Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-03-12

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river, as the Helen Mar turned her
bow up the Mississippi, and her pro-
plessiwas' slow. The passengers and
officers of the boat amused them
selves in various ways, and resor.
ted to- different modes of killing
time during the tedious voyage
Discussions, anecdotes, river+yarns,
|andlpfactical jokes were. broughtIinto
Irequisition. and cards and .'Fbar4 fix
lures were male to contribute to,the
sport. The young Tennesseean would
frequently join the circle gathered
around the stove in the social hall. and
whenever there was a good jokalo be
laughed at, or a glass to be drained,
he was not the man 10 sit with his.
mouth closed, Still, il was observed
that in those Pauses between the cup,
hnd the lip, he would Fast a quick
glance towarl 1.-THE ladies cabin anil ii
light form was seen fitting past the
bpen door, he would contrive to steal
Iiway from the more noisy throns, ami
Hide quietly TO the side Of the: .:mctal
bore attractive" There he woul,i
/ It for hours, libeoursing in loves
/ tft langnage-a language in which
lte eye is the most elaquent orator.
Ehd a glance reveals: more than vol
lime of words. The most Indifferent
lslectator, bchol'ling the young stran-s
/ Srs giving sigh for sigh and glance
I'D glance, could not fail to note that
thy were r - %la''> =, p. +. r.
1.-TWO souls with but a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one,''' 2.
Ior in language Of boatmen, two crafts
Ebotnd for the same port, and that
lpdt the blissful haven oflove. =
iany were the jokes cracked in the
sofal hall on the subject of court
Ishb, and the rTennesseean, when
Questioned, "acknowledg ed the corn"
and admitted that he was a "treed
cod = !, (. =. -. :. ;,
q day or two passed, and the Hell
en- Var VAS blowing uptAe field Of
ice i the Mississippi. A change was
Eobsdrcd in the young rover from
Tennessee; he looked anxious and
eareE worn, and his laugh was less.
Eloul while his rotations were deeper.
lie was accused OF having been sack
Ie.i,r but denied the charge, and look
led troubled. !. b.. A., - f....tl
Thl young lady was also strangely
talterea. She selloniy, appeared III
1.-THE laaies' cabin. and her step recent
~. as ightas an anttlope's, was heavy
and sbw; her cEerk--was- pale, and
her etes dim and swollen. Tears
were aen5to Steal from under her
Ifringel eyelids, and twas whispered
that sdbs-deep, heart broken soils Of
anguish and despair-were heard
from biz state-room in the silence Of
night, Shen1 others slept. III. :, NJ.
i: The !oatinen. began to suspect that
someth hg was wrong; they canvassel
the nader. among themselves, and re-
! solved hpon an Investigation, The
! Trailer vessel being feaEy, they deter
ilninei II overhaul her and discover
1 the causk. With that delicacy char
/ acteristi4 Of Western boatmen, they
| sail nothing TO the girl herself, but
called nIbn some Of the lady passen-
gers to iIterrogate her. - ". -..
The gil, as we have said, was
Young and artless. With tears and
sobs she confessed she had yielded to
the young man. opportunities, and
hal fIlellfrom virtue! She blamed
him not, However, but took the blame
Iupon hcrsslfszE Is!x1oE
| 1t was about ten O'clock at night
when thisfact was Communicated to
the crew. and passengers composing
| the ssepurt Of ipqhiry.lf They were
not long iIlmaking~ up their Ferilict,
Their deciion;was, that the two crafts
should be lashed together AMI navi-.
gste the stream Of Life side BY side
This dtcisi@, once given. was ire
yocable, il had 70 be carried out or
burst a boiler. y" rass.., =, ~. s,,s .,,,.
/ TheTennesseean arraigned before
1.-The Imperative tribunal, was male ac-
qnaintei:with the sentence. lie had
to take the grl in tow, OF be left high
and dry on a sand-bar where he would
ffeeze to death in less than an hour,
lie ''cayed i'm at oncesaid he was
willing to do what was right, and
would make the Eronsed lady mis-
fress OF his plantation in Tennessee.
The girls consent was also obtained,
and the next step was to finl a black
smith TO do the welding. There was
no one on board authorized to offici-
ate ON lsuch interesting occasions,'and
about midnight the boat was landed
III Chester, on the Illinois shore, and
messenger dispatched TO procure a
parson or justice of the peace. A
Justice was found, jerked out of bed.
and marched down to the boat rather
against his viii, and the marriage
| ceremony. in the Sucker State being
exceedingly brief, the deed was done
IN less than two minutes ID
As soon as the groom and his jolly