The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-12-18
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Indiana Juatice, or the Cayuga Re
venge.
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TALE OF THE LAST CENTURY.

Shortly after the Declaration &C the
Independence Of the United States, n
surveyors party plunged boldly into the
depths Of the primeval forest, bent on
surveying and making out new set
Element. 1t boots not now to point out
the precise spot. Sufficient for our pur-
poses to locate it in the vicinity Of Cay
uga Lake. Strange as it may, and does
appear, they were inextricably lost, not
swihstanding that there were several
expert woodmen in the party. For sew
SlSserai days they wandered about in their
cndenvors to extricate themselves, each
succeeding day. only making the con-
fusion in their brains worse contonnded.
II How b tlen do we find tho coolies, heads
& ilaii hsfi
trl cerAnlle can
liioug gfadually and
lii,tnisiak kafi it assumes that tyPe--all
ss;,our knowledge of past events, all our
y thought OF the future is one dim, haZy
( blank, which, by degrees, assumes a
darker cast. unless master mind is
there calmly and deliberately TO rend
the veil asundcr, to restore the fast fad :.
ing confidence, without which all hu-
man energy is nought.
'Tis passing strange how the mind Of
one man in times of darkness and dread;
nndismaved by danger, and uninnucnc-
cd by immediate peril, can SO animate
the mass that thoy would face greater
danger than that which totally unman-
ned them scarce five minutes previous
ly. There was master with the par
" commenced to tell you about, but
the mind there was not; hence their TO-
tai los, and consequent bewildcrment.
Many Of our readers may not have
had The extreme felicity flosing them
selves in the bush, and consequently
cannot for o moment picture 10 their
minds The sensations likely 10 be cXpc-
enccJ there; there may be many again,
who without being absolu,ly lost, hnvc
fancied themselves SO, the feeling being
rarely second to the renlity. Old wood.
men, though we be. this fancy in our
hunting excursions, has more than once
crossed our mind, family and obviously
as il were, and ever have we found that,
unless tho bugbear was eradicated,
there and then efFectunlly, that total
shpwrcck would iniallibly be the re-
suit. In one particular instance, we es-
pccially recollect following, for several
hours fasting, (to which we attribute
the disordcr,) deer in all manner Of
directions, till we gave up the chase,
unable any longer, from want Of snow,
10 track. The bush we were in we had
travcrsed many time, we knew that u
& N. E., course would bring us out from
saany part Of it, somewhere near where
wanted TO go, and yet when we did
l sfssabout returning our compass lied,
ssoss on the trees lied, every thing
!ss3gS3ut our fancics, which pointed out
sssssssyiRe a contrary direction. We sa,
sis.s.6wn TO argue the point, bring reason
to combat prejudice, and yet then every
argumen, failed to convince the wan.
dering mind. We had to walk back
seven miles for letting the mind over
come reason. But even after that we
have been sensible that it is not possible
al ali times 10 control the mind. We
were nervous, irritable, and fancicd our.
selves half losl-why wo cannot tell
and when we 20, ont of the bush we
were totally lost. for we did not rccog-
nize n building which we had seen for
gears, and yet we were not afraid in
this particular instance, though in oil
probahililv in another hours time we
= '.--,Gs;iaToul IN ...: 4aye been that also.
Ifthen n, times '7Irts q fears &i4lll sseii72c
The mind, spite ofbc,ter judgment, in an
almost we'll. known small bush. It's easy
10 account for the total bowildcrment ol
the party whose entrance into an un.
known wild We chroniclcd some time
b,ck. Tha, This particular party were
los, is evident from their having wan