Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-05-14

| the Greeks had invaded the tents OF his IA
theirs people. They were defeated and ran
off. In their haste they left behind little
white boy of the same age of Woonega, and
whom they had evidently taken prisoner
from one of the lower Carolina settlements
The old chief resolved to make him the COM
panion Of his son, and to this end adopted
him into his family and gave him the name
of Yalloo, signifying the red and white
leaves in autumn. AS the boys grew up,
their affections twined around each other
They hunted the wild deer together, and were
scarcely ever apart.
''In progress of time, Woonega became
enamored with the daughter of a neighboring
chief, the Rising Fawn. Her father lived
far north on the mountain, and her name is
now living in connexion with spot in Dade
county, Georgia.
"To hunt in the neighborhood of the old
chief, the father of Rising Fawn came with
his family and warriors. They pitched their
tents by Blue Pond, and there Woonega saw
the lovely maid.
"Yalloo had become thoroughly acquain-
ted with the language and customs Of the
Indians, and was, Of course, the confdant Of
Woonega. He became himself a victim Of
the charms Of the Rising Fawn.
"The time was approaching when the
nuptials of Woonega and the Rising Fawn
were to be celebrated. The Rising Fawn
was to be carried on an arbor of flowers, &C
companicd by maldens and young men to
the tent of he lover, and there he was to
receive her in tent lined with the soft skins
of the game he had himself hunted and Kill
led.
"Woonega had gone far into the noun
tains in search of spotted fawn, on whose
skin the feet of his athanced bride were to
rest. He reached the edge ofthe river, and
stopped to rest on the highest point of the
rocky wall which rose up from it. Far in
the South the blue ridges of the Talladega
mountains rose up against the sky. AT his
feet the foam Of the falls boiled as great
cauldron. The sun was pouring long golden
streams through the forests, and train of
wild geese were seeking their homes with
hoarse screams towards the North Sud-
denly two forms were seen moving in the
mists Of evening in yonder cavern. How
the heart of Woonega throbbed against his
sturdy breast-how his head reeled-as,
clasped in each others arms, he beheld Yal-
loo, his treacherous friend, and his still more
treachercus bride The first impulse was to
bury an arrow in the breasts which leaned
upon each other in a union which seemed to
make them one. Leaning anxiously for
wards, he loosened rock, and was nearly
precipitated into the roaring cataractbeneath
him. The detached rock went bounding
from point to point below, and startled the
now wretched lovers from their dream of
security. Rising in alarm they saw the IN
iured and almost mad Woonega before them.
Pouring from his eye the most indignant
flashes, he looked alternately from one to the
other. Now rage seemed to seize upon his
soul--now love to soften anger. when,
at last cried he with choked utterance, 'oh,
white man did break my faith with thee
You said there is Great Spirit who looks
with pleasure upon good, and frowns upon
evil. Let him judge between us. My peo-
pie love to say we never shed the white
mans blood: nor will I. Many long years
made you my brother. Go! you love one
another. May the Great Spirit make you
happy turn my back upon you. go
to the setting sun. When you see him set,
think Of Woonega. He goes down like the
setting sun. Remember, the Indian loves
mercy Saying this he bounded away, land
had vanished long before the lovers had re-
covered from their surprise"
Until few years past family of half
breeds lived in the valleys below. They
were the descendants of Yalloo and the Ris-
ing Fawn.
HoMr.-I know of no passage in classic
al literature more beautiful or affecting than
that where XenopEon, in his Anabasis,
describes the effect produced on the rem
nant of the ten thousand Greeks when, af-
ter passing through dangers without number,
they at length ascended sacred mountain,
and, from its peak and summit caught sight
Of the sea. Dashing their bucklers, with a
hymn OF JOY they rushed tumultuously for
ward. Some wept with the fullness of their
delirious pleasure, others laughed, and more
fell on their knees and blessed that broad
ocean. Across its blue waters, little float
inc seabirds, the memorials of their happy
homes came and famed their weary souls
All the perils they had.encountered, all the
companions they had lost, all the miseries
| they had endured, were in an instant forgot.
ten and nought was with them but the gen.
tie phantoms of past and future joys. One
was again securing on his fleet steed across
the hoof tyoddcn plains of Thessaly; anoth.
er reclined beneath the fower-crowned
rocks Of Arcadia, and gazed into the drea.
my eyes Of her whose form, amid battle and
bivouac, was ever with him; third recall.
ed that proud day when, before the steam
ing eyes Of his oyeUoyed parents, and amid
the acclamation of all Greece, he bore of
from amid competitors the laurel-Wreath ol
the Olympian victor.
Oh! home, magical spell, all powerful
home how strong must have been thy infu.
encc, when thy faintest memory could cause
these bropzed heroes of thousand fights tc
weep like fearful women! With the cool
Ing freshness OF desert fountain, with the
sweet fragrance of a flower found in winter
you came across the great waters to those
wandering men, and beneath the peaceful
shadow of your wings their souls found rest
&sp Some elaborate tables relative to the
vine trade in England, disclose the import
ant fact that the actual consumption Of wine
IN Great Britain in 1850 was only 34,01S
gallons more than it was in 1888, although
The population has more than doubled in tht
interval. At the same time, the year 1856
shows an increase Of 432. .795 gallons deliy