Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-02-13

I perseverance, anu IEsDtuttuu5 ultiA '1sT"~bs
! aud the approach OF darkness The noun
tain now began to assume a more bleak ana
dreary aspect, the sound Of wind through
the .eahess boughs and branches Of the
trees, seemed to be fraught with the lcud
howl of the wolf and the shriil scream o.
the panther, and the distant and sullen roar
of the mountain torrents seemed ominOus oi
solitary and unknown dangers. To ignorant
aud uucultivated minds, the sublime and
inscrutable mysteries of nature, are always
the eanse Of superstition and terror, and
more particularly SO during the hours OF
night and darkness.
Lambert now discovered, as the night
began to set in, that the courage aud reso-
luton of his companions were fast ebiing,
and that they would soon be brought % a
dead stand still, and he called { bait for
further consultation. The result Of this
deliberation was, that each individual found
or formed some excuse for returning heme,
and Lambert was left alone to pursue his
dangerous and lonely enterprise.
lie was, however r, doubly armed, first
with tue justice of his cause and conscious
ness Of rectitude, and second with good
rife, tomahawk and hunters knife, and
with these he pursued his precaFioas
journey--not regardless OF consequences,
bn: prepared to meet all events thar wight
occur. With the assistance of starlight re-
fected from bright surface of snow, he
was enabled TO trace the footsteps Of the
murderers, and when the moon arose in full
splendor, little before midnight. lie found
no further difialty in pursuing bis way.
After travelling ia north western direc-
ton twelve or fourteen miles be came . an
OLD and nearly disused road, running Hear-
ly parallel with the one he had left this
was called the Old Pennsylvania sfaee,
between Philadelphia and Red Stone Old
Fort, situated on the waters of the MbPon-
gahela river; it was the first road opAed
between Eastern Pennsylvania and thsshssd
waters Of the Ohio river, and the aiicieHt
ianGaaark ssthraa elunr,a-ssasi --er
stii! visible BY daylight on the old tree
These ancient road and landmarks, | haa
been informed were adopted BY the old SUI
veyers and openers of roads in the West, 10
propitiaie hea7so il favor Of the fr,t SIT
tiers of the great Western wilderness; and
hence the first was for the Father, tln Sec
ond for the Son, and the third for the Holy
Ghost, and the blaze was merely deiened /
20 attract the attention of the beholdr.-
When Lambert struck the old trace Dad,
he discovered an ancient or ruinous 1t or I
log cabin, nearly opposite to him, OF the
north side of this dilapidated and sqtary
road. The moon had now nearly gned
her meridian, and teamed with full arun-
elouded splendor on the snowy peaks the
distant mountains, and on the cold andoli-
taty landscape just before him, TbeFeood
in solemn silence and seeming deseon.
the hat which contained probably, tlob-
jeets of bis long aud laborious Pursuihnd
to satisfy the anxiety Of his mind rect
ing the actual presence Of the murders,
who would be on the alert and pr.red
| for defence of most desperate chatter
be had to make silent and cnutiouTele
around the hut, at some little distanarom
it, and as far as possible out of tnct |
view. Pursuant to this plan, be foufoot
tracks of the two villains up TO the Ir of !
4 the house, and that there were no fooints 4
! from the cabin in any direction. hese !
circumstances put at rest all douland /
uncertainties, aud Lambert had ming i,
now to do, but to act in the last SO of I
this sanguinary drama-to capture thur q
derers OF to lose his life.
He had just seen through the shred il
clap boards of which the door wasle n
feeble light in the only fire place tbuse Il
| eould boast. The house consisted but O.
two apartments, which were with.any al
| partition between-and only distiBhed h
from each other by step or two dorom
the west to the east room. The lwo- $;
man who had resided for years on de- Ii
serted road, and lived by selling c'and b,
beer to casual wayfarers, slept in vest be-
room into which the only door in ouse
opened from the road, and in the oom =,
containing one bed as it afterwardear- ..
I'd, was occupied by the two VS. Of
whom Lambert was in pursuit.
After stepping a few PAGES back the -
door, Lambert gave loud cough b, 10 4.
awaken the old woman--and b0ldan-
. cling to the step, and stamping the aon -
his feet, desired admittance III aned
voice and telling her at the samehat