Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1858-05-18

              nrta 5 alia.- :t' . V ,i .j.j VOL IV. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, AY 18, 1858. NO, 27; li, v. V. r. THE riKST FEW. KEAIM. "DILI.." Tbe young heart iturtotb frcihand froo, All ignorant of sorrow, . ; And enrolcss whut may load the wings Of yot unseon to-morrow, , 6un after sun his days a-lse The young aoul o'er forgetting, In gating on their morning smilo, Theloseon of thoir sotting. Tho fountains flash along the way, And many a golden rivor Winds in and out among tho ahrinei : That rise around, him ever, 0 youth I io full of hopo and truth I 0 gifts (o freely givon! . 0 bowors, whoso graceful vines above Shut out tho light of Heaven 1 ' Butyouth must fade j and now whilo on , With tireless foct he 'ranges, Upon tho soul aprne dark dnys oome, Whilofastthe aoonoryohangos. tifo afterlifo around his path Wither tho hearts that love him, And light by light tho stars go out Along the hoaven above him. . . But who shn.ll further follow him, When life is nil before bim, The quicksand world beneath his fcot, His fato's dark eloudland o'er him. -1 The Perils or the Border. ' - While reading recently an account of tho , frightful massacre of several white families ' 'by the BInck-foot Indians, wo were reminded of a thrilling event which occurred in the 1 " Wild West," a short timo subsequent to the Revolution, in which a highly accomplish-ed young lady, tho daughter of a distinguished officer of the American Army, played an '' important part. The'story being of a most thrilling nature, and exhibiting in a striking manner the " Perils of the Border," we have (' concluded to give an extract from it, as orig-. inally published, as follows : The angle on tho right bank of the Great Kanawha, formed by its junction with the Ohio, is called Point Pleasant, and is a place f historical note. Here, on the 10th of October, 1774, during what is known as Lord Dumnore's War, was fought one of the fiercest and most desperate battles that ever took place between the Virginians and their forest foes. After the Initio in question, in which the Indians were defeated with great loss, a fort ' was hero erected by the victors, which became n post of great importance throughout tho I sanguinary scenes of strifo which almost immediately followed, and which in this section - of the country were continued for many years After that establishment of peace which acknowledged tho United Colonies of America ' a Ireo and independent nation. At the landing of tho lort, on the day our story opens, was fastened a flat-boat of the kind used by tha early navigators of tho (i Wostern rivers. ;x Upon the deck of this boat, at tho moment j we present tho sccno to the reader, stood Qve individuals, alikeengaged in watching a group of persons, mostly females, who wore slowly - approaching the landing. OC these five, one - was a stout, sleek negro, in partial livery, and ' evidently a house' or body servant ; three . xvere boatmen ana boraerers, as indicated by . thoir rough, bronzed visages and coarse attire ; : but the fifth was a young man, some two-and twenty years of age, of a hne commanding per , son and a clear, open countenance ; and in the lolty carriage of his head in the gleam - of his large, bright, hazel eye there was . something which denoted one of superior mind; but as we shall have occasion in the . 'qourso of our narrative to fully set forth who .and what MiUgene t air lax was, we will leave bun for the present and turn to the approach' ing group, whom he seemed to bo regarding , TVlin nveiy nuciesi,. Of this group, composed of a middle-aged .man and four females, with a black fe-'male servant following some five or six paces "in tho rear, there was one whom the most casual eye would have singled out and rested jupon .with pleasure. The lady in question. ;was apparently about twenty years of age, of a slender anu gracelul ligure, and of that pe foliar cast of feature, which besides being peautnui in every lineament, rarely lails to failed the beholder with something like charm. . Her traveling costume a fine brown habit. high in the neck, buttoned closely over the bosom and coming down to her small pretty ieet, without trailing on tne ground was both noat and becoming ; and with her riding -cap and us waving ostrich plume, set gaily Above her flowing curls, her appearance con- . trastcd forcibly with the rough, unpolished looks of those of her sex beside her, with their linscy bed gowns, scarlet tunnol petticoats, nd bleached linen caps. j' " Oh, Blanche," said one of the more ven" Arable of her female companions, pursuing i conversation which had been maintained since quitting the open fort behind them, " I cannot bear to let yon go ; for it just seems to me as if something wore going to happen to you, and when l leel that way, something general y.does happen." "Well, aunt," returned Blanche,' with a light laugh, " I do not doubt in the least that something will happen for I expect one of these days to reach, my dear rather and bles sed mother, and give them such an embrace as is due from a dutiful daughter to her pa rents and that. will be something that has Opt happened for two long rears at least." .'."But I don't mean that Blanche," returned tha -other, somewhat petulantly; "and yon just .laugn UKs a gay and thoughtloss girl, when you ought to be serious, because you have, come safe thus fur, through a partially Bottled country; you think, perhaps, your own protiy face will ward off danger in the more perilous wilderness but I warn you that a ! i.fful journey is before you I Scarcely a b .nt descends the Ohio, that does not encoun-t r more or less peril from the savnires that t. owl along either shore ; and some of them f go down freighted with human life, are rd of no more and none ever return to tell tale." , , But why repeat this to mo, dear aunt," -ned Blanche,' with a more aerious air, 'n you know it is my destiny, eithergood i, to attempt tbt voyago ? . My parents ' sent for ma to join tbem in their new , aod it is my duty to go to them, be the what it mar." i'ou never did know what it wastofeorl" ;d the good woman, rather proudly. ' she repeated, turning to the others, :he Iiertrand never did know what it foar, I believe ( like her fa'.hef joined In the htts-. ' the matron, the brother of Blanche's the commander of the station, and of the party ; '' a true daughter of a true soldier, (lor father, Colonel Philip Bertram, Ood Bless hi in for a true heart 1 never did seem to know what it was to fear and Blanche is just liko him." By this time the parties had ronched tho boat ; and the young man already described Eugene' Fairfax, the secretary of Blanche's father at once stopicd forward, and. in a polite and deferential manner, offered his hand to the different females, to assist thorn on board. The hand of Blanche was the last to touch his and then but slightly, as she sprung quickly and lightly on the deck but a close obsorver might have detected the slight Hush which mantled his noble, expressive features as his oye for a single moment rested on hers. Sho might have scon it perhaps she did but there was no corresponding glow on her own blight, pretty face, as sho inquired, in the calm, dignified tone of one having the right to put tho question, and who might also have been aware of the inequality of position between herself and him she addressed : "Eugene, is everything prepared for our departure ? It will not do for our boat to spring a leak again , as it did coining down tho Kanawha for it will not be safo Jor us, I am' told, to touch either shore between the different forts and trading posts on our route, this sido of our destination, tho Falls of the Ohio." ' No, indeed ! " rejoined her aunt quickly ; " it will be as much as your lives are worth to venture a foot from the main current of the Ohio for news reached us only the other day that many boats had been attacked this spring, and several lost, with all on board." " No one feels moro concerned about tho safe passage of Miss Iiertrand than myself." replied Eugene, in a defferential tone; ''and since our arrival here, I have left nothing un done that I thought might possibly add to her security and comfort." That is truo to my personal knowiengo," joined in the uncle of Blanche ; "and I thank you, Mr. fl airlax. inbenall ot my lair Kinswo man. There will, perhaps, lie pursued bo no treat danger, so long as you keep in tho cur rent ; but your watch must not be neglected for a single moment, either night or day ; and do not, I most solemnly charge and warn you, under any circumstances, or on any pretence whatsoever, suffer yourselves to be decoyed to either shore I '' " I hope we understand our duty better, Colonel." said one of tho men, respectfully. " I doubt it not," replied tho commander of tho Point ; " I believe you are all faithful and true men, or you would not have been selected by tho agent of Colonel Bertrand, for taking down more precious freight than you ever carried before ; but still tho wisest and the best of men have lost their lives by giving ear to the most earnest appeals of humanity. You understand what I mean ? White men apparently in tho greatest distress, will hail your boat, represent themselves as having just escaped from the Indians, and beg of you for the love of God, in the most piteous tones, to come to their relief: but turn a deaf ear to them to each and all of them even should you know them to be of your own kin; for in such a case your own brother might tleceivo you not wilfully ond voluntarily, perhaps but because of being goaded by the savages, themselves concealed. Yes, such things have been known as one friend being thus used to lure another to his destruction ; and so be cautious, vigilant, brave and true, and may tho good God keep you' all from harm ! " Ashe finished speaking, Blanche proceeded to take an affectionate leave of all, receiving many, a tender message for her parents from those who held them in love and veneration ; and the boat swung out, and began to float down with the current, now liurly enterpd upon tho most dangerous portion of a long and perilous journey. Tho father of Blanche, Colonel Philip Ber trand, was a native of Virginia, and a descen dant of ono of the Hugonot refugees, who bed from their native land after tho revocation of the edict of lantz in 1G65. lie-had been an officer of some noto during the Eevolntion a warm political and porsonal friend of the author of the Declaration of Independence and a gentleman who had always stood high in the esteem oi nis associates anu vuicupu- raries. . Thnno-h at one time a man of wealth, Co lonel Bertrand had lost much, and suffered much, through British invasion ; and when, shortly after the close of the war, he had met with a few more serious reverses, ho had been fain to accept a giant of land, near I he Falls of the Ohio, now Louisville, lenucrco hiM by Virginia, which then held jurisdiction over the entire territory now constituting the State of Kentucky. , The grant had decided the Oolenel upon seeking his new possessions and building up a new home in the then Far West, and as his wife had insisted upon accompanying him on his first tour, he bad assented to her desire, .... .Li 1l..l.a chniiM lua tpft on condition mni jjium.u among her friends, till such time as a place could be prepared which might in some degree be considered a fit abode for one so caro- fully and tenderly rearou. Blanche would gladly have gono with her parents ; but on mis pcim uer minor i. been inexorable declaring that she would h... ,mnin at the East till he should see nrnner to send for her : as as he was a man of positive character, and a rigid disciplinarian, the mattet had been settled without argument Whn Colonel Bertrand removed to the West, Eugene Fairfax, as we have seen, accompanied him ; and coming of ago shortly after, he had accepted tho liberal offer of his nnW fonafacrnr- to remain with him in the capacity of private secretary and confidential agent un tnmng possession ui u6i Colonel had almost immediately erected a A nffpred such inducements to settlers as to speedily collect around him quite a little communityof which, as a matter of course, he became the head ana cniei ; u iu ouppxj the wants of his own family and others, and in a legitimate way, he had opened a store, and filled it with goods from the- Eastern marts, wnicn guous ported by land over tha mountains io ine k'nn.irhii nnrl thence bv water to the Falls of the Ohio, whence their removal to Fort Bertrand became an easy matter. To purchase and ship tbsse goods, and deliver a pack-age of letters to friends in the East, Eugene had been thrieo dispatched his third commission also extending to the escorting of the beautiful heiress, with her servants; to her new home. This last commission nau oeeu a fnr Memited as the ime chosen for the opening of our Story, as to bring the different parties to the mourn ot tne greiii.iiui, Ui tha reulor has seen thorn slowly floating off upon the still, glassy bosom of ''thebello of rivers." tka .lot- nrlnVh was an suspicions one. pas sed without anything occurring wormy oi note, nntil near four o'clock, when, as Ulanche was standing on the fore part of the deckgazing- stthe lovely scene which -surrounded . B . hl anfllan. ner, ne saw seemingly ujmis .........- f leave a limb of a gigantic tree,(whoa mighty which tho boat was then' swayod by tho action of tho current,) and alight with a crash upon tho deck, of the boat, not more than eight feet from her. One glance sufficed to show hor what the object was, and to freeze tho blood in her voins. The glowing eyes of a hugo punthor mot her gnze. The suddenness of the shock which this discovery gave her was overpowering. With a deafening shriek she fell upon her knees and clasped her hands before hor breast. . The panther crouched for his deadly leap, but ero he sprang, the hunting knife of Eugene Fairfax (who with the steersman, was tho only person on deck bo-sides Blancho,) was buried to the hilt in his side, inflicting a sorcre but not fatal wound. Tho infuriated beast nt once turned upon Eugene, and a deadly struggle ensued. But it was a short ono. The polished blade of the knife played back and forth liko lightning flashes, and at every plungo it was buried to tho hilt in the panther's body who soon - fell to tho deck, dragging the dauntless Eugene with him. On seeing her protector fall, Blanche uttered another shriek and rushed to his aid ; but assistance from stouter arms was nt hand. Tho boatmen gathered round, and the savage monster was literully hacked in pieces with their knives and hatchets, and Eugene, covered with blood, was dragged fjnm under his carcass. Supposing him to be dead or mortally wounded, Blanche throw her arms around his neck and gave way to a passionate burst of grief. But ho was not dead ho was not even hurt, the blood with which he was covered was the panther's not his own. But Blanche's embrace was his a priceless treasure an index ol her heart's emotions and affections. It was to color his whole future life, as will be seen in the progress of our story. Slowly and silently, save tho occasional creak, dip and splash of the steersman's oar. the boat of our voyagers was borne along upon tho bosom of the current, on tho third night of tho voyngo. The hour was waxing lute, and Eugene, tho only ono astir except the watch, was suddenly startled, by a rough hand being placed upon his shoulder, accompanied by tho words, in the gruff voice of the boatman : " I say Cap'n, here's trouble !" t " What is itNDick?" inquired Eugono, starting to his feet. ' " Don t you see thar"s a heavy fog rising, that'll soon kivcr us up so thick that we won't be able to tell a white man from a nigger!" replied the boatman Dick Winter by name a tall, bony, muscular, athletic, specimen of his class. ' " Good heaven! so thcro is!" exclaimed Eu gene looking off upon tho already misty wa ters. " It must have gathered very suddenly for all was clear a minute ago. What is to bo done now? This is something I was not prepared for, on such a night as this." "it looks troublous Cap'n, I'll allow," returned Dick:" but we.ro in for't that's sartin, and I s'pose we'll have to make the best on't." "But what is to bo done.' what do you ad vise? asked Eugene, in a quick' excited tone, that indicated soma degree ol alarm. "Why efyou war'nt so skcered about the young lady, and it war'nt so dead ngin the orders from head quarters, my plan would be a cl'nr and easy one I'd just run over to tho Kentuck shore and tie up." " No, no," said Eugene, positively, " that will never do, Dick that will never do! I would not think of such a thing for a moment! We must keep in the current by all means!" " Efyou can," rejoined the boatman; "but. when it gits so dark as we cant tell ono thing from t'other, it'll be powerful hard to do; and ef we don't run agin a bar or bank afore morning, in spite of the best o' us it'll be the luckiest go that ever I had a hand in' See, Cap'n its thickening up last; wo cant see eyther bank at all, nor the water nyther; the stars is getting dim, there seems to bo a cloud all around us." " I see! I see!" returned Eugene excitedly. " Merciful heaven! I hope no accdent will befall us here and yet my heart almost misgives me! for this, I believe, is the most dangerous part of our journey the vicinity where most ot our boats have been captured by the savages." Saying this Eugeno hastoned below, where he found the other boatmen sleeping so sound as to requiro considerable effort, on his part to awako them. At last, getting them fairly aroused, ho informed them, almost in a whisper, for he did notcare to disturb others, that l heavy fog had suddenly arisen, and he wished thoir'presence on deck, immediately. " A fog, Cap'n, exclaimed one, in a tono which indicated that ho comprehended the peril with the word. " Hush ! returned Eugene; "there is no ne- cessty ef waking others, and having a scene. Up and follow me, without a word! He glided back to the deck and was almost immediately joined by the boatmen, to whom ho briefly made known his hopes and fears. They thought, like their companion, that the boat would bo safest if made fast to an overhanging limb of the Kentucky shore; but frankly admitted that this could not now be doue without dclliculty and danger, and that there was a possipility of keeping the current. " Then make that, possibility a certainty, and it shall bo the best night's work you ever performed!" rejoined Eugune in a quick excited tone. "Woe'll do the best we can, Cap's," was the response; "but no man can be certain ot the current of this hero crooked stream in a foggy night.', A long silence followed the voyagers slow ly drilling down through a misty darkness impenetrable to the eye when, suddenly, our young commauder, who was standing near the bow, felt the extended branches ot an overhanging limb silently brush his face. He started with an exclamation of alarm, and at the same moment tho boatman on the right called out: " Quick, here, bc-sl we're agin the shore, as sure as death!" Then followed a scene of hurried andanxious confusion, the voices of tho three boatmen mingled together in loud, quick, excited, tones. - " rush off the bow!" cried one.-"Quick! altogether, now! over with her!" shouted another. 1 ' The de'il's in it! she's running 'aground hereon a muddy bottom!" almost yelled a third. ' Meantime tho laded boat was brushing along against the projecting bushes and overhanging limbs., and every moment getting more and more entangled while; the long poles and sweeps of the boatmen, as they attempted to push her off, were) often plunged without touching bottom, into what appeared to be a soft, clayey mud, from which they were only extracted by such an outlay of strength as tended Still more todraw the clumsy craft upon the bank they wished to avoid. At length, scarcely more than a minute from the first alarm, there was a kind of setting together, as it were, and the boat becamu fast and itnmova-' bk.- ' - - '- The fact was announced by Dick Winter, in his characteristic manner who added with For a moment or two a dead silenco followed, its if each comprehended that the matter was one to lie viewed in a very serious light. " I'll go ovor tho bow and try to got tho lay of the land with my feet," said Tom Harris; and rurthwilh lie set about his not very (ileus ant undertaking. At this moment Eugene heard his name pronounced by a voice that seldom ever failed to excite a peculiar emotion in his brvust, an l now sent a Btrango thnll through uvory norve; and hastening below, he found Blanche, fully dressed, with alight in hor hand, stand ing just outside of bur cubin, in tha regular passage which led lengthwise through tho con terof the boat. " I have heard something Eugene," she said ' enough to know wo have met with an accident, but not sufficient to fully comprehend its nature." "Unfortunately about two hour ngo," replied Eugene, " we suddenly became involved in a dense log; and in spite ot our every pre caution and cure, wo have run aground it may be aguinst the Ohio snore it may bo against an island it is so dark wo cannot tell But be not aluruicd, Miss Blanche," ho hur-ridly added; " 1 trust wo shall soon be alloat again; though in any event tho darkness is sufficient to conceal us from the savuges, even wero they in tho vicinity." "I know little of tho Indians," returned Blanche; "but I have ulways heard they are somewhat remarkable in their -acculoness of hearing: and if such is the case, there would be no nececity of their being very near, to be made acquainted with our locality, judging from the Umd voices I heard a few niiuutes "go." ' I fear we've been rather imprudent," said' Eugene, in a deprecating lone; but iu the ex citement " . His words weio suddenly cut short by several loud voices of alarm from without, followed by a quick and heavy trampling across the deck; and luo next moment belli Harper and Dick Winter burst into the passage, thefurin-crexclaiiuing: ' We've run plum into a red nigger's nest Cap, ii, and lorn Hums is already butchered and sculped!" And even as ho spoke, as if in confirmation of his dreadful intelligence, there arose a scries of wild, piercing deiuoucial yells, followed by a dead ominous silence. So far we have followed tho lovely heroine and her friends in this adventure; but the foregoings is all we can publish in ourcol-urn- s. The balance of our narrative can only be found in the New York Ledger, the great family paper, which can bo obtained at all periodocal stores where papers are sold. Kcuiember to ask for tho " Ledger '' datod May L'liud, and in it you will get tho continu ation of tho narrative from where it leaves oil' hero. If there are no book-stores ornews-offices convenient to where you reside, tho publishes of the Ledger will send you a copy by mail, if you will send him five cents in a letter. Address, Hobcit Bonner, Ledger OUico, 41 Ann street, New York. Thissloiy is entitled, "rerilsof tho Border," and grows moro and moro interesting as it goes on. Uiiiinitig a Christian lEacc The following is an editorial from ono who has passed tho hoy-day ofyouth, and of course writes deliberately what he has seen and known. Wo mean no disrespect to our Presbyterian biethren by the use made of their name. Of course the Marshal was obliged to act as ho did, but ought not the church in Ilushville to inquire whether he should not have resign ed ? All Christians are urged to run with patience tiie race set belbro them ; though at times it may bo rather a perplexing and tiro-soino ono. Our Christian brother, Mr. Car-michael, deputy marshal for the State of Indiana, and ex-ollico negro catcher general, had a most interesting race last week, in tins city. Mr. Caruiichacl is, we learn, un elder in tho Presbyterian Church nt Ilushville, and of course a praying man. Being on duty as negro catcher lust week, he had in charge a brother Methodist, a colored man named West, of Kentucky, who was accused of being dark skinned, and believing in tho Bible and the Declaration of Independence. Bro. Curmi- chael, in obedience to tho injunction " Do un to others as you would they should do unto you," had locked brother West up in jail two or three nights, remembering that inasmuch as he did this to a disciple he did it to Christ. Ono morning, after having said his prayers and sung hispsnlins wo iinagino the prayer was fervent, and that be dwelt much on " Ihy kingdom come," and probably in viow of the trust committed to his care, and the fearful consequences of a failure, ho sung : . Help me to watch ond pray, And on Tbynelf rely, As.-iurud, if I iny trust betray, 1 shall forever bo bold in derision by the Democratic party, and losomy fee, and be mulcted in damages, and the Union may be dissolved. Thus fjrtiticd, ho wont to jail after his colored brother, whom he seated nicely in a bug gy, forgetting to watch as well as pray while he was untying his hnrso, preparatory to a brotherly ride to court, where commissioner liea, another Presbyterian brother at leasta Presbyterian pew-bolder was waiting to hear testimony that Iio was Ireo. JUeanwhilo a colored man happened to be near with a horse. West bumming, naturally, ' " Tho voice of the Freeman cries, oseapo to tho mountains," sprung from tho buggy and on the horse, behind the ridor, and away they went, toward tho North Pole. Brother Carmichacl now found a "race set before him" that he did not relish much, and rumor says he didn't run with much pationco, though with consider able earnestness. Unseized a horse, however and gave chase in true Christian style, no doubt singing, as well as he could. ..- . "That trieroy I to others show, Thatmoroysbowtome." West, finding himself badly mounted, and discovering that n horse is a vain thing for salety especially an old horse dismounted i ... . .. i.:. . n.nii.o. ..n.;nk.i Written for the Itopubllcan, Poetical mid oilier '1'hcorie of Youth. "A young monarch," says a writer in ono "tf our Magazines, ''is the vory beau ideal and "impersonation of You'.h, That superb, superlative, magnificent and absolute condition "of existence, seems somehow to attain its "fullest and most appropriate devolnpement "in a young king. Youth is of its own na-"turo rcgiiout and royal, born to fcorn possi-"hiliticn, to coerce all earth's passive forces,and "to triumph in pure dariiig.unreasouing and 'above reason." Upon precisely tho opposite extreme is tho conception of tho metrical Phi losopher who exclaims: "What is youth a dancing billow, "Winds behind, and rocks before." Wo said "upon tho opposite sxtrome." Not quite, "Youth is a bubble," another has said, Jow thero is a wide distance between these theories. A billow is itnmonsely superior to a bubble in grandeur, sublimity and all tho attributes of dignity. If -therefore wo were compelled to chooso between tho two, we should by all means prefer the former theory. For tho la'tor and cgregiously slanderous no tion of youth, Spencer is responsible. The pussago is not belore us, but perhaps we can give it ex vumorui. In his acV.icss to Cuddy not dosigning any verdant allusion, we prcsumo. Spencer says: "Cuddy, I wot thou kcr.st little good, "So vainly to advance thy headless hood; "For youth is a bubble blown up with a breath " W hose wit is weakness,whose wage is death." Again we have the ideal of tho spasmodic trag- idian.according to which the youth is a des-perato fellow indeed, a most formidable personconsumed by unutterable remorse hauntod by the spirits of innumerable lost females, with the weight of several very culpable homicides resting upon his head, and guilty perhaps of tho unknown sin. Such thoir glowing ideal, but in tho baso actual, he has rather the appearance of ono who needs to be encouraged and to be reminded that a little practical extravagance in youth may bo no impeachment of his nge. Ho is told that he who has nothing to be ashamed of, has noth ing to be proud of; that he who has never fallen, has never learned to run; that he who never has teen defeated, has nover learned to conquer. What though he havo under the guidance of Mcpbistopholes, or Lucifer, or plain Devil, visited all the wonderful parts of this globosa, besides enjoying small excursions among the stars why, tho youth is also a traveller and well he may be. For as Shake-spear says, "Homo keeping youth havo ever homely wi's." But travel ever tends to remove prejudice and widen sympathy.and thus leads in tho direction of true wisdom. "Expo rience." so the proverbs goes, "teaches even fools." All trying and tutoring in tho world is useful to man. Tho greatest benefit of travel is when it throws us into now circumstances, removes us out of the beaten track which we have safely trod and so excites independence of mind and character. Then LAWS OF OHIO. rrm.tsiiEn ur autuokitt, and took to his heels. - Brother Carmichael also dismounted, and gave chase on foot, discharging his Presbyterian revolver at his Methodist brother, praying we suppose. "Lord, lay not this sin to my ehargo. for I shoot brother West as marshal, and not as a Presbyterian elder." West was recaptured, taken to mock trial and sent to bondage, accompanied by a potte, whoso oxpenses are paid by the praying Christians of this land. So much for the Christian race. We would advise that brother Cartni- chae'Is pastor preach a congratulury sermon next Sunday from the text ."You did run well.', As to the future, we suppose tho matter will be compromised by the devil's taking the negro catcher, and let the Presbyterian elder go to his own place. We are very sure that heaven ii no place for tho former, unless he re pent ; and if it is we don't waul to go mere. dieted gentleman mentioned as one brauobts extended far over tho river, and near ' an oath, that it was just what bo exiiecUxl. ' tfvrth Wctt Chiit. Adi. "Keep not standing, fixed and rooted, "Briskly venturo, brihkly roam; 'Head and hand wher'er thou foot it, "And stout hearts are still at home. "In each land the sun doth visit, "Wo are gay what e'er betide; "To give room for wandering in it, "That this world was made so wido." Tho youth is the true Cosmopolitan. It is his to pass from clime to clime from sea to sen from range to range to embrace the world as a whole, and as in its totality, the inheritance of individual man. Then let him wander. It will widen his sympathies with humanity, and multiply his springs of life thus enlarging his possibilities of his existence, and enabling hiui to bo more one with hiinrclf, with Nature ono, and to enjoy more of the life of this one star. And really on awakening in some other star, it will bo unpleasant for us to confess that wo have seen only a few square miles of this. speaking of stars. reminds us of star light and its coquette moon light in their influence upon youth. Hero is a choice stanza: "Bright shono the stars o'er earth's green ban- quot hall, 'Yon seemed abroad to see, to feel, to hear "Tho no w life rushing through tho virgin year: "The visible growth.tlio freshness of the balm, " llio pulse ol -Nature throbbing the calm "As wakeful over every happy thing. "Watchcs.through the hush, tho earth's young niotuer opring." And how much moro conscious of tho new life rushing through the virgin Year, will he no who lee is uirouuing beside him the lite of a virgin heart. re might suppose a case, but the poet has one ready to our hand: "Gently the mellow moonlight streamed "O'crrustlingpnlinsandjesamino bowers. "While hand in hand wo leant and dreamed "Away those voiceless, vanished hours. 'Till sort and low, in silver flow, "Your rich voice our silence broke, "And sung of "timo long, long ago." ''As if prophetic fears awoke. "And closer thcro our hands wo clasped, "And wildly then my nrms was thrown "Around your form, and warmly prcst "Your heaving bosom to my own. "No word was spoken, but your song "Died on the lips by kisses prest; , "While throbbing blushes thrilled along, "Till life was love and both were blest." I need not say in this connection, that youth is tho time for love, and the genuine youth is a lover. . Greatly to be pitied is he who has never known the delirium of youthful love. He has lost a chanco which ha can never have again. To him the earth has not revealed itself in its wildest, yet div incut beuuty) the skies have not beamed on him with their sweetest smiles; the winds have not whispered to. him their rarest secrets: the stars have not swept before him in joyful dance through the gladdened deep. Of course) we mean not that diffusive love which distributed itself until non dithibiilan- dun ul ultra. If you love let it be with gen uine affection, firm and abiding. "Forth rushes the water . "And clouds o'or land, '" "But the stars in their courses "Both Wander and stand. "As with start, so with lore "Whicn in true hearts forever ' .,. "Is wandering and moving, "But yet chanirelh never." ' k ' j AD0LESCENTULU8. . No. 120. AN ACT Supplementary to an act, entlltod an art preserib li the duiirs of I3upivinn, anil relating to Roads and llishwoy, paused February lilth, 1863; and to repeal an out entitled an aot prefcribiuK tuedntiesul Puporvlsor, ami relating Io Honda and Highway, paused April 8th, IHjO, Ainu, pre tfuribini the duties of County Cuminii'siuliur., Cuunly Auditors, Tuwuship t'lurlu, and Mupervi-surs; ulso, to ropoul oertaio othor aeu theniin named. Section 1. Jit it tnaclnl hy Iht Central Atetm-'.'y "' 'An HI alt if (Hun, That the niimmiMionfrs of thii reHpectivoeuuuties in tho utalo of Oliin,are hereby authorised to lury at the Muroh siuninn nf their bniiiil, annually, for road and briilno uuruosca, in enuntivs whore the tnimblo propurly in tho oouniy eioeeds the sum of fifiy millions of dollars, not less than one twenty-fifth part of a mill, nor more than one-fifth of a mill. In counties of twonty-flf e millions of taxable property, and less than fifty millions, not less than ouo-tnentitilh part of a mill.nnr moro than one-half of a mill. In counties less than twenty-tlvo millions of taxable property and more than ton millioni, not leu than uuu-Uiiiih of amlll, nor more than one mill. Ineountlus whoro the tux-bio proporly is less than ton millions, and orerfive millions of dollars, not less than one-half mill, nor more than two mills. In counties where the taxable property is lens than fire millions of dollars, the levy shall not bo loss than one-hulf mill, nor more than throe mills; and no other rond or bridge tr.i; shall be leviod by theoountyeonimifsioiiersi Provi ded that in counties where the ooiniuis.iii.'ior of any county havo innde the levies for road and bridge purposes fur the year 18jS, that I hey insy at their Junoiiesion for 1858, Increase the levies in accordance with the provisions of this act, and in counties where no road and bridiro tuxes have b..on as sessed that tho commissioners may at thoir June ses sion for 13.'.8, make the luvlus provided for in this aot. Seo. 2. If thetrustoos nf any township in this state, shall deem an additional mad tax necessnry, in addition to the amount levied by the eoniraissinn-ersof their county, they shall dutonuine the additional peroontuin to bo lovied iiHin the taxublo property of thoir ro.'poctivo townships, not oxcowlinn two mills on tho dollar, wnoro tuo taxable property of tho county in which such township is located does not exoecd six millions of dollars, and nut exceeding ono mill whoro said taxable property does excoed that amount, and certify the snmo in writing to the county auditor, on or butoro thchrst dlonuny of Juno, in oaehycar, and the auditor of thecuun-ty shall awes the same together with the per centum levied by the commissioners nn all the taxnblo property in the townshir: and the auditor of the county shall, on or before the third Monday in Juno in oacli year, forward the list of the rond tnxos, (except that part sot apart by tho cominissioniirs for bridgo purposes) made out as provided by thetwenty-eighth section of the act, to which this is supplemental, to tho clerk of each township, who shall immediately make out a list for each supervisor, of all persons in his district ntrainst whom anyroad tax may stand charged, together with tho amount of such tax charged against each person; mid each su-pprvisor.shnllnolil'y everv such porson agreeable to the provisions of tho thirty-fourth section of the act, to which this is supplemental, to work out the samo on the public highway. Seo.. o. The county commissioners may set apart such portion of tho road tux. by them lovid,as tiicy may docm proper, to bo applied to tho building or repairing bridges in thoirrespectivocounties, which proportion, so set ajsirl, shall liecsllt.il a bridge fund,, nad shall be entered on tho duplicate of tuxes, for theonun'y, by tho auditor of the county, inascpar-ato column from tho other levies for road purposes, and shall bo colloutod in nionuy, and expended under tho diroetion of tho oiimiuissii.ncrs of tho county, in tho building or repairing of bridges or both. Sec. 4. Tho county commissioners of each county shall, on the first Monday of June next and thereafter annually nn tho first Mondiiy of March, or during their March session, determiuo upon a day not later than the first ot November, wheu the labor on the roads and highways in thoir respective counties shall becoinplctud, and also tho time, uot Inter than the fifteenth of September, when the supervisors shall notify persous, in their respective districts, of the amount of rimd tax assessed aguinst them, which. time so determined, shall bo certified to tlioolork.of each township, in the proper county, by tho auditor thereof, within thirty days thereafter, and tho timo so determined shall ho inserted in the bond of each-saporrisor. - " Sec. S. Any person charged witha road tax, may disolmrgo the same, (except, that sut. apart for bridge purposes,) by labor on tho public highway, within the d istrict whore the same is charged, prior to tbo time designated by theciunmissioijers of the county tor tuo completion oi (tie moor on tuo puuiiv highways, at thu rate of one dullar perday,f'uroocb days work, of an able bodied man, und a ratable allowance erday for any team and implements furnished by any person, uuder the diroetion of tho supervisor of such district, who shall give to every such person aoortificato specifying thu amount of tax so paid in labor, and the district uud tuwnsbip, whoro-iu such labor was performed; also, that such work wns doue between tho first day of April and the day designated by the louimistiiouors for tho completion of ull labor upou tho roads and highways; which certificate shall in noca;o be given for any greater Bum than the road tax charged against such person, and the county treasurer shall rcoeire nil such certificates as money, in the discharge of said road tax, and in case the buldur of such certificate shull desire to pay tuxes by semi-annual instalments such certificate may be received in the payment of tho Dcocnibur iustnluicnt, and tho one-half part thereof credited nn the June payment; all road taxes shall bo placed upon the Ux duplicate, and collected by tho county treasurer, in tliu same manner as other taxos, except as herein provided. .See. fi. All road taxes collected by the county trcasuror, shall be paid over to the treasurer ef tho. townshin, from which tho same wero collected, and shall be expended on the publio roads of the several road districts in tho township, from which the said taxes wero collected, under the direction of the trustees of the proper township. Sec. 7. That all inch persons as are required by the first section; to which this act Is supplementary, to do and perform two days' labor on the public highways shall do and perform tho same, between the first day ot April, anu mo iimo mm upon uy me oom-lnissioncrsof thoir respoctiveoouaties of each year. which timo shull be fixed by tbu commissioners at their March session. Ju the yeurlHol), and until that time the labor shall bo porionnwl between the first day of April, and tho first day of Oolubor next; Provided, that no person shall bolisoharged or released from such labor, by the negleutof tbo supervisor, to notify him to perform such labor, beforo ttie time designated by the commissioners. Sec. 8. It shall be tho duty of the township clerk of each township, to make out and deliver to each supervisor witbiu his township, within ten days after the annual election in April, in each year, a war-runt, authorising aud requiring such supervisor, to call upon all persons in bis district, who are, by the ti-st section of the act, prescribing tho duties of su- iwrvisors and relating to roads and highways, passed ebrnaryl3, ISM, liable to perform two days labor en tho publio highway, which shall let forth tho bounds of such district o( roads, to bo worked by such supervisors, which certificate shall be received as evidence, iu any court, of t'u election and qualification of such supervisor, in any suit brought by him, for tho violation er mm-pcrformance of any of tue provisions ol tnis act, or tue aoi io wnwn Wis is supplemental, and which warrnut may be in the wordsand figures following, (except the blanks to be filled by the clerk ,; Stats or Ohio, as. County, Township. To ' - Supervisor uf liuud District Sit. in said Township, Ghi-etinO. You aro hereby commanded to notify all persons In your district, who are liable to perform tno days' labor o. the public highway, nudwr the uvws of tnia state, to perform the sumo, uuder your direction, be tween the tunes fixed by tne oomnilaiioner?, ror Uie acrforruanc of tbe labor, on the publio highway. and that yon retnrs this warrant, to lb trustees of aid township, with the names of all persons in loor read district, who art liable to do two days' labor, od the publio highway, showing tho (amet of delinquents, if any, and tbo cause of such delinquency, on tne first Monday of March oast, at ' to saiu iowosoip. A. B., Township Clerk.' Bee. . It ii hereby saodo tho daty of the ti wn-shinelerk, to make cut a list, attached to, oraoeora- Denying said warrant, of all pvrsunt liable to perform two days' labor en the public highway, asuoar as tbo same can be aseerutiurd by such clerk; and he so norrisor is hereby authorised aod required to add to nob U4, tho names of all such persons. If any, ai were emitted by such clerk, or who may have subsequently eumo snuun too bound or such road district. See. 10. Tha supervisor shall take ond subscribe a oatu, ea too back of such warrant, to faithfully diaehiirgo bis duties ai supervisor, which oath may bo administered by the tnwusblp clerk, or any person nutliorii.si to administer naihs, -; .... ,.i Sec, 11, Var violation or non-pcrfornmnca of tfbo provisions of this aot, the township clork aud so-pcrrisor, shull each be liable to a Hut. of ore d..lluf, to be recovered by the trustees of such township, la a oivil notion, before any Jwetice of the peace of such township, ami Die money arising therefrom, shall be apportioned by Ilia trustees, fur (he inprovemuneMif roada and highways, within tbo towiubiuv o w Hoe. 11. That tbe aot entitled aa aot . In araoad the act prescribing the duties nf miperrisors, one) relating to roads and blghwiiys, pSMtd April 7, IHStf and tbe ootonlitfed an not loiimond theaolpreaorib ing the duties of suiervlors, and relating to rondt and highways, passed April 2Vth, 1654; and also an act entitled an' net supplemental to an act proscribing the dalles of supervisors, and it rati to road Mid highways, passed April 8th, 1844; and thoaor-outh sootionof the aot of February 13th. l4o, be, and the snnro is hereby tepoalod. This act to tuk en'oet aud be io force from and after its isiswge. ll 1UI.IAJ1 It VVJ7r, ... Sj ealxr if iktlluum f Jttrtrmtntntirtt, MAKTl.t Wr'LKEJt, April 12,18:9. ..-xl To amend the 10th, 17th, 18th;, and MtT, aottijinf ui iinaetc.niiu.il " An nutMr tne assessment mid tnxr.tion of ull projierty in thu suite, i(ud for levying taxes thereon uecordiuj; to iu'truej value in mouov," passed and took etJ'Jet. Auril 13th, A. D. 152. ' ? Skitios 1. His it enacted by the General As sembly nf thefftute-uf Ohio, That 'the aix-tcciitu section of un utt entitled "An act for the sMsta ment und tuxution i f ull property in tlijs stu,t', and fur levying taxis thi-roon according to it true value in money," tn.sed Aj.iil li!, lbjj,'l und it is hi'iehy amended so as to read a follows: Sec. 10. That whun uny ponon ahall eummenoa any business in uny county nftiT the day prove-din;? the second Jlondny nf April iu auj year, the nvern-je value of whoso personal property employed in sneli business shall not huvo hoei previously entered on the assessor's list for taxation in said county, such person alntll report to tho auditor ot the county tho prolablu avoruge vnluo of the por.onul property by hint intended to bn employed in sueli business until the dav preceding the second Monday of April thereafter ; nnd shall pay Into the treasury of suh county a sum which shall bear such proportion to tho levy for ull purposes, on the average, ao employed, m the lime from the tlnv on which ho shall commence such business, ns uforusniU, to the day prcectliii!; the sitoond Monday of April next succccdim;, shall bcur to one ycur. Provided, that if the' person so listing his capital shall present a bona fide receipt from the treasurer of any county in this stale, in whwh such capital Tjnd been previously listed and taxed for this amount of tho taxes assessed, and by him puid on" the same capital for tho sume year, then und ia. that cmo it shall bo a receipt from paying taxes aguux on such capital.' -.'.''.'" ', S:'c. 1!. Tluit original section number seventeen of tho net aforesaid, be amended so an to read ta follows: Sec. 1". That when any lx-rsoii 'shall commence ori'turnce in the business ofdoitlin'iin stocks of nnv description, or in buyiiVpr or'shav-ir.g any kind of bill of exchango, clucks, drafts, bank notes, promissory notes, or :otlu-r kind iit writing obligatory, ns mentioned in fhe'itfujenlh section of this, act, after the day' preceding the secontl JlonuiiY In April, in any year, tne aver,-ago value of whose personal property 'Intended k be employed in Fiich btisinos thnll not have been previously entered on the assessor's list Tor'tuxa-tion iu mid coll nty, such person shall report lathe auditor of the cotinty the 'probable averrigfj value of the personal property by him intended to bo employed in mien business' Until' the dajr preceding tho second Monday In "April 'thei o-ufler, and shall pay itito tho treasury of suclk county, a Btirn which shall bear the same proportion to the levy for all purposes; on tho average value so employed, n3 thu time from the day on which ho snail commence or engage In' such business as aforesaid, to thu day preocding'the second Monday in April next succeeding shall beat to one year. - , ... - -... , Sec. 3. Thnt the original scetion eightwn'of the net aforesaid, be so amended as to rend as fol lows! Sec. IS. That if arrv person h"uH corn-nicneo nf engngc in any business us nftiresnid, n6t shall not, within one month thereafter, report to tho county auditor, and multe pavmont tolhe county tn -usurer, as before, required, hrj shall forfeit nnd pay double the amount molrpd tq be, paid by the two preceding sections, Io br iscer-taincd, ns near as may bo, by the testimony of witnesses, nnd recovered before, any justice n tbei peace, or in tho court of common picas, by oh-il action, in the name of tho county treasurer, fat the Use of the county, and process issued ont of tho court of common plea', in such acrion,: shull bo directed to tho proper officer, and may bo served in nny county in tlii stntc. Pec. 4. " Thnt orignnl section thirty-two of the? net aforesaid, bo so amended as to read as'follows i See. 82. Assessors in cities of the first crass shall bn paid out of tho county treasury, two dollars jtnd fifty cents per day; nnd all other assessors'' two dollars per day, lor the time which tlrey sunll". be necessarily engaged in the performance oft heir duties; each assessor shull make out an account in' detail, giving the date of each dav in-whi'cn he shall have been thus engaged, nnd sfmll verify-the snmo by his onth; which the county anditor-. is hereby authorized to administer,- and if rhir auditor shull bo satisfied thutsuch account is cor, red, ho shall draw nn order on the- county treas urcr for tho amount thereof ; but in no case shall such order be drawn until the aessor shall have filed with the anditor his list of assessments, accurately made out, nnd added up the statement returned to him, and the bookson which the orig inal assessments were entered. '. - Sec. h. "That original sections sixteen, seven- . teen, eighteen and thirty-two, of tho act aforesaid, be' and they aro hereby rcjicnletl. Sec. C. This act shall takei ffirton its pnssage. "WILLIAM I). AVOOi)S, Speaker of tho House of ltcproscntativcsT MAHTIN N ELKEK. 1 President of tho Senuta. - April 12,1838. - fXo. C8. AN ACT ." : ' " To Trovido for tiro Semi-Annual Collection of ' . . Taxes. . ... :-.;.....) SECTidn 1. Ho it enacted by tho General Aav sembly of the State of Ohio,.' That each person,.-charged with any tax, on any taj duplicate in thn hands of any county treasurer, may, at hii ' option, instead of paying ilio whole amount of tho-. taxes with w hich he stands charged, by tho twen--tieth. of . December, as bcretofiire.rturetLpay ; to said treasurer on or before the said twentitita.. of December opn half of tho tax for tbe then current year with which ho so slnnda chary, i ged, and the remaining half thereof, on or Wl'ore . the twentieth day of June next ensuing. ' ". ', Seo. 2; In every case when the amount of taxes charged on the tax duplicate in the hands of any countv treasurer, against the property of .. any person, shall be paid in installments as 'mi-tlinnzed by the preceding section, each of such payment ihall be dncmrd to have been made on tbe several taxes for the different purpose ut charged on luch duplicate, and an equal nio rata rjortibn of the whole amount of each of tue fasea so charged, shall be carried to the credit rf tha same. V See. 8- , It shall be thn duty of tha noutitv au ditor to act down the amount of taxes charged,. aeatnst each entry in two separate eolumns. one half thereof in each column with a sufficient blank space at the right of each coltinm to writ tin , woro palm; an.i wnen payment ri eitner nrm or such taxes shall b ma1e, tho treasurer shall writ in the blank spaoa oppotita the tame, tbe word paid. - ." .-.'.;.. '... '.'.'.ii-?. Seo. 4.- If anv-twrsrffl charced with ariV tax on the tax duplicate in tho bands rf any countv trea'nrcr ror ooiiection, snail not pay ono ni.ij thereof on or before the twentieth day cf lceirf bar next, after the sums shall haw been charged