Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              .i J1 1 gggfigggMHi)Wy urn m i hi ii if .... ; U« 'W ' ,]l ' L""' f AINA A XT IIll AC IT P GAZETTE, PITTST ON •J AND SUSQUEH JOURNAL/ IT* / JO | 51 Withh) lifui5)jnjitr-(IOeo0tfii [a %hm. Ditrrnfurf, fjrt Blerrnntile, Wining, Jflttjmntral, nn8 tgroferat Siniibi of \[)t Country 3nstrnrtiori/liiiH0pnmifD 51nnM. U. .. -_J- i *: C£.- sw VOLUME 3.--NUMBEH 20. PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1853, WHOLE NUMBER 130, THE FITTSTON GAZETTE, which sounied very similar lo n love-sigh, answered in a suiter and a suddcl* tone— "What a pily that such » beautiful creature as'MAiif should be the child ol a tkief and counterfeiter." suppressed cries, and entreated him to seek safety in flight across the river. s " Never!" exejaimed the lovely Mary. "Never run from such a band of murderi ers. No, dear father, defend your own house or die! I will holp you deiend it, and die, with you." i In a few moments their foes were at the gate. They alighted, hitched their horseS to the palings, and were in the act of entering. The gate was fifty paces from the house. T—' s.,i Tit )'"r — /or the people, everywhere, ore ulwoys certain to take sjjies with extraordinary bravery,; anc| oljlwugh the friends of the old fegiiqp of violence managed to have on indictment returned by the graud jury against Mary Sij#onn tot flie murder ot Mavs, slio was acq#it!fi(l aftertf8rds on trial, amid the accliypaUons of five hundred speotators. . i Mticl) greater wds manifested in lier fuvor, owing W l!lP genera! belief that she was not apprisftjdoi" her father's felonious practices. The female members ot the family had been popular all the while, even when tiie coqnlprfeiter himself had bCDcn universally ejperated. As we are not doling in fiction, but naked, unadorned trMto,proven and sworn in a court of justiae,, tye cannot gratify the reader's ctjriosity .by presenting any additional particulars as to ttie .subsequent history of Marv SiutyMif. * The writer shortly afterwards emigfa(ed to Texas, arid has not #tncn heard 4Uj}ht from one whoso beautiful image rlspf up often before the eye ot memory. , , Why is truth stuijgcr than fiction 1 Because truth is wild, passionate, living heart, whit* fiction is forged in the oold, crafty The one Is wrought in figures ot fircj, tl»e other in embroidery of frostwork. Gates." " Your servant sir' —" YoOf servant sir," pasted around. G«n. 13urgoyne said, " TbfOUgh the misfortune of war, Gen. Gates, I am yoUr prisoncn"— " h it not through any misconduct of JroUis, Gen. Burgoyne," replied Gates. Then came the British troops in col urns, as riohly dressed, oleon and stable men as ever 1 saw. 1 saw not a smile on tho fucc of an American or British. and talley, gushing stream and tangled woods enduritig all tfie in61efti£ney of the element*, till at length they came to the Bed river, a branch of the Kentucky,— For months they hunted with success ; but at length, in December, ftoone and one of his companions fell into the hands of ifite Indians, from whom fhey only escaped by stratagem. On returning lo their camp, they found it deserted by the reft. Determined to persevere, they remained in it, using great precautions ogainst. the hostile Indians ; until Squire, a brothef of ffootffl, joined him with another man, and entered into the same kind of life. A few months after) by the death of one man and the desertion of another, the ttt'o fioones Were left ulone ; and thus they continued to be for several months, when Squire was'cdmpelted to return to the settlements for a supply of ammunition) and Daniel was left without a dog for company-«-thc sole white man in that vast territory. The war just then breaking out, and, all the horrors of Indian hostility impending iftd hcrcrtsfh 6C those women deserves especial honor. AND Nuiqiu'ltaiia Anthrneilc Journal l'OBLISIIEU WEEKLY BY G. M. it il.jS. PHILLIPS. " I atn told she used to be your sweetheart," said Barker, with a sihile. We pass over much detail as to the various settlements which were formed, and entirely overlook th'e doings ot a remarkable man, George Rogers Clark,  much to do wiili the infancy of Kentucky. It noon became necessary to keep a capful watch upon tjie movoments of the Indians. All along the border the imprcs. dioft gained stre'i;«tlD that the savagrs, instigated and backed (he British, would swoop down and Jay all waste. The hated race of "tanners," those spsculators who came out to obtain a pre-emption right by building a cabin and planting a crop; the wretched traders who were always wandering about the frontier j the hunters who were revelling among the countless herds of game, now for the first time seen all began, cfurlfig the winter and spring of 1770, to draw closet to the stations. And within these stations men sat round the fire witli loaded rifles, and told their tales of adventure and peril with new interest, as every sound reminded them how near their deadly enemy might be. And from hour to hour rcouts came in with rumors of natives sden here and there ; and parties of the bold rangers tightened their belts, and left the protection of their fiWts to leajn tiie truth of these alarms. But there was one who sat a', such times silent, and secinfugfy tin heeding, darning his punting shirt, or mending his leggins, or preparing bis rifle balls for use ; and v$l to him all eyes often turned. Twfr or thre* together, the other hunters started by day. light to t'ei'rt'ntToh/eJ sflently he «at work, ing until nightfall. The A silently he Wenr, none saw him go. But when they obser. ved him gone, they wbuld say, " now we shall know spiVtettiing sure for old Daniel's on the track.And \VFien; bye and bye, some Otic yet wakefuP saw the shadow af Boone, as he re-entered the cabin, he OJU* I ft st 4 flit of .Vain Slrcrt, stefnd story of ike "Long £D£•/•#" of IVisncr «S* H'ovd. ' "Yes," replied Mats, "I loved' her fts my own soul, and am satisfied that Kite lov. cd ino, until I joined the lynchers, and then she would never speak to me again, liut that must have been the work of her infernal father, and I'll have his scalp for it yet." I Tm "Oaiett* it Jov**ai" t« |iilDlbh«d cyory t'riilm, i at Two DubLAln prr milium. Tww .lJolllir# mid Vifi) j will be chirked if not palir within the Vrttr. • IV o piper will IM1I all arrC»ra*» a are paid. AtrVKU«tssjftS*T» are inserted conspicuously nt OfVK ; ur iter nquftr* of fourfwn line* for tit rue inwrtlonf J | iui1 twicitv'fiveCentsadditionalfdrevery»uj3K-C|Mcht . tmertiun. A liberal deduction to ilioao Mao advert!** ! for tlx mouth* or ihe if hole yefcr. v Jon We bav* connected with our raWtblifhiuent a vr«IJ detected MwrtincM C'f ,,n Tvrc, which will nn« M« us to execute, In the neatest «)lr,ewrv variety of ( luintiuf. I " Ne»t came the Hessians—and how shall I describe the most miserable, filtly, ill-looking beings 1 ever saw in human fprm ? But the fag-end was tho women, 1 suppose. Many of them led horses, upon the back of which were thfoWn oblcng bags sewd up at tho ends. These bags contained provisions, blankets, clothing, utensils, 6to., and in many cases were the heads of children sticking up above the horses' backs, through holes in the bags.— Sometimes there were two smaller children on the other tide to balance. Our orders were to maintain a respectful silence, but this last was too much ! One ventured a suppressed laugh—his neighbor took the disease in a more violent form, until in n few .moments the whole American lines were convulsed with the most uproarious laughter, and all. at the expense of the poor Hessians, their women, children and (quipage. A« soon as they had all passed, we marched south a few miles and halted for the night, but by sunrise the next morning we were on our way to Albany, and miDre!iln« all day and night, the ncxr morning found us upon the east of the river opposite Albany, where the bare ground was an easy bed for a short time. Tho reason of this forced march was that the enemy were ascending the river to join Burgoynp, but hearing of his defeat, lliey returned to New Yorlc. fn a few days, we went down n»e river several miles fn sloops—landed on the west side—crossed the Jerseys— joined Washington fn Pennsylvania, (the British being in possession of Philadelphia) and arrived at Valley Forge i*i ihe latter part of December, 1717. Sometime previously wc had lost our tents, cooking utensils, Aic., and as wc did not draw bread, we kneaded our flour in a knapsack, kept clean for I he purpose, and baked it-by the fire or in hot embers if w# Imd any. One of my ntcts had a small copper tea-kettle, which I suppose he stole. We made bush huts, and afterwards those of logs. After sleeping during the night on tho ground, J have awaked in the morning and found myself covered with snow, but 1 did not sutler much from cold. "Now, father, is the time to fire. Let us shoot sure and quick," said Mary, in a low and calm voice. "Bu»," said Barker, "They any she can cut off the head of a hawk with a |»ibtol ut ton paces." Hut Silmore was in no slate of mind to heed nuch excellent advice. His courage Itatl vanished in .the exact ratio of ihe enemy's approach, and ho stood pale, trembling, and powerless as an infant. THE DENTIST'S CHAIR. "That may all be as they say," replied Mays, "but she will never do harm to any human being. She is the most tender hearted woman God ever created. 1 wish you could have seen her weep at the deuth of her little spotted fawn, lorn to pieces by the dogs, through mistake.'' a r.utODY "Why don't you shoot, father 1" askid Mary, with flashing eyes,, as the lynchers rushed through the gate, and hurried on towards the cabin, and the mother and eldest daughter screamed outright with terror.' The father could not even answer ; but sunk dowrt quaking, on the floor. I dread it! I dread it! anJ who shall dare T» elude mc fur dreading (he dentist'* chair 1 I wou'd pass it liy with averted eye*, Hcdewed with tears, and embalmed with sighs; f"or a thousand nerves in agony start, ind its very name will appall my heart, Would ye know the spell 1 I've often sal there, A martyr to pain in the dentist's chair. "That's no sign," said Barken, " Par* son Brady, you remember, cried one day over his dead horse, and the next day kill, ed Jack Coulter for calling him "OldSnuffler." Tears are as great a humbug as smiles, and I wouldn't trust either further than I could throw a black smith's anvil.— Hut tell me, captain, what shall we do with Silmore if we catch him this time? We have ordered him oil', and lie won't go ; we have w hipped him till he has noskiu on his back, and yet he don't budge. What are we to do V It is impossible for men who have grown up in our tame civilization to enter into the feelings of one to situated. Many hundred rnilias from all to whom he could look tor aid ; in a boundless wood*, filled with subtle and cruel enemies; dependant upon his gun, yet with a scanty store of ammunition, without a comrade or the hope of one, and still contetited and cheerful, nay, very happy. Every day he changed his position ; every night he slept in a different place from the one he had occupied the night befbre j constantly 1A hfe was lorced to be constantly upon his guard, but freedom, the love of nature, llio excitement of peril, and the pleasures of the chase, appear to have repaid him for all his :tial», toils and watchfulness. One circumstance, which helps us to explain Boone's security while among the bands ot roaming savage*, and, as "ve should suppose, in hourly read of losing his life, was this : The forests of Kentucky, at that early period, were filled with a species of untile, whiuh, being once trodden oti, detained lor a long time the impression of the foot, even a tuikcy nia/ be tracked with ease in it. This weed the Indians, numer. qua and fearless, took no pains to avoid, while the solitary hunter never touched it, this became to him a sure irnd easy means of knowing the presence, position and numbers of Ms enemies, without betray, ing his own whereabouts. There is an anecdote of Boone, referible to a different period, which gives a striking nfca 01 artch a stealthy lile as ho uow led. We had approached the Licking river from the West, at the same period that another adventurer, Simon Kenton, had reached the borders of the valley frortr the Cast. Such paused to reconnoitre, before he left the covert ol the woodsund each nscertainrd the presence of. nnother human being in' the neighborhood. Then commenced a process on thtt part of each for learning who the other \Vifs,- wiVrtitit revealing himself; and sUch was their mutually baffling power of concealment, that fcrty-eigllt hours passed before either could satisfy himself that the other was not an Indian and a foe 1 "Then let me shoot!" cried the young heroine, springing to a gun, as the savage men advanced half way from the gate to the door. 'Tisa Tearful thing for the fislcning car, {.'■ominous, rising sqeak to hear— To seecoine forth from the little drawer, The weapons of torture, you've bargained for; He scrapes and he cuts, and Lores awhile, ,Then renews the Attack with the horrid file. JXo one, though ever so vile, could dare To nub bis worst foe in the dentist's chair. "iNo, no," articulatad Silmore, in Ircm. iiIoub tones, so faint as to be scarcely an audible wliisper ; and at the same instant the mother aud Eliza caught Mary, and by main strength, aud with considerable dfffiulty, prevented her from firing—an act that under the circumstances, would have looked like madness; for what n.ight the despuiring bravery of a girl avail ogair.st two hundred of the most desperate lynchers in all the backwoods? The Surrender of Biirgoync. Rv AS EVE WITNESS. We recently ligfd the pleasure of perns ing a letter wr(ttcq.' by the vonerable Samuel Cody, uf Vernon Centre, New York, now in luC ninety third year, in which he deggribcs inany incidents connected with the surrender of Burgoyne, on the 17th of October, 1777t of which he Was an eye-whiiess. The writting is even and regular—■'! plain as print '"— ." Hang him up to a limb of the magnolia in his own yurd," replied Mays. Thosn dreadful hours I remember yet, Anil who that has known thcro can fc'er forget The thrill of dread, and the heart s quick bent, When "appointed'' to mount lo that fearful scut 1 Though covered with crimson and so;I to view, JN'o beauty 'or softness, can hope renew, When the lieud lies buck with the mouth stretched While the lynchers arc on the way, let us anticipate their goul, aud view the position of their eueuiv. . Immediately ou the southern hank of Spring river, embowered in the shade of a clump ill grand magnolias—the only speck of limber visible in a largo prairie—mighl be seen the log cabin of Lewis Siluouk. I'lte spot was surrounded by palings, enclosing fome half an acre or more, lo which the approach led through a while washed gale. Both above and below, by the rich bottom along the stream, bloomed fields and gardens, with other evidences of comparative wealth, aud, uinong the number, hull adofcfn African slaves, who were busily employed uiih the plough and weeding-hoe.Little ft me, however, was allowed for action. In a moment the door was beaten from its hinges. The avengers entered and dragged the quivering counterfeiter forth, his wife and Eliza following after, and calling out in ihe most piteous tones for mercy. The prayer was ottered in vain— offered to ears as deal to entreaty as the adder's to the charms of music. wide, and tlie lines so com pact that sixty t«o are written upon i a page or common letter paper. Congress had ordered the deficiencies in the continental regiments to be mude up JDy drafts, " hut" soys the venerable patriot And the dentist stands with his lungs beside 1 Ci« past, 'lis p.ul—the pain of to-day, Hut its memory still will my spirit sway ; .Ind when age succeeds to the days of youth, I shall still remember that drcudful tooth** It may be folly—I may be Weak— But though tally it H, fro.a the heart I speak ; They art many ami painful the hours spent there, And who chides me for dreaCJ'»t? 'he dentist's ; found, as usual, that \he solitary Stout, had learned all that was to be known,' and the' n slept in' peace. In July the storm lirolie out upon the poor Colonists, most of whom fled before the wrath of the Cherokees and Shawhese,' leaving only a few determined little bands in the forts. It was a terrible time ; yet Daniel Boone was never dismayed. Oue day his daughter and two other young girls were rfw.using themselves in a skiff on the Kentucky, while several of the male set-* tiers looked on. Suddenly they fell the boat taking a direction for the opposite shore. A' lurking Indian had swum in, arid caught hold of' ft, and' the poor children found themselves prisoners amoHest fit band who had posted themselves in a little thicket close to the river. The settler* heard their1 screaip as they were caught and hurried off. It was sometime lie fore Uooiie, and a little party of friends could bro8 a'nd Commence pursilit,' s6' that th6 Indians got the *tarl for several miles. A; daybreak ho recovered tlicir trail but sooti lost it again in a thick wood td perpetrate wliiteh would have sadly impeded him.— Life and death, freedom 0/ captivity, hung upon the right use of every rtioihertt.— Boone was not long at a loss: turning southward with.his companions, so as to leave, the track upon his left, having carefully observed its general direction, and feeling sure that the captors would take their prisoners to the Indian t't)'wns uptih either the Suioto or Miami, he boldly struck fimvavd', and traveled thirty inilesor more; then turning at right angles towards the utfftb, he looked narrowly for marks of1 the passage of the marauders. It was a bold and keendevic, and the eventproved it a w sagacious one ; for, after going-' d .few miles they cair.e upen the Indian trail in : one of the great Buflklo paths. Inspired with nc*y hope and strength, the whites pushed forward quickly, but quietly, and on the alert, lest unexpectedly they might come upon the ludians. And well was it that they used great caution ; when, after going it r. miles they at length got sight of them as they were leisurely, arid' halfstripped, prepaiing their diuner, the quickoyed sons of the forest saw them as soon a$ they were themselves discovered.— Boone had featod tliat if t|ieir apnrorich Was known, the girls should be kilted ihstantly, and he was prepared for iiistant action. So soon therefore, as the savages were seen, he and his companions fired, and then the whole body rushed forward so suddenly, as to'cause their opponents to take to their heels withodt waiting for scalps, gUne, kuives, moccasins or blank, ets ; and the three terrified girls were recovered unhurt. . - " My tatlicr said he would take the place of one and I should that of anotlier.— this wan in the gprfn$ of 1777, and our term of service was to expire on the 10th of January, 1778. We were placed in Capt. Keep's company, Col. Shepherd's regiment and Geiv Clover's brigade.— We ma relied lo CJaveroek CDn the Hudson, where we endured great sufferings from disease, want of provisons, clothing, Sic. We soon learned that Gen. Schuyler was retreating before the Britons. We were oidered north /rard, and joined General Schuyler near Saratoga. The Indians picked ofi' our sentries und great dissatisfaction existed until Gen. Gates look command, when new spirits were infused into our soldiers, our rations became ample and good, with a gill of New England Hum cach man per day. Gates said "My boys we Dvi!l now go back and meet them—no more retreating. " " Amen," said every heart. We recrossed the stream, and met the British at Stillwater told them by our fortification* that they should come no further. Here they were strongly fortified, but must have known that they were in a bad situatiou. I suppose they thought ot Bennington aud the Green mountain boys would be at their backs. Soon ihey chose to risk u battle, and attacked the wing of our Briny. This was a bloody day until dark at night, and our forces lay on the ground ready tor the events of the morning. The British returned to their quarters, rested and then attacked again on the same ground. " Let us hang the wretch *.o tho first limb !" sh'juled captain Mays. " Hang him to the first limb !" echoed two hundred voices. chair? [Oliic liruvch. ; "Here is a rope," said (he captain, drawing a strong cord from his pocket! "Mercy ! mercy !" "Climb tin into that magnolia, and lie one end of this lo yonder swinging limb, while 1 fasten Ihe other iu a noose round the villain's neck ; and then, when i give the wgrd, pull him up six feet. Let him (jo ofr high and dry," ordered Ihe chiel lyncher. WWI 'rnmmfc, on, The owner of the farm was a Yankee— •ut ail events, such w«« th« geuccul belief, lie had emigrated three years previously, was poor ui the lime of his arrival, and acquired his property since by dishonest piaclic:s. In fine, lie was a counterfeiter, whose ingenuity and caution were so remarkable thai it was impassible to procure his conviction in a regular court of justice. The Heroic Conduct of a Missouri Girl. " My term of enlistment soon expired, and I was discharged 300 miles from home, without money, as Government hod none to pay us. Washington sent an officer to draw rations Irom the country stores on the route. After a narrow ocape from drowning in crossing lite North River, in twelve days wc arrived at our homes in Connecticut." The Sunday Times some lime ago gave ; the history of on even I which occurred in Southwestern Missouri not many ycais ago. Tiie fuels ore gleaned Irom a report wl ilie trial of Maiiy Silmork lor murder. The.u ritpr of the •rticlo says that lie was himself counsel fortho heroine, on liertri. ul, and that the principul events lierc relatod are on record in the archives of the Uiicuit Court of Jasper county, Missouri: On the 4th of July, 1910, tlie lynchers o) Jasper were all in motion. The cap. lull) of the band had made a requisition for their whole force, and accordingly, full two hundred, completely armed and equip- j j'cd, assembled at 1 he court house, as I lie j |wiiut of departuru on theirdesperate expe. I ditioi). They were all well dressed, j mounted on strong, serviceable horses, and 1 luigbt be termed a respectable looking set i Cif men for the backwojd*. Tiieir cap- i tuiu, John Mays, in particular, was a splendid fellow, ut least in physical appear- I ancc. Tall, graceful and commanding, he j w as fitted to jidorxi the draw ing room, us well as the battle fi-ld. One of those changeable beings, so common in the fur west, where any profession may be assumed at will, without preliminary training, he : had been first a bee hunter,'then a metlioilist preacher, then a doctor, then a lawyer. , He was now a '-fighter'; nod on accountof his astonishing prowess in this new oc- ■ cupat ion, had recently been elected to the captaincy of '.ho lynchers, in placc of a predecessor killed. A striking example will serve to illustrate his extraordinary cunning. lion Mays, a brother of the epptain, and another man, ascended the old tree in the yard, us directed, one of them holding the rope between his teeth, while their leader proceeded to adjust the noose on the fainting victim's neck. ■Sti.MoiiE was arrested ubout a year be fore the datu of the visit by the lynchers, —soon to bo desciibed—ui.d brought to trial lor passing spurious money to the amount of five thousand dollars, w hich lie had given in payment for a drove of slaves. The proofs on. the part of the State tvero positive against him, and there seemed no chaucc for his escape. Hut to the astonishment of everybody, he introduced as u witness of his iuuoceuco one of the. mosl respectable men in the county, who swore, "thatsoine months uuterior the prisoner at the bur hud staid over nigia at his house, and that in the morning, when they both walked out to the gate, Silmorl cxciaimcd looking towurds the public road, 'yonder some traveller has lost his pocket bojk,' and tunning to the place, picked it up, when it w as found to contain five thousand dollars in bank notes—the same then produced in court. That the numbers were taken down by witness at prisoner's request, and an advertisement inserted in the ft-pningliehl newspaper, with an accurate account of the finding." This was conelusive, and the accused accordingly received an acquittal. What a rogue's trick was this !—w hut fertility of invention !— 'o lose his own counterfeit money, and then find it in the presence of a credible witness, so es to have proof for any con- -Mercy ! mercy !" Still arose that wailing cry, in s-hricks fearfully loud and shrill. mwm mamD THE POUNDER OF KENTUCKY. A SKETCH OP 1118 UFB AND AUVENTLEKP. '•Take away these yelling women," said the captain, as the two females fell on their faces before him, and clasped their arms closely about his knees. Squrre Flocfne returned at the end or June, (1770) and the Inn brothers continued to liunt together. Meanwhile.a band called the Long hunters, led by Uaplnin James KnoX| entered thfe territory oil' the south, and spent some thue it il, bat Bbone knew nothing of their proceedings, lie and his brother rrinuined about the vale of the Kentucky till the ensuing March,'and then returned liomqjn order to bring njoro settlers, including Duuicfs Partiily. It dres not seem unto us many years since wc read in the papers an obituary notice of Daniel Boone, the founder of the State of Kentucky. Need we eay what Kentucky now is T a State as large as Scotland, fertile and beautiful, and con. Uining about a trillion of people. Yet the first white man who set himself down to live in this grand country, ontv died at the end of the reign of George the III; so rapidly does the woild advance in some of its districts. I'oOue's history is interesting, because it realizes almost in our own day some of these processes of civil, ization which, in the elder world, passed long before history existed. It is tho story of the Jew and Canaanite—as far os that was a mere conflict for land—brought almost before our living eyes, The command was executed ; and as the rude murderers bore them oil, they both still scrcamcd "mercy !"—and Eliza added, "come, sister Mary, and Bfcg the captain for mercy. He once loved you so well, perhaps he will hear you." Mays turned pale, and glanced towards the cabin. No one, however, was to be seen there, and the door itself was again In the Autumn, Boone wris passing again into Kentucky, wilh five ('amities besides his own and forty other men ; when, upon the lOlli CD1 October, unloosed' for as thunder from the clear sky, a band of In. dians poured upon the rear of the little emigrant army a deadly fire, womeu slil io. ked, children squalled, tile Cuttle broke and run, horses reared and plunged, the young men drew their rifles to their shoaltiers and the old "treed" instantly. A few momcuts decided the matter; the whites were victors, but six dead men, and one badly wounded gave them nn idea' of the nature of frontier life. Among the dead was Daniel's eldest son. '1110 party retreuted and Boone speut another year in inactivity. During this time lanid-speculators and survevers poured into the land of Kentucky, and routed the hostility of the Indians to • high pitch. A party of eight bundled of tliein wero only saved liom destruction by Boone's undertaking, at tlie request of th«r Governor of Virginia (the liarl ol Dunmorr) to brirlg tHfeni o(T; in which duty lie was perfectly successful.shut "Are 50U ready «" inquired the chief, looking into the tree above him. . " Here, as in the former engagement, Arnold had command of the fighting force. He did not lack skill or courage in this battle, I would give the man his due. The enemy fell back, and we took .some prisoners ond several pieces of artillery. We lay upon our arms at night, and were so near the British that we could hear the Hessians relieve their guards. A great noise was kept up in their camp all night. At daylight we marched for their camp, but wh*n we got where they were, lliey were not there, except wounded, sick and doctors to attend ihem. There they were quartered in large tents. We pursued the main body passing dead horses, the wrcck of wagons and other things burned on their retreat, and came up with them at Saratoga, upon a high hill north of Saratoga Creek, w here they had planted their artillery. Thoy complimented us with balls and sheila for perhaps two hours, without benefit to themselves or detriment to us, except one poor fellow, who was killed.— We were under a steep hill, and I saw the balls and shells pass over us, but we lay as easy and quiet as chickens under a lien's wings. Wo fortified a hill on the opposite side of the creek, nearly as high as that occupied by the British, and frequently went to drive parties from the creek, where they came for water, as it was scarce in their camp. As Wis were about to open our fire, a flag of truce arrivod, attended by six very tail, richly dressed men, with very tall the tops of which were, I judgrd seven feet high. Ar armistice of three days, with a view to suirender was asked. Six of the tallest men in our Army, with the best clothes we could procure, and with caps so high we had to look twice to sec their tops, were selected to meet the Bag. Term* of surrender were finally coneluded. Our brigade was ordered to march down the hill and parade on the road leading South, with all the music of the brigade in the centre, playing " Yankee Doodle," Wo were just paraded when the British General, officers and staff, and Gen. Gates and staff met closo by where I stood in the ranks, and so near thai 1 oould hoar all t!Dat was said. An American offiyer 6tud ; " Gen. Burgoyne~Gen. '•Mercy !" feebly w hispered the counterfeiter, as terror renewod partially the now. or of speech-. " Merey 1" cried the mother and Eliza, several rods distant from the awful spot. "All reudy," said the executioners perched in the magnolia, tightening the fatal The spring of 1709 rose calmly over the broad woodlands which lay immediately beyond the mountains to the west of Virginia. It was a beauteous wilderness, known as yet only to the red Indian, but, abounding in game and wild fruits, and whatever can form a temptation to man seeking, for a residence. At that time there lived in Yalkin Vallev, North Carolina, a hardy peasant of about thirty seven years of age, a native of the County of Somerset in England, but long naturuliz ed to America, and now married, with a family of several children. A born hunter Daniel was, and fond of nothing but limiting—a man who preferred (a roam the monntain, and bleep in a cavern, or camp by a rushing spring, to the dull farm life and the home tire.side. Wc say he was a born hunter : he possessed the in. stinct of the bee, and could go lo his own dwelling in o bee line from any point which his wanderings might carry him.— Fatigue, hunger, and exposure, he could bear like any Indian, strong, but light, active as a deer, couragous, but cautious, kind, silent, thoughtful ; he was the very man to act the part of the Pioneer. Two years bctore the above dati a man limed Finlay had gone afar in the land of the rpd man upon a mercantile expedition. Ilim Daniel sought out, and learned that of a truth there was a country to the north-west where buffalo swarmed like flies in summer, and where the wild turkey and the deer were senroe worth wasting powder upon. He meditated and drcampt upon it for a y*tar, talked with his wife about it, who endeavored to drive It from his mind ; and finally, tightening his belt, and putting a new edge upon his knife, he sboulderea his rifle, bade his little family good-by, and, in company with fft'e comradrs, started in quest of1 the country of Kentucky. Finlay'Ied th« way. For five weeks did the littl«i-l»ud toil on and on through hill The company left the court house, which, on the frontier, is'tie public hall! far all sorts of meetings, and set out on . corth "Then " But the captain's voice was drowned in those screams for mercy, and by a sudden shock of oir more terri. ble still, and far more difficult to withstand.their campaign al ten o-'clocfc in the ihorn- 1 ing. It was a fine tight to see them skim- j miliar away over the green sward of the level prairie, their hunting shirts strearr.iug ill the wind, and their guns glittering iu 1 the svnshine. Many spectators, coll8ied . to celebrate tlie glorious day, witnessed j their departure ; and many predicted that ; they would not return as'they went. iingency- The log oahin of Sii.more, on that blight 4th of July before specified, presented indubitable tokens of preparation for some expected danger. The door was shut and strongly haired on the ipside. Several port holes, with the black muzzles of guns bristling through their apertures, might bo noticed in the walls as, well as doors.— Within, the sccne was worthy of a painter, intently watching towards the south, thro' a crcvico between '.lie logs, sat the counter, .fuiler—a slight, well favored, gray haired man, with rettless, rolling, and very bright black eyes, and a disagreeable puckered expression about tho corners of the mouth. Close beside liim were his wife and eldest daughter, Eliza, both in tears. Hut that crcaturo of grace and. beauty, the svlph like Mary, whose charms formed the topic of wander and admiration for the whole country around, although not yet sixteen, neither trembled nor wept, but constantly examined the guns—saw that •heir brecchcs were well supported on chairs and tables, and that their deadly muzzles were pointed directly at the gale. She looked at the priming in the pans, fixed fresh caps on the tubes of the pistols, and laid bowie-knife and hatohet in pluoes to be handy for sudden use. All this was pro-v-et) on the subsequent trial. And yet btill there was na appearance of unusual emo. (ion perceptible on her countenance, which was nrjld, calm,,and sweet as ever. Near noon a column of horsemen became visible in the south, moving rapidly forward over the even prairie. The vision of ominous peril affected the inmates of tho log cabin in different ways. The fea. turcs of the counterfeiter grew pule as marble. The mother and Eliza uttered "Doom ' boom !" Loud and heavy, two reports, that sounded almost together, pealed from the door of the log cabin. The girl Mary had begun her work. The commencing sentence died on the captain's livid lip. lie fell to the earth a livid corpse, his head torn to pieces with bullets und buckshot ; for the heroine had taken aim with a double barreled gun, and had given the enemy both loads at As for the lynchers themselves, they ; seemed to labor under no% gloomy appro- j '•tensions, as tho following conversation, ((sworn to afterwards in open court) w ill ' #how : The Contention between the Colonists and the mother country was now comingto a head -r and it was in tho midst of terrors, inspired by the policy ot the British employing the Indians as allies, that the colonisation of Kentucky took place.— James Hatred was the first to build a house ip thai region ; this was in 1774. Then ouc ltichtti'd Henderson, a Carolinian, by Boone's assistance, made a treaty with the Cherokees for e'ertnin lands lying between the Kentucky arid . Cumberland rivers, where it wa* purposed to establish atJolony. The ground had still to be fought for with ptltej; tribes.; but, in spite of all obstacles, a fort ot block houses and cabins was planted in the Surhmer of 1773, at Boonesborough—'the pioneer working with His axe in one hand and the rifle in the other. A «Drt o! Legislative Council made l8ws for the new settlement, which was regarded us on offshoot from the State of Virginia, Baotie then returned to his family, which with thrco others, he brought intti Kentucky in September. The four women of this iparty—Mrt. BoOne, Mrs. M'Gary, Mrs. Denton and Mrs. Hogan—were the firat of white complexion who entered the jfuniry the " .MWisrs ol tho West."— For two years the gallant Kenluckinns maintained their posts amidst incredible hardships and dangers. It became diffi cult to supply themselves with food, there was hardly any safety for catll4; and in hunting men were often cut oiT by the prowling enemy. One day as the women ot Logan's fort were milking the cows, attended by u .guard of uien, the In.; dians made a sudden attack, and killed ' several persoris. Such incident!, were' very T1— - -* fort, nfter hasavages lor so running short unless relief iD inevitable that jemtovvi The only begot I* wild and moun solved to mul eeeded. Ove tangled woof way, will) j}. tenth day he v It i* pleasant thu* ablo to h* L '•■Well, captain," said Tojj Barker, one j of the gang, ' do you* think old S1j,mokh ' will stand up to to the sticking point this . time V' •' No," replied Mays. " by J and General Juckson J (his favorite oath.A. . "ilavn't wo whipped liim three times already, until there is not an inch of his liUle, from his neck to his heels, that does not ! bear the deep scars ot our hickories ?" | "Boom! boom !" sounded two others, as the panic-s'tiicken lynchers fled away in the most hopeless consternation, leaving on tho field, besides their dead captain, several others badly wounded, and many of their weapons cast behind them in their flight. Indeed, so thorough was their alarm, that they dared not return to their horses, or to bear oil' the slain, until they had first sent a committee of the neighboring females, to crave permission in the humble»t terms. once, '■Very true, c.vptuiu," responded Hark- IR, '-but then they say that I10 now keeps twolve loaded guns, and as man)' pistols, j always by his head, aud swears he will never be tjiken any more alive." , "I don't caro if he had filly cannon," said the captain. "The olJ rogue i? a cow- j »rd, and a coward would not fight if he could be aifocJ with thunder." 7 I j. . .ic commander ol this ng been beleaguered by the ne weeks, (bund himself or powder and shot, so that wuld Come soon, it seemed ibey should liavft to suireqnired ammunition could a hundred miles off, across a tinous country. Yet be rej tlif. attempt ; and he suer mountain and vale, through and broke, this man sp6d his o companions, «nd on the is once wore witj»in the fbrt. inning 1770 there were nr.fc lF.ft. in all, a In the meantime the short, sharp cracks of several rifles wore heard. Marv was endeavoring to bring down the two lynchers in the magnolia, who had hastily ascended higher up, and hidden deeper in the thick foliage—themselves now ciytng for mercv in their turn. "Yos returned tlie other, '-but they j say that pretty Mary, his younger duugh. ; Ust, has bpen practicing lutejy, and can Mhoot nearly as well as her lather. May. i be she will take it into her head to givo us j u pop of powder and lend." Through the interposition of the counter, feiter, his wife, and the elder daughter, tho backwoods Minerva" was finally, induocd to sparo the rest. "The news of this trugedy created, an may well be conceived, a tremendous excitement, and led to the abolition of lynolj. ing forever in tha prairie land of Jasper j At this singular intelligence the captain j Wrned pale* and drawing a long breath, ! At ihe bej? .. - • -