Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-11


and ;rading-po,tS on our rontc, this side Of our
deStinatiOn,-ihe Falls Of the Ohio"
~, indeed! !" Tyjoiuetl hei aunt, quickly; ''it
SiI be aS much as your lives are worth TO ven
/ t1re foot from the main current Of the Ohio
Tor news reached Us OILY the other day, that
many boats had been attacked this spring, and
! several lost, with all on board"
''NO one feels mUre concerned about the safe
passage Of Miss Bertrand than nyselG" replied
Eugene, in deferential tone; ''and since my ar
rival here, have left nothing undone that
thought might possibly add 10 her security and
comfort"
"That is true, to my personal knowledge"
joined in the uncle Of Blanche; and thank
YOU Mr.. Fairfax, in behalf Of my fair kinswoman,
There Tiii, perhaps" be pursued, be no great
danger, SO long as you keep in the current; but
your watch must not be neglected for single
| moment, either night or day; and do not, !
most soleTnnly charge and warn you, under any
circumstances, or on Any pretence whatsoever,
suffer yourselves 20 be decoyod 10 either shoTe:"
Il hope we understand our duty better, Col
onel, said one of the men respectfully
Il doubt it not" replied the commander Of
the point; Il believe you are all faithful and
true men, or YOU would not have been selected
down more precious freight than yon ever car
ricd beiure: b. Still the wisest and best of men
have lost their lives by giving ear TO the most
earnest appeals of humanity. Yuu understand
what mean! White men, apparently in the
greatest distress, will hail your boat, represent
themselves as having just escaped from the In
dams, and beg Of you, for the love Of God, in
ihe most pitieOus tones, to come TO their re-
lief; but turn deaf ear To thrin-t0 each
ami all Of them-even should you know the
. eadeTs TO be Of your own kin for in such
ease your osn brother uight deceive yOu-iiOt
villfully and voluntarily, perhapS-but because
ii being guaiicd on lIy the savaGcs, themselves
concealed. Yes, such things have been known
one iIicnd being used To lure another to his
destruction; and 30 be- cautiuuS, vigilant, brave
aud true, and may the good God keep you all
from hahn"
As he finished speaking, Blanche proceeded
To take an atfectiOnate leave OF all, receiving INA
NY tender message for her parents from those
who held them in love aud veneratioU; and the
hoat swung out, and began tu float down with
| the current, now fairly entered upon the most
| dangerous portion Of long aud pes ilrus journey
1he father of Blanche, .CO!onrl Phihp Bert
rand, was q native Uf Virginia. ani de~cendent
rr one of tie HuguenuI refugees, who fed from
their native land after the revocation Of the eict
/ Of NantZ ia 1865. lie had been an oifiver OF
some noIe during the RevOlutuu-a warm pO-
iical ahd personal friend Of tue author Of the
Declaration of lndepeHdrnce-au :; gentleman
who had always stood high im the esteem Of liiS
| associates aud COtrInp1TaIicS
1hOmgh Rt time inan Of wealth. Colonel
Bertrand lad lost much, and suffered much,
| Trough British invasion; aud when, shortly
after the close Of the war, he had net with
iew more serious reveiscS, lac had been fain To
accept grant ot lard near the Falls Of the Ohio,
now Louisville, rendered him by Vrginia,
which then held Jurisdiction over the entire
territory now constituting the State Of Ken
Iucky.
| Tie grant had decided the Colonel upon seek
| ing his new possessions aud building up new
iinlnp in the then Far West, and ~ his Wife had
|
| iOur, lac had asSrnted Ia her desire, condi-
tim that Blanche should be left among her
friends, Jiil such tine place could DC pre-
| pared which might ia some degree be consider
cd tit abode for one So carefully and tendeTly
reared.
| blanche would gladly have gone with her pa.
rents; but Oh this point Ter father lad been in
exUrahle-declaIing that she would have to
remain at tie East ill he should see proper to
send for heI; and as lac was a man Of positive
character, and rigid di>ciplinarian, the matter
had been settled without argument
| When Colonel Bertrand Temny ed to the West
| EuguTe Faiflx, Ts have seen, accompanied
him; aud coming Of age shortly alter, las had
accepted iLe liberal offer of his noble benefac-
tor, 10 remain with him in the capacity Of Pri-
vate secretary and confidential agent. On TAX
| ing possession Of his grant, the Colonel had
almost Immediately erected a fort, and Offer ed
such Inducements 10 settlers to speedily col
lect around him quite little cOu,muuity-Of
| which, aS a matter oi course, he became the
head aud CHIEF; and TO supply The wants Of his
own family aud others. and increase his gains
in legitimate way, he had opened store, ard
| filled il with goods from the Eastern martS,
which goods were transported by land over the
mountains To the khnawha, and thence by water
To the Fails Of the Ohio, hence their removal
to Fort bertrand became an easy matter. To
purchase aud ship Ihcse goods, and deliver .
package Of letters to friends ia the East, Eu-
gene had been thrice diSPaIrhed-his Third
commission also extending TO the e~coItiig Of
The beautiful heiress, with her servants, " her
new home. This last commission had been 50
far executed at the time chosen for the opeting
of our story, to bring the different parties TO
the mouth Of the great KauaWh la, whence the
reader has seen IheuI slowly floating of upon
tie still, CLASSY bosom Ol 'the belle Of riveIS."
| The day, which Was an auspicious one, pass
cd without anything occurring worthy Of nOte,
until near four O'Clock, when, Blanche vas
standing the fore pant CTthe deck gazing at
the lovely scene which surrounded her, she saw
secmii gly fiy ing body suddenly leave liub
Of gigantic Tree, (AhOse mighty branches ex-
tended far over the river, aud near which the
boat was then sWayed 10y the action If the cur
rent,) and alighI ith crash upon the deck Of
the b,at, not more than eight feet from her
lore glance suffice TO si.OV her hat the object
vas, and to irctze Il.v blood in her veins. The