Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1841-10-15

"in 1882. Wheeling was besieged by
large army of British and Indians. So
sudden was the attack made, that no time
was afforded for preparation. The Fort,
at the time of the assault, was command.
ed BY Col. SiIas Zane; Col Ebenezer
Zane, the senior officer, was in block
house, some fifty or hundred yards out
side the wall. The enemy made several
desperate assaults TO break into the Fort.
but on every onset they were driven back.
The ammunition for the defence of the
Fort was deposited in the block-house,
and the attack was made SO suddenly and
Unexpectedly that there was no time to
remove it. On the afternoon of the Sec
ond day of the siege, the powder III the
Fort was nearly exhausted, aud no alter
native remained but that some one must
pass through the enemy's fire to the block
house for powder. When Slas Zane made
the proposition TO the men, to see if any
one ould undertake the hazardous enter
prise, at first all were silent. After look
ing a. each other Tor some time, young
man stepped forward and said he would
run the chance. Immediately halfa doz
en- offered their service in the dangerous
enterprise.
While they were disputing about who
should go, Elizabeth, sister of the Zanes,
came forward and declared she would go
for the powder. Her brother thought she
would finch from the enterprise, bat he
was mistaken. She had inlrepidity to
dare. and forltude to bear her up in the
heroic risk of life. Her brother then tri-
ed to dissuade her from :he attempt by
saying that man would be more fleet,
and consequently would run less risk Of
losing his life. She replied that they had
not man to spare from the defence Of
the Fort, and if she should tall she would
scarcely be missed. Sh" then divesled
herself of such of her clothing as would
impede her speed. The gate was opened,
and Elizabeth bounded at the top Of her
speed, snd ran till she arrived at the door
of the block.house; her brother, Col.
Zane, fastened to open the door to re-
ceive his intrepid sister. The Indians,
when they saw her bound forth, did not
fire gun, bu,.called aloud Squaw! squaw!
squaw!' When she had told her brother
the errand on which she had come, he
took table. cloth and fastened it around
her waist, and poured into it a keg of
powder. She then sailed back to the
Fort with all the buoyancy of hope. The
moment, she was outside ofthe block-house
the whole Of the enemy's line poured
l. k,,t Tho halls
innocen,ly whisiIing by, without doing
her any injury. She afterwards married
a Mr.. Clark, raised family of children,
and is yet alive, living near st. Clairsville
in this State. Such was Elizabeth Zane.
-Circeville Herald.
Slow PROGRESS OF HUMAN ADVANCE
MENT.-When we take into consideration
the various circumstances which have retar-
ded human advancement, we cannot be
surprised that the disenthralment of man
from man has not yet been achieved. I'm
der despotisms and the majority of gov
ernments are little less than despotisms-
the knowledge of Truth and Liberty pro-
crosses slowly; for the gibbet and the
dungeon are of too easy access to be
neglected by the rulers, especially where
custom has made the immolation of VIC
tim matter but of little moment. Should
the ruling few think fit to give sea-
son for their bloody acts, they fabricate
some black and odious lie, calculated to
mislead the multitude, and work upon
their passions and their prejudices; and
the unhappy and enslaved people are made
TO gIoat upon the sufferings and decry the
principles Of him who would have made
them enlightened and happy; they are
taught to regard him as one of the deadli'
est enemies of the human race, and belize
wing him to be such, they exul. at his dis
comfture and glory at his downfall. The
governors cry Cruelty him - and the de-
luded governed loudly echo" Cruelty him.
and the fearless champion Of truth escape
with life for time it makes but It'll, diff
ference in favor of his cause. Every thing
is against him. The great body of those
who are oppressed and who stand mos, in
need of deliverance, are prehaps unable te
read and the oral communication of polit
cal knowledge, even in countries profess
ing to enjoy the liberty of thought ane
speech, is almost as allow and unsafe ;
method as tina. adopted by means of books
Whenever the body is enslaved, the mine
is still more tyrannized over for the ana
thema of the priest is ever at the call of TIT
despot; and the hereafter Of the first is al
ways more dreaded, by an ignorant PEG
pie, than the present tyranny Of the last