' ,. . P i ., . s H.1 ll.llllitJ U.S lU'UH 111.' not to let, her preference be known, not only to the Young Eagle that won her heart, but also to those whose suit she hid rejected ' Among the rejected Suitors, one alone so lam ii io neait as 10 ucsire revenge. He, the Prowling Wolf, was filed "enmity though he manifested no desire ' ftn I:,!,! it to lv.vr !. to .Vsiro r,.vo..o for open violence. Both these yonng men were brave, both skillful in the use r , . i .. . i i ... oi weapons, which, Far away m the but- ,. , i- a ,. ! falo plains, had sometimes been used m i -i t 1 t :i ' ..... v. i ... . , battle: but while x oung ISasle was no- ii , - ,;. i i I m ' swayed by i. i -i. : i . I Midi uiuii impulses a young savage I may feel, the Wolf was reserved, dark I and sullen; and his naturally lowering; brow seemed, af.er the maiden had re-! fitsed him, to settle into a habitual BCOwL The friends of tlie Young Ea- g'.e feared for his safety. He. however, ! Was too happy in the smiles of his cho cho-bod - bod cho-bod bride, to trouble himself concerning the eumitv of another, especially when , he knew himself to be an eijua! in strength and skill. The happy couple were in the habit of meeting at the top of the mound mound-Young - Young mound-Young Bagle armed with a revolver he had received from a while. One sum summer - mer summer evening, just as the moon was up. Young Eagle sought the top of the mound for the purpose of meeting his future bride, for iheir marriage was agreed upon, and the appointed day was near. One side of this mound was a na naked - ked naked rock, which for thirty feet or more iilinnct i-i.-viii.n il i-ii 1 -i r .l:'-t fill tile ..r.i.:. .'::.... : ' c, A by it a large, flat sandstone rocK forms a convenient seat for those who would sur- ver the vallev. while a lew uusnes are. scattered over a part of the crest f the' mound. On this rock Young Eagle sat him down to await the maiden s coming. In a few minutes the bushes rustled near him, and rising, as though to mee! her, a tomahawk flashed by his head, and the next instant he was in the arms of a strong man, and forced to the brink of the precipice. The eyes of the two met in the moonlight, and each knew rfhat the struggle was for life. Pinioned as his arms were by the other's grasp, the Eagle frustrated the first effort of his foe, and then a desperate wrestle followed in which each was thoroughly maddened. The grasp of the Wolf was broken, and each instantly grasping his adversary by the throat with the left hand, sought his weapon with the right the one his knife, the other his revol revolver. - ver. revolver. In the struggle the handle of the knife of the Wolt had been turned in the girdle, and missing it in the first "grasp, ere he could recover his grasp. the revolver was at his breast, and a Umllet through his heart. One flash of shatred from the closing eyes, and the Minn of the dying warrior relaxed; and fas the body sank, the Young Eagle hurled it over the precipice, and in his wrath fired bullet after bullet into the corps, as it rtilled heavily down; and this not satisfying his revenge, he ran around and down the moaud and tore off the scalp of his foe. There had been no witness of this combat, for the young girl did not ar arrive - rive arrive till its termination, when her lover was scalping the victim. His life was therefore in imminent danger from the nstiec of the tribe, and the Young Ea Eagle - gle Eagle knew his only chance was to stand upon his defense. His chance arose from tb custom of the Indians, that it ;the murderer -escaped the blow of the avenger cf blood - the nearest relation ! : I I t . ; 1 I ! ! i ; ' ' ; J i i ; : !

sinner will die- yea. the sinner! Your wealth cannot save you. Death cares for none of these things; they are all tri- fles and gewgaws beneath his notice. lie no more -loves a shining mark' than j an ign jble one; he has no more pride in cutthiz down the rich man than the poor i I oi we.-t, ne into your path path-to - to path-to mote, you hav- ful shadow w'.ll fall upon your path: and fiat shadow will deepen and become more chilly, like an advancing eclipse; then her dark form will stand righf tJeath will como; he will certainly come. lie cannot be evaded; he cannot' be put back; he cannot be made to take his stfcpauy slower! Oh, he will come! All that lfves-on earth wiH die every b-iafkt Jrrd. and creeping thing; the humming-bird, the insert that flutters in the sunbeam; every tree .and shrub and flower -the oak, the pine, acacia, (ho moss that crows over the wall; every monarch, every peasant every rich man every .book wan;. evojaralav overs cIiOO;' every old nian that prides and his wealth: .himself on his honor.- every young man that prides himself on his talents or his strength: every maiden that prides herself on her beauty. Oh. all will die. 1 am in a world of death; I am amid the dying and the dead; I see not a living thiug in all my rambles that will not die no man, no woman, no child; no bird, no beast: no plant, no tree. The eagle that cuts the air, can- not fly above it: the monster of the deep cannot dive below it; the tiny insect cannot make itself so insignificant that deatfl will not notice it; the Leviathan cannot, with his great strength, struggle : against it. The Christian will die: the! against it. 1 be Christian will die; tlie the daughter of beauty and fash- ion than the daughter of ugliness and sin. lie loves to level the thistle as well as the roe bud; the bramble as the magnolia; the briar as the cedar of Leb Lebanon. - anon. Lebanon. He cares as little for robes of ermine as for the beggar's rags: as little for your richest vestment and gayest apparel as for the blanket of the savage. You will die. Md the fear of death will coma upon you. Death comes just as no is pan - j i mined on 1 solemn, fixed, stern, dctcr dctcr-s - s dctcr-s work. He hears no cry for pity; he regards no shriek of terror. He comes steady, certain, unchanged and unchangeable in his purpose, to take yo i from your bed of down; to hurry you away from your splendid dwelling: to call you out of the assembly-room tat ng you av. av from your ompamons, vj'.i tor nnmRBT mra then resume the "dan. o. that you may die. Death will COtne. He has been advancing toward you ever since you began to breathe, lie has kept on h's way. always advancing to meet you, Villi le you have b icen asleep or awake; and if you have one north, or south, or has always put himself -how near or how re reliever - liever reliever known. Death will come. Hchasalw ing, never receding: a: ivs been advanc advanc-d - d advanc-d soon his b.ine- before you, bctwt l von and the li ht of the living w orld, and you wiil bo in ! the dark valley. Death will come fearful enough u ider any circumstances,' even if you are a Christian awful, un speakable awful, i awful, if von are not. i I

Obcrlin is open to missionary effort. Xot more removed from commercial in intercourse - tercourse intercourse with the nations of the world has been Japan, than have the Obcrlin Obcrlin-ites - ites Obcrlin-ites from the Christian and conservative influences of the age. They have beeu a peculiar people, walled about with big bigotry, - otry, bigotry, and setting not only public opin opinion - ion opinion but the laws of the country at defi defiance. - ance. defiance. Like the Mormons in their dis distant - tant distant aud desert country, they claim to be the Lord's annointcd, and look upon the balance of the world as-outside bar barbarians, - barians, barbarians, "born to believe a lie that they mightibe d d." But a brighter day is dawning upon them. Obcrlin and Utah are both bound to be redeemed under the missionating and christianizing spir spirit - it spirit of the age. It was considered a bold movement when, during the last cam campaign - paign campaign the Hon. George Bliss, in the spir spirit - it spirit of a martyr, dared make a Democratic speech in that colored and consecrated borough. lie went armed as Perry did to Ja Japan, - pan, Japan, and the citizens, acting upon Fall Fall-staff - staff Fall-staff s motto, that '-prudence was the better part of valor," allowed him to leave his message instead of his lead. Thise was the Opening of the ports of Oberlin, and now we see an effort is ma making - king making to establish an Ejiiscopal Ciurth within the sacred precincts of that town. Here is a chance for the liberal hearted and the liberal minded of all political parties and religious professions to sub subscribe. - scribe. subscribe. A church dedicated to the ser service - vice service of Almighty God, is already partly constructed there, and needs to finish it a few hundred dollars to outside dona donations. - tions. donations. Charity begins at home. Here is a field for missionary effort at our doors. Let us all subscribe something for this most worthy object. '-The lib liberal - eral liberal man deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand." Bible. J'hiui Dealer.

Young-man! after the duties of the day are over, how do you spend your cvenintrs? When business is dull, and leaves at your disposal many unoccupied hours, what disposition do you make of them? I have known and now know, many young men, who, if they devoted to any scientific, or professional pursuits, the time they spend in games of chance and lounging in bed. might raise to any eminence. You have all read of the sexton's son who became a fine astrono- mcr by spending a short time every eve eve-! - ! eve-! ning in gazing at the stars after ringing the bell for nine o'clock. Sir William Phipps, who at the age of forty-five had attained the order of knighthood, and the office of High Sheriff of New Eng- land, and Governor of Massachusetts, learned to read and write in his ciediteen- teenth year, of a shipcarpenter in Boston. William Gilford, the great editor of the Quarterly, was an apprentice to a shoe shoemaker, - maker, shoemaker, and spent his leisure hours in study. And because he had neither pen paper, slate or pencil, he wrought out his problems on smooth leather, with a blunt awl. David llittenhousc. the American As Astronomer, - tronomer, Astronomer, when a plow boy, was observ observed - ed observed to have covered his plow and fences with figures and calculation. James Ferguson the great Scotch Astronomer. learned to d by himself, and master- Cd the elements of Astronomy ie elements ot Astronomy while a shepherd's boy in the fields by night. And perhaps it is not too much to say that if the hours wasted in idle company, in conversation at the tavern, were only spent in th ! ur u t of knowledge, the dullest apprentice at any of our shops might become an intelligent member of society, and a ft person for most of our civil oltiees. By such a course, the rough covering of many a youth is laid aside; and their ideas, instead of being confin confined - ed confined to local subjects ami technicalities, might range the w ild fields of creation ; and other stars trom among the young i men of this city might bo added to the list of worthies thai are gilding our country with bright vet mellow light.

without price.' -Well, wc will see about that," said Aaron, and after dividing his subject into two or three different heads, cum cumins - ins cumins name need as follows: 'The scarcity of an article in all cases iroverns the price: but w hen an article women are better than men. for the Bi Bi-onnd - onnd Bi-onnd hie don't say that a virtuous man is Mrs. II- was a. ligious wo wo-uear - uear wo-uear wor- man, and perhaps shipping Mr. N ter, some of our i'rite minis- dp Kossuth, the Hungarian;" bill.- as it may, she was continually ha ijlg Aaron, a shrewd lad of some sew years of ago, who, to pesf? jJd lady, and hear her scold, wa idiallv sneak rather Bghtly of liter minister. sc of Mrs. 11. usual to ckjstrscf iiii.7: "an t iron. ttlK.ing she put it on rather hard , after SParinir her through, said 'I'm as good as Mr. N. and can preach las well.' 'Preach!' said the old lady' -you don t iknow one single word in tlSv liblc. Well, give me a text,' aid Aan-u. tnd see if I can t preach.' 'You don't know anything about the Bible,' said Mrs. II., 'if you do. you may take any text you please. 'Well,' said Aaron, 1 -A virtuous wo woman - man woman is without price.' ain't that in your Bible!' 'Yes.' said Mrs. II., 'and it shows that .ljle don t say cannot be found, it cannot be had at any price and for that reason it is -without price. iow, u there were any virtuous women, there would be a price, ami a high one too. by reason of the scarcity, but as there is none At this stigc of the discourse, the old lady seized the broom Aaron.' said she, 'you are an impu impudent - dent impudent brat, and if you don't lear out, 1 will pelt you with the broom Handle.' Aaron made tracks into the road, fin- -diing his sentence 'they without price, as lie went inrougq me uoor. which the old lady closed after him with considerable force. Aaron now started for home, saving to himself as he went along. 'I guess the old woman will not chastise me again very soon' and as it proved, he. was in. t:;i:crl !rr pie'-. nun.- ). Transcript.

of wind and rain, which led the inn inn-compenion - compenion inn-compenion keeper to look anxiously after the sign in th? morning. There it was, sure enousrh. swinlrmsr to and fro. but the J5S5" A porson who kept an inn by the roadside went to a painter and inquired for wh it sum he would paint a bear for a signboard.. It was to he a real good one, that would attract customers. Fifteen dollars." replied the painter. 'That's too much," said the innkeep innkeeper - er innkeeper '-Tom Larkin will do it fur ten.' Is it to be wild or tame? ' inquired the painter, not wishing to be underbid by his rival. "A wiid one. to be sun;." With a chain or without one?" again asked the painter. Without a chain." 'Well. I will paint von a wild bear without a chain for ten dollars." The bargain was struck; the painter Set to work, and in due time sent home the signboird, on which he had painted a huge brown bear, of mus' ferocious as- pcet. It was the admiration of all the! neighocrs, ana drew plenty oi customer; . to the inn. One iiV:ht there arose a violent storm i bear had distmneared. lie immediately ii hurried to the painter, and related what had happened. ' Was it a wild bear o a tame one '! " inquired the painter, coolly. A wild bear.'' 'Was it chained or not?" " T guess not." "Then.'' said the painter triumphant triumphant-clothes - clothes triumphant-clothes -how could von oxnert, wild bear - to cmain in such a storm as that of last ! night without a chain? No bear would h ive d jne it." The innkeeper had nothing to say arainst so conclusive an argument, and I finally agreed to give the painter fifteen d '11 irs to paint him a wild bear with a chain, that would not take to the woods in the next storm. It is only necessary for us to add that IKa ....:..t,.l i nlnv rnl ini. in. i ;i ii.i.- ii.iiiiit.il in i. .in i v.-.. i.i.. , - .1 ii ors, winch tlie violent rain Had wasneu away, while the second was painted in oil colors. j j ! ! j 1 ! I i

We have been told that when John Biglcr, late Governor of the State of California was a member of the State Legislature, Mrs. B., his wife, absolutely washed the clothes of the honorable gen gentleman - tleman gentleman for so much a dozen. At the time of his election Biglcr was very poor, and per diem was hardly enough for himself and his wife to live on in those prodigal times. To make both ends meet, and save something against a rainy day, Madame Biglcr put her shoulder to the wheel, as qbove related- Now, won't this be rather startling to the pale faced, attenuated damsels of the Kast. who scream and faint at the sight of a wash tub or cobweb? Think of it. Thewife ofan ex-governor.with hersleeves and gown tucked up. bending over the wash tub, while her husband, with his clean dickey standing upright, chafing ; his ears, rose to a question of privilege. ! "Mr. Speaker ! Mr. S-p-e-a-k-e-r.'' And then think of the ex-washerwoman being feted, three years after, as the wife of the! Governor of the State of California, worth one hundred and fifty thousand i dollars! enough money to make the heads of universal snobdom duck and dive like an affrighted water foul in a thunder storm. Good for the Pennsylvania Dutch i girl! Five hundred years hence, when i the mstorian Hits the veil trom tno cata- . . . .. 1 , ot the untorgotien dead, he may, per perhaps, - haps, perhaps, append this little episode to the history of one of California's Governors: and the little ragged girls that then go down to dip water from the Bio Sacra Sacramento, - mento, Sacramento, may think better of their mothers who have to labor, because a long time ago Mrs. John Biglcr, the Governor s wife, filled her wash tub from the same noble river. These arc the pioneer women of Cali fornia; there are many such, as strong wil-.ed and as true, who quail not at their own foot-steps in the woods, whose hearts swell with hope at The banking of the hammer, And creaking of the cane. j i j : : j !